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CRAWFORDV1LLE, GA.
I take this method of informing the public
and my friends, that I am prepared to make
*11 kinds of Furniture to order, such as
‘Bedsteads, Bureaus,
Wardrobes, Safes,
Cribs, Tables, &c.
Either in Pine, Poplar, Walnut or Ma¬
hogany, in the most workmanlike mauner.
Repairing Old Furniture
and Chairs will also be done.
UPHOLSTERING
in Reps and Hair Cloth ’ nnri r ,. e-seating
CANE-SE AT CHAIRS.
CR1BS, Keeps on hand SAFES. BEDSTEADS ’
All CRADLES, &c
the charges will be reasonable, and to
suit times.
mriYTUY JUU ±y 1 il 1 PUnriTTGU 1 Ttl_/1/U Gill
will be taken in exchange.
1 ST* Give me a trial and I will convince
you that I mean what I sav.
FRANK* P. GOLUCKE.
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Georgia Railroad Company
SUPF.KINTEXDEKT’S OFFICE, )
Augusta, April 5, 187'J. <
/COMMENCING SDMDA Y, 6th instant,
VV the following passenger schedule will
be operated :
Trains run by Atlanta time, 10 minutes
slower than Augusta time.
NO. 1 WEST —DAILY. NO. 2 EAST—DAILY.
Lv. Augusta 9:45 a 111 Lv. Atlanta 7:45 a m
“ C‘wf’d'IU2:20 p 111 “ Athens 9:15 a m
Ar. Camak 11:40 a m “ VV’sh'i’n 10:45 a in
“ “ Macon Milledg'll 3:30 p m “ Macon 7:10 a m
5:20 p m “ Milledg’ll 0:08 a m
“ )Yash’g’n Athens 5:00pnii m|Ar. “ Camak 1:09 pm
“ 3:30 p C’f’dv’ll 12:20 o m
“ Atlantsi 5:00 p ui, Ar. Augusta 3:18 p m
No connection for Washington on Sundays.
NO. 3 WEST—DAILY, NO. 4 EAST—DAILY.
Lv. Augusta 5:30 p m Lv. Atlanta 6:00 p m
“ Cr’wf’v’ll9:52 p m Ar. C’f’dv’ll 2:10 a m
At. Atlanta 5:00 a mjAr. Augusta 0:23 a m
Trains Nos. 1 , 2 , 3 and 4. will not stop
“l Flag Stations.
SUPERB SLEEPERS TO ATLANTA.
LUCAS SLEEPERS TO MACON.
S. K. JOHNSON, E. R. DORSEY,
BSSBR***’ Gen. Pass’gcr Agent.
Magnolia Passenger
Poet Royal & Augusta Railway, >
riMlF. FOLLOWING Augusta, Ga., Mav 17, 1*79. <
_L SCHEDULE will be
operated, on and after the 18 th inst.:
■iroim mmr—momm-nr
Train No. 1. :
Ar trElfenton Jackson s liKHain'r UH.'a Ai' Y.nu Yee '|!
Ar ArHattie Robbins Tlli.04amKi,“ 11 >>2 am [' V -J uu n l v ' , S ®L 5 aul p ! a
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Ar Millet’s U.isam ll .
* Ar Yeuuissee fi.wpn,
UBeidoc 1137 ^«'am am i bvYenvvsiee _ T
Ar Annmton li 4 SriiTi
Ar AUendale 12.01 pm Lv E’ Branch 2.«3 pm
ArC^m'b't’n l‘J.i4pm Lv Va’n sv’lle2 35i»m
Ar Bronson Hoover’s 12.25 pm|Lv pmjLv Bronson's Hoover’s 2.43 pm
Ar 12.38 2.57 pm
ArFBranch UYcmaZ 1 ! i6Sm l| LvAn™rla*e n in nm
7—v— ---‘ 13 Snm Lv Appleton 3 32 nm Lm
1 Ly Beldoc a 15
Ar Savannah 4 35 pm Lv Martin 3.53pm
Lv Savannah 4 20 pm 1 LvMiUett 4.03 pm
Ar J’ksonv’lle 7 . 1 . 5 am f v v HattievilleJ.lfi Svr t ^’’m pm
IhCHarieston 630 nIm 1 Jfck*on
LvYHnlSs^ 2 .b 3 pm Lv smprn
Ar Beaufort 2.20 pm Lv B’ Island 5.24 pm
Ar Fort Royal 3.35 pm Ar Augusta 5.45 pm
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tratoon°Ga ro'ads Charleston’Shis ee c 0 C A^and^c’entraTSId? n2.ku?tw
for h s the
best rnntp to tlmt nnint
ET* Connections made with Georgia,
South Carolina, and Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroads’morning trains for
Sav^nah and Fioruia points.
