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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