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t very Dtllinn ■s: "It Peach ■kef*,! usbels fitabb ill be is are I netv eel a t rpro tailed iere is 'War irkets Pri W't *t on anies i can next the will til, : thi ll Tf bit, u ei- wnd ices i be lies, it, i! r.- bir iney •ait no ib« our O’l- )llv kboM aMQNQoUB KXCHANOEB. I between Jesup aud Gordi, coming to state news. ^is pl ,ice . be was met by two negroes, Atlanta bas » colored detective. The fountain for Albany’s artesian , V( .U bas arrived Atlanta will celebrate the 4th of Ju ly iu gorgeous style. Savauuah’s cotton seed mill was burned this week. Loss over $30,000. Latest reports from Atlanta are to • be effect that the last vestige of smallpox has been stamped out of the city. Two Lowndes comity brothers Imve already received $1,000 from this year’s gtirdeu trues. Every county iu Georgia should have what Thomas has—an organized dock-breeders’ association. Melon thieves are numerous aud troublesome iu Brooks. Editor Per- 1,ton's patch bas been visited. The Columbus Sun claims to have seen an Irish potato, raised near that . i*y, which weighed twenty pounds. Thomasville will have a six-inch ar tesian well, almost big enough, the 'time* says, to pull a Chinaman through. Col. Primus Jones, of Baker, the famous “first bale of cotton” man, ihiuks his neighbors will push him very close this year. Atlanta had a tire at. the corner of Alabama and Whitehall streets. It | was extinguished with little damage to the building. Bill Arp says that horses and mules trill sometimes stall with a load of wood or rock, but they will “pull a power .of hay up hill towards home." The town of Salt Springs has been laid off ou the Georgia Pacific, twen ty miles from Atlanta, and lots were ofiored for sale at unction on Wed nesday. A little half grown cow iu Monroe county, only sixteen months old, is giving three and one-half gullofis of milk per day, which makes over a pound of butter. Bill Wright, a noted negro desper ado und ex-member of several chain- gangs in Southwest Georgia, and who lately escaped from one of these in stitutions, has been re-captured near Quitman, after being seriously wound ed in the buck by a pistol hall. Mrs. Isaac Winship, of Macon, died a few days since. Few women in Georgia occupied a higher position m society than she. She was the first white child koni west of the Ocmiilgee a Macon Col. George U. Bluek’s condition is not very materially changed of late. Whilst his bead rotnuius perfectly ■iear aud active, he does not regain •he use of his limbs as we would like for him to do. We still hope, howev • i, that he may yet, at least, regain sufficient use of himself to get about. Winy rase Watchman: “Mr. ltad- ford Browning, of Telfair county, bas a catfish in his well that his sou put iu there in 1862, twenty years ago.— They say it is nearly white. Every year or so, when Mr. Browning cleans out his well, lie places the fish in a tub of water until he gets the well finished, when be places the fish buck again. Mr. Browning also has a goose over twenty years old." Triplett, of the Thomasville Times, has been presented witii a nine-foot alligator. The genial John remarks 'hat “the gator has been given cow- i n table quarters in rear of the Mitch ell House, where he will receive and entertain Northern guests during the coming season. Iu the meantime, he will amuse himself by eating poultry, taking iu a dog occasionally, and swallowing a young nigger now and then just to vary his fare.” Tho Sheriff, Ordiuary, a Justice and three other persons of Douglusville carried a young Italian vender of plaster images into the court house, and stood him on his head, sat down ^u him, and pulled at his tongue, to Mich