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SATURDAY JI^E 18. 1887.
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ARRIVAL AND DEPART!. «t K Oft
MAILS.
8:80*
108)0 *
28)0pm and 0:80pm
5 Western Hoses .... «%ni
Brunswick sad Wertera opens. _ .
ULF.nnia
BARGAINS !
BARGAINS!
Having; decided to close out all line* of
Dress and Fancy Goods, including
CtfEESfCLOTH.
CASHMERES,
NUNS' VEILING,
CHAM33AYS,
SK13U5KERS,
U 1 Cf g
Pure, Fresh and Reliable.
Everything New
AND BOUGHT FROM
OUR STOCK IS COUPLET* VS EVERT
RESPECT, AXD WX OFFER TO OUb
FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC FIRST-
CLASS GOODS AT PRICES AS LOW A*
ANT BOUSE IX THE STATE.
OUR PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT
STOCKED WITH GOODS SELECTED ES
PECIALLY POR IT (NOTHING BUT THI
ii ippilt r ated.
Two Impatient Laver* Brin*
Their < ourtkblp ia a Cla*e»
T).
PATRONAGE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED
mi i mm®
The Rapid.
The Rapid is the best.
The Rapid is the best Ice Cream
Freezer.
Call and see the Rapid.
Sheffield A Bell.
Aii 1 *» f »rf». *i 11 i i li»* 4 will fi 11
their i ite.-c<t to call aud exi r.
our stock. We are determined
to sell and will guarantee
lower price* than eaii
he obtained ••!*•—
where. We ai*o
offer In-gain* in ladles’'
an I ■iii^*‘e<i’JIHandker
chief-. Lace*, Embroideries,
te.
Straw Hats!
The largest stock in the eitv, all -dze
and shapes at price* tiiat
. will :ntai»idi you
Pearl Shirts,
E. & W. Collars
Wi> have a 1-irg * line of Prank-*
Bags, which ir- ■> Vt * I at
very low tl'iire*.
Hi A. F. 'Tif f & Co.
THE DEPOT
HURRAH !
HUoRAK!
THE-
LEADER OF CHEAP PRICES OF
GOODS IX ALBANY AND OF
THE HAPPINESS OF THE
PEOPLE, NOW OFFER
TO THE RETAIL
TRADE,
Wlnlock Lawns at 2‘gct*. per Yatd,
or 25 cents for a Full Dress
Pattern of 10 Yards.
120 dozen Laly’s Colored-Bordered
Hemstitched Linen Handhereliiefs
at SOcts. |»er dozen, or two fur
loots., well worth $2 per
dozen or 25ets. a piece.
Crinkled Seersuckers at Sets per yard,
worth 15ct-\
100 pieces White Thopsum Xossee
Lawns, an elegant article of
White Lawn—remem
ber the Bran 1 —
4cts. per yard.
Excelsior Llnon, 'll Indies wide at
10 cents per yard.
India Llnon, 21 Inches wide at
10 cents per yard.
REMEMBER THE BRANDS.
$25,000.00
IN GOLD!
WILL BE PAID FOR
ARBDCKLES’ COFFEE WRAPPERS.
1 Premium, •
2 Premiums,
6 Premiums,
25 Premiums,
100 Premiums,
200 Premiums,
1,000 Premiums,
- SI,000.00
• S500.00 each
• S250.00 “
SI00.00 “
- $50.00 M
$20.00 “
$10.00 “
Tor full particulars and directions see Circu
lar in erwy pound of Aaaecxucs' Cumoi
THE ONLY TIDE
IRON
TONIC
H purify Un BLOOD ramUte
, wm
kestokv theJMRBHMOTH
1 OR cf YOUTH. net
L of Afixxit*. lmliso-tira.Lackof
L|-- 1i» r.= i Tired Fee line aN
■rasSi.Sssvss
T f.-rre. Enliren* thn mini
s or:-’. Prp.:n ionst.
LADIES
LHUICO HAPTFB'8 IP OX TONIC*
wtt. ipuir cara. Qlmktkir, b*»ltbT«aapl**ioii.
All ituapu at counterfeitinc only adds to ttejopo-
lsrity. Do not experiiet-get OaiorN*!. and Bkst
Malt Dou sod Ah
nitC^ASTEBHEmCINE'cO^S^Oalyffl
1 w —1-tTit -—r’~ Dos* and Drats Book!
™ mailed on rooetpt at twooents In posts**, f
at W. KJUtTER MEOICmE C0-. ST, tOniS, MO.
PENNYROYAL PILLS
The melon-cholic days have come.
Buggies and Wagons at Bargains.
4-w3t N. & A. F. Tift & Co.
Matrimonial market steady with
upward tendency.
Bath Tubs at
Sheffield & Bell’s.
"CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH."
The Oriarinal aad Only Genuine.
islsitat'
A more quiet city than
conld hardly be found.
Mosquito Nets, at
4-w3t N. & A. F. Tift & Co’s.
The eastwind blows, and it seems to
be a wind that blows nobody any
*0«1.
Old ami New Style Fly Fans at
Sheffield & Bell’s
June brides are said to beiipeck the ; r
husbands less than those of any other
month.
Jelly Glasses and Fruit Jars.
4-w3t N. & A. F. Tift & Co.
Several capitalists in the city have
•igiiified a willingness to take stock io
the Albany Street Railway Company.
For fly tans the newest and best call
>ui Sheffiki d & Bell.
20-tf
Four little Negroes at ThoinasvilJe
ate some of a wild jessamine vine and
chewed some ot the stalk. Two of
them have died and the others are in
a bail way.
Underwear for ladies and gents, at
4-w3t N. & A. F. Tift & Co’s.
We will venture the assertion that,
in proportion to white population,
there are moie Jersey cattle in Dough
erty county than in any other county
in the State.
Have your stove repaired by
Sheffield & Bell.
It is only about three weeks now
until the long summer session of the
Georgia Legislature will begin. The
summer sessions of our Legislature al
ways lap with cotton picking time.
Trunk*, Vulivc*,
Satchels and Handbags, at
4-w3t N. & A. F. Tift & Co’s.
In looking around for scenes with
which to illustrate the pamphlet
descriptive of Albany and Dougherty
county, so many attractive places are
found that it is hard to decide which
to take.
