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11AKI>, - - Kditor.
Congressman Black is still olive,
but his case is regarded as homeless.
Mr. Joseph Sledge, a diurumerllom
Lagrange, tin,, < instantly hilled
by the„iraiu near Cussela, last Mon
day.
A beautiful yonng lady in Atlanta
is n shoemaker and works regular at
her trade.
The liquor license in Ea’onton is
$3,000 the towu is only able to sup
port ono bar-room.
Mr. John. A McWhorter, a prom,
inetit Atlanta lawyer died in that ci
ty last .Monday week lie was a law
partner of Gm. Garlrell.
Stephenson the mnrderer oi Air.*.
Clementine Stephenson was found
guilty, and sentenced to he hanged,
in ti a imielt Superior ( ourt last w eek.
Failures for the week throughout
the country, reported by Dunn rfe
Co’s agency, 130 —Eastern States,
17; Western, 38 Middle. 20; South’
eru, 35 ; Pacific, 13 ; New York City
0.
Our attention has more than once
been called to the extraordinary num
ber ot people in Georgia who are suf
fering from cancerous affections. The
Watchman states that there are not
less than thirteen eases ot this horri
ble disease around Athens.
Sumter llvpuhliacn; W learn
that the wln at crop ot Sumter and
counties adjoining, i < entirely mined
by rust. Mr. ti. W. Glover, ot this
city, says he considers it entirely gone,
ami has commenced plonrvng his un
der to pul the laud in cotton or corn,
ilu says that quite a number of far
mers arc doing likewise.
The man who shot at Guitenu, has
recently been tried and sentenced to
be dishonorably discharged trom the
army, wit out pay, and to he impri*.
oned iu the penitentiary lor eight
years.
Col. W&ttrimin has sold the Ath
ens Banner to Messrs. Yaney, Craw
ford and Gantt, who will consolodate
it with the Watchman, under the
name of B inner-Watchman. Col.
Watchman has bought the Monroe
Advcilist r.
Eatonton Messenger: A fnrtneroftliis
county sends us the following : “Tho
Lest method of ripping cotton stalks
is to take a small upturn blow and rip
with it. It is the best implement for
the purpose that 1 ever tried, and will
save many hard day’s work for man
and beast.
The citizens of ftenoia are agitating
the project of changing the boundary
lines of Fayette county so as to make
that place the centre and county scat.
It is proposed to take pm thins of Cow -
eta and add other portions of Fayette
to Clayton, thus throwing everybody
nearer to Court House.
Mr. J. T. Barkesdale, of Baldwin
county, cut a pine tree measured four
feet and eleven inches in diameter, t>B
l'cet to the first limb, 130 feet high ; 81
feet used for timber made 4,000 pail
ings 4 feet long, from onc-half to one
inchin thickness. If sawed iu weather
boarding it vyould make at least 5,000
feet of lumbar worth SSO.
i Congress seems in earnest shout a
’new bankrupt taw, and lias number of
l bills upon (be subject under consider
ation. Every .business man, with a
thimbleful of Mains, admits tho abso
lute noceasitvßf a bankrupt law, the
only trouble being the exceeding diffi
culty in framing a law that will give
justice and equity to both debtor and
creditor.
Washington Gazette ; A silver half
dollar one of only four-made by the
Confederate government, sold in New
York Monday for SB7O. Capt. Erwin,
of till- place, has a silver half dollar
from the lot of money tlint was thrown
into General Toomb’s yard when the
Confederate treasure was hero; and he
would not take a considerable amount
fi.rit. A number of soldier* were paid
$2,50 each, and the Captain was one of
the number.
There seems to he some danger ot a
war in Europe, growing out of the nev
er-ending Eastern question, if so, it
will he a war with Russia, and proha
Idv France,on one side, anil Austria
and Germany on the other. \\ ith the
vast armies which these powers can
bring into the field, and the interests
at stake, and national antipathies
aroused, it would Ih> one of the blood
iest of history. It might revolutionize
the map and the dynasties of Europe.
