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March 24, 1878. \
OLD SERTES—Volume LIIJ.
NEW SERIES—Volume III
Important to Bank Officers—
The New Stamp Law.
The Coqpftiseiouer of Internal Rev
enue has replied to oertaiu questions
propounded to tome of the Bank offi
cers of NetoXgrk atv, in reference to
the meaning of certain parts of Section
15 of the "Act to annul cxisting.cus-
tom and Literal Revenue laws," etc,,
approved February 8th, 1875. He
»>»: Ak
Fint—II there be any understand
ing between the Bank and the maker
of the notes or acceptor of the checks,
drafts or <|rder* payable at Bank, all
such notes and acceptances shall be
paid by the Bank and charged in the
account cjf the maker, drawer or ac
ceptor, in, t'.ie same manner as ordi
nary e!:ecl« would be; such notes and
acceptances are considered liable to
the two cent stamp tax as “ vouchers”
Business & Frofes’nl Cards,
x> G. TSWWfWfcl-r' *
man’s calmer. Good day.”
lam going to ask him towrite it
but. I am anxious to know 'what
that hone did down at the creek.—
Max Aider.
Court-room Ventilation.
As a matter of special interest and
importance to the Court attendants of
our country in these our days of ex
cessive, onerous and unending ligitiga-
tion, are publish the following sensible
article from the 27it Trade Journal:
“ Whether the lives of lawyers be of
sufficient importance to the communi
ty to warrant any particular efforts to
prolong them, is a question which it is
not our present purpose to 'discuss, in
dividual opinions on the subject being
*-Uttle oiU* loth* n«*t. r '
Fret pot that the children’* heart* «r*W.
’ That <ho rcsil&M foot s Ui run; ,
.There majooae a tine; lathe bye-aml-bje.
When yontl alt tn your hinely rooaa and *%h
Foraaoundof ctUld|»b fun..
When you’ll long for therepeUUon irut,
That aonnded throojh each room,
OT •• mother, toother,” the dear lore cell*
That viU echo long In thuilant halls,
And add to t half .lately,gloom.
There may. ram* time vhen you’U long to hear
The eager boyish tread, ,
‘ The tuneloia whl-lle, the clear thrill shout,
j The busy bursting in and out.
And the pattering overhead.
JACKSON & THOMAS
Attorneys at Law
Athens, Georgia. •' '
P C Vur rufitnee to aperlal penuMla
• •5.'—“L. W.Thomaaraiaiu't* WUUum 1
Yearly all tl*»«n originate from ladigeetlon
ad Torgldltj of the Liter, and relief ia always
nstoumly sought »A*r. If the l.lrrr la Kegalatrd
a Ua action, JrnalU* ii almost 1 amiably ir—red.
Sant of action to the hi vor causes lleadarfce. (hi-
Attorneys at haw,
ATHENS, OA.
•T Oflco in tha Deupree Building.
R. LITTLE,
Attorney al Z,aw,
CATtNESVILLE, QA.
JOHN T. OSBORN,
Attorney-at-Law
ELBERTON, GA.
Will practice tn the counUaa of tha Northarn
Circuit, Bank*. Franklin and Habersham of the
Western Circuit; will giro *pe«lal attention to
all claim* •□trusted to lilt care.
Jan. 10, 1374—lyi*
T S. DORTCH,
^ * Attorney al I,an>,
CARNESVILLE, GA.
E. V. WILLIAMSON,
PRACTICAL
WtlCHMUER and JEWELLER
At I>r. King's Drug Store,
BROAD STREET ATHENS, GA.
All work done in a superior wanner, and
warranted to givo satisfaction. jan.T-tf
WILEY CHILDERS,
L OCATED in this city, is prepared
to do all kind* of Carpenter*' Work in th«
)i.*i *tylu. and at rca-onmldc rate*, with dispatch.
Shop in the rear o; tha City Clerk'a Office.
Jane 3. 1374.
M V. GURLEY,
SUJtGBO.Y DJZsYTIST,
r PARKS pleasure in announcing to
-i- tha riiUtniof Franklin and and adjoining
conntiea, that he is now located on the Athriis
atre .'t. «rio milt* south of rarnesville, wher* h« is
l*rcp.iretl to practice DonlUtry in all Ita different
ranches. l*ric«s low t«> suit the times, but poai-
ively no inferior work. #ctl9-tf
GEO. W. COOPER,
Carriage and Buggy
Timm** Slrtet. opposite Cooper’. Llrery Stable.
P ARTICULAR attention given to
KKFAUl JOBS. Order, left with A. A. Bell,
a! Summer A Nevrtoa’a, will receive promptat-
tioo. June 17 tf
heart, dcprutulan of spirit*. Mut«. and
hundred other syiupicr.i*. for which SllMONK
LIVER ItKIiMdTOU is ;ne Lost remedy that hai
ever been diarorered. it a'”!.* mildly, effectually,
and beluga simple see* ! *•».!•< nmpoimri. can dono
injury in any qualities that it may be taken. It ia
liartnlrvt in every way ; it has been used for 40
year*, and hundreds of thegood and irreat from all
part* of the country will vouch for iu being the
puraat ami beat.
Simmons Liter Cogolator, cr Medicine,
la harmless,
Isnodras’ic violent medicine,
la sure, to cure if taken regularly,
Ta no intoxicating beverage,
la a faultless family medicine,
la the cheapest medicine in the world,
la Riven with safety and the happiest results to
the most delicate infant,
Doea not interfere with husineaa,
IHhts not disarrange the system.
