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PERFUMERY.
FANCY HOODS,
TOILET ARTICLES,
DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES,
The best 5 and 10 cent Ci
gars always on hand. Pipes
and Smokers articles gener
ally. I
FKESH TURNIP SEEDS
JUST RECEIVED.
FBESH GOODS! LOW PRICES
8S“I’rcscriptioii- filled with care,
dny or night.
W,H, GILBERT, Ageil,& CO,
Albany Gr., September 11.1SMM/
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JANUARY 10TB, 1881.
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FOR Tills HOLIDAVS!
A. STERNE
Hie now in store anil is daily receiving
FINE FRENCH CANDIES,
FANCY CRACKERS,
NUTS.
RAISINS,
DATES,
CHESTNUTS
APPLES,
PEARS,
ORANGES,
BANANAS,
•GRAPES,
ITGS,
AN» TllE FINEST ASSOUTMliNT OF (.HRIST-
M AS TREE DECORATIONS, AND ARTICLES
FOR TH K *A NT A CL A US STM KINOH EVER
BROUGHT TO THIS MARKET.
A. STER1TE.
WASHINGTON, ST.
Next door to Post Office, Albany, Oa.
•epStOdnwly
W. E. & R. J.
H AVE oow In c'oreand Constantly Arriving
a« the season advances, a full line of Fan :y
and Family
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We have also brought out for the Fall and Win
tr Trade a general assortment of
DRY GOODS.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
An 1 all such staple goods aa are needed by the
planters of this section. Our Dry Good* are all
new, and will be sold at bottom prices. To the
HOUSEKEEPERS
in lb J city we would nr, that t»e aro better pre
pared than * ver to fill th *ir orders for cveijrthing
in the Fancy and Family Grocery Line. COUN
TRY PRODUCE and all the delicacies of the sea- ,
son can always be had at our store at the .Ver*
IawH Market Prices.
Vf. E. & E. J. CUTLIFF.
Albany, Gjl, Sept. 21, 880.'—dtuAfrw-Sino.
TiieM Carolina Presbyterian;
Is a Tv ligtons family newspaper,published wvcklv 1
and devoted to the Intellectual. Moral and Spirit- :
ual interests of the people.
.t numbers among its correspondents many of
the very best writers of the Srotheru Presbjtcri-
an Church. It is thoroughly orthodox ou quea- ;
tions of doctrine, but tree and outspoken iu its
views on all open Questions. It allows and invites j
free discussion within the bounds cfcourtesy.
In popularity tne Pbxsrytkkis.n is constantly
advancing, it is the LOWEST i’RI(”El> Presby
terian parer published within the bouuds of the j
Southern General Assembly.
It alms te be the paper for the people, and to ,
present in its columns matter to interest and iu-
struct all ages, classes and conditions of the peo- ,
pie. We endeavor to raak4> Freshness, Liveliness, |
Timeliness and Vigor the special characteristic I
of its style.
Price per un«m, $2.65; or for <*a« year to any
new subscriber, $215. For 5>.00 wc will send for
one- year to any new subscriber the North Caroli- {
na Presbyterian and the American Agriculturist, I
the b°*t illustrated Agricultural and Household 1
Magcxine in the countrr Address
JOHN McLAURIX,
Editor and Proprietor, Wilmington, N. C. I
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Gathered by Oar Local Reporter*
—Pine wood is filing at $2 per
load—pool loads at
—The receipts of cotton diniini.shiug
as the season draws to i close.
—Albany is without a male* school.
Shall this state of affair*, continue ?
—There arc ten bar-rooms in Alba
ny, which pay city licciise aggregating
$1,500 per annum.
—There is no torture tkat the girl of
the period would not uidergo to en
hance her beauty.
—A slight coolness is still noticeable
between friends, but the mercury
showed a more conciliatory disposition
yesterday.
—Messrs. B. T. Rein} and John
Mock have again formed 1 co-partner
ship, and will continue the M San
Souci” as before.
—Col. C. B. Wooten has been in Al
bany for several days, and we hope ho
will conclude to return to is for good
and make Albany his home.
—Particular attention is greeted t>
the law card of Hon. W. B. Smith.
Captain Smith is now in Washington
City, attending to his Coigrcssional
duties.
—Let it be remomboroc that the
News and Advertiser job department
is turning out in the best style, and at
low pricos all manner of commercial
printing. Send in your orders*
—When the new boat bogibs to ply
our river the price of wood will proba
bly drop, ns transportation wdl be ex
tremely cheap. Tho truth is that boat
will be of great benefit to Albany, and
we arc anxious to see it f nislied.
—Judge D. A. Vason and Mr. A. II.
Alfriend, liavo formed & copartner
ship under the name of Vason & Al
friend, ami ;«rc giving prompt and
energetic attention to all buaincss en
trusted to their care. Speciil atten
tion is directed to their card in this
issue.
