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ar, vi ulvmnly on 'nourn ful eyes
'jtsswassia&A^
A .* Hlght of repose.
TV- ‘.wlllght deepens Into night
'llst night of Arftlc breath,
The rigor of whose awful blight
\>! rccoguUe us Death.
TV, alnee beyond the Polar ice
Way shine bright paths of balm,
FVt us grim barrier's lut device
A crystal hearted Calm;
•Thu* ice-bound Death, that guards so well
Ter some who reach his Pole.
sfjT-oet, it Is thus with thco,
beyond this twilight gray,
This imsen blight, this sombre sea—
Ah ! hast thou found the Day?
U. llaym, i% Harper's Mag as Ins for
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
.iXT* GATHERED HYSPECIAL
t ORRES P OX HEX TS.
, Brnnawlctc
5fst 25.—The Qixth annual fair of the
Qlyaa County Agricultural Society opened
V<j 7atenlay with n fine display and
•.! attendance. An able address by Hon.
Isa U. Smith, a rising young lawyer
Brie place, was delivered at 11 a. m.
Tio Brunswick cornet band, one of the
beet in the South, under the leadership
Fraf. Ssugntuer, famished the masio for
-£n occasion. The hand is not only a good
one. but apparently a tireless one, as it has
tore unking the welkin ring at frequent
tnterala during the morning, afternoon
321 evening.
Tire display is certainly one of the finest
trw nude by any one county, and reflect*
-great credit upon the soeiety. The crowd
as already large, and overy incoming train
v eroded. It is now very difficult to ob
tain k*Jging.
And oudlci's ronnd of attractions and
tr.u amenta has been provided, and every
aro who may come may aspect to be well
v.nUrtsined. There will be to-day and to-
mtetaw horse raoes, asck races l>y boys,
uotrfatfcs diving, gout, ox and mule racot,
. tournament, ball, fireman's contest, and
grmd display of fireworks. The display of
l/o works on Friday night, at 6 o'clock, will
wi.** tiie fair.
i silt have something to say in reference
hn l&jj city aud “ection in my next.
H. 0. H.
Syiun.
Mat 25.—Since the last rain which we
were blessed with a few days ago, vegata
I.-ju has put on a new and lovely appear
Uoticiuga piece of com of Mr. A. M.
-KotT^n near this place, this morning. We
torad soveral tasivls The com will aver
ar- iu feet high, aud will have, no donbt,
eoriH iog.oarsou it by Jane. This is only
Tvj ordinary field corn, which
sooo old farmers say never
tassels before Jane. We pnt
Xr. Jackson down as one of our progress-
ore farmers; and ho says it is strange '
con that all farmers have not got tassela __
to-ir old field corn by this time. Cropa arc
And still another—whit ? Well, I mean
another peach crohard is to be added to the
many already around us. Mr. L. W ham-
bra intends to set out 1,000 peach tree* this
fall on his farm, about two milea from the
city. The more the better.
A writer in the Daily Nests. signing him- nremeat interenta, are already crystallizing
If '‘Enterprise," is advocating the naild- lato tangible shape and form.
vrxlly fine. Oats are better thin wa
•*>:: knew them before, but the quantity is
mA • ij-ected to lessen the price, a ‘
writ be fed away by planting season.
The politics of old Houston is r.ow
waict, the orator of the Basbeyvillo meet-
ito; hae gono iuto his ho'.e and the marri'c
otot avion is thrown over it. May ho rest
m pence!
B.
Cnthbert. ■
. Mu 25.—An interesting mewing is in
nvogTOsa at the Methodist church here.
While only a fs<r up to date have professed
•oeversioo, yet much good we hope is
being accomplished. The pastor, Kev. P.
Si Twitty, is assisted by Mr. Culpepper, of
Ute Rlikeljr circuit, nnd Miss Annie llagley,
of : JidcdgeviMe. The latter by her singing
aad earnest talks adds no little to the inter-
**-'of the meeting*. Both Mr. C. and Mies
K. belong to that ojass of religionists who
beiisve in and profess sanctification—they
claim Uiat their lives are absolutely • hi
kes.
Borne of our uiUzena have gone to Ap
alauhirala, Fla., on a big fi»lung frolic.
(hi the 81st our firemen's annual picnic
«>ra**uff. It is expected to be, as usual,
an inter* sting affair.
So small i>ox or politics (Which is the
treater nuisance?) on hand.
Vienna.
Mat, 25—The first fire of any conse
vaster in twenty years visited our town
hwt night. The alarm was sounded about
SL-thoorof midnight, when the two-story
bsoiaing occupied by F. J. Lewis, general
merchandise, was discovered to be on fire,
—- wnr. UHWfVIBU l>» w uu uro,
which was soon beyond oontrol. The next
Mkling to go was that occupied by O. W,
Wuoten. attorney, quickly followed by the
eecaer building owued and occupied as a
•&? gruvls store by I. L Toolr; also oocu-
f* i by Toole * Woodward, attorneys.
Not ing waa saved from either of these
be itdiugs. The sarroonding and adjoining
bmldiags were threatened, but the heroic
efforts of the citizens stayed farther pro-
gMM of the fire. The losses, as given by tie
suiteturs, are t F. J. Lewis, building and
stock, #5,000; iusuranoe, #2,000. Mr. Low-
ie lost many valuable notes, socoauts and
ether valuable papers and his books. Some
laiaoble records of the ordinary's offloe, in
w'.oroat lho thne, were also destroyed,
together with Mr. lewis' safe and contents.
L J. Toole, building, stock and law library
«wj>*pew, $1,000; insurance, #500. O.
W. Wooten, library, and vsiuablo papers,
tXtiWj noiuanrsnce. Minor losses $100; no
fesuranoe. Tills origin of the fire la uu-
knowu, bat supposed to be incendiary.
n Q
Indian Njirinr.
tA sv M.—Among the many contractors
oc the eonstrnction of the Macon and
Brunswick extension was a Mr. Irwin,
jrem Knoxville, Tens. He has been for
months cogngrd • in making a rock
mtl r.var Jackson. Mr. Wo. M. Mallett, of
the tart named place, effooted an arrange
ment to ran a commiseary to famish sup-
C um to the hand*. Mallett had no trouble
gniUn# his money until a final estimate
made on Irwin’s work aud a final
euttlfruient was had between Mallett and
Inrin. Irwin was owing Mallett about
r'V, besides mire than #2,000 to the
bands and other parties. Irwin goes to
Atlanta to get his money of Condon .t Co.,
fUu he said he would return and settle
v.tn aU. Mallett, in response to a tele-
gmiM iitaa Cuodon A Co., follows Irwin
Atlanta. Found Irwin and saw Condon
i Co. pay him, but be pets Mallett off ontil
JT tamed over the money to a Mr.
‘iMitry, who seems to have bean in eotuo
way connected with Irwin. Gentry left
fir uriffin, On., before Mallett found
^7* After procuring legal advioo of
Jud.M Hall at. Griffin, Mallett sends
Sheriff Bob Connell, with power of attor
ney. to Atlanta and procures a requisition
tm Governor Colquitt; thence to Xaab-
v-ilb, Term., and getting a roi|u!sitiou
tro.n the governor of that State and pro-
cw dad to Kuox*. ille. where he found Irwin,
i»i alter showing his papers, effected a
eorApromis* by purchasing the five mules
to Jackson, and receiving $150 in
The palaea dental car of G. D. Adair A
Sop *auna into the Spring to-day. It ia
Aited np with all the modern improve-
a little house on
vhr.eta They have set down on the hill
.o the spring, where tlisy are prepared
to execute work in their lute with epeod
remna Biara, colored, was put under
i^ttbteafternoon by our marshall, he
Wm* wanted by the sheriff, bat while the
M .x-r was fixing things np to get him in
it.* ock-np, he took leg bail out of the
Mt window of I ha mayor's office. Uemiw
Is vi expert at inch Data. D.
Mat 28.-!
M-. OuubSbi
Entirely unintentionally ! did
Lee Connty.
Lee Couhtt, May 24 —Ijm county, ac
cording to its area, umtaina, perhaps,
more fine farming lands than any oounty
in the State. Croi>s ware never more
promising than they are now. The oat
crop juflt being harvested is very fine.
