Newspaper Page Text
: ' ! WKEKL Y
Vol. IX.
FIRST AND LAST.
“But t*ll xiun d**r,” she said—
And coaxingly tho soft tyw slom%
And ahyly drooped tbo modoiff bead
Bonk!** his own—
“But tell me. have you loved before ?
Or 00, or more?”
Tins earr, sparkling lace
Waa full of tender, triistlagfrraco;
She did not fear his answer then,
Iler kliw of men!
“But ten me, dear, the howl and worst.
Or. am I first?
He turned his eyes away;
Yet closer still her hand he pressed,
Nor answered yea, nor nay;
A Wash confMftd
.VII, in on homing word,
rnsaid. unheard!
Quick came a hurst of tears—
A tempest from h April sky—
-Vnd then : “Forgive my doQhts ami fears.
He heard her sign,
“Wte should I car what '.oven are past.
So tnfue be lost ?
The Census.
Gen. Walker, Superintendent of
the Census, has completed the form
ation of supervisors’ districts for
taking the next cense*. To each
district there will be on> supervisor
appointed, who must ho a resident of
the same. Georgia is divided into
five districts, as follows:
Fir-1 District—Bartow, Catoosa,
Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade,
Dawson, PeKalb, Fannin, Floyd,
Forsyth, Fulton, Gilmer, Gordon,
Owinette, Habersham, Hull, Haral
son, Lumk'ii, Miller, Milton, Mut
iny, Panldiug. Pickens, Polk, Ha
ban, Towns, Uniou, Walker, White
• id Whitfield osnuties.
Second District—Banka, Burke,
Clarke, Columbia, E liert, Franklin,
Glasseo k, Greene, Hancock, Hart,
Jackson, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuf
fie, Madison Morgan, Oconee, Ogle
thorpe, Richmond, Taliaferro, Wal
ton, Warren, Washington and Wilkes
counties.
Third District—Appling, Berrien,
Bryan, Buihioh, Camden, Charlton,
Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Podge,
Echols, KfflOgh on, Enmnnel, Glyull,
Irwin, Johnson, Laurens, Liberty,
Lowndes, Mclntosh, Montgomery,
Pierce, Bockdate, Semen, Tattnall,
Telfair, Ware, Wayue aud Wilcox
counties.
Fourth District—Baldwin, Bibb,
Butts, Campbell, Carroll, Clayton,
Cow.ta, Crawford, Douglass, Fay
ette, Harriss, Hoard, Henry, Jasper,
Jones, Meriwether Monroe, Newton,
Pike, Putnam, Spalding, Talbot, j
Troupe, Twiggs, Upson aud Wilkin
son counties.
Fifth District—B.iker, Brooks, Cal
houn, Chattahoochee. Clay, Colquitt,
Decatur, Dimly, Dougherty, Early,
Houston, Lee, Macou, Marion, Mitch
ell, Muscogee, Pulaski, Quitman,
Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter,
Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Webster,
ami Worth oouuties.
South Carolina has three districts,
a* follow*:
First District—AbbeTille, Antler
son, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield,
Greouville, Laurens, Newberry, Oco
nee, Pickeua, Spartanburg, Union,
and York eonuties.
Second District—Aiken, Barnwell,
Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Lex
ington, Hampton, Orangeburg and
Richland counties.
Tliir 1 District—Chesterfield, Clar
endon, Darlington, Georgetown, ilor
fJi Rersbaw, Lancaster, Marion,
Jdaflbogough, Sumter anil Willinms-
It'irg pouuties.
A dashing woman, with an euor*
jaoas bustle, came tt eteriug into an
jnoomiug Cincag train the other day
fnd settled herself in a seat opposite ;
an old Granger who was coming up j
(o see the city.
“My daughter .lane was once took f
with one of them 'ere humps,” re- I
(parked the old man, as lie turned
his pitying ga* to a fellow passen
ger.
