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A ;GLEAm T GS-
D HY SPECIAL
ES POX BESTS.
'Cf?£ (Sbuttgra 350££hln nvfo 3ott£irol & Mfc&jasngfcK.
tbe pleasantest hotel atwMch it ha* aver
been ©y good fortune to ft op. Elegant
band, accommodation*, elegant eating, el
egant ladiee, elegant gentlemen-^oiery-
thing conspires, except the water,
Raratoga Spring*.
v York, July 14.—Leaving New York
e New York Central, I had a rapid
j the famous Hudson river to Al
ii ee by the Delaware and Hudaon
v Canal railroad to the charming town
i attracted thither by
i springs and a desire to look
i national convention of teachers
i* at this place. Several times I
son near it, bat always avoided it as
e where homble people would not
, home. Thero never was a greater
"Though not in the full season, X
I the village thronged with visitors
a all parts of the Union. Equipag
i thronged the streets. The dog-
i, somewhat like the old-fashioned gig
r fathers, is becoming a very popular
_s of vehicle. With two wheels, but very
r body, it is not so liable to bo ovor-
* fjt the common sulky or gig.
magnificent turnouts, with their
ally dressed occupants, arc
egant ladies, elegant gent’.emen-~t*ery
thing conspires, oxcept the water,
Sn^thoVafir 8 1 ^sny 1 thah b« everybody his leg. Mr. Jackson's wife, quite an old I bath schools of Gordon at R o'clock. He
knows, is the best in the United States, but; lady, made a mistake and gave him a table- is a fervent Souday school worker and a
- * 1,1 — ——**• ipoonful of the sugar of lead. Sbo s-:*on J largo attendance ta expected.
it acts so violently upon a bilious south
west Georgian that 1 haven't fallen in lovo
with it. The place is bound to bo tho report
for Georgians. You would bo astonished
about CJ50 guests already, and l
formed that the other hotels are almost os
full. A great many southwest Georgians
aro here. By tho way, aro yon
aware of the fact that tho hand*
some t rpen and the prettiest women in
the State are from sonthwort Georgia?
This is a fact, although 1 am obliged to
admit that Miss Pet Niubi-t. of Macon,
popular thoroughfare. I Adi a
^, u .„ , t with their long riding suits
tall ’ black beavers attract tho
i every street. Then tho common
n hacks,with the names of tho different
jgn to which they run placarded on
r sides, and crowded with passengers,
lind the visitor that thero are convey-
a suited to the purses of all.
..Be of the springs oro public, and their
9 giving waters may be enjoyed “without
_.ml tritium* urinfl." Rnt ntlion
kkII entrance fee is charged. Tho price
«sr «*ch visit is small Yet in tho aggregate I
Jm revenue is immense. Tho ciAobrntwl
i?rress springs have a largo aud be*nti.
t park connected with them. The water
Mitt to bo n specific for dyspepsia and
tor stomach diseases, and I have
sabt mauy derive benefit from its <
hotawas a grand display of flro works
ieamir while I was there, and thousands
[ people thronged tho beautiful grounds,
scats were provided for all.I—
eadid band discoursed tho fluent uranic,
1 there for hours the multitude sat, or
feed, end chatted together whilo tho
wt perfect order was obsetved. Never
,m lase » so many orderly, urell-bohavod«
<iawt people at a gr*nd gntberiag^tauf
accidental murder cate to-day. E. L. I The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whit-
Jackson, one of the oldest citizens of our aker died last night, and was buried this
town, has erysipelas in the leg. Dr. T. D. morning.
Longino, the physician attending him, left I Rev. K. M. Lookwood will I reach at the
medicine to be taken internally and sugar Methodist Church to-mermw at 11 a. m.
of lead to be dissolved in water to bathe’ and 8 p. m. He will also address the Bab-
discovered her error and sent for Dr. L., I Mrs. Anna Frssucr, of Savannah, Is visit,
who, by the prompt use of an antidote, I ing relatives in Qordon,
counteracted the poison. It ia now thought| *—
that Mr. J. will recover. I Dublin,
I attended the convention in Atlanta! July 22.—The sod announcement in the
yesterday. The oouvontiou seemed to be a I Teleobatu and Mtunon of the UHh,
It is rumored that the brilliant young
orator and statesman Hon. Albert H. Cox,
of LaGrenge, will deliver a political ad
dress here daring next week. Ho has many
friends and admirers all over the sevonth
district.
>. prominent merchant of this place says
the wheat crop of this (Bartow) conuty is
worth probably $100,000.
The com crop in this section is unusually
promising. We ore now independent of
the seasons.
J. O. D.
July 22.—The crops around here are
asked.
Thus era nino bar-rooms in Marietta
atd the editor of the Journal wants more
temperance lodges to counteract their in
fluence. It will never be done, because
there ia more money in the nine bar-rooms
than in twenty temperaaoe lodges.
Marietta Journal: Farmers aro laving
by their crops, and w» rew one poor fellow
laying by a bottle of whi»ky,
The Atlanta Herald of the 10th says
unit on the subject of beer,Though anocca-1 that Hon. B. H. Hill is rapidly growing good. The best corn crons we have had for
■tonal cocktail was called for. I worse, throw a pall over the ontire town. I a number of years we have now. There
" .} ®. M bcoome of ex-Govsrnor Nor-1 While wo wero tool ing for it ws were not seems to be some fear among the farmers
wood ? I was one of-hie strong supporters j prepared to meet it. General Henry R. that the cotton crop will be injured by the
two years ago, but we wore too few. 11 Jackson, in 1870, in his address on the no-1 rslns, as we have had quantities of it in
have not heard his name mentioned du- | tal day of General R. E. Lee, expressed in 1 the last ten day* and no prospect of its
anmiv wet uifs u-v nwun. ui
and Mr*. Joe 8. Tarnrr, of Eaton.o«i»
respectively the prettiest unmarried and
maried ladies here. I must say,
however, that thore are many
other indies here who are so beauti
ful an to keep the young men in eostacieamtoi* c
—Miss Sibley, of Augusta, notably. I said f^tni
young men, but the old fellows up hero are
going it at a rapid rate. I saw, last night,
distinguished judge from southwest
_ jtorgia literally surrounded but bevy of
sparkling beauties. A young dd»rom Au
gusta, remarked at tho time thutrae learned
judge looked ns if ho would like to sur
round—with his nr.u—some of that bovy.
If ho had I wouldn’t have blamed him.
Now, I would make this longer, but two
young Indies are troubling me with Inqui
ries as to tho advent here of Cosby Smith,
and I must throw down tho pen. <t In the
language of tho poot, “rooro
ring this campaUn. Hopo he will not I four beautiful lines what is tbs true senti-1 stopping; still the uotlon crop is very good
take n “sideling. I think V\. C. Parker, j ment of Georgia in reference to their Sen-1 up to date.
office, and will do credit to tho count]
He will be a very acceptable candidate i
fihi* district. 9
thirds rule. | passed one that no Republican should bo i „ wer# Two'of tho delegates from this
We have hud fine rains and our crops | allowed to Tote m the nomination on tho | county are stralghtout Independents, and
K.C. I.
tnrtenivlllc.
July 20—Your correspondout learns
from a gontleman who enmo down from
Dalton this morning on the 2:10 passenger
train, that tho residence of Col. L. N.
falling during th« fire. Col. Ti
moll and most of his family aro absent
from home. The dwelling, 1 loam, is par
tially oovered i>y iusuranco. Tho cause
of tho fire is not yet known, but is sup
posed to have originated from lightning.
Mr. Harry Sharp, of Atlanta, and his ao-
cotiipli-hed bride, nee Miss Amy Lawton,
of Griffin,a nieces of Gen. A. R. Lawton,of
Savannah, pn«sed through here yesterday
Hsd at the specia ile. IuJooJ, at Sint
togs one soes tho "creme de la creme” oil
anefctv from all parts of tho ooun-l
frj. Mowdyism is not tolerated, p"
lit «Kiets, and my impression ■■
toot tlkoro is no place on tho
wostinent devoted to pleasure where
W9 reach rcllteincnt and good order pre-
•saM. Among tho thousands about the
iotski, springs and f-triets, I failed to de-
tocta single intoxicated person. Of course
iMwwi must bo t uoh persona among such n
-woffsotion but I failed to see them. Tho
SwUiorn Springs are justly celebrated.
yv«r waters are purgative and much
I H ■ after in the early morning as a
Ibreakfast drink. They aro spark-
I J«w»ii clear, and ri-o in a strong, gu*h-
fieg stream from a gnat depth in the solid
mett. These waters aro highly charged
ssife gas and contnin a largo penontago of
wary valusb'e mineral ingreditn's.
