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THE EASTMAN TIMES.
M. L. BURCH, Editor & Proprietor
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1878.
THE ELECTION.
The election passed off quietly, with
a very slim attendance at the polls.—
Up to this writing (Wednesday noon)
we have heard of but one precinct .11
the county at which the polls wer<
open, except at the Court House
Chauncey polled 36 votes and Kast
man 150 —all l‘>r Cook, making in all
186. This is decidedly a small show
ing for Dodge, but is not attributable
in the least to any unpopularity cf
General Cook, but is accounted for
from the fact that he had no oppositio
in the race.
There w'ere only four colored voters
who desired to exercise the privilege
ns such in this place yesterday.
The Contested Districts ot
Georgia.
Election in the Fourth, Fifth, Sev
enth and Ninth—Probable
t t- Election of Felton, Speer
[and Persons.!}
[lfy Telegraph,]
Atlanta, Ga., Nov 6, 1878.
In the Fourth District, Persons of
Talbot county is probably elected to
Congress over Harris by about fifteen
hundred majority. In this Distiic.
the Democratic party failed to make
a nomination, ami the candidates tan
upon their respective merits,
In the Seventh District, Felton, the
Independent, is probably elected [over
his opponent, Judge George Lester,
the Democratic nominee, by seven
hundred majority.
The campaign in the Seventh has
been waged with relentless vigor and
much bitterness between the organized
Democracy and the independent ele*
inent. This is the third time Felton
has been elected over the Democratic
nominees.
In the Ninth District it will require
an official count ot the ballots to de
termine the contest. The friends of
Billups, the Democratic nominee, claim
his election by u, small majority, but
the advocates of Speer, the Independ
ent, claim the victory for hitn.J
In the Fifth [or Atlanta) District,
Ilammond, the nominee of the Demo
cratic party is elected by one thousand
over Arnold, the independent green
back candidate.
THE STATE FAIR.
f Tho State Fair, which closed on Sat
urday last, is said by both press and
people to have been one ot the finest
exhibitions ever held in Georgia. It
was our privilege to attend the Fair
but a single day, and that on Tuesday,
before near all the entries had been
made. We noticed the stock, poultry,
machinery, and some other depart-,
merits were quite fuH and well re pre
rente don Tuesday, and have been told
that’each of these were added to dur
ing the week.
The Art Department was also vei*3*
attractive, and was thronged with vis
itors.
The racings were unsurpassed, and
the shooting of Dr. Carver with a
Winchester rifle was really wonderful
—breaking on an average ninety glass
balls out of every hundred thrown in
the air at a distance of about thirty
paces. The balls were about the size
of billiard balls, and filled with feath
ers, which when bursted by Dr. Car
ver’s rifle balls, would fly in every di
rection, as though you had plogged a
duck.
The Fair is said also to bavc been a
financial success., for which most of
the credit attaches to the efficient offi
cers of the society—Col. Thomas Har
deman, President, Malco'm Johnson,
Secretary, and M. J. Hatcher, Gener
al Superintendent.
The p tent office did a good business
last year. The number of original ap
plications lor patents was 19,657. The
receipts of the office were $68,000 in
excess ot its expenses, although $50,-
000 were expended in restoring about
20,000 models in the late fire. The
acting commissioner asks for more el
bow room, the office being altogether
too small for the business it is called
upon to transact.
It is a singular fact that the yellow
fever has not only clung to the Missis
sippi valley, but it lias given the west
side of the river the cold shoulder.—
Wuile it traveled up the river it beat
towards the east with an unvarying
persistence that is remarkable in our
present degree of knowledge of the
disease.
Hon. A. G, Thurman did not put in
an appearance at the State Fair--but
the expectation of seeing and hearing
the Ohio giant induced many to visit
Maeon.
FATAL SHOOTING,
\
A Drunken Man Deliberately
Shoots Down a Stranger,
The Macon Telegraph of the sth
inst. contains ifio following account of
a shocking affair tout occurred in that
city:
On Sunday evening about half-past
7 o'clock one of the most high-handed
out ages that has shocked the usually
peaceful and quiet community was per
petrated in front of Valentino’s restau
rant. Mr. Abuer F. Gibbon, while in*
toxioated, shot and very probably fa*
tally wounded Mr. D. W. Coleman
without the slightest provocation,
shooting a perfect stranger down in
cold blood, anc} deliberately walked
off' and was not arrested.
