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"VOL. XIII.
* ‘ ‘ MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENT.
M. A. STOVALL.
COTTON” IT-A-CTOR
AND
Commission Mirchant,
NO- 73? EEYNOLDS STREET,
- - Georda.
GEO W. HARDWICK. Salesman
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quillian bros.,
——
Have just opened and are constantly receiving a
FRESH STOCK of DRUGS and
Family Medicines,
—ALSO— A Completed Stock of
Dry Goods, Bocu.s, Shoes, Hardware and Fami
ly Groceries in
No. 4, Brick Row, Thomson, Ga.
The Public are cordially invited to call and obtain prices.
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MERCHANTS
AT THE
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903 REYNOLDS STREET. - AUGUSTA. GA.
T. F. FLEMING,
VR6US&LE M RHIL DRUGGIST,
926 BROAD STREET.
AUGUSTA. - - GEORGIA
Having been engaged in the “DRUG BUSINESS/’ in Autrnsta, for
the p*H 15 year*. i fully prepared to otter to the people oi McDuffie and
surrounding counlios a well selected slock of
Drugs and Medicines, Chemicals,
Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, etc.
At prices that will doty coni] ion. Tbc Merchant, tho Physi
cian, the Farmci and Planter, or the la ily will alwai s tin lin this store
everything eroded iit this line, at the very lowest prices.
When in toe City, cull ad examine the stock. When at home
and in want of goods in this line, order from
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702 BROAD STREET, - - AUUKTA, GEORGIA.
HAM JIJSJt ÜBCEIVED .1 VERY HANDSOME STOCK OF NEW
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JEWELRY,
STERLING SIM PLATED WARE.
Would respv4fully call al tent ion to his magnificent stock of
Kced & Burton’s Celebrated Triple Plated Ware.
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Augusta Georgia
MRS. W. M. THOMAS, Popbietob
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catde 1 in the centre of business (jortioti of Augusta, convenieiit to Pcstoffice. Tele
graph Office and Depot, and off urn to the public mi xjnailed by any other
Hotel in the City
1,000,090 Galois Aged Rye Whiskies.
S. K WRIGHT.
lS r o, S3-1. liroad St., Augusta, Ga.
After an expemneo of fifteen years in the Retail Liquor BmdneaH feels justified
in offering to the ' public by Wholesale the Largest and Finest Stock ol
Liquors iu thfe South, specialties among which are
Brunfl-ies, Ti mes. Ruins. (Jins, &c.
California Brandies and Wines. 014 rtcuppernwng Wines, North Carolina
Grape Wines, Finest Blackberry Wines. Mountain Corn Whiskey.
Agent for KENTUCKY BOURDON BONESETTONIC and OLD CROW
whihitet.
Case Liquors of all kinds.
AU orders from the country promptly filled and satisfaction guaranteed.
Send your Demijohns. Jugs or Casks and I ave them filled and returned.
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i.S-J'jmj —t ■ ■ 1 —.-
Z. I. BESSMAN,
'SUCCESSOR TO J. V/. BESSMAN, AGENT,)
Wholesale Liquor Dealers,
008 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Sole Agent for JOHN GttiSON'S SON & CO’S,
Olebr-itcff Old >lononiraliola Rye Whiskies!
Also will keep in stock a. full fae LOWER GRADES o' Oooclh, together with
Imported Wines, Brandies, Gins, Etc.
Awd all oUer (iwode usual to a FIUST-CLASH WHOLESALE HOUSE, which trill
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THOMSON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY 7 , NOVEMBER 19, 1884.
UNTIL DEATH.
BY FLORENCE PERCY.
Make me no vows of constancy, dear friend,
To love me, though 1 die, thy whole life
long.
And love no wther till thy days shall end—
Nay, it were rash and wrong.
If thou cunst love another, be it *o;
I would not reach out of my quiet grave
To bind thy heart, if it should choose to go,
Love should not be a slave*.
My placid ghost, I trust, will walk serene
iln clearer light than guilds the earthly
morns.
