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Highwaymen in Texas are again
at work robbing stages.
Rumors are prevalent that Khar- *<
toum has fallen.
T. L. GANTT, Editor &;Pro»V t^forni™^Friday* WMe hanged in
.Mr., Bennett, congressman at Central railroad stock has ad-
large from the Etafo of North Caro- v>nced from s 3 85.
tin* lias Introduced a bill in con
gress to prohibit miscegenation in
the District if Columbia.
Ben Butler says he will be a can
didate for Governor of Massachu
setts again this fall and will give the
saintly republican party of that
witch burning commonwealth all it
can do to keep up its fences.
Macon scores one over Atlanta,
and the Constitution must take a
back seat, for a time. The bank
thieves gave the Gate City the go
by to call on Macon first. Another
victory for the Telegraph & Mes
senger!
The Southern negroes never fail
to send up a solid delegation in
favor of the man in power. Their
vote has twice defeated Blaine in
the convention. They are now
rallying around Arthur and will
most likely force his nomination.
Augustus Schell, the great New
York politician, is dead.
Three men were drowned by a
capsizing boat in Pennsylvania.
The Tuesday’s cyclone left only
two houses standing at Scipio, Ina.
To date S02 maimed soldiers have
drawn about $60,000 from Georgia.
Hume Bros. & Co., of Port Royal,
S. C., lost $100,000 by fire WedneS'
day night.
The bricklayers of Augusta are
on a strike for an advance of 25
cents per day. 1
An attempt was made to take
Berner from the Cincinnati jail, and
a riot was the result
The most hopeful sign we see for
the success of democracy, is that
the party is not so jubilant as here
tofore. Over confidence has done a
great deal to insure our defeat. Gen
erally, when a man becomes dis
heartened the tide turns.
The Texas Baptists have filed the
charter for their grand State Uni
versity, to be located at George
town, where is now the Southwes
tern University of the Southern
Methodist church. The capital
stock is $300,000.
Some of the newspapers are try
ing their hardest to get up political
excitement, bvt have not met with
apy success thus tar. It is predict
ed that the campaign for state offi
cers this year will be one of the
quietest known in Georgia since
the war, and it is best if it can be so.
The negroes of Sandersvillc held
an indignation meeting on Saturday
and denounced the negro Clark, the
incendiary who is creating a rum
pus in some of the counties of Mid
dle Georgia. It is not improbable
that Clark will pay Athens a visit,
in which event there is but one
course for the authorities to pursue.
At the last republican caucus in
Washington a move was made, and
came near being carried, to prevent
the Southern negroes from having
any voice in nominating a candidate
for President. The new color line
departure by Longstrcet and Nor-
cross j.'-t-ips has some connection
with that resolution.
Since the adoption of the stock
law in Anderson county, S. C., the
fields and woods are becoming
green with a voluntary stand ot blue
grass, that grows luxuriantly. An
derson is giving special attention to
stock raising, and has her fine Jer
seys and Ayrshires and her noble
Pcrcherons and Normans.
The Macon Telegraph is an able
paper, and it would have more in
fluence if Mr. Hanson, the propri
etor, did not show so plainly that it
is run exclusively for his personal
benefit Because Gov. McDaniel
did not appoint the owner of that
journal one of the Capitol Commis
sioners, he was at once assailed
through-its columns. Again, Mr.
Hanson owns a little cotton factory
at Macon, and as a consequence we
sec the Telegraph comes out
strong protective tariff organ. A
public journal, to insure respect and
influence, must lay-rasHe all person
al considerations and animosities
and be published solely in the in
terest of the gicat people. The
public have nothing whatever to do
with private quarrels and interests
and a paper that will persist in
forcing them upon its readers
never meet with s
A boy aged 16 in Virginia at
tempted to murder a farmer and his
wife, with robbery in view.
Smalls has been elected to suc
ceed Mackey in congress from the
black district of South Carolina.
A young man in New Hamp
shire, in order to save his father,
confessed to a murder and was sent
to prison.
A family in Pennsylvania, who
died from eating diseased pork,
were found to be eaten up with
parasites.
Loxnos’f March 2S.—Prince Leo
pold, (Duke of Albany) fourth and
youngest son of Queen Victoria,
died suddenly to-day.
Atgusta, March 27.—An old
negro man named Henry Dudley,
was killed near Hrmburg by a sack
of corn falling upon him while he
was unloading a wagon.
The campaign in Soudan is about
wound up and the troops are recall
ed. The British have scored anoth
er decisive victory over the rebels,
that are in full retreat.
Amf.uicus,Ga., March 28.—The
Barlow House and eight stores were
burned last night, causing a loss of
about $So,ooo. The guests of the
hotel barely escaped with their lives,
several losing their baggage.
The water before New Orleans is
receding, and all dangir to the city
is therefore past; but in the parish
es along the Missississippi great
damage has resulted from over
flows.
to hit friends in Winchester, Tent*
in which he says that the voyage
outto the West coast consniabdtlur-f*"
ty-five days. He gives his impres
sions of his new home and among
other things says: “I am in hopes
tins letter will find all my acquain
tances alive and in good health. Tell
them I am still m Africa, where
there are some of the largest great
fat women of the black nation I
have ever seen, and they wear but
few clothes. The brown women
wear a piece of cloth around their
hips in the shape of a shawl,butthe
other parts of tneir bodies are naked.
