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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORJVIJYC, BY T. W. & T. L. GANTT, TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, INVARIABLT IS ADVANCE. , VOL. 1. ATHENS, GEORGIA, JA.1STTJAlRY, 31 1873 19. From th. Mcrrimaek VaHey J A MISTEUIOIS HISTORY. A School House Haunted by u Little Ton’-hoadcil Ghost, with ■ the Prct- tiest of Faces and the Sweetest of Illne fcjes. BABIES IN LITTERS. Six Children at a Birth, and Triplets Twice. In Newberyport we have a ucbool house that a school committee have been forced to advertise as cl(>sed to * visitors, bccauseofcuriouscrowds within ana without to see the mysterious form oi a ghost boy who has been trotting around there for more than n year, seen frequently by the tcaehej - —who is not a spiritualist—aiu^by most of the fifty pupils, who arft'tqo young (pri mary scholars) to mystiy^and deceive the people. The school house is on Charles street, a one-story building, that would be the last place in town for a spirit from any happy abode to wish to renew his child hood in. There is an entry to the building, where is a flight of stairs to the attic, and a window looking into the school room. The teacher’s desk brought her back to that window, where the pupils told her a strange boy was playing his tricks, sometimes putting his head up to the glass and other times looking in. They described him, and when seen lie has always been the same in'dress and appearance. To verify their statements she changed her seat to face the window ; and bv the face appeared—the .Tack Frost 0US upon the window pane. Hot doubting but it was really a boy, she took iier “ ruler”—the emblem of her authori ty—and made for the entry, and there she found him standing in the corner —one of the prettiest faces she had over sceu, aud needing a kiss more than a blow. His body, dressed in To ihe Editor of the Cincinnati Com mercial .- While on & visit to Knowlesville, New York,'»n the latter part of Au gust, 1871,! heard If a case of remark able fecundity, and I being somewhat incredulous in regard to the facts, de termined to visit the parties, and here with give you the particulars of my search facts, which prove, sometimes, to be “ more strange than fiction.” Jennie Amelia, when ninteen years of age, was married to James Bushnell, of Orleans county, New York, then residing in Chicago. The parties were married in August, 1864. On the 2d of July, 1865, Mrs. Bushnell gave birth to three children, two boys and a girl. These children, lived, one four, one six, and one eleven months. On neat white clothes, bore UiVappearance e,ltcen hnndred <,o!!ars bein 2 the A TALKING MACHINE. An ingenious piece of mechanism is thus described by the Baltimore Sun: The machine is necessarily intricate in strvfcture to produce the sounds of the human voice, but the patient in ventor has been measurably success fully. A bellows, worked by a treaddle, answers for lungs, rubber pipes for the glottis, while a tongue and lower jaw, all worked in unison by delicate ma chinery, put in motion from the opera tor’s hands, produce the sounds of the human voice, in a high, low, or medi um key, as desired. . “ Mrs. Faber, the wife of the in- venor, sat down to the machine as to an Estey organ, and played upon it. The instrument was first carried through the scale of primary sounds, articulating the vowels from the recess of its glottis. It was made to laugh, ha, ha, ha!’ ‘ho, ho, ho!” ‘he he, he,!” etc., which it did like the demon in the fMi-Jast | corpn. nAS AN EXTENDED CIRCULATION IN TUB v - COUNTIES OF ,, H V v tnv - * vV-uH Clarke, Oglethorpe, Ebert, Hart, Hall, Madison, Jackson, Rabun, Banks, Habersham, Franklin, Putnam, Greene, IFo&ou, Tokens, And a General Circulation Throughout the State. ^ the 8th of September, 1866, Mrs. play. Then it was called upon to pro- Bushnell gave birth to six living chil dren at one time; all of them living some time. I saw four of them. The names of the children struck me as being somewhat peculiar. I give them in the order of their birth : Noiberto James, Alberto James, Alinca Lucy and Laberto James. Mrs. Bushnell was unable to walk for two months prior to her confinement, and after the birth of the second one was unconsci- several hours; she was liorror- strickpn on recovering her senses to find herself the mother of six children —three sons and as many