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By W. A. & L. SHACKELFORD.
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OUR AWEST8.
Far tbe convenience of our subscribers in
this county we have established the following
agencies. The gentlemen named are author¬
ized and will be glad to receipt for new sub¬
scribers or receive any renewals. They have
lists and can give you any information con¬
cerning your time:
Bairdstown—E. M. Callaway.
Crawford—C. S. Hargroves.
Winterville—J. B. Winter.
Stephens—J. E. Freeman.
Maxeys—Henry F. Hurt.
Glade—G. H. Irby. Phillips.
Millstone—H.
philomath—Will lie Peek.
Sandy Cross—J. C. Martin.
CLSSSARD HOUSE
Convenient to Business.
CLAYTON ST.. ATHENS, GA.
O I’ECIAL rates given my Oglethorpe friends.
O Regular rates reasonable.
A. 1>. CUKAU», S*roj>rietor.
FOUND AT LAST!
Jackson & Brydie,
rpATLORS, 1 No, 81 Clayton Street, Athens, Ga.,
remove greasy spots; alter clothes to latest
styles; cut or make suits to order. satisfaction. Samples on
hand. All work guaranteed to give sept5
We have but one price.
DAVIS, HARRIS & BRYDIE,
TONSORAL ARTISTS
ATHENS, .GEORGIA,
ITAVING recently moved into their large and
XiL nicelv arranged shop on Broad street, near
University Bank, respectfully invite the citi
zens of Oglethorpe to cation them when they
want a,clean shave or a stylish hair-cut.
BARBER SHOP REMOVED
"XXTE V have removed our Palace Barber Shop to
V the stand on Broad street, formerly oecn
Jiiedby Lowe & Co., as a saloon, and are now
hotter prepared than ever to wait upon our old
customers, and as many new ones as will pat
ronize us. We have the handsomest and best
equipped barber shop in Athens, and only the
most skilled tousorial artists ftre employed. Give
ns a trial. McQUEEN & DURHAM.
ROAryE HOUSE
LEXINGTON, GA.
TTAVING taken charge of the above House, I
11 shall do my best to give good fare, board. polite
attention and satisfaction in bed and
Rates $2.00 per day; single meals, citizen 50 cents. of the
I shall be pleased to duiing have any Courts, and I will
county stop with me
give them reduced rates,
I shall be prepared to give feed and attention
to horses at reasonable rates.
nilH. 25. E. ROANE,
GLOBE HOTEL,
Under New Management.
rj-nE JL undersigned lias respectfully secured the control informs of the the
public that he
old and " popular GLOBE HOTEL, of Augusta,
and it w iil be kept open and run in the same ac¬
commodating manner as formerly. will Every he specially atten¬
tion paid tn guests and the table
looked after. Families accommodated with
pleasant rooms at moderate rates. Special rates V.
for board aud lodging. J. h. t.KA
STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
Georgia Railroad Company.
OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER ,)
Augusta, Ga., Nov. - 21 , 1885. 5
/COMMENCING SUNDAY, 2>d in*t., the fol
V./ lowing passenger schedule will be operated
Trains run by 90th meridian time.
FAST LINE.
NO. 27, WEST DAII.1-. NO. 28, EAST DAILY.
Uv. ;, Augusta... b .7:40 a m Lv. Atlanta.. ..2:45 p m
Lv. , Waslllg r , -.nn 0 ... ( < *. 1 ,,.,, Inn
.7- ‘ Winiprviito
V;- VVinu'rvi'W ‘i i a it
A r 'KgWn ;;.-:33aS t am ilit.ofb ...'LOepm a m
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“ Antioch.....8:55 am “ Maxeys......4.16 pm:
“ Maxeys.....9:04ara Wood viile...9:26 “ “ Union Woodviile. P^in 1.4.55 .,4.40 pm j
« am pm !
“ Union Atlanta......1:00 Point.9:40 am “ Washington.? ...8:15 35 pm
Ar. pm \r. Augusta. pm I
Lv Union Point. 10:35am Lv Union Point.5.50 pm
A r Wood viile.. .10:48 nm Ar WoodviUe. . 6.02 pm i
“ Maxeys......11:12 am “ Maxeys......6.23 pm !
