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\ ' K ±* > I Argus Hun 27, 188 Hat. Ifficc at IT:| fmT I*—-.' - ||K * V If an appoligy fit no Argus Jybody knows Tome so bad as ; tosgiblc to got Jaiiroad when |dod to' grt out Ining for last Ine Mr. Mad- Jie confusion limpossible tr ft we have to |les to March Ji legal. jD winter eap, Boat; JLktie on, SI ; j nked at him— ■han Kaid— |i feet*' $ head. las if to Fay : fman’B dead." ’-The measles, iug hit in the Is has hi - eye I fce paper and that catches g, | iers, had a jol night: ■l her hair often ngs her hus ■K) well, that by ceqts than | and muddy [it against the' jitioned by the June of the uj)s jiving tide and The ques jtis moment. Imt .don’t rec- S we have had lvee.pt the cold jbiitor’s drawer, ft .is made up {•i great many i man thrown \i ho head of a< raize the power i Victoria Xor- Xnping out of a ahody induce feme? lias taken the I t pig. When f into a family > through it. i was had here las quite a ?uo ded we feel sure and amply rc j wants to know : find of a dog for pie, Sporty, and [same day von h a spring ode [ to smell the !' the cow will Ind smeirof her [• in Bob Inger n smites you on the other and ' head with what >* i asks: “Does ?” Well, ratli p by your trow nee, you won’t vill be able to 5, but everybody 'd idea of their r Q hornets down ck. er got his skull a? told by the ■Was visible. He ■ tell my father, ■ I had none.” I all he rage in >us news to the 10 have groan nek from stoop jheir trail. II ay was just Jen expected, ow better next eenhorn into i just before appeal is re jig that ex-Gov. king at Clirist ige stamp with one mile” in- Mit Barnes, of this county, to Miss Goddard, of North Carolina. This being the reason of the year when all sorts of resolutions are mode, how would it do for* the Hon. A. H. Stephens to resolve to be a Democrat hereafter? ,v? The recent cold weather devel oped the fact To the good people of Atlanta that a large number of families in tI&K city were in destir; ttitfl and suffering circumstances. 'The Sparta Times & Planter re tains itregood Humor. This is well. We presume tfiat M r - Norwood’s Campaign Committee did not for get to pay the Times. & Planter’s claims, j, Wha)h* the matter in Milledge ville? It seems fhat the people down thereof prefer mirrfctroVshows to the oerthri nances of the Boston Quin tette Cluhy _.yVliere is Milledgeville’s “culfhawrT V When ;y man’s wife comes in and sees him razor in hand and with his fape jahd asks him “Are you shaving;” it’s a provoking filing in- him to answer, “No I'm blacking the.stove.” We hope that tfie cold •weather in North Georgia lias not impaired the health of the Rev. YYprren A. Can dler. The Rev. Warren is a refor mer, and the game of “freeze out” should never lie played on reformers. ; • *• i * * i We are pained to announce the death of Sir. Thomas McKibhon, an old and highlA' respected citi zen of Ibis county. y Also tin; .death ef Mr. Riley Smith a son of our esteemed fel low citizeivMr. W. T- Smith.' Mr. Redding Wilkins, of North Carolina, who was /overseer on Wood’s turpentine fafm, near Ous ey, in Brooks was killed last week IVv GWen Fitter, a negro, workman, who planted an axe to the helve in Wilkins 1 hack between the shoulders. T Things froze upL, Yes, ’roze, a hog row froze, kero osenc oil froze*; \yc heard of some spirits that froze, and to tell the whole truth, we came near on to be ing froze hut we kept near the tiro and have come through so far all O.K. < * - - This year promises to be a quiet one in the political world, at least in our State/ The people have cause to congratulate themselves that there'will he no more .elections this year for State, county or Fed eral oflicers. We certainly need rest from tie- turmoil of political strife. ' * . , 1 All the theology .in the world has never succeded in answering the child’s question ; “Why don’t God kill the devil?'’