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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.
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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,
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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,
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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?
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Tme Cincinnati nowspapera claim fiat
the Ohio River la no more That mesas
that water is scarce mid that
must drink something.
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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> ’
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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.
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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.’’
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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.
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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 °?'
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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
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I l‘“'v to shoot when ilu* James gang
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. " '
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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
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as I shall
• and feed the hungry, rt.
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; 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.