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About The democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1877-1881 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1881)
1 EDWARD YOUNG & Publisher* and Proprietor*. CRAWFORDV1LLE, : GEORGIA. NEWS SIOHINM. Birmingham is also to l*e lighted with ga*. Tb* bottom com in the South is not s* liad. The old city debt of Memphis is $2,- 172,792.75. Cotton-seed oil is now used in the fcoamh extensively in place of lard for •ooking purpose-. They ^gamble wildly and desperately at Hot Springs. Twelve faro tables in •nr house allow 200 sinners to fight the Viger nightly. At last the capitalists of the North are turning their attenfiou'to the Mouth, It i* the l»e*t place t« invest money. niderlli . . ,, Ti“m . . , ’’T , , couHideralde c She ha. 176,000 spindles in active operation, representing *5, •00,000 capital. The White Sulphur Springs property in Virginia has been sold to satisfy lien* for *19,000. The original cost whs *160, •00. The property contains 1,489 acre*. Good judges estimate that the de¬ ficiency in the cotton crop this year will Vie 500,000 bales—that it to say, the to¬ tal product will be 5,900,000 instead of 8,300,000 hales, as ill 1880. Kiom an estimate made by the Agri¬ cultural Department at Washington, we learn there are 1,111 acres of grapes in •ultivation in Alabama, making 122,672 gallons, worth *399,705. Out of eighty-five distilleries in the Nashville revenue district all hut twenty six have ceased operations. It is lie lieved all the distilleries in the upper country, save two in Moore county, will have to cease for luck of corn. Tlie city of Pensacola ha* redeemed her credit by agreeing to pay her debt. A vote of her citizens on the 27th de¬ veloped but twenty Iwo against a set tlement, agreed U|kiii between the Mayor and Council and the Isind-holders. The amount of taxaldc property in Georgia has increased within the last year from *12,000,000 to 115,000,000. The Governor lias, in oonseijlienee, la sued lii* order for decreasing the rate of taxation half a cent less than last year. New Orleans lias sixteen steamers en¬ gaged in the Mediterranean fruit trade. During the present year tin y Jiave landed V> le»s lhan three huudred and twenty thousand lsixes of oranges and lemons, and about twenty tlmuaaml more Isixes have been brought in by sailing vessels. Louisiana produced and nmiketed during the year euding September 1 the largest crop of rice and sugar since the war. A careful computation shows the i»C ipt* to have been 218,314 hogsheads of sugar, 16,256,028 gallons of molasses, and 266,658 barrels of clear rice There are 225 Indians still remaining in South Florida. They are peacettil and hold friendly relations with the white settlers. They are remnants of ♦he “Tigers,” Wolves,” “Snakes” and ■North Wind- ” Their chiefs a re id way* chosen from tire Tigers from super •tltious traditions. The Morning Star iN.t '.): The acreage of North Carolina is probably greater than three or four of the North western States combined. What a for tune there is in the forests of our Mtuto for lEonerations unborn. Every farmer should plant at least 10,000 tree. Let the .-apply l>e increased rather than di¬ minished. Wo me it statcil that the advance slnsUs of the .vnsus declare Hurt the amnll portion of the State of Mississippi called the ”'far,«. Bottom,” which in 1879 produced only 258,000 hahwof cot ton, is capable, by ' the , exclusion , of , the , Mississippi ,, overflow and , , by improved , cultivation, of produeiug nearly 5.737,- 257 lialcs annually, or the whole present production of the whole country. An interesting feature of the Interna tional Exposition at Atlanta, next t 1 month, will be the manufacture of t_ “ suit of clothe- from raw cotton iu twenty four hours. The cotton will |be picked, >pun, dyed, woven and made into a suit of clothes for Senator Brown inside of the day. North Carolina ha* di-euverod a new gem. It is called the ‘‘hiddenito.’ *' is simibu in wlor to the emerald, but harder and more brilliant. One vein oulv has Ik en found, and l .