girls. The event was so extraordinary that it was soon noised abroad, and brought a great many visitors, who supplied the children with clothing, and assisted the parents in providing nurses—sev- hundred of one just passed his first decade ot years. His hair was almost white, a little tow-head ; his face was as pale as death, and his eyes a sweet blue. His face was older than liis years, and lie had the appearance of wiscbm beyond his age. She advanced to him, and then he dodged to the attic stairs. She followed—is now near enough to take hold of him—reached for him ; but he is not there. He seemed to sink through the stairs, and where she would grasp his person her hand struck the floor. He was gone. Now we have a veritable ghost, what is to be done? The police thought they could capture him. They arrest ed a lad as the author of all this coin- motion, the town through ; and lie had his choice to confess or take his chance for the reform .school. It was not only jkflie old witchcraft, but the old test. P"‘ Throw her into the river,” said they * of olden times, “and find out whether or not s’.c lie a witch. If sh<* is innor oral, oW. niii tirown; llsncswnus, well hang her.” The boy partially confes sed ; but he was not punished, because his teacher aud all the pujnls and his parents knew that he was not the strange hoy that looked in at the win dow ; and the face continued to re appear when Uc was away. Next a carpenter was sent to nail up the ]>assagc to theatric ; but “ if love laughs at locks,” much more do ghosts. The little tow-head even made more noise than before. He turned the attic into a carpenter's shop, were he, too, sawed and pounded and nailed; and, as if to demonstrate the futility of human force to shut him out, lie put his head down through the ventilator and took a survey of the school. Some of the children have been frightened, and one day one of them fainted ; hut few of them are excited about it. The teacher has spoken to him, and he only laughed from his happy facet The children looked at him, whom not oue of them ever saw before, and lie re turns their glances with love in his soft wild eyes; but, as yet, he has not told us who he is, whence lie came, or what his mission. This comes nearest to a real gbost—a daylight ghost—of anything we have had iu this city tor years. Without a Newspaper.—Noth ing presents a sadder commentary upon the present society than the large number of families, both in town and in the country, but more especially in the latter, that subscribe to no paper ot any kind. Hundreds and thous ands of families am thus growing up utterly ignorant of what is transpiring in the world around them—ignorant of the mighty events of the day. But who can tell the vast amount of injury that is being inflicted upon the rising generation—those who are to take our place in the busy world at no distant day—growing up without any knowl edge of the present, or any study of the past; this ignorance, too, being ... bued into them by the sanction of those who should, and doubtless do, know I letter, did they only think of the injurious effects of their insane course. Let the head of every family think of this, and place in the hands of those for whom he is responsible, the means of acquiring some knowledge of the moviug panorama in which we act our different parts. amount paid for caring for them until they were weaned—six wet nur ses being required. Laberto James died when nineteen months old, and Lucy Alinca lived until twenty-three months of age. The four other chil dren were five years old when I saw them; were ail bright and healthy, none of them ever having been sick. Their united weight at birth was forty- five pounds. The mother was of Frencli parents, and was born in Loudon, England. On the 8th day of Novem ber, 1865), Mrs. Bushnell gave birth to three boys, all of whom died within an hour or two—Mrs. Bushnell having •given birth to twelve living children at three births, in less than six years. Governor Rico was instrumental in having our Congress appropriate the six children eighty acres of land, situ ated in Iowa, to lie free from taxes until they were of age. Should I hear of any other remarkable occurrence at any future time, you may have anoth- v« v.^rnmnrnltirnull IT0Til Aunt Betsey. IIOKROKS OF A NORTHWESTERN’ WINTER. nounce female names—, Josepli-i na.’ ‘Wil hel-mi-nn,’ Caro-li-na,’ Ma-ry,’ etc., uttering the words by syllables a3 written, but slowly, in response to the touches of the operators fingers on the key’s. Some very long and difficult words were pronounced, such as Mis sissippi, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Cinstnntinople. In its pronunciation, the machine showed its Vienna origin by a marked foreign accent. It was made to count and speak in three languages—German, French and Eng lish. It was particularly happy in German. For French, a mask was put over the mouth-pice, and tubes con nected with the nose, so as to produce the peculiar nasal tone necessary in ac curate French pronunciation. It said : Messrs, comment voits porles, voits ?’ Mercic Trcs bien,’ etc. Filially the inventor made it utter several senten ces, which were deliver! with accuracy, though they lacked perfect distinctness in articulation, and were delivered slowly, with a painful hollow and mo notonous tone. It said: ‘ I was horn in Vienna, in 1841, and my inveutor was Prof. Falier ;’ and, at the conclu sion, apologized for imperfections, by saying, ‘ Thank you, gentlemen, for vour attention. I hope you are satis fied with the little talking-machine. You must not expect too much of me. My modulation is not perfect, because I em a machine. I am very tired, and I must therefore, bid you good bye. Adieu.’ ” TERRIBLE SCENE IN A MENAGERIE. SELECTED CLIPPINGS. Texas has sent an agent to Europe for emigrants. A true religious sentiment never de prived man of a single joy. Workmen are “putting a head” on the dome of St. Peter’s at Rome. A German resident of Houston, Texas, is worth 850,000 and drives a cart. A boy, aged 12 years, was tried in London, recently, on a charge of pois oning his mother. ' Beaufort S. C., is excited over a haunted bouse, where thereare unearth ly yells and peripatetic chairs. An Arkansas trapper returns from a three month’s sojourn Tn the swamps with 8600 worth of fur. Our Farmers have commenced op erations, in real earnest, preparing the soil for the reception of the seed. The editor of the Iowa Homestead states that while on his trip to northern Iowa he sat by com fires. Ear corn makes a hotter, brighter and clearer fire than coal. California is making brandy from fire. The liquor is very pleasant, and after drinking a quart or so, a man DANAS COBB, A. 8. ERWIN, HOWELL COBB COBB, ERWIN & COBB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AT1IBXS, GEORGIA. Office in the Drnpree Building.3 SAMUEL P. THURMOND, •Attorney at J^atv, ATHENS, GEORGIA. WT Office over Barry’s Store, Bruad Street. ^Wt Will Practice in the Counties of Clarke, Walton, Jackson, Banks, Franklin, Madison and Ilall. Livery Stable J HAVE A LIVERY STABLE On Thomas Street, nvhere Horses vyll be FEI) anti cared* for. Also, WAGON YARD. 1 am prepare*! to Feed Drove s of Horses and J! Z. COOPER. ¥0NSjHtfA£! CHARLEY HILL At tho old established 'TEH On Broad Street, over the store of Messrs. J. R. & L. C. Mathews, have the best and most attentive workmen mad all the modern appliances for Sharing, Shampooing, Hair dressing, etc., ildre* waited-on at their residences, Post mortem cases will receive ■fill attention. Oct. 11,1872. MAGIC OIL. A SI RE (JURE FOB KIIKUXATISJL A Certificate'from Mr. D. C. Oliver. I certify that I used Usui cl’s' Magic Oil in a se vere esse ft Inflammatory Rheumatism. It gave a Law hours. Case is now entirely cured. D. O. OLIVER. A Headless GnosT.—Xenia, O., told in a telegram from that city, i'ds developed a ghost of a man whose LsviMttomical peculiarity is that, like that yahlcd race of men of strange lands P‘‘o carried their heads under their r >rm> ’ be headless. Seen at night p l he greets in the mysterious 1( >iirs of darkness, he disappears like a *o°t when approached. His mission M-enis to lie to build phantom fires in ’ l ie highways of the town, but when . Jmeriting comes there are no traces ol lire,visible where during the night a »|ght fight w-as to he seen. “Soil'd 'V eu . c ‘ Aetna have seen him, and though the night be cold and rainy he wanders to and fro coatlesg, and wring- forlorn, hands. The sensation paused by his vis.tat.on is a genuine CT' 11 tbe lucky town, and a committee *>* 'he Common Council of Xenia will appointed to investigate the uivs- The great storm which swept over Minnesota and parte of Iowa and Wis consin last week, on Tuesday and parts of Thursday, has furnished an almost unexampled record of