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i, KS I'll A\j i>l 81 IXTOItY.
JUDICIARY.
Hon. George D. Rice, Judge s. (J. Woslern Circuit.
A. L. Mitchell, Solicitor, Athens, Ga.
COUNTV OFFICERS.
J. B. M. Winburu, Ordinary; Joim L. Gaines,
Sharin'; J. E. Duckett, Deputy Sheriff; J. J. Mayne,
clerk Superior Court; W 8. Pieltrell, Deputy (Her..
Superior Ojurt ; N. li. Clark, Tax Collector ; •} R.
H. Luck, Tax Receiver; Gideon Harrison, Sur
veyor ; Edward Lowry, Coroner ; li. C. Voung,
Treasurer.
CITV GOVERNMENT.
Dr. 11. S. Bradley, Mayor.
Aldermen —l)r. H. J. Long, W. B. Clements, T.
A. Panel, W. H. Henderson,W. G. Henderson,
T. M. Merck.
A. 1!. (!. Dorsey, Clerk; J. It. Boone, Trreasnrer; T.
N.llauie, Marshal; Henry Perry, City AKf.rney.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Presbyterian Church—Rev. T. I*. Cleveland
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath—morning and
night, except the second Sabbath. Su day School,
at 9 a. in. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 4
o’clock.
Methodist Church —Rev. W. W. Wadsvvorlit, Pas
tor. Preaching every Sunday morning and nighf.
Sunday School at 9a. m. Prayer meeting Wednes
day night.
Baptist Church Rev. W. C. Wilkes, Pastor,
•'reaching Sunday morning and night. Sunday
School at 9a. m Prayer meeting Thursday evening
at 4 o’clock. .
GAINESVILLE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
J. B. Estes, President; llcury Perry, Librarian.
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
A. M. Jackson, President; U. <!. Maddox, Vice
President; W. 15. Clements, Secretary.
Regular services every Sabbath evening at one
of the Churches. Cottage pvayor meeting i every
Tuesday nigh! iu “Old Town," and IT.day night
near the depot
FRATERNAL RECORD.
IT.owi.uy Branch Lobui: Nr. 79, 1. O. O. TANARUS.,
meets every Monday night, Joel Lasbter, N. O.
B. F. Stediiam, Sec. *
Alison any Royal Arch CtiAPTaa ineiTs on the
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings in each
month. - .
li. S. Bradley. Study. A. W. Calpwkm,; 11. I’.
Gainesville Luuue, No. 219, A.-. F.-.’ M.'..
incut- or the First a lid Third Tuesday evening in
the month
It. Pai.uoiir, Sec’y. R. E Uukkn, W. M.
Aik-Line Lodue, No. bl ,I. O; O. ;F.. meels
ever/ Friday evening.
C. A. Lilly, Sec. W. 11. Harrison, N. G.
GAINESVILLE TOST OFFICE.
Owing to recent change of schedule on the Atlan
ta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad, the following
will be tlie schedule from date:
£, Mail train No. I,going east, leaves 7:17 p. m.
Mail for this train closes ax 7:00 “
Mail train No. 2. going edit, 1eave5...,3:35 a. lu.
' No mail by this train.
Mail train NO. 1‘ going west, loaves... ,C:st a. m.
Mail for tip's train closes at .... 9:30 p. ni.
Mail trainN >; 2, going west, lu .ves. ...9:1)5 p. m.
Mail for this train closes at 7.30 “
Office hours from 7 a. ill. to 5:30 p ill.
General delivery open on Sundays from fUf to9G.
Departure of mails from this offi 'c:
Dahlonega.and Gilmer county, daily 3 (•; r. m
Dahlouega, via Walioo anil Ethel, Saturday...B!, a. ill
Jcifersou A Jackson county, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday 7 a. in
Cleveland, White, Union, Towns and llayes
ville, N. C., Tuesdays and Fridays 7 7 a. m
Dawsonvillc and Dawson county, Saturday 3a. ui
Homer, Banks county, Saturday..; ..! ,ji. ni
I'leasant Grove, Forsyth <inatv. Saturday .. 1 p.m
JVI. K. ARCHER, P.M.
THE WINTE R SCII El) IJ LE,
—ON THE —
Atlanta and Charlotte
AIK- LIJM E,
Double Daily Trains
now run over tbe Atlanta auil Charlotte Ail-
Line Railway, as follows:
FAST AJ AID TRAIN
GOING EAST.
Leave Atlanta 5:00 p. m.
Arrive at Gainesville 7:47 p. m.
GOING WEST.
Arrive at Gainesville 6:51 a. m-
Arrive at Atlanta.. 9:10 a. m
Passeugers leaving Atlanta l>y Mail Train
at 5 p. ui., will arrive in New York at 9:35 a.
m., second morning.
Passengers leaving Atlanta by Day Train
at (! a. ni., will dine in Washington City .the
following day and arrive in Now*York at
10:05 p. m., same tveua -Sat
Accommodtiou Train leaving heretofore at
7 a. m., is discontinued.
(1. J. FORJSAORE, General Manager.
W. J. HOUSTON, General l'*bß. and Tiolet Agent.
NORTHEASTETN RAILROAD!
oi* Scliednle.
