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home on
his
,r h c student* will tf' 1
to Bpernl Christmas.
' . Chll rlic Thomas moved
Buford this week, where
Sports to roshto hereafter.
, K;) y ( | Gurley of Dahlonega,
n'wiriled til" contracts for ro-
the New bridge and
^lt-bery hridjre.
Mr w,'si Woody, who moved to
,'jih C.»r"t»l in; » from Dnl.loncgu a
of years ago, was hack on
r j«it tins week.
1 failed to work the
I Aurari.i district and
, c „ii)ii)issioners sent him up
j| r t him stay in jail awhile.
lYfsoiis 21 years of aae, who
Calcil in Dahlonega six
in the state 12 and not
vote in
1 he Nugget is all wool and a I A. W. Anderson has been ap*
yard wide. Send ua a dollar and pointed postmaster at Wild office,
ect it every week for a year, in this county, vice frank H.
Mr. Jake Free, after being ab- loown, resigned,
sent from Dublooegu many years, Don’t forget those nice Christ-
returned on a visit last week. mas goods at W. 1*. Price’s store.
Something pretty and valuable for
Mr. J. F. Moore went down to j
Atlanta on special business this
week.
both old and young.
Mrs. Henry Spencer died last
week a few miles from Dahlonegn
, of a cancer, which has
Billie Klrr
Mr. Alfred Thomas of Cherokee
county, has moved up near Porter
Springs, on the John Cain place,
lion. G. I). Mruce returned to
McOay’s last Saturday to resume
Ins photography work there for a ’ her face for about nine years,
. while longer. Aurnria wits visited this week
Sam Dorsev of White county, ^ 1 • Disney of Hi' Print'
was arrested and brought down I>H,oh mine, together with several
by Marshal Grizzle, charged with I including two or three
illicit distilling recently.
If you wish something real nice
for Christmas and at a bargain,
call at the drug store,
Mr. B. T. Montgomery lias
moved from Two Kuu, this county,
down to Jefferson this week.
'Pile postoffice here now runs by
boon on || u , 8 i, nv time, which gives sonio of
! the carriers 30 minutes more time.
vc re
.mths uni
Imnuscdisqualified, can
c ity primary and election.
Grizzlo killed a 10-
in ibs old porker the other day
julmitr 225, and Mr. Wince
Mur
ladies.
Mayor Maker requests us to
state that no tire works will bo al
lowed exploded in Dahlonega
Christmas.
Notico date of Dr. Jennings,
the noted Hpeoialist'b visit next
week, December 15 and 10.
There was no meeting of
city council Monday night,
convenes next Monday night.
Do you wish to look nie*Christ-
innh( If so go and got ono of
those good suits of clothing at J.
F. Moore & Co’s.
Dolls! dolls! dolls! At If. f).
Gurleys. If you wish so nothing
nice in this line go at once before
they art picked over.
Dr. Jennings, the Optician,
inks that you confer with any
Mining Notes.
James Smilh of Dawson county,
was bound over by Com. Maker
l ist week upon the charge of mak
ing blockade liquor.
When you need any shingles,
write Hutcheson Bros. All or-
tiers promptly filled, Freda, Gu.
WANTED.-^By If. It. Trogent, prominent resident of Gainesville
Several cLizers here have put in , Aurnria, (in., 3 wild turkeys by!'"* to his reliability,
bids for mail contracts. Mr. M. tint 20th, for which $1.50 and A good deni of snow fell here
.1. Williams has bid on every one i $ 2 .<>0 a piece will be paid. Defiv- j yesterday but the small amount
going out from Dahlonega except „ r ,, t Mulow or to C. W. Salter -
Porter Springs. lield.
It will be seen from
It was expected to have tho mill
.| M Jrtt the McAfee-Lind running by
, yesterday and no doubt by this
time it is crushing up the largo
amount of valuable ore that had
already boon gotton out by Super*
intendent W. H. McAfee.
Hands are now engaged in re
moving tho Huntington mills at
Crown Mountain plant and n ton-
stamp mill, weighing 550 pounds
to each stamp will take their
places, and in n short time tho
i whole building will bo full of
stamps, ready to run as soon as
the power can bo had.
Work is progressing nicely at
tho Josephine and a portion of the
machinery is expected this week.
