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Middle Georgia Argus
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY
MORNING.
INDIAN SPRING, GA..9EPT 29 lg3l.
LOCAL MATTER.
SEED WHEAT FOR SALE.
I will sell seed wheat oi my raising at
Ocmalgee Mills at $2.00 a Whel strictly
**h. H. j. Lam ah.
read notice of ordinary in thia
issue in regard to fence or no fence
The bill for the charter of the In
dian Spring railroad passed and
become a law on last Saturday.
Readthe notice of Judge Kendrick
in“another column.
Charlie Rains of Übton Con ty
*
was killed Wednesday by his broth
er in-law by the name of Rains, we
have not been able to obtain particl
ars,
Read Tax c collectors notice in
another column
The bill providing for the nay
ment of jurors the County Court has
become a law, They are to receive
the same pay as grand jurors in the
Superior Courts.
Mr. Thomas Johnson, a young
farmer of Henry county was robbed
of his pocket bqok containing S7OO
in Atlanta last week. The side
show* ©f the great Exposition arc
opening early.
“Twenty years ago,” says a color
ed “niggers was wuf a
thousand dollars apiece. How dey
would be deah fcf : two dollars a
dozen. It’s ’stontisning’ how de race
am depreciatin’.”
. On Saturday of last week, a white
convict named Wiggins, was horri
bly mutilated and hilled by a pre
mature explosion on the Macon ex
tension road;
j The XsaGfrdnVe Reporter gives an
interview with Mr. Inman, the
great cotton man, who says that if
the cotton crop does not exceed
9,000,000 bales it will command
cents, and will bring a good price
anyhow. . ,
Wesley Beddind, colored, who
was arrested for entering the City
Hall Park, in Atlanta, has brought
suit against the city in the D. S.
Circuit Court, under the civil rights
bill, for $20,000 damages.
The Watkinsville Advance thinks
the late revivals in that county
have done much good, about two
hundred and twenty souls having
been converted and added to tht
several churches.
Rising Fawn has lately risen to
the dignity of a corporation, the
first in the “State of Dade.” Biut
Dade has a sweet little valley over
in the mountains, with singing
birds and “laughing waters.”
One thousand dollars premium is
offered for the best bale of cotton at
the Cotten Exposition in . Atlanta,
commencing in October and end
ing in January.
A sad affair is reported from Doo
y county. Mr. Rope, the Sheriff of
the county, and his wife had a do
mestic trouble, during which a
scuffle ensued, when Mrs. Rope fell,
striking a chair, and so injnring
some vital part that death followed
immediately,
"Did you never’” she said to him
as they were walking home in the
moonlight, “feel the wild desire, the
unutterable longing the yearning,
the reaching after the unattaina
ble?” And he said he felt that way
most every day. He was trying his
best to raise a moustache, but to
save his life he couldn’t, ,
The Griffin News, ni\e of our pet
dailies comss to ua with neat newsy
appearance, the News is always a
Welcome visitor at our sanctum, all
who wish to keep up with the news
Middle Georgia should sub scribe
for the Daily News.
Mr. Seab .Thompsom, intends
going into lumber business with Mr.
W F. Douglass at the depot near this
place when tho Railroad is complet
ed. He contemplates running a
dressing machine etc. and then we
can get our lumber ready for build
ng purposes and while Mr. D. de
livers us our building material, Mr.
T. is the man' to fit it together, such
a business will be a great conven
ience to our conntry, and now who
will be the man to establish a first
class hardware store.
We take pleasure in introducing Mr’
Chaffee of Oswego to our readers not as
a professional expert in penmanship
practical or oramental, but as a superior
writer and teacher of short hand. By
his system of teaching by mail the art
is brought within the reach of mauy who
would otherwise be unable to acquire
it. He has built-up a large business 3nd
is highly commended byt those who
knew lnm best.—Gaskeirs Penman’s
Gazette.