human woes from such a cause. A St. Paul cor respondent of the World, speaking of the storm, says : To say that the snow fell is not cor rect—it poured down. To sav that it poured down is not correct—it blew, or rather drove along in blinding mass es of solid pellets. The fences could not lie seen even when one was in the road. The face, unless well protected, was cut in the attempt to face this ter rible storm. It was not a snow-storm, it was a snow hurricane, by whose eddying whirls men, teams, and trains were brought to a standstill, many men and many horses, alas, to move no more. This hurrican moved at the rate of aliout a mile a minute. The storm lasted there fifty-three hours—an uninterrupted snow in a hurricane. Cattle sheds, barns and sometimes houses were buried under the immense drifts. In one case, forty bead of cattle under a shed were found dead when the storm was over. All the railways were blocked and trains frequently covered up by the snow. Teams aud carriages caught on the road were stopped by the drifts, speed ily covered over and cattle, horses, I drivers and travellers frozen to death. The tales of death in this way as nu merous as they are harrowing. The correspondent says that more lives were lost than hv the great Sioux massacre in which 738 persons were murdered. W/> should judge from the accounts, indeed, that nearly every person caught on the roads, other than railroads, perished. Some died within a very short distance of their homes, which they could not find in the blinding »nd pitiless storm. One man came to t’ie very spot where he judged his lame was, but it was engulfed in snow —te could not find it, and he perished in :he search, while his wife, left help- lest on the sleighs was also frozen to deivh. The violence of the wind is said o have impacted the falling sniw so densely that it could not be shovelled or mov><l eflectivly by the snow plows on the hilroads. The Governor of Minnessua has appealed to the Legis lature oftiat State for an appropria tion in aid if the numerous sufferers by this terrible storm. The Swiss Times says that at the menagerie of Signori Bidel and Fair- nnli, at Turin* on Monday evening, December 24, the audience were treat- pd tfh <1 pAvI<M»man»iA nnt •nitAtinofri in the bills. Signori Bidel, the famous lion tamer, entered, as usual, a large cage in which were lions, lionesses, liears, hyenas, and a lamb. After the feats of leaping, etc., ordinarily shown in such exhibitions, the grand feature consisted in the simultaneous approach of the wild animals to the lamb, and the exchange of the “ kiss of fraterni ty.” This was accomplished success fully, the animals methodically touch ing noses, then stalking back to their places. The perfomance was to close with putting the lamb’s head in the mouth of tiic lion. No sooner had the jaws closed upon the head of the animal than it was evident by the eyes and movement of the tail of the lion that foul play was threatened, and licfore a word of command could be given, streams of blood were running from liis mouth. Children screamed and women fainted, but fortunately the panic was of short duration. Signor Bidel, with a tremendous blow on the throat of the lion and a shout of com mand, forced the half wild animal to relinquish his victim, and, although roaring fearfully, lie suddenly obeyed the fixed eye and gesture of his mas ter, retiring into a corner of the cage But, to the renewed horror of the peo ple, in dealing with the lion he had turned 0s back on the lioness, who, with a howl of rage, leaped upon liis back. Fortunately for Bidel, her claws and teeth entered his clothing only, and with a spring and cry he leapt from under her, at the same time striking right and left with his loaded whip, forcing the animal to the front of the cage. There was an instant of hesita tion and submission on the part of the latter, during which Bidel, revolver in hand, unfasted the cage and backed himself out of it. Seeing him safe the reaction of the audience was tremen dous, and the cheers that greeted his appearance weredeafening. Although perfectly quiet, the deadly pallor of liis face gave evidence of the danger lie had passed. ... . . . HU. 1 am pa-(»ivo iu rt-ni Will Cheerfully stand any amount of’ Mules. Parties will do well to call. abuse from his wife. In Siam, in a city composed exclu sively of women, the manufacture of silk and cotton stockings