—(Ex. The answer is simple enough. There hasalwys got to be some to take care of delin quent subscribers, and if the devil was killed it would only necessitate the hiring of another hand in his< place. i Now is the time to pay .up and renew your subscriptions to the Ar gus. Every one should take the Official Organ of themountv in which he lives. It costs but little money,; and would prove valuable invest-; meat: for nil jire interested in the! aifairs of tlie.eounty, and how can what is going on be bettey known than by having a weekly visit of the Argus. The old year has taken its depart ure, carrying with it manifold bless ing® and pleasures, vexations and disappointments. We now stand upon the threshold of the new year: some joyful, others despondent. It is a time for reecollection and a re newal of praiseworthy resolutions. Lot us all, with one accord, resolve to “turn over anew leaf” and strive to make the record page of the pres ent year one filled with contents satisfactory to ourselves and our fellowmen—a page without blots and painful regrets. In Thomaston, last Tuesday night, four stores and their stocks were entirely burned up. Mr. C. T. Fox was in his store, and bis legs and bead were burned off the body and the body considerably burned when it was rescued from the clos ing up of the lire. The lire is sup posed to have originated from Mr. Fox going into hie store intoxica ted and turning over the lamp, or building up a fire, from which the house caught. He went into the store at half-past 11 o’clock to eat some oysters as he said, Our city for most of the time du ring the past week has appealed al most depopulated. The bad weath er has kept visitors away ; and all who live among us have remained in doors. Hence it has been impos sible to collect items which will ren der alocal column of much interest. We would wrioe more about the weather —the extraordinary cold spell —mercury falling here below zero—the “beautiful snow” now be- ing converted into hideous looking mud and water—but it has always occurred to us as being a foolish waste of time, labor and space to enter into a long dissertiea upon a subject which every man, woman and child in the country has a thorough, complete and peeling knowledge of. f . . . We are glad to set 1 cur old friend. Judge Wm. R. Douglass able to re sume business again. Miss “Bettie ’ Moore has returned to take up her school again arid will open school on Monday .Tan. 31st, •• * We regret to hear of the severe illnes of Miss Sallie Jenkins she is a most talented and -estimable lady and we hope to be able to announce her recovery soon. The Macon <fc Brunswick railroad made a donation of eight car loads of wood tb the city of Macon Redis tribution to the .poor of that city. The road dclive/fed the wood free of transportation into the city. Now, what did Mr: Wad ley do? As u.vual, echo answers for him, Nothing.- * A man who didn’t fraternise with th<) members of the Temperance Corps, suggested to his wire, who was in delicate health,, that it would be well to bring up their -infant son on a bottle “No Ino ! James,” .said she, bursting infr tears; “noton the bottled* Oh no t ' Just look at your own n#se, James P’ and she v ent convulsively. y ■ Tire late census shows the popu lation of .the Upited States be over fifty millions, an increase of twelvfe millions within the last ten years. Georgia is the 13th State in pop* illation —her present population be ing over 1,5(X.),00, an increase of 29 per cent above what k was-on 1870’ We are glad to. learn concert of last Friday night was a grand success, and that alt. were more-Ilian paid in fun over Col. Horton’s master pieces, and to the effecting scene—the drunkard, in which little .Peggie IMeMichael acted so well her pare. To th<3 fair ones of Jack son, who took such interest in the getting up and takihg a part in the entertain ment, to them'all the honor Col. Hortod gives, and respectfully asks us to tender them his many thank for the many ccMn uecies shown him while among .tpem; He further thatlks them for the benefit given him, and says, he. is ever ready to lend tfiein. a helping hand in the future. We have received a bound volume containing eleven copies bf dyer’s Al manac for 1881, in almost as in any different languages. This is just one millionth part q.f the edition, which, notwithstanding,the increase cost of production dp all parts of the world, The polyglot collection is well worth preserving. Dr. Ayer al way e-treats the subjects of health and disease in a serious and dignified'manner, and affords his readers a Iqrge amount of .valuable information. His Cherry Pectoral and other popular remedies are" considered standard preparations, as different as 'possible from the quack nostrums the names of which disfigure natural scenery all over tin? country. The Constitution, with characteris tic benevolence, detailed a force to investigate,apd report, and then reliied the charitable .public to the rescue. The.response was generous. A public meeting was held and money, fuel and supplies of all kinds liberally contribute; and' distribu ted. in-a short time every suffering and destitute person in the city was relieved. Gov. Brown, through the city council, contributed one hun dred tons of coal. Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the Con stitution and noble hearted citizens of Atlanta for these deeds of bene volence.-: MeDuffio Journal. THE ELECTION. We arc glad the election. for county officers passed off quietly without any demonstration of bad feeling, growing among our people,—for we are glad to see a spirit of toleration consider it an evidence of progress* as no people can prosper who are controlled by passion or prejupice. We have just had a test iu which alibral and commen dable forbearance was displayed, and we hope the day is passed when those hate ful epithets “negro and radical” will be applied to those who seeproper to have an independence pf thought or action. It is a pleasure ts know that not one word has been uttered against Mr. Jolly or Wise in the late canvass and they are considered estimable gentlemen by those who opposed their election. Its not so bad to have opposition after all consid ering the amount of fun had at elections which otherwise would grow tp be mo notonous. Besides we get in a consid erable amount of defaulting taxes bv having opposition. All things "cons’d ered, we should have views broad and liberal enough to be friends although we differ politically. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE, On Monday evening last the fine dwelling formerly occupied bv Mr. Jack Smith two miles from our town was entirely destroyed hv fire. The dwelling was occupied bv Mr. Morgan Maddox at the time of the fire and fortunately the fire was dis covered in time to save the most valualAc part of his fortune etc. The fire originated in the stove room by overheat of the pipe and had so far proggressed when discov ered as to baffle all attempts to quench the flames. The value of the building was aboutone thou sand dollars, was an entire loss, as there was no insurance. As the property had recently been pur chased by the editor of this paper as guardian of the McGeliee chil dren, he will l)o tlie sufferer Such isM-amlwe cheerfully submit u> our share 61 misfortune. THE MACON A BRUNSWICK RAILROAD. We are glad to know that the Ma con Tclegfaph which opposed the passage of the bill to extend the M. & B. road to Atlanta, haj? at last had an opportunity to see the .wisdom of the legislature in passing the bill for the extension;; The recent freeze out and coal famine has given Macon a c innce to feel tlifc selfish power of, t ie great monopoly called the Cen tral Railroad, and the Telegraph* speaks out in the' following emphat ic language: “A Telegraph reporter yesterday, in the course of his travels, found nearly every citizen completely out of coal, and, the feeling of indigna tion general. The Central railroad is the focus of all complaint. The Brunswick has done all in its power to alleviate the distress, haying -pur chased, brought to the city ands Old at cost large quantities of wood. The Central, it is urged, having it in its power to do all, lias done noth ing. An entire city has lain out in the bitter cold for fifteen days, while a corporation., chartered to do' its business, has stood bv without lift ing a finger to assist. Distress, and the direst suffering exist, and--the death rate, judging from the. burial cases sold, has been terrible. It is beyond the public understanding why this road cannot attach a couple of cars and run- them direct to the mines for coal,,especially as our coal merchants have some s’x or seven hundred tons that have lain there awaiting , transportation for four and a Half months. A prominent lawyer said, . yester day that if this corporation negleetqd -to provide cars for the sliipipeyit of this coal because.. other freight was more remunerative, its action has been inhuman,' and should receive the unqualified con demnation of the press the people.” Another.asserted that this railroad had forced the creation of the State commission,-would force the commissiqn to take in hand the coal question, and 'has forced the building, of new-roads to compete with itself. FROM QUR EXCHANGES. Paducah, (Ky.) Enterprise: A ;bog killed at Fisher’s bakery, on Locust street, yesterday possessed three kid neys—one more than nature generally provides. One of the divip.es .of Bainbridge is openly preaching the doctrine that the world* is on its lust legs, and ready to end. This divine ’is surely judging; the world by‘the condition of his upper! regions.