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UlSKINC :.IF Notable Numbers. sided to go up at on, and found iL lends after | it Mofcilier.) laving for the stock (Cred- paid over to Mr. Garfield.’’ eld then understood this ing made by the tour prisoners referred oils: to, to burn their way out. i They had by means of % match, ® ^ found upon the person of the boy in- I crco^tei far bre.ki»E into Mr. H. I Tison’s store, set fire to the cell < door Hay to bum oat a hole big enough, through. eSiD Which to make their escape. On hear- ing'Mr. Herrington coming, water was thrown on the fire and the flames nxtia- Bh» guished. Mr. H. took ifl the, situation D ** 8 at a glance, and immediately placed the ... two ring-leaders in irons and moved V 11 the other two to separate cells, Ont was a desperate game these bpr- ^ glare were playing for freedom, for had not Mr. Herrington made the discovery as early as he did the jail would have been probably destroyed; and the four prisoners in tois particular cell would ^ have roasted alive. Difiiatcho to Committees, Bloomfield. 0., October 13.—The Democrats in Seneca county have about 1,000-majority—a gain of 250. Cincinnati, October- 13.—The re turns from the whole ofHamilton coun ty. give Townsend, Repnblican, Secre tary of State, 34,129 ; Lang; Democrat, 31.840—Townsend’s majority 2^89. Mcitvainei.., Republican Judge., of the Supreme Court, .34,522; Follett, Demo crat, 31,018—Mcllvaine’s majority 2,- 884. The Democratic gain on Secre tary of State over the vote for Gov ernor last year, is 1,356, and the Demo- cratic gain oil Judge of the Supreme Court, 761. Bntterworth, Republican, is elected to Congress in* the First Dis trict by a majority of 1,302; Yonng, in the Second District, ‘ by 3,007. The Republicans elect the entire . county ticket by majorities ranging from 2,- 145 to 3,771. New York, 'Gctbberi 13.—The fol lowing dispatches were received to night at the Republican National Com mittee a&oms:. Cp.hewBCTj October • 13.—To Hon. MJKbhall Jewell: The returns of sixty-three counties on the vote for Secretary of State show Republican gains of 6,986, anti Democratic gains of 4,480 over Foster’s vote. I think that the plurality for Secretary of State will I can assure you that in no single in stance baa the Teethina ever proved a failure. We* have tried the soothing medicines, and everything known to us, and “Old Women,” and Teethina is pre eminently a success; and a blessing to mothers and children. ' r - J. M. DeLact, Hatchechubbee, Ala. After trying Soothing Remedies with out avail, and physicians -without re lief, I gave your Teethina and it acted like magic. I occasionally give a pow der to keep my child’s gums softened. S. R. Baldwin, Columbus, Ga. Hunt, Rankin & Lamar, wholesale TJLoc County Stock, ind Fair Associa tion, for an invitation to attend the third annual exhibition of that association, which begins at Talhotton on ther26tfi and ends on the 28th rest. The pre mium-’list is-full ani liberal, and ire doubt not onr Talbot friends will meat with success. ' »cp8tf day; andthefol- ige sent over the itulates Arling- NEWS AND GOSSIP. of Kid Gloves evei; ireceivedaF [AYEB & CO.’S. Terrapin, Game, Vegetables, Fruit atUl other Vrwluce. AU order* punctuallr attend to.; 150 BRYAN STREET, .epasanwJSf GA. 49th Year of the -Now for back wheat cakes. -Fine oysters on the market. -Coup’s circus is coming, for * xxuxxb, xkaix&AAi ou Ldtuiar, wuuieeaiu agents. For sale by W..M. Gilbert, .Agent Si Co., and. L. E. & H. £, Welch. till sep22. Is it Possible. That a remedy made of such common simple plants as Hope, Buchu, Man drake, Dandelion, Ac., make so many A< Welch «k innelicll’s. Wejbnpped in.at Welch &Mitcbell’B book and jewelry store, Wednesday, •Happy John Thompson has re- •-Corsets.at 25 cte.r<’ fsat 6 cts.; Towels tnrned - id Gloves at 76 eta. —Our puplic library is steadily growing. I —The luscious Florida orange is on bur market. ^ . . : --Something hard to find in Albany —a house to rent. —The Bogen House is' taking care of the circus