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THE EASTMAN TIMES.
M. L, BUS9H,! Editor & Proprietor
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1878.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Democratic Nominee for Congress;
Gen. Philip Cook.
Of Sumter County.
(jcu. Cook’s .Appointments.
I v', ill address my fellow-cilizens of
the Tliird Congressional district as fol
lows :
AD. Vernon, Montgomery county,
Thursday, Oct. 31.
AmericuH, Sumter county, Saturday
Nov. 2. Philip Cook.
HON. PHILIP COOK.
Promptly in accordance with pub-
programme, this distinguished
public servant appe red on Tuesday,
at the Court Ilouseat 11 o'clock, a . tn.,
and after shaking hands with a great
many of his old friends and admirers,
was introduced to the audience by Dr.
ill. Fisher, and proceeded to review, in
a speech oi an hour’s length, the main
political issues ahd events of the pres
ent day and of the recent past. We
carm it review at length the items of
that speech, but we do say, and most
heartily, that in all respects it was
just what our people wished to h< ar,
and presented in a way that just suited
them; and in its presentation eminent*
ly showed the General's keen oppre
viation of time, and place, and people.
We were never more interested, and
no number of men could have shown
a deeper interestiu everything that was
said.
CRN. COOK'S STYLE!.
Here is the secret of his power among
the yeomanry of tins goodly land.
Every word of his mouth, each lin
rariu nt of his swarthy and weather
worn face, and the expression of the
whole combined, conveys to the intui*
live mind of the listener the idea of a
veteran true and tried in the fiery or
deals of his eventful life. His record
confirms the impression that I is con
tour creates.
HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
Guessing, we would say General
Cook was approaching fifty years old.
He has a soldierly bearing, with light
complexion, gray eyes, long sandy
heard and heavy moustache, both
heavily touched with the silver of ap
proaching ago, his face looking more
like a man who had just come out
of confederate service than one accus
tomed to the frescoed walls of the com
mittee rooms at Washington. In fact
he is a splendid specimen of what sys*
teinatie wi iters on physiology ca’l the
sanguine temperament , one noted in alj
time for being unambitious as to place
and power, but when once exalted and
trusted, faithful to that high trust and
all its obligations. History does not
furnish a specimen of it from Cincin
natus to Washington* and Lee, who
did not resign his authority without
treachery or revolt, when duty no
longer urged him to maintain it.
We arc ready to risk our reput .tion
for knowing anything, that when the
voice of a great majority no longer calls
Gen. Cook to f.igh positions, that he
\viil retire to private life with a grace
and a complacency that will not only
illustrate the true greatness -of the
man, but will show that he is true to
the record Of the class to which lie be
longs.
lie is a true man, an honest man ; as
such enjoys in the highest degree the
confidence of his Constituents, and al
though as yet without opposition, we
entreat you everywhere to come out
on Tuesday, November sth, and give
him the rousing vote lie deserves.
BEN BILE’S LETTER.
The newspaper sensation of the hour
is this remarkable document—remark
able as ft, brilliant and cutting review
of Mr. Hayes* administration. Ot all
the writers who have commented upon
the domgs of the sometimes called
usurper, not one, as yet, has held the
President to'such rigid account of his
stewardship, tier charged him with
such deep corruption while in the cl is
charge of that high trust. Remarka
ble for being such a right-about face
performance as regards the attitude of
■Mr. Hill to Mr. Hayes as generally
understood hitherto.
Very remarkable as being* a coin-'
plete and stunning surprise to Mr.
'Haves himself, whowas perfectly dumb
founded when a friend in Washington
handed him Mr. Hill's printed letter.
He had a vivid remembrance of how
warmly Mr. Hill app’aud rl his southern
policy during his frequent visits at t!.e
White House last winter, and now,
with others who had not Known him
long and well, stuids aghast at th s
great effrontery.
Certainly the diplomatic ingenuity
for whic hhe is so celebrated will be
’severely tried, w hen next wint* r the
Senators will gather in the festive
and in the exchange of cou I *-
testes then and th<■ iv, many personal
interviews with his hardly used chief
be inevitable.
Uut yesterday it seems Mr. Hayes
and Cabinet stood in the Capital of
Georgia and received the welcome and
the praises of her leading men, headed
by Gov. Colquitt, “the noblest Roman
of them all." Here m Atlanta, where
Mr. Hill reigns triumphant, the favor
ite of her people—here Mr. Hayes has
tened to come and snake hands with
her great men and her beautiful wo**
men.
