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Tlocal I . S. District Attorney Angier is spend in u u fow weeks at Porter | Springs. now like tbo rainy sea it jars a ml rubbers , & Co’s. at ,1. F. Marshal Garret, who went fr. this county sonic .Tack-na county, died one day f week. Miss Blanch Gurley left on a visit to Bine Bulge lust Friday, 1 he hot days are driving many on j visitors from down the country to years ago to ■ Voider Springs, ist Remember that the college opens \ here the 2nd day of September 1 instead of the 9th. The lirst and largest tomato we have eaten this year was presented ypuv Grizzle died in this i ( Mr. J. J. Wild of (lavender's to us yesterday by Mr. BoydGur- )|v oll0 day last week. ; ( 'rci'k gold mine, is now spending ley. ^ a !l f .ow days at his homo in North I The catalogues of the N. G. A. c.iruliua ' *' *Dnggar Huntsinger, a liftccn will soon he ready for the j | year-old boy, was thrown from a Last Tuesday while Mr. W. F. | horse last Saturday and got one Tonkins, who has i Vv r oi lcy was on a wagon loaded j of his arms broken, ! with furniture, ililif \v::o nas omo time, Hj Vi (isorgo , . n in Gainesville for |, ;1 s returned home. Vfter a visit here of sever Mrs. Jasper Gaddis left Ijoiiio in Oklahoma this itinnths for her at Gainesville, the horso ran away, resulting in one of his feet being broken. Prof. .1. W. Boyd tilled the pul pit al the Methodist church last Sunday and Sunday night in the absenco of its pastor and was listened to with much interest by all who were present both times. A fellow walked six miles last Saturday here to get Mr. G. II. McGuire to fix a pistol. Had he been a subscriber to the Nugget he would hayc known that Mr. McGuire was out of town and saved his trip. Last, week in some portions of Lumpkin county tho farmers didn’t get to plow a furrow on ac count of so much rain, while at other places not enough fell to prevent them from going right on with their work. We regret to learn that Mi. James B. Witt, who has been sick at McCay’s Teriri., is no better. The price of flour has increased j He has eaten nothing except drank d cents on the barrel within the I a litilu soup, in near thirty days past few days, which will cause and is in a critical condition. We blacUbofiy pics to be more costly trust that a change will take place to the regret of all country editors, for the better and he will begin to What’s the matter with thej mc,u ^ .US’s? .J. E. McGee lost onej Last Saturday Jim Burk and iil Monday, and only a few days j Hammond Allen of White county, ro ll If. Menders W: Sons lost one. were brought in by Marshal Gm zlo and carried before Com. Baker, charged with illicit distilling. Mr. Crof. Moore was up Inst | Both wc»ro hound over and com- juday and reported the work on i milled to jail, where they remain. The Gainesville mail was delay- Pi | rlu ,iT than two hours last Stin gy on account of the downpour and rise of Squirrel creek. q p Sam McGee <>f Luion i,tV, one among our oldest sub- .. rihers, dropped in to see us last Monday. IIo reports farmers all Injsy now. little child of Dan Smith, which died at Ducktown, Tenn., | 4 week, was brought hack and buried in tho cemetery *1- the Methodist church in Auraria. Mr. David Whclchcl, who use logo to college at Dahloncgu, died few days ago in Thomas, Ala. The deceased has many relatives in birth Hall and Lumpkin counties. given that we haye learn dun! a j) dam ns progressing nicely, j c ed only a short while until bonds -iiig high enough and in such a mdition as not to be in but little laager of any damage during high Ivaters. Sunday was our birth day, but Jve didn’t have as big a time as as expected. The rain poured town in torrents most of the day, lad no one could come nor go, liiil ue could do nothing but sit [nil;think and sing of “Our friends Ivor there.” were made. di. I!. Cain of Porter Springs, [ft last Friday for Brush Prairie, otdi.. with the intention of mak- ^ U his future home. Mr. Cain 1 one among Lumpkin county’s N .young men, who goes well lu the upper portion of tho pountv last Thursday to tho right of Porter Springs, the rain fell in torrents for awhile, soon swelling the streams, causing a good deal of damage. A small grist mill be. longing to Mr. Ben Satterfield was entirely swept away, the hopper being washed a mile or so below. The fellow who brings liquor a short distance from town most every week, sells it cither by wholesale or retail. Recently when he came in a certain colored male member of tho church drops nod in And secured four gallons, it said, 1, which ho sold at 80 cents Lomnii'iided, and has a bright per quart and made all the P-ui'e before him. He has our st wishes. noticed one of our merchants jus week shipping' a sowing uia- | lllc Lick to keep from paying | :j special tax required of all deal proyided the manufacturers f 0 ’ 1 PM 7 the state a tax of $200 year fur the priviledge of their Osi'iics being sold within its 1|s - When this is not done di dealer is required to pay special tax. I " !nc the prettiest ladies’ pLci' inivo seen are made by Miss, i j ('‘Vender of this place, out “'“ Ks - Sho also makes the ' Ull! !lU( t dresses them and fixes I 1 " up so they can’t be told from Lwm.