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The Plague.— The inevitable grass
hopper has appeared in multitudinous
numbers in some portions of Kansas and
Missouri.
Fees Cuba. —The republic of Guate
mala has bravely and nobly led the way
to a general recognition of the independ
ence of Cuba.
St. Louis. —That, was a close contest
in St. Louis where out of thirty thousand
votes, Col. J. H. Britton, the regular
Democratic candidate, was elected mayor
by 617 majority.
Bl® Pay. —Mr. Evarts, one of Beecher’s
lawyers, gets f250 a day. It is big pay,
but the wealthy corporation known as
Plymouth Church (knowing the conse
quences if Beecher is condemned) loots
the bill.
Escaped.— —John Bender, the Kansas
murderer, has escaped again. He was
in custody at Florence, in Arizona Terri
tory, and it is supposed that he has
reached Mexico, where his capture is im
possible.
Jefferson Davis at Last.— -The
New York Herald congratulates ex-Pres
iuent Jeffersou Davis upon his speech at
Houston, Texas, in which he called upon
tiie old Confederate soldiers to give the
same devotion to the stars and stripes
that they had shown to the flag of the
lost cause.
The Ninth District.— The official
vote of the Ninth district has been receiv
ed. The following is the result: The
total number of votes polled were 10,669.
Of these Mr. Hill received 6,381; Mr.
Estes, 3,021; Mr. Price, 1,267. Hill’s
majority over Estes, 3,360 ; over Price,
5,114; over both, 2,093.
Death of General Breckinridge.
The telegraph chronicles the death ol
General John C. Breckinridge. We will
not attempt to do justice to the memory
of this distinguished American. Other
and abler pens will pay tribute to the
courage, devotion and statesmanship of
one of the truest sons of the South.
The Port Royal Railroad.—Mr.
D. C. Wilson, the President, reports that
the financial condition of this road is in
the greatest embarrassment ; that the wa
ges of the officers and em cloves are sev
eral months in arrears, and that numer
ous lawsuits of a very important charac
ter are now pending against the road ;
and that the road bed, the motive power,
cars and all that pertain to the working
of the road are in good conditiom.
A Challenge.— The Washington
Chronicle says: “Before the spelling
mania dies out, why not settle all out
standing difficulties existing between the
North and the South by a grand section
al spelling match. If the South spells
us down, let John Young Brown plant
the Confed. rate flag on Bunker Hill. If
the North proves the victor, let South
ern Democracy agree not to object if we
Area few guns in honor of Antietam or
Gettysburg.”
Virtue and Vice. —“ Among the in
cidents of yesterday,” says the Memphis
Avalanche of Sunday, “ was an acciden
tal meeting in the public streets of Mrs.
Jefferson Davis and Vice-President Wil
son. Having been acquainted in years
gone by, when Mrs. Davis resided at
Washington, their mutual recognition
was instant and cordial, and the two
clasped hands with friendly ardor, after
which the party adjourned to Specht’s
ice cream parlors to discuss strawberries
and ice and the memories of the past.”
Important Surgical Operation.—
On Monday, the 23d March, Dr. Samuel
M. Thompson, assisted by Drs. Lipscomb,
Evans and Christopher, performed one
of the most wonderful and critical ope
rations known to surgery, upon the per
son of Mrs. Hendron,an old lady of New
York, who has, for several years past, suf
fered much from dropsy, by removing
from her an ovarian tumor, which
weighed about one hundred pounds. He
made an incision of about ten inches in
length from the naval down, through
which her intestines were taken out and
laid on a table, and the immense tumor
that had been growing for six years was
eat loose and extracted, the bowels re
placed and the cut stitched, which has
since entirely healed up and Mrs. Hen
dron has recovered.
Remember the supper to-night
i
Ben Parley Poop.e is the last strag
gler from the buccaneer Mexican excur
sion. Hervports no indication of yellow
fever at Vera Cruz, aud brings “ impor
tant” dispatches to the government from
| our Minister at the City of Mexico. We
have known B. P. P. for twenty years,
andean well understand that the docu
ments referred to were pat up to cover his
expenses back to Washington. From
having been the most impecunjons of
Bohemians he has grown fat and rich on
this sort of thing.-; —Nashville Union and
American.