They don’t wear loose sacks, and
do more work than men do, except
when the men are employed by the
Liberians, and then they have to
work. And they all go bare-footed
all the time. And the men go as
naked as the women. When the
women are fine dressed they wear
jewelry round their legs and hands,
and comb their hair in ridges. These
women do not wear as many clothes
in two years as one of your young
women wear at one dressing. AU
the things you ever needed in the
United Sti
**«/ >7^he Mk 4m the
streets yesterday was the cyclone.
No hves lost except those reported
es lost except
you by telegraph.
of this point the farmers suffered
i rom loss of houses and fencing. In
1 ® w " •bout twenty-fivd houses were
destroyed, but Mr. S. Simmons and
Wilkes, n
tates as to learning you
need here. And the things you do
not need are the things the people
of Liberia use mostly—such as ball-
face and rot-gut. You. will find
these big, old, rich negroes herein
their cellars, which are full of bot
tles of different sizes, holding from
two to five gallons. AU kinds of
second-rate stufl is brought here in
the way of trade in place of paying
money for the African trade.
The Rev. David W. Frazier, of
Fairfield county, went out to Liberia
last year as a missionary. He has
written a letter to the Winnsboro
News and Herald, giving some of
his observations in his new home.
He says: “A living can be made in
Africa by toil and labor. The de
cree made at least six thousand years
ago, that man shall live by the sweat
of hi
will
> success.
Altarwarta.
After a patient has been dosed with
corrosive sublimate until his teeth are
loose, his mouth sore, his hair all gone,
his limbs all drawn with rheumatism,he
is put oon Iodide of I’otash, onesf the
strongest mineral preparations in the
whole list. This soon takes away the
little appetite left him by the mercury—
disorders his stomach,causes pain inthc
bowels, nausea, dries up the gastric jui
oes, and food is rejected, wastes him
away to a skeleton, and he is soon a sub
ject for the undertaker. To all such
Swift’s Specific is a boom—worth more
than its weight in diamonds. It builds
up the waste, roots out these mineral
poisons; and brings health and happi
ness. Send for a copy of Treatise on
Blood and Skin Diseases, free. The
Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta,
Ua.
The striking out’of the enacting
clause of the bonded extension bill
in the house Thursday, left nothing
of importance to consider, hence
that body passed to other business.
Chicago, March 28.—The first
through party from the City of
Mexico, over the Mexican Central
railway, arrived here this morning.
The run from the City of Mexico
was made in five days.
A man in Washington, D. C.,
found a sewing machine agent in
his wife's room and killed him. The
woman had locked her paramour in
a closet, when she heard her hus
band coming.
Columbia, March 26.—Mrs. Ella
Arthur Haynesworth, of New
York, sister of President Arthur,
reached this city yesterday, and is
sojourning here as a guest of her
sister in law, Mrs. T. J. McMahon.
Sumter, S. C., March 28.—For
the murder in March 1883, of a ne
gro companion, Joe Howard, color
ed, paid the death penalty here to
day. The execution took place at
12:10 o’clock. The criminal’s .neck
was broken by the fall and he died
easily.
Chattanooga, March 27.—Al
fred Davis, a wealthy citizen of
Sequatchie county, was beaten to
death by a tramp Sunday night.
The tramp said that he was inspir
ed to kill Davis. He has been cap
tured.
The appointment and*confirma
tion of Minister Sargent to the Rus
sian mission will be a complete sur
prise to all who read it; It is giv'
cn out that the state department
will leave the Berlin mission vacant
indefinitely.
Berlin, March 27.—It is official
ly stated that last week at Ermsle
ben, a small town of Prussian Saxo
ny, four hundred and three persons
were seriously ill and sixty-six died
from trichinosis. The disease was
caused by eating raw pork, which
all came from one and the same
hog.
Butler, Ga., March 27.—One
James Thoms, living on the farm of
Drew Childers, below here, was
committed to jail without bond on
a charge of rape on a 11 year old
daughter of said Childers. The
deed was committed about the 3d
of March, but the child was afraid
to expose him until last Saturday.
General Sherman is the latest
suggestion as a fitting nominee for
the democracy this fall. Ex-Sena
tor Thurman certifies from his per
sonal relations with the late general
of the army that he is a sound dem
ocrat in principle and would not
hesitate about accepting the demo
cratic nomination.
New York, March 28.—The
committee on rates of the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association
met to-day to arrange for the estab-
lishmcnt of reduced freight rates
between the eastern cities and
southern points. The committee
decided in making a reduction of
ten per cent on the present rates.
The reduction will go into effect on
the 7th of April next.
i ./ Cancer for Flvo T<i-
The Interests of humanity seem to de
mand the-publication of the following
fi.eti; Two months ago my attention was
rtillcd tothe case of a poor woman who
- vaa mid to be afflicted with a cancer. I
itund her with an ulcer on her shoulder
i,t least five Inches in circumference, an
gry, painful, and giving the patient no
tsetmghtor day for six months. I ob
tained a bottle of - Swift’s Specific which
I persuaded to try. She has taken five
hollies, the result of which Is that the
ulcer la entirely healed up. nothing —
maining but a small scab not larger tl
ono’s finger nail, and her general health
is better than for five years past. She
seems to be entirely cured. I consider
ius effects wonderful—almost miraculous.
