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(Enterprise (Jp-*tnir<i in nclatyrr** Bull din*, Jackson Street. Clues. P. Hcuisell, Editor. J. T. Chastain, Publisher. THOMASVILLE, GEORIiIAi Wednesday, July 18, 1877. Reading Matter on Every Page Mr. G. IT. 11. Carroll is our reg ularly authorized agent at ' m Cairo, Go. to receive and receipt for sub scriptions or any other amounts due us. Our subscribers in that scetion can save time and trouble by calling on him and settling up. Mr. J. O. Weldon is our author ized agent at Boston. PaHies in that vicinity desiring to subscribe for the Enterprise, contract for advertis ing and job work, or settle their in debtedness to us can save time by cal ling on him. THE CONVENTION. The Convention assembled in the Hall of the House of Repre sentatives at the hour appointed on Wednesday last. Gen. L. J. Gar trell called the meeting to order by nominating T. L. Guerry, of Quitman county, for Temporary* Chairman. Mr. Guerry made a few remarks and then M. A. Har din and E. B. Thomas were elect ed temporary Secretaries. The roll was called and all the members an swered but* two. Gen. Lawton nominated Hon. Charles J. Jeu kius for President in a short but very appropriate speech. Mr. Jen kins was then escorted to the chair and addressed the Convention for a few minutes. He commenced by showing that the Convention was called by an exercise of the sover eignty remaining in the people, as distinguished from government, which was exercised by virtue of powers conferred by the people who are the sovereigns in all truly re publican governments. He then alluded to the necessity for chang ing our fundamental laws at this time, but proceeded to warn the Convention of the difference be tween Statutory and Constitutional law*. Nothing which is statutory should be engrafted on the Consti tution. Laws not involving any great fundamental principle should not be incorporated in the Consti tution, as the necessity for frequent changes would tend to bring the Constitution itself into disrepute. He spoke stroDgly in favor of the education of the masses, and spoke for the Convention when he said that he knew there would be no at tempt to discriminate against the colored people. His speech was received with the heartiest applause. J. Cooper Nisbet was elected Sec retary, A. L. Johnston, Door keeper, and J. R. Smith, Messen ger. The Secretary was allowed S3O per day, out of which he is to pay all clerical expenses. A ress - was adopted authorizing the appointment of the following com mittees: On Bill of Rights—On Legisla tive Department—On Executive .Department—on Judicial Depart ment —On Elective Franchise— P>n Education—On Public Insti tutions—On Finance, Taxation and Public Debt—On Militia—On Counties and County Officers—On Homestead and Exemptions—Op I jaws of General Operation in this State—On Amendments to the the Constitution and Miscellaneous Provisions, making thirteen stand ing committees. A Committee on the order, consistency and harmo ny of the whole Constitution, to consist of two members from each of the thirteen committees, is to be appointed by the President to act as a final committee of revis ion. General Lawton was elected Vice-President. The Doorkeeper was authorized to employ two as sistants and the Messenger to em ploy two pages at $1 per day. Judge Collier, of Fulton, intro duced an ordinance to reduce the House of Representatives to 70 and the Senate to 30 members, with biennial sessions—the mem bers’ salaries to be one hundred and fifty dollars and mileage. Re ferred to proper committee. Several other resolutions on the subject of the Legislature were introduced and referred. Mr. Williams, of the 11th Dist., wanted the pay of merubeas to be fixed at $3 per diem, and Col. Tift wauted a resolution passed limit ing the expenses of the Conv ntion to the $25,000 appropriated by the legislature. As Gen. Toombs re marked it would be better to settle the question then, because if they did uotget any more than that they might have to stay in Atlanta all the time. For the present the Convention will meet only once a day, so that the com mittees can have time to work. The following arc the standing committees of the Convention so far as reported : Executive