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Volume 5.
Waynesboro,. Georgia, Friday ^November 5th, 1886.
Number 27.
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g'W Two things always ready
for action, a woman’s tongue and
a mule’s heels.
gw At the recent marriage of
A. J. Drexel, Jr., capital to the
amount of $500,000,000 was repre
sented by the attendants.
gw ft is said that the reason
why a woman’s teeth decay sooner
than man’s, is because of tlie fric
tion of the tongue and the sweet
ness of the lips.
gW T he state fair opened at
Macon under favorable auspices.
There lias been a good attendance
and the exhibits unusually large
and interesting.
gw fhe United States hotel, at
Saratoga, which is much smaller
than the Grand Union, cleared $100,-
000 this season. Its running ex
penses are about $3,000 a day. It
requires about 500 guests to pay
running expense. All the profits
must be made in 00 days.
gw Congressman Hewitt has
been nominated for the office of
mayor by Tammany Hall. It is
doubtful as to whether lie will ac
cept. He is a man of undoubted abil
ity, .and has large means, and if he
accepts will be able to pay his way.
It is expected that a candidate for
mayor in New "Cork should spend
at least $100,000 on his election.
gW The member of the nation
al executive committee of the
Knights of Labor is still in Augusta.
It is said that he is anxious to effect
a compromise with the factories.
The impression is that the patience
of the strikers are about exhausted
and that they will not much longer
hold out but will go back to work
in spite of the orders of the organi
zation.
A (ieorsia Hermit.
Haralson, Ga., Oct, 29.—There
is a hermit who lives about two
miles from this place who is a gen
uine curiosity. He is about 85 years
ol i, walks half bent and with much
difficulty. Ilis land lies on the pub
lic road leading to Senoia, and in
stead ot building near the road, he
constructed a little log hut in the
most secluded spot on his place,
near a dismal swamp. A few years
ago he built another cabin near the
one in which lie lives that he might
move into it when the other goes
into decay; lie now has it propped
with fence-rails to keep it from fall
ing. He says he will not leave the
one in which be now lives until he
is compelled to. In the spring and
summer he lives cheifiy on a boil
ed weed and corn-meal; he will let
no one see him while eating. He
has no horse, but makes over a bale
of cotton each year. The only tool
he uses is the hoe. During the win
ter months he does not cut the
wood he burns, but takes poles ten
or twelve feet long into his cabin
and places one end on the fire and
moves it up as it burns. He came
from South Carolina to where he
now lives without any of Ills rela
tives knowing whither he had
gone. He lias heard nothing of
them since, nor does he wish to.
Ilis clothesAre thin and barely suf
ficient to hide liis nakedness. They
are of his own make. He owns
about one hundred acres of land
here, also a house and lot in Senoia.
A great many people suppose that
he has a large sum of money hid
about on his place, but he positive
ly asserts that he has no money at
all. He paid for the place, when
he bought it. It costs him very lit
tle to live, and consequently he
must have some money. He is in
constant dread that some one will
kill or rob him. He owns three or
four old rusty guns, which he says
have not been fired since the war.
These are the only means he has to
protect himself with. He says he
wili leave no will when he dies, but
wants his property to go to the
state. He is strictly honest in all
his dealings, and will converse free
ly on any subject except his past
life. No doubt there is a#nystery
connected with his life which he
will carry with him to his grave.
A young pickpocket arrested at
Macon a day or two ago told of a
new method of beating the railroads
out of free passage. He said that he
had made his way from Cincinnati
to Macon on a pair of black gloves.
He heard that the fair would be
an extensive one, and determined
to get there. He had no money
or rather very little, and he planned
accordingly. He traveled only at
night, and tills is his plan. His
place was on the platform between
the sitting car and sleeper. When
he saw the conductor coming
through he caught hold of the iron
guard and swung around on fhe
side of the car. Having on black
gloves the conductors never notic
ed his hands, and when he heard
the doors slain he swung back
around upon the platform.
Watched hy Dead Folks.
Sumter Republican.
Recently a little boy died In
Talbot county, and a grave was
being dug in an old burial ground
by another grave that was covered
over by some plank, nailed to
pieces arched over it. Two negroes
were employed on the excavation,
while several white men were
around superintending the work
and awaiting the arrivaP of the
funeral procession. All of them
were surprised to hear a kind of pop
ping noise, but seeing no cause
for itthe work was carried on lively,
and the grave was nearly finished,
one negro being in it shoveling
dirt. The excavation was nearly
waist deep, and lie had to stoop
over to get his spade full of dirt.
