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Middle Georgia /tr.<uj6 PUBLISHED EVERY THIJRSD \.Y MORNING. INDIAN SPRING, GA. BEPT ~22 LOCAL MATTeIT —inrw— ■ i r inwum n ■ in >■ m -)nm.irwjj The contractors on the railroad :ave just paid off the hands r.nd money is a little flush just now. Our County surveyor and former surveyor, are engaged in anew sur vey of the town, and we '"ill have things all 0. K. as soon as the work is completed. The bill for the charter of the Covington and South river railroad ms passed, and now we may look or the road that is being graded from Gainesville to be extended in to Butts. Mr. A. W. Walker an aged citi zen of Henry County, who killed young Wells in self ucjonco, near Griffin, a few years ago, died on Sunday night last. The working party erecting the Telegraph wire., is near McDonough coming this way, and the old state of Butts will soon be in electric communication with, the outside world, then we can do like the Redater,” head our items special to the Argus. Bast week the children of Mr. Burnett of (iwinnelt county were at I lay when. Lis little son ran in the cotton house to hide. H& dug a hole in the seed coton and crawled in haad formostbut was unable to ex- Bc ate himself or make himself heard and smothered to death. Jhe Argus to 1 appear in. a new dress next, ’veelv, we i'cacho t the money season of the year, and will be enabled to add more mateiiel to. our olfice, and hope to oe able to improve the appear ance of our paper. When you go to Jackson stop nt ihc Benton Hoimc. you will find his table suppliedyvith the choicest Edi oks the country a fiords, and to be polite ayß attentive, is natural with the proprieter. A tew weeks ago Thomas stovall and we.riev Avalon of white county got to disputing about the numerical •‘Strength of the methodist and baptist churches to which they respectively belonged A fight ensued in which stovall inflicted two severe wounds' in watson’s. shoulder and forehead with a knife the blade was driven into Watson’s head and broken oil and a portion of his.skull had to he sawtd out before it could be extract ed. / 1 [orrible. —A funeral procession vas on the wav to the graveyard near Leadvale, Tennessee, Thursday morning to deposit the remains of a lady in their last resting placa, when a team, drawing a wagon containing several ladies, took fright at an ap proaching Main and ran away, striking and upsetting the hearse. The coffin was thrown out and burst open and the corpse, rolling in front of the affrighted • horses, was run over; mutilated and covered with dust and dirt, presenting a ghastly tight. SEED WHEAT FOR SALE. I will sell seed wheat cf mv raising at Oeniulgee Mills at $2.00 a bushel strictly cash. H. J. Lamar. A terible accident occurred near -mvnia on the v .W . & A-railroad last week A number of hands were at work repairing the road when the Goober train came along and they stepped off the track to let it pass. Among them was a white man who placed one end of crow bar on the ground, resting his chin on the oth er end. The lower end of the bar was so near the track that the en gine struck it, driving it against the man’s chin with such force that his lower jaw was torn away leaving the tongue and the upper part of mouth exposed to view at last acco unts he was alive but suffering hor ribly with little or no hope of recov ery Mr. James A. Weatherford, of Springfield, Ohio, says; “Brown’s iron Bitters cured me of the worst of dyspepsia man ever had. The muscles of my stomach, liver bowels now seem so strong, Ibe lieve I could almost digest petrified cheesa! I recommend it to all who suffer as did j Now that Guiteau is to de tried where will he be tried? Will it be for murder or manslaughter? But the most momentous questions is, where will the court find a jury that is competent to try him? whe e is the man that has not read and formed an opinion as to the prison er s guilt? are the twelve men y ho are not prejudiced against him? it is a matter of very little impor tamee to the miserable creature Whether he is tried or not, he will whether at the end of a rope or I by the force of a Buliet. w. The,besfc preretivo of cpnurelive ®f p eep:the langs, VowHs or kidnm- m* Brow 6 Iron Bitter. If checks ail dem,- Mr 'ernes p£mith wte i/apt : s°d and received tbeeburli at Kg-U- C--fk on Sunday last, ami Mrs. Kb'h V 1 . v ' I ■ ■. iMlv. ard? w;i on l'lor.day. TTrn STRUGGLE EWD. tut: prrptdknt lies pead/tioxo branch. ; Afmr Seventy-Nine Days of Heroic buffering— Ho Dies at 10: G clock of Shear Exhaustion. Elbe Ron, September 19, a. m. 1 :1 o-—The foil owing official bulletin has jtiFw'been issued: 11 :30 p. or.