Department—L. J. Gartiell, W. R. Gignilliat, T. L. Guerry, R. W. Anderson, Porter Ingraham, James M. Pace, W. T. Woflord, J. D. Mathews, C. J. Wellborn. Elective Franchise—A. It. Wright, Neil McLeod, J. B. Twitty, J. R. Repass, W. I. Jud son, F. D. Dismuke, J. C. Key, P. C. Hudson, It. D. Winn. Bill of Rights—James L. Sew ard, John Screven, James L. Wimberly, W. A. Little, Eli War ren, F. C. Furman, James R. Brown, 11. It. Casev, S. G. IIow e!l. Judiciary—A. R. Lawton, John A. Davis, W. S. Wallace, L. H. Featherstone, N. J. Hammond, T. G. Lawson, W. K. Moore, W. M. Reese, Augustus Reese. Legislative Department—Rob ert Toombs, H. 11. Perry, J. I). Knight, T. M. Furlow, Hugh Buchanan, William L. Loftin, L. N. Trammel, Joshua Hill, John Collier. Militia —R. B. Nisbit, A. G. Smith, B. F. Burnett, J. C. El- I lington, J. A. Hurst, T. G. Mc- Farland, W. H. Mattox, Oliver Clark, R. D. Render. CONVENTION COIJNSEI.I.ORM. And now some writer in the Macon Telegraph wants a commit tee to make a Constitution instead of the Convention. The writer of the article seems to be one of the sort that remedy small evils by inflicting larger ones. He wants so bad to save the SIOO,OOO that the next session ot the Legislature will cost, that he is willing to pay from SIOO,OOO to $200,000 to do it. He proposes that a committee of twenty be appointed to commence in October and set as long as they please and then call the Conven tion together in January to act on their report. This would be a rather expensive proceeding it seems to us. But where is the use of a committee. We venture the assertion that among the members of the Convention proper, and those members who were not, elect ed by the people, but are in At lanta hanging around to see what they can tlo in directing the dele gates chosen by the people how to go, there can be found some doz ens of constitutions already made, each one of which is just the thing the whole people need. Any one ui yyuivjii hi juuuicuu ui its author, restore the State to the condition it was in its palmiest days. Where then the necessity of a committee? Where the ne cessity for a Convention except to say which one of these perfect Constitutions it will accept ? The Convention surely can get through in a week. It has only to vote on the Constitutions already prepared for them. These men who never, get a chance to be in the law-mak ing bodies of the State remind us of a proverb we have heard at some time about “old maids children and old bachelor’s wives.” You know the rest. THE FIRST BALE. The first bale of cotton of the crop of 1877 was received in New Orleans on the 11th iust. It was shipped from Biv wnsville, Texas. It was raised on the plantation of Marion & Follin in Cameron coun ty and weighed four hundred and seventy-five pounds. Nothing is said about what it sold for. INSIJI T TO THE AMERICAN FLAG. Captain Taylor, of the whaling schooner, “Rising Sun,” reports another insult to the American Flag. On the 20th ot May, Captain Taylor was cruising off’ South Keys, Cuba, on the look out for whales, when he sighted a school of them, and lie and his chief mate went after them, and had suc ceeded in killing two small ones, when he was brought to by shots from a Spanish vessel. They took the chief mate as a hostage and held him for five days, leaving the Captain to get along as best he might. The time was when the United States demanded prompt satisfaction for any insult to the flag, but now the authorities seem to feel themselves above such small things as protecting the citizens of this great and glorious country. — When citizens of the United States go abroad now they must take care of themselves. It is reported that Mr. Hayes will appoint Cowgill, late member of the Returning Board of Flori da, who helped to forge Hayes’ title to the office he now occupies, to the office of Marshal of Dako tah. Memphis had a slight shock of an earthquake on the 14th inst. INDIAN MOVEMENTS, Sitting Bull is reported in Cana da with fifteen hundred warriors. He proposes to move southward during the summer. Ou the 10th inst., Chief Joseph and his band surprised a party of thirty-one Chinamen, who were go ing down the Clear Water river in cauoes, towards Walla-Walla, aud slaughtered the whole crowd ex cept one. Gen. McDowell has