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Ju’jjaf ihfoertiseuieuts.
Administrator’s Sale.
WILL he sold before the Court House door in
the town of Jefferdon, Jackson comity, (la.
within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day m May next, the following property, to-wit:—
Sixty acres of land, in said county, adjoining
lands of 11. M. Nihlack’s estate, Thos. Phillips,
Del.aperriere aud others; about ten acres of said
land in cultivation —about four acres in original
forest, the balance in old field. Sold as the prop
erty of Levi Philips, dcc'd, for the purpose of
paying expenses of administration and lor distri
bution. Terms Cash.
THOMAS PHILLIPS, Ad’m'r
De bonis non of Levi Phillips, dec'll.
March 9th. 1878.
Jackson County.
Whereas, upon the report of the Reviewers ap
pointed to review, mark out, and report upon the
road petitioned to be made a public road, by J) L
Hancock, (i E Dead wyler and others, commenc
ing at the Jefferson road, near Dickson’s bridge ;
running thence across to the Clarkcsvillc and
Athens road, through the lands of Jas Ellison
and (i E Deadwyler, reporting that the same will
he of much public utility and convenience : It is
Ordered, that unless valid, legal objections are
filed within thirty days from this date, said road
will he made one of the public roads of said coun
ty. Given under my official signature, this March
30,1878. 11. W. HELL, Ordinary.
| | i:Olt(*l \, Jnckson County.
Whereas, W R A Boyd, adm'r of W II Boyd,
dec’d, represents to the Court, in his petition duly
ftlvd. that he has fully and completely administer
ed the estate af said deceased, and asks the Court
to grant him Letters of Dismission from the same :
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 July,
H7S, in the Court of Ordinary for said County,
why the leave prayed for by the said applicant
should not and lie receive Letters Dis
niissory, as asked for in his petition.
Liven under my official signature, this March
27th, 1878. H. W. HELL, Ordinary.
| J HOHLIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, John A. Smith makes application
to me in proper form for Letters of Adminis
tration on the estate of William S. Smith, late of
said county, deceased —
This is to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can. on
th first Monday in May, IS7B, at the regu
lar Term of the Court of Ordinary of said county,
why said Letters should not lie granted the appli
cant. Given under my official signature, this
March J9th, 1878 11. W. BELL, Ordinary.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
WILL be LET. to the lowest bidder, before
the Court House door, in Jefferson, on the
•Oth day of April next, the building of the bridge
across Allen's Fork river, near J. j. Pettyjohn's,
according to the following specifications : To be
built with five sleepers, thirty-five feet long, lOby
12 inches, good heart, extending from bank to
bank; to rest on Post Oak sills on each hank;
floored with heart plank, 2 inches thick, 12 feet in
length, with good hand-railings substantially fas
tened ; floor spiked with 40 penny spikes.
WCFull and complete specifications can he
seen at this office. 11. W. HELL,
March 29, *7B. Ordinary.
Jackson County Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL he sold before the Court House door, in
the town of .Jefferson, within the legal hours
sale, to the highest bidder, on the first Tuesday
•'lay. 1878, the following property', to-wit: —
Hue certain tract or parcel of land in said coun
ty. on the waters of the Walnut Fork of the Oco
nee river, adjoining lands of A. l.cinans. Mary
" liitmire, S. A. Long and others, containing One
Hundred and twelve acres more or less, now
known as the Hilbert Gin and Saw-Mill place,
whereon is situate Gin-house, Saw-mill and other
improvements. About half the land cleared and
m a state of cultivation, remainder in woods and
pine field. Sold as the property of the firm of
b. S. A H. C. Hilbert, by virtue of sundry Jus
tice Court ti. fas. in favor of IJ. J. Whitmire.
S'hn’r of F. M. Whitmire, dcc’d, vs. H. C. Gil
bert. surviving copartner, for the purchase mon
ry; deed tiled in terms of law; levies made and
returned to me by J. J. Pettyjohn, L. C.; property
pointed out by 11. C. Gilbert.
Terms of Sale, by Agreement. —Three hundred
dollars Cash, and the remainder Ist day of No
vember, 1878. Notes for the remainder not to
exceed one hundred dollars each, and deed to be
nude to purchaser when all the purchase money
,s paid. Written notice given to 11. C. Gilbert,
tenant in possession J. J. WALLACE.