There ia a striking similarity in tho taste
u*o water of ail theso springs, but a
octorul analysis shows a marked difler-
eon in the amount of valuable
properties. It etrikoi tne that in many
aecipoct* the water of the Geyser Spring,
shut a mile and a half from the village
pcxie^es the most valuable moJiciual
jraparties. The waters of this spring are
waodueUd by au iron pii>e through a Jtcp
-toangin the rock, and are thrown, when
**«:obstructed to n height of sixty feet.
TV chief compounds as they exist iu so-
* *'w iu tho Grystr and Uathorn Springs
4M follows:
route North on',«n extended bridal tour.
The best wishes of thoir numerous frionds
attend them. Mr. Sharp is one of the
most prominent and popular young drug
gist* in the State and is considered ono ol
tho brightest young members of tho Phar
maceutical Association.
Miss Emmie Ware, a votj interesTng
young lady from Floyd county, snd
a former teacher in Monroe Pbmnlo Col
lege at Forsyth, ia visiting the family of
Dr. J. D. Upsou of this place.
The Tn.soaAvn up Musskxoeb is grow
ing in popu ar favor e’ery day in this «fO-
tiou, and ia looked for with very great in-
Vre*t by its numerona friends.
Politioa ia being very freely dlacnasod.
Quite a number of our citizens who have
been in attendaico on tlie convention in
Atlanta have returned r.otno in duguat.
The dashing y^ung local editor of the
Corteravllle American wears pump-sole
boots when ho attends the conventions, t
Rev. Dr. J. O. A. Clark, of year city, is
down shaking hands with his mr.uy frier.de.
J.O.H.
_ invert _
Not Homer's conld alone for mo,
Uvmn well the great Confederate Boutli—
Virginia first and Lee. _ „
T v. war, eay they will not vote for him even if
’•kT'iT*UT tn* ViT*'"** I hnTda mwiin^nn ^ hoconvcnlion hllfl nominated him. I see
think they will adopt the majority I hold a meeting on the 20th with closed R question propounded in your editorial
le, bnt I am etill in favor of tho two- I doors, and among o'her resolutions they I thi j morning, a* pact of which I will an-
fimt nnl. no U. i,nli'ii*nn slinnlil Kn 1 ™ K . . * * 7 .. .
>th of August. h . vo ;
Judge J. L. Wimberly, a polished gentle- I nomir
for ofllco againtf the Democrats
I W ,he Domocrlic parly ha* got to such a
... I iw>nn on I P ft,w that il to B° oataiJe of the party
ddlo I h 8 r °lativos in this I to get dele sales to send to conventions, wo
Col- J Untim, nt \f.H»nn» pi. don k ,6 ® 1 under any obligation to support
lego, made vacant by tho roaigaatloa or |Si.As »,u l E!j.5 a T « a ch oandidatea as they see fit to nojiinaie.
Dr. Dudley, has been tendered Rev. Josiah | J^SwMdays th ° en ^ S of b a boyho °^ | To the candidate*, except Stephens,
Ifllledgevllle. | and a prominent lawyer of Lumpkin, has
July 20.—The presidency of tho Middle I h®®®, “ *"*
Georgia Military and Agricnltnral * ""
Lewis, now of Rome. Mr. I»wis hav
ing declined, it i* to be hoped that the
board of trustees in casting aronud for a
suitable president will notoemmit *o great
a mistake ai to overlook the name of Prof.
B. T. Hunter, of Albany. If tendered aod
accepted, a better man eoildnol be found.
With years of experience in Atlieua
strnctor. both
class in town.
Judge John T. Duncan and Mr. G. B.
Hooks aro giving some attention to blooded
gressman at large. No Stephens Max.
—T. M. Hightower, who has been gone I Jew 20.—There is some comfort In the
to Texas since January, returned yestor- I thought that Stephens cannot make a
BawasS&ftSSSr- - u “ OI ‘ \z&ifS3S?lh2SBlX?i&
the High School, no man canid better fill j ludlnn Up ring. I t° a °Ji! an^n °
the present vacancy. An unassuming but I Jolt 21.—A vote was taken in Butts on I discoun . Hardeman will earry
thorough teacher i* Prof. Hunter. Lot tlia J the lhth on “Ferce” or “No Fence," which I everything in thie county, for he is known
trustees elect him nnanimonsly. and our feealtod in A najorlly of toventy-six for I “AHJ?5X527 iJiTdi. ,
oollege will thrive under his excellent man-1 "No Fence." | We had another jail dehve_ry hsre lost
rnent to such a gentlemen, and an Loiior I oioro than realized. Visitors are literally I both negroes, rushed past the jailer, who
to have him provident of our college. _ | flooding the town. It is no exaggeration j vv ^, carr ?' I, ‘? lhe ^ ?j n ®?r*,! lod
Politics abovo par. Dr. Johnston, J. A. to say that there aro C00 guests stopping .The*.® 1 ,
Green, ex-member of the Legislature, and here. Tills largo crowd is not mode np by ®*f; «
H. J. Jenkins, as candidates, aro out for I excarslons, there not being n single oxoar- uau * Rn . a
Suo Yck.
The rain has been falling steadily all
iv. It was much needed. * Business is
.. , all, and the town is quiet. Thecoorts
reprtfpeuiaavw, buujwi, » ot.iuto, to Dem-1 «ion party nt the spring However, many | »u*pendod for lack of busiueee.
ocratio nomination. Dr. Johnston seems I are being mnde up and it Is feared the ho-1
to be leading. We will send Hon. F. O. I tela will not bo able to entertain the huge 1 rort Voitov.
DnBignon to the Georgia Senate now, bat (numbers who sneak of corning. Another _ The port Valiev Infanlrv Com-
>»t*r o« « intend to »nd him to W. of ,thf tort.U J!?|5^h™n'thoS3i
Congress from this district. I what ts needod and c ertainly wul be built l. hn£ j *» . if iiniinftl reunion hero to
Stephens had some lively oanraswr* 1 by the time another summer is upon ub. In I Ij R y. CaJ» c ti KfehS?d/on was tlm ora-
here, who worxed hard, and thou only got I "aylng this we do not wish to benndcr* I to ^ 0 fthe** C ccasion and delivered ono of
4t rnniortty oM of ofaUbMu .tonfio toto.to .tat tho toi
coot -a •• SS, SfJ&'Eft that" lb." "‘”S r„ e m o h ?:'. h t. ,h Ll”to. nr c” ntoin ''oTfhU
100 vote. crowd now rartaliiua of thoir liboinl Uov K” , - ™- - -“ pt ^~
ftoparin* for ,th. farm-1 . Bat _anothor hot.11 ^ 0 “ V giren by Li«t«?nt J?hSd.iSn
Let 1
tare
, maxes ours ncueeriui communitr. jimj»oto w ib»ii hw mnw. utai is sure
,’a havo Gongresa and oar Legisla-1 to ripen m season? -
fix all elections—county, State and I J. G. Daughtry & Bro. to-dsy received J
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Wbst Ike People Think and Do.
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lime
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SM.694
-flsrcffslnM* in the bottling of the Geyser
makers. A tu v o carries the water dluntly
katoths month of tho bottle without any I
Moss of gas, tbs air is drivtn from thebot-
-iks through n separato tube, the cork is
Gmij fsjtencd bv a pressing machine and
Hew York
July 15.—My stny was necessarily Hmlt-
at Saratoga, that Eden of woildly ploos-
uro and mental recroation. I wanted to
get back to Now York for tin Sabbath, that
mig t hear that pritioa of American
preachers, Mr. Bcochor, aud then hurry
homeward. I found Dr. J. W. Mo-cer and
his aocomplishcd wife, and Captain
Dnnlap, of yonr city, at the Brightwood,
charming private hotel on East Fourteenth
street. Messrs. Gocrge Smith and Duffo*
Clancy, Weston l'attorsou aud others, of
Macon, were also enjoying the eights aud
woudor* of the greet metropolis. In
pony with Dr. Meroer and Captain Dnnlap,
attended proaohing at tho faiuoas Ply
mouth Church in Brooklyn. It was Mr.
Beecher's last sermon for the seasou. Ho
will not appear ag in in his pulpit till too
first buuda> in October. The church
building, now plain and unpretentious, is
b) remodeled. It is uow as plain
strnctnre as oar Mnlberry btreet Mcth.
odist Church, though Its seating c ipaeity
three tbornand, as I was Informed by
Mrcn absurd censnre has been visited
national—to oomo off at same time, and I thofhst shipment of freight for this mar*
then be five years apart. Too many oloo-1 ket. A telegram from Major Simple no
tions and too mncli onsuttling of tusiuess I tilled them that freight trains were thus
by so mcch excitement. I put on and to be at the station pre-.
