jHE LUMPKIN INDEPENDENT
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5 *' LUMPKIN. (iA.,
A :y, EDITORS.
i. • RDAY .. September 8.1883
I |u Sobvripnou *./.*< .Irfrer/iaci bfi ~ !
(toe on tUmnod mile ,,
C<<} confrttrt to tin routmrn.
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BUSINESS NOTICE.
*§■■ lbs uuUcrsigiud ties ns to gives notice
'fc> m! <lie |«1M» ot The Imikcksdeni that
5h* fh/ne is its 1 usiuttti nmnaarr. Contracts
anisli payment* lor cuUm: ipiiou, jvb work
*bJ mlveitisem'-iits must he mtule with amt I
, ehiin. Financial mutttr.-connected with |
< I growing u'lt ol husiiu-Rs had with tlm of. j
3«w must he enjrrhis iiHinsKciiient. Any
* her iiiiiicfuim in would create onfueiou
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rt-l ruuse mintiik s U> ar»s*\ Mr. Uubt, I*. J
HAiriMiti w ii 11 nve Mitorittl , . , ebnrg" , of , the 4 .
qwwaai.di.wul d-I**■!.«. sat'd attend to,
*oc dlHce work. ;
V. KEY. l'ropriel-.r.
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KditorhiI Urcvitics. <
l*Hii Cholera epidemic in Egypt i»
Considered to ho about ended.
, Cory:, cannot be raised at cents
per pound and a fanuer acts iiiiwise
ly to si li it at that price.
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1 sk New York Him quotes Mr
I ildti.i ns atilhoiity for the statement
that he will not accept the presiden
tial nomiautiuii.
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Montana wants a constitutional
eonvention, thinking if she once got*
jW.-flOi,,iti'istion hIio will sooner be
r«coghi/'*d us fuda'.B.
Mh. J .11. StM.H. has been confirm
e<l by the Senate as Judge of Mitch
•11 couuty court. Mr. Scads wnh
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born and raised in Stewart county.
Tin: forthcoiniug report of the
post-master general will allow that
in»ra tlinu 2,00(1 post-olliceH have
!»•«« esteblisliod t’uring the present
fiscal year.
Cnisrst troop* have crossed the
frontier to dispute the possession ol
Tanqnin{witb the French. War he
tweeu the two nations secuis to bt
inevitable.
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The Riba and Yanks have been
lnitdicg a lovo f«aat at Ji-ffoison Citt,
Missouri's Capital. They ought to
change’the name of the town for tin
great old Democrat would it alivo sc
riously object to a town with such h
record being named for him.
The Atlanta correspondent of the
Telegraph pays Senator Farki
• •f Dawson, a high and deserved com
plum nt. He. says Senator Parks h
always present, watchful of business,
jrpfesenting his Di if rice and tin
ilh'e with dignity and ability.
A 3atvr row has been kicked u,
in Charlestown, Mass, over tbo re
port that Governor Ben Butler in
tended to nominate a negro for thi
judgeshipfof the^Cbnlestown rauuic
>pal court. We should think that
Massachusetts could stand a negro
judge if any other State could.
Dn. Thomas A Raimis, the well
-ktH'tvnq.hy tieittn of the penitentiary, '
died at his home in Atlanta on Fri
day of last week from congestion oi
the liver and heart Dr. Raiues was
^•ill-known throughout the State 11 : 1
a fine surgeon, ai d \vm highly ts
trtmed by large I ,
a circle of friends.
At one time I r. Raima was a citizen
of fctewnrt county.
Tux most terrible disaster that was ,
ever recorded has bt-en roported lroni
ti e island of Java during the past
veok. Volcanic eruptions aud earth¬
quakes have swept r.vvay over 100,
('09 people. Mountains and rivers
^disappeared in the era and new is
lauds appeared above Ihu water. The
terrible scenes of death and destruc
turn beggars description.
'J«t: legislature to he chosen in
— -V- r giuia at -the November election
will not elect a successor lo Senator
Mshone, whose term doos not expire
i.'ntil March 4*l>, 1887. One half of
the sKte senator*, however, tvi.l l>e
elected iu November ft r four years,
end those senators will have a voice
in the choice of Senator
$• iceessor. 1 be members of the bouse
kb.I the other one-half of the sens
t re who will chnoeo the
Jvtateg senator will be electesl iu No
member, 1885
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Governor ^IcDaxiel l.ae appointed
l>r. W. F. Westmoreland physician
4.1 tins pwtitmti.n v to succeed p,..
