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life IN I’HILAUi'LPHIA.
teXTRAORDINAin REVELATION OF
A TERRIBLE CRIME.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRHM& JOBS
BY T. W. & T. L. GANTT
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ATHEISTS. GEORGIA, DECEMBER, 30 1873.
NO. 13.
TJ»r Cnnsoof Hie ftrent . oal Oil Fire in
February. 1M85-*Confession of otic of
the inri'iidiitrlcs—Seven lives l ost
urn) One Hundred nnd Twenty Build
ings Destroyed—One of the Incendiar
ies Runted to Death—Hugh Mara and
Others Implicated—'The Attempt to
Assassinate McCurk—Only One of the
Scoundrel* is Left Alive, and He is in
State Prison.
minutes, when a flicker of light was
teen against the fronts of the houses
opposite. They ran to the spot as if
greatly excited, and gave an alarm.
Policeman Murray, who was a few
squares off, and several citizens who
were returning home from the coterie
carnival at the Academy of Music,
also saw the flames at the same mo
ment, nnd joined the unsuspected in-
was made as soon as possible for the
bodies of the victims, and they were
found, with those of two other persons,
who had resided in an adjoining
house.
During the fire the incendiaries had
been busily engaged in plundering, all
taking their share. Fleetwood had
obtained entrance to the Ware dwel
ling with one of his colleagues, who
WIT AND HUMOR.
cendiaries. By this time the fire was j made his exit by the rear door some-
The good city of Brotherly hove
has for some time past been much ex
cited by the statements of Hugh Mara,
the wonld-bo murderer of United
States Revenue Detective Brooks, anil
Alderman William McMullen of the
Fourth Ward, a well known political
leader, and previous to the shooting a
warm patron of Mara, and one of the
alleged principal backers of that villain
in t'.ic conspiracy to kill Brooks.
In his confessions Mara not only
tolls how he, with Dougherty and
McLaughlin, both now dead, laid tlie
plot to murder Brooks, hut also startles
the community by the divulging of the
roil! facts and authors of several mys
terious crimes of the first magnitude,
including one murder committed in
Chestnut street. He omits, however,
one dark and terrible deed in which he
himself was tire main aetor, and of
which, at the present time, but few
Philadelphians have more than a sus
picion, and that is the true origin of
the great coal oil conflagration of 1865
at Ninth street and Washington ave
nue, by which seven persons met a ter
rible death in the flames. It is true
that Mara charges upon the Fourth
ward gang and the Whiskey Ring
some mysterious connection with and
responsibility for this fire, hut lie tells
St so vaguely that hut few have believ
ed it a* more than a thirst for revenge,
.seeking vent in this manner. Unfor
tunately for humanity. Mara tells the
truth, but not the whole truth, nnd
we now propose to give a full andaccu-
tafe history of tliat dark crime.
spreading rapidly, licking up the oil
nnd gaining fresh vigor from the sat
urated shedding and planking. To
sound an alarm was the first action,
and two or three jwlicemen from sur
rounding beats, who had arrived on
the ground, ran to an alarm box at
TDK TERRIBLE XIGUT IX FEBRUARY.
The night of Februory 8, 1865, was
as wild and fearful in its nature as is
seldom witnessed in this climate. It
had unwed and sleeted incessantly all
day, nnd at nightfall rain descended in
torrents, while the temperature mod-
led to such an extent as to cause
beral thaw. This, with the rain,
averted the six inches of snow on the
into a seething and surging
Nearly every sewer inlet was
what h:isti!y, leaving Fleetwood in
possession of a l)ox of silverware,
which he found on the lower floor, and
which he intended to carry off as
plunder under the pretence of. saving
it. The one who escaped, who is sup-
pesed to have been Dougherty, did not
Eighth street and Washington avenue, j know that there were any persons in
This box was out of order, and could the house, and it is not likely that
not he worked. It was necessary to
run a quarter of a mile to reach
another box. Travelling was slow on
Fleetwood did, as they had broken into
the dwelling from the rear. At this
juncture the oil broke from the depot,
that night, with the sidewalks and! and Fleetwood, iu common with the
streets ankle deep in slush. Meantime Ware family, found his retreat cut olf.
the flames gained fearful headway. J While making the desperate effort to
a river of fire. escape with Mr*. Ware, they fell in
the stream of burning oil almost in each
bystanders at
Gold Bonds—wedding rings.
When is coffee real estate ? When
it’s ground.
What roof covers the most noisy
tenant ? The roof of the mouth.
Madison girls use none but religious
pajiers for their Sunday paniers.
A Colorado paperplaintively pleads:
“ Gosh dang it, send us more girls.”
The one species of lion that no one
is afraid of—The daudv lion.
In Chicago, girls with auburn chig
nons are called fire belles.
A Memphis paper defines advertis
ing to be “ a blister which draws cus
tomers, ""
The citizens and policemen who
began to arrive on the ground saw at | « thcr s arms * aml thc
once that there would he
. i | once concluded that Fleetwood had
, ,, -j* ; ‘ f., | met his death in a noble and self-sacri-
to those living near the burning oil, 1
and efforts were at once made to
awaken them. Either all slept with j •\Irsi U, \V
ficing effort to save the lives of others.
The remains of his body and that of
extraordinary soundness, or attributed I ;’t rs - Wan-were found in the street,
the noises to thc storm, for it was a h “ VT Jg T^X* 1
task of great difficulty to arouse the! ^ rtl ^ meltC,, 1 kc >\ th ; U , la Y “ *
sleepers. Doors were hammered,
stones and pieces of ice thrown against
windows, and at last all blit two famil
ies were awakened. The Fire Depart
ment began to arrive, but found great
trouble in procuring water, as the
hydrants were partly frozen. The fire
had swept through the whole depot,
and barrel after barrel of oil burst and
the accumulated oil finally ran out ami
flooded Ninth street. The street was
filled with water, and the oil floated
on it and burned at thc same time.
