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TlieTTouston ffome Journal!
LXarsIian villa.
PERKY, GA., OCTOBER 12, 1871.
This toira, in tlie "westcm part o£ 1
-—- .'--s'-re.- ■ ■. ■ •■:=? —.—— J Macon coiiiity, on the South-western •
Pay Cp. j Raflra-id, is small in size,.but is large !
The. time hnsnowcome.fiir all who have ' and intelligence: A person visitm" *
not paid their subscriptions todo so.- We : the place find Ule ci fa cn;i 80C kl I
gqnotintendto da.a credit business; nil j aQd hospitable. There is no hotel, I
WebujMsfpr axsb.^dwemu.st.Weasb. |biit tbcre nf> lack o{ s to ask i
Therefore all who no not pay their sno- .
Fcriptions by Ociobor 31st, will be under-° g°'"fl t lem
s’rtea fts'ffeslrin'ji' fheir'.papers stopped—i se 1 at h° m<? -
AWFUL CALAMITY!
A Third of Chicago Destroyed!
Test Thousand Houses Bussed’
The Fms Sxelp Racing!
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Dzunorr, Idles., Also in Fl.-uies!
; Hunarefls of horses an
; been burned in stables, am
j north side numbers ofaniinr 1
i released from confinement t
i so confnsed and bewildered by th&sea
! of fire that they rushed wildly to ' and
| fro, uttering cries of fright--apd_ pain
j until scorched to death.
Any attempt at a description of this
Chicago, October 9.—Saturday j awful calamity would be- idle. The
which most ccrti-iti? sbhfi'Wd6he; ahd | Saturday.- ar.d there was actually a | fire in the western district commenced j of millions of active capital heje haye.
nffer thot dirts no name will be entered off {<&5pnte‘<w' to whom we should take j at nine o’clock on-Sunday night, two i ranishedgifid'che third-of CMeSgb’s
our becks without -tuE' cash. Those who '< dinner‘with. We can account for it 1 miles distant from the Conrttooose. [inhabitants lire houseless and depen-
■o.innot crane to Terry to pay, can pay to I only on the supposition that none of j At two oclock the flames had spread dant is sufficient,
our agent-nearest to them. } them had ever seen ns eat. ■! fearfully.'Twenty blocks were desfroy-
- Quite a number ofpersonsiro-tiiis conn- We took a ride over the town and *'-i -wi.~ » "®l*
saw quite a number of handsome resi
dences, amongtliem those of Messrs.
McGnskill, W. H. and L. M. Felton,
+y Laye-subscribed -for papers to he sent to
friynds in-distant Slates. . These are re-
■niinjied tliat they are included in the above
paragraph, - .
Subscribers who
six months, will he
—rra . l°ag
-time: ’Bay up-now,' and we’ll give' you a
better paper before long.'
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: Tlie great Fire, in Clficagb^according
'in last accounts, was stopped on Tues-
flay morning. It is the most extensive
fire. Quit lias occuri'cd since the buvn-
pig of Moscow.'‘VThe i'%s'of - property
\i I’bt .esaTiniErffi'ree rniThons; and a
great many lives were lost—it is not
known li<flF ffiSHjfc* 'TVd hope to give
further pniM^B^Wek.
IfflNP' 8 fflVe
:t,'with 'ColdtirfdMiu -
' r, mumvy 'WSfc
SLappey, Bawls and other 3 : Onr ge
nial friend "Btirke Baldwin has a Teay-
nice house, but he will have to quit
his present style of Irving before he
willneedit. ‘ *'T
But the feature of Miirshallvflle is the
iSEeaJeiAjy.;' "i^vo^sfery' brick
liduSe/ 49-feet -trade by 60 long, with a
ctfibnhiie-lO'feet-'wide in front The
whole ofthe loiver .stony is one room
for tlie boys—16 feet in height. The
upper story is 14'feet high, and is di
vided inttf four rooms. 'The largest,
^S’b^'fjp feet, is intended 1 for .tlie girls.
