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THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10,1884.
ie primary t
county, Saturday, for county oflicera, all
ot the old officers were renominated with
the exception of one.
Faon a private aource the Fort Guinea
Tribune learn9 that the Abbeville jail
caught Ore last Sunday, but was luckily
put out before any damage was done.
Tnaaa houses in Forsyth are running
the "spot cash” schedule. It is not easy
to do, under all drcnmatances, bnt, when
done, it la much better for both buyer and
seller.
Tbacklayixq on the Buena Vista road
was resumed Monday. There are about
sixty hands at work, and if they are kept
steadily at work the road will be complet
ed by Christmas.
SsttTHViLi,a Enterprise: The recelptaat
our cotton warehouse hare gone far be
yond tbe expectations of the most san
guine, and now 4000 bales is looked upon
as by no means impossible.
An old Columbia county fanner, who
went to Augusta on a visit, returned and
told his wife there “was the loDg walstedest
girls he ever seed in bis life down tbar.”
He caught sight ot a few with Mother
Hubbards on.
Mas. Ward’s little boy Homer, living
[he news IN GEORGIA.
..tmiss” BY coaneefo 1 * 0 *" 0 * and
* ,nU FROM TH« PNR8«-
f„<ii Itary lair in Albany opens next
^do^.re ..Id to be plentiful on
0,Cbattabooehe*^»* (o , y ot the
'^.e to be a grand success.
»»'f ro “‘ n '„,nd S.nd.rsvUle railroad
Tb* mshed ri«ht ahead. IfeYery-
«or£ layorobl* it is expected to
SSbSindersville in March.
w Change the time of bolding the
1 Kpertar Courffor Hall county,
rtf" recelDta of Augusta show an
, Rsn
Rince 8ep»«*nib«r 1, 1884. 115.515
la^y« a ^ 97 * 700 ^ n ® r J!“*'^^®, / with lilt grandmother, '»ix miles from
Tut Lutheran church at Bronwoonhai Cochran, was dreadfully burned Thmaday
hin complete!. Tbe I ?I I ?hu ,aat b y having a pot of boiling water
« be preached tbe third Su . n £ a y tb / 9 turned over on him. He is doing very well
Sonth by Rev. Mr. Austin, of Savannah. noWf an( j t h e doctor thinks he will soon he
u.«mwaa visited by a tramp show
.‘f&Xr two men and a bear. The
^‘.Juuitsm postulated with tbe lookers-
E’Kit to little purpose. Ueceipts all told
•mfliDtcd to 21 cents.
Tails is S strong probability that, after
.1,1.lie of tbe present year the city coun-
motoSnesvIllewid refuse to grist I-
2lms to retail spirituous liquors within
SmLm limit, of.he city.
TaiOsicesvIlle Eagle says that “not-
wUh-tsn jii'g the shortness of tbe cotton
poaral thing our people are
twvinJiiptheir store accounts better than
Stybsve for several years past.”
Tsslsdles of McRae propose to have s
tatirsl 00 the 2S4 iustam for the benefit
MIMB.plist church at that place. The
iM.gen.eut of it is in good hands,
and notiing but sncceaa can attend the
•fair.
Psast Home Journal: During the past
tao vests there has been a remarkable
improvement in the breeds oi fowls, kept
totbOsection of the county. The Ply-
JaouttiRort seems to be the favorite ol
the par® breeds procured.
Jonnsoso News: Within three days
this office has been vi.ited by four differ
ent printer tramps, soliciting aid, and all
irreabls-bodisd men. There were no less
than a down tramps to pass through
Jonesboro Tuesday. They all say they are
going to Macon.
Tans is a movement on foot, which is
SHuming definite shape, .to open up a
foundry and machine business in b ort
Vslley. Some of our best citixens are tak-
fagitockio the enterprise, and it is to
bs conducted by first-class business men
and on bminssa principles.
Ms J. T. Yaxikoosh, of Cuthbort, lost
his gin house by fire on Friday night of
lart week, and with It 000 bushels of cotton
seed, SO boahels of osls. and between three
and four hi es of ooiton. Supposed to be
the sort of an incendiary. Mr. Yarbroogh
is one of Cuthbert'a best citlzsns.
Aassicns Recorder: Yesterday (thief
Smith made an inspection of the ma
chinery, hose, halls, and cnglno rooms of
the firs department, in order to see in wbat
condition tba appsratos was, so be could
report to the council. He found the engine*
and boss in good condition and ready for
work.
Calhoss Times: The wheat department
of the Oosiatiaum mills commenced run
ning Monday morning, and Is now turn
ing out as fine s grade o( flower as can be
found anywhere, ilrears. Boas A Kite
bars had all the latest improved mscbln-
S ' lor turning ont fl. nr placed in their
Us this fall, and It is now as fully equip
ped as any mill in the State.
