Georgia weekly telegraph, journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1880-188?, August 13, 1880, Image 8
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THE GEORGIA PRESS.
•ffiT.nimrp, the scoundrel who desert-
ad his wife and children and ran off with
Si* wife's sister, a fourteen year old girl,
h^s been brought back to Griffin. The
JEsies says it was difficult to restrain
Judge Lynch’s court. He goes to jail.
Tub girls at Conyers walk about the
jtt st any hour of the night in hunt of
ltnglars and rogues, pistol in hand.
i mad dog made its appearance in Con
curs the other day, biting a child of Mr.
Eodgers. The dog was killed.
Hinton A. Helped, Esq., seems to be
■igatory in his inclinations. He now
leaves the Albany News for an engage-
nent with a New York paper. We wish
lim success, for' he is a graceful writer
tsd an energetic newspaper man. He
hill do well anywhere.
The Thomasvillo Post says there are
Mdy “forty-three” candidates for legisla
tive honors in that country. Hon. W. M.
Hammond and Judge J. K. Alexander
are tlie most prominent.
Christopher, of the Atlanta Phono
graph, is growing restive for somebody’s
shoes. The young man should be sent
to Jenclio until his beard grows. Ho
says:
It is about time that the young Democ
racy of Geoigia take the lead in public af-
Surs. Some of the old stagers have gotten
to be so very corrupt that they canuot be
longer trusted. Young men have more
patriotism than selfishness in their com
position; and if they have not the years to
back them, they can boast of their knowl
edge of public affairs, and work for the
general good of the people without hope
ofrew&rd. When work is needed, the
young men are called to the front, and
when offices are to bo tilled, old stagers
are ready to walk off with the loaves and
fishes.
Athens Banner: For many years Mo
ses, a negro, was a servant of the Univer
sity of Alabama, and waited on the stu
dents very faithfully; but he was a most
notorious hypocrite. He was on that ac
count commonly called “Preach” among
the the boys. One day he was passing a
crowd of students when one of them call
ed to him, “1 say, Preach, what are yon
going to do when Satan gets you?” “Wait
an st udents,” was the reply.
Coffee County Gazette: Sir. E. D.
McLt lland, of this county, informs us that
hog cholera is raging in this section, and
he thinks it Is spread by the carrion crows,
*tnd advises the people to kill every one of
Shew they can.
Albany News: Near the fork of the
Newton and Jordan Ford road, about 100
yards below Mr. James Camp’s dwelling,
and near Mr. Walters’ fence, a lime sink
h*s been formed by the late heavy rains,
and threatens to engulf the public thor
oughfare, and it is even now dangerous
Sot persons to pass along there who are
not acquainted with the bearings. We
trust our road commissioners will look
into the matter at once.
Athens Banner: But, if the Hon. Clif
ford Anderson and the Hon. Augustus
Bacon are both going to be candidates for
Che Uuited States Senate, what will Macon
and the Macon TELEGRArn do about it?
Hadn’t the brethren down there better
concentrate -pool their issues, as it
were ?
C olu me vs Times: We learn that a
party ot young ladies and gentlemen were
engaged in a play at Hamilton a few days
ago, when one of the young ladies started
to run across the room. Just as she did
so she stepped upon her dress, which
tripped her and she fell against the door
feeing, her face striking first. She was
thought to be fatally hurt for a short time,
but we are glad to state that she is now
recovering, 'flic young lady is from this
sty, and was in Hamilton on a visit.
Tjie Berrien County News has the fol
lowing sensible remarks about his town
and people, and they apply with equal
•force to many other {daces outside of Ala-
jabr.: *
if those who own real estate in and con
tiguous to Alapaha desire the place to re
main as it is for all time to come, they
rould not adopt a better plan for accom
plishing that desire than by asking two
er three times the value of their lots of
intending settlers. This is not a second
Atlanta or Savannah, nor will it ever be
anything more than a country village if
there is not some inducement offered to
people to settle among us.
it is high time that our people were
manifesting more enterprise and public
spirit, and they must do it if they do not
wish to see neighboring villages deprive
Alapaha of trade that of right belongs to
her. Population begets enterprise, enter
prise begets wealth.
Augusta News: Mr. James W. Da
vies, one of the most honored citizens of
Augusta, passed away yesterday from a
paralytic stroke. Mr. Davies was well
xuov.-n in this community, where he has
lived to a ripe old age. For many years
he has been honored and trusted by the
stockholders of the Georgia railroad as
«ne of their directors. He was an officer
in the Presbyterian church, and always
flighted to serve his Master In any ca
pacity assigned him by the church. At
the time of his death lie was seventy-six
years of age.
Columbus Enquirer: Columbus will
most probably be illustrated in Frank
Leslie's Magazine in a few weeks. Au-
•ftfU was shown in the last issue. These
slows are very popular, as they show off
to advantage in tills finely gotten up
slioeL The artists are expected here iu
» few days.
Madison Madisonian: Dorsey Keid,
an exemplary young man of Lincoln
county, mysteriously disappeared last
week. It 'is feared that he has been
killed by the negroes on the farm where
le was employed, as it is known that sev
eral of them hated him.
Eatoxtox Messenger: Prof. Charles
Lane will leave for Macon on September
let, to enter upon his duties. His family
will follow about October 1st. We wish
the professor prosperity In his new field of
lanor, and congratulate him upon the ap
pointment.
Captain II. G. Turner, the nominee
in the second congressional district, sends
sot the following letter of acceptance:
Quitman, Ga., August 5,1SS0.
To. lion. II m. A. JIarris, Chairman, -
and others of the Committee of the Dau>-
»ojt Contention: Gentlemen: I beg to
acknowledge your letter of the 29th of
inly last, in which you inform me of my
nomination as the Democratic candidate
for the Forty-seventh Congress, by the
invention of the second district ot Geor
gia, lately assembled at Dawson. Fully
; :anscious of the great responsibility which
attends it, I accept the nomination.
In the great contest before us, tlie high
mission of the Democratic party Is to rc-
iuslate the limitations which the constitu
tion imposes on the general government.
On the other hand, the Republican party
-vks to maintain ever prostrate States a
federal despotism. As one of the most
alarming instances of Republican usurpa
tion, that party, from tbe hustings to the
highest tribunal iu the country, declares
that the judicial officers of a State are lia
ble to indictment and punishment in the
i-'deral courts for the manner in which
h< y peiform their duties to the State,
from this bad theory of government pro
seed all the discord, irritation and dis
trust which obstruct and delay the pacifi
cation of the country. Fortunately, the
tld landmarks which fix tbe limits of tbe
Vderal authority are still plain; the
esmrses and distances are defined in tbe
-rest charter; tbe lines are marked; they
iave been consecrated by acquiescence
Jo- a’most a century.