In doing this lie cast his eyes
under the covering of the old grave.
His eyes immediately bulged out
and liis teeth began to rattle like
castanets. He dropped the spade
and, with an unearthly yell that
terrified the neighborhood, leaped
from the excavation, exclaiming
as he ran away: ‘“’Fore de Lord
dem people dun cum from dar
graves, and is watching’ ob me
under dar. Oh, Lawdy, I’se gwine
to die, too!” and he ran the faster.
The white and colored people
who were there scattered too, and
we hear that it took several hours
to find a darky with nerve enough
to finish the grave. An investiga
tion revealed two very large owls
under the grave cover, that were
snapping at the noise produced by
the grave diggers, as they liau
built a nest there. The negro who
saw their large eyes and round
Studying (lie Moon.
New York, October
graphs have recently gone around j
through the papers concerning won
derful occurrences in the moon.
According to one story, a German,
has through some marvellous opti
cal contrivance, been able to see
beautiful.cities un there, according
to another our usually well behav
ed satellite has of late been the
scene of phenomenal disturbances,
“throwing out sheets of flame” and
appearing “surrounded with a deep
red belt.” I trust the reader wili
not immediately conclude that the
moon is only a gay deceiver when
I say, to begin with, t hat these
stories must be put in the same cat
egory with Locke’s celebrated
“Moon Hoax,” for the moon really
is a great deal more interesting
than some persons suppose. It does
not need the discovery of cities,
and the outburst of gigantic volca
noes to make that strange, dead
world, captivating to the eye and
the imagination. [The writer is the
secretary of the American astro
nomical society.—Ed.] I have ot-
ten shown the moon highly magni
fied to persons unaccustomed to
looking through powerful teles
copes, and have heard so many gen
erally self-contained people utter
exclamations of astonishment and
delight at what they saw, that I can
not believe that many persons real
ly know how wonderfully interest
ing the telescopic study of the lunar
features is. Looking into another
world from a safe peren upon this
one—for that is what the observer
with a powerful telescope seems to
himself to be doing—is in itself an
heads, took them for the spirits of occupation that almost takes one’s
breath away. I have more than
once gazed at the full orb ot the
moon through a telescope until
the palpable rounding of its globe
under the eye made one positively
dizzy, as if one should be held over
the edge of the world with a four
thousand mile drop beneath him.
And I don’t wonder that inexperi
enced observers- often make mis
takes as to what they see in the
moon. I am pretty familiar with
Ihey had some little dispute j tj, e i unar landscape. I have many
the departed, and is yet on the
move, as he lias not been located
since liis scare.
Forty Holes in ilis Body.
Valdosta Times.
A correspondent at Stockton
writes as follows:
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“There was a man by the name i
of E. J. Fowler killed here last
night by C. G. Murray, depot agent.'
rough region and just as it touches
_p, vra _ the top of these ridges it brings
out in startling likeness to a huge
Greek cross lying upon the bed of
shadow formed by the yawning
throats of the craters, thousands
of feet deep, out of which the ridges
rise with precipitous sides. But
one must hit upon just the right
time to see this appearance, for in
an hour the sun rises so high upon
these mountains that the shining
cliffs forming the cross merge in
with the ragged peaks and ridges
surrounding them, and the phe
nomenon disappears. But notwith
standing the liability to mistakes
which these variations in appear
ance give rise to, there certainly
is a well attested (Tase of actual
change upon the moon. Among
the most remarkable of these are
the new clefts in the moon’s surface,
discovered by M. Gaudibert in the
great luna plain called Posidonius.
Several of these seem to have
made their appearance within
recent years. They are apparently
long fractures in the rocky surface,
wide enough, some of them, to
swallow up a town, and of unknown
depth. If such appearances are not
deceptive, they indicate that dead
and cold as our satellite seems, it
may still be undergoing the throes
of a cooling planet.
So the owner ot a good telescope
while able quickly to convince
himself that the stories of extraor
dinary happenings in the moon,
which occasionally find tiieir way
into m*int, have no foundation in
fact, nevertheless finds a thousand
strange things to interest him
there, one most interesting of all
is the conviction which must force
itself upon his mind that this old,
worn out world in the sky, with its
bleaching sea bottoms, burned out
volcanoes and desolates mountains
shows us how our own globe, now
so brilliant with life, will look long
after man and all his works have
ceased to exist.
