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THE EASTMAN TIMES.
M. L. BUROH, Editor & Proprietor
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1879.
DEATH OF DR. THOMAS F.
GREEN.
Dr. Th unas F. Green, res (lent phy¬
sician of the State Lunatic Asylum,
died one day last week, He, had bcc-ii
in charge of the Asylum more than
thirty years, and his place wi l be hard
to fill. Dr. Green was over 70 years
of age.
WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Dispatches from Europe indicate be
youd any doubt the defeat of the E ig-
1 ish forces in South Africa under Lord
Chelmsford in an engagement with ihe
/ulus or natives, wiili heavy losses,—
F c on thousand Zulus att. eked the
united forces ou the 22d tilt. The fire
from the Bi itish caused immense havoc
among them, but the Zulus rushed
forward with indomitable pluck, and
when they came to clo.-e quarters the
great numerical superimity of the Zu¬
lus secured a complete victory. The
six companies of the 24th were totally
destroyed, and Dumfo.d’s natives were
utterly routed. Affairs show that the
natives have been badly treated, and
the English eaculations of their ability
and strength were wofully astray.
Next Saturday (22d inst.' is Gem.
George Washington's birthday.
A Georgetown, Ky., woman has
made 1,089 sun bonnets in four years.
It took about one hundred thousand
dollars to pay for the guano sold in
Troy, Ala., last year.
North Carolina not only discovers
that every dog lias its day, but most
dogs in that State must have its sheep
also. Not less than 28.081 sheep were
killed by dogs in that State last year.
The dogs seem to be bound in sheep
there
The following message, so they say,
recently passed through the Chicago
office :
‘f lent you one year ago to-night
$5.87. If you have not had it 1 mg
enough, please keep it one year lon
ger.’
To tins delicate hint this answer was
returned :
‘Had forgotten it, and hoped you
ha 1. Let her run another year/
Reader, which side have you expe
rienc <1 ? Not tho latter, to be sure.
Gen. George Washington Park Cur.
tis Lee, the plaintiff iu the Arlingt m
case, is a son of Gen. Robert E. Lee,
and is about forty-five years of age
and is a bachelor. He is President of
Washington and Lee University, at
Lexington, where lie lives with his
two sisters, Misses Mary and Mildred
Lee, in the house where their §father,
mother and sister died. Ho was grad¬
uated first in his class at West Point,
and like his fathe**, came out of the
four years’ course without a single de¬
merit mark.
S.iys the New York Observer: We
do not know what are the laws of the
United States in regard to extras for
members of Congress, or what may be
the rubs by which members vole to
themselves extra pay in the form of
dry goods, stationery, books, etc. A
printed return of articles furnished re¬
veals a curious list, including razors,
knives, corkscrews, opera-glasses,
hymn books, Songs for the Sanctuary,
Bible for learners, Homer's Iliad, Fam¬
ily Bible, Bards of the Bible, and oth¬
er things too numerous to mention.—
Perhaps this is according to rule, but
the rule is of very doubtful propriety,
A strange story is that of Charles
Gilbert, who has served fourteen years
of a life sentence lor the murder of
Henry Cadwell of New Britain, Conn.,
in 1864. Gilbert says that the crime
was committed by his father, Jonathan
Gilbert, and a man named Charles
Parsons, with the object of plundering
Cadwell of $700, and that he (Gilbert)
allowed himself to be convicted in or¬
der to save his parent. The father has
since died and Parsons committed sui¬
cide. It is claimed, however, that both
the elder Gilbert and Parsons made
cuii essions exhonorating young Gil¬
bert. Should the convict’s story prove
true, his devotion to his parent has
exceeded anything recently imagined
l>y writers of rumance.
Harrison of the Weekly is betting big
on Montezuma when the Flint river is
made navigable. He says :
Tell you what is a fact, when Flint
river is made navigable, Montezuma
will be the biggest thing between here
and anywhere. We know it will go
pretty hard with some of our neigh¬
bors, but the thing must be done, and
at an caily day at that, or there wi 11
b“ a reckoning in store for those inter¬
ested.
FDR THE “EASTMAN TIMES.”
