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HAMPTON. GA.. JUNK 27. J 879.
Editorial Brttlff«.
I n* Cubans *re •gain in bot water.
CfON nmwMilly r*Bd in Harris county.
Kkntltrt Amending mule* to England.
U rzioo la oti the ere of another revolution.
R*v. Arminib* Weight, of CelombAa, r*
dead.
DAaueg in cotton futnrea ta dangerous
to novice*
Obi.t ten perform patronise Bibb connty
jail *t present.
Tiirrr are ovffi ninety tbonaand Meth
odists in Georgia.
Conn if being retailed at Blafflon, in thia
State, for filly cents.
RrwTuritT ia charged with seventy-eight
murder* in one year.
Tug verdict in the ilill cue srem* to hate
cauaed general surprise.
Mr. Lott, of Coffee county, ha* aold thirty
thousand poonda of wool.
Thw season hae come when the rattlesnake
kwmetb op a terror to all.
Tub improvements in the Savannah river
are progressing satisfactorily.
How. G. J. Orr if rendering the cause of
education in Georgia invaluable service.
A LITTLR boy in Early county was killed
by the carders use of firearms lust week.
Four hundred thousand persons are em
ployed on railroada in the United States.
Frem t I)e«orrr will preside at the North
and South Georgia Conferences this year.
Fdm.br, the scalawag preacher of Atlbnta,
has been sermonizing on what he sow in
Lowell.
Adams Park, on the Brunswick Railroad,
is becoming a favorite resort for pic-nic
part tea.
Tire Pritire Impel ial. ex-Knirress Ku
grnie’a only son, baa been killed ia the
Zulu war.
TBBMRRDors pressure will he broegbt to
bear on Governor Colquitt to pardon some
'NIT tbe critnii ala in Atlanta.
Mr. Pm*, of Dooly county, is 64 years
old and weighs 225 pounds. Hia aker ego
ia of about tbe same tonnage.
Conkling ami Lamar have been indulging
in some personal courtesies in the Senate, in
wbicb tbe former was considerably worsted.
Tbr President has signed the army bill,
but returned tbe judicial expenses bill with
hia veto. We think it ia time for Congress
to adjourn now.
Rrv. J. W. Hkidt, pastor of Trinity
Church, Atlanta, has about paid off the
debt of 814.000, wbicb bad been banging
over it for several years.
A young lady io Wilcox county sheared
tbirty-aine head of abeep in lesa than an
hour. Yea, *nd we’ll Bet ebe could clean a
fellow’s scalp in two seconds.
ScTBinrrBNPKNT Raoul has ofTcred to
transport tbe Confederate dead from Ander
seaville to A mericus free of charge, and to
aid lathe matter io other ways. Tbia is
generous, indeed, and will be appreciated by
tbe public.
Bosre people arc disposed to censure Judge
H.flyer for bis strict construction ideas of
tbe law, at advanced in his charge to tbe
jury in tbe Hill-Simmons case. Yet, while
our sympathies are with Uill, we believe the
Judge ia right.
Eugene Louis Jr an Joerrn, Prince Im
perial of France, was the son of the Kmpe*
ror Napoleon 111. anti tbe Empress Eugenie,
and was 23 years old March 16 last. On
tbe fall of the empire be fled to England, and
lived in retirement at Cbisdburat. In tbe
final examination at the Woolwich Military
Academy, in 1875, he took high honors.
A SYRDICATK was formed in Pnlaski,
Teon., a few days ago to deal in cottoo fu
tures. The extent of capital, ooc hundred
and forty-five thousand dollars, was invest
ed io Nashville. A few days after tbe syn
dicate was telegraphed to remit aeventy
five dollars more to cover a decline, where
upon they met and resolved that: “Fu
taiea trom a pefeologieal standpoint, or
from a prospective altitude, are an impend
ing humbug, and that the auo of doomsday
will eet before we impinge any more scads
upon tbe fitful changes offered by theae
bloated nabobs and cotton mouthed reptiles
af the Nashville Ootton Exchange.”
