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jlv AV. K. MXIJIFOItD.
VOLUME X-NO. 5.
GORDON INSTITUTE,
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l i VRN ESVIIJ.E, G A.,
U r II,L OPEN early iu September IN7B, with a lull corps ot earnest, successful teacher?
determined to keep up the widespread and deserved reputation ot this justly eele
brnted school.
Gordon Institute offers an(*rior inducements to parents desiring to educate their
mbs and daughters. It ha* all the modern applianc s, apparatus and furniture, and a
record nor anccessful teaching unparalleled in the State. It* music department is con
detrd by Prof, GnttenberLM r, who has no enperit rand but few equals in his profession.
Ttnm* ri’.le i* the most enterprising city on the Macon and Western Railroad. aw'd
ha* justly the reputation of having the most moral, liberal and enlightened community
b Georgia.
Tuition sll SO to $lB 50 p-r Term, Board $lO 00 to sls 00 per month.
For Catalogue containing full information address
CtfAIILF.S H LAMBDRTN, Pre.,
or W. H. WOODALL, Secretary,
jilyJJOtf Barnesville, Georgia.
§HB- /%- Gibson^
NO. 10 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
AN holosnlc mid lielnll Dealer in]
BET GOODS. GFCCIRIES, HCTIOKS, CROCKERY, tC. C'
-AND A ri'Ll, STOCK OF
Plantation Supplies,
\I.T, 01 which we are now < florinp at the very 1 .wv*t market price,, anil guarantee all
•f 6nr good. ii* reprcMii’e,! \V c.r.lfnlK invite (15- | e .pie ..f I'ali t count;, aui!
.l|jireto ritc ns a mil wln-n tin i vir.it tb, city. Mr. 1,. A. Philips, loriucrly of liar
m comity, is with me at.ii "ill In - i1 ..I in -cc l.ih n any frinmla
U . • aJ
IS N' AY INVITED TO OCR T. YRI.F, STOCK
Piece lioods, ( lotlis ( 'nssiinpros :nil 'l’fiin
including s■'f<>iicli l Knre lili, and
Amcricjin Mnltcs.
\ESO a good supply of the TiuC-is mak sof Home Goods; all of which wo got up w
order ,u the hebt htyl- on the bh rust notice. An extensive and choice lot of
TEXAS CASSIMERES
Jot in. to which we call particular no f if G. ,F. I*KA(JO( K,
(’t.otblno Mahi factory. 64 Bkoad Stbbit.
Ib < rcarh-nmde stock we bare u lot of ••Coitunml* Suits’’ we will close out at price*
ioqßsingly low. sep24U
0. G. Sparks & Son,
THIRD STREET, MACON, GEORGIA,
WAREHOUSE, COW. AKD CCJIBISSION MERCHANTS.
\\ r T RJJftin ofTi-r our services jia Warehouse and Comminxiou Merchants to our planting
* • friend* ot Talbot and.mlj.lining counties.
Dlantation Nup]lios| 5 Jijjf”in£>- jiml TieN
farn:Mied *t lowest market rules. Aduc ■■c-n made on Cotton is store, ns Low ns kn
wy louse in the city. wpio O. r, SPARKS £ SON.
I*. HARRIS,
114 Bread Street, COLUMBUS, GA.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Umbrel
las, Ready-Made Clothing,
BOOTS, SHOES, J-:tc,
OF the latest and best styles.
4LL our Goods ore of the Blent vtyh ; and fresh from the Northern Mcrkeht. We defy
l\ competition in style and pn eot (V oN. Give us a cull when in the city, we fuel ,
r er f :uii v*, an | I Wp34tf ;
FOR CLOTIIING
-<;<> to—
UNSHIP nCALLAWAY
tee leading clothing house cr middle eicEcu
O
They keep t!ie Rest gools aud sell at the lowest prices.
Our Dollar is of the best material and fits well
A gents ior Keep’s Shirts and Umbrella*.
W . Pitt Baldwin is w ith us, and will be glad to have a call from his
friends.
WIN SHIP & CALLAWAY,
No. 50 Second St.. Macon.
A COUNTRY NEAYSFAPEh FOR THE MASSES DEVOTED TO CIVILIZATION AND MONEY-MAKING.
TALBOTTON TALBOT COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY- 30. 1879.
■V Pleasant Oliost Story.
SUPPOSED VISIT or A DEAD MOTHER TO
HER CHILD.
From the Elizabeth N. J. Herald.