Yes, says the Macon Telegraph and
Me**enger, times have wonderfully
changed with Ben since he gave that
negro ball at Athens, ami had to leave
between two nuns to save himself from a
public demonstration. Had it not been
for the kind offices of a well known citi
zen of this city—then a resklsmt of Ath
ens—who took pity on him, Ben.might
have enjoyed a free ride on a very sharp
backed horse, and a unique, but rather
close fitting suit of clothes—if nothing
worse. We wonder if he ever talks ol
this Southern “ outrage” now-a-days.
Loved and Lost. — l fell in love with
a fat girl once. I loved madly, because
I was loving 20? pounds of girl. She
was amiable, tender-hearted, good-natur
ed and true, and Pthink she loved me.
We were to be married ip the fall, and 1
should probably have been one of the
happiest of husbands, when an accident
dashed my prospects. She fell overboard
just as we were about to leave the whar.
on a steamboat excursion. Three or
four sailors plunged after, and they got a
gang-plank under her, a cable around
her waist, and towed her to the whar .
Then they rigged a derrick and lifted
her out by sections, but they were so long
about it that she took cold, and the re
sult was death. There were months and
months after that I could not pass a load oi
hay without thinking of my lost Amanda
and shedding tears, and even to this
day, I never see an elephant or rhinoce
ros without her dear visage rising up be
fore me.
Mary and Abby. —When Parson
Smith’s daughter, Mary, was to marrv
young Mr. Craneh, the*father permitted
the saintly maiden to decide on her text
for the sermon, and she meekly selected,
“ Mary has chosen the better part, which
shall not be taken away from her,” and
the discourse was duly pronounced. But
when her wild young sister Abbv was
bent on marrying a certain Squire Adams,
called John, whom her father disliked,
and would not even invite to dinner,
boldly suggested for her text, Joh i
came, neither eating bread nor drinking
wine, and ye say he hath a devil.” But,
says Colonel Higginson, no sermon stands
recorded under his prefix, though Abby
lived to be the wife of one President ol
the United States and mother of another.
There’s a revolution coming sure, th
fashion critics say. The men’s trousers
are swelling, and the women’s skirts are
shrinking. Its just like having both legs
in one pantaloon to wear the present fash
ion for ladies. If this thing continues
the women will be wearing the breeches
in good earnest,and thedispised pettie st
will adorn the nether limbs of man. T ie
new spring trousers are big and wile
and petticoaty ; the new spring skirt is
2£ yards at the bottom only, and tied
back at that till one can just walk. Ver
ily, there are breakers ahead.
The Milwaukee News says Fred Grant,
since his retirement from the army, is
haunted at night by the ghosts of the
men whom he has slain in battle. The
other night, in a paroxysm of fear and
terror at an apparition covered with blood,
he grabbed Mrs. Grant by the top-knot
and wouldn’t let go until she had broken
a tumbler or twr> on him.
The experiment of transfusing blood
has just been applied to General Frank
Blair, who has tor some time been pros
trated with paralysis, at his home in St.
Louis. Six ounces of blood were in
jected into his veins, and the result is
aid to be favorable.
The superstitious people of Sbelbv
county, Kentucky, believe that John
Cotton has been stricken dumb for blas
phemy. He cursed God because a frost
nad ruined his crops, and on the same
day was attacked bv paralysis, which
bereft him of the power of speech.
They say that the Duke of Edinburgh
haasettled down into a model husband
and lather, having sown all his wild oats
and showing ro disposition to recom
mence that unprofitable act of husbandry.
A DARKEY who was present at the
Centennial celebration at Lexington, re
ported the President’s speech on the occa
sion as follows : “He made a bow, and
dat was all he said.”
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The Ku-Klux miners of Pennsylvania
are unsubdued. And, now that no elec
tions are pending, the South is furnish
ing no outrages. The outrage manufac
tory has been removed northward.
A Puzzle. —lf four dogs with 36 legs
can catch 29 rabbits with 84 legs in 44
minutes, how many legs must the same
rabbits have to get away from 8 dogs
with 32 legs in 17£ minutes?
It is a mistake to imagine that long
train dresses are going out ol'fashion. At
all the large balls and parties this season,
they appear longer and more numerous
than ever.