Garrett P. Serviss.
A Mysterious Care.
and used some rough language
towards eacii other when Murray
drew his gun on Fowler three times
or more, hut did not shoot, but
turned back when he got to his
yard gate and ran up to within ten
steps of Mr. Fowler and shot him
in the lower part of the stomach
with a load of buck shot. Fowler
died in a few minutes. Murray
escaped. The shooting was done
in cold blood, or at least Murray
run about fifty yards to get to
Fowler to shoot him and is now
at large. Fowler died with about
forty shot holes in his body.”
A Mountain in a Luke.
San Francisco, Nov. 1.—A letter
published in this evening’s Bulletin,
under date of Apia, Oct. 15, says
that authentic news has reached
Samoa to the effect that on the
morning of Sept. 10 over one hun
dred heavy shocks of earthquake
occurred on the island of Nindfow
and that from the bottom of the
lake, which is two thousand feet
deep, a mountain has arisen to the
height of three hundred feet above
its surface. Also that this mount
lias burst out in flames and throws
out hot stones and sand in such
quantities as to destroy two-thirds
ol the coeoanut trees on the island.
In Samoa light shocks of earth
quake occur so frequently now that
they no longer cause any alarm.
Shot Down by Mistake.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 1.—Jim
Avery, colored, was bought to the
city this morning and placed in the
hospital, and the news of liis hurts
were first made known. Saturday
nigh this house, in Columbia county,
just off the Richmond line, was
entered byjthe two Thomas brothers,
of Augusta, who demanded his sur
render. The frightened negro
made a rush for life, when shotguns
were brought to play upon him.
He received severe wounds in the
back of the neck and shoulder.
The Messrs. Thomas mistook him
for Jim Gumming, the murderer of
Dennis, for whom a reward has
been offered, and attempted his
arrest. The authorities have the
case in hand.
Last Friday night an incendiary
attempted to burn Madison. The
scoundrel had supplied liimsell
with a bottle of kerosene oil, doubt
less thinking it as quick and in
flammable material as he[could use,
and going to the stairway that leads
to Messrs. Foster & Butler’s law
office, over the store of the Burnett
Bros., in Foster’s Ilall, on Main
street, in the very centre of the bus
iness part of the city, poured the
oil on the steps, ignited it and rap
idly fled. Fortunately the oil after
charring the steps, ceased burning.
times, telescopically speaking, skirt
ed, tiie beautiful shores of the Bay
of Rainbows, gone up and down the
long mountain chains, admired the
gleaming cluster of white peaks in
the center of the Crater of Coper-
inicus, and made myself familiar
with the billowy undulations of the
old ocean bottoms known under
such names as the Sea of Serenity
and the Sea of Showers, and yet on
ly a few months ago I thought I had
found not only something new, but
something very wonderful, in the
moon. Close under the circular
mountain wall that incloses the
beautiful oval plain called Pkato, I
saw' one night a round black spot,
startlingly distinct against the shin
ing background of the table land
upon which it appeared. Instantly
the idea seized my mind that there
was a new lunar crater, probably in
eruption at that moment. Look at
it as I would the black spot always
appeared to me to be plainly sus
pended above the surface of the
moon like a cloud. I tried various
magnifying powers and carefully
compared it with the mountain
shadows and empty crater-throats
in its vicinity; but the impression
was always the same. There seem
ed to be no possibility that this
could be other than a dark cloud
hanging close above the moon’s
surface, and it hardly required an
effort of the imagination to see the
red tongues ot volcanic flames
gleaming through it.
Yet, if I had rushed into print
with my discovery, I should have
made a laughingstock ot myself, for
the next night, when I eagerly
searched for the wonderful cloud, I
found that Its aspect had complete
ly changed, and it was now plainly
nothing more than a shadow of a
mountain peak upon the level plain
at its foot.
This experience shows not only
how easy it is to be deceived by
what one sees in the moon with a
telescope, but how wonderfully the
play of light and shadow upon those
distant landscapes, as the sun rises
or sets over them, changes their ap
pearance. There is a spot in this
same region of the moon w’here the
figure of a perfect cross has occa
sionally been seen, but observers
have watched patiently for it for
years without ever catching a
glimpse of the singular phenomena.
It can apparently only be seen w'hen
the surface of the moon is tipped
at just the right angle to the sun’s
rays to bring it out.
