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(Quitman jttcportcr. II M. McINTOSH, - - Editor THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2s. 187& A disease similar to the epizotic is killing the cattle in several counties bordering on the Delaware river. -♦ " Show us the paper that conies out this week and endorses Colquitt for Governor, and we will point out a Granger journalist who was armed mound Central City Park last week. A little German girl in a public school of Boston was told to put the word year in a sentence. After a mo ment's reflection sho answered : "Last year my sister was married; this rear she has a baby.” Oue fact that attracted attention j and general remark at the State Fair j last week was, that when a real hand some, well-built, rosy-cheeked lady was seen, she would almost invariably Ire found to be a resident of South west Georgia. We have received tho first number of the Georgia depositor, anew week ly paper published at Savannah, bv E. Yulee. It is Democratic in poli ties and anti-Roman Catholic in re ligion. Terms $2 per annum, in ad vance. Ben Butleb is not always instructive, but he seldom fails to be amusing. The elaborate speech which he made in New York the other night was merely an elaborate burlesque, as in genious as the “moon hoax,” and just about as truthful.—Boston Her ald. During a clerical conference the following conversation was beard be tween two newsboys: "I Bay, Jim, what's the meaning of so mnny min isters being here altogether ?” “Why, answered Jim scornfully, “they al ways meet once a year to swap ser mons.” . ♦ A Proefssob of Cornell university has made application for the body of the noted trotter, tho American Girl in order that the skeleton may be placed iu the museum of that institu tion, and preserved as a specimen of the bony structure of a typical Amer ican trotting horse. The Richmond (Yu) Enquirer says: “Let us look at the composition of the voting population of the state. It consists in round numbers of about 250,00 voters. One hundred thousand of these are black men. White men may go over to the negro, but the negro will not come over to the whites. - - 11 1 New York World : The demands upon the banks for currency, chiefly for the west and south, to move their staples to tlio seaboard, have caused a loss of $10,000,000 legal tenders in two weeks, and brought the bank re serve down to within $5,700,900 of the 25 per cent, of deposits contem plated in the national bank act. mm * An interesting fact is mentioned by the Cicinnatti Gazette in connection with the loss and estimation of frac-1 tional currency as acccrtained from ; the Treasury Department figures. It is very well known that the Govern ment is really the gainer by a large amount by the disappearance of small notes and currency, but the figures regarding the three and five cent is sues of fractional currency, when it is remembered how many of them are required to make a dollar, are par ticularly interesting. The issue of these notes by the Government ceased in April, 1809, at which time there had been issued $002,000 of tho de nomination of three cents, and $5,- 7000,000 of the five cent series, and although over six years have elapsed there are still outstanding $92,000 in three cent notes, and over $1,870,000 of the five cent issue. An Atlanta Correspondent of the Augusta Chonicle and Sentinel thinks he sees in the distance "premonitorj symptoms of division among the Grangers of tbo State. In a recent conversation with a farmer, I learned from him that the only advantage he had ever derived from his association with Patrons of Husbandry was in the social pledge* of economy and indus try; that in many instances he had lost money by ordering from Orange agents, being able to m*ke better bar gains with regular dealers. His im pression was, that the organization having attained considerable strength, was now commencing to carry dead | weights in the way of agents, canvass- j ers, Direct Trade Unions, etc. So long as it confined itself to economy, | and the cultivation of Jv relations with each othe, it was a good and profitablee organization; but when it undertook to organize j and carry out schemes of direct trade, 1 something the combined wealth of; Georgia could not effect, it was going j beyond its legitimate purposes and bringing upon its' nan**" v The Stale Fair. We spent two days iu Macon at- j tending the Georgia State Fair last j week, but saw nothing strange nor henrd anythiug very funny, and shall have but little to say about it, Financial}-, the Fair was doubtless a suclcess, but as an exhibition of ar-1 tides bearing evidenco of tho “march ' of improvement" iu the agricultural and mechanical interests of the State, j it may be said to have been a second-1 class failure. This, however, cannot! be attributed to any indifference or fault of the people, for the premiums offered were so few and meagre that it would have bankrupted a one or two-horse farmer, living iu a remote portion of tho State, to have gone with what ho had for the