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Slalo
The railroads have adopted rules forbid
ding the chartering of excuraiou trains at
at former rates.
An adjourned term of Oglethorpe Supe
rior Court will he convened on the fourth
Monday in this month, for the trial of
special cases.
There are two magistrates in Richmond
County, who only serve for the conve
nience of their neighbors, and rpal>e no
charge in the shape of Toe* te. ' (
An Atlanta hotel register in one day
shows the names of individuals hading from
Alaska. Indian Territory, I'tali, London,
and Xew Zealand. Thus the (iate City
catches the wandering stranger.
A destructive (Ire occurred at Munncr
lyn. on the Central railroad, destroying the
dwelling house and storehouses of Mr. T.
U. Johnson. The loss is supposed to be
between ten and fifteen thousand dollars,
and the fire is supposed to be the work of
incendiary.
It grieves us to bear that the Convention
movement is losing ground in southern
Georgia. It seems that the efforts of such
advocates as Colonel Mark A. Blandford
are driving off the supporters of n conven
tion and strengthening the ranks of the
opponents. —Allant a Constitution.
Governor Colquitt, responding to an in
vitation of the survivors of company I), of
the sixth regiment of Georgia volunteers
tu attend a reunion at Indian Spring on the
Ist of August says he accepts with pleasure
and states that if no accident or demand of
oflicial duty prevents he will meet with
them on the nay named.
Judge Thomas A. Hawkins, one of our
truest and best citizens, departed this life
on Tuesday morning last, and was interred
at his family burying-ground. on Wednes
day, by the Masonic fraternity, of which
he was a loading member. He at one
time represented this county in the Legis
lature. and was a Judge of the Inferior
Court. —Oglethorpe Eeho.
Mrs. Thomas K. Osborn, of this place,
on Monday last, while suffering with a se
vere attack of sick headache, through mis
take took a large tablespoonful of sugar of
load for Epsom salts. Soon the error was
discovered by unmistakable signs of poison
ing. Her daughter who was alone with
her mother ran directly for medical aid.
The physician arriving, reacting remedies
were at once administered which had the
desired effect. She is now doing well. —
. Cam rsrille Register.
On Tuesday of last week Mr. James
Jernigan, of Greene county, went into a
fjrove near his house to shoot a squirrel
lis dogs had treed. As he was nearing the
tree he complained of great pain in his
eyes, and said he believed he should die.
He went on to the tree however, shot and
killed the squirrel, falling to the ground
himself at the report of the gun' and before
he could he carried Tutu the house, only a
few yards distant, he was a corpse. He
was in good health.— Oglethorpe Echo.
Mr. I?. A. Porter, of Effingham county,
sends us the following desciiption of a
double pig littered on his place on the 18th
inst. lie says : “It is two pigs jointed to
gether, and though it has but one head,
it is two in every other way; two bodies,
eight legs, four ears, two tongues, two sets
of tusks, and two swallows, ft is jointed
from the breastbone forward, two of its
fore legs being on the back. From the
breastbone back it is separated, and has
two perfect bodies. It is certainly a won
derful freak of nature, and if the breed
could be successfully developed there
would not be lack of bacon in old Georgia.
The Charlotte (X. C.) Southern Home,
General I). 11. 11 ill's paper, says : “ Geor
gia has produced two wonderful men.
lions. A. 11. Stephens and Benjamin 11.
Hill, and no prophet can tell one day where
these men of genius will be found the next.
Mr. Stephens is reported as endorsing the
Southern policy of Gen. Hayes, lie was.
if we remember aright, equally eulogistic
of the policy of Gen. Grant, which was
the very opposite of thatof General Hayes.
Mr. Stephens seems to have the happy
knack of standing by the tie facto Presi
dent, with one solitary exception, lie sup
ports Ilayes, he supported Grant, but he
uid not support Jefferson Davis.”
A Mr. Bartlett, of Walton county, came
to his death in the following manner : ” He
was building a lire in his room on Sabbath
morning, and. while bending over to kindle
it, his pistol fell from his breast pocket and
struck the hammer on the hearth, discharg
ing the load, the ball entering bis breast,
near the sternum and a little to the left and
entering the heart. He sprang immediate
ly to the door, on finding himself shot,
called for help, and died in a few moments.
This should be a warning to all who are m
the habit of carry ing these deadly weapons,
and cause them at once and forever to quit
it. When this young man least expect
ed it he was launched into eternity, and
without a moment’s warning.”
