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OGLETHORPE ECHO
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
TITOS. 1. GANTT, Editor and Propr’or
Crawford, Ga., - - July 2,1875.
A young, handsome clerk in Jersey
City was brave enough to propose to
Bessie Turner, and she accepted him,
and the orange flowers will bloom for
Bessie in October.
The grand jury of the Court of Gene
ral Sessions have presented six new' in
dictments against Wm. M. Tweed, Peter
B. Sweeny, G. A. Woodward, and oth
ers not yet arrested.
Inundation in France. —The over
flow of the river Garonne, besides des
troying a vast amount of property, crops,
&c., drowned about 1,000 people and
washed away 800 houses in the city of
Toulouse alone.
The Keeley Motor.— The Scientific
American denounces the Keeley motor as
a transparent humbug—as an absolute
impossibility—and expresses surprise
that any man should be so foolish as to
invest money in it.
A Brooklyn correspondent reports
that Mrs. Tilton is going to sue for a di
voice as soon as the present trial is over,
but there are a good many people who
still think she and Theodore will be liv
ing together again yet.
Indian War.— The opinion is gaining
ground daily that a general Indian war
is now imminent. It is thought that all
the tribes of the plains are leagued
against the whites, and that open hostili
ties will shortly commence.
The Hungarian capitol has been visi
ted by a tremendous and destructive
storm involving frightful loss of life and
property. The Prince of the Powers of
the Air and the Demon of the Waters
are holding high carnival just now.
Mutual Confidence. —The New
York Times says : “When the jury in the
Beecher-Tilton trial retired from the trial
room, as Foreman Carpenter passed out
; he was seen to nod and smile at Mr. Bee
cher, who nodded and smiled in return.”
It seems that Loader and Price, who
swore to some very beastly things about
Mr. Beecher, have fallen out, the latter
confessing to an attempt at black mail.
Possibly this may be true, but sometimes
the biggest rascal is he who turns State’s
evidence.
A Missouri correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune tells of a swarm of locusts
from 30 to 75 miles wide, half a mile
deep, passing through the air at a speed
of 15 miles an hour for sixty hours
continuously, and driving people indoors
for fear of being smothered to death.
Tiie Great Earthquake, —ln South
America, was more distructive than at
first reported. In the city of Cucuta
alone, from eight to ten thousand lives
-were lost—crushed by the falling walls
and suffocated by dense clouds of dust!
It was accomplished in two minutes !
Trouble with Mexico.— Uncle Sam
is getting his back up at last, in conse
quence of continued annoyances by Mex
ican banditti along the l'ne. The bor
der settlers of Texas have been greatly
annoyed, and it is high time something
were done to put an end to the frequent
predatory incursions which have destroy
ed or carried off so much property.
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The Beecher Trial,— Which has
been going on for six months, is about to
come to a conclusion. The Judge charged
the jury on Friday last. It was thought
that the main body of the charge was fa
vorable to Beecher. At the time we
• write (Thursday evening) we have not
heard from the jury. It is said that Mr.
Beecher has announced that whatever be
the verdict, he will continue as pastor of
Plymouth church.
Cotton Crop. —The department of
agriculture in its cotton report for June
states: The threatened reduction in area
has not taken place nor has the reduced
area of last year been much enlarged.
' The comparison with last year is as fol
lows : North Carolina, 102 ; South Car
olina, 106; Georgia, 96; Florida, 99;
Alabama, 104 ; Mississippi, 102; Louis
iana, 191; Texas, 108; Arkansas, 101; Ten
nessee, 92. The report of the condition
is the most favorable in the past five sea
sons with the exception of that of 1872.
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A correspondent of the Macon
Telegraph says the lessees of the ‘State
Road recently took a ride of observation
over the road, After getting heavily
steamed up they concluded to run the
engine, and going forward dismissed the
engineer and his firemen, when Gen.
Mcßae took charge of the throttle and
Brown, Johnson and Ben. Hill the wood.
Soon the engine was led out at the rate
<of one mile a minute, and fairly flew T up
.the track. It didn’t take Joe Brown long
to come to the conclusion, however, that
the regular engineer had better be called
back to his post, and that a man who
j*uns a train had best not have an inti
mate acquaintance with John Barleycorn.
THE SUFFERERS
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Card from Dr. W. M. Durham.
