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THOS. It. l’ENN, : : Publisher.
Gray’s Station, Saturday, January 28.
Kkntucky will vote ori tho pro
hibition question next fall.
General Nichols, the Democrat
ic nominee for Governor of Louisi
ana, is a West Pointer. During the
war ho commanded tho Second
Louisiana brigado of Stonewall
Jackson’s army.
Tiie Rev. Da. W. B. Shaw, of
Johnston, S. C., the Baptist minis
ter who went crazy on the doctrine
of sanctification and recently tried
to commit suicide by cutting his
throat, has been lodged in the luna
tic asylum at Columbia.
Baltimore is to have a modern
store building, the first two stories
of which will bo of glass, with the
exception of tho necessary iron pil
lars, Tho third und fourth stories
will bo of brick und stone. The
cost will be 850,000.
In the estimation of tho Republi
cans, Mr. Cleveland’s message is
difficulttoanswer. Mr. Blaine first
attempted tho tusk of answering it,
Imt ho does not seem to hnvo suc
ceeded to the satisfaction of his par
ty, and Mr.Sherman tried his hand,
imt succeeded no bettor than Mr.
Blaine. Now it is announced that
Mr. Fryoisto enter tho lists and
demolish tho President’s arguments
for tariff reform. Doubtless Mr.
Fiye will ho able to do so, to his
OiVIl satisfaction. Whether ho will
do so to tho country’s satisfaction
is quite’n%iffferent matter.
A OKNTI.EMAN who justT'roturncd
from the gold mining regions of
Georgia, after making an extensive
examination of tho mines, saysjthat
in tho near future|‘Georgia will be
-
one of tho"greatjgold producing
states. While in Carroll county ho
visited tho’Bonncr mines, which he
thinks will alonoyield fully # 10 000 -
,
0 '0 of tho precious metal. These
mines are on a tract of land conlain
iturovnBjlKAft-w.OT outfw traces of
gold even in tho top dirt, while there
are a number offlargo'qnartz veins
yielding largely office gold.
Savannah'N ews : Speaker Car
lisle has arranged to visit Atlanta
and Macon and deliver tariff reform
speeches on Feb. <! and 7, respect -
ively’. The visit will bo a big event
in tho history of those two towns.
Savaunah'would also liko to lmvo a
visit from Mr. Carlisle. Now that
ho lms delayed coming South so
long, why cannot ho delay his visit
until later in Febiuary, and come to
Savannah during tho Jasper festi
val ? An address from him on that
occasion would he highly apprecia
ted. Ho would receive a warm wel
come from the city’ and from the
thousands of visitors who will bo in
tho city.
'I iie Rov.JSiun Jones is generally
equal to the occasion, but tho other
day in Kansas City’, ho was Bomc
what,''nonplussed. In aj'serinon to
women lie said ho had nevor hoard
of one w ho did not ‘have corns on
her feet,'ami if there was'ono pres
ent ho would liko to got her picture.
A modoHt'tooking^young^lady'arose
and said she was free from that
annoyance. Mr. Jones * evidently
was not expecting an answer,to his
challenge, and lie is said to have
colored like a school boy and to
have mumbled some incoherent
words about his delight at having
found such anjinstancejon record.
C. & M R R.
Macon loves Monticello and all its
people, ami since the,two towns have
become bound to each other by
bands of steel the agreeable feelings
lmvo been immeasurably strengthen
ed.
.. It . is . to the. , mutual . . advantage . , of -
tho two places that these feelings
should be reciprocated, and the citi
zens of ,, both . places , , have , frequently .
joined hands m fraternal greetings
on more public occasions than one
during the past year.
It r , . with ... pleasure that Macon
is
people note prosperity of Monticello,
Jasper county, of Jones, and all—
all the points at which the engines of
From chats with different people
who live along the line, the
graph finds that everything is boom
ing beautifully in the hill
and at no point is the march of
progress and improvement more
ticeable than at Monticello, at one
time, but no longer, the terminus of
the Covington and Macon railroad.
Real estate hasjadvanced have in in value the
new buildings gone, up
waste places made vacant by the
torches of Sherman's soldiery. Pub
lic improvements are being inaugura
ted, and there is new Wood and lots
of new life in the good old land.