The slope of the street is to the south,
and the blazing oil began to flow that
way, extending clear to the walls of
the houses on both sides of the street.
It was a roaring torrent of fire, jetting
to the tops of the houses, and travell
ing ns fast ns a man could walk. A
steam engine was located at Ellsworth
street, and was with difficulty saved
from destruction, the horses being
scorched by the flames. In ten min
utes fifty houses were burning, and the
oil swept two squares down Ninth
street as far as Federal street, branch
ing into Ellsworth nnd one or two
smaller streets.
THE SCENE WAS TERRIBLE.
In half an hour after Mara had fired
the barrel one hundred and
buildings, including two mill-, v.cre in
The supposed noble deed was re-echoed
from one end of the city to another.
All classes were lost in admiration of
the dead fireman. Poem’s were wiit-
ten on his death, and his funeral was
attcmliml by large bodies of citizens,
the ceremonies being performed with
great pomp and soleraity. An as
sociation was organized and adopted
his name. His portrait, upon a large
and splendid banner, was often carried
in procession by the Moyatnensing
Hose Company, and his memory
eulogized in the most flattering man
ner by the press generally,
j Hugh Mara is now the only one of
j these precious scoundrels left alive,
j and lie is quartered in the State’s prison
! for the crime of homicide.
ROMANCE OF THE PEERAGE.
A Fight for “Ten Thousand a Tear”
Against an Illegitimate Branch.
choked through thc preceding neglect i flames. Hundreds of houseless men,
of the citv authorities, and in the low- women and children, some well, some
or sections of the city the streets were ill, were wading knee deep in melted
upasaahle, while in many instances
t!i« water ran into the cellars of the
dwellings. Travel by foot or horse
was almost impossible, and nearly
• very street railway ear line was obliged
to cease running. It was on such a
night as this that four miscreants start
ed for what they, it is possible, did not
intend to be as great calamity as cn-
v.ied.
At the southwest corner of Ninth
street lunl Washington avenue was a
lot of ground enclosed with a palling
fer,iv and partly covered by rows of
woudeu sheds. The law forbidding
thc storage of coal oil in quantities
L within the built-up portions of the city
["a* ant then in existence, and, indeed,
the result of the fire that followed.
♦Her five hundred barrels of coal oil
-’re stored under the sheds, arranged
in tiers two deep. .Shortly after mid
night Hugh Mara, Janies Dougherty,
•!a nes. McCurk and McMcnamin
Fleetwood approached this lot.
OBJECT OF THF. INCENDIARIES.
The incendiaries had plotted to set
lire to this coal oil. They knew it
'i.iuld create a great conflagration.
Thc oil was stored near dwellings in
habited by persons in comfortable situ
ation in life. They would lie started
from sleep at midnight, and, terrror-
Mricken hv the lire, they would rush
I from their houses in afright, leaving
their pvoperoy at the mercy of these
thieves, who would enter their houses
under pretence of lioing members of
the Moyameusing Hose Company,
[which is one of thc most notorious or
ganization* of thc old volunteer lire
department!
The desperadoes had well matured
[their plan, and had also another and
[favorite incentive—the hope of incit-
’ a riot between their own and a
ill lire company, with which a dead-
jjy warfare had existed lor years. Thc
pour scoundrels had lounged around
fhr* vicinity of Eighth and Fitzwalter
J* rests, the location of Moyameusing
* ■ Company, several hours that
tve-ning, occasionally leaving the hose
ousc for neighboring bar-rooms. At
‘Haight they started on their errand.
coal oil depot was thoroughly re-
tmuorten-d, and the vicinity for several
|paros inspected, hut not a traveller
■ ti> be seen, and even the vicinity
>e\eral squares and even the police-
i were driven to shelter from the
in" storm, feeling sure that the
landsman would neglect his duty on
anight. They entered an alley
■ ’. n S .*’* 'be depot, and being pro-
r "ini cotton, tow, pitch, oil, and
F er com Inis t i Lies, with plenty of
cues. Mara, the chief ruifiau,
fnuutoered to start the flames,
nigherty stood at thc end of the alley
> give warning of the approach of anv
'e, \\ hue the other two, McCurk and
[eetwood, stationed themselves rc-
ra;etively at Washington avenue and
snow and ice in their night clotiiin_
frantically rushing for places of safety,
Towards the end of the last century
an English baronet, Sir Fletcher Vane,
fell in love with a young lady named
Hannah Bowerbank. They lived to
gether for some years, and in 1704
child was born to them, an event fol
lowed in the next year by the birth of
‘ wenty j a second child. Soon afterwards Miss
Bowerbank told her lover that he must
either marry her or leave her, and he
consented to marry her. The mar
riage was to take place in February,
1707, but the lady was suddenly taken
ill, and was prematurely delivered of a
THE HUMORS OB ADVERTISING.
meet with
* take an .
in a small:
quiet famil]
advertises
many of them badly burned by the! third child. This delayed the mar-
flames. The firemen were doing all j riage, which, however, was solemnized
in their power. Many citizens appear- j three weeks afterwards, viz., cu March
ed, and houses near the scene of disas- 1707. The infant whose haste to
ter were readily opened to the distress*) enter this world of sin and sorrow
e<l fugitives. The rush of the flames made him illegitimate, was baptized at
was appalling. A strong wind was f-q. George’s Church, London, on
blowing, nnd carried the lire far over: April 19, and in the entry of his bnb-
-the roofs of houses, which melted away *-.~j ... i i .
as if made of wax. Many persons
only escaped by leaping from rear
windows to sheds. The intense heat
crumbled thc stones of the street and
warped the railroad track* and lamp
posts, fire plugs, and other iron work.
FRIGHTFUL DEATHS.
