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THE NEWS. TOOOOA, GEORGIA. SOUTHERN BRIEFS. ITEMS OF G RE A T INTEREST TO INTELLIGENT PEOPLE. NEW ENTEBI’RISES—railroad perils—heavy BAINS—GOOD CHOPS ASSURED—WHAT THE TEL¬ EGRAPH REPORTS—GENERAL NOTES. ALABAMA. A boiler explosion at the Bessemer Rolling Mills, on Tuesday, killed Dave Ballser and a man named Davis. A trade was closed in Birmingham for the purchase, by New York and New Orleans capitalists, of 100,000 acres of coal and ore lands in the vicinity of Col¬ linsville and Fort Payne. Georgia. Chas. Hindall and Steve Jackson were drowned in the Chattahoochee river at Columbus while bathing. Both boys were about 16 years of age and of good families. Glenn McCord, of Atlanta, who was a witness in the case against Kddleman for murder, and through whose testimony the prisoner was freed, was convicted on Thursday of perjury. Niue will companies of the 4th U. S. Ar¬ tillery take }>ost at Atlanta in a few days, and a- many young (Southern men are among its officers, the society belles are in a flutter of excitement. Property in the vicinity of the new barracks bus jumped up amazingly said iu value. Post “Hancock” is to be the finest bar¬ racks of any in the country. The finding of a big pit in an unfre¬ quented part of Peter’s Park in Atlanta on Tuesday, led to an investigation by the hidden police. The bound fact with w as developed, iron that a box bands and containing valuables, had been buried there by burglars several years ago. The thieves served out their imprisonment, came back, dug up the box and escaped with it. An effort has been made -by the alli¬ ance men to induce the cotton factories in Columbus to put in machinery for the mnnulacture them of the cotton fear, bagging. however, Most of express that the farmers will not stand together, and as yet it is not settled that any of tjiern will make the venture, The West Point mills, it is said, have already agreed to manufacture the bagging of cotton. Atlanta celebrated Easter Sunday by having the greatest fire in the business portion of tho city, since the burning of the Kimball House. The property de¬ stroyed was a six-story brick building on the corner of Alabama and Pryor streets, owned by Capt. Harry Jackson. The lire originated in the paper ware house of Wellhouse & Sons, and was ac¬ cidental. Many lawyers occupied a por¬ tion of the building. The losses foot up $125,000 and the insurance was but $75,000. Sparks from this fire commun¬ icated to the roof of the rectory of St. Philips church (Episcopal) several blocks away and the building was KENTUCKY largest P. N. Burger of Natural Bridge, the merchant in Rockbridge county, has failed for $100,000. NORTH CAROLINA. Fifty thousand dollars was subscribed in Raleigh for the building of a cotton factory. In Gaston county, at a cotton mill, a row occurred between six young men. Robert Pinckney and Samuel Evans were badly cut in the melee. The funeral of Mrs. Toeodore B. Ly¬ man, wife of the Protestant Episcopal bishop were held at Raleigh on Monday. Her body was taken to Baltimore, Md., for burial. R. McNeil, who last year shot his former sweetharfc, Miss Ida Hoc, at Carthage, and who so near escaped lynching, was that nequited by the court upon the ground the shooting was accidental. A suicide occurred Sunday in Bertie county. \V. J. Bishop, a man o‘f per¬ fectly sound mind, went into an orchard and blew out bis brains with a gun. No cause whatever can be assigned for the act. William K. Vanderbilt, worth $50, - 000,000, will build near Asheville the most magnificent private residence in the South. Some mouths ago be began the purchase of property near Asheville, and now owns 4,000 acres, on which he will shortly erect a mansion. The cost of the estate when completed wUl be over $1,000,000. Reports won brought to Raleigh on Sunday by negroes from near Clayton, Jolnisou county, that the house of a negro who had been especially active in inducing ed negroes to emigrate, was invad¬ by masked and unknown men, and the negro so beaten that his condition is considered critical. The house of a astic negro preacher, who was also an enthusi¬ ardvocate of the exodus, was also visited tho same night, it is stated, and that he was beaten. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Council of Administration of the Department authorized of Georgia, G. A. R., has the formation of a post of white soldiers of Charleston. There is already which a post of colored men in Beau¬ fort is attached to the Department Charleston, of Virginia The post just formed in is composed of some of the best men of the city. F. W. Macusser, a Northern man who settled in Charleston after the War, but who has always voted with the whites in the state-elections, says he saw President Harrison iu ‘Washington, and that the removals and appointments will com¬ mence on the 1st of May. The Presi¬ dent, he says, intends to ignore the ol^ party leaders and appoint young Demo¬ crats and Republicans to office in the state. TEXAS. The movement inaugurated bv the Confederate Austin Statesman, in aid of the Austin Home, i$ rapidly taking shape. all It is universally commended by classes of citizens. Considerable ^ ., ,, excitement .. , exists . , m El Paso, over the city government contest, Krakaner, who the Republican contestant, refuses forcibly took charge of the city safe, to disclose the combination. The Tennessee oi* rate committee the Southern Passenger Agents’ Association, at its re- cent meeting, .tie resolved Li that <Wtv both continued. This mens that after April 24th, parties of ten or more are not to be allowed the reduced rates usually granted to such parties, 3 ° OKLAHOMA. GREAT RUSH OF EMIGRANTS INTO INDIAN TERRITORY. *E FJIOMISED LAND SETTLED AT LAST—BACK BT LOCOMOTIVE AND HORS6—TBS tOWN OF GUTHRIE STARTED—SEVERAL KILLINGS. hotels Early breakfast were the rule at the and restaurants in Arkansas City, lamation Kan., on Monday, the day that by proc¬ of President Harrison, Okla¬ homa was opened to settlement, and the streets leading down the slope to the ing depot were thronged with men, all travel¬ in one direction, but everyone diff¬ erently ly nothing equipped 1 , some carried absolute¬ in their hands, evidently for thinking they could go through better Very not being handicapped by weights. many had blankets, several had satchels, down and some men were so loaded with implements that if they had any idea of taking part in the mighty foot race they would probably abandou it in the course of a few hours. But a marked characteristic oi the crowd was the great number of spades and axes carried. . Of guns there were quite a number, but the persistent rumors as to disarming tory, doubt every one entering the terri¬ no led to several being left behind. Several men were knocked down atnl more or less hurt. The com¬ pany's arrangement to prevent a general rush to one train was to so arrange mat¬ ters, that no one'could know which train could pass fi:st, and the secret had been admirably kept. The newspaper corres- pondents had, by prior arrangements, all met and w r ere all waiting for the promis¬ ed signal to guide them to their car of the first train. It had become generally known among the members of the surg¬ ing crowds, that the pi ess car would be attached to the first train, and the mo- ment the door was opened, a wild rush was made to it, and it was hard work for the actual correspondents to get aboard. Capt. George Cooper, the celebrated boomer, hud been promised the honor of pulling out the first train with engine No. 267, and the lucky man was assisted by Harry F. Livingston, who runs the engine regularly. His fireman was B. T. Rodgers, and the conductor was B. C. Peck. The locomotive was attached to the press car and then rapidly switched on to one of the side trains in waiting. Then the trip south commenced, amid shouting have and cheering. There could not I-eon less than 5,000 men w ho had failed to secure seats, although a score of flat cars had been fitted up with plank seats, which were crowded with eager boomers. Two men got on the cowcatcher of the locomotive, but had to be removed. On a latter train, Tiowever, a man rode the whole journey of eighty-nine miles on the cow-catcher. After the train had got clear of the yard limits, a young fellow made a rush at the press baggage car, and it was thought he w r as run down, but he had succeeded in swinging himself upon the truck, on whichhcrodo 28 miles, without getting hurt. Thero Among w r erc only two ladies on the train. the other passengers were 180 members of the Arkansas City Old Sol¬ diers’ Colony. These rode to Seward and then tramped six miles to the land they desired, and