No doubt this is ono of the best
a notice It is believed by some that n Some pork raisers of the mouns
Iscwhere that Col. Farrow ex- I ucw teacher will bo appointed for | tains, having some that couldn’t be
of rain falling before it caused the g () |,i mining propositions in tho
snow to disappear soon. whole country. Thoro is plenty of
water on tho property to operate it
If peids to do some repairing up nt i iho public* school here next year, I cm^kod without the
nice Inn
it 15 monlhs-ono ti
pull
iivii tli"
scale beam at 350.
Fret-
j,,,,,,! for mountain shouts.
Those c
ilored females and
their
calls Ins
t Sunday, t he ot hoi
side
ilia mil
as post on t lie C<
toper
ip luml,
had line full. The
men
i uislieil
them their pistols
and
njjlx'd most heartily whih
the
It is reported here that U. L.
Clark, who has mixed blood, elop
ed last week with a white woman
named Mestor Ralston.
mien did splendid target practice
ntji tlu-y saw some one approaeh-
Tlicu they bid the weapons
id linked 'heir heads to keep
mil being recognized. Sunday
lined to ho a big spoi ling day
th several.
Miss May Uartledge, formerly
I Diddonega but now of Atlanta,
ns wedded iu that city hist Sat
day to Mr. L. Z. Clarke, Jr:,
bo bn's charge of the religious
jid pbotosrraphic department of
lie Atlanta Constitution. Mrs.
lurko was the first woman phar
macist in Georgia and the only
pitul pharmacist in the south,
ovincr hold that position iu the
rady hospital for the past two or
Dree years.
We arc informed that preacher
Marks has mat ned since he let!
Dahlonega'. This accounts for the
old man trying to put on a young
appearance.
Mr. G. II. MeGuirc, the jeweler,
will move to Dawson county about
the l-t id January, who will be
greatly missed hero and we regicl
very much to see him leave. Any
oue having work they wish done
in Ins line are requested to bring it
in at once.
All pat ties indebted to I'. J.
Smith Ac. Mro. by note or account,
who do not settle or make palis
faction, wiM find their notes and
accounts in the hands of officers
after December 25th. Do not
wait and have a bill of cost run up
on you. We have to meet our ob»
ligations, therefore wo most col
lect, T. J. Smith & Bno.
Wo are glad to sec Dr. N. F.
’orter soon. Ho wantes
shingles. Do you want the job?
The registration book ft r the
city will close next Saturday and
if you wish to take any part in the
primary, or election, go out and
register. Tho book will be found
at Councilman I’rico’s stoic.
Yo editor is the only one who
uses tho electric lights at I o’clock,
a. m., this city, as but few,
if any, get up so early in Daldone-
ga. Sleeping late often brings
about hard times.
As Mr. G. H. McGuire will not
be able to serve on tho board of
aldermen next year on account of
taking his departure, why not put
in Prof. Vickery from tho 1st
Ward? He is a good man and al-
ways attended tho meetings
promply when serving as a
her.
Ono night last week the dwell
ing on the farm of Rev. J. E.
Blackburn was destroyed by lire,
(0,000 imt wc are informed that there is no
appropriation for such an appoint
incut and such stops will not be
taken.
use of lard,
and a big rich territory to
With a dam, which is now
work.
being
Mr. Geo. Moore of Gainesville,
dropped in to see the people of
his old home for a short while this
week. Although Mr. Moore lives
in that city, on account of his Inis
iness calling lum there, ho says he
likes Dahlonega the best.
found a dull sale for it yesterday. I contracted on tho Josephine, less
,, . .... .. . j than 10 feet high, gives a pres-
Mr. Grant, of tho United States »„ . ... .
„ , , I sure of 260 feet, enabling them to
Leather Co., writes Messrs. Aim .. ,
, „ , , . niino the entire property,
derson & Jones that his company 1
Just arrived, n nice assortment,
of dolls and toys for the children.
Also a nice line of better presents
for the older ones, including toilet
cases, handsome pictures, and jews
dry. Come early before all the
nicest things arc picked oyer.
M. R. Meadeks & Sons.
will take the timbered land in this
county. Th o delay was unavoida
ble.
Yjs, Santa Claus has visited 11.
D. Gurley's store and left u whole
lot of Christmas goods. I’rettieht I j n the way of yellow metal,
in town. Go and see them if you I say8 dl those at work on
Mr. Tregont, who has tho cele
brated Barlow under a lease, whilo
in town this week, showed us a
big clean up of gold after a week’s
run. The gold was already burnt
off and was a big, beautiful sight
Ho
this
wish to get something nice and ^property are doing well, and ho
Last Sunday while Mr. and Mrs.
