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Administrator's Sale.
I) V virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of
J3 Jackson county, granted in terms of law, will
be sold, to the highest and best bidder, on the Ist
Tuesday in December next, between the lawful
hours of sale, at the Court House door of said
county, in Jefferson, the following lands, to-wit :
One parcel, known as the X. 11. Pendergrass home
place, containing one hundred and fifty acres,
more or less, lying in the county of Jackson, on
the waters of Middle Oconee river, adjoining
lands of C. M. Shockley and lands of Pendergrass
A Hancock. On said place there is a good dwell
ing house and out-buildings, two acres in apple
orchard, two acres in peach-orchard, fifty acres
of good bottom land in a high state of cultivation,
twenty-five acres of good upland in cultivation,
and the remainder in forest and old fields. One
parcel, known as the Wash Lay place, lying on
the Federal road, containing one hundred and
seventy-two acres, more or less, adjoining lands
of C. M. Shockley, B. F. Boggs, Levi Gunter and
t\ W. Finch. On said place there is fifteen acres
of good creek bottom in cultivation, forty acres
of upland in cultivation, and the remainder in
forest and old fields. On said place there is a
comfortable cabin and out-buildings. One parcel,
known as the John 11. Newton place, containing
one hundred and fifty acres, more or less, adjoin
ing lands of T. L. Harrison, Mrs. S. A. Turner.
Mrs. S. P. Carithcrs and J. E. Randolph. On
said place there is thirty acres of line bottom
land in a high state of cultivation, forty acres of
rich upland in cultivation, and the remainder in
original forest and old field. On said place there
is two comfortable log dwelling houses and out
buildings. All of said lands lying in the 245th
District, G. M. Sold as the property belonging
to the estate of N. 11. Pendergrass, deceased, for
the purpose of distribution among the heirs of
said deceased. Terms of sale, one-half cash, tin
other half on time, with notes payable first day
of December. 1880, bearing interest at eight per
cent, from date. J. B. PENDERGRASS,
Adm'r of X.H. Pendergrass, deceased.
Administrator and Administratrix Sale.
1 ) Y virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary
J ) of Jackson county, granted in terms of law.
will be sold, to the highest and best bidder, on
the first Tuesday in December next, between the
lawful hours of sale, at the Court House door of
said county, in Jefferson, the following lands and
town lots, to-wit: One parcel, known as the
James Wood place, containing four hundred and
twenty acres, more or less, lying in the county of
Jackson, in the 245th District, G. M., on the
waters of the Middle Oconee river, adjoining
lands of l)r. Matthew Dostcr, James W. Wood,
0. \Y. Finch, C. M. Shockley and the X. 11.
Pendergrass home place. On said lot there is a
comfortable dwelling and out-buddings, a very
good orchard, thirty acres of bottom land, ten in
cultivation; ninety-five acres of upland in culti
vation ; one hundred and fifty acres in original
forest, the remainder in swamp and old field.
One parcel, known as the Burns place, containing
one hundred acres, lying in the 247th District,
G. M.. adjoining lands of Dr. J. M. Burns, W.
A. Burns, J. S. Freeman and others. Said place
i* all in original forest. One parcel, containing
twenty-six acres, lying within the incorporate
limits of the town of Jefferson, adjoining lands of
T. 11. Niblack, Mrs. S. A. Turner, Wiley Han
cock. colored, and J. E. Randolph. All of said
lot is in cultivation and under good fence. One
eighth remainder interest in the Mrs. Nancy
Stark place, in the town of Jefferson. Said place
containing forty accres, more or less. One lot
in the town of Jelferson, the place whereon Mrs.
Sallie S. Hancock now resides, containing one
and a half or two acres, lying on the corner of
Lee street and Court House alley, adjoining lots
Of W. 1. Pike and others. On said lot there is a
good two-story eight room dwelling, good barn
and stables, good garden and orchard. One
store-house and lot in the town of Jefferson with
two stories and basement, in good repair. All of
said lands and lots sold as the partnership prop
erty of N. 11. Pendergrass, deceased, and R. J.