Rev. Jgssa H. Campbell, Columbus Ga.
utract for building
arlc
T „ the
ewYorx, Norfolk & Charleston
railroad, commencing at Ports
mouth', Va., and extending to
-Cbarieston, S. C., hgs been award
ed to the Carolina Construction
k Company, and sublet by them to
f. American Contracting Com
pany, of New York.. The amount
! tqfce paid for the work is $3,101,171
! bonds and atock of the
>h!i. i jtil
Fro- Distribution.
causes tUekusli at Long & Co’s
The free distribution of
1 ef Dr. Boeanko’s Cough
p, the most popular rem-
Colds, Consuinptionaud
the market Regular
$1.00. Sola also at
drug store.
his brow. A few sharpers here,
like elsewhere, manage to keep to
themselves gold by living upon the
weaknesses of others, but such gain
is short lived. At best the people
live here by trade and barter. A
very little money is circulated, and
a little fanning done.
“As to whohad better come I have
this to say, a very large class of
men in the world exist by havinr
others to do and think for them. 1
will be unfortunate for Africa it too
large a class of such people should
attempt to make homes upon its
shore. Such men will do well in
Africa who can think, labor and
wait! Men who can put ideas to
gether; men who can direct forces
men of action, who move without
being told, and can electrify crowds
by their movement. * * * Af
ter all is said and done, wherever
men may find a home on the Afri
can coast they must expect to meet
grave responsibilities—responsibili
ties new to anything ever present
ed to them, whether
Church or State.”
■ they labor in
Twenty-Pour Bonn to Lira.
From John Kuhn, Lafayette, Ind .
who announces that be is nowin perfect
health, we have the following: “One
year ago I was, to all appearances, in
the last stages of consumption. Our best
physicians gave my case np. I finally
pui
Baleam for the Lungs, which considera
bly benefited me. I continued ttntil I
took nine bottles, and I am now In per
fect health.
m now In p
*
le king, igr
Unwritten History.
Bill Holman, the horse king, )gnd
ed in in Athens in May, 1S55 with
mule that he got out of the Confed
erate wagon train, near Washing
ton. The mule he sold to a negro
named Frank Graham, living near
Athens, who has the mule now.
Fortunately for Bill he Janded here
with plenty of money and has been
steadily adding to what he landed
with. Mr. H. informs us that
he knows some of the history
of Jefferson Davis crossing the Sa
vannah river, that the newspapers
have never marvaged^get hold of.
This story he has .promised to give
us, and it will appear in our next
Sunday’s issu*it we can prevail on
Mr. H. to let us publish it.
From a Physician.
Knowing tbo composition of B. B. B.,
1 have prescribed it with signal success
for the cure of Scrofula, Rheumatism,
Skin Diseases, Kidney Troubles, Blood
Poisons, Catarrh, etc. As a quick and
permanent relief Blood Purifier it If- su
perior to anything I ever used, and 1
cheerfully recommend it as a safe and
reliable remedy. I have known one bot
tle to effect a cure of Scrofula. It does
not contain a mineral or vegetable pois
on. J. P. Drowgoolk. M. D.
Large bottles $1.00, 6 for $5.00.
00TT0H
Market Steady.
GoodHwmW:.*
Strict Oral OntojSS
OttodOrdluary—
Dr. Wilkes, president of the Baptist
Seminary, were the heaviest losers.
Contributions for the sufferers flow*
earn freely all day yesterday,and,
•• known, all are cared for.
jje citizens of Gainesville raised
about $1,000 to aid in repairing the superfli
damages. Fortunately for the city !“•“**“—
the cyclone struck the northern part
where the dwellings were scattered.
The tales fold of -the freaks of this
monster are wonderful. Only 1
eye witness could appreciate thei
A description of the contortion of
angry clouds, sepulchral sounds, the
onward march and fearful results
would be more like fancy than real
ity. Four miles north of the city
hailstones fell as large as goose
saw them. This was not in the
track of the tornado. Only a slight
rain accompanied that. Since the
storm the skies are very 'dear and
the sun shines in all his splendor.
Hard on Vs Chief.
The other day Captain Oliver in
vited Mr Whitehead, the insurance
agent, to dine with him. Alter din
ner Mr. W. strolled down to the
Clinard House, when the proprietor
reminded him that dinner was ready.
“Haven’t I eaten?” he asked. “No,”
replied Capt. C., “for I have been
in the room ever since the bell
sounded and you have not come
down.” “Well,” remarked White-
head. cogitatingly, “It seems to me
that I have been to dinner to-day,
but there is a sort of vacuum in my
internal regions that says I bavi
I’ll take tne chances, any w
After a second hearty meal that day
it suddenly dawned upon Mr. W.
that he had only an hour before
been a guest of the Captain of the
Athens police force.
Prevent sickness by taking occasion
ally due of Emory’8 little Cathartic Pills
a wonderful appetiser, an absolute cure
oi biliousness—15 cents.
Perhaps this is the negro's reason
for having such an aversion to
shade. We know a gentleman
down in Oglethorpe who settled a
colony of his hands in one of the
finest oak groves we ever saw; but
upon a return to his farm a few
days later found, to his indignation,
every tree or bush that could fur
nish shade,felled to the ground. Up
on demanding a reason for what he
termed this desecration, an old dar
key explained, “Fo de Lawd, Moss
John, do you want to kill ebery
nan’ on de place? Why, shade to
a nigger is de rankest kind of pi-
sin, and dey am as skeert of it is of
de ole debble himself!”
A Factory Town.
Old man Watkins, of Piedmont. S.C.,
says Norman’s Neutralizing Cordial
beats anything he ever heard ot. He
came near making a speech on the won
derful cure two 25 cents bettles made on
his baby. He made the mere sight of
that baby would convince the most
doubtful as to the efficacy of Norman’s
Cordial.