"She was !” inquired the passen
ger.
"Yes," was the reply, “but ycr ken
jest bot I cured her on it mighty
quick "
"What did you dp ?” inquired the :
(imtised passenger.
“I sot hej: down in a tub of h t
water till the der ed thing wilted,” j
(ledared the old man, "aud it never
pome on again 1”
The dashing woman and other
passengers who had overlie ird the
ponversation lilted to have “wilted''
Without the hot water.
It ia etiquette that makes a woman
pay, when at an evening review her
pet oorn is cnfkhed by a young Lo
thario, and deadly pangs gallop ali
through her. "Oh, there’s no harm
done I assure yon; I shouldn’t have
noticed it but for your apology. ” j
Bat frankness generally gets the bet
ter of etiquette when she reaches the ,
axcred precints of home and her hus
band joggle* the same foot and she
exolaims, “Oh 1 you horrid brute!
vou'll be the death of me yet; why
dou’t yon look where you are going? "
“See 1” said a reverend gentleman,
t'here is an illustration. At one
time I should hsve sworn awfully at
(his fly—but, look now.” Itao-iug
|iia hand, he said, gently, "Go away,
fly go sway." But the fly only tick
led his nose the more. The reverend
gentleman, raising his hand with
some vehemence, made a grab at the
offender, and, being successful, open
ed it to throw the insect from him,
when, in extreme disgust, he ex
pluimed, "Why, d—n it, it’s a wasp !’*
Dr. Moffat asserts that one r.sult
pf the early closing of public bonses
ill England is an inereamd consump
tion of opium and laudanum; while
jn Deland there has been a great in
crease iu the consumption ol sulphu
ric either since the tap rooms were
closed on Sundays.
Judge Lochrane, of Atlanta, gets
SIO,OOO a year as attorney/'for the
Pullman Palace Car company.
Cinciunatti school boy’s thought .
‘‘Wonder whether Napoleon ever sat
down on a pin without hollerin ?”
The man who stops on a depo.ut of
soft soap and glides swiftly down the
front stairs is not dead but slippeth.
j Joliu Arnold, of Mineral county,
! West Virginia, mis and this year t>
j barrels of corn from one ear’s plant-
I g-
I Increased attention is being given
ito fish culture in Virginia. There
j arc now three batching houses in the
State.
1 A sod paragrapber asks: When
peop’e are killed by au overdose of
j opiates, isn't it landau u n to the
| slvie6 ?
The unsnrveyed acres of the na*
j tional domain foot np a thousand and
j eighty-one millions. Wo spell out
i these figures iu order that they may
! be feP.
That was a vise colored man who
in speaking of tho happiness of mar
! ried people said: “Pat ar’ ’pends
altogedder on how dey enjoys dem
, selves.”
| Flemingsburg (Ky.) Times, We
! have no big pumpkins, but 1). It.
| Hinton has a gourd that is 104 years j
old. It was brought from England
j to Virginia in the year 1775.
! Tho Constitution estimates that it
! will require $200,000 to meet the at n
and leg appropriations under the
law p.isNod by the last session of the
Legislature for n aimed Confederate
soldiers.
According to Mr. Lowe the cost of
lumping tin* 7,000 Sepoys to and
from Malta last year, at the time of
Lord Heaconsfie d’s grand coup, was
$705 per man, or a gross sum of $3,-
855,000.
A colored woman died at New Or
leans tho other day whose age was
given at 100 years by the Coroner,
bat she was supposed by those who
knew her host to have been at least
thirty years older.
The Pope next year, it. is said, will
visit Belg'um and Germany as the
guest of King Leopold at Brussels,
and go to Cologne to celebrate the
completion of its peerless Cathedral,
the work of (132 years.
Three kittens have died of diphthe
ria in Ogilensburg. they contracted
the disease from children affected
with it. The post mortem examina
tion showed plainly the diphtheritic
membrane in tbe kitten’s throats.
