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Middlq Georgia Argus
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* MORNING.
INDIAN sfRINgTg A. M 1882~
localmaherT
A correspondent of the Macon Tele:
graph Afitipg from Forsyth, says; the
gUperintendant of construction, has
to haTa a regular schedule
tr&in, running from Indian Spring to Ma
con on and afte* June Ist
Splendid prospect for a wheat
crop in Butts
Mr. Thomas J, Higgins, was riding
through the grove, near Mr. Wiley
Heards, last Thursday his horse while
going at a brisk trot, stepped into a hole
causing him to plunge forward ihrovving
Mr. 11., in the fall, and rollingover him
causing some very painful bruises. It
was a very narrow escape from a fatal
accident.
The Specialty at Daghtry &
Brio’s 'is the tremendous bargains
iji Laces, in over 150 different de
signs, and is a curious sight to be
hold? A REAL TREAT FOR THE LADIES.
Neatly folded in bunches of 2 to 10
yds, warranted perfect, each price
containing the full measure marked
on the w rapper.
Under the plan of the new survey of
East end, the McGhee minors will
have fifty to seventy live lot fronting and
accessable to streets, anyone fishing to
lease one or more of them for seven or
eight vears, can do so, and pay the lease
ii;oyei-ien ts.
Ml S, !\ Smith has bought the
plantation of Mr. Bob. Allen in
Jasper county.
A nice line of Spring Calicoes &
Dress Goods, Shoes Hats Ac.
At J. G Daughtry & Bros.
Mrs. Martha Duke of Jackson,
left for a trip to Florida, on Sunday
last.
Go to J. G. Daughtry, A Bro. fur you:
Plow Goods They are the cheapest in the
county.
The plan of the new part of the
town of Jackson looks splendid ; and
when tlie lots are improved it will
be beautiful,
AT COST.
During the next 80 days 1
will sell Dry Moods, Mats and
Shoes at Cost. I desire to make
sonic change in my business and
mean what I sav.
- T. J, Saunders.
We promised in our last, t© give
our readers a report on the progress
of the track laying &c, this week ;
but Col Adair & Cos, desired us to
supervise the open in g of the new
streets, lienee our inability to go
down the lines to get the desired
iniornpvtion.
J. G. Daughtry & Bra, sells fT aimak
and Ferguson Plow Stocks, at $1,85
“ Loren za Pow v
Head If You ward To Know.
If you want to know about th,e New
treaty, between Gov, Troup and
Mclntosh, and John Quincy A Jams,
call on Dow Jr.
If you want to know-who made
the motion in the legislature, to
name this county Butts, and how
the patriotic and brave Butts, came
to his death call on Dow Jr.
If you want to know who has the
best lot of shoes ever brought to
Indian Spring., call on T. J. Saun
ders.
If you want to know h*>w many
Court Houses has been built in
Jaokson and how they were burnt;
call on How Jr.
If you want to seo the j rettiest
lot of prints you ever
tfaw, at 54 cents and upwards; call
on T. J. Saunders.
If you want to know how many
bridges has been built at Indian ‘
Spring, and who built them; call
on Dow Jr,
If you want to see the cseape3t
and preetiest doted
Lawns,you ever saw call on T. J.
Saunders.
Six fingered Grain Csadles at
$3,00.
Large lot of plow hoe's just re
ceived at
Daughtry & Bros.
Just Received a large lot of Flour,
Corn. Sugar, Bran Feed Oats & Fresh
meal at
J. G. Daughtry and: Bros.
Thurbers no 34 parched cof
fee at 20cts per pound.
At Daughtry & Bros.
We learn that an effort is being
made, to secure the services of a
hrst class school teacher in our town.
Some of the most substantial
merchants of our town, have pur
chased lots at East End.
1 flour ior a. the brick store at
this office*
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We are soon to have a steam saw
mill near town.
Messrs S. L. Thompson &W. F.
Donglass are making arrangements
to starta planing machine in con
nection with lumber yard at Indi
an Spring.
Mr McGinter has a planing ma
chiiie, and is* t prospecting with a
view of putting it in operation in
our towii.j
Mr John Virgin of Jasper County, and
John A Ftewart of Macon will run a
Stable in our town this summer.
John Pippinger, who has been living
some four years, near Indian Spring,
was arrested last night bv the Sherifi of
Jackson county, for the murder . of a
man by the name of .Strange,
A destructive Cyclone passed eight
niles north of Macon, passing Gordon
Saundersville, and other points, carry
ing death and destruction m its wake,
M)0”t 11 o’clock last tuesday morning.