Fins Yield or Wheat — Wearc inform
ed by a yoong gentleman ol tbe citv that an
acquaintance of hia in Gordon eounty bad a
hundred acres ia wheat, and that it was
thought it would yield at least 4.000 bushels,
and that another gentleman in tbe same sec
tion wou’d raise about 40 bushels to the acre
ort his.— Rome 1 ribvuit.
If ooe-balf the accounts we hear of tbe
grain crops in Georgia be tree, it may be
aafe to conclude that there will be plcoty of
bread for all, notwithstanding the large area
coveted by cotton. It is a good sign that
real icdrpt Defence is not impossible.
The Wild Land Question.
The Wild Land Committee are industri
ously at work, and will be able to make an
early report to the Legislature. Of this com
mit!'e tbe Atlanta Dispatch says :
"Thev mept early in the morning, work
nntil dinner, and after dinner resnme their
labors until six o'clock.* The Invent igstions
are thorough and minutp, and when ready to
report to tbe L“gislature will show the many
thousands of dollars tbe State hss been swin
dled oat of, into whose bands it bss gone,
and why it is retained. It is a gigantie un
dertaking, and probably some of tbe mud
sill facts will never be reached. Ff the com
mittee were to close their labor* to-day,
they have done e'ongh to forever merit the
support and good will of their constituents,
fßr they have traced the State’s moDey into
certain parties hands, and will be able to
show the State where it i».”
Every friend of the Comptroller General
will be pleased to hear this. They desired,
aa be himself did, that an exhaustive invest
igation Into the whole qnestioo should‘be
had, and the appointment of this committee
was nothing more than a simple act ot jus
tice toward one who was honestly endeavor
ing to discharge a moat embarrassing duty.
That persistent f Sorts have been made to
entangle the Comptroller in some way or
other with the irregnfarities of this wiM land
business, is too evident to admit of the ghost!
of a doubt; that this officer is blameless, so
far as intentional wrong is concerned, his
triendb will believe until the contrary is
clearly proven. So far as human sagacity
can avail, the wrongs which have grown out
of these wild land transactions do not lie at
tbe door of the Comptroller General. Tbe
various printid articles which, in the simili
tude of charges, have at stated periods been
scattered over the State, have doubtless
emanated from some irresponsible source, or
was the out-crop of defeated aspirations
This may not be tbe case in the piesent in
stance ; but certain it is it often bnppens
that disappointment will go a long way in
urging its victim to seek satisfaction by
"ways that are dark and tricks that are
vain."
But we have an abiding faith that tbe
committee appointed for this purpose will,
without fear, favor or affection, investigate
this whole matter thoroughly. It should be
sifted to the bottom. The tax-payers of
Georgia must be satisfied. Public opinion
must be sett ltd. Those who have swindled
the State hy spccalating oa either tbe ignor
ance or the necessities of others should be
brought to condign punishment. The inno
cent should no longer remain under the ban
ot mistrust or suspicion. The report of tbe
committee will make everything clear—a
result which the Comptroller desires above
all things. ,
Tan Wieklt is on the side of justice
always. It desires that praise or condemna
tion be meted out to those »ho deserve the
one or the other. If men abuse official sta
tion by arts of illegality, punish them ; if
they are true to their trusts, give them the
benefit of it. This is what we aim at. If
tbia role be followed, our opinion is that tbe
Coroptrnllei General will come out of this
matter most triumphantly.
A Bavaok Indicteent. —Yet a little while
I and the Gerrpia Legislature will Ire in extra
: session. For what purpose? To attend to
the business ol the State and assist the peo
ple? No. To work for their own private
interests and the interest of their friends?
Ye*. To endeoror to put down crime and
sin and build np the benign influences of love
and morality ? No. To attend the operas,
wait on fast women, hang around faro banks,
drink whisky nnd curse their constituents?