Professor Dumas, the poet and
scholar, looks forward to a flourish
ing school this year, and everybody
seems hopeful and happy.
The Covington amO/acon has re
ceived a new impetus, and is push
ed forward for all it is worth. Under
adverse circumstances it has pros
pered and done a good business dur
ing the half-year of its existence as a
commercial highway. There is nev
era day but citizens of A/onticello,
Hillsboro,Clinton,Morton and other
towns on the road are seen on
streets of J/acon,and everything that
Middle Georgia can produce, from
the plump Jasper county cotton Lolls
down to Hunt’s delicious country
sausages has been shipped into Ma
con during the latter part 0 ! 1887.
Vice virea,Macon I .m sent Mid
ing material from her big tnunniac
tones, farm ,mp cmc»U from her b.g
harilware ra all lllimcnte, &**■•**’
nyt„"u w o itT, e, mas. l) r
II,e stores of her thnft, me chants.
ami-racy drummer, from to tof
"*• <*>** «“* Mo “ licel -
lo was no longer the terminus of the
road. The reason is that the road
is moving along towards Madison
at a fine rate of speed, and by the
time that blackberries are *!r:pe,
should no inopportune disaster over
take the enterprise,,the passenger
cars will go bouncing along from
Macon to Madison, direct.
Macon—Monticello—Madison.
Three great big capital Telegraph Ms, fiom
•’ x cBivrOay pondering morning a things, re
porter, on those
espied Col. E. C. Machen on a corn
er, chatting with a party of friends,
and joined the circle.
“Where have you been?” asked the
reporter.
“I have just returned from Mon
ticello, and I tell you there arc some
good people feel up good there. that They he
make a fellow o
wants to buy a lot and settle down
amFstay there.”
“How is the Covington & Macon?”
“Growing pushed. right along, We just as fast
as it can be have a alt go
force of hands at work on (ho road
above Monticello, and they are
working with a will, work night the and day,
to complete the on trest
ling at Murder creek, seven miles
above Monticello, to which point
the iron has never been laid. In a
few days this will he finished, as
there is not an idle hour spent in the
twentytfour, and then we will resume
track-laying.”
“How far is it from Monticello to
Madison?”
“Twenty-five miles; so you see we
are only eighteen miles from Madison
and this distance will melt away
very Murder rapidly creek.” ns soon as we cross
“Where is your next trestle?”
“Ten miles further up, and it will
be ready for the rails it.” by the time the
track layers reach
“How do the people of Monticello
take to the road?”
“Oh they are very enthusiastic.
I had just such a greeting from the
people of that town as makes a man
feel that his work held is appreciated subscriber's and
approved meeting while of. They 1 there, a and the
was
disposition to push the project was
thoroughly unanimous.”
“Did they take any formal steps in
the matter?”
“Yes they went so far that many
of them doubled their subscriptions,
SmIbVthenS , , . ,
SpushU should feel along
“Your associates en
couraged by such expressions as that
“They do tool encouraged, but they
aB IU -' S0:t E>0 "
lief that the enterprise will be a sue
cess from the start. 1 have received
™ telegrams wr V' from nc 0 tt different ?f'* !° ttCrs quarters, , a,ul
men who aro fully able and
willing to do all that they under
take to do.”
“Wliat is the general appearance
of the country along the lint?
“Oh, everything looks just as
.- Wiroug 35 can \x\ and the people are
happy and the prospect is most
pleasing indeed.”—Telegraph.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The congressional library at
Washington will cover 11,000 sire
feet, moie than two and aalf
acres.
A solid cut glass bedstead, rdy
worked, was lately made at Birng
ham, England, for a Calcta
millionaire.
One thousand two hundred id
forty divorces were grantedin
France in 1885, the first year obe
existence of the divorce law.
At Orlando, Fla., a dog is owd
by a much-coveted belle, whh,
whenever a tiresome visitor stss
too long, will stand up in frontif
him and begin to yawn and shv
other signs of being sleepy. Its
said the hint is readily taken.