If we falter or hesitate in our defense of
those boundaries which our fathers estab
lished, we deserve to lose our heritage of
freedom. While we cheerfully concede
to tbe general government and its officers
every lawful function, we must see to it
hat the party which has imposed disabiti
Within the limits of this formal cones- wouldn’t weigh more than forty or fifty
pondence it would be hardly proper to pounds, and, apparently, is nothing
state in detail the other great issues in , but skin and bones, the , shape |
this campaign. It will he my duty, &s
well as my pleasure, to discuss them in
due time before the people of every coun
ty in the district.
With a grateful sense of the high honor
conferred upon me, and of the nattering
terms in which you have communicated
the action of the convention, I am, gentle
men, Very respectfully yours, •
H. G. Turner.
Atlanta Post (Sunday): What will
the convention do? We have been asked
this question a thousand times. One of the
oldest, most honest politicians in the State
said to us last night that the convention
could not do anything in reason but agree
on some man who had not been voted for
andr nominate him. The. minority is
willing to do this.
Darien Gazette: Tbe Senatorial race
will be between Hon. A. O. Bacon and
Hon. Joseph E. Brown. It will be a
lively race, and the best man will proba
bly win.
Augusta Chronicle: Had Weaver re
mained at home the Democratic majority
would have been much less perhaps, ,and
Greenbacker Lowe might have retained
his seat in Congress. A contest brings
out the unterrified as nothing else can.
Savannah News: Saturday night
about 9 o’clock, just before the market
closed, a difficulty occurred between two
negroes near the market, one a fish dealer,
which resulted in the latter cutting his
antagonist severely in the shoulder and
breast, inflicting very ugly wounds. The
fisherman managed to get off without be
ing arrested, the policeman reaching the
scene a few minutes too late. The injured
man, whose name is Walter Houston,
proceeded to the office of Dr. T. B. Chis
holm, who sewed up the cut on his shoul
der and properly dressed the slice in the
breast. The injuries are quite painful.
Griffin Sun: A severe thunderstorm
took place at Sandersvillo on Thursday.
Lightning struck the court house and the
academy. A small negro boy was killed.
The teachers’ convention fortunately had
adjourned for dinner.
Savannah. News: The body of the
colored man, Andrew, who was drowned
from the city dredge boat at the Central
railroad wharves on Friday last, was re
covered yesterday morning in the same
vicinity, by Messrs. Lacey and Ritchie,
the watchmen at the wharves, who dis
covered it about five o’clock in the morn
ing.
Acting Coroner James Dooner was no
tified and held an inquest, when the jury
rendered a verdict of death from accident
al drowning. The deceased was only
known as Andrew, and had been work
ing on the dredge but a few days.
Griffin News: The grand jury found
a true bill against Waldroup, charging
him with kidnapping.
The town was alive with countrymen
yesterday. All of them speak very hope
fully with regard to the cotton crop.
The Americas Recorder has this to say
about us:
The city of Macon is in a fair way to
have water works. The city gas compa
ny has taken the matter in hand. The
preliminary arrangements have all been
made, water privileges, and the necessary
land for reservoirs have been secured, and
the works will be in operation in a few
months.
Savannah News: Shortly after ten
o’clock last night Policeman Fleming dis
covered a colored man lying in a street in
Yamacraw, who was evidently in a dy
ing condition. He notified the barracks,
when Lieutenant Sheftall promptly dis
patched the police wagon to the place.
The unfortunate man was lifted into it
and conveyed to the infirmary. In con
sequence of bis prostrate condition at the
time, he was unable to give his name or
tell anything about himself. -
Americus Recorder: The Hawkins-
ville Dispatch has evidently been misled
by a statement which appeared in the
Sumter Republican to the effect that Col.
Jack Brown will make the race. We
learn from good authority that Colonel
Brown will not run.
Atlanta Southern Enterprise: We
regret exceedingly to announce the death
of seven of Mr. W. B. Cox’s splendid
Jersey cows by distemper, contracted,
Mr. Cox thinks, by grazing on low mead
ow too early in the morning, and not
taking the shade during the day. Mr.
Wade had several cases in his herd last
season, but relieved them by promptly ad
ministering lard before the disease had
taken firm hold.
Americus Recorder: The next rep-
tiler. He was a regular rattler, fourteen
in number, and a habitant of Slaughter
creek, Webster county, -Ga. His snake-
ship was found lying upon the roadside,
where a host of little Eves and Adams
were very soon to pass along, returning
from school. We are glad “that serpent
had to die, and its destruction was fore
ordained for so early an hour.
Augusta Newt: A white man, some
what inflated with “hug juice,” jumped
into the canal yesterday, near Enterprise
Factory, asserting that he intended to
drown himself. The by-standers paid no
attention to the would-be suicide, and,
finding that no one would jump in after
him, he concluded to give a free exhibition
on the Paul Boyton style. He cut up all
kinds of antics, and floated down as far as
the basin, when, getting tired of the per
formance he came out of the water and
deliberately walked home.
Atlanta Post: When the delegates
get through with their work it is feared
that they will not feel rnnch like remain
ing here to hold an imm’gration conven
tion. But they ought to do it. They will
be in just tbe frame of mind for drawing
up an address to tho world at large, in
forming immigrants of the natural advan
tages of our own State and the harmoni
ous political condition of our people. The
immigration convention ought to be held.
Indian Spring Aryus: On many
farms in this country can be seen cotton
growing on old stalks of last year’s crop,
which has sprouted out after the unprece
dented warm winter. Dick Ethdridge
lias on his farm of the second year’s
growth a stalk which has 180 forms and
nine blossoms. This is something new
perhaps to the inhabitants in the county.
Augusta News: Never in the memory
of tbe oldest inhabitant has there been
such a vast number of grasshoppers on
the farms around the city as there is the
present year. A walkthrough the fields
stir up millions of these voracious in
sects, every sprig and spire of grass being
loaded with them. One planter tells us
they devoured his grass crop, and another
that he wouldn't make a peck of
corn to the acre; that they had completely
eaten up every ear and nubbin. The
sparrow hawk is a deadly enemy to the
grasshopper, and a Richmond county
planter tells us that a few days ago lie saw-
no less than a thousand of thebe' birds
feasting on these pests iu his field.
Atlanta Post: If Mr. Stephens’ in
terview has any bearing on the present
status of the convention, it is In favor of
the minority. While Le favors the ma
jority rule, as against tbe two-thirds, the
convention is working under the two-
thirds. The majority established this
rule, and it has no recourse but to take
the responsibility of. abolishing that
rule, auil appealing to the people for
“vindication.”
Indian Springs Argus: A good story
is told on one of the delegates to the late
convention that ought not to be lost. It
seems that on tbe assembling of the con
vention the roll was called and they hap
pened to commence with our friend, who
fired .with zeal for the cause, and filled
with bis lesson well learned, when his
name was called arose with dignity and
answered “Two for Blount.” Imagine
the result and then you have a picture of
our friend. That night at supper the
w aiter x>ked the delegate would he take
tea or cotlbe, and quick as a flash he
answered “Two for Blount.” The lioys
have since dubbed him “Two for Blount.”
