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4 TIIOS. It. PX.Mf, s : Publisher. O’ray’s Station, Saturday, January 14. Tua New York Sun advises the democrats in congress to stand to gether. The Sun is right. Unless the democrats stand together, the party will be defeated this fall. After a rest of a year or more, Mr. B. M. Blackburn has resumed management of the Madisonian and will make that jours one the best in the State. . or Black burn is a journalist of wide experi ence. Civil Service } Commissioner Oborly has six handsome daughters, but no son. Ho is the last male representative of his family. Jlis sister, who is dead, left no son, and iiis of>ly brother never married. When Mr. Oberly dies and his daughters take the names of their husbands, the family name will be coniii extinct. Life-size plaster busts of Au gust .Spies are having a wide sale in Chicago. Tho bust is from « ett-t of his face taken after death Piaster impressions of tho facos of tho executed Anarchists were taken by an unknown sculptor just before tlie funeral. No bust o' Lingg was obtained. lie Was aheudy too busted, as it wore. The suggestion lias boon made that Congress should provide pen sions for the families of postal clerks killed on duly. This is another at tempted raid on tho Treasury. What Congress ought to do is fo in crease the number cf leap years. Every other yoar ought to he leap year, and tho government ought to offer a premium to the sex making in its turn tho best record in secur ing Iifo partners. In many’ instanc es wives literally support their hus bands, or, as a well known divine bus put it, busbands board with their wives. If there wore more marriages perhaps thero would bo fewer able-bodied men who have to bo supported by tho government. —Kx. The Act passed by tho last legis lature to revise and consolidate tho Common School laws of the State provides that tax collectors shall is sue a separate fi fa for poll taxes, and turn thorn over to tho Comity School Commissioners, In accord ance therewith tho Comptroller Gen oral has issued a circular letter to the collectors from which we quote tbe following: It has just como to my knowledge that an Act of the last legislature to “amend, revise and consslidate the Common School laws,” “provides that Tax Collectors shall issue sep arate fi fas on Dec. 20th of each year, for poll tax,” “specifying in each fi fa that it is for tho poll tax that year, and shall at once turn them over to the County School Rommissionerof his county, taking his receipt therefor, and shall at the same time furnish the President of tho County Board of Education with a list of the fi fas so turned over.” The famous Arbucklc-Cumpbell broach of promise suit was conoltid ed in New York yesterday in favor of the plaintiff, who receives by the verdict 545,000 oftho (M 00,000 dam ages asked for. Tho suit is a novel and interest ing one. diaries A,buckle, tbe de fendant, is fifty years of ago and is immensely wealthy, having made a fortune out of the well known Ar buckle coffee establishment. In 18S2 he became desperately attached toMiss Clara Campbell, now thirty eight years old, and if the letters ho wrote her at that time and later, rightly expressed his emotions, he had about as bad a case as there is on record, and it is no wonder that Miss Juliet Campbell was horrified aud shocked when she found that her great American Romeo o.mo to the elusion that he did not want to marry. HU plea was a * ouo. He admitted his promise mavriage, but suvs he made it at her request. The jury ,| l0U ^ lt Miss Campbell’s affections had been trifled with to the extent ot 845,000, and rendered a verdict cordiugiy. for , Look out a rise in the price of coffee,—Atianta Con <tit u t i oft. A TRIP FROM TWIGGS TO JONES. On Thursday, Dec. 23rd 1887, I left home and lovod ones for a short visit to my native county, and to see relatives and triends, I took dinner Thursday with a good broth er, a bachelor, John Wood, on the Myrick place, seven miles from Gordon. He says be is happy (that is, if a bachelor can he happy). I went on my way rejoicing, by Gris woldvillo and Pitts Chapel, and spent a pleasant night with my old friend, Jas. W. Slocumb. Bro. S. is not only one of the solid men of Jones, but one of the noblest Chris tian men l ever met. I was glad to meet his family again and talk of other days. In passing the Chapel, sad memories came up, yet they were mixed with pleasant recollec tions. Sad when I contrasted the present with twenty-five years ago when Bros. Christian and McGhee were there and hud one of the great est revivals ever known iri all that country. In fact the revival re sulted in building the church. I thought too of Bros. Pitts, Slocurnb and others who have gone to their reward. But for Bro. Pitts the Church would not liavo been built, there and then, and bis death was a calamity to Methodism in Jones, and especially to the community in which he lived. No beggar went empty from bis door. He was an intense