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INDIAN SPRING, GA., Apr’lifflßß2.
LOCAL MATTErT
RiKles troMi fie So:c
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Mr. Freeman of Forsyth is at the
slder House; A .
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Ivery-bodv is opposed to the
Stock lnw—except the council.
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ngered Grain Cradles at
s3,uo. Daughtry & Bros.
Mr W. J. Anderson and family
of Fort Valley are at ’the Elder
House.
Mr. Litton of forsyth, was in town
on Sunday stopping at the Mclntosh
House.
Thurbers No. 34 parched Cof
fee at 20cts per pound.
At Daughtry h Bros.
Read what S. F. Smith has to
say under the heading of “Don't
you forget it. - ’
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Col. and Dr. Collier raid their fat
brother George are at the Mclntosh
for a few days.
The city Fathers have been the
cause of closing out two bar rooms
and one billiard table—high taxes.
Just Received a large lot. of Flour,
Corn, Sugar, Bran Feed Oats & Fresh
meal at
J. G. Daughtry & Bros.
W. B. Dozier has ordered the
frame for his store house at “East
End” his house will be 28x60 ft.
Mr. James Beeks, of GrifFm, was
in town on Sunday last, stopping
at that well known hotel the Elder
% .4
House.
Since the painting of the Varner
House the proprietors of the other
Hotels speak of having some paint*
ing done.
West TCnd can boast of three of
the most polite M. D’s. in Georgia,
three as good ones as can be found
anywhere.
Mrs Dr. Banks of Griffin is at
the Mclntosh house, looks as well
and pleasant as ever, We wish
her a happy time while among us.
The locomotive has made its ap
pearance in the land of Butts, and
the cyy now is look out for the whis
tle when you hear the engine blow.
The Spring is being put in prop
er order and the grounds being
cleaned up and new walks are be
ing built to and from the Spring
That well known and popular ho
tel, the Mclntosh House, will be run
this season by those two well known
and clever brothers, Whit and
George Collier.
Mr Willis Newton left tor home
cn Saturday last after a weeks vis
it to the Springs. He was a guest
of the Varner House and gained
one pound each day w hile here.
The winter clover, is getting to be
very popular with our people, All
over this section, luxuriant and
beautiful patches of it can bee seen
and the stock begin to show the
beneficial effects of it.
We heard an old lady say a few’
days ago, that she knew Hon. Ben
Hill and both af his grand-motliers
and in fact the W’hole family, and
never knew any of them to ever
have a cancer as is stated by the
newspapers of to-day.
Our Mayor is in receipt of a let-,
ter from Gov., Colquit Stating that
He, in company with his Attorney
General, will be at the Spring in a
few’ days, to investigate the lease of
the Indian Spring reserve, as diere
t-d by resolution of Dr. Mays, our
Representative in the last general
assembly.
A nice line of Spring~CALTCOEs &
Dress Goods, Shoes Hats Ag.
At J. G Daughtry & Bros.
Died —Mr. William Ilarkness, an aged
and highly respected citizen of this
County died at his home near Jackson
last Tuesday, after many months suffer- 1
ing With a cancer.
Daugtrhy & Bro has unparched
ground peas for sale and now is the
time to getyour seed and plant
them.
Rheumatism, disordered blood,
general debility, and many chronic
diseases pronounced incurable, are
often cured by Brown’s Iron Bitters.
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Ready Mixtd Paint. —We have se
cured a reduction in price of Ready
mixed paints and will give our friends
the benefit of the reduction, those wish
ing to paint should try us before buying.
T. F. McNair, an inventive genions of
our town, has recently had patented sev
eral valuable inventions. His latest
patent is for anew kind of a cotton-tie
clasp, and it is a first rate tiling, too. He
is offered SIO,OOO for it.—Dawson Jour
nal. . f
We have on consignment, two of the
most beautiful building lots in grove be
tween the Spring and the depot we can
sell for si.vly dollars per acre, or two for
one hundred dollars. Someone can se
cure a bargain now. First come first
served, we are going to sell them at that
We also have (on consignment) beau
tiful grove lots on the road from depot
location to 41 r. T. J. Higgins Residence
at SBO to SIOO per acre.
The Specialty at Dagiitry &
Bro’s is the tremendous bargains
in 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 wrapper.