Crops that will averaga fifty bushels to the
acre ire not nnuauaU .The negroes of oar
county are docile and indn«triou*, and
numbers of them are buying land. Some
few of our planters are beginning to torn
tiieir attention id sheep ana cattle raising,
and they are sore to anooeed. In portions
of our oounty the range for sheep aud cat
tle cannot be excelled. Lanas in oar
county are worth from three to oight dol
lars per acre, aud we hear of bat little on
the market. Wesinoerely troat that our
ordinary will refuse to issue any more
whisky licenses after those already issued
shall Iiato expired. Whisky “dead-falls”
ate the greatest curse the citizens of our
county have to contend with. X. W.
Serial Circle? n
Mat 28.—Hines writing to you last there
hn nothing very exciting or very shocking
occurred, ftobody has been killed, and i
other t«rr ble calamity has befallen ns
this region. Tbs young people of Living
ston coma over here on thu 18th inath-, and
picnicked at Spencer’s mill pond. The
day was cool aud cloudy, but they seemed
to enjoy themselves ne»erthcrle*s. Home
of the bojs appeared to be fond of visiting
the grocery, and one was seen to tumble
out of tho boggy, for what causa the writer
sayoth not. The young {ttople of this plat
wont to Aloove mountain Inst week for
pionic. Whether they went to find the foot
or the top of the mountain, the reporter
does not say, tat thero has been some inti
mstion that they found the foot, but nc
ono has informed this writer what the
shape of the loot was, and whether it had
on boot, shoe or slipper. It is said soveral
oonpha set ont to find the top. One couple
it is said reached the summit, but no
ono gives any account of the top. In tho
evening the party retnroed and took a
drink of lemonade at W. T. Knox's. Thou
they repaired to Mr. Hpenoe’s mineral
springs, where they enjoyed therasclvea for
a time, and then repaired to Their homes.
Professor Charles II. Gabriel has boon
here teaching a music school, and has
given perfect satisfaction.
We had from the 18th tothe 18th a spoil
of unasnal cool weather ffir this season,
the thormometer ranging down to forty-
eight Thero was some slight fro«t re
ported, but not mnch damage has been
and unprogrffsi.. huter/,ere ahsil merge
into the meridian glory and splendor of
an era fraught only with contentment and
prosperity. Our cherished Utopian dreams,
under the fostering caro and energy of
friends fully imbued with Burks' ~
done, though the cool nights have been!
no benefit to cotton. We have just had I
most delightful rain, commencing on Huu|
day night. It continued to fall slowly anl
til Monday night following, just about fast
enough to soak in the ground as fast ns itl
f ill. The weather is now much wnriner, 1
the thermometer standing this morning at
sixty-eight.
A few of onr farmers have been cutting
wheat. Crop prospect* good so far. ‘ |
Mr. tV, F. Lewis buried his baby boy
tho cemetery litre last Wednesday, tho
18th.
iswfmvlllsH
Mat 25.—Ripe plums are now offered for
sale on our streets, and on the 22d instant
Dr. IL N. Uolliflold (whose flourishing!
young orchard I alludod to in a previous
u.*i ir) shipped a orate of peaeho* to New
York. We share in the general success of
small grain crops. Blackberries promlso
an abundant yield, cotton nnd corn ore
as fine as could be asked for, and, altogeth
er. the outlook is obeering.
We look forward with plo.ising anticipa
tion to two oooaaious in June: first, the
close of the city High School, with puklio
examination, musical concerts, ueclamn-
Itory exercises, etc, on th« 8th aud llh, nnd
then, after a few days' rest, we willwel-
oome the convention of the district
conference of the Methodist church
ou the 14th. Preparations are
being mads for the hospitable entertain
ment of the preachers and lay delegates,
who are expected to number sovsnty-five
or a hand red. Sandersvillo has several
times entertained the district, and once
(in 1876) the annual conference, and her
reputation for unbounded hospitality ■'
apquestionakly high.
■ Charlie Jones, the little son o;' 8. Bl
Jones, who was struck by lightning at the
same time of his father's death, is im-j
proving ns rapidly as could be eii*ct*d.
The fears of partial paralysis entertained
at the time of the casualty are now dissi
pated, and it is believed his recovery will
be oomplete.
By order of the oouneil, t,ho city clork is
in correspondence with contractors, invit-j
ing a prof osal for boring an artesian. well
in the city. If a contract can be made
whereby a well can be secured at a reason
able ooet, the contractor guaranteeing suc-
pesa as a part of the consideration, the city
willaeccpt and the work will be comd
minced at on os.
We have been sevsral times asked: "Did]
yon meet Col. Burney, of the Tzleobafe ■
Ain't ho a live man?" and soeb like ini
quiries. Ws regret that, though we met
the Colonel, we were so circumstanced that
it was impossible to spend any time with
him. Ws donbt not, however, that ho is a
live man. He look* so, and we do know
that the Telkobai'E akd Musskmosb, under
its present able management, is rapidly
gaining favor. Sidney Lewis enjoys the
reputation hers as elsewhere of being not
only a brilliant, but a bold and fearless
wrier.
The Rising Bans, a colored benevolent
society, in a preamble and resolutions set
ting forth their interest in the welfare of
their race nnd the promulgation of morali
ty, has petitioned die city council to pass
an ordinance prohibiting females from
[drolling upon ths streets of the city alter
p o’clock p. m., unless aooompanied by an
escort. We learn that this petition wifi be
supported by two others from other col
ored organiz itions here. This is a direct
assault upon strumpets, and though oar
little city cannot be said to snffer more
than all otbor small towns in this rsspsot,!
jet it is an universal evil, a blot upon our
eirilization and a resking stench in tho
nostrils of morality. The evil emanating
from the colored raoe, it is not only proper
but highly comm suitable that efforts at n
remedy should oome from them.
The •Totterv" business is on a boom; tho
ordinary has issued three certificates in the
last twenty-foor hours; the oontraoting
parties are ill white, and it it needless to
add that each holds a lucky number end
will draw a capital prize.
A casual glance at the books reveals the
fact that at this time last year the county
used #12,000. This jetrher outstanding
debt is $2,000 with a fund of #800 in the
treasury, leaving her actual Indebtedness
l! IasW, or just ten per cent, of the amount
doe in 1881. A red notion of one-tenth of I
one per cent, in taxes will be mads this
year with good prospects of a further ■■
Unction in lftKl Truly the sigusvl
Itirnes are that Washington oouuly is pros-
P«ring. 0. H. M. n
Q*ISM.
Mat 24.—Our Ooouee dandy has inserted
his pictare in a frame with a young lad' 's.
We expect he wiU bo spliced soon. We
wish him a happy future.
And onr quiet man said he wished dram-
msrs would strike camps on Woodsy some
where else, especially when Miss F.vasin
town. ,
Crops arc fine in this vicinity; tne busy
farmers are harvesting their grain. They
think the grain crop will surpass that of
last year by 50 per qpnt.
J. 8. Brown e new store is now oom-
pleted. He will begin painting ibis week.
Hoes Bud.
taO. A.
Waynesboro*
Mat 25.-The diminutive kingdom of
B*!***"?, in Western Europe, upon an area
of 1!,<A) square mile-, maintains a popola-
tiou of .W V »i lottl.. Bark. Monty,
y i urn i w i*h cue-third the ares of that priucipal-
liny I'-t Mty, ii content with »),00U inhabitants.
. _ I to cor-! Fo»e*SKing mors tillable soil and a larger
t he would commence territorial extent than any other oounty in
■■ the State, there is no reason why she could
not ^import l,(M),aj0. Ihis is made evi-
dsnt from the following showing. Last
jrar uctes wsreidai'tcd in cotton,
which jitUled :W,U00 bates. At the fair
ait rage of fit) per bale, this would total
Now, if Belgium can *u«taia
j-ucl. an enorm-iai population upon such a
hunted amour t of territory, it is certainly
S returnable tli&t Burke, with her princely
Jiaaiti, c n furnish l■ab*i*t<cc^.• to a num
ber ore-third that of Itelgium’s popula
tion. The re-ourrm of Berks are as yet ou-
dcvclo[Nj'i. When the “anvil chortle"shall
!**'« hreu ronedrd which shall laybr.ru .>ur
latent wnUh, tiu-Q o;d Burks wiU sesame
,i proud i idtioti among the wealthy, hon-
ond raid i.lus riou* coaotiss of the Star*-.