purpose of making a display and contending for premiums, which, when secured, jvould not more than half defray his ex penses. This is a fast age, aud to make a success of a fair exhibition, or anything else where money is wanted, fast peo ple must bo attracted to it. There was nothing inviting for-this class on this occasion, however, as racing and every other thing-of a sporting char acter, was ruled out by the Society. This may all have been well enough iu one sense of tho word, but it cer tainly kept away a large classjof oilr people—the very class, too, who are the most liberal with their money— there being nothing there to induce them. We heard it intimated before we left that the city of Macon will prob ably withdraw from the State Agri cultural Society, and run a fair “on their own hook” next year, with tho indomitable Mayor Huff in tho lead ; and if this is done, such another ex hibition and crowd of people as we had there two years ago may be ex pected. Results of the Late State Fair. In a financial point of view the late State Fair was certainly a success, as will be seen from the following fig ures, compiled by the Macou Tele graph of Tuesday. RECEIPTS. City subscription J fi.OfiO Saloon, restaurant and other priv’lga 3,000 Show privileges 500 Sale of tickets uptown 2.000 Sale of tickets at the gate . 8,000 Total receipts SIO,OOO FXPEN DITT* RF.B. rash premiums awarded $4,528 00 Four gold medals 120 00 Tweetv silver medals .. . 150 00 Thirty bronze medals 45 00 Seventy-seven diplomas.. 10 25-4,862 22 $11,63775 Of course there are expenses to be deducted from the above net sum*, though we do not know what they will aggregate. The total premiums offered were: Cash $6,836 00 Four gold medals, at S3O 120 GO Thirty silver medals, at $7 50 225 00 Forty bronze medals, at $1 50... 75 00 One hundred and seventy diplomas 43 25 Total $7,296 25 A considerable portion of this was not competed for. The attendance each day is set down as follows: Monday 3,500 Tuesday 4,500 Wednesday 8,500 Thursday 13,000 Friday ... ■ 3,000 Saturday 1,000 Total attendance during tho Fair. . .33,500 Mean Business. —From the follow i ing call for a public meeting in Au j gusta, it seems that the anti-adntin istrationists of that city are going to proceed at once to business by nsking his Honor, Mayor Estes, to “step down and out.” The call appeared jin the Chronicle and Sentinel of Fri day: In view of the present alarming fi nancial condition of this city and of the general mismanagement and ex travagance which have marked the administration of its affairs under the present Mayor, a meeting of all the citizens of Augusta opposed to the re election of that oflicer_ is called far at half-past seven o’clock on Saturday night, October 23, 1875, at the City Hail, to concert measures for the re j establishment in this city of of a inu ; nicipal government which will rec ! oguize that it is the servant and not the master of the people; and to noin- I inate, if the meeting see tit to adopt j that course, some citizen for Mayor-of j Augusta pledged to economy; re trenchment and reform. Among the plants on exhibition at j the State Fair from Clinch county, says the Macon Telegiaph, was that j wonderful and peculiar plant, the i paiut root. This singular growth af | fects white bogs by causing them to shed their hoof* and become Wind, while it docs not in tho slightest de gree affect colored hogs. The hogs' search for it and fatten upon it, and the meat can be'eatffen with impunity. It is found in a large pond in Clinch county, within forty miles of the Oke fenokee swamp. The pond is known as Butcher pond, from the fact that large, faL blind bogs were found and killed there fifty years ago. ' It de rives its name from the fact that the cellular tissues and periostrum of the hog are stained, as if painted. The species of the plant is ■ now in the \ hands of Dr. Janes, along with other j plants of lower Georgia, to be sub jected to the analysis of botanists and chemists. Go to the Thomasville Fair and see the bes'' fight next Saturday. A Little Romance. A little more than a year ago, when the .college girls were leaving .home to resume their places ju .jschool, the writer was a passenger on the day truin on tho Southwestern railroad going to Macon. At almost every towu one or more girls would get on, and then all the others who knew them would jump up and scream; then, thinking of where they were, turn red, stuff their hand kerchiefs in theirmiouths, sit down again aud wait until their newly ar rived schoolmates were seated, aud the train started, when they would flock around them for a. general gig gle and’exchange of kisses. When we reached Fort ValleyAwo very pretty young ladies—one short and the other tall— Cfcrne in. AVe also upticed two ' neatly dressed young menget aboard just before the train started, and take their seats in the crowded car on the little seat by the door. Tho young ladies,; after greet ing their schoolmates who were on the train, in the regular style, took their seats directly in'frontof