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HAMILTON JOURNAL.
Called to Talbot County.
Dr J W Mitchell and family left for
pleasant Hill last Wednesday morning.
They were called to the bedside of Mrs
Mitchell’s father, Mr A W Patrick who is
suffering from an attack of typhoid fever.
Train Delayed.
The passenger train on the G & R rail¬
road was delayed Tuesday evening until
after teu o’clock by an accident to the
engine. The engine gave out at the 13
mile post and another had to be procured
from Columbus.
A Great Improvement.
Mr J H Mobley is remodeling his gin¬
nery at the depot and is now nearly ready
to go to wo k. The gin house has been
enlarged and when finished will enable
him to handle ootton with greet oaso and
disp.tch.
We Feel Relieved.
An earthquake shock was felt in Mexico
Monday morning, The weather for sev¬
eral days has been such as preceded the
Charleston earthquake a year ago and has
suggested earthquake to many of our
readers. They feel relieved that the
centre of the disturbance is so remote.
Special Notice.
Parties in arrears for tuition are kindly
but positively called on to settle their
billB before the opening of the next ses
siou. Old scores must be settled before
new ones are made. This is business.
‘‘Please take notice thereof and govern
yourselves accordingly.” Respectfully, W Dozieiu
Aug. 29, 1887. J
Our First Bale.
Hamilton reoeived her first bale of new
ootton last Friday, Mr. Tom Davm
brought it in and it weighed 569 pounds.
Two other bales came in Saturday. This
is ten days earlier than the first bale last
year. Our town never bad bettor ships
ping arrangements and our cotton buyers
may be relied upon to pay the highest
market price. It will pay you to bring
your ootton to Hamilton.
lias Our Thank*.
J ohnny Mobley, wh® is the best town
farmer of our acquaintance, has our
thauks for a mess of roastieg-ears and
peas from bis forage patch. This patch
is only half an acre, but what it lacks in
size it makes up in fertility. The crop
of 00 ru and peas on it is the second crop
it has produced this year and yet we have
never seen more forage grown upon tho
same area
The Ball.
There was a grand hop at the hotel last
Thursday night which was witnessed by a
crowd of spectators. A string band from
Columbus furnished the music and six¬
teen couples participated in tho fascinat¬
ing pastime. The visiting young gentle¬
men aud ladies were: Messrs T Pearce,
J J Tucker, Chipley; M Kaufman and
Asher, Columbos, Tom Bussey Waverly
Hall; M sses Dorn Kuraiker, Leila Sauls,
Katie Fee, Columbus, and Miss Mamie
Mall, Fla. Refreshments wore served
m ar the close of the evening.
Two Thieve* Jailed.
Doc Thomas, col., was placed in jail
last week for cattle stealing. Ho lives in
Catania distriot and has been in the habit
recently of taking his employer’s cattle to
market without mentioning it to any one,
selling them at a bargain and pocketing
the proceeds. Kimbrough, col., brought in
Tom was
town from the lower port of the county
Tuesday afternoon and pieced in jail,
charged rfitb stealing a silk handkerchief.
The Rending Circle.
There will be a called meeting of the
reading circle this evening at the resi¬
dence of Mr B C Kimbrough. These
meetings are both educating and elevat¬
ing and we hope there will be a revival of
interest in them. The following program
has been arranged for the eveniug s en
tain merit:
Instrumental duett—Mrs B C Kimbro’
aud Mi«s Mary Johnston.
heading ierril Brooks.
Vocal solo— Miss May Hudson.
Reading—Miss Mattie Truett.
Vocal duett—Mrs Kimbrough and Miss
Berta D< zier.
Reading—J solo—Miss M Kimbrough, ^ Jr.
\ ocal Hattie May Morgan
Extract from the play,“Widow Lula Bedott
—Mr O S Barnes and Miss Mobley.
Personal Mention.
Col B Q Walton visited the capitol last
week.
Mrs T N Sparks spent last week at
Sparkswood.
Mr J M Frazer, of Columbus, a promi
nent railroad official, was in town Monday.
Rev W D MoGregor and family are
spending the week near the Warm
Springs.
Misses Effie Mifohell and Mary Talia¬
ferro of Columbus, are visiting Miss Mat
tie Iruett.
Mr Sanders Jones, of Colunbus, was
in town this week in the interest of his
grocery house.
Mr. M A Brown and mother of Salem,
Ala-, spent last week here with the family
of Mr II L Peed.