The Detroit Free Press says that n
girl who cun shed tine or four tears
at a critical moment, and follow
them up with a quivering sigh, can
marry all arouud a good-looking
blonde who does nothing but try fo
blush.
The liriv.vttjs of Oincimiqtti have
determined to merge, all their separ
ate interests into one gigantic brew
ing company, with a capital of eight,
million dollars. This actio,n lias
been rendered necessary because
competition has cgt off all tl(e profits
Mr Tildeg is far richer than people
thiuk. I have reason to believe that
he is worth nearly $20,000,000. His j
Stock speculations, which the gov
ernment has unravelled, show profits |
in two months of $500,000 arid of SL
IGO,00(1 during tbe year ItifiO merely j
in stock matters. —George Allred j
Townsend.
WANTED A,i oi l< r Dipl [P
cont.iiisinj' < nulfij Concordtn< |1 1 fl I | 1 ■
and Ov -r ‘i.iHiG illustration*, withU I M LIU
all the New Feature* also lor LI 1 ERATI'KE,
AKTandSONU. with over 4bU engraving*. - I
'Hi r • ar* t: *• l*ok* to I) for tin* Un|■rl nt/ r
—BIBLI> tor Pur ml*. and I*M - HUSIU Cl Y 0
ekaTCRK \ki -ui.i sum;. ' . •>• m
people, Circulars and term* sent ou application
to J. 11. Chambeh* A: Cos., Atlanta, Ou.
C* 1 or if i r^tur,,K in foy* o: ' ;
tr) 14l )[) invested. Official Reports |
and information Free. Like j
weekly on Stock options of £lO to £oO. I
Address T. Pottli: Wiohi A Cos. t Bank
ers, Hit Wall street, N. V'.
DI Stool Cover and k only *JL'>
rl AiwS to **>'*. Oiyf• - 13 Stops. .1 ■••!*
Reeds, 2 Swells, Stool Look, only fJs.
-w-pap rfr . Addr I>a;ii-I F.
B fatty, Washington. N J.
AGENTS BLAB THIS.
Wt want an Agent in this county to whom we
will pay a salary of SIOO per month and exp ’o* *
to *<ol our wonderful invention. Sample <!*•<•.
Addrwwutou< SHERMAN & CO., Marshall,
Michigan. _ _ |
s2stossooo|fiiSl
>rrk ....Hwm hi.ill' . |.r..lH*b> I lie XnW Capttalfzntloa
W. , ~| ..i.-r tl , i-' la M' kn. Kwlt*’*ptH*ttoH tl •pj>ll<:*-
Uou t AI'AMfl, UNO w* k JUuUrt, Jv Jlro*lSt., W. Y._
PSYCH 3M A MCY!s< ."’ite'S
i tM* may faacinate and gain the lore and affec
tion* of uuy person they chooae imUantly. This
simple mental acquirement all can pok*-**. Free
hy mail .’or 2a .. toyoth- r with n .Marriage Onide
Kgvpriau Oracle, Dream* and hints to ladies. A
queer liook. 100,otr> sold. Adilre** 11. P. Mason,
(do Hansom st ft Philadelphia, Pa.
BUFFALO
Lithia Water.
for *i4Si;i> tmk ise\i>i>i:k
A disc hurt? etl Stoipi ur Gravel placed in these
waters v. ill dic'OiTe to a powder in a Tew days.
The water, iu cases of aix gallons, $5 oer case at
the Sprija?F. Pamphlet ’nt td any address,
i THOM. F. qttOUE, Proprietor Buffalo Uthis
! Spring*, Vs, * ’ .