Yes. To be true to their constituents and
vote and work to their interests ? No. To
sell their votes and services to scheming
rogues and politicians, in order to put np at
the big hotels and pay their whisky and
other intemperate bills? Yes.— Convert
Weekly
Our contemporary is too severe. Grant
ing that there is a modicum of fact amid all
this fiction, it will not be denied that there
are a large number of members—onr imme
diate Representative among the number —
who are not guilty of the above charges
They are good men, having at heart the in
terest of their constituents, and hence are
exempt from the sweeping besom so rudely
bandied by our spleeny brother. Give eacb
mnn bis due, at all events—don’t condemn
the entire body because a few do wrong.
John T. Grant and C. A. Nutting, who
signed with “Uoncst John” Jones his bond
as State Treasurer, and against whom, as
securities, a verdict was given at the recent
trial in Fulton Superior Court for $92 500.
have memorialixed the Legislature to relieve
them from the obligation than incurred.
They claim that the bood in qnestioo was
only temporary, to last until Jooes could
make another. They further claim that a
second bond was made, duly signed and
accepted, and in view of this fact they con
tend that the first bond was thereby annulled.
If this be true, why did they not take up the
first bond when the second was made ? They
are both estate financiers, and it seems a
little singular to us that they would allow
such an important paper to remain in the
hands of the Executive after they bad re
ceived their discharge as securities.
Th* Belt— Weston woo the champion
ship in the great walking match which ended
in London on last Saturday night. This
brings the valued trophy back to America.
Weston made the best six days time on re
cord-over five hundred and fifty miles—and
ojubt have made a pile pi rnoncr.
A Worthy Man.— Tbe Irwinton South
erner gives an account ot a colored man in
Irwin county that exhibits him in a very
favorable light. lie i* possessed of the virtues
of faithfulness, honesty, energy and industry
—qualities rare indeed with the average
colored man He was the fnrthfol custodian
of his owner's personal effects when Sherman
passed through the county. For ten years
he has been blind, but has earned a good
living in various ways. It is an exception
to tbe rule, certainly, and rt is a pleasure to
record it. May the old mao lira long and
be happy.
Conklin* and La mar.
The little dispute bdween Oonkling and
Lamar in ihe Senate tbe other night is thus
described by tbe racy eorres|)ondent of the
M aeon Telegraph and Messenger :
The Radical filibnsfers, led by the New
York turkey cock, who grows more and
more insufferably insolent and unmannerly
every day, fought the passage of the army
bill with characteristic vigor #nd venom,
and vied with each other in septng who could
be more offensive if) tone and manner*. -Their
leader wag even more discourteous and
ruffianly in hi® bearing than usual. He has
the manners, or rather the laek thereof, of u
blackguard and on this occasion seemed de
termined to defy all rivalry.
It was twenty minutes [test midnight when
Conkling got on hi® feet and lannched into a
fnrious diatribe against Mr. Lamar for coll
ing op his Mississippi river commission bilj
In-the morning and thn®, as he charged, acting
in bad faith by taking up time that should
have been devoted to debat ng the army bill.
Mr. Lamar at once rose and said that if
Oonkling charged him with bad faith, or
implied had faith against him, "l say to the
Senator from New York”—taming ard
looking steadily at the turk'y cock—“that
he ia gnilty of a falsehood which I repel
with all the ceritempt I feel for its author."
This so astounded the Senate that not a
word whs uttered. Mr. Lumar sat down
mid Conkling arose and called, “Mr Presi
dent” several times. The chair (Mr Cock
rell) replied, “The chair has r cognized the
Senator from New York twice”
Conkling was too much excited to know
wbat happened, and in a tiembling voice he
said, “Mr. P ref'.dent, 1 didn’t hear what the
member from Mississippi said in the begin
ning, but if 1 under.-tood him aright, he
churged me with intentional misstatement,
or implied it. W hat did the member Isom
Mississippi say ?”
