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About The Washington gazette. (Washington, Ga.) 1866-1904 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1885)
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A .Newspaper for Every House hold “THE WEEKLY TIMES" is fore moat among the largest and best of the Family and General weekly news papers published In the country, and it iir now offered to single suliscibcrs at One Dollar a year and an extn copy given with every clubof 20. It is the most progressive journal ti its class. Its aim is to be ihe newspaper of the people of the whole country; to meet every intelligent want in jour nalism, and to make it so cheap that all can afford to enjoy its weekly vis- its. “TfiE ANNALS OF TIIE WAR" have been one of the distinguishing feutmesof “THE WEEKLY TfMEf,’ and it is now imitated in that feature by many of the leading journals and periodicals of the country. The nest writers from the active participants of (lie great struggle on both sides will continue tiieir contributions to the un written history of the war in every number, and make the paper special!” entertaining and instructive ‘o the veterans of both the BKe and the Gray. TERMS or SIiBNCBIFI'IOIi “THE WEEKLY TIMES" is mail ed, postpaid, for One Dollar a year. Every club of 20 will be entitled to an extra copy. Address, THE TIMESi * mlf-AD XLPHIA, TA. GENERAL NEWS. The New York legislature will prob ahljr attend Gen. Graut’s funeral. Services in honor of Gen. Grant were held in Westminster Abbey An. gust 4tli. The troops in Arizoua are pressing the Indians, but haven’t killed or cap tured many as yet. Two per cent, of the voting popu lation of Bell county, Kentucky, is charged with murder. A Florida boy ol tweuty-four sum mers and a dashing widotv of eighty were recently married. The New York World has succeed ed in raising that SIOO,OOO for the Bar lhold! Statue of Liberty. Gen. Hancock will have charge pf the military ceremonies connected with Gen. Grant’s funeral. A colored man has died in Chester, field county, S. C,, leai iug his thir teenth wife to mourn iiis loss. The northern papers, tell us that tli* long iioped for business revival lis come. It haa not readied the south yet. The Nashville meeting in honor of Gen. Grant, was presided over by Gen. FVank Cheatham, ot Confeder ate lame. The Macon Telegraph advises (lie women to icaru how to shoot ami protect themselves against the negro villains. R. E. Leo and Stonewall Jackson camps of Conlcderate veteran*,passed resolutions ot regret at the death of Gen. Grant. “Go, and do as did Iscariot, yo(t great, leaden-tcared crocadiie,” it John Swinion's advice- to Heury Ward Beeuhoap The i’reniirent expected to start last Saturday on his summer vaca tion. but hit* postponed it ou accouu) of the death of Gun. Grant. A Southern'Senator now in Wash ington sayt'fie shall introduce a bill next session giving Mrs. Grant a pens eion of $6,000 a year for life. The gurrison at Kassoia his l'e pulsed El Mahdi’s besieging army killing a great number of the enemy; and capturinguearly all their cattle The lady students at Chautauqua this year out number the gentlemen two to one. Even the business school is largely composed of youug ladies. Cattle are beginning to come Ea.t from the ranges. As early as July 7 a lot from Nebraska reached Chicago and sold from $3 (13 to $5 13 per hun dred pounds. Tha nioititity rrom swine fevor in England hits readied a point when aboui 2,000 animal* perish every week, or 100,000 per year out of 2,- 000,000 swine. At a camp-meeting in ludiunna Sunday a preacher advocated misce genation between whites and black. There was great, indignation mani fested by hi* heurers. Two English bloods bad a fisticuff the other day, in Hyde Park, on ac count of the attention each ha* been paying Mrs. Langtry. Unfortunately neitlicr was much hurt. Two bars of bullion, shipped from ihe Comstock lode on July 11, con stituted the first business shipment from 3,000 level of any mine In the United States or the world. Alabama's strongest man, Mr. J H. Clark, of Shirley, Covington coun ty, can take a 230 pound anvil, and by placing his thumb in the mason hole, throw it off like a marble. The first bale of new cotton was sold in Houston, Texas, Friday July 22 for SIOO. It was raised in I)e- Wiw county, in that state, 570 pounds and was classified as mliddllng. Missionaries in the equatorial lake region of Atrica huve discovered that a kind of beer made of bananas is a p •ophylactle against malarial fevers, and that thiadrink la indispensable to heir health. Six hundred and thirteen children under fire years of age died in New York last, week. Three hundtod and ninty-five of these deaths resulted from diarrheal affections, largely in duced by the very hot weather. It is rumored that a t the next meet ing of the Atlanta City Council that