The impression now provails that
•ale
the prevalence ot cyi
south of late is attributable to the
wholesale destruction of our for
ests. These windstorms form
the Gulf, and rushing through the
country, meet with no obstruction,
gathering force with every mile
traversed. A few years ago they
were very common out west, but
the past year or so the storm cen
tre seemed to have moved further
south.
The people’s remedy for Biliousness,
Constipation, Piles, Sick Headache,
Jaundice, Ac., is Allen’s Bilious Phy
sic, a purely vegetable liquid remedy
large bottle 25 cents.—At druggists.
THE ANCIENT MINER’S 8T0RY.
nnuoiunos.
Oh, yea, I'm fixed u aolld, sir, is moat of
you see;
At leut the coyote Poverty has ceased to miff at
me; .
That mice Is worth a million down—that Is, it la
What itmi|ht cost to-morrow, though, I couldn’t
A boy in oil Connecticut -this dream I used to
bold;
What if the cellar of our house should serine
leak with sold,
And I from there at any time a thiol nr lamp
could bring?
r»e got a cellarln this rock that’s just that sort
of thing.
The ram my father slaved himself lot twenty
years to pay
I’ve taken out of that theta bole In leas than half
If 1 could fead him up yon path, I’d make him
■mil* at least;
Bat his old labor-hardened hands are moulder
ing in the East.
I’d pack my mother up this hill, and open to her
retail prices.
lh-dnp’4 Quetaffona.
(Brain, Provision, Eto.
nous aWDonanr.
FLOUR—Fancy . ....5 75
WAGON
enviable reputation in H. ®T
Mixc_ .
Bulk Sffii cents less
OATS—Red Boat Proof 75
MixedOaU..... 55
Rice Flour. Bulk
Pearl Grita
Stock Meal
HAY—Western
■astern 1 25
Northern Choice ...1 20
KXAT, PRODUCE, AC.
BACON—Smoked C. R. Sides.™ 10U @ 10%
Smoked Shoulders 8 A t
Long Clear Sides.
es of my own
in first-clam
Thankful to
very liberal patronage; shall not
■pare any pains to merit a continuance of the
same. My prices win be as low at any first-clam
itisd Us-iiM? _pntpu3 A
_ ovisaoH
1an2t-w
HERRING .
POTATOES—Sweet per bushel..
APPLES—Choice, per barrel .....5 00
TOBACCO—Common to Medium..
Smoking..
Fancy Che wing
Chickens
Turkey* .
Cabbage
© 15
BAGGING—Eastern Jute
TIES—Arrow-™-
Pierced
Stewart and others A 11
Standard A 8*f© ....10
Crushed 8* © 10
White Extra C 9*
Extra C._. 7& .
Yellow C.
MOLABSES-Black Strap ... ... .. 20 §25
STAPLE DRY GOODS.
Checks, peryd 7* @
&E£dSo %
Drills. 0 ©
Jeans f 85 ©
Sheeting «...
Shirting 5* ©
HARD WAS AMMUNITION. ETC.
Bar Iron —.... . 3J*
Trace Chains so
Haimaa .. r ,.........,. ..- T —i „ ... 60
Back Bands .. 25
Plow Stocks, Haiman -1 74
POWDER-Rifle. per keg .6 40
Blasting 3 25
Shot, per sack —— 2 00
Lead io
AMES SHOVELS—1, Long Handledl 00
** Short •• 125
Long “ 90
Short “ ....„100
Axes, per dox
.—5 60
MX
Horae Shoes, Juniata....
Mnle s
Feathers ...
Tallow—
Honey —
Turnips
Butter, Good Country...
LARD—Tierces
Tubs and Kegs..
EGGS
Razs...™
HIDES—Dry Flint , _
Green 4 ©4*.
Salted 6 ©
BEEF CATTLE—Gross— 2)6©..
Net 4 <a.
MACKEREL—X bbls., No. 1.. 5 00 ©.
2 8 50 ©
8 3 60 ©
Kits, 1 ,.... 90 © 100
SALT—
Small lots..
80
90 © 10
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/brraery form of
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Itching, Scaly, Pimply, Copper Colored,
6crofulous, Inherited, and contagious humors,
blood poisons, ulcers, abscesses, and infantile
■kin tortures, the Cuticura Remeal
ble.
lies are infiilli<
Cuticura Resolvent, the new blood purler, din-
J *“ 4 *“ ” :rma from the
removes the
ire, instantly
allays itching and inflammatian, clears the skin
and scalp, heals ulcers and sores, restores the
complexion. Cuticura Soap, an exquisite skin
beaulifier and toilet requisite, is indispensable in
treating skin dlseasee, and for rough, chapped, or
greasy skin, blackheads, blotches, and baby hu
mors. Cuticura Remedies are the only infallible
blood purifiers and skin beautifiers.
Chas, Houghton, Esq., lawyer. 28 Slat* Street,
Boston, reports a esse of Salt Rheum under his
observation for ten years, which covered rhe pa-
ibs, an -* *—*-* * ** *
lent had been applied without
benefit, which was completely cured solely by the
Cuticura Remedies, leaving a clean and healthy
mass., writes: uur mui ooy was terribly asuev
ed with Scrofula, Salt Rheum, and Erysipelas
“vsr since he wa~ v — —**
ye him helped
which
— cdles, which gradually cured him, until he
is now as lair as any child,
if. fi. Carpenter, Henderson, N. J., cured *f
Psoriasis or Leprosy, of twenty years’ standing,
by Cuticura Remedies. The most wonderfUlcure
on record. A dustpanful of scales fell from him
dally. Physicians and his friends thought he
must die. Cure sworn to before a justice of the
peace and Henderson’s most prominent citizens.
