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Kec run seif unceasingly bes ire the public; and it
miters not what busi ess vm are engaged in. lor. if
to-.gently m ' industriously pur-ued. a fortune will
tsovresu i —Hunts 'lerchants’ Magazine.
"After 1 began to i Iverti-e mv ironware freely,
kimm ift ere and with am ax ug rapidity. For ten
.is \-.*st l have spirit £3'.00 r vc.arl to keep my
.I'l'i ,r riivs h ( >f re the public lfaifl been timid in
il r'l'irnf I never sh .uld have po-sessed my fortune
"f €tfto.niii"’. YlcLeod ttelton. Birmingham
" t Iver'.sing like Midis' tyu'uh, turns every thing to
till B P, you' hiring men daw millions to their
offers■ Hinart ('I ly
' Vhif. ii Ucity is to love, and boldness to war. the
rtil'ful use of printer’s i ik.ts to success in business ’ -
Be cher. . .»
f"h" it the dd of advertisements T ou .1 have done
; >th ng in mv p .-ulaiions I h ive tiie most comple e
ii iin ••|irinter«'ink.” Adve. tising is the “‘royal load
t»hoHiness -It irnum
Professional Pards.
IHIH \ M I’FRDII Fi ' avi'iy rv'r<n:»
1 ' uen I vlocated itThe Hock, tenders bis.jir fessional
s-I vies to th snrmundirg commnity. and promises to
M'crtm labor or attention to those who m ix patronize
h ""' July22—(smo
\\ 'I ' Wli VM'ir. \ nov . 1 r ti
* I sel nr at Law, Th«»mast<>n. (fa Will practice
■ 'f viral . ’ourt.s of the Ht-ite of <? corgi i, and attend
P 'u" vtn nil business entrusted to his care,
nnvll t s
f) V\ itv Sc t| HVU'KK V “ . cr. It
t 1 eiw.'lriffin. Oa. (iffivein Mtnah tall, next door
;/V VK 1 b"' r| cK Will practice in the Counties
( dn. the Flint l ’ircuit. and in the IJnited States
iVi ' Urt Attention given to cases in Bankruptcy,
| ' V VL v fc \U \X \ LLY \ t r*'"?* s af
.nv. Urtftin, Ua Will practice in all the coun
f"im'u" P r I' sr .' h<> * r '’ nl 4udici il Circuit, and in the
H , 'V'iiveth.-r, CLivton, Fayette and Coweta.
I'i'trirn ! ' C '" * n ,l '‘' •'‘'tpfeme Court of (Se-wgia. md the
' "J!T f 'he United Mates tor the Northern and
M u [apllft-lv] L. T DOT Vl
j] t \ v LLV.\ \irnr »>v i' li \Y Th ><n
prijiM .V-':*• Will practice in the counties cm
-1 '-.-'a? «-,/[ 1,1 f Judicial x’ircuit. and elsewhere by
' !L l,r ‘°' All business nromptiy attended to.
“>’» brick bjti’.dm* mehll-ly
J);. * R KKV’» \LL ff s h's pr f.s
i-r , '' nil "‘ ’■'ic-s tc the citizen- of ( h.unaston and
B and , f . lr ' v ! c "U'itry, May be found dtirin t e day at
(- ~ ,r ,' I'Vsy’s store, at night at the former resi
holes Wilson. jan 14 ly
J r KKill) X'l At hr u-v >it L w
. ' “tniesvil es Pike co , Ga. Will practice in the
, ."‘ •"upriNing t.he Flint -ludiiialCir nit, md
i By special ontract At nusineas promptly
I tilhco in Elder - l*u Iding, .ver«'hamber s
I ' r< ii g(>- y.
I i>\S BKUiL Artorfiov nr »r.
1.. 'huston, <!a. Will practice in the Flint Cir-
I bv special contr.xct. aug27-ljr
jr| !
t>ractice in the comjiosing;
I tfu * Supreme Court- of ‘ieor hi.
I '"'Wu r ° urt Cnited States for the
dh.\n wlo Districts of (ieorgia.
I —lSth. 187**-1 y.