Methodist. Pleasant memories wore called up because it was at this Church I was licensed to exhort, by l)r. W. F. Cook, Oct. 15,1881. And it was here I w’as licensed to preach, July 22, 1882. Rev. R. W, Higham was on the Dis trict, as Presiding Elder. \ A good portion of Friday was spent at and around Morton’s Station on tho O. A M., visiting relatives, Wil lio A Price and Sallio P. Wheeler. In tho afternoon I went on through Clinton and out by Gray’s to my dear old friend’s, It. II. Bonner’s, near Haddock. It was raining and cold, but the light of Bro. B's coun tenance, and the grasp of his hand and hearty welcome by his good wife, soon made mo forgot the un pleasant surroundings outside. Sat in day, It ralnod most of tho day, but lutein the afternoon wo went down to Haddock. Saturday night, I spent at the comfortable homo and with the kind linnily of my old friend (anil now brother) J. I). An chors. From Clinton to Haddock, I passed the place where I was first married, and where our oldest boy, Ross, was born and whero I taught school several years. Sunday’ morning, Christmas Day, a fow of us were at old Fortville Church, 1 wont on to tbe “Ridge,” where 1 took dinner and spent a pleasant hour at tho homo ofM. 11. Morton, Esq. 1 found Mr. M. and his good wife as pleasant and accommodating as ever. Sunday p. m. I stopped with bro. Winters a little while and enjoyed their warm fire. Hero 1 met uncle and aunt, Mr. Nivens and wife. 1 had left an appointment to preach in Clinton Sunday night. 1 spent a pleasant hour, after service, with Bro. W. II. Ilolsonbeek at bis wilh Ko * s 1 8 lloand I f” t !'!° ,US ’ l,avca of , "“ k,ng , ° fVo0 Mo ’ di ***>' * nd 1 h1U sett ttt ! ,on,e ’ ‘ '>' ,norn, n * T ”' g * ho * ° r " ico 1 tluU * -°° d ‘ ,ioudlu,d bK ! ,ho " B ? nl " lf ° a " d th « ohil ‘ ron for Chv.stmas, T I put out for Macon I stopped over for Uiuuor wUh U ™’ SU’Tlmg and lus kind ,ami, Y> "' ,,oro 1 * mV ? S| ' e " 1 nmny pleasant hours. Monday was Chrtalma* day in M”eon and the noiso ’ U, ° no,8 °* Montb '- v m f h ‘ 1 lod tUo 8ervic0 at J 1 0 “ e8 C Mtt ' con Rro J tl , Hanson . pastor, ’ ’ ’ ’ This is his second year, and all are 1’ ia8vl u t ‘ l lin1, Among the impiov*. incuts iu J 0n08 I "® l ‘°S i l]‘° ; uuJ lho& , w h,C * J8 '" 6 d “° condition and doing a hue business. 1 had ileurd ° J 0,108 count ^ s new » ia P er - bnt had novor 8oen “ C ° W ‘ 1 c0,,fe8s U oxcoodcd , lio, ’ s -^ “ ,r > l “ il8 ntoeban.ea get up, and general appearance 1 did n.eet the Editress hut my Um0 wa8 iimlted ’ lt and incroaso in its number of suo acribers and usviuliies^. “Rom iniscencos of Jones County” are carefully prepared and Wry in j. s. l.. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A granddaughter ofCharles Dick ens does » flourishing business with a type-writer. Fifty years ago the scriptures were eirtulai ed in J36 languages now they are circulated in 280. Kalamazoo, Mich., is acquiring quite an enviable reputation for its, celery, of which this season 20,000, 000 bunches were shipped. George Miller, of Akron, O., was buried Thursday in a cofiin made from the wood of a cherry tree he planted for this purpose sixty years ago. Wildcats wildcats have nave been ueen encountered encountered frequently in the mountain regions ofldster county, New York, this winter. A large one, which ed over thirty pounds, was caught in k trap at Shandaken recently. * A number of young ladies in Hus tings, Neb., met in council one day laift week and passed resolutions de clining to attend balls with the young men unless tho latter consent to supply thorn with invitations to tho opera occasionally, ij is estimated that pin factories in New England turn out, yearly, 10,800,000,000 pins, and that other facierios in the States bring the number up to 18,000,000,000. This i/equal to about one pin advy for 'every inhabitant of tbe United .States. A warning against wearing full boards comes from Burlington, N J. Gqn. Abraham Post., of that city, waf talking with a friend noaraci gaijstand, when his beard came in contact with tho cigar-lighter. Be fbiy the fire could bo extinguished li/s face was badly burned. A rattlesnake was discovered car rying off a half-grown turkey near Waukconah, Fla., and two dugs were set upon it. It struck both animals and both died, hut tho turkey was released unharmed, which is that snakes do not poison their own food. Tho snake killed was 6 feet 7 inches long and hud fitoen rattles. Berlin will soon bo tho most brilliantly illuminated city in Eu rope. Tho electric light is being fitted all along the Unter den Lin den, anG the Leipzig** stimsse, which is upward of a mile in length, is already illuminated throughout by electricity, which is to bo introduced into all the principal streets arid San Francisco has mere repre sentatives in the UuitcdStates Sen ate than any two other cities in the country. The California Senators Stanford aud llearst have residences in San Francisco, as liavo also the Nevada Senators