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REGISTER ASI STAND®.
K#Mtv“ b wans.
OAltce In
glister aid Statfud Building.
TEEMS. $1 00 Per Annum.
aTbeTisinQ Rates Bs.vsonai.le-
Ofiicial Organ of Talbot County.
Barge Circulation.
J. B- GORMAN. Propr
Tlie City Drug Store.
pR. E. L. BARD WELL
B X s £tll3 ottoil, €3r£L
l have iu store one of lliv most
C .mplete Stocks of Drugs, Chemicals, Oils, Paints, Varn
ishes, and Fancy Articles,
t Ml,(lino fine toilet soips. v mes. toilet sets, comlw. bruslus, ami an endless vanity
*s*l, r useful ami UrriuMo articles, ever twirngbl to thu umrket.
®'t-ill soil My pri es have all been m-irked law do -n. Givo me a call.
SVim ip- r.a. bar inrEiL.
ISSEY, HER 4 WODUIffiDCX
WAll IP I 10l Slt AM >
Comm i ssion Merchants,
Webster Wareilonse.
COLUMBUS, GA '
—
Authorised Agents for tils St nage of the CotlS* ipof the CHANGE & 1 AKMER'S
Agent* pßKOtWos’a Old St ;nderd Cano and I'hoai.lmle St. Onoaor and
Htina* Fertilizer!. J"HN M Sniffs Ammouiat and Mono and lotaah, . LAL.
Aci.l Phosph ite for Cor.'.no-timr
Cotton Stored at 25 Cents. Cotton Sold at 25 cents per bale.
Lhzkal Advances made on Cotton in Store. ’ ul - v1
Wo keep bagging arci tic* and Georgia raised rust proof seed oats constannwni ‘
Miy & Kirthiiid,
No. 3 GOT CON AVENUK and GO THIRD STREET,
MACON, - - Ceorgia
DEALER IN
Boots, Shoes and Hats.
ylr £ HAVE ntiw lu store ont of the best stocks e have ever ofb r- and. n.. 1
V\ P.io-a whiaii fluiuot fail to give salisfe. lion. [1 conii.naea Ocnt-; -' ••• •
oJL, and Sh <ca if the best naV >; the eoUhraled I’lulade.lpln.i Youths a.id
S; to ail *■; U tV .td 'ins' 1. ivy'Ktp Hoots and Shoes
in flue, everything to suit the vv mts of the purchaser.
We have, ul.io, at Ott rilii-d i~ i >••<• t. a GV” 1 } bm-nf II A i
- invite attention . f Shoemakers to our sl.uk ~1 I INIHN • 1 1 •
.ij.r*—we will execute them with as mueh satisfaction au thoußh ImngUt l" l
J] 1 \ iilic B LAIMA.
... M •
inl3G tf t
NEW YOKKSTOBIi,
(JONES’ OLD CORNER.)
COM MiniS, GEORGIA.
i apbndid new line of dress g>>ds, in great vaii ty qn.dity and priro-just re-
A - ived and tire oiLn A lb* jwopift of TMb u ami iulj coUnt,e ' :lt f -mptui-
DRY GOODS, IBTtfIHS.FOR SALE CHEAP
CALL A V D SEE -ME BEFORE EL VINO.
L.OUIS BANNER,
an oobi Jonen’ Old Corner Columbus. Ga
(J. .K THOMAS.
GX.OTHIEB. 1
The Only Clothier in Columbus, Dealing Exclusively in
First Class Clothing !
AndtUe only House having the merited right to publish to. the Trade
X O SIIODDV!
Clothing Department. comprising all ’he latest st V es ol til season in M , n s, "i onlh s
fi'T* and Chi.dien. Those Garmenta are cut tv hpccial Order Pal teens, evidently
* cuing tile d.lTorence IwlWeen the tit of them and these kept by other houses. Jhe
hi of these Gamiest* Is not t • be surpassed, and defies coujp.-nt .on- even those cut
i; >hc best tilois on Broadway. NtvY'ork. ,
Hat AND cap DEPARTMENT. —Embracing a complete sf o.c " the best and
Ittest styles. •/. B. Stetson & Cos, Puilad lpbia, ttocdmff. Itoir.s & Vo., betv Ypra,
kirmg the lead. * "
ri'UNl.-JHINO DEPARTMENT —Call hr found every variety of Neck-Wear 01 tne
bt-s-t Styles, Shirt-, Co!la*s. Cuffs, H indkerebiefs, Half Eos’, Kid* and other style
blov -s. Cade-wear, Umbrellas, Satchels, Etc. Best Reinforced Dtesa Shirts for one
Hollar, made specially to excel all combination.
