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VOLUME IX-N 0.20
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Thornton <& Acee,
NTo S‘3 and So Inroad Street,
Columbus, Georgia,
Are now receiving one of the largest and best
selected stocks of
Furnishing Goods,
Clothing and lints
bi ought to this section,
CHEAP, DVRJIBLE .1X1)
Fashionable!
A complete stock of Clothing
-FOR
MEN, BOYS
and CHILDREN.
A full assortment of Furnish
ing Goods.
A large and extensive assort
ment of Hats, for Men, Roys
and Children, consisting of
Straw, Fur and Wool.
A fine assortment of samples
for business and full dress suits
on exhibition. Special orders
solicited.
Wedding suits a speciality.
Satisfaction guarranteed.
THORNTON & ACEE,
a pr9tf Columbus, Georgia.
X COUNTRY NEWSPAPER FOB THE MASSES- DEVOTED TO CIVILIZATION AND MONEY-MAKING.
TALBOTTON, TALBOT COUNTY, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1878.
IIOW UORE WAS AVOIDED.
THE EFFORT OF AN’ OLr> MAX TO WED A
YOUJCO bride,and how it was provi
dentially THWARTED, AND JUSTICE
APPEASED.
In forty-ninth street dwells ati
old gentlcnmn who will never again
see sixty, a widower with several
children, nil young men and women.
I In the same street lives a widow
lady with but one daughter, only
one, but the excellencies, of that
.lnugtiter are enough for several.
Mary Mattinger was a sweet girl,
and she is now, thank heaven, a
sweet wife.
M irv hits been for several years
especially beloved by Samuel Titus,
the second son of the old widower
mentioned They passed tbronuh
ihe regular stages of the gentle pas
sion, and about a year ago engaged
themselves, and were to have been
married immediately. But alas!
There is nothing but trouble in this
wicked world. Samuel was inter -
ested in a mining speculation in
California, and the intelligence com
ing to him of tin rascality of a
partner, it became necessary for him
to go at once to the Golden State
and give some attention to his af
fairs there. With many a tear and
many a sigh, and with protestations
of everlasting fidelity and all that
sort of thing, the lovers parted, he
for the stern realities of life in the
mines and she to weep and bewail
his absence.
It so happened that Samuel had
not, been gnno more than a week
before the old gentleman, his father,
called to condole with Alary. Con
doling with a very pretty girl of
twenty, is rather a pleasant busi
ness, and the elder Titus found it
out sudden ly. H e condoled sue- |
cessfullv, nnd called to cond Je
again, and kept calling with condos
lelice, till he found that eoltinor with
oonaoioneo pee me a sort of neces
j sity to him. In brief lie found him- I
| self as desperately in love with the
I girl as his son Samuel was, and he
determined to possess her at all
hazards.
The mother favored this turn of
things. The Hhn was all well enough
but if the. father should marry the
girl, she trusted to her skill in the
management of men (she had been
married twice) to turn his infatua
tion to account. She would declare
war against the whole Titus family,
and so warp and twist the old gen
tleman as to secure to herself all his
estate, which was not inconsidera
ble. She didn’t care so much about
the estate, but file delight of getting
it in that war was what excited in
her the delight the hunter feels
when game is in sight.
And so the mother and the an
cient lover woiried that poor girl in -
to spasms. She was not permitted
to write to Samuel—his letters were
carefully intercepted, and the poor
girl was made nearly crazy. Six
months of this kind of thing so sub
dued her, that she finally consented
to wed the father of her rightful
lover, and the date of tho nuptials
was fixed.
What had become of Samuel in
the meantime ? He was up in the
mines straightening out his aff airs,
•ind dreatniug flay and night of the
h ppy hour when he should return
and claim his darling, and, with
enough to live upon, sit down qniet
iv and enjoy life. But one morn
ing lie got a letter from a younger
brother who was very fond of him,
revealing the situation. The brother
I wrote Samuel everything,even stat
j ing the date of the wedding, and all
j about it. Samuel did what any d<-
i ei-nt man would have done H<-
dropped hia work, made a hasty col
lection of such things ns lie hud to
have, nnd started for home. Hr.
i had just time, if there should be no
j delays, to reach Mew York the even
j ing of the wedding at seven o'clock.
He was fortunate. The trains
ran with commendable sp-ed, and
there were no vexatious breaks. He
came by the Xew York C-ntral, and
at Albany he telegraphed his brother
of his w hereabouts, and added, T
shall kill the old man!'