—About fifty mules belonging to the
Georgia Land and Cotton company
were sold at auction in this city Wednes
day. The sale was well attended, and
the general opinion was that the mules
brought fair prices. Some of tho
animals were very p«*or and were
knocked off at from thirty to fifty dol
lars each, but others brought three,
times as much.
—Mr. Jesse i). Westor. left Mon
day morning for Wcst*»nia Mills, B. dr
A. K. K. He will lake ch&rgc of his
father's lumber business there, and his
brother, Mr. WTn. Weston, will man
age the Worth county mills recently
purchased by his father. We regret
to lose Jesse from Albany. He is
always full of life, energy, good cheer
and encouragement. But in bis new
field we wish him abundant success.
—The wood question is fast becom
ing a s?riousono to Albany. Wood
cannot be bad at ax y time for less than
three dollars per cord, and just as soon
as the weather turns cold the price is
raised. We saw two-horse wagon
loads—and light ones at that—selling
for $1.75 yesterday, ami a man had to
beg to get it for that. A good many
of our people have had coal grates put
into their chimneysjthis winter, and
others will doubtless follow their exf
ample.
OUR COTTON MARKET
lenun.l light.
Yesterday tvna «lnli and the
\Ye quote as follows:
Middling
bow Middling
Good Ordinary
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Oata Killed by the Coll.
We learn from m»ny planter* Oat
their fill sowing of oats hare been
completely killed by the sever* weath
er. This will necessitate the putting
in of spring oats, which we trust will
not be neglected. A good oat crop is a
bonanza to the Southwest Georgia cot
ton planter.
J OHS B HESS AS, 31a naffer.
oi. i
rTUJE J!:rsh»l: House, with iu rspsrious resti-
X bale, extensive and tlrcaut verandah, all j
fonliog ladies a fine view of the ptoateuade, airy
and weil-rcntibt.d rooms, aod unriraiisi table, ia
unquestionably the hugest aod
LEADING SAVANNAH HOTEL.
I respeetlnllr refer the traveling public to
those or their friends who hsve born guests of tho
w M A Its HALL HOUSE under toe present i n t mi i
W ment.
N Tho increased {patronage reeeired by thb
s house has necessitated the lease or what was
•nnerly known as the “ rlorida House." and it
, ns been supplied with eie^tnt furniture, ear-
pets. etc- add forms s Eland combination under
one manefoment which will be appreciated OJ
the travel::.public.
the traveliuE public.
'tV.,D«e.7, ISStMf.
JOHN BWXNaN.
Th. Albany Opera House.
The amusement-loving people of our
community Till be gratified to learn
that “Tift’s Hall” has been thoroughly
renovated and refurnished. It now has
new dressing rooms, new scenery, and
every improvement necessary to make
it comfortable and elegant. It is now
known as the “Albany Open House.”
This gives to Albany two first-class
places of entertainment Messrs.
Robinson A Gottlieb will use their best
efforts to bring first-class companies
to our cite, snd we trust our citizens
will give the young mansgon that lib
eral encouragement which their efforts
daasrv*.
Tho election on Saturday for Justices
of the Peeee end Beiliff* passed off
very quietly in this city, as also in
East Dougherty—Ibe only districts in
which elections were held—the Oaky
Lawn district having gone by default
But few white voters turned out, and
the darkies. had alt tho fun to them;
selves. It is duo to Justice A. P.
Greer that we should say in this con
nection, however, that a good many of
his friends among the business men of
the city went quietly to the polls and
voted for his re-election. More of
them would hsve gone if they hsd
thought it necessary.
The following is the result of the
clecticn :
.you justice orrEACE, 945tii (citt) dis-
tiuct :
A. P. Greer 371
L.A. DeGraffcnroid 148
FOB BAILIFF :
J. A. Greer 313
Washington Watson (col,) 173
Wm. West 158
Louis Bennett 155
Dock Ponder (col.) 155
In the 1097th District (East Dough
erty) Joseph W. Cooper was elected
Justice of the Peace, and Charles Bla-
ock (col.) Bailiff.
PROFITABLE PARKING.
Fifteen and a Half Bale, to the
Mule.
Mr. John So'mmerford, Superinten
dent on Dr. J. P. Stevens’ plantation,
seven miles northwest from Albany
has this year practically demonstrated
the fact that farming can be made to
pay in Southwest Georgia. Mr. Som-
merford conducted a nine-mole farm,
mad" fifteen and a half bales of cotton
to the plough and enough corn, peas,
potatoes and syrup to furnish the place
another year. The land planted in cot
ton averaged a bale to ever}- one and a
half acres; and not one dollar's worth
of commercial fertilizers was bought.
Dr. Stevens is a warm advocate of
home-made fertilizers, and positively
states that under his system of manur
ing, his land has been improved one
hundred per cent.
Mr. Sommcrford, the Superinten
dent of the'place, is only about twenty-
three years old: and has already gained
the reputation of being one ofthe most
successful of our planters.
MARRIED,
In Worth County, Ga^ by Rev. P. R.
