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f|l)e gaekson Ijcsts.
JACA'SON, 0,1., JAN itf, 1882
\V. IL SI 4IIP. - - Editor.
Iltmpton' had n grand masked bell
1 ist reels.
Mr. .t imwM> Vickers, r.n old citi
*->n ofllerry county i'< dead.
The Henry county Weekly anoundns
tV.c death of Mrs. J. 11. Ihtvis of tliat
county.
Mrs. Logan nn aged lady of Griffin
i* rieitd.
Mr. Snell, of Henry county, died of
r nicer of the face.
The AtU" a Post-Appeal will con
tinue ns an evening paper.
A farmer of Jasper, Texas, c’nitns to
hue produced n worm proof cotton.
Wjlkin on county lias voted down
the liquor.
lr is id a company i* l einp organ
ized t > rmbnlm Guiteau a body nod
flier it over the country.
A hart less wretch, near Sumpter. Gn.,
caught a cow and cut her tongue out.
Hi. Yr—should he cut also.
Two men and one woman, negroes,
were hung at Kei Isville, N. f ~ oy tne
14th fur murder.
Jesse WilliaifT-, col, was linn red in
the jail at Savannah, on the lGtfi, for
the murder of T"hy Loekcy.
Mr. W. P. Wilson, of Hampton,
■ ml Miss Mattie Manley of Spalding
> re married.
A. C. f: B. F. Wylv, grocery mer
. hauls of Atlanta have failed. Li.abil
i.io* about $120,000, HSsetU $170,000.
The uvno ol t c pm'-f flint Hum
1 o'.< 4, Dougherty cmitMy/j , has been
changed to Ilanlaway.
11. M. M •Int.osh, ag-*rti for tin* Sin
j*.*r sowing rmohino in Griffin, Aav*
1 tie New*. li.is skipped to Texas witli
considerable rash.
Truck I.tying on the M. & It., Tlx
tension, nt Macon, is progressing fine
ly notwithstanding the very lHid wenth
-1 r the past few weeks.
Jtaring tlic pas' year, 1 ,000 people
\ err killed by railroad nrcidents in
the United Sir.tes.
Tlic Griffin New* appeals to tin*
people to w nko up and do something in
tin* matter ofihn proposed Giiffl",
Jtlon'irel'o and Madison railroad.
Gapt. Henry Jackson, reporter of
lho S i,.mi *e CniJit, li is resigned and
l is (miner law partner, •(. H. Lump
kin, F*q , bus bnn appointed bis sue
ceasor
The b'.ack confln nt sin ill pox is
1 aj> n : i a great many points ir. Tex
as, It is siid to have been first intro,
dtioed by exiled Unxinu Jews, lie
t na' a< it nr iy. it is very obstinate and
fatal, requiring the greatest care to
keep it from spreading.
The hanging of Guitenu cannot le
nu immediate matter, ns most peo
ple seem to think. Under the law he
1 annot be banged until thirty days
niter the opening ol the next term of
tbo court. Thi* will not he tiiiiii the
4ill of Aptil and therefore the date
id GuiuauV e xecution ennnnt possibly
take place until the 4th ol May.
The citizens of Milner, (hi., nt a
meeting held for the purpose, with .1.
V, iiend ns chairman and Jno. L. Read
,eeretary, passed resolutions denounc
ing the actions and doings of their pres
ent mayor, ns being in conflict with
the principles of good order, contrary
to good sense, violent in the extreme,
partiality, <£<\
The man wanted by the marshal of
Home, perpetrated a swindle, by draw
ing twice from the bank for the same
lot of cotton, to the amount of $3,000.
< 'no-fourth of the money recovered in
addition to n £SOO. reward, is offered
tj the captor.
The people of Atlanta nro waked up
on the small pox question, aud pro
caution i- being taken against the dis
ease by vnscinating. The diseasn is
spreading to an nlarmingcxtent t hough
out the North and West. It is report
ted in Chattanooga.
