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HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
R. T. HARPER A CO.,
p*rpRIKTO«a.
Terms of snhiicriptinn $1 50
(INVARIABLY IK ADVANCK.)
JAM. K. RHOVVV, Editor.
Hampton, Ga.. Dec. 12, 1870.
Editorial Rrrvltiei.
Stem avillk wonts a railroad.
The iuoPndiary is visiting M»con.
Newton oocnty lias 97 pointer dogs.
An SBOO fiie was bad in Rome last week
7'hk Sylvanta jail is to be made stronger
Th* centos of 1880 is anxiously looked
for.
Tim Central Railroad is doing a heavy
business.
Robt. H. Mat has been elected Mayor of
Augusta.
And now the females of Doblin make that
town lively,
Ministers in Texas live on about $225
per annum.
(iiN-HOCsits are favorite fuel in some parts
0f the Stale.
Dr R. O. Enoram is now Mayor of
Mootezuma.
Governor Colquitt preached in Macon
last Sunday.
The latesi political nomenclature is
“btalheroon.”
The aldermen of Cochran get $25 per
annum, each.
"Grant si d Stephens” is another wail.
Give os a rest.
Rtan, the irrepressible insurance man, is
again at large.
The colored people of Monroe are getting
the exodus fever bad.
"The rosy Loehiane is a gone coon skin,”
remarks ud exchange.
Another attempt has been made to kill
the Emperor of Russia.
Bmvkrai. editors in Mississippi are bold
enough to run for office.
Thk Democrats have things tbeir own way
in Louisiana. It is well.
Four thousand barrel* of kerosene are
used in Jacksonville, Fla , annually.
Thk various military companies of the
State are being supplied with arms,
'I hr Knoxville Chronicle is the only
Hayes journal in the United States.
Tuk editor of the Dublin Gazelle has seen
the paw of a wild-cut weighing 25 pounds.
Thirties thousand acres of land are
owned by adored people iu Halifax county,
X. U.
Thk Legislature of South Carolina has
had a life aizu portrait of Geoerul Gordon
painted.
The late Pr. Lovick Pierce preached
during his ministerial career eleven thousand
sermons.
Gov. McCi.kl.lan, of New Jersey, has
been very sick, and is now in • dangerous
conditio*.
“A. W. R.” has resumed bis letters to the
Muoon Telegraph, to tbe great delight of its
many readen.
Tr* colored people of Sumter have formed
* farmers’ and mechanics’ fair aud agricul
tural association.
A touno medical student in Atlanta lately
endeavored to obtaiu a dead body, through
the city sexton, but failed.
Thk fragraut ard festive pipe played an
important part last week in the destruction
of five bales of cottoo near Forsyth.
Senator Hill skinned and peppered some
of Kellogg’s witnesses during the session of
the investigating committee iu New Orleans.
Gen. Rubkrt Toombs sill celebrate his
golden weddiug on the 18th of oext Novem
ber, am) no one will be invited who is not
known to be a ti ue and loyal husband to tbe
wife that bears his name.
Mr. Bkkui Brown, of Houston, lost a
latge suit of money a few days siuce. It
was found by • little boy and returned, and
MW theriiMfc boy in tbe happy ponenor of
a ten dollar goW piece « bis reward.
Th* Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company has bought tbe road-bed and all
th* rights, franchises, etc., of the Georgia
Western Railroad, ard will goow commence
work on it. It extends from Decntor. Ala ,
to Atlanta, and will give the L A N. no
unbroken line from Ixxriavilie to the Gate
City.
A Figure —A ri porter of one of Frank
Leslie’s papers interviewed a manager of the
late North Carolina colored Fair, aod bad
this reply hurled at hiui with such force as to
give him the beadacbe :
‘ Dere’s people of bof classes as isn’t gen’-
1 manly. We are operatin’ die distraction
to the consummation of our sability, but a
satisfactory eoncilaition results in a demon
stration Ot aggteteive combat. We are a
lower raee on the strapum of mortality, but
our abnormal instincts is but an abort ion
wed befindnatios.** Here a rooaSer, pruned
m an adjoin** coop, » Havtoo oose. J
- ’Seta* me. bmMi have m Mtke
dg* ssq
raired, and 1 u 4 wq* ,V at mv m cboa.iiae.