Henson Chapman, of Gtuland,
mem- worG returning from Dahlonega,
they had a frightful runaway be
yond the Yahoola bridge, but
fortunately neither wore seriously
injured. The mules got scared at
heap for your children.
County Treasurer Joe Brown is
up in years but he i.s almost sure
to gel some game eycry time he
goes hunting. The other day he
went out above his house and shot
two coons, found by his dog.
Our city had a pleasant visit last
belioyes he has more custom ore
already at tho mill than he can
crush beforo Christmas. You
needn’t give the old Mariew out.
On our first page will bo fouuil
an article written by a gentleman
living in Atlanta, Ga., and on tho
insido of this issue wo present
another by a gentleman residing in
being done by sonic fiend. It is some boys on the side of the road
said that the reason likely, was be-. while going up the hill. They
cause Mr. Blackburn had rented it
Howard enjoying his usual health t(J cerUuD p . u . t y who it is bclicy-
again- 1 he Doctor practiced his L ( j i,y some, reported an illicit dis-
ptofossion in this county foi bft.Y j ti|lory up in that section.
|years. Ho yisited both the rich
and tho pool and treated well, and j
gave one as much attention as the
other, and has been a useful man,
but has been blind for some time,
maces were held at the various Th(J D()c1or 8ayg n Uit he win begin
mleneesof the common people to seojust n little and it is hoped
The It) or 20 days meeting, cons
ucted l»y Revs. Blackburn and
Vest out at Last Chance, is said to
mve resulted in much good. The
there stylish ministers rarely ev
r vo, and all present enjoyed
heiuselves to the fullest extent,
ml the thought of oue who might j
ave on a prettier dress or more
costlier hat than the other, never
Intern' any of their minds, i.s why
hese preachers were so successful
pith their work.
! S,
onie excitement was created
hist Sunday afternoon by Sheriff
ILvis loading himself for bear and
N'th a spirit level and a mason’s
Towel, went up in front of W. M.
Woodwards and gave the edtor
i piece of his mind in very strong
onus. Afterwards the sheriff
-"I in his buggy, drove by Wnud-
''iii'Ls house more than once, and
wit several streets of Dahlonega
ls it taking a general observation
't the place, putting up bis team
"hunt sundown, looking as if he
'had enjoyed Ins ride more tliau
I'fU'T The next morning Mr. Du-
Ns entered a plea of guilty and
"ns fined ten dollai s and cost by
Mayor Baker. Tho trouble grew
°ut ot a municipal ticket printed
Mf- Woodward in lust week’s
using tho sheriff’s
that his eyesight will yet be ro
stored.
Rev. J. D. Turner, the new pas
tor of the Methodist church here,
delivered his first sermon last Suu-
day and had very close attention
by a large congregation. Mr.
Turner has the appearance of til
ing jusl toe kind of a preacher
that has been needed in - Dahlono-
ega for a long time and we extend
to the divine and bis family a most
hearty welcome and trust that he
will lie able to accomplish a great
amount of good here this year.
We notice where some one down
in i( . lower county is grumbling be
cause his district court house is
uncomfortable. He would grum- j s . ( j n)} ,, U( j ; n .,]|
bln if ho lived up Imre. Only three c() , oml brother
We about have in our winters
wood and begin to feel as happy as
a dead pig in tho sunshine since
regaining our usual fine health.
Two of our big hogs and a lot of
yellow legged chickens will be
ripe by Christmas and the way we
will eat hogs head and fatty bread
will bo. a sight. Then in addition
to our four hundred pounds of
kraut, we have twenty-nine gallons
of canned peaches, blackberries
and tomatoes to taper off on,
two cows furnishing us milk and a
quart of camphor already prepar
ed to use in case wo get sick.
Some of the church members
here are certainly setting a bad
example for outsiders. On last
Saturday two -a colored and a
white member, drove into town so
foil of liquor that both were al
most speechless, and the next day
the white one appeared in the
church and sang jusl like a
probability the
was about that
wheeled suddenly around, throw
ing Mr. Chapman out, and passed
on down the lull at breakneck
speed with Mrs. Chapman in the
buggy, until they struck a tree,
turned tho buggy over and threw
the lady out on the ground. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman were pain
fully hurt and the vehicle so badly
damaged that other conveyance
had to bo secured beforo they
could go any further.
