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LOCAL AlTA'llS. *• **'"'* "• The holidays in our o'vn were quite Berry indeed, „oWitlwt*™* the racle...- BCy , f the weather. Tie premntent fn- Sroo. Monday wM "" fc "2 the siiiwv carpet npoti ire ourth only en htneed the brilliancy ,f the vanesated uncl * flic KuKlux Man, grotesque costumes. I 1 , ~ ...l.rimi.‘iillness, ami mardi m all 41 its lugubriou ■, r ... tie. count not gras units lantastic m.t, ' tfiawita the Cen tennial Fantastical*!® Hartwell. Indian chiefs roile side by with Knights of the olden .lavs, frogs vent am. inarm with gobbling turkeys, batons jabbered with grinning skeletons, i lnle Brother Jona than tried to drive * sharp trade with a braying jackass, and so on ad infinitum. It were useless to atteapt to describe the wonderful variety of tistes demonstrated, but we would advise some of the young men on future occasion to hold fast to their pants and let stocking go to their proper spheres: for some of lie legs reminded the Spectators of sticks afniaccaroni stuck, in corn .ledgers. Not jh prevaricate, there wasn't room to shoe the stripes on the stocking— shoe-string>fof‘ stripes perlui'.,. might modify the dasitution of lio-sh. it is true, however, that they demonstrated their bravery, as no Bate man would every accuse a coward of yeituring out on s h insecure legs ! We ltive the subject, with the hope that it isn't always a family tail ing l/hreat hilarityqrevailed, and every body seemed satisti*. and happy, except one young man appar lied in an airy cos tume better suited toa.vandering Arab than the grease-loving Esquimaux, who failed to become acclimatized until he had thrown himself outside of a prodigious quantity of tkawea whiskey. Ha diook and trembled with such a vengeance that the haii on the horse he rode dropped off the next day. And the Tilden and Hampton Costume Ball that night! What more need be said than that the ladies took, an active part in it. Wchat lovely Ihivers they seemed! \Yhat exquisite tasti and knowledge of historical and sentiuuiital characters they evinced. Oh. Terp^chore! thou lovely goddess of the nimblutfoot. how thy vota ries responded to the jinspiring strains of the Paganini of lllrtwell ! Shade of Jeptha's daughter, vox know how it was vmirni “Wee hours rnant tlu #* • laiuadie toe, ne in apropos here—Fix up to suit your ives, dear read rs. Ynd was thi the end of Christmas I.ein ! nay!! no !!! Party after party followed in quick succession, and the end is not yet. Old 1878. with frosty beard, gazed once again upon the happy faces and cov ering his peaceful face with a snowy mantle passed away into the dreamy past, while young IST", shyly stepped, with trembling limbs and pale shame face to the wheel of Time, amid the curious gaze and laughing nymps of mortality, and er— <>oup to Atlanta. The firm of .), Sclig kits closed out its business in Harwell and Elberton, and gone into a more extensive wholesale and retail business ii Atlanta in both dry goods and groceries, under the name and style of J. Selig . Rife. Their huge estab lishmcnt extends froi i Whitehall to Broad strt id-, h etwee0 Hun er and Mitchell. 'I lie 0->ii desires to think the citizens of Hart ' for their hospitable kindness and liberal • patronage during ti eir brief sojourn in J our town, and will b glad to lill any cr iers sent to them in Atlanta. They have nade arrangements with Mrs. Bobo to xhibit samples of th i.r spring and summer , - ood.s at the hotel, a ic the ladies are cor dially invited to exai iiie hem upon their irrival. \\ e are tm ysorry that circum stances have caused! dguiimd and .Jonas selig. the managers of .he Hartwell house, • "o leave us, but hop* iiey may find their | new field of labor