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The Stonn in Columbus. *
*Wom thaAnqnirer of tbeWOth,
we learn that the nil oC. rain
vary heavy
All the railroad jVerc morp leps
damaged, and the running of fraitUfl
was flbstruofed.
At Rocky crcel% on the South wee
torn road, eight miles from |he city,
a trestle was washed away, and an
engine and three passenger cars
plunged into the creek. The persons
on board saved themselves by jump
in ff-
Bo great was the fall of water in
the city that the sewers were unable
to carry it jiff, and some portions of
the city wst flooded. Gardens were
badly damaged, and some street
bridges were washed away.
Thomas street* looked like a lake
two or three feet deep.
The southernporlion of the court
houW wah dApletcly
and hoys floated round outflanks,
beams, Sonm ptto(if(T
from .the suburbs 9
k Pno of the corporation basdfr,a,
t negro, while pihhiug -drift* woo#
2away from the *#wer o*
(Jpornas his balacej*Mid
was carried in* tl
current and drowned.
, A son of Mr. Geo. Ilunggrfdrd,
while paddling about on,’a plank with
some other boys, fell off, and'was
sucked into the sewer and Tdrownedv
The damage to the crops near Co
lumbus is heavy. Creeks Kira rivers
were several feet out of their banks,
aud low lands were submerged/ 9 *
The bridges on Bull and Girard
creeks are alL'more or leap jliunqgqfl.
The mill and dam of Clarke it
Wimberly, on creek, were
washed away. ' ' ,
Mr. lost his jlara on Stand
ing Boy creek. Mr. Ogletrea’s full,
near Nance’s, was moved from its
foundation, half of the dam washed
away, and a heavy overshot wheel
moved 160 yards.
The fith ponds of Messrs. Young
and Webster broke, aud several trout
were caught on dry land.
The river rose twenty feet, and all
the factories except the Columbus
had to stop work.
Tho public schools gave holiday,
as the pupils could not wade to them
through the water.
For tho timo it lasted, the rain
fall is represented to have been the
heaviest ever known by the oldest
inhabitants.
Wrong. —The Columbus Enquirer,
in an editorial notice of a tribute of
respect to the memory of the late
Col, A. W. Redding, passed by
Ellerslie Lodge and published in that
paper, alludes to it as “Ellerslie
Lodge, No. 144, of tho Patrons of
Husbandry.” Why, llro. Martin,
you surprise us I Don’t you know
the Patrons have no lodges, but
granges / that their oflicers are not
callod “ worthy masters,” or “ ward
ens;” and that they have no “jewels”
to drape in mourning? Since we
come to think of it, we have seen
some jewels in a grange room. They
were live ones, though, and were not
draped in mourning—some having
on tho gayest of colors. Women are
the only jewels possessed by tho Pa
trons, and some of them are of price
less value.
Better Feeling. —The nomina
tion of Gen. MoLaws for collector of
Internal revenue for the first Georgia
district has keen confirmed. He is
the first Confederate geueral who has
been confirmed by the Seuate, with
out forsaking his principles. Others
have been so favored, but they did
ao by embracing tbo politics of the
Republican party.
Departed.— -Capt. Chipley, late
superintendent of the North and South
road, left for Washington last week.
Before leaving, several of his friends
met in tho rear room of Capt. Blanch
ard*e store, where Capt. C.' was
toasted, and presented with a hand
some gold ring, that he might daily
be reminded of his Columbus friends.
N. A 8. Road. —We learn that
there were five or six breaks and
washes in this road, and that repairs
going ahead as fast as possible.
There has been no train since the Bth,
but it is hoped one can be run to
morrow, or Monday.
Atlanta Commonwealth. —This pa
per began exchanging with us, when
it started, and after we had given it
an editorial notice, its visits suddenly
ooased. Why was the Visitor treated
tbuaf
Another Tichboruo witness
has been convicted of perjury.