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Tiie Jackson News has the Followig
Items. .
Levi Ball would make a number one
representative.
Mr. Land wants to sell bis lots on (lie
square, ' •
Obe Iler drick would make a good
representative, an 1 would like to go.
W. I), Curry is a candidate for the
Legislature.
Our clever young, friend Bob Lawson
would not object to going to the Legis
lature next time.
We have, through our Agency
disposed of several lots, this week,
at our town. Mr. Gus Dozier broth
er ofW. B. Dozier, of Jasper county
purchased a business lot, Mr. W. B.
Dozier has purchased two more,
Butler Smith has purchased three,
and Col., James L. Maddox of Jas
per County, has purchased a lot on
which to erect t? cottage or summer
residence.
We have been informed that for
more than a week some cowardly
skulk has been trying to drive milk
cows from the pastures around, into
the incorporation, and one day last
week he suoceeded, and it took all
the cash in the neighborhood to re
deem the cows. Look out! china
berries are growing, and the boys
are getting their pop-guns ready.
THE FORD BROTHERS SENTENCED TQ
DEATH.
St. Louis, April 17, —A report
gained circulation here that the
Ford brothers, who killed Jesse
James, were hung at St, Joseph
this morning. Inquiry proved this
to be false, but. elicited the fact
that the jury found an indictment
against them for murder inthejfirst
degree this noon. About an honr
later the boys were brought into
into court and pleaded guilty and
were sentenced to be hanged on the
19th of May.
The Sparta Ishmaelite uses this
strong language :—ln all the towns
and cities of Georgia, day in and
day out, empty wagons rattle up to
the doors of supply stores, and then,
loaded with damaged and high
priced western corn, they rumble
back to empty barns. It is humil
atiug. It is disastrous. It is crim
inal. These men have digged in
the earth and hidden their talent.
Their children will be homeless,
and strangers will divide their her
itage, unless the}’mend their ways.”
Mr. Stephen Heard, of this Coun
ty, who is known as a deaf & dumb
man had a difficulty with one of
the railroad contractors near Jack
son last Monday. It gew out of
a misunderstanding about some
money due Stephen for work ; the
contractor having promised $1,35
per day and then refusing to pay
but SI,OO We have been unable to
learn lull particulars, but as sever
shots w’as tired we suppose it came
very near being serious.
OUR "NEW - YORK: LETTER™
Notable Features of Fashion and
Progress.
After late lingering Winter how
grateful to soul and sense are the
latitudes and lustres of Spring.
Nature, throughout the length and
breadth of the land, puts on her
flower-garnished robes of green,
while for us in the great city, the
sun showers fall upon echoing by
paths of granate and asphalt; and
we are fain to enjoy such glimpses
of early flowers as are obtainable
from the show windows of the dry
goods temples of gotham. Shop
ping is delicious business for the
nonce, and is exciting to compare
notes and draw deductions for the
benefit of those remote from mer
cantile centres.
At Lord & Taylor's—they have
the loveliest things, and the styles
are simply perfect.
Dress goods cover the entire ground
of possibility in the matter of coloi,
texture and combination. Hats
run a garmut of grades and sizes
from one extreme to’ the other. One
can scarcely go astray, either in the
class of articles, or in the fashion of
its make or trimming.
Yet while we have a class of im
portations of purest taste and tone,
destined in character and quality to
meet the requirements of the favor
few, the needs of the large public
are looked after with a foresight
which is marvelous, and the great
est care and promptness are exer
cises in filling orders by mail. All
classes of goods are safely and
swiftly transported by post or ex
press to all parts of the country.
This method of purchasing by
proxy vouchsafes to residents re
mote from great mercantile centres
the privileges, without the attend
ant drawbacks and expenses of life,
near the marts of the metropolis.
It is -an ingeneous system of equal
izing the diversified facilities of an
age which tends to the highest pos
sibilities of culture and progress to
the aesthetic as well as the material
phases of civilization.
Disciples of Oscar Wilde study
the science of beauty frem a focial
and figurative stand piiint. At the
far-famed Parisian Salon, 54 W.