SUPKRINTKN DENT’S OFFICE, I
Athkss, Ga , Sejit. Til, 1877.)
ON and alt'-r Monday, October Ist, 1577, trains on
the Northeastern Railroad will" run as follows..
All trains daily except Sunday :
MORNING TRAIN.
Leave Athens in.
Arrive at Lula ...i.-M “
Arrive at Atlanta, (via Air Lino R. It.) :■>.' • *
Leave Lula "a ; fr !'
Arrive at Athens : S:lo
EVENING TRAIN.
Loavo Atheua jP- 111
Arrive at Lula h:TO “
Leave Atlauta (Via Air Line R. U.) T:d *
Leave Lula t® *'
Arrive at Athei.r r.. *..:
Close connection at Lula with passenger trains
ou Air Lane lta lroad. J. M. EDWARDS,
Superintendent.
IV. K. STKYKNS,
A.ttornoy fit Ijow,
Gainesville, Ga.
Will practice in Hall and surrounding
counties. Prompt attention given to all
business entrusted to him.
VOL XII,
(JLESTIOXJS.
If one .should couio to day
From out the. smishi.nfi of a vanished past.
And standing at my side should say
uh !, rm aud vtMCfi us i beheld him last
“ ft ,t thou renß inhered me ea< h Lour;
Has absi iicu-lesseneif ai;gbt the old love’s
power 7
What could I say ?
If one should stand to day,
Holding my eyes with a deep questioning
gaze.
And in low words of love should say,
“Wilt tbou walk with me through life’s
changeful ways,
Learning no lesson that I cannot teach,
Seeking no grander heights than I may
reach V” ■ .- .- . ;
What should I say S’
If on my life and heart
A human will its.claiming seal Lad pressed,
ATid I could cffoosl no higher part
No stiiio beyond a human right and vest
Won! 1 not th i fettering love soon prove a
pain,
And iuv earth-bound desires essay in vain
To act their pare.
If ail the flowers of life
Hold set their early blossoms on my way,
Ahd'Tiangßt -of shade or darkening
strife
Floated across the light and peace of day—
If o’er the Vale no storm-cion. Ucu,
Mioniti i press on where ot changeless sun
beams crown
The mountain's height ‘t
li 1 had power to choose
Such gilts ot lile as seem to me most meet,
To claim all joy, all pain refuse,
Filling my days with things most tair and
sweet, ... , , .
'Should 1 not say"' “Thy tV/fy fs b -<•, O L >rd,
1 dare not walk iu paths Thy feet ne’er trod.
Thy guidance lose V
INDIAN SKDTCHKH.
NUMBER If.
J< In' l.yiieli ami Kitty tVurtl—Their
Oi l gin - .Tctev’s Ton peril mc'nt—.V tfliief
On the War Doth —Cruelties to I’ris
oilers l.yncli law—The Grave—Hull*
la (too oxc.
Tfiero were a number of prominent
characters who figured with tbe
Cherokee tribe of Indians while they
occupied the Northern portion of
Georgia, and none more prominent
or conspicuous than Jeter Lynch and
Katy Ward, two half-breeds, who
aie charged by traditional testimony
with being the perpetrators of more
wanton, fiendish' and hellish crimes
upon the whites and red men of other
tribes than any other two porson
ages that ever figured in Georgia.
Soon after the settlement of the first
colony at Charleston S. C., a number
of'adventursome men, mostly Ger
mans, made their way far into the
interior of the Cherokee nation in
search of gold and with a further
purpose, no doubt, of satisfying a
desire to see how far west the new
world extended. When they reached
the far-fumed Nacoochea valley, then
the home of the most chivalric and
enlightened'portion of the Cherokee
tribe, suho of them matU'iod Indian l
squaws, and quite a number of them
never returned to the white settle
ments. Jeter Lynch and Katy
Ward were descendants of these
restless and adventuresome men, and
were trained to all the athletic pur
suits and wandering customs of the
tribe. Lynch grew up to be a man
far above the usual size' of the men
of bis tribe. Tbe cross between the
sturdy German, liis father, and the
athletic Indian woman, his mother,
produced a compound of the san
guine, billions and lymphatic tem
peraments, the blending of which
among the Anglo-Saxon has pro
duced the most powerful men of our
species, and has giveu to the ring
a majority of the celebrated prize
lighters of the country. The re
fuKimmts of civilization never orig
inate iu this class, and indeed a
handsome woman is never found
in it, l• nt nevertheless for the
weightier achievements of civiliza
tion this class furnishes more than
its quota. Jeter Lynch was born a
leader* At an early age he was
made a chief in his tribe, and about
this time the white men from both
the Caroiiuau and Georgia colonies
commenced to make frequent raids
into the Indian country, much to
the annoyance of the men of the for
est.
At an early date stringent meas
ures were adopted to put a stop to
these frequent incursions. Jeter
Lynch was a cool, calculating man,
and under ati sorts of circumstances
he was a dangerous competitor. He
was as brave as a lion, as far-seeing
as an eagle, and as sly as a fox. Pris
oners were continually falling into
his hands, and but few of them e*er
lived to tell the tale of the tortures
to which they were subjected by
order of, and under the personal su
pervision of the chief himself. The
“dippped-oak,’ a noted place in,
Habersham county, is where tradi
tion says he used to cut the lingers
of his prisoners off ou his return
from his frequent raids to the thinly
populated settlements on the Savan
nah stud Broad rivers. This done,
he had no fears of their ‘ rising” at
the dead hours of the night and seiz
ing the guns of their captors and de
stroying them in their own camp.