AMn-SnniExs. 1 pared to reooive a lot of freight which was I upon the Henry county Democrats because
dtovena rettery, 1 coming, as no -tspot or *toret.oc*e has yet ] they opposed the renomination of Mr.
July ft.—This day has boon one of nnu-1 been constrncte<I in which to store goods. I Jinmmond for Congress. Mr. H. may
onal quietude for the Pottory. All the en-1 \ r f? Ldwardy, of Sawaunah, has re-1 bo an exoeilent Congressman, bnt that
ffiiiefl and miUs or, .till, the great I il«pot ojent and I iloc.D^t dopriva Henry '
is stated that an effort will be made to bare
his sentence commuted to imprisonment
for life.”
The editor of toe Irwinton Appeal is dis
gusted been two a dancing master bad to go
away from his town without teaching him
how to “trip the l‘ght fnntostio toe.” He
shouldn't get so h«lay about it, for there is
plenty of room on the highway for such
performances,
Tub IPaffon County Videfle says : The
froit crop in this section is almost a corn-
let® failure, decaying and falling off be-
TChis morning, between 7 and 8 o'clock, I h>re maturity. There will probably not be
Kinnle James happened to a most horrible half the quantity of peaches made that
aocident thereby losing both legs, between them was last year. As there were few
the hips arid knees. Kinnle was a hand on apple trees that bloomed at all, there will
the Last Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia hot course be no apples.
SSi Walton County Vidette: A negro man
SSt W Ki?nfi» e Jf? w * 8 ,hot <*•»«* in a peach orchard in Sparta
SAnd!! 0 tS,ilfilnn°“ l i- OD ® ni * bt lMt week. Since then not a
in*7i«n Jf-ij «^l n nJKt? n a ft P® Rch ha» been missed from any orohard
sadden jerk, thereby throwing the uuforta- in that neighborhood.
Thk following from the Sparta /*A-
*!■?“?? I maeliU it the »m. old story of "th.
md knwfc Ho uM tam^UUly Uten to wlcke j fltelh w h.nno toan por.o.th": On
WwlOUilty iftRMOn O bUok ItirCIlt-
^,^?i£l,TSto?ibSi r<W vfh!5 gfithered in th. ;onU.w»t nnd
JSKSSffiu® r. p idly ove«pn«d Spurt*. It looked fear-
I ful. It looked cj-ulonish. It looked death
yll H to.ld b. tipwU&j thooyh ondar ^ BopVrtor oSlrt*™ ta
1 In the Aoademi !-«. Col.. lords
session
, Jordan aro«e
*“ I Th» .TrnV a'io.t m
creth—snd a cry or “cyclone.” The
ent horrible condition.
MaUiettz Journal: “Wo learn that I Colonel didn’t complete that sentence—
Gov. Colqnitt has bought Dr. Harden’s I we had no particular busine«H in that
valuable farm, at Smyrna, paying $2,000 ] house; we moved; and we didn't look bock
for the same. Tho machine shops of the I like Lot's wife or stand on the order of
Marietta and North Georgia railroad will I oar going. The bench web vacated, the
wnirann nnu .rami ucvi|iu lamvau wiu l UUI tUIHR. XUO UVI1UI Wtl tUOfllBU, IUU
soon be oomploted. A good deal of mn-1 jury dispursed, tho bar scattered, an J the
chinery has already arrived.— Clayton I hall emptied. It locked as though jndg-
conuty is jnatly entiled to the Senator this I ment or a cyclone had indeed come. The
time, and Fulton couuly should have the I clerk crawled nnder a small table that
magnanimity to give it to her. Cobb I would not have hold np twenty pound*,
county will certainly vote for a Claytm 1 and thought himself rate, others crowded
coantyiran.” I thnogh the doors and windows to find
Augusta AVtrs; “Mr. Reuben Ball, a that it was only a dead tree that had fallen
man -near eighty years of age, residing I on the house. The only man we saw who
over in the neighboihood of Warrior I didn’t mn was undo Bob McCook, aud we
Creek Church, iu Laurens county, S. C., j will always believe that ho was asleep.
the degree is no empty honor; it is a will
desenred tribute to too genius of a son of
Georgia, who i* we unhesitatingly pre
dict, destined to take a front rank among
the noted scientists of this age.
Toe Daws m Journal fiiys the following
compliment to a former resident of Macon.
Rev. J B. Culpepper: We have never met
a minister of the gospel, of any denomina
tion, who presents the word of troth with
such electrifying foroe as does this dist.n-
guisbed young divine. His conception .
are clean and clearly cat, and, at the same "
time, enforced with such overwhelming
pathos and logie at to make his appeals
absolutely irrepistib'e. The man that can
ait under his preaching for a week at a
time and still refuse to accept the religion
of Jesus Cnrlst as true, moat be hard in
deed.
Tnz editor of the Dawson Journal want!
ell the dog* of the church-going persuasion
killed. There something, be saya, in
compatible in men and dogs worshiping
together in the lame bnilding.
Mb. H. W. Davis, of Randolph oonntr,
an old and highly respected citizen, la
dead.
Cutobzbt XnUrprlHt We learn that a .
colored detective from Atlanta arrested
Wash Harris, as the party who poisoned
Dr. Lane’s family, of Ward Station, some
time thta spring, and Dave Slaughter ae
the party that furoi’hed him the poison,
both oolored individuate of this county.
Their cases will be investigated hero to-day.
Ws aro glad to leurn that the health of
Rev. K. H. McLain, late missionary to
China, and now of Oxford, ia very nmeh -
improved.
Tnz excursion given by the Presbyterian
Church of Decatnr, to Tallulah Falla,
netted tho handsome sum of $400.
Tub Waynesboro Herald, speaking of a
ir load of watermelons being smashed
np, eays the railroad sesames no responsi
bility for melons, and the loss falls on the
shipper. Wherefore, and why not res pon
tile ?
had a severe Attack of sickness not long I It was a real c*8e of.stampede, with Bailiff
sinoe of six weeks’ dn ation, bnt finally re-1 Pinkston in the lead,
covered. As might be nxtnrolly supposod Twer are circulating a subscription list
from his advanced age, he was and had 1 in behalf of tho family of Wm. Berry in
been quite grny for several years. About I Albany. He wn* the oolored man who
the time tbe late sickness took place, how-I was buried alive in the well a few days
3ver, Ids hair began to turn slightly darker. I ago.
continuing so during his confinement, and I George Fbieman, the Indian boy who
j during his confinement, and I George Fbieman, the Indian boy
informed, it ia os black as it I was brought ont hete by Bishop Pit... F
evrr was at any time during hU younger from the Indian nation, to educate. Is in
days.” I wretched health.
Docolassville is to be warmed np next I A lbvll-headed negro is Allen Grant, a
week politically. Messta. Persona oml I leading Hancock Republican. Hoeayahe
Smith, candidates for Congressional nom- I believes tint it is impossible for a white
inntion, and General Gartrell will tell the man to be a true Republican in Georgia,
people what they know about politics. I He Is confident that these pretended He-
. Fort Valley Mirror: This paper enters I 2?'^° nHlftSliiS?
its twelfth volume to day. It ia also just 5* c *£\,*Jl* * Th ® Inde P® wd '
year to-day sinco tho present editor 1 ‘ ,nt * " ro
took charge of the paper. Oar circulation "w”', • a h VIiZ £a
is larger than it has ever boon before, and fe 8 ? 5 f » d
as the busy season opens, the Mirror and !t? n -A’^ ot , } fh
look is indeed enoooraging.
A. Claxton, of Fort Valley, is
Mrs.
dead.
Bomb
i who wants to ran for the Leg-
erty county. Gentlemen, yon aro mixing
matters. Liberty Hall nnd Liberty county
are not exactly coincident.
Montezuma Weekly: If yon want to get
rid of cockroaches, scatter cut-up cucum
ber peelings over yonr floor for a half
islatnre in Honston county, proi>oses to d° zcn nights. They eat the peelings greed-
ride the fcnco and whisky hobby. 1u “ K — 4 **"' *“
havo tried this remedy
I ily and die.
*, „ __ „ „ „ , , I And know it to be true.
