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Mail Schedule for Gainesville .
By Rail.
Going East, Morning, arrives 8-u6
Evening, “
Going West, Momiug, “
Evening, “
All mails close at Gainesville Pest Office
one-half an hour before above arrivals.
CITY ITEMS.
Shade trees.
Sleet and slush.
Two yards of calico for a dozen eggs.
Stand by the College—it must be sustained.
Mr. Holland will keep New Holland again
next summer.
Mr. Daniel will sell valuable plow rights on
Tuesday next.
Now is the time to plant shade trees, as
well as potatoes.
Next Tuesday is the great day of the Sher
iffs’ wrath. Look out
The Spring Term of Gainesville College
will open next Mouday.
Dr. H. J. Long has filled up his etore with
pure, fresh drugs and medicines.
Billy Smith, Jr., thinks he will try a Sunday
schedule on the street railroad.
Two good horses for sale at E. S. Wiley s,
for cash, or on time with good note.
Mr. Taylor Castleberry is improving the lot
recently purchased from Col. Candler.
prices all reduced for 30 days-goods
must and will be sold, at C. W. DuPree s.
How shall we know whether the bell rings
for books or preaching at the Presbyterian
church.
The little folks are preparing a oharade and
tableaux for early exhibition at the Richmond
House.
Orange blessoms in the Methodist Church
wext Sunday, if the fragrance of the air is not
deceptive.
“St. John's” letter too late for this issue.
Will be glad to hear from him on the subject
referred to.
Mr. Panel will suspend the manufacture o
Bftsb, blinds and doors, till the spring build
ing commences.
If Uncle Billy will make out a time table
for the street cars, the Eiout will publish and
keep it standing without charge. i
We heartily concur in Mr. Banks' appeal
for shade trees, and earnestly invoke the im
mediate aid of the City Council.
Eggs 10 cents a dozen; chickens 10 to 12£;
butter 12i cents a pound; sorghum 40 cents a
gallon; corn 50 cents a bushel; wood $1.50 a
cord.
Wednesday was the most disagreeable day
within the memory of the oldest inhabitant,
t blew and snow- Hail, min and sleet, made
t bad on the feet.
C. W. DuPree lias to-day reduced his
already very low prices on his entire
stock for 30 days, to clear out for liis
spring stock. Call and see him.
Rev. Mr. Wadsworth, pastor of the Metho
dist Church, preached his second sermon on
•‘hell'’ last Sunday night. Three more dis
courses on the same subject will complete the
series.
Did the “poor ghost" of the murdered
Priuoe of Denmark lie when it to Id Hamlet i
>waH “doomed for a time to fast in fires i
That is the question. No ofleuse to th
ghost.
At the end of 1877, Georgia had 2306,
miles of railroad track. Not a mile was
constructed in 1877, against 42 miles in
1876, 4 miles in 1875, 5 miles in 1874,
122 miles in 1873, and 46 miles in 1872.
A gausy snow, yesterday morning, draped
4he glittering sleet and presented the scene
ithat inspired the Bard’s dasorip ion of spotless
wirtue —“Chaste as the icicle that’s ourdled
fey the frosts of purest snow, and hangs on
Dinus temple."
J. E. Redwine, O. B. Thompson and W. R.
Bolding, are delegates from Hall county to
the State Agricultural Society, which meets
at Americus 12th, 13th aud 14th of February.
Good delegates, and now let us get up an Ag
ricultural Society in Hall. Delegates ought
.to have a constituency.
.The editor ot the North Georgian puzzles
tag. He Rets oat with the proposition that he
is “no financier,” and then, after carrying ns
sthroisgli balf a column of nonpareil, “leaves
ms in doubt whether the snake that made the
track was going north or coming back.” No
offense intended.
The rpeeting of the Library Association
last Saturday night was quite interesting.—
There was a good attendance, and besides
the sooial intercourse, the readings by Mrs.
W. F. Findley and Judge Candler, were high -
ly entertaining. Misses Mary Butt and Mat
tae Langston, and Messrs Telford and Beu
Whelohel, will read next Saturday night.
We are glad to learn that a well-known
gentleman of menus is estimating the cost of
a btiek store on the west side of Court house
.square. Will not the owners of adjoining
tlots unite with him, and get their money baok
tin the rental of two upper stories to some en
terprising hotel keeper? Think of it, gentle
men—there’s money in it. No offense in
tended.
Patronize home industry, and build up lo
cal enterprises. This is the way to promote
your own interests, and enhance your own
mines. Within a stone’s-throw of our sanc
tum, there is a shoe factory that manufactures
about thirty pairs per day, of the very best
material, and in as good style as any Eeastern
work, and cheaper than the Yankee shoes.