Then again, with their lingers off,
no resistance could be made even to
the women and children, who it is
said, in many instances, picked out
the eyes of prisoners, and whipped
them on their uaked backs with thorn
bushes, and bamboo briars. One in
stance is related in which twenty-five
prisoners in one lot, mutilated and
. whipped until they were raw, were
t ikeu to Toccoa falls and pushed off,
cue by one, by Katie Ward. Old
: people are still liviug, among them
-TV rrr~ I ULIVJ UUCijVAIVJ UL Jl-LU. J CO
,v minnfHß at Lula. Ii *
The Gainesville Eagle.
GAINESVILLE. GA., FEIDAt MORNING. MAY 24, 1878.
“Grandma’ Holcomb, of White
county, who have seen Jeter Lynch
and Katy Ward and know personally
[of many of their barbarous and cruel
acts.
Now for the connection of a prom
inent historical fact and I have done
with this article. Webster, Worces
ter and all the cyclopedias of the day,
report that Lynch, after whom
“lynch-law” was named “was an old
Virginia farmer, who, having caught
a thief, instead of delivering him to
the officers of the law, tied him to a
tree and flogged him with his own
hands.” lam satisfied that the first
report in the books on the subject)
after which all the subsequent ac
counts have been copied, \va3 a mis
take so far as the location of the res
idence of Lynch wa3 concerned. Jeter
Lynch was the barbarous creature
after whom the law, (a misnomer)
xvtia name*), it was an every day
occurrence with him to whip, cut
maim, mistreat and kill human be"
ings who happeued to fall into his
power. He knew no law, owed no
allegiance to any power higher than
his fiendish will. The “chopped
oak,” the Toccoa and Tallulah falls
and the summits of Tray, Currahee
and Yonah mountains, all have their
horrible legends that have been
banded down from colonial times
and the early days of the Republic,
of the tortures inflicted at the hands
of Jeter Lynch. There is a moun
tain iu White county named for him,
and at its foot, on lot of laud No. 52,
in the 3d district of originally Hab
ersham, (now White county,) are
three lonely graves, plainly to be
seen, with a soap-stone head-stone
lying near by, which marks the last
resting-place of Jeter Lyncb, his
wife and Katy Ward. A party of
white men, “on the make” many
years after they were buried, disin
terred Katy, and took from her grave
all her jewelry and trinkets, which it
is said, were very valuable. The
bones were again buried in tbe same
grave by other parties. A man
named Enoch AVood, some forty
years ago, stole Lynch’s tombstone
and used it for a time in the furnace
of a distillery. Moses Horshaw,
who at the time owned the land on
which Lynch was buried, took out a
warrant for Wood for mutilating a
grave, and he left tbe country and
never returned. The tombstone was
returned to its place broken, and
now lies several feet,, (rom the graves
near the race that Rjuveys a limpid
stream of water from the summit of
Lynch’s mountain to the residence of
Green Holcomb, Esq. The old peo
ple about Lynch’s mountain are all
under the impression that Jeter
Lynch was the man after whom
“Lynch law’’ was named, and no one
will doubt that he is entitled to the
honor (?) after hearing his bloody
career portrayed by witnesses, yet
living, who have seen Lynch lace to
face, and heard of his crimes, while
he was living, told by those who had
friends, neighbors and relatives to
suffer from his cruelty. At. V. E.
Hearty Breakfast.
In a large majority of cases it will
be found.that the best and heartiest
meal in the day should be eaten in
the morning. If the closing repast
of the days has not been excessive in
quantity or indigestible in quality,
the stomach will be rested and ac
tive after the individual has had a
cool bath. The stomach will then
respond quickly to the necessary gas
tric juice for the solution of food,
and if a fair amount of exercise is
taken during the day, a large mass
of food will be assimilated and con
verted into blood and tissue. With
a good substantial breakfast, no
greater amount of food will be re
quired during the remainder of the
day. One other meal will be ample,
and that might better be taken from
two to three o’clock in the afternoon
than at any later period.
The breakfast may be made from
any kind of wholesome food, and
the fewer kinds the better. The din
ner should be light and readily di
gested if sound sleep is desired, and
strong appetite and perfect powers
of digestion next day. One “square
meal” in every twenty four hours is
all that can be taken care of by many
weak stomachs, and more than this
is in excesss and induces headache,
nausea and distress. If dinners
were abandoned and especially late
and heavy dinuers, myriads of dys
peptics would be cured.
+
A Sable Mother’s Warning.
Ephraham, come to yer mudder,
Whar yer bin ?
“ Playing wid do wite folk’s chil
lun.”
“See haar chile, you’ll broke your
inudder’s heart, and bring her gray
hairs in sorrow to the grabe in reck
lumuess. Habu’t I raised you up in
de way you should go ?”
“Yethum.”
“Habn’t I bin kind and tender wid
you, an’ treated you like my own
chile, which you is ?”
“Yethum.’’