‘ The best strengthener of mind tnd body
is Brown’s iron Bitters. It is very sooth
u?F and refreshing in ite effect
Dr. Troy Saunders has bought the
beautiful residence and farm of
Hon. J. F. Carmichael and now
vhat the doctor has the “cage” we
expect to see him adorn it with a
lovely bird soon. We think k is
entitled to some of the luxuries of
hie, and we hope it will be his good
fortune to fall into the hands of
some fair one that will appreciate
his worth, and make brig at his
pathway through life.
We know jndgo Carmichael will
not cheat ki3 good lady out of such
a beautiful cottage homo he will]
erect another equally as beautiful. |
The Editor of the Argus had the
misfortune to “go through the mill’’
onco in his life and had tho same
sad oxporiencs of the farmer alluded
lO below, which terminated exactly
lie ,ame, the only difference in the
two cases was in the article bought.
These occurrence ■. soma evi
dence that povec ..j uoi-i t make a
man dishonest;
Ovifcthorpe Eci o: i ; oaring a
..cv down the ran 'ai tried all "the
neighboring denies to .. ay a ton of gua
no o i credit, none wmid sell to him.
At la :t a lista at old him the g u ano;
when io and La Lola; he was the first
farmer In the e ; to br lg forward
hie bale of cottc.. t ( :a pay off the note.”
The Henry Cos Weekly tells of the
murder of a young man, -artow L mn,
near Btockbridge, ia that count Jaat
Monday. He was load m ‘W road shot
through the. heart, a though the
matter seems vieled la ry a coro
ners jurychargesthemun ; t o o John
Lei Uih, for whose arrest a warrant has
been iasaed.
The Crawfordsvill# Democrat
boiled over with rage, the other
day, upon teeing a strapping, great
big brute of a husband stalk into
the cars empty handed. followed by
a haggard, aeliekte little wife, valise
qn one arm and a baby on the oth
er ; but thia was not all—the wife
eroduetd a pillow for hii lazy,
rutish npdttye tq . ifit on, while
she placed her. on the va
lise and held' the baby. How can
a woman follew such a brute?
~ The resolution of Mr. Mays, of
Butts, instructing the Governor to
investigate the lease under which
tome State property at Indian
Spring is held, was passed.
The resolution of Mr. Milner, re
questing the Governor to investi
gate the circumßtances v under which
James Denson, a convict of Butts
county, late in the camps at Cedar
Town, made his escape, was adopt
ed.
Mr. Mays, of Butts, said that in
the year 1878 this man, committed
burglary, and wa* tried and sen
tenced to four years’ imprisonment
in the penitentiary; that several
months ago the people of Butts
county heaya that he was at large,
and at their request he went to the
office of the principal keeper of the
penitentiary and asked ; for an ex
planation ; that the reply was that
the man was still in the camp*. As
this was in conflict with thf reports
in Butts county, at the request of
soma of his constituents he pursued
the investigation. He had read let
ters from the managers of the camps
at Cedar Town, in answer Jo the
inquiries made at his suggestion,
which were to the effect that Den
son was an invalid, diseased and
crippled ; that on account of his
conditiou he was not made to work
like tho other convicts, but was al
lowed to go more at largo, that he
suddenly disappered some monthg,
ago, and the lesees apprehended
that he had been drowned, but a
thorough search failed to find birr?
or to explain the mystery of his
disappearance. The people of Butts
county, not satisfied with these
statements, wanted him to pursue
the investigation, and lie knew of
no other way than by the introduc
tion of the resolution before the
House. He hoped that the House
pass it, and the Governer would
carry it out. —Macon Tel. <fc Mess.
One of our farmer friends tells us
of a farmer who sent one of our
merchants an order for fifty cents
worth of meat, the merchant just
greased the order all* over and sent
bill and charged up the farmer ? *
account with fifty cents. How is
that for high? Better quit time
prices and go to railroading. •
Col. Thomas Hammond of thiß
county cams very near having his
house destroyed by fire one night
this week by the accidental dropp
ing of a kerosene lamp on the floor.
The forethought of his little daugh
ter coming to the rescue with a
well filled bucket of water saved the
loss of the dwelling and the painful
burning if not serious burning of
her father.
ALL ALONG THE UNB.