Dublin Gazette: Last Sabbath, morn
ing we visited with Dr. Harrison, old Mrs.
Gibson, at the poor house, whose afflic
tions we referred to last week. Aud if
there ever was au object of true pity it is
afce. She U now, or will be ir October,
of every bone and muscle be
ing plainly visible. She says every bone
feels as if it were broken and, besides the
openings spoken of in the skull, which
produces blindness and bleeding at the
nose unless tightly bandaged, one of the
ribs feel as if it had been loosed from the
backbone. Notwithstanding her critical
condition now, even as late as a month
ago, she could cook a meal of victuals as
quick as anyone and was in apparently
good health. Her’s is certainly a cause of
study for the medical men.
Sa'vannah-News: Saturday afternoon
about four o’clock a difficulty occurred in
the bar-room of William Brown, on
Bryan street, near Jefferson, a general re
sort of negroes, between Albert Shellman
and John Andrews, in which the latter in
flicted a dangerous and possibly fatal
wound on Shellman with a big knife, cut
ting him in the left breast, just above tho
nipple, twice, penetrating tho lung and
making a terrrible gash, from which the
blood flowed copiously. Andrews is a
notorious thief and has been in frequent
troubles, and Shellman, who is a butcher,
has the reputation of being quarrelsome
only when under the influence of liquqr.
It is supposed that both parties bad been
drinkiDg, and disputed over a game of
cards. Andrews snatched up the cards
from the table, when, it, it is stated, Shell-
man slapped him in the face. Andrews
then drew his knife, a large single blade,
and stabbed Shellman twice, as stated.
After the cutting Andrews fled, and man
aged to make his escape temporarily.
Shellman, who became very weak from
the loss of blood, was taken in charge by
two colored men, who procured a wagon
and took him to his home on Farm street,
near Harrison, where Dr. B. F. Sheftall
wass ummoned to attend him.
The affair created considerable excite
ment in the vicinity, and a large crowd
collected around the barroom to learn the
particulars.
The condition of Shellman is consid
ered quite serious, as the wound is a deep
and ugly one, and it is likely internal
hemorrhage may take place, followed by
pneumonia. He was in a very precarious
state last night, and the physicians have
little hope of his recovery.
Rome Tribune: The postmaster at
Spring Place, in Murray county, failed to
send offthe North Georgia Times, and
the editor of that paper wrote to the
authorities about it, and “Uncle Sam’s” of
ficial threatened to horsewhip the editor,
whereupon said editor very properly gave
the irate official a column article, and
published his letter to the postmaster
general. Somebody should take that post
master in charge. He either ought to be
made do his duty or be removed. A
horsewhip will not remedy the evil—they
are not good things with which to sup
press the liberties of the press. Pitch
into him again, Mr. Times, the sound
from the press will reach farther than the
sound from the lash.
Dublin Gazette: Last Wednesday
morning, a young man in this place
awoke from a refreshing night’s slumber
both deaf and dumb, nor has he spoken a
word since or heard at all. The night
before, when he retired, he could talk and
hear as well as he ever could. He re
members of no unpleasant feeling through
the night, nor is affected iu any other
way.
We sympathize with the young man,
who is very intelligent, and a general fa
vorite with every one.
He is about twenty-one or twenty-two
years old.
Americus Recorder: As usual at
this season of the year every machanic,
bricklayer and workman is busily engaged
upon the different buildings now going
up. One firm has been driven to the
necessity of importing a squad of work
men, all those at home having contracts
on hand. Americus is a good place for
mechanics, and very liberal wages are
paid here.
Why Not?—Milledgeville Recorder:
Why not have a bank in Milledgeville?
We ship from this city about 15,000 bales
of cotton annually, have over sixty busi
ness houses, have an asylum close by that
handles a hundred thousand dollars a
year, have a college with near 400 stu
dents; have no other precinct in the
county, and no bank. Did any city with
such a population ever go so long without
a bank?
Monroe Advertiser: There are a num
ber of idle vagabond negroes in our town,
who have no ostensible manner of living.
Without a doubt a majority of the candi
dates for the chain gang come from this
class. They don’t work for a living and
are therefore compelled to steal.
Augusta Chronicle: The Atlantic and
Pacific telegraph company will open an
office on the 15th inst., on Jackson street,
in the library building. The company
already has an office in Atlanta.
Talbotton Register: Mrs. I.A.Leon
ard, who has for the past year been living
in Macon, has removed back to Talbotton,
her former home. Her many friends and
the community generally welcome her re
turn.
Columbus Enquirer: A serious cutting
scrape occurred at Hurtville on Saturday
night last. Warner lewis and Robert
Thweatt, both colored, were in love with
the same woman, and jealousy caused
them to have enmity for one another. At
the time named they met and a fight was
the result. Robert was badly cut by
Warner. He received lliree stabs in the
back, one penetrating the left lung.
Warner was tried yesterday morning be
fore Squire Thomson and committed to
jail to answer the charge of murder, at the
next term of Russell Circuit Court.
Sandebsville Mercury: The tri-an
nual conclave of Sir Knights Templar as
sembles in Chicago about tbe 15th. Sir
William L. Orr, Sir George W. H. Whita
ker, Sir John B. Roberts, Sir Michael D.
C. M. Summerlin and Sir Edward A. Sul
livan of St. Omer Commaudery No. 2, of
Macon, will attend from this place.
.Savannah News: We learn that Rev.
E. C. Gordon, junior, pastor of the inde
pendent Presbyterian church, of this city,
has accepted the call of the church at Sa;
lem, Va., of which mention has been
made, and will leave for his now field of
labor on or about the 1st of this month.
He will be accompanied by the best
wishes of many friends for his future suc
cess. ✓
We regret to learn that Rev. Mr. Cor
ley’s condition is not quite so favorable as
it was several days ago, and that he is in
considerable suffering.
Milledgeville Recorder: When a
man begins to feel that he is so great that
the country is standing out in the middle
of the road waiting for him to come by,
it is about time for bis friends to look up
a soft place in ourLuuatic Asylum. There
are just such persons in every town, and
we don’t mean to be personal, either.
Monroe Adtertiser: It is said that Mr.
Holcombe will be an independent candi
date for Congress from this district; and
Cols. Hulsey, Disinuke and Haralson are
endeavoring to agree which of the three
shall run with two independents and one
regular Democrat in tbe race, and make
It quite lively.
A special to the Rome Tribune says
a terrible rain and thunder storm visited
Oxmow, on the North and South railroad,
in Alabama, on the evening of the 0th,
and did a great deal of damage. The
Eureka Company’s large stone warehouse
had the roof torn oil’and side blown down
by a terrific gale of wind. A young man
bearing tbe name of Satterfield, of Georgia,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed. There were several other casual
ties, which, owing to the lateness of the
hour—*0:10 p. m., we wore unable to get.