14th street, may be obtained a pam
phlet catalogue of cosmetics, said
by a lady artist in charge to contain
the veritable ingredients, known to
comprehend the secret of beauty
possessed by the late Empress of
the French. These lotions are pure
ly compounded, as proven by chem
ical test, hence, though absolutely
harmless, they impart a suppleness
of muscle and a delicacy of contour
and complexion, which effect such
wonderful transformations, one can
but feel the great English aesthete
has done a good tiling for our sex,
which S. Shaw has thus emphasized
and discriminated.
Another pleasing departure of
progress is the alliance of literature
of high order to the industries,
which are practical demonstrators
of art and science. The Fashion
Magazine published by E. Ridley
& Sons is replete with with excel
lence in each and all its depart
ments ! The literary nortion enti
tles it to rank among the best pe
riodicals, while the practical side is
so comprehensively complete that
no lady at home or abroad will fail
to find in its profusely illustrated
pages some article desirable lor per
sonal use or home adornment
The Monthly Journal, published
by Baldwin the clothier, is an
anomaly of inestimable value from
a literary as w r ell as practical stand
point. Our New York houses have
their special claims to public rec
ognition, which they spare neither
time ner money in rendering ac
ceptable to patrons of taste and cul
ture.
Prominent among trade exchan
ges of more practical character is
the Spring circular of Sharpless &
Sons, of Philadelphia. The stock
of their immense establishment is
catalogued as to make the way clear
to country purchasers. The prices
are are marked in plain figures, so
that mistakes are akin to impossi
sibie. The house, one of the oldest
in mercantile annals, having under
gone a thorough revolution in the
way of repairs, has come forth per
fect as a daisy, to do justice to the
unlimited display of novelties,
which are synonymous with the re-
Tnwnsf'tngir from
the markets of the old world.
Samples of Spring goods, with
system of measurement, with full
instructions upon complicated
points of style, are sent on receipt
of name and address, to those who
it beneficial to av-ail themselves of
tho enterprise which derides dis
tance and triumhhs'lover all things.
: C. C.
Wanting to Move a Town.
One of the new industries ot At
lanta is that of moving houses. A
few years ago it was a rare thing to
see even a small house moved from
one part of a lot to another in At
lanta. Even this was accomplished
clumsily, requiring large crowds of
men and attracting spectators. Now
the largest of dwelling houses are
moved by patent machinery with
only the slightest trouble and with
out damage to the buildings. Con
siderable brick buildings have .been
moved from one street to another
without damage. Mr. Taylor is the
man who owns the machinery used
for this purpose, and he lias a corps
of experts in house moving. The
house at the barracks have been
picked up and distributed all over
the west end of the city and in as
good order after being transported
as they were before they were
touched.
Upon this point an anecdote is
told of Major McCracken, superin
ten dent of construction of the Ma
con road. A delegation of people
from McDonough called on him and
stated that they had raised —to
their honor be it' said —thirty thous
and dollars which they were willing
to pay if lie would change the line
of railroad so that it would go
through their town instead of leav
ing it a mile to the right. Major
McCracken replied:
“I don’t see how we can change
the line of road, because it is es
sential for us that we should get the
shortest line between Macon and
atlanta, hut the facilities for mov
ing houses are so perfect under our
system that if you have thirty thou
sand, dollars in cash and will de
posit it subject ty n\y order I will
guarantee that within three months
I will move your town to the line
of the road, placing it at whatever
point you may select. I will move
every house without hurting them,
and will allow you to arrange the
new town just as you please.”
We see in our exchanges* that a
great deal of preparation is being
made in the various parts of the
country to perpetuate Decoration
day. This noble tribute of respect,
has become time honored, and the
annual offering, of the fair ones,
stands as a Monument of their de
votion to the fallen heroes. When
we read of the floral offering each
year and learn of the cleaning up
by fair hands, of so many graves
mark “unknown.” It always re
minds us of the fact that perhaps,
we in this County might find a lit
tle mound over which the inscrip
tion “unknown” should be written.
It is not a duty we owe to those of
other sections, who keep green the
resting place of our sacred dead, to
see that none who found a resting
place in our midst is neglected!
All over the Southern States the
the grave of the Confederate soldier
is made fresh and decorated with
flowers and the letters Ac, on the
head-board brightened up ; and we
who have friends whose hard lot it
was, to fill an unknown grave; have
our heart made glad by the knowl
edge that the lost ones, no matter
where they rest, will receive atten
tion and their graves made fresh by
the hand of noble women.
