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VOLUME XV
PERRY, GA.. SATURDAY, JULY ll„ 1874.
Number 2s.
A. S. CILES, -
Attomcv at Z>aw
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA.'
Office in the CVirt fioura>.
BjKdsl attentiMi given to lrasinesB In the Rune-
Hot »nd County Courts of Houston County.
feb2L IT-
WARREN D. NOTTINGHAM,
Attorney at Xiaw.
PERKY, GEORGIA.
’Partidu'hir nth nlion given to the collec
tion of do nis in Hon&hm and adjoining
wyafitfes.
C. J. HARRIS,
vAttornov at Xittw,
"MACON GEORGIA.
•WILL practice law in litigated cases in the
T? etAmlies of the M.icon Circuit to wit: Bibb,
riCrawiord and Twigge. -~
3. A. EDWARDS,
Attorney at Law,
SIAtl§HAIXVILLE GFOEG1A.
~~ W. H. REESE,
Att&rft eV at Law.
mabshalLYiI.LE '(i'EO'SG'lA.
^-Special attention given to cases in anh
raptcy.
Mnj. Lanier, the Sol diet ofFortaiie, j gihg farewells, and tile last tent- is
It is to be regretted that the names. about to 1
and deeds of so’many of the old Rev- J Lanier was standing by the embers
olutionary heroes ehouhj have hern; of a decaying fire when Gen. Butler
-allowed to sink into obscurity, their passed near him. Now was his time.
very existence being unknown the
“great majority” who.enjoy the fruits
of their hardships and efforts in the
cause of liberty, in the. days which
“tried men’s souls.” The names of
Washington, LaFayetfe, Greene, Pat-:
nam and some others are as imperish
able as the records of time, and it is
right that it should be so, yet there
have lived and died men who, in an
humbler sphere of action, rendered no —. r-—7-vr- « > J
mean scrviceVin' the mighty contest forgiveness.” The tears started to
Gen. Butler, I wish to speak to you
a moment.”
Butler turned, and haughtily draw
ing himself np, coldly replied, “Very
well, sir.”
“I wish, sir,” said Lanier “to apol
ogise for the wrong I have done you.
Under a blind and ir excusable impulse,
I committed an offense, from the con
sequences of which your generosity
saved me, and I,sincerely ask your
A Thunder Storm im India. | the palkee, and tried to go to sleep, j The Indian Farms. Dange* f om Lightning.
Lest any of our readers may not j and not bother myself about a matter! Bishop Hare writes as follows from This, as experience shows-, is less in
know what a palkee is we hasten to! which in no whit could I influence.— j St. Paul dated Juno 27th. j a crowded town than ill a village or in
explain. It is a sort of vehicle or J But I could not sleep. Beasts came- The delayed war material for Cus-; the open country, and naturally, the
chair carried by native beanrs inland snuffed at the palkee, poking at 1 ter's expedition, sent from here j more elevated structures are the mod
DUNCAN & MILLER.
attorneys at Xiaw,
PERRY and FORT VALLEY, GA.
A.^Wi&fFortVnne^offim m^Tathew^'itaU partin the burning nt Louisville, then
which gave peace and independence to
qk who now “sit under our own vines
and fig trees” unmolested by the fear
of the oppressor’s rod, and in the full
enjoyment of “li.'e, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness-”. Of this num
ber the name of Louis Lanier, a Ma
jor in the Revolutionary army, should
be held in grateful remembrance.—
Born in Yrginiii, of French descent,
he inherited from his ancestors the
versatility and impulsive energy of
that teercurial race, while he partook
of the ckiyaltic sentiment of the cava-
ier. At the conclusion of the war he
moved to Georgia, where for twenty-
seven years he represented the coun
ties of Bullock and Screven in the
State Legislature; took a prominent
B. M. DAVIS.
Attorney a» Law
PERRY, GEORGLY.
W ILL practice in the Courts of Houston
tnd adjoining counties; also in the Su
preme Court and V. S. District Court.
U. M. CUNN,
Attorney at Law
BYRON, 8. W. R, R- GA.
49-Special attention given to collections.
E. W. CROCKER.
A-ttomov at Law.
FORT VALLEY, GA.
g WCoUectlons and Criminal Law a special!;
Office at Miller, Eleven & Co's.
JOBSON
DR.
33 33 KTT 1ST,
PERKY AND HAAVKXNSYILLcE GA.
