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. \ #. ' . • Kit NORTHEAST Rifts of advertising : u ™rti<Ao*nts will be Inserted at One Poll*:- and r.ftv Cel.4 |*er fkp.are of 11 line*. for "■« «"«' » nrt F fty . Cents for each subsequent insertion ( . u .„ntb. For »longer period ge*tntf-(l»« ( ,.ran» time underone' •bjral contracts rill be wade. every description of sT 013 W O R K kxecctbd at the shortest notice. life IN I’HILAUi'LPHIA. teXTRAORDINAin REVELATION OF A TERRIBLE CRIME. PUBLISHED EVERY FRHM& JOBS BY T. W. & T. L. GANTT a “ Each Matt's Censure, but ‘Bejferve Tour Judgments* PROPBIETORS, AT T1F0 DOLLARS PER A^V’ljM, t u YOL. 1. 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 ■f.O 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 Catalogue* and 1 sample free.- N. Y. MTg 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 The Great Illustrated People’s Weekly. 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- lUhed, will be sent free of charge to any hook Ogt. 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 LISHING COMPANY, Memphis, Ttnn.,or At lanta, Go# 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.