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The Jackson Herald. ROBERT S. HOWARD. Editor. - JEFFERSON, GA-. * WIBAI HOll'tM;. ■'( Im'iiiu v ‘2.V |h^|. •Sothcrn, the actor, is <lea<l. Small pox is raging in New York city. Thomas Carlyle, the English writer and critic, is dead. The Tennessee Legislature will attend Garfield’s inauguration. The Atlanta Christian Jn<l>x has a handsome new head, and it is so suggestive. It is more than probable that Gen. Garfield will oiler for a second term in the White House. The Conyers Weekly says it is rumored that Gordon and Bullock will again oppose each other for the Governorship in 1882. .Judge Woods has decided that the Act of the Georgia Legislature creating a board of railroad commissioners is constitutional. Mr. R. 1. Lincoln, son of President Lincoln, in aii probability will be oflercd the Secretaryship of the Intcriortin Garfield’s Cabinet. 1 lie Ohio Legislature is down on monopolies. J hey have recently passed a bill preventing the consolidation of telegraph companies. Augusta wants the General Government to put up a public building within its bounds for the use of the various governmental offices located there. Ihe papers state that the recent heavy rains have destroyed all chance of gathering the cotton remaining in the fiekls. This will reduce the year's estimated yield. Hon. Fernando W ood, member of Congress from the Ninth District of New York, died at Hot Springs, Arkansas, last Sunday night week lie was a prominct Democrat and an old member in Congress. Augusta’s decline as a trading point is awaking her people, and her merchants are taking the matter in hand. It is claimed by her business men that they can sell goods as cheap as any city in the State. The cotton crop of Egypt for last year is larger by thirty per cent, than was at lirst expected. America will soon have a respectable rival in cotton culture besides India, if the Egyptians con tinue to improve. The authorities of the State of Florida have made a contract with Northern capitalists to drain Lake Okeechobee, in south Florida, which will reclaim twelve million acres of the best sugar lands in the world. Charlie Ross has been found again. This time lie turns up in Canada. Charlio’s father says that there is now but one way by which ho can bo identified, and that is by Charlie’s recollection of incidents of his early life. We have received the lirst number of the Rome Jlnptist Sun, edited by the able and distinguished Georgia divine, Rev. G. A. Nunnally. It is well •edited, and a gem of typographical neatness. We hope it will meet with success. It is a mooted question as to where Vice Presi dent elect Arthur was born. It is thought by some that lie is not a native born American. To lend more doubt to the matter, Arthur is not dis posed to tell where he was born. The Mexican Government has granted $9G,000,- (MX) in subsidies to American railway companies for the construction of Mexican lines, llow long will it be before those citizens of the United States will bo calling upon Congress to protect their property ? .Jell* Davis' book on the late war will soon be out. Senator Drown and his friends arc anxious to see it, as they expect that the Ex-President will be severe on the Senator, as it is known that there was no good feeling between them during the latter part of the war. Dill Arp has been down in Southern Georgia lecturing, and as usual lie has been useing his eyes and giving his observation to the public through the columns of the Atlanta Constitution. lie is not pleased with the agricultural situation down there, and thinks that if there is not a great change soon that there will be poor crops made this year. The growing disposition of all business enter prises to consolidate with others of a like charac ter and monopolize business as much as possible, has awakened a desire in some for the General Government to interfere in the matter. We ob ject to this in toto, as we think the General Go vernment has more patronage now than is good for the country. A delegation of prominent Southern Republi cans have been on a visit to Mentor to ask Gen eral Garfield to recognize Southern Republicans after his accession to the Presidency. This recog