is extensively carried on. Their husbands live out side the third wall. The best way to clean a stained steel knife is to cut a solid potato in two, dip one of the pieces in brick dust, such as is usually used for knife-clean ing, and rub the blade with it. A tall, fine-looking woman, dressed in male attire, was arrested recently in Michigan as a successful horse-thief. About twenty separate charges have been entered against her. Wc once # heard a woman of the world say: “ The estate of widowhood is inconvenient, for one must have all the modesty of a young girl without being able to feign her ignorance.” An Iowa country ’squire concludes the marital knot ceremony thusly: “ Them that the court hath joined to gether let no man bust asunder; but ‘suffer little children to come unto them,’ so help you God.” The thickness of rock intervening between the central and eastern sec tions of the Iloosaic tunnel is one eighth of a mile. The sound of the drilling at One of these headings is dis tinctly heard at the other. The Postmaster General lias decided tl»a* •maripied women may-reqninS Hint letters addressed to them shall be de- — ... .l.. a’l.R, lUoiiiou of Creswell’s is calculated to get the Chicago and other Northwestern post masters thrashed. A gentleman at Lancaster, Pa., has horse that takas his children to school in the morning, returning home driverless, and at night returns for them in the same way, rubbing liis nose against the window pain to indicate Ids presence. He is ahead of “ Mar}’’* little lamb.” Lynne, Conn., offers an clligihle match for any “ fasting girl” in the person of Mr. James Havens, a young gentleman who is declared not to have taken “ one swallow either of food or drink” for fifty-seven days. What a favorite that young man would he with boarding-house keepers. William and David Clarkson, two miserly brothers, both butchers, aged sixtv-nine and seventy-one years, froze to death in their beds at Pittsfield, 11!., a few nights ago, with 820,000 laid up and money in their pockets, and four or five cords of firewood at the door, besides plenty more iu the house. A man was arrested a few days since in Eugene City, Oregon, for selling on Sunday flour to feed a starving family. Had the Saviour with his deeiples en tered a cornfield near there for a little corn He would have made a mistake in not going directly into the city, to find the longest ears. P. T. Barnum is in hard luck. Ever since lie instigated the mob and paid for the whisky to incite it to mob the office of the Bridgeport Conn., Farmer, because it was a Democratic paper, an avenging spirit seems to have followed the old humbug with fire and disaster. 340 TONS OF Dickson’s Compound SOLD LAST YEAR IN ATHENS BY US! This shows what the Planters think of it. More of it sold at this point than any other Fertilizer. Planters who used a few Sacks last year to test it have put in their orders for a few tons this year. , Look to your interest, and buy a FERTILIZER that »■ made iu your own State, and used by yea* neighbors, for three»years, and no fault ever pound in it. Every Sack is Warranted Genuine. We have now on hand, and will continue to keep a GOOD STOCK, so that farmers will not be disappointed when they come after it. PRICE SAME A.S LAST YEiYK §58 00 per Ton Cash, §63 per Ton on Time, to First November, 1S73, The Farmer paying Freight, $2 00, and gives his note for $61 00. Fifteen Cents is guaranteed for White Cotton, delivered at Athens to pay for the Dickson Compound. To those Farmers who wish CHEMICALS TO MAKE THEIR OWN FERTILIZERS W e will furnish for Cash or on Time, as they may prefer. "What the Dickson Compound will do- By permission, wc here state that Milton Mathews, Esij., ami his son, C. W, Mathews, Esq., both-of Jackson county, planted, last year, 23 acres in Cotton, Fertilized it with the DICKSON COMPOUND, and made on said 23 acre# 25 Bales ot Cotton. We are also authorized to aivc their plan, mid who wish can try it: They open one furrow putting about 100 pounds to the acre, and running around said furrow and cover it up. Putting about 100 pounds more on each side of the first and covering it all up. This makes 300 pounds to the acre. When you plant the seed, run a fnrrow on the middle row of the three distributes. The tap roots ran through the middle row, the smaller roots runs out into each of tho other two distributes, and hence one bale to