The brother got the dispatch at a
quarter to seven. The few guests
i were all in tho bouse (for reasons
tho old gentleman desired it to be ns
private as possible,) the clergyman
was ready, the bride, pale and wan,
was in readiness to bo sacrificed,and
the father and mother were as jubi
lant as could be. Tho son read the
dispatch ! Tho falliug of a bomb
shell in tho room could not have
producod a more decided sensation.
‘Sam coining 1 ivillme!’ shrieked
the o and gentleman.
‘Yes, and if ho stops at that it will
be a mercy,’ replied the son. ‘There
are elderly females who have had a
hand in this, who may be sacrificed
to Ins vengeance. A revolver lias
six cartridges, and one is enough for
anybody.’
Visions of a tall, stalwart man, in
a red shirt, with a belt full of revol
vers, with eyes glaring with rage arid
a breast swelling with vengeance
rose in tho minds of that wretched
man and the still more wretched
mother. The rumbling of a carriage
was heard outside.
‘What shall wo do ?’ shrieked the
father.
‘What shall wo do?’ shrieked the
mother.
The gentle Mary was equal to the
emergency.
‘There must be a wedding to-night,
for everything is arranged for awed
ding. Mother, you must take my
place; yon are dressed as a very old
Pride should he, and when Sam
comes you will be married, or on
the way to it, and wo can say that
Titus marrying me was all a mis
take. Then Sam can marry me, and
all this horrible bloodshed be saved.
It is all that cau be done. It is that
°r death !’
The old gentleman looked at
the girl ami then at her mother. A
look crossed his face such as one
makes when taking medicine, and a
refusal was on his lips.
The carriage was at, tho door, and
a heavy step was on the threshold.
There was no time to loose. With
a sigh, followed by the grinding of
teeth, the old gentleman took the
mother, the daughter i„ un ,
quiet!, and when Samuel burst into
tho room, the clergyman was just
finishing the remark, ‘whom God
hath joined together let no man put
asunder !’
‘What is this ?’ ejaculated Samu
el.
‘Only this, Sarnnel,’ replied the
delighted Mary. ‘lts so nice. Yonr
pa has married my inn, and we will
be married, too, and then •’
‘Then father was not trying to
marry yon!’
'How ridiculous P was Mary’s an
swer. They were married immedi
ately. Samuel got an idea of the
true state of the case, and was dis
posed to visit condign punishment
upon his father’s head, but when be
looked at the stepmother ho relent
ed.
‘He i" punished sufficiently now,’
he said to himself, 'tc satisfy the
t,he most exacting. I will leave him
with his misery.’
And he went back to California,
taking his wife with him, a very
happy man.
Tho elder couple parted last week.
The old lady was afflicted with an
incompatibility of temper. — New
York Evening Mail.
A negro minister who married
rather sooner after the death of bis
wife than some of bis sisters thought
proper and becoming, excused Ini i
self as follows:
“My dear brethern and sisters, my
grief was greater than I could bear.
I tinned every way for peace and
comfort, but none came. I search
the Scriptures from Ginisee to Riv
erlatiou, and found pleuty of promi
ses to the widder, but nary one to
the widerer; and so I took it that
the Lord didn’t waste sympathy on
| u man when it was ir: hiß power to
comfort himself; and having a first
rate chance to marrv in the Lord, I
did so and would do so again. Be
sides, brethren, I considered that,
poor Patsey was just, as dead as she
would ever be.”
John Murrell, Jr., the only liv
ing son of John Murrell, the great
est bandit eier produced in Ameri
ca, is now living in Franklin county,
Texas, and is an itinerant Metho
dist preacher. He has iuhetited
none of the qualities of his myste
rious father, and is distinguished bv
the meekness and lowliness which
belongs to the humblest Christian.
It is said that his father killed 118
men.
WntchinK One’s Sell'.
‘When I was a boy,’ said an old
man ‘wo had a schoolmaster, who
had an odd way of catching tho idle
boys. One day ho called out to us:
‘Boys I must have closer attention
to your books. Tho first one that
sees another idle / want him to in
form me, and I will attend to the
case.”
‘Ah 1, thought I to myself, ‘there’s
a Joe Simmons, that I don’t like. I
will waiCU lllin, <u-l if I Kim lnnl.-
otY his book, I'll tell.”