H E WILL 8Pl_HD the first half of eachindiith
hi Ills office in Perry, over the old drug store,
tnd one-fourth, or. the latter half of each'mouth
•rill be given to his prnctico in Hawkih«ville, at
Ufi. Uiulppcth’B. aug23 !
A. M. WATKINS,
WITH
CURRIER, SHERWOOD A CO.,
Broome Street,
WEW YOU. b: .
BOOTS & SHOES
AT WHOLESALE.
Cash Saloon Re-Qpened.
C.V. MARKET,
PERKY, GA.
FINE WINES,
WHISKIES,
BRANDIES, ETC.
AT RETAIL.
IQrThe best LAGER BEER a 5
cents a glass.
Everybody is.invited to give me a
-,i . - * ,-* -5 , , e nejct g oor m y
G. V. MARKET.
3 m.
W. B. HOUSER.
STONEWALL MILLS.
our
Jone’s,
ITAVING completed the Tepnirs of
JlL STONEWALL, late Cmt & Jo:
MILLS, we are now ready to grind for the
public, saw on-shares or sell merchantable
lumber at $1 00 jierlOO
feedt
^.Hoping'by strict attention, 'to give
fell satisfaction we solicit the patronage of
the neighborhood.
April 26 4t. HOUSER & SON.
Look! Look! Look!
fjpHE JlACTORY QRIST J^TLL
is now newly repaired with two fine new
bolting cloths of the best quality. Smut
wiU, Screen and Fan all in nice order,
ready to receive the New Wheat Crop of
Houston Oounty. .
Let your wheat be good and dry, and
we will give you. nice flour and a good
turn cut. June 5. 1874.
TOOKE, PARR & DFNNARP,
1 m - Per D. W. Parr.
J. JUUJKSON, President W-E-Brown; Cashier.
CASH CAPITAL, $100,000.
FORT VALLEY, GEOROIA.
Tranracts a General Banking- Discount, and
Particular attention given to the collection of
Notes, Drafts, Coupons, Dividends, etc.
DIRECTORS.
Ws- J- -
F t- Ervvasn, L. M. Ttzzj a
W-A-JIatww
-’was
the capital of the State, the papers
pertaining to the great Yazoo fraud,
and continued in the service of the
people for several years after, until
finding the infirmities of old age
creeping upon him, he returned to his
farm on the Ogeechee river, in the
county of Screven, where, at the ad
vanced age of eighty.-three years, he
“shuffled ofil this mortal coil,” and
11 by-his own request was carried over
to his old homestead iu Bullock conn
ty and laid in his old- family buryinj
ground, where his old mortality sleeps
• under the strong verdure of the over
hanging pines.
But the chief object of this sketch
is to relate an incident in the early
life of our hero.
The General under whom he served
was Thomas Butler, also of Virginia,
and for aught I know to the contrary,
belonging to the liigh-tpned and gal
lant family who have figured largely
in the public affairs iii ’South Caroli
na, In some battle which Gen. But
ler bore a promihent part—called a
battle iu those flays, b>‘t would per
haps be thought a skirmish compared
with the Titanic engagements, of our
“late unpleasantness”—lie was unsuc
cessful in the accomplishment of his
design. This chafed and mortified
the fiery Frenchman to such a degree
that he f- rg. t his duty as a soldi-r
and the stern rules of the: service, and
induced him to speak.in disparaging
terms of his supe-i >r officers.
“It is outrageous,” he said to those
around him “to be' defeated in this
way. Butler is not fit to command an
army. ”
“Mind how you talk, Major,” re
plied a friend, “you’ll be arrested and
court-martialed.’-’ .
VI don’t cure.. If we go on this way
we’ll be arrested by the British and
sent to tln ir stockades t and prison
ships.” And he turned off in supreme
disgust. Of course, such a flagrant
violation of military rule was not long
getting to the ears of the general.—
What, then, did he do?' Have the of
fender arrested, tried and degraded?
No such tiling. Toward a different
man he might have pursued a differ
ent course. But Butler wv as chiv-
nlric as his detractor. He k-new him
to be a good|soldier’and a gentleman,
though at times blindly impetuous.—
Yet he could not let the offense pass
unnoticed; so he resigned his — com
mission and sent Lanier «. challenge.
It was promptly accepted, nnd all ar
rangements were speedily made and
the parties met so decide the issue.
At the first fire Lanier was severely
wounded, and fell to the ground.—
His friends were quickiy beside him.