Above the jealousies and envies keen,
Which sow lhis life with thorns.
Thou wouldst not feel my shadowy caress.
J If. after death, ray soul should huger here :
Men’s limits crave tangibly, close tender
-2)os*,
Love’s presence warm and near,
I It would not make me sleep more peace
fully
I That thou wait wasting all thy ifo in wov
I For my poor soke. What love thou hast
for me
Bestow it ere I go.
Carve not upon a stone when I am dead
The praises which remorseful mourners
give
To women’s graves—a tardy recompense—
But speak them while l live
Heap not the heavy marble on my head
To shut away the sunshine and the dew ;
Let small blooms grow there, and the grass
es wave,
Andra n drops Alter through.
Thou wilt meet many fairer and more gay
Than 1, but trust me. thou cunst never find
One who will love and serve thee night and
day
With u more single mind.
Forget me when I die. The violets
Above my rest will blossom just as blue.
Nor miss thy tears; e’en Nature’s self for
gets—
But while I live bo true.
for licit s\yi;i;t sake.
A group of throe—-Itemaid Sylvester
anti hi* two sis tors, B. audio and Grace
—were seated in the room which did
threefold duty as parlor, library and,
dining-room, iu the tiny house which
hail boon willed to them by their grand
father. Added to this bequest was a
sum of money invested iu the funds,
tne iutercst of which, with strict econ
omy, would feed and clothe the recipi
ents. The remainder of the old gen
tleman’s property went to Reginald,
live child of Ids son Jasper, and was to
accumulate until ho became of age,
with the exception of what was neces
sary for him to disburse for living ex
penses.
When ho was to reach his majority
he was to enter into possession of Ids
large inheritance, provided he should
consent to fulfill the instructions con
tained in a sealed note, which was not
to be opened until then.
If, however, ho refused to obey his
grandfather’s wish, the money was left
to other and indirect heirs, with the
exception of an amount equal to that
*ot apart for his cousins Ronald,
Blanche, and Grace Sylvester.
The brothers, Jasper and Richard
Sy.vester, had died several years beioro
the demise of their father, amt the four
children named in the will were re
spectively twelve, ten, eight, and six
years of ago at the time oi their
grandfather’s death.
Consequently they worn not old
enough to realize tho injustice which
had been done to throe of them al
ready, nml which might eventually be
meted out to the one apparently favor
ed by his grandfather above the others.
For, until the sealed note should be
opened, who could tell how willingly
its spirit could be carried out by me
young hair-?
Ronald Sylvester had a decidedly
literary turn and undoubtedly would
have a briiiiaut career at college, but
tho only chance for it lay in his own
•xertions later on; but, nothing daunt
ed by liis poverty, he studied indus
triously to prepare himself.
Keg to aid was at The Oaks the time
'jur story opens, and was expected at
:he cottage momentarily. lie had
reached home the night before.
R maid was busy with an abstruse
problem, and some Greek and Latin
exercises were piled up on the table,
turning it, for tho time being, into a
most, literary-looking depository.
“Here ho is!” exclaimed Grade, who
had been on watch at the window. “1
really believe he lias grown a whole
head taller since he was home last.”
“Wo have all changed. So it would
be a womier if Regie stood still,”
answered Blanche demurely.
“Do vou think I have grown much
taller, Blanche?”
“You wid never bo anything but pet
ite, Grade.”
“Now. Blanche diirling, don’t tell
me that 1 am to bo littje, unless you
want me to pout all the rest of the
day.”
“What’s that about pouting, Gra
de?” asked a voice at the open door
with something so cheery in its tones
that the sisters brightened as flowers
might at the breath of the spring
breeze fresh from the land of perpetual
summer.
“Blanche was telling me something
disagreeable. Regie,” said Grace,
springing forward, and putting out
both hor hands to welcome her cousin.
“She says lam going to i>e an iusig
nito ani little atom, instead of growing
up tall and stalely like herself.”
“How do you do, K gie?” said
Blanche, advancing, in her turn, to
greet him. “I am glad to see you.