-.it onlv tw,i to two and a half inches wide and two feet long The cut stone* sell readily for *100 jaw karat, and the largest yet found weigh* the and three-quarter rat*. Mr. Hauitett. President of the mont cotton factory of Georg :t. mak' * this estimate of the profits of manufae luring a hale .of cotton into sheeting*: Cost of hole. $t.i: tst-t rf manufacturing, transportation and eoinmi.tiion*. $28.62; i tol cost, $6' 62. Produce of tin ha. mini*- into sheetings, t8<5-16: net profit*, $17.54. Including the amount paid in wag**, the manufacture of a bale of ton into comm goods leave* t31.Hl hind in the place which manufactured it, almost as much as the totai value the cotton. Dudley Dug;* 1 ', of Columbus, gia, fired his pistol off at Robert son. The bail missed its mark and tered the breast of Dudley’s little granddaughter, killing her instantly, Then Dudley fell to the ground tore his hair in wild grief. It is reported that Portuguese opera tires are employed od the I-ouisiana plantations. There seem* to be a sys ten,atie effort to secure the immigration of Spaniard*, Italians and other erranean uationalitie* under the persus sion that those Southern Europeans better adapted to the warm climate the South than the Teutonic and Scan dinavian rare*. In Dallas county. Alabama, Fayette Wright, a negro farmer, who bail eomc* thoroughly disgistad and tirerl of because of the destruction of crop by worms, committed suicide bv »• •■»*« river at the eroding w-uhe ^ He strip^l hiinself on the south bank of the river deliberately walked in until he deep water, when he sank out of He made no outcry. Florida Crescent: The way Hernan¬ keeps flush with money is this: January to warm weather she tea in the swamp, cutting and cedar, plants crops and ships North. In the summer she her cattle to Cuba, pulls fod¬ and eats waterinellons. When the stampede subsides she gathers her and starts the fish boem to boom¬ ing, and when that blows off she ships oranges and sells her cotton, and gets ready for Christmas. Ho there is an influx of money nearly the year round, New Orleans Democrat: This jxn t wnK 552 veMcls - with a tonna * e ,,f 8r '* Of this numlier twenty-one, with tonnage of 27,920, are ocean steamers; 1C6, with a tonnage of 29,810, river— 359, with a tonnage of 26,881— and six barges, with a tonnage of tons. Twelve hundred and fifty vessels entered this port during the business year—vessels with a ton of 1,422,726. Of these 290, with tonnage of 415,538, were coastwise; with a tonnage of 152,757, Ameri¬ vessels from foreign ports, and 333, a jonnuge of 851,436, foreign. 'cleared during the same period 1,257 ve-sels, with a tonnage of 1,402,- 596. i'lMVEA Cranes of one or more spoeies are found everywhere, with the exception of Month America, the Malayan and Papuan archipelagoes and the scattered islands of tho Pacific. The common European species, celebrated iu all times foi *ts migrations— Mo ■tP4 , r« (lt«> prmlput ernue Hrr annual voyage borne cm tba wlnda; tlie air Floats e« they paw, (alined with uuuumbtri plamee— was at one time very numerous in thi fenny districts of England; so possibly Milton knew tlie bird. Tlie name is quite wrongly applied to the heron in Scotland and Ireland, while in America and Australia the win to egret herons are also called cranes. Old .Esop's fable of tlio stork being captured iu the evil companionship of the cranes, and being condemned to death for thus even ass bo eiatiug with notorious plunderers of grain, indicates that ho well knew the two kinds ol birds; far bettor, indeed, as Blyth truly says, than did that re¬ nowned master of uiediicval painters, who commits tho curious zoological mis¬ take of introducing cranes instead of storks in his world-known cartoon of the “Miraculous Draught of Fishes.” In oomwon with many other gregarious Vnrds, cranes always place sentinels as a 1#okout> wh Ustho rest of the flock will trustful i y repos0i nd they l lUewlM , , leave them . on the watch while on , marauding expeditions .... toorops of grain. * " ' MISSED A CAR. Au excited man rang the door-bell . well-known drug store in Reno, Nev., one night recently. “ Wkat’s tho matter?” said the gist. “Ojien the door.” “Who are you?” said the druggist. “ Missed n ear.” “Well. 1 don’t owe a oontuiental if you missed three,’' said he, as he retired. Presently tho bell rang •gain. “ Whrt’s wanted?” asked the rvunly purvevor “Missed a car,” was the answer. “Well, wliat do you suppose I care you missed a whole train of ’em. take a shot at you, if you don’t out,” “Yes, but I want* prescription. name is Mist-ox Oarr.” “ Well,” said the druggist, “whv in thunder didn’t you say so?”