NEW FORCES IN THE FIELD—A
TALK WITH THE CONTRAT
TOBS—HOW THE WORK IS
PROGRESSING Ac.
Our work for the construction
company has in the last few days
enabled ua to make a note of things
along the road.
MESSRS. CONDON Sz CO.
Put a force of cno hundred and
fifty hands on the first six milos of
the extension at Macon l&zi week,
with orders to increase the number
to four hundred this week.
ME. RE3TFROE
Is working the next five milce with
a large force.
CAPT W. D. GEANT
X~ working tho next two miles with
a well trained convict force, n Mr.
Bowman ia working a section be
tween this and Capt. Grant’s sec
ond convict force, Messrs. F&hey &
Hodges is working a section.
Next is Mr. Caldwell working a
section. The balance, up to Towa
liga. four miles, has been taken by
MR. GARBOUKY
a Frenchman, of capital and long
experience in railroading, we have
been informed that he has the finest
teams on the line, he moved into
his work last week and proposes to
put one hundred hands on each
mile of his work making four hun
dred on the foul miles.
Tho next section is let to W. H.
Derden, of Morgan county. And
from his section up to the tress el
work, at Sandy Creek, is being
worked by Messrs. Greer of Forsyth,
they have just began work this
week. thjp next section, above
Sandy Creek, is being worked by
MESSRS, COLIMAN & PITTY.
of Virginia, .they are camped at
Mount Pleasant church and clear
ing off right of wav, , they have sent
to Virginia for laborers, pid they
say the company may come along
with the “rail and tie” they will
not be in, the wa j.
MESSRS. WILLIAMS & MILLER.
have the next section extending up
to Dublin and have worked clear
through their contract, and arc new
going over finishing up, Mr. Miller
says if the company wiil send on
the piping for drains he can finish
in one week he has discharged or
sent home all his hands but 18.
Tho next three miles is being work
ed by Mr. Costello of the firm of
Condon <fc Co*, and there is> some
very heavy work being done on that
part of the line, Mr. Costellq say s
he will finish up in a bout one
month and move up to Jackson
to some work not yet sublet, next
to Mr. Costello is Messrs.
SHEAHAN & MADDO£,
These gentleman have soheavy
work to do and are progrt sat
isfactorily, Mr. Sheahan says he
will bo the first contractor to com
plete liis work, he says nc /ill in
crease his force if nectary, so as
to eomplete in six weeks,
MESSRS. BRANAM & LINDSEY
have the remaining four miles Jack-
Bon, and are progressing eatic acto
rily. Thus it wiil be icon thrd t.e
entire line from Macon to Jacki :
is being worked, from Jacksoi
McDonough has not been stioi Jl ej -
cept a small force is being work
by Messrs. Morris & Ellis 3 mi
above Jackson, at McDonough
Messrs. Zackery <fc Rosser hat five
miles under contract coming this
way. 'f * •
Young Condon brother of -i e
firm is moving in from er.st len
nesse this week with a well or
ganized force that has just complet
ed a contract in that state,-and will
work five miles between McDonough
and Atlanta.
Any amount of hands can g:t
employment along the line now,
and there is no longer sny excuse
for a tramp. About five thousand
dollars per day is being spent along
the line.
We are glad to see our . friend
Willis Morris restored to health, he
is stopping at present with his
brother-indaw, Mr. T. L. Willems
of this county.
Mrs. Mary Martin, of Harrisburg Pa.'
says; ‘T sunere awei Jy from ft complica
tion- of female diseases; that sense of
bearing-down seemed as if it weuld kill
me; my habits were very irregular; noth
ing seemed to benefit me until I tried
Brown’s Iron Bitters. They acted like a
charm, and pow I epjoy perfect health
How They will Manage It.
