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Y did iiiH uciiLumi nuiiiiumii w.t.i** r* a " THE MERCURY. Entered as second-class matter, at the Sapdersvijle post-utlice, April 27, 1880. Smdersvill?., Washington Co., Ga. TUESDAY MAY 4th, 1880. A, J, JEMIGAN, Proprietor, Published Jly JERNIGAN & SGA 111]Oil0 UGH. Subscription, $1.50 per year. The wedding party from .Wrights ville passed through our city on Thursday, to Eatonton, the bride and groom looked happy, and the atten dants jolly. We wish them along life and a pleasant one. We take pleasure in pulling atten tion to the law card of Oscar H. Rogers, Esq., in another column, he is zealous in his profession, a hard student, pays strict attention to his business and has the confidence of our entire people. Rev. J. K. Boykin .the Sunday- School Lecturer visited pur Sabbath Schools on Sunday last and deliver ed a very interesting sprto.on in the Baptist church at night to a large, and attentive congregation. Diarrho a has prevailed in the coun ty for several weeks past as an epi demic in several portjoug pf thp county. We publish in this issue of the Mercury, the lecture delivord in Brooklyn by Rev. T. DuAVitt Taliuage on tho condition of affa rs in the South. We would like to vote for Mr. Tahnage for President. Haynes' Chapter No 33 It. A. Ma sons will hold an election for otliccrs on the night of the 2d Tuesday, by order of tho giynd Chapter of Geor gia, Let those interested talco duo notice and govern themselves ac cord mg’y. Our Court. On the 24th inst. our Superior Court convenes, and during its session many very interesting cas es will be adjudicated.among them that of the state aga 'nst the Tres- urer and his bondsmen, in referen ce to the interest paid on deposits. The state will be represented no doubt by Col. Ely. attorney Clem eral of the state, assisted by other eminent counsel, and the de'- fense by those .celebrated jurists, Gen. Henry R. Jackson apd his talented son Capt. Henry Jackson, Judge Johnson it is supposed is hot eligible to set on the .case in consequence of relationship to one of the bondsmen,.Judge Simmons it is thought will be present and pre side during the trial of it. The civil docket is not heavy there being but few cases, and the criminal docket is light, unless the grand jury should find bills to be tried at the present term. THE STORM. Rcmombar tho Union Sunday School celebration on tho (till inst. We hopp <0 see everybody thero with all the children mid big baskets full of the good things .of life which onr lady friends know so well-how to pre pare in order to tempt tho appetite of both sick and well. Wo see that many leading citizens of Georgia have addressed the Hon. J. W 7 . Renfroe and solicited lipn to become again a camlitate for tho of fice he now so worthily tills as State Treasurer. Mr. Renfroo replies by referring the whole matter tothopeo- ple soon to meet in convention and I10 will be governed entirely by their decision—this is aft if should be. Tlte careless lumlling of fire aims is tlm cause of much pain, and productive of much anxie ty, ,Uf4 although all admit it, but few try to remedy tile ev il, as is found by the fact that within tlie last two weeks five On Thursday evening at about two o’clock our county was vis ited by the most violent storm of vvijjd,hail and rain t! a we have ever seen, trees were uprooted, fences, blown down and houses.demolish*- ed in a very short time, the wind was indeed terrific amounting to almost a hurricane, the rain descen ded in torrents and deluged the whole county washing lands and carrying away fences, while the hail following ( and accompaning it in some places covered the ground and beat the trees until the earth was hidden by a c irpct ol green made by the foliage of trees which was siriped from them by the icy messengers. West of town a huge oak fell on the jhi,;]ntif’lH lvsidenej of Will. Malkin Esq. and injured the roof, tlie gin house of 13- R. Smith Esq. was leveled to tlm ground the stable of Win, Web ster Esq. was blown down, tin* large barn of E. C. Rawlings