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OGLETHORPE ECHO
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THOR. L. GANTT, Editor and Propr’or
Crawford, Ga., - - - June 4, 1875.
Tiie Next —Blaine or Washburne
will be the man that the Democrats will
Lave to beat next year. The Pennsyl
vania Convention drove the last nail into
Grant’s coffin.
The survivors of the Hampton Legion
of Confederate soldiers will hold a reun
ion in Columbia, .South Carolina, on the
fourteenth aniversary of the first battle
of Manassas, the 21st of July next.
Succeeded. —Paul Boynton’s last at
tempt to cross the British channel has
been pronounced a complete success—be
having landed at Folkestone Saturday
morning. He showed but slight signs
r fatigue, and was lively cheered.
Thcre t
The**^ 115 Whipping Post in Delaware.
Jive convicts were placed in thepillo-
A ’ry at New Castle, Del., on Saturday last.
Some of them, in addition to standing in
the pillory one hour, received from
twenty to thirty lashes.
The Blue and the Gray. —Saturday
was decoration day in many of the North
ern States and cities. In Cincinnati the
ceremonies were very imposing,and many
who wore the gray during the late un
happy war, joined the band -who do hon
or to the departed heroes, and hence for
ward on “ Decoration Day,” the people
will be as one.
Fanatics. —A new religious vaguery
in California is a sect of “ Child Chris
tians,’’who interpret literally the passage:
“ Except ye be converted and become as
little children, ye shall not enter into the
kingdom of heaven.” They endeavor to
feel and act like children, playing child
ish games and adopting an infantile man
ner of speech.
mTiiE Bloody Chasm.” —One of
the largest processions ever seen in Mem
phis, made up of both Confederate and
Federal soldiers, turned out on the 24th
Inst., to decorate the graves at Elmwood
Cemetery. The tattered battle-flags of
both armies were carried in the ranks,
and the very best feeling seems to have
prevailed.
Not A Candidate. —Grant, in a let
ter addressed to the President of the
Pennsylvania Republican Convention,
says : “I am not now, nor have I ever
been, a candidate for re-nomination. I
would not accept a nomination if it were
tendered, unless it should come under
such circumstances as to make it an im
perative duty—circumstances not likely
to arise.” _
Dead. —From the Augusta papers we
learn the sad news of the death of Dr.
Wm. E. Hearing of that place. Few
men have been more widely known, or
more universally beloved. A courteous
and cultivated gentleman ; a useful and
public citizen ; a kind and affectionate
husband and father ; a sincere friend and
an honest man, his loss is a sad bereav
ment to all who knew him.
Political Conventions will be held
as follows : June 2d, Ohio Republican
Convention ; June 17th, Ohio Democrat
ic Convention ; June 22d, California
People’s Independent Convention ; June
29th, California Democratic Convention;
July 7th, Wisconsin Con
vention ; August 3d, Mississippi Demo
cratic Convention; and September Bth,
Pennsylvania Democratic Convention.
A Month of Horrors. —May, says
the Baltimore Sun, lias been a month of
horrors as well as a month of flowers.
The wreck of the Schiller on the English
coast takes the lead in the chapter of dis
asters ; other marine disasters of less ex
tent are recorded; the great fires in
Pennsylvania add a painful interest to
the story of suffering and distress ; the
Boston explosion and the Holyoke dis
aster enrich it with horror, and now as
the month closes the cable tells a tale of
earthquake in the East, involving the
destruction of six hundred houses and
the loss of at least one hundred and six
ty-one lives.
Affray. —Dr. William Hardeman, a
prominent physician of Munroe, Walton
county, was shot on the evening of the
26th inst., in two places, by Mr. Charles
Harrison —one ball passing through one
arm and the other lodged in his chest.
The Doctor had just come in town from
hia plantation, when he came up with
Mr. Harrison and another man, dispu
ting about some notes, and calmly asked
them to stop quareling. Mr. Harrison
then struck the man with whom he was
quarreling on the head with his gun, and
then ran into a store, got behind the
counter by a window, and as Dr. Harde
man .passed shot at him and wounded
him as above stated. Dr. Westmoreland,
of Atlanta, was dispatched for immedi
ately, who says, after examination, that
by careful nursing the Doctor may re
cover. At last accounts he was doing
very well. Mr. Harrison was arrested
and lodged in jail.
WHAT’S THE NEWS?
—Portugal has abolished slavery.
—Setting type by telegraph is the la
test invention.
