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iVi|iif <HiltUTtis;mciit,s.
ueoROIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, £ A Borders applies to me in prouer
form for Letters of Administration upon the Es
tate of Knoch H Borders, late of said county, de
ceased —
This is to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can. on
the lirst Monday in February, 1878, at the regu
lar Term of the Court of Ordinary of said count}',
why said Letters should not he granted the appli
cant. Given under uy official signature. Jan’y
2d, 1878 il. VV. BELL, Ordinary.
/lEORMIA —•liicksion County.
It
Whereas. Matilda .Sauls applies to me in prop
er form, for Letters of Administration upon the
Estate of G W .Sauls, late of said county, dec’d—
This is to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinar}* in and
for said county, on the Ist Monday in February,
1878, why said letters should not be granted the
applicant. Given under my official signature,
this January 2d, 1878. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
| jUOtttil.t, Jnekson County.
Whereas. Thomas Phillips applies to me in pro
per form, for Letters of Administration dr boni.i
non, upon the Estate of Levi Phillips, late of said
county, dec’d—
This is therefore, to cite all concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinary to be
held in said county on the lirst Monday in Febru
ary, 1878, why the Letters, as applied for above,
should not he granted. Given under my official
signature, this Jan’y 2d, 1878.
11. W. BELL, Ordinary.
Jackson Sheriff Sales.
TITILL he sold, before the Court House door,
in the town of Jefferson, within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder, on the first
Tuesday in February, 1878. the following prop
erty, to-wit: A House and lot in the town of Har
mony Grove. said lot containing two acres more or
!?. adjoining lands of Chandler. Powers, Willi
ford, S. Segar. I). J. Sanders and J. N. AVood. and
fronting the Homer road. Levied on as the pro
perty of the defendant, by virtue of a ti. fa. issued
trom the Justice court, 255th District G. M., in
fayor of D. I. Hoopnugh, plaintiff, vs. John R.
b ood, defendant. LevymadebyE.il. Ingram,
L. C„ and returned to me.
W. A. WORSHAM, I)ep'y .Sheriff*.
Jan. sth. ($5.00) pd.
Administrator’s Sale.
\V ILL sold before the Court-house door in
’* the town of Jefferson, in Jackson county,
' within the legal hours of sale, on the first
' tiesday in February, 1878. the following property
to wit—One undivided half interest in and to the
tract of land in said county, whereon John Nixon
now resides, adjoining lands of James M Varnum,
Huff, containing one hundred and sixty
acrcs (160) more or less ; 40 or 50 acres well irn
jiroyed, good buildings, orchard, Ac. The other
undivided halt" interest is the property of John
i XOn ° r s Sold at the risk o f the pur
viser at the sale had on the first Tuesday in De
tmbei last. Sold as the property of Sarah Ann
' heelv. dec’d. for the purpose of paying expense
administration and for distribution. Terms,
*tnctlr cash. WM E. CHEEI.Y, Adm'r.
Q Jackson County,
7 o all whom it may Concern:
iicreas, the reviewers appointed upon the pe
-11,0,1 certain citizens, to review, mark out, and
e P° rt l, P on the nuhlc utility of making the road
wmmencing at the State road near H. C. Apple
x’ s thence present traveled route to a
•ranch, thenceto right of said way up the fence
1 >‘>p of hill, thence present traveled way to sec
branch, thence around the hill in the old road
to ar *-‘nd of George Hayes' lane, thence the
" Uraciv to near W. Hailey's house, thence be
ll " • bailey’s horse-lot and new cabin into
' S •'fountain road in front of his house—a public
having reported the same of pub
utility, and recommending it to be made a pub
■ 0 r "‘l—lt is Ordered. that unless legal valid oh
.Ruuins ik offered within thirty days from this
' * order will b passed making the above
road a public road. Given under my
‘•cal signature, January 14th. IS7B.
H. \Y. BELL, Ordinary.
JuckMin County.
