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STATE ITEMS.
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Geortrin is the only state which docs
not tsx dogs.
Another rich gold ruine has been dis
covered in Cherokee county.
The ladies of Atlanta are organizing
nn industrial school.
Two little children of Mr. 11. W .
Price of No. If. C. R. R., were poison
ed Saturday night from eating cheese.
The Covington Star learns that Mr.
Conley, of Jasper county, made 3,150
bushel? <>f corn this year on 30 acres of
land, which is an average of 105 bush
els or 21 barrels to the acre.
The Onstonaula, for 106 miles, is
navigable at all seasons of the year to
boats drawing twenty inches of water.
A beautiful little granddaughter of
Mr. Peter Marsh, of Cartersvillc, was
left alone in a room the other day, and
burned to death from her clothes eatch
ing fire. She was about four years old
Dougherty jail has 25 raeu and boys
and oue woman in it.
The city council of Macon is engag
ed in scaling the salaries of her officials.
The proposed average reduction is twen
ty-five per cent.
The serai annual dividend of the
Georgia railroad—four per cent—is pay
able on and after the fifteenth of next
month.
Ci bb county cau not fail to be well
represented in the Legislature. 3 here
tire three candidates for thoscat in the
House made vacant by the resignation
of Mr. \V. D. Anderson— Judgo David
Trwin, Colonel -Tas. D. Waddell and
General A. J. Hansel.
11. V. Forrester has been elected
President of Crawford High School at
Dalton.
The engine M. P. Stovall pulling the
down passenger train over tho Geo. R.
R. on last Friday exploded its? boiler at
Harnett, killing' the fireman, Downs
and engineer Rainy.
Goo. E. llatcliffe and Charlos Tilly,
both of Augusta, fought a duel, on last
Thursday at Sand bar Ferry S. C-,
-which resu'ted in the death ef the last
named geutleman.
ThelaA grand jury for Rurke coun
ty asked the legislature to amend the
law so that less than a quart of liquor
can not be sold in Rurke county under
any circumstances. They also made
the following recommendations: That
a law be passed to prevent the illicit
traffic in farm produce; that pistols ol
every kind and guns kept for sporting
be taxed, and that a greater breadth of
land be sown in com, oats and other
paoducts that support man and beast.—
We give i's recommendation on the dog
question in full: “And not least of all,
we do press upon the legislature the ur
gent necessity long felt—of imposing a
fax upon doers, which are, themselves,
aa. "luwViu&to*-r'a-an* I*v>actswo 1 *v>actswo fn the
way of, now, and profitable enterprises
and investments. These advantages, wo
hope, may be secured to us oven by a
local, if they cannot be by a general
law.”
GLEANINGS.
Bishop Simpson denies having ex
pressed himself as to (he third term.
He is more cautious than brother Ha
ven.
Distress among the working people is
w ide-spread in Newark, New Jersey.
There is a bulllrog farm in Southeas
tern Wisconsin, thirty acres fenced in,
and tho proprietor sends thousands of
these featherless birds to New York.
A petition to congress for the repeal
of the bankrupt law is Mtog circulated
throughout Connecticut.
Gov. McEnery, of Louisiana, has ap
pointed It. 11. Marr to the United
States senate, vice McMillan resigned.
Postmaster General Jewell's annua!
report shows an excess of expenditures
over receipts of about $6,000,000,.
A translation of the “Pilgrim’s Pro
gress” ha* been issued by a native Jap
anese publisher.
There seems to be little doubt now
out that the Mississippi Legislature
will impeach both Gov. Ames and
Lieut. Gov. Davis.
The effort to build a monument to
Horace Greeley hat proved an utter
failure, and there is talk of returning
the money contributed,
A lump of Australian o!d, worth
about 35,000, is to be sent to the Cen->
tennial at Philadelphia.
The existence of the United Order of
American Mechanics is no secret. Its
meetings are regularly advertised in
Eastern newspapers, and the objects
are generaly understood to be hostile to
foreigners in general and Romans Cath
olics especially.
Stanley writes that the last African
king he met had but three hundred
wives. In Africa a king with but
three hundred wives is looked upon by
the girls as almost a widower.
No loss than eight different bills
have been introduced in the boose to
repeal the resumption act. The feel.
iDg among the democratic members is
admitted to be largely in favor of the
repeal of the oppressive act.
The surgical examination of the body
of Lexington, the great Kentucky
race-horso, revealed the most singular
cause for his death. That part of tho
skull under the left eye, where the
trouble of the horse seemed to be locat
ed, was filled with at least a quart of
masticated food, which had been forced
into the cavity through an opening in
the upper jaw, caused by the loss of a
iooth.