—Et<mtnn Messenger. A little son of Mrs. Jas. ,7. Bullard, re siding about {our miles south of Vienna, while playing with a pocket >kuife on Friday last, fell, tin* blade of the knife, penetrating the skull, and causing death in a few minutes. —Americas Recorder. On Sunday last -Mr ß - Leonard Page, of Amerieus. was found dead in her bed. She had been in bad health for some time, hut her death’was altogether unex pected. The Sumpter Republican says she was truly a Christian woman, gentle and good, The Americas Republican has been shown a mammoth cabbage, which weighed sixteen pounds, and measured forty-four inches in circumfrenee after being divested of its surplus leaves. It was raised by Mr. pink .Smith, of Web ster county. The Dai donga Signal says that a countryman coming to that town a few days ago picked up a rock which had been burst open by jhis wagon wheel and was surprised to sec particles of gold all over it —or as he expressed it,“plum gal vanized with gold.” The Athens Daily Banner has been forced to suspend for a week because fu el could not lie obtained, and it was im possible for work on the paper .to he done without tire. It has at last se cured a supply of wood ynd on Thursday resumed publication. A new born mulatto baby was found in a carpet sack, in a barrel under the sidewalk at the corner of Twelth street and Ohio Levee, in Cairo last Wednes day morning. It was frozen stiff, and a mark on its throat like it had been cut with a knife. —Paducah Enterprise. Aaron Chamblis, a vqry old colored man. who lived in his house in Buena Vista, was found in his bed last Thurs day morning dead, supposed to have frozen. He was paralyzed and could barely get about, eVen on crutches. He has been for a long time a pauper on the county. The Coffee County Gazette tells a hor rible story of the finding of the body of Mr. Peter C. Reese, of Holly Springs, in the woods near that town last Monday. When found, the remains were terriblv mangled by hogs. It is thought the un fortunate man was intoxicated and frozen to death, and the Cooner’s jury brought in a verdict to that effect. Miss Callie Irwin, a most estimable young lady was burned to death- in Cov ington on Christmas evening. She was the daughter of Col. S. D. Irwin of Mil ner, and was attending college at Cov ington. On Christinas evening she .laid down before a fire and fell asleep, her clothing took lire and she was burned to death. Her remains were brought to Griffin and interred last Wednesday. —Griffin Sun. The Atlanta Constitution says that on Wednesday night last the wife of a gen tleman. residing near Decatur woke him up, said someone was in the dining room. He got up and searched the din ing room and the other room without finding anyone, of discovering that any thing had been spirited away. He found on the dining room floor a round trip ticket from Decatur to Atlanta, pur chased at Decatur on the .Id* but not been used. How it came there is ;m un solved problem. Athens Banner: Small -ratne hfis fared badly since tha snow (ell. Rabbits and ‘possums’ walketijlie fences and logs to keep their tracks we followed them up and found of some thing to Fit. Our chanty for them caused us to take them home where we put saH on their tails to make them stay. A darkey, who “kept count’ told ns that he Caught thirty-two rabbits, and was still on the war path. Cherokee Advocate: A rare, phenom enon was plainly visible on the morning of the 30th, lilt.’, jntet at sunrise, and last ing until about 9 o’clock. Two large mock suns-were displayed o:i each side cf the sun, as bright as the sun itself. .The morning was extremely cold—really the coldest morning of this winter, so far. We have seen the same phenone non once before, in January 1543. .It is ,a spectacle of rare magnificence, andcall ed by sailors and others, sun dogs. Augusta Chronicle: The cause of the oppressed tenantry of Ireland has exci ted sympathy all over the world, and in America especially. (phis sentiment has been exhibited ’iu public meetings. Next Tuesday evening, at eight o’clock, a mcotiiigjj citizens will bp held at the Hibernian Society's Hall (over the .Op era House Arcarde), for the purpose of devising *means to assit the people of Ireland in their present efforts to obtain a just settlement of the. land question. If is hoped that there will be a full turnout lvvery Citizen is invjted to he present. Columbus Times J,jist night infor mation reached this city of the shooting ‘of Mr. Jones, a