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WAYCR03S HEADLIGHT.
WEDXESI)AV,” JAN.13. 1880
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The LircesT Town nrcufdtinu.
The Urfffnt Comrijr Clrrnlntion.
The largest Amend Clrmtatlm.
Thm HEADLIGHT visit* more Horn*,
find I* bX niorr IVoplp than any
other faper piihll«lird In this Her! Ion.
Official Organ of Chariton.
Official Organ of Ware.
». K. I.AKIK1*.
JAMES M. FIIKKM.IN.
Editors.
The Brunswick am] Western
railroad will soon commence
the building of nt\v machine
shops at Brunswick.
A bill to pension disabled
Confederate marines and wid
ows lms been introduced in the
Virginia Legislature.
“Well Wisher,” writing to th
Valdosta Times, from Ilomer-
ville, gives a glowing description
of Christmas at the Crum House.
Over the Sontfi.
Louisville, Kentucky, bad
twcutv-two murders in 1885.
A store in Mobile was burglar
ised of 45,000 cigars on Saturday
- evening last.
Over 20,000 LeConte pear
trees have been sold in the vi
cinity of Montgomery, Ala.,
j this year.
| At Lynchburg. Vn., on the 4th.
'an old colored woman named Kas-
ter Coles, ninety-odd years of age
was burned to death.
James Brigmnn.ofFlat Creek,
near Asheville, S. C. killed a
bear which weighed 300 pounds
net, on Craggy mountain.
fence is now building
around the cnpitol grounds at
Montgomery. Ala., and flowers are
planted within the enclosure.
There was one death only
among tl.e whites of New Berne
during the month of December,
and only thirty-eight during the
year.
A m-w industry has sprung
up at New Orleans. Heads of
large fish are dried, mounted
and sold for table and mantle
ornaments.
The silver dollar is just now
attracting the country’s atten
tion. Win n the county tackles | Vi*
The Montgomery Advertiser
calls attention to the fact that
there is a standing reward of
... , , n i $5,000 for the arrest of fugitive
tho nickle and copper you 11, Treilsurcr Viilcellt .
bear from w.tUcn. j Tuskegee, Ala., had an oM.
, . #r '* * 'fashioned tournament, of the
Gen. Ikobcrt H. Anderson, of j knight and lance variety, on the
Georgia, is going to have his po- j 1st inst., in which Mr. Willie Auer-
Jiticnl disabilities relieved.— | croinbic took first prize.
He’s right about that; we’d j The rush of negroes immigra-
have Any thiny relieved that dis- l ' n ” ^ r " ,n t ^ ie Goldsboro section of
English peas are in bloom in
Aincrcus gardens.
The last bar room in Clark
county has been closed.
Burke county lms a negro named
Green Howel who is turning white
in spots.
The stalls in the meat market at
Columbus were rented Monday
for an aggregate of $1,327.
The handsome residences of R. B.
Leppard in Savannah was sold on
Tuesday at SherilEs sale for $14,
000.
The city council of LaGrange
arc having all the China trees in
the city limits dug up by the
roots.
Mr. J. U. Winn, of Wilcox
county, made two thousand
pounds of toed cotton on one acre
of land.
The county commissioners of
Sumter county have resolved nut
to issue liquor license during
18SG.
A fleet of thirteen vessels was
seen at Cook Bros, and U ppard
& Co,*s wharves, Brunswick, one
day last week.
The bar-rooms in Lexington
sold out every drop of whisky
they had on hand before prohibi
tion went into ofi'ect.
The work on the Macon and Dub
lin railroad, under the supervis
ion of Engineer Jraig, is progress
ing rapidly. Fifteen miles have
been graded.
The bronze artilleryman, nine
feet high, cast for the top of the
now armory of the Chatham Artill
ery in Savannah is on its way to
that city. It cost $575.
Legal Ad vert (sing, *
The Ordinary of Clinch conn-
ty gives notice that the legal
printing of his office will hereaf
ter be done in this paper.
THE 1.IUHTSEY JlTSTEBY.
statesinents la Exoneration of Mr*.«
Llthlier.
Homerville, Ga., December
30.—[Special.] In the reports
published some time ago con
cerning the mysterious death of
Jacob S. Lightsey it was intima
ted that his domestic relations
were unhappy. People in a po
sition to know the exact facts de
ny that such was the case and
assert that Mrs. Lightsey hurt
herself at all times in a «ifely
manner. She was formerly a
school teacher in Savannah, Ga.,
where she was well-knowu and
highly respected.
1886.--18B6.
WILLIAMS BEOS.,
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, -»
Calls especial attention to their new
and beautiful
rblcd us.
Miss Lila Ifolzendorf, former
ly of this place, was mutried on
the 3rd of January to Mr. E. 11.