Ap 6 (pr fee $10) I)ep. Sheriff.
| HlOßtilA, Jackson County.
" hcreas. Louiza T. Millsaps. Adm’x of the
fs tate of Marvell Millsaps, late of said county,
dccM, makes application for leave to sell the land
belonging to said estate, known as the Yincy
Millsaps track—.
I his is to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can. at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be
held the Ist Monday in May, 1878, why the
leave prayed for by the applicant should not he
granted.
Given under my official signature, this April
4 G>. I*7B. 11. W. HELL, Ordinary.
Take Notice!
f JMIE accounts due the FOREST NEWS OF~
I ICE for Subscriptions and
U P to the 12th inst., arc in my hands for collec
imi Debtors, take notice ! Come and settle
without another word. W. S. McCARTY,
Jan 2'ith, 1878. Att'y at Law.
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Seience, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Jackson County.
V hereas, upon the report favorable of the re
viewers appointed to review, mark out and report
upon the public utility of making the following
changes in the Jefferson and Harmony drove road:
First change commencing at the fork of the road
eadmg to Jackson’s mill; thence to the creek be
low the residence of Mrs, Borders ; thence across
the creek, running South, to opposite Jackson’s
mills; thence down said creek to Borders’ line;
thence very near straight line to Oconee river,
about 175 or 200 yards below the present bridge ;
thence a straight line to the branch on the East
side of Mrs. Hood’s house; thence along old road
to and around hill near where G. W. Vanzantnow
lives; thence along said road to the hill on East
side of Mrs. Morgan’s; thence a change to the
right around said hill, striking said road near a
tenant’s house on Mrs. Morgan’s place; thence
the original road to the end of the lane; thence a
change to the right, through the old field to the
top of the hill into said road. Unless valid legal
objections are filed on or before the 13th day of
May, 1878, an order will be issued allowing, and
requiring, said changes to be made in accordance
with law.
Given under my official signature, this April
13th, 1878. ap‘ll3 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
.la<*L*oii County.
U. A. LILLE it CO. 1 Mortgage, Ac. In
I Jackson Superior
CAROLINE TRIBLE. J Court.
It appearing to the Court that a Rule Nisi hav
ing been duly granted in the above stated case, at
the last term of said Court; and it further appear
ing that the defendant has not as yet been served
by service of said Rule, or by publication, as re
quired by law ; and it also appearing that the de
fendant does not reside within said county ; It is.
therefore, ordered that the defendant do show
cause, at the next term of this Court, if any exist,
why judgment of foreclosure should not be had in
this case, and that she he served by a copy of this
order, by publication thereof in The Forest
News, a public gazette published in said county,
once a month for four months prior to the next
term of this Court. * G. 11. PRIOR,
heh. 20th, 1878. Plaintilf’s Attorney.
Granted :
GEO. I). RICE, Judge S. C.
A true copy from the minutes of Jackson Su
perior Court, February Term, 1878.
April 20. T. 11. NIBLACK, Clerk.
Jackson ('ounly.
M hereas, Benjamin Nash, col'd, applies to me
for Letters ol 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 be granted said Letters of
Guardianship.
Given under my official signature, this April
24th, 1878. ap27 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
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 tire 15th day of
May. 1878. at my office.
April 27th. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Dr. H. J. LONG,
—DEALER IN—
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, &c*
WEST SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE,
Gainesville, Ga.,
If AS on hand, and will constantly add thereto,
1- a full line of Drugs and Medicines. Paints,
(Mis. Varnishes. Ac., Ac. A specialty made of the
most celebrated and thorough!}* tested
MIXED PAINTS!
Laudiuun, Paregoric, Ac., put up in suitable
quantities for country merchants.
Full stock of Lamps, Kerosene Oil, Lamp
Wicks, Ac.
Machine and Train Oil
on hand constantly.
At this establishment will be found a choice as
sortment of Perfumery. Toilet Soaps, fine brands
of Cigars and Tobacco. Paint and Whitewash
Brushes, Patent Medicines, and everything kept
in a first-class Drug Store. Having made special
arrangements in the purchase of his stock, Dr.