a la.d of Canaan, How ; mg with milk and honey— that is, gold and greenbacks. They mac many firm friends in this County, and wee excellent citizens U|id liberal, high-tonedrentlemcn. If you wish to purchase anyuing in their line, •ou cannot do better tan send your orders : this popular and relible firm, who will use every endeavor t oblige and please von. Business men frm this County are invited to make their istablishment their |' eadquarters when viiting Atlanta. As I itgiaund would say— • (jood-bye, sweet - I | ;art. g—o—o —and byte ' J A Straws:# C< iicitlviice. Tig: airing the same we. that we Lad occa ito speak in desert dly complimentary ■ Us of the La Grip,. [■ p o , it had is I fiiowmg kind wit’s cf.nc< niing us. It . t'uat the anirn* >n.s :ai ing the two &M. wa.' not that B • y,ni ti'-kle me and "■ iI.W.rWKMi Ais rigid 1 v named ; t \ "lie of thoßur;,. .( p;i !; .I S l ull tins office, i \ excellent Ifßrler. liail the l.ociik Jtrevltlo*. Slush ! Here we are again ! The St’x-light is beautiful mother! Many changes reported in Klberton. The popular game of the day—Freeze out ! The beautiful snow ! Eli, did you say so ! A ugh ! Hut er few days ago we had and now we ain’t. See it* The mails, the meals and the males are very irregular now. The number of drunks Christinas week cannot he computed. (let your diary for 1577 and begin writing good resolutions in it. The eighth and last snow in Hartwell averaged seven inches. Christmas over, elections are over—now let us all go to work with a vim. W. 11. Stephenson has removed to the store lately occupied by the Seligs. An old citizen in town says lie's seen a “hundred” Chris: 'ases, hut this is the coldest lie ever saw. To seo an editor fighting with girls at the table for the last potato, shows that his friends don't know he's out. If you play with some people’s children, you do so at your own risk, and if you no tice some older people you do so at your regret, Soinie people make a great stir about a little snow being put down their tracks. That is putting on airs, for if let alone it would soon melt. Now is the anniversary of the Annual Sweir-OfF and Not Touch-Another-Drop- Tili-jbhristmas Association. Very few of the Observers of the last oath are living. Says the Abbeville Press is- liitnner: “ livid McGill thinks of going to Winns boip to practice law. instead of Lexington, lie thinks he can do better.” That's one of iur cousins. A young man in this town, who is usual ly, short-sighted during Christmas, very gajlantly handed a young lady her muffs that she had dropped. The young lady says it was an oyster keg ! A young man from town went to see his inamorata a few do\s so and received the luiten. He wa- -•. n returning home wgep 'nig ut.e a Cn'ild tor a stick of candy. He has been in a brown study ever since. A farmer in this County wants to know what the darn thermometer's got to do with weather, or Zero—who'n the thunder's lie? —cither, tiering to smash the cussed pest anyhow. See the snow a foot deep on the ground—think 1 don’t know it's freezo ’thout hanging a vial or quicksiver up in the house? Returned. We are glad to welcome hack in our midst our talented young friend. Mr. S. W. Peck, who returned some days ago from the University of Georgia. He has been a dose student, and was selected by the Piii Kappa Society as one of the debu tants at its last regular Fall Debate, which owurred on the 20th December. Question for debate: “ Was the execution of Charles T. justifiable?