There are .tljreq 'smaller finest each' 15
Ivy. 20feet intended.as music rooms,
ea'ch fifwhich is' provided with a pi
ano.^ Therp ,is a .plenfifiil 'snpply of
tfesks, hiSc^Tjpards, etc.; a rostrum..in
tlie low6r r robm.T0 feet wide. 40 long,
id a very .fine brppze;
t£handdlier.r this building cost §6,000
anti, is not quite.finished.—the wails
not bemg,pT -
1 being'only
the people expeci _
i:v' : *» A • t-
.necessary rnnshin^ jiut tp,n,^ and i±
will “be such ah academy ah no town-ifi
Georgia, the size of Mar.dnihville, can
the
.for children and”their
children’s children will reap tlie bene-
of-it, long after the builders are-
chairman; Dr. Win. Hafer, Secretary;
D. B. Frederick, J. ’ D. Frederick, C.
K. Walker, 1). F. Booton, 1), Gamage,
J. tM. •Hnnt’. 'Df. D. W. ilassee.
They have secured the services of the’
pill el&ftou 'p
tsn&M
'f>pfc.vBh foi^fa:
-iatd ba itiSaa *fair «ui mb> ail
.mS?yi^Pio.ksoq, ;of .Honco* cgnpty, i
Ibf pclelinjtcd -agn-ciiltnrist, wns,;re-
rssppthf. manjedrto Miss.Clara Hturis,
danghtor o{Hon,,B.g’-^nri-is, of Spar-
i"'- . "hk t-iinitiflpsu S*id -d■‘cjJlA j
--- - IV Pfotesti- 5 * *»
.Ivbihc pr-rmitfni Ksfc r of ? thb'-F(dr- to
bodietd st Foi t ; V'alley,-v/e-'find'a / -pre-
xaifiui ofii>?o(l ;5 to +he bebt female "rider
over’fourteen vtars-’old, - undtoiie-for.
the best female rider under that nge.-We
must utter our 'enmbst-protest against
anything of the sort. 1 ' ;: It'-is'tme eveiy.
1 ftdy ought to know how to'lidc—libitl
to rid6^.‘ell and gracetoily; find itfs'also
-triio'-tliat'■'it e Ahhil'toe sn'ehrbd at for
being too “squeamish," bnt we'shall
^ver be opposed to* anything which ^ 1 JB
avonld draw wbman frbm thiitTirivScT-, 1 if. E. Iiadd, Assistant,in Igterary and
«#hicfc tf ikher g^sto§ts»f@g|3tird4ghiiish Tn'structor in ^Ornamental Department:
modesty which vs her greatest charm!.
•Wb"shoiild :bfe :v«y-sbny to see %iiy
lndyshtir the.riii^for these premium^
Indeed-we-db not undersfan'd hdw one
win ddsb without - coinpromisiiig - her
modesty andsblf-respeet. If anymhn
donbts the cori-ectiiess Of orir position,
•let him imhgfeit his ;: wife SF'fetor
mounted on ti spmfel hbrse; cantei-ihg
nrouudh xacetreekg vi^ifh' hnnflre'ds,
or fho'ftsands 1 of- men gazing at' her,
cheering herguiiing'lier name familiar
ly, and regardihg-her and comment
ing oh her in aH"respects just- as they
do her horse; 'Is the'picti&S'V'pIehs-
ant’otie? '/ ' - ~A
The greatest'charm in woihah, 4hat
which 'attracts men most,’-"tflnch'in-,
duces in them a feeling second in de
gree only to the worship' of‘Ood, is
tooVAmO/—that delicacy of feeling'which
forbids her - becoming conspicuous, in
any place;' and which-- makes - her ’ a
queen at home and there only.' • '
' We predict-that there will be no en
tries for the premiums alluded to; S
eamestiy hope so, at any rate.
• The Fair at Fort Talkyi TJ
• We have every: reason .to believe that
this Fair will.be,aisuccess. .The man-
rigbrsr are. men who are working in
earnest; they know that::the:sueeess of
ilieiafiair depends on having every-
thingpromptly and properlyurrahged.
