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THE LUSSPK'N INDEPENDENT, LUMPliiN, «A„ B W Harrison, KEY. a 1 edito rs. _r. tt SATURDAY .. .September 22,1883 fseT- hnltwHi>iion mid AJ reritao »u entft ilut 1 on ttrinitnr! utile , &// conlvnrt-to I In’ contrarif. BUSINESS notice. Tho undersigned <Wm lo givos notice to nil the patrons of The Tsd'etenpiint that ho alone is its business war aaor. Contracts and .ill payments for xciriplion, job work and advcltirenit ut* mur.t!, in;: • with to him. Financial mallow; foancctud with or growing cut of bnsineai had with tho flea must bo nudiar his management. Any rtb. r arrari' meat would create conmi.im and cans# mi/:)sites to arise. Mr. liobl. Ji. Harrison v. II i nvo editorial charge of tho mws and local dr partition'a and r.Ltond to tl»* office work. 41EN.T, W. KEY. Proprietor. Editorial Brcrities, Bescubr has made eogagements to lecture this winter in several of the loading Southern cities. Met-,/.; o red is the unloe«f now two cent stamps that will go into cir¬ culation on October 1st. Tup. public buildings in fYashing ton are being thoroughly overhauled and renovated no :m to look fresh when Cougress inerts. — —..... . ■ -■»- ♦ The Legislature Vvill not adjourn until tho sausagv i-eaeon opens in At lanla. Tho day of adjournment wilt bo a sad cat-aatropho to tho board¬ ing houses. One day thin wonk Judge Harden, of tlio city court of Savannah, sen¬ tenced eighty vagrants to servo on the chain gang for tho period of six ty days each. -—---- Or the ten Congressional districts, of Georgia,us provided for by the bill which reaeonlly passed the House, six have colored mi-jojiiies, as follows: tho second, third, fourth, sixth eighth and tenth. Ex I’oBTjCivsrun Coni.ev, of Atlanta, has been to Washington to seethe postmafiter-gencral in rcgaul to hi; r^uovul. After hearing his stalemsut tho pootmaslcr-goueral informed him that his care vrits closed and would X'ot l>0»racoui»idurod by the depart nicnt. ---------- ------—I Oku Phil Cook hv.u acceptod the appointment as ono of the cupitol coiurcisBionris in piaco of Cch Join: Bcrovop, ofTkmife.ah, who declined. Gcu. Cook,? experience an cbaiiumn .of public buildings and grour.d, while in C'opgrcea, wifi well fit him for this now b ust. Is the While Mountains fires, n« well as winter ovevc .rds, hj^-o been absolutely m-cow-ary during a groat part of July and August. That v jner able personage, the oldest inhabitant —wo mean the one looked up to it the White Mountains—proclaim:: this the coldest Bummer he bus experienc¬ ed within a quarter of a c- alary. — » — * ——. ■ Tueeb will bo music iu the air in the next Cougroesional campaign in ’ tho Sixth Dktrict, Mr. ILninl came very near losing (ho uoniiaaliou in the last contest and now having an¬ tagonized that influential journal,the Telegraph and Masinger, that paper proposes to see that Mr. Blount re tires from public life at tho expira¬ tion of lsia present term. The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati AYics Journal has til) idea that there are a good many fools among the fashionable society of tho national capital. In a recent letter he says; ‘Tf it wero put to v vote to day two-third.! of the fashion ab o s-ociety of XVashiugior., male and female, would vote for a monarchy, and titles and stars and garters.” The Georgia Legislature killed several of iho most important bills that eama before it, v>/,, the bill to establish a school of technology, to tax dogs, a general stock law, (he lo- 1 cal option bill and a bill to prevent the breaking of contracts. Evident¬ ly tho present legi Atiuro ia afraid to tackle matters of general interest for foar they will lose (heir scats in the uoxt election or wiii cripple their chances for becoming congressmen and Supreme Court Judges. I-r was the intention of