Jones, on Dec. 27th, 1880, Mr. S. L.
Jones, formerly of Wake Co., N. C., to
Miss Martha Willis.
Kahn’s Conalnir.
By reference to our advertising col
umns, it will be seen that Mr. S. W.
Kahn, s the popular dealer in horses and
mules, who has spent several seasons
in Albany, will bo with us again in a
few days, no has sold a great many
horses ami mules in this section, and
lias made a reputation for fnir dealing.
Copartnership Resumed.
Judge G. J. Wright having retired
from tho Bench and resumed the prac-
itcc of law, has gone into copartnership
again with Judge D. II. l’opc, his old
partner. Their many friends through
out tho circuit will be glad tu see the
staunch and reliable old firm of Wright
A l’opo intact again, ns it makes one of
the strongest li\w teams in tho circuit,
or in tho State.
New Year's Calllnc.
Notwithstanding the drizzling rain
and the extreme cold that prevailed on
Saturday night, tho happy custom of
Now Year’s calling was never more
extensively observed in Albany. The
ladies received in groups and the gen
tlemen clubbed together and went in
carriages and hacks, tho “Jolly Bene
dicts” leading the van in the big city
omnibus. It always takes an omnibus
to carry that crowd, and the team nev
er fails to tire of tho load towards the
wind-up. Open doors and warm
hearts greeted the happy callers every
where, and all tho participants whom
we have sec"n, without exception, speak
of the evening’s pleasures in the most
glowing terms.
It H'm Postponed.
A gentleman from the Gin Town
District of Worth county was in the
city on Monday, and an inquisitive
News & Advebtiskb man inquired of
him as to the result of the election for
Justice of the Peace in his District on
Saturday last “Well,” said he, as
earnestly as ever man spoke, “a num
ber of us met at the precinct, but it
was so confounded cold and rainy
that we held no election, but decided
to posponc ’till Wednesday, the day for
the general county election, and the
candidates for Justice will be entered
cn that day.” The earnest manner if
our friend in imparting this informa
tion to us was amusing, as the laws of
the State fix the time for holding the
respective elections.
Meeting or the Creditors of Welch
A Baron.
About one hundred of the creditors
of Messrs. Welch & Bacon met in per
son last Tuesday in th'S city, for tl:ejpur{
pose of looking into the condition of
tho estate. After hearing a general
statement read of the assets and liabil
ities of tbe firm, etc., a resolution was
introduced and adopted, the sense of
whicli was that Col Tift be requested to
resign as assignee, and that the estate
be placed in the hands of L. E. Welch
and R J. Bacon, for the purpose of
winding up the same; that the prefer
red creditors shall join in this request
with the balance of the creditors, and
kgreo in writing that the deed of assign
ment should 1)0 annulled, and that
Welch & Bacon shall agree in writing
to, hold the estate in trust for the bene
fit of all the creditors.
A committee of five, consisting of
Oopt. John A Davis, chairman, and
Messrs. L. E. Welch, R. Hobbs, A. L.
Reid, of New York, aod B. A. Den
mark, of Savannah, was appointed to
carry into effect the resolution and get
the unanimous consent of tho creditors
thereto.
The Assignee is continued in charge
or the business until further notice by
the creditors, and the meetinffadjourn
ed to meet on the
We suppose some o* ouncc-
ment will be pnbluhel credi
tor*.
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MB. A. S. MOUGHON KILLS HIS
PLANTATION FOREMAN
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A BAD CASE.
Fred the Dully Xm sal Advertiser, Tuesday
4th Inst.
We are called upon this morning to
chronicle a tragedy which occurred on
the plantation of Mr. A. S. Moughon,
six miles above this city, in Lee coun
ty, yesterday, the circumstances sur
rounding which are truly sad. Every
tragedy naturally has its horrors, and
must, by the vety nature of Hungs,
among civilized people, be more or
less freighted with sadness for the hu
man breast; but here we have a case
that is doubly sad. A human life has
been taken by a fellow creature who
has become so encrazed and demented
by habitual intoxication as to be unac
countable for his actions; a dread to
his friends, and a source of continual
trouble to his family and connections,
Yesterday morning Mr. A. S. Mough
on, better known in this city and coun
ty as “Dolly” Monghon, shot and in
stantly killed the foreman of hirplan-
tation, Charles Raymond, colored. Mr.
Monghon has been generally regarded
by his friends as a little “off’ for some
time past, but he was always inoffen
sive, and no one had ever had cause, so
far as we know, to feir violence at his
hands. He has been in ;the city on
one of his habitual sprees for a week
or ten days past, and on Monday after
noon a friend undertook to carry him
home. He had considerable trouble
with him, however, and finally left him
at the Whatley-Jordan store, about
two miles and a half from his planta
tion. Here, it seems, Mr. Moughon
spent the night, and yesterday morning
went home.