Fobt \ At LET Mirror: Mr. E. M. Smith, | Sumter Republican: Qnite recently
a sutstantial Crawford county farmer, was I short * ighted' hosbacd in this cityVaw „
in town on Monday with a wagon load of I large bouquet of flowors on u chair, and
i for tale. It was difficult to find a I wishing to preserve them from fading,
purchaser, as most people prefer to feed 1 placed th?m in a basin of water. When
stock on oatsjst 50 conts a bush I, than on | his wife saw the bouquet, half an hour
ixrau.au, uui Mini
K uiui nuu uuua ucm bmii, rvuu wo grrm i r*:; r—- r —: .,*7*—, w ~~ ~-n— ;—*~ 1. «..»■•* —•/ county Democrats
;»rre of laborers enjoy a day of rest. It is I telegraph operator at tb’s place., lie is n I of tlwir privilege of preferring some other
tho sixty-ninth birthday of Mr. Henry I very clever young man and his appoint- man. In justice to tho abased Henry
Stevens. His children and grandchildren I ment is very satisfactory to our citizens, j roanty Democrats, we publish the
*•- 1 Crops aro looking wtll, but some sec- following from the Weekly: “TheacUon
tions are needing rain- Wheat and oats | of the McDonoagh convention l*it Mon-
and a few favor&d friends from different I
at $1. There is les« demand for corn I afterwards, she gave one piercing scream
at this season of tbe year than at any and fainted on the spot. Her defective
other. a I visioned hnsbind had mistaken her new
Mb. Homer Wbxgbt, well known in Ma-1 evoning bonnet, with its abundance of
»n, and a son of the late Rev. Arraim s flowers, for n freshly colled bouquet.
Wright, who was pastor of the Mulberry " 1 *' 0
Mb. J. T. Howbll, of Sumter connty,
The richnnd the poor enjoy It alike. Even I ,^ >ur * i,road i* bnllt, and our entire «eo-1 to the district convention to meet uoxt
tho convicts rest from their labor and ar# *“ppy, or ought to be. month, is of more significance than woald
share tho bounties prepared for the day. I I appear ai; first glance. This action, strictly
At nn early boar the company gathered . _ ^ u»icn». construed, is not to be understood a* indi-
under the large olms noar tbe oluliomo to I July 22.—The marriage mentioned in a I eating personal opposition to Mr. Hain-
hsar au essay prepared and road at toe I formor letter of mine soon to occur, is now raoed, though the fact cannot bo deoied
tiino by Prof. It. W. Davis. It wm numbered with tin things of tha nast. that there are many Democratic voters in
nn expression of profonaJ gratitude to M>n Wednesday morning, 12th it-t.,>fi«s I this and surrounding counties who oppose
God for the privilege whichHhechildren en- ] Amy Lawton, ol this city, nnd Mr. Harry I him on personal grounds. It means s’m-
- "joyed in honoriogtheir aged father. It .was I Sharp, of Atlanta,* were made one tly that we do not intend to yield to At-
, full of teuderness and love. At 1 o’clock I toe Ilov. C. Dowo. Ihe happr couple J Iinta again in the choice of a Congrei-
n bounteous feast wa* spread and all hands I left At once on an extended brutal tour I sional candidate until Atlnnta shows some
onited in doing justice to this part of tho I tlxrough the Eastern Mate*, after which I respect for the claims of this portion of
programme. Yonr correspondent did his I H*/ will mako Atlanta their home. I the district. Twice have we deferred to
part here. The af ernoun has be on spent I King's evaporator Is now running on fall I Atlanta in this matter dpring the past fonr
fa quiet converse with each other, and I H®e, giving employment to about twenty-1 years, each time *npj»orling the candiJate
rainy hearts go homo to recollect tho 21st I hands, who ere kept bc*y from morn-1 she furnished in direct antagonism to a
of July, 18K2, as a day of joyful family re-1 * n ff till night, preparing the fruit for the strong spirit of dissatisfaction throughout
anion. I journey through the same. It seemv to be I the district—dissat's faction with tho nnnn*
The work on the large brick pottery I doing finely, and it is proposed to run it weU as the msnnor in which hi* nomitra-
progresses steadily towards completion. I oontinnally from Monday morning till 1 tion was eecnred."
— *% r AL n J*ih? BI,,l ? ,r S g At tt V Ie 2 or f*' Mb. L. A. Tramhzll's house, in Dalton,
Araerleos. | Onr fire department is soon to be in-1 wnfl **mck by lightning and burned on las!
Ji5.t Sl.-qmte a ucloiu, but not fatal I . -blbkMof itogln. Cgir- w«lne.il*r.
Af tbs cork* nrvjfound faulty, so as to allow
tbs escape of gas or the admission of air, I
Alv*y ar« removed and th© bottles refilled.
.3mm the carefulness slilrh the proprietors
skiMrve, nnd I feel safe la reoommendlug
.Ir water* as genuine and the bottles as
.%6*sslly filled. I presume the samooaro
d» token at the other springs, bat I wit
■tosed to* proeecs ntthu Geysir, and can
Veak confidently in regard to them.
Vidtors at Saratoga have little need
far iae, as the waters of all the *1 rings are
tot as cold m ice would make common
sssttorsprtugwaUr. Tbe hotels are nn-
zeroes and accammoiated to the pockets
i visitor*. The Uaestie House U charm-
located on a quiet part of Broadway
Bed gives choice ro^ms and board at two
tolars and a half a day. The American is
L xtoort pretentions establishment on the
r •ostia thoroughfare, with excolbnt table
| -and rooms at threw dollars. But if one
I Mi sleety of moner, the United States or
■Mtozul Union will furnish elegant accom-
acdstion* at five dollars. The Grand
aPjoU the most pslttisl establishment
k America. It is grard in size and in all
"1 Apiolottttu;*. It belongs to the
rt estate, or perluj)*, like most of
splendid estate, 11 Inu fallen into too
ft* of JnJgeUi.ton.
js hotel, 1 am informed, oovore seven
s of ground, embracing a magnificent
one of tho elderly hshors. There were pres- accident happenod in onr city list Wednes-1 P*“f» 5®* a 5 onr chief is now correspond-1 (jaeette • Mr J C G Black
•.■“,1“'•*«!,.awhon. da,, lb. 000k la tte tJmiljr of Dr. j J"p* to th. parch... of tho
“or M.cuU donffh too°.oft!* a'S«! . la... anothor oaodidato for toa K.'flbo to,«d'T—Wo‘ “f “
tatnlneaporllooof"Hoogh oullata"P«gt»lal°r.hM hoon^bromht fora.nl to 22.'?ffi,hJLSSSi.
taiainir aportloa ol'Mlouch oa Itau" w» in. uwu uiuuM.il iuin.iru nnTTTJT: i, nntl.r.tnnd'th.t
v , tablo ln tho kttohoa. Th. nook mi«-1 1,10 t*" 00 ol Dr. N. B. Drcwrj, oa. of our |!? n T S. T?Sr:.2V
,.wn r,,. iin„. it ht.onnnkin I prooiin.iit lacrchaiit. Thl* make, threol “?• 11 . McWhorter wiil fcoap Imloi.iul.
.tort •oUppli^to’Sta: BtaS for moV. I f«f i w!. , |a m r < ’ r m.*n"fa S* IfcUtor""S2 toroocb
dred poople. 'lliu pulpit 1* a suinli, plain R. C. Black, in oooking dinner, got 1 * a Qf ,eel »
desk on a rather narrow platform, behind * -*•—*^ - * — * * 1
which Is a large, flnely.sonnding organ,
unornamented, and a choir of forty gen-
tlemen and ladies. All the nows are *np- took it for flour and pnt it in herdoagh in
plied with hymn books and the mas:o was * ** *“ * *
grand, the congregation joining in most of
the hymns. Toe service was introduced by
an anthem, followed by a simple invoev
ion. Then tbe preacher announced a
lynin, which was followed by a Scripture
tsson and a prayer, which, for simplicity,
beauty, oompnhensivsgiess snd tender
•arns-tasM, I hav# never heerd snr-
passed. Booh tender pleading for di
vine light end guidance could only
oomt from one who is often at tho “mercy
test" and who is clothed with sacred nn:-
tion. Ui* text, after another hymn, was
announced, “And whosoever shsll give to
drink unto one of these little ones a cap
wise lost his reward." Tho preacher had ° * - * * I u.—i
a manuscript before him and I realized nt
once n disappointment. I koow I would
not hear Mr. Beecher the great pulpit ora- _ .
tor, bnt Mr. Beecher tho finest of alt mod- elder has prevailed and the boys will go. I At n meeting of toe Democreey of thl* I tion.* 1 The weather is too hot to engago in
ern essayists. Yet, ocrasionally he broke So their friends in Macon may look ont for I u, * ibiSiWi^d i J v * “• I any sort of a straggle far office, we th uk.
nrigm, wikj wtw jmitior ni uifl saiwrry I ut ouuiirr count),
Street Methodist Church, is now professor I had an acre in Irish potatoes. He gathered
of natnral science and Greek in the Geor- I a hundred bash-1.*. He sold fifty ba*bols
gin Methodist Female College at Coving-1 nt $1.25 per bn«hcl. Ho planted the acre
* in. I in cotton, which i* now knee high, and "*
Messrs. Callier & Neal, of Talbot I 8!ito!rS2If affluirfSSsil
county, h*ve within the last few days re- 52, r 2frf? nrth " 0< * bal#of cotton * Wbocan
csivod large quantities of old corn fori ...... ... . ^ . . .
