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!>15,000,000 AN ACHB.
Km York Letter.
Iu ‘'ie more common streets of New
York In ml is worth from $250,000 to
$:15().0U0 por 'acre. In the best part
of UiMH.Jway its value is increased to
$5,oitii,o00 per acre, but in the vicini-
u \\ ill street its volue is immense
1» increased, because this locality is
the money heart 'of America. The
bun) on which the Drexel building
stun■.- cost its present owners at the
rate of $14,000,000 per acre. It occu
pies the corner of Wall and Broad
streets, which may be considered the
most valuable corner on this conti
nent, and yet when I was a Broad
street clerk in 1840 this very place
wa» 'occupied as a hat store. The
corresponding value of property in
this neighborhood has been illnstrat-
by the recent sale of the corner of
Broad street and Exchange place,
which was at the rate of $15,000,000
per acre. Hence the Drexel lot was
none too high. In fact, these daz
zling figures are justified by the im
mensity of the transactions which oc
cur In-re daily. Almost all the rail
roads on the continent, except New
England, are managed within three
hundred feel of this spot, and the
general pressure of our immense ti-
mtuciul system gives it a value which
a few years ago could not have been
dreamed of.
Lucas Hirst was a Philadelphia
lawyer and started liis legal career as
an office boy in Attorney-tiencrnl
Brewster’s office. He was of a more
than saving disposition, for out of his
••aruiugs, which consisted mostly of
small foes, he managed to amass a
fortune of nearly $200,1)00. Even in
his most prosperous days his expenses
rarely exceeded $8 per week Not
long ago he wont to the law library
to look up a certain law, and point
ing to a volumi. asked if be might
"barrow it for a few minutes. He was
informed that by paying $40 annual
ly ho would have free tango of tbo en
tire library, and that only in tbnt way
could he have access to the books.—
Greatly disgusted, he left, and mndo
known his intention to sevornl friends
that at his death he would found a
free law library, which, he asserted,
every city in the Union ought to have.
Two weoltH ago he died, and it was
found that ho had kept his word, for
excepting annuities tor his three sis
ters, who live iu pom- circumstances,
his eutiro ostate will go to the estab
lishment of the Hirst Tree Law Li
brary.
A UETTIill HITE,
An ingenious tramp, thinking to
wriug tours and money assistance
from ttoe stoniest hearts with a now
scheme, gavo it an experimental trial
in the North End. He bos decided
not to patent the invention. Ho told
a North End lady of his unfortunate
condition, and asked if he might eat
soiuo of tho grass in the yard. The
lady, not loss amused than surprised,
said "certainly.’’ ■
He wont out, aud getting down on
his all fours, commenced on tbo grass
after tho neglected and never popular
fashion of Nebuchadnezzar, and appa
rently not enjoying the diet any more
than that anciont sinner of olden
time. Presently the tramp’s anxious
eye caught sight of tho servant girl
beckoning to him from the back yard.
He thought a rich reward for his hu
mility was in store, and instantly re
sponded.
"Did you motion to me ?” said he.
"Yes.”
"What did yon want?" His face
now wore a look df most hopeful ex
pectancy.
“You may go iu the back yard if
you want to. Tho grass is taller
there/’
The contract for the casting of the
bronze statue of General Robert E.
Lee, for the city of New Orleans, has
been closed, and the work will be
completed iu about six months. The
monument will be dedicated on next
New Year’s dav
Old man Jones* Telephone.
Old Mr. Jones, senior partner of
Jones A Son v considered it a good
stroke of business when he had a tel
ephone pat in his grocery. It took
the old gentleman several days to get
tho hang of the thing, but it paid to
have customers order goods of him
by telephone from a distance, when,
before he had a telephone, they would
run to tho nearest shop. Mr. Jones
was congratulating himself upon this
tho other morning when the tele
phone bell rang. After the usual
number of "balloos” he distinctly
caught an order for ten pounds of
sugar, two pounds of coffee, a pound
of crackers, half a bushel of potatoes,
a peek of apples and a codfish, to be
delivered; but he didn’t quite catch
tho name. After several vain trials,
he asked the other party to spell it,
while, pencil in hand, he prepared to
write it down on a sheet of wrapping
paper.