The rain fell in torrents, washing great
gullies in tbe streets.
Augusta Chronicle: Ed. Covington,
colored, appeared iu the recorder’s court
yesterday morning and charged George
Sliinall, white, with knocking him on the
head with a bottle. Covington’s head
was very bloody, and his clothing was of
an ensanguined hue. The recorder has
an idea of sending the shirt to Blaine or
Garfield, as a Republican campaign flag.
Sliinall was bound over to tie county
court.
Talbotton Standard: It is onr pain
ful duty to*Jwqoicle tbe sad and untime-
' ' “ <C. Brown, which oc-
night Sth inst., after a few days illness.
Mrs. Brown leaves a husband, four chil
dren and a host of relatives and friends
to mourn her untimely death.
Columbus Enquirer: Mr. Fred Wil
helm has struck a rather novel method of,
ridding himself of the annoyance caused
by mosquitoes, which he says have
been more plentiful, more sanguinary and
less musical than heretofore. He had in
his room two large plaster busts, one of
Byron and one of Shakespeare. These he
painted of such a blood-red color that the
mosquitoes, completely deceived, have left
off annoying him and have stuck to the
busts. He says he has frequently driven
them off, but they as often return, and
now he is determined to let them stay
there till they “bust.”
Augusta Chronicle: The Richmond
county agricultural society has sent to the
Chronicle office two stalks of most re
markable com. One of them has six and
the other four well developed ears, the
grains are. large and full and the ears of
good size. The com is of the Newman
white prolific variety, sent out by the
Georgia department of agriculture. The
society also sent us two ears of mammoth
corn, having thirty rows of grain to the
cob. All of this corn was grown by Mr.
John Uhl, of this county.
Atlanta Post: We havo a number of
ably written communications from some
of the foremost men in Georgia, urging
the minority in the convention to stand
firm. Since the minority is actuated by
such patriotic and lofty motives that it
feels it cannot honorably recede from its
position, we do not take the space for tho
communications, but notify the minority
that the hearts of the people are with
them.
Augusta News: Captain A. A. Sharpe,
formely general traveling agent of the
Macon aud Brunswick railroad, has been
appointed general freight and passenger
agent of the road. We endorse the ap
pointment as A No. 1. A3, is a good fel
low and fully competent.
Rome Courier: We have been informed
tfiat Dr. Felton’s speech at the city hall
last Saturday was quite tame aud not well
received by his auditors. There was a
large sprinkling of Democrats, who went
out just to hear him, a good many of his
friends who have always supported him,
and a few who always will, and a fine
lot of colored suffragists. These last did
not like the way he praised Hancock, and
some of them shouted, “Hurrah for Gar
field!” It is pretty evident that the
preacher-politician ha? about reached the
end of his tether, and that he feels it.
Several of Ms Radical friends of former
days seemed disgusted with him because
he tried to win Democratic votes by
speaking well of Hancock, and declared
that he was going back' on them. So it
goes.
Savannah News: Yesterday after
noon, about four o’clock, a butcher by
the name of George Sloan, was accosted
on the Waters road, about two miles
from tbe city, by some negroes, one of
whom made an insulting remark to him.
Sloau called him a liar, when the entire
party immediately assaulted Mm with
sticks, heating Mm in a horrible and bru
tal manner. Tbe appearance of some
people on the road compelled the rascals
to desist, anc. they fled. Sloan fought
fiercely, and gave his assailants •some
good licks, but they were too many for
Mm. After their flight he started for the
city to secure surgical relief.
He was directed to the city dispensary,
and on his passage through the streets at
tracted great attention, and a large crowd
followed him. He was minus a coat, and
the blood from bis numerous wounds
flowed freely from his person, completely
saturating his shirt, while streams of gore
ran down liis face, giving him a terrible
appearance. The sight of a man so fear
fully bloody was enough toexcitp a sensa
tion on the street, and by the time he
reached tl»© dispensary a crowd of nearly
two hundred persons gathered -about.
Fortunately Dr. J. M. Johnston and Dr.
Weichselbaum chanced to be present, and
the bloody victim was taken into the rear
room, where his injuries were property
dressed. He had three bad cuts in tbe
head, one in the face, several in the shoul
ders and back, and one in the breast, and
was otherwise badly but not seriously in
jured. His assailants managed to escape
but may be arrested.
Newnax *Herald: Mr. Robt. Orr, of
this city, who l*as considerable knowledge
and experience in gold mining, reports to
a gold mine in Heard, which, from recent
developments, induces him to believe it
to be the richest ho ever saw. It is situ
ated just below Hollingsworth’s ferry on
the east side of the Chattahoochee, in
Heard county, on the land of T. F. and
J. G. Maddox. Gold has been found there
for several years past without exciting
much attention or belief as to its im
mense value. Tbe other day, however,
a vein was struck and traced through a
gully up into au adjoining bill side, a
small quantity of dirt from which yielded
from S10 to 520 worth of the yellow stuff.
One of the owners of this rich mine was
so rejoiced and overpowered by this sudden
turn of fortune, with visions of untold
wealth looming up in his imagination,
that he returned to the house shouting at
the top of his voice that lie had found it,
ordered every mule to be taken out of the
plows aud turned into the pasture, aud all
hands to quit work forever and come to
the house. They had a jolly time, killed
the fatted calf, and called in their neigh
bors to rejoice with them. The vein runs
northeast and southwest, and promises to
prove the richest mine yet discovered in
Georgia, The owners, Messrs. Maddox,
are good and industrious citizens, success
ful termers, have this year letter A No. 1
crops and are worthy oft heir good fortune.
We wish they may live long to enjoy it.
Albany Nem: Col. Nelson Tilt has
on I.is plantation, about two miles from
the city, twelve acres in rice, which aver
ages three feet high, and promises an
aBundant yield. Tho rice is planted on
ordinary upland pine land, and has stood
the drouth splendidly, looking now fresh,
green and vigorous. It is an old theory
that rice culture requires a very wet sea
son, and following this Idea, the rice
fields on the coast arc often flooded. But
the success of Col. Tift’s experiment has
demonstrated the fact that the plant is a
hardy one, and will stand hot weather
finely.
This is tho first year Col. Tift has tried
the experiment, and so far everything
points to it as a signal success. Ho has
induced a number of his tenants also to
make the experiment, and they have fine
crops.
There are several farmera in this section
who have for a number of years in suc
cession 11 anted rice crops, and they have
always teen successful with it. There is
every reason why our planters generally
should plant this crop. It Las been clear
ly proveu that it can ho raised without
difficulty on our uplands, aud it is cer
tainly a profitable crop. Rough rice, that
is, rice in the chaff, will bring $1.25 to
81.50 per bushel In Savannah, which is
certainly a remunerative price. There
arc at present no rice mills in this section
that we know of, but a general production
of the graiu would soon bring all tbe nec
essary implements for its use to hand.