“Habu’t I bin reztuin’ wid you
and habu’t I whepped and deplored'
de Lawd to wrap you in his buzzntn?’’
“Yethum, and ”
“Isn’t I yer nat’ral detector and
guardeen fo’ de law ?”
“Yethum.”
“Well, den, d’u s’pose I’se gwine
ter see yer morals ruptured by de
wite trash ? No, sab! Git iu de
house dis instep; an'if I eber cotcb
yon wid de wite trash eny more, fo’
de Lawd, I’ll broke yer back wid a
brick! ”
j Ob* * j
PRESS ECHOES.
What the Newspapers have to say of
Gainesville.
In order that our readers may
hear of the kind and complimentary
mention of our section in the papers
of Georgia, we give a synopsis of
what a few have said. The accounts
are many aud in many cases so lengthy
that it wuuld take a paper three
times the size of the Eagle to hold
them all.
Macon Tc-legraph]
About 11 a. m., the train reached
Gainesville and the guests were quar
tered at the various hotels.
It was the lot of the writer and
family to be assigned to Gen. Loug
street’s new hotel,
THE PIEDMONT,
which is leased by Messrs. Tram
mel and Smith. It is a commodious
and well kept establishment, with at
tentive servants and a bountifully
supplied table.
Tbe same firm will open the New
Holland Springs on the 15th in
stant, and the “Porter” very soon
after. They will certainly have their
hands full, but seem in no way lack
ing in resources or energy.
A VISIT TO NEW HOLLAND.
On the afternoon of our arrival
Col. Foreacre conveyed the excur
sionists in his special train to New
Holland Springs, distant only three
miles, which is a charming spot,
handsomely improved, and is ex
ceedingly popular, and so is the
Piedmont Hotel, which was crowded
with guests last Summer.
There aTo numerous other well
kept hotels and boarding houses in
Gainesville, and the people are affa
ble aud courteous to strangers, and
seem resolved to build up their pleas
ant little city which is certainly one
of the most desirable points for health
aud recreation in Georgia The
place contains about 3,000 inhabi
tants, a line academy, numerous
handsome buildings, and will soon
be the seat of a first-class female col
lege, provided the unpleasant jarrings
concerning the location which now
threaten the enterprise, can be har
moniously reconciled. To the peo
ple of the seaboard Upper Georgia
is a far more agreeable and less ex
pensive resort for health in the sum
mer months than the far distant
north.
Hartwell Sun :
In a short time we were duly de
posited here iu Gainesville, and be
ing rather in an eating humor, wo
launched into about the first hotel
we struck for breakfast. It proved
to be the Piedmont, a large hotel,
built, and kept a few years ago by
General Long-street. It is an exten
sive hotel, well kept by J. G. Tram
mell Sc Son. Ilefreshed by a good,
hearty Gainesville breakfast, we bad
tho day before us, pleasantly
spent* it, passing about the city,
viewing its beauties and admiring
its charms. It is sometimes called
tho “Queen City,” and that is a fitting
name in tho truest sense of the word.
With nearly all its buildings new
and tastefully constructed, its well
shaded walks and groves, its crystal
water, its cool, health-giving breezes
wafted from the mountains, and em
inently located amidst the most pic
turesque and attractive scenery to
bo found in tho State, Gainesville
is indeed a “Queen City.” Add to
t his a citizenship as generous as they
are warm-hearted, as noble as they
are true, and yon have no place that
aff mis greater facilities of leading a
joyous, happy life. The people of
Gainesville are as clever as they can
be, aud not only are ttiey clever; but
they are a public spirited and enter
prising people. They run three
newspapers, support two large
schools; have just erected a large
brick two-story College budding;
have just located the lot aud are pre
paring to commence operations on a
Baptist Female College, and have
made a splendid commencement in
the way of a public library. They
are a live wide-awake, “pushative”
people—always got an eyo to the
main chance, and ready, willing and
awaiting to “press” (no pun) for
ward all laudable schemes. The
brilliant aud generous manner in
which they have entertained the
members of the Press during its
Convention here, reflects undying
honor on Gainesville that will never
be forgotten.
Brunswick Advertiser.
Gainesville is situated fifty-three
miles from Atlanta, iu a high and
mountainous country, and owiDg to
its delightful climate, pure water,
pure springs and nice hotels, has be
come, of late, a great resort for those
able to seek a cooler clime during
the summer months. Through the
generous hospitality of the people of
this city, the entire press have been
entertained in princely style, free of
cost. This section of the great State
of Georgia, is as yet in its infancy.
Its vast resources of metals, both use
ful and precious, as yet undeveloped,
will soon bring hither a teeming pop
alation. Why, just think of it, gold
was dug up iu the streets, here to
day. Mr. W. W. Habersham, mining
editor of The Eagle, (and, by the
way, well known in Brunswick) in
forms us that the deposits of gold and
silver hereabouts are excellent, and
that machinery is now being erected
near by for collecting the same.
Toccoa Herald :
We joined the excursion at Toccoa
on its return to Gainesville and after
a delightful ride of little more than an
hour, over a portion of the best
managed and best equipped Rail
road iu the South, we reached that
charming “Mountain City” yclep’d
Gainesville, where we were most kind
ly and hospitably cared for by our ex
cellent friend Mr. John T. Wilson.