"Double u,” said the voice.
Jones wrote it down, and said—
"Yes.”
"Double u.”
“I’ve got that! '1
"Well, put. it down again.”
“Yes! Go ahead.”
“Double ti.”
“Why, I’ve got that I”
“Put it down again.”
“But I’ve got it down twice!”
“Well, put it down three times !”
Jones sighed and wrote it again.
"A double d."
"A double d—that’s ‘add,” solilo
quized Jones; then he shouted back,
“Add what
“Add nothing! Just put down
a double d !”
“This is infernal nonsense,” mut
tered Jones; but he cheerfully called
back, “Yes—go abend !”
“E double 1.”
“Wh-a-t?”
“E double 1!”
Mr. Jo a c8 stamped on the floor and
pulled his whiskers savagely, but he
put it down and swoetly answered—
"Yes.”
"That’s all.”
“All what y"
"All tne unnio.”
Then Mr. Jones studied his paper
carefully a moment, where bo bad
written, ”U n u u n u n d d e 11,” and
remarked to himself—
“ Why, that’s confounded non-
souse!"
He then halloed through the tele
phone again, rung up the central of
fice, aud inquired in vain who had
boon talking with him. Then ho
studied the writing some more. Pret
ty soon iu caruo his son, tho junior
partner. Mr. Jones showed him the
loiters, and told how he got them.—
Tho junior partner studied them lmrd,
read them both ways, looked on the
back of tho paper, and finally said it
was the worso bosh he ever saw. They
showed the paper to the book-keeper,
and he said fit was sheer foolishness.
Tho big clerk said it was absurd.
The little clerk thought somebody was
crazy. Finally tho errnnd boy looked
at it nnd was told it was meant for
some customer’s name; thereupon he
asked Mr. Jones to call off the letters,
as near as he could remember the
same, as he had received them by tel
ephone. Mr. Jones ifid so, when the
errand boy nearly ehoked with laugb-
iug, and said—
Why, that’s perfectly plain.! It’s
W. W. Waddell f"
Mr. Jones never felt snch immense
relief since he wont into business.
Removal stop fiMO,
THE FIBM OF
GLOVER&Dim
(SUCCESSORS TO W. T. GLOVER)
Haa removed from the Btore next door to the Po§t
Office, and opened afresh in
Dixon’s New Building
Where the pnbllc can bo supplied, at wholesale or
retail, with everything In the line of w
STATIONERY
Books, Pictures, Etc.
NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS & MAGAZINES
Received daily and for sale at low prices.
PICTURE FRAMING DONE
ON SHORT NOTICE.
Green Grocer,
ANI) DEALER IN
A man is like a fog when hi is
extreme mist
The Marlin (Texas) !nde:r reports
a newly discovered food tor horses in
Falls county of that State. In the
Brazos I hi t tom ' grows a weed, in
height about fifteen or twenty feet,
that is said to be almost as nutritions
os corn. It is called the
weed,” from the fact that when bro
ken there escapes a juice that is al
most as red as blood. Many farmers
feed their A-oi k stock bnt once a day
with com. The other two meals are
made by “staking” on blood weed.—
There are many instances where crops !
arc raised by feeding the work stock
exclusively on this weed.
Country Produce
GROCERIES.
CANNED GOODS,
TOBACCO,
CIGARS,
STANDARD AND
FANCY CRACKERS,
CANDIES, NUTS, ’
FRUITS, Etc.,
All of which ir*t offered for oath at reasonable
I MEAN BUSINESS!
i»r»* cornet Newcastle and Monk Street*.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
“ AN ORDINANCE,
d pruvido l«*r the forfeiture and collection oi bond*
given by offender* against the ordinance* of the
city of Brunswick for their appearance at the Po
lice Court of said city; and for other purpose*
therein mentioned:
.Section 1, The Mayor and Council of tho city of
Hrumnvirk, in Council aiaerabled, do hereby ordain,
that the Mayor be, and ho hereby authorized and
empowered to adjudge and declare forfeited the
bond of any person chargod with a violation of an
ordinance of the city, and given for hi* or her ap
pearance at the Police Court of the said city, when-
ever mich violator Nhall fail to appear and answer at
the time and place *et forth in such bond.
