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Herald and SUcertiser.
Newnan, Ga., Friday, Dec. 23, 1887.
▲ SAILOR S TARN.
In 1865 I waa one of the crew of the
American bark Henry Castle, which
made a voyage to the .Java Sea and
called at several of the larger islands.
One day, while the ship was lying in the
outer harl)or of Samarang, Island of
Java, two of us pulled the captain ashore
in the gig. We landed him on a rocky
point, from whence he took a short cut
:icros« to the town, and were ordered to
wait there until his return. My ship
mate, whose name was Thurber, j
stretched out for a nap as soon as the
captain had gone, while I got out on the
|x>iiit. to have a look around. The water
was pretty deep alongside the boat, and
by and hv. full of a sailor's deviltry, I
picked up a large rock and heaved it
into the water with a great splash. 1
calculated on seeing Thurber start up in
alarm, but he only laughed at my effort.
Then I set out to wet him with a splash,
and flung five or six other rocks as large
as I could handle. L was hunting for
yet another, and had my back to the
boat • and the water, when something
brushed past my head. I made* a leap
aside and wheeled around. In the two
seconds thus occupied I decided tiiat
Thurber had thrown some missile at me,
and I laughed as 1 turned about.
The laugh, however, died away in a
shout of terror. An octopus with a body
as large n.s a beer keg had risen to the
’ "surface and partly j ml led itself on the
rocks, and its half dozen terrible arms
were flying about like so many whip
lashes. It had flung one of them at me
and missed its aim. Although I was now
thirty feet away, it continued to fling
three or four feelers.in iny direction, but
none of them could reacli within fifteen
feet. The two longest arms were from fif
teen to eighteen feet long, and the shorter
ones from eight to ten.
If 1 could have restrained myself for a
few minutes the monster would no doubt
have sunk lieneath the waters again, but
the awful stare of its great eyes, the
sight, of the terrible beak, the squirming
of those horrible feelers as they tried in
vain to touch me. made me cry out
loudly. I might have known that I
could make no headway against the
monster with the means at hand, but.
acting on the impulse of the moment, I
picked up a good sized rock and flung it
with certain aim at the pulpish body. It
was at this moment that Thurber rose
up in the boat Jp see what was going on.
The creature didn’t see him at first, be
ing entirely occupied in trying to get me
into its clutches. 1 believe Thurber could
have- pushed the boat off and floated
away in safety, but he also acted on the
first impulse. Lifting up one of the
heavy oars lie dealt the octopus a heavy
blow, no doubt inflicting severe injury.
He was raising the oar for a second blow,
when 1 saw three or four feelers whip
through the air at once and fasten to
him. while the creature emitted a hissing
sound like the blowing off of steam. The
man uttered a scream of fright and ter
ror as the feelers caught him, and sank
down in the boat and clung to a thwart
with a (dutch of despair.
Mind you, everything had taken place
in a moment, and I wasn’t to be blamed
for not knowing exactly what to d6.
However, I perhaps accomplished all
that could have been done under the cir-
einnshmce. I hurled rock after rock at
tiie creature, striking it fairly several
times, but it ref us. d to let go of Thur-
ber. L kept two of the feelers ready for
mo. and once,*when in my excitement
and anxiety I approached too near, one
of the feelers came so close to catching
me that it struck my foot. The screams
of my poor shipmate were terrible to
hear, and they alarmed the crews of
several vessels half a mile away. Two
boats put off for us, but they had not
passed over half the distance when the
petopus put forth his strength and
jerked ’ Thurber from his hold and
overboard. The water at that point was
foventy feet deep, and it was Apparent
that there was a sort of cave or recess in
the rocks, which was the home of the
creature. We rolled more rocks dowiq
got a long pole and thrust it down, and
after an hour’s work got hold of the sail
or’s body and brought it to land. There
was a terrible gash in his back. made, no
doubt, by the beak of the octopus, and
wherever the cups of the feelers had
taken hold there were livid «i>ots and
blisters, but neither the blood had been
sucked out nor any of the flesh eaten. I
do not think any effort of ours scared the
creature into giving ujt the dead. It had
retained its hold until certain that life
had departed, and had, perhaps, clung to
it the longer for our attempts. The na
tives said that my heaving the stones into
the water had annoyed the octopus and
brought him up for a light, and that but
for my action we should have seen noth
ing of him.