§he BjeruUl
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1876.
Adieu.
With this issue, closes the Tenth Volume
of the Herald. To give our employes a
little respite from labor, we will not ap
pear before our readers in regular apparel
until the 6th of January, 1876. Wishing
all a merry Christmas and a happy New
Year, we tip our beaver and say—Adieu.
The Georgia Congressman
Have been assigned to Committee in tho
nouse as follows:
Appropriations —Jas. 11. Blount.
Ways and Means —B. 11. Hill.
Military Affairs, and Public Buildings
and Grounds —Philip Cook.
Comm eroe—Pel ton.
Coins, Weights and Measures—Stephens.
Agriculture, and Enrolled Bills—Har
ris.
Private, Land Claims, Expenses of the
Department of Justice, and Militia —Can-
dler
District of Columbia —II art ridge.
“Honor to Whom Honor is
Hue.”
The Chronicle and Sentinal says:
Mr. Stephens has been the recipient
of high and unusual honors at Wash
ington this Winter. The reserving of
the choicest seat in the House for oue
who is only a member elect—who has
not only not been admitted as a mem
ber of the present Congress, but is ac
tually a thousand miles away from the
Capital, is an honor which we believe
has never before been accorded in Ibis
country. Rut in addition to this, tho
Chairmanship of an important oom
mitteo has boon reserved for Mr. Ste
phens, with a room in the Capitol at
his disposal, within a few steps of his
scat in the hall of the House. In the
Louisiana discussion —which an unfor
tunate blunder of the Democrats pro
voked the other day—tho allusion by
Mr. Blaine to Mr. Stephens as “the
very Nestor of the Democratic party,”
was a very high compliment. Nestor
was the Grecian counselor and orator to
whom the Grecian commanders appeal
ed in all their dissensions, and when
they followed his advice they never
blundered. ITc is said to have govern
ed wisoly three generations of men.—
Such an appellation as this, then, com
ing from a man who, like Mr. Blaine,
weighs woll the words he speaks, and
knows well their full import, is no ordi
nary tribute. It was immediately in
connection with an allusion to Mr.
him “the Nestor of the Democratic
party.” For bis course then many of
tho people and the papers of tho State
severely censured Mr. Stephens, That
it was the wisest and best course for
Louisiana that could have been taken
in the existing state of things is evi
denced by a clipping we find in tho
Macon Telegraph, which says that “the
business interests of that State have
sprung up and'flourished during tho
peaceful interval since last January, anil
with a vigor that has fairly rivalled the
growth of tropical vegetation. It is
believed Hint tbe present condition of
perfect tranquillity will continue, as
tliere is no reason to anticipate any new
disturbance’s, Tho crops are spoken of
as enormous. An instance is cited of
one planter who, on an outlay of $175,-
000, which covers tho total expenses of
his crop from the plow to the wharf,
will make five hundred hogsheads of
sugar, from which will bo realized sllO
per hogshead, together with seven
thousand five hundred barrels of mo
lasses at 124 per barrel.”
A linn l{iii'iH)il 1 10 SLsalJt its n
Mole.
A most awful eatnsfrophe'oceurred on
Wednesday night of last week in Dooly
county, near tho line of Worth. The
unfortunate victim was Elder Saninel
Wright Story, a Primitive Baptist very
highly seteewed. Mr. Story bad been
to mill on Swift creek, and was return
ing home lato in the evening. He stop
ped to warm himself in front of the
house of Mr. Stevens, on the road side;
where an old stump of a treo had been
fired, and had burned into a hole. None
of Mr. Steveus family wentout to where
he was or paid any attention to his being
there. They only noticed that his cart
remained standing an unusually long
time for a person merely to warm.
About ten o’clock at night, they saw
his cart was still at the road side, and
finally concluded to go and sec if any-
thing was the matter. On arriving at
the stump holo a most horrible sight
was before them. The head and shoul
ders of Mr. Story’s body were lying in
the hole and had burned to a crisp. It
seemed as if he had fallen into tbe burn
ing hole headforemost. Whether be
bad struck his foot against some obsta
cle and fallen, or whether he had been
prostrated from a fit, is unknown. In
either case, he was unable to raise him
self out cf the hole, and death, in its
most terrible form, put *n end to his
struggles.
The citizens of the neighborhood were
informed ofthc accident, and assembled
to hold an inquest and bury the remains.
