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TIIE KLLI.I.O COURIER | COLEMAN & KIRBY, Editors A. Proprietors KLUJAtTuA ■ FEBMUARV *7. 1997. Or racist. Omai or Gilmbk Cos. OrnciAi. O*o* or Fannin Cos. Official Groan or Pickens Cos. MURPlirs OUTLOOK. Wo see from that aggressive journal, the Bulletin, of Morphy, N. Cm that tliat town is commenc ing to boom. A company baa ap plied for a charter for a bank, tha Western North Carolina railroad and the M. A N. U. R. R. railroad will both soon be in that place, and a charter has boon granted fur a real from Chattanooga to Mur phy. There is money behind this enterprise and Chattanooga is poshing the rood with her capital. The company asked SIOO,OOO sub scription to the road from Cbatta* neoga, which, we learn, the city promptly made, and they only ask $60,000 subscription from the country along lb line and Mur phy. This nominal amount from the section traversed by the road will no doubt be promptly met and the road an assured fact. That little town that has here tofore been only Murphy, has taken on new life and is making a laudable effort to climb to the proportions af a city. Real estate has gone up enormously within the put year, and large sales of lands and minerals have been lately effected, a man no longer than last week having sold the mineral interest only in some land for $16,000, and on the whole the outlook for Murphy’s future bris tles with ominous signs. In speaking of Murphy’s busi ness future, Ihe prospect of North Georgia becoming potent in the wealth centers of tbe Stale inad vertantly suggested itself. We understand that Mr. Eager of the Marietta and North Georgia, has leased the Durktown Copper mines for 20years, and will op erate them so soon as a branch road is constructed to that aban doned mineral deposit. The con tracts for crosstiea on this arm of tbe main lino have been let out, and 500 hands will be put to work on it •• soon as tho inclement weather wil) permit permanent arrangements. This road will ■tart from Dickkey’s in Fannin eouniy and will be some eight or ten miles long. When this huge mine is worked millions of money will accrue to the operators. We learn also that 500 bands will be put on the extenuatiou of tbe M. d* N. G. to hasteu the road on to Murphy. When lira winter fairly breaks that section will be a scene of lively interest. DASTAIIDL T MURDERS. Last week a mania Dawson and one in Habersham counties were murdered, brutally and without mercy. No provocation in either case existed te mitigate the crimes, except that they wert accused of reporting some guilty parties to the revenue officials for violations of the internal revenue laws. The fact that the perpetra tors of these outrageous crimes were already violators of law was bad enough, but to override what they considered a petty offense, with a crime at the head of the Met in atrocity, is indeed deplora ble. In both instances the victims were shot and then horribly beat en. The custom of resisting the officers of the revenue laws with shot in ambush is the iclic of a "past which We hoped would never be resurrected. There was a time in the history of this section when seme men engaged in this illicit traffic would scrapie to accom plish any act however heinous, and we hoped with the advance ment of the times, the presence of railroad*, the enlightened and Christian civilisation of which we boaet, this fosaii of barbarism would fade before the march ol progress and social reclamation. We are pained to chronicle this tragic and untimely affair, and wt confidently hope and expect the good people of our sister counties will pursue to the bjlter end the heartless perpetrators of these atrocious crimes, and visit upon them the severest punishment kuown to the law. A revival ol Ibis past unscrupulous course ol men engaged in this business would be a serious detriment and a standing reproach to the fair name of our rapidly advancing seotion. mi iimii —ese ■ Oongressmtu Reagan, who was postmaster-general of the bout h ern Confederacy, was