Gov. Mo Daniel to appoint Mr. J. F. Hanson, cf Macon, cue of tho capitol cem missioaerg, but the strong opposi¬ tion to this gentleman on the part of Kouator Qustiu and representa¬ tives Lofton and Bartlett and Con¬ gressmen Blount caused tho Govern¬ or to name another gentleman. Mr. H-iuson, iti our opinion, was the best equipped man for tho position nam ed. II;s unearthing the jobbery in budding tue new Wesleyan College allowed Uie crab out fitness in super - struct ion of budding! ! Georgia Intelligence. —Mr. S. B. Murdoch, of Colum¬ bus, is dead. —Tho Atlanta broom factory was burned last. Saturday, —Soveral Columbus fishermen have built a steam fishing craft. --A Wilkes county negro eats all the rats that ho can get. —Mr. Cox, a farmer of Berrien county, dropped dead recently while cutting potato vines, — A Whitfield county boy baa in vented an improvement on any cur coup)* r yot introduced. —Albany is to have another arte well to supply every room in the Artesian Hotel with water. —The LaGr&nge jailer wn.t over¬ powered by six prisoners, four o! whom Buccoodod in making their es capo. —Forty-four per none wore added to the Methodist church ut Dotig loBsvillo during a recent protracted meeting. —Mr. Tbad. G. fit urges hr.rj re calved his commission as post-mastei of Clcdumbn-3 and made a satisfactory bond of $10,090. —Three white and two colored cmvic'r-i escaped from Lockett's con¬ vict camp last Saturday faking the arms of the guards with them. - The mayor of Forsyth offers » reward of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of the person who Bet fire I i tl»o Advnikr building last week. — W. J. Cockerell Lax brought unit against the city of Romo for $70,000 SIo got on a drunk and was put in the guard house, net il ou fire and was badly burned and now wants ilnm-igesj from the city. The city ; hould enter a counter suit. - The nlcatwihip City of Colum imp from Bouton, arrived in Cavan nab on Monday, having on board tho captain and craw of the barn ’ i‘ her O. Wade, which vessel the Ht'earncr run into and sunk off Nan tucket in a fog ou Thursday night. —An agent of tho Police, Gazelle was put. upon trial in Atlanta for eir cnlating obscene literature, Th< jury found him guilty, and Judge Clark imposed n lino of $1,000 or twelve months on the chain gang. Tho ca m will ha carried to tho So promo Court. —Tho Chattahoochee steamers had bad luck lust week. The Evering le.uu had to tie up on account of low v.Mor and tho Thronrteeska and Amoa llnjs both ran Against snags and knocked holts in their bottoms The river has i is;n this week and regular travel will be resumed. —I’lio grand jury of Clayton conn i ? econUy found true bills of indict¬ ment Against two missionary Mor¬ mon elders named W. A. Wilson nud Id. J, Harris, charging them with va grancy, in that they were strolling about the country without occupa¬ tion or vi; ibla menus of support. —A Clarke county minister who preaches two sermons a month re coivcd cloven dollars salary last year, :-ix of which was in rust proof oats. The llamier says if the preacher had been a horse, this would have boon ail serbne, but ko was old, inimm many teeth, and unless they would p'iud the oats ho could hardly oat them. ‘—The contract for erecting the Hill monument in Atlanta has been lot to Air. Alex Doyle, of New York. The monumont is to bo of marble and is to bo six feet six inches high It is to bo act on a grimito pedestal and base that will he twelvo feet, six inches high. Mr. Doyle guarantees n perfect likeness and the most ar iinlio work. The work will bo com¬ ma.) cod at oucu The appropriations made by the Legislature will be a severe drain upon tho treasury, but the St a to is foriunatoly able to meet it all. Spec ial appropriations have been asked for during this ndjouruud session to tho amount of $200,009. Of this amount there has already beeujgrant cd, and will bo during tho cession about $150,000. Thia does not in dude, olf coArse, the appropriation in tho now cupitol bill, nop docs it include tho par diem and mileage ol ihe session.