1 have on hand ready made Swede’s
iron sweeps of iliffereut sizes ami
shapes.
lG-w-tf. W. O. Watson.
IVhat is known as poetic license is
becoming a thing of vast magnitude.
In a short poem on June, in Harper’s,
Miss Amelia Rivers makes “rain”
rhyme witli “therein;” “view” with
“shoe,” and “corn” with “gone.”
On Thursday night, at the resilience
of Mrs. I^ehman, Mi«s Minnie Ful-
hrlglit was quietly married to Mr. Wil
liam H. Oliver, Rev. Bascoin Anthony
officiating.
The happy couple had enjoyed a
courtship of an unusually smooth cur
rent, and their engagement was
tered Into with the full consent or the
bride’s father, Mr. Dave Fulbright,
an engineer on the Central Railroad;
bat the .marriage was to hare been
solemnized at a later day.
Miss Minnie and her sister were to
leave yesterday for an extended visit to
Macon, their former home, and all the
arrangements were made lor their de
parture. The prospect ot the separa
tion weighed heavily on the minds
and hearts of the devoted pair, and it
was thought to be unendurable; so a
private marriage was arranged with
great secrecy, which occurred at Mrs.
S. F. Lehman’s boarding house, at
9:30, on Thursday night.
The bride is highly esteemed by her
frieuds and associates, while the groom
is a young business man of sterling
traits of character.
They will make their home, at pres
ent, with Mrs. Nancy Oliver, the
mother of the groom.
The News and Advertiser unites
with friends in wishing the brave
young couple a long life of wedded
bliss.
A Bright Lite Closed.
The friends of Mrs. W. F. Hubert,
of Tboiuasville, in this city, will be
pained to learu of the death of that
most estimable Christian lady. The
geutle womanly graces of lier charac
ter endeared Mrs. Hubert to all who
enjoyed the pleasure of her acquaint
ance. Her Influence, which was truly
beautiful and good, will long survive
a life that enriched the world with its
noble Christian fortitude and worth.
In the face of such pure personal
piety. blatant infidelity stands silent
mil abashed.
The good mothers of the land, one
by one, are being called to their re
ward from the pathway made bright
by the light of their love and good
ness. No one ever trod, more correct
ly, a plainer path of duty, or made It
more luminous with a glorious exam
ple, than she, whose sweet life, so red
olent with fragrant memories, has
passed to a brighter world.
An Ice cream cake vendor opened up
business on the streets of Albany, on
Wednesday. He Is a typical Itali:ui,and
goes at his business with a show of de
termination to succeed. It Is not hard
to believe that the ancestry of such
men once held th« world iu subjuga
tion. if the reader could have seen the
resiftauce he offered when a policeman
dislodged him from tne side walk with
his quaint looking Ice cream box on
wheels. He contended that his license
to sell carried with it the right to roll
his cart on the side walk, and argued
his position with as much diplomacy
and dignity as a Roman Senator of old.
But his dignity was offended as Officer
Kemp, who was unable to cope with
bis adversary in the torrent of hi*
speech, cut all discusslou off by firmly
gripping bis club and telling the de
generate scion of a once proud an
cestry, that if he did not get off the
walk he would put him off. His keen
eyes sparkled like Cataline’s must have
glared under the Invectives of Cicero,
and iu sullen silence he reluctantly
rolled to one side. Just as the offend
ed foreigner began to attitudenize a la
Pompey’s statue, a small boy cried,
‘gimme a cream cake,” the transfigur
ation was miraculous, the cold, stern
features melted as ice cream In the sun,
a benignant expression wanned that
frozen look into a smile. Business
began with him at once, and a most
affable manner left no trace of the in
dignation that but a moment before
seemed about to petrify on his bronzed
face.
SA.8 FLLTITIER A LL MIGHT.
The Ifcport
Hanged in
Nat True.
imt lie in He
Inritla for .Hiirdrr
It lias been currently nq»orted iu
THE RAND HAKBFCI I!.
An I!njoj ub.r (till*- mi ll»r >
u >• it at .\itui|>i nouk luuu
FREE BRIDGE.
The member- of the Albany Brass
Baud at ranged l«»r the |4i-a.*aul cuter-
thi* city for a week or two past that; taiumeiit of a large number of Iriuds
S. T. Fletcher, who is well known
here, had been convicted of murder iu
Florida, anil that he was soon to suffer
the death penalty ou the gallows. It
who patronized their barbecue at the
Blue Springs, on yesterday.
The Steamer Ada took down a num
ber of the attendants at 9 o’clock, and
appears from the following letters re- at 11 o’clock returned to the city for
reived by the News and Advertiser
yesterday, however, that Sam was ac
quitted, aad Is not without friends in
Florida. We publish the letters be
low, and leave them to explain them
selves:
Poulax, Ga., June 10, 1887.
Aretes and Advertiser:
I enclose a letter from aMr.Buoyer,
of Auburndile. Fhu, iu reference to the
trial of S. T. Fletcher lor the killing
of one Mr. Wilson some months ago.
I would be glad if you would do me
the kindness to publish it. S. T. F.
ha* many friends in your county and
Terrell, who would be glad to kuow
how he came out iu the’trial.
Yours truly,
J. W. Price.
Auburxdalk, Fla., June 2, *17.
T. S. Williams, Sumner, Ga.:
Dear Sir—Yours of the 25th came
to hand several days since, but I have
felt too mean to answer, or «lo any
thing else, until to-d -y. S. T. Fletch
er’s case was called ou the 23d of last
month, and, at about 5 p. in. on the
25:h, went to the jury. They were
only out about eighteen minutes, wheu
they brought In a verdict acquitting
him, as everyone would have done.
Tliev gave the Wilson outfit the very
d—f; called them a band of outlaws,
mob and murderers at heart. Spark
man, of Tampa, told Joe Wilson that
lie was worse than the rest, as he
would plot things and back them up
in it. Ol course, Joe P. W. has no
use for any of us fellows who were on
the defense, but have failed- to see any
one that seemed to care a cuss.
Mr. Fletcher Is staying In Bartow
Tor the present. Mrs. Fletcher Is
teaching music there and has quite a
class. Everybody Is on their side
aud the whole crowd had some of their
colors shown up in very good shape,
but not as much as they might have
been. Yours very truly,
L. C. Bouykb.
Pour I MSiirta,
Colored Shirts, Collars Cuffs, Hand
kerchiefs, etc., at
4-w3t N. it A. F. Tift & Co’s.
