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PBrUABY 28, 1884
Ho*. Wm. M. Kvabtb ha* been elec
ted United State* enator froth Near
York. He i widely known a* tit*
moat word) pubic ntan in the |Union.
lfii plead Hay**’ cause before the high
joint commission, and was reihnnera
<d the position at secretst of state
under that fraudulent admlnisira
aion. ‘
Th* British column in Egypt on
it* march to Khartown, lias iteeu at
tacked by a force of Arabs that
largely onto umbered the British. A
hard fought battle took place io
which the Arabs were rcpulsod with
a loas of 800 killed and 800 wounded.
The British loss was about 160 killed
and wounded.
The lUimoi* legislature is about to
take Logan’* sensnioral scalp. That
body is politically very dose, and oue
republican wilt not vote for Logan.
'Morrison, one of the democratic lead
er* in the house in Congress and the
great apostle of tariff for revenue
only, is said to bo coming United
State* senator from llllinois.
GENERAL NEWS.
Senator Cameron was re-elected in
Pennsylvania.
The Central Americans are again at
tvur ami pillage.
48 men were killed in a colliery ex
plosion in t^;ai|ce..
There has been a broad riot in Bir
mingham, England.
Joseph Eloyd, the richest negro in
Alabama, it Insane.
St. Jobn bitterly denies that he sold
out to Uio dcmeerul*.
£ The bank of England now coven
three acres of ground.
A misplaced switch caused severa]
deaths near Easton l’a.
A young man and Ills wife were
drowned while fishing in Fl*riila.
Ono brother fatally shot another
during a dispute in Now Jersey.
Divers in the vicinity of Gibraltar
have so far found 102 largo gnu*.
A Virgiiiia murdoror was sentenced
4° 0,10 tit* -te in jail and a tine of (6
'flie number of men employed on
tbe paiiama eanal work are 18,000.
terrific explosion occured I u po me
jßtaosk rft near tij’iToUio, fij. "Y,,
uring eight men, tw oi themtfalal
>y-
Three of the largest iron uiapufao
(oricsiii Pittsburg have luspcb.ided,
A big New York bunking house also
goes up.
Barnum paid ovor 872,000 fior ad
vertising Ills clivus iu the newspapers
last yoM'.
Pinohback has 120 shares or Lou
isiana Lottery stock', which pays him
• SO,OOO per annum.
Mrs. Limlsay Donley, of LaFayette,
broke lior log while trying to get
away from a mad cow.
More than $15,000 has been spent
on improvements in Klbertuu within
the two years Just past.
Burglars opened five safes at Lock
port, N. V., the other night and ob
tained only (55 in cash.
There was about a half million
rdoliars worth ofgoodt sold in Fiber
.ton last year, including fertilisers.
The general tax net enacted at the
late session of the legislature fixes the
rale at three mills for 1885 and
1880.
Voting Mr. Blaine bounced on an
inkstand on the head of a Boston dude
who spoke disrespectfully of hla
.father.
Atßrooklyn scientific gentleman,has
convinced himself that in about
8,000.000 years the earth will be one
gigantic iceberg.
At Goldsboro, N. Cl. woman pre
vented two desperate criminals from
.breaking jail by threatening them
with a revolver.
Vanderbilt has insurance on hie
life Jor (600.009. Why should a man
do ibis who lias an tucotne of at least
(8,000.000 a voir ?
In Florida, the Governor appoints
all the eouuty otlleers. The white
people hold primary elections and the
Governor follow* their actions.
Mr. Moody’s meetings in Richmond
wore so crow ed that on Sunday tickets
bad to lie used to avoid a dangerous
jam. AH the Protestant ministers of
the city had seals on the platform.
Mr. Moody's dental that no ever spoke
disrespectfully of Gen*. T-ee and
Jackson appears to have been very
effectual in openiug the hearts of the
Richmond people.
The Georgia railroad and banking
company have declared their regular
of 12.50 per share
of the capital stock.
The privilege to sell liquor this year
In Sparta costs 11,000. David Lipfleld
of II am burg. 8. C.,ls the only one who
has taken out licenac. •
At least oue hundred barrels of
whiskey were sold in Albany during
the holidays to supply the jug trade
in prohibition comities.
It is stated that there 1* a mar
bed near Mon lemma which if prop
erly developed would yield a million
dollars worth of good guano.
Tha river and harbor bill, which
will pass the house in a day or two,
gives to the Savannah river 89,000.
It gives the Savannah harbor 885,-
000.