A rather queer story is told and
can bo vouched for by over a dozen
persons iu Springfield. It appears
that about three years ago a young
man living in Summit got married,
aud in due time his wife gave birth
to a child, which was a girl. When
the child was about one year old its
mother died. About five months
later the young widower became
lonely and took unto himself anoth
or wife, liut before doing so he
took all of bis first wife’s clothing,
packed it in a trunk, locked it up,
and allowed no one to have charge
of the key but himself. Among the
clothing put away was her wedding
shawl and a pillow his wife had
made for her first born, and also
some toys she had bought, just be
fore, she died. Then he brought
home wife No. 2, who, it is said made
as good a mother as the average
siep'fnOtliers do. Things went on
lively till one night last week when
there was n party at the next 'neigh
bor’s house. So after putting,the
babe in its little bed, the father and '
mother No. 2. went ovei to spend j
the evening at the party. Shortly )
after they left two men came along j
on their wly to the party also. They
saw a wonderful light in the house
us though it might be on fire. They
also heurd'the cries of the babe ns
though in great pain. They weal to
the house, and as soon as they
reached the doer the light went nt
and all was silent as the grave with
in. They hastened to the house
where the party was and told the
man what they had seen and heard
in his house as they came by. Five
or six men, including the owner of |
tlie house, started to investigate the
report. When they arrived they
found every door and window fast as
they were when the owner left. On
going inside everything was found
to bo in its place, except the child,
which after a long search was found
up stairs under the bed which its
mother died, covered up with its
mother’s wedding shawl and its lit
tle head resting on the pillow its
mother mado for it, sound asleep.
Aioyg-side of it lay its play things.
On examining the trunk it was
found to bo locked and nothing
missing but the above-mentioned ar
ticles. Now, how the things got out
of the trunk and the key in the
owner’s pocket, and he a half mile
from it, and how the child got ,up
stairs l* a mystery. The above may
sound u little dime novelish, b..t as
we siiid before, the facts in the case
can and are vouched for by over a
dozen reliable citizens of Springfield.
What is tiip Bihle Bike. -It i j
like a large beautiful tree, which
bears sweet fruit for those that tiro
hungry, and a fiords shelter and
shade for pilgrims on their way to
the kingdom of heaven.
It is like a cabinet o{ Jewells and
precious stones, which arc not only
to be looked at aud admired but
used and worn.
It is like a telescopo that brings
distant objects and far off things of
the world very near, so that we can
see sonething of tlicir beauty and
importance.
It is like a treasure-house, a store
house, for all sorts of useful and
valuable things, and which are to
be had witkout money and without
price.
It is like a deep, broad, calm (low
ing river, the bunks of which are
green and dowry, where birds sing
and lambs play, and dear little chil
dren are loving and happy.
The superiority of .Scotch oatmeal
is said to be partly owing to tiie
grain being cut rather “glazy”—that
is with a shade of green upon it.
Oat straw is far less nourishing fori
cattle when the crop.is allowed to J
stand till it is dead lipe. Early-cut -
oats arc heavier per bushel, fairer to |
the eye, and usually sell for more j
money.
Au American lady recently bought, j
the costliest braid or “switch” of I
hair that was ever made in Paris, j
It was composed of hair a yard and ;
a quarter in length, snow white and j
exceedingly soft aud glossy. Its price
was SSOO.
GOBI) AT 485.
TUB SLENDER THREAD ON WHICH THE
EATE OF THE EMIUN III!,NO.
The premium on gold reached its
highest point in July, 18(14, when
gold was rated one day at 285’ mnk
ingthe value of the greenback dollar
only 35 cents. This was the darkest
period of national gloom, the tre
mendous cricis when citizens and
the Government itsolf came nearest
despairing of tllo Republic. In
those dark days sreatn was kept up
on a Government vessel in the Wash
ington Navy Yard on which the
President and Cabinet would haVe
embarked with the public archieves
had the rebels under Early forced
their .way into the capital. Bee,
sorely oppressed by Grant, at Peters
burg, had sent Early around into
Maiylaml, and it was.o\vii;g to mere
luck and accident that Washington
was not, captured and the Govern
Client put to flight. Grant had dis
patched the Sixth cot-pi of the Army
of the Potomac to Washington, and
by a fortunate coincidence Gen. Em
ory, with the Nineteenth corps, which
had been ordered from Attw Orleans
after the failure of the Red River ex -
pedition, had just arrived at Hamp
ton Bonds, and without debarking,
it was sent up the Potomac to follow
the Sixth. But eveif that timely as
sistance would have proved unavail
ing if K.irly Had not (.nailed in the
.very pinch of the crisis. On the
morning of the lll.li of .Inly his van
was close upon the fortifications cow
ering the northern approach to
Washington, and in the nfteiii o 1
ill (Jonfederate infan ry had come
up and was arrayed in front, of Fort
Stevens. They were slightly defen
(led, and Early might, easily have
made a dash into Washington, and
driven out the Government if his
vigor had been equal to his oportn
nity. The cautu e of Washington
aud the flight, of the Govertmieiil
would had led to the immediate re
cogiiilijin of the Confeih nicy by
France and England, and the war
for the Union would have been a
failure. On so slender a thread hung
the destiny of a great nation! It
was in this trving time that gold
reached its • .co of 285, and the
greenback dollar was worth thirty
five cents. From the calm waters
in which we now find rnu'seives, with
gold at |ir, it is interesting and
even at this distance,almost exciting,
to look back on the dangers we
have passed.— N. Y. Herald.