We commend the establishment, albeit the
proprietors sometimes bruise their corns with
shoes that were not made for them.
Presiding Elder’s Appointments—Bellton
Circuit.
ord first Saturday, at 11:00 a. m.
ity “ Sunday “ “
de “ “ 2:00 p. m.
nth Bend 2d Sat, and Sun. 3:00 “
-pewell 2d Sunday 11:00 a. m.
tioeh 3d Sat. and Sun. “ “
ospect 3d Sunday 3:00 p.m.
Bellton Ith Sunday morn, and night.
W. E. Shackleford, P. E.
Nacoochee.
Our subscribers at Nacoochee, whose pa
pers have failed to pass Cleveland for several
weeks, are notified that Gov. Conley and the
General Agent have ordered the mail from
his point, via Mt Airy and Clarksville. There
has been no fault at this end of the line, j and
we trust the new route will deliver the mail
promptly each Friday afternoon. Col. Wil
liams will please let ns know if the nsgligence
ontinues.
"Colonel Carey W. Styles, of the
Gainesville Eagle, says that a bed of
gold worth SIOO,OOO a ton has been
discovered in Hall county.”
One cipher too many. We said
$lO ,000 to the ton, and referred to a
sand -vein in the Findley Miue, at Dah
lonega. This is an important matter,
in view of the present status of the sil
ver qaestion, and we should be partic
ular as to fuels.
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THE MASSES IN MOTION !
|GREENBACK AND SILYER RALLY I
Public Meeting in the Court House on
Sale Day.
We are authorized by a number of citizens
to announce that there will be a Mass Meet
ing, without regard to party, race, color, or
previous condition, In the Court House, in
this city, on
TUESDAY, FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY,
to consider the financial issues now before the
oountry, and to give expression on the re
monetization of silver, the repeal of the re
sumption act, and the elevation of the dignity
of the Greenback. Come one! Come all!
A Gainesville Invention.
Whoever creates or invents any device for
the relief of suffering humanity, is a public
benefactor, and certainly our young towns
man, Mr. T. M. Merck is entitled to bephss
ed as such. Though the motive of his inven
tive genius was for self relief, the result of his
efforts can but preve a blessing to many
thousands of the human race.
Suffering for years with direct hernia, and
having tried a variety of the trusses in use,
without finding relief, he determined to try
to invent one, and he succeeded, beyond
doubt, in making the best truss ever yet pre
sented to the public. This may seem an ex
travagant assertion; but anyone acquainted
with the object of the truss, has but to exam
ine his to be convinced of its troth.
Some of the advantages of this trass, is its
simplicity of eonitruction, its lightness, its
pressure in the only plaee where it it neeTed
and the modulation of this pressure to the
comfort ef the wearer; the absence ef all at,
tatic substances except the steel springs con
nected immediately with the pad which is
wood, and these springs are cickol-p’ated
thus preventing nil eerrosion from perspira
tion; the same truss answers for either the
right or left side; a doable trass requires oniy
another pad and aprings; the trues presses up
ward as well as inward; anyone omn adjust it
to the person; one oan sleep as comfortably
with it on as without it; and not least is its
cheapness.
Every physioian in Gainesville has subscri
bed to the following certificate:
“We, the undersigned, after a thorough ex
amination of the ‘Merck Truss,’ nnhe-iitating
ly pronounoe it to be the best truss we have
ever seen."
Many of time trusses are now in use,
and the above is the opinion expressed
by all whose opinion we have heard, and some
ot them have tried various trusses.
The inventor and his brother are now man
ufacturing this truss iu our city, and as soon
as their means are sufficient ta advertise its
advantages to the world, the demand for it
will doubtless oreate a large manufacturing
business in our city or elsewhere.
They have just received a large supply of
excellent belting, cushion backed, made es
pecially for their use. The side of this bel ing
that comes in contact with the person is soft
and pliable. The nickel-plating is all done beau
tifully by these young men. Most of the ma
chinery used by them is of their own inven
tion.
Mr. Merck was born and raised in this coin
mnnity, and we trust that when his business
and his purse grow to important dimensions,
as they must do with this invaluable inven -
tion in his energetic hands, he will st lck to
his home and soatter here the fruits of his en
terprise.
To show the compactness and lightaess of
this truss, we will state that it m ay be sent to
any part of the Union, by mail, for fon f
cents.
Anyone desiring to try oue of these trusses
oan obtain it by inelesing $5 to Messrs Merck
& Banks, sole proprietors, Gainesv file, Ga.
They guarantee satisfaction, and we endorse
them as fully responsible and reliable.