Joe Brown has ofilct >tcd with the
Republicans over since the war, and
succeeded in splitting the Democratir
party in the last campaign and cap
tured th l’curbon wing, for lie says
he stands on bis same old pin'form and
“they have come over to him." Its
n''*nrd to insinuate that the true Dorn
ucracy of Georgia, (called Indcpeiu!
nuts) arc trying to entice bint away
from Ids party. They have got enough
of Georgia's trator, ami don’t you for
get it. The idea of a /Vmoem t indor
-1 ing Joe Brown—why, vve bad just as
soon be accused of supporting l". S.
Grant.
The news from llie recent floods is
lirsiressiiijf. The Mississippi river is
brimming full and within a few inches
of high watermark in 1574, and if no
abatement in the rains soon, the low
country along the river is threatened
with inundation.
Several.town* on tiie Tennessee and
t.t!u>r rivers are nearly submerged ;
duelings floating down the sparging
streams and thousand* of people are
forced to leave their homes. A por
* iifen, of'Xasiiville is inundated and
bunts unload their cargoes some dis
tance iip broad street. A train cross
ing the river near Aberdeen, the bridge
gave way and the engineer and lite
tuaii plunged into the river U> escape.
The lire man was drowned.
BIG I Slti:
Atllnnlcrs The .Sufferers
Los* 8300 000
Weglean from the Poet-Appeal, the
following information concerning one
of the nest diaasterons fires ever wit
nessed in Atlanta since the effects of
Sherman’* torch. The fire wasdiseov
cred shout one o’clock last Sunday
morning, in the basement of the Brown
building, known as Block’s candy and
cracker factory, on Alabama street.
The watrr supply being n failure and
the lack of help and propper manage
ment, the fire got under headway and
eight large store houses nnd most of
the contents were burned.
Insurance shout $200,000. A gentle
man resident of Richmond, Vn., i* re
ported a* being burned tip in the Wil
son House. A woman is also reported
missing.
The Brown finildine, Frank K.
Block’* candy and cacker manutso
tory in the < ngine room o‘‘ wli'efi oc
the fi'st il >or the fi e originat'd,
1 "ikling fiml stuck to at loss -in k.
null'lliii" rv, etc . v .hie at $75X00,
iit -in r and for gfi.OOO; bnihling vt in d'
835 000, insured t..r S2O 0 >0
.Tulin Stephens A i <>., grocery and
"i ni'iiissnn on il’lianla. biiililiiig and
•■lock total l.>s“. So. k value at $ 15,
(tOO. insured at SIO.O O li ll ibl lll _■
<i tied l.y '' es. N H < 'lli-O 111
valu'd m $7 50'), insinain-i $5,000
•1. J. fim neii. groceries; 1 iss !>l,
000, damage 1 by water; covered by
insurance.
.Store of Mis M. K. K'ltny,
rvcclinicd bv ('ainpbiil Ac Jolu'Snn,
I'quota. To n' less. Sock vahn dat
S 1,000; in*iiinne.e $1 000. Building
valued it §2.500.
J. F. 11-dd's livery fttabl -s (vitlglit
fire three limes, with slight damage.
Four hundred head of stock wi re
i limed into the at reels, the nuijriity
not, VI t Vi covered
Wilson House, with stores under
neaili of 110 i aid, Wood A Cos., to*
li'ieeo and clears, L. Cohen, liqn- rs
J 11. M. ich.nt, groceries, nml B n
Jxmin lbo., tohnee nnd cigms, res
pectively, hot* I ■ and stoics total los*;
slocks pntiafiy saved The loss of
the 1 1 il soii House and sioie* is pul
l 86.1,000 Howard. Wood <6 tlo.’s
stock al §>lo 001; John D, Meivliani’
nt. 815.00 J. Levi G-.h-ii $15,00:1.