NuT WITHOUT 11 'CHANGE WITH* 0 AIIKpIg
CLOSE CONNECTIONS A. & G.
R. R., THUS AVOIDING OMNIBUS
TRANSFERS,
Baggage checked through.
h l°t C t,ckl S lor sa J® at Lnion
5lMiuciMl T Tkkel’dfficT nm i IL <7. . FLEMING, a
General Superintendent.
J. S. DAVANT,
General Passenger Agent apr25,tf
A. I. STROM,
^tebmaker and Jeweler,
HAWFORDVJLLE, GEORGIA.
Next door to tlia Printing Office, jgx
lying Sffef had many years cxnerience P people’of I
my services to the
‘WtTvatchmaKER and adjoining counties as a prac
feeling confident of ability and give JEWELER,
to satisfac
Isi^riluv ‘° “wt'lvra 1 WOrk entrusted t0
I make of fine e if%°ou GOLD D wan^ AND
and a
good, reliable piece of any kind, made or
anthing else in my linedon't send away
J 0 ** but « lve ms a tnaL
VOlirO •
A OULL.
TITHE X undersigned takes this method to
inform the public generally that he is
rpfepareu WvORKsuch to do all kinds of PLANTATION
as PLOW POINTING, HORbE
MHOEING, and in fact, everything that is
done in a first-class
lildlkSUllin ItlaoL-cmftl, Clmn oilOJ).
When wanting anything in my line, be
sure and call at Mr. J. GORHAM’S SHOP,
k(rear of wood shop,) where you can have
c V work done on reasonable terms.
3. T. WILLIAMS,
I* CrawfordviUe, Ga
The Democrat
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IMPORTANT ANNO UNCEMENT.
mv 1 lie pi (jeoi , ' k^tate tu i rv Guzetteer ,i
2lcl
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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Mr.A isholes, th^ distinguished K
tory of compiler and publisher for the pur
pose publishing one of the most valuable
Jaffisscra-a.nl A. E. Shoies & Co., and will be issued from
the press in a magnificent volume of nearly
son pages in about three months from date.
wil1 contain among its leading
tionof andXVT^tothelLte withd^S
their geographical position the popm
lation of each, character of the. surrounding
country, with its leading business interests;
alpeabeticajly ^ri. pr .? f ^ arranged 1 !" list h of plKce: alt business
sl0 ”t ?\f n eac a v»l
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the name* armronriat'.!
professional headings men under their
; list os planters and farmer m the
State, with address; Record of State and
County Governments, with lists of officers of
a n,, p' a< ics °f meetings ;
vr , l aJ } lu !ctoi S ot * le
salonsStations Southern rt Distanccsm','«n ^
; and ‘ {j
roads, at ( , landings and distances ou a
rivers in Georgia; a newly revised Map of
the State, prepared expressly for the work ;
Ustcf Churches Schools, etc., with such
formaUrm 1 “*
book of reference and accurate information
concerning tive the everything worth knowing rela
to State of Georgia and its inliabi-
The work will be under the sole supervis
in'in b lole s - wlio.se extensive experi
tant'wor^^oA^s^kfnd'are^tn^w'Jf . Hh' Si,
to require extended comment lmme is
literary a guaranty and of the superior excellence of the
publishers statistical contents, and the
have the determination and the
resources to make it topographically, the
« m uS from Z'^utoernTess W ever U ‘
The plan Plan of the wort wo. k was was conceived conceived and
partly executed some years ago,
ous reasons met with delays. Theannonnce
ment of its publication, at that time, met
with the enthusiastic indorsement of the
people Trusting and press of the State.
to have the hearty co-operation
and support of every enterprising citizen of
Georgia, we remain, Very respectfully, Compilers,
A. E. SHOLES <Sc CO.,
JAS. P. HARRISON & CO., Publishers.