Mr. Lumar arose and addressed the Chair.
The Choir —Does the Senator from New
York yield to the Senator from Mississippi 7
Conkling made no answer, aud twice -Vr.
Lnmnr asked if he yielded Conkling turned
his back and said he would not hold furl Iter
communication wiih the member from Mis
sissippi. Conkling understood the member
from Mississippi to say in plain, unparlia
mentary language, that what he said was a
lalsehood “I have only to say (this not be
ing tbe place to measure with any member
the capacity to violate tbe rules of the Sen
pte.) 1 have only to add that if the Senator,
the member from M ississippi. imputed to u»p,
or intended to impute to me a falsehood,
nothing except tbe fact that this is the Sen
ate would pre vent me from denouncing him
as a blackguard and a coward [Applause ]
Let me be more specific. Should the Sen
ator from Mississippi, in the presence of tbe
Senate, charge me by intimation with telling
a falsehood, 1 would denounce him as a
blackguard, n coward and a liar (This
created a decided sensation, and Mr. Conk
ling continuing said :) But as I understand
it, the rules of the Semite ate the only re
s'raints.”
Conkling sat down. Mr. Jjtimar waited
half a moment and deliberately said : “I
have only to say to the Senator from New
York that he understood ase correctly. I
«nid precisely the word he understood me
My language was harsh and unparliamen
tary, and I beg pardon of the Senate for it,
bat my language was such as no good man
would deserve and no brave man would
wear "
This was applauded. When Mr. Lamar
sat down, tbt chair waited apparently for
Mr. Oonkling to reply, but the latter, after
a moment’s waiting, simply asked, “What
ia the question before the Senate T’* and the
filibustering proceeding® were resumed.
After making bis response to Conkling,
and before sitting down, Mr Lamar, in order
that no mistake might be made, said that he
did intend to c’ arge Conkling with deliber
ate falsehood, and that was what he intended
to say when the latter refused to heir bm.
Conklir.g will, of course, content himself
with this, “you ate another,” response to tbe
brand which Mr. Lamar publicly put opon
him, and it may even win him «ome renown
among the old women and littfc boys of his
section, but it doesn’t wipe out the blister
of having ottered a falsehood and been told
of it. His eomb is cut, and henceforth this
turke? cock ought, if be has any shame, strut
and ruffle a little less. To make matters
worse, that special female friend of whom I
recently wrote was in tbe gallery, and wit
nessed her knight’s disgrace She remained
until 3 o’clock thia morning, and when she
left was escorted to her carriage by Conk
ling. Let us hope, in pity’s name, that the
suweeded io pouring some balm into tbe
weraods 4-' the crestlallen bully.
Orit'&M utfa correspondent states that
has announced him
self as a candidate for Comptroller-General.
Under the provisions of tbe new Constitu
tion, tbe Comptroller-General, State Treas
urer, Secretary of State and Attorney-
General will all be elected by tbe people.
Heretolore they have been elected by the
Legislatare. with the exception of the Attor
ney-Geoeral, who has been appointed by the
Governor. Tbe nomination and election of
these officials will make Georgia politics a
g >od deal livelier than they have been.—
Augusta Chronicle.
Wx notice that a few papers have slurred
Governor Colqcitt lor delivering Sunday
School addresses, when be has been invited
to do bo, insinuating that it is ao election
eering scheme on his part. As there is no
race on hand at this juucture, we tbiok such
ili-tiatured flings are contempt ble When
politics ib this country degeoerate into such
low malice that private and religious acta o!
Christian devotion are impugned, then indeed
liave we fallen upon evil times— Marietta
Journal.
Jefferson Davis at Home.
Alighting from the train at Beanvoir
station. Miss., yon can see two or three
small brown strnc'ore®, a grove of pines, and
tbe white vista of vanishing railway track
glittering with millions of minnla refractions
of the bright sunshine for miles along its
jwndv wav.