— lit no Ga tsite, ____ Noiio: v loves heartily unless people take pains to prevent , TOPICS OF THE DAT. , Jar Qocnn has made hia son George 1*** partner, Pazainorr Gvkheli/s mother ha been a widow fifty years. J*.lorax is the name of a Colorado town. Names are very scarce out then Annie Loose Cast lias left the stagi and refuses to return to it at any priee. The water in some of the rivers in Pennsylvania is so tepid that the fish arc dying. Tensor has predicted much rain for “after the middle of September.” He do- * not say how long after, ** Joste Maxskim.ii, well kuowu in cop ! neetion with the death c< dim Fisk, i keeping a gambling lions.* ire Paris. The ride from Washington to Lonp B ™ neh was a great treat to the President? ™ th tU “ * ‘ ^ ........ Tme Cincinnati nowspapera claim fiat the Ohio River la no more That mesas that water is scarce mid that must drink something. - Mohmomsm ia spreading. A temjfic is I icing erected in Han Francisco for the beuelit of those who believe in having an abundance of wivea. Thu Detroit Free Preas puts it i decent shape. It says : “ Early to la and early to rise, is good for the sD-cpij but rough on the flios.” Congress Ham., at Saratoga, is tit: rendezvous of the Hebrew aristocracr, and the extremes in fashion to whioi the I allies go, very truly, is an opener. The Boston Post sava that a brake man on a drunk at Chicago fell into •ewer, and at onoe yelled, “SL Louis, cliango cam!” It may be there is truth in this. The beautiful Mrs. Langtry has dealy disappeared from London society, and no one knows what has become of her. She was perhaps abducted by an empty pocketlxiok. It is authoritatively stated that the so-called “ boy preacher ” is no more a boy than Susan B. Anthony is a If that is so—well, you can figure rest of it out yourself. Snow in Dakota Territory from three inches to two feet deep while mercury in tlies• parts registered 100 degrees iu the nha lc neeuiH u lit It tl*A CIllklllM, bulbil Was si suit the waj V^of It a TOW ' H f> ’ ‘ ’ In Bukmah, mercury, in March and April, reaches 140° and work is done after nightfall. It is not so stated, but it is supposed the inhabitants sleep during the heat of the day, if they can. T Tr „ is estimated .■ . , , by ,, the Chicago . 7W bum that the land bill will add about 8160,000,000 to the value |)f I)( , usaut buildings in Ireland, and reduce the rental of landlords from $60,000,000 to $40,000,000. Anorr . the only point *7 of the whero the pouch compass crop is not a failure is Southern Indiana, and there the crop was never better than the present sea son. The owners of orchards arc mak ing fortunes. It is related as a fact that melon can Im kept ail indefinite peri, by giving it two or three coats of varnish This excludes the air. and the fruit is not only preserved but retains its flavor and sweetness. AI u. Bethakd reports that the Missis¬ sippi River Ls cutting a new channel itself from tho mouth of lb si through the Alehafalaya to the Gulf. Should this ooour. Now Orleans would lie left high and dry. The Kausas prohibitory laws do not prohibit to any great extent. The To¬ peka City Council issues licenses to dealers in “ sexhi, mineral water, and offer drinks ,” and other drink*, they do say, are having a big ruu. Thf James Boys still live aud operate, as usual, in Missouri. Strange tliere isn’t enough “energy” in that State to annihilate these outlaws. Wo_know of several States that would have gotten rid of them long ago. . lx Swkittwateb CorxTr, Wyoming a dei>0-1: . f sulphuric acid in a* natural at.de, has bee:, found : 100 acre, or more are impregnated with it. Howertr, we Ion t believe that 100 acr*s will hold all the bad people there is in the world, Om: of the great truths of the day is the following from the Riston Trnn reript: \\ e have seen ladies who were insufferably shocked at the sight of a man in his shirt sleeves, and their own -inns were hare almost to the shoulders ! Woman are »trange creatures.’’ - — — las poopl* lAchigan appeal to the people of the United States for help, This appeal should be piromptiv and liberally answered. The calamity of whieh they are victims is one of the most frightful that ever occurred in an.T age or country. A omnia the rural districts of New York, who received a prize of $200 for being “ the handsomest girl in the State” has gone crazy as a bed-bug over the matter and has lieen sent to an asy¬ lum. It hmts some people to tell them thev are good looking. At the expressed wish of the Preai dent, Drs. Reybnm, Barnes, and Wood ward, three of the President’s attending physicians, have been dismissed. The President said he was tiled seeing ao many doctor, around, and thought they were superfluous. Probably he was right. A correspondent at Hot Springs, Ark., writes that f taker (a name at cards') is the monopoly of the hour at that place. It is played day and night in the hotel parlors, bed rooms and in the stores and at every con¬ ceivable point where the players can find a place to sit down. r , It _ ls»«i . long time the , Pres- _ has a since ident read the papers, and he is natnr !l Hc lv saul the to otlier tl kU °T wha atu * 18 Mcnl °?' ’ r sl, ' 7 wakil,s \ fr ' ,m h,s as if musing : “I 4hink d * B about time that they gave m* the daily papers to read. What is in them, anyway ?” Owing to the fact that there ai> about 3,000 claimants for the $200 Warner prize for tire discovery of comet B., and no means •!' asaertfcining who is the rightful claimant, Warner has decided to award tbs *200 to the person writing the best essay *a “ aomets, their relation To the earth and ether bodies.” D seems that the longer we live the » ora * do our “pinions become of the aches - Th, ‘- V lire a heartless, mnr WeroU8 *’*• whose chief delight is to ! torture to death their fellow beings. Tlie , noble red man is scarcely as noble as he, 1 be, aud people who mix with arc Ending it out at a pu tty lively S a 'h The King of Wnrtembnrg has ap jxiint d Richard M. Jackson, an Ohio man, hia reader. Jackson has a salary of 6,000 marks, n suite of five rooms at tlie academy and is continually with tire king, with whom he is in good favor. Yea, yes; Ohio men do pop up just where you least exjiect them. LauiFh ’ ' ,nsUes heruafter wiU b,! ma,1 ° ot “ lu: *"’ ri * 1 to s,rvc a:i l»b’-preservers, A' tl,at 111 f *a' 1 ’, 1 T U1 ' H " , P wroc *» tlie lair^ones, duck-liKe, ■ W <4T. Alicy ! will sit upright t their ft ot hung over. The sigl will be a grand one. j I Whs do not the railroad companies with i u the Wi st provide tlieir employes arms with which to protect themselves and passengers against tlie outrages of . outlaws? It does seem strange that ^T'f T T t , , , , I l‘“'v to shoot when ilu* James gang I * °‘ lK ‘ ........_______ i The outlaw Jesso James does nut j propose recorded to in book have his form, horrible and has deeds ! to , ! aotifted a Western editor who is en gjaged upon such a work. He states I tLroufgD , , newspaper that he will cut - a j i the life. ^ That* ? f ,h enough. " waU " f The ^ editor hea will hl * desist at once. ^ Thk Cincinnati Exposition, now in j progresshas not been as extenarvoly advertised as the enterprise deserves. Every feature of the exhibit is pro uounced superior to that of any past year, yet the fact has not been thoroughly stated to the public in the public prints, aud should the attendance not come up to the expectation of the Board, the fault will lie iu the lack sufficient advertising and not in the play made by exhibitors or their lack enterprise of au appreciative character. Vexxok has been making some mis¬ takes. He predicted frosts tor tlie hitter part of August, and when lie lira predictions people looked with fond expectation to the time they could enjoy a good sleep, but frost didn’t come—oh, no ; not by a ful. But the storm that was to these frosty nights on the Atlantic did come and did a heap of damage, it didn't come at the tail end of a frost. It came alone, and the w ay it acted, fully able to travel without assistance. - - . The news of tho wholesale turn, bv tire, sh^.ild of life and property waking Michigan, convey a those wide regions of the country the terrible heat prevails and tile i has become alarming- There are m- “0 *»*«* might be swept by a tempest of fire, and there should be extraordinary eautiona taken against letting fire out. 7ke burning of bra.-., a. d .-t'.rn,'-.. as is the custom in • dry soaea, i» dan ! <*erous business when the •ouiitrv is inflammable: and a man who starts fire in the woods for his amusement, or because he imagines he is a hunter, in wantonness, should be regarded as criminal and treated accordingly. w • e T. POLLARD, \<». 