Boh Lawson, showed us on yesterday,
the greatest swindle we ever saw. Some
ingenious scoundrel, of a “pork packer”
lias invented a machine with which, all
the meat is cut from between the ribs
and the skin, and the place stuffed with
dough, made of shorts and seconds. It
It is nicely done, and cant he detected,
until the meat is cut; in fact it is the
most scientific steal on record.
A party of Indian Spring Gentlemen
,C( nsisting of Messrs E. E. Pound, R. J.
Lawson, J. G. Daughtry, and Eddie El
der ;v\ent to day to see the track layiiig
Machine Ac. We would?expect to hear
of that crowd-getting into mischief, if
Mr. Pound wasnt with* them, but we
think perhaps he can keep them straight.
We have often heard of the ‘twin egg,
hut We never had the ftleasue of seeing
one until to day. Mr Hamelin Thomp
son, exhibited the regular Siamese twin
egg irt Our office this morning
i Mrs M. C. Wright has 111 st received
from New York, Hats, Bor nets, Laces,
iDress Goods and Trimming-*, which she
proposes to sell cheap.
Mar. 27th 1882.
The News came to us this
week in mourning, for the death of Col.
Thompson the senior Editos of that pa
per. Col.. Thompson was a noted jour
nalist, and is well known, far and wide
as tl.se author, of the popular work
known as “Major Jones Courtship.”
and many other hooks that met with fa
vor in flies country and Europe.
He was the founder of the News; a
journal that has no superior, if any
,ejual in the South, and stands as a
monument to Isis memory.
On yesterday, Mr David Maddox
and Mr. Alfred DodsonJ was out on
the railioad where the surveying
party was at work near our depot;
the mule they were driving became
frightened at some pigfe near by
made a sudden dash turning the
buggy olid preeiiptating them to
the ground. In the fall Mr, Mad
'dox was caught under the buggy
and very painfully hurt. All hands
rushed to where he was lying on
the ground, and offered aid and
; sympathy ; and while he was groan
ling he gpt a glimpse, of the
huge bank of dirt near by, and as a
mischieuous smile passed oyer, his
countenance he remarked.”• Iv’e
wanted this railroad a long time,
Ibutifthafcs the way the and n
i thing is going to serve m,e I don’t
want any more of it. 1
After he had somewhat recovered from
the shock, lie was lifted into his buggy
and carried home. Yfc hope his pain
ful hurt, is only temporary and will socn
be rllrigl t again. Strange to say Uie
buggy was not broken, and the mule
after cutting up such a flurry stopped of
his own accord after running up the
railroad bank.
Vn invaluable sirengh for the nerves,
muscles, and digestive organs, produ
cing strength and appetite, is Brown’s
Iron Bitters.
Eight Pounds good Rio Coffee for one
dollar at J. G. Daughtry & Bros,
The host Stock <fc Cattle pow
ders ever made, for sale at this of
fice
Made from Harmless Materials and
adapted to the need ot fading and
failing hair Parker , s Hair Balsam
has taken the first rank asanelegant
and reliable hair restorative
We have a scholarship in a first
class business college, and any one
wanting to attend such a college can
make something by calling an us.
We are sorry to inform the man
y enquireing friends, of Mrs. Wil
son Smith that she returned from
Atlanta without having anything
done for her eye. The physician
theught it not prudent to do any
thing while they in an inflamed
condition. She will return to At
lanta when her eys are Detter heal
ed, but we learn that she has little
hope of being restored to sight.
Tommy was a little rogue, whom
his mother had hard work to man
age. The house in the country was
raised a few feet from the ground,
and Tommy to escape a well de
served whipping ran from his moth
er and crept under the house.
Presently the fatner came home
and hearing where the boy had ta
ken refuge, crept under to bring
him out- As he approached on
his hands and knees Eommj* asked
Is she alter you, too,?
The survey, of streets and lots
at Indian spring depot has been
made, and the lines of the same de
fined, the lands of Capt W. D. Grant
has been surveyed into lots as fol
low’s ; 18 storp house lots one hotel
lot one warehouse lot and the re
mainder in-to residence lots, the
streets were extended as far as their
land reached, leaving it for others
to extend as far through the adjoin
ing lands as they may see proper.
The street will bo extended so as
to take in the lots of Mrs Smith,
and through part of the lands be
longing to the McGehe minors.
Tte streets are named as follows,
The first one running North and
South is Lamar St., second is heard
St 1 and third or first East of Rail
road is Higgins St. fourth is Blount
St.
