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1 nii'ii'^r of cuttle hare died
^cn.iily recently—-cause
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cllir(U . ( | to th<»ir homes <lown
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you CUD always
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on
L. Reese’s two sisters
it horc of several weeks j
the |
a straight
'They pay
to their
:1! jt Monday.
tell
honest man.
,| R S subscription
omc l m l ,CI l’ l ' omt,lly -
p DC 0 f the I aim pic in county hoys
I (| j s , 10 n’m Washington Terri*
j rVi writes hack that they killed
, tir hear Sunday heforo last.
Only a few more weeks ’til the
omsof the college will be thrown
poll mi'
again
boys.
our town alive
jth tin: blue coaled school
y,V notice that some of our eit-
;pn s having grass in their yards
lhslitute a cow fora lawn mower.
, s expense an 1 more profitable.
\ L , W s reached Dahlonega last
fC ek that one Asbnry Meers was
il| c ,l hy lightning last Thursday,
Gaddistown in Fannin
innty.
j[ rs Wilt, after an absence of
Uc time at MeCay’s Tenn., with
cr sick husband, returned Friday
icaing, leaving Mr. VVitt rapid-
improving.
Mr. Ci is Wofford of this county,
lm was gored by a bull some
ceks ago, wil.1 ncyer recover.
ides several flesh wounds his
ght shoulder was torn loose from
body, and the old man is at the
lercy of the people.
Mr. M. (!. Head requests us to
.ite that all persons indebted to
in must settle by the first of next
ontb as lie is going out of busi-
iml wants what is due him.
out forget this, as it may save
in cost hy doing so.
Some of those oppes d to Sun
ny mails and do not go to the
estoffico on the Sabbath, arc the
ret ones on hand Monday morning
>get or s o if there is any mail
hat came the day before. Poor
octrine like this won’t work.
Although the presiding older
ml paster of the Methodist church
ere, are not favorable towards
olding u meeting at the Dnhlouogr
auip ground, so we are informed,
me few are talking of fixing the
me and having it on the 4th Sun-
ay in this month.
There is a young man at the
)ot of the HI no Ridge who likes
Hide bicycles so well that he
tints his cow on one out in the
lountains in favorable places,
ulton \\ dlianis came across the
aek the other day and thinking
i unusually large snake had pass-
h left the woods for a safer place.
If anyone hnvinor
Mr. J. E. McGee will soon
moyo to hjs farm in Union county,
! Miss Nannie Thomas left last
• Jl Saturday for Gainesville on a short
visit.
1 he prospect for a largo yield
of corn and cotton in this county
this fall was never better.
Messrs. M. 5. Williams nndT. S.
Littlefield returned last Friday,
after a week’s delightful visit to the
coast.
M hen a girl marries and is too
proud to give up her maiden name
>hc should bo put out in u lot
with the (leafowls.
The colored people of Dablouc-
ga, are raising money among
themselves by subscription to fix
up their part of the cemetery.
Friends, if you have anyone vis-
j iling you, or know anything of in
terest to the public, wo would lie
! glad for you to inform us of the
fact.
A revival is in progress
week at Bethlehem church a
miles above Dahlonega.
A crowd of hands from
county are going to Hcayer Ridge,
I’cnn., to work on the railroad.
this Mrs. A. W. Cantrell of Wnnc8-
few | burg, Mo., arrived in the city last
'Thursday and is the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Pinter.
Mr. J. V. liar bison will move
to Gainesville tirsi of next month,
Mr. John Cook and Mr. Milt I living u vacancy In the city mar.
Loveless have the contract ,,f ce ju ! I'fuce here for wimo one to
ing the small dormitory buildings. i
Miss Katie Wilson of HuHimore, 1 Mr *' E "'" < * t D *" 0< Ur "”“-
after spending two or three months
here with relatives,
unlay.
left last Sut-
wick, Ga., is registered at Hall’s
Villa, who expects to spend two
or three months here for her
health.
Mr. John St l inger is
have him a good nice
put up on Ins farm nea
going to
residence
Mr. Wallate, who has been up
at the Son bo It shoals for several
, , ,. . (,liUT ’ months, passed through Dahlone-
Let the improvement go on. It • , -|>| . , , , .