Our informant, Mr S. P. Wilson, pas3l
the placo on Thursday morning, and a
crowd had already collected for the ob
jects stated.—llawkinsville Dispatch.
Tho Wandering Jew.
Rich collections of manuscript have
been carefully examined by competent
men to ascertain the most distant date
to which these legends or myths can
be trnood. The oldest document at
present known on tho subject was wit
ten abont six hundred and fifty years
ago, in the reign of Henry 111. The
Book of the Chronicle of St. Alban’i
Abbey, contains the following narrative
as of a contemporary event: One day
the Patriarch or Archbishop of Armenia
arrived at the Abbey with a small re
tinue, including an interpreter who
oould make tho Patriarch and the Ab
bot intelligible to each other. Ho had
visited most of the celebrated shriues
and holy places in England, and bad
to see the shrine of St.
Alban. Hospitably entertained for
many days, the Patriarch held much
conversation with the abbot and the
monks. lie was asked, among other
things, whether he had seen or heard
aught of Joseph, a mysterious being
who was reputed to havo lived ever
since the early days of Christianity. The
patriareh replied that ho had not only
heard of this undying one, but had
been visited by him in Armenia. The
story told by tho wanderer was a solemn
one. On tho day of tho crucifixion,
Castaphilus, (another name borne by
Joseph,) a porter in Pontius Pilate’s
house, struok Jesus on the back with
his hand, and bade him mockingly to
move on more quickly. A severe but
mysterious reproof was administered to
him in reply; “I am going, and you
will wait till my return.” Castaphilus
lived on century after century apparent
ly no older than at first. Ho became a
holy and religious man, narrating to
bishops and divine3 events which he
had witnessed in the apostolic days.—
Ho was always serious, accepted noth
ing but food and raiment from his en
tertainers, and looked out anxiously for
the last day. Search appears to have
been made in vain for any meution of
the wanderer during the fourteenth and
fifteeth centuries, but quite early in the
sixteenth we hear of a Wandering Jew
who assisted a weaver, named Kokot, to
discover in Bohemia a treasure which
an ancestor of (he weavnr wsa xgported
as appearing like a man seventy years
of age.—Chamber’s Journal.
It seems that the troubles whiob
threaten destruction of Liberia originat
ed in a little job in which tho late
President of that republic was interest
ed. Ho was induced to mako an
agreement giving an English company
a monopoly of tho Liberian trade.—
The Legislature refused to ratify tho
arrangement, and thereupon the agents
of the company claimed a right of trafi
fio and transit through tho territories of
Liberia independent of the Govern
ment. Resistance to this claim led to
the disastrous warfaro of which so much
has been said.
A number of German merchants of
New York have united to raise $5O,
000 to defray the oxponses of reception
of tho German Grown Prince and his
subsequent escort to Philadelphia on
his visit to the Centennial Exhibition.
GEORGIA —Greeno County.
John Rowser (col.) applies for Ex
emption of Personalty, and I will paBS up
on the same at my Office, at 10 o'clock, a.
m., on Saturday, the first day of January,
1870. J. F. THORNTON, Ord'y-
December 20, 1875—2 ts
Free Trader.
T HEREBY give my consent for my wife,
S. Elizabeth Walker, to become a Free
Trader. HAMPTON WALKER.
Dec. 20, 1875—dm
GEORGIA —Greene County-
I’eter Brown (colored) applies for Ex
emption of Personalty, and 1 will pass up
on the same at my Office, at 10 o’clock, a.
in., on Saturday the first day of January,
1870. J. F. THORNTON, Ord’y.
Dec. 18, 1875—2 ts
/GEORGIA—Greeno County.
NA Perry Batighcum applies for Exemp
tion of Personalty, and I will pass upon the
same at my Office at 10 o’clock, a. m., on
Saturday the first day of January, 1876.
JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’v.
Dec. 17, 1875—2ts*
rf"'lF,OßGTA—Greene County.
* Janies O. Wright applies forEx*
emption of Realty and Personalty and I
will pass upon ths same at my office at ten
o’clock A. M , on Saturday the first day of
January 1870.
JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’y.
December 22, 1875—2ts*
(T EORGlA—Greene County.
JT Booker Btiggnpplieis for Exemption
of Personalty, and 1 will pass upon the
same at my offioe at 10 o’clock, on
Saturday. December 25th, 1875.
JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’y.
