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BRUNSWICK ADVERTISER.
TO. STACY, Editor and Pritp'r.
" »VTURdIyTjASCARY8. 1881.
Montezuma had a 611D00 Are
last week. Only I2j000 insurance.
The population of the United
States, m per rtccnt census, w «O r
152,659. r
Jay Gould's railroad oonsolidn-
tion* embrace in the 'a«rrg»W
about 9,049 miles of railway-
Femandina wants an ordinance
forbidding the running at large of
bones and cowson the streets.
io hundred
. cords of wood for ber poor during
the recent oold snap. Commends-
Me.
Mille. Christine, tbs two beaded
girl baa been on exhibition the
in 8a ran nab, ahd has
i foil
Tbs eontracton of the Frmandi
• aw and Jaekeoneille Railroad hare
thrown op their contract, and the
work will be done by the company
itself. ^ _
Philadelphia has raised a fund of
tlOtyHl to be presented to Uener
al Grant It te now ready to be
sent te the es-Preeidsnt, and only
. waits bis pleasure.
Tbs Ctty Council of Augusta has
posmd a rcaolution authorizing the
Mayor of the city to purclisse one
hundred cords of wood fordistribu
Mon aroond the suffering poor.
Ice three-quartern of an incli
thick was seen on the 8t. Johns
river at Jacksonville during Christ*
mas week. Banana trees in that
vicinity wart all killed.
Tennessee politics areinatrrri
bis mixture. Tits State Senate lias
been unable to organize, being st n
dead W* 1 between the Republicans,
State Credit Dsaioorat* and L»w
Tax Democrats.
A learned physician Amis that
t the Agure on the crucifix in Burgna
> Cathedral is n human body in ct
perfect state of precervatlon. It is
said to have been there since the
eleventh century.
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Senator Joseph K. liniwn has in
itroduosd into the United 8tales
Senate MBs to appropriate money
to remora obstructions in the Sa
vannah river up ti> Trotier’s t-honls,
64 miles above Augusta; tolm-
peore the harbor of Brunswick; to
mmove obstructions in tlieOoeta-
naula, Cocaawatae and Coosa riven,
.and fbr the Altomaha, Oconee end
Ocmnigee rivers.
Theta have been 36.987 inter
,manta 11480 whites ami 14,007 ool-
.erari, in lawtal Grove Cemetery at
Savannah,since the ope.dng of tlm
.cemetery in 1852-ovsr 33 y<a»
ago. Thia lacks only ab >ut four
Ahamand of being equal In them*
Mrs population of the city at the
time of tbs raoent census. There
worn I486 tenements te the above
.uamwsry daring I860. Them fig-
«rm do not include lb# interment#
in the Ctetbottc Cemetery, Bona-
The Ftonandina Mirror says that
•in addition to the large number ol
ST. SIMONS DEPARTMENT.
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TSjafcftTtor m* MaTSiiii.HMtoH.ai rmtljr
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VHAtUiK OP SCIIKDl Li;.
VID f UU «UI toofo l
|l rotoro ol mum lo tfvr—b.
will Mbo maaartloau tor I
mi lo Ibo berth with tf
tmfmmytmd ttuudripbi*. I
An th/^ajh rrvtohto tbcaU bo i
mootDot«4 dorb”
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ZERO—ITS ORIGIN'.
It hte tong been a worm of con
jecture to many why tbepiesentdi
vision of the scale on the thermom
eter in use in this country (Fahrwn
heit>—why “ ssro,” for instance,
should be put whera it is, etc. An
exdienge gives some tecta that
throw a little light on the subject
it seems Gabriel Daniel Fahren
heit the inventor of this heat-meas
urer, vis e Prussian merchant who
lived on the Baltic. “ From a boy
he was a close observer ol nature,
and when only nineteen years old,
in the remarkably cold winter of
1709, lie experimented by putting
■now and salt together, and noticed
that it produced a degree of cold
equal to the coldest day of the
year. And that day was the coll
ect day the oldest inhabitant euuld
rrmemlxT. Gabriel wai the more
•truck with the coincidence of hie
little scientiAc discovery, and hasti
ly concluded that he had found the
lowest degree of temperature in the
world, either natural or artiAcial.