[ three dollar hat manufac ■' Atlanta, costing only i! ,() ' 00 cents. A lady i vo mid carried them l |s| Week to Oklahoma Tcr- 11 ; »y iho people who were Chapel on Shoal Creek, n j ,,! 'bS that Uncle Newt. 1 <u Lumpkin county, 1(> >hf satisfaction of all HI Ci .way mg some things " ! e. He's certainly '’'■j'Tthe doctrine of the Meth- He an vs that; it. is 'lu O',| Nu m. 11- e trouhk ' Shoal ' n P "f land worib about three e men have been more itjan go v tostuMient. '■ouhie between two Greek church about eighteen tiers in his vicinity who indulged, quite happy. All who have contributed any thing for the improvement of the cemetery are requested to meet in the court house next Friday night at 8 o’clolck for tho purpose of appointing a committee to see that the work is carried out right and the money properly spent. 'Ibis is the request of Mr. Ricketts, who started the moyemeut, meeting the approval of every citizen. After an absence of some months in California for his health, Mr. Tower returned to Auraria, where he has some interests, last Satur. day. On Sunday the’ gentleman came up to Dahlouega for a few hours with the expectation of re turning to his home in the north for awhile, yesterday. Mr. Tow is a fine old gentleman and it is hoped that he will not make his stay away from us very long. The cemetery is in bad condi. tion. Many of tho graves barely show. The relatives of those rest ing there now, haye long since moved away, while others have neglected parties in town, closer by. Money is being got ten up by.. Mr. Win. Rickets for Hie pur pose of cleaning out tho cemetery and building up all graves needing it. Any one away having relatives buried here desiring to lend a Wo regret to learn that Mr. Newt. Satterfield, who recently had foyer and was up, has taken a re lapse and is very sick. Just received another lot of stationery. Call to seo us when you need any job work done. We can please you both in style and price. . Drs. 13aily and Rudolph of Gainesville, were in Dahlouega a short while last Sunday, m com pany with Mr. I). T. Quillain of Land, Ga. If you are needing any fourth coming bonds now wo are pres pared to sell them to you at one cent a piece. So, send in and get what you need. Several of tho parties who left here a few days ago to work on the Scab' ard Railroad, have return ed. They like the place and price all right, but didn’t find it like homo. . There are quite a number of lady visitors in Dahlouega for their health, all well pleased and perfectly delighted with the pure water, healthy climate and beauti ful mountain scenery. Very often people will go to church and sing, “We will meet our friends over there,” who haye none here, and how do they expect to have-any “over there?” Such songs are not appropriate. Dr. Whclchcl, Col. Baker and Mr. II. D, Gurley, after spending several daysdown at Cumberland Island, returned last Thursday, perfectly delighted with their trip. Col. Charters was also along, but he didn’t return until the follow ing Sunday. Henry Edmonson was layed up for repairs all last week on account of drinking too much of some fellow’s chemical or poison-, ous liquor. The utmost endeavors will be made by the next grand jury to bring to justice tho parties who have been bringing this poison liquor to town. West Lingerfelt of this county, was bound over last Thursday by Com. Baker, charged with block ading, being an old case. The young man is in a bad fix. Some time ago while at work in a well a piece of timber fell on him and broke his right Jeg, which grew crooked and he has to walk on a peg leg fastened to his knee with his foot sticking straight out; bc^ hind. The offense occurred be- foro the accident. You can tell every man who went down to Cumberland Island fishing recently. His face and hands are tanned by the hot sun and full of knots, made by the long bills of those big mosquitoes that never fail to meet visitors on the first train or vessel. A person from the mountains here never realizes what a great country ours is until he visits such places down the country and gets among the sand flies and mosquitoes. Geo. Corn didn’t celebrate the fourth but had a big time soon afterwards in the neighborhood of Mr. Ashley’s mica lniuo which he lias been superintending, While full of liquor last week he fired many pistol shots close to Thomas Seins, one hall barely missing one of his children’s head. On Mon day Mr. Ashley discharged him and put a Mr. Yonk in his place. That night he went to his mothers where Yonk was hoarding, made many threats and said that Yonk shouldn’t work tho mine. Wednes day Mr. Ashley had Corn brought this matter can j in on a peace warrant but he was The. »ds f, helping hand in either remit to Mr. Ricketts, the j too drunk.for trial and it was set 0 i;i UI ,,f die No a out or Col. I for 0 o’clock this morning by Esq. ! Worley, i n Mr. John Hatfield has sold out his restaurant in Gainesville and returned to