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JACKSON HEBAm
ROBERT 6. HOWARD,?
Editor and Publisher. \
V OLUME 11.
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Oainesville, Ga.,
IS IIEAI)QIj AIITERS for good reliable goods, and the Leader in Low Prices. My stock of General Merchandise is the
largest I have ever carried, and the most extensive and best selected stock ever brought to Gainesville. My
Dry Goods Department
Is full and replete in every line. The most elegant line of DRESS GOODS. SILKS, SATINS, PLAIDS, STRIPES and
BROCADES ever offered'here. A superb line of FLANNELS, WATERPROOFS, GA SI MERES, JEANS, CLOTHS, tfc.
My stock of LADIES’ CLOAKS will equal that of every house in the city together. This line is complete in all grades.
Every lady can be suited here. My
Glove, Hosiery and Corset Departments
Are full of the best goods and lowest prices. In MILLINERY, HATS, RIBBONS and TRIMMINGS, for ladies wear, I have
an elegant line, with MISS MARY IIEADEN a superb Trimmer, at the head of this Department.
Olotliixig 2 Clotliing l
In my Clothing Department may always he found everything pertaining to a first-class clothing store. This stock is unequal
ed in this section. “ KEEP’S” Shirts, Collars and Cuffs a specialty. No fancy prices. 1 have the largest stock of Boots and
Shoes, for Gents. Ladies and Children, ever offered to the trade in Northeast Georgia. Ziegler’s Shoes, and other noted brands
in full lines. My stock is complete in every department, and as to prices l will guarantee to sell anything in my stock as low
as similar goods can be bought in Atlanta or Athens, or anv other market. All I ask is an opportunity to convince you.
Come to Gainesville. Come to sec me. ’ * C. VV. DuPRE.
P* S. —1 buy all kinds of Country Produce at highest market prices.
ranWPH‘ , ~~ l WWHy ri f ~9F m Sf~ v ![E 11 MS ri 1 '~IBP w* l **i|UT LLlS VLLIJ / combination of Pro~
SS>A fnaar fßf M? *£& >4 liL- rj%f jmLjy jtAT 15 (toxidevf Iron, Peruvian
Sjf gp J&SSr Jgf jti? J&* Igr Mr*"* iS-.-Ie \Horf-. and Phosphorus in
m i*wtF* JeJ &T RmT @33 ) a palatable form. The
Sr & J&BSbmI JF Jr / MW JS? 0 fpg§3 y'l!ipreparation of iron
v M _m Sf Mff jSfF Ffyir m V JmE j tliut lciii n,it blacken the,
| \ teeth.so ciiuracti ristieof
\other iron preparations.
(J fvtIEMEX: I have used 1U:. Haktek's litox Toxic in my practice, anti in ah experience of
, twenty-Hre years in medicine, have never found anythin? to give the results that IMi. il urrjin’s
I rox Toxic does. In many cases of Nervous l’rostration. Female Diseases, Dyspepsia. and an im
poverished condition of the blood, tliis peerless remedy, has in my hands, made some wonderful cures.
< '.v<cs that have batHed .some of our most eminent physicians, have yielded to tills great and incompar
able remedy. I prescribe it in preference to any iron preparation made. In fact, such a compound
as I)u. llautek S Inox toxic is a necessity In my practice. lilt. ROtJElil’ SAMUELS,
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 2Gth, ISSI. SIU4 Wash Avenue.
It (ji i'M color to the blood \
natural health ful tone 10l TgbP
the digestive organs and] p&gsaf fig? jS WJO M& * sMgyP SP AS SSf & J& h
nervous system, makingK gWEr if Jj £J jj£r f JfS&sefJf £e & fig •£& fig MsJa.
Jtehiliti /. J.oss of Appc-\ Mr JP Jf Jf &Jv J Jx M* Jr M iS? gFja&ip
titr. Prostration of Vital I K I‘aaJiiil'fKAiiidfni iw mmer A# fiS Ef JSsL
Votrrrs and Impotence.'
MANUFACTURED BY THE DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. 213 N. MAIN ST., ST. LOUIS
SPRING! SPRING! SPRING!
WE ARE NOW RECEIVING OUII
Sir'irtiKrG- Stock.,
CONSISTI X G O F
Cal icoes and Dress Goods !
