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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL, by j. and. hoyl & CO. §mm ealcclvliy Journal PUBLISHED EVEKT THURSDAY, TERMS— Strictly in Advance. Three months * Six months * One year 1 uu ro Idverlisers The money forad rertising considered due after first iuser- inserted at intervals to be charged as new each insertion. An additional charge of 10 per cent will be made on advertisements ordered to be in gerted on a particular page. Advertisements under the head of bpe cial Notices" will be inserted for 16 cents nor line, for the first insertion, and 10 cents ner line for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements in the “ I.ocal Column,” willbe inserted at 25 cents per line for the first, and 20 cent-per line for each subse quent insertion. All communications or letters on business tntended for this office should be addressed 8 “The Dawson Journal ” LEGAL ADVERTISING RATES. Sheriff sales, per levy of 1 square $ 4 or. Mortgage sales, per levy.. 8 Oil Tax sales, per levy * 4 on Citations for LetterjAif Administration 4on ADplication for Setters of gusrdia ship * 6 00 Application for Dismission from A ministration 10 00 Application for Dismissiom from Guardianship 5 00 Application for leave to sGI Land— one sq |5, each additional square 4 00 Application for Homestead S 00 Notice to debtors and creniiors ... 600 Land sales, per sqaare (inch) 4 00 Sale of Perishable property, per sq 3 00 Estrav Notices, sixty days 800 Notice to perfect service 8 00 Rule Nisi, per square 4 00 Rules to establish lost papers, per sq 400 Rules compelling titles, per quare.. 400 Rules to perfect service in Divorce cases 10 00 The above are the minimum rates cf legal advertising now charged by the Press of Georgia, and which We shall strictlv adhere to in the future. We hereby give final no tice that no advertisement of this class wit be puhlished in the Journal without the fee iapnid in advance, onlv in cases where we have special arrangements to the contrary WicotmitMl ®arflai. ,N. B. Barnes, ege REP ' IRER OF J2B-WATCHES, CLOCKS, and Jewelry. Office on Main street, Daw on, Ga. Satisfaction guaranted. Charges teas onable. sep 6,t> n. J. n. GUFRIIf, JAB. G. PARKS. GUERRY & PARKS, Jltiorpey? 3|u) Colfjifelorg atLaVv, DAWSON, - GEORGIA. —:o: PRACTICE in the St te and Federal Courts. Collections made a specialty.— Promptness and dispatch guarantied and insured. Nov ltf R. F. SIMM INS, jf y at LaW & Ileal Sjtate jlg’t, Dawson, Terrell County, G.t BPE8 PE IAL a tention given *o colleeiidnf', conveyancing and investigating titles te Real Euatc. 00f.'.8, tf "JAMES JCIeIT ATTORNEY AT t&W, MORGAN, Calhoun Cos., Georgia IytTSIN'ESS intrusted to mv cire wilt be promptly attended to. /Special attention sill be given to collections. J. F. WALK R, Attorney at Law, Dawson, - Georgia \\ IMj practice in (lie Pataula * Vcai'. — .Jr Office at. the Courohause. Mo,h 'l'l lv C. IS. WOJJTK!\’, Attorney a .t Law, tin.i.rr. - tiEoiiGM. \\ T ILL practice in the State Courts and in ’ the Cirooir and District Court# >f fhe United States ?n ftaraunab eepf‘27. •r. .1. beck, Attorney at taw, *3 t&vjjsm, Callioijn County, Gsi. ill practice in the Albay Circuit and else* P ' !e f e ,n { he State, by Contract. Prompt at** Motion "iven to all business entrusted to his f^ re ; Collections a specialty. Will also in- rifles and buy or sell real Estate in Baker and -fiarlv Counties. L. GCARTL&DQE, Attorney at Law Morgan, - - giiokgiv ty ILL give dose attention to all busi ness entrusted to bis care ill Albany Circuit. 4_i v L. c. hoylT -A-ttorney at Law. Diiw#n, Georgia. o. H. MILLER, at law, Alorgaii, Ga. in Ordinary’s Office. 030,5 m J - L. JANE ATTORNEY at law, DAWSOV, - GEORGIA. * ove.r .J W'. store. Jan? Brampton’s Imperial Soap IS THE BEST ! Crafnpton's Imperial Soap is the Best. Crampton's Imperiil Soap is the Best. Crampton's Imperi.-.l Soap is the Best. Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best. Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best. Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Bept. Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Dost Cramptou's Imperial Soap is the Best. HIS hOAP is manufactured from pure A materials; and as it contains a latge per centage of Vegetine Oil, is warrantee fully tqual to the impor ed Castile Soap, and a the’ same time contains all the washing and elensing properties of the celebrated German and French Laundry Soaps. It is therefore recom mended for use in . the Laundry, Kitchen ft Bath Room, and tor general household purposes; also for Printers, Painters, Engineers, and Machiuis's, as it will remove spots of ink Grease, Tar, Oil, Pain!, etc , from the hands. The Huntingdon Monitor of April sth, 1877, pronounces this Soap the best in the market, as follows; Reader, we don't want von to suppose that this is an adveitisement, and pass it over unheeded. Read : t We want to direct your attention to the advertisement of “Crampton's Imperial Soap." Having used it in <>ur office for 'he past year, we can re commend it as the best quality of soap in use. 11. is a rare thing to get a Soap that will thoroughly dense printing ink from the hands, as also from linen; but Crampton' laundry soap will do it, and we know where of we speak. It is especially adapted for printers, punters, engineers and machinists, as it will remove grease f all descriptions from the hands as well as clothes, with little labor. For general household purposes it cannot be excelled. Manufactured only by CRAMPTON BROTHERS, Nos. 2,4, 5,8, and 10, Rutgers Place, and No. 33 and 35 Jefferson Street; New ?o,k. For sale by J O CKIfS, aug 23, tf DaWson, Ga TO THE PLANTERS o P SOUTH WESTERN GEORGIA OWING to the decline in the price of Iron we have reduced the prie* of SUGAR MIL Si KETTLE Si and GIJT G E.l It as well as other work in otir line. We will continue o sell at the low price we have establishe until iron advances, or we will receive< rders for future delivery. We m inufacture several kinds of COTTON SCREWS. SEASONED, PLANED AND ROUGH LUMBER always on hand. 0. 0. NELSON, Pros. Dawson Mf g Cos. Dawson, Ga. July 30. tf. To Con sumptives< The advertisers, bavins been permanently cured of that dread disease. Consumption bv a simple remedv, is anxious to make knowu to his fellow sufferers ihe means of cure. To all who desire it, he will send a conv" < f the proscription used, (free of chare. ), wilt the direciions for preparation and using the same, which they will find a sure cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bron- Parties wishing the perscription will please address, Rey. E A. WILSON, 139 Penn St., Williamsburg, New Yoik DRESS MAKING MRS M. M ANTH >NY respectfully in forms the ladies of Dawson and Terrell countv, that she is prepareo to do Dress- Making in the latest and most fashionable stvles, at reasonable rates, bun bonnets and “-*• jg J S’Sv. April stb, 1877, tt DISBOLUT i ON ! * * ~ atHE l.w firm of Simmons & Pickett has 1 tl is dav been dissolved by mutual con .ni The business on hand w,ll receive tle auentio iotbo h parti -s <imW ns. Oct. Ist, 1877. T. H HCSKir. DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 1877. New Advertisements C7J EOBHlA.Tci'rell Connir, A MRS. SARAH E. MARSHALL, Aom n* istratrix, having applied to me lor leave to sell the real estate of Geo T. Marshall, Lite of Raid county, deceased; therefore, all persons concerned will take notice t' at said leave will be granted to t e applicant on the first Mot dav in Zf. ecuibti next, unless good a tse be shown to tile contrarv. Nov 1,1877.41 11. S BELL Ord'v. f 4 F-ORGIA, Temill 'entity. vJTGEO. 0. EDWARDS has applied for letters of adminisna'i >n o.i the estate ol Isaac 0. Edwards, dec’d. All persons inter ested are hereby notified io show cause, if any they can, why said application should not be granted at the December Term of ibis Court. Witness mv hand and official signature, 'hie 30th dav of October, 1877 Nov 1 4t 11. S BELL, 0 din ary f l EOKI I l,Terrell Comity. ' T T. K. f 088 has made application for letters of administration on the estate o Thomas Seav, late of said coUntv, deceased AH persons interested are herenv notified to -how cause, it anv they can, whv s id let ters should not be granted at the December Term of this Court. Witness mv hand and r ffifsl.il signature, this 3'i'h day of Oe'oher, 5 877. Nov J, 4t H. S. BELL, Ordinary. / ' I.OKGI I, Calltomi Comity B* virtue of an order from the Court of O'dinarv ot