Newspaper Page Text
‘Volume 2.
BAINBRIDGE, GA., OCTOBER 31, 1872.
Number 5.
THE APPLING COUNTY MYSTERY
Ghosts, Hobgoblins and Unseen Spirits to
ll]f Front—Crockery, Pottery, Glassware and
Botcher Knives—Ears of Corn, Smoothing
jp, n s and Docks Jumping around the Floor—
Tin Old Family Clock and Red-hot Brick-
pive Hundred People on the Ground—
Pull and Complete Particulars.
On Sunday' afternoon it will be re
membered that we published a brief
paragraph stating that strange and
supernatural manifestations had
taken place at a house at No. 6, Ma
con and Brunswick railroad.
Passengers coming up on the train
were greatly excited about it and
represented that great excitement
prevailed in that immediate neigh
borhood, as indeed as far distant as
the reports had reached. Determ
ined to find out the exact facts in
regard to the matter, we detailed a
special reporter to the scene of the
operations and will now lay before
our readers the
full particulars
as detailed to us by him.
Taking the Brunswick train Sat
urday nigltt, in company with Mr.
Mason and Mr. Campbell, ofMacon,
who were also going down for the
same purpose, our reporter, Mr.
Peter Lindenstruth, arrived at the
point of destination a little after
lour o'clock Sunday morning.
NO. <J, OR SURRENCY.
Getting oil'the train, they found no
one in the little place as yet up, but
going to the house of Mr. A. P. Sur-
rohcv, they were admitted to a va
cant room, the fire in which had
nearly died out.
We may as well remark here that
tli(> town or dwpot of Surrcncy con
sists only of a station-house, one or
two places of business, and the resi
dence of the gentleman from whom
it takes its name. It is situated in
Aappling county, 120 miles from
Macon and about sixty from Bruns
wick. Mr. Surrcncy is a gentleman
well-to-do in the world, and is
universally regarded os one of the
most honorable citizens of the coun
ty, and it would seem that his house
would be the last one ghosts would
select iu which to play mischief.
Till-: FIRST BRICK.
Mr. Lindenstruth, finding the fire
ueai ly out went to the wood pile to
get something to make it up. While
returning he heard a heavy thud
upon the floor of another room, as if
something heavy had fallen. Think
ing some member of the family had
risen, lie paid no more attention to
it. But subsequent events convin
ced him that that was the first brick
thrown by the ghost, or what ever
agency is at work on the premises,
as no nirthber of the family had as
yet goj, up.
WllAT MR. SURRENCY SAYS.
Soon after daylight Mr. Surrcncy
came into the room, and after giv
ing his guests a hearty welcome,
proceeded to tell from the beginning
what had taken place up to that
time.
"On Friday evening, a short while
befoie dark, the family were greatly
alarmed by sticks of wood flying
into the house and falling about the
floor, from directions lie could tell
nothing about, and without any hu
man agency they could sec or find
out. The wood would fall before
being seen, and what made the my s-
tery’ still more mysterious, the room
into which the wood was falling had
all its doors and windows closed.
This was in the front room.
Soon after dark they stopped fal
ling and was succeeded by brick
bats which fell at short intervals
throughout the night in every room
in the house. Mr. Surrency, his wife,
two grown daughters, Mr. Roberts,
a clerk, and a Baptist minister by
the name of Blitch, were present,
and with the exception of the minis
ter who got on his horse and left,
they all remained awake the whole
night. Notwithstanding the windows
and doors were tightly closed and
no opening left, in any portion ot the
house, these brickbats continued to
fall, but although sometimes just
missing not one struck any person.
bottles and glass take a hand.
Boon after the bricks commenced
falling bottles, vases, glassware gen
erally commenced jumping from their
usual places, tailing and breaking.
Mr. Surrency seeing the destruction
going on directed a negro man to
take four bottles containing four bot
tles kerosene oil out of the house
and place them in the yard. No
sooner had lie set them down when
one flew back, fell in the middle of
the room, scattering the oil in every
direction. The whole family saw
this. It seemed to come down from
the ceiling overhead, „ and indeed
everything else falling did so per
pendicularly—that is to say came
straight down from above.
