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VOLUME XXI.
NEWNAN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 18SK.
NUMBER 14
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bright self-reliant face, (ringed {have noticed that this was a
lady’s
flur lives aro albums, written through
W'itii r >•»«! or ill, with false or true.
MOLLIE’S BURGLAR.
Mary Wilson hud passed the first
17 years of her life in A ,( >ttntry
village; then she went to|| e city
to visit her brother found its
uttraclions so alttini that -ix
months passed away sir. he ‘.<ns
of her return to country was
indefinitely postponed. Kor two
months previous to her visit her
coanCry friends had vied with each
oilier in telling her tales of the cun
ning, wickedness, ami subtilty of
city sharpers, pickpockets, and bur
glars, until the idea became irm
ly fixed in her mind that she was
going into a den of thieves; but as
yet sin* had met with no adventure
worthy of note, and was fast reach
ing the conclusion that city people
were no worse than their country
neighbors, when something occur
red which caused her, for a short
time at least, to change tier mind.
- Bat of this more anon.
She was stiil heart-whoje, al
though she had been sought- by
several very elligible suitors since
her arrival in the city, for she was
« pret'y girl, very dosirahle for her
own sw jet saku, but sti'l more so as
Mary Wilson, sister of the wealthy
L.iwyur Wilson. And this was how
matters stood who one Sabbath
she ciianced to see a stranger in
ttie pew adj dning her brother’s and
could not help seeing tha: the stran
ger was regirding her with a imir-
ing eyes, very handsome eyes they
Ware, too, but she tried to dismiss
all thought of him and them, as she
had (lone of others on similar occa
sions, but found it impossible.
Taosn dark eyes presented them
selves to hor mental vision with a
persistency for which she could not
account.
On Monday evening her brother
l» night tickets aud Invited his wire
and sister to uttend a lecture; and
Miss Mol lie caught herself wonder
ing, a- she douned her cloak and
tint, if the dark-eyed gentleman
would be there, and if he tvould
io.-k for her. She found the lecture
insuHer ibly dull, and concluded af
ter n tune, to return home. She
whin ered this intention to her
hr tli r, who saw her to his carriage
a id gi >'ing instructions to the coach
man to return for them, he went
back to his wife, while Miss Mollie
was driven rapidly homeward. Ar
riving there, she left her hat and
cloak in the hall aud ran rapid
ly up stairs to Iter room. The door
was partly open, although she was
sure she had closed ii; the gas was
turned|k>w as she had left it, and in
tlio lialfTight ^the saw, before she
reached the doorway, a mail in the
room. HisbacW-iwas toward her
and fie was walking toward a large
closet at. t he other side of the apart
ment. He'»jopened the dcor and
stepped inside; one glance told her
that, the key wile in the lock; she ran
swiftly across the room, her feet
making little or no sound on the
thick carpet. “Confound it!” she
heard him in titter,, “why can’t they
leave things where a fellow can
And them?” “Yes,” she thought,
“her first surmise M as correct; it
was a burglar. ” Like a flash she
threw hersell against the door and
turned the key. She was terribly
/frightened, and felt quite sure that
sue should faint. But as her prison
er made no demonstrations beyond
trying the dbor gently, this feeling
soofi wore off. She turned on the gas,
drew a chair in front of the closet
door, where she sat down to con
sider wbij!, 1 / as best to do. If she
caUv'd it *' arts they would be
frighten. • e™ wou,d ** noise
and ccs rsi.n, *u-l perhaps he
would get «v*y- I' sho went
down for a -lice nan he might
get out whllt ,!« was gone; no, she
would slay w ie' e ah. was and keep
guard until her brother shoulJ re
turn. She hH-Wr^ely caught him,
and did it very, idly, too; and the
more she thou of it the braver
and more jubiloV she grew. She
wished he. would speak; she was
anxious to knowhow he felt about
the situation. Jresently he did
speak; he had a v / pleasant voice;
he tried the ioor ?g*in * nd asked:
“Who locked that door?”