But you mustn’t think I said anything
so vain-sounding as Grade’s words
would indicate, i said site would al
ways bo petite.”
“That was a real compliment, Grace.
If you should be anything but what
you are, I. for one, should break my
heart. Ronald, old fellow, how are
you?”
“Fine.” answered Ronald senten
tiousiy. “Look here!” And he point
ed to tho mute evidences of his hours
of study.
“Now. Ronald, Jet us girls have R*-
gie a little while before vou pin him
down to teach you.” Then, without
giving Ronald time to gainsay her.
Grace said coaxingly: “(ionic out into
the garden and see our new roses,”
with a bright glance which her cousin
could no more resist than could a bit of
steel hold back from a magnet.
•Til De back soon, Ronald,” he
gaid. and followed Grace.
“Poor boy!” he said to her as soon
as they were out of hearing distance,
“he ought to have had ray chance, he
would have made better use of it.”
“Now, R *gie, you shan’t undervalue
yourself. You are just splendid, and
we all of us think so.”
“I ll prove what I think when I am
of age. Ronald shall have every ad
! vantage my money can give him. At
any rate, he should have had it by
right as much as I. It all came from
our grandfather.”
“Have you ever wondered what
might be iu tiie* sealed leticr grandpa
left?”
“Yes; but I don’t worry about it. I
v don’t imagine It in anytUmg very **rj-
OliS.
“What if he had someone iu view
for vou to marry. R *gie?”
Reginald’s luce expressed his sur
: prise at the idea; but he was prompt in
! his ■answer:*
i “Unless it should be the girl I love,
I I would lose my fortune rather than
yield to such a wish.”
Grace turned suddenly grave; all
her buoyant lightness of manner van*
ished.
“The girl you love. Regie? L didn’t
| know that you loved anyone yet. i
: don’t want you logo and fall in love
with some stranger -it would break
; my heart.”
And tears overflowed tho blue eve*
which hud, but tho moment before,
| been so bright and merry.
Reginald Unshod. Thou he turned
and looked at Grace with an expression
: in his eyes that would have/ told het
| the whole truth, had she been looking
, towards him.
But she stood with hor head turned
j away, so that ho could only see ths
delicate contour of her pretty profile
aud the grieved quiver ot her lips.
“Grace,” ho said softly, but with a
tremor iu his voice which told of sumo
doej) uuder-lying agitation, “look at
Grace shivered-, but she obeyed. The
thought which hail been presented to
her mind Imd made her opening spring
[ time of life seem all of a sudden
changed and cold as though its winter
had conn*.
She raised her eves to Reginald’s
face and for an instant they looked
straight at each other.
Then Reginald put his arms about
| her aud drew her to him and kissed
her.
“You are to bo my wife, Grachs —
that is. if you will consent to marry
me. l)iil you think 1 could ever love
anyone else? I thought you knew tqe
better. Naughty little girl; you were
jealous. But it is such an encourag
ing sign that if you will contess it
freolv. i’ll forgive you.”
“Was it jealousy?” asked Grace,
smiiiug through her tears, “i only
know that l fe.lt as though niv heart
had turned, all at once, into something
that hurt me. But what will Rotiaid
say? We must go in.”
It was with anew aud strange feel
ing of coyness that Grace said this.
Previously Regie had been w> her like
a brother. Now*, he was so much dear
er, and yet she had lost ail feeling of
ease with him. Then, too. this rush
of emotion which filled her heart was
distressing as well as delightful.
In that one moment when Reginald’s
kisses had burned upon her lips she
had changed from a careless happy
heurted girl into a deep-thinking, lov
ing woman. But she must have time
io become accustomed to regarding
Regie in the light of a lover. Thus it
was that she became restless in his su
eioty aud would lain have flown away
from him into solitude, where she could
commune with her own heart.
Although Reginald comprehended
but dimly the state of her mind, ho
followed her obediently into the house,
where Ronald was waiting to monopo
lize him, and resigned himstnf pa
tiently to tho task of coaching the
anient student.
