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OGLETHORPE ECHO PrBLISHKD EVERY FRIDAY MCRININC. by T. GANTT, Editor and Proprietor. Quite A Rumpus at Wabbextox.— We learn from passengers who came down the Georgia Railroad ‘last night that quite a riot occured at Warrenton, commencing Sunday and culminating Monday. On the Sabbath, while the daughter of Mr. Fitzpatrick was walking along the pavement she was rudelypushed off it by a negro girl, whereupon a war rant for assault and battery was sworn out against the negro. She was tried and held to bail, in default of which she was sent to jail. To this a mob of twenty or thirty excepted, and assembled on Mon day, on the outskirts of the town, with threats expressed of rescue. To this the military company of the town excepted and moved upon their position, which was carried, and fourteen prisoners ta ken and locked up in the Court House, which will end the matter in all likeli b ood. Constitution a list . Second Great Cycloxe.— The fol lowing is a summing up of the recent casualties. Fast Alabama—s killed, 5 wounded. Harris county—s killed, 20 wounded. Talbot—26 killed, 10 wounded. Houston—l killed, 4 wounded. Maxeys— 2 killed, 10 wounded. Burke—l killed, 5 wounded, Henry—6 wounded. Troup—s killed. Total—killed, 54; wounded, 63. After leaving Georgia it continued its work of devastation in South Carolina and North Carolina. Kentucky.— The Democratic Guber natorial Convention adjourned on the 7th instant, after having nominated Hon. Jas. B. McCreary for Governor, John C. Underwood for Leiutenant Governor, Thos. E. Moss for Attorney General, D. H. Smith for Auditor and J. W. Tate for Treasurer. Daniel O Leary, of Chicago, finished his attempt to walk 115 miles in 24 hours on the 24th ult. O’Leary walked 116 miles in 23 hours and 8 minutes, thus beating his fixed time and having a mile to spare. This is the best time on record. The report made by the city council of New Orleans the other day, says the Louisville Courier-Journal, makes the pitiable disclosure of intense suf fering in that city, for the want of the common necessaries of life. An industrious Spanish hen at Sou Lorenzo, Cal., has laid an egg that is six inches in circumference, and eight inches from end to end, and the Califor nia newspapers are cackling for her. The Federal and Confederate soldiers are cordially invited to join in decora ting the graves at Arlington on the 4th of June. The Confederate graves will not be decorated on the 30th of May. The average price of corn in lowa is 43 cents ; in Illinois, 56 cents; in Kansas, 91 cents ;in Missouri, 74 cents. It is low est in lowa and highest in England, where it brings sl.lß. The Memphis Appeal on Friday in forms us that a private letter from New Orleans mentions the death of Santa Anna, near Jalapa, a few days ago. An American named Holtum is at tracting attention in Paris by hav : ng cannon balls fired at him and catching them in his hand. A Cincinnati fiend in human form wants to make the question of Mr. Bee cher’s guilt or inuocence the subject of a national vote. Georgia Railroad. —At a meeting of‘the stockholders, Judge King was re elected President, with the old Board of Directors. At a photograph exhibition in Ford’s Theatre, in Washington, the other night, Grant’s picture was hissed and Lee’s ap plauded. There is an isolated monastery in Tur key inhabited by twenty-three monks, who have not seem a woman since infan cy- The Ninth.—The following is the official vote in the Ninth District : Hi 11—6,371; Estes—2,9Bfi; 8e11—1,205. Five daughters of a family is McNair county, TeuiL, were all married in one day. The table ess -which Pemberton signed the capitulation of Vicksburg is now do ing duty iaai beer saloon. The Plymoth pastor a day or two ago received one hundred and five-new mem ber*** to his church. Judge Pierrefoint will assnmetbe Attorney-Generalship to-day. There are rumors and signs of a gene ral European war. GEORGIA NEWS J)F THE WEEK. —Buffalo gnats arep’entiful in Deca tur county. —lt is against the law in Columbus to dig for fish-bait. —Milledgeville has a watermelon, and is consequently elated. —Cuthhert boasts of a jack fish weigh ing 1 50 pounds. —The recent tornado earned a brick the distance ofa mile in Newton county. —There will be several