*’ Our young friend was on the affirmative and winning side. In speaking of his speech, the Athens Ceanjian pays him the following deserved compliment: ” Ills style is clear and not destitute of ornament. His arguments were presented in a perspicuous manner, evincing research and preparation.” DriitiMlry. Dr. E. G. Murrain the well-known Den tal Operator, of Lexington, Ga., will be in Hartwell between the 20th and 25th to re main for a few days. Those wishing to have beautiful teeth should call on the Doctor, who is certainly master of his profession. This we know' by experience, having had an operation performed by him which had baffled tlie skill of some five or six dentists, lie uses the latest improve ments. guarantees satisfaction, and gives value received for the money. Terms lib eral ; and operates on ministers and print ers for half price. The Hartwell High Heliool. See the advertisement of this institution. We would again urge the importance of sustaining and increasing the attendance i pon this School. Nothing would go far ther to building up and enhancing the business of our beautiful town. Remem ber this, fellow-townsmen. We are sure the good people of the County recognize the advantage of a thriving business centre and a good School near home, and will use all their influence to promote this end. Eagle <rove. This post-office has been removed to Mr. !..' C. Brown's Store, about one mile from it ; former place. Mr. B. <a3 r s that there will be no trouble about our paper being delivered. The Comity Election. Notwithstanding the extreme cold weath er on Wednesday, there were a fair num ber of voters in town, and considerable excitement prevailed. Owing to lack of space, wo can only give the total votes re ceived from the full returns : For Ordinari/ : F. C. Stephenson S.Vi For Clerk Sn/icrior Court: C. A. Wehh .*>42 M. M. Richardson 343 j For Sheriff: J, R. Mvers 422 I |>. I’. Cleveland 2So \\ . A. Holland 190 For Receiver off Tax /'(turns ; J. M. Thornton 813 J J. S. Hays 77 For Tax Collector: J. L, Johnson 4!H5 S. T. Fleming 278 James Shitllet 124 For Connti/ Treasurer : J. <). Hobo (>*i7 J. It. Kay 210 For County Surveyor : A. S. Turner *>l4 11. Me Lane 334 For Coroner : K. Phillips 370 A. McGee 3(>o J. H. Winters 104 Town Election. The election for Council on Monday for the ensuing year resulted as follows : Mayor —John Peek. Council men —F. H. Benson, J. W. Wil liams, W. 11. Stephenson, E. 11. Sanders. A. J. Mathews and W. A. Sdelton having received an equal number of votes, leaves the fifth Councilman as yet undecided. Sec'y and Tims. —\V. It. Stephenson. District Election. The 1.112 District G. M. elected 11. P. Skelton Justice of the Peace; Baliffs, J. P. Sanders, Mallory Sanders, on Saturday. The Managers of other Districts are re quested to send in their returns for publi tion. The Elberton Collegiate Institute. The exorcise* of this Institution will he resumed on that 22d instant, under very fa vorable auspecs. Owing to want of space, we are unabe to give it the notice it de serves this w’d We will give some ex tracts from report of the board of trus mrs' rtf"o i rFd ex flssu e * TTwo are to judge from the corps of teachers, it is one of the most thorn gh institutions of learning in the State. St advertisement. Hymeneal. Married, by TV . Ci. IV . \V bite. Esq., N. P.. at the residence of Ihe bride's father. Mr. W. I). Brown and Miss Mary J. Mr it it ay—all of Hart County. On the 21st December, at the residence of Mr. Williamson Clark, Mr. J. B. A. Johnson and Miss S. F. Wiiitk, daugh ter of Hon. E. It. White —all of this County. l'crsoual. Hon. John B. Benson, our able Repre sentative, has gone to Atlanta to represent his cons:ituents in the Legislature, which duty wc are sure he will perform with sat isfaction to them and credit to himself A. G McCurry and C. W. Seidel, Ksqs., are als< in Atlanta. Hartwell will be well represented both in and out of the Legisla ture. Crcditabl#. Thos. -J. Cleveland was awarded