ALSO, A LARGE LOT OF
READY-MADE CLOTHING !
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Tile Bargain Store !.
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ATHENS, ------- GEORGIA.
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The Columbus Buggy Co’s Fine Buggies aml Carriages,
THE CELEBRATED Milburii One and Two-llorse FARM WAtrON.
good assortment of Harness. Also Manufacturers'Agents for the AVIN-
Sllll COTTON GIN, Cotton Press, Condenser ami Feeder, the best gin outfit on.
the market. Steam Engines, Saw Mills and Agricultural Implements. Prompt at
tention paid to orders. Terms liberal. Office and Ware-Rooms, corner Clayton
and Thomas Streets, Athens, Ga.
Juiy22 JOHN WINN, Salesman.
irTTtTrPTmtrV 't Farmdale, P. 0., Franklin Cos., Ky., six miles from
JfV ffki IMI 1 \) JL Frankfort. Has the most healthful and beautiful location in the
State. Lit by gas as well as heated byTt/rTT A **r , steam. A full and able College
Faculty. Expenses as moderate as an y,KMi M 1 a M JL ZjLXV JL first-class college. Thirty-ninUt
> ear begins Sept. 4, For Catalogues, ■■MMHMaMMi
etc., address as above. COL,. K. D, AL,L,I2?i, Sllpt, XjLinVXAX U Aid
FAIRBANKS SCALES !
PRICES GUARANTEED ON
Wagon and Counter Scales.
T. FLEMING & SONS,
HARDWARE MERCHANTS,
Athens, G-a..
June 9th, ISS2*
JEFFERSON. JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1882.
HOSTiFE^
fcIfTERS
It is the concurrent testimony of the public
nnd thejnedicaLprofession, that Hostetter’s
Stomach Bitters is a medicine which achieves
results speedily felt, thorough and benign.
Beside rectifying liver disorder, it invigor
ates the feeble, conquers kidney and bladder
complaints, and hastens the convalescence
of those recovering from enfeebling dis
eases. Moreover it is the grand specific
for fever and ague.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers
generally.
CWvweWvVYe , . \Y
SUPEIIINTENDEN ’S OFFICE, 1
Gainesville, Jefferson & 8. It. It., I
Gainesville, Ga., May 10, 1882. J
ON and after tliis date, trains will run
on this road as follows, daily, except
Sunday.
; Arrive, j Depart.
GOING SOUTH. f
; A. M. i A. M. '
Gainesville i G. 20
Air-Line Depot i 0.24 0.45
Hopewell ; 7.21 7.23
Florence Junction i 7.41 7.43
Stephens 8.13 8.40
Pendergrass ; 0.30 i
Arrive. ; Depart.
GOING NORTH.
: A.M. i A.M.
Pendergrass ; 9.45
Florence Junction ■ 10.03 : 10.05
Hopewell j 10.21 j 10.23
Air-Line Depot i 10.59 11.10
Gainesville j 11.15 ;
By this train passengers make close
connection for Atlanta, arriving there at
1.30. They can leave Atlanta at SP. M.
same day, or at 4 A. M. the next day, and
make close connection with the 0.20 A.
M. train on the G. J. it S. road.
11. L. COLLIER,
Acting Sup't.
PARKER’S
GINGERTONIC
ftn Invigorating Mcdicinotha! Never Intoxicates.
This delicious jompound of Ginger, Ducku and
many other of the best vegetable medicines known,
cures Female Complaints, Nervousness, Wakeful
ness, and all the bowels, stomach, liver,
I kidneys, nerves and urinary organs.
ICO
Taid for anything injurious in Ginger Tonic, or for
a f.iilurc to help or cure. Try it or ask your sick
friend to try it To*Day.
50c. and if 1 sizes at druggists. Large saving
buying dollar size. Send for circular to Hiscox &
Ctv, 163 William Street, N. Y.
[Satisfies the most fastidious as a perfect Hair Re-. I
storer and Dressing. Sold hy all dealers in drugs I
at see. and sr. * {
TRY FLORKSTON COLOGNE an exquisitely fragrant I
]erfimra with exceptionally lasting properties. *2o and 15c. M
urn n'nammmmi nu—wwr
Thcll’urostaiid Best Medicine ever Made.