Albany bus but few croakers, and
they will either have to wash them
selves and move along with the pro
cession, or drop so far behind that
their croakings cannot be heard amid
the bum aud din of the approaching
boom.
One of the pests that make a sum
mer of disconteut is the house-tty, but
immunity can be enjoyed from their
arrogance at the table by getting one
of those ornamented fly fans at
20tf. Sheffield & Bell’h.
Mr. T. M. Smith h*s growing In the
yard ol his handsome home, in this
city, a fine variety of fruit trees. His
apples are temptingly beautiful, and
his LeConte pears are large and de
veloping rapidly towards maturity.
Great ttarfaln*,
In White and Colored Lawns, Muslin,
Nainsooks, Chambrays, Seersuckers,
etc., at N. & A. F. Tift & Co’s.
4-w3t
Mr. Max Cassell has an eye for the
beautiful. In fact, he is a young mat.
of decided a^sthetical turn. The three
windows of his room on Broad street,
with handsome plants with green foil-
age and bright flowers, look like an
otsis iu a desert of brick.
Hay Puller*, Corn Shelters,
anti plantation implements at
2S-w3t N. & A. F. Tift & Co’s.
There me too many idle Negro boys
growing up in Albany. There are
scores of them who do not earn their
salt by honest labor. They are mostly
the sons of washwomen. We know
one washwoman who supports two
strapping sous and a lazy husband by
her toll.
Bed Spread*,
White and Colored, 75cts to $5 at
4-\v3t N. & A. F. Tift A Co’s.
Mr. John R. Hilsman sustained
a heavy loss in the death of a valuable
cow last week. She was a milker
of extraordinary qualities, not having
been dry but a week or two at a time
within the five years since she drop
ped her first calf. Mr. Hilsman was
offered $C0 for her a few days before
her death.
The need of merit lor promoting
personal comeliness, is due to J. C.
Ayer it Co., whose Hair Vigor is a
universal bcantifier of the hair.
Harmless, effective, and agreeable, it
ranks among the iu dispensable toilet
articles.
Out of all the projected banks in
Albany, can’t we have one with an in
terest-paying saving department? A
good savings 1 ank would be a power
ful agency for the encouragement of
something like systematic frugality by
the clerks, mechanics aud laltoritig
people generally ot the community.
For chronic cnlarrh, induced by a
*crnfnlous taint. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
is tiie true remedy. !t stops catarrhal
discharges, removes Urn sickeuingodor
and never tails to Umroughly eradicate
every trace of the dbern* from the
blood. Sold by all dealers in medi-
cine.
Shiloh’s Cunt will immediately re-
son,
Distress never has to hold out its
hands as a mendicant in Albany. There
are warm hearts and generous hands
in this community that are but to be
acquainted with a worthy one’s dis
tress to relieve it. A small white boy.
clad in the coarse garments of one who
is accustomed to the hardest of manual
labor, applied to the citizens of Al
bany, Saturday, for work. His ap
pearance excited curiosity, and inqui
ry discovered that he had just arrived
in the city, having walked from
Lowndes county, and was making his
way to Troy. Ala, where his mother
lived with her father. A small bun
dle of clothes was all of his earthly
possessions. His frank manner and
extreme youth excited sympathy, and
a purse was quickly made up for the
little wayfarer, and alter an honest
and tearful expression of gratitude,
with money iu his pocket and a free
ticket from the city, he went on hi*
way rejoicing.
While looking from the window of
the News and Advertiser office for
a hint on which to hang a local, our
eyes fell on a bale of wool brought
into the Albany market. The bale
weighed 730 pounds, aud was worth
$208.05. Tills was the clip from about
225 sheep. The cost of keeping a
flock of sheep is nothing; they earn
their owu living by pickiug the piny
woods pastures. The natural in
crease is about 33 per cent., from
which an additional revenue can be
derived after setting apart a number
sufficient to insure a steady Increase
in the flock. Mr. J. W. Walters keeps
flock of 100 sheep on Ills plantation,
near Albany, from which he has all
the mutton his family wants, and clips
a nice lot of wool every spring. These
sheep have the run of his pastures,
and thrive. This section is peculiarly
adapted to successful sheep raising.
Just before the hour for begiutdng
the night service In the Presbyterian
church at Leesburg, ou Sunday night,
while the sexton was engaged in light
ing the lamps in the vhandelier, and
after three of the lamps had been
lighted, something gave way and the
chandelier fell to the floor with a
crash. The frame aud Umps
broke into perhaps a thousand
pieces, and the oil from the lamps was
splashed all over the floor. It would
seem under the circumstances a fire
that would have been bard to over
come would have been started
by the accident, hut strange to
say, the oil did not ignite. Those who
were in the church at the time and
witnessed the accident say it was
a miraculous escape from a big Are.
The little fourteen months old child
of Mr. E. E. Clements, car Inspector
for the S. F. & W. R’y., sustained
severe injuries, Saturday, by falling
through the side light in the ball way
of his residence on Flint street. Two
deep aud |iainful gashes were cut, one
on the side of the mouth ami one ou
the forehead, but neither is consid
ered serious by Dr. W. L. Davis,
who was called in todresstite wounds.
Jim Brooks, colored, feeling' op
pressed by tiie extreme beat of the
day, feloniously appropriated to his
own use one of Tift A Co.’s fans, on
Saturday. Tl»e lynx-eyed clerks de
tected the theft, and called in officer
T. E. James, who effected his arrest,
and Jim now^ languishes in the hot
jail with no fan to cool himself.
“Hackmetacfc,” a lasting and fra
grant perfume. Price 25 aud 50cent*,
j For sale by Hugo Robinson.
91*rhAKJ.
Nature was in its most fruitful mood
when this section of thj globe was
fashioned, as the great number of ber
ries in almost endless variety, together
with other fruits, wi'l attest.
One of the fruits that abound in this
section, and which 1« of most practical
use, is the wild May haw. It is a berry
that the housekeepers of our section
prize for its arid qualities so well
adapted to the making of jelly. It is
not very dissimilar to the cranberry,
and may possibly be a species of that
genus.