And she answtfed promptly, “I
.lid.’
nu in there, of
Intend that you
a minute or
remarked:
kke has gone
|l!e, dear?
p’s a dar-
r ilia in!
with masses of fluffy brown hair. It
took him sometime to make these
observations, for the keyhole was
so small that he coaid see bat
part of the pretty picture at once.
Then he remarked: “I think Miss,
there is some mistake.”
“Oh, yes, I suppose so,” sarcastic
ally.
“I think I eatne into the wrong
house.”
“I think yon did.”
“Isn’t this No. 4?”
“No, indeed; it is No. A” ,
"Well, I stop at No. 4; came there
on Saturday to visit my sister, Moi-
lie Brown. The houses must be
just alike. I went to the lectore
and found it dull, so came home,
or thought I did.”
“Humph, a likely story."
“I hope you will find it accept
able,” remarked the young man,
who occasionally dabbled in litera
ture. Then the comical side of the
Affair forced itself upon him, and
he laughed—actually laughed; she
near.) him.
You seem to enjoy the situa
tion,” she said, somewhat Spiteful
ly, thinking it proof of his total de
pravity.
“I do, immensely.”
“I should think you would, with
the gallows staring you in the face.”
“The gallows ?”
“Yes, my brother will have you
hanged.”
“Your brother?” then doubtfully
aud hesitatingly, “Are you Bella
Clark r ■*
“No, indeed, I am net,” very en
•rgetically; for Belie Clark—Dr.
Cork’s sister and Mrs. Brown’s
neighbor on the other side—was
what Mollie Wilson always desig
nated as “a die-away 'sort of per
son.” and was her especial detesta
tion
“I am glad ef that,”»aid the pris
oner, in a re.. »ved tony.
“Why?” with evident interest.
“Well, you know,” confadentially,
“I should not want her to capture
me.”
“I should think not. Well, you
need not fear, she never will now.”
A moment’s silence, then: _
“Don’t you think It crnel to keep
afeilow-being shut up in the dark
so long?”
“Aburglar isn’t a fellow-being;
be is ju t a-a-a-burglar.”
“A burglarl whew! Do you think
I could put one of my cards through
thi* keyhole V” 7
“I am sure I don't know.”
“May I try ?”
“Yes.”
Then came the jingling of silver
money and a rustling of garments
as the man searched his pockets.
“Weil, hang it all, I haven’t got
oue ?”
“I thought not.”
They are in the breast-pocket of
my coat. 1 left it in your hail; will
you not go down and get one?”
“And have you coihe out and
murder me while lam gone? No,
sir.”
,‘Wiil you please let me out?”
“No, sir;’never.”
“What, never?’’
“Well, no,” smiling in spite of
herself, “not after Ifcat..”
“I suppose I could^kick the door
open. Weil, there,don't be fright
ened; I will not kickjpr even try to
get out.” V
Then there was silence, and she
btjgan to Teel a little doubtful
about her prisoner and was debat
ing with herself as to whether she
had not better call a police
man, when she heard her brother
and his wife in the hall below.
“Harry,” she called from the
head of the stairs, “come np here
at once.”
Harry game. “W hat is it, sis?
I’ve gof a man shut in that ctos
et. I think he isa burglar, but he
says he isn’t, and I begin to fear he
is telliug the trtlfh.”
“How did you g$et him in there ?”
“Well, I came flplhe stairs and
he was just going into the closet,
and I ran and locked him in.”
“Yes,” said a voice, almost chok
ed with laughter, “and Tra here yet.'
Who are you ?”i
“Charles Kingsley, visiting my
sister at No. 4, next door, I presume
—left my hat and coat in your hall
Yon will find letters in the coat-
poeket;you can verity my state
ment in a moment, if you choose.”
