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Waynesboro, Georgia, Friday, October 29th, 1880.
Number 26,
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ji r midiio from Maine
jliispilt in again,
This time he hopes to do better
By opening bis mouth
\rul “ciissln” the South,
In spite of the Mulligan letter.
Amsterdam has a great
palace
s P ix days in the whole year.
J, is built upon piles and cost $5,-
000.000.
ylT That part of Now York city
jn which its poorer classes lives is
vf ry densely populated, some tene-
nt houses holding as many as
1,300. From this class of people it
jjsjiid (hat fully 65 per cent, ot the
children die.
[(ST The backbone of the Au
gusta strike is about broken. The
majority of the strikers are anxious
to return to work and would have
done so some time since had they
not been influenced by the leaders.
The impression prevails that the
Augusta mills will soon start off
j with its full compliment of hands,
then the other mills will resume
work. When this occurs it is to
be hoped that this bitter experi
ence will teach them a lesson, one
tlmt they will be willing in future
“to let well enough alone.”
tW Owing to the death of Gen.
Gordon’s brother the plans for the
inauguration have been changed.
Gen. Gordon has requested that
there bo no ball or banquet. The
ceremonies attending the inaugu
ration will be confined to the mil
itary display and the assembling
«f the Confederate veterans. Some
fifteen companies from different
parts of the state have announced
their intention of being present and
participating in the parade. Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, governor of Virginia,
will be present and will be accom
panied by the Stewart Horse
Guards, of Richmond, Va.
Capital Verms Labor.
it is very unfortunate for any
country to have a population made
up mainly ot some immensely rich
men and a great number of very
poor ones. Extremes are always
unfortunate. A man who has made
his millions is wrapped up in his ac-
cummulntions, and thinks very lit
tle ofwlmt is going on politically,
exceut so far as to the passage of
law affecting his investments. And
the mail who has nothing feels but
little interest in the permanency of
any government. Having no home,
no moorings to bind him to any lo
cality, no direct, tangible interest at
stake, he is apt to be a moving, dis
satisfied subject, willing and ready
to take advantage of any distur
bailees which may benefit him.
Like the wrecker who stands upon
the beach, and watches with the
greatest complacency the storm
tossed vessel as it goes to pieces,
hoping that some of the cargo may
fall to his share—who views with
pleasure the convulsions of govern
ments, knowing that while he can-
nit lose anything something may
turn up to his advantage. ITo is
too prone to look with an anxious
rye on the aecummulations of the
rich, and (lie feeling somehow takes
Mretlng of the iionunl Agricultural Club.
The meeting came off ut Herndon,
with Mr. J. J. Davis as chairman.
Bees, the subject under discussion,
possessed little if any interest for
the majority of the members. Home,
who were afraid to handle bees and
had little experience with them,
were inclined to ridicule the indus
try, others, who come to learn and
were interested In the subject, were
very much disappointed in not hav
ing a discussion, and that Dr. J. P.
H. Brown, ot Augusta, whom the
club had invited to deliver a lecture
on beo culture, could not fill his en
gagement.
The small attendance, of members
and little Interest displayed in the
meeting elicited a few short and
pointed remarks from Judge J. B.
Jones. He spoke of the necessity
of and the benefit to be derived from
agricultural organizations, and de
plored the fact that lie lmcl seen
every organization of this kind
started in our section of the coun
try fall to pieces from lack of in
terest and energy on the part of the
people to sustain these beneficial
organizations.
A committee, consisting oT Judge
J. B, Jones, Messrs. R. H. Burton
and E. A. Gordon, were appointed
to select a subject for next discus
sion, and proposed the following,
which was accepted: “The advisa
bility and profitableness of turning
land in the fall.”
The next meeting will bo held at
Birdsville, November 4th.
Dr. ,J. P. If. Brown has kindly
promised to attend a future session
of the club, and the following ar
ticle from his pen will be of interest
to all, and will prove beneficial and
encouraging to those interested in
bee culture:
BEE KEEPING FOR PROFIT.