apr-18-’Ty-t-o-o
II. S. SMITH, M. D.
CrawfordviUe, Ga.,
Kfeps constantly on hand a full assort¬
ment of
Dmcrs x'lUf.s, Pnttv l uitj,
Glass ’ Paints V
OiiS, , ronacco, Clears,
(The Best rOwwlY Brands )
Wl lLl tllltl o.wl rallLj UOOuS,
Together with Ferry’s Fresh and Pure
Garden Seed and Irish Potato Seed. Also
THE 111 E BKiAKLEi BR1VKI EY
JnL£*P JUi AWJL X
A a Hmh High Srhimi School ter for
DOyo cLUCL n n rl f VjrlllS, ^ l C
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Situated two and a half miles from
NORWOOD, - - - GEORGIA.
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s cs P rln K m Term Opens ^ January T 20th.
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S. G. BRINKLEY, Principal, and Instructor
> n Ywal Music.
oflnftrumeutaf Music ^ ,
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Tuition twentv twenty-five or thirty
dollars according privatelamilies to class Music extra
60814 in at seven dollars
l^ncS 1 * 1 - FOr ^S^bbt the
principal. Jan 8. G. BRINKLEY. vmr
17 n,t - Norwood Ga.
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W^. wr Gr» / < 1)1 T . , . RI , 7, . T 7 T I \^I, . , r
Manufacturer xr . and Dealer in
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SHEET **^7“__J, IRON WORK w &C. t
GREENESBORO, GA.
weddo Roofing and Guttering promptly and
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thetest makersa;lv!l'T^a . ct t0VeS fr . ° m
on hand a full stock of everything in my
line, and use the best material in all mv
manufactures. Your ordars will be filled
PROMPTTiY rHHJlr Ili X }
an( l if 1 do not have the articles wanted,
wi llmake them.
If you want a good
O CTr77 1 vJ V 7 LLi, r
send yonr order and you shall have it.
T-iT My prices arc
COME and EXAMINE FOR YOURSELF
Your patronage is solicited fill^i and your
wm be fadWully
Address,
W >> . G G. V THTRTT1AI L fin A Jl,
dec6-’78-o Grcenesboro’. Ga.
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AHVUH/J A ttnFTlPV Sit T iflYV
THOMSON’, GA.
Will practice in the Northern, Middle and
Augusta Circuits. Prompt attention given
to all claims and collections. apr4,'7‘J-j-y
C. Myers is the agent for 8mith’»
celebrated Cotton Trese
CrawfordviUe, Georgia, June 6, 1879.
MisCellaiieOUS. ’
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THE MORTGAGED FARM.
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“Six o’clock!” said Marion Hilvard,
looking up suddenly as the tall old fash
ioned clock in the corner rang out its
shrilUnnonncement “six o’clock, and
* m( >ther, heie is Jeroinj Lane, punc
tual to the very moment. Now we shall
self on a low stool at her mother’s feet,
and broke the envelope.
On the first glance at its contents, a
shade of disappointment dimmed
bright face.
Instead of reading . the note aloud she
glanced hurriedly over the brief lines,
and then silently, with a quivering lip,
placed it in. her mother’s hand and
turned aside to a window.
This is what Mrs. Ililyard read:
“Dear Madam I saw your son a
few days since, wlien to my surprise, he
expressed himself reluctant to apply
his money to the redeeming of the molt
gage, saying that he required it for a
speculation which promises to be more
profitable to him than the holding of the
farm. I have, therefore, been compelled
to dispose of the mortgage to a gentle
man of mv acquaintance, wlio proposes
to take immediate possession, and consider
il m y duty to inform you at once, in
order that vou ma y loostJ no t»me in
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making arrangements for a removal.
Very respectfully,
Abner Harris.”
Mrs. Hilyard returned the letter to
its envelope with a trembling hand and
a dazed, bewildered look, as though un
able to realize the blow which had so
suddenly fallen upon them.
Her eyes met Marion’s; and the girl
threw herself upon her knees by her
mother’s side and burst into a passion
of tears.
“Oh mother, ’ mother 1 what shall we
dQ y w , mt w u , become of us
“The Lord will provide,” said Mrs.
Ililyard, raising her overliowing eyes to
the motto on the wall, embroidered by
Marion’s own hand, “Where is your
faith, my child, that it should fail you
in this the very hour of need.”
