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1 pr gomstott game ^Journal PERRY, CA. jyPublished every Saturday by-®$ ■pnWXKT MARTIN. Rates of Subscription* S‘2.00' $1.00 ,*..-... .3 .50 OkbYear, ••.»••• tfri Months, :..i. Three Months ... Professional Cards. Cardi inserted at one dollar a lin« per annum if paid in adduce, otherwise, two dollars a line. Rates of Advertising. “ - *r * j f 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- HI 1 j ij l 73 2 2.-. j i." i.is oO •2 i 2. 3 00; »00; 5 00 0 U' 11 O0,17 00* 2100 3 * S| 4 50 5 751 6 7.V12IX1 1500*2TOO; Zl 00 4 j 4: 5 751 7 25j S 50 14 50 \5 W 25 00; 37 lf> « 4 CoV 5j 7 Oo. H 75 10 25! 17 CO 21 00.2V <H»; 42 CO ‘j Col' 9H3 do! 16 0o'i8 75-20 00 f.5 0*1 1 C’o!ll5 l 2l 0U127 Uu‘.;t2 00,45 00 38 00,75 00} 110 00 r, J. GATER & SON, 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