It G 1 o'clock. The weary session is
over. I fling myself in my waiting easy
chair and pick up a bo.-k from the win¬
dow-sill wheie it was left this morning,
a ml am soon in La Belle France, but
at a time when the Revolution was b -
,n £ gualed by the great Mirabcau. I
tul'ow him on and on, sometimes with
ernotit ns of admiration bordering on
t<» hero worship, and again in)* cheeks
l,ur ‘ * with indignation at his unscrupu
!o , ls act8 . j I( . a gn at man ; but
was lie a good one, or u villain ! Re¬
volving this question in my^mirtd, I
close the book an 1 get ready for sup¬
per. The clock is striking six. How
rapidly the afternoon has slipped away.
The afternoons are mine, and they
mock me with their flight, though I
try to pack into them all the enjoy¬
ment I can. Supper is over, and 1 am
defeated in an argument concerning
the Irish. I like them anyway, and
mean to I ke them more and more eve¬
ry time I hear them ridiculed. I be¬
gin to think widows and the Irish are
the most abused of all humanity.
It is too lovely outside to go back
into my room though it is lovely too
in its restful quiet. Tiie moonshine
makes an enchanting picture of the
world tc-night. The river reflects the
light and reveals a fish now and then
as he springs for an instant into the
air which is hazy and soft, and beto¬
kens the time close by when there will
be
“Down, down, over the towm,
Out of the air
ltnin drops are dripping, dripping
Everywhere. ”
Already the clouds iu lacy sheens are
afloat, and bring to mind a sweet little
comparison in Hiawatha between the
shadows dropped by clouds on a river
and shadows on the heart thrown there
by thoso we love. It was way back
in the past I read Hiawatha, and had
a fancy to call it Longfellow's music
box—it is so musical and full of trills
and measures and bars of thought and
fancy. I still think it a sweet little
song “set to music," and every reader
finds the notes in tiie great somewhere
of liis being.
How delightfully the sea-breeze
comes in from the bar, brandishing the
dagger-like leaves of tho palmetto trees
and leaving a frequent hush to be filled
by the f aint roar of the surf.
Tne east piazza never seemed so in¬
viting—its vine-covered trellises more
beautiful. While I stand in quiet but
ecstatic admiration of the outer world,
I hear a boat loosed from the boat¬
house, the first steady beat of the oars,
and a voice in low song humming
“Home, sweet home.” It's a sorrow
ful ease that I cannot go boating to¬
night ; but 1 know what I can do. Iu
desperation I jump into the swing, and
as I wave back and forth, 1 whistle
Dixm, in spite at being left behind.—
A very unlady-like thing perhaps.—
But I am country bred and do no* blush
to confess whis.bng is on my list ol
accomplishments. And every loyal
Southern heart loves Dix'e.
‘Where is your dignity, schoolmnnn?'
asked a kindly voice.
Then my friend comes oul with two
light wraps and we have a walk on the
causeway and a long, earnest talk.
In the village near us is a plain lit¬
tle home where I often spend my hol¬
idays. Tho “dove of peace’’ is shelter*
efl there, and besides, there is a pleas¬
ant something about the place that
comforts me if I grieve, cheers me if
I am sad, and rests me if I’m weary.
The inmates seem happier than many
people who loudly profess religion, yet
I am sure it is piety that has refined
them—heartfelt piety that enables the
mother every morning to have her two
little children sit near while she reads
from the Bible, and then they all kneel
while she prays. The father is called
down town at an earl) hour, but at
night he conducts the evening worship.
I wish every housekeeper, as this
woman, could count it a joy to stop in
the hurry of each morning’s work and
hold communion with the “King of
Saints." She has crosses and tempta¬
tions as well as the rest of us but she
never scolds. Tne light of religion,
not its shadow, fills her life. Still to
hear her merry laugh and cheery, hap¬
py talk, one would not at first suspect
the depth and breadth of her Christian
characters. I wish the world were full
of such freshly clean, sweet-looking
homes and everybody had such a friend
to help them live pure, truthful lives.
FRANCOISE JoRDIN’E.
Isle of Palms, Feb, 1879
The stock editor ol the Griffin News
enlighteneth Ids readers as follows :
Most cows recognize the precedents
which their species have clearly laid
down for many centuries, and wait till
they are three or four years old before
they begin to raise and educate a fam¬
ily. One of our citizens, however, lias
a young cow that has grossly violated
all these precedents at the eatSy age of
twenty two months by giving bir.h to
a calf. The second calf was ushered
in last week, the mother being two
years and seven mouths old, and gave
on the day two gallons ol milk. This,
be it remembered, is a Spalding coun¬
ty cow. and is entitled to a premium
and a chromo.