'l homaa A. Raiues,'d ceased. There
were forty applicants for t! e position
of them hacked up by recotnmen*
“Aions. The Govgruor has a head
■Lon and a jjMEHn who
Bftotti be
iiiou.
iv’tce
<t
if-€ Seiicr*] welteme.
' — Presidswt Artbi nr Mtd party pave
returned from their western trip.
—Fifty deer w#r« see* by one mat
last week iu Manatee county. Fla.
—Boston has more taxable oroper
,y than the eutire State of Missouri.
-Mr. Neel, of Jefferson county,
Ark., has 5,00U acres in cotton this
year.
— The Anniston, Ala., cotton f»c
tory will Hoon,begin the manufacture
j calicos
—The orange crop in California
this yosr is the largest ever kuown in
1 ,ui,.i IIW IJlUlVl n
—J. Proctor Kuott was inaugurat
«d as Governor of Kentucky on
Tuesday.
John T i n C. New, %* aa« • slant . A *ecrta
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7 °* the treasury, contemplates re
signing his office.
—The new hotel at St. Augustine,
Fla., will have 325 rooms besides
'iining rootn«, etc.
— A. T. 'Stewart’s cathedral at Gar¬
den Citv has been completed at a
cost of $2,000,000.
— One firm in WilmiDgton, N. C.,
received for the year eading August
1st, 47.GG1 chick* ns.
— Ingalls, of Kansas, will try to
| )c , a t Anthony, of Rhode Island, for
presidency of the Senate,
—In Virginia and Kentucky there
ia a strong acnticaonl in favor of re
turning to viva voce voting.
—The Smith family to tbe number
of 2,3(/0, held their annual re-uuion
,U £V, “P nck - N 3 •
—Desha county, Arkansas, sends
twenty one diflfeieat kinds of timber
^ 10 Louisville exposition.
—Abbeville’* (S. C.) fonr legged
negro child,which is now nin* months
old, can crawl around with ease.
—The Memphis Appeal urge* the
b mocrtU of Georgia to nominnt*
»i Senator Gordon for vice-presidant.
—The republieni Stat* Conven¬
tion of New Jersey has been called
'.o meet iu Trentun on ths Hth in¬
stant.
—From twenty seres in Irish po
tatties last spring, T. J Roberts, of
Leon county, Fla., realized a net
profit of $1,656.50.
—On exhibition at Louisville there
ire 1,500 plates of apples. 800 plates
of grapes, 500 plates of peaches, and
3 n 0 plates of pears.
—Twenty thousand workingmen
iwatled the streets of New York
City on Wednesday. They were re
^ewed by labor agitators,
—Jenny Lind, nt sixty year*, lias
oa. her upper notes, but sings with
her old tine fervor. She would like
o revisi* the United State*.
—Tbo remains of Shakespeare are
to be exhumed for tbe purpose of
I'omparing the skull of the poet with
ho busts and portraits of him
—Mr F. M. Fergus, of Arkansas,
gathered 1,750 pounds of seed cot
ton per acre, last season—about 109
hales from ons hundred acres.
—The Democrats of King William
county;, Virginia, havo nominated
Captain Robert E Lee, a son of
General Leo, for the House of Dele
gate*,
—From 59 acres, Sterling Userv,
f Kmno town( j lip) Arkansa'a.
, )ick#d 65 hale* of cotton, last season
s nne 1,754 pounds of oeed cotton
per aero.
—Recent storms have Almost total¬
ly destroyed the -grain and other
crops in the south of Irelacd. A
general Rtrike against rent is thongbt
to bo imminent.
- A train from Berlin ran into a
crowd of people at Siiglit.z, who were
peering forward 01 : the wroug side to
enter a train for Berlin. Forty were
killed end wounded.
—There is lively competition be
tween t* e railroad* to carry visitors
to the Louisville Exposition Tick*
are now boitig soil from St Loui*
to Louisville for 75 ceut*.