Lntil then the will remain that wLirh ahv
'-k.i, tt- roaitoi.a b-r.U full
u», Uun, (turn to. ol t:..
la ta ih. lUxrMvt tfiu.TWf.1
^■Hlw In .boot. imk, when, In
!,.• nuul. . .hlpineot ,1 th. bb
Mm* and oa lb. «un* Inin with Mr.
*'• lrnff.
ip •< h game of baseball mentioned
.,-1 r. lit. v 1 in another victory for
• mi hnih - > < ub, defeating the DwisUs
. oar.-ot 16 to 4.
idcruble real estate has been ebang-
r. Un> will,in the took few day,
■ i H Hill ill nl ill has bought
kw place, in the sabort* of
moved his f.mily here on
■londay. Mr. Johnson purchseed the
1’. Hpeer bouse, on Taylor etreet. while
. . -peer, hiving bought out Mr. Seifert a
-e Mr. Seifert too* "
» y much to give* up
u^..je been one of o<
- -so*; but we vcntire
Sfsrptobb first lore-i
t*nr racecourse was the scene on last
Tuesday afternoon, cf another exoitiog
contest between W. A. Wilkins b. g. Dex
ter and B. Holstor's a. in. Florence. Two
beats were won successively bj Florence,
who mode it in 2:10. The traok being only
a two-thirds oonrse, the time on a full
mite would be 3:16. Florence may now be
crowned queen of the turf, since she has
won in succession two trotting contests
with hsr rival, Dextsr. A running race be
tween Mr. Ed Fielder's b. g. and Mr. Hen-
r> Bell’s s. m., re»ulted in a viotory for
tfis latter. •
The music of the wires was never sweeter
than on Tuesday last, when tt bore to tho
people the bold, manly utterances of Mr.
Stephens. At last, in plain, unequivocal
terms, the sage has spoken. Using no
sibyllio utterances, be comes boldly to the
front and plants himself squarely upon the
orthodox platform. He declares himself
‘ta Bourbon of the Bourbons," and that ut-
tevknco, pare and sonorou., without any
metallic ring, must fall with blighting ef
fect upon some devoted heads. Now, that
the Mose has spoken, mortal Ups may well
be dumb. What says 0 1. Maroellua Thom,
ton and Mr. Emory 8i>eer.
It is a significant fact in Georgia jour
nalism that a point has been reached,
when tho sanctum of its editors must be
guarded with a majestic array of shot guns.
Col. Hallivan, the veteian editor of ths
Citizen, at this place, has his den orna
mented with o couple of these imposing
and oonvonient(?) utensils. Without
explanation one might imagine that
ante bcllum days hau returned, or that
sanctmn was the last remains of a strand
ed Confederate land-battery or garrison.
^ J. 8. R.
Arlington
Mat 23.—Our little town is all qniet
The merchants are now doing but little
bnsiues*, advancing a littlomeal aud a few
other plantation supplies to the farmers,
nnd resting patiently on their oars and
watting for king cotton with his hoary
locks to pat in his appearanoe.
Our town is grndnnlly and steadily im
proving. I understand onr city fathers
nave or will inaugurate a plan by which
we will soon have on artesian wall*
Snooess to • them, for we only
need pore, good water to make this part of
Georgia one of the finest section* in ths
Sooth.
Our paper, the Arlington Advance; edited
by Mr. J. Jones, is keeping pace with the
timee, gets oat on sohtdiie time and is a
newsy little sheet. I understand Boynton
A Butler will be publishing a paper here
soon which will be owned and edited by
them. I have been reliably informed that
their material and everything necessary fo
darting an eight column pacer has beoi
ordered, and that they intoml getting out
tho first issno of their paper by the 16th *
August. Ho yon see onr little town is
somewhat of a boom just at this time. An
other railroad, an artesian well and an
other paper.
We have bad no marriages or deaths
onr ooramnnity and bot very little sick
ness fer some time post.
The oat crop is being rapidly gathered
now. and with a few more davs uko this
summer-like day the crop will be saved
in tiffs ssctiou; enough made to do the
connty two years. The other crops, corn
nnd ootton, are very small and poor, and
will not begin to oompsre with crops the
same time last year. Wo have good st&hds
' at very small. ,
The fruit crop is a complete failaro in
this section. Ifwogst any fruit this > ear
it will have to be shipped from somewlici
else.
Gardens are all very fine, so the most of
ns are independent.
1 will drop you a card occasionally as
any event that may bsppsn in this Auction.
B,
Abumqtou. May 26.—Borne weeks ago,
N. W. Pace A Hon commenced the erection
ot n large carriage nnd baggy shop in our
town that nearly everybody predicted
would be a failure. To-day I passed
through that shop and looked at andexam-
ed the work in quantity and quality and
pronornoed it a success. They are putting
up buggies aud wagons, and repairing and
doing as good work as can bo done any
where. Tho number of new buggies on
hand nnd old onos there for repair
really astonished me. They have
a first-class workmau who
perintends the work of other goed
mechanics, and I tell yon the work U all
done np in first-class order and style.
Georgo Face, who keeps pace with the
times aud does everything I on fast and
lightning schedule time, is helping to build
np our town and is building np a good,
substantial business and trade. I say suc
cess to N. W. Face A Boo—wish we had
more like them. Bat George knows the
Bainbridgo, Cnthbert and Columbus rail-
Pta-
road is going to be built, and so is pr
paring for it. He knows what kind of
business will pay here.
Wo are having real summer weather
now—weather that we can call warm or
hit.
If million.
Mat 2G.-On Wednesday afternoon, at
the residence of Mr. J. >V. Buellings, about
three mites from Madison, Mr. W. P. Bear
den was married to Miss* Lizzie Few,
youngest daughter of Mr. A. B. N.'Few.
The happy couple have the best wishes of
the community for success and happiness
through life.
The city oouneil have recently purchased
number of the latest improved street
lamps, and hereafter cur city will be
lighted at night, mush to the gratifloat.on
of our citizens.
The grain crop is being borvosted- and
cotton is looking well despite to* late oold
snap.
Messrs. Griggs Bro's. have sold seventy
five reapers this season, and they are un
able io supply the demand.
Onr worthy postmaster, Col. D. 8. John
son, gathered a lot of fine ripe peaohee
from his orchard this morning. Thov are
of the Alexander variety, and the finest
ever seen in this county at this season of
the year.
Caitusa
Mat 20.—In the oase of the State against
L. T. Fotereoa and Fries, charged with as
sault with intent to murder James Meroer
at Jhttter A Bishop's mill, on the night of
tho 20th tosh, and who have been eonfinod
in jail here smce.the prisoners were brought
before the ordinary to-day on a writ
cf habeas corpus. Tho evidence disclosed
the fact that tho prisoners were tried and
committed on Sunday, and the oourt held
tho commitment aud all the proceedings
void. The court, however, remanded the
prisoners until 10 o'clock to-mor
row, to enable the prosecution tc
out a new warrant. Mercer k
very precarious condition. He has
bad wound inflicted with a knife in the
region of the kidneys. The probability is
that Euother commitment trial will be had
about Saturday.J
Farmers are busy harvesting onto. A
good crop will be realized. Sheep owners
are also busy shearing and marking lambs.
They report good results. —
The work of improvement in Eoei-
traou continues in good (earnest
Several new buildings are in coarse of
construction and others are in contempla
tion. Eastman if destined to be a
town of no small importance. The
building of ths “Savannah and Paeifie
Short Lnue Railway” will add very much
towards the growth of the town and the de
velopment or the country. Kastman is on
a direct line from Americas towards Sa
vannah, the terminal point, and offers su
perior inducement* in the way of capital
and enterpising, poblio-spirited citizens.
Onr people took forward withapardonablq
dsgrue of en isfaotiou at the possibilities
this new enterprise will open ap, and they
art ready for every emergency a new rail
road may create. Socsees to the enterprise.
In politics we can report but little. Gen.
Cook will doubtless carry Dodge county
according to the present aspect of affaire.
General Cook wa* the first Democratic
Representative from thi* Congressional
district, and ha* rcpre**oted the district
ever since; nnd now that th* State will be
re-districted by the next Legislature, his
friends claim that be should be returned
ns the last Representative from the district
a* at prestnt organized, ar l thus make hi*
record loll and complete. Oar candidates
for the Legislature are quietly at work.
