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ROB’T S. HOWARD, Editor.
Jackson County Publishing Company.
M, Williamson, I N. H. Pendergrass,
President. | Vice President.
TANARUS, Pi, X’l black, Secr'y Sf Treas.
Executive Committee.
0. J. N. Wilson, | W. C. Howard.
JEFFERSON, Qa7~
NITI RDAV MOK.VG, April BT, 1878,
EDITORIAL JOTTINGS.
men were banged on Good Fri
day.
vr There arc no national banks in Missis
sippi.
are now 1228 convicts at work
in Georgia.
Atlanta says she wilt have a mnit
before she quits,
war cost Russia 850,000,000 rou
bles ($671,000,000.)
goods are Raid to be clieaper in
Augusta than in New York.
jyThc great International Sunday School
Convention was a great success.
Roman family, the Poimbini, have the
most valuable jewels in the world.
I F‘An interesting revival is going on in
the Methodist church at Gainesville.
IlFMay Gould, the monumental scoundrel
of his age. —Chronicle <$- Constitutionalist.
New York Sun is mad witli Mr.
Stephens because he would not support the
lllair resolutions.
Grit is now the mode in England to be
buried in an open wicker-work coflin filled
with flowers.
’etitions in bankruptcy in the West
are being presented quite freely in view of
the probable repeal of the bankrupt act.
Tenn., bad a severe fire
last week. Fifty or sixty of the principal
business houses burnt.
IdiPA large fire in Macon. Among other
buildings the Brown house was destroyed.—
Loss, SIOO,OOO.
C’?'* While out hunting, near Knoxville*
Tenn., a pack of hounds attacked a flock of
sheep and killed 23 head in one night.
CdgPThc Atlanta Constitution and Athens
Watchman are crossing swords on the Inde
pendent movement.
IdPThe widow of Commodore Vanderbilt,
It is reported, will soon wed a Southern gen
tleman. —Mobile Neu s.
rvT he Beccher-Tilton case is again before
the people, by the recent confession of guilt
from Mrs. Tilton.
I Hayes, while Governor of
Ohio, pardoned, in three years, three hundred
and twenty convicted criminals.
LTFThe Cuban insurgents have not all sur
rendered yet, and hostilities have commenc
ed again on that Island.
np'Whcn a man pines after office to such
an extent that lie is willing to break up the
party organization, it is the duty of people
to teach him a lesson. —Atlanta Constitution.
f Colliding says that there was
a bargain between the friends of Hayes and
Gov. Nicholls, of Louisiana; that this bar
gain will certainly be made public, and then
Hayes will sink.
UF~ A most important religious event is re
ported from Rome. This is nothing less than
that three millions (?) of people, including
bishops, rectors, curates, deacons and peo
ple arc about to secodc from the English
Church to that of Rome.
en. .Sheridan has advices from Texas
that several parties of Indian marauders have
recently crossed from Mexico, that a brother
of the Marshal of Lerdo was murdered Sun
day by desperadoes, and that sundry depre
dations have occurred at several points. The
United States cavalry are on the alert.
C bankrupt law is doomed. Even a
veto could not save it. It has no friends.
There is here and thero a man who would
like to have it amended, but the great mass
of the people want it destroyed, root and
branch.— Exchange.
man liowe is probably the sickest
statesman in the business. lie thought he
would create a sensation by attacking Mr.
llayes. Failing in this, and finding that all
comment took the shape of ridicule, lie felt
called upon to rise in his place the other da}'
and explain his speech. Ilowe’s constituents
ought to retire him on half pay. lie is too
deep for this shallow age.— Exchange.
UF’The report of the Secretary of the Navy
and accompanying documents of bureau offi
cers, which have been laid before the House
Committee on Naval Affairs, present a sorry
picture of the United States Navy. With the
exception of the means of harbor defence,
lacking a few rams, there is not a vessel which
Would be able to successfully cope with those
of a first-rate marine power. It is proposed
to place the preparation of a plan in the hands
of a board, of which the Secretary of the Navy
shall not be a member, but over whose ac
tions he 'shall have a supervisory authority.—
Exchange.
