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by THE JACKSON COUNTY )
PUBLISHING COMPANY. \
VOLUME I.
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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
„ the Jackson County Publishing
17 Coinpnny,
JEFFERSON , JACKSON CO., GA.
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MALCOM STAFFORD,
MANAGING and business editor.
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jWc&siiuml L (Business (Ennis.
J. A. B. MAIIAFFKY. V. S. M’GARTV.
\UHAFFEY & McCARTY,
JL A TTO R NKVS AT LA IV,
Jefferson, Jackson Cos. (la.,
Will practice anywhere for money. Prompt at
tention given to all business entrusted to their
care. Patronage solicited. Oct3oly
WII.KY C. HOWARD. ROB’T S. HOWARD.
11 OH Alt l> A HOW AIC I).
II ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jefferson. Ga.
Will practice together in all the Courts of Jack
ten and adjacent counties, except the Court of
Ordinary of .Jackson county. Sept Ist ’75
D*. n . >*. \r\ \ > m it.
SURGEON DENTIST,
Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga.
July loth. 1575. Gm
f? A WILLI A VISON,
* WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
At Dr. Wm. King's Drugstore, Dcuprec Block,
Athens, Ha. All work done in a superior manner,
ted warranted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi
t‘/y CASH. JulylO-Gm.
STANLEY <t PINSON,
JEFFERSON, GA.,
| \KALERS in Dry Goods and Family Groce
■* ' ries. New supplies constantly received.
t heap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
June 19 ly
|! WOI I'ORI), Attorney at I<aw,
HOMER. BANKS CO., GA.,
’ ill practice in all the adjoining Counties, and
F ,Tf prompt attention to all business entrusted to
* eare. Collecting claims a specialty.
June 19th, 1875. , ly
JV* w - O AKKS,
\ HARNESS MAKER, JEFFERSON, GA.
and good buggy' and wagon harness always
’ n hand. Repairing same, bridles, saddles, Ac.,
nf <n short notice, and cheap for cash.
Jnd2— ly
• J * *k>YD, I j. B. SIIACAN,
Covington, Ga. j Jefferson, Ga.
< ' ovw 4 NIIJIAY,
\ A’lTf>RX EYS-A T-IAW.
, 'l* practice together in the .Superior Courts of
r Co,| Hties of Jackson and Walton.
JUIH‘I2— ly
\\ Attorney *t Ijiw,
p T • -JKKFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA.
rV 'i' vS in all the Courts, State and Federal.
ppt and thorough attention given to all
' Mif legal business in Jackson and adjoining
ou,,t “*. June 12, 1875
.Medical Notice.
Ij r ' *** Hl'iVl' having located in Jeffer
fe M> ” f" r the purpose of practicing Medicine,
the t Ctfully ten, * crt his services to the citizens of
0 f t . " Wn an d county in all the ditferent branches
of ;* Profession. After a tiattering experience
'H teen years, lie feels justified in saying that
PSpared to successfully treat any curable
t>r * , to our climate, lie is, for the
kill hoarding with Judge John Simpkins, but
0i ° V * k' B family here soon.
Col. J. A. B. Mahaffey.
can be seen in the office of T. 11.
C. 8. C. octlfi
JJNDERGRABS & HANCOCK,
[ J P res Pctfullv call the attention of the
publie to their elegant stock of
P r y Goods of all Kinds,
< i.o thin g,
'INF. CASSIMERES, IIATS, CAPS,
Trirnl aß<i Shoeß : Ladies’ Bonnets, llats and
\V. r t'l 8 ’ Hardware, Hollow Ware, Earthen
Tea ’ ! ol|r - Meal, Bacon, Sugar Coffee,
liMulh- r Ul< s j'atent Medicines, in fact everything
the tiin . ° unr * * n a General Store. Prices to suit
..._ **• Jefferson, June 12, 1875. tf
, NOTICE.
i\ are hereby notified not to hunt,
hrson 1 , , tcr B** <>r dogs, on my premises. Any
the bn. 0 <ol,l £- "'ill he dealt with to extremity of
act2aim C, C. THOMPSON.