LONG offers his goods Low for Cash ! Pure
medicines, quick sales and small profits, is the
motto of this house. Call as above.
fl&“Physicians’ prescriptions filled b>* a careful
and thoroughl)* competent Druggist.
March 24th, 1877.
CHEAP
KANSAS LANQS!!
Wc own and control the Rail wav lands of Tiego
county, Kansas, about equally divided by the
Kansas Pacific Railway, which we are selling at
an average of $3.25 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 20 to :t.t lliiskcls |oi* Acre.
The average yearly rainfall in this countv is
nearly 33 inches per annum, one-third
greater than in the much-extolled Arkansas
Valley, which has a ysfrly rainfall of less than
23 inches per annum in the same longitude.
Sl<m k'ltaisiug and tVoobUrwwiug are
very lSciiiiin*i*i*liv*. The winters arc 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 GO feet deep.
Tlic IlcallliicKl Climate in the M orld!
No fever and ague there. No muddy or impass
able roads. Plenty of line 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 linn
reside in WA-KBENEY, and will show lands at
any time. A pamphlet, giving full information in
regard to soil, climate, water supply. &c.. will be
sent free on request.
Address
Warren, Keeney & Cos.,
I(N[ Dearborn St.. Chicago,
ap]oQ Or Wa-Kecncv, Trego Cos., Kansas.
M. E. YOUNG,
(Formerly with Ijicas A Ware,)
Merchant Tailor,
HAS just opened a large Stock of Imported
Cassimercs, Cloths and Doeskins, at prices
to suit the times.
attention paid to Cutting in latest
styles. One door below Long’s Drug Store,
ATHENS, GA. Ap G, 1878.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTS GA., SATURDAY. MAY 4,1878.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
How She Fooled Him.
John Sandscript’s wife went to bed on the
night before the Ist of April with her mind
made up to fool the old man next day or die
in the attempt. In previous years she had
found John impervious to jokes of a|l kinds,
and she realized the Augean task before her
on the morrow. With her mind full of the
self-imposed task, she went to sleep. At day
light she awoke and at once began to operate.
Iler x ictira was lying with his back toward
her, apparently sound asleep. She poked him
vigorously in the ribs with her sharp elfkiw
and clawed lHhins with her toe nails, ore
paratory to startling him with a half whis
pered warning.
‘•John—oh, John—there's someone ring
ing the door beli.”
“Let’im ring,” was the sleepy response.
” But, John, maybe it's the man on the
next square, who owes you that SIOO, come
to pay you.”
“No, ’taiat, neither," said John with a
yawn.
“ But you don’t know, and it ma} r be that
/ery man.”
“ I guess not, for he's buried ; died last
week. Besides, old woman, your ears de
ceive you. I took the bell knob off last night
to fool April foolers.”
Heavens ! what a mess she had made of it
to begin with ! But when the old man rolled
out of bed, yawned and picked up his pants,
she rammed the sheet in her mouth to ping
up her laughter.
“Oh, jeminy! won't he tumble when he
puts his foot in them pants and finds the leg
sewed up ?” she said to herself.
Judle of her rage when the provoking brute
innocently carried the blockaded breeches to
the wardrobe and inquired :
“Nancy, where’s them chocolate colored
pants 1 had on last week ?”
“ Tut on the ones you have in your hands,
John ; what’s the matter with them ?”
“ I burst a button off jesterday, and they
need mending.'’
At breakfast she poured out a nice cup of
coffee for him and sweetened it with two
spoonfuls of salt.
“ You needn'tgive me any cofjec,” lie said ;
“ keep that yourself.”
“Why, John, what’s the matter ? This is
the first time since we were married that you
refused coffee.”
“ The blamed stuff has made me nervous
latety ; and, as this is the first of the month,
I thought I'd break ofT and only drink it for
supper. You keep that yourself.”
When he came home to dinner she had pre
pared him a neatly directed envelope with a
blank paper enclosed within. He eyed it
suspiciously, and throwing it into the fire
said :
“ I know that handwriting. It’s from that
crazy lunatic who wants me to vote for him
to-morrow. So much for his letter.”