Savannah man pursued his eloping
daughter, and found her in a hotel with her
new husband. She was of age, and therefore
he could not force her to return home ; but
lie was the lawful owner of her clothing, and
he compelled her to go to her mom and take
off every shred of it. Then he went back to
Savannah with a- large handle under his arm,
and the women in the hotel contributed some
thing for the bride to wear.
atlH’S IN GIALIML.
Virginia’s State debt is $42,000,000.
Much suffering and some losses at sea caus
ed by late gales are reported.
McEvoy, the murderer of Major Gregg, at
Granitesville, in 1876, was hung yesterdav, at
Aiken, S. C.
Mr. John A. Florence, of Henry count3 r ,
killed an owl recently, that measured four feet
and seven inches from tip to tip.
A surve}’ and estimate of cost of improve
ment for the Flint river from Albany to Mon
tezuma has been ordered.
The Waynesboro Expositor says : More
sickness than for many years during the
month of April in this neighborhood.
From present indications, the harvest this
year will probably be one of the largest ever
made in Houston county.
Fifteen thousand dollars have been appro
priated by the present Congress for the im
provement of tiie Ocmulgee river.
Toronto, Canada, will bo the next place of
holding the International Sabbath School
Convention.
Christopher J. Wilson, of Macon, has pat
ented a saw that planes the lumber as it saws
it, leaving it ready for the builder and the
painter.
Chicago will give the “grandest banquet
of modern times” to the Knights Templar.
The meal will cost fifty thousand dollars and
ten thousand men will devour it.
A sailing car is used for pleasure on the
Kansas Pacific Railroad. It is sloop rigged,
has four wheels, and will run forty miles an
hour when the wind is favorable.
lion. Julian Hartrdge’s bill to prevent the
introduction of contagious and infectious dis
eases, as amemded by the Senate, has passed
the House. It now goes to Mr. Hayes.
An organ of the tobacco trade asserts that
if the tobacco consumed annually, about
4,000,000,000 pounds, could be made into a
roll two inches in diameter, it would encircle
the world sixty times.
The question of putting steamboats on the
canal at Augusta will soon be brought before
the Council of that city. A trip will be made
up the canal soon in a steamer to test the
practicability of the step.
The “ agony columns” of the Turkish news
papers arc filled with advertisements for lost
relations, giving painful evidence of the dis
persion of families of the Mussulman popu
lation which have taken place in the districts
ravaged by war.
The assertion is made by the Rochester
Express that, at a rifle shooting match in that
city, spectators were able, with the naked
e}’e, to see the bullets as they went from the
guns to the targets. There was a high wind,
and rain was falling.
John Shannon, a schoolmaster in Camp
bellford. Ontario, was not afraid to murder
the pupil who would not accept his love ; but
when he came to carrying out the rest of his
design, which was to kill himself, his cour
age failed. The hangman maj r assist him.
A free negro woman was kidnapped in Cin
cinnati twenty-five years ago by a slave deal
er, and sold into slavery in Kentucky, where
she remained umtil the close of the war. Re
cently she sued Sheriff Ward, of Little Rock,
the kidnapper, for $15,000. A long and
closely contested trial resulted in a verdict for
$5,000.
A good idea of the inexpensive character
of Japanese houses is given by the dispatch
which tells of a fire in Tokio destroying four
thousand houses at a loss of only two hun
dred thousand dollars. Next to fire-proof
buildings nothing can be better than houses
which, if burnt, will entail a loss of only fifty
dollars each.
The diamonds of cx-Quccn Isabella of
Spain arc to be sold in Paris at auction next
July. They are now deposited in the Bank
of France, and as the owner is no longer like
ly to participate in grand ceremonials, she
prefers enjoy ing the interest of the heavy sum
they would realize rather than have them lie
unproductive.
A few days ago, in Cherokee county, lowa,
a farmer’s horse was shot and killed. The
gun wadding was picked up where the shoot
ing took place, and consisted of a piece of
newspaper, which was carefully pressed out
flat. Suspicion rested upon a man who had
in his possession a double-barreled gun, and
he was arrested. One barrel of his gun was
loaded. The charge was carefully drawn, the
paper wadding carefully smoothed out, when
it was found to match exactly the wadding
found in the field where the horse was killed.
