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About The democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1877-1881 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1881)
The Democrat. A Live Weekly Paper on Live Issues PuUbM Every Friday Morning, at Crawfordville, Oa. Ed. Young & Co., Editors & Prop’s. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single Single Copy, (one year,) . . . S 1 50 Single Copy, Copy, (six months,) . 75 (three months,) ... 50 IW Advertising rates liberal. BOOK and JOB PRINTING a specialty. Prices to suit the times. Legal Notices. Applicatinfor Leave to Sell Land. GEORGIA—' Taliaferro County. TAOUR weeks after date application will r b« made to the Honorable Court of This September 5th, last. WELCOME A. STONE Sr Administrator. GEORGIA— Taliaferro County. , TAOPR I weeks after date application wil be made to the Honorable Court of Ordinary, sell for said county, for leave to the real estate belonging to the Estate of Amos Ellington, late of said county de¬ ceased. This September 5th 1881. KOBEltT T. EDGE, Administrator. Application for Letters of Guardianship. GEORGIA— Taliaferro County. me for betters of Guardianship for the ; property Eugenia of Quinea Floyd Stephens minor child, and minor grand child of Hairy Stephens late of said county de ««*“■ These are therefore to cite and admon- ! ish all persons concerned to be and appear at my office on or by the first Monday in November next to hiow cause, if any they can, why said letters 6hould not be grant ed : Giveii under my Hand and official signs ture tins heptemher utli, I8si j “ Tic Ordinary i ' Application for Leave to Sell Land,! ' GEORGIA—Tai.iaferuo County. POUR JT be made weeks to after the date Honorable application Court will Ordinary, for said county, for leave to sell ttie real estate belonging to the Estate of Tyre ceased. G. Ellington, This late of said county de¬ October 1st, 1881 . JOHN IV. ELLINGTON, Administrator. Notice. A LL parties indebted to the estate J.X of I). A. \V ill lams, are hereby no tified to come forward and settle at once. Payments to M. .1. Shields, J. IV. llixon or myself, will be properly receipted. Unless promptly paid all claims will be sued. This (5th of Octo¬ ber, 1881. C. E. Knox, Adm’r., of D. A. Williams. Oct.8tb.4w. Administrator’s Sale. GGO(((r I A— Tali afkrko County. Em"bWOmrV^(bdb,r sr findvitle rt biiI. "„udv fm fi.”i 1 m. Tneulay in November next, bet ween the lawful hours of sale, the following b property to wit ■ Four hundred and twenty-one (421) aens of land tying in said county.,mar the town of Crawfordville, on the road to l’owelton in two lots, to wit: One lot »» the north side of said loud, ad j.,.... Bergstnuif 11 t C ries ail Titus Rich less. The other and remaining lot lying south of said road, adjoining land ( of J, R. Gunn, Rev. L. It. L. Jennings Primus Lawson and others, containing 377 a-jres more or less. .Said land sold ns the property of Amos Ellington, late of said county deceased, sold for the purpose of a distribution among the lieirs at-law of said deceased. This October the 8th, 1881. Terms, one half cash, and the re¬ maining half due 12 months from day of sale, notes to bear interest at the rate of 7 per ee.nt per annum from date, and bond for titles, when the purchase money is paid. ROBERT T. EDGE, Adm’r, of A. Ellington, Deceased. GEORG IA— Taliaferro C ounty. j TYTHEREAS Andrew L. llillsman i It has applied to me for letters of Administration on the Estate of Mrs. i Martha C. llillsman, late of said coun¬ ty Deceased. These are therefore to cite and ad¬ monish all persons concerned to be and appear at my office, and show cause if any they can on or l/y the first Monday in October next wiiy said letters should not l/e granted: Given under my hand at office in Crawfordville, Ga., this