U00.L. M. Lamar has no opposition for the
Senate, eo far. Pi>pul«r feeling and senti
ment seem to be in favor of Hoo. A. H.
Star bees for governor.
The Eastman suodemyolooeawith an
exhibition Friday night. The programme
arranged by the indefatigable tteneher,
Prof. Johnson, and hi* estimable lady,
promise* to famish a rare trout to patrons
nod scholars.
Gordon.
Mat 24.-To-day has boon one of m ire
than usual interest with ns. The Metro-
diet and Baptist Sunday-schools, after
their disappointment by the railroad au
thorities, turned their attention to the
nearest grove in the neighborhood ana
celebrated the May day at Solomon's mill.
The schools assembled at the pond at 10
o'elock and spent a pleasant time-some
boating, some sourting. A bountiful din
ner was spread at twelve, and the afternoon
was taken up for the most part by “Many,
Many Stars."
llis sinking of a boat this afternoon
ean«ed considerable excitement. Fortu
nately for four boys (who could not swim)
tho water happened to be too shallow to
drown them.
Fort Tallej.
Mat 26.—The affairs of our town are
moving on smoothly. The grain crop in
this pnrt of the moral vinoyard has been
imment-e. The gardens were never finer,
the season* having been propitious.
We have several enterprises in prospect,
viz: Artesian well, to fit up n large and
oommodious building for a mixed school,
ootton seed oil mill, etc. We hope- croak
er* to the oontrary notwithstanding, t<
pull old Houston through tin coming cam
paign without one stain upon the Demo-
crat'c escutcheon of her honor. ~
Social circle.
Mat 24.—A man by the namo of Christo
pher (I think Henry Christopher, not e>
tain), who says he was born and raised _
Macon, Gs., died here at about 10 o'clock
to-day. He had been iu our town about
three or four days, cleaning old scales and
doing little jobs of painting, etc. Ho had
where, contracting cold, which resulted
pneumonia in a violent form, and resulted
av above noticed. I write you this think
ing perhaps be had a family or friends i
your town, supposing you would make _
note of the same in your paper for tbeir
bonefit. The deceased *s a stranger to us,
and though without money and clothes,
onr citizens will drape him neatly and in
ter him in onr cemetery decently this *
*n Thurmon, colored, the mother of the
•child.
Politics is beginning to loom up some
what. The biennial crop of legislative
candidates is plentiful. Bacon seems to
be decidedly the favorite for governor.
V. H. W.
lIow.Jo* W. Preston Defines His Po-
tetuoon.
A CiTizm.
Florence.
Mat 26.—Our community is qniet The
ootton crop looks somewhat worsted from
the oold weather that has prevailed of life.
Corn prospects are the best we have had
iu ten years. Oats are being harvested, *
which tlicre is an abundant orop.
Politics i< not even yet begun.
Onr people are gradually bat slowly
covering from their disasters. I. F. C.
Foestth, May 27.—A gentleman from the
lower part of the copgty reports n serious,
accident to a construction trnin*cn the Ma-
oon and Brunswick extension A day ot (wo
ago. While crossing a trestle with a train
loaded with crossties, ths wheel broko, let
ting the axle down ou the crossties, and the
trestle was tom nu and several cars thrown
from the track and demolishtd. Two ne-
groos were covered np by falling crossties,
and were seriously hnrt. The damage
cars and track is estimated at about
#5,000.
Grain planting is progressing rapidly,
with an unprecedentedly fine yield in oats.
There is an acre patch in town upon which
it is claimed that 140 bushels will be mnde.
The patch produced 127 bo/hels in 1879 by
actual measure, and has a finer stand this
year than then.
The late fithiug excursion down the Cen
tral railroad, ouder the oomniand of Cap
tain Tom Caban Us. has returned to too
hospital, and sinoe their return they are en
joying periodic chills and fevers—brought
on, it is thought, by mixing too much wa
ter with their “bitter*;” which proceeding,
according to Charles Lamb, always spoils
two good things.
A merlcm.
Mat 27.—A heavy rain passed over the
city Thursday afternoon, accompanied by
somo wind and considerable hail. But
slight damage to growing crops by the hall
ie reported. Mr. Mass ay, son-in-law of
Dr. J. G. McCrary, of Macon, whose plan
tation is just west of the city, is tho great
est sufferer. He reports his corn literally
torn to pleoes.
Th* largo new briok building of Hsmil of progre-a.
Brothers, now being built, had part of its Fauou> DuPree, of Houston connty, in-
fopndakon undermined by water pouring tends to pnblish a paper in Dooly county.
is almost unprecedented. Rev. J. W. Jor
dan, Jr., harvested over 460 bushels from
six and one-half acres.
Mr. Brioe Adams, eight miles south of
the city, has several acres from which he
f athered over 100 bushels each. These
guree are of oonrse above an average, but
are by no means exceptional.
The fair of Mechanics Fire Corape
No. 2, to be held from June Gth to the It...
Inclusive, is already nn assured suooees.
Our home merchants and people have con
tributed liberally, while “the boys” have
received quite a number of valuable contri
butions from abroad. The interest of a
number of onr fnir ladies is enlisted in the
cause, which ot itself is a harbinger ot
r ... . uiuur C117. nave soia oui
to Wooten A Fore!, who will continue the
business at the old stand.
ng man was shot last night L,
UU dropping of a pistol upon the
sidewalk. Tn# ball took effect in the left
knee. The wound is not serious. Bach
are the facts as reported to the public.
W.
Jackson*
Mat 26.—Oar popular school commis
sioner, aided by our ablo board of oduca-
*ton»l* to-day conducting the examination
>f nil those who desire to engage as teach
ers in onr public schools in a most system
atic manner, and one would judge that a
higher standard ot scholarship would be in
demand and that they mount that the
training of oar youth should iu the future
be entrusted to abler minds. If the change
is made (as we hope it will be), it will not
be inappreciable.
The reports from onr farmers are eery
encouraging. Wheat and oats are now
being harvested, and tbs yield will prove
maoh larger than has been actioipated.
The “voi°e” of the thresher is now
heard in the land, nnd no more corn will I
buy at IMO cash, or $1.76 on time: my
bread I'll have at home, and I will feed
oats to my mult*.
Cotton looks pony and the stand sorry;
mrn ie small, with good stands, except to
ow, wet bottom lands, where bud worms
have done some damage. Irish potatoes
were never better, and the area devoted to
eweet potatoes is ten per osaU above the
average.
Jots e* boro.
Mat 27.—Er.rythin* u .jui.t Few pto-
-t oome lato town, and tboM who oom.
00* remain loag. .
The lut year', crop, were abort *ad th.
farmer, are enconomlrina to make ap for
it. Than are maayaaw !*bor-urtai,ma-
.Uom Mas bronght lato onr connty.
John and Green Doreey hare jut bought a
n*w reaper and binder. Tier, were xron
hundred and fifty ton. of gnano .old hero
thi. .pring— much In. than Lut year.
Prof. Key’. Mhool picnicked at Dixon',
budj-c ycaterdey. Had a royal time. No
8t.pb.n. i. not the ptople’. choice for
goTtraoi.
Jowniowo, M«y 27.—It ia ramored here
that th. votuMutum went to twd with
Mardlu Thornton. Bit them again; it U
relUtwd ap h*re. The cocuplracy condi.
data wiU b* left and don’t yon forget it
The DMaocraay of (reorgin will Nteet their
governor without the aaggwtion of the
f*r-furred qanil-eater, or by tho dictation
- th. “bore." editor, y on Iret k.
r.1 button.
Mi, 27.—CoL Gentry wm in Ure city
terday aariling upon ocr people in th. la-
t.raat of th. Timor atr 11 ton HawanoBa.
Tire oat crop in Talbot count, ia turning
oat epUndidly. Othar crop, looking weir.
CoaarapoaDnrr.
Knox illle.
Uat *.— 1 Ths reoui rain. her. bronght
pot oar crop, eoctiderebly. Corn i* grow
ing rapidly, sad pretetr on aneonraging
meet Dwpit.Ure recant cotdwaNher,
ootton U growing rapidly, nod ia nearly all
dtopnadooL IS*oat crop is M finest
within tire memory of area, and w treat b*t-
*— ‘l>“ lot aarerel year* port, though it
m. to b* Tery partial-poor la some
“M! moon, and titreoialy fine ia othar*
-00 *h* whole, maoh shore the arareg*.