AcoWmbination of Hops, Buchu, Man
clrakae and Dandelionj'rithallthebestaiul
tive properties of all other Bitters,
MakesVhe greatest Blood Purifier, Liver
Reg u ator, and Life and nealth Restoring
Agent e&rih.
So disease cNk an possibly long exist where Hop
Bitters are usmed,so varied and perfect are their
operation&flgßßk
They give sewli%fe aadvigcrtatkeagedaidicflrn.
To all whose e employments cause irregulari
ty of the bowels urinary organs, or who re
quire an and mild Stimulant,
Hop Bitters are without intox
icating.
No matter what your clings or symptoms
are what the disease or allotment is use Hop Bit
ters. Don’t wait untilyoua^ 1-0 rick but if you
only feel bad or miserable , U£ ® them at once-
It may save your life.lt has* sa ve and hundreds.
SSOO will be paid for a caM s® f bey will not
euro or help. Do not suffer Mor let your friends
suffer,but use and urge *° uso Hop B
Remember, flop Bitters is drugged
drunken nostrum, but the n and Best
Medicine ever made; the > ‘IXT FRIESD
and HOPE” and no person or familyMK
should be without them. MEMMBMSSB 4Sja
0.1. C. is an absolute and irrestible cure 5 fIK
forDrunkeness.use of opium, tobacco and i WH
narcotics. All sold by druggists. Send M *
for Circular. Hop Bitters Bf*. Cos., J
\ Rochester,N.Y and Toronto, Ont.
Cotts\&vrYeTfiVF r rc
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long experience in caring discales of the Klnod, St In and
Bone*.— Nervous Debility, lm potency. Organic
Weakness, Gonorrhoea, Syphilitic ana Mercurial
Affections specially treated on ecicnlibo principles,
with safe and sure remedies. Call or write for List of Ques
tions to be answered by those desiring treatment by mail.
(Personaeufferina from Kupture should send their addresmX
and learn something lo their advantage. Ills not atrurs.^
Address. I>K. BUTTS, 18 K. 8(h St., St. Louh, So.
LSTABLiSUEU OVEK THIRTY TEAKS
mm BP* 8 s Send to
§ DLL MOORE’S
3P KSPPbtsixens cmversity
| fllak Atlanta, Ga.
For Illustrated Circular. A live actual Busi
ness School. EstdMisheit twenty years.
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FOR THE PEOPLE.
vsAeeYcCt \Yvsec\Ytv\\\\.
“ Rattlesnake Joe.”
An old man in leather leggings,
hunting jacket and tremendous hoots,
clutching a long rifle in one hand, and
a heavy tin can under his left arm,
excited considerable wonderment,
among the idlers at the Broad street
station, as he stepped from the smok
ing-car of the express train from the
Philadelphia and Erie railroad, de
posited his armload on the station
floor, and asked for the address of a
prominent druggist. The old man’s
hair, which had evidently been whiten
ed by the winters of more than the
allotted threescore and ten years of
life, was long, and liung irit* tangled
locks about his shoulders. A heavy
beard hid his features, and he would
have made an excellent subject for a
portrait of Rip Van Winkle. In Cam
eron county, where this curious old
man lives, he is km wn as “Rattle
snake Joe.”
Ife sometimes spends years in the
mountains without being seen bv any
creature, emerging from bis refreat to
bring the fruits of his toil to tliis city
in the old tin can he brought with him
on Thursday, which was filled with
beautiful amber colored rattlesnake
oil. Ilia daily vocation consists in
catching the deadly reptiles, skinning
them, and reducing their fat to oil,
which is sold in Philadelphia and else
where for an almost fabulous amount.
The mountains of Cameron county
swarm with the snakes, and with only
a pair of hard leather boots and a long
stick pronged like a tripod, old Joseph
Martin goes out through the tangled
thickets of the mountain side, seeking
the sunny side of old logs and small
rocks, turning over the one and roll
ing the other down the deep gulches,
looking for the venomous rattlesnakes,
which he pins to the ground with his
stick ; then catching them by the back
of the neck with one hand lie cuts off
the head with a knife. His rifle fur
nishes him with daily food. The
snakes are kept for several days, or
until enough have been obtained to
fill an old pot at his hut, when the fat
is boiled down into oil. A dozen rat
tlesnakes will not make more than a
quarter of a gill of oil, which is used
by physicians in extreme cases of
rheumatism, and upon ver}' delicate
mechanical works, such as small and
valuable ladies’ watches. Superstiti
ous people attach a great deal of val
ue to rattlesnake oil in cases of sick
ness. and imagine that it will cure all
the ills that flesh is heir to.
Old Joe Martin, although not the
only manufacturer of the oil in this
State, is the most famous, and it is
said that he has been on the mountains
in Cameron county for a quarter of a
century. No one knows what he does
with his mono}’. As he does not drink
he must have accumu’ated quite a for
tune by this time. A well known law
yer of this city, who has spent much
time fishing for trout in the neighbor
hood of Joe’s hunting grounds, says
that there is an old story of his liaviug
once been very rich. lie was crossed
in love, liis confidential agent running
away with all his money and his
sweetheart as well, which drove him to
his strange mountainous life. This is
the first of a backward season. Next!
—Philadelphia Record.
KOW WATCHES*ARE MADE.
It will be apparent to any one who will
examine a Solid Goj and Watch, that aside
from the necessary thickness for engraving
and polishing, a large proportion of the
precious metal used is needed only to
stiffen and hold the engraved portions in
place, and supply the necessary solidity
and strength. The surplus gold is actu
ally needless so far as utility and beau
ty arc concerned. In JAMES DOSS’
PATENT GOLD WATCH CASES, this
waste of precious metal is overcome, and
the SAME SOLIDITY AND STRENGTH pro
duced at from onc-third to one-half of the
usual cost of solid cases. This process is
of the most simple nature, as follows : a
plate of nickle composition metal especi
ally adapted to the purpose, has two plates
of solid GOLD soldered one on each side.
The three are then passed between polish
ed steel rollers, and the result is a strip o _
heavy plated composition, from which the
cases, backs, centres, bezels, <fcc., are cut
and shaped by suitable dies and formers.
The gold in these cases is sufficiently thick
to admit of all kinds of chasing, engraving
and enamelling; the engraved cases have
been carried until worn perfectly smooth
by time and use without removing the
gold.
THIS IS THE ONLY CASE MADE
WITH TWO PLATES OF SOLI I) GOLD
AND WARRANTED BY SPECIAL
CERTIFICATE.
For sale by all Jewelers. Ask for Il
lustrated Catalogue, and to see warrant.
“Joe’s Leap for Liberty.”
Joe Thurmond’s “Leap for Liberty”
was one of the most famous escapes
ever published in the annals of history.
Surely one so brave cannot, cannot, in
reality have any treacherous traits of
character. I think not, myself. I
will admit he violated the laws of his
country by gambling. Gentlemen,
appeal to your consciences. How few
are exempt from this vile practice ?
Bring it home to yourselves ; then you
have sympathy for your fellow coun
tryman. I have known this man from
boyhood. His natural traits of char
acter are genuine. Reflect for a mo
ment. ; have pity, not blame. How
many, with true principles of honor,
have been lead on to ruin by intem
perance and evil associates! Y'es,
some who have soared to the highest
earthly pinnacle of fame, to the lowest
degradation of evil society. Pity
those who are without self-control.
Look around you and see how many
are lacking this self-ruling power;
then and there you will have pity
again. I have read the proceedings
of the trial of this unfortunate man,
his escape, and the insinuations
thrown upon his sorrowing relatives.
I have conversed with his brother,
who states he neither said nor did
anything in violation of the laws of
his country ; lie only plead for merev
while firing at his brother. Ask your
self if you would not act likewise.
Gentlemen of the court, j'ou, the ene
mies of this uu fori mi ate man, term
this act roguery ! 1 cannot term it
anything but gambling, which is de
grading enough. I do m*t believe it
ever entered bis mind to lake the
horse l y treachery. 1 wish the citi
zens to study this case ove-, each one
to know what, would be their feelings
to be accused of dishonesty, not in
tending to act thus. 11 is honesty in
telling the court how lie came in pos
session of this horse, and the evidence
is proof enough that he has not acted
dishonestly. Had it been roguery he
would never have appeared at his trial.
Neither would lie have left them had
they given hiui justice, lie was well
aware lie would be overpowered by
bis accusers, which forced him to make
his escape as he did. Gentlemen, of
ficers, take this act which he did home
to yourselves. Which one of you
would calmly suhrn t to the mercy of
a merciless set of accusers ? Now.
gentlemen, think of the distress of this
man’s feelings; to be forced away
from his little motherless children and
a weeping mother and relatives. Have
sy apathy for the unfortunate. ‘ Which
of you, the accusers, are without fault ?
If an} r , cast the first stone and bid him
go in peace, and sin no more.’ As
you all are aware, the negro Lucius
Howard stole this horse from the rack
and went on his waj’ trying to sell the
horse or gamble him off. This Joe
Thurmond played with the negro and
won the horse ; the negro set at liberty
on account of his being under the in
fluence of liquor—the white man to
bear the penalty of tlie law. This is
the first offense ever forgiven because
of being drunk.
Jackson Cos., Go., June , 1882.
Mo Hospital Heeded.
No palatial hospital needed for Hop
Bitters patients, nor large salaried
talented puffers to tell what llop Bit
ters will do or cure, as they tell their
own story by their certain and abso
lute cures at home. —New York Inde
pendent.
Flirtations. *
Says an English writer : Most per
sons possess some good qualities, knew
this, and wish others to know it. The
process of making them known to
one’s own sex may be characterized
under various names, while they
endeavor to attract the opposite sex
by them—and at the same tim§ toy
ing, as it were, with the passion of
love, constitutes flirtation.
One can obtain the appreciation of
one’s own sex by doing ordinary du
ties well; but to gain the good will of
the other sex, who may not be in po
sition to judge of our genuine merits,
requires a manner more or less artifi
cial. Flirtation is therefore a forced
means of making one’s self agree
able to a person of the other sex. Jn
the greater or less transparency of
the artifice lies the science of flirt
ing which has infinite shades, from
unblushing coquetry to the most del
icate power of fascination. Society
would be a dull thing without this
science. If it were possible that wc
men should cease for a short time to
care what men thought about them,
most of us, moralists or not, would*be
glad to sec that short time ended.
Men and women flirt, but women
more than men ; and they show it
more. Women are less able than men
to live without admiration, and have
less other work in life than the labor
of securing praise. At the same time
they cannot so well keep their flirta
tions out of sight. A man travels and
is in very few places really intimately
known; a woman is, in some few
places at least, closely watched. None
of a man’s friends know precisely with
how many women he flirts ; a woman’s
friends keep an exact account of the
number of her a lmirers. A man to be
called a flirt must flirt to the point of
abandoning all other occupation ; but
a very little affability, squandered un
der the form of smiles, procures the
title for a woman.
A girl is a flirt who exchanges a
coy glance with a middle-aged, eligi
ble bachelor who picks up a glove she
has dropped ; she is something worse
than a flirt—a minx—if t>he makes
herself pleasant to another girl's
betrothed. The iron rule of modesty,
which men have imposed upon women
as a protection against their wiles,
leaves young women scarcely free to
move or speak in the presence of the
trousered sex without risk of being
thought “ forward by women them
selves are much sterner in their
definition of forwardness than men.
In feminine judgment ever}' girl or
pretty young woman is forward, and,
consequently, a flirt, who monopolizes
the attention of males in a social circle.
Tiiis she can do by being too modest,
as well as by being not modest enough ;
for her own sex will not account as
modesty the grace which charms
without attempting to do so. Men
never speak so ill of the worst women
as women do of the best among their
sex who have the art of pleasing.
There are men whom all other men
join in praising ; but there has scarcely
lived a woman, wife, virgin or saint,
who has not had detractors among
other women. Should there have been
some few exceptions which prove this
general rule, they will be found to
have flourished in the ranks of the
fearfully and unutterably ugly.
Every woman has flirted, but we
are not concerned with the woman
whose innocent flirtations were but the
gusli of youthful spirits, or with those
wlio own the iitle of flirt to the mere
malignity of their own sex. The flirts
of whom we propose to treat are those
who Iliit on malice prepense. In these
flirting is the art of sexual tantaliza
lion.
It may also be termed, less pliilo
sophically, the art of playing with fire
and getting scorched more or less
often. Ail flirts burn themselves
once at least. Home squeal when
they but singe their finger-tips and
retire straightway from the game with
their eyes full of tears. These are
the third class flirts, having no real
heart in the play. The recollection of
their first smart makes them redden
and tingle till they become old women,
when perhaps they smile and wish the
burn could come over again. It was
a third c'ass flirt, wh<>, on the strength
of a short and sharp acquaintance
with the ways of the other sex, in
vented such say ings as “Man is
perfidious.”
The second class flirts get frequent
ly burned without quite inuring them
selves to the pain. They resemble
dullish boys who play at foot-ball be
cause they must, hut never surmount
the fear of being shinned. Sometimes
the second class flirt gives up playing
and learns to laugh at her burns;
more often she goes on till she can
play no longer, and wearily sums up
her experience of the sport as “ all
burns and no pleasures.”
But the first class flirt cares not a
pin for scorches. She is the salaman
der who lives in the fire. Sparks fly
round iier and she revels in them;
she is all over scars, and surveys them
complacently as a soldier does his
wounds. Flirt from the nursery, flirt
in her teens, flirt in her prime, she
continues flirting when slip is an old
woman, and flirts on her deathbed with
the doctor. If she could come to life
for a moment in her coffin, she would
fliit with the undertaker. Commend
us to this class of flirts for making the
heads of men flame like the tops of
lucifer matches. She sets quiet house
holds afire ; everything turns to tinder
on her passage, and when she is buried
an odor of brimstone hovers over her
tomb. Her old lovers would be afraid
to lift, up the grave slab that covers
her lest they should see little blue
forked flames leap out diabolically.
Bat Guano in Texas.
The progress of railway extension
in Western Texas has led to the de
velopment of the beds of bat guano in
ccrtian caves in Uvalde count}’. A
recent visitor says that there are two
of these bat inhabited caves, which
have keen partially explored. The
entrance to the smaller, or Cibolo
Cave, is about 50 feet high and 25
feet wide. The passage widens grad
ually for a distance of about 250 feet,
when the outer cave is reached. The
bottom is of guano. The shape of the
cave is like an inverted bowl. The
walls are of limestone and unite near
ly 200 feet above in a grand dome.
The cave is as dark as Egypt. There
appear to be neither stalagmites nor
stalactites. This cave is SOO or 400
feet in diameter, and the floor is cov
ered with about 30 feet of guano. In
some parts it is believed to be much
deeper. The atmosphere is very dry,
and five years ago the guano caught
lire, the whole surface being burned
over to the depth of about four feet.
Since then, eight feet of guano have
been deposited, so that we have proof
that the fertilizer is being deposited
at the rate of more than a foot and a
half a year. On the inner side of the
outer cave, in the side of the dome,
about 120 feet from the floor, is an
opening about G by 8 feet in size.
Through this all the hats go to an in
ner cave, which has never been ex
ploded. It is believed, however, to
be very extensive, because of the im
mense number of bats which daily
sleep in it, and because at the time of
the fire m the outer cave great quanti
ties ofsmoke escaped through crevices
in the rock near the Cibolo river, on
the opposite side of the hill, two miles
and a half from the main entrance.
This inner cave is believed to be fully
two miles long and very broad. The
Uvalde Cave is said to be about six
times as large as the Cibolo Cave. It
differs from the latter in being moist
instead of dry. There is no run ling
water in either cave.
The district is quite hilly, and is
composed altogether of a limestone
formation. In the abrupt hills many
small caves are known to exist, *md
all of them are inhabited by bats ; but
only the two mentioned, it is believed,
are of sufficient extent to warrant
working for the guano deposits.
The first shipment of guano was
made from the Cibolo Cave but a short
time ago. It is claimed that analysis
shows the guano to be worth from SSO
to S6O a ton. The Uvalde Cave de
posit has not been touched. It is
said that a factory for the production
of sulphate of ammonia is to be set
up at Uvalde by the company which
owns and works the phosphate de
posits' ut Charleston, S. C.
“ Tough on Chills,”
Cures Senses for 25 cts. in cash or
stamps. Mailed by* John Parham,
Atlanta, Ga.
S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
'( SI.OO for Six Months.
GHOKGIA >r.^vs.
An Oglethorpe e >unty farmer lias
sold 7.000 bushels of oats at fifty cents
per bushel.
In Rockdale county the “no fence*’
law is working admirably, and its op
ponents are rapidly becoming con
vinced of their error in opposing its
•ucocssful execution.
Loo Chong, a Chinaman who has
been in Augusta two years, was mar
ried on Monday to a pretty young
white American girl, belonging to a
very respectable family.