an extent that he was unubc to s peak the follow ing day. The citizens have raised a purse io prosecute tho offenders. Jesup Sentinel: Yesterday morning as Mr. John Knight was somewhere Jesse James and Jack Brown, who demanded his money or his life. The negroes had their pistols drawn, aud Mr. Knight, being nnurmed, offered ho resistance. After giving up his pocket-book be came on to Jesup, and getting a party to accompany him, he pursued the negroes, catching them at Gardi. They were brought to Jesup, given a trial and committed to jail. Atlanta is determined on a paid fire department after July 1st. The fol- lowii g will bo the officers aud men employed, with their salaries: Chi-f lit a salary of $1,200 per an num; two foremen of two steamors at $45 per month; engineers of steamers V granting immediate freedom aud civ il rights to all slaves in Cuba. A riot in Alexandria, Egypt, on Sunday last, resulted iu the death of about twenty Europeans, including officers of British men-of-war in the harbor. The melted snow in British Colum bia bas swollen the rivers until whole sections of country are submerged, and steamers readily navigate where ordinarily are fertile farms Chicago’b pet project of establish ing a mammoth home for in* lirintes been tdmmlniii-d. They found it would cost too luiieli to roof over the city. Louisian.i is owned by the proprie tor of the Louisiana Slate Lottery.— pays $40,000 annually to $60 per month; drivers of steamers, $45 per month; drivers of hose reels, $30 per month; driver of Hook and Ladder Company, $45 per month: runners,^$30 per month. There will be thirty-seven runners, beside tho officers and drivers. GENERAL ITEMS. It’s a wise railroad stock that knows its own par these days. Tallahassee, Fla., has a base ball elub called the /Esthetics. Chattanooga has a factory that turns out 40,000 bed-steads a year. The public schools of Yieksburg have been closed on account of scar let fever. 5,000 people are starving in Patrick county, Va., on account of last year’s short crops. A powder magazine was struck by lightning and exploded in Davenport, 111. The shock was felt eight miles. A bill bas been introdncod in the Chamber of Deputies, at Madrid, tlie city of New Orleans, defeats every effort of the Legislature to kill it, and pays its proprietor $75,000 per annum. Oscar Wilde is on bis way to Ja pan, where even the simplest utensil of the household is made beautiful. — He says be will return to America.— He is going to lecture upon “Japan ese Art and the Artistic Side of Jap anese Life.” A Chicago mother recently ar ranged with her oldest daughter, twelve years of age, that they would poison the rest of tho children and then themstlves. They began with tho youngest, giving strichnine, and when the rest were dead the daugh ter took her dose, and lastly the mother. Her husband, who was a baker and worked at night, came home before the woman died. She led him into the room, and said, “see the children, how nicely they are all dressed in white, with flowers in their hands.” She died soon after. Before taking the fatal drug, the daughter wrote a number of notes to her play mates, and one to her father, assign ing as a reason for the rash act that her mother was sickly and could not last long, and they bad concluded it was best for all to go together. NEW GOODS CONTINUE TO ARRIVE FOR THE THE PALACE STOK E -OF- J. MICHELSON & MOTHER! Lil lies aud geiitlemeu will find it to their interest to examine our go.ids before pnrchiising elsewhere. We offer you Pacific lawn8 at l’ >l i cents—worth 15. Linen lawns 20 to 25 cents. Gingham 12cents—worth 15. Linen Ureas goods from 15 to 30 cents Calicoes (I to a cunts. Martha Waahingt »n calicoes—fast