—Xl ? President died at 10 :3d. After .ie bulletin war issued :i ..0 t .3 evening, the I Pres' u.t U,i. t ; -in much the sam emotion r. luring the even ing; -pu • v ng from 102 to ' ... .r ieased force and yo.u . .or .ng nourishment hy f ■ . j. t. ft ■„ deep About t tirU mm, before bis death, and . o, his pulse rose to 1-0 ad ... newhat more feeble. At, 1 >ke complaining of j 1 . ver the region of the w t immediately be en : and ceased to b > [‘■w , W. BLISS, .v.. Ail. HAMILTON, HAYES AG NEW. v y r. 'ercial e.u-l Financial : -b- is*s just issued its annul Y of the otton crop, which By ccrnprc! ensivo and o its details The total crop - L , '. e ing Augnst bill 1881 v st t - : 589’329’bales showing ; ■■ over the preceding year 01 • " - bales. Respecting the cousin. . cf cotton the Chroni cle u narks. e ~.i now appears to have ont red -• . another progressive H" n c-v.; • spinning. Ever since the surrimr-.i of 1879 the development has been constant. The first im pulse Europe felt came irom the U nited States, where the trade had been gradually improving for the two years previous. Our memora ble speculation of 1879 set every Eu ropean spindle in motion, and from that day to this the estimates made of consumption have, all the time been found to be too small, and have been repeatedly increased. For Oc tober, 1879, Mr. Ellison reported European weekly consumption at 108,0'X) bales of 400 pounds each for August 1881 the weekly figures had been raised to 125 ;000 bales of.same weignts per week or at the rate o nearly 1)UO :000 bales per year. THE NEW VoiJTlt. Ale. Frederick Wolffe the repre sentative ot Baron Erlangerand his associates who have recently put $25, 000,000 cash in his hands for carry ing ont plans for a great railroad system in the South, is enthusiastic over the future of that section, He quoted as declaring that “the peo ple of the North have just begun to realize that the South has awakened to her true interests, and, allowing politics to drop into the grave with slavery and reconstruction, is ap plying herself to the improvement of her material welfare with an en ergy and shrewdness worthy of a new country. Mr. Wolffe says that the $25,000,(XX) which the syndicate he represents is spending in the South is only one instance; that not only are many other railroad lines being.built by added capital, but money in large blocks is being invested in lands, cotton mills, fur naces, iron works, lumber mills and various other enterprises. Mr. Wolfie’s conclusion—and he is a shiewd judge of men and things—is that “the South is destined to sup ply the country and a goo p -rt of the world, with cotton.goods of every variety,” and ho kinks “the sooner the Massachusetts man ufacturer realizes this new rivalry and goes over to it the better for him.” The South, old as it is, has c arted, in Mr. Wolffe’s opinion, a new and splendid development. Lines By Jefferson “allens wife our Editor God bless our noble Editci With his pleasant smiling face, M ho finds, without trying, In every heart, a place. His cares, they are many. But vouAvili always find Ilim read} to do a favor. He is so good and kind. AWe couldn’t do without him, His friendship or his neAvs. To keep away the heartache, And drive away the blues. We couldn't do without him, And do not mean to try; And we’ll reward his greatness With a bouncing chicken pie And should he need assistance, We’ll aid him all we can And, if possible, send his paper, To ever}’ paying man. And to those who are in areas, Remit at once, if you can: And render just assistance To our worthy newspaperman. His precious time, he’s wastbd. Of his own free will, and accord In securing to Butts County The M. o; B. Railroad. Now, for