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EUr goujttou Ifiomc journal PEPRY, CA. ^'■Published every Saturday amwiwr 15 00 24 00 31UU 37 00 43 00 65 04 110 00 PERRY, GA. ; SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1874. NUMBER 42, VOLUME IV | Tools for Furn’ri' Do not liny a chest filled •with, tools ready for work. If you have had a good deal of experience and know what you want, make a ehest and sel ect the tools yourself; hat if you get one some one else has furnished, you may to be sure get a good set of tools Lut there will be many for which yon will find but little use. Even regular mechanics have different ways of us ing tools, and an ingenious amateur will often make shift to do without certain tools, which a carpenter or blacksmith consider indispensable. Here arc some good suggestions: Ev ery farmer should have a small room, tight and warm which he can lock, and where he can keep hiis small tools, then he wants a good solid work-bench with an iron vice on one end a woed- one on the other. For iron working he wants a solid piefee of iron for an anvil, a seven ponnd steel hammer, a riveting hammer, one large and one small cold chisel, twoor three punches from one-quarter to three eights of an inch, a rimmer and e countersink to. be used with bitstock, a screw plate that will cut a screw from one-quarter to three-eights inch; then with round iron ot various sizes, and ready-made nuts, he can make any bolt he wishes. Por carpenter he wants a square, a shaving-horse, drawiDg-knife, a set of planes, from one.half to two inches, a fine hand-saw, with coarse cross-cut and rip-saw, largo cross-cut saw for logs, and a grind-stone. NEW MACOX ADVERTISEMENTS. j The Black Bottle Dram. David Wells was the greatest drunk ard in the villiage. The boys about town called him “Old Black,” and for a very good reason. If on his way to his work-shop, you might count on seeing the month of it sticking out of his pocket; if in his shop at work, look sharp, and yon would te sure to find it on a high shelf-close at hand. When sober, he was rather ashamed of “old black.” Then he would man age to put his handkerchief in his pocket so as to cover it, and at such- A. Quadruple Marriage. The other day one of .-the Indian princes on arriving at his majority (his seventeenth yearj. was-married to four wives, and. a correspondent gives the following interesting account of j quadruple wedding. The prince is I the Thakore of Bhownuggnr,! and he was educated at an English college in India. The correspondent 6sy8-' He was married on the 19th of April to the daughter of the great.' chief of Wndwan, a princess abont fourteen years old, and to the sister of tho heir apparent of the Gondul dinasty—a noble lady, as remarkable for iier wit as for her charms and great wealth, but whb is only fifteen years bid. On the next day the Thakore completed The ladies he been better fighters than ritualists. A few flowers are sprinkled attar and pan distributed, the diety invoked, and the lares and penates duly hon ored, the! bride duly authenticated and handed over to the bridegroom, and then comes the moment the bride groom first removes thesacredcaftan end catches a glimpse of the face of the girl he has married, and it is all over. When the rite was performed, the yoang Thakore came oni to view the loyal and .enthusiastic thousands wait ing to cheer him in the streets. He was in grand spirits, took his newly made wife to the palace with him and then left her, and then rushed off to- marry in the. same fashion, the fair one from Gondul. And so the four weddings name oflj the two latter by torchlight; and a pretty risk did the town of Bhownuggnr run that night from bonfires, fireworks, blazing cres- ents, etc., which tried tlieir best to turn night into day in its midst. What chiefly interested some were the trosseaux of the brides, which were extravagantly rich and varied. I should, say Gondul had among her “kit” about 5,000 silk dresses. May she live long enough to wear them out! Wudwau’s dowry was