Take* the place ot Quinine and Bitters of every
kind.
Contains the simplest an.l beat remedies.
For Sale By All Druggists.
When the boys and girl* are all grown up.
And scattered far and wide.
Or gone to that beautiful gulden shore
Where sickness and death come never more,
You will miss them from your side.
Then gather them close to your loving heart—
Cradle them on your breast;
They will soon enough leave your br>odfngcaro—
Soon enough mount youth's topmost r.tair—
Little ones in the nest.
k&YlE ILS
Of Choice Reading.
T HE Missing Bride; or, Miriam,
the Avenger.
Victor’s Triumph. Sequel to ** A Beautiful
Wiend.**
A Beautiful Fiend; or, Between tiro Fires.
The Artist’s Iaivc. /*’»/ Mr*. Suiithirorth.
A Noble Lord. Sequel to ** Lost Heir Linlithqoir. 1 *
Lost Heir Linlithgow ; or. The Brothers; or, The
Karl and the Onto*?. By Mrs. Southwortk.
Tried For Her Lite. rie juwl to 11 Cruel as the
Ore re.” By Mrs. Emma J). K. X. South worth.
Cruel a* the <» rave ; or J/nlloic Ere Mystery.
Belle ood and Bondage; or, Bought with A
Price. By Mrs. A mm S. Stephens.
The old Ounless. Sequel •• Jxtrd Hope's Choice.'*
Lord I Iope% Choice ; or, More Secret Than One.
The Reigning Belle. By Mrs. Ann S. Stephens.
Linda. By Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz.
Robert Gn*b:>ni. By Mrs. Caroline /we Hentz.
Ernest Linwnod. By Mrs. Caroline Lee I/ents.
Misccl! ancons Selccit
ons.
AN EXTRAORDINARY HORSE.
A nALF-TOLD TALE.
Cooloy and I went nut the other af
ternoon to son Mr. Kevser about hnv- . .
ing a horse he bad. He asked ns into i w >> ’• a j ! 7 «'J« «*'] ,he sli - h,est kno . wl
apt to vary widely, according as the in
dividual happens to lie plaintiff or de
fendant. nr, if a witness, under direct
or cross examination. The average
public worth of the intelligent juror
is a thing which needs no discussion,
and we inay therefore be spared the
uncomplimentary task of expressing it.
But besides bench and bar and jury,
there are many persons whom business
calls into the Court-moms and ntnnv
others who throng thither ill pursuit
of what they vainly imagine to l>c en
tertainment, and it is scarcely in rc-
cordance with justice—to say nothing
of humanity—to treat all of these
a« if they had collectively been
tried anil found guilty, and sentenced
to slow asphyxia. And yet, the con
dition of most Court-rooms entail*
A.. A.. W N" >T
WITH
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.
Cotton Kactors,
—AND—
General Commission Merchants
Savannah, Ga.
n*tain(. Tl««, Rape, an* oth.r Supplir, for-
nl-hcd. Al»«, Literal Ca.h Advance, mad. on
.ooiignmenti for *al. or ahlpmont to Llrcr|>ool
Northarn ports. mySO-lf
Livery. Feed and Sale Stable,
A.THBNT S f <3■ A..
GANN & REAVES....PROPRIETORS
"VATILL BE FOUND AT THEIR
\ V .Id .t.o I, roar Franklin HoaxhtriMIng,
Thoinai ltrcet. iCccp always on hand good Turn
out. and careful drier*.
Snick well cared for whan ealru.Ud to our rare.
Stock on band for sale at all Uauu. dec!3-tf
FALL I WINTER
MILL1HERY GOODS,
'\TRS. T. A. ADAMS would most
1YL rwapectfully inform tha Ladle, of Athens
aad of cuaatie* adjacent, that ehe ha. now recelT-
ed and opened a moat choice and aalact aaaortment
of FUI and Winter Millinery Goods, com- ,
prlstpg hi part th* lateat stylea and foahions of
HATS, BONNETS,
■/t rrrno.A s, zaces,
Flowers, Gloves, <fcc..
which the will Mil at rMiontbli price*. Give her
m call hffiJbrt purchasing cUawhciw- Ordtn flruM
a dliUnct carefully fill oil. Store loentod on Broad
•troci, ono door aloao Natolnal Bank, octid-tf.
Autobiography of Edward Wort ey Monlagu,
With Preface by Dr. Mackenzie.
The Initials. The Great Love Story.
Count of Monte Crialo. By Alexander Dumas.
Camille; or The Fate of a i'nqurtte.
The Dead Secret. By Wilkie Coilin*.
TheCro**ed l*uth. hit Wilkie (V/ivu.
Memoirs of Yidocq. Jlis Life and Adventures.
Cousin llarry. By Mrs Urey.
Th® Little Boautv. By Mrs. Grey.
Cvrilla. By Author of “ The Initials.'*
Modern Chivalry. By II. II. Breckenridge.
Maior Jones* 1’oartih‘p and Travels.
Major Jones’ Scent s -n Georgia.
Siuion Suggs* Adventure and Travel*.
Col. Thorpe’s Scenes in A rkansaw.
Big Bear’s Adventures nnd Travels.
Don Quixotte. li’i/A His Life and Adventures.
Frank Fairlcgh. By Frank K Smrdley.
