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LOCAL AFFAIRS. Local Brfvltlw. Spring, spring, gentle spring. A few Hakes of snow yesterday. The farmers’ best vest —Harvest. Cotton receipts arc falling of rapidly in this port. The guano trade in this County has about played out. Major Skelton is erecting anew out building on his lot. Verv few valentines passed through our post-office last week. I)r. A. C. Mathews, of Elberton, has gone to Florida on a visit. The fine weather has started out-door work on farm and garden. The Sunday School at this place is now in a flourishing condition. l)r. Skelton is building a house on the lot adjoining Prof. Looney’s. The paint brush will soon commence ex tensive operation in our town. Cicero Chapman has put some fancy heads on I)r. Mathews’ chimneys. They are very handsome. Messrs. William and Earnest Drown, and John Snow, of Anderson, were in Hartwell last week. Dr. Mathews is having his beautiful dwelling fenced in. He contemplates hav ing a large flower-yard. There will be more money made this year than during any year since the war. It will be made by economy. Mr. Wyatt Collins paid us a friendly visit lately. Says he does not get his paper at Eagle Grove. What's the matter? John Chapman has been so busy selling goods that he has been unable to come to town since Christmas, until last Monday. Ma, may 1 go out in town ?’’ “ Yes, you may go, my daughter, Be careful not to flounce around, Lest you should lose your garter.” A Sunday'School teacher advises his class not to tackle the hard Bible lessons until the Presidential question has been decided. Four wagons passed through town on Monday laden with corn. The mountain cars asked £I.OO per bushel, hut they failed to get It here. The Sunday School wants to buy an or gan. Suppose you subscribe three or four dollars to the organ fund. The Secretary, E. 13. Henson, will receive it. Mr. Tynch, of Elbert County, was in our office yesterday. lie reports business brisk in Elberton. and that the people are confident that the Air Line Railroad will he completed. The decision of who is to be President will soon be made—the 4th of March is only eleven days off. W c will all he glad when the torturing suspense is over, end which way it will. One of our subscribers at Amandaville only gets his paper every other week. We are not issuing a semi-monthly. We send the mail out regularly every week. Some one is to blame about this matter. An amateur gardener wants to know which plan is best, to plant in the moon or out. Out, by all mens, and in the ground. The moon is so far away we have never been able to experiment in that direction. A young man with too much benzine on. lumbered into his boaring-house the other night, waking everybody with his noise. The landlord thundered out—" Why in the devil don’t you tear the house down !” The young man blurted out —“'Cause, (hie) I don't want to !” A young man stepped up to a crowd last week in the square, grinned his teeth into plain view’ and remarked : “ I have just got Dr. McCurry to do £7 worth of work on my mouth.” "You were foolish for doing that,” said a wag. " Why ?” " Be cause, if you had given him £5 more, he would have put anew head on your shoul ders with a bran new set of brains in it !” The young man muttered out some thing like—" Board of Health I'* "Stop ! Hold on ! Wait, Mr. Stephen son !” said a man the other day, as he gal loped up to W. R. Stephenson's gate, just as that gentleman was about to enter. The rider's mule was streaming with perspira tion, while he seemed intensely excited. " What is the matter?” asked Stephenson. " Have 3 r ou seen a man passing here with two fine black horses?” "No,” was the reply. “ Have you?” he asked a darkey. “Yes, sah; I seed him. He passed dis berry gate.” " Why, what's the matter with him?” queried Stephenson. “Why, he stole them horses !” " How do you know?” “ Because, he is a drummer, and said he would come to my house for dinner and didn't do it—why, them horses are worth five hundred dollars apiece !” Jim Baldwin had better mind how he drives around, or he will be arrested on suspicion next. Jury IJI for March Court. The next term of Court will be held in Hartwell the third Monday in March. Be low will be found lists of the Grand and Petit Jurors: GRAND JURY : John C. Dickerson, B. D. Johnson, W. E. McCurry, Lewis Bobo, R. D. Adams, Nathaniel Bowers, W. A. Haines, P. E. Burton, W. 1. Maret, J. V. Chastain, R. F. Craft, J. S. Chambers, J. J. Blackmon, A. J. Brown, W. D. J. Allen. J. A. Gentry, E. T. Dickerson, G. V. Young, W. J. Brown, James C. Brown, W. A. Moss, J. M. Snow, W. J. Glover. Joel Bnilev, W. G. W. White, R. P. Davis, Thos. M. Gwinn, R. K. Bennett, J. A. Black, R. N. Brown. PETIT JURY : Benj. F. Brown, J. N. Shirley, J. M. Bowers. T. L. McMullan, George T. Teasley, Geo. W. Cleveland, John C. Bailey, W. J. Dvar, 0. 11. Duncan, William Estes. A. J. Teasley, Samuel T. Fleming, L. C. Tyler, W. D. Fleming, 0. J. Tiller, W. C. Adams, J. B. Thornton, lsham Dyar, S. J. Teasley, James F. Duncan, W. E. Teasley, E. G. Brown, C. C. Tucker, Eppy W. Brown, J. B. Stowers, W . H. Cheek, T. P. Tiller, J. A. Teasley, J. B. Con well, T. J. Teasley, Ira F. Myers, J. M. Brown, H. R. Anderson, Richard Carnes, W. J. Bell, Allen S. Turner. Deaths. Mrs. Elizabeth Ray, wife of William R. Ray. died Saturday, 10th February. She left six children, the oldest about ten years of age. the two youngest, twins, seven days old. Mr. David Fleming, well and favorably known in this County, died last Thursday, of some lingering constitutional disease. He was about 70 years of age. Mr. Robert Steele died Saturday morn ing last at 4 o'clock, aged 80 years. His death was caused by being thrown from his horse the day before. Mr. Steele was an upright man, and a good citizen. Mr. Fleming Daniels, a young man liv ing in Elbert County, near Rock Branch Church, died on last Friday, and was buried the next evening with Masonic honors by the Elberton Lodge. He leaves a wife and - V s —U, w _ f Huriicd to Death. Daniel Hill, an old colored man about seventy years of age, formerly owned by Rev. J. 11. McMullan was burned so badly on last Saturday as to produce death. He had been affficted with dropsy of the heart for two or three years, from which he was suffering at the time of his horrible death. He was lying on a pallet in front of the fireplace, when a burning log rolled down upon him. He lingered until the next morning at 10 o'clock, when he was released from his agony. He was an hon est old man, beloved by his former master and the entire family. Religions. Prof. Hvde preached according to an nouncement in the Methodist Church last Sabbath evening, from sth chapter, Bth verse, 2d Timothy. His discourse was pro found and interesting, showing the impor tance of family religion, and its bearing upon the community, the Church, and the country; the great responsibility resting upon the heads of families; and the terri ble denunciation pronounced upon those who are recreant in the performance of their duty in this respect. The congrega tion was large and attentive. I, umber. Read advertisement of 11. N. Ayers. He is running a first-class saw mill and turns out excellent lumber. His terms and prices will be found moderate. He is a young man of energy, industry and pro gression, and deserves and receives a libe ral patronage. You can have your corn ground at this mill also, under his personal supervision. He guarantees satisfaction. A\ e return our sincere thanks to him for recent favors. W. 1. Holland. This gentleman returned to Atlanta Monday morning. Ilis business qualifica tions are of a very superior order, and they will be duly appreciated in his new field of action. While it is with deep regret we see him leave us, yet we hope for him the greatest success. He will be sadly missed, as his endeavors has always been to build up the interests of his County. He will visit us frequently, and that is some satis faction. , The Southern I’ulli valor. This excellent rrJagazine for February is on our table. Every farmer should take it, as it gives grfod articles that will be found to repay tfie price of subscription several times. Me will send the Cultiva tor aud The S *-M for £3.00. Coinlu uu lent ion. To the Editors ok The Sun : I trust the following will not be consid ered out of time and place in your columns. Owing to the excessive cold winter, our prnver-meeting was abandoned for a few weeks. 