“Give ns another shot,” said the
wounded man.- r
The pistols were loaded again,
but Lanier could not rise.-from the-
gronnd.
“Prop me up,” he said. He was
raised from his knees, the attendants
retired and another shot passed be
tween them without any result, when
friendsinterfered and effected a sat
isfactory'arrangement, and all left the
field.
War’s’wasting power is exhausted;
•independence has been acknowledged
and peace has returned to the dis
tracted land. The -scarred veterans
are taking tip the line of march for
their long deserted homes, where
bright eyes and warm hearts will wel
come them back With tears and re
joicing; and the toaiiy hearths have
been desolated, ana houses and enclo
sures have gone to decay, yet the
hope of a “better coming,” moves the
blood with a quicker pulsation, and
joys overspread the land.
.But why lingers Lanier aiourid the
old camp fires? Has be no friends at
borne to be made glad at his return?
Surely, his help is needed to put to
rights the confusion produced by the
war. He, too, must bear, a hand in
the General’s eyes, as in the frank
ness of his nature he extended his
hand. “Not only forgive, Major, but
forget. Henceforth we are friends.
Neither spoke again, but with emo
tions too deep for utterance, and with
a parting, grasp, they- separated, and
each went his own way.”
“Will you give a soldier a night’s
lodging, madam?”
“Certainly, sir. We never tnrn a
soldier, from'the door while we have
anything to give him. Walk in sir.”
“Thank you, madam; thank yon,
and Lanier passed intc the bright
room.
“What a contrast between this
place nnd the dismal eamp-fire, ex
posed to rain and storm;” so thought
the Major as he stood before the fire
that cold autumn evening, and in
dulged in the-prospect of 'a supper,
such as he had not enjoyed for many
adiiy. But what vision of beauty
was that which crossed the passage
and entered the opposite room.—-
Surely it must be a houri from Ma
homet's paradise; Such at least, it
seemed to the exciteable-'Frenchman,
and .all thought’, of supper vanished,
He was not all" hungry, though he had
eaten nothing since the early morn
ing. He wished for sapper to cone
on, but it was with the hope of seeing
that apparition'again. He did not
have long to wait before a servant
came to call him, with two or. three
others, into the supper room. Here
lie faced the lady sitting at the head
of the table to whom he bowed most
respectfully and taking a convenient'
seat was sooii in a lively conversation
with her. This was continued after
they returned to the parlor and it was
with feelings of regret that he awoke
n“xt morning with the thought that
he must so soon leave his pleasant
quarters. On.coming down into the
parlor what was his dismay to fiud the
General himself. The situation
embarrassing but ’the General re-
leived it at once by coming forward
and expressing his happiness at hav-
liirn iu his house, and asking him
to stop a few days and recover from
his fatigue.
But why delay the denouement of. a
story which is becoming potent to all.
The Major of course accepted the in
vitation, and while stopping at the
General’s hospitable home, wooed
and won the fair lady, and in due
time Miss Butler wended her wuy with
her lomuniic lover to the sunny clime
of Georgia, whore many of their de-
sceudats remain aud are growing in
numbers, respectability and for
tune.
ting on their ruins a - new order of
things. Yery true; all this he knows
and feels, but still he tarries.^ But
the time fer the final breaking up has
‘ come. Officers and men are exchan-
Duel of Mammoths.
A friend in Perry has translated the
thrilling story below from the French
for us It was a novel conflict:
The menagerie of the circus Rob
inson has been embarked last week
on tbe three steamers Erie, Champion
and Argosy, to be transported to Wy
andotte, West Virginia. On board
the Erie were, among other animals,
the war elephant, old Emperor, and
enormous rhinoceros with two horns.
The latter succeeded to escape’from
his cage and attacked his neighbor,
the elephant. The light assumed im-'
mediately a character of unusual fa-
ry.
The Erie gave siguals of distress
ann was joined by the two other
steamers; upon which she transfersed
her passengers with all speed. Then
the crews of the three vessels armed
themselves for the purpose of tiying
to separate combatants. After several
fruitless attempts, Mr. Robinson,
wishing by all means to put an end to
a conflict ruinous himself, because
the two monsters crushed or threw
into the water everything that fonud
itself in their passage, ordered a gen
eral discharge. T-ke balls flattened
themselves on the hides of the duel
ists without even cutting the epider-
tgred the cry of grace, familiar to wild
elephants when they find themselves
caught by the hunters without hope
of defense, and the rhinoceros, trem-
Iodia. One who has traveled therein
gTOL ~r
“Of all means- of traveling .from
place to place, I conscientiously be
lieve it the most uncomfortable and
aggravating. You have a constant
tendency to sea-sickness, by reason
of tko jolting of the bearers. Yon
9annot sit upright-, and are compelled
to lie at as near an approach to full
length as the shortness of your living
coffin will permit. You are absolute
ly in the power of the your gang of
bearers, who.treat your wishes and ex
postulations with sublime indifference.