I.A it & McOAI.LX. At'or'icye
I , ' r i r »n| i>' fngx m, ('eorgi». Will attend regu-
I u Jn! "f >f\ Ht,>e ’ n the Superior Courts of the
I i| nrv, ’ Spalding Pike
I ’ ’" r l?an,.DeEalb and Jas-
I ~ . ik*e O-ljp
I, '* j. MVl|| FW S. A r r>iov nf
■ i.??‘ , *<tli.‘ ,> practiceall thecuinties
I" C * ! "-"ract ,4l ""' ck «» Olrottitaad nUewhere oy
I . ' dec 10-1 y
■!■ * r ».TtV ’jRFFE. A r.irnev a f Law
■a. PftiuiA, in the State Courts
I l,t tes District Court at vtlantaand
I . "—dec rt ly
I
I 1,1 ircuit « n x prHctice In all the counties of
I ' Court of the State.
I I t'” T \ ."Kerfixt I aft ....
■ lO; , r th e ?'K Will practice in all the
I ('( 1 |, n ,; littt ' loo hee Circuit, und Upson and
B t Cs dee;S-ly
■I) ■) 1 . 1 ”
m 11 “ ‘ r : u * 1 r
m office B. D. Hardawa^*
!■ dec.lH.Jy
■ -V !' Ti r ——
mA C? l lr r(H
■ aj >n Aat be will continue
■ le,ne ia -its rmrlmis branches »t
II ( * * * * (ieciy-lY
■ urn Ht Luw
I * >tftk« n'IJL ,n ( 'ircuit Courts of
iy United >Utos District Oowrto. *m
LADIES’ FANCY STORE!
OVER
MESSRS. ELEMISTER & BROOKS;
COKNKR or IIU.L AND SOLOMON BTEF.KTB,
GRIFFIN. GEORGIA,
YyouLn respectfully inform the good
citizens of Thomaston and vicinity that we have now
in store, and keep constantly on hand a superior stock
and very latest styles of
LADIES’ FIXE DRESS GOODS,
LADIES’ & CHILDRENS’ SHOES,
LADIES’ JEWELRY,
LADIES’ HOSIERY,
LADIES’ NOTIONS,
MILLINERY’, &c.
A thousand little tricks and trinkets that Men-Mer
chants know nothing about, to.be found at our Store.
IMTILLI ISTETIFL'Sr !
The Choicest, Freshest, and SWEETEST, stock in
the inaket. Goods manufactured to suitj the taste of
customers. Orders respectfully solicited. Call on or
address
MRS. M. A. HIGIITOAVER & CO.,
tnayl3-tf Griffin, Georgia.
ANDREWS & HILL,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALKRB IN
FURNITURE,
C37FINS, &c., &c.,
AT
J. & T. G. ANDREWS’ Mill, Five Miles
Southwest of Thomaston, Ga.
\\T R w -ti'd rpsfio(>tf|jl]y inform mir
I ' friends and the public generally, that we have
estahed a
FURNITURE MANUFACTORY
at the above named pla c, where we manufacture and
keep con-tant.l v on hand superior Furniture <>f all kinds,
x aii.-tit—. and grades. We are prepared to fill all or
d* rs 'or and do all kin Is of.i.abiuet xvork
with n<"-r''«s\s and dispatch vL- Airier ourselves that
we can please all that, know good work when they see
it Oiki facililies and advantages in prep-tnng our own
Lumber and Mamifaeturing our ow Work en.thb sus
to oft. r anv quantity, better varieties, nn and ‘ci< edly
belter b.iigdns than other Furniture dealers in ihis
section-of country. We earnestly request all that arc
in need of anything in our line to*c ill nd examine «ur
spick, as .we feel satisfied th xt we can give xiti-faction
in st,vie. qu ditv and price. All work wurranteed to be
as repiv-si-nted. Ortlers solicited.
m;xy2c-ly JAB ANDREWS & L. S. HILL.
CHEAP READING
THE
ATLANIA NEW ERA.
C LUU li VT E tej.