Auguste Chronicle;
The meeting at Gainesville was a
success. It was more largely atten
ded than any Convention siuce the
organization of the Press Assoation.
There were about seventy papers re
presented by over one hundred dele
gates. The people of Gainesville be
have handsomely. They entertained
the members, aud left nothing un
done in contributing to thir enjoy
ment. I)r. Bradley, tbe Mayor, re
ceived the members very cordially in
behalf of tliß citizens. Colonel John
B. Estes delivered au eloquent ap
dress of welcome iu behalf of the
local press an 1 library’. Dr. Bradleys'
address was brief but pointed, while
Colons! Estes’address was pronoun
j ced by all to be in excellent taste both
! as to the matter and manner of de-
I livery * * * * The city of
Gainesville is situated on a hill.
Therefore its light cannot be hid
The town is improving. The clmate
is all that can be desired. The water
is good and the air is pure aud in
vigorating. The people are honest
and virtuous. They have schools
and churches, aud railroad, aud tele
graphic facilities. Asa Summer re
sort, Gainesville presents attractions
“lor the people of this section. There
are several large hotels in the town
and vicinity, where good accommoda
tions can be at reasonable
[rates. Tliere is a vast amount ot
mineral wealth in this section await
Lug the advent of capital and skilled
-labor for development. Dr. Haber
sham, the geological editor of the
- Eagle, speaks in glowing terms of the
vyealth that lies hidden in the moan
tains of Northeast Georgia. He saj s
that the prospect for development is
encouringing. Several capitalists
have already invested and others are
making personal investigation. The
future of Gainesville is inviting.
The editorial fraternity are most
favorably impressed with the people
jmd the town and its surroundings.
Monroe Advertiser;
Our party returned to Gainesville
End spent Thursday night, and early
on Friday morning were en route to
Atlanta to enjoy the pleasure of au
Excursion over the Western and At
lantic rord. We cannot speak too
highly of the hospitality of tho citi
zens of Gainesville. For our part we
lsid not expect such unbounded hos
pitality. But we found ail the hotels
Of that city of hotels, at the disposal
of the editors with doors thrown
wide open to go in and out as they
•fSeased, with expenses all arranged
beforehand by the people of the city.
A committee, composed of the news
paper men there and other citizen,
iv%re in constant attendance upon
the convention and were untiring in
their efforts to make the visit of each
one really delightlul.
. -Jonesboro News.
The hospitality was unbounded.
Gainesville as a summer resort can
not be excelled. Tho Air-Line rail
road, one of the bast equipped roads
in the State will long be remembered
by the Press, for courtesits extended.
The Toccoa excusion was au enjoya
ble affair and complete sueess. The
dinner give by the now proprietor of
the Kimball House was most excel-
Jtsni: To the Central Hoad, we are
and Aie 7any*piTTrrrtotf, for their ftepeaiGU
courtesies.
llarnesvillo Gazette;
It was certainly a treat to see the
hill country of North and North East
Georgia, which we will refer to in a
subsequent issue, as such reference
would make this article too long.
The Press of Georgia have never
been more liberally and hospitably
entertained than the people of Gaines
ville aud the railroads have done in
this instance. Col. B. W. Wrenn, of
the Wertern Sc Aalantic road, and
Major Houston, of the Atlanta and
Air-Line road, will be emba med in
the memory of the present editorial
fraternity of Georgia. Nothiug was
neglected or left undone that would
contribute to tho pleasure aud ac
comod-tionof the “Colonels.”
Tliotnasviile Euterprise;
We have the largest delegation
ever seen at a Press Convention and
Gainesville is determined to make
them, enjoy themselves if posible.
The members who reported all had
cards given them, showing to what
places they had been assigned and
introducing them to their hosts. We
are most comfortably quartered at
the Brown House, kept by our old
time friend Mark C. Few, who is
married and keeping one of the best
hotels we have stopped at in many a
day. We were most agreably sur
prised at meeting him and still more
so to hud him in this business.—
Gainesville is a considerable place,
doing a good business and bound to
grow, as this country is developed.
It extends from the railroad depot for
a mile to this point, which is the
centre of the old town, and goes on
for some distance farther. It is a
city of hotels, there being at least six
of them to our knowledge. Certainly
parties coming here for the summer
seed never lack for accommodations.
Cue couutry is elevated, the water
fine, and the climate perfectly healthy.
Mineral springs are numerous in the
immediate vicinity and the railroad,
with the street car line, render them
easily accessible even those who stop
immediately in the town.
Carroll Comity Times:
After getting an excellent supper at
the Piedmont House, we repaired to
the scene of action, Library Hall,
were we found a merry crowd, all
seemingly enjoying theiuseves very
much. The ladies of Gainesville
were out in force, and we must say
right here, that the mountainous re
gion of that country seems to be pe
culiarly adapted to the development
of beauty, judging from the rosy
cheeks, sparkling eyes and graceful
figures of the fair sex that we saw
present. On the next morning, Fri
day, we-bid Gainesville adieu. The
pleasant time spent in this beautiful
city of the mountains, as well
as the kind and hospitable treatment
by its noble citizens, will long be re
membered and treasured up by the
members of the Fourth Estate.