Lewis Arundel. By Frank K. Smedlry.
Tom Uaequc t. By Frank E Smrdley.
TheTowerof London. By !!'. //. Ai»*irorth.
Count of Monte-CrlMo. By Alexander Dumas.
The Countess of Mont e-Crist o.
The Three Gnnrdsmen. By Alexander Pumas.
Twenty Years After. By Alexawter Dumas.
Bragelonno. By Alexander Dumas.
The Iron Mask. By Alexander Dumas.
Edmond Dante*, sequel to Count of Monfe-Crisfo.
Forty-Five <*ttnrJ«ntc:t. By Alexander Dumas.
The Iron Hand. By Alexander Dumas.
Charles O'Malley. By Charles Lever.
Harry !.*»rre.|uer. By Charles Lever.
Jack'lliuton. the Guitrdsmau. By Lever
Tom Burke of Our*. By Charles 7x«vr.
Valentine Vox, the Veutriloquist. ByCoekton.
Basil: or. The Crowed Tath. By Collins.
The Brigand ; «*r the Demon oi the North. By
Vlrtor Huao, author of ” Les Mi treaties.'*
The Queen's Revenue By Il'i/Bf Collins.
Hide and Seek. By Wilkie Collins.
After I>ark. By Wilkie Collins.
Cruising in I^ist War. A Capital Sea Sfory.
TrapiK*r*s Daughter. By Gustave A Hoard.
Guy Fawkes. Bu Ainsworth. Illustrated.
The Star Chamber. By H'm. Harrison Ainsworth.
Holidav Stories. By Charles Dickens.
The Fie-Nic Fajmrs. By Charles Dickens.
Dickens’ Short Stories. By Charles Dickens.
Windsor Castle. By W. Harrison Ainsworth.
Charles O’Malley.
Harry Lorrednor.
The Three Guardsmen.
Twenty Years After.
The Iron Mask.
Louise I*a Vallicre.
The Ir**n Hand.
Jack Hinton.
Tom Burke of Ours.
Edmond Dantes.
Bragelonno.
Forty-five Guardsmen.
Love at Pint Sight. By Captain C ml in a.
Sunshine and Shadow. By Mrs. C.J. AetrF»y.
Miss or Mrs. ? By Wilkie Collins.
The Dead Secret. By Wilkie Collins.
Mad!Monktou, and o( her Tales. By Wilkis Collins.
Sight* Afoot. By Wilkis Collins.
The Corsican Biot hers. By Alexander Dunuit.
Father Tom and the l*ope. Illustrated.
The Marriage Verdict. By Alexander Dumas.
The Flirt. By Mrs Grey.
Salathicl; or the Wandering Jew. By Bev. G.
Crol»/.
Good Society. By Mrs Grey.
The Reb-1 Chief. By Gustare Aimard.
The Border Rifles. By Gustare Aimard.
Sol. Smith’s Theatrical Apprenticeship. /I/us-
trated. „ _ ff
Sol. Smith’s Theatrical Journey-Work. JUus-
(rated.
The Indian Chief. By Gustave Aimard.
The tiold-sSeekcra. By Gustare Aimard.
The Tiger-Slayer. By Gustare A’mart!.
The L»>et Back Note. By Mrs. Henry Wood.
Lion-Hearted. A SorcL By Mrs Grey.
The - Jl».»d Track. By Gustare Aimard.
rosslon and Principle. By Mrs Grey.
Mary Seahatn. By Mrs Grey.
For Sale at
Nov. 2.1 BU KK E*S BOOK STORE.
the parlor, anti while we were pitting |
there we heanl Mrs. Kevser in the
<lininir*roof?j .*t<)joiiiH><r 9 busy preparing
for supper. Kevser would not sell his
horse, but he was quite sociable, and
after some conversation, he said:
4 Gentlemen, in 1847 I owned » boss
that never seen his equal in this State.
And that boss once did the most ex
traordinary thin? that was ever done
bv an animal. One dnv I had him
out, down yer by the creek—”
Here Mrs. Kevser opened the door
.and exclaimed, shrilly:
4 Kevser, if you want nnv supper
you’d better pet me some kin'liu wood
pretty quick.”
Then Kevser t urned to us and said :
44 Excuse me for a few moments,
gentlemen, if you please.”
A moment Inter we heard him
splitting wood in the cellar beneath,
and indulging in some very hard
swearing, with his soft pedal down—
Mrs. Keyscr being the object of his
After awhile he came
objurgations.
into the parlor again, took his seat,
wiped the moisture from his brow, put! . . - , ,
his handkerchief in his hat, his hnt on ■ ^.irce <" to increase the latter.
Cil^p of hygienic laws, must rejptrd a«
a worse punishment than is indicted
intentionally on convi-ted criminals.
Double doors and double sashes to shut
out what little pure air mi<;!it find in
gress by these means; several hundred
for the payment of money by the Bank.
This applies to notes, drafts, etc.,
made, drawn or accepted prior to
February 8, 1875, when paid by the
Bank on after that date.
Second—This tax applies to checks
drawn hv a Bank upon itself for the
purpose of paying its own dividends,
coupons or interest of other corpora
tion*. or for other payments.
Third—Checks drawn by State,
county or city officers in their official
opacity upon public bonds deposited
in a Rank are exempt, if said bonds
are kept separate from any private
accounts, it not being within the in
tent of the law to tax a public treas
ury.