We have this much to Bay about this truss,
because it is a Gainesville invention, because
if widely known it would prove a great bless
ing to many thousands of sufferers, and be.
cause we oan confidently commend i t as pos
sessing all the advantages claimed for it Let
those who read this call to it the attention ot
any of their friends, male or female, who may
require the use of a truss. We write in the
interest of suffering humanity.
There i no spring whatever around the
body, the only spring being that which at
taches the pad to the belt directly at the
place of rupture.
Let Him 8011.
A “Nye” sighted fellow, wearing gold aose .
glasses, and bearing the psusdonym “Dr.
Nye, Optioian and Occnlist,” appeared in this
city last week and had the luok to make sale
of spectacles to a number of citizens, at $4 to
$6 per pair. Nye saw no advertisement of
glasses in the city papers, and knew that he
had found the place to palm off cheap goods
for Australian pebbles. The glasses purchas
ed from him can be bought anywhere at 75cts
to sl, and at wholesale $6 per dozen.
Whether this peripatetic Professor of op
tios is the veritable Bill Nye, of “Heathen
Chinee” fame, we know not, but he is quite
shrewd enough to get away with people who
don’t know pebble from window glass, and to
sell to the customers of dealers who do not
advertise.
MARRIED.
KrNGSBBRRY—CLEVELAND. —ln NcWUftD,
Ga., Jan 24, by Rev. T. P. Cleveland, Mr .
Edwin Kiugsberry and Miss Emma 8 Cleve
land.
—“Happy lot * *
When the golden chain of godliness
Is on twin® 1 with the roses of love.”
The Parent of Insomnia.
The parent of insomnia or wakefulness is
in nine cases out of ten dyspeptic stomach.
Good digestion gives sound sleep, indigestion
interferes with it. The brain and stomach
sympathize. One of the prominent symp
toms of a weak state of the gastric organs is a
disturbance of the great nerve entrepot, the
brain. Invigorate the stomach, and you re
store equilibrium to the great center. A most
reliable medicine for the purpose is Hostet
ters Stomach Bitters, whioh is far preferable
to mineral sedatives and powerful narcotics
which, though they may for a time exert a
soporific influence upon the brain, soon cease
to act, and invariably injure the tone of the
stomach. The Bitters, on the contrary, re
store activity to the operations of that all
important organ, and their beneficent influ
ence is reflected in sound sleep and a tran
quil state of the nervous system. A whole
some impetus is likewise given to the notion
of the liver and bowels by its use.
PRICES REDUCED.
For Thirty Days.
In order to reduoe my stock, and raise
funds for spring stock, I have this day reduced
the already low figures on my entire stock.
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Clothing,
Oassimeres, Jeans, Flannels, a full line of
Dry Goods, Prints, Checks, White and Brown
Shirtings and Sheetings, Shirts, Shawls, Tow
els, Napkins, Handkerchiefs, and an endless
lot of Fancy Goods, Ribbons, Ties. etc.
These goods are to be sold regardless of oos
for the next thirty days. Call and examine
goods and prices, at
C. W. I)n Plus’s.
Northeast Georgia’s Representatives.
[From th© Foreet News.]
HON. ALVA T. BENNETT.
The subject of this short biographical
sketch was born in Jackson county, on the
20th day of October, 1828, and is eonseqnent
lv now in the 50th year of his sge. His lather,
Tapley Bennett, who was of German descent,
but a native of Virginia, came to Jackson
county when quite young, and soon succeeded
in establishing himself as a striotly upright
and industrious farmer, of the best class.
Hl* son Alva received Buch an education as
the times afforded, and inheriting the native
honesty and industry of his ancestors, he be
gan his career as a farmer; and being aided
by superior intellectual powers, he now
stands in the front rank of this class of men
—the noblest of their fellows.
Taking the gold fever, which carried away
so many to hunt for the golden dust which
swept along the banks of the sullen Sacra
mento, Mr. Bennett went to California in
1850, and there entered upon a series of hard
ships and toils that showed an iron will that
yields not to obstacle, when resolutions have
been formed. After exploring the Sierra Ne
vada mountains, and the valleys where gold
deposits were known to exist, he entered the
mines with the same persistent energy and
industry that he had before shown on the
farm. Of his success in the mines little is
known; but he was regarded by his compan
ions as one who made himself equal in all
things, and who, with a generosity for which
he is nere distinguished, had nothing which
was not at the service of others, whether a
fellow.laborer, or a stranger in distress. After
an absence of three years, Mr. Bennett re
turned to his native heath in 1853, and quietly
resumed his old occupation on the farm.