us; and we soon noticed that they ex oltaiiging loving smiles * with Ae two ydltng men above mentioned. ? •'When we reached the next station a lady got off and left ono more Beat in the coach vacant. Seeing his op portunity, oue of the young men quickly arose, and, going to where the two girls wore, led the tall one across the aisle into the seat just va cated. This left room for the other young gentleman iu the seat with the little rosy-cheeked lassie remaining in front of us, and he lost no time in placing hitnself by her side. Now they were happy, and, sitting rather close apart, they chatted a\vay as only lovers do, until finally they became so much interested iu each other that they seerued -to have forgotten that they were in the sight of others. Those who have travelled over the Squthwesteru railroad will doubtless remember that they passed through two dark bridges close- together, a few miles below Macon. With the first one of these bridges commences the most interesting part, of our ro mance. The loving couple in our front were billing and cooing like two young doves, when all at once the train darted into darkness, and nothing could be seen. AVe heard a rustling in the seat ahead-of us and an excla mation almost like a scream from the, young lady. Soon we passed out in to the light again, and when our eyes • fell upon the young couple once more a change had come over them: tbeir faces were red, they looked confused and in utter bewilderment at each other. After sternly gazing at each other and casting a glance around to see if they had been observed, they almost simultaneously diew a long breath, smiled, and their heads went closer together, when, we presume, an explanation followed. - We suspected that the young man tried to steal a kiss whilst in the dark, but, being unexpected by the object of bis affection, she impulsively resisted. What we saw; and heard afterwards only confirmed us in our suspicions. That young man had evidently been aloyg this road before, and knew that ' therg was another bridge close by. Everything must have been explained i and agreed Upon before we reached j the second bridge; for as sOori as we j entered it and were again in darkness !we heard another rustling as before; | but there was no struggle or half | smothered scream this time. We heard a, faint smack as if their lips had met, ! followed by a long, sucking sound something like pigs taking swill. ******* Last week we attended the State | Fair at Macon, and on Thursday morning w.hen we took passuge in a street car for the fair grounds, who ’ should we see in the seatjust in front ■; of us but the same loving couple, who, more than a year ago, rode in front of l us through the dark bridges on the railroad I He sat with his arm closly. drawn around her tiny waist, and her j | head gently leaned bn his shoulder. I This was in broad open daylight, and j I they looked like they didn’t care who ! ; saw them as they were. They seem- j ed just as happy as they did before, [and"from their unbidden signs of af feefion we supposed them to be now : manand wife. May they ever be as happy as then, and live long to enjoy j the virtuous kisses of flaming love. ! . Jones had prepared himseff for a home dinner to his lildng. He sat down in his dining room at peace with.all tho world, and said, “Now, Hannah, bring the cold mutton. No hot meat for ihe this weather." Han nah hesitated for a minute and said, “But I done give it away, sir.” “Give it away! Give my dinner away?” “■Yes, sir. You Raid if any tramps, called I was to give them the cold shoulder.” Extensive floods prevail in Devon shire, I.eicesteishire and Warwick shire, England. Extensive ' damage ’ is reported, and traffic op nearly l alt the railways is impeded. THE SOl tfl c/Kbltt;iA FAIR. (First Day—A Urand Success. (Specinl CorrespoiHlencJ 'of the Qaitinnn IiXPOJtTER.) - Thomasvillk, Ga., Oct. 26; 1875. We left Quitman by tho accommo dation train y.es.terduy morning, un der the charge of I hat deservedly pop ular conductor, Mr. Brosius, aud ar rived here at li'o’clock, m. After din ner wo went out to tho 1 air grounds, where we found evfcry one busy pre paring their goods, etc., for exhibition. Improvement in tue Fair Grounds. The Fair grounds have been enlarg ed siuce last year, about four acres having been added to the front, which is a decided improvement. Seats have been erected,all over the grounds for the accommodation and comfort of visitors, and there are conveniences on'every side which wore sadly need ed but never supplied before. J- . THE, <i HANGERS have erected--rovend new -buildings, in which to,e*fcibjt tSpeir farm pro ducts. We wAt (LgUugh. the fial(oi the Boston Were agreea bly surprised tJt display. We do not think that their collection of preserves, jellies, etc., can be excelled in the State. Seven huudrCil find eighty entries were made up to Monday night, which is more than all the entries made last year. VISITORS are arriving from all pa*ts of the State, as also a good many from the North. Tho crowd will unquestiona