“Mother, it is not so much the loss of
our home, nor the poverty and trial in
store which grieves me, but that Jack
_your own soil my own brother—should
have so changed. Oh, mother, I know
that our Father in Ileayen will not
desert us, but to whom on earth can we
turn when even Jack can become
worldly and heartless ?”
At this moment a little blue-eyed girl
burst into the room with :
“Mamma - Marion ! here gate, i« ah.*)
’Melia Anderson at the in her
bug'y She says will you step out a
minute Mr.’ for -lie wants to tell you about
old Millard being sun-struck ; and
she daren’t leave her horse without
g( )me h 0 dy to hoid him.”
Marion was in no condition to listen to
j(i ss 'Melia—the greatest gossip in ttie
screen of clinging roses, could have
heard every word spoken; but absorbed
in her grief, she paid no attention until
the name of Wat Hinton struck upon
her ear
“It’s true, for certain; for Maria had
it from his own sister. Aggie Hinton,
Sa J’ s Maria, in her wit<1 way, ‘If he
comes back with all that nlOIiey , —you
know bis Uncle Samuel left him most
of his nronertv last year says Maria
‘If he comes back rich. I mean to set my
cap for him.’ On which Aggie an
SW ers ‘Oli vou need’nt; for he’s to be
i ollg . un d to a lea! nice,
pretty girl ’ Of course Maria wanted to
know a j| ab(lUt jt . i, ut Aggie only
i., u ,r|, e( i j n i Jer mysterious way until
Maria says, ‘1 believe you are Ming;’
when Aggie replies, ‘If Walton isn’t
married before winter, I’ll make you a
present of me!’ mv new earrings which he
has sent you see it’s a certain
sur**5 and no doubt he’ll bring his bride
to visit his familv y, anil then g’ tell Marion
we m look 0 t for a m nd party.
When tlie Hinton’s undertake to do
things Marion thevalwavsdo it handsomelv ”
stayed s'ide to hear no more. Giid
ing out of a door, she crossed the
garden, passing little Myra, who was
fondling a snow-white calf, her great
net and treasure and who called out to
h P r to “sen how fust Snowball was
growing ”
Poor little sister ? It would be as hard
upon her as deTir upon her mother and herself
leave the old home witli all tlie
scenes and objects endeared to them by
the association of their lives For in
that ample, pleasant, old-fashioned
farm-house Mrs. Hilyard had been born
Two years ago her husband—who had
been too little nractical to make a
SUC cesful farmer—bad died suddenly
leaving his affairs in a very embarrassed
8ta te, and the farm burdened with a
very heavy mortgage. Then Jack
good son and brother that he was, bad
thought it best to go to the city taking
advantage of actuation offered him by
a distant relative, until the mortgage
should be paid.
two weeks ago he had written
cheerfully, saying that the matter would
seedily settled to their satisfaction ;
and now, just as they were expecting to
hear that their home was their own
again, came this cruel letter.
As Marion had said to her mother,
not even the loss of their homes went to
her heart with so sharp a pang as did
this evidence of the change in her
brother.
That Jack should have grown so
worldly heartless as to consider his
pecuniary advantage before the grati
fication of his mother’s comfort; that
he should allow them to he actually
turned out of the dear old house, ’ and
go to reside in the strange city, where
they could never feel at home—ob, this
wa* the bitterest pang of all'
So Maribn had thought upon first read-
1D R that letter, and it was not until
hearing Miss ’Melia’a words to her
mother that ahe awoke to the conscious
ness that fate could have even a greater
sorrow than this in sLre for her.
One year ago she hud yarted from her
accepted lover, Wat Hinton, in mutual
h ? d b * c ? mR
Jealous, auu l»ad spok ti sharply, to her,
and in a manner wh eh >Ue considered
,*nd so I ifted .apart,
both in soluble, until (Jit bad broken
the last link by going to the Wist.
1 heard him from time to time
through his family, but no void or
message to herself mer came. In all
tills while she had looked forward with a
[amt learning hope to the possibility of
his some time returning, and all being
made up between them.
“ ut now .this last hope was rudely
stricken to the ground. He had for
gotten her, and was lost foreyer.