Tax rat story published in last week’s
issue ol the Jonesboro New. it admitted
by that Journal to ba true. Tat, aimalta-
seously. lbs confession is made that it I,
"probably a first consln of tbe 'star and
bit of paper' romance” that anpaared pre-
sly in the —
viocslyi:
r, Tbls will bard-
• paper.
lydo; rumanoe and troth are never so
closely related. The News stands convict-
1 i:*'»*n utat.'iii.'Ol
Oiissaviui Esglct There Is no lovelier
picture on canvas or In nature than two
starvy eyes peeping out from over two
crlru i in-flushed cheeks. If tbora la a town
tbatoan get up more oi this kind of mate
rial tbau Oainnville wo would like to
know It. The troth of the matter la just
limply this, that Gainesville has more
pretty women, married and alngle, or both,
(ban any elty of its else in the State. We
aean It all.
Oaaof the most botlv contested ran
niclpsi elections for mayor and alder
man that was aver held in Gainesville look
pl.c. cn last Tuesday, Tbe following re
sult will show the closeness oi tbe vote:
For mayor, 8. C. Dunlap 21b. J. A. Find-
Iay232. Dunlap's majority 17. For elder-
man. first ward, J. It llamas 2111. F. M.
I/denTSS. Barnes' majority II; second
WSM. M. I). Hudson 210, H. T. Martin
230. Hudson's majority I: third ward. B.
H. WMichel 2t7, T. M. llerck 230, Whel-
shel's majority 17.
Pxaav Home Journal: Wa were shown
on last Saturday aiternoon a remarkable
evidence of lha witalltv of turnip need. Jo
the garden of Mr. B. F. Avant, aaqnara In
tom.» was planted about tba middle of
“•Ptsmber, and a few of tbe aeed erne up,
hut tb. planting was con.ldered a failure,
and it remained so dry no further tff irt
was made to secure a stand. Sinn* the
recent.rains the seed that had be n In the
ground Marly three months have come
up. and now present as tins a aland of
tornlpa as we would Irish to me.
Mouuto News: While the hold of the
steamship Wilton, In which cotton waa
otwmvarvd burning Tuesday evening, was
being flooded with water yesterday morn-
tog, a tire broke ont in the forward bold of
well again.
Tbkkk are 1,257 lawyers in Georgia who
pay a professional tax this year,.and at
nreient over 25 per cent, of them are in of
fices, from a justice of the peace to that of
judge of the Superior Court. They are
either a greatly preferred class of cltlsens
or a lucky set of men.
Cochran Messenger: Last Thursday
while an old lady from the country was
trading at Maas Bros., her son, about 15
or 10 yean old, stole a coat off the counter
and made off * 1th it. He was detected,
caught, and the coat taken from him. But
for tbe pleadings of his old mother the
boy woold have been dealt with in proper
style. He was released.
Albany News: As Thometeesksfire
company was dashing up tbe alley leading
from Broad street to their engine house,
yesterday afternoon, Mr. Nelson Tift, Jr.,
fe'1 and Mr, Gunsheimer fell over him.
While down, two whee's ot the hose reel
passed over the former's ankle and over
noth legs ot the latter, above the knees.
Neither seems to have been seriously hurt,
though it will be several days before they
are entirely relieved irom the effects oi the
shock.
Thr Monroe Advert! <er thus speaks of
the fair that is in progress in Forsyth tor
the nenefit of the college: "The fair for tbe
benefit oi tbe college began Wednesday. It
!• not so large as the other, either In nnm-
ner ot articles on sxbibltton or the number
ot people present. (We can speak only ot
the first d«y. as we write tbls Thursday
morning.) Nevertheless, the bazars are
beautifully fitted up, and are waited upon
by tbe fair ladies in their most bewitching
manner."
Tits preliminary hearing before Justices
Birienhour.Rres snd Broeks.ni Mary David
nnd her son Snow David, on the charge of
murdering Mr. Joe W. Biggers and Mr.
Burgess and wife on the llth of November
hr administering poison in tbe food, was
had in Columbus Thursday. The testi
mony is tedious and the resnlt not yet de
termined. However, the evidence so far
token Is very damaging, and will doubtless
prove sufficiently strong to bind over the
prisoners.
OoLrruoara Echo: A scheme has been
talked ot on tbe streets this w ek which
we sincerely hope will be carried into ef
fect. Some of tbe scarred veterans of the
lost cause propose to form a company of
their comrades in the Confederate army,
now living in tbe county, and attend the
inauguration ot President Cleveland in
March next. None but old soldiers will be
allow.d to Join, and It Is proposed to carry
all the maimed soldiers that will go free of
cost to them.
A sill now pending in the Georgia Leg-
islatuie has received the fsvorsble consid
eration of the committees, adding an extra
325 a night to all ball shown, in addition
to present State, county and city taxes,
The passage of this bill would res'*” *-
the closing of all the theatres in this
tax already is enormous enongl
J seems to be no necessity for levying
this additional burthen. It wiU kill the
theatrical business, and Georgia will stand
alone u the only 8t ito In tb* Unlon where
the theatre is abolished.
Milton Democrat: One night last week
a posse of revenue officer* went to the
house of Mr Kb. Broadweli for (he pur
pose arresting Mr. Rad llroadwell for an
old offense of two or thrre years ago. They
went to the door and on Snocking Mr.