Pickerel fishing, the only fishir
allowed by law in Maine at this so.
son, is excellent in some
the State. Two men at WclchvU
recently in a short time caugh
twenty-eight that averaged exact
a each.
SHERIFF’S SALES FOR MARCH.
GEOPiGlA— .Jones County.
f\N the first Tuesday in March next
[/during the legal hours of sale in said be
fore the Court House door
County, 1 will sell at public outcry
two hundred acres of land movo or
less, being one hundred and fifty
acres off of lot seventy two, all of
said lot south of Long Slash, and
fifty acres off lot sixty, parallel to
lot fifty nine in the sixth District of
said State and County and known
as the Tom Stewart place—adjoining
hinds of John Baker, Mrs. Nancy
Balkcom and others. Levied on by
virtue of a fi fa issued to the April
Term 1888 of Jones Superior Court
in favor of Elizabeth J. Lowe vs.
Lafayette Balkcom, as the property
of said Balkcom, the same being in
his possession, Written notice of
levy’ served said Balkcom as tenant
in possession. This 25th ot January
1888.
W. IV. BARRON,
Sheriff Jones County.
Printer’s fee $....
Rome time ago Queen Victor!
presented her servants with splcn
did ]i veP j e8 j n honor of her jubilc.
y car . ] m i 8 ho now informs then
that, the cost of those liveries will bq
t j e( | uc tcd from their wages. The
0 pi lady is opposed to squandering
her surplus.
„ HrJa lhat
nonrly two mile, in
„ „, 0
„„ iVmnnj-ivania railroad train re
„ Tbo birds woro so runner
-
„,„» darkened tbo sky
fwkfc# e ,
Thcyourrs Mta of West
-Hard asainst sayin S anythln-im
proper to or about any one. Each
offense is punished by a fine of 1 con
to bo placed in a box in the
the fund to go towards buying
circulating library.
A Hannibal man says that
went into the woods a few
aero ffnfl n al j nt , a LI n
back ti> the spot an hour later he
found 300 dead rabbits there. They
had mistaken the circle for a
in the log and dashed themselves
death against it.
A trainer of animals in Paris gives
the following account of tho way in
which ho trains eats ami rats to
live on friendly terms. Taking a
cat and ft rat each by the back of
the neck, he brings their beads
nearer and nearer together, accus
toming them gradually to each oth
er until finally their noses meet.
This practice at length seems to
please them.
A citizen of Belfast, Me., who
thought that his wife was inclined
to judge of wearing apparel by the
price, took home two muffs, first
changing the tags. Ho told her to
take her choice., She sail that the
high-pricod ono was a beauty, but
that she know ho couldn't afford it,
and she would take tho cheap one.
Now ho doesn’t know whether this
was duo to economy or shrewdness.
Prof. G. F. Wright in his recent
visit to Alaska discovered a queer
passage in the Twenty’third Psalm,
as translated into the language
the natives. Tho missionary who
made tho translation found some
difficulty’ with the first fivo words,
“Tho Lord is my r Shepherd/’ because
in Alaska there are no domestic
sheep and no shepherds. But he
thought that he had got over tiie
difficulty until tie heard an Indian
read the passage, and then lie found
that he had made it read: “The
Lord is a first-class mountain
hunter.”
A French dandy went to a pho
togot bis picture taken.
V' hen the job was done ho refused to
pay, on the ground that the picture
did not look like him, and he left
tho establishment. Next morning e>
, be P a88ed , , b y the , place , and , saw h,s ,.
and V 'T™ under , K it - ,ng were >“ ^ the startling T°’
words in big letters: “The biggest
foot in the whole town.” lie rash
ed into the store and abused the
photographer. “But, my dear sir,”
said the latter,' “since the picture
doesn't resemble you, what in the
world are you complaining about ?”
TO THE PUBLIC.
01 intone Aiiv e.
THE RED FRONT STORE, OCCUPIED BY
W. ** KOtSEKBEOK. LOW
with his FULL STOCK OF GOODS, at unusual
Stands alone through
PRICES I will make it to the interest of all passing
Clinton to buy from mo. This is
e*.
an
FAIR DEALING, house
for past patronage, and hoping you will continue same,
you I truly yours
am HOLSENBECK.
ltf W. H.
