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Local Ncw'e.
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Willie Reese is hero % cn a visii
from Atlanta.
I5y taking The Nugget yon {Jet
tlic news while it is fresh.
lcx> cream at C. \V. Sattertiehls
on Wednesdays and .Saturdays.
Miss Susan McDonald has gone
down to'Coal City, .Ada,, on a few
weeks visit.
Mr. Geo. Stumon of While
countv, once a resident of Dahlon
coa was down Inst week.
Missis Pcrline and May, daught
ers of Dr. W. S. Wilson, of Balti-
more. are visiting their relatives
in Dahloncga.
Mr. Frank Wimpy . of this
county, left last Saturday with
the intention of visiting the
World’s Fair before he returns.
The well diggers have had plenty
of employment during the drought,
nndyet they can’t furnish onreiti
zens with ns much water as they
need.
Madison Thomas and Monroe
Rccsc of Lumpkin county, were
both bound oyer by Com. Baker
last Friday, charged with illicit
distilling.
The indications are now that the
Dahloncga camp meeting will not
amount to much, as there are hut
few tent holders taking any active
part in it.
You will find a very interesting
letter from Prof. A. W. Cain on
the first page, in reference to the
World’s Fair. We hope to hear
from him again.
Mr. Jake Loggins of Auraria
district, was wedded last week to
Miss Hell Chambers. The hus
band is between fifty and sixty
years of ago and the wife about
fourteen, so we are informed.
At W. P. Price, Jr., you will
find a great reduction in summer
shoes, dress goods and many other
things too numerous to mention.
A No. 7 cook stove for sale. If
you arc in search of low prices
now is your chance.
I will be in Dahloncga for a
short time for the purpose of do
ing dental work. My prices are
reasonable. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Give me a call at the Tate
Houbo. R. L. Ellison,
Dentist.
If the democrats who were nom
inated and not yet announced for
the final election mean to run they
should make the announcement.
Voters arc not going to shove the
office on you, and will not support
you unless you ask for their assist
tnncc.
The other day while Mr. Ed.
McDouald was out in the field and
his wife was attending to some
things about the house, she step-
pod into the room and found that
two of their calves had gone in and
took possession by jumping up on
the bed and lying down.
Messrs. Dowda and Gay, two
students who have been attending
college here from Cherokee coun
ty, wero over on a visit last week.
Mr. Dowdy will not attend college
here next session, but expects to
Roto the Technological school.
Mr. Gay will teach a school m this
county.
Messrs. ,1. L. Davis and W. W.
Crisson were caught in a heavy
wind and hail storm last Friday,
'vhilo returning from tho Gorge
dam, and Mr. Davis was slightly
shocked by lightniug. For awhile
the storm looked like it would de
velop into a cyclone, causing some
families to tako refuge in their
hnseuients until it was over.
Fast week “Turkey” Postell, up
on missing some chairs and house
hold goods, swore out a warrant
for a negro woman named Mary
Hunter. At her house tho shorift
found two chairs that the old man
claimed. Tho defendant and
chairs were all brought into
court. The negro made Squire
M orley believe that she had gotten
them from one of Postell s daugh
ters and he dismissed tho case at
plaintiffs cost. Mr. Postell said
that he lost about $50 worth of
things.
Miss Willie Cnissell of Atlanta,
is visiting friends in the city.
Mrs. Lewis Price of D.-diloncga.
received a telephone message lust
Sunday slating that her mother,
Mrs. Mary ltoliug had died in Daw-
soncounty.
Mr. Ivey of Union Point, Ga.,
a late student of the N. G. A. Col-
lege, returned to Dahloncga last
week with the intention of teach
ing a school in this county at Ash"
lev.
Revs. J. D. Turner and J. \V.
Boyd, and Messrs. S. L. Prater,
Dot Gaddis, Henry Lee, G. Mis
Guiro and J. 11. Brown attended
| the district meeting in Gainesville
this week.
A mechanic had to tie employed
to repair tallies, bedstids and
fixtures which West Anderson,
tho lunatic destroyed while ho was
in jail here. He damages every
thing possible.