The records in the office of the
Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary
show that the list of convicts Is con
stantly increasing. The number of
telous inches up by year*.
A clock which has require! neither
winding nor regulation for five years,
wa* placed by the Belgian govern
ment in a railroad station four years
ago, and has kept perfect time ever
since.
The average cost of each day’s ses
sion of congress is about 845,000. a*
congress meets one hundred day* a
year on the average, the total cost to
the count ry of congress for ono yea* is
84,500,000.
A Texas county Judge roccntiv do
delivered a farewell address which
excited the admiration of all his
triends until same officious person dis
covered that Washington had deliver
ed (lie same address many years ago.
The question of branding cattle Is
again being considered by Montana
stockmen. A hide not branded will
bring 81 lo 81 50 more than one
branded, and the present custom
■is estimated to Cost Montana breeders
alone 81,000,000 a year.
Augusta News: It is now under
stood that Gov.McDaniol la laying the
wires for another term asGo)*rnorof
Georgia. Shis fact has been known
|o a select few for several weeks, and
has within the past few days become
an open secret.
Cue of the latest London society
custom*]* for ’■, owners of little dogs
to leave the at -U’eanl with their own
when they make‘calls. The cards are
about an Inch lung and three quar
ters of au inch wide, and bear the an
imal’s name In full.
John B. Gllsson, of TsH"*t **mn-'
ty, went to milTssveral day* ago to
some corn/when In attempting
to start a wheel his foot ailppec and he
was caught in the wheel and hi*
thigh crushed tp atom*. His physi
cian say* Ms wound Is fatal.
On* of the narrowest escapes oute
cord occurred at the
rccout by completed
Washington monument. A man fell
from the scaffold into the shaft 500
feet shore the earth, but caught on a
nail about ten feet below the scaffold
and was saved.
Peter Akin, of Griffin, a 16 year-old
son of David Akin was rabbit hunting
Thursday afternoon.when ho met with
fatal accident, lie had shot a rabbit
and was getting over a fence with
hi* gun to go toward it, wlicu ;n some
manner the second barrel of his gnn
was discharged and the contents en
tered hi* bead, blowing out hi*
brains.
The total voting population of the
United States is 13.792,897. Of these
only voted at the late presi
dential election, leaving 3,754.478 who
did not vote. That is twenty-seven
persons out of every hundred entitled
to vote refrained from doing so. In
Loul iana, the non-voting percentage
was 55; in Georgia, 01; Mississippi,
56; Rhode Island. 62; South Carolina
62,and California 51. These states
showed the greatest Indifferente.
A diabolical attempt to wreck a
train on the.Kast Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad.near Rome, Ga.
Sunday night, failed only by a mira
cle. The miscreauts tore up several
yards of the track and drovo piecies
of rails into the cattle guards. They
then piled cross ties between the rails
making an obstruction which would
dash the train down a frightful abyss.
Just before the train reached there
the engine boxes became hot. The
engineer stopped tho train to cool
them, striking the obstructions just
it slacked up. The pilot was torn
off, but no other damages was done.
Are you ruptured ? If so get otto of
Fry’s patent trnsses at Dr. Russ’.
If you are weak and debilitated get
a bottle ot Iton Bitters from Russ’?
We are glad to see ihc face of Mr.
F. T. Small in Washington again.
Ho is well known here as a man
who sell mules that are worth every
dollar he asks tor them. He has two
car loads of very excellent mules at
T. Burwell Green’s stables.
A, WtOTTNTAIW OV SILVER.
Whs.t Chihuahua Has Bent to be Shown
In Uncle Sam’s New Orleans Baxanr
There has arrived in this city from
Chihuahua an interesting exhibit for
the New Orleans Exposition. It con
sists of a cast of a mountain, mad#
of silver, resting upon a base about
five feei long, three and a half wide
and eight incites thick. This has e is
of solid silver and bears upon eaek
*We a medallion of Hidalgo and the
words, in Spanish: -From the Stale
of Chihuahua to the New OrleaneEx*
position.” The cast of the mount aie,
which is hollow, hut nevertheless
massive, is about three and a half
feet high. It lias two peaks, is quite
natural in appearance, is covered
with cacti and other Mexican vegeta
tion, and has a baud of soldiers seal
ing ita aide and Indian shooting a
deer with a bow and arrmy at it*
base—all cast in silver. wfiobj
thing weighs adout and is
valued at 892,000. Wells, Fstrgo &
Co’s’Express arc doing the forwar
ding. It was to leave here for Vw
Orleans this morning.—Ei Faao Lone
Star.