service he's thus ■rendered, In securing the road, tins .wav. M e should all take his paper r And ever be prompt tQ p.ay Grand jury presentments. GEORGIA, Butts County: V; e the Grand Jurors morn and ‘in; umc led for the > c: epternLei } cm; cd Butts Superior Court ISBI - our labors - her? l.e, v 4 to mure Hie feUowing general:resent ments. rCUBIC 3UILDIXO3. Wc have examined through a committee from our body the Court 7- .... ]t ;j isr n ■*,,*, *•* it t' .. * * gcofi coo ii.io i au vve recommend no repairs except the v.flm.g ’• 1 ock on the front door on ' :t- y:ide of the Court House and railings on the steps of the jail. PUBLIC ROAD3.AND BRIDGES. We have made special enquiry ar the roa and bridges in the coun ty. amt tire result oi those enquire: p well as our own observation sat Vy Us that the roads as a general thing 1 ave b en well worked am in fine condition wherefore ah that fc far as has come to cm knowledge that the bridges are in tolerably good condition except the b. id ye on Tussahaw creek near Hen drick’s Mill and the bridge on Yel low Water near J. B. Thomas’ resi dence these bridges are needing re pairs and we recommend the Ordi nary to make such repairs as early -as practicable. The co-operation of Butts county is asked in building a bridge across South river at Island shoals we recommend that the Or dinary aid in building said bridge to the amount of eighty-five dol lars. Only one new bridge has been recently erected known as Carmichaels bridge on the road leading from Jackson to Griffin; this bridge is a substantial structure as regards both the masonry and superstructure. clerk’s books. We have examined the books of the Clerks Office, we recommend that he re-index the books of records of deeds and arrange all old suits of declarations and bills and old pa pers in the Clerk’s office pertaining to the court matters in alphabetical order so that they can be of easy refrence'. sheriff’s execution and jail DOCKETS. We have also examined the Sher iff’s execution and Jail Dockets and sd far as we are able to discover find thepa,neatly and correctly kept. ordinary’s office. We have inspected the Ordinary’s office and examined, his books we find upon examination of his books that they are correctly . and neatly kept. The Ordinary is Indexing the books of apnual returns and vouchers in his office as recommen uco. k/j <*iv a .Uuu ji’.ry oi sailing* term of the court. The Ordinary receives no funds in his hands whatever, but he grants licens to all parties in terms of law upon the pre sentation of the county treasury receipt. We are pleased to say that tho vigilance displayed by Jadge Jas. F. Carmichael in the dis charge of his. official duties since his instillation in his office gives full insurance for the faithful and economical administration of all county matters appertaining to his office. COUNTY TREASURER’S ROOKS. We have examined the books of the County Treasurer H. O. Benton, we find amount of funds on hand 14th March 1881. to be- $922.79. Amount received cn all funds since that date $186.27 making the sum on hand since that date the 14th March 1881 $1120.06 we find the amount paid out on all funds up to September 9th 1881 to be $1046.89 leaving on hand of all funds $73.17 We find the Treasurer has proper vouchers paid out frem each fund: we notice the Treasurer has adopted Mitchel’s system of keeping his ac counts which system we highly ap prove the Treasurer’s report is "here to attached. To the Hon. Grand jury of Butts county the September Term 1881. Gents : I herewith submit my report for money received and dis bursed since the last term of said Court: To-wit: To Am’t. money on hand of all at last term . $933.79. To Am’t rec’d on al funds sine ’185.27 1120.06 By Am’t. paid cn all funds 1044.29 7 o:7 7 ” ” “ ” for which there is no vouches 2.60 $73.17 For amouts paid from each fund refer to vouchers and books.