“ Antioch.....11:22 am “ Antioch.....6.32 pm
“ Lexington. .11:44 am “ Winterville..6.52 Lexington...7.47 pm j
“ Winterville. 12:14 pm “ pra ;
Ar Athens......12:35 pm “ Athens......7:40 pm i
No. 27 stops at Grovetown, Berzclia, Harlem,
fordvilie, Dearing, Thompson, Norwood, Barnett, Craw- |
Union Point, Greenesboro, Madison,
named on Athens Branch.
No. 28 stops at all above stations with Lithonia
REGULAR TRAIN.
LEAVE Athens....... .. 9.00 a'm
Leave Winterville..... .. 9.31 “
Leave Lexington..... . ..10.49 10.16 «
Leave Antioch......... “
Leave Maxeys......... .11.12 “
Leave Woodville...... ..11.42 M
ARRIVE Union Point. ..11.55 “
Arrive Atlanta....... .. 5.4b p m
Arrive Washington... .. 2.20 «
Arrive MilledgeviUe.. .. 4.20 M
Arrive Macon......... .. 6.15 “
Arrive Augusta....... .. 3.35 “
LEAVE Augusta..... ..10.50 a m
Leave Macon.......... .. 7.19 «
Leave Milledgeville.. .. 9.19 “
Leave Washington.... .11.20 “
Leave Atlanta........ .. 8.00 *«
Leave Union Point... .. 2.20 pm
LEAVE Woodville... .. 2.39 “
L' ave Maxeys......... .. 3.18 M
Leave Antioch........ .. 3.36 “
Leave Lexington..... .. 4.13 “
Leave Winterville.... .. 4.59 “
Arrive Athens....... .. 5.30 “
Trains run dailv. Close connection U * or from
Washington on Sundays. Double daily connec
tion* to and from Athens and Gen’l Washington Pas’n’r by
fast mail. E. R. DORS t V, Agt,
'JOHN W. GREEN, Superintendent.
JOE TV. WHITE, Gen. Trav. Pass. Agent.
Augusta, Ga.
LEXINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1886.
COST!
7510 C1ARS. J
ALL GRADES.
we are going out of thc Tobacco and Cigar business, we are offer¬
ing our entire stock
AT COST. TERMS EASY.
HmSG’ r ”F 2 EI.D & BIjUMEWTHAL.
Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
SNEAD’S SHOE STORE,
Broad Street. -A.th.enss Ga
HEADQUARTERS FOR ROOD OOOOSI
Our Spring stock is one of the largest and best selected we have ever
brought on, and we respectfully invite every citizen of old Ogle¬
thorpe to visit us when in Athens. We will compare
prices and goods with anybody. Don’t forget us.
W. C. & R, N. SNEAD, ATHENS, GA.
is ATxr THOROUGH-BRED
SPANISH JACK,
Recently purchased by me of Frank TV. Barnett, Esq., of Wash¬
ington, Ga., will stand during the present season at, Siinston “Valley
Home” Plantation (known as the “Home Place,”) in
district. “JACK” is full fourteen hands high, seven years old,
black, (the most desirable color), and is pronounced his by in those Mid¬
who have seen him to be the finest service, specimen $5,00; of Season, race $15.00;
dle Georgia. TERMS—Single
To Insure, $20.00.
J. W. ECHOLS, - LEXINGTON, GA.
QUICK TIME!
Y. 33 . CLIFTON,
The Athens Photographer, can get the Baby’s Picture in ONE SECOND,
laughing or crying or in any position wanted.
Gallery over Long’s Drug Store, Athens.
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AURANTII
Most of the diseases which afflict mankind are origin •
ally caused by a disordered condition of the LIVER*
For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of
the Liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia. Indiges¬
tion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation, Flatu¬
lency, , Eructations and Burning of the Stomach
(sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria,
Bloody Flux. Chills and Fever, Breakbone Fever,
Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar
rhcBft. Loss of Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath.
