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BM. GROSS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,:
mo ms ox, oa.
Wt L L practice in the £odrtf of t
McDuffie and neighboring Coun
ties, ami the Supreme Coart of the
State. Especial attention given to the
collection of claims.
®“Office on Main Street over Col.
Bash's store. <Jan. 1 9, ly
week. sl2 a day at home family made .
4> I aCosth outfit free. Trap &> Cos. Me
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
J. S. BUSSEY, J. F. CARSWELL,
ol Lincoln. "f Richmond.
Bussey lb Carswell,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
609 I3roacl St., Augusta, Ga.,
.Vnnonnce lo the people of McDuffie, Linooln and neighboring oounties
that they keep in stock and are constantly receiving a very largo and select
stock of
Family Groceries and Plantation Sup
plies, Consisting in part of
33acon, Meal, Ooi'ii- IMolasses.
FLOUR OF ALL GRADES A SPECIALTY
Sugars. Coffees. Salt, Soaps, etc
IS'ails, Tobaccos, Cigars.
General lain© of Uquors
Gar Call and see us at No. 609 Broad Street under the Augusta Hotel.
ISiistsey Carswell.
Mir FmxiTum&TQnE,
AU the very latest styles, uetLing old or out of date. Our stock is just from
-♦.ke factories, where it has been selected with
GREAT CARE NJ) TASTE.
It is complete from the most common chair *r bedstead to the finest chamber
-if t Am to priects—we
Guarantee to sell as cheap as any furniture house
lu the State,
Hut don't take our word, come and see, write 11* what you want and we
wff - <ud prices a,d photographs of goods. No charge for packing or shipping.
J. L. Bowles & Cos.,
, y 717 BItOAD STREET. AIT.rSTA, HEOTGIA.
F. A. BRAHE
02 BROAD STREET, - * AUUSTA, GEORGIA
ha jttkt received a very
HANDSOME BTOCK OF N>: "
a.*/'- . —' Watches,
yjjjw.# Sterling Silver
■ n * tt * Wm:
Vfoutil respectfully call alteutiou to his inagtilficcrtt slock of
Uoetl A Burton’s Celehralofl Triple Plated Wain*.
GAS, STEAM AND WATER WORK.
C. A. ROBBE
si i/Gb'STJt* i : : : : • Glrorgz& .
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HAVING REMOVED TO MY NEW STORE AND SHOPS, NOS. 7ST. and
7:*7. Kllis Street,, near the Central Hotel, I am fully prepared to servo any one
desiring anything in my line, with prompt attention. Being a practical workman
of its yearn experience myself, and having as complete a corps of workmen as can
Be found in thin country. 1 can guarantee satisfaction. 1 curry a largo stock of
Iron and lead I*ipe for Gas, Steam and Water supply, from £ inch to 4 inches
m diameter.
Copper aud Zinc lined Bath Tubs; Piston Packing—the tgst assortment in
the South, consisting of Plumbago, Hemp. Soapstone, Rubber and Combination
Ticking lhfferant grades of Emery and Plutabago.
Sheet Rubber Packing and Belting.
Rlbber. Tiinen, and Cotton Back Hose and Pipes, from inches to inch;
Friedman’s Ejectors and Injectors- the Best Boiler Feed ever offered anywhere,
will nu.se water from wells 100 feet deep and force it into the boiler. Hancock
Inspirators. Keystone Injactors. The wearing parts of ruy Injectors can l>e
cheaply duplicated, which is not the case with any others.
Hydraulic Rams and Automatic Machines, for raising water from a spring.
Every plantation should have one. Estimates given and success guaranteed.
I)ri*e Well T'lbota and Pumps. ThU apparatus makes the cheapest and best
well known. Any one can put them down.
Pump* to lift water from deep wells. Cistern Pumps, Boiler Pumps. Steam
Pumps. Wood Pua;ps and Force Pamps. Hheet Copper. Brass, Galvanized Iron,
Lead, Zinc i.i Tin.
BRASS AND COPPER WIRE.
200 aarietiepi of Er*s Steam Whistles, Guage Cock*. Boiler Guagea, Guage
SIaMU-a, Gloi*e Valves, Stfety Valves, Stop Cocks, Check Valve*. Ac.