These strange antics continued
with scarcely one minute’s interrup
tion until daylight Saturday morn
ing, when they ceased, leaving the
house nearly bankrupt in crockery
and glassware and a large quantity
of brickbats and billets of wood
around the floor.
That afternoon, or on Saturday,
19th, they commenced again pretty
much in the same manner, and doing
about what had taken place the
night previously. The family, which
had now been joined by mar.y neigh
bors, watched every nook and cor
ner of the house, to detect, and if
possible, to unravel the mystery.
But so quickly would pitchers, tumb
lers, books and other articles jump
from their positions and dash to the
floor the eye could not follow, and
broken fragments were the first
things seen, except in one instance,
and that was a pan of water and
some books; they were seen to start.
Chairs, shoes and clothing, were
tumbled about the house, as if the
hand of a veritable witch or unseen
devil was present. But the greatest
mystery and most inexplicable inci
dent of this day was the escape
of 4 lot of ordinary clothes hooks
from a locked bureau drawer. They
also fell on the floor, the drawer re
maining tightly closed, as usual.
Nothing else of special note occurred
to-day. All got quiet at halt-past
eight o’clock Saturday night.
THE OPERATIONS OF SUNDAY.
As statea above, our special re
porter arrived before daybreak and
heard the story of Mr. 'Surrency, as
above related. So soon as he got
through with it he stepped up to
the
OLD FAMILY CLOCK,
and was about relating how rapidly
the hands had travelled around the
dial when the ghosts were about - on
the previous day. All eyes were
turned to it, and much to their as
tonishment the hands commenced
running around at the rate of about
five hours a minute. It was a thirty
hour weight clock, and alter seeing
it run at this rate for a short while,
our reporter, who is a watchmaker
by profession, employed at the store
of Mr. J. II. Otto, on Fourth street,
determined to at least solve this
mystery, as it was directly in his
line. He stopped the clock, careful
ly examined the machinery and found
it not only in perfect order but noth
ing whatever unusual, inside or out.
lie could not for the life of him see
the slightest thing wrong about it.
THE MAGNET THEORY.
It has been suggested that there
may be a large magnet about or
under the house, but magnets do
not attract wooden substances, and,
besides, while the clock was running
at its rapid rate Mr. L. had his
watch in his pocket, which kept on
its usual way, and was not the least
affected. lie sat the clock right,
when it continued to keep correct
time up to the time he left.
A RED HOT BRICKBAT.
Nothing else unusual occurred
until seventeen minutes before
twelve o’clock, when the perform
ances reopened by a pair*of scissors
jumping lrom the table to the floor.
At that time Mr. Lindenstruth was
sitting in a chair, when, without the
slightest premonition, a large brick
bat fe’I with great force right beside
him, breaking in two. He immedi
ately picked up a piece of it and
handed it to Mason, and both found
it hot. Then taking up the other
piece he tried two or three times to
break it by throwing it on the floor,
but failed. He then laid tins second
half on the sill of a window in the
room intending to bring it home.
Resumiug his seat near the front
stoop, he was again startled by the
piece he had placed on the window
falling at his feet, and once more
breaking into two pieces. He did
not pick it up again.
At twelve o’clock a smoothing
iron jumped from the fire place about
six feet into the room. It was re
placed and again jumped out. He
.noticed that the iron was also hot,
but this may have been heated at
the fire.
A SHOWER OF CORN.
At about this time dinner was an
nounced, when the famfly>and many
guests walked out to the table. Soon
alter being seated an ear ofcorn ap
parently from the ceiling overhead,
fell between Mr. James Campbell, of
Macon, and Mrs. Surrency; striking
the floor wi h great force it broke in
two, scattering the grains all around
t he room. Later in the day another
ear of corn fell in another room,
striking near Mrs. Burns, a North
ern lady, who at the time had an in
fant in her arms.
Soon after this, Avhilst Mr. D. M. #
MeGaulley, Allen Walls, Robert R.
Prestall, C. C. Eason, John M.