The n„id-
Kings and their Fair.
Really, when we read of the many at
tempts made to deprive Russia of its present
ruler, we are glad that we are not the Em
peror of that hot-beaded people. It is
enough to make one wish to live and die a
"high private in the rear rank.” aid this
rear rank be far oot of sight, when he reads
of the mpana used and the determination ex
hibited to kill the Czar. They have come
very near it once nr twice The last time—
only a fpw days since—a portion of his bag
gage was blown sky high, and the (’znr only
escaped through a misapprehension on the
pnrl of hla wonid-be mmderers as to the
particular coach in which he was supposed
to be. (He was traveling by rail.)
Rnlers are safe nowhere. “Uneasy rests
the head that wears the crown," is a trite
adage. Few monarchs have passed through
life without having undergone just such
risks as that from which the Emperor o'
Russia has hut lately been delivered. Even
the good old Emperor of Germany is now
and then shot at, and occasionally hit,
though fortunately he has never been badly
hurt. Alfonso, too, the yonng. and just
now supposed to be (be exceedingly happy
King of all the Spaniards, has on at least
one occasion been the target at which some
degenerate Castilian aimed his blundering
Corhine. And numerous instance* could be
mentioned wheje royalty has bud hairbreadth
escapes from a tragic death.
This proves that there are fanuFca every
where’. No good could be accomplished
were all the kings of the earth to die to
morrow. The governments would Dot die.
The policies they are enforcing would still
live, and their successors, warned by (lie fute
of those whose places they were culled to fill,
would bring into active power all the
machinery of their dominions to ferret out
and bring to punishment the assassins And
yet there are men who become rc3tlesr k di«-
■atiafied, and long for the death of those who
they imagine are the great and primary
cause of their ottslortoues.
Russia is a great country in many nspects ;
it is a vast country, and contains not only
vast forests, but a number of mighty cities.
The people are sorely taxed and overbur
dened, and that a Nihilist party has been
formed, whose purpose is to pave tbe wuy
for a new dynasty, is no cause for surprise.
This antagonistic dement, however, will
certainly come to grief. A heavy percent
age of them will aid in the development of
the mines of Siberia, as a penalty for treason,
while hundnds of them will asrist In filling
holes in the ground, their own bodies form
inp a portion of the deposit.
Now, we do not care a 9traw about
Kniser Wilhelm, the (’zir, or the newly
wedded King of Spain ; but we are opposed
to this shoo'ing and cutting process, all the
wuy through. Ilia barbarous. It smicks
100 strongly of tbe Ute Indians. It breeds
within ns a fear that perhaps, by chance, by
acc'dewt, as if fate had decreed it, some foul
fiend on murd r intent might toke us for a
King, and explore our unatomy in a way to
excite our disgust. Yes, we are opposed to
the whole thing, and most devoutly pray
that this Nihilist movement may be forever
confined to tbe dreary, wolf-inhabited region
round about Moscow. They may krep it
op all winter if they to desire ; but for the
sake of peace aud tbe welfare of all con
cerned, let U some nearer this way !
“Plat Luk.”
Replying to oor query of last week,
Brother Hanl iter says:
The connection between a hard money
policy and centralism or monarchy,is brief!.
this : Gold is now and has ulwavs been the
money of tyrants. Wherever it has been
the chief currency, human slavery has exist
ed. Gold has an intrinsic value, and like
oiher u-eful products of labor, fluctuates ac
cording to the law* of supply and demand.