H' l'jiiniii IJ>os SIO,OOO.
W. G. N.if H'.'ips, b*s Jf.500.
Abyssinian library, b*s 81,000.
I lie two better' buildings w ere a |i:H '
of ilie Wilson House. There were
iwo or three shoe m ikci a shops in
i In- Im-euieiit. ri'C loss amounts to
afiout SSOO.
The Jackson bidldln£r totally des
• rn\e l. I. >*s $24 000, insurance slG,*
COO. In this building were A. Ilaa*
& l)ro , brokers; loss §5,000, J. M.
Pondi r, broker. Dr. It sc and If. H.
Monmangli. offi es, a -gi cga'c loss $2,-
000. Tin- rooms up stairs were oec .
I•!(•<I by Mr. It. H. MeGrvs al. lo**
of Ini nit lire and persnunl i {lets. $5.00
and G A. Loe and family, less el
Imniiure nnd personal effects 81.000
Don, Oglctrce tt Go , gme. ro s.
totally destroyt'd; loss on stock ST,*
000 Dunn s cotnmere.i il ngrnrv n t•
stairs to'aliy destroved, ]o*h $5,000
Ijitngston & Urnne, htiilding ami stock
saved,slight damage to latter in money,
I’. AO. T. Dodd, groceries,ami Sur
gical Institute, the former damaged
bout sl-500 by water; Institute non r
Dodd's caught fire several times but
extinguiaheo with little damage.
in Ohio Jinn Down South
I lunch on of Into traveling through
portions of the Sunny South. One
would sttp'pose from iva-nii • some of
the U- pnhliean Jntll'imls ot tin North,
that the S.niili was alwtivs Imstile to
the North. lint I find the South has
hern maliciously misrepresented. The
tnnj alty ol the people South tire in
dnstriotts liusliaihinn ti, mote general
and social t’'an the peopl ■ of the
VVe-t. God speid (lie platform ot
Farming World, which belicvs the
;;r is over, refuses to dig tin the nu
ininsbi's of the last, know s tin Nor l h.
no South, but seeks to unite the com
n:n i-tercsta of all seotiui* and par
ties into one harmoniously. \ more
peaceable and quiet people itian tin
Southern people will hardly be found
on eirth Tl'cy are gen runs and in
dnatiions, advancing slow 1 v but sure
ty to a lligb degree ot emitu ttce and
.prosperity. They are a'ways retulv
with an otttsl' etched bund and hearty
welcome to their brethren ol the
N ortli.
During my atay in tin* Sutih I
h ve never sin n any ini imid.it ions at
p 'l* Every nta'i caa bis vote unhurt
and unmolested. Ft ' edom <>t till Mg' •
and iiidepeiid* nee in decision, ns pet
mining to p di'icH, is characteristic
ot th" Soiitbern people- and this p> r
ogativ is denied 11 > one. I liepe, in
the name i t all that is noble and good,
that slanderous campaign dooiimei t-
Icive had tlieir day, and n i l tin ninn
tlinu) eitl 01 tlio North ot the Seiiih
Farming World: Yakkbb.
Fr<>m Mr.J W. Miller e leawi
that the original coniiac'ors on tin-
Columhna tntttl line have tailed. We
believe the name of th. f|>m is S..w
v> r <P Cos, who live ir T>nnc"co
They have a latge t,mnber of routes
and stib-let the contracts Mr M'lhr
took th f’obmilms con'rset about
the li st nl November. Sawyer A Cos
R"r>e ing to | r.v sls p* r *< mob n o e
foi the ser vice ili t they were allow ii
by 'ln* poet Oftie" !)■ (•ar'ineiii. \l.
M I rr ha* bet n running 'be mail re
nlarly eve since, and as h- looks *o
Sawn ir*t 'o , In* bis p* be i I o e
about SIOO. The mol has not been
stopped, however. aMr Miller bus
in aha newr e<>nt rad it b llie p*tmo •
> rat I oluuibus,—f Lump'-in lmte i
p vudeiit.