Hancock, deceased, for the purpose of paying the
debts ofsaid partnership, and for division between
the estates of said deceased partners.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold,
to the highest and best bidder, seven shares in
Jackson County Publishing Company’s stock.
forms of sale, one-half cash, the other half on
time, with notes payable first day of December.
1880. bearing interest at eight per cent, from date.
j. B. PENDERGRASS.
Adm’r of N. 11. Pendergrass, dec’d.
MRS. SALLIE S. HANCOCK,
Adm’x of R. -J. Hancock, dec’d.
Postponed Sheriff 9 s Sale.
\\ T ILL be sold, before the Court House door,
in the town of Jefferson, Jackson county,
Ha., within the legal hours of sale, on the first
Tuesday in December next, to the highest bidder,
the church house situated in the town of Jeffer
son, and known as Paradise church, togethei with
the lot on which it stands, containing one-half
acre, more or less, adjoining lands of Annica
A atson and Wiley Hancock, col., estate of R. J.
Hancock and others, on the street leading towards
Lawrcnceville. Said house is a large framed
house, neatly weatherboarded and painted out
side, well ventilated with large windows, neatly
plastered inside, good seats, good pulpit, ifcc.,
two small vestry rooms in front, and is a commo
dious house for worship or school purposes.
Levied on as the property of the Trustees ot Par
adise church (who represent the African Metho
dist denomination and the Presbyterian denomi
nation, and who hold the title to the lot on which
*aid church is situate, for church and school pur
poses.) (The purchaser will not he allowed to
use the lot for any other purpose without the
permission of the donor, Mr. T. L. Ross) to satisfy
a Superior Court ti. fa. in favor of Peter McUster
vs. the Trustees of Paradise church. Property
pointed out in the <l. fa. Written notice given to
the Trustees, as required by law. Levy made b} r
John S. Hunter, former Sheriff, and fi. fa. turned
over to me. TANARUS, A. MajELUANNON, Sh’tL
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Jackson Sheriff’s Sales.
WILL be sold, on the tirst Tuesday in Decem
ber next, before the Court House door in the
town of Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., within
the legal hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land in said county
of Jackson, known as lot No. (9) nine, (according
to survey of John Simpkins, made for the Admin
istrator of Green K. Duke, Sr., deceased) and
known and described in the deed from said Ad
ministrator to Peter McLester as the Rat Duke
place, containing one hundred and twenty-seven
and 7-10 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of
Mrs. S. Turner and others, on the road from
Jefferson to Lawrenceville, one and } miles from
Jefferson. On said land are two tenant cabins
and other improvements, fifty or sixty acres in
cultivation, twenty or thirty acres of it bottom
land, remainder of place in old field and original
forest. Levied on as the property of Peter Mc-
Lester, to satisfy a mortgage li. fa. issued from
Superior Court of Jackson county, August term,
1878, in favor of N. 11. Pendergrass, surviving
partner of Pendergrass it Hancock, against Peter
McLester. Property pointed out in said li. fa.
Written notice of levy given to Peter McLester.
defendant, and to Henry Turner, colored, and
Andy Justice, colored, tenants in possession.
T. A. McELHANNON, Sh'ff.
Administrator’s Sale.
AGREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or
dinary of Jackson county, Georgia, will be
sold, on the first Tuesday in December, 1879, be
fore the Court House door in Jefferson, in said
county, within the legal hours of sale, the follow
ing property, to-wit: All of the right, title and
interest of Alfred Smith, deceased, it being the
remainder, after the expiration of the dower or
life estate of Mary K. Smith, in and to all of that
tract of land situate and Ring on Big Sandy Creek,
in Jackson county, Ga., and the place whereon
Alfred Smith resided at the time of his death, and
whereon Mary K. Smith now resides, and adjoin
ing and bounded by the lands of William T. How
ard on the west, by Susan Johnson on the west
and north, by the lands of Warren Hawks, de
ceased, on the north and east, by Z. J, Ilardman
on the cast, by James Thurmond and Dianah
Sanders on the South, ana by Andy Sailors on the
west, and containing two hundred and twenty
eight acres, more or less. Said place is well im
proved, with all necessary buildings ; up-land and
bottom land in good state of cultivation ; sufficient
wood land in original forest to make this one of
the most attractive places in the county. The
above land sold as the property of Alfred Smith,
late of said county, dec’d, subject to the life es
tate of Mary K. Smith, tenant in Dower, and for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said Al
fred Smith, deceased. A plat of the premises can
be seen at the Clerk’s office Jackson Superior
Court. N. B. CASH, Adm'r,
oct24 M. K. SMITH, Adm’x.