Here he remained antil 1860, when, with
the lamented A. M. Reynolds, he was elected
Sheriff of Jackson county, in which capacity
he faithfully dischared his duties until 1861,
when turning all his papers over to the Clerk
of the Superior Court, he hastened to take
part in the memorable struggle between the
States. He first went te Savannah; but re
turning home, he was elected Captain of a
company which soon became attached to the
Western Army. Passing throngh many of the
hottest battles fought in the West, Captain
Bennett showed himself a gallant soldier and
a devoted friend; and at the siege of Vicks
burg his heroic fortitude and powers of en
durance were beyond all praise. At one
time, by right of seniority, he commanded
the 34th Ga. Regiment, and at the siege of
Atlanta was Major of Militia. Near the close
of the wear he was elected one ef the Judges
of the Inferior Court, in which capacity he
served untjl that office was abolished.
Still following the peaceful pursuits of the
farmer, in which he continued te be eminent
ly successful, he was returned by handsome
majorities to the Legislatures of 1868 and
1876. Being wide awake to the best interests
of his country, he favored the late Constitu
tional Convention, and was chosen ono of the
members to represent his county under the
new Constitution. Captain Bennett is a
“front door man,” and being “to the manner
born,” we may confidently expect much from
him and his accomplished colleague, Col.
Will. I Pike, whose past record we hope to
be able to place before our readers at an
early day.
Generons Sentiments.
We take the liberty of publishing the fol
lowing extract from a private letter from one
who has already made his mark in Georgia,
and who, if life be spared him, will yet write
It higher. We have known him for years,
and dnow 'hat he is a friend worthy to be
“grappled with hooks of steel.” How many
of oar readers can echo the sentiments here
expressed ! The letter is dated Dec. 31, 1877,
sinoo which time it has been traveling Rbout
through Uncle Sam’s mail bags:
“This is my last letter its 1877. What a
world of sad and unprofitable work has been
performed by me and others, daring these last
twelv e months ! How much we have worried,
and how little we have gained! This is a
cold, stern world, when a man is in want;
and oh ! how sunny and warm it sometimes
seems when we have something to spare
And what a delicious pleasure it is to give
when we have it 1 I had rather have a for
tune, with the privilege of giving it all away,
than be cramped with a egacy that I oould
not spend. I want money; but I want it lika
water—free, and enough for all. Less than
this is paverty. ’’
Expeditions Transportation.
Paper shipped for the Eagle from Marietta,
Saturday lasi, reached the Gainesville depot
at noon yesterday—just five days, or 120
hours, making 70 miles 1 And then, only
think how quick oar Street Railroad brought
it up to the effice ! Seven-eighths of a mile
in two hours and thirty minutes ! Zounds !
Don’t we live in a fast age, and on a lightning
line ! And gentlemen are so eager to push
matters along, and help their neighbors !
John Blats narrowly escaped being crushed
under a falling tree, on the sidewalk Wednes
day. The tree was borne down by its heavy
load of ice and the gale. Many other trees
and branches were blown down in the city,
and yesterday morning the streets and side
walks looked like a battle field, after a battle
between Boreas and the hellites. No offense
intended.
Council Proceedings.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, )
City op Gainesville, Jan. 28, 1878. f
Council held a special meeting this evening,
pursuant to notice. Present, His Honor,
Mayor H. S. Bradley, Aldermen Long,
Panel, W. N. Henderson, W. G. Henderson,
and Merck
Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed.
Aid. W. H. Henderson moved that the
Council accept proposition of Col. Carey W.
Styles, editor of the Eagle, to do the city
printing for 1878, as news matter, without
pay. Carried.
Petition of J. B. Craig, asking Council to
pass an ordinance prohibiting hotel drum
ming at the depot. Referred to Committee
on Ordinances.
The rules were suspended, and the follow
ing ardinance read twice, and passed, unani
mously
Whereas, some donbt exists as to the per
sons intended to be included in that section
of the ordinances, passed by the Mayor and
Council on the 2d ay of January, 1878, re
gulating license and taxes on occupations' for
the year 1878, relating to the license on per
sons engaged in the business of selling ex
change, discounting notes, or receiving mon
eys on running deposits, or engaged in either
of these occupations: Be it hereby ordained
by the Mayor and Council of the City of
Gaiuesville, that in order to remove ’ any
doubt that may exist, said ordinance be, and
the same is hereby amended by inserting in
said ordinance, after the word “person,*' and
before the words "engaged in the business of
selling exchange,” the words “not being a
Banker or Broker, or advertising himself as
such:”
Be it further ordained by the Mayor and
Oonnoil of the City of Gainesville, That the
annual lieense tax for the year 1878 upon per
soas engaged in selling spirituous liquors by
the quart shall be S2OO.
Done in Council, this January 28, 1878.
