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OGLETHORPE ECHO
Feb. IV W 75.
JTBILSUED WEEKLY BY
T. L. GANTT, Editor and Prop’r.
Homcftfcad and I.ic-n Lawn.
Both of these bills have been finally
disposed of by the present Legislature.
The first named having its provisions
grafted in the State Constitution, will
of course have to receive the sanction
of the Legislature of 187 G, and then be
ratified by the people.
The bill as passed by both House and
Senate, reduces the Homestead to S7OO
realty and S3OO personalty, aggregating
SI,OOO.
The Lien law, which was the special
order for Tuesday, the lGtli, came up for
action. It being apparent that the orig
inal bill would not pass, Mr. Frederick
offered a substitute to allow liens for
raising crops, which was favored by
Peeples,Furlow,Nelms and Turnbull,and
opposed by Fannin, Stallings, Turnlin,
Glisson, Warner and Black.
On motion of Mr. Glisson, the bill was
indefinitely postponed by eighty*yeas to
seventy nays.
I>e#Seit In the* Treasury.
Unofficial information gives currency
to a report that it has recently come to
light that a large amount of mosey has
been drawn from the State Treasury
which should have remained in her
vaults. A special committee has been
appointed by the Legislature to investi
gate the matter. No blame is attached
to Treasurer Jones, either on account of
incompetency or malfeasance in office,
but the trouble seems to have arisen from
the Treasurer having paid over-due
bonds which had been paid heretofore,
and have not been cancelled.
The amount involved is about $200,-
000.
Jeff Davis.— The potrait of Jefferson
Davis has boon added to the gallery in
the office of the War Department at
Washington. Good enough !
Melton. —The South Carolina boy,
who whipped the colored cadet at Annap
olis, is the son of the Radical Attorney
General of South Carolina.
Ben. Butler.— lt is rumored that,
after the 4th of March, Williams will
retire from the Attorney Generalship to
make way for Beast Butler. Is not this
swapping the devil for a witch?
Dead. —Edward Spangler, one of the
parties accused ef complicity in the Lin
coln assassination, who suffered imprison
ment until pardoned by President John
son, died the other day’, at the age of 50
years.
Oconee !—The bill creating anew
county from Clarke, on the other side of
Barber’s creek, to be called “Oconee,”
has passed both branches ofthe General
Assembly, and when signed by the Gov
ernor, will be a law.
Dropped Dead !—Mr. Thomas Shack
elford, a highly respected citizen of
Clarke county, residing a few miles from
Athens, dropped dead in his field one
day last week, while plowing in oats!
Truly, “in the midst of life we are in the
midst of death.”
Wild Cats In Madison. —Mr. Isaiah
M. White, of Madison county, has kill
ed and caught three wild cats since
Christmas. He has one of them alive at
his house, nearly as large as a dog ! We
did not know that any of these “var
mints were in the good eounty of
Madison.
f The Feap.ch for Charley Ross.—
The New York Sun says Christian K.
Ross, the father of Charley Ross, has
been searching the shores of the Raritan
river and adjoining streams, where Mosh
er was in the habit of sailing, examin
ing the houses for a strange hoy, but
without success.
Beecher-Tiltox. —The most dama,
ging evidence against Beecher, so far, has
proceeded from the testimony of Mrs.
Tilton's brother, and a midwife named
Carey and Mrs. Moulton. Beecher was
so much stunned by Mrs. M.’s testimony
that he lost his dignity and called her a
“liar.” Fie! fie f Mr. Beecher!
Lately a New York clergyman, who
has been preaching on the Southern
question, declared that, “as far as con
cerns Texas, he would leave Texas and
live in hell.”
If this New York clergyman belongs
to the Plymouth flock we should suppose
that h<? would rather remain in Brook
lyn than go to either hell or Texas.
M aresboro claims a very remarka
ble woman, and she belongs to a remarka
ble and, we may add, a very dangerous
family to marry into. She gave birth
to five children in one year—triplets in
January and twin* in December. Her
!rr '’' * *'• ‘rer : m:Av givm Vr*'. to
Uiliu ..j ... t .....
aie really too hard for such foolishness.
Land near Greensboro only brings
$4 per acre.
Ike Hooper, the condemned negro,
was hung in Augusta on the 19th.
