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£l)t ladtaoi! gass. Ch'S ON~G A ~ A JPIWI 1882 W. K. H4RI*. - - F.dilor. * —^ THE JA( HNO\ XKWH, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, at Jack Non, ItuMn <ounl) ,(>a. HATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Three Mouths. ®oe Mi Months, l One Yenr, - - ... ..£l5O STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. RATES FOR ADVERTISING: Advertisement* will he* inserted for ONE DOLLAR per ■quare, for the Amt insertion, nnd FIFTY CENTS jcr square for wwli subsequent insertion, for one month, or lew*. For h longer period. a literal discount will In- made. 4*- One inch in length, or lean, constitutes a fOIIRID. Noticcn in the local column will I** inserted at TEN CENTS |r line, each insertion. Marring** and deaths wl'l l>e published us Items of news, hut obituaries will be charged for at advertising rate*. JOII PRINTING/ Ofeverjr dewriptlon, promptly srxl ted at renaonnbie rntrn. Congressman Black is <>:; his way borne to Savannah. The Mormon General Conference (anti polygamy) is in session in Imlo pendence, Mo. Tlicro aro 5,<J00 dele gates present. rclM; Johnson, a oojornf map, itns been jailed 'far an attempted nniimn tioimhle crime upon u little colored girl at Darien. Wey let a fellow buy gtinno ns “qui et as n ent,” and tben levy on it lor past indebtedness, is the way YVarren ton merchants arc doing it. A young lawyer named Charles Mc- Donald, deliberately laid down upon the railroad track near Dawson, last Friday night, and was run over and killed by a train. A gentleman who has been over half a dozen counties near Itonie, says the grain crop is fifty per cent larger than lias been produced since the war. The slnve property of Georgia amoun ted to $84,(XI0,000 more limn aggregate valgo vGsW her present taxable prop Five Ijjpys Were crushed to and -nth at Bt. JoscmfMo., on Ftiday by tbe fall ing in or the roof of a tunnel which they digging for amusement. Atlanta ha* a case of small-pox. The patient has been moved to the pest house and every prjM'Jtort'>n ULprevent the spread of the disease ta ken. •• - Kchnls is certainly tbe Tiaflftcr coun ty in the state. The Warrior court which MM did not last but a few ndfiflT Not a single case was tried, nor lias there been a ease subminM to ft jury in saveral years. Lust and the present (ornrfi there were but two bills returned. The Medical Association of the State of Georgia will lie bold in Atlanta nil tbe 19th, and continue three days- Tbe session will lie hold in the Senate Chamber. It will prove one of the most enjoyable reunions known to this iMsiingutshml body, Among the*oeil events of the occasion v. ill hen. J.ynn.l banquet given by the local physicians at tbe Markham House on tho even ing of tneieoond day. Covington Enterprise: There is in Marion county a colored man who lias a large plantation rented on his own account, and borrowed front a Colum bus warehouse fl.ooo without any se curity being required. His name is Isaac He tvey, and ho lives on Cyl. Porter Ingram's place. Two or three negroes bounded down an Athene student and murdered him a few days ago. Rountree, Ripley and Twiggs, students, went out one ov for a walk, and were followed by three negroes, who passed them several times before their insults were resent ed. Finally tho negroes, after passing and repasaiiig the students, they suc ceeded in making Waller Roundtree resent the second or third insult, which grew out of some remarks made by one of the negroes in reference to giving the sidewalk. One word brought on another, and Roundtree kicked Frank Johnson, who took deliver-de aim at Roundtree with a pistol and fired, mor tally wounding him as he walked away. Several shots were fired by the negro at Ripley and Twiggs, who were per stieing him, without anything to defend themselves with. The negroes were arrested with some difficulty, and con fined in jail. At night large crowds of negroes assembled at the jail and threatened to release tho prisoners, iiuultingevery white person that chanc ed to pass that way. An extra police force was put on and tbe jail well guarded. The police were abused nnd cursed by