Over and over again have I waked up
in the’ night time to find my palkee
on the ground and'.the bearers squat
ted snugly around a fire in' the> neigk-
boring mango tope. Sometimes they
altogether desert the traveler, and
leave him stranded in some remote
and unfamiliar region.”
A correspondent of the London
Daily News lately had a characteristic
experience in a palkee. He was en
gaged in visiting the famine' districts
niear Rungpore, and thus records his.
adventure:
“In the evening, after , the going
down of the sun, a terrible thunder
storm. raged over the district through
\fhich I was traveling. A thunder
stprrn in England can give no idea of
the lurid grandeur and fearful, turmoil
of the elements which are the charac
teristic of a thunder storm here. The
sun had set from ont a cloudless sky,
but as the twilight fell there grew np
gradually a sulphurous bonk in the
northeast. At first there was ho thun
der, but from out this dark bank there
perpetually flashed and streamed great
glares of lurid light which illuminated
the whole face of the country. Then
tl ere sprang np a fierce northwest
win 1 wliich whirled across the flat in
tremendoas gusts, bearing dense c!ou<" s
of dust, and cansing the forest trees
to creak and sway violently: Theat-
mospliere grew deadly chill, ijnd tkeD,
as tliewind died away all of a sudden
nnd was succeeded by a' stillness that
made one’s flesh creep, the air became
unsuportubly hot, with a withering
dry heat that had a sulphurous smell
in it, as if it had come drifting, out of
a vd -ano. The sky had gradually
been becoming overcast with black
clouds that had a strung, ly luminous
copper-colored facing on them; and
suddenly with one blaze of lightning
all round- the horizon, the deep, voiced
thunder crashed into a mighty roll
right- over-head. My bearers dropped
the palkee on the road, and bolted
straight for shelter. The flashes of
the lightning lit np ’ their fugitive
forms as they rnslied across the rice
fields, whither I knew not. It was
useless to pursue them—useless in
deed to do anything at all but remain
in tbe palkee and take what might
conie. ; ", ’ .
For half, an hour at least there
continued this unremitting blaze of
lightning flashes, and this continual
roar of thunder over head-. I believe
that I could have seen to read by the
light of lightning, into which the
whole atmosphere seemed to merge.—
By and by there come along with the
sulphurous smt U with which the air
was laden a fresh, damp smell of mois
ture; but ns yet- the black clouds- had
not broken, and no rain was falling.—
In the dead stillness how comes it
that there is a gluesome rustle among
the leaves of the mango trees there—a
sjrt of shiver, as if -they were af
frighted in the face of all this element
al-disturbance? The rnstle increases,
and there is a fitful - juff or two of
light wind coining, as it seems, from
-all points of the compass at once.—
Then a momentary hash; even a mo
mentary cessation of the tlrander and
(he lightning; and then withont a
its Venetians with their noses iu a this morning by special freight, will liable to be ^struck. Puller, indeed,
manner not calculated to contribute to j reach Bismarck on Monday morning. ! in his “Clinch History,”' asserts that
the equanimity of its occupant, who! About the same time Custer will re-(there scarcely ever existed a great ab-
tried unsuccessfully to scare them ceive a document from Bishop Hure, | bey in England which imti Hot been
away by illuminating the interior witii j of Neobunuh, I learn indirectly fibm {at one time or another, wholly or par-
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lucifer matches. I don’t in the least the writer, being a vigorous protest of
know what the animals were, for I that prelate against Custer'S project,
was not curious enough under the cir- which was addressed to the Fresident,
cumstances to open the flaps and re- Being sent to him through the Secre-
connoitre; but I imagine they were
leopards, which are very plentiful in.
the jungles of Bogra and Rungpore.
At length, after about four hours ab
sence, my hearers returned in a high
ly affable and complacent mood. Af-_
tet the storm had passed they had, if
appears, considered it due to: them
selves to have some supper, which 6n-
tailedif-visit to the nearest village.