After seeing him safely beside her
brother; Grace disappeared, am! did
not become visiolo again until tea
time, ami then she was so unusually
quiet that Blanche looked al her sev
eral limes with a constantly increasing
anxietv, which culminated at last in
threatening to send for tho doctor.
Reginald was about to speak, but an
ntrealing look from Grace cheeked
him. and later on she whispered to
him. as .she went with him to the gate:
“Keep what lias passed a secret.
Regie, until you know the contents of
that dr< aiiftil letter, i would never
consent to stand in the way of your
future prospects.”
“Anu, to win or not to win you, mv
darling, will either be tho making or
the marring of my life.”
“We are so young. Regie. People
will talk harshly of me if they hear of
a projected marriage between us.
Promise to keep it a secret for u
while.”
“1 will promise anything to please
you, Grace. But remember one thing
—1 will never give vou up.”
* * * *
“Grace, look at this!”
There was an excited cadence iu
Blanche's voice, which caused Grace to
open her eyes surprised!}'.
Blanche pointed to a notice in the
newspaper she had been reading. It
ran thus:
“WAN’IKD.—The children of one .June l
Gruhiuiw. ivntt ciimo to this country koiiio
w lit; -five jm.n* ajj>o, mid mnrncd mi
A irifi'icuii (font • mini \\ in <> iinnic 1* unknown
to the writer ol lies mlverti'cment. II tiiey
will c*t iu iiiuitictttc with MfH-.r*. Did and
Wnrd, No. —, N..* i>u *ti cm, ti.oy wiit hear of
Kone ilmitf i< it.c;r a<ivuiitHtfc."
“That was our mother's maiden
name. Grade. Do you suppose sue is
the one meant in the notice?”
“Would anyone else be likely to
have just that nameP”
“I think not. At any rate, I shall
! sit down at once and write to that ad
| dies-. It can’t do any harm.”
“Hadn’t you better ask Ronald to do
! UP”
“No, Grace. I think It will be best
not to take anyone into our confidence.
Theft, if we are doing a silly thing,
| there will bo no ono to laugh at us.
| Wait until the answer comes before we
, sav a word al>out it to Ronald.”
Grace acquiesced, as she usually did
to wimt sedate Blanche proposed.
Her own Jack of confidence in her
sister about her love affair caused her
to be even more pliant to Blanche's
advice tlmn was her custom.
Tho answer caraft in duo time, say
ing that the heirs of another Janet
Grahame had also replied, but that
whichever party should have convinc
ing proof as to being the children of
the Janet Grahaiue mentioned, would
.have the sole right to a large property
in both lands and money. The note
concluded by requesting the party ad
dressed to inform hinj by roturn mail
what family of Grahame she belonged
to, English or Scotch, and whether she
had any proofs.
Much to Blanche’s delight she
could answer the last question in the
nfUrnintivo, and also could refer to a
huge Bible her mother had brought
with her from England.
Siic made a copy of tho former ami
enclosed it in her letter of reply.
Then she awaited further develop
ments in a state of rootless anxietv,
which would have attracted U maid’s
attention, had he not been so engrossed
in his studies. •
But ue was well repaid for hor
1 trouble when she learned that tho re
sult of her correspondence was to de
clare that her mother was the Janet
Grahame to whose heirs had lapsed an
i inheritance which would make them
independently wealthy.
It was joyful nows to the trio, and
Ronald was eager to have it at once
i communicated to their cousin Regie,
j But to nis surprise, ami also to that
|of Blanche, Grace requested that it
should be kept a secret until alter
Reginald should attain his majority.
Alter considerable opposition Grace
carried her point, although it wag
uiuiit Vi ftgan.M’s YejuUau. oi spirit,
“What will Regie think of it.?' fi
asked indignantly. “He’ll think mo a
mean cad to keep it from him for an
hour.”
“i wilf make it right with him,”
answered Grace.
“You speak like oue having author
ity, Graoie,” said Ronald, giving her a
keen glance, which discomfited her
for an instant. But she rallied quickly.