forwarded a dispatch from an aid-de-camp of Gen. Howard, which says that Chief Joseph and his band are in full fl’ght, If this is true Gen. O. O. Howard seems to be nearly as good at gobbliug up Indians as he was at hiding out the hard earned dollars of the poor freedmen. The good people of Talbotton have anew way of enjoying tliem seives. They just stir up *a hive or two of bees till the busy bees get real mad and then they stand around to get stung ; yet the man of the Standard says its fun. We did give Mumford credit for knowing what constitutes fun, if he didn't know anything else; but perhaps Dennis is the man that calls this sort of a thing fun. We hope so for we shouldn’t like to have to go back and change all our opinions about Mumford, and we know that Mumford wouldn’t be stung by a bee at all unless we are very much mistaken in the man. The Receiver of the Savanuah and Charleston railroad has been granted the privilege of changing the track of the road so as to reach the Ashley river aboveJCharlcston, and to build a bridge over the Ash ley to connect with the North Eas tern or some other railroad and run into Charleston without trans fer of passengers. If this change is accomplished it M ill make the route by Charleston a very pleas ant one for parties going to or com ing from the North to Florida. SiKH’ MAP OF THS SEAT OF WAR. We have received from the pub lishing house of Rand, McNally & & Cos., of Chicago, a copy of their new war map. It is the best we have seen yet. The retail price is only 25 cents per copy, postage paid. STATE NEWS. Christopher and his newest lady love have been engaged Vfcldis cussing the eccentricities of the la dy that jilted him last. Hon. Wm. A. Harris was de tained at home by sickness in his family and was not in the race for the Secretary of the Convention. The fire engine, formerly in use in Valdosta, has become worn out and useless. The town will be in a bad fix unless another and bet ter engine is secured soon. Wc acknowledge the receipt of | a copy of the catalogue of the Uni versity of Georgia, with the com pliments of the Chancellor. It is a very complete and handsomely gotten up pamphlet. A young white woman, named Betsy Runnels, living in the upper edge of Brooks county, committed suicide because she could not mar ry a colored lover. There is no accounting for tastes. Mi\ James A. J. Phillips, of Pulaski couuty, was thrown from the buggy in which he was riding and had one leg broken. Mr. Phillips is blind and the leg not broken is lame from rheumatism, so that he is in a most unfortunate situation. —Woodiw of the. HawKmsville Dispatch, goes for Burton |f the Eatman Times in the last issue of the Dispatch like he meant busi ness. Woods says the Times is not in his way at all, and in fact it is only enough of a paper to remind the people of the necessity of tak ing a good one. Mr. S. H. Humph, of Houston county, has shipped already this season, 800 bushels of peaches to New York and other points. The Fort Valley Mirror says that it is thought they brought something over $2 per bushel clear of expen ses. Profitable business it seems to be. The Talbotton Standard has been engaged in the very laudable en terprise of surveying a route for a railroad from Talbotton to Gene va. It has accomplished this pare of the business and will now proceed to build the road—if it gets help enough. We are under obligations to some friend in Milledgeville for a pho tograph of the old Capitol in that city. It has an estimate on the back of the cost of the repairs necessary to put the building in thor ough The amouut estimat ed is only $9,145. The building looks much more like a Capitol than Kimball’s Opera House. The Hawkinsville Dispatch says that a physician of that place has discovered that the quinine he has been using lately was largely adul terated with carbonate of magne sia. Quinine has advanced to about $G per ounce aud it is a money making business to the par ties that sell the impure article, which costs almost The swindle ought to be traced tef the original perpetrators and they should be punished heavily. Maou Telegraph: Among the recipients of the county charity are sixteen old la dies, whose ages aggregate twelve hundred and forty-six years, or an average of sev