Wo saw one of the colored dele
gates, recently elected in Gaines
ville, in Dahloncga last Saturday.
Wc supposed him to be a forerun
ner of the republican convention
which convenes here tomorrow.
If all our citizens would put up
a lot of blackberries and fruit in
jars now, thoy would not have to
purchase such things in the winter
and spring, canned elsewhere and
run the risk of being poisoned by
the tin cans.
The farmers of Nimblewill dis-•
trict, had a picnic the other day at
the Berry Falls, and the best of
order prevailed. It is useless to
state that they hud plenty to eat,
for the tillers of the soil out there
always have that.
Some one will have to pay a fine
for driving op on the sidewalks in
Dahloncga before it is stopped,
expeept where parties arc building.
The streets are plenty wide and
the walks should not be allowed to
bo cut up by teams and wagons.
Let the ordinance bo enforced.
Mr. John Walden of Hightow
er district, was sick last week,
being the first time he has been
bad off enough to have to take bis
bed since the civil war, and not
often then, for he nearly always
answered to the roll call and was
willing to respond whether ho was
right well or net.
Some of the women here aro
engaged in manufacturing blacks
berry wine, yet they belong to the
church and grumble about their
husbands and hoys drinking in
toxicants, nevertheless they sell it
to tho husbands and sons of others.
If they would save the berries in
cans instead of the juice in kegs,
it would look more Christian like
and bo of some benefit to them
selves aud families.
The other night a country
preacher met some of his old
friends, who wero in town and got
tanked up on blockade liquor
enough to cause him to talk like he
was in the pulpit or a mill. This
is a bad example for a man claim
ing to be a minister, to set for tho
rising generation, for if boys and
young men follow it they are more
apt to take tho wrong road and
come face to face with the devil.
Last week, while B. R. Meadors
& Sons were arranging to remod-
dle and enlarge their storo room in
Dahloncga, they removed two
safes that had been in tho building
for more than half a century.
They were old timers that have
gone out of date many years ago.
One was a Darien Bunk safe, con
structed entirely of wood, and no
doubt when it was made no thief
was wise enough to break or enter
it without a key. Provisions
against fire then by safes was not
even thought of. The other is a
stnalo iron concern, built like a
carpenter’s tool box. Ibis one
belongs to Mr. M. F. Whelchol,
who once owned the Mcaders cor
ner, and did business there for
many years. The key is gone and
ho says the snfe has not been open
ed in twenty years or more. The
wooden safe belongs to the build
ing. These safes should be saved
j to show tho rising generation, as
! well as the present, how honest
i people were when they were made.
Mrs. A. J. R eese is hero on a
visit from Allantu.
Geo. Blown of Lumpkin, was
bound oyer ibis week foi i llicit dis
tilling.
Go to M. J. Williams for fruit
jars, rubbers and extra tops. AL
! so fruit acid.
Mr. Boyd Gurley, Fred Eng
land, Willie Reeso and Geo. Stnn-
i ton are across the mountain fish
ing this week.
Col. Price, after spending sever
al weeks in Atlanta in the interest
of our college and looking after
other matters, has returned.
Mr. Croff Moore expects to moyc
his family back to his old home in
Floyd county next week, to the
regret of of their mnny friends in
Dahloncga.
Wo regret to stutc that Mrs. W.
II. Jones of this place, has been
sick for several days, and a surgi
cal operation will have to he per-
| formed.
We arc not at liberty to tell you
jail about it, but will say that the
prospects of Lumpkin county get-
ting a railroad are brighter than
ever before.
Mr. 11. C. Wood, who has been
in this county since the early part
of spring, left last Monday for
Leroy, Kansas, where ho will
spend some time on business.
Last Saturday, while out in the
field plowing, lightning shocked
both Mr. Jabc Waters and his
horse. For a little while Jabe was
unconscious but he is all right now
except being sore.
Messrs. C. R. Arnold and J. L.
Whetstone of tho Betz, passed
through Dahloncga last Monday
on their way to White county to
look after some mining property
they are interested in up there.