Irregularities incidental to Females. Bearing-down
ST ADIGER’S AURftNTIJ
is Invaluable. It is not a panacea for all diseases,
CURE STOMACH and °!| BOWELS. cf 2’
——————
It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow
tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes
lo "- ^ » *• — - ^ BEST AL
BLOOD, IF«*I IVES and and Is A PURIFIERS VALUABLE OF TONIC. THE
STADIGER’S ^ AUflANTII
For sale by all Druggists. Price 31. OO per bottle.
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Q m p, STADiCER, L Proprietor. 1
__________ *40 SO. FRONT ST., Philadelphia, Pa*
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I have on hand now, and will keep constant
lv ««nng the season, a
A fotOClv ^ Of
HORSES & MULES
Of all kinds, to suit all classes customers,
W. S. HOLMAN,
Athens, Ga.
GUN & LOCKSMITH
1 r WOULD announce that I hnne purchased the
entire outfit of Mr. tv. a Talmadge, dec’d,
and will continue the business m ail it, branches
Gun, Lock ami Trunk Repairing.
Will faction also guaranteed. visit houses l.e-peufnUy, to do s,^al work. Satis
J L LI l tb DORN B LA I J.
.;l \V. A. Talmadge’' <_>Id Tiau l, ATHENS.
W. H. REYNOLDS,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
Lexington, Ga ,
YYFFERS vJ pie of his Lexington professional and services vicinity. to All the calls pro
promptly attended to. Ollice at G. W. Smith’s
store.
MONEY TO LOAN!
Farm Loans Negotiated!
rpiIK 1 undersigned is farms prepared in to negotiate
Loans of Money on sums of ove
and not less than three hundred dollars.
XV. ii. .(OKIXSOX,
Attorney-at-Law, LEXINGTON, GA,
FOR SALE.
rrqjF 1 residence in Lexington Upson. The recently vacated
by Mr. Stephen buildings are
capacious, the grounds enough aie attached the most for beautiful orchards, in
tne town. Land
pastures, etc. A new roof is being put on dwell¬
ing house. A bargain can be had in this desira
lie property. Titles MRS. perfect. SEllENA Apply S. to.
UPSON,
February 5,1886. tf
WANTED.
300 Hens.
200 Frying-size Chickens.
300 pounds nice Butter.
200 dozen Eggs.
200 bushels Peas.
Wiil pay highest market prices.
W. J. DOSTER, Lexington.
YOUR OLE CLOTHES
Made as Good as New at
JOHNSON’S DYE HOUSE,
Opposite Clinant House, Athens, Ga.
T 1 VON'T f throw away your last spring small clothing, I
but bring it to me, and at a cost can
dve, clean and renovate it so that it will be and
look as good as new. Any color on gents’ or la- of
dies’ goods guaranteed to stand. Cleaning
ladies’dresses a specialty. Best of references
j given. [j!9 3] MILES JOHNSON.
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rpHE Public Schools of this county may open
I at any time from second Mommy in June to
^ T’eacherif of’l'ri Etementary schools, that
»rRo C ^n.im«.at vale I ,
b„-. eiirh, inon.h- will beat
"loo'njlh'.',!!' S dnri7' 'Fundnpin''rheiratten
rtance at anv timc tiie P-rm. such t.-arh
werwimred to pr<-ent certilirate and obtain
,,,, Saturday in June to examine applicants for
, d of Education.
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thy
:iau’s prescription tor thoso v.
BROWS Ski*
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■““THE
EE3T TONIC.
It i'lmncUcn the BLkrL A Invigorates Aids Digestion fho
System, Restores ppetite* head¬
It doss not blacken or injure theteeth, medi-cineido ciuipo
ache crproduce constipation— othtr Iron
Dr. G. IT. Binsxf.y, ft leading physician of
Springfield. <).. 1 ?.y3: thoroughly good medi¬
“Brown’s Ivon Bittern ins
cine. I use it in ir.y practice, and find its action
excels nil other forms of iron. In wen knees, or a low
condition of the system. Brown’s Iron Bitters is
usually a positive necessity. It is all that is claimed
for it.’’
