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Oumtitvillo, Qu.
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jACKHON & THOM AM.
attorneys AT tAW, (i
Athens, (■«,
Oibm 5uut<i West Comer of College Avenue
nuil l'Uyto:i Street, also at the Court House.
All lautNoMri^rrifukiMjmMnts, .-an jtet
liHun way time by apply in* w ih« County
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ATTORNEY AT UW,
Athens, Ga.
ft 1
Prompt attention given to all tmsineH. anti
the same reapectfully solicited. jnnll-ly~
Po.ru Harrow. * tl. C. Barrow, Jr.
JJurrow Itros., ^
ATTORNEYSi^lj j^YY; m
Athene, Ga.
Offlec over Talmadge, Hodgson <te Co.
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J3 K. THHAHlIKIt,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Wntkiusvillc, Go.
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Office iu former Ordinary’s Hfficc-
janSS-lSTS-ly
p G. TIIOM MOIY,
* ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Special attention |whI to criminal practice.
For reference apply to Ex-Gov. T. IL Watts
and lion. 1 •iviu Clojdon, Montgomery, Ala.
Office over Po-l OlRce Athens, Gn.
tel*;;, is;.'.-: r
JO IIX W. OWEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Timor. City, Go.
Till practice in all the counties, of the West-
t’iro.ii.. Hurt and Mn.lisou uf the Northern
Will
urn
Circuit. Will give special ultoakm to all claims
entrusted to liis care. «oUKMS75-ly,
L.
Lamar Cobh. IIowkli. Com;.
it ii. comv; t < j y§i o.
y - - L -f niiifjffas - v A gamzed./ %iee« :
Sr Atiicns, .a ! empress of India.
jijlfi ivj jl .. ....
oim- in us (ijp .»eek miner the iibov
ii? **, which ,nci^ to the writi-r
! >•' tin- ^ililin |Mt.a. Ilf t*oiii-
iiictieedliis newspaper work on t i*
/fcnti;er iu 1H«T, wlnn it wji* owned
;ti* l publish, djtn* tin* Inti* Janies A
nit to set* dice
ulil name n**ttSectcd. \Ve cmdially
wi>li lor Mil F. Cothba, tlic pro
ot prosperity..
As in Tne JH^ToM.'ihe 1 'Banker
will sustain the faith of its founders
ami staunch friends, among whom
we jjiygnl jo Vecall the names of
HtMVlJ^CobhfWtfiiain Hope Hull,
Junius Hillyer, Jatues Jackson, Ii op-
kins Holsey, amt others. It was a
power in tljc Jau«l in those days, mid
knew no variableness nor shadow of
turning in iu 8t$nnch and victorious
Htlvoeacy of Democratic principles.
We salute the old Banner, and trust
it may long wave as of old in victory
and pi*nsjlerinrtiver the old battle'
groinnl of Northeast Georgia.
1877.
Under the abo^fr bending the At'
lanta Constitution of the 1st, devotes
nearly an entire page to a ClivottO'
logical History ofr the events of the
old year, livthi general anil local.
From the general heading we copy
till* following historical events of Jan-
uary:
1. The Louisian
Undeclared
Oconee Hi
Oconee
Oconee Hi
Oconee Uf
Ocone**
Middle
Middle
Middle
ise plaW passes the
i<irty.seven j|o l
ehtdeihciulfadgi* Ditvid Davis M&1
Uniteti States senator from Illinois by
•tW® of * *Hjl «£ftinst 94 lor Judge
Lawrence, of Chicago.
id Th« comprnmUe plan passes the
house by a vote of 191 to 86,68 of the
nays being republicans: 32 of the re-
publicans vote in- favor of the measure.
Hen Hill is elected to the senate from
Getmtia, and Senator Davis is re-elected
for the It mg term from West Virginia,
and Congressman Hereford Tor the
short term.
28. The senate elects its members ot
the commission on the couut, Messers.
Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghuysen, re
publican, and Messers. Bayard and
Thurman, democrats. The house sel
ected Messers. Payne, Ilunton, and
Abbott, democrats, ard Garfield and
Hoar, republicans. The Judicial
beuclt consists of Judges Miller und
Strong, republicans, and Clifford ard
Field, democrats.
29. Judge Bradley is chosen the fifth
judge of the commission.
Stmuf : Lo«Mty
Middle
Middle
Middle
Middle
Middle River.
Middle ~
Midde
Barbours
Barbours
Barbours
Barbours
Barbours
Trail Cl
Sandy
Sandy
Sandy
Phinisy
Niceley'
McNutt’s
McNutt’s
McNutt’s
McNutt's
(handler’s
Creek at.-.
Briar Creel
Creek at
Cedar
X
Carlton’s
Forks ....... Above Low Water.
... Factory...
Fsc’. to Fork
r’sSlioalk.—;
aKsli. !
ihcns Factory .....
jr Factory !
last combined
ton’s Bridge.
Shoals. ...
Shoals ...
& I’atman..
lee Milts...
inceton Factory-
" above P’11*
shoal above P’n.
Shoal.. .. ..
a Saw Mill
Ul
1. burnt mill
1. burnt mill:
above mill...!
m. above Gin....'
Armory. i
j?*o
ts,»
if «l!£l Ifi *3
fr 18-
SS j|s j|
~ -4 (
Sri P- 1
774.0! 83.2! 61 7: I
CtO.O; 37.6 20.7 19.0 714.9
■137.0 37.8‘ 80.0, 18 0 690.4
328.li! 37 4 29.5 20.0 748.0
128-0! 37 4 29.5' 9.0 3:S6.f,
312.0 85 6 28.1 13.5 480.6
31*2.0 35.6 78.11 J .0 640.8
312.0; 35.6, VS.I 31.5 1121.4
440.0! 60.2; 6 0 6.0. 301.2
390.0; 44 6! 35.6, 36.0il 03.0
390.0 St.S 35.6 25:0 1*I2*5 — .
390.0, 44.5; 35.6 61.0 2^16 5'2171 6!
39!.0 ( 44.8 35-7, 16.0 7 16.8 571.2;Use 13 Feet.
402.0; 45.8j 36.2- 17.0 778.6! 615 4!
4O2.0, 45.8 86.21 5.0 229.0 i81.0j
402*01 45.8! 36 2 10.0 138.0 ‘
564.3
540.0!
590.0
285.5 Bi low Athens
37y,5 ! sboals.
.,05.8'
885.1J
240.0 : Dam included
1281.6:
890.0
400.0 45.6! 36.0
396.0
ing M Miii.3Z
’s Gin
ing’s Milt.
loii’M Mill......
*s Old Mill
Our New Heading.
There having been some naisunder-
stniuling between the engraver and
ourselves with reference to the Design
of our New Heading, its arrival has,
in consequence thereof, been some
what delayed. Readers will please
he lcliicnt until it* arrival. ’ / '
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• »v »L
tMor’s Inn
rnct's Mill
Shoals
FT-
28-0
12.0
12.0
11.0
11.0
26.0;
14.0
28.0
6.0
2.0
2.0
12 0
12.0
13.0
14.0
1.5
1.5
2.0
6.0
8.0
6.0
1.5;
8.0
44.0, 35.3 6.0
3 2! 2.5! 18.0
1.4; 1*11 10.0
M! 1.1 18.0
1.2; 1.0! 6 8
1*2 1 0. 15.0
2.7; i-2 26.0
1.6 1-2 20.0
8.2 2.51 15.0
0 7; 0.6 12.0
0.2[ 0 16 20.0
0.2: 0-11, 16.5
14! 1.1 12.0
1.4 . 1-2! 15.0
1.5 »•«! 10.0
1.6! 1*3: 15.0
0.17| 0-16 22.0
0.17, 0*13; 32.0
0.2> 0.16! 10.0
0.7; 0.56, 11.0
0.9! 0.7 15 0
0.7 0.56 13.0
0.17 O.I3I 11.5
361.8
264.6
57.6
14.0
25.2
7.2
18.0
64.8
32.0
48.0
8.4
4.0
3.3
16-8
21.0
15.0
24.0"
3.7
5.4
2.0
7.7
13.5
9.1
362.5:with 6 ft dans
288 0, First Share
211.8'iabove Prince
45 Oiton.
11.0
19.8 Inclu lea a
d.O.higher dam.
