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"VOL. XIII.
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENT.
M. A. STOVALL.
COTTON FACTOR
AND
Commission Merchant.
NO- 737 REYNOLDS STREET,
A-ugusta, - - Georeia.
GEO- W- HARDWICK, Salesman-
QUILLIAN BROS.,
Have ju*t opeued and are constantly receiving a
FRESH STOCK of DRUGS and
Family Medicines,
—ALSO— A Completed Stock of
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hardware and Fami
ly Groceries in
No. 4, Brick Row, Thomson, Ga.
The Public are cordially invited to call and obtain prices.
?t. ۥ Qtrm&MN & mno t
'lFiomson, Ga., Sept. 17. 1884.
J. M. ANDERSON. F. LOVE FULLER
& Fezzem,
COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION
MERCH A N T K
AT THE
OLD STAND OF R. A. FLEMING,
903 REYNOLDS STREET, - AUGUSTA. GA.
TiF _ FLEMnjG
WHOLISIIt iKD RETAIL DRUGGIST,
926 BROAD STREET.
AUGUSTA, - GEORGIA-
Having been engaged in the ‘‘JDKUG DUSINKSS/’ in Augnsta, for
tho past 15 years. b fully prepared to uflfor to the people of McDuffie and
surrounding counties a well selected stoc k of
Drugs and Medicines, Chemicals, •
Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, etc.
At trices that will doty competition. Tho Merchant, tho Physi
cian, tho Farmer and Planter, or the la ily will always find in this store
everything needed in this lino, at tho very lowest, prices.
When in Lite City, call and examine the stock. When at home
and in want of gvods in this line, order from
V. I<\ ITJ]I\IING.
F. A. BRAHE,
702 BROAD STREET, ... - AUUHTA, GEORGIA.
HAS JUST RECEIVED A VERY HANDSOME STOCK OF NEW
WATCHES,
JEWELRY,
STERLING SILVER PLATED WARE.
Would respevtfnlly call attention to his magnificent stock of
deed Sc Barton’s Celebrated Triple dated Ware.
€entitstz Hotel, _
Augusta Georgia
MRS. W. M. THOMAS, Popkietor
f pHIS Hotel, so well known to the citizens of McDuffie and adjoining counties, is lo-
I catde.l in the centre of basin ess portion of Augusta, convenient to Postoffice, Tele
graph Office and Depot, and offers inducements to the public unequalled by any other
Hotel in the City.
1.000,000 llaltis Aid Eta titties.
S. b7WRIGHT.
No, H 34. Ilroad !St,, Augusta, Oa.
After an experience of fifteen year, in the Retail Liquor Business feels justified
in offering to the public by Wholesale the Largest and Finest Stock ol
Liquors in the South, specialties among which are
Hpa tidies, Wines , Rams, Gins, &c.
California Brandies and Wines. Old Scupperneng Wines, North Carolina
straps Wines. Finest Blackberry Wines.Meuutain t orn Whiskey.
Agent for KENTUCKY BOURBON BONESEI TONIC and OLD CROW
‘WHISKEIf.
Casa Liquors of all kinds.
All orders from the country promptly filled and satisfaction guaranteed,
fiend your Demijohns, jugs or Casks and 1 ave them filled and returned.
S. ZB. WKIG-HT,
g.|o-ly-’gO 834 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA GA.
X. I. BESSMAN,
(SUCCESSOR TO J. W. BESSMAN, AGENT,)
Wholesale Liquor Dealers,
908 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Sole Agent for JOHN GIBSON'S SON k CO’S,
Celebrated Old Monongahela Rye Whiskies!
Aim will keep in stock a full line of the LOWER GRADES o? Goods, together with
Imported Wines, Brandies, Gins, Etc.
And all other Geods usual to a FIRST*CLASS WHOLESALE HOUSE, which wifi
b* sold at tho Lowest Prices. Order* and correspondence solicited.
THOMSON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1884.
INDIAN SUMMER.