He called the degree zero, (which
means “empty,’’ hence, nothing)
and constructed a thermometer, or
rude weatherglass, with a scale
graduating up from aero to boiling-
point, which he numbered 212, and
the freezing fiolnt thirty-two—be
cause, as lie thought, mercury con
tracted the* thirty-second of its vol
ume on being cooled down from
the teni|*rature of freezing water
to sera; and expanded a 180th on
bring heatrd from the freezing to
the boiling point.”
No uthcr thermometer being
made for some lime then-after, this
ono hccitiuo the standard of Eng
land, Holland and America, not
withstanding its inconvenient di
vision.
iliil Arp Kamlnatei on the Closing
Year.
“The old year is dead. He
wrapped himself in n winding sheet
of snow and dc|«rtcd this life in
testate. He was a good old year,
for lie brought us henltli and pros-
|ierity and n liolinllfnl supply of
Messing*, it will be n right good
nidi to wish you ait a n«\v year as
hi'l'Py and peaceful ns the one that j trucks lumber nt Gascoigne Mills
line pursed. Hut miiiu-doinini will' mid Gen. Jackson .is principal wai-
tell. The rolling year keeps its Iter nt the tulle tie hole d'Altm, St.
own secrets. \V« live in a perpet- Simona Mills, assisted by Ummii
nnl light—a light with old Father
Time. He is a hard old customer,
niul always whip* iis tn the long
run. He has a wliulu passel of ad.
—A iaive red enapprr four feet
long waa found on the beach near
the light House a few daye ago.
—Mr. J. L. Welcher, of Taylor
county who spent a week on the
Island iu December returns per
fectly charmed with the Island.
—Miss Anna Gould has opened
a school at the Mills, inaplrasmt
We wish tier much success.
Parents will do well to*patronize
her.
—An old sea faring man of 30
years experience, assures us that
the fog on SL Simona Sound was
the heaviest he ever remembers to
have encountered.
—Sm ites at the Union Church
on next Sunday night will be con
ducted by Right Rev. Bishop Beck
with nt Georgia, when- he will re
ceive a class for eonfinnnlion.
—'There is a young man on St.
Simons, of marriageable age tnat
roasted the Christmas turkey. This
is nut his only pccoinplishmrnt
either. Girls would you like to
know his name? If so send in your
applications.
—Glorious times for trout fishcr-
mcn and porpoise*. J'lu- |x>rpoi*c»
And a aluml of trout ni d chase
to shallow water near the shore
where the St. Simons fishermen
makes his appearance and bags
them iu Ills net by the bushel.
Daniel Webster is aiding in
beautifying mid adorning the
streets of Brunswick. Jell' Davis
as be pleased. To thia Cnpt. R. excitement. Ths shop containing
quietly, ordered the steamer to the model was broken open and
head for Brunswick, although three the machino w as stolen. By this
miles back. Upon the arrival of means the public income jioesessed
the steamer nt the first dock Capt. of the secret and before another
RnAo at once put him ashore and | could be made by Whitney a num-
returned with his passengers. All j ber of machines wore in suoosnftil
the passengers approved they operation, made by other persona,
promptness of the Os plain's course j After constructing a new model
and kindly thank him for the hap-: with the object in view to ao im-
py riddance of so great a nuisance. ’ prove upon the old one aa lo re*
-On last Monday Mr. James move tbs seed without Injary to
Gould killed a wild cat measuring the staple, be exhibited it te the
four and a half feet from tip to tip. presence of bis benefactor*. It was
He waa at least two feet high. On' found wanting in the Important
Monday morning Mr. GouM found particular of removing the lint-
something had destroyed two fine Nlrs. Greene exclaimed, “Why Mr.
turkeys roosting withifP twenty j Whitney, you want a broth," and
feet of bis room. One was entirely. wM» • stroke of her handkerchief
devoured but the remains of the removed the lint. Comprehending
other were found in the back yard. her idea at once he replied: “Mia.