where they propose to start a Grand Army post and start some¬ thing in the way of a town. The conductor collected 1,024 tickets on this train. The road runs nearly due south to the state line. Except that there were largo numbers of spectators on the lookout, there was no incident of special interest between the time the mighty shout went up at the depot and the ariival at Chi- locco, just inside the Indian The northern and central portion of the Cherokee strip is one vast prairie, absolutely level and abounding ni evi- dence of fertility. Nearer, there is morel timber and the grass is less rich and plentiful, farming. but all the strip is good for The enormous bunches of cat¬ tle presented a grand spectacle, but tho number of dead animalp seemed very large. At one place there must have been at least 200 carcasses lying close to¬ gether. At Red Fork station, twenty- live miles from the line, a halt had to be called, as the cattle train was blocking the road ahead. In less than five min¬ utes, the second train caught up, and halted but a score of yards behind. It was now ufter 11, and all hope of reach¬ ing the line by noon was abandoned, though so good time was made subse quently that the boomers became more cheerful again. The train on start¬ ing passed the long cattle traiu uuloadingat the stock yards. In nearly every car there were dead and dying steers. At least one hundred carcasses had been dragged out. Every aperture in the baggage car had to be closed to exclude as much as possible of the unbearable stench. The train had now got well up with the rear guard of the boomers in the wagons. These were making the very best of their chance, and running their horses at a lively gait. The land continued to get more and more rough and hilly, and scrub oak more whistle noon from precisely there was a loud the engine, answered by a shout from the train, and they were in Oklahoma at last. Before the train had crossed the line fifty yards, a man sprang off, regardless of the danger. He fell pretty heavily, but was on his feet in a few seconds, collected his baggage, which he had thrown out ahead, and was turning sight. sods before the train was out of For quite a little distance, per¬ haps half a mile, no other settlement was noted. Horsemen were seen in the dis tance, and wagons were also pressing on towards the better land further south. On the summit of the ridge, a little to the east, two horsemen were seen racing and urging their steeds to tbeif utmost. Considering of quite that the character, land passed through was a poor far below the average of Oklahoma, this points to the conclusion that there must have been nearly enough boomers within the terri¬ tory to take up all the best claims before any law-abiding boomers had crossed into it. When the word to advance was given at the north line, the boomers started forward at various rates of speed. All who desired to locate auywhere near the track in the north end of the terri¬ tory found themselves forestalled. Some turned back in disgust, and others pushed further on into the interior. g^ewTadoption, TM process of securing the iots, as in is simple in the ex- treme. First of all, a stake is driven in the ground with or without a placard placed ^ for the DRme of the claimant, Then the new owner paces off the grou d 1x6 proposes to occupy for a residence < r J^ness house. about the There lft vlu is f at ? least u '° a charm 801116 people . - V conteuted themselves ^ c lairaants Icrty ^ »n.l a fifty, fair but of most where of the the " treet8 + ° U ^ t to u and lef U he necessary s P a ce for them. After determining the location of the corners of the lots, some prudent claimants took the additional precaution of digging a trench to denote the street line. Others placed stakes oi flags at the corners. Others agaiu turned a sod, or dug a hole, the idea being that any work being done on the lot secured it. Altogether, ten traius got iu before 3 p. m., and making due allowance for those that went on to Oklahoma City, there must have been at least 6,000 people in Guthrie three hours • after the territory was legally open for settlement. It was wonderful the man¬ ner in which disputes among the new¬ comers were settled in this early part of the proceedings. Sometimes half a dozen men Would pounce on a lot simultane¬ ously, or nearly so. Each