elected U. 8. Senator last Tuesday by the Texas Legislature. A WASTERS LETT AH Olui, Oregon, Jan. 8, 1867. L)kab Cotataa: Ido not know ; the fain of my last letter, as it re quires so much time for a letter to make the round trip from thi* to that country; but lest the read ers of the Couaiaa should forget what 1 said, I will write again As ( before staled agriculture was scaicely (bought of uutil the last lew years, although some few settlers in the valley of the lower riiUmath lake, have farmed suc cessfully for ten or fifteen years, making from twenty to sixty bushels of wheat per acre. This lake is about twenty miles long and ten wide. The valley of thi* lake has about seventy five thou sand acres of arable land and a bout eighty thousand acres of grazing land. Three years ago there were not a dozen settlers in this valley; now almost every hundred and sixty acres has a home and a farm started. The yield of grain in this valley last season was thirty or forty thou sand bushels. This is the wealth iest valley in the county, and as yet produces the principal part ol the grain raised in the county. The soil is a sandy loam, from one to four feel deep. Now, in order that tne reader may appre ciate the productiveness of this 1 will give the mode of farming. The best farmers plow their land every second year putting in their grain with a disc harrow, with a seeder attached. They plow with from sixteen to twenty inch plows plowing from two to five acres per day; so that one hand with a four-horse team can cultivate two hundred acres of land. From this you see the meagre cultivation die land receives; and with more (borough cultivation the yield would certainly be immense. This valley is, in its natural stale, covered with sedge brush, re sembling somewhat the garden sedge. It costs about two dollars per acre to clear the land. The valley next in importance is List River valley, which has about ninety thousand acres of arable land and one hundred thousand acres of grazing, or meadow land. All that has been said of the other valley might be said of this, except that it is uol quite so thickly settled, and the farms smaller and the grain hiss mostly been cut for hay. The grandest feature of this valley is the irrigating facilities it has. A large ditch leads out from the Big Thlamath lake that has a sufficient elevation and supply of water to irrigate almost the entire valley; and it has been demonstrated that the land with irrigation will pro duce twice as much hay as it will without it. Since 1 have seen the advantages of irrigation in the west I often wonder why it is that the farmers of North Georgia do not utilize the adundant supply of water they have in staying (he power of draught* over their farms and gardens. Tule lake valley is at the north end of Tule lake, and has twenty five thou sand acres of arable land and fif ty thousand acres grazing land. This is, perhaps, the most beauti ful valley county; it rises gradually from Tule lake, giving from almost any point in the val lev a full view of thi* most beau tiful lake which is about thirl v miles long and sixteeu wide, sur rounded, except on the north, by high craggy points which lead back into the lava beds where Captaiu Jack with his sixty brays* murdered Gen. Can by, and held about one thousand soldiers at bay for more thau a year* There is no settlement on the west side of this lake, and the raccoons seem to have takeu full possession more thau oue hundred haviug been seen at once playing ou the water’s edge; yet there is no tim ber within several miles of the of the lake. Tuis lake seems to be the home of wild fowls, such a* geese and ducks, which may be seen by the thousands. Sports men need not tire here for sport, unless like Artemus Ward with the Mormau widows, be declined on account of the '‘muchness.” On the north end of the lake, the water is shallow, with large tu’e grass ten or fifteen feet high that falls over makiug a perfect ham mock over the water, on which the fowls make their oests during May and