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®fn' SEomf ftafe ___ [t _ _ ___ Jackson County Publishing Company, Dr. J. D. LoXCI, I N. 11. PENDERGRASS, President. \ Vice President. • T. 11. Nl BLACK, Sccr’y Treas. Executive Committee. W. C. Howard Ch’m. G. J. N. Wilson, | R. J. Hancock, JEFFERSON, G-A. NATI KUAI nOIt.VW. AI <. 31, IN7S. “Be Sure You’re Right, then Cos Ahead 1” Is said to have been the trite and, (in these dirfU' fied times) it might be termed, inelegant motto of the immortal Crockett; still, we do not know that a more forcible or appropriate expression could be employed to convey the idea we entertain as to the, steps to be taken —politically—by the people of the South, and more especially the Southern Democra cy, in view of pending issues. Between this and the opening of the ‘'campaign” next year, many a “ gilded bonanza” will be held out to the people of the South. But let them be chary of the “ sugar-coated” dose. At present, the “ silver lining” that the Radicals have placed behind the “ cloud” in which they have kept the country enveloped for years past, is the finances —the currency. As this is the “ lever power”—the “prime mov er”—the “ poofcetoierve” of the masses, it is supposed that by the agitation of this ques tion they hope to create such confusion and division in the minds of the people—more especially among democrats—as will insure success, to some extent, in the elections soou to be held, and a still greater success in the all important ordeal through which the coun try w ill pass in 1876. Then, with these facts patent befose us, let us heed the sentiment at the head of this article. In the meantime, let the people, “the bone and sinew—the rank and file” of the land, push steadily for ward in the “ great work” of Southern Inde pendence, by opening new avenues of trade and industry, by avoiding folly and extrava gance of every description, by “husbanding” their means and living inside their incomes, by raising their own grain and stock—and then, no matter what the “ texture” of the currency, whether “hard or soft,” the South, unaffected by the failure (?) of stock and mo ney gamblers, can snap her fingers at panics, “ live at home and board at the same place.” Let us bear in mind the last Presidential campaign and its fruits, and learning wisdom by experience, “be sure we are right—then go ahead !” The Keeley Motor Has been superseded, and now John A. Iloc tor, of Rochester, N. Y., “ has brought a new ly discovered vapor to the test of utility in hauling trains of loaded cars on a railway, and driving balls and other missiles from guns, large or small, employed in war.” To give the render a faint idea of the power of the new motor, we will state that two small globes, the size of an orange, were applied to drive the ball of an Enfield rifle through a three inch wooden target, backed by a plate of iron one-fourth of an inch thick, at a dis tance of five hundred yards. The experiment was entirety successful—a clean hole being made through all by the force of the ball.— A wine glass of water seems to have been the principal agent employed in this experiment. Other experiments, on a proportionate scale, were tried in hauling trains of loaded cars, &c., all with entire success. We will publish a more extended account of this wonderful motor next week. Athens District Conference. This body held its usual session in Athens last week. It was, we are informed, a pleas ant and harmonious meeting, and the reports showed that despite “ hard times,” “ Zion” is prospering, and the people are encouraging the spread of Gospel truth all through the land. The next Conference will be held at Union Point. PIT The Baltimore papers state that a young German named Schroeder has commenced work in that city on a “flying machine” with which he proposes to cross the Atlantic in fifty hoars. The invention, we believe, com bines the balloon and the steam engine for steering—the latter in a boat below the balloon. Schroeder expects to have his machine completed by the 20th of August, and then to make an experiment trip to Washington. We thought that the sad fate of Donaldson, who was probably swamped in a lake, would for a time prevent any such daring Undertaking as the crossing of the Atlantic in a balloon. t The Danburg grangers, Wilkes county, have resolved to reduce their cotton acreage, and plant a sufficiency of land in corn and small grains to mi.ke a full supply for home consumption. Each member of the grange also agreed by resolution “to experiment with one or more acres of land planted or sown in corn, cotton, wheat or oats, and make a full report after harvest to the grange of the result, giving amount of manures test ed and plan of cultivation.” The object of all this is to learn to farm more successfully. We hope every grange in the state will take similar action.