The portion of scripture “that
there will he wars and rumor of
wars” is bring fulfilled, for a bats
tie took place in this county last
Monday in loss than two miles of
Dahlonega on the Cooper Gap road
between Joe Franklin and his wif#
on one side and old man Haden
and his better half on the other,
brought about, so wo understand,
by Mrs. Haden reporting that Joe
had stole one of the Mr. Head’s
hogs. Franklin said that he
had never been accused of stealing
before and of course it made him
mad, and his wife still madder,
Monday from Mr. and Mrs. H. D. C | lic:l o*o, III. They are splendid nr*
Jaquish. Mr Jaquish is now cn- | ticlos and explain the mining busi-
gngod iu mining in tins county, at , nC8g hcre trulhfn i] y in n nut shell,
the Josephine mine, that is, con | Xhoso gentlemen are far apart, yet
structing a dam and other work, bolh hnvo bcen lloro and see tho
getting ready for it. j situation just alike and give llat-
The tax collector should pay the 1 taring reports of recent discover-
coutity’s money over to the treas- j ics in this section. These gentlo-
urer as fast ns he collects it iu-1 men were really astonished at the
stead of holding it over in the richness iu gold of this section,
bank. If this was done the treas* Let others como and see for them-
urer could be paying the money selves. Even the natives arc surs
out and let people be getting j prised at the discoveries being
some benefit from it. made above Dahlonega on tho new
SiDee the first of Oatobor wo
have sold \00 extra copies of tho
Nugget, and somo tlmos 200,
nearly every week, and up t®
dato from the time mentioned
above, our extra# amount to 875.
This shows that the Nugget la
full ot life, vim and energy.
Those fine chickens, which wo
suppose belonged to M rs. Ash, who
lived in tho Clurko house and left
while the old hen was sotting in
the spring, and were raised in and
about Uni office lot—8 or 10—all
disappeared Tuesday night. Borne
two legged mink hail a load.
Col. II. H. Miker requests
to‘say that he is a condiduto for
re election to the office of mayor,
subjest to tbs nominating conven*
!
and no doubt caused some unplcrs-1 tion. During Mr. Maker’s nd->
ant words to be uttered. So, Mon- 1 ministration he fins handled the
day the two women happened to | scales of justioe and looked after
meet each other-on the half way tho finances of th# town with
ground. After u few shots with great care and we sue no ranson
(he tongue, they went at it. T his why ho should not be r#-clecte4.
brought the husbands into it. Some In fact the entiro council has dis-
i pulled hair while others used fists charged its duty faithfully and
, ii,rv to trv . , ; and stones. This lasted till the honestly and if the citizens should
torn, wlumhodiaw,.-Y > | ri on.e extent. Churches cannot ex F k ,. uti(lcnt they had won I decide to re-elect the old tick.t
»«**• *»<* 1"T .iM"p.'lln*>«*»ll>i»>'"'i l | le . ,i„ ht h „ mc , iiucl will suit IU-
hats to protect them from dioun-j be ( j lino that even country edito-s j
If u mem-
I
should be
districts in the county have any t j me jj n tr out in Ins country
court bouse at all. Nothing foi a cb()l . cb | ou <l enough to bo heard a
shelter except a dig tree, and when J m j P ,_ Such conduct is not only a
a justice is elected it is one w ' )n ' f5 | 1 . l | U i» hut a disgrace, and official
wears a broad brim hat, who in mpm n ers m-y t () blame for it to
iog while sitting on a log hearing | H , aridity of.
and weighing the evidence in some
IH ’ mayor as a burlesque on
lotticor ou
Thai has
two for
cl UJG | ... I
the ' frivolous case for which each r i
ber docs indulge he
more private about it so as not to
said
u account of bad blood j ceivc* 25 cants for being out a I day iiyjliru his church. Now, we have ^
been existing between the nn no ill will towards the guilty par | J ^ ^ ^ dca
about a year, both haying who 18 s0 (, » m ^ I ties but when such conduct has-.^ SeV0I ^ I locks
many hard things against
mdi other during this time. On
“ "'"lay morning a party was in
l,n( li"- notifying Governor Tor-
! rl1 ( d' 'he actions of Sheriff Davis
1,1 mder to begin steps to haye him
1 "moyecl from office, but after as-
u Gaining that the had received a
I 1 11 c11 y heavy sentence in the
II '.Gt scourt, decided to postpone
1,11 matter for the present. We
M I'ly regret the affair, ami ns a
t() the sheriff, told him Sun-
1 ' ■ that as a jieuee officer he was
'“ ‘'dug a big mistake to try to take
1 g"iigi! in this wav on Sunday,
' Un 'T he had been insulted.