Bee keeping as a rural industry is
comparatively new to the majority
of persons. Our people have been
so long wedded to the culture of
cotton that they are slow to com
mence the practice of a diversified
husbandry.
This is an age of competition, of
close profits, and really in one sense
of greater expenditure of labor.
No one can now succeed who does
not closely calculate all the profits
tlmt can be made to work on his
farm. It is very nice to have a big
crop of cotton that can be sold for
ready money in a lump, but when
the farmer has the products'^ other
industries to sell at times when no
other money is coming in, it makes
the cotton money go much farther.
Bee keeping properly managed
pays a larger profit in proportion to
the capital invested than perhaps
most any other of the small indus
tries.
In order to be a successful bee
keeper the person should have a
natural taste for the business. He
should have a lull knowledge of the
natural history of tho honey bee
and its best mode of management
in order to secure the largest re
turns ol honey. The bees must be
in movable frame hives, so that per
fect control can be bad over the
combs and bees. The surplus honey
should be obtained in section boxes,
that hold from one to two pounds,
Pecans In tleorgia.
Gainesville Eagle.
Mr. F. Pfeifer, of this city, we un
derstand, contemplates setting out
several hundred pecan trees on his
farm near town. He thinks pecans
will pay better than apples. We
cannot see what better investment
could be made by a young man than
the planting of pecan and walnut
trees. Within twenty or twenty-
five years a few acres of land so
planted and well attended to would
he worth a fortune.
Suicide of Unlit. IV. Alston, of tleorgia.
Washington, October 23.—The
sixth auditor’s office was the scene
of a sensational suicide to-day.
Robert W. Alston, clerk in that
branch of the government service,
after coolly announcing to the chief
of the division that he was “going
to put an end to this thing,” walked
to his desk, took a thirty-eight cali
bre revolver from his pocket, and in
the presence of his fellow clerks,
sent a ball crashing through his
brain.
The unfortunate man lived but
forty-five minutes after the fatal
shot had been fired. Nervous de
pression is said to have led to the
act. Alston, who was a native of
Georgia, was about 28 years of age,
and unmarried. He was the son of
Colonel Bob Alston, of Atlanta.
An Electric Iloj-.
California is excited over the su
pernatural performances of a youth
eleven years old. It is said that he
is so charged with electricity that
fire flashes from his eyes. Fires are
continually breaking out about him.
At a school where he attends five
fires broke out one afternoon in dif
ferent parts of tlie school house
without any visible agency. He
was noticed to fix his eyes on a hay
shed a few yards distant and called
his teachers attention that smoke is
sued therefrom. Very soon it was
in a blaze. The teacher forbade
his coming to school any more. On
the Sunday previous eleven myste
rious fires broke out in his father’s
house. His mother is prostrated
with excitement and anxiety.
ft strong hold upon him that he is j as such stnull packages command a
deprived of his rights, and though
the country owes him u living, yet
tlie laws are all against him. The
great stay or prop of a government
is Its middle classes; men who by
their industry and economy have
accumulated some property, and
have homes of their own. When
one owns his home he feels that he
is a part and parcel of the country,
and .is apt to obeySits laws and assist
in their enforcement. It is, there
fore, n u iso policy of the prudent
legislator to build up those national
safeguards, and encourage the accu
mulations ol property and the own
ership of homes, even though they
lie over so lowly. They will even
servo as a successful barrier to stop
any encroachments of the poor upon
the possessions of the rich. They
m&y bo relied on as conservators of
fi'o peace, and guardians of the law.
Iho man who owns his homo is sel
dom an anarchist—never a commu
nist—and is not apt to mix up in
strikes, or take active parts in labor
unions. Ht> feels an interest in the
stability of the government, becauso
bus some stake in its perpetuity.
His vote is not for sale, becauso his
"nuts demand honest legislation.
Ho Is interested in keeping down
cril »o and lawlessness, because an a
property holder ho is taxed for the
maintenance of police regulations
lll 'd Judicial proceeds. The Vau-
derbilts, and the Asters, and the
Moulds, and the other rich men of
H'iscountry should weigh well these
roa.siilerutlons, for the time may
ronie when they will need a bul
wark to breast some popular up-
,u, ‘VHl as it sweeps ovor the coun-
l| y overturning the government
umlscattering their possessions.