Dahlouega. Miss Gcorgio Harris, after a few days visit here, left for her home at Suwannee last Friday. Miss Minnie Bowen and Mrs. Pierce Middlcbrook of Sparta, Ga., arc on a visit to their sister, Mrs. F.»L. Reese. Don't borrow your neighbors' Nuggkt any longer. Get one of your own. It will only cost you one dollar. W. 1*. Brice, Jr., will sell you dress goods at a big reduction in prices. Call at once and get a bargain. Mr. J. V. Hurbison expects to attend the Sunday School Conven tion which convenes in Gainesville tomorrow. The Messrs. Proctors came up from Gainesville Tuesday with a ton of ore for a test on Capt. Woodward’s mill. For sale by B. R. Menders A- Sons, a few more bushels of peas. One second-hand two-horse wagon and one second-hand buggy. Mr. G. C. Wallace, after an ab sence at McCays, Tenn,, for some time, came over and spoilt last Thursday among his friends and relatives. Hall Superior court convenes next Monday and Col. Charters, and likely other attorneys from Dahlonega will bo there on legal business. The poles are being received for the Gainesville and Dahlonega telephone line and it will not lie long now before it is put in good shape. Rev. Mr. Blackwell, pas’er of the Presbyterian church, left last week for Jefferson with tho ex pectation of being gone a week or two. Miss Madia and Johnnie Witt left last Friday to visit their fath or, who is still sick at McCays, 'Tenn. Mrs. Witt aiid Jimmie are already there. On Monday cur santum was made bright by the presence of two.beautiful young ladies—Miss Susie Riley and Miss Pearl Whel- obol of Anniston, Ala. Mr. E. A. Wilson, who went from this county to Valley Mills, Texas, many years ago, wrote us last week that they wore having too much rain out there. Last Thursday Mrs. Griggs’ house and lot, down on Spring street, was purchased by Messrs. W. H. C. and J. E. Tate. It contains a good brick house and is valuable property. Rev. J. M. Gurley and wife of Missouri, are hereon a visit. The r“*‘ 7 gentleman is a son of Mr. James Gurley who once lived in this county, and when the soa left he was only 12 years old, Although some arrangements have been made for the poles to build a telephone lino from Dah- lonega to Davvsonville, the repre sentative of that company says ho doesn’t think it will pay, and it may not be built that way. On the 4th of July Mr. W.* T. Bryson of this county, noticed a lot of bees very busy in a cracker box which had been set out behind the house with the lid over it, leaving a small crack. In a few days thereafter a big swarm of bees came and took posession of the box and now they have the box half full of honey. On last Thursday while sawing shingles, Mr. G. G. Evans of this county, happened to a very pain ful accident, and maybe lose the sight of his right eye. While the saw was in motion a shingle got hung in it and was forced against Mr. Evans’ forehead in such a manner as to cut a big gash above his eye, dropping the skin aud flesh down over it and swelling so as to render Dr. Whclchcl unable to see whether the eye is out or not. SCTBZj 1MiW.ll fit 'J fW Mining Notes. Mr. David Prewitt and others are working under a lease on the Standard property, getting very satsifactory results. Riley and others are still engag ed taking out ore for themselves down at the Hand, which pays. If it didn’t Billy wouldn’t contin ue working it. Down at tho Ivey Messrs. Sparks and others are talcing out some fine ore, which looks as well if not hotter than when tho vein was first struck several months ago, paying twenty pennyweights to the ton. The Singleton is stall moving along with good results under the direction of Mr. W. G. Campbell, a native practical miner of many years experience, the knowledge of such n nwn being of much impor tanoe in t he gold mining industry. This week Win. T. Hapeman of Chicago, through attorney, W. S. Hufff purchased lot No. 1191, known ns the Delona fraction, which adjoins the celebrated Bri ar Patch property, said to bn one or the best placer mines in this county. Mr. T. C. Conoway of Atlanta, is back again and resumed his prospective work on tho Newton lot, which he purchased some time ago. It lies broadside tho cele brated Jones mine from which so much gold was taken out of a vein ! years ago. Things are progressing nicely out, at Lavender's Creek gold mine now. The reservoir is being cut and the tunnel work is moving right ahead, and if no rock is struck the water will soon lie to the mine, when placer digging will commence at once. Squire Bruce still hangs on to tho old Barlow property and by so doing makes money. The last three tons of ore taken from a vein down there yielded one hun dred and eight pennyweights and twenty one grains. He is ingag- ed in taking out more now. Mr. W. T. Bryson has sub leas ed the Pigeon Roost mine and will commence work next week. Mr. Bryson is one of our oldest and Lest practical miners and we may expect to hear of good results. He and Mr. Newt. Davis cut the first drain tunnel on this proper ty in I860. , >* A short tune ago Wm, Dotscfn and his boys, who are at work at