In order to pla< e the
WEEKLY NEW ERA
within the r ach of all. the proprietors h tve dt termin
ed to t.» ..fIW the toliowinsr
SPLENDID INDUCEMENTS :
t>ne c py, one year .. t.. $ 3 00
Ten copi.-s one year, $1.50 each 15 00
Twenty copies, one year, #1 .'5 each * ... .. 25 nfl
Thirty copies, one year SI.OO ea> h 80 00
The Weekly Era contains nearly twenty-eight col
umns of choice t e tding m itter each issue, consisting of
Politics. Liieratnre, Market IT ports, and
GENERAL NEWS.
Make up your Clubs at once.
Postmasters are authorized and requested to act as
Ag-uls Address NE W EitA FFICE,
july2i)-tf Atlanta, Ga.
STE R EOSCOPES,
views',
ALBUMS,
CH ROMOS,
FRAMES.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
501 BROADWAY, SEW YORK,
inyite the attention of the Trade to their extensive
assortment ■ f the above goods, ot their own publica
tion, manufacture and importation.
Also,
PHOTO LANTERN BLIDE3
and
GRAPHOSCOPE.
NEW VIEWS OF TOSEMITES,
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
591 Br.’MIDWAY, New I>hk.
Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.
Importers and Manufacturers of Photographic
Materials. inehlS-lOm
The Southern Farm and Home.
A FIKHT CLASS AORJCrLTUKAI. MoNVII.T.
GEN. W. M. BROWNE,
IbITOB
At B‘l 00 per Year in Advance.
r Sa* aid \«*l ii »r» e com nonces with
1 November number. Now ta the time to sub
scribe. Address, J. W BURKE, A 00.,
o«jts ts Macon, da.
DR. THOS A WARREN
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
OFFFRS hi- services to thp C' tig'-rva ,f
Griffin and vicinity Special attention given to
the treatment of
CHRONIC DISEASES.
Those at adisf-mcc can < an consult him by letter.
Office over George Beecher A o , ill Street.
april29-tf
WATCH REPAIRING.
1 counties arc respectfully informed that I have
moved mv stock to the store o Mr. VVm Wallace, and
am now prepared to execute work in my line of bu«i
m«v on the most. fiv«*rtbl Gnus. Rep iring ol' all
kinds done at the shortest no iee andi the neatest man
> ner. I have taeHities for turning nut good work, and by
strict atrbtitlon tfi'business hope mVeceßfl a liberal
sbate of patronage. Very respectfully,
aprtlS-tf WM L. BRYAN.
NTOIOE
Vt.Ti nefSiios aro or he nonfipj n<d t<»
trade for a Note given by A Lewis to Na’hsn.
Zorn tor the amount, of #BOO, and due 2'<th dt» of f»e-
At last accounts said note i|t^the
nov!9-2t A. LEWIS.
THOMASTON. GA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1871..
OSBORN & BOYLE,
HILL STREET,
O-RIFFITST, C3-A.,
V OF
BUGGIES, EXPRESS
AND
WAGON'S,
ALSO—DEALERS IN ALL KIND OF
CAKBIAG2 & WAGON MATERIAL.
AGENTS FOR TIIE CKLEBHVTED
STUDEBAKER WAGON
AND
SARVAN’S PATENT WHEELS.
CATxTxTAGES. PhsSPonsf Ac!, of any
style, ordered direct from the best North
ern Factories.
REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS
neatly executed. Special attention given
to ordered jobs, and all work warran
ted. au«:l2-]y
F. M. RICHARDSON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
STOVaS, grates mantel^
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOOS, &c.,
Hunter Street, near Whitehall,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Orders Solicited. oct7-3m
LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES ON
COTTON.
GROOVER, mm & CO.,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
F.SPRGTFCn LY inf rm the M^r-h-nt
\ and Planters of (jieorgia, Florida and Alabama
that their
Large Fire-Proof Warehouse
Capacity 25,000 Bairs,
Is now ready for the storage of Cotton, and that they
art' prepared to muke
Tj'brrfti C'tsh •Irivanres
On Cotton in stme and to hold a reai-onable length of
time, charging bank rates of interest, if you want
Monev. send your Cotton to
oc’7-tf GROOVER, BTUBRB A CO.