— Const. L3T The Savannah News is urging a favor ite scheme of ours, namely, the establish ment of tanneries in connection with shoe factories. “ The joint enterprises would,” it says, “give employment to an increase of population and create a home market for provisions and supplies, and would at the same time make our section independent of northern manufacturers for our shoes and keep a large amount of money in circulation at home which now goes abroad for these indispensable articles.”— Constitution. THE SOUTH’S SECURITY. We are not sure that our section is yet fairly on the road to prosperity marked out for it in the paragraph which we copy below from the Baltimore Grocer. But we do be lieve that the road has been marked out so plainly that criminal stupidity only can now mistake it. The people of the South have had many difficulties to enconnter within the last ten years. The confusion of languages at Babel was not more complete than the confusion of their labor, industries, means and resources at the close of the war. The situation was one never contemplated, and wholly unprovided for. It was one to which no people could at once readily have accommodated themselves. The Southern people at first made a brave and energetic efTort to rebuild the old system under which they had, before the war, attained so much prosperity. In this they have failed, but the fault was not wholly in them. They are now ! satisfied that they must pursue different sys tems. and to these systems they are gradually adapting themselves. It is not and cannot be a work of one year, but each year’s ad vance will so plainty show the wisdom of the “new departure” that turning back will be out of the question. The new system con templates the greater independence of Southern agriculture and mechanical industry. But for an extraordinarily unfavorable season, the farmers of the South would this year have made a greater advance towards this condi tion than they have made in all the other years of “free” negro labor. Their expecta tions have been somewhat disappointed, but they seemed so near realization, and the ad vantages to be secured were so apparent, that a mishap this year cannot divert them from another and a successful effort to attain their object. They have made in the last ten years money enough to enrich any coun try or people, but their bad economy was shown in the neglect of savings, and to this chiefly is the failure to make progress due. They now see plainty that with the laborers em ployed, and the competition of other cotton growing regions, they cannot make money by exclusive devotion to that crop—that their plans for the future must contemplate the saving as well as the making of money. There is, after all. some advantage in be ing down at the foot of the hill in times like these. We cannot easily be driven any lower. “Suspensions” and panics like those of 1873, and the latter utter break down of the great house of Duncan, Sherman & Cos., may carry dismay to the owners of stocks and the speculators in money and produce, but a people who have no such entanglements— who make at home what they are compelled to consume, and raise for sale a staple that will command ready money all over the civ ilized world—need not be greatly incommoded by such events. It looks, just now, as if our position at the foot of the hill was the only place of safety, and that we are in some danger of being crowded out by those above los ing their hold and being precipitated to our financial level. If so, we can only move up higher, and the lesson which we have learned will give us a firmer footing when we get there. —Columbus Enquirer. The following is the article from the Grocer: Down South.— From a politico-economi cal point of view there is nothing to-day more encouraging than the sturdy, uncom plaining way in which the South has been going to work. That it should ever con descend to work its own cotton, to hear the whirr of the spindles on its rivers, or in the suburbs of its towns, was something that few hoped for. But that time has come, and one or two of our cotton States are laying the basis of a prosperity beside which their con dition before the war but as a myth, an un substantial shadow. They are recuperating so fast, and they are acquiring such strength, that before half a dozen more years have flown they will demand attention as centres of working capital with the soundest collater al strength. This uttered at the end of the war would have sounded like lunacy; now it is an accomplished fact. It is a queer revo lution that has been worked, and the man ners and habits of the people will be strong ly affected by it, while their material happi ness and moral