«Charle6 Kingsly? Called at my
offie to-day with Brown;” then to
Mollv. “It is All right, sis; burglars
do aAt leave their hate and coats
in the hall, I have met this gentle
man. You may come ont now,” he
said, opening the door. And' Mr
Kingsly advanced Into the lighted
room, and looked quizzically at his
jailer. She gave one glance at the
laughing brown eyes bent upon her
and then fled from the room. It
was the gentleman she had seen at
church.
“Ah, yon are Mr. Wilson,” said
Kingley, in * pleased tone, as that
gentleman held out bis hand
COBWEB’S PROPOSAL:
room " glancing at the dainty fur
ntaking “but the gas was turned “I tell yon what it is, girls, it
low and the room I occupied at my would be glorious tun to take ad
sister's is furnished orach the same vantage of leap-year and pruposeOo
in fact she gave up he? own room some cross old bachelor, and see
to me, for the house is full of com- what he would do > boat it,” said
pany. I went into the closet for a Cobweb to the rest of the girls as
bootjack I thought I had left there we were taking a walk one night -
and put my hand into a bandbox; “What do you think about it girls?’
and had just concluded that I had W'e all agreed that it wonld be
better have more light wlten the glorious fun.
young lady locked the door. I fear “But who has pluck enough to do
I frightened her very much; will it?” said Lou Uibes.
you preaent my regrets, nd say “Who, indeed, but your humble
that I am truly sorry ?” servant’” said Cobweb.
“Coma over tomorrow and <11m .,„?Oh, yes, Cobweb can do it to per-
wMr us,- and-make your peace with taction!” Baid Seppie Barnet, ulap-
tbeyoung lady yourself,” said Wil
son.
The invitation so cordially given
was accepted.
Six weeks from the date ot his
incarceration in th-j Wilson man
sion he entered the Wilson parlor
and foand Miss Mollie alone. “Miss
Wilson,” he began “when I came
here six weeks ago you thought 'I
came here to steal, but you were
the thief, for you stole my heart
You made me an unwilling prison
er then, bat I have been a willing
one ever since. I came here today
to ask you if you will be my wife P*
Aud for an answer she laid her
hand in his and hid the rosy olu sh-
es upon his shoulder.
Tempt Sit the Weak.
“I
ister, by
Jo* tone,
a look
wwk**
hope you will pardon me for enter
ing your boose in. this manner. I
arrived on Saturday, the house* are
_£he outside—and !u-
“James Dunton, arrested for
drunkenness and disorderly con
duct. Fined five dollars. In de
fault of payment sent to jail for
thirty days.”
This item in the morning papers
met my eye and l read it again, for
the name seeintd familiar. Could
it be possible that this was my old
schoolmate? And my mind tern-
eslback to the time when James
stood among the brightest of his
class. True, he was a little wild
and soon after he left school he com
menced drinking and would occa
sionally become intoxicated. T ea
he joined a temperance organiza
tion, and seemed so deeply in ear
nest that I had really thought him
safe from further temptation.
Such was the condition of things
wheu I moved to a distant city in
the far West. I had been abseut for
ten years, and was now ou a visit to
the old home. I had heard nothing
of James Dunton during my
absence, and supposed him still
working in the temperance ranks.
Could it be possible that this was
the same man ? On inquiry 1 found
it to be true. Janies uunton had
becomes victim of intemperance,
after abstaining for three years.
He had not simply gone back to his
old way, but had fallen far lower,
until the chances of bis ever reform
ing seemed almost hopeless. I call
ed on him, and learned the story of
his fall.