For over four years I was mate and
master of a small schooner plying be
tween the Spice islands and -Singapore, in
the interest of an American trader. 1
off by the blows. There were three or
four feet of it, and for a time it squirmed
and twisted about tjie deck like a snake.
It had touched the man’s flesh only in
one spot on the back of the hand, but he
j made as touch ado over it is one would
i a bullet in the leg. It was a horrible
wound, however. The flesh was puck
ered up and blistered, and the spot where
j the cup had taken hold looked like
an erysipelas sore. It was a long four
weeks before the .wound healed, and the
| scar left closely resembled that of a burn.
I had the sailor in the cabin dressing
his hand, and it was twenty minutes
after we had beaten off the octopus, when
j there was another cry from the deck, and
I heard the men run forward anil tumble
; into the fore-castle and slide the cover.
.More from instinct than any thought of
danger 1 closed the cabin door, then the
skylight which lighted the ca! in. There
was a slide door in the forecastle bulk
head communicating with the hold, and
also one from the cabin. After two or
three minutes the sailors came climbing
over the cargo—we being about one-third
full—and I let them into the cahin. I
never saw a more frightened lot of men,
and I could not at first believe the story
they told. They said that when the oc
topus fell into the water he swam off in
the direction of a rocky reef on our port
quarter, and distant about 200 feet.
Afier a few minutes the men notiqed a
considerable commotion in the water, and
this gradually approached. All at once
they made out live or six octopuses at
the vessel’s side, and before they drew
back and ran away the monsters were
throwing their feelers over the low bul
warks.
“There’s one of ’em, sir—there's one!”
shouted the mate at this moment, anil we
turned to the skylight to see three or
four of the horrible feelers playing over
it, At the same moment the schooner
was canted to port with a sudden pull all
of three streaks, or with as much force
as a strong puff of wind would have ex
ercised in the open sea. At tills move
ment all the natives broke out in a yell of
affright, and, as I sternly rebuked them,
cne of them exclaimed:
“Oh! Captain, the devil fish have come
aboard, and not one of us can escape!”
There was no longer any doubt that we
were beset by the creatures. There was
not a second in which tiie feelers were
not playing over the skylight, and others
could l>e beard fastening to and dragging
things aljout the deck. As the entire
affair was afterward put in writing,
sworn to by every man on board, and
left with the representative of the British
government at Surahava, Island of Java,
1 shall not hesitate here to state particu
lars. The noise on deck might be likened
to a row between four or five men.
Everything movable was being moved
and flung about. My skylight had a
hard wood frame and heavy glass, and
the feelers found very little to grasp. The
noise made as the cups fastened to ihe
glass by suction and let go again was like
tiie snap of a pair of pincers. Looking
from the bull’s eye in the stern I could
see that the water was all in a commo-
up and we were clear or tne Day.
As to tiie strength of an octopus, I will
tell you what four or five of us once saw
at one of the spice islanda There was •
yawl floating astern of a small trading
schooner anchored off the beach. I was
on the schooner talking with the captain,
and his crew of five men were all on
deck, when an octopus rose on the piwt
side of the yawl and flung three of his
tentacles into it We 6aw everything
from the first move. The arms, sliding
about, found nothing to lay hold of, and
then, as if the octopus was indignant at
his ill luck, he capsized the yawl in a
twinkling. The water was not over
twelve filet there, and, getting a hold on
tiie rocks, he pulled the yawl astern until
he broke the painter, which was a new
inch rope. The strength displayed in
that movement tvas equal to-that of a
draught horse, but he was not using
more than a third of his power.—New
York Sun.
Cegai Hotices.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
P. M Whatley, admiimtratdr of the estate
of C. G. Harr s, lat-c of said county, deceased,
laving applied to the Court <f Ordinary of
.aid county for letters ot dismission from hi*
said trust, all persons conorned are required
!<» show cause -n said Court by the first Mon-
lay in January next, if any they c*n, win
-aid application should not he gran/od This
i we— ii’ tt
Octobers. 1887.
Printer’s fee $5.08.
W\ H. PERSONS,
Ordinary.
tion, although there was not a breath of
air outside.
