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m - m Local IcWo. 1 nii'ii'^r of cuttle hare died ^cn.iily recently—-cause bo«’U' I Mr»- K ftci' ft v ' , cllir(U . ( | to th<»ir homes <lown Diintry you CUD always [,r\v:u'i 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. &