tbe negroes to their satisfac tion. Tbe murder was a premedita one, as tbe circumstances show that they armed themselves for the conflict and started but to hunt for Roundtree, enquiring of several tbe direction lie went. Correspondent to the Constitution say# : On Tuesday night the blacks were buying all the atminition And arms they could find. Notwithstanding the Mayor requested the merchants not to sell either side any more, as he wanted todo all in his power to quell the riot that all saw was brewing, his request didn’t nmcuiit to much, so fnr as the whites were concerned, and by noon every pistol and cartridge ui the city was bought up. In fact, some per sons sold arms at actual coat to enable the boys to bo prepare for any emerg ency. Since the appointment of a colored post master at Athens a great change has been notice in our black popula tion. They have become very arrogant in their manner, and there have l>een numerous instances where hut for the forties ranee of the withes bloodshed would certainly have occurred. Few of t >eui even think of giving the side walk even to ladies, and every look on their faces show that they feel the po litical supremacy of their race. The Coming Revolution. Farmers say that editors who busy themselves about bow they should manage their affairs don’t know what they are talking about. Thai may be true to a certain extent. The editor may In-a fool. lie may net know lo>w to plant Angora goats so that their horns run up m the fence cor ners. He may not know a hale of cotton from a stack of (odder, a cut worm trom a drtwitig knife, a razor hack sow from a Dm li nn bull, hut lie do< s know that the a I cotton system has bankrupted the farmers and every body who has anything to do with tin in. Agriculture is the driving wheel to a'l others Industrie*. As the farmer thrives likewise the trades and pro fissions. Mow can the fatc-er indulge ill luxuries w hen he is behind several years in Ids lull with the merchants 'l’m* newspaper men wants them to prosper, because it iliey have no cash ■>o cannot make a customer of them. We are glad to note that a revolution is now going on w liich promises nuich material good to our whole slate. Less guano hjmYAu ul>s have been bought jierrf’nsua!, and tln-re is a djs poaj-'ion to raise enough corn and 'meat to live on, and inako cotton a surplus crop. Agriculture is n<>n-pro gressive in the South, but wo all hope for better things in the near future : wo h *ve the best climate, the most tractable it not the most producive soil, everything favorable to health hapinesH nnd prosperity.—Atlanta Phonograph. A .Modern Niouli And II 1m Ark. Scale Alabama March.—lßß2 Ed* Times : I send you an extract from a letter to myself, front a friend in Otho, Henry county Alabama, The perusal of the lette.- afforded me considerable pleasure, and I hope it may interest some of your many readers. Yours truly Hoe Dee Colmnbus Times : “I have just re turned front a visit of inspection to Noah’s Ark. No.. 2. I will <ry to give you n discript ion of it’s wonders, though 1 know that I cannot do lliis remarkable exhibition justice. It any one has enough curiosity to desire to see lot ilnmselves this second ark, and second Noah, they can go to Columbus, and there take passage oti a boat for Ft. Carnes, where any one can direct yon lo the ark, as it is quite notorious hi that section. A good many curiosity seekers from that place have visiied it. But I started to give you a discript ion of it, so here we go. 1 1 can be seen for some distance, as ilia quite tall, being three stories high. 1 1 lias six rooms on the ground floor, five on the second, and two on the thirl- It is not completed yet hut displays very good workmanship considering that Father Nnh lias to get the limbers Irotu the woods, and cut and splii them assist a..0. , —not hi* wife, and two half grown boys can render. There are two tall chimneys neat’y made, with fee places above mid below. On tbe top of tiie ‘‘ark’’ is som- tliirig rcs-tn hliug the staple of a church. The rooms are very small and ancient in construction, but. I am not carpenter enough to give a very accurate de scrip l ion of the