Mr. Moughon has no family of his
own, and has been leading a bachelor's,
life on his plantation during the past
year. Whenever he left home he
turned the keys to his barn and larder
over to his trusty old colored foreman,
Charles Raymond. Soon after he re
turned home yesterday morning the
old man started into the house to give
him his keys, when, to his surprise
and horror, his erstwise kind and
friendly master met him with a shot
gun, and fired on him. The whole
charge of the gun took effect in the old
man's abdomen, making a fearful hole
from which the blood came gushing
ont in a stream nearly as large as a
man’s wrist; and he died almost in
stantly. Not satisfied with this, Mr.
Moughon then rushed out of the house
and tried to shoot one or two other
colored men who were employed on
his place. They ran {off however, and
finally escaped.
Soon after the tragedy Mr. Monghon
was brought to the city in a little wag
on by a colored man.- He was in a
state of helpless intoxication when he
reached town. At this writing we
learn that he is still ir the city at the
house of a friend. He has made no ef
fort to get nwav, and does not seem to
havo reason enough left to realize what
he lias done.
The crime having been committed in
Lee county, any action that may be
taken in the premises will, of course'
issue from that county ; and, up to the
hour of going to press last night, we
had heard of none. We presume,
however, that the coroner of Lee
county has discharged his duty a> d
held an inquc3t before this, the partic
ulars of which we will doubtlcst be
able to give to-morrow.
Dolly Moughon is, and bus been for
some time, a fit subject for the lunatic
asylum. His condition became such
in the latter part of October or the first
part of November that some of his
friends had him carried to the insane
asylum at Milledgcvillc. After being
confined and controlcd for m few weeks
he appeared to be all right again, and
was permitted to return heme. He
remained sober until the Christmas hol
idays, .when lie resumed his old habits
of dissipation.. Ilis mother and father
are dead, and we believe ho hau only
one brother and one sister living. The
family was one of the wealthiest of this
section before the war. and is highly
connected.
“DOLLY” MOUGHON.
He le Adjudaed m Deuxeuted Ine
briate, and Will no to the Asy
lum.
Daily News and Advertiser, Jon. 7.
The readers of the News and Ad-
vertisec have had the particulars of
the killing the colored man, Charles
Raymond, by his employer, Mr. A- S.
Mougbcn, at the plantation of the latter
near this city, on Tuesday last We
have now to inform them that Mr.
Monghon has been adjudged a dement
ed inebriate, and will be sent to the
asylum for the insane at Milledgeville.
A writ of lunacy having been sworn
out against him, anil the demand usual
in such cases having been made upon
tiro Ordinary, that functionary summon
ed a jury of inquiry yesterday after
noon to take the case of the unfortunate
young man into consideration snd
pass upon his condition. Drs. Hils
man, McMillan and Alfriend, who bad
attended Mr. Moughon at different
times for several years past, and who
had examined him in his present con
dition, testified that they believed him
to be of unsound mind; that he was a
demented inebriate and s fit subject
for the lunatic asylum.
The investigation was held at the
residence of Judge John Jackson,
where Mr. Moughon has been confined
ever since the day of the tragedy, and
a representative of the News and Ad
vertiser was in the room with die
jury when the unfortunate young man
was brought before them. We never
saw a more restless, nervous, down
cast, miserable-looking and allto-
gether pitiable man than he is. He
presents a temperance lecture more
forcible than could possibly be pictur
ed with pen or uttered with words of
eloquence. To pity him, one need only
to see him.
After due investigation the jury ad
judged Mr. Moughon to be a demented
inebriate, and recommended that he be
confined in the State Lunatic Asylum
At Milledgeville. We understand that
Sheriff Edwards will leave with him
for Milledgeville this afternoon.
Election day in Dougherty was quiet
snd orderly at every precinct No
fights; nobody mad, but somebody was
elected, somebody defeated. Tbe fol
lowing is the full vote:
A LB ANY PltBCINCT.^Z
jgJS FOB ORDINARY •’] yj.zl. -:,
Z-J. Odom 881
FOB CLEBK SCPEBIOB C0C8T :
W. P. Burks 980
FOB SHERIFF :
F. G. Edwards. 856
W. A. Ledbetter 122
FOB TAX COLLECTOR :
J. R- Forrester 982
FOB TAX RECEIVES :
B. S. Rost 572
B. T. Jones 282
Wm. Van Tickle 134
COUNTY SUBVETOB :
Henry Cook, col’d. 160
M. Crine 2
Tift 4
CORONER:
H. Wilburn, col’d 467
Jas. Mayo, col’d 284
L. Lovett, white 67
Eli Outlaw, col’d. 147
W. H. Green, col’d 1
OAK LA WN PRECINCT :
Odom 278
Burks 278
Ledbetter 149
Edwards 129
Forrester 278
Van Tickle 211
Bust 36
Jones 31
Cook 88
Wilburn 78
Mayo 152
Outlaw 42
ST. PA UL PRECINCT:
Odom 176
Burks 176
Edwards 160
Ledbetter 16
Rust 101
Jones 13
Tan Tickle 62
Forrester. 176
Wilburn 120
Mayo 28
Outlaw 27
RECAPITULA TION:
FOB ORDINARY 7
Z. J. Odom 1,435
No opposition
FOB CLERK SUPEBIOB COUBT :
W. P. Burks. 1,434
No opposition
fob tax collector: '
J. B. Forrester 1,436
No opposition
fob snEBiFP:
F. G. Edwards 1,145
W . A. Ledbetter 287
FOB TAX BECEIYEB :
R. S. llnst 709
B. T. Jones 326
Wm. Tan Vickie 407
fok county surveyor :
Henry Cook 248
fob coroner :
H. Wilburn, col’d 665
Jas. Mayo, col’d 404
L. Lovett 07
Eli Outlaw, col’d 216
It will be seen that two colored men
are elected to-the offices of Coroner anil
County Surveyor. The others aro all
white Democrats.