“I had tasted no kind of liquor for
more than three years, and had
conquered the old habit so far that
it had little or no temptation ter me
One evening 1 attended a party
celebrating the birthday of a lady
triend. Wiuu and other liquor.-
were used quite freely. I had t* ic.-
refused to drink when the hostess
approached and offered me a gla-s
of wine. I begged her to excuse me
from accepting it, but she answered
somewhat petulantly:
I should think you might drink
once w|th me in honor of the occa
sion.” \ J :
“As I said something about the
principle involved, and the possibil
ity of a singld glass leading to a fur
ther indulgence, she retorted rath
er sneeringly: j
“Oh! 1 beg your pardoni I had
supposed that Mr.-Dunton jrss man
enough to drink aS^Tmless glass of
wine without fear of homing
drunkard.’ A
This stab at my pride inTjje pres
ence of others who had no scruples
about taking an occasional glass,
had Its effect, and with some light
remark in reference to the oxcuse I
bad been making, I took the wine
and quickly drank it. This led to
another, and then another, tor I
.wished to show the lady that I had
sufficient manhood to drink several
glasses of wine if I chose. The re
sult was, I was carried h me
beastly drunk. After that night all
the old cravings came back ten-fold.
I tried to fight against it, but it
seemed of no use. My courage all
forsook me, and I became reckless.
In my false attempt to sustain ray
manhood I had lost all. I feel now
that tny fate A fixed and thereto
no help for it. The sooner that tne
end comes thetbetter for all concern
ed.”
I tried to encourage him to hope
for better thiqgs, but he weuld not
listen.
As I went away I thought of the
wonderful influence of woman, and
how sad that it should ever be put
to to such bed use-that it should
be used to lead men downward,
when it might do eo mnch toward
lifting them np. The loss of
hood through life, and goal through
ping her bands in high glee; “and
you know the rest of ns will be
around where we can hear all the
fun,” said she.
“But, Cobweb, how will you man
age it?” said Lou, “1 know you are
equal to any emergency, but l don’t
seem to think o! any one you can
practice on this time.”
“Weil, I do,” said Cobweb, “so
keep still a minute and I will un
fold a plan.”
“Go, ahead,” said all of us in con
cert, for we well knew there was
something rich on hand when Cob
web put on that tace and manner.
“Well, girls,” said Cobweb with n
smile, “you know there is hi be a
leap-yaer ball next year Monday
night at the town hall, and I shall
ask *01d Black,’ as we girls call
him.”
“Oh, ” said Lou, “you will never,
dare! He would annihilate you with
one of his looks!”
“Oh, pshaw! don’t you believe
yourself- I rather think Cobweb is
up to that sort of a thing.”
“Well, Cobweb,” Haid I, “get the
programme so arranged that we
can all hear the fun.”
“Oh, yes,” said she, “that is all
right.”
moving up to him, “I have long
waited for this opportunity to ope
my heart to you, but never tint
now fonnd one favorable to my pur
pose.”
He looked up a little surprised
but did not seem much frightened
“I have long loved you, and know
you to lie the guiding star of tm
existence. Say, now, truly, desr.
darlin ' Levi, don’t you lovj
Don’t »ay no.” said she, droppinc
on one knee—“don’t leave me with
out hope. Give me some eneou -age-
inent, and I will be the happiest
woman alive! Say, darling, do you
love me a little?”
And she looked up into his face
with such a complete counterfeit of
pevotion we were all convulsed
with laughter.
He looked at her a moment, and
then went off in such a fit of laugh
ter as you never heard,
Cobweb straightened up with all
the dignity she could command, and
looked at him with a face as long as
yeur arm, until he stopped laugh
ing, when he looked up and said:
“Well,yon did that well; better
than I could,-Miss Reed. I am giad
you did so, for I could never have
the courage to pop the question: hut
now' you have done the thing—I can
only say: I shall only be too happy
to accept your heart and hand, j
do love you; have for a lortg while.
I overheard your conversation
that night and determined to take
advantage ef it. Now I am ready
to make you the happiest woman
in the world at any time; the soon
er the better. What do you say ?”
C-obweb looked up at him, and
seeing tnat he was iu earnest, wil
ted, as Blanche said. Then he
reached out his hand and drew her
to him, sayipg:
“Now it remains with you to say
whether it shall be binding or not.