This in'cr. sting ai Lic u trim the
American It gisw r : Motiarcli'lfs
have from the origin of our free in*
stiimi ins, pia diit and their downlah,
sooner or later, on account of alleged
wan: of capaci y in ihe people for
Bell govt rnmenl. They say that pop
ill,ar government is inny suited to ti e
ehihllinod of i aiinns ; nnd llial the
i.iu'ory of t lte nr and has ileinonstiateil
the iiieapaci'y ot man i<• maimain tree
gnvernmen as permanent thing,ami
lha I aoonel nr later the | lie*
gt.iie I and misled b designing dein
agiiugitea iitd | ofilicians, will show
heir incapacity for free gnvgrnraoni
and siihmjt to I lie overtlitoa nt their
liberties It i* tine, that like causes
aie mlnibited to prmluce like iwsnds
ii ll <|. r simi in circnniA mice, Hi* nry
phvlnsoidiy t'selling l y example.
Wlu n ifii* people become corrupted
by luxury,pri ffigacynml exuavagiin e
they loose tin >.<• starling virtues ot
irnfigaiy and moral worth, and tlm'
Ilia’ll eslimation of their rights at,d
liberty which are essentia to qualify
a people for free government. \Vhcn
iliev lieeome cnrrupteil and their
elee'i uiH can be ciiri- u by tnui.i-y
and fiaud w hen voteiscau be luuigl.t
at tile elections like sheep ill l“f
sluinibles, the capicity for fr. e gov
c nmerit is gone. Hut we no it"t
despair of the capacity of onr people
yet 111 pel pi'tllMU! till'll' liberties ill
lliis great coUUHy and In tore our in
stil ill lons e.in he overthrown tliwe
will be siii'li manly and desperate
struggle* as the world has never wit
nessed before.
When the moral sense of a polits
icat parly in power beconv n so cor
rupted anil debased a s to act tin 1 y <n
gage in sch' rues of repiidirtiton of
public obligation*, and to i age money
to subsidise and corrupt the people
ai tie ei ct ions, and proclaim as il.eir
m!e of actions t hat anything is j os' i
- in nn.i als and in law winch w ill
tend to keep themselves ir. power,
'here is an end to ;he c • p:toity ot the
people to maintain ilnie lilieities il
'hex tail to <!i*Crd sueh n puny from
power at once. There must, he a
training and elevation of the inma l
sense as well as the iulellecuia! fae
n 1 tics to fit a pc pie foi lieu govern
in' lit.
M inro Adver tisci; Mr. Harris
Smith .s son i.f Mr, Gus Smith was
ihe proprietor of a one horse faun
last year, and not il vny large one
horse laiui at that. lie p'ntiied ten
acres in cotton and six in corn. lie
paid out for labor, in making hisciop,
thi' ty five cents only. He made nine
I ales of eottor, weighing Jive bun
died and forty pounds < ach, and one
handled and fifty bushels of corn,
lie used eight hundred pounds of gu
ano on Ids eo'ton, nut qu’tc one hun
dred pounds per acre. Had his crop
m>t Miff-red from tliediy weaiher. ho
would have made a bale and a hall if
cot ton per acre
Sheriffs Safe for February.
\XT ILL Hl* S’ I.D I'cforr Court House
\\ floor, ill Ihrtn'vn of .l.ickson, Itults coun
ty, f., on the K*l<sT n-’*:sl>AY in
lie*!. l s K2, within ti.e hour.-* of sale, tUc lol
iawinKproperly lo*vvit :
One und Moss Knjfir.o, five 1 mrso
power, levied noon hm tlU' property ot \V. J'.
