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‘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,