T am wiltingto abide by my prom-
IIlMOKjl.S.
men,
Well, we got everything arranged j ge;are you? 8hali we consider it a
did not none* the i
fb. trifled aw*y*-C- L. HM,
before we w nt- home that night,
and could hardly wait to see how
it would work.
First, let me describe “Old Black.”
In the first place, he is not old, but a
fine-looking man of about So years;
but his quiet, diguifled manners,
and the fact of his being unmarried
gave him the title of “Old Black,”
his real name being Mr. Levi Black,
and tho owner of one of the finest
farms in the town ofL .where
he lived alone with an old house
keeper.
The next day Cobweb sent him
an invitation to the ball which he
promptly accepted, and Cobweb
was in high glee.
Tile wished-for night at length
arrived, and we were all on tip-tos,
you may wt 11 believe. Cobweb
went early; she drove up to the
dour about 7:30, and, running up the
steps, rang the bell. The old house
keeper came to the door and lookid
as tiiough she thonght Cobweb was
very crazy when she asked for Mr.
Black, but she managed to ask her
to walk in and she would tell her
master she wanted to see him.
“But what under the sun that
chit of a thing wants with Mr.
Black 1 don’t see,” she muttered, as
she went out.
Cobweb sat down and waited with
all patience. Boon the housekeep
er came buck, saying Mr. Black
would be ready presently.
Cobweb waited an hour, and he
aid not come; then another hour
and no Mr. Black. She was about
to ring for some one to find .out
what, the trouble was when in he
came, all smiles, saying:
“Havel been long? I have hur
ried so I am all nerved up.
“Oh, no,” said Cobweb, “you have
been no time at all! Well we will
go now, if you are ready; but it
seems hardly possible, you have
been so very quick!”
“Oh, yes, I am quite ready.”
“Well now, we will go.”
She waited on him iuto the bug
gy and tucked the robes around him
as sober as a judge and gathered up
the reins and they we e soon at the
ball.
Oh, how honored Cobweb looked
as she came >n with Mr. Black
hanging on her arm! She gave us a
look out of those eyes of hers that
set us ail into a laugh. But all the
while he was as eob/r as could be;
yet I saw a twinkle in' his eye that
meant mischief.
Well, all went as merry as could
be. When supper-time came, Cob
web gave us the wink to be on
band, as agreed. We all swallow
ed our supper as soon as possible
and went and hid in a closet that
opened into the ladies’ dressing
room where Cobweb meant to en
tice him after supper, and then pro
pose to him in the most approved
style,as she said.
We could but just keep still. We
got all arranged around the door
which stood partly open.
Soon we saw them come in. Cob
web led him to a seat, and, seating
berself beside him, she looked over
to onr hiding-place and made np a
tace.
That set us all to giggling and
Sep laughed oat;, bat he took no
notice of it, so we thonght it was all
ricpU.
“Dear Mr. fflfiek,’
Lo.ia file engagement ornot?
And he drew her to him and plant
ed a kiss on her pouting lips.
‘I don’t know; let me go,” said
Cobweb.
“You will tell me soon,” said he,
as he held her fast. “Promise, and
I will let you go.”
i-’he promised, and he said:
“Now, girls, come out here aid
pe.suade her she had better marry
Old Black.”
We all came out, looking sheepish
enough, 1 expect. I never saw
Cob.vei) cornered before, hut I think
she will niake it all right. We
went home in high glee, hut Mr.
Black would insist on seeing Cob
web home safe, fur he said he al
ways made it a duty to lookout for
valuable property. How the affair
will terminate 1 don't know, but I
hope she will conclude to have hint,
for he is really a noble fellow, and
then such good times we would
have going to see her in that .fine
old home. If she does, I will let
you know all about-it. But we shall
never Sorget how' she looked when
shedroped on her knees and roiled
up her eyes so lovingly at him when
she proposed.
X Ihxim for the Smith Family.
Virginia was founded by a Smith.
