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It is !J lift- i;.:m V
toria will visit Germany n«;: !
10 «tt.i lit) tllO Wt btigot tw oi her
grandchildren.
An oh^ woman .at Phillip; burg, O.,
w ho owned plenty of rest! e: ! ate ami
was quite wealthy, killed herself
with poison beta use she was afraid
siio could not pay her taxes.
A telegraph MSB to
Kuseia and Prance is being built,
In case of a war with Germany
Russia would be cut off IV ia all
telegrapli eomnutnicati'n with
eastern countries, as lire only tub -
graph wire it has goes through
Germany.
A on tillery in Rappahannock
county, Virginia, has tempted
twelve stands of bees from the path
of honey and wax mid made con
firmed inebriates of th- in. Before
the distillory was started, their
owner, a woman, found the boos
very profitable, but their periodical
visits to the still have made them
comparatively worthless.
fill! immigration of children to
Canada is attracting much attention
in Great Brittain. Largo numbers
of pauper children have been sent
over and inspectors have boon ap
pointed by tbo government to visit
tho-chtldrcn otico or twice a year to
SSI that they are properly provided
for.
fiuEEN VicroatA gave the Pope a
Bible and the President gave him a
copy of the American conslitu
ti<m—ono tl|n«dViuudatiou of tho best
religion, govcrnmcntA a'^atho other of tbo best
With cIohc attention
to those toxtA books, bis Holiness
can’t go very far wrong.—Macon
Telegraph.
A gentleman oS' Nevada City,
California, had the misfortune a few
weeks ago to lose by death his
wife. A few days ago he visited n
batik on business and was told by
the cashier that at tho time of the
death of his wife she had accumula
ted and had on deposit in the insti
tution in her name tho sunt of $ 0 000
, .
Tho widower was thunderstruck
and couldhtn dh t believe v'yr. ■ a.~
11,0 ftw-’L ^Flhfm. HoVoon realized
however, when the cashier
K‘W« kim a certificate of deposit
that amount.
A New York man 1ms invented u
dovico to save horses in caso of fiio.
It cun ho worked either by electrici
ty or by hand. At a certain tem
peratuio a bell will ring, and the
moment tho bell shall ring the iloors
will fly open, the horses will be un
bitched and two small streams <?I
wutur wiil jstriivo onoh Iiurso in tho
faoo. T<> escape tho water the
horses will hack out of the stalls,
and once out of them they will ha ve
an < ipportuhity of seeing a way of o <
etipe througli tbo open doors.
It has been discovered that the
ci ffeo given to prisoner! in the
Rhode Island penitentiary is n tnix
turo of burned rye, burned hr own
bread, molasses and water. This
shocking discovery will make many
JH'ojho siniddor as they sip their tea
or chocolate, and it. will also make
'lnuu think Certain papera'and nob
tieians had better lot the Georgia
penitentiary system alone and V ive
their attention to other systems
nearer home. Tho Georgia system
is not perfect, bntjit* doesn’t‘admit
ot the passing otf of any such vil
lainous compound for coffee.—Ex.
rOVINCJTOS k MACON R. R.
Tbo efforts oftlyo creditors of the
Covington and Mae.m K.fiJ
effect a compromise with tho old
contractors, seem, at last, to be
likely to result in an equitable ad~
just men t.
Friday and Saturday’s mectim*
settled nil bn: tbo n inor details of
tho matter, and Att .Ortier s* Hill anvl
and Harris, .
ot the road, were in
strueted to draw up a petition to
the Superior Court to allow
L. C, Machcn to ««' the material in
the hands of the receiver for tbo
construction of the r< A :i I hoy on ]
Montieello. Tho petition was as
follows:
J. W. Nichols et at vs. Covington
vj » f) : 1
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cut the aforesaid case
ed tors, parlies to the
•'aid bill, and E, 0. Maeben, Esq.
are! the said negotiations have gone
hr CUUU ” h to ,;roaU> a bcl ’ ef ,n
lilioncr tbat Ul ° Harae wUl U ,ui! >’
consummated. .Petitioner shows
tbat the said E. C. Muchen is wil
ling to murao the work of const ruq
lion of the rord at once, if allowed
to do so by your honor, He iswil
Ling himself to undertake the pay
of whatever expenses and
debts may be created in this way
until the final consummation ol the
pending settlement, so tbat this
company shall not be 'liable in case
said settlement is not carried out.