first-class hang ings during this summer. —Mrs. J. W. Arnold, of Wilkes coun ty, died last week. —An Atlanta negro was buried alive the other day, but was subsequently dug up. —The Rockdale Register learns that the wheat in that vicinity is taking the rust. —The President has re-appointed Les ter Markham Postmaster at Madison. —A four-year-old boy was blown away by the recent tornado and has not been heard of since. —The Press Association will meet in Athens next Wednesday, May 19th. It is believed there will be a full attendance. —The grading on the Elberton Air line Railroad will probably be completed this month. —His Honor Judge Rice is holding the first Superior Court in the new coun ty of Oconee this week. —We learn that the name of the Sel ma, Rome & Dalton {Railroad will soon be changed to the Georgia Southern. —Corn is selling at $1.75 per bushel in Reidsville, and will command $2 shortly. Plant cotton. —Mr. A. T. Shackleford, a compositor who has been with the Thomaston Herald since 1869, died on Wednesday last. —The Nashville Journal and East Georgia Messenger are the latest ventures. We have not seen copies of either paper. —The recent storm in Harris county blew the hair off a man’s head. It is hardly necessary to state that he wore a wig. —Contrary to expectation, Mr. Hill was supported as well, if not better, in the mountain counties of his District as he was in the “ white settlements.” —Colonel Jeff Johnson was waylaid and murdered in Chattooga county Mon day evening, together with the negro boy who was driving him. —From information obtained from different parts of the State, we learn that crops are backward. In some portions wheat is reported as good as it can be. —Arrests of persons implicated in the recent riotous proceedings at Darien are being made daily, but without further disorderly demonstrations. —A colored Charlie Ross has been de veloped in Augusta. He was stolen and carried to Memphis and made his way back. —Mr. J. M. Weaver, of Talbot county, whose house was blown down in the late cyclone, had SSOO in gold. ‘He has never heard of a cent since the blow. —Mr. Hill’s old friends and neighbors at LaGrange got up a torch-light celebra tion Saturday >n?ght in honor of his elec tion to Congress from the Ninth District. —Messrs. Findlay and Hale, respec tively, of the Gainesville Southron and Democi'at, had a street rencounter on Friday, a brokeu stick and a sore head being the result. Let us have peace. —The Hinesville Gazette says that Mr. Edward Kennedv, of Bulloch,has erected a circular saw in his water mill, which will cut one hundred feet of plank in ten minutes. —A furious gale struck Tunnel Hi’l, on the Western & Atlantic Rail road,on Wednesday morning. Two store houses, one brick and the other a large frame house, were demolished, but no lives lost, nor any one seriously injured. —The Hinesville Gazette says that the latest novelty at Perry’s Mills, in Tat null county and State aforesaid, is a large double hen egg. The egg, which was unusually large, when broken was found to contain another egg, both of them perfectly formed with hard shells. —An Ex-President, (Hon. A. H. Ste phens,) a leading editor (Col. J. Clisby,) and an eminent lawyer (Col. C. Peeples,) were marched out ofa negro car on the Macon and Western Railroad a few days ago, bv the conductor, and required to take seats elsewhere. —The argument was heard Tuesday be fore Judge Gibson on the application for an injunction restraining the Georgia Railroad from paying interest on the en dorsed bonds of the Western Railroad of Alabama. The Judge reserved his de cision. —The Macon Telegraph and Messenger says the election-of Mr. Hill now settles the fact that a gentleman may represent in Congress a District in which he does not live. Mr. Hill takes a different view of it. He says he knows where his home is better than any body else does, and that Athens is his home. —The Opelika Times. .thinks that if the Federal Government had retained in its service Capt. Maury, .the originator of storm signals, the people would have been forewarned of the late destructive cy clones in Georgia and Alabama, and some lives would have been saved. But Maury was not acceptable because he was a “ rebel.” —The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, referring