Orders for dividends are subject to
the tax if drawn for a definite and
certain sum, but not otherwise.
An ordinary certificate of deposit
used in the ordinary manner is not
liable.
Interest coupons are considered ex
empt. Bills of exchange, foreign ns
pairs of lunirs exhaling carbonic acid | as hdand, when drawn upon a
enough to vitiate some half million . Bank, B ulker or Trust Company, are
cubic feet of atmosphere an hour, and 1 he subject to the tax, whether
with an equal number of not always payable at sight or otherwise.
scrupulously clean bodies, giving out
a still more injurious admixture of
organic matter; no efficient apparatus
for forced ventilation, hut in a few
instances an ingenious arrangement to
introduce more foul gases from cellars
l tenon th ; such are the places in which
human beings are herded together for
many hours of the day, and a jaded
counsel must exert their utmost powers
in spite of blood poisoning.
The factors of the respiration prob
lem are easy of statement. The fa
cilities for introducing fresh air into a
room and the cubic space to he allot
ted to each inmate of such a room,
stand in inverse ratio to each other.
If the former ho inadequate, the only
In
the floor, and resumed : °! her wor d*. »‘ ‘ he of suffi
“ As I was savin’, Mr. Adeler, one . ^ ent ^ans changing the air of a
dav I had that hoss down ver by the Court room, fewer people should lie
creek; it was in ’47 or’48. I most, admitted to it. Unless m one way or
forgot which. But, howsomedever, I! ‘ “ e °» ,er ’ st(, P? betaken to remedy
took him down ver bv the creek, and j ‘V*’ evil of crowd poisoning, there is a
I was jest about to”- j «' , > a " ce ,n ,hp?0 , ™' ,SC3 eelehres
Mrs. Kevser (opening the door sud-1 protracted trials, that we shall
denlv)—You, Kevser ! there’s not a ! I,avfi *° revcr f to the oh )
drop of water in the kitchen, and un- t,,m °f strewing aromatic in Court t
Acres of Skeletons Unearthed..
Says the Chattanooga Times of Sun
day: The high water of the recent
flood washed about four fe?t of earth
from ten or fifteen acres of land lying
along the Tennessee river on the farm
of Mr. Janies Prater, near Louisville,,
in Blount county. About two feet of
soil, was removed from the same
ground by the high tide of 1867.
When the waters subsided, after the
last flood, a strange sjiectacle was pre
sented. The whole of the denuded
area was covered with skeletons.
Some were straight, some redintng,
some doubled up aiid some in a sitting
posture. There were the osseous
forms of infants, of children and of
full grown persons. Mr. Prater hns
counted over a thousand forms.
The steamer City of Knoxville, on
her last trip, brought some of these
bones to Chattanooga, and Mr. Craw
ford. the clerk of the Knoxville, pre
sented us with it skull.
Persons who have lived in the vi-
THE CENTENNIAL
ACTION OF THE GEO. LEGISLATURE*
The General Assembly passed
the following resolutions on the
subject of the approaching Cen
tennial :
Resolved, that his Excellency
the Governor be and he is herehy
authorised and requested to cause
thtf 4yoper steps to lie taken un
der fbe direction and control of
Hie Commissioners of Agriculture,
for aflteding the necessary facili
ties to the people of this State for
forwarding and exhibiting pro
ducts of the soil and Anines* me
chanics aud other roaources' of the
State at the approaching Centen
nial Exposition to bo held in the
City of Philadelphia in the year
1876, and in visiting the smite:
Provided, That persons receiving
the benefit of such facilities and
ciuity of this mysterious cemetery for organization be first required to
sixty five years, never heard of any I pay snch 8um as w| „ Cov V r n ]| cx _
human bones being discovered there . .l., i, •
before. i P°" SP8 5 tnc otate to he in no way
The skeletons, we understand, are > ^ a ^ e ,^ wr _ e *P cn ?° ” r ros ^ s ***•
not found iu a mound, nor in what j ® tt .V kind, but tho sumo
appears to bean artificial formation of) 10 l»orne exclusively by the
the earth. | persons taking the lienctits as
We understand one or more mounds , aforesaid, under sueh rides and
were partially washed away in Meigs 1 regulations as the Governor may
county, disclosing skeletons, stone 1 l. i.t_u J
. , . . , . skeletons, stone prescribe, by which, with com-
hatchets, and pipw, and implements bined action, exhibitors mav obtain
common among the Indians. 1
The skeleton
probalily occupy
which perhaps centuries ago was onv
ered up by the fame agency which
has now exposed its occupants to
view.
Duplicates of hills, orders, etc., are
liable the same as originals. Receipts
not relating to Banking business, for
instance for r-’nt.s, are exempt. -- 2el.
<£• Mess.
IVe are Nearer IVar Now than Before
Hu* Election of IS60.
There is much better reason for Mr.
B. F. Butler’s lugubrious forelaidings
than people generally suppose. Civil
war is not only possible within the
next two years, hut Mr. Butler is en
tirely warranted in saying that the
reasons for anticipating it are much
greater now ("twenty months before the
election of 1876), than they were
twenty months before the election of
1869. Not a man in America, in the
beginning of March, 1859, dreamed or
saw cause to dream that ore two years
should pass the country would hear the
call to arms. The reasons to antici
pate civil war within two years are n
thousand times greater now than they
were then. Then the heat o! political
centered in a sectional
[From the Wilmington tDel) u«£ett**.]