It was not long boforo I saw Joe
look oft his hook, and immediately
I informed the master.’
‘lndeed !’said ho ‘how did you
know he was idle V’
‘I saw him,’ said I.
‘You did ? And were your eyes
on your book when you saw him ?‘
I was caught, and never watched
for idle boys again.
If we are sufficiently watchful over
our own conduct, we will have no
time to find fault with tho conduct
of others.
There is a cat in Burlington that
has loijt his voice. The Hawkeye says
that it is just heart-breaking to sic
that voiceless cat go iuto tho moon
light and climb on tho shedroof and
try, by violent, and emotional panto
mime, to express a yowl that could
break a pane of window glass eight
hundred yards away
Clara Louiso K. llog said to a St,
Louis Clobe reporter, ‘You may say
if you please, that there never will
bo any truth in any reported en
gagement of Miss lvcliog to marry
anybody. laminli ve with myself,
and 1 dont think I shall ever gel
married. “
Au Irishman who was standing
on London bridge said to a youth:
‘Faith, and 1 think I know yees;
what's yer inline ?’
‘Join:-,’ said the boy.
'Jones. Jones,’ said the Irishman,
‘and I knew several otihi maids ly
that name in Dublin; was either of
them yer mithorV’
Miss Sarah Gentry, of Poughkeep
sie, N. Y., is in possession of a pint
of white beans, said to be six hun
dred years old. She inherited them
from her great-grandmother, who
brought them over from England
ono hundred and seventy-five yeais
ago.
A philosopher says, ‘We learn t<
climb by keeping our eyes not off the
hills behind us, but on the moun
tains that rise before us.’ Auotln r
good way is to take a couple of rods
the start and try to beat an enthu
siastic bull-dog over a nine-foot back
yard fence.
It is understood, says tho Wash -
ington Star, that the Executive Com
mittee of the Republican Campaign
Committee, has decided to request a
contribution of tifty dollars per head
from each Republican member of
Congress.
Mrs. Mary Cummings is 110
years of age. She lives at Beloint,
Wis., and recently joined in a reel
at a country dance; she rides horse
back, smokes, nnd knits and sews
without the aid of spectacles.
‘What’s the meaning of a buckle
ter ?‘ asked a gentleman at a Sunday
school examination. This was a
puzzler. It went down the class till
ir came to a simple urchin, who
said, “Perhaps it is n flea.”
They were at ft dinner party, nnd
he remarked that, he supposed she
was fond of ethnology. She said
she was, but she was not very well
and the doctor told her not to eat
anything for desert except oranges.
Belton, Texas, Ims the champion
female rider of America. Recently
she rode from Brownsville, Texas,
to her home,a distance of 500 miles,
in eight days. She was accompa
iiied by ber 12 year old brother.
The orphan boy has one advan
tage over the lad who is blessed
with a full complement of parents.
His mother can’t make him anew
pair of trousers oat of bis father's
old coat.
A Nevada politcian was elected on
the merits of ono single speech. Ail
he said was: “Fellow-countrymen,
follow me to yonder saloon !”
LeVert College,
■Forißoys and Girls.
Tnlliotton, - Georgia.
r pHF. Spring Seas ion will begin on MON-
I DAY JANUARY 21st, 1878. under tl.o
control of J. 11. Glenn. A. M. with Comno
tent Assistants.
Parents and Guardians may hero find lor
(heir children and wards a School practi
cal and thorough in training, strict in dis
cipline and comprehensive in its range of
instruction, embracing a>* it doos the Pri
mary, Academia and Collegiate courses.
he music department will he under tho
care oi a competent and experienced In
structor.
UATE|i OF TUITION,
payable per Quarter in advance.
Spelling, Pending and Writing, per quar
ter $3,75;
Primary Geography, and Primary Arithme
tic with above,... $5,00
Kn dish Grammer, Geography and Arith
metic, per quarter SB.OO.
Latin, Greek, Higher English, and higher
Mathematics, per quarter, SIO,OO.
Maiding tho rates of tuition by tho year at,
$15.00, $20.00. $32,00, and $40,00, which
isveiy much reduced from wh it it has been
• eforo. Tuition will ho charged from the
time of entering school, and deduction onlv
made for sickness or other Providential
hinderanee.
/■XT' For particulars confer with Prof.