Genuine has trade mark Rnd crossed red lines on
wrapper, 'fake no other. IIado only by
BROWN CHEMICAL CO., BALTIMORE, MIL
Ladies’ Hand BOOK—useful end attractive, con¬
taining list, of prizes for tv-.rirv.*. itifonmtion about
coinn. etc., given away bv all ;’ -t in rrndicins, or
mailed to any address on receipt r.i 2c. Gtamo.
YOUR KIDNEYS!
They Need Year Imme¬
diate Attention.
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HERE'S A CASE.
For six long, dreary years I have been a
great sufferer from a com plaint of my kidneys,
which failed to be cured by physicians or ad
vertised remedies.
I began to feel I could never secure relief,
as I had spent two hundred and fifty dollars
without success.
The disease was so excruciating that it often du¬
prevented me from performing efficacy my daily of 11. B.
ty. 1 was advised to try the
B., and one single bottle, costing $1, gave me
more relief than all the combined treatment I
bad ever received.
Its action on the kidneys is simply wonder¬
ful, and anyone who needs a real, speedy hesitate and
harmless kidney medicine should not
to give B. B. B. a trial. One bottle will con¬
vince anyone. 0. H. ROBERTS,
Atlanta Water Works.
hi:kev£ another.
I am a merchant of Atlanta, and am near 60
years of age. My kidneys have been inactive
and irregular for many years, attended with
excruciating pain in small of the back. A t
times 1 became too nervous to attend to busi¬
ness. My case had all the attention that mon¬
ey could secure, but only to result in a com¬
plete failure.
B. B. B. was recommended, and to say that
its action was magical would be a mild term.
One bottle, made me feel like a new man—just
like 1 was young again. Jn all my life I nev¬
er used so powerful and potent a remedy.
For the blood and the kidneys it is the best I
ever saw, and one bottle will force anyone to
praise it. A. L. 1).
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Wholesale and Rrtail
OBflGGISTS&SEEDSBSEH
And Manufacturing Chemists.
We keep everything in the Drug
line at rock bottom prices.
We give special attention to mail
order from merchants and
ph ysicians genera 1 ly.
When in Athens df> not fail to come
and see us.
.
JOHN CRAWFORD & CO.,
OPPOSITE PO TOFFICE,
Clayton Street, Athens, Ga.
LOMG&CO.
Wholesale and Retail
metis 1
Garden and Grass
SEED,
A Specialty.
BROAD ST., ATHENS.
Improve Yoisr Slock!
My Percheron Stallion
YALONE,
TXT ILL make the Spring Season at rn v farm in
▼ V Wilkes county, 15 miles northwest of
Washington.
Terms, Sl«. *15 and *25.
Am well prepared to take care of Marecifrom a
chbtancc, and will board them at satisfactory
rates or furnish pasturage free.
D. C. llllal IIIT I
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PtfO’T* L 0^*3 2
A A LI. persons lizring demands againsl the es
late Join. Winter, late of Oglethoriic
county, deoea-el, are hereby not,lied to render
tL'rAd to Lk ; - -uhtniento iS.,,7 L!:’ Lx
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OGLETHORPE LETTER.
i The Fnrinina Outlook. Our New Court
t SZEZPmSZ ,o C ":
Politics* etc.
Lexington, Ga., March 25.—There is
very little news now afloat, but perhaps
I can gather enough items to II11 out a
letter. Farmers are hard at work break¬
ing up land and putting in guano, and
the fields are in better condition than
for years. The land has been thorough¬
ly pulverized by the hard freezes of last
winter, and everybody prophesies a line
crop year. house is
Work on our new court pro¬
gressing splendidly. The walls are now
going up and the public opposition square presents
a busy scene. The to a new
temple of justice is fast disappearing, matter
now that the people seethe is set¬
tled irrevokably. It is urged, while the
WO rk is being done, for the commission¬
ers not to let a few thousand dollars stand
between them and at fine structure. I
think the original design should now be
carried out. We want a modern court¬
house, with the outer walls trimmed with
Oglethorpe granite. Such a building
will not only reflect the development and
public-spirit of our county, but advertise
one of our most important around resources this —
the granite quarries in and
village. people
And, Mr. Editor, our are great¬
ly excited over this granite, and we con¬
fidently expect to see it made the means
of enriching our county and building up
Lexington. Specimens of this stone
have been sent to different cities and
quarry men, and the unanimous verdict
is that ’tis the finest granite in America.