June when the boys and Indians ride in and gather bush els of eggs in a few hours. This lake is also the headquar ters of the sucker or Oregon Buf falo fish which are so uumerous that when spawning time comes they run up Lost river so thickly that to catch them only a pitch fork it used. The tine* are ben> iuio a hook loriu, then we go out it a •well boat, put ibe tnmk Uueu to ihs water, then jerk, end in en hour or en you have ell the fish yoa went. I have loaded e Iwo bare# wagon in leee than a half day. 1 now i-h tbe Covaixa and Ha reader# much prosperity dur ing Ibe year. A Gilmer Bov. Surveying the Route. The Augusta and Chattanooga ia one of the inuumersble causes that will lead to the great Augus ta boom which ia not far diatani. The Directors of the road held a meeting yesterday at the compa ny’s office, on Reynolds etreel. Engineer Stone submitted a sur vey of tbe three proposed en trances into the city —one along the banka of the Savannah ; an other via Rae’t Creek and then through the property of the land company. Another proposed route is via (he Sand Hills, cross ing the Georgia railroad track. The coat of either of these routes will be about ihe same. The route by which the most ad vantage* are offered will be adop ted. The distance and cost being the same, it now remains with tbe partis* interested to briog tbe road their way. The engineering corps has been instructed to proceed witL the survey from Danburg, in Wilkes county, to Harmony Grove, in Banks county, immediately. A Chronicle reporter, meeting a prominent Director, asked what it all meant, and asked if they had decided that it was not prac ticable to go to Washington. “That is about the size of it,” answered tbe Director. ‘'The route we have decided ou is Dan burg to Harmony Grove.” In addition to the force that has Dean working towards Wilkes county by Messrs. Lowe A Cos., a force will be put to work from this end of the line the first ol next week.—Augusta Chronicle. ONE ON THE HUNDREQ. Dear Courier: I notice in a recent issue you were inquiring for cot respond ents, and as I have been an oc casional correspondent, I corres pond when tax ia one dollar on the hundred. The election being over, and 1 hope the excitement with it when lax is one dollar on Ihe hundred. From what I have heard a great amount of money was expended by the candidates when tax is one dollar on the hundred. It is strange that Ihe men who want lo adminiater to lira people as couuly officers would buy liquor and give it'to men to make them drunk for the sake of their votes, when tax ia one dollar on the hundred. I notice that the grand jury at the last term oi the court said, ‘‘We have examined the records as best we could with the lime allotted us and find them cor rectly kept ;” this was when tax was one dollar on the hundred. I wonder why if the graud jury did not have time to make a full and complete examination that they did uot appoiut a committee to examine in vacation and‘re port at next term of the court, when tax was one dollar on the huudred f lam like the fellow in hia prayer who did not want to dic tate —would only like to make some suggestious. So 1 will sug geat to the next grand jury that they, for the satisfaction of offi cers aud all the tax-payers, nxaku -or have made a full, complete and thorough examina tion and published, so that all may know when tax is one doK lar on the hundred. 1 would like to know the amount of tax able property giveu in and the amouut of taxes collected in this county when tax is one dollar on the hundred. I will close by asking von to tell me if the state levies three-tenths of one per ceui, what the county levies when lax is oue dollar on the huudred? or in other words it the county levies seven-tenih* ol one per cent, what does the state levy when tax is one dol lar oa the hundred, and ougln the people of Gilmer county to be satisfied under all circum stances when lax is one dollar on tbe hundred ? Common Sense TO THK PUBLIC WR have opraed a DBTKCI IVE OF FICE al 1004 Cherry street, ami