Two of her Governors have been
Smiths, and one of them was Gov
ernor twice, and more than that he
was at one time a little stage dri-
One of the signers of the Declara
tion of Independence was also a
Smith.
There have been nine Smiths in
the Senate of the United States.
A Smith was appointed to the Su
preme bench of the United States.
A Smith was the first Attorney
General of the United States, then
Secretary of the Navy and after
ward Secretary of State.
Eight of the Confederate Generals
were Smiths.
Smith is one of the most illustri
ous names in England,and Scotland
furnished Adam Smith the great
political economist.
The moon, like some
irigbtest when i( is full.
Y-.ung latlies should not forge
that Uolkih died from the effects of
t li ing on bis foreh a 1.
• Young man,” said • the landlord
‘I always eat cheese rind." Arid
:he new boarder replied, “Jusr f-
I’m leavi.ig this for you."
“Pat llewias,” says I, “is it you
self that it is? ’ “Murphy,”says he,
“that’s not my name.” And then
we looked at each other again, and
sure enoitgh it was nayther of u
Baggage ma^ti-t'Xto oHi lady, .who
has been causing him a’'great deal
of unnecessary trouble).—“ (Veil,
mum, rjust wish you was an ele
phant, and then you’d always have
you*trunk right under your nose.”
A railroad conductor was re
cently chosen deacon of a church.
When it became his duty to take
up a collection, lie surprised the
congregation by starting out with
the characteristic ejaculation:
“Tickets, gentlemen!” The contri
bution that day was large.
It was a colored preacher who
aid to his flock: “We have a col
lection to make this morning, and
lor the glory of lteaben whichever
of you stole Mr. Jones’ turkeys,
don’t put anything on the plate-’.’
One who was there says: “Ehery
blessed niggah in de church come
down wid de rocks."
Apparent Paradox.—A butcher
can sell the fore-quarters of a lamb,
and yet have two quarters ot it left
It may seem paradoxical, but it is
nevertheless true, th it a man can-
notemokea jig.tr .•»•) short finless
site sin >kes it too long.
‘Mary, vhe.-e's'tlie frying pan? - ’
“Jemmy’s got it, carting mud andi
‘..yster shells up the alley, with the
cats for e horse." “The dear little
fellow, what a genius he will make !
But go and get it, we’re going to
have company and must fry some
fish for dinner.”
A hint to go.—“Zeb,” said a chap
to his chum the other day, “seems
to me you didn’t stay long at Squire
Folger’s last night.” “.No,” was the
reply,“I was sayin’ a tew pleasant
thingsto the daughter, and the old
man came in and gave a liint to
go.”
“A hint, Z :b—wh it sort of v
hint?” “Why, he gave me my hat,
opened the door, and just as he be
gan to raise bis heavy boot I had a
thought that I wasn’t wanted, and
so I—I took my leave.”
he young man who went oft'
like a shot probably found too much
powder on his girl’s cheeks.
Do you love me still, John?”
whispered a sensitive wife to her
husband. “Of course I do: the stil
ler the better,” answered the stupid
husband.
William,” said a teacher to one
of his pupils, “can you tell tne why
the sun rises in the east?” “Don’t
know, sir,” replied William, “ ’eept
it be that the east makes every
thing rise.” Teacher fainted.
A lady having accidentedly broken
her smelling bottle, her husband,
who was very petulent, said to tier,
“I declare, my dear, everything
that belongs to you is more or less
broken.” “True,” replied the lady,
“for even you are a little cracked!”
Pat explains a difficult question:
“But if I -place my money in the
savings, bank, when can I draw it
out again?” “Oh,” responded a
Hibernian friend, “sure if you put it
in to-day^you can get it out to-mor
row by giving a fortnight’s notice.”
“I hope,John, you will contract
no bad habits at college,” said a so
licitous mother.—“Well,” growled
the husband, “I hope he'd not ex
pand those he already has.”