Two doors from thc fire, oil thc west
side of Ninth street, lived » Mr. Ware
and family, consisting of his wife, two
sisters and a child. All efforts to i. . . • , ,, ,
awaken these people were in vain, ""dljf >
it was thought no one was in their The son was born M ,v 8,
house; but a few minutes after the
burning oil broke from thc yard ngo-
n’zing shrieks were heard. The by
standers looked toward the door, and
there saw several people. The outside
tism he was stated to have been born
on the 29th of March—twenty days
after the marriage of his parents— in
stead of in the February before that
event.
The name given to the chid was
Francis Fletcher Vane, and lie was
recognized and brought up by his
father as his legitimate son and heir.
But, after the marriage of his parents,
two other children were horn to them,
| a daughter and a son, of whose
no doubt.
1897 ; and
if it be true that the other son was bom
before the marriage, the one born
after it is in law the eldest son of his
father—his brother being nobody and
having no name. This latter son,
Sir Frederick Vane, Bart., hereto-
.... » l • Jl . . i Gir i lUUt'llLa » *1111, Bail., mi utu
of the house was enveloped m flame* j f ly called Frederick Henrv
both front and rear, and it was evident Vane „ no J a num of aixtv . fiv ' e
years, and the other day lie instituted
uit in the Vice-Chancellor’s Court
that thc Wares must die, for their only
escape was through the burning oil.
A man darted from the door, followed
by a female ; but both fell at once and
weie seen no more. Dozens of specta
tors stood there, witnesses of this ter
rific scene, but powerless to aid. A
faint cry was heard from the house,
nnd all wa* over. Meantime,. at
Ninth and Federal streets the burning
oil ran into a large sewer, which, for
tunately, was open, and danger to a
row of fine buildings just below Ninth
street was averted.
A GENERAL ALARM OF FIRE,
which called out the whole department,
had been sounded, and the numberless
firemen battled for the safety of thc
buildings in the rear of those burning,
andsucceded in saving over fifty in a
damaged condition. By daybreak tne
fire was under control; but how dif
ferent the scene from that a few hours
previously. Then there stood rows of
good, comfortable tliree-story brick
buildings, many of them used on the
first floor by their residents as stores;
now all was desolation. Tottering rem
uants of walls, smoking beams, and
files of bricks many feet high were to
je seen ou all sides. The fire had
swept from Washington street clear to
Federal. Nine-tenths of the buildings
were in ruins, and of those that re
mained there were but the walls. The
fire had also destroyed a number of
buildings on Ellsworth and Federal
streets, and several small side avenues.
s worth street
THE MIDNIGHT FLAME.
It was the work ofhut a moment
Mara to climb the picket* and gain
rmcealed corner m one of the sheds,
c barrels were greasy and leaky, and
Bder one of the reakies Mara started
Bonfire. He saw that it was fully
ier way, with no prospect of extin-
snment, the oil catching, and then
!e a hasty retreat and joined his
j (anions. They watted about ten
against his nephew, thc son of Fletcher
Vane, to obtain a declaration that as
this Francis Fletcher was born before
the marriage of his parents he was
illegitimate and could not inherit the
estates of his father nor transmit them
to his own son, and that he, Frederick,
being the son born after marriage, was
the legitimate heir to the title and
estates. He asked in his suit that he
night lie declared to be thus entitled,
rnd that his unfortunate nephew
might be compelled to hand over the
estates and to account to him for all
their rents and profits up to this time
received.
The estates are in Cumberland and
Westmoreland, and are very valuable.
Francis Fletcher Vane married in
1823, and upon thc death of his
father, in 1832, assumed the title and
the family estates. He died in 1842,
and the defendant, Sir Henley Ralph
Vane, who was his eldest son, and
consequently the nephew of the plain
tiff, succeeded him. Lady Vano,^ the
widow of Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane,
did not die till 1866, and the plain
tiff accounted for the length of time
which had elapsed before he attempted
to assert his rights by the statement
that from the year 1826, when at the
age of nineteen he obtained a commis
sion iu the Twelfth Lancers, down to
the year 1866 he had only been for a
few days at a time at the family place
A pumpkin hollowed out was used
as a ballot-box in a recent Kansas elec
tion.
The latest definition of a gentleman
is “a man who can put on a clean
collar w ithout being conspicuous.”
A piscatorial party is what they call
it now. When wo were a boy they
called it “goin’ a fishing.”
Why is a loaf of bread like a cater
pillar? Because it is the grub that
makes the butter-fly.
Why is a solar eclipse like a mother
thrashing her own child ?—Because it’s
a hiding of the sun.
:V lady a«ked a gentleman how old
he was. He replied : “What you do
in everything ?” What was his age ?
XL.
Grant was a tanner, Henry Wilson
shoemaker. The leather business
ought to flourish for the next four
years.
A widow complains that her situa
tion is embarrassing. She has to ap
pear very green, when in fact she is
not green at all.
A Terre Haute girl exclaimed, when
she saw a Thomas feliue elevate his
hack: “ Oh! would’nt he make a
lovely bustle ?”
The married ladies of Hannibal
have organized a “ Como home Hus-
br.nd Club.” Broomsticks figure
among the inducements to come.
Were girls in olden times better be
haved than those of the present day ?
No. For the Old Testament tells how
Ruth followed the Boaz around.
Spinks told his wife that she could
have all the Dolly Vardcn things she
wanted, or a piano. He says now that
the piano would have been cheaper.
One of the most impressive specta
cles in this world is eleven person on
chairs thinking up the right name for
the horse disease.
Mary litpl a little lamb,
She asked a man to shoot it.
And when he went to kill that lamb,
It had the epizootic.
An Irish editor says that in thc ab
sence of lioth editors the publisher
have succeeded in securing the services
of a gentleman to edit the paper.
It takes four mules, three drivers,
and a half column of profanity, to
draw one of the huge stones for the
Topeka cnpitol portico from the depot
to the grounds.
The girls of Evansville, Indiana, are
said to have given up the side-saddle of
their mothers and taken to the double
stirrup of their fathers. That’s the
Black Crook on horseback. j
“ Well, we’ve got her boxed up,”
was the pathetic exclamation of a grief-
stricken husband in Lenox, Massachu
setts, lately as lie turned away from
Ills encoffined wife.