the acre is made. In our judgment, it is the best plan in use. England & Orr, Agents, Alliens, January 1st, 1878—Oct25tf. Stable, -A-TIHCElSrS, C3-A- GANN & REAVES... .PROPRIETORS fcL BB ,FOUND AT THEER l stand, rear Frankiin Housebuilding, . Keep always on Laud good Turu- ul drivers. I cared tor when entrusted to our care, a band fbrgale at all times. docl3-tf a ^‘IKCndeviLle ii jmpatSti ani jimim Clocks, Jewelry, SU$t& Plated Ware, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, 'Sporting Equipments of ail kinds. OxT REPAIRING AND ENG PAVING TfH Done with care, and warranted to give satisfaction Opposite the Vsllrgf, Athens, Go. OLD GOLD AND SILVER taken in exchange. SOLE AGENTS FOR PRATT’S ASTRAL OIL AND DIAMOND SPECTACLES. pecG-Iy GeorgiaRailroad Schedule NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ——ON THE-— * * GEORGIA and MACON and AUGUSTA RAILRODS. 0 ; ^ Saprrlntcnclrnl's UIBc, ) (Iconrl. and .Hu-on k Aufnrntn Bill rood, > Augusta, (}«., June 5,1171 ) AND AFTER WLDNES- DAY, June fitli, 1872, the Pasvonger Trains on the Georgia and Macon aud Augusta Railroads will run as follows: GEORGIA RAILROAD. Day Passenger Train will Leave Augusta at. ...& 20 a.m. Leave Atlanta at 15 a.m. *s Arrive at Atlanta at. *jx * Arrive at Augusta at - ,-5 30 p. u. Ni.jht P.fneiiQcr Train. * Leave Augusta at ts p. w . Leave Atlanta at _8 00 p. t*. Arrive at Ailania at C 45 a. m. Arrive at Augusta at 6 00 a. m. MACON AND AVGUSTA R. It. Day Passenger Train. Leave Augusta at 11 On a. m. Leave Macon at 6 30 a. m. Arrive in Augusta at 2 45 p. m. Arrive iu Macon at - 7 40 p. w. Night Passenger Train. Leave Augusta at 8 15 p. cs. lA*avt? Macon at - 10 00 p. m. Arrive in Augusta at 0 00 a. m. Arrive in Macon at - 4 15 a. m. Passengers fwmi Atlanta, Athens, Washington, and stations on Georgia Railroad, hy taking ths Day Passenger Train will make connection at Ca- mak with the Trajn for Macon. tST Pullman’s(First-Clnssl Sleeping Cara on all Night PaisFitgcr Trains on the Georgia Railroad; and First-Class shrepitig Carson all NightTraina on the Macou and Augusta Railroad. S. K. JOHNSON, SupL Legal Notices. ALARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF Athens Foundry & Machine Works. pENERAL FOUNDERS AND VIT Machinists. Pattern Work, Smithing and Repairing. Having an exteusire collection of Patterns, manufacture IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS Mill and Gin Gearing, Mining and Mill Machine ry, Steam Engines, Saw Mills, Hoisting Screws, Lighter Screws, Sugar Mills, Cottou Seed Crush ers, Shafting. Pulleys, Threshers, Fan Mills, Smutters, Bark Mills! Mill Spindles, Horse-Pow ers, Rattle Staffs, Mill Cranks, Corn Shelters, Ac. Also manufacture, and are Agents for, the most approved Turbine Water Wheels,' Brooks* Patent Revolving Cotton Press, Iron Fencing, Grave En closures, Balconies, Ac. R. NICKERSON, Agent and Superintendent* N. B.—Mill Findings furnished at manufactu rer's prices. Jan 21-1 y Shoals Creek Factory and Mills FOR SALE: W ILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE Court lloUMMlouron tin- (irut Tucxiay in Feltrunr}-, ld7:t, during llio leuul rail, hours, lit Accordance with a decree rendered iu llari Sunerior Court, at .Seidemhcr lerm, 187Z, in cam of Wu>. Knox and .4. Cornog, executors of Cranurml Knox, c». Mary .4. Knox and others, the &hosls Creek Factory end Mills, together with the Tract of Land on which they are situated, contain! seventy-live acres, more or less. Tho Factory and Mills are comparstiv.lv ne The Mills aro in anlumlid running order, with c rock for wheat and one for corn. Th* Factory 1 69G spindles, 408 in good running order, with nsc ury preraratiohs for tho same, -tlso, a. nsw Lin. Shaft. The shove machinery is driven with ft -46-iach Double Turbine Water Wheel. Connected with the factory are «Saw Mill, Turning Lathe nud Wool Cards. On the premises arc good Dwellings and a neat Storehouse. Terms of Sale—One-third cash, the remainder iu two installments of one and tare years, with interest from date of sale. The purchaser wlU receive bond for titles, end will be required to give notes, with two approved securities. Sold as the property of A. Cornog and estate of Samuhl Knox, deceased, for a division and distri bution. Said sale has been postponed from sale day Ip December on account of purchaser not complying with terms of side. December30th, 1872. WM. KNOX, a. COBKOU, STOVES and TIN-WARE. Which we are offoriug at very low prices. We wul also keep during theseason a full stock of those famous Sumrney & Newton AXES, at reduced prices. JACKSON WAGON .4 SPECIALITY. SUMMEY & NEWTON. Excavations at Ephesus.