The little babe of Mr B H Walton has
been quite sick this week, but was mnch
better yesterday.
Gapl L L Stanford and wife returned
Tuesday from a two weeks visit to rela¬
tives in north Georgia.
Mrs II E Moss and son, of Whiteville,
spent Tuesday and Wednesday here with
the family of Mr B C Kimbrough.
Prof J W Dozier is in southwest Geor¬
gia and reports the outlook good for pat¬
ronage for the college from that section
Mrs Farley, of Seale, Ala., who has
been for several weeks on a visit to l er
son, It^v W A Farley, returned home
Wednesday.
Mr J B Mobley returned Monday even
ing from a visit to Perote, Ala. He left
Mrs Mobley who will spend some time
with her parents.
Mrs A B Copeland and little daughter,
and Miss Hattie May Morgan spent sev¬
eral days of last week with frieuds at
Waverly Hall.
Mrs Mouroe Tarvor and her daughter,
Mrs Clarence Caldwell and several chil¬
dren, of Enon, Ala , are in town the
guests of the Hamilton Hotel.
Mr O-oar West has accepted the posis
tion of salesman with the dry goods house
of J E Cargill, Columbus, and left this
morning to enter upon his duties.
Miss Mary Murphey is in the city, the
guest of her brother Mr 8 Ii Murphey.
She has been spending the summer
months with her sister at Waverly Hall.
Mrs J H Hamilton and Miss Susie Rid¬
dle, after a pleasant stay of two or three
weeks with the family of Mr B C Kim¬
brough, returned to Columbus yesterday.
Mr James Tarver and family, of Colum¬
bus, came up last week and stopped at
the hotel. He returned to Columbus
Monday loaviog his family to bo^rd sev
eral weeks iu our oify.
Prof J W Dozier has been in Alabama
the past few pays taking orders for hi**
electrogrnph portraits and talking school.
He writi s home that he has the promise
of some pupils from that state.
Mr J H C Farr brought in the second
bale of ootton Saturday and sold it to Mr
A F Copeland at nine cents. Hudson &
Johnston have received several bales since
and have shipped two bales to Columbus.
Mr and Mrs Henson Estes who have
been boarding at Mrs J W Gamble’s for
several weeks returned to Columbus this
morning. We hope this excellent couple
have many years of useful life before
them and m future they may spend their
summers in Hamilton.
Mrs T J Brooks went down to Colum¬
bus Tuesday. S! e was the only lady
aboard when the accident occurred that
delayed the train near Fortson. The ex¬
perience of waiting in solitary confine¬
ment uutil near night is not one that she
can recall with pleasure.
Farmers and others who have a little
leisure time for the next few months will
find it their interest to write to B F John
son & Co., of Richmond, whose adver¬
tisement appears in another column.They
offer great inducements to persons to
work for them all or part of their t*me.
Misery is the one word to describe the
feelings when malaria is in the system.
There may not be positive chills, but there
will l>e cold bands and feet, headache, in
difference to food is well as to everything
else, so that life itself is often a burden.
If you are in this condition, or.e dose of
Shallenberger’s Tills taken at bed-time
will almost restore you to health—a few
more will certain 1\ do it.
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DOC AG.
Cotton is beginning to come ia quite
rapidly this week.
Wednesday was the anniversary of the
Charleston earthquake.
Hamilton was well represented at SMem
c mp-meeting Sunday.
The bill introduced by our representa¬
tives to apply the local option law of Har
ris county to incorporated towns therein
has passed the House by a majority of 37.
There was a pleasaDt social gathering
at Mr B 0 Kimbrough’s residence Tues¬
day evening in honor of two visiting
young ladies, Misses Augusta Rosser, of
Eatonton, and Miss Susie Riddle, of Col 1 *
ambus.
Temperance Decture.
Rain began falling last Friday after
noon and continued until dark, prevent
ing many from coming to the Methodist
church to hear the promised lecture of
Miss M. H. Stokes, corresponding the W. secre- C.
tary of the state association of
T. U. The audience was comparatively yoing
small and composed of the men
and maidens of the town with a small
° f OUr <*>?“• h Z
^owmg encc in shapingShe terms to the work of‘he «ferjcd W C. «„
J . L. which she described one of the
best organized bodies on the globe whose
influence was extending to the utmost
units of civilization. Near the close of
her address she gave an object lesson
from a chart showing the relatn e cost of
whiskey and tobacco compared with
bread and other staple products, and in
we hope her visit here may oeproductive ofmuch
good.