“Ib-Sf,^”“‘1 dr-“ ni "hi." h .‘% wJSdSTrt <'.0 Mac™ ‘Ji*nt T oiler."
r.ign for the people and show* that they |
are in a good condition. 1 rt .“??®* of J ho old Macon Metttnmf, Yislt-
\m I v « ... . .. .... 1 this spring and pronounced the water
^ d !® I equal If not superior to thecclebratedln-
Columbus on W ednesday last. He was a dian Spring. Tho flow is enormous and
good citizen and a true man. I the supply inexhaustible. A number of
The Columbus Kdqulrer in speaking of p , r ^® i 1 n .l nt P®""®* hare; from time to time
Ik Vnitertity Stylus of Morcer Univer- li ,i ^? dthe “ nnd F*"*!*'hwefited.
ty, says of a Macon boy: We note that If <dl r *P ogU ar ® ***• ^ ought to become
Mr. Edgar F. Hinton, ion of Dr. J. W. • •wnnw resort and a Urge hotel
Hinton. U one of the principal spirits ia
the editorial guild. Although only about »*»• water analyzed and let as know tho re-
seventeen year* of age, he gives proof of I >olu
thorough Mpplbnti.m, and articles from I Moetezuwa Weekly: “Mr. Hugo Rich'
his pen would do credit to to thore exceri-1 ter, of Andersonvilie, has an eii[ht year old
eneed in Journalism. Edgar has a field of | *on who is alnost a prodigy. The child ‘
bright prbmtsg in his future. I very far advanced intellectually to one <„
A. D. Locaa, of Columbus, has been uon- h ! # Mt, «*» f®* d th * diOloDlt
firmed ns moishal for the southern district I Elif? accuracy, solve tlie
.
A ten-tear old boy of Mr. Daniel Se
ttee, of Taylor connty, was killed on last
Bator.-ay by a portable engine falling oil
of a wagon on him.
Rev. Usable# Lank, of Macon, and John
Hartley, of Hntler, killed fifty doves on
last Saturday.
Clarksville Advertiser: The Gaines
ville Southron, believing that Judge A. 8.
Erwin will bo the Democratic nominee for
Congress, aud cot being able to find any
thin? wrong in his pablio record, seeks to *
prejudice the people of this district against
him from a social standpoint. Well, after
finishing the day's work, if gathering a
crowd of “soakers" and marching to the
grog-sh p is the make-up of sodality, Mr.
Erwin is not social, nor, in onr judgment,
ever will be. Bnt if, after the hard labors
of the day on the bench or elsewhere are
done, rearing to his boarding-honse. and
matter how hum-
m
receiving every one,
ble, cordially, and with tho greatest polite
ness and kindness, goes to make np sodal
ity, Mr. F.rsin is sooial; and as to bis hav*
ing his nativo county cut off ihto another
judicial circuit beoanse it was too “irk-
somo” for him to oome here is entirely too
“watery,” becanse reason ought to teaoh
an^snoe man that he would prefer ooming
to any place in the circuit.
A thirteb* -TEAB old l»oy of Mr. A. L.
Burch, of Laurens county, was badly
wounded by the discharge of his gno, the
load taking effect in his right arm, on last
Hawkinsvillb Dispatch: Mrs. Hick
man, who, with her hut-baud, removed from
Jasper connty, Go., to this place in Febru
ary last, died rather soddtnly on Saturday
evening last at their residence near the
Baptist church. She had been in feeble
health for several weeks, bnt was feeling
better at noon on Saint day than for some
dsys past, bnt grew worse towards the mid
dle of tho afternoon snd about G o’clock
expired, ws learn, while her babe was nurs
ing at her breast. Mr. llickman has been
quite unfortunate sinoe he-cam* to Haw-
kinsviile, his wife and aotne of his children
boing afflicted most of the tlroa— one child
having died about throe weeks since. He
has tbe sympathy of onr community.
3
Handy Bothwxll, a oolored wagoner,
whilo on his way from Dooly connty to
Hawkintville, was struck by lishtaing, and
though cot k\m was seriously hurt At
though cot KIHKI was seriously hurl
last accounts he ws* still speechless.
n~. i»nrr r™* «„ w I fluently nnd I* now mastering the
IO****® 1«*$?A«. Nothing In book lore
I ***01* too difficult tor tho little fellow to
£.*?i2S^2S ta SSu? '! to . I • HI. rawnt. ,paak of xmllng
tor toPfiw. Both aro In daw) .arneat. I him to Oerman, to ftntah hi. odooation.
Tea Bepoblleaifi of Dolaokf fi.tr. or S an- Jroolt w . T 0orLDi „ promlllrat e i t | u „
UM * .... I M” 1 distinguished lawyer died lu Augusta
Haweinitillb Ann: Lookout for break- I on Tuesday last.
cr *:. BUI Kin) «a,» "lot It, 1« cl^lbcr Cook | Cot. IUmill. of th. ThomaotlU. Kn-
Urprise, induced two or three others to be-
lists that the artesUn well waa complete,
and invited them down to take a drink.
Uniunnui Newt, Mr. B. L. O.ntrr, Dot tho crowd wa. UUappoiotad, for whm
tho trar.ltng man of tho Tnjuun ano * l, .jr.achadlli. eoorthouo tha, dlaeot-
Mbbuokiu. waa in lows , f.w orming. Mr -. bright, ft. ooporinl.nd.
tho put wMk talking uf hU paper. Th. ■>«< «•» V« Mo aot-or In th.
Cotonrl la. good talklot. «rooiul.
MfintjhxnmM iv«i; u .... lt i..i, Atorbs fiauncr-U atchmun: Hon. Jo-
nSC B Hamming, of Angnsta. Ga- t waa
Dooly county farmer mouo over 18^00 I yesterday elected a membi r of the board
i T«ennn I ot trail ® ,,f °* ,h ® University, to fill the vn-
Ii,r -uriul . I houor. non* Seaborn Reese passed through
ill I Tho DomocraUof th. hftb Connro.-1 h .* r “ Monday on Wo vor to Klb»rtc,n. Itlo
Wo.t, th. oook'and two othcrlegroo. wore I • !o °* 1 Uiitrlct moot hero on Angnat ir.tn lo I ho ha. notyoTOrtboroto opoil
taken urtoSrl, ill. OrlS IpJShSolow BOMlMl,., omdldato fc» CoiMfium It i; J3f|2L*S?. ,r ^SS2f r nS!f^i!Sf.fe
wore felt for nwhil., hot now all parti., "oppoa-dlhat there will bo bu Uttto, if!"
aro eoooldored out of danger. Dr. Black “T-2‘'S 0, ‘ , . , °“ *° ftf renftnlnatlon of jg,
wae In UruLiwiok when th* aeoidant <»• I Si^iiaUrof " 4 ’ ,
l—ogatuto tho HUte contention I *i*e ralno, tar, math moiled by the I aftoraoon Mr. W. lC Oolp, of Balom, a
JbomoVtdajt roUd, they oay.tor ?.*»■ bf" tM “ «•“»"« Bbont bar. .ln« brolhordn-Uw of Mr. J. A. Era to, w«l
i end Hardeman. 9 1 I Thursday evening. Corals now contid- I fishing alone, and, being subject to fils of
liiuai.u, rtA.utr.riug n HingniUCCIU
wito shsdvd walk*, sponting foun-
»d fragrant uowus. It Is a very
>e of Leauty. There, and on the
colonnade*, congrtgnte every evtu
thab^anis fiom the various circles of
durable I ile, while a band ot choice
■musdrisns discourse the iwuetest musie for
their enuruiumcat My impression is
4fc*tS*tat>ga offers more attractions to
sensible peepl« In quret of recreation and
^towsure tlun mo*t of the watt ting places
•af Un North.