Esq. accidents of a serious character have : occurred in this from this cause, alone. count v CHALYBEATE WATER Thp Springs at Warthen arc very strongly impregnated with iron a lit tie tannin added to a glass of the wa ter turns it black like ink; that it con tains other nfineynl pypnedicinal qual ities we feel confident will be demon strated by a qualitative or qualita tive analysis; we liavo tried water from many springs celebrated fpr their medicinal virtues and they all tasted bad, and if that be a recom mendation, this at Warthen is cer tainly something extra, for it has the bid taste in a superlative degree— find when we try it again it will be jike taking oil, carefully and in small doses—not because we like it, but because we need it as a medicine and it has been prescribed by a pliy- pycian. SUIT DISMISSED. The case of Robison et al vs Dr. Rollifield et al came up in tho Uni ted States Court at Savannah last 'iveek before Judge Woods, and was dismissed. This case was where Dr. Hollified apd E. W. Rawlings had purchased the plantatinn of F. R. Greiner jn this county and after pay ing for the same and receiving titles a nephew of Mr. Greiner came fpr : ward and claimed a part of the place, the suit was brought in our Superior Court to recover by Judge Twiggs who before the trial removed the case to the Ugited States Court at Savan- vannh, where i| was heard last week, upon a demurer filed by defendants. Hofiideld & Rawlings being repre sented by Col. B. D. Evans $ J. R. Hines, Esq. of our city and by An- dpw Sloan and Moldrin & Gprrod pf Savannah. was demolished, the lint room of his gin houso carried away, his screw injured, and a negro house unroofed. Many large trees in the vicinity were blpwii down, and the scene presented was not a pleasant one in the up- per part of the county the wind was not so bad but the bail was heavier, ranging in size from a buck shot to a large walnut, the wheat.of Tlios O. Wicker was iitarally ruined, and that of Mrs. //oath shared the same fate. T'iie storm *was reiniu’kahie fol ds severity and has damaged the corn and cotton to a very con siderable extent in many places our people however acted prom- and in a short time the blown down fences were repaired, the trees acroos the roads removed, and some have already replanted where they thought the storm had ruined their growing crop. terprise and public spirit of our peo ple and the developing of all our re sources, .geological and ap To Tin; Washington Hiki.es.—j ie impression of the Adjutant* riculturoR Gem grill of the rotate, is, tlmr the °n Saturday evening, Mr. Wilson Company have disbanded, which “T^ 0f , h,S h >: invitft |“*‘;isnot the case and bar ordered thp arms to be turned over to another company.’ Lieut. Northington who indulged at tho festal board in honor of tho firing of the first kiln— wo were iuvited but could not get— which wo very much regretted onr bjst wishes were with the party, and we wondered if though absent we were entirely forgotten, wo hope not. informs 11s that the company is not disbanded and lias orders to elect a Captain, lie has made a call in another column of our paper for the company to turn out. Let Mrs. Dr. A. Mathis, auR Miss Lulu ovol . v inan reBpom l itmam, have just returned home, from a visit to their relatives and friends in "Wilkinson county. Many thanks to Mrs. Little for the vegetables sbe sent us, always glad to bo thus remembered by our friends. Mrs. Oscar Rogers ,wifi accept our thanks for so bountifully sup plying our table from (her garden, she is always a frjend ju need. Mr. 8. J. Smith is having his resi dence painted in good stylo. Mr. F. M. Arnau, an accomplished me chanic is doing the work. Parties wanting work done in lirst class style would do well to give him a call. All lovers of music should sub scribe for the Southern Musical journal, published by Ludden & Bates Savannah Ga. Only $1.25 for the whole year and one dollar’s worth of music given as a premium. Ludden & Bates keep on hand the best and cheapest lot of musical instruments kept in the South or elsewhere. Cheap