said Jenuntv, will be sold on 'he first Tuesday in December, n xt. wi hin the usual hours of sale, a’ he ’Court-house •foot, in Calhoun Countv, one halt f lot of 'and No 17, in the 3rd district nt said cotintv belonging to the estate of Andrew I a binetf, deceased. Sold for dis'ribir on,— Terms Cash W. D. MURRAY. October 31, 1877. Guard an. Administrator s Sale. (and EORGI t, '* or roll Comity. T By virtue of an o tier of th ■ Honorable Court of Old narv ot Tern'll county, at the October term, 1877, I will sell to the highest bidder, at the Court, house door, in the city ot Dawson, on the first Tuesday in Decem ber, nex', the following lot. of 1 nd belong ing to the Estate of Mrs. Retnilsent Culpep per, deceased, viz; One lot of land No (225) Two hundred and twenty-five, in the (11) Eleventh district of Terrell county. Said lor benefit of the heirs and cred’tors. Terms cash. Oct. 4. 1877. J. C. F. CLARK, Administrator de bonis non Terrell Sheriff Sales. ITJILL be sold before the Court House VV door, ir. the city of Daw on, on thp first TUESDAY in December next, between the legal hours ol sale, he following described property, to wit ; Lor of land No. (64) fifty ■ four, in the 3rd district f Terrel! county. Levied on as the property of D. M, Harden to sa ist > a fi ta from Terrell Supeiior Court in favor of John \\ i'ii ,ni- v D. >f ll ode,, pri and W i-ii ing'.on Woolbiigh'. secusity. Also, at the same time and place will be sold, the west half of lot No. 283 and south portion of lot No. 2io, South ol the cr-t k running through said iot, all in in the 12th district of Terrell county. Levied on as the property of W. H. Crawford to satisfy a mortgage fi fa from Terrell Superior court in lavor of JohnsoD ft Lee vs W, 11. 1 rawhud S. R, CHRISTIE, Sheriff. November l, 1877,td tUTPSJ’ILLS A Noted Divine says They are worth their weight in gold. READ WHAT HE SAYS; Dr. Tutt:—Dear Sir: For ten years 1 have been a mart vr to Dyspepsia, Constipation,*and Piles. Last sprinjr’vour rills were recomi vended tome; I used them (bat with little faith). lam now a well man, have good appetite,digestion per cot, regulars''oots, piles gone, am! f have pained forty pounds solid flesh. Thcv are wor h their weight hr gold. Rev. K. L. SIMHtON, Louisville, Ky. Dr. Tutt ha? been en jpi;T<.it in the practice of nuiiicine t hirtj' yea :s, ami to*- a lor.ctiuvwis demon, si rat or ii anatomy in the Medical OH ego of Geor gia, lienee persons using j;i> I -iI *s liave the guaran tee that tlu y are prepared or • ti- mific principles, j’.iul are lice from all qtiackvfv - lie iiiis Fr receded in conn ifiiiig in them the ji* ret t*U >re ant a gon isiic qualities of a tyengtfn’V i in\ ■: it Ufa tire, ami a put* i yu. jf lonic. i heir first apparent ef fect is to iru r .ee the ap petite by causing the b'nu< to •■to; eri v a sf i mil ate. Thus the svstem is nom i !hml, and hy Uu ir toii action on the dig* ttve or gans, r< gviar ai.d healthy < vjv uai ions are inxulnced 'l iie rapidity w ith.whicli fi, ons :atu on flesh. un<!er the influence of ihose pills, ol itself in dicates their adnptabiotv to nourish the bo*ly, ami hence their efficacy m cur ir.g nervous debility, nu l ancliol? .dyspepsia, wast* i ig <>t the inuFch-s, ‘ let gi-hness of the liv. * chronic Corst*pat on, :u Turns Pins CURE BlCit HEAD £ ACI is. TU'iTS PILS CUP-32 EYEI-LPSIA. tutpFpils CURE CONSTIPATION TUliililS CURE PILES. TUTPSra.S CURE FEVER AND AGUE. TUlfi’Pl.lS CURE BILIOUS CCHO TUTPS PiLLS CURE KIDNEY COM r PLAINT. TUmfPILS CURE TORPID LIVER imparliny hea't'i urd rfrcnjsth tot!.c ’• .. tvtnv. IH-rr. Office, ' n r..v St reel, New L ITRIUMFH CF p 1 Gray Hair ran l*e ebanr-’rl to a fit I ptw, block ty a sinele apnliratton of M 3 Dr.Ti-TT'sft;.:, Dye. Ii arts like magic, H | and is warranted as hurn-Jess as water, g 1 Price sr.oo. Office 3; Murray St-N. Y. M Wl'rT Id Kn ’? fflllHl (3 ij;. titth J !*.'.