A young lady met with a terrible fate on
the plantation of Mr. Lawson Cason, in
this county, lives a Mr. Chalker, and fam
ily, who are tenants on the place. On last
Thursday a daughter of Mr. Chalker, met
with a horrible death the circumstances of
which are as follows. She is a grown
young lady, and assists her father and
other member- of the family in their work
in the farm. On the day in question she
had been plowing a mule, and at night
mounted toe animal with the gear on to
ride, fto tbe hoeae. On the way the mule
became ffigStfooed at something, and dash
ed off onseating the young lady, one of
whose feet eanght in the gear, and thus
suspended she was dragged by the fright
ened animal a considerable distance over
rocks, stumps and undergrowth and hor
ribly bruised and mangled.
She survived the injuries only a few
hours. The family are said to be very
worthy and industrious people, and have
the sincere sympathy of the entire commu
nity.— War rent on Clipper.
TIIE SUN.
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Notices of marriages, of deaths and of a religious
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Publishers.
IIAKTWIXL, HART (OIXTY. A.:
Wisliicmlii)' lliirnlii';. .Tiny 9. 1H77.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR state CONTENTION.
The many friends of Du. D. O. OSBORNE
announce him as a auitable man to represent them in
the Constitutional Convention.
fir The friends of Ma.t. J IT. SKELTON an
nnutice him as a candidate for the Constitutional Con
vention.
FIT The friends of Cact. JOHN PEEK announce
him as a auitable man to represent this County in
the Constitutional Convention.
KSTf" No war news worthy of note.
tkif Turkey has blockaded the Rus
sian coast of the Black Sea.
The called session of Congress
will not meet until October 15th.
jßaf Flour is selling at $ll.OO a bar
rel in Atlanta. Plant cotton.
Railroad Meeting.
There was a meeting in the interest of
the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad
held in Augusta on the 24th ult. The
following circular is sent out by tbe
Committee apointed to give practical
effect to the resolutions. “Look out for
the engine when you hear the whistle
blow
Editors Sun : The thinking business
men of the West and South have been for
years past fully persuaded that the best
interests of their respective sections de
mand that they shall be brought, into more
direct communication with each other.
Daily experience confirms these convictions
—an outcome of which is the Augusta and
Knoxville Railroad, with a branch thirteen
miles above this City to Greenwood, S. C.
The Augusta and Knoxville Railroad,
whose charter is liberal, will bring Cincin
nati and Augusta quite 241 miles nearer
each other, and give to the West three
outlets to the sea. The new route may
embrace the Elbcrton Air-line, 53 miles in
length, graded and paid for.
A Convention in the interest" of this
“ Great Iron Highway to the West, will
be belli in this City’ on the 9th of May.
prox. We are exceedingly anxious that
your City and section shall be fully repre
sented. This is a very important enter
prise. and we trust will at once enlist your
sympathy and active support. Please
bring the matter before your Boardof Trade
or Chamber of Commerce, and your fellow
citizens at large.
We invite your careful attention to the
following resolutions, adopted at a meet
ing of the corporators, yesterday:
Resolred.'Vnat all counties in Georgia,
South Carolina. North Carolina, and Ten
nessee. feeling an interest in the establish
ment of Railroad connection between Au
gusta. Ga., and Knoxville, Tenn., and in a
branch line between Augusta via Walton
Island in the Savannah river and Green
wood S. C., be requested to send Delegates
to a Railroad Convention, to be held in Au
gusta on the 9th of May next.
Resolved , That Delegates from all im
portant points of trade in the West, feeling
an interest in this important enterprise, be
cordially invited to be present at said Con
vention, and to participate in its proceed
ings.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Chronicle and
Constitutionalist of to-morrow morning ;
that all local papers along the proposed
line of connection, and all Western papers
desirous of the success of this undertaking,
be requested to copy the same.
Resolved , That Eugene F. Verdery, Esq.,
L. J. Miller, and J. L. Maxwell, be ap
pointed a Special Committee to give practi
cal effect to these resolutions, by bringing
them to the special notice of counties and
sections of the country interested. Come !
J and Welcome ! Yours truly,
Eugene F. Verdery,
Leroy J. Miller
John L. Maxwell,
Committee.
Editorial Correspondcnee.
Dear Sun : Last week wc made a short
visit to Atlanta, stopping on the way at the
Davenport House, Toccoa. Found a Caro
lina friend hostess, who knows how to
keep a hotel.
Toccoa's latest sensation is the Mineral
Springs, lately discovered a half mile from
town. Did you ever roll buckshot to a
frog on a summer evening and see it swal
low them until it was so heavy it could not
jump? That was just my feeling after
drinking a quart or so of the Chalybeate
Spring. I was so heavy I had to be assist
ed up the hill. I did not try the Sulphur
and other mineral springs that were spout
ing up all around.
I stopped two days in Atlanta, most of
the time shopping with the ladies. There
is a vast supply of all the articles used by
ladies or gentlemen, and the merchants are
exceedingly polite aud attentive to all, and
shopping is really a pleasure in that model
city.