Gas Machines for Dwelling Houses. Stores. Mills and Hotels.
keep the*-* geods in ♦'took and will fill order* promptly. ang-M-Om
THE KNOX HOUSE.
THOMSON, G A.
I ANNOUNCE to rke public that I have leased the above POPULAR HOUSE
and will continue to keep a fit st-class
Boarding House and Restaurant
At the old stood on Main street, where jhe best fare and lodging can be liad at
very reasonable rat.-*, booms furnished lor permuri.nt ami transient boarders.
I will kfiep during the summer months the most refreshing drinks, ruch as
Ice Cream. Lemonade, Fresh Apple Cider, Ice
Water, &c., &c.
I .will also keep *h' best nud tuest brands of
Cigars and Tobacco.
Commercial traveler* will be furniah*d a spacious room iu which to display
their sample*.
I rtopeetfullv solicit a liberal share of patronage.
wm. o. jui'gmisox,
MAIN STREET. THOMSON. GEORGIA
STILL AHEAD
—♦ 4— Wm ■
And we Will Hold that Position Against all Odds.
o
In spile of the V* in FCKXITUKK. wc nrc selling it cheaper
thnn ever. and -j • .riuitee to give you BETTER BARGAINS und
BETTER G< l UU" •■ an you can find anywhere. Our stock is
COM IM.ETE. llANbsoilK and STYLISH. And as we deal onlv
with FIKST OLA'S iiOL'SKS, North, Hast und West, we have
the advantage in ring our stock, and got tlio benefit of the
LOWEST PRICK** a- buy for CASH. Call at the warcrooms
of the uudeisigne i
If You Need Furniture,
And -ve will tak“ .-asure in showing and pricing oor (roods.—
Cash and T ttie h i-’ --s done on a small per eentage of first cost.
Special batya '••• ’.r*. Respectfully,
E. C. Heggie & Cos.,
559 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA
VOL. XII.
£I)C illepuflic HK'ckli) Jounml.
THE OLDJiOME.
The wild bird sings and the rivulet runs
So cheerily round the spot
Where the peaceful Shades of tho tower
ing hills
Fall dim on my mother's cot.
The windows are low and the thatch is
low.
And its old stone walls are gray—
Oh! I see it, I love it, where’er i go,
| That old home far away.
j Tho little clock ticks on the kitchen wall
To tell the passing hours,
| And the woodbine is climbing round the
cot,
With its sweetly scented flowers.
And the old arm chair, so cosy and low,
Where mother did knit each dav —
| Oh! I see it, I love it, where’er I go,
That old home far away.
My mother, I see her before me now,
Asleep in that old arm-chair,
i With the sunshine tinging her wrinkled
brow
! That was once so smooth and fftirj;
| Her crimpled border, as white os the
snow.
And her dark brown hair turned gray,
1 Oh! I see it, I love it, where’er I go,
That old home far away.
j And there’s the white cow on its home
ward path,
As it comes so quiet Along:
j Aud the little maid with pail in her hand
Is singing that dear old song.
And the frolicsome lambs in that barn
yard
Are gathering round to play—
Oh! I see it, I love it. where'er I go,
That old hou e far away.
Not all the pleasures the world can give,
Nor riches of land or sea,
Or the wealth or rank of earth’s proud
lords
Can e’er estrange from n o
The roof that cover’d my dear mother’s
head,
With the humble floor ef clay-
Oh! I see it, I love it, where’er I go,
That old home far away.
; But alas! she has gone where all must
{ go.
For we all shall pass away—
Yea! even the cot that I loyo so well
Will crumble and decay :
For this earth is only a resting place,
Its joys are ours for a day-
All my pleasure of life has center’d in
That old home far away.
AN EVEN BET
BY A. O. O.
Slumberwell is the slightly
old-fashioned market-town of one
I of tho western shires of “merrie
| England.”
It is a sloepy looking place,
except on market days.
The “Boar’s Head” is the best
j —and nearly only—commercial
“house” in Slumberwell.
“Now, then, gentlemen, please!
—time's up !” shouts the land
i lord, putting his head into the
j billiard-room at the closing time
! one night.
“Make it an even hot, aud I'll
! take you, Waggers!" exclaims
Harry Dnuutori, a young man of
forward and lady killing appear
anco.
