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The » ■HwMushi. THUS. R. PEW, : Publisher Orav’sStation, Saturday, February IS. A young official of I'lurke county mokes it a rule to give 10 per cent, of all he makes to the church. There are a number of gentlemen in Athens who adopt the same policy. Athenians are organizing a party to visit tho Jasper Festival at Sa vannah next week. President Cleveland’s presence in tho city will result in excursions from all parts of the State. In Atlanta the boot blacks are charged 82.50 a year as license for the privilege of blacking boots. In consequence they havo formed a union, and now tho price of a shine is ten cents. The Republicans of Charleston aro making extensive preparations for Fred Douglass’ visit to that city in tho early part of March. They want to rent the largest hall In the city for him to speak in. The date has not been fixed, but it will pro bably be March 7. The Rhode Island Legislature has passed a bill in favor of free newspapers for members. That is, the State will pay for the members’ education on public matters. It seems to be something of an impo sition on Rhode Island, but it will probably be a saving to her. News papers can teach legislators a good many filings.—Savannah News. Some eastern genius Inis devised a machine for cleaning cotton seed of tho lint adhering to it, by means of which the seed may bo put in condition for shipment to Europo, where it will bring $25 a ton, while the price paid by the cotton seed oil monopoly is 87 to $8 per ton. This is an unexpected stumbling block in the path of tho oil mag nates.—Augusta Chroniclo. Tiie will of Mrs. Otto Gold schmidt (Jenny Lind) shows that she was worth about 8200,000. It bequeaths to her grandson tho[oobi net ol books prosonted to her by Now York firo companies, and the estate purchased out of the 8100,000 sottled on her by an American when she married is given to her husband. Several legacies uro given Swedish universities for tho educa tion of poor students. Gum chewing is said to have be come almost as common among Congressmen as among school girls. Scores of them havo lately acquir ed tho habit. It was introduced by a new member front tho West One day ho astonished some of his brother statesmen by inviting them to go out and indulge in a little gum chewing. They had probably boon accustomed to indulging in something more exhilarating, but Congressmen rarely refuse anything that they don't havo to pay for, and so they went. Now tho man who keeps a little gum stand noar tbo mam ontrunco to tho House does a thriving business, and many members are getting as particular in their choieo of gum as in the brand of cigars they smoke. Amono tho burials in tho city of Norwich, Conn., tho other day, was that of an old and honored Laurel Hill avonuo Plymouth Rock hen, who had flourished ten yours un der the immo of “Splend,” which is short for Splendid. Sho was a giant bird, weighing about fourteen pounds, and had made a big egg re cord. Had her owners been speeu lating zoologists they could have sold her eggs for ostrich eggs to col lectors I«ntnr« without v ithn..t mush much danger of h, be ing detected, She knew when it was meal time as well as a regular U«rd,r Mj»m. r.g.l»y forl..r food, calling for her meal once a day. i -u Ot a , brood , ot ,f lortj . she , was the hen altogether lovely. She al ways wanted a chat with her mis tress dailv, and when she was not feeling f,i'„, well ould iase t< in i held iii in hor lap and rocked by pulling her mistress’apron. She was apprecia ted not only whiit for what she did, but nlso for she knew When sho departed . , .... this life ... the queen ol the brood was dead, and a royal burial was accorded her.