H. S. Bradley, Mayor.
A. B. O. Dorset, Clerk.
Council adjourned.
H. S. Bradley, Mayor.
A. B. C. Dorsey, Clerk.
IN MEMORIAM.
Mbs. Mabgabbt Habbib, whose maiden
name was Margaret Ried, was born in Greene
county, Ga., on the 12th of March, 1813; was
converted in early youth, and united with the
M. E. Church South. She war married to
tier first husband, Mr Crawford Tucker, on
the 22d of November, 1830, whom she
lived happily, until he died in the triumph of
the Christian faith, in January, 1852, leaving
her a widow with]six children to provide for.
A devoted wife, she remained a widow thir
teen years and three menths, devoting herself
to reariag and educating her children, all of
whom arrived to maturity.
She was happily married to Mr. Ezekiel
Harris, on the 18th of April, 1865, and lived
with him until her death, on the 24th of July,
1877.
“Aunt Tucker,” as she was familiarly called
by those who loved her, was a warm-hearted,
devoted Methodist, and, better still, was a
sincere Christian. She loved the House of
God, and all its ordinances. Seldom was she
absent from the sanctuary, and she was inva
riably punctual at class-meeting, for she loved
old-fashioned Methodism. Yet she was no
narrow-minded bigot. Her charities were
wide and deep, and embraced Christians of
all denominations. Ska loved the servants,
as she did the service, of God, wherever
found, and her warm and cordial clasp of the
hand when she met them, testified her joy at
meeting those who served the Master she so
much loved.
Her piety was a settled purpose of her being,
and was shbject, I think, to fewer fluctuations
than that of any other person I have ever
known. I knew her from my earliest child
hood, and thongh oft beset with trials sharp
and severe, never onoe did I hear her repine
at 'he leadings of Previdenoe, or express a
doubt of the faithfulness of her Redeemer and
Friend. She had alwaye a sufficiency of the
bread of life to enable her to divide with those
who lacked, and many a word ef hope and
cheer has she spoken te the soul that was
bowed down. Like her divine Master, she
went about doing good, and her pla *e was
always at the bedside of the sick and dying.
She was sent for from far and near to aid the
distressed, and oomfort the afflicted; jand in
the community where she lived, the sorrow
hich her presenee could not alleviate was
scarcely to be bnrne. She literally “wept with
those who wept;” yet her naturally cheerful
disposition led her to rejoiee with those who
rejoiced, and her bright face and cheering
smile conveyed a Magnetic) sympathy which
none could resist. Her friendships were of
the broadest latitude, and none ever shared
her regard without being benefltted thereby.
She possessed the rare tact of adapting her
self to the varieus characters and dispositions
of those with whom she oame in contact, and
it was, perhaps, owing to this fact that the
young of both sexes were so generally fond of
her. She was at home alike with young or
old, but was particularly the friend of the
young. Her influence was always exerted for
their good. She was a woman of great
strength of character, and great natural intel
ligence. Her judgment was good; her opin
ions were always clear and decided, and her
advice was sought by persona far more exten
sively informed.
Her profound respect for education led her,
even at a sacrifice, to give her children every
educational advantage within her power. One
of her sons, a youag man of great premise,
fell in our late war. Another preceded her
but a short time to the Spirit-land. Perhaps
the greatest excellence of her character was
woman’s highest mission on earth —true moth
erhood. She was a true mother in every
sense of the word. She lived for the good of
her children, and such was her motherly de
votion to them that she would at any time
sacrifice her own ease, oomfort, or even
health, to promote their welfare. Her highest
ambition was to see them brought into the
fold of Christ; she lured them to Heaven,
and herself “led the way." She had her re
ward in the rare love and reverence of her
children, and even her step-children loved
her during life, and wept at her death, as if
she were an own mother.