On returning to Toccoa, we found our
horse sick, and remained over until Mon
day. Went to Church Sunday—heard Itev.
Mr. Smith, the M. E. preacher in charge
of that circuit, who preached an excellent
sermon with good, logical reasonings, with
out any brimstone or ravvhead and bloody
bones in it. I thought Hartwell people
were hospitable to strangers, but Toccoa
takes the dilapidated linen off the shrub
bery in that line. lam sorry I could not
eat a dozen good dinners in one day, as I
had that many invitations. If all in Toccoa
are as clever as those I met, I would like
to go to such a place when I die.
We had the pleasure of half an hour’s
chat with the genial and gentlemanly Edi
tor of the Iferald. We are always glad
to meet him, and hope he and his popular
paper may have a long and prosperous
career. B.
THE IMMORTAL TRIO.
IliiiiK'intf or Three of the Ltmudesvillr
Murderers.
6
[BY our special reporter.]
Abbeville, S. C., May 4, 1877.
Yesterday, upon your correspondent’s
arrival, we found the preparations for
hanging the Lowndesville murderers com
plete. The scaffold was erected in the jail
yard, but was in plain view of the specta
tors, who numbered about 1,500 or 2,000,
about one-fourth of whom were negroes.
tiie lucky seven.
Gov. Hampton commuted the sentence
of seven of the condemned, viz: Hutson
Cosby, Capers Allen, Edwin Prince, As
bury Allen, William Johnson, Gilbert
Johnson and Pete Williams, to imprison
ment in the penitentiary for life. and they
were sent to Columbia yesterday morning.
It is said that Gov. Hampton is very anx
ious, but thinks that the public will en
dorse his action. Two petitions were sent
him from Lowndesville urging the execu
tion of the death sentence upon the whole
number, and one from Abbeville praying
for executive clemency to all.
THE UNFORTUNATE THREE,
Wightman Allen, John Allen and Jink
Whitner, ascended the scaffold, preceded
by Sheriff Jones at 11:10 A. M. to-day.
JOHN ALLEN
admitted that he fired one shot, but didn't
know whether to feel innocent or not. He
said he ran as soon as he fired. lie called
upon his Saviour to witness the truth of
his declaration.
WIGHTMAN ALLEN
said he wasn't there. He had no man's
blood upon his hands. Could look upon
his coffin with a smile of innocence, and
death had no fears for him. Advised those
present to be careful of their friends—it
was his friends who had put him here to
day.
jink whitner’s
statements were to the same effect, de
claring his innocence.
All were calm and self-possessed, very
little perturbation betraying itself in their
features or actions, and they expressed a
firm faith in the pardon of sin and a jour
ney to Heaven.
THE DROP
fell at 11:28. Wightman and John Allen
died instantly without a struggle. Jink
Whitner struggled convulsively for some
minutes, and it was twenty minutes before
he breathed his last. At 12 o'clock, Drs.
Parker, Hawthorne and Johnson pronounc
ed them dead, when they were lowered into
their coffins.
Jink Whitner’s wife and child took leave
of him at 10 A. M. in the jail.
Revs. Wightman and Edwards adminis
tered communion to them at half-past ten.
An efficient guard was in attehdance,
commanded by Capt. Hemphill, and every
thing was carried out in the most orderly
and prompt manner. The crowd kept the
best of order and the apprehended emute
did not take place.
Your correspondent acknowledges the
courtesies extended to him by the genial
editors of the Press and Danner and Me
dium .
Reporters for the New York Herald ,
Tribune , World, Charlotte Observer , An
derson Journal, Charleston Heirs and
Courier , Journal of Commerce , besides
yonr humble servant, were present.
Keeffe.
TAR. W. H. McCURRY, Dentist,
U HARTWELL. GA.
Will do all work in tbe Dental line. He uses the
very best material and guarantees satisfaction. He
can be found at the Drug Store of A. G, McCnrrv &
Cos., when not professionally absent. 8
M. C. k J. F. KISER k CO.,
JOBBERS of
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND NOTIONS,
36 Corner Pr.vor and Wall Streets, Atlanta, (In. ts
EDDLEMAN & MOWN,
SS BOOTS, SHOES, LEATHER, MS!
Also, MANUFACTURERS OF BOOTS AND SHOES.
Store* 32 Peachtree A- Ol Whitehall Street*, and Shoe Factory, 9S Broad Street,
ATLANTA, OFOROIA.
rgr Sjhtihl attention given to filling orders, and satisfaction guaranteed. 36-39
L FASSMO & SOIL
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
WHITE GOODS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY,
Gloves, Trimmings and Small Wares,
268 WEST BALTIMORE STREET,
JBAL TIM ORE. **
J. C. CARTER,
WHOLESALE GROCER,
51 & 53 EAST ALABAMA ST.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Orders from Prompt Paying Merchants So
licited,
Will Guarantee Prices as Low as any Respon
sible House in this City,
3, J. C. CARTER.