“Gli, it is hard-» hard to bear 1”
thought Marion, as with hands uncon
piously slowly under tiglitly the clawed, apple boughs she of passed the
old orchard. “Life bitter. It has
takt ‘“ a11 f *“ 0U1 me- H can have no
more to give. Only my dear, dear
motlier and Myra 1 r or their sakes 1
must be strong, and tiv to bear it all.”
Un the verge of the orchard where the
banks sloped abruptly to the
meadow, she came to a mass of tangled
honeysuckle, fashioned into a rustic
arbor. Wat had made it for her, and
here In fact it w a s that they had last
departed.
Uovvn in the me.vdow ran a little
!' atl * wa y. leading by a short cut to
How Wats often home, she had a couple sernefe <jf of miles an away, eyeu
**ig and watched for him !
Slie could scarcely look back upon
any object now befoic her eyes which
was not connected with, some associa
tion of Wat. ,
There was the walnut 'tree which he
and Jack used to climb, and there the
clear, laughing brook in which he had
taught her to steer the little boat which
lie had made for her, laden with grain,
down to Jack’s famous water mill, at
the roots of that old wiSow.
Further up was the real “grist and
saw mill,” which Jack^iad always been
dosirous of owning, iind which every
body said would be sito'i a good invest
ment for one who could manage it pro
perly. 1
And then Marion, stole;1 on the bench
in the rustic arbor, J»hI ,m ned and looked
!( >ug and yee<-.n«„ tf l *h« old farm
bouse peeping trom [the great beeches
aorouatn« orchard. No other place on
earth could ever be li iiue to her. And
her mother V Oh, il would be harder
still for her, whose whole life of fifty
years had been spent under that roof.
A sudden sound aroused Marion—a
sharp whistle as of some one calling to a
dog, and she saw through tear-dimined
eyes the figure of a man hurrying along
JfVS?
[he be discovered foot of the steep iu her hauk retreat. she would So not she
thought; but a moment or two after
there was a sound of footsteps ascend
big the bank, a rustle of the honey
suckle branches, and Marion saw stand
mg in the entrance of the arbor the
figure of a tall young man who looked
almost as much startled as herself.
For a moment they gazed at each
other, the flush rising ou his handsome
face. Then he said, as he held out his
hand, “Marion, don’t you know me ?”
She gave him her hand iu silence. It
was Wat. And suddenly with the
sight of nim came the full bitterness of
her sorrow, in the consciousness that he
was lost to her forever She was noth
ing to him now, and he must be noth
mg to tier.
“I aln glad to have unexpectedly
found yju here in this dear old spot,’
he said. “I arrived at home only an
an hour ago. and could not rest until I
had seen you.”
She met his eyes, bent upon her with
cheek faintly Hustled, but she could not
have spoken a word.
“Marion,” be said, suddenly, “have
you no welcome for me V Is it possible
that you cannot forgive me V”
V”
“Yes; for all my absurd jealousy,
pride and folly. I have never had a
happy moment since I parted from you,
Marion. 1 have come back at last to
hes ytmf love forgiveness, and to beg too
for the winch I forfeited, but which
i cannot live without.”
''- 1 do not understand you, Wat. I
do 1101 know why you should speak thus
to me, Wbeu-you are going to be mar
“It came from Agnes, your own sis
ter.”
He smiled.
“Aggie knows my wishes. It was she
who encouraged me to come back. She
thought you would forgive me. Will
you, She Marion, darling ?”
bad averted her face to hide her
Jarful eyes, but he now took both her
‘lands, and as he drew her toward him,
a W* tide of unspeakable joy rushed
over her, and she Wat!” could only murmur
fa ‘“ tly : “Oh,
to , V d y t,ea him of the the y heavy were grief both that caIm had «r just she
them, they must leave
their dear old home, which had passed
into the hands of strangers.
“Of strangers, Marion ? Do you call
me a stranger ?”
“You, Wat V”
He looked surprised in his turn.
“Did you not know that it is I who
have purchased the dear old farm?”
Hid you not receive Jack’s letter ?”
true . “°, h - Waiter, it cannot, caunot lie
.
He took from a pocketbook a paper,
which he opened and placed before her.
It was the mortgage which her father
had given Mr. Abner Harris
No. 23.
“And the place is ready yours now ?”
she said, looking up radiantly through
sudden tears.