Broadweli went to tbe door and opened it.
They avksd him if Mr. Broadweli lived
there. He replied no, that be Bred at tbe
next bouse Thenffi sen retired and con
sulted and went back, but Mr. Broadweli
ksd gone and is now perhaps in Texas
The officers were chagrined.
extracting teeth, and especially so to per
sons tbe feast atrected with pulmonary or
heart troubles.
Gbirssbobo Journal: Mr. A. Q. Dick
erson. who lives in the lower part of tbe
county, near Union Point, bos In his pos
session a relic iu tbe shape oi an old arm
chair. The exact age of this chair is not
xnown. but there is every reason to believe
that it is folly 174 years old. The family
history goes thatthechair was first given
Mr. Dickerson's great-grandmother by her
mother at the time of the former's marri
age. She llred to the good old age ot nine
ty-tour and at her death it passed into her
daughter’s possession, she gave it to her
daughter who was Mr. Dlckerion's mother,
and at his marriage it passed u s family
heirloom Into bis keening. Tbe chair is
of oak, with board rockers and bending
back and arms, and from the strong ap
pearence liable to be handed down in the
Dickerson family to the end of time, un
less, like “The Wonderful One Horse
8hsy." it oomes to pieces all at once.
Mr. H, Newton, of Union Point, has in
his possession a diary which has been
handed down for several generations. It
first belonged to Rev. Mr. Newton, a
grandfather of the present Mr. N„ and Is
a record of the incidents which transpired
daring the former's life as a minister. Of
course the facts noted down were incidents
of early Georgia, and contain mention of
the Indians and the eatly struggles of the
r ’r*..byterian church iu the State. Tbe
liary liafsmlly Heirloom, and is a most
interesting book.
Such la Ufa Without a Newspaper.
Greenes boro Journal.
Once upon a time a man got mad at tbe
editor and stopped bis paper. The next
week he sold his corn at four cents below
tbe market price. Then his property was
sold for taxes, because he didn’t read the
sheriff's sales. He was arrested and fined
*8 for going hunting on Sunday, and he
paid Ouo for a lot of forged notes that bad
been advertised two weeks and the public
cautioned not to negotiate them He then
paid a big Irishman, with a foot like a
forge hammer, to kick him all the way to
tbe newspaper office, where be paid four
wears’ subscription In advance and made
he editor sign an agreement to knock him
down and rob him If he ever ordered hts
paper stopped again. Such is life without
a newspaper.
Bsquisss-Stm i 1’ollcemen Crawford,
who was charged with assault with intent
to murder, had a preliminary trial yes'er-
d.y before Judg-Fraser in Opelika. The
assault was made on James Davidson, of
Urownevill*, by st-ikfng him on the head
with s club and inflicting wouuda likely to
csore death. In the opinion of ths court
the evidence did not sustain tbs charge,
and the prisoner was released. James
Davidson’s condition was reported yester
day as improrlng and hopes are entertain
ed of his ultimate isrovsty.
Acocsta Evening News: Mr. William
Burns, who atone time was ■ robably ths
best known mechanic in Bavannah died
Wednesday morning at Katonton Gt.. In
the 721 year ol his age. The deceased for
many years, and until about twelve years
•mi occupied the position of master
mechanic of the Central railroad •hope.
Un leaving tbe air ploy of the company be
engaged to other buaineas, here and else
where, bnt finally located In Eatonton.and
was at the time ot bis da l'h employed as
engineer on tbe Katonton branch of the
Jhe steamship City of Augusta, of the Central railroad.
txmipany, to which 1,000 auoosva Evening News: At 2 o'clock
this morning the public school fund came
Salta of cotton wen- stored. Tbe vessel
wm to have sailed yesterday. The firs wae
discovered about So'cl iek, an I an alarm
was tamed in from box No. 42. It epeedl
ly attained furious headway, mud
(Proved difficult to extinguish.
Ah* hatches were battered ' down
and staani wm fumed on. Tbe steamship
Uisltshoochre, which lay directly ahead
ot the Augusta, put two stryems on the
Ort, sod tba Juniata, which had arrived
Philadelphia a short time before
jorosd on two atream-. Four slrsama
Wars, added by the wharf hydrants,
Which showed a remarkable high preas-
Oru. and tba fire department, which had
JJJPOOded quiekly rrn 1,-rrd valuable aid.
uenrrAlUoirel. agent of UMOOaspany, ar
rived about 3:30 o'click and sent fur the
steam tag Republic, and her powerful
Pumiw added four inure lureauis to those
“ready playing up in the tire. Bs 9
o'clock the oompsrliin-nt had been filled
with water and the fire was completely
?rioev control. The wo k of emptying the
lid I of water and barne.l cotton was then
begun and progn-.M-1 rapidly. Mu-h of
tbeeotton was barned and all of it is
muchdimaged. Ills thought that the
was will be between 15)01" and S10.U00
Tea new hotel at Fort Valley is nearing
completion.
Wore on tbe Waycross artesian well
■as been commenced.