to the proposed re-unioe ot the survivors of the Third Georgia regiment at Portsmouth, Va., on the 4th of Au gust, says the Atlantic Coast Line has tendered to the regiment transpotation at reduced rates, it-will be prepared to offer accomodations of a satisfactory character on its tram, leaving Augusta at 4:15 p. m., August 2d, toall visitors to Portsmouth, intending to participate in the re-union. The-round trip fare for this occasion, between Augusta and Portsmouth, will be twelve dollars. A Terrible Shipwreck, Intelligence of a shocking marine dis aster has just reached this country. The Eagle Line steamer Schiller, Captain Thomas, which sailed from New York April 28th, for Hamburg, by way of Plymouth and Cherbourg, has been wrecked off the Scilly Isles. It is be lieved that 200 persons have perished. This unfortunate steamship was the last but one to sail under the flag of the broken Eagle line. The line was ush ered into existence about two years ago with a capital of sixteen million dollars and bright prospects of success ; but mis management and the panic had wrecked the hopes of the stockholders. Just as the ill-fated line was to disappear from the commercial lists came thediaasterous loss of the Schiller. The vessel left New York on the 28th ult., crowded with the advance guard of the season’s army of tourists ; and the predominance of female passengers, both in the cabin and ‘in ithe steerage, was specially noticed. -Of these helpless ones only one was rescued, aud of the hundreds all told on board the vessel, only forty-four appear to have been saved. The crew alone numbered one hundred and forty-four. The ship had crossed the entire ocean when, in the nautical blindness that is often caused by .days of log, she was wrecked on the shoals that surround the Scilly isles. These islands are the frag mentary western end-of England. They lie just’beyond (Land’s End, and are the first limits of the English channel. The *SclHer was to call at Plymouth, which is only a short distance from where the vessel went to pieces. Thoughts of land, after the weary days at sea, must have been in the hearts of all on board, when the vessel struck. Seven citizens ol Georgia are known to have been on board, and we can only hope that all were not lost in the terrible disaster. Mr. Leonhardt, his wife and little daughter were on board the ill-fa ted vessel. Mr. Leonhardt is a well known citizen of Augusta, and a mem ber ofithe firm df E. A. Brahe & Cos. Mr. Maurice Harrison, of Haw’kinsville, had built himself a snug home, and was on his way to bring back his bride. Mr. Cohen, of the firm of Eichberg & Cohen, of Montezuma, w r as called across the water by the apprehended death of of his mother. Mr. Heiman Spritz, of Macon, and Mr. A. Waterman,•of Jdawkinsville, were crossing the stormy tarry Tor the purpose of visiting their friends In the old country. Other Georgia passengers are reported among the passengers of the Schiller ; but <only the foregoing are known.to :have sailed. Reports of the associated-press picture sorrowful scenes at the steamship in New York in the efforts of The ‘friends of Those on board to obtain information. THE .CROPS. We “interviewed” one of our best farmers the other day, and gained from him the following information, which; we give to our readers as reliable: The wheat crop, while most people look upon it as “remarkable good,” is quite the opposite. While it is free from disease thus far, and w’ell grown, it has, owing .to .the wet spring, made very little “spread,” and so, at best, the crop is bound to be short. Oats were never hotter. A large area has been sown, and the prospect for a bountiful yield is good. Corn is generally up, with a good stand, and while somewhat backward, looks well. Some has received its first plowing. Many low lands have not as yet been planted. King Cotton is cracking through the ground, and a fine stand is promised. A large area has,unfortunately, been plant ed this year. Gardens are very backward ;and, as a general thing, very poor. The Irish po tatoe crop is promising, notwithstanding many patches were injured by the late frost. We would thank our farming friends to keep us posted each week in regard to the progress of the farming interests of our county. M. G. * J. COHEN. The advertisement of this model house, which will be found on this page, has doubtless attracted the notice of our rea ders, but for fear it did not get the atten tion it deserves, we call their careful, undivided and particular attention to it again. *lb Athens, where *The Messrs. Cohen are known aad read of .