This they intend io .do! t: There are
many .predictions of failure,, but we
can is an no signs; of it Fverf-mnn-
who! lias aqiart signed td-lnmi.is’etorfc
iug! himself to the utmost;! and. -if • all
<1q their {parts well, no visitor will have
cause to complain. What the various
features of.theJEit}%s;ill^be,_we cannot-
now say; but we feel safe ,in saying
road steamer, otie of the most woii-
dcrfiil inveh^ons ofthe' present age.
tfiir bb' on extolfitoii. . The grounds
tire.Tvell adapted to .the purpose, for
which they; will be used ;'theirfacl^ for
the exliibitibn of horses has beeii veiy
ihdfopghiy'prepared and is ah excel-:
lent ohe; and the buddings, are Tvotii
elegant and substahtoril!, Mo ‘ exertion
has Vcr. spared or will be spared, to
please visitors and give tfiein the worth,
of their money. Therefore’we canad-
viso all our necphjtcrgo.'' Besides the
fact that it will be a really fine exhi
bition, it is a ZiojReaflalr and ’deserves
Tiaironage on that account. We mean
that it is a home affair In' every - re-
int one—■itrichf'g'^ ito printing
done abroad. Biit that doesn’t mat
ter you know. The home, paper gives
all its influence, to the Fair, just the.
same as if it did all the printing for
tho Fair,.heca»se^^ania-to.. see the
Fair .succeed.; notwithstanding the
luck of appreciation on the part of
some of the managers..
. i ’ ►»-«- T
Bullocsk, the Biidiavl Governor of
Georgia, is building a bar® ax * cost of
£-20,000 and Georgians are so inquisi
tive as to keep asking how gird when
he fellheir to. Iris, wealth. If this be
the innocence of an honest and unso
phisticated people, let them eome
down here and be enlightened. Ysnr
bam is bat a field moase beside an
elephant- compared to what we can
show yon here in- the way of palatial-
eTideuees of newly acquired fortunes.
—Ate Orleome PixxiyvM.
B F, Clai-k, Instructor yn Music —
These are afi well-known, well-tried,
ap'd well-approved teapiiers, who have
tanglit in tlie community many
years,jmd whp.haye. tlie entire confi
dence of the people.
The trustees are alive to the inter
est of the people in regard to the
school, and intend to spare no exer-
'tioiifb make the home educational
advantages of Marshallville -as good as
those, of apy other place. Witli their
untii-ihg; zeal,..backed by the great lib-
from the ; 'South, ''ah<T -the flaming
brands -ivere 'flying over 'flip city tjiieat-,
nmg' destiaction everywhere. Tlie
fire is beyond the cbniroL of the. fire
men. Imhje.nse lumber yards with
freight depots were burned! The ids®
'already aihonnts to many ihiliiops.
The whol^eity is ilireatoned a.nd the
pinric ip increasing.
CHrcAGo; 'October 6, 10 o’clbck k to
■r-The-ehtire'bnsiness porMon of 'the
eity is destroyed; and'all toe banksj
express and telegraph offices and news
papers, except the Tribune, six eleva
tors and water works burned. There
isPo'water in the city. 'Mot less than
ten thousand' buildings J have already
been WtoCd. ' The firb ’ h : iS' tonifi
ed the distance of "five : miles, 1 and is
ntill ra^ng The ' wind: -ik' blowing 1 a
gale. :
' WAstoikGbsr, Gctobeir 9;—The fire'is
still raging at noon{ in Chicii^o: A:
large ffi-'e has broken ' out in Detroit,
’Mifihigan. • The President' telegraphs
the 'coilnhanduig generiil at' Chicago' to
issne rations arict clothing to 'the suf
ferers, S the supply ts insitfficient to
cafltoh St: Ebnis. ' . ' '
^TECT.—PuUy'ofie. thirdbf Chicago;
is ruined, afid' the fire is still raging. '
As this awful day
draws to a close, thousands of anxious
eyes watch the clouds of smoke which
felall&o^ oyer ^j| bnnit,.pis'6:5;^ wito
•eiiSmldlesd t&it a ^nge-of wtod
turn the flames into the portion of the
city yet spared. There , seems to be
however, little apprehension of it, and
firemen from other cities are constant
ly arriving.