Adm inistrator’s Sale.
4 GREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or
ix dinary of Jackson county, Ga., will be sold,
to the highest bidder, before the Court House door
in Jelferson. on the tirst Tuesday in December
next, the following property, to-wit : Seven hun
dred and fifty-one acres of land, in three lots.
Lot No. 1, containing one hundred and eighty-one
acres, more or less, on the waters of Sandy Creek,
adjoining lands of Cooper. Walker and others.
On said lot there is a good dwelling, good out
buildings of all kinds; one hundred acres in cul
tivation, fifty acres of it bottom land, thirty acres
of original forest land, the remainder good old
field land. Lot No. 2, containing one hundred
and seventy acres, more or less adjoining Lot No.
1, Walker. Thurmond and others. On said lot
there is about twenty-five acres in a high state of
cultivation, fiftacres of original forest land, the
remainder good old field. Lot No. J, containing
four hundred acres, more or less, on the waters
of Sandy Creek, adjoining lands of B. Sailors. Jas.
Thurmond and Lots No. 1 and 2. On said lot
there is a good dwelling, good out-buildings,
seventy-five acres in a high state of cultivation,
forty acres of it bottom land, seventy-five acres of
original forest, the lemainder good old field land.
All of said lands lying in the 253d District. G. M.
Sold as the property belonging to the estate of
Samuel Smith, Sr., deceased, for the benefit of
the heirs of said deceased. Terms cash.
S. S. SMITH,
T. S. SHAN RLE,
oct24 Administrators.
Administrators Sale.
4 GREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or
-I\. dinary of Jackson county. Ga., will be sold
before the Court House door in said county, with
in the legal hours of sale, on the lirst Tuesday in
December, 1871), at public outcry, to the highest
bidder, the following property, to-wit: A tract
or parcel of land, situated and being in the 248th
District, G. M., of said county, adjoining lands of
Edwards, Randolph, Smith and others. The same
being the place whereon M. 11. Sims now resides,
containing one hundred and nine acres, more or
less. On said land there is a tolerable good log
house and necessary out-houses ; about forty-five
or fifty acres of the land in a high state of cultiva
tion, the remainder in old field pine and forest
land. Sold as the property of the estate of G. W.
Saul, deceased, for the purpose of pa)’ing the debts
and for distribution among the heirs at law of said
dec’d. Terms—one-half cash, balance on twelve
months time. MALLITA SAL L,
oct 24 Administratrix.
Executor-s Sale.
WILL be sold, on the Ist Tuesday in Decem
ber, 1579, before the Court House door, in
•Jefferson, during the legal hours of sale, the
following tract of land, to-wit: One hundred
and three acres, more or less, lying in the 253d
District. G. M., of Jackson county, adjoining
lands of Green Nance's estate, W. W. Davis, B.
Tuck and others. There is on said land a good
framed dwelling house, stable, barn, and other
out-houses; about twenty acres in cultivation,
and balance said land in forest and old pine field.
Sold as the property of Martha A. Strickland,
deceased, under will of said deceased, for the
purpose of distribution among the heirs at law.
Terms, cash. S. G. STRICKLAND,
Ex‘r of Martha A. Strickland.
' 1 i:OIC4IA, Jackson County.
Thomas Phillips has made application to me to
supplement or amend the exemption of personalty
and setting apart and valuation of homestead,
heretofore set apart to him by the Ordinary of
said county on the 22d day et December, 1869 ;
and 1 will pass upon the same at 10 o'clock a.
m.. on the 12th day of November, 1579, at my
oflice. H. W . BELL, Ord’y.
oct 31
HOKtjilA, Jackson County.