would com¬ mence to stake out, but after a little while a general agreement would be come to, every applicant but one would lush off and secure an undisputed lot. The number of soldiers present is large enough to insure order. Capt. Hayes and his company of cavalry, who escorted the settlers to the border, rendered them most valuable service. He induced the Santa Fe road to permit him to lay planks beside and between the tracks of the railroad bridge and get em¬ igrants over. A soldier with a red flag half a mile from the east end of the bridge, prevented any trains from ap¬ proaching In spite until the bridge was clear. of the precautions, a woman and two children and a number of cattle were drowned at the bridge. Thieves were busily engaged at work on the trains and many a poor boomer was fleeced of his all. There were no less than fifty professional thieves under surveillance by detectives—among them “Crooked Legged Baker,” who did an active business in the “lightning change act” in Pennsylvania in 1885. The mayor of Arkansas City issued a procla¬ mation permitting stores to be kept open Sunday for the convenience of boomers. They were well pntrouized. A disturb¬ ance took place at Purcell, between rival land speculators and their adherents, in which revolvers and Winchesters were fired freely, but without any serious re¬ sult. A special from Guthrie says, that three men who took claims were foully murdered by claim jumpers. The name of their assa lants and the victims could not bo learned. A vigilance committee is scouring the country in search of the miscreants, lynched who, it is said, will be at once, if cauaht. VERY LATEST. Guthrie city continues to grow rap¬ idly. 700 Tuesday night there were over tents pitched, and thousands of peo¬ ple walked what about all night, while others took rest they could on the ground and around the depot. Before Guthrie had been invaded for un hour, the new population found itself confronted with the a grave shape though unforeseen difficulty in The of a veritable water famine. trains were mobbed as they pulled up, and every drop of drinking water consumed. Then there was a rush to the railroad water tank, Then some enterprising the creek abd individuals peddled filled buckets at w r ater among the crowd at five cents a glass, This water was clearer than from the tauk, but it was banks very unpleasant. Two of the new secured locations, but one of them had to go half a mile behind the laud office before he could find a vacant lot. Tlio Guthrie House (hotel) opened busi¬ ness with thirteen tents, and managed to provide very fair accommodations for a limited number. Twenty-eight Land lawyers had their shingles out in quick tune and did considerable business in the way of advidng town lot seekers. While a crowd Was waiting at the depot the word was passed around that there was “spiked cider” (n town. There was a rush to a tent from which a man was slightly serving outvery sweetened, weak whiskey and water and which he do- scribed as apple cider. The soldiers did not interfere, except to give the enter- prismg jointist a liberal As night came on a military guard I n,,rl i Un d /^- C * ^ « T n ^L or ^ 1S ." soun, on the other side of Cottonwood ree was caught by a posse of thirty men from Guthrie, twelve miles north of e c ? refused to surrender,and he was killed at a volley. Reference to the Five iSS?hiS hundred n Ji M men T“ C in - ^ Arkansas V - City have pledged themselves to go over to the Cherokee strip and stake claims, and let the consequences be what they may. The fertility of this strip, so useless to the Indians, has been remarked upon heretofore. There seems nothing unreasonable in obtaining it at once, and to do so will avert a great trouble that now seems inevitable. The number of boomers and others who have selected Oklahoma City for a loca¬ tion is not eo large as at Guthrie, but a very substantial Mart has been made to- ward establishing a really solid city. Over 3,000 persons have made arrange¬ ments for the immediate erection of business and residence houses, and art now at work on them. Martin Colbart, a wealthy half-breed Chickasaw Indian, who deals largely in cattle, was killed on the eastern boundary of the newly opened territory by a man named Nolan from Purcell. Conductor Grady has a ciaim near Okla¬ homa City. While his train