Now indeed it is a great surprise,
when like a thunder clap on a bright
day, comes this boii athwart the po
litical firmament, penned at Atlanta
and by the hand of Mr Hill. Csesar
may have been amb.tious and deserv
ed death, but it never looked prettv in
Brutus to slay him. Mr. Hayes may
be awfully corrupt, but it seenn-th
queer for Mr. Ilill to tell the world
about it ; and we cannot repress a
spark of sympathy as we hear the ex
clamation extorted, cl tu Benjamin !
HON. JAS. H. BLOUNT.
During our recent visit to Dublin
we had the pleasure of meeting Hon.
James 11. Blount, member of Congress
from that, the Gth District.
lie has represented that District six
years, and , as our readers know, is
again the Democratic nominee, and
will he elected without opposition.
He made a speech on Wednesday,
in which he referred with emphasis to
the trials that we an a people have un
dergone, and more particularly to the
trials and responsibilities of every
member of the House of Representa
tives, as well as every Senator, who
favored an hodest administration. lie
spoke of the exposures of theft and
fraud in high places in 1814, and of the
trials imposed upon the Congress of
the United States in settling the Presi
dential troubles of 187(3. He support
ed the electoral commission—did it as
a conscientious duty, and had no apoL
ogy to oiler for so doing. He regard
ed this as the only chance fhr Air. Til
den, without resorting to arms. The
whole of the Democracy, said he, was
a whit in opposition to iillibustering.—
lie spoke of the Potter resolutions,
about which so much has been said
and written, lie dwell at length up
on the financial condition of the coun
try, showing heavy reduction of ex
penditures under a Democratic House
of Representatives. He spoke of the
late elections in the West, and al
though the Democracy had not real*
Red their brightest hopes, yet lie re
garded the outlook as decidedly favor
able.
Air Blount’s speech was lengthy-,
embracing as it did a hasty review of
the past six‘years, hut it was closely
and attentively listened to by a crowd
ed house from beginning to end
lie remained in Dublin several days,
meeting many old friends.
A Full Vote.
The Macon Telegraph of the 22d
inst. lias the following well-timed re
marks :
“Wo cordially agree with the Sum
ter Republican when it says the fact
that Gen. Cook has no active opponent
in the Congressional race, is no reason
why the full vote of the Democracy of
the Third district should not be polled
on the sth of November. The Gener
al is a man a genuine statesman, and
has worked in Congress for the inter
est of his constituency. He was unan
imously nominated by a representa-"
live convention, and not only should
be unanimously elected, but every vo
ter in the district should put in his
ballot to swell ihe aggregate, and
s' ow emphatically ihat General Cook
is the man w r e want in Congress. Let
every man turn out ou the day of elec
tion and cast his vote for the General.
This counsel will also apply to our
own District, where Air. Blount is run
ning without opposition. AVo owe it
to him, to Gen. Cook and all other
candidates who have shown themselves
so eminently deserving ol popular ap
proval to give them just as emphatic
endorsement as if they had active op
po-ition. It is their just duo, and wc
insist they shall receive it. File up
their majorities after the good old style
of former days.
Cool Weather and the Yellow
Fever.
The New York Commercial Sc Fi
nancial Chronicle in its weather tele->
grains of last Friday reports the first
killing frost in thj Mississippi valley,
and the expectation that the yellow fe
ver will soon come to an end. As to
localities, frost varying from light to
heavy according to localities, is noted
at Shreveport Friday morning. There
is no telegram from Vicksburg. A
light frost is mentioned at Columbm',
Miss. A heavy frost at Little Rock, in
Arkansas. Killing frost on two days
of the week at Nashville. Mobile
ports a light frost at Shubuta, Miss
Selma, Ala., repi rted a very light frost.
These are all the joints where frost is
reported, and they note a killing frost
only at Memphis.
ADDRESS
Of the Democratic Executive
Committee to the Democrat
ic Party of Georgia.
To the Democratic Parly of Geofgia ;
Tne State Democratic Executive
Committee of Georgia, animated by a
sincere regard for the welfare of the
State, and viewing with undisguised
concern the existing opposition to some
of the regularly chosen candidates of
our party deem it timely to address
Georgia Democrats upon what it con
siders the imperative duty of the hour
—the duty oi the_.tr ue party allegiance
and the importance of its discharge.