Reports arc conflicting with regard
to tin* condition of this distinguished
Georgian ; hut the moat reliable infor
mation inclines us to belief that his
condition is extremely critical. Dr.
Westmoreland, of Atlanta certainly
an authority in medical matters, says
of .Senator Hill: “He may live two
weeks or possible two years, hut the
cancer is necessarily fatal.’’ Mr. Hill
has had three difficult and painful op
orations with great fortitude, and says
that while he himself is confident of a
cure, lie is resigned to the will of his
Creator. The loss of a man of Mr.
Hill's endowments would certainly be
a heavy ono for our State and the
South.
WOMAN
A kemkdy for iifr OXl.y.
Chmix-r tluui t>ill. and to h* uixst
by wouirn exclusively. It is |>r*i>ur<-<t for them
only, mid mill issisH-mlly *l|>l**<l to ensn* wlirrr
the womb i disordered, nd will etire all irretr
ulantka of Ilia 'iiieusea", or monthly * ■norm's ,
wlietlior aeutc or chronic, by resturiuK the di
eliart;*' This yreat boon is Ir. J. Brudlteht's Fe
male Regulator, and known and rwogtdoed as
• Womans l'asi Friend' Prcntrod by fr. J. Hrads
,tol Pru-* . trial six*', Zx; large sixe fl. a®, ror
do by uli druKista.
GUANO.
aiavc Kt‘dii<*el the ■•rice
„ /Of the following HIGH GRADES
' And well established Fertilisers as ful
i lows.
* Jolm Merryman it Co's tiuano to 4SO pound*
middling cotton j>er ton.
K. Frank foe’s Ou*uio to 450 pounds middling
° < ThmuimwkV G utino to 430 lbs, Md’ I*ng cotton
Wa<ion Wtian ACo s Plow brand 0 pounds
Walton Wlmuih & Go’s Acid Phosphate ikjj lbs.
*nhn Merryman A Co’s Acid Phosphate dNO Ha*
-J on me opposite the Brick Warc-houw or on
pun Hinton, at Plau/ers* Ware-kouae, where
tov leriilizen* are stored ami delivered.
.'at. A, ti££&S. Agent,
■usaris tfrlffln (3*.
A coi respond f
ery Advertiser, * ~'m f ot>t y* o<t4
gee, says: lhe inn. < J of air.
K. Y. Ware, Jr., who liven ?*ur miles
below this place, was poisoned hy
the nuisc on lire evening of the 13th
instant, and it died in ten hours after
the fatal dose was administered. The
child was attended by that eminent
physician, Dr. James K. Hushing,
w ho, not heisg *bie to account for
the alarming symptoms otherwise,
suspected poisoning, and, upon in
quiry, the muse, a negro girl, aged
shout thirteen years, very soon ac
knowledged that she had given the
child a drink of water out of a vial.
This she was ordi red to produce, and
she at once brought it from its hiding
place in a cotton patch near hy,
which via’, upon investigation, was
found to contain morphine. The
girl eventually acknowledged all,
saying she stold the morphine from
a book-ease in the house, poured wa
ter in it. mile the child drink of it,
and, as she supposed, emptied the
remainder on the ground. No reason
was assigned for this diabolical deed
except that she was * tired nursing
and wanted to go to school.” We
learn that a coroner’s inquest was
held and a verdict tendered in accor
dance with the above. The Times
says the nurse, named Henrietta
rown, was cariied to Welumka and
committed to jail, without bail, by
Love Godwin, Esq , J. I’., of Tallas
sec beat The mother of the nurse,
and the girl who advised the nurse
to poison the child, wore also arres
ted, but the mother was discharged
and the latter was also committed.
The prisoner will be tried at tie
May term of the court. A colored
gir’ met tho nurse with the child in
her arms, and remarked : “If I was in
your place I would t be carrying, that
heavy child about in my arras : I’d
gel lid of it.” The nurso asked flow
it could be done, and the other sug
gested the poisoning of the child.
After conferring together, it was
agreed between them that the nurse
should make the child take a tea
spoonful of morphine iu water. And
to make assurance doubly sure, the
nurse’s acc mphee was to give the
child paragorio nr laudanum. Thu in
nocent little victim was made to take
'he deadly drug, and died in u few
hours alter.