was running twenty miles an hour, he leaped from his caboose and struck his claim. His brakeman ran the traiu into the yards at Arkansas City, and the last heard of Grady wras, he was still on his claim awaiting the arrival of his train. Brake- man Charlie Danvers jumped from his train, swam the Cottonwood river, and took a claim A sixty-room hotel will be shipped from Kansas City and ready for business at Guthrie. YELLOW FEVER. Marine Snrgeou-General Hamilton, of the D. hospital service at Washington, C., was informed on Tuesday by the president of the board of health of San¬ ford, Fla., that a case of yellow fever existed in that city. Dr. Hamilton says that every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of the disease, and no Commissioner danger is apprehended.....Health Stewart of Baltimore, Md., received a dispatch from Surgeon Gen¬ eral Hamilton, of the marine hospital, notifying him that at Santos and Rio, two ports from which the coffee import¬ ers of Baltimore receive almost all of their coffee, the yellow fever is raging with greater violence than ever before. The doctors at Rio have become so much alarmed at the prospective loss of the commerce of the country that they now call the disease a ‘ ‘occe&so pernissioso ,” hoping fears that proposed the new name will allay the of tourists.. ALL RIGHT! that A the dispatch from Victoria announces, that staling schooners going from port into Behring Sea this season “will be armed, and will not tamely submit as heretofore to piratical Ameri¬ can cutters.” OYER THE GLOBE. w CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS , AND EXCITING EVENTS. CHANGE'S PERIL—STRIKES—THE WESTERN BOOM —deaths of eminent men—accidents, fires and suicides. Murat Halstead is critically ill. The new cruiser Yorktown, was put In commission. A slight shock of earthquake was felt in Cairo on Tuesday. Lord Brownlow will succeed Lord Londonderry as viceroy of Ireland. The Duke of Edinburgh is prostrate from board fever, and is returning to England on the Alexandria. At St. Paul, Minnesota, on account of (he strike, four policemen are required on each car to keep it running. The municipal government of the City of Mexico will remove from the streets telegraph, pol<£. telephone and electric light The President appointed M. D. Wick- esham, of Alabama, to be United States attorney for the Southern district of Alabama. A force of Soudanese attacked and de¬ feated a party of Egyptiansfrom Suakim, tvho were building a fort at Port Hailib. The Egyptians lost ten killed and wounded. A telegram received in New York says: “Passengers and crew of the steamship Danmark landed at Azores; 340 of the passengers on the steamer Missouri bound for the Philadelphia. The rest to follow by next steamer.” Postmaster Henry G. Pearson, of New York, died on Sunday. Mr. Pearsop’a death was from hemorrhage, caused by panccr of the stomach. He was forty- live years of age. His death occurred on ding- jthd thirteenth anniversary of his wed¬ The Spanish Catholic Congress meets iu Madrid. Cardinal Cenavides will [preside and 1,600 clergymen and laymen will be in attendance. The object of (the Congress is to pronounce in favor of [the restoration of the temporal power of the Pope, and the entension of the in¬ fluence of the church in the schools. The steamer Everett, a raft boat be¬ longing to the Burlington Lumber Co., was sunk‘at the head of Otter Island, board Iowa, and five of the sixteen persons on Ion her were drowq^d. to Burlington The Everett from New was way Boston Bay, when she was struck by a terrific gale and sunk in twenty feet of water. There was serious rioting in Vienna, Austria, arising out of the strike of the train car drivers. The Workmen in sym¬ pathy with the strikers blocked the streets and overcame the police. A force of cavalry had to be called out to quell the and disorder. large number Mauy persons arrested. were The inured a so¬ cialists side with the strikers. ' The prefect of police in St. Petersburg, Russia, discovered the existence of a [nihilist attending plot the to funeral assassinate of the Gen. czar Pauker, when minister of Rhodes. The czar was im¬ eral. mediately warned of not to attend the fun¬ A number persons charged with in-rested. beiug implicated The nihilists in the intended plot have been to use dynamite on the czar, The French