Cheapest Book-Store w>™l
Jtt.fii Superb Knurlish Books AT OI"K I’RIOE
! 75.270 New Aineracan Books AT YOUR PRICE
1 112,72i Mecoud-haiid Book* AT ANY PRICK
Catalogue of General Litemtsre Fw&
LEGGAT BROTHERS,
a Beckman SL, near New Post Office New York
ON 30 DAVS TRIAL
We will send oar Electro-Voltaic Bella a*d
j other Electric Appliances upon trial tot 3TO days
to thus** stifffrom nervous debility, rheu
matisio. paralfSis or any diseases of th J liver or
kidness, iu?u.-v other disease*. A ■ cure
iuteod or HO nay. Address Voltaic
ronipany. Msrshtiß. Midi.
THOMSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 ; 1879.
Anu sTA ADVEUTISK.MENTS.
LOW PRICES
-FOR—
Boots, Shoes and Hats.-
o j L-.U
I *
We have now in store a very large and complete stock of
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS,
; 'vUSeh ha* been pnro'msed direct from the manufacturers nt tiie
I,OIVES'I! PRICES THE CASH WILE COMMAND,
and as our motto is
Large Sales and Small Profits
our customers and the public can roly on
GOOD 3BAR.CAII\'B.
A large stock of Philadelphia and
Baltimore fine shoes on hand.
A liberal discount to the wholesale
trade.
WM. MULHBRIN,
2!h‘i Bmo.ibSr., .'lvGifsr.-i, am mi;hi.
nspl.,s-ly
Masonic Hall Building, 244 Broad Street. Augusta.
GEORGE A. BAILIE,
['LATE OF J \S. (J. BAILIE A KUO. ]
Respectfully calls the attention of vho public, to a beautiful line of the above
Goods, which lie, is fa t opening iu the M.'sonic Hall building, No. 211 Broad
Street, consisting of beautiful
Brussels .1 Ply and Ingrain Carpels, Rustic and Paper Shades, all sizes
Hearth Bugs, Door Mats. (!mmb Cloths, Terrys, Heps and Dunasks. all coirs
Floor and Table Oil Cloth, all widths, Cane and Upholsterer’s Trimmings,
Luce and Nottingham Luce Curtains,, Wall Papers in great, variety.
Curtain Bands, Loops, lnnps ami I’as i Is, Borders. Fire Scroons aud side lights,
Window Cornices in variety of patterns, Chromos. Picture Cord,
Window Shades, nil colors and sizes, Picture Tassels and Nails,
Window Hollands, all colors.
I respectfully solicit an examination of mv Ou >ds the public, w-hoim 1 have
been among and waiting upon for the piytt twenty-five years, guar.mtcdug to all
that they will be waited on pleasantly and promptly.
Besides the front door, main entrance to my stone, I secured fi private
entrance through tho npiiu h.fil of the Masonic Hall.
GEORGE A. BAILIE,
Successor to Jas. G. Bailie A: Bio..
•AM BROAD STREET, MASONIC iiALp BUILD INQ.
CtT-Ufiipidi, tqftfie mid laid promptly. I will open in two wmib, fi full stock of
choice FAMILY GROCERIES, under cbrrge of one of Augusta’s input competent
aud reliable young men. GEORGE A. BAILIE,
Hi;pt-.'f-H n
1843. ESTABLISHED 1843.
G. VOIXiITH,
Importer of and Wholesale and Retail
DEALER IN—
Segars, Tobacco, Pipes, Snuff,
WHISKIES, BK'NDIES, HUMS, GINS. ItMINE,
CLAIIET, and CATAWBA WINES, CHAMPAGNES,
MINERAL WATER, etc,, a specialty.
lioUlcd lteijr, Siieli sih
ST. LOUIS, CINCINNATI and MILWAUKEE. Poigeniip.
TAAISEII, ÜBKMBB auk ITLTLMEK. lin)jortod.
prices, “Lower Thou thv Lowest.v
1(1$ &r Jijia.'M hr Hg zluamm,
wept-.'* <m
James 4*. Baiue,
—DEALER IN—
Carpets, Oil Cloths, Window Curtains
and Shades,
—ALSO -
Choice Family Crroceries
AND
Supplies,
BROAD STRJ'JW\
OLD STAND i \Tif ! I’TkJ r F \ fl A
J AS. G. BAILIE A BRO. , AUVI UOl IV , VI XA,
GLOBE HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
OPEN FOR THE WINTER SEASON.