I had a dozen muskets, as many
pikes, several cutlasses, and nine or ten
hatchets in the cabin. Tliis was the
schooner’s regular Armament, for we
were continually among suspicious peo
ple. I let the men take their choice of
weapons, and then divided our force and
sent half the number back to the fore
castle, from which they could open the
attack at a signal. Then I carefully slid
back the door of the companion to get a
look on deck. The sight was one no
man could ever forget. If there was
one octopus on the port rail their were a
dozen, and if there was one feeler twist
ing and squirming around the decks there
were forty. They were twisted about
everything and pulled at everything.
Every coil of rope was off its pin and
The Condor of South America.
“If the governments of Chili and of
other South American countries hail paid
a bounty of $5 a head for dead condors
thirty years ago. as I understand they do
now,” said the representative of a New
York leather house. “I could have made
a fortune in the course of a few months,
and had a heap of fun doing it. Con
dors were plenty, all along the Chilian
const, at any fate, as far back as 1S51,
anil during the few months that I was in
that country I found out a good ileal
about them, and could have made $100
a day.
“'ihe appearance of a hawk circling
about in tiie air over a poultry yard will
riot till a brood of chickens with more
terror and excitement than will the
shadow of a condor on the wing carry tc
a herd of cattle feeding on a Chilian plain,
as the great vulture sweeps down from
his eyrie in the pathless Andes to seize
his prey. The condor, unlike other mem
bers of the vulture family, doesn’t wait
for something or somebody to die in order
that he may have his dinner, but if he
don t find a ready made carcass conven
ient .on the plain when he is hungry hjs
proceeds at once to provide the carcass
himself. The herds of cattle that pasture
on the undulating plains lying between
the impenetrable wall of the Andes and
the Pacific’s white crested line of surf
offer the condor unrivaled facilities for
carcass making, and, as he is in a state
of chronic hunger, this king of the
feathered race levies constant tribute on
the grazing herds. Thirty years ago it
was no uncommon sight to see a thousand
of these winged freebooters hovering over
the plains, each one ravenous and deter
mined as a dinner robber from the scamp
ering. terror stricken, bellowing herds
below. The condor was then, as he is
now in a less degree, the greatest enemy
the stock raiser in that portion of South
America had to contend with, and it was
his persistent and destructive raids on
grazing cattle that made him an outlaw
with a price on his head, to be relent
lessly hunted even among the many crags
and cloud capped craters where he makes
his home.”—Ed. Mott in New York Mail
and Express.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
Mike Powell having •applied to the Court
>f Ordinary of wild county for permanent lot -
•i-rs of administration on tbe estate of Lula
Redwine, late of said county, deceased, all
ersons concerned are required to show cause
in -aid Court by the first Monday in January
next, if any they tan, why said application
should not lie granted. This December 2.1HS7.
AV. II. PERSONS,
Printers’ fee $3.00. Ordinary.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
All persons bavins: demands against the es
tate of Henry Martin, Sr , late of jaid county,
deceased, are her* by notified to render in
their demands to tiie undersigned, according
to law; and all persons indebted to said es
tate are required to make immediate pay-
aent. This December it. 1SS7.
SUSAN L. MARTIN,
* H. A. MARTIN,
Printer’s fee, $3.00 Executors.
THOMPSON BROS.
NEWNAN, GA.
AND CHEAP FURNITURE
FINE
—AT
PRICES—
THAT CANNOT BE BEAT IN THE STATE.
Executor’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Coweta County :
Under and by virtue of an order from the
ourt of O dinary of Coweta county, T, as the
xecutor of the last will and ■‘e.-tament of
William W. Stegall, deceased, will sell, for
cash, on the first Tuesday in January, 1888,
within the legal hours ot sale, before the
court-house door of said county, in the city
of N-wnan. one six per cent bond ot the At-
‘anfa and West Point Railroad Company for
two hundred dollars, due on the first day of
July, 1891. Sold as the property of said de
ceased, and for a division. This November
22,1887. JOSEPH E. DENT,
Executor William W. Stegall
Printer’s fee, $3.65.
Administrator's Sale.