we ask the patronage of all. After ear era) year* of experience It elves us full knowledge of the business. Business sad private work strictly attended to. Call aud see us or address Geo'iia Ceitral Detective liner, IW| Cherry Olivet, Macon, Ga. (kmt m# age, a man while eel hunting en ihe *Me of Ibe meee (am, eoiioealed himself ie e chimp of bushes sear a large dead tree, and began celling for wild tnrkeya. Presently, lo Ids dismay, a hug# ferocious wild-cat sprang upon him, jamed hit turkey caller into hie throat, knocked hi* gun out f hie hand and scratched the aide •>fthe huuier’s face and neck quits severely. Before the man recov ered from Ids surprise and fright, the cat had disappeared in the surrounding thicket. Hia catahip no doubt mistook Ihe hunter for a turkey of which they are said lo he very fond, and among which they occasionally make sad hav oc.—Murpliv (N. C.) Bulletin. *ffi£ina€ordial (i... . DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, WEAKNESS, CHILLS AND FEVERS, MALARIA, LIVER COMPLAINT, KIDNEY TROUDLE3, NEURALGIA AND RHEUMATISM. TT ll Inv:*orat- _ IT (in, NSW 1 log mm- De- 1 LIFE to th lifhtful to taVe. 4 J whole SYSTEM and of creat value by Strengthening ae a Medicine for L V-V* 1 the Mueclee, Too., weak end Ailing P- V? j ing the NERVES, Worn,* end Chil- ■- { J end complctclyDi. l.* ry Unc ,b * A-' hurtful I g H by I• ■din g Mlnerele, le Com- I V physicians,telling posed of carefully I\ how to treat dis aelected Vegeta- IVAN eases at HOME, bla Medicines, 1 roatlcd, together combined skill- with a set of haad fully, making a some cards by now Safe and Pleasant Heliotype process, Remedy. on receipt of xo a. Fur sals b j all Preggtate and Orocvre. S'lottld tha 4attar see* few not keep A OLIVA (OKI)iAL, remit #I.OO, MdaMl aiSS NKl* will t>s Mm, charge* |> ti.l. PMKFABKP OWLV RT 9 ) follnt Drug and Chemical Compaay, • BALIIfcORK, ID* L. ft. A. A POLICEMAN. Atlanta, Ga., July 23,1583. Whenever 1 knosr of anything that might be of service to my tellow-men, I desire to impart such information; hence 1 give the following tacts to the nubile: Mr*. M. M. Prince, living nt 38 West Fuir 8t„ Atlanta, Ga., has been troubled (or several months with an ugly form of catarrh, attended with a copioua aud of fensive discharge from both nostrils. Her system bocame ae affected and re duced that she wag confined to bed at my house for a time,and received tbe at tention of three phvsiciaus; and used a dozen bottles of an extensively advertis ed blood remedy, without the least ben edt. She finally commenced tbe use of B. B. 8., with a decided improvement at once, and when ten bottles nad been used, she was entirely cured of all symptoms ol catarrh. It gave ber appetite, and increased her strength rapidly, and I cheerfully re commended it as a quick and cheap tonic and Bleod Purifier. J. W. GLUE it, Policeman. W4B'll C4HCSB? I have been using B. B. 11. for six or seven weeks for something iike cancer ou my neck, and I would not take one thoasand dollars for tbe benefit received. I had previously tried various so-called blood remedies, but B. B. B. is tbe best, tbe quiekost aid the cheapest blood pu rifier 1 ever used. I refer to any mer mhant of Griffin, Ga. J.U. BARNES. Griffin, Ga. BOTH HANDS UP. A Newpaoite Suddenly Raises His Hands far the first Tims in Two Years. Correspondence Atlanta Journal. Newnan, Ga., June It.—Mr. Jacob G. Sponcler, an old and respected citizen of this place experienced a rather suddeu change in |bis gesticulates extremities lately. It seems that a little over two years ago Mr. Spmcler had a severs at tack of Rheumatism, his arms became useless, aud, in faot, he could uot raise his hands to his head until the other day when he called on tbe druggist and ob tained a preparation that acted like magio on him, lor after taking the first half bottle he oould move his arms about and whea he had takea six bottles be was sound and well. Rev. W. W. Wadsworth aud our people generally who are familiar with the case almost swear by the woadersul