Groceries at Schaufele’s old stand, good as the best at Ten per cent below cost for tho money. See advertisement. AVe call attention to the Dental card of Dr. E. E. Parsons, who will during Court, he found at tin. Sainlersville Hotel, ready to wait upon all requiring his Profession al services. BALTERTES ! BATTEli IKS ! A fresh supply of Jijyd’s Alinia- We publish tho Mustor Roll of Capt. G. W. Peacock’s oojnpany in this issue. Go to Z. H. Houghton's for mice Confectioneries. your Have your prescriptions filled at E. Houghton's Drug Storo. Buy your School hooks from B. onghton. E. NAMES OE JUTKTES OF THE PEACE AND THEIR DIS TRICTS. 881 h District, — Jackson. 813th district, Wilson shealey, noth district, For tlie next ten days I will sell a larg-e portion of ck in Store lately occupied by W. F, Schaufele, Pit IOPer cent below COST less the carriage. e. w. McCarty. may 4, 1880 01st district, Wm D^yis. 02d district, w P smith, Odd district, R T Pounds, 04th district, J 1 Davis, 95th district, w L Brown, Ofith .district, w <' Duggan, 07th district, R M Brown, 08th district, Geo F Franklin, 00th district, A .1 "veal, i(K) 1th di-trie’, A 11 irawick, I doth district , dames Barron, i25dd district, W M English , 1 di5th district, 3 F Blount ROAD COMMISSIONERS. 88th Hist. \V E Martin, Dr. j S Wood, .Joseph Jaok&on. 89th Dist, Dr G L Mason, J J Hunt. Abraham Wood. DOth Dist. JasH Palmer, It O A Hodges, M L Jackson. Dist district. S H B Masscv, R G Lindsey, J // Hartley. 92 l district, Dr C W Salter, .T W’Welch. W P Smith. Odd district, 1) G Watkins, J I*' Tanner, M A Joiner. 94th district, 0 II P Beall, J taro Batteries just received, and foi B Newsom. N J Jordan. at tho Mercury office by C. C.| 051h district, W II Harrison, -ali Scarborou th. A NEW INDUSTRY. The new Lime Kiln at Sun Hill erected by B. J. Wilson, Esq. is now in successful operation, it is square in form getting smaller towards the top, about thirty feet high, with a funnel or hopper to receive the rock, as it sinks in the kiln it lias one eye on each side through which Jo, fire, with an iron draw door in front, its capacity is about nine bundled bush els, three hundred can bo drawn each day, the kiln is of a new stylo with all tho modern scientific improve ments. Tho lime stone in the quary adjacent appears to be almost inex haustible and of a superior quality yieldiug upon a careful analysis about 138 per cent of pure lime, it (Jacks readily and freely leaving no residue, being free from all impuri ties, and fully equal to any lipre on the market. It’ is invaluable to tho mechanic and agriculturalist in this section, und will be sold lower than the piarket price in oi-cjer to introuduce it. The quarry is to be cleared out, a wall put up and an engine set to work to expedite mat ters. The whole affair is indeed a splendid success and bound to be remunerative and we congratulate Air Wilson upon it, fur the future pros perity of our county must depend to a g.-eat ex-tent upon the energy, en- G N Prince, Ellis* Johnson. 90th district, John L Ganmr, J ,1 Brown, j \V Harrison. 97th district, E W Rawlings, J R N Walden, wm Martin, 98th district, A L Gallon AY A Smith, AY I) Rains. 11 'asant Springs 2d Siitidoy anclL^.’l 1 i A, ^ ^ Siiuir liiy before in April. Gladden; A. L. Guilin. Newiiopo 3d Smduy and Saturday B)0dtlj district, J D'Boone, B before. j I Hooks. James Simpson. AVIiite Oak Springs , 4th Sunday | FJOtll district TllOS 11 Jordan, and Saturday before'. ' ; Will Murphy, Gordan Smith. PEAS! PEAS! PEAS! A lot of good liuld peas at Jacks>x A Bhookin Si VrroiNTMKx-rs vat Davisjiuko Crucupi i-'oh Ai'iui, and May. 1st Sunday in May May J1 Bay Spriu, 11 o’clock. Piuey Alt. 2nd Sunday ii o'clock. Second Quarterly Conference 2nd Su it lay and Saturday before in J une at Bay Springs. W. J. Fj.axdkjis, P. C. A nice lot of fresh Oranges, Lam ms and Cocqanuts at Z. ii. ltough- tou s. Remember" you t Houghton's Dru r School Books. ■t. at B. E. all kinds ot Go to Z. H. Rough ton’s for yqur sugar and coffee, Lard, Floiy, Hams and Arbueklc’s Roasted Coffee. Eve rything sold