August 29tb, 1881. CIIAR1.ES A. REAZLEY, Ordinary T. C. Administrator’s Sale. GEORGIA— Taliaferro County. B Y virtue of an order from the Hon¬ orable Court of Ordinary of Talia¬ ferro county, will be sold before the Court House door in the town of Craw¬ fordville iu said county, on the first T uesday in November next, between the lawful hours of sale, the following property to wit land : lying in One lot of said county, and adjoiri'Ug lands of R. T. Kendrick. James R. Jones and others, containing (10 acres mire or less, known as the home place. Also one lot known as the Silas Meadows place, adjoining lands of Felix F. Darden, William T. Flynt, and A. Perkins, containing 88 acres more or less, sold as the property of Elijah Meadows, deceased, for the purpose of a distribution among tlie heirs at law of said deceased. Terms, one half casii, and the re maining half due 12 months from day of sale with interest from date at 7 per cent per annum, and bond for titles when tile purchase rnor/ev is paid. Tins October 8th. 1881. Welcome A. Stone. Administrator, witli the will annexed of Elijah Mead ows, deceased. Vol. 0. Legal Notices. Application Dismission. for Letters of GEORGIA— Taliaferro County. Lawson W’ssugss. an Stewart, late of said county deceased, lias applied to me for letters of Dismission from said Estate. These are therefore to cite and admonish ail Persons concerned, to show cause if anv they can, on or by the first Monday in January next, why said letters Should not be granted Given under my hand at office in Crawfordville, Ga , this October 8th, 1881. Charles a. Beazley, Ordinary, T. C. Application for Letters of Letters of Administration, _ Tjg BOHlS _ . If OH GEORGIA—TALIAFERRO , . County. WHEREAS, \ \ .,,mliwi in Owen for D. Moore, Tsi has ...J , " me ‘ ! nermanml ? nent 1 * ° Administration tie , boms non, on the estate of Milliard C lianater late of said county Deceased, Tliese are therefore to cite and ad monish all persons concerned, to be and appear at my oiiice, and show CHU8e if an >' Ule - V can * 0,1 or b >’ the first Monday in November next, why said tetters should not be granted. «‘" ed “> official sig ,,iUu,e ’ ^ CHARLES A. i EAEI.EV, Ordinary, 1. G. Application for Leave to Sell Land. GEORGIA—Taliaferro County. on Y^OUR will he weeks made after to date the application Honorable Court of Ordinary of said county for leave to sell the real estate of Mrs. Sarah G. Hixon, late of said county deceased. This October 3d, 1881. George G. IIixon, Administrator. Taliaferro Sheriff's Sale. GEORGIA—Taliaferro County. \\T I El. lie sold at public out-cry, fo r v T cash, wilbm the legal hours .sale, before the Court House door, in ,, uie , firsdTneX'in , , ... - <rK' ki^;: 1 ^ and being, in the county of Tali .fern. i " f the public i ?t Gwvgtir, road leading mi. t..s from eaa- Craw- s.d, j fordville, Wl ''laiu.s via, Moore’s Greene Mill, to the " tft in comity, con j | ‘ 1 e 'j- SrifTo* 1 Uides lanlT " n It. J. Mann now usidis, an I embracing , the bouses w herein the said R. J, Mann lives adjoining the lands of Ins Frazier and others, to satisfy m# « 1 ™, returnable to the Superior Court of Taliaferro county, Georgia, founded upon a debt for tlie purchase money of said land so levied upon, and to be sold in favor of William Peek w. John T. Mann. Levied upon, and, to lie sold, as the property of the said John T Mann, as especially subject to said fi. fa. Property pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney. Notice served upon the de¬ fendant in li. fas., and Tennant in |k>s session. M. D. L. Goooer, Sheriff. Miscellu lieoUH. PARKERS 0INGER.T0NIC drake, Ginger, Stiliingia, Buchu, Man* and many of the best medi¬ cines known are com , bined In Parker's Ginger Tonic, of into a medicine such varied powers, as to make it the greatest