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TRK KLLIJAT COURIER.
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HbldJ AT, OA-, DBCKUDKIt i. iwi
O unci * L Oun of Fi*Ui Cos.
Own At Oroab of Gilmbr Cos
Own At. Oman of Pickers Cos.
Circuit from School Oensmis
sioner Orr.
Wo hire been shown a circu
lar recently isaued from ibe De
partment of Education by State
School Commissioner Uuatavus
J. Orr, which containa informs
lion and aanffealiona relative to
the common achoola of Georgia,
which will prove very interest
ing to all friend* of public educa
tion. After dwelling at some
length upon the legialation ru
rally enacted for the benefit of
the schools, the Commiuioner
mentions tbe only eehool meat
urea of much importance which
were paaaed at the last session
of the Legislature, as fellows
The bill which gives the fees fot
iespecting fertilisers and the
hire of the convicts to tbe snn
port of the schools, and the bill
providing for the more efficient
collection of the liquor tax. The
first of these he estimates will
add about $76,000 to the school
fund, while this year the amount
received from the liquor tax was
$46,000, which amount, it is be
lieved, will be doubled in tbe
future, and tiiis increased amount
added to tbe $76,000 above men
tioned, will give a total addition
to the fund of $121,000. The to
tal school fund from these
sources, the receipts from the
poll tax, and the funds appor
tioned at tbe office of the De
partmenl of Education will give
an available fund for the coming
year of about $473,137 35.
The Commissioner then goes
•n to make certaiu suggestions
regarding tbe proper conduct of
tbe public achoola, which are
well worth consideration. He is
of the opinion that if boards of
educaiiou will locale schools ju
dioiously, not needlessly multi
flying them; and if County
Commissioners will see to it that
only these pupils participate in
the benefits of the fund who are
pursuing the legal branches, in
meal of the counties of the Stale,
the fund of next year can be
made to make the schools abso
lutely free fur three months, nnd
in quite s number of the counties
with judicious management, they
can be kept up as free schools for
four months. He hopes the
county officers will try to make
the fund do all that it can be
made to do next year.
He uext alludes to the fact,
based upon reliable infonftatinn
obtained by him, that our three
months schools are very badly
broken in open, from year te
year, by the gathering ot the
■ ops. This is an evil which can
not be very salisfa lorily abated
since the crops must be gathered
at one time at one place, and at
another time in another. The
various local£boards are the best
judges of the most proper way to
remedy this evil, and to their dis
cretion it ia felt to so fix the
school term in their several lo
calities, that the best interests ot
the schools, may be promoted
thereby.
The Commissioner closes his
circular by congratulating the
friends of popular sdnciiioa on
what has been done, and by urg
ing that mere be yet done in the
future, and to accomplish what
he desires he is anxious that the
matter of education should be
made a live issue in our future
political campaign. He thinks
that three moats schooling dur
ing the year is not sufficient., and
that, aix months is as little as
ought to be given. To bring this
about he says:
“In electing members to the
■ext General. Assembly, let the
school issue be made every
where. Let the friends of edu
catiou requite ot those who
m eu-*- oi u„ u u.i (n, •*• i. a
money enough to keep tie*-
schools u operation hi least u
mouths ot me year. Do not per
mil them to turn the people
aside to side issues. S-nut- ax
pirants will claim to t>e great
school oieu, aud will propose to
accomplish great things by some
Insignificant change in the school
machinery. Able men, known
all over the country lor what
they lisve accnmjdir-hei! lor pop
ular euU'atiwii, m. era pauent
examination of th# school code
of every Stele In tbe Union,
have declared that, with the ex
eeption perhaps of two States,
Georgia has the very l*est sys
tem of school laws. All that we
need is mort money/ and, from
my knowledge oi the people, and
from the strong school sentiment
developed in the present Legis
lature, 1 believe that, in order lo
succeed, we have only to make
the issue- l<et us strike then for
a six months’ school.
This is a very fair synopsis el
the views and suggestions put
ferward by the Slate School
Commissioners in his late Circu
lar, We have no doubt, they
will command themselves favors
bly, not only to those directly
engaged in the work of public
education, but to that of Ilia peo
pie of the State at large.
- ■ ■ ■■ i■
Putnam County Correspondence.