bly be greater tljan evor known to at tend before. POULTRY of every description, such as geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens and pigeons are on exhibition. Nearly all the fin est specimens were at the State Fair-will be here. <• - ‘ ’sfefK. The stock department is better rep resented tbfin ever-before. Fast hor ses from all parts of South Geor gia, hsve been entered, and the mania for racing . seems to be in the ascendency here. There will be races every day during the Fair. The hogs, will bj worth coming to see, and the display cattle, sheep and goats is worthy ,qf fpention. BEAR ASD DOO EIGHT. Our “Bear man” is on hand with hiad.ancing with which he in .tends to fight Dodljj mastiff dog on Saturday. He has also in connection with his bear a natural curiosity in the person of a ’young man twenty one years of ago and only forty inch es high, his hands and feet being de formed in a most hideous manner. It is certainly a woadeful freak of na ture. B.A3E BALL. Five clubs, viz: the Juuiors and Georgias, of Savannah; South west erns, of Thomas’?file. Aucillas, of Bos ton, and tha" Socials, of Quitman. The first game'will be - played to-mor row (Wednesday.) JUVANNAH has come out' to the Fair with a bril liant display of buggies, phtetons, drygoods, carpets, upholstery, furni ture, crockery, drugs perfumery, hats, gent's furnishing, goods, books, sta tionery, musical instruments, sewing machines, etc. It rould’be useless for us to attempt to. describe in this hast ily written letter the articles display ed in each department. ■ JEWELRY r: • | This department is represented by (Joseph Jerger, of Thomasville; W. C. Subers, of Baiubridge; Welch k | Mitchell, of Albany, and W. E. : Barnes, of Quitman. These gentle ! men are here i|i sperson with their magnificent stocks of jewelry, watch es, clocks and every variety of silver ware. | In our opiniou the Fair is by far | the greatest success ever attained by | any yet held in Southern Georgia, j and those who fimted tbeState Fair pronounced the display here far supe j rior. ' * —Baiubridge f)eni,ocrat During ! the preliminary trial of Milo Don- I alson, for the offense of murder, be j fore his Honor Judge Campbell, on i Wednesday; it> was affecting indeed j to witness, the interest manifested in the prisoner by his former master. Milo .had slain, hr Mortal combat, one of his race. An. ; unusuul array of persecution was' displayed towards him by his owucolor. He could look, in liis forlorn condition, not to his race Tor succor—-foe he was totally deserted by Qem in his fearful hour of need. Then t6' whom could he look ? His former master—true to his instinct and.moved by an ever lasting affection and attachment for his former slaved. Without loicitatiou from any one, bqj.jnoved by an hon est desire to see his old servant secure justice aud see him ably represented bv counsel, set himself to wor%| and procured tjie very best qoupsei be co.uld get at his own expense, and lie is now being ably represented before tle committing coin-'. The deep and uninterested devotion of the former master on this occasion was indeed affecting; He and his former sltive Syie ; reßiel together in th ir child ’lusod, and he could not bear the Idfia of-desertijig Jiipi iu hi* time of need. ' ' ! • She Bore Her Misfortune Bravely [From tho Sacramento Herald.] Yesterday forenoon, just as the ex press traiu was about to leave the depot for San Francisco, a youug In dy who had been talking to some friends in one of the sleeping cars hastened out fearing she might be carried off. Several men were stand ing on the car steps on the side to ward tho depot platform, aud being too timid to try and push past thorn, sle stepped down on the other side. I" happened that one of tho men whose duty it was to examine the car wheels aud fix the packing in the box es had just finished doctoring the truck of the car from which tho la ly emerged, and, in his haste, set the big bucket of black grease and packing down by the steps while he stooped to pick up a tool he had been us ing. It was her luck! Getting down upon the lower step she began to feel safe, find turning around nodded a good bye to her friend with the brigli* est of smiles, and then stepped down oh, horror !—nearly to her knee in that bucket of black, filthy grease ! Doubtless the nature of the accident would have justified her in saying something, but she did not. Her skirts were not in a condition for promenading, and uho. therefore se- r ouxi,-d a hack and rode home. 'This is the way an Eastern |pa per looks at it : “They are getting tighter every day. Not that they are not pretty ; not at all that, you know. But really, in about two weeks at this rate, they will have to got ono skirt made for each—-each—well, each limb, if they want to walk at all. And— ha! who knows but that is the way they propose to attain pantaloons? Is there strategy here ?” UWAL" APT KKTISKMK XTS. Administrator’s Sale. Will be Hold before the Court House door iu the town of Quitman, on the first Tuesday, in November next, an interest iu about two hundred and fifty sheep, in range. Sold a the property of the Estate of Willis A. King for the benefit of the heirs and creditors, un der and by virtue of an order of the Court 'of Ordinary of. said county. Terms cash. Quitman, Ga., Sep. 28, 1875. ouiaL-ijn' HESTERS, Administrator. .SHERIFFS SALE. GEORGIA, Brook* OQtlnfcv. 