“Honol> l’ut dowiS your coin,
Harry! Ten pounds a side!'’
And Mr. Waggers—another
young man, square built, shock
headed, small-eyed, and with a
boisterous, frolicsome way—drew
out a handful of mixed gold and
Bilrer coins, and counted.out ten
sovereign* on the green cloth.
“Go it’Waggers! Hullo, Daun
ton, you’re in for it! Down with
your ten ‘quid?’” cried tho little
crowd of men looking on."
“Time's up, please gents! ’ this
time from jPerks, the pot boy,
who soomed to make an instanta
neous and magic appearance
among the party.
It would have been a difficulty
to guess even at the ago ol Perks,
j Anything between ten and
| forty. His voice was shrill ns a
j boy’s; his height just four feet
eleven; face weazened and hair
i less; head about two sizes too
| largo for his small body, and
close-cropped , bandy-legged and
with long, muscular arms.
No one took the slightest no
tice of Perks's admonition.
“Hand the stakes to Wilkins;
he’ll hold them 1" exclaimed
several.
Harry Dauuton produced a
bank note from his pocket-book,
| and dropped it among tho gold,
j “What’s it all about?’’ asked a
: tall man, with the most, “referee
| ish” look of the party, stepping
| forward, and gathering up the
' money with a quite us' d-to-itsort
l of way.
A choroos of explanations fol
lowed, with which Porks’s shiill
“Time’s up, gents!” mingled to
no purpose
“One at a time!” expostulated
Wilkins, the tall man. Now,
then, YVaggers !”
“Well,” commenced that in
dividual, “Harry Haunton has
jast bet me even money—you
hold the stakes—that to-morrow
—not being market-day, and
weather permitting—ho will set
off from the door below at mid
day, and proceeding on the left
hand side half a mile down the
street —that is to say, as far down
as Uowsell’s pump —kiss every
woroau he meets on his own side!
Eh, Harry?”
I “That's it!,’ returned Mr. Haun-
I ton, confidently. “You’ll bethere,
Wilkins, to see all's square?”
Wilkins nodded, and made a
note in the fly-leaf ol his betting
book.
“Now, gets, time’s up!”
Simultaneously the lights went
out, and the party followed,
scampering and jostling.
* * *
Why did Mr. Waggers rise next
morning with the worm tbatpre-
THOMSON, GEORGIA, WEDJffiSOAY, MARCH 2J, 1882
cedes the early bird, and make
sues an untimely visit to the
“Institute for Aged and Respecta
ble Females,” that was situated
opposite Dowell’s pump?
“Well, that's a good ’un I"
ejaculated old Dame Scoremale,
when JJhe had gone. “He says
whoever’ll have a drop of gin-1
toddy this cold day, with a rusk
to help it down, lot ’em come up
to the Boar’s Head, about twelve
o’elook. He’s a gentleman I I’m
on I”
Dame Scarcmale was a raw,
bony woman, past the prime of
life, but with nails and muscles
in good condition yet, and a very
virago for modesty. It is true
she had married a man ; but tho
report goes, ho ouly survived it
two months.
* * * ♦
Outside of the front entrance
to the “Boar’s Hoad."
“Now, then, Daunton ; it’s
twelve I” said Wilkins, returning
his watch to his pocket. “ There
are doucod few people in sight!”
“All right," said Harry ; “but
you fellows—only Waggers and
Wilkins to accompany, mind !"
A murmur of assent carno from
the few who had gathered round
to see the start.
“Where's Porks?" shouted
Waggers.
“Got half a day’s leavo sir,”
said the landlord, coming forward.
Waggers drew him aside, and
some whispering took place.
“All right sir,” nodded the
landlord, when they had finished.
“I'll see they lias it as they eotnos
in, sir, and put it down to your
account.”
Oil'they start, tho unabashed
Harry leading on the left hand
side j Messrs. Waggers and Wil.
kins followed on the other.
Harry was in luck. Looking
down the long street, thore
scarcely seemed a dozen folks in
sight altogether.