Whereas. J. W. H. Hamilton and T. K. Smith
makes application in proper form for Letters of
Administration upon the estate of Bailey Chand
ler, late of said county, deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can, at the regu
lar term of the Court of Ordinary of said county,
on the first Monday in December, 1879, why said
leave should not be granted the applicants.
Given under my official signature, this October
24th, 1579. H. W. BELL, Crd'y.
QEOKGM, Jackson County.
John G, Long has applied for exemption
of personalty and setting apart and valuation of
homestead; and I will pass upon the same at 10
o’clock A. M., on the 18th day of November. 1879,
at my office, pct3l 11, VV , BELL, Ord’y,
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7.1879.
Administrator s Sale.
AGREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or
dinary of Jackson county, Ga., will be sold,
on the first Tuesday in December, 1879, before
the Court House door, in Jefferson, in said coun
ty, within the legal hours of sale, the following
property, to-wit: Three hundred and seventy
five acres of land, more or less, lying in said coun
ty, on the road leading from Jefferson to Gaines
ville, about seven miles from former place; the
place whereon Temperance Pettyjohn resided at
the time of her death. Said tract of land lies on
the waters of Allen’s Fork of Oconee river, has
about one hundred acres of bottom land, twenty
five acres (or about that amount) uncleared, the
remainder of said bottom land in a tolerably good
state of cultivation ; about thirty-five or forty
acres up-land in cultivation, thirty or thirty.dive
acres in original forest, balance of said tract in
old pine fields. Said tract of land is reasonably
well improved. The above tract ofland will be
sold as the property of said Temperance Petty
john, deceased, for the purpose of paying the
debts of said deceased and for making distribu
tion amongst her heirs. Terms cash
O. 11. P. PETTYJOHN,
oct24 Adm’r Temperance Pettyjohn, dec’d.
Administrators Sale.
AGREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or
dinary of Jackson county, granted at the Oc
tober term, 1579, of said Court, will be sold, on
the first Tuesday m December next, at the Court
House door in said county, within the legal hours
of sale, one tract of land in the 257th Dist.. G. M.,
of said county, said tract or parcel of land con
taining one hundred and forty acres, more or less,
adjoining lands of Henry Merk, Thomas Garrison
and others ; about thirty-five acres in a state of
cultivation, the balance in forest and old field. On
said land is a small log cabin. Sold as the pro
perty of George Merk, dec’d, for the benefit of the
heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms cash.
HENRY MERK,
oct2l Adm’r of George Merk, deceased.
Administrators Sale.
WILL be sold, before the Court House door in
Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., on the lirst
Tuesday in December next, during the legal hours
of sale, one tract of land, in said county, contain
ing eighty-four (84) acres, more or less ; half mile
from Nicholson, the Northeastern Railroad run
ning through said land ; there is about forty acres
in cultivation, part of which is branch bottom,
balance in original forest and old pine field. There
is on said place a good four-room dwelling, and
other buildings, and an excellent well of water.
The place whereon Green Nance lived at the time
of his death. Sold for the benefit of heirs and
creditors. Terms cash. N. B. CASH,
oct24 Adm'r of Green Nance, deceased.
Administrators Sale.
AGREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or
dinary of Jackson county, granted at the Oc
tober term of said Court, will be sold, in Jeffer
son, during the legal hours of sale, on the tirst
Tuesday in December, 1879, thirty-seven acres of
land, more or less, known as the land laid off to
Holly Davis, out of the lands of James Davis’, de
ceased, estate, as dower. Said land adjoins lands
of Marion Carruth, John Austin, Perkins and
others. Sold as the property of James Davis, de
ceased, for the purpose of distribution among the
heirs at law, and to pay cost of administration.
Terms cash. NATHANIEL ROOKS,
oct24 Adm’r of Jam.cs Davis, dec’d.
Executors’ Sale.