Ks: 200,000; Gondul also Bs. 200,000; Vankaneer, Bs. 100,000, and Dank, Bs. 32,000. The trousseau of Gondul was the Professional -Cards, Cards inserted at one dollar a lint per annum if paid in advance, otherwise, two dollars & line. a F. DA.NS I. J. TRAYWICK & CO PLANTERS Attornev at X,aw FERRY; HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. Office in ths Court House. Special attention given to Imsiness in the Supe rior and County Courts of Houston County, fcbai, r lv. FORT VALLEY, UEOKOIA. Transacts a Gen.' nil Banking, -Discount, and Exchange Busiuc&x. Partienlar attention given to the collection f Notes, Droits, Coupon^ Dividends.ete. WARREN D. NOTTINGHAM. A-ttornoy at Iiaw. PERRY, GEORGIA. Particular atbntion given to the collect ion of claims in Houston and adjoining oanties. COUNTRY PRODUCE, 40 THIRD STREET, A. M. WATKINS, wrfif C. J. HARRIS, Attpraov at Law, MACON GEORGIA. [MILL practice law in litigated cases in the his fourfold alliance, married on the second day were the > sisters were the sisters of the father of the reigning chief of Vankaneer aged twenty-two, and the daughter of a very opulent landowner, of Dank, at Talaja aged only ten or eleven years. I have told you the Rajah is only sev enteen; it is for your readers to imag ine the probable emotions of a young man distracted between the charms of a stately princess of twenty-two and the tender loveliness of royalty not yet in her teens. Long before the 19th alt., the fes tivities connected with the fourfold wedding commenced. The brides liad to be brought from their several Katty war homes to Bhownuggnr. For this purpose, about a fortnight pr ivi- ons to the, annual marriage celebra tions, four old and trusty retainers of the .Bhownuggnr Raj were dispatched to Wndwan, Gondul, Vankaneer, and Tultija. They were dismissed on their several errands with all due formali ties. The young Thakore accompan ied them with an imposing retinue to the city gates. The iiajt^ife* guards mounted and on fooF*hnge elephants lazily swag gering under their gold and bluehow- dahs; durbar camels, and ambling Katty war palfreys; drummers thump- iug away might and main on their tom-toms; shrieks of pipe and twang of guitar; the royal chariot, followed by a interminable winding line of ve hicles of all descriptions, and ov, r aud beyond the surging mrs; the great unwashed of Bhownuggur —all contributed toward milking vhe de parture of the great Eliezers a a splen did success from a native point of view. A fortnight passed and the proces sions pouped in from all sides of Bhownuggur. I refer not only to the four great processions which had been dismissed and now returns, but also to scores and scores of others, sent to Bbownugger to express their congrat ulations to the young Thakore of the elite of the Katty war peninsula. I was in timeto see several of these processions, and dozens of others in Bho-vnuggur itself. In each there was the same tumult, strident music, exaggerated pomp and ceaseless noise. Again rose the braying ot horses, again the rockets rushed skyward. There was the elephant with its gaudy trappings, and the humble country hack, painted yellow and green, with his fail dyed red. In the middle of the rolling crowd came the closely-curtained cars of the brides. I need hardly inform you that their faces are too sacred to be seen save by their husband. The huge Katty war oxen dragging these cara bad each its horns, incased in thick plates of gold, and silver bells tinkled from the garlands round their throats as they trotted along. Bhow- nugger met tne incoming processions. With the processions I should say that quite 20,000 of the inhabitants of Kat- tywar poured,into the capital. Alms were everywhere lavishly distributed to the poor, presents in silk and gold to the rich. The whole population grew frantic with gayety. Rosewater was constant ly being sprinkled about and gorgeous garlands flung hither and thither. And the .Ijrides came in one by one. They did not enter the city, but, fol lowing the native etiquette, encamp