—2’. &. AT. —An editor, not a thousand miles from Cuthbcrt who has but recently assumed tie responsible task of di¬ recting and shaping public opinion, and propose to instruct the public whon to dig beaus and pull potatoes, recently had a baby carriage shipped to him to this point, when tho treigbi bill designated it as a “cultivator.’ fio we infer he will establish a “truck farming” department iu his paper, which we hope may piove the key to bio success. The first agricultu¬ ral implement wo ever purchased, afloi entering our journalistic career, was a cradle, instead of a cultivator, and we now run two cradles and one trundle-bed. Wo shako with our Lrother.—t hdhberi Jpp>al. Geucral Newsltoms. — There are 1,356 oouvicts in the Tennessee penitentiary. —A paper steamboat as soon to bo launched on the Ohio river. —Vicksburg, Miss , ia to have a thorough system of waterworks. —Owing to the want of rain, the Uinsb’sippi turnip crop promises badly. —Towns along tho Georgia Pacific, n Alabama, aro building up like magic. —At Franklin, Texas, $1,000 lias been raised by citizens to sink an ar¬ tesian well. —A wealthy old gentleman, who lied in Springfield, Mass., has left Dr. Mary Walker $2,000. —The Tennessee Baptist state convention will bo hold in Chatta¬ nooga the 25tli of October. —Over $14,000 has been subscrib¬ ed to tho fair and blood horse asso¬ ciation of Grayson'county, Texas. —Lord Coleridge is quoted as say ¬ ing that “Governor Butler is one of moat charming men I ever mot." —GT.nius r>rutu:.i Booth, a veteran iclor and manager,- ia dying at Mas Como house,his homo, in Now Hamp¬ shire). —Tho Democratic State Conven¬ tion of Maryland nominated Ilobort '■I. MeLano, of Baltimore, for Gov¬ ernor. —In Florida, as in Texas, heavy purchases ofland have boon made during tho past year by English cop ita'ista, —In the German Empire there are 7,710,£82 women who have been married Of these 1,909,382 are widows. —Dallas, Texas, bricklayers are now getting $0 per day—tho highest wages ever paid in Texas for me¬ chanical labor ornny kind. —Postal notes jumped at once in to popular favor in Philadelphia, and tho banks of that city so far have ac copied them as so much cash. —Tho city of Devil’s Lake, Dako la, is not yet one hundred days old, but already choice lots are sold at $2,000 each, It has seven hotels and two banks. —The postoffico department called on tho eont»aetor Saturday for 37, 879,830 postago stamps, 7,131,950 •stamped envelopes, and 5.9£3,09'1 postal cards. —The statue of Gen. Robert E. Leo was successfully cast in bronze iu Now York City this weok. The statue is sixteen feet high and weighs 1,000 pounds. -—The public land disposed of in Dakota tho current year to private individuals aggregates twenty-seven times tho totui acreage of the etatv ci Rhode Island. —Professor Paul Jean Odenall, of Ihe university o! North Carolina,who died in Norfolk on Wednesday,came to ibis country in 1825 as tho private secretary of Lsfavotto. —Miss Maud Banks, daughter ol ex Congressman Nathaniel P. Banks, of Massachusetts, is to tako the plat form this wiuter as a reader. Gen¬ eral Banks was oucc an actor. —Dr. Lucy Hull, of the Massachu setts Woman Prison, aaya that no¬ where ia there greater need for an active work of reform than among the mill population of that state. —Tho Massachusetts Republican Convention nominated Congressman George D. lvobinson for governor and Oliver Amoa for lieutenant gov ornor. Ames is Butler’s lieutenant governor. —The Rothschilds are said to hold $409,000,000 of United States bonds, Baroness