JOHN L HVBDEK. W r VV. KII’KLAND.
N. A. HARDEE'S SON & CO.,
House Established 1830.
COTTON FACTORS,
XNI) GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Ajrents for steamers Katie and Swan.
Dealers in Peruvian Guano, Land Plaster and other
Fertilizers. Agents for Star Soluble Phosphate. White
lock’s Veget it.er. Baugh’s Raw Bone Superphosphate of
Lime. Ptxtapsco Guano, Pjxtap co Bone Flour, Original
“Coe s’’ Superphosphate, and ,ea Fowl Guano.
octT-tf
JONATHAN COLLINS & SON.
COTTON FACTORS
| COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
MACOir, (3--A.-,
l\ T K ofT-j. jsprvf ( <ovj t oo*yop F ur'prs
if ▼ and IVrders. and hope bv strict attention to
j business, to merit vour patronage Would specially
j call vour attention to Macon as a Cotton Market, be
lieving inducements to. shippers to th's point are
I -up rior t<» anv inland marketjn this South, ad eqtuil
j to those of the -onth and equal to those on 'h- sea
board. Usual- f.cil' ies extruded to planter anii ship
pers. Our buyers are spirited, libeial men. sepfßu 2m
CANNON HOUSE,
i
| (Recently St James Hotel. )
Marietta Street, Gate City Block,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
B mrd. Pf*r Dtv. s'2 00 <X*t2l-6rn
r TUIE •*»! i< r-'.ijT e«I hoifi f Td- 4" *? eittiy.
1 locate<l in Thomston.stil 1 tenders thier professional
setvicesin the practice ol Dentistry to the citixens »and
Upson and adjoining <-«>unth» Teeth inserted on g Id
silver, adamant! eor rubber All work and
ago and fit guaranteed. Office up st .irs over WTLN'>N
store. N. BK VAN.
dec!* ft
r is
To Teachers and Patrons.
T\ i*tder to yqiut!'t° the distr I*nrd
appropriation of tho-Poblie Seh'-ol Kand.lt is sng
geste.i to Teach rs to make out th»dr accounts ag duet
their patrons for the entir- time they nay have sever
ullv pro rata per
aehoiar on Gie fimd dormfe.r by the ntate for Public
Scho is on e icb hill of Tuition ,
By -order of the B<»«rd bf Edneaiinn.
’ J M. GREENE.
Thomaston, Ha., Nov. 11, County School Com.
— -
riff >RK t neatly vx-nr. and
at the HERALD OFFICE. declS-tf
ST WORD, 81.11.011i ill).,
BARNESVILLC, CA.,
’
|T AYE now on hand the LARGEST,
BEST and OH A PEST
STOCK OF GOODS
Ever offered In
BARNESVILLE,
Consisting in
Ladies’ and Gents’ Apparel
Os every discretion and style.
Hardware,
Cutlery,
Crockery,
Sugars,
Coffees,
Carpetings,
Trunk«,
Umbrellas,
Salt, Syrup
and Molasses,
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
Cheese,
Soap,
Candles,
Rice,
Bacon,
Lard.
and Flour,
BAGGING AND TIES,
CHITTING and SMOKING TOBACCO, SINGER’S
sewing machines. Aiuizesof fisk’s
METALIC BURIAL CASES.
Twqntv-five head of fine Kentucky MULES and
HOUSES, and will keep from Twenty five to Ono
Hundred h-iid count intly on hand during the seixfaon.
We also have a Large and Oomtnodioi is
Cotton Warehouse,
And will buy or sell, store or ship your Cotton.
We k ep constantly on hand almost anything you
may call for and what we have not got you wi 1 not
find this ’de of New York. We sell at astonishingly
LOW PUIt EB, and defy .competition.
STAFFORD, BLALOCK & CO.,
octi4 3m Bai nesville, Ga.
RO.EHS & CHENEY,
WAREHOUSE
AND
COTTON COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
THOMASTON, GEORGIA.