The first St, on the South run
ning East and West, is Fears St,
Second Collier St., third Elder St.
fourth Saunders St., fifth Smith St,
the other three yet to be surveyed,
will be named after persons who
purchase the first lot bordering on
them.
I The survey is being made dy Mr.
Beck ; a Hungarian by birth but a
citizen of Atlanta at present and
formerly of Cineinati. He is an
expert at - the business, and his
drawings of the place is beautiful.
We will soon have a map of the
survey in our office u
THE SALE OF LOTS.
We are now ’preparred to furnish
lots in and around Indian Spring
in almost any desired locality.
We will, soon have in our office a
‘‘plat” of nearly all the lots offered
for sale, We have disposed of six
•lots through our Agency, in the last
week. A well regulated real estate
agency is as essential, to the pros
per] ty of a place as any branch of
its business ; in fact more so.
There is no man connected with
the business of any place that does
more for its prosperity and snhance
;ment as the man who makes it a
business study, to find the capital
seeking investment, and the prop
erty to he exchanged for it; and
while we shall devote a considera
ble time, talent and energy to ’the
'business, in consideration of the
'campensation we will receive; yet
at the same time we wall feel we are
a public benefactor.
Ask any man in Atlanta, who has
done most for the growth of that
city; and they will tell you. Col.,
George W. Adair, the leading real
estate agent of-the south.
Seeing and feeling the need of
such an agency, at Indian Spring
and Jackson; We, in connection
with Mr, 11. 0. Benton (as clever
and energetic man as ever the sun
shone on) put ourselves under the
wing of the great real estate agent
oi Atlanta; and the result is we
have influenced the investment of
over five thousand dollars of foreign
capital to invest in the county be
fore the train is running here; and
this amount will be increased ten
fold in less than ten months,
Now we do not clain all this; as
some capital would come in its slow 7
plodding way, without iwstem, but
we never would have hact that grand
scheme that is going to makelndir
an Soring and Jackson the lively-:
est little towns in Georgia! had it
not benn for the interest manifes?
ted by the real estate agency.
We expect to make it a business
to knotv who wants to dispose of
their property, and what they want
for it. and at the same time ascer
tain who wants to invest, and what
they want for their investment,
For our trouble in acquiring this
knowledge Ac, we charge if we
make a sale of property, if we make
no sale we charge nothing for mak
ing the effort.
An enricher of the blood and purifier
of the system; cures lassitude and lack
of energy ; such is Browns Iron Bitters.
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VILLA RICA’S HORROR.
Doglass, March 23.— The copper
mines in the northwest corner of
Douglass county have been the
scene of the most intense excite
ment for the last week, in conse
quence of finding the remains of a
woman and child in one of the
shafts which have been abandoned
for the last twenty-five years. The
Circumstances are about these:
’From ISSO to 1855, extensive
work was about two miles
northeast of Vila Rica in what was
then Carroll county, in copper mi
ning. About 1855 the work was
stopped, and the mines lay idle and
unproductive until some two months
since, when falling into the hands
of some capiialists, they have been
reopened and work on them begun
again. In 1865, there lived three
miles northwest of Villa Rica a Miss
Bagwell, a woman about 27 } r ears
C-f age. Unfortunately she depar
led from the paths of virtue, al
though of a family that has been
looked upon as being as upright,
and respected as highly As any in
Carroll county.
MattersiVent on from bad to
Worse until in July 18$5 it was an
nounced. that Miss Mary Bagwell
had left the paternal roof and gone
to Atlanta with a party hf. negroes,
who were theft going to the federals
in Atlanta. : ;
No efforts was ever made by the
iamily of Mary Bagwell to find her
as it was Generally rumored that
she was off living with Barney Har
graves, although that she had been
put out of the way. Her memory
'gradually died away, except amoug
those who knew and loved her when
she was a winsome, virtuous girl,
and many young* people around
Villa Rioa never even heard her
name mentioned until within the
last few days. On Thursday, the
16th instant the company which is
reopening the copper mines, while
working in what is known as the
Hill shaft, found, ninety feet below
the surface, the remains, or rather
bones, of a woman and baby, cov
ered with dirt leaves rocks, and wa
ter that had run into the shaft
through the copper ore. They were
‘brought to the surface, and as soon
as they were ascertained to be hu
man bones the coroner F. M. Mitch
ell, was notified, who went and
took charge of them, Immediately
all the rumors concerning the long
lost Mary Bagwell were revived,
and those who had all the while
suposed her to he dead came to the
front with their reasons for so be
lieving. Coroner Mitchell empan
pelledajury, aud retained Colonel
J. S. Jamer to conduct the investi
gation on the part of the state.
