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GLEANL\US FROM BTATK PRESS. Kite-llying in Washington. Atlanta boasts of a live poet—Chas. W. Ilubner. Augusta has the first mad dog of the season. Mtcon has a total banking capital of $877,000. They are to have anew jail in Glynn County—so are we. The I.a Grange Reporter stands head of Georgia County papers. The Atlanta Const Union works in the lead of the Georgia dailies. 11. 11. Carlton, of the Athens Georgian, is mnking stump speeches. C. W. Reynolds, of Athens, has gone to the Black Hills to dig gold. The Atlantic and Gulf Railroad has passed into the hands of receivers. Three eagles have been killed recently near No. 11 on the Central railroad. .John Hoover, aged eighty-seven, the oldest citizen of Wilkinson County, is dead. William Lawson, of Waynesboro, killed four large turkeys at one shot the other da)'. The fertilizer bill as it passed the Legis latpre. provides 81.300 salaries for inspec tors. A little child of Mr. George Jarvis, of Oglethorpe County was burned to death recently. The banner won by Georgia for the larg est Democratic majority, has been received in Atlanta. A boat freighted with wood, sank in the Augusta canal last week, and two negroes were drowned. Frank Williams was shot in Greene County accidentally last week by a man named Hunnicut. Rill Arp's “ Rig John,” n prominent cit izen of Rome, and an honest man, died in that city recently. Corn can be bought in Carroll at fifty cents per bushel, and sorghum at thirty five cents per gallon. The citizens of Washington are excited over some blood, found on the sidewalk— somebody’s nose bled. The Washington Gazette local columns arc improving under the skillful manage ment of F. J. Ludette. The Marietta Journal has put on the finishing touch ; it is the quintescenoe of typographical neatness. Rishop Reckwith participated in a big match bird hunt in Thomas County. The Rishop is a crack shot. General Gordon is endeavoring to have a signal station established in Atlanta, and with good prospects of success. Pentield boasts of a baby seven months old who can walk and talk, has a mouthful of teeth, and weighs twenty-eight pounds. Mrs. DeGraffenreitl, a venerable old lady, and a niece of John C. Calhoun, was stricken with apoplexy in West Point re cently. Mr. Case, of Wisconsin, has settled in Marietta. He is a miner, and intends look ing into the rich mineral deposits of North Georgia. Pulaski County has a negro who is a monomaniac on the subject of pocket knives. Helms bought thirty-two within the last year. Major Thomas Walker, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Al bany, died on Monday last, at the ago of sixty-five years. Augusta has received up to this date, since September 1, 1877, 170,089 bales of cotton—2o,B23 more bales than were re ceived the same time last year. A little son of Mai. Poole, formerly of this County, was badly though not danger ously hurt, by the falling of a horse he was riding, recently, in Jefferson. In Warrenton no liquor is sold at retail. The boys walk into a grocery, pay fifteen cypU -Cur a firfth i of coffee, and the grocer kindly treats to a drink from his private bottle. Almost all the farmers of Walton Coun ty have been forced to the necessity of planting a second oat crop, because of the “ stand ” being ruined by the snow. The wheat crop is growing otl beautifully. The Chronicle Sentinel says Augusta has certainly had no right to complain in a business point of view of the past Fall and Winter. Trade in all branches has been better than for many years, and merchants generally have been kept busy. Says the LaGrange Reporter: The Grif fin News, having settled to its own satisfac tion that Judge Hall is the youngest Judge in the State, should set its gigantic brain to work to ascertain which Judge goes long est without changing his socks. lion. W. S. Brown, member of the Legislature from Fayette County, was kill ed last week, in an encounter with James Stewart. The latter was arrested by the .Sheriff, but managed to escape by knock ing the officer down. The difficulty grew out of a monetary transaction. A gentleman of Savannah has been pre sented by a friend with an Indian calumet or pipe of unique design. It was found in the Choceolocco Valley. Alabama, and is said to have been the property of Kain tuck Micco, chief of Choccolocco Town, and was smoked at the peace matinee with DeSoto. The Gwinnett llcrald has this unfortu nate tragedy : “About three months ago Pope Breedlove married Charlotte Boggs, a daughter of Rev. Elijah Boggs. They were living near Mr. Ewing’s, about five miles east of Lawrenceville. On last Thursday night the neighbors heard a gun fire, which was immediately succeeded by screams as of someone in distress. Seve ral of them hurried to the residence of Breedlove and found his his wife lying on the bed dead, having been shot in the back. Her husband stated that he fired the fatal shot accidentally.” Tlie Jesup SnUinel , in view of the pres ent political situation, savagely remarks: “On Saturday the labors of the present Congress end, and end in disgrace, and to those members