1 wish to say to the iuhabiUuls of our town that our Wednesday night meeting hafc been resumed, with but few in attendance as yet. The lectures delivered bv our pastor are full of pathos—enough to incite in the willing hearer a fervent de sire to secure a home in Heaven. 1 am sure those absenting themselves, wantonly are great losers. Let me urge all who can to give ns their presence, believing that the remembrance of these occasions will add to our joy in the world to come. To believe that memory will have much to do with our existence hereafter, we have but to read the history of Dives. Then, dear readers, if we would have our memories serve us profitably let us improve all the j means of grace given us; by so doing we may learn the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! llovv unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out. Come, friends, let us meet, sing, talk and pray, and we will have God’s approbation and the qualifica tions necessary for the various functions of this life, with the happy assurance of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. Devout. t'onini mi lea I ion. Athens, Ga., Feb. 15, 1877. TothhEditors of The Sun: Being a constant reader of your excel lent paper, I claim the right to indulge a few remarks by way of criticism on that "choice bit of rhyme," which appeared in The Sun of February 7th. A decent re spect for the reputation of such poets as Moore and Byron, coupled with a philan thropic love for the female sex, prevents me from remaining silent, seeing the fash ions of the fair ones ridiculed in such rhyme as would cause the blush of indig nation to rise upon the check of a country school boy. It is indeed very surprising that the writer of that "bit of choice rhyme” should have found out so much concerning the fashions of that sex which he so poetically ridicules. While I do not propose to make him smart under the se verities of a harsh criticHsm. yet 1 do think .AiouM StrfTei foMiis precocity. 1 havf heard of the " shabby genteel,” but until 1 saw this miserable attempt at rhyme, I never dreamed of such a thing as the shabby poetical. I would advise the writer to " fold his tent and steal silently away.” I know he feels as if he had ri valled the master-piece of Bryant, but I must say to him that his “bit of choice rhyme ” is enough to cause every true lover of good English to regret that such a piece was ever written in his native vernac ular. Young man, I say what Ido in a spirit of kindness and think that, I shall confer on you a great favor ; for I am sure if some kind friend did not remind j r ou of your miserable failure at verse-making you would soon be writing nonsense enough to bore all the readers of The Sun. Poet, in conclusion, I trust that in fu ture, all the ladies will— “ Their hack* upon you turn, Ajul cause your heart to burn." Critic, i If art well 'larUe!. Hartwell, Ga., Feb. 21, 1870. The following market reports are cor rected weekly by E. 15. Benson & Cos : Cotton— Receipts to date, 1.5500 Bales. Stained and Tinged @ Ordinary @ f)J Good Ordinary 10 @lo| Low Middling O' , lOf Middling @ll Good Middling @lll Bacon 14@20 Hams 18@20 Coffee 25033 Sugar 124016 Butter 20@25 Eggs —@ls Chickens 121020 Lard 18 @2O Oats 60@70 Molasses 50@51.00 Corn $0,750. jl .00 Meal 850*1.00 Potatoes, Irish —@ Mackerel v $1.25@82.25 Fodder —@81.50 Flour 87.50@510.00 The People Want Proof. There is no medicine prescribed by phy sicians, or sold bv Druggists, that carries such evidence of its success and superior virtue as Boschee's German Syrup for severe Coughs, Colds settled on the breast. Consumption, or any disease of