“Not mine, but ours, darling !”
She was too hamiv to a
in answer.
“You see, dear.” Wat said d’av “Jack
and I talked it oyer the other and
chase we agreed, as he was anxious to pur
the mill and had not means suffi
cient for both, that I should take the
his letter. Jack is not fitted for a far
mer, and could never have made much
of the farm and lie certainly will do
well with the mill. lie came un Lue with
me in older to attend to the r
Forgive me that I neglected to inform
you, but I left him behind in the maple
field, taiking with Aggie.”
Marion started up with a glad cry.
Coining down the opposite declivity of
the meadow was somebody, joyously
waving his hand, and in two minutes
she was sobbing in her brother’s arms—
sobbing from a fullness of joy such as
she had never in her life before known,
They hastened to the house, all three
eager to gladdeu the heart of the
mother.
Jack sprang up to the steps and took
her in his arms, while Wat lifted Myra
who tiad run to meet them iu frantic
delight.
As Marion passed the threshold, the
old clock rang out a welcome chime
“Seven o’clock !” said the girl softly.
Her heart was full and she turned
away and went quietly up to her own
room. As she passed the clock, she
looked up at it with an expression al
most of awe.
"What a lifetime of misery and hap
pmess in one hour!” she murmured,
A. Narrow Escape.
Last t Monday , evening a
train on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Ha.lroad came rattling up the valley be
[lie [ween throttle Emporia, and with Johnnie I)aye llaley Dunham at the at
[umace, the past six just years. as it has every evening for
As engineer and fireman these two
boys have , stood side by side on this run
siuce the spring of 1873, and have not
only registered on time, but have, by
t ‘ieii strict attention to the rules of the
rodd, gained the confidence of their em
ployers anu the friendship of many peo
pie li ving along this diyison of the Mis
souri, Kansas and Texas Railroad,
(Ihey liave been the best of friends—a
kind of friendship that danger cements
a,, d makes stronger has held them to
gctlier for years-and but for the alter
cation giving rise to tins item, they
might have filled their respective posi
tl01ls for a lifetime, and their names
never appeared in newspaper print). As
U'e train pulled out from the low land
<»• the Neosho and struck the prairie,
the conductor noticed a sudden change
iu the speed, but thinking the boys
might be “lifting” her a little to meet
mt'd along the passengers began to show
signs of nervousness as they saw farm
houses apparently rushing along so close together and
as in a Kansas town,
the conductor, too, began to think, all
was not right at the “steam end.” As
the speed increased at every revolution
of the wheels, cushions, lunch baskets,
bundles and babies flew around the car
like mad, and now the tliorouglily-fright
ene( J passengers appealed to tlie con
ductor be realized to stop [he the train. danger Hy himself, this time and
knowing that a banta Fe train laid the
“right of way” at the Emporia junction,
and that it would be certain death to
reach there ahead of time, he jerked the
bell-rope as though a town were on fire.
The bell sounded tl.e alarm but ak no
lesponse came from tlie whistle he reali
zed for the first tune tiiat lie was 011 a
runaway train, live coaches from the
engine. Whether it was the small
amount of his life insurance policy or
tlie safety of tlie passengers that urged
him on, will remain an open question,
but it is morally certain that he was not
many seconds in passing through the
coaches, scaling tlie iron rail of the
mail-car, and landing on tlie coal pile
near the locomotive, which was writh
mg under the pressure of sixty-hve
pounds more of steam than was neces
sary for celerity, comfort and conveui
ence. He says as he struck the water
tank arid rolled down into the cab the
engine was going so last that, the tele
graph poles along tlie road looked like a
“picket fence.” It took but a moment
to put on tlie air brakes, reverse tlie
lever andslow her down and find him
self within two hundred yards of ar.
been made in less than eight minutes,
When tlie train stopped tlie fireman
jumiied from the engine and ran down
the track toward the city, and the en
gmeer, arising from the Door of the oab,
explained that just as they neared the
Neosho grade, llaley, the fireman, act
cused him of having reported something
discreditable to him to the division su
perintendent. This he stoutly denied,
whereu.Km Haley assaulted him wit
coal-pick, ana a nand-to-lwua scume
thiown open, and going at therat* the rate of a
mile a minute, they “fought it out on
that line.” On leaving the train Haley
ran down to tlie Court-House, and had
.Sheriff Moon lock him up in a cell, fear¬
ing that lie would be overtaken, he said,
and killed by Duuhatn and hiss friends.