This is the plain statement o r the
f <ets without any attempt at embell*
ishment.
The circumstances connected with
the unfortunate occur* ence are us fol>-
lows :
On Sunday evening Mr. Coleman,
usually known as Frenchy Coleman,
was standing with three others in the
hallway leading up to Ralston HaU,
having come <ut Valentino's res
taurant and bar.
Ttiey nan nptb°en there more than
five rninut's when Mr. Gibson came
up from Huff's corner with his pistol
drawed.
Someone remarked, “here comes Ab.
Gibson/' and fearing a difficulty, they
stepped backward to the stairway.—-
Gibson came up and said a few words
They moved oft’ but were recalled by
Gibson, he bringing them back under
cover of his p : stol. Tips was repeated
once or tw.ee. At last Coleman told
Gibson to put up his pistol, that he
was unarmed and never did carry a
pistol; but that he had enough money
to pay for drinks and invited the crowd
to go in with him,
At this moment Gibson without more
ado commenced firing, trie first bullet
taking effect in Coleman's right side
Coleman commenced running. Gibson
firing in quick succession until four
chambers of his revolver were emp
tied.
A second bullet went through the
calf of his leg.
The wounded man was carried to
his room in the Isaacs House by his
friends,
After the shooting no one could be
found to arrest Gibson, although there
were several ol the p l ee force in the
immediate and for nearly two
hours afterward he maddened and
crazed hv liquor literally took tlie town
on Third and Fourth streets. Harris'
barroom wag cleared, men halted on
the sheet, and other acts of high-hand
ed imposition in the rights of others
committed.
LATER —MR. COLEMAN DEAD.
The Telegraph of the 6th brings us
the intelligence that Mr. Coleman has
since died of his wounds. His death
is regretted by all.
CAPTURE OF GIBSON.
On Tuesday night Gibson was cap*,
tured and placed in custody. The
particulars of the arrest cannot be
giveiq but the public will he gratified
to learn that he has been taken. The
public demands that the crime of a which
he stands accused should be fully in
vestigated.
The State Fair.
We clip the following from the At
lanta Constitution, and give our read
ers an idea of the world-renowned Dr.
Carver—the celebrated shot of the
age t
‘The State Fair at Macon closed yes
terday, and the result, we learn, is
entirely satisfactory to the State Agri
cultural Society.
Thursday was the largest daj, hut
the crowd during the entire week was
quite as large as the officers of tho so
ciety had expected.
One of the most attractive features
of the Fair was the marvelous shoot
ing of Dr. Carver, the celebrated rifle
man. lie was present four days dur
ing tho exposition, and drew large
crowds each dty. His performance
with a gun is something wonderful.—
With a common Winchester rifle he
would break ninety glass balls out of
one hundred, the balls being thrown
into the air by a man standing about
thirty paces from the Doctor. The
balls are about the >fee of billiar balls,
and were broken as fast as the attend
ant could t’ r w them in the air. A
nickel tossed in the air was not too
small for It s unerring aim, and several
of theso small coins were shot out ot
sight in a twinkling. A number of
small toy balloons were set free near
him, and after waiting until they had
risen thirty or forty feet, he began to
fire. In the course of a few seconds he
had perforated all of them, not miss*
ins a shot.
Carver has a curious history. He
was born at Saratoga Springs in 1840,
and when he was four years old his fa
ther moved to Minnesota territory.—
The year afterwards, the entire family,
with the exception of Carver himself,
were massacred by the Indians. The
doctor went into the captivity and re
mained with the Indians until he was
sixteen years old. lie is a dentist by
and without doubt, the
most wonderful marksman in the
world. *
The officers of the State Agricultu
ral society have reason to be proud of
the success of their fair. It was a
success all the way through, and this
result is largely due to the intelligent
and untiring efforts oi' President Tom
Hat deman and Secretar3 T Malcolm
Johnson.