Stewart and Jones, Stewart practices law at the San Francisco bar and Jones is a mem ber of the San Francisco Exchange. A half-breed Indian has taken possession of a tract of land near Terryvilie, N. Y., and insists upon living thero. Ho says that he owns the land, because his fathers of the Pequot tribo never gave up their title to it. lie has resisted all efforts to make him move on, has shot dogs that have been set on him, and says that he will defend his right to tbe woods with bis vtfle against ull comers. On a farm in Covington, Tenn., a few days ago, a white oak tree was felled, and on cutting into it, about three inches from the surface, a hole was discovered in which was found a bunch of hair, driven in by a wooden peg. Tho hair was a genuine African kink, but Was red and black in color. It is supposed, from tho thickness of tho wood and bark which bad grown over the peg, that the hole was bored and the hair deposited at least thirty years ago. No doubt it was the work of a voodoo negro. A fine glass vase, just discovered in an Etruscan tomb at Bologno, is of a sea-green color, like a soda water bottle, thick and of a unique form, with two handles. It is inches high and without tion. There is not a single flaw, crack or chip about it. it was found an ivory’ chair, after the fashion of a modern stool, having all its screws and rivets still in perfect condition, and small casket containing beads and some very elegant articles in bronze. The articles ure supplied it Jate from the fith eenturv. TO THE Traveling Public —YOU CAN— gAVE 2^r©2£E"Sr BY STOPPING AT J BI BEarxKih 1 * RestaurartT AMO L0DQI(tQ RoopS, Opposite Hotel Lanier, HACOIT Gcik This house has recently been rc fitte,i ar,d '’el'i' nished with elegant NfiW pxjRNITUHB" and BEDS througboot) contains 2 0 rooms, and .), e proprietor the is now prepared public to accommodate traveling in a satisfactory manner and at cheaper rates than can bo procured elsewhere in Maeon. ikodgisg S3 €feats jJSjjP 1 Meals furnished at any hour, day or night, and first class accom modations insured at reasonable rates. 4—tf J. II. BENNER, Prop. 4*-F4—4”4—+ +4* (foatf 5 we call the attention of the puii LIC TO TIIE FACT THAT WE QajJ Sell Qgobs as Low As any bouse on C. & M. R. R. —OUR HOUSE IS — Full of Nice Goods! jit Price? to jiliit the Jipie?. Catl and price our stock as wo will take pleasure in SHOWING THEM TO YOU! We can safely say OUR PRICES ARE AS LOW AS any house in the COUNTRY. Our trade during tho year iia« BEEN GOOD, Utul WO CXpCCt it to COU tinue, IF LOW PRICES WILL DO IT. With thanks for tho lib eral t ado, we are Respectfully yours, UOL^IltCk, Wl)ITt»p&Cfl. Sonltacloc AND And Manufacturer of Brick, MONTICELLO, GA. Contracts for brick, stono and concrete buildings taken in Jasper, Jones and adjoining counties. Contracts also taken for plaster ing and building of chimneys. References—W. A. Kelly & Bi os., and N. B. White & Co., Montieello, Georgia. nlmo HIT. V. H:\IMM, CLINTON, GEORGIA. Practices in Ocmui.oee Circuit. Office in Court House. Macoc. Cotton: Market, <q 00( \ Middling *D n , y CD j ny iq;j,|ij n „ -D Subscribefor your county paper. Clinton Alive. THE RED FRONT STORE, OCCUPIED BY Stands alona with his FULL STOCK OF GOODS, at unusual LOW T 2 Tj?f5»4l I will make it to the interest of all passing through Clinton to buy from me. This is |gft$ I'vltt I# fgltttBMG and I intend to build up and keep up mv trade by keeping poiite clerks FAIR DEALING, house full of Goods, and LOW PRICES. Thanking you for past patronage, aud hoping you will continue same, I am truly yours. itr W. H. B OLSEN BECK. Bt. §Q G P 4HfOFl m <t T <$■ —AND DEALER IN— MACOU GtJZ. asm* a 9 WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY, » A Sjjffl&clfe ffinifi Iff us . w? JPJ5JSTCE E-S5 ETC m Novelties in Holiday Goods mT •f ^ORDERS BY RELIABLE MAIL WILL ATTENTION. RECEIVE m PROMPT AND w V '• m 320 Second Street, • , MACON, GEORGIA A Gold Fact. — WE HAVE NOW THE LARGEST AND MOST— T/ 0 FI J IN THE CITY OF MACON, kill af Salfant ntte! Our stock is selected with great cave, with a view to wearing We don’t keep a shoddy shoe at all, but wo Save G OOD SOIilD SHOES at prices you ordinarily nny for worthless shoddy shoes.. Give us a trial and be convinced. * AND govt* are mado by the leading mano-’acturers of Philadelphia and boston, and in this department you will find nothing but tbe latest fashions and of tbe host quality. A large stock of CHILDREN’S SHOES. Mix a* snraiaETT 107 (Old No. 3,) Colton Avenue, &ZACQX? GrA ‘ (Successors to Mix & Kirkland, established 1840.) ltf t«. - The largest stock in the city. We have any article that can be called for, and guarantee everything to be of the best quality and at the LOW EST PRICES. Fine Jewelry, Bronze Art Goods, etc. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ORDERS FROM MONTICELLO AND JASPER COUNTY WatchesandJewelrv Repaired by”skilled:wcrkmen. UgluREMFMBER THE PLACE 314 SECOND STREET MACON GEORGIA. J- H. & W. W. Williams 9