the Throat and Lungs. A proof of that fact is that any person afflicted, can get a Sample Bot tle for 10 cents and try its superior effect before buying the regular size at 7o cents. It has lately been introduced in this coun try from Germany, and its wonderful cures are astonishing every one that use it. Three doses will relieve any case. Try it. Sold by E. B. Benson & Cos. Old papers for sale at this ofiico. Oi‘ Hundred Tlioiihiiikl People will cheerfully testify to the won derful efflcaoy 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 tiie general public. And every day people are rejoicing that at lust they have found a pill that exactly meets their wants. Headache, dpspepsia. constipation, indi gestion. pains m 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 Liter Pills are mid by E. B. BENSON >v €O. HART COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. We, the undersigned physicians, Imve litis lUyniet ami organism! outwelvcs into a Society, to lie known as the Hart f'untilv Medical Society," willi llr.. George Klierliart a* President and Ur. W. 11. Page as Secretary, for tlie mutual protection of ourselves uud our |Utt'rottß. Re it • /fr*<dm/, That our patrons be rei|uested to come forward and make settlement of outstanding de mands, that we may know for whom to practice ami who are our supporters. For tin 1 henellt of all concerned we anpoud the fol lowing Fco-lUll, tin' same lo hi' considered due ami payable in cash or by note when the patient is dis charged : For simple prescript ion . . . I1 00 For mileage, in day time, . . .">0 For mileage, in night time, . . . 1 00 For natural races of obstetrics . . . 10 00 For instrumental cases of obstetrics . 25 00 For Craniotomy .... 00 00 For each consultation . . . 10 00 For lancing, abcess or gums, . . . 1 flo For examination w ith speculum . . 050 For cathctcrism . . . . SSO For adjusting fractures . . . 5 00 For reducing dislocations . . .5 00 For amputations . . from 95 to 50 00 For all eases of goiion Inca . . . 10 00 For all cases of syphilis . . . 20 00 GEORGE ERERIIART, M. I>., W. 11. PAGE, M, 1 C A, WE It 11. M 1>„ A. J. MATHEWS. M. I>., 24 K. G. WITHERSPOON, M. P. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral For Diseases of the ftfj.tM. Throat and Lungs, such as Coughs, Colds, || pin ® Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma, and Consumption. The reputation it has attained, In consequence of the marvellous cures it has produced during tho last half century, is a sufficient assurance to the public that it will continue to realize the happiest results that can be desired. In almost every section of country there are persons, publicly known ,who have been restored from alarming and even desperate diseases of the iungs, by its uso. All who have tried it,acknowledge its superiority; and where its virtues are known, no one hesitates as to what medicine to employ to relieve the dis tress and suffering peculiar to pulmonary affec tions. Cherry Pectoral always affords in stant relief, and performs rapid cures of tho milder varieties of bronchial disorder, as well as the more formidable diseases of the lungs. Asa safeguard to children, amid the distress ing diseases which beset the Throat and Chest of Childhood, it is invaluable; for, by its timely use, multitudes are rescued and restored to health. This medicine gains friends at every trial, as the cures it is constantly producing arc too re markable to be forgotten. No family should bo without it, and those who have once used It never will. Eminent Physicians throughout the country prescribe it, and Clergymen often recommend it from their knowledge of its effects. PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., Practical and Analytical Chemists. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE. E. B. BENSON & CO., Agents, Hartwell, Ga. QUARLES W. SEIDEL, A TT O RNEY AT LA W, HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, 1 52 GEORGIA. JjR. GEORGE EBERHART, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, OFFICE, Next Door to J. W. Williams. J HARTWELL, GA. p EORGIA—HART COUNTY. V X Ordinary's Office, February 3d, 1877. Martin V. B. (Jarv baa applied for exemption of personalty, and I will paw, npon the Maine at 12o’clock in., on the ‘27th day of February, 1877, at my offioe. F. C. STEPHENSON, 24 Ordinary. p EORGIA—HART COUNTY. V N I hereby eminent for my wife, Nancy J. Tyner, to become a public or free trader, under and accord ing to the law aof this State. This 27th day of Jan uary, 1877. 21-26 JAMES A. TYNER. Miss ANNIE JORDAN WILL resume her Munir Class on the 29th day of January. Having procured new text-books, she ensures the best method of teaching the rudi ments of this beautiful science. Kates per month reduced to g 4. Use of Piano per month, 50 Onlft. A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY MADE. We will send Tiik Si x—usual price 81.50—and the Lorisvi lr.e COURIER-JO URNAL, Weekly edition—usual price 82.00—postage prepaid tm both papers, one year, for 82. U. |y)\v Prices, Quick sales i O. O. ItOHINSON. Lll>liß.X A a A TEA. G. 0. ROBINSON &. CO. L. P. Q. S.— AT THE Augusta Music House! P I A NOS. NEW YORK WHOLESALE PRICES To Gash Buyers. 850 TO SIOO SAVED. EIGHT OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MAKERS ARE REPRESENTED. THE LARGEST STOCK, THE GREATEST VARIETY, THE REST MAKERS. THE LOWEST EIIICES. A GOOD STOOL AM) COVER With Freight Paid to any Point. EVER I" INS TR CM EXT WARRA NT ED to dive Entire Satisfaction. inn 1*1.4 Ai OH. for small monthly payments, 1 \ /V./ arranged lu suit alt ivxpon.-tible put lies. O 11 G A N S. Church, Hall, or Parlor. FOUR of Hu' lIKST M A K F.ltS. including the cele brated MASON \ It A MI.IN, which have been tut* signed, by the .Judges of tin' United Slates Centen nial Kx|swdtlon. " Tlie First Itnnl* In th® several Requisites of siielt Instrmticit Im. Superiority Everywhere Acknowledged ! First Prlxe at the " World's Fair,” in Paris. 1567 ; at the " Vienna Exposition. - ' in IMTS, anil the Expo sition of l.inu, Austria, 1875, always receiving the highes medals in c<mt|>etitinn with celebrated Euro pean makers. New sty les, new improvements, and elegant new designs, as exhibited at tin- Centennial. <)/ W V Oliti WN al factory prim s for cuah, or " )' f small monthly payments. O Musical InsLrumenLs, Of Every Variety. SHEET MUSIC MUSIC BOOKS, The Latest l*uMlcut Inns. Orders promptly tilled at Publishers’ prices. Hi st Italian Strings, and everything pcrlaiuiug to a rtrst-olass Music House. PIANOS AND ORGANS FOR RENT. Tuning ami Repairing by a firstclass workman, of 25 years' practical experience. Orders from the coun try will receive prompt attention. . O. RORINSON A CO., At oral \ Mi sic Moise, 20ft BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA. R. T. BRUMBY & CO, DRUGGISTS and PHARMACISTS, DEALERS IN DR UCS, CHEMICA LS , PA TENT MEDICINES, DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES, Window Class , Paints , Oils, Lamps, Class Shades, Chamois Skins, Sponges, tfc., Manufacturers of King’s Toilet Powder, Agents Tor F. G. Olio A Nous’ Surgical liislriiiiM-nts Nold at New York Prices, College Avenue, iietween Bookstore and Post-Office, 11 ATHENS, GA. BURKE’S BOOKSTORE, ATHEMf*, GEORGIA. JjtOE anything you want iu the way of BOOKS, STATIONERY, PICTURE FRAMES, GOLD FENS, BIBLES, FRA YEU ANI) HYMN BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, Or anything usually kept in a first-class Bookstore, send to the old reliable Bookstore at. Athens. A fine lot of CHRISTMAS GOODS, Such a* GIFT BOOKS. TOILET SETS, VASES, WHITING DESKS, WORK BOXES, CHILDREN 8 TOPS, Ac., now in stock, and will be sold at low prices. I am Agent for _ STEUrWAY’I) PIANO if*' and -. 1 MASOS A II ORGAN*, Both of which took the fiertr premium over all com petitors at the Centennial. I will eell them as low a they can be bought in Net.’ York or elsewhere. Other make* of Pianos sold, atuyp(fmtr>Te&u h>tc a* they can be bought anywhere. Give me a trial. I guarantsT satisfaction. A. BI RHE. IT r A these. Qm.