R : r 'j Rwanda 0 Thurmond, (her husband refu
el . ' ,as applied to me for exemption of per
••nnity and valuation of homestead, to he set
[•art out of the property of her said husband,
"’" pass upon the same at 12 o’clock, M.,
offi t (1 y °f February. 1878. at my
~ under mv official signature. Jan’v
l *tb. 1878. j| w BELL, Ordinary. *
Q Jackson County,
■yy-, To all whom it may Concern:
t’fi the reviewers appointed upon the pc
rLl ’ ,u ° cer tain citizens, to review, mark out, and
ni Ki. Upo V P u hbc utility of establishing a
commencing on the Academy road,
c *’'’[*• Niblaek’s, thence strait shoot through
to l'i r Thomas Grubb's field, thence old road
thr ! lias Trout's, thence to the right of old road
M,... COrncr Long's Held into the Hog
tv a. h am r sporting the same of public utili
lt i n r, ; co n unending said road to he made public:
otf.'r , that unless valid legal objections be
will r Wl^'ln thirty days from this itate. an order
I;: K making the same a public road.—
eu Um * er my official signature. Jan. 14, 1878.
__ _____ H. W. BELL, Ordinary.
’RGIA— Jorkso* County.
I*lll*l/ ! Kdf® ha* applied for exemption of per
n'..i p * an " f w ill pass upon the same at 12
at ,n " on **th day- of February, 1878,
*} office, Jan. 15th. 1878.
A. W, BELL, Ordinary.
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
To Contractors.
M ill be let, to the lowest bidder, before the
ouse door< m ** eff erson, on the 18th day
of February, 1878, the building of the bridge across
the Mulberry river, known as the Price's bridge,
under the following specifications Said bridge
to be built by spanning the river with one fifty
feet swinging span, built with two arches, to be
placed m the river within two feet of each bank
on mud siHs thirty feet long, well weighted down
wuh at feast twenty two-horso loads of rock on
each The uprights to same, to be P2xl2 inches,
and 14 inches higher than the old bridge, with
ueicc of timber in center &x 8 inches. Uprights to
be well braced with timbers Bxlo inches, extend
-12 inches of cap sills. Cap sills to
oc 12x14 inches, morticed half through so as to fit
on top of tenants on uprights. King-posttoswinc
ing span 10x10 inches; rafters Bxlo inches, and
five sdeepers 10x12 inches, well bolted down with
iron bolts, and swells iron * inch thick, J inches
wide, to hold swingrhg arch. Two spans to ex
tend from each arch under swinging span twenty
five feet out. Five sleepers each to said arches,
oxl2 inches; out ends to rest on mud sil ls. Floor
ing 14 feet long. 2 inches thick, well spiked down
with five inch stringers. Bannisters fastened to
uprights, made of three inch scantling three feet
high, eight feet apart, morticed through and key
ed on under side flooring plank. Said plank to
extend two feet farther out than balance of floor,
planked on inside with inch plank. All sleepers
to lap well over cap sills, and all the timbers ex
cept mud sills to be all heart; ifhevvn. to be well
and smoothly done. All work to be done in
workman-like manner, as it will, as well as any
peiceoftimbcr.be inspected before placed in the
water, by a competent person appointed for that
purpose, so that the bridge may be received when
completed. Full and complete specifications can
be seen at this office. 11. \V. HELL,
Jan. 19. Ordinary.
I'ONTPOAFJ) fS ILK.
Jackson Deputy Sheriff's Sale.
WILL be sold before the Court House door, in
the town of Jefferson, within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder, on the first
1 uesday in February, 1878, the following proper
ty, to-wit:—Two hundred ami sixty-five acres of
land, more or less, adjoining lands of Mrs. Martin
on the east. Elizabeth H. Ozment on the south,
and on the west by E. I’. Clayton, and others ; on
said place is a dwelling house and necessary out
buildings ; thirty or thirty-five acres in cultiva
tion ; forty or fifty acres in original forest: and
about fifteen or twenty acres branch bottom ; the
place whereon ,J J Flournoy now lives. Levied
on as the property of John J. Flournoy, to Ratify
a li fa issued from Jackson Superior Court, in fa
vor of Charles \\ itt, dec'd, vs. John J. Flournoy.
Property pointed out b}- plaintiff's attorney.
W. A. WOILSIIAM. Dcp. Sh’ff.
December 22, 1877 $5.00 pd
Also, at the same time and place, one tract or
parcel of land, lying in Jackson county, contain
ing fourteen or fifteen acres, whereon Jas Davis,
colored, now lives; said land adjoins the lands of
Osmcnt, Anglin and others, and is all woodland
except three or four acres. On the premises is a
tolerably good dwelling and other improvements.
Levied on as the property of Jas Davis, col’d, by
virtue of a fi fa. issued from the Justices' Court.