Diversity of production is one of tho
best methods of farming, aud wo hope
soon to see thisbealthy, useful and profita
ble grain planted iu Southwest Georgia.
Light, Not Noise.—One of tho mem
bers of the bar In Saratoga, who thorough
ly enjoys a good joke, relates the follow
ing, aud applies the moral to himself:
Not long since, he was counsel in a case
before Judge Fratt, referee, and during tbe
progress of the trial became a little bit
noisy, as he sometimes docs, when the
judge looked up and said to him: “Mr.
, did you ever hear of the man who
was lost In the woods during a thunder
storm ?” On being answered in the neg
ative, the judge continued: “A man, iu
attempting to pass through a piece of
woods, lost his way, and while he was in
that predicament a feartul thunder-storm
came up. The woods grew awfully dark.
The roaring of the wind and the crashing
of the thunder was terrific. The man was
frightened and started to pray, but not be
ing used to that business, said: “Oh,
Lord, give us a little more light, and little
less noise!’ I don’t mean you, Mr. ,”
added the judge, but the audience sup
posed all the time the judge did mean him,
and M £c.thinks of it Mmself, he
t-2 r
GEOBGU’S GAME OK RICH HE.
Great Speeches In the Capital.
Here I am again in Atlanta, and have
just relumed from a visit to the great con
vention, which, while it has failed to
nominate a governor, has developed more
down right, unadulterated patriotism than
any probably that has ever been held in
Georgia. I wa3 much struck with the
speech of the Hon. Mr. R. Bower, of Chin-
Chin county, who, after a dozen unsuc
cessful efforts at least, got the floor and
said:
Mr. President—I rise to-day in the in
terest of harmony, and to appeal for the
preservation of the great Democratic par
ty. I recognize as earnest and honest the
gentlemen who have stood by Hardeman,
Lester, Gartrcll and Warner, so faithful
ly; and I admire their unflinching cour
age, and eloquent support of their men.
Bui, sir, the time has come when we mast
cast aside all personal preference, aud
give to the State a man upon whom we
can all unite. Therefore, I name as the
people’s choice, Alfred H. Colquitt. [Im
mense cheers.]
Mr. R. Bower was followed by the Hon.
L. Bower, who, standing in a chair,
delivered the following eloquent address:
Mr. President, I rise to-day in the in
terests of harmony and to appeal for the
preservation of the great Democratic par-
iy. I recognize as earnest and honest the
gentlemen who have stood by Colquitt,
Lester, Gartrelland Warner so faithfully,
and I admire their unflinching courage,
and eloquent support of their men. But,
sir, the time has come when we must cast
aside all personal preferences, and give to
the State a man upon whom we can all
unite. I name as the people’s choice,
Thomas Hardeman. [Immense cheers.]
This fine argument took tlie crowd by
storm, but was counterbalanced by a stir
ring address from the Hon. Jonathan
Ace, who sprang to Ms feet and fixin
his eagle eye upon the crowd, shouted:
Mr. President—I rise to-day iu the in
terests of harmony, aud to appeal for the
preservation of the great Democratic
party. I recoguize as earnest and honest,
the gentlemen who stood by Colquitt,
Hardemen, Gartrell and Warner so faith
fully; and I admire their unflinching
courage, aud eloquent support of their
men. But, sir, the time has come when
we must cast aside all personal prefer
ence, and give to the State a man upon
whom we can all unite. I name as tbe
people’s choice, Rufus E. Lester. [Im
mense cheers.]
This argument caused the galleries to
rise in a body and cheer for five minutes,
It was considered unanswerable until
Hon. Mr. Joker, of Roberts county, sprung
upon a table and nfade a fiery address, as
follows:
Mr. President, I rise to-day in the in
terests of harmony, and to appeal tor the
preservation of the great Democratic
party. I recognize as earnest anil honest
the gentlemen who have stood by Colquitt,
Hardeman, Lester and Gartrell so faith
fully, and I admire their unflinching
courage and eloquent support of their
men. " But, sir, the time has come when
wo must cast aside all personal preference
and give to the State a man upon whom
we can all unite. I name as tlie people’s
choice, the Hon. Hiram Warner. [Im
mense cheers.]
TMs powerful argument brought every
person to his feet, and a perfect love least
followed for a few moments, when the
Hon. Algernon Kenoodle, of Snapdoodle
county, the silver-tongued orator whose
lucid explanation of the great railroad
bill covered Mm with glory, rushed into the
president’s throne aud with a wave of the
hand silenced tho crowd. Like oil upon
troubled waters, like a trump upon a king,
fell;his voice as be spoke :
Mr. President—I rise to-day in the in
terests of harmony
Here your reporter broke off for refresh
ments. When he returned, the fiery elo
quence of the speakers and their intense
patriotism were set forth in the recent bal
lot which read, Colquitt 209, Hardeman
51, Lester 69, Gartrell 15, Warner C.
X. I. E.
nope of Relief.
Tho following is Dr. Unger’s cure for
drunkenness, which has received the en
dorsement of a number of leading ones.
It is claimed that the doctor has cured
28,000 persons of the worst form of in
temperance with it, and that it is the first
remedy ever discovered that kills the dis
ease and the inclination to drink at one
apd the same time. It was handed iu by
a lady connected with the Temperance
union:
Remedy.—Take one pound of best, fresh
quill red Peruvian bark, powder it, and
soak it in one pint of diluted alcohol.
Afterwards strain and evaporate it down
to a half pint. Take a teaspoonful every
three hours, tbe first and second day, and
occasionally moisten the tongue between
the doses. It acts like quinine, and the
patient can tell by a headache if he is
getting too much. The third day take as
previous, but reduce the dose to one-half
teaspoonful. Afterward reduce the dose
to fifteen drops, aud then dowu to ten,
and then down to five drops. To make a
cure, it takes from five to fifteen days,
and in extreme cases thirty days. Seven
days are about the averagejn which a cure
can he effected. •
* The County Tax Ecvy.
Through the courtesy of Mr. W. G.
Smith, we have obtained the following
extract from the minutes of tlie Bibb
County Commissioners, showing tho an
nual levy ordered and the purposes to
which it will be devoted:
Ordered, That there he levied as coun
ty tax for the fiscal year beginning July
1,1SS0, a tax of seven-tenths of one per
cent. (.0i/J) upon the taxable property of
tlie county, to be lovied for tho following
specibc purposes, viz:
For general expenses, 83,200; Superior
Court, $8,000; County Court, 84,000; jail,
82500; bridges:,balance on.turnpike, $4,000;
new bridges 85,000, current expenses
$1,000—$10,000; courthouse, SI,500; pau
pers, $1,000; roads, S5,000; hospital,
84,000; public schools, $17,000. Total,
850,800.
A true extract from the minutes of Bibb
County Commissioners of date August
10th, 1SS0. W. G. Smith, Clerk.
Officer* €3. Lodge, I. O. O. F.