Mrs. 8. E. Whipple, Decatur, Mich^ writes tEa
almost raw.
Buffered fearfully and tried everything,
nently cured by the Cuticura Remedic
skin humor.
Bold by all druggists. Cuticura. 50 cents; Re
solvent, |1; Soap, 25 cents. Potter Drug and
Chemical Co., Boston. Mi—
UWIW VU., DUMVU, HUfi.
Send lor “Ho* to Cun Skin Dlscxscs.”
Cure for Piles.
The first symptom of Piles is an intense itch
ing at night after getting warm. This unpleasant
sensation is immediately relieved by an applica
tion of Dr. Boaaako’s Pile Remedy. Piles In all
forms, Itch, Salt Rheum and Ringworm can be
permanently enrsd by the use ol this neat rem
edy. Price 60—- " --- 1 —* *
view
Messrs. Haile & Mower. Atlanta, Ga.—Gents: I
havo used your Elixir Mandrake A Bachu, and
found relief from a sick headache which I have
suffered from for the pest twenty-five yean, and
recommend it to all otders similarly affected.
Mas. E. J. Johnson.
A BLACK BALLOON.
Springfield, O., March 27.—
Travelers on the Bee Line say that
Tuesday’s cyclone resembled an
enormous black balloon, and where
it reached the skirts of the woods,it
cut the trees down like a huge
6cythe.
The father, mother and wife of
Tobe Turner, under sentence of
death for killing Shuttles in Meri
wether county, were before Gov
ernor McDaniel this afternoon in
hisbehaif. The people of that coun
ty are petitioning for a commuta
tion of the sentence, as the supreme
court has refused a new trial. The
interview to-day was deeply affect
ing.
McPherson, Kan., March 27.—
Last Friday a man named Herold
opened a saloon in Canton, this
county, in defiance of the law. On
Monday he got into a row with one
of his drunken customers, and was
shot by a constable. The women of
the place raided his saloon Tuesday
and poured his liquors into the
street, and he now realizes that pro
hibition prohibits. The conduct of
the women is endorsed by all good
citizens.
Eukaula, Ala., March 26.—Mr.
W. A. Huguley, the butcher, slaugh
tered an eight months old heifer,
which he bought from M. J. J. Jol
ley, Quitman county, Ga., that had 1
two separate and distinct hearts, ful
ly developed and full of blood—one
on the left and the other on the
right side, and which he bad on
exhibition at his beef market They
were the subject of examination by
some of our physicians and scien
tists.
Gonzales, March 36.—Burleson,
a negro, was lynched hare to-day
for attempting rape upon a German
lady. The latter identified Burle
son. ‘The officers endeavored to
protect the prisoner, but a large
crowd tore down the jail fence in
their eagerness, overpowered the
officers, took Burleson out half a
mile and hanged him. He would
neither confess or deny the commis-
aion of the crime;
Violent.
Corrosive sublimate is the usual form
of mercury given for blood and skin dis
eases, and it is one of the most active and
violent poisons. A case Is on record of
the death of a child from the effect) of
corrosive sublimate sprinkled on an ex
coriated surface. Taken in small doses
lor a length of time, it gradually settles
In the tissues and bones, producing mei*
curial rheumatism and other diseases
equrlly as painful. Persons who have
been poisoned in this way, or who suf
fer from any blood camplalntor akin hu
mor, should by all means take a course
of Swift’s Specific, which ia the only
vegetable preparation which will elimi
nate this poison from the system. Send
for acopy of Treatise on Blood and Skin
diseases, free. The Swift Specific Co.,
Drawers, Atlanta, Ga.
London, March 28.—In conse
quence of the Duke’s death the mar.
riage_of Princess Victoria, of Hesse,
nd
Prince Louis, of Battonhurg,
and of Pnncess Elizabeth and
Prince of Anhalt, have been post
poned.
rvueauaa.
X had for thirty-eight years suffered
very spring ana summer with ’Poison
»ak, which X contracted in bathing when
Oak, which! contracted in bathing when
I was a boy. I tried everything for it,
including many physicians, but without
any benefit. J took six bottle of Swift’s
Specific, (SL A 8.) four ymrs ago. and
It cured me sound and weU. Three
summers have passed, apd f haye nsd
no return of It.
Jorera BAtaur, Columbus, Ga.
Mrs. Wm. Kirby, of Jasper coun
ty, committed suicide by ehooting
herself. She bad been married but
n abort time, and too much mother'
in-law was the trouble.
John Naves, a young man Bring,
this place, has been
years with one of the mostangry-J
ing eating cancers that I ever a^w.
nose baa been eaten away, and the
cerwaa feeding Itself on hU f
mouth and throat, and all tboi
would
clfloai , L
ter the first bottle he could attend to bus
iness, and alter five bottles be isnea,riy
or quite well. The poteen tus hew
forced from his system, and ha tea n$*r
man. M.F.Crcmlxv.M.D. Oglethorpe,
Enough to give a benefit to all the poor she knev;
I’d pan a heap ol happiness oat of her dear old
(see;
Bat mother's struck a lead of gold la quite a dif
ferent place.
My girl? Well, maybe this Is soft; but since the
uestlon's put
t tell this
.ass
tosny onoeicaptatender-
(•he tu x
We UMd to climb ttoee Eastern
eh*nnii.c witch),
And prospect on whu we would de whan I hid
“struck It rich.”