worth will be in every way enhanced. For the political economist there is no broader or more important field of study than the South affords to-day. Of the many predictions that were made about it, it has verified scarce one. A double child is on exhibition here, says the Augusta Chronicle <s• Sentinal. The curiosity is the offspring of a colored parent of Beach Island, South Carolina, One of the children is a perfectly developed female, large for her age, and with every appearance of health. The other is a male, has only the rudiments of limbs, and does not eat, depending for sustenance upon its sister. They are about six weeks old. They are joined together by a broad band, in the cen ter of which one of the lungs of these strange creatures seems to be located. (P In the Southern Medical Record , Dr. T. S. Powell, one of the editors, writes, in answer to a question as to the mode of keep ing down quackery, that all those attempting to practice medicine without a regular diplo ma, are subject to indictment, fine and im prisonment. We refer the readers to the article in the Record, which is interesting.— At. Const. pF’The floods still continue out West.— Railroad communication has been disturbed —many bridges being washed away—and breaks are very common. The Mississippi river at many points is above the danger line, and the rains still continue. Much damage to crops and property has resulted. A Mountain girl wants a description of the tie backs. If she will just imagine her self a closed umbrella with all the ribs broken out but two, she will have a good idea of a pretty girl leaning up in a corner attired in the modern style. The Origin of the Grange. Mr. O. 11. Kelley has written a book. Mr. Kelley, is the secretary, past, present and probably future, of the national grange. He has done a big thing, and now he has written a book, as a hen cackles after she has laid an egg, to claim the credit of originating the powerful order. Mr. Kelley’s claim is un doubtedly good, for no one has risen up to snatch his laurels from him. His book tells how it all came about—how from the germ in his modest brain the order grew and grew un til it overshadowed the land. May its sha dow never grow less; but to Kelley and his book, for we propose to abbreviate his story, following as fiear as may be his version. He was a farmer in Minnesota, but in January, 1867, he left the bleak prairies to accept an appointment in the post-office de partment at Washington. In May, 1867, while he[was|laboring under the mighty idea of an agricultural order, he made the acquaint ance of a Mr. Ireland, one of his fellow clerks in the postal service. They occupied the same room. Kelley first converted Ireland and then the two took in Mr. Saunders of the agricultural department. This triumvirate gave idea practical shape. Mr. Kelley wrote out a ritual and the skeleton of the degree of Maid. About that time Mr. Sauders was booked for St. Louis to attend a meeting of the United States pomological society. The originators deemed this a good opportunity to spread the glad tidings, and so Mr. Kelley prepared a letter setting forth the objects, methods and advantages of the proposed association. This letter Mr. Saunders was to show to prominent agriculturists of the west and southwest. He did so, and much en couragement was the result. Kelley was made happy. He prints the letter in his book, and the order to day does not vary much from the outline sketched by its origi nator in 1864. We are not one of those who believe the grange has reached the height of its power. We believe it has a grand future before it. It has passed safety through the political crucible, and no further danger is apprehend ed on that score. The patrons will hereafter keep free of politics. The social, educational, industrial and commercial [features of the or der have by no means Reached their full de velopment. It is towards these that all the energies of the millions of patrons will be devoted, and if vast practical and valuable results do not follow, and the order does not not attain more real power, then set us down as'no prophet. The papers are not as full of grange items as they were, but that is no evidence that a mighty influence is not at work,under the surface of affairs. The pa trons have got down to business, and we be lieve they will be heard from in due time.— At. Const. Air Line Railroad.— The meeting of the stockholders of the Air Line held in Atlanta, a few days since, was adjourned at the in stance of President Buford until the 14th of September, he not having his report ready to submit. The real condition of the com pany is not known to but few. Mr. Buford, in the course of his remarks before the con vention said that negotiations were pending with the creditors, and he hoped to soon have the road out of litigation and again into the hands of its owners. He stated he had pur chased three new engines for the road, which would be ready for the fall trade.