nition is asked, not particularly in relation to a Cabinet position, but refers to official patronage generally. Of the delegation, live out of nine served in the Confederate army. It is now proposed to divide up the Territory of Dakota into three political divisions—a State of Dakota, occupying the southeast portion of the Territory, a Territory of Pembina, lying north of the forty-sixth parallel, and a Territory of Lincoln, occupying the region south of the parallel and west of the Missouri river, and of a line drawn south from the continence of the Cheyenne with that stream to the Nebraska frontier. Here is some good sense from the Greenville (S. C.) News : u Really we do not understand the utility of a Southern man in the Cabinet. As Cabinets are now constructed it is certainly no honor to be eagerly sought to be represented in that select organization. Only a Republican will, under any circumstances, be chosen, and no Re publican is a true representative of the feelings or interests of the real people of the South.*' • The Columbus Times cuts deeply when its says : "‘Some of the Georgia papers arc urging the necessity of a State registration law. We, too, would like to see such a law passed, but do not expect to sec it. It would to a great extent stop —at least check—fraudulent voting, and that is the very thing that many who go to the Legislature do not want stopped, for when fraudulent voting ceases they will have to stay at home. Wc must not ex'pect men to advocate laws that will destroy their own chances for place.*’ 1 he W ashington correspondent of the Savannah News makes some pretty plain remarks about . .Messrs. Speer and Felton's flirting with the ltc j? publican party, and winds up as follows : “ They are both heard pretty frequently on the lloor of the House, and the general tenor of their remarks, though not so outspoken and bold as those of Colliding, must induce the belief that the}' want the good will of the Republicans and desire it to be understood that they are not Democrats. They are certainly not considered as such by those on the Democratic side. Evidently Representatives Felton and Speer want to have 'an influence with the next House, which will, be Republican, and with the Garheld administration. They are simply .flirting with the Republican party,” ' OUR RAILROAD. The unprecedented and continued bad weather this winter has had its effects on all things, and railroad building is by no means an exception. It lias been impossible for a large portion of the time during three months past for the contractors to get any work done. Yet there has been, under the circumstances, a good deal of work done, and now all hands are moving the dirt with an energy charac teristic of the men who are managing, and arrangements arc being made to increase the working forces largely at an early day. Blackstock &. Cos. have twenty to thirty hands on the Jackson end of the line, and are making a fine showing. The precise number of miles already graded is not known to the writer, but it is safe to say we suppose that about four miles have been graded, besides the clearing of right-of-way and putting up winter quarters for hands, &c. The entire line has been finally located, O.pt. Sage having this week completed it at | this end. Our Directors here have been out with him on the line from here to the river, | and they all say that the Engineer has sue j cccdcd in locating the best and cheapest line I that can be found. Capt. Sage expresses | himself as being well pleased with the sur ; voy, and states that it is far better at this end thaq he at first thought it would be. He has succeeded admirably in avoiding the much talked of trouble of getting through the rocky ridge, and skims along it in such a manner as that it seems nature intended it for a rail road without much work or expense. lie has ! displayed fine engineering skill and a degree ■ of common sense and economy tiiat stamps him as a man both skillful and practical, and bent upon accomplishing the best results at smallest costs to the company. The survey terminates in town, on the up per side of Mr. Niblack's lot, near Hill street, which is about the only accessible point for the depot consistent with