—All respectfully submitted, sworn to A subscribed! before me Sept. 9 1881)- H O Benton L. D. Watson C. S. C.) C. T. Tax Bbceiver’s Digest. —We have examined the Tax receiver's digest and found it in good style and as we believe correct Ave find the value of the grand aggregate of prop erty returned for the Aear 1881, to be $864,801 dollars the value of the aggregate of land returned to be $494,866 dollars the grand aggregate of acres of lands to be beH24.250 acres the average va’ue per acre of land returned for said year be $8.98. We are under the impres sion that much of the property in the county is returned at less than its true and .marketable value and We urge upon the tax receiv er that he in the future carefully examine and enquire into the rt turns • to him bv tax payer*. The - :ets of the Justice of the Peace .u Notaries Public have been s- x Led for inspection they are fc. . i correct and approved. Th 1; ‘ ‘he duty of the j lar p: 1 , . i . ,o do Jars per Lcrn f..*- ‘ ng b.Ji. J 'vo recom me..- l. . . w c.>..ore be H one lo' b: rl .iy t'Ts term of court, we W recommend that Cordy Barnes. . b.JLT he psid one dol lar exir. r faidiful services ren xnc l T .erm of court. we ve.-W aend that the Ordinary boar .1 o. ) the lowe >t bidder such oaupera may placed on Ms re-, p inTb and for the pre ent. we recor imd i the establishment- of a county 4 and for Butts county, we rjo \ 4 the anpoi ntr-'.ent o f Col. ilemn* i t Irick to the Judgship oi raid co. } we recommend Lat the Ordinalr .• n P. hut. v dol lar m T ’u; extra sew ices ren dered t ■ i >c.ly as el irk: ’ In cl '.jour duties as Grand •furor3 ■ ud -r Judge Hillyer oar acknowl, ’ge'ment for the prompt and fait-i tilmanner in which the ■business-. >. C the court has been dis patched 1 return him our thanks for his uc on courtesy to f his body we also r-.-kirn thanks to Solicitor General \V unmack Hr his polite at tention u IC I istance in tlii per formance .f our duties. we reec . .mend that the general presentments be published in the Middle ( u’gia Argus and Jackson News—au 1 t at ten dollars be ap propriaf o p.aper for publish ing the some. Henry •rFlercher Foreman: \v .-t-.i*.; i:i.m TJ Car- on D J Thai* n. J A Dodson RJLavv 1 WII Redman Vf a lionet F L Walthall I J Slaughter T J Higgins T F Hammond J M T Mayo J N Gray T A Spencer J P Neal (Clerk) J T Goodman T L Williams G B Elder W R Weaver Lemuel Oneal It D. Andrews ,T L Brady GEORGIA Butts County :—Su perior court September Term 1831. Ordered by the Court that tlis Grand Jury presentments be received and approved entered on the minutes and published, as desired. George Htllyfr, S. C. A. C. Presiding. GEORG A, Butts count/: Clerk’s office Ja.-k.son. Butts Cos, Ga., Sept. 19 1881. — I, Larkin D. watson Clerk Superic -Court in and for said coun tv do certify that the above and foregoing, is a true extract from the minutes of this Court. Given under my hand and offi cial signature. .. L. D. watson Clerk. LABOR AT THE SOUTH. On this subject the Savannah News discusses as follows : “The South courts labor. She has a steadily growing need of it, She invites the honest workingmen of all lands to come and help her reclaim her waste places, develop her resouces, and share in the pros perity that industry must achieve. She is fated to be great. She was great in her past, and will be great er in her future. Day by day her attractions to industry are becom 1 ing better known. Her agricultural development is but in its infancy. Tier manufactures, though in a great measure but experimented, demonstrate the gou-ien harvest that awaits the capital thsit may be in vested in them. Soon the products of the Or; it will be, shinned in bulk to her ?t... oard cities, and di rect tra ' rif He great tradfe cen tres of Lu hum be established. The wealtii die Northwest la sieadi 1 ; c-seending the Mississ ippi to tl. ? g eat S rut hern metropo lis, and the leaning cities of the South are L. dig b: ' rht closer and closer together. IT re labor must reap its re warn, and v - udence earn independence. The young me brains and muscle, who would t the crowded centres of the Nor Gy would find here scope ' for their energies and promise for the fu ire. "he farms, the trades, the she s, the factories, the counting room, the professions, are all open to honest labor and manly ambition. There is room and encouragement for ail. And the women of the South, whose splendid sacrifice and heroic endurence will be the