But her old fmther hadn't the heart to let.us mtx-
soYshook off Yankee dust and took a Wes
tern tour.
My trip It lasted several yean. The old man
(Tiered so doubt,
I swore I never would comeback till I coaid bay
him oat.
Yon don't know what It li to hunt and dig from
da j to day.
To strike a vein that almost shows, than dodges
clean away.
*° U d^imost died!*' k * T ” I0U ,ttrTed . “d
With treasures that yon couldn't find heaped np
on srery aider
And then her letters wandered, like; then taper-
efi to tp end;
I wondered on It for a while, than wrote a school
boy friend;
And joss as I had struck this mine, and soy old
heartbeat high.
There caam a letter np the gulch—it was my
friend's reply.
"She's been a wandering In her mind; the other
afternoon
She went within the asylum walls, as crasy as a
loon."
A nub ecmsa tba barrel plains, a tnafilah railroad
ride.
And I main tea asylum, ton, e-knaeUagat her
Will stand for serrice at my house, on ths Lex
ington road, about 71-2 miles bom Athens dur
ing this season. The above breed of horses am
now becoming very popular in nil parts ot the
txy; crossed upon the common stock of our
they invariably produce animals of good
S alas, of great docility, courage end endurance, an-
lor for work ofalikiods, except trotting on
track, where great ipeed is required. They
haoe been bred in France tor can to rise to the
above qualities, and nr- superior to any other
breed oi hence fo produce them. Insurance S20.
mllwlm A. H. WEEKS.
thought she know me, just at first; hot soon ths
shrank away.
And never locked at ate again, whatever I might
say.
She warden round, nr crouches Inn western
window dlche.
And says, “My lave will come to ne when he has
struck It neb.”
Howard or look for me. Oh, hat the Beaten
Andie
And somathmgnemsd to always say, -go hack
' -ame back; rad In this hut my purpose Is
ilierwlthhl, treasure bright already stowed
r» iSLa^CtehUr and Board ot qnlta a weal-
With
SS1e*SSS;
myself to ptceio and noon#
But nothing mike* my heart heat fast-end I am
With not^i UxtngAo loner leave except this pUo
But I ha-e learned a thing or twai I know aa acre
• as fate,
Wken wC'leck up ear llvsa, tee geld key cones
tkaa tkroagh those key
too late;
A *'&tey*.B7S5r* i
I owned a hearL mod did nat know that I had
struck It Ahl
twin's fffsolfio.
■u entirely a vegetable preparation!
and should not be confoqndpd with the
various infitetkma, non pscretfmmbugs,
“Soocua Alterane,” ate., allot which
either contain Mercury and Potash, or
areromporedor °« reifoftte whit* hare
longataSiSendiscardedaaof no value
in tti^^^B^etajjkeBreammsBs
nope
whichU
Swift’s Specific. ■
8 wilt’s fipaglfio <J3-
■■■ng ihtite mak
nothing
JTlTlt SW'Fffi.'Ksffi
the irtnlslatratfan of
d In John R. Crane, ooant?
In aaeh other person or per-
KiiSfiS&t
ASA X. JACKBOOT, Ordinary.'
1 by
Sola
r./c
Aaattaro*
1
ORANGE RIFLE POWDER,
LUCY HINTON TOBACCO, ,
■■■-> JPNBR08E TOBAO Os
OLD OAKEN BUCKET TOBACf
LORILLARD’S CLIMAX, TORA<
SON BRO
C
jio’/:
Sacco. 1
CENTRE 9 §g£ C Er“TOBA(!:C 0 .
>and from Mlll qVery morning.
ATHENS BOOK HOUSE!
Have always on hand'—
School Books, f ; ‘
Blank Books, •
Iiiks, Paper,
, , , Pens of all kinds.
CRAM’S 'NEW SlAP OF <3EO. $1.50.
Orders promptly filled ’find, satis
faction iq goods add prices guaran
teed. Give us a call.’ 1 •
J W & EL W. BURKE,
1 ATHENS, GEORGIA:,
mptoarty.
Nptic©! •
o fishing, with seine or net. will be
. l lYECARIX>A'DWJMt»v > • >
,, Jat.il TWO.CARLOAD^OATm.
' ' , ‘ P 0NE CAR^OADWr,\R,
•' -’<• :■100 BAGS GOFFER,
nuil'jd vnb on! I _ m . 2WHOXES SOA!\
Prompt attention to,orier3 v %i"P.''o:ie Y,. «n.
LINE
D WATT, CASTS CHILLED
& co;s.
Oconee Co., GrwJune 11,1883.—Gentlemen: In answering your inquires as to what I think aWu ^
,/att Plow, I must say that I consider it one of the best plow:* now in use: It is the cheapest and do«
better work aocordingto price than any plow in „use in preparing ar.4 cultivating both com nml cotton.
.> Respectfully: ■ 1 ! < JAS A I’KICE.
Messrs. Childs, Nickerson and Co., Athens, Ga.: I have used your plows in all sorts of laud, and i (*„
truthfully say that they do the pretti est and most satisfactory work 1 havp ever seen
Watkinsville. Oconee Co., Ga^ June 3;.1883. ■ 1
G. H HAMEL
GREAT EXCITEMENT!
.1!
-AT-
FEARLESS OF COMPETITORS. ;
DRY GOODS SLAUGHTERED 1
Summer Silks,
In plain aud fancy cplors, .only 47c. a yard.
Black Gros Grain Silk, 62c.