Maxey’s, June 28, 1875.
Editor Oglethorpe Echo :
It seems, from a communication in
your paper of last week, that someone
is dissatisfied with the work of the com
mittee who distributed the donations to
the sufferers from the recent cyclone,
which passed through this portion of
our county and Greene. That “ Impe
rial” and all others interested may be
satisfied, (but you know enough of hu
man nature to know that it is impossible
to please some people), I, in behalf of
the gentlemen of the committee and
myself, send you a statement of what
was rceived, from whom received, and to
whom given. If you do not see proper
to publish the statement, you will great
ly oblige the committee if you will keep
it in your office, subject to inspection by
all interested.
The first and largest amount received
was from Geo. R. Sibley, H. H. Howard
and W. F. Herring, Augusta Relief Com
mittee—s4o6.72; which amount was sent
to me with the request that I would so
distribute it as to relieve the greatest
amount of human suffering possible.
Other donations continued to come in,
the majority of them directed to me. I
would not assume the responsibility of
distributing so large an amount,(although
requested to do so), for fear that I might
not do satisfactorily to all concerned,
but requested the following well-known
gentlemen to distribute it, namely:
Samual Bailey, J. D. Colclough, B. G.
Taylor, W. B. Brigbtwell and George P.
Brightwell. I prefered to have noth
ing to do with the distribution, but the
above named gentlemen insisted that I
should be one of the committee.
The committee have discharged their
duty conscientiously, and they are griev
ed that any one has seen aught in them
to condemn.
We felt grateful to those who so gener
ously responded to appeals for help.
Many of our friends lost what it has
taken a life time to gain, and will proba
bly never be able to regain it. I know
the majority of them are high-toned,
honorable people, and they have return
ed many grateful thanks to those gene
rous people who have helped them in
their hour of distress. There are a few,
however —I hope very few—who have no
gratitude in their hearts. These few have
found fault with the committee. No man
or set of men could please them. Not
God himself. Very respectfully,
W. M. Durham.
The union of the Black and Caspian
seas is in contemplation.
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They say of Florida that the water is
so close to the surface that you may dig
down anywhere two feet deep and go
a fishing.
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Get acquainted with Mr. D. J. Fos
ter, of San Diego county, California.
He owns one hundred thousand acres of
land, and its all in one farm.
Several strong houses failed in Lon
don during the first of the month. The
liabilities of Alexander Collie & Cos.,
one of the failures, is $15,000,000.
The Montreal Witness says that an
aunt and nephew are living in the Prov
ince of Quebec as husband and wife, in
of the laws of Canada, under a
dispensation from Rome.
A hard-eyed kackman thought he
would give Alexander Stephens a shot
any way, and asked him why he wore
two overcoats. “ Because three would
make me uncomfortable,” was the reply.
Kansas papers are very severe on old
man Allen, of Oskaloosa, who has held
a negro girl in slavery since the war,
carefully keeping from her all knowledge
of the emancipation of she slaves.
It is in order now for farmers to care
fully prepare their wheat for the market,
and not bring it in until it is in good
merchantable condition. When the
grain is smutty it should not be threshed
until it is perfectly dry.
Forty-six of the swords worn by Gen.
Warren at the battle of Bunker Hill, to
gether with ten of Gen. Prescott’s hats,
and sixteen of the enemy’s battle flags
were on exhibition at Boston Thursday,
17th instant. It was a great day for
relics.
A Negro justice of Raleigh, North
Carolina, named Moore, had one Jack
son, who was accused of murder, taken
from jail and led to where the dead man
lay to touch the corpse, under the force
of a negro superstition that blood would
flow from the body at the touch of the
real murderer.
The jewels which the Khedive sent os
tensibly to Minnie Sherman Fitch, last
winter, are to be divided between her and
her two sisters; they were really de
signed for a family present to Gen. Sher
man, but the occasion of Minnie’s wed
ding was selected to offer them nominally
to her. They are now said to be woith
not quite one hundred thousand dollars.
ECHOES FROM OUR STATE PRESS.
—The Jackson county jail has jhad a
delivery.
—The Quitman Factory suspended last
Saturday. Cause lack of funds.
—Dr. John Gantt, of Putnam county,
near Stanfordville, died last week.
—Announcing the first cotton blooms
is now the order with our exchanges.