In the evening she disguised herself in one
of her husband's old suits, and came to the
door to beg for charity.
“ Please give me a niekle to buy some
bread ?”
“ Get out, or I'll give you a nickel with my
boot.”
“Rut, sir, consider. I’m starving.”
“The dickens 3*oll are ! Now, I'll bet3*oll
fift3* dollars against the suit of clothes 3*oll
wear that you are an imposter.”
“ Rut, sir ”
“ If I were to search you now 1 should not,
be surprised to find 3*oll lousy with wealth.
For two cents I would see.”
“ For heaven's sake ’
“Now. none of 3*our soft soap on me. I
don't believe in beggars. Here. 3*oll police
man, take this infernal imposter to the sta
tion house.”
Just as the “ peeler” grabbed the supposed
beggar by the nap of the neck a shrill voice
yelled :
“John! John! 3*oll wouldn't send your
wife to the station house, would you.?'’
“The deuce I wouldn’t.” was the cool re
sponse. “ Anybody who lies to me about my
door bell, sews up m3* trousers, puts salt in
iny coffee, writes me anonymous notes, and
steals my clothes ought to go to the Peniten
tiary for life.”
“ Rut how did 3*oll know ”
“If yon women wouldn’t talk in 3*our sleep
you might keep a secret once in a whiie.”
Mrs. Sandscript says that hereafter, when
she attempts an April-fool joke, she intends
to sit up all the night previous.
isP’“old Bill.” the roan battle-horse of
Major General \\ . B. Tibbits, of the second
New York cavalry, has just died at Iloosick
Falls. lie was probably the only horse that
served through the whole war and wound up
his campaign with a visit on duty to the
plains. lie was a great pet of the men of
the Griswold cavalry and an animal of pecu
liar ways. In camp or on the march lie was
sluggish, would not allow a pistol to he fired
from his back, and if turned loose defied the
efforts of a whole company to catch him, but
once under fire he obeyed the slightest touch
of the rein, would jump anything, paid no
heed to pistol-firing from his back, and could
be turned loose with the certainty that he
would not stray away. In his twenty-odd
engagements “Old Bill” was only wounded
once.
Law a Hundred Years Ago.
The Albany (N. Y.) Law Journal finds in
Hall’s history of Eastern Vermont some
account of the laws which were in force a
hundred years ago:
“Burglary was punished by branding with
a B on the forehead, and nailing one of the
offender’s ears to a post and cutting it off, and
whipping ; for the second offence there was
the like branding and nailing, and cutting
ofF of the other ear; for the third offence the
punishment was death, the offender being
deemed ‘incorrigible.’ Counterfeiting was
punished by cutting off the right ear, brand
ing with C, and perpetual imprisonment.—
Perjury was punished by a fine of £SO and'
imprisonment for six months, but if the
offender could net-fay the fine, he was let off
by sitting in the pillor}* two hours, and hav
ing both ears nailed and cut off. Wilf.i
Lving, to public prejudice or private injurj*, or
deceiving or abusing the people with false
news or reports, was punished by fine, sitting
in the stocks and whipping, the punishment
being increased with each repetition of the
oflence, except that in no case was the num
ber of stripes to exceed the number of thirty
nine. Theft was punished by compelling
three-fold restitution, by fine and by a sort
of temporal* slavery, the prosecutor being
empowered to dispose of an3* offender in ser-
vice to any subject of the State for such
time as lie should be assigned to the prosecu
tor by the court. Unreasonable night walk
ing, that is to say after nine o'clock, was pro
hibited, as was also the convening of persons
under the government of parents, guardians
or masters, after that untimely hour. Tavern
haunters were published by posting their
names at the door of ever3* tavern and pro
hibiting the tavern-keeper from supplying
them with anything in the way of strong
drink. No clamorous discourse, shouting,
hallooing, screaming, running, riding, jump
ing, swimming or blowing of horns, was
tolerated on the Lord’s da}*. Listening out
side of a meeting-house during the time of
public worship was not permitted. Secular
meetings of any number of persons in the
street or elsewhere on Saturday or Monday
evenings were forbidden under penalty of a
fine or the stocks.
“Mr. Hall gives several notable instances
of popular legal errors prevailing in Vermont.