Taking tbe half perceptible roadway to
your right, ten or fifteen minntre’ walk
through the pines brings vou to the beach
Here yon see a house built in the Biry fash
ion of this region of perpetual sunshine. This
is the residence of the Rev. Dr. Lneock. an
aged Episcopalian clergyman, once Chaplain
to the Duke of Cambridge B yond the
reverend gentleman’s estate you see fionting
the beach another relate, tbe residence ot
Mr. Davis.
Entering the gate, you pass across a lawn
dotted with live oak and otbpr trees, fes
toonrd with the picturesque Spanish moss.
Before yon is a low and spacious mansion
pa nfed white, wi'.U broad verandahs. ,4 1
either side, a trifl* nearer the fence, is a
small building, a sort of pavilion. White
resting on the verandah, waiting for yonr
letter of introduction to he handed to the
master, your eye takes in tbe hospitable pro
visions for ease afforded by several comfort
able rocking choirs, a table, and a settee.
Life here is all fresco. The broad hall
which goes through tbe house is open to tbe
breeze, but not to the ardent snn whose rays
are intercepted b>’ tbe verandah. Here, on
the front vpnmdah! sits of a morning the
ex-President of the Sou'h, in fnll view of
the Gulf of Mexico, that dazzling, radiant
expanse of shimmering blue Its summer
wave^ glide softly, to break in lulling sound
nponflhe whitu and sparkling sand The
breeze is laden with the strange perfume ol
the sea. It is the land of tbe lotus eaters,
where ’tis always afternoon. Sitting on this
verandah, into what reveries may not the
Confederate ex-President fall, as be gazes
out upon this Mexican gulf, which, hud the
dream® of the Southern statesman been real
ized, would have fe en the inland sea of a
mighty empire, stretching to the tropics.
1 was soon summoned to the little pavil
ion to the right of the This build
ing is divided into two parts The rearward
is occupied by an ancient and favorite nfgro
servant, whose idea of housekeeping is to
display his furniture a iw toois jjb his liitle
verandah. He has n notionmf raising vege
table odds and emit in borre, and his vaga
ries excite but a «mi!e. No one dreams of
interfiring, even for the sake of order, with
tbe privileges of this ancient servitor Tbe
front portion of the pavilion is occupied by
Mr. D»vis as a library and study Here I
found him, slightly indisposed and lying upon
a lounge. His manner is genial and very
kindly, with that charming courtesy carac
teristic of the high-bred Southern gentle
man.
Seventy years of age, Mr Davis has yet a
fresh and vigorous look. His hair, mous
tache and whi-kers. are white in part, but
his eye is bright and cheerful. His face in
repose is almost severely intellectual, but the
smile which lights up his mouib and his
quiet, cheerfol langh dispel the first impres
sion of coldness. Few of our public men
have the quiet fascination of manner, tbe
old-fashioned giace, and tbe charming con
versational powers of Jefferson Davis. His
memory is capacious and retentive. Oue
might, with a facile phonographic pen, col
lect. great stores of reminiscence from his
lips.— Boston Herald
Norfhern “GusH.”
Under the head of “Bentimcnt and Com
mon Sense,” the New York Evening Post
s iys :
“Is it not time for common sense to take
the place of sentiment in political mutters 7
The Sooth has acted more coolly and more
wisely than tbe North in this respect. The
Southern people made up their minds to
come back quietly into tbe Union, and they
declared their intention to conform to the
Constitution and the laws. But they did
not ‘gush’ about it. Tbe Northern people
might well have stndied their examp'e. The
South has come back to live quietly on
grounds of practical interest. On these
grounds it has become solid. -Vooid not
the North have been more solid if it had
been morp practical ? Nowhere is there a
rm»n of influence in the Sontbern States who
has professed to love the Unifui fo'r its own
sake. 1 Was it to be expec|,ed%*at hp should
do so? Hive not men in the Northern
States protested too much to love the ex-
Confederates for tbeir own sake?”