—A French photographer has discov
ered how to print photographs on cloth.
—A man has been arrested in Balti
more for stealing grave-stones and
coffins.
—Accounts of the ravages of the grass
hopper continue to pour in upon us from
the far West.
—Heaven being kind to him and his,
Mr. Sartoris will return to England w r ith
his family in September.
—Maj. A. R. Waller, Chief of Gen.
Hampton’s scouts during the war, com
mitted suicide on Monday.
—Gen. Sherman, so it is said, is to re
ceive $60,000 from the Appletons for the
copyright of his “ Memoirs.”
—Mrs. John Palmer, wife of a Steub
enville printer, has given birth to five
children inside of sixteen months.
—All clergymen, of whatever denomi
nation, will be allowed to visit and con
verse with the Indians in St. Augustine.
—The sensation is the nomination
of Vice-President Wilson for President
by the Chicago Temperance Convention.
—Passengers from New Orleans to
Baltimore can now go the entire trip, a
distance of 1200 miles, without changing
cars.
—The Baltimore Sun states that Mrs.
Senator Sumner is to marry Mr. Henry
Jones, a clerk in the New York Custom
house.
—The United States soldiers and the
New Orleans police are cracking each
others’ crowns. It is a case of Sheridan
vs. Kellogg.
—Among the roll of delinquent tax
payers in the Long Branch News figures
the name of Ulysses S. Grant, opposite
the sum of SBS.
—A section of a rail fence of the “worm
pattern” was lifted by a cyclone at Gor
don last week and stretched across the
railroad track intact.
—The French Catholic Church at Hol
yoke, Mass., has been burned. There
were seven hundred worshippers present,
of whom seventy-five perished.
—That a member of the South Caro
lina Legislature has absconded will be
no surprise to those w’ho have w'atched
the career of the Radical officials in that
State.
—They suggest putting Jesse Pomeroy,
the boy criminal, to death by means of
chloroform. Those who have tried both
ways assert that is is much more pleas
ant than hanging.
—The grasshoppers of Nebraska have
found a foeman worthy of their steel (or
steal). It is a small red bug which is
attacking them and slaughtering them
by the million.
—Perhaps the saddest of all the sad
news paragraphs of the week is that re
garding the death of three children, nei
ther of whom was over fourteen years of
age, in an incendiary fire at Omaha, Neb.
—President Grant, it is thought, will
try and secure the Presidential nomina
tion for Gen. Sheridan, in the event he
sees there will be no chance for himself.
Gen. McCleland would be a much better
man.
—The couple married in a balloon to
advertise Barnum’s show didn’t live to
gether three weeks. He boxed her ears,
the auburn-haired bride broke his nose,
and the theory of the eastern current is
still unsolved.
—The Brooklyn Argus says there are
great preparations at the White House
for the departure of the President for his
cottage by the sea. Hundreds of empty
whiskey bottles have been taken out of
the cellar and disposed of profitably.
—Mr. John A. Martin, of Taylor Creek,
planted some new fashioned corn, which
after growing to the height of two and
one-half inches developed a perfect tassel
and silk. Henceforth Mr. M. will not
take any stock to speak of in new varie
ties of this cereal.
—Boston, after her most unique and
terrible murders, now extinguishes her
self by having a house explode without
any conceivable cause, and tegr down
several buildings, besides killing some
thirty people. Boston is truly the hub—
of horrors!
—The farmers around Eufaula, Ala
bama, are compelled to coat the ears,
flanks and other parts of their live stock
with tar and grease to protect them from
the buffalo gnat, and also to keep fires
burning in their stock lots at night.
This pest is about half the size of the
common horse fly, jet black, and has a
hump back or shoulder like the buffalo,
whence its name.
—Some miserable being disgraced the
honorable profession of thieves by steal
ing the shirts and money of our Indian
visitor on Friday last. As it is a point
of honor among Indians never to have
more than one shirt apiece, the outrage
is still more outrageous, and Spotted Tail
and Red Cloud and Pawnee Killer and
Poker Jack and so forth will have to spend
the rest of their days wrapped in their
dignity and colored blankets. “ This
is’ard.”
GEORGIA NEWS OF THE WEEN.
The Atlanta News has suspended.
—A converted gambler and circus ri
der has been lecturing in Atlanta.
—Griffin had a youthful cyclone on
Monday. No damage done, however.
—A correspondent in the Atlanta News
suggests Alex. Stephens for Governor.