The Lunatic Asylum is the lar*
gest thing in Georgia. 1 have
seen most of the large things in
the Stale and know whoreof 1
whereof ( speak. When your cor
respondent visited the institution,
some three months ago, there
were then nine hundred and sev*
enleen inmates. To feed this
large number ol unfortunates,
there had been issued by the A*
dstant Warden for that day : O;
ilour, four hundred and seveuty
live pounds, meal two hundred
and twenty pounds, beef six bun
dred pounds, bacon two hundred
pounds, rics one hundred and ten
pounds, grits one hundred and
twenty pounds, coffee forty five
pouuds, sugar sixty pounds, and
molasses four hundred gallons
per quarter, besides a good sup
ply of vegetables grown on iapds
belonging to the institution. The
heal to cook all this is produced
by steam. The whole establish
nient is lighted with gas, and
this is manufactured oil the prem
ises. ‘The washing, ironing, and
drying in damp weather is all
done by steam power. The halls
are cooled ia summer and Warm
ed in winter by the action of
steam power.
I would say to readers of the
Courier who have relatives and
friends in the Lunatic Asylum
that so far us I could see, * very
thing that can be none lor iheir
comlorl ia done. They are cam
lorlabiy clothed, and the allow
ance shows that they are well
fed.
The different forms that lunacy
takes on are as numerous and va
ried as is the number of the at
Aided ; one is a preacher, com
missioned by Divine power, to
evangelize the world ; another is
chosen by the suffrage of the
world Is make the laws for the
world ; one man proposed for a
chew of tobacco to make me a
cat-fish—a real live one, but as
he was confined in the third story
and was vicious, I did not get to
see him perform the operation.
One lady imagined herself quet n
of the universe and demanded
homage of every one. The officers
ot the institution are all kind, al
table gentlemen, and take pleas
ure in showing all visitors through
the different department, and in
giving any information asked
Any readers of the Courier who
have opportunity will be amply
paid ior visiting one ol the no*
blest works of Georgia.
Yours, ,
Styl ta.
AE WS ITEMS.
The Rushian Nihilist Journal
condemns Guiteau’s crimes.
Ssnalar Conkling has opened a
new office in New York Ciiy.
The Prince of Wales is forty
years old. He is the father ot
five children.
The Coroner's records show
that there have beeu thirty
eight homicides iu 6t. Louis dur
iug the twelve months just end
ed.
Tbe Star of Bethlehem is now
visible from 3 a. m. till daylight,
above the eastern horizon. It
will not appear again for 300
years.
J|, it.,. U'-'to-l '“’-t . s *welv,>
iffy, piifOii-. in.- iiUi-*nn .q mu
j it-red on li-eth is V-I.ooo.tkio A
><s.i million ot gobi is usea every
year to fill teeth.
At seventy year# of age
■Bt _ln >1 ut as w a lor y*
j Few men possess the art of
j growing, up to the last, as onblic
men hi Kagland do. His mind
li< clear and . 1-ri, his ideas are
vital rather t..an traditional, and
he helps carry a ong . e world
while he lives in it.
To Ibe average dtisen's view
the feet that the government
haa a surplus of #100,000,000, de
rived from internal revenue tax
ation sud the preaent tariff, ar
gues orally conclusively that tbe
former could be lowered and tbe
latter redueed and leave the
geveinment with aa large, if not
a larger, surplus.
Hie Loudon 7Tmr*ays; “The
American nation neither desires
to sacrifice a lunatic nor to be ao
facile in the acceptance of coun
terfeit evideuse of disease as to
encourage wanton assassination.”
This is a cogent statement of the
opinion of the American people
in reference to the trial of this
unfortunate wretch at Washing
ton.
George Law, the retired capi
talist, who has jut died in New
York, was a hodcarner in early
life, could not spell, and in IMS
was nominated by the Know
nothing Legislature of Pennsyl
venia tor the Presidency of the
United Slates. He was largely
engaged in shipping interests in
his active life, and accumulated
aa immense fortune.
Comptroller Knox closed a
letters on banking in Baltimrre
by saying that the great system
need not be dissolved on account
of the reduction of the public
debt, but could remain legally in
existauce with but a small issue
of circulation and with less than
SIOO,OOO 000 United Slates bonds
on deposit.