Oar oomm unity has had some little »x-
•Braun* era 1 murder. Th. body of a
uHTihUrUi, uier siay *u.~-ininori jua-
Teleyraph ana Messenger:—In your
daily issue ot yesterday .and on the editorial
fcage, I have just read the following—«,iTca
as an item of news : "It is rumored that
daring the coming Congressional cam-
pa'gu, ths red cape of toeindspendent* in
this district will be thrown op for Colo
nel Freeton, of Montieello " I respectful
ly as«, and do not donbt that you will ex
tend to me the courtesy to insert in your
paper, the following reference to that
statement *
Two years ago, circumstances seemed to
require of me a public expression of opin
ion upon oertain acts of some organized
Democrats ip the district. In this letter, I
took occasion to refer and to point out
some methods and practices which I then
considered unfair, nojart and impolitic. I
urged upon the public the fact that such
practices within the ptrty lines wonid,
necesarily and inevitably, lead to great
dissatisfaction andindependentism. Under
like dreumstanoes, I would repeat with
more emphasis what I then stated. Bat I
defy any person to affirm truth-
fully, that I ever, atat any time, anywhere,
in any manner, to any person or persons,
ottered one word, wrote one line, or did
one net from which any sane man could
have inferred that I was, am, or intended
to beoome an independent: or that I sym-
friendship and favor of the people of my
community, and confess to a laudable am
bition, I have no such vaulting ambition,
and am not so anxious to obtain offloe, that
I must ask or accept it by kicking oot of
the trace* of the only party that guarantees
safety to the liberties and to the material
interests of the whole country. I can afford
to hold office when properly tendered, and
should then feel honored; but I cannot af
ford to seek or aooept it at the sacrifice of
my principle* and my manhood. Never do
I expect to abandon this party or oease to
seek remedies of evils within its ranks un
til it shall have lost eight of the grand
dvctrlnss and tenets which have been
from time to time authoritatively formu
lated and promulgated throughout the na
tion, until the evils Inside the party beoome
vicious, uncontrollable and intolerable.
In that event, nothing frould be wiser,
safer nor more manly than to become and
remain independent of the i>arty. In each
an event, i should unhesitatingly leave it.
In the ranks of the announced indepen
dents I have personal friends, for whom I
have ever entertained sentiments of the
highest esteem. To them, and to all other
most be permitted to say that the coalition
character, Artharismatic character, and
the aromatic, boeeismntio, shoulder-strap-
cap, cap or no cap, I propose to remain in
the ranks of tho organized Democracy ns
long as the principles and praotioes of that
party seem to me to sustain tho honor
of the country aad to protect the rights
of our whole people. Having heard this
rumor in other placoe, which lam satisfied
is the act of an unfriendly tongue, I desire
that the impression whioh may have boon
made by the extensive circulation of your
paper should be oorrecied, and my position
definitely understood. I trust thi# will sat
isfy Mrs. Rumor and her playmates.
Keepectraiiy.
Jos. W. Pbestox.
T1IE GEORGIA DRESS.
What the People Think and Do.
Mae. Jons Culheiwon, ot Atlanta is
dead.
Augusta had a firo night before last
which destroyed four houses.
iMTzaMTixo revival meeting# are in
progress in numbers of our Georgia towns.
Fbaxk HAintoxn, of Atlanta, has been
severely injured by being thrown from
horse.
Mas. Eliza O. Aiebi. Mr. Jams* Y. Grif
fin and Mise Alice Godwin, of L&Urangs,
are dead.
Mabuti.ho goes ou at a lively rate in Co
lumbus. It is indicative of the right sort
Mam Hkvbiett - Kaioueb, of Fort Valley,
is deed.
Mb. O. J. Faukeotox, an old citizen of
Albany, ie dead.
The oat crop of Emanuel county ie the
best einoe the war,
Judos T. J. Ateumoil a prominent citi
zen of M&riotU, is dead’.
Success to him.
The Reporter sere: "Many citizens of
LaGrango favor Hon. N. J. Hammond for
United States Senator.
Tue smoko house of Mr. Ell A. Veazey,
f Groene oounty, was 1 *'—* * *
robbed of its contents.
Fixe connty is enjoying a boom in tho
mnttcr of labor-saving machinery. Old
Pike ia on the right line.
^ Tn* Da xner-Wntchman reports num-
hers of improvements going on, and in
oontemplntion, in Athens.
The paper* are all advising the farmers
to eare their wheat and oat straw with
great care, aud the counsel is good.
Thieves are driving a Jolly business in
fowls throughout the State. The At
lanta darkey holds hie own on this line.
Judge Wabash is recovering, as we learn
from the News and Adrertuer, and will
soon be able to resume his judicial rounds.
Jo* E, Thumxoxd, convicted ot horse
stealing, at th* Clarke Su|>erior Court, has
been sentenced to six years in the peni
tentiary.
Hocstoh Home Journal: Two of the
beet ootton planter# in nae, the 'Dow Law*
and the 'King,' were ioTemod by Houston
oounty men.
Tn* jury In the case of Dr. Gardner, of
Atlanta, charged with ooneealing a small
pox oase in toe city, retained a verdict of
“not oniltv.”
'nut guilty.'
The Mirror and Advertiser any#:
“Mr.
W. JS. Brown’s oats are the finest we have
seen this season. He will doubtless make
over 100 bushels per core.
Ir is staled that “the entire line of the
Georgia railroad will be ballasted with
stone.” It would be well for the other
roads to bike the samo step.
BnorataJonx H. Hodges is braggii
about a oollard plant in his garden that —
U9X inches in circumferenoe, and John i*
- truthful fellow, at that.
Albast Sews and Adrertiser: Maybo
tho Atlanta Constitution hadn’t a rt “word"
rora Joe Brown when U wrote "a word t<
Mr. Stephens" abont n week ago.
Thzbb ie no small-pox in Cnthbert and
there has been none, and the citizen* there
are properly indignant at the false reports
thm have been circulated on the subject.
The Rome Courier says: "The Atlanta
and Rome rn'lzoad have completed their
telegraph line fo this city, and it is now
in working order from Rome to Mscon via
Atlanta.
The Mr. J. R. Roberson who attempted
to extract the fangs from a dead rattle
snake wan not a citizen of MoYille, ns the
H r ateAman informs us. We sbail have to
give it np.
GoBEStnoao Herald: The people are
generally in the grain fields this week, and
by the last of next, tbs largest andf beet
crop of grain will be saved that has been
cut sinoe the war.
The Recorder estimates that 10,000 bush
els of oats will be raised witliiu and imme
diately around the city of Americas. There
can be no question that the oat orop of the
Btate is enormous.
Thb Albany Serve and Advertiser stye:
The Atlanta Constitution has 'flopped.'"
Brother McIntosh is right. The great
Hopper has fiopped. It is remarkably ex
pert at the business.
Font Gain w Tribune: "The squirrel in
the tree question is still unsettled, though
most of onr best debaters maintain that it
is impossible to go around the tree without
going around the squirrel."
T*b Democrats of Greene oounty, are
moving in the matter of organization.
Cannot tbs Democrats of old Greens re
deem their connty ? It is time they were
making a supreme effort in that direction.
A mbubo named George Wakhingtocue-
oenHj. saved Jacob Martin, a white boy.
Mb. 8. B. Kuo, ai old akd valuable citi
zen of Lee comity, is dead.
. U?*po*al Thobxto* is ths ruling spirit
In the Fulton county aesthetic club.
Thb railroad commission weie to have a
meeting in Atlanta on yesterday.
Mb. Klueut Faoax has gone to tho Hot
Springe, Arkansas, in search of health.
Thb Spanish oonanl for the port of Sa
vannah has gone to Europe for the benefit
of his health.
Tub Uawkinsville Dispatch pronounces
in favor cf toe majority role in the Demo
cratic convention.
Gotbemob Colquitt will deliver the lite
rary address at the Butler Female College
on th* 28th day of Jnn9.
Tn* dog toxin Marietta puts thahand
some eum of $600 iu the city treasury. It
ie a dog-ged good business.
Mabietta Journal: Dr. Wm. A. Greene,
of Canton, has been adjudged insane, and
sent to the asylum at Milieagerille.