The Jacksonville Journal states that
a blooming, blushing school-girl called
at that office the other day and inquir
ed for “ papers fora week back.” The
idea suggested was that she wanted
them for a pannier.
Some live pigs were recently found
in a hollow tree in Kentucky without
any apparent opening whereby they
could have made an entrance. That
heats the toads, blasted out of solid
rocks “ all hollow.”
“ Do you like to go to church ?” said
a lady to Mrs. Partington. “Law
me I do,” replid Airs. P. “ Nothing
does me so much good as to get up
early on Sunday morning, and go to
church and hear a popular minister
dispense with the gospel.”
She tripped lightly o’er the crossing,
lisping “ Derr Augustus,” and was on
the point of embracing him, when a
rude boy ran up, and, holding out a
bundle of paper, cried out, “ Misses,
you dropped your reading room,” and
shied away down a dark alley.
As an early morning train stopped
at a station on the Harlem railroad,
an old gentleman with a cheerful coun
tenance stepped out on the platform,
and inhaling the fresh air, enthusiasti
cally exclaimed, “ Isn’t this invigorat
ing ?” “ No sir, it is Fordham,” re
lied the conscientious brakeman.
'he cheerful old gentleman went back
to his seat in the car.
A Shasprarian wns reading “A Mid
summer Night’s Dream” to thc sailors
of a ship on which he was crossing thc
Atlantic, and they listened with pleas
ure till he came to the passage which
describes “a mermaid sitting on a
dolphin’s back,” when an old salt burst
...t <« TLot’o unncpncp !” A rlnlnhin’s
stilt.” Sfl:
not contin
or we sbdi
of a wild
eight inchi
which was
miles in le
of Mr.
should we
the fact n
“that a
fornia twei
Advertisers are adepts in ambiguity.
A lady advertises her desire to obtain
a husband “ with a Roman nose hav
ing strong religious tendencies.” “ A
spinster particularly fond of children ”
informs the public that she “ wishes
for two or three, having none of her
own.” Somebody wants “ a young
man to look j^fter a horse of the Meth
odist persuasiona draper desires to
assistant who would
ye and energetic interest
lass trade, and in a
and a Boston chemist
e gentleman who left
his stomacli-tijr analysis, will please
call and gcst*tjjdpgether with the re-
jfiSn, however, is
advertising columns,
read of the shooting
by d little boy five feet
of a procession
ry^ fine, and nearly two
, as was also the prayer
■y, the chaplain nor
much scandalized to note
tly stilted in some journal,
made man arrived in Cali-
years ago with only one
shirt to his,Sack, and since then has
contrived .by close application to busi
ness, to accumulate over ten millions."
An English theatrical paper, after
announcing a forthcoming benefit per
formance, yvent on : “ Of course every
one will be there, and for the edifica
tion of thdle who are absent, a full re
port will be found in our next paper.”
The following advertisements are col
lected from Irish papers: “ One pound
reward—Lost, a cameo brooch, repre
senting Venus anil Adonis on the
Drumcondra road, about 10 o’clock, on
Tuesday Evening.” Advertisement of
a wine merchant: “The advertiser,
having made an advantageous pur
chase, offers for sale, on very low terms,
about six dozen of prime port wine,
late the property of a gentleman forty
years of age full in the body and with
a high bouquet.”
The two following emanated from a
well known livery stable keeper: “To
be sold cheap, a splendid gray horse,
calculated for a charger, or would car
ry a lady with a switch tail.” “ To be
sold clie&p, a mail phseton, the property
of a gentleman with a movable head,
as good as new.” “ Ten shillings re
ward.—Lost by a gentleman, a white
terrier dog, except the head, which is
black. To be brought to,” etc. To .
these Irish advertisements may be ad- ‘ ew
ded an English one, which was the
subject of a humorous article in the
Saturday Review, some four or five
years siftce: “ ’fo be sold, an Erard
grand piano, the property of a lady,
about to travel in a walnut wood case
with carved legs.”
Miscellaneous.
Legal Notices.
Livery Stable
HART COUNTY.
Administrators Sale,
O F VALUABLE LANDS IN
u;
J HAVE A LIVERY STABLE
On Thomas Street,
where Horses will be FED and cared* for. Also,
“WAGON XABP.
Parties will do well to call.
J! Z. COOPER.
LAMAR COBB, A. S. ERWIN, HOWELL COBB
COBB, ERWIN & COBB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
A T1IEXS, a EOli GI A.
25?"* Office in thc Deupree KuiUlina. /V*
SAMUEL P. THURMOND
dttorisey at JLan\
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
K&” Ofliee over Barry’s Store, Broad Street. “Wl
Will Practice in the Counties of Clarke, Walton
Jackson, Banks, Franklin, Madison and Hall.
B1 MT 9 T
BE DECEIVED, but for coughs, colds, sore throat,
hoarseness and broucliiculditticuities, useonlv
Hi VARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
Oaiee, Broad Street, Granite Row
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Georgia Railroad Schedule
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEBtiS
MA
GEORGIA and MACON anil *
AUGUSTA RAILRODS.
-'HART COUNTY GEORGIA.—Agreeably to
order from tho Honorable Court of Ordinary of
Banks county, Ga., will be sold before the couit
bouse door, in Hartwell, Hart county, Ga., within
the legal hours of sale, ou the first Tuesday iu
January next, the following tracts of laud to wit:
oue tract of land, lying in said county of Hart,
kuown as the old homestead of Obe Brown deceased,
lying on the road, leading from Carnesville to An-
denonville, tire miles from AndersouviUe, South
Carolina, containing five hundred and fourteen
acres, more or less, the place is tolerably well im
proved, about tweuty five acres of branch bottom,
eighteen acres in cultivation, four hundred acres
in original forest, about one hundred acres in pine
fields, lying on Little Lightwood LogCrcek. Mill
■jjhQjqoatfaoaame r lhl>Daot will be divided 14 suit
One tract lying in saiTTcounty, containing two
hundred and twenty five acres, more or lesr,
known as the Wellhour place, adjoining the old
home place, George Dyer, Betsy Estes and others,
on the waten»of Lightwood Log Civek, nearly all
in original forest, well timbered aud fair funning
land.