the obli gations of the company and the future interest of all concerned. Many of the stockholders have been meet ing the assessments on their stock promptly, and others are preparing to do so, while a few halt and stumble a little, but it is believed now that most, if not all, will come promptly to time, and thus hurry forward the work to completion by Fall. Col. Candler, the Pres ident, is beginning to shuttle things up at a lively rate, and will no doubt put the job through as rapidly as it can bo done, if all our people will only come up and do their full duty without compulsion. The outlook is promising, and nothing will delay the con struction and running of the road next win ter but a failure on the part of stockholders here to meet their obligations promptly and cheerfully. Will they do it ? The best inter est of all demands prompt action. Improve, therefore, the golden opportunity, citizens of Jackson, to better your own fortunes while you add to the material wealth of this mag nificent county. GLOKGI V Ai;WK. Arrangements have been effected by which the Roswell railroad, which was graded sev eral years ago, is to be completed. The com pany expect to have the road through by the Ist of April. A gentleman from the country recently in formed the Americus Republican that he was digging a hole in which to place a post when lie unearthed a snake that was frozen hard. He struck it with tho flat ol the spade, and it sounded like rock, lie said that he had often heard that snakes would thaw if frozen, and lie put this one in a warm place near the fire. In about half an hour the reptile show ed symptoms of life, and began to look around and move about. lie then killed the snake to make sure that history should not repeat itself, and to prevent it from biting the one who had warmed it back to life. The Macon TdegrapN of Sunday give3 the following account of the" sudden death of a witness as lie was giving testimony before the Superior Court of that city on Saturday : “ Yesterday morning in the Superior Court, the case of Victoria Hays vs. Emanuel Hays, libel for divorce, was called, with Col. C. J. Harris representing the defendant and Col. John L. Hardeman the libellant. The evi dence for the libellant, Victoria Hays, had bcen’given when the defense put upon the stand a hale, well dressed negro by the name of Robert Tucker to break down her testimo ny, she having stated as a ground of divorce that her husband did not furnish her with means of support. The witness stood at Judge Stewart’s left hand, on a little plat form, reached by three or four steps. lie did not appear to be excited, and nothing in his action or manner gave warning of the tragic scene about to be enacted. Colonel Harris began his questions : ‘Do you know Emanuel Hays ?’ ‘Yes, sir.’ ‘Have you ever visited his home ?’ ‘Yes, sir.’ ‘How did his family fare ? Did they have plenty to eat ?’ ‘They lived comfortably.’ ‘Were you there at meal time V ‘Yes, sir. Six or seven times.’ [Here the libellant leaned over to her lawyer, Mr. John L. Hardeman, and whispered: ‘That’s not true. lie never was there but once.’] ‘What did they have for dinner ?’ continued the questioner, ‘They had ham and chicken, and rice, and tea and coffee and sugar.’ As this answer was given the libellant touched her lawyer’s arm and excitedly whispered : ‘Mr. Hardeman, that’s a lie!’ Colonel Harris ask ed another question, but it was not answered, or only partially. The eyes of the witness were seen to cross once or twice in quick suc cession. He lifted his hands in the air, tot tered and plunged headlong down the steps to the floor. Amid considerable excitement the fallen man was lifted and carried into the Judge’s room, where he expired in a few mo ments. Dr. Ferguson, who was called in, ; examined the body, and pronounced life ex tinct. His death is attributed to apoplexy. ; Ibis sudden death and its surrounding cir-! j cumstances were the topics of general°con-! versation among the colored people, it having j been reported among them that deceased was 1 telling an untruth and was struck dead on the spot. Of course, no one can pass upon ! the testimony of the dead man. It may or i it may not have been true. The case on trial