■Washemgtox, October 0—Very La
test.—The 'conflagration in Chicago
progresses. Assistance is going from,
all directions. Kailroads carry provis
ions on fast trains free.
Base Bali Noles.
endeavors. , There are other places, we
yille.
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A Yisit to Dooly.
Last week we ^attended Court at
yiepn^ Judge.Cole was_ there,.. pre-
was os busy and energetic as ever in
ferreting out rascality and prosecuting
the transgressors ...of the' law. f JYp
iade .thencqnjantanee of Jndge,Daras'.
Ordinary, W. t. Gfaham, ^ieriff, and
agami FAS!L.-'»T>E(SFvr
vhicli they will accept, onr thanks.
Henna is by no means a flourishing
flace: but- the same cannot bo said of
the- county. The' crops there are
rather better than, ig. Houston, and
*Su
their py-n supplies,, don’t go. to debt
so much to their factors, and at the
close of the year arc more independ
ent and can wait their own time to.sell
Taken, . altogether, wp
toll Ppply a,prosperpus county.. .
. iEoyii, loimuETS.—jEngAmadeus of
Spijil has {been tateig a long. journey
tln-ongh the provinces of liis.kingdom,
and .-has. everywhere been received
with profound respect by ; his subjects.
After- g|neratic>BS Of toad Kings, Sp$m
appears to have been, so fortonate as
to seenra a goo'd sovereign, who has a
proper 3de&.iof- the -power and prerog
atives' of bispeople.
The Cholera.—Tlie ch-.l-ix-i-r car-
ryibg off tlie-people of'Bnssia 'at a
fearfnl -rate; find- as - great ‘desolation
now reigns in some portions of the
Empire as -to plague- ridden Persia.
In St.Petersbui'g things are improv
ing, the-number -of deaths becoming
daily less/ but in other parts there is
no diminution of The disease.
Hereditary‘genius, like hereditary
property; Is a- fine thing, as any 1 one
may see by reading Giflton’s book;
yet sometimes the work done by a fa
ther seems to have a reflex -action- on
his son. For isutanee lately died The
son of Baren Y-on' Humboldt—a man
wli® not only Traveled farther than
any man of bis time, bnt was really
the first man who popularized, or as
the French say, vulgarized science.
The son was soi utterly lazy that for
tlie last fweuty years:’of liis life he
or Ctootonatt tele^:aphh the ! Maybr
'of Chiciago tendering the fire dep'art-
'ment and provisions. Many houses
hrive been blown up to arrest the con
flagration, bfif without effect. A
"mass'meeting was held to Ohio; Gov.
Hayes presiding, for the relief of Chi
cago.
' The. Crosby Opera House is destroy
ed! The loss is now’ estimated at 20,
000,000. The Palmer House is burn
ed."The chief .engineer of Cincinnati;,
with three engines and hose, has start
ed for Chicago.;
'EsqiiEwoob TEsMniijSEEoto'CHiCA-
go. II o’clock, October 9.—Half of toe
city is destroyed. The flames contin
ue almost unopposed. The gas woi-ks
and tlie Custom House are destroyed,
and all the heavy business houses burn
ed. One hundred and fifty thousand
people are left houseless. Fabulous
prices are being paid for vehicles to
carry valuables from danger. The
bridges are destroyed. TheToss of life
is unknown, but toe streets are filled
with people looking for the lost.
Both, sides of the Chicago Biver are
a mass of ruins. All efforts to save
to save toe Court-house and gas woaks
proved futile. Thirty or forty ships
are now burning, and very many have
been destroyed. Every man in the
city is called" upon to do duty. Nearly
every bridge over tog. Chicago Biver is
burned, all is terror.
5,p m,—The entire business part of
the city north of twefth street, on all
sides, of the'river and. branches is de
stroyed. Every printing office, hotel,
and railroad depo| is burned. The
whole north side is reported ‘destroy
ed. -From the river to toe. lake, . .an
area of fqnr miles long and one wide,
all is swept, off. The wind is blowing
». gale from the' south-west. A - change
to toe nbrto would, toe almost sure to
sweep "toe entire residence' dis|riet
south of twelfth' street, lint it’s assert
ed, the waterworks are still all right,
tout toe water lias been slmt off in the
soiiih to supply the. demand to toe
north. Thousands are leaving toe
city by evgry available means. Great
hunger, and suffering are -inevitable,
Every city and town offers, assistance.