The South has certainly never asked «the
Noth to “gush” over the return of the fos*
mer to the Federal household There was
no “prodigal son” business about, that return.
The Sooth came back unwillingly, and
neither expected nor desired ring, robe or
fatted calf. The Southern people tougbt for
independence and were beaten. Tney ac
cepted the arbitrament of arm* honestly if
not cheerfully. “They declared tbeir inten
tion to conform to the Constitution and the
laws,” which is all that can be demanded of
them. They never “professed to love the
Union for its own sake,’’ and would have
been hypocrites if they bad. Obedience i«
one thing, affection quite another. Tbe
government has a right to insist upon the
first ; no right to insist npon the last.
Southern people only ask Northern people
to let them alone. They have got a gieat
deal of work to do. and not ranch to do with.
All their time and strength is needed in tbe
struggle for subsistence; in the effort to re
gain a -mull portion of the prosperity lost by
tbe war. They have do leisure for “gushing”
themselves, and do not care to be the objects
of it. The Soaih has. as tbe Post very sen
sibly says, “become solid on grounds of prac
tical interest.” They have no more polities
than are necessary for self-preservation.
Whatever “sentiment” they had has beeo
pretty well knocked out of them, and >n its
sired they have got “common sense”—a
much more valuable possession, which they
are trying to use. If allowed to do this
they can get along without the “gush.” —St
Louis Republican.
Wk would suggest to these special cham
pions of individuals that when tbe proper
time comes, the Democratic party will elect
a Governor, and these very patriotic fellows
will have to take tbeir chances for pnblic
positions in the gift of tbe Governor the
same as other people Some men who have
been spoken ol in connection with that high
trust, are not competent to make a good
“chamber maid” in a third-class livery stable,
and could not carry tbeir own county if
they were to bcouic candidates.— Gnfiin
Ncus
Interpreting a Courtship. —ln lowa a
f°w days ago a rather singular marriage
took place. The groom was an Englwhman
who could no* understand a word of German,
and the bride was a Germnnpss who could
not understand a word of English. The
courtship of these antipodal people was
fully as remarkable as their anion. It was
carried on a unit nut friend, a yonng
German who ws* versed’in the mysteries of
English, and who interpreted the gnt'urals
of Ihe two dialert* into tfie beautiful lan
guage of love. It was nreessa ftv a hr ef
courtship The d fficolty of rendering the
thooghta of each onto the other wonld 'end
to shorten the matter, and then the wear and
tear on the interpreter would preclude a very
long siege. To-repeat to her the words of
devotion frwn tbe lover were easy enough,
and her tenderness in return were not im
possible tasks, bot the dimaxe* took his
strength. To earn the consent for a
kiss, embrace or carest by the tenderest I
elnquence, and then to aside and let
another min take it—to have hi* nerve* ex '
cited to the highest degree of pfea®orab!e
"anticipation, and to Use oblige to sit
suddenly down opan them while another
roan sailed in and plucked the joy, could not
tail to exhaust the stoutest na'ure in a very
short time. It is a delicious pe®time to eat
luscious fruit from a tree, but it is wea mg
on the step ladder; snd so we are not sur
prised to learn that when the bridle coofite
took their tour the interpreter took ta bis
bed. —Danbury A'nri.