•). K. Glenn, or any of the Boaid of Trus
tees at Talbotton, Ga.
i E M. Won kill, Pics., J. M. Mathews,
R. 11. Leonard, Taos. A. Known, J. T.
I Wilt .is, Trustees,
Talbotton, Ga., January 22nd, 1878.
HEW BOOT AhD SHOE SHOP.
J. F. MEYEFyS & CO.,
Respectfully inform the peopio of
Talbotton *nd Talbot county that they
have located in Talbotton and are prepared
to do all kinds of work in tlmir line. They
make ti\i<* work a specialty. Fine Loots and
Shoes lfall kinds made to order at short
notice. L illies shoes of all kinds made to
order. All work guaranteed. Having been
in this business for many years in tho first
class establishments ot the country wo feel
no lie iiancy in saying that, wo can give sat
isfaction to the most fastidious. Prices to
suit the times. Kcpariug of all kinds done
in a workmanlike manner. Call and give
rv
Talbotton, Ga , Unroll, 12tli. (tqt)
m nid Soiphlni !• aWi rnnd.
DjLTUTTS
SARSAPARILLA
wmmmmmmmmmm
Al\
QUEEN’S DELIGHT.
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THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.
KNOWN FAK AINI WIDE FOR
ITS WONDIiKHII. VIRTUES.
ThouHiunl‘l of victims of Scrofula, Rheumatic pa
tients w lot lii!vc cast aside their crutches, nutTerem
from M philitic taint and mercurial poißou, all over
the laud, bear witness of Its efficacy.
in the blood,
and impm '■ Moon clion,
wl.ii li d< velnp iM iipti'Mv; ol the Sl<m
■ barges from the Nunc, Ears
Si ahi Head;
N j; lit H'/rai:,; Whiten ; Sallow/ Complexion;
Kidney IJise.Nocturnal Kinim.i-.ns, and a
long train of direful ills.
DR. TUTUS SARSAPARiLLA
Jh a concentrated extract of tin* curative propertioH
of root -and li-rbs which net on the blood, co.nimr in
direct I ontact with the gi-rm of disease*, extending
its inllm me t . every part of the system. It, 1m u
I 'own rl'u 1 alterative, ami literally
A RENOVATOR OF THE BODY.
ruder its Influence the eyes grow sparkling, the
comp I e ion clour, and unsightly blotches rapidly
*1 of (his compound in general debility enn
not be overestimated. It urousestue flagging energies
of life.
TO THE LADIES.
If vou are suffering from what is familiarly known
n ‘'f emale Weakness,’ useTerr'sSakhar ahi i.i.aand
Queen's Di.i.khit. it will cure Leucorrhu-o, Hnennu
torrlio uai.d other foul discharges, when all other
medicine fails. , , , *
Sol■ I i,v imisftrM.. Prlw. Mi bottle, or aix lor
•0. Sent b, pi of price.
TUTUS
PILLS.
For ten years Tutt's V ills have been the recog
nized Standard Family viodiulm- mtln I sited
Status. Scarcely a family can be found from Maims
to Mexico tlmi docs not use them.
A SINGLE TRIAL WILL ESTABLISH THEIR MERITS.
DO THEY CURE EVERYTHING,
NO.—Tlici tire lor OisotiftCft flint re.
ft HI i from TlALAltltl. I'OISUN
uiml a l)I3( ANt;i;V MVISII, much as
Dyspepsia, Bilious and Typhoid Fevers, Chills,
Colic, Sick-Headach, Chronic Diarrhoea,
| Nervousness, Dizziness, Palpitation of the
i Heart, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Kidney Dis
eases, Chronic Constipation, Piles, &c.
NATURE WARNS VOU
THAT YOUR LIVER IS DISORDERED
When yon have a
, Dull pain in Shoulders, Coated Tongue, Cob
; tive Bowels, Weight in the Stomach after
Eating, Sour Eructations, Aversion to Exertion
of Body or Mind.
111-; ADVISED, and AT ONCE
TAKE TUT VS TILLS.
Tlio firftt dose produce* an effect
which often nstoniNhcn the *uf
ferer, and in a short time fol
lows an A petite, Good
Digestion,
SOLID FLESH AND HARD MUSCLE.
THE WEST SPEAKS.
“BEST PILL IN EXISTENCE.”
Dr. I have used your Pills for Dyspepsia,
Wca c Stomach and Nervousness. I never liud any
thing to do me so much good in the way of medicine.