We Speak no mere formal words to
you ; we ask you to hear us for our
common cause. The evil of party dis
integration is foreshadowed in a per
sonal independentisin that professes
fealty to Democratic principle.
The !arge numerical majority of the
Democracy in the State lias begotten a
feeling of security, and a disregard of
the principles that won success. This
sense of security appears to be drift
ing us steadily towards the dissolution
of our party bond, and the triumph
of our political enemies in our State.
Not only for this but the great nation
al victory tor which Democrats have
been struggling for more than a dr*
cade of toilsome years, and now for
the first time within our grasp, must
be inevitably lost to us if our party
unison ceases, if our party zeal wanes,
or if our party strength is weakened
l>y selfish aspirants or disorganizing
factionists. It is well for the democ
racy of Georgia to take soundings of
its course, and in this early hour be
fore the battle of the ballots, deliber
ate what is best to be done and what
must be avoided. Ail .sensible men
must acknowledge the need of co-op
eration to secure a common aim, and
preserve and enforce a common be
lief.
In War there Can be no triumph
without organization. In politics it is
equally essential. There must be a
common object, an acknowledged au
thority, a harmonious policy, and a
united action. These are the indis
pensable conditions of success, ap
proved by time and trial, and their
violation will bring revenge in sure
overthrow.
Looking back over the turbulent
years since 18G4, to their stormy con
flicts, to their disappointments and hu
miliations, tne conscientious champi
ons of Democratic principles find cause
lor congratulation in thi ir heroic ad
hesion to duty, and in the fuli reward
of victory which it has brought them.
We saw then the upheaval of all so
ciety. We saw States raped of their
sovereignty. We saw the caprice of
conquest made the law of the general
government; Wc saw the soldier be
come tii'e arbiter of private rights, the
custodian of private liberty, the judge
of private property. Worse even than
these, we saw a party in power, seem'
ingly enthroned, that sought to make
these odious and fatal practices, the
accepted and permanent policy of na
tional rule. TAe spirit of our free
government was to be forever sub
verted and destroyed, and the genius
of liberty and law was to be supplant
ed by the demon of force and tyranny.
In resistance to all this wicked intent,
in undismayed battle with the heresy
of an arbitrary centralism, the Demo
cratic party did its grandest work.—
Vainly it fought for years. It suffer
ed repeated defeat. It was derided
and overwhelmed, bub; vanquished or
silenced, never. Sturdily by the as
sailed cause of constitutional govern
ment, it stood like a stone wall. On
every battle ground its forces were
rallied, and its blow was struck. It
resisted force and fraud, misrule, me
naces and temptation. Its courage
grew and abated not. It won, at last,
small victories and then larger ones.—
It redeemed precincts, counties, cities,
states. One after another, it took cita
del and stronghold of republicanism.—
It carried its victorious banner into
the speaker’s chaff, it but awaits in
assured victory the forms of the sen
ate's capitulation. It elected the pres
ident, but lost the prize by the superior
genius of radicalism for fraud. Iu these
hard won and long delayed triumphs
it rest red law and order, and peace.
To the conduct of public affairs, it
brought new virtue, to official corrup
tion it brought an end. For public ex
travagance it substituted economy, it
quickened the dormant sentiment of
private patriotism, it restored to life
and vigor the spirit of constitutional
law and liberty. But its mission is
not yet fulfilled. It has a president to
seat before it can wholly impress its
policy upon the government and make
the next chapter in the history of the
country.
What has not the democratic paity
done for our beloved State ? Its be
nificent work is all too fresh to need
recount. Consider it but a moment
and let the pleasing reflection assemble
its members in solid phalanx around
its standards on every field of con
flict.
Fellow-citizens of the Democratic
party, the final consummation of tri
umph for our individual and collective
good can be accomplished only by the
same united action which has brought
to our past successes. What we
havo gained can only be Jpreserved to
us iu this way. If democratic princi
ples are to be maintained, we must
preserve our organization. We can
not disband onr forces and continue to
conquer. We can achieve no further
victory if division comes to us. If we
break ranks we can win no battle. We
Cannot preserve our party by disinte
grating it.