-men, it would be a work of supererogation to speak of their character as dealers or of the stock of goods they keep. But some of our readeis do not know them, per haps, and we will therefore tell them a few things that will prove of benefit: It is a fact, conceded by those compe tent. u> judge, that “ Cohen’s Paris Store” is one of the model establishments of Ath ens, and the ladies:ail acknowledge it by buying their fashionable 'goods there. It would burn the heads of ;most ladies to hear of all . the novelties that Cohen has in the way of dress goods, and this local will not betray his ignorance by at tempting to enumerate them. But the ladiesidbiowrthemalii by ; heart, and we advise them, when they visit Athens, to go first of all to Cohens and see for themselves. The Messrs. -Coheo have, also, a full stock of everything re quired to make the “ lord of creation” presentable.; ad what will be of more interest than everything else, they sell goods at prices that cannot fail to-satis fy the most economical. Mr. Geo. T. Latimer, the efficient libra ian of the Lexington Sunday-School, requests all who have books belonging to the school to send the same in at once—or look out for that tongue of bis. I I JEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WOOL MADE INTO CLOTH. The Athens Manufacturing Company, During the past year, have added to fheir machinery a SELF-ACT ING MULE, which enables them to make Jeans Equal to Any from Kentucky and thev now offer to EXCHANGE THEIR CLOTHS for WOOL on most liberal terms. Send for sample by mail. B. L. BLOOMFIELD, myll-3m Agent A. M. Cos REESE T . A-KTTT^ DEALERS IN Fancy and Domestic Dry Goods, Hats, Shoes, % CHINA AND GLASSWARE, NOTIONS, &C. LESTER’S BLOCK, ATHENS, GA. o The subscribers have removed ,to No. 12 Franklin House Range, llroad Street, ATHENS, GA., where they keep con stantly on “hand a large and beautiful stock of FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCKIPTIOY, to which they invite the attention of the pub lic, and which will be sold ASTONISKjN GiJM.O W! Coffins! Burial Eases Furnished AS LOW or LOWER,than hy any other establishment in the city. The citizens of Oglethorpe in vited to call and examine our Stock when they visit Athens. We will sell them Furni ture CHEAPER and MUCH BETTER than they can purchase elsewhere. Will take §reat pleasure in showing them our stock. Be URE and give us a call. J. F. WILSON & CO. JnesUaMßro., >205 .Broad St., Augusta, Ga. Respectfully ask your atten tion to a full line of the following Goods, which will be sold as low as any other bouse: Carpet Department. English Velvet Carpet*, .Floor OU Cloth*, English Brussels Carp’s Table Oil Cloths, 3-Ply & Ingrain Carpets Stair Carpet* & Rods Venetian Carpets, Mattings, Druggets, Cheap Carpets, And Door Mat*. Curtain Department. Curtain Materials, { Window Shades, Cornices and Bands, j Hair Cloths, Lace Curtains, Wall Papers & B’dr’s Muslin Curtains, Beautiful Chroma*. Groeery Department. Choice Fam’y Groceries j Baskets of all kinds. ‘DuffieM Hams, [ Wood Ware, English Craekers, I Brooms and Brushes Dyspeptics’.Food, j Plantation Supplies. CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS and CCR .TAldSSuituuie and laid at short notice. Oglethorpe Sheriff’s Sale. WILL BE SOLD ON THE FIRST TUES DAY in June next, before the Court i House door, in the town of Lexington, Ogle thorpe countv, within the legal hours of sale, one brown HORSE, about 12 years old. and two COWS and one YEARLING, levieaon as j the property of Joseph Smith, bv virtue of a 1 fi. fa. issued from the Superior Court of said county, on the foreclosure of a mortgage in i-Javor of Wm. B. Lester, assignee, vs. Joseph Smith. Notice given to the defendant agree ably to law. J. T. JOHNSON, Sheriff! Mav 6.1875. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ZDIRTX" OOOIDS BOOTS AND SHOEa GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS! FOR SALE CHEAP FOR CASH! WE til ICCOIMIM Mom-milt CUSTOMERS UTIL fILL CALL TO SEE HAIRE & LATIMER, At their Mammoth Store, LEXINGTON. GA. o ==> oS J oS f=i O pa=S r=g qp=i GROCERIES s-rns. I?