In reply to e, Mayor asks for ; coolied
food for toe suffering. Firemen from
other cities ■■■■Si
Chicago
■work of destmetion still goes. on with
reientless’fuiy.
It is estimated that at least 109,000
persons are homeless and to. a suffer
ing, condition. The streets in the'dis
tricts still unbnmed are lined for miles
with such household good
been saved from destruction. Tin
water-works are entirely destroyed..
Buildings are now being blown up
along" the line of the fire to attempt, to
arrest its. progress.
It is imnossibie-novr-hj approximate
ft cjbrrcctrstotenrent” of toe losses, jb.nt.
a faint idea may be formed when it. is.
stated that every bank to toe city, ex
cept two savings institutions on 22d.
street to the south.- division, and one
to Bandolph street in the west divis
ion, are destroyed. All wholesale
stores, all retail establishments, P. O.
court-house, chamber of commerce
every hotel to the south division ex
cept toe Michigan Avenue Hotel,'
which is standing on the exlreme south
ern limit, which escaped, ‘ though if is
badly scorched, and every newspaper,
offiee is burned. Six of the largest
elevators, toe. immense depots of the
Michigan Southern and Illinois Cen
tral railroads, both passenger and
freight, are burned. More than a
score of churches and rnuc-h shipping
on the river are destroyed.
Men who - were millionaires jester-;
day t are nearly penniless today. But,
The first of the series of match
games between sthe Stonewalls, of
Ntoe
came off last Saturday, on toe grounds
of the Perry Club. The contest began
at 2 o’clock, P. nr., the players''having
partaken of the dinner given to toe
Stonewalls by the Perry- boys, at
Brunson {s saloon. Qniteai cr<
out; and beneath toe shady oaks in
one comer of the area, a bevy of fair
ones quietly, but with intense -interest
witnessed the playjpg.
Apart of toe Perry Comet Band
was also present with their instru
ments, and enlivened toe occasion with
rikP«n
their uttermost; and it was almost
sunset when the game ended.
The superior skill.of toe Stonewalls
was too much’for orir boys. At the
close of toe ninth inning, toe score
stood—Stonewalls 44, and toe Perry
nine 28 mas. The Perry boys then
gave topee tdusingdhebrs far toe fries
tors, and suspended to play too second
game at Henderson on Saturday, tin
21st- instant. - - - .
In-justice to our boys, 'we will state
that they have had very little experi
ence, bnt they are not discouraged and
are determined to go to work with
brain and muscle in earnest.
saved themselves by Tetreating to toe
pier and taking up planks communica-i
ting with shore. Kewauee and and oth
er villages are more^orJgss^damai
' THE FL AilEg CBqSS. POX^jlVEE
Milwaukee, tfctol >er 4.—ASpeciall
to toe News from Green Bay says toe;
fires in toe woods.between there and
Michigan have extended across Fox
river, and cover a strip of thirty mQes,
in Surrance cffi&- <5fc8rito counties.
The .large lumbering towns of Mari
nette and Pishtego are threatened
with destruction. Fires are now rag
ing oyer three hundred square mQes
of territory. 1 ; f} ;jAhSsriti‘O&e ‘ hfindrSl
famQies are burned out of house and
home., The refugees are in Green
‘Bay and other towns. At least one
hundred other families are in dange:
away. Thousands of square mQis of
valuable pine forest have been desroy-
ecL Beari and other wQd beasts, driv
en in dismay from the woods, are fly-
fipgtobout _gvcrydir e ctiQn
Ore populiSoi Sate .‘fighting? toe!fire,
but without success. Many were pros
tinted by toe heat and smoke, and
had to be carried-by their comrades to
places of safety. All supplies of food
for man and beast have been destroy
ed, and starvation during the coming!
winter stares them in the face.
are on fire on both sides of toe Toledo
& Wabash E. B., for toe greater part
of the way between Antwerp and New
Hayenjlifid-coyering an area of 4 or 5
mQes. The woods are burning also
between Antwerp and CecQ, destroy
ing the timber hundreds of cords of
» Too. mriehF in^'ortanee' caffiot bCt 88 ^^’ 0 ^ ^
L fire is still raging.
attached to tins manly game by the
yonng men m ow towns and villas
far it gives-bbtter exercise to th<5 wl!
body than anything else; besides brain
work is also required, as it is altogeth
er a scientific game. Z.
