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YOL. 2.--NO. 15.
Weekly Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED EVERY
FRIDAY EVENING
AT DARIEN, GEORGIA, BY
IUCIIARD W. GRUBB.
OFFICE:—Broad Street, Near tl:e New Offices of
Messrs. Young dr Langdon, and J. A*. Clarice.
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KH HARD AV. CHUBB,
Timber Gazette, Darien, Georgia.
“city DIREOTOEY.
County Officers.
County Commissioners —T. P. Tease, Chairman, J.
'p Gilson, James Walker, James Lachlison, Rich
ard L. Morris, L. Mclntosh, T. 11. Giguiliiat.
Clerk It. C. C— Spalding Kenan.
Clerk Superior Court —Isaac M. Aiken.
Ordinary —Lewis Jackson.
Sheriff— T. Butler Bioufft.
Receiver Tux Returns —S. E. Clarke.
Tax Collector —Alien McDonald.
■ County Treasurer— E. P. Champney.
Coroner— John H. Burrell.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings first
Wednesday in each month.
City officer*.
Ex-Off. Mayor— T. P. Pease. i
Ex-Offs. Aldermen— Jos. P. Gilson, James Wal- i
i ker, James Lachlison, R. L. Morris, L. Mclntosh, ,
•Thomas H. Giguiliiat.
Clerk and Treaturer— Spalding Kenan.
City Marshal— Robert E. Carr.
Harbor Master —C. H. Steadwell.
Inspector General of Timber —E. 8. Barclay.
Port it'ardens —Isaac M. 'Aiken, Joint H. Burrell
• and James G. Young.
Jailo: —Robert E. Call.
Masonic.
Live Oak Lodge, No. 137, m eets first Wednesday
'night in each month at their Hell near the Magno
lia House. E. P. Champney, Worshipful Master,
L. E. B. DeLorme, Secretary.
Schools.
Mclntosh High School on the Ridge. Gardner
Buggies, Esq., Principal, Miss Clifford Stanford,
Assistant.
Travellers’ Guide.
The Steamer Reliance, Capt. Nick King, arrives
from Savannah every Friday ‘morning aud leaves
same day for Brunswick aud Satilla Itiver. Re
turning, arrives from Brunswick and Satilla River
every Saturday night and departs for Savannah
Sunday mornings at 8 o’clock.
The Steamer Lizzie Baker, Capt. P. Laßosc. ar
rives from Savannah every Tuesday evening
• and departs same night for Brunswick and Flori
da. Returning, arrives from Florida aud Bruns
wick every Friday eveniug aud leaves same
night foi Savannah.
The Steamer Clyde, Capt. -T. 1,. Day, makes reg
ula trips up the river to llawkiusviile aud Dub
lin about once a month.
U. s. officers.
Collector of Customs, Brunswick District, —John T.
Collins. Headquarters at Brunswick.
Deputy Collector of Customs for Fort of Darien —
Charles H. Townsend.
Boarding Master —J. E. Cornelius.
Postmaster —D. Webster Davis.
Deputy U. S. Marshal —Robert E. Carr.
Superior Court.
Mclntosh Superior Court convenes Tuesdays af
ter the last Mondays in April and November.
Hon. Henry B. Tompkins, Judge, presiding; and
• Col. Albert R. Lamar, Solicitor General.
U. S. Malls.
The mail arrives from Sterling, No. 1, M & B.
R. R every morning (Sunday excepted) at 10
o’clock, departing same day at 4 p. m. Mail
closes at 3>4 p. m.
Side mail for No. 3, A. &G. R. R., departs at
B'j o’clock every Tuesday morning aud arrives at
gp. m. evei y Wednesday, touching at Riceboro and
South Newport both ways.
Religious.
Religious services at the Methodist E. Church
every Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, and every
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Services at the
Ridge Chapel every Sunday and Friday evening,
Sabbath School every Sunday afternoon at 5
o’clock. Rev. R. M. Lockwood, Pastor.
Religious services at the Episcopal Church on
the Ridge every Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
Colored Mission at DeLorme's Warehouse at 3 p.
m., and at R. K. Walker's office at 4-30 p. m. for
white congregation. Rev. it. F. Clute, D. D.