DEATH AT THE JTAIL.
The Report that the Deceaeed F roze
to Death Not True.
On Monday evening a colored pris
oner died at the county jail in this city,
and yesterday morning it was current
ly reported that he had died from neg
lect—that he froze to death.
We heard nothing of the death until
next morning, when a colored wo
man was earned through tbe streets
frantically screaming 03 if in great pain,
or suffering under some hideous hallu
cination. Upon enquiry as to the
cause of this demonstration, a repre
sentative of the News and Advertiser
learned that a colored prisoner had
died at the jail; that the woman in
question was bis mother, and that she
had said her child was neglected by
the jailor, and had frozen to death.
Others doubtless heard tho same re
port that we did, and soon the rumor
that a prisoner had frdken to death in
the county jail was common through
out the dty.
After having investigated the whole
matter, we are glad to be able to say
that the facts in the case do not war
rant the report that the prisoner froze
to death, or that he even died of neg
lect. We would be as quick to de
nounce such inhumanity npon (he part
Gar sprightly neighbor, tho town of
Camilla, had a most disastrous visita
tion of tbe fire fiend, on Saturday night,
resulting in the total destruction of an
entire bloelc of business houses.
A representative of the News and
Advertiser buttoned-heled every Ca
milla man he could find in the city
yesterday, but was unable to get suf
ficient data to furnish anything liko an
accurate estimate of the losses sustain
od by those whose property was de
stroyed. All that we could leant was,
that the block of buildings occupied by
Wannbscher, Butler A Turner, B. D.
Heath A Bro., J. S. Jones A Bro., the
Post Office, and one or two others
whose names we could n >t get, wag
completely destroyed. Mr. Wann-
bachcr had just sold out his stock of
goods to Butler A Turner, snd the loss
sustained by two stores therefore feel
upon the latter firm. They had per
haps tho largest stock of goods in the
town, and were insured for only $4,-
000.
Bush A Lyon hsd their law office
over the Post Office, snd their loss will
amount to twelve or fifteen hundred
dollars
B. D. Heath A Bro. were insured for
$2,000, which amount it is thought will
about cover their loss.
It is generally agreed that the fire
originated in the store of J. 8. Jones A
Bro, but further than this its origin
is a mystery. The flames, when first
discovered, were issuing from the roof
of the buildin£nemr the chimney. This
was about 9 o’clock, P. M, and we
learn that Mr. Jones had not closed and
left his store more than half an hour
before. Wc learned from one party
that the Messrs. Jones were insured,
and from another that they were not;
so ore cannot say which statement is
correct
full particc;ab8 by mail.
Since writing the above wc hare re
ceived the following particulars from
an esteemed correspondent by mail:
Dear Neict anil Advertiser : ■
Troubles seem to come by batalliont,
sure enough. You have just had your
disaster, and now wc have had ours.
Last night on the 1st of January,
about nine o'clock fire broke out in the
rear of J. S, Jones A Bro’s. store, snd
consumed all the buildings,-six in num
ber, from the Po^ Office, inclusive to
Wannbachcr’s c(finer. Tho wreck is
complete, and the loss great J. S.
Jones A Bro’s. loss is heavy, having a
magnificent stock of goods, and no in
surance, only five hundred dollars in
surance on the house. Bush A Lyon’s
office was in the Post Office, and their
loss in books, papers, etc, is heavy.
Lyon had arranged the office so that
it was one of the most convenient in
the State. D. B. Heath Co's, stock
was insured and their loss is light
Butler A Turner had no insurance on
their two buildings, bat considerable
insurance on their goods. The other
merchants moved their goods from
their stores, with considerable damage.
Our merchants were just getting ablo
to extend liberal aid to tho farmers of
the county, and this disaster, liko that of
your city, amounts to a public calamity.
Merchants, however, are very clastic,
and new buildings and boautiful
stocks of goods will soon bo seen.