ed at various residences of wealthy relations, outside of the wall till the tenth of April arrived. OLIVER DOUGLASS & CO 476 & 678 Broome Street, T * counties of the Macou Circuit to wit: Bibb, Houston, Cr&wxord and Twiggs. J. A. EDWARDS, Attor n ey at Law, MARSHALLV1LLE GEORGIA. BOOTS &- SHOES, AT WHOLESALE. TINWARE, W. H. REESE, Attorney at Law. MAR8HALLY1LLE GEORGIA. O-Spcdal attention given to casco in ruptcy. JOHN B. COFIELD. Photcgraiil er & .Portrait False* Perry Georgia Ti/TLL t*k« all style** of pictures at the lowcs n prior*. tu|d guarantee satisfaction. He in a vtftt* eterybodv to vail and examine him speci mens. and to compare bis work with tbit Of any other artist. In price and style of wo£fc he defies competition. Gallery on Carroll Street, U P Stairs, where he bla good sky-light and a otherwise amply prepared to serve those who maj cat Dfc. 13. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. The Largett Stock of POCKET AND TABTE CUTLERY In Macon. DUNCAN & MILLER. Attorixoys nt Law, PERRY and FORT VALLEY, GA. G. Duncan, Perry, office on Public Square A. LMiller, Fort Valley- officoin Matliew'b Hall Fault Culture in Florida. But very little capital is ne eded for the starting of a grove, and the re wards of a successful one are very great. Oranges sell at from S25 to $68 per thousand in Jacksonville, and are readily transportable to any of the Atlantic seaports. When the necessa ry dredging and building of canals has been accomplished, so the Indian river may have an outlet via the St. John’s, tqe north will be supplied with oranges of more delicate texture than any it has yet seeu; and the num ber A groves along the river will be legion. The fitness of Florida for the growth, of tropical and semi-tropical fruits is astonishing. Not only do the orange, the lemon. F. S. JOHNSON, JR. HOLMES JOHNSON. B. M. DAVIS. Attornoy ai X.nw PEItRY. GEORGIA. New Goods! New Goods!! Mrs* C. F. lEVarls, H ating just returned with a fink Assortment of MflUoert And Fancy Goode, i« now prepared to exhibit to the Lad Ice ot Perry and the surrounding county, her Stock ot Fail it Winter Goods. I Khali uow lie 'receiving weekly additions to my stock, all ot whiih. arc SHlectcd with tho ut most caro. I would be pleased to have all call aud examine my Stock and Prices; * My Stock in Quality is not interior to Macon Or Atlanta, and for your,benefit I will enumerate a few of tiie many articles now on hand. PATTERN BONNETS ot tne Latest Import*- tions, VELVETS of AU Kinds and Colors; BON NETS and HATS Trimmed and Untchumed; FEATHERS, TIPS aud PLUMES; ORNAMENTS of almost Every Description; BUFFS, COLLARS and BELTS; also a Select Stock of Imitation* for the Hair. HATS for Misse3 and Boys. Yon citt only be convinced by calling and examining the many New aud Fashionable Goods. W ILL practice in the CourtB of Houston and adjoining counties;'also in the Su premo Court and U. S. District Court. A kind friend of his. own-age. would- often come after tea and read to the two. The polite toddy maker would not think of letting him go away with out ofiering a little “treat for his RYBON, 8. W’. R, R. GA. 43T”Special attention given to «iollcctioii8. MACON GA, iOR STOCK OP GOODS IS NOW OPENED AND ARRANGED. HAVING E. W. CROCKER bought it for Cash, we can ami will sell ns low ns (them in the trade. We offer among other things,— H. Diston’s Saw Mill Goods of nil kinds, Pools of every kind, Buggy nnd Wagon Material. Rubber nnd Leather Deltings, Fairbanks Scales. Wooden WaiS, Hollow Ware, Iron nnd Steel. Attornev at X & w FORT VALLEY. CA. f (9-Collections end Criminal Law a speiiali? Office at Miller, 1:1 IIIi; A Co’s. “Come now, boys, that’s books enough for to-night; here it is, ell right for you, half water, sugar and nutmeg; do you good, take it down; nothing like a little fun after hard work;” But he had all the fun to himself; fot Bob's friend was also a strict tem perance boy. One night Bob being more feeble than usual, fell asleep during the read ing. He dreamed that he died, and at the gates of the New Jerusalem his mother was waiting to receive him.