SPECIAL ORDER D PARTMENT.—A large line of samples of Imported Goods
*°r raah:D ’ suits to measure at short notice. Fit and satisfaction in every particut r
Ktarsateed. Wedding suits a speciality,
l-;. THOMAS, Clol
apr 19 b i—dovls COLUMBUS, GA.
W. H. PHILPOT, M. D.~
Physician and Druggist,
TALBOTTON, O^A.
aler ia :a.] Ffe.h Drags anl Sfediciacs. Toilet Articles. Surgical Instro
®*ejfcs, P.*t iit Medic. Bt> and
Sverytliing Else.
tUudly found in a first class Drug House-
Limps and Fixtures a speciality, with CV/ars and fine Chewing lcijacco
*k;rh annov op exce’lcd Try the Cigar called '*PHILI*OT*S LAST IDFA.
aibsr 22 2m
VOL 6-
fflxt #eoik fietisfer.
CEO. 8. OBEAK,
No. 110 Cl\erry Street, - - Macor\,Ga.
WHOLESALE and RETAIL OE ILEUS IN
Crockeiy. China, Cutlery. Lamp %
Chandeliers, Plated Ware- Granite
Ivon Ware, Japanned Ware, Baskets, Lanterns, etc
SOLE At! EN I S POl! THE
“EXCELISIOir COOK STOCKS
The 15et t >rad*. and Guaranteed It. giv ■ S ttisiartion.
HEATIN' STuYKS. (iBATEA, AND O i lIEU GOODS.
Write f r Prices and Cat .logue. ja m 1 Pirn
Merchants, Housekeepers
AMD OTHERS, arc invited to (X.!Uiin“ the now nd evionsivr stock of
Crockery, Clriiifs Glassware,
CUTLERY, SILVER WARE,
Kerosene Lamps & Fixtures, Wood
Tin & Willow Ware, r ~ancy Goods,
Piain and Decorated, Dinner, Breakfast,Tea &
Chamber Sets.
N.i old -nod,, but everything lit-w and of the kite t pat 1 ms, "* til - NEW (‘Kflt'K
EltV UuU.sK OF
MMJW.VY .Si- SAMJKHS,
mat s Sin tcj.l :* Webster Building, Columbus, G-a.
NEW GOODS.
A. F. PICKERT,
No. 5 Whitehall, St., - Atlanta, Georgia
HAS JUST i coivolu Itirgo stock of nil the new designK ill tho
MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO.,
—IS i „ IS (J T If, <>—
Silver arc*
l’.irties wishing Dndnl Profientfi will do well to call mid examine my stock and
j r.cwi Inioro |)i relm uiiß el.sewli .o. AlulUlock of 1817 Ro ;ors Di-oh mAi Spoons,
| .irks and Knives always ou hand. Spec i attention given Watch mol .‘evV..lry
Wt.rk Rep‘2o 12ni
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A. WiriTCH 0 KINS HD
WITTICH & KISSEL,
Watchmakers and Jewelers,
Cor. Broad k lbuodolph St„ Colufalmß, Ceorgia,
- Doalon. in—
WATCHES, CLOCKS
/q) r lt AN:)
ll M>jLt •;j '\\ ewelry.
I Diamonds, Rings, Specta
e'es, Silver Plated Ware <
Fancy Articles, &c.
V.'atchcs, Clocks find Jewelry REPAIRED to give satsfaclion,
ranted. Engraving done to order.
Jlu r Jcwe'riß'i nindp to order. Diamonds r, Het io Knit the present style.
F. S. JOHNSON, Jit. T. 11. JOHNoUN.
F. S. JOHNSON’S SONS,
—DEALERS in -
Hardware, Iron & Steel.
drain Cradles, Carriage and Wapn Materials, Plows,
Boss, Belting duns. Pistols,
SPOUTING GOODS. FISHIXG TACKLE,
AGENTS FOR BUFFALO SCALES.
j an l7 12 NO. 107 THIRD STREET. MACON. OEOROIA.
O’.
-DEALER I N
Wagons & Buggies,
r I 1111 BEST
SSO Buggy ever sold South.