Walls, J. W. Roberts and Daniel
Carter, of that neighborhood, and
Campbell, Lind&istruth and Mason,
were standing in the front room, a
chamber glass was smashed into | a.-ouse the people of Georgia and rally
what we have seen iaother States where
the people refused to bow the knee to
the Radical Baal, and Democratic ma
jorities required to be crushed. But
this effort will fail—signally, ingloriously
fail. The spirit of the freemen of
Georgia cannot be broken or bowed by
such assaults. This Radical intimidation
will never crush out Democratic major
ities in Georgia. It will rouse our peo
ple to still greater exertions, and make
their rebuke of such shameful proceed
ings still more signal. It
sands of votes to the
only in Georgia, but
and send Grant in N<f
whose-thunder, as coi
of October, shall be as the boom of a
columbiad to the pop of a pistol. If
•here was any stimulant needed to
deliberately planned. Borrows had been FOR TREASURER,
secretly removing his baggage and cloth- j To the colored voters of Decatur:—In view
ing from the hoe™, „d Mia, Middle-
ton had disposed of the house and fiirn- you should hare the benefits of its public
iture. About one o’clock in the after-1 offloos ’ which 7 oa .*“? neTerh * Te M “
fifty pieces in the centre of the room.
They were at the time intently
watching everything visible in the
room, but none saw this until after
the vessel was broken.
EXCITEMENT —EXTRA TRAIN.
So rapidly had the news spread,
and so great was the excitement,
the Macon and Brunswick railroad
dispatched an extra train on Sun
day. It arrived at Surrency about
three o’clock in the afternoon, with
seventy-five people on board.
But the ghosts, spirits, or what
ever else they might be called, did
not choose to give them any mani
festations, and the train left in about
an hour, taking the most of them
back. A few remained, however,
determined to see the matter. There
were at least three or four hundred
persons on tho ground daring Sun
day, and up to the time our reporter
left fully five hundred had visited
the place.
OTHER SIGNS AND WONDERS.
While all these things were going
ou in the house, the kitchen depart
ment was by no means idle. Butcher
knives, pots, skillets and crockery
ware were falling around loose to
the terror and horror at the cook.
Another mysterioosHthing occurred
on the first or second , day. Little
nile=: of sne-ar. t ot all v„. unlike any
thing of the kind then used by the
family, were found upon the floors
of the residence. In one of these a
low pins and a steel jien were found.
There were various other incidents
of this totally incomprehensible mys
tery related to and seen by our re
porter, but enough have already
been given.
WHAT is it ?
No one who lias yet visited the
place can give any rational theory as
to the agency which produces these
strange sights. Mr. Surrency is a
plain, old-fashioned Georgia gentle
man, and is greatly annoyed ami
disgusted with the whole proceed
ings. He peremptorily refused any
compensation from any one of the
two or three hundred persons who
have eaten at his taljle. If they are
produced by magnets, they must be
of a different kind from any ever yet
known.
We must leave the question to
some one else for solution.
At the time our Macon party left
people were coming in from all di
rections, and we presume the excite
ment continued to-day unabated.—
Macon Enterprise.
t lem to the polls next November, this
cowardly attempt at intimidation lias
furnished it. Now there can be no ex
cuse for apathy or indifference. The
heart that does not swell with indignant
resentment and the blood that does not
boil with the fever of a righteous indig
nation at this last insult cannot Be
stirred. They belong to corpses—not
men.
Freemen of Bibb county—freemen of
the Sixth Congressional District—free
men of Georgia—we scorn to make a
single appeal to your passions or your
prejudices—we counsel the strictest,
most scrupulous regard for law, and
order and peace—but we invoke you t#
put the seal of your emphatic reproba
tion at the ballot-box in November upon
this wicked conspiracy. Let not a man
be missing when that verdict shall come
to be recorded; but-let the judgment of
a unanimous people who see their rights
and reputations thus menaced go up as
the voice of many voters in rebuke of
those who have sought their destruction.
Let the rallying cry henceforward he
simply : Go to the polls !—Macon
Telegraph,
Federal Intimidation.