First ho met a young shop girl,
who received his saluto with a
blush and a stare; then a fresh
colored farmer’s wife, who do.
elared “the young man must ho
mad ; but, there ! after all j"
then an aged, stout gentleman
with his charming daughter, who
shrank from him in vain, while
her paternal relative could do
nothing hut snort, and vociferate
empty threats after the hence
speeding rogue; then he surprised
cook ahd housemaid outside theii
front door, who only laughed and
usked for another, which they
didn’t get; then it was a girl of
about fourteen, whom ho kissed
to make sure, spilling some of
the milk she carried, which he
stayed to toss her a shilling for;
then a young man with his sleek
corpulent mamma, who consider
ed herself insulted, while her son
pulled excitedly at a few straw
hairs, (carefully designated by
their owner a moustache), and
fitted an eyeglass into his eye to
see who it was, turning after
wurds to his affronted parent,
and remarking, “ Vewy stwangel’’
Then he chuuood upon a sour,
angulur-looking spinster, who
hud never been kissed before in
her life, und rather liked it, but
managed to get her opon hand
sharply on his cars nevertheless;
and then, heartily enjoying the
fun, und taking by surprise—or,
giving rather—what he wanted,
without word or comment, 110
came upon a show that caused
him much consternation.
Thore, filing out of the “Insti
tute,” came in pairs, throe, and
little knots, the good, frequently
venerable, but always ugly, wid
ows and spinsters of Slurnbcr
well. It was a terrible sight to
him, and he groaned; but looking
over the way and noting the in
finite relish and mirth of his two
followers, he nerved himself and
sped forward.
“After all,” ho argued, “they’re
all old, and can’t show fight or
run. It only wants cheek.”
A dozen hands wore uplifted
now, each garnished with formi
dable looking nails, and he was
getting hemmed in. Ho wasn't
beaten yet, with that laughter
ringing in his ears ; but plunged
and bounced, till suddenly a littlo
old woman, with a very large
bead, in a very large bonnet,
sprang forward with a shrill
shriek, and locked a pair of long
lithe arms round his neck with
the grip of a Gorgon, if the an
eient supposition was that their
grips were throttling. It was ue
use ; down be went!
Down on the first batch. One
after the other he caught thorn
doxtcriously by the shoulders,
and plumped them one—any
where! Still on ho urged, not
missing any, first making a
pounce against the wall; then,
with a bound, across the path
into the road, and on to one
whose old legs were warily try
ing to dodge him : and now' two
at a time, with an arm around
each neck. It was for all tbs
world like a big fox among a
huge flock o; gAse ; such a cack
ling, such such a hub
bub was never heard before.
He had only 'another twenty
yards t go. But they kept
pressing up in front of him, and
closing aii aroajid him; ho was
gelling bewildered as to which
he had kissed. ‘ Things wore be
coming serious! lie could hear
two fits of sustained laughter,
convulsing twb male somebodies
over the road. He wouldn’t
give in! He made a dash at a
big, bony woman !
“Scra-sh!”lajuL there was a
long, smarting scratch down his
face.
“Would ye, "how?” inquired
Dame Scaremaie, trying to re
peat tho application, as lie back
ed away from iser.
Then row#." tkjjLQiy.’' “To the
p<*ai*F~*
Half drag(§M huff'Scarried, in
the midst of the petticoat mob;
the little old woman, looking
like tke .antiquated vitch of
fairy-lore, and Damo Scaremaie,
being tho prime movers.
Appealing vaialy for rescue
and assistance, ho was ignorain
iously placed ■sVider tho pump,
and not till he w:;.s drenched and
half drowned did they all scam
per off, and leave him to his bit
ter reflections and two friends.
* •!<.,* *
That evening there was a sup
per at the “Boar’s Hoad,” to
which some dozer, ntariy wero
seatod. VV aggers "stood” it,
having been declared the wiu
ncr of the hot.
Harry Daunton had been duly
charted and laugh'; and at, and hav
ing somewhat i'. SVoreil his tem
per—though not Ills whole skin
—consented to act as “vice,”
while Mr. Wilkins took the “up
per end.”
“I say, Daunton,’’ exclaimed
tho president, “wasn’t that big
woman a Tartar? Let’s drink
to her!”