We see in Georgia in several Con
gressional districts aspirants cl dining
to be democrats, running outside of
the party organization and against the
regular party nomiuee. These aspi*
rants make stout profession of their
party fealty, and yet their only hope
of success rests upon the solid vote of
tlie opposition, the radical party -
From such source comes their suc
coring strength. If their profession
of political faith be true, it must be
seen that a successful candidacy upon
such basin makes the opposition the
balance of power between contending
democrats, humiliates our party, and
by subjecting it to defeat, the
result a substantial opposition victory
Will voting democrats aid in putting
their party to shame ? We entreat
you not to do so. Let there be no self
delusion in this matter. Let no man
mislead you, or deceive you by spe_
cious pretext. The path of duty and
interest is plain to all who will calmly
consider. Let democrats refuse to
give their countenance and support to
independent candidates, and the dan
ger which threatens the party will dis
appear at once. They have no claims
upon you, they carry not the party
standards, they seek not to advance
the p irty interest, or promote the pub
lic good. They but seek to gratify
their own personal ambition and love
of office. No existing party abuses
invite their reforming hands. For
selfish purpose they make profession.
Their success will bring benefit to
none but themselves and the party
hostile to ns.
Let them run if they will, but under
false colors. The democratic party
can but dispute their claim to repre
sent it. It can find no pleasure, it can
(cel no sense of friendship in that suc
cess which wounds and enfeebles it,
and arrests its conquering advance.—
Speaking affectionately and earnestly
for that grand party, venerable in
patriotic service and ffndiant with its
regained strength and honors, we ap
peal to every member of it in Georgia
to stand inflexible by iis organization
and follow to joyous and benign victo
ry the men who hold its commissions,
and bear to battle its accredited stand
ards.
‘‘Once more to the breach, dear friends, oiice
more,”
J. M. Pace, Gth Dist., Clnn'n.
J. L. Warren, Ist District.
War. A. Harris, 2d District.
M. Hatcher, 3d District.
J. T. Waterman, 4th District.
W. T. Trammell, sth District.]
J. A. W. Johnson, 7th District.
Milks W. Lewis, Bth District.
W. E. Simmons, 9th District.
Candidates for the Bench.
The Augusta Chronicle mentions
them for the various Circuits as fol
lows ;
There are 5 candidates for Judge
of the Western Circuit: Messrs. Wal
ker of Walton; Wynn, of Gwinnett ;
Estes, of Hall ; Rice, of Clarke ; and
Erwin, of Clarke.
There are three in the Flint Circuit:
Alessrs. Boynton and Speer, of Spald
ing; and Lioyd of Newton.
There are three in the Ocmulgee :
M ■\ssrs. Bartlett, of Jasper ; Reese, of
Morgan; and Lawson of Putnam.
There are three in the Alacon Cir
cuit : Mesrs. Simmons and Lofton, of
Bibb ; and Grice ot Houston.
There are twb in the Pataiila Cir
cuit; Alessrs. Hood, Of Randolph and
Hoyl, of Terrell.
There are three in the Augusta Cir
cuit; Alessrs. Sneed, Gibson and Jones
of Richmond-
These are two in the Middle Circuit:
Messrw. Johnson, of Jefferson, and
Wylie of Washington.
In the Brunswick, Southern and
Rome Circuits, Alessrs. Harris, Hansell
and Underwood are candidates for re
election, and we do not know that they
have any opposition.
We regret to find in a late issue of
the Mobile Register, a notice of the
death last week of yellow fever, of
Mr. Robt W. Fort, a prominent young
business man and secretary of the
Board of Trade of that city. Air. F.
has many friends and family connec
tions in this city, having married some
three years ago, Aliss Anna Wiley,
daughter of the late Dr. John B. Wi
ley, and sister of Col. C. M.AViley,
Mrs. Janus H. Blount and Airs. Chas-
J. Harris. Air. Fort had not slept a
night in Mobile since the breaking out
of the fever, having removed his fami
ly at once to Spring Hill, some dis
tance from Alobile, wtieVe he spent the
nights, only going to the city in the
day time, and only staying a few hours
there.— Macon. Telegraph.
The Chattanooga Times of Sunday
last announces a slight frost on Satur
day morning last, with a mercury at
41.
. ST AT E XEW S .
Cholera has appeared among the hogs
in Oglethorpe county.
The cotton shipments fVom Savannah
to home ports last Saturday amounted
to 4,501 baits.
It is said that Hon. A. H. Stephens
lias made $35,000 by the sale of his
“Constitutional View of the War.”