Dec. 13, 1875—2ts*
EORGlA—Greene County. *
TMary L. Thai ton, wife of D W Thaxton
applies for Exemption of Personalty, and I
will pais upon tho same on Saturday, De
cember 18th, 1875-
J. F. THORNTON, Ord’y.
Dee 8,'1875-2t*
Have You
Examined the goods at Hightower’*
old stand ? Such Bargains w*r nsrar
offered in Greensboro’.
A Nan Hois
Vy OU can save money by calling at
STEAL CARTWRIGHT’S
CHEAP VARIETY STORE.
Kegs Best Fresh LAGER BEER, at 5 cents a glass.
All PLAIN Drinks, best Liquors, at 10 cents.
All Mixed or Fancy Drinks, best Liquors, at 16 cents.
The Best stock of
Imported Oomestic Liquors
Ever offered in this market, at $1 75 to $6 00 per gallon. No other House in this town
can keep the following brands of fine old Liquors, which I have the exclusive- sale, viz.
Haiti. B.fougli son’s lSailiinare C'lsilt Old Itye Mliisfey,
Ueot'Miis Jfc Uuggins’ I<l Stock Kentucky ISom bon.
And several other Popular Brands that cannot be equaled by any otner house.
I have also all grades of CIGARS, from a
CHERUTE to a Full HAVANA.
Will find it to their interest to call and buy their Christmas Tricks Fruits, Produce,
Fancy Groceries, Notions and Family supplies generally, at Greatly Deduced 1 rl °®
suit the HARD TIMES. Everybody come and be convinced—don t take my wora ior
W. C. CARTWRIGHT.
Greeneshoro’, G.. Deo. 23, 1875.
IramllsicSlisl
J A h'i JJ ills <Jii
26S IB road. Street,
AUGUSTA, ----- GEORGIA.
O
Organs mid Piano Paries,
rnilE LARGEST and BEST assortment South of Baltimore, of the MOST CELEBRA
JL TED MAKERS, at the LOWEST Factory Prices for CASH, or small monthly pay
quick SALES—SMALL PROFITS!
Special Inducements to CASH Buyers 11
PI VNOS with a gooJ stooland cover ’ and ORGANS
at New York and Boston prices forwarded to any point—freight paid—with no advance
U 1 P'IAERY INVESTMENT is not only fully warranted for Five Fears, but intended
to be a permanent advertisement of superiority and excellence.
M .<iK 11. gX9Tatt;VIKXTS AND MLLSICfkU MER(’HA\'WI
Of our own importation direct through the Savannah Custom House at lowest importers
Pricf*® '-- w v/jj i_j uV *_7j jii lUV7j ITV7\' I/O Ft f* A Aj U 1 i A lik? j
FLUTES, FLUTINAS, CONCERTINOS, CLARIONETS, FLAGE
OLETS, TAMRORINES, PICOLOS, DULCIMERS, CONCERT
HARMONICOS, FLUTE HAIIMONICOS; ZITHER, AC
CORDKONS (French and German.) TRIANGLES,
HAND ORGANS, MUSIC BOXES, MUSIC AL
BUMS, BRASS and SILVER INSTRUMENTS
DRUMS, FIFES, CYMBALS,
And everything appertaining to a First-Class Music House. BANDS supplied with
SsJvea*,' BSraS and Siring Instruments at prices that will defy competition.
[EP’I'FALIAN STRINGS for Violins, Guitars, Banjos, etc., received monthly direct
from European manufactories, including the Celebrated “Pnrganini” Strings made
by RUFFINI, of Naples, Italy,—superior to all others.
A Full Stock of SHEET MUSIC, SONGS and MUSIC BOOKS, of all kinds.
CC/“\Ve receive MUSIC daily by mail or express. ORDERS for Music, Strings,
etc., will receive prompt attention—mailed free, or charges paid by us.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 28, 1875—aug5-6mos GEO. O. ROBINSON.
OO
TIE COTTON 118 STOVE.
THE IRON KISS,
IJIAYgOATS STATE,
GIiAAGE.
' ISICK’S ISRIIJJ IYT,
And other First-Class STOVES always on hand, at Prices to compete with any mar
ket South.
ALSO, a Full Stock of
TIUKT '\A7\A IFCE,
At WHOLESALE and RETAIL.
flooding and Guttering,
Or any work in TIN or SHEET-IRON, done at short notice.
W. G. DURHAM.
Greenesboro’, Georgia, November 4, 1875 —tf
A • F. PemSletoaa,
SUCCESSOR TO QUINN & PENDLETON,
224 ESronil Sjreet, .41 (l STA, GEORfiLL
BOOK SELLER AND STATIONER
IVrWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, MUSIC,' etc., a Specialty.