TIIE M.& B. R. R.
What Shall he Hone With It.
We clip the following from the Ma¬
con Daily Ledger, of the 14th inst. :
The State of Georgia having en¬
dorsed bonds for the Macon & Bruns¬
wick Railroad and the railroad having
failed to pay the interest when due, the
road was forfeited, and passed into
p issessioti of the State, t he road was
in debt and was not paying expenses,
nor did it have sufficient rolling slock
wherewith to do its business. The
Governor appointed agents to manage
the road to tne best interests of both
parties. This has been done most ad¬
mirably. Tho road has made money,
purchased rolling stock, and is build*
ing up a large business. The question
before the Legislature regarding this
piece of property is whether to sell the
road — when it will have to be sold on
credit, and perhaps for considerable
less than its real worth—or for the
State to retain its ownership and have
it managed and operated as it now is,
and as the Western & Atlantic Rail¬
road was before it was leased.
In order to settle this question, at
the last session of the General Assem¬
bly a joint committee of the two bran¬
ches were appoint! d to look into and
report at the adjourned session in next
July what action is necessary and
most beneficial in regard to the road*
This committee is composed of Sena¬
tors Fain, Hawkins, Tyson, of the 4th,
Moulton and Troutman ; Representa¬
tives Fort, Harris, Payne, Lamb, and
Sikes Garrard and Dr. Mitchell. They
all went down except Garrard and Dr.
Mitchell. A sub-corninittee was ap.
pointed. They will make their report
to the whole committee, which will be
acted upon and their report made from
it.
Accompanying tho committee were
Col. Trammell of Griffin, and Col Mark
A. Hardin, one of the House clerks.
They went from Brunswick to Dun*,
geoness, Fernandina, and among other
plac< s visited the grave of “Light
Hors a Harry,' 1 the father of General
R. K Lee, who died in 1818.
The report of the committee will
not be made up for some time yet, and
what it will be we cannot tell.
The board of directors of the South¬
ern Limber and Lumb< r association,
which recently met in Savannah, had
under discussion the depression in the
timber and lumber business. The ex¬
change of views on the part of the
members of the board showed that the
present demoralized and unprofitable
condition of the trade in this and other
states is largely due to the reckless
cutting and stealing of timber from
government and state lands. The board
adopted a series of resolutions setting
forth the fact that large quantities of
pitch-pine are stolen from lands belong
ing to the government and cut in the
most wasteful manner, enabling ship¬
pers to unfairly compete with Georgia
shippers in price and quality of cut,and
thus depressing the market. The res¬
olutions also declare that all the pine
counties of Georgia are largely depen¬
dent on the lumber and timber trade
for prosperity, and that wide-spread
distress and depression ot general bus
ncss interests now exist in those coun¬
ties from this cause, making it the
manifest interest of all owners, cutters
and manufacturers of timber or lum¬
ber, and merchants interested in the
solvency of the trade in Georgia to
unite iii stopping one of the principal
causes of the low prices of land, tim¬
ber and lumber in the State.
In vi»*w of these facts, the board of
directors have authorized the execu¬
tive committee of the association to at
once prepare a memorial to the legis¬
lature of Georgia, setting forth the
facts in the case, petitioning the State
for relief, and asking that instructions
be given the senators and representa¬
tives at Washington, to confer with
the secretary of the interior, and urge
upon and support him in a policy
which shall prevent the manifi at injus¬
tice of compelling Georgia shippers to
compete against stolen timber, from
which injustice the citizens of the state
annually lose many hundred thousand
dollars. It is to bo hoped that the
members of the association will sue
ceedgin arousing the legislature to the
importance ff taking action in the mat¬
te-. A large and thrifty class of our
population is vitally interested in find¬
ing a remedy for the evil that has al¬
ready succeeded in crippling the tim¬
ber trade in Georgia. — Constitution.
The New York Observer t'emarks :
We have often remarked upon the
remarkable freedom of the Jewish peo¬
ple even from the charge of a breach
of the peace They arc usually among
the most quiet, orderly, law-abiding
citizens. It is stated that Gor. Vance
of North Carolina recently pardoned
the only Hebrew in the penitentiary of
that State. He was under ten year's
sentence for manslaughter. The Gov¬
ernor indorsed the paper: I take pleas¬
ure in saying that I sign the pardon
in part recognition o f the good and law
abiding character of our Jewish citi¬
zens, this being the first serious case
ever brought to my notice on the part
of any of that people.