Bin i’ Ton is continuing his rounds
through the Georgia provinces.
Tbs depot at Buena Vista is now being
•nth. It will ba finished ~ '
mss.
dangerously r.inr tullering a serious
diminution and toe Girl's Central School,
on Greene street, known cs the Thomas,
building, narrowly escaped burning to the
ground. Tuo tower watchman noticed a
• mute in that direction, and telephoned
Chief Tlatt at his residence, and the guard
at the City Hall. Both were near the
ecene, and by the time the police had
aroused the chief the danger was past.
The profupt application of n few bucksts-
fal of water put out tbe fire, wblcb was
struggling in the trash pile of chips in the
wood room of the building
Tux F.irt Valley Mirror and Advertiser
relates that “a singular accid-nt occurred
last Tuesday, hr which Mr. T. V. Fagan
lost ttnre biles of cotton, llis wagon was
loailed and started to town, but was
•topped when a ahort distance from the
gin house, and tbe driver went for some-
thing—perhaps his dinner. Noon after a
boy discovered that the cotton was on tire,
snd before t could be extinguished the
three bales were almosteiuirely destroyed.
It Is thought that as tbe wagun started
trum the gin house a spark from the en
gine I vlge 1 on the cotton or that a coal
from the cvrr preeent tobacco pipe did the
mischirf. We regict that our energetic
farmer-friend should hare been the victim
of such a inl-hap.
The Henry County Weekly says that
unusual amount of petty thefts are being
committed aiound through tho country,
People c.-nnot be too cartful Iu I Hiking af
ChlUt-1 :i r the securitt of their premises, as cau-
I Hun In time may save trouble and expense.
. It ft said that lets money bat been made Stringency In tbs inforesment ol vagrant
ta the 1 quor business In To.-coa this year I UwaMa good remedy for these epidemics
than esc, before of thievery, and It is to ba hoped our proo-
Dsawoon, bridge .list span, tbe Cbstta ^ ,h “ P UX>kOQl *"
booebee at alpharetf to On fret lonn tnd ^^P** 00 *
BftubiUaLUl Ntrtuiarr. I Moiimujc* Record: Mr. Elijah Lewis
CoL. J. N.Hsl, | 1M aoU hi. intereatlr. chU * ro -
th# t*iii,i*,a tit s. , vs. a a, , . | form Mun(t*y. lie weni 10 oar
i ‘ U N /. r K« A ,'J *e ' ttr. Oumbfi, CohmsefenlleeM.
• It .w of tM-i.aj.rr , „rKl to avoid paiobo had Dr. Vlnsoo to
Ow •• . it .f bn-1 h' tith Mr. W. T. I h-1 ..m - rr r; l >ro(on». Alter the teeth
• >■' mm Moi.tr-1 tud beta extracted it wm —rtral ■Inn—
•-.-k*. U-..1 a.ii 1:1 •-«!.* !.c lh*t l™or«J ! .r.- M.\ I.*:- ■ • . : : r- •.. 1 : r
Toccoa Ik is Mill c*n • >.t*t of 8i n vow, - .(* r, hi* tiu'c tofoed *1 moot b!a *
Bodottoc. nd BKitiimaly a Mt I tad even the doctors vm omnj about
©ires si:.,. -^0 br found in (j> <.r ' L-» 1 i- H IT in »-• i th« b- « *
gift. of t»• day t. it * »• w . 1 at hie 1.1- -• • *
V. l-.ww sto-t sto- f) « llnona ! I'.el'li- II. >■ ' .* M I.- » 11 liHl » V'fV
Thus stalwart virtue was vindicated a
. _ , | _ female insurrectlo. i““themost formidaNle
conspicuous, says In her Iclrst manner, of ad. was nipp*d “to bud, and the
“ J ' wicked little o.rd was ' consigner to ever-
and he bursts his collar button; and the
pretty young lady, vexed at being made so
"Oh, never mind, thank you; it itorsu't
make any difference," and calmly gociand
lasting confusion.
alts down In another seat, and that wearied IIowDe.t, happy is ti 'st Benedict that
man gathers himself together, and reada a goeth astray alter the win *, auursmsnts
book upside down—oh, doesn’t lie feel just
Laying Up for Wlatsr.
Oglethorpe Hcbo.
While some hinds were picking cotton
.j a field on M. T. J. Howard’s place the
other day, they ssw a bird alight upon a
tree with something in tts moutn resem
bling a snake. The bird was noticed to be
busy in some way and after it had been
scared away an uncommon richt was seen.
Upon the thorns of the tree ths snake had
been securely fastened, and near it were
found anothei snake, two rata and a bug,
ail securely fastened by the thorns being
pierced tnrougli their heads. The bird
was of an English mocking variety and it
Is said that in this way they lay up a win
ter'a supply of food anil eat it when dry.
In Lieu of the Regular Snake Story.
Bswkinsvllle Dispatch.
The editor oi this paper owns a small
black pony sixteen years old. He is a
lregrass scrub, and has learned quite a
number of tricks. Some of our ell
are disposed to make (un of him occasion
ally, we mean they either make fun of the
pony or tbe owner—It it all the same to ns.