The Count de Chamboid has written a
letter, in which he declares he still has
hopes that the monarchy will be re-es
tablished in France.
All overdresses, whether tabliers of
the larger “ princess,” are made long in
front, almost reaching to the bottom of
the dress.
It is said the gentlemen’s turn-over
cuff is to be revived, in which case the
linked sleeve-buttons will again be worn.
Plain white linen is the present style
for gentlemen’s every-day shirt bosoms.
GEORGIA NEWS OP THE WEEK.
Liberty county lias corn breast high.
By a vote of 108 to 85 Rome has ban
ished bar-rooms.
“ Col. Bob Alston has discovered that
saw-dust is a valuable fertilizer.
The Governor advertises that fifty con
victs can be leased now.
Wayne county has produced a cabbage
six feet seven inches in diameter.
Governor Smith’s father was an honest,
industrious blacksmith.
A terrible cyclone passed through Doug.
las county on Monday of last week.
A Jonesboro’ man has a pocket kpife
115 years old. It is a double bladed barlow,
and was made in 1760.
Hersehell V. Johnson, who ran on the
Presidential ticket with Douglas, is now a
County Judge in Georgia, quite old.
A negro woman was buried near Blake
ly, recently, who is said to have been one hun
dred and twenty years of age.
The Jesup Georgian doesn’t take much
stock in the double-track railway through
Georgia, now being surveyed.
The bar-rooms in Newnan will have to
be moved into the suburbs. The citizens have
voted in favor of prohibition.
The Atlanta Methodist Advocate, the or
gan of old Heavens, says the recent cyclones
were sent to scourge the Ku-Klux regions.
occured within several miles of New Holland
Spring, in Hall county, during a period of fif
ry years.
Atlanta is startled by the marvelous ac
tions of a Dr. Forsyth, who cures by “laying
on his hands.” It is claimed that-he can re.
store sight to the blind, etc.
Mr. Reeves, of Upson county, had no
-ooner erected anew dwelling im place of the
one destroyed by the recent cyclone, than it
was burned down.
A very gratifying piece of news comes
from Quitman in this State, to the effect that
a negro named Jerry Key has been sentenced
to the penitentiary for illegal voting.
An old negro woman in Baldwin county.
whose daughter and grand-daughter were
killed by the recent cyclone, stumped her toe
the other day and broke her neck.
A. A..Lipscomb, former Chancellor of
the University of Georgia, has accepted., a,pro
fessorship in the Vanderbilt University, of
Nashville, Tenn.
Dick Hancock, the negro found guilty
of rape on the person of a colored woman at
Oconee Court last week, was sentence 1 to fif
teen years in the penitentiary, by Judge Rice.
The Sandersville Herald is authority
for the statement that there lives in Washing
ton county a one-armed man who can split two
hundred rails, or hoe an acre of cotton in a
day.
At the heels of the murder of Colonel
Jeff Thompson, the Rome Commercial reports
the shooting of Mr. Billy King, from an am
buscade on the county line between Floyd and
Chattooga, on Thursday.
Montezuma and Fort Valley havethese
two fowl specimens of nature’s handiwork :
Montezuma’s boast is a chicken with two heads
and four feet. Fort Valley cackles about a
hybrid arrangement. A rooster and a guinea
hen united their fortunes, and the result is a
chicken-guinea.
Col. Wm. M. Wadley was elected Pres
ident of the Savannah, Griffin and North Al
abama Railroad Company, on Thursday, and
all the other officers were continued, but their
pay was cut down one-third. President Wad
ley was voted the handsome salary, in these
hard times, of fifty dollars a month.
The meeting of the stockholders of the
Georgia Railroad has accomplished its work
and adjourned. John P. King has been re
elected President, Gen. Mcßea, Supr;n+*m
dent, and all the old Board, except T. J B r
ney, resigned, whose place will be filled by
John H. James.
A young man in Carroll county has en
cased himself in a pair of pantaloons construct
ed from the ruins of several guano sacks. The
reader can readily imagine the feelings of the
average spectator, when that young man ele
vates the rear continuation of his coat, pre
paratory to sitting down, and exhibits in bold
relief, “W. &C. Superphosphate,” etc. It is
touening.