SOMETHING RICH.
The following letter, which we give
verbatim■ was written by a party living
in Baldwin to a well known
firm in and was handed us,
and we give it a place, us it is too rich
to lose ;
Georgia Baldwin county )
September
Messrs. (t Cos.;
Dear Sirs you will please to dispatch
to new r York and have me a fine speech
compose sirs. I want one of the very
finest that can be composed iu the
plain English languid. I expect to
give a Sabbath School celebration in
short and I want something nice to
deliver in turn out that day sir. As I
am unable to compose one I hope that
yonrs affirms will assist me in my de
termination I want a part one Educa
tion & a part one of Agriculture & a
part one of good moral principle & a
part one of religion and a portion to
mothers & fathers & whites &to the
coloids and a potion on homony Be
tween eacli colors my desires is to seek
emulation I want something very nice
indeeds sirs I am in hopes that you
will send for the same for me As I
will pay whatever you charge I don't
want any Politics at all sirs And also
I hope to know of you whether you
has any Clarks Comics 1 bought some
ot Messrs & Cos once in time if
you have any Clark's Cuimce Books of
speeches and dialogues send me some
word and if — — & Do, has any you
will please to get them and send them
to me find out what they are worth I
want four of them sirs send me word
what they are worth and I will send
you the money by mail please wnte
to me Jest as soon as you get this let
ter and let me know whai to do sirs # I
want my speech J'-st as soon as you
can contrive the news to some good
eompositioner as I will pay y 11 what
ever you charge for it sirs I want a fine
nice speech to both white & colored
my Sanbath school is very large one
hundred scholars I know of no othet
company to write too sirs I hope you
will oblige me sirs I expect a good
many indications present at my ad.
dress, the fiist part Education the
second Agriculture the third Religion
the fourth homony the fifth the whites
the sixth the colored the seventh to
mothers the eighth to fathers the ninth
to the ladies the U ntil to the Gentle
mans Both wlnte. and Colored I want
a very long speech sirs to speak in
speaking about those comics if you
have any comics of dialogues and
speech send yours price what you
charge I have the money now Ready
to pay for them Please try to send me
Clarke's comics those the kind that 1
will need Please write me a letter and
let me know what to pend on write a
letter and let me know what you
charg fer my speech & comics Post
your letter to Meriwether station M &
R, R, To A, W, Butler
STATE NEWS.
The Singer Sewing Machine took
the prize at the late fair.
Mrs. Norwood, mother of ex-Sena
tor Thomas M. Norwood, of Savannah
is dead*
The Houston Home Journal says :
“A gentleman of our town has had
his horse’s feet badly injured by using
cotton seed as bedding in his stables.
It should be composted outside the
stalls 1
The ceremony of unveiling the Con"
federate monument at Augusta on the
81st ult., was one of the grandest pa
geants ever witnessed in Georgia. The
oration was delivered by Col. C. C,
Jones in the presence o( an immense
crowd, civil and military.
Tiiecrop of Talbot county* is boom
ing. The Georgian tells us of two sows
who had 84 pigs in one year. By the
way, that must be a fat [country.—
Good beef is from four to six cents a
pound, corn fifty cents a bushel and
butter twenty cents per pound.
The Union & Recorder under the
head of “Georgia News" has this
item :
“During a fair for the benefit of the
yellow fever suflerejs, lately held in
Dublin, the young ladies raised a con
siderable sum by selling kisses at ten
cents each or three for a quarter.
The following shocking occurrence
is published in the Albany News of
the 24th inst. :
‘Last night's Brunswick and Alba
ny mail brought us information of the
finding of the remains of some un
known man ten miles south of My Ty,
by Mr. W. E. Williams. No particu
lars accompanied the news. Our cor
respondent stated tie had been dead so
long that bis bones were literally scat
tered over a quarter of an acre of
ground, and were bleached by T sun
and rain, Scattered about over a con
siderable space were found a a
violin, some clock makers' implements
and various papers. His* identity could
not l>e traced on any of them The
papers were old and dim, and the let
ttring obliterated by exposure to the
weather, The man may have come to
his death by some providential cause.
