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1. A. n. MAIIAFFKY. \V. S. M'CARTY.
\fAHAFFEY & McCARTY,
Jl A T TORN KV S A T L A \\\
Jefferson, Jackson Cos. (!a.,
Will practice anywhere for money. Prompt at
tention given to all business entrusted to their
nre. Patronage solicited. OcttfO 1 v
DR. C. R.
AH'F.RS his professional services to the citizens
' ' ofJefferson and vicinity. Can be found at
the late residence of Dr. 11. j. Long.
•!n. 22, 187(1—tf
STANLEY & PINSON,
JKPFEItSOX. C. 1.,
TYF.AhERS in Dry Goods and Family Groce
ric>. New supplies constantly received.
* heap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
June ltt I x
Medical Notice.
| j. o. lll'.Vr having located in -Jeffev
* son for the purpose of practicing Medicine,
respectfully tenders ins services to the citizens of
,l J t to ' v, i mid county in all thc different branches
| the profession. After a flattering experience
"(nineteen years, he feels justified in saying that
'is prepared to successfully treat any curable
disease incident to our climate. He is. for the
KtHMit. hoarding with Judge John Simpkins, hut
*l.l move his family here soon.
Office with Uol. J. A. B. Mahaffey.
ktUßeferenee can be seen in the office of T. H.
• IHLack, Esq., C. S. C. octlfi
"ni:v C. HOWARD. bob't S. HOWARD.
a HOWARD,
11 ATTORNEYS AT I.AAV,
w Jefferson: Ga.
'HI practice together in all the Courts of Jack
*n ami adjacent counties, except the Court of
‘ffinary of Jackson county. Sept Ist ’75
V A. n iE.MAMMIY
t n " ATPR.MAKEH and jeweler.
u *' r - in. King's Drug Store. Deupree Block,
. cns ' ba. All work done iu a superior manner.
"arranted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi-
July 10-Gin.
R * • " OITOUI), Attorney sit I<an’,
'* HOME It, HANKS Co.' On.
' 'll practice in all the adjoining Counties, and
tj ( l ,r °ropt attention to all business entrusted to
V aro - Collecting claims a specialty.
JttH* a. oakix
x HARNESS MAKER, JEFFERSON, GA.
*a h* W 1 1 uggv and wagon harness always
j an ' * RepairingVame, bridles, saddles, &c.,
• e °n short notice, and cheap for cash.
Junel2__iy
1J - 'lX>Yn, I j. B . SILMAK,
P t orington, Ga. Jefferson. Ga.
'Oi l* A SIUIO,
r . ATTOR X EYS-AT-LAW.
th. ' Practice together in the Superior Courts of
i n ! ! H' es of Jackson and Walton.
junel2 —iy
\\ t’Hill, Attorney at Ijiw,
p'• . JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA.
p_ h es in all the Courts, State and Federal.
au, l thorough attention given to all
toun*' le S !l1 business in Jackson and adjoining
June 12, 1875
per Hay at home. Samples
too VM v worth $1 free. Slixsox &
PortlandTMaine. marll
vlO 51 at home. Agents wanted. Outfit
an H terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta,
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F. P. TALMADGE,
DEALER IN
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED WATCHES,
('LOCKS, JE WELB Y, SIL VEB $■ PLATED WARE,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, &C.
Batches, clocks ajsto jewelry repaired
fn a neat and workmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction.
OrnnmcnUil and IMain Letter Lngnu ing a Specialty.
AT I()N— College Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS, GA.
A P r ‘l Ist, 1876 ly
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THE FOREST NEWS.
I lie People their own Billers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
SPUING AND SUMMER
stock: of
Milinevy and Fancy Goods!
O
MRS. T. A. Al> V >IS
A IsNOUNCES to the public that she is now re
and varied stock of Ladies’
i I vf t u Hats, Laces, Ribbons. Trimmings, &c.,
which she is offering at low prices. Call, exam
me and be convinced. Next door to the Bank of
thc 1 ni versify, Athens, Ga. April 15
BURKE’S BOOK-STORE,
ATHENS, <3rJ±.