After three days hard work and
examining thirty eight "witnesses,
'the coroner’s jary returned the
following verdict:
Gesrgia Douglass county: We
the jury impannelld by F. M Mitch
ell, coroner of said county, to hold
an inquest over the remains found
in the copper mines known as the
Hill shaft, in said county find that
said remains are those of human
beings a woman and child, we fur
ther find that said remains are
those of Mary Bagwell and her un
born babe; we further find that she
ca me to her death in the month of
July, in the year 1865, by some foul
means unknown to us ; we further
find that she came to her death at
the hands of Barney Hargraves
(colored,) who either alone or by
the help of others, threw her body
into the Hill copper shaft, we fur
ther find that Willis Bagwell Wiley
Bagwell and Charles Bagwell, the
father and brothers of the said Ma
ry Bagwell, were cognizant of the
crime, and kept their knowledge o::
the same from the officers of the
law.
Among the remains were found a
gold breastpin, an old style gutta
percha puff comb, and a silk neck
ribbon about one yerd long and two
or three inches wide, in a perfect
of preservation, except being some
what faded, all of which were recog
nized by the old associates of Mary
Bagwell as being her property. The
Coroner issued his warrant for the
arrest of Barney Hargraves and the
three Bagwells- It is understood
j that the negro, Hargraves acciden
-1 t.J 'v shot and killed himself some
y r three miles from Atlanta a
v years since. The Bagwells were
j immediately arrested by Deputy-
I Sheriff W. J. Kilgore and placed un
der $1,500 bonds for their appear
ance at the July term of Douglass
superior court.
THE COLEMAN CASE.
The lines, published in our last
Issue setting forth the conditiou of
the coleman children, touched the
responsive cord that moves in the
bosom of noble men and women;
and the yerv few who assembele at
Sandy Creek Church, for the pur
pose of worship, on last Saturday
showed that the touch, had moved
them to action, and their action
will be numbered among the
things treasnred in the following
lines; or the things that never die.
The pure the bright the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth
The impulse of a wordless prayer, •
The dream of love and truth;
The longings after something lost,
v, The spiit’s“yearning,cry,
The striving after higher aims—
These things shall never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
‘ A brother in his need;. , ■.
■A kindly. word in griefs dark hour,
Ij'hat proves a friend indeed ;
jThe plea for mercy softly breathed,
] * When justice threatens nigh;,;
'The sorrows of a contrite heart—.
Those things shall never die A
i•* ; ;
.The cruel and the hitter word ' .
That wounded as it fell;
:The chilling want of sympathy
We feel but cannot tell: .
The cool rspulse that chills the heart
Whose hopes are bounding high,
The memory of the cold hand clasp
* These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do:
Lose not a chance to waken love:
,; Be kind, and just, and true.
So shall a light that cannot fade
Beam on thee from on High,
Anti angel voicees say to thee
■ These things shall never die!
C UR NEW YORK LETTER.
Mebciiaxtile Movements of Moment’s.
This city, is in truth, the bon
marciie of the Western world. The
ships in our harbor, the great rail
roads threading the country with
arteries of steel, constitute this, par
excellence a depot of universal
supply. Marvels of mechanism,
the first fruits of ot soil, ‘culture—
from every clime —the rarest wond
ers ot textile ingenuity find their
way to our marts in the most gui
ses : lor the avenues ol trade are
free to all,
One product of industry display
ed upon the counters of our dealers
is a marvel of constructive art,
very closely allied to the develop
ments of human science. It is a
corset made of the finest fabric,
and boned with a material light,
supple and durable, which sup
ports the figure admirably, -while
permitting the free and unimpeded
use of every bodily function. This
South American product, which is
an improved substitute for whale
rone as it does not warp by contact
with the body, is employed exclu
sively by Warner Bros, in their im
mense factory at Bridgeport, Conn.
Thus, the Warner corsets are known
to the trade of two continents as the
most durable and perfect speci
mens in the market. Ladies es
teem the “Caroline” a boon beyond
price; and dealers are meeting the
demand in a fashion which keeps
the makers on the qui vive filling
orders. A thousand hands are con
stantly at work to convince the pub
lic that this not a waist of raw ma
terial.
The enterprise which vouchsafes
to buyers remote, from our great
merchantile centres the privileges
awarded to home purchasers ex
tends to other lines. Mahomet
cannot come to the mountain, but
the mountain goes to Mahomet.
