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ocal Ncw\\ 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,’*