—Subscriptions uru always cash.
Thu I.utu Destructive Storms.
Thus far the South Atlantic coast
has been most unexeeptionally for
tunate in escaping all equinoctial
storms. Charleston, ever since the
earthquake, has been fearfully yet
confidentially awaiting the tisual
storm. Knowing full well the dam
age it would cause. Yet the time
for its coming has about passed, and
in^this case “the winds have been
tempered towards the storm lambs.”
Our sister states of Texas and Louis
iana have not been so fortunate.
The recent storm on the Louisiana
and Texas coast was most terrific
Hundreds of lives were lost, and in
some places entire settlements have
disappeared. The tidal waves from
the ocean coming in and submerg
ing the whole couniry. At Sabine
Pass scarcely a vestige of the place
has been left. The country extend
ing back for forty miles lias been in
undated, and several hundred lives
lost, and the accounts which reach
us of the sufferings of the people are
most heart rending.
A House Strangely Bewitched.
Lebanon. October 9.—“Old Man
Cole” has the reputation of being a
witch. He hails from Indiautown
Gap, made notorious several years
ago as the home of the “Blue-Eyed
Six” Reber murderers. “Old Man
Cole” left tiie Gap because he was
constantly shot at by unseen foes.
Now he and his five children live
in a little red hut along the Corn
wall railroad, a mile and a half from
Lebanon. The bouse stands on the
edge of a dense woods, and has long
been the reputed abode of hobgob
lins.
When “Old Man Cole” moved in
the country people round about felt
certain there would be trouble. Ail
went well, however, until a fort-
lit ago, when Cole’s invisible en
emies found liis rotreat. They rais
ed cain on the roof, but no one was
to be seen. The neighbors were
told of it, and a dozen of them had
the temerity to visit Cole’s house.
No sooner did the rappings begin
than the party fled precipitately
from the building. They told wild
stories of the startling manifesta
tions, and on Wednesday night John
Wetherhill, owner of the property,
resolved to investigate, lie took
George Bleistine, C. H. Youtz, By
ron Coldren and William A. Youtz
for company.
They had not been long in the
building before the strange noises
began in the cellar. They boldly
stood their ground. An unearthly
racket set in overhead. Still they
were undismayed. Then a bright
ly burning taper, which emitted a
sulphurous odor, was suddenly
thrown out from under the rear
part of the room. This was enough.
The five men made a spontaneous
rush lor the door. Wetherhill was
badly scared, and had not recover
ed from his fright next day. Cold
ren declares he would not stay in
the house over night for the finest
farm in Lebanon Valley. The
others in the party are confident it
was a ghost they heard and saw.
“Old Man Cole” says his children
frequently start from their beds at
midnight screaming murder. The
ghost, he says, jumps on his breast
and chokes linn until with superhu
man effort, he frees himself and
rushes to the open air.
more ready sale than larger ones.
Bees do not make honey, only gath
er it from the flowers. All flowers
do not secrete it. All fruit bloom,
the poplar, holley, persimmon, sour
wood, bay, magnolia, golden rod,
astors, and some other plants afford
good bee forage. The secretion of
honey is influenced to a very great
degree by the condition ot the at
mosphere. Hence, in order to se
cure a good crop of honey, it it> ne
cessary to have perfect condition.
But this law is no exception, as it,
applies to your cotton, corn, grain,
or anything you plant.
llonoy put up in neat packages
always commands fair prices. It is
both wholesome and nutritious.
Home or near markets should be
built up—by selling at homo com
missions are saved. The negro
is a great lover of honey. Hun
dreds of pounds could bo easily sold
on nearly every plantation in Geor
gia to the laborers. A six pence
saved is worth two made.
The greatest cost in beo keeping
Is at the start, If good, strong, sub
stantial, well painted, tin roofed
hives are bought at the start they
will last for years, and are cheaper
in the end than common hives made
out of inferior lumber tlmt soon
cracks, opens, leaks and gives con
stant annoyance to the apiarist.