Never in all the prosperous years
which have chronicled the history
of the house, have Lord & Taylor
shown such enterprise or brought
to bear so rich and varied resources
in meeting the demand of buyers at
home and abroad. Those who can
not be here can just as well do the
business by proxy with samples
and system ot measurement sent on
application to the Mail Order De
partment. No charge is made for
filling orders, and the money saved
by those accustomed to high rate of
pofit assessed by local dealers, is
immense, even after deducting the
moderate charge for trar sportation
by mail or express. Every letter
and sample is dated,marked,book
ed and filed away by a system so
perfect that mistakes of moment are
akin to impossible; even though
many clerks are constantly employ
ed in shipping of all classes to Eng
land, China West Indies, Sandwich
Islands and all parts of North and
South America. To the distant
purchaser in states remote from this
meicantile centre and vouchsafe all
the privileges accorded to the pat
rons who daily throng the grand
emporium, corner Broadway and
Twentieth street. The lady resi
dent in Dakota or Oregon can sit in
her easy chair in her border home,
and select articles of every quality
tmd, and garments of every conceiv
able cut and finigh, at a very slight
advance upon the original moteri
al cost.
Nor do we pause in Gotham.
The same line of enterprise extends
to Philadelphia, which, in the fa
cilities lor furnishing all kinds of
goods in accordance with the re
quirements of af all classes of soci
ety, is not one whit behind its mors
pretentious rival.
: This special section of the great
store ofShajpless & Sons—dealers
of well known repute 891 to 807
'Chestnut street, has-proven a stu
pendous success. ’ -
; The Mail Order Department, or
ganized for the benefit of those who
i cannot conveniently visit the city,
■has increased its capacities and
] facilities, and is perfect in its ar
rangements.
Letters asking for catalogues
price list or* information concern
ing all articles required for dress oi
home use, wifi he responded to
promptly. Samples of dress goods
sent when desired. Wedding trous
seau, mourning costumes, traveling
outfits, and infants wardrobes, dry
goods, fancy goods, Imported and
domestic novelties and specialties
of every description, carefully se
lected and promptly despatched by
mail, or expressed to all parts of the
country. Experts of taste, judg
ment and experience, give their
time to this branch of their im
mense traffic, which is really a bus
iness of itself.
Thus run the cycles of trade iu
the great cities. Would that the
machinery sf other matters moved
so methodically.
Every now and then an upheave
occurs, which sends a delegation of
one’s fellow creatures wholesale into
eternity, without so much as a par
ting hand grasp to loved ones left
behind. But it is feared until these
things come home to the mwl ti
the mayoralty, and the corpora
tions in control, we shall have no
permanent reform. The dismal
prophecy of the dead Carlyle is in
danger of perpetual fulfillment.
The city is full ‘of merchants,
buying * Spring novelties for the
Western and Southern market
I whef my wits and pencils for a
tour among importers, preparatory
to a disquisition upon Spring style.
C. C
Some years ago, on the frontier
of Ohio, when the country was
rough and sparsely settled, there
lived an industrious boy, the son of
a poor widow, who exemplified a
spirit of heroism and moral courage
tfrot it would be well for every boy
to imitate. Upon one occasion, a
companion of his proposed to visit
a mutual acquaintance in a distant
part of the vicinity where they lived
on the Sabbath.
“Not on Sunday” said James.
“Why?”
“Because it is not-right.”
“If you and Ido nothing worse
than that Jim, we shall be pretty
good fellows.”
“We should not be any better
certainly for doing that.”
“Nor any worse, in my opinion,”
rejoined David.
• “My mothr -would not consent to
it,” continued James,
“I don’t know whether mine
would and i don’t care; I shan’t
ask her,” said David.
“I never should go anywhere
against my mother’s advice,” con
tinued James. “I know what she
thinks of the Sabbath, and I re
spect her feelings I sha’n’t go on
Sunday,”
“And you can’t go on any other
day, because you have so much to
do,” added David,
“Rather than gc on Sunday I
shall not go at all,” was James em
phatic reply. If I had no scruples
of my own about it, 1 would take no
comfort, feeling that I went asainst
mothers -wishes.”
This emphatic refusal ended the
matter. It was an illustration ol
the noble character of James. Boys
respect the Sabbath and your moth
ers, and like this heroic boy frank
ly and openly resist all temptations
to wrong-doing and never consent
to anything that would be displea
sing to your parents. That noble
boy, whose example we hold up lor
your imitation, was James A Gai
field.—Presbyterian.