Thk Judgments Against Tweed. —The
judgments against Tweed, as shown in the
County Clerk’s office of New York, aggregate
$20,955,860. By adding to these figures the
amount of interest which has accrued since
the entries were made, a grand total of over
$22,000,000 is had. This is believed to be
the greatest amount of judgments ever on
record against any one man. In only one of
the public suits—namely, that in which judg
ment was entered on April 6, 1876—was any
trial had. The other judgments were enter
ed on confession. Most, if not all, of the im
portant suits against Tweed have been dis
posed of.
At present indications, Thomas A. Hen
dricks will be nominated on the first ballot
| in 1880, unless the party organs and leaders
sell out for cash in hand and Tilden wins
again. Tilden and Hendricks may extin
guish each other and Judge Thurman succeed.
The Vice President will be almost certain to
lie a Southerner, Tom Bayard having a chance,
Gordon or Ransom the probability. In this
city Hendricks is the favorite of the Kelle\ r
wing, to which belongs Lieutenant Governor
Dorsheimer, and Ba} T ard continues to be the
pet of the Belmont wing ; the latter accounts
for Belmont personally arraigning Hendricks
on the money question. There is no Eastern
candidate, but McClellan and his possibili
ties arc not above the Vice Presidency.—
“Gath,” in the Philadelphia Times.
The twelve-year-old daughter of J. D. Do
remus. of Willis street, Paterson, died on
Tuesday of last week, as was supposed. The
body was prepared and laid out in the coffin,
all the strange arrangements were completed
for the funeral on Friday afternoon. The fa
ther sat alone iu his house Friday evening.
The preparations were all read}-, the doctor's
certificate filed, and the coffin sat upon the
benches in the adjoining room. The door si
lently opened, and in her shroud and grave
clothes the girl he had supposed to be dead
tottered toward him, threw her arms around
his neck, kissed him passionately, and then
fell back unconscious in his arms. A physi
cian was called with all haste, but this time
she was dead.— V. Y. Snn.
Russia Gives Way.
At last the Russian Government recedes
from the position which it, has so obstinately
maintained. There is to be a congress of the
powers to consider the peace treaty between
Russia and Turkey ; and a preliminary con
ference to make the arrangements for this
congress Is to meet in Berlin.
This is a decided victory for England. It
shows that the presence of the British iron
clads near Constantinople gives to England
a solid military advantage such as has not
generally been appreciated; and it throws
light on the nature of those ulterior British
designs on account of which, as has been de
clared in the House of Lords, Lord Derby
felt himself constrained to resign from the
Ministry, but which he could not at present
properly reveal. Respecting these designs
no direct revelation has 3 r et been made from
any quarter ; and \ T et, as we see. they are .suf
ficient, and the power of England to execute
them is sufficient to bring the Russian Gov
ernttfent to terms without the necessity of
striking a single blow.
We conjecture that the essential part of
the British plan must have been the seizure
of the Dardanelles ; that this would have con
stituted the next act in the drama ; and that
Russia saw herself powerless to prevent it.
Having occupied that vantage ground, Eng
land could remain quiet without any need of
great additions to her military expenditures,
since to keep her ironclads there would cost
her little more than to keep them in her own
naval stations ; while Russia, on the other
hand, would be compelled, for an indefinite
period, to maintain her forces on a war foot
ing, while she would not be able to gain atw
of the possible advantages of an actual war.
It is evident that it is something as real
and as potent as this which has forced Russia
to yield to the English demands, and to take
the first step toward submitting the treaty of
Ban Stcfano to the revision of the interested
powers.— N. Y. Sun.
The Income Tax.