who have been re-elected that voted for the High Returning Roard we say resign, and let the next two years of your lives be spent in earnest prayer, and before this life passes away try and j gol tuts forgivcne** )oui Outl )t*ur fellow man for the blunder you have coin’ ! milted.” The venerable Dr. Lovick Pierce, now | in bis ninety-third year, is writing a series lof reminiscences of the century. lie is ■ the oldest Methodist minister living on this ! continent, and probably the oldest of any : denomination here. He points to the great | difference that exists between Methodism ' at the beginning of this century and now, and concludes that either primitive Mctlu - dists were more religious than was needful or else modern Methodists are less so. Mrs. Maria 11. Harris, of Fayette Comi ty is in her 74th year. She was married in I SR). She is the mother of fourteen chil dren, six daughters and eight sons, twenty one grandchildren and thirty-seven great grandchildren, numbering in all one hun dred and twenty-two, and including the childrcn-in-law. one hundred and fifty three. of whom thirty-three arc dead and one hundred and twenty yet living. A Poor Old Mini. Detroit Free J'reee. He was an old man, and iiis Honor pitied him. Sixty winters had chilled his lilood —sixty summers had thawed him out again. Old and gray and tottering, and as he stood before the bar, each one in the au dience said to himself. “ Its a shame; the old man is near his last end.” The Court smiled kindly on him and asked : ** Well, uncle, you won't do so any more, will you?” The old man's chin quivered. He sighed. He laid his wrinkled hand on the desk, and replied : ** I’ll get drunk whenever I want to, and I can lick the sneak who brought me in here.” Ft was a bad let down for the Court. The poor old man had a voice like a goose, and ns lie spoke he kicked his legs around as if he wanted to hurt someone. *• 1 took you for a poor old man,” re marked his Honor. “ A poor old man —” “ 1 don't care if you took me for a ze bra !” shouted the ancient evergreen, grow ing red in the face. “ Please be calm, Mr. Bennett,” said the Court. “ I won’t! I'd like to see any two of you make me calm.” Seeing that it was. a poor old man on his way to the tomb, the sentence was made for sixty days. When he was led hack into the corridor he kicked the blue saw horse over and broke its right fore leg. and then seized Rijah by the throat, and very nearly ruined a No. 17 paper collar which could have been made to last ten days yet. All of which goes to show that one may be deceived in an old man as well as a young lady. Mean llclglU of National Localities. At the head of all nations stand the men of Kentucky, of whom the mean height is 08 inches ; then follow the men of Kansas, Minnesota, Missouai, California, Nevada, Indiana, and West Virginia, whose aver age exceeds 68 inches; Illinois averages 07.84, Pennsylvania 67.5. and Connecticut 77.0. Taking the whole United States, we average 07.7. thus less than our Indians, who average 07.03. After us follow the Norwegians, Scotch, Canadians, Swedes, Irish. Hanes, etc. England is the eleventh on the list, and averages 60.57. while the Germans average 00.54. The French are eighteenth, averaging 60.3, while the Span ish and Portugese stand at the bottom of the list, averaging 05.4 respectively. Occupation of lnimisrraittN. The report of bureau of United States Statistics, now before us, shows some in teresting facts in regard to the occupations of the 190,000 immigrants who landed here in one year. There were among them 29, 000 laborers, (nearly one quarter of the whole number unskilled labor). 14.000 far mers. 6,000 female servants, 4,500 store keepers, 2,700 farm laborers, 1,600 carpen ters, 2,000 miners, 1,700 masons, 1,200 mariners. 950 tailors, 900 shoemakers, 800 blacksmiths, 700 fishermen, 640 ba kers, 560 servants, 556 engineers, 320 butchers, 416 clergymen. 385 musicians, 177 physicians. 178 teachers, 156 barbers 32 surgeons, 3 chimney-sweeps, 2 states men, and only 1 undertaker. A l*roli(nl>le lien. An anecdote is told of a farmer going one day to the office of a New York journal and ordering his paper stopped, because he was too poor to take it any longer. “ Suppose we make a bargain,” said the editor, ” in this way. Go home and select a ben that shall be called my ben : sell the eggs that the hen lays during the year, and send the proceeds to me as your subscription for the paper.” Tile farmer was pleased at so easy a way to pay for his paper, and readily consented. The result was, that during the year the hen paid for the paper twice its regular price of subscription. An Owl for A Newspaper. An Augusta editor says : “We have taken wood, potatoes, corn, eggs, butter, onions, cabbage, chickens, stone, lumber, labor, sand, calico, saur-kraut. second-hand clothing, coon skins, and bug juice, on sub scriptions, in our time, and now a man writes us to know if we would send the paper six months for a large owl. There are few things an editor would refuse on subscription, and if we come across any fellow who is out of owls, and is in need of one. we’ll do