Blood Purifier and the Best Ueal t h ^Strength Restorer Etor Used. It cures Rheumatism, h Parker ______ V" • s Sleeplessness. ^ & diseaess Hair Balsam. &.G<murei Iilt tOT Gin r diffcr««fn>m CT &•*«*• Most The Economical Bert, t>re«- •“<» and . ", Ionics, S. as it Hair HlSCOX Ing. Never falls to restore the never intoxicates. youthful color to gray hair. & Co. f Chemists, N. Y. SGc. and $1 sizes. Ltrg ejevlHg buylogDollargla^y I MONROE TAYLOR GO] d M 0311! dnl Moda‘kalentul. Sod ‘ 113 WATER ST., NEW YORK. Are purer, better, stronger, and longer ’mown in the market than any other article of the kind. Are always sure and reliable, and never fail to insure the best results xn cookery. Ask your grocer for it and give it a trial. Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. - fs «■ |Jk pa «s L » Send to luCt business*?' NrvEttsiTY ForlUustrrtedritcjitar. J^tMuked twenty Alt™ yean. actual Buane» ...... X ,, T .„| V t<i ! 'If 7 1 »J; T {f ™ f \ . T a \nv wtor t HniI.ES : Agent- wanted, ’ A. *' J. HOD ' MAN A GO , f’fiiiada The Democrat CRAWFORDVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8,1881. ESTABLISHED 1844. ft m m: # 9 Gold nodal Baking Powder. Gold Medal Cm-m '3‘qu Crydgl. Gold Modu flash] n; POETRY. - DOT FHITIET Chin saw you, you shly leetle raakel, A beekin’ nt me drough dot shair ; Come here righd away.now, und kins me— You dougbd I dond knew you van del a. You u«anJboSi gein' m h*. fool !».£:«.$£; Fritzay— vu to me—. Und gafe me a grate big surprise ! Dot boy van a reckular monkgey Dere vss noding so high he don'd gllmb Und hin mudder she says dot hi* drowseta Vants new bosoms in dem all der dime. He vas snmard, dough, dot name little Und feller, he der yile like lark sungs all a From vonce he gids up in der mornin' Dill ve drofe him to bed afder dark. He's der bisaiest von In der fsni'iy, Und 1 bed vou der louder he singi lie vas raisin’ der dickens mit somevon— He vas ub to all manner of dings. Re vas a beekin' away, dot young raskel, Dot Drough der shair—Stoly init Aouseaf VOH dot! Is young all sun-of-a-gun dail a sceesor* cut der off der eat! —OOFTY OOOFT. SENDING US H0RD. W HAT THE PEOPLE OK ADJACENT TOWNS ARE DOING. Tile news of Neighboring Counties Cull¬ ed 1 rum our Exchanges, aud Written By our Correspondents—Wilkes, War¬ ren, Greene, Oglethorpe, Hancock, Sha¬ ron, Etc. POWJSLTOM. iFpiictoi Correspondence Democrat.] The worms have nearly completed their work on the cotton, Mr, Martha Burch, of Carrol ton, is visiting her relatives, near Powelton Rev. G. M. Kendrick preached at the Methodist church on the 2nd. Farmers can finish gathering cotton during October. Mr. W. A. Burnley, of Warren, has opened a store in l’owelton. SHARON. [Special Correspondence Democrat.] The cold weather begins. We want more house room. , ! Cotton picking will soon be over. /'*« zpz '"-ury fe„ from 80 to W last ^ <* cotton , “"IP^ tV-m. thls Vepot this Dr. Kendrick has let the contract ; for buildms his dwelling to Mr. W. J. Norton and the work has begun. We " aVe noW P !lbiiR ,rin8heilri,, K d ® ta nce making the |,|j C e 30 gents per hundred, ti e guano cieuts isUoubling „ some about now. A few I,ales have waw.ini.w. j One of our cotton buyers bought a bale of cotton last week and lie says he thinks there are two acres of land in it if it was spread out oholeril a hog8 fa ,lT“ ■ ,.* ^e-rt many to die u,„ through ,,„i, this section. Mr. It. T. Kendrick's new dwelling Soon °, ue *®°Rg the prettiest in Sliaron. 