folks. —Next Monday is old -John Robin- ■ soil’s day in Al baay. —Isn’t it time for a theatrical compa ny'to come this way ? —Isn’t this what yon call summer lingering in the lap of fall? jpMr. Early Billups i3 at Mr. L. E. Welch’s quite ill with a rising in the and foand Mr. Welch and all the clerks hard at work unpacking and marking and such marvelous and wonderful cores as Hop Bitters do? It must be, for when old and young, rich and poor, Pastor and Doctor, Lawyer and Editor, all testify to having been cured by them, we must believe and doubt no longer. See other column—Post. How to get Well. Which is answered in three words-^- Take Hop Bitters! See other column.— Express. ■; Hobble and limp no more bat, hang your crutches on the old oaken peg, and seize the first opportunity tj be perma- ently cured. Rheumatism, Contracted Muscles, Stiff Joints, Frosted Feet, Head ache, Earache, Pain in Breast, Side and Back will yield to that powerful remedy, known as Cousseus’ Light a ing Liniment, which is good for man and beast Price SO cts. a bottle. 1 reach 20,000. -He was badly cut in some localities, The plurality on the balance of the. State ticket will be 3,- 000 or 4,000 larger. We elect fifteen- Congressmen out twenty, without doubt Garfield’s own district gives a gain over last year of L300. [Signed] Geo. K. Nash. Columbus, October 13.— To Wm.’L. Scott : The latest returns indicate the defeat of the Democratic candidates for Congress in, the close districts, and McMahon is very close, but promptly defeated. LeFevre. Converse, Ather ton and Geddes, in Democratic Djs- tricts, are elected. - The 37 counties heard from show a net Democratic gam of 4,839 on the vote of 1876. [Signed] >h J, G. Thompson. Indianapolis, October 13.—To W*t. H. Baknum: The returns indicate that the Democrats have elected a majority of the State ticket, Congressmen and Legislature. Porter gains 1,499 in 228 precincts. [Signed], \ Wm. H. English. Indianapolis, (October 13.—To Hon. Marshall JkwELti: In the Legislature Honse and two in the Senate. In any contingency five on joint ballot [Signed] Thomas Donaldson. AVGUSTA, GA. T HIS Institution constitute* the Mrdica! Do- putmentof the State Unlrersity. The dl- »I*t»ed by IU Chancellor. The si-arion will commence on the 1st .Monday 0( November, and will end on the lit or March follow lag. A pplv for circular to »ept25-law G. W. BAINS.Dear. New Goods ! Low Prices! My Fall Stock of . Dry Goods, Groceries anfl Lipors dUlT ’ “& 1 offfer ladueewonla to xoSSr ***■ Mjr J8EL& A CftAMCP AND SEE. FOB X Some for tlie Presbyterian Mln- > - : .later. The ladies of tlie Presbyterian church of this city hsve resolved to have a home for their pastor, and the , pile of lumber that has recently been hauled to their church lot gives evi dence of the fact that they are in earn est. The lumber was donated by Mr. Cyras Graves, of Hilsdale, Mr. F. F. Putney, of Humboldt; and one or two other mill men, whose names we did not learn, and work on the building is to be commenced right away. Two rooms and a verandah will be added to ■the mhristcr’s fituchr on fhe ciiurch lot; and thus & comfortable parsonage will all the Sound cot- enu cat at tho highest cask Bad School.” are taken from the Penn sylvania School Journal, and recom mended to those who do not take any interest in having good schools, as wor thy of their attention: L Elect the most ignorant, bigoted and close-fisted oldfogies in thadistrict to the School Board. 3L c -= 2. Employ the cheapest teacher you can get; regardless of qualifications, rep utation or-experience. - 3. Find all the fanltyon can with the teacher, and tell everybody; especially let the pupil hear it ' 4. When yon hear a bad report about the teacher or school, circulate it as fast as you can. - 5. Never visit the schools or encour age theteacher. 6. If you should happen to visit the school, take close notice of what seems to go wrong and tell everybody about it except the teacher. 