Still, for tho presont, a crisis is upon
us, and for some months to romo wo
will realize what Charles Lamb meant
tty the division of tho human species,
lie saw only two races, the men who
borrow and the men who lend, “All
tho dwellers upon the earth, ‘Parthians
and Modes and Elamites,’” all tribes,
all Gothic and Celtic, whito men, red
men, black men, or whatever “previous
condition’’ composod ono of those dis
tinctions. As Bob Cochmno would
ssy, it is time for arrangements, and
so, Messrs. Editors, as you arc public
men, send down your lenders and wo
will greet them with troops of borrow
ers. The pot must bile; the Macedo
nians arc crying send us help!
We havo had Russian scenery here
in abundance. No snow-capped
mountains, exactly, but the whole
realms of ether clad as it were, in ice.
Practically, however, ft was dangerous
to travel the roads. Hugo tree-tops
came crashing down with their heavy
load of slecL The curtain will rise
for us soon, snd Wc can giro you a
view of financial landscapes more
cheering to us snd to you. Adieu !
A Borrower.
Bevenne Collections In Georgia.
SL Laaifi Globff»Democrct ( rap.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, has in
formed the internal revenue bureau
that the Georgia moon-shiners are an
extremely inferior class of citizens—a
piece of information which is correct
enough, but which as an item of nows
is behind time. The Senator expressed'
a hope that the government would
continue its efforts to suppress illegal
distilling, and promised to render mil
the aid in his power. He added that
the moonshiners hnd been encouraged
by politicians until drey belifted illicit
distilling to bo something in the nature
of an inalienable right There is noth
ing now in the Senator’s information,
bat that a Southern Senator should
_ . , . , , . , take sides with the government against
of our county officals as anybody; but, Southern outlawry is s trifle new. The
— already stated, the report that the j cat which ho thus let out of the bag
prisoner froze to death is, we think,
wholy without foundation in point of
fact.
The deceased was ntmed Stonewall
Robinson, and was sent hero from
Worth county some three* weeks ago
to await trial for burglary. Early last
week he was taken sick with pneumo
nia. Dr. Strother was called-in to sec
him by Sheriff Edwards on Thursday.
He continued to grow worse until
Saturday, when Mr. Edwards had him
removed from his cell to the kitchen.
Here he hod a fire snd a comfortable
bed, but meningitis supervened, sod he
died.
Inasmuch as a rumor which reflects
discredit upon Sheriff Edwards and the
Jailor has been diligently snd perhaps
designedly circulated in regard to this
case, it is but just that we should ssy
that, although the authorities of Worth
has been declared to be a creature of
Republican imagination, and the South,
ern side of the story has encouraged
the view that revenue officers them-
selvo have been solely to blame for
getting shot.
Wc shall cease to hear any more
complaint of abuse of the South when
its Representatives make it a real in
stead of a nominal participant in the
government of the country. If Senator
Brown’s constituents follow him with
suffleint earnestness, collecting the
revenue in Georgia will be transformed
from an outrageous exercise of despot
ic power into an acceptable exercise of
law, without any radicai change of
Northern sentiment The South can
easily get rid of its grievances without
the aid of tho North if it will only try.
Colcmdcs, Ga-, Jan. 17,1878.
Da. C. J. Moffett—Dear Sib: Last
summer when our little girl was teeth
ing, wc tried a great number of pres
criptions but none of them relieved her.
Wc finally had brought to oar notice
• . . . — - . your Tecthina (Teething Powders!
county have heretofore refused to pay | „ d ^ |liCni M, h (h/b.ppj^t rC
any doctor’s bills for prisoners turned suit. They gave her a speedy and por-
overto Dougherty county for safoTtecp- j manent relief. 1 very heartily recom-
ing, Mr. Edwards called in Dr. Stroth
er to see this prisoner at bis own ex
pense. He also became personally re
sponsible to the druggist for the medi
cine prescribed by the Doctor.
i«a of Dollars
Are rpent annually by our people for'
medicines made North, they are adver
tised as being adapted to Southern cam
bet H. H. P. is a medicine that
5 more good than any of
as ft is especially adapted in oar cli-
■News (Augusta, Gm.>
mend them to others.
Yoon, v
very truly,
G. K. GLENN.
President Columbus Female Collqge.
Iu speedy cures of Sores and Erup
tions upon tbe Skin have been remark
able. Goldtswarx A Sox,
' ' . Troy, Ala.
Editor* News and Advertiser :
In yonr paper of the 1st instant,
alluding to the recent, and even
present very cold weather, yon say
“Even our oliLetand.by, ’’the oldest
inhabitant,” could not refer us, last
night, to the time, in all tho store
house of his memory, when this
country had ever before been so
completely frozen np as now.”
Just how “frozen up” It.was, and
what degree of cold pervaded your
“country,” as indicated by the ther
mometer, I do not^ know, because
you do not giro particulars, but I
am indisposed to concede what
the “oldest inhabitant” says, until I
shall have given you a glimpse of
the severe cold in the past, that yon
may jndgo for yourself by compari
son. Although my experience does
not reach os far back as your “oldest
inhabitant’s,” yet it does reach far
enough back to make me an
“old inhabitant” of your city and
the surrounding country, and
in my experience, I know of such
cold weather, that if that of which
you write exceeds it, then it should
be properly recorded, that those
who come after us may have the
knowledge.