Routed at the polls in October, the
Radicals of Georgia have sought the aid
of the Grant Government to enable them
to f >rce a verdict in their favor in No
vember. As will be seen elsewhere,
they have commenced .a system of
wholesale arrests in this and an adjoining
county of some of our best citizens,
upon the charge of violating the so-
called enforcement law. The affidavits
upon which these arrests have been
made are, we learn, all sworn to by ne
groes. and we doubt not have been in
stigated by the negro leader whose
incendiary appeals previous to the late
election were the cause of the disturb
ance on that day. He, it will be re
membered. after forcing his poor dupes
into a position entirely untenable upon
any ground of law or right, basely de
serted them at the first sign of danger,
and sought safety for bis precious per
son in*the sacred precincts of the Fed
eral post-office. His inextinguishable
hatred of the white people has been
carefully nursed during the interval,
and at last finds vent in these arrests.
"We shall have very little to say of
them except to denounce them as out
rages too gross, hut at the same time,
too characteristic to need extended com
ment. They are mere repetitions of
THE COBBLERS SECRET.
A waggish cobbler once, in Rome,
Put forth a’proelamation.
That he’d be willing to disclose,
For due consideration,
“•“ 1 k:■»!. thtt
Could ill afford to lose:
The way to make in one short day,
A hundred pairs of 9I10CS.
From every quarter to the sight
There ran a thousand fellows—
Tanners, cobblers, bootmen, shoemcn,
Jolly leather sellers—
All redolent of beef and smoke,
And cobbler’s wfix and hides;
Each fellow pays his thirty pence,
And calls it cheap besides.
Silence ! The cobbler enters
And casts around his eyes,
Then curls his lips—the rogue!—then
frowns,
And then looks wondrous wise;
“My friends,” he says, “’tis simple quite,
The plan that I propose;
And every man of you, I think,
Might learn it if you choose.
A good sharp knife is all you need
In carrying out my plan;
So easy is it, none can fail,
Let him be a child or man.
To make a hundred pairs of shoes,
Just go back to your shops,
And take a hundred pairs of boots
And cut off all the tops !”
noon of his departure, he calle.d for a
glass of brandy, saying he was going
out for a few moments, took a stage
to the pier, wher^ just before sailing
time, he dropped into the wharf-box
the letter to his wife, detailing his move
ments. Two of the children left behind
are very young. He was financially
ruined, and owed to a medical friend
about 840,000, and to John F. Cham
berlain 87,000. At one time he was
worth 8300,000.
WEARINESS.
I am tired of tears and laughter
And men that laugh and weep,
Of what may come hereafter
For men thgt sow to reap ;
I am weary of days and hours,
Blown buds of barren flowers,
Desires and dreams and powers,
And everything but sleep.
Stcineburne.
I am tired of fame and glojy.
And drawing painful breath
Of lire’s dull, irksome story,
That no sweet romance hath ;
I am weary of hooks and reading,
Of paths no whither leading
And feet both torn and bleeding,
And everything but death.
I am tired of ghouls and glourring,
Of worms with gluttony rife,
And hideous things devouring
My limbs, where once was life;
l am weary of death and sleeping,
Of coffin, clay and dripping,
Of ghosts and devils gibing,
And everything but life.
I am tired of men and mortals,
And worlds to devils given;
Of suns in eastern portals,
And flowers that fade at even j
I am weary of strife eternal,
Of fiends and sins diurnal,
Of smokes and fires infernal.
And everything but Heaven.
A Well Known York Hotel Keep
er Levants with his .Sweetheart-
The New York Correspondent of the
Boston Post, under the date of the 18th
inst,, writes as follows:
Among the passengers of the steam
ship Canada, which left this city for
Liverpool, Saturday last, was William
B. Borrows, proprietor of the Maison
Doree, and before that, of the Everett
House and the Continental Hotel, Long
Branch. His departure was kept a
strict secret from all his friends and
family until he was well on his voyage,
but on Monday his wife received a let
ter informing her that he had left her
and her three children forever, and in
connection with this blow she learned
also that he had eloped with one Miss
Clara Middleton, to whom he had been
long devoted. W hen in the Everett
House, before purchasing the Long
Branch property, his profits were about
850,000 a year, but he was extravagant,
drove fast horses and became so burden
ed with his Long Branch that he had
to part with the Everett House, then
with the Continental, and finally the
Maison Doree itself, which, however,
was purchased back by Mrs. Borrows.
For Miss Middleton, also, he purchased
a house on Twenty-seventh street, which,
furnished, cost him about $30,000.