The bushes on which they grow are
small, scrubby trees and are found
arouud the low, damp places; most
usually ponds are margined witli them.
This berry is used for tiie one pur
pose of jelly making aloue, and owing
to the great acidity a larger yield of jel
ly is obtained in proportion than from
any other known fruit. Great quan
tities of them are gathered and brought
into the Albany market every year,
and yet the supply lias never equalled
the demand. The ruling price is $1
per bushel.
A singular fact with reference to
these berries is that it ceases 10 or 15
tuiles above the latitude of Albany, and
in many places the delicious May haw
jelly Is known only to a few who have
visited this regiou. Those who know
of it send orders yearly to their friends
for shipments, but the supply being so
small in proportion to the demand it
rarely happens that they are gratified
with a full response.
Those of us who, from long ac
quaintance with the best of known
jellies, have learned the value of the
Mayhaw estimate it ns a special boon
to tlds section.
Baffr4 After at Clay?* Dodging.
On Thursday night three strange
Negro boys, uearly grown, applied at
the restaurant of Asbury Baily, col
ored, on Jackson street, for supper and
a night's lodging.
Having no money, one pawned a
broken and almost worthless watch for
the bill until next morning when they
expected, as they claimed, to get
wages which they had earned.
Friday morning after the trio had
left the house Asbury had occasion to
examine a trunk in a loom adjoining
the one occupied by his lodgers, when
lie discovered that it had beeu robbed
of some jewelry and a silver dollar.
Officer J. W. Cooper was notified,
aud a searcii lor the culprits was im
mediately instituted. They were
tracked to a house iu the lot ot Judge
Vuson, but fit*d at the approach of tiie
officer. A lively race ensued, and the
three fugitives inode good their escape.
Sheriff Edwards was notified at his
brickyard to be on the lookout, as
they were supposed to have fled in
that direction. Late Friday evening
the three walked into the bag set for
them at the brickyard and were jailed.
They gave their names as Charlie
Smith, Ed. Williams and Jitn Hicks,
but it is believed that these are aliases
and their true names will be secured.
A most singular change occurred In
the weather Saturday arternoou. The
wind, which had been blowing from
the west and northwest, veered to the
northeast, and blew with increasing
velocity. Great banks of black, threat
ening clouds scurried over, and rain
seemed imminent, but none fell. On
Sunday morning the temperature was
greatly reduced, and a clear, hard
sky bung over the wind-dried earth.
East winds have been tiie dread of
man from time immemorial; famine
and pestileuce ride them. It was an
east wind tiiat scattered the small
crafts of ..Eneas and the fleeing Tro
jans; an east wind blew Paul lrora his
course across the Mediterranean; in
fact, east winds have done incalcula
ble harm to men and damage to vege
tation hi the annals of time. An east
wind once prevailed in this latitude
for weeks with its withering effects
upon growing crops, aud an alarmed
citizen asked a revenied gentleman to
p«v for rain. “It Is no use praying
foi rain,” said tiie Diviue, “until the
wind changes.”
Lataoin; a Sturgeon.
The Amerieus Republican tells the
following fisli story, which we are
prepared to believe, kuowing, as we
do, that there are more sturgeon i
Flint river than in any oilier stream
in this part of the country:
We learn that, about teu days since,
a tree was cut dowu by some of tiie
bauds working ou the A. P. & L.
Flint river bridge. It fell into the
river anil immediately a great commo
tion was heard in tiie water, and a
large sturgeon was observed flopping
and floundering about, inakitig the
water boil. Due of tbe bauds saw
that it had beeu hurt by tbe falling
tree, and a slip noose was formed in
one of the ropes for pulling up timbers
ou the bridge, and dropped over the
head of the fish. It was quickly drag
ged ashore by willing hands, and It
was found to be over five feet long.
It had been struck on the head by a
limb of tiie tree aud hurt so badly
that It was easily captured. Sturgeon
steak and stew was muchly enjoyed
by the captors for some tiipe.
the second installment.
A pleasant party formed the second
list of those « ho took passage. Music
by the band added to the delightful
ride dowu the winding Tlirouxteeska.
Au eager and gay assemblage awaited
tbe additions to the party that bad
preceded, aud merry peals of laugh
ter greeted the belated oues.
Every provision liad been made lor
the comfort aud pleasure of tbe party.
Ices abounded. Alter ample time for
the indulgence of social converse, and
the exploration of the sylvan nooks,
dinner was announced. The king table
was well provided witli tempting
vtauils. Tbe barbecue was most ex
cellently cooked, aud palatably
soned. Seven car castes were immo
lated to appease tbe hunger of the
crowd.
THE RIDE BACK
was, perhaps, the most enjoyable hour
or tbe day. At 5 o’clock the Ada cut
loose from her moorings and steamed
off, leaving the scenes of the day’s
pleasure as they faded like a glimmer
ing landscape from view. Tbe sun,
slowly sinkiug behind tiie western
bank of tbe river, threw tbe sileut
shadow's of tall trees ou tiie bosom of
the placid stream. The Ada wound
iu and ont of the graceful bends of tbe
river as if instinct with life, while the
picturesque scenery along tiie banks
floated by like a panorama. Many ex
pressions of delight fell/rom the lips
of those who never before enjoyed
a ride on our beautiful river.
The occasion was a great success, If
pleasure was tiie only aim, aud we
trust it was sufficiently profitable to
reward the efforts of tbe noble boys
who compose our band.
1,43 8 YoiKs l l>r, AND THEY
U I. Vtlu —role TUB ISSUING
OF MON l)S.”
The it con It of Y It u: ».8a> Ele
Welt No. O.
31 r. C. IV. Tift, who has the contract
for lioring well N«. 9, encountered a
formidable object at the depth of 25
feet. It was a solid flint rock; and
what rendered it more difficult to pen
etrate was its dip. which was at au an
gle of about 45 degrees. It was im
possible, from its position, to strike it
plump, as tiie very hard flint forced
tiie drill to one side, and the hole was
thus being wrenched out of plumb.
To overcome this obstacle to further
progtess with the drill, 31 r. Tift dug a
three-feet well down to the obstruc
tion, and used dynamite blasts in
breaking it up.
It is a slow aud tedious progress,
but under ordinary conditions the
flint rock can be picked through; but
tbe |tositiou of this strata made it nec
essary to adopt the course pursued as
the only way to penetrate it.