There is a place in the mighty
volcanic chair, that stretches across
the center of the moon, were two
gigantic craters have broken in
upon one another, and two lofty
and narrow walls cross each other
at right angles. I have often
watched sunlight creep across this
Athens Banner.
Yesterday Mr. Anderson was in
the city, and gave an accurate ac
count of the cave mentioned seve
ral days ago. Mr. Anderson says
it is on the farm of Mr. Jim Thomp
son. The cave, or whatever it is, is
in a field with a branch on either
side. The land has been cleared
and worn out three times, but the
generations who tilled the field and
plowed over this sink had no idea
that such a cave was beneath them.
It was first discovered by Mr.
Thompson himself, his mule’s hind
feet breaking through the crust.—
To all appearances the earth was as
solid and compact there as any
where else. Mr. Anderson says he
has several times visited this cave.
Mr. Thompson first tried to fill it up
by throwing fence rails and rubbish
down the mouth, but they went far
out of sight. As the mouth kept en
larging, the owner finally built a
pen around the hole to keep his
stock from falling iri. Mr. Ander
son says the pit is quite dark, but
by stooping for some time over the
abyss and peering into its depth wa
ter can lie seen at its bottom, while
the rush of an underground stream
is distinctly heard. The cave is
shaped something like a cistern.
No one as yet has attempted to ex
plore this singular hole. It is evi
dently a natural formation, but
whether it is the mouth of a cavern
or simply a sunken place in the
earth lias not as yet been revealed.
TiisnksglTiVi; Day.
Washington, Oct. 31.—Following
is President Cleveland’s proclama
tion designating November 25 as a
day of thanksgiving and prayer:
A PROCLAMATION.
By the President of the United
States:
It has long been the custom of the
people of the United States on a day
in each year specially set apart for
that purpose by the chief executive,
to acknowledge the goodness and
mercy of God and to invoke his con
tinued care and protection. In ob
servance of such custom, I, Grover,
Cleveland, President of the United
States, do hereby designate and set
apart Thursday, the 25th day of No
vember, instant, to be observed and
kept as a day of thanksgiving and
prayer. On that day let all our peo
ple forego their accustomed employ
ment and assemble in their usual
places of worship to give thanks to
the Ruler of the Universe for our
continued enjoyment of the blessing
of a free government, for a renewal
of business prosperity throughout
the land, for the return which has
rewarded the labors of those who
till the soil and for our progress as
a people in all that makes a nation
great; and while we contemplate
the infinite power of God in earth
quake, flood and storm, let the grate
ful hearts of those who have been
shielded from harm through his
mercy be turned in sympathy and
kindness toward those who have
suffered through his visitations.
Let us also in the midst of our
thanksgiving remember the poor
and needy with cheerful gifts and
alms, so that our service may by
deeds of charity, be made accept
able in the sight of the Lord.
In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be af
fixed.
Done at the city of Washington,
this first day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-six, and of the
independence of the United States
of America the one hundred and
eleventh.
Grover Cleveland.
By the President:
T. F. Bayard,
Secretary of State.
-'MANY IMITATE:-
JNO. D. HALli
IN HIS GREAT DRAMA ENTITLED
“jNTotto Be TJndex-solcl'”
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THE LOW PRICE KING."
But none act so well their part as he by our people, in giving them
such remarkable prices in his specialty
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Boots
n
Shoes
Nor can you find any sucli Bargains in the Line of Goods mentioned
anywhere outside of the manufacturer’s store room. It being out of rea
son for any one to assert to the contrary.
These Facts Proven Upon a Visit.
Reader if you think we talk too much, only follow the advice given in
the line of large letters above, and you will be astounded with the facts
made known to you regarding our goods and prices.
JOHN D. HALL,
Sign of the Elephant ancl Large Red Boot,
562 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia.
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JOSEPH H. DAY.
SAMUEL TANNAHILL.
DAY & TANNAHILL,
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- Liberty’s Torch iflatne.
New York, Nov. 1.—The display
of fireworks which was to have
rounded off Liberty day last Thurs
day, but was postponed on account
of the weather, took place this even
ing from Governor’s Island, Bed-
loe’s Island and the Battery.—
Thousands of persons witnessed the
spectacle from the Battery, East
river bridge, various tall buildings,
vessels in the harbor, wharves and
other points of vantage. The pro
ceedings were opened by lighting
for the first time the torch of the
Goddess of Liberty. The fire
works display, which lasted for an
hour or two, was very creditable and
was accompanied by shouts of the
multitude and the steam whistles
of countless locomotives, factories,
tug boats, etc. The statue is now a
regular lighthouse.