Bertie, of Brunswick. The
bride has many friends here
who wish her a life of happiness.
According to an old custom,
cows were to have kneeled down
on the night of January 5, but
iis the railroad and sun-time
didn't agree, the auimals were
confused, and that part of the
programme was postponed.
Two families that left Sumter
North Carolina, to the Georgia tur- j county a few weeks ago for Texas,
pontine districts still continues, have written to friends in Amcri-
Krom one to three car loads leave tens for money to return with
Col. John C. Nichols,
Blackshear, informs us that
received u Christmas present
from Mrs. Nichols iu the shape
of u 13-pound girl buhy. _.\Vitli-
iu the past three years this is
the third.
c ry day.
Advices from the
ugar-growing pa
principal
ishes of Lou
isiana, says the sugar crop of
1885 has been harvested, and it
is larger by 10 per cent, than
that of 1884.
The Carolina negroes shipping
Arkansas are suf.bring from the
LI. A woman died the other
day of pneumonia contracted
while waiting at the depot at Char
lotte for the train.
J. II. Ra
il, the telephone
left Orlando, Fla.,
im lunds which be
taking with 1
longed to the company, Was ap
prehended at Albany. Ga., and
returned to Orlando by the officers
of the law. lie is now awaiting
his trial, and will probably have to
pay the* penalty of his crime.
"Mr. Bob Graham was in town
Saturday and telegraphed to Balti
more for a detective to ferret out
~ . } the mischievous miscreant who
u iloy B Bryan, of Nashville, j let off the cannon cracker under
They want to get back to old Gcor-
Solieitor-Cencral DuBignon, of
Savannah, has been selected to as
sist the United States Attorney in
prosecuting Thomas Johnson, of
Montgomery county, moonshiner,
when the trial comes up on the
20th.
The commission, ofT. S. Ful
ler, at Blackshear as a United
States commissioner, has been re
voked by order of Judge Speer,
on the ground that he is not a
useful officer.
Judge Pilshury, of the County
:»urt of Sumter, lias ordered the
arrest of all organ grinders, bag
pipe blowers, and tramps of all
descriptions as vagrants. Jle has
just sent Jacob Ferraro, a tramp
to the «chaingang foe twelve
months.
Tenu., is on trial in tho crimi
nal court for sending indecent
letters through the mail. Sonn
months ago wo received a letter
that should have put its author
on trial in a c rim mil court.
his unsuspecting mule, on the
foresaid Christmas eve, and wot
the hoy or man when he over-
..ikes him.—Charlotte Observer.
The
county
Intellij_
Driver, and wl
idlest man in Lafayette
ysthe Live Oak Florida
is named Georg
hen -in good
health and fat, weighs but
ty five pounds. He is sixty-fi
fage, and is. the father of
inch of whom
ght He has
twice, and hi:
Charles "William?, colored,
convicted of outragiug Mrs.
Eliza J. Keen, in Cambridge, I five hearty sons,
Md., was hanged last Fridav,— J v: ^ double his v
U . .. . . * 1 been married
e got away from this frozen vom ^. at is on » v aWlt _
globe iu time to spend “the coldj year old.
spell” in a warmer dime. j serious accident occurred on
. " ! the Blue Springs, Orange City
1\o learn that our friend, J.land Atlantic railway, at Blue
M. Maud, has secured employ-1 '’pHngs Landing, Fla., last week.
inent on the Dawson Jourmil,! In . ™><« « fnnton
c ’ schooner at the wait with a lo
on© of our most valued ox- jeomotivo, the engineer hacked too
changes. Wo hope the engage-ihir and the scaffolding gave way.
Blent may be mutually protita- T J ,C filing timbers seriously,
not fatally, injured Mr.
ble and permanent.
The portrait of the sub-editor
of th© Jesup Sentinel is display
ed at the head of his locals over
the head of “pick-ups.” Wo
think, from his looks, that lit
would “pick-up” anything he
could get his hands on, even a
grain of porn/
Special grapovino from Port-
Jam], Me., says a man was ur*
rested there recently for carry
ing concealed weapons, and
when tho prosecuting attorney
was exhibiting tho weapon to
tho jury it turned out to be an
. , . , . . . , ho attacking parties, and
infernal macniue, loaded wjlb j p rescott escaped. He had
Fraud Smith, chief engineer of the
road,and several others.
Halted on the Highway.
Mr. J«‘?se Prescott, one of the
first citizens of Echols county,
rode out to a turpentine farm
near Statenville last week ami
was overtaken on the road by
darkness, on his return home.