Is there a Soldiers grave in Butts
County that has not had fresh earth
and flowers placed upon it through
all these long years? If so; won’t
some king hand perform that pleas
ant duty? It’s a duty we owe to the
living as well as the dead; let it be
kindred or stranger; friend or foe,
their memory should be
ted, Is there a Union soldier bur
ied in our County? If so; Who
knows W'here his dust is resting?
Wont someone, as a token of sym
pathy, for those bereft of one dear
to them, offer the just tribute to a
brave soldier, by making fresh the
grave and mark the spot, where the
unknown one sleeps ? Yes we will
do that-if-no onn else will.
We don't know whether or not;
there is a Federal soldier buried in
this county; but if there is, and we
can learn of the spot, it shall be
preserved, from obliteration.
While the Varner House was be
ing repaired ; an* autograph letter
from the late “Simri Rose’' of Ma
con hearing date, Macon July 30th
1831, directed to Joel Bailey who
was then proprietor of said House
at that time. Although fifty one
years have passed since it was writ
ten, it was found in a perfect state
of preservation.
THE IRON HORSE-
The Long Looked for Event, At
Last Realized*, “A Litte Spark”
Seen In The Far Distance, At
Last Becomes A Brilliant Light
And The Imaginary Railroad,
Though Butts County Has Proved
An Existing Reality.
On Monday evening last, it was
our good fortune to sec the first
Railroad car, that ever turned a
wheel in Butts County, move off
the bridge at big Bandy Creek on
to Butts County soil. Several of
our citizens ware present to witness
the long looked for event, and
among them Mr. T. L. Williams
who hoarded the train as she moved
off*tile trestle and he is justly en
titled to he put On record, as the
first Butts County man that ever
rode on one in his native County.
Tobeby the way may regard as a
pioneer railroad man in this county
as he has always been one of the
foremost in accommodating, or aid
ing the progress of the enterprise;
and it is earnestly desired by. the
citizens of this county, that the
Sup’t of the road give him a posi
tion when the road is completed ;
as they feel assured that ho would
fill any position (that a one armed
man could fill) with credit to him
self and satisfaction to the Compa
ny.
A Unique Telegraph Office.
Mr. Marten seeing us looking
around very attentively watching
the track laying process, knew we
were on the look otu for all wecould
get, he motioned us to step that
way. Following him into the
grove on the bank of the creek, we
came to where a couple of small,
trees had giown up about three feet
apart, extending from one to the
other w r as two sticks which he had
nailed io the trees and on them res
ted a small aparatus, very much re
sembling a coffee mill, and your
first impression would be that this
where they ground their coffee;
hence you can imagine our surprise
when to our enquiry “whats that.”
he replied “thats ©ur telegraph of
fice.” This to us u r as a novel in
vention, and we could hardly re
alize when we looked up, and saw a
small wore running up and connec
ting the telegraph wire, that this
swamp, w T as linked to one of the
main arteries of civilization and
progress; but such is the case,
the home of the wild cat, and the
home of the millionaire is linked to
gether. Mr, Martin is an experi
enced operator and a nice clever
gentleman.
The Track Laying Machine.
The machine lor laying the track
is so simple that the wonder is w T hy
it was not put in operation when
railroads were first invented.
A trough or box running from
front to rear of the car, slightly el
evated so as to cause the ties and
rails to run over the little wheels in
the box, thus conveying them to
the end of tne car where they are
placed in position by the men who
stand ready to receive them.
The work is now progressing rap
idly and it is intended to reach In
dian Spring this week.
And perhaps leach Jackson next
week.
The work certainly looks substan
tial enough at the crossing of sandy
creek. and one would feel almost as
safe crossing it as if running on the
ground.
We think the company is doing
everything all “O, K/’ except doing
so much work On Sunday. This we
think is all uncalled for and we
cant approve of it.
Nearly all the Ills that Afflict Mankind
can be prevented and cured by keeping
the stomach, liver and kidneys in per
fect working order. There is* no med
icine known that will do this as quick
ly and surely without interfering with
your duties as Parkers Ginger Tonic.