THga JSOREST NEW &
j - ■ —! —l tP9 n"1 *T y yt""* ‘s* —ry >■
ic their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Apiculture and Southern Manufactures.
£cpt’ Iducrtisemciits.
Receiver’s SaleT
XVTILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Janua-
T T r y- 1876, in the town of Jefferson, Jackson
county Georgia, at public! outer}', before the
Court Hon.se door, between the lawful hours of
sale, by me, as Receiver of the Estate of John,
ft hack el ford, deceased, the following real estate
situate m said town, to wit: One undivided half
interest m the STORE-IIOUSE AND LOT situ
ated on the south-west corner of the Public
Square, and known as the Wm.. S, Thompson
Store-house Said property, soU Ader the au
thorizing order Of the Idftf TMpfeil&r Court of
Clarke County, Ga.
‘PETER W. HUTCHESON, Jr..
Dec 4 4t Receiver.
Jackson Sheriff ’s Sale.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Janu
ary next, before the Court House door, "hT
Jefferson, Jacksoh county, Ga, within the legal
hours of sale, the following property, to wit:
Eight and one-half acres of land, more or less,
on the waters of the Walnut Fork of the Oconee
river, adjoining lands If WnfShftsUa,4Mll J&lams,
and others. Eight acres of said land cfcaM and
in cultivation, with a common log cabin and some
out-buildings thereon. Levied on as the property
of Lemuel Howard, by virtue of a fi fa issued from
Jackson County Court, H C Hidden* vs Lemuel
Howard. Fi fa controlled by II lLllowarcL Prop
erty pointed out by defendant.
<kc4 J. S. HUNTER. Sfi'ff.
Administrator’s! Sale.
AGRELA HTA to an order of tlie Court of Or
dinary of Jackson county, will be sold be
fore the Court House door at Jefferson, in said
county on the first Tuesday in January,; 1876,
witlim the legal hours of sale, at public outcry, to
the highest bidder, the following property, to wit:
Oue tract ol land in said county, on the waiters
of V alnut Fork of the Oconee river, adjoining
lands of Bowles, Rogers. con
taining three hundred and fortp-thr|p<i iis, more
or less ; fifty !o seventy-live acre A of fin* bottom
—a fair proportion of strong upland in cultivation,
balance in old field land ; well watered ; a splen
did orchard ; and very good dwellings, and other
improvements on the place. Sold subject to the
life estate of the widow of G M Duke, decM} in a
portion of the place, the purchaser taking only the
interest of remainderman in that portion laid oft
as the widow's dower. Sold as the property of G
M Duke, late of said county, the
purpose of paying the and for distribution
among the heirs at law Of said deceased ‘’Terms,
cash. G. S, DUKE, Adin'r of
dec4 G. M. Duke, dec’d.
Jarkion Comity.
Whereas. J. H. Cronic makes application to me
in proper form, for lVru;i*ieut letters of Admin
istration on the estate of E. l\ Veal, late of said
county, deceased—
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required tosliow caiise. if JihV tßcy can,
at the regular term of the Court, of Ordinary, to
be Held in and for said county on the first Monday
in January. 1876, why said Letters should not be
granted said petitioner, otherwise his petition will
be granted as prayed for.
Given under mv hand officially, at office, Nov.
16th, 1875. ~ A\\ O. HOWARD,
Dec 4th, 1875. Ordinary,
Jackson County Postponed
Mortgage Sheriif’s Sale.
WILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in Janua
ry, (1870.) eighteen hundred and seventy
six. before the Court-house door in JeffersJh,
Jackson county, Ga., within the legal hours of
sale, the following property, to-wit: A certain
bay horse, four years old. levied on as the prop
erty of Jesse Hull, to satisfy one mortgage fi la
issued from Jackson Superior Court, in favor of
JItA L C Matthews vs. Jesse Hull. Property
pointed out in said mortgage fi fa.
novl3 W. A. WORSHAM, D. Sh’ff.
before the Court-house door, in the town of
Jefferson. Jackson eo., Ga., on first Tuesday in
Jan’y, 1876. fifty acres of land, more or less, ad
joining Austin Fulcher, Zion Morris and others,
known as “ Pea Hill” ; tolerably well improved.
Sold as the property of Mary A. Patman, dec’d,
for distribution. Terms, Cash,
dll MARSHALL A. PATMAN, Adm’r.
Q^EORGIA —Jackson County.
Whereas, it has come to my knowledge that
Endora E. Gatliright, minor orphan of W. M.
Gathright. dec VI. and Tallulah F. Gathright. minor
orphan of Mary V. Gathright, dec’d, (domiciled in
said county.) are without Guardians,'and are pos
sessed each of an estate, and that there is a neces
sity for the appointment of a Guardian for each of
said minor orphans ; and whereas, no person has
made application for the Guardianship of said
minors— ■.....■ ■ ■■ ■ ■■■ '■ '■ ■ ■ ■— '
Therefore, notice is hereby given to all persons
concerned, that on the Ist Monday in January.
1876. in terms of the law, TfH. Niblack, Clerk of
the Superior Court, or some other fit and proper
person, will le appointed Guardian for said minor
orphans, unless some valid objection i$ made to
such appointment.
Given under my official Signature, this Dec. Bt*h,
1875. decll W. C. HOWARD. Ord*y. r
Q.EORGIA, JACKSON COUNTY.
Whereas, X L Maddox applies to me. in proper
form, for permanent Letters of Administration on
the estate of Mary Maddox, late of said county,
deceased — -
Therefore, all persons are hereby notified and
required to show cause, if any thoy have, on or,
before the regular term of the Court of Ordinary,
to be held in and for said county, at Jefferson, on
the Ist Monday in January, 1876, why said letters
should not be granted, as prayed for, to the appli
cant.
Given nnder my official signature. Pee. 6. 1875.
decll WILEY C. HOWARD, Only.
Jackson county.
Whereas, J II Cronic makes application to me,
in proper form, for Permanent Letters of Admin
istration on the estate of B. 1. \ cal, late of said
county, deceased —
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, at my office, if
any they have, on or before the next regular term
of'the Court of Ordinary to be held in and for said
county on the first Monday in January, IB,t>,
why Letters of Administration should not be
granted the applicant as prayed for ; otherwise I
shall proceed to grant the same.
Given under my official signature and seal of
office, this 16th of November, 1875.
n027 WILEY C HOWARD, Ordinary.
Q EORGIA —Jackson County.
Whereas, Mary E. Long makes application to
me in proper form, for Letters of Administration
upon the estate of John D. Long, late of said
countv. deceased:
Therefore all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, if any they can.
on or before the regular term of the Court of
Ordinary to be held in and for said comity, on the
first Monday in January, 1876, why said Letters
should not be granted as prayed for by applicant
in her petition. . . ‘
Given under my official signatuie. at office, this
Nov. 30th, 1875.' WILEY 0. HOWARD, •
dec! Ordinary.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, JAN’Y 1, 1876.
Jackson County Publishing Company.
M. AVilliamson, I N. H. Pkndergrass,
President. | Vice President.
T 1 11. Niblack, Secr'y Sf Treat.
Executive Committee .
AV. C. Howard Ch’m.
• • J. N. AVilson, | R. J. Hancock,
JEFFERSON, GkA..
SATURDAY IIORVU, JATY 1, lr.
1876.