—The Atlanta Herald relates a story
of two “ coaclnvhip” snakes attacking a
negro.
—A mule was killed by lightning in
Spalding, Georgia, but it ruined the
lightning.
—Dooly county will have to answer
for a boy nine years old weighing 118
pounds.
—Two perfectly formed chickens were
hatched from one egg, in Liberty county,
recently.
—Augusta has turned out anew bar
rel of flour, but Dooly county is about a
fortnight ahead
—The Covington Enterprise states that
a lady of that place has fallen heir to
sixty million of dollars.
—We learn that a Mr. Marion Farbee
was killed instantly by lightning on Mon
day last, near Harmony Grove.
—Mr. John Grey, Sr., of Tatnall coun
ty, aged sixty-five, was married the oth
er day to Miss Servia Mosley, aged six
teen.
—The sale of the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad took place at Macon Monday.
It was bid in by the State of Georgia at
one million dollars.
—We regret to learn from an exchange
that owing to the failing health of Mrs.
Toombs, Gen. Toombs contemplates ma
king a tour in foreign lands shortly.
—Paragraph in Dahlonega Signal:
“ Mr. Alfred Warm caughed up a cuckle
burr in Atlanta the other day that he
had swallowed some eight years ago.”
—Mr. James B. Smith, of Liberty coun
ty, has raised a cabbage which measured
three feet four inches across and weigh
ed fourteen pounds. It fed fifteen per
sons.
—The Governor on Wednesday last
issued his proclamation declaring* Hon.
B. H. Hill a member of Congress from
the Ninth Congressional District of
Georgia.
—As an evidence of the value of ad
vertising, a Gainesville editor inserted a
notice that he wished to purchase a
good milk cow, and his cow immediate
ly had a calf.
—The remains of the colored child, 10
months of age, that was carried off in the
cyclone of the 20tli of March, was found
on the 10th inst,, just two months from
the time it was blown away.
—Elisha Yarbrough, a boy sixteen years
of age, was hung at Carrol ton on Friday
last, for the murder of Henry W. Smith,
about one year ago. Ilis cries for mer
cy, it is said, were heart-rending,
—A Baldwin county negro dug up and
ate some angelica the other day. This
would have been the end of it, but the
angelica proved to be American hemlock,
much to the detriment of the colored
brother.
—There has at last been found a school
teacher who knows how to collect his ac
counts, He lives in Harris county, and
fired two pistol balls into a man that
wouldn’t pay his children’s school bill,
—Ku-Kluxism has recently broken oat
again in Chattooga, But as both negroes
and white men have been whipped, and
of both political parties,this Ku-Kluxing
cannot be attributed to political causes.
—A young farmer in Pulaski county
was bitten on the left hand by a water
moccasin last Saturday, and his arm soon
swelled up and subsequently burst in
several places, bloody water oozing from
the wounds.
—Some of our exchanges are already
beginning to blow about beets 6 or 8
inches in circumference. Bah! gentle
men, there was one in Crawford some
time ago at least 36 inches in circumfer
ence, 6 feet long, and weighed 150
pounds. It was a “ dead beet.”
—General Sherman, in his memoirs,
neglects to tell about the length and gen
eral cussedness of the names of Georgia
rivers. One whole day was lost because
it took Sherman eight hours to mention
the name of the river the leading brigade
was to camp on in the evening. And
Sherman himself had to take Scotch snuff
before he could speak properly of the
Ogeechee river.
—The Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars
have been taken off the trains on the
Air-Line Railway. The road will be
supplied by the Lucas Sleepers, *i new
Southern invention controlled by South
ern capitalists. Col L. P. Grant, of At
lanta, is President, and no civil righters
will be allowed to place their ebony skins
upon its sheets. These cars are spoken
of very highly and we hope they will be
liberally patronized.
—A correspondent of the Rome Courier
comes forward with a fish story. He
says Mr. G. W. Pinson set out some fish
hooks on the 20th in the Coosa river,
and the next morning took from one
hook an eel and catfish weighing fifteen
pounds. The eel was caught on the hook
and it is supposed the catfish had under
taken tq make bait of the eel, and when
he attempted to swallow his prey, the eel
fooled him and ran through his gills and
strung the catfish on the line above the
eel.