At a crowded reception last
week, fashionable women watch
ed with applause a sparring
match between two light weight
pugilists, followed the comba
tants in their skin tight habili
ment with apparently the warm
est interest, and comrasnted as
unreservedly upon their struct
ure and “points'’ as if thby had
all been born of prizs-fighting
ancestors, and had studied anat
omy from the time that they
were first taught te read. This
was not In old Rome, but in New
York at a reception of th* Rac
quet Club.
The New York Herald, allud
ing lo (he various estimates *f
the coming crop, all of which con
cur iu lorecasting a pretty heavy
decrease, which the a tual count
of bales may largely disprove,
sapienlly remarks that the de
crease mnv be due te the aban
donment of “all cotton” by large
as well as small farmers. If the
Herald’s weather sage had trav
eled this way Ihe past Reason he
probably would have been at no
loss lo account for the shortage
in the staple, iu such seasons it
makes little di lie re nee whether ll
be “all cotton’’ or “all corn.’’
Drouth is no respector of lati
ludes.
The Colombian Miuister is out
iu a card taking exceptions to
Boms of Mr. Bl line’s positions on
the Panama canal. He admits
that the United Stales might re
quire the right lo pass war ves
sels through I lie canal in time of
war, but Great Britain has like
wise possessions on both sides of
the continent, and lie asks, “How
refuse her the same right if she
were at war with us?’’ As the
refusal would be a matter of
• oree, the answer to ll.e question
is needless. There has been
enough luss and feathers on the
subject. As the canal, if built,
will be constructed without our
aid, it is rediculous to make
threats that we are not likely to
be able to execute. Should Great
Britain be at war with us and
wish to send ships through the
canal, she would certainly do so
unless prevented. Fffectual re
sistence on the spot would be
dignified aud impressive. Diplo
matic gas in the shape of bombas
tic protests is idle and belittling.
RWumdism UeuxoXcXa
Sprains, Pain In the Back and Side. J
disaaac cored by oat . r<lin **” ** rßmoYed ““ d th ®
are b *• k P‘ fta
Srebsm than *p*reo, nor is it an untried experiment that may do
tma in parts of the world^"rr*wvwxrn Q £?. i 1 ”?. y° ars - and the tmirereal testimony
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to S2 £Kri^rC7 u *H£i22S* ■ nl SE* ai^TS^r 1 frees rain la
™ " mm ' Ibare me,] J- Ilnr I jj, Krujaa for dumnaStom,
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SbjafejEFr'E^S^
amnath. and am nowabia to PhU-jlilbcr.,fiontanKt.Pa., writes:
oooupacou •. IWn-s mPtnknua
!?•!“• k,ep 5i5 *F IU -“ priee i* lor that it *a reach of all
wid n Will MTe OMUiy time* its cot in dootooT bill*. 05e., nOr., md St. oo a hottfo
PERRY DAVIS * SON, Proprietors, Pre*tdcteo. 4 1.
I
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IRON
BITTERS
BROWN’S fIjWN BITTERS SN
a certain cuif Ibr ail disease*
requiring a oomplote tonic; espe
cially Ind igestiqp, Dyspepsia, Inter
mittent Fevers, .Want of Appetite,
Low ofStrengtli, lack of Energy,
etc. Enriches the blood, strength
en* the muscle*, and gives new
life to the nerves. Acts like a
charm on the ' digestive organa,
removing oil dyspeptic symptom*,
each a* tawing tbo food. Belching,
Heat In the Stataach, Heartburn,
otc. Tbe only Iron Preparation
that will not blacken the teeth or
give headache. -Bold by all Drag
gists at SI.OO a bottle.
BROWN CHEMICAL CO.
Baltimore, Md. .
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IIWARK Oft-IMITATIONS.
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VICTOR
V STANDARD 11
SCALES
MANUFACTURED BY
MOLINE SCALE GO.
MOLINE, ILLINOIS.
SCND FOR ILLUSTRATED
CIRCULARS AND PRICE USt
IMPROVED
SAY STATE RAKE,
THOUSANDS SOLD EVERY YEaI?I
This Rake Received th Htehedt Award at th#
Centennial Eipoeltlon and Field Trial. The
only Silver Medal awarded at the Pari*
Universal Eipoeltion in 1878.
Tht* Rake hoe taken more first premiums
than any other Rake.