Wherefore tho said company
prays your Honor that an order
may bo granted allowing the re
sumption of said work by the said
Machcn on the conditions aforesaid •
and that the receivers of this
court, B, Ileid Stoucy end A. 0.
Palmer, l>o authorized and directed
by order of your Honor to turn
over to Cant. L. W. Robert, as the
ogent of said E. G. Machcn, such
material as may be necessary for
the construction of tho trestles now
in their possession, taking bis re
ceipt therefor, to be accounted for
by him, and to he used for t o other
purpose than tbo construction of
the said road. That said receivers
also bo authorized to have such rati
tcrial as they havo been heretofore
doing with Post, k Ingersoll for the
construction of the said road, and
at tho same rates heretofore charg
ed, and to keep separate account;
thereof; that they shall also turn
over to the said Robert the plans
and notes of said trostling such as
may bo required by hitn for the
prosecution of the said work of con
struction, and petitioners will ever
pray, etc.
Hill h Harris,
Solicitors forC. k M. R. Ji. Cm
After a patient hearing of the
ease, tho
DECISION OF THE COURT
was rendered as follows:
V^'•Di’iinUivrs, Maco11, T)ce.
31, 1837.—Tho foregoing petition
read and eonsiderord. Ordered by
tho court that tho same be granted
upon the terms and conditions there
in stated.
G. W. Gintis, .J. 3. C. M. C.
This gives tbo desired privileges,
and Mr. L. VV, Robert was soon
around with tho proper orders; ai d
called on the receivers at the office
( ‘l tho company, and found them
ready to comply with tho provisions
of t he court.
Yesterday n’ternoon, a Telegraph
reporter culled on Mr. Robert and
bud a short talk with him in regard
to the outlook for the road.
“1 havo boon busy all day,” said
he, ‘‘in search of hands to begin
work. I havo secured a pretty
good force for so short, a time, ,-ome
twenty five, who have boon sent to
the front.”
‘What will be your first work?”
“Well, l will first go over and see
what is needful in the way of or
ganizing ami laying oat. (ho work
Wo will look over the trostling and
see that it is nil in ship-shape be
ginning to lay track.”
“Have yon plenty of material?"
“Yns, we have a very good supply
and so soon as we secure a sufficient
toree we hope to go on laying track
at the rate of a mile a day. We are
going to make things hum along
tho h he be tore summer. I bavejust
feee'n \ teleg-am r.\-.a v
Machen, who is enthusiastic) over
the hopeful outlook."
“Where will you begin ?’’
“At a point about six miles abov
Madison, to which tho toad is now
If we get a fair start
will not belong before we will tap
the Georgia road, and then—on
Athens.—Mneon Telegraph.
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crt.Ze among lilt) lli-'i.!';!’..Ho
B .'i ,. ".L ?Mnl;"irV
n. li.iMin,;.;, . i vw
' -•••*•■ oftLb-ty miles
au hoar recently, bat es caped with
out itiiury.
*. i . have been encountered ,
igers
lately in parte of Asiatic and Euro
pean Russia, whore they have never
been before. Some of the animals
have been captured and cent to St.
Petersburg alive.
A goat with a red beard inhabits
certain islands of the Grecian -Ar
chipelago. It is said to be found
nowhere else in the world. A
specimen has recently been captured
and sent to Berlin.
A Boston man, who is a mana
fke' urer of raipborry jam, says that
no raspberries at nil are used in
making it. What is used, it ap
pears, are tomatoes, glucose and
hayseed and u little prepared rasp
berry flavor.