The Democratic oxecutire committee of
Lanrens county have called a meeting tor
the 27th instant, ns we learn from the Tost,
The 3amter county agricultural society
has decided to hold a fair, commencing on
the 24th day of October and continuing
four days.
Mu. Jemt Aveba, of Fort Valley, hna
gone to Texas. Houston county.. Georgia,
is a better place to live iu than aby part of
Texas, in our judgment.
The Sews and Advertiser very properly
and thoughtfully favors the retirement of
Mr. Stephens from office, in accordance
with his original intention.
Cbiceem thieves drive a flourishing ba#i-
nets in Savannah. They have not the f *ar
of the law before their eyes. Death ought
to be the penalty for stealing.
The Darien Gazette decUros that "the
A. O. Bacon boom has reached, every sec
tion ot the State." The sections couldn’t
boom for a better or worthier man.
BaoTHaa Hahooce gives the newspaper
sponge some solid advioo, but the sponge
is not going to take it. He will borrow
his neighbor's paper, all the same.
Theme ha* been a lively time, for the
past few days, among the Savannah mili
tary companies. Review#, parades end
inspections have been the order of the day.
The Banner-Watchman says: "Five
legislative candidates are said to be on
a still-hunt in Clarke." This thing of of
fice-seeking ie responsible for the moetof
our political woes.
SuEiurr Dbewbt W. Tatlob died in Haw-
kinsv'Tle on toe 23rd Inst., In the 7.trd year
of hie age. The Dispatch pays a handsome
and deserved tribute to his many excellen
cies of character.
Masteu Willie Monk recently savod a
young lady from d owning, iu a poud near
Butler, at cotuiderable risk to himseiu.
The Herald feelingly records tho fialUfitry
of too little fellow.
The Enterprise report* that the crop
prospect of Thomas county is the finest fur
years. The truth is, tho Thomas county
farmers are example# to the farmers in
many other counties in the State.
Dan Jenkins, a Centerville darky, has
gone to the chain-gang for nine months,
for stealing corn. Another coalition voto
gone. The party is disappearing behind
prison bars.
J. R. Thompson, of Atlanta,charged with
cheating and swindling by Steve Terry, ap
peared before Justioe Pitchford, on Wed-
nesday, and gave bond for his appearance
to stand final trial.
Rome boasts of a logger-hsad turtle,
weighing eighty-three pounds, that was
caught in a net in tho Oostanaula river. Tho
strength of the not is more wonderful than
the size of the turtle.
Ishmaelite: If Mr. Stephens has strayed
from tho path ot political virtue nnd con
sistency and gone arter strange gods it is
probable that Hon. A. O. Bacon will be
next governor of Georgia..
The Swninsboro Herald invites corres
pondence from alt persons that are willing
to represent Emannel connty in the legisla
ture. If the editor answers all the letters
that be will receive be will become bank
rupt.
Tn» Banner-Watchman mysteriously
says: Thero is another startling disoivery
about to bo made in the liountrcc murder'
r.ud if it tarns ont as expected the prosecu
tion will bo as anxious for a new trial as
the defense.
Tn* Walton Sews and Vidette says that
“the dogs are again killing Mr. John Ste
phen Hester's sheep.’’ Well, why doesn'
Mr. John Stephen Hester kill tho dogs .
It is imtKMsibfe to pnt a sheep-killing dog
to any better use.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Pan!
H. Hayne has been invited to deliver a
poem or address at the next commence
ment of Emory College, Oa., and a poem
at tho unveiling of the Confederate monu
ment in Charleston.
McDuffie Journal: Many of onr farmers
■peak of plowing np nnd replanting their
ootton. There is no doubt that mush of it
has been killed by the oold, wet weather.
But nobody hi* ever seen each abut dant
oat and wheat orops.
Oh Monday, at Clarke Superior (Vrart,
Judgo Pottle sent a bailiff to jail for
twenty-four hours, in default of paying a
$23. The offense consisted in the
bailill e allowing a juror to visit his home
while a case was in progress.
Sews and Videtts: There are several
farmers near Hardman’s mill, in Morgan
county, who have oorn to sell at #1X0 tier
bnshsl. They have refused higher prices
from merohants, but prefer to keep it aud
tell it to their needy neighbors.
THKlate editor of the Jshmaelits takes
this occasion to express his earnest 10
knowledgments to those of his brethren ot
the press who have spoxen in kind terms of
mm since his aeoMslon tothe editorial
staff of the Trleomaph and Mem eh
Sumter Republican: "Before ns is a
stalk of cotton iron the farm of Jesse Sal
ter, of Sumter county, thirty inches high,
and he has tan acre* of that kind in coTii-
vation. This ootton was planted the last
days of February. Pretty rapid work, say
Ishmaelite: Franklin College, sometimes ^ Eastman Times: At Bishop A lie«t* r’s
known ns the “ University.” seems to be. mill, a few mile# below Chauncey, on bat-
in a bad state. With a curriculum in no re- nrdsy night last, Mr. James Mercer was
epect superior to that of Mercer and Em- ‘ fearfully cut and stabbed by two young
men, whose names ore given as J. D. Price
spect superior to tost of Mercer and Em
ory, with professors whose ability ia large
ly unknown outside the walls of the insti
tution, iu a community permeated by poliU
icnl corruption, attended by yoang men
whose societies endorse the course of Em
ory Speer, how can it hope to be able to
oompeto with its more favored sisters.
The residence of M?. Thomas J. Young,
seven miles from Thomaaville, was destroy
ed by fire on Tuesday morning. The fire
was communicated from the stove flue.
Efforts wore made to save the outhouses,
Aldant News ami Advertiser: The Hon.
Alexander Stephens ongbt to retire at the
close ot his present term in Congress, in
accordance with the announcement that
he made a few weeks ago, and for tho very
reasons that he then assigned for eo doing.
Ue-oyree that much to the people of Geor
gia and to the Democratic party after hav
ing been honored by them so long—^until
he is no longer able to serve them in an
official capacity.
Thouahtillk Enterprise: From Col.
W. A. Lane, mayor or Quitman, we learn
that Brooks oounty will bo able to ship at
least two oar loads of melons within the
next week or ten days. Several ripe ones
have already been gathered from the patch
es near Quitman. This ie rather ahead of
Thomas, but can he accounted for on the
grounds that friend Perham is one of the
growers this year. If we can prevail
safe.
Savannah Sews: We learn that a promi
nent Irishman, bringing letters of intro
duction from Father Sheehy to President
Doyle, of tho Savannah brunch of the
above League, has arrived in this city, aud
that the League aro making arrangements
for a lecture to be delivered by the distin
guished gentleman on the present status of
affairs imirtlaml. As this is a matter oc
cupying a large share of public attention
at the present time, we have ni doubt that
the lecturer will be welcomed by a large
and appreciative audience.
Amkbicuj Republican: This is truly
pitiable—a young man put in jail for a
crime—hi* mother in her Northern home,
becoming a raving maniac in consequence.
If young men would reflect upon the effect
their misdeeds have upon their parents it
seems tone they would abstain from crimt.
A young man wight as well stab his moth
er to the heart with a knife as to kill her
inch by inoh by committing crime. Truly,
the path of duty is the only safe path, and
the young mon of our city can well illus
trate their manhood in striving for the
highest nnd purest excellence.
Ishmaelite: In tho issue of the Ishmae
lite ot the 10th inst. was a statement that
Hanoook county would make about 700,000
bushels of oats this season. A citizeu of
the oounty doubtful of the accuracy of the
calculation, and wearing a pair of smoked
glasses, was met in town one day last week
by Mr. Roberts, of the Ishmaelite t who
with that Inquisitivoces* pertaining unto
newspaper men, inquired as to the ailment
that they
looking
bnsSiTfVfldh^
from drowning in l!.u caiwl at th* toot of
N.w itrwt, HeTituub. Uwroi WNhia*.
too dNNTNgrttt endit for V. promt t-
ness is this matter.
Bunmw Vilely: Mr. 1. P. 8. KNh hu
roarura. of Mntc.it rut-proof o.u ttuu.
will nukONWitj.fiT. btuhtU to th. ten.
i«l«.from>Nmrto
•hnf left »t this ora-w, w, do oot Mur.
lb. fontoiojt Ntim.u to niarnM.