at the time of tiic occurrence was continued,! as the dead man’s wife was an important : witness and could not be called upon to tea-! lily.” The colored Baptist Georgia Convention will meet in Thoinasville on Thursday before the fourth Sunday in May. One article in the covenant of partnership of one of the best cotton firms in Augusta reads thus : "If any member of the arm takes a single drink of whiskey, the firm will be immediately dissolved. The Covington Star says that “ Mr. John Swann, of Henry county, was instantly killed on the 2d inst. by falling out of a tree. He was engaged in trimming up old field p.i.es by climbing up and cutting off tiie limbs. /After climbing up one about seventy-five or eighty feet, cutting olf the limbs, and was coming down, he lost his hold in some way, and feTl to the ground, a distance of about sixty feet, breaking his neck, back, arm and knee, lie left a wife and two children.” Two weeks since the Coffee County Gazette announced the death of a little son of Mr. Henry Ingraham, of that county, from hydro phobia. It now announces the death of Cbanccy, another son of that gentleman, from the same disease. Ihe strange fact about this second death is that the bo}* was, as far as is known, never bitten by the cat which caused the death of his brother, nor by his brother while lie was suffering with his fatal attack. How he contracted the disease is a mystery. The Hartwell Sun says : “Very little wheat has been sown in Hart. Just our luck. This is to be a good year for grain, and if the av erage fanner has neglected to sow wheat don't let him forget to sow oats and plant corn. One bushel of grain made at home is worth two bought away from home. One great draw-back to this part of the Lord s vineyard is, everybody wants to get an easy place where he can smoke cigars, take a couple of drinks a day, and do little or no work. The niggers, excepting a small rai nority, won’t work, and what in the Tom Walker will lazy white folks do ? Go to work and quit loafing around the stores.” The Atncricus Sumter Republican tells the following amusing story of how a sharp Dooly county darkey “got hi3 potatoes. ’ It says : “ A Dooly county man tells us the following on one of the cleverest young bachelors of that county, Gus M . He says: One night last week Gus took his usual walk around his premises to see that all things were right. He had gone through the barn yard and his hog pens, passed the fowl house, and was nearing the smoke house, when he thought he heard a noise in his potato house. He approached quietly and found it open. Aha ! he had caught a thief in the act of steal ing potatoes. Standing in front of the door and peering into the gloom of the inside of tha house, he said : ‘What are you doing in there ? Come out.’ The only answer he evoked was a fierce growl. ‘You nasty dog,’ he shouted, ‘come out. Do you think I want to eat potatoes you have slept on, and messed over ? Come out, sir,’ he said with a stamp of the foot. A growl fiercer and more threat- ening followed. ‘Well, sir, just stay there until I get my gun, and I’ll bring you out by the heels.’ Gu3 went into the house and was back in a few seconds. ‘Xow, sir, come out,’ he shouted. All was silence, except the barking of a dog a hundred or two yards off towards the woods. ‘Come out, I say.’ ‘Bow, wow, wow !’ from the woods. ‘Won't you come out ?’ ‘Bow, wow, wow 1’ was repeated, and ho went into the house with the muzzle of the gun forward and his haaci on the trig ger, but everything was quiet except the ‘bow, wow, wow,’ over in the edge of the woods, and there was no dog in the house. He came out and fired one barrel of his gun in the direction of the mocking ‘bow, wow,’ and went into the house and retired. In the morning he found two large tracks, telling him that a sharp freedman had outwitted him, and taken off three or four bushels of potatoes. lie shook his head and told our informant that tiie darkey had won his pota toes fairly, and he would not bother him if he did find out who stole them.” PARKER & CAMP BROS. We have within the last few weeks opened up a first-class stock of FANCY and'FAMILY GROCERIES, CIGARS AID TOBACCO, STAPLE DRY GOODS, HATS AMD SHOES, % All of which