15.0 Includes dam
51 8|
24.0
37.5!
7.2!
3.2;
2.6
13.2
16.5 This pond
12.0 can be bad.
' 19.5
2.8
4.2|
'1.6
6.1
IO.5!
6.3!
l.s!
. , Uncle Moses* Lesson.
ishunro' uor- ; .... .2} *
A* ',7 . w -
-Manufacturing Advantages j
the estimates given. For instance,
Of eftarke Comity. I if the machinery runs twelve hours
Some wL n^7 _ we learned that mid the pond acemnlales water with*
Dr. Georgf Little, State Geologist, 0,11 waste d " rill g the otllcr tweIve >
was about send one of his parties the power would be doubled. If the
Into our wwfAo moke the survey P«nd acciunttlate.l for only one-tl.ird
or' the wauf-powe. s of this section, of lhe ni S ht * or four hours, then the
Uncle Moses is the chief executive j Moss, Davit! C. Barrow, E. K. Lump-1
’ lilict in Dcupo-
Iel>j2-ls76-ly
Ai.kx S. Erwin.
,’RWIN & COB'
ibul.imjr,
Axdhkw J. Cobb.
ATTOUNKYS AT LAW.
AtliciiK, G:-.
Office <111 Corner of ltiunit mu! Thomas street!,
over t'iiiliia, Nieker!-<*n «fc Co.
fel>2*2-is7'!-ty
^ M. COCHRAN,
‘.aTTortinsrs: ast i-aw,
G imoHvillc, (ia.
ii E-tate mi I G-neriil J.nnd Aifent fort lie
r 1, ;i.-e an-1 Mite of Mineral uu.l Fnrminp
i, ;!!.!. in Hall, mnl tin- other enunticrof North*
.■; t (i oi-ri.i. Mineral ores tented amt titles to
pr;|>-rt\ iin-ostij;iiteil. Special attention (fiven
to too p,i.-eh:is.' suul sale of eitv property,
nia . — inn .1 N. tlOnsEV. Attorney.
Mi-CUItUV,
y.SIlUItV
Attsrnoy a-fc X*a-cxr,
IIaktwkll, Gkoroia,
Will pivot ice in the Superior Courts of North*
f i»i (j - >1 oi.t and Supreme Court ut Atlanta.
Anjf 8. 1ST-! tf
Alkx. S. Ekwin,
Athens.
■Iaoilb K. I.vi.k,
Watkinsville.
J YI-i: cSt EHWIN,
A T/’HUSKY'S A T LA IF.
ice in partnership in the Superior
■in-e County, and attend promptly
iM hiisiiiuss intriisted to their earc.
jiut'-din.
Will pi
STT3XSTE3S CAlRIDS-
rjt t. 11.FB,
TWa-fcalitaaTOsor Se Jovrolor,
\t Miehael’store, nextdoorto Reaves A Nicli-
•isoti’s, Broad street, Athens, Georgia. All
work warranted 12 months.
septl2-tl'.
p St'U AKKtdt,
COTTOST STJTTEI^
Toooa City, Ga.
lliulicHt. price paid for cotton. Ajreut
■ or Winship’s Gins and Press. oc20-la75-tf
ijy lt. LITTLE,
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Oaruosville, Ga.
ciiA«. c. tonrs, m. r. x. rtk.