“How is it,” asked a lady, “that
Time is always represented as bald-
headed?’—To which a gentleman
replied, “So many have taken Time
by the forelock, the probabilities
are they pulled out all his hair!”
JVlu$ic‘al J^ercllaiidj^e
ire
Avery <fe Co.
WELERS.
Moved To ttast
I
c Square,
2-13.
Ne^pan, Ga.
W S. Winters
ESTABLISHED 1873.
G. W. Nelson.
W inters and Nelson
-DEALERS IN-
f\Mo
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-A N D-
-Oevery description
—iiis—:
03L.ID PIANOS
Taken in Exchange for now Ones.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
NEWNAN
MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS.
H. D. CHRISTOPHER & CO.
-DEALERS IN-
MARBLE&GRANITE.
MONUMENTS, TOMB & HEADSTONES, TABLETS*
CURBING, ETC.
Special Designs, and Estimates for any desired work, furnished
on application.
NEWNAN, GEORGIA.
H. S. WRIGHT'S
New Drug Store!
IS THE PLACE'TO GET
FRESH AND PURE DRUGS,
Just what you \Fant and at living figures. He also keeps in stock
The X.Y.Herald says of Mr Van
derbilt: His contributions to philan
thropic and educational works have
always been generous, and at times
munificent. He was far from os
tentatious and sent many a check
which even his closest friends knew
nothing about. Among hie prince
ly gifts with which the public is ac
quainted maybe mentioned the
Obelisk, which graces Central Park,
a hundred thousand dollars od
two different occasions
to the Vanderbilt University, ot
Nashville,Tenn.,in addition to thei
Antiquity of bridge*.
The first bridges were of wood,
and the earliest of which we have
any account was built in Rome 500
B. C. The next was erected by Ju
lius Ca'sarfor the passage of his ar
my across the Rhine. Trajan’s great
bridge over the Danube, 4,7f>0 feet
long was made of timber, with
stone piers. The Romans also built \ 3ep i6- i y
the first stone bridge, which crossed !
the Tiber. Suspension bridges are i _
FIRST-CLASS MACHINE OIL, CYLINDER OIL,
NE ATS FQUT OIL, &c., &c. AND A SPLENDID LINE OF
LAMPS AND FIXTURES.
Being nu experienced druggist, he is ready to
FILL PRESCRIPTIONS
at alll hours of day or night. ' Be sure to call on
£3 WRIGHT.
THOMPSON BROS.
Bedroom, Parlor and Dining Room Furniture.
Big Stock and Low Prices.
PARLOR AND CHURCH ORGANS.
WOOD and METALLIC BURIAL CASES
Orders attended to at any hour day or night^flf
THOMPSON BROS., Newnan, Ga.
of remote origin. A Chinese one i
seven hundVeT Thousand ‘dollars j Mentioned by Kirchea was made of j
chains supporting a roadway j
feet in length, was built A. D. <>%:
and is still to be seen. The first ^
large iron bridge was erected over ■
the Severn in 1777. The ageol rail
ways ha* brought a remarkable de- j
velopment in this branch of engi- :
neering, e.-peeially in the construe- j
tion of bridges of iron and steel.—
Arkanscuc Traveler.
presented by his father, and a i
round half million to the College of i
Physicians and Surgeons, of New
York city. It is reported that dur
ing the test few years several mil
lions of dollars have been given to
the various institutions and C lari
ties in which he bje inne interest
ed.
BRING YOUR
JOBWORE
TO THIS OFFIEC.
“Is this marble 1” said a gentle
man, pointing to a bust of Kei-
tncky’s great statesman. “No, sir,”
that’s Clay, quietly replied the dt*I-
said Osbweb, er.
Barbers make many friepds, but
scrape more acquaintances.
Could ye lind me the loan of a
pipe and tobacky? said Pat, I have
a match.
And H-et it Done inTThe Latest Styles.
We Guarantee Satisfaction.
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