The well is now nearly 40 feet deep,
and the maiu limestone rock founda
tion is beiug work with satisfactory
progress.
Large Sale of Waal.
Nearly 14,000 pounds of wool have
been sold in this market within the
past two days. 3Iessrs. J. B. Norman
A Son, substantial farmers of Colquitt
county, brought in 10 bales, weighing
7,000 pounds, for which they received
28 cents per pound. 3Ir. J. C. Fra
zier marketed 2,200 pounds, while
others sold lots varying in size.
The 14,000 pounds brought in round
numbers-, $4,000, and hasgiven a slight
activity to trade. It couhl just as well
have been $40,000 if our farmer friends
would devote that care and attention
to sheeji-raislng that Ittleserves. Every
farm of 500acres should have a flock of
sheep from which a small revenue
could be derived.
The First Colton Caterpillar.
A note from Colonel Reuben Jones,
of Baker, written on Monday, stated
tiiat he had on that day discovered “a
genuine cotton caterpillar aud no mis
take.”
The News and Advertiser does
not wish to present this dicouraging
fact as a disillusion to the .bright
dreams of a bountiful harvest, but as a
reminder tiiat the brightest prospects
are subject to sudden and disappointing
reverses. It is probable that caterpil
lars will come in moderate numbers
tills season as they generally do, but
no alarm need be felt on account of
this sporadic ’pillar.
The first of the season usually ap
pears on the east side of the river, but
It possibly took advantage of the
free bridge to come over and see how
It liked this side.
Death at Dim. Nancy Bay.
31 rs. Nancy Ray, after lingering
until 3 o’clock Sunday morning, pass
ed quietly away.
ner funeral took place at 6 o’clock
on Sunday afternoon, and many who
had known and respected the deceased
in life, followed the remains to their
last resting place.
The services at the grave were im
pressive, and the lessons with which
the solemn occasion was fraught were
impressed upon those who assembled
to pay the Inst sad rites to tiie memory
of this botic^t, industrious aud char
itable woman.
Though left with four young chil
dren to be supported, Mrs. Ray, with
a cheerful determination to do her du
ty toward them, engaged in honest
and honorable business enterprises,
aud, by application, industry aud
judgmeut, she was not only enabled
to sustain those dependent upon her
exertions, but her generous heart im
pelled her to undertake the care and
support of several orphans.
She will be missed, not alone by her
devoted children, but by all who were
accustomed to pass her booth, for
whom she always had a pleasant and
cheerful word.
From planters living at every point of
the compass who were in Albany, yes
terday, we learn that the crop prospects
continue to be very flattering. The re
cent rains have given an impetus to
their growth, and the fair weather of
the past few days has enabled farm
ers to work over tlieir crops and keep
down grass, which has never been in
aunoyingquantitics this season. Coru
is tassel ling out generally aud tiie ad
vanced fields are in the roasting ear
state. Its color iudicates a very healthy
growth, even the smallest being of a
dark green. Cotton never was known
to grow more rapidly or the fruit
forms to develop more satisfactorily.
Blooms are common, aud a few for
ward patches show up the young bolls.
There has been a good large acreage,
put dowu in peas, which look very
promising. The i>ea crop Is just be
ginning u> receive Its full share of ap
preciation for Its worth and value in
this section. It Is one of the most
profitable mips grown, while it re
stores wasted land at tiie same time. .
Association of Confederate Yefer-
At a meeting of Confederate Veter
ans held in the Ordinary’s office on
Friday June 10, it was resolved, that
all Confederate Veterans residing in
Dougherty county be requested to
meet at the Court House at 11 o’clock
a. m. on the 1st Saturday in July next
to organize a permanent Confederate
Veteran Association.
W.H. Gilbert,
11-dr w2t Secretary pro tern.
The I arm stock that is seen on the
streets of Albany Is almost without an
exception m splendid condition. This
signifies eitlier one of two things, or
both: The laborers are giving stock
more attention or more corn, or both.
It is gratifying to see sleek, well fed
horses aud mules; it is a good indica
tion of the thrift and stabdity of a sec
tion.
The election held in this county on
Thursday settle J, beyoml all cavil or
controversy, it is hoped, tbe bridge
question, aud ratifies the purchase ol
Colouel Tilt’s bridge by the County
Com mission ers.
While the question was practically
settled on the day that the Couuty Com
missioners agreed to pay Col. Tift $20,-
000 for his bridge property, an election
was necessary to confirm tiie trade
and authorize tiie Commissioners to
issue bonds of the county for the
amount named.
* No question that has ever been sub
mitted to a people could have beeu
answered mure unanimously at the
ballot box than this proprositiou vot
ed upou by the people of Dougherty
county was answered on yesterday.
The vote was tiie largest that has
beeu polled in the county in years,
and every vote said “For the issuing
of Bonds.” it is iudeed a gratifying
fact tiiat if there was a pessi
mist or sore-head in the couuty
who was opposed to settling
this bridge question and giving the
people a free bridge across Flint river,
he «vas ashamed to come out aud give
expression to his sentimeuta at the
ballot box on yesterday.
The polls were opened at both tiie
country precincts amTfit the city, and
the total number of votes cast was
1,478, as follows:
Albany Precinct .... 1,136
St. Paul
Oak Lawn 47
Total 1,478
The election passed off quietly. Al
though there was oue of the biggest
crowd* of Negroes in the city that we
have had since last circus day, peace
reigned supreme, and there was no
disturbance or boisterousness of any
kind.
the barbecue.
Dougherty county is famous for its
barbecues. Iu tiie days of tbe politi
cal agitations of this section. Dough
erty was wont to give barbecues, at
which thousands appeased their hun
ger, but never before yesterday was
she taxed beyond lier power to pro
vide.
The committee, which had in hand
tiie arrangements for the free bridge
barbecue, made, as they thought, am
ple provisiou for the crowd expected.
From early morn till late in die day,
wagons lumbered over the streets
bearing recruits to the hungry army
that was fast filling Albany. By noon
tiie city was alive witli Negroes who
came to enjoy the free bridge jubilee.
Forty carcasses, in which number
there were several beeves, were bar
becued for the occasion, and breads in
proportion were provided.