at bottom prices. Fresh Cheese and Crackers on and all the time atZ. H. Roughton’s Pont forget that Jackson & Brook ins will have a lot of fresh Bakers Bread & A'ienna Rolls next Satur day Utyod district, 1L S Britt, J F Dicks, J E Page. 1815th district, J F Sheppaad, W G Robson, — Webster. W (§ i.y (@ Blacksmith, Machinist and ) OI) WORKER. Wishes to inform the public that he is still mg but first class work iirthc above branches of mechanl^ th ' Also agent for Liddell s P&tent PortsiblG Etifgi'twfty Saw Mills, Covit (tfitl Wheal Mills Ami MACIIINERY for Plantation, Custom or [Merchant Mills. Call and see me on north end of Harris street. Sanclersville, Cjra. apr 20-d rice Clothing AVOBLD respect fully inform my patrons and the Public that I have taken the agency for one of the largest Clothing Iibui in America, and am pivpaared to take orders for suits for the Spring and Summer. Gad M my store and examine samules, the jiandsomest styles and pattciirs over seen in the city. All cloth ing, made to order, and fits guranteed or no sale ; beforehmreha*- ing elsewhere call at tho 1 Low Price clothing- House, examine my stock of Dry goods* Boots and IfiRs, I can give Bottom figures, and my motto is/Notjjo l>c undersold,” call examine at the Popular Dry Goods and Clothing House L GREENWOOD, Agent. you and apr. 20, 1880—4t G. A. REINHART respect fully informs the citizens ofi Washington and adjoining coun ties, that be has opened a Boot aud Shoe shop in Sanclersville, next door to. Pringle & Orps store on Hayno's street, wljere he respectfully solicits the patron age of the ladies and gentlemen. All work done in the best style and of the best material, apr 9—2 m T. Laveigne, POOR TO ADAM’S LIVERY STABLE I am prepared to do all kinds; of -MARRIED. On AVednesday, ths 28th ulfc, at 3 p. m. at the residence of Air. Liuder of Wrightsville, Air. J. It. Sparks and Aliss Al. E. Dussenbury, bothjof Eatonton, were united in the holy bonds of wedlock, Rev. J. R. Braiv ham D. D. officiating. AVe learn that Air. Sjpapks is one of tho most prominent anj successful young bus iness men in Eatonton, and that bis accomplished bride, distinguished for her beauty and intelligence, has been a reigning belle ip society wherever she has been. The hap pay couple spent AVednesday nigl/t in this city as guests tlie Gilmore Blacksmith & uge Flower Plants fo.r Sale, Fine lot of Fuchsias Fine dou ble I' - lowering Geraniums, Fine lot of Giqxinias, | Fine lot Tube Roses, Dolcheo- deria Tubiflora of varied kinds and China Pinks of all the different varieties. Pj-ic.es from 10 cents to $1.00, Those fine Photographs and Ferrotypes taken still at the old stand. T C. GLEN. County Board of Educa tion, The Board of Education will meet in the Court House in San- dersville on the first Tuesday iq House, and left the nexfimorning for , r . , , , r ,, Eatonton. AVe trust prosperity and 1 o clock, for the trans happiness may attend them through j °f business, 1 rustees are life. requsted to notify the Board eith- By Wm Dllggan, J. P. J. ]3. Eob- r r P ers ° 11 g by letter of the ert. of Hancock and Mins rntmic “ uraber geheols required, and conufcv. |natnes of Jeachcrs recommended for positions ip their several sub- Garner of AVashington DENTAL YOTICU Dr. E. E. Parsons will l>e. in Sandorsville tlie first week cf'CouiT roni Atay 24tn until 31st, for the, purpose of attending to any den tal work intrusted to lfis charge will he found in the San- dersvillc Hotel. E. E. Parsons. Districts. All persons having bus iness with the members of the Board can meet them at the time designated, By order of MACON WARTHEN, President, Horatio N. HolifIeld, secrete r/. Jll AT REASONABLE It) Vf, t)liSliI il PRICES. ALSO DEALER IN CASKETS, April, IOtll 1880 tf w At Prices to suit the Times. SAKOERSVf KEEPS ON HAND ALL THE TIME Fresh. Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Sf c., $‘c. -A LSO FINE- Cig’rs-. Tobaccos, Lamps and tCxtures, Perfumery, TOILET AND WASHING SOAPS, AND EVERYTHING IN THE DRUG LINE. iST PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AT ALL HOURS.