Yellow and red the maples,
Ruby and russet the oak,
Over the hills and the hollows,
A tremulous silvery smoke.
Everything silent and peaceful,
Everything pensive and hushed,
The sky, like a beautiful altar,
With purple and crimson flushed.
I To-morrow may bring the tempest,
GJooiuy and cold and drear ;
To-day we will bitsk in the sunshine,
For Indian Summer is here.
A False Suspicion.
Pretty little Knie W’iido lives on ono
of the small streets leading off Harrison
avenue, near Dover streets, Boston.
: She, is just past 6 years *of asre, and
people who know her are at a loss
whether to call Iter a witch or a fairy,
lier mother is a widow who works in a
store down town. As Mrs. Wilde is
away all day Katie runs around the
streets, now doing little acts of kind
liest? ami then cutting up mad pranks
over which she will laugh and shout
until she is fairly tired out. Ono cold.
, foggy evening, just at the hour of
I nightfall when daylight and darkness
hung oyer the city in alternate bands of
gray arid brown, and neither seemed
willing to yield to the other, sho came
tripping up Washington street, her
little red foot going patter, patter, on
the cold pavement, so fast that, to
count her foot tails, it would seem at
least ns if a dozen children were com
ing. Under her thin, gray waist she
carried a brown paper parcel, to which
sho would glance anxiously as she ran,
to the great risk of going plump against
*omo sedate old traveler who was too
elow to get out of her way. When she
got beyond Kueeland street she turned
up to an open window of a fancy goods
store, anti, hastily shaking her head
to scatter the musses of curly brown
hair from her line of vision, she shaded
her eyes with her hand and looked in
among the customers for a minute. It
was but a minute.aud then she was away
like the wind. In running she dropped
her parcel, and,going back to pick it up,
a policeman had her by tho shoulder.
“Now I’Ve caught you,” said he,
sternly. “What did you do that for?”
“Do what sirP” was the reply, turn
ing up her largo black eyes to him and
looking like some wild animal just
caught in a trap. “Mother is coming;
please let me go home.”
“Who is your mother?”
“Sho is Mrs. Wilde, and sho works
in that store,” pointing to the store
she had just left. “She is BO years old
to-dav. and Ralph gave me twenty-live
cents that ho had earned selling papers,
and 1 have just bought her a birthday
present. 1 see her putting on her
shawl now. Please let me go. sir; I
want to get home before her and have
tho lamp lighted and my picture on
tho table beside it when she comes.”
Tho policeman looked at the wrapper.
It boro the name of a firm on Tremout
street. Inside was a bright chromo
representing two children crowning a
woman with a wreath of amaranth,ami
underneath was printed, “Our very
dear mother.
“Here, sis, lake it and skip,” said
the kind officer. “You are right and
I am wrong. But I could have sworn
two minutes ago that 1 saw you grab it
out of that store window.”
Katie was out of hearing long before
he finished his speech, and when her
mother came along walking very fast,
a minute later, he had half :t mind to
go tip to her and apologize for the in
justice he had done her child.
Good Hint for All the Girls.
Handsome Young Millionaire —So
you would like a position us companion
to mv sister?
Pretty girl Yes, please. I would do
my very best to give satisfaction.
*•< ’an you sing?”
“No, I am sorry to say.”
“You cun play the piano, I suppose?”
“No; 1 never studied music.”
“Ah! Probably, then, you paint crock
cry, or”
“it is needless to continue the list,
sir, 1 have no accomplishments.”
“Indeed? Why, how have you pass
ed tho time since you left school?”
“At home, helping mother. You
see”
“Pardon me for interrupting. You
have said enough ami”
“Oh, do not sav that I will not do.
If necessary I can pick up some ac
complishments in a reasonable time,
I am sure.”
“You will not do as a hired com
panion, because you are entirely too
good for the position, but if you will
take half of my fortune and me with
it I shall consider myself the luckiest
man in the world.” Philadelphia (Jail.