building. Every available spot about the house and yard is decorated with leathers of every size and hue, tied in hunches by various si rips of fancy calico. There sre liunclms of these leathers tied on every pailing of the fence varied hero and there with the u,'native of a squirrel, or some other small animal, also, can be seen here and there the grinning jaw bone of a horse, cow, Ac. You can never imagine, unless you see it, liow s range and picturesque ii, nil looks. The rooms arc ornaincn led with pio'uies of all sorts—that is cheap chromes and tho like. They arc set in rustic frames, and suspen ded, not on the walls, but from the lop ot the low o'iling. “The crucifix ti"ti.” "The tomb of (’h* ist. 1 ' “Mary Magdeline washing Jesus feel” Ac., Ac, an* the must highly honored. There is a wooden construction, made to lesentble the tomb of Christ, in on" ot the rooms, and out in the yard is the cross with a wooden doll nailed to it, also a small coffin. But th>* most remarkable ot all is the ohl negro and his wife, who seem to hold perfect faith in fhe com ing of another flood at no distant day. lie said tlint the Lord start and lo send tbe flood on the 28ih of De cember the time when we had such a tremendous rain, hut he went up to the top of ihe ark ‘and asked his Lord 'or to censt it,” a- tie was not ready for it yet, and de Lord ceast it. He wants to wash everybody’s feet that goes there. Every Sunday eve niug lie takes Ida small family and they all match np and down be road, siigitig and beat jug on a drum. But I wi-l not attempt to chronicle any more of Ms eccentricities. It makes mu think ol lloodoos, Hindoos ami ail soils ot heathens.” Once upon a time a woman died, ami as 'he mourners wero carrying her to the grave they tripped against a stump and let the coffin tall. She revived, having only been in a deep trance. Two years afterward she re ally died, an I as they were carrying her down tbe same road and neared the suae stump, the disconsolate, widower soblmd: “Citvady boy* I Sn ady tin re! B vety, veiy careful 1” DestiiU'ion on the Lower Mi-sisr ippi m t onlv continues but seems to incr* aui- Numerous breaks in die leve*'s are report'*), ami the whole lower country is completely irunda ted In conseqiienc •, the greatest distress prevails nmonu the inhabi tants, who are left without shelter or the ueoe*sarioß of lit*. Train Robber*. Kansas City, Mo., March 21 —The confession of John Land, tbe train robber, was given to the press to day. It is the same as anticipated in n pre’ vimis dispatch, and inculpates tbe James boys, Miller, Little, Bugler. Cummings, Matt Armstrong Creed Chapman. There is some dispute be tween the county officials and Police Commissioner Craigs, in this city, the latter desiring to honor the parole given to Little, while the lormer de clares that, inasmuch as he has con tradicted some of his statements and may be playing false with the au ilioriiiva, he should be arrested. Land’s confession is as follows : At 3 o’clock a. ru. t two men came to me. They were John Bugler and Creed C! apman, and they said: “John, what do yon wan* to work so hard tor? We don’t work hut get lots of tnon y.” Bugier said : “How would you like lo go and help us roll h train ?" I said ? “t am making $lO a month and don t believe I will make more money robbing tiains than dig ging wells.” Bugler said : “Ifyou will go, we will insure yon more money.” I said : “Boys, wlios going in with you?” Bugler said : “Jesse James, Frank James, Dick Little, James Cummings, Chariie Deerduff, Arm strong, Cieed and myself.’’ I said: “All right; I will go in with yon.” I quit my work at once, and all three ol us started up the railroad toward Glendale. Alter walking a short dis tance they left me and struck off across the country, while I went on to Glendale. I think it was about 9 o’clock when I reached the platform of tbe station. I went inside and John Matts was there. We had a short conversation about a drill which be wanted to use, and then he stepped out of t he depot on the platform, and I saw a man riding down the road toward the depot, on a l.arg** bay horse. He bitched his In irs",canto up to us .shook hands with Matts, and turning to me, said, “Mr Land, I will introduce you to Jessie .tames.” Shaking hands, lie and Matts walked away to the other end of the platfr rm and held a short conversa tion. Jesse then came up to me nnd said : “Mr Land, I understand you are going in with us to rob the train to-night.’’ I said: Yes sir.’’ Jesse said, “have you an arms 1 I answered. Yes, a breech-loading rifle.” He said, ‘‘Be sure and bring it with you Meet us at the ent back of Jack CoUs’a farm ..„ scon after 8 o’clock as convenient. Conte alone When you get in 200 or 300 yards of the spot, signal us. by whistling twice, the answer will be once ” I then itimed and went l.ck home. My folks, except my brother, who was not at home at the time, re tired soon after sundown. 'Ve bad no time-piece, I think by broiler goi homo about 7 o’clock. I then went to bed with him, he on tbe back and I on tbe front side. As near as I can judge, it was a little after 8, when I got up, took down my rifle, and slipped out in my sock feet got away without rousing tiny of the family. Upon arriving at the cut I gave the signal agreed upon. It was answer ed, and I stepped forward and was met by Jesse James. All the old gang were there, six of them, and Armstrong Deerduff, whom I knew before, and who had joined the regu lar gang a short lime before, but 1 was the only one ol the neighborhood boys who had got there. Shortly af ter Creed Chapman nnd J""hn Bugler gave the signal and came in. Follow ing then came Joint Matts alone. Pretty soon ih" train was head com ing, and ./esse said : “Boys, we who are older hands at the business will stop the train, go through the cars and get what there is there ; you fellows run along the outside and fire fifteen or twi nty apiece to scare the passenger* ” Jesse stood up on a pile of rooks on the track and swung a lantern and th* train came to a stop within a tew leoi of the obstruction Chapman, John Busier and myself stood on the south side of the track, while Joint Malts and two others were on the other side. Tbe first thing they did was to break iuto tbe exprtss car. We all had on white masks, and as I began at once to fire and the excitement was raised. I did not notice who it was that went into the cars. Before we had beeu long at work, I saw a man come Irom the train with a lantern and start to run east. John Bugler called out: “Look tnere ! what doe* that mean t” Creed Chapman at onoe fired at him, foil wed by Bugler, and I took the thid shot Just then r .une one call out from the train : “Dou’t shoot him, be is going to flag the freight.” After the men in the ear* got through, they came to the head of the engine and were joined by those on the north side, and then all of them came over and joined us tut tbe South side. We all started off together, went through the wire fence and went due south for some distance, when we wero halted by Jesse James, who said. “Boys it's death to any man who gives this-away. Go to your homes, as though nothing had hap pened, and meet me on the east fork of the Blue next Wednesday night [one week fttjn that night], and we will divide equal.” We then separa ted, and I went h'.me and to bed, without disturbing the family. I went to work next day, taking my gun with me, and that is what gave me away, for someone saw me and told the oftic**rs of it, and when they came to wtiere I was at work they found it and look me and put me in jail here [lndependence.] We had ell agreed not to give the thing away, but the thing got too hot for me, so I now tell the whole story just as it was. St. Louis, April 3.—A dispatch from S‘. Joseph, Mo., says that Charles and Robert Ford, who at one time icloiiged to the James gang and were engaged in the Wins'on and Blue cut train robbers, 1 ave been in Si, Joseph for a week for the pur pose of arresting Jesse James, but being afraid, as it is alleged, to make the attempt, they shot him down on Thirteenth and, ;LafayeUestreets to day, and then surrendered to the au thorities and were lodged in ja ; l. The shanty where James lived, and in which lie Was killed, has tbe appearance ol an armory. A number of guns, pistols, including a repealing rifle, a needle gun and r.avy revolvers, with a good store of ammunition, w;ib there. #/ sse was in the habit of weal ing two belts with a brace ol very fine revolvers and twenty-five extra cartridges. In a small stable near the shanty were discovered several fine horses, Ihe property ol Jamas. Cornelius*/. Vanderbilt, brother of William 11, Vanderbilt, shot hint salf in tiie Gletltatn hotel New York. • Yankton, I'ak., April 3.