It is valuable in tin* hands of a k ng after he
is dethroned as well as when his rule is in
tuct. Its value can be enhanced, during a
hard money reign, by simply withdrawing it
from circulation generally. At best, the
-apply of gold is far from being adequate to
the demands of tiuffie, and coinmerci.il and
productive enterprise bring cramped, the
people are kept m const quent ignorance and
poverty, totally nnable to resist tbe stealthy
but sure advances to power made by the
selfish tew who seek only tbe gratification
of tbeir own love of greed. The Lading
tutu of monarchical tei d mcies know that a
p opte srbw have n* adiquan: currency w ill
piosprr. become less dependent upon 1 the
few, and hence have n.ore leisure for looking
into tbe why and aheielore of things. With
prosperity tbe people would become more
self dependent and nalu'ally rely less upon
a all eng government for protection and
sustenance. The leading centralisers know
th.s, and bene* do all io tbeir power to
cortaii a currency. To make tlie rich
richer, aod tbe poor poorer. With gold tbe
dictator cau buy ILssiutis to keep hia own
people iu subjection. He cannot do this
with a national paper mooey like green
backs, because iu> value depend* upon the
uiuy and prosperity ot tbe e-tire people.
Greenback money makes s republic stronger
as a republic, but it is tbe foe of monurebs
and dtc'atois
Tbe fortg 'ing is a mere outliue of tbe
arguments we could elucidate to show the
connection between tbe bard money policy
aud centralism, but your Weekly reached
us after our copy was in tbe bauds of tbe
printer, and we buve not space to diffuse
more light at present.
-' Brother H makes a very locid expiana
fßis dr natty point, we candidly ad
•*<—M tawat it might w apj>car to on* ot
f»s wkjr it rtricking—yet, for tbe 'ilk of V
able greenback dollar. Labor, or the pro
duets of labor, will ever be worth their
equivalent in money, whether gold or green
backs, ard the bulk of currency in circula
tion cannot affect the price of either, in ifkelf
Ff money ia scarce, labor, and the product*
of labor, will h« proportioned exactly to the
snpply and demand. The same result would
follow on it. Bated cum ncy, with this differ
ence : A greenback dollar would not have
the Intrinsic value of a gidd dollar—it amid
not— (or the rea c on that it would hove no
basis in fact, and would he liable to fluc
tuate with the feelines of the populace. If
confidence in the government should be
shaken, it would deteriorate in vuloe, of
course, and until that confidence was fully
restored, it eoold not he mnde available for
all the purposes of a circulating medium.
But we desist. We rnoy not hive ex
pressed our views as clearly as Brother
H. ; it is a subject that cannot be treated
in few words—yet we think our statement
will be in'elligible to the masses at least,
a majority of whom prefer gold to the airy,
fluctuating currency which ourgood brotfri
would have us believe is beat for tbe country
Hymeneal.— lt gives os more than nrdl
nnrv pleasure to record tbe muiringe of
Mr. H. II Dn-kann, at whose establish
ment the Gazette is printed, to Miss Annie
Mat Nelson, of Brunswick. Ga. The aus
picious event occurred in Brunswick on
Thursday, Dee-ember 4th, at 7 o'clock, r.
m. The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Artlior Ward, at the residence of J. F.
Nedson, tbe biide’s father, in an impressive
manner Tim wedding w«« a private one,
no cards being issued The happy couple
c»me to Atbmta on Friday, anil Were meA
ut tbe depot bv a number of friends.
Mr Dickson, the groom, is one of our moss
successful and prosperous yonng men The
is esteemed by ull who know him. aisl then
is no young mm who has a higher character
or has more substantial fricods. His bride
ut beaut hoi. accomplished, and devoted, and
ha 9 long reigned as one of the belles of tbe
city by the sea. Truly, the lines of the
young pair seem to have (alien in pleasaut
p'acs. and they seem assured of the long and
happy liv.-s that the Goztlle most heart,ly
wishes tbem. —Atlanta Gazette.
Most cordially do we echq the eentimout
above expressid. As the friend of both, we
could even wish tin m more complete happi
ness, and trust that tbeir brightest dreatn3
may be reuliz d.
Funny. —An idiot, witli more brass than
brains, and in a spirit of perverseness thus
concludes a letter to the Philadelphia Press.
it is rare that more stupidity is seen in so
small a space, or more downright falsehood
unblushingly told. Whoever the author
may be, he should go to the head of bis
class :
“No man represents the true sentiment*
of tie masses ot the Southern people to day
better than Robert Toombs, of Georgia.