enty-seven yeais and four-sixteenths. To be present at the issuing of their scanty supplies is to witness a sad Bight indeed— age and decrepitute combine to make them pitiable objects. Quitman Free. Press : Will our brothers Triplett and Hansell, of tho Times and Enterprise, permit us toremak that we wish them Godspeed in building that railroad to Montioello? We are pleased to learn that the citizens of Thomasville and Thomas county are fully alive to the practibility and importance of the enterprise, and to them we would say, follow up the sugges tions of your two enterprising newspaper men, and you will soon have a competing road that will save you at least a hundred thousand dollars annually. Athens Watchman: We learn that on Wednesday last near Belton, Mr. James 11. Gardner and his five little children were at work in the field, and during the heat of the day they had adjourned to a shade near the creek to rest The children were sitting on the grass under a large dead tree, and the father was near by, resting on his plow. Suddenly, the tree began to fall, and Mr. Gardner called to his childreu to run from under it, but it came down upon them b ;fore they could get clear of it— killing the oldest daughter instantly and knockiug the two youngest children in the creek—one of whom was mortally wounded and the other seriously hurt. Mr. G. him self made a very narrow escape and his horse was killed. Griffin News: We are sorry to learn that a young man named Barron was drowned on Saturday last, while bathing in Dr. Wynn’s mill pond, Henry county. It seems that he and some companions had been playing near the dam where the •water was shallow, but concluded to row about ot-er the pond in a battcau, and when out near the middle of the pond, young Barron jumped into the water thinking it not over his head. He was deceived, and not being able to swim, soon sank beyond his depth and the power of his friends to aid him.— The deceased was about 17 years old, and very highly thought of by all who knew him. Lumpkin Independent: Mr. Nimrod Slreetman started down his well on Satur day morning last on an exploring expedi tion ; just as he had seated himself com fortably astride the bucket, the rope broke and he lit out for the water. He had pres ence of mind to throw his feet against the sides of the well and thus braced himself up for a time ; but when he reached a point where the curbing had given away lie could no longer reach the walls and from that point his passage wns rapid. He landed in the water and after going to the bottom scrambled to the surface and was hauled out without being hurt, save a few bruises, altogether he fell about forty Icet. Two wor'hy citizens of our county arc engaged just now in a law suit to settle the ownership of a cow. Ia January last Mr. Green Brooks lost a dun colorod cow. In March last Mr. J. 11. Fletcher lost a dun colored cow which strayed from home.— The reader will perceive at once where the difficulty comes in. In April Mr. George Smith advertised Lhat he had takeu np an cstray cow. Mr. Brooks saw the animal, claimed il and drove it home. On Sunday morning, Ist inst., Mr Fletcher was riding by Mr. Brook’s house, saw the cow and recognized it as bis. lie had a possessory warrant issued against Mr. Brooks, requir ing him to produce the cow in order that the ownership might bo settled. Mr. Brooks did so and now the case is in court. The trial was commenced on last Friday and would probably have been ended on Saturday but for thesickneßS of one of the witnesses. Said witness smiled too often on Friday and hence the headache on Sat urday. The trial is going on before Jus tice K. G. Anderson. Stone & Turner representing Brooks, Berner & Turner representing Fletcher. The witnesses for Mr. Brooks swear positively lhat it is his cow, that they know the marks and cannot be mistaken. Mr, Fletcher’s witnesses arc equally as positive. Both these gentlemen arc honest in their belief concerning the ownership of (lie dun colored animal and Mr. Anderson will have to shoulder (lie re sponsibility of settling the case. —Monroe Advertiser. Atlanta, July 14, 1877. Editor Enterprise : The papers have informed you of the organization of the conven tion, and other matters which it is unnecessary for