—Joseph Cook delivered a “solilo
qny” of Christ at Chautauqua leceu*
ly ,i U d the Philadelphia Ptcm finds
“the egotism of a amu who can claim
to give t j le opinion of Jesus Christ
n pon current eveut simply paralyz
jug.”
—Last year Mr. Gabe Ileyer, of
! J ’ ffor80U county. Arkansas, bad 750
,4C,e8 in °° r “ ttUl1 K»thered 19,500
j hix bushels baahda -or an avsiag* Two of hundred twenty
per uore.
I i,cte8 ^* Dl ^ Jtelded forty bash
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—A dispatch fr< iu San Saba
1 Galvest'.n Ni drou’.l
ws says a
as has net bee: >wn foi
years prevails
: Vt San ;
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Georgtii Intellitfeuee.
—Albany will bare a oolt show on
the 16th.
—A newspaper bae been alerted
et Chipley.
—Mrs. Susan Day was fonnd dead
n her bed in Macon.
—A large bucket end brcom facto¬
ry will soon be started in Savannah.
- Tbo Chsttpboocbee is again too
low for the boats to run above Eu
faula.
—Poet office inapector Frey, of the
Atlanta division, has been removed
from office
—Tbe Georgia Legislature will
visit the Louisville Exposition at the
expense of Joe Brown on the 12th
—Mr. Thad G. Sturgis has been
appointed post-roaster at Columbus
to succeed J. W. Arnold, removed.
—The Atlanta Cotton Factory hoe
been sold for $300,000. The deed i*
recorded to the Atlnuta Cotton Mills
—The local opt’on bill was lost in
the Senate on Tuesday, failin'' to re -
ceive a constitutional maji rity vote
—Mrs. Genl. Robert Toombs di-.d
at Clarkevville on Tuesday morning
from the effeote -f an apoplectic
stroke.
— A handsome monument, seven¬
teen feet in beight, has been eiec’t-il
over the grave of Dr. Lovick Piei e
in Columbus.
—There are numerous applicants
tor the positions o 4 commissioners to
supervise the building of tbe new
State Capitol.
—It is rumored that Dr. Felton
has been tendered the post funster
ship of Atlanta. It ia believed tba
some political significance is at latch¬
ed to the recent post-office removal"
—A resolution bus been adopted
in the House of Representatives by
a vote of 97 to 0 eutborizing 11 H.
Csbinete aud W. H. Harrison to pub
lish the acta of tbe present session
of tbeGeorgia legislature
—In Walton county a poor whift
widow was rapsd by a brutal negro
named Taylor Bryant. Court being
in session he was soon upon trie
and found guilty. He will be hung
publicly on October 19th.
—Mr. John G. Miller, of DcKhII
county, lias twenty melons that wil
average sixty pounds such, several
weighing seventy five to eighty
ponnds. His largest melon weighed
one hundred and sloven pounds.
—It ia thought that Senator Boyn¬
ton will make the congressional race
in tbe 5th District. The probability
is that Col. Nat Hammond, the pres
ent incumbent, and Capt. Harry
Jackson will be in the race alao.
—Dodge County Journal : We
learn of Hun. A- G. McArthur that
daring a thunder storm on Tuesday
of last week, a barn just erected ws»
blows down on their piece, killing a
negro woman who had sought she!
ter there-under. There were eight
negroes under tbe burn at the tuns,
four of whom escaped fu rn under,
while four weie covered iu the il«
bris. The woman had two small
ohiidren with her who miraculously
escaped unhurt.
—Tbe Savannah AVu>s publishes »
batch of speoial din utchea from couu
ties throughout the state, in refer
once to the growing crop. The re
port shows but little variance in the
condition The estimated yield is
about 75 per cent, of eu average crop
Tbe reports show that picking haw
generally begun, and that, except in
a few localities, there ia no aoarcity
of labor. The crop has been mate
rially shortened by drought, rest
and oaterpillare.
—The Athens Banner Watchman
baa the following"The sinking
mountain near Tallulah continues to
go down, having sunk twelve feet m
the lest few days. A few weeks since
several ladies end gentlemen were
exploring it, when they heaid are
port like a cannon and saw bat a few
steps from them, a fresh craik, into
which an immense ties was curried
This mountain first begun to sink at
(he tame time of the disturbance at
old Bald mountain. There was a se¬
vere earthquake felt all ov. r that
section. Col. Young thiuka the sink¬
ing mountain is caused by an nnder
grouod current, and scouts the idea
of e discarded mine end tnnnel.”