A Walk Around the World.
^Mr. Mark Grayson, of Richmond,
Va.. is now in this city training for the
prodigious and hitherto uuatteinpted
feat of walking around the. world.
Several weeks ago Mr. Grayson,
hacked by Leon Macarthy, entered
into a wager of $25,000 with J. P.
Wilkinson and Thomas L. Murdock,
(the parties being all from Richmond,
Va..) that he could walk around the
world in six hundred days. The dis
tance to be included in the entire
route is 19,226 miles, which will make
a daily average of a little over 82
miles.
Under the terms of the agreement,
which Itave been accepted and signed,
Grayson is to start from the city hall.
New York, on Saturday, April 8,
1875, and to return to the same place
Thursday, November 23, 1876. Part
of his trip will be on the ocean steam
ers, during which time he will make
up his daily average by walking on
ship hoard. He will he accompanied
by Mr. McCarthy and some persons to
he sent out by the other parties to the
wager. The exceptions included in
the agreement arc delays occasioned by
assault or unavoidable accidents.
Blount county jitlvantoafcs in reduction
hurrving ground. °‘ am > passage, order and
safety in the exhibition and care
of the property.
Resolved further. That the
State University be requested to
furnish the proper datn for the
Bureau of History and Statistics
in the approaching Centennial Ex
position, and for this purpose the
officers of the University, or per
sons charged by it. with the work,
have access to the archives and
public library of the State, and the
State Geologist lie requested to
furnish the necessary surveys,
geological information and speci
mens front his office; Provided,
that this work lie accomplished
with no expense to tho State, be
yond the actual cost of freight and
hauling of the articles and pack
ages sent by said University and
the State Geologist as aforesaid, a
schedule and estimate of which
shall be made and filed in the ex
ecutive office and approved by the
Governor before the articles aro
sent.
r v t, rrrjf PVT/OUT
Rates of Advertising:
Trsn-ipnt »dvorli-.Mnon!«..,lone« 1 u.H' □rmorc,
SI 00 per sqaan: for the lnllnntlMi,w* TJeents
f u- rack lowrtfon. ■
OS. All advertisement. eoiuW^pd^trtnfilcat.
except where special contract* arc made.
TwcItc lints spue* of this type one Inch)
make one square. ' J ’
r canlrict prices, see *cheaule.
Vsssitutssdts
Information W anted.
Josh Billings says, Will some
benign Being explane, tonic—
Wtiy a dog alwus tyrns jound
3 times before ho lies down.'
Why a horse alwus gits up oph
from the ground on his forward
feet fust.
' Why n coav alwus gits tip oph
from the ground ou her behind
feet fust. ■•*’
WhvJ when a man gitv lost in
the woods or on the pinias, hc
alwus walks jn a cirkle-ftj
, Why « goose stands .fust'one
leg and then on timber.
Why, rabbits bav a sliort^alo
and knats hsv a long owttor’,^ .. ,.v • < -
Why most' alt the birds bild
their nests out of different mato-
riul-.
Why a hen alwus knows her
little ones from another’s, and
why she will hatch out 12 duck’s
eggs and then think they are her
own chickens.
Why a liear will alwus climb
down a tree backward-.
Why a tr rkey’s eggs is speckled
and a duck's blue.
Whether a log floats faster in
river than the current rubs or
not. * ■
Why an oyster and a klam are
the only things 1 kno ov witU ani
mal life that don't bav to ipove
out ov their places to get a living.
Why • a mule’s bones aro all
solid, and their cars twice as .long
as a horse’s.
Why a pig gathers straws in
his mouth and runs almut with
them just before a rain storm.
Why litening never was known
to strike a beech tree.
Why the males aimttig the
fctliercd nice do all the singing.
Mule,
land lit
J. W- COLLINS
IIss now In Star* a Full Stock of
IfSW (GOOJDS*
SUITABLE FOB THE
SPRING AND SUMMER
Distil ution of Partnership.
T HE partnership heretofore existing between
the subscriber* under the firm name of
BURKE & HODGSON,
I* thi* dar dissolved hr mutual eonient. The
business will l»e continued by T. A. BURKE, who
will collect all of the accounts due the firm, and
settle its Indebtedness. Parties Indebted are re
quested to make immediate payment, as the books
of the Into firm must be closed.
T. A. Burke,
W. H. Hodgson.
rienda
7 ’ sincere thanks for their !il»ertl p.itrnu:ige. and
icitof them a continuance of ihe same to my
Consisting, ip part, of
DRY GOODS
GROCERIES
HATS, SHOES * NOTIONS
Of AH Kinds, wfctck he offers
CHEAP FOR CASH
Or in Exchange for Countiy Produce.
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Brackets,
Clock Shelves,
Book Shelves*
, Wall Pockets, ‘
•Hatch Safe*.
Hanging Baskets,
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W. II. HOmiSON.
GEORGIA, HARTCOUYTY.
v7 OnuiMABV’sOPKIC*. Dec. 28tli, 1874.
Whereas, June I lower., Guardian of Xsnre
Bowers, K. A. E. Bowers, J. D. Bowerr, L. tf.
Bowers, Jane Bowers, Mary Bowers, Martha
Bowers and l. li. Bowers, minor heirs of E.ly
Bowers. d>WMsed, represents to the Gmrt tlut
she has folly aettl.sl with the said lieira in terms of
the Lew, *’ .