M If I'll T
virtui* of one It l.t inmuml from the Superior Courl
<r Dulls founty, t.i fovor of M. V. McdvlHSen vm
\V. 1. MiilJtnt, i'. 1. Ui lg*\v.ty *Sc Willi un Tluix
toii. TliiaDeo., 21th, 1 s-S 1.
J. O. BKaT’CII amp.
She rill’, IL C.
urai. r.E SOU) before t!ie Court House
\\ door, ill tin* town of .l.tekson. Bull** enmi
ty. On., on the !'IST TPRSDAY in FICBUTA
IL Y next. Ij>B2, within the lentil liours of sale, t'.ie
following doserihott properly to wit :
Hxt.v tteros <ft*ind, tieitig n |Mtrt oftho t’ole
m;tn I md, situ tted. lyjny; mihl in the coun
ly of Butts, bounded us follows : North by lumls
of It. .1 [..itvsiiii : West hv Mrs hut}' lv.tusoii;
Must by .losiuli Krecnmn ; South by Josiuh I'ree
iiGiii. l.oviod upon as the property of It. W.
Colomnn, by virtue of one fi fit i>sucd from the
611 I>islriet (J Nl.. in fuvor of R. P. Brooks, vs.
R. \V. • oleumn. Jmade by J. B. Brooks,
L. C., und returuotl tome, this Mw.. 2d. 1 ssi.
J. o. BEAlH.'llami*,
ShcritT, B. C.
u T II.T, I’d! St >T.r> before the court house door
\ t in fh.e town of.l.tekso . Itntts county, Ca.
on the IM sl).\Y in FICBIiI : AUY next.
1882. within the Ic-j.tl hours of gale, the following
described property to-wit :
Forty acres of land in the North-West corner
of lot of land numlor not known, lying und be
ing in t lie county of Butts nnd bounded as follows:
North by latnls of Mrs. Bishop; West by lands of
Must mi Hendrick; South by lan Ls of the estate of
John Currie; Knst by land* sold by M. V\ McKtb
ben ns administrator on the estate ofTho. Mc-
Kibben, on the Ist Tuesday in Oct>HT, IS?I I-<*x •
Jed utttm as the property of John Currie, by vir
ttir of one fi fa issued from the Justice eotutof
the 616 District t*. M„ in favor KolW. Duke \s.
JohntNirrie. property pointed out by plaint ill*.
Tenant in possession Kiven i oticc. ns required t y
Inv I.evy made Oct., 6rtt 1881. TliU January 3d
I'VSU.
J. O. BEAt'CIIAMP.
Sherifi', B. C.
TlflLh lIR before the iN>ttrt house door
\ > in the town of Jackson. Butts cnnntv.
within tlie lej’td hours of sale, on the f ift>T
TI’RBDAY in I'i-HIU’AUY next, 1-SN2, the ft>l
lowinK described property to-wit
Ten acres of land in the North-fvist corner of
lot of Hnd No not kunxvii, situate t, tH-inßiuid ly
ing the county (*f Butts, and l>oumi and as follows
North lvland's of l>r. J. H. Bryans; West by lands
of tbe entitle of IV Bumble . South by lands of
the estate v*t J. B. Ihitnhlr . Hast by lands o|" W.
\ Klde". levied upon as the i>rqK’rty of the
estate of.l. IV lu.nble, by virtue ot three tux fi
fas issued by J. <. Andrews and W. Nutt, tax
collators of Butts tsnmty l\r the years 1879, 1-SBO,
nnd 1881, in favor of the State of Beorght and coun
ty ot Butts vs the estate of.l. IV l'umbh*. Ten
ant in possession notified in the tei .ns of the boy.
Levy made and returned to me by J. M. MeMi
eliuel, B. C. ThU January :td, IWJ.
J. b. BISAIVITAMP,
Sheriff 11. 0.
PErtTTY SHERIFF'S SALE.