242d dist.. G. M., Jackson county, A S Dorsey
vs. Jas. Davis, col.; ii fa now controlled by E C
Cox. Levy made and returned to me by T. S.
Smith, L C $5.00 pd
Also, will be sold, at the same time and place.
Eighty acres of land, more or less, adjoining lands
of T L Ross, on the south ; on the west by lands
of Wyatt Wood; southwest by lands of W M
Duke, and bounded on the east and northeast by
the middle Oconee river. On said place is a dwel
ling-house and necessary out-buildings; forty
five or more acres in cultivation, the remainder
in good, original forest. On the place is a good
pencil and apple orchard. The place whereon It 11
Boon now resides. levied on as the property of
A C Thompson, by virtue of a fi fa issued from
Jackson Superior Court, John If Newton vs A C
Thompson. Property pointed out by defendant.
Notice, in writing, given to R H Boon, tenant in
possession. pr fee $5
W. A. WORSHAM.
Dec. 29th, 1877. Dcp’y Sheriff.
Q.KOKtilA —Jackson County.
Whereas, Mrs. Elizabeth Lay and C. If. Reeves
makes application to me, in proper form, for Let
ters of Administration upon the Estate of Richer
son Lay, dec'd, late of said county—
This is therefore, to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned, the next of kin, to show cause, if
any they can. on the first Monday in January,
IS7B, in the Court of Ordinary for said County,
why the Letters prayed for by the applicants
should not be granted. Given under my official
signature, this Nov. 29th, 1877.
H. W. BELL, Ordinary.
Jackson County.
L. E Rowe vs. W. J. Rowe. Libel for Divorce,
in Jackson Superior Court.
It appearing to the Court that the defendant in
the above stated case resides without the limits of
Jackson county, and it also appearing that said
defendant resides without the limits of the State
of Georgia—
It is, therefore, ordered that service upon the
defendant, W. J. Rowe, be perfected bv publica
tion in the Forest News once a month for four
months previous to the next term of this Court.
J. B. SILMAN, ri'tff's Att’y.
Granted :
GEO. D. RICE, Judge S. C.
A true extract from the minutes of Jackson Su
perior Court, August Term, 1877.
oct2o T. H. NIBLACK. Clerk.
Jackson County.
Whereas. Sarah Wilson applies to me in proper
form, for Letters of Administration on the Estate
of William Wilson, dec'd, late of said county—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and credi
tots, to show cause, if any they can. at the regular
term of the Court of Ordinary in said county, on
the first Monday in January. 187*. why said Let
ters should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this Novem
ber 29th, 1877. 11. W. BELL, Ordinary.
® -THE NEW-11
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L. C. NKBINGKR, Manager.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA.. SATURDAY. FEB’Y 2, 1878,
POLITICS.
For the Forest News.
Why Bow Ye Down in Ihe “House of Rim
mon r
Thomas Jefferson enunciated the princi
ples of free government in an interpretation
which he put upon the Constitution. What
he believed to be the meaning of the Consti
tution, and the intention of its framers; what
he was convinced was the only true govern
ment suited to the genius of the American
people; and what he knew to be the funda
mental prerequisites of freedom, he etnlio
died in the term Democracy. That the De
mocracy of to-day still clings (©some of these
principles we “shall attempt neither to pal
liate nor to deny.” For this is, indeed, the
little leaven, which has, ’til now, saved the
lump from putrefaction. Neither do we think
it necessary to declare that the party has lost
some of the mightiest and most important
elements of Jeffersonian Democracy. The
party of to-day, has taken away and denied
the right of equal representation. It has
throttled the majority rule, and destroyed
the right of franchise untrammelcd. The
people have submitted long to Ihe iniquitous
tyranny of petty politicians. The day has
come, the hour is at han l, when these rights
of the people, of which they have so long Leon
deprived, “shall pi sad like angels, trumpet
toned, against the deep damnation of their
taking off.” These glorious privileges will
lie again asserted, and Democracy launch—
cfowned-*-will again foster in her maternal
bosom, the loved children so rudely snatched
from her. And with these, her children, she
will be fully prepared to meet the array of the
combined party falsely so called. The party
(so called) has made her feel “how sharper
than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thank
less child.” When the people rise in their
power, who will dare to withstand them ?