it.” gEAUTIFUL BUILD!NC r LOT'S, Sold at LOW FIGURES to persons wishing to improve them. Apply to 1 tf E B BENSON * CO Mart County Directory. COL.NTT oniCtM. Ordinary —Kit'd. (\ Htt-phriiMin. Clerk Superior Court—('. A. Wobb. Sheriff —.l. Kobi-rt Mvt*rn, Tar Itreeirer —J. M. Thornton. Tax Collertnr —Jmm* L. Johnson, Treasurer—t. O. Hobo. Surrtyor —Allen S. Turner, Coroner —K. Phillips. School Com mieeioner —Chas. W. Seidel. Tmn orncr.ns. Mayor —John peek. Secretary and Treatmrer —W. It. Stephenson. Couneilmen —K. 11, Henson. James \V. Williams, \V. 11. Stephenson, K. 11. Sunders. \V. K. Stephenson Hurt County Itellirloua Directory. METHODIST. Rev. W. P. Smith. Pastor. Tietheeda —lst Saldmth in eai li Month. Ha rt well —2nd “ anil Saturday before. Mt. /too—stntl “ at 4 it. in. Cokeelmrtt —3rd Sabbath in earn month. I’rovidrnre —-It li “ ltev. John Qiti.i.an. Pastor. Felloieehiy — Sabbath in em it month. Itedwi He — Macedonia — “ at 4 p. m. BAPTIST. Rev. 11. M. ISaRToN, Pastor. Sardie —lst Sabbath ami Saturilay be ton', monthly. Hartwell —4th “ % “ Rev. ,T. T. W. Vlot\<in. Pastor. Milltoirn —iltl Sahlmth and Saturilay before, monthly. Rev. L. W. StkPIIICXH. Pastor. Hendry'e —Utl Sabbath and Saturday before, monthly. Rev. Jam ih 11. MrMi i.i.k.n. Pastor. Dine —3rd Sabbath and Saturday before, monthly. Heed Creek —-Itlt " Rev. I. 11. Goss. I’kstor. Crone lloadx— lt It Sabbath ami Saturday before. Rev. John I>. Adams. Pastor. Cannon e- —-d Sabbath anil Saturday het'ore, monthly. Rev. J. U. Baulk. Pastor, Sardie —yd Sabbath in eaeh month. Rev. Thomas Ckymks. Shoal Creek —2tl Sabbath and Saturday before, inoly. PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. John It. MoirroN. Pastor. I'leaeant Hill —3rd Sabbath in each month. l'& All white ministers in the County, of every denomination, are requested to send in their appoint ments for publication. No charge whatever. Ayer’s flair Vigor , For restoring Gray Hair to its natural Vitality and Color. which is at ohc<e yray hair is soon v'ith the (/loss and freshness of youth. Thin hair is thiefiened, tailing hair checked, and baldness often, though not always, cured by its use. Noth ing can restore the hair where the follicles are destroyed, or the glands atrophied and decayed. But such as remain can be saved for usefulness by this application. Instead of foul ing the hair with a pasty sediment, it will keep it clean and vigorous. Its occasional use will prevent the hair from turning gray or falling off, and consequently prevent baldness. Free from those deleterious substances which make some preparations dan gerous, and injurious to the hair, the Vigor can only benefit but not harm it. If wanted merely for a HAIR DRESSING, nothing else cun be found so desir able. Containing neither oil nor dve, it does not soil white cambric, and yet lasts long on the hair, giving it a rich, glossy lustre and a grateful perfume. Prepared by Dr, J. C. Ayer & Cos,, I’ractical ami Analytical Chemists, LOWELL,, MASS. E. B. BENSON & CO., Agents, Hartwell, Ga. To I lie Working < lom*—We are now prepared to furnish all classes with constant employment at home the whole of the time or for their spare moments. Business new. light and profitable. Persons of either sex easily earn from 50 cents to #5 per evening, audit proportional sum by devoting their whole time to the business. Hoys and girls earn nearly as much as men. That all who see this notice limy send their address, and test the business, we make this unparalleled offer: To such ns are not satisfied we will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writing. Full particulars, samples worth several dollars to commence work on, amt a copy of Home and Fireside, one of the largest and best Illustrated Publications, absent free by mail. Header, if you want permanent, profitable work, ad dress, George Stinson a Cos., Portland, Maine. 23 PUDHMnC Large and small, for Dealers, Tea U n IIU 111 UO l Stores, Agents, etc. Twenty 9xll Chromos for SI.OO. TAKt.EST ASSORTMENT iti the world. 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X HE Spring Session for 1877 will open on Monday 29th of January, and con tinue for Five Scholastic Months, ' RATES OF TUITION PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS: Fourth Class—Spelling, Beading. Writing SIO.OO Third Class —Arithmetic, <■! ram mar. Geography, (Commenced) 15.00 Necond Class- Higher Knglish Branches 20.00 First Class—Classics, Higher Mathematics, Arc 25.00 Contingent Fee per Session 1.00 Musie (Extra) 25.00 Tuition due at the close of the Session ; but if paid in advance, twenty per cent will be deducted from the above rates. Pupils, entering within two weeks of the opening, will pay for the entire Session ; those entering after that time will pay for the remainder of the Session. No deduction made for absence, except in cases of sickness protracted for two weeks or longer at a time. Liberal deduction to Ministers of the Gospel of any sect. Students will be required to conform to strict rules of discipline, both in and out of School. M. V. LOONEY, MRS. A. B. LOONEY. 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