first prizes for perfect lessons in Cornel’s Geog raphy at both the Spring and Fall Sessions of tin Hartwell High School. He did not miss i single question ! This is creditable alike to teacher and scholar. It tlaj Save Your Ufe. There is no person living but what suffers more or 'ess with Lung Diseases, Coughs, Cohls or Consumption, yet some would die rather than pay 75 cents for a bottle of medicine that would cure them. 1)R. A. Buschke's German Syrup has lately been introduced in this country from Ger many, and its wonderous cures astonishes every one that try it. If you doubt what we say in print, cut this out and take it to your Druggist, E. B. BKNSON & Cos., and get a sample bottle for 10 cents and try it. Two doses will relieve you. Regular size 75 cents. D-00 One Hundred liiuiivmil People will cheerfully testify to the won derful efficacy of Dr. Gilder’s Liver Pills. They have been used for more than half a century, but it is only in the last few years that they have been brought prominently before the general public. And every day people arc rejoicing that at last they have found a pill that exactly meets their wants. Headache, dpspepsia, constipation, indi gestion. pains in the side or back, and many other ailments disappear after taking the first dose of these pills. One dose of pills and a few grains of quinine will effec tually cure chills and fever. Gilder's Liver Pills are sold by E. B. BLNSjpN & CO. CCiIOEAILSHII* FOR S|\LE. ► • | • ■ 1 ' ?. At lanta. <ia., ran Ur purclianed at a leaoiMablc discount* by applying at Mus office. S. M. WHITNEY, {FOREERLT FRANKLIN <* WIIITNKT,) COTTON FACTOR & COMMISSION MERCHANT, I.IU RF.TXOI.DN NTREF.T, AI'UINTA, GEORGIA., It KTI'RN'S thank*, to the ninny frlemln of the nl.i film for their very lib.-ml patrtniajfe in the pant, amt V solicits for himself n eonttimnnee of thiA>nie, nn.l will ifuarantee ssti'fst lion in nil citse*. Speeial personal attention atven to Wetyhhi); and S.Tltnc Cotton Baling nn.l Tie* Inrnished. I.literal Cash Advarees made on Cotton in Store, incut tor Nlurk'n tcliliraliil ilriiiniM Diale I’luus. 7 3m | ,o\v I'kices, Quick i (I. O. HO HIXSON. LtTDhRX A HATHA. 6,0, ROBINSON & CO, L P. Q. S.— AT TIIE Augusta Music House! PIANOS. NEW YORK WHOLESALE PRICES To Cash Buyers. SSO TO SIOO SAVED. EIGHT OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MAKERS ARE REPRESENTED. THE LA POEST STOCK. Til EOPEA TES T I I PIE TV. T/IE PEST MAh EPS. THE LOWEST PPICES. A GOOD STOOL AND COVER With Freight Paid to any Point. EYEP V LXSTRFMEXT WAPPANT ED to (lire Entire Satisfaction. | / U V I*l A TON, for small monthly payment**. I'M./ unmiee.l to Hiiit ull rci>oinjime parties. 0 It G A N S. Church, Hall, or Parlor. I'Ot' R ol' I lie BEST MAKEIiS. including the cele brated MASON & IIAMI.IN. which have been as signed, by tlm Judges of I In* United States Centen nial Kx)Misitiuii “Tin* I'irsl Rank In tin* several Requisites of sueli Instruments. Superiority Everywhere Acknowledged.! First Prism at Hits “ World's Fair,” in Baris. IMI7 i nl tin' “ Vienna Exposition," in IS7J, umi the Expo- Hitimi of I.inn. A list via. Is*. 1 ), always receiving tin* higlms medal* in competition with celebrated Finn penn makers. New styles. new improvements, ami elegant nnw designs, as exhibited at tlm Centennial. s)/ W V OItUANN at factory pii * for cash, or f sniall monthly payments Musical Instruments, Of Every Variety. SHEET MUSIC MUSIC BOOKS, The l.atest l*u 111 i eat ions. Orders promptly tilled at Ruldishcrs' prices. Best Italian Strings, and everything pertaining to a lirst-dass Music House. PIANOS AND ORGANS FOR RENT. Tuning and Repairing by a first-class workman, of 2.1 years' practical experience. Orders from the conn try will receive prompt