—Gaines ville Southron, 17th. The Fall Trade Prospect. —The New York Bulletin of Tuesday says: “There are decided indications of an early preparation for the autumn trade. A large number of merchants are in the city from different sec tions of the country, who have been waiting for further developments as to the probable wants of the fall trade, but are now taking hold with renewed confidence in the prospect of a satisfactory season’s business.” BPMr. C. W. Davis, the gentlemanly and highly accomplished Photographist, of Ath ens, has the of all who know him, in the sad affliction through which he has been called to pass in the loss of his most estimable lady, who died suddenly on Friday night, the 13th instant. PFTn our notice, last week, of the Grand Lodge, I. 0. O. F., we failed to mention the place of next meeting—which will be Dalton, on the second Wednesday in August, 1876. iW* Jacksonville, Fla., seems to be pecu liarly blessed. The Mayor casually remark ed on the streets the other day that he’d be d—d if he’d ever do another thing for the promotion of the health of that city until his salary is raised. The name of this remark able man is Jones. A physician was called upon to attend a seamstress who felt indisposed. He inquir ed as to her health, and she replied very ap propriately : “Well, it is about sew sew, doctor, but seams worse to-day, and I have frequent stitches in the side.” The doctor hemmed as he felt her pulse, and said she would mend soon, and left a prescription the ex-Treasurer of South Caro lina, recently tried and found guilty of plun dering the State, escaped from the Columbia jail some days ago, but has been captured at Camden, and will be carried back in irons. IdF’Within three Presidential terms, five Presidents —Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Fill more and Johnson—have died. Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Fillmore, Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Johnson, the wives of five of these ex- Presidents, are yet living. The forests in the neighborhood of Hines ville, Liberty county, Ga., have been burn ing during the past too weeks, threatening at one time the destruction of the town. The woods were fired by some superstitious cuss to make it rain. EFTt is stated that of the present Con gress, composed of 336 members, 200 are lawyers, 50 merchants, and the rest editors and farmers. PF’On Thursday, (says the Atlanta Con stitution of the loth,) the agents of the Signal Service reported a snow storm on Pike’s Peak, and the temperature down to thirty three degrees. We feel the approach of win ter when we think of it. A farmer in Muscogee county, Ga., at* tempting to stir up a rain by firing a big log heap near his fencing, lost about 5,000 rails, by the operation, since which time he has done nothing but “cuss,” and replace rails. State Agricultural Convention. The semi-annual Convention of the State Agricultural Society, which closed its labors at Dalton on Thursday, was not behind any meeting of the past two years in interest and attendance. The material of the convention has never been excelled. A finer body of representative men has rarely ever assembled in the south. It was the people in conven tion assembled almost literally. The report of Dr. E. M. Pendleton from the experimental farm was a splendid paper and a valuable addition to agricultural sci ence. The convention took a decided stand in favor of direct trade, as their reception of the English deputation attests. John Stark, of Thomasville, one of the most successful wine growers in the south, read a valuable paper on the culture of the grape and wine manufacture. The report of a year’s opera tion on the farm of Dr. J. S. Lavender, was elaborate and full of facts. The report of the state Geologist, Dr. George Little, was full of information, much needed at the present. The convention very appropriately testified their appreciation of the founder of the society, Hon. Mark A. Cooper, in the pre sentation of a gold medal to him. Mr. Cooper, whose eye is as keen as in days of yore, and whose form is as commanding, in acknowledging the gift, gave his reasons for organizing the society. The state agricultural society is now in its 29th year. It is a fixed institution of the land. It has acomplished much good in the land, by bringing farmers in close compan ionship and unity of action, by developing our resources, and diffusing light among all classes. This society acknowledges its in debtedness to the railroads of our state for much of its success. For without free trans portation of delegates, the meetings would be attended only by the most wealthy. But by a wise provision of holding the summer ses sions in north Georgia, and the winter ses sion in south Georgia, the toiling men of both sections, through the liberality of the railroads, can meet together and interchange “experiences,” and compare results. In this way has light and kowledge been diffus ed. and none can be so ungrateful as not to accord to the railroads their meed of praise. The re-election of G6n. Colquitt for the sixth time, was a high compliment to a worthy and efficient officer.