1 i-?V wan t School Books, Miscellaneous Books,
,4 , ] '} l ” ,cs a, ]d Hymn Books, Pens. Ink and Paper,
m* * i> ,is *i ll,e Bockct Knives. Picture Frames,
olank Books, Ilat Racks, Brackets, or anythin"
kept m a first-class Book-store, call on
T. A. BURKE,
marlS Bookseller and Stationer.
Picture Gallery.
Ip-Stairs, between the Billy Thompson corner
and Stanley <s• Pinson's.
A. H. BROCK,
RESPECTFULLY announces to the ladies and
gentlemen of Jefferson and vicinity, that his
Gallery is now open for the accomodation of all
m want of pictures, and that lie is prepared to ex
ecute his work in the best style of the art. Call
and examine specimens. Rates reasonable. All
work warranted to give satisfaction. f ]•>
SPRINGDALE NURSERIES,
ATHENS, C3--A..,
W. HUDGrIN, Proprietor.
HAS now ready for delivery a splendid lot of
Pot-Grown Plants, suitable for Parlor or Con
servatory decoration, at New York prices. Nurs
ery and Green House, corner Rock-Spring Avenue
and Bobbin-Mill Street. inarll—tf
THE REASON WHY
J. H. HUGGINS
Sells goods cheaper note, is because he
has adopted the
CASH SYSTEM!
The ready cash enables him to buy goods very
low, and consequently he is offering to the public
every thing in his line, such as
All kinds of Crockery and Glass-ware , Tamps,
Chandeliers, Farmers' Lanterns. Kerosene
Oil. at wholesale and retail; Family and
Fancy Groceries. Dry Goods. Boots,
Shoes. Hats. Saddles, Harness
and Leather.
And also a large stock ofIJ.KE, both for build
ing and fertilizing purposes, all very low for the
CA S If.
\\ lien you go to Athens, don't forget to call on
J. H. HUGGINS. If you want KEROSENE OIL, at
wholesale or retail, he will supply you at the low
est price. Tf you want CROCK KE Y and GLASS-
N\ ARE. there’s the place to get it. If vou want
TOBACCO. FLOUR , BACON, LARD, SU
GAR, ('OFFER and MOLASSES, go there and
you will find it. If you want LIME, for building
or composting with fertilizers, go to
J. H. HUGGINS’,
No. 7, Broad St., Athens.
Bwf“Reinember the place. marlS
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WALSH & WRIGHT, Proprietors,
Augusta, Ga.
Jackson County.
Whereas, B J Whitmire, Administratrix of the
estate of F M Whitmire, late of said county, dec’d,
makes application to me tendering her resignation
of said trust as such Administratrix, and recom
mending the name of II N Mitchell as a suitable
person, qualified and entitled to. and willing to ac
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singular, the next of kin of said deceased, arc here
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Mitchell appointed Administrator in her stead.
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JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. JUNE 3, 1576.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Reminiscences of Clarkesboro’ and Athens.
From the Athens Georgian of last week, we
clip the following “ historical waif,” believing
it will prove of interest to many of our read
ers who, perchance, may not see it elsewhere
than in the Forest News:
“ Edmund AY alker, Esq., of Madison, Ga.,
honored thc Georgian with a visit on Thurs
day last. 1 his venerable gentleman was born
in Burke county, June 10th, 1796. Ilis fath
er, John Walker, was a Burke county planter*
who spent the summer months in the up
country, and made Clarkesboro’, Jackson
county, his residence during this period. Col.
Walker is the father-in-law of Dr. John New
ton, of our city, and visits Athens on account
of the illness of his daughter.