Bob Burdette’* Ideal Old Man.
Man never attains his ideal. He
comes nearest it the day he leaves
school; all that year he hovers around
it in pleasant proximity. Sometimes I
think he quite attains it on commence
ment day. But a year away from
school, he and his ideal part company.
He sees it drifting farther away from
his eager hands. I have, in my own
brilliant and aggressive career, pursued
several fleeting and more or less per
fect ideals. From where I now stand,
at the distance pole, I can see a major
| ity of them scooting under the wire,
1 and I feel that lam shut out. One, i
can see, is in nearer sight, and 1 am
very loth to see it get entirely away
from me.
I have my ideal of physical perfec
tion in the aged. lam not a tall man
now. ido not really have to stand up
to look over the back of a car seat. 1
stand up merely because 1 can see far
ther. But as 1 grow old I want to fat
up. I want to develop a capacious bay
window, so that when mv summer vest
Is hanging on the wall it will look like
a schooner coming down “wing and
wing.” Then I can wear my watch in
a fob, with a great big seal dangling
from it like a hell clapper. 1 want to
lie short in the breath and wheeze
when i climb stairs, and pull* ami pant
when 1 walk up hili, and have to take
two steps to cross the gutter. Arid I
would wear a clawhammer coat, with
wide lapels, all the time, and carry my
handkerchief in my hat. I would like
my hair to turn snow white or else fall
oft. lam not very particular which.
I would like my mustache to bleach
out until it looked like a streak of Hour
across my lip. 1 believe that is all. I
think that is a photograph of the kind
of an old man 1 won Id like to be. This
is my ideal old man. (Jane and wheezy
laugh, of course.
And I am just as confident as I am
that 1 will die rich that, as 1 grow old,
I will shrivel up and dry out until I
look like a shoestring with clothes on.
—Brooklyn Eagle.
The sum of $-2.500,000.000 is required
to furnish the British people with tho
common articles of f*od and drink fur
a year.
Olive Logan, writing from L ndon
of the Prince of Wales, suvs that lie
“is getting uglier and morn dissipated
1 looking every day.” .
Woman’s Opposition to Pockets.
If it is difficult to put in a few words
that quality or trait, which most dis
tinctly separates man from the various,
lower creations, it is quite easy, on the)
contrary, to tell what it is in civilized
life that sets oft' man on the one hand
from woman on the other. It is, mcrc-j
ly, the one who wears pockets, while ai
woman does not wear them. A woman]
may possibly have one pocket, but ifj
she passes into the plural number with
this convenient recoptacle, and vend
lures to have two, sho may be set down
either as strong-miuded, or on tho way
to be so, or else is the possessor of :i
brain that is not far from becoming, ii
some way, disordered.
Women and girls do not mitul as
suming tho gentleman’s style of hat, o
Ids collar, and will wear somethin;
that considerably resembles a gentle
man’s coat, boots and ulster; they wil
carry diminutive canes, and cut thei
hair short, but they are unanimously*'
and unalterably opposed to pockets
They will dispose of a watch-chain in
a way not unlike the style adopted by
their brothers, and they will affect, op
occasions, a cravat. Very few things
there are, indeed, in a masculinedresX
which they do not freely accept or imi
tate. but for some deep reason theiir
dislike begins, and they draw the line of
acquiescence and departure at. pockets.
It would be hard to tell what there
is about the innocent practical device
which a man finds so convenient which
is so disturbing to a woman, or which
she cannot find it equally handy to em
ploy. If a man has a handkerchief or
a penknife, or a pencil, or a toothpick,
or a pocket-book—a few letters just,
received, and a pair of spectacles, i.
he is middle-aged lie puts them in his
pocket. In fact, he does not know
what else to do with them. His clothes
are so made that they will carry all
these things and many more. lie us
ually has two watch pockets, at least,
and a special pocket lor spectacles, if
he wears them. On the top of the left
hand sleeve of some of the ulsters is a
pocket made especially for theater or
other lionets; and either that mnv be ,
used, or another is sometimes, for small
change only.