U l town from tl>« A then. 11,inner that
Nrenl of the leading citizen, of Athan.
u< among tboN ihnt bar. imn indictod
for flteifmT voting. Th. i.w on«tit not to
bo n reapeHar of perootu. Landing ciu-
r*tj ondht to Nt n pood exempt*, whan
th./ violate the tow, jnatiu ibonld .trite
them with nn impartial aud an unerring
‘■and.
AcoCTTi Chronicle: 8m the voang man
•itlino oa tho earbetone reeling the circa-
Ur. It i. neither . tract nor an invitation
to n picnic. It 1. « proapeotu of the Nop.
tin! Endowment ANoeiatioii, and the
jonth to .tndyins how to get married in
•ii mouth* and beat th. aoctot, oot of a
briitol tour.
. nzwnmzTiuj Dapatch: “It to ..id that
Mr. Jo. B. DjrkN, n.ar Col.y’. Station, tn
thto county, hu ■ forty-zero field of the
beet otto ever teen in that Hction. Thou
»<*? h»v» n*o th. otto think thay will
mak. fifty bnahaU to th. ter,. Thay ware
srown on . pieeo of lend that hu been
wall enriched from rent to year for Nvcrt!
year, put for ootton and com."
. “Iff* Dowel!, of Mem.
Md, Ohio, connected will: tha Anllman-
Taylor company, wu in town yettentoy to
N. what ha eould on. He uy. that be hu
Imn over forty BtatM and torritortoi, and
Uke. Georgia better than any of them,
tt htie be to doing well in Ohio, he wauta to
home to a better country to enjoy” Ilf. and
health. He hu ttruek th. right ration.”
“WiraTWUI broom, of Maconwban .11
th. new railroad, touting to and vi.
Hawkin.viil. in compIMed?" ukl th.
mwkituvill. .Yrtra. Th. iteration i. Muily
•mowed. Muon will jut go ah. ad,
.praadlng oat and covering tha .arronad-
tng .action and giving Hawkina.ili. an ex
ample of progrera which it may wtoely imi.
tatt, bat cinnot nop. to ctinM. That'.th.
preemit outlook.
A* anting match between the .indanto of
an Alabama coito.»w ro.nl ed ia th. victor
rating thtrty-Nv.n btoenitin s'.teen min-
OtM. So lay. the AVic. amt Yulrtlr. WML
Alabama may have th. ehampieiuhip on
will b. ram.mb.rod that tl.e quoito went
back on them, bat Corporal Thornton ac-
tdaily fattened on Item.
Mourm Journal: A negro Imn Alton-
[eztoppod over in Powder Sprirp nnd
ClIV
to... ..uj u ivuaium
htc“b*(] thousand
>r »li arts wee in-
.. fee* v t& V‘o Ga-
forward with vi claim of
1,125.000 bushels for Wilkes county. To
use the impressivo language of an able ad
vocate “tout do settle it." Now let’s hear
from Si Hawkins aud the lines will cloeo
up.
Mubbaih Is destroying the cattle in
Coweta county.
An interesting revival meeting is
progress in Talbotton.
The dogs about Perry interview loaded
egift and cross over the river.
Tub alligators are threatening to invade
Savannah from the river side*
The Democratic executive committee
Dougherty county meets in Albany to-day.
Honestly, now. we didn’t Aenn to rnf-
fie Brother Hairy's footings about the “vol
unteor oats."
Ed Petty, nn Atlanta dray driver, had
two ribs broken on Thursday by a kick
from a mule.
The laying of brick on ths new cotton
faotory in Home is to oommence about the
10th of June.
Ma. Edwabd Gaudelkt, a man of high
scientific attainments, died in Augusta on
last Wednesday.
The Democratic executive committe of
Houston, will meet in Perry on the second
Saturday in Jane.
The I\nuttlite says: "Dr. Watkins has
onions growing in hU garden fifteen inches
in circumference.”
Now here comes the Augusta Sews with
“fifty bushels" of volunteer oats to the
acre 1 Great snakee!
The Enterprise says "250,000 young shad
were placed in Yellow rivor at the railroad
bridge, last i riday."
Tn* Democratic executive committee
for Coweta county his been called to meet
in Newnan on the first Tuesday in June.
Tvo Atlanta boys were playing—one of
them bad an open knifo. A deep wound
in the shoulder of one of them was the rc
suit
Dalton Citisen: Whitfield oounty has
some as fin* clover fluids as we ever saw,
the clover in many fields being a foot and
a hfif high.
Tn* Enquirer-Sun has located that com
et “far up the silvory water* ot the Chatta
hoochee.” Thqt K*»lnIV mHIml n-UI ui->.
along tho lines.
Thebe were 230 delegates in attendance
on the ninth anunal convention of the
State Sunday-school association, rooent*/
met in Savannah. •
A merATCH from Eureka Springs reports
Mr. Hill much improved, with the prospect
of an indefinite postponement ot the
calamity of his death.
Lieutenant J. T. Howahd, of the Ba^
vannah police force, died at the residence
.Tr“, k 7“ uiwu »» wioruiuenoe
of his sister, Mrs. Henry Bryan, in Walker
county, on last We nesday.
Woke on tha new artesian well in Albany
ia* commenced. Brother Uyington has
his heart set on having one in Fort Valley,
and he is going to suooeed.
A DAXOKBOUH new counterfeit dollar is in
circulation and the bloated bondholders of
the prees are unhappy, lest they may have
taken one or two of them in
Editoss ere proverbially good on oats—
of the tame variety. Here is friend
Chaves, of the Dawson Journal, with a
yield of 330 bushels on 10 acres.
Chablbt Holmes, of Atlanta, has had
hii right arm badly fractured by an acci
dental blow from a base-ball bat. The
base-ball bat is an unmitigated nuisance.
The lower edge of Lanrens has been vis-
ted by a destructive wind aud hail storm.
Much damage was done to growing crocs,
-id a good deal cf timber was blown
iwn.
We learn from the Echo that Mr. Jo#
Lsooe, of Oglethorpe, has invented an im
proved wagon wheel in which the spokes
can be put ib or taken out without remov
ing the tire.
The editors of the Dawsoe Journal are
on the grand jury thi* week, and the feet
will be apparent in the wisdom that will
characterize the presentments. See if we
are not right.
Youno Walter Ueidt, of Savannah, who
was struck in the bead with a atone by a
been ar reeled.
Thi Herald uad (loorttian makro oom-
plaint ot the robbing of gardatw by va-
grast negroea in BandaravUle. Why don't
municipal aatboritira, th .nagboat tha
State, enforce th. vagrant tow 7
Thi Albany Adteriiarr eonclnairoly op.
broke oot with the email-pot. Hr. Cto- Ttearorag. darky to a night-working in
poara the nomination of Ur. Btopten. for
governor on the ground that H te ia dto-
qualified byphniual infinnitiea and old
aga for the duliee of the olhee."
Tun Sent ray.: “Tta Macon Tu
coon to not n Stephens paper by a long
•hot.” TUto to .trictl. t-ue! Mr. 8tZ
pbeo. it worn ont and he ought to b. per
mitted to >pead tn* balance ol hi. don in
peace.
The attention of Brother Grady to callad
to the foot that it to eiaitned, by on L ibor,
ton editor, that daring a lato rain in that
ptooa a inrtlt waa rained down. “H. IV.
G.” mnat look after thee, wild talking edi-
•m.
Tn roitoratod .atomont on tte part of
tr e,teemed eontemporarira that “rip.
Piama an ptoobfnl and th. price to likely
to droiine, to conduir. of tte fact that
‘be drug .tore, raid the doctor! are reaping
Tn negro Knight, of Labor held a oon-
vention in Savannah oaThnnday. Ifttey
wonid drop tte K from tte noma of their
organization it would be mon appropriate.
coSTvSTS^ hSU? 1 ' 1 ** °*J r y p ' l Wman“ , frond n h?5 matte! | "r^Tmunm of mndidotra for tte vortona
child wra fccod ia aa ojd nU on ttepirai~ I i tS “■» '
of murder, rommiitod by 8a- tj*g^P™Tid.r.of ofitoial Umber, are
and S. T. Peterson.
Thb darkies have i new order called Ihe
“Hons and Daughters of Jacob." It is a
sort of a jcke on Jacob, who, according to
the beet information within our reach, did
not hive a single eon or daughter pf the
African per*a**iou»
Newnan Herald: We aro informed by
Mr. W. L. Brooks that the frost, on Tues
day night of last week, killed corn and
ootton and potatoes on the bottom lands in
the third district. He report* the cotton
prospect very gloomy. '
Mas. Uaylosd Smith has been defending
the red men before large end war-like Sa
vannah audiences. We are glad of this.