me to repeat. You will see that thirteen com mittees are appointed and the con stitution parceled out. These committees after acting make tjieir report to a committee to consist of two members from each of the thirteen committees, who are the revising body, and after revising, make their report to the conven tion. The thirteen committees have all been appointed, except that on education, and most of them are at work. It will be at least the middle ol next week, and probably later, before the revising committee can begin to report to the convention, and there are many subjects which will have to under go long discussions in this com mittee of twenty-six. In the meantime there is but little for the convention to do, except to read and refer resolutions and ordinan ces to the committees. The great number of these papers so read and referred show how many variant opinions are held, and give prom- crable delay in the action oftlur convention for two or three weeks yet. There is evidently a very earn est determination to economize in every manner possible. There are, of course, some in the convention who seem to think it a great op portunity for acquiring immortal fame, but the large body of mem bers are earnest working men, and will finish their labors as early as maybe consistent with doing them well. It seems certain that a large re duction of the Legislature will be made, and biennial sessions adopt ed, though it is difficult to arrange the details of the reduction satis factorily, and I fear that lower Georgia may be shorn of much of its strength in the arrangement, though not intentionally. So far the debates have had but little interest. That between Judge Wright and Mr. Hill was more spicy than any other, and it sur prised some to hear the Judge an nounce himself a Hard-shell Bap tist and yet advocating so earnest ly a paid chaplaincy. His motion was lost only because arrangements had been already made to have A daily prayer from ministers who are delegates, and who ought to understand the daily needs of the convention better than outsiders. Probably I may be able to make a more interesting letter next week, when matters arc more fully rlen veloped. Occasional. Mu. Editor —All lovers of a fine horse will regret to learn that Charley Davis has lost his splendid mare, Floyd. She died of “blind staggers” on Friday last, in the eighteenth year of her age. She stood un rivaled as a fast entered se#-r* nl times in the pacing matches at Thomasville Fair Ground and, each tim^ r come off as victor. She was consequently well known by the citizens of your town, and the strangers who frequented the Fair She was gentle and docile under the sad dle, and entered into the glorious sport of fox huutiDg with a sense of the keenest en joyment, and bore her rider through the rough and tumble of the ohase with un flaging energy. She never had but two colts, ono of which lived but a week or two, and the other is now about 8 weeks o’d and will make a fine animal. Pity that so fine a pacing stock should die out. By the way, Mr. Editor, what is the host plan of treatments for these so-called “blind staggers ?” Tha disease is certain ly treated in the most empirical manner, bleeding, blistering, the cold douche, purging, all fail; and, perhaps, the next case is treated on the opposite, in which quinine, spirits of turpentine, etc., are freely used, and with the like fatal results. Not one oase in thirty seems to recover. I am fully satisfied that pasturing in the heat of the summer days is the principal cause of this fatal complaint. It is true that plow horses are equally exposed to the scorching rays of the sun, hut then they are worked with “heads erect,” while those at pasture hang their heads down, a posture which favors the accu mulation of blood in the brain. As “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” had we not better keep our horses out of the way of such exposure duriDg the heat, of the day. Verbum Sap. R. Tamonia, Fla., July 9tb, 1877. Capt. Hammond’* Lecture. Owing to the thunder storm last Friday night a great many of our citizens missed the intellectual treat atlbe Baptist church. Capt. Hammond’s lecture w.s delivered, by invitation, for the purpose of exciting a more lively interest in the cause of the li brary association, and hence it was free for these who desired to attend. The subject was mental culture and the relations to it of a well organized library. The address was well conceived, succinct, chaste, logical and eloquently delivered— and this is the whole in a nut shell; unless we were able to give a perfect outline—a task we shall not attempt for the mistrust, of making a discordant echo of its musical sounds. Capt. Ilumraond is one of the finest tors and most accomplished gentlemen in the southern section of the State. The citizens of Valdosta will ever hold him in kind remembrance.