“I shall tell him we wanted to add to
his happiness, by keeping such a
pleasant surprise in store for him.”
The important time had at last ar
rived which was to decide whether
Reginald was to bo rich or poor.
Tho cousins were assembled together
to listen to the man of law,who was to
read the content* of the sealed nolo
upon which so much depended.
Thus it ran:
**t. Jumper Suivrsfer, -bc : mr iHKO<n! health
nml sound mind, dec are i l:c pro per lies uion
uom.-' In mj- n i . n t <j uen nd to my fri and
sviii. Kojiiui-d Sy.WKiuf, in be his tmi> on
condition that n** *nnll out the direct
0 irs ol' in l t-'Jtriy IrUmU tmd heiiutaetor,
.So runMitfl. M*tl. of Sunny li: m*. Scot mint;
unu it' ho linu ttiuonK itivm it ttmideu ol Mutt
itle ujie. tmil he snail ptko hor to wife. If
he diM'ticv niy wl-h. Ins tni erimnee shall bo
forfeited to tin* young lutly itloreauid.
Signed. •
‘■JASPKU SYLVJHSTKK.”
Kcginal rose to ins loot as quietly as
though his lortuue was not trembling
in the balance.
“1 refuse to fulfill the conditions im
posed upon mo by my grandfather,”
no said.
Then he went to Grace, who was
trembling with excitement, but whose
girlish beauty was, if anything, en
hanced by her agitation.
“J ,iui young and strong, Grace, and
1 will work for you. We don’t care
for riches as long as wo love each
oilier, do we?”
“But riches arc very comfortable to
a a vc, Regie. Think twice before you
resign them.’’
• t ni you say that, Grace?” ask<d
Reginald reoroachfullY; and “Gracie!”
and “Grace!” also came iu surprised
tones from Ronald aud Blanche.
It was .shocking to them to have
Grace appear iu -uch a mercenary
light* But Grace was too excitedly
happy to can*. Shi? absolutely beamed
witli mischief.
“Ami, Reginald,” she continued,
“people will say that, yotu* arc marry
ing tor money, if you take me.”
“What do you mean, Grace? Ex
plain yourself, or l shall think wo are
all going :o become unbalanced in
mind. You arc as poor as 1 :itn."
“No, Reginald, you are mistaken.
in’t he, ft multi ?’’
K tgitiahi turned towards Ronald,
who looked decidediv u nek) in for table.
“Don’t blame me for not telling you.
He;;; it was Grace's fault. She wouldn't
consent to it. She kept it as a sur
prise to counterbalance your expected
good fortune.”
“And it coined all the better, dear
Reginald, now that you have resigned
wealth for my sake, that I can tell you
that ’i maid, Blanche, and 1 arc all as
rich as \ ou ought to be.”
It was no longer Grace, the mis
eheivous sprite, who spoke; it was the
Grace he had so long loved aud who
loved him.
Tin; man of law had born overlooked
during this little scene. Now he came
to the front.
••L'O; me advisg lon to refrain from
(tither refusing or accepting tin* most
extraordinary request contained in Mr.
Sylvester’s note. Let inquiries be first
made with regard to the heirs of tho
gentleman therein montined. They
may all be iu the male lino. In that
case ihere could be uo disobedience on
your part.”
Tins speech, delivered with duo
gravity, was received with the respect
it deserved.
It wmild bo cu.sv for Reginald to
keep silent as long as li; had thus
given public utterance to his real sen
timent*.
JtMiaugc to sav it was found, upon
inquiry, that Stirling MacLeod had
left no direct heirs -ills two sons hav
ing been killed in tho battle of Bala
klava.
So Reginald was not stripped of his
iahcritancc after all.
But (trace has tho proud pleasure of
knowing that for hor sweet sake lie
would willingly have made the sacri
fice.
Polltoiio*- lit*iv;iriled.
“Will you be Kind enough, sir, to
hold this ram for rne while I open this
gab ? it is fastened on the inside, aud
i must c bub over.”