—The Ter i it* rial insane asylum burned yester day afternoon. It was a temporary wooden building, used while the brick building, now nearly completed, was being constructed. There was 54 in sane patients in Lite asylum, of these several were buried to death. Knoxville, Tenth, April 3 This morning, about 3 o’clock, seven utiles east of Knoxville, Win. Vance mur nered bis three-year-old step-daugh ter by crushing tho child's ikull against tiie floor, because it’wna fret ful and disturbed Ins rest Vance has * scaped for die tiine- New Orleans, April 3 —The Times Democrat St. Martinsville special says: “The water hereon the eastern side ot Teclie, in tlm parish of St. Martin, h* J igber titan in 1874, and reaches tteariy to die bank of the Te clie. Houses, fences, stock, corn, bid del* and provisions of all suris have been partly swept away. Hundreds of our citizens, with their wives and children, are without shelter and without bread. The destitution in the overflowed s-eclion ot our parish is unprecedented,” We are pained to learn from sever a! farmers around Zebulon, that the rust lias violently attacked their wheat. Mr. A. S.. Allen informed us lliat he was satisfied that his wheat was already ruined by tiie rust Oth ers stated that their wheat was seri ously damaged and they thought it would be ruined. We also learned from some gentle man that their peaches had been kill ed. Some trees they say have none at all left. We notice howe'er along the road that some Lrees ate quite iull, and promising.—Pike Bounty News. MRS. S C DUNCAN S New MILLENERY Store IS NOW Ol'llN At Jackson, Georgia. I take this method of informing: the citizens of Jackson nnd Butts counly, tnat I haveopened a new nnd handsome slink of Milleuery Goods in Jackson, in the new store, next door to M. !>. Duke, consistintr of the latest Ay)*, Hats and Bonnets, ’Ti'iniiiiinprs &c. Flowers, Feathers, Ribbons, Coloreds, Nainsuks, Muslins, Ties, Edgings, Insert ing, Laces, Veiling, Handkerchiefs, Fans Ac., !Hy goods nre nil new nnd’ofthe latest style. Call and examine them and get my prices. lam oftenng them at short protils. Soliciting a liberal share of the patronage of the people of this sec tion, lam Respectfully Mrs. 8. C. DUNVAN. The “WHITE” Sewing Machine! Tfio Ladit's Favorite ! ® RUNNING; the most quiet; makes the prttiest stitch: and has more conveniences than any other Machine. 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 solciited to amine it before buying. Responsible dealers wanted in all unoccuied erritery. J. X>. JSc T. F. SMITH, Wholesale and Retail Dcales, B r oad Street: ALYATA, Georgia. 3# H. HKNDJtICK. T * W,,OHT * HENDRICK & WRIGHT, Attorneys At Law. JACKSON, BUTTS CO., GA. WILL practice in all the COURTS except in the COUNTY COURT. _ Will attend to all business PROMPT LY. M. V. McKibben, ATTORNEY AT LAW, JA(KSO\, - - A. sep 9 E. P. CATCHINGS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. .5 vcvvsvvx. - ■ 81. WILL plead and practice in Butts and adjoin inK counties, S- OFFICE at Court House, 1 fell ’B2. C .T LOWER, Jeweler, JACKSON. - - GEORGIA. Repairing done on short notice. Work guar* an teed. Denier in sewing machine oil and at tachments. lfb ’B2 BUTTON UOUSB. Jackson, Gn. rpIIE only hotel offering: special aeeomrnodn- JL turns to the traveling public visiting Jackson. The tallies are furnished with the very beat market a fiords. Feed Stables. Parties traveling by private conveyance can also have their stock cared for at reasonable rates. H O. BENTON, sep :tfMy Proprietor. To The Public. THE undersigned is now prepared to carry passengers on the regular mail route between Jackson and Covington at reasonable rates. Will leave Jackson every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning at 7 o’clock. I will also carry baggage or other light freight. Your patronage solicited. Capt. J. P. LOYD, Mail Contractor. P. S.