The wife of President Diaz, of
Mexico, has established in the City
of Mexico a largo “Friendly Home
of tho Workingwomon,” at which
small children will be cared for
during the day while their mothers
arc at work.
A Galloway, Colo., cow is to,next
season make her home mi the top
of Pike’s peak. She will ho the
highest cow on earth. A stable
will be built for her, and a burro
will pack the feed to her. She it> to
be kept there for her milk.
A tree was cut in tho Skook im
valley, in Washington Territory,
that scaled 35,000 feet. As $7 50
per 1,000 is the valuo of lumber
there, Ihe tree was worth §2(32 50.
It is said that the lumber lands in
that locality will average ten such
trees to the aero.
A young owl came flying o’^rthe
buildings on Grant avsrpMs, h ear
den City, Kan., the o'-’ner rnoTVig.
and How str.iictA •m an nr«$w'% a
“k.vt. , a-* 4 *fing on the come hi on
tbo bird reaclyld .JnvtwJ
threw np his hands suddenly and
caught it as he would a ball.
H. Rider Haggard thinks of spend
ing the winter in the mourdaios of
Groece. 'I'he goners! reputation
borne by the mountains of Greece
make them tbo most appropriate
residence for Mr. Haggard. He
will, at leaHt, find them more pie
tnreaquo than lcctujvstands in this
countrj'.
A bean-eating match between a
fat man ami a Jean man came oil 1 at
a St.^ Louis hotel recently. The
contestants devoured eight pots of
beans ©hob, tlion th© slim nan
slopped, u aide t> eat more. The
fat man kept on. finished bis ninth
pot and was declared tho winoir.
He b'-ans. had eaten exactly nine pounds
of
Cant. Haul.Irv, of Now Bedford, is
a particularly successful Whale
catcher. With his steamer, tlic
Orca, he has in three soasons made
a fortune. This year h<> killed :-k>
whales, but be had room for the oil
of 28 only, and he gave fwo whales
to another -tcamcr. He secured
2.§00 barrels of 0 i] and 48,000 pounds
ol bone.
Connecticut farmers who took
turkeys to Hartford j u «t
Thanksgiving to sell fr-un bouse to
ho uso were eonsiderttbiv wurnrised
when they weIV fo ed to bavt
scales inspected. Nino om ofseven
teen were short weight, ami some
of them were absolutely worthless.
One old armor, who objected de
cjdedfy to the examitu -iten, was
told that he bar; been eh him
self, h>! these many rears
•obahly the m<'st. expensively
dressed man seen n PiUshurg fo
many a day was Toy Sun, a San
Francisco utcrch_____, .... .
through there rent • tly on Ids way
to IVashington. His garments were
a combination silk* sfttins and
laof s. and fivt liiamond ’id duty
fdr buttons. < ) n t’rn >rter Mr.Sun
tight the law pro
s; C ire! rr on was a
c, and Cgidly on
li- •J.
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B Y S VOPPI NO AT
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ft OS 4011 §“0*1 T
AHO LQnqfflq ; . a IV.QQJI3,
Opposite Hotel Lanier,
Bt^COHT &Jk
This house has recently with boon re
fitted end relnrnishod elegant
NEW FURNITURE and BEDS
throughout, contains 20 rooms, and
‘.he proprietor is now prepared public fo
accommodate the traveling
in a satisfactory manner and at
cheaper rates than can bo procured
elsewhere in Macon.
&edgiiig M Ges*.£s
23/'~ Meals furnished st any hour,
day or night, and first class accom
modations insured at reasonable
rates.
4-if J. If. BENNER, Prop.
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WE CAM. TaB ATTENTION OK THE PUB
LIC TO THE FACT THAT WS
GajI Sell Qocos ag Low
As any house on C. & M. R. R.
—OUR HOUSE 13—
Fall of* Nice Goods!
ft Prices to the jp?,
Call and price our stock as wo will
take pleasure in
SHOWING THEM TO YOU!
Wc can safely say
OUR PRICES ARE AS LOW AS
ANY HOUSE IN THE
COUNTRY.