This modest remark was made by a
man who was hi muling at n gate on a
lonely road running out of New Dorp,
Suiton Island, and it was addressed to
a stalwart sailor who had just come
tip. The only other object visible on
tin? long, straight road was the iarge
blue., ram, whose massive crooked
horns were being held ny the man as
tin? two stood quite still in front of mo
gam.
“Why, sartiniv, shipmate,” said tho
obliging tar, as in? seized the big horns
and relieved the first holder.
The latter climbed quickly over the
gate.
“I thank you very much,” ho said
politely vvium he got to the other side.
•You will be surprised to hear that 1
never saw that ram before to-day. The
brute attacked me about half an hour
ago, ami we have been tussling togeth
er ever since. As long tis you stand
before him bolding his horns finuly he
•ean’i hurt you much.' Good-by. I
hope you will boas lucky iu getting
away from him as I have been.”
The New Dorp man. when telling
this story last night, neglected to re
peat the sailor’s reply. He did not
tnow what became ol iiim. N. Y. Sun.
A largo number of American states
men started in life as school teachers.
Wiilium H. Smvard and Lyman Trum
oull went South as tutor-, John Ad
ams taught while studying law. James
Madison in Virginia, Juhn Quincy Ad
ams laiigni at Harvard College, Au
lrww Jackson had a short experience
as a teacher iu Norih Carolina, Millard
Fdlulnre was a teacher, and so were
Garfield, Blaine and Cleveland.
In Evelyn’s diary the following
occurs, referring to a Dutchwoman
who lived in tho Mcventecnth century.
“Toward the end of August I returned
to Haarlem. Tuey showed us a cottage
where they told us dwelt a woman
who had been married to hor twenty
fifth husband, and being now a widow,
was prohibited to marry itt future; yet
it could not bo proved that she had
ever made away with any of her hus
bands, though tho suspicion had
brought her divers times to trouble.”
“A genuine lord,” said Lord Ronald
Gower recently, “has no need as a
tourist iu a foreign land, to proclaim
his aristocracy. 1 have traveled a
great deal in America, and almost all
the whiie incognito. My experience is
that, though a title may boa passport
into some circles of society, it is on
the whole a drawback among your
people. It subjects its possessor to
two sons of annoyance-—ifiat whioil
arises from tho common dislike of aris
tocruiieeminence and that which comes
from quite general douU us lo it*
gcaujavaes#.''
Now party eviss
And campaign tins
Have vanished for a season-,
And poets bold
<*Gt no more gold.
Far rhymes flint have uo reason.
From North to South
Shut is the mouth
Of every campaign speaker;
lint in his place •
With brnzeu fuoa
Appears tho oitlee seeker.
There is a fndy now to Dawson that nt
one time had five living husbands. Four
of them itro now living,
Gainesville has four colleges and four
private schools.
Oue negro in Athens has lost ovor S2OO
betting on Blatue.
The potato crop of Henry comity has
been housed, and is u slice.-ss.
The (irtnsmu well iu Bninhridge is 700
feet, and no water has yet been struck.
Ben Neal, of Henry comity, killed
three squirrels at oue shot last Monday.
W. O. Tate, ex-member of the State
Legislature, died at LI tier toll Thursday,
Holcomb Moore, of Greene, killed a
pint ridge last week that was beautifully
spotted with white.
A Toeou lawyer got the bulkiest fee of
the season, viz : Five bushels of apples’
an.i a bushel of chestnuts.
Harrison Adair, of Henry county, has
captured mi.- hundred possums this
season. Ho also caught two polecats by
mistake.
At Liuoolutou 8.-idi Murphy seriously
cut- Jasper Goldman in n light lust Sut
lirdsy. The stab is iu the side, below
the left H'pplo.
T. J. Harper, the Georgia Pacific rail
road ugeut at. Temple, was assaulted and
fatally wounded by robbers late .Satur
day night.
About 200 rooms in the uew 'Kimball
House in Atlanta have been completed.