“ilis reminiscences of Clarkesboro’ and
Athens, which run hack to 1803. are very in
teresting. He states that he visited the form
er a few days ago, and not a vestige of this
primitive village is left. Ilis elder brother
was a student of Doctor Meig’s school, which
was conducted in a wooden building within
the bounds of the present College campus,
and he brought his brother down on Monda}*
morning from Clarkesboro’ and came for him
again on Saturday afternoon. The ‘*()ld
College” building was not then completed.
Clarkesboro’, in 1803, consisted of about 200
inhabitants. Its merchants then, were Sam’l
Gardner, Kussel Jones, and two Frenchmen,
Charles Lennos and a Mr. Thavnet. There
was no school in Clarkesboro’, but James
AVright and Mr. McCloud taught in the neigh
borhood.
“The tailor of the village was a Air. Bowen,
an old man, a widower, of whom he relates
the incident of his marrying a young wife,
and that their mutual infatuation was so
great, that they organized the greatest kiss
ing match that was ever known in Jackson
count}'. They were kissing in doors and out
of doors and on all occasions, to the great
amusement of the villagers.
“Thc Methodists and Baptists prevailed as
to numbers in the District—some few Presby
terians, however, in the county. In those
days, all the stores sold liquors—peach brandy
was in abundance ; some whiskey sold. The
leading lawyer of Clarkesboro’ District was
Col. AYalton Harris, thc father of Col. Y. L.
G. Harris and Robert Harris, Esq. This
legal gentleman was terribly frightened on
one occasion, by the sliding of the Court
House fsom its support, while Court was in
session and the room filled with people.—
There was very little money in the country,
and Indian ponies, worth from five to ten dol
lars each, were frequently given to the law
yer in payment of fees. As Colonel AValton
Harris, after an adjournment of a Court, was
going home with a number of ponies, one of
his friends, on this account, remarked, “there
goes the Colonel with his fees.” Col. AValton
Harris afterwards moved to AVatkinsville.—
Ilis wife was a Miss Billups. Tom Peter
Carnes and a Mr. Tate were also lawyers,
who practiced in the Clarkesboro’ District.
Our friend states that Saturdays were grand
occasions at Clarkesboro’. Horse-racing and
shooting for beef, were the favorite amuse
ments. The races were for 300 yards, and
executed with Indian ponies. He says that
the old race track has been entirely oblite
rated—all grown up in large pines. The
Cherokee Indians were frequently seen in
Clarkesboro’, as the Appalachee river was the
boundary line, where they went to trade and
buy their brandy and whiskey.”
Remarkable Cure of a Snake Bite.
Rev. 3.- E. King, of this place, informs us
that his little daughter was bitten by a poison
ous snake, a few days ago, and he cured her
by simply holding the part bittern close to the
fire, and the poison was arrested and drawn
out by the heat of the fire, just in same way
that burns are cured by holding the burned
part near the fire. Mr. King says this is the
second cure he h&s effected by this simple
remedy, and that he has known of several
other cures by the same remedy within his
acquaintance.
lie says it was accidentally diseoYered sev
eral 3'ears ago, by a young man who was bit
ten on the foot by a ground-ratttcsffake, One
of the most poisonous of all snakes, while
working on the farm of his uncle in North
Carolina. AY hen bitten, the 3’oung man call
ed out for help, and went to the place where
the hands had a fire to warm their dinner,
and, while waiting for attention, he held Ins
foot to the fire to see if he had an}’ feeling in
his foot, that previous to holding his foot to
the fire he felt the poison going up his leg
like a hot iron was being run up his leg, and
when he held his foot near the fire the pain
was greatly increased, but, instead of continu
ing up his leg, it slowly came down, and
finally quit hurting, and, when the wound was
examined, the poison was picked out in a
lump on the point of a knife,
Mr. King is a minister of the Baptist church,
of good standing, and is a man whose state
ments are worthy of implicit confidence. We
publish this remedy for the public good. It
is a simple remedy and one. within the reach
of all, and should be generally known.—
Spartanburg Herald.