—The Schofield Rolling Mill of Atlan
ta will resume work oh the sth of July.
—The Albany News has discove-ed a
sort of Bessie Turner episode in Cuthbert.
—J. J. Hickman, the Good Templar
lecturer, is billed for Louisville sometime
in July.
—The State Agricultural Convention
will meet in Dalton on the first Monday
in August.
—When a Georgia man wants to be a
candidate for Governor, he joins the
Grangers.
—An Augusta man has observed for
thirty-odd years that it always rains on
the 21st of June.
—A few days ago a Monroe county cat
gave birth to a family of five, two of
which were rabbits.
—The Georgia State Agricultural Soci
ety has concluded to prohibit racing at
their coming fair.
—A Monroe county man thinks he has
found a euriosity in the shape of a honey
bee’s nest growing to the limb of a tree.
—Two armateur fishermen of Raids
ville, while fishing in the Ohoopie, cap
tured a huge cat-fish weighing thirty-five
pounds.
—The Dalonega Signal says it is repor
ted that a negro woman near that place
purposely burned her own child the oth
er day.
—Henry Daniels, a negro desperado,
was shot to death in the Richmond coun
ty jail ‘on Saturday, while resisting the
authorities.
—Asabel R. Smith, of Rome, father of
Charles A. Smith (Bill Arp,) died on
Friday, aged eighty-one years. He was
a native of New England.
—The little baby of Mr. R. Goins, of
Jessup, fell into a tub of hot water a few
days since, and was so badly scalded that
it died, after much suffering.
—A dastardly outrage was attempted
upon the daughter of M. J. P. Reese, only
six years old, at Rome, by a negro named
Garnqr, who has fled the country.
—Col. B. Y. Sage, chief engineer, and
afterward Superintendent of the Air-
Line Railroad, was found dead in his
bed at Atlanta one morning last week.
—West Pojnt boasts the champion
quilt. It has been twelve years in ma
king, and contains 21,968 pieces—all of
gingham and about the size of a nickle.
—A Sandersvilie lawyer reports seeing,
the other day, the well-formed body of a
cat .with a chicken’s head, the latter as
natural as if on the body of the chicken.
—The latest rumor from Coffee county
is that Stafford Davis, aged ninety-six
years, has just married a girl of twenty
six. “ Spring lingers in the lap of win
ter.”
—Mr. Hill, in a recent speech, said :
“ The nogro will drop out of politics, or
he will drop himself out, and within five
years will vote just as his employer asks
him”
—Pifrifoy, the murderer, was hung at
Atlanta on Friday. There seems to have
been a little squabbling among some of
the clergy of that city as to his spiritual
welfare.
-The Gainesville Eagle says that Mr.
Dyer, of Union county, has patented a
flying ship, constructed on the model of
the eagle, and is very confident of his
ability to navigate the air.
—The Newnan Herald says a gentle
man of Coweta county raised three hun
dred and sixty bushels of oats from nine
acres of land—forty bushels to the acre—
without using any sort of fertilizer!
—The editor of the GainsviUe South
ron makes an apology for the appearance
of his paper this week, which apology is
a nine-and-a-half-pounds boy with a
head like Calhouu, a mouth like Clay, a
form like Jefferson, and hair like Harris.
—Mr. William Markham, an old citi
zen and heavy capitalist of Atlanta, is
about to erect a splendid new hotel, on
the site formerly occupied by the Wash
ington Hall. The new hotel will be as
fine, but not so large and unwieldy as
the Kimball House.
—Jessee Whitehead, one of the emi
grants from Hawkinsville to Liberia in
1872, returned a few days ago. Mr. Wm.
Aaderson, of Hawkinsville, sent money
to a New York firm which secured pas
sage for Whitehead. The price paid was
about ninety dollars. He doesn’t believe
much in “ Libelia,” as they term it.
—Hawkinsvile Dispatch : Mr. Perry
Neal, of this county, has a hen that was
hatched on the second day of last Feb
ruary, and on the 27th of last May made
her appearance in the yard with a brood
of fourteen young chickens, which she is
now carrying. She had but four months
in which to grow, lay and set.