. 1 “ * ■ ga h<*t Ihnrsday on Ins return
snows prosperity.
< gu JiM Thursday on
home to Creighton, Ga.
(t is said hy old people that Soimo fifteen or twenty white
for every fog in August we will L,)d hands left Dahlonega
have,a snow the following winter. ., U( , } ls! v iuinilv last Friday tor
i If that lie the ease we will have a Dallas, (in., for the purpose of
1 200,1 ,le, ‘ 1 ,,f ' vlllt0 went her, for j working on the Seaboard railroad.
I there has been a fog nearly eyery
I day in the present month so far.
A Miss Hulsey was severely I
shocked by lightning down near One day last week M Ike Reid,
New ISridge, we understand, dur* rcsi,lin - 11 f(>w mi >« s from bullions
ing a thunder storm last Friday had the misfortune to lose his
n : ir |,t work shop and nearly all his tools
by fire, together with a lot of
Mrs. M. F. Wholcbcl sent Mrs.
Ik R. Menders a dish of ripe straw
berries one day last week, being
the latest we ever heard of before
in this county. This county
can’t be beat for berries and fruits.
An interesting meeting was held
at Oak Grove church several days
last week. About a year ago
members in that section joined]
this church, leaving only a few in j
number having no connection
with the church. '
Dr. Avis, the newly elected
president of the N. G. A. College,
arrived in Dahlonega last Satur
day, in company with his wife,
stopped at Hall’s Villa and are
now citizens of Dahlonega. Our
citizens most heart ly welcome
them.
Mr. Thomas Lee was up before
Com. Baker last Thursday, charg
ed with illicit distilling, and about
the same list of witnesses that
have caused everyone residing in
his district hound oyer for the past
few months swore against him but
Uncle Tom was acquitted.
What members of a church docs
a preacher like best? The paying
ones. Same as country editors.
They arc always inclined to be
warm-hearted towards good pay
ing subscribers, and if anybody
gets the prayers of the editor, it is
the ones who givo him a liberal
share of their patronage.
weatherboarding ho
for his house. A new
also nearly destroyed.
On the upper Gainesville apd
Dahlonega mail route the post
master tit each end of the line
have recommended that the carrier
, ! be given a half an hour longer go-
iug and coming- start half an hour
earlier hear and be given a half
hour longer to arrive.
Mrs. Cunningham of Atlanta,
who is troubled with
disease and has been here
Summer visitors still continue
dropping into Dahlonega. There
is still room. Como up to the
mountains if you wish to enjoy
yourselves during the hot summer
mouths.
A patent dcvico for holding
was drying door open at any position, takes
wagon was the place of a brick or rock; looks
! better and does not wear the car*
pet, 2 for 25c.
B. R. Mkapkrs & Sons.
The surveyors of the Southern
Company completed its railroad
survey from Gainesville tothePy-
ritcs mine in this county and de
parted last Thursday. Now some
figuring will hayo to bo done to
see whether the present survey is
a lungj a praticable route or not.
for her
Mr. W. B. Woodward of Dnh-
j lonegn, is now sticking type in At-
I lanta.
That game last Tuesday must
have been quite close and interest-
iuff.
At an early day the post office
will bo established at the Betz Mine
to be known as the Etowah.
Mr. John IT. Moore lias com
menced erecting his large livery
stable on the Crane Berry lot.
Mr. C. M. Moore left last Tucs-
jday morning for Dallas, Ga., to
help build the tfctiboid railroad.
Mr. Lind of Philadelphia, was
hero yesterday looking over the
gfdd fields will) UM eye of making
an ip vestment.
Loudsvillo empp meeting em
braces the fifth Sunday. Many
peoplo use to attend from here,
hut few go now.
Clarkosvillo Baptist Association
embraces the 4th Sunday at Town
Crook church. A large attendance
' is oxpected as usual.
Mr. James T. Birch, father of
! Birch Bros, who used to own a
.dredge bout in tills county, died on
I the 18th inst., at iSt. Louis, Mo.
i It is a violation of the town of*
jdinnnce to self wipe within the
! corporate limits of Dahlonega,
! and those doing it will got into
; trouble.