7. Never advise your children to be obedient to the. teacher, and when the children are punished rush to the school room before your passion is cool, and give the teacher a hearing in the matter in tile presence of the whole schooL . ... 8. Be indifferent about sending your children to school regularly. •h -ferns that- (be jfl intora mitt Band, jtml as vrs!! or the Or, if ttioy dwlre, U.ay.'iMm i Qnautity of pruaml un well M- i. b*vc a. caah bal Ai,oe' In - their --Joe Irwin, the well-known head- aiter of the Brown Honse, Macon, is The market is Arm and sales lively. Owing to the wet weather receipts' havenot beeh ygry large Oils week. We quotapriees: Cotton Beceipta for week 1^85 . - reerious 9,779 — - • Tt:— : JKteji.-"- 11,464 ......... 1,054 - V» —The Albany Bar have endorsed Col. AY.' 0. Fleming, of Decatur, for Judgeship of this Circuit. ’ —Tho grand Jury of the present ses- sioD of lliC Superior Court litas taken a racees.until next Thureday morning. —Capt. Smith and Judge, Warren are having their office lots fenced in. Quite an improvement, and one worthy of note. —A good many of our people are gqing' to use coal instead of wood this winter. They say it’s cheaper, even way down hero. —Several of Griifin’K belles are ex pected this week. Lookout, boy s, th ev are coining determined to take . tho town by storm. —Don’t you need some note heads, letter heads, bill heads, cards or circu lars ? If so, send in your orders. Our 'styles are the latest, and prices low. —Some of onr merchants have re ceived unusually large stocks of goods for the fall and winter trade. Look over oUr advertising columns and you tjjy CLOTHS A^9^ ** e re to go to find them. - &£■—Some of tho boys who attend the satisfactory. ® ^j- ' os on the shelf. Mr- Cor stepped out to get some money changed and left no one in the store; but hearing the cry of fire. ray. back to find a crowd in his store extinguishing the'flames, which ■ was accomplished before much dam age Could be done..: Mr. Cox assesses. - his loss'at $50. - Pool on Ooaxhertf>* Majority. Some of the young men at Welch & Bacon’s got up a kind of pool as to what would be Colquitt’s majority in this county. The pool was opened seven! days before the election. The mode of procedure was .to write what you thought the majority 'would bo on a slip of paper, sign your name and put the paper with‘5Q cents into a hag;' the nearest guess would get all the money thus pooled. A large number made guesses ranging from 50 to 999, and the latter number made by A. P. Herrington, won the pool, which con sisted of $15,00. Some Fine Potatoes. “Good mornin’ sab S Mara John Cuttifi say here’s two sweet ’tat$rs for you editurs to eat on till srter do Pres ident Garfield ain’t elected. Heways weigh 'am, measure ’uni and eat ’urn, ] taking your time about de las’.” This is what Mat said when he came into our office Wednesday. We imme diately proceeded to draw ont our rule 1 of measurement and the two potatoes 1 were twelve inches in circumference, 1 and brought the scales iown at th£ 1 figure eight They were raised on 1 Cutliffs plantation, and we’ll eat ’taters now for six or seven mobns. v $ ' Administrator's £-a‘ e : O N tbefflrst Tuesdcr otNoreraW the court boo*euL° n r W^nh« ho »» Total Shipments fo- we ek xTOVious... Total.... Amount on hand.... [Signed] ^ Indianapolis, October 13.—3 P. M. —Hon. M. Jewell : Republican ma jority in the State of Indiana will be from five to eight thousand. We have elected eight, and probably nine out of thirteen Congressmen. It now looks as though we have made a clean sweep. X Package that We SIiinUGet. Capt. Joe Bennett, express messen ger on the B. & A. R.R., informed us Wednesday night that when the train stopped at Alapaha that day somebo dy dumped a box into his car, addressed to the News and Advertiser, and marked “C. O. D,” Not knowing who the sender was, or anything else about the mysterious box, Capt Bennett pro ceeded to inspect It, when he found, it contained an im mense dead rattlesnake. No. one being found about the train who would pay the freight on the box, and as Capt B. did. not - like to haul such freight oiv C. 0. D. terms, he shoved it Overboard, and thus our read ers lost what might have been the big gest snak^ qfthe season. Offxcx or NxoraAKD AnvERTisRB.t axbant. Ga.. Oct. 15, 1880. { ,, , , Financial. Dolii, buying..... .par Scllingat... pa» N. Y. Ex.buy, % d«. Selling at...... v pre. Savaonah, buy..M dia. Selling at 3 pre. Gold, baying par %rom 1J<@2 N. Y. Ex., buy, % dis. gross * 4 Savannay, buy, % dis, grass gi eo@»2 00 LIVE STOCK. gorses.. ...... :.v. .1125to$250 ssaafesst™.