This is, therefore, to cito alt eoneernod, to shew
esnseif anethey ran. why raid OuartUn shool
not he dismissed at tbs April term, li.o, of the
Court of Ordinary foraaid Couuty.
FRED. C. STEPtffcNcON, Ord’y.
Dec. 20th, It.
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less some’s drawn tlic.re’ll be no sup|>cr
in this house this night, now mind me.
Kevser (with a look of pain upon
his face.)—“ Well, well! this is too
bad ! too bad! Gentlemen, just wait
half a minute. I’ll lie right back, j
The old woman’s rarin’ ’round, and
she won’t wait."
Then we heard Kerrer at work at
the well-bucket, and* looking out the
back witidow we saw him bringing in a
pail of water. On hi* way he en
countered a liver-colored dog, and in
order to give his pent-up feelings ade
quate expression, he kicked the ani
mal clear over the fence. Presently
he came into Vlie parlor, mopped his
forehead, and liegan again :
Keyser—“ AsT was a sayin’, that
hoss was perfectly astouishin’. On
the day of which I was speakin’, I was
riditi’ him down yer by the creek,
dost by the corn-field, and I was just
about to wade him in, when, all of a
suddent like, he—
Mrs. Keyser (at the door, and with
her voice pitched ot a high key)
“ Are you poin’ to fetch that ham
from the smoke house, or are vou
goin’ to set there jabberin’, and go
without your supper? If that hnm
isn’t here in short order, I’ll know the
reason whv. You hear me 1
Keyser (his face red and his manner
excited)—“ Gra-shusI If this isn’t
—well, well, this just lays over all the
—Pshaw! Mr. Cooley, if you’ll hold
on for a second. I’ll liqwith you again.
I’ll he fight back.”
Then wc heard Keyser slam oprn
the smoke-house door, and presently
lie emerged with n hnm which he car
ried in one hand, while with the other
he made a fi-t. which he shiiok
threateningly at the kitchen door, as
if to menace Mrs. Keyser, who
couldn't sec him.
Again he entered the parlor, smell
ing of smoke and ham, and, crossin
his legs, he continued :
Keyser—“Excuse those little infer
ruptions, the old woman’s kinde
sing’ler and you’ve got to humor her to
live in peace with her. Well, sir. a
I said, I n»de that ext’rordiuary i«»s
down ver by the creek on that day t
which I am referrin’, ami after passin
the corn field I was goin’ to wade hin
iuto (he creek, just then, all of a sud
dent, w hat should that boss do but-
Mrs. Keyser (at the door again)—
" Keyser 1 you lazv vagahone! Why
don’t you’tend to milkin’ them cows?
Not one morsel of supper dh you put
in your mouth this night unless you do
•he milkin’ right off. You shan’t
touch a crust, or my name’s not Erne-
line Keyser."
Then Keyser leaped to hi* feet in a
perfect frenzy of rage and hurled the
chair at Mr*. Keyser; whereupon she
Mixed the poker and came toward him
with savage earnestness. Then we
pave the bench and bar from typhus,
ns there is present certainty that the
health of Judges and lawyers is gravely
endangered by the foul atmosphere
which they are forced to breathe d:ty
alter day.
controversy
question that did not involve any ques-1 ...Augusta Chronicle: Scene iti a
tion of right fundamental to the whole Broad street clothing store; time,
people. Now everything tends-to eleven o’clock yesterday morning,
show that the central issue in the next Enter colored troop from the rural
THE DEL.UT4KK ICF.-NOIKiE.
The ice gorge on the Delaware must
be a beautiful, although a terrible sbht.
and the people at Port Jervis are watch
ing it with feverish anxiety. A corres
pondent front that town writes that its
formation is very irregular. In some
plsces great blocks of ice have evidently
itecome firmly planted in the bed of the
river, and these have served as piers
front one to another, of which arches
have formed, several feet above the
water, up-bearing the great dome-
shaped mass. Since the ice has settled
deeper into the bed of the river, the lo
cality of these arches is marked hy
great huinmocka on the surface of the
glaeier.
It is very dangerous walking on the
crlacicr, since the deep coverin'.’ of snow
hides from view the manv rifts and
holes l>etween the cakes of ice, some of
which extend twenty feet or more
downward. The surface is very irre
gular. being intersected in every diree-
tirtn bv slmrp ridges with deep depres
sions between them, in the bottom of
which surface water has collected in
considerable quantities. The bed of
the river is full of rock* and shoals,
and these have served ns shoulders to
hold the ice more firmly, as the pres
sure from above drives it down.
Science is endeavoring to avert the
calamity to the peaceful town that ap
pears so inevitable.
On Wednesday experiments were
made with glycerihe and giant powder,
and the main mass, a block one hun
dred feet square, was blown out and
«ent floating down the river, amid the
enthusiasm of the spectators. Pieces
of solid‘ice twelve inches thick were
thrown more than one hundred feet
into the nir bv the explosion. Strenu
mis efforts are l*cing made to protect
the suspension bridge from harm, great
iron piers being built in front of it to
enable it to withstand the terrible pres
sure it must endure. Science, how
ever, will find a dangerous antagonist
in nature, aud it is sad to reflect upon
the loss of property, and perhaps life,
that must result from the severity of
the past winter.
...Three Chicago girl* are about
opening n barber’s shop in that city.