One of hit accomplishments is bit ex-
pertneis in opening his stshlh door and
getting into ths crib. On one occasion
daring Superior Court at Abbeville, when
stopping at Jadge Johnson's, Ibis
pony let himself out of his stable,
opened the crib door, on i then
went ronnd and pulled ont tbe pegs and
turned the latches un all of the stables,
and 1st all ths horses have a picnic. This
pony is very fleet-footed and nimble under
the saddle, and for age aud else, would be
hard to beat in a quarter race.
We made the assertion the other day
that heconld, with a light vehicle, trot a
mile in 2:15. That may be a little beyond
bis speed, but we are certain he can trot a
mile in 3:35. We are not a betting man,
but if there it a Georgia editor who doubts
tbe assertion there can be found In Haw-
kiniville several men with money to
wager on the reaulL
A Crow That Could Talk.
J. R. B.’t Washington latter,
General Hampton tells me that while on
hit Mississippi plantation, li- saw a lame
crow that could laugh and talk. Tbe bird
would say "Hello I” "How are you7”
levers! other thinn ot like import,
was tbe most wonderful raven sioco the
days of Barnaby Rudge and Edgar Foe.
Oue morning a vast number of cro vs as-
semblea In a tree on theplanlation and pre
pared (or a pow-wow. Toe tame bird flew
among them and, rearing un. saluted tbs
congregation with a brisk "Hallow I How
are you 7” Hit astonished brethren scat
tered in alarm at if they had been fired
npon from a mountain bowilser. This
marvellous fowl of the sir was to have been
sent to tbe New Orleans Exposition, but
its sudden disappearance prevented. Gen.
Hampton turmi,c. that some negro shot
him by mistake. Tbe owners could easily
have told him for 81.000 In New York.
GaiiRtasoBO Journal: Mr. Ben Waller,
who hts charge of the pauper farm in this
county, brought into our office the other
day a peculiar species of squash. Tbe veg
etable it two fully developed squashes
Juinsd together and just double the site ot
the ordinary squash. Mr. Waller says tbe
species alt grow like this and It not • fretk
but the nature of the vegetable. We have
never before teen anything like it. Tbit
variety is of a rich butter color, and ebould
be called tbe Blttuete squash. Mr. Wal'er
has tbe teed for tale.
r d. 'May be j but dou’t be fool enough
extend any of your sympathy. He
doesn't need iL
AnExoltlng Event of the Late Campaign
Described.
Augusta Chronicle.
Mr. John Connolly gave the Chronicle a
graphic account of the raid on Jay Gould
tiv a New York Democratic crowd on
Thursday night succeeding tbnelection.
Bald be: "It win Hi terrible moment,
in the afternoon at 0 o'clock, tbe jam of
lieople in and about the Hoffmau House
waa slmnlv fearful to contemplate. There
was a lull after this for a while, but at
about 9 o'clock the crowd increased, surg
ing, yelling, moving to and fro, snd throb
bing with excited life, as a huge moun
tain, underlaid with volcanic power, might
8 alette. The report! all day rather con-
riued tbe election of Cleveland, and the
Democratic feeling rose in consequence.
In the midst of elated hopes and
bouyancy of success it was passed
around as true that New York
had gone Republican by 1,400
plurality. The scenes that greeted tbls
report beggar description. Great crowds
of men fairly rent the heavens with yells
and shout: of dental of tbe report. The
turmoil was stance grand and awful. The
air was tbick with defiance of what was
thought to be a scheme to bolster uv a
false report till it was found out what
chances there were to count Cleveland out
While the excitement was at its highest
pitch a faint voice was beard singing tome-
thing like:
"llanf JsyOouldl
Rang Jay Gould!'
It was if a magical wand had suddenly
set orer the crowd. Every voice for
locks took up the song:
"Hang Jay Oonld,
Hang Jar Gould,
We'll hang Jaj U juld on"—
Five thousand men, with one accord,
moved, a solid pbalaux, toward Fifth ave
nue, and 'on to Jay Gould’s house' was the
cry. Tbe scene was one of tremendous
horror. By some sudden movement this
raid, which started with such determina
tion, was stopped before it moved many
blocks. Police tqnsds, good counsel and
goeth astray a,..... ..... ,
of this world. Yes, tlirlce ' ““PP/J,,
This Is a true story, for go
and girls.
reassuring reports of Cleveland’s election,
combined to stem the torrent.”
"How was Gould acting all this time?”
“Of course be was notified by the dis
trict telegraph of the crying mob snd fled
precipitately from his house on Filth ave
nue to an obscure hotel up town, and there
stayed under guard ol nil trusty friends
till quiet was restored His house was
guarded all the restot thenlght by a sqnad
of police as a precaution against another
outbreak.”
“According to the press telegrams the
raid was made on his office down town on
Broadway.”
“That was one of tho mistakes growing
out of the excitement The crowd were
after Gould, and they knew they would
most likely find him at his home at that
late hour of the nighL”
“You were on hand, of coarse, you have
such a vivid recollection of it?”