colors—8 cents. Beautiful black cashmeres <*>5 ceuts to £1. Nun’s veiling—black amt cream—85 cents to $1. j Lace buntings 20 to 25 cents. I Summer alpacas 2-5 coats. { Summer camel's .hair dress good- . j Linen ulsters $1 50 to $3 00. | Silk pqplius 10 cents. | Cambrics 10 to 12>« ceuts I Seersuckers J8 cents. | Cheviots 25 ceuts. Fine assortment of white lawns and piques from 10 to 35 cents. We also iuvite you to examine our Ladies’ brush kid $3 fX) to $:« 75. Ladies’ kid tops $3 00, $3 50. £3 75. Ladies' light goat $3 50. Ladies' kid fox $3 00 Ladies’ slippers $1 00, £125 and $1 60. Gentlemen’s shoes—Prince Albert— $1 50 to #3 00. Gentlomen’s French and Oxford ties £1 5o to £5 00 Gentlemen’s summer cashmere, for suits, double width, $1 25. Hammocks bolding 600 pounds £1 30. Bed spreads from 80 cents to £2 <*>. A nice assortment of Japanese. Imcii ai d sola from 25 cents to £4 no. Masque netting 00 cents to $4 00. Ladies' shopping hags 75 cents t * £1 no. Baskets of every variety 50 cents to £1 no. SWE-ESW.ASXjXSKEID I MMMtaMakret Alter being burned out at the late fire, has ro-oponod, IN FLINT'S BUILDING, NEWCASTLE STREET, a largo stock, consisting of STAPLE&FANCYDRYGOODS Notions, Embroideries, Ready-Made Clothing, BOOTS & SHOE©, HATS AND CAPS, Crockery, Glass and Tinware. Groceries, Totoctcco and Cigars, Which he offers at BOTTOM PRICES! He solicits the patrouage of the people. Remember, Opposite Blain’s Drug Store ! F. WARNED « Merchant Tailor. We also koep a nice quality of HATS, RIBBONS, FLOWERS, JEWEL RY, HANKERCHIEFS, TABLE LINEN, and, in fact, all al l ivies kept in a First Class Dry Goods Store. A fine lot of FANCY GROCERIES, FURNITURE, CARPETS and MATTING. We invite one and all to come. No trouble to show goods. Gentlemen's Ready MadeClothing Bine llanuel suits, fast colors, £10 00. * Blue yacht cloth, fast colors, £13 60. Cauhnicre suits, all wool, $10 00. Nico cashmere pants, fancy patterns $3 00. Ficc alpaca coats, silk finish, $1 50. Pu ro liuen coats and pants $3 00. tcbU-Ulioct22 | Unlaundricd white dress shirts, made of Now York aud Wsmsutta shirting and three hundred I thread of linen, $1 ou. Lauudried, same material, £1 25. 1 Celluloid collars and caffs. | Largo supply manilla and mucuo lwt-. I Gentlemen’s lisle thread half hose, seamless, 30 rtx II. L. HARRIS! MY STOCK ir the present season is of unequalled extent and variety, (unbracing every novelty in material and style for MEN’8 WEAR, made up in style and finish unsurpassed. Examination solicited. Joerger’s block, Brunswick, Ga. FURNITURE, MATTINGS, Wall Papers, Decorative Papers, Etc. EBONY PARLOR CABINETS. A LARGE LINE OF FINE Chamber Sets. Wardrobes, Sidebo’ards, Desks,0 liffoneres, Etc CTllOLSTEBISO ml XIATTllESS MAKING liy IL« be.l wutkm.-. 11. Country onloni «oticlt«a. 169 mid 171 Broughton St., SAVANN VH, Ga. •Ictcelry and Clocks l SILVEBWARE, Ete., In Gfx-eat Variety. Victor Sewing Machines! Needles and Attachments ApriMO-tf ’’ ' j ~ * Schofield’slron Works, Macon,Ga, MAHDFACTUUE PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES AND BOIL ERS, SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, and all kinds of Machinery and Castings to order. OB-8VECUL ATTENTION GIVES TO BEFAIU WOBK. WE HAVE HOW OPENED l WHOLESALE HARDWARE HOUSE, Ami can -KftSH STEKI * NAILS, PLOWS AND Janai-Qm J. S. SCHOFIELO & SONS MACON % COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, w. McKAY, Principal. A EU.ST-CI.iSS BUSINESS ISSTrrrTE-«.,n»l ;»uy North or South. Send for Circular. Ad* I .* Ptiit Office. P* ICE!! AT WHOLESALE k RETAIL. Retail bolide on N- wetatle Street. HtJNDiY Horn*; *'» to 1(» a. m ; 12 t*» *2 and 6 to 7 ^ y Sunday ctutomura plea** »ak«-notice. r* * a M HAYWOOD. V