Thova® Jurraßsnu's Grave— A corres
pondent of the Boston Journal thus describes
the grave 01 Thoma® Jefferson,at Monticello,
Va : We were surprised, and looked in
vain ior something to remind us of the rest
ing place of 1 lie author of the Declaration
of Independence, but, on alighting and pass
ing linough the underbrush for u few steps,
we found ou r stlves brought face to face with
the most desolate of burial plates The spot
was originally surrounded by a brick wall,
through which an iron gate furnished admit
tance. hut the wall has been entirely torn
down, and the gate lies prostrate The in
closu'e is from two to three hundred feet
square and ibere are some twenty graves,
wheie rest the descendants and relatives of
Jefferson. S une ol the graves are marked by
heud.-tonea. but some are without any m*rk.
though several burials have taken pfuee since
the war, and one grave seemed to be freshly
sodded. Jiffi-rson’s grave is m rktd by a
rough granite monument,, square, and about
filter o teet in height, upon which is placed a
cone-shaped block ol gianile. The corners
have all been broken off by visitors ; t ere is
no name upon it, the plate which evidently
was once in the stone having beeD removed,
but upon the base near the ground was tbe
dale of bis birth and death in rude letters.
Tuere are several large trees growing within
ttie euetosure, and tbe whole is surrounded
by untilled laud and underbrush.
Orioin or Champaqnk—ln 1688 a cer
tain monk named Prrignon was in«d<' celhier
of the Benedictine Abbey,of Haut Vilfers, a
little hamlet oo the banks of the Marie,
about five miles from Ejiirray, Prance, who
wa9 a p“rlcct godsend lo I tie wine-bibbing
world. He was the fi st to marry the pro
duce of one vineyard to that of another ; to
find out that a white wine which would keep
good could be made from the blackest
grapes, instead of degenerating, like that ob
tained from white grapes and to substitute
cork as a bottlp stopper for fl ix dipped in
oil Just at the close of the 17th century
he achieved his finul triumph of producing
effervescent champagne. Why it sparkled
he knew Dot, but the secret spread over the
country, until in 1878 the official return of
the ruenrrfueuwers’ stocks in the Champagne
district, as given ny the chamber of com
merce at Rheims, is 70 183 863 bottles.
A correspondent, writing to the Griffin
News, says:
Henry coon’y has a local issue. u|>on
which the people aie somewhat divided, bnt
are too bnsy to discuss it just now. and that
is as to the propriety of having a board of
County Commissioners. Their Representa
tive has given notice that he will introduce
a bill lo establish such a board. Many ol
the people claim that it is a useless measure,
as Judge Lemon—the present efficient Ordi
nary—manages the county affairs as judi
ciously as possible, and that there could be
no i(nprovement. and that the movement is
Jlu tended “to* give place to office seekers. Of
this, however, ! know nothing
New Advertisements.
notice! -
GEORGIA—Henry Cocntt.
Specifications of a bridge, to be built
across the ford at Heory C. Manley’s, in said
county, the bridge to be 65 feet long, 12 leet
wide, 6 feet high, to span 22 feet; abutments
20 feet at each end; to be well braced at
every place wjt-re braces maybe needed,and
well pinned with iron spikes or stout wooden
pins To be let oot to the lowest bidder on
the third day of July, 1879. The right to
reject all proposals reserved. The cash will
he paid upon completion of the work.
Done by virtue of an order of the Ordinary
of aaid county, this 23d day of June, 1879.
W W. TURNIPSEKD,
R. M WALKER,
T. G. BARNETT,
Road Cororaissio ters.
ITT a 1 A LIMITED NUU-
Ulnnf of acli,re ’ energetic
■I flilllinlr dnv " w ' r9,o en ? B g° in »
VI MfilUUiipleasjDtand profitablebus
inesa.
Good men will God this a rare chance
to make: money.
Such will please answer this advertisement
by ieiler, inclosing stamp for reply, slating
what business they have been engaged in.
None but those wno mesn business need ap-
Address Finlkt, Hartkt k Co.,
je2? Atlanta, Ga.
NOTICE.
AN Act to create a board of Commissioners
of Roads and Revenues in the couoty of
Henry, and for other purposes therein
named
The above is the title of a Bill which will
be introduced in the Legislature at its next
session, in July. WM. T. DICK EN.