—When in Jackson I can be found at the Benton House. sep 23-tf Money! HONEY!! Honey!! Loaned to Farmers. Parties desiring to negotiate LOANS on five years time can make application through me by calling at my office. I will act as Attorney for any farmer who has improved lands, in securing loans to the value of one-third of their real es tate. Y. A. WRIGHT, Office nt Court House, marß Jackson, Ga., GUANO. I IS ave Reduced the Price Of the following HIGH GRADES And well established Fertilizers as fol • lows. John Merry man Sc Co's Guano to 4*o pounds middling cotton per ton. E. Frank.Coe's Guano to 450 pounds middling ootton per ton. ( l.c*pcitKe ciuano to 400 id*, Md'l'ng cotton. Walton >Vlian & Co’s Plow Hraml ISO pounds Wjdton Whiuin Ac Co’s Acid Phosphate 3ao 11ms. John Merry man t* Co’s Acid Phosphate HBO llw Call on me opposite the Brick Ware-house* or on Captain Slaton, at Plauters* Ware-house, where all my fertilizers are stored and delivered. Jas. A. BEERS, Agent, marlo Gridin, Ga. Mew Process Ml. Oil G )LDH\N BREAD. o MANUFACTURED AT ISLAND SHOALS MILLS, rpHESE MILLS have an entire outfit of NEW PROCESS MACHINERY manufactured especially for them. This flour is highly recommended by Dr, Hay good, President of Emory College, who calls the bread made from it “Golden Bread,” from which the flour takes its name ami each sack will be branded GOLDES BREAD. —FOR SALE— By BYERS & MAU.ETT and A. Me WAT KINS SON, Jackson, Ga. JOS IAII BOS vV ORTH & CO. 21dt'cly Proprietor’s Mills. i w if mm w FOR ISS2, OFFERS | Important I nducementsj TO SUBSCRIBERS AND To those getting up Clubs O A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY j :*1 V To Get A Celebrated “White Sewing Machine 1 For Nothing, The, NEWS a2B column paper, published weekly nt JACKSON, the COT'N’. TY SITE of BUTTS county, centrally located between Macon and Atlanta, on the NEW Macon <t Brunswick Railroad Extension. It is a live, local paper and gives the general news throughout the State, as well as Southern news items and the General Topics of the day, also a large amount of literntue which will be found interesting to the general reader. Subscription Price $1,50 IPIEIR. invariably in advance. The Best ADVERTISING MEDIUM, IS niDnLGGEUlttilt, ‘ Being published in a section of country whftTi is just being developed by the building of anew railroad and being circulated among an inteligent and pros perous class. Subscribers are being added, every* week, to our Already Large I.lst. which ie circulated throughout a scope of country, 40 miles square, tributary to Jackson. T ZEE IE FOLLOW I2STO INDUCEMENTS Are offered to CASH subscribers, ONJ.Y, at ONE DOLLAF AND FIFTY CENTS each, for a year’s subscription. For A Club of 5 We will give a fine pocket knife, or a year’s subscription to the NEWS. For A Club of 15, Wc will give a good New Silver Watch, Stem Winder. For a Club of 30 We will give TEN DOLLARS IN GOLD. For A Club of 50 Wc will give a celebrated “White Sewing Machine,” warranted, with the Contpanay’s written guarantee to keep it in repair for five years. For a Club of 100, We will give a fine DOUBLE-CASE GOLD WATCH, Stem Winder/with a GOLD PLATED Chain of a beautiful design. For A Club of 175. We will give a fine Home-Made Piano-Box Buggy, warranted to be as good any that can be put up anywhere. If MK TO Till Ml We will give each CASH Subscriber, for this year, obtained through a club or Otherwise, a printed certifficate, entitling them to a chance, FREE of ekarge. in a drawing for one “White’s Sewing machine With all the Extra Attachments, and Company’s written guarantee to keep it in repair for five years ; the price of which is $50,00. This proposition *< hold good, provided as many ns .50 subscribers are obtained from this date. Jan nary 17th, ISB2. to December 31st, 1882. The drawing wi'l he conducted fairly, three or four disenterested gentlemen of Jackson, will he secured to condnyt the drawing. The goods we offer you, can he seen by calling at tbe NEWS office. .Vo humbug, but vou may rely on our propositions.