Tbs National Trachen' Convention wm
.hpldiog iu imuuai session in the MetliodUt
Episcopal Church, sith my old collego
jpesoeptor, Gnitavus J. Urr, LL.D., aa its
tvsddeut. Dr. Urr trreided with great
> and d gnity, aud gavo great satl-fno-
to the eouMUtion. I wm forcB.lv
wantodedof tu old fajxwhcn at Oxford
Aa fielded hu long, Hue took eoet about
and with hi* crooked-handle hickory
poinud tut difficult mathematical
»on the bla^khoatd. For the benefit
old bo>e I w.uld just My that it Is
saiwreungliowaAc ha* Improved the ra-
smpfot sis tech. His locks are white,
tret Ids piercing black eye has lost none of
itslostre, and toe same genial smile lights
bis hornet face. If* is a true Southron,
1 has nobly illu-trrUd Georgia at Kara-
The br*t prt pared and the bret real
which 1 hfcira tv-s by Preside at Chr-
t Wofford ’ <.Vl-gv, South Carolina,
cm the “Evil Effect* of Rewords and
In Colktot*." It dtscuetcd til.vital
in aU its bearings, and won toe
p!*u*eof the convention by its
uitcranctA. IV. C. B.
away from his paper fetters, and shaking
his white locks like a liou his mane, he
poured forth a few sentence* of stirring
sloquenos which uado one feel ho was iu
tbe presen e of a mighty man. Every sen
tence wa$ the eiproiwiou ot a thought,
and his old subject wm prevented _
in such a new dress, so chaste, sof and Clifl Clay aro on the' same
so simple, so beautiful, that you -■** — -
could only hold yonr breath and lUten, l --t
Uetietal Cook »tll! lingo,, at Ho poet ofl* , * d l *»“ na Ml poMlbl, danger, while apoplexy, wu attacked with om and fell
dtttylnWtuSlngton,wfil* hla opponanta 1 “.'fS? '* fln *'»i ,n “'naenmno. of I Into th. creak, lie wv immediately drown-
are aetlro to tt.oir odorta to oompMa hU I * , ! ,<!h OI1 ' f»"ner* aro In good oplrita. | ed, and tho bm)y wae not Uioeorertd nntil
JofeaL 1 orio to oompaao nta I uriod frnlt la boing bronght lo market in I the neat morning, harlog la a in tb. oreek
The Otatement I oe&l you that tho Amor ,h ® efleet «l which lo being *11 Toe-lay night. Mr. Culp •*. n yoong
«« Ught Infantry would not vliit Indian *» » “wliorubl. degroo laanwU, «« of *» br
riprieg next week wa. made by authority I H >in'l« r»ejj t'Wla opaaL IguwJoiMtooler.
from tho commanding ollloer of tbo com-1*®* 01 thtamattor, I might add that that EntToa Itarru. deelarro himrelf willing
pany.The>au4>fllee>,U*nteDantBarntltol a If po ftft^ Dnitoommaml. lb* haadrom. I to b. a Htato Hecator, but "unwilling to
uow inform, ma that a motlontorooou- “nta per pound. I ongoga in a fierce it-ugglo for tho po.1
... - I »• - ^—-* to- la. "* thl. I Uou." Tbo weather lo too hot to ongago It
WM " —
rs. uui ivina says "it-; ti no citacr look i zl.. ire.
r Crisp, with a square fight, fair count, I t trD rise. in
* (tho Republicans) are going to give yon 11ret. th»t f
line f to in this Congressional district?’ ■‘udinvii^
Jackson Hews: Mr. R. J. Evans thresh
ed his big crop of oats and wbest on hut
Tuesday snd Wednesday, making sbsut
fifteen hundred bethels of oats, and from
sowing six bushels of wheat, made one
bandied snd forty-two bushels, end yonr
reporter bad the warm pleasure of stack
ing two of the largest rieka of oat straw
that perhaps wsre ever pot op in middle
Georgia.
Atlanta Post.Appeal: "A Tntnall street
family, Mr. J. H. Sanford, son and daugh
ter, were poisoned yesterday in drinking
ooontry buttermilk. Tlie illness was only
temporary, however, and after tome boars
of keen suffering they all recovered.
Jndgo Lochrans of Georgia. Ms selected a
K esent with a dainty device for his wife.
is abreM’pin, golden threads strong
from one end to the other as bar* of mnaie.
Oa these threads diamonds are set so aa to
make notes, which when ran on the piano,
interpret *1 hen YooTl Remember Me.’"
Dalton Citizen: “All of the preeMt
freight engines of the Helms division of
tbe E**t Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad will be transferred to the Macon
snd Brunswick extension, and will bs re-
nlieed bv larm 'Mixrals.' ”
,
|
bushels of oats, and Another
tltour at the Brown House kl-ooiUy night. I S?*? Z'.rj:,
Quite s number of 'Mericnsos will acoom-1 ^“tF.A. Freeman and Marion^Patrica j a tor.
Keeping cool ie better toon being a Sen-
by breathing yon might miM a word, liis
dtsooarse was only thirty minutes la length.
The whole tenrioe did not consume moro
not consume moro
than an hour. There wm not a sensation
al word uttered. Tlie whole service was In
the most orderly aud approved Presbyte
rian style. Kobodr wm fatigued; every-
raitteo. The boys say that when tho com-1 TCrtion -
raitteo gets sufficient they fear that tem
perance will be a forged virtu© with the
balance of the party. W,
D Vi 1 r ♦ hr. 1 r.ri«i I afford to be sorry to wliutM such an extu-
de.ogatestothebenatoriateon-1 0 { c h ee a y aud bulldozing impn-
| deice.
vitviktiiis. I Savannah Recorder: Yesterday evening
. v*ys«raviiie. ..la youth named Thomas Scully, son of Mr.
John Brolly, who liro. on rfrirti otro*
I occasion to trawl over thu county largely I near East Broad, wa* drowned at Tag-
dpring hi. stay in tbU part of the 'Jnoral JSygJ ya?J,it the foot ofTLt B?oXl
lvine*a p d"undUvery tighbriDatified at I Cnsi night a man named Hill
body wm benefited, and when he closed
th© book and spoko with a tremulous voice
•f their partiog tor Some uinuths, there
iwm a tenderLess of pathes that touched
every heart. Evidently this man, wha-e
Cnthbert.
July 21.—Tbe oases of Wash Harris, col-1 vineyard." i _ . _ 1T —
orod. charged with polnoniog the (.mil, of I flnding I ha peoplo in «uch good ooudition, arnaM for drnnkconeM on llx otroot
Dr. Lane, of Sard’s Station, r^. U v;.,u* this I and tha prospects for abundant crops so I an j taken to tbe bamoks. He had with
famehAS filled toe world, whoso life has I
been crowded with houurs, yet whore
bright ton of prosperity is cIh. t:cwd by
dark spots of ndvorvity, teels that his dayd
of active labor may not, cannot be m*n>
There wm a sublime sadness i
manner that coaid uot fail
■ touch other hearts,
when he asked Ids cliOtr to slog as tha last
by mu, “The Shining Shore," toe vast mu!-
titudu seemed subJced as under a mighty
spell. The reporters were at their tabled
busy all the while taking down the sermon,
and ere this it tus been read by counties*
titousands. O, what a power for evil u
well m good this mightiest of preachers
hrj been 1 May not too fierce spirit which
led him to preach “.Sharp's Ittlk*’’ a: d too
“bloody shirt" in his earlier life, need
•Bring, anJ Dot. HlangUtar, aloo roloied, I IlatUring. It U gonerolly cot.caJojl that blm when Harc hra a bolttaol champagne,
chug-f w'in furnUWog th, polooo, wore the cro|>* ptoolm finer ,I,ld thU j.ar a tom, ut .hlokj and a formhlabl. look-
inmtlgatod hot. ,«!«•!». and both hold ‘ban *or night or ton jrror. paoL Mr. I» iII|t ktlf ,. HH1 w „ | Kkod op in tho bar-
ot« for trial loi th. Hoporlor Cooit. The, V. Utaloek. of thu ooantr, iniJ. 1 wu rM k.«id had . onanco to oobor ofl. Thia
were arrested, it is Mid, by a colored de-1 bushels of grain, and will make 2,00) I tnoroimr bs was fined fci.
toctivo from Atlanta. 1 bu»hel* of oorn and five bales of eotton on I - j* w -_ v M .g, n *i w
Iho pro-jiert for corn and cotton con-1 a four-hor^r farm. This connty la entire-1. .y”jg^_l a 5K t0 . < ^- 0 ???.!j r - r S?^v/
tinno. farorablo. U. I, .orronndoj b, countie, which ban hail a^iroic. at. .hicl | ..tlicy Joarncdlir di.-
of to. Macon
connty camp meeting opened on the oven- J This connty was Lrgsly for Stephens, I ho * lhu tmpoitant question
Ing ot the ISth Inst., Rev. F. C. Harris of-1 and of coorre is well plum ed at his notni-1 WM
fleiating. Tho meeting will c>ratinuo until I ® Rlio ®* While tbs delegates were for, „ . - - -
H-^Twrof-M ^ .1 Judge n*ll first, they are 17th in*., Jas Uwrence a young man who
Suuday night I well saHtfird with the norolna-1 lives above Sobligna, wa*kl'led kylight-
Mlss Mary Jonee,of Manon, Is viMting | tton of Col. Hardeman and he will be I nittg. His honiswM killed by the same
Miss Mamie Willis,of Oglethorpe. | tqwally acceptable to the people. This | bolt. He had taken refugeio* cotton
Miss Emma S. Fish leavi
Tuesday morning to visit frien,
tiros. . | pressed for CcngreM again and meet his I Taum abides with the people who don’t
success, while Col. Boynton has been I fi«h in the creeks aronud ALhen».-£fci*.
imended for StaU Senator again and M er. Watchman. Ilbw Is that? Is it po«
Haw bins)Ills.