IITE tak« this method of inform'r»g enr
T v fri nds and the public generally that our NEW
WAREHOUSE is now completed and we ate now pre
pared to serve theta in the
Storage and Sale of Cotton.
Onr Scales aro new and c «rr- et, and having secured
the services ot a competent and redahle Scab sman. we
can saft-ly guarantee to dp justice ta both buyers and
sellers. LIBERAL
ADVANCES
will he male or. COTTON in store BUYERS IN
THOMASTON wit! pay Ba n svilh* PRICES for Cot
ton. Insurance on Ctrtton in Warehouse one per cent.
oct7-6m
FOUTZ’S
CELEBRATED
Horse art Cattle Porters.
Si Tnis preparation, long and favorably
known, will tlioioughly re-Lnvigorate
broken down and low-spirited horses,
by strengthening and cleansing the
stomach and intestines.
It is a sure pr venti . e of all disease*
incident to this animal, such, as LUNG
FEY RR. GLANDERS. YELLOW
WATER. HEAVES. COUGHS, DI3-
TEMPER, FEVERS. F0 UN D ER,
LOSS OF APPFTITE AND VITAL
ENERGY, &c. Its use improves
the wind, increases the apatite— /
give* asmooth and glossy skin—and »/ J y
tran Morins the miserable skeleton Jr £* -.
into a fine-looking and spirited horse, gggjgjpjjsyH^r
. To keepers of Cows this prepara
j tion is invaluable. It is a sure pre
ventive against Rinderpest. Hollow
1 It Horn, etc. It las been proven by
i actual experiment to increase the
Ot f <gy-aIJ quantity of milk and cream twenty
!^ r cent and make the butter firm
* and sweet. In fattening cattle, it
gives them an appetite, loosens their hide, and make*
them thrive much faster.
In all of Swfn ’. such as Coughs. Ulcers in
the Lungs, Liver, fcc., u,is article acts ,
as a specifie. By putting f. om one
half a t»aper to a paper in a btirrel of
swill the above diseases will be eradi
cated or entirely prevented. If given -. fU f.jrf
in time, a certain preventive and ft'
cure for Hog Cholera.
DATID E. FOUTZ, Proprietor
Baltimore:, ati.
For saD hr P-ugiri-t' aad Storekeepf'rs throughout
the United States, Can atlas and South America.
For Sale by J. \V. AtWATKR,
Th omMtoii, (H.
Miscellaneous.
Tl»e New Stute Dtmorrulir EireulllTC
Committee Appointed by Hon. Jniian
Hartrtdge, under Authority of the Late
Convention. .
By virtue of the Authority Tested in me
by the Convention of tlie Democratic party
of Georgia, which as-embled in Atlanta on
the Oih instant, the following named gen
tlemen are appointed members of the Ex
• cutive Committee of the Democratic party
of Georgia, to act until the assembling of
another Convention of that party :
For the State at Large—Clifford Ander
son, of Bibb ; E F. Huge, of Fulton J
Joseph B. Cun.mmg, of Richmond ; Carey
W. Styles, of Dougherty.
F t the First Congressional District
John C. Dell, of Screven ; Jainds 11. Hun
ter, of Br«»< ks.
F >r the Second Congressional District—
Charles C. K'bbee, of Pulaski; Wui. 0.
Fleming, of Decatur.
For the Third Congressional District—
Albert It. Lamar, of Muscogee ; Hugh
Buchanan, of Coweta.
For the Fourth Congressional District—
A. D. Hammond, of M mrue; John I. Hull,
of Upson.
For the Fifth Congressional District—
Geo. F. Pierce. Jr., « f Hancock; James D.
Matthews, of Oglethorpe,
For the Sixth Congressional District
Garnett McMillan, of Habersham, and \Y r .
E. Simmons, of Gwinnett.
For the Seventh Congressional District—
John T. Burns, of Floyd ; C. D. McCutohen,
of Whitfield.
Julian Hartridgr. Chairman.
The Story of u Hlug—Uuc of the Roman
ces of the Lute War,
From the Kansas City Times ]
In the v>i 1861 a young man, then liv
ing a few miles from this city, went into
the Missouri State Guard as a soldier. At
Springfield, and on the reorganization of
this branch of the army, lie took service as
a Confederate. Afterwards he joined a
company in Col. Up. Hays’ regiment, arid
participated in the battle of Lone Jack.