—Mr. A. J. , well, we won’t call the
balance of his name, he objecting—don’t
wonder at it—says he knows a certain
peacock now living in Talbot county
that is fifty years of age ; that notwith
standing the wear and tear of time has
dimmed his plumage and enfeebled his |
step, yet he sings as sweetly as ever ; that !
he “perched and sot” upo l one
particular oak limb, ten inches in diam
eter, for thirty odd years, his claws final
ly wearing it in two. And Mr. fur
ther says that some of Wilson’s raid cap- ;
tured and carried away this remarkable !
bird, no telling liow far, as he was absent
several days,but that he made his escape,
and to the surprise of all came sailing in
one evening and resumed his roost. ° j
In Oglethorpe Superior Court.
JONATHAN WATKINS') Rule Xisi
vs > To Foreclose
B. F. DURHAM. j Mortgage.
I T APPEARING TO THE COURT BY
JL the petition of Jonathan W at kins that on
the 19th day of January, 1871, B. F. Durham,
of said county, was indebted to Jonathan
Watkins the sum of Forty-five Dollars, to be
paid on the Ist day of October, 18/1, tor value
received.
And it further appearing by said petition
that B. F. Durham, to secure the payment ot
the said sum of forty-five dollars, executed
and delivered, on the 19th day of J anuary,
1871, to Jonathan Watkins, a mortgage on
forty acres of land, more or less, in said comi
ty, adjoining lands of Jonathan \\ atkins and
others, conditioned to be void if said sum of
forty-five dollars should be paid at the time
agreed upon.
And it further appearing that the said sum
of forty-five dollars, with the interest due
thereon, remains unpaid—it is, therefore,
Ordered , That the said B. F. Durham do
pay into Court, by the first day of the next
term thereof, the principal, interest and costs
due on said sum, or show cause to the contra
ry ; and that on his failure to do so, his Equi
ty of Redemption in and to said lot of land be
forever barred and foreclosed.
And it is further ordered, That this rule be
published in the official gazette of said county
once a month for four months, or a copy
thereof be served personally upon the said B.
F. Durham, or his agent, or attorney, at least
three months previous to next term of said
Court.
I certify that the foregoing Rule Nisi is a
true extract from the minutes of the Superior
Court.
This 6th day of May, 1875.
je4-lam4m GEO. H. LESTER, Clerk.
TAX RECEIVERS NOTICE
To Tax Payers of Oglethorpe Cos.
I WILL VISIT THE SEVERAL DIS
TRICTS for the purpose of receiving Tax
Returns for 1875, on the following days:
Grove Creek, at J. J. Green’s — May 17tli.
Woodstock —May 19th and 20th.
Limston, at Amis’ Mills—May 21st and 22d.
Goose Pond, at Eberhart’s Store—May 26 & 27.
.Glade, at*Davenport’s Store—May 28 and 29.
Bairdstown —June 2d and 3d.
Falling Creek, at Maxey’s—-June 4th and otli.
Bowling Green, at Antioch—June 9 and 10.
Big Creek, at Barrow’s Mill—June 11 and 12.
Grove Creek, at Sandy Cross —June 14th.
Crawford—June 16tli.
Pleasant Hill, at Chandler & Power’s Store—
.Pune 17th, 18th and 19th.
Beaverdam, at Wintervillc—June 21st.
Lexington-—Every Tuesday until July Ist.
JOHN T. ENGLAND,
myll-tjyl* Tax Receiver O. C.
LITTLE STOKCORNER
HERE THE CITIZENS OF OGLETHORPE
will alway find the Cheapest and
Best Stock of
FANCY GOODS, LIQUORS,
GROCERIES, LAMPS, OIL, Etc,
J. M. BARRY. Broad Str., Athens, 6a,
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MILLINERY.
MRS, T. A, ADAMS,
Broad street, Athens, Ga.
Keeps constantly on hand a select stock of
Millinery, and Fancy Goods. 3m
Fnrnitnre MM.
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rpiTE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE REMOVED
A to No. 12 Franklin House Range, Broad
Street, ATHENS, GA., where they keep con
stantly on hand a large and beautiful stock of
FURNITURE
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
to which they invite the attention of the pub
lic, and which will he sold
ASTONISHINGLY LOW!
Coffins I Burial Cases
Furnished AS LOW or LOWER than by any
other establishment in the city.
The citizens of Oglethorpe are cordially 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
great pleasure in showing them our stock. Be
SURE and give us a call.