And the politicians of the so-called Demo
cratic party will find them springing up on
all sides, like “Pallas full-panoplied from
the brain of Jove.” There are 1 00.000 Dem
ocratic votes in the Ninth Congressional
District, and 30,000 Republicans. At the
last election for Congress, there were two
Democrats and a Republican in the field, and
both Democrats received handsome majori
ties over the Republican. It has been im
pressed upon the minds of the people, in ev
ery way, that a Republican cannot be elect
ed in the Ninth; from the stump, through the
press, in every possible way, has it been de
clared, and now. to complete all, it has been
proven beyond a scintilla of doubt by the
crucial test of experience. If ye are not
convinced now, ye “would not be persuaded
tho’ one rose from the dead.” There are
men in this District who admit all of this, who
acknowledge the corruption in the party, who
arc convinced that the Independent is the
true Democrat, who say that they are dissat
isfied with the party organization, who know
that the sj-stem of representation is unfair,
unequal and unjust; who openly avow that
the nominee is not the choice of the people
and who concede that the Independent can
didates are vastly superior to the nominees,
and yet in spite of all this, like Naaman of
old, their cry is, “forgive thy servant this
one thing, that I bow me down in the house
of Rimmon/’ They admit every possible
circumstance to be true, which should cause
them to vote for the Independent. They are
willing to do everything except just what
they ought. To such men, we would sav, back
3'our opinion by your actions. Where is
3*our much vaunted freedom of action ? No
longer let “Conscience make cowards of ye
all.” Vindicate your reputation as men of
action. No longer lio supinely on j'our back
and let ignorance run riot over your rights.
If the people will but assert their rights, the
party, so-called, will be deprived of all that
has saved it so far—and that is. the success
of their iniquitous schemes, concocted for the
furtherance of private ends, at the sacrifice
of the liberties of the people. Now is the
time to quit yourselves like men ; no longer
let the “native hue of your resolution be
sickbed over with a pale cast of thought;
and enterprises of great pith and moment
with this regard, their currents turn awry
and lose the name of action.”
Independent.
Sex of Egos. —D. N. Kern says that he
can pick out eggs of either sex. I thought
so too, once, but found it mighty uncertain
work. The old ladies used to say that the
long eggs were rooster eggs, and tho round
eggs pullet eggs. I have tried all round eggs
and all long eggs, with the most tantalizing
results. I never got just what I expected.
Yesterday I put thirteen round eggs under
a hen, and, if I think of it, will report when
the roosters begin to crow. After all, I be
lieve that the old way is the best way—gath
er your rooster eggs in a hat, and your pul
let eggs in a sun-bonnet.
Fanny Field.
We clip the above from the Poultry Jour
nal. Miss Fanny Field had best not be too
certain, even when she hears the roosters
crow. Hens, as well as some others of fem
inine proclivities, are sometimes given to the
masculine indulgence or prerogative of crow
ing.—Planter A Granye.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Ui a Newspaper Editorial Room.
Cltt&ered among scores of other publish*
ing offices in New York, loom np the build
ings of the Tribune , the Herald, the Sun, the
VotH and the Times, white wreaths of steam
rolling up from their roofs and from the grate
ings ewer the press rooms. The pressrooms
extend beyond the buildings under the side
walk, and the pavement, vibrated with the
i beat ©f the machines, which were already
tossing off parts of the papers, the insides or
the outsides, leaving a reserve of space for
the news that might arrive afterward. Where
the hat had penetrated the hard flags, some
newsboys had curled themselves in innocence
and dirt. Others lay asleep on the steps,
where the most important and most hurried
of the larger contributors to journalism kind
ly forbore from disturbing them. Occasion
ally a telegraph messenger dived into the en
trance of a building, then an errandboy from
the post office with a pile of newspapers and
ietters, and then a reporter from some late
meeting up town. Asa matter of appearance
more than anything else—as the last “form” i
admitting advertisements had long since
closed—a clerk sat in the advertising office,
on the ground floor, and drowsed, with the
lights half down.
The two gentlemen entered one of the
offices, and began to ascend that long stair
way by which all editorial rooms are attain
ed. custom and economy invariablf putting
editors in a garret, whence they may look
down, physically and mentally, on the world
they iwrite about. More telegraph boys,
compositors, proof-readers and reporters
passed the visitors on the stairs, who, when
they had explained their business to an inky
offict-boy, were admitted into the sanctum
sanctorum of a celebrated morning paper.