Bnrdett-Coutts Bartlett $20,000,000, tho duko of Sutherland 85,000,000 and Sir Thomas Brassy $5,000,000. — Duriug tho Inst sixty days twenty tive artesian wolls have boon sunk in Denver, every ono of which is flow¬ ing a powerful stream of wator, and as many rnoro are under way. In nearly every instance a great stream was struck at a depth of 325 feet. —For oysters Now Yorkers spend $5,000 000 yearly,Philadelphians $3, 500,000 and Bostonians $1,750,000. Tho prospects for a good crop the coming season are encouraging. The oyster industry*exceeds in value all tho other fishery interests of the United States. —Mr. H. S. Tom, a gentleman ot Fairvicw, Texas, says that just after the rumbling noise spoken of several days ago as being hoard all over western Texas, which sounded like heavy canouadidg, tho road in the neighborhood of Gray town was crack ed open as much as threo feet wide in several places, some cracks being naif a mils long. —At a meeting of tho stockhold¬ ers of Ihe Florida Ship Canal Transit Company tho board of di rectors was authorized lo make a contract for tho construction, of the canal, work to bo started at tho ear¬ liest possible day. Tho eastern ter¬ minus of the canal will be in the vi einity of ihe mouth of the St. Johns river, and the canal will run across the peninsula at its narrowest point. It will be one hundred and thirty feet wido and thirty feet deep. New Advertisements. VafnaMo Plantation FOR SALE, Stewart County, Georgia 2,309 ACRES. A T the junction of Hilchatee creek and uJL the ( 'httttahoaebea rirer. Includes a g'.oil landing on the river. Mill and Water (jin, and good improvements. (Jan ho di¬ vided into throe settlements and sold sepa¬ rately or together. If not sold by 10th of October will ho rented for nezt year. For terms apply to E. A. BANKS Executor Estate Mrs. Sarah Banks, 12 East 2->th St., New York. Sept. 15-2'-1033. Or G. J. PEACOCK, Columbus, Ga. AUCTION SALE! At Foit’o Old (Stand! I have determined in order to stop expeuaefi and to cioso up as soon as possible the old business of A. T. Fort to sell at auetiou on ovary Saturday, beginning at 10 o’clock. First sale, SATURDAY MORNING SEPT. 22d. And WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26.li. Will continue to sell out tho stock on any other days at cost. Como one corno all 1 W. H. WILLIAMS, Assignee of A. T, Fort. Sept. 15 2c NOTICE TO DEBTORS. All persona indebted to A F. Fort, either by note or account, aro hereby notified that the same must be settled by October 1st, 1883. Vv r . F. CLARKE, Attorney. Lumpkin, Ga., Sept. 15, 1883. 2t FOR RENT. The Store House on tho south side of the public square, known as the stand of A. T. Fort, is i fien d for rent from November 1st. Also the Black smith shop formerly owned by tho Mansfield estate; possession given at once. Apjily to A. T. FORT, Sepl5 1m Agent. Livery and Feed Stables, LUKPKIN, GEORGIA Having rented the Livery Stable in this place, I expect to run it iu a First Class fitylo. Good Vehicles and safe Horses for hire at reasonable rates. HACK LINE I will also run a Fine, Comforto bio Hack between Lumpkin and Ciniiberb, leaving Lumpkin every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, returning samo days and making connections with morning nud ovou iug train. Only skillful drivers em¬ ployed. # Whon eeatR aro engaged they will bo expected to bo paid for before the back is sunt to Cuthbcrt or Florence. Livery Teams will not bo consid¬ ered engaged until paid for. B£y*Caah in advance will bo requit¬ ed for passage and packages. 860-Drovors will find a Urge and commodious lot for thoir stock. A. F. HOLT. Lumpkin, lfith-lf. wmgmw @wwwm, a FOR SALE AND WARRANTED BY 5E E $ EUFAULA; A'LABBMA. . . Sept, 8, 1883-6221 . SIIOCKOE MAC II I N E WOEKS 3 RICHMOND, VA. MACON, OA. WSl WSBBSmmm m ‘DM m i MMAPHI ja i 'f 5 ® I Am - ifefefefefi.