Not the least attiaotive trait in Annt Tnok
er’s character, was her scrupulous neatness in
personal attire. In her estimation, “cleanli
ness” was, indeed, nsar akin to “godliness,”
and the inward parity of her heert had its
outward semblance in an exquisite neatness,
to which I have never known a parallel. In
person, she was tall and commanding; in
manner, graceful and winning, possessing a
rare, sweet dignity, whioh characterized her
every movement. She possessed in a remark
able degree what a phrenologist would call
large Individuality; insomnob that one who
had once mat her eould never forget her; and,
in the minds of her friends, so intimately is
she associated with the homes in which she
once visited, that her memory there still
seems a real and vital presence. Bnt it was
chiefly in her own home that the influence of
her presence was most felt, and there will
she be most missed. She was pre-eminently
a home maker; she delighted in the happiness
of those around her; and without her, the sol
itary mourner by ihe family hearth-stone
may well feel desolate. Yet I would not say
sho was perfect. She was a human being like
ourselves—like us, subject to the frailties and
infirmities of humanity; yet she knew where
to seek for strength to overcome. In times of
distress and difficulty, she was accustomed to
spend much time in prayer, and thus she
came off more than conquerer through Him
that loved her, and gave Himself for her. It
was her habit to speak of death as of a pleas
ant messenger, and though it came unexpect
edly, she was ready. When she reached the
dark river, the sound of the pa'e boatman’s
oar struck no terror to her faithful heart;
turning to the loved ones who clung to her at
parting, she gave token that she was ready,
left them her blessing, and passed gently out
of their sight. Her last thought, I do not
doubt, was of her children, to whem she has
left the rich benison of a devoted mother’s
prayer’s. May they follow the shining path
which her footsteps trod, until they, too,
reach the City of God. H. R. R.
The Gainesville College
Will commence its Spring Term next Mon -
day, the 4tb. The prospects for a full schoo*
are good. Several pupils from a distance
have already arrived in the city. Miss Butt
has a musio class of ten that she has been
teaching privately for some weeks past, and
which w ill, of itself, make a good beginning
for the music department. The President has
determined to deserve a large patrenage, and
to this and has a full corps of teachers. Be
sides efficient instructers in the usual branch
es, he has two musio teachers, and a native
French lady, educated in Paris, to teach the
French language.
We donbt not that Prof. LaHatte’s enter
prise and energy will meet with deserved suc
cess.
It will not be amiss to say here that a
slight mistake occurred in the announcement
of the faculty last week: Miss Laura Spence
was represented as being assistant in the pri
mary, instead of Principal in the Art depart
ment. She comes highly recommended,
though the specimens of her work are suffi
1 cient commendation.
Hell being abolished, much more of this
kind of weather may be looked for, No of
e use.
The Atlanta Cotton Factory Puts on Steam
and Commences Business.
We learn through the Constitution, that oa
last Monday morning the Atlanta Cotton Fae
tory got up steam, opened its throttle, and
•tarted the busy hum of spindles. The ma
chinery started beautifully, and gladdened the
hearts of many whose hands have been wait
ing for employment. One hnndred operatives
were engaged up to Monday, and when the
factory gets into full operation six or seven
hundred employees will be required.
This grand eutei prise has labored under
many difficulties, _and we congratulate Mr.
Kimball and all those who have come to his
assistance in the final achievement of snccess.
And we congratulate the many individuals
and families of Atlanta from whose doors the
insatiate wolf, Hunger, will be driven by the
happy hum of these spindles. We can but
feel and express an earnest hope that the ex
pectations of those who have inaugurated this
enterprise and put it in operation, may be
more than realized. It is thought that in two
weeks the factory will begin to turn out
cloth.
Query: “Why will men smoke common to
baoco, when they can buy Marburg Bres.
‘Seal of North Carolina,’ at the same price!”
febl ly.
An Alpine Avalanche.
In the summer of 1864, a party of tourists,
while visiting the Alps, climed with great
difficulty, to an elevated and snow-oovered
plateau, in order to obtain a better view of
Swiss scenery, and contrast the beauty aud
richness of midsummer below with the bleak
ness and sterility of midwinter around and
above theM. In play they rolled the moist
snow into large ball , they crowded it over
the edge of the plateau. In falling.it struck
softer snow, which immediately gave way,
and soon an avalanche was tearing down the
mountain side burying and destroying every
thing in its oourse. As the handful of enow
became the irresistable avalanche, so the
hacking cough with sore throat and Catarrh,
if neglected, speedily develops into that
dread destroyer, Consumption. In the early
stages,Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy wil effect a
cure, though if the blood be affected or im
poverished it must be purified and enriched
by Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery,
and the liver and bowels kept active by his
Pleasant Purgative Pellet . Many who have
despaired of life, and had been given up te
die by physicians and friends, owe their res
toration to the above remedies.
ELY, Linn Cos., lowa, May Bth 1877.
Dr. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.:
Dear sir:—l was prostrated some three
years since with pleuro pneumonia, which
left me with a troublesome oough, that grad
ually grew worse until physicians gave me up
to die with consumption. I tried several
remedies, that are advertised to cure con
sumption, but without obtaining any relief or
benefit. Seeing your Golden Medical Dis
oovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets adver
tised, I conoluded to try them, and I found
them to bo all that you claim for them. My
restoration has remained oomplete over two
years. Inclosed find $1,60 for a oopy ef
your Common Sense Medical Adviser.
Ever gratefully yours,
JASON O BARTHOLOMEW.
Now and Then.