HAVING bonght mt tne iVa-nu end Boggy Depirtmrnt nl Walt * Walker. I
will continue the bnuinere at the some Kiannd. and ask a share of the pbh
patmtiuge. lam Agent lor the old Uiikory Wagon and M.lbnrn Farm Wagons
lb-; best in ttie market an 1 will keep at all times a good stock of Wagons, Mga.es.
l liattons. Sarinlery and seM for small piohis, aL d guarantee mtry
"SSTSm J. A- WALKER. Columbus Ga„
- TALDOTTON, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL iI. 1882.
The Weat and South,
In mi in tide on the comparative
advantages fur usidottcc ami busi
ness of tin*. West all.l South, tho
Danville Register says of the form- I
or, that with all tho attractions 1
which that busy and progressive
people at and their fertile lands offer
t the settler, there are'at the same
time some drawbacks which are bo
ttoming more felt, from year to year
and while may direct tho tide of
emigration in part to other favored
fields. As to climate, tho riorlli
' est is a most inliospituolo land.
Kmigrints learn ns much idler
they get there. The prairie winds
are terrible and the bli/.y. irds are
quite past endurance. There is a
scarcity of pure water everywhere,
and a perpetual presence ot chills
and fever in summer, Tho tornado
and the drouth are witnessed and
felt there to a degree of p nl and
privati n which is unknown iu the
middle and Atlantic States. Added
to all this, tho recurring inunda
tion from the great river's, which
destroy crops and impoverish the
people an calamities which deeply
fliseoiirago and dour,iraliz-i tho iu.
habitants. The Register’s e.melus.
ion is that tak -n all in all, the mid
dle and southern Atlantic slope is
the most altraclivo country under
till! SHU.
- ♦- ►
She Backed Out.
WiJlieG Scrap Hook.
A certain boat coming up tho
Mississippi during thu flood tho
other day lost her wily and bumped
up against a frain: house. She
hadn't more than touched it luforo
an old darkey rama l his ha rd up
through a hole in tho roof where
tho chimney once came out, and
ye’lod at tho captain on tho roof:
Whar and- hell is yor gwlua wid dat
boat? Can't yon saointilim? Fust
thing yor Knows yor gwine to turn
din house oh ;r, spill da oil woman
an 1 do chil'cti out in do l! iod an 1
drown ‘om. Wat yer doin' out
here iu do c mutry wid yer damn
boat, anyhow! (In on bncK yander
froo dti oo'm fiel-ls, and git bicK
into dc libber whir yer b'ibags.
Ain't got ii i buainuss sav'u miles
out in do country f rilin' routi' poo.
plo's houses, nohow! mol she back
ed oat.
Ho tv lIeGoTa RkckiiT;- -In tho
oily of Halifax there dwelt a lawyer
crafty, subtle and cute as a fox,
An Indian of the Miami tribe owed
him some money. The poor tvd man
brought the money to his eredi or and
waited, expeeting the lawyer to write
a receipt.
What are you waiting lor? said tile
Dwyer.
Receipt, said the Indian.,
A reeipt I exclaimed the lawyer,
receipt ! What do you know about
a receipt?
The Indian looked at him a mo
ment and then slid i S’pose maybe
die ; Tine go to heben ; me find gate
locked ; me see the ’postle Peter; he
say, Simon, what do you want?
Me want to j. it in. . „
11 ty, You jny Mr j di'H
money ?
What me do? I hah no receipt; hah
to hunt all over hell to find yog.;—
Chicago i l< raid.
Mk. Haris: Hack Pay. — Y Wash
ington c rrespo ident says that a very
good story of back pay is told by ex-
Representative I larris, of Virginia.
I voted against the bill, said he but I
took the money. When J was up for
re-election they threw it up at me on
the stump. I to! 1 them that 1 had
tried to beat the bill, but had taken
the money, yot 1 thought they would
tvijijd forgive me when tnoy hoard
\jdiat I had done with it, I took
the money down into Virginia, said
I, and gave it to a poor woman
with seven children, and I told her
to ffm;it for herself and the chil
dren, and the thing is not a bit
ty rse because tiiivt woman is my
wife. I don’t think I lost a vote
by that'back pay business.
J.uckqow, the sporting town of
India, finds combats between quails
her most popular pastime. A na
tive writer asserts that there is
scarcely a rich Mohammedan in
the place who does not keep a
training establishment, Au uu<-
trained qu lil is worth from one to
four cents, but when a bird Iras be
come famous as a fighter its owner
can get SIOO for it any nay. Dis
tinguished quails live proudly in
gaudily decorated cages, and in tho
pit evince groat valor and dexteri
ty,
Guiteau has received an offer
from aSt Louis man named Cook
of $207 for the suit ho wore when
lie shot the President and $159 for
the clothes worn during the trial.