I not, there has been a terrible deed
committed, and we hope it will be fer
retted out.
We learn that Mr. A. G. P, Dodge
who has been engaged in looking af
ter the interests of the Georgia Land
and Lumber Company, in their timber
operations, particularly on the Alta
maha river and vicinity, and Warren
A. Fuller, Esq., formerly of Cook
Bros. & Cos., of but more
recently superintendent of the milling
operations here have formed a co
partnership Jand the headquarters of
the entire business of the Land and
Lumber Company, will hereafter be at
Simons and operated by Dodge & Fuf
ler, managers. It is their purpose to
accumulate at the boom at Wood's Cut
from two to five million feet of
from the company's land in Telfair
county, as soon as the Altamaha river
is in proper rafting order, when the
St. Simons mills will be started up on
full time. —Brunswick Appeal.
A correspondent of the Augusta
Evening News says that Win, Long
street, grand father of Gen. James M.
Longstieet was the first man to apply
steam to navigation, when he resided
in Augusta in 1790, and used it on his
own boat on the Savannah river long
before Fulton used it on the Hudson.
The same writer savs Dr. Frank Gold
ing of Georgia invented the sewing
machine.
The widow of “Stonewall" Jack
son was a visitor at Augusta during
the past week. She came down to see
the ceremony *f unveiling the Confed
erate monument in Augusta Her dis
tingu'shed husband is immortalized as
far as n arble cm doit, by a statue on
one side of the monument.
The Quitman Reporter says : “We
will deem it a special favor if our ex
changes throughout the State will do
us the kindness to call attention to the
fact that the Cotton Factory at ties
place (Quitman, Ga,) is offered for
sale for less than half its cost, in con
sequence of a disagreement among its
owners. We will, with pleasure, at
any reciprocate the favor.
Joseph Tillman,
YELLOW FEVER RECORD.
Weekly Total of Cases and
Deaths.
THE SCOURGE! CONSIDERED AT AN END.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 2.—Re
ports to the Surgeon General show
that in New Orleans there were 83
cases of yellow fever and 109 deaths
during the week which ended yester
day. In the 24 hours ending there were
25 cases and 16 deaths.
\t Baton Rouge 75 cases and 16
deaths. Totals, 2,180 cases ; 192
deaths.
At Morgan City there we**e 10
cases and 8 deaths. Total 442 cases;
97 deaths.
At Ocean Springs, 8 new cases and
no deaths are reported for yesterday.
Total 145 cases ; 29 deaths.
At Pass Christian there were 44 ca
ses and 5 deaths. Total, 170 cases ; 18
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 an 1 63 deaths.
Totals, 383 cases, and 86 deaths.
From Port Gibson, the fever spread
into the country, and at. least thirty
plantations surrounding Port Gibson
are now infected. The deaths to date
are estimated at 298
At Friar's Point there were 12 ca
ses aid 6 deaths to yesterday.
In Hernando the totals to yesterday
were 136 cas<*s and 65 deaths
In Mobile there have been 97 cases
and 21 deaths since Oct. 4 to the lltn.
Totals, 164 cases and 40 deaths.
Meridian, Miss., Nov. 3.—There
have been 36 deaths and 143 new cases
to date. The disease continues to
spread.
Biloxi, Nov. I.—Twelve new cases
and four and aths in the past forty-eight
hours.
"Vicksburg—Three deaths in the city
and 64 in the county of Warren. Total
deaths in the city and county 1,074.
Chattanooga, Nov. 2, —The total
number of deaths from noon on Satur
day to noon to-day is 2.
Memphis—For the week which end
ed the 17th, there were 180 death—
total deaths 2,859.
Look Out For Low Prices!
W, W. ASHBtr RN
IJas increased Ids business and in addition to his former stock has now ion
hand and will keeps* lull line of
WfPF PM PPPPP'
-—- —such as:
PRINTS, DOMESTICS, SPUN YARNS, JEANS, Kc., *c.
A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF HATS, SHOES, SADDLERY, ETC.