Ti)k‘ Forest News extehtta to all its pa
trols, , rehdqrs ami friends a "Happy New
Grt'eeting?' 1 an Id now, if they would
make proprietors, manager, and all interest
ed zvprf’m'phj hn'ppy, tet each one resolve to
get anew subscriber to the paper ere the first
month of the new year is past. This, with
the increased advertising patronage naturally
flowing in, would make us happy indeed.
What say you, friends ?
Our Half-Sheet.
In common with most of our cotemporaries
we issue but a half-sheet this week. This is
done in order that our advertisements of a
legal character may come up to the require
ments of the law as regards such publica
tions. And now that Christmas with its hol
idays and festivities, is over, let us, one and
all, “ turn over anew leaf ” and endeavor to
discharge all of life's duties and obligations
with increased energy and fidelity.
Marriages.
AA r e omitted to mention, last week, the
marriage of Mr. A\ r . 11. Lay to Miss Julia
Seymour daughter of that highly esteemed
citizen of Jackson, AVm. Seymour, Esq.
And in this connection, it is our pleasure
to announce the nuptials, on Sunday last, of
Mr. If. T. Flekman and Miss Faultnk
Shockley, daughter of C. M. Shockley, Esq.,
all of-Jackson.
Visitors.
Miss Kate Dozier, one of Oglethorpe’s
charming and highly accomplished daughters,
spent; a few days with her many friends in
Jefferson, during Christmas.
Mr. AA\ J. Davenport, also of Oglethorpe,
was in town during the holidays. Hid away
in the/ores/ tlwvwgk it be, Jefferson still has
its attractions.
AA e noticed a good many strange faces (to
us) in town ; these too, no doubt, are, and
have been spending the time with friends and
relatives.
Jail Delivery.
The inmates of the Hotel de Hunter, Jones
and Pirkle—the first charged with store
breaking, the other with murder—made their
escape on Wednesday night last or Thursday
morning very early. Their release was
effected by the use of various implements —
saw, auger, &c., together with outside assist
ance. We consider it unnnecessary to go
into details; suffice it to say, one of the main
sills (12X 12) was cut in two and a block ta
ken out, leaving a hole large enough to admit
their bodies through; thus they were at lib.
erty, and it is presumable they at once left
for parts unknown.
Sad AfTair.
We learn that a Mr. Phillips, son of Thos.
Phillips, living about six miles west of Jef
ferson, in the Poster settlement, was serious
ly if not fatally injured the other day, while
engaged in a squirrel hunt, by the falling of
a limb from a tree which he was cutting down
at the time; his skull is reported as being
“mashed in” with a deep gash clear across
the head. He was not expected to live when
last heard from.
Not Much News.
On account of the holidays, high water &c.,
our latest dates from abroad are “away back”
to last Monday. From what little we are
enabled to glean, it is pretty certain that in
some localities “ King Alcliy” and “ Ben
Zine” have had quite a carnival, with the
usual amount of affrays, cutting, shooting &c.
In political circles matters are in statu quo,
and will so remain, we have no doubt, until
the meeting of Congress on the sth insfc., and
the assembling of our Legislature on the 2d
Wednesday in the present month.
The Legislature
Meets on the second Wednesday in January,
and while matters generally, give promise of
a great deal of business that needs attention,
yet it is hoped the recent decision of the Su
preme Court in regard to the Homestead
question will open the eyes of the law-makers
to the fact that something ought to be quickly
done on that subject.
Warm.
One of the marked features of the Christ
mas and holiday season now nearly closed,
has been the very “warm spell*’ that has pre
vailed for several days. This, together with
the wet weather accompanying has caused
the loss of a great deal of newly put up meat
throughout the country. We hear of some
who have lost all they killed.
The Masonic Festival.
On the ‘27th, was, we are informed, quite
creditable to the brethren of the “ Mystic
Tie.” The address, delivered by Rev. G. H.
Cartledge, was, of necessity, a good one,
Christmas in Jefferson.
Though we were not “on the in
person, our pro teih. kept “ one eye open'’ for
incidents, accidents, &c., and as the result
we furnish the following brief report of
“ Christmas in Jefferson.”