EVERYTHING NEW AND FIRST-CLASS,
The TABLES are Hupplied with the BEST the Market*, North jukl Soutli, afford,
Suitable uini plewuuit ROOMS tor familie*, ut Moderate rate.
DAY BOARDERS
Taken on jnost reasonable teniiw.
It. r F Murphy.
octßdrn
COTTON FAG lORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
,f. M. BURDEUL,
0
Cotton ’ml Comm Won
Continues Business as heretofore nt Old Stand,
w. O' &&QCK, tfifvcsr.'?-, <v>f.
SELLS STRICTLY ON COMMISSION.
Best attention to oil caasigumants, and
YCUNG &"HACk7'
Grocers and Commission lerclmnts
298 BROAD STREET, CORNER CAMPBELL,
. GEQ&GIsi*
Wi‘ have in store and arc constantly receiving a largo stock of all goods
usually kept in a first-class grocery store. oclß-3m
ANTOINE FOUU.AINT,
m-TTm F&com,
Corner Jackson and Reynolds Streets,
dtrSHTSTii, (xEQmn&*
Consignments Solicited.
Z. McCOBD,
Wm&LMSMLM Gnocii it
—AND—
JOMMISSION IKLICHANT,
net- 1-Jim 7 ■ ~
W. DANIKL,
COTTON FACTOR
AND I
Commission Merchant, !
Augusta, Georgia.
Commission for Selling Cotton, 50c. a Bale.
ocfi-l-dm
m. a. STO VAO.,
Cotton Factor and Goannission Merchant,
103 and IREYNOLDS STREET,
Auqijhta, GtEO ltd Au
PfQiiipt fittentiQii given to all business
entrusted to his care.
GGpb.'tm
F. V. BIJUDELL. | L. E. WOOD, Barnwell, S. C.
Burdrll & Wottß;
COTTON FACTORS
Aljl)—
GENERAL COMIMSSION MERCHANTS.
Special attention given t, thw handling of
COTTON & ALL OTHER PRODUCTS ON THE FARM.
COMMISSION FOR SEEDING COTTON, DO OENTS PER RALE.
Quirk Sal an and Hal a run.
Cotton Advanced On In Store.
FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE.
Corner Mclntqsli and Reynolds Streets, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
AM. BENSON. v - W. N. MERCIER
BENSON & MERCIER,
COTTON FACTORS
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
5 WARREN BLOCK, AUGUSTA, OA.
Will give personal and und vided attention to the Weieliinsr and
Selling of Cotton,
LIBERAL CASH Advance Mile on Cnsiguments
Hcpt-21-Fin _ .
FOR SELLING, 50c. I BTO.IVAOE, 25c.
M. O’DOWD,
COTTON FACTOR
—AND—
Commission Merchant,
Corner Campbell & Reynolds Streets.
Opposite Sibley & Wheeles,
Augusta, (Georgia.
Pe"sonal Attention Given Ito WEIGHING AND SEELING.
nept-lTf*
TIIOM s\J N A1) V K imsKM \) \ TS.
GO TO THE CASH STORE 1
U. M. BITm H,
At his old stand, rjceiitly occupied by A. J. Adkins, is now fedeiviitg rt
LARGE STOCK GF NEW GOODS,
I >l reed from the North, eopiustuig in pariotF
Dry Goods, Notions, Boots
and Shoes, Hats and Trunks,
Saddles and Harness, Ac., &e.
AX l) A TUI LL IVI N Id OF
Family (xroeeries,
Plantation Supplies,
Bagging and Ties,
Confectioneries, etc., etc.
Call and see me. I3iiv for CASH
and SAVE JNToney.