\ 17 !Ui HE 1,1 >l.O the Court House door
\V in the town of .Turkson, Butiseonnty G*i.
on the FIRST TCfv-MWY in fT.IUir\KY next,
the following: ie*tri , 'e<! piNVM>rtyto-wit :
One hundred nud tfiuflfMuf outre or less,
lying: and hem* in the rottniy of Putts mu' 'yuii
do la* follows North hy land* of iVlliiatu White,
or P 1 While: Wost hv 1-uvU f K s While;
South hv Ihiuli* of W.C T. (tedium, K.i*t hy hind*
of.? It, Thom.o* 1 evitsl ujkmi us ihc property f
M 9. Hurler hv virtue of one ft In issiiel from the
Superior Courto r Butt* • •'unty. in fUvorof.V l\
Wall vs. M. S Barber. Tenant in po-wossion giv
en legal notitx?. Thf*. lantvify f*th IK*
W. l IT WRY, LHpnty sheriff.
W' 1 I. BF SOI l> lefbre the court house floor
in the town of Jackson. Pultspounlv ta.
on the FIK T TCKSDAY in FEHKI'A KYnext.
within the legfttl hours of sal . the following
properi v owit ;
One eleventh undievWrl interest in the McTn
tosh property, known ti* the Mclntosh Hotel, ly
i-ig and being in the Town of '*e In tosh nmi In
dian Spring* reserve, now ocoipieti hy K. W.
i ,*ilier: eonlumiUAT eight sere* more or less. ,
| Numbers 3t> on which the Hotel and stable atul
' irtnien arc idtunted. containing? 4 ft ere* less ri)
feet front on main street ’U feet deep whercoti
is situated a wiuill wood building; known is Che
?-*p'‘*r'* store house: Also two seres each, olf lot
No 49 nud Snail In the inehr-ure: and knotrn us
the Mdntnflh property levied on as (he prop- :
erty hy virtue anl to satisfy one fi f:i issue ! from
the Pent-bertr eounty SuprrioT C'*nrt. m favor of j
J N FretehmA 00.,in. Bryant A. OolMer. lYop- j
eriv puniti'ttoul by N. C. ('oilier. PlaintitTa At* j
turner. Tenant in |wv**e*.onn given written no*
t ee, a rcqtUred by low. This, January Hh
J and. FEAITHAMF.
Sheriff, r: C
Advertises! B.otters.
To be certain to get any cil the follow
ing letters, which now remain unclaim
ed in the post office at Jackson, par
ties calling for them must guy adver
tised.
A—llenry Allen.
B—Green Barber, Thus. It. Bailey*
R L Barnet, Bond A' Nutt.
C—J L C'asti m; Caroline Carmichael.
F—Miss Jennie Fitch (2j; Wesly
Foster; D \V Frazier.
M— Clem McCurc; \V. 11. Merrctt;
O \V Moore.
N-J H Nutt.
B—Jnines Pullmum; Win. Peterson.
R—Dompse Beeves; Mary Jane
Rush.
K—Mrs Sarah EKent.
K—-J B Scott; A.l Stubbs; J F Smith;
Mr* M I, Smith; .1 B Scott.
\V—-Henry C Williams; Wot Wil
son; .100 L Willard; Mrs Harriet Wise.
Geo Atkinson,col; Miss Mattie Head,
col.
If not delivered in "0 days, will be
petit to the dead letter office.
W. E. HARP, P M.
Jan., Ist, ISP2.
A game cock was carried off by a
bald eagle near Rome, On. lit fore
the eagle got him out of hearing he
crowed cheeifully in mid air. Three
and tys afterwards he came home by
land. The eagle has not been sen
since.
ilBHJti 411 TB,
MAN UFA CTUAKIIS Of A NT) DEA LEIIS IN
Boots, Shoes, Leather and
i )'ATIi K 1 INDIN'iS,
URG ST 111113 U SkO.i HOUSE IN MIDDLE GEORGIA.