Mrs. Borrows became acquainted with
this fact, and, of course, the.couple lived
very unhappily. He was about to pass
into bankruptcy and once or twice nar
rowly escaped dispossession from his
estate. The departure to Europe was
CANDID ATlfs.
All names inserted under this head will be
charged Ten Dollars for<
FOR TREASURER.
The many friends of Mr. William C. Dick
inson authorize us to announce ids name as
a candidate for tlic office of Treasurer of De
catur county—subject to the Democratic
nomination.
FOR TAX ASSESSOR.
Vic are authorized to announce the name
of Hardy Stricklin as a candidate for Tax
Assessor of Decatur county—subject to the
action of the * **“ “ ”
‘for SHERIFF.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Samuel G. O’Neal as a candidate for Sher
iff of Decatur county at the election in Janu
ary—subject to the action of the nominating
convention of the Democratic party.
FOR TAX ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Robert E. Ledwith ns a candidate for the
office of Tax assessor of Decatur county—
subject to the action of the nominating con
vention of the Democratic Party.
FOR TAX ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Charles P. Hagood ns a candidate for the
office of Tax Assessor of Decatur—subject to
the action of the nominating convention of
the Democratic Party.
FOR TAX ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
of D. J. G. McNair as a candidate for Tax
Assessor of Decatur county—subject to the
nomination of the Democratic party—by
Many Voteiis.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
Editor Democrat:
Please announce the name of Jo9ephns
Avriett, as a candidate for the office of Tax-
Collector of Decatur county at the ensuing
January election—subject to the nomination
of the Democratic Party. Many Ccmexs.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Geo. D. Griffin as a candidate for the
office of Tax Collector, Subject to* the nomi
nation of the Decatur Democratic Nomina
ting Convention, and if elected he will do
bia duty faithfully, impartially and honestly.
FOR SHERIFF.
The friends of Mr. E. D. Ilayes take much
pleasure in putting his name before the Dem
ocratic nominating convention as a candidate
for Sheriff of Decatur county, in the ensuing
January election.
FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT.
Editor Democrat :—Please announce Mr.
R. M. Johnston as a candidate for Clerk Su
perior Court of Decatur county, at the ensu
ing election, and oblige Many Voters.
FOR SHERIFF.
The name of Mr. James M. Coston is sug
gested as a suitable candidate for the office
of Sheriff of Decatur county, subject to the
action of the Democratic nominating conven
tion, in the approaching election. His well
known energy and business qualifications in
dicat? him as in every way well qualified to
fill the office in the event of his election, and
his nomination would be hailed with general
satisfaction by Many Friends.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
of W. C. Thomas as a candidate for Tax Col
lector of Decatur county, at the ensuing elec
tion—subject to the nomination of the Dem
ocratic convention.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
of W. B. Freeman as a candidate for Tsx
Collector of Decatur county, at the ensuing
election—subject to the nomination of the
Democratic convention.
FOR ORDINARY.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Col. Charles J. Munneriyn as a candidate
for the office of Ordinary of Decatur county,
at the ensuing election—subject to the nomi
nation of the Democratic party—by
M ast Citizens.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
We are authorized to announce Landy
Jackson, colored, as a candidate for Tax Col
lector of Decatur county, on the Grant Re
publican ticket, at the ensuing election. He
expects the colored vote.
yon are in the leading strings of the few
white men who, for the sake of gain, claim to
be of you; therefore I announce myself as a
candidate for the office of County Treasurer,
and respectfully ask your suffrages.
Owen Garys, (colored.)
FOR SHERIFF.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Milo Donalson, colored, as a candidate for
Sheriff of Decatur county, on the Grant Re-
publican ticket. He expects the support of
the colored voters.
J. P. Dickinson. C. W. Stegall.
DICKINSON & STEGALL,
BANKERS,
Bainbridge, Ga.,
DEALERS IN
Exchange, Stocks, Bonds, and
Coin.
Deposits received and Collec
tions made
And promptly remitted for at current rate of
exchange,
State of Georgia Decatur county :
The undersigned have this day entered
into copartnership for the purpose of doing
a Banking and Exchange business in the city
of Bainbridge, Ga,, under the firm name and
style of Drckinsou & Stegall.
John P. Dickinson and Calvin W. Stegall
are the general partners, and Arthur P.
