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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. ♦ - 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.