Witcher A Jarrell have just recei
ved a large lot of bacon, flour, sugar,
corn, etc.
Our kind friend, Mr. T. J. Howard,
will please accept our thanks fora choice
lot of fruit trees.
A disastrous fire occured in Darien,
Ga., on the morning of the 14th inst.,ud
destroyed property to the amount of
SIOO,OOO.
In some parts of New England the
ground if frozen fourteen feet deep. No
thing like it has occured for the past
quarter of a century.
Capt. W. A. Quinn, representative
from Washington, who had his foot
crushed by a railroad car in Atlanta, is
dangerously ill. Erysipelas has set in.
Earthquakes continue to shake the
California coast occasionally, and it de
serves it. Sinners should occasionally
be reminded that they stand on uncer
tain ground.
Rats dislike tar. Smear the holes
with it, or dip a live rat in a cup of soft
tar, and let it go, and it will soon plaster
every rat-hole in the house and clear out
the “varmints.”
As'soon as the frost leaves the ground,
work will be commenced in New York
city on a complete system ef underground
telegraph wires similar to those in Lon
don, Paris and other European capitals.
The latest proposal in line of postal
conveniences is to issue a two-cent let
ter sheet which can be folded and sealed,
and sent through the mails in the same
manner as a postal card. This is cruelty
to post-office clerks.
An exchange says that “ Georgia has
six hundred lunatics in the Asylum at
Milledgeville, and a good many more at
the capitol at Atlanta. Heavy en our
Legislators, but undoubtedly some of them
have won that destinction.
We have a shocking story of infanti
cide from the Sumpter Republican. On
Saturday last a negro found a new-born
babe under a clay root near Americus.
The body had been so mutilated by bogs
and blizzards as hardly to be recognized
as that of a human being.
Ah ! another kingly personage is com
ing to visit this country —Don Pedro, the
Emperor of Brazil. Next summer he is
coming. The snobocraey will be ready
for him. It must he said for him, how
ever, that he is a very decent sort of a
ruler—progressive, liberal and popular
with his people.
Commander Cushing’s widow has
sent to Alfred Iverson, of Columbus,
Georgia, a sword which her husband
captured from the latter, who was in the
Confederate army. The sword was pre
sented to Mr. Iverson by the citizens of
Columbus before the war, when he was
a Lieutenant of the United States Caval
ry.
We know that our little town has many
pretensions, but during the last few days
we have heard of another added to the
list, the existence whereof we were ig
norant before. At a recent party given
by one of our citizens, a party of ladies
made their appearance at 10 o’clock
sharp, and another party remained dur
ing the entire evening without removing
their hats.
Our friend Red says that the next time
heattends a party he intends to remain
under the shadow of his own beaver the
whole evening. So much for fashion.
We had Tuesday morning by far the
hardest rain that has fallen for many
months. The water came down in tor
rents, and was accompanied by a wind
that threatened for a time to overcome
everything in its course.
Several amusing incidents occurred
during the prevalence of the storm. A
wagon cover that had been left near the
depot was taken off and carried some
distance, to the dismay of its owner. We
think more rain has fallen in the past
two days than during the whole winter
before.
Democratic Successes. —The gains
and victories of the Democratic party
during the last few weeks are unprecedent
ed. They are simply immense. Florida,
poor down-trodden Florida, so long con
trolled by scalawags, has elected an un
compromising Democrat to the Senate.
In Wisconsin Carpenter was defeated by
Cameron, who though not a Democrat,
was elected by the aid of that party and
will act with it. In "West Virginia a
Democrat has been elected to the Senate.
The glorious result though could not
have been accomplished without the aid
of Conservative Republicans,who, seeing
the tendency of the policy of Grant and
his crowd, will no longer follow. The
Democrats will be now almost as strong
* ■ ■v-th Republicans, and will
- n°n in the
- - i
oppression.
NEW_ aDV E R TIS EME'qTS.
SEED YAMS
T HAVE A NICE LOT OF SEED YAMS
-L tor sale.
feb2s-3t TnOS. H. ROSIER.
CARD OF THANKS.
T TAKE THIS METHOD OF RETURN
-F INO my sincere thanks to mv many cus
tomers tor the liberal patronage bestowed on
my Cotton Gin, from its first establishment.