Tiie old Siius-Hnst warehouse was
selected for tbe spread, and to insure
immunity from dust and contribute to
the comfort of tbe crowd that was ex
pected to throng it. Engineer James,
early yesterday morning, with the De
fiance engine, sprinkled it, which re
quired 25,000 gallons of water to prop
erly settle the dust.
The tables for the whites were
spread in the sample rooms and of
fices. and they were admitted at 1:30
p. m. and did full justice to the viands.
The barbecue was pronounced de
liciously cooked and seasoned.
The tables for tiie colored people
were set uuder the sheds around the
open court, and w-ere about 600 feet in
length. They were in the form of
three sides of a hollow' square so as to
better withstand the attack from tbe
hungry army. After the tables had
been piled up, their entire length,with
bread aud barbecue, one door was
opened and tne crowd of Negroes that
had collected were at first let in oue
by one. That was too.slow a processr
two other doors were thrown open,
aud a rush ensued. They poured into
the open court like a mountain torrent
through a rocky pass, and catching a
sight of the tables covered with tempt
ing viands, writli a yell like Comman-
ciies, they rushed forward to the at
tack. In just tw*o minutes after all
the doors w’ere opened, nearly two
thousand were inside and the tables
had been swept as clean as if they had
been turned over by a cyclone. Hun
dreds looked hungry, disappointed
and dejected, while great numbers
walked about with provoking content
ment, gnawing great bunks of meat
aud bread.
There is no U9e to deny the fact, It
was a full grown barbecue, but the
com inittee had not counted the hosts,
and the supply of provisions was
wholly inadequate.
The primary object of the barbecue
was to bring out the voters In order
tiiat a full vote might be polled, and
in that it was preeminently a success.
CAMILLA CORmrSPONDENCE.
Reaaaaable H«t:h.Palch — Bitch,
ell’* Dasical Talcnl—Persau*
and Thin**.
“Haw?* Your Clematis?**
Tliis'is a question that is now going
the roiiuds of a circle made by a gen-
tleirau of handsome features, genteel
raimet.t, pleasing address and Invested
with the politeness of a French danc
ing master. In the early spring. His
mis-ion was one that carried him into
the dower yards and drawing rooms
of die city, and his one theme was
Clrmatis. He exhibited beautiful pict
ures of this rare aud fashionable flow
ering vine, which, though not indige
nous to tills clime, and an exotic from
foreign shores, was represented as tiie
one thing needful to shade and orna
ment tiie verandahs, and impart an air
of culture and refinement to the many
beautiful flower yards of tiie Artesian
City. He knew bis business well, and
exhibited his pictures, exercised his
polished manners and speut his elo
quence where they would conspire to
gether to do the most good. Although
his rare exotics were all imported and
came a little high—only $1.25 per root
or plant—every lady ought to have
them, and no flower yard would be
complete without them. The pictures
he displayed represented many differ
ent varieties of beautiful flowers, all
true to name,” constituting his stock
in trade—CLEMatis, with accent ou the
first syllable, if you please. He took
orders all over tbe city, and in due
course of time delivered tiie plants In
Iterson. Some had ordered white clem
atis, some purple clematis, some red
clematis and others took the entire as
sortment—but all bought clematis at tbe
rate of $1.25 a CLEMatis. The plants
were all delivered “true to name,”
each one being duly labeled to corres
pond witli tiie orders that had beeu
given. Full directions, minute in ev
ery detail, had been given as to how
the precious plants should be put out
in order that they might all live anil
reward the purchasers with the full
measure of their perfect beauty. Nei
ther pains nor expense were spared In
carrying out these directions, and tiie
roots that were planted with so much
care In the early spring iiave, for the
most part, grown nicely, and have
commenced to bloom with their first
flowers. Are the blooms true to name?
Not much. Hence the query in the
select circle tiiat was made by the
gentlemanly specialist who talked
clematis and sold clematis. “How’s
your clematis?” “The flowers that
have bloomed in the spring, tra la.”
are all purple, and of a pale and sick
ly purple at that—more like a cross
between little morning glories and the
wild May-pop flowers than like the
Why will you cough when Shiloh's
Cure will give immediate relief? Prii-a j pictures that* went the rounds of the
10 ceuts, 50 cents and $1. For sale by ; clematis circle. “How’s your clem-
Hugo Robinson. }atis?”
Camilla, Ga., June 3 Ith, 1887.
Xetcs and Advertiser:
He tiiat undertakes to cater for the
public should be oue of versatility, one
of whom all of us, are not. The mind
is Said to be a store house, where
things new and old are* stored away
for present and future uses, but just
iiow to select and 'draw from this
iwsitory is sometimes rather difficult.
Hence the faculty of memory is an
Important one.and should be cultivated
and improved, because so frequently
called upon to furnish food for a very
great variety of taste, some more fas-
tideous and others more reasonable
and easily satisfied, the latter only
does this scribe undertake to appease.
He is not often troubled as he that has
“Thoughts come crowding so fast upon
him that the only difficulty is to choose
or reject.” To sag Is' not so difficult,
tint what, how and when.
You have already been informed of
the musical entertainment given by
Mr. and Mrs. W. Watson Twitty, on
last Friday evening. Your correspon
dent fully endorses whatever has been
said as to the success and enjoyable
ness of; the occasion. To whom Is good
music, whether vocal or instrumental,
not entertaining and appreciable?
But a little more as to tbe musical
entertainment. There were over one
hundred persons present. The chil
dren were prominent in the entertain
ment. The musical instruments used,
were the piano, organ, violin, guitar,
harp, triangle and bones. While there
were present several ladles of supe
rior skill and attainments in music,
equaled only by tew in our country,
the moat entertaining part of tbe pro
gramme, was that as rendered by the
“musical mice.” Songs “Nelly Gray,”
“Sweet by and by,” etc. The old
mouse led tbe mice. She being at
the organ her daaghter, Miss Semtnie
at the piano, Charlie with the har
monica J. C. aud Paul with tbe bones,
with little Bessie under three years,
using the triangle with an innocent
and charming smile over her bewitch
ing little face. This band of musical
mice were composed of little ones
from two years old up to fourteen.
The fingers, eyes, voices and souls of
this little tyro band are full of music.
Little Tom King Butler plays sweet
ly on the violin and others on differ
ent instruments.