If the President signs the Chi
nese bill—and there is scarcely a
doubt that he is in favor of it -no,
Chinese laborers can come to this
country before the year 1902.
General News-
Early (’tiiuity Nows: A wild (inky
ioll tit id at Hit; it •of liev. .1 ii Culpej'
lor on Monday evening last. It w.is af
terword ascertained that it lmd been shot
in the swamp about a mile Koufticnst of
town, ami had been able to fly that di
t:\neo betorj dying. We won't pretend
to say what direoted its flight in Die tli
reetjou of tlie parsonage, but we have no
doutn Hiathcr Culpepper and family
were thank! ll Out it was directed to tho
place where it was likely to do mast good,
and where possib'y, it was most needed
Mr. W. 11, Felton, Jr., has accepted
the invitation to deliver the oration on
Memorial D- v nt Marsballville. 'I he
young gentleman will and the occasion
honor, ami we fuel certain that his
speech will boa graceful and titling
tribute to the gallant clo.nl, to whoso
sacred memory tho day has been set
apart.
In Lawreneevillc las! week, Miss Col -
lins took out a warrant against Mr Cox
for .<eduction. Mr. Cox then married
tlie injured young lady, and after the
iho ceretnnny stepped out to soe a mend.
\t last accoun s lie is still “.-topping, •*
and his bride will probably never see,
him again.
There are over 200,000 men and 100,-
00d horses ami mules cmyloyed in rail
road building in Texas There aro about
2.000 miles of road under contract, and
about 0,000 more to be contracted for.
The three great ports ot the world are
London, Liverpool and New York. Dur -
ing 1880 they reached their highest trade
dgureH, tho imports being at London
about 700,000.000. Liverpool $600,000,000
mi l New York $589,000,000.
Philadelphia Times; Tho country,
and especially tho Democracy, greatly
need not a return to the Jcilerson and
Jacks n of \lio past, but a Jefferson or a
•Jackson of the j resrnt: one who cun un
derstand that the whole world has been
brought into a common family, with dai
ly tidings, flashing around the globe, and
that the byways and mountain fast:eaj
l os of (he (hays of Jefferson arid Jackson
arc n w and tted wit.’, school-', flooded with
a; w..papers, and greet'd will) the .:>ng of
the, iron horse Give uh a new Jefferson
or anew ,7a,)! son it tlu-r • are any ffy be
found who can size themselves tip to (ho
great duties of the present: but- let h ad
ers turn their faces forward, whether
they have Jefferson or Jackson < i m l,
and advance with tho progress time has
long since forgotten Bourbons as its war
siiipi rs,
Olio of Fort Va'.loy’s enterprising citi -
/."iis is making investigations as t. tlifi
feasibility of erecting a cotton secl oil
mill in that, place during this summon
The same party is also negotiating with
Llio railroad authorities to buy or lease on
long time, the grounds on which the old
depot stands tor the purpose of erecting
a hotel near the railroad, with waiting
room attached !"r passenger*.
There aro in the world not far from
225,000 miles ot railways, of thin amount,
uw stated above, this country possessor!
about li>o.ooo a little less than half.
New York state has almost as mail)
miles cu‘ro.ul as all Asia and more than
all K'.mth America, while Massachusetts
lias more than all Africa.
Goose growing is among tho new in
dustries introduced into T,xas. Ko
oiit'y a flock ol geese, numboiing l,ouO,
shipped from Boone county, Mo., arriv
ed at Gainesville, where a rancho 1a l
been prepared lor them. It is ihonght
that tins lnv Mtment will pay.
Women's bruias arc smaller tlnin
moil'd. An elephant's is also lar
ger than that ol a mouse, yot lio
c.u/i catch one.— Derrick.
To* winter is over nnd gone, at le st
we are in tho mi Id.e ot the first spring
in on tli and enjoying what may be called
a seasonable temperature. Time flies
aiidw- fly wiih it. The enervating days
ot spring will soon be upon us,and then,
as always before, people will begin to
think of picnics, '’(rips to tho seiivliore,
FUinmcr boarding in the country, new
bonnets, straw hats, water coolois, and
other tilings incidental to the warm
weather season,
A clock is shown in Burlington, Ver
mont. the frame-work of which is com
posed ot thirty-five different specimens
lroin Colorado. Among them are gold
end silver ore, quartz, crystal and petri
fied wood.