New hope tract, one hundred ami tliiTty eight
acres, more or less, all in original f>resi, some ten’
acres brauclr bottom*. The up labd fair farmiug
laud, lies well and well timbered, on the waters of
Lightwood Log Creek, iu said county, adjoiuiug
lands of-—
One tract of land in said county, containing
> Kallmad, >•
e 3,1*7-1. ) 1 • ''
SupcrlntpnJmt’K (
Georgia and Karon A Angola Railroad, j
Augusta, Q«., Juiie T
r\N AND AFTER WfcDNKB-
DAY, June 5th, 18?2, ike Passenger Ttaiip
on the Georgia nnd Macon aud Augusta Railroads
Will run os follows: : . * •
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Day Faxtmger Train will
Leave Augusta at... —...— —* 20n.ro.
IxraveAtlaiilaat —8 ISa.iU.
An We at Atlanta at - —.0 Wp.ro.
Arrive atf Augusta at -5 30p. ro.
Night Passenger Train;
Wells’ Carbolic Tablets.
WORTHLESS IMITATIONS are on the market,
but the only scientific preparation of Carbolic
Acid for Lung Diseases is when chemically com
bined with other well-known remedies, us iu these
Tablets, and all parties are cautioned against
any other.
In all cases of irritation of the mucous membrane
these Tablets should lie freely used, their cleans
ing and healing properties are astonishing.
Be warned, never neglect a cold, it is easily
curediu its incipient state, when it becomes chronic
the cure is exceedingly difficult, use Wells’ Car-
three hundred and fifty acres,
original forest, well timbered and fair farming land
on the waters of Holly Creek, adjoining lands of
Spoucer Brown, George Cleveland, J Ayers aud
others.
The James P. Victory place in said county, con
taining one hundred and fifty seven acres, more or
less, about ten acres in cultivation, (fresh land),
the balance in original forest, and good tannin.?
land,, lyingon Little Lightwood I^og Creek, adjoin
ing lands of said estate, and lands kuown as the
Sharp land, also S. BoImi and others.
One tract known as Welham A. Philips place, ill
said county, containing one hundred and thirty
fi ve acres, more or less, about ten acres in cultiva
tion, (fresh land), the balance in original forest,
well timbered, good farming land, ou Little Light-
wood Log Creek, adjoiug lands of said estate,
widow Estes and others.
The Island tract, containing seventy one acres,
more or less, lying on Tugalo River, Hart county,
Ga., near Huttons ford, about forty fivo acres in
cultivation, good pro^wetivjC Rind, the' remainder
in original forest, first quality of land.
Oue other tract of land iu said county, contain
ing forty acres, more or less, adjoining the old
home place of said estate aud James Brown, all in
original forest.
All sold as the property of Obc Brown deceased,
illir , late of Banks county, for the benefit of the heirs
® at law and creditors. Terms of sale, one half c -sb,
balance twelve months credit, with interest from
date. Purchasers will*rece:ve bonds for titles, Jtiil
purchase money is paid.
WILLIAM TURK, Adm’r.
Nov. 2*J!fcT8?2.
bolie Tablets as a sj*ecific.
JU1IN H. KELLOGG, 18 Platt St., New York,
Stile Agents for the United States
Price 23 cts. a box. Send for Circular.
•• 1IANB STAMPS” all varieties. Circulars free.
Agts Wanted. W. 11. U. Davis & Co, Mfrs 71) Nas
sau st., N. Y'.
Builders
Send stamp for Flld-Catalogue
oa Building. A. J. Bickucll A
Co., 27 Warren St., N. Y.
roteuu Button Hole Cutter, 2.3c; Button Hole
Worker, 30c; Needle Threading Thimble, 23c; Mis
rocco Needle Book, 50c (0 large A 5 papers small
NeecHes. 815 per day sure; samples free to any one
at above price. THORNTON A CO., «>tiD Broadway
Administrator’s Sale.
Leave A'uguslaat?....
LeaVe Atlanta at
Arrive at Atlania at
Arrive at Augusta at......#.
...~8 15p.ni.
...... 00 p. nt.'
... 8 45 a. iu.
... fi 00 a. ut.
MACON AND AUGUSTA R. It.
Day Passenger Train.
Ix>ave Augusta at 11 00 a. ra.
Leave Macon at/. $ SO a. m.
Arrive in Augusta at - *2 45 p. in.
Arrive in Macon at 7 40 p. tu.
Night Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta at H 15 p. ro.
I wave Macon at 10 00 p. m.
Arrive in Augusta at G 00 jl iu. J
Arrive ia’Macon at - 4 15 a. m.
Passenger* from Atlanta, Athens, Washington,
and stations on Georgia Railroad, by taking tl»«
Day Passenger Train will make connection at Ca-
mak with the Train for Macon.
Pullman’s(Fint-Classl .Sleeping Cars on all
Night Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad;
and First-Class sleeping Cars on all-Night Trains on
the Macon and Augusta Railnsad.
S. K. JOHNSON, Sapl.
Miscellaneous.
ANT TO A COURT OF
Ordinary of Hart County, will l>e sold before
the Court House door of said county, during the
legal hours of sale, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN
JANUARY NEXT, one Tract of LAND, lying iu
Thomas county, Ga., containing Four Hundred
and Ninety Acres—No. 2*23, Dist. 8—more or less.
Also, Lot No. l'.'G, Dist. ad, containing Four Hun
dred and Ninety Acres, more or less, in Wilcox
county, Ga. Tube sold as the property of John
Brown, deceased, for the benefit oftnecreditors.