One notion was that if the friends of one
dying in prison carried his remains beyond
the boundaries of the jail yard, they were
accomplices of an escape, and liable to satisfy
the judgment by virtue of which he had been
confined. Another notion was that if one
should bury the body of an imprisoned
debtor he thereby became administrator in
his own wrong, and liable to discharge the
debtor’s obligations. In the case of Judge
Chandler, who died while confined in jail for
debt, his internfent became a serious problem.
In this predicament the jailor discovered that
by stretching the chain he could include
within the jail liberties a small portion of the
adjoining burying-ground. A grave was dug,
commencing just outside the graveyard fence
and just within the jail*3*ard, sloping under
the fence, until a sufficient depth and obliq
uity was obtained. So Judge Chandler was
buried after a Christian fashion, and yet no
‘escape’ was suffered.’’
Suffering in Palestine.
It is said that the Jews in the Holy Land
arc reduced to a state bordering on starva.
tion. Under the most favorable circum
stances the Jews of Palestine can only make
a precarious living. Intense miserj r now ex
ists in Jerusalem, Tiberias, Safed and other
localities, owing to various causes, prominent
among which is the drain which the war has
made in money, men and provisions on every
portion of the Ottoman dominions. The war
has produced a stagnation of trade, and the
long continued drouth has raised the neces
saries of life to famine prices. Turkish rule
has reduced Palestine to a wretched condi
tion. The Southern part of it is desolated by
marauding bands of Arabs ; there is no safety
outside the towns; the valley of the Jordan
is an uninhabited waste ; many of the streams
have dried up in consequence of the cutting
down of the forests; most of the reservoirs
constructed by Solomon and Hebrew kings
have from neglect become useless, and this
in a country which, without irrigation, be
comes dry and withers up. Sir Moses Mon
tefiore has made an appeal to his fellow-coun
trymen in behalf of his suffering race in Pal
estine. Christian Governments should also
use their influence with the Sultan to check
the increasing depopulation and ruining of a
land which ought to be dear to Christians and
Hebrews, and even Moslems, from its sacred
associations.
’Tis said there are 460,000 clogs in the
State of Missouri. Each of these dogs an
nually consumes what would make two hun
dred pounds of hog meat, and hence the
rearing of that many dogs deprives the State
of growing 92,000,000 pounds of hog meat,
which, at six cents a pound, would be worth
$5,520,000, nearly twice the value of all the
school-houses in the State, and more than
twice the amount expended annually for
school purposes throughout the State.
Medical Hints.
1. If a raaa faints place him flat on his
back and let him alone.
2. If any poison is swallowed, drink in
stantly half a glass of cool water, with a
heaping teaspoonful each of common salt
and ground mustard stirred into it; this
vomits as soon as it reaches the stomach j
but for fear some of the poison might remain,
swallow the whites of one or two raw eggs,
or drink a cup of strong coffee, these two
being antidotes for a greater number of
poisons than any dozen other articles known,
with the advantage of their always being at
hand; if not, a pint of sweet oil, or lamp
'Oil, or “drippings,” or melted bolter or lard,
are good substitutes, especially if they vomit
quickly.
3. The best thing to stop the bleeding of a
moderate cut instantl}\ is to cover it profuse
ly with-cobweb, flour and salt, half and half*
4. If the blood comes from a wound by
jets or spurts, be spry, or the man will die
in a few minutes, because an artery is sever
ed ; tie a handkerchief loosely around, near
the part between the wound and the heart;
put a stick between the handkerchief and
the skin, and twist it around until the blood
ceases to flow ; keep it there until the doctor
comes ; if in a position where the handker
chief cannot be used, press the thumb on a
spot near the wound, between the wound and
the heart; increase the pressure until the
bleeding ceases, but do not lessen the pres
sure for an instant before the physician
arrives, so as to glue up the wound by coag-
ulation or cooling of the hardening blood.
5. If your clothing takes fire, slide the
hands down the dress, keeping them as close
to the body as possible, at the same time
sinking to the floor by bending the knees;
this has a smothering effect upon the flames ;
if not extinguished or great headw.ay gotten,
lie down on the floor and rollover and over,
or better, envelop }*ourself in a carpet, rug,
bedcloth, or any garment you can get hold
of, alwa}*s preferring woolen.