#MrtjNnrs in Georgia,
f TltjjffSffquirer says about a thous
ands wiickens were drowned by iHe
.late flood in
The Atlanta Commonwealth threat
ens the exposure of frauds in connec
tion jritjf/he 9pte Road
fnetit, *. * *4
Eddie Downs, of Talbot*
to*?,““WPS employed as a page by the
last Legislature. On the adjourn
tnety of that body, be was seen at
tlje # Adl*ta-4>ft<wengeif f depot, since
which nothing has been heard of
him,
The first anniversary of the West
Point GoflJwTemplars was celebra
ted on the 7th, by speeches and a
dinner. A large crowd was present.
A wild cat weighing twenty-five
pounds was recently caught in Stew
art county. ' 5
Mr. J. A. Barron, of RogansviUe,
died lately in hia room, all alone.
He had been drinking heavily for a
longtime.
The. Columbus Enquirer reports
58,152 hales of ootton warehoused
up to. Friday last—thirty-four more
than the whold of last season. The
factory takings -rtow amount to 6,485
*mopo this dat^last
President Blnnehqxd, of thCNorth
ahdf flfutjliltailsopu, Ira returned
from New York.
nave been madA pupf fi\negoti-
hfibpgard to thwroacT. %
chain-gang numbers |
ten periNins. f %
The griffin Nqws relstds what it
calls a Singular d&itfeideupe that hap
pened in that place a fes days since.
“Thd*-old flag staff ’Vsrected by
SwtyzU, frbra which to {fy the stars
and stripes over the cotguered ‘rebs’
jfl\, afd in falling struck a * fifteenth
amendment * squarely on the top of
thf cranpifn, knocking him down and
hurting'nim severely. The old dar
key cocked an eye and remarked,
HJ%st o{ gwine back on us niggers
at last!’ ”
A m a Veil factory is about to be es
tablished in Atlanta,
Mrs. Dalton, a widow lady who
lived near Gainesville, was found
dead in her house on the 3d inst.
When discovered, she was sittiug at
her loom, with her bands crossed,
her head upon the shuttle, her breast
upon the beam, and her feet upon the
treadle. She must have died while
weaving.
The Lumpkin Independent learns
that Miss Mittie Tompkins was se
verely burned, at a concert in Cuth
b'erl, lately, by her clothes taking
fire from a match that had been
thrown upon the floor.
Green peas sell at fifteen cents per
quart in Savannah,
Some of the college students at
Athens have bad a fight with a lot of
negroes. Result, one negro badly
out with a knife.
New Irish potatoes have made
their appearance in the Savanuah
market, and sell readily at forty cents
per quart.
The Grangers of Southwest Geor
gia are going to begin at once the
erection of a warehouse in Americus.
The annual meeting of the Press
Association will be held in Macon on
Wednesday, May 13, at 12 o’clock.
Tho Barnesville Gazette learns
that a club of gentleman in that place
dretv <25,000 in .the Louisville lot
tery.
There is a gentleman living in Car
roll county, forty six years of age,
who never Bwore an oath, took a
drink of spirituous liquors, or a cup
of coffee or a chew of tobacoo.
Dr. Harrison Westmoreland, who
attempted to murder Dr. Red wine,
of Atlanta, some time ago, is among
the penitentiary convicts sent to
Washington county.
The Albany News says the oat
crop throughout Southwestern Geor
gia is unprecedentedly large, and as
fine as oould be desired.
Frank Baily, of Conyers, was ar
rested for horse stealing, and taken
to Walton county.
Large quantities of oats have been
sown in Middle Georgia.
Liberty county opens the snake
season with a rattler four feet in
length.
The Alapaha Forester predicts a
heavy wool crop iu that section.
Sheep shearing has just commenced.
Mr. H. J. Parish, of Berrien coun
ty, as we learn from the Georgia
Forester, ran three plows last year
and made 28 bales of cotton, averag
ing 500 pounds per bale—no fertili
sers need only home-made. Also
made 850 bushels of oorn, and 800
bushels of that was made on lOacree;
about three hundred bushels of sweet
potatoes and seven barrels of syrup.
He had planted 44 acres in cotton,
and nine bales were produced on ten
acres.
The steamship Europe was aban
doped at sea. Vessel and cargo
valued at over two millions
lars. and crew saved.