G EORGT A—Cow eta County :
On the first Tuesday in January, 1888, I, as
the administrator on the estate of Richmond
Sewell, deceased, will sell before the court
house door in the city of Newnan, county of
•'oweta, Georgia, between the legal hours of
sa e. the following lands belonging to said
estate, to-wit: Seventy-five acres off of the
north side of lot of land number 231, in ilie
original Filth but commonly called the Cedar
Creek district of said county. Terms of stile,
one-half cash, balance on November 1, 1888,
with interest at the rate of eight per i-cnL
Bond for titles given. This December 1, 1887.
DANIEL SWINT,
Printer’s fee. $3.72. Administrator.
Making Stone Type.
Ail inventor lias completed experi
ments which, he asserts, show the prac-
. ticabilitv of making stone type. They
are, of course, of large size, to substitute
wood letters. The material, is an artifi
cial stone, pressed into molds and then
hardened, afterwards being polished on
the surface. There will be no warping
and no expansion or contraction, and
each font will be exactly the same as that
preceding. The inventor predicts a great
future for the material.—Boston Budget.
Peculiar Kinds of Leather.
The use of kangaroo skins for leather
has come rapidly into fashion within a
year or two, and those animals, which
being dragged and whipped about in the j were once regarded as a nuisance in
wildest fashion, and from the motion of
the schooner one could not but think the
monsters were trying to capsize her. I
did not have more than thirty seconds’
time to glance around before three or
four feiders shot at me at once, and I-
closed the Slide not a second too soon to
avoid them.
Jt "as death in its most horrible form
to put foot on the deck, and I sent word
to the men in the forecastle not to at
tempt any movement. I was in hopes
that if we remained quiet the creatures
would tire themselves out anil »;o away
after awhile, and we spoke in whispers
and moved about as softly as possible.
They had come aboard of us about G
o’clock in the morning, anil at 10 o’clock
were still there, though for the last half
hour the noise on deck hail been less.
Tliis was accounted for by the fact that
almost everything movable had gone
overboard. There was not at that time
a belaying pin, capstan bar, stick of fire
wood, oar or loose rope left on board.
Tbe scuttle butt, which no sea sweeping
over us-could dislodge, had been wrenched
from its fastenings and rolled from stem
to stern a dozen times. Blankets which
the men had brought up the previous
evening had been rent and torn in all
sorts of shapes as the horrid arms pulled
Australia, are now prized and sought for.
Porpoise leather is also a commodity
largely in demand, and a man or woman
weaiing a costly pair of shoes cannot
well be sure, nowadays, whether the
material camp from the Australian, bush,
the South seas or the back of a Texas
steer,—New York Sun,
do not think I made a single trip without at them. The tarpaulins had been torn
seeing from one to a dozen of the horrible
devil fish. One day in the Bvanda sea
it fell dead calm, and a current drifted
us close in upon an island to the north of
the Lesser Timor. W e let go the anchor
in a little bay. and when the schooner
brought up she was in twelve feet of
water and within fifty feet of the beach
from the hatches and dragged about, and
had not the hatch covers been securely
hooked they would certainly have been
wrenched off.
Shortly after 10 o’clock I slid back the
door to secure another look. It seemed
as if some of the creatures were gone: at
least there were not so manv arms t vist-
Zulu Hymn and Tunc Book.
Rev. C. W. Kilbon, of the Zulu mis
sion, has been in this country some two
years preparing a hymn and tune book in
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
By virtue of an orripr from the honorable
Court of Ordinary of Coweta county, Georgia,
will be sold before the court-house door in
Newnan, on the first Tuesday in January
next, between the legal hours of sate, to the
highest and best bidder, the following de
scribed property, to- wit:
One hundred and one and a quarter acres erf
land, more or less, being the east half of lot No
two hundred and ninety-nine, in originally
First, now Haralson district. Sold as the pro
perty of Regina W. Brandenburg, late of said
county, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors. Terms cash. This December
1st, 18s7. DANIEL SWINT,
Printer’s fee, $4.30. Administrator.