—Ex cavations are teing made on the sup posed site of tip Temple of Diana, at Ephesus, and fime peculiar fragmeuts have been takdi out. The largest and most important is a carved column found twentyyirce feet under ground ; it measures sin feet in length, and is eighteen and a'lalf in circumference, anti is supposed to form a portion of me of the hundred and twenty-seven ■arved columns which supported and tdorned the structure. On this piece, aken out, there are five figures of •eauty, one being the figure of Mercu- Shooking Realization op a Dream.—A strange story comes from China. A native schoolboy at Shan- hai told his schoolmaster that he had dreamed his stepmother murdered him and placftd his remains in a jar under the floor of the house. The schoolmas ter reassured his pupil at the moment, but subsequently missing him for a few days from school, remembered his dream, and rushed to the house of his stepmother to inquire for the boy. Receiving au unsatisfactory answer, and full of suspicion of foul play, the man tore up the floor of the room and found the corpse of his pupil cut up and stowed away in a jar precisely as the poor lniy had described. The case has been authenticated before the Chi nese courts, and the murderess was executed, after being carried to the six gates ot the city to receive the execra tions of the people. *®*The Cahadian way of measur ing a tree is said to be as certain as it is grotesque. You walk from the tree, looking at it from time to time between your knees. When you are able to y and another Victory ; they are per- see the top in this way, your distance vet, with the exception of the faces, | from the root of the tree equals its |hich are somewhat mutilated. I height. A system of condensed gardening for ladies: Make your bed in the morning; sew buttons on your hus band’s shirt; do not rake up griev ances ; protect the young and tender branches of your family; plant a smile of good temper on your face, and care fully root out all angry feelings, aud expect a good crop of happiness. Will you take this woman to be your wife ?” “ Well, Squire,” was the reply, “ you must lxj a green uu to ax me such a question as that. Do you suppose I’d be such a plag _y fool as to go to the bar hunt and take this gal to the quilting frolic, if I warn’t con- scriptuously sartin and determined to have her ? Drive on with your busi ness.” At Leamington, England, recently, the death of an infant was found to have been caused by the presence in the stomach of a compact and hard ball of cheesy matter nearly the size of a man’s fist Two medical men gave it as their opinion that the ball had been accumulating for some time, aud was caused by the milk having become changed to cheese in the stomach. In the battle of the companies of the Fifth Cavalry with the Apache Indians on the 29th of December, near Salt river, Utah, not a warrior escaped. All of the band were killed aud twenty- five women and children captured. A New Mexico freight train for Camp Bell was attacked by Apaches, and a wagon-master killed at Pinos Altos. The Indians also killed some of the white men, and were afterwards seen I ou the reservation wearing the clothes of the murdered meu. AT COST. JYtitc is the Time for You to Make Money. XTAVING "’DETERMINED TO I~1 chain Tnjr-iNiiineM, I now offer my entire stock ot Goods at COST ! My stock utfarge and fine consisting of a'full and complete assortment of Staple aud Fancy Dry Goods, a full stock ot Groceries, and all articles kept in a first class Dry Goods and Grocery Store. I mean BUSINESS, And will close oat d and SEE'S* Toany - ---- I will otter additional inducements, and give time, ilutiug this month. ll*.C A Li my onte buying my entire stock A. L. DEARItVG, So. 1 Granite Row, Bishop’s old stand. Athens, Ga., January 1st, 1873 jan3-tf B. A. STOVALL. Cotton Factor, AND A I A 1-1 ■■ I ft I General No. 2 Exchange Building, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, Will give rKmwxAL attention to all bosi- kkss eutrusled him. Consignment* of Cotton and ftther Produce re spectfully solicited. GB- Also, -tgc-.it for BANCROFT’S Select COTTON SEED janl0-3m TILIZERS! The undersigned