Terms cash. O. M. DUNCAN,
November 18th, 1372. Adminbirator.
r PO the Working Class, Male or Female, 8C0 a
■* weehguaranteed'. Respectable employment ut
HOWELL COBH ANECDOTES.
home, day ©r evening; no capital required; full
instructions and valuable packages of goods to
start with. Sent free by mail. Address, with 6
cent return stamp, M. YOUNG A CO.,
16 Conrllandt 8t. New York,
•eets. and several small sale avenues, r Cu ^ lberIan(1> and that in that year
Thus had the fiendish^ deeds of the t r c„* v>o#<i>nn nwar?
incendiaries destroyed in buildings,
house hold stuffs, etc., property to the
value of
REE QUARTERS OF A MILLION
DOLLARS,
sacrificed half a dozen lives, and ren
dered homeless fivo hundred persons,
many losing their all. The greatest
excitement prevailed throughout the
city the next morning when the news
spread. The sufferers had been ac
commodated in charitable institutions
in the lower part of the city, and im
mense contributions of clothing and
provisions were made for them. Search
through inquiries made, iu consequence
of some remarks let fall by the widows
ol Sir Francis j^nd of a subsequent
conversation with the widow of Sir
Frederick before her death, that there
was any doubt as to the legitimacy of
his elder brother.
M- Prudhommc, in the decline of
life, was talking with his nephew, to
whom he related stories of his youth.
“ But, unde,” suddenly exdaimed the
young man, “ what struck you most
during your life I* “ My dear boy, it
was your aunt!”
A bill in equity lias rather an affect
ing way of winding up. It is alto
gether a formality, and reads, “In
tender consideration whereof, and in
asmuch by the strict rules of the com
mon law your poor orator is remediless,
and cannot obtain relief save in a court
of equity, where only such things arc
cognizable and relievahle, he prays
vour Honor,” etc., etc. Howell Cobb
said that after reading over to a good
old mau a bill in equity which lie bad
drawn for him, lie got to the conclu
sion, and as lie emphasized the tender
and beseeching words, he looked up at
the old man, and the tears were run
ning down his cheeks, and says he:
“ Howell, I always said you was a
smart man, and knowed how to fix a
tiling, and now I know it.”
Howell says lie was once employed
by a man to defend him in an action
of ejectment. The man was illiterate
aud brought the writ he had been
served with to have Howell read it.
When he came to that formal portion
about being ejected and evicted and
thrown out by force and arms, and
bludgeons and guns, pistols and other
weapons, his client got furiously mad
and said : “ Mr. Cobb, it’s all an in
fernal lie, sir. He never lived on my
land in his life. I never turned him
out. I never owned a pistol. He’s a
liar sir, and I can whip him the best
day he ever saw, sir.”
Mr. Cobb relates that on another oc
casion when a dignified determined
client employed him to answer a bill
filed against him, he marked out that
portion charging him with “combin
ing and confederating with divers un
known persous to defraud the com
plainant ” anj) remarked with a grit of
[ his teeth : “ Mr. Cobb, you need not
answer that part of the bill, I’ll make
him take that back, or I’ll scud an
ounce ball'into his lying carcass. I’ll
not take it from no mau, sir. I never
comliued nor confederated with any
body. Just let that part of it alone,
Mr. Cobb, I’ll tend to it.—Rome Com
mercial.
•• rSYCIIOMAXCY. or SOI L ( lUllJUMi.” llow
either sex may fascinate ami gain the love nnd
affection* of any person they choose instantly#
This simple mentnl acquirement all can iiossess,
free, mv mail, for 25 cts, together with a mnrriaife
guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladies,-
Wedding-Night Shirt, Ac. A queer ln>ok. Address
T. WILLIAM A CO., Publishers, Phila.
A iNjrpQ | SOMETHING NEW,
xA.VJT.Dj IN JL O j saleable articles, sell
WANTED
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Co., 21 Courtlaudt st N Y
_ iroadway,
New York, will dispose«>f li*o Pianos, Melodeons,
nnd Organs, of six first-class makers, including
Waters’, at very low prices for cash, or part cash,
and balance in small monthly installments. New
’-octave first class Pianos, modern improvements,
f«*r 8275 cash. Now ready a Concerto Parlor Organ,
the most beautiful style and perfect tone ever
made. Illustrated Catalogues mailed, fifheet mu
sic and music merchandise.
Agents wanted to canvas for the great combination
”337 GJ© ~EkT
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the best and cheapest paper published. DIO
LEWIS aud a corps of most popular authors write
exclusively for it. We give a copy of tho unparal
leled cbrouio,
JUST SO HIGH!
to every subscriber. Agents take from twenty-five
to thirty names a day. No business pays* like
this. Send for terms, and secure territory for this
great enterprise at once.
MACLEAN, STODDARD A CO., Publisher*,
Philadelphia, Pa., or Cincinnati, Ohio
CjfUi AGENTS profits per week.
•JOVLlV/ Will prove it or forfeit 8500. Ne
articles patented July 18. Samples free to all
Address W. II. CHID ESTER, ‘267 Broadway, N Y
Young Men. Teachers, Ladies or Ministers! A cents
wanted in every county lor the ‘People’sStandard
Bible,” 550 illustrations. Extra terms. Prospectus
free. Address Zeeler A McCurdy, 518 Arch st Phila
8REENE Si ROSSIGNOL
Guardian’s Sale.
A G REE ABLE TO AN ORDER
-X\_ of the Court of Ordinary of Hart County.
ill be sold before tho Court House door, in the
towu of Hartwell, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN
JANUARY next, between the lawful hours of
sale, Thirty-Six and Ouc-Fourth Acres of LAND,
Ibelonging to Elizabeth Pritchett, minor, it being
one-half interest iu seventy-three and oue-half
acre* of land, belonging to the heirs of Powell
Pritchett, deceased. Sold for the benefit of the
creditors and heirs.