axixa aglow at midnight
Perhaps a* strange ail aerial phe
nomenon as ha* ever been et|>enen
ced or observed In the Northwest
wa* that in the Missouri slop* Tues
day night. At about midnight .he en
tire heavens were brilliantly illumina
ted with a bright, warm light. The
experience *f the |>cdesirian w* rim
iar to that of a sudden liglititfPuf a
lamp in a darkened room. It remind
ed one of standing beneath an
light-lower In the evening Justus the
llgli's first throw out their bijlliant
rays. One solitary sword-like' ray
reached out from Aurora’s northern
light-house, and, as if teaching Vine
magnet set firmly m the zenllll of
connecting with another eitctric |tr
reut in the very rentre of the stmrv
dome, a perfect ocean of fiicker|ig
light was produced, with a snill
circle of daazttng brilliancy in tje
centre. The phenomenon lasted abojt
twenty minutes, during which Ini:
a Newspaper could be read with pel
feet ease out of doors or at a windofi
in an uniighted room.
In the case of Dr. F. A. Thomas vs
the Ga. B. 8., before the superior
court at the October term. 1883. the
verdict of the Jury was for
The case was carried .to the suprmns
court amFoulv reached a hearing last
tveek when the decision of the court
below wa* sffirmed. The railrosd !
will have to pay the Doctor sbottf 85,-
800, as there is over one vest 'a interest,
due on the judgment ami cost*—Spar
ta Ishinsoiile.
Books Giron Awav.
Ladle*' tialde to Fancy Werk.
Containing over W) handsome iliu trattons, <M
large 3 column page*, nicely bound. It is the drly
practical illustration in Taney work. Wttb It m a
?olde you can make hundreds of beautiful things
or adorning yonr b un®, or i>reeeot* tor y*>nr
friends, at a trifling ripens®. Every lady la de
lighted with It, aa that® ta no fancy work but that
ah® can accomplish by ita aid.
I.ariles’ Private Com pan lan .—A
complete work on w-manhood. It touch*® upon
®r*ry anajeet of interest to wit®, mother or danb
tor. CM vet the adric® and information ao many
times desired by ladies, but vhich modesty pre
rants her ashing a physician of ih® opposite set.
Worth ip weight iu gold to ®rery one ®u dr ring ’
from any of tbors weaknesses of the sex. Illu®trat
ed and bound in cloth. (Itegular price 91-0 O)
Fan and t’amly -A b*ndom® t boofc.tell
ing bow tomak® over OEM* hundred kind* of esu
diet and other sweat things at home. Should be
iu ®r®ry American household (Regular price 60}
Tht HoiisfWiff An illustrated domestic
Journals devoted ta "What to Wear.*' ‘*How to
Cook." "Fancy W’ork.’’** Household Matters,"* and •
every subject of liiteraet to au Aimruon lady.
fiend AO ( O, and receive The Houaawiiaoo
♦rial tor st* month*, and any on* of the above
books krkk, orfiffQ and receive it for one satire
rear, and Ai-b of the al>ovw books fbkk. This is
tor mkw subscribera only, who send now. Ad
dress. Thk Housswir*. Nwada, N. Y
My hurae is all right. I have been
using Buss’ stock powder*. The lar
gest package fur the money in the
country.
Dr. Russ has Hermauces asthma
cure—the best remedy nog kuown.
Bovb and Girls \
Tfce loHih. A hiudtoM* !U
lußtratod •-{*# pp*r. briru fall of int^reptjluj Ato
rim for bojn* and girla. will be *nt rts far oofc
entire year fa every one who tend* u* at one*, the
name* of I*2 ooy* and girla of different ffcfaftim.
and 13 fwa-ceut etarnpa for pontage, ho. Thie pop
ular publication nle.ws both old and youug.aud is
acknowledged by ail aa th® beet youth's paper In
America.. Hcgular price. sl.oo per annum. Send
naw, no a*fa teeure next number. Addrwae.
Th* National Youth. Buffalo, N. Y.
Fine soaps and toilet artfees at
Russ.’
Tooth brushes of all grades at
Russ.’
Free to Farmers !