Your correspondent is only a so
journer here and hence -be can with
more propriety speak of music and
other accomplishments and gifts ot the
people of the town, churches and
Sunday Schools. While there may be
more learned and superior pul pit ora
tory than we here enjoy, yet it Is very
questionable whether any town or
city has any better, sounder or more
logical sermonize rs titan we have the
privilege of listening to. As to better
music, sensible, soul-stirring music, it
is not heard or enjoyed anywhere in
Georgia.
Several days past have been rather
unpleasant—cool for this time of .the
year. It is the more unpleasant be
cause ou last Thursday and Friday,
while it rained In various portions of
our county, making altogether a splen
did season, there is a section, includ
ing our town, that got none, or hut
little, of the. .refreshing and gracious
showers falling upon the more favored
sections. Corn, gardens, etc., ate be
ginning to need rain here. Cotton is
doing well.
There will be shipped from Camilla,
perhaps, some twelve or fifteen cars of
melons this week. Some shippers are
trying to hold back, so that there shall
be no mistake in the maturity and ripe
ness of the melons shipped. Tbe dry
and cool wind of the few days past are
not so favorable for the health of the
vines and fruit.
Mat, a son of R. D. Faircloth, Esq.,
of onr county, died a few days ago, of
typhoid fever, at the home of his
brother-in-law, near Augusta, Ga,
His remains came down on the train
on Saturday last, accompanied by. his
brother, Dr. Faircloth and sister. Tbe
funeral took place on last Saturday at
the family burial ground, below here.
Truly, misfortunes have fallen heavily
on this good man and family for the
last several years. We truly sympa
thize with him and his family.
On Next Thursday and Friday week
will be commencement time of tbe
high schools of Camilla. There will
be exercises of interesting character
iu Bennett’s Hall two evenings. It is
expected to be a time of enjoyment
and edification. Come down, Mr.
Editor. T.
: AT CAMILLA.
“*•** Jaaipi Fraa Watemd*** la
Braxiliaa Lace—Haw the Lace i*
CHIT-CHAT.
Peraaa*aa4 Thing* la ant ante
T” torn.
No cure no pay. Money refunded it
Jonnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic fails
to cure any case of chill and fever or
bilious fever. A specific for chill and
fever and a sure preventive of malarial
troubles. Price 50 cents. For sale by
Welch A Agar, Albany, Ga. Johnson
A Co., Monticello, Fhu, sole proprie
tors.
Onr New Sign.
A handsome new sign, written in
gold letters on a dark blue surface,
went up in front of tbe News and Ad
vertiser office on Tuesday morning.
It is the work of Messrs Lenoir A Bi-
gaud, the painters and paper hangers,
who have recently located in this city
and opened a shop on Jackson street.
“It’s the handsomest sign In town,’’said
our near neighbor, Mr. D. Greenfield,
when be saw it, en Tuesday, and the
same expression of opinion was given
by many others. Messrs Lenoir A
Rigaud are skilled workmen and those
of our business men who want signs
can have them just as they want them
by giving their orders to these geutie-
u. They are not only skilled in the
art of sign writing, but are prepared
to do fine work in fresco painting,
graining, paper hanging, etc.
Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy—a posi
tive cure for catarrh, diptheri&'and
canker month. For sale by Hugo
Robinson.
Yagbancv is a growing nuisance.
Under one pretext or another tbe
artny of idlers is being daily enlarged.
The laws against vagrants should be
enforcedf and If is not rigid enough to
prevent *t, then others, with greater
penalties and. under which convictions
are easier, must be enacted.
For dyspepsia and liver complaint,
yon have a printed guarantee ou every
bottle of Shiloh’s Vitalizer. It never
fails to cure. For sale by Hugo Rob
inson..
Gene Barnes was so overcome by
tiie dinner at tbe baud barbecue'that
he lay down to enjoy a siesta in a
quiet, shady nook. Tbe photographer
spying him brought to bear his camera
on his recumbent form^nd says tiiat it
was tiie best subject for an illustration
of tiie sleeping beauty he ever had.
List of letters remaining in Albany,
Ga., Post Office, Jntie 15,1887. If
not called for within 30 days will be
sent to the dead letter office.
Jotuuon. T H
Lee. Hope
MeKenn-t, Harriott
Payne, J A
l'ertius. Parriet
Barnes, Carie
BelTy. Berry
Collier. Harriott
Dari-, JT
D^/etvJ D
8m& l
Smith. Emma
Walter?. K C
u Marylae
_ Walters.
Jack on. Thomas Won. Hannah
Jackso i, T H . Ynikar. W lllie II
'ohnson. Danglin Wrighl. Andrew
Johnson. Albert -
In calling for above letters please say
‘Advertised,” and give date. -
Y. G. Rust, P. M.
... — •
The Rev. Geo. H.-Thayer, of Bour
bon, Ind., says: “Both myself anil
wile owe our lives to Shiloh’* Con
sumption Cure.” For sale by Hugo
Robinson.
Camilla, Ga., June 15,1
*Yom and Adccitiserz
The melon wagons began to move ou
3(ouday last, aud sine- that time an
alniust unbroken line has been main
tained to and from the depot at tills
place. It is regarded a* tiie earlies
shipment of melons yet made from
tliis section. The Minus are In line
condition for transportation, and will,
doubtless, net a hambome profit In the
market* of ibeir destliiatLrf*. The
farmers are to be congratulated that
they have struck upon one produc
tion, outside of cottou, tiiat promises
to lighten the burden of tiie eX|ieuse,
hitherto borne by them. In tiie cost of
cultivating the one staple with Its long
continued and uureuiunrrative prices
in tiie world's great marts aud centers.
The handling of the melon product,
above alluded to, is beginning to man
ifest itself iu a perceptible revival lu
trade. The. transactions ol tli«*
chant aud grocer were, ou Saturday
last, much belter than for many pre
vious weeks, aud all tiie indications
are favorable Tor a great advance in
business Interests with the incoming
of the fail months.
was, some days since, much Inter
ested in watekiug, for a time, the pro
cess of Brazilian lace making. Bui
for cxccediug tiie limit of newspaper
space, It would afford me pleasure to
describe the maimer of making this
beautiful lace, for the special benefit
or your many lady readers. The pat
terns, or designs, of the lace ronsbt
Of long strips of pasteboard. These
strijis are )>errorated with holes, after
tiie manner of ordinary transfer out
line .drawings. The pattern Is laid
down upou a circular |>ad or cushion,
and where the outline of the design is
to be followed, common bra-s pins are
Inserted In the perforations. As fast
as tiie patteru of tbe lace Is worked
up, the plus are removed aud ad
vanced to oilier parts of the design,
and the interwoven fabric goes ou to
completion. The threads tunning the
lace are fastened to the etuis ot wood
bobbins, the other euds working round
the brass pins fa*teued to t|je cushion.