—On Wednesday of last week Judge
Johnson convened a special term of Jef
ferson Superior Court, to try the case of
Mrs. Mary. J. Whitaker, charged with
killing her husband, Joshua Whitaker,
on the morning of the 3d inst. After in
vestigation it was found that she was
insane, and ordered to be taken to the
Asylum at Midway.
—The Blakely News says : Mr. U. J.
Bush, of that county, while out squirrel
hunting recently, dischargedJhis gun, and
so great was the rebound that it broke
his arm ; the ramrod flew out of the
thimbles, going to the distance of some
forty yards, and the gun passed back
ward, and reversing ends, the muzzle
went some six inches in the ground.
The notorious negro desperado, Dave
Drummond, who attemped to commit a
rape upon a young lady near Duluth,
some time since, was killed in an attempt
to arrest him by the Sheriff of Oconee,
county, S. C.—Drummond resisted, and
drew an ax uport the Sheriff and started
for him, when the Sheriff fired and kill
ed him.
LEGAL ISEMENTS^
Oglethorpe Sheriff’s Sale.
TVTILL BE SOLD ON THE FIRST TUES
\ V DAY in August next, before the Court
House door, in the town of Lexington, Ogle
thorpe county, within the legal hours of sale,
one tract of LAND, containing One Hundred
Acres, more or less, in said county, adjoining
lands of F. T. Berry, John T. M. Haire and
others. Levied on as the property of Jacob
C. Gilliam, for tax, by virtue of an. fa. in fa
vor of John G. Hartsfield, Tax-Collector, for
State and County tax, vs. Frances Gilliam.
Levy made and returned to me by a Consta
ble. MACK H. YOUNG,
June 29th, 1875. Deputy Sheriff.
Oglethorpe Sheriffs Sale.
WILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT
House door, in the town of Lexington,
Oglethorpe county, between the lawful hours
of sale, on the first TUESDAY in July next,
one tract of LAND, containing two hundred
and ninety-five acres, more or less, adjoining
lands of I. W. Johnson, A. M. Sorrow, James
S. Sims and others. Levied on as the proper
ty of William H. Kidd, to satisfy a fi. fa. in
favor of Hosea C. Giddens vs. William H.
Kidd and Robert J. Wright, obtained in
Oglethorpe Superior Court. One fi. fa. in
favor of George H. Lester and John A. Hun
nicutt, adm’rs of Lewis J. Deujiree, dec’d, vs.
William H. Kidd, obtained in Oglethorpe
Superior Court. Have given the notice re
quired by law.
—also —
At the-same time and place will be sold one
tract of LAND, containing one hundred and
forty acres, more or less, adjoining lands of
Frank Howard and others, the lands on which
E. M. Harwell took the homestead. Levied
on as the property of E. M. Harwell, to satisfy
a fi. fa. in favor of Lewis J. Deupree vs. Eg
bert M. Harwell, maker, and George W.
Whitehead, endorser, obtained in Oglethorpe
Superior Court, and other fi. fas. in my hands
against said Egbert M. Harwell. Have given
the notice required bv law.
J. T. JOHNSON, Sheriff.
June 10th, 1875.
Oglethorpe Sheriffs Sale.
WILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT
House door in the town of Lexington,
Oglethorpe couaty, between the lawful hours
of sale, on the first TUESDAY in July next,
one tract of LAND, containing one hundred
and forty-nine acres, more or less, adjoining
P. L. Wheless, David Graham and others, and
one roan HORSE, about fourteen years old.
Levied on as the property of William Cun
ningham, to satisfy a fi. fa. obtained in Ogle
thorpe Superior Court, in favor of Rufus L.
Moss & Cos. vs. William Cunningham, and
other fi. fes. in my hands against said Cun
ningham. Have given the notice required by
law.
—ALSO—
At the same time and place will he sold one
tract of LAND, containing one hundred and
eighty acres, more or less, adjojning Frank
Tiller, Mrs. Tiller and others. Levied on as
the property of Green Bell, to satisfv a fi. fa.
obtainable in Oglethorpe Superior Court, in
favor of Z. H. Clark, survivor, etc., for the
use of Geo. W. Callaway, administrator of
John M. Callaway, deceased, vs. Green Bell,
and other fi. fas. in my hands. Have given
notice in writing required by law.