themes of historians when the youngest of their posterity shall have passed away, they, too, have caught the teachings of the times, and are play ing a grand, if silent, pait in the work of progress. Here in a land renowned for its chivalry and hospitality, the man who has inherited, preserved, or acquired the marks and impulses of a gentleman, need fear no proscrip tion. The boor cannot abide with the polished, nor the dissolute with the uure, but there is a community of industry, of refinement and pro bity, that is more marked at the South, perhaps, than elsewhere, and it is here that she draws the line. All her people work. ‘ Her beet people are gentlemen and true wo men. Her mission is to grow rich, but her people in the race for rich i n-' es will be how to forget the old traditions of manliness, generosity, probity and patriotism that their, fathers illustrated in their lives and transferred as a legacy that was 'ver to be cherished and never despised. , N* R, Bret well iSY . '.',WTTiIXS. Pulco'esa T.:3 that heart, and silent b tiiet "'''loo, Not e’:-". a song of the Lusinia n*e Whi !a *ve st vfl, p.reaan Ibis gaping tomb, an 1 she-'e.i tea: ■ r n sarrow over dus we loved. In that cr .ael brave lies his monldin: clay, Th?d l'loomed in life and such sacred virtu es; All tv ho knew him "love 1 and adored him • Tou here is r >ne dint can his life cal. tr< k. Oh ! mother Pay voice can melt hearts of .i fAn-.l make tears stand in every ovo: To hear thy c.aos for him wiio has gone. Beyond the river to await your coming. o*l 7.711 OH' In* 1. 'vyjd V ? *•> ' ; q ppHG 80-on-'. Dro -v.; veal wray an i woo; Where weening an eels will ' . coming, And ; oad lias virtuous spirit to that celestial. fount Oh! ivUen e.l one weep not for him, Iboi ar v;rU'B!can;i suirituadv vnited, Phoiigh las spirit as soaring on high; Where sorrow never never comes : bui endless pleasure. On weep not, his promise is not broken, He will meet you at the pearlv portal. VTich a welcome smile of joy, arid shout ing, The sv.-eetXi 'Yana, to the lamb of love. A BLOODY TRAGEDY. AN OLD FEUD RECEIVES A FATAL , ENDING. A bloody tragedy was enacted yesterday near Powder Springs, a station on the Atlanta and Rome railroad, about twenty miles from this place. Near Powder Springs there are two families known as Mitchell and Cooper, between whom there is an old feud of many years standing. The farms of the two men are ad jacent to each other, but the houses are far apart, being on the opposite ends of the plantation. It appears what information could be gathered fromjparties aeqainted with the affail that Cooper’s chick ens had been in the habit of tres passing upon Mitchell’s ground. Yesterday morning Mitchell accom panied by, two of his nephews, went to one of his fields joining Cooper’s wh-.'V.e •.fievGonn u tot of Ootpyjr is chachens playing havoc with his corn. The party at once made an effort to drive the chickens from the fields by stoning them. Cooper happened to seethe assault upon his property and went to their defense. The Mitchells then changed their plans and made an attack upon Cooper, who was armed with a shot gun. In the difficulty Cooper dis charged both barrels of his gun at his adversaries. One shot killed the. uncle dead, while the other in flicted a fatal wound upon one of the nephews causing death in a short, time. While Cooper used his gun the Mitchells fought with their knives and inflicted .several wounds upon Cooper, which will probably prove fatal. The affair soon became public, and the wildest excitement was the result. Both the Mitchells and the Coopery are . highly respected in the county in which thqy reside, and the sad affair is deeply de plored by all who knew them. Remarkable Longevity. —lt is stated .that there is now living with in forty piles of Greenville, S. C. a man who has reached the excep tional age of 143 years. The old fel low was 20 years old at the time of Gen. Braddoe’s defeat, and then had a Avife and three children. He has been married seven times and is now looking about for another wife. Notwithstanding his great age the man retains ail of his faculties and enjoys life. He has abvays lived on a coarse vegetable diet, assisted doubtless by blockade whiskey and strong plug tobacco. It is a remark able case, and will atrtact consider able atten • ion. BE OF GOOD CHEER. There is ore remedy which has proved itself to be a pricless boon and a true friend to suffering humanity. 