AGREEABLY to an order of the Ordinary of
Jackson county, Ga., will he sold, on the
first Tuesday in December next, before the Court
House door, in Jefferson, during the legal hours
of sale, the following property, to-wit: Fifty
acres ofland. more or less, lying in said county,
adjoining lands of Mrs. Garrison, Wilson and
Merk. Sold as the property of Samuel Garrison,
deceased, for the purpose of paying debts and for
distribution. Terms cash.
HENRY MERK.
J. G. DUNNAIIOO,
oct24 Executors.
JackMOii County,
Whereas, Z. T. Suddeth, Administrator of S.
Cowan, late of said county, deceased, represents
to the Court, by his petition duly filed, that he
has fully administered the estate of said deceased,
and is entitled to a discharge—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can, on the first
Monday in December, 1879, at the regular term of
the Court of Ordinary ofsaid count\% why Letters
of Dismission should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this August
26th, 1879. H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
EOKGIA, .laekson County.
Whereas, L. Y. Bradberry, Executor of Samuel
G. Hunter, deceased, applies for leave to sell the
real estate of said deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can. on the first
Monday in December, 1879, at the regular term
of the Court of Ordinary of said county, why said
leave should not he granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this October
24th, 1879. 11. W. BELL. Ord’y.
Jiu'kMMit County.
Whereas, S. S. Smith and T. S. Shankle, Ad
ministrators of the estate of Samuel Smith, Sr.,
dec’d, applies for leave to sell the Railroad and
Bank Stock belonging to said estate, also the
lands belonging to said estate—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can. at the regu
lar term of tho Court of Ordinary ofsaid county,
on the first Monday in December, 1879, why said
leave should not be granted the applicants.
Given under my official signature, this October
24th, 1879. ' H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Adm inistrators Notice l
4 LL persons who owe in any manner the estate
2r\_ of Samuel Smith, Sr., dec’d, of Jackson coun
ty. Ga., will please come forward and settle said
debts with decedent’s Administrators immediate
ly. All persons holding claims against said de
cedent’s estate will please present the same for
settlement to SAMUEL S. SMITH and
T. S. SAANKLE,
oclO 6t Adm’rs estate Sain’l Smith, Sr., dec’d.
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Oct3i Athens, Ga,
“ Morley’s” Letters From New York.
[FROM OUR OWN REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.]
New York, November 3d, 1879.
TIIE IIARD TIMES GONE.
Yes, the hard times are gone, not “ going"
as we have eagerly tried to believe every
season for years, but now literally and truly
a thing of the past. The number of unem
ployed is smaller in New York to day than
before in years. Wages are slightly increased
in several lines of business. Better prices
are obtained for almost everything. Houses
and stores are being built in larger numbers
than any time since 1871. Trade yields a
reasonable profit. Failures grow beautifully
less in number every quarter. Immigration
is increasing. Merchants report a general
increase of trade. Every week England is
sending us from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000 in
gold to pay our farmers for their grain and
beef, and our manufacturers for their products.
Last year 50,000 families settled on govern
ment lands, and turned 6,000,000 acres of
wild unproductive ground into blooming
harvest fields, to say nothing of the heavj’
sales of railroad and private land holders. L T p
to June 30 we exported to Great Britain some
$250,000,000 more than wo bought of her, and
all this comes to us in gold to stimulate trade,
to pay our farmers, and diffuse itself into
every avenue and every nook and corner of
our lately stagnant land. Our export of cattle
alone has grown from S6O 000 in 1873 to
almost $6,000,000 in 1878. Croak as men
please, the hard times are gone , and we are
entering again upon a career of prosperity
more solid and substantial than ever. Now,
what have the
HARD TIMES TAUGHT?
They have taught us to be economical.