Waycroßß Reporter: We warn the
people of the South against insuring
their property or lives in any New
York company, as their is a special
law in that State against the colleo*
lionot any and all claims for insur
ance by a non resident. Messts. Twit
ley ib Culpepper, of Camilla, tia.,
were defeated iu their tluim against
ibe Long Island Insurance Company,
under the operation of said law.
Augusta Chronicle aud Constitu
tion aiiat: The trial ot the ease of
Wm. 11. Johnson vs. the Georgia
railroad for SIOOOO, suit for damages,
was oonoludod at Morgan Superior
Court on Wednesday last. The ease
giew out of an incident which occur
red in the passenger train of the
above company one day last July.
Among the passengers on that train
was Wiu. 11. Jolmson, a druinmor,
Pittsburg Pennsylvania. While sit
ling in the ladies car he pulled oil’his
coal, and was requested hy Mr Harry
Hill, conductor, to pul it on again.
Phis he retuse to do, when the train
was stopped near Madison and John
son pul off. The case has since exoi
ted considerable interest in railway
otolcs. The trial of the case resulted
in n mistrial. It is generally under
stood. however, that the jury stood
nine tor no damages, and three for
SIOO damages. It is not 'bought
that the road would have stood a cent
damages, ns they were contesting the
spirit and principle of the suit. It is
not now believed that the suit will he
pushed lurther. Mr. Fred C. Fos
ter, ot Madison, and the Messrs.
Lewis, of Greensboro, represented
Johnson, while Messrs. Joseph 11.
Gumming, ot Augusta, and Joel A.
Billups, ot Macon, appeared lor tjie
road.
a. ■lunam. t. a. aaiosr.
HENDRICK & WRIGHT.
Attorneys At Law.
* JACKSON, BUTTS CO., GA.
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001/NTY iXll BT.
Will attend to all hoMnMPROMPTLY.
To The Publie.
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Suttavug'eraon the regular mail route between
luck mm and Covington at reamMiahle rule*. Will
leave Jaekaon every Tuemlay, Thursday and
Saturday morning at 7 o’clock. 1 will aim> carry
Utgvage* or oilier light freight. Your patronage
(solicited. Capt J P. LOYD.
Mail Contractor.
P. 8. —When in Jaokaou 1 u be fouud at the
iknton House. aep 38-tf
M. V. McKibben,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
JACKSON, - • A.
are lorty three ihou-and
made entirely destitute by
the Mi-bissippi flood
Mr. Scoville has subraitied to Dis
trict Attorney Coikhill has bill of
exception in the Guiteau case. It
is a voluminous document, and will
require seveisl days in its examina
tion.
Governor Colquitt has decided not
to convene the Legislature to redi*
Irict the slate. He also states that lie
will not be a candidate under any cir
cumstances.
•♦ • -
Over twelve thousand Emigrants
have left Hamburg for the United
Slates in the pass two months.
Mrs. D. G. McCormick, of our
town, killed eighty-nine birds one
day recently She is a splendid shot,
and hm it comes to using a shot
gnu she cannot be excelled.—llawk
insville News.
Augusta Evening News: Who
ever heard ot a dog with the tooth
ache t Well, Augusta tan boast of
tli** novelty The poor old ti How has
been howling for a week with neural
gia of ttit* jaw . and whet; his master,
who is a thoughtful considerate sur
geon as well as an artist, Discovered
the cause of the canine’s grief, fie set
to work to extract a whole row of
decayed teeth in the dog’s mouth
Now ihi- may seem absurd to some
very ignorant people, but it is all
true, and the poor dog held his mouth
open and sal perfectly quiet while
the teeth Were being drawn. And
yet some people think a dog has no
sense of appreciation.
Sumter Republican : A specific for
the chills as used by a negro woman
near Mils place upon a child ot tier's is
ahead ct any specific known to the
medical fraternity. The child was
rubbed over with pounded cayenne
pepper and turpentine poured upon it
until it blistered and burnt, then a
and cociion of the pulp or a gourd was
given to the child as an emetic. The
remedy was an “awful’’ one hut. it
cured ilie child. Anything else but a
nigger would have gone to the grave
yard under such an heroic treatment.