When the legislature adjourns
Hon. G. D. Bruce will accept a
j position from tho Walt Wilson s'i
jCo. of Tennessee, to trayel for
Hon. G. D. Bruce came up
and remained a couple of days
m) ' ] m Dahlonega last week. This is
his first visit home since the legis
lature has been in session. Mr.
Bruce says there is a lot of
new business that will never bo
Our friend Mr. J. V. Arreudule reached this session Jl closes the
has turned over his school to 12th,
another person and is now study-j S()me fdlow (lroppod and broke
ing for the purpose of standmg | ^ fllU (lllart hottle on lho pilbIic
square hist Thursday night. From
health since early in June, went
home the other day, but was
proving so rapidly that the pby
sicians advised her to return, and
is again among Dabloncga’s health
seekers.
A hew school house is to be built
out at the Garnet,
Dr. W. W. McAfee is up on a
visit to his kindred and friends.
Work has now commenced in
| cleaning out and beautifying the
j cemetery.
Complaint comes from Tesuntee
from some of our patrons about
not receiving their papers prompt-
| ly. Look out.
Mr. Grogan, one of Uncle
Sam’s enumeralots was hero this
week getling some statistics, con
cerning both the town and county.
Prof, Boyd tolls ns that there
will be services held ijt the Dali-
loncgn crimp ground, commencing
on Tuesday night before the
fourth Sunday in this month.
Judge Murray, Co|, Sharpe ntu)
Messrs. ,1. F. Moore and 4.
B, Clements, the happy owners of
the .1 umbo,'and a number of their
friends, had a pleasant time pj,c-
nieing up at this mine yesterday.
One of the most successful re
vivalists in this county preaches
at night and hauls wood during
the day, each church he visits
only paying him about $12 per
annum.
At a meeting of the city council
last Monday an order was passed
permitting the committee to cut
down all the cedar trees in the
I cemetery, on account of the dams
I age being done to monuments.
We are reliably informed licit
Rev. Mr. Marks, when he attend-
led the meeting down at Monroe
recently, stated that he would not
advise anyone to send their ehil*
dron to the N. G. A. College.
Last year the Presiding Elder said
that he would send ns a “cheap
preacher this year,” and ho has
certainly tilled the bill, for it mat)
[that will try to injure a stale in-
j stitntion like the Dahlonega col-
I lege, is a very cheap follow, ins
deed. Had Prof. Boyd not left
there after this remark was made
they would have heard from the
gentleman in the way jjf rcbutal.
any business
For the first time in years two
of our friends here are interest
ed in a corn crop a few miles from
town, hoping to make it a profit
able business. But up to a few
days ago it had rained on all the
farms around and never touched
theirs, which is very discouraging
l1 ' 1 CM. Baker after night and do ] to those who expected to make the
'"t know exactly the house he oc-J business profitable,
jupios tlioy can find him by going 1 , . . . . .
!) lho ono ivlicro „ can be | H »» cert». n pe«o»
•norinjr ..no hundred yard,.! nt-ar Dah.una*a. (we wil
’« tn>» 10 l.o a fact, for wo j “? b “ “ ,,c , f ” 1 *
about the date predicted by some
house I lie other morn*
"g iiLout daysbreak, heard him
“nnnguml measured the distance
mred |y.
, | ilL ‘ other day down near Now I
i !'!~T| SOm0 ° lie fouml !l bee tree. !
his friends and that night j
1 ( '"zen pi'oeured.vessels and start-
■*! f,,, ‘he place for
)f having a big time,
3 ® ,n - our old friend’
" *' Aftor reaching the place
of thu number, who
J 1 " 1 " 1 ' iifruid of bees, win
" ‘'' ,h 1 lll! 1 I've after it fell. He
F* his f
w
iiio purpose
iniong them
‘rank Whel-
was not
selected
covered
-oine old glove:
:1| id sai I, ‘*\ iw
<, H’°ti who ha
(^lu till
much
up pretty
over his
boys, some
ivc socks let me liavo
get tiirough.” They so
I "ioded us of a lot of coun-
J (( itors, for out of the whole
|jj Zrn Dreseiib but one wore socks.
(! "I'hed with Hit request, ibc
" (), m on the ground and
b 'Lying m every
^B’ikuig tin. bare logged
1 !l; dl commenced knockiug
•< 1 oh in nr and jumping, rc-
II - Indians ai a green corn
fool concerning the world coming
to an end, and thinkiug it was on
the 22nd day of July, remained in
the house all day behind closed
doors with his wife and children.