—Ex. ITEMS FROM STEVEN’S POTTERY. Mr. J. R. Andrews is erecting a new dwelling which will be ploted soon. We hope ho will not be so unfortunate as to have the “fire fiend” visit him again. The farmers are their attention to cotton it* - terest, looking forward to a bright future which is seldom realized by many. The farmer tsandsthe racket pretty well till’ i figuring time comes, and then wo I aro reminded of the darkeys cal-' “Nought „ , . nought, five ; eolation. is ! is a figure, all for de white man and nuffin for the nigger.” The i merchant gets the cotton, the Sheriff the corn, the lawyer the cotton seed and the farmer gets his name circulated in his county paper. Wo know of a certain gent who is desirous of ‘ the possessor of a first class buggy animal, one that can make a mile in three minutes. Now wo dont know [exactly what lie is up to, but rather suspect that some of the havo gone back on him and bis only chance at revenge, is, to ride her so fast that her brain will become addled. This is, all right. It is rather monotonous around Iladdox anyway, and guess when he gets that fine horse, som e of the ladies will propose a buggy ride. Leap-year you know. Mr. (J. L. Newton says he intends to make one bale of cotton to every one and a M>alf acres of or he will never plant more cotton. This wo pre will be bis last year. lie has however a largo quantity ol fetilizers, of his own make, and wo hope his undertaking may prove a success. Mr. Joe. Hardy says if ho gets a bale to five acres lie will be satisfied. Joe has come from behind the counter and is pulling the bell line"over a mule May the jingle of tho chains and plow-hoes drive dull care away un til they are superceded by a final at the close of tho year, of silver and gold. E. Z. Iv. HADDOCKS ITEMS. Tho bright eyes of Miss Sallie Woolfollc havo beamed upon her friends at this place recently. In liou of there being no services at Fortvillo last Sabbath, Ed Cole man wont to Macon to worship. Tho handsome daughters of Mr. Joo Glawson havo boon spending a few days with their friends Mr. and Mrs. 1). E. Norris at Oaklawin. Owing to somo hitch in tho ar rangements, Will Lester, instead locating in the Halls of the Monte zuma’s lias pinned himself to the Finney Bros. There has boon very little ma terial upon which to build a corres pondence lately, hence tho apparent perfunctory style of recent essays. It is a source of much regret how ever, to have to chronicle more changes, more departures. Mess. Will Middlebrooks and Charley Adler have shaken tho dust of Haddocks from their No. 10’s and will find homes abroad. We wish thee well young gentlemen. There is still much lott us, for the one of all work, all emergencies, every body’s agent is still on dock. The genial Ed. C. is so indispensable to Haddocks, that no matter what is wanted anywhere in roach, they simply call on the indefatigable for it. Ho doubtless “feels like one who treads alone some banquet hall deserted,” so many of his conferes now in search ot the Eldorads. Ed can,t bo 8 l iarod and ho be for " ever with U8 ’ Besides 1,0 is our Uotharo’s and that again renders him a noecessitv. " 0 * mvc a vor Y u ! l 'fi ue ^'ago in tins that we are minus the usual eharaotor8 found arounu stations-and who form a part of the body politic. Thus wo are without J ?L ta™ Item. ’ whose , km . . all ,, say, with ... much . pride • , slu)U | d bave studied law, for he uses other people’s thunder to such an advantage, the miller who gets in toll on a bushel of corn and straight- such wav lays it out in candy and * and ill don’t omit the half , ib 8t doiien chair warmers, who pass ver diets and occasionally Judge, salute Major,” one another, “well now nor the Doctor who is the family confident and the intimate friend M ^ to th0 individual who raav | iave just dropped from the train. * Fresh. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Strawberries are selling at twen— ly cents a quart in Florida. The Japanese hitch a horse in zr 0 6treet b y tying his forelegs o gather. A Jersey City Butcher quarreled with another tnan and struck him with a sausage, breaking three of b j g ribs. It is a gr0 , v ing custom in Ger many to place Christmas trees on the graves of children. On many of them are burning tapers and rjch A house in New Jersey, which had been kept insured for eighty nine years, burned up the other day between tho lapse of one policy and tho taking out of another. Tho 7-year-o!d daughter of S. D. 1 ^ uvu!1 > °fOwnenton, Ky, the oth erday completed tho task of oaling one partridge a day for thirty