The house is now linder roof und is inde
pendent ol the weather.
Brunswick's second artisian well was
completed Saturday. It, i 8 420 feel'
deep, and lias a flow of 250 gallons a
minute of beautiful clear water.
G. C. Jones, of Milton county, has a
hunch of oars of corn which grew in one
husk, numbering twenty-one distinct
cobs. On eaoli cob is fully matured
corn,
A Northern company, with $250,000,
have bought out the Anthony sir als, oi.
Broad river, in Elbert county. A cotton
I ict.-ry will be built soon and 17 miles
.f railroad added to the Elbertou Air
Line,
Maggie Furgnon, a very pretty girl oi
15 years, has j sfc made the trip from St.
L mis to Atlanta in a box car, stealing
her way like a tramp. Bhu had uo moo
ny, but wished to reach relatives at
G -orgiu’s capital.
The skeleton of it man seven feot long
has been found under the roots of a huge
tree near Victoria, B. C. It is in a state
"f g ’od preservation, and looks like the
remains of a man who had not been dead
long. The tree is seven feet in diame
ter, arid probably huiidrols of years
old, showing that the skeleton must be
that of a ninu living ages back, A skele
ton of a baby was also found with it.
Three lowa girls, neither of whom was |
over IN years old, ambushed a school
teacher aud wolioped him half to death
for showing favortism toward a fat girl
in the geography class.
It is said that the Astors alone own
.1,000 houses, all of stone and iron. The
lowest rental they get is $1,500 per an
num, and the highest about $50,000,
which some of their enormous down
town buildings bring.
About ten days age, two negroes ask
ed per mission to slay ail night at the
house of Mr. Smith, in Cherokee county,
Ala. Mrs. Smith told them. “No, Mr.
Smith is not at home." They sai-t they
would stay, and commenced betaking
down tho door. Huv.ng warned them,
she fired, and thev left. Next morning
one of them was found <1 ad, some dis
tance from tlie house, his companion
having,dragged him off.
In sixty or eighty years from now
B'-lva Aim Lockwood will gather her
giaudcldldreii round her o l Sunday
morning and tell them how she tan for
President ui tlie fall of 18N4. And then,
when any youngster ventures to ask liow
many votes she got, he will tie spank'd
aud sent to b and without his supper,
Jefferson Davis’ nephew having died
recently, none of liiu name of his family
now survive except himself . He has
been married twice, but lias no male de
cendant who bears Ins name, his only
son having died a few years ago.
A steamer loaded with live stock
struck on some rocks on her way from
Iceland to Leith, and, to relieve her, ov
er 11,1)00 sheep and some ponies had to
bo thrown overboard. Twenty-five bun
dled of these sheep swam ushore aud ail
but (Ae of the pomes.
The fire loses for the first six months
this year amount to $57,000,000 and it
is estimated that the losses for lb&t will
foot up $128,000,000.
Athens Banner : The boys are get
ting op a flue suit of olothes for tlie col
ored man on David L. Bims’ place who
openly voted tlie Democratic ticket in
Athens—the only one of Ins race who
had the muuhood and oourugu to do so.
He will also be given a place of honor in
the procession. Bud Cox nays lie will
givenin the finest hat that can be
beugliL iu Athens.
Washington Gazette : Dr. J. A. A.
Harper, druggist tu this place, made an
j assignment last Saturday. Mr. T. Burn
well Green is assignee. The liabilities
are $l,lOO and assets $3,500. There are
j two prrfetml creditors whoso ciaims
! amount to $1,200. Tho assignment was
i caused by ill health in i* largo degree.
; Dr. Harper left tor Atlnutn Thursday,
: and will probably travel for it house iu
- tiut city,
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NEW' ADVERTISEMENTS.
COMMISSION REDUCED.
J. H. SPEARS,
COTTON FACTOR & COMIM EERCBUT.