Mr. BushrodW. Johnson, of Hous
ton county, has picked from one pea**
vine 14,553 matured peas, weighing
over six pounds.
A thousand dollar trotting match,
between Electric and John M., will
come off in Macon next Wednesday.
Both are Bibb county horses.
In Itancoek county a suit on a gu
ano note of S7O has cost the county
already this court $l9O, and is contin
ued till next court. Hadn’t county
better compromise and pay it ?
Gen. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers
at Washingto >, has submitted his ro
port recommending appropriations for
rivers and harbors to Congress Among
these he recommends $l5O 000 for the
river and harbor of Savannah,
Stephen Williams, of Troup county,
with one mule and his own labor, has,
this year, made ten hales of cotton and
200 bushels of corn. He has not
bought an ounce of guano, and con
sequently has no such bills to settle
now*
Says Oglethorpe Echo : ‘Sheep-kill
ing dogs invariably attack thd necks
of their victims to sever the arteries
and'drink theblood, so an investor lias
designed a collar with sharp projecting
P’ ants, which effectually protects the
sheep from his foe/
In Athens, in this State, it is said
the young ladies raise money f>r the
yellow fever sufferers by selling kisses
at ten cents a piece. The Free Press
of Curtersvill * thinks that if the cus
tom was introduced in that town, that
$38,219 cqul 1 be raised in short order*
The British bark Tikoma was cleared
from Savannah Saturday by Messrs.
Hoist, Fullarton & Cos., for Liverpool,
with 2,675 Dales of upland cotton,
weighing 1.269,237 pounds, and valued
at $131,040, and 100 tons crude phos
phate rock, valued at S7OO. Total
valuation of cargo, $131,740.
A Washington dispatch says: “A
letter from Atlanta-, Georgia, gives the
information that the Independent
movement in Georgia shows signs ol
weakening. Two of the Congtession
al districts were thought for a 1 >ng
time to be certain for the Independent
candidates, but the writer says the
indications now are that the regular
Democratic candidates will be elected/
Mr. W. S. Griffin, who lives only a
few miles from town, lost his gin
house containing 4 bales of oottorq 15
hundred bushels of cotton seed anew
Brown cot/on gin and running gear,
by fire, early yesterday morning, lie
had some hands ginning at the time
the fire broke out and he is of the opin
ion that the fire was caused from a
match or some tiivial cause*, as no tire
was discovered until the gin hid been
in operation some time - Eatonton (C ia)
Itemizer.
Tlie Cuthbert Appeal has the follow
ing' in its Fort Gaines'column :
Last Tuesday morning Mrs. Julius
Hudspeth took a keros- nejanm and
went into her kitchen to prepare their
breakfast before day. Attracted by
some noise, her husband went into the
kitchen and found the lamp in frag
ments and his wife lying dead oh the
floor. Whether she died of heart dis
ease or fr om inhaling the gases of the
exploded lamp is r.ot known-.
On Thursday last, while the wife
of Houston Demerc, a planter in Bryan
county, 15 miles from was
returning from a visit to a neighbor
she was followed by a well known ne
gro named Giles, who beat her and at
tempted to outrage her, but was pre
vented by the timely arrival of a gen
tleman, when the fiend fled. He was
captured on Friday, and while in the
charge of a constable, Mr. DeiAere
shot him,and then surrendered himself.
The negro died the next morning.
The terms of office of the following
named Judges in this State will ex
pire this year, and their successors
will be elected by the next Legisla
ture :
Judge Gibson, Augusta Circuit.
Judge Grice Macon Circuit.
Judge Flail, Flint Circuit.
Judge Johnson, Middle Circuit.
Judge Bartlett, Ocmulgee Circuit.
Judge Harris, Brunswick Circuit.
Judge Kiddo, Pataula Circuit.
Judge Underwood, Rome Circuit.
Judge Hansell, Southern Circuit.
Judge Rice, Western Circuit.
YELLOW FEVER RECORD.
Weekly Total of Cases rind
Deaths.
Washington, D. C , Oct. 19.—Re-*
ports to the Surgeon General show
that in New Orleans there were 976
Cases of yellow fever and 235 deaths
during the week which ended yester
day’. In the 24 hours ending there were
89 cases and 36 deaths. Totals, so
1 2,2 18 eases ; 3,635 deaths.
At Baton Rouge 301 cases and 16
deaths. Totals' 3,170 cases ; 129
deaths.