A look at n most excellent watch
which Map Tillson owns that was
manufactured in China will at
once convince any one that the
Chinese are not so foolish as many
peoplo try to make us believe.
Henry Sparks and Lathnniel
Phillips left last Monday for
Black Oak, Toon., in company
with Alfred and William Davis.
The latter gentlemen go for the
purpose of looking out a suitable
farm to move to later on.
Judge W. W. Murray is in Dah-
lonega again, looking aftor his
mining interest here. The Judge
is a large stockholder in the Jum
bo and feels proud of being the
possessor of such valuable prop
erty.
Mr. Reed Galbreath, who went
from White county to Texas wheu
a boy of about eighteen, came in
this week on a visit to his sister
here, Mrs. Win. King. He is now
an old man and many changes
have taken place since he was in
Dahloncga last.
As I am going out of business
here I am closing out my entire
stock of goods at a bargain. And
all unsettled accounts that have
been running 80 days, will he
| found in an officers hands for col
lection. Respectfully,
F. L. Reese.
Rev. J. E. Blackburn of Dab
lonega, paid Marble Hill a visit
last week. While there he secured
a job of painting two school hous
es, a dwelling, hotel, store house
and Masonic hall. Mr. Blackburn
reports the crops ns very prom is
ing in Pickens county.
A certain fellow stepped up to
the window of tho Methodist
’ church the other night and peeped
in and failing to see his loved one
thoro wont away without entering.
The saying that love works in many
mysterious ways is very true, eyen
among married ones some times.
Mr. C. F. Bowen, of Sparta,
a brother of Mrs. F. L. Iiecse, of
Dab lonega, passed through our
city this week, accompanied by
his friend, Mr. Chapman of Ma
con, bound for Asheville, N. C. on
a pleasure trip. While in Dahlon-
ega they were iho guests of Mr.
Reese, who showed them around
and made every thing as pleasant
us possible for them.
Mrs. C. A. Manston, a daughter
of Mr. J. C. Castleberry, is up on
a visit from At I mta.
The strike down in Alabama by
! the miners are causing most of the
Lumpkin county boys to leave
: there.
John Stover of t his county, was
i hound over by Com, Baker last
I Saturday, charged with illicit dis»
tilling.
Mr. J. T. Cassndy, who is iutcr-
jestedintho recent timber deal in
! Union county, was in Dahloncga
awhile this week.
Mr. James L. Wchuut requests
|us to state that he will preach at
Nimblewill church on the fifth
! Sunday at 11 o’clock.
I
Mrs. Black of Dawson county,
is hole at the bedside of her sick
daughter, Mrs. W. H. Jones. Mr.
Black also came up Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Howard left
Inst 'I uesday. Mr. Howard goes
to Atlanta and his wife visits her
father for tho first time in six
years down in Middle Georgia.
Mr. W. G. McNclly, that wide
awake, hustling agent of the great
Atlanta Journal, was in Dahlonc-
ga this week shaking hands with
his many friends here and talking
Journalism to them.
Hnrvo Lackey of Frogtown dis-,
trict. camo down last Monday to
make bond, charged with taking
on too much toddy at a school
house some time ago, according to
the evidence before tho last grand
jury-
Rev. J. N. Austin went up and
preached at Shady Grove last Sun
day, and we* are satisfied that he
rendered valuable services, for
when he went to Icavo for homo
Monday these good people loaded
his buggy with flour, meat and
other eatables.
On last Saturday night at about
10:80 some parties threw a dyna
mite in the old Boy Thomas lot
whero it exploded, and they lit
out at full speed across where Mr.
John Anderson is building, falling
dowc several times, one ot them
knocking a mud hole dry on the
fly. They camo near being caught,
and ulmost enough evidence has
been secured to cause them some
trouble. They did it only for
fun, but such fun is against the
law.
A large number of people, both
black and white, attended the ser
vices last Sunday at the colored
camp ground three miles from
Dahlonega. Everything went on
nicely till they began to ask for
contributions and one- negro pass
ed around the hat crying and tak
ing on like a boy awhile after eat
ing green peaches. Shedding arti
ficial tears upon receiving money
caused some to think that ho was
under tho influeneo of liquor. It
is more appropriate for a person
to cry when they are paying out
money.