The wiulef of 1855-6 was distin
guished then for its extreme and
continued cold. In the month of
January, 1856, all tho water on the
earth’s surface remained frozen for
a long time; how long I shall not
say, lest I overstate it, but I will
state a fact and its incidents, from
which you may judge. Your “old
est inhabitant and many younger,
will remember a pond in the rear
of a livery stable, and in front of
Mr. Arch Greer’s then residence, on
Broad street. It covered, when
full, perhaps two acres of ground,
and in the middle was quite deep.
At one ^particular place, where the
water passed off by an underground
passage to the river, it was Tcry
deep—perhaps fifteen feet This
was the pond your city authorities
for many years were anxious to
drain. Finnlly, it being known
there was a subtcrancau passage to
the river, it was suggested, and I
think by the late James M. piercer,
that if a well was dug on the edge
of the pond down to the passage,
then the pond could be ditched into
it, and thus drained. The well was
accordingly dug, but; after dig
ging quite deep without reaching
the passage, it was abandoned, qud
the dry well remained for some
time. At last there came a wet
spell, in which the rain fell heavily,
and for a long time, and to such an
extent that tho pond covered
more ground tlmn was ever known.
Its waters woro thus spread to tt.o
dry well and “pitched in.” The
forco and weight of tho water caus
ed the bottom of the well to “fall
out” into the underground stream,
so anxiously sought for. Thus by
this accident was tho pond drained.
This interesting circumstance is
staled to identify the pond.
Well, tho weather being freezing
cold for a good while, there came
an extraordinary cold snap in ad
dition to the existing cold. The
pond described, became 60 hard and
so thickly frozen that it would bear
up the weight of a man anywhere
on it.
for amusement, one man would sit
In a country-made, split-bottomed
chair, while two others, one on
each side of it, would send the sit
ter as far as tbeir strength would
permit,] which, with the force
used, or the slickncss of the ice,
he would go out to where the water
might have been fire or six feet
deep. Tbe thermometer was down
to six degrees above zero. I cannot
call to mind that I saw it myself,
but I well remember that that was
the figure it was then generally un
derstood to be at. This was on the
19tt! day of January, 1856.
Precisely four years before (in
1852) there was another of the cold
est spells within my experience. I
started from Albany to Blakely on
Sunday morning, to attend an ad
journed term of Early Superior
Court. The day was an unusually
warm one for the season. I stopped
that night just across^ Spring creek,
and within eleven miles of Blakely.
There was a rain, and a change of
the temperature during the night
I shall always remember the drive
to Blakclynexl morning, with a
bard and freezing Northwest wind
in my face, and therefore suffering
more from the cold than at any time
before or since. Tbe weather con
tinued cold. On the following
Thursday I began my journey from
Blakely to Columbus, Ga., by the
way of Cutbbert and Lumpkin, to
attend a session of tho Supreme
Court The shallow water in the
road in Early was frozen solid to
the ground, and tho buggy wheels
in going over would only make a
rut in the ice, without breaking
through. When T reached the hill
country in the upper part of Ran
dolph amt Stewart counties, where
the public road was worn and cat
down through tbe hills, so that there
lawyers may
what “we old fellows” had to
dnre when we were of their t _
And I have said nothing ofthe deep
waters we bad to wade or swim, the
dangerous bridges wo had to cross,
or of the hard rains and storms wc
had to encounter, because this letter
is about the severe cold. And in
reference to this, I should say that
in making a days journey in very
cold weather we would sometimes
stop in the woods and make np a
fire to warm by, lest a longer endu
rance might be attended with seri
ous consequences.
I do not know who your “oldest
inhabitant” is, but it seems to me, at
this distance, that he ought to be
either Nelson Tift, John Jackson,
Alex Vason, Merrick Barnes or
Hamlin Cook, for they arc all I can
think of among the “oldest” male
“inhabitants” of Albany who yet
survive. In the fonrtccn years since
I havo ceased my citizenship of
yonr city many of the oldest inhab
itants have been Iain away iu their
graves, and it is only recently since
three of the oldest and most, prom
inent and useful, Jas. Mercer, Jndgo
Strozcrand Dr. Jennings, all my
friends,.havc been added to the
numbers who hare preceded them.
Ricn’n. II. Clark.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 4,1881.
DEATH ON THE CJ
A Nortkcnt LUf Dies on the Cars
Between HardavraF and AlbaaF-
On Frilay 31st alt. the passengers
in the sleeping car of the Savannah,
Florida and Western Bailway train, tv.
route to this city, were the unexpected
and sympathetic witnesses of a death'
scene that was so sad in its nature and
peculiar surroundings as to cast a
gloom over the hearts of all, strangers
though .they were, to the dying one
and tho loved ones around her.