The following were the officers elected
for the ensuing year of the Grand Lodge,
I. D. O. F.:
Thomas A. Askew, of Savannah, R. W.
Grand Master.
H. M. Holtzclaw, of Ferry, R. W. D.
Grand Master.
J. C. Shecut, of Augusta, R. W. G.
Warden.
John G. Deitz, of Macon, R. W. G.
Secretary.
J. S. Tyson, of Savannah, R. W. G.
Treasurer..
John B. Goodwin, of Atlanta. R. W.
G. Representative to Grand Lodge United
States.
—-—
Twlgfs County Democrat*'
The Democratic party of Twiggs county
is requested to meet in Jeffersonville on
Thursday, the 26th inst., to nominate del
egates to the 21st State senatorial district,
which meets in Gordon on the 15th day
of September. A good attendance is re
quested. J. U. Burkett,
W. L. Solomon,
Levi Gallimore,
Executive Committee.
Ocr readers liave only to try the A. S.
T. Co.’s Black Tip, advertised in another
column, to be convinced that it is what is
needed on children’s shoes. Beautv and
«ronomv«mibi*ed_ >FaMiiflU«M*ed.
Extracts from tho “Georgia Caret
teer” of 1807.
From the Georgia Gazetteer, of 1837 ;
we reproduce many interesting facts con
nected with the early history of Macon
the most important of which, probably, are
the receipts of cotton, away back in those
old days.
“No place has risen up with greater
rapidity than Macon. The first lots were
sold 6th and 7th of March, 1823. The
first cabin was built here by Thomas
Tatum in 1S22, on Walnut street, on the
lot now owned by Major Napier. Now it
contains more than 200 houses, many of
which are neat and some very large; 43
stores, 11 groceries and confectioneries, 8
doctors and 12 lawyers.”
After a description of the old court house
at the foot of Mulberry street, we are told,
“the Methodist meeting house is at the
north end of Mulberry street, the Presby
terian on the corner of Fourth and Pop
lar streets, and the Baptist, not yet erect
ed, is to be on the comer .ot Second and
Mulberry streets. The streets in Macon
run northwest aud southeast and are al
ternately 180 ani] 120 feet wide, i. e. ;
Wharf street, parallel with and near the
river, is ISO feet; the next parallel one is
120 feet. So with those wMch meet them
at right angles. [Made wide to accomo
date the six and eight mule cotton wag
ons—Eds.] “Until the spring of 1828,
the incorporation covered the west side of
the river—then tweuty acre lots, besides
many ten acre ones, were sold, and the
purchasers are putting up new buildings.
A fine bridge connects both parts of the
town.. It was built by the State and cost
$9,200 and was routed the first quarter
of 1823 tor $1,S02.50, the second for $925.
It was sold to the town for $25,000, and
ten years allowed to make the payments.
Cotton and com pass over free.” * * *
Thirty or forty boats are owned here,
and they cany at a time 400 to 700 hags
of cotton, and return with 70 and 80 tons
(of freight.) On loth sides the river are
thirteen warehouses.” [The city has now
the same number, though of course larger
and more substantial.—Eds.
Macon received as the crops of 1824,4,-
000 bags of cotton; of 1825, 17,000 bags;
of 1820,30,000 bags; oflS27, a dry year,
17,000; of 1828, 39,000. The price of
freight to Savannah varies from C2J to 75
cents per hundred, and has been as high
as a dollar.” [Spring goods ordered from
New York frequently failed to reach Ma
con until the following winter.—Eds.. T.
and M.]
“Within nine miles of Macon are four
teen saw and nine grist mills; five on
Swift creek. The Macon Bank is a fine
three-story building. There are also here
branches of tho Darien Bank, of the Fire
Insurance and an agency of the State
Bank. The net amount of postage accru
ing to the United States in this place for
1827 was SI,665.12, and for1828 $2,134.47.
Hitherto Macon has been very healthy,
though its friends have feared it would be
sickly.
Sereral attempts were made in the leg
islature to remove the seat of government
from Milledgeville and make Macon the
metropolis, but a final decision was made
in 1827, and 820,000 appropriated to en
large the State house, and wMch has
been accomplished. * * * Two weekly
papers are published here. (Tho Georgia
Journal and the Georgia Messenger. Eds.
T. and M.)
Population of tlie city in 1837, includ
ing East Macon, which is the fourth ward,
4,000. YIncville about 500. Population
of environs 500. Total, about 5,000. Num
ber of families (total) 3S5. Estimated
value of goods in store at this time (1S37)
SI,500,000. Goods are not sent to any
town from this place, but are sold to
farmers and country merchants. No
wholesale business is carried on. * • *
Seven steamboats came up to Macon,
nine connect with Macon, about 60 tow
boats, lawyers 15, doctors 10, dentists 8,
merchants 100, blacksmith shops 7, mas
ter masons 7, master carpenters 10, jour
neymens 200 -to S00, female college in
progress; to fie completed in 1S3S. Prob
able cost, $50,000. (Georgia Female Col
lege, now tho Wesleyan.) Four churches
—Methodist, comer Mulberry and First
streets, members 440; Baptist, corner
Cherry and Sixth streets, 230 members;
Presbyterian on Fourth street, [now 1SS0,
tho Catholic] 120 members; Episcopal, on
Walnut street, 30 members. A new Pres
byterian meetinghouse is about being fin
ished on Fourth street, near new market;
brick, Northern style, covered with tin,
will accommodate about 1,800 people,
cost S15,000.’ Schools six,, scholars 400.
New bridge, completed In 1S34, Town's
patent, cost $17,009; length, 2S9 feet. In
come, yearly $7,000.
Freight from Macon to Charleston, $3.00
per bag; Savannah, $2.50; Darien, $2.00.
Savannah to Macon, S1.25 per 100 weight;
34 cents per foot. From Darien to Macon
S1.00 per 100 weight; 30 cents per foot.
Cotton receipts—1S32, 30,000; 1833, 59,-
080; 1S34, 09,595; 1835, 59,783; 1S30,7S,-
000; 1337, to April 1st, 77,843, to June
1st, 80,500. Highest paid for cottSn,
17$ cents. Banks, 8. Agencies, 1. In
surance and trust companies. Bank capi
tal, 81,500,000. Stages—daily, 0, and one
every other day. Hacks, every other day,
3. ’ Deaths—1S35, 01 whites, 37 blacks;
fair estimate for each year.
Macon Lyceum and Library Society,
incorporated December 20, 1835; organ
ized November 16, 1S3C; reading room
opened Match 1,1837 ; 50 papers, 12 re
views and periodicals; Dr. A. Baker,
president; N. C. Munroe, secretary and,
treasurer; 12 directors.
New market in 1836 [intersection of
Mulberry and Fourth streets] 100x40 feet.
• • * Boil weighs 1,200 pounds.
Two volunteer corps; one cavalry and
one infantry.
Two fire engine companies.