- SfeW 9 A; *>/-,•.- ■■■: t ’• ’ ' | , ■ ■ fi. ■ - • aap - ' ■ - : a- „... . . •MAKBFACTUAL ERtA OF AGRICULTURAL. PORTABLE ARD STATIONARY STEAM TDTfiTGMTiq —* S A iCkJ BOIL¬ ERS, JOSTIDSJLW MILS Old Dominion Corn and Wheat Mills, Turbine Water Wheels and G enteral Mac!linci y. Wo furnish complete outfits for Ginning and Threshing. For c'.’alogqs and prices, address S, S. PEGRAIV1, Manager. TALOOTT & SONS, MACON, Ga. F. B. GREGORY r —DEALER IN¬ FANCY and FAMILY GROCERIES 9 Canned Goods, Fine Gon fect.ionaries, TOBACCO, CIGARS AN0 SKUFF ALL KINDS FAMILY SUPPLIES. WOODEN WARE, TJNWJ liE SO. South side Public Square. Lumpkin, Ga, Sept. 1, 1883. LUMPKIN HOTEL, JOIIM YAKUUOUGII, PROPimOTOli. This old and well-known IJott 1 is still open to the public and offers su¬ perior inducements to travelers and drummers. With an experience ol 20 years tlio Proprietor thinks he knows how to look after the comfort of his guests. Table furnished with tho best the market affords, Polite attention and. reasonable charges. Stock fed at 25c tor meal each. Lumpkin, Ga., Sept. 1, 1883. If FOR SLAE OR RENT. I am offering for sale or rent my house and lot in the town cf Lump kin. Tho buildings are iu good re¬ pair, with good well of water, &e. Also ray carriage and blacksmith shops. Terms easy. For particu¬ lars address mo at Chipley, Ga., or Mr. C. A. Surles, at Lumpkin, Ga. D. W. Surles. Ang. 4th-1883. Dissolution Notice. THE FIRM OF AV. J. & C. II. WATT is this day dissolved accord iug to agreement. I will assume all its liabilities, and collect the debts. Those who have claims against the firm will present to mo for payment, and all who are in doited to it, eith¬ er by note or accounts that aro due, must make payment to me only. Thanking my friends and custom¬ ers, and the public generally for their generous confidence and pat¬ ronage for the last fifteen years, I desire to say that't shall coutiuue tho WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocery B u sini s s at the samo place, and solicit a con tinuance of their support. W. J. WATT. Columbus, Ga., Aug. 25-1 ar. Slim & Sics •J > —DEALEKS IN— COFFINS, CASKETS AND Bur!a! Gases. Can furuisli any style of COFFIN wanted at reasonable prices, j&eyRepository at Sheu. vat's Shops. Lumpkin, Ga., bep. 1,1883: ; ..... ! r ; t' : ' r :a c?o • . w uuicssilc k Mai €3- ssa. o ® 7M m * 9 Kock Building,''North Side Public Square, OTT r X HBERT, G-JA. Will duplicate any bill *f Orossrios from reliable houses In Eufaula or Colum¬ bus. Try lis and bo convinced. Sept. 8th, 1883, tf. 7 IT WILL PAY YOU TO CALL ON EL J, Wfe©mfesi SOUTHERN MHHie SillOIANT ■ I 111 * l I§ Clothing, His Fall Stock of Hats rk\-K,:k Furnishings, / and Piece Goods ! k fi, LOW PRICES m 1 ■ fY-wu 4 u ; markets There is examing none to surpass. style, A month quality in and the make, Eastern ■*- addition every in, / . ... . to being among the first to place his ot» j , 1 dors while tho factories were not crowded, ho ob pY H y L j I '| tained iu buying that will defy competition. II MHKTmOR IDS •ssJaS m This department is ou a boom as the Fall Goods w aro an iving and perse ns are placing their order* daily. Select your pattern at once. l 3 TP eYA.Lq a. f 170 BROAD STREET, OPERA HOUSE BUILDING, E UFA UFA, ALABA MA . Wholesale and Detail Dealers in * GROCERIES A! FLASTAT10N SUPPLIES. And Manufactures of Harness and Saddlery. Buggy Harness, Carriage Harness, Wagon Harness, Buggy Hi idles, Wagon Bridles, Kid ing Bridles, Buggy WJitps, Wagon Whips, Sad¬ dles , Saddle Blankets, Lap Dusters, etc. I also repair old Harness, old Saddles, old Buggy Cushions etc., and keep every-thing in this line. I havegood workmen employed and guarantee all work turned out. Prices to suit the times. Give me a call or Eend your orders. J. E. DUSKIM.