Mr. G. W. Blake, of Chariton, Iotra,
was returning home with his sick wife
from Florida, whither she had been
taken, in the last stages of consumption
some five weeks ago, with the hope
that the change to a milder climate
would restore her former health, or at
least be of some benefit to her. Mrs.
Blake was accompanied to Jacksonville
by her three children, the cld st of
whom is a bright 'boy of twelve years,
and the yougest a little prattler of on
ly 17 months. The mother and child
ren were afterwards followed l>y tbe
fond husband and father, who, finding
that his wife wss growing weaker every
day, and being advised by physicians
that she must surely die, resolved to
return home with her, as she prefered
to die there. They left Jacksonville
on a through sleopcr on Thursday af
ternoon, and were nearing this city on
their journey when the death scene
above referred to occurred. Mrs.
Blake was taken with one of the severe
spells of coughing ^which {characterize
the disease of consumption, and rapid
ly sunk^under it Being very weak,
she died like one asleep.
Capt. J. S. Kneller, tho efficient and
noblo-huartcd conductor of tho train,
did all in his power for the dying lady
and was afterwards very, kind tu rhu
bereaved husband and children’
Learning that the family were Episco
palians, snd that the deceased was a
consistent member of that denomina
tion, Capt Kneller, as soon as l»; ar
rived in the city, proceeded to the Rec
tory of St Paul’s Church, snd appriz d
the Rev. Mr. Pond of tho death and
circumstances. This was sll that was
necessary, for soon a party of such kind
and benevolent ladies of St Paul’s
There were no skates, but f chorch “ Mrs. L. E. Welch, Mrs. \V.
E. Mitchell, Mrs. Nelson Tift, Mrs.
Fannie Nelson and Mrs. T. D. Dupont
were on their way to where tbe sleeper
bad been left on a side track near the
passenger depot These ladiet t~-.k
charge of the remains of tho <‘ea-l
stranger, neatly dressed them, an-! -an
them laid into the handsome r t\lic
casket which the bereaved husban : hail
procured in which to carry them to
the family home in Chariton, Iowa.
Owing to an accident to the rn-ine
which carries the northern-bonnd train
from this city to Smithville, no train
went out on the Southwestern road
yesterday, and Mr. Bteks bad to la.v
over. He will proceed on his sadjoui-
ney homeward on the 12:15 train to
day. He and his now motherless chil
dren have our sincere sympathy in this
their greatest of all afflictions—to him
the loss of nrife—to them the loss of
Motteb!
Hozlieret Hotlicrett MotheraHi
Are you disturbed at night an 1
broken of yonr rest bya sick child suf
fering and crying with the excruciating
pain of cutting teeth? If so, go at once
and get a bottle of Mas. Winslow’s
Sootiiinr Struf. It will relieve tin-
poor little sufferer immediately—de
pend upon it; there is no mistake
about ic. There is not a mother on
earth wbo has everused it who will net
tell you at once that ft will regulate the
bowels, and give rest to the mother,
and relief and health, to the cbil 1.
operating like magic. It is pcrfe ily.
safe to use in nil cases, sad pleasant to’
the taste, and is tbo prescription or one
of <hc oldest and best female physicincK.
and nurses in the United States. S«til
everywhere. 25 cents a bottle.
A Couoh, Cold or Sore TIbixoat
should be stopped. Neglect frequent
ly results iu an Incurable Lung Di-
case or Consumption. Brown's Bimx -
chiai. Tuuocbes are certain to give re
lief in Asthma, B.onchitis, Coughs, Ca
tarrh, Consumptive and Throat Dis
eases. For thirty years the Troches
have been recommended by physicians,
and always give perfect satisfaeii
Thov are not new or untried, but hav
ing been tested by wide and eoniKaiiL
use for nearly an entire gen ration.
Warner’s Safe Ner-
It alto relieves all kinds of pain,
were banks on each side of the road
of many feet high—say, in places
from eights to twenty feet. These
banks bristled and glistened with
icicles from top to bottom, of huge
dimensions, hanging down and ar
ranged tide by side, like the barrels
of an organ, only much larger at
tbe base, and tapering off to a point.
Such long joorncys on the dirt
road mnst sound strangely to tho
young lawyers of Iho present day,
who caff now go comfortably by
Railroad to evcry.piace Court is
held, or within a short ride. Nev-
the journeys were per-
tod from them the young
they have attained well-merit dm;
among thu few staple remedies • i,,
age. 1’ublie Speaker! and Sing • .-/>
tlieiu to clear and strengthen the Voice.
Sold at 23 Cents a box everywhere.
Answers to Gorrespondeus,
In reply to the many inquirios which
we bare received regarding a moat
prominent modern remedy we would
say: To the best of our belief War
ner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure is
pure in its nature, efficient in iU action
and certain in its resn’ts. We have
learned of tome remarkable cures
which ft has affected, and believe that
as a preventative of disease ft is
Qo&lled.
feebted men ft is
getable qualities commend it to
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