Oar neighbor, the Sews, will flow probably
oeaso to speak ot poor Lo in terms ot a op
pressed hostility,
DeKalb News: "The Atlanta Post-Appeal
appears to want Bartow Roantree tried tor
act'.dentally shooting bis brotlier, in an ef
fort tn defend his Ufa in an attack made
on him by Johnson and Echols.” That's the
'vay it appeared to ne: bat the aesthete of
the Poet-Appeal said it wae “a campaign
Ue.” The News ia right about it.
Covington Enterprise : On last Friday
night, Messrs. John McCurdy and Noan
Parker, two young mon who live in tho
neighborhood of Newton factory, trent
over to the wagon yard where Mr. Ran
dolph Persons aud several others had
camped. Words ensned and rocks were
thrown by the yoang men at those in the
wagon. Persons fired his pistol at his as
sailant*, nnd ono shot took effect near the
hip of Mr. McCurdy. Hnjpiday night
McCnrdy died at the Cruse but uia
physician declares that the wound did not
cause his death. I
Anothkb coalition vote is bubbled. A
darky in Tilton broke into n house at night
and stole the owner's breeches. With that
fatuity which characterizes the coalition,
ho wore the breeches to Dalton on Tues
day lest, and was detected nnd sent to
jail. Tims tho coalitija h surely getting
within walls.
We have reoeivedthe proepeotns of tho
Evening Herald, a paper to be issued dally
in the oily of Atlanta, by Sam W. Small
and Howard Williams. These gentlemen
have already made their mark on the
journalism of Georgia, and they are des
tined to win still greater fame in the field
now opening before them. A good and re
liable evening daily is mnch needed in At
lanta, and we feel assured that the Evening
Herald will ably and conclusively meet
this want. The Tklbobapb and Messkhobb
wishes well to the new enterprise.
Romb Courier: In conversation with
fanners from different parts ot the county
who were in the city veeterda*, wo learn
that the wheat and oat crops are very fine,
corn is doing well, bnt that tho ootton
crop is very materially and seriously
damaged by the late cold spell and frosts.
HoraTON Home Journal: The dictation
of the coalitionists should not be acoepted
as law by the Democrats. There is more
than one man in the State who is capable
of making for Georgia an acceptable gov-
‘Sutleb’ Sidney Lewis nine the Geor
gia press column of the Macon Tele-
oeaph.” says the quail eater. The penetra
tion of the quail eater is commensurate
with bis nbdomiual efficiency. Long live tne
valiant trencherm/m of the Post-Appeal/
When we move the eutler’e shop to At
lanta wo shall keep constantly on hu yd a
large supply of quails.
Oua friend of the Covington Enterprise
remarks: "The Teleohaph gets better and
better every issue.” This is because it
works solely for the good of the State, and
rejects every consideration of selfish per
sonalism. The people of Georgia appreci
ate a bold and honestly independent Demo
cratic paper.
Enguirer Sun: "It ie almost pitiful to seo
ad old and ugly man taking stock in a
marriage aid association. He does not un
derstand the case. The association does
not really^ id a man in finding some ono
who will nhtrry him. It proposes to give a
oertain arnonnt of%oney to a man who
suffers marriage." in all sncli cases wo
think it is the woman “who suffers mar
riage,” and the money ought to be paid to
her.
Banner-Watchman: "Tbo proprietor of
the Post-Appeal is an acknowledged Radi
cal. and vet hie paper is tho organ ot tho
indeperdent party. This is another straw
tint shows the way that coalition wind
blowr." There is some confusion aa to
what Corporal Thornton really is. That
r? k *1? Radical antecedents is indisputa
ble. It is likewise a certainty that be is in *
the lead of the Stephens wing of the Demo
crats in the matter of the gubernatorial
candidacy of the old gentleman. Marcel*
la* is what the old dareey preacher would
have called “a curioystor.” •
The Newnan Herald wanta an example
made of the garden thievrsin that place.
Hanging one or two of these night prow-
ler# m every community would have a good
Th* only way to cure a thief is to
kill him.
Oolbthobpb Echo: "Last Monday morn
ing a two-horse wagon passed through
Lexiugtou loaded with wool. Why our
farmer* do not pay more attention to this
industry and lees to the raising of fox
hounds we oannot see. Wool pays better
for the amount expended than any crop
yon can raiee, yet but few of onr farmer*
attempt it at all.”
Albany AVu-a and Advertiser: Colonel
Marcellos E. Thornton’s paper remarks
that "He who laughs last laughs beet,"
and then exnltinglN exclaims : “Now let
the Bourbons ‘kick" They baTo got to
take Mr. Stephens.” If by "Bourbons” tho
Post-Appeal means the organized Demo
crats—and wo presume it does - we would
here remark that the nomination of Mr.
Stephens by tho convention which is to
oonvene in Atlanta in July, is by no means
a foregone conclusion ar yet. In our
opinion it ia mixed with much doubt. Tl e
Post-Appealmnrtherefore be taking its
last” and “beet" smile a little premature
ly. Mr. Stephen* certainly ha« very few
supporters for tho Democratic nomination
ainouz the Democrats of this section.
Only themilk-and-cidcr men are in favor
of surrendering to him.
Columbus Enquirer: Yesterday rn acci-
«f®t occurred to the dam of ths Colnmbw
Mills that will canae a ea«pt-:tsioa of oper
ations for two or three days. They are
building a nzw water house nnd repairing
the dam. In order to exclude the water
(luring the prucoaeof tne work, a coffer-
Jam .a. bailt above. It 1. tli.ca.tom to
allow thto w.tev to eroapo when tbo mill
to not rnnninn, but in thu lnatonoe it wra
not don. Th* water aoenmnlaled until it
overflowed, wuhlngnwny the work, below,
anc alio damaging the coffer-dam. It will
,a ii™* or four day. and the
mill, will run u nintl.
Tooooa Herald: Wa team that tha dead
body of a n.fro sirlwiu found in North
river near th. Brackit farm, in Franklin
oounty, last Satnrdiy. Upon elimination
her .Lull waa found to bo fractured, end
one of her nrmn broken. Other injurie.
mar ztoo have ben (Uncovered. It wu
evident that .to had bran killed and
thrown into tha river. On. BA. Poole, a
n»zro fellow reeidind in the .ome neijb-
borhood, hu been charged with her mar.
der, and wu pnt on trial before a commit
ting count ia Oararavilla, but Wedneeday.
Wlua onr informant left the com bad not
been concluded, bat b. to eaiiafled from
the evidence which be board that thane,
crown*bound over to amwrrIh.ebann
us th. Superior Court.
“Tn Macon Tuain to oS on a tin-
(font attain, and to opiauing Stephens to,
governor a (teat deal more vehemently *
than to tweeuary. The Txuuiani to n
good paper, bot lock, ballaat; it ihonld
boy a few rock, to pnt la the hold. A lit.
tie rock nnd rye would not b. bad in lien of
vimethlntt elra."—Un*a AW«. If “bob
lut” U the thintt that indaev. a pupae to
rapport dead man foro.bcs, the 1'rajtnazra
«d Mewnoa downt wont any of it
w. don't want any "rock nnd rye” either
Thi. to n rob- r inatitntion, and it take, a
■ober view of tha .itnation. It wonid
have to be frarfally drank to taka .lock tn
tho political gnveyard
rly Dom<1
After taking route highly pofled up etntf
with lung teetlmonlali, turn to linn mt'.
terv, and have no fear <.( any kidney or
urinary iroubleo. Blight'. iliMue, dlz-
bete. or liter complaint. Tbeiedlieue.
cannot retlit the curat'v. power of Hon
Bitten; ten ! si It to the beu lamily me, 1 '
■th.
idnec
Jim.”
Quick, complete cure, all a
ney, bladder and urinary iRH
Druggist*. Depot—Lamar, Kautln &
rnoylng klff*
Lamer, Macon, Ga.
No matter what Ura mouth', dteearo—
How foul tbabpialborte«t’adtta r _
With Sozodost oa all wa raize 1
And twtfUy twrap U f« .wzy',