The Eurbpq belo&B to the same com
pany that own&rjtje ill-fated Ville
fin Havre.
For the fifst time since the negroes
began voting, the Democratic ticket
was elected in St. Joseph, Mo., on
the 7 th.
The Democratic majority in Cin
cinnati is about 60,060.
Tile Democrats were victorious in
St. Louis.
Six armed and disguised men visi
ted the jail at Opelika, Ala., on the
night of the 7th, and forced the jailor
to deliver to them one B. F. Moore,
who was confined on a charge of
murder. '
Tha Texas mail Stage, containing
eleven passengers, 'was attacked by
highwaymen between San Antonio
and Austin. The band comprised
four men, and they got $3,000.
It is reported that 5,000 natives
have died from disease and starva
tion
tality from famine insensibly abated
by the relief measures of she govern
ment.
Three singular marriages recently
took place in Iredell, N. C. Two
brothers married two sisters; a son
of one of the. brothers married his
cousin, and his cousin married bis
daughter.
The New York Methodist Confer
ence commenced its eighty-fourth
session in New York city recently.
The Pennsylvania Central Railroad
has 20,000 cars.
The new city directory of St.
Louis, just published, puts the pres
ent population of the town at 473,560
souls.
In a breach of promise case at
Fort Wayne, the lover was found
guilty of writing, “mi hart beets
ownly for tho mi darlin hunny.”
The Mayor and Public Commis
sioners of Dayton, Ohio, have issued
a proclamation requiring the police
to keep the bands of women away
from saloons, as their presence on
the curbstones provokes indecency.
About two hundred thousand
pounds of cotton, tho growth of
California last year, have been mar
keted in San Francisco.
It is said that there is a colored
school teacher on one of the islands
adjacent to Charleston who can
neither read nor write.
The State Journal learns that J. C.
Stanton has formed a company who
will purchase the Alabama and Chat
tanooga Railroad, at the coming sale,
and will put it in splendid condition.
Judge Ely, of the Probate Court,
was found guilty of issuing a mar
riage license to a minor, by the City
Court of Montgomery. The penalty
is <SOO. The case will be carried up,
A negro woman named Sallie Wil
liams was arrested in Montgomery,
upon suspicion that she murdered
and concealed an infant child, whose
skeleton was found between the
curbing and side of a well in that
city.
An engine and four passenger cars
broke down a bridge on the Selma,
Rome & Dalton Railroad, near Pa
tona, and Mr. Rhodes, the mail agent,
was Beriously injured, and a fireman
mortally wounded.
Coal has been sold in Alabama,
fronv barges on the Black Warrior
river, lately, as low as six cents per
bnshel.
The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Times says
that the river rose fifty-five and a
half feet at that city during-the re
cent freshet.
The steamer Tigress, formerly of
the Polaris expedition, while seal fish
ing, exploded her boiler. Two engi
neers and twenty of the erew were
killed. -
The boiler of a factory in Hamil
ton, near Glasgow, exploded lately.
A large portion of it was driven sev
eral hundred feet through the air,
and crushed into a school house full
of children. Three of the ehildren
were instantly killed, and thirty are
reported more or less injured.
Three thousand colliers are on a
strike in Somersetshire.
•
There is a farmer near Flushing,
N. Y., who owns a Kentucky bred
mule that has, within the last thirty
dsys, kicked in seventeen barn doors,
unroofed a dozen chicken coops, and
trampled the life out of four of his
favorite pigs. He calls it Hn BaOer.
The funded debt of St. Louis has
advanced daring the ps.t ten years
from less than five to fonvteen million
dollars. I
The Supreme Court of Louisiana
has adopted a rule limiting the argu
ments of lawyers to fifteywo minutes.
Written for tlie Visitor.
Picnic Party.
The rising generation are some
times made happy by assembling
themselves together in the capacity
of a picnio: snch Was the case last
Saturday week.