In the winter of 1817-is, Mr. Roger
McCall went down the river with 500
bales of cotton, principally from Jones
county.
Thik is the first cotton that went from
Macon that now is.
1818. Three cotton boats built.
.1822. Town laid out and surveyed.
1823. First lots sold.
1825. First bank located [Darien
branch],' Samuel Wood, cashier.
1827. First steamboat reached Macon—
John V. Lamars.
1S34. 'Commons (70 lots) sold by coun
cil.
1837. Commons (100 lots) sold by coun
cil.
[Here follows an extract from the Ma
con Telegraph ol January 30, 1833, giving
account of the arrival of Day & Butts'
new steamers, Bonnets o’ Blue aud Lalla
Rookh.]
—The average Georgian now takes his
A Bibb Comity Melon.
From one of the New York papers we
clip the following account of the fate of
the Bibb county melon, which was scut
by Mr. H. J. Peter to break the forty days
fast of Dr. Tanner:
As the whistles sounded the hour of noon
a cheer went up from a crowd which had
gathered before the hall in Thirteenth
street. Dr. Tanner, in the ante-room,
made an emphatic gesture and exclaimed,
“It’s over, and I’m glad of it!” He then
reached for a peach, and, before his watch
ers could interpose, began to eat it. He
finished the fruit and then walked into the
large hall, where he was greeted with loud
cheers. At the same time a lively air was
played upon the piano. Entering the en
closure, Dr. Tanner seated himself on the
elevated chair, and took from Dr. Wark
a lager beer glass filled with milk. He
swallowed its contents at two draughts,
and remarked with great emphasis, “That’s
good!” The crowd again applauded loud
ly, and renewed the applause when some
one called out, “Three cheers for the
plucky Doctor!”
Dr. Tanner then said: “Cut the Geor
gia wateimelon.” Tho melon, a huge
one, was then brought to his feet and cut
open by Dr. Politizer. Dr. Tauner utter
ed a grunt of satisfaction as he saw tlie
ripe, luscious interior of the fruit, and
immediately attacked it with great relish,
eating pieces of it as he took them up in
his fingers. He was again loudly cheered.
Soon afterward it was announced that Dr.
Tanner was about to leave the hall, which
was then slowly cleared of spectators. Dr.
Tanner eat three pieces of the melon,
each about as large as a man’s fist. He
swallowed the juice, but not the pulp,
which he purpose!? ejected.
Foundlings.
There wa3 an old mau in Rangoon
Who screamed when he saw the new
moon;
So, to make him keep quiet,
They lowered his diet
Aud taught him to play the bassoon.
Noah was an ark-angel.
The man who lost his balance was out
of his weigh.
People who live in glass houses should
pull down the blinds.
The man who follows a good example
cannot lead a had life.
The best baggage smashers .arc to be
found on tbe great trunk lines.
Flies work from sun to sun, bat tho
mosquito’s work is never done.
Diamonds in tho rough—those swal
lowed by a thief when arrested.
A fifty-dollar painted fan raises no more
wind than a five-cent palm-leaf. • 1
The man who can live on himself, like
Dr. Tanner, needs no rich relations.
Europe is greatly troubled with its
eastern question, but the Bosphorus is—
Hancock.
Painting a window shutter is a good
deed in more ways than one. It helps the
blind.
It is the roam ants of the thing that
makes a pic-nic dinner so much better
than a square meal at home.
“Tlie DeGolyerites- have adopted as a
campaign badge a gilt acorn.” Wc sup
pose it means Oakes.
A bad little Philadelphia boy made his
mother’s hair rise the other day. He
stole her switch for kite bobs.
When you see two young lovers at op
posite ends of the sofa you may he cer
tain that a nearer of happiness is immi
nent,
“How does painting agree with my
daughter?” asked an anxious parent. “It
makes her too .red in the face,” replied
tbe teacher.
There is a spasmodic newspaper pub
lished in Maine which has got to he
tri-weekly. It comes out one week and
tries to come out the next.
Hon. Clifford Anderson for Attorney
General.
The telegram displayed in front of the
Telegraph and Messenger office yes
terday, announcing the nomination ot
Hon. Clifford Anderson as attorney gen
eral, sent a thrill of joy throughout the
entire city. The people have expressed
the hope, for days, that ’the convention
would relieve itself of the deadlock by ac
cepting as tlie Democratic standard bear
er tome prominent Georgian, and no oth
er name in this connection was spoken
oftener than that of Anderson. This action
of the cons ention, however, took the city by
surprise. It was an ending that had not
been contemplated, much less prophesied.
That it is acceptable to tbe people of Ma
con none who walk the streets can doubt;
that it will be acceptable to the people of
Georgia, we believe. Certainly those who
know the man will receive him gladly.
The whole legal, political and private
life of Judge Anderson, has been as the
open pages of a book. From the time of
hi3 first appearance in court, a~beardless
stripling, until to-day, when the State
lays her honors at his feet, tliroughout a
life of change, political and legal, his
voice has been heard upon the side of
constitutional law. No temptations, fi
nancial or political, have drawn him
from the path of right. In the courts, in
the Confederate Congress, in the conven
tions, in the legislature, in the army, An
derson has been with the right.
As a lawyer, he is without a superior in
the State; clear-headed, learned, modest
aud unassuming, he has made himself
popular in all parts, and a favorite in
middle Georgia. His nomination in At
lanta was the spontaneous tribute of tlie
representative men of Georgia to a man
whose whole course In the convention
had been straightforward and conserva
tive; whose whole life, honest.
We have not learned whether Judge
Anderson will accept the nomination.
Side Remarks.
- South Carolina’s finances must he in a
good condition. She is about to settle
with Cash.
“H—1 broke loose in Georgia” will now
be put in print again, and used as a cam
paign song. ■
Garfield reminds us of a negro around
whose neck was tied apiece of assafuetida.
He walked two miles trying to get out of
a neighbor hood that smelt bad, and finally
gave it np.
The little locust of the Lemar's Senti
nel continues to spring his rattle.
Somebody ought to start a Republican
paper In Georgia to be called the Semi
Occasional. It could exchange with “The
as Often as Possible,” the Greenbacker
otgan, contemplated for Alabama.
HabtM Corpus.
A habeas corpus has been sued out be
fore Judge McManus, ordinary, by Eliza
Bateman, for the recovery of her daughter
Mazelia, who, it is claimed, was enticed
from her home in the country by Jesse
McNab, and is now under control and in
possession of Georgia Collins. After hear
ing the case, the court ordered that the
defendant, Geoigia Collins, produce in
court, on Friday, the body of Muelia
Bateman.
The defendant denies that the girl
her possession.
Warrants against Georgia Collins for
perjury, and Jesse McNab for seduction,
T0 THE GIBE IS BEEE.
Think me not rude,
Sweet girl in blue,
•that in my mood
I stare atyou.
You would not chide
The needle true
That “points with pride”
The pole, tfould you?