Savannah is now the second cotton
port of tlie country. iliajSng
xvxxoxoved
during the riast season seven hundred
thousand bales of cotton. The cTv
has spent over §200,000 in the improve-
mcnt of the harbor, since the war, imd
expects to ask of Congress §250,000
more for the same purpose.
A, great war. has resulted Sprili-
ern victory and a Southern defeat.—
Upon all war questions each section
is united. The North as the stronger’
and conquering section has toe power
and wQl use it.
In the clash of the war. .we find the
liberties of the country endangered
permanently, nud-toertme. theory ~pf"fe-
^ ^ Tilled. ‘ We can new- r *
er get the verdict of toe North on this
vital, question, .until. w,e •can dis^tan-
gle it from the war question. An ef
fort was made in 1868 to rectify mat-
n^be0k .uresentation
dfrSutiimerihiid ifcad influences
on the basis of Sonthem oppression:
It failed. The iasne was made sec
tional, and, therefore, the' stronger
section conquered. Such wfll be toe
result every time. The Badieal party
gained its strength from toe Democ
racy on th.e*wa£ question: ‘On that.it
will holApciwei’torever-wito inereyod
majorities.
The Democrats of the North, to
settle this war question, have adopted
a new programme in their local fights
this fall.
The right or wrong of that, pro
gramme is not for ns of toe South to
consider as long as it is a local ques
tion,; Unless ‘wg Unanimously- fayde At.
Any interference of ours bnt nullifies
toe programme of the Northern Dem-
■ye ocrac.y, qnd. ensures-iffi defeats! It re-,
-duces the Issue to a sectional contest,
in which faQure awaits«pur friends.
Let us therefore hands off—Atlanta
Constitution. -
" .ITSF.
hardly did any thing lint lie in his bed, more terrible
,alth6ngh;lie,;was as hale rind hearty a have: perished
man as one might wish to see. Prob- many no one wfll je able to tell, but
ably his father traveled so far that it is known that several have perished;
tlim* was no ..traveling, left-in tlie fami-| and there Ms only a heart^siekeniiig
ly for his'son" to do. These things do j fear that they will be- counted ,b“
take curious turns sametimes. j scores. 4 -' v- <
The latest cosmetic for English
'women is Qaeen-.Ann.e’s recipe revived,
that is, cucumbers steepecLin milk.—
An English paper says: “Yenns rose
from the foam of toe sea, bnt modem
beauty rises majestic from curd hoops
and lettuce betta, with oatmeal plas-
ide on its locks;
n its fingers^ to give a pretty
appearance; a steel-hand for a cestnr,
and laved with decoctions of cucum
bers and. blue inQk'. "Why go through
so much to get so little 2’-’—Times.
' ? a < fl :-aa ,e
YTien Mr. Greeley undertook to
Fire.
Gbees Bat Y'is., Octob<^y4,—T^ie
Advocate to-day estimates' ‘that tiff
area of 150' square nnles is liejn^
burned over. -Three saw mills arepos-
itively known to ha-w bce*r bufxred^
and others are reported to be destroy
ed. In Kewance county sixty-eight
dwellings and farms have been- burn
ed. Tlie inhabitants. alto fleeing to
the- lake shore-tier safety:
pier, a store, six dwellings, shops;
bams, and other bnildiqgs ^qve been’
consumed. "It is“saiq"'toe inhabitants^
Hali{ iFort Talley, Ga.
V. ’STEDX*S<iE(AT EVEXmG, OcTOEEE 18,
In honor of the Soiithwest^Gar Central Fair
XAKAGHfts; * ..