Terms cash. This.iNoveuiber 18th, 1872.
nov2l THO?.' R. HILLEY, Guardian.
Notice.
P EORGIA, HART COUNTY.—
VJT Notloe is herebv given to all pi
Ms
•y
late of Hart county, departed this life intestate,
and no person has applied for administration on
the estate of said Mary Powell, and that,in terms of
the law, administration will be vested in the*
Clerk of the Superior Court, or some other fit aud
proper person, thirty days after the publication of
this citation, unless some valid objection is made
to his appointment.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this 18th day of November, 1872.
nov22 F. C. STEPHENSON, Ordinary.
<Music Store !
f3I! 7
PIANOS,
AND SMALL .INSTRUMENTS
For sale Cheap tor Cash, or on Monthly Instal
ments.
I. W. HALLAM,
Next to Episcopal Church, Athem.
Important Notice
HOTELS
HOUSES
AWf Private Families.
THE UNDERSIGNED ARE NOW
PREPARED TO SUPPLY
HOTELS, BOARDING,
HOUSES, AND PRI
VATE FAMILIES,
wmi THE
p EORGIA, HART COTJUTY.
Whereas, lt.T, Gainesand John M. Bro
Brown
inistrator* of Richard S. Gaiues, deceased, pe
titions for a discharge from said administration.
Therefore, all |*ersons" concerned are hereby re-
required to show cau*e r -if any they have, why said
administrator* should not, at the* regular term of
thc Court of Ordinary of said county, to be held on
r ‘“ t Monday in January next,* be discharged
CHOICEST BEEF
VEAL, MUTTON, LAMB,
PORK, SPARE RIBS, PORK
SAUSAGE, ROASTING PIGS, .
GAME, Etc!, m any quantity desired.-
All our Meats aro ^trrauted Fresh, find of the 1
Best Kind.
OlllCfiKNED BEEF
Put up by our Larin*hc«v Is superior to any
from’ New York Fulton Market, ft** Also, we
keep a Ar*t-c.»ss
the fi
from said administration
Given under iuy; hand at tnvoffice, this the 7th
day of October, 1872. F. C. STKP1LKN.SON,
octll-td Ordinary.
O EORGIA HART COUNTY.-
VJJ Wli
hcreas, the estate of Sarah Powell, late of
said county, deceased is unrepresented. This I*
therefore, to cite all persons concerned 1 , to show
cause, if any, why C. A. Webb, clerk of the Supe
rior Court, or some other tit and proper person,
should not be appointed, administrator to represent
said estate at the January term of the Court of Or
dinary of said tfrmnty. to be held on the first Mon
day in January, 1878, this Nov. 21st, 1872.
_T C. STEPHENSON, Ordinary.
Nov. 26tli 1S72.
Hart Sheriff’s Sale.
^yiLL BE SOLD BEFORE
Successors (o Wm. II. Tuft,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IX
out, “ That’s uonsense!” A dolphin’s
back is sharp as a razor, and no mer
maid could ride one until she’d saddled
him.”
A workingman in Connecticut saved
from drowning a little boy, the son of
a wealthy woman, who, in a noble
burst of maternal gratitude, rewarded
him with a three-cent postage stamp.
Thus was the poor fellow unexpectedly
enabled to write to his idolized mother-
in-law for the first time perhaps in
twenty years.
. A new Worcester milkmp is sup
plying his customers by driving a cow
in harness, to his milk wagon. The
cow walks faster than his horse did,
and the plan has this advantage that
if he comes short a quart or two he can
milk the beast and supply tho defi-
i ciency.
in
The following paragraph is going the
round of tho Indian papers: “The
Chinese have the most ingeuious meth
od of rckoning by the aid of fingers,
performing all the operation, subtrac
tion, multiplication and division, with
numbers from one up to 1,000. Every
finger of the left hand represents nine
figures, as follows: The littlefigerrep
resents units, the ring finger tens, the
middle finger hundreds, the forefinger
thousands, the thumb tens of thou
sands. When thc three joints of each
finger are touched from the palm to-
Yvards the tip they count one, two and
three of each of the denominations
above named. Four, five and six are
counted on the back of the finger joints
in the same way; seven, eight and
nine are counted on the right side
of the joints from the palm to the tip.
The fore-finger on the right hand is
used as a pointer. Thus, 1, 2, 3,^ 4
would be indicated by first touching
the joint of the fore-finger; next the
hand on the inside; next the middle
finger on the inside; next the end
joint of the ring finger on the inside,
and finally the joint of the little finger
next the hand on the outside. The
reader will be able to make further
examples for himself.
Drugs-, Medicines, Chemicals
PERFUMERY,
DRUGGISTS* SUNDRIES!
PAINTS, OILS,
VARNISHES,
GLASS, Ac.,
264 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
the Court House door, in the town of
Hartwell, Hurt county, Gu.,on the FIRST TUES
DAY IN JANUARY next, 1873, the following
property : An LSLAN 1) situated in Tugalo :iver,
at Hatton’s Ford, said to contain One Hundred
Acres of Land, more or less. Also, Five Hundred
and Ten Acres of LAND, more or less, lying in
saidconnty of Hart, on thc public road leading
from Carnesville, Feaukliu comity, Oa., to An-
dersonville, S. C., known as the Place whereon Ob.
Brown lived when he resided in Hart county,
adjoining lands of Sampson Bobo, George Grant
and others. There is a Farm on said ]#and in cul
tivation, some twentv-tive acres of Bottom Land,
the balance in original forest and well timbered.
All levied upou as thc property of Oh. Brown, to
satisfy a (l. fa. issued from thc Superior Court of
Bank* county, founded on a judgment obtained a,
the April Term, 1867, of said Court, in favor of E.
II. Borders vs. M. Estes, Ob. Brown, M. Sanders
security. W. A. HOLLAND,
deel5-ld Sheriff*II. C.
Agents for Dr. WM. II TUTT’S STANDARD
PREPARATIONS. oct25-Uanl
ATHENS
foundry and Machine Works,
JACKSON COUNTY.