It ta Eerily Handled by a Girt or Boy strong
enough to drive a horse. £xperta&nd thousands
of former* *oy It is the
BEST RAKE EVER MADE.
tor Testimonials of Practical Farmers,
° d ***- Addrew
THE BELCHER & TAYLOR,
AGRICULTURAL TOOL OOffi/
dfcleepea Volte, Ham., V. B.A.
Anitlll lotWOHFHnK Habit
mill KM cured in W U>3odaysT.nj-ruvM
ll llllwi UN1 * b< ' S WOO eared. Writ. UU.
Wl IVII1iurcsM.Dt.lUan*.grimy, Nieh.
IIIIIIIIY.
Mrs. M. A. Cate, Adairaville,
Ga., having juit received, direct
from Baltimore, anew and full
line of Millinery Goode, respect*
fully solicits the patronage of the
ladies of the Mountains; and
feels confident, after years of ex
perience in the business, she can
satisfy the most fastidious.
My stock is complete in Ladies’
and Misses* Hats and Bonnets,
Ribbons,'Satins, Silks and Veil
ing of every description. Also, a
full assortment of Hamburg, Ed
gings, l’nrchow Laces, Lace Mitts,
Fancy Hosiery, pretty deeigns in
Strmped Work, and a specialty of
Ties and Neck Wear, come and
see my new styles of Ribbons.
Cmpet ition in prices defied.
Will lake Wool and Produce in
exchange.
All orders by mail promptly
attended to.
DRESS MAKING A SPECIALTY.
at prices which will astonish ev
ery one who will call.
MRS. M. A. CATh ,
Adainville. Ga.
Ronnsaville & Bro.,
Wholesale Grocers
—— :and :
Cotton Factors,
Some, - • (smomgia.
We have grately enlarged eur Ware
house, which now bss a capacity •( 80,-
004 bale per season. Our cotton business
was more than double last season, reach
ing 30,000 bales. Censignmente solicited
—libera) advances on aotton or produce.
Sept. 16.—3 mo.
GEORGIA.—PICKENB •'OUNTT.
W be reus. ullbiaff^ufm&istrator
of C. L. Corhan deceased, has applied for
leave to sell the real estate of said deceas
ed. This is to notify all persons concern
ed to file their objections if anv trey nave,
within the tima prescribed by law, else
leave will be granted the applicant as ap
plied for.
* VT. 11 Ai.i.kn,
Sept.-7-tw.(65 w.) Ordinary.
. WHOLESALE
DitUU STORE
IN
B ALTON.
DR- J- F. WOOTEN & CO-,
Will duplicate prices in Atlanta, Knox
ville, or Chattanooga.
fcrciiaiw, DrgptS' & FBsteiai.'
sept. 1, ouip
STANTON & BRYAN'h
General Merchants
ABAIRSVILLE, GA.
Wk still invite the Mountain
trade and pay the highest mar
ket price for every) hing brought
us in the way of produce. Come
and see us and we will do vou
Rood. (sept. 15—tf’)
Tte BEST WM ICiB M Eirtfe.
CROFT'S
V IMPROVED IRON
mm WIND mm
EnginE
Simplw, strong, *nd Dura bio.
Will not Shrink, Swoll, Warp, or
Rattle In tho Wind.
tutrarAOTsuDiT
E. C. LEFPSL A CO.
DRW IT MIT,
yl HcNOPT’S
'lm OE IrosWlad Eagle.
/ 11 Aiti-Frisziac
FORCE WMPt.
WIND MnJL ~MAOH IN ERY
Rates a Ptrcbsatef u; otbsr WtertMtlt, —H
ter Mm UsU AAdnws,
E.G.LEFFEL&CO.,
Springfield, Ohio. *
Bmte wfa. yon awr this adeeitlienianA
NEW RICH BLOOOI
I'm-wtu* Pari-patim IHU* make Nw Kick
8101. and will completely chans, the blood in
thecntirearetem in three month*. Airpenoa
who will take 1 pill each sight from Ito 13 week*
mac be reatcrml to aoun<i health. If such a thine
be iioattble, Sent be mail for 8 letter stamps.
t. B.JOTT\*r>!r jt CO., BomUm, Mi L,
/ojwrly isnneor, JlTe.