7 1 AVI» REYNOLD*. STREET, AUGl>TA. GEORGIA Cut fun Factor an J Commission Merchant. AND DEALER IN MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS. Also Disston’sGireuIar >aws Rubber Whistles. ami Leather Oil Belting, Steam Pipe. Water and .Strain Gauge-. Connections. together Cups. Pop, Globe and Check "aIve* Governors, Wrenches, ete., with every article of Steam and Water Fittings, Findings, etc. GENERAL AGENT FOR TALBOTT k SONS. Talbott's Agricultural Emmies (on wheels.) Portable Engines ton skids.) StaiionarA Spark Arresters. Watertown Steam Engine Co. Watertown Agricultural Engines (on Vertical wheels.) Portable Engines (on skids.) Dairy Engines (for -mall buildings.) Tubular Engines. Stationary hues.) Engines (with and without cut-off.) Return Vertical Boilers, Boilers Saw Mills, (with two Loo motive and etc., ete. C. &.G. COOPER & CO. Cooper’* Self-Propelling (traction) Engines. Farm Agricultural Engines (on wuee's.) Ta¬ Portable Engines (on skids.)-Stationary Wheat Mill. Engines. Portable Locomotive Mill and Return bular Boilers. Corn and (with portable bolt attached.) Smut Machines. Dustless Wheat Separators and Oat and Ween Extractor. Saw Mills (double and single.) J. W. CARDWELL & CO. Cardwell Wheat Threshers. Separators and Cleaners. “Ground Hog’ Threshers. Hydraulic Cotton Presses. Horse Powers (mounted and down.) 1’ow* Corn Shelters and Feed Cutters. JOHNSTON HARVESTER COMPANY AND Emerson, Taloott & Go. ReajKTs and Binders. Reaper* ami Mowers Combined. .Single Binders. Reapers, and Mowers, Gultivators and Grain Sowers. FAIRBANKS & CO Fairbanks* Standard Scales, ail sizes ami patterns. Alarm Cash Drawers. Manufacturer ot the Following Machines. .Nelilci! & Goodrich Improved 1XLCotton Gin. lteid’s Patent Automatic FowctS crew Press, (steam or water power.) Smith’s Improved Hand Power Cotton and May Press. Cotton Gin Feeder. Cotton Condenser. New Virginia Feed Cutter. Knglne-, Cotton Gins, etc., repaired in a workmanlike manner. Orders solicited and promptly executed. For further particulars, circulars, gen¬ eral information, etc., apply to W. .1. POLLARD, Aiiustii. Ga. Or J. V. Auflrews, CrawfordviIle,Ga. Feh,25,’81,j-y, 1881 FALL 1881 m-A Qx-ci.ricl Opening —AT THE— Bry Goods Bporium -OF— C. MYERS. TAKE this method to most respectfully call the attention of my farmer • Vomer* rs and the public, to my stock of ’ ' Itl’i.iUTVFUL SPRING GOOD,4. I - Every Department , is full of all the New and Beautiful . Styles of the present Season and J can confidently .-ay to those who favor me with their patronage, that I have T' " ,y shdV " S *“'* Best and Prettiest j stock that I haw evr lirouglit to this market, and 1 defy competition in Frwe Quality. or COME ANDSEEMY ASSOllTM ENT! I am determined that no house along the Georgia Railroad or its lininpin.. eel! me in()l ANTITY, (Jl'ALlTY, PRICE, OR .STYLE. '' ’ x ' Ladies’ Dress Goods, Domestic Goods, Etc. in this Department have taken the utmost care to select the most lieauti-ni satl-fLotss - . 1 the most useful, and 1 flatter myself that 1 can give the Ladle* the fullest goes want, to call make for up it. a I lady’s have toilet it. or furnish the house. When you ‘ do not wt what w you Gentlemen’s, Goods, Clothing, Eats, Boots, Shoes. Etc. My line of Gentlemen’s Clothing is full and complete, and presents all the attractions and new styles of the season. Full suits of the finest material and lie-t make' at the most reasonable prices.) prices. My Working Suits, Boots Fine Cloths,Underwear, Hats, (of a'p 5 tvles patterns and stock of and Shoes is large, and 1 ran suit the public in any quality Youths they want, Boys from the finest Dress Boot to the cear-est Brogan isT* Gentlemen, and an be furnished with a complete outfit o--every¬ J thing m-ee-.-ary, and need go no further to make their purchases. " ' | ■ In my Miscellaneous Department, 1 have all the little articles which go to make un « Stock to supply the needs of the public, Hardware, amon^' which are Notions, Needle- Pins Cut b'r> Cm kery, Tobacco, Segar-. Etc In fact, in making up my stock, I ; 0m,ttl ‘ d ROth,,,!! t,mt >' 0W ° an ^ tor ' COme and ^ for j ' LEOCERIES AND PROVISIONS , . , ,,, as I shall • and feed the hungry, rt. j j ; j Bear a great deal about Low Prices, but I am determined to sell at the very Lowest Figure* the markets will admit, and I defy any merchant on the Georgia Road to sell ’ the quality of goods for les- than I do. You are requested to call same and price for ! youi -eif. j j To my Friends and Patrons. in conclusion, allow me to return my thank* for past favors, and to ask for a ■ continuance of the same. C. MYERS. Crawfordville, Ga. ’ 1 March24,l*.*0.j-y.