Otni Colored M embers ok the Bko
lsL.vn; re. — The Christian I ntlvx nays;
There are two men of color in the
present Legislature of Georgia.
One of them, Thomas Butler, of
Camden county, is a Baptist preach
er. His seat was contested by a
respectable white Democrat, and on
very plausible grounds; *yet the
House, composed of one hundred and
severity Democrats and five Repub
licans, gave the seat to Butler by a
v ry large vote. He is of slave | a
rentrgo but inteligent and worthy,
deports himself with great decorum
and i.s highly respected.
The other colored member is A.
I!. Rodgers, of Mclntosh county.
He lias had some advantages of ed
ucation, and is fairly inteligent. We
can say of both the colored members
that they*quiet,ly attend to their own
business and carefully let other peo
ple’s alone; and this, we think is
high praise.
Dan Rice, the veteran showman,
declares that he regrets four things
in his long and eventful life: “1.
Learning Miss Adeline Patti to
swear when Hie was a little girl in
New Orleans and I was teaching
her horseback riding. 2. That I did
not for my country’s good, Imy up
the delegates to the National Con
vention that nominated Gov. Sey
mour for President, when my rep
resentative telegiaphed me T could
get the nomination for about SBO,OOO
3. Encouraging little boys in early
times to steal under my tent to see
the circus. Experience lias proved
I was morally wrong from
the fact that when they grew up I
had to instruct my men to keep a
good lookout or they would steal
the tent. 4. That. I had not follow
ed over forty years ago the advice of
i John Newland Maflit, a great revi
valist, to become a minister of the
I Gospel instead of a minister of fun.'’,
| Old Cold Snaps in Georgia. —ln
j view of the unusual severity of the
cold weather, which is regarded by
[ Sonthern people with most absorbing
interest, many of our Georgia ex
changes arc recalling cool spells that
delighted Georgians in years passed.
That tho thermometer lias very near
ly bumped zero in Atlanta, getting
in close proximity to that point in
Griffin, and the heavy snow storm in
Darien on Monday, renders the top
ic one of general interest. In a
musty old volume contained in the
library of Col. W. T. Trammel), we
find such pertinent information.
From the little book, “A Gazetteer
of Georgia,” issued prior to tlio war
we make a few extrates:
“In 1774 there was a severe frost
in May, which killed largo trees. In
dunnury, 1827, the Oconee river was
frozen over near Millorlgevillo, and
the Savannah at Augusta, a circum
stance never before known. The
winter ol 1828 unusually mild, the
mercury ranging, tho first ten days
of January, from Cl to 7(5 degrees!
the jessamine, woodbine, ultima and
jonquil were all in tho verdure of
spring; Watermelons and shad
were in the Savannah and Macon
markets.
On the 10th of January, 1828, tin
captaiu of an English vesse presen
ted Mr. Oowper, of St. Simons U
land, with a few peas, which lie had
brought from England. On tin
27i1l of February, 37. days after, the
captain was complimented with a
peck of line green peas.
Fob. (5, 1831, there was smnv eight
inches deep.
In 1832, snow covered the ground
in Hall county, April 8.
In 1832, Feb. 2d, the thermometer
stood at 7 degeees above zero. There
was good skating at Miilcdgovillc.
1835, Jan. - 8. At night snow fell 8
inches, and thirteen inches in Troup
mid I’ike.
Feb. 3. Four inches of snow.
Feb. 8. Mercury three degrees
below zero at Eatonton, iu a close
pa: sage, and eight degrees below
zeioin open air in Millodguvillo*
Nothing like it ever known before
iu Georgia. Ihe dhl weather that
year in Now England was about the
25th of January, when the mercury
froze; but, it did not reach Georgia
until the 7th aud St li of February;
in Florida it was not so severe until
.March 4th, when most of the orange
trees were killed.
