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jlv AV. K. MXIJIFOItD. VOLUME X-NO. 5. GORDON INSTITUTE, I l j-. 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