Now, there is no one of thbso various
articles mentioned that a girl or a wo
man does not as often possess as does
the boy or the man, besides having
some articles, possibly, that are par
ticularly her own. But when sho trav
els abroad what doessiiodo with them?
In a man’s complete suit of clothes
when he is dressed, and has his over
coat on, there are frequently not fewer
than sixteen pockets oy actual count.
In a garment which he does not wear
in the daytime, ?n which a pocket was
not once considered essential, his handy
device now appears. And it is emi
nently useful there, and illustrates well
a current proverb on handiness in gen
eral.
We have said it is a mystery, to the
masculine mind at least, wliat.it is that
Hgirl or a woman does with all the lit
tle utensils and accompaniments which
are equally necessary to both sexes.
To get rid of a watch-pocket sho
sometimes makes her belt pinch tho
watch on; and the single pocket yvhich
we have admitted she limy have, is
probably devoted toiler Handkerchief.
We say this tentatively, however, not
knowing certainly, and wishing to
avoid dangerous ground. Whatever it
is used for, it is very small—almost ex
traordinary, in fact ami, when we
have attached to it the handkerchief,
it will be more than full, and probably
the hftndkeichiel wiil visibly obtrude
and run over.
There is one curious thing we do
know about this pocket matter, that wo
never can. and never shall try to ac
count for. The pocket-book, ho named
Uceausc it was either made expressly
io carry m Lite pocket or the pocket
was first made expressly to carry it,
women and girls do not caiTy there. It
makes no difference whether a wo
man's pocket-book contains ten cents
or SI,UUO, siic will not bo on any ac
count, induced to put it in her pocket
-the only place ano will carry it is iu
her hands.
Tho Clerk Saw the Point.
On ono of tho excursion steamers
running out of Detroit tho other tiny
the clerk found a passenger who had
neither ticket nor money. Hobdganlo
berate the man for a dead-beat, telling
him he ought to be ashamed of himself,
etc., but the strapped passenger held
up his linger and said:
“Have 1 been among the passengers
and thrown out hints that the hollers of
this boat wore rather old and liable to
explode?”
“Not that 1 know of.”
“Have 1 been around predicting a
storm, and thus detracting from tho
pleasure of the trip?”
“Haven’t hoard of your doing so.”
“Have I slipped up to this one and
that one to slur your boat for being
slow, and have 1 said that you were
carrying at least ninety more pasaen
gers than your license allowed ? Twice
thus far this boat has neglected to an
swer signals of vessels coming down.
lluvc I said 1 would make complaint
under the law? Have I counted the
life preservers and found the comple
ment short? Have I overhauled the
small boats and found that none of
them could be launched?”
“Ob, I see! An old steamboat man
—shake!” stammered tho clerk. “Ex
cuse me for not identifying you. Just
make yourself at home and ride as far
as you please. If you happen down
stairs come Into the office anu try some
of my cigars.”— Detroit Free Press.
A Masher Koufrd.
A lady, young ami handsomely
dressed entered a street car and sat
down oppowite a passenger who had tho
appearance of a gentleman but hooii
showed hinrsdlf to bo that contempt
ible creature, a masher. He took no
notes on time, but at once proceeded to
mash; he stared, ogled, smiled insinu
atingly, and made a second-class fool of
hiruscif at sight. The lady was dis
composed. She seized her parasol and
every one present hoped she was about
to mash the masher.
But she simply raised the parasol
and spread It in his face. Under its
protecting screen she calmly continued
on her way but tlio chagrined masher
got out at the next corner and made
himself scarce.
When he was gone the lady closed
her parasol and said: “I have heard, of
frightening wild beasts with such a
weapon opened suddenly in their faces
and I find it serves a good turn with
tame ones.”
The passengers all applauded.