well-to-do farmer, near Butler, on Friday night, by unknown parties. Upon tjh?,night mentioned, Mr. Jones discovered one of his outhouses on fire and went put to see about it. While in the dark he was fired upon hv some one, several shots taking effect in liis head gn/F body. The parties doing flip shooting then mgde their escape. The wounds inflicted are very serious, and i his..physieiansi’do not think he ..c an re- CyVpr. It is said that a few days ago Mr. Jones hud a .difficulty,with ..a party of men and suspicion rests .upon them as -.being the perpe.tratorss.of--this-deed. The it is thought, wan set oil fire by. the party for the, purpose of attracting Mr. Jones’ attention pud causing him to go out into tlm ,daitJ-;. Jfc- is.an honesty hardWorkipg tanri’er, an<l is,well thought of by the community. Jlis neighbors consider the act as a most diabolical outrage, and.nothing will be left undone to bring the prepetrators to light. A horrible murder w&s committed on, board the steamier Jiatcliez, on her down trip to New Orleans, las Saturday. Just as she was passing Plaquemine two! deck hands, Thomas Cummings and; Janies Kelly, who were .employed on the boat, had a slight altercation, and with but little provocation Kelly drew a large knife and drove it to the hilt six times, when the unfortunate Cummings fell to the deck a corpse. Kelly realizing the enormity of l*is crime, rushed to the guards.anddeap.ed into-the. swift current of the Mississippi, paying the penalty pf pis awful crime* by forfeiting his own; life. Thus ends the terrible tragedy. Paducah }i nferpi-ise. Agusta Little Chase Sikes,, son of Robert Sikes, though a ipero school boy, is always .in for making an* honest penny, and during Bie holidays,: when we were enjoying the snow storm, 1 and wood was scarce, ,a brilliant idea struck Chase, .who had saved up a few dollars. He at once went to the bank and drew enough to buy .a half cord of wood, went to work, sp wed jind split it, bundled it up and sold it by the bundle, ond cleared about $1,50 on the first half cord, and continued for some time unti 1 he had laid up a right nice sum. Now, young men of older years, why not fol low the example of this little fellow, in stead of •“spending vour time in riotous living.” That boy will publish a news paper yet; mark what we say. Atlanta Constitution: Yesterday Drs. Gofer, .Collier and Fowler visited the cemetery for the purpose of making a thorough examination of Miss Minnie Byrd, the young lady whose remains have been lying in the dead house for the past week. A battery was applied, and every known test resorted to, but no evi dence of life coujd be discovered, and after a complete and .satisfactory the physicians declared Miss Byrd dead. This is indeed a remarkable case, and every physician who has seen the body is lost for a solution. As has been stated, after death the body still retained its warmth. The color still adhered to the lips, and every appearance of life visible, yet she was pronounced dead. During the entire week the warmth oithe body was really ascertained, and even now the temperature is only a little below that of a living 7>eing. In making the examinations yesterday, Dr. Gofer, who was attempting to detect a pulsation, discovered a slight smell. It is asserted that the remains will he buried to-day. Thursday night about one o’clock when the thermometer was at zero, the engineer on the down frieght train rang the door bell of Mr. George Summers, the foreman of the Jeff Davis Fire Company, and informed him that the water in his engine had given out and that the tanks were all frozen and he could get none. He had three car loads of cattle that would freeze unless he could get to Macon as quick as possible, and he desired Mr. Sum mers to get his engine out and fill his engine from one of the cisterns of the city. Mr^Summers, W. E. Varner and two other members of the company went at that lata hour and carried the Jeff' Davis steamer to the cistern and filled the engine of the Central Road, when the en gineer and liis train went on to Macon rejoicing. * Such noble deeds should be remembered in some way by the authorities of the road. ! Barnesville News. FOR HALE. 1 have for sale a young Cow with calf —good milker—good qual ities—cow and calf both young and B’ontle. [janl2-tfj R. V. Smith. J. R. Cairns, Sheriff of Lenawee Cos., Mich., says ; —I have worn an “Only Lung Pad” ’ for bronchial difficulties, am) have nst bcert troubled with ;* cough night* Siric *i wearing