11. If. BUNH, Thomson, (}Au
1\ S. Highest Market Price Paid tor Cotton
■sept ‘.M-ilm
•T. THIAIA^
AT
THE POST OFFIC’o
HAS A ROOD LIXR OP CoXb'ROTIOXLJRJRS O,P \Lk
KINDS. TOR WOOS AND Ci<! APS.
STATION ERIES.
HLA NK HOOKS. LKI'/'liß AND LAP P\PRR PXIEL
OPES, PENCILS, PENS, INK. A,■. ’
Fancy Boxes of Paper and Envelopes.
J, ©. Watson,
Informs I lie public that lie b ’s opunoj a
NEIW OROCEJRY STORE]
In I, c 01. l Mch'iiiucy lioiisp, next door below tho Post O lice, where he will
keep a full line of
KAMIL) GROCERIES PLANTATION SUPPLIES
TOUA COOS, VICARS, <!>., .f-.-, CO XT EC ‘ ’
T/ONER/KS. 77.\ und WOOD ‘ -
WAtth, so , ,w., . t ,„. fj
All of which he will sell .it bottom figures for CASH.
Fall Weh)his and Measures.
Call and examine my Stock,
J. O AA r A. T S OISJ,
so;>t-2-l-lin M iIN; STIUiET, 'l'H MSON, HEORUIA.
.1. I>. WADDBUi. I A. IX. 11H.1,, Trustee
TIE “PEOPLE’S STORE."
\\ r ijeya th.j good 4 beihg b >nght in snyill lots, are constantly going iq
and out, find you efiu always imly o : getting fr 'sh goods, ami of the choicest
kinds. No shoddy goods kopl if \vp know it,.
Fancy Groceries, our particular line,
Family Groceries kcjit clean and nice;
Candy and Crackers of the best kind,
Cigars all grades, low in price.
We are oqntiniydly adding t > our Missollnuoous where wa
have almost everything likely to be oiled for.
EVERYTHING WAIIR ANTED, and EVERY SALE GUARANTEED,
f iTGoods delivered finywlioro within the froo of charge.
No. charge for boxing goods sent to the cquntry.
J. D. WADBBLL & CO.,
Hfipt-10-lm MAIN (TURRET, THOMSON, OEOROm
J It NKAL &. SON.
I A f)U tho liberal patronaso bestowed upon us during: the pa it year we ton
’ iler our thunks to tho public; to eoutiuue to mer.it their patronage aud
to increase it is our endeavor.
Our Fall and Winter Stock
Is now complete in all Mi s dilVn-.mt departments, and the g > >.lt will In soh|
at the very lowest living prims.
CALICOES, ULMAOHI4D IIOMIHUUN.
SKA I-L\N •• TICIvINC., CUU'IMR’H
aiINIU.NK KKN I’U "O JEWS.
lIIjACK ' I.PAi’C\, C VSIIVIEHU,
'Va’er Proof, Table Damask,
ATHENS’ CHECKS and STRIPES,
SHfimNOH. FI. VNNKLS. CLOAKS.
SHA WLS, KALMOUXL SKIRTS, ten. &\
DRESS (FOODS of VARIOUS STYLES'S.
A LARGE STOCK OF CLOTHING—CHEAP
Out Bay State Hkokb
( \re the Rent Shoes ever made, and at low; prices. Wear t hem once aud you
will imy them again.
Ray State Roots, $2.00; French Calf Roots, $2.73.
We lmvo Brogans for 75c., SI.OO and up.
Women’s High Cut, Heavy Shoes, 75c, to SI.OO.
A Good Stock of Ladies’ and Gent’s Fine Shoos, ‘
Hats very cheap, from 20c. up.
The Celebrated. Pearl Shirt, the
best and cheapest in
America!
Call and see us J ]l> SON,
acp-218,11 MAIN STREET, T!I<PISAN, a3J*OU.
IN’o. 48.