I his is a tact, and can be established
by many wii nesses. This is a medical
liliasc in the life of the negro un
mowu to the whiles.
Senator Joseph E. Brown voted
with the Republicans again Inst week.
I’his, the third vole lie fins cast re
cently wit li the republicans was on
the passage of the bill to restrict Chi
ne-e immigration which was passed
by a vote of 29 to 15. The bill re
oeived :he solid democratic vote ex
cept Senator Brown.
Columbus, Mar. 15.—A must lior
ribh tragedy occurred on the Mobile
* tiir aid railroad yesterday which
caused a negro man to lose his life.
Yesterday morning at 6’oclock No 5
freight train going nest lift this ciiy
tor Montgomery. When it reached
a point near Suspension’ between the
45th 40ih mile posts, the enginer saw
a man on the ira> U lying with his
head on the rail. The man was asleep,
but the train had just climbed a grade
and was so near him that it was im
possible to stop before reaching him.
The train passed over him, culling
off the top of his head.
His name was Allen Cunningham
and yesterday morning be was in
Suspension trading. He bought a
hot, ie of whiskey and this was found
in his pocket at the time ol the killing,
lie sa' down on the side of the track
and soon was in a drunken stupor
Wlien the train came along it took
off the entire top part of hi- head
and scattered the brains mound tor
some distance. A coroner’s inquest
was hold and a verdict found in ac
cordance with the above tacts, and
exonerating the railroad officials from
any blame.
Here is another strong temperance
sermon and another warning against
the careless and inexcusable habit ot
sitting down on thernilroud.—Enqui
rer- Sun.
Everybody is tamilisr with the his
tory ol the daring capture of a Con
federate train at Big Shanty, on the
S'ate road, in Apt it, 1861, hy a parly
of disguised Federal soldiers, led hy
one J. J. Andrews, Seven ot these
raiders were hung in Atlanta, seveial
escaped, and the whets were finally
exchanged. A bill is now before Con
g'css granting a pension of S2O p>-r
mon 11) to Wilson \V. Brown and
others who were members of this par
ty ands 1 ill survive. It is probable
that the bill will pass—Post Appeal.
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A JletupliyMical t'oiubat.
The great colored preacher of the
Baptists is pitted against the Meth
odist divine. The first says; “De
Meihodiss, my bruddren, is like de
grassi.opp' r—hoppin’, all do lime
hoppin’—hop into heaven, hop out,
hop into heaven, hop out. But my
bruddren, de Babtiss, when he gets to
heaven he’s dar. De Babtiss is like
de ’possum. Hunter get after him;
he climb de tree; lie shakes de limb,
one foot gone; he shakes de limb an
odder foot gone ; he shakes de limb’
epbery foot gone ; but think you my
bruddren, de ’possum fall* You
kuow my bruddren you notch too
many—you know 'possum hang on 'ay
de tail, and de berry debbil can't
shake him off.” Then M°tbody fell
pelow par in de colored folks’ heart,
until sometime afterward, when this
particular belief again had admit er H
for the opposition cleric demolished
the Bahtists as follows “His text was
‘My sheep hears my voice and I
know them, and dey follows me.”
“Den,“ he said. “In de Bible de
Christians is de sheep. Bo had a
heap of Bible in dat print, and he
preached a mighty long time, ani
made dat so strong no nigger can
’sttute it. Now, my bruddren and
sisters ycu will knows you can’t gel a
s’’eep in de water, nohow, ’less yon
notch him ar.d carried him in.” The
Met body had its great and final
triumph.
New Covering For Cotton. —
Mr. F. D. McMillan,ot Elberton has
filed in the United Slates Patent office
at Washington, a caveat, for a patent
that is calculated to work quite a
change in the haling of cotton. The
patent is for a covering for cotton.
The covering is to be of sheet iron so
covering the cotton and so fastened
as to prevent the lint being injured
by the weather, or by any amount of
handling, or by st ock.—Savannah
News.