When he sneaks in public it is to an im
mense throng, and when he delivers one of
his defiant disunion speeches the yells of ap
plause that arise are terrific. The new-pu
pers and political bummers try to explain
away Toombs an i his sulphuric tulk. that
the Northern heart muy be trnwn and the
Northern mini! deceived, to the end .hut a
Democratic .Presid'd may be elected, and
then Toombs would be a conse vutive Union
ist in comparison with them.”
Mitchell’s Ststnm.— The Fayetteville
coirespondent of the Jonesboro Newt, speak
ing ol Mitchell’s system of book-kieping,
says :
Through the courtesy of Mr. Wm. Mitch
ell, tbe gentlemanly Tfeunurer of i-puLing
eouiity. I hud the pleasure a few days ago of
examining his far-famed svstim of book
keeping It is the most ingenious arrange
im lit of the kind in existence Kverv county
in the Slate should have a set. They cost
only a tr.fle. and suv both tbe Treasurer
and Grand Jury much time and trouble.
We have ulso examined Mr. Mitchell’s
system of book keepiug, and can mid our
hearty indoiscoicut to the above.
Mum * the Word —Senator Gordoo be
lieves, and so advises, that a silence policy
should be adopted by the Southern n embers
during the present session of Congress. This
undoubtedly is tbe wisest course. Some o
the R* publlcau members are lull to the
muzzle, and any reply would only create o
fuss, and no accompanying good result there
from.
President's Mkr-aus. —Tbe annual
sngf of -President ’’ Have* to CongroV is
much too voluminous for The Weekly
Nor are ail the varions subjects treated of
atiy great recommendation tor its publica
tion. Those who have tbe spaoe cau afford
to print it, but our paper cau very welt aflord
to let others have all tbe honor of so doing.
Dkmks. Mr. Stephens, finding that the
Felton boom was but a simple tia b, comes
to the front with a denial of any sympathy
with tbe sentiments of tbe Parson’s letter.
Good. And yet oar people will watch tbe
course of this Georgian with tome tittle
curiosity.
Onr IVashiiigtuu Letter.
Not withm the memory of ibe widest in
habitant ba> Congies* made such a mild be
ginning as it Las made this session. Cor
respondents aud reporters are at their wits
.ud .or a sensation, Ont as yet nothing has
been louud that will make ban- hiring ueud
tines. A t first it was thought there would
be iatnma! division on th« fiDaocisl question, *
tho nuts' lover a! discord !
boa ceased l* lor from this .
-oXice. .The fip-t day -M<* auisuahy quiet j
ing»on has been Ike summer, even to tbe
extent of an occasional mo-quito) but few
people attended the opening session, and for
the first time in memory the galleries were
not full on the fir-t dav. On Thursday Con
gress adjnnrned until Monday. Many mem
bers are asking leave to go home until after
the holidays and there seems to be a wide
spread disinclination for real work. From
past experience it appears almost useless to
have Congress assemble before the Ist of
January. To have the session open on tbe
fir«t Morijay in December, and then adjourn
two wepks for holiday, without having ac
complished anvthiog hevond legislative dilly
dallying. is, to say the lea-t. nnprofitab'e.
There is considerable ta'k in political cir
cles about presidential prospects and candi
dates. hut, when sifted and divested of the
oracular hnmbugrv of interviews with
prom'nent men, nothing more has been de-
V loped than has been known for the last
month ft is evidently too early to discuss
this question now. There will be time be
fore th? conventions assemble to nominate
candidates for more than one torn in the
political kaleidoscope. Republicans believe
they can elect cither Grant, Sherman, Blaine,
nr Cockling. Democrats talk mostly of
Sevmour, with Bayard lor second choice.
It is expected that the committee on
elections will soon present their reports od
the sixteen con'ested seats in tbe House.
Four are ready to be heard now ; tbe briefs
are nil printed and tbe contestants are in at
tendance. The only contested seat in the
Senate is that of Kellogg, of Louisiana. He
will probably not be molested until late in
the ses-ion, but, whenever the subject shall
come up, there will be another long rehearsal
of the familiar Louisiana question. No
previous question rule cuu gag oratory in
the Senate.