A party of young folks gathered
at Osahatchee trestle on the N. <k
and spent quite a pleasant evening in
fishing, promenading and strolling
the woods. “Red candy” was the
order of the day, but the young gent
“ who did despise a crowd,” and says
“ three is a crowd,” in his eagerness
to be with one*, lost his share. “ Red
candy ” seems to have a merit pecu
liar to itself, judging from the man
ner in which the young men below
here invest in it. The party were
denied the pleasure of an “Irish
Trot,” from the fact that the hoflse
was across the creek, and the rocks
being slippery, the young ladies were
afraid to venture over. It is sad
that Chop Hatchet allowed his “queen
of hearts ” to slip in, which caused
rather a dampness with some of the
party—but his hat was the dampest
thing we saw. Can’t the boys raise
a subscription to bridge that creek?
G,
A Puzzi.kb. —In the local depart
ment of the Columbus Enquirer ap
pears a communication from a lady in
Russell county, Ala., stating that she
lately unpacked a large box which
was packed in 1868. In the box was
a microscope enclosed in an air-tight
glass frame. In the frame were some
small pebbles, seed, a little bug, and
two hairy worms. The bug and
worms are alive and crawling, and
the correspondent wishes an expla
nation. DeVotie is “on the fence,”
seeking a solution of the mystery.
If it was our turn to speak, we should
do so by asking how the fact oan be
accounted for of live frogs having
been found in the trunks of trees, and
inside of rocks that had been broken
open, where they had probably been
for years.
Snuff.— lf you want snuff by the
wholesale, go to Storey’s; if you
want it at retail, go to the same
place. We are no judge of the arti
cle ; but we handed the sample Mr.
Storey gave us to a lady who is, and
she pronounces it good. Remember,
when you want to get good snuff, to
call at Storey’s.
“To Let.” —The Columbus Enqui
rer of the 15th has four blank spaces
in its advertising columns, averaging
half a column each, headed “To Let.”
Send us your terms, Colonel. Per
haps we can trade.
ISF“ It is said that oat-meal por
ridge is good for a dog that has the
distemper. As some of the dogs
about town have this disease, there
would be no harm in trying the por
ridge,
I ■ l
Late News. —The Talbotlon Stan
dard of the Bth came to hand on the
16th. As we had a mail on the 12th,
we don’t see why it didn’t come on
that day.
NEW GOODS.
Wc have in store a full and well-selected
stock of
SPRING GOODS,
BOUGHT VERY LOW.
Dry Goods? Notions, Hats, Boots and Shoes,
Clothing, Crockeiy, Hardware, Drugs, etc.,
which we will sell at the Lowest
Pricks tor CASH.
A nice lot of Ladiks’ and Misses’ Hats,
which we will sell very low.
Prints, best brands, 10c.
Coats’ Thread, 80c. a dozen.
Brown Homespun, 7 to 16c.
Bleached “ 7 to 20c.
Clothing.— Coat*, $1 to $lB.
Pants, $1.25 to $9.
All other goods ns low ns they can be
bought in any market Booth.
Ail wc ask is, Give ns a call.
COIVSERT & KIMBROUGH.
Hamilton, Ga., April 17, 1874—3 m
TO THE TAX-PAYERS OF HARRIS
COUNTY!
The following Is a list of my appointments
for my second and third rounds, for the pur
pose of receiving tax returns;
Blue Spring, May 4th and June 15th.
Hamilton, May 6, June 2 and 22, July 1.
Ellcrslle, forenoon of May 6th and June 9,
and at Mt . Airy in the afternoon.
Waverly Hall, forenoon of Slay 7th, and
all day on June 10th.
Milner's X Roads, afternoon of May 7tb,
and all day on June 11th.
Valley Plains, forenoon, Barnes' afternoon
of May Bth and June Pith.
Goodman's X Roads, May 9 and Jane 13.
Catania, May 11th and June Bth.
Lower 19th, May 12th and June 16th.
Tipper 19th, May 13th and June 17th.
Whitaker's, May 14tb and June 18—Har
gett’s in forenoon, Billingslea’s afternoon.
Whltrsville, May 15th and June 24th.
Ifevidson'a, May 16th and June 19th—Flat
Top in forenoon, Johnson's Mill afternoon.