■> -Ii SSLestd. iiio ilnsm’es? It is a plant (hat grows in the South, and is spe cially adapted to the cure ol diseasesol that climate. NATURE’S OWN HEBICBY, wintering at once into th.e blood, expel in** ail strof 11]otis, syphilitic, and rhcumMic affections. Alone, it it a st-arch.n" nll'-nuive. hut when combined wit.i Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, and other herbs, it forms Dr. Tutt's Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delight, The most powerful Mood purifier known o medic ii science for the cure of old ulcers diseased joints, toy. discharges Irom the ears and nostrils, iffiscesM s, diseases, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil v,.c ts •>'. secret disordered liver aid spleen. Its >e strengthens the nervous system imparts a bur corj plexion, and builds up tile body wita O HEALTHY. SOLID FLESH. As an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strong recommended. Hundreds ol cases of the worst have been radically cured in it. Being purely w etalde its continued use will do m> harm. Ihe best time to take it is during the summer and fall; and instead ot debility. heads''he. fever and ague, y<M will enjoy robust health (J Sold by all druggists. Prfce, si.oo. Office, 35 Mi . ray street, New York. LIMES TO A DRESSMAKER BY CHAIiLFS FKASCIS ADAMS. I. Oh, wherefore hid me leave thy side, Dear Dolly? 1 would ask; How can I ali mv feelings cloak When in thy smiles I ba-que? Nay, “Polly-nuy,” I cannt t go! Oh, do not stand aloof, When of my warm affliction You possess, oh, wat-er prr of. 11. Why will you ruy fee ings g re By sending m* away? Y“ti know it’s wrong, of corset is. Thus to fortiid my stay. It seems ns though some fell disease Was knawing at my heart, Arid hem (o rhege would s. ou ensue, If we perchance, should part. 111. Then waste the ptec-ious'irp.e no more, But let the present tie us Sew firmly that the mairiage knot Shall never be cut Lies. In peaceful quietude we’ll float On life’s unruffled lid“, Not let the bu-tle of the world “Dull-hack” as on we glide. Detroit Free Dress* BELATED ITEMS. We are pleased to note that our young friend, E. C. Bower Frq ~0l T> akely, ban been nominated for the Senate, for the district composed of the counties of Baker, Calhoun and -Daily. \Ve have known Eudetr.ia ever since he was “Knee high to a duck, and can assure our numerous Calhoun readeis that, if elected, ho will make them a first class Senator. On" of the most prominent and intel ligent citizens of Baker county,— one who has been in t.he Senate himself, informed us ou Monday, last, that al though Bnket was not represented in die convention, she fully indorsed the nomination > f Mr. Bower, and would cordially suj port him. We lonnd our bretbien Triplet and Hansell alive ant] active on our reco-'t visit to Thomasville. May they live long a lid prosper. Wo also lid the pleaute of meeting many other breth ren of the pencil, among them the versailte and talented Babcock of the 8 ivannuh News ; the tall and state y Block* I ; of the Esijy County News-. the cent and pleasant Ftides of the Mot,ticclie (Fla ,) Constitution; our new and lively neighbor Mclntosh, ol the Albany Aden User , and last but, by > o means least the gallant am! handsome J D. \\ i-ston, of the Albany Fetes. The latter proudly wore the stripes of the Albany Guuids Ton two in.lowing items are from the Athens Watchman; \ v e lean that on Wednesday night last, Mrs Colbert, wife of Mr. Lind sey Oolbeit,-tf Madison county, who hud Leon confined to her Led lo siv eral days, got up and undertook to walk across the room, and being at tacked with vertigo, fell in the fiie and was very sever* ly burned, ns there was no one hnt hei in !he room at the time. She lingered until Thurs day night, when she died. We are informed by S. C. O’Kelley, Esq , 'hat on Tf urstfay morning la-t, while Mrs. Rice, wife of Mr. A. M. Rice, of Madison county, was superb - tending tee making of syrup, the shed over tfie mill suddenly gave way and fell upon her, knocking her into the kettle of foiling syrup, sev rely burn ing her m at.d breaking one ol her leg-*. Dr. Daniel is e.ttei ding her, and we are pl a-ed to learn that Mrs. R. is (Ring t-.s well n6 could ne expected. ADVAXTAGK OF WEB JOCK— WHIR F ..M ; , h BAt UtLORSi “A word to the wise is None Put the married tnnn Ih, a home in h:S old ng ; i" ne La.