™ Plow slabs 6 Swedes iron ; 8 Steel, cast in ban, f) lb 20 @25 ’ Steel plow slabs f- GKOCEKIES AND PBODtTCE. Bacon—Clear sides, ^ lb •... lo# Dougherty Sheriff’j O ^^fiTaesdaTln Nor ember next, wl be sold before tbs court bouse door ( Dougherty coonty, between the foail houS ot «tlo b» virtoe of a firs from Dongbe“y Court; in f*»or of W W. MontoSmeryf B^« ■gainst Jesse W. JFalters and John fitecutorsofJeremiah Walters,deoeaeed.*IIth£ fco»w»in^£gidmsJrwtfaty as iTfSeTof lot nsmber sa. -n Brosd street, as far beek as 1(0 feet, sedUtewbofeef said lot thea north to the alley, on which, mid lot stands the two-story Brick Building, known as the Waiter* building. Property pointed out by defendant. %■ ■ V. G. EDWABDf, OCt7-tda . 8heriff alt},- ■. THE VERY LATEST I Indiana Gone GUmmerlng. Specini to the News and Advertiser.] Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 14, noon.— Additional retains received last night and this morning show the same ratio of gains. The Repnblican majority bn the State-ticket will not fall short of seven thousand. Congress will stand eight Republicans to five Democrats. The Republicans have a majority in both branches of the Legislature - vrl^ch defeats McDonald, for tho Sen/ Administrator’s Sale. By virtue of ao order o! the Court of Ordinary or Dougherty county, I will te)l ret ween the oiual hour* ol tale, at the court house door of Dongh- erty county, on the first Tuesday in November next, at pablic outcry, four acres and thirty poles of land, situated In :he village of Palmyra, in Lee county, known as the former residence of tho late Dr. Jeremiah HUnokn- and pJabas tho place once occupied by Dr. Love. There is also oh tho place a two-story framed hotoe and out houses. Sold as the property of Jeremiah HU-tcan, dec’d. for dlstribuUou. Terms esah. WM. E. HILSMAN. oct8-td Administrator. iliroad Bank,. ‘ >mest lot of Goods for Old Jshn Hoblnson’e Circus Is billed for Albany next Monday, Oc tober 18th; and will be sore to be here. It is. on the bills, and, as the inimitable Lowlow says, “What’s on the bills must be did.” Of course it will be a good show. It would not be traveling under old John Robinson’s name if it was anything else than'first-class in. every particular. Thef Lynchburg Virginian says of it: Old John Robinson’s show yester day was a grand success not only in point of the attendance, which was im mense, but in the excellence, the varie ty and completeaesG of the exhibition. To tell of the many wonderful animals, marvellous feats or horsemanship and gymnastics, the witticisms of Lowlow, that prince of clowns, and countless other La tare? would lead us farh^yo^d the limits of • onr-hpaesT^"' Sufficient to say that the exhibition was one of the best; if not the; best,, that onr people have yet seen -ana that Old John’s great show will be welcomed to Lynch burg whenever it shall come. In view of conflict with the Presiden- c fial and Congressional elections. it has *v GrJh been thought best, after consultation wlieS with a large number of the brethren, including our Moderator and Clerk, to postpone tbes^neetingof the Association just one week. We therefore announce 1 one that the next session, of Bethel Asso- ciation will be held with the church at Cuthbert, commencing on Taesday, 9th aayj ^ before the second Sunday in Novem- ’>n!ou »«• John T. Clark, imp< Jas. W. Stanford, J. C. Martin, -Jalt,! Wm. H Cooper, Committee. com ; ‘Skating nnb—we mean those who have suck largo and unmanageable under- I standings are longing for cold weather. A'ftei frost