JONES <Sc EVE,
ATTOKilYS AND t;OU\SKLL«RS AT LAW
SIBLEY’S NEW BUILDING.
»U RlttlAU STIIKKT, AI'BI'S I A, LKORUIA.
06-rtm _ _
j^IVKRY ANII SALK STABLE.
Cari’lnn<»s, ltuxjles& horses
tor hire. 'Cerius reasonable. _
E. M. WIHTEII- AD,
\V ■shiin'toi', Wilkes e-muty, Ga.
ov46-18T5-tf
2. Tim Louisiana legislature an*
nomtees the election of Packard Tlrnl
Aii’oiue. Wade Hampton cjills for
money to maintain the government of
South Carolina. Tlic Constantinople
conference to bring about {peace be
tween Russia and Turkey.
o. Gov. Drew, of Florida, is ittait'
gnra'ed.
4. Concnodr.rs Vanderbilt dies at
New York, aged 80. lie leaves a
ib.tntc of $1(10,000,000. James
Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New
Y ork Herald is horse-whipped by Fred
May. He challenges May to fight a
due!.
8. The Bennett-May duel look place
n Delaware. Fred May being wound
wd A large Russian fleet appears off
Charleston, 8. C.
9. The people assemble in New Or
leans, capture tlie police stations, the
arsenal, and the supreme court room,
patrol the streets, ^tirrunni the state
house, and hold Packard and the !eg-
i-lature prisoners Chailes Fox, an
eccentric New Yorker, dies and leaves
the gove.ninent $150,009.
11. Trains on the Virginia Midland
railroad and on the Chesapeake anti
Ohio railroad are wrecked, and fifteen
persons injured. News is received
from Ecuador, South America, that a
b tile was fought December 13 be
tween the constitutional and revolu
tionary forces ; 400 men were killed.
13. A heavy earthquake occurs in
southern California.
14. A great faiuige prevails in India.
Immense numbers of steamboats, tugs,
barges, etc, on the Ohio anil M monga-
helu rivers are swept away by the run-
ning ice; loss over $2,000,000.
10. A shower of serpents fell at
.Memphis Teun
1*5. To decide the presidency ques
tion the senate and the house decided
to meet in joint session, with acting
Vice Piesident Ferry in the chair, and
ail points of disagreement are to be re
ferred to a tribunal, compos, d of five
members from the supiciue court, five
irom toe senate, and five from the
1 house
i of a suburban colored Sunday School,
j Last Sunday, raising Ids black face
with its snowy fringe, he peered over
bis ante-bellum “stock” and collar at
the little nigs, who were buzzing like
bees iu a hive just under bis nose.
“ Ordah! children, ordah ! Don’t
ycr lieah me, children ? Leetle Jim
Lumpkins, dere, hesh dat talkin’ like
a cunstcrble on ’lection day ”
When Jimmie < eased liis con versa-1
tion, tlic chief executive resumed ;
11 1 i;i!is do (ij-tcnsliiin o!» de school i
ter de w ay v.mse been a carrvii.’ on j
dis I tressed day. i\ r ot ver bin a doin’ ? j
Y er knows! An’ <1.* \.av ver tongues ,
is bin a carruscalin’ is scaii’ioos.’’