Subscriptions taken for Newspapers and Periodicals at Publishers’ Prices.
Having‘the NEWEST and BEST selected stock of School Books, Miscellaneous and
Standard Books, Blank Books and Stationery, will sell as low, if not lower, than any
house in the city. Be sure you give me a call before buying elsewhere.
non. eo y ye, A F lEXHLKTO\,
0ct14,187o —2ms 224 Broad Street. AUGUSTA, Ga.
Nota Ilene l !
"Vf OTICE is hereby given, that I baTO
1\ placed a Fi. Fa. against Greene Cos.
Fair Association, in favor of myself, in the
hands of H. E. W. Palmer, Esq., for collec
tion. Tho law was fully complied with in
obtaining the Execution, and uniess the
Stockholders pay their pro rata amount,
Executions will be issued against them
forthwith. JAS. N. ARMOR, j
December 16, 1878—If
LIME !
LIME! LIME! LIME!
1A A BARRELS OF FRESH LIME
L Uv just received and formal* cheap by
Sept 3 —tf C. M. KING_
IJTjTJok werk s*r. iiere.
HI
—
JUNE writing desks.
FANCY WORK BOXES
PRESENTATION BOOKS'.
STANDARD POETS.
CHRISTMAS BOOKS of all kinds.
FANCY PAPER in handsome paper boxes
PERFUME CABTNETS with cut-glass bottles.
RUSSIA LEATHER GLOVE and HANDKERCHIEF BOXES.
FINE RUSSIA LEATHER POCKET BOOKS for Ladies and
Gentlemen.
TOYS of all kinds and something to SUIT every body.
For Sale at Low Prices !
W. T. RICHARDS & SON.
Augusta, Ga., December I<>, 1875.
The hi. srest Show on Earth J!
Greemesboro
JOHN ROBINSON’S
GREAT WORLD’S EXPOSITION!!
The Monarch of them • 111.
This mammoth Shew ccmpi I . am one its most prominent features, a Grand and
Unrivaled
Aquarium and Circus,
Bach com-lete end ui urpn sad in itself, requiring several special trains to convey R
from one city to anotlier.
The immense Mena; :riamong its myriads of wonderful Animals and Monsters,
contains generous coni i' ,ions from. Land, Sea and Air, and from every clime in Eu
rope, Asia, Africa and Ann riea. Besides an almost unlimited number of the most re
markable and rare
Wild Boasts, Sen SEonsters nil Woiidnlul
There is al=o a
c? ji se cu m m
In which the talent employed is unequal! 1 and comprises the highest order ofTerfor
mersin the land. The public, and ; y ladies, children and families, are assur
ed tl ii this depart mentis without a blemi-h, and nothing is said or done that can of
fend the most fn.-tidious i.a.-.te of a refined or high-toned community. Among the Illus
trious and World-famed Artists in this department are
KORERf STICKABSY, the most finished and graceful Fquestrian now liv
ing, and the Champion Double Somersault Leapev of the world.
Miss EH.IIA liAKE, the most charming and daring young Horsewoman in
the profession.
•50EB A LOWS.OTV, conceded by the public and the profession, to be the
greatest Clown living.
KOTII7O SKJSASTIAA’, the peerless Rider, whose reputation is world-wide.
S'.S, NS AO EB&BHI3, the unrivaled and remarkable Tight-Rope Performer.
•I A?SB<>i <’ \ MB'BSBSIsTs, the wondeful Somersaultist; Miss Jennie Tournour,
Miss Christine, Miss Rosaliuo. and .six other lady riders.
WIIITNEA stud I>AA EXPORT, the thrilling Trapeze reformers ; Geo.
SI Oman, the greai English Glo o Performer; John Wilson, the great Four. Horse Rider;
Mr. McCarthy, the Eccentric Clown, and twenty other artists equally well and favora
bly known as stars in their special acts.
'
Unsurpassed as >. Moving Panorama of Brilliant Chariots, Wagons. Cars, Cages, Car
riages, Dens, Animals, Two Bauds of Music, Horses, Wild Beasts, Fifty Ponies
4 TEAM OF I'OJUKIiOI S ELEPHANTS
Drawing a Golden Chariot, forming a Picture of Bewildering Beauty.
ffsrTWO PERFORMANCES DAILY. Doors open at 1 and 7P. M.
Performances an hour later.
Admission--?* Cents. Children 50 Cents,
REMEMBER TIIE DATE
nil 25th.