Gwiuuolt Her&kl :
Arriving at Gainesville, we found
that urbane gentleman, Col. Rad
wine, Chairman of the Committee of
Arrangements, prepared to assign
homos to all, notwithstanding there
were at least fifty more than was ex
pected. We cannot permit the op
portunity to pass without returning
our thanks to Mr. Few, of the “Brown
House,” for his kindness to us during
our stay. We never passed under a
more hospitable roof, and bis kind
attention will bo long remembered.
* * * The large number of vis
itors aud seekers for health who
come into this’ section during the
summer months, have demanded an
extensive increase in its accommoda
tions. There will j certainly be no
complaiut in the Juture, for, while
the number is expebted to increase,
it would be hard to overtax the pro
visions made for their accommoda
tion. Gainesville has three large
hotels and a number of first-class
hoarding houses. At Gower’s
Spring, two miles above town, and
connecting with the depot by a street
railway, is another extensive Lotel.
New Holland is supplied with a good
hotel, and a number of cottages where
a large crowd can be accommodated;
and the Sulphur Springs, that fa
mous place of resort in the olden
times, will soon be open for guests
with an entirely new outfit.
Hawkinsville Dispatch, j
The Association ipent two days
and nights at Gainesville—the guests
of its generous and hospitable people.
Gainesville is the “gem city” of the
mountains. The purity of its water,
the salubrity of its climate and the
culture aud refinement of its citizens
are sufficient to recommend it to all
our friends in Southern Georgia who
desire to enjoy a few weeks or
months of recreation away from
home.
Aud then the beauty and charms
of the ladies of Gainesville (if we may,
as a married man, be so permitted to
express ourself) are enough to attract
visitors from all sections.
We shall long remember our visit
to Gainesville, and the many pleasant
acquaintances and reminiscences at
tendant thereon. * * * * * *
We know of no more desirable or de
lightful a point to spend a portion of
the summer season than Gainesville,
in North East Georgia. The climate
is salubrious, the water pure, the at
mosphere bracing aud invigorating,
and the citizens sociable and refined
The surrounding scenery is very
good, and accommodations abun
dant. During our recent jaunt to
and sojourn in Gainesville we were
tho guest of Mr. Daniel Quattle
baum, who, with the members of his
family, made the visit of ourself and
our brethren of the press very pleas
ant. Mr. Quattlebaum is known to
some of the older citizens of Pulaski
and adjoining counties, with whom
ho did business thirty or forty years
ago. He has an exceedingly attrac
tive home, fair accommodations in
the way of bouse room, aud gives
excelieut table fare. He entertains
visitors during the summer season,
and we recommend him to our
friends. His residence occupies a
beautiful location, and is convenient
to the city.
Barterstilie lAjirt st. t
This little city, situated iu the
mountains of Northeast, Georgia,
contains about 3,000 inhabitants, all
seemingly thrifty and prosperous.
It possesses a lino reputation as a
summer resort, the curative powers
of its healthgiving waters inducing
visitors from all parts of the country
to summer there or at the different
springs in tho immediate vicinity.
The party were met at the train by
the reception committee, aud without
the least confusion, each member
was assigned a home, most of them
going to the different hotels. * * *
We cannot close this report of our
stay in Gainesville without referring
to the kindness with which our party
was treated by her citizens. They
were unbouuded iu their hospitality,
and exhibited a watm hearted pleas
ure in making their guests happy,
which treatment will ever be fresh
in the memory of those members of
the fourth estate who were present.
May this little city continue to pros
per, aud her citizens enjoy long life
and happiness is our fervent prayer.
Marietta Journal.
Leaving Atlanta Wednesday morn
idg at 7 o’clock, a few hours ride
over the splendid Air Line Itoad
brought us the “Mountain City,"
Gainesville, where we were welcomed
with a hearty greeting and generous
hospitality by a people who have
practiced the “liberal” so much that
it has become second nature with
them. The writer was assigned to
the Gainesville Hotel, kept by Mr.
Johnson, and others found homes at
the different ho'els and boarding
houses. * * * * While in
Gainesville we met quite a number
of old Mariettians, among them
Judge Geo. D. ltice, Rev. Willie
Wadsworth, Col. Gordon and wife,
Mr. Charlie Dupre and J.
R. Barnes, Mr. George Walker, Mr.
Walter Shugart and others. We
like Gainesville; it is a pretty place,
full of energy and enterprise. Some
1,500 people summered there last
year, and they expect 2,000 this year.
Hamilton Journal.
During the convention we had the
pleasure of stopping at these Springs
and can add our testimonial to the
genera! conclusion that Gower
Springs is the place to suend the
summer. Col. E. N. Gower is the
proprietor and manager, and is a
whole-souled genial gentleman, who
takes great pride and pleasure in se
curing the comfort and entertain
ment of his guests, and is celebrated
as an epicurian who places every
thing to tempt the appetite upon his
table. The most excellent manage
ment of these Springs is remarkable
when we reflect that the place where
this magnificent and commodious
hotel now stands was a dense forest
two years ago. Every building
about the place is entirely new and
all finished up in fine style.
A movement is on foot in Chicago
to do away entirely with the present
system of using gas to illuminate the
streets, and substitute in its steal
a dozen electric lights at different
elevateed points, with which, it is
claimed, the entire town could be
made almost as light as day, and at
much less expense than the present
costly gaslight system.