In J 8315, Jan. 25th, tlio mercury
Went down to 12 degrees below zero.
1837, February, snow four or five
inches, also in March.
May 7, Snow in the upper part of
the State loading I lie trees.
Tho weather chronicler of the “Cn
zetti or” closes the chapter with the
causUal remark, “It is very evident
that our winters arc becomeiug col
dor.'’
X_lv'(Ai‘ iH King.
The Liver in t J if . iiii|.>erial orgiin of the
I wlsne human yKleni,as it eoutrolH tlio tile,
heahh and hapjiinrH* ot man. When it i.s
disturbed in its proper notion, nil kinde of
iiiimenle are; the natural result. Tho diges
tion of lood, the movements ol the heart
and blood, the action ot the brain and ner
vous sysu-in, are all immediately connec
ted with the workings ot the Liver. It has
been i.urcecsfully proved that Green's Ali
gn.-. i Flower .is unequalled in curing nil
p- rsot.s aflieled with Dvspqpsiu or Liver
Gumplaiul, and all I lie litiiuermis symptoms
that result I rum a., unhealthy eonaitio't of
the Liver nod Sionmoh Sample bottles to
try, 10 coins. Positively sold in,all to-'us
on the Western Ontiiiont. Three doses
I sill prove Ibat it is just what -you want,
j Ida sale by Dr. E. L. Bard-veil.
Host or l’cnplc are Jfar
tyrs
To sick headache, that' infallible symptom
oi a disordered stomach, liver and Irwveis.
Many suffer'ironi it as many as three or
lour limes a week. ‘I liny do so needlessly,
lor Unsteth-r’s Slonuielr Bitters, by touhig
the digestive organs aud regulating tho bow
els aud liver,"removes I.iIS cause, and dis
pels Itie painful symptom. -The intimate
sympathy between tho brain and Iho üb
i domiual region causes the slightest disorder
I all’,-- ting the latter to be reiteetrd, ns it
wore, in the organ yf thought. The ratorin
in.- il .led by the Bittern whan the digestive,
secretive and rvaciialiva (unctionsare iu a
state ot chaos, lms other anil more bcneli*
ciiii results, viz., the complete nutrition of
the wind ■ physical economy, the restoration
of appetite ural repose, and an increase in
the power ot the system to resist diseases
of a malarial type. j2ti!2t
Hiark. '/'his.
There- is in Columbus a liltlo man who-is
all cleverness and soul and he condnels a
business in which ull are interested. IJis
name is Mark A, Br.idtord and he keeps on
hand one ol the finest stocks ol Baddies, 1
Harness, Trunks, <Vc., in the (Stale. His
homemade Harness are superbly good. I
His prices defy competition. Mr. H. -Vlivl- j
dlebrook is a ith bun uDd will be pioased to }
see his friends. li
THE
' - . A*. IDM
% '
I lOUSE FOR
CLOTHING
lii Macon,
-is-
J. H. HERTFS.
V full Stock at tho Lowest Figures.
L’tii<> ( ’assimorc Snif §
At $11; $10; $11; sl2 50; and sls.
Dress- Suits sls 00 to $25 00.
88* 5 S If’S’S
nil complete. Made of fife best Irish
I -ilien and Wainsntttt Muslin only
Tr*) Cents.
Full Slock of alt Goods for
Men and Boys
at prices lower than any house iu
Macon or CoJuiiibus.
good as ever*
• I/JI. ! lerlz,
DO Cherry Street,
out 1 if Macon, Georgia.
GOOEY'S LADY’S BOOK.
UKDi'ciiß io im-:k yi: ail
ti:rms cash in advance.
p.ifiTAOj; piiF.PAin.
Wo offer no Cheap I’remitinig. Hut give
you tlio Host MiiLGi/ino pnblinlieiL
CLUB TERMS
< )if copy, ouo year, $2 00
rwncopi(H, 0110 year . .. 80
Three eopien, one year 5 40
Four copios, one year, 0 81)
Five eopieH, one year, and au extra
copy t-> the peraon getting up the
el ah, making six copi/H*, ......... 9 GO
copies, one year, and an exfra
copy to tlm person getting jip tho
club, making nine copies,... 14 25
Pen copies, one ycur t and an extra
‘copy to the person getting up the
club, making elev< M enpu-s 17 00
Twenty copies, one year, nml an extra
copy to tho person celling lip the
club, making twenty-one copies,so
NOW BS THE TJME TO MAKT? UP YOUV. CLUBS.
HOW TO 11 EMIT. (let ft Post-Office
Money Order on Philadelphia, or a Draft
on Philadelphia or New York. II yen can
not get either of these send Dank r)Oton,nnd
in flu- l itter ease register your letter.