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
By virtue ot an order of the Court of Ordi
nary of said county. I will sell for cash, to the
highest and best bidder, before the Court
house door in the town of Newnan, on tiie
first. Tuesday in January next, between the
legal hours of sale, tiie following described
property, to-wit:
The southeast corner of lot of land No. 128,
in tiie Fourth district of Coweta county,
which is a rriargular shape, and cut otT by
tiie Columbus road—hounded on the east by
7,. Wor ham, on the south by J. C. Gibson,
containing in all 17 acres, more or less, and
known as the Walden land. Sold as the prop
erty of Martha Walden, deceased This De
cember 1st, 1887. DANI EL SWINT,
Adm’r of Martha Walden, dec’d.
Big stock of Chamber suits in Walnut, Antique Oak, and
Cherry, and Imitation suites.
French Dresser Suites (ten pieces), from $22.60 to $125.00.
Plush Parlor Suits, $35.oo'and upward.
Bed Lounges, $9.00 and upward.
Silk Plush Parlor Suits, $50.00.
Good Cane-seat Chairs at $4.50 per set.
Extension Tables, 75 cents per foot.
Hat Racks from 25 cents to $25.00.
Brass trimmed Curtain Poles at 50 cents.
Dado Window Shades, on spring fixtures, very low.
Picture Frames on hand and made to order.
SPLENDID PARLOR ORGANS
Low, for cash or on the installment plan.
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Metallic and W ooden Coffins ready at all times, night or
day.
THOMPSON BROS.,
NEWNAN, GA.
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
By virtue of an order from the honorable
Court of Ordinary of Coweta county, Georgia,
will he sold, before the court-house door in
city of Newnan. between the legal hours of
sale, on the lirst Tuesday in January, 1888.
the following described lands belonging
to the estate of Adam Summer, late of said
county, deceased, to-wit:
One hundred acres of laud, more or less,
bounded on the north by Joseph Amis, on the
east by H. A. Urquhart and R. T. CoIIids, on
the south by lands of James Russell, and on
the west by 8. L. Whatley-, in the Second dis
trict of said county;—with the exception of
two acres which were deeded to White Oak
Grove church, and one acre belonging to Jo
seph Amis, and one-half acre set aside for
cemetery purposes. On the land i« one good
five-room house, with necessary outbuild
ings; about eighteen acres in original woods;
two-horse farm in cultivation. Terms of sale,
cash. This November 24,1887.
W. H, SUMMER,
Printer’s fee, $5.55. Administrator.
FURNITURE!
I buy and sell more FURNITURE than all the dealers in
Atlanta combined. 1 operate fifteen large establishments. 1
buy the entire output of factories; therefore I can sell you
cheaper than small dealers. Read some of my prices:
A N ice Plush Parlor Suit, $35.00.
A Strong Hotel Suit, $15.00.
A Good Bed Lounge, $10.00.
A Good Single Lounge, $5.00.
A Good Cotton-Top Mattress, $2.00. ,
A Good Strong Bedstead, $1.50.
A Nice Rattan Rocker, $2.50.
A Nice Leather Rocker, $5.00.
A Strong Walnut Hat Rack, $7.00.
A Nice Wardrobe, $10.00.
A Fine Glass Door Wardrobe, $30.00.
A Fine Book Case, $20.00.
A Good Office Desk, $10.00.
A Fine Silk Plush Parlor Suit, $50.00.
A Fine Walnut 10-Piece Suit, $50.00.
A Nice French Dresser Suit, $25.00..
I respectfully invite everybody to examine my stock and gel
my prices before buying your Furniture. I have the finest a5
well as the cheapest Furniture in Atlanta. Write for prices.
A. G. RHODES,
85 Whitehall St., Atlanta. Ga.
Administrators’ Sale.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
By virtue of an order of t he Court of Ordi-
the native Language, which is now ready ! nar Y ®f Coweta county, will be sold before the
I* o-tn I court-house door in the city of Newnan. on
for shipment- It includes about 250
hymns, and, owing to the peculiarity of
the language, both hymns and tunes have
had to lie largely reconstructed.
Opinion.
The Smallest Manuscript.
One of the smallest, manuscripts in the
world to be sold.—For 6ale. a grain of
rice, with the whole first chapter of the
Koran written on it; given to an English
officer in 1812 by an American gentle
man, who received it from an Arab
sheikh, whom lie had cured of a danger
ous fever in the desert.—London Times.
The island was about throe miles long by | i U g about. Lifting mV head until 1
Consumption Surely Cured.