— At. Const,. Are Striped Snakes Poisonous? The St. Albans ( Vt .) Messenger records the following singular incident: A valuable cow, belonging to Mr. Jewell, at the Bay, died from the effects of a bite received from a venomous snake last Saturday. The cow wandered off from the pasture and went to some marshy land near the lake, and while eating the grass the snake got into her mouth. In a few minutes the poor beast became frenzied and ran into the lake, but was chased out of the water by several people who witnessed her antics. She ran to the barn yard, and after being there a few minutes she fell dead. Soon after dying, a striped snake, three feet in length, crawled out of her mouth, which proved to have caused her death. The cow probably died from convulsions induced from overwhelming fear and the presence of a reptile in her mouth. The bite of a striped snake is probably no worse than that of a squirrel. A snake with no glands for secreting poison would be like a drone bee with no sting, unless anger or strong passion develops poison, as some scientists believe. Fear is thought to favor the spread of contagion ; and if one poison why not another?— Ex. A Queer Tenant. A singular scene was presented to a num ber of gentlemen yesterday. On cutting a fine, large watermelon, comfortably in the center was a small, yellow-spotted lizard, about four inches in length. Apparently lifeless when taken out, it was soon resusci tated on being placed in the sun, but lived only a few minutes. It was of a beautiful brown color, with white stripes and yellow spots. Most singular of all, like fish caught in the subterranean rivers of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, it was destitute of the or gans of visions. It was secured by Col. Mer rick, who will preserve it in spirits, and send it to the Smithsonian Institute to be added to the wonders and curiosities of the national museum. —Dallas (Texas) Commercial. Singular Effect of Swallowing a Bee. —The Trenton (N. J.) Gazette has this singu lar story : “On Wednesday, on the farm of Samuel Allison, near Yardville, in this coun ty, a man employed on the place was run ning with full speed after some sheep, with his mouth open, when a bee or some other insect flew into his mouth and stung him on the back part of the glottis. The bee was swallowed, and, strange to say, in a very few minutes afterwards a rash similar to measles, broke out over the man’s whole body. The family did the best they could for the man until a physician arrived. At last accounts he was doing very well.” Uip The fall elections this year, though of no great importance intrinsically, will be watched with interest on account of their bearing on the Presidential campaign of next year. The first comes off in California, Sep tember 1 ; the Arkansas election comes one week later, and that of Maine follows, Sep tember 13 ; lowa and Ohio vote October 12 ; New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mas sachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, Minnesota, Kansas and Virginia hold their elections No vember 2, and Texas votes the following week. The chief interest, of course, centres in Ohio, where the battle will be fought, in part, upon the issue of forced resumption. General Concert of Prayer.— To the Sunday Schools of Georgia: I respectfully but earnestly urge the evangelical Sunda}"- Schools of Georgia, to unite in a general con cert of pray, for the conversion of the Sun day-school children of the State, and an in crease of the power of the Sunday-school for good, on Sunday and Monday, October 17th and 18th, at such hours as may be most convenient. The Sunday-schools of Europe have selected the same dates. Then let the Sunday-schools of the world meet on those days in prayer to Almighty God for the con version of the Sunday-school children of the world. W. G. Whidby, Pres't State Sunday-school Convention. Tiie Wild Goose Plum.