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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, ap9-tf MILLINERY. MRS, T. A, ADAMS, Broad street, Athens, Ga. Keeps constantly on hand a select stock of Millinery, and Fancy Goods. 3m Fnrnitnre MM. ~—-—o— 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 o 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 o OUR NEW FAMILY MACHINE embodies new and essential principles— simplicity of construction ; ease of operation; uniformity of precise action at any speed ; capacity for range and variety of work, fine or coarse —LEAVING ALL RIVALS BEHIND IT, Test THE SINGER before purchasing any other. Terms easy—payments light. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO., No. 172 Broughton Street, Savannah Ga. A. VONBI'RGII, /Manager. BRANCH OFFICES in Atlanta. Athens, Augusta, Macon and Thomasrille, Ga.; Charles ton and Columbia, S. C.; Jacksonville and Tallahassee, Fla. G. H. HOPE, G ™ c Af'J£v S O , r GA E G *- o Send your address to the above offices for a catalogue of the celebrated BAZAR (xlove - Fitting PATTERNS! They are the best, the cheapest, and most stylish patterns in market. my2B-2m DRY^GOODS BOOTS AND SHOES, 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. o === s=j O Pa=i (=^==o<==? GROCERIES !=3 ZeZ* t=S CO __ DC2 rn ~ F (/) f 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 y V RATION for Business, will find supe 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. janS-tf 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