1 „ he location is a beautiful one. This is a fine location for a good ho¬ tel. We hope soon to see some one take hold of this enterprise. During the summer season we always have a large number of visitors and would have more if they could get rooms. During the winter we receive applications for rooms from the Northern states. Bev. W.A. Overton, of Greenecoun ty, will preach in the Presbyterian church at this place on Monday night next. Sharon iLStitute will close its eighth session on next Tuesday l.ltli. The pupils will form their regular monthly examination. Patrons and friends are asked to be present on that day at 10 o’clock. Mr E. Croake left Saturday for New Orleans to be gone several days, be will take in the cotton exposition iu his route. MAPLE RIDGE. I [■Spectal CorresjMVJience Democrat.] The long wished-for rain has come at last. Copious showers fell through SgliK^thT^makK y 2 a" fit , s , 5 Sr,S'pCVrt..s , they will largely supplement the shor.t grain emps, and with due diligence and forecast farmers may yet reach an other harvest without buying but litt'e stock feed. They are taking adyan tage of the rains, and pushing in their 0Hts Hnd where seed rye can be ob tai//ed. It is very unfortunate that seed >s so scarce through tl/e country. Tlie farmers are learning the lmpor tance of this valuable adjunct to the corn crib. If their present exertions index their future course, the short crop will not be altogether devoid of yond a to the J country. A pall lias lzeen cast over oiircommu nity by the appearance of diptheria in our midst. Parents and friends watch w i* h anxious dread any symptoms of this terrible plague among their little ones ; and even older iiersons are lieing by « throat disease very simi iar in its effects. On last Saturday morning little uel Emmet, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. .J. T. Chapman died; on Sunday uigtt Willie M. Wallace, youngest sou o. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wallace died. making the third that has died «* few days of this disease. kittle Willie was a sweet bright boy 0 eieven years, the favorite of his s-hoolmates and the pet of the family. Could our sympathies sooth the crush "‘“"S mingle SS our st^fsSJTK tears with theres, for '!? two had learned to love and appro mate this noble qualities of this dear May 1 he who tempers the wind t<’ the shorn lamb sooth the stricken L>art and may parents friends with t'.“ 0 e dear ones “Gather upon the .v.ores of that beautiful river in the .*eet bye aud bye.” GREEKS. j Cotton pickers are in demand. i Miss Annie Pierce, of Covington, is a visit to relatives in Greenesboro. /The county school commissioners of Greene met ou last Tuesday. 'The county court is in session, Tlie planters . of , Greene „ are sowing s nail grain. James L. Brown, Jr., and George T. ' iyUm, of GreenealHiro, have leH that pu-e. The former enters Mercer Uni Sroad PleS8 ^ ° l'*S«es Figs still altound, and the lips of the are drawn into a ki-sal/le altape. ..... Uev. Llotiert ... Nel oti, of the .. Episvo pal clturcli at Greeneslioro grundsoii of rtn, has accepted tlie’ InviUtioti ‘of ti Yorktown C»m^rt«9sSfoiiiiI (jhimimh .......... . ’ ' ‘ /Judge Thornton, of Greenesboro, lias 1;\»> ill. Mrs. Annie IV. Sanders, of Greenes Imro, died on Friday last. iiie Herald kicks against the new railroad platform. Sickness prevails amongst the swine. The HrrmU is on the Indignant list. The cause of the trouble is some other pa|xir“not a thousand miles” from that lovely berg, culls news from its col I minis. 1 lie Texas wayfarer gradually re¬ turns with a mournful face and a light¬ ened pocket book. The song of the corn-sliucker is j heard through the long watches of tlie t night. t ! ttvrsjfi T & A X j i i. ' James V. Drake, of Woodstock, died last Saturday, in the 71st year of his age. Tlie Echo lias changed hands Messrs. Maire <t Shackelford have taken charge of it. Gantt goes to Athens aud will take charge of the IVuldiman Uur good will IS with the new proprietors, The marshal of Crawford will soon resign. MEs/M. 1 ' kUMalm.,r‘at Crawford! K Thursday the 29th u)t. It. T. Callaway, of Bowling Green, was thrown from his horse and sqrious ly injured the other day. Mr. E. B. Clark was seriously hurt by tlie fading of tlie shed af the steam mill near Salem. The oat crop is promising. The mischievous small boy of Ecx ingion horrifies the people of that peaceful village by tlie reckless use of the rubber-sling. Mr. W. A. Dozier was thrown from a wagon tlie other day. His arm was dislocated. l’he Echo lias entered its eighth vol UU1U. HANCOCK. Dr. Watkins, of Sparta, has several hundred young pecan trees, grown by himself,and just right for sellingout.