It seems to be prety T well settled that.,
despite the protest of wealthy men in the
great commercial centres of the East, the
income tax will be revived as a law of the
United States. The argument against the
imposition of this tax is that it is impolitic,
unconstitutional and unjust. We dare say
that the rich men of the East really regard
this tax as all the3 r claim it to be, but they
reason rather from personal and class interest
than anything else. The figures given by the
remonstrators are worth reproducing. In
1869, out of a total collection of $34,220,893
under the former income tax law, the seven
States of Massachusetts, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and
California paid $25,895,597, or more than
three-fourths of the whole ; and out of 233
Congressional districts then existing, there
were six that paid $8,281,431, or neaty one
fourth of the whole, and seventeen paid
$17,066,277, or one-half. There were only
about 275,000 income tax payers under the
former law, and when the exemption wa
raised to $2,000, the number was reduced to
116,000.
By the same reasoning the South might
protest against the operations of the internal
revenue, and it could be urged with much
force that the East is much more able to pay
an income tax than the South is to pay one
of internal revenue. One thing is certain,
the Government wants money, and it pro
poses to raise about $34,000,000 from those
who are most able to afford it. This looks
like wisdom as well as statesmanship.—
Chronicle i$- Constitutionalist.
The following is a San Francisco adver
tisement: ‘Correspondence is solicited from
bearded ladies, Circassians, or other female
curiosities, who, in return for a true heart
and a devoted husband, would travel during
the summer months and allow him to take
the money at the door.’
An envious paragrapher remarks : ‘lt has
been observed that a lady with a diamond
ring will scratch her nose, in a given period,
four times as often as any other woman.’
Jlciu Jhlocriiscmeiits.
BUItKE’S BOOK STORE
HAS been removed across the street, nearly
opposite the old stand, in the Newton House
Block, three doors from the corner, where he will
be glad to sec all of his old friends and as many
new ones as will call on him. Low prices and fair
treatment will be his rule, and he only asks a trial
to convince all that he means what he says.
apl27
For Sale!!
A GOOD, serviceable tine Horse Wagon, and
pair new Harness and Traces. A good Sad
dle. An excellent ne<V Feed Cutter. Simple,
and docs its work well. All will be sold at a bar
gain, for Cash. Apply to
apl27 M. STAFFORD.
DON’T FORGET THE PLACE!
IF you want bargains in Books, of all kinds,
Stationery, Pens, Ink and Paper, Hat Racks,
Gold Pens, Croquet Sets, Base Balls, or anything
in his line, don’t fail to call at
BURKE'S BOOK STORE,
apl27 College Avenue, Newton House Block.
Jackson County.
G. 11. Edge has applied to me for exemption
and valuation of personalty ; and I will pass upon
the same at 10 o’clock A. M., on the 15th day of
May, IS7B, at my office.
April 27th. 11. W. BELL, Ord'y.
FAMILY BIBLES !
A GOOD line of Family Bibles, at low prices,
always on hand. You will save money by
buving vour Bibles at
BURKE’S BOOK STORE,
ap!27 Athens, Ga.
Jackson County.
Whereas, Benjamin Nash, col'd, applies to me
for Letters of Guardianship of the persons and
property of the minor children of Mitchell Hard
man. col'd, late of said county, dec’d—
This is to cite all persons concerned and the
next of kin. to show cause, if any they can, on the
, first Monday in June, 1878, at the regular term of
the Court of Ordinary of said county, why the ap
plicant should not lc granted said Letters of
Guardianship.
Given under mv official signature, this April
24th. 1878. ap27 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Legal Blanks !
4 FULL supply of J. W. Burke & Co.’s Legal
A Blanks, the best in use, always on haud.
Price reduced to 75 cents per quire, at
• BURKE’S BOOK STORE,
apl27 College Avenue, Newton House Block.
M. E. YOUNG,
(formerly with Lucas A Mare,)
Merchant Tailor,
HAS just opened a large Stock of Imported
Cassiiueres, Cloths and Doeskins, at prices
to suit the times.
6feir , Special attention paid to Cutting in latest
styles. One door below Long’s Drug Store,
ATHENS, GA. Ap6, 1878. 1
BOOKS! BOOKS!!
NEW STOCK !
—AT THE—
Old Book Store!
