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OGLETHORPE ECHO PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNINC. BY T. L. GANTT, Ml tor tod Proprietor. fIiCSCRIPTION. ONE YEAR $2.00 BIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS SO CLUB RATES. FIVE COPIES or lew than 10, each... 1.75 TEN COPIES or more, each 1.50 TiWtt—Cash in advance. No paper sent •ntil money received. All papers Hopped, at expiration of time, anless renewed. 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.” ♦*+—, 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 WOO Hi MADE INTO CLOTH. 0 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 ’ o GROCERIES Jo - 2 ‘IS m F° (/> F YOUNG MEN WHO WISH A THOROUGH PREPA RATION for Business, will find supe 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. janß-tf 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. mj7-2m