Cochran’s X Roads, May 18 and June 20.
By an act of the last Legislature, Tax Re
ceivers are required to lay before the Grand
Juries, at the fall terms of the Courts, their
returns; and if, upon examination, they had
any property given in under market value,
said J urors are required to re-assess the same.
JOHN M. WISDOM,
apt. -vt Receiver of Tax Returns.
$400,000,000!!!
Congress having the *
lions, look out for a rise m Gold, Cdttoti and Uolhi - 0 .
THORNTON & ACRE,
78 BROAD ST-i COLUMBUS, GA*
Raving received their new stuck of
SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING,
cl*! condition of the country, anil having purchased then entire strnk -for Cush,; tlity„
enabled to offer gTeat bargains to all buyers of good clothing.
Their stock of Furnishing Goods is complete, new, novel and cheap.
Give them a Call. . |dOHi m
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO
John S. Reese & Cos., Baltimore, General Agenti
o— ,
CASE PRICE, 856 00 PER TON.
ALSO, ON TIME, FOR COTTON OR CURRENCY
The use of this Guano for the past eight years lias established its-charac
ter for excellence and reliability. I need only assure Cohs timers that the
Guano brought into market this season is precisely the same in composition
and quality as that heretofore sold. .. . ,
The large fixed capital invested by this Company in this business fttmishe
the best guarantee of continued excellence. The Company has a -greater
interest in maintaining its stahdard of quality than any number of Consumer!
can have. . ;
Orders received, and information furnished, on application to my Agent
at various local markets.
o
COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME
FOR <3©MP@SYOTG WITH! OOTTOISt SERB.
PERUVIAN GUANO, BISSOLVED AM ONI ATE D BONES, LAND PLASTER, Ac., If,
: . : i- .-.yy-V-.
W. H. YOUNG, 12 Broad St.. Columbus, Ca.
W. C. JOHNSTON, Agent at Kmgsboro. feb2o-2m
J. W. PEASE & NORMAN,
COLUMBUS, GA.
WHOLESALE AND DETAIL DEALERS IN.
SS@@2ESa SS&Sn(2)KriSl£*ir 3 OT©ii3ra 9
©HUMES? EJraSIKSi, MiVECUSa
Rosewood seven octave Pianos from <3OO to SSOO. Geo. Woftds it Cos,
Mason & Hamlin, and other Organs. Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Banja
mduth harps, sheet music, etc. We make orders for sheet music and mnsi
books every few days, and anything wanted alid not in stock, will b
ordered and furnished at publisher’s prices. novi-ly
W. J. CHAFFIN*
BOOKSEIsIsER tfc STATION BB
AND DEALER IN
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
CH&OSISOS, mAMSS AN® MOTO.SOTGS,
NO. 92 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
A- WITTICH- C- M- KINSEk
WITTiCH & KINSEL,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKERS,
iiWILIii ISi IHiIAISRS*
NO. 67 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
AH of tla© Xiatest Manufactured
An entirely new stock of the best goods and the latest styles has been recently bought is
New York, and is hereby offered at the Lowest Cash Prices. ,
Diamonds, gold and ailver Spectacles and Eve-Glasses, gold and silver Thimbles, ladies'
gents' Chains, plain and fancy Gold Rings of beautiful workmanship, and every
variety of article found in a First-class Jewelry Store.
Stencil Plates of every description cut at short notice.
Sole Agents for the celebrated Diamond Pebbled Spectacles and Eye-glasses, and Age®
for the Arundel Pebble Specks, which are slightly colored, and in high favor with evert'
body using specks or eve-glasses.
Watch, Clock and Jewelry repairing in all its'branches. Hair Jewelry, Society Bsag*
Diamond setting, or any new work made to order at reasonable chargee.
Engraving promply executed. oct24-'T
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
CHAPMAN & VERSTILLE *
Announce to their friends and patrons that their stock wilt be kep* to °
stantly replenished with Seasonable Goods at Lowest Mark** F ncc *-
j£SJ- Will receive in payment Eagle & Phcnix money and Cotton at highest market **