The cards are out for the mar
riag, at Charlott North Carolina, of
a blind girl to a man who is deaf
and dumb. At first glance the pool
ing of their infirmities may appear
to the casual observer as being a
little too much of a bad thing but at j
closer scrutiny of all the points in
the case may convince the most
skeptical that by this union each of
the parties will ac quire an opportu
nity to practice certain little panto
mimic scenes from which ordinary
maried folks are entirely debarred
and which the average husband or
.vife would, if they could be purcha
sed for money, gladly give a quarter
apiece for. It is not to be expected
that this afflicted couple will amble
| down the fiowery, or briery, avenues
&i life without the little spats and!
quarrels are now regarded m an in
evitable trimming to matrimonial
fibcitv, and it is right here in these
squabbles that the benefits centered
upon them by their infirmities will
rise up and ask for a hearing. She
cannot see’ he cannot hear or speak
She can unlimber her jaw and hurl
at him broadside after broadside of
steeple pointed invective and the
poor man can but stand there, study j
the motion of her jaws and fondly :
imagine that she is telling him how
sorry she feels that any thing should
come between them. Ho can sit down
and shake his fist at her make hide
ous mouthp at her While all the time
she is thinking he is sitting with his
face buried in his hands, his eyes
swimming in great gulfs of tears, and
feeling just awful sorry that he has
abused her. About the time he has
his teeth firmly Set together, and his
hands cinched, telling himself how
he would jloye ta choke the balmy
breath out of Her body she imagire
he is looking at her regretfully and
is nearly upon the peint of taking
her in his arms and telling her
that she can brand him as an all
wool liar ,if he . ever crosses he r
again. These may not be looked
upon by the average reader as very
great benefits, but some of the old
matrimonial war horses will have a
sigh of envy while ruminating upon
the conditions of the prospetive
bride and groom.
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT AR
THUR.
Upon assuming the duties of his
position President Arthur delivered
the following address:
“For the fourth time in the histo
ry of the republic its chief magis
trate has been removed by death.
All hearts are filled with grief and
horror at the Hideous crime which
has darkened our land, and the
memory of the mnrdered President,
his protracted suffering, his un
yielding fortitude, the example and
achievements ql his life and the
pathos of his his death will forever
illumine the pages of our history.
For the fourth time the officer elect
ed by the people and ordained by
the censtitution to fill a vacancy so
created, is. called to assume the ex
ecutive chair.
“The wisdom of our fathers, fore
seeing the most dire possibility,
made sure that the government
should never be imperiled because
of the uncertainty of human life.
Men may die but the fabric of our
free institutions remains unshaken.
No higher or more assuring proof
■ould exict of the strength and per
•: anence of popular government
l han the fact that though the cho
sen of the people be struck down,
his constitutional successor is peace
i ily installed, without stock or
strain, except the sorrow which
ourns the bereavement. And the
asp rations of my lamented piede
cessor, which found expression in
: his life, the measures designed and
suggested during his brief adminis
tration to correct abuses and cn
*rce economy, to advance prosperi
ty and promote the general welfare,
to insure domestic security and
maintain friendly and honorable re
lations with the nations of the earth,
will be garnered in the hearts of the
people, and it will be my earnest
endeavor to profit, and to see that
the nation shall profit by his exam
ple and experience.
“Prosperity blesses our country.
Our fiscal policy is fixed by law,
is well grounded and generally ap
proysd. No threatening issue
marks our ioreign intercourse, and
the wisdom, integrity and thrift of
our people may be trusted to con
tinue unbroken the present assured
career of peace, tranquility and wel
fare. The gloom ana anxiety which
have enshrouded the country mutt
make repose and peace welcome.
No demand for special legislation
has been heard j no adequate reason
is apparent for an unusual session
of Congress. The (constitution de
fines the power of the Executive as
clearly as those of the other two de*
partments of the government, and
he must answer for the just exercise
of the discretion it confers and the
performance of the duties it impoe-1
es.
summoned tothes® high duties
and rcsponsipilties, and profound
ly conc’ous of their magnitude and
gravity, I assume the trust imposed upon
mo by the constitution, relying for light
on d : vine guidance and the patriotism
and intelligence of the American people
SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE
SEA.
A Hitherto Unpublished Letter
From Gen. Joe Johnston to Col,
_ Lewis Washington.
From the New York Sun.
Macon, August _l3. 1804.—My
>EAR Bun I navc nacl the "pleas
ure to receive your friendly letter.