— The wild goose plum, successfully and extensively grown in Tennessee, was introduced into Kentucky a few years ago, and has become quite a favo rite with orchard men there. A Kentucky fruitgrower, who is at present in Nashville, claims to have traced its history while on his visit here. Years ago a Tennesseean, by the name of Gantz, killed a wild goose, in the stomach of which was found a seed, fFom which a tree was grown which bore the plum which took its name from that circum stance, It has been much cultivated since on account of its fine size and flavor.—Chat tanooga Times. People Who Think They Have Seen God, Heaven and Hell. In conversation with a Kentuckian, yes terday, I learned something of the relations existing between the Methodist Church North and the Methodist Church South. The lat ter is disposed to fraternize with the former, provided the North restores to the South the plunder taken during the war, and with draws its work of opposition in establishing missions or chapels throughout the South for the purpose merely of enlarging and strength ening its own sectional borders. The South wants its own field to itself, and justly, too, and there is a desire, at least on the part of some of the Bishops here, to accede to both requests, whereby peace and unity may be es tablished. The colored Bishops are awaken ing great interest in behalf of their own peo ple. Bishop Miles, in a meeting yesterday, related a number of facts that had fallen un der his own observation relative to the super stitions, idolatries, &c., which abound in the swamp regions of Mississippi and Alabama. He said many of his people firmly believe they saw God, talked with Him, and He with them, and saw the devil and hell like wise. They believed these things to such an extent that they would scoff at the idea that any man had been converted who had not seen God, who had not been “suspended by a thread right over hell and seen its hor rors.” Another class worshiped a colored woman god. They dressed her up and stood her in church. When they confessed their sins they laid her down on the floor, with a pillow under her head, and would then lie down by her and whisper in her ears. Anoth er sect hold their pastor as a veritable shepherd. Their worship consisting of the shepherd calling “Sheep, sheep, sheep,” and the people replying “Bah, bah,” as they gathered around him, or followed him to different points. A third sect has a practi cal idea of conversion. It is that God cuts open the breast, takes out the heart, opens it with a silver knife, washes it, puts it back, places a Bible in the bosom, and then sews them up. The idea that God places this Bible in the bosom is a very general one, and whenever encountered it is quite impossible to eradicate the idea and prevail upon them to read any other. The devil was frequent ly seen—a creature with “feet big as a half bushel and eyes big as pewter plates and red as fire.” The Bishop said he met with one man who “spoke up” in meeting, and said he didn’t believe that “old God was ever a friend to man.” When asked what he meant, he said he meant what he said, that old God —the old man Jehovah—was never a friend to man. That with lightning, winds, storms, sun, frost, war, tempest, plagues, &c.. He would have destroyed the world long ago if it hadn’t been for Jesus Christ.” “And don’t you believe Christ is as old as God?” asked the Bishop. “Do you think I am as old as my father?” replied the native logician. Revenge on a Fatherly Tutor. An Oregon paper prints the following : “A certain Oregon Professor was a very fatherly sort of a man, particularly toward his young lady pupils. Whenever a young lady asked a question, he would place his hand lovingly on her head as though she were a little child, and make considerable more fuss than was necessarj’. Of course the girls got tired of this, and conspired to break him of his fath erly proclivities. One of them hit upon a plan. She fixed up a nice little pin cushion, had the pins inserted so that they would stand on their heads, points upward, and then ad justed the infernal machine on the top of her head, covering it with just enough of her hair to hide it from view. This done, she left her seat during the session, walked demurely up to the professor’s desk, stood a moment in his august presence, and then in a meek and plaintive tone of voice she asked him for in formation as to whether Washington crossed the Delaware on the ice or on horseback when he left Trenton. He raised his hand over her head and soothingly said : ‘why, my dear lit tle child—.’ The balance of the exclamation was a sort of a half howl, half whoop, which we can neither write nor print, for just as he said ‘child’ he lowered his hand caressingly but forcibly upon the crown of the girl’s head, and the whole surface of his extended palm felt the tickling and exhilarating influence of a couple dozen of pin points.” Snake Shoes. We saw in Winchester last Saturday, a nice pair of shoes, about No. 4, the vamps of which were made of rattlesnake hide and the •quarters of chicken snake hide. Also several snake hides, neatly tanned, and three feet long and eight inches wide. They belonged to Mr. J. H. Henderson, who lives on “Bis coon,” in Jackson county, Ala. He makes a specialty of catching all kinds of snakes, rat tlesnakes in particular, and, without injuring or killing them, proceeds to take off their hides. These he tans in about two months, and then makes them into shoes, slippers, etc., for he is a worthy disciple of Crispin. He uses a certain weed, which grows in the mountain, to mesmerise the snakes. He says they will readily become harmless under the influence of this weed, which he fastens to the end of a long stick, and, rubbing it for awhile about the snake’s head, soon has it insensible and then he ties it, preparatory to skinning. Winchester Journal. A Walking Pincushion. A curious story is told of Gen. C. A. Evans of Augusta, Ga. At the battle of Monocacy, Md., while leading his brigade in battle, he was struck in the left side by a minnie ball. The ball passed through his arm, and thence through his body. In ploughing through his coat pocket it tore through a paper of pins, burying some of them in his flesh. For the past few months he has been troubled with a pain about a foot and a half from the wound. A week or two since a bump about as large as a pigeon egg was raised on the spot where the pain was most severe. A few days ago three or four pins worked out of this bump, and it disappeared at once Thus for eleven years Mr. Evans has been a walking pincushion.— Baltimore Sun. The Sin cf the Age. —Archbishop Lynch in the course of a recent sermon at Toronto, Canada, alluded to the “dreadful crime” so prevalent in some portions of the United States, which he characterized in strong and plain terms, and against which he warned his congregation. He called it murder, and said that the blood of the innocent victims cries to Heaven for vengeance against the assassins. His meaning will be understood from the following sentence which we quote from the telegraphic synopsis of his sermon. He said: “In the New England States an ungodly people are exterminating themselves from the face of the earth, and a chaste and God-fearing people are succeeding to their inheritance, as the statistics of births show.” STATE NEWS ITEMS.' Sheriffs sale on Tuesday, some land sold as l as one dollar per acre. — Lumpkin Independent Corn was sold by the sheriff* at 80 cent* bushel. — Toccoa Herald. The Quitman doctors cut a two ounce st from a negro's bladder the other day. ' Some of the State papers are again clamm for a State Convention. ° s * There are over one hundred vacancies i n Agricultural College of the State University says the papers. 80 It is solemnly stated that a man living Rome has nurtured into being a squash weigh one hundred and thirty pounds. Four men in Houston county killed one th sand and four rats in one day recently. .?* Mirror says. One thousand people attended the celebraf of the Buford, Gwinnett county, Sunday s-w' 0 ! Association, at Suwanee, last week. 00 The negroes in Muscogee county are return, one thousand dollars richer than they were ] , year. About one hundred and fifty neg'- o*st 0 * st Muscogee own a little over $96,000 in real estat? Just as Savannah has buried in a corner-stn several coins made before the birth of Christ , jumps Rome with one made during the reign i Henry V. Rome will please take her seat.—JfoJ Flatwoods district contains in the radius of on mile three churches, two Sunday schools a J!i templars lodge, a grange, a debating society Judge A. R AY right, and good looking women Cave Spring Enterprise. Col. James Thornton, county school conmus. sioner of Greene, is 72 years of age, and in some respects a remakable man. The united aes of himself, horse and buggy, is 133 years. B A railway sinashup occured on the Athens branch of the Georgian Railroad, one night week. The recent rains had loosened the track and the train ran off. Nobody hurt. A party of hunters invaded an alligator’s den in Big Indian Creek, and killed three measuring one foot each, and one 9 feet long weighing m pounds. 25 were seen, 17 being in one hole.—Per. ry Home Journal. It turns out that the man who was killed by the cars near Atlanta was drunk, and refused to gj 7e his ticket to the conductor, when he was put off. The road will probably be compelled to pay heavy damages. The Athens and Madison papers are trying to awake an interest in the chartered Eatonton, Mad. ison and Athens railroad company. The comply tion of the Northeastern roaeji would render this road, it is thought, indispensable. Two boys, Bracket and Arendale, while on the road to Auroria, Lumpkin Cos., a few days since, had a quarrel—and then a fight—which resulted in Bracket’s cutting Arendale several times with a pocket knife. Wounds properly dressed, and pronounced not dangerous. While digging a well on Dr. Hatch’s lot, a fev days ago, a bed of oyster shells was fonnd thirty feet below the surface of the earth. Mr. William Holmes, of Washington county, had his back bro ken, by being thrown from his horse.— Herald $• Georgian. A gentleman here, fifty-five years old, has never shot a gun or pistol, and never rode horseback but once.—Carrollton has a negro woman weighing 400 pounds.—Young Mr. Lowry killed 26 snakes in one day.— Carrollton Times. Dr. Harrison has a chicken preserved in alcohol with four wings and four legs, and the eyes, nose, mouth, chin, neck and the whole head resembling a human face divine. The feathers around the neck looks like hair combed back. —Senoia Jour nal. Savannah had its first case under the civil rights bill, on Tuesday. The case will perhaps be dis charged. On Tuesday the 10th, the comer stone of the Wesley Monumental church, on Calhoun square, was laid. Prominent was the venerated and esteemed Dr. Lovick Pierce, now in his ninety first year. —News Saturday evening Augustus Carter, son of L. W. Carter, while bathing in the Chattahoochee river, in company of Paul Armour was drowned. Carter attempted to dive, and cramp is supposed to have struck him while under the water, as he never rose any more. Body recovered.—Gaines ville Southron 17 th. 3leit> diilix’rfeemetifs. Q.EORGLI, JarkNOH County. Leroy Morris has applied for exemption of per sonalty (additional); and I will pass upon the same j at 10 o’clock, A. M., on Wednesday, September Ist, 1875, at my office. Given under my official signature, August ICth, 1875. ’ WILEY C. HOWARD, Aug. 21st—2t—pd. Ordinary. LAND for SALE r |MIE undersigned is offering for sale a very dc- \ JL sirable farm, 5 miles North of Jefferson, on the road leading from Jefferson to Clarkesville. A nice and desirable place to live on; well im proved ; containing about one hundred acres.— Any person wanting to purchase, call in two weeks. Terms, cash. Aug. 7th, 1875—2 t THOS. A. NUNN. Sale. By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of Jackson county, will be sold on the first Tues- j day in October next, before the Court House door ; in said county, within the legal hours of sale, the j following property, to-wit: One tract of land lying * in said county, adjoining lands of Washington Ar- i nold, Mrs. Maxwell, Osmint and others, contain- : ing one hundred and thirty acres, more or less, on which is a comfortable dwelling, some out houses, 1 and an old grist mill with water-power. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of John lines, deceased, subject to the lien of Washington j Arnold, (vendor,) for the sum of about three nun- j dred dollars, to secure which he holds the title. | Also subject to the widow’s dower, (which has not been laid off.) Terms, Cash. Aug. 2d, 1875. ; F. R. IMES, Adm’r of the aug7 Estate of John Imes. Jackson County. Whereas, W. J. Roberts, Administrator of the estate of M, M. Haines, late of said county, do- j ceased, makes application to me, in proper form, for leave to sell the land belonging to said de ceased— Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no tified and required to show cause, on or before the j first Monday in September, 1875, if any they can. why said leave to sell should not be granted, s prayed for by applicant. Given under my hand officially, at office, Aug. 2d, 1875. W. C. HOWARD, Aug 7th, 1875. Ordinary. EORttLl —Jackson County. Whereas, William McSmith, Administrator oi the estate of W C Harris, late of said county, de- ; ceased, makes application to me in proper for®. , for leave to sell the land belonging to said de ceased— Therefore, all persons concerned, are hereby j notified and required to shew cause, if any the/ j can, on the first Monday in September, 1875, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be the® held in and for said county, why said leave shorn! not be granted as prayed for by applicant. Given under my official signature, this, Aug 2d, 1875. WILEY C. HOWARD, Aug 7th, 1875. Ordinary. MARTIN INSTITUTE - A\riLL open on the 23d of August. Parents and | VY Guardians will find it well worth the trout to inquire the expenses and character of instrut' , tion here, before deciding where to seek educate for those under their charge. They will find e J * j penses little over half as much as in most institn tions of equal grade, and for its character, we re* fer them, with perfect confidence, to the i and pupils who have known the Institute, with i 3 present corps of teachers, for years. Applv to J. E. RANDOLPH, Secretary Board Trustee*? Or J. W. GLENN, Principal I Watchman and Georgian, of Athens, pk* s< i copy. July 3l *