WAREHOUSE & SALESROOM
101 Mclntosh street, corner Reynolds,,
Augusta, - Georgia.
o—o
Will continue the business in its varionr branches. Advances of
BaggiofT Tic*anil Family Supplies, at lowest market prices. I.ibeiul
Casi, Advance* made on Cotton or other Produce in Store. Future
transactions in Cotton, Stocks and Bonds done through my Now York
Correspondents when desired. Consignments ot all Field ami Farm
Produce solicited. /’ersonul attention given to Selling, Weighing in and
Sampling, .Storing all Consignments. Commission 50c. ami Storage 2m;.
per month on Cotton not advanced upon.
I am Guilty of Selling- Goods cheaper than
any iiouse in the Town of Thomson.
I havo purchased the largest stock for my Brick .Store No. ii, over
brought hero. Consisting of
DRY GOODS, .JUANS, PE ICR GOODS. CLOTHING , SHOES
DATS, .1 SPECIALTY.
1 claim to tit from the smallest boy to the largest man in stylo and
price I purchase my stock nil impaling a good crop as the prospect
seems blue the goods are ordered sold regnrdlcfs el profit.
L am fully aware the people will buy whore
they can got the cheapest.
Everybodv are respectfully invited In cull and exa-ine my stock
and prices. Wo will clircrlully show and price our goods whether you
buy or not. Don't forget the place,
.i . i? . fs ii i i*: jj i> js ,
Brick Store, No. and, Snrling's Old Stand.
“Call on J. F. Shn Ids, Railroad St., for your"
Big tumble in prices of SUGAR. FLOUR, ami nearly everything in
the Grocery Line, which I will give inv customers the benefit of. Big
T ot. of Bagging and Tics bought under the impression that, a full erop
would bo made, and now must be forced off at any price. Get prices from
ino before buying. A full line of HARDWARE and Cooking Stoves.
For Genuine Bargains in Groceries and
Hardware, don’t lorget
*l. F. BHJDEi&DS,
Itaitroad Street.
CLEVELAND IS AHEAD IB POLIIICSI
But Wo Lend In
F URN I T U R E.
Our Mottp, like bin. i “Reform—Old Hieh TY.om nm get out of the way
and give place to tlin New Low Pricen. Wo buy for Ctsli, hence are able to get
the Bottom, ah your Prices will prove. Read and wonder.
Solid Walnut Marble Top Suites, with Toilet
Wash Stand, 10 pieces, for 50 dollars.
Ti is is wbnt Cush does. We have Suites from this up t.u $.",00. We ure ntuv
fitting tip two Hotels, who bought ns cheap from us as they could buy from the
Factories, and a Little Cheape-. We defy ail eouipeiitiou. Call and see tta.
J. L. Bowles & Cos.,
SID BROAD STREET.
All goods packed and shipped free of charge.
New Saddle and Harness Shop!
CONDUCTED BY
E. .1. X* !** 011 I.^,
Opposite J. F. Shields', Railroad Sired,
Thomson, - - Georgia.
Having employed a good, First-Class Saddle and Himess Maker, L
will keep on hand a good supply of good hand-made Harness, Bridles,
etc., and make uiij kind of Harness to older, from the cheapest to the
finest. 1 will iilno keep in slock Sole, Lace Leather and Belting. Re
pairing harness and saddles neatly and promptly ■ one Will also Inin
buggies mid carriages. In connection with the Harness Business, I huvu
added also Repairing and Upholstering Furniture, vie., Bring in your
I’nrlo" Furniture and have it recovered and made a* good, as new. All
woik in my line will bo warranted.
I solicit a liberal share of public patronage. ..
Sept. 17, 1884. E. PASCHAL,
E. R. SCHNEIDER
WliofeihHlo an<l Kofail Dealer iu
Fine Wines. Cigars, Brandies. Tobacco, Mineral
Wafers, Whiskies, Gins, Porter,
Ale. etc., etc.
00l and SOtt Itroad Street* : : : : : Attynsta, Geanjia.
—AGENT FOR
Vbuve Clique's Pmtartlht. Urban a Wine CoHiranif
Anhetmer-Jittsch ISratviny AssueiaHov*
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