The >l,lionet Agriril tin riat.— An
Am.run Farmer'. Journal, will ba .ret mi roe
OKI v** to erery firmer who solute na AT one*,
t.u nareoa of ten farmer, ud 12 two-cent .temp,
for poet.se, Ae. Ittetk. oe.t firmand horn.-pa
per iii Uu> United State., and this o*er ia made
only to eecure name, to whom we ran .end speci
men copies, aa we know erery Internment farmer
who once eeea The National Agriculturist wilteul
scribe forlt. Regular price, *l.uu p,w anonm. (tend
to-day and secure thla offer. Adureea.
S.TtoKaL Anuri.TriT. Nnda, Jt. T.
You can buy paints aiid oils as
cheap at W. T. Johnson's as you can
in Augusta or clswherc. Prices
1 guaranteed.
Send to W. T. Johnson's for your
kerosene oil, his increased trade in oil
confirms the llict that ho is selling
good oil.
k Marvelous Stort
TWA m two lotos. f
FROM THE SON: "22KS: ff
" Qatitemtn: M j father resides at Glover,
Vi. He has been a great sufferer from Scrof
ula, and tb uietoemi tatter will toU jo*wha*
a marvelous affect
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
bn bad ta bis ease. I think hts blood mast
hare ygntgined th> for at Mat ten
jssn; Vot It did not show, except In ih* form
U t scrofula** so*s os tbs wild, until shoes
Ore jm sfo. Pram *ln spot, which p
-pesred at tbet time. It gradually tgrawil so s*
to aorcr his entire body. I *ssu yoe bs ws*
terrtbly sSleted, sad SB object of pttj, whoa
be begui using yaarmedletiM. How, there are
<ow men of his Age who enjoy os food health
Of he has. I could easily name arty persona
woo would testify to use facts in his csss.
J> Tours truly, W. H. Paium."
FROM THE FATHER:
a dAy for me to SUM to you the beaete I
tpy derived from the use of
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla.
Bis months ago T was completely eorered with
a terrible humor ud ecrafuioas sores, the
humor it*ti*sil an SncMiut intolerabin
and the skin cracked ao a# to nos
the Wood to Sow la amsy pieces whenever
I moved. *y eagerlng. were greet, asd my
IH* a burden. 2 commenced the use of tfop
•ABSArABiIAA to April lost, sod here used
ft -easterly slues that time. My ooodltiou
hg* to Improre at once. The sores hers
ell heeled, mad I feel perfectly well In every
vefieot—haftHt awnr shlo to do • (tod day*
wrtfcAlthough 7fW * age- Many inquire
wumt has wrought such • cure In my case, and
I teß them.pe I horns hare tried to tell yea,
Aries'* ftuMAPAmnuA. Gtorer, Vu, OH.
21, MS. Team (rstefully,
J UISAU PUIU4M."
Arm’s SsasAPAaiiAA easts Scrofula
Blue, NeseßW, Blsyworsh Blotches.
Soree. Nolle, Tumors, and KruptWus of
the Mtta. It eteura the blood of ell tmpu
rtu. Bide dtgeotios, sUmuletee the nation of
the bowels, mid thus restore* vitality end
strengthens the whole system.
mtVABso it
Dr. J. C. Ayer A Cos., Lowell, Max.
Sold by *ll Druggists: l, sis bottles for (3.
#|f)hat or Homestead.
Obdi***V* Orvto* or IVn.sts Cocnrr,
Dee. Slat, 1,-fU.
QIMSOT RHODES hue applied for Eiemp
Cr lion ol Personally and netting snarl of
rn'.nstion of honren'teed, and f will psss
upon the same st 11 a’eloek on the 10th day
of Ismtey, HWS. st my office. Witooss my
hand soJ ofHcisl *-fnaliir. ra's Dee. Sis
o*o. DTHoB, u.
l-2t tirdicary.
Executor's Sale.
GKOUGiA, WILKEB COBNTT.
TJY virtue of lt. tuthoritv granted me
A> under Ami by ih last wilt of Job* C.
fMummrr, lute o' Wiikge count/, decetgcd, I
FfugMlgk public mUf*y before tbs Court.
\ Wm-buigton. O* , * the blgHi
Jbldder, roif c'*sb, during legs!
.. rA, oo TtbMiy U Febru*rv nit,
(the noten end tccouafs 4a to *id John 0.
tdttmmor’neatnt*. end no*’ in iuj hsitd* nn
ooliectvd A schedule of the sstuc esn be seen
at fh® store of Irvin, Csilsn k C .. and at
tbsofllceof W. M. A M.F ••*<►. This Jtn.
10th, 1995, JOBS M. CALLAV r
Ks'r Jna. C. Stummer.
Citation for lietteni Administration.