J. F. WILSON & CO.
MRS. HARLOW’S
Electric Life Liniment
For the cure of Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Toothache, Headache, Sore Throat, Bronchi
tis, Pain in Chest, Side, Plurisy, Paralvsis ; ,
( ramp 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 & Cos. j a 118-6 m
250,000 Cigars!
NOW IN STORE, OF THE
Choicest Brands I
which we offer at GREATLY REDUCED
PRICES. Also, a large stock of
SMOKING AND CHEWING
TOBACCO,
SNUFF, GENUINE MEERCHAUM PIPES
AND ALL SMOKERS’ ARTICLES.
A liberal discount allowed to Jobbers buy
ing largely. Come one ! Come all!!
KALVARINSKY & LIEBLER,
Under Newton House, Athens, Ga.
__ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS^
THE SINGER
AGAIN TRIUMPHANT!
THE WORLD’S AWARD again received BY THE WORLD’S FAVORITE
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SEE THE FOLLOWING
SEWING- MACHINE SALES FOR 1874!
The table of Sewing Machine sales for 1874 show that our sales last year amounted to
241,679 Machines, being a large inere;ise over the sale* of dm previous y*nr ; The table
shows that our sales exceed those of any other company. It is further stated' that the sales of
1873, as eompared with those of 1872, shows a relatively larger increase, bevond the sales of
other makers. _ For instance, in 1872 we sold 45,000 more machines than any other company;
whereas, in 18/ 3, the sales were 113,254 Machines in excess of our highest competitor, and "in
1874 our sales were 148,852 Machines more than any other company.
SEWING MACHINE SALES OF 1874:
Sales of 1874. Sales of 1872.
The RIVCJER II a unfa during Cos. sold 241,679 219,758 Increase, 21,921
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Cos 92,327 274,088 Decrease, 81*261
Howe Sewing Machine Uo., estimated 35,000 145,000 Decrease,’ llOJXX)
Domestic Sewing Machine Cos 22,700 49,554 Decrease, 26 854
Weed Sewing Machine Cos 20,495 42,444 Decrease’ 21949
Groover & Baker S. M. Uo., estimated 20,000 52,010 Decrease, 32 010
Remington Empire S. M. Cos 17,608 9,183 Increase, 8*425
Wilson Sewing Machine Cos 17,525 22,666 Decrease, 5’14l
Gold Medal Sewing Machine Cos 15,214 18,897 Decrease, 3^683
Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Cos 13,710 33,639 Decrease, 19,929
American B. IL, etc., S. M. Cos 13,529 18,930 Decrease, 5,401
Victor Sewing Machine Cos 6,292 11,901 Decrease, 5^609
Florence Sewing Machine Cos 5,517 15,793 Decrease, 10,276
Seeor Sewing Machine Cos 4,541 3,430 Increase, 1,111
J. E. Braudsdorf & Cos., yEtna 1,866 4,262 Decrease, 2,396
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GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS!
FOR SALE CHEAP FOR CASH!
WE CII ACCOMMODATE fIOMPT-PITIIt CIISTOMEIS MTU FAIL,
CALL TO SEE
HAIRE & LATIMER,
At their Mammoth .Store, LEXINGTON, GA.
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J. M. WEATHERLY. W. A. WEATHERLY. 11. R. BERNARD.
WEATHERLY & CO.,
ATHENS, GA., Dealers in
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS,
Crockery, Glassware, Etc.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO CASH BUYERS.~£&
James UaiMßro.,
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.
Cnrtain Department.
Curtain Materials, I Window Shades,
Cornices and Bands, | Hair Cloths,
Lace Curtains, 1 Wall Papers & B’dr’s
Muslin Curtains, | Beautiful Chromos.
Grocery Department.
Choice Fam’y Groceries j Baskets of all kinds.
Duffield Hams, | Wood Ware,
English Crackers, I Brooms and Brushes
Dyspeptics'Food, j Plantation Supplies.
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS and CUR
TAINS made and laid a* short notice.
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.
YOUNG MEN
T\TBO WISH A THOROUGH PREPA
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rior advantages at
Moore's Soulhern Business University,
Atlanta, Ga.
The largest and best Practical Business
School in the South.
Students can enter at any time.
oct3o-ly B. F. MOORE, Pres’t.
MANSION HOUSE
Third Door Above Globe Hotel,
Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
MRS. R. ILROBERDS,
(Late of Gainesville, Fla.,) Proprietress.-
BOARD, $2.00 PER DAY.
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Fine Boots & Shoes
HENRY LTJTMI,
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*
atteuted to. ©ctß-ly