Georgia, Harris County*
B. F. Lancaster Libel for Divorce.
vs Harris Superior Court,
Julia Lancaster. April Term, 1887.
It appearing to the court by the return
of the Sheriff in the above stated case
that the defendant does not reside in
said county, and it further appearing that
she does not reside in this state. It is
therefore ordered by the court that ser¬
vice be perfected on the defendant by
the publication of this order once a
month for four months, before the next
term of this court,m the Hamilton Jour¬
nal, a newspaper published in Harris
County, Georgia.
Henry G. Camercn, J. T. Willis,
Pl’ff’s Atty. Judge S.C.G.c*
A true extract from inutes of Harri M
Superior Court, April Term, 188.
A. F. Truett,
0. S. C. H. C. Ga
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St., Richmonn, Va.
Harris County Sheriff's Sales
Will be sold before the court house door
in the town of Hamilton, Harris county,
Ga , within the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder, for cash, on *he first Tues
day in Oct., 1887, the following described
property, viz:
East halt of lot of land No. 1S2 in the iSth dis¬
trict of Harris county Levied upon as the prop¬
erty of \V I I Thompson Superior to Court satisfy in a favor fi fa of issued the
from Muscogee
Sta'e vs W 11 Thompson.
Also, at the same time and place, the
uodiviaed interest of B F Thomason in
and 120 acres of lot of land No. 152, in
ihe 18-h district of Harris county and
better known as the land deeded by the
executors of J B Thomason under his last
will and testameut toNarcissa JaneThom
asen, deceased, and Luciuda Ann Thom¬
ason. Levied upon as the property of
B F Thomason to satisfy a fi fa from
Muscogee Superior court in favor ot J &
J Kaufman, Charles Kaufman transferee,
vs B F Thomason.
Also, at the seme time and place, 120
acres of land in the 20th district of Harris
county, bounded on the north by Jim
Osborn’s land, en the east by 'and of E
C Hood.cm the west by lard of C I Pearce
and on the am h by land of F M Tidwell.
Also 0 acres of land in the 20th district
of said county bounded on the north by
Jim Osborn, east by E C Hood, south by
F M Tidwell and west by M M Rogers.
Levied upon as the property of Mrs Mary
M Rogers to satisfy a fi fa from Harris
Superior court in favor of Wm S Hunt¬
ington vs 3Iary 31 Rogers. Shff.
F. M Talley.
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EXECUTOR’S SALE.
By virtue of authority vestec in the
executors by the will of Thomas Hall, late
of Harris county, Ga., deceased, we will
sell to the highest bidder, for cash,on the
the premises, 8 miles north ol Hamilton,
at the old homestead, beginning at 10
o’clock Tuesday, September 27th, 1887,
all the lands belonging to estate of said
deceased, consisting of 636 acres of ex-*
cellent farming land, divided into 5 small
farms, 4 of which have improvements
sufficient to accommodate a family com**
®^ d 5f.h has a beautiful
building cite on a public road. These
| to ands cultivate, are of good convenient quality, lay to well, churches, easy
schools, &c. and surrounded by good
neighbors,in the most prosperous portion
° f “ ldd j e <**°W*, admirably adapted to
toe production of gram, grasses, cotton
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z° ac 7 ,eZ eo o°t °/ °?, Z u ri for ?'T'
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No . 2 consiat a of f raolioDa lo£ N l02 J
SJ 3. 4 acre , jn the 3rd di3trict d fil g .
acres of land let No. 6 in 4th district of
T c G ,. Ta j 8 plac0 ha3 on it 6ev ,
e ral small, comfortable houses, a good
g m house and screw, over 100 acres of
c | e , !re d.land, plenty of timber and ia well
watered. No. 3 embraces fractional iot
gi, 870 acres in 3rd district of Harris
Co " Ga - wilh «" lhe «•<* homestead fan.
provements. No. 4 has 101 1-4 acres
being the east half of land lot No. 30 in
4th district of Harris Co. Ga. Has small
house, crib, stable, about 75 acres
in cultivation. No. 5 contains 150 acres
of land lot No. 4 in the 4;h district Har¬
ris county llo acres of which is
original forest. Very strong land, well
watered and abundance of fiDe timber.
E. G. Ti cker,
John T. Hall,
Executors.
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