V Large Lot of BAGGING arid TIES.
A CONSTANT SUPPLY OP
FLOUR, BACON, CORN, MEAL, SUGAR, COFFEE, RICE, TOBACCO,
SALT, POTASH, HARDWARE, NAILS, CUTLERY", CROCK
ERY, TIN & WOODEN-WARE, Ei'C., always on baud,
&g5“-I mean business and ask that you examine my stock and prices, and he
convinced. Highest market price paid in cash for hides, wool, cotton, etc.
S'pl2-3m
Attention! ©beenbackebs!
GEORGE W. POWELL.,
(Successor to POWELL & HARRISON,)
Respectfully cal’s the attention of the public general y to the fact that he b 9
on haud and will constantly keep a full line of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Canned Goods, Tinware, Cutlery, Glass and Crockery Ware,
ITARITNYARE, such as SCREWS, HINGES, BUTTS, FILES,
CHISELS, AUGURS, HAMMERS, HATCHETS, SAWS, *fce.
KEROSENE OIL, FURNITURE of all kinds,
and in fact everything usually kept in a first-class store.
of the above goods will be sold lower than Thankful for
past lavors extended the firm ol Powell & Harrison, I most respectfully ask a
continuance ot the same. Respectfully yours,
Eastman, Ga, Oct. 10, 1878.3 m GEO. W. POWELL.
JAKE MAAS. SOL MAAS.
DEALERS IN
GEitEEAL ’ MERCHANDISE,
COCHRAN, GA.
We have just reoeived from New York, and the Eastern Markets,
The Largest and Best Selected Stock
Ever brought to section, and which wil l be sold at prices
ASTONISHING r JTO EVERYBODY!
We invite the public to call and see us as it is no trouble to show goods.
Planters will do well to price at our IT mse before buying elsewhere.
OUR MOTTO—To please and suit everybody.
WE GUARANTEE ALL GOODS AS REPRESENTED!
MAAS db BROTHER,
octlo-3m COCHRAN, GA.
vs* w&m
Thanking rr.y customers and friends for their very liberal patronage in the
past, and asking a continuance of the same, I beg leave to inform them
that I now havc'j aud am receiving a large and well selected stock of
pRY pOODS,pLOTHING, poOTS
HATS, HARDWARE, FAMILY GROCERIES, &C., &C.,
% and indeed everything usually kept in a first class store.
Having bought these goods low down, I am fully prepared to give my customers
BARGAINS UNSURPASSED BY ANY!
Don’t Fail to Call and Examine my Goods and Prices before purchasing.
I am determined to sell goods as cheap as they can be sold in this or any
other rnarKet at retail, aud will guarantee satisfaction. Again thanking you
for ,T our liberal patronage, and soliciting a continuance of the same, lam
Very Truly Yours,
Eastman, Ga. , Sept. 12, 1878 -3 m G. B. MtrRRIXcX*.
STILL LEADS THE VAN IN
§o§
He can be found at his old stand with the best grades of
FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE,
BACON, CANNED GOODS, TOBACCO,
BUTTER, SOAPS,
COFFEE MILLS, TINWARE,
CROCKERY WARE, HARDWARE,
NAILS, CUTLERY, SEALED MEASURES, Ac., Ac.,
and as low as they can pogsib’y be sold in this market.
Eastman, Ga, Oct. 3,1878-3 m
M If
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ESTABLISHMENT. '
We are now prepared to fill all order
for every description of
JOB PRINTING
at short notice and exceedingly lev
rates.
we raiXT
BOOKS,
MINUTES,
BYLAWS,
PAMPHLETS,
CATALOGUES,
HANDBILLS,
PROGRAMMES,
BALL TICKETS,
TAGS,
LABELS,
DODG ERS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
WEDDING CARDS,
VISITING CARDS,
CIRCULARS,
AND ENVELOPES
BALL,
WEDDING,
CLUB and
PIC-NIC
INVITATIONS,
PROGRAMMES OF
DANCES, Ac.,
LETTER HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
STATEMENTS,
LAW BLANKS,
ETC., ETC., ETC. *
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