“By Jove, Wilkins, it’s all
very well to laugh'f I wish you’d
been there 1" I
“So 1 was; hut’ could hardly
soe for laughing ”
“That big put in
Waggers, “is Dame Scaremaie,
supposed to bo tho strongest
woman in though
she is turned sixty:”
“No she Isn’t. thAAI I’d like
tof know \ o i(if woin
an, with the big. wan?---
Gad ! if over I meet her alone,
not all the chivalry in nmlo hu
man nature shall Save her shriv
elled old carcass!"
There was a giggle behind his
chair. He turned uud only saw
Forks.
“What are you making that
noise ior ?" lie/itskcd.
A roar went up around the
table.
“Well, I don’t soe what you
are all laughing at,” he said, re
turning to bis supper.
The Tower of London.
The tower of London is tho
most celebrated citadel of Eng
land, and the only fortress of the
British capital. Its history is, to
a great extent, the history of tho
kingdom. Withi# its walls somo
of the most noted political and
religious characters have been
confined, tortured und beheaded.
The tower is in the eastern ex
tremity of the city,, und consists
of towers, batteries, forts, ram
parts, barracks and store-houses.
It is surrounded by a considera
ble moat, and covers an area of
twelve or thirteen acres. Tho
oldost part is what is known ns
tho White Tower, which was
built by William the Conqueror,
and whieli has not born changed
inside, but has been remodeled
externally. Some of the walls
ure fourteen feet thick, which
made it naW ‘‘
in its day. The notable places to
be seen by the visitor are : The
Traitor’s Gate, opposite to which
is the White Tower, and through
which the prisoners like Haleigh
were taken to their cells; tho
Bloody Tower is also nearly op
porite, and there tho sons of
Edward IV. were murdered at
the instigation of Hichard III.;
Beauchamp Tower is also seen
and remembered as the place
whore Anne Iloleyn and tho un
fortunate Lady Jane Grey were
detained ; the 801 l Tower, where
tho Governor resides; the galle
ries known as th Horse Armory
and Queen Elizabeth's Armory ;
and the jewel-room, where the
crown jewels, valued at 12,000,
000 arc kept. The old banquet
ing hall und comcil chamber
have been made the store-house
for arms, and St. John’s Chapel
has boon translated into an office
for the records aid archives. A
moderate-sized aitny is usually
disposed about thf various parts
of the tower. The armories have
famous collections of arms of
medieval and modern times. The
Tower is ono of the rights of
London, and all going there may
see, on-the payment of a small
fee, (ho different parts of the
great stronghold in the company
of a quaintly-attired guide. On
thu walls of tho cells are yet to be
seen inscriptions make by prison
ers confined like Raleigh, within
tho dreary placo only to bo re
leased by death.
A Land of Wonders
Nevada is a land of curious
natural phenomena, says the Eu
reka (Nev.) Leader. Her rivers
have no visible outlet to tho
eceaii. She has no lakes of any
magnitude. She has vnst stretch
es of alkali deserts, however, that
give every indication cf having
been the beds or bottoms of either
seas or lakes. Down in Lincoln
county there is a spring of ice
cold water thdt bubbles up over
a rock and disappears on tho
other side, and no one lias been
able to find where the water
goes. At another point in tho
same county is a largo spring
about twenty feet square, that is,
apparently, only some eighteen
or twenty inches in depth, with
a sandy bottom. The sand can
ho plainly-seen, but on looking
closer it perceived that this
sand is in a perpetual state of
unrest. No bottom has ever
been found to this spring. It is
said that a teamster, on reucliing
this sbring one day, decoived by
its apparent shallowness, conclu
ded to soak one of his wagon
whoois to oure the lorsness of its
tire, lie therefore took it off und
rolled it into tho wator. lie never
laid his eyes on that wagon wheel
again.
The mountains arc full of eaves
and caverns, many of which
have been explored to a groat
distance. Speaking of caves, a
rodeo was held last spring over
in Huntington Valley. During
its progress quite a number of
cattle wore missing, and for a
time unavailing search was made
for them. At last they were
traced to the mouth of a natural
tunnel or eave in the mountain.
The herders .entered tho cave
and following it for a long dis
tar ce, at last found the cattle.