are Agents for the sab of the following well known Fertili zers, all of which has been tried for years hy many of our most prominent Planters, from whom we can show numberless certificates as their great merits, and who show tlieir approbation by giving largely increased demand the present year. AU are warranted as genuine, and free from adulteration of any kind: CAROLINA, BAHAMA, PARAGON, Bradley's Superphosphate, Star jtmnioniated Bone, 'WHAM’S RAW-BONE SUPER-PHOSPHATE! Any Fertilizer not included in the foregoing will be ordered, if desired. HAYGOOD, HUNTER & CO. Wanted Agents *reU *tife Improved American Family Knitting Machine. The Urn- plr,t and ktMl in the vcrUL Addreas American Knitting Machine Co., W3J4 Washington'Street, Boston, Maas. to. AddimsO. NOTICE. TBOUR WEEKS AFTER DATE, X 1 application will be made to the Court of Or dinary of Jackson county for leave to aell the K*xi Estate of F. S. (tober, deceased, lato of said county. JACKSON DELL, Administrator. JUtyuary 10th, 1873. 4w Jackson Sheriff’s Sale. W ILL be sold before the Court House door, in the town of Jeflerson, Jack* son county. Ga., witliiu the legal hours of sale, na the FIRST TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY next, U the higliext bidder, the following property, to-wit: One undivided half interest iu two hundred and twenty-live acres of LAND, more or lew, idtuata, lying and being on Curry’s Creek, in said county, adjoining lands of C. W. Shackelford and other*. On said premises is a comfortable dwelling and other out-buildings. And about sixty acres of laud in a high stat* at cultivation, twenty acres of choice .bottom land. About seventy-five acres its original forest. Levied on as tho property of Thomas J. Shackel ford, to satisfy a fi. fa., from Jackson Superior Court, iu favor of E. A. Lindsey, Administrator < t J. Lindsey, deceased, (but which ti. fa. has fine* l»cen turned over !».• said Administrator to A. K. Brooks, Guardinti tor W. V. Lindsey, minor, ete.,) versus C. \V. and Thomas Shackelford. i*rope«tf minted out by plaintiff. (The other undivided mlf interest iu said land is owned by Miss Sue. Shackelford.) Terms, cash. Jan. 3-4t. M. N. DUKE, Sheriff* w. s V J . v*. LK> SHACKELFORD, et, al. MU El. SWAN, etal. BUI for account setting aside fraudulent deeds, injunction and re lief. In Jackson .Superior Court. It appearing to the Court that Esrlv M. Chan dler the Exccutorof Solomon Chandler, deceased, resides out of the State of Georgia, to-wit. In tiio .State of Mississippi, and it further appearing !• the Court that he is a ncecssarv party, defendenf in the final disposition o£th« above stated case. It is, therefore, ordered by the Court that this ordar he published once a month for four months in the Northeast Georgian, making said Early M. Chan dler a party. All parties agreeing thereto. ltc*.‘ 21st, 1872. C. D. DAVIS, J. S. C. W. C. Dcc27m4m. Administrator’s Sale. A GREEABLE TO AN ORDER Jl\- of t he Court of Ordinary of Jackson county will be sold, licfore the Court House door. In the town of Jefferson, on the first TUESDAY in March next, between tne lawful hours of sale, the follow ing property, to-wit: One House and lot in town of Jefferson, contain ing Two Acres, more or less, with necessary out buildings, good well of water, Ac. To be sold as the property of F. .S. Oobcr, deceased, for the bca- fit of the heir* and creditors of said deceased. • Terms—One-halfcash, balance credit until 1st of January, 1874, with interest from date. jan‘24-td JACKSON BELL, Administrator. Miscellaneous. T. MAfiKWALTER Jflarhte IWorks BROAD ST., Al'Gl'STA, UA. Af ARBLE MONUMENTS, Tomb J.VJL Stone*, etc., Marble Mantle*, Furnitara Work of all kinds, from the plainest to the moat elaborate design*, and furnished to order at short notice. All work for the country carefully boxed. Prepared by the Oglethorpe Fertilising Co., Maxefs, Ga. /GUARANTEED FREE FROM ADULTERATION. PRICE CASH V_T Per Ton, 2,000 pounds, at works, 832 S#i TIME, leln, on acceptance, *«. The Company could furnish numerous certificates as to tho value of this Fertiliser, But prefer to refer the Planters to those who have used it iw this county for the last two or threyrear*^ ^ DURHAM 1*11. HUGGINS. jauI7-3ui Agents iu Clark County. i. h. SANDHRS £ SON, WHOLESALE and RETAIL AND DEALERS IX Brandies, Wines, Gins,k.k ALSO, THE Choicest Brands of Cigars No. 2 West End, ELBERTON, G A.