The oldest and largest tree iu the
world is the dies:nut tree at tho foot of
Mount Etna. It is hollow and large
enough to permit two carriages driving
abreast through if. The circumference
of the main truni. is gig feel. The
Grizzly Giant luouiurcii of the Mariposa
Grove measures •rj jeet.
“Elegant” is the latest slang word.
It is applied to everything from a cheap
to a thunder-storm.
Tho C!i* sr-si Vonks.
Chin Foo, in the Brooklyn Page, men
get tired of life, of society, of the end
less struggle for existence and retiro to
some retreat where they can pass their
remaining days in quiet, study, ami
benefaction. Those retreats (mi-au)
correspond to tho monasteries of Chris
tian lands. They are invariably long
brick buildings, one story in height,
simplo and solemn in architecture, nud
located either upon tho mountains or
iu tho depths of forests. Around tho
building is a windowlcss wall, symbolic
of the busy life forever shut out from
view. In the grounds and upon tho
surrounding land nature is assisted,
but never interfered with. The flowers
bloom ami die, the trees grow guarlod
and crooked, the weeds and creepers
thrive until sometimes it would soum
as if no human being lived in tho vi
cinity. Closer examination will show
'that every plant producing beautiful
flowers and wholesome food and fruit
is carefully watched and watered, and
every resource of vegetation in supply
ing human wants husbanded to the
last degree. This also is a symbolism
of the brotherhood who tenant those
retreats. To them the useful flower
and tree represent the good of hu
manity; the weeds, the evil. The duty
of a true manhood is to aid and develop
those who are righteous, but not to
injure the wrong-doer, leaving to
nature the task of eliminating the latter
from her great economy. Thoso re
treats do not belong to specific ordors,
as in tho western civilization, but aro
founded by one or more persons for
the simple sake of rest. The forms
and ceremonies of admission amount
to nothing. Any person who has failed
in life, who has lost thoso ho loved,
who has sinned and repented, who is
old and unable to work, is eligible. He
presents himself, giving his name, ad
dress. and history, transfers to the
brotherhood all lie possesses, promises
obedience to all lawful commands of
the brother superior, loyalty, friend
ship, and sympathy to his fellow
members and devotion nud aid to all
human beings in sickness or distress.
He is then admitted, given anew
name and anew costume, assigned a
room, instructed as to his duties, and
the initiation is complete. From now
on his life us fixed. Study and conver
sation, tho cultivation of tho field and
garden, or the improvement of the re
treat and the instruction of brothers
who have been less favored, aro his
daily duties. At times ho is scut out
to obtain subscriptions for tho common
fund, or to nurse thu sick or feed tho
.starving, blit those occur infrequently.
The government of these brother
hoods is a pure autocracy. A brother
superior governs for life. At his death
lie appoints a successor; if the appoint
ment lapse or be not made, the broth
ers elect, ono of their own number.
Tho regulations aro about the same an
\i monasteries, omitting the element
of religion. CluamincHs, sobriety, in
dust rr, ‘c has t ity, in to 11 ec in a1 i ty, oh arity,
and humanity are tho seven stars of
tiieir heaven. No woman is allowed
to.cross the threshold of tho retreat;
|u> wine, siiiniilaot, or narcotic per
flchtfod except for medical use; no
quarreling, loud conversation, game of
dJjnnce, indelicate or vulgar talk is al
lowed. Disobedience is punished by
reprimand, suspension, temporary os
tracism or expulsion, according to tho
degree of the offense.
Tho public passion for novelties has
boon illustrated lately by a display and
sale of grass-grown pottery in one of
our Washington street bric-a-brac
•hops. Tho small vases of porous
ware arc soaked in water and then
sprinkled thickly with a peculiar sort
ol grass seed, which soon sprouts and
covers tho red earthenware with a
green coat. By keeping the vases
tilled with water the grass remains
green for throe months. In one week
-O0 of these pottery curiosities were
sold, and an admiring crowd gathers
closely about these living vases in the
windows.