kin and il)r. Ilenrv II. Carlton bad
and omitting those wli'.eh are csti'
fi.mishedl.im many' interesting data; ,n j‘ ted uvic0 ’ wo find ar ’; ,, « d / Uhu '*»
75.97 liorse-posver; this, after de*
ducting tlic loss increased by best
turbines. This mechanical measure
is equal to tlic work of 1500 of our
A covrisjioiident writes froin Men
ton, in France, to Nature:
“Last winter we occupied the
moms we now do at Menton. Early
in February we heard, as wu thought,
•lie song of a canary, and fmcied it
.was outside our balcony; however,
we soon discovered that, the singing
was in our salon, and that the song
ster was a mouse ; at t hat time the
weather was rather cold, and we had
a little fire, and the mouse spent most
of the day under the fender, where
we kept it supplied w ith hit' of bis
cuit ; iu a tew days it became quitg
tame, and would come 011 the hearth
in an c veiling and sing for several
hours ; sometimes it would climb up
the chiffonier and ascend a vase of
flowers to drink at the water, amt
then sit and sing on the edge of' thii
table ai d allow us to go quite neat'
to it willio.at ceasing its warble ; one
of its favorite haunts was the wood
basket, and i. would often sit and
sing on the edge of it. On Februa’ y
Pith, the Inst night of the carnival,
we had a number of friends in our
salon, mid the little mouse sang most
vigorously, much to their delight and
astoiilsment, and w r as no*, in the least
disturbed by the talking. In the
evening the mouse would often run
about the room and under the door
into, the corridor and adjoining rooms,
aud then return to its own hearth ;
month -
was
the.
smal'
.■tijj mutTvery Targe ears, wj
I
in regard to our water-powers, and
that .‘is sojii as the report could be
prepared, it would be sent them with
the request to publish the results in
our paper. We have received a full
report from the Engineer of the Sur
vey, Mr. C. A. L ickc, and tru-t that
* . !
H may give a new impetus to 0:11* J
manufacturing interests.
REPORT.
Engineer’s Office, Y
State Geological Survey, :-
Decemiier 27iit, 1877. j
Messrs. Mo-*, Barrow. Nickerson, Lumpkin,
Carlton, u.kI others *.
Gentlemen—L ist November, the
Tile black lingers pushed the tall physical survey of Georgia had been
collar back, and pulled the black chin
f n* ward.
“Now, I puts it ter ycr, >:
ver all lisscn, tin’ you, km,
Millies; I ax ycr dis question—IIow
memiy ev« s you cnilicns got
Chorus—*‘ Two.’’
*• IIow memiy motives ycr got
Uiitiniiuoiislv—“One.’’
“ Wat docs dal mean ? Il means
yer mils’ see twice es much es ycr
tells. Noiv, how iiiciiuy yetvs yer
goi ?”
Chorus—“ Two.”
“ An’ how meniiy mouves ?”
“ One.”
“Dat means yer intis’ lieah twice
es much es yer talks. Now, ’iiiciuher
dis lesson, an’ yon, Henry Gills, con
tribute de papers ’roun’ Tore we jines
in prar.”—Memphis Avalanche.
carried up the Oconee river to a point
;ib. ve Fouteiioy Mills, at SenII Shoals,
1’do j where it was interrupted by high
Lize | watets and bad wctillier.
The volume of water is based upon
the measurements made above Fonte-
noy Mills. The volume passing that
point, lias been Ji-mbilled out to the
varolls streams aoovc, ii. proportion
to the area drained ny each, a s iglit
deviariou being made in some cases
where geological format ions indicate
—A tall, lank couutryin 111 stepped
into a Federal street store, and sr. d
he; “ I want a dollar’s worth of ci
gars; just do them lip and send them
aronud to the house.” As lie said
this he routed out ninety-two cent',
slapped the specie on a counter and
started for the door “ Hold on
there!” exclaimed the tobacconist,
who is a well-known advocate of the
silver hill, “there is only ninety-two
cents here.” “I know there is,
trie id , b it I haven’t goi one of
■ n 'itver dollars about me. Send
i ii ir uiii : as >0011 as possible.”—
Ci mien Cost.
average horses, working twenty-four
hours of each day, or 3,000 working
twelve hours of each day.
Taking no advantage of reservoir
accumulations, this sum will drive j
759,700 spindles with preparations,!
or 455,820 with accompanying looms. I
The t-sti nate for spin tics is a mean
between the “cap” and the “ ring,’»
and is only intended as a rough esii
mate, these figures varying much in
different factories.