It appears that they had probu
bly entered tho cave in search of
waler. It had finally narrowed
sp ti>at they .could .proceed no
,furt jier.j Neither jcoifld they
turn around .to got dtfs. They
had boon missed some days, and,
if they had not been found, roust
inevitably have perished in a
short time. As it was, they were
extricatod from their predica
ment with difficulty by the herd
era squeezing past and getting
in front of them and soaring
thorn into a retrograde move
ment by flapping their hats into
tho faces of tbe-stupid bovinos.
The Order for the Eieoutien of
Jesus Christ.
Among the mimuscripts which
were burned in tho conflagration
of the Archiepisoopal PjJnce, at
Honrgos, in France, a few years
ago, the most remarkable wus,
no doubt, the order for the execu
tion of Jesus Christ, which was
tho personal property of t|ie
family Dela Tour 'dAuvergno.
The ordqr runs tliqs:
“Jesus, of Unzureth, of the
JoWish tribe of Juda, convicted
Of imposture and rebellion against
the divine authority of Tiberius
Augustus, Emperor of the Ho.
mans, having for this sacrilege
been condemned to die on ihc
cro.'s by sentence of the Judge,
Pontius Pilato, on the prosecu
tion of our Jlord, Herod, Lieuten
ant of the Emperor in Judea,
shall bo taken to-morrow morn
ing, the twenty-third day of the
ides of March, to the usual place
of punishment, under the escort
of a company of the Praetorian
Guard. The so-called King of
the Jews shall bo taken out by
the Strunean gate. All the pub
lic officers and the subjects of the
Emperor are directed to lend
their aid to tiic execution of this
sentence. Chai’f.i,.
“Jerusalem, 22d day of the ides
of March, year of Home, 783."
Facts for the Curious.
A rifle ball move* 1,000 miles
per hour.
A band (horse measure) is four
inches.
Rapid rivers flow seven miles
per hour.
Electricity moves 288,000 miles
per hour.
The first lifcifer match was
mado in 1820
Gold was discovered in Califor
nia in 1848.
A mile is 5,280 feet, or 1,760
yards, in length.
Until 1776 cotton spinning was
performed by the hand spinning
wheel.
The first steam engine on this
continent was brought from Eng
land in 1753.
A $60,000 statue to John O. Cal
houn will soon he erected in Charie
ton.
In a fight between the two Baker
brothers near Chernw, S, C., the
younger was killed by the elder.
Elbert Stephenson, convicted at.
Lawrenceville lust week of the mur
der of his aunt, • now show signs of
insanity.
A clever swindle through cutting
bank bills and pasting the pieces to
gether lias been successfully carried
out at Troy N. Y.
Wm. H. Scruggs, of Georgia, lias
been confirmed as Consul at Panama.
A riot toed place recently at Third
creek, N. C. between whites and
blacks.
The number of books aud pam
phlets published in Germany during
Inst vev ww 16,191,’ ns rp ’in * 14,-
941 published in 1881.
non. N. H. li. Dawson is mention
ed as tho next Governor of Alabama.
Some of the Eastern paperg tell of
a Western girl who went to a funeral
to flirt witii the mourners.
An Italian has invented a method
of solidifying wine and brandy, so
tlmt it may bo sold dry as well as in
liquid form,
There are now in the three southern
provinces of Ireland as many troops
as Lord Bagluti had when lie landed
in the Crimea to fight the Russians.
A woman died in Fall River, Mass.,
recently of overwork and lack of prop
er food. She had been trying to sup
port lierself and four childrde on CO
cents a dny, which she earned in one
of the mills.
Hereafter all United Statos public
buildings will bo constructed |nutfV
i ‘-rial produoed by tho State in which
the building is located.
A married woman got n divorce -to
marry another man. The divorced 1
husband got even with both, by into'-
lying the daughter of husband num
ber two.
Charles A. Heed of Newport,
Mass., devised 1(40,000 eaoh to his
own towu aud Salem, to bo used in
picnics to childreu. scientific lectu
res, and relief to poor widows.
■ „!
The "Hed oross Treaty” for the
amoliorntiou of the wounded in time
of war hn* been ratified by the Sen
ate. The bed cross society is uon
oonibatunt, takes earo of the woun
ded aud is protected by both sides in
timpof war. , . ~
■ '* - -g| - . \ <ft ■ >*(}
j Tobry-oo killed a boy Sfls, o JJlttir,
i Neb. Sc not rioty euewedj ‘ great
| quantities of the weed, but, Bwallow
ed the jnice.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonald lmd a
street fight with pistols at New Lex
ington, Ohio, over the possession of
their child. They lmd agreed to
separate, but neither wished to give
up the little one.