Marion county is unanimous for Colquitt.
Cushing and Choate.
Old Squire Gerrish, of Newbury port, Mass.,
is a genial soul who has a host of legal re
miniscences. An intimate friend of Webster,
Edward Everett and Rufus Choate, and a law
partner of Caleb Cushing, he had a rare op
portunity of collecting anecdotes and details
that are very interesting now. AVhile con
nected with Cushing, a time came when those
two Titans, Cushing and Choate, were on op
posite sides in an important suit. On the
day when the case was called the court-room
was crowded. A battle between such men
was a novelty, even in that epoch of brains.
To the amazement of judge, jury and specta
tors, both Cushing and Choate were some
what anxious for a “continuance”—in other
words, for a postponement of trial. Asa
usual thing, both gentlemen were always
anxious to force a case to trial, being in a
state of “chronic preparation,” as Webster
once said in speaking of Choate. In going
out of court, says Mr. Gerrish. I met Choate,
and said : “How is it that you were ready
for a continuance to-day ? It is a little odd
for you.”
Choate replied : “Oh, lam a little press
ed with business, and can afford to let this
case stand over.”
Said I : “ Choate, this is sheer nonsense.
I’ll tell you what the matter is. You are
afraid of Cushing.”
“So I am,” was the reply ; “and I am not
ashamed to own it either.”
“ AYell, well,” said I, “ this is pretty good.
The idea of Rufus Choate being frightened.
What on earth do you fear, Mr.Choate?”
“Mr. Gerrish, I will tell you. lam afraid
of his overwhelming knowledge of law.”
In the afternoon Cushing came into thc of
fice. I went for him at once. “Caleb, what
was the matter to-day : why don't you insist
on trying that case ?”
“Oh,” he replied, “the weather is warm,
and we have much to attend to, and I didn’t
care to hurry matters.”
“ Now, Cushing, be honest; were you not
a little afraid of Choate ?”
“ AVell, Gerrish, to be candid about it, I
was. Are you satisfied now ?”
I then inquired what lie feared Choate for.
“ Do you think,” said I, “ that he knows any
more law than you do ?”
“No, sir, 1 don’t,” was the answer, “but
Pin afraid of the rascal's influence with a jury,
right or wrong.”
And there it was. The two men had been
so often associated that each knew the other’s
strong points, and felt timid.
A Touching Incident.
In the graveyard at Albany, in this State,
there is a solitary, unmarked grave. It holds
the dust of a Federal soldier, who died just
after the “ surrender.” When Carey W. Styles
was about concluding his Memorial speech on
the 26th of last month, he paused, and then
said with much feeling, “ hut, in}' friends, in
dropping the tear of sympathy on these hon
ored graves around us, and covering them
with the garland of love and tender memory;
let us not forget the one lone spot where lies
all that is left of one who in war was not our
friend. lie had, no doubt, the same view of
his duty that we took of ours. lie, no doubt,
felt the same high impulses of a patriot’s
heart which carried him into danger, and laid
him in his untended grave. For him, no
doubt, the same tenderness of a sister's af
fections, the same sacred associations of home
existed, that have been vividly and attecting
ly brought home to our hearts by the scenes
and exercises of this day. For that mother,
and these sisters, I bespeak for the stranger
in his final resting place a kindly notice.
“ How sublime an exercise of human fel
lowship and charity it is to forgive, and the
deeper the scar, the holier the forgiveness.—
Here, to-day, let there be no indulgence of
feelings that do not sweetly harmonize with
the sincerest professions of peace, fraternity
and good will, which, God grant, may from
this day, henceforth and forever, mark our
union as one people.”
After the orator had concluded these re
marks, whose noble spirit (fid him so fnuch
honor, a great manv of the company present
came up to him, and gave expression to a
hearty approval of Col. Styles* words. The}’,
in many instances, however/ expressed their
surprise to hear that a Federal soldier was
buried hr the cemetery, and asked to have the
grave pointed out to them.