The Post master-G, nerid evidently feels
the vintage of his position in liis fight wi'li
tbe lottery companies. Yesterday a formid
able array of lawyers, headed by Senator
Matt Carpenter, appeared in tbe District
Court to argue the service of an injunction
upon Judge Key to prevent him Irom de
taining letters addres-ed to lottery compan
i, s. Chief Justice Carter, who. with Jusiice
James, occupied tbe bench, declined to in
'eriapt ihe regular orj r of business to hear
the case, which was referred to ibe court by
Ju-tice McArthur, who also fixed a day for
argument. They would hear it on regular
motion day, Monduy. Beuator Carpenter
said he could not be present then, but could
on Saturday. The court then announced the
latter duy lor the hearing, and proceeded
with the ease on trial. Tbe pust-i.ffiee de
partment was not represented, nor had any
appi arance been entered or other notice
taken of tbe process which had beeu served
on the PostDiaster-Geoeral. It is under
stood that the latter has decided to leave the
entire responsibility with the court to deter
mine whether it will us»ume jurisdiction iD
the matter.
Washington, D C , Dec sth, 1879.
Death of General E. P. Daniel.
On yesterday morning the community
whs pained io learn of i he death of one ot
our oldest cit zens, tier.. E. P. Daniel,
which occurred on Thursday night. Tbe
deceased was one of the most prominent
citizens of Middle Georgia, and us a large
prop rty bolder has long been indentifi.d
with its interest. He was at one time th«
Cleik of Court of Pike county, which po
sition he occupied during the long period of
twenty years. In the ante bellum days lie
held the high position of a General in the
State Militia, by which title he has ever
since been known. He was at the head of
one of the largest and most honored families
in this section, ut which wo mention. Dr.
.\l. J. Daniel, Dr. Fed Daniel, Colonel
Charles Duuiel, aud Mrs, J. T. Rucker, and
Mrs W W. Walker.
The kte Gen. Daniel was before the war,
and during the war, one of oar largest
property holders, and deeply interest'd in
th ■ enterprises oi our section Tbe results
of war, while it was far from impoverishing,
rcduie I his large property, like it did others in
the South. Since the war, from the relics
ofTiis large fortune, he has lived in coailort
and ease, mingling but little either in pol
ities or active business. He was born in
1800, and consequently, ut the time of his
death, was nearly 80 years old He
died in the quiet resignation of old age,
with the fullness of years and honor, re
spected by all who knew him for those
qualities that make up the sum of <>n hon
o>ubie manhood, and regretted by a large
social circle be whom he was held in high
esteem.— Gnffin News, 6lh mat.
Thr Cincinnati Southern Railroad
The Cincinnati Southern Railroad is to be
finished by the 10th ot this month to Chat
tanooga. aiid preparations are being made to
give a grand excursion to Cincinnati about
the 1 st of Janu iry.
'Hie completion of this road will be an
epoch in the railroad history of the country,
opening up as it does » new and important
tiunk line from one of the chief cities of the
V> est to the Southern Atlantic ports.
It is quite provable that this great trunk
line will l>e continu'd on at uo distant day
from Chattanooga to this point, making
connection here with the S. G Jj V A
R. R , and thus opening up a direct air line
fiotn Cincinnati to Savannah. To the com
pLlion of such a tiu e ut no distaut day we
look confidently, and when completed Car
rollton will be upon one of the great trunk
Hues of railways of tbe country, which will
give it cheap freights Iroui the West.—
Carroll Co '.limes.
It Will Pass. — We do r.ot dignify the
appreheusioos that some good Democrats fte;
over any disposition in tbe Souili lo go iuto
a craze iu favor of General Grunt as Pres
ident or as delator, with aDy elaborate
discussion oi denunciation. Whatever there
is of it is a moment ary flurry aud will pass
without serious consequences.
The great body ol tbe voters are Grmlv
attached to tbe traditions and Republican
institutions of these state-. Tbey regard
the defenses aud privileges of free local gov
ernment and tbe power of tbe ballot too
highly to rush into a paroxysm of dtsperation
aud iiidiffeicuce for tbe sake ot any one set
of men.