’"Hon. TY. A. Huff, Macon, ,
Hon, Thomas Hardeman, Macon,/
Col. J. F. Troutman, Fort Talley,
•AlfaoBes-}-*- ^ AJRrefsonrTSH^YaHey,"
Maj. IV. J. Anderson, Jr., Fort Talley,
— - -TTjt- .1 n- ' —"
XiuSllTElI
NEW PERM, NEW GOODS, LOW PRICES.
IVE AEE NOW RECEIVING OUR FALL STOCK OF
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
And. are prepared-to-offer SPLENDID BABGAINS to oar customers. Please
give, us a, call, and fe will make it to yonr.interest to purchase of ns.-
Col. D. Gamage, MaishafiviUe,'
Hon. B. M. Davis, Perry,
Yin. Brnnson, Esq., Perry.
COSI3IITTEE OP AEEANGEMEXTS:
J. K. Mathews, Fort Talley,
H. T. Brown, Fort Valley,
A, H. Affleck, Marshallville,
J. C. Slnppey, MarsliaUville,
Charlton Gamage, Marshallville:
"•vrAKTUHS OF CEREMONIES I
Tickets admitting one gentleman and la
dies, S2; foa sale at Spotewood Hotel, Ma
con, and Byington’s Hotel, Fort Valley.
The undersigned would inform the citi
zens of Houston that there will be a Grand
Concert on the 18th, inst., at the Fort Val
ley Female Institute, given by some of my
| pupils, assisted by some amateur and pro-
‘ ssiomd talent ;rpTS if ".
Admission for" gentleman and lady §1.—
Families not exceeding six, $2. Children
under twelve, 50 cents.
F. Y. EEDMAN.
DAY'&r GOBDQS i
SI. E. SPEEET.
I<. O. RILES.
rrr a c_x. * a *?: -
Oct. o, 1§vL—^3m -
SPERRY & NILES,
mabshalltille, ga.
A. J. MAPvTIN, .. .
Of Crawford Co.
J. IT: COLYEK,
Of Kentucky.
IIITIN & COLYER,
- / •
.A.
7
Wbolesalqa<pl 1 Bgto.il Dealers in
Tr/
It*
:n3 9trr
were destroyed, and the steam mfll
was only saved;-by breaking furrows
in toe-ground ,aronnd_.toe . building.
The trains are delayed on consequence,
of the rei>lacing of heated rails- with;
new ones. The cornfields and mead
ows are entirely destroyed, causing a
St. Paul Minnesota, October 4.—
An imihehseAenflagfatiOn'Iias been ra
ging- on the prnrie and in the big
woods west sinee Friday last It com
menced near Breckinridge on Bed riv
er, traveling eastwards and south
ward a distance of 160, r .miles. Great
damage has-been clone-to toe harvest
crops, dw“Ui“s'v &<:•
Intemperance in England.—
Monadiiock, ” the English'-correspon
dent of toe New York Times, furnish
es some statistics relating to the
amount spent in England for intoxi-
atipg drinks that- are .ahnpst inejedi-
lo. "At a recent eonfgrence of the
National Union for the suppression of
intemperance^ -Earl : E]USseli presided,
and m the course of his remarks stat
ed that it is calculated that, in tin
five years ending with 1870 toe Britisli
ople spent for intoxicating liquors
..-enormous , sum,, of. §514,842,355
ftlio oveytwb - andabilf toonsand
Whole bond-debt of the United
.irillions of dollars,' or more than tjhe
Tie sum expended in 1870 was equa
tof five hundred and forty millions of
irs^abouCthioa-times’toe annUpl
ipto of afl'ffiA-ifilWys in-®e
United Kingdom: twice as mnoh as
of all the religious and philanthropic
institutions of toe country. _That- is
a fearful showing, much toe larger
share-qf winch, it is saidy lis drawn
from the workit^pcMsBek: Jit
General Grant will arrive here on
Tuesday morning. He vvill remain
'about twenty-four hoursj toen go to.
Galena, from whence he will proceed
to • "Washington, toe former seat of
Government.—Chicago Republican.