Extraordinary Gratitude. -
Several years ago, while the Tom
Thumb troupe were traveling through
New York; the cash box, containing
several hundred dollars of the funds,
was stolen. Mr. William P. Miller,
who was then treasurer of the troupe,
suspected a girl who was employed at
the hotel where they then were, and
his suspicions were further confirmed
by L her sudden disappearance. He
managed, however, to get track of heir
after some time had elapsed and
worked up so well that she confessed
to him that she had taken the money
to purchase a wedding outfit, and that
tlie wedding was soon to take place.
She refunded half the stolen money,
an I Mr. Miller decided not to prose
cute her for the balance. Shortly af
ter slie married a wealthy English
gentleman, who was engaged in the
lumber business in Chicago. Not
many years bad elapsed when her
husband died leaving her allr of his
property. A few months ago she also
died, and in her will she left- to Mr.
Miller the sum of $300,000, as an ex
pression of her gratitude for not hav
ing prosecuted her when in his power.
Mr. Miller, who is now of the firm of
Miller, Morrison & Co., New York,
receutly received a letter from her ad-
ininistrator, stating that he could
draw on him for $100,000 at any time.
—-V. Y. Express.
Queer Tom.
Tom Flossofer was the queerest boy
I ever knew. I don’t thiuk be ever
cried. I never saw him cry. If Fleda
found her tulips all rooted up by her
pet puppy, and cried, as Utile girls ,
’ ■ , the numbers of that people, 40,000,
will, lorn was sure to come -around . . n • .. . - • , -
single preliminary; drop of warning,
the sluice gates of heaven opened.—-
The rain falls in torrents, clashing
with the.yehemence on the top of the
palkee, . as if it would smash it in, mak
ing the dust a puddle in the twinkling
oft an eye.' - Thecfightping still flashes
through the rain, but its brilliancy is
quenched and its activity seems dulled.
The thunder gradually lowers its
voice, and the storm rolls away slowly
to the southward; leaving to us still
the comer whistling, and say:
“What makes you cry? can yon cry
tulips? do you think every sob makes
a root or a blossom? Here, let’s trj
to right them!’’
So he would pick up the poor
flowers;pnt their roots iu the ground
again, whistling all the time; make
the bed look smooth and fresh, and
take Fleda pff to hunt hens’ nests in
in the barn . Neither did he do any
differently in,his own tronbks. One
lay his great kite snapped the siring
and flew away far out of sight. Tom
stood still a moment, and then turned
around to come home, whistUng
merry tune,
“Why Tom,” said. I, “aren’t you
sorry to lose that kite?”
‘Yes, but wbat’s the use? I can’t
take more tlian a minute to feel bnd.
‘Sony’will not bring the kite back,
and I want to make another.”
Just’so when he broke bis leg.
“Poor Tom,” cried Fleda, “yon
can’t play any mo-o-re!”
“lam not.. pocr,. either. Ton cry
for me; Tdon’t have to' do it for * my
self, and I have a splendid time to
whistle. Besides, when I get- well, I
sha,l beat eveiy boy in school on tbe
multiplication table; for I say it over
and over .until, it .makes me sleepy,;
every time my leg aches.”
Tom Flossofer was queer," certainly;
but I wish a great many more people-
were queer that'way:— Wood's Maga
zine.
it had begun did the rain cease. The
clouds did hot drift suddenly away,
but simply ended, having run out; and
in their place, loi the great vault of
in
numerable starry gems, from the mid
dle of which the fair moon po.uxed
inis, and the fight continued worse down her lucent beams. It was a
and worse.. Mr. Robinson had then
an ingenious inspiration. By his or
der the engineer threw streams of hot
steam on the monsters. The effect
How-to Manage a Fractions Horae.
A beautiful and high-spirited horse
would never allow a shoe to he put
on his feet, or - any person to - handle
his feet. In an attempt to shoe such
a horse recently he'resisted all efforts,
kicked aside everything bnt an anvil,
and came near killingjliiniself against
that, and finally was brought back to
his stable unshod. This defect was
just on the eve of consigning him to
the plow,"where he might walk bare
foot, when, an officer in our service,
lately returned from Mexico, took a
cord the size of a common bed-cord,
put it in the mouth of the horse like a
nor the other was dangerously wonded;
rebuilding the waste places, and erec- but-eight horses had been killed and.