slightly touched. Presuming that j Greene, you hire completed the
the depredator was a wild eat and< cotton gin.”
that his catehip would return soon- 1 It might be well to explain that
er or later for another meal, Mr.G. j Mulberry Grove, near Savannah,
secreted biinseif at a convenient (was the Ant residence of Gen.
distance and awaited bis arrival.' Greene, but after the Legislature
In the afternoon sure enough he hod granted the Pungennces (state
came and just as be waa about to, to him that he spent the meat of
take ap the turkey Mr. Gonld And, ibis time on this rotate, planning
shooting him directly throiyh the'snd beautifying it, and it was at
H. l.lAttlS,**®™*#
Bay St, Brunswick. 8a.,
jutents and lieutenants, sucli
famine ami (a-atilence anti ail sorts
heart with several buck-shot, kill
ing him almost instantly.
—On Christmas eve night a
young hopeful in Brunswick was
lying on his back with a solitary
dime in his hand, balding it np
and soliloquising thinly: “Thia
lone dime is all I have for Christ
mas. In a few minutes Mr. Glo-
gauer will have it, and I will
liavef— about this time, by some
unexpected motion of the boy, the
dime fel> in the youngster’s mouth
ami down his thrust it went. In
the emergency mother, brothers,
sisters, uncles and aunts used ev
ery exjiedient that they could de
vise to recover it Tickled hte
tlifoat with a feather, beat him in
ttie back, put him on all-fours ami
nil of no avail. Their dclimma re
minds us of the one we hear of
where n fourteen year old miss hnv'j
ingnvery valuable diamond ting
of a lady friends in tier mouth dur
ing a fit of sneezing, swallowed it.
A large reward was offered by the
owner for its recovery ami a con
sultation of the most eminent sur-
giotis called to devise the safest nnd
most expedient means of recovcty.
THE INVENTION OF THE COTtoN CIS
COMPI.ETED AT OINGENNKSS.
Kli Whitney, a native ofMnssa-
liu-ctts, invented the cotton gin st
this place that thP finishing touch
to complete this gaand invention
waa given.
We desire to csll tbs aMsnlisa of
sneb of oar reader, aa Buy be contra
pfeting housekeeping, or abo are re-
pkombiug their stuck of ho**a-far-
wishing neceewiee, to lb* esnl aI Hr.
Charles L Red ley. Cooper Institute,
New York city, where may be found
in Sun a nnui-lete assortment of
White soil Decorated French Chius,
and Engli.b Pum-hun Dinner, Trasad
Clumber sth, etc., ** well as *11 metal
end wooden wane. This firm he. long
made > .penally of rending their wane
llnviigliont the eonnliy, ou receipt of
P. O. money order or by riprees C.
O. D.; and a* they sre reliable and ex
perienced. tide is often of grret ml-
rentage to our friende at a di.tapee.—
Catalogue ami Price lial mulled free on
application. •clS0-lf
—A NEW—
Liver Medicine.
Mfotli' in lit* Sontb,
I iwnlUrljr MUptfd to
curing ill*'
VER DISORDERS
rm»l«nl in MuUrl»l ( llmatra.
Next ta J. Michclsaw h Bra.
BARGAINS **■ OFFERED
HARRIS’ JEWELRY
BSMISIMENT1
Watches and Clocks.
JBWBIrRY, ETO.
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tmmrmIMmi
FINGER RINGS,
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ONWARD COMBS THE
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FOR Toon—
HEAVY & FANCY
GKElOOEiHXBS,
S! H P;FAMILY SUPPLIES, c. fl. ffllMBRLY& CO.
HILL’S
HEPATIC PANACEA!
soil, the author.
Attention is called to nursery nil
verlirenientof Mr. J. G. Foote. A -
knowledge ol hi* family fora <|iinr- ! Mulberry grove, under the follok- u, *- u, ' v » •hwrm rid-
tor of a century warrants the nsser- ing eircumstoncrs.