Onr trado during tho year has
been good, and wo oxpwj; j.t to con
tinue, IF LOW PRICEY
DO IT. With thanks for
\
eral ade, x
t we r.ro
Respectfully yonrs,
4-4 +444f+K
& CSOsrxvoR
05; mu e;, m. r v%
•AND
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And Manufacturer, of Brick,
MON TIC EL LO, GA.
Contracts for brick, stone and
Jones concreto buildings taken in Jasper,
anti adjoining counties.
Contracts also taken for plaster
ing and building of chimneys.
References— W. A. Kelly k Bros.,
and N. B. White k Co., Montieello,
Georgia. nlm3
HIT. If. UABDEHAN,
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CLINTON, GEORGIA.
Pit A-'TICES IN Ot'MfLGEK CIRCUIT.
Office in Court House.
KaitCE.
GEotuit/. —Jun: s G •u.v-rr .*
On and after this date until fur
ther notice, all sheriff’s advertise
ments for said county will be pub
light. lished in November the Jones 19, County Head-
1887.
W. W. Barron, sheriff.
Subscribe for
your comity
paper.
TO THE PUBLIC,
Clinton ■srsx XJ ive.
TIIE UED FRONT STORK, OCCUPIED °Y /
w. H,
alone with his FULL STOCK OF GOODS, at unusual
PRICES I will make it to the interest of ail passing througl
Clinton to buy from me. This is
ffito ®»ttj gun !«
and I intend to build up and keep up my trade by keeping polite clerk,
FA III DEALING, house lull of Goods, and LOW PRICES.
you for past patronage, and hoping you will continue same,
\ I am truly yours,
ltf W. II. IIOLSENBECK.
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mm Novelties in Holiday Goods
egrORDERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE
mmm. PROMPT AND RELIABLE ATTENTION.
320 Second Street,
MACON, GEORGIA
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A Cold Fact.
—WE HAVE NOW THE LARGEST AND MOST—
Varied Stock of SIOES
IN THE CITY OF MACON,
iin8 all a! Mori] 3lcffoitt £P~ !
Our stock is selected witli great cure, with a view to wearing well.
Wo don’t keep a shoddy shoe at all, but
"Wo Havo <3-0033 SOLID fSETOjESS
at prices you ordinarily pay for worthless shoddy shoes.. Give
us a trial and be convinced.
AND 3
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are made by the leading manufacturers of Philadelphia and Boston, and
in this department you will find nothing but tho latest fash.ons and of
the best quality. A largo stock of CHILDREN’S SHOES.
mu st
107 (Old No. 3,) Cotton Avjnue,
(Successors Mix & Kirkland, KACOI C3>A
to established 1840.) ltf
faL Cut friegfj
In favor of the Depositors at my Store who arc looking f f r
Choico Lines of Men’s and Youth’s £uifcs.
Read the following prices which have paralized competition in this
market.
300 Men’s and Youth’s Suits, reduced from S8.00 to §G 00.
450 Men’s and Youth’s Suits, reduced from SiO to 88.00.
400 Men’s and Youth’s Suits, reduced from 812 to 810.
550 Men’s and Youth’s Suits, reduced from 815 t!) 812.
375 Men’s and Youth’s Suits, reduced from 825 to 820.
500 Men’s and Youth’s Suits, reduced from 88 to S4.
600 Men’s and Youth’s Overcoats, ieduced from IdO to 88.
500 Bdy’s and Children’s Suits, reduced from 80 10 * 85 .
b00 Boy’s and Children’s Ove-coats, reduced from SO to 8.00.
800 Ladies’ and Misses Cloaks, reduced from 810 io 87
400 Children’s Cloaks, reduced from 86 to 83.
I" adddition, at BOTTOM PRICES, all kinds of
^ 1*9 r "tik
*SaT Let not this opportunity pass, it is a good cue.
33. ^J*LSSJ£ 5.,
CORNER THIRD AND CHERRY STREETS,
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