Steps cut from it edges a century sharp, ago are if just as
perfect, and the of the as as There is
from the hand mason.
enough of this stone within half a mile
of Lexington to rebuild New York City
a dozen times. Owing to its extreme
hardness it costs about 20 per cent, more
to dress than Stone Mountain beautiful granite, polish.
and is suseeptable Belgian blocks, to a split
But for or stone,
this granite is peculiarly adapted. and It
can be plit out like chestnut rails, I
noticed one large roek, some 30 feet long
and 15 feet through, that has been burst
ed open by some convulsion of nature as
smoothly as if ripped with a gentlemen saw. A
company of three prominent
has been formed to develop this quarry,
and they have abundant means to do so.
The only thing necessary to place this
granite on the market is to build a rail¬
road from Crawford to Lexington— dis¬
tance of four miles. The route has al¬
ready been surveyed, and a responsible
party proposes to grade it for $300 per
mile. The farmers around and below
Lexington say they will furnish all the
cross-ties and limhpr needed as subscrip¬
tion to the road. The only thing in the
way is its equipment, and even this ob¬
stacle will be surmounted. Arrange¬
ments have already been perfected to get
the iron on most advantagious terms,
and the rolling stock will also be forth¬
coming in due season. This is no vision¬
ary scheme, hut from the character of
the gentlemen who are quietly working will
it, 1 feel confident that Lexington
at last get a railroad. The guage will be
tbe same as the Georgia road, of course,
i to obviate unloading the granite atCraw
! ford from the cars.
Since Christmas, Athens has taken a
dozen or fifteen of our best citizens from
Lexington, and our town is threatened
with a loss of as many more. The Clas¬
sic City seems to be the Mecca and I now hear to
| which ail eyes are turned, of
several families from the country, too,
that are preparing to swell your popula¬
tion. Your free schools will act as a
great magnet to attract new citizens.
Col. Mattox’s letter announcing his
withdrawal from the congressional There race
was quite a surprise toour people.
is not a shadow of doubt but what he
would have carried this county. I am
well acquainted with all the circumstan¬
ces surrounding Col. Mattox, and he gave
j lie f had u e . no re " doubt on . 1 ' ,r or " ti his l ri ."B success. lro,n thc r "“; Bill
Mattox is not a man tosurrendei witiiout
a struggle, and laid his private interests
allowed would have made one of the
finest fights this district oversaw.— Og!e~
thorpe in Banner . Watchman.
Southern Forage Crops.
A correspondent of the Springfield
the ,.il
wav p atform of an interior town of (
South Carolina a few hales of Northern
hav, while within 300 vards was a field
of cotton, a portion of' which contained
a considerable quantity of Means or
Johnsons * grass, h which the farmer was
. ri>i ; • # - .
trying . . . „ ^ I
o eraiKat. ■ ’
pteture of the c.,..ditto, o things . . at the
South her farmers actually importing
their forage, while doing their utmost to
eradicate ihe natural forage-producing
grasses of their section, because they in¬
terfere with the cultivation of cotton.
Hi the cultivation of grasses, the diffi
cully with our farmers has always been
K " Y V U Zt!:Z
climates while they neglected those
such US tlm Johnson a.Pl Bermuda that
are indigenous to he -out and real ,
are very valuable While Bermuda
grass ,s especially adapted or grazmg,
Johnson ismore sun able for fn ago
“One acre of cotten yielding 240
pounds of lint and lo busheU >* *“;>.
K the same 7a T pit “"7 Johnson
erms will vield duriwr the heanoc than’ from
two cuttings of bav not less $45 •
; dpmsp wlrlc* cotton i* the most expensive
and troublesome 'to crop grown in the South
in|, LX ro port ion therturn it gives Hay
at do a toiTpavs s and fifty cents, or fifi
count! teen doHars per far better than
Ihe a 8 cents per pound, and is really
more certain croi ’ having b always 'a
reaov sale.