After the Constitution had postponed
its lottery of last year once or twice, Col. Al
ston, of the Herald , offered to bet his fine Dur
ham bull against Col. Clarke’s fine horse that
the drawing would be again postponed. The
Constitution accepted the bet, and put the
bull among the prizes to be drawn. It drew
the lottery on the day named in the bet, and
gave Mr. Moon, of Athens, an order for the
bull, he having drawn him. But Col. Alston
refused to give up the bull, on the ground that
the Constitution, though called upon, has
failed to show that it held the lottery and dis
tributed the prizes according to promise. The
Herald says that Mr. Moon will sue the Con
stitution for the value of the bull.
People may laugh at them as much as
they please, but two families in Stewart coun
ty saved their lives by a gentleman obeying a
presentment he could not resist. He had a
foreboding that a storm would visit that sec
tion, and that his house would be in its path.
He told others of it, but they only laughed at
him, saying he was frightened from reading
and hearing the accounts of the late cyclones.
He gave credence to the thought, which would
not down at his bidding, and dug a hole near
his house. He had no sooner finished it than
the storm did eome, and barely had he and
his family sought refuge therein before the
tornado tore his house to pieces. All in the
hole in the ground escaped. The people in
the storm region, and many who are not, are
preparing places of refuge to avoid the next
cyclone. They tell of a limb of a beaeh tree
which was blown eight miles in Marion coun
ty. In the late storm in East Alabama a
gentleman saw a negro woman being blown
over his house. She had been at work in a
field. The wind caught her up and carried
her half a mile. When found she was dead,
with her body broken in several places.
EW /ADVERTISE ME NTS. _
NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warn
ed not to employ Win. Eberhart and
wife, Frances, colored, as they are under eon
tract to me for the present yen-. Any one
harboring or employing: them will be prose
cuted to the extent of the law.
my24-lt J. I. BUSBIN.
MILLINERY.
MRS. T. A. ADAMS,
Broad street, Athens, Ga.
Keeps constantly on hana a select stock of
Millinery and Fancy Goods. 3m
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MADE INTO CLOTH.
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The. Athens Manufacturing Company,
During the past year, have
added to their machinery a SELF-ACT
ING MULE, which enables them to make
Jeans Eqnal to Any from Kentucky
and they now offer to EXCHANGE THEIR
CLOTHS for WOOL on most liberal terms.
Send for sample by mail.
R. L. BLOOMFIELD,
myll-3m Agent A. M. Cos
BIIESE & Hj-A-3STE 3
DEALERS I TV
Fancy and Domestic Drj Goods, Hats, Shoes,
CHINA AND GLASSWARE, NOTIONS, &C.
LESTERS BLOCK, ATHENS, GA.
James OaiMßro,
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
house:
Carpet Department.
English Velvet Carpets, Floor Oil Cloths,
English Brussels Carp’s Table Oil Cloths,
3-Ply & Ingrain Carpets Stair Carpets & Rods
Venetian Carpets, Mattings, Druggets,
Cheap Carpets, And- Door Mats.
Curtain Department.
Curtain Materials, I Window Shades,
Cornices and Bands, | Hair Cloths,
Lace Curtains, I W r all Papers & B’dr’s
Muslin Curtains, | Beautiful Chromos.
Grocery Department.
Choice Fam’y Groceries 1 Baskets of all kinds.
Duffield Hams, | Wood Ware,
English Crackers, I Brooms and Brushes
Dyspeptics’ Food, | Plantation Supplies.
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS and CUR
TAINS made and laid at short notice.
Oglethorpe Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD ON THE FIRST TUES
DAY in June next, before the Court
House door, in the town of Lexington, Ogle
thorpe county, within the legal hours of sale,
one brown HORSE, about 12 years old, and
two COW Sand one YEARLING, levied on as
the property of Joseph Smith, by virtue of a
fi. fa. issued from the Superior Court of said
county, on the forelosure of a mortgage in
favor of Wm. B. Lester, assignee, vs. Joseph
Smith. Notice given to the defendant agree
ably to law.
J. T. JOHNSON, Sheriff.
May 6, 1875.
IMPROVED SELF-HEATING FLAT
IRON.
An article the world cannot beat and no
woman condemn. This is the greatest 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. R. ARGO
W. H. JOHNSON,
marl9-2m Agents for Oglethor] e & Clark.