IB.—Onward and upward is tlie
onr lift!* city. IU^ently Mr.
. family have moved to our
Ir. Mos-tr is in the tin and stovs
Mr. Anl’.man, also a new comer,
the rliMterlogef the fiery furnace of UUI Snmter and Schley cocntl*. Major James ^ dJuLtUsA liv. a wlurovir. It wm 2bU iC^ish^SmT^ A&Sm*
thrcngh wkch he^ha* bepn iiafl^iug in his D. Derrick, of Marshallville, as tho Demo-1 Fayette’s time to name a candidate accord-1 tbe only ones that keep tho truth goioi?
cr itio candidate to represent this district | ^ b V ,^ cn | Gantt fa tco hard on people Hut*, do not
in the coming ssmIou of the State Seuate.
rd go into tho mercantile bns-
1. J. 1*. Latimer, of Sandvreville,
* * seen take charge of ‘
1 lie many frier 1* of _ _
i will be glad to know that
s with the folid, sterling house
Cbzile* is a Macon boy.
interest is manifested ..
the gubernatorial coa-
poiities quiet, thougli there
spoken of for
Barksdale,
I the recent enter-
• wa Inadvertently
a EU t Mason hat
department, and
* will
will recognize
i nutter ®7 thix
lalo pears ? God has “s^anjs'ways to
Lring believer* home," and \lx. Beecher
will Eardly object to the doctrine which all
hi* life long he has preached.
The Sabbath evening was spent at toe
great Roman Catholic Cathedral cm
Fifth arenas, near too palatial homes
of tho \acderbilti. This gorgeous cathe
dral h not yet completed. It Is a vmI and
elegant itructnre. On windows are of the
costliest **-lned glius, and contain the
richest paintings. The mucio wm fall of 1
dovotion. and tbe humble worrhipere
seemed oblivions of tbe presence of curi
ous strangers ax with books in hand they
followed with Ira© devctiocal spirit the
priest who conducted tbe tcrvice. The
evidently sincere piety of these faithful
direipU* of Rome is on example worthy of
IcLitAtion to many I’rotcstanl Christians.
Before closing thtse ds-oltory letters,,
won! J just state that in Ynj farewell visit lo
Mr. Beney, hs made kind inquiries
about Ins “little daughter, a*
be WM pleased to etyle the
“Lucy Cobb Institute" at Athens. He
also reassured me that of all toe gifts he
hoi ever beetowed, thore to our State and
people give him th) most satisfaction. He
will come to see a* some time whan we
are rut looking for I im. that be may enjoy
bimrelf in a qnkt. nadacnocetrative war,
which is strictly in aorordanoe with his
tastes and preferences. Believing that Lis
with to be recognized ae a friend to the
South and to hare a ptooe ia tho bear# of
cur people win U darereij reciprocated,
^ be^tj welcoae
gave him aa
to Georgia e
r it m»y pWase him to
| or irnsiese ronu me vacancy oc
'SI ror roanly,
Da. P. H. Bradley, of MeDoffie county, I who wa* seriouriy wounded in the defense
h dead, aged fifty years. I of hi* mother's bouse from robbery, ro-
Tm condition of Mr. J, B. Wright, of I maine in o very critical condition. Ont
Golnmbn*, is very critical. There serins I of the robbers hss been caught, pretty
to bo bat slight hope of his reoovory. I badlv wounded, a negro by the name of
SwauoBoao Herald: Th. Mtoan Tro«. BBOtonoa* Ud chvaolcr.
oaapu I. dceidnll, one ol the neato.1 and I "Pnt* Tor in Iho AatfmU .Vrv'j, ,i,n
no—oleot ahoaU to tho State. Tht*. to. l"Mt. \ano«, ol th* Athona Itaaiwr, dia-
sothor with the tact that it can tmlhlnllr I niT.reU to-doj tha aothor ol tha Ualtean
bMotouoolthe otroosoat oditorial eorpa [ lettorwhioh appeared to the (latoMvUle
In tfeo Sonth, mako it a -oleoma iliitor Noutlmro.. It lo a pootmaolar appointed
tvrriwlxtc. Maoon ihonld. tool pioud torooBh Emor, 8i«or’o inflnonc*.
ol it. I Tnaax la a mote in I’trry, Bonoton
DonLW Pott: Mr. Terrell I’errr a lew roontj. tor oomUnlni lha two aeadamles,
■lam a,o (Old In town a load ol ham*. rn>l* and lemala, nnder on. manacwient.
•bonldmand aide, ol hie own ralolnj. Mitod Mhoota are beMmln* Tor, poonlar
Senh ar. tha men who wiU lacton p«». to mat, erotloo., and alwaje ban bron
perit, lo Ih. country. >w» prolltaWo erer einro-SwiwI Alloa and
"l’erowo" write* to the Sarannah Newt I *tolt went to eehool toir.Ui* r.
abonttV/W. U"who wm™kiown Doonax DnBjxto, ol i Mlkot roanty
in Macon: "It I* utaled her. b, Florida wm robt;.I ol hie watch nt th. Kimball
Reoablican. that the llercrend Uillie Hick* I Boot. Thiueday morning,
ha. again grained the political end ol bin I It U reported that a Harman llrloc near
mako-np.aadfeagaintryingtonmthlngo. I Korcrose fcaa tllroover—1 a diamond, for
UU atock in trada now conateta of tlia no- Iwlich he hu been oflend tl'J.OOO.
torlelythathahrogalMdthroejhhUoon. Uomt J<mTwU : Mr . W4ter
ceril m wiUi th. OeUmu hanglng He ChoaUbrooght to to thia clfic Tomday
onyhaaabrancheto«ktotradafchU*o. llalk ^ twcnty lour
nauwmml of how he' ppparod tha (Hr- lo<>bM high and containing twent, noiro,
field adminutratioo. binco hs 1ms been I vu planted on tbe 2Uh of May, on
spoken of dayto and d-yonttorram. Kdf^^hito “rep SwbSt hidbeeS
Uni past, and even at this late day ap- ^th^ed this season, from tbe farm of
pearsonenin print in oonnectkra with §V. w . U RMnej? This stalk la not
I ««m** U>b* ** r *r*W ot toe field.
pl seed by large'Mognls.''
Tub “beat speeehee of their Uvea” are be
ing made all over Georgia by eotiege and
political oratora. All conventions are
composed of toe “beat men.”
Da. Felton »peaks in CarUrevllle next
Thursday. Some marvelous revelations
are expected.
Athens Banner.Watchman: Dr. Speer
lute resigned his place in the nniverelty
choir of oratory aud bsl'*s Isttres. This Is
finite a lose to oar collage, beta gain to
toe church, as it will give this eminent di-
viie more time to devote to tbe noble
cause of which be is such an able pillar. .
In his retirement Dr. Speer carrier with
him the esteem an*l reverence' of tbe pat-
rocs of tbe nMversity, the faculty and the
students. It will be a difflecJt matter to
fill his place.
Ilanry Agent.
I oocnty propote* to give him a rousing ma-1 bouse, and wm holding hi* horse by tho the assassin, Hicks ha* been in bin glory. | ^ ^ Tery BOO z
ves lor Atlanta joril]r over anybo<ly who takes thTfield bridle. When found Ms puUe wm slightly And now he is rcfOrWd to be trying to
riea aad rola-1 against him. Col. liurdeman will be I betting. gather some fruit from his notoriety. It Ta«®g*»
We feel that we have found tbo roan for
the place. He is neither lawyer nor doctor,
but one of tho first farmors of Macon coun
ty—a man folly competent, and in every
| respect calculated to fill the position with
honor to himself and to his constituent*.
