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sleep with them under their
to make them dream of their lovers,
but of the persons who testified in
the lawsuit only one said he had nev
cr had a relative bewitched. The
witness who testified in behalf of the
person who claimed his dog had been
bewitched declared that since he had
sided with him his well had gone dry,
his cow gave bloody milk and his three
weeks’baby had refused to be suckled,
and he expected it to die at any time.
The fustice of the Peace endeavored
to ridicule the idea of witchcraft to
the people present, but they insisted
in their belief, and he gave the own¬
er of the dog $3 for the loss of the
dog, the woman admitting that she
had dosed it to death.
GENERAL NEWS.
The woods are covered with wild
violets.
Ncwnan will open a new bank by
September 1st.
Appling county’s new brick court
-juse will cost $4,500.
Irish potatoes are being grabbled
from Quitman gardens.
It is said that a branch of the Au
gusta Bank will soon be established
in Waynesboro.
The surveying party on the Macon
Dublin railroad have surveyed
nine miles on the route.
Kelly, the Lowndes county biga
mist mentioned in these columns last
week, was captured in Florida.
John McDuffie, who killed William
Lacy near Columbus a few days ago
been acquitted on the ground o
st 1 liable homicide.
Mayor Dorsey, of Athens, fined a
nun named Meade, who lives
Princeton factory, $5 and costs
tor selling beef that had not been in
specie M.
Athens has decided to imnnsf P the
same tax of 1 per cent, upon bonds
and stocks which it has been levying
upon realty, Heretofore the tax
upon securities has been one half of
1 per cent.
Mr. W. M. Chandler, of Burke
county, lost his gin house by fire on
the 6th inst. He lost all his cotton
seed and part of the guano he had
purchased for the present year’s use
Loss about $i,v^.
A snake was killed by a little boy,
near Washington, a day or two ago,
with two distinct heads and four per
feet eyes. The heads forked off from
the body.about two inches. It was
a water moccasin,
Cancer Cured.
Mrs. Oliver Hardman, 1 an old res
ident of Walton county, and a lady
of culture and prominence, has this
to sav of treatment of cancer with
-
Swift's Specific:
Over fifteen years agoa cancer made
its appearance on my face. It was
treated with plasters, and the core
came out. The place healed up af
ter somq time, and seemingly my
face was well. However, in a few
years ,t returner! again witn
more violence than ever. It gave
me a great deal of pain. Phe
former remedy seemed to do it no
good. Knowing the disease to run
in the family, having had one sister
to die with cancer, I became serious
^ apprehensive of my condition. It
continued to increase in size and
ulencc. 1 almost gave up all hope
of being cured, 'Hie physicians ad
vised the use of the knife and caustic,
l nis was more man i comd bear,and
refused to have it operated upon in
that way. All other remedies were
used, but the cancer continued to
,uW wor3e - The pain was excrucia
aiH ^ ' vas a burden.
this extremity my son. Dr. Hardman ’
mcommended me to try Swifts Spe*
^ was resort, but l
was so prejudiced _ the use
Patent medicines, and especially this
> *bat ^ hesitated some time. At
^ gave my consent, not behaving
was any virtue in it. 1 he first
bottle only increased the size of the
and the discharge from it, and
hence did not inspire me with any
hope. On taking * the second bottle
mere . . oi improvement, and ,
were signs
my faith strengthened just in aropor
tion to that improvement, Tlie spot
on my face began to decrease, as
well as the discharge, and hope
sprang up in my heart. Could it he,
I asked mys:lf, that I was at last to
be relieved af this disease? It has
& given me so many 7 dark hours in the
that , the idea of beta^ .
past ive.. 3g t am
almost overpowered me. There was
• a contest between hope and fear for
a long time. It was a long night cf
j weeping, but j >y came with me morn
ing. i here is nothing left to ma-k
the place but a small scar, and I feel
that it is impossible for me to express
mygratitude for this great deliverance.
It is a wonderful medicine.
Mrs. Oliver Hardman.
Monroe, Ga., Jan 9, 1884.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta,Ga.
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HOW FAR A $5 BILL WILL GO.
A few days ago Mr. E. A. Abell, of
Lumpkin, handed his wife five dollars
j n greenbacks and asked her to put
it away foi him. Mrs. Abell was
bltsy at the time and tucke(1 it in tile
pocket of her apron,where it wassoon
forgotten. The apron went in the week
ly washing without any thought of its
valuable contents, and went thiough
the process of washing, boiling and
scrubbing. It then passed through
, he drying process and flnaMy reac he i
( j 10 j ron j.,g table. Here the lady who
was do in,, the ironing noticed that
the iron did not run smoothly over
0
the apron, felt in the pocket and tak
j n g out what she th ught to be a
sera p 0 f paper ar.d threw it upon the
It was j ieket up by one of
the children who unfolded it andrun
ning to its mother tokl her that he
had found some money. Upon ex
ami.iat on the five dollar bill was
f 0 uhd to be intact after its tour the
laundry, not even having lost any of
its original color.
WISE AND OTHERWISE.
President Cleveland likes chicken
pot-pie.
An Omaha doctor kisses his wife
0m /0 mm times a day.
Tennyson is paid $486 a year for
being a po.t-laureate.
**'*«• and Russia are hoping f«
the , best, but quietly preparing lor
wor<t
David Sinton has added $20,000
to his former gi f t of $25,000 to the
Cincinnati Art Museum.
Now they speak of Crude Petrole
un1 as a remedy for consumption;
better not try it, 6ut take Dr. Bull s
Cough Syrup the standard cough
ieaiev to the ty taste, 01 onr never fails .| v to 1S cure, a e reea^.c and
only 25 cents a bottle.