A close, low-roofed, smoky room, lighted
by innumerable Argnnd burners, and filled
witlu little desks, at which sat, stooping,
busy men. puffing cigars or pipes, and scrib
bling with pens or pencils at lightning speed
—that was the next scene opened to them.
On some of the desks were piles upon piles of
newspapers from points as far apart and as
varied as the capitals of Europe and the
plaintive outposts on the Western plains. A
little tin box shot up and down a wooden
shaft in the middle of the room, into which
rolls of manuscript were put by an office boy.
who rushed from desk to desk and gathered
the sheets as they came from the writers’
hands. From time to time a nervous, sharp
voiced, imperative gentleman, in a very much
soiled linen duster, called to one or the other
of the workers, and gave orders which would
have been quite unintelligible to a layman,
who might have mistaken the establishment
for a slaughter house when he heard a pale
faced little gentleman requested to “make a
paragraph of the Pope,” “cut down Anna
Dickinson,” “double-lead General Grant.’’
“boil down the Evangelical Alliance.” Hut
making a paragraph of the Pope simply ap
plied to the compression of some news con
cerning him into that space; and “boiling
down” and “cutting down” were two tccli
nicalitics expressing condensation. The
gentleman in the linen duster was the night
editor in charge, the despot of the hour, and
the intermediary between the writers and the
printers, the latter being on the floor above*
and the little tin l>ox in the shaft communicat
ing with them.
By three o'clock the last line of “copy”
must be in the printers’ hands, and from
midnight, until that time a newspaper office
in the editorial department is in a state of
nervous intensity and activity for which I
can imagine no parallel.
The smoke from the cigars and pipes rolled
up to the ceiling, and the pens sped over the
pages of manuscript paper. The writers
bent to their work with tremendous earnest
ness and concentration ; there was not one
of them who had written less than a column
that night, and some were closing two and
three column articles, which contained near
ly as many words as five pages of Harper's
Magazine. They were pale and care-worn.
One of them was heading and sub-heading
cable dispatches from the sent of war ; anotli.
er was writing editorial paragraphs on the
important telegraphic news that came in ;
another wr damning anew play in virulent
prose; another was revising a thrilling ac
count of a murder; another was transcrib
ing his stenographic notes of a speech on the
inflation of the currency ; another was putting
the finishing touches upon a well-considered
article criticising a debate in the French
Assembly, aud another was absorbed in the
description of a yacht race. The little tin
lox in the shaft bounced up and down moro
frequentlj% and the night editor became
more nervous and imperative than ever, as
the fingers of the big clock on the wall went
beyond two. The pages of manuscript were
sent up one by one, and long, moist proof
sheets came down from the composing room.
Then the “ cutting down” began, and some
of the writers saw articles that had cost them
hours of research annihilated in the stroke
of a perx, or reduced from columns to para*
graphs, not on account of unimportance, but
simply because there is always a superfluity'
of matter, contrary to the erroneous notion
that the editor's great difficulty is to fill his
space—and in some instances even the para
graphs were finally omitted to make room for
unexpected news that arrived later. Tele
grams were still coming In at halfpast two,
but soon after that hour one dispatch brought
the words “ good night.” and that meant the
closing. Tho night editor and his assistant
now disappeared into the composing rooms,
where they remained to superintend the
making-up of the forms, and the men at the
desks prepared to leave or threw themselves
back in their chairs for a chat and some more
smoke.— IF. H. Rideing, in Harper's Maga
zine.
Cure in Diphtheria.
The New Haven Register says : At a meet
ing of the Board of Health, Health Officer
Lindslcy, in accordance with the suggestion
of the Board at a previous meeting, submit
ted the following paper. It will be printed
in pamphlet form for general circulation :
Diphtheria is both a contagious and an in
fectious disease ; it is, moreover, pre-eminent
ly one of the class of filth diseases—that is.
occurs most frequently and in the most ma
lignant and fatal form where dampness and
dirt do most prevail. The means >f protec
tion, therefore, abvionsly lie in avoidance of
exposure to its presence and in the most scru
pulous attention to cleanliness. Absolute
isolation of the sick, the most rigid purity of
surroundings aided by disinfection when re
quired, would probably exterminate the dis
ease. The veteran sanitarian, Dr. K. M.