See advertisement.
"Governor Colquitt, after severaTweeklt
abseneeat the Hot Spri igs,of Arkansas
has returned to the city and expresses
himself as being highly pleased with his
trip as well as much improved in health.
Traveling he found very much broken
up on account of the great flood along
the river bottoms.
“The land is magnificent/' he said,
“but when your immense crop of the
last year as well as your improvements
of years proceeding are swpt away by
the swift current of the floods, of what
service can such crons he to von ? Poor
land in Georgia , where you are sure of
what you have got, is worth much mor
than rich land in Arkansas, where ah
your accumulations may be swept awm
by a single rain.*’
“Arethe floods receding?"
“Not to the extent that has been rep
resented In the newspapers, though
have great respect for them. I went u;
the St. Francis river over one hundred
miles and found the entire country to 1 >
an tnlandsea. Ind even if the waters
did recede, there are difficulties insur
mountuble in the way of raisinga crop.”
“What are they?”
“The greater part of the live stock lu°
been drowned. Such mules as have
been saved from the wreck are starved,
and unfit for work. ' Plows, cultivator
implements of all kinds have been or
ried around by the waters until it word
be impossible for a man to attempt to
gather his own again."
“Have the people'no hope ahead of
them, then?"
But one. In the rich alluvial land
along the river but little, if any, plow
ing i3 necessary. If the waters woul
recede in time to admit of of it, the plan
is to drop the cotton seed in last year’,
furrow, and trust to the succeeding; rain
to beat it into the soil so t hat it miuh
germinate. _ Reasonable crops have beer
make in this way."
Mr. T. L. Williams is building
new residence fronting the railroad
just below Dublin, and wo jnu
from the work already done it vid
be a neat and tasty building
We often hear the question asked,
who will represent us in the next
legislature? and who are the nspi
rants for the county tffiice? We sec
the papers in various parts of 11n
state are beginning to nominate
then candidates. We don’t pretend
to say that we know who will be
before the*people as candidates hut
we will venture to say this much :
Whoever is nominated will he elec
ted this time.
The Beauty and Color of the hair may
be safely regained by using Parkers 1 l air
Balsam, which is much admired for it ; -
perfuge, cleanliness and dandruff erad
icating properties.
Butler Smith says lie is going to
shoot the next man who register.’
him for lodging in a “bachelors
den.” He says lie’s going to have
a “wife or nothing,” and to verify
the assertion he lias come up like *a
man and bought a resident lot; an- 1
as John Shannon has done tig
Same we suppose we must “scratch”
his name off the Bachelors r< da
for fear he wants to shoot an Editor.
Come up Alfred, Dock, and Tom.
and get you a resident lot, and w
will introduce von to the ladies.
Overworked men and women,
persons of sedentary habits, and
others whose system needs recuper
ation, nerves toned, and muscle
strengthened, should use Bro’ i*
Iron Bitters.
A LADY TAKES A WATCH.
Funny wasn’t it, that a lady in Ring
old, Ga., should draw the Gold Watcl
at the Southern Musical Journal Pre
mium Drawing, April Ist. Mrs. Laur;;
Whitsitt was the lady and her ticket wat
No. 470. A New Home Sewing Machim
style No. 0, cash value $65, will he the
next Prize to be b* drawn at the second
Quarterly Drawing, July Ist. One Dol
lar secures the Journal for a year, and
all who subscribe between April Ist and
and Juh the 2st, well secure tickets in
the Drawing. Specimen copy, giving
full information, mailed free for 3 cent
stamp, Address Ludden & Bates’ South
ern Music House, Savnnah Ga.
“DONT YOUFORGET IT,"
The Railroad Has Come, and
•so lias my new bolting Cloth, M. H.
Thompson says come at any hour,
and you’ll get good flour.
THE WOOL CARD
Is in good order, and all you want
to know, is that Ed Edwards is the
carder. When you carry your wool
to the carder dont forget to take
along some Wheat and while it is
being ground and your wool carded
step down and see
W. B. DOZIER’S
New Spring Goods, and how cheap
he is selling them. His polite and
accomplished clerk, will charge you
nothing to let you see them.
S. F. Smith,
Smith’s Mill Ga.,
PAR \i F 5 Elegantly rerfamed. I
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