One is to do the lathering, another the
shaving, while a third, a beautiful
blonde, is to sit on a sort of a throne,
and play on a harp and sing. The
outfit of this establishment, it is said,
will cast 812,000.
choice of an Olympiad monarch will he
one touching the very vitals of our po
litical system, one involving, not any
question of terrifond integrity hut in
volving the far deeper question of popu
lar government.
An attempt, in 1876, to proclaim a
new Executive hv suspension of the
habeas corpus, or by any other arbitra
ry assertion of the kingly prerogative
over the decision of the electnrinl
lw>die«, will he resisted by the sword a«
sorely as aov sueh attempt is made.
And vet, hv such exercise of the pro-
is* the only j>ossihle way in
rogative
whieh the present dynasty can hope to enough to pay for what you want I’ll
g its existence. Mr. Butler’s have to lend it to you, though I hope
regions. Storc-krepor walks hurried
ly up to troop and says: “Well, my
colored friend, the civil rights hill has
passed, and I nm compelled to sell you
anything yon want, just the same, as to
a white innn.” Colored troop (pnmp-
onsly) “I know dnt." “Well, now,
ju<t say what you want, I will have to
sell it to you, a 1 1 hough I don’t care to
do so." “I don’t want nuffin.” “Now
just look arouud the store and if there
is anything you want to buy. say so.
I’ll have to sell it to you, as I am not
able to pay the five hundred dollars
fine. If you haven’t got monev
An Act
To be entitled an Act to Amend
Section 3554 of the Code o f 1873.
Section 1. Be it enacted hv the
What Happened to a
A had little hoy in Portland lit
a pack of shooting crackers and
threw them into the street te> sec
them go off. One of Ike Battrlnn’s
mule* canto siting and swallowed
them before they went off. The
mule walked about fifteen feet and
stopped. Things wasn’t acting
right inside. He ltcgau to tasto
the* smoke of tho fire-crackers.
He laid his left ear around against
his ribs, and heard something.' It
was them crackers having fun.
The mule picked out nlw»ut flfiree
and a half miles of straight fond
and started. A negro met him
about a mile the other side of the
alms-house going south, white
with perspiration, with streams of
General Assemble of the State of sn ‘°^ sho V l, "« out ' il
Gcoragia, That fmnm nd after the j ,no ” h t n "! } . W, " :C
passage of this set. section 3554 "tuck straight up, and a stream of
of the Code of 1873 be, and the
S mc is, hereby amended by nd-
ng to the proviso of said section
the following words, to wit:
“Or when the consideration of
said debt is services rendered by
any physician, or surgeon, to the
employe or Iris family, or medi
cine furnished by any physician,
surgeon, druggist, or apothecary,
to said employe or his family.”
Sec. 2. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved February 24th, 1875.
prolong
intimation tlmt the prerogative will he
thus exercised can have no other possi
ble'meaning than civil war.
S?o he it. To lie forewarned is to lie
forearmed. The fight between the
monarch and the republic, in which
one or the other must fall, is certain to
come, sooner or later. Perhaps the
war may as well open in 1876 ns at
nnv other tun®.—From the Chicago
Times, March 4th.
The Work of the Session.
The Legislature has attempted to
put an end to the charge* that the
contracts given out for county work
are unfairly awarded. The new law
require* that whenever it becomes the
duly of a proper officer of a county
(whether Ordinary, Commissioner, or
County Judge.) to let to the lowest
bidder the building or repairing of
anv Court-house, jail, bridge, or other
public work, notice of the same shall
he advertised for at least four weeks
for bids, in a newspaper published in
the county. Complete specifications
of the work are also required to be
deposited with the officer who awards
the contract, subject to inspection hy
any citizen. These sp?cifications must
he advertised at the same time with
the published notice. Any letting
done without a compliance with the
provisions of the Act, is declared ille
gal ; the persons doing the work can
not recover for their services, and the
vou don’t want much, a* I haven’t got
hut a little.” “Wliats de price o’ dem
pants J” pointing to a pair of cordu
roys. “Seven dollar*.” (Cost aliou”
three.) “I aint got hut five.t
“Well “I’ll have to lend you the other
two.” And so the trade was con
summated. The darkey took the
pints, paid five and went off, owing
the storekeeper two dollars borrowed
money, with the firm conviction that
he had made “dat white man" sell him
a pair of pants and lend him two dol
lars to boot.
adjourned to the front yard suddenly,
and as Cooley and I got into foe car
riage to go home, Keyser, with an
humble expression in hie eyes, said:
“Gentlemen, I’ll tdl you that boss
rgy
he saw a snake forty feet long and big
around as a barrel of whisky. A pretty
good sized insect that. We have no
doubt that be law it, but he unques
tionably saw the barrel ot whisky be
fore he saw foe snake. It seems more
reasonable, some bow*
From and after the passage of
this act, whenever any person
seeks process of garnishment
against any journeyman mechanic
ov day laborer, such person shall,
in addition to the oath now re
quired ire law, make affidavit
setting forth spceifieally the ac
tual consideration of the debt, or
judgment sued on, r, so much
thereof, as he may claim the law
authorizes the garnishment of
wages for.
Approved March 2d, 1875.
county officer who violates the law is
made guilty of malpractice, and sub-
ject to the punishment prescribed for j ,hj 8 advice, and you mav well disp
that offense. This ia a good law. It w ,(|j ro y n i,]. Living, t could do
makes fraudulent contracts an impos- .... , * •
ability, and will save money to the
tax-payers of every county.—Chroni
cle & Sentinel.