SHERIFFS SALE.
GEORGIA—Jones County.
T s 0 LI) at public outcry
^torc tho Court House door in
town* of Clinton on the first
rp ne 8 ( j a y jn March next, between the
pours of sale,^ the following
nroncrtv to-wit • One sorrel horse
Rock, one black marc mule,
Kite one ..lack hone male, Soon,
0 „„ Uy homo mole, Pete, one
rel horse male, Sam, one bay marc
mule, Reck, ono bay borso mule,
Jeff, one bay hors, male, Bill, on.
Valley, one Iron S ray
1 “’ j :i:r ^ ::i
lo , #lisf . ,
d u S ““ P ark *, * “ Bl u )‘ f '
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P«porty pointed out m mortgage
« «*• This the 25 th o January
^ 1 8 lintei ; fee, .V Sheriff. ’
a
SHERIFF’S SALE.
G EOR GIA—Jones County.
House door in Clintou,
County’, Georgia, on the first Tues~
pay in March next, between the
jgal hours of sale, the
property to wit: Ono eight horse
power engine, Tolbot make, andfone
fifty saw cotton gin and ono rubber
belt. Levied on as tho property
Robert Lundy to satisfy a fi fa is
sued from tho County Court of
Jones County’, in favor of Tolbot &
.sons vs. Robert Lundy. Also at the
same time and place, ono hundred
aud fifty acres of land more or less
in Hawkins District: Jones comity,
known as the Ivey’ Place, adjoining
lands of Mrs. Charles Hamilton,
Mrs. Wimberly and others. Levied
on as tho property of Robert Lundy
to satisfy’ a fi fa issued from the
County Court of Jones Ci unly, in
favor of Tolbot & Sons. Property
pointed out by’ Plffa attv.,
notice served on Defendant.
W. W. BARRON,
Jan. 25th 1883. Sheriff.
Prin tor’s )ee. $
TO THE
Traveling Public
—YOU CAN—
BY STOPPING AT
,¥ II BSkntxi:r t s
Restauran T
AND LoDQlflQ R.OOfdS,
Opposite Hotel Lanier,
This house has recently boon re
fitted and refurnished with elegant
NEW FURNITURE and BEDS
throughout, contains 20 rooms, and
the proprietor is now prepared to
accommodate the traveling public
in a satisfactory manner and at
cheaper elsewhere rates Macon. than can be procured
in
Stodging 2i» Cents
Meals furnished at any hour,
day or night, and first class accom
modations insured at reasonable
rates.
4-tf J. H. BENNER, Prop.
3£acnn. Cotton Market,
Good Middling '£>
Middling. «©
Low’ Middling. O
o £y ^xioo'ew
OPE ft O 3, 0 'O'
ART £5
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WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY,
silver wmm
r .f;: piSSl Spclffcfe
■ T 3 »w^wrrs' T. T.«=s
r Novelties in
Holiday Goods
■i IF ®sEK)PvDERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE
PROMPT AND RELIABLE ATTENTION.
320 Second Street,
MACON, GEORGIA
A Cold Fact.
—WE HAVE NOW THE LARGEST AND MOST—
f aried Stoek of SHOES
IN THE CITY OF MACON,
^tti) alt a! flotlj lioiTotit jitriccs!
Our stock is selected with great care, with a view to wearing well.
Wo don’t keep a shoddy shoo at all, but
Wo HCavo Q-OOD SOLID SHOES
at prices you ordinarily pay for worthless shoddy shoes.. Givo
us a trial and bo convinced.
are made by the leading manufacturers of Philadelphia and Boston, and
in this department you will find nothing hut the latest fashions and of
the best quality. A largo stock of CHILDREN’S SHOES.
jykix at
107 (Old No. 3,) Cotton Avenue,
2 UACOIV GrA
(Successors to Mix & Kirkland, established 1840Q ltf
JIB1. SaJHML €» lltl fS
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 WORKMEN.
•^REMEMBER THE PLACE 314 SECOND STREET MACON
GEORGIA.
J* H- 6c W. W. Williams J