— Oh, how radiantly bright shone her happy face, and how heautiful beyond description were the golden streets and jasper walls; and more than all tliis^ the seraphic music of the heavenly host, singing their hallelnjahs before the great white throne. But he soon the lime.and the citron flourish there, bnt the peach, the fig, the grape, the pomegranate, thepluin, all varieties of berries, the olive, the banana, nnd the pine-apple, grow luxnriently. Black Hamburg and white Muscat grapes fruit finely in the open air; the Concord audSbup- pernong are grown in vast quantities. The guava, the tamarind, the wonder ful alligator-pear, the plantain, the cocoanut and the date, the almond aud the pecan, luxuriate in Southern Florida. We have within our bound aries a tropic land, rich and strange, which will in future years be inhabit ed all winter long by thousands of families, and where beautiful towns, and perhaps cities will spring np .— Scribner's for Nouember. WILL be carried on in all its brandies. Patterns of all descriptions cut With my Low Prices and Ckfod Goods, 1 hope to please the most fnstid- ootifl.- sept 26 tf. Table aud Pocket Cutlery Builders Materials Manufacturer and Retail Dealer in •37XKT COOKING STOVER,, SHEET IRON, TINWARE, ET CETERA. FjElPAtRiNG, ROOFING, GUT- TERING, &ca done at Bhort no tice and ili the best manner. T. T. MARTIN, tf. * Perry, Ga. short, AH Goods usually kept in such a hmanessv The Parker Breech-Loading Gun, Togetln r with the best makes of English Muzzle-Loading Guns, Hnzzard's Powders. We represent Tiie Pratt Grin And have them of all sizes on hand. ^J-Call and See Us. rings, massive ornaments for the fore head, breast and ankles, necklaces sparkling with ruby and diamond, emerald, amethist. topaz opal and peal; rosewater bottles of pure gold, basins of silver, and huge brass cook ing utensils, robes and tiaras and chains, sapphire pendants and enam eled jugs and ewers, silver lamps and trinkets, rough with precious jewels, and a hundred other articles of value for use or ornament. And Mind this was hut a small part of the trousseau of one of the four brides whom the Thakore of Bhow- nngger had married. I was mute with astonishment when one of the ministers informed me, while I was looking at the things, that I only be held, as nearly as could be estimated, exactly one-eigth of the trousseau of the bride of Gondul! DENTIST, PERRY AND HAWKINSVILLE GA. H E WILL SPi ND the first hair of each month in his office in Perry, over the old drug store, ind ono-fourth, or the latter half of each mouth »-iU be given to his practice in HawkinsvUlc, at Mrs. Hudspeth’s. aug23 ! F. S. JOHNSON A- SONS, No. 31 Third Street, near City and Central Banks, Macon, Ga. FURNITURE FREISHT FREE AMERICAN GYGLOP/EDIA, New Revised Edition. ^N entirely New and Elegant Stock of i* OK-SJAT U i.LD Just received and for sale at Foit Valley and Macon prices. JEff-BUY AT HOP-flE. &£ Sp'ed la Oxen. O nr agricultural fairs have been very generally tnrned-into mere horse races in the rage for fast roadsters. Speed in horse flesn is to a large extent the mania of the day. Good draft horses —sound, steady workers, of fine form and powers of endurance—have had to stand-aside and let the trotters ; oc- I copy public attention. Bnt we have scarcely ever seen the importance of cultivating quickness of! movement in working oxen alluded to. And .yet there are farmers who will follow a yoke of oxen around a field, plowing or drawing a load at snail’s pace, now and then applying the goad with a shout of “go long,” but making scarce* ly more than half a dozen rounds of a ten acre lot in the course of the day. Oxen are proverbially slow, but they are capable >of improvement in .this respect as well as other animals, and \more attention nought to, be ;paid to Cultivating in them a qnick step. In oriental countries, especially in India, they are used extensively for the road, n place of horses, and they may often be seen trotting off at a spanking gait. We do not need Irottin; Entirely rewritten by the ablest writers on every subject. Printed from new tyde, and illustrat ed with Several Thousand Engravings and Maps. Warehouse and Commission Merchants; MACON, GEORGIA. 