it. —Hee Adv. GABANISS. Mr. Editor. —For the int on ac tion of many, who are eoniused about the names Cahaniss, Gul letsville and Ni wdMarket, we off u the following: Borne countrynu o. as well as travelers and old Fettle ;s now emigrated, do not know- whedi or it is the same place, called hy three different names, or tliree diff erent places. It is the sa.af. iu. vcr:, called, by either of said tlire< names as the parties okce knfw it in the last fifty years. But the name New Market, for several; ars hack, has been transferred to the residence, of a gooA aeupectaVe citizen, now decease*!, for ft poyt ofiiee name, : jt)o.ut five miles west of this place Originally (aboi'd. dOyears ago),, our village was called Gulletsville —subsequently there being another post office so similar fin name (Gulletsviße), by act Ot General Assembly it waj%changed to Ngrw Market, hy which name it wys known 20 or 30 yej\rs After the war, by mere negligence or delay on our part in re-estaldishin : our post office, were - surpris^a one morning io* foarn that not only post office,!,'Hit OUT VTI J.AOK .NAME had I.KH*n transferred, as :ifores:iid. We, theii, quietly submitting, said what’s a name; but after trials apd vexations with misdirected travel ers, misdirected correspond *iee etc., we now say, “There isfcrpueh a name.” Our .village Jjnd pot office is Oaiianiss, now,, amt rf any one takes it . nwm from us again, we’ll tt‘ll on him. Gabaniss is a little village in tire northeast corner of M-onroc county, in the north fork of jtjie and Towaliga rivers,. vn The luvifi highlands, about A- miles fVoi#^ said fork, 10 mires North Fpr sytb, 8 miles *><ndb of inAiaii V^piwy on 'the tunqd-ke and wuspensioii bri(lg( k H*oad. It contains nboul lOli inhabkants, 3 ehiirehes ; :i and a Mvthodkt, also ;■ colored Baptist ; 2 schools, a white and a black ; a Masonic Lodge ; Several business houses; blacksmith shop;g a splendid cotton pinery, etc. Out post office was established undci its preseqt mime in J 874. Vnnle-i the name qf Gulletsville (%h f.e’Tiutv years), if lpatje a w-idc spread fame for ot-H’Wn pe-eidiatr y’hataeU'ristie:. but now, bv blessings of God, un derlie Influence of the incoming gvv (Tation of moral and intelligent young ladies and young men, it prospects a bilight jnd prostjerouv future. At present -we Hit without a .iiyAf ctu’uior, exovNpt nursed vex pro vide if) geJ-it from 10 t* 14 miles distant. But ae-curding t< our petition now going tpy jl ir hoped and Believed thas the gov ernment will give us- postal facili ties. There is occasionally some talk about the proposed railroad link be tween Macon and Atlanta, wfb'jvh if run on an ;Vir Line, or the Aver route, so called, would pits* through or near our Filf&ge, We would not be surprised if at .comes, or if it does not come yet all hope may coroe; and we grew weaker when we herd the surveying corps going up on the other side of flip Ocmul gec, camped a few days ego at Mon ti cello. Good will to the clever Jasper county folks, and certainly to OUR OWN COUNTY TOWN, the homo of the Advertiser. But if the rail road will yome this way, let it come. Citizens of Oabaniss. DON’T JUDGE. Don’t judge a man by the clothes he we*;rs for God made one and the tailor the other. Ijon’t judge him hv his family connexion, for Cain belonged to a very-good family. Don’t judge him by his speech, for the parrots talk, and the tongue is but an instrument of sound. Don’t judge a man by the house* he lives in, for the blizzard and the rat often inhabit grand structures. Don’t judge a man by his activity* in church, for that is not unfrequent ly inspired by hypocritical and selfish motives. Don’t judge him by. his like of display, lor the long eared beast is the humblest of animals, but when aroused is terrible. Don’t take it for granted because he carries the contribution he is lib eral, he often pays the Lord in that way and keeps the currency. FOR SALE. I have a young mare which I will sell at reasonable figures for Cash, or approved note, payable next .Jail- Call on me at Indian Spring, or W- F. Smith, at this office. jan>l2-tf ATTENTION. " . All who have in their possession any of the guns or aecoutivnSents belonging to the military company will return them to this office, as ‘I want tquotum them to the gover nor. jirj \V. F. Smith, Capt. NOTICE All parties indebted to ns are q|spet:tmyv invited to come for ward and Fettle within ’iO days or rthev wiJJ find aiioourffs in i hard* of out Arm; ?:cv* # ti A. McV* iitlSns A: