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JASPER NEWS
M. C. MoCI>AIN, Editor.
SATURDAY, APRIL, 11 ,1885 -
Say Mr. Ordinary what about that
ring.
Col. L. J. Allred went to Atlanta
this week on business.
Jfr. Bud Qwen, of Cherokeo droped
into onr san^nth a few minutes last
•Saturday
Col. lV m T, Day, is a/tending Union
Court this wee)G looking after the inr
♦crest of his |Ueuts.
Mr. E. S. flwr is having his
painted. When he gets \t finished it
wil/ be the handsomest dwelling in
/own. ¥ V
Wo had porno beautiful Snow in
Jasper on the 4th of April. The
perites coucludej that a new
had begun.
Dr. If B Tale has at his office acu
rioeity. It i# a chicken with two
stinct boddifs,'four leggs four
two neck bom s and only »ne bill.
Mr. W. J. Coffay, *j*ent
evening in town. It does seem
though Rill likes to visit this
on such occasions--a dear hunt.
Seme of the toys that went to
mountain last VVednesday says: “they
got too lunch fresh air.,,
Jack Lovelady, bought the
hogs in the county. They come off of
the .burhsoo A/ountain.
A man never knows what a woak
fijkle and oncsrtairi m.ister he has in
himself until he is at liberty to govern
hie own life and do as he pleases
The shortest and rarest way to live w
ith honor io the world i* to be iu rsalitv
what we would appear to be: ami if we
observe we sliait find Giat sli human
virter« increase and strengthen them¬
selves by the practice anti vsp«j ince of
them.
What, a <k*olftte plane would be a
world withont a fltwei! it «-< uld be a
fiwje wtihool * smile, » feast wivbout a
welcome! Ajv mu. lowers the stars of
earth ? and arc not oxr st*r» the flow¬
ers <4 l^eaven^
Chonifi Expectorant.
Will c«ir| cougjp if* or any case
do to J. Prathers
one bottle and k cake of the
Soap k ad world free,
r 0c erbottib
The peepU of our quiet little town
was surprised last Thursday at the
of Joghph Kinsy at 11,30 o’clock
As the engine rolled into town— the
surprise of a/1 it was drawing thr j e
coaches loded down with people. The
excursion is* were representing the
Grand Lodge of Knights of Honor
which met in .Marietta on the 7th mst,
The Marietta Rand furnished
for (he occasion.
The Perseverance Mining Company
has resumed work again, under the
management of D. C. Hamby, as su
iiiterdeut. W e hope to see the work
prosper tnd that all may be well in
the future.
On last Saturday, the publisher
shook office cares from his soul and
Jasper dust from his shoes aud visited
Bail Ground. We anticipated for him
a delightful trip and hope be fulfilled
his intentions—not to think of a news
paper nor read one, but give the fair
sex a piece «4‘ bis iniub.
m
r L he little engine
better known as Little Mary
put in an appearence again last
7’hursday nicely finished off.
She looks now like a new en¬
gine.
Judge Brown says that the lieens
under which whisky is being sold in
Jasper is void. The council will rt*roke
the /icens isBude, and Pickens’ last bar
room will be closed. Another prohi
bion victory.
Cheroku Advance
The ^dvace made a mistake as to
the plaw, it should have been Talking
Rock instead of J asper. We hope
that brother Perry will oorteet the
mistake as our town has be**o dry U r
souio time.
Gen L ingtutreet h&s a ct^ttage
hbt.ut two miles out of Gaiiip
vilie. and yjanuta much of his
on the yp.i ious veranda with
hi# (ield-ghiMf* looking for the
southrfcu rapuhltcana parth he
he use to belong to when the
pari v had places to pay with—
New York World
SOMEBODY KISSrMi.
1 * P Qt ‘ : * s j>.nu ariui.d mv w-ist—
dust so; and looked, oh! very silly;
I d\d not “J , frown; , T tne ^ ajr , s\'u> chilly. ,
He raised u;\ head and bent h.-a chid
Most revevntly low to kiss
One litt/e k'.se—it. was no sin- -
To tell the truth—I did hot &tiaa-it.
Then’ as I turned my face tcw*rd his
'
Our Up. were near • ear,-3 r, iarWd
Somebody i.«ei! '.M M»b-i a,
I don’t owdr know.wte did it,
(
A WOMEN HE VZ)i KNOW J WHEN
rHE iS DOING W LL;>
“1 don’t know Low i can
make a living now,’ sauiau old
time gentleman to an acquain¬
tance. ‘*1 iiau keen d-..-a»g very
well until tile oilier cl y, when
my luck changed, and since then
bread has been scarce.” D'hat
happened to changed 3 pur lubk?
the acquaintenoc asked. Jfhy
yon see, my' wiie. whorue / have
doted upon, and who has sup¬
ported me for years got a divor¬
ce. I don’t know what to
I'm afraid l'ii have to go to
work. Just my devilish luck
yon see. Hang it, she was
ing Weil. I didn't complain
the fair, particularly and I didn’
grumble when she failed to
sult me in regard to the l
to wear, but she thought
eould do better, it has always
been the way. A worsen nev
er knows when she is doing
PETITION for
T)ON.
NOTICE OF THE FORMATION CF A.
VAbY HR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
RAILROAD FROM AUGUSTA, Ga.,
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., AND IT$
TENTION TO APPLY FOR A CHARTER
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RAILROAb LAW OF TIIE STATE, AP
proved skpXrmber 27tll, 1881.
And existing thereof.
We the undersigned, Paul R Sicdgo
. M. Timberlake, Alfred Baker, Z.
McCord, George TTifirnes, T 1) Cas¬
well, Clemant A Evans, cf Augusta,
Ga., and william A Courtenay, James
E. Edgerton, George w williams, Jr:
B. Peck, and J. E. Adger, cf
harioston, S. c., do hereby agiee ^
lining and i pjhrratiug a railroad for
use in the conveyance of persous
and property ffdtu the city of Augusta,
the county of Richmond, and State
Georgia,on a lj^e as nearpracticable
as a straight line to a point in the coun
\y of Catocsa in said State, on the
Hue dividing the State of Tennessee,
from the State of Georgia, and at that
point to he connected with a railroad
to be constructed under the laws of i.b**
stale of Tennessee, either cotyv -mg
with gome railroad in the et:»; of
Tennessee, now entering the cU of
Chattanooga, in said state of Ten¬
or to be constrivted direct, ivo.. •rid
point of intersection to, the said of
The following, b: he
in th “ S *»» U ‘ ro ' , « h *** *
“*> whicl,. (i,e proposed raur a- »
rnter.ded.ro be m <b: U.oh.mr.o, • ,1
urn bia, Lincoln, Wilkes, Ogieth sp. . Li¬
bert,Madison. j itckson, Clark, V rauklin,
Ranks, Hall, Lumpkin Dawson, Gilmer
Fannin. Pickers* 1 , 'lurry Whitf ; and
Catoosa. Said Company to be organis¬
ed aud conducted in conform!! v with
all the regulations, provisions u Re¬
quirements of ths statue of the tate 0
Georgia, known as the <Icneral l av. U *
the Incorporation of Ra !>; :'-ov
p 1 September 27,1881, and entitlod an
act to piovide a general law for fhe in¬
corporation of railroads, and to regu¬
late the same and existing amend¬
ments thereof.
The contpay thus formed shall be
known as the Augusta and Chattanoo¬
ga -Railroad Oompany, and the railroad
constructed by said company through
saidjcousuties and between the foregoing
described points, shall be, as near as
can now be ascot mt'r.fe- -
and twenty mtles in length.
The, capital stock of said Company
shall be four millions of dollars, divid
ed into forty thousand shares af ore
hundred dollars each. The principal
office and residence of said company
nth's State shall be m the city of Au¬
gusta aud county of Richmond.
in witness whereof we, the under¬
signed have hereunto signed the foro
going articles of assoc : atiou a«d have
affixed opposite to onr vignaturna the
number of shares agreed to 1° taken
by us in said cempany, tegather with
our respective places of residence*
PAUL R SLEDGE, five shares, Au¬
gusta, G a. •
W. M. Timberlake, five shares A -
gvgta, Ga. 1
Alfred Baker, ten shares, Anguiti*
Z. M~Cord* tea shores Augusta, Go
Geo. T. Rarnos, five shares Afegnsta,
Ga.
T. D. Cuawel’, five shares, j^bgusta,
Ga.
clement A. Kveos, five shares; Au~
gusto, Ga. -
Wiu. a.* Courtenay, five shares,
Charlevtou. 8. C.
wa-. K. E lgertoo, five shares Char
wtun, 8. C.
Geo. W. Ifilliams, jr, five shares,
Th- Glmrleston
B - Wsk - s ’* ^ <**
" Adgor, five shares ChirJostoii.
Cf whom the foregoing twelve per.
»iis ftbtJl be < .Uie direnters for the fust
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