" four others so horribly crippled, that
they had to be killed. A number of
nn-ninls had been thrown into the rir-
strange sight, this serene glorious ^ ^ ifc fa - htl ofl the 8&itaa r s
heaven overhead—away on the south- \
em horizon that lurid c w sti ll passing his left ear under the
clashing and sending forth its forked j string, not painfully tight, but tight
was instantaneous. Old Emperor ut- darts of lightning. The cool night ait j enough to keep the ear down and the
M ^sk**. that now wafted from the fields, the • cord in its place. This done, he pat-
groves and the jungles sweet fresh j ted the horse gently on the side of the
odors of fragrant flowers and leaves, j head, and commanded him to follow;
You could hear the thirsty earth suck- j and instantly the horse obeyd, perfect-
bling all over, ran to seek refuge m j ing in the moisture through its pores j ly subdued and as gentle and as obe-
its cage, the door of which was then j with a kind of gurgle, such as water j dient as a dog, suffering his feet to be
fastened and locked. Neither one ! makes poured from a bottle. All na- j lifted with entire imradnity, and act-
tarv of the Interior, it was referred
without advice or comment to the Se
eretary of War, by him to the com
raandiDg General, and so on down to
Custer. Bishop Hare’s protest re
ferred to the treaty of IS68, by which
the sole occupantty of the Black Hills
and. adjacent country was guaranteed
to the Indians, and under'which three
military post in the reserved country
were abandoned, and have not since
been occupied, and asrerts that Cus
ter’s expedition will do more harm to
the president’s policy of civilizing the
Indians'than can be done in many
years. * ’
About 5,000 Sioux are settled on
farming reservations. Through these
I am imformed that tbe hunter-bands
have gone to Custer, urging and beg
ging him not to break their trea’y by
invading their country; Custer told
tliem his purposes were peaceful. He
would not attack their, but would de
fend himself.if attacked, and wonld
proceed to. any part of the country be
pleased. . The delegates returning to
tbe bands, could not give tbeia satis
factory assurance, but connsel’o 1 with
them to prepare for the wo. st. Since
then the hunter Indians have bide
defiance to Caster instead of pleading
for peace, and are convinced that his
purposes are not peaceful, - that he
menus ..to occupy the Blaek Hills coun
try, and bring in the whites disposess
them. They will therefore assemble
all their well armed, warriors, about
5,‘000 and will dispute Custer’s ;-dvance
at every opportunity.
The farmer-Sionx who liad- hope!
in a few yers to induce the major pari
of the hunters to join tnem, are dis
couraged. The missionaries and
agents are much - dissatisfied, saying
the country is about being plunged
into a great Indian war, which wil
cost milions of money and many lives;
tbnfc there is no sufficient cause or ex
cuse for the expedition; that bat for
tne attempts from Montana to invade
their county their wonld'be no Sioux
hostile to the whites; that considering
with, their mocle of liter and ’ freqrient
contact with reckless wLifr-s, their g- n-
eral peaceable inclination is remarka
ble. The hnnter Indians carefully
protect the Black Hills, ^even from
themselves, as a grand game preserve.
It is their annual Council ground,
their List reliance.
Finally, it is charged by those de
nouncing the expedition that- its first
object is to give an. opportunity: for.
the-promotion of Custer, its subordi
nate object, a war to interest the coun
try .and incline it to favor a military
President, with t he hope that the
opening-of a new and rich- country
will help'loosen currency:
One of my informants adds that
.Custer will not be disappointed in
fighting. He will have enough of it
but will be disappointed in gold, of
which he will find none.
It is reported here to day. that a part
of the members of tbe,volunteer scien
tific corps, learning from Bismitrck
people and Custer’s sconts the true
state of - facts, have determined . to.
abandon the expedition.
S;s-cma*ie F sh C-lt- re.
The’practicability of increasing the
supply of edible fish by means of ar
tificial batching has been fully estab
lished by the experience of the-last
-few years, and the important results
to be obtained by systematic fish cul
ture are now generally acknowledged.
Quite a number of States have ap
pointed fish commissioners, some of
whom have been at work for years
with great success. In California the
haching mountain trout has -become
a large and lucrative business
and efforts' are making to stock
the rivers with shad. In this
Svit-J the fact . has; been demoni
trated that shad will thrive in the lakes..
Full grown specimens of that fish have
been caght from the Oswego, some Of
them with the fly, and they have been
foundin different places in Lake Onta-
rio.|Large numberihave be.nta'.eu at
Port Dalhousie, aDd.one w:is recently
caught- at Cape Yincent weighing four
pounds and thsee quarters.
Sgjg
The TinK.-vn Troubles.