Yes. sir; I was in New York."
And in that crowd?”
This is not an examination under oath
la itt”
Tbe Chronicle took tbe bint, tnd wound
ap the interview on one of the most inter
esting events of the lstecampiigc.
boys
What fs a Billion *
Exchange
What is a billion 7 Tbe reply is tiatple
enough: A million times a million. Tt'ls
isqiickly wrl’.tenand still morequickiv
pronour.cei. Very few, however, hav*
■ lie true conception of vrhat a billion is. 1
While on the eubiect at Crawford A Co.’s
drug store yesteiday, a gentleman gave
he following definition, which may tad to
the comprehension of what an immense
sum a billion retlly is. Said he:
You may count 100 or 170 a min
ute, but let us suppose that you go
high as 200 a minute, then an
hour will produce 12.000, a day 283,000, and
year, or 305 days, 105,125,000. Let us
suppose then, that Adam, at the begin
ning of his existence, had begun to count,
had continued to do ao, end was counting
still, be would not even now, according to
tho generally supposed date of Adam's
creation, (5,015 years) bare counts J enough
make a billion. To count a billion
would require 9.512 years, thirty-four days,
five hours and twenty minutes, at the
above mentioned rate of 200 a minute.”
cartersville.
Dxcembrr U.—Our municipal election
( tassed off very quietly yestorday,resulting
n the choice of M. L. Johnson for mayor,
8. M. Roberts, A. L. Barron. J. K. Rowan,
V. L. Williams, John Crawford, W. C. Ed
wards and Aaron Collins for aldermen.
This election is e very lair index to ihe re
sult of the local option election to be held
next Wednesday, as the issue was square
ly made by the temperanco people aud the
entire ticket adopted I V them at the mass
meeting last Thursday ni ;ht was elected
with the exception of Mr, Crawford. If
tbe county should dec! do at the election
"for whisky" I Dave no idea it will be sold
in our city next year.
Col. C, H. U. Willingham, of ihe Free
Preo, is yet unable to bo out. His suffer
ings have been severe but he ha* borne
them with that fortitude and patience for
which he is noted.
FORSYTH.
htliSabd institute-tub ladies' aid so
CIETT.
December 1L—Prof. V. E. Orr, late of
Sparta, was to-day elected principal of Hil
liard Institute.
Tbe Monroe Female College Aid Associa
tion will hold a (air at I’yu's opera house
this week, beginning Wednesday morning
and closing Friday nighL Dinner will be
served in the hall etch day, and every
night there will be a Japanese tea drink
ing. Among tbe articles offered for sale
will be tbe loveliest silk qnilt that Geor
gians have ever had an opportunity of
baying. Ererybody is invited to oome,
get vslae received for their money, and yet
n-aist as in completing our collrge.
CARROLLTON.
Dxceuscb 11.—Tbe people of Carroll
county voted yesterday on the question of
"For Restriction" or "No Restriction of
Liquor" In the esunty. “For Restriction”
carried tbe election by 330 majority. The
barkeepers renewed tbrir license for one
year longer on the day before the election.
Bo wlilssy will be sold In the county until
the 10th of December, 1885.
Webtve fifteen cindidstes in the ooun-
ly for ths office of tax collector, nine for
receiver, five fur treasurer, two for aherifi,
three for ordinary, two for surveyor, five
for coroner, one for clerk—making in all
thirty-eight coodtdates. Hurrah for Car-
roll!
It is generally conceded that we will re
ceive about as many bales of cotton hers
this season as were received here last sea-
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO.
A. B. SMALL, Agent, Macon, Ga.
ATTENTION, FARMERS!
We beg to call tho attention of all plantora to tuo fact that every
sack of gonuino Soluble Pacific Guano, manufactured by tho Pacific
Guano Company, fa branded with Zho name of Gltdden & Curtis. None
other ia genuino and all planters will do well to carefully examine each
sack received by them this season. No genuine Soluble Pacific Guano
can bo bought in Macon oxcept from A. B. SMALL.
GLIDDEN & CURTIS j J. O. MATDEWSON & CO.,
General Selling Agents, Selling Agents,
Boston, Massachusetts, Augusta, Georgia.
In addition to tho above, I am prepared to furnish planters for cash
. «
or on time Groceries, Provicions and other goo fs necessary to make
their crops. Also German Kainit and Acid Phosphates for Compost
ing.
dcc9tun&w2m
A, B. SMALL.
REMOVAL.
After eight years of successful business in Macon, our quarters hvre become
too small to do the business coming to us. and we fouad it necessary to have eracUd
FINEST HARDWARE STORE
jn the city. Wo have greatW increased our stock and are prepared to give bottom prtow
on all goods in on line. We will in future be found at Nos. 55 an 1 63 Cherry street,
next door to Jaques A Johnson.
A. B. FARQUHAR & CO.,
Jobbers of Hardware and Wanufactorers of Machinery,
maoon,
GEORGIA
SCHOFIELD’S IRON WORKS,
MACON,
GEORGIA.