Bes« re leaving home, however, his moth
er gave him an old-fashioned gold ring,
"hich bad a heart upon it, and the letters
*‘R. S.” engraved upon this heart. She
placed it on her son's h and with a wish, or
rather a prayer, that he might go through
the war safely, and get safely back to his
home again.
It is not known that either the ring or
the prayer acted ap a ehi.rm. bur the young
man went ul harmed through many bloody
fights, being hit in but one of them, tin*
wound then proving to be only a mere
scratch.
In 1804 the young man was very sick of
a fever at Clarksville, Texas Duri'g the
delirium attendant upon it, and while he
was Kissing to and fro, the ring slipped
from his finger and was hist. The oloeesc
search failed to find it, and it given up
for good There waited upon the young
man, however, a very pretty and amiable
girl, who seemed to fie sorry when lie got
weli enough to rejoin his c unmand. When
he left her he laughingly told her that if
she would find his ring, and ho lived, he
W"uld come back and marry her. If this
promise was made at first with any degree
of sincereity, if was soon f Tgotten in the
excitement and care of a soldier’s life, and
only at rare intervals, perhaps, did he re
call the sick room and the minisieiing
angel.
When the war was over the young man
returned to his father’s farm in Jackson
c mnty and went to work in good earnest.
Two years ago hi« in *ther died and once
mro ihe loss of the ling came bock to him
with redoubled sorrow. He determined to
write to the lady who had nursed him. and
to inquire of her whether she was married
or not, and whether she had ever,seen or
heard anything of the present his mother
had made him.
The letter was written in Augnst, 1860,
and in March, 1870, what was his surpri-e
to receive an answer from the identical girl
he had leit in 1864, and to whom he made
a light promise of marriage. She was s ill
single, -he said, arid waiting for him. And
what was stranger still, only five days be
fore she wrote, she had found the lost ring
Tne manner of finding it was as f.Jloug;
Ihe father of the young lady had deter
mined to make Rome repairs in his Ivyse,
which lepairs neee-sitated the taking up of
the floor of tliß room in which the soldier
had been sick. After doing this, and while
digging away some rubbish beneath, ihe
workmen came upon the ring. It had
slipped through a crack in the floor, and
had been lying there, safe and sound, for
nearly five long years. The lady took
P' sses-ion of it at once, and wrote immedi
ly to its owner as we have stated above.
Perhaps she lot ked upon its recovery as an
omen, and perhaps it was. At any rate it
was a little romantic with all its attending
circumstances.
The correspondence thus commenced or
«\KhtT renewed, was continued with an
ever increasing ardor on ttie part of the
gentleman, until in the end he made anew
and tmieiu us offer ui marriage. Without
that the story’ Would he incomplete. Last
week, with memy in his pocket. a good
h one in Jackson county, and a> great hap—
p in his heart, this you ig soldier—
uow somewhat older and more settled and
and sedate—started f r Clarksville, Texas
the home of his betrothed Who can doubt
the resuii ? He will probably remain there
a month, and return again to Mi-sou i with
his bride. When he does we |j* anise to
give his name. Until then it is impassible,
f r the Condition o* *eor»tty was attached to
t'.e int. rmation before we cojld obtain it
The cirt umstahees. however* are just as we
have narrated them in every p-r icu.*r, and
furnish another to the long Ist of r miamic
incidents that h*ve grown out of the war.
State Itcnn.
ItTRAt. DISTRICTS. .
Everybody about Griffin saw the moon
and a bright star about one o’clock la-t
week. The Middle Georgian prophesies
that it is a sign of Democratic gains in the
coming election?.
The Mid lie Georgian has found out that
it is strange, but true, that large hearted
men always raise large turnips and smart
children.
Mr. K- i y living eight miles from Griffin
lost his house and everything in it by tire.
Joel Byers, of Butts county is dead.
Bishop Beckwith was in Griffin Saturday
at and Sunday.