W. A. TALMADGE. F. P. TALMADGE.
W. A. TALMADGE & CO.,
DEALERS I3T
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY,
SILVER AND PLATED W ARE,
Musical Instruments, Cutlery,
CANES, GUNS AND PISTOLS.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Guns and
Pistols REPAIRED in the best manner and
warranted. General ENGRAVING done
with dispatch. Sole agents for J. MOSES*
ELECTRO GALVANIC
SPECTACLES.
College Avenue, Opposite Post Office,
apr3o-tx ATHENS, GA.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
ZDIRTST GOODS
BOOTS AND SHOES,
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS I
FOR SALE CHEAP FOR CASH I
HE CII ACCOMMODATE PMPT-miK CIBTBMS IIITIL (ILL.
CALL TO SEE
HAIRE & LATIMER,
At their Mammoth Store, LEXINGTON, GA.
MRS. V. E. DOBLE,
Eashionable Millinery and Dressmaking,
CRAWFORD, CA.,
HAS JUST RECEIVED THE FINEST LOT OF
New Spring Hats, Bonnets, Ribbons, Laces, Trimmings, Rufflings, 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“™ dto exa , min , e m 7. stock and prices. JjSh CUTTING, FITTING AND DRESSMA
KING promptly done, in the latest style of the art, and satisfaction guaranteed in every in
stance. Prices very moderate. MRS. V. £. DOBLfc.
J. M. WEATHERLY. W. A. WEATHERLY. H. R. BERNARD
WEATHERLY & CO.,
ATHENS, GA., Dealers in
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, BOOTS. SHOES, HATS,
Crockery, Glassware, Etc.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO CASH BUYERS.-^
ELECTION.
ORDINARY’S OFFICE, )
Oglethorpe County, Ga., V
April 17, 1875. J
It having beefi made kno nto me that
the Hon. Thomas A. Gilham, Ordinary of
said county, has departed this life—
Now, therefore, I, George 11. 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 35, 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, the 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 is 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. 11. 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 twenty-seven years in the practice
flatters himself that he will be able to give
feneral satisfaction in the treatment of all
iseases incident to the country, and especial
ly diseases peculiar to women and children.
Office at present at W. G. England’s, but
will soon locate permanently at Pleasant Hill.
April 1, 1875. apr2-3m
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
attented to. octß-ly
MRS. HARLOW’S
Electric Life Liniment
For the cure of Rheumatism, Neuralgia
Toothache, Headache, Sore Throat, Bronchi
tis, Pain in Chest, Side, Plmrisy, Paralvsis
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
A SfOKEL\ , Crawford, T. Fleming & Cos.
and McWhorter. Young A Cos. jan&-6m ’
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YOUNG MEN
WHO WISH A THOROUGH PREPA
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rior advantages at
Moore's Southern Business University,
Atlanta, Ga.
The largest and best Practical Business
School in the South.
Students can enter at any time.
oct3Q-ly B. F. MOORE, Pres’*.
MANSION HOUSE,
Third Door Above Globe Hotel,
Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
MRS. R. OOBERDS,
(Late of Gainesville, Fla.,) Proprietress.
BOARD, $2.00 PER DAY.
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KINCSFORD’S
OSWEGO
Pure
AND
Silver Gloss Starch,
For* the Laundry.
MANUFACTURED BY
T. KINGSFORD & SON,
The Best Starch in the World.
GIVES A BEAUTIFUL FINISH TO
the linen, and the difference in cost between
it and common starch is scarcely hah a
ce.it for an ordinary washing. Ask your
Grocer for it.
KIYtiSFORD’4
OSWEGO CORN STARCH.
FOR PUDDINGS, BLANC MANGE,
ICE CREAM, Ac.
Is the original—Established in 1848. And
preserves its reputation as PURER, STRON
GER and more delicate than any
other article of the kind offered,
either of the same name or
with other titles.
Stevenson Macadam, Ph. D., Ac., the
highest chemical authority of Europe, care
fully analyzed this Corn Starch, and says it
18 4 most excellent article of diet, and in
chemical and feeding properties is fully equal
to the beat arrow root.
Directions for making Puddings, Custards,
&c., accompany each one pound pockage.
For Sale bjr First-class Grocers.
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