B9~The Marietta Journal says that
Waresbort claims a very remarkable
woman, and she belongs to a remarka
ble and. we may add, a very danger
ous family to marry into. She gave
birth to five chi!Iren in one year—
triplets in January and twins in De
cember. Her mother had previously
giveu birth to triplets, her sister ia the
mother of three pair of twins, and each
of her daughters have given birth to
triplets. The times are really too bard
for such foolishness.
Thkke Eminent Physicians.—As
the celebrated French physician, Des-
motdjn*, lay on his death bed, he was
visited and almost constantly sur
rounded hv the most distinguished
medical mou of Paris, as well as other
prominent citizens of the metropolis.
Great were the lamentations of all at
the loss about to be sustained by the
profession, in the death of one they
regarded as its greatest ornament; but
Desmoulins speke cheerfully to his
practitioners, assuring them that he
had left behind three physicians much
greater than himself. Each of the
doctors hoping that his own name
would be called, inquired anxiously
who was sufficiently illustrious to sur
pass the immortal Desmoulins. With
great distinctness the dying man an
swered. “they are Water, Exercise,
and Diet. Call in the service of the
first freely, of the second regularly,
aad the third moderately. Follow
“ dispense
no
thing without them; and dying, I
shall not be missed, if yon make friends
of these, my faithful coadjutors.”
A very religious old lady being
asked her opinion of the organ of a
church, the first time she had ever
heard one, replied: “It is a very pret
ty box ot whistles, but, oh ! it’s an aw
ful way to spend the Sabbath.
' The “ Phomenadk.”
Mistress of the
ant letters I
want taken to the post. Progmore. Have
you -finished dinner down stairs yeti”
Botler—“Not yet, mum; the ’ongtrays la
just agon’ in.”
High Hie below stairs,
house—‘Tve some import*
. Prog
5^*Thc San Francisco School
Board have been discussing the
Lord’s Prayer. Here is the way
they disposed of it;
Mr. Spaulding offered the fol
lowing resolution.
Resolved, That in the opinion
of this hoard the reading or chant
ing of the Lord’s Prayer is neither
partisan, denotninatiomal, nor
sectarian in character, and is not
in violation of the school law or
the rules of this department.
Mr. Donovan hoped the reso
lution would not prevail The
Constitution of the United
States guaranteed to all its citi
zens the right to worship God as
they pleased. It surely would be
very unpleasant to the children of
Jewish parents to have the Lord’s
Prayer drummed into their ears
day after day. The Lord’s Pray
er was partisan and sectarian, and
contrary to the laws of the land
and of the United States.
Mr. Davis (iu the chair)—Gen
tleman, I will end this discussion
by ruling that the Lord’s Prayer
is partisan and sectarian, and that
the use of it in our schools is con
trary to the spirit of the school
law.
Mr. Spaudling—Then I appeal
from the decision of the chair.
The Tote was then taken on the
appeal and the decision of the
chair was sustained.
blue and green smoke about-ten
feet long, followed in the rear.
Ike found his mule sticking half
way through a farm-house near
Paddy's Run, still smoking, ^’he
man got his family out and put
’em up into a lot of trees. Ike
hauled his mule home when he
got cool enough on a dray. Tho
man is going to remove his house
further back oft the road, and Iris
wife and oldest daughter will Ihj
baptized when the water gets
warm.—Conrir- Journal.
Takln? a Practical View of It.
There is a plain, ninttqr-of-fact,
business-like air about tbc charge
to the jury of the English judge
in a recent breach of promise ot
marriage case. A cockney, sued
the girl who jilted him, laying his
damages at £3,000. The Jttd^c
reminded the jury "tlmt a man is
not injured much by « breach of
faith of this kind, while a woman
is. lie went on to say about the
man:
“He can get a living just as well
as before, and has .suffered noth
ing that money can repair. More
over, a man is none the worse for
being kissed for u series of years,
as happened in this csw , while
the woman, after being a long
time a subject of oscillatory ex
ercises, is not so actively, in de-
nrml by other men afterward."
The jury evidently coin idrd
with the soundness of this opinion,
for they gave the blighted coeknev
only £4 damages.
...Gold gives a ready I
gate except the gate of r
—’Marry a widower! not IF
said Matilda. 'Babies are like
sport at any! tooth-brushes- Everybody wants
van. t their own.’
—An Irishman went into a gin-
mill in Louisville, took a drink,
cum j out. He stood a few min
utes, when 'things commenced
workin.’ He grahlted his stomach,
twisted his face out of shape,
rushed back into the gin-mill and
shouted to tho ImMender; * Say,
I axed ye for whiskey, an* ye gave
me the wrong bottlo; Itand me a
barrel o’ water, until I pour it
down an’ drown the torchlight
procession that’s goin’ through me
this blissed minit. Och 1 murthcr.
I’m on fire !* and they * put him
out.’
—Hundreds of people through
out the country have siilwcrH**?
for the New Orleans Times, under
the impression that it was printing
a biography of Beecher. The
mistake grew «»nt of tho fact that
its agrtcimttral department is en
titled ’The Rake.’— Sav. Nuss.
' ...It is a fact, of some significance,
that of the 135 Radicalswho voted for
the force bill only 3D have been re
elected—the other 69 were “scooped "
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