con secutive days. Her father gave her 825. A recording thermometer is the latest mechanical curiosity. It has a clockwork attachment, and re cords the stage of temperature at every hour and minute of the day for a period of eight days. A Portland, Me., woman has read the Bible through eighty-five times; she is 75 years old and began when she was 7. She reads from the same book with which bhe first be gan, and has read it at least once every year. A young man in Davenport, la., a drug clerk, is well off for grand parents. His present supply is nine: Two great-great-grand fathers, three great-great-grand mothers, two grandfathers and two grandmothers. Over 850,000,000 worth of dia monds are sold yearly in New York. This does not include those worn by hotel clerks. Tho reported value of the diamonds alleged to have been stolen from star actress es aggregates a much iargoreum. Henry L. Miller, of Burlington, la., has a German Bible that was printed in 152J. It is still in original cover and in very good shape. Tho lids are of wood, ored with leather. It is said that only thirteon Bibles of its edition wore printed. Farmers living near Bakersfield Cal., built a jack-rabbit corral, shaped like the letter V, recently, and then scourod tho fields on horse back, driving the animals before them into tho trap. Then for two hours a general massacre of the pests took place, in which 5,075 them were killed. A new fashion in bookbinding is to have large sots bound in ofdifferent colors. A Boston man has just had Dickens bound in six teen different colors, among them red, brown, orange, light an 1 dark blue, lemon, fawn, maroon and black. Each novel was hound in an individual hue, tho only tion occurring when a story came in two volumes. An Albany club has a curiosity in the shape of tho first Republican ticket over cast for State officers in that city. It was voted at the fall election of 1855. The ticket is printed in white on a black back ground, showing that the voters of that day had a fondness for the name “Black Republicans” bestowed up on them by their opponents. Tiie ticket has been framed and present ed to the Grant Club. Tho only son of a tradesman in Paris was playing in his father’s room when he perceived that the safe was open. In a spirit of boy ish fun ho got into it. Presently the father came into the room, and before leaving his day’s work lock ea the safe, tho child keeping / si " J whilo Soon tl HuI( . f low was missed; the police v was an(J a huo iind cry raisod . the safe '!' orlll to find ' 1 8 his >!» Ctther opened son a corpse, r A eat whoso general , appoarance indicated great feebleness and gen oral ill-hoaltn walked into a drug store in Van Buren, Mo., tho other day and began biting and scratch ing at ft paper package poured of catnip. floor, A quantity was greedily, on and the and the cat ate rolled on the leaves. She was a daily visitor to the store, and got the medicine regularly, until to all ap ncarances she was quite well. This is the story as sent from Van Buren. FROM BRADLEYS. Mr. John Bradley iscn a visit to Fla., this week. Dr. Jones and lady of Monticelio, visited their sister Mrs. Bradley, of this place, last week, The school at this plac-e opened last Monday, and the good teacher, - Ul '- Waller, expresses himself as being highly pleased with his new - We were sorry to hear of Mr. accident, that of falling in the creek, while crossing a foot log few days ago, on his way to the Hunt graveyard. Several of our young men went to the river on a fishing ex pedition last week. One caught two very fine fish one of which (a “scrap” cat) weighed 15!bs. Who can beat that ? We are glad to know the C & M. is doing such a good business, haul ing fine stock from Wayside, to the Central City to secure mortgages. We get money on ours without shipping them. A certain young gent, not a hun dred miles away, went to Macon, the otner day, got a jug of bait, and paid Pope’s Ferry a flying visit. He failed to catch the big fish he intended, and when he returned home his hat and donkey were g° n0 - Sambo. SHERIFF’S SALES FOR MARCH. GEORGIA—Jones County. [/during flN the first