While riding along quietly parties
unrecognized by him rushed out
of the hushes hv the l oad side and
attempted to seize his horse by
the bridle, hut the horse was
frightened and they missed their
hold. Mr. Proscott was alone
and unarmed, and a stiver© rap
with the whip added to tho fright
of tho startled an inn! aid lie
plunged away and almost over
ho attacking parties, and Mr.
con-
For failing to produce the in
formation docket before the
grand jury, Mayor Lester and
Clcek Rebnrer, of Savannah, wi 1 !
answer foi; contempt of court at
the Ma r ch tenn. The docket was
wanted as evidence against prr-
ties charged with keeping open
tippling house on Sunday.
In Augusta, Tuesday, Gilbert
King a negro detective, endoavor-
ed to arrest Arthur Moore, who
was charged with having robbed j
negro preacher of a small sum of
money and a suit of clothes
While on the way to the court
house Kirg knocked the doteetiv
down, took his club away from him
and was beating him up pretty
badly when a policeman arrived
upon the scene and took him in
At Halcyon dale, Bullock coun
ty, Tuesday, a son of Thomas A.
Hagir.s, was accdcntly shot and
boost instantly killed by his older
brother. The one killed was
about ten years old and the other
twelve. They took their father’s
uii and went shooting without his
knowledge and by some careless
ness the gun went off. Almost its
entire contents lodged in the un
fortunate boy’s body.
Palatka’s fisheries have grown
more and more year by year
until they have now become )>©r-
manent and profitable. The
choicest white shad here caught
in large numV err and shipped to
markets North, were they bring
good prices. The local market is
also always well supplied. Some
idea may lie had of the extent of
this industry here by a view from
our wharves of the numberless
lights which glimmer on the siver
from the fish boats, the occupants
of which arc busily engaged in
hauling in nets.
The ma‘h who has been prom
enading the streets for the past
few days with his hands in his
pockets asking people, “Is it
cold enougji for you?” is better
this morning. Dr. Carswell
his jaw-bone is broken, four
of his frontteeth have been fish
ed up from his stomach and he
can see a little out of one eye.
We had no idea we had such
power in our left arm, but then,
liis cheek was enough to call for
powerful strokes. Please take
warning.
The Valdosta Times says, “It
looks like a cyclone had struck
Stump's advertisement in the
W..YCROSS Headlight. You’ve
got it wrong, friend Charles; the
advertisement has gotten into
a cyclone that will carry it before
the people. The advertisement
is one of the most attractive in
the State.
Special Tax is due on and af
ter the 15th, of January, and
those interested, intending to do
business within the corporate
limits of the town are earnestly
requested to come forward and
attend the same.
II. P. Brewer,
Clerk City Council.
January J3, 1886.
A man who was said to lie
drunk and lying with an arm
on one of tho rails of the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad,
near Hillsboro, Ala., had the
arm cut oft* by a passing train
going west one day last week.
Mr. C. J. Jenkins will open
school in this [dace next Mon
day, the 18th inst. Mr. Jen
kins is two well known to the
public and comment is unncces-
sarv.
half a pipt of whisky. These; siderahle money on his person
*‘»*P.ajK>iis” bmk like pistols, are' 5,n< * ,t ,? supposed that parties who
Ainmiiir) *t. A i,;.* i . .keow he had it waylaid him with
flamed ui tho hip-poeket and tho in t* nlion of robbing him!
\\ lieu the owner meets a maul It had not been over ten days
who needs‘shooting/ be thrusts'since a similar attempt had
tho imizzle into the viafim'*! ,M “ en mn<,a u i v ' n Hr. Tt. M.
month mill squirt* a gill u f r «l-d^ <K ' k,,e ‘ ,rt * of VnlJ " s,a - f< ”
ifrom tho same place. Somo-
* * *• I" '■hs-Uiiule -vith a brace of pistol* and a
case before us the lawyer tJhlnVpi^i .louMu.lwrrclle.l gun, nn <I
know the thing was loacluJ, mid, a hoop (hat will stand fire,
Oirclossly getting a Unger on the to meet up with these
trigger while tho muzzle w»s V *W ,,, ‘ 8 - j 1 •*» j f
pointing to tho npei) ninuth of’ hC,r i
tho Sleeping foreman of the jure, I ,
itwentoir, sending q fata! ioadj \ V e havejuel received * lot of
down hi t roat, whuib oanscij a j new watches, which wo am offering
retirement pfthe juryanda vor* j low down. Come and sec us.
Of *i,ot guilty.* j LaxieR (S: Yorsiu?*,
W-
■^r
Lost.
One bunch of keys. Finder
will be liberally rewarded by re
turning same to
C. C. HARPER.
T@ Frmtera.