It is only now and then tnat such men os
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, Ex-Gov. Smith and
Ex-Gov. Brown of Ga., endorse a medicine
for the throat and lungs, and when they do, it
is pretty good evidence that the remedy must
be good for the cure of coughs, colds and lung
affections. They recommend the Globe
Flower Cough Syrup, and their testimonials
are to be seen round the ten cent sample bot
tles of the Globe Flower Syrup, for sale by
Dr H. S. Bradley. A sample bottle relieves
the worst cough and will cure sore throat.
Regular size bottles, fifty doses, sl.
Our Cotton Receipts.
Through the kindness of Mr. Johnson, the
courteous and efficient agent at the Gaines
ville Depot, we are enabled to state the exact
number of bales of cotton shipped from
Gainesville by railroad from the first of Sep
tember to the 31st of January, inclusive;
BALES.
September 22
October 807
November 1,195
Deoember 777
January 426
Total 3,226
“COMMERCIAL .
Gainesville Cotton and Wheat Market.
Gainesville, Jan. 31 1878.
Cotton . —Receipts, to date, 8,200 balea
Market steady at 8(5)10.
Gainesville Retail Prices Current.
COFFEE—Java ? ft V7H&
" rio “ .... 25® 3(1
SUGAR—I* ft, Ex. 0 .... 12X
" " " A 18K
“ *• “ Crushed 14
■< " Yellow 12
•* " Brown 10® 12>4
SYRUP—¥ gal 60 @BO
MOLASSES—? gal 50
“ “ bybbl 46
MACKEREL—V kit 1 20®125
CHEESE 20® 25
TEAS—imperial 90® 1 25
“ hyson 75@1 00
CANDLES—? ft 20
SALT-? sack 110@160
CORN—white ft bushel 45 to 60
MEAL—? bushel.... to 60
FLOUR—supr rftne—per 100 ft 4 00@ 600
“ extra “ 400®
“ family “ 5 00®
“ ex family *• 4 50@
“ fancy ‘ 6 00®
HAY—clover ? 198 lbs - .
“ timothy " noue
WHEAT—white—new 115
“ red - H 5
BACON—hams—? ft 12>4®15
BACON—dear sides—? ft 10&12>*
BACON —shoulders—? ft 8 to
BACON—C R ? ft 10 to 12
BULK MEAT—clear sides 11 to 12>4
HAMS (sugar cured) canvassed 15@16
EGGS—? dozen 15
BUTTER 15@20
CHlCKENS—spring B@l2>f
“ grown 15®18
DRIED PEACHES—unpealed ? ft S@Btf
" pealed “ 5
DRIED APPLES—pealed ? ft 2>£
SWEET “ *•
ONlON3—dry “ 80
SODA CRACKERS, (fresh) 12 X® 16
LEMON “ “ 15 ® 20
SUGAR “ 20®
GINGER 25® 30
SPICE 25® 80
PEPPER So@ 35
CLOVES oz) 1#
NUTMEG “ @ 20
STARCH 1*
BROOMS each Ss®6o
BUCKETS (painted) “ 28
PEARL GRITS-? Hi
WELL ROPE—? lb 18® 26
AXLE GREASE —? box 10
AXES 1 00®
AXE HANDLES 10® 20
PLOW LINES—? pair (32 feet) 25®
BTIOK ib 26®
FANCY CANDY—? H 5 *o® 80
SOAPS—various kinds 6® 10
RAISINS—? ft 26
APPLES—? bushol ® 80
POWDER—? ft 35® 40
SHOT—? ft 12)4@
W. PROOF CAPS—? box 10@
TOBACCO—? ft - 65@100
CIGARS - - 08® 10
RICE? lb
BEESWAX? lb - 25 |
SHOVELS—Ames’ No. 0 110@
*. < “1 110@ *
IRON—Sweed ? ft 7@B
SHIRTING—7-8 7 @8
“ 3-4 6J4®7
SHEETING—4-4 B)4® 1C
* DRILLING 1(
- FACTORY THREAD 1,00
1 NAlLS—basis, per keg S 26
BEDSTEADS, $2.00
COOKSTOVES, SIO.OO
WHEELBARROWS, $4.50
100 Haiman’s Iron-footed Plowßtocks, 2 for $4 75.
50 Wheelbarrows, best made, $4 50.
10 Corn-Shellers and feed cutters. Every farmer should have one.
500 Steel and Iron Scooters and Turners, much cheaper than can be made at home.
Large line of Hub Pins, Plow Rods, Clevises, Singletrees, Back-bands, Plow-lines—much
lower than other dealers sell the same goods.
10 sets of Double and Single harness, that must be sold at once.