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It will give the greatest satisfaction, for its efleeuj are lasting, and not temporary, as is the case with ifiekohohe prepara tions. BroAvn’s Iron Bitters contain nq alchohol. —. DEAD. Never* beforo dcab the cf bis .country” hs 1 ■- American poophe been ir ;;j v moved’as by the ddaih of Jaiues h Garfield, President/ of the V: To.* Jtatea. From every bomi in cotrncoi'oi a f" uers 1 h'- a.i n -scrutaHo out all-wise- Pro*.-- d-m. o has removed from thife UH .he honored ohirt magistrate of t' ropuhJc. wliile receiving Die blow .vith 1 >owed licads, and with humb ? submission to the w ill of Him who inflicts it. The whole republic, from gulf to the lakes, and from the At la-lie to the Pacific, is to-day draped in mourning. Thß call? very forcibly to onr mind the Na tional calamity of a. simular nature, that occurred sixteen years ago. vhen Abraham Lincol i dieaLby the hand -f the assays' i, How th thought f That in the short v. ac' of ■ sixteen years the great An crieab Republic, <; tlie land -of I;berry,” should bo twice beheaded an . rhis in me time of piolbimd p-ac. white*ifi tiie approprrte dutu , i his o' --Hion, lie w: s r Mud ?d. *; : Fr, out provocation nod cru---- do wn like a brute, ii wa- ii. m inhuman and atrocious ' • -via crime should be commii - -G country, because ou.s \va o iican government. How us it was that in thH land n -.ei this government ’hi' grca‘ cmk should be commit ted ! , when we recall i-> uiid' o • i ii tioii of our govei ■ ■.. i ■nn •he first outrage of tut Had j - r petrated, we can form ; a to .mitigate the enor Ho crime; well do we call condition of affairs a ; • • •; while the flags of the na 4 at “half mast” and the if bells, intersperced with ’ • ; sullen hoar sounded ‘ ,muons wail, we were famishing with thirst and hunger, in “Point Lookout” & federal prison surrounded by glit tering beyonets in the hands of for mer slaves while our homes were at the mercy of an infuriated and victo" rious foe, our fair lands devastate l and prostrate beneath the t. ramp of victorious legions and o; w icipate l slaves, with the great Republic sev ered and torn, we could not tell whether to weep oi rejoice, we could not tell whether it meant life or death, we did not know wnether we Avert a part of the great American Union, or a vassal in a subjugated territory, when sorrow was spread o’er the land, but now that Lie pas sions of Avar have subshl* I, ad oui former enemies with t . t n again nimity'characteristic of uo great American people, have r.-mod us to all the relations o': .: H .ship, and AVe, AtVili tiiaT , ' r-. c :rr cf heart characteristic U Ho brave, buried all the prejudices t Me past and reunited in ope common broth erhood, we can join in one common Avail of grfiff over this great na r tional calamity aild join in th? fervent expression of sorrow for the death of the noble victim. Once a poor boy, without fortune or friends, lie (the President) started out to bs the architect of his own fortunes., Step by step, round by round, he had climed to the highest place oi earthly glory. How sudden and sad the untimely fall! Let us feel that this is a chastisement of us all, and that it admonishes us to be up and doing, to restore our common country to its passed purity and dignity, that it may be a blessing to every hu man being under its jurisdiction, and be apprewed by the smiles of an all-wise and just God. , BROWN’S IRON BITTERS a*e a certain euro for all diseases requiring a complete tonic; espe® daily Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Inter® mittent Fevers, Want of Appotite, Loss of Strength, Lack of Energy, etc. Enriches the blocch strength* ens the muscles, and gives new life to the nerves* Acts like a charm [on the digestive organs, removing all dyspeptic symptoms, such as tasting tho food. 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