Rector.
Regular meeting day St. Andrews vestry, sec
ond Tuesday of each month, at 12 o’clock, m.
Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m„ 3 p.
m.. and 7 p. m.. at the colored Babtist Church-
Rev. R. Miilin, pastor.
Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m., and
3 p. m., at the Methodist Church, colored—Rev.
S. Brown, pastor.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
W. Robert Giguiliiat,
ATTORNEY AT LAV/,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all legal
business in the Eastern and Brunswick Cir
cuits, and in the United States Courts at Savan
nah, Georgia. april ‘25-1 y.
L. E. B. DeLorme,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
DAIIIEN, GEORAIA.
WILL PRACTICE IN THE BRUNSWICK AND
Eastern Circuits. Patronage solicited. Ot
hce opposite Dr. Kenan’s. july4 ly.
Stephen C. Deßrulil,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
the Brunswick Circuit, Special attention
given to ihe investigation of titles. Jan. 9-tf,
MEIMCAL NOTICE.
Having located in darien, i beg to
tender my profession services to the
CITIZENS OF DAMIEN
>.nd the county of Mclntosh.
Nov. -fi-Om. GEORGE J. POLLOCK, M. D. ,
WALTER A. WAY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND REAL ESTATE AGENT,
DARIEN, GEORGIA,
WILL PRACFICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS
" of the Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also
in the Federal Courts in cases of Bankruptcy, Ac.
PaFticußfr attention given to the collection of
ciaims. and the examination of Land Titles, ap 25
M. L. MERSHON,"
ATTORNEY AT LAV/,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA,
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
*• the Brunswick Circuit and Mclntosh in the
Eastern Circuit. Darien aud Bruu:wick made a
specialty. may '22-ly.
Goodyear k Harris,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COUNTIES OF
' * the Brunswick Circuit aud the city of Darien,
Ga. Office, corner Newcastle aud Gloucester sts,,
over J. S. Blain & Ca’e drug store. Augl-lv.
P. W. MELDRIM. s. B. ADAMS.
Meldrim k Adams,
ATTORNEYS AND
COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Cor. Bay and Barnard Sts. Savannah, Ga.
Give personal attention to causes in
the Superior Courts of Chatham. Bryan, Bul
lock, Effingham, Liberty, Mclntosh, TatnaH, Scriv
en counties. Practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Prompt attention given to collections.
Reliable correspondence in all sections of the
State. _ Beptl 9-ly.
IRA E. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AND
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in all the courts of
" the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, the Supreme
Court of Georgia, and elsewhere by special con
tract. Will examine Titles to Laud, eject Tress
passers, enforce Liens, collect Claims, and, in
short, make a specialty of all the varied duties
and branches of his profession. apr3tf
GEO. B. MABRY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
IJERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL CAUSES IN
trusted to my care in the Brunswick Circuit;
and Mclntosh in the Eastern. Elsewhere by
special contract. junell-Om
.9. It. lx. llAiiilK, AI. 19.,
OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
the public. Special attention given to diseases
OF CHILDREN.
fits'lt ills presented first j each mnnth.cPA
July 11-Iy. _
I>U. KPALI)! Xii liLYA-Y,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
the citizens of Darien and vicinity. He can he
found at all hours day and night, at his office on
Screven Street, next door to Mr. Wilcox’s dwell
ing house. Aug. 8-ly.
dTr wing,
MEASURER AND INSPECTOR
Timber and Lumber,
DARIEN, GA.
Solicits Patronage
May 2-ly.
Wftfl M.“YOUNG,
HAVING had five years experience in the busi
ness, I feel satisfied that I can give satisfac
tion. My thanks to the public for past patronage,
and hope for a continuance of the same.
WM. M. YOUNG.
decl2tf Second Street, Darien Ga.
BURR WIN T OX.
"CONTRACTOR " AND BUIEDEkT
BRUNSWICK, GA.
PLANS and Specifications furnished on short
notice. Will contract to erect Buildings in
every style. Also Superintend Buildings at reas
onable prices. All orders left with J. A. Atwood
& Bros. Darien, Ga., will be attended to with dis
patch. july4tf
BARBER SHOP.
—BY—
CLEMOiST SABATTIE.
Broad Street, two doors below Scnvcn St.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
SHOP CLOSES AT 11 O’CLOCK SUNDAY
Thanking the citizens of darien and
the public generally, for past patronage, I
solicit a continuance of the same, aud will .still in
deavor to merit the patronage bestowed upon me
in the future. mar2otf
FALL & WINTER, 1874-5
EDWARD J. KENNEDY,
MERCHANT TAIEOR,
12G Broughton Street, Savannah, Georgia.
INVITES the r ration of bis foiraer patrons
and . le mb "o 'a general to Ins new selected
stock o: no ' 1 •’ T and Freni i D ;003ls Cassi
meres aau Faucy V. . ugs, a'l of voe choisest
goods site Red to the season, which w'H be made
up to r dc- u toe most approved fa - Voj. All
goods w. ;-nted as rep esenied sepl9-ly
JP TTTIT-Al/CS
LIVERY STABLE
DARIEN & BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA,
A. T. PI TYAM,
ma v2tf Proprietor.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1575.
PAINTING!
CHRIS. MURPHY. CHAS. CLARK.
MURPHY & CLARK
98 Bryan Street, near Drayton, Savannah,
Georgia.
HOUSE, SHIP, STEAMBOAT, SIGN AND
Ornamental Painters,
GLAZING,
GILDING.
GRAINING,
MARBLING, and
PAPER HANGERS.
We are prepared to offer estimates for every
description oj Painting in any part of Georgia,
South Carolina and Florida, aud guarantee satis
faction in tho execution of our work. Iu Store a
select stock of the following articles:
PURE ENGLISH B. B. LEAD.
ATLANTIC and all other brands of Lead,
OILS, VARNISHES, PUTTY, and BRUSHES.
FURNITURE. DEMAR and other Varnishes
put up in quart, pint and half pint bottles, ready
for use.
GROUND and'ENAMELED GLASS, STAINED
and PLAIN, of various colors.
Double and Single thick French, English aud
American GLASS.
GOLD LEAI, BRONZE and Glaziers’ DIA
MONDS.
Machinery OIL and Axle GREALF.
A select stock of Gold aud Plain PAPER HANG
INGS.
Persons desiring work aud material in our line
would do well to give us a call before going else
where.
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL
SIGN WORK
Executed with neatness and dispatch.
LADDERS! LADDERS!!
Connected with our Paiut aud Oil House will
be found a general assortment of Ladders of ev
ery discretion, and at prices to suit purchasers.
STEP LADDERS
sold by us will be stained to imitate Black Wai
nut, aud lettered with the perehasers name if de
sired.
Orders from tho country promptly attended
to, febl3-Gm
BRESNAN'S
EUROPEAN HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
(OPPOSITE NEW MARKET,)
Rooms, with Board, $2 00 a
Day.
FINE LARGE AND AIRY ROOMS ALWAYS IN
READINESS FOlt FAMILIES AND
COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS.
ONE OF THE FINEST
RESTAURANTS
In the South attached to tho House.
joisx hiuisxax,
Proprietor.
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Foundry and Machine
WORKS.
P. HERTEL, Proprietor.
Boilers and Engines
MADE AND REPAIRED.
Saw Mills, Steam Boats and General
Machinery Repairs a Specialty.
Always on hand,
Sugar Mills, Pans, Gearing,
Etc., Etc.
All work ucalty and promptly executed, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
For sale at the works now, one Sixty Horse
Power Engine and two Timmons Saw Carriages,
also two Steam Pumps.
P. HERTEL.
: decstf * Bay Street, Brunswick, Ga,
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FROM AND AFTER THIS DATE, ALL WHEEL
wrigbt or Blacksmith work, left at my Shop,
if not called for within TEN DAYS after repaired,
win be sold to cover expenses. Also work done
on Jewelry, kc. "a. McW. YOUNG
Darien, May l'Jlb, 1875. may'2l-lm
A TREMENDOUS BATTLE.
Mr and Mrs. Mew miser's Conflict with
the Korkins Chair.
Old McStinger was going to bed
a little wavy the other night, and
not wishing to disturb Mrs. Mc-
Stinger, who has a tongue like a
rat-tail tile, he thought it just as
well n< t turn on the gas. He got on
very well until he reached the door
of the chamber where his patient
wife lay sleeping, ftere he paused
a moment ballaneing on his heels
like a pole on a juggler’s nose. Then
lie made a dash for it, in order to
make a bee-line across the floor.
Mi’s. McStinger, with her usual
exemplary fortitude, had placed the
rocking chair with such gifted skill
that no man could come into the
room without running over it; so
the first thing he knew, McStinger
stubbed bis toe-nail off against the
rocker, which knocked the seat
against' the crazy bone of bis knee,
and made one of tlie long arms
prod him in the stomach. Simul
taneously he fell over the chair
crosswise, and it kicked him behind
his back before he could get up
from the floor, as he stood on all
fours. The engagement was now
fully opened. "When a man begins
falling over rockiug chairs in a c ark
rooin,_lie ought always to have three
days’ rations and 40 rounds.
Before McStinger could get up
straight his knee came down on one
of the long rockers behind, and the
back of the chair came down on
his head with a whack that laid
out flat on the floor, and before he
could move the chair kicked three
times in the j tenderest part of his
ribs with tlie sharp end of the rock
er. This made him perfectly furi
ous, and scrambled up and made a
blind rush at’tlie chair, determined
to blow up tlie enemy’s works. He
ran square against tlie back, and it
rocked forward with him, turning
a complete comersault over the ban"
dies, throwing McStinger half way
acoss the room, and landing on top
of him, digging into his abdomen
like a bull’s horns, as he lay spread
out on the under side. It would
have been a good tiling for Mc-
Stinger if lie had lain still then and
let the chair have its own way.
It lay flat on its back, with the
long points of the rockers embrac
ing his abdomen, and didn’t saem
to want to do anything active just
then. But McStinger couldn’t
made up his mind to give up yet.
He rolled over sideways and upset
the chair. It fell with a crash on
its side, giving him a furious dig in
the liver,which made him straighten
out his legs spasmodically, barking
one shin from the instep to the
knee on the rocker which hung in
tlie air, and getting the chair on its
feet again, where it stood rocking
backward and forward at liim, like
a wary old ram making feints of
bucking its adversary, in order to
to throw him off its guard. The
blow in the side nearly finihsed Mc-
Stinger, and while lying there rub
bing his wind back again, he was
just beginning to reflect whether
his honor required him to proceed
any further in the affair, when Mrs.
McStinger suddenly began scrcam
ng all the names in the crimes act,
under the impression that the
Charley Ross abductors were trying
to commit a burglary bigamy, rob
bery, and everything else on her.
Up to this time she had been
speech’ess with terror, and hid laid
t ere trembling, shedding perpera
tion, and accumulating sin i king
power, until she had gained the
screaming capacity of a camel back
engine. She had just reached her
thii\U>/)/rzando fortissimo accelrer
andOy when old McStinger succeed
ed in getting' to his feet once more
and became dimly visible to Mrs.
McStinger. With one last wild
parting shriek she sprang from the
bed and made a dasli for the door,
near which the rocking chair still
stood menacing the whole universe
with a butting motion. Mrs. Mc-
Stinger had no time for investiga
tion just then, and she pitched into
and over the rocking chair clear
down stairs, the chair after her,
turning over and over, and kicking
Mrs. McStinger every bumb, until
they both landed in tli hall below,
where the chair broke all to atoms.
This ended the flight.
If wi\ei will learn from this sad
story not to leave rockiug chairs
standing around the middle of the
room for their poor husbands to
fall over, we shall not have written
in vain:— Ohio Stale -Jo v until.
Anything white seen at the
j windows of the President’s cottage
at Long Branch is taken for the
1 baby,” and all tlie ladies
insist upon it that the towel or any
thing else it happens to be “looks
| the image of his papa.”
$2.50 A YEAR.
THE REPUBLIC OF NATURE.
—• ... ■ - ...
A Lai"' of no Clothes; no Houses no
Too’s, no Itellgloh, and no Harrlase.
StwenMoll years ago Narcisse Pi
erre Pelletier, the son of a shoema
ker in a small town in the depart
ment of La Vendee, went to se£f,
and after a few months was wreck
ed with a large cargo of Chinese
coolies. By miracle and prompti
tude he survived the brutality of
his own captain, the cannibals who
ate up most of the Chinese, starva
tion, and more fatal thirst, to fall at
the last gasp into the hands of a na
tive Australian tribe.
In the settled portions of that
continent a native is as great a cu
riosity as in this metropolis, but ab
original races still have much to'
themselves the parts nearer the
equator. This was about thirteen
degrees South, not far from Torres
Strait, New Guinea and the Louisi
ade Archipelago. The savages were
very kind to the poor dying lad,
they adopted him into their tribe,
found him a valuable member of so
ciety, and were proud of their pos
session. He acquired titles of hon
or, inscribed upon his skin and car
ried in his nose and ears, he learnt
to carve canoes, and obtained an
acknowledged pre-eminence lit
strength, skill, and counsel.
The trjbe is a republic in the
strictest sense of the word, acknowl
edging no superiority, and fortu
nately offering small field for the
ambition which leads to higher po
litical They have no
clothes, except, a fringe in the case
of women;* no houses, except
umbrellas extemporized out of leaves
when it rains heavily; no tools ex
cept bits of hoop’*lron found in
wrecks; no arts and sciences; very
small vocabulary, i fx 1 an arithmetic
stopping short at ten, and indicated
by pointing to various parts of the
body. They have, no religion, ncf
history, no social institutions, not
even marriage. Regarded from our
point of view, life is there one great
negative, and the only wonder is
they get on as well as they do. The
women, however, go to the wall, as
in all savage life; they are the prop*
erty of the stronger, two or three at
a time, and are put out of the way,
as a useless horse is with us, when
no longer useful or agreeable. This
is animal life.
Narcissse Pelletier was qulckiy
absoi bod in the new current of his
ex s ence. He became a pure and
simple savage, and as much forgot
that he had ever been anything else
as if had lived in a long dream. He
could not speak a ward of French;
lost rc Icon of days and years; knew
not his own age; perched on a rail
like a bird; had restless monkey
eyes; clave with strong instinct to
his adopted fraternity, and only re
membered his relations as beings
of another world who must long
since have passed away.
But Narcisse Pelletier has ru-'
tumed to life. On the 11th of
April in the present year the John
Bell schooner, engaged in the becliQ
de mer fishery, anchored at Night
Island, a small island off the north
east coast of Queensland, to which
boat s’were dispatched from the ship
in search of water. These sailors
sent on this duty encountered in
the bush a party of aboriginal
blacks, with whom they found! a
white man, who was like the blacks,
perfertly naked; and appeared to be
completely identified with them in
language and [habits. The white
savage was induced to enter one
of the ship’s boats, and the John
Bell brought her prize to Somerset,
the st t lenient at Cape York, where'
he was clothed and cared for by the
resident magistrate. The dream'of
the long night has passed away and
is forgotten. To-day takes up the
thread of yesterday, and forgets
the gap between. Narcisse is al
ready reading French novels.—Lon
don Times.
Monthly says that
Jarvis, the painter, once saw a for
eigner walking down Broadway
with a cigar box under his arm.
Jarvis dropped in behind,and when,
ever he saw a friend, silently mo
tioned him to do the same. At
length the foreigner, upon turning
into a cross street, was astonished
to see a number of men marching
solemnly after him in single file.'
Facing the procession, he excclaim
ed: “What for de debbil is dis?
What for you take me, eh ? What
for you so much come after me,eh?’
“Sir,” said Jarvis, with an air of
profound respect, “we saw you go
ing to the grave alone with the
body of your dead infant, and we
took the opportunity to offer you
our sympathy, and to follow your
babe to the tomb.