The reasons assigned for my re
moval are, “failing te arrest the ad
va ice of the enemy to the vicinity
of Atlanta, for in the interior of
Georgia,” and “not expressing con
fidence that I could defeat or repel
him.” . After the battles of the Wil
derness. General Lee adopted pre
cisely the course which I followed
and gained great glory by it. He
fell back as far as I done, and much
more rapidly—or rather less slowly.
The enemy also penetrated much
more deeply and extensively into
Virginia than into Georgia. I have
never known sensible men to regard
confident language a3 evidence of
merit.
A few days before my removal,
Gen. Bragg assured me that he had
maintained in Richmond that Sher
man’s army • was stronger than
Grant’s. It is very certain, that
General Lee’s course has satisfied
the government, and. country and
added to. ml, great glory.
The relative strength of Sherman’s
army and mine ma4e .the chances
of victory, in Okie we attackec I, in
his favor. At Dalton he had a for
tified pais .close in his rear was a
place of .refuge in case of. jnishap.
In moving south- he advanced forti
fying, ana therefore always had an
entrenched position close behind
him. Victory could not have been
decided fox u$ under such circum
stances, while defeat would have
have been ruinous. We therefore
kept near him to take advantage of
to take advantage of any exposure
of himself that he might mate, but
he made none of a general charac
ter, such as would have justified
battle, and repded his .almost daily
partial assaults with trifling loss,
while he on all such occasions suff
ered heavily. We fell back before
him ninety-three miles' in seventy
two days. The sum of our losses
was about IC,OOO. Hig we estimat
ed at five times as muoh—from the
opinions of experienced officers, re
ports of prisoners taken daily, and
statements of Northern papers.
This course, if continued, wonld
soon have so reduced the disparity
of numbers as to give us tne advan
tage in a battle; and if we could
have defeated the enemy on this
side of the Chattahoochee, de
struction was certain. I therifore
thought, end still think, my plan of
operation correct.
We are living here quietly and
comfortably, in spits of the exces
sive heat. Give my regards to
Whitting, and believe me yours
truly. J. E. Johnston.
AT THE FOUNT.
Beneath those sweet, and balmly shades,
By that gentle ebing flowing stream:
Where the waters buble and spray,
Down the slanted time worn rock;
Where the playful fawn drank his fill;
Where the red. man watched his coming
foe,
And listen to the melancholly song of
his squaw.
On the rock at the allhealing fount,
Where he sang his farewell songs.
And danced in joy for war;
Which makes his heart light and gay,
To know he had a coming foe;
That he could leave his deadly weapon,
-hid hoar ito ocboixig oouuds,
Which was music to his ear.
On the rock where the chief sat, .
And prophesied his coming death,
That Which was not far off.
For now hi® holy promises was broken
And his holy land was invaded
By the paieiace his hated foe.
On the rock, that sacred rock,
Where he delivered his farewell address,
That shall be long remembered,
By history and tradition;
For that fount was a sacred fount ‘
Where he bowed down in solemn rever-
ence
To its sacred outpouring,
Sept. 51881 G.W.W.
thi Atlanta Post-Appeal tells the
tne following:
In the neighborhood of Ormond,s
paper mill, about six miles from
Atlanta, on the line of -the Atlanta
and Biunswick extension prepara
tion have for some time been going
on towardthe nuptail ceremonies
which would unite a belle of the
settlement to a beau from Conyeers.