: “The great advantage of Johnson . , grass
is that it may be grown upon land devo
ted also to small grain. The seed may
be sown in the fall with grain (only,how.
ever, on good land,, and it will remain
in the ground until spring ; while the
g h ra j n will germinate at once and grow
. .• . When the grain is
£
two good cuttings during the summer.
: Afier it has taken possession of the land,
a;,, i it- large jointed toots are wqll dc»e v>
oped, the annual breaking up and plow¬
ing fo,r small grain in the fall will actu
\ a u y benefit the grass crop bv scattering
j to* ^ * Ild counteracting the tendency
to tussock. Thus the sain** field luay
prow grain one-half the year and grass
the other half.”
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THE CHOPPED OAK,
Murder of Roper, the I And Speculator.
On the north side of the road leading
from Toccoa to Clarksville, and some six
or seven miles from the latter place.once
stood the famous chopped oak. Many
an Indian pow-wow was held beneath its
spreading branches, and upon its vener
lile trunk it bore the record of many a
bloody massacre. It was about four
miles within the territory occupied diverg¬ by
the Indians, and numerous trails
ed from it, leading in the direction of
both white and Indian settlements. The
Indians, when starting upon a foray
among the whites, would meet in council
and build their camp fires at the famous
rendezvous. The different parties, in re¬
turning, marked with tommyhavvk the
number of scalps taken in battle or in
midnight assassinations. Doomed cap¬
tives stretched their weary limbs be¬
neath its friendly boughs, while the red
sons of the forest celebrated their vieto
lies in savage ogries around the lurid
camp fires. Beneath that same tree, the
pale moon smiled oil the Indian brave,
as lie told his story of love to his dusky
mate. But all this was in the long ago
—warrior and maiden and captive have
gone to the Great Hunting Grounds,and
the story of bloodshed, pillage, and cap¬
tivity, is fast fading from the memory of
in eh. The old oak has succumbed to the
tempests, and only a lew tottering old
men are left to mark the spot where it
stood.
In later years, the place lias been the
scene of some exciting events. Among
those was the death of Roper, the land
speculator. Some fifty years ago, or
more, a South Carolinian named Roper,
in company with his son-in-law, Ward,
made a tour through the gold regions of
Georgia with a view of buying lands.
On their return they camped who at tbe Chop¬ under
ped influence Oak. Tiie old man, while drinking was
the of liquor, at
the spring near by, had his skull crushed
in by a tremendous blow with a large
stone in the Hands of Ward.
Ward robbed bis victim of a large sum
of money, some $1,200 or $1,400, hid his
body behind a log near by, inounf'd rode rapidly the
best horse in the team and
to Roper’s home. Ho informed Mrs.
Roper that his father-in-law had bought
valuable lands and sent him home for
more money. He procured about $700
and The disappeared. Thursday
killiug was done on
night, and the wagon and remaining
horses was seen by persons and passing Saturday. to
Antioch church Friday
It excited surprise, but they were guard¬
ed by a ferocious dog, that would let no
one approach. On Sunday the dog had
become quiet, and seemed to seek human
aid. When persons stopped to look ou,
he would start in the direction of Ihe
spring and look back as it inviting them
to follow. When a party that followed
him reached tbe spring, lie passed be¬
yond to a log and leaping upon it looked
back and barked furiously. Behind the
log they found the dead body of Roper.
Ward was not heard from for several
years, and was finally captured by acci¬
dent. Six or seven years after the mur¬
der, Ward was met in the public road in
l he western part of this Stale, by some
Carolinians, by whom he was recognized
and captured. He was brought to Hab¬
ersham county, tried for the murder of
Roper, found guilty, and hung near
Clarksville. He denied his identity as
Ward, denied the murder, and refused to
recognize or know his wife. He was
identified, however, by his wife, by Mrs.
Roper, by Roper’s sons, and by many
others who knew him well. He died as¬
serting bis innocence, and denying his
name. Is it possible that it was a case
of mistaken identity ?— CarnaivilleRegis¬
ter.