10 MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE TIMES, WE DETERMINED, EARLY IN in the Spring tot ttemptarednction.in thc rates of Storage and Commission on Co.ton, and now acnonncc; he following changes: -■ OLDRATES 1 PRESENT RaTES : Commission.............. 1} percent domniissioa.: ..1} per cent Storage ... ..: 50c per bale. | Storage :... . 25c per bale Thankful for thelibcrality of our friends in th ’ part we must look to them for in creased patronage to enable us to adhere to the low rates we have inaugnated; Me. J. W. Stubbs, a prominent Granger and Planter of Bibb County, will be Our Weigher the present season. We guarantee our best efforts for the interests all who favor us with business. _^S~lhc usual Advances made on Cotton in store. CAMPBELL & JONES. Where whn.11 W e Put Hanure- A correspondent says: It has long been the custom of our farmers to ap ply tlieir barnyard manure to the stub ble and plow it under for wheat, and a majority still carry the clan out. Is it the best one. Its disadvantages are t wo-fold; the work comes during the warmest season of the year, just be fore plowing, when our 1601113 need all tlieir strength and endurance—in fact, no more unfavorable time, so far as the teams aae concerned, cbnld be sel ected—and the manure must be kept in the yard fr-m the time the stock is turned ont in May, until the oats crop is harvested, and, even in the best arranged yards, it loses some of its value during this time. If there is a loas'in a well arranged yard, how much greater is itin three-fourths of the yards, in which very littie care is taken to guard against waste? Would it not be better to apply i t to the sod before turning it under for com? The advantages of this plan are-—the hauling can be done during the open weather of Winter or early Spring, when the teams are compara tively idle, and the farm. hands have mostiiesnre time, There will be no loss from remaining' in the yard - du- ring’the Summer, and the crop of- corn, which, is one of the grossest feeders, is materially increased! An- other advantage on strong land is, that*we shall avoid in .great measure our annual loss ' of grain from the wheat going down (lodging) before is OOF^INTS. A Hearse can be fumis'licd to order at any time, on short notice. I can be found in the'day time at my store, next to the Hotel at night;, at My residence, adjoining that Furniture Made to Order, nd repaired at short notice. BURIAL CLOTHES, Ready-made, for ladies, gentlemen and MERCHANTS. READ IT! children aljrays on liana. ~ GEORGE T?AXJJL.i PERRY, g a/. IT’S MEANT FOR YOU!! BYINCTON’S HOTEL, FORT VALLEY. GA. '3 THE BREAHI AST HOUSE for Oik »jmu ._ Saiannah. Angiifita aud Macou to diliimbiis: Dinner House for the train from Eu/aulx and Al bany to Macon. Snpj. r Hou.-.c fortue train from ColumbuH to Haeon; Savannah aud Augusta. Large tomforiable rooms with fire-places and every cc ivenieo^*- au&23 tf Groceries and Provisions, oxen, but a fast walk is of great importance,— Doubling then; speed would double their value as working, cattle, Why may notour agricultural societies offer prizes for the fastest walking oxen as well asThe fastest horses?'' It wonM take some years to rear, a race of good. walkers, bnt it is worth ail effort, and worthy of enconrageinent. One of tin. strongest objections to the use of oxen on the farm is that they ar ? slow „ Thi3 objection can’ and onglit to be hansted the pale dreamer,- but the last thing his eyes rested on was the bowed form of his father, tightly grasping his feverish, hand. And there on his wicked knees; his - poisoned, breath went tip even tokhegreat white throne; “God, be mercifal to me, a sinner.” Reader, what do you suppose awoke Robert the next morning? Why nothing, more or less than the smash of a great black'botfle' on the chimney