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At the same time and place will be sold one
HOUSE and LOT, in the town of Lexington,
containing four acres, more or less, separated
from the lot of Mrs. Cox by the road lead
ing from Lexington to Athens, and from lot
of James R. Boggs by the road leading from
Lexington to Hermon, and separated from the
Old Hotel lot by cross street. Levied on as
the property of Edward Young, to satisfy a fi.
fa. oh tamable in Oglethorpe Superior Court,
in favor of tlie trustees of the Baptist Church
in Lexington vs. Robert Monteith, B. A.
Gresham, S. 11. Cox, James Norton, R. Mor
gan, Edward Young, L. J. Deupree, G. W.
Callaway, administrator, B. M. Johnson and
J. D. Mathews. Have given the notice re
quired by law. J. T. JOHNSON,
June 7, 1875. Sheriff
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
JUST RECEIVED 0 _ . _ ___
A Large Assortment of K. M ■ H '|ST<I tKfT, T ■ A TST|-I ,
POWERS’ AND WEIGHTMAN’S 3
CHEMICALS, DEALERS IN
pAT raRF™Y NEs Fancy and Domestic Dry Goods, Hats, Shoos
TOILET ARTICLES, * *
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, Etc. .
Physicians and Merchants CHINA AND GLASSWARE) NOTIONS) &Ca
will find it to their advantage to give us a
CaU LONGS & BILLUPS, Athens. LESTER’S BLOCK, Ta, m a^. 0 . P e., ATHENS, GA.
LEGAL
C'l EORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY.—
X Court of Ordinarv, at Chambers, June
29th, 1875.
To 1 homas S. Gresham, surviving Admin
istrator of George W. Gresham, deceased,
and to the Heirs at Law of said deceased,
non residents of this State :
It appearing to the Court by the petition of
Thomas Amis, that George W. Gresham, de
ceased, late of said county, did, in his life
time, execute to said Thomas Amis his bond,
conditioned to execute titles iu fee simple, to
said Thomas Amis, to certain tracts or parcels
of land lying in said county, on the north
side of Long Creek, bounded on the south bv
same, on the east by lands of L. M. Hill on
the north by lands of L. M. Ilill and B.’ B.
Faust, on the west by lauds of M. L. Rains
and others, together with another parcel ly
ing on the south side of Long Creek, bounded
on the east by a line commencing at the
bridge across the new cut opposite Che mill
running southwest, or nearly so, to Mrs. Wat
kins’ corner, near where a* gate once stood;
both parcels eontaining Fourteen Hundred
Acres, more or less, with all the rights, mem
bers and appurtenances to said lots of land
in any wise appertaining or belonging.
And it further appearing that said George
W. Gresham departed this life without execu
ting titles to said tracts or parcels of land, or
by will or otherwise providing therefor. And
it further appearing that the said Thomas
Amis has paid the full amount of the pur
chase price of said tracts or parcels of land ;
and said Thomas Amis having petitioned this
Court to direct Thomas S. Gresham, the sur
viving Administrator upon the estAe of said
George W. Gresham, deceased, to execute to
him titles to said tracts or parcels of land, in
conformity with said bond—
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby
notified and required to file their objections,
(if any they have, in my oftiee, within the
time prescribed by law,) why said surviving
Administrator should not be* ordered to exe
cute titles to said tracts or parcels of land, in
conformity with said bond.
And it is further ordered that a copy of this
rule be published iu the Oglethorpe Echo
newspaper for thirty days.
Extract from the minutes.
jy2-30d T. D. GILHAM, Ordinary.
QTATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
kJ COUNTY.—Petition for Letters of Dis
mission. Whereas, Francis P. Collier, Ad
ministrator on the estate of Edward V. Coll
ier, late of said county, deceased, has applied
to me for Letters of Dismission from said es
tate—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all persons interested to be and appear at my
office on the first Monday in October,
1875, to show cause, if any they can, why
said letters should not be granted*
Given under my hand and official signature,
at office in Lexington, the 29th day of June
1875. THOS. D. GILHAM,
jy2-3m Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY.—Petition for Letters of Ad
ministration. Whereas, Isaac R. Hall and
Richard F. Dillard applies to me for Letters
of Administration on the estate of Richard
Dillard, late of said county, deceased—
These arc, therefore, to*cite and admonish
all and singular, the kindred and creditors of
said deceased, to be and appear at my office,
on the first Monday in August, 1875, to show
cause, if any they can, why said Letters
should not he granted.