remedy now. Mr. Sponcler said the medicine was called B, B. B. A BOOK OF WONDERS, FREE. All who desire lull information about the oauao and eure of Blood Poisons, Scrofula and Scrofulous Swellings, Ul cers, Sores, Rheumatism, Kidney com plaints, Catarrh, etc., can secure by mail free, a copy of our 32-page illustrat ed Book ot Wonders, tilled with the most wonderful and startling proof ever be fore known. Address, BLOOD BALM CO. a tlanta, Ga, GEORGIA—GILMER COUNTY. Thomas Ratcliff as administrator et Jaue Whisenant deceased, shows that he has fully, discharged his trust and prays to be discharged. All persons concerned will show cause, if any they can, why at the April term, 1857, of this court, the prayer sheuld not be granted. Witness my hand and official sign ature. 3rd- 1887. J. C. Allen, 18 fee *4 31. Ordinary GEORGIA—GiImer County. 14 ill be sold before the court house door in the town of Ellijay, said coun *y, within tbe legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in March, 1887. to the highest bidder, the following' de scribed property, to-wit: All the right, title and interest of H R. Foote in and to lots flan : Nos. 29, 43 and 44 in the 11th district and 2nd section of sa-.d county, levied on under a tax fi. f issued by G. W. Gates, T. C , for the purposes cf the state and oo .nty taxes for the year 18S4. Levy made nd returned to me by Lakey El.iott. L. C. December the 14th, 1886. This January tbe 26th, 1887. M. L. Cox, Sheriff. IT WILL PAY YOU If you propose going West or North-Weal, to write to ms. I represent the Short Line. Frkd D. Bush, D. P. A., II * Atlanta, Oa. PICK KM* SHERIFF’S SALKS. GKOKGlA—Piekee* Otaty. Will he **!d before the eowt houee door, ia the F<wu of J setter, ia said seaaty, hetweeo the legal hoar* of -ale oa (hr first Tweed .y a March, 1887 Jo the highest .bidder the following describ ed property, A -wit. Lou f l and Noe. 144 at>s 146 in the stb die net sod lad seotioo of said county, levied oo by virtare of throe justice court fi. fa*, issued from tbe justice court if the 118‘iad outrict, G. M . io said county, in favor of A. McHsn A Bro. against J. A. Leadwlown Levied ou a* the property of J. A Landed, wn. Prop erty pointed out by plaintiff in fi. fa. Tenant in possession notified in term* of tbe law. fee $4.45. Also at the tame time and place and in the manner above described will be sold tb following property, t *-wit: 35 acres of lot of land Ne. 287 in the sth district and 2nd section of said county, levied on a* tbe pnp-rty of Thoms* Cham: ion, to satisfy a mortgage fi. fa. issued from the Superior Court of said county, in favor cf Pa' Hood vs. Thom as Champion. Property pointed out by plaintiff in fi. fa., and tenant in pos sess!' n notified in terms of the law. fee $3.35. Also at the same time and place and in the manner above described will be sold the following property, to-wit; 71 acres of lot of land No. 254 in the sth district and 2nd section of said county ; it being tbe northwest por tion of said let of laod, levied on as the property-of Thomas Champion, by virtue of a mortgage fi. fa., issued from the Superior court of sad county in favor of W. B. Tate, Administrator of 0. Jones deceased, against Thomas Champion. Property pointed out by plaintiff in fi fa.. Tenant in posses sion notified in terms of the law. fee $3 60. Also at the same time and place and in the manner above described will be sold the following property, to-wit: 80 acres of lot of land No. 22 in the 18th district and 2nd sec;ion of said county, bought by Thomas Parker from James Burges*, levied on as the property of Thom * Parker, by virtue •fa mortgage fi fa. issued from the Su perior court of said county,in favor oi Caleb Jones vs. 1 homas Parker. Prop erty pointed out by plaintiff’s attor ney, and tenant in possession notified in terms of the law. fe $3.35. Also at th ' same time and place and in the manner above described will be soil the following property, to-wit: One seventh undivided interest in and to lots of land Nos. 126 and 127 in the 