they can wear two pairs'of ':' pants, which will make the floor of j 1 millihgham’s Hall a little softer. —The capital invested in dairying in ’Hie Hailed States is £00,000,000; 4,- West Virginia. Wheeling, Oct 13—Reports from West Virginia are coming in Blowly. Indications are tbat the Republicans have reduced the Democratic majorities in a number of counties; but their ma jority will not go much be ow 8.000, if any. Thci Republicans depended upon ■4 much larger Greenback vote than was cast It seems tiiat this party, which claims upwards of 25,000 votes in the State, did not' poll over half of thalfnumber. They largely went back to the two old parties. ; Hon: Geoige C. Stnrgis, Republican candidate for Governor, has led his ticket considera bly. - .. Wltat Mro»licr Gardiner would' do • ’-xviih'm Sou—— ' “If I had a son dal war gwine out in de world to seek his for Lin’,” began the old man, last Friday night, a? a hush halk “I shou'd sav to _ A Now Paper-. ’* Messrs. T. P. Cody and J. W. Han- j e Ion, two well known practical newspa per men, propose commencing the pub lication of a newspaper at Sumner, Worth county, Ga—-the first issue of ^ which will appear in.about two wcoks. Wo hope these gentlemen will meet ^ with success in their undertaking. The ( section of country for-which they pro pose to labor is rapidly growing, and- the people are awake to the importance I °* 1 ' of fostering enterprises of this kind. } ^ Messrs. Cody and Hanlon are the very { 1 men to give to them a lively paper, feed j they deserve encouragement. . I ieri v } The Baiabridge F;-.ir. a . n We acknowledge the receipt of .a ; l . ,m complimentary ticket to the above fair, I0 ‘ to come off on the 27th, 28th and 29th l0r ’ of.this roenth, and if possible we shall 0X5 be on hand. The people of Decatur , lCr and Bainbridge are determined to make their fair this mpnth the biggest ex hibition of the kind ever seen in South- sre west. Georgia, and it would be well to as £ j remark that whatever Bainlridgo un- ‘ j dertakes die invariably makes a suc- * r ^ j cess. Her fair grounds ‘or n-toral ‘ i b-.Auty - re cr-nri -.-sec* by a:.y it. i; ■ ' j South, the city itself is a litti. g. . of , t0 j lovelines-, ar. 1 her people axe note for Cm Kn-; - %Via The fol ire noefled, by the Dty Good* are all 1 prices. To the crept-down him not to itik too much n r ye be too silent Dat class of men am alius shoo tin’ off de raouf an woes dan dc class trho sot an' looi wise as owls, but her nuffii De one talks bekase he how to keep stillA De still bekase he doin’ km tara bettor pre- * for everything y Line. /oDN- *riei of we At the Yery ,n’ know dVxkter.iUOO®. lation of :ath, and Bur com- a, I would , : Tcc'a ly when you C; your body appetite gone, 'rives Fi.: c >ld and that oughin?, miserable- take nc medicine: id Liver and Stem he Shakes. :o him wid chains an' padlock. T> > Yon WaultoEnjoi I.ILt » I. t -:L. or what is worse, is the ineviia- b’ rasult of conticaed snspen- : on of th- r_-.-r.-truul fir"-’, . I: is a condition vki k - 'tkl not fee traded with. Immediate re- - ■ the on y «.i!>gnaru against constitn- ticLai ruin. In all Cc.s-.s of mppr-ssi >r., s ension or .1. r lrreraiarities of the ■: arses,” I>r Pr . ‘ '. -Id's i' -mnle IP.-j- uv.tor is the o’;jt ■ ;re remedy. It acts by ■.r.'.ug ton: to the nervous centres, im proving the blood, and determining dj- rtetly to the r -r-oaas of menstruation. It -a iegitimato prescription, and the most ! mtdligect doctor* nae it. Ask yoar drug- ; grit lot it. i Bariev'..,. • Goto.-. . .. ; MUlctt... ■ NAVAL STORES. Sav-skaH, Ga.. October i T’ | for rosin »1* very ouiet, bur vi ' ad ranee of !«<•. for K, M. N nuJ . 'flic were 973 bbls. I, X, M . . ■ glass ar recitations, bpints tur?- ‘ strong and advancing, with a goo-.. The salea were it bble. of rtgniars at a. jAa= sale* were 194 bbls. regular* at 3<- : ocip--t‘ ,r the do? SSO bbU. rn-tn and * ipiriuturpenlinc. Weoaoto:Rf> • 3|1 14 D »1 1% E il 25, f *J : « no. lu iJ. s (‘1 47 e. •• he Bciubrii ;:\.m t at count: I50STINCT PRINT