With cotton, corn, grain, hay,
meat, butter, milk and honey, poul
try, etc., there is no excuse for any
tanner in the sunny South not to
have enough of this world’s goods
to make his family comfortable and
happy.
J.P. II. Brown.
About 80 candidates for the differ
ent offices in Coweta county.
From n dear Sky.
Augusta News.
A day or two ago an article made
its appearance in the Evening News
giving an account of a strange
natural occurrence in Charlotte,
N. C., where between two oaks trees
rain had been falling for three
weeks daily, for several hours each
day, from a cloudless sky. The
space covered by this rainfall does
not exceed ten feet square, and is
considered such a remarkable
freak of nature as to induce thous
ands of people from surrounding
sections to pay It a visit.
But we have something of the
kind nearer home. A lady of this
city who visited Aiken last week,
returned last night on the ten
o’clock train. She says that yester
day morning it was discovered
tlmt a steady rain was falling on
two graves in the Aiken cemetery,
and fell all day and up to the time
she loft last evening. This very re
markable phenomenon attracted
the attention of everybody in that
usually quiet town, and hundreds of
people went to see it, There was
not a cloud to bo seen, and the sun
shone out brightly all day. Only
tho two* graves, side by side, receiv
ed any of the rain, and of course
the people are greatly mystified.
JOHN D. HALL,
Third door below It. R. Crossing, 562 1'road Street,
AUGUSTA, : : GEORGIA,
Has just returned from the Northern markets, where ho has secured
one of the largest and finest stocks of
BOOTS AND SHOES
Ever brought to this market. These goods were bought to the best ad
vantage, and we propose to give to the public the benefit ol the
is of the most fashionable
Karthuuiiko KflVcts.
Charleston, October *28.—The
development of geyser’s at Sum
merville by yesterday’s shocks is
corroborated, hut the kerosene oil
found in the water is explained by
the fact tlmt refuse from a creosot-
ingoil factory has been emptied into
the drains in which the geyser’s ap
peared. It is reported tlmt water
was thrown up fully throe feet from
ono of tho geyser’s near Ashley
river. Tho water is as cold as ice
and clear as a crystal. No new dis
turbances occurred there to-day.
Tho city has been absolutely quiet
to-day, nothing in way of an earth
quake disturbance occurring to dis
turb tho normal condition of affairs.
Information from Summerville
shows tho same condition there.
Fort Morgan, Ala., October 23.—
A slight shock of earthquake was
felt bore at nine o’clock this morn
ing. Tho shock was preceded by a
low, rumbling sound, which lasted
several seconds. Half an hour later
a second shock was felt, accompa
nied by a rumbling noise resemb
ling distant thunder. No damage
was done. The sky was clear and
tho gulf smooth as glass at the time".
A well has been discovered on the
premises of the Rev. Mr. Hillman,
of Taliaferro county, the waters of
which arc possessed of wonderful
curative properties and highly med
icinal. One or two persons who had
been troubled with chronic rheu
matism, after remaining in the wa
ters two hours, came out perfectly
healed. Ono of them, a negro, had
been unable to use his arm for years,
and after a trial of the" virtues of
tlio water, has regained the com
plete use of that member. Mr. Hill
man was a filleted witli sore eyes,
and was healed by tho water.
The (Iranl’H au<) the Undertaker.
\Ve notice that the undertaker
charged .$500 for embalming Gen.
Grant’s body and taking care of it
until it was ready for interment.
The family refused to pay tlie bill.
The matter has been freely dis
cussed In the public journals. In
order to quiet the clamorous de
mands of the undertaker Mr. Dana,
of tho Sun has paid the bill. He
says that he did not take much
stock in Gen. Grant during his
life, yet on account of the public
positon he had filled he felt that
a debt of this kind should not go
unpaid. Mrs. Grant has a large
income^ there is no reason why she
or her son should not have satis
fied tho demands of the undertaker.