The friend ttliO gave r?s tins incident in the
day's proceedings, assured us that before the
gathering dispersed the flowers on that lone
grave were piled tfp a foot thick/
I low glad we would be fY> know that the
poor fellow's mother could hear of this.—At
lanta Commonicecdth.
other night, as a frisky colored
youth was walking up the street, he was ac
costed by a colored acquaintance who re
marked : *• Well, Brutus, dev say }’ou iz in
love?” “1 iz, Uncle Abram—l don’t deny
de alleged allegation.” “And how does you
feel, Brutus ?” “ Y'ou have stuffed your elbuw
agin a post or sumthin’ else afore now, hasn’t
yorr. Uncle Abra’m ?” “I reckon.” “And
you* remember de feelin’ dat runs up }’er arm?”
“ I does.” “Well, take dat feelin’, add a
hundred per cent., mix it wid the nicest ha'r
oil in town, sweeten with hone}*, (tendon-' kin l
"maginc how I feel!”
The Maiden’s Prayer:
She rose from her delicious sleep.
And put away her soft brown hair;
And in a tone as low and deep
As love's first whisper, breathed a praver;
Her snow-white hands together pressed.
Her blue eyes sheltered in thc lid,
The folded linen on her breast
Just swelling with the charnfs it hill.
And from her long and flowing dress
Escaped a bare and snowy foot,
AVhose step upon the earth did press
I,ike a sweet snowflake soft and mute ;
And then from slumbers soft and warm,
Like a young spirit fresh front heaven,
She bowed that young and matchless form,
And humbly prayed to be forgiven.
Ob. God ! if souls as pure as these
Need daily mercy from thy throne—
If she upon her bended knees,
Cur holiest and purest one—
She. with a face so clear and bright.
We deem her some stray child of light:
If she. with those soft eyes and tears,
Day after day in her young years.
Must kneel and pray forgraeeYrom Thee,
How hardly, if she win not Honteiq
V ill our wild etrots be forgiven.
Our* Snake Story.
Everybody has a snake story to tell. We
have yet to meet the man who has not had
some experience in the snake business, un
less it was an emigrant fresh from the Emerald
Isle. 'l’lie story we are about to tell is not
like most snake stories, a small modicum of
fact garnished with a liberal quantity of
imagination, but can be established by the
testimony of reliable witnesses.
During last year, there lived upon the plan
tation of Mr. A. A. Trible, a family of ne
groes; the youngest, a child about three years
old, had tamed a king snake, and it became
so warmly attached to the child that it would
meet it every day not far from thU lioiise and
near a cow pen to he fed. The child would
fondle it as if it had been a kitten. The pa
rents, when they first saw the child with the
snake, were alarmed, but after a while be'
came satisfied there was no danger, and paid
no attention to it. At the close of last year,
the family moved over to Mr. Bond’s, some
two or three miles, and the child grieved
♦bout the snake until it became sick. During
its sickness, when any person would come
over from Trihle’s. the child would invariabl}'
ask for its “’nake,” and was continually call
ing for it. After a while it got better, and
the family went back to Trible’s on a visit
one Sunday, taking the child along. As soon
as it got to its old home the child slipped off,
but, finding it was watched, came hack, and
getting another opportunity it started again
for the cow pen. This time they were more
careful in watching, and the child, supposing
it was not seen, went to an old fence row and
called, and in a few minutes the snake made
its appearance. Both seemed rejoiced at the
meeting, and it was not until those who were
watching came near, the snake would leave;
it then hid. \\ hen the child Was about leav
ing for home It Went hack and called its snake
and carried it home. Those who saw it say
it was as large as a man’s arm, bnt seemed
perfectly harmless, and manifested strong at
tachment for the child. It was afterwards
killed,— Gw in nett Ilendd.
A Frog Barometer.