THE DEADLY JESSAMINE.
A tiii filing la VnilllK People who Gather the
Wild Yellow .feseiiinlne.
Near Irwiritown last week, the families
Mr. M ilion Benll and Mr. Cumming
V. T , ” .. ,,
L-rtsey-J , D* p'ay j with Ins two children h ,
ab ."“ l h ° 1
dered a short d.stanee from he house
du mg the.r sport one of them d.s
covered n wild jessamine vine where
swollen buds indicated the early open
. (>f tb ,£ , d } t;il „_ 0ne lit
ra „ the vj )e exc , ainlillff in chiU j.
ish glee that here was some “Squashes” The
arid began eating the buds. others,
imitating his example, also ate tbe buds.
They soon began to feel the effects of
^rSfoLK'hoUHj^BefnwthS'eaS
g * were reeling and failing about.
jfer HtUet'h^w out his arms
and ii >lor(-d hjg ber tn kis8 him.
y be ^ the dyi / L child’s lips, and
vlole||t was <.„„*£ th „ t h at her own
mout , f has been greatly
inflamed since. She call-d to her bu»
hand, who was at work not far from the
house, but before he reached it their
™ •«»» Mr. Beall was
8ent *°r ; he hurried to Irwimon for
a physician. Dr. Simmons responded,
tm y lie also va. i a . u,
f,lmin0 "« promptly administered emetics
«cded to > >e»ther, in saving V ,e - v its ' ,ll . n ife f sl ‘^V The parents * T of t
the children have the heartfelt sympa
,h v 1,1 t he c " l,r ? YTU" ' T
rible .- . calamity . should he a to
warn.ng
parents through this section, where the
wild jessamine J grows *. in such profusion.
. . informed of its
deadly . qualit ies,
W. CHILD*, of ‘.YT Philadelphia, ~ . has
su scri *.< o le unt or a moon
nment for Hon. Alexander II. S'ephens.
Mr - J- K- -I f >Des of Ulftt city has also sub
scribed nootot^samefoud^
A six-year-old child of Joseph Taylor,
in Clay county. Tenn.. accidently killed
l.cr father v,.bifo handling a pistol.
VOL. Ill—-No, 26-
A WOMAN’S YVORK.
An Offletliorpe laid} Who Relies ( pen Her¬
self,
Tbe story is told every now and then
of the large crops of cotton and corn,etc.,,
made by the tillers of the soil, of their
success, and of their many plantations,
surrounded as they are with all the com
forts of farm life that is essential to make
man happy, but seldom is mentioned
what woman is doing in the way of farm¬
ing. While this is not her sphere, yet
there are some who, for want of some
tiling more adapted to their feeble frames,,
do a great deal in this line.
MRS. SALLIE HANSFORD.
This morning Mrs. Sallie Hansford, a
worthy but poor woman, living about
four miles east of here, in the Salem
“Ben neighborhood came into town driving
llavis,” her little ox, in a little
two wheel cart, with her little son, Jeff - ,
seated by her side. It was singular to
see a woman thus rigged out, though not
an unusual sight for the people here.
Miss Sallie, as she is called, held the
faithful “Ben Davis” with a strong pair
of plow lines attached to a bridle whose
bits were in “Ben Davis’” mouth. He
is quite a frisky little ox, and sometimes
unruly, for every once in awhile he bids
farewell to the noisy town and makes
way for home. Miss Sallie has tor tbe
last nine vears supported tier large fami¬
ly, consisting of her feeble husband,who
lias, of during all this time, been upon a>
bed sickness. Rheumatism laids its
hold upon him and has ever held its grip,
having no earthly use of his legs and
never will have.
THE REWARD OF HER LABOR.
Miss Sallie bought one bundled and'
seven acres of land last year, much of it
being original little farest. Last fall she and
her four children, two of whom are
boys fourteen and fifteen years old, clear¬
ed some five acres. She cut down the
trees, rolled tiie logs together, split the
rails, built the fence and burnt the brush
with their help ; and made last year nine
bales of cotton, not counting some that
was stolen in the seed. She also made
corn and peas enough to do her, paid 800
pounds for rent last year, paid her store
account and paid $40 on her land. She¬
lias bought her meat, though not much,,
to do her for this year, and paid for ilk
casii in hand.