Burial expenses are always regard
ed as a debt of the very highest
dignity, and it is an almost estab
lished custom to pay them rega d-
less even of tho usual exorbitant
charges. The Grant family have
never been observant of any of tlie
nicities of life. They have al
ways been more ready to receive
than to give, expecting favors as a
matter of course, Showing very
little disposition to pay their way
as they go, acting as though tho
people owed them an unending
unmud debt, and any thing done
for them did not call for any re
compense or reward.
Gridin Sun: A Sun reporter was
shown a pieco of mechanism at
Osborn’s Saturday that is deserving
especial mention. Tho thing in
question is a miniature steamboat,
modeled as shapely as any of our
ocean steamers, and complete in
every compartment. Llttlo Claude
Owens is tho maker, and it has
taken him something over six
months to finish it complete. The
boat is built after tho fashion of our
coast steamers, rakish in appear
ance, double decked with stato
rooms, and an elegant saloon on
the forward part of tho upper deck.
Two masts fitted with all tho
necessary pulleys, guy ropes for the
hoisting of sails, and in fact every
detail about the little steamer Is as
completo as skilled hands could
make it. Tho engine room, is
fitted up with a tiny llttlo engine,
of his own make, with tho steering
apparatus so arranged that it will
run either in a straight line or circle.
Altogether the boat Is a wonderful
piece of ingenuity and mechanism
for ono so young, an in truth would
do credit to a master machinist,
Mho has been named tho “Ruby
Holland,” and will be given a trial
trip on Wriget’s pond next Monday,
The Inman steamships are to bo
sold to the International Steam
Navigation Company, of London,
for $1,025,000.
Kiadno, a Bohemian town, built
over iron and coal pits, is threaten
ed with destruction, owing to tho
caving in of its streets.
Thee Canadian towns along the
shore of Lake Erie shipped 50,000
quarts of blueberries to this country
during the month of August.
W. A. Rowe, of Lynn, Mass.,
made a mile in 2:293-5 on the
Hampden Park bicycle track yester
day, beating all previous records.
The Arctic Exploration Expedi
tion, under Lieut. Stoney, arrived
in San Francisco Thursday night,
on the United States steamer Boar,
from Unnalaska.
A detachment under Captain
Cooper, Tenth cavalry, reached
Fort Apache, A. T., on tho 9th Inst.,
having captured Mangus and his
whole party.
The office of the American Ex
press agent, Wm. Bail, at Ver-
montville, Mich., was entered by
three unknown men Thursday
night, the agent bound and gagged,
and the safe rifled of $800.
Dr. Woodrow has refused to
resign his position in Columbia
Seminary, its requested Thursday
by the Synod of South Carolina.
The Synod has ordered the board
of directors to remove him.
Relief for the sufferers by the
disaster at Sabine Pass and John’s
Bay is pouring 'in. Galveston has
alone raised over $5,000, and sent
one hundred and seventy-five boxes
of clothing and supplies.
Two Bohemian farmers and
wives, living near Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, were murdered Thursday
night by a Bohemian, who cut their
heads open with an axe. He was
was captured. No cause is given
for the deed.
Another motion for a new trial
of tho Chicago anarchists mil be
made before Judge Gary, based on
tho ground of newly discovered
evidence, which, it is claimed show
that tho instructions of the court
wore improper.
John S. Kerr, a stock grower,
residing at Elk Mountain, W. T.,
siiot rind killed his younger brother,
W. P. Kerr, on Thursday. The
cause of the fratricide was tho fact
that the younger Kerr had seduced
his brother’s wife.
Two shocks ot earthquake were
quite generally felt thoughout the
South Friday, one at about 4:20 in
the morning, the other shortly after
2p.m. No damage was done save
to the nerves of tho timid, and
even in Charleston people continued
their work.
Throe white women were brought
into Atlanta Saturday from Talking
Rock, whero they wore operators
of an illicit still. Hiey are Mrs.
Frick and her two daughters, Sullie
and Emma. Tho women took
their arrest coolly, and made but
ono request, that of consulting a
mirror before starting out on their
Journey to jail.