Jbe fools, softs and knaves are not all
but it is not allowable that these ehaii
the Democratic party jure a sjeo
4>bantie aojuuct lo General Grant’s person
*|ity. He is not aod never ugaiu will be
dictator.— Loaisi'die
[advertisement ]
B F McCollum vs Thos G Burnett. Mayor,
W VV Tnrnipseed K G Harris, D B Biv
ins E R J imes. Council of the town of
Hamptou, and S A Belding, Marshal.
Action for damages in Henry Superior
Court. January Term, 1880.
To Tims G Barnett. Mayor, \V W Tur
nipsced, E G Harris, I) B Bivins. E R
James. Council of the town of Hampton and
S A Belding. Marshal: You and each of
von arc hereby notified that the p'atntifl in
the above two eas-s has this day di-misaed
both the above cases, as to you as a corpo
rate bodv under the nmie and style of the
town of Hampton, or in any capacity what
ever as officers of said town, and said dis
missal has this day been regularly entered on
the original papers in said cases ; and tbe
plaint'll hereby notifies you that he does not
in said suits hold the town of FLimp'on lia
hie, but will rely entirely upon bis counts in
the above suits against yon and each of yon
as individuals, aid in no o'her capacity
whatever, and the said plaintiff hereby re
leases the town of Hamilton f'Otn anv lia
bility whatever on said suits. Th's Dec 9
1879. Boynton & Hammond,
Stewart & Hall,
E J Reach n,
W T DtiKtN,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
New Advertisements.
PAY YOCR TAXES!
The law compels me to close my books
on the 15th of this month, (next Monday.)
I shall comply wi'h that law. Execu'ions
will he issued against all tax- payers in this
county who fail to pay thcr taxes by tbe
15th. Take wurning. B 8 Elliott.
T. C. H. C.
PERSONAL.
About one month ago I lost a roll of
money containing $26 The person who
found the money is known to two parties
besides myself, and unless he r storpg it
wi'hin the next 15 davs I will expose him.
This can be done by inclosing the amount
in an envelope and dropping it ip the post
office, to my address 1 promise utter
si crecy if this is done. If not ibe .party
must snfl r exposure,
dec 12 It. J R JACKSON.
TEA AN 1 WANTED.'
A man and wife, (white,) with two or
three children not under ten years of age
can get u good comfortable home by apply
ing to the undersigned at once. Woman
must understand housework thoroughly, as
she will be required to keep hou«e during
the absence of my family, which will be
about 12 months. A widow woman, with
boy large enough to plow, and two or three
girls, would suit Thirty acres of good land
around the house ; stock lui nislnd Paries
applying must have force enough to run tbe
place. Appi? ut Tub \Vr>ki.y - ffi -p, or to
me, at Lv joy. J tl. NASH.
Griffin Female College,
GRIFFIN, GA.
The Spring Term of this Institution will
open Monday. January 12th, 1880, and con
tinue six months. The y-follege is iwdrrgoing
’borough repa rs and will be titled up as a
regular Boarding School Bonid in the
College will be* sl2 50 per m-nth. Tuition
in the College Department nod Mnsic will be
$lO each lor the term of six mouths.
NORMAL school.
\ oang ladies wishing to qualify themselves
for teaching crd enjoy nil the advantages of
Normal Behoof training, without any addi
tional expense. For Tnrtber particulars up
py 'o A li NILES,
dee!2;3t President.
PIANOS & ORGANS
FROM FiCHM TO PMHffli.
EVERY MAN HIS OWN AGENT
Luildrn 4 Hut***' (viand introduction
Sal* continu' d until Nov. i, 1880. Only sale oi
the kind ever succesbfully earned out in America.
5,000 suj>erb instruments at factory titles for
Introduction and Advritiscmeiil. New
plan of selling: 2?o AgoitJ 1 i? 0 Commissions! Xcsirs
ao:ts shltpei direct from factory to purcka-ers. M'ddle
don’s preflu aavoi. Aunt's rates to all. Cdy house South
ae*.ing on this plan. PlAfcOS, 7 i-ct. 7$ oet.