'YT7’ ILL BE SOLD ut "the Court Hons* y V door in the town of Quitman in said county, on the first Tuesday in November next, between the legal hours of sale, one town lot No. 36, in the Southeast section of said town of Quitman, containing one acre, more or less Levied on by virtue ofafi fa i - from the Superior Court of said countv in favor of Jas. B. Finch vs Bozeman Lewis, as the property of said Bozeman A Lewis. Property pointed out bv plaintiff. Se.pt. 28, 1875*. J. T. THRASHER, 30d Sheriff. SHERIFF’S SALE, j GEORGIA, Brooks County. • AVII X. HE S( >IJ )ut the Court House ilnor m Quimau, go the first Tuesday in Noveri ‘ ber next, the North half of town lot riuni ! her 35, in thesSoutheast section of the town of Quitman. Levied on as the property of Willis Reddick, under and* by virtue of ati fa from ths County Court of Brooks' county, in favor of Jackson Thomas vs Willis Reddick. Sept. 28, 1875. C. M. HENRY. Deputy Sheriff. SHERIFF’S SALE. TTTILL BF. 80LI', before the Courthouse T v door in the town of Quitman, Brooks j county, Georgia, on the first Tuesday in November uevt, between the legal hours of | sale, the following described parcel of laud, jto w:.: Oue hundred and Silly three acres, i more o less, off the eastern portion of lot of | land No. 305, in the 12th district of origin- j ! ally Irw iu now Brooks county, described as j j follows: commencing at the southeast cor-; ner of said lot, thence along the tastern i ! line to the northeast' corner of said lot, ! j thence west along the northern line to a i I point where said line crosses the Morven ; and Quitman rood, thence in u southeasterly j l Ui*etfcic-n nioiig situi roan across the branch! ; running east and west through the plantu ■ turn to n. I‘ghtwood stake, thence in a j straight Hue to a low flat place oh the Quit ! man and 'ihoupville road some six hundred ! and tbiitv yards from the pair* where the said >'o,o 1 crosses the eastern boundary of : said lot, 1 hence in a .direct line to a point ;on the southern boundary line of id lot of I land, thence three hunired and r ..-y yards t from and west' of the southeast corner lof said lot of laud. Levied on. as the prop \ erty of Morris .F. Simpson,, by viitue of a j mortgage fi fa issued from the Superior : Court of Brooks County, in favor of H. S. , Wallace, Guardian, versus saidJMorris Simp- I son. Property pointed out in said ti fa. 'J. T. THRASHER, Sheriff. ! GEORGIA, Brooks County, rp O THE SUPERIOR COURT of said ’ 1 oouul y: The petition of Henry Briggs, i .1. B. Creech, Jos. Tillman, J. H. Tillman, IS. T. Kingsbcrry, E. A. Jelks. A. B. New some, John Tillman, T. S. T. Knight, W. H, Briggs. J. -Paine and others, sbeweth that they.have formed a joint stock compa ny, having chosen their President and Di rectors, the t they propose to carry on the business ol'ipannt'actm'ing and selling cotton anil woolen yarns And cloths of all descrip | tens and styles and of manufacturing and selling cotton rope; that they have selected the town of Quitman in sc.hl county as their place of business, anj-thl’t they desire to be incorporated under the name of “Brooks j County Manufacturing Association,” with a capital stock of titty-two thousand dollars with the privilege of increasing said capital stock to two hundred thousand dollars for the term of twenty years upon which capi tal stock more than ten per cent has been paid in. 8. T. KINGSBURY. Atty. for Petitions. Clerk's Okfice Superior Court: I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original petition filed in this office. Sept. 22, 1875. W. G. BENTLEY. , , Clerk Superior Court. GEORGIA, Brooks County. WHEREAS, W. L. Toolo, administrt tor of estate of Mrs. Maria Took*, deceased, represents to- the court in his pe tition, do]tiled, that ho has administered on Mrs. Maria Tooke's estate. This is therefore to cite all persons concerned, kin dred and creditors, to show cause if any they can, why said administrator should not be discharged and receive letters of dismission on tho first Monday in December next. This Sept. 6, 1875. J. M. SHEARER, Ordinary. GEORGIA, Brooks County. \kr HEUEAS, W. R. and C. W. Rynll, VV administrators of . the estate of Wil liam Folsom, deceased, represent to the court in their petition duly filed aud entered on record, that they have fully administered William Folsom’s estate. This is therefore to cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors to show cause, if any they can, why said Administrators should not be discharged from their administration and receive let ters of dismission on the first Monday in December next. Sept, 7th. 1875. , J. M. SHEARER. , Jtn Ordinary. 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