H-EORGlA—haet county.
yX ORDINARY’S OFFICE, May 7, 1877.
Whereas, It. C. Alford applies to me for Letters of
Administration on tbe estate of Lodwick Alford, de
ceased. late of said County'—tills is therefore to cite
and admonish all and singular the next of kin and
creditors of said deceased to show cause at the June
term next of this Court why administration on the
estate of said deceased should not be granted appli
cant. Given under mv hand ottieiallv. this May 7tli,
1877. F. C. STEPHENSON,
Ordinary.
Hart sheriff’s sale.
Will be sold before the Courthouse door in
Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia on the First Tues
day in June next, it being the stli dav of the month,
within tho legal hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit ;
Fifty-Seven Acres of Land, being situate and lying
in the County aforesaid and joining lands of G. W.
Reeks, ,T. W, Suit, and others, said land being the
property of J. W. Suit. Levied on to satisfy a Jus
tice Court fi. fa. issued from the 1.115 District G. M.
of said County in favor of Jonathan Weldon vs. ,T.
W. Suit. Property pointed ont by Defendant in fi.
fa, levy made and returned to me hv T. E. McDou
gal, L. C-, of said County. This, May 7. 1877.
J R. MYERS, Sheriff
Hart sheriff’s sale.
Will he sold, before the Courthouse door in
Hartwell, Hart County. Georgia, on the First Tues
day in June next, it being the sth day of the month,
within the, legal hours of sale, the following proper
ty, to-wit:
Two Acres of Land, more or less, including the
shop of Defendant, lying on the road from Parker’s
Mills to Providence Church, in said County, it being
part of tract on which Defendant lately resided in
the 1.117 th District Cr. M„ of said County, to he sur
veyed off round the said shop, joining said road and
T. M. Gwin. notice having been served on tenant in
possession of said land, being the property of R. T.
Williams. Levied on to satisfy a tax fi. fa, issued by
S. T Fleming, T. C. of said County, levy made and
returned to me by J. W. Buffington, L. C. of said
County. This May 7,1877.
J. R. MYERS, Sheriff.
DISSOLUTION.
THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing be
tween the undersigned, under the firm name of
THE HARTWELL STEAM SAW MILL COM
PANY, is hereby dissolved by mutual consent by
the withdrawal of I). C. Alford, having disposed of
his interest to Dr. W. A. Skelton. The business
will he conducted as heretofore.
K. P. BRADLEY,
1,. (). WILLIFORD,
May 1, 1877 I). C. ALFORD.
The undersigned regrets the cirenmstanees that
severs his connection with the above gentlemen,
which lias been of the most pleasant and harmonious
nature.
D. C. ALFORD.
DISSOLUTION.
PTMIE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing l>e
1. tween the undersigned, under the firm name
and style of PEEK, STEPHENSON & CO., was dis
solved. by mutual consent, on the 2d day of April,
’877. The 1 x>oks are in the hands of W. R. Stepnen
son, and all persons indebted to the late firm are re
quested to make settlement at once, either by cash or
note. JOHN PEEK,
WM. R. STEPHENSON.
36-39 THOS. H. ROBERTS.
HIDES, HIDES.
TILE will from this date barter. Boots, Shoes,
It Leather, Ac., for Hides, and allow a very
reasonable price for the same.
30 41 J. W. AYERS A SON
Old papers for sale at this office.
E. B. B.
&■ Cos.
5000 yards prettiest and best Calicoes
ever sold in Georgia at 12 yards for
SI.OO. E. B. BENSON & CO.
Cottonades, Cassimeres, Cashmarets,
and Tweeds at E. B. BENSON & CO.
Sheetings, Shirtings, Checks, Linens
for Ladies’ Dresses and Gent’s Coats at
E. B. BENSON & CO.
Men’s Hats, cheap as you want them,
at E. B. BENSON & CO.
“ Hampton Collars.” He who wears
them will never he hung and may be
President of the United States
E. B. BENSON & CO.
We have too great a variety of goods
to begin to mention in an advertisement.
“ For Cash ” we have no price, the bot
tom has fallen out.
E. B. BENSON <1- CO.
PLANT SORGHUM.
Buy your MILLS and EVAPORA
TORS from us.
We are Agents for the best made, in
cluding the Mills manufactured by the
Athens Foundry.
We sell ENGINES, GRAIN SEP
ARATORS, &c., for the Blymyer
Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati.
All of which we sell at LOWEST
Prices.
Those in need of such Machinery will
do well to see us at once.
Orders should be sent as early as pos
sible.
E. B. BENSON & CO* .