comer: Thank God, it can now no longer bar the gate of pearl, for it lay in twenty -bits on -the now" brightened and happy hearthstone. xotmtof the auspicious ae^ttinvS- Then about noou of that^ .day, a pro- a'pwg&'of cession longer and more noisy than than any previous one passed ont of ng and care- . .. . , most ample the city gates, under the - waving jessfnl termi- p a p us aD ,i quivering tamarinds. In plates liove f rQn t went the young bridegroom to . printed On * - ■ _ cyclopaedia, fetch 1 is first, bride-—she of W uawan; mditttrefa?d then surged the. enormous crowd, leaving behind it a cloud of bhnding need for the dust. . . . — e been added The' Thakore was in capital spirits ijgLtfentlu and laughed and joked with his couri^' iers and Brahman, guests as he went sen«ryi.arcbi- meet his fair betrothed.' By this ms processes. . ■ AiUiougii 4U- lame, sbe,.too, ; *had set out on her journey toward him- Her raith, or ndaweiSme car, came.in sight. The.yoring Thai- ! if the Cyao- tore alighted from from his splendid only,payable Eattywiir mare, and having duly con- SSSSSiSs gregated the guardians of the pre-1 .with several cions treasure witliin the raith (and, ;Uinumeronsj - . - „ , , | by the way promised them Handsome iding. 1 presents for bringing bis wife to him $5 oo | safe and sound), ho entered and sat | himself down by the side of the Pnn- -. cess. On the meeting of t’ue pair, the i<er'°_ • 10 w I cor tege proceeded to the house j once i of a near relation of the Thakore. j n Cydopaslia i There, in the central hails, jealons- ■wiii be sent jy excluded fr tm all but about a hun- T3 wasted i^ re< ^ the ablest rajpoots of Katty-: I war, the marriage took place. The 1 Rajpoot rite is a simple one; men of iwav.S;.’x. I that caste from time immemorial hare • ANOTHER CHANCE. FIFTIf AND LAST GIFT CONCERT In aid of the Public Library, Kentucky Postponed to November 39, 1874, DRAWING CERTAIN AT Tliat Time. LIST OF GII Ti. ; One Grand Cash Gift S250.000 One Grand Cash Gift 100.001 One Grand Cash Gift 75.000 One Grand Cash Gift 50,000 One Grand Cash Gift 25,000 o Cash Gifts, $20,000 each, 100,000 10 Cr.-.h Gifts, 14,000 each, 140,000 15 Cash Gifts, 10,000 each, 150,000 20 Cash Gifts, 5,000 ea- h, l«.i,000 2a Cash Gifts, 4,000 each, llK),000 30 Cash Gifts, 5,000 each, 90,000 o(> Cach Gifts, 2,000 each, 100,000 100 Cash Okts 1.000 each, 100,000 24i l C»h Gifts, 500 eaca, 120,000 oOO Cash Gfits, 100 each, 50,000 19,000 Cash Gifts. 50 each, 950,000 Grand Total 20,00o Gifts all Cash~lT2od7000 PRICE OF TICKETS. xPw tU’!?’k 550 ,J0 Half Tickets 05 OQ TentliH, or wtob Coupon 5 00 11 Whole Tickets for 500-00 22J Tickebior 1,000 00 Our Goodsare Fresh. They are Full Weight. They are Bought Right and will be Sold the Same Way. We Can’t be Undersold by any House in the South. Seymour, Tinsley & Co., MACON, GA. Hot Eland. ■ Demonstrating that the South has had the m ist patient people in the world under the greatest wrongs; the Sh Louis Repnhlicaa says: It is all well enough, to say that the Alabama white man must be made to accept the results of the war, respect the black man’s rights, recognize the Federal supremacy, and submit to. the changes of the list thirteen years; hard as all this is, he may manage to : dc it. But when he is expected, in addition, to submit to be fobbed by law, to have his property confiscated by taxation, to see his county govern ment administered by convicts, and to 1 endure the official insolence of aliens and indicted felons, we are exacting of him what would produce twenty-one 1 revolufionsin the twenty-one Northern States is a single day. FIRST"STilEET, CORNER OF CHERRY. WAREROOjMS; Poplar Street; Between Third and Fourth Streets, macon, C3-YX. • ':imm GUERNSEY, BAETKUM & HENDRIX, DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS, WINDOW AND DOOB FRAMES BALUS TERS, NEWEL POS LS. SCROLL WORKS, BUILDERS’ HARD WARE, GLASS, OILS, PAINTS, PUTTY, ETC., ETC. A full line of tlio above always in stock, and supplied to eitv and country on short notice ‘ June 27. dm