We hope the people of Sumter end Hchley
the Lt-gM -tore, Cul. James M. Dopreo
and Dr. Dykre, both on the east aide of tbe
river. Can't we get out a man from this
Byree.
July 22.—( u the 13th IoaL, an article ap-
■*" contending
Senator from the twenty third Honetoriai
district, being under the im press ion that
tha rotation rule wm recognized by ail the
counties and that CoL Wsllaew'e resoietioa
dUdoeiag that the roUiion rate should no I
longer he regarded was overruled by the
eonvectior proaptui me to write. Since
that time I nave seta Colonel Wallace in
I*non, who informed me that bis revolu
tion wae oaanimcosly paveed by tha con
vention. giving v.v county in the district
the right is put u candidate in tbe field.
Horn W.L-Grire, of Heuxtou. ie a candi
date for Sena:or from tbs district; will
strictly adhered to, but ebe generously ae-1 tub.
gfff.iSt.fe?" loUw lb “ I Baornvn Ilinunr. ol th. IFrol* Star,
Till, town ifVomrohat ro«a«g«I ox.r hj*? ‘.W.'V.J 1
to. pmiieet of gtottog a nro ^AgJtoUtaS In thilwS
Only* Ira ytar* ago th. toad wae .err* red to»louowttgi.*gnoninrointmno«to
from Atlanta to Colombue and chartered I j! 1 .?? ♦ •«*)?! J.l.
unitor tho name ol Atlanta and Colombo, taro tottjwd to «,*»twobtodrojl grata
Jisinu'^idm SSSSK.
wi? minrsv ^ i£: r Xto“’s Sr K&st*
the Atianta amTColumbo- Air Une. iSImIMint
This road would ran throughsome of the 1 PW!° ^ wo T M * Rn ? ■» ,l «®*.^ int
most productive lazds in the State, a
would be one of ihe beet puyng roads
Georgia. Bat enough.
" , | to better farming and, eorsequtnUr bet-
I ktr profits in the fntnre; but, tikv the
m I printer's >rt, there U no '‘mil to
Ufliivuii J it puroi v. I tho onward march of agrieuirvre. Ono
teeandwife uL%Sla l lean hsuce the people who reed
StoSS? are visiting in 1 this *•*' ^ory of tie present d.y will laugh at
Grot. “ w r * uor rimple idea^ in regard to farming, and
Cavtersvllle.
July ZL-Capt. T. B.Cab«niaa aad CoL
R. L Burner, twe of Forsyth's mo*t prom-
inent attomeyv. are in ton city, i
ntod b, Mn. Cahantoi and Mia. Kali.
Banks, of tbe tame place. They sra the
guests of Use family of CoL J. J. Howard.
We w eh them a pUersnt visit while to oar
CoL L. N. TrammeU aad faml
W. c. a
Dsiioe, sines tbe burn ing of
...y
i, died today et 1
ptoew, near Un, thei
are. We extend ton i
The agriculturists wiil then
know the needs of bis soil ae woi! as
the physician knows tbe aeede ot his pa-
i* said that be is working the department* I « #e *a b ** W0€ ^ Hepierson in
to secure appointments in them for his I Houston county.
frirnds and strikers, nnd furthsr that be is I Wa indoreo the tollowing, with the ex-
agsin trying to dictate as to how toe Fed- coptton of the age reference. That is too
era! ofiots in Florida shxll b© doled out. delioale n questioo to be twitting B man
Everybody most conoede that Hick* is | about. Says the Albany Sews and Adeerti.
quite cute and energetio. In fact, I might [ are: “Cuole Charlie Hancock, editor of toe
a further aud say ih.it Ilicks Is a clerical I Sumter Republican, has entered upon his
sy. I sixty-second rear, forty-eight of which
Tire negroes at Thunderbolt, near Ba- JK*!
umah, had a novel race. It wm between SS^iLSSSfSSL* 22 tSlnffSIt
one Ifggtd men ; four started. J. H. Wil-
Uam* won the prize, $U and the silver r£ti/Hf.
goblets, in five minutes, the distance being ® aT * J 0 ?®. 10 m ,
half a mile.” “ can one of the best papers to toe land.
The agitation of tha building of tbe rail-1 Mn. Jackson, the well-borer of Albany,
>sd from Atlanta to EnfauJa, Ala., via I began on a new artesian wsUas soon m he
Talbatton and Boesra Vuts, with a branch I got the piping out of tbe a
to Ame rices, is cawing considerable in- j is determined to have water,
teres!. I Gax O. J. Wbxgnt, of Albehy^rith his
Dn.Lt* rost: A few dsye ego Mr. W. J. wife and neiee, were throwa from a nxaa-
Perry found a brood of young partridges way hark to W alker c-jantr, ar tbsy were
fo' lowing their mother near bis house, and, I dtscendiiig a mountain. Mrs. Wright had
noticing two of the young birds looked dif-1 a fractured limb, and toe other parties
ferent from the others, he approached and) badly bruised up.
examined them. Tb hi* surprise he found | There are evsr $8/100 doe depositors to
Hs Importance aa s
Melsntyie A,
The recent discoveries in science an!
chemistry are fast revolutionizing our
dally domestic economy. Old methods are
giving away to the light of modem In ves-
tigation, and the habit* and methods of
our fathers and mothers ere stepping down
and cut, to be suceeeded by new ide*s with
msrvelons rapidity. In no department,
however, have mors rapid strides been
made thin to its relations to toe prepara
tion and preservation of tinman rood.
Scientists having discovered how to trav
erse specs, furnish bett and beattimMt-
Mlf, by the application of natural forces,
snd to do a hundred o'her thing* promo-
tire of the comfort aad happint as of hs-
man kind, are iyricrally turning thei* at*
tsntioo to tbe development cf ctotr agon-
ric* and powers that shall add to the years
which mi *— —— 1
darin,
tag which a
before him.
man may enjoy the
Urate*
Ameni th. recent iliaroreriei in Uiia di
rection, none ie moro iroi-rtaat titan th.
an to which rommon emownte nn b.
hereafter to perform an active part In tbe
preparation ot our dally food.
The oarbonat* of ammonia is an exceed
ingly volatile snbsUncs. PlNee a so all por-
tion of open a knife and bold or
and it wilI slmost I
oped into i
The ^
• g*s thus formed
, of nitrogen am
residue is left from the
givts it its superiority m a
over soda and cream of ta
along, and has Induced its
mefit^o these article*. A sc
nia to the dong* *
r bread that wtl
by the heat of I
tieet, and pvrhap- even better,end a t«
ty acre farm then will be above tbe average
while one of fifty acres will be cecridered
a princely pc seres! on.
QA* Atlanta boy, named Peter Smith, Las
bees steeling birds. To Its or that of on At
lanta boy, named Smith to boot, Ujo»t sim
ply frightful. U most te the tofimueeof
Force de Leon spring water tfcisted with
Gate City benzkra.
Atlanta girt, o*m4J Ida Smalley,
a window on Fridey morning *
Ml
to ett te wiaio.e.
IUDUCN uku wj inns emu
be no mistake about iL A day or so later
be sew them again and tbo chicks and
partridges were still Wrathcr and all get
ting along m well as could be expected.
Mas. Jab. E. Waltss, of Savannah, is
dead. t
Nat Moure, olorcd, who wm convicted
to May last of tbs murder of Isaac Kespler
in September, Bvl, and upon whom sen
tence wa* deferred, was placed to the doefc
cm Tnvaday last and received hie sentence
to be txseg on the into day uf Augcet next.
*ndtt*
>«y*
t rolc-tUd bis Inuofl-scee. snd tfc*
far “WhilsttUevidsneaadfoaed
trial
.there i
as
Ui. Fre—imau't Serfetj Bank la Baxanaak,
cot called lor. Mrob ot it urn trill to
recoiled by lb* ruktfel owner*.
The board oltraatao. o< th. Cnlraralt,
I Georgia ha. wntexnd th. honorary
-too oil’ll. D. (Doctor ot FhUorojihj)
■pan ilr. WalUr UOoot. Surane, lor.
mart, ol Ui. Mira Th. Iterannah New
rora.:.Tbie ro.oroerarat will afcrdjraar
Ratification to Mr. Btrnulaaaa, Iriande
in HMinMh, and 0*oqU, and law honor
lUiiohl, merit*. Darted hi. rorfdrorara
■ faB.olMtBaite.ato.*. Tho i