Tuesday in March next the legal hours of sale be fore the Court House door in said County, I will sell at public outcry two hundred acres of land more less, being one hundred and fifty acres off of lot, seventy two, ail of said lot south of Long Slash, ai d 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 lands of John Baker, Mrs. Nancy Balkoom and others. Ley led on by virtue off a fi fa issued to the April Term 1888 of Jones Superior Court in favor of Elizabeth J. Lowe vs. Lafayette Baikeom, as the property 8: pfcksession. £1 Balkoom, tho same being in Written notice levy served said Baikeom as tenant in possession. This 25lh ol January 1888. \Y. W. BARRON, Sheriff Jones County. Printer’s fee $5.90. SHERIFF'S SALE. GEORGIA—Jones County. £ts i House public door outcry in the town of Clinton on the first Tuesday in March next, between the legal hours of sale, the following property to-wit: One sorrel horse mule, Rock, one black mare mule, Kite, one black horse mule, Scott, one bay horse mule, Pete, one sor rel horse mule, Sam, one bay mare mule, Beck, one bay horse mule, Jeff, one bay horse inule, Bill, one sorrel mare Valley, one [iron gray mare mule, Jessie, one sorrel mare mule, Ida, or.o light sorrel mare mule, Duck. Levied on to satisfy a mortgage fi fa issued from Jones Superior Court in favor of W. B. and O. G. Sparks vs. Sam Barron. Property pointed out in mortgage fi fa. This the 25th of January 1SS8. W. W. BARRON, Printer’s fee,84.95,[ Sheriff. SHERIFF’S SALE. GEORGIA—Jones County. \\ /ILL House BE door SOLD in before Clintou, the Court Jones County, Georgia, on t he first Tues P»3 ™ March next, between the le L'al hours ot sale the following P ro P ort Y ei g bt horse power engine 1 albott imme and one h ‘ l " c0 1011 &in * ni ' nc l " c 1 belt. Levied on as the property of Robert Lundy to satisfy a fi fa is sued from the County Court of JonejJ CoilDt in farorof Ta)bott & ...Robert Lundy. Al.o.Ube same time and place, one hundred and fifty acres of land more or less in Hawkins District: Jones count}’, known as the Ivey Place, adjoining lands of Mrs. Charles Hamilton. Mrs. Wimberly and others. Levied 0 n as the property of Robert Lundy to satisfy a fi fa issued from the County Court of Jones County, in favor of Talbott & Sons. Property pointed out by Pitts atty., written notice served on Defendant, W. W. BARRON, Jan. 25th 1888. Sheriff, Printer’s lee, $5.75. TO THE PUBL IC. Clinton™ Alive. THE RED FRONT STORE, OCCUPIED BY W, H. HOLSER8BGS, Stands alone with his FULL STOCK OF GOODS, at unusual LOW F£lXC£iS I will make it to the interest of all passing through Clinton to buy from me. This is Ufe-’gttfg Hfwr t §#»**, a nd I intend to build up and keep up my trade by keeping polite clerks FAIR DEALING, house full of Goods, and LOW PRICES. Thanking you for past patronage, and hoping you will continue same, I am trul}’ ycurs, ltf W. II. HOLSENBECK. ©SO. T. BESIjAND, kwifgy . WATCHES CLOCKS JIMMY, ffll Sjifclaclf % IfiolS ti§ n i % PENCILS ETC .a Novelties in Holiday Goods \ %s§§i .* mm J6SK>RDERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE PROMPT AND RELIABLE ATTENTION. 320 Second Street, MACON, GEORGIA T. B. Artope, 9o ./O' O' *> O 'O' isb O ‘tlOO'BM 6^ O If! 13-0 Jr —AND DEALER IN— MACON GA A Cold Fact. —WE HAVE NOW THE LARGEST AND MOST— ■ farted Stock off SSMS IN THE CITY OF MACON, l&litfi alt al IWj 33offom jiticcs! Our stock is selected with great care, with a view to wearing well. We don’t keep a shoddy shoe at all, but Wo Have G-OOI> SOLID SHOES at prices you ordinarily pay for worthless shoddy shoes.. Give us a trial and bo convinced. l fitttttaMft’f £to* are made by the leading manufacturers of Philadelphia and Boston, and in this department you will find nothing but the latest fashions and of tho best quality. A large stock of CHILDREN’S SHOES. jmcxx: 107 (Old No. 3,) Cotton Avenue, nSEACQtf GA (Successors to Mix & Kirkland, established 1840.) ltf JiH !. Still 4 ft ml« 1 L us m 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 Watches and Jewel rv Repaired BY SKILLED WORKMEN. Bffi-RE MEMBER THE PLACE 314 SECOND STREET MACON GEORGIA. J- H.&W. W. Williams,