4th distriot and 2nd *ec ion of said county, levied on as the property of Robert E. Lee Disharoon to satisfy two attachment fi fas issued from the ju&tiee e mrtof the 1093 th, G. M, in said county, in favor of A. W. Davis vs. R. bert E. Lee Disharoon—-the ether in favor A McHan & Bro. vs. Robert E. Lee Disharoon. Tenant in possession notified in terms of the law. fee $3.80. Also at the same time und place and in the manner above described will be sold the following property, to-wit t Lot of land No. 323 in the sth district and 2nd section of soid county, levied on as the prop rty of of the “Ptrse vcrence Mi ing Compa y,” to satisfy a tax fi. fa. for state und ceunty tax, issued by G W. Little, T. C., said coun y against said Perseverence Min ing Cos. for state and county tax for ti e year 1886. Property pojnted out by N. C. McClain, areut for said Cos. This January the 25th 1887. JOHN E. JOHNSON, fee $3.80. Sheriff. GEORGIA—GiImer County. Will be sold before the court hous door ip the town of Eliijvy, said coun ty, within the legal h 'urs of sale on the first Tuesday io Match*, 1887. to the highe t bidder, th* following described property, to-wit . All the right, title and interest of W. L. Cos kin and to lot of land No. 138 in the 6th district and 2nd seciiou of-said county, levied on under s subpoena execution in fa vor of O. P. Johnson and others vg, said W. L Cook for witness fees in the Cook & Denham cases in Gilmer Su perior Court. Levy made by me Jan. the 21st, 1887. This Jan. 25, 1887 M. L. Cox, Sheriff. HUDSON of VIRGINIA No. 10,327. Is as handsome a Jersey Bull as there ia in the South. Be was bred in New York, is three years old and weighs 1,185 pounds. Be is Dred from the best of registered stock. 1 guarantee him pure Several of his ancestors have taken premiums iu Jersey, Eng land and America. I have put the price oftpervice down to $3.00 Payable when the calf is dropped. This is withm the reach of all. Let all who are in favor of good milch cattle patronize this fio* Bull. 1 will give $23 for choice of his calves. Be will be kept at Ellijay where I will also keep a number of fine Jacks aud a fine Stallion next spring. T. H. Tabor. IF You want to be informed upon all cur rent events; if you want the news of the day ; if you want to know what the Legislature and Congress are diog ; if you want your family to have a good medium of communication with the outside world, so that they may be able to converse intelligently with people who are informed, then send me One Dollar for the Atlanta Constitution oue year. T. H. Taob, 9 15 ly. . Agent. CENTRAL HOTEL! Ellijay, - r - Georgia. Is the special popular resort for com mercial meu and tourists of all kind, and is the general house for prompt at tention, elegant rooms and fare second to none, in this place. Reasonable rates. Mrs. M. V. Teem will giro her per sonal attention to guests in the dining hall. 4 1 1 y nPlllllffifassnsisa UrlUlllrMr:a I*I..I.JILieiILE. Oa m after Ortitir the tttk, IMA traiwe oa the Marietta sad North Georgia Railroad will run a* fotlo*** : No, 1, Pamwfrr, Qoin- North Leave Marietta, ICO *. m. Arrive at Canton, 10:24 *. m Leave Canton, 10:11 a. M. Arrive nt J neper, 11:45 m. m. Leave Jasper, 11:50 a. an Arrive at Elllijay 1:90 p. &. Leave Bllijsv 1:40 p. m. Arrive at Mineral Bluff. *.•05 p. n. Leave Mineral Bluff, 3:10 p. m Arrive at Mate Line, 8:45 p. m. Ho 2, Passenger, Going Sooth. Leave State Line 9:15 a. m. Arrive at Mineral Bluff 9:60 a. m. Leave Mineral Bluffff 10:00 a. m. Arrive at Kll'jay 11:25 m. m. Leave Ellijay 11:30 a, m. Arrive at Jasper 1:20 p. m Leave Jasper 1:25 p. m. Arrive at Canton 2:64 p. m. Leave Canton 2:55 p. m. Arrive at Marietta 4:29 p. no No. 1 will pass No 2at Talking Rock. No 2 makes cloee connection at Mariet ta with train* going North and South on Western and Atlantic Railroad. J. B. Glovxr, Supt., Marietta, Ga. B. T. PICKENS, .ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Ellijay, (hOTsia. Will practice in all tbe courts of Gil mer and adjoining counties. Estates and interests in land a specialty. Prompt attention given to all collec tions. 