The Next Census.
From (he New York Observer.
The V. S. Senate, on Thursday, pass¬
ed the bill foi taking the tenth census
by an almost unanimous vote. It pro¬
vides lor the appointment of a Super¬
intendent of Census, who is to nomi¬
nate to the Secretary of th * Interior a
number of Supervisors of Census, not
to exceed 150, who shall have the su¬
pervision of enumerating tho inhabi¬
tants and gathering statistics, &c They
are to divide the district to which are
assigned into sub-divisions, which
shall not include more than 4,000 or
less than 3,000 inhabitants, and to nom¬
inate to the Superintendent of Census
an enumerator for each of the subdiv i¬
sions iu their districts. The enumer¬
ators are to receive $6 per day, and to
be selected uy the Supervisors with
reference solely to their fitness for ihe
work. The supervisors are to have
full charge of taking the census and
the collection of statistics in their dis¬
tricts, and are to receive $500 in lull
for their services, exclusive of clerk
hire, which is to be allowed iu the dis¬
cretion of the Superintendent. The
Superintendent is authorized by the
act to withdraw from the enumerators
schedules for manufacturing and social
statistics, a.id give the collection of
these statistics to experts and special
agents, without regard to locality
He is also authorized to hire experts*
or special agents at not more than $6
a day and traveling expenses, to inves¬
tigate in their economic relations, man¬
ufacturing railroad, fishing, mining
and other industries of the country,
and the statistics of telegraph, express
and insurance companies. The enu¬
meration required by the act is to be¬
gin on the 1st of June, 1880, and to be
completed on the 1st of July. In cities
having more than 10,000 inhabitants
the work is required to be completed
within the first two weeks of June.—
Three million dollars are appropiiated
to defray the expenses of taking the
census, and $550,000 additional for
printing.
This act on is taken none too early,
and it is hoped that tho house of repre¬
sentatives will give the matter imme¬
diate attention. There is «i vast work
of preparation t > be made if the cen
sns shall be what L ought to be. Tiie
work must be thoroughly systemizi-d
beforehand and the enumeration nude
as nearly simultaneously as possible.—
In Great Britain the census of the pop¬
ulation io taken in a single day, and
is bar more accurate on this account.
Hazing at Mercer University.
A disgusting story of hazing by the
students of Mercer Uni versify is pub¬
lished in the Macon Tel graph of Sun¬
day. The case lias gone into the courts,
but it is cue that should call for prompt
action on the part of the faculty as
well. It seems that Mr. Cueny, a stu¬
dent of the college, and a divinity stu¬
dent, had escorted a young lady to the
Mother Goose entertainment, * and
while there and after the entertain¬
ment he was made the victim of in
d>g *ities of more or less gravamen.—
His version of the affair is as follows !
The lower portion of Ralston hall be¬
ing crowded, he took the young lady
into the gallery. Here, while looking
at the performance, his hat was taken
away. He thought it was a joke, and
that it certainly would be returned to
him. He was, however, forced to es¬
cort her home bare-headed. He re¬
mained at her home about half an hour
and having secured a hat started to¬
ward the college, As he cam:; out at
the gate four young men, whom lie
recognized as the same who had taken
his hat, were waiting for him. He
took Cotton Avenue, and along the
way many bricks, rocks and such m’s
sils wore thrown at him, none of them
striking him, but falling iu disagreea¬
ble proximity to and all around him.—
He was at length st*‘pned and ordered
to lay down his umbrella and march off
from it. lie obeyed. His pursuers
then took possession of it. He was or¬
dered to give np his watch, which he
did, but it was afterward returned to
him. Ilis money was also demanded,
hut was not taken. He was followed
until he reached the residence of Air.
Biafcc, when he attempted to cross to
a bouse on Orange street, where some
fellow students were boat ding, loping
by this way to get off; but when he
went to cross ihe street a pistol was
presented at his body several times and
be was ordered to stop, which he did
in great personal fear of violence.—
Two of the four were disguised byhav*
mg handkerchiefs tied over their faces
below the eyes. Finally, he reach¬
ed Roberts’ corner, and here the ap<»
proach of footsteps c iusei the party to
retire, and he, in company with a gen¬
tleman and a fellow' student, who
joined him soon after, went on toward
the university unmolested. He fre¬
quently begged his tormentors to de¬
sist, assuring them that he w as a peace¬
ful man a.id that lie did not want a
difficulty.