We are offering THE MIhLEX
BEACON for sale at ti bargain—-n
deed auvli a bargain has seldom
been put upon the rnatket. Milien
i?»a live railroad town ot bet*
800 and 1.000 inhabitants, located
at th* juncMon or the Savannah &
Augusta R. U aith tin* main bn
the Central. It has unlimited pros-
pevitv, and is surrounded by a I;
and pepn'ons territory of fertile
iai ds. Taken altogether, it is c
of the best stands for h p*>pt*r in i
.State. The paper has been cstulr
lisiied t-vo months, d >es not owe t
dollar and lias paid froni the initial
minder, and is now offered for salt
only because the proprietors have
more business than they can prop
arly manage. Addrress
SULLIVAN BROS.,
Waynesboro, Gs.
The Lightsey Myi-tery,
In unother column will be
found a telegram copied from
the Atlanta Constitution, of
Dee. 31st, ’So in which a denial
is made to the charges written by
a correspondent from Homer,
viile about the death of Jacob
Lightsey of this place sometime
last year. The correspondent
also made the statement that
Mrs. Lightsey’* father had com
mitted suicide some years previ
ous, but such is not the case.
Sir. Robert Kugent died of con
gestive fever and was hurried in
Laurel Grove Ccmelery, in Sa
vannah, September 3rd, ’SI and
was mmred to Waycross in
Marcl/^^^ •,
Awtlc* 4o Debtors and Creditors.
AH persons having demands
against the estate of Kiias D. Wal
dron, late ot Ware county, deceas
ed, aie herein* notified to render in
their demands to the undersigned,
according u. law; and all | eisons
indebted to laid estate are required
to make immediate payment. This
January 6:b.
CORA L. WALDRON,
Administratrix estate Elias D. Wal
dron, deceased.
jn 13 prs fee 3 75.
& 5
, NOTICE
GDOBGIA^rCIlnch County.
Notjir b hereby given that nfler
thirty day». from the date or this
notice all legal advertisements emi-
nstihg from the Ordinary’s offiue of
Cli.ieh county will be published in
the W ay on .fcs IIeadugiit instead of
the Valdosta Times, as recoin menn-
do by the Grand jury ot the'county.
M. 8. CORBITT,
kvliieh they are offering: t.» deliver, free of
bright at any railroad dcj.ot on n»eei|.t
Of Ten Dollar*• Cash,
•■>".1 iiXTtciI MJNlHLr HAYMiNVS -f
K1VK D.ll.L \ KS eacll. iueluiling b.K.k
and stool. We also oiler tl»e
New Estey Piano,
j" installments of $5U CASH, and from *j
«10 to 15 per mouth.
Repairing and Tuning Organs and Pianos made a apeciatyanl
work guar.iuleed -ir no o’rnrg •. Oar b*r ns are reasonable, and all we
sk is a fair and impartial trial, and we will prove that wc mean business
Write us for spc^tfl prices of om‘ different styles of organs and
pianos. sept!) Gin e s o g /
H. L. BOONE,
Valdosta, Georgia.
Dealer m Hardware, Stoves, Stojve
Fixtures, Mechanical Tools and
Farmers’ Utensils, 1’orn-shoilers,
Wliecl-baijrows, dhmc Mills and
Nyrup Pans.
-All kinds of PLOWS-
always on Hand.
Breech-loading Shot-guns ahd
Rifles, Ammunition, etc., a
large ami Aveil selectetLstuck/
Manufacturers of all kinds ot
Tinware.
Iron, Steel, Steam Fixtures and
MILL SUPPLIES, Belting, etc.
Our Stock is the largest in
Southwest Georgia, and we
defy competition. Buyers can
always have their orders filled.
Send to me for what you want.
^ septO-Gm-a 8 o g
C. C. VARNEME,
DEALER IM
4
eialties.
of Millinery A Dress Goods
; n Southwest Georgia, from which oa.i select goods. Give i
v trial and l will satisfied. sopl&-12m isogl
FOLKS &
1886.--J1
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ian 1st, I3|S. Onl j C. C.
. atit
Parker's Prick UuiihlM Wayemss.- <
veep on hand a full stea k i,f Dif«-'- Druggists Sundries, Snaps.
O'ls, Ci-ara, Tubaecu, Snufi, I’aient M.edicmes, 4c.
A Full Lino o{ Fresh Garden
mkm
General Mercbkndi^fe,
ValCusta, Benroa.
One of the largest stocks in my line has recently been opened, and
ire bargains ci»u be obtained. \
' *)
Millinery and Fancy Dress Goods
and Custom-made Shoes ( Spe-
Orders from the country solioited, and I will make it to the interest of
to buy from me in preference to sending : farther! away from borne for
goods which 1 sell at reason ale figures.^ 1 * ffiRVHRSaof the ]oett alocka
l^eeds all
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