You would not risk
One word of scorn
Upon the disk
That eve and mom
The flaunting flower
Turns toward the sun
From Clyde’s bower—
Nay, nay, not one.
Then chide not me
Whose truant gaze
Roams recklessly,
A3 in a maze.
Blame but my sight,
Sweet girl in blue,
Which, wrong or right,
Will rest on you.
—[Boston Transcript.
BABY AND MOTH ER.
Ameadow for the little lambs,
A honey hive for bees;
Aad pretty nests for singing birds
Among the leafy trees.
Tiere’s rest for all the little ones,
In one place of another;
But who has half so sweet a place, *
As baby with her mother.
The little chickens cuddie dose,
Beneath the old hen’s wing;
Peep! peep! they say, we’re not afraid
Of dark or anything.
So safe and snug they nestle there,
The one beside the other;
But safer, happier by far,
Is baby with her mother.
1
Firemen'* Contest Iu- Hawkins vine.
Special Cor. Telegraph and Messenger.
Knoxville, August 11.
We arrived in Hawkinsville safe and
sound, and were met by the Pulaski
Fire Company No 1. The baggage
was taken in charge by this polite com
pany and sent to tbe hotel. With a fine
brass baud at our head we marched
through the principal streets aud then
proceeded to the river, where the La '
France steamer took suction first. Fair
ladies, rosy-chccked girls and polite gen
tlemen waved their handkerchiefs and
tossed their hats at our happy arrival.
We (Nos. 3 and 4) were “punched,” at
the new store being built by Messrs. Jno.
Henry & Son. No. 3 were entertained at
the Scarborough House, and No. 4 at the
Hudson House, where we were furnished
substantial dinners.
Tests came off after dinner. No. 3 de
clined to enter for fastest^ steam, though
joined in the contest for "distance. The
LaFrance engine and Mechanics No. 4 at
a given signal applied their torches and
proceeded to raise steam. At 2\ miuutes
from the appearance of smoko from the
stack the LaFrance engine blew her whis
tle; at 4 minutes her “gauge showed 40
pounds of steam, and at 5 minutes 80
pounds were raised. No. 4 perceptibly
behind.
The companies then proceeded for dis
tance. No. 3 at the disadvantage of foam
ing, the river water not seeming to take
well. The new broom swept the field, tho
LaFrance engine distancing both of the
engines by aliumber of feet. The boys
of Pnlaski No. 1 were kept busy replacing
burst hose, as the LaFrance burst a
length of hose at every effort. Order to
take up was given, all being satisfied with
the competency of the LaFrance for active
fire duty.
We then repaired to the store of Messrs.
John nenry <& Son, where the Jadies of
Hawkinsville had prepared a feast for the
benefit of the firemen. Nothing could
surpass this banquet—everything which
could tempt an appetite lay before us
No one could doubt the hospitality of the
people of Hawkinsville. After the ban
quet the strinu band in attendaaoo -strut, ic
up a lively air, and graceful forms were
soon in motion and made the floor shako
with dancing feet. The ball broke up
about two o’clock, and the thought no
was of returning home. The train leav
ing at 3:30 a. m. most of tbe liremui
sought their way to the train. Seats we-e
made as comfortable as possible, and Ok
weary lay down to sleep.
A wag called “Buckshot” slept so
soundly that he couldn’t be awakened for
a change of cars at Cochran; tho conduct
or gave him up, cut loose this particular
car and left him snoozing at Cochran. lie
will, no doubt, sue the company for pass
ing over the “sleepers” (that is without
him). We arrived in Macon a little tired,
but this could be well looked over, as our
enjoyment had been great enough to still
all selfish fancies. May wo meet our
Hawkinsville friends in Macon at some
future time, and we will return all com
pliments. '
When you visit or leave New York
city, top at the Grand Union Hotel, op
posite the Grand Central Depot. Euro
pean plan. Rooms reduced to $1.00 and
upwards. Restaurant unsurpassed at
moderate prices. Street cars, stages and
elevated railroad to all parts of the city
May ll.-e.o.d., 1 yr.
A Gootl flotol to Stop at.
Hotel accommodations for travelers are
of the greatest importance to person^ who
have to move about the country or busi
ness or pleasure. Just where to go is
what every man wants to know wi en he
leaves heme. The Grand Union [lotel,
opposite the Grand Central depot New
York city, is a very popular rest t, be
cause the attendance there is prom i and
satisfactory, tbe charges are rcas uable
and the menage complete. Personjjarriv-
ing a or leaving New York city ty tho
Grand Central depot will find thenirand
Union Hotel very convenient.—{V. Y*
Telegram. junel
Tbe Three Grace*
Are represented with perfectly defeloped
forms, beauty and health oombimH. No
decayed-tootbed mau or woman L-an be
healthy, because digestion must b4 imper
fect. Use Sozociont, get healtbj^teetli
good digestion and a sound body,
the three Graces.
Revive
lw
Kidney Dlsensc
shows itself in feverishness, dty skit,
quick pulse, pallor of tbe skin, Irequeit
evacuations, paiu in the loins, irritation ii
the urinary organs, and, if neglected
dropsy. Avoid internal medicines anc
insure a cure by using Dr. Flagg’s Im
proved Liver and Stomach Fad.
If Sidney Smith, whose genial natur.
was a well spring of pleasure to his friends
had suffered With an inactive liver hi
would have used Portaliae, or Tabier’
Vegetable Liver Powder. Prire SO cent
For sale by Lamar, Rankin & Lamar.
juy20-tf
Tb* Swindle. -
The public are constantly being invei
gled into taking a substitute, cfTfemg de
ceived into buying a fraud, foitbe. reason
that dealers can buy the cqaid e rf e its at
$5 per dozen, or 42 cents per-jjptlle, aud
sell it to the consumers at $1—/making au
enormous profit, which is theDuly objert
in trying to sell a preparation fe imitation
of, or substitute for, Simmonsf j ' ver ^ e S"
ulator. Nothing is known a\P ut the imi
tations—they are made by Adventurers,
knowing nothing of tnedici/ s or drugs.
Buy only the genuine, itA* !ln o recom
mended by the greatest ay most reliable
people. Take only that which is known
to be good, and refuse
and counterfeits.
Lyon’s Patented
only Invention that
straight as new.
Who have been unable
duties owing to periodic
found Warner’s Safe *
friend
vegetable corny
the element* ot
of power, It hai l
ar. Datfiqglboa
it is a certain preventive i
Kidney, Liver and
titutes, frauds
\iy2q-3w
tiflbner ia'ti 1 *
old bootV
lm
attend to their
siclweaae*, have
oejr and Liver
” Being a
<1 contain-
m well M
'universally
' especially,
i numerous
troubles tact-.
, , , . dent to the season. All dm—to. sell it.
were sworn out before JusticeM. R. Free- * n d none except ^ Jpqj&l hr riftin
■■■HI
can afford to be