WITH HER OWN STRONG HANDS.
She is a wonderful woman, doing all
this farm work, such ns plowing, plant¬
ing and gathering the crop, besides, do¬
ing the cooking, cutting the wood, and
feeding her stock, consisting of her little
horse and faithful “Ben Davis.” This
mmitli she had to drain off some of her
land, and fifty has just long. finished cutting a
ditch yards
When we see her coming to town andi our
hotel people all know she has eggs
chickens to sell. She now has a most
promising crop of oats and wheat. She
is strictly honest, and has the sympathy
of a large circle of friends.— Lexington,
Cor. Constitution,.
•- ♦
“OLD SORREL” IS DYING.
A Ttrlhutc to I lie Horne General Stonewall:
.loch-on Itodr.
Take off your hats, bnvs! Forpret for
a mo in cut the lapse of twenty the years. of
Remove from your hearts crust
despair, or the new growth of emotions,
that has enveloped them in the glorious
time of peace. If' they Htill refuse to heat,
take an imaginary draught of Virginia
applejack, and while yet you feel your
veins tingle with its generous warmth,,
recall the glorious wine of life ever ready
to be spilled upon the altar of your coun¬
cause.
You may, perchance, his immortal have never rider, seen but
“Old Sorrel,” or
who that ever donned tfie gray does not
feel as if he knew Jackson and his war
horse? On the rough sides of the Alles
ghanies, in Cliiekahominy’s swamps,
amid the sighing pines of the Southland,
on the sandy shores of the Atlantic and
the Gulf, along the hanks of the Father
of Waters, wherever Confederate camp¬
fires burned, Stonewall and “Old Sorrel”
wore familiar names, the theme of song
and story, the inspiration of dreams by
night and heroic deeds by day.
Twenty-three years ago Stonewall lay
dying, and the Confederacy staggered as
it felt the blow. In the whirl of war, in
the mad rage of battle, men To-day stopped to
say “Stonewall is dying.” “Old
Sorrel” is dying, mayhap he is dead.
’Tis only a brute; hut he bore Stone-
wall, and he was once part of the title of
battle in which our comrades swept on-.
ward to victory and to death. “The old
soldiers at the'Home, in talking about
him, shed tears. They are soldiers still;
the past is not forgotten ; for them the
Starry Cross still floats o’er the bloody
fields and smoke-enveloped battlements..
Ah. God 1 how we envy them. What
would we not give for an emotion that
would bring tears to our eyes !
Takeoff your hats, hoys! Bow low
your heads ! “Old Sorrel” is dying. He
is only a brute, ’tis true. But he is a
marked figure in a grand historical pa¬
geant. Salute him ! He is merely pass¬
ing uain the countermarch to the grave.
The Great Commander is fast closing up
the column, and ere long even the rear
guard will have crossed over the river to
rest under the shade of the trees.—
Charleston News and Courier .
Hunting a Diamond.
Many year8 ag0 . when Mr . Bil ! Wilcb
er wan a boy, he found a queer stone
w hj c |, he kept as a plaything for some
w <x»ds with another boy, he -saw a hint
w hich he wanted to kill, and not being
^ anything with which to make
a tria l at him, he took out his pet stone
allfl tbrew it „ the bird. Not being able
''‘"d the stone he returned home and
U| £, ht „ 0 more ab(IIIt it . Now since
he h WD „ and tn()W8 w hat dia
. cnfiileiit that his old
pet was a diamond k- a ot r great .
H e has gone to work with eons-dera
We energy to find this diamond, andthe
ground tor an acre or^ so shows that
something taith great l»o the P a disco. - • -
; vpry little diamond. m But . Mr. \V ll
thing akin to a foTjnolpXZ
searching for his dmmonrl lt ' 6
twenty bale* o» ccd " » properly ap^
pled,-<• bon enterprise.