— Jxhmuclite. Miss Maggie ...... Lass ford, has returned . to her home in Augusta. Caterpillars have 1/egan their ruva ges on cotton, so says Hie Times and Planter. Good rains are reported the county. Mrs. GeorgiaCbappel of Eparta ' died Jast Wednesday The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. O 1) Harris isdcail The enterprising council of Sparta, with a view to the business i/rosj/enty of its people, clone bar-rooms at nine o’clock. Henrv 3 Ilaas of Mount Hope ' is dead Misses Sallio and Bettie Du Bose, of Washington ' have been on a visit to Sparta The Superior court meets in Sparta Monday. “All Opposition Must Maml Ankle!” 8a y V. Richards &. Bvo., of Au gusta. “All opposition must stand aside when our prices take possession of the mind of the people. September, October, November and December 1881 will ring over tins glorious country, and every human being for one thous and miles round will shout aloud, ad vertising to their friends the unheard of bargains to l/e bad at V. Richards k Brother’s. Read the new advertise merit of V. Richards 4: Bro., in anoth er column. We hope all will read it. It is alike wonderful and truthful.” No. 40. GENERAL NEWS. 1 AW (JLKANF.I) FROM TKLEURAMS AND LETTKKS. Being the Latest Information as Con¬ densed from the Newspapers—A Drift Review of What the Country is At. Culled tor the Readers el the Demo¬ crat. —The crops in Ohio am fair. —Guiteau is a great Bible reader. —The excitement over the Christian cy divorce case continues. —Guiteau was arragned yesterday. He is defended by liis brother-in-law Geo. W. Scoville, of Chicago. —Jan. R. Glover, a sporting man of Augusta, committed suicide by taking laudanum. —Gen. Rusk fbe Republican candi f,,r Uownnr *■ W,w,,n ’ ,iu - »* ,!i “ ,J - was once a stage driver. —The , Indians have ex-humed and tlu ‘ l,f the U- s - Soldiers killed l ’Y th «" >“ the recent massacre. _ D r Bliss the famous medic a I ad *'>er of the profession fails to **' —The Government of Mexico lias contracted ...... with .. Messrs. Ellis A Co,, for J'.i.ooo.ooo, to drain the valley and city ’ of M « ,ea -A dispatch from the city of Mexi co twyn sotna Anwrimvi \v«r<* murdurud i ouiity of Mexico. —The lleptildicitfi State conventimi of Maryland met at (’amhr'.dgo, Mary¬ land, on th" 5th. No Im-liu's.a of impor¬ tance was traiucUoi. —The member of the Rentbliean Slate committee met at New York on IVed. nesdsy " last. There was but llttls business done. i At a * *i the same a: ti.no 4 the i Mkswcliu- a* i setts Democrats met. —Dacha Stone, the leader of the re volt in the Egyptian army.and chief of the staff to the late Khedive, is an American He is a graduate of West Point ami was a brigldier-general In the Federal army. , East wrejj a tornado nearly demol ished Madison, a town in Omaha of about 1,000 inhabitants. The storm spread '.UrougH a suitA lama section ot Um NurtUwt-t, and great rng in« . ..JM. —Tlie London Truth has discovered that the Americans are an ingenious peo ( pie. Finding that Uie hexes iu which ; American apples were sent In such large quantities to England, were afterward of , i,tt| u u S( ., they now pack the apples in coffins whie.h command a ready sale. —The tide of immigration is still at the flood. Since January 1,828,(150 