Oh Monday last Mr. Jno. R. Daniels
was repairing a chimney near Ander
sonviile, when the chimney fell, catch,
ing Mr. Dauie’s beneath the debris,
crushing him so injuriously that it is
thought it will prove fatal.
Retribution.
The Perry Homo Journal has the
f dlowing :
We hear of an attempt made devor
al days since by a negro desperado to
murder one of the best of our citizens
in the northeastern part of the county,
The gentleman had reproved the ne¬
gro for swearing around his house and
lot, and the negro waylaid him as he
came or.t of the gear house door, and
assaulted him furiously with a club—
hitting him several terrible blows,
stunning him badly. The negro then
ran away. The gentleman had his
horse saddled up, and followed with
his breeeh-foading shot gun. About
a mile from the house he came ins ght
of the scoundrel and halted him, in
tend to make his arrest, but fie kept
moving on His pursuer then filed two
loads of bird shot at him, but without
effect. Tiie negro kept going, and the
gentleman k< pt poking in the car¬
tridges and tiring bird shot until over
a hundred of them had been dep .sited
m the negro's thick hide. He then
stopped and surrendered.
Examination ^proved that the negro
was comparatively unhurt, in laet not
hulf as badly used up by the shot as the
gentleman was by the club. He was
singularly cool under the circumstan¬
ces, and carefully avoided, using any.
thing but bird shot.
Olcl Coiitineiital Currency.
We dip tin* following ftom the Sum
ter Republican :
Mr. J. R. G. Horne has shown us a
forty-five dollar bill, U. S. currency,
printed by Hall & Sellars in 1778. On
the face in the left hand corner, is the
No. (now illegible) under this is a cir¬
cular seal on the outer rim of which is
‘‘Sac Flores T. Res pub Lea," in capital
letters, the inner part of the circular is
a red flag, two bee hives and a seem¬
ing net work over them. On the right
half are these words : “Forty five dol¬
lars. The beat er is entitled to receive
forty-five Spanish mil.’ed dollars, or an
equal sum iu Gold or Silver, according
to a res dution ot Congress on the 14th
of January, 1779.—45 Dollars.
[signed J N. Donnell.
Mr. Horne's grandfather, John \V.
Cowart of Jefferson county, who was a
soldier in the Revolutionary army, was
paid off in this sort of currency, and
this bill is preserved by him as a curi¬
ous heir-li om. Compared with the U.
S. greenback cf the present day theie
is a marked improvement in everything
going to mike up money.
Sea Shell—A Rich Deposit.
Ftom the Sumter Republican.
On Monday afternoon last Col B. B.
Hinton and Dr. B. J. Head exhibited
some curious specimens of sea shells
to us, consisting ot oyster, clams and
o h rs of which we have no knowledge.
The oyster shell contained an oyster,
in a petrified state, hard and clear.—
These gentlemen state that they dis¬
covered a large bed of sea shell depos¬
it—we believe enough to fertil z • a
great number of acres of land---on the
plantation ef Mr. Robter J. Hodges,
near Andcrsonville. I his deposit could
be made serviceable in the way of fer¬
tilizers, and bring a new industry into
our county, by manufacturing the sea
shell fertilizer here. A gentleman in¬
form; d us on Saturday last that many
thousand tons of them are deposited
on the banks of the Flint river. We
hope some of our enterprising men
will take hold of these deposits and
give to our farmers a cheaper grade of
fertiliz rs than they have been using,
and one that will answer every pur.
pose for which they are used just as
well, if not better.
Labor Notes.
A six too locomotive has been sent
to the Rocky Mountains
Two hundred thousand dollars Is to
be expended in improving the Ohio
river.
The Philadelphia weavers yield to
lower wages after a fruitless three
months' strike.
The Baldwin steel works, Pa., made
6,108 r.iils in 108 hours ; weight of
rails, 1,358 tons.
Wilmington, Del., coopers are ask¬
ing laws against refilling meat casks
and flour barrels.
Construction ot the Southern Pacific
railroad is progressing at the rate of
two miles per da).
lhere are 178,660 men who should
be at work dressed in uniform and
called the British army.
Iu 1876, America exported $14,
000,000 worth of goods to Australia,
and England $103,000,000.
It is proposed in the Pennsylvania
Legislature to tax oil three-quarters of
a million dollars.