HOLD ! STOP THERE!
USTEW GOODS
Arriving at the New Rock Store,
A. Me. WATKINS & Son.,
Jackson, Georgia.
WF! invite the attention of the people of Butts county, to our general stock of goods, which we
are ottering at prices that will warrant them to trade with us.
JTIBT LISTEU,
✓"
Ladies shoes at SI,OO worth $1,50; Childrens shoes atJW cents, worth 75 cei.ts and a dollar.
Boots and Shoes,
Men’s boots at $2,35, worth 53,00; hrogans at 51,25, worth $1,40.
'(
Ladie’s Dress Goods,
Alpacas and worsteds at prices never before known in Jackson. Shawls at 50 cents, worth 75
cents and SI,OO.
STAPLE GOODS,
Such as shirting, sheeting, bleaching, prints and checks, at bottom prices.
HOTIOHS.
Ribbons, laces, trimmings, kid gloves, silk ties, ladies collars and cuffs, combs, buttons, thimbles,
needles and thread, and many other things too numerous to mention.
CLOTHIISTG.
Jeans of the Best Quality.
GENTS UNDERWEAR.
Shirts, collars, cuffs, cravats, suspenders, half hose, etc.
GROCERIES.
Good coffee ti pounds, cheap at 5 pounds to the dollar. Sugar at 10 pounds to the dollflr. Ba
eon, flour, lard, syrup, molasses, flsh, etc., lamps, looking glasses, snuff, tobacco, blacking, ink
(taper, soup.
Tinware Hardware,
Glassware, woooden ware, buckets, etc.
Our good are new amt fresh, and we will sell them to<ou at railroad prices. Call and see us
before going elsewhere.
The “WHI I E” Serving Machine!
Tli* Ixiidics Favorite!
Bocaoie it is lie Latest
RUNNING; the most quiet; makes the prttieet
stitch; and has more conveniences than any
other Mahine.
1 It is warranted five years and is the easiest
to sell, and gives the best satisfaction of any
machine on the market.
. Intending purchasers are eolciited to
■ amino it before buying. Responsible dealers
wanted in all unoccuied erriterj.
JT. I>. &: T. F. SMITH,
Wholesale and Retail Deales,
9. Bread Street: ALAATA, tteargla. A®
Davenport has 160 licensed saloon*.
They pay less than SBOO per year tax.
The city contains about $23,000 in
habitants ; so that it has a saloon for
every 134 of its population. The city
paid out during the last year sls
- to snstain its paupers. Its 170
saloons that largely male its pauper
and criminals paid $81,67 toward the
$2,200 pauper and criminal taxation
ihat they made it necessary to levy
on the city. But then this is only a
practical view of the workings of the
license ourse. Who can estimate the
profanity, the obscenity, the domestic
brawls, the squalid wretchedness, the
sorrows ot mothers and chilJren, the
waste of time, the ruin of health, the
immorality, thievery and degrading
poverty engendered by those 170
hell holes that the mayor and council
ol that city licensed to flood damna
tion over that community for honest
businesssnd temperate industry to
support. Bui such are the workings
ol the license system everywhere. —
The Luthrian.
A New York clergyman, in a ser
mon on courtship and marriage, said
he believed “that there is a mate for
every one if they will wait till the right
one comes along.” The female porton
of iiis congregation who have passed
two score years said they never heard
such nonsense, and that the man didn’t
know what he was talking about- If
(lie right one doesen‘l come along be
fore a woman reaches forty, the chan
ces are nine times out of ten that he is
snowed under, or dead, or, worse still,
has married the wrong woman.
The long standing Sprague divorce
case has been settled; both parties with
drew all charges and counter charges
of a scandelous charactei and they
were eased from the bills before the
court. By the agreement Governor
Sprague retaines the son, and Mrs.
Sprague the three daughiers Mrs. Spra
gue does not want to resume her mai
den name, but asks alimony untill the
Sprague estate is settled up. This settle
ment will doubtless disappoint the
lovers of scandalous sensations, hut
the country at large will commend it
as right and proper.
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