we are offering at HFioois. Bottom Prices. Our Goods Are Bought From Manufacturers For Cash, And We Will Sell pis Cheap As The Cheapest. G-SITB TETS3 -A. CALLi, AwA Coyyvayycc A r C\xu\ "Wc Wcuw \\ "Wc VsAvy Respectfu lip, PARKER & CAMP BROS., 25 No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga. 02HZlxr.iL HALL, DEUPREE BLOCK, ------ Athens, Ga. For Tlie Bpring Trade! ATEKt II AX is and housekeepers are invited to inspect the splended stock which is offered at ATx ‘prices that cannot be surpassed in Atlanta or Augusta. China, Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, CUTLERY, PLATED WARE, WHIPS, Lin, Wooden and Willow Wares. jobbing price ust figured to the iowest notch—saving freights and danger of breakage. IPO4C.W A Lw&ACsAEA, • s °f l 17 Broad Street, Athens, Ga A NEW KIND OF WATCH CASE. 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Boss' is the only patent case with which there is given a written warrant, of which the following is a fac similie : \ iffialkfiTlTV Tag THEACBatPAMTWO CasS/ \(f WJI MAKXACIiJBEO UNCCa / \ JfegsSjStfVAnxTjTTwsFwra of ECUO/ \^iaLa!reT; St PUI s KaPOSTnieT^ See that you get the guarantee with each case. Ask your jeweler for illustrated catalogue. PEARCE’S ISPBOTEB CAIIOON Broadcast Seed-Sower. Sows Grain 9 Grass Seed, * Hemp, Rice, Everything . No man can do it so well by hand. It does the work of 5 men. It has stood the test of years. Re ceived First Premium at 21 State Fairs in 2 years. Good, Substantial, Reliable Machine, warranted to do all that is claimed for it. Price only $6.00. Send stamp for descriptive circular. E. Whitman’s Sons, Agents, ■ Baltimore, Md. 11. M. Smith & Cos., Agents, * Richmond, Va. GOODELL COMPANY,' • ANTRIM, INL n., Solo Manufacturers. THE TEABE! A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF BLANK BOOKS AND Stationery ? LEDGERS, JOURNALS, LETTER BOOKS, WRITING PAPER, ENVELOPES, INK, MUCILAGE , INK STANDS, PENCILS, Etc. Churches and Ministers supplied with Books at publishers prices, by BURKE & ANDERSON, Feb. 25 Athens, Ga. Inducements Extraordinary! AT TTIE MAMMOTH China, Crock *evy and Glasmcarc llon.se OF NORTII-EAST GEORGIA. JAS. H. HUGGINS. No. 7 Broad Street, Athens, Georgia,' HAYING just returned from the Eastern market, we are offering the largest, most varied and best selected stock of CHINA, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,LAMPS, CLLANDALIERS,LANTERNS, &c M &c., 25 per cent, lower thean ever before known in this market. A full and complete line of HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS! Such as Buckets, Brooms. Seivcs, Trays, Knives and Forks, Table and Teaspoons, Colleo Mills, &c. Also, a complete stock of Table Linen, Oil Cloths, Napkins, Doylies, Towels, Etc. SILVER PLATED WARE! A handsome stock of TRIPLE-PLATE SILVER CASTORS, TABLE and TEASPOONS. Prices SURPRISINGLY LOW. Kerosene Oil by the Car Load. Also, Ala din and “ Red C Oil A Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, Canned Goods, BOOTS , SHOES, HATS, CAPS, LEA TiIEE, Etc., Etc., at prices as low a3 any house in the State. DON’T FORGET TIIE PLACE. Oct. 1 J. H. HUG GINS, No. 7 Broad Street. TSarbdes A. R. ROBERTSON, DEALER IN ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE Monuments, Tombs, Head & Foot Stones, LARGE and SMALL CRADLE TOMES, Marble and Granite Box Tombs, AT ALL PRICES TO SUIT PURCHASERS. A Large Lot of Finished Monuments and Tombstones on LLcuid for Sale and Ready for Lettering . My Yard is Full oi* Marble, and Ready to Fill Any Orders. GIVE IVEE CALL, AY IST ID GET IVLVT PRICES. A. R. ROBERTSON, Monumental Builder, Athens. Georgia. ISA A CLO WK ~ ~~ JOHN COIIEN~ LOWE CJOHESHYT, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS, WINES, ETtcs. ALSO AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED Stone Mountain Corn Whisky. Corner Broad, and Jackson Sts., Athens, G-a. Fob. 25 LOOK AT TEST THIMK OF IT I COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. JTJST R.EJOBIVBD 300 ELEGANT COOK STOVES, 3000 Dozen Wash Pans, 100 Dozen Splendid 1 hiking Pans, 100 Dozen Elegant Dish Pans, And a large stock of goods in our line which will he sold CHEAP FOll CASH. A. Iv. CHILDS & CO. . A. Feb. 25 Opposite Keavos, iicil Oa.