Snow, of Providence, says that where there
is abundant sunlight, dryness, cleanness, and
pure air, diphtheria cannot prevail. The
*ainc condition will protect almost as effect
ually from mos‘, other dangerous diseases.—
Such being the truth, neither individuals nor
communities can afford to ignore the fact that
they are in a great degree responsible for
their own health.
When a case occurs in any family, the sick
person should be placed in a room apart, from
the other inmates of the house, and should bo
nursed, as far as possible, by one person
only. The sick chamber should be well warm
ed, well aired, and exposed to sunlight; its
furniture should be such as can be cleansed
without injury, and all supurfluous things, as
window and tabic drapery, woolen carpets,
and the like, should be removed. The fami
ly should not mingle with other people. Vis
itors should be warned of the presence of a
contagious disease, and children should not
be admitted to the house.
All clothing removed from the patient
should lie at once placed in boiling water;
instead of handkerchiefs, soft pieces of linen
or cotton cloth should be used and immedi
ately burned. Disinfectants should be plac
ed in all the vessels which receive the expec
toration or other discharges of the patient.
Disinfectants should also be freely used in
'he sick-room. Those which destroy bad
odors without causing others are the best,
sncli as solutions of nitrate of lead and chlo
ride of zinc.
The sick person should not mingle with
others until fully recovered, and in cases of
scarlet fever until all roughness of the skin
due to the disease has disappeared, because
the exfoliated skin is especially infectus.
The disinfection of the sick-room should
he thorough. The walls should be dry rub
hed, and the clothes used burned without
shaking, the ceiling should be scraped and
lime-washed. The floor and wood-work should
be washed with soap and water.
Take of copperas (sulphate of iron) five
pounds and disol ve in three gallons of water.
To-Day and To-Morrow. —Morrow is a
town of some importance about forty miles
from Cincinnati. Anew brakeman on the
road, who did not know the names of the sta
tions was approached by a stranger the oth
er day. Stranger—“ Docs this train goto
Morrow to-da}* ?” “ No,” said the brakeman,
who thought the stranger was making game
of him ; “it goes to-day yesterday, the week
after next.” “You don't understand,” per
sisted the stranger; “ I want to go to Mor
row.” Brakesman—“Why don’t you wait
till to-morrow, then, and not come bothering
around to-day; you can go to-morrow, or
any other day you please.” Stranger—“ Won’t
you answer a civil question civilly ? Will
this train go to day to Morrow ?” Brakes
man—“Not exactly ; it wjll go to day, and
come back to-morrow.” As the gentleman
who wanted to go to Morrow was abont to
leave in disgust, another employe, who knew’
the station alluded to, came along and gave
the desired information.
It’s mighty hard to get over Columbus court
officials, as will be seen by the following from
the Daily Enquirer-Sun : “ A fine of five
hundred dollars was imposed a few days ago
by Judge Crawford upon one of our citizens
for keeping open a barroom on Sunday, and
much inquiry was instituted as to what dis
posal should be made of it. It was stated by
a number of lawyers who were asking that,
sentence in this ease be light, that the law
required all such fines to go toward establish
ing and promoting Sunday schools. Inspired
by these remarks, the Solicitor, Clerk of
Court, his assistants and the Sheriff organiz
ed a Sunday school among themselves and
‘took in’this five hundred 'dollars/ 1
) TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM/
( SI.OO For Si± Months.
Scissored FaragrajAa,
A bachelor editor, who had a pretty un<
married sister, lately wrote to 6he similarly
Circumstanced, “ Please exchange.’*
'tiro million Vesfrs ago. a bint twelve feet
high vras promenading along the bank of the
Ccmrrectietit river, and Prof. Hitchcock has
just discovered fts tracks.
A bishop asked a little child : “My little
friend, tell me Where God is and f will give
yon an orange.” “My Lord,” replied the
child, **tell me where he is not, and I wilt
give you two.”
The following anecdote Was told by a
preacher to be a fact: A preacher was pray*
mg, and in his prayer he said. •• I prav thee.
Lord, to curtail the power of the devil.” just
then an old darky in the congregation cried,
“Yes! amen! Bless God ! Cut himrtW right
smack sraove olT*.”
A Philadelphia woman is suing a horse
railroad company for damages. Shaw?
thrown down in a car by a collision, breaking
her leg. The company introduces proof that
she was not grasping the st raps, or she would 1
not have been hurt. She swears that her
corset was so tight that she could not reach
up to the straps.