Out at the La Fayette Park police station
they have a weather prophet which eclipse#
I'ice, and all the barometers in the neighbor
hood. It is a frog of the genus Ilyin, more
familiar to the general reader as the treetoad.
Hunt, the Superintendent of the Park, was
mildly abusing his barometer one day for mis
leading him, when the officer on the beat, an
old frontiersman, said he would show him a
trick. lie took a glass jar, and threw into it
some stone, and a couple of inches of water.-
Then he whittled Out a little wooden ladder
and put in the jar. After some lively scrfttnb'
ling a tree-toad was caught, chucked in, and
a tin top screwed on. The weather indicator
was complete. When it is going to be fair
weather that toad roosts on the top round of
the ladder, solemnly blinking the hours away.
From twelve to fifteen hours before a change
to bad weather, “ the general,*’ as they call
him, begins to climb down, and for hours be
fore the stbrm sets in, he squats lurhsetf 6*n a
stone, and, with his head just above the sur
face of the water, peers aloft at the coming
storm. Let the weather be changeable and
"shifting,” as "Old Prob” sayS, and the toad
goes up and down that ladder like a scared
middy. When it is fair, and the toad roosts
aloft, his skiff is of it light grayish gre'en.—
When the change comes the skin turns black
as the toad goes down the ladder, becoining
a jet, shining black by the time he reaches
the bottom. The fame of thetrAid lifts spread
through the' LaFayette Park neighborhbbld.—
■St; f/Mis ( Mo.) Ti mes.
*l7l Take What Father Takes.”
Blessed is the son whose father’s example
is sffeii fha'f he may always follow it with the
certainty that he wiH be led to a better life/
‘‘What will yoii take to' drinft f { asked a
waiter of a young lad, who, for the first time,
accompanied his father to a public dinner.
Uncertain What' to say, and feeling sure lie
could not be Wrong if he fbllcWed his father’s
example, he replied i
“ I*ll take what father takes/’
The answer reached the father's ear, and
instantly the full responsibility of his position
flashed upon him.
"Waiter, I’ll take water.”
And from that day to’thls strong drink has
been banished from’ that man's home.
( TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM.
/ SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
G-LEANINGS.
, Nine inidshipmeh at Annapolis have beeti
forced to resign for stealing.
"U esterii corn in Irwin cdunty lias given
cholera to iibgS and dtndkeHsf
-.••t , f • •
Ten white and black, were flog
ged at New Castle, Delaware.
The Northern Methodist Conference fear
that the Rowan Catholic Church is capturing
the colored people in the South.
A Stewart count}’ man has one huridreft
and sixty acres in oats, which will yield him
about 2,400 bushels or nearly $2,400.
Over a hundred railroad and steamboat
companies have agreed to carrv passengers
to the Democratic Convention at half rates.
In the Northern Presbyterian Assembly
resolutions have been introduced and refer
red, looking to a union with the church South.
Mr. Lester, of Lexington#. Oglethorpe coun
ty, refused two hundred dollars for the clover
that stodd on a four-acre lot near his hougcV
The N. Orleans Picayune says 29 negroes
were killed in Wilkinson county. Miss., dur
ing the recent troubles there.
The acreage of oats in Georgia is one hun
dred and thirty-five compared to last year, dr.
thirty-five per cent, increase of acreage of
last year’s crop.
A poor shoemaker at Niort, in France, is
the father of forty-five children, all of whom
arc still living. Each of his three successive
wives presented him With fifteen children.
Corn has not been so cheap in Cherokee’
county ftS‘ it is at present in ten years before.
The cause is attributed to the* scarcity of
money, hogs and whiskey.
It has been decided in lowa (fiat a man
who elopes With another man’s wife can be'
tried for (he offense of receiving stolen prop
erty.
(if thirty newspapers in Georgia who have
expressed a preference for Governor twenty
three farbr Colquitt, two favor Hardeman,’
and one favors dames.