$155; Square Urami.s, $237. OKUANS, 9 stom,
s£7; 13 stops, s7l; 13 Mops, Mirror Top Case, SS6.
New, handsome, durable. 6 year* guarantee. 15
day* test trial Purchasers choice from ten lead
ing makers and ‘4OO (liferent stylet. Join this
gigitnlic club of *,oco purchasers and secure
an instrument at Yvbolesn 1© rates. Special
terms to Afujrtc Teachers, Churches , and tastors.
Address for Introduction Sul© circulars,
LUDDEN BATES, Savannah, Ga.
Notice to Contractors.
Office Board of Commissioners )
of Henry County. v
Dtcember 10th, 1879. )
Will be let to the lowest bidder a' public
ouiC'y before the Cmirl-bouse door in the
town ol McDonough, Henry county. Ga , on
the first Wednesday in January, 1880, by the
Coun y Commissioners, Hie Lui-d ng of a
bridge across Corinn lodim Creek, at a
place kuowu as John W Henderson’s saw
mill. 'I be specifications will be found at the
office of the Board of Commissioners at Mc-
Donough. They are as follows, viz :
The bridge to he one hundred and fifty feet
(150) ioag : seven spans five of tnern 19 feet
and tbe two end spuus feet each, six
sleepers to tbe span :
6 mud sills 12x12. 24 feet long.
2 mud sills 12x12, 12 feet long
2 aich po-U 12x12 3% leet 10, g.
2 arch posts 12x12, feet long
2 u.ch pos.s 12x12, 13 16 feet long.
2 arcb posts 12x12,15% leet loug.
2 urcb poets 12x12, 11% feet loug.
2 ureb posts 12x12, 9% feet long.
2 arch braces 6x6,4 feel loug.
2 arcb braces 6x6.8% feet loog.
2 arcb braces 6x6, 12% ieet loug.
2 arcb braces Gxti, 15 toei long.
2 arcb braces Ci 6 11 leet loug.
2 arch braces 6x6, 9 feel loag.
6 cap sills 12x12. 12 feet long.
30 sleepers 6x12, 22 ftei loug.
12 sleepers 6x12 30 feet loug.
294 piuuk 2x6, 12 leet long.
24 posts for railing Bx 4, 2\* feet long
12 braces for railing 3x4 3){ feet long.
The two mud sills 12x12. 12 feet long, to
be sunk into the ground, one on each side of
the bridge, for the end sleepers to rest on.
The other 6 mud sills, 24 feet long, must be
bedded into the ground level wi'h the earth’s
surface. The mortises for tbe arch posts in
the mud sills must be 10 feet from outside to
outside, and must be 4 it ches wide, 12 inches
long, and 12 inches.deep. with the arch post
tenon made to fit the mwrtise. Tbe mortise
in the ran sill must be 4 inches wide, 12
inches long and 8 inches d*ep in order that
the cap sill may re-t on top of arch j ost, and’
fit tenons cut for them Each arch must
have 2 braces, one above and the other tie.
low ttie bridge, mortised into the mud sill
and arch post. Every tenon about tbe
bridge most be well draw-pinned.
Frist arcb on tbe north s.de, posts ft.
high.
Fust arch on the north side, braces 4 feet
long
Second arcb on tbe north side, posts loj-g
feet high.
Second arch oo the north side, braces 8’»
fee long.
Third arch on the north side, p sts 13 1$
feet high.
Thi/d arcb on the north aide, braces 12 %
feet long.
Fourth arch on the north side, posts 15%
fiet high
1-oarth arch on tbe north side, braees 15
feet long.
Fifth arcb od tbe south side, posts 11%
feet high. 73
I- iftb arch on tbe south side, braces 11
Let long.
Sixth arcb on tbe south side, posts 9%
feel high.
Sixth arcb on tbe south side, braces 9 feet
long.