ambassador at Brussels informed Prince De Oliimay, Belgium minister of foreign affairs, that the meeting of the Boulanger committee in Brussels impressed the Paris government unfavorably. The cabinet thereupon sept an official to the hotel at which jefal Boulanger is stopping to warn the gen- that he must leave Belgium of his jexpel own accord, or the government would him. Miun Capt. ^ Blacklen, just of the British steamer ota arrived at Tilbury on the Thames, from Baltimore, reports that on the 4th instant in latitude 45 degrees, b 18 Jongitude 87> 50 W . ho passcd a lifcboat pablted white with the words “Dan- markj Co pe u hagen,” in black letter on tb>e ste rn. Pieces of cigar boxes were also iu the-boat. There was every appear- * lllce that the people who had been aboard had beeQ taken The steamship Missouri, with 365 of the people from the wrecked steamer Danmark, arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., on Monday, All were well on board with the exception of three persons, who iare imark’s ill but doing well. All of the Dan- passengers look hearty and bright, and show no signs of the hardships [which they must have necessarily en¬ dured. Nearly all the immigrants are bound for western points, and they will [be tion. forwarded direct for their destina¬ West Depere, Wis., was almost swept out of existence by a fire Sunday. The conflagration woodenware began in the Merswinkel factory, and thence spread rapidly till many houses were in flames. There was a strong wind blowing, and all attempts to subdue the fire proved unavailing, despite the the efforts of the people from country, who came in and formed a bucket brigade. About the same time an incendiary fire was started in another part of the town, and the towns of Fort Howard and Green Bay were telegraphed for uid. They re¬ sponded with engines and men, and worked all night to subdue the fire. The losses aggregate $250,000. The biggest and fiercest fires New Yorkers have witnessed in this genera¬ tion, swept the east bank of North river clean from 59th street. It destroyed property, valued at nearly $2,000- 000, belonging to the New York Central railroad nnd at least a half million dol¬ lars worth of lard, flo r, and the like, belonging to other the persons, Chicago notably, N. K. Fairbanks, great lard merchant. It also destroyed two big elevators of the A. A: V., of the Vander¬ bilt system, a big brick Luilding stretch¬ ing from 59th to GOth street, and occupi¬ ed jointly by fhe Fairbank lard refinery and resin stook and property of the New York Central system. One man was killed in his hcadloug flight from the 3re at the first outbreak. A number were injured jumping building. f om the windows af the burning YELLOW FEVER. (^•hM timore, Md., from' Wo .r“Ba h ,: J.metro via Ba, badoes. reports tho yellow fever as terd- ble at Santos and Rio Janeiro, the num- ber of deaths at the latter port reaching WENT DOWN. The Britmh bark “Wandering Min¬ strel,” whicn sailed from Honolulu De¬ cember 10, 1887, has been heard from. She was wrecked at the Midway islands Febroar/ 8, 1888. The orew escaped. WASHINGTON, D. C. M0 YEMEN T 8 OF THE PRESIDENT AND UIS ADVISERS. NOTR8. Sir Julian Pauucefote, the new British minister, has arrived in Washington. Secretary of Agriculture liusk has dis¬ charged eighteen men employed in the seed room of his department. The resignation of Nicholas M. Bell, superintendent of foreign mails in the post-oflice department, has been accept¬ ed by the post master general. The President 1 ai appointed the fol¬ lowing commission to negotiate with the Sioux Indians in Dakota: Gen. Geo. Crook, U. S. A., lion. Charles Foster, of Ohio, and Hon. William Warner, (com¬ mander-in-chief of the G. A. It.), of Kan¬ sas City, Mo. Paul Van der Voort, of Nebraska, has been appointed superintendent of mails at Omaha, Neb. Henry A. Thomas, of Massachusetts, has been appointed Mass., su¬ perintendent of mails at Boston, vice Peter J. Hughes, resigned. Thom- as bas had fifteefl years’ experience in the mail service. Rear Admiral Kimberly has forwarded to the navy department a report from Chief Engineer Kirstedt, stating that the engine of the Nipsic has been tried and worked well. The propeller is consider¬ ably bent, and its effective area much reduced. The report says that the ship cau be moved by steam if required. Among