Black Gros Grain Silk, 85c. worth 81.50, A big drive.
Brocaded Satins, only 50c. a yard; worth double the money.
WILL OFFER AS A PARALYZER:
All Wool Nun’s Veiling, 20 and 25e; ! yard.
5,000 Yards Bunting; only 12 l-2c. a yard.
big bargains in white goods!
Victoria, Bisdops, Persian and Linen Lawns, Nainsook, Jacconets, Dot
ted Swiss, Piques, all at low prices.
.> 100 dozen all Linen Towels, at 10c.
The prettiest Napkins and Doyles, at very low prices.
Table Damasks in Red and White, cheaper than ever,
Laces. Linen; Silk and Coton, fromilc. a yard up. .
i Embroideries very cheap: . , / • ^ n Ti-- 1
5,000 yds. figured Lawns, at 4 l-2c. 1 1
10,000 yds. Calico, only 4c. yard.. . '
■ In Bleaching, Sea Islands and Sheeting , competition
defied.- """ v! *• ■■■’■>* •■ ■■
1 ■ Lr 7 • j , i j j >iL ,r, j; ,
Shoes and Slippers guaranteed to save you 25 per ct
Undoubtedly the largest and finest stock in Milli
nery in the city. *
Call and examine our Goods. 'You are welcome, whether purchaser or
not. Respectfully, j
L.
by Lone
MAGNOLIA ACID,
MATCHLESS
PERCHERON
wramj*"COTTON GROWER.
MERRYMAN'S AM. DIS. BONES,
-FOR SALE BY-
0C0NEE COUNTY
Legal Advertisements.
ORR & HUNTER.
ATHENS, GA.
Oconee 'Monitor.
QCON BE 8HKRIF F 8ALE.—Will be sold, on
J the first Tuesday !n May next, before the
court house door in Watkinsville, Oconee coun
ty, within the lecal hours of sale, to the highest-
sad best bidder for cash, the following property,
to-wit One parlor organ, WjlooxA White, style
507, No. 5,807. end one organ stool. 8aid organ
sad stool levied on and to be sold to satisfy s fl
fa, obtained on an attachment for purchase mom
•y. FI fit issued from county court, ‘Jcoonee
county, Marsh 17th. 1884, F. Kroyer vs. Charles
R. Winn. This Stth day of March, 1S84.
alwlt B, B. OVEKBT, 8he»4ff
A. R. ROBERTSON,
M .DEALER IN PLAIN AND ELABORATE 7
0NUMENTS AND TOMBSTONE
At-pm, Ga
A Urge lot of finished work na hand ready for letterini
. and get my prices. A. B. ROBERTS
jail 15-wkljr ‘ .
s
CLARKE LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
f Oconee c
O conee sheriff sale.—wui be sold before
the courthouse door in Watkinsville, in Oco
nee, on the first Tuesday in April next, within
'* legal hours fig sale, to the highest bidder, for
», the folloi " ** “ ~~ *
described
1 property,
852 scree, i
to-wit:
nine at a red cak on the Farmington andSafem
road aud running with said road south BOX, east
8 80, south 47 1-2, east *.47. south 84 l-4.esat i».9t,
thence south 24 1-f.west 6.15, south 281-8, west
4.20, south 86 l-8,;WCSt 5.93, south 271-4, west 27.8,
south 871-8, west 7.75. to a Spanish oak, thence
north 84, west 34. north 881-2, west 88.60, to a
stake, thence with the Farmington and Madison
road north 12, cast 4 OS, north 261-2. east 1.69,
north 8, east21.5, torn walnut, thence along north
85; cast _ 00.83, .along a „ dividing line
S KORGIA CLARKE COUNTY-Whereas, Thoa.
C. Hamnton.administrmtor ofKIlza A. Hampton
cc’d, applies to mcjfor leaveto sell nil the real es-
tateof said dec’d, tfihrtt: One hquse and lot in the
city of Athens, on corner of Hancock avenue and
Pulaski street, containing one acre more or lesu.
These are therefore to cite and notify all concern
ed to «how cause at the regular term of the court
of Ordinary of said county, to be neld on the first
Monday of April next, why said leave should not
be granted. Given under my hand at office, This
day of March 1884.
“ A8AM. JACKSON. Ordfoary,
Id day or Mai
Mar!V28d
r BORGIA, CLARKE COUNTY - Whereas
U Thoibas C Hampton, executor of Jonathan
Hampton, deceased, applies to me for leave to sell
all the real estate es eald deceased, to-wit: One
house and lot in city of Athens, lying on Lamp-
kin street, adjoining lots of J E Walls and Wm D
Johnson; also two lets’of land In said otto oi Ath-
,*i A. * a J|W« “
■sresmsseeeneess^M beginning
red oak corner Levied on a> the propertj of
James H. Middlebrooka, to ulUl* two fi for la-
raedfremtho county courto! Oconeeroonty,
SS. urm, irsj, and Del. WrA, ISM, la fovor of
T\*B-lS>tk ACo. tv J. H. Middlebrooka. Writ-
en» on Lumpkin rtreet, adjoining lota of are. Le
aner. J. B. Too mgr and other,, AUq one undi
vided hall lauren In tract of land contalng sixty
: kam ■" - *“
In Jaekwq county, known ante* Colt’a mill placet
containing « acres, more or leev Them are
therefore to dtn and notify all concerned to show |
cable at the r
& EOROIA, OCONEE COD NTY.—Whereas, L.