Some of our citizens nttended
services last Sunday up at Yahoo-
la. There had been a storm the
day before in that section, which
blew down a widow’s coin,
and the preacher’s text seemed to
lie “It rained, hailed and the wind
blew dowu Mrs. Ash’s corn.”
During his discourse he told about
meeting some parties that morning
who had cut down a bee tree and
got dirt in the honey, and said
that if it had not been on Sunday
they would have had no dirt in it,
etc., etc..
In reference to what was re
ported to us and published in The
Nugget of the 8th inst., concern
ing Mr. Will Wehunt killing his
father’s dogs because they sucked
his eggs and run his hogs, ho says
that it is an absolute lie. Ho did
i kill the dogs, because they acted
j like they were mad. And as to
I his cursing or any of his folks bo-
j ing mad about it. as far as he
! knows, is another lie. He further
( says, that he belongs to the church
aud is trying to live right and pays
his debts. Wc are glad to learn
that Mr. Wehunt has this in his
program, for a man who pays his
debts and lives l ight is bound to be
rewarded when the genontl roll is
called.
That Lunacy Trial,
I In' trial here last Saturday of
Mrs. 1 laden, charged with lunacy,
was the most rodioulous proceed
ing that over occurred in a court
room. Even Yabooln district,
whero tho Squire finished up the
business of the court, sold his code
and left tho state with a woman,
cannot lie compared with this tri
al. And out in Mill Greek diss
trict, whero the Justice of the
Pcaco issued a warrant and hound
over tho unmarried girl to tho
Superior court, charging her
with fornication and adultery, can
no longer bo termed tho strangest
thing on a court docket. No.
Neither can any newspaper man
make any exaggerations in writing
up this lunacy trial.
Well, now to some of tho partic
ulars: Ten days previous a war
rant was issued for Mrs. linden
purporting to have been swore out
by Joe Franklin, a neighbor of tho
defendant, and tho trial was fixed
for the day stated above at 10
o’clock. Long before the hour ar
rived a number of jury Bookers
could bo seen about the court
house, and when tho sheriff arrivs
ed lie was headed off by somo of
them at every corner, like hoys
use to play hide and whoop.
At the appointed hour tho sheriff
had six jurors summoned and the
defendant camo in with her hus
band, father and sister. Mr. Will
Huff was present to conduct t he
examination for his father. The
list of the jury was called and Mr.
Haden was asked if ho preferred
a full pannel of twelve jurors. Ho
did. They were summoned and
ready for business, but Franklin
was not there, and the trial was
postponed until 2:80 o’clock and
tho sheriff notified to summons the
witness.
A little after 2:80 o’clock
all interested wero present except
tho defendant. The sheriff was in-1
structed to go out on the porch
and call Mrs. Haden and her hus
band. To call a supposed crazy
person into court is a little unusu
al occurrence, but the request was
complied with, and the defendant
was soon on hand, together with a
large number of spectators.
Franklin was culled up by con"
ductor Huff, who staled that he
didn’t swear out any such wars
rant for the defendant—that he
didn’t believe she was crazy, that
it was pure meanness in the way
she acted towards him when he
passed her house. This of course
brought the investigation to a
standstill, making conductor Will
Huff angry, who made an entry of
disnusal on the warrant and told
Joe that he knew it was pretty bard
on him to haye to pay $25 for cost
but he would have' it to do. Then
ho advised Joe to go along hereaf
ter quietly and peucably and to
pay no more attention to Mr. Has
den than if ho was an old dog.
He then turned to Mr. Haden and
began talking to him. Tho old man
told Huff that he didn’t care to be
lectured by him, that he was drunk
any way. This kindled the flames
and Huff with an oath says you
are tho meanest man in Lumpkin
county aud have cost it more
money than any one in it. Tho old
man raised his stick and said that
he would crack his head. Will
got up. Judge Hull' caught his son
by the coat tail. Tho sheriff gave
his attention to-Mr. Haden. At
this juncture Jim Tate, who was
occupying the judges big chair,
got tickled so that he turned over
and it was like a circus with two
rings, the spectators didn’t know
which was the most interest
ing, Jim with the wrong end up,
or tho two men trying to fight.