ATHENS, GKA-.
lAM now receiving a new and select stock of
School and Miscellaneous Books. A full
line of
Paper, Pens, Ink and Pencils,
and STATIONERY of every description, besides
a large assortment of articles usually kept in a
first-class
BOOK STORE!
Prices LOW, to suit the times. Give me a call,
and I will insure satisfaction.
W. FLEMING,
April 20. ATHENS, GA.
FOR SALE !
TWO NEW WILSON SEWING MACHINES,
X cheap. Part cash, and balance on time. Ap
ply at this office. apl2o
JAS. H. HUCGINS
To the Front !
# t
TO EVERYBODY IN JACKSON AND
ADJOINING COUNTIES.
r IMIE undersigned has now one of the most COM*
A I'LIiTE stock of goods ever offered to the peo
ple. Of
Crockery, Glassware and Lamps,
l have the BEST assortment, the best goods, and
the CHEAPEST goods of any house in the city.
ALL know where to buy TIIESE goods.
WOODEN and TINWARE,
a handsome and complete stock, at bottom figures.
SUGAR, COFFEE. FLOUR ,
BACON, LARD. MOLASSES,
SYRUPS , SALT,
in fuct everything in the Grocery line. Those
wishing to buy these goods, at wholesale or re
tail, will do well to give me a trial.
BRIDLES, SADDLES.
HARNESS, UPPER AND
SOLE LEATHER, BOOTS,
SHOES, HATS, Etc., Etc.
A splendid lot of JEANS,
.A.T COST !
A large stock of SI MMER GOODS, for mens'
wear, at astonishingly low prices.
CALICOES.
SHIRTINGS,
PREACHINGS,
Etc., Etc.
I.I.TITL lor building and agricultural purposes,
always on hand.
To convince you that I am selling goods cheap
as the CHEAPEST, I only ask
ONE AND ALL
to give me a trial. Fair and honest dealing has
EVER been my motto.
JAS. H. HUGGINS,
No. 7 Broad Street,
April 20. ATHENS, (iA.
CHEAP
KANSAS LANDS!!
We own and control the Railway lands of Trego
county, Kaunas, about equally divided by the
Kansas Pacific Railway, which we are selling at
an average of d3.2<> per acre on easy terms of pay
ment. Alternate sections of Government lands
can be taken as homesteads by actual settlers.
These lands lie in the GREAT LIMESTONE
BELT of Central Kansas, the best winter wheat
producing district of the United States, yielding
from 39 to 3.1 lliiMhels per Acre.
The average yearly rainfall in this county is
nearly 33 inches per annum, one-third
greater than in the much-extolled Arkansas
Vallky, which has a y .arly rainfall of less than
23 inches per annum in the same longitude.
Mlork'Haising and Wool-Carowing are
very Remunerative, The winters are short
and mild. Stock will live all the year on grass !
Living Streams and Springs are numerous. Pure
water is found in wells from 20 to 00 feet deep.
The llcnlthicNt Climate in the World!
No fever and ague there. No muddy or impass
able roads. Plenty of fine building stone, lime
and sand. These lands are being rapidly settled
by the best class of Northern and Eastern people,
and will so appreciate in value by the improve
ments now being made as to make their purchase
at present prices one of the very best investments
that can be made, aside from the profits to be de
rived from their cultivation. Members of our firm
reside in WA-KEENEY, and will show lands at
anj r time. A pamphlet, giving full information in
regard to soil, climate, water supply, 4c., will be
sent free on request.
Address
Warren, Keeney & Cos.,
106 Dearborn St., Chicago.
apl2o Or Wa-Kccney, Trego Cos., Kansas.
STOVES AND TIN-WARE!
The Best and Cheapest in the
Marl let,
At J. C. WILKINS’.
jy Tin. copper and sheet-iron
Work, At j. C. WILKINS’.
of the Large Coffee Pot; Broad street,
Athens. Cl a. Aug 4 Brao
50 Cords Tanbark Wanted,
AS SOON as it can be skinned and delivered
at my Tannery, for which I will pay $0 per
cord. ('ASH, or the best Leather, Roots, or
Shoes. F. S. SMITH.
Jefferson, <a., March 23, Is7*.