— Valdosta Times. ONLY TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. The unparalleled offer is made to the far mers and people of Georgia, to send them the great weekly and official journal of the Patrons of Husbandry and State Society, for the next three months, for twenty-fwe cents, containing proceedings, sketcltes, etc., of State Constitutional Convention.— Our first Convention issue will be July 14th, but the back proceedings—from first day of Convention—will bo furnished to all new subscribers. This offer is open for thirty days. Address, enclosing twenty-five cents in money or stamps, Georgia Grange Pcblisiiing Comtant, Atlanta, GU CNIO? MEETING The Union Meeting of the two districts of the Mercer Baptist As sociation will convene with the Hickory Head Baptist church on Friday before the fifth Sunday in July, 1877. The following sub jects have been selected and as signed to brethren, with the hope that they will come prepared to present their matured thoughts on them: Introductory Sermon, Rev. W. H. Scruggs. Alternate, Rev. T. A. White. 1. Shall we fast? It so, how and when ? A. W. Groover. 2. What part should Females take in the Work of the Church? 3. Exegesis of J. John iii : Opened by Rev. W. H. Scruggs. 4. The best methods for increas ing the efficiency of Sunday schools. Opened by Deacon P. McGlashan. 5. Can a person after reaching the age of accountability, be saved without a knowledge of Christ ? Opened by Rev. J. M. Rushin. 6. Was there such an office as Deaconess iu the primitive church? If not, what is the meaning of Ro mans xvU 12? 7. The influence of popular amusements on Christianity Opened by Deacon Asa Newsom. 8. Exegesis of Luke xxvii:32. Opened by Rev. A. C. Stevenson. Should the moderate use of ar dent spirits as a beverage, be toler ated in church members ? Opened by Doctor J. T. Culpepper. The subjects will be taken up and disposed of in the order iu which they appear above, unless otherwise directed by the meeting. Ample provisions will be made by (he Hickory Head church for theJci&crtainment of all who may attend. A cordial invitation is extended to all. E. B. Carroll, Chairman Com. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. UEOBGIA —Tboiuan Couuty. Whereas. M. C. Smith, Administrator Es tate of Samuel La sector, deceased, applies for Letters of j Dismission from the administration of said Estate, representing in his petition that heAas fully administered and discharged all (J^lßftjtStfAdiniiiistintor; this is therefore to " Tgular, the heirs, creditors and .rfppW.TCf said deceased, to show cause be 4.Yme on th first, Monday in November next, why said Letters should not issue ns prayed for. Given under mv hand and official signature this-Only 10th, 1877. JOS. S. MERRILL, Ordinary. july 18 tlst-m-uov —i—————— GEORGIA—Thomas County. Whereas, M. C. Smith, Administrator of Estate of Mai in da Burton, deceased, applies to this Court for Letters Dismission from said Administration, representing in his petition that he lias fully administered and discharged all his duties as Administrator ; this is there fore to cite all and singular, the heirs, credi tors and next of kin of said deceased, to show cause. if any they’ have, before me on the first Monday in November next, why said Letters should not be granted as praved for. Given under my hand and official signature, this July lOtli, 1877. JOS. S. MERRILL, Ordinary. july 18 (Ist m nov. GEORGIA—Thomas Coanly. Whereas, M. C. Smith, Guardian of Hattie 'Sw’ftt', (now Mrs. Hattie Montgomery) lias made application to be dismissed from the Guardianship of said minor; this is therefore to cite Mrs. Hattie Montgomery and