Wanted—A Word.
A correspondent writes to the Liter,
ary World as follows: "The English
language with all its boasted copious
ness, is still in want of a word, and
hardly a day pusses that anyone speak
ing the language does not feel tho
want. Tho word that shall express per
sonality without denoting gender—a
word that can be used in place of either
lie or site. The need of such a word is
too strongly felt bv everyone to need
much argument. At present two ways
are devised to overcome the difficulty.
Ordinarily ono would sav, ‘Everyone is
the architect of their own fortune’—in
correct but expressive. If thespeakeris
one accustomed to speak by the card
he says, ‘Everyone is the architect of
his or her own fortune’—cumbersome
but exact. Cannot some of out* schol
ars devise a word that shall predicate
nothing at all about gender, that can
be used Indifferently for he or shoP”
The Cfiimpantscc'rt Home.
The traveler, Paul Keichart, states
that the sake, or chimpauzoe, is ex
ceedingly abundant on the west coast
of Lake Tanganyika. A band of from
six to twenty is usually found near a
village. The adults will attack a man
on slight provocation and arc feared by
the natives more titan a lion. Tho av
erage height of tlte animal is generally
about four feet three inches, hut the
shoulders ate very broad, the arms and
thighs muscular and the entire franio
ample and massive. The nest of tho
sako is a structure of broken boughs in
a tree, placed some ten feet from tho
ground, and looking like the nest of a
great bird of prey. The sako sits within
it, not under it, aud it has no covering
save such as the foliage of the tree af
fords.
A railroad iu which cars run astride
a single rail lias been so successful in
Africa that ono will be built in France.
Buddhism.
In Ernest Kenan’s latest work, "Now
Studies in Religious History,” he al
ludes tints to Buddhism: ‘‘A doctrine
which assigns to life as its supreme end
nothingness; a doctrine which pro
claims that the culmination of perfec
tion is the annihilation of life; one in
which man is represented as the high
est term of creation; iu which the idea
of a Supreme Being appears only at a
late period, is such an extraordinary
phenomenon that our mind can only
conceive its possibility willt some diffi
culty. And still such a doctrine exists.
To make the paradox complete, this
doctrine, apparently the most despair
ing tliat ha- ever been professed, has
inspired prodigies of devotion in the
most various of races; the clmreh of
Nihilism has remained to our days,
without notable schism, the most com
pact religious body of the East. This
is certainly a uis)t extraordinary fact
in the history df the human mind
Strange in its destiny. Buddhism is
still more so in its philosophy, its doc
trine, its legend of us founder, in the
odd stylo of its sacred books.”
You must leave your many million*,
And the gay and festive crowd,
Though you roll in roynl billions,
There’s no pocket in a shroud.
Lucy Roberts, of Sugar Grove, Pa.,
look si uflf for fuu and sneezed herself to
death.
There are three chandeliers in the
White House that cost five tkousuud
dollars apiece.
Thomosville is on about as big a build
ing boom as she has ever been, if not the
largest, in spito of hard times. Several
of the best houses are being erected by
recent arrivals.
Although Canton, Chiua, has a popu
lation of 1,500,000 there is uet a news
paper in the place.
The United State Government has 400
John Smiths in its employ, and 800 each
of Joneses and Johnsons.
One gold mine in Utah has never lev
ied aii assessment, and ha* paid $5,000,-
000 in dividends.
Prof. Price, who fell from a balloon t
thousand feet up in the air in Nevada, is
out aud about on crutches.
Benj. Dauks, a bay, while oiling ma
chinery in a rolling mill at Troy, New
York, was drawn into the rolls aud torn
to pieces.
J. H. Avis, within a radious of two
miles of Daytona, Florida, has killed 49
deer siuce 16 of Juno.
There are over two hundred old crimi
nal cases on the Lumpkin county Supe
rior oouri dockets.