In 1792 he come .South in the
tion that lie is of the right stock '
•f disrilsi-* and bail lawions nnd i #ni , Wl . K , mri , n t w t!i«t lii* |wachee ra|>seity of tutor to the children of
nliiskr *ml liip-pockete, and ever L |M j g,,p|„ nre | U j|y a* good ( » Grorgia planter. On arriving in
and anon he Irta slip. Uia doge of | Wwk |,; ln4e |y. ~
war, and if a man dodge* all tlieae
DYSPEPSIA,
HEADACHE, •
CONSTIPATION
AjiAaII iltiAa.H triU’.-NM rvatpUiftU.
Savnnnah ..tring lowwuc inrgular- BIG BOTTLE 50 CEXTS,
nr.x^bf J. M. YfADDKM MfUr
..... .. , -You next. St. Simon# Society! **X I" po-t* 1 matters, his letter of
H *. ^ , ’ U ‘’ U,< ‘ Um lieen enlivened bv the nn.mnal ,lad not receiwl
wrinkle* will come and 'V*,^, n . and hist>lace
grow dim. and we ain't dodge old * Vr "‘ of 0,rr f " mrnnK,< Wllhm ,he *
age nor decay nor death. May we'! , r,M * "T, . ..
,, , | .» j . V informs ns that then* sre three or ... . .
all .Mgr the devil te my follr miirr „„ Ul|>i> 1!rlncm . General Natlmniel Greene, found
Year, prayer. , ber the poor printer, will vou, his hi,n n,,,, kindl >' inrited hiu) ,
mite ola fee-just a small .lice make her house h» home, till he 1
from each rake is all,“nothing'^ fin, j!
II. W. Gtadt of the Atlanta 0«»- 1 more.”
i given to another.
siudntn Ruin'or ,n t™' ” nt • nd ‘ro»Me Mr*.
Greene, widow of the late Mnjor-
k. k ik b'. k. EXTENSION.
recently had interview with j At least two thousand fish
the purchaser* ofthe 11.4 11. R. It, [ | MV r been caitglit within one mile
hi*, benefactress one dsy engsg-
el st •‘tambour work’ on a
rough frame Uial tore the del Kale.
Soon alter this circumstance a I
UHk-hing its eilmsion, etc. They Osa.N.igne Mill* since Saturday thn * 1 '*’ h* guK^y taraoted and |
reiwesent the said extension to At- ni ,|, t . M e»r*. Frank, Jake and ^ ^*»^* d *° j
lanta a neceeeity ns well as a duty Jo | in Dart, John Stevens nnd ‘ M . Creenc thouglit it a j
nnd think the route will be direct A ndy Mock netted at least one ,l,v<,,,tlon * nd ' httneyad TniVOlcrsIllSUr’oCO,
iiwlemlof by wav of Covington, I thousand Tuesday night At one £ genius,
thus making tbeshorteat route |K». timf .,|, cv uu>k th**m in so fust
HARTrona cons.
I into Florida by ev-lthcm touching this end ofthe tin
■ Brunswick
If Mr. Grad; will interview tbw dnng.r of sinking the *’* rty IP' l,tl ” ,M jn' principally old: J jf c umi “Accident Insurance
mcldiuf tide nml ofthe line— i .« t^-e . army fnends and officers were as- . ^ , =— . ..
leant ’ the I
I .'at la-fore thev could reach the
terminus, and set a . . . . . ,
i 111.-......1. shore. Iargt>t weighed seven
gas ................
5Cmm!Kire-M?ESKt!a7Sia?—iftLSS7'“” 1, ““ •» A “™“
,oue hundred uouvearanoe* of |wr-jself. We want to • heur something j .. .. .. . ’ there could not be amachinein-
som muring into the country have!about wharves, docks, .ln>|*<, etc.,
“L, .ki i ‘r...