people >>»velnnded at Castle Garden, New York, p »«* m, ‘ n who »“'•«"» 1,1 thBlr «'»•'»» r, ’P ,,rt tlmt they are of a better clans than those imported last year. The increase over 1880 was very large. —A pleasant little story is related of Governor Holiday, of Virginia, by tlie Alexandria Qautte. One evening Inst week an old colored woman on crutches entered a railway car in Washington. TIim car was crowded ami the old woman re quested a colored man togive her his seat., as it was impossible for her to stand. Tlie man refused. Governor Holliday, who was in the car, overheard tlie convcrsa tion and promptly tendered the old wom an ids scat., which was accepted with thanks. —Professor Hutchinson has in one of his lectures, mentioned a very interest, ing fact ascertained in Berlin. Among Roman Catholics, who prohibit marriages li .eween persons who are near blood rela tives, the proportion of deal mutes is l in a,ooo; among Protestants who view such marriages as permissible, the proportion is 1 in 2,000; while among Jews who on intermarriage with blood rela tions, the deaf mutes are as t m too. —Among the remarkable operations performed In Germany recently l/y end nent surgeons, those in which the stom bad tobe opened have Imen at once the most dangerous and Urn ..................... ° '■ l>Hrvtli, i/f Vh.imu, in tli« reruuvjl ° ‘-aneers from tlve stoinacli, comes now Di Sebin/.ei)ger,a professor in the Unlvei sity of Freiburg, with two cases iu which obstructions in tins entrails had to l/e re moved. In one case, that of a woman, a section . of one of the intestines had to be cut and the severed end sewed together. Iu l/oth cases a speedy recovery followed, —Marvin, the Virginia bigamist,for ger, etc., created an excitement in the courtroom at Richmond during his trial the other day. His plea to the charge against him was “guilty. ” A juiy, chosen for Ids case, returned that he l/e imprison ed in the penitentiary for ten years. Mar vin became -ufiied indignant. His character had , ' j. ' He '' liaranvueH K tlie 1 court, ' ... , . '•aiie.i «« lawyers piemans, i»a*e ■ an ' ,soori - R' s remarks were vindictive and set the court and attorneys on tie u '«’-tal. But he went to Mm penitentiary just the same, a rid now frolics around showing his baiul-oiue person iu a rni<r d prison. Tlie Democrat tllt’EKTISIH; H ATES j One Square, first inseiti»» . S M» One Square, each subsequent ittsertiou, 2.V One Square, Mile until# . 4» (>nc Square, twelve luuaths Hi 00 Quarter Column,, twalv e lnokthn . . 25 00 Half Column twelve months . - 40 ou One Column twelve months . . t>0 ou One Iivek or Lex* considered as a \ square. all {rations We of have non ructions will be of counted a square. ; squares fc» squares, Liberal deductions made up Can trai t Advertising. ROUNDABOUT IN GEORGIA. Matters Throughout the State Reduced to Readable Items lor the lutormatiuualtd tinier laiJilDi'iit of the Reader. —The artesian well furore continues iu Southwest Georgia. —Tlie interment* in Charleston last week numbered do—li‘ whites and 2tL colored. —The Atlanta Post- Appeal says Chief of Police Anderson will resign his offictr tliis week and move to Alabama. —The Meeting of the Georgia Press Association at Atlanta lias tieen post l>oned from the 5th to the 12th inst. —The census states the number of foreigners residing in Atlanta at 1,4115. of these 471 wen* born in Germany, **’■’ 111 Ireland, and 1.1(1 in England. —A farmer living near Boston, Thomas eouiitv. Inis made this year wU|l one , „., iiieeii lailes of cotton, 1T5 hush, vi coni, and h good crop of vane and nutatocs 1 ' u,v c The Columbus Enquirer compiaius that young men and hoys in that city M ' a,,d 111 ,l " llt ll, ‘* chuiclws on Stm nmoke. to -he p«..t annoytcncu —Quitman ir<e IVcits: “hinoe re turning to our country scat “the lady we board with” lias been seized with. a mania to sell eggs. 8lie gels ten Cfitita a dozen and we roplace them with otliels for which we pay fifteen cents, That’s the way to got rich saw', on a f irm.”' —Tl.o Maeon Tcicymp/i on last Satunjay, J^ the 1,111 largest boiler ever iimi,' made* , stack GO lent long. It was made in M >icou tor ex--Gov. Drew, of Florida, anil was on its way to Ins exto isive , saw mills in that State. —Washington Gazette : Wednesday evening last, about 0 o’clock, Mr. Thomas'Vright, of this county, rode the square very rapidly as ho "’“V’ J nst tl,H corner of tue ola Masonic . Loa^e, he was* hh turllillJ[i | lls |, orNB r ,,n w ltli him, hreak ing both bones in the right leg below the knee, —Quitman Fire Press: On Main street, last Saturday, all in a row, were standing live large wagons belonging to Maj. Bellamy, with six spaqided mules attached to each, and on each wagon H ,-ven bales of cotton. The outfit, nx elusive of drivers, was worth $8,500. Maj. Bellamy will make 000 or 700 bales "f cotton, and twice a w./ak bis five wtnc to Tnen* market guii/’ lmjen in us the above old s land yet. —The Albany News says : Mr. Albert Jackson is having a well dug on hits place, ten miles west of this city, and day liefore yesterday, at a depth of about twenty-live feet below the stir face, Im found what was at first sup posed to be a hard rock, but what af. terward ‘proved to be a solid vein of iron ore. The vein was four feet thick,. and specimens taken from it can now be T"' l ‘ l * 1,B ‘^ssrs. N. & A. *' • * ** ^ 1,1 this city, i Ins ia tli» Hrat a ' ld ""'V genuine Iron ore that lias l)eM | f in <*!>'« P®rt of tlm State, an t specimens of it will l/e sent to Atlanta to the Exposition. Monday _A bold robbery was committed on last when the train from Clay- 1 ton, Ala., George D. Smith, conductor, reached Eufanla, leaving the train upon a side track, for the purpose of making up the different freight trains, as is tlm custom. Conductor .Smith left his safe, containing about $800, in his car, but was surprised to find upon returning about, an hour later that the safe and contents lmd disappeared. It appears that two negro men had entered the car with an empty trunk and placed the safe in it, and carried both to a negro’s house, where they were found several hours afterwards. Tlie negroes wore arrested, and one of them is held for trial and the other discharged.— Cuthberl Appeal. -Mr. Howell Cherry, the father-in law of John Hollis, Esq., of Marion, resided in Monroe county. A number j of years before the war he made known to Mr. Hollis (Imp to no other) the fact , that lie had buried a. quantity of gold beneath a certain hearth iu lusdweH ing. Nome eight years ago Mr Cherry died. About six months thereafter Mr. Hollis vi-ited the house, dug into U,« heart,c am, tlu/re lorn,d a Un box ,l1 ! - t/ieces. Ad ........... dent from the fact that d-iring his mid into Georgia Gen. Wilson occupied tlie I house for a s a em us headquarters, hind yy ulal-. We have neglccti I hui etofore to mv ticn the elia pe in pia/pneloisliip of tlie Oratvfnrdvdle I/.”. .nx u.vr. Mi i/dl'fews. has sold the pape, to Ab-ssrs. i.dward Young A 1 d.wlio Imve enlarged and t rreatly im,>.</v< <1 it. It 1 -Might and newsy neatly printed and ably edited, Athene Chrome'". \Vf; were j»!♦*; «*<I u> receive a oaH tin’s morning from Mr. Edward Young, the manager of Mm < i awfordville Di.mo ukat. lie i iu the eily in the inter cstofhirs paper. Mr. \ ourig has but recently taken charge of The Dmmo t hat, which has be. n doubled in size aild greatly in.;.- v.ei. ills now one „f u,.* best, the m wsiest and liveliest ,,f our eonntiy we.ddies. Mr. Young j S a clever geui iemau, a thorough news paper mm., and we ..udi.tlly coinuieHti him to our weicbauts. Athene ^ Dailj lian.nr.