To the Editor—Please inform your i
readers that I have a positive remedy
for the above named disease. By its j
timely use thousands of hopeless cases ;
have been permanently cured. I shall
be glad to semi two bottles of my reme
dy FREE to any of your readers who
have consumption if they will send me |
their express and post ofliee address.
Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM. M. C, \
181 Pearl street. New Yiftk.
the first Tuesday in January, 1888, between
the legal hours of sale, the following described
property, to-wit:
, Four hundred acres of land, consisting of
Public ! lot of land number .14} fourteen, in the Sev-
! enth district ol' Coweta county, containing
' two hundred and two and one-half acres, out
of which (133) one hundred and thirty-three
acres, being the eastern portion of s ;l ; d lot.
have been set aside to Rosa Ann Kelly as
dower, leaving sixtv-seven acres, being tiie
western parr of said*lot, for sale; and also the
remainder interest in said dower will he old
at the same time and place. Also, two hun
dred ami two and one-half acres in the same
district, being parts of two lots one hundred
and on« and one-fourth acres, lying east and
broadside of lot number fourteen, and one
hundred and one and one-fourth acres lying
i west and broadside of lot number fourteen; -
j all in the Seventh district of Coweta county.
Sold as the property of Harrison Kelly, dc-
! ceased, for distribution among the heirs and
! creditors of deceased. Terms cash. This No
vember 25th, 18-37. EDGAR KELLY,
OSCAR KELLY,
Printer’s fee, $6.‘J5. Administrators.
HUNNICUTT & BELLINGRATH
36 AND 38 PEACHTREE STREET,
ATLANTA, GA.
-DEALERS IN-
Sfierifrs Sales for January.
G EORGIA—Cow eta County :
Will be sold before the court-house door in, . . .
Newnan, said county, within the legal hour- j C01Vt‘ prompt attention and bottom price
Stoves, Heating Stoves,
Hall Stoves, Parlor Stoves,
Office Stoves, Cooking Stoves lor
everybody, Ranges, Furnaces, Marbelized
Iron and Slate Mantels, Mahogony, Wat nut.
Cherry, Oak and Ash
Mantels, Tile Hearth. Tile
Facings and Vestibule Tile, Plain
Grates, Enameled, Nickel and Brass Trim
med Grates. Just received, a beautiful line of
Brass Fenders, Andirons,
Fire Sets, Goal Vases, Goal
Ilods and Tin Toilet Sets, that in
quantity, quality and designs cannot be sur
passed in the city, Gas Fixtures, Chandeliers
anil Pendants, Plumbers,
and Steam Fitters, Supplies, Water
Closets, Bath Tubs, Pumps, Rubber Jlose,
Brass Goods, Steam Cocks and Gauge
Block and Galvanized Sheet
Iron, Wrought Iron Pipe for steam,
gas and water. Practical Plumbers, Steam
Heaters and Gas Fitters, Architectural Galvanised
Iron Workers and Tin Roofers.
Agts. for Knowles’ Steam Pumps, Dunning’s
Boilers, Morris & Tasker’s Wrought Iron Pipe for
steam, gas and water, Climax Gas
Plans and specifications furnished on appPcation.
Call and examine our stock or write for price list and circular. You
Tin Plate,
Machines,
will re-
bv one broad..and covered with forest
and underbrush. It was charted as un
inhabited, except occasionally by pearl
divers or wreckers, and as the weather !
bade fair to hold pleasant no anchor j
watch was set. As the weather was hot
the sailors slept on deck, there being one
white man and live natives. Everything
passed off quietly mail just in ihe gray
of the morning, when a terrible comyio-
tion on deck routed aie out. It seemed that
an octopus had crawled up lb low Ufie of.
the s. hoo'ner, perhaps to gratify its 1 <trios- j
itv, but seeing the sleeping men had. per- 1
Imps, also to gratify its eurio-lty. flung a
feeler at one of them, and taken, such, a
hold of iiis hand and arm that he awoke
with a shout of [ an. 1 he oi l ...sv. ere also
aroused, and seeing wliat bad happened
tliev seized whatever weapons were at
hand and made ihe octopus ■ release its
hold. I came on deck just as if f< 1 into
the wateralo’i-. ide. anil the su-asti was'
as heavy : . man flan fallen over-'
board. A portion Ot tin iYclei winch
had --TiL'L-’ca fa.- tailor had been broken .