Rev. Simon I\ Smith colored
Congregational preacher, ot Knox
ville, who attended the Congre
gational National Conference, in
Chicago, has begun suit for $5,000
against Robert J. Mosson, a Chicago
restaurant kepor, and his head
waiter, James Hughes, bocauso
they refused to allow Smith to take
a meal In his restaurant on account
of Ids color.
which we have secured. The entire lino
shapes, and embraces every variety of
Ladies’, Misses’, Children’s & Gent’s
Boots and Shoes,
Our prices are so low, that you will find that we cannot
BE UNDERSOLD !
Prices tell, and people tell the prices, and wo are aware that a con
tented customer is the best advertisement wo can have. Buy your fall
and Winter
Boots and Shoes,
where you can get the best goods for the least money.
- JOHN D. HALL,
Sign of the Elephant and Large Red Boot, 502 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
oct.l,’8G-by
JOSEPH II. DAY.
SAMUEL TANNAHILL
DAY & TANNAHILL,
-HEADQUARTERS FOR-
Harness,jLeather, Shoe Findings,
o o o o o o o
BELTING,
The finest and most varied assort
ment of Children’s
CARRIAGES
EVER BROUGHT TO TIIE CITY.
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To those who have been wrenched and Jerked about by so-called road carts. We now offer
you the most delightful vehicle, with finest wheels and axles for
Tidings of Comfort and Joy,
led and Jerked about by so-cnlh
ghtful vehicle, with finest wlie
#35.00
Try one and save your health. Every man who
OWNS A LIORSE,
or wishes to train a colt should have one, as the price Is within tho
REACH OF AI.E.
DAY & TANNAHILL,
marchl3,’85-tf
Augusta, Ga.
W. I. DELPH,
831 Broad S'.reet,
Q-eoxgleu
-Wholesale and Retail Dealer In Best Putterns-
Emperor William has given 50,000
marks to oroct a monument to
Martin Luther in Berliu.
TINWARE, TIN PLATE, SHEET IRON, SOLDER and
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
In stock Five OAR LOADS Cook and Heating Stoves.
500 Plain ami enameled GRATES.
250 Boxes Tinplate Bright Roofing.
1IM) Bundles ol Sheet Iron,
Two CAR LOADS FIRE BRIC’IC,
TINWARE In great variety, at wholesale.
Buy the EXCELSIOR Cook Stove,
Seventeen different alzos and kinds In stock. This stock lias been sold by us for tho
past twelve years, giving satisfaction.
Heating Stoves for Coal and Wood
for churches, school houses, stores, offices and dwellings, Send for Circulars and
prices,
W. I. DELPH.
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WAYNESBORO ACADEMY,
WAYNESBORO ACADEMY,
WAYNESllOKO ACADEMY,
OPENS SEPT. 20th, OPENS HEPT. 20th
OPENS HEPT. 20th, OPENS SEPT. 20th
1H81I.
1880.
W. D. CARSWELL, W. 11. DAVIS,
PltlNCIPAI.H.
TERMS.—$2.50, U’.ihi, and £1.50 per month.
Board In excellent families at reason
able rates.
1ST T ho Academy rooms nru large, well
ventilated, and furnished with elegant desks,
recitation settees, blackboards, maps, charts,
globes, etc.
flisD" 1 The support of the patronizing pub
lic is respectfully solicited.
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SEND YollR JOB PRINTING TO
THE CITIZEN JOB OKI- »CK, Waynes-
boro, Ga. Justices Couri Blanks a s|m>-
clulty. Estimates cheerfully furnished
)
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W. H. HARLEY,
WAYNESBORO, GA.
i«T INI) 2ZZ
Respectfully offers Ids services to the oltl*
sens of Burko and adjoining counties. Put
ting up and repairing Engines and Boilers, ull
kinds of mill work.
Hjieelfleutlons, plans and drawings
Furnished on Application.
llahhlt Metal, Gum Packing kept constant
ly on hand.
Thankful for past fuvors I solicit a continu
ance of the same.
tor All orders left ut the store of M. E.
Hull will receive prompt attention.
Satisfaction
muy21,’8tl-tf
Guaranteed.
W. H. HARLEY.
Advertise lii The Citizen.