Kansas journals differ widely as to
the threatened war on the border.
One account says therq is every rea
son to .believe that the late scare on
the Western frontier is the result of ‘
the marauding of horse theives and
other desperate outlaws:
ticfly destroyed by lightning, and his
situations, taken in comparison with
the records < f o '.r own tim -s, are cer
tainly remarkable. Iu all eases it is
the spire, the tower . and the dome
which have been mutilated-. As to onr
habitations, all sorts of theories are
are in vogue in on the subject of dan
ger and safety. Some rely on thick
glass in the windows, arid some on
register stoves; others recommend
stone roofs instead of slate, and. oth
ers-tell timid people that they should
live in a hollow. It is contended on
this side that there should he the
least possible admixture of metal in
the combination of in iuhnbi'ed
structure; and| on that, fthnt all the
bells beneath the rOCf should be kept
continilally ringing, just as. in Obedi
ence to an i'll .su;e:s ition; cannon
are fired : t sea. The Alias yf Evidence
ttpifi (his topic points, Ldwovet to the
one conclusion already suggested, that
good lightning-conductor is the sol
itary safeguard, but that unless good
it .is worse than none.
Ag'-ionltural Philosophy.
This is what John Johnson says:—
‘There is no great success in farming
without hard work; hut it is the good
thinking that costs, not the plodding
alone. It is nphill business to go
against the common jtl lgeihent of all
your neighbors, but it you are sure
you aro rig! t go ahead no matter what
they say. The servant is not above
the na?ter in industry; the farmer-
must be able to lead the ^ field and
know whether a man does good work,
and tbe workman mast know that he
knows what a good days work is. I
said fir.y years ago that & would use
plaster if it cost $40 a ton; but clover
and plaster will not keep up the fer
tility of a grain farm. When I see
a man draining his farm nnd carting
ont notable piles of well rotted man
ure, I consider him safe. He can
borrow monevto make improvement,
and the sheriff will not often tie up at
his hiteliing-post. When the midge
’enands an early h rvest, or tin
ground is so rich that the straw falls,
I have almost saved a crop by to.vi lg
Farmers m'ss it in giving up the old
worm fence. ’ It is the cheapest in the
eutlf I-wire the stakes together and
keep tlie bottom rail.up.” It is awk
ward looking, but I have sound tails
now that were not fortv years ago. I
have burned good rails in my time,
but I did not know os much then as
I do now.”
PERRY. GA.,
Are now receiving their
SPRING & SUMMER STOCK
DRY GOODS-,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS; SHOES;
CROCixERf;
etc., etc:. ETO.
Lemonade.
When people feel the nee.l of acid,
if the would let vinegar alone aud use
lemons, or apples, they, would feel as
well satisfied and receive no in.u y.
A suggestion may not come -amiss as
to a good plan, when ’e nons are cheap
in the market; to make a good lemon
sirup. Press your hand on t ie lemon
and roll it back and forth briskly oh
the.table to make it squeeze more
easily; then press the jnfte into a tum
bler or bowl—never a tin;' strain oul
all the seeds, as they give a bad taste.
Remove all tbe pulp from the peels,
and boil in water—a pint for a dozen
pulps—to extract the acid, A -tew
minutes boiling is enongli;then strain
the water with the juice of the lemons,
put a pound of white sugar to a piht
of the juice, boil ten minutes, bottle
it, and your lemonade is ready. Put
-a tablespoonful or two of this lemeu
sirup in a glass of water, and have a
cool healthful drink.
Death of a Bridal Party:
Galiguani states that a melancholy
accident had occurred in Switzerland.
Mr., and Mrs. Liskeard. a young Eng
lish pair on their wedding tour, set
pat with a party of friends to make an
ascent of Mount Blanc. When tlrny
reached'the summit, of the Corider the
ladies felt the cold so severely that the
guides advised, returning. All wer< ‘
fastened together with ropes, and the
bride set out, leaning upon the aria of
a guide. Hardly had ‘they taken a
handle J paces when Mrs: Liskfeard
and her companion disappeared down
a crevasse covered with a light layor
of frozen snow. Unhappily the rope
by which they were connected with
the others broke, and they were seen
no more. The husband at once pro-
cared extra assistance from the Grands*
Chalets, but the bodies could not be
recovered, a»d are probably some
tfioSand feet down in the mountain.
Death must Lave been instantaiie-
Some Retrenchment after all?
According to the statement of Mr.