A. NEW STOCK OF
Saddles,
Bridles,
Blankets,
Halters, Etc., Etc.,
.A.T BOTTOM PRICES.
We oall especial attention to our immense stock of
COOKING AND HEATING STOVES,
Which we propose to sell at some price by the first of Febuary. DON’T FORGET!
We will duplicate anybody’s bill on Stoves and Tinware, less freight aud drayage.
SHOES.
1,000 pairs Wemea's High-cnt Polkas, sl.
600 pairs Men’s Brogans, Good, $1 10.
Superb line of Dress Shoes, Calf, Kid, and every variety of style and make, at greatly re
duced prices.
DRY GOODS.
We will continue “closing out” prices in our Dry Goods department till the first of Feb
ruary. We have a large stook of Dress Goods, Prints, Notions, Hats, Clothing, eto., whioh
we offer to the trade at attractive figures.
SUPPLY DEPARTMENT.
Splendid White Sugar, 10 pounds to the dollar.
Clean Brown Sugar, 12 “ ~ “
Coffees and Teas in proportion. We keep constantly a full stock of
Pepper, Meal,
Ginger, Lard,
Spices, Syrups,
Coperas, Molasses, Etc.
Sulphur,
Bluestone,
Soda,
C rflek© i*s
CHEESE, MATCHES, PATENT DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Etc., Etc!
PIEDMONT SHIRTINGS.
We are agants fer the celebrated PIEDMOjNT SHIRTINGS, universally recog
nized as superior to any shirting now made. We offer them to the trade as follows: 7-8 at 6c,
and a yard wide at 7c. We also keep a large supply of Athens yarns and cheeks, which we
offer to the trade at Atlanta or factory prices.
MECHANIC’S DEPARTMENT.
We are now receiving large shipments of Wagou Material, such as Hubs, Spokes, Rims,
eto. Also, all kinds of Joiner and Blacksmith Tools—Bellows, Anvils, Vises, Hammers,
Planes, Chisels, eto., eto. Car load of Nails to arrive iu a day or sc, at $3 per. keg. Call and
examine goods and prices.
SMITH Sc JENKINS,
j an lß Court Hourse Square, Gainesville, Ga.
DR. H. J. IMG’FBRUG STORE,
Compounded. I
Having consolidated my two stocks of Drugs and Medicines, in my store on the west side
of the public square, lam now prepared to fill all orders for Drugs. Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Putty, Perfumes, Soaps, (laundry and toilet,) and a full assortment of Patent Medi
cines. A fine lot of
WINES, BRANDIES AND WHISKIES.
The Golden Rye Whisky is very choice.
CIGARS AND TOBACCO
Of every grade. My assortment of
GARDEN SEEDS
Is large, and warranted to be the best ONION SETS and buttons, both Red and Silver-
Skin. My stock embraces everything usually kept in a Drugstore, and my prices are down
to the lowest notch. Mr. Clements, a gentleman of long experience in the business, is always
on hand to prepare prescriptions and wait on customers.
11. J. LONG, M. I>.
ja25.4m __ _
SADDLES, HARNESS,
AN D
shoe FINDINGS I
are Manufacturers of and Dealers in
SADDLES AND HARNESS
OP ALi l. KINDS,
Shoe Lasts, Pegs, and all other
material for the manufac
ture of Shoes.
Keep a full line of BUCKLES, BUGGY
WHIPS, SPURS, WAGON HAMES, BUGGY
and WAGON COLLARS.
VACUUM OlL—the best thing for the pres
ervation of boots, shoes and harness.
Mr. O. M. Dobbs is always on hand, ready
to make up any style of Saddle, Harness or
Bridle desired.
Citizens of Hall and surrounding country
are respectfully invited to call and see us.
DAVIS SMITH.
oetQAtf
Sale of Stock.
On Tuesday the oth of Fedruary will be sold
one bay mare, 8 years old, one gray mare,
9 y ears old, and two fine single-horse buggies
a u<l harness. The property of Gen. Long,
street, Jan.l&td.
Haiman’s Iron-footed Plo w
stocks, two for $4.75
SALT, per sack, SI.OO
(FRANK X. BLILEY,
General Agent of
EGYPTIAN BALM,
—AND—
City Funeral FndertaKer,
Atlanta, - Georgia.
I have the largest stock of Metallic and
Wooden BURIAL CASES and CASKETS in
the State, and I can sell cheaper than any
hense in the South. Ladies’, Gents’ and
Children’s ROBES on hand in a large variety.
Orders pertaining to my business, by tele
gram, promptly attended to. Proper refer
ence, or cash, required.
No. 30 West Alabama, between Broad
and Forsyth.
sept2B-ly
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