Ihe streets of London, if placed in one
line, would form an avenue of 7,000 miles in
length. In the daily cleansing of the streets
14.000 men find employment and 6,000 horses
and 2.500 carts. The engineer in chief has
a salary of £ 2.000. The work goes on dav
and night, but the actual sweeping does not
begin until eight o’clock, P. M\
The following is a composition written by
a youth of our village, and which describes
the accident in a very accurate manner: “ I
was Going to the spring yes morning as I
was coming Back I was Going up the plank
and I slipt down with my Bucket and spilt
all of my water, and hurt my knee exceed
ingly bad above the ankle you Bet.”—Sum
mer cille Gazette.
A Library on Horseback. —“ In Virginia
I met a man on horseback, carefully guard
ing a large package he carried. ‘ You ap
pear to have a great treasure.’ I said. * Yes,
sir,' was the response—‘Yes, sir. I have been
over to Richmond and bought myself a libra
ry.' ‘An entire library on horseback?’—
•Yes, sir, I have Webster's Unabridged Dic
tionary in this package, and it is a whole
library in itself.' — Traveler.
The Air Line Railroad, in contemplation
between Klberton and Toceon, will tap n
most thrifty section known as the valley of
the Savannah, and will materially aid Atlan
ta trade. A delegation of citizens in its
interest visited Atlanta to obtain five thrift!
sand dollars, all the money that is lacking to*
make the enterpriss an accomplished fact,
but met with very little success, according to’
a correspondent of the Elbertdft Gainttk . °
Kentucky lias had schools for the educa
tion of colored yotiili since 1874, and Gov
ernor McCreary, in his recent message, says :
“There arc. without doubt, material benefits
to be derived from the education of all hwi'
man beings, and it is to be hoped that the
colored people will show their appreciation
of the system presented to them by cultivat
ing a healthy sentiment in favor of education,
and by sending their children to school, so
as to prepare them to exercise the privilege
of voting intelligently and to enjoy to the
fullest extent, all the sacred rights of free
men.”
Says Col. I. W. Avery in the Detroit Free.
Pi 'ess: “Perhaps the most salient trait of
General Gordon, of Georgia, is his domestic
tenderness. All his intoxicating successes
and tiic wholesale adulation ho has receivel
have left him the same simple-hearted, a dic
tion ate, unpretentious gentleman and the
most devoted lover of his wife that the histo
ry of marriage can show after a quarter of a
century of wedded trial. In all of the vici -
situdes of his eventful military career his
wife accompanied him, staying w’ith him in
camp, hovering near him on the march and
in battle to minister to his needs and to
receive and nurse him wounded. And to-day
she thus attends him. and lie repa}’B her de
votion with an absorbing tenderness, an im
passioned singleness and fervor of attach
ment.”
It will be remembered that Rev. J. T.
Leftwich, D. D., of Atlanta, presented an'
on dancing to the last Presbyte
rian General Assembly (which was opposed
by Rev. Mr. Montgomery, of the Savannah
Presbytery, as unnecessary), to which a “de
liverance” was granted condemning all kinds
of dancing. Last Sunday night Rev. I)r.
Leftwich. in the Centra! Presbyterian Church,
set the ball (?) in motion in an able sermon,
and will follow it up next Sunday night with
another discourse on the sinfulness of the
practice. He stated that he should strictly
and impartially enforce the “deliverance” of
the General Assembly, so far as his members
were concerned, against all species of dan
cing. The dancing members are therefore
preparing to “square” “round” and “join
hands” witli their pastor, although by so
doing; they will have to “change partners,”
—Savannah News.
After Ten Years.
Last Friday morning, the sberifTof Scriven*
county brought to Augusta and lodged ir.
Richmond county jail, under a bench warrant
from Judge Bartlett, a white man named!
Washington McDaniels alias Chas. Heath,
who committed murder in Wilkinson county
in 1868, ten years ago. Heath was tried,
convicted and Sentenced to be bung at that
time, but while awaiting the day designated'
for his execution, he managed to escape from,
jail, his wife having conveyed him a small'
saw in a loaf of bread. He was arrested '
some time afterwards, but while on his way
to jail, on a railroad train, in charge of six
teen men. he jumped from the car window
and again escaped. He remained at large
until a few days ago when he was caught in
Scriven. by the sheriff of that* county. He
will be sent back to Wilkinson-county, where
the sootenee of the law will Be executed.
Citron. A- Const.
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