Btc. 2. And be it further ordained, That it shall
be the duty of the Clerk aud Treasurer of the city
to isxuo, Immediately upon the declaration of such
forfeiture, an execution againft the property of the
principal aud Murdtca upon the bond aud for the
amount named in such bond.
Sue. 3. And be it further ordained, That it shall
he the duty of the Marshal of the city to proceed
immediately upon the recepttou of such execution
to collect the amount of the Mine, with thu usual
costs, from the goods and chattels, lands and tene
ments of tbo principal and sureties upon such
bond.
Hue. t. Atul he it further ordained, That it shall
be the duty of the Mayor, whenever it shall appear,
upon the investigation o! any case, that any law of
tho State has al*o been violated, to cause the offend
er to be turned over to the Court having jurisdic
tion of the offense, when the fine or term of labor
imposed by the Police Court shall have been paid
or discharged.
Hkc. 4. And be it further ordained, That all ordi
nances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this
ordinance be and the Mine are hereby repealed.
Passed iu Council on tho 10th day of May, 1882.
Attest: M. J. COLSON, Mayor.
JAS. HOUSTON, Clerk of Council.
Mrs. KiHiLB,
jlasiucrade and Call Costumers,
Newcastle St, next to Dunn's dry goods store,
BRUNSWICK, - GEORGIA
Keeps on baud every kind of gold and silver
Fringes. Tassels, Laces—iu short, everything con-
nected with thu business.
Partin* can be supplied with ready-made dresses
ostuines, etc., for amateur exhibitions, fancy balls
masquerades, etc. jan?-tf
NOTiiJE Of INTENTION TO CHANGE NAME
GEORGIA - - Glynn
All persoin* interested ire hereby notified that I *
hall apply to the Superb r Court to be held iu and
<>r the county aforesaid on the firat Monday iu
a I May, 1 N»2, for the purpose of having my name
uiuuu | c i ianf j,.,| f ron , (io.Klhread, by which I have hereto-
f< re been known ami called, to t/iat of J). li. liau-
Thi* 7th of January, 18*2
HAY, OiYS
CS&A.CXED CORZfcT,
GRIST, MEAL, MEAT,
IN ALL SHAPES
m m MI WHEAT (IRM
Goods Sold for Cash Only.
(irwuflflil, ton & Forrester,
J. K. NIGHTENGALE, Agent,
BRUNSWICK O-A.
1 tail’s Drug Store,
Newcastle and Grant Streets,
BBUITSWICZ:, . <3-^.
(OFFICE PORT PHYSICIAN & HEALTH OFFICER )
Where will bo fomni > LAIIGE STOCK
AND
Hair, iVail and Tooth Brushes,
Perfumery and Toilet Aticlee
IN GREAT VARIETY
Soda and Mineral Waters,
FROM MY SPLENDID FOUNTAIN. (Liquors probibted).
Lamps 4 Lamp Fixtures,
Baist’8 A FerryV
Garden Seeds-
TRUSSES
—AND—
Abdominal Supporters.
Th** Very beat
CIGARS
doplh.
By my Att'ya, Mabry A Boren.
C. P. GOODYEAR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
0**r Mht.f'hub's Provision Store, Gloticea tor Street,
BRUNSWICK, GA.
Green and Black
TEAS
TOBACCOS!
And other article*, too numerous to mention, usually kept in a ftr»t-cian* Drug Store.
Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully Compounded.
»ny rail* for medlclbi’i, if nollied at mj rauduux.
JAMES T. BLAIN,
LICENSED DRUGGIST.