I now desire to inform them that, in a few
weeks, I will have in full operation a
First-class Grist 11!
and hope it will receive their patronage.
_ W. T. PATMAN.
THE SMALL POX
s now raging in our county, but that does
not interfere with with Witcher & Jarrell dis
posing of their fine stock of New and Fresh
Goods at extremely low prices. They have
HUNDREDS
of articles, calculated to please the fancy of
all, which they are bound to dispose of to the
people of Oglethorpe. We call the attention
OF MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN
to our stock, for they will each and every one
find here just the article they want,which can
be bought very low for the cash. Also will be
FOUND
among our varied stock all kinds of Planta
tion Supplies, which can be bought so cheap
lor cash that it will make your head swim.
We keep a live stock of goods—no old or
DEAD
per pes among them. Just received, a large
eofiv Float Bacon, etc. Fresh Gardeu Seed
at five cents per paper.
GROCERIES
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY’ YOUR
Meat, Corn, Oats,
Lard, Sugar, Coffee,
SYRUP, MOLASSES,
FLOUR NAILS, RICE,
IRON, STEEL, SALT,
Or other things necessary to
RUN YOUR BUSINESS
with. You can buy the above named articles
from McMAHAN & STOKELY as Cheap
as you can from any one else. When you
come to Crawford call and see us, aud you
will never regret it.
McMAHAN & STOKELY.
MRS. HARLOW'S
Mi Li I,iron
For the cure of Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Toothache, Headache, Sore Throat, Bronchi
tis, Pain iu Chest, Side, Plurisy, Paralysis,
Cramp Colic, all Spinal Affections, Bone
Felon, Carbuncle, Cuts, Sprains, Burns, Brui
ses, Chilblains, etc. If not as represented the
money refunded. For sale by McMAHAN
& STOKELY, Crawford, T. Fleming & Cos.,
and McWhorter, Young A Cos. janß-tim,
NEW STOCK,
NEW STOCK!
R.T. BOTBY&CO.
Athens, Ga.,
HAVE NOW ON HAND:
PURE WHITE LEAD, at sl4 per hundred
VENETIAN RED, dry and in oil.
VARNISH, of all kinds.
TURPENTINE and PAINT BRUSHES.
ANILINE DYE, red, black, and purple.
The largest and finest selected stock of
Cheap and fine PERFUMERY,
SHELL BOXES, BABY BOXES,
COLOGNES,
Belle, Atwood’s, Caswell & Hazard’s, Ger
man, Hoyt’s, Wright’s, and Brumby & Co’s,
half-pints and pints, elegantly put up in cut
glass bottles, etc.
IVORY TEATHIXG RINGS.
ARNICA COAT PLASTER, white, blaek
and flesh color.
Shaving and Tooth BRUSHES.
The finest selection of Imported HAIR
BRUSHES ever had in this city, for Christ
mas Presents, some costing $5 each.
LADIES’ CACHOUS, for the breath.
Fine PUFFS, LILY WHITE,
-Nail and Infants’ BRUSHES.
OTTO OF ROSE, in small vials.
SHAVING COMPOUND, in mugs.
CAMPHOR ICE, LIP BALM,
ROSE CREAM.
POWDER PUFF BOXES, 25c to $2 each.
Fine TOILET SOAPS.
SAPOLIO, 25c per package.
And a host of other articles too numerous to
mention. We want the people of Oglethorpe
and surrounding country to give us a call
when they visit Athens, and examine our fine
stock.
DISSOLUTION.
The partnership of lumpkin &
OLIVE was dissolved, by mutual con
sent, on the Ist day of January 1875, as to all
business arising on and after that date.
Each member of the firm remains in LEX
INGTON, Ga., and continues the practice of
Law in the Northern Circuit—and elsewhere,
by special c mtract.
SAMUEL LUMPKIN may be found in the
Ben Willingham office, fronting lot of E.
G. Roane.
J. T. OLIVE may be found in the office
' i+*ly oeeunied by Jon C. Reed, Eb^>.
MEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LOOK! PEOPLE OF OGLETHORPE!
ORR && 00-,
GROCERS AND PROViSiON DEALERS,
At Old Stand of England & Orr, ATHENS, CA.