Given under my hand and official signature,
at office in Lexington, this 29th day of June
1875. THOS. D. GILHAM,
jy2-30d Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY.— Whereas, W. J. & J. M.
Norton, Administrators on the estate of James
Norton, late of said county, dt e rased, applies
to me for Letters of Dismission from said es
tate —
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all persons interested to be and appear at my
office, on or before the first Monday in Octo
ber, 1875, to show cause, if any they have,
why said Letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature,
at office in Lexington, this 30th dav of June,
1875. THOMAS D. GILHAM.
jy2-3m Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY. —Petition for Letters of Dis
mission. Whereas, William E. Mcßee, Ad
ministrator of the estate of David Biggers, late
of said county, deceased, applies to me for
Letters of Dismission from said estate —
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all persons concerned to show cause, if any
they have, on or before the first Monday iii
October, 1875, why said Letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature,
at office in Lexington, this 19th day of June,
1875. THOS. D. GILHAM,
je2s-lam4m * Ordinary.
NOTICE.
ORDINARY’S OFFICE, 1
Lexington, June 21st, 1875. J
ALL PERSONS OWING FEES IN THE
Ordinary’s office of Oglethorpe countv
during the administration of R. R. Mitchell
and T. A. Gilham, deceased, are hereby noti
fied that I have positive instructions from
their representatives to issue executions for
the same, and place them in the hands of offi
cers for collection, if not settled soon, as they
are greatly in need of money to support their
families. I hope all those owing them will
come forward and settle soon, and save cost
and trouble. THOS. D. GILHAM,
je2s-lm Ordinary.
In Oglethorpe Superior Court.
JONATHAN WATKINS') Rule Nisi
vs. > To Foreclose
B. F. DURHAM. j Mortgage.
IT APPEARING TO THE COURT BY
the petition of Jonathan Watkins 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, 1871, for value
received.
And it further appearing by said petition
that B. F. Durham, to secure the payment of
the said sum of forty-five dollars, executed
and delivered, on the 19th day of January,
1871, to Jonathan Watkins, a mortgage on
forty acres of land, more or less, in said coun
ty, adjoining lands of Jonathan Watkins 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.
Avd 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. 0
This 6th day of Mav, 1875.
je4-lam4m GEO*. H. LESTER, Clerk.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, OF ONE
HALF INCH, inserted in the Echo at
only $5 a year, if paid strictly in advance.
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YOUNG MEN
WIIO 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 enrer at an3 r time.
oct3o-ly B. F. MOORE, Preset.
Fine Boots & Shoes
HENRY LUTHI,
pKAWFORD, OA., IS NOW PREPARED
v 7 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
JOHNNIE MINES,
Fashionable Tailor,
BAIRDSTOWN, GA.
Will be in Lexington the first TUESDAY
in every month, prepared to do all work in
his line. Cutting and Making, in the latest
style, done at short notice. Satisfaction in
sured, and prices very low. my7-tf
~ 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
general satisfaction in the treatment of all
diseases 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
T. R. & W. CHILDERS,
Carpeners and Builders,
ATHENS, ©A.,
WOULD RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE
to the citizens of Oglethorpe county that
they are prepared to do all manner of Wood
Work. Estimates on Buildings carefully
made and lowest figures given. Satisfaction
guaranteed. A portion of the public patron
age solicited. nov27-12m
FRANKLIN HOUSE,
Opposite Deupree Hall,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
This popular House is again open to
the public. Board, $2 per day.
W. A. JESTER fc CO.,
feb4-ly Proprietors.
James G.BaMßrib
205 Bread 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 Wall Papers <fc B’dr’s
Muslin Curtains, [ Beautiful Chromes.
Grocery Department.
Choice Fara’y Groceries I Baskets of all kinds.
Duffield Hams, | Wood Ware,
English Crackers, Brooms and Brushes
Dyspeptics’ Food, j Plantation Supplies.
OIL CLOTHS and CUR
TAINS made and laid at short notice.
LITTLE STORMORNER
HERE THE CITIZENS OF OGLETHORPE
will alway find the Cheapest and
Best Stock of
FANCY GOODS, LIQUORS,
GROCERIES, LAMPS, OIL, Etc.
J. M, BARKY. Broad Str,, Athens, Ga.
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