GEORGIA, WILKES COUTTY.
NO ICE is herebr given to all persons
concerned, lhat Geo. W. Terr/, nomi
nated and qualified executor upon the last
will of Hnm’l W. Wvnn. late of aai I count/,
deceased, k*ving departed bis lifo, leaving
a considerable portion of the assets of said
£*m’l W, Wvan's estate nnadmi istered.
and that no person has made application lor
administration on said "arn’i W. W/no’s
estate, that adminisUatiun on ftaid estate
with said will annexed will be vested in the
Wfcrk of the superior court, or some other fit
person tube •/ me selected after the publica
tion of thU natation, unless valid objections
tre made to hts appointment. Git o under
’mv hand and t ffieial t igna’ ore, this SOth De
cember, XBB4-. GEO. DYHON,
J-4t Ordinarv.
Another Surprise to thw Pmbllc,
Having jnat purchased the stock of
drugs at the stand recently occupied
by .1. A H. Harper near the post office,
I beg leave to Inform the public
that 1 am prepared to serve them with
pure drug*, chemicals, llie heat wines
anti liquors formedicinaf purposes,
perfumery, toilet articles, soap and !
every thing Went in a first etnas drug j
store. Cigttrs and tobacco of the best
brands. Stationery. Ac., always on
hand. Nothing will he left undone
to merit your gcod opinion and pat
ronage. Prices always very reasonable
Simpson Hits". M. D.
Gill at W. TwJohnon' Hardware
store and buy Plow stocks. Plow Hoes
and all kinds of Plow Gear cheaper
ban you can get them elsewhere.
W. T. Johnson keep- Farm Bells.
Blacksmith Bellows. Anvils and all
kinds of blacksmith and carpenters
tools. It will pay you to see his stock.
If you arc building or expect to
build go to W. T. Johnson’s for nails,
hinges amt all kinds of hardware and
he will save you money.
uu I’win” raion.,4 Pinner
Strengthening, improved, the best
for.backache, pains in chest or side i
rhett m rtism. neu raligia.
Thin People.
‘■Wells’ Health Reuewcr” restores
health aud vigor, cures Dyspepsia,
Headache, Nervousness, Debility.
sl.
Wboopins Cough
and the many Throat Affections of
children, promptly, pleasantly and
safely relieved bv ■•Rough on Coughs"
ITo rhes. 15c.; Balsam2s, c.
• REMEMBER!
BENSON LEADS,
BUT J>EVER FOLLOWS.
30 000 Lbs Bacon j 3,000 Bu. Genuine Rust
10 Tierces Lard. Pi oof Oats.
500 Sacks Salt. 75,000 Lbs. Bran.
200 Packages UMackei el 50 Bbls. Sugar.
50 Sacks Coffee.
AND ALT> THINGS ELSE IN THE GKOCEBY LINE AT BRICE*
WHICH DEFY ALL COMPETITION.
To Be Sold Within tie Next 30 Bays
Regardless of Value, to Cash Purchasers,
150 Pr’s White and Grev Blankets.
36 Lap Robes.
10,000 Yards Sheeting and Shirting.
10,900 Yards Georgia Checks.
2,000 Yards Osnaburgs.
2,000 Yards Georgia and Kentucky Jeans.
A large lot cf Mens’ Hats, Trunks, Valises and Um
brella a Dread Sacrifice.
STOVES.
100 Stoves with all Fixtures complete, at less than
Atlanta Prices.
" Awni if J
FURNITURE.
Just call and see the greatest bargains ever of*
fered in Georgia.
OIL PAINTINGS.
75 very Handsome and genuine Oil Paintings and
200 Beautiful Chromos, on almost every subject.
OXE FIRST-CLASS
15 HORSE POWER ENGINE
AND BOILER,
FOR SALE OIV EASY TERMS.
BUGGIES. WAGONS ■ HARNESS
LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE OFFERED IN GEORGIA.
It will pay every man to call and knoiv what th
Leader’s prices are before purchasing. You will al
ways find it ivill be money in your pocket if even you
do not buy from him.
BENSON needs every dollar that is due him and
the only way to shun these hated duns is to pay at'onco
All debts not settled by the 25th of Dec-, will b&
placed for collection in my attorney’s hands. BENSON *
is patient, but it must be borne in mind that he has
debts to pay.
No honest man can conscientiousliy speculate om
BENSONS money by holding his cotton and not pay
ing his honest debts. Pay your debts so that those ijoui
owe can pay theirs.