10-21-85 WM. BOLLMANN, si&om :jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, Rings, Etc, No. 10 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. DUCKETT & DUNN ARE READY lo do any kind of CARPENIER work in best of style and at once, or LUMBER on ahoit notice ia furnished by us. We have two Saw Millß, Plaining Mill, etc., which enable us to do work aa rapidly and ou aa short notice as any other carpenters in the country. The personal attention of J. W. Duckett given to such contracts. Call on or address, DUCKETT k DUNN, Ellijxy, Ga. GEORGIA—GiImer County. Will be sold before tbe court house door, in said county, on tbe first Tues day in March, 1887. within the b gal Lours of sale to tbe highest.bidder for cash the fol owing described property, to-wit: All the right, title and interest of A. C. Daniel in and to lots of laud Nos. 275 in the 6th district and 2nd section. 293 in the 11th dis>rict and 2nd section, both in said county, levied on under a tax fi. fa issued by G. W Gates, T. 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HACK LINE I a. 4 I WWBkpf* P. C. BRYANT, ■OBGANTO*. GEORGIA. Will ran from Morgan ton to Mineral Bluff, daily, to maet the trains. All persons traveling can be accommodated on hie line. A full Livery Stable outfit will be kept for order. $1 13 WEEKS. The POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed, securely wrapped, to any ad dress in the United for three months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount al owed to post masters, agents and c übs- Sample copies mai ed free Adtiress all erders to RICHARD K. FOX, Fbanklin Squari, N. Y. PATEN £ CAVEATS, TRADE NARKS AMD copyrights - Obtained, and all other business in the U. S. Patent Office attended to for moderate fees. Onr office is opposite tbe U. S. Patent Office, and we can obtain Patents in less time thau those remote from Wash iugton. Send model or drawing W# ad vise as to patentability free of charge; and w# make no charge unices vie obtain patent, We refer here to tbe Postmaster, the Supt. of Money Qrder Div., and to of ficials of the U. S. Patent Office For circu ar, advise, terms aud references to actua c ients in your own State or eouniy, write to C. A, SNOW & CO.. Opposite patent office, Washington it.o. mw ass g WEST, NORTHWEST —OR mm mm Your Ticket* Read via the N. C. & ST. L. R’Y The McKenzie Route. The First-class and Emigrant Passengers’ FAVORITE I J. H. Latimkr, W. T. Rogers, Pass. Agent, Pass. Agent. ' Atlanta, Ga. Cbattanoogu, Tern. W. L. Danley, Gen. Pas. & Tkt. Agen*, Naahville, Tean. TO THE Milling Public TIHE undersigned takes pleasure in i5 forming all who contemplate building or repairing Mills, in tbe best and asoe durable style, that it will be to tbeir bea interest to consult him before employing or closing contracts witb others. Besides being fully prepared, after year* of study aud prictice, to do all kinds of Mill work in the best workman-like manner, lam Meat fir all tiijsil (ilicliun of th* most improved patterns, and guar antee to sell them at Manufacturers’ and Importeis’ prices, including tbe celebrated BOOKALTEft ENGINE AND THE Leffel Double Tnrbiie Voter Vbeel French Burr Btones, Eureka Smutting Machines, etc. < Also, E. Van Winkle & Co’s SAW MILLS, MILL BFINDLES, BHAFTING, GEARING, ETC. In short, anything in tbs line of Mi Machinery. . Now, if y<tu want anything in my line I promise satisfaction in workmanship and price. Call on or address J- W. DUGKETT Mill Contractor, Dec. 29- ly. ELLIAY, GA* MADAME DEAN’S 1 SPINAft OORSBTrt LADIES terSA'SSSS •or popular Cosset* la overy county. Hooxpert veiefcA Agents are n.iking SIM ■sontfcly. ISO different etyloo to select from. Largest nnenmUatiirn beet terns, end Meet eal able goods. Satisfaction guaranteed. Kxetastre territory given. OS OUTWIT THEE. Illus trated Catalogue and particulars bee. Writ* tor terms as oeee. Ask tor oar OSOO Cask tIWB ISSau S OS., Wt SSOAJVAT, WIW TtU, SUPPORTING