At Morgan City there
cases and 20 deaths. Total 432,1‘ases;
87 deaths.
At Ocean Springs, 25 new cases and
1 deaths are reported for yesterday.—
Total 128 cases ; 29 deaths.
At Pass Christian there were 31 ca
ses and 4 deaths. Total, 126 cases ;,13
deaths*
At Grenada there were 4 cases and
2 deaths. Total deaths 327.
In Bay St. Louis, during the past
two Weeks which ended yesterday,
there had been 208 cases alii 36 deaths.
Totals, 338 cases, and 6S deaths.
From Port Gibson, tlie fever spread
into the country, and at least thirty
plantations surrounding Port Gibson
are now infected. The deaths to date
are estimated at 259
At Friar's Point there were 21 ca
ses aid 6 deaths to yesterday.
In Hernando the tota's to yesterday
were 133 cases and 56 deaths.
In Mobile there have been 93 cases
and 12 deaths since Oct. 4 to the lltn.
Totals, 93 cases and 23 deaths.
Meridian, Miss., Oct. 13.—*Tliere
have been 36 deaths and 143 new cases
to date. The disease continues to
spread.
Biloxi, Oct. 18.—Twelve new cases
and four and atLs in the past forty-eight
hours.
Vicksburg—Three deaths in the city
and 64 in the county of Warren. Total
death's in the city and county I^o7 4.
Chattanooga. Oct 14, —Tue total
’
number of deaths from noon on Satur
day to noon to-day is 30.
Memphis—For the week which end
ed the 17th, there were 108 death—
total deaths 2.829.
Oranges about Quitman are begin**
ning to ripen.
-AlilffSltly ©IIISIMEIISI
Gsiortofi "w.
(Successor to POWELL A HARRISON,)
Respec fully cal's the attention of the public generaly to the fact that lie Inis
on baud and will constantly keep a full line of
O-nOCESIIIBS,
Canned Goods, Tinware, Cutlery, Glass and Crockery Ware,
HARDWARE, such as SCREWS, HINGES, BUTTS, FILES,
CHISELS, AUGURS, HAMMERS, HATCHETS, SAWS, &c.
KEROSENE OIL, FURNITURE of all kinds,
and in fact everything usually kept in a first-clas3 store.
of the above goods will be sold lower than Thankful fur
past favors extended the firm of Powell A Harris m, I most respectfully ask a
continuance ol the same. Respectfully yours,
Eastman, Ga., Oct. 10, 1878.3 m ' GEO. W. POWELL.
siss.oo orsrxj.'sr $2.00
CUT THIS OUT.
To the Southern Planter and Grange, Atlanta, Ga,
Herewith enclosed -find $2, (with 3 letter postage
stamps to send map,) for which please send the Planter
and Grange for one year from the date of yowr next is
sue, together with one of your magnificent SGxgO inch
colored maps of the Southern States, and a bound copy
of the old and new Constitutions. Please forward Map
and Booh by return mail. Yours truly,
(Name
Post-office ** •
STILL LEADS THE VAN IN
— —
lie can be found at his ol 1 stand with the best grades of
FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFF.Es
BACON, CANNED GOODS > TOBACCO,
BUTTER, SOAPS,
COFFEE MILLS, TINWARE,
CROCKERY WARE, HARDWARE,
NAILS, CUTLERY, SEALED MEASURES, &c., Ac*
and as low as they can possib’y be sold in this market.
Eastman, Ga, Oct. 3, 18J8-3m
The prize fur the best bale of co tton
exhibited at Pans I as been award i,
Memphis, Ten... The ,/
deived a grand testimonial, „ be |/
the best ever raised in the world °
Memphis, in her hour of desolatC
will take small comfort in the tj at . t
ing tribute.
There was frost and ice in Memplp a
on the 19th inst. A heavy black f
aud ice sixteenth of an inch thick
Mr. Frank Ridley, of Troup county
accidentally exploded half a pmnd
powder in his bureau draw’Pt* the u t!
day, which blew off his moustache
and eye-brows and burnt h.s face q.,i te
bad 1 3’. The explosion took oQ the t o p
of the bureau also*
MERCER UNIVERSITY
MACON) GA.
The next Session will open on Wednesd ,v
October 2d, 1878.
advantages:
1. A full corps of able and efficient Professors
2. A comprehensive and stroug course of study
3. Ample facilities for Instruction.
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