Parties deni ring to get up clubs send for a
-perimen copy, which will be serif free.
\iidress, Golev’s Lady’s Dock Pt.-hijsii
• iNp 00., (Limited }
1000 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
NOTICF !
All kinds of
TUKNING DONE,
both wood and iron. GINS wbeted
and
REPAIRED,
at J. F. W ALKER'S Steam Mills
two miles east of Talbotton.
UJavilti
TERMS, SI.OO a Year iu Advance
WHOLE NUMJ3ER 443
Reliable.
W. A. JOHAN 4 CO..
DKAI.EUS IN
Rost grades Foreign and Domestic
Staple & Fancy Dry Goo Is,
TRIANGULAR BLOCK
MACON, GEOFVOIA.
Black and Colored
Silks, Black and Color
ed Brosss Goods.
in all the latest styles and most fash
ionable designs.
I'lv-Aii*, Shawls Hohiert,
Coiimit*, Kid (.loves. Ribbons,
Neck-Weai; ami Fancy Goods.
Frenqit and cartful attention paid
to orders. Samples sent on applica
tion and express paid on ail orders
of Ten Dollars niid upwards
octltf W. A. JUHAN A CO.
LANIEP V HOUSE.
1 B l>l' r li. I’ropriotor
MACON, GEORGIA.
r pills HOUSE is now provided with every
I net- 88,try convenience lor tint accommo
dation and comfort of its patrons. Tho lo
vition is tie ir.ddc and convenient to the
businwH portion of tho city.
The Tables,
itvc flirt host th market offordfl. Omnibnfl
to aud Ironi depot Iron ot chargo, bnggftg*
Handled tree of charge.
The HAH fa supplied with th bct>ft
Wino and Liquors.
IT T. SMITH. J. J. LULL.
Smith Bull,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TALBOTTON GA.
U7 ILL pvjctice in all tho Conrta of tho
('naltulioochco circuit. Prompt it
-Ici i tit m given Toilful lections.
Oflice over (u. W. Kimbrough's Stote.
oct‘22 1878.
11. WOKKILL, J. 11. WOItRILL,
E. H. WORRILL & SON.
Attorneys & Counsellors at
Law.
Talbotton, Georgia.
Practice* in Snperi r and Supremo Court*
of Georgia, and tho U. S. Courts at Savan
nah. Special attention given to all inattora
in bankruptcy. Jan 8-1 y.
JAMES S McCORKLeT
Attorney and Ooi?ns:llob at Law,
Gfiiovii < cor^ln.
— o
Will practice in tho counties of Talbot,
Marion, Chattahoochee, Harris,and Taylor,
in the Cbattahoocheo Oircuit.nnd Schley in
the Southwestern Circuit, Special attention
paid to the collctdion of claims.
TiEFIfiItENCES.
\V. J. Ligon tV <’<>., Pasclml <% Heidingsfel
der, J. I>. Hough, It. A. Paschal, Ansoll
I’urner, A. T. Candler, Oapt. Henry Per
sons, I. IJ. McCrary, all of Geneva, Gl.,
Lowe & Hushin. I hos. L. lingers,of Boena
Vista, C. A. Heed & Cos., of Columbus, Ga.
We. A. Black, S. W. It. It. Agt.at Ameri-
Gu. jan 8-tf.
YV. E. MUMFORD,
Attorney at Law
TTalljotton Georgia,
O
Will practice in all tho courts of the Chat*
Inbooeiu'C Circuit and elsewhere by special
contact. Prompt attention given to all buai
newj entrust* and to him.
J. M. MATHEWS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW-
Talbotton Ga.,
Promj>t attention to all business. Prac
ti'f in Hupurior Conrtw, of Clmttahoochaa
Circuit, and Btipreme Court of Georgia.
Jan 8-ly.
J. H. MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT I.AW,
TALBOTTON, GA.
IX7ILL practice in the (Courts of the Cbat-
VV tahoochee Circuit and Supreme
Court of tho State. The collecting businesn
a specialty. janßtt
K. M. WILLIS. J. T. WILLIS.
WILLIS & WILLIS,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW.
TALBOTTON. GA.
j*n&tf
AV. 1\ TIGNEHi*
DENTIST.
OFFICE OVER JIASON'H Drug Store,
J.umlolpli birctit, Golambiix, Ga.
XU- Slave your “Teeth;“ they are bell.r
!ha.i Joiv.lb. All ilibeabuß of (he Teeth nml
<• mi- 'reatetl. Arufieinl Tejth pnt in when
lijbifed. aug6-tf