all per sons interested to show cause, if any they can, before me on the first Moudny in September uet*V\yhy said application should not be gran ted and Letters of Dismission issued as prayed for. Given under my hand and official siguaturo this 10th day of July, 1877. - . JOS. S. MERRILL, 'Jtily 1811 st m-Sept Ordinary. GEOUGIA —Thomas County, Whereas, M. C. Smith, Guardian of Rebecca Pearce, (now Mrs. Rebecca Hughes) has made application to be dismissed from the Guardian ship of said minor; this is therefore to cite Mrs. Rebecca Hughes and all persons interested to show cause before me on the first Mouday in September next, why said application should uot be granted and Letters of Dismission issu ed as prayed for. Given under my hand and official signature, this the 10th day of July, 1877. J. S. MERRILL, Ordinary. july 18-t-lstm-sept. GEORGIA—Thomna County. Whereas, M. C. Smith, Administrator of Amos Parramore, deceased, represents to the Court that he has fully administered on said estate and discharged all his duties as Admin istrator, and prays the Court for Letters of Dismission from the administratiou ot said Es tate ; this is thereioro to cite all and singular, the heirs, creditors and next of kin of said de ceased to show cause before mo on the first J&mday in November next, why said Letters uot be granted as prayed for. -JRVen under my hand and* official signature ■tS!!}. 10th of July, 1877. JOS.S. MERRILL, Ordinary. july 18 t lstm nov. Street ork. All male citizens of this town between the ages of 16 and 50 are hereby notified to be and appear at the City Hall at 9 o’clock a. m., on Monday the 21st iust., with tools prepared to work the streets (6) six day 8 or in lieu there of to pay the sum ot $3.00. All who fail to pay r work iu thirty days from date will he ar raigned and tried by the Mavor as defaulters. By order of JOS JERGER, drain. St, Com. Attest Amos J. Love, Cik. Council. DIXIE NURSERY, /V- (Two miles East of Thomasville J H. 11. SANFORD, Proprietor; Every variety of Fruit Trees and Grape Vales, adapted to Southern soil and clima , always on hand. Orders promptly filled, and trees and vines guaranteed true to name. Flowering and ornamental shrubbery sup plied upon short notice. Prices Lower than any Nurseiy iu tlie Sjguth. FOUTZ’S CELEBRATED Horse aM Cattle Powders. _ This preparation, long and favorably known, will thoroughly re-invigorate ft**broken down and low-spirited horses, strengthening and cleansing the ! h\. 11 stomach and intestines. It is a sure preventive of all diseases incident to this animal, such as LUNG ; FEVER. GLANDERS, YELLOW WATER, HEAVES, COUGHS, DIS TEMPER, FEVERS. FOUNDER, LOSS OF APPETITE AND VITAL ENERGY, &c. Its use improves the wind, increases the ap]K*titc — Yy YnA x gives asmooth and glossy skin —an*l transforms tb* miserable skeleton into a tine-looking and spirited horse. . To keepers of Cows this prepara tion is invaluable. It is a sure pre ventivc against Rinderpest, Hollow Horn, etc. It has l>een proven by vpfcgffra | actual experiment to increase the M£*£l F i quantity of milk and cream twenty per cent, and make the butter firm " I "'* i ** ,p * a nd sweet. In fattening cattle, it gives them an appetite, loosens their hide, aud makes them thrive much faster. In all diseases of Swine, such as Coughs, Ulcers in the Lungs, Liver, &c.,this article acts as- a specific. By putting from one half a paper to a paper in a barrel of swill the above diseases will be eradi cated or entirely prevented. If given -- /L in time, a certain preventive and cure for the Hog Cholera. DAVID E. FOUTZ, Proprietor, BALTIMORE. Did. For sale by Druggist and Storekeeper, throughout the United States, Canadas and South America. "———-—— MM- B. GOLiDBBRGr Has on hand a LARGE AND COMPLETE assortment of FURNITUitE OF ALL KINDS. Prices as low as Savannah or any other Southern market. BABY CARRIAGES Always on hand and at PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. >- A LARGE AND COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OE DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Boots, Shoes, Hats, &c., Always on hand at the old Stand. t [ap!4-6m ADMINISTRATOR’S SALb. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in Septem ber next, before the Court Honee door in Thoniasville, between the legal hours of Bale, 121 acres in lot No. 186, 40 acres in lot No; 185 and 15 acres in lot No. 216, all in the 17th Dis trict and belonging io the Estate of John Sas ser, deceased. Also the reversionary interest of the Estate in the widow's Homestead, of 134 acres in lot No. 186 in the 17th District. Terms cash. ARTHUR PATTEN, July 17,1877. td Adtur. NOTICE To Contractors For building a bridge over the Ocklockonee river at the old stage road to Albany. Speci fications as lollows, to-wit; Entire length of bridge 168 feet and 12 feet inside of hand railing, 3 benches to he iu the river, on piling well driven, of good heart lum ber to be 10x10 inches, and 2 benches on mud sills—the sills to be 12x12 let into gronnd 3 feet, 2 abutments, sill, to be large lightwood sills, not less than 18 inches in diameter and one 3x12 inch plunk at each end, so arranged as to prevent dirt from washing nnder stringers. Pieces of timbers, to-wit : All truss timbers to he 10x10 inch. All cap sills on piling and trnssell 10x12 inch, pillar blocks for truss stringers to rest on Bxlo inch. One girder on eacli bench for floor stringer 7xlo aiid tenanted into p : llar block so as to re ceive bolt passing into pillar block though cross sill, resting on 3 blocks 3x3,10 inches long. Hand railing and uprights to same 4x6 inch es, braces to head rails 3x6, truss stringers 6xlo, floor stringers 3xlo, center gilders or each span Bxlo inches, braces, under bridge, 2x4 inches, stringers, to be bridged at each girder, 2x3, rafteis lor truss 6x7 inches. Bill of bolts; 12 rafter bolts l'i inches by 8 feet long. 20 holts for rafter toes and pillars lynch by 3 feet long. 14 bolts for pillar blocks to cap sill 1 inch by 2 feet long. Washers and nuts for the same. Four 40 penny.nails iu each plunk. Flooring Hixß inches’ All of the above hill of lumber to he the very best heart lumber, clear of uots and wind sbak es. Lumber to be sawed or hewn as par ties may desiie. Work to be done in the best of stylo. All bidders will he required to be at said bridge on the first day of August, ns the con tract will be let out on the ground to the low est,l>idders or bidder, but no hill will he re ceived for more than S3OO. The time allowed for building will be one month from day of let ting. Builders and contractors are invited to he on the ground on the day of letting. Pay ment made as soon as bridge is received by County Commissioners. Working plan can he seen at Ainsworth & Filin’s store. 11. 11. SANFORD, Ch’mn Road uml Bridge Committee, T. C. ROAD OVERSEERS. The Road Overseers ill the 637th District G. M., are hereby ordered to call out the road hands and have their respective roads put in thorough older liy the first of August. L. L. VAItNEDOE, W. M. SMITH, T.J. YOUNG, Commissioners 637th Dist. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. I propose to let the repairs on the Jones Bridge over the Ocklockonee river on the up per liainbridge road, to tlie lowest bidder ou Monday, 16 day of this month at tlie bridge Parties wishing to contract for the same will please meet me there on that day at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, where they can examine the work before bidding upon the same. H. H. SANFORD, Climii Road and Bridge Committee, T. C. Thomasville, July 5,1877. Calendar of Courts For Southern Circuit. Berrien—J Mondays in March and September. Colquitt—Wednesday after 4th Mondays in March and September. Echols—Tuesdays after Ist Mondays in April and October. Thomas—3rd Mondays iu April and October. Brooks—lst Mondays iu May and November. Lowndes—3rd Mondays in MavandNovem- JUDGE — Hon. Augustin It. Hansell, Thomasville. SOLICITOR GENERAL— Robeut G. Mitchell, Esq., Thomasville. ICE! Y f ICE! ICE! ICE! X. HIRT KNOWING THAT PEOPLE MUST HAVE ICE THIS HOT WEATHER, Has prepared himself to supply their warns AT LOW RATES. Call ou him at liis Saloon and buy enoungli to keep cool. X. HIRT. june 20-tf City Taxes! All parties owning property of any descrip tion in the corporate limits ot Thomasville, are hereby notified that the TAX BOOKS will be opened July Ist, and will close August Ist, 1877. Call oil the Clerk during office hoars, at L. A. 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