Mr. John Whclchel of Anniston,
Ala., came up last Saturday on a
four week’s visit and joined his
wife and children, who have been
here for some time. We are al*
ways glad to see John. He makes
an annual visit here and the pleas
ures it brings, about for him to be
able to spend the time at the home
of his birth with his sister and
aged parents c.in better be imagin*
ed than described.
Through modesty, the young
men should not go out to the ILills
every time the ladies do. It gives
lean ladies no chance, for it is a
risky matter with them. For in—
j tho examination a couple of
months Inter, to see if he can’t get
a job from Uncle Sam. Mr. Ar-
rondale is one of oui brightest
young men and we hope he will
meet with success.
We regret to learn that our
friend and patron, Mr. 1{. J.
Swain’s appointment as court ste
nographer of this circuit expires
with the closing of tho present
year, for he is a big hearted, social
gentleman who makes hosts of
friends wherever he goes, saying
nothing of the perfect satisfaction
he giyes in his official capacity.
Will Christy, who took or. too
much wine some time ago and
caused a disturbance up in the
neighborhood of the Garnett, came
in last Monday and made a lions
dred dollar bond for his appear-1
ancc at the next term of Lumpkin '
Superior Court. Will made ac-1
knowledgcments to his church and
was forgiven, and now he lias to I
face Judge Kim soy, where it will j
likely cost him something.
I
• Public school teachers resigning i
after accepting their appointments
here give a good deal of trouble.
Hereafter an obligation should be
required of all teachers before the
election by the school board. This
way of electing teachers and then ing it but he never made any cor
allowing them to fish around for a rection. Wo trust the brother
better job till a few weeks before j will handle the truth hereafter
the school opens is not business, j when referring to the Nuuukt.
let lo.ichcr. bail their hooks .ml s „ muf „ llf ,„ nDlh8 „„„ M ,
see whiit llic.y Ciiti cfllcb hofovo lho „ f Da ,,|„ OOK „J
election t.ikes p aec. ! wbo was Hunt to tlic nsylum sover'i
The board of trustees of the pub- al years ago, was allowed to come)
lie school met last Saturday even- home on u furlough, the physicians
ing for the purpose of accepting ! thinking it was safe, us her health
the resignation of Miss'J'harin, one | was considerably improved. But ]
of tho assistants, and to transact j after being hero awhile the ludy
other business of importance! grew worse and on Inst Friday!
coming before the body. At this ] was tried by a jury, finding it
session it was believed best to dis- necessary for Miss Florence to tie
continue the 7th grade for the pres- returned. Her furlough expired
cut and not fill the vacancy of Miss after three months from the time
the sign of the tears in the dust it
must have belonged to some public
anti prohibitionist or to the man
that was around the other day try
ing to get a gallon of whisky for a
lady friend for medicinal (?) pur
poses.
Out at Ukuie Creek Falls last
Thursday afternoon the sparkling
waters were alive with both Jadics
and gentleman bathing and swim*
ing. There is not a more delight
ful place atiywhere for summer
visitors than at Cane Creek Falls.
Wc hope the time will come when
a large hotel will be erected at
that place.
The Wire Grass Blade says, “The
Dahlonega Nugget has found n
preacher, whom it claims ought to
be run out of town because he
hasn’t converted a soul in six
months.” ‘No such assertion has
ever been made through the col
unins of the NuuoF/r about any j
preacher “ought to be run out of
town,” and wc can’t see why the ;
Blade man wishes to create such
a false impression as this. Not
long ago ho misrepresented us
about another article which ap
peared in the Nugukt. We sent
him a copy of the paper contain-
nnv cor
them as labor agent.
The funeral of Mr. Dodge Fer
guson will be preached at the
Dahlonega camp ground next Sun
day. And a baptising will take
place near Mr. Martin Jones’ tho
sumo day, in the morning, we sup
pose.
Some merchants grumble be
cause some of their customers scud
to Roobuck & Co. for goods be
cause they man secure them cheap
cr. Yet some of them have their
printing done in some far off city
because it can be bad a few cents
lower than at home.