Louis Otto, a German confectioner of
Buffalo, New York, entered, his house
and without a word of warniug shot his
wife dead, who was at the time doing
the family washiug,
Conyers weekly : A book agent was
struck by lightning last Tuesday night,
and on the spot where he hrd stood it
looked as if a brass caunon had been
melted.
Turk & Byington’s mill, aft Milledge
ville, was desiroyed by fire Friday. Be
sides the mill and two negro cabins,
600,000 feet of lumber was burned. The
tire originated iu a cabin and caught the
lumber near by. The loss is about
5,600, with no insurance.
The operatives of tho Enterprise fa< -
tory at Augusta have presented W. H.
Howard with a gold-headed cane, an i
momeuto of their gratitude to him for
the efforts which he made to have the
factory kept running.
Rev. Dr. Wm. Dean, who arrived at
New York from China u few years ago,
was a missionary among tho Chinese for
fifty years. At the age of 78 the venera
ble Baptist returns to pass his deolining
oaryß in his native land.
Tho youngest congressman in the next
house will be Wm. LaFollette, of Wis
consin, who is but 28 years old. Wm.
Waite, of Connecticut, will be the oldest
member, being 75 years old.
A negro boy named Tom Everett, aged
about 20 years, was accidentally killed
by three immense raft timbers rolling
upon him, on the river, on Saturday
last, near Bainbridge.
Wm. H. Crane, the Democratic Con
gressman-elect to succeed Col. Thomas
Ochiltree, from the Galveston (Tex.)
district, is the first native from Texas
ever oleoted to Congress from the State.
Mrs. Brown, wife of Samuel Brown,
of Forsyth oonuty, was burned to death
on last Saturday. She wbb left alone in
the house, sitting before the fire, and
when found had fallen in and was dead.
She was eighty years old, aud wus sub
ject to paralysis.
Logan ia the worst defeated man of
the party. He has lost the vice-presi
dency and in grasping for that shadow
he lias lost the substanoe of a scat in the
senate. The Illinois legislature is either
democratic, or so close tiiat Logan's elec
tion is entirely out of the question.
In the lower part of Berrien county,
Mr, John Futch, while out huuting,
killed two deer at one shot.
James Poss went down into an old
well in Paulding oounty, and the rock
wall oavmi iu upon him. For seven
hours ho was imprisoned, not able to do
more than push the dirt from his mouth.
When finally rescued he was almost un
conscious,
Mr. W. L. Jcbnston, while clearing
Mr. Castleberry's gin, at Frankville, had
hia left arm caught and so terribly mang
led that it had to be amputated.
One hundred miles in seven hours and
eleven minutes, the fastest bicycle time
yet made, is the reoord of Mr. George
Smith, of London.
There were one thousand two hundred
and twenty-seven patients in tho stnto
lunatic asylum on the Ist of October.
Of this number iwenty-ono are from
Bartow county.
Tho trustees of the Lincolnton acade
my met at tho hotel on Wednesday night
ad i nanlmonsly chose W. L. C. Pal
mer as their teacher for another year.
Some unknown person poisoned Mr.
Wm. Mumford, of Lincoln county, on
last Saturday night with atrycliniue. He
was saved by the skill of Dr. B. F. Bent
iey.
W. H. Davis, a prominent and suc
cessful merchant of Thomasville, Oa.,
shot himself in his room Wednesday
morning. He had been slighly indis
posed for a day or two. He was seen
nnd talked to by one of hia clerks two
hours before he shot himself. His
friends know do cause for the not.
Mr. Jim W ilis, of Monroe county,
talher-in-law of Mr. A. B. Quinlan, was
found dead in hi* bed with Mr. John
Perdue last Saturday morning. When
they retired Friday night. Mr. Willia
seemed perfectly well. He had been
troubled witli heart disease, nud this ia
supposed to have <PUU vd hia death di ling
tile night.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
COMMISSION REDUCED.
J. H. SPEARS,
COTTON FACTOR & COMMISSION MEBCIANT.