body will be petitioned to close the cigar stand*on Sunday. It is claim ot that smoker#can supply thetn • -Ives on Saturday and not suffer any inconvenience. John Faugonan, his wile and 3- year old son, have died in Baltimore from trichinosis, and a daughter is lying in a dangerous condition. The pork was eaten on Mar 10. These are the first eases of the terrible mal ady known ih Baltimore. The little duster of islands in the Pacific just off the Patagonian coast furnish forage for 400,000 sheep. There are no bushes or tress of any kind on the itlands, and the entire surface is covered with a bed of pelt which woulrf supply the worJ|. Over the peat a thick growth ofj short, but very nutritious, grass, on which the shetep thrive wonderfully. Nearly every day theireis rain, which seems unable to force its way down Prince Henry of Buttcnburg cannot speak enough English to carry on the simplest conversation. He learned his uart in the marriage service, and that is about all he knows. All the same, he got air’Engmh princess, and $30,000 a year out of tfio English treasury. This horribie story comes from Landingville, Pa.: J. B. Marshall’ aged 20 years, a telegraph operator at Landingvillc. near Schuylkill liaH veil, got Ids foot fast in a frog ill from of his office this morning and ivas crushed to death by a passing coal train an the Philadelphia and Reading road. His body dLis hr liibly mangled. Dr. C. C. Abbott, tho naturalist, recently found upon bis farnial Tren ton, N. J., a box tortoise, upon the under shell of which was cut his grandfather’s name, J. Abbott, with the date 1821. The appearance bt tlie lorvbise denoted graCt there is no reasou to doubt the fact that the mime ivas really engraved upon it 64 years age. mt>,m and $400,000. She receives the beuefits without qualification may use the money as she chocfc-v bui il is supposed she win follow Wt the General’s wishes to reimburse,hi* relatives from losses they sustained though having*beetled bUS| erfu nectiou wit tx Grant * Ward 10 inv4bl their possessions with that ill-fated firm. Sunday, as the train from Sylvania to Rocky Ford was going out. ,lo*epii Edeufield boarded it at Waters' sta- Ks,lu , r,'K k .AT-‘jti reckless and reprehensible manner, firing Id* pistol cfjMficff seining it at par and using tho most obscene and vnl- ad igthe prwefec ot female infssefigem, aid Jtbej-s' happened to be at the depot. Two or three bullet holes are said lb Imh o been shot through the coach. A* When ha eras Y oung. “I have used Parker’s Hair Balsam and-like it better tban nny similan preparation I know of” wrUea Mrs Ellen Peity Wlfeof Rev.,K#efr|,b| Coldbrook ftprbigs, JdAsP*My lurti was almost entirely gray, but a dojjpr bottle of the Balsam ha* restored the softness, and she brown color it had when I was ybugg-jpot.a singjfgrur hui* left. Since 1 begun applying ilul Balsam my hair has stoppee falling out, and I find that it is gcrfecllv hamless and ngreeablo dressing. These lire Solids Filets. Th ! bos' blood purifier and system regulator ever placed within the reach of suffering humanity, Imry is Electric flitter.-. Inactivity of the Liver Biliousness Jaundice, Constipa tion, Weak Kidneys,or any disease of the urinary organs, or whoever re quires and appetiser,- tnjjiif or n(ii4 stimulants, will always find Electric Bitters tho best and olilv certain cine known. They act surely and quickly every boU|e gn<>ru|ilecd to give entire satisfaction or money J'efifeided. S#|l at fifty cents a bottle by Dr. 0* E. Lyndon. Thousands Sy So. Mr.T. W. Atkins, Girth'd, Kan., writes; l never tffmi'ate to recom mend your Electrics Bitters Ip my cus tomers, they give iifflfl satisfaction and are rapid sellers." .Electric Bil lers are tho purest best medicine kuogn and will plfdtively cuiV Kid& nev and Liver complaints. Purify (lieblood and regiilale (lie bowels. No family can afford to be without them. They will save hundreds ol dollars in doctor’s hills every vonr, Sold at llfty ctiffs a bottle £y G. E Lyudoft. ‘ Good milk cows on hand for sale at all times. Prices from |35 to 1110 3m W. A. BuitnkriV. Buy your preserving kettle of W. T. Johnson. Cure Fr Piles. Piles are frequently preceded by a sense of weight in the back, loiiis aiid lower part of the abdomens, causing ihe patient to suppose ho lias some affection of the kidney* or neighboring organs. At limes, symptoms of indi gestion, flatulency, uneasiness ot ihe stomach, etc. A moisture, like per cbmtnfm attendant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles yiqld at once to the application of Dfc Bbsankqft ifle Remedy, Widen acts directly upon the parts effected, absorbing the Tumors allavlftg the intense itching, and ef fecting g permanent cure. Price 60 cents. Address. The Dr. Bo.auko Medicine Cos., Piqna, O. Sold by Simpson Russ, M. D. 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