Keep constantly in Stock, a full line of
life's, Ei fiefs, lew’s it r asfl lfi’s Ki.i a,
HAND AND MACHINE SEWED.
Home EVSade Brogans,
For Men and Women, $1 50 ; Boys and Misses $1 25 ; Copper tipped sl.
oc.Tdm 22 HILL STREET, GRIFFIN, GA
""HOLD"! STOP THERE!
NEW GOODS
Arriving at the New Rock Store,
A. Me. WATKINS & Son.,
Jackson, Georgia.
WI: invite tlic Attention of tin’ people of Uutts county, to our Rcnerui stock of good.*, which *rc
arc ofleriny; ut prict.’.slliatwftl wiirnint them U> lrude with us.
TTJT XjTE'i’SlSr.
I. Klica shoes al worth Jl/.O ' Cliilclreiis mliocs at;GO cents, wortlt 7.3 cei t.-* anti a dollar.
Boots and Shoes
Men’s boots nl?- > ,3\ worth 63,00; at 51,23, worth 61,10.
Ladie’s Dr ass Goods,
Alpnouannd worsted.* at prices never beforo known in Jackson. Shawlsut 60 cent*, worth 76
cents ami
STAPLE GOODS,
Such ss shirting, sheeting, bleocliiugr, prints and checks, nt l>ottoni pric;s.
ITOTICNTS.
Itibbons, Isct .v. trimmings, Kid elovrs. silk ties. Indies collars and cufls, combs, buttons, thimbles,
needles und thread, and many other things too uumcrous to mention.
CLOTHING.
Jeans of the Best Quality.
GENTS UNDERWEAR.
Marts, collar*, r*iiss emvut*. mp(mkrs, liulf bw, etc.
GROCERIES.
Good .!.<Vr 6 ihoukla, cheap at '■ pound, to thi- itolt.cr. Su tear nt ta pound, lo tlic dollnr. Bn
c*in, four, lard, *yrt.p, motusaca. iir.li, eu\. lam;**. lookii.R Klaysc*. amid, tobacco, blacking, ink
la|.cr, wall.
Tinware Hardware.
Ghissware. woooden ware, buv'kets, etc.
Our good ara new and fresh, und we will sell them tov;ou at railroad prices. o*ll and see us
before t;vn*U elsewhere.
The “Will l*E” Sewing Machine!
r ri* FnvoriM* J
tßJCiin it is lie LiEMest
HUSKING; the iu j-t qnitt; mslte the prttiest
s t,-h; and lias more convenience* than any
It is mntstt<d five years and is the easiest
to sell, and gives the best satisfaction of any
T a tending purchasers are soleiited to
amine it before buying. Ilesponsible dealers
.F. I>. Ac T. SMITH,
AT holcule and Ke?til Denies,
Rro.ld street: CJcorsla.. .70
Athens Wiitclmian: There t.
two gentleinoii now living in Athens
whom common report connects with
getting a big slice of the G uifedernie
money, laken from wagons hi Wilkes.
We talked with a party the other day
who accompanied the wagons tip to
a day or o of the tobbeiy, and ie
►ays tlieie was ample opportunity to
overcome tiie drivers and esetpe The
li ams were often separated, one wag
on dropping several miles behind the
rest and the guard oouhl easily have
driven into some cross road, hid the
treasure and mad* good their escap<.
The entire capital of the tanks of
Macon once pa-sed through Athens,
hut few kuew what the wagons con
tained.
Hern mdo county is a glorious
oini*y for edtiots. They are hound lo
grow fat down there. It takes all
the lime of the two editots of tne
Brookvill Crescent to eat wliatisdct *
ated to them by the people there. On
Now Year’s Day they bad eueiimhers,
ripe tomatoes, squashes, ions ingears,
Irish potatoes. str.|> beans, watermel
ons, turnips, cabbages, beets, etc, or
anges, lemons, bines bananas, pine
apples, grape fruit, etc.—Jacksonville
News.
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