gone on and ou until it
tracts the attention of
even at-
st rangers
the Hadens took their end of the
road. Soon persons were present
viewing the battle ground, iho
old man’s false teeth were found
broken condi-
good deal of blood yis->
of hair helped
to mark the battle ground. At
I speiiK up
these, cold wet cases in Lump kin j ((( ()I( j er us a |i tl | c liquor to drink
county having no district couit
the house near by Mr. Haden was
1 by
I bruises and tho loss of his false
that bis lips are as lilac as indigo.
You can always tell for two or
day# aftormnls a j«*Uco nr | lWok H U (i»o for »■»•»»•«• ^nddy'disSorcil l.y
juror who hw bi'cn trym* _»t j -peillc W« bad about declital | J . _ hi » f „|^,
to o
along through the holidays
Imt having become so disgusted at
what wc have observed wiibin the
few days, wo have about
house, by looking at bis lip*.
Down ai Aurnria they use to hold
court in a store —and we guess they
( | () y ( ,t—in a merchants store, and
the jury in preparing its verdict
had to go in to an old stable,
ing the owner to have t<> lee
bis”horse every time a jury
cans
out
t rial
teeth. His wife’s head was cut to
tlieskull in two places and a body
wound considered dangerous. Tho
only damage on the other side was
..... . ,n little extra twist given Mrs,
declined the idea. Ibis has occm- j p r;iuk ji n ’ a arm _j oe was not hurt.. . „ ni .
red more than once this year, yet Tyj r> Haden was able to ride to be run through their stole, bmely
the former ministers censured us j town yesterday fully intending j there can ho no such apian con-
nublicly and personally for not al- to swear out a warrant, hut _ bis j c . c k«tl ns ibi^, for it would loc k
1 J ' wife is still in bed. Moth sides j toQ much
past
Wo didn’t know until rec«ntly
that any one’s name was spoken
of for mayor of Dahlonega except
Col. Makar. It is said that Som#
of them are going t® run Post-
nniater Tate. Whether bo will
aeeept or not wo do not know, for
we have said nothing to him about
it, neither has he mentioned the
matter to us. It is further stated
that if Mr. Tate is cleoted; with a
tiokot for councilman they have
in view, Mr. Jim late will be
elected marshal and Mr. Tom Tate
selected as clerk of the council,
and all the town’s business will
like Dowie running
is:!,';:|j 1 «.*. «**>-
find, j on the liuil deeds of some of tMr | | ti „„ U.o.olb.r,
i members. 1
kicking some of them,
can justice be given under
i circumstances ?
belt.
Having received a lottev of en
quiry us to what the Standard
Company is doing, wo will state
that it is doing nothing at tho
present for want of power. Tho
Singleton mill has been running
on half time for awhile with the
hopes that it would rain soou and
strengthen tho power, but no rain
of any consequence yet and work
had to cease. Two splendid veins
are already opened up on this
property, ready to work as soou
as sufficient power can be had.
The drouth is worse even Mian last
year,'as the Crown Mountain was
about ready to run by this timo
UB last winter, but it bus been so dry
there is no telling when it will bo
able to start. Tho power is short
at tho Lockhart and if it doos not
rain soon operations will have to bo
suspended down there. Al Whim
Hill they are working in a shaft
and have more water than is need
ed, particularity in taking out ore.
“Mining is a business and not a
gamble,” wisely and truthfully re
marks the editor of the Western
Trade Review, published at Chica
go. “Mining is the cleanest, most
legitimate and best paying busi*
ness on earth. You arc not taking
the money from your neighbor’s
bank account and adding it to
your own, thereby growing rich
only as fust as your neighbor
grows poor. But, you are extract
ing tho wealth a wise providence
has deposited in mother earth to
the credit of those who ar.e willing
to open an account with nature’s
great storehouse of wealth, with
their brain and muscle. You cash
your checks at nature’s great
safety deposit vaults, and the more
you draw out the more wealth you
have added to the world. Oppor
tunity lies equally within the reach
of all. The power to see it is the
difference in men. To lessen this
difference is tho duty of every mi D.
To do ibis one must keep his hand
on the pulse of the world—sense
its movement and meusuro every
opportunity, that presents itself,’*