the Easter remembrances sent to the White House was a mammoth sugar egg for Baby NcKee, President Harri¬ son’s grandchild. The gift came from Baltimore and w r as as big as a basket. The baby’s name and “Easter, 1889,” were inscribed upon tho egg. ! brough a glass in one end a scene from Mrs. Bur¬ nett’s “Little Lord Fuuntleroy” may be seeu. Another memento from another member of the family was a hen and brood of chickens, all done in sugar and very life-like. The United States Supreme Court, in an opinion rendered by Justice Bradley, holds that the law of limited liability of steamship companies applies to cases well of loss of life and injury to person as as to cases of loss or injury to merchan¬ dise or goods. The case in which this opinion was delivered wras that of John II. Butler, Nathaniel Beach ct al, appel¬ lants, vs. the Boston and Savannah Steamship Co., growing out of the loss of the steamship City of Columbia, near Martha’s Vineyard in 1884. The decision of the Circuit Court of Massachusetts fn favor of the steamship company was affirmed. GLADSTONE’S MAN AHEAD, An election was held in Rochester England on Tuesday, to fill the parlia- mentry seat made vacant by the resig. nation of Col. IIughes-Hallett. The balloting the resulted Gladstonian iu favor candidate, of Mr. Hug gesset, who polled for 1,655 votes against 1,580 votes Mr. Davies, the liberal unionist can¬ didate. ILAOKSmiTHlNS ! HORSE-SHOEING 3 Manufacturing and Repairing WAGONS, BUGGIES — AND-- FARM IMPLEMENTS Of all kinds. JAP,RETT & SON, TOCCOA, GEORGIA. ROBERTS HOUSE, TOCCOA CITY, GA. f MRS. E. W. ROBERTS, Prop Mrs. Roberts als > has ch arge of th< Railroad Eating House at Bowersvillq Ga. Good accomnv rations, good board at usual rates iu firs! class houses. LEWIS DAVIS, ATrOE^NEY AT lu AW TGCCOA CITY, GA., Will practice in the counties of Haber¬ sham and Rabun of the Northwestern Circuit, and Frank I n and Banks of the Western Circuit. Prompt attention will be given to all business entrusted to him. The collection of debts will have spec¬ ial attention. BEAL - ESTATE. CITY LOTS, Farm and Mineral Lands In the Piedmont It. gion, Georgia. Also Orange Groves, Fruit and Vegetable 1 Farms for sale iu Florida. Address J. W. ttcLAURY, TOCCOA, GEORGIA. Don’t Fail to Call On W. A. MATHESON, Who has Special Bargains in Various Lines of Goods. FINE DRESS ROODS, NOTIONS, HATS, ETC. —ALSO— HARDWARE OF ALL KINDS, " S1W B HTJ [a ' S^’ *—evekything in the— HARD W A R £ L. I N E COOK STOVES, STOVE PIPE, AND WOODWARE, - ALSO - DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES. TOCCOA. CA. NEW FIRM. MCALLISTER & Have Just Opened Up With LARGE STOCKS Of HEAVY HBOCEHIBS Bought for Cash by the CAB UMB 9> CONSISTING OF MEAT, CORN, FLOUR, BRAN AND HAY, Also, Large Stocks of STAPLE DRY GOODS, SHOES, CLOTHIN G, Etc We Carry a P ull Line Of Stoves, Hardware, Furniture, Mattresses. We Have Just Received Old HICKORY and White WAGONS 3 -IN--- CAR LOAD LOTS itttti itttii mm. lit ill* in. Our New Stock in this Line is Complete, Embracing all the Latest Styles. We invite our Friends and Customers to call and Examine our Stock before Purchasing elsewhere. Having bought all the above Goods FOR i We are able to afford superior inducements to our^Customers. MCALLISTER & SIMMONS, LAVON1A, TOCCOA, GA. GA. EL P. SIMPSON y TOCCOA GEORGIA- And Machinery Supplies, Also, Kepairs All Kinds of Machinery. Peerless Engines, BOTH PORTABLE & TRACTION GEISER SEPARATORS Farmers and others in want of either Engines or Separators, will SAVE MONEY by using the above machines. 1 am also prepared to give Lowest Prices and Best Terms on the celebrated «<1ESTEY 0RGANS.t» Cardwell Hydraulic Cotton Presses, Corn and Saw Mills, Syrup Mills and Evaporators. Will have in by early Spring a Full Stock of White Sewing Machines. McCormick Reapers, Mowers and Self-Binders Which need only a trial their Superiority. Call and see me be- ere you buy. Duplicate parts of machinery constantly on hand. XoTicftj ib iiKHB'BY cuvBK -TIEEA-T- JONN E. 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Ail work L delivered, set up and satisfaction guar- wau*^ 'm | anteed. Call at my yard, examine 'oeM ifSpvi samples and learn prices before pur- chasing elsewhere. Address, BBS L. !P. COOK, TOCCOA, CA. Orders for Fancy and Plain *- Job Printing receive prompt at¬ tention at this office.