G. If the bod}* is tired, rest; if the brain
is tired, sleep.
7. If the bowels arc loose, lie down in a
warm bed, remain there, and cat nothing
until you arc well.
8. If the action of the bowels does not
occur at the usual hour, eat not an atom
until the}* do act, at least for thirty-six hours ;
meanwhile drink largely of cold water or hot
teas, and exercise in the open air to the
extent of a gentle perspiration, and keep this
up until tilings are righted ; this suggestion,
if practiced, would save m}*riads of lives
every }car, both in the city and eountr}*.
9. The three best medicines in the world,
are warmth, abstinence, and repose.—Nation
al Live Stock Journal.
Tobacco.
It is one of the most powerful poisons in
the vegetable world. It belongs to the same
list of drugs with prussic acid, arsenic and
henbane. Many a man is chewing or smok
ing enough every day to kill outright three or
four of the stoutest men, using it in the same
way for the first time. Its deadly action is
first felt upon the nerve power. When enough
is taken at once to destroy life, it’s nicotine
principle suddenly kills the electro-vital fluid
circulating in the nervous system. Various
experiments on dumb animals exhibit its
shocking power to agonize and kill. A single
drop of its condensed oil would take the life
of the hardiest man accustomed to its use.
Its next fearful work is seen in the blood.
It reaches the circulation by the absorbents
of the mouth. It reaches it also- by the pro
cess of respiration. As the blood arrives at
the lungs to exchange gases with the air, the
particles of tobacco-oil floating in the smoke
of the cigar or pipe are inhaled into the cir
culation, and deposited in every part of the
system. l*ut a victim of this habit into a hot
bath, let full and free perspiration arise, then
drop a fly into that water, and it dies at the
instant of contact.
•
A Shocking Tragedy.
We are pained to learn from Henry Perry,
Esq., who has just returned from Lumpkin
county Court, that Mr. John Poore, who lives
in the lower part of Lumpkin county, has
lost two children, in a manner calculated to
excite the deepest sympathy.
It appears that a few days since the chil
dren were playing in the yard, and the moth
er was drawing water from the well. In
some unaccountable way the elder child, only
six years of age, struck the younger, only
three years old, in the head with a very sharp
hatchet, and ran to its mother, to inform her
of what had occurred, leaving the hatchet
buried in the child’s head, just as the bucket
had reached the top of the well. In her
terror and excitement, the mother let go the
handle of the windlass, and the revolving
crank struck the little boy on the head, and
killed him instantly. When the terror strick
en mother reached the younger child, it was
also dead. Our pen fails to depict the grief
of the warm hearted mother, and we can only
express our deepest sympathy and advise the
parents to seek relief from that source whence
only true comfort oan be derived.—Gaines
ville Eufjle.
fy’Dunn & Co.’s Mercantile Agency re
l>ort 3,355 business fadures in the United
States during the first quarter in this 3'ear,
with liabilities-amounting to $82,078,820.
s TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM*
( SI.OO For Six Months.
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Athens wants a public library;
A young Indy of Talbot county lias a pet
buzzard.
Memorial Day was very generally observed
over the State.
Fence or no fence will be voted on in Rich
mond county on the first Monday in July.
A baby, thirteen months old, weighing 103
pounds, is oil exhibition at Ht. Louis. He is
called Samson.
Mr. W. 11. Robinson, of Montezuma, has
a chicken with four well developed feet and
legs.
The judgments against the late William ftf,
I weed, with accrued interest, amount to $22,*
000,000.
The severe snow storms at the end of
March were ruination to English and French
fruit growers.
The southern Illinois girls have got so that
they hold out a red ribbon in one hand and
a mitten in the other, and say to a fellow i
‘■Lookee here, now; which’lLyou take?*’
The Savannah Presbytery has dissolved
its connection with the Georgia Synod, and
with two Florida Presbyteries has formed a
new synod to be known as the Florida Synod,
One of llrigham Young's dangluters has
just married a former hostler in her father's
stables, who already has one wife. She is
homely, but brings her groom $20,000.