The Awful Phonograph.
The phonograph is certainly tin
most wonderful invention of this or
any other age, and the purposes to
which it may be devoted an- manifold
and surprising.
Mrs. Carmeen need no longer sit
up until midnight for a late husband
—that is, late coming homo. She
can now speak her lecture in the
diaphragm of the phonograph, at
tach one end of a cord to the trank
and the other end to the knob of her
chamber-door, and retire to her
downy couch with the sweet and
comforting assurance of having “spo
ken her mind” where it will do the
most good. Carmeen will come
sneaking in at 1 a. m., as usual, and
and creep stealthily upstairs, but no
sooner does he open his bed-room
than that awful phonograph will up
and tell him in his wife’s well-known
voice, what she thinks of “such con
duct as this,’’ winding up with the
stem command: “Now come to bed*,
you old fool, and don’t sit there
blinking like a sick owl!” And all
the time this performance is iu prog
ress, Mrs. Carmeen may be revel
ing in sweet dreams, iu which
spring bonnets and the latest love
ly thing iu polonaise predominate
The phonograph is also capable of
playing some pretty shabby tricks,
and if Deacon Peppers could have
laid his hands on the inventor, a ; few
nights ago, he would probably have
torn him into two thousand frag
ments— more or less.
The Deacon is, or was, a
good man and a class-leader in the
.Brownsville Church. He visited
New York recently and wandered
into an establishment where several
phonographs were on exhibition and
for sale. He became much fnrerested
in the instrument, and when he
spoke into the mouih-piece of one of
the machines and heard his own
words ground out with startling
distinctness he manifested liis ( aston
ishmentin one prolonged “W-h-e-wl”
Then a happy thought struck him.
He usually made a brief address at
class meetings, on Friday evenings,
and he suddenly conceived the idea
of speaking ins piece in the phono
graph, purchasing the invention, and
surprising the brethren and sisters
at the next meeting. The idea was
carried into execution to some ex
tent. The Deacon charged the pho
nograph with au appropriate ad
dress, and while he ...was bargain-ug
with the ovuer for the instrument,
in another part of the room, a rough,
bushy-whiskered individual, attired
iu corduroy pantaloons and a speckled
shirt, slipped in unobserved and
howled a-lot of stuff into the same
machine. The Deacon paid for and
carried off the phonograph, entirely
ignorant of the frightful sentences
injected into it by the rough person,
vvuo, as subsequent events proved,
was the intellectual driver of .
team, anAuot very choice iu his lan
guage- \
The next day was Friday, and iu
the evening the Deacon marched into
the church with his phonograph un
der his arm, and his face illumined
with a radiant smile.
“My friends,” lie continued, “I
have a little surprise for you. Ido
not intend to address you this eveu
ing. I have brought a substitute to
speak for me. This little instrument
I have hero (holding up the phono
graph) will now address you brielly
on your duty to the Church and to
suffering humanity.”
The Deacon, with a smile ex
tending from ear to ear, gave the
crank a couple of turns, and illl the
color lied from his face as the phono
graph thundered forth:
“Git up there, you dashed old crip
ple ! Whoa, Sal! you blind —’
It was awful.
The hair of the brothers in the
front pews stood straight up; a sis
ter in the back part of the house
fainted dead away, and the Sexton
yelled “Fire!”
“There—is—some terrible mistake
here!” gasped the Deacon, after a
few minutes of painful silence. “I
must have turned the crank the
wrong way—or maybe the linch-pin
is loose, or the safetj valve has lost
a screw or something.’’ And, per
spiring at every pore, the Deacon es
sayed another turn, and the machine
yelled:
“Gee, Bill! Where in the dastma
tion are you going you son of a mule !
Peddi-whoa-a-a 1 Blast your eyes,
can’t you—
The awfulness became more aw
ful.
Thre more sisters fainted, several
brothers clapped their hats on their
heads and their finger into their
ears, and started for the door shout
ing “Police J’' and the Sexton hal
loed “Murder!’’ while the Deacon
wbdly clutched the phonograph by
the neck and choked it till it was
black in the face, and its eyes bulged
out an inch.
But ’twas no use. The interna]
arrangements of the machine were
evidently demoralized, and the cyl
inder continued to revolve, grinding
out the most frightful language ever
heard outside of a political Ward
Convention; and when the audience
were saluted with “I’ll kuock your
dashed brains out, you long-eared—”
they didn’t wait for the remainder of
the “address,” but got up as one
man —and one woman—rod made a
dash for the door in a decidedly pan
ic-stricken manner. The Deacon,
with his face the color of a small pox
flag, threw the phonograph over the
pulpit, sprang after it and kicked it
down the aisle into the street, where
the Sexton smashed it with au ax just
as the Deacon's address began to issue
from its mouth-piece, and then
placed it under the hydrant and
let a stream of water run on it all
night.
A Committee was appointed on the
spot to investigate what appeared to
be the Deacon’s highly improper
and painful conduct, and that well
meaning person has concluded to
move West and grow' up with the
country.
The late Chief Justice Chase was the
originator of the term “greenback,”
as applied in the currency.
Floating: Feathers.
Dr. H. T. Hembold has agaiu be
come iusaue; this time he is ver
wild and violent.