—On Sunday, the 19tb inetant, af
ter Mia. Nancy Barnwell, a widow
living near Fai. mount, and her two
grand children had aiten supper,
they all became suddenly nick, an.
upon investigatioa poisoued^flj it was found that
I (bey had been
fcmflVots >.{ which , j
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the Superior Court, and the case will
bo fried “ f the present term. A ne¬
gro named David MeDow wanted the
girl te leave Mrs. Baruwell, and live
with him, aud in order to act her
free proposed to poison the wbo'e
family. He gave her the poison,and
on Sunday night while Mrs. Lewis
left the kitchen to milk, the girl
poared the poison into some rice
which was cooking, and thiew the
bottle under the table. The negro
Was arrested, and committed to jail.
New Advertisements.
/'I EOltftlA— Stkwaht C'ouxtv.
VT Ordinary’» Office. cf .Said Ccuuty
R. 0. McGiuty the Adi..inistrntor on the
Estate of Mr». J. McOinty, deceased, makes
lo application lifting for Ieuve to ell the Mrs. rands J. hc
to the Entitle of t-xid Me
Ginly, deceased ’this is to cite all pel sous
ecnerr .et, to show cause before me on the
first Monday in October next, why leave to
Hell said nods should not then tie ^ranted
said Adtninisfr t-T un directed by law.
Witness my official signature, this Sep¬
tember 3rd, 1 k83.
J. B. LATlMF.lt. Ordinary.
NOTICE !
p EOKGI - f- ti w aut C’ooiTv.
vJT Gffi' e ol Ordinary ol said coun y.
Mrs. Nancy Wiggins, L E Ethridge, ll.
L. Kimbrouch, N. t;. Alston, et al, having
muds application to have a new road open
ud and made public, begin Ling at the land
line dividing Mrs. Wiggins and N. Alston
on the road leading from ltd bland to Prea
ou in the 737lb District. G. M. and run¬
ning in a Southerly direction and entering
the W public road leading from Saville's Lumpkin the to
sto near Airs N. in
747tli District. U. M. This is to cite all per¬
sons concerned to show cause before mo at
1 o’clock, A. M., on the tenth day of Oc¬
tober next, why an or ler should not then
be grant'd Opening an making public saiu
described road, else un nr.nr will at that
ime he granted, requiring sn I directing
the opening ot said road and declaring it a
public road of the third elms.
Witness uiy official signature this8<p
ber 7tb, 1883.
J a LATIMER, Ordinary.
LUMPKIN HCTEIj,
JOHN YitRBItOTJGlI.
PBOPIIIEI OK.
This ohl and wclI-liD'iwn H<>t>l is
still open to ■ he public and offi ra hu
perior inducements to travoler* and
■ Irutumers. Vtithuo vxpcnetica <»l
20 years tbe Proprietor thinks he
knows how to look ttfler the comfort
of his ginst« Table furnished with
the beat the maiket afTords Polite
attention and reasonable charges.
.Stock fed at 25o 1 er meal each.
Lumpkin, Ga., Sept. 1,1883. tf
Slieram & Miller,
—DEALERS IN
COFFINS, C A SK I TS AND
Burial Gases.
Can fnrnish any style of COFFIN
wanted at reasonable prices,
IttTRepository at Snr.KtM's Shops
Lumpkin, Ga., Sep. 1, 1883:
F.B. GREGORY,
-DEALER IN¬
FANCY and FAMILY
GROCERIES,
Cannnd Ooods,
Hne Confectionaries,
TOBACCO, CltiARS MD SNUFF ,
ALL KINDS FAMILY SUPPLIES.
WOODEN WA RE, TIN II ARt.df
South side Public Square
Lumpkin,Ga, Sept 1,1883
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coonlnl'a- 5-1-0
FOR SALE AND w ARRANTED
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RICHMOND, VA. MACON, GA.
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MANDFACTUR RS OF
A6BIGDLTD&AL PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
STEAM ETTC3-ITTZIIS BO L
ERS, _A.TTI3S-A.~W MILS
Old Uomiidon Corn and Wheat Mills, Turbine Water Wheels and
General Machinery.