Last Tuesday at the administra- Out at Calender’s Creek Presi
tor’s sale, only a few lots of the j dent Jones and Manager Wild arc
John P. Corn estate were sold, toslon the ground preparing to begin
wit: Ed Corn V 51 and all of 52, ' the placer work.
Mining Notes.
for $31.50; John Corn 123 for
$22.50; Calvin Perry 53 for $24;
Mr. Ashley 55 for $00, all in tho
12th. The others were postponed.
Prof. C. C. Gilbert of Wash
ington, Ga., was elected principal
of tho Dahlonega public school
by tho board last night. The pro
fessor is a graduate of Mercer Uni*
varsity, comes highly recommend*
ed from Ellijay, where he taught
last, and seems to be the proper
instructor for the place to which
he is elected to fill.
Last Sunday night upon Crane’s
Hill while several young men were
pretty full of wine a sham fight
occurred and one present not
knowing what it meant lit out, the
boys throwing rocks at him, and
last hoard of ho was going
down the Auraria road at break
neck speed.
We regret that wc couldn’t ac
cept an invitation to attend a pub*
lie gathering out in the country
last Saturday, for it is said that
they had beer for the Methodists
Messrs. Tomnnd Rose McDou^
aid, who have ,h short lease on a
portion of the Lockhart, are tak
ing out some tine ore.
At the Standard Jan<t week,
Messrs. Ray, Logan Campbell and
Dyer cleaned up 53 pennyweights
of gold from six tons of ore.
On the Hand property last week,
Billy liiley mid two others made
43 pennyweights of tho yellow
metal from four tons of ofo.
A tunnel several hundred fee^
Jong is being cut by Messrs. Ash
ley and VanYleek up in Hightow
er district, prospecting for mica.
Superintendent W«j. Campbell,
down at the Singleton, is still
finding some good ore, causing
the plates to look well and turn
out a good yield.
The parts of machinery at, the
Jngersoll tfc Crisson dredge boat,
which were broken last week,
have been repaired and work was
resumed again uftor a very short
delay.
The machinery of the Crown
Mountain plant is now being over-
corn liquor for the Baptists, rye hauled, and when the Gorge dam
whisky for the printers and river is completed and the button ready
water on ice for the Presbyterians to be touched everything will be
and plenty to cut for all, Being in tip top shape.
unable to either eat or drink pre
vented us from being on hand.
Work was resumed on the Gorge
dam last Tuesday by a good force
Lust Monday a man with I ong j oi «»der the supervision of
stance, suppose a false limb was to j'i burin for
mii
boys
awhile.
direction | come uncoupled among some of this to be a good
them and go washing down the \ principal and two assistants run
stream in the presence of a whole j the school successfully during the
lot of men, wouldn’t it be very cm-: boom when there were many more
barrasbiug to its owner ? Givo all | pupils than at this litno, and they
a chance at the water. I can do it again.
We believe 1 she was released, otherwise the
move. The second trial would not have been j
held. This necessary action is]
deeply regretted hy all here, as it
was hoped that tho lady had j
recovered sufficiently so she could
remain at home with her father. |
hair pinned up on the back of his
head like it woman, appeared in
town. It was Z. Butler of Gaines-
yille, who use to run a restaurant
there and fed saints and sinners
alike. He soon took a standing
position iu a chair in front of the
court house stating that he was an
evangelist and was working for the
Lord. Avery good crowd of cu
rious spectators was present. He
talked and laughed and told all
about his trayels through North
Carolina. Then closed hy taking
up collection. He went from here
to Bethlehem church where a revi
val is in progress and spent one
night.
Mr. 'I'. V. Cantrell * of White
county, and Mr. J. H. Jenkins of
Lumpkin, which will be pushed to
completion as soon a^> possible.
When this is done they will have
plenty of power for Crown Moui).
tain and much to spare.
About 25 hands are at work at
the Pyrites Mine, drifting and
sinking the shaft deeper and va
rious other things. It is their in
tention to go down two hundred
j feet deeper, and when reaching a
depth of about 350 feet, and prop
erly locating the vein, a large per-
pindieuiar shaft will bo started, so
nsto enable them to procuro the
amount necessary for shipment
bv the railroad.
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