B. N. Cochran, admlnlrtmtor, da bools.ana.
Thomas N. Frallaln. Jr. repretenu to, the
court In hla petition, duly uednad,
record, that he ha* fully
N. Fonluin’a, Jr. natal,.
term ol the Court ol Ordtna-
next, vM'leMSiTdM
(rented. Given under my hand at offioe, thU the
nd day of March, 18FL ABA M.JJ
ry of aside
in April 'a
(rented. GL
GEORGIA CLARKE COUNTY^-Whereav Ka
II than B. Davis, executor of the estate of Miss
Lucy E Diggers, late of said county, deceased, ap
plies in terms of the law for a discharge from said
executorship. Tbeee are therefore tod to and ad-
i.v ... —--- f ‘ - rsgiilsTlsnu
ity to be held
THE
DRY GOODS
With slilts slaughtering has begun, and we throw the guantlcttn all crusn.ler* r
give battle to our matehles* Low Prices. This is the proclatuaun
S. NATHAN,
LEADER OF ATHENS DRY GOODS MARKET!! 1
Next door to Long’s drug store.
yard; A {Shirtinp 5c; A Sheotiii", fl; FucSorv 1
(leeching, 11c; Cabot Bleaching. 7c: Kc ihf 'r Tick- H
All prints 5 cents per _
7 l-2c; Wamsntta bleeching,
ing, 15c, Cretonne, 15c, Victoria Lawn. 12c, Towels, very “ood, dc
Towels, better, 10c, Towels, extra, lGc, Towels, best, 2-ic,
Cottonades, 12 l-2c. We challenge any bouse
in Athens to match us in prices.
-OUR-
SPRING STOCK
is now in and we invite the ladies to call and examine the goods wheth
er they desire to purchase or not Our .stock consists of cotton
and woollen dress goods, Nun’s veiling, Cashmeres, bro
cades, lawns, table linen, ta bio oil clothe-, laces, cm-
, broideries, corsets, gloves, hosierv, pins, nee
dles, ric rac braid, feather edge braid,
garter web, ribbons, veiling, tucking combs, handkerchiefs.etc.
A LARGE STOCK OF LADIES’, MEKS’*AND C'HIl.llR KN>
SHOES! SHOES!
!
Just received twenty-five cases.of Canton, Milnn, Coburg. T.-me, !!r H
Leghorn, Fayal, Tuscan And Chip Hats, in all tbo new styles, iliapf-.u! 1
patterns, Tips, Feathers, Wings and Buckles. Satins in all grades and
shades. Hats trimmed to order from 50 cents to $10.
; S. NATHAN,
NEXT TO LONG’S DRUG STORE
BUY-
Six different kinds of Two-Home .Cultivutors; gimrantecd to satisfy.
A variety of Ono-Horse Cultivators end Double Foot Plovis.
The Spring Tooth Sulkey Harrow—a first-class Cultivator.
The Thomas Smoothing and Acme Harrow*—Fine Cultivators.
..TheHues’ 8ulkey Plow, for breaking land; won 1 choke '
The Syracuse and Oliver Chill Plows. ,
The Boy Dixie Weikles* and Halmao’s Poncy Steel Plow.
The Boca and Globe Cotton Planter’s—nothing bettor.
Firefly Garden ITows and Lawn Mowers.
The Gregg Perry Ro/ce and Buckeye Reapers.
The Meadow King Mower and Horco Hay Rakes-
The EclipseFarquhar Paxton and Bookwalter Engines.
Cotton Gins and Presses, Sorghum Mill Evaporators.
The Farquhar Eclipse and 8wecpssake*Separatoro/etc.
Cora Mills, Shingle Machines and other machinery .implements.
The Old Hickory Wagon, Ferguson and Blount’s One-horse *Con. , v
A frill line of Columbus, Ohio, Cortknd, N. Y„ and Cincinnati Buggies, Carriage • am. 11*
And a full line of Harness. , ’ _ _
J. N. MONTGOMERY,
Broad Street, Athens. (>a.
W- MCKINNON,
BLACESMITHING AND REFAIK1NG SII0I’
monisk all concerned to show at the...
of the court of ordinary of said county WOT
on the first Mondays July next, why said di»-
3 should not
aLoMo,
mll-oatm
Given ondar ay
K'HraSufrfaG o.
A DMINISTRATOR'S SALE!—By vUtnofan
order from the court ofc Ordinary of Clarke
■t Tuuday in April
county, between
rad citaMof Mrs,'
. tho ooort boau U mid
tbo legal hour* ofsqle, ten. red
Camandra W. McWhorter, la raid oounty, to-wlt;
One undivided half lntereat in houia and lotto
‘ &
houso and lot to dty ol Athena,
which eontalna about K «C
' BS-wtda TOofa-W.™
• aaaiiaaasBSS
JACKSON STEET..NEXTTO R. IT. Al.LEV’S.
All kind, of Smithing and Repairs done *t short notice. Only tho bc-t work'
iM. M*F-SatUf«oUon guaranteed in every Instance..
GUNSMITHING.
GUNS and PISTOLS of all kinds repaired in the best nianncr.
; ! ' ■> GUNS Stocked to order.
imiF^
WHAT IS THIS!
fully lulmlnlBlerM Thomas
mSSHSHPSHSSate. This la tharefore to
Joining lands of John Mvnna, Georgs AWrray, Al-
ta^^aim. lingh.T fhrllhere—
ac the
WORCESTER’S
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QUARTO DICT10NART,
Twt uuroerr and -out dorvuTC oictionaW *
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