A DiReranco In tha Church.
Columbia EentlneL
It is said that in one of the country
churches not a thousand milts off. at the
conclusion of the services ths pastor offered
a prayer so lengthy that a part of his con
gregation become so mnch worried they
quietly left the houee, while o hers did not
behave as they should. The preacher on
getting off his knees,discovering that most
of his congregation had disappeared, re
solved on presenting the crowd for misbe
havior to proper authorities, wbs
the officers of the chnrch were cslle
to assist in the work. One of tbeofficere bmituville.
on being approached upon the subject de-
dared that he would have nothing to do Dacanesa 12 —The eoclety of our vll-
with it, at the same time remarking that '***•“ >u quite a flutter over theratr-
people had rights as well aa the preacher riage of Hr. O. M. McDonald and Miss
and really he thought they all had a right rtoaalle Haje, at tbe residruce of the
J. S. Schofield & Son, Proprietors,
Manufacturer* and dealers in Every Variety of Machinery,
SCHOFIELD’S PREMIUM COTTON PRESSES 1
To Pack by Horso, Hand- Water or Steam Pow
Schofield's Empire Engines and Boilers and Circular Saw Mills,
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“Shafting,” “Pulleys” and “Hangers” a Specialty.
Estixatss Peouptlt Fcrnishsd and ConRtsroNOENre Solicited.
WE keep In stock Mill. Ms'-htnists' and Kallwuv Ktipplies, Iron Pipe and Fittings,
Artesian well Casing anil Machinery, Ya.ves, Whistles, Lubricators, Packing,
Bolting, Files, OUs,8aws, Wrenches, etc., eto
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Ere Memory.
Excisa—.
Look steadily at a bright object, keep
theeyee Immovable on it fur a inoit time,
and then does them. Au image of Ihe
memory remains; it becomes, in fact, vis
ible to the clueed ryee. The vtvidnews snd
duration of such impreitiont very cinrid-
erably with different Individnala. aud th*
power ot retaining them may b*cultivated.
An eccentric old mau, tbe one* celebrat
ed but now forgotten "Memory Thomp
son," trained himself to tbe performance
of wonderful feats of eye memory.
He could close bit ayes and picture
within himself a panorama of Ox
ford street and other parts ot London,
in which picture every inscription over
every shop was so perfect a d reliable that
he could describe snd certify to the names
Jaautry neiL
I dangerous w adu
itente of all tbe houses o( these streets atl
certain dates, when poetoffle* directories
were not as they now are. Although
iMemorr Thorn peon it forgotten, bis facul
ty is just now receiving some attention,
and it u now proposed toepectaliy enlU-
vate it in elementary lebools by placing
objects befote tha pupils for a given time,
I then taking them away and requiring the
pupil to draw them. That tuoh faculty
exists and maybe of groat service it uud
questionable.
Love's Labor Loci.
Itasu Coaster.
If yon have ever "been there," yon can]
enjoy this picture. It is enacted on car
tr-ius nearly every day:
Maybe a man feels happy and proud
and flattered and envied and bleteed
among men when he sees a pretty girl
trying to raise a window oi a railway car
end lamps ap and. get* ahead of
the other bflyt snd s*y«: "Allow
mel” oh, to courteously, and th*
•ays: "Ob. If you plesso; 1 would be
so glad." and she other mats passengers
tarn green with easy, end he leans over
oo ths back of the seat and tacklos th*
window in a knowing way with one
hand, Uperadventurshs may tots It airily
ailh a simple'torn of the wrist: bat it
kind ol bold! on. and ba takas bold with
both bands, bat It sort ol doesn't go to any
alarming extent, and ha pounds it with bis
flat, bat it on.’y seems to settle a 11 tie
doses into tha place, and then he eoaM
around and ah* get* out of tha seat to gi . I
him a fair chance, and he grapples that
window and Lose up hit back, and togs,
and pull*, and stramr. and bis bat falls
,,17. and bis suspender butn/m fetch !-•>..
and Mi w.iitcoat l>uclriepaiti andbW face
gds red, end bis laet allp^ ajgs^q
• u-l gr.*a:.i -very t.rue f.c u-u, *nd eric*.
Nuw then , aitogether " as It in nw-.Xery ,
tp gel up.
An Alligator Story.
Dawson Journal.
We have all onr life hrard of snake sto
ries tnd big dsn tales, but not until now
hav It been our privilege to record any
thing Tery remarkable of the alligator. It
ie with some degree of trepidation end
misgiving that we undertake now to relate
a very plain statement of one of oar coun
try neighbors concerning tne certain alli
gator la question. But this is a progress
ive age, and it an alligator wants to pro
gress, why, ws must allow it to do to. We
only relate facts ae given to us end vouched
for try the parties concerned.