Some ot tfic Georgia papers are al
ready at work in re hHanging tho Con
gressional districts of tho State, Tins
a very unnecessary labor nt present, for
however, perfect tho map of the State
may be made, it will not be available in
the next election, and may not be appre
ciated n<?xt year. One ot our exchanges
in making up this district in which it
puts Muscogee leaves out Harris. AVe
shall object to this, for wo want Harris
in our district. Muscogee and Harris
naturally go together,—Times.
Bradstreet's has received its spe
cial report on cotton frorrj its
agents ell over tlie cotton states
and their estimates show that only
two and one-tenth per cent of tlie
crop is now le f t on the plantation.
The above estimate makes the
total of the crop about 5,300,000
b des.
A Political Cubiosity —The
opposition to tlie old fashioned, or
as it is called, the bourbon element
m democratic politics in Georgia,
has assumed the very practical form
of an address to tho people of tho
state signed by some responsible
gentlemen and of a call for a state
convention next June* Tho ad
dress is in many respects a politic
al curiositp. It is a mixture of
whiggism, democracy arid modern
republicanism* —New York Hor
| aid.
A.T THE
HARDWARE STORE
tton, 1 r Oa/.
A LARGE STOCK OF
Plow Stocks, Plow Hoes, Scovil Hoes, and
VERY ING UoUALLY KEt'Tlf! A FIRST CLAS3
Hardware Store,
all of wliich will 1,0 -soM :;t
ROCK BOTTOM PRICES for the CASH.
AN!) DON'T YOU FoRGET IT.
Call before purchasing and bo Convinced.
Kn-], oousl;i.nllv oif h.iiiil a Btoi'.k of tho best
COOKING STOVES.
Maunfaetm-cd in tho eoiintrv. Call ami fpo (Imm.
an K ,,! bl H- L. McLSNDON, Talbotton, Ga
anTllWf 1 Tll'< UIIII If Hll ■m Hf l—
it'' Z ~ ".gt
(JITIJ.BTS'H lMl v HOVI|I)
Light Draft Cotton Gins.'
Arranged lor Ponders and ( Vmlonscrs if desired Ilecommended bv nil Planter
who have used them, as superior to any Gin manufactured.
SLADE & ETHEBEDGE,
Warehouss and Commission Merchants.
C<lumbuM, .... (sleoi'gin.
yro Sold AK'-ntH fur JU tin, nectirn trading nt itlifi wi 1 f-uiiish ciicula
mi l t.-sti iiionini.-; on iqipliouliun. A; |ily i-m-ly to Mefire a Gfn. fnban a
W r W. COLLINS,
of
MiffS, KIES l WAGONS
~< >, t'M Sc r 1 Wlicond Street.
MACON, - - - GEORCIV
Jot
hist stock:
AND FOR SALE LOW
Carriages, Phaetons, Cabriolcttes, Rockaways, Ladies and
Pony Phsetons, Top and No-top Piano Box and Coal Box'
Busigics-
Webster Wagons,
mibnrn Wagons,
Studerbaker Wagons’,
One-Horse Wagons,
Harness, Eaby Gabs, etc., etc-
GALL AND BE CONVINCED.
I liar.cllo more goods in my lino than nay other koU6e’in the States
ol Georgia, Florida,or Alftbaifla. Jly facilities are such that vre defy
competition I will Iroat you rigtft.
nov2s 1)1 w. w. COLLINS. Macon. -
--" I. GUERNSEY,
SUCCESSOR TO GUERNSEY & REYNOLDS.-
VIACON, : : : 5 : iredfgid
Offers to l he trade in Talbot, Taylor and adjoining conn tier, a one! varied sth
Df Guilders furniKhing goods; r.nch as Doors, Sash, Blinds, Window, Gins**, kink
u re, &c., niHfkcd down at the lotrr.it prices to insure sale ad perfect sat sfactltf
Gil *r send ordt; .** to T. G Ui*L<NSE Y, opposite W. W. Collins i l>ro. MrttCfu, (jftf
Mj.cUbl
.1 ob Work.
An -1 isstH ot Jiifi A\ i 11 Ccn
iu the Hlylvaaucl atlUu
|>vi< ,-*■, at the RLGISTI.Iv JOB
OFFICE. Our Job Department is lur
ui.shca with a pine ruvvAn pur:as ajS4 a’J
ttie l.itcat and most approved styles o
type, Wu do bette r work for leiH
iu.j,>iio3' than any office ill the State.
Give ns your orders and we will plume
you.
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