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Charleston's Serenity.
Charleston, Oct. 30.—All is quiet
in Charleston. The weather is cool.
Heavy frosts are reported from the
country districts. Rain is badly
needed. Business is active. To
day’s exports of cotton amount to
over 12,000 bales.
Tidings of Comfort and Joy,
led and jerked about by so-call<
ghtful vehicle, with finest whe
$35.00
Try one and save your health. Every man who
OWNS A HORSE,
or wishes to train a colt should have one, as the price is within the
BEACH OF ALL.
DAY & TANNAHILL, Augusta, Ga.
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The Land Kikes.
Hinesville, Ga., October 31.—
Several gentleman recently had oc
casion to visit the sea coast of Lib
erty county. They were much sur
prised to find that the old landmarks
along the shores of the islands had
changed. The land has risen out of
the water much higher than form
erly, making tfie water recede, and
changing the appearance of these
localities. Many of the neighbors
are of the same opinion, and anxi
ously await an explanation from
some scientist. They are not sure
that they will not be obliged to find
new fishing grounds if this thing
goes on, and fish being an indis
pensable article with them, causes
unpleasant forebodings on the sub
ject.
Col. J. M. Smith returned to
Athens from Atlanta Thursday
night, where he has been interview
ing the Governor about paying for
escaped convicts. The law is that
the lessee has to pay lo the state
$209 for each escaped convict, where
it is a case of negligence that they
made their escape. The Governor
thinks that Mr. Smith will have to
pay unless the convict was shot at
by the guard. Colonel Smith ar
gued that the gun might snap, but
the governor made no allowance
for a snapping gun. They must
be shot at or settle. Some of the
guards refuse to shoot at a prisoner
on the ground that they will be
prosecuted for assult with intent to
murder.
W. I. DELPH,
Sol Broad Street,
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Whotesale and Retail Dealer in Best Patterns
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TINWARE, TIN PLATE, SHEET IRON, SOLDER and
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
In stock Five CAR LOADS Cook and Heating Stoves.
500 Plain and enameled GRATES.
250 Boxes Tinplate Bright Roofing.
100 Bundles of Sheet Iron,
Two CAR LOADS FIRE BRICK,
TINWARE in great variety, at wholesale.
Another Shock in Carolina.
Charleston, Oct, 31.—A slight
tremor was felt here at two o’clock
this afternoon, but it caused no dam
age and excited no alarm. It was
not felt by a majority of people.
Shortly after the shock here to-day
a spring of clear, pure water appear
ed in the custom house yard and is
now running at the rate of a gallon
a minute. The water is said to have
been hot when the flow began.
There was another slight shock of
the earth at Summerville this after
noon at 4:46 o’clock.
Cuthbert Liberal: Any profess
ed minister of the gospel who works
women and children from half past
five in the morning until half past
six at night, allowing them only
forty, minutes to cook and eat din
ner, and will not so much as go to
see them when sick and suffering,
though they be within a few hun
dred yards of his place of business,
is a disgrace to the ministry, the
church and the community and we
are surprised that any church in
this enlightened community will
retain such an one among its mem
bership. These are plain words,
but such inhumanity demands
plainness of speech.
Washington, Nov. 1—The law
taxing oleomargarine went into op
eration to-day. Reports received
by Commissioner Miller show that
all classes of manufacturers and
dealers, including retail men, pro
pose to meet the tax and continue
in the business.
—Subscriptions are always cash.
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Heating Stoves for Coal and Wood
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Principals.
TERMS.—12.50, $3.00, and $3.50 per month.
Board in excellent families at reason
able rates.
iKa?" The Academy rooms are large, well
ventilated, and furnished with elegant desks,
recitation settees, blackboards, maps, charts,
globes, ete.
The support of the patronizing pub
lic is respectfully solicited.
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THE CITIZEN JOB OFFICE, Waynes-
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zens of Burke and adjoining counties. Put
ting up and repairing Engines and Boilers, all
kinds of mill work.
Specifications, plans and drawings
Furnished on Application.
Babbit Metal, Gum Packing kept constant
ly on hand.
Thankful for past favors I solicit a continu
ance of the same.
All orders left at the store of M. E.
Hail will receive prompt attention.
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W. H. HARLEY.
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