Tij**y are as good us you represent them. They are
t!ii best Pill In Existence, hi and I do all 1 can to
acquaint others wltu their good me its.
.1 W.Tikmktm. Dacota, Minn.
Sold by Drug?!mt *• OFFICE, 30 Mur
ray Street, New York.
TERMS, §I.OO a Year in Adva .
WHOLE NUMBER 40
J. M> MATHE T ’
ATTORNEY AT
Talbotton Ga.;
Prompt attention to all businos Prac
tice in Superior Courts, of CbattvY cl.c;
Circuit, nnd Supreme Conlt of Georgia.
Jan 8-1 y.
U. M. WILLIS. J. T. WILLI3,
WILLIS & WILLIS,
ATTORNEYS ANI) COImSFiLORS AT L'.T.
TA I, BOTTOM, GA.
in IlSI.'
j 7 H. MARTIN"'
ATTORNEY AT LAAV,
TALBOTTON, ga.
fXTILL practice in the Courts of the Chat*
V V tahoochae Circuit nhd the Supreme
Court of the State. The collecting buninewi
a specialty. jauSti
wTE. MUMFORD,
Attorney at Law,
Talbotton Georgia,
Will practice in ell tlie conrtß of the Olmt
tahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by special
contact Prompt attention given to all busi
ness entrusted to him.
e7H. WOItIULL, J. H. WORK ILL,
E.H. WORRILL & SOI
Attorneys & Counsellors at
Law.
Talbotton, Georgia.
Practice in Superior and Supremo Court*
of Georgia, and the U. S. Court* at Savan
nah. Special attention given to all mattern
in bankruptcy. Jan 8-ly.
MARK 11. BLANFOUD. LOUIS F. GARBABD.
Blar\dford & Garrard,
ATTORNEYS AND OOTJNKEI.LOfcS AT LAW.
Office No. (57 Broad St., over Wittich &
Kmsel’a Jewelry Store,
L'oliimtnis, - - Gemgin.
WILL pay special attention to all cose
in Bankruptcy. Will obtain diachatge ;
for Bankrupts and secure homesteads i
Bankruptcy under the Constitution of 18C
Will make special contracts with persoi
desiring to avail themselves of the benef
ol tho Bankrupt act, conditioned on tho r
suits obtained.
All letters answered.
J A M E S 3 McCORKLT
Attorney and Counsellor at
Will practice in the counties
Marion, Chattahoochee, Harrif
in tho Chattahoochee Circuit,a
the Southwestern Circuit, Sp<
paid to the collection of claim:
References.
W. J. Ligon & Oo„ Paschal
dor, J. D. Hough. R. A. 1’
Turner, A. T. Candler, Cant ' -■
sous, I. 11. McCrary, all of i
Lowe & Rushin, Thou. L. Ih
Vista, C. A. Reed <t Cos., of ( *
Win. A. Black, S. W. R. R ■
cus, Ga.
GREAT REDUCTION IN
•T. VAI.ENTr^
Bar uml Hostau i’a
KG Cherry Street Ma 1 on-
Having taken in consideration Hu.
of prices in all branches, as \vl ■>:
stringency ol the times, I take plc
announcing to my patrons and t.
in general, that my prices in future w,i.
as tollows:
Oysters oil the half shell ..
Oysters cooked iu every style .....
Fish cooked iu every atyle
Steak ■
Mutton Chops
Flam and Eggs
Sausages and Eggs
Calves’ Brains ‘
Lamb Fries -
Lunches at tho counter still chi
Soup always on hand. Liquors and w
10 cents a drink. Best Segars at the lorn • .
prices.
Lodging free. Open day and night.
In giving the public this great indue*
rnent, I can onlv ask lor a call in order t '
sustain what 1 have said above,
I furtbemore wish to inform the pnbll *
that there will not l>e any reduction i
quantity or quality, but in pricoa only; an !
also will be found attentive clerks ano
g liters.
sep 4-1 y. _ _J. VALENTINO.
DR. BUTTS
Bt. Louis, Ma.
Who has had jp-rator eTpwiaiiee In th# trMtnwnt of <ti*
aoxual troubles of both malo and female than anj phyalohi.
in the West, pive* tlie rcatilta of hi* lonjf and aucceaifi
practice in hia tw new works, just published, an till *<l
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The PRIVATE MEDICAL ADVIBEF
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of life, and the Woman, in
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to. —Bt. Louis Journal. \| ■ IL] H .
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