1 have o uittcd the water-powers
.■utside ofClarke county. The coun
try tributary to Atneus, would double
this estimate
n it lain 1 eii mill
miles of tile railroad, are said to have
sixty-lwo feet fall. From walking up
1 lie banks, 1 think, tins probable.
Assuming this the case, wc have there
4310 horse-power, u-iu as hciorc.
only ilie run 01 the stream aud allow
ot per cent, for l>cst
moVo*l about much while singing ;
the song was- not unlike that of tlic
canary in many of its trills, and it
sang quite as beautifully as any cana
ry, but it had more variety, and some
of its notes were much lower, more
like those of the bullfinch. One great
peculiarity was a sort of double song,
which wo had now and then—an air
with an aecompaninent; the air was
loud and fn I, the notes being low
and the accnmpnuiincnt quite sub
dued. Some of our party woie sure
t hat there was more than one mouse
until we had the performance from
the edge of the wood basket and
were within a yard or two of it. My
soil has suggested that many oral!
mice may have the same power, but
that the note- are usually so much
higher in the scale that, like the cry
a more abundant water* bearing area
Y r uu wnl notice tlic stage of water
is given as “above low wat?r.’’ This
is a stage of water slightly above the
average low water of summer, which
latter is again above the minimum
low water of late summer or early
fall. Tiie stage of water, however, as
given in the table, is below the aver
age low water ot the entire year, and
much ’below the average low water
ot winter and spring.
I hai e inserted in the table two
columns, giving respectively the theo
retical and ; rail thlc horse-power
obtainable from one foot of tall.
These figures multiplied by the pro
posed head at the mill, will give the
power. Il iiiust lie remembered that
tliu'e daia apply to ilu* constant flow
<>f the stream, or work is considered
as going 011 uninterruptedly night
and day. 'Should a mill pond be
used which tores water over night,
this accumulation must b.* a Ided to
Lartu-it’s Shoals, j t|u» dormouse and the hat, they
»t Athens and eight , ;1 ,- e jj,,. verge of the pitch to wh ch
ill • hum 111 ear is sensitive ; this may
be so, but tin* uoies m our mouse
were so low, and even the highest so
tilt* within the limits of tlic human
ear. that. I am inclined to think the
gift ot singing in mice but ot very
rare occurrence ”
turbines
Tin* pr ncipal, and in fact, the only
material o jectnm to water powers is
our inability to mov • them to con
venient points lbr transportation.
With many of your water-powers,
this does not. apply, nor are any of
1 hem very remote from rail communi
cation. Another feature which im
pressed me favorably during my
9hort saay in your county was the
universal disposition among citizens
to have the water-powers improved,
disregardless of >niinediui<* remunera
tion. I believe your water-powers
uan be bought at a fair valuation, and
iu many eases, if owners were assured
ot substantial improvements being
made, they would he p.u led with tor
less than their value, 1 tic
owners expecting to realize benfit
-— Mr. Sydney Smirke, R. A, the
architect cl tlic Royal Academy, the
Carlton Club, the reading-room ot the
British Museum aud a 'urge number
< f other public buildings in London,
died on December 8th. at the age of
78 years. lie was a brother of the
late Sir Robert Smirke, the architect
of the British Museum and the Lou
don Postoflicc, and a son of the well-
known painter who illustrated so
many books in tin* early part of this
century.
—An orange tree in the Azores in
one year produced 20,000 oranges*
which were exported in perfect con
dition to England. In those islands
tin* exportation ul oranges has In—
i»re«e„t I come a v< ry imp itant industry,
i During the past year, they It ve
I yielded to Great Britain alone 209.-
fiom the genera' prosperity of t; e ! clM . 8 „f tin* fruit, worth ab*-ut
ceiituitimly. $-ulO.L00. The branches and trunks
Yours ivspeoiiuliv die Me s ir« tended t m. sea -
Ella
■ecu 111 iy
»>. A. Logkk.
meet* Pliy.-ie.il dnrvi
Ulhii.lv,
t e
I III! tin
pin nr<in
v usually attain