Senator Joe Urown is the largest
tax-payer in the city of Atlanta, lie
pays taxes on $203,400 worth of real
estate and SGG,IOO worth of personal
property, making a total of taxable
property in the city of $329,500.
W. L. Lindley. Sheriff of Coffee
county, was severely stabbed six times
in a difficulty with G. W. St. John.
Lindley is lying in a very precarious
condition from one of the wounds,
which it is thought will prove fatal.
Anew born babe was found near
W arm Springs, Meriwether county, in
a fence corner of the plantation of an
old gentleman named Funderburke.
The occurrence created a great sensr
tion among the quiet folks of Warm
Springs. It was a white child, and no
clue to the inhuman parents could be
obtained.
Mrs. J. A. Wharton, of Amencus,
died on Saturday morning last from
taking an overdose of a compound
known as “Indian Blood S3 r rup,” com.
posed of turpentine and carbolic acid.
It is supposed that at the time she
was laboring under a fit of tempon ry
insanity, as she had previously been
an inmate of the Asylum at Milled je
ville.
A number of the citizens of Thom
as county have organized the “Thorn
asville Le Conte Pear Company,” with
a capital of SIO,OOO. They propose
to buy, clear up 100 acres of land near
the railroad and set it out in Le CorTo
pear trees. Mr. Thomas E. lilac! •
shear has been elected President, and
E. M. Mallcttc Secretary and Treas
urer.
Dublin Gazette: Last Saturday
evening, Ashley Jones caught a wild
heron, or blue crane, and lias since
been taming it. It was two young to
fly and easily run down. Ashley feeds
it on fish, and says that one day it ate
seven pretty good perch in just a half
minute. lie now stalks about in the
yard with the chickens, and seems to
be perfectly at home and resigned to
his new mode of living.
Capt. C. C. Clay, of Sumter county,
and one of her live, go-ahead farmers,
says that ho will have during this
month a bale of cotton on the market
if he gets sunshine enough. He has
seventy-five acres of early cotton in
cultivation, the stalks four feet high
and averaging fifteen to twenty five
bolls to the stalk. He also has in
cultivation two hundred and fifty
acres of corn that will average twenty
bushels to the acre.
Wurth Slur: “On Wednesday af
ternoon of last week as Mr. E. M.
Fletcher and a son of Mr. A. C. Brooks
were hoeing cotton in a field, about
six miles from Isabella, lightning
struck a tree about fifty yards from
tliera. The hoes were knocked out of
their hands and thrown a distance of
ten feet. The parties were badly
stunned, but soon recovered. The
hoes were steel, which doubtless at
tracted the electric current.”
It was stated as a rumor on the
streets of Griffin Monday that Col.
Julius Brown had sold the right of
wav of the Griffin, Monticello and
Madison Railroad to Cole, Seney,
Thomas and two others, himself re
taining a one-sixth interest. The
amount realized was $150,000. The
new combination proposes, as the ru
mor goes, to'issue SIOO,OOO in stock,
and complete the road to Madison, as
originally proposed. If kept free from
the management of the Central, the
Macon and Brunswick extension or
the Georgia Road, this road, which
they propose calling the Middle Geor
gia, will be a valuable piece of prop
erty.
Columbus Times: “Thursday af*
ternoon Master Frank Flournoy, ten
yeatold son of INI r. John F. Flournoy,
escaped death in a most miraculous
way. J ust before the rain storm came
up, about three o’clock, Frank and
his little sister were playing in tho
yard, when the little girl ran in tlm
house out of the rain, and left Frank
climbing around the well. Becoming
uneasy at Frank’s not coming in, Mrs.
Flournoy sent out for him to come
into the house, but Frank was not to
be found. The little girl remember
ing she last saw him on the well, she
told her mother, and the truth flashed
on her mind, and at once she called to
the man servant the place to go to
the well, which he did, and to his as
tonishment the little fellow answered
him at once from the bottom of the
well. The bucket was immediately
letdown, and the little hero bounced
in and was hauled to tho surface, wet
ami cold, with only a few slight bruises.
The well is sixty-five feet deep, with
three feet of water, and the little fel
low was standing up to his chin in wa
ter for a considerable time. He car
ried a tin tub, which was on the well,
to the bottom with him, which, per
haps, aided him in keeping his head
above water.”
NUMBER 21.