WAREHOUSE & SALESROOM
ioi Mclntosh street, corner Reynolds,
Augusta, - Georgia.
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continue the business in its vuriour branches. Advances of
Ties and Family Supplies, at lowest market prices. I.ibei nl
Cash Advances made on Cotton or other Produce in Store. Future
transactions in Colton, Stocks and Bonds done through my New York
Correspondents when desired. Consignments of all Field and Farm
Produce solicited. Personal attention given to Selling, Weighing and
Sampling, (Storing all Consignments. Commission 50c. and Storage 25c.
per month on Cotton not advanced upon.
AreYouGuilty!
I am Guilty of Selling Goods cheaper than
any house in the Town of Thomson.
1 hnvo purchased tho largest stock for my Brick .Store No. 3, ever
brought hero. Consisting of
DRY GOODS, JEANS, PEIOE GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES
DATS, .1 SPECIALTY.
I claim to fit from the smallest boy to tho largest, man in stylo and
price. I purchase my slock anticipating a good crop as the prospect
seems blue tho goods are ordered sold regardless of profit.
I am fully aware the people will buy where
they can get the cheapest.
Everybody are respectfully invited to call and examine my stock
and prices. Wo will cheerfully show and price our goods whether you
buy or not. Don't forgot the place,
J. F. 811 IELDS,
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Brick Store, No. 3, Sariing’s Old Stand.
“Call on J. F. Shields, Railroad St., for your”
GROCERIES.
Big tumblo in prices of SUGAR. FLOUR, and nearly everything in
tho Grocery Line, which I will give my customers the benofit .f. Big
Lot of Bagging and Tics bought under tho impression that full crop
would be made, and now must bo forced off at any price. Get. prices from
me before buying. A full lino of HARDWARE and Cooking Stoves.
For Genuine Bargains in Groceries and
Hardware, don’t lorget
*l. F. SHDBKjDS,
Railroad SSti-eet.
CLEVELAND IS HEiD IK POLITICS!
But Wo Lead fn
FURNI T U R E.
Our Motto, like his. is “Reform—Old High Prices must get out of tho way
and give place to the New Dow Prices. We buy for Cash, hence are able to got
the Bottom, as your Prices will prove, llood nnd frontier.
Solid Walnut Marble Top Suites, with Toilet
Wash Stand, 10 pieces, for 50 dollars.
This is what Cash does. We have Suites from this up tn SSOO. We are now
fitting up two Hotels, who bought us cheap from us as they could buy from the
Factories, and a Little Cheaper. Wo defy all competition. Call and see us.
J. Xj. Bowles & Cos.,
811) HUOAI) STREET.
All good, packed and shipped free of ohsrgc.
New Saddle and Harness Shop!
CONDUCTED BY-
E. .1. I* A!SOH AL,
Opposite J. F. Shields’, Railroad Street,
Thomson, Georgia.
Huving employed a good, First-Class Saddle und Harness Maker, 1
will keep on hand a good supply of good hand-made Harness, Bridles,
etc., and make auy kind of Harness to order, from the cheapest to tho
finest. 1 will also keep in stock Sole, Lace Leather and Belting. Re
pairing harness and saddles neatly and promptly none Will also trim
buggies and carriages. In connection with the Harness Business, 1 have
added also Repairing and Upholstering Furniture, etc.. Bring in your
Furlor Furniture and have it recovered and made as good as new. All
work in my lino will be wurrnuted.
1 solicit a liberal share of public patronage.
Sept. 17, 1884. E. .1. FASCIIAL,
E. R. SCHNEIDER
Wholesale and itetnil Denier m
Fine Wines. Cigars, Brandies. Tobacco, Mineral
Waters, Whiskies, Oios, Porter,
Ale, etc., etc.
00l and 80% Broad Street, ■ •' • • Aaynsta, Georgia
—AGENT FOR —*
I'eiive CTunto s Ponardin, Urbana Vine Company
AnheueSr-Bunch Bren my Association.
NO. 46.