Postponed Sheriff’s Sale.
VATILL BE SOLD ON THE 1st
V V TUESDAY IN JANUARY next, 188:; wifi -
Family Grocery,
well stocked with all kinds of Family Supplies, In^
eluding
Canned Fruits, I< ish, Meats, Pickle*/
Jellies, Etc.
Send your Orders or Baskets to us, and we will fill'
them aud ship by earlical train direct, at tue
Jxnrest Market Prices.
We will, also, fill any order from customers for
articles that are not in ourHiie—such as Fish,'
Oyster*, Yctegables, Bakers’ Bread, etc.
We are confident of giving satisfaction and ask*
only a trial.
Lawrence & Rigsby,
114 Brand
And Mlnll lO Lower tlnrkci,
Aagasta, Gm.
Not. 2f.
JAY 0. HAILEY,
Auction & Commission Merchant
Broad Streei, Athens, Ga.
Speaal Attention Given tef thePurehv
ase, sale or Renting oj Real Estate.
All Be!urns Made
OctolMir II, 1872.
Promptly,
~ $75 to $250 per month
r-| everywhere, male and female, to introduce t be
Genuine Improved Common Sense Family
Sewing Machine. This Machine will stitch.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
FOUNDERS AND
Machinists. Pattern Work, Siuithin g an
Repairing. Having an extenrire collection
Patterns, manufacture
Iron and Brass Castings,
Mill and (iin Gearing, Mining and Mill Machine
ry, Steam Engines, Saw Mills, Hoisting Screws,
Lighter Screws, Sugar Mills, Cotton Seed Crash
ers, Shafting. Potleys, Threshers, Fan MUIs,
Sroutters, Bark Mills, Milt Spindles, Horse-Pow
ers, Rattle Staffs, Mill Cmuks, Corn Shellers, Ac.
Also manufacture, and are Agents for, the most
approved Turbine Water Wheels, Brooks’ Patent
Revolving Cotton Press, Iren Fencing. Urare Eu-
closures. Balconies* Ac.
li<wares, txuc E. NICKERSON,
Agent and Superintendent-
U.B.—Mill Findings furnished at manufactu
rer's prices. norg-Uanl
Agents! A Rare Chanc
YVe will pay all Agents MO ]
who will engage with us at one
nUhedand.xp~~gid.cAc
YVe will par all Agents $40 pet week, la cash,
who will engage with us at once. Everythingfor-
- - - ’ ’ Address
Charlotte, Mich,
in the legal hour* of sale, before the Court House
door, in tho town of Jefferson, Jicbon county,
the following property, to-wit: A certain Tract
or parcel of land, situate, lying aud being in said
county, on the water* of North Oconee River, con
taining Two Hundred anil Fifty Acres, more or
le**, adjoining the lands of Wilkins, Hayne and
Jackson, and thc place where W. M. Gathright
now lives. Said Tract of Land U known as the
John C. Git bright pla.*e, and contains thirty or
forty acres River Bottom, ten or twelve acres In
cultivation, sixty or seventy acres upland in culti
vation and in ohi fields, balance in woods. There
are two small cabin* on the place.
8aid tract of Land levied on as thc property of
W. M. Gathright, to satisfy five executions issued
from the Superior Court of said county, against
the said W. M. Guthright, one in favor of II. J.
David, one in favor or Wilkins Ifaynle, one in
favor of W. J. Haynie, one in favor of M. T. Wil
hite. and one in favor of M. T. Wilhite for costs
for the officer* of Court.
Written notice given according to law. J#evy
made, and notice at time of levy giveu by B. O.
IV’ IL.ea f. TLnrnlf V
W. K-jae. funner Deputy Sheriff.
M. N. DURE, Sheriff.
December ith, 1872. «leeW-td
TenseitfM.!
CHARLEY HILL
At the old established
On Broad Street, over the store of Messrs. J. R. 4
L. C. Mathews, have the beat and moat attentlva
workmen and all the modem appliances for
Shaving, Shampooing, JZair-
dressing, etc.,
Ladies and childrew waited on at their maidaneea,
when desired. Pott mortem cases will receive
prompt and careful attention. Oct. 11,1872.
—wssm
»ps- sewing Aiacmne. i ms aiacnms wm siiicn,
C-\ hem, fell, tuck, quilt,, curd, hind, braid, em-
bruider, in a most superior manner. Price
k/ only SI3- Fully licensed'and warranted for
five years. YVe will pay $!,0U0 for any machine
that will sew a stronger, more beautiful, or
r/s more clastic seam than oura/ It makes tho
r. “Elastic Lock Mitch.” Every second stitch
sS can be cut, and still the cloth cannot be pulled
apart without tearing it. YVe pay amenta $7$
P'2 to 825ft per month and expenses, or a couimla#
rJ-i siun from which twice that amouu can bo
rh made. Addresa 8ECOMB A CO., Bostaa, Mass}
^ Pittsburgh, Pa j Chicago, IU, or St/ LMg
<3 Missouri.
FREE TO BOOK AGENTS
An Klcgnntly Round Canvnaslng -Book
for the boat ami cheapest Family Blblcjenir pub-
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Contains nearly 500 fine Scripture ill mirations, sad
agent* are meeting with unprecedented success 1 .
Address, stating experience, and we will show you
what our agents are doing, NATIONAL PUB
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A S MANDEVILLE
ft. DEALEttIS
(tgsitsi Mi lisnoaa fallal,
Clocks, Jewelry, Silver A Plated Wa»T,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
Sporting Equipments of nil kinds.
am- BBPAIRJKO ASP BN a BA Visa "Wft
Done with care, and warranted to give satisfaction
OppsslM lb* faHsr,4l»l«>,Gw.
QLD GOLD A HD 8IL VBB taken Inerehaago.
sola admits yon
PRATT’S ASTRAL OIL
and QTA mond spectacles.