Two envelope firms have contracted
with the government to supply it with
2,100,000 enve’opes.
The burning of the Pleasant Hill,
Ont., mills, threw 500 men out of em
ployment.
The Pennsylvania railroad carried
during the past year 4,718,432 tons of
coal, and 1,102, 361 tons of coke.
Fifteen thousand freight cars were
blocKed b tween New Yuik a;id Chi¬
cago during the recent snow storm.
8 T A T E NEWS.
A few flakes of snow fell in Augus¬
ta last week.
The total number of bales of c-dton
shipped from Americns up to date is
25,452.
The dwelling house of Wm. M. Al¬
len, four miles west of Americns, was
destroyed by fire on the 13th inst.
Augusta says practically that she
does not want the State Fair, ami pro¬
poses to let anyb >dy else have it that
! does.
j
■ In a suit for damages brought by Mr
j Brinson of Burke oouuty against the
Central railroad, the jury gave him a
verdict of $10 000.
Mr. II. W . J. Ham, who, for several
months past, has been the managing
editor of the Atlanta Phonography left
that city on Monday for Gainesville^
where fie wifi assume editoiiul man¬
agement of the Eagle. Mr. Ham is a
journalist of considerable expciimice,
and a very fluent writer.
The Darien Gazette is in favor of
the le-eleetion of Governor Colquitt.—
It says :
We believe that Governor Alfred
H. Colquitt will be renominated oy the
Democratic party next year, and be re¬
elected to the pos’tton which fie now
so worthily fills. The friends of the
other candidates should stick a pin just
here. Governor Colquitt will be a
candidate for reelect ion in 1880 and
f
there is not a man in Georgia who can
defeat him.
The Central Georgia Weekly says:
Not only Macon police but likewise
tho Savannah [police are on the march
for negro gamblers ; but white gan>
biers are allowed to deal their cards
and bet their money with impunity.—
Fair play, gentlemen ot the police
force l The negro has as much right
morally and legally to gamble as docs
the white mar: Taking into consider¬
ation the advantages of the two races,
the African is less guilty than the
Caucasian gambler.
The Albany Advertiser says: Two
men in Perry married each other's
daughters They are each other's
father-in-law ; hence, eaefi other's son
in-law ; and their wives are each Olli¬
er's step-daughter ; hence, each other's
step-mother. Yes, and since each man
is son.in-law of his father-in-law, he
must be hit own brother-in-law. And
oy the same course of reasoning each
lady is her own sister-in-law. And
then, i( they are blessed with offspring,
each n.an will be grand-father of his
father's child, and as a matt* r of
course ids own grandfather. If you
can make any o’her relationship out of
the parties, do it It makes our head
ache to go further on the subject.
1 he Warrcutou Clipper says :
It becomes our p liuful duty to write
out the details of ihe conclusion of
Judge C. G. Lowe's life on Wednes¬
day of last week. He was visiting his
sun-in-law, Mr. Clem Gunn's family,
and was perhaps partially intoxicated.
In the absence of the members of the
family from the sitting room, he got
hold of a bottle which he supposed
contained whisky and took several
swallows. Ilis daughter came in and
discovered there was something the
matter, and upon examination found
that her father had taken carbolic acid.
He set out for home and she gave ihe
alarm to some of Iter neighbors. Before
any one could get up with him, he ar¬
rived at home, and was in the act of
telling his wife wh it he had drank 9
when suddenly lie fell over dead.—
These are about the facts, or at least
as they were related to us by par¬
ties well and reliably informed in re*
gard to the entire details.
Tup Atlanta Constitution says :
The joint sub-committee appointed
by the legislature to examine into the
condition and prospects of the Macon
& Brunswick railroad met in Bruns¬
wick last Tuesday. It, was decided to
appoint a sub committee, consisting of
Messrs. Sikes, Tison, Holton, Harris,
Paine, Lamb and Fair, who w T ill inves¬
tigate all the details connected with
the propositions that have been made
with respect to the disposition of the
road. A majority of the committee
are supposed to regard with disfavor
the proposition to lease the road, while
the members are divided on the ques¬
tions of sale or whether the state shall
continue to run the road. The line
appears to be managed iu a very satis¬
factory manner at present, having last
year, under the supervision of Col. G.
W. Adams, pai l all expenses in addi¬
tion to a surplus of $50,000, which
went into the State treasury. Under
tht se circumstances the committee be
in no hurry in pursuing the investiga¬
tion. The road is doing very well.