KEEP A FULL LINE OF GOODS IX THEIR LINE. WE OFFER ESPECIAL
INDUCEMENTS IN
FLOUR AND TOBACCO.
We have now in store the largest stock of FLOUR of any house in the city, and can sell it
as CHEAP as it can be bought in Atlanta or Augusta. Try us, and we will convince you.
A full line of FANCY GROCERIES for
WEDDING OCCASIONS, FISHING PARTIES & PICNICS.
Our IVXotto s Cheap for Cash I
ORR & co.
GUANO, CUANO.
WE are now offering the following GUANOS at prices to suit the times
Barry** Giemh itl Fertilizer —Cash *6O; Time, >65.
Barry's Acid Phosphate —Cash S4O; Time, $45.
Five dollars per ton added for cotton option of 15c., delivered in Augusta by Nov. 1.
Carolina Fertilizer —Cash SSO; Time SOS.
Ru**ell Coe’s Superphosphate —Cash $55 ; Time SOS.
Cat Island iiimne— Cash $43 ; Time SSO.
The above subject to a cotton option of 15c., deliver at purchasers’ nearest depot.
Also, Sardy’s Fertilizer.
Planters would do well to give us a call before purchasing, and examine our Fertilizers.
Pamphlets, containing certificates, etc., furnished on application.
HARGROVE & JOHNSON, cb\ gt ga.
Garden Seed, Flower Seed, Grass Seed,
Clover Heed, Pure Lead and Oil.
We have just received a large lot of the above articles, w’hich we offer very cheap.
LONGS & BILLUPS, Athens, Ga.
W H. HOWARD & SONS,
Cotton Factors, Commission Merchants,
AND GENERAL AGENTS FOR
JOHN MERRYMAN & CO’S
AMMONIATED
DISSOLVED BONES!
THE GREAT COTTON GROWER.
Composed of' ITRS HOSES, dissolved in Sulphuric Acid, and the
best Annnoniacal material.
Analysis by Prof. White.
Moisture and volatile matter 56.21
Non-volatile matter 43. b
Sand and Clay 4.51
Phosphoric Acid, soluble in water 9.77
Reduced Phosphoric Acid 39 3
Insoluble Phosphoric Acid 1.09
Nitrogen, (-=3.45 Ammonia) 2.82
Commercial value per ton, ( 2,000 lbs.)
195.4 lbs. Soluble Phos. Acid $32.73
72.6 “ reduced “ 1 Q .16
33.8 “ insoluble “ 1.-6
56.8 “ Nitrogen (==69.0 lbs. Ammo.).. 17.04
$63.79
WITCHER
Wm. L. Bradley’s Standard Fertilizers.
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PRINTUP, BRO. & POLLARD,
Formerly Pollard & Cos.,
Cotton Factors, General Agents, Augusta, Ga.
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T3 T~l
SSA IF 1 0 "W Xj
efu^nsro
GUARANTEED EQUAL TO ANY EVER SOLD.
SEA FO\A/L GUANO, in Bags, 200 pounds each.
C. C. COE’S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF UMjA.
BRADLEY’S AMMONIATED DISSOLVED BONES,
In Bags, 200 pounds.
ROYAL GUANO COMPOUND, MpwA
A Cotton Option of 15c. per pound on the Sea Fowl, where
delivered at Lexington Depot by the Ist of November, 1875.
The above Standard Fertilizers having been in use for the past seven years in the
South, with unequalled success, are again offered at prices that cannot fail to give satisfac -
tion, while the standard is guaranteed to be equal, if not superior, to any ever sold.
For Prices and Terms apply to
STOKELY & LITTLE, Agents,
feb£l-3m 4 LEXINGTON DEPOT, GA.
E. A. WILLIAMSON,
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER
And Jeweller,
At Dr. Kick's Drug Store....-,. Athens, Ga.
TERM .4.
Time Price, per ton, at Port Royal $62.50
Cash Price, “ “ “ ' 55.00
J*'?'?'Freight, per ton, from Port Royal to
Crawford, >4.75.
2<a- Purchasers have the option of paying
450 pounds of good Middling Cotton, delivered
at Crawford i y tne Ist of November, 1875.
We warrant every bag to contain, by
analysis, the standard of fertilizing proper
ties, and to secure this result one of our firm
superintends in person every detail of its
manufacture.