- friends then hto 1 . ; none hut lie -knows and fee's the Solace of the domestic hearth ; none but he lives and freshens in his green old ege, amid the affections of wife and children. There nte no tears shed for the old bacheloi; there is no ready hand and kind heart to cheer l int in bis loneli ness and bereavements ; there is no one in whose eyes he can see himself reflected, and front whose lips he can receive the on tailing assurances of core and hv* No, the old bacheloi may lie tolerated for bis money;- lie nay eat and dtit k and revel as such do ; and he may sicken and die in tt hotel or a gairett wi’.h plenty of atten dants about hint, ike so many eor moiants waiting for their prey; but where is the moistened eye, the gen tle hand, ti e loving lips that onuht te receive his last farewell 't He will nev er know what it is to he loved, aftd to live and die amid a loving circle. He ; will go In m this world ignorant of the delights of the domvstic fireside, and on the records ot humanity his life is nt t d—a b anl . Gen N. B. Forrest died last week, at his bou e, near Memphis, Teon. ! ,1//*’. T’LDENSPEAKS 7,V RESPONSE 70 A SERENADE. Ex-Gevernor Tifden was serenaded at his home in N**w Yoik on Fri fay night. It. his speech he said: “If our British cousins find it difficult to cet a supply of food, we have a boundless supply, and a continent in which are vast aieas ol fettile soil adapted ti 'he use of agricultural machinery and i ort necifiii wi ll the centers, ol trade by great rivers, vast internal seas and seventy-five thousand tr.ilos ot laiiway. "by cannot the Britis wtirktueu hate cheap food, our farmers good trade and our cat tiers fnciliate this commerce? Commercial exenanges, it must he remembered, involve mu,utili ty. V\’e must lemiive and moderate our tiarliuroi.s levenue system, and no longer legis ate ag dnst th works of humanity and the bemfic tice of Go h” | Mr* Tiiden endorsed the I) mocrat jc State ticket, un i -aid: “This elec tit n has some ielution to national po hticsj in regard to which you expect that I should make some observations. You ate aware of the fesult of the contest in 1870?” A voice—“ You were robbed,” Tiiden (excitedly)—“l did not get rohhedt The people gut robbed. ll was a robbery of the dearest rights of Atneticau citizens, the right ot free government ; the tight of the people to govern themselves, anil rha ge their rulers at will* If ihe American peo ple he down anil consent to sacrifice the integrity ol their control overt eir own government,- Itey will commit a wrung not only against themselves Gut the people of ovsrv other -an 1 One thing I promise —< ne thing I swear before the Assembled people of America—l swear that the G *vern uierrt ot Ameiice will he restored to the people nccoiding to the idea of its founders.” Owen Wlight, a mulatto who came to At anta last wee!: as a witness against some eitiz n of Nnwton county, on a charge of Kukluxing, was identi fied and arrested as the perpetrator in Kussel county, Aia , iast Octnfier of a crime tne de'ails of which are given by the Constilttlio as follows; On the fiisr day of October M> Ai leiitou, tfie wife of a poor but honoi*- ble funnel in Kussel county,- was at her home alone with ai: infant child a her bosom, write tier husband ws abo..t half a mile away picking c itt n, Owen VVriglit appeared ou the scene at tliis time, sneaking in at ilie hack door Ife asked Mis. Allenton a here her liusdand was, when lie was in formed that fie was some distance away. lie rep-ated the qne-liun, and receiving the e-toie reply, he announc ed ms DKTIT.TSH FUI:cosR. He seized the chi'd, and tearing r f.om the tiorrified mother’s breas ttirew it on tiie floor. lie tlion kief el lis victim with terrible for_e out of the door. Then seizing iter ho pitiled her with resistless force, bearing her towards a thicket about a hundred yards distant. He kicked her at al most every step, until the poor woman was terribly bruised. When ha reach ed the thicket, the fiend drew a pistol, and forced 'he poor Creature to Com p etely strip herself of all clothing. — He then consummated his devilish in tentiono- Seizing ids pistol again fie foicod her to dress herseif. He then said to her, “j’m going TO TCH.L YoU ” “I know how white folks are, and you w il tell this!” The suffering woman, terrified ai* most beyond her sense*, vowed that she would not. T e villian then fired ; i is pistJ twi e close to her head.