We furnish complete outfits for Ginning and L'ureshmg For c t aloguo fiof! 'incss, address
S, S. PECRAM, TALBOTT & SONS, MACON, Ga.
Manager.
DIfeteOLU'I ION.
The firm of Solomon A Gbkooby
lias been disaolvol bv mutual consent
S A. Solomon retiring. The buei
tiwse will he continued by F B Greg
ory, who aasumea all liabilities and
to whom all recounts should be paid
immediately. S A. Solomon,
F B. Gkegori
Lumpkin, Ga., Aug 27, 1883.
CHARLTON E. BATTLE,
Attorney At Law,
Office wit hPEABODY k BRANNON
COLUMBUS. GA.
Will practice in Stewart Superior
Court.
Columbus, Ga., August 4th tf
Dissolution Notice.
THE FIRM OF W. J. k C H.
WATT is this day dissolved accord
iu.' to agreement.
I will assume al) its Jial ili'ies, and
cell ct the debts
I’bose who have claims against I,,
fi'm will preseui to me for payni' nt
an 1 all v\ bo are in del ted to i*. 11 h
er by note or accounts that an- tills,
must C1 ^’ R Payment to me only.
The liking my friends and custom
crs. tuuit.be public generally for
their gt nerotis confidence and pat¬
ronage for th« last fifteen years, 1
desire to "»y that l shall continue
tiie
WHOLESALE 'ND RETAIL
Grocery Businiss
it the same place, aud solicit a con
nnnauce of their eui port.
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Colnml u>,G« . Ans.’ 25 lui
GhIME’S MILL.
I have recently renovated the V«.
ms Lower Mill, one mile Sour E>m
• it Lumpkin, uno tiitbd up the Coin
Mib with a new run of Fiue Mi 1
Stones, rnd I i.id now prepared ti
grind grrin iu the most peifect ..ud
- •'isfiictory manner. Mr. Fred U»n
er, a cartHul and experienced miller,
is still with me, and desire* to act
>11 oi his «>ld friends and a* n any
more as may come, Satistaction
guaranteed to event customer Coin
aud wheat ground properly aud team
promptly louled so ae to tvoid delay
at the null. Patronage solicited.
RCBT. J. GRIMES
Jan21
FOR SLAE OR RENT.
I am offering for sale or rent ur
bouse and lot in tbe town of Lnmp
km. The buildings are in good re¬
pair, with good well of water, Ac.
Also my carriage and blacksmith
shops. Terms easy. For particu¬
lars address me at Cbipley, Ga, or
Mr. C. A. Surles, at Lumpkin, Ga.
D. W.
JT WILL PAY YOU TO CALL ON
H. J. Thornton
SOUTHERN CLOTHIER &MERCHANT
i AILOR, COLUMBUS, GA
Hib Full Stuck of
Clothing,
Hats
Furnishings,
aid Piece Aoods
are arrivin dtily For qiality, beauty and elegan
taste displayed, aud
LOW PRICES
Theve is none to stir ass. A month in the Eastern
m-jrkets exainmg every style, quality and mi.k*, in
adilitiuu to being am ng the first to place his or¬
ders while the factories were not crowded, he ob¬
tained in buying that will defy competition.
MERCHANTTAILORING
This department is ou a boom a* the Fall Goods
arc 'irriving and pers ns are placing their orders
daily. Select your pit tern at once.
B. R. DAVIS
flas removed his stock of
HARDWARE
to his new store at the old stand on Eufaula
Street
OPPOSITE HART’S BLOCK.
II. 3. D W13. Eufaula, Aia
J. E. DUsKIN.
170 BROAD STREET, OPERA HOUSEBUILDING^
EUFAULA , ALABAMA.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
GROCERIES MR PEMTITIOJ SUPPLIES.
And Manufacturer of Harness and Saddlery.
Buggy Harness, Carriage Harness, NYagon
Harness, Buggy Ri idles, Wagon Bridles, Rid
intj Bridles , Buggy Whtps , Wagon Whips , Sad*
dies , Saddle Blankets , Lap Dusters , etc.
I also repair old Harness, old Saddles, old Buggy Cushions etc., and keep
tvery-tbing in this line. I havegood workmen employed and guarantee all work
turned out. Prices to suit the times. Give . ( ,icall or t-etid vonr orders.