Clows on the prairies get accustom
ed to the noise of locomotive bells
and whistles, and do not alwwsys
clear the traok nntill thrown off by
the cowcatcher. A patented device
is described in the Scientific Ameri
can for sxuirting hot water twenty rods
ahead. It is calculated that this
would stimulate the laziest into ac
tion,
■■“ j" ..'Jim
Anew bell, bearing the inscription,
“dinners, this bell calls yon to the
Worship of Christ and nothing more,”
has been presented to the Baptist
church of Dedham. Mass.
He was an accommodating con
dnetor who stopped his train Jong
enough, at Moysville, 111., for a vill
age clergyman to pronounce a hasty
marriage ceremony for two eloping \
passengers.
Buffalo Bill is scouting in the midst
of civilization now. He and other
heirs of Phillip Cody ore suing to re
cover about sixteen acres of ground
j in the heart of Cleveland, now worth
| -■$!,000,000. They claim that. Cody j
j was insane when, in 1845, he dispos-1
[ ed of his farm for a trifle.
A widow in Japan who is williug to
think of matrimony wears her ban
tied and twisted nroimd a long shell
hair pin placed horizontally across
the 'nick of the head. But when a
widow firmly desolvea never to
change her name again shs cuts off
her hair short on her neck and combs
it brek without any part.
Mr. nud Mrs. Bower of Jefferson
ville, Ind., were dovorcod. Mr. Bow
er, who hod been the complainant,
wont to the woman with au offer of
marriage. Site consented with pre
tended gladuess, and there was a gay
wedding, immediately after which
she disappeared with 81,600 taken
from the bridegroom’s pocket.
A man down at Bt. Louis caught
tlie smallpox from a pet pig, anil it is
expected it will rnn through all tho
family. The pig was badly marked
ou the left ear.
In Athens, Ala., it is made an of
fense, pnnisbable by a fifteen dollar
fine or confinement in the calaboose
for forty-eight hours, to buy, sell or
give away spirituous liquors.
Natural history for little ones:
This is a mule. Ha may look amia
ble, but lie isn't. He differs from
the condor of the Andes. The con
dor Honrs ; the mule sours. That
sjieck on the sky yonder is tho man
who attempted to climb the mule’s
back by catching hold of his tail.
When lie comes down he will tell you
that the best way to mount n mule is
to drop on him from the limb of n tree.
>O. 13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
LOWjSTOVES and FI\L
Prices. I ! A N OKS. *ET
A. E. Sholes A Cos.,
924 Broad Streets,
Augusta, Georgia.
I WE £0 UOUT BEFORE THE RISE AND
CAN UNDERSELL ALL '
COMPETITORS.
MR. AUGUSTUS BEALL,
Whose service** we have secured, will be glad to ee
U Ufa.
Every Description of
Tinware.
: '
iSml • and Mai 1 11 -p.; sales'
PEKDLETON’S BOOK STORE.
804: Broad Street, -i
(Next.to E. 11. Sc Un6 Mur’s,)
Al OUSTA. ------ georgi x
Keeps constantly on hand u fall line of
Books & Sthtjoaerv.
Consisting in part of
Standard and Miscellaneous Books, Nov
els, Tales, and Religious, Bibles,
\ Testaments, Hymn Books,
(of different denom
inations) Sun- f % i
day School Books and Requisites. M
SQITOOLf ROOKS,
sj@*arts*
grapli and Autograph Albums, Pictures, .to., .te. 3
Hooks and small packages of .Stationery sent t y mail free ef postage,
apt ill money for same. ft. p, PENDLETON,
BROAD STREET. AITOUHTA, GKO KGIA
m T. MARKWALTER
B* MARBLE WORKS,
BROAD STRFET, NEAR LOWER MARKET.
,GKOKI.I
MONUMENTS, Tombstones, aud Marble work generally always on hand and
made to order. All work for the conntry carefully boxed. and delivery ! at
the Uailroad depot in Augusta, free of uharge. Specimens of the wgifeiar.ii
seen at the luannfactorv r.