— He again -threatened to kill her and i fired Ids pisti 1 once more. Fearing ! appiehenwon, te then turned AND FLKB. As so.;!) as l.t* was gone, Mrs. El'en tnn started lowtud the field where li* r husband was at work, Shecomtnenred screaming in her terror, and was soon met by her husband and a neighbor named Simmons, to whom she told in r tale of woe. They at once wen in pursuit of the viliian, hut he could not be found. With a magnificent diamond, a gen tleman can generally cut his name up on the hardest female heart. An old bachelor says it is mighty hard when a man has the reputation of being a bear, that he never gets a hug. ATLANTA S BIRD KILLERS. \ Free :iti<s I’iisy and -i Dead §nrc fcliol. He sremed to be :n fine spirits ns ho siting the rich looking bunch of partridges and rabbits over his tta’- wart shoulders and moved off towards Thompson’s cafe. “How many have yon therer” he asked. “About f. r'y partridges and six rahhds,” “I)o you hunt, as a ; rofes.ionf” “Yes sir. It is my regular bust’; ess. A pretty good business too. I nve’age 30 to 50 partridges a day, and n*ver fail to pick up some rabbits. I have killed as many as 185 pnrtiidgos in cno day. The birds are hardly so plentiful as they were then, however. They are more plentifnl for the last year or two than they have been ; but just after the war they swarmed over the whole bounty.” “Do you never miss killing nny biid?” we asked, thinking ol the fruit let-s hunts that amateurs take day af ter day. “No, sir,” ho replied, liiughing.— •‘When a man makes it his busitios-, hi ’a not apt to loose a day. He keeps the run of the covey’, and generally knows wheie he will find his birds b fore ho staitsoul to look for them. I hurt in the suburbs ol the city ut til the season has regularly opened, and then I go up the Air-Line road and hunt about the small etations, shipping my birds to tho city evety day.” “What do your partridges bring you?” “I have a regular contract with Mr. Thompson to furnish him all the birds I kill this season at 11 cents a piece. lam frequen ly offered much more for special lots of bi ds, but I prefer to have a regular customer who will *eke all I kill. I have r*o 'ime to peddle them about the city, and no taste to do so.” “You make a protty good sum then, With your gun ?” “Yes sir—l easily average $3 a day at this part of the season. Later 1 make five to eight dollats a day. It is a ft oh and easy life, 1 have got so used to it 1 couldn't change it for any other—it is rare sport all the time. — I never net birds—l very rarely shoot them on the ground— though, it I see a good many clumped together; I can’t resist firing my two barrels into them. can hunt tlie season round and kill eight nut of every ton bisds I flush- It’s the best life in the wot Id ” a wuitD An>vi oau muttons. Oui collocutor was named Ken',’ a tall athletic fellow, that walked like he was on springs, fie is one of the hunters that supp'y our market with game during die season. There are some dozen of iheSo Nimrods, nil of wliotne make a good living, and each of wliom has fits district for bunting and his regular customers in the city. It is estimated that 1300 quails per day are sold in Atlauta during the season. The oeason has hardly <q en ed yet —the birds that are killed now heii g voting fellows: ttiey aie, how ever, plump and juicy, though not so impieguatcd with peculiar game fla vor that marks the full grown hir'd.— We are going hunting with Mr. Kent soon, arci when we do will toil you all about if. —Atlanta i onsliiution, POSTED ON TUN LA W, Thursday forenoon a lesident of C'ass avenue discovered a boy about thii teen old in his harp, the -ad having piied open the barn door. The citizen ru>hed out, hut when he thought bo had the voui g marauder by the collar the y. in. was a hundred feet down the alley “Boy'.l’ll have you arresto! for burglary’!” shouted the citizan as the hoy uir.vd and looked at hint. “Burglary— humph !’’ sueotod the '•oy. “Yes' Ibl make a charge ol hurgla- hero,” said the young loafer as he advanced a f w feet, “if I owned a house and lot and barn and ho>s and was as old as you are I think 1 wou and post up on the law a little Don’t you know the difference between burglary and hieakipg .rid enteiir.g ;n the day ime/” The c tizeu couldn’t run one yard to the boy’s two. lie tried it. —De troil Free I’reus. The dearest object to a man should he his wife; but'it is not unfrequent ly : er clothes. “Did you ever see the Catskil' Mountains \ * “No, "ah, hut l’v • n um kill mice.” VOL. 111. — NO 39. MEDICAL AD VICE. A night or two since a citizen of Charlotte avenue, who lias a wood pile in the alley concluded to sit up for a few hours and see if lie could detect the person or persons who had stolen a dozen sticks the night previ ous. About eleven o’clock a bow backed colored man came up the al- ley, looked around in a cautious wajq and then took a stick of wood 00 each shoulder and started off. “I’ve got you, you thief!” cried thfi citizen, as he dashed out. “So you hez —so you hez,” replied the man, as he let the sticks drop; “but jes wait a hetle afore you fires off any pistols. Does you know what I was gwino tei do wid dis wod?” “Yes, I do! You were stealing it!” “Juss like I fought you’d say, hut dar’s war’ ye hurts my feelins. I was talkin’ to de doctaw ‘bout dis bendin’ 01-er in my back, an’ he tole me to walk up an’ down de alloy wid a load on boßf shoulders. I war bor rowin’ dis wood lo carry out dat medi ,al advice, sah, flu’ if fo ti charges rtiijfing I kin pay de casbrightdown.’ The citizen said he thoughtfhe ould cure the “bending over,” put hs em’t he postive whether fie made any improvement o. not, as the man broke away nfcor tho fourth kick and gal loped down the alley like a bairell of Niunl robing down kill* — Di'toxl Fret Press. Griffin News. We have just seen & letter from a gentleman in Texa c , ad dressed to a kinsman of his, who is a well known citizenof Spalding county. Tliis gentleman was born and.real el in Gobi gin, and lived in this state about forty years. At the begining of tho war fie was worth 830,000. —- Soon nfter the wai, he, with his wife removed from Talbot county to Texas His wife soon t>< came sick and died. His! popeity was lost; and from affl'i ence he descended to the lowestdepths of proverty. At this stage of life, he wipes for help to his kinsmen in Georgia, in a letter dated city, Eastland county, Texas, Septem ber 11, 1877. From tliis letter we make a short verbatim oxtract: “I am hardly able to work. I borrowed a wagon arid carried my family eighty miles east to pickootl'*n for breed. I om now in E s'laud City,- oti iny way hack to my family to try to help them pick cotton for bread. We had a kill ing frost or the 1 tth of June, that killed our corn. I had nine acres in corn; it was promising. I will about make tho seed I planted. I have a wife and four childfen (he had marri ed a secuxid time) and nothing lor ;h n m to eat. 1 now ask for a little help, if you please; my children will perish without help ” DR OKEN FORTUNES. Many men now living can remem bor what a figure John C. Fremont or,co cut in American afftirs. He married the favorite daughter of Thomas H. Benton, a woman of gen ius and courage. Iltffearly in the day became a popular idol. He was a Genoral in tl.o United States army and a Candida's for the Presidency of the United S'ates. His latter days have been clouded by misfortunes and neg lect, and now he is so poor in pocket that the most treasured relics of his household had to he sold, the other day, for what they would bang. The amount real. Zed was little enough. That a man who was nice so e nspic uoils in the affairs of this countiy shoti'd he reduced to almost beggary, is an uncommon *liing, and teaches an important lesson. Little did the proud daughtei id Benson dream, a few years since, that her famous bus hand would become an outcast, so to speak, and that sho and her family would he confionted with actual want.' And yet such lias ready been the case. Gen. Fremout has outlived his usefulness to men and parties, he lags superfluous on the stage, and his fami ly gather about him as the ivy sur rounds a ruin. Well is it lor them if they have learned to rely upon a Higher Power, for the powers of this Woild have deserted them in their se verest need. — Chroniceil Sf Constitution <(U4. A fine brick house jut at out com pleted, in Sivaunah, fell the other night with a terrible crush. A St Louis artesian well has reach ed the depth of thirty-eight hundred fee*. She is hound Ic have water rf she has to go to Ch eat fur it,'