attention. o. itotuxMtv a <n., Ai'iu hta Mi'hic Ifotisß, 263 BROAD ST., AVGUSTA, GA. BEGIN THE YEAR BY SUBSCRIBING FOR THE SUN. IT IS 0 N LY $1.50. The Augusta Constitutionalist. OLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER t A' THE STATE. i'liltlislietl Dally, Trf-WeoUly ami Week ly, a! Aiiifiisla, . CHEAPEST DAILY IN TIIE SOUTH! DA ILY: One Year SIX DOLLARS Six Months Three Dollars Thro® Mouths One, Dollar and Fifty Cent# TRIWEEKLY: One Year Four Dollar* ■Six Mouth* Two Dollars WEEKLY: One Year Two Dollar* Six Moutlie Duo Dollar t Oawh in all Cases. Full Telegraphic Dispatches from all points! Latest and most accurate Market Reports Interesting and Reliable Correspondence from all parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Washington ! GEORGIA and CAROLINA and LOCAL NEWS A SPECIALTY! Addreas, THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, Augusta, Ga. Old papers for sale at this office. BURKE’S BOOKSTORE, ATHENS. GEORGIA. anything you want in the way cf HOOKS. STA TIOXERY. PICTVRE FRAMES, GOLD PKSS, BIHI.KS, /'RAVER AND 11 YEN HOOKS , PHOTOGRAPH ALBI’US, Or anything usually kept in a first class Book More, Bend to tl>o old reliublv liookstoio at Athena. A line lot of CHRISTMAS GOODS, Such ns (itFT BOOKS, TOILET SETS, VASE?, WHITING 11KSKS, WtlltK BOX KS, CUILIIHKN S TOPS, Ac., now in stock, and will be sold at low price*. t 1 mu Apent for NTEIXWAY'N I*l A NON. ANI> IUARON A Hi.HI.IORGANS. Both of which took the lirxt premium over ail Com petitors at file Centennial, f will sell them as low as they can he iKiueht in New York or elsewhere. Other makes of Pianos sold, and warranted as lew as then ran he bought anywhere. (live me a trial. I guarantee satisfaction. Til ON. A. Itl'ftliE. 17 Athens, On. GLOBE HOTEL, / ('OR. JACKNOX AX'D It ROAD NTREETN, AUGUSTA, GA. Thoroughly Rcnovnted. Remodeled and Newly Furiilulled. Located in the centre off business; In convenient distance off the Railroads ; Near the Teleyraph and Express Offices. Ann under the Present Management Will be Nurpass.nl by Xnneiin the Soutb. JOHN W. CAMERON,'Prop’rT Thor. M. Binford, Chief Clerk. W. If. BATTKRFIKU). W. A. HOLLAND. “KEDTOP”SALOON. FINE WIXES, WHISKIES, IIIIAX DIFS, CIGARS, and TOBACCOS. JjA VJSR YTIIINO done up in the little browu jug. 3 SATTERFIELD A HOLLAND. TO MIY PATRONS: mil ASKING you for your former patronage and I drstring a continuance of tlm same. I reapcct* fully announce to all people that after the Ist of Jan uary. 1h77, I will not sell anything on tiin.-—not a Mickle's worth : and those who wilfjierslst in ashing a few days credit will gain nothing but a refusal, as I have decided on this course and will not depart from it. To those that owe me I will say. T need money and need it badly. If you think yon are good for your debts. I want you to prove it by paying me within the ue xj 20 days. Dee. 4, 1876. 17 20 J. AY. "WILLIAMS. HPHOMAS W. TEASLEY, A TT OR NEY AT LA W t HARTWELL, GEORGIA, Will practice ill the Count!#* of liar t. Elliert, Ogle tborpe, .Yladimm, mid Franklin, Prompt attention ■riven to the, collection of all claim* cutruatod to hi* rare. 8 QH ARLES W. SEIDEL, yl TT ORN EY AT LA W, HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, 1 52 GEORGIA. jyii. A. J. MATHEWS, SUR GE ON AND PH YSICJA Ay FIRST FLOOR MASONIC HALL, 1 HARTWELL, GA. f) K. GEORGE~EBERHA RT, PR A CTICING PHYSICIAN, OFFICE, Next Doou to J. W. W ,■ tjamb. 3 HARTWELL, GA. JJEAUTIEUL BUILDING LOTS, Sold at LOTT FIGVRES to person* wishing to improve them. Apply to 1-tf E. R. BENSON it CO. A PENNY SAVED ISAPENNYMADK Wo will send ThkSiis—turaai price li ra)—and th Lor 18VILLe COU It IER- JO URNAL, Weekly edition—usual price 85.00—oowtage prepaid i on bolt paper#, one year, tor