the Ivey, took out seventeen pen nyweights of gold in a day, one nugget weighing three penny weights and sixteen grains. The gold was in a crevice and had been worked over and left by for mer minors a long time ago. Some splendid ore is being tak en out down at the Lockhart, 't’he ore contains both sulphurets and gold making it of much in terest to its operators, moro es pecially the quantity for there is an abundance of it. One piece of ore weighing 150 pounds is now at Capt. Ingersoll’s office, full of sulphurets and speckled with the yellow metal. In reference to the Etowah our Auraria correspondent has this to (jay about it: The Etowah Min ing Company is making thorough preparations for work. They are installing new machinery and are sparing no efforts to have a first class equipment throughout. Maj. Arnold, their influential superintendent, has new capitalists over with him occasionally. Mr. George Cameran, who lias been their assayest, left for Philadel phia Monday. Crown Mountain, as far as we pan learn, has run on fairly good time since the recent rains, which was a great thing for both far mery and miners in this locality. The Sand vein, newly opened con tinues producing good milling material, and a prospect of open ing a large soft holt to the left of the Sand vein. We understand that positive steps will be taken to develop the Gorge power, which will give ample power to run con tinuously, and if so all here con cede unanimously that Crdwn Mountain will be a success. mmmmmmmmaamm Mm COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS Shall They be Elected by The People? Mu Eihtok: The House of Representatives, the other day, while under somo sudden impulse, passed a Li 11 to give the people the right to elect the county school commissioners of this stale by ballot. I was not aware thnt such a measure was seriously contemplated by tiny one, I had seen the action of no grand jury calling for such a thing to lie done, nor had 1 observed that any educational assembly, or county board of education, had recoins mended a change of this sort. After an experience of thirty- two years with schools and col leges, I atn prepared to say, that, in my judgment, no school law or amendment that has ever passed our general assembly is fraught with so much evil to the public schools of Georgia as this proposed change in the election of school commissioners. 1 road all that was said by tho friends of the measure, ns reported in the Atlanta dailies. The pro posed change will not remedy a solitary evil complained of. You might just as well elect the toachs ers, the county board of education and the school trustees by tho people. The remedy is with tho grand juries. If those bodies wero charged by tho judges to look more closely and carefully into the selection of members of the hoards of education, it would go a long way to prevent the boards from containing i n c o m potent and thoughtless members. The laws representing the duties of the com missioners may not ho sufficiently comprehensive. But, whenever you find an unworthy commission er, you will find that tho board of education of that county is likewise unworthy and incompetent. If the board proves to tie unworthy it is the fault of the grand juries. It may be, in certain counties, that certain persons, desirous of us ing the school monies haye brought about the election of tho commis sioners, and it may ho in certain cas es men who have failed to use tho school commissioner for their bene fit now believe that it will be better for them to control tho comrais- sioners'by the ballot system. If the board .of education will keep in t-losoTouch with the school commissioners, examine their books occasionally, and see that they perform their duties towards tho country schools, and other duties required of them, there will he liltlo or no complaint. Tho commissioner of Lumpkin county has not borrowed a dollar for the use of tho board, nor has ho loaned a dollar of the public money. No money is advanced for unearned salaries. Tho teach ers have all been paid up to first of July. If the state can pay for fall salaries no money will ho bor rowed for teachers. This has been accomplished, notwithstand ing the board of education of Lumpkin county has built more new school houses in the past three years than anv other county in Georgia, except a few wealthy counties like Fulton. If the commissioners aro to be elected by tho people, and go to the expense of campaigning then few competent men will announce for the office, especially in tho poorer counties of the stato whoro tho salary is no greater than it is in Lumpkin—only $300. It will ho a bad day for our public schools of Georgia when men have to electioneer ami tight for tho office of school commission er. If you select good and patriotio men for your boards of education, it will follow that none but able, competent and honest men, will fill the school commissioner’s office, W. P. Price, Sv. Pros. Board of Education of Lumpkin County. Several communications wero crowded out this week. More timber men came in yes terday.