JOHN MERRYMAN & CO.,
Baltimore, Md.
I JARRELL,
KALVARiNSK! & LIEBLER,
Under Newton Honse, Athens, Ga.,
Cigar Manufacturers
T. .V. BURKE,
Bookseller & Stationer
Athens, Georgia.
Sells everything in his line as low as it can
bo had elsewhere in the State, or out of it.
Any Book or piece of Music not on hand
will be supplied at short notice.
PIANOS and ORGANS
of the best manufactures, sold at New York
prices for cash, or on time at a small advance
on cash prices, pay i tents to be made monthly
or quarterly, as may l>est suit the purchasers.
Send for catalogue and terms, and give me a
trial before you buy elsewhere. janlo-Gni
fL SCHEVENELL & CO ]
Athens, Ga.,
j DEALERS IN
: Watches, Clock*, Jewelry, j
: Silver and Plated War •
Fancy Article*, Etc.
• Having best workmen, are prepared to re- :
: pair in superior style. j
j We make a specialty of Silver and :
: Gold Plating Watches, Forks, Spoons, etc. i
'* , *
LONGS I BILLUPS
DEALERS IN
dross, mm
PAINTS , OILS,
Dye-Stuffs, Glass, Etc.,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
YOUNG MEN
AITHO WISH A THOROUGH PP.EPA
yv RATION for Business, will find supe
rior advantages at
Moore's Sou’lurn Business University,
Atlanta, Ga.
The largest and best Practical Business
School in the South.
Students can enter at any time.
oct3o-lv B. F. MOORE, Pre*’t.
G. HAUSER,
ATHENS, GA.,
is the best and cheapest place in tlie State to
purchase your
Cigars, Tobacco, &c.
He keeps the best brands always on hand,
that he sells at very low rates. Special terms
to dealers. Give li.m a trial before buying
elsewhere. feb4-2m
T. K. & W. CHILDERS,
Car pen era and Builders,
ATHENS, GA.,
\ \T OI’LDRESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE
1 V to the citizens of Ogleilior|>e county that
tin y are pn ; • red to do all manner of Wood
V i-rk. L<t on Buildings carefully
unnls- and 1. -■ n figures given. Satisfaction
guaranteed. V portion of the public patron
age solicited. nov27-12m
MANSION HOUSE,
Third Door Above Globe Hotel,
Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
ms. j;. jTroberds,
(Late of Gainesville, Fla.,) Proprietress.
HOARD, 82.00 PER DAY.
janß-tf
FRANKLIN HOUSE,
Opposite Deupree Hall,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
This popular House is again open to
the public. Board, $2 per day.
W. A. JESTER A CO.,
feb4-ly Proprietors.
carriages; buggies.
WAGONS.
R. P. TUCKER & BRO.,
CRAWFORD, CA.,
Having rebuilt .y.
their Shops, and thor
oughly stocked them
the best tools and a fall supply ot the finest
seasoned LUMBER, are now prepared to
manufacture, at short notice, ever? - descrip
tion of CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,'ROCKA
WAYS, I'll .ETON'S, WAGONS, CARTS,
etc., etc. We will also do all manner 01
BlaeksmUhing and Repairing, am.
guarantees 1 nr work to give perfect sati®-
faction. > We sell our TWO-HORM 1 '
WAGONS ;i* from S9O to $133, and eve
rything else LOW in proportion. ©et9-tf
Oglethorpe Sheriff Sale.
WILL BE SOLD ON THE FIRST TCES-
Ii DAY in March next, within the legal
hours of sale, before the Court house door, in
the town of Lexington, Oglethorpe county, a
tract of hind in Oglethorpe county, contain
ing two hundred and seventy-five acres, more
or less, adjoining lands of S. H. Stokely, of
Oglethorjie county, and W r . H. Morton, of
Clarke county, and others. Levied on as the
property of Pendleton L. Fambrough, by vir
tue of a fi. fa. issued from the Superior Court
of Oglethorpe county, in favor of Thomas
Amis, for the use of the Adm’rs of G. W.
Gresham, dec’d, vs. Pendleton L. Fambrough.
Notice given to W. L. Fambrough, tenant in
possession.
THOS. D. GII HAM, Sheriff;
January 7th. lA7*.