Near Grave Btation lives a Mr. Gtv, who
wee engaged last week in building for hirn-
•elf a cnlmney. Whan b* quit work last
Friday evening tbe bole dn< in the ground
where he was a', work wav qulta dry. On
the following morning wjen bn retnrned
to work, be found in the bole a little wa
ter and a young alligator, about a fool
long. It had rained a little during the
night, so he coaid very readily accountfor
the water in tbe hole, bnt how to account
for the alligator baa been the mystery of
the eeek. Tbe question is, where did ths
alligator come from? Homebody please
explain.
A Cander With Nine Lives.
Newman Herald.
’ We heard lb* other day of a belligerent
adder in tne duck oi Mr. J. r. eiepueue,
larroil county, which mat with a singular
accident three weeks sgr. Making fight
at a heifer in tbe lot. he seised bar by tbe
forehead, when tbe heifer by a dexterous
turn of a horn struck Use gander's neck
and cat ost the windpipe, leering it hang
ing dosn likes snoot. The old gander •
wound healed over, with the windpipe
■till hanging out, through which he
breathes, and be teems to be at besriy as
evtr, though not as belligerent as before.
A Surprised Darky,
Cclumbas Times.
8trtral days ago while one of the boats
was being loaded el the Merchants and
Planters' compress, a darky—one of the
bends— concluded be would take a ride on
one of the bales at it wtntdown the achate
to the deck of the eteemer. 8u straddling
Ihe next bale that was shored oat, down
be went with the bale: bat the additional
weight, perhaps, canard the whole concern
to slide down with greatly increased Te
locity, carrying the aitooUbed and terri
fled passenger down “a whining" across
the deck, tending both in the river—the
bale on top and tne darky on the bottom.
Those who witnessed It say the darky waa
a eight at he disappeared over the tide of
the Dost, arms uplttted terror depicted on
every line of hts face as he went dawn fa
the water with the bale on top. No dam
age done bnt a good ducking.
A Wicked Uttle Bird.
Albany News.
A Uttle Innocent fan falls Uks sunshine
njion tbe proey, matter of-fset realities of
On Monday night the ladies in a K '.vrn
portion of the dt/ were met, "at of oaeao-
cord," in one bo lie. It was discovered, by
comparing note*, that etch one's lesser
hall ail "down town;' and th* lair ones
naturally suspected that something una-
sual waa "on the bills." This suspicion
became conviction ae a little bird dropped
in at a window and announced that a fa
mous company ot (emala minstrels was in
the city.
This ws* mo?* than the fair onaa could
stand: and so. aallyiag forth In cbarralog
glas, they delermioed so sound the alarm
and Institute a search for the wandering
Benedicts.
As luck would bare if, Ihe Benedicts
were not emint Benedicts on that night,
bribers win no company of t<
last nighL Dr. McDonald waa raised in
our immediate neighborhood, and is cow
located at Leesburg. Mist Rosa was quite
a local nelle and wav eery popular with ail
of ocr people. Quite a large crowd of In
vited guests graced the occrslon, RqT. j
Mr. Bunch off-dated. We noticed con- >
doctor Yonng, of the Brunswick and
Western railroad, with bis family, among
tba guests. The presents tendered the
briilo were selected with exquisite taste.
After the ceremony an elegant supper wts
enjoyed by the party.
McRae.
Dxctussa 1L—Tbe brick work of tbe
new Jed ie all flnlaheo with the exception
THOUSANDS LOST,
of laying tha foundation for the Iron cells . in Ueorgia. Terms easy. Long time.
Don't waste your money on cheap Ear
chinery. Thousands lost every year by
buying third-class goods. Coma and tea
or write and got prices.
Five Leading Engines and Haw Mills.
Three licet Gins.
Two Best Grist Mills.
Knperior ,1-Roller Cane Mill.
Best Mowers, Davis's Water Wheel.*!
These gooriH took premiums at Atlan
ta arnl lumluville over the largest display
of Engines and Machinery ever made in
the United States.
Buggies and Wagons from tha la
markets bought by the hundred. Rubber Belling—largest line of any
to rest on which will require hat few days.
Mr. Yonng Rawlins, of this county, fa
ahead of any farmer wa have beard of in
this tec'ion of country. He made this year
on one acre of land two bales of cotton
weighing 757 poumle, which ie considered
an unusually Urge yield, and show* wbat
our land will prod ice, when it receives
proper fertilising and attention.
Dr. A. T. Lee, of Waldo, Fla , It visiting
McRte, looking attar bis gripe vineyard,
LUMPKIN-
SSdULT or WBDXSSBAT'a FSINASY.
Dacawssa 11.—In the primary elaction
bffid her* yesterday to nominate county
ofBcerf, the following were elected: Or-
ditiaty, J. «5. Lxtimrr; sheriff, J. B. Grif
fis; clerk, B. F. Hawes; treasurer, 8. 8.
Everett; tax receiver, J. T. Harrison; tax
collector, O. W. Ard: county surveyor, J.
A. Fort; coroner, I. H. Thornton. All tne
old officers were nominated for reflection,
except coroner. Tbe eleotiun wa* quiet,
with a foil vote In most of tha precincts.
j was evolution.
Af. J. HATCH ER A GO., General Agents,
Corner Fourth aul Poplar Streets, Macon, Go.
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