M. G. & J. COHEN
Beg to inform their many patrons in Jackson and
rounding counties, that for the next THIRTY OjK'
commencing ’ t: '-
MONDAY, APRIL 15th.
they will make SPECIAL OFFERINGS in the vari
departmen ts of their extensive establishment. ° Us
STANDARD PRINTS and CAMBRIC*
FROM 5 TO 7 CENTS A YARD.
FASHIONABLE DRESS GOODS!
CONSISTING OF ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN
SPRING AND SUMMER FABRICS,
FROM 10 TO 50 CENTS A YARD.
Summer Silks, in Black and White Stripes ; Grisaille an 1
Carneyeax, from 50 cents a Yard up.
Silk Scarfs and Bows, of Unequalled Beauty , from lo
Cents to $1.50 Each . J
TABLE DAMASK. NAPKINS.
DOYLINS. TOWELS. CRASHES.
LINEN AND COTTON SHEETINGS ,
BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED SHIRTING,
SEA ISLANDS . TICKINGS. CARPETS. MATTINGS
OIL CLOTHS, BRUSSELS RUGS, Etc., Etc.,
AT A GREAT REDUCTION FROM RULING PRICES!
Last, but not least, an Immense Stock of
MENS’, BOYS’, AND YOUTHS’
READY-MADE CLOTHING!
At such fabulously LOW Prices as to astonish even the oldest inhabitant of this country
Mens’ Cassimere Suits from $5 Up; Dress Suits from sl2 to S3O!
Embracing, in this line, some of the finest productions of the leading Cuttom Made Cloth
ing Establishment in New York City.
AS SOLE AGENTS FOR TIIE
Celebrated “CROWN” UNLAUNBRED SHIRTS,
Wc are enabled to offer them to our customers at the very popular price of SI.OO each for
quality No. 1, and 75 cents for quality No. 2. A single trial will convince any one that
it is tlie CHEAPEST and BEST SHIRT offered to the public.
A LARGE LINE OF
IM:EASTS’ VENTILATED STJIVLIVIEFt HATS !
AT SPECIAL LOW PRICES.
An early examination of our immense stock, and the many BARGAINS offered, it
kindly asked by
M. G. & J. COHEN,
No. 5 Broad Street,
April 27th lm. ATHENS, GA.
PENDERGRASS, SON & CO.,
Corner of Sycamore $ Walker Streets,
Have just received a large stock of
SPRING and SUMMER PRINTS,
PRINTED LAWNS AND PIQUES, CHEAP;
SWISS AND JACKONET MUSLINS. SHEETINGS ,
SHIRTINGS , CHECKS AND COTTON A DES, LADIES' NECK WEAR,
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, Etc., Etc.
Ladies’ Hats, Ribbons and Artificial Flowers,
MENS’ AND BOYS’ STRAW AND FUR HATS,
GLASSWARE, CROCKERY and TINWARE.
SHO VEL PLO WS, SCOOTERS, TURNERS# S WEEPS,
Scovil’s, Braid’s and Planters’ Handled Hoes,
School Books, Foolscap & Letter Paper,
A BEAUTIFUL LOT OF BOX XOTE PAPER,
READY-MADE CLOTIllM!
They keep many other goods that have not been mentioned.
CALL -A. IST ID SEE WHAT THEY HAVE GOT-
They bought their stock since the
RECENT DECLINE IN PRICES,
And will sell them as CHEAP as Anybody .
April 27tb. 3m.
SIMPKINS, ATKINS & Cos.,
Comes to the Front with a Full Line of
SPRIMi* SUMMER GOODS,
Which they are Ottering at
Reduced Prices!!!
Their stock, at present, consisting of
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, SHOES,
LADIES’ and GENTLEMENS’ HATS. SUGAR and COFFEE,
DRUGS. NEW ORLEANS SYRUP, BACON, LARD. ELOI'F.
TOBACCO, and many other things usually kept in a retail B tof
I hope bj* close application to business to share a portion of the public patronng*-
Call and Examine onr Stock.
Jefferson, Ga.. April Clii, 1878.