i could see along the port rail. 1 discovered
the beaks of only two octopuses. Others
| were in the water alongside, however,
and had their feelers over the rail, some
| clinging fast to shroud or mast, while
others wore carefully moving alx>ut. A
breeze had come up, and I was angry
and impatient at the delay, but I re
strained iny>elf to wait foy another half
hour. By that time the creatures had
deserted us entirely. From the commo
tion in the water on the r- ckyreef. Iliad
1 no doubt that it was the den or nesting
j place of the creatures, anil that they had
: returned after venting their anger on us
as far as possible. Such a riffle raffle I
never saw before or after on a vessel's
. deck. We coukl not put to sea in such
shape, but 1 had to threaten the men
j with a pistol before I could get one of
them to enter the yawl and pick up the
, stuff floating about. We worked swiftly
; and as silently as possible to make good
(lie damage, keeping a man on the look
out all the time, and we were a thankful
ivulv of nimi wlipn tbe inpl'-'r was finally
A New Hampshire farmer got caught
in a barbed wire fence, and had to stay
there for five hours. JR- confided to
his hired man that he never got so tired
of swearing in his life.
My Little Girl
Ilad a dreadful and a very alarming
cough, that at one time, after try ing
every prescription, we feared from her
not receiving any benefit that serious
results would follow. l*w us advised to
try Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet bum and Midi;-in. A perma
nent cure was the result. T. B. Cox.
Big Island, \ a.
A poet sent to an editor ,, contribu
tion entitled, “Why da-1-live?” The
editor apswered: “B eause 1 set
your’contributions bv mail instead of
of sale, on the first Tuesday in January, 1SSS
the following described property, to-wit:
Five hundred bundles fodder more or less
i 65 bushels corn more or less. .» bushels pea
( more or less. 135 bushels cotton seed mori or
j less. 3 hogs, anil one-half interest in 3 t-ales of
! cotton. Levied on as the property of E. W.
! Hubbard to satisfy two executions issued
from the City Court ot Newnan, one in favor
: of Chesapeake Guano Company for us*- of J
1 II. Dent, and one in favor ot J. \V. Bowers vs
I said Hubbard, and one mortgage ti. !a. issued
■ from the City Court of Newnan in favor of
Eliza c. Bevis versus said Hubbard. Tins
1 tec smber i. 1887. $3.78
Also, at the same time and place, a certain
: r i - ■ t .-I p ir el oflaad lying and b< ing in tIu
Second district of Coweta comity. I -ing tb
r
•HUNNICUTT & BELLINGRATH.
■nth ha! f of lot number 81
contain in.' one hundred on-.
in sp
and
km
ber
or !«*<: and certain !r:
land lyirg ■ n.i being in t!
; i\v Second i.ist-ri<- of sa
In the pla:: o! said die riel a
1 ing fifty actes. n •••
. .-nthen.-t corni r of 'lot nuns
distri U.
•-ju rtc-r
; or par-
original
I .
1 >• s :mm-
•!■ -17. aim
acres, more
granted to si
■ !i-o, of lot numb
o: sn
con Hug 1 : -
'orm-rof Roi
ic hundred
tiffin a! line.
MICKELBERRY & McCLENDON,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
PRODUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NO. 15 SOUTH'BROAD ST., ATLANTA, GA.
Hay, Oats, Corn, Meal, Bran, Stock Feed,
Onions, Feathers, Cabbage, Irish Potatoes
Dressed and Live Poultry. Meat, Flour,
N. O. Syrup, Dried
Henry A. s.
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fruits and all kinds of
TUP.
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PROVISIONS AND
Beef, Cheese,
winging mem in per.-.>11.
u!*h of
expi-tu-** in
Dr. Lull's (
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:'sn— All kinds of Legal Blanks for sale
. i.ENi -jN x Co., Newnan, Ga.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
^idbk'c ig ■ : * tUn, <S ‘ dry, rat- proof stor-
Judge Toi-i eson Kirby, Traveling Salesman.
ity National Hank, and merchants and bankers of A
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