This put the house in an uproar
and u bigger noise and more laugh
ter never occurred at a negro min
strel show. Will Huff and Frank
lin left the court room, and
after ordering the sheriff to jai 1
Mr. Hayden things got a lit
tle more quiet. Every body
present were disgusted, even
Link Wehunt, tho bareheaded man,
looked ashamed. After this Judge
Huff reopened tho case and every
body talked that wanted to. Smok
ing Jim Anderson represented Ya-
hoola district, who advised all par-
lies to go home and live in peace.
There being no evidence that the
defendant was insane, the jury re
turned a verdict of not guilty.
Mining Notes.
Prospectors are at work on the
mining property in this county
belonging to the Christian Wahl
estate.
Wo learn that everything is pro
gressing nicely down at the Eto
wah mine this week, taking out
some nice ore.
Billy Riley and his two sous are
engaged under a lease on the Stan
dard property. Billy is a good
miner and is generally successful
at the business.
The local showers visiting va
rious portions of this county with
in tho past few days, 1ms bright
ened the hopes of the miners, who
aro anxious to he able to com
mence work on full timo.
Messrs. Ingorsoll and Crisson
aro unable to operate their dredge
until the Gorge dam above fills.
The boat is resting on the bottom
of the river and can do nothing,
yet the yellow metal is resting
all around it m paying quantities.
For several days the Briar Patch
Co. has been engaged in repairing
its bridge across tho Chostatee riv
er getting ready for business. Mr.
Montgomery has Ins saw mill up
in a well timbered section on the
London property very convenient,
turning out lumber for the dredge
boat and for other purposes.
After a heavy rain last Satur
day up at and above tho Gorge tho
gate to the dam was closed down,
but by Monday tho cutting off of
the water affected the power plant
of the North Georgia Electric Co.
below causing the gate to havo to
be raised again. The water only
liked about live feet being to the
top of tho Gorge dam when the
gate was raised. For tho past few
days the county has been visited
by small showers and it is hoped
that enough will soon come to
give our miners roliof.
After the rain last week the wa
ter of the Yahoola got strong
enough to pull the pump at tho
Lockhart, draining the shaft so
it could be ontered Monday and
work was resumed in taking out
ore, which will be piled out till the
power is sufficient to start the
mill. More than a hundred tons
are ready. The company is
now considering the best and
cheapest plan of supplying tho
mine with ample power, and will
either got it from the Gorge or
the Chestatee plant. Tho wires
from tho Gorge to Crown Moun
tain pass right by the Lockhart
and all the company has to do is
to put up a transformer and pay
a reasonable price for tho power.
Capt. Ingorsoll and Messrs.
Breyman and Bainbridge, who own
stock in the celebrated Burlow
mine, went down a few days ago
and took a look over the property
in company with Mr. Ewing. Af
ter the visit they decided to
repair the dam and reservoir so as
to furnish plenty of power for
the various miners who havo
been taking out ore there for sev
eral months, much of it being very
rich and the rest splendid milling
ore, that turns out satisfactory re
sults, and causing a number of
them to make applications to its
owners last week for a lease for a
definite period, but so far none
has been given, being allowed to
mine till the company wants to
operate it only.
Capt. Breymann, president of
the Standard Co., is on the ground
every day giving things about the
mine his personal attention. Prep
arations are being made as fast as
possible to put tho steam pump
and hoist in position at tho shaft
near the Singleton mill. Power
has been secured from the Hand
only a short distance across the
creek to run it, and in a little
while everything will be in readi
ness for tho miners to enter the
shaft and resume the work of go
ing down many hundred feet be
low the surface as was first in
tended a few years ago. The lit
tle increase of the power has ena
bled them to run the giant at the
Singleton both day and night for
a short while. The vein matter
discovered on this property some
time ago is still good. The ore
already crushed turned out more
than ton dollars per ton.