It is reported that Speaker Kerr Will resign*
oil accbflnt of continued ill health and that
Hon. S. S. Cox will probably succeed him in
the Speakership of the House:
The American Bible Society published
last year 850,470 copies of the Bible, which
makes the total number issued by the Socie-'
ty since its establishment 33,125,760.
The twenty United States prisoners con
victed iii North Carolina of whiskey frauds'
reached the Albany Penitentiary last week/
Their sentences range from one to two years.
Counterfeit tens of the National State
Bank of Terrehaute, and fives of the first
National Bank Of LoOisviifeV bdffi dangerous,
have been received at the redemption office.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian'
Church, in session at Savannah last week, is 1
said to have been the largest attendance'
since the' way theVc’ being f sftdelegates pres-'
ent.
The hft.csf Centennial phase is that of aif
old farmer in Yandc'rbfrrg, cOunty,- Indiana’,*
who has seven young lady daughters. He
offers a Ccirfennial plow to each man that
marri&s o’nc of them’.
A western editor met a well-educated farm'"
e'f’ rtfetfrffty add informed hirfr that he wonlif
like to have something from his pen. The
farmer sent him a pig and charged him $9.75
for it.
In Selma, Alabama, it costs five dollars to*
ikill or capture an’y fTiltf bird except the blue
jay, or to disturb the nest of any wild bird,
or to sell or give away, or otter to sell or
give away, any young mocking bird.
The’ HtfifSc* hffo passed the post-office ap-'
propriation bill With Sti aiiiem/m’eiit, allowing
third class mail flfattcT, not exceeding four'
pounds in weight, to be sent at the rate of
one cent for every two ounces.
Cattle, said to be the heaviest and best in
'the World,- have arrived at Philadelphia fcV
exhibition—among them an 7x weighing
4,000 pounds and a heifer weighing 3,300'
pounds.
'The Legislature of Georgia was the first'
legislative' b/xTy in’ the world that passed an*
act prohibiting the slave trade. For doing
this the people of Massachusetts howled um
til they were hoarse because a rebel Stale'
was interfering with her commerce.
I here is little hope of the passage of the
bill now pending in the national House of
Representatives, to repeal the stamp-tax on*
hank checks. To repeal that tax would cut
off $1,500,000 of revenue from- the govern-'
ment.
The mVmicipnl government in Paris have
ordered that children of from 12 to 14 years*
of age shall n6t carry a load heavier than 2d
pounds, and from 14 to 16 not' more than 30*
pounds, either on the head or on the slioul-'
der.
The A. M. E. Conference in senior? at At-'
lanta fixes the minimum salary of presiding
elder at SBOO per annum, and apportions the
obligation to pay between the churches of
each district. Should any deficit occur in
the' piiVfnent, it shall be made frotrr t)itf geit
em i treasury.
It is now stated* that GeiVeraf Pierce M. B/
Ycfirng will frfef a candidate' for the Georgia'
Legislature from Bartow cbifnty; that if
elected he will be a "prominent candidate”
for Speake’r of* the Ilotrse, and that he 4 wilt
enter the race for Spfeaker" with' a "strong"
following.”
Gil Ilaven was on the platform of the For-'
tj- second street railroad depot the other day
‘and spoke these Mortis : 7 I didift care how
much these people talked against the Presi-'
dent—they would talk against their sainted
grandmothers— but when I saw him. taking,
his whisky without any water in it, I ceased
to pray for a third term.” —Brocfldyn Aryus.
Among other matters disposed of by the*
dast term of Hancock Superior Court, was the'
trial of J/ f. Ldcksoh, who killed his brother
some time lrJst winter. The evidence show-’
ed it a clear case of insanity, caused by a
severe attack of pneumonia, of six weeks,
that he had previous to the killing, and the'
jury at once rendered a verdict of not guilty.
He was remanded back to jail to be seat from 1
there to the insane asvluur.
NUMBER 52.