Duuham was conveyed in a carriage to a
physician and had his wounds dressed.
His face, head and shoulders were ter¬
rible cut and bruised, the cut in the
back of the head hy the pick being a
very severe one.
The conductor ran the train through
to Junction City, leaving the engineer
in tiie hands of a nurse, and the fireman
in monvxalth. the hands of a Sheriff.— Tvrpeko. Corn-
The Democrat.
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News Items.
A Macon workman wunuujn was was sunstruck sunstruck
Dr. W. II. Felton is a native of Ogle¬
thorpe county.
Green com has made iU appearance *
in Savannah
The first cotton bloom has appeared
in Thomas county.
New York,
,, " T or , * , 1,as ‘ )een commenced or. the
* ,? m ous ( nflUl Monticello & Madison
llallroadinaobereiimest , , ? -
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A young man in Lexington has a re¬
cord of the ages of all the girls of that
village. This is about the most incon
yenient document wo oyer heard of. "
n.wji/' ^ . s ^ n „ 0 and ^ . „ ! roke ll!S n eck of Mil- the
e ' ay w " 0 ru,,| )ing after ,, a , lamb, 1
An incendiary threatens to burn Grif
fin, through a drop letter to an alder
man, unless a certain policeman is dis
charged from the force.
. , itMa f d w°Pon!une’8 „ . , , „ fiV ea ?’
wUile flli ‘ u e ‘ J. 8 miH miU ia
>
j 1 , V f ‘ t ' y ’ , a to . “ce * n tl,e could race be and
»uin.
I110nea -
Miss Mary Franklin, of Athens, has
painted a beautiful picture which has
made quite a sensation in Philadelphia
art circles. It is now on exhibition at
the Academy of Fine Arts,
Tlie steamer Western Texas landed on
bacon Wednesday, at Port Royal, 120 tons of
in hulk from New York for Au¬
gusta. Another hundred tons will be
shipped by tlie next steamer.— Augusta
News.
Liberty county 1ms made a large ship
ment to New York of tea leaves raised
within her borders, and which is pro
nounced equal to any iui|iorted. This is
an i»le industry that is assuming considera
projairtioiis in Southern Georgia.
It is proposed to start a subscription
to purchase a home for the destitute
wife of Col. Cox, who murdered Col. It.
A. Alston. Mrs. Cox is represented as
a most estimable lady and tenderly
devoted to her husband, from whom the
law now separates her.
The LaGrango Reporter says : “Th«
other lot of day, Mr. Samuel Cherry bought a
cotton, some of which was twelve
years old. When tlie cotton was first
made, the owner tiad been offered, and
had refused, thirty-five cents for it; but
he was now willing to take eleven cents
for it.”
Gainesville Engle: An AtlantaJudge
recently fined three thieves twenty dol¬
lars eacti for larceny from tlie house,
and lined a prominent saloon keeper
three hundred dollars for selling a friend
a drink of whisky on Sunday. Tlie next
time a friend wants a drink he will steal
it for him in preference to selling it.
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A Forged Speech.
[N. Y. Mxprau.]
We do , not know who committed the
forgery, lmves but it is very evident who be
it. In the month of November,
the 1B00, people Alexander of Georgia H. Stephens addressed
in the most mas
t-erly spsecli of his life. It was a su
pieine apjieal for the Union. He pointed
out the inexpediency, the rashness, the
dangers of secession. He declared that
ZiZmu ami while imploring Wi u the du ° people t0 . ° e<,rf<ia not to ’
make the fearful leap, lie also declared
that for weal or woe his destiny was
with Ins native state. A forged repott
«[ North, wherein speech Mr. was Stephens published in made the
was
tl w ri (Cht of seces
sion, denounced it as treason, . and was
not even a state-rights man. As soon
»» llls attention was called to it, Mr.
Stephens branded this reported speech
»» a " ,a a '“ fnnn'S d }f'
toretn iwms a from that day to tins lie
has never failed, when occasion required,
to denounce it as a campaign lie.
ue scattered
broad-cast , over the United .States, over
one hundred thousand cooies of it hav