A pnrty of seven white men and two
colored men were shot on Sun lay by an
unknown party near Griffin. None of the
party were seriously iijurod.
Barnesville boys oredebared the pleasure
of kissing the girls for a time, as their
mouths are greasy from eating “chitlings
and fatty bread.i’
Bishop Pearce will delicate the new
Methodist church at Forsyth to-morrow.
Sim Orr. of Nownan, assisted by “Billy
Patterson,” cut Frank Johnson’s übdomeu
open with a knife.
M umps and Matrimony are epidemic in
Floyd county.
Somebody in Americus stole S7O from
Rev S. Anthony.
The Thespian Club of Bainbridgo ap
pears to be going to work the right way.
They will soon have a pretty and well ap«
pointed little theatre.
Rome is going to try the Swedish emi
grants.
SAVANNAH.
The. Sivannah News says, Mace, Coburn
and O’Bitld win, start on a sparring
tour, and will visit all the principal cities
of the South.
Forsyth Park, Savannah, is to bo lighted
with gas.
I be Savannah Manufacturing Company
is about to start.operations, it will be a
joint stock affair.
The Formes Ilabelmaun Grand Opera
Troupe begins a week’s engagement, in
Savannah, on Monday next.
CJOLUMBCJa.
The Enquirer says:
A shooting affray recurred at an up-town
grocery, about 11 o’clock Thursday night,
between white men named Grant and Kil
gore. Report says Grant was intoxicated,
Grant went in to get a drink, was fired upon
by Kilgore, the ball grazing Grant’s fire
head and pa-sing through his hat. Grant
returned the fire, his ball taking effect in
the abdomen of Kilgore. Wound not con
sidered mortal. Grant offered himself up
to Deputy Sheriff Bivins yesterday, hut his
conduct being considered justifiable, no ar
rest-had been made at accounts.
The total vote polled at the municipal
election in Columbus on the 9.h was 1,220,*
out of registry list of 1.435. John Moll
henny was elected Mayor.
Henry M. Law, Esq., of Savannah, lec
tured in Columbus on last Monday night,
for the benefit of the Good Templars of
Columbus.
Mr. W. If. Hope, of Atlanta, married
Miss Liza e Patterson, of Columbus, and
Mr. Edward iliile, of New York, married
Miss Warren Chapman, of Columbus.
ATLANTA.
The Era soys :
The capitol was very quiet yesterday.
The smoke of M inday’s battle was still
hovering over the forensic battlefield, and
the house especially looked d-eidedly hazy.
The Senate looked wise and weary. There
was but little escape of gas in this apart
ment.
The ConeorJia Association inaugurated
their new and elegant hall Thun-day night
by the most brilliant entertainment.
M AC IV.
The Telegraph and Messenger says :
The man who hired a horse from Mr. S.
D. Cook at Freeman’s stable last Sunday,
and failed to return him, was followed by
Mr. C. to some point in Taylor county. It
is reported that the thief, when being
brought hack to the city, attempted to es
cape from his captor, and was shot dead.
Street hands have been hauling dirt,
leveling the higher points, smoothing and
s idling the side wilxj of Second street.
Mr. Wm. McGee, in Vineville, hid a
stable worth three hundred dollars buroed.
Yesterday afternoon a white babe was
found just in rear of the old eemetery, which
had apparently been buried only the night
before. It was wrapped in a course sack
and some' biown paper, and was buried by
hand, only a few inches under the ground.
The child was but a few hours old when its
life was taken. The back of the head was
crushed iu by a blow, but no other signs of
viuienoe were found upon its person. A
jury of inquest, was summined, but the
whole affair is sbouled in mystery, and
they can scarcely determine save as to the
fact that the child was m irdered. Would
that the fieridt-h mother could be identified
aod made to suffer the penalty of her most
horrible crime. It is enough to freeze the
blood to think upon such things.
ACGCSTA,
The and .wn train from Atlanta to Augusta
whs shot into by some miscreant near Saw
Dost. The conduct* r was hir in the wrist,
Tne Rnuau Catholics held a Fair in Au
gusta this week, to aid in building a par
sonage.
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