Wright and Tho mis C. Mitchell are the
special partners, who have this day contrib
uted the sum of Five Thousand dollars each
to the capital stock. Said copartnership to
commence this day and expire on the Sixth
day of August, A. D., 1873.
JOHN P. DICKINSON,
CALVIN W. STEGALL,
ARTHUR P. WRIGHT,
THOMAS C. MITCHELL.
August Gth, 1879.—tf
THE PEOPLE’S JEWELRY STORE Of
W. C. Subers
E. J. Morgan. W. J. Harrell.
MORGAN & HARRELL,
PRACTICING PHYSICIANS,
Bainbr doe, G-.
Office in their drug store, north side of
court house square, on Water street.
SIMS & CHAW FORD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Bainbridge, Ga.
Office in the Court House. [dec2 ly
ATLANTIC ;AND GULF RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule.-
General Superintendent's Office, 1
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, l
- Savannah, Oct. 15, 1872. J
On and after Wednesday, October lfith,
Passenger trains on this road will run as
follows :
EXPRESS PASSENGER.
Leave Savannah daily at - - 4:30 p m
Arrive at Live Oak - 2:55 a m
Arrive at Bainbridge » 7:30 a m
Arrive at Albany - 9:05 a m
Leave Albany - - - 5:35 p m
Leave Bainbridge - • * - G:45 p m
Leave Live Oak - - - - 11:30 p m
Arrive at Savannah - - 10:00 a m
Make connection at Live Oak with trains
on J., P, & M. Railroad for and from Jack
sonville, Tallahassee, etc.
No change of cars at. Live Oak: no change
of cars between Savannah and Albany.
Close conuection at Albany with traits on
Socthwestern Railroad.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
Leave Savannah, except Sat’days, 11:00 p m
Arriveat Thomasville,except Sun., 3:50 p m
Arrive at Albany, except Sunday, 8:10 p m
Arrive at Live Oak, except Sun., 12:55 p m
Leave Live Oak, except Sunday, 2:00 p m
Leave Albany, except Sunday, 6:35 a m
Leave Thomasville, except Sunday, 11:10 a m
Arrive at Savannah, except Mon., 4:30 a m
Make close connection at Live Oak with
trains to and from Jacksonville and Talla
hassee; connect at Jesup with trains on the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad.
H. S. HAINES, C.en’l Supt.
CITY ORDINANCES.
At a regular meeting of Council ‘field Oct.
21st, 1872 the following ordinance was
passed and became inforce.
Be it ordained by the corporation of the
ity of Bainbridge, that from and after the
passage of this ordinance, no person or per-
sins shall bnild or erect, or cause to be built
or erected any house or houses for any pur
pose whatever, the walls of which shall be
constructed of wood, or which shall be cov
ered with any material other than iron, tin,
slate, tiles, or something which shall be
deemed and considered fire-proof, on any
street or streets herein mentioned, that is,
on Crawford Street to Planters Street, from
Planters Street to Clark Street, up Clark
street to its junction with Troop street, from
thence up Troop street to Crawford street;
or on any of the alleys or streets within these
limits.
Any person or persons, who shall be con
victed before the Mayor, the Mayor pro tem,
or three members of Council,.of a violation
of this ordinance, shall be liable to pay such
fine as may be adjudged by said Mayor, the
Mayor pro tem, or three members of Boun-
c il, not exceeding one hundred dollars and
cost, or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty
days; any person so convicted shall be sub
ject to a fine of not exceeding one hundred
dollars and cost, or thirty days imprison
ment, for every three days he she or they
shall permit said house to remain.
G. W. PEARCE, Clk. of Council,
. FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
We are authorized to announce the name
of R. A. Connell, as a candidate for the office
of Tax Collector of Decatur county. Subject
to the nomination of the Democratic party,
Is now replete with one of the ftneat
of goods in the line ever opened in Bainbridge.
We here enumerate a few of the valuable ar
ticles in the
JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE
DEPARTMENT.