Many men have been surprised to find how
little was really needed to make life comfort
able, when forced to make a little money go a
great ways. They have taught us to encourage
home trade, to import less, to buy American
goods instead of foreign; and thus every
branch of American manufacture has been
stimulated, and our mechanics have them
selves been surprised to find that they were
more than a match for the boasted artizans
of Europe. Asa consequence we are selling
American razors and cutlery in Sheffield it
self, because ours are cheaper and better. We
are sending American watches into markets
where Switzerland has held a monopoly for
generations. American cotton goods have in
vaded even Manchester, and have driven
English fabrics out of markets not onl_v in
England, but in South America, China and
Japan. Our agricultural implements surpass
anything ever invented or heretofore used in
the old world, and we are exporting heavily
in them. I could give incidents, names and
figures in support of all these statements if
space permitted. Particularly in iron and
steel have we progressed since the panic of
1873. Then we relied on English puddlers
for our best steel, and on British rolling mills
for our most reliable bars. Now our processes
are so improved and our workmen so skillful
that Pennsylvania actually turns out a better
and cheaper Bessemer than we ever imported.
We have also learned much of the useful art
of distinguishing between gold and glitter,
and the great body of our people are some
what shaken in the universal belief held quite
recently that there was a solid fortune just
ahead of each one of us. Now we are willing
to die poor. It is glory enough for most of
us to know that we shall probably escape the
terrible, crushing, harrowing burdens that
many of us have born these few years past.
Times begin to grow easier with us. Debts
will be paid olf—oh, rapture ! The day is
coming when we may look the whole world
in the face and proudly say : “I owe no
man a dollar.” It makes us feel as we did
the day both armies came to a sudden stand
still at Appomattox, and word was passed
that Lee was capitulating ; that the gallant
men in butternut, whom we had faced year
after year in the lurid glare of battle, with
whom we had wrestled madly for victory
during weary days and months and years were
now laying down their arms and the war was
over. It was too good to be true ! llut how
the blood tinged in our veins when we knew
it was all true ! We look back and smile at
all that doubt now. But the year 1865 marked
the close of four years’ war no more truly
that 1879 does the end of six years’ hard
times ! Let us thank God and take courage !
Mobley.
Remedy for Cholera-Infantum.
One-fourth of an ounce of pulverized cloves.
One-fourth of an ounce of pulverized cin
namon.
One-fourth of an ounce of pulverized gum
guiacum.
Mixed with one pint of old and pure
whisky. “To be well-shaken before taken.”
Dose for an adult, one-half of a wine glass,
or a large tablespoonful, filled up with water ;
for a child, proportionally.
It never fails. One single dose at the
inception of any such disease, if not compli
cated with other maladies, will always cure
within an hour. If such disease be chronic
or has run on for some time, then hourly or
daily, three or foijr tjrnes,
In Council. *
THE SALT OF THE EARTH IN CONFERENCE—
THE AUGUSTA PRESBYTERY AND Tnfi SYNOD
OF GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
Quite a large proportion of the members of
the Augusta Presbytery arrived in the city
on Monday evening, and the morning trains
on Tuesday added others. Promptly at
eleven o’clock, the Presbytery was formally
opened by a magnificent sermon from Rev.
Rob’t Irvine, 1). D., of Augusta. He chose
Romans Ist, and 16th as his text; “I am
not,ashamed of the gospel of Christ,” and
from it he preached such a sermon as we
have rarely heard. Wo regret that our lim
ited space precludes a synopsis of it.
After the sermon the Presbytery was or
ganized by the election of Rev. George T.
Goetclnus, of Augusta, as Moderator, and
Elder James Hart, of Union Point, Clerk,
and the business of the session was duly
entered upon and vigorously prosecuted,
that it might be finished in time for the
meeting of the Synod on Wednesday night.
Among the more important acts of the
session lias been the division of the Augusta
Presbytery, heretofore embracing over thirty
counties, and the establishing of anew one.
to be known as the Athens Presbytery. This
has been under discussion for some years.
Mr. Cleveland was warmly in favor of the
project, and it is perhaps due as much to his
warm advocacy as any other one circumstance
that it was finally carried by over a three
fourths vote. The new Presbytery embraces
twenty-four churches, and runs with the
southern lino of Elbert, Oglethorpe, Clarke
and Oconee, and includes all of what is known
as Northeast Georgia. Among the more
prominent of its ministers are Revs. C. W.
Lane, It. W. Milner, J. B. Morton, G. 11.
Cartledge, T. P. Cleveland, W. P. Grady,
J. C. Grow, Henry Newton and others. It
will require the approval of the Synod before
the division can be carried into effect. Mr.
