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THE HAMILT€,V JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY.
VOL. XIV.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
* he news^pm in the cities have
done muehnoblewo^ the name
Georgia ° dailies area credit to us.
T .. H . n rirnbibitionists
mieVt repeat appropriately, after their
Saturday’s escapade, with the ant.es,
the remark of the pariot to its m.s
tress after the celebrated parrot am
monkey escapade.
The Chattahoochee river was froz¬
en over above the Eagle & Pheonix
dam Tuesday morning. Large blocks
of ice are said to have passed^ down
the river Monday, covered with sev¬
eral inches of snow.
The Columbus & Rome railroad
has carried, up to date this season,
i moo bales of* cotton; About one
thousand bales have been shipped
through to Savannah and the w a re
houses along the road are still lull.
tte'AtUnUInesSn L w^onlrovm^ (and soil is
Wpl : n u[ s vxinity our fuller
similar to that of Atlanta) are
in August and September than at
any anv other oai r time of the year 3 and have
'- • Vohrwxrv
■Z'ZVrt: . , ^ i lon^rZ
t me after*the drouth or effected. wet spell 1 be- his
fnr fore - its wate water r supply is
has been our , { ^
p rives a g o od supply now
it . a better s s pply in July
and August even if it is ■ sup lie Q- with
water from the surface ar.un Cl* At
lant
1 lie weathei a v bureau „r«m <ecns seen.s to t J be
at fault somewhere, it put tins .
wave:on us very ^“ r ateiy, d .t
has faded so tar in rcmown has & i
promptly. For five days it suit
warmer, warmer, warmer, but lor
had most to of consult lhe ‘‘"TirihelSeSr h.s themiom'. 2 to
perceive the cnange and t.eq y
uiVthe"! ta n ,e * rlnndver This morning ” but th<“ it
‘warmer and j cloud)er b
says Clouds at till *'“» “V/Les ^
they drip at all and the wmu comes ^
cold as blizzards, let it come trom
any direction it pleases. 1 his growl
is occasioned by the poverty ot our.
wood pile.
The cold weather has been more
destructive to property in Florida
1 ns than any other section of
this country. Hundreds of thous
anus of boxes of oranges have been
frozen upon the trees and many
thousand of young trees have been
killed The thermometer at Jack
sonville indicated a temperature the fig
iow as that here the and winter it is quite all
trees were killed reas
onable to suppose that all the orange
and lemon trees have been
1V f . roua hout the state, if not
e \t to the ground. The news given
from that state bv the Associated
Press is very carefulfy worded silua and
gives fion as hopeful 2 view of the
as possible, all in the interest of
Florida real estate, but this ne ' v ’ ^
wffi
, ood t i me flowers.” to buy orange groves ~
in the land of
JOSEPH L.DENNIS
PROPRIETOR.
THE TEMPERANCE AGITATION
Has done much for Harris county,
and while prohibition has suffered
dcfeat at the polls, temperance peo
| >le sl,0,lld not resl from Ihe,r la ‘
burs. Prohibition , of . itself can do
but little to suppress drunkenness
and its attendant evils, misery, crime
and poverty. Public sentiment must
0 pp 0se diam drinking, and dram
dr j nkers must i ose their respectabil
u } oeiore rtrnhihitinn prommt.on nn can bp ul m..uc made
et.eane. I oe nun wo s am s e
fore the bar and drinks his brandy
toddy, is entitled to n» more consid
oration socially than the man who
mixes Ins drinks. Both may be
clever and honest, but they are pro¬
moting traffic in an article that un¬
dermines society and brings man to
jg ie level of the brute,
Let the people condemn the traf¬
fic as they should, and they will kill
the dram shops.
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RESOLUTIONS
Adopted by the Hendricks Reading Ct-ua
on the Death of J. R. Forbes.
Whereas death has visited our
reading club and taken from ' our
?T£rb£ a lnvnd and worth v member
officer, who had borne the labonous
and important duties of ms ofhee and
«
sustain a loss which we deeply and
and'sorrowfully regret, therefore,
Resolved ist, That in view °f
this affliction and loss it becomes us
to endeavoi more to improve and
cultivate in ourselves those commend
able qualities and traits of character
which were exemplified in lbs life.
2nd We extend to his father.
’ sister
mothe r brothers and our sym
, . : t hi s their
p )£ J reavemen ^rhat t
, unon adoution of these
resolutions our sccretaiy be instruct
ed t0 enter them upon our book, fur
* ^ ^ q( {he J e
ceased, and a copy to the Hamilton
. Journal - submitted,
Respectfully F. Jf.nkins,
j J.
( . j' q oodmav ’
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AT THE COLLEGE.
The entertainment that was post
poned last week on account of the
bad weather came oft in the college
chapel last night. The thermometer
was still ranging somewhere below
freezing point, but the hall was made
comparatively comfortable by good
fires in-the stoves.
opened with . .
The exercises msp.r
ing music by the orchestra, which
was followed & J. “ H
Reubenstem Played the 1 iano, by
Miss Lula Mobley. Miss Lula is a
trained elocutionist, with the dramat
ic talent to personate perfectly any
character she assumes, and her reel
tation called forth prolonged applause
from the enthused audience.
A beautiful duett came next,sa-eeG
C L ’ncifnis n rTpu" 'and* thei/was O’^lahan’s Dresented
amuri
Mistake.” Mr. O’H. personated by
- Nir - Jimmie Kimbrough, desired the
HAMILTON, GA., JANUARY 15,1880.