The smallest tramp in the world appeared.
at Isewnan last week. lie was only about
p'ght years old, and said lie had been tramp
ing for two years. The Herald says he would
neither tell his age, nor from whence he came.
“ Mr. John Rugby,” says the Covington
Star, “is the champion fence builder in New*
ton county. lie put up one hundred and two
panels of fence, with new rails, ten rails high,
after dinner one day last week, and finished
before sundown. He says he can build two
hundred and fifty panels in a day.”
Putting out a fire is a queer job to let out
on contract, but it has been done in the case
of the burning coal mine near Pittsburg.
The fire has been raging for two months, and
the contractor is to get $35,000 if he extin
guishes it before it does a certain amount of
damage. llis plan is to dig a deep trench
and fill it with stones, thus making a barrier.
E. It. Alter obtained a divorce from bis
wife in LaCrosse,AN is., and was awarded by
the Court the custody of their little girl.
Mrs. Alter hid the child, and was committed
to prison for contempt, the Judge saying that
she would not be released until she obeyed
his order. She declares that she will endure
imprisonment for life rather than give up the
child, and her acquaintances sa\’ that she is
a woman of her word.
The New 1 ork Star says in China, when a
bank fails, the heads of the olficials and trus
tees are flung into a corner, among the other
assets, and a bank has not been known to
fail in China within ninety-nine generations.
If defalcations ami respectable swindling
were adequately and promptly punished hen*,
they would soon be of less frequent occur
rence than they now are.
The Ilinesville Gazette describes the- fol
lowing curious freak of nature : “ Mr. Simon
Smith, a prominent citizen of Tattnall, and
one of the best farmers in the county, has a
hog with six well developed feet. When this
porker walks lie distinct tracks,
four in front and two in- the rear,, and runs
about as active- ae any man’s hog.”'
In Nekson county. Ya., a hawk was seen
at a considerable height with a. large snake
writhing in its claws, when suddenly the bird
closed its wings and fell heavily to the earth..
The snake—a moccasin—had bitten it In the
neck, but the talons of the hawk were so>
buried in the vitals of the serpent that it also
died.
The Macon Teleympti <.s Messenger of yes
terday says l ‘Yesterday afternoon, just be
fore dark, a little gwl living near Mount de
Sales Academy,eauve near losing her life by
being attacked by an mforated sow. The
animal attacked the child without provoca
tion, and rushing upon her seized her cloth
ing aaid tore them almost into shreds. The
child, however, was only slightly injured..
Fortunately a Mr. Wad worth ran to the re
lief of the little one and thereby saved her.
life I*
TTat Trade Review teds us bhat a Car
dinal's hat is of red cloth, with a, very, small
crown and broad brim. Two.ties, each- endu
ing in five-rows of red silk tassels, three- iira
row, are fastened to the crown, and fail on.
either side, being long emnigh to meet under
the wearer's chin. The hat “is made of felt.
Ordinarily Cardiaai's wear a black hat,, with
a gold-embroidered red ribbon. In times,
past the receipt /if a Cardinal’s hat was.
attended with very heavy fees, just as tlue
Garter i in- England now.
Tire Talbotton Register tells of the follow
ing remarkable family r “The family of
Maj. S. B. Baldwin, of this county, is one-of
the most remarkable in this section of the
State. There- are of rents* children aadl
grandchildren, forty-eight in number. Not
a death lias ever occurred in the family.
None of the boys swear, drink liquor or use
tobacco; are practical, irxbwtrioosand intel
ligent, They are thrifty farmers, maketlreir
own provisions, are not in debt, and live at
home. Eight members of the family aro
married.”
Says the Dahlonega Sigiud : “The escape
of Paul and Silas was illustrated in our coun
ty on last Monday night, hut the prisoners
did not in this case, tarry long enough to con
vert the jailor. The parties were two men
from 11 0 upper portion of the county, who
were held under the charge of illicit distilling.
It soems their escape was effected by outside
parties, as the lock nor jail boro any of
violence, but the bolt turned by a The
parties had not been captured up to the
present writing, and it is doubtful whether
they will be overhauled, as liberty is too
sweet to trust in their pursuer’s hands.”
NUMBER 47.