In the first place it may be noted the occa
sion was market! by nothing unusual in its
history in and around the town and vicinity.
The customary amount of fire-crackers and
gun-powder was brought into play—to the
delight and amusemerit of a great many and
the disgust and annoyance of others ; and,
doubtless, the same scenes were enacted and
similar emotions throughout all
tfcese United States—“ tlie land of the free (?)
and the home of the brave.”
As previously announced, the mills and
valuable farm property of the Drs. Longs
were rented to the highest bidder, before the
Court-house door, on Christmas day. The
grist-mill, gin and saw mill were rented to
Messrs. H. J. Long and J. E. Randolph. The
farm was leased in parcels to different par
ties. Some stock hogs were sold as was also
a steer—the whole property, that rented as
well as that sold, all bringing remarkably
good prices ; especially the ho^s.
The young folks, lads and lasses, have en
joyed themselves finely in the way of social
parties and gatherings—and taking it all in
all, barring the inclemency of the weather,
the people of this little “ burg'’ have passed
through quite a season of recreative enjoy
ment—with no event, so far as we can learn,
to mar, in the least, the gala and festive
associations of the occasion. One crowning
feature of the “ festive season” has been not
ed in the few and scattering instances rif
drunkenness and inebriety that have l*een
apparent during the entire holidays just now
coming to a close.
Corredton.
Onr highly esteemed corrqsppndent. “ Tag-
Mutton in his letter from iXqmer, of the 16th
ult., unintentionally did that most excellent
gentleman, B. F. AYofford, Esq., a little
injustice in saying that he “ contemplates
abandoning the law and consigning himself
to the mournful monotony of the school
room.” In justice to Mr. AA\, we cheerfully
state that we have been shown a communica
tion from him, in which he, over his own
signature, says :—“ I have no idea of ever
quitting my profession ; but am only going to
teach next j T ear that I may place myself in a
better condition for the ‘practice.’” As be
fore intimated, it is with pleasure we correct
this fe unintentional” error, and hope all par
ties will be satisfied ae our acfcibn in the pre
mises.
on our way to “head-quarters"
last Wednesday, we were informed bv a (re
liable) colored gem’man that an almost
double murder was committed on Monday
night last somewhere not far from Athens.
It seemed that two negro men, brothers-in
law, got into some sort of a dispute, when
one struck at the other with an axe, splitting
open his face and at.the same time cutting a
child in the head so bad that it was already
dead or expected to die. r £he negro who
gave us this information was a . stranger to
all parties and could tell nothing as to where
the fracas occurred or the names of the prin
cipal parties interested.
Removal.
Our friend and patron, Mr. P. W. McDer
med, has moved from the old stand of Kil
gore, in Athens, to his new house on the
Jefferson road, about utiles side of
the city—near the Holaey tiifk ITjbm appa
rent surroundings, Mr. McD. proposes to
make things comfortable for his customers
ill various ways. Stop and see .him.
IdPThe editor of the Athens JVatdtmun
returns thanks to somebody-he knows not
who—for two Christmas turkeys. This lit
tle episode has so charming and pleasant an
aspect in all its surroundings that we have
concluded to keep “open-doors” for the re
ception of Christmas presents ti|l the 4th of
July next. That’s the sort of ‘ “hair-pin”
we’re made of.
spent four days of our holiday in
Athens, and there were three funerals during
the time. The first was that of Mr. John
Gilleland, who had been in declining health
for several years. The second was that of
Mr. R. C. Lumpkin, the youngest son (we
think) of the late Chief Justice Lumpkin;
and the third was that of Mrs. Waddell, moth
er of Professor Waddell, of the State Uni
versity.
Mr. F M~ Bailey
Has a few words to say to his friends. Look
for his ad, and govern yourself accordingly.