J. F SHIELDS,
IRvilvpoad street., Thomson, Gal
—- —**■
Tima LEA VE TO ANNOUNCE TO Mr FRIE Sn -
awl tin' Public f/ener<Aly (hat / have on hand a '
Large and Well Selected Stock
—or—
Groceries, Dry Goods, Hardware, Etc.
I am conviantly arraged to handle heavy goods and sell them at elos.
prices, and anyone needing goods in my line will do well to examine my
prices before making purchases.
rkooo pounds D. S. Sides. CdfTO.OOO D. S. Shoulders. Stigarcured
Hams, Lard, COTTON SEED OIL, just ss good as Lard and a great deal
Wienper.
YELLOW COHN L ° AI>B WHITE ° ORN - * rTHREE CAR LOADS
Soliciting your patronage in the future as I have so generously had it in the
past, I am reapectfully,
•J. F. Shields
. Oct-By _ KAtr.ltOAl) STREET, THOMSON, Ij y
Washes, Diamonds, Jewelry
WM. SCHWEICERT,
WATCH AND CHRONOMETER MAKER.
.. . .DEALlilt 1N..;. ’ •:
Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silver and
Plated Ware.
| Spectacles, Eye Glasses, Watches, Clocks & .Jewelry
of Every Description Repaired >ll Work Warranted.
AGENT for THE BEST SPECTACLE MADE.
732 Broad Street,
Under Central Ilotef, Augusta, Georgia.
ootDMy . T
ASSIGNEE’S SALE
—OF—
MIS, SHIS HITS MO IRIKS'
I AM GOING TO SELL OUT THE IMMENSE STOCK OF BOOTS, SHOE 1 *
HATS AND TRUNKS, OF
C- AVHITTENDALE
833 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. '
711(1 Cases that must be sold Regardless of Cost. It will be to the interest t,i
nil parties wanting such goods to call at once, as I mast close out the entire
; stork of all kinds of Goods kept in a First-Class Shoe House, such as T. Mil Fs
A SONS, ZKIGLKK BRO S, W. T. DIXON & 880., and all Celebrated Makes.
ro All Merchants!
The immense Store is filled from Front to Hack with Cheap Goods, eonsrst
! ing of Mens’ Wux Brogans, Mens’ Fine P. Calf Brogans in Sewed, Pegged and
Standard Screw. Mens’ Best Full Stock Boots, Mens’ Split Boots: Mens’ Fin<-
j Calf Boots; Womans’Best I. Kip Polkas,- Womens', Misses’ and Childrens’ Best
I Goat Polkas: Ladies’ Fine Gram Bals.; Ladie*’ Fine Buff, Cloth and Fox Gaiters-
Gents’ and Ladies’ llats; Large Stock of Trunks, in short, everything usua'lv
: kept in Shoe Houses, snituMe for Merchants, and as the Stock has to be closed
: out, now is an excellent chance to obtain Overwhelming Bargains. We guarav
, tee Prices t!!i percent, less than New York Wholesale Prices.
Terms Strictly Cash !
Merchants visiting the City will do well io call and examine this Mammoth
! Stock before buying elsewhere. All orders filled with care.
S. B. WRIGHT,
Assignee for C. WHITTENDALE,
00**2-“ -131 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
ITS POPULARITY IS Ulf*
PARALLELED.
130.000 SOLD!!- &<•'.X
the wonderful ami iocre.ifdfcg demand iotMmm
tU l> -k, mot popular and ihuapvut •-
Life of Garfield $2
ThU work j* proiundy iHoßtrarcdy U-flte
i rntir*- thrilling *tury of liia eventful lift*.
I tragic death; haw Wo critically revised and p>-
proved by one of hi* most intimat** per mted
triends: liu* far outsold all other efiftiotfi.
caupi; tin- best ana cheapest, and our r>rin •"
Agent* are tlf moat nbcfftl of any. .Sun rp
riti '-l pint* portrait* tret: l Outfit 50c.
j' For proof of excellence, saleability, <*hees* *>(
j Agents and terms address at once, ifubbarf
Kras., Atlanta, Gu.
Wholesale and
retail.