Therejgwas wild excitement, ot
coursers the time approach for the
fateful event, and when at length it
did arrive*, which last Wednn
day .the female portion of the settle*
ment put on itsDeat bib. and tucker
whilethe malt portion oiled its hair
slanted its hat on the side of its head
and spit through its teeth with rural
pomp and tne suberbest of provin
oial eclat, ns it wtxs. Wednesday
night the supper was placed, the wed
ing guests assembled, the minister
was on hand, the settlement fiddle
vibrated nervously in the grasp of
the virtuoso “of them parts,” and
nothing was wanting to make the
occasion a gorgeous succes except
the was-to-be-bridegroom, who tar
ried. And then, becoming disgust
ed at the delay, the expectant bride
to show that there was nothing
mean about her, offered to take any
body who would fix his name to the
license and subscribe to the ceremo
ny. To tho shame of the gallantry
of the settlement, no one answered,
sifftfi
BROWN’S IRON BITTERS at*
a certain cue !br all disease*
requiring a complete tonic; espe
dally Indigestion, Dyspepsia, later*
mittent Fovers* Want of Apfetite,
boss of atrewgth, back
eta. Enriches the Blood, strength*
gob tho muscles, and store* mem
life to the nerves. Acts like 4
charm [mi the digestive organs,
removing all dyspeptio symptoms,
such as tasting the fbod, Betahlngv
Meat in the Stomach, Heartburn,
etc. The only Iron BreparatieA
that will Apt blacken the teeth or
give headache. Sold by all Dm#
gists at SI.OO a bottle.
BROWN CHEMttllAli CO,
, v • . Baltimore, Md. r
Jnwlill Inn BtttaH at* imO* by Baourn flnwtfi
e* etoowd r*X Ua* Mid pyfttk *1 tnftv.
BIWARE OP IMITATIONS*
BUTTS SHERIFF SALE.
Will be sold before the court house
door in the town of Jackson Butts
County Georgia on . the Ist Tuesday ie
November next within the legal hours oi.
sale,, the following described property
to-wit: The south half of lot of lane
No. 37 lying and being in connty oi Butts
the state of Georgia containg one hun
dred one and a half acres more or lege
bounded on the north by lands of James
Fogg, west by lands of lands of Mary
Maples, south by lands of Mrs. P. Head
and east by T. L. Williams levied upon
by virtue of one mortgage fi-fa, issued
from Butts Superior court of Butrs conn,"
tv in favor of W. R. Murphy & Cos., vs.
Thos. J. Head, levied uponas the prop
erty of Thos. J. Head.
Tenant in possession given wiitton No
tice &• required by law.
J. O. Bjjaucjiamp,
Sheriff B. C. .
BUTTS SHERIFF SALE.
"Will b 8 sold before the court house
door in the. towm of Jackson Bulls comi
ty Georgia on the Ist Tuesday in No
vember next, within the legal hours oi
sale, the following described property
to-wit: 85 acres of land in the Buttrill
district, Gls G. M. lying and being in the
county of Butts, No. not jinown bound
as follows; North by lands of M. V. Me-
Kibben, east by lands of M. Y. MeKtb*
ben, south by land of M. V. McKibben,
west by lands of J. G. Kimbell and M,
V. McKibben. Known as the portion oi
the James Bledsoe place; levied upon at
the property of Jno. P. Bledsoe to satisfy
one fifa issued Ircfm the Justice court in
said district (615) in favor of D. B. Biv
ens vs. M. M. Mills and Jno. P, Bled -
soe.
Tenant in possession given writen no
tice. Levy made by James Cbasteen
L. C. and turned over to me.
J. O.
Sheriffs. C. -
HEADQR’S FOR HARDWARE
and. H. JOHNSON & SON.
No. 10 Hill St., GRIP FIN - GK
We have an Immense Stock for the
eoming season of JUST 6uch Good?
as are always needed by the Farmer
Mechanic and Housekeeper, con
sisting in part, as follows:
Axes, Blacksmith Tools, Bolts
Butts, Carrriage and Wagon Mate
rial, Carpenters’ Tools, Chains.
Cutlery. Grindstones, Housefur
nishing Goods, Horse and Mule
Shoes, Iron, Locks, Nails, Oils-
Paints, Packing, Plantation Hard
ware, Plows, Rubber Belting, Saw
of all kinds, Sewing Machines, Shcv
els, Spades, Steel, Fanners’ Tools-
Varnishes, etc., etc.
The Largest and Finest asssort
ment of CUTLERY ever brought te
this market. . .
A Large lot of. the “Spalding
Clipper” Axes, manufactured to oqr
order fpt this seotion.
We sell our goods at the LOWEST
PRICES. 1
C.H. JOHNSON <& SON.,
3m General Hardware Dealers