UlPThe, Gainesville mail of Wednesday
failed to reach Jefferson on account of the
high water in “Possum Creek.”
New York, December 26.— John Mannery
beat his wife about the head with a poker,
inflicting doubtless fatal wounds, and then
[loured kerosene on her and burned her ter
ribly. Mannery was arrested and his wife
taken to the hospital.
Freedom is a good thing in a general way.
One of President Davis’s old servants is beg
ging bread in Atlanta. Fetch in another
civil rights bilk
Christmas in Savannah.
A writer in the Savannah News discourses
on the “manner and mode” in which this
“day and time” is celebrated in that city.
1' rom his article wc make the followin'; ex
tract :
Our streets and public places become al
most impassable to the decent and the timid.
Ladies shrink into their homes, dreaming of
the ruffian on his drunken path, and unwhipt
vagabonds, small and great, of even* com
plexion, who delight in torture inflicted, some
times by undisguised audacity, but oftener,
and more effectually, by stealthy atrocities,
contrive to startle the nervous or to harm
the weak and unprotected, Horseyicn and
vehicles shun tlie streets for fear or injury,
and every thinking man trembles that Ufa
home or his property may be laid in ashes to
gratify disgusting folly or unrestrained mal
ice. The weary cannot rest, the sick cannot
sleep, even the dying and the dead fbrfeit
respect, that a rabble may hold high carni
val in the name of Christmas. AA'e have
mildly denominated these things irrational
rejoicing, but we receive the customary man
ner ot celebrating this holiday as worth}*
only of the Commune and the Fetroleuse, a
disgrace to public order, to society, and to
civilization—a disgrace so unpardonable, that
the government tolerating it becomes despi
cable. Prudence, decorum, and decency are
derided and contemned, pleasantry becomes
brutal recklessness, and enjoyment the tri
umph of shameless riot.
Government! Pshaw !—Law! Bah ! Aban
doning the city to the wild saturnalia, we
lock up government and law—the one in the
Exchange, the other in the barracks: we
drive the police from the streets or compel
them to be inactive ; we take possession of
streets, lanes and squares; we “boys that
will be boys”—We throw crackers under la-
skirts, we fling them into children's
faces : wc fire pistols, guns and cannon : we
kindle bonfires on the green sward of the
squares; we blow tin trumpets ; webeatdrums
and tin pans; we open fire with Roman can
dles and rockets, and threaten to burn thou
sands of dollars of property ; we get drunk,
whites, negroes and all; we swear, swagger,
and yell; we shoot at dogs and men, and
sometimes a murder is chronicled.
AA'e startle and insult ladies; we frighten
horses, we smash vehicles; we break limbs
and necks ; we extinguish children’s eyes—
and men's too, if we dare ; we burn houses
and stores ; we violate the public and private
endurance ; we desecrate order, law, humani
ty and religion ; we defy persuasion, resist
ance, or forcee ; we perpetrate all these out
rages in the public, universal orgies, and,
scorning rebuke, we toss a cracker in the face
of impatiauce and anger, and blow a tin
trumpet in the ear of the suffering and dying.
But. “boys will be boys,” and “Christmas
comes but once a year !”
The Business Outlook.
The New York Bulletin of Friday says—
“ The year is closing with symptoms of some
improvement to the condition of business af
fairs. During this month there has been a
marked falling off in the number of failures,
which is a rather remarkable fact consider
ing that the settlements to be made m the
last month of the year are always the sever*
est test of the resources of men of business.
Failures are in the best times expected at
the end of the year; but at the present they
are few and insignificant. Another welcome
symptom is the growing activity in the mon
ey market. It is refreshing to find the rate
for call loans quoted at plump 7 per cent.;
and this not as the result of any temporary
speculative manipulation, but of a healthier
demand for loans and of a growing disposi
tion throughout the country to employ capi
tal which has long laid idle. There seems
to be some reason to hope that 1876 will
open with a better feeling. After all the li
quidation of the last two years, the fall in pri
ces, the cutting down of wages, the econo
mizing of trade expenditures, the reduction
of rents and the wholesale weeding out of
weak firms—after all this thorough work of
reconstruction, business certainly ought to
be on a basis safe enough to encourage pro
duction and a generally freer employment of
capital; and merchants should feel that they
can afford to be less timid than they have
been since the panic.”