The former seat of Government-,”
isigood.;- ■ Foritito jMfJirjje fnCtatM Ml
has . been lounging, at Long -Branch,
smoking cigars, drinking whisky, driv
ing last hbxses; Jrec'efivmgkpreltmts, ap
pointing relations to office, laying the
ropes for a renomination, paying no
attention to toe interests of toe people,
and-smusiag lamsRlf^ieHerally^Ykilc-
a-'Targe-majoritj'- oftoik^dbordinates
have been howling “Kn-Klnx,” and
stealing; toeinselyeSjrich} rin,gyfxy; : ; part
iof toe eountry:^S!: Raul Pioneer.
u:tmm
frantic gyrations of the great agricul
turist’s pen, got excited over the
inky mystery, and, forgetting his po
liteness in his astonishment, burst
forth with the exclamation: “My
God! Mr. Greeley! do yon call that a
signature? Why, it looks like a field
ible than all is that many of Norwegian oats after a cyclone!”!—
ished ill the flames—how j The veteran made no reply, but, crush-
down a sickly smile and abstracted
ly depositing his carpet-bag on the
baek of the clerk’s head, as. he bent
examine the s!
ml ffi
"GENTS 5 MKNISj
aandATtm Ware, Canne<i Fruits,*.
t VALLEY, GA.
■■ .
9ub5sTI6Gk^-see fob youeself.
"C3>^-; *S?J=£-!=.s T ,T, >FR fl-nT|
BROTHERS,
".HJE^Bri^biRTERS^ FOR. .
G®AIN- and PROVISIONS,
63 -Tltird'Stj, 'MACON, GA.
- v iSB’EroIls Heavy .Bagging^, . ■
200 Half iSflRg-Haa^r. Jaamg
500 Bimdkg Arrow .Ties,
2 Oar loads- C. JL Bacon Sides,
-Shoulders.
A large and choice stock of Piom-of • -r,
for sale Tow by ‘ • - different &™des> m Barrels and Sacks,
BUBDICK. BROTHEBS.
'^ so Q^its, ijard, "Meai* Wheat
Hams, etc.
ur. arrangements are subh.'t
as low as they—’
sep21-3m
at.wecan fill all orders for goods in K ne _
-m-tois, market. Give us a trial. ’
BUBDICK; BROTHERS.
; ; r AND
TRUBYIES, tJMBKELLAS, &■<».
1**™* «aids.thit odr Fafl stock of Boots. Shoes,
duplicate any mVoire are P re P illed
|®.osrselVfs,to dojL Tp our'friends who
us a trial, we invite to do so. It is alwavs a° f
wennay not effect a sale. - , « -
heretofore ‘patronized ns, we are
vor&* These who have not given
iow our Goods, even though
of Silk Hats Always on Hand.
SINGLETON, HUNT & CO., ■YEOT.ttKAT.Ff liririm
.45 Second St and 28 Cotton Avenne, MACON, GA
O T.
.fU!0 .£T>!!
hoooT-O .IScJbLVct‘-e¥,*-d'A.,
.-OT>trX3EaC r XX3AX0~ DEATll pm - msd f -. ‘a;
l~ L
la’visH sU&f.
rJ.
-—including—
srii-le ami Funcy I)i-y Goofis, Biito'/wmes, Ifats,
Caps, Grocei'ics, Hardware, Crockery,
Cooking Stores, etc., etc.
-
1*1000 . r * .o
Hats, Cap
xsA| yrmr
Gr G00DS X r
Umbrellas, Traveling Satchels, Fim
Broadcloth and Doeskin, Latest
Style of French, Scotch,
& Gerinaii Oassiineie, ^ we have the Florence,.wjlcox & gibbs, and whei
Moscow and Castor Beaver, Vyiuncnu ,SON«Sewing Hachines wKich we wQl sell on instalments or for
French Coatings and VestiPa^.
E to ohljer;
W itargtfr hio Vfrs-H A
IRON
16)000 Pooods ol tlie celebrated An.
. AG .ATB 3|>
JSe
es.
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WHEELER k WJJ#