But a L iw- ■ Chairman of the Committee
ence newspaper give a very e - Illicit i
account- of the murder of five meu j ou Appropriations, at the summing
by the Indians. The whole case, J »P of the acts of CongrctB appropna-
howerer looks to a disinterested outsid ting money: the aggregate cf the bills '
A LSOi
ON HAND:
30 j casks choice smoked ITDES.
with SYRUP,
SUGAR and
coPPeD.
HftjH WE OFFER FOR SAL
w
FAIR PRICE,
T. J. CATER.
DAY & GORDON,
W&rtt everybody to know
That tllcy liava just received one of the
choiBest
SPIlLW AND SUMMER
Stoclis
oh
DRESS GOOtiS.
STAPLE DRY-GOODS;
BOOTS, SHOES;
HATS AND C-LpS;
FANCY GOdlid ETC 1
EVER BROUGHT TO PERRY.
laOho;
GROdPBiMs,
HARDWARE,
CROCKERY, EtA
A LL our goods will be sold at the lowest
living prices:
Call at oiice at tile Cbfricf block 1
Anil -fiiefe }Uull see our splendid stock,
apl 25. tf
GINS! GINS!! GINS!!!
To the Patrons of Htisband±
ry and farmers i
Of Houston and Macon Counties.
Gill Repairing Done in
all its branches:
Safisfichfitt Gtiftrhiiltceu to tollable parties
or no charge.
No Mdrieji wanted until t . ,11 unless piefertd
by jfcirties iieviflg Work done.
Farmer’s of Houston thill leave ail orders
with W: Ik Rainey nt Perry;
Farmers of Macoii Cali leave orders witii
W: L. Vanlandingham. Markhallville:
have fflcbiist of References- Spee-
May 9: 3iti
W, J. GOLDEN,
Toombsboro:
BETTER & CHEAPER THAN
COFFEE
BUY AND DRINK
Tlie Uliitfd Slitis ““ ‘
Couipaiiy's Xe
are
the
b*-ft
. . . ; aid
h c
cheapest.
iASS; THEY EAEXOT THE
IIjS"i of jffiw Ybrl. Hotels aud Chinese Ted
Shops, but are warren tod to Be whdt they are
represented Thf-v are sold in ponnd tin cans at
*1-and *150-
For Sale in FERRY only by
DP.. J. C. GILBERT.
mar 21 i
JOHN B. C0BIELD.
Photographer & Portrait Painter
Perry Georgia.
WILL late all styles of pictures at the lowest
rjl price' ' * * “
■HI fc compare his work with that of any -
other artist. In price aud style of work lie defies
competition.
Gallery on Carroll Street,
otherwise amply pr'-pared to serve those who
may eat
Dec. 13.
er as if it had been greatly exaggerate | K h 0 'w a diminution of $27,703,787 be-1 SAPONIFYING SUBSTANCE,
ed. The fact is that “Indian wars” |, n f lost, vmr, ! I hntre reotntljr peffet ; ted a new foethod of
B. f > BABBITT’S
Pare Concentrated Potaslt
Oil LYE.
Of double the strength of any other
; loir llie apvyopjiatious of iast year: ! i iwre recnuypmertea anewr
_ j - . _ ^ the frontier bars so frequently be- i paekirig Potash or Lye, and am dow
ture awoke—except my bearers. The j ing iu all respects like an old stager. come mere ruses to vail the selfish del- With tbis rcduction and the fatorable . packing it only in BALLS, toe coating of
cicala began its lively chirp, the Dight j The gentleman who thus furnished signs of white men that most people ' f.. por i s 0 f incomixg revenue the gov: j n^ickeiTin JhntlStod
birds whistled and called to each j this excaedingly simple means of sub- look on any rep.-ft conCennug them j , , ♦„ '•> ’
other, the jackals came frisking out [cluing a very dangerous propensity, with suspicion. In this case;
from the fringes of the jungle. But j int mated that it is practiced in Mexi-
may be the facts, a positive injury
been inflicted npou Western Kan: Us
er, among others, sea-lions ancf seals no bearers Came from anywhere, frisky j co and South America in the manage: _ by the aide circulation of stories of ; surpluc to apply to
ofX-abrador. — Cavirier desE:ais Zmis. ing or otherwise: and so I closed np meat of wild horses. _ alarming Indian troubles. fund.
the sinking ; « te ®P°«3 ria S ' ach
B. T.
f.i to *4 Y.'ntbiiUf