Lawrenceville Herald. Notwithstanding the
severe penalty which the law prescribes for
this heinous offence, its severity is not suf
ficient to deter parties from running the risk
of its severest penalties. Last week a negro
named Britt Caldwin was lodged in jail,
charged with an attempt to commit a rape
on a respectable } r oung ladj T in the lower
part of the county. She had gone to bed
and was asleep, when the fiend managed to
get into her room and crawl into the bed.
and when she awoke he had her in his arms.
As was natural, she screamed, and the scoun
drel ran from the house and concealed
himself in the kitchen. He was subsequent
ly arrested and committed to answer for his
crime. We are opposed to mob law under
almost any circumstances, and regard it as
always best to appeal to the courts of the
country* for redress, but. if there rs a set of
circumstances that would jiistify a resort to
violence, it is just such a case as this. It
speaks well for the forbearance and law
abiding spirit of her relatives and friends,
that they did not shoot him down as soon as
they found him, If the offence can be made
out. we doubt not he will get his full measure
of justice.
At Campaign, Illinois, a strange death
from violence lias occurred. A boy twelve
years old, son of John Wahl, received a blow
on the head with a book in school by a boy
sitting l>ehind him, and all in play. He fell
over delirious, and remained so till his
death.
Mother Stewart, a leader in the Ohio tem
perance crusade of two years ago, has induced
a number of mothers in that State to notify
a number of saloon-keepers not to sell their
sons liquor. The law there compels obedi
ence to such notices,
' TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNttM.
( SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHa
Cavoht.—lt lifts t>den known to the K Oi
Department for some time that, irrcgularite*
existed somewhere among the post offices
north rtf this prtint, Post Office Detective
M oodwrtrd has l>CCtl for a short time working
up the cause of the trouble. He set a trap
on the route Iroin (laiuesviilc to Dahlonega*
ami Mr. John Jay, postmaster .at New
Bridge, walked in, and was captured without
trouble. He fs now in jail at this place. It
should be a warning to postmasters to lot
money alone that is passing through the
mails.— Gainesville tingle. Dee. 24th.
AY e learn that Violet Randolph, colored*
of this county, went to Jackson county one
day last week to visit some of her relatives*
carrying with her a child about five j’eart
old. (ha .Saturday she left the bouse of some
ot Her friends to visit others, and was not
heard of again until Monday, when she Was
found by Mr. J. C. Harrison In an old field,
lying upon her face, dead, with her child
sitting on her lifeless body, with life nearly
extinct. It is supposed that the woman Juul
frozen to death. The child was taken by
Mr. Harrison and soon restored.— lbnl.
The Macon "Telegraph says ; As minors
of an injurious character relative U Col. W,
J. Lawton, as Treasurer of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society, have been iudnstrfcnis
ly circulated, and have even gotten into pa*
pers which were not in a position to he in*
formed, we will take occasion to sttftfTthai
we have it upon unmistakable authority that
C’ol. Lawton has made arrangements which
are entirely satisfactory to the society, and
the organization will not lose a dollar thrimgh
him. Moreover, he has the perraissioi| of
the gentlemen representing the society, frith
whom he made the settlement, to refer to
them as to the manner in which he managed
the affairs of the society. While he lias made
business mistakes which has sacrificed hi*
estate, the trusts which he held are secofth
The Augusta Constitutionalist recently
noted a burglary which occurred on the Mil*
ledgeville road, by which a burglar was shot
or frightened away by a patent burglar gun.