AGfffVP WANTED SSRSjrtJS
tlur .Usvkinc rver tavested Will ksufapauof
•iccciiu*, wii" HEEL sod TOE complete, ta
SO muiutcc it will 44i0 knit a great vgneiy of tancy
jnerk for which rbofHs always a rtsrfv marker Send
ET r T*. ,T t/mutojTc Twcmhlv KalttlM
ttaclalno Cos. wttfereswai ?H SnioanEST
NEW
FURNITURE STORE!
nr
g. McDonald a co„
Next Boor to Camp, Glover & Cos.
Entire Stock New, Embracing all the Latest
Style , and Purchased Low
icith the Cash #
T ill Sell Eitirely fir CASH it Lit tit, tinllli Finn:.
L. B. LANGFORD
WITH—
WILLIAM w. nea y,
Successor to J. R. Butt <k C*., "
MAKUFACTtjHER ms WHOLESALE DEALER IX
Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware,
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE,
9VM9S, &TM*M fjiro CHS JFiTTurcs.
No. 35, Broad St,, MQME*
Dalton, HARDWARE. (form.
BED R V BRON ,
{ headquarters FOR >
Wagons, Euggies, Wagon and Buggy Wheels,
DOORS and SASH, HOES, AXES, PLOWS,
And in fact, everything usually kept in a firs^lassTfordware
Rome, Ga. Marble and Granite Works
W C deal in the best Italian and American Marble, rarifrted Jd.*Mt r . We head).
deil of tbo well known and popular Ratlind ilirW* u
whitest, and said fo be tba beat in the world tlab JJk J?
Tomb Tablets, *c., but the Itxliao equal, j, f or fef hUATTf
budding stone, but make Marble and Granite for "" ktlK> •*
b “J W **' kin . J • o, Monnmenls, Toombs, Head JET
Ac. Our workmen are ffrsurfius. We buy all our stock. h>
work ourselvc.; tben.fore, we send ont wartT&S. sEtaT&t^?
W e pay the cash for all the stock we use. We get very tor
can and will compete with any Marble Works iatb. JL'ty.
workmanship and prices. Write and give us the descripttaJtf tb/work
anu we wdl write you what wa can furnish It for, or
wish to pay, and e will let you know what kind ot job or Jobs we can
Pdce* "£*
Hoping you will *™.tn2
Mov. mi Jone * A- Ednauudwon.
SOVTBMBJT mvsuex&s CMMCr,
MiClflSriLlrM, MY.
•PRACTICAL ftSQQM KKKPI^G.
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Orer 35 year* a Practical Accountant, endorsed by all the
Prominent Merchants of Louisville.
*** Sond Stamps for Circulars ami Spacimana of Petinmnahij,
BEN. C. WEAVER, Princial | 11. S. DkSOLLAR, Sectary
BMCS, CHEMICALS, HUTS, ETC
o
BRUCE HARRIS & CO.,
ROME, . • GEORGIA,
We respectfully invite an examination of enr atoch. consiatlagef
Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Window Glass
Fancy Artseles, eta.
SPECIALTIES.—StrictIy pure White Lead, Linseed Oil Var
nishes, Paints, dry and in oil, John Lucaa’ pura Tinted
Glass Painta. ready mixed.
AI.ABABTINE, all colors, fur inside fini-h. Wrnrtuw id C
Glass, French and American, all sixes. nnnw UR
117.BR0ADST.
(sept, is Bm.)
~ * ..
We Ask the AtteiitieH of
MERCHANTS, FARMERS, BLACKSMITHS,
CARPENTERS AND WHEEL-WUCHTI
To our Stock of
Iron, Sssteel. iXwiln*, **>>* If Hdirdwnre,
Blacksmiths and C.rpenters Tools, Kubber ar.d Leather Baltin?
Bnpgy and Material, Manilla and Cotton Rope, d, c „ ’
all of which we are prepared la sell at W orn prices to g.jd maw.
WE ARE ALSO AGENTS tOR THE CELEBRATED
BUFFALO SCI LES & MISHAWAKA CHILL’D PLOW,
Hardio, Bowie Me Co^
®* ”• 15 '• “’•* ROHE, GEORGIA*
and. c ,y kjr . 1
manufacturer op
sinus, nuns in imm
AND DEALER IN
SADDLERY HARD WARE ,
44. BROAD!STREET. ROME GEORGIA.
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