W hen a loafer enters the sanctum
of a busy editor, and the editor says,
‘Glad to see you’re back,' what does
he mean?
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pianos. Organ i/j
GRAND
HTUODDCTION SUE!
ONE THOUSAND
Suporb Instruments
2W
i
FROM THE BEST MAKERS
TO BE 801.0 AT
MANUFACTURER’S RATES,
Special Announcement.
Ten of tho leading manufacturers of the f
S. have given ns exclusive control of their it.
struments in tho South, ami authorized us to
piece for introduction and advertisement, ■ •I.
•housaud of their lie*-t instruments iu repress,
tativo Southern households at factory whofe.
sjile rates. This
GREAT INTRODUCTION SALE
Commenced Nov. 1, and will continue uut[|
all are sold Don't miss the chance. It i< the
only sale ot the kind ever yet attempted m
America.
SEE THE PKlCEs
PIANOS 7 oct fine rostnvood, curved $125
legs. Cat. price, $510.
PIANOS 7J oot. fine rosewood,carved $150
legs. Cat. price, $<>00.
PIANOS riAllUO «*■ wiuarts grand, sn
Cat. price, S1000 H*“Vv
in 9 stops, handsome walnut ORGANS
case. Cat. price, $270.
t- Cat. price, $510.
co super!) minor top Annat.* UHuAnlS
case. Cat. price, $375.
All guaranteed instruments. Maker’s name
on each. Fifteen days trial if wanted, we pat
the freight if no stile. A trial cost', nothing if
instrument don’t suit Don't hesitate to onion
MASON k H AM UN ORG AN
Mnsiti) & Hamlin
bs&dms* Church and Parlor
|P®a styles Organs. cheapest, in Best elegant New and
W eas> 8 .
6 stops, only $80
10 stops, only $95
Peloutet & IVltoD
'<4 ■ Organs, 6 steps,
<"* 30 only $65. 10 stops,
with Hell Chimes, only 4100.
Chickering, Knnbe, Weber, Hal let
& Davis, Mathushck, Haines, Dixie,
Pease, Southern Gem and Favorite Pi
anos, all included in this sale. A clew I
sweep. No reserve. All new iustrih I
ments of latest styles.
Send for Introduction Sale circular giving
prices and full information.
liVI POUT A NT—For $10 on a Piano, or
$4 on an Organ, we will deliver freight i»aid
to any railroad j)omt in the South.
LUDDEN &, BATES,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Wholesale Piano & Organ ° Dealers.
iebc-3m§
ROBERT GARY,
FASHINOABI.fi:
BOOT t SHOE MAKER
EASTMAN, GA,
Fine Work a Specialty. Repairing promptly
et tended
-T. futoii’-s
BLACKSMITH SHOP.
at bis old stand near
HARRELL’S LIVERY STABLE »
Eastman, Ga.
If you want your work well done and at
reasonable rates, carry it to old man Fateh.
July 11, 1878,-tf
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.
Choice Seeds, &c., iiv Mail*
For $1.00 we mail postpaid, either of follow¬
ing collections, all choice varieties.
20 Verbenas, or 8 Heliotropes, $
8 Geraniums, or 9 Fuchsias,
8 Coleus, or 6 Roses,
4 Ivies, or 8 Chrysanthemums,
or 10 assorted Green House Plants,
8 Gladiolus, or 8 Double Tuberose,
or 24-5c, or 12-10c. pkts Garden Seeds,
or 24 packets choice Flower Seeds.
Circular, with adoitionals oollkctiow.
mailed to applicants.
Edw’d. J, Evans & Co.,
(Local Agents Wanted.) York, Pa¬
FARMERS, REAR!
FORTY IONS
NATIONAL SOLUBLE BONE
Just received. Prices as last season. Now i*
your time to get a cheap fertilizer.
Cha8. R. Armstrong, Agent.
Eastman, Ga., Jan. 14, 1879-lm
OPIUM mid Borphiae b«bit covet
Opium Eating, Greene to W U . Bqujr%
April 18, 1878. 15-iy
TROUP HOUSE.
DUBLIN, GA.
E. J. TARPJLEY, - Proprietor*
Situated in the business part of the town,
and only 100 yards from the Court Houi*
Table supplied with the bist the market at*
fords. janl6-ly
April 18, 1878. 15-iy