Geo. T. Goetohius, of the second church of
Augusta, was received as a candidate for the
ministry. A unanimous request of the
Waynesboro’ and Rath churches for the
pastoral services of Rev. Paul C. Morton was
approved. Thyatira obtained the services of
Rev. J. C. Grow. An overture was sent up
to the Synod requesting the appointment of
a day of Fasting and Prayer. A vote of
thanks was returned to our citizens for their
hospitality, and the Presbytery adjourned to
meet on the call of the Moderator during
Synod, and at Milledgeville next November.
—.Gainesville Eagle.
A Smart Trick.
A few da}’ since a young man dressed in
the height of fashion came-, with all the other
travelers, out of the train which had just
reached Paris from Brussels. He had scarcely
quitted tho car when he was accosted cour
teously : “Do you wish a porter, sir?”
“The very thing I was looking for. Will
you take this valise and show me the way to
Hotel de la Roumania, Boulevard St, Michel,
As this is my first visit to Paris, I prefer
going there on foot." At your service, sir."
On they trudged. When they had crossed
Pont St. Michel, the porter, instead of follow
ing Boulevard du Palais, turned to the left,
went down Quai de I’Horologe and entered
the Perfecture of Police. He said to the
owner of the valise ; “ I am going to in
troduce you to the master of the house,” as
he ushered him into the office of the head
detective. The latter no sooner laid eves on
the stranger than he said : “ Why, good
day, Mons. Vanwater. You have just come
from Antwerp, where you stole a largo sum
of money. You have already spent five years
in jail for a similar crime. What on earth
possessed y T ou to want to put up at Hotel
de la Roumania, where lodgings are dear,
when you know I had a chamber at your
disposal for which I would not charge one
cent?” The thief was put in a cell until the
legal papers to warant his extradition reached
Paris. —Paris Letter.
Keep the Body Erect.
An erect bodily attitude is of vastly more
importance to health than people generall}'
imagine. Crooked bodily positions, main
tained for any length of time, are always
injurious, whether in the sitting, standing or
lying posture, whether sleeping or walking.
To sit with the bod}' leaning forward on the
stomach, or to one side, with the heels eleva
ted on a level with the head, is not only in
bad taste, but exceedingly detrimental to
health. It cramps the stomach, presses the
vital organs, interrupts the free motions of
the chest, and enfeebles the functions of the
abdominal and thoracic organs, and, in fact,
unbalances the whole muscular system.
Many children become slightly hump-backed,
or severely round-shouldered, by sleeping
with the head raised on a high pillow. When
any person finds it easier to sit, or stand, or
walk, or sleep in a crooked position than a
straight one, such person may be sure his
muscular system is badly deranged, and the
more careful he is to preserve a straight or
upright position, and get back to nature
again, the better.— Chicago Ledger.
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General News.
“ Just to take some of the style out of him,”
a Leadville jury compelled the Sheriff to lock
up a Judge in jail, and a bar-keeper now oc
cupies the bench.
The British war steamer. Mercury, lately
completed and tested, is said to be the swift*
e9t vessel in the world. She makes twenty
two miles an hour.
Ben. Lowe, a circus acrobat, stood on his
head for two hours, in a Texas bar-room, on
a wager, and the feat brought on brain fever,
from which he died.
Conscience impelled somebody to send
52,000 anonymously to Isaac G. Jenkins, a
Syracuse merchant, with the words, •• I rob
bed you of this years aero.”
lowa boasts a farmer who for thirteen
months past has drank an average of ten gal
lons of water a day, and cannot even then
satisfy his morbid appetite.
The Rev. D. T. Benjamin, of McArthur,
0., undertook to be a peacemaker between a
husband and wife, and was killed by a blow
ot the club which the man had been u.sin <r
upon the woman.
A man jumped into a well, at Carrollton,
111- for the purpose of suicide. Finding him
self alive on reaching the bottom, he hanged
himself with the well rupe, and so accom
plished death.