The weapon in question is an old musket bar*
rel shortened, which is fastened to a table
and revolves on a pivot, and so arranged by
a rod which is fixed over the top, that, while
it revolves the gun towards the point where
a shutter or door is attempted to be opened,
it releases a hammer which discharges the
gun. It is a very simple and effective weap*
on.
Hamilton, Bekmtivv, December 22.—A
fearful tornado passed over Tnckerstown and
St. David’s Island on the evening of the 17th
inst. The house of Daniel A. Smith, a well
known pilot in Tnckerstown, was blown into 1
the harbor with all its inmates. Captain
Smith was hurled into a clump of tree# and
saved. Ilis wife was carried across tte liar*
bor. where she was so badly injured that she
died in a few hours. Their four children were
drowned. Several other buildings were de*
molished, but there was no further loss of
life.
The Southern Member^.
One of the most impressive features of thtf
present gathering of congress is the presence*
of southern members and their southern
friends. The warm southern grasp of the
hand, the charming southern accent, and imb
pulsive southern manner, give anew Uf
Washington life to one who has not been here
since the war. All the liorn southerners who
come here take an interest now in national
affairs that might astonish some who retnenl*-
ber the bitterness of a few years ago. They
have resolved to save themselves if possible
from the reign.of the carpet-baggers, and to
urge certain claims of their own upon the at*
tent-ion of the national government. They
have been Impoverished so long that they
think it is time for them to apply for some
material recompense. They will ask for an
appropriation for the Texas Pacific railroad,
one for the improvement of the Mississippi
levees and one for the James river and Ka
nawha canal. But some of the request* oC
representatives from a part of the eowutojy
which Ims been so long shut out from afl tile
country’s common privileges are entatiitdj to.
consideration, and I will hereafter review
with care their merits.— WnaihiMfim, mrre—
pondence of the World.
To the Public*,
J HEREBY tender my thanks to the ge-.
n orally, for past favors, and solicit a continue
once of the sami*., In order that 1 may sustains
my bnsiiresfl in such a manner as to niaklc it*
acceptable to the public.. I earnestly all!
Wllo Owe Me,
To malte immediatepamAent.
Circumstances compel me to make close collec
tions. Tn no instance can T allow accounts, mad o
during 187 TANARUS, to run longer than the fits* day of
Jamrnary, 1870. If 1 could'otherwise carry,a**:iuy
business. T would most cheerfully do so.
jal Most respectfully, F.‘ML BA TBIIY..
fonnty..
NOTICE—ESTRAT SALE!.
Agreeably to an order of'the Ordinary of said
county, will be sold at the lionse of E. yL Welch,,
on If. W. Cash's place, on Thursday, the- Oth of
January. TB7O. the following property., taken up.
by said Welch as estrays, to wit r Ohc open sow
and four shoats—the sow and thnee of the shouts
black and the oilier blue. AH’marked with
split in left ear and an usidVrhit in the right car*
Appraised by John A Smith. John M.. JMttmAn
ami J M Daily. iu2J3d Dist.. (J. M. Terms*cash*
Jan 1 ' J. S. lIL NTEIL Sriy-iff.
—JuekMoat County.
Jesse Hull (col.) makes application for exemp
tion of personalty and setting apart and valuation
of homestead, and 1 will pass upon tlie same at
my office in -I ctferson, on the Titli day of January*
187 b. at 11 o'clock, a. in., on sakl day. Given
umler my official signature, this Jfltli day of De
cemlier. 187.*. '
J 1 2t WILEY C. HOWARD, OfOinary.
Q.EOKGLI, Jackson county, /
M. B. Smith makes application to me for ex
emption of personalty, (there being no realty) and
I will pass upon the same at my office in Jeffer
son. at 11 o'clock, am, on the 12th day of Janua
ry. 1876. Given under my official signature, this
30th day of December. 1 S7~>.
Jan 1 it WILEY C llOWAUiy>rd'y.
NUMBER 30.