President Hayes sticks to his or
der forbidding officials of the gov
ernment from making political or
ganizations.
Sam Bard makes his reappearance
in public life as the Grand Represen
tative to the Right Worthy Grand
Lodge of Good Templars of the whole
world.
The anti-Tikleu move iu New York,
as interpreted by r the Hendricks men
in Indiana, means Hendricks and
Reman as the presidential candidates
for 1880.
The New York Assembly has
paised a bill requiring the proprie
tors of all hotels over three stories
iu height, to provide at least one
tire escape.
Dick Dawson and Moses Green
were re-seuteuced to be hung at the
late session of the Upson Couuty
Court. The day appointed is the
sth of July next.
The Order of Benodictinea have
founded a monastery on Skidaway
Island, near Savannah, on the old
Hampton Place, presented to them
by Bishop Gross.
Fifty years ago the shad yield of
the-Potomac river was 25,000,000 an
nually. Now it is 250,000. The un
reasoning greed of man has de
stroyed the source of supply.
The largest college library in the
United States is that of Harvard, con
taining 100,000 volumes. Of the 350
American colhges only 10 have libra
ries of over 25,000 volumes.
A policeman named Virgil A Stew
art killed a negro iu Rome on the
11th iust, and the Coroner’s jury
justified the act as the negro resisted
arrest aud furiously assaulted the
policeman.
The Hon. T. W. Allyu has given
SIOO,OOO to the city of Hartford, to
be devoted to the free education of
boys and girls iu the business avoca
tions of life, iu agriculture and the
mechanic arts.
NO, 20.
“Wo learn, ’ says the Roma Conrier
“that a Mr. Cowan was killed Thurs
day at Green Foster’s plantation by
being thrown from a mule. His foot
caught iu the plow gear, aud he was
so badly hurt that he died Thursday
night.”
The Rothschilds have, it is rumor
ed, taken the $15,000,000 of the four
and a half per cent, bonds remain
ing from the original sso,ooo,ooocon
tract by the syndicate. The price of
these bonds has advanced to
and accrued interest.
When the new National-Green
back L ibor-ii donn Party, limited,
gets into power, it is going to restrict
the hours of labor, so as to give us all
time for “social intercourse. ’’ This
idea will meet with hearty approval
in the newspaper offices.
W .at a beautiful example of sim
plicity iu dress is shown some follow
ers of fashion by that domestic ani
mal, the cat, which rises iu the morn
ing, washes its face with its right
hand, gives its tail throe jerks, and
is ready dressed for the day.
The Virginia Enterprise says $lO,-
OUO.OOO. in gold wo sent to for
eign countries from the Pacific coast
in the last four mouths, becauso the
owners were afraid to invest it on
account of the communistic uprising
of the workingmen under Dennis
Kearney.
The Washington Post believes that
“If fifteen years ago Geneal Banks
had shot off his cannon as he now
shoots off his mouth he would not be
pointed out by small boys as he
walks along the streets as the Union
Commissary-General of the late Con
federate army.”
Peter Cooper’s charities exceed, it
is stated, by a half million, those of
George Peabody or any other man of
modern times, when the increased
value of the property is taken
into account. Fach birthday he
gives Cooper institute au hundred
thousand dollars.
A growth of human hair, tho long
est on record, is among the curiosi
ties to be seen at the Paris Exposition.
It came from the head of a Norman
girl, Merlot by name, who lived with
her mother iu the extremest poverty.
It is seven feet long, and of exquisite
golden color, luxuriant, and silky.
Anew Irish organization against
England is the United Sons of Lib
erty, which has spread throughout
New England. Tbo head-centre is
William Connor, of Lawrence, Mass.,
au exile of ’4B. He says that the
members intend to arm themselves,
and be ready to make an onslaught
on England at the first favorable op
portunity.
The Republicans are not symetri
cal in their falsehoods, as it were.
The Republican Committee proclaim
taat the Potter resolution means the
unseating of Hayes and “revolution.”
Mr. John Sherman says the move
ment is not aimed at the President’s
title, but is intended simply to furn
ish the Democracy with political am
munition for the fall campaign.
Bancroft, the historian, ander
whose directions, as Secretary of the
Navy, in the administration of Polk,
the Naval Academy was estalished,
revisited that famous institution on
Saturday, for the first time in thirty
three years. It was mainly owing to
his exertions that Congress was in
duced to found that school of naval
heroes.
The London Lancet suggests the
following simple treatment for felons:
As soon as the disease is felt put di
rectly over the spot a fly blister
about the size of the thumb nail, aud
let it remain for six hours, at the ex
piration of which time, directly un
der the surface of the blister may be
seen the felons, which can instantly
be taken out witn the point of a
needle or lancet. A piece of adhe
sive plaster will keep the blister in
place.
Think of alaboring mau support
ing himself and family on four dol
lars per week. That is the amouut
the unfortunate miners at Bellville,
Illinois, receive. On Thursday the
pitiable spectacle of strong men beg
ging bread in the streets of St. Louis
was presented. Lite dispatches r
port that some of the miners resorted
to violence and attempted to burn
the town of Belleville. The asp< et
of affairs there looks very serious,
and an outbreak is momentarily ex
pected. Where this may cud no onu
can foresee.