I he largest block of granite ever quarried
in New England has been taken out at Wood
bury, Vt. It was 230 feet long. 13 to 18 feet
deep, 15 feet wide, weighed 4.080 tons, and
required 673 wedges with 50 pounds of pow
der to start it.
Fred, and Louise Ranchman, brother and
sister, aged 21 and 10, eloped from Vandalia,
111., and were married in St. Louis, by a
clergyman who did not know of their blood
relationship. Such a union is a crime in Il
linois, and the pair were arrested,
A clergyman at a Methodist camp meeting
at Bucyrus, Ohio, prayed that God would
kill one member of every* anti-Christian
family in the county. This excited the wrath
of the sinners in the congregation, and they
tore down the tent, whipped the minister, and
would have tarred and feathered him if liq
had not fled.
The late Lord Derby, in re plying onee to
the Duke of Argyll, who had made a fierce
attack on him in the House of Lords, said he
felt very much like a Lancashire tenant of
his who had a little wife who occasionally
gave him a beating, whereat the husband
used to say. “it does not matter, it employs
and amuses her, and does not hurt me.*'
It has been calculated that if a single gran
of wheat produces fifty grains in one year's
growth, and these and succeeding crops bo
planted and yield proportionately, tho pro.
duce of twelve years would suffice to supply
all the inhabitants of the earth for a lifetime,
In twelve years the single grain will have
multiplied itself 244,140.625,000,000 times.
.Joe Howard, a negro, played the banjo for
pennies in the saloons, stores, and streets of
.Jeffersonville, Ind. He was frequently at,
lowed to perform in the millinery establish,
merit of Mrs. Martin, a young white woman.
His music won her, and one day they were
united in marriage by the Rev. Mr. Miller, a
negro. Miller and Howard are in jail await,
ing trail, such wedlock being a crime in In
diana.
Charles Young whipped hfs wife at New
Philadelphia. 0., within a week after their
marriage. She had been a popular belle, and
a party of young men. probably including
disappointed suitors, decided to avenge her
wrongs. They seized Young in the street on
a dark night, carried him to the gas works,
and pumped warm coal tar oil him until, tho
substance cooling, he was coated several
inches deep. Then they took hi.n home,
placed him against the door-post, and ram*
the bell.
Terrible trinkets have been devised lit
France, Formed in the shape of a scarf pin*
they are connected with a hidden electric bat-.
tery, so small that it may be carried in the
pocket, and by it worked in such a fashion as
to become truly appalling to the beholder*
One, a death's head with diamond eyes and
an articulated jaw, is said to create peculiar
surprise. As the spectator looks on, it rolls
its optics and grinds its teeth, while its wearer*
apparently unconscious of this extraordinary
pin, pursues ordinary avocations.
Mr. Hurd, the New England revivalist and
temperance apostle, who is running a caravan
and doing business in a circus tent, is a
man of great magnetism. At one of his
recent meetings he was displeased with the
half-hearted way in which his congregation
took hold of a revival song. Rushing dowr\
the stage in an excited and norvous wav’, he.
shouted; "Now. that is no wav to sing *■
you'll never win souls to Christ by this kind
of singing. Now let's hear some real, genu
ine song singing, something lively and roiiSi.
ing that will go down into the soul like a
good dinner to a hungry roan’s stomach."'
Then the crowd took hold of the hymn*
“Jesus died for me." ami chanted it until the
glass fairly dropped out of the windows ii\
the neighborhood,
The advertisements of London money’
lenders might lead a reader to suppose that
cash was to be had for the asking. One
heads his card with. “Money without seen*,
rity," and adds: “No inquiries made in the
neighborhood or placcof business.” Another
says, “No sureties, law costs, or unnecessary
expenses required, and the strictest secrecy
can he safely relied upon.” A third declares
that ho “will grant loans to both male and
female applicants, no matter what the nature
of their tenancy or their position in life.”
This advice is given by a fourth: “AU iq
debt or difficulties should consult Messrs.
- <fc Cos., without delay, who undertake
to arrange the most pressing matters in town
or country, privately, without publicity or
stoppage of business. Writs, sum mouses
and other legal processes attended to, ft nd
immediate protection obtained.”
NUMBER 22.