... ^ l.ueas wiecU d lor remove tlie seed from
through Stark* within the 1 this end. Try again Mr. Grady, hie text a |«ortion of 8oiimons melint. At this time the dean-
_ —. prayer. In the course ofln*
last two vwka. We note these
eigas of our population end means
of husbandry with great salistec-
abledon the 6lh,
alter the holiday recei. Intlio
House, after the of the morning
"boor, Mr. Springer of Illinois, in
troduced • bill for the apportion
ment ol Representatives in Grn-
gress among the several States. It
provides lor296member*, the some
Tnl*irr , i Ilnckrvt* I’ll** Oiiilmt nt i*, mon, In^i.ltn many n|>|iro|»rmto re-
nmrks lie gave utterance to the
the Uvuritri rvmetlv f«*r ttm| t«*rril»t«
tliReMe, Pilo, nr Hrmorrlionla* It U
111** fovoriU r* n»«tly lieen ins* it never
itiU to cure the tu««t oltatiiwte cmf
when nw»l ncc«ir«huK tn ilirrction*.
Iisppy thougiit that of nil other Oreene introduced young Whitney,
days Chnsimaawtta the most fit fo, rommenJillg him to their fricral-
semblcd at Duugennes, discussing <1 .M.DGXtcr,IHSUTIUCC Aff’t,
with General Greene the probabili- ,,v ~ ou ,k * * b !^' “ ^
ty of la-ing forced to abaiHion the ASSETS, - - - 65,000,000
T IPX uS srralaal ixllrpa .HltaSMtaaSt
J J hsoeogrr lamnaw ildrii hM -
Mo BMdfcvl riAMloattota roqulrod. AkU If
W. A. JOHNSON,
■
Hoot&Nhoe Maker.
IVork doin' aa rhsaply, and «r*r-
* * ranted to laat aa loug aa Hist of
any other Workman In thia aeetioo.
ing of
ton was
jiound of lint cot-
full days work fora
grown |H-rs*>n. Whereupon Mrs.
Wlieil iron neror-'ing in "irretiona ; . ° —
Do not Mil to avail yoursalf of the re I “I'm* services on.l a ila> to lie giv- M ,„ in g , ble jn bcr
° P glory, of ‘o solve the difficulty. 1 , jfcdta. dUstetare, rerimta
Tatilsr'a II nekey. We Ointsient. [ .... * l y hltney thus encouraged and, NEXT DOOR TO J. F. NELSON
Price 50 oral*. For *ale by F. Joer.| "-last wn-k whilst Capt. Dart aided went to work ai
. _ nnd soon ooiu-
Sbn.S™Ou i * k ' K 1 M "* r ' T ' Ml Ifoniporarily absent and Engi- pletcd the first cotton gin, doubl-
■^-tVliite'a Cream White Vermi- "o r Ibilio wns in commnnil of the less the greatest invention of the
fiig* t* tlie,l»eat worm kllh-r. ni'27 ly Ruby ou her regular trlj> to the 1*- eighteenth century, and one that
LTT1£ BEE
mber es prreent,end makes 168,- lh*>
leaIfee/wife'for «*» member of ^ 1 '^
Art-vUTi, D.-e 10, 1879.
land, n drunken, troublwoine nc- lias revolutionized the trade o(the | xlraw. onwT*rad'caraiMwa^M^hracas^wrerae*
I have gotten rid entirely of Roach gn> wa*. nlaaipl in-lillgilig in pro- whole world.
a co. r. Frank u.\ * c*.
Par Nile nr Kent.
0Wua?r«’iS e «A^r , “ , "“ ,fc *
HEAVY AND FANCY
GROCERIES,
SHIP CHANDLERY,
Cigars & Tobacco,
CONFECTIONERIES, Etc.
Boots, Shoes, Hats,
OXsOT&XBTGh
Aotiojts, Ere,
Mate, Coro & Hay
New store!
New Firm!
New IwOfcIs!
COW FEBD, Kto
(refs alsars on ksaS a Mlastft, sr
CORN, OATS, ETC.
■H” thsk’surefc »«l ternttiUsi,
GLYNN tllERlPTS 81LK8.
flrd Tuesday in February, 1881.
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