Jnr.c 4, 1879
WOOL
Carded at Wynn’s Mills 1
Wool carded promptly at Wynn’s Mid*
and at the High Falls- at ail seasons of tb«
year. Experienced'careers at either place.
Wool rolls for sale very low for cash, or ok
credit. J A C WYNN.
Wvrm’fe Mills May 321—-M
Georgia —henet uodntt:
Rodolphos Welch petitions for letters
of guardian-hip of Jerry Wirobutb. colored.
These are therefore to cite and admonish?
all pnrties concern*-# to be and appear at
my office within the time prescribed by law
and show cause why Eati# letters should nos
be granted said petit-ioner.
Given under my hand and official signature
this 4th day of Juue r lß79
A. A. LEMON.
j«6f4 Ordinary.
GEORGIA— Hbnrt County:
Miles H. Campbell petitions for Ut
ters of adminisiration 00 the estate of Tboa-.
R. R berts, deceased
These are tfe-refore to ci e and admonish
all partietrconcerncrl to be and appear at my
office wirhin tbe time prescribed by law and
show cause, if any they have, why said let
ters showf# not be granted 5 said petitioner.
Given undbr my hand 1 and official signa
ture this 28th day of Mav, 1879
my 2334 A. A. LEMON, Ord’y.
J". Car. HUftlieSy
BOOTS AND SHOES l
To the Public I
On and after the 15th instant I propose
making a reduction in former price* of from
It) TO 20 PER CENT. Satisfaction guar
untei-d in all cases, or no trade. I will use
none but the tiesl material,and shall make it
mv aim to please all who ,'avor me with their
patronage. I will take in exchange lor work
country produce.at the highest market price.
Hampton, Gu.. June 13;4t
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
BY virtue of an order from the Ordinary'*
Conrt of Henry county, will be sold
before the Coort-honse door in tbe town of
McDonough, H<*nry county, Ga., on the first
Tne®day in July npxt, between the legal
boors of aule. tbe following property, to wit:
Three-fourths undivided interest in the mill,
mdl yard and water privileges of the mill-
Known as Samoel Lee’s mill, lying and being
in the 12th district of Henry county, and
situated on lot No 8 in said district, ihe
same being the lot of land whereon James
Gilbert now resides. Sold as tbe property
of Samuel Lee, deceased, for the benefit of
the heirs and creditors. Terms cash. May
28ili. 1879 WM.O BETTS.
Adro’r de bonis non of Sum’l lye, dec’d-
SALOON!*
BEST CIGARS!
FINEST WINES! ' -
PURESTJLIQUORSt
CINCINNATI BEER ON DRAUGHT.
BILLIARDS AND POOL !
leb2Btf
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
BY virtue of an order from the Ordinary's
Court of Henry coonty, Georgia, will
be sold before the Court-house door in the
town of McDonough, in said county, on the
first Tuesday in July next, between the legal
hours of sale, the following property, to-wit r
The northeast corner of lot No 205, m the
7th district of said county, in a square shape
in said corner, the northern and eastern
boundary lines being parts of the northern
and eastern lines of saidt lot, and containing
thirty-three and one-tbird acres, more or leas;
to be sold as tbe property of Mary Craig,
late of said county, deceased, for tbe benefit
of tbe heirs and creditors 6f said deceased,
the sale having been postponed from tbe first
Tuesday in November last, (1878.)
Term-—Credit till the first day of Janu
ary next, wheu possession will be given.
May 27th. 1879. THOS. 8 CRAIGE,
my3os6 Adm’r of Mary Craig, dec’d.
0 I C
Why Everybody Goes to
D. B. BIVINS’
To Get
Dry (foods, ihoosriss f
BOOTS MB SHOES, HATS
And Caps, Notions*
Clothing^
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,
Plantation Supplies, Fnrnlw
tnre, Etc-, tie.
it is becuse they can get better bttgeiss
at bn store. A word to tie wta* fa aufi
cient. wyipLi:,