Seal rings. Amethyst rings—plain and en
trusted with gold and diamonds—plain gold
rings, 18 carats from 2 to 8 dwts.Tn weight;
gents’ gold chains, from 18 to 55 dwta.; lad
ies’ NiUson and Opera chains, from 25 to 86
dwts.; new style collar, sleeve and shirt but
tons of gold and pearl; Masonic pins and
key-stones in great varity; ladies’ |fta of
jewelry (pins and ear-rings) from $2.50 to
$40; gents’ silver and plated watch chains,
from $1 to'$18.
Silver-ware (quadruple plate); complete
stock of latest novelties, castors, spoons,
forks, tea setts, cake, fruit snd card baskets,
pitchers, goblets, waiters, etc., etc. Silver
thimbles (warranted the best), spectables in
gold, silver and steel frames, from 50 cts.*to
$11. Gold pens of the best makers. Solid
silver-ware (warranted sterling siver), gold
and silver watches. 150, 1 and 8 day clocks;
calendar clocks for counting rooms, offi$aa.
CUTLERY DEPARTMENT.
The best and finest lot of cutlery in the
city, consisting of pocket knives for gents,
ladies and boys, and from the most celebrated
makers, such as Rogers and Wostenholm.
Dinner, breakfast and tea ivory handled
table knives (Rogers’ and Ells’ best); scissors,
of all kinds; razors. Call and give this cut
lery a special examination.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
We invite particular attention to this de
partment. Music boxes from $2.75 to$260;
violins front $2.50 to $25; banjos, guitar?,
accordeons, tambourines, bones, harmonicas,
hand-organs, drums, fifes, flutes, etc. Violin
strings 3 to 4 lengths, best Italian; guitar
and cello strings in great variety.
FANCY GOODS, ETC.
Ladies’ jet, pearl and tortoise-shell pins,
ear-rings and neck-laces. A large assortment
of beads; ladies’ writing desks, work-boxes,
port-folios, etc. Photograph albums. Lubins’
anil Atkinson’s handkerchief extracts. China
and marble vases; China ornaments and
toilet setts, China cups and saucers, China,
dinner, tea and furniture sets for children.
Croquet setts, spy-glasses, opera-glasses, etc.
Marbles, dolls and toys—largest stock ever
in this market. Walking canes, pipes and
smoking tobaccos, and thousands of other
things too numerous to mention.
A fine lot of Stationery always on hand-
best in the city. Call and see
W- C. SUBlftM-
Watches, Jewelry and Clocks repaired and
warranted. oct3-tf
CLOTHING!
BAINBRIDGE CLOTHING STORE 1
Southern - Made
CLOTHING I
NOEL GAINEY fc CO.,
Feeling that unless the industrial pursuits
are sustained the country will never
be truly prosperous, have determined to
manufacture their ENTIRE stock in Bnw-^
bridge. They warrant their goods to be
Cheaper and Better than the Eait-
, ern Make!
And challenge comparison, in quality, style
and price. They also keep the best quality of
SHIRTS AND GENTS' FURNISHING
GOODS !
A Line of Boots and Shoes !“•«
Appealing to the people of Decatnr, they
say achieve your independence by building
up your own institutions. [mch7 ly
TROS. BRANCH 4 CO., BRANCH, SONS A OO.,
Richmond, Va. Augusta, Ga.
BRANCH & SONS,
Commission Merchantsj
Savannah, Ga.,
Market Prices corrected Weekly by
Branch & Sons.
Salt by car load $1 57 per sack, in small
lots $1 80; bacon, clear rib sides 124*-,
shoulders 91c., dry salt clear rib side* M»@
10)c.; Portland syrup 22e. in hhds. and 27c.
in bbls.; hay, northern $1 66 from store and
SI 50 from wharf, western $1 70@$1 8Q
from store and $1 60<S)$1 70 from wharf-
corn. yellow and giixed 90c.@95c., white
$100@$105; oats 60c. @65c.; coffee 15c.@
20c. in 25 bag lota; rice 7Jc.@8c. according
to quality; pearl grits $6 per bM.; Hour, sup.
$6 50, extra $7 75(a,$8 00; family $9 50<a
810 00; potatoes $3 00(S $3 50 perbbl,; on T
ions $3 75; bagging 15c. per yard.
NOTICE,
My son, Henry J. D. Connell, is my duly
authorized agent to transact any business for
me while I am absent from the 8tate.
J. L OoxarU,