Judge—Mr. O. S. Barnes, to release
from an unfortunate marriage
He^ametfl.is na!i!e Wken
off the ,, aper( lm , Terril ]SrooKS as
W “^i»er. with lawyer-like ability,
tried to present the case to the Judge
in the proper way. Each acted his
^ 'Vhc^hus
band ani lawyer from his presence,
the enraged wife, Mr. Walker Stan
ford, made her appearance when the
tw0 vanished, and the lutlge sat
quaking bchind his chair> Thc play
wag collJ i ca \ j n the extreme and the
audience were convulsed with laugh
ter.
The beautiful tableau, “Night, „
followed, but thc red light not being
properly prepared it failed to illumine
the scene and produce the effect de
sired.
In the “Irish Love-Letter,” person
ated by Misses Lffie Mitchell, Mat
tie Truett and Ella Barnes each sus
tained her part with ability, and the
play The was much enjoyed.
tableau, “A Glimpse into
Fairy Land,” was composed of a
bevy of pretty girls in fancy tlrcss
costumes and taey looked like la.nes,
indeed,so lo < O ly hd the scene appear.
icramti c CT! l ie ‘ (I -‘“^on s
^ Miss Ella ' Barnes, .V whicn ^ - was followed r f, V
by a vocal «.»««,' ••Ueau.ifu. Night,’*
sung by .M s D. Mg an
* Virs * j. o.nn s. i ms caeca ioiin
an encore from the pleased audience,
but; 1 he l * Hre bes was feaiur n ° response. o tne r.ig.it ^ was the
laugh ib.edarce “V v Klow Be ott ami
™er S nifties, M s Lula Mobley as
me wiuow ana Mr. u. b. Jiarnts .is
the elder. Profes uonals could not
have sustained the parts better The
dignified ^ s raancuv elder, Ins rs indifference to entrap the to stiff all
her protestations, and his stiff, awk
ward efforts to relieve her when sue
went into thc “highsterics” was the
most laughable sight imaginable. Fi
nally, in a half despairing mood, he
swallowed the golden bait
presented by the widow, and the
sc^osc^,t h ^,e verses she
com P osea ,or ‘ n
Journal , . . . of their
m anticipation tl en
gagement, and she recited with e ‘
lighted emphasis. Air,”
The quartette, “Music in the
d ose d the exercises of a very enjoya
ble evening.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. Wills Threldkdd has gone to
Florida,
Mayor Hudson visited Columbus
yesterday.
The cold spell threatens to wind
up with a snow.
Dr. Mitchell’s carp ponds were or
are frozen over.
Hon. IL C. Cameron visited Tal
botton last week.
The wood haulers have been busy
the past few days.
Mr w x Barr> 0 f Columbus,spent
yester a ay in t«w:i.
^ W. F. Pursell, of Chipley. was
jn tQwQ Satur(lay .
The cold snap here has not eua
! g ed the Florida fever.
\fr. J. W. Garrett, of Atlanta, was
; D t h e city Wednesday.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
Mr. J. H. Gabriel, of Columbus,
was in town Wednesday.
Ir * 1 ' 1 “ r,i ‘* le - «,»esemin, a
-
Baltimore shoe house was here Sun-
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A solid north to a solid south.—
“Dear old friend, let us shake.” And
Mr. W. II. Cody, agent for an At
lanta guano factory, was in town yes
terday.
Mr. A. T. Chapman was in the
j ty Wednesday, drumming for a Gin
cinnati house.
Sixty per cent ot the Florida or
a ige crop is said to have been fro
zen on the trees.
Mr. I. S. Chandler, representing
tbe Sibley Mils at Augusta, is
registered at the h Ael.
Cattle and poultry have suffered
badly the past week. A number of
milch cows have died in this vicinity
Mr. J. M. Hudson has moved to
town and lives at the residence form
erly occupied by Mr. E. B. Gammell
Why not save some of th>s mas:
abun j ant ice crop for next summer?
h wi be worth one or two cents u
poun Qa then .
™ So far Ijr > the tnc onlv p nl > serious serious ice ice gorge m
- of ,n tins
1 'j,
Miss Mattie McGee, an aroin.
phishcd belle o White Sulphur Spi’g
is in town on a visit to her friend,
Miss Lula Mobley,
There is compensation in the cold
weather. If it has prevented those
who owe us fi 2
it has equally c those we
owe.
The demand for meat has been
lively, the past week, judging from
the number of wagon loads that have
passed our window destined for
country homes.
Lit , lc J J imm i e Lowe, who was so
pain f ui | y hurt somc time si , 1C e by a
wag8n , hccl rolling over Ins leg, is
out again ^ on crutches. It will prob [
ab , a lo llfnc before he Y co ,
ers entirely 3 front the accident,
Shiloh neighbornood has subscri
bed $3,000 to the Georgia Midland.
If the road is bu:lt Shiloh will be
come a thrifty little town. There is
a fine nucleus there now in its pros¬
perous farmers and rich farms.
Rev. W. I). McGregor did not fill
the regular appointment at Bethel
last Saturday and Sunday because of
the intense cold, but requests us to
say he hopes to be on hand the next
second Sunday, at which time he will
hold communion service.
By a card in our advertising col¬
umns it will be seen that Mr. A. C.
Chancellor has bought out Mr. H. j.
Thornton, the cloth er of Columbus,
and will continue business at the
same place. He is a gentleman of
fine business qualifications, brim full
of enterprise and will leid his com¬
petitors a lively race. A pleasanter
gentleman to trade with cannot be
found, and those who need clothing
of any kind should call on him.
Hood’s Eureka is a perfect fault
|cm family medicine. Try a bottle.
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