There must he 42 sleepers, 36 of them new
anil 6 ot them the old post-oak ones now in
use on the bridge, and a e 6x12. There
must t»e 294 plank for cover. (2x6) and 6
plunk for cover. (3x6) to he placed over each
capsill. for the 12 railing posts to be mortised
in and braced on ; midway Mwixt the mor
tised railing posts mu-t be 12 posts put and
securely toe-mited; each of the 24 ratling
posts to be well braced The fl sir must bo
securely nailed with 4(4 pennv rails, 4 to
each plunk. The flooring must b ■ oak I'ne
mud alls cap sills, braces and arch pos's, of
post oak ; *he sleepers and railing may tie
oak or pine, but all the timber used inu-d bo
heart, free from dote or windshuke. All of
the work most be done in the best and in >st
substantial uiuuuer, us every pari is tLarlfl
specified.
bidders are not lied that the law requires,
by an act p.ts.-ed and approved bv tin- Gen
eral A-sembly Septem'ier 29 1879 in the
event of getting the contract, that th> y “give
bond in twice the amount of the bid, with
two good and soivent s. curities, for tbe
laithiul performance of the con'ract. nnl to
i.akuiuily the county for anv d image nco>-
sioned by a failure to perform the same
within a prescribed time.” The cont act r
will be required to comply sirictiy w ith tlio
Specifications
Payment male when tbe work is coinp’e
tvd and b. idge rice ved.
W. A. SPEER, •
dee 12 41 Chairman.
A SCHOOL FOR
Boys and Girls.
HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL
Will op"n oil the second Monday in Janu
aiy, 1880 Thoroneh instruction, diligent
study and good d' P'.rtme'it is onr rule Sep
arate pity gr, amis for the girls. S,*c«l
ore will be taken of small pupils.
decstd V. A. HAM, Princip*.
Marshal’s Sale.
V\ ill be sold before the Council-room d'»or
in the town of Mamptno. I}*., on the Bth dny
of January, l>-80. tbe foliowing property,
; One house and lot. number not
known, wi'h tbe en'ire contents of said house,
consisting of biir fixtures, stock of liquor*,
ptc L< vied on as the property of B F Me-
Co'lum, to safi-fv a bur room I Q-nse tax fi
'a issued by the Citv Council of Ilampton in
favor of said City Oouncil again-t said B F
McCollum. Owner dulv notified.
S A BEADING. Marshal.
Sheriff’s Sale for January.
Will be sold before ibe Court-hnu*e door
n the town of McDonough, //enry county,
Ga ,on the first Tuesday in January next,
between the legal hours of sale, tbe following
property, to-wit :
West ba!f of lot of land No. 145, in the
7th district of s-iid county, levied on as
'he property of Wm G MifVr to satisfy one
Justice O mrt fi fa in favor of S W Brown
vs Win G Miller Levy made by L. C and
turned over to me to sell. December stb
1879. WILLIS GOODWIN,
Sbpriff
< «roller’s Sale.
Will be sold before the Court-house door
tn the town of MeDonough, Henry county
Ga.ou the first Tuesday in January next*
between the hours of sale, the follow
ing de-crib, d property, or one ball interest in
the following described property : 0 te undi
vided hall interest in a certain mill, known
hitherto as the Clond mill, with all of the
fixtures of the same, and five acres of land,
(upon which the same is situate.) and lying
and being about two and one half miles from
McDonough, Henry co inty. Ga., in a somb
erly direction from said town. Said interest
or property levi d on as tbe properly of G
T Conned to satisfy a fi fa issued from the
.Superior Court of said county in favor of
Abel A Lemon vs G I' Connell, principal,
and A W Turner, security. Levy made by
R IT T mlinson, fo mer Sheriff, on June 27,
1873 Party now in possession of said
property notified of tbs udvertisemer,*etc.,
the Sheriff of said county being interested.
Dec. 2d, 1879 JOHN BOATNER,
Corouer of Henry county, Ga.
POSTPONED EXECUTORS SALE .
Will be sold before ihe Court bouse door,
in tbe town of McDonough, Hcury couuty,
Gu., oo the first Tuesday io January Dext,
between the legal hou.s of sale, the following
propeity, 10-wit: Highly acres of l,.ud—oO
acres ol lot No. 137 and 30 acres of lot No.
152—a1l lying aod being iu the C b district
ol said county. Sold as the property of
Keliet Babb, deceased. Terms cash.
C. BABB,