—* ,i—* ‘ yp x c/a Da rn ”, p3 in MRS V. E. DOBLE™ Eashi enable Millinery and Dressmaking, CRAWFORD. CA., HAS JUST RECEIVED THE FINEST LOT OF New Spring .Hats, Bonnets, .Gibbons, Laces, Trimmings, Buffiings, Etc,, Etc,, Ever offered to the ladies of Oglethorpe. My goods were all selected with great care, and with especial view to this market. The ladies of this and surrounding counties are cordially , i"3 r lsr 40 '* a * nin f. mv . st ‘*ck and prices. CUTTING, FITTING AND DRESSMA- G proiiiptiy done, in the latest style of the art, and satisfaction guaranteed in every in stance. Prices very moderate. IIKN. V. E. DOBLfc. J. M. WEATHERLY. W. A. WEATHERLY. H. R. BERNARD. WEATHERLY & CO., *THEIS, GA., Dealers in GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS. Crockery, Etcu SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO CASH BUYERS.-&1 ELECTION. ORDINARY’S,OFFICE, ) Oglethorpe County, Ga., > A|jril 17, 1875. J It having heen made kno. n to me that the Hon. Thomas A. Gilham, Ordinary of said county, has departed this life— Now, therefore, I, George H. Lester, Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by an act of the Legislature of said State, approved December 15, 1871, do hereby order an ELECTION to fill the vacancy occa sioned by the death of said Gilham. Said election to take place on Tuesday, (he First Day of June next, at the Court House and the several legally established precincts in said county, and to be conducted in the manner prescribed by law. It u further ordered, That this notice be published till the day of election in the Oglethorpe Echo, the gazette in which the Ordinary of said county published his Citations. GEO. H. LESTER, Clerk Superior Court O. C. MEDICAL NOTICE. DR. J. C. SIMS TENDERS HIS PRO FESSIONAL services to the citizens of 'Pleasant Hill and vicinity; and from an ex perience of years in the practice ,flatters himself that he’*wi]l.be able to give general satisfaction in the treatment of all diseases incident to the country, and especial ly diseases peculiar te.women-.anri liildre. Office at present at W. G. Englajid’s, but ' will soon locate permanently at Pleasant Hill, i April 1, 1875. apr2-3m LITTLE STOREth.CORNER HERE THE CITIZENS OF OGLETHORPE will alway find the Cheapest and Best Stock of FANCY GOODS, LIQUORS, GROC ERIES, LAMPS, OIL, Etc. J. M, BARRY. Broad-Str., Athens, G-a. j .apa-tf Fine Boots & Shoes HENRY LUTHI, CRAWFORD, GA., IS NOW PREPARED to make, at short notice, the FINEST BOOTS and SHOES. I use only the best material, and warrant my work to give entire satisfaction, both as to finish and wear. REPAIRING AND COARSE WORK also attended to. octß-ly THE BEBT AND SAFEST INVESTMENT ia a year’s subscription to the Echo. CARRIAGES. BUGGIES, WAGONS. R. P. TUCKER & BR0„ CRAWFORD, CA., Having their Shops, and thor oughly stocked them withflttfSSttUMUfe the best tools and a full supply ot the finest seasoned .LUMBER, are now prepared to manufacture, at abort notice, everv descrip tion of CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,'BOCK A WAYS, PIIACTONS, WAGONS, CARTS, etc., etc. We will also do all manner oi BJaekamil Ring and Repaiflaf, auu i guarantee, all opr work to give perfect sati j faction. We sell onr TWO-HOBSF. WAGONS at from S9O to (1125, and eve ; rythiqg else LOW in proportion. oct&-tf COME AHEAD! ffITCHEMJABEELL Have in store a well selected stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Etc,, which they are bonnd to sell as low as can be bought in this market. AV e also keep on hand all the time a good lot of Bacon,, Hams 4 Lard, which we are determined to sell LOW for the CASH. Give us a call and learn our prices before buying elsewhere. MANSION HOUSE. Third Doer -Above*Globe Hotel, Broad St., .Augusta, jQa. MRS. R. JLROBERDS, (Late of Gainesville, Fla.,) Proprietress. BOARD, $2.00 PER DAY. janß-tf IMPROVED SELF-HEATING FLAT IRON. An article the world cannot beat and no woman -condemn. This is the neatest inven tion in its line that has ever been offered to the public. It is heated with an alcohol lamp, and thus dispenses with the heat and expense of a fire. W. B. ABGO, W. H. JOHNSON, mar!9-2m Agents for Oglethorpe A Clark.