The bobbins, or veras, as they are
called, are iield in the hands of the op
erator. who proceeds to work the beau
tiful fabric by a simple process of
weaving and interweaving, as before
intimated. Mrs. Watson Twitty, who
sliowed me many S|iecimen* of the
work, Is quite au adept. She was, for
a long time, a pupil of Senorita Isa-
quiua, of Brazi!. Having examined
several specimens ot the famous Val
enciennes and also of the Brussels
lace, I do not see that they are, in any
wise, superior to that made by tin; In
genious ladies of Brazil. I am confi
dent that many of the ladies of Albany
will be pleased with this artistic
method of lace making when they
once see It in operation.
The nights and mornings have been,
for a time, so bracing as to necessitate
the use of fires in someof tbe houses.
I notice several ot the merchants
here ship poultry and eggs to Jackson
ville by wholesale, and handsome prof
its are sometimes realized from these
operations. S.
Orfaniza-
Confederate Veteran
float.
News and Advertiser:
I wish to state some facts for tiie
consideration of the Confederate vete
rans of Dougherty county, as reasons
for the necessity of an organization of
some kind, If we wish to preserve and
perpetuate our Identity as Confederate
veterans.
Dougherty county sent more sol
diers to the Confederate army, In pro.
portion Pi her population, than any
other county in the State. Out of tbe
four or five hundred that went from
Dougherty county into the Confeder
ate army, not more than one hundred
now remain to tell the tale of a sol
dier’s life iu tiie camp, or the march
and on tiie battle-field.
Dougherty couuty has not been true
to the soldier* who carried her banner
to tiie front when the battle for South
ern independence was at the hottest,
for not eveu a record has been kept of
the soldiers who houored her in the
war. Dougherty county furnished
oue coinpauy for the 4th, one for the
18th, oue for the 32d and one for tiie
51st regimeiit* of Georgia infantry,
besides several cavalry companies and
other braiiches of tiie Confederate ser
vice.
I doubt if a tuau can be found who
can tell positively how many compa
nies went from Dougherty county to
tiie Con federate army. Now this state
or things ought not to be so. It Is true
that tiie God of war decided against
us, and our cause was lost—and yet
notwithstanding we may now see aud
realize that it is best tor us that He did
so decide, we, as soldiers of the lc6t
cause, have nothing to feel ashamed
of, fur we did our duty and won a
place of honor by our deeds of valor
ou the battle field tiiat any nation or
Stale might fee! proud of. But we
have no government to pension aud
honor us for the deeds we have done,
and we Iiave nothing to bequeath to
our posterity, except tiie glory won by
us on the battle-fields for Southern in
dependence. We tiiat remain owe it
as a duty to our fallen comrades and
to posterity to preserve and perpetu
ate our hlentity as soldiers of tiie lost
cause. No sire can bequeath to a son
a more honorable bequest than a good
name with a soldier's fame, won con
tending for what lie believes is right.
Thru it devolves iijhiii us who re
main to organize ourselves Into an as
sociation of some kind, for tiie purpose
of preserving and perpetuating to our
posterity, our identity as Confederate
soldiers of tiie ‘Lo-t Cause.* By mak
ing ami keeping a record and roll of
honor of all the sohlirrs tiiat went Into
the Confederate army from Dougiiery
county. VV e say Holt of Hohoi designed
ly, for there are a few who enlisted
from Dougherty county uot entitled to
have tlieir names enrolled as Confeiier-
ate veterans. But this, aud all other
matters relating to organization, policy
ami pur|K>*c, can lie considered at
length when we couie together tor
permanent organization. It is to lie
hoped tiiat all Confederate veterans ot
the county will be present at tiie Court
House ou tbe first Saturday In July at
11 o’clock, to answer to roll call, and
take partln the organization. It is
important that we act in this matter
without delay. Vkteran.
The Colombo* Sant hern.
About a week ago the News and
Advertiser called upon tiie Colum
bus Euquirer-Suu to tell us something
about the Columbus Southern. We
asked if tiie enterprise was hanging
fire, and if so, why. The Enquirer-
ok not notice of this request for
information, but in its local coluuin-
of Wednesday we find the following,
which leaves ustoIufertiiatourCoIum-
bus friends are about as much In the
dark as to what lias really been done
in the premises as we are at tills end
o! tiie projected railroad:
Mr. G. Gutnby Jordan is still cou-
fineil to his bed by inflamatory rheu
matism, but he is slowly improving.
His physician does uot allow him to see
any one on business and in conse
quence nothing definite is known of
tiie result of Ids trip to New York Iu
the intere.»t of tbe Columbus Southern.
A gentleman iu a position to know
whereof he speaks, however, stated on
yesterday tiiat there is no question
about tiie building of tiie road, ami
that work will be commenced at no
distant date.
THC6KOKGIA VATERMEl.OV.
Krom the • «nk- of tLe old St. liar>*«.
From the rclling TyWe r^Trr.
From the *ho*e« of ih.? Ociohh*.
And the c)n»»ic W ith’acoochee
The OfceecVe. the < )c • nherr.
Brier creek and Och'oehnn* e.
Vn>m the ITnt and the -araunah.
Beautiful Altmrali.1 and
Sunny Brunswick’s breezy bar.
Short y cones the watermelon.
Laden with the >\veeti* of t-outhland.
With the ». ndira*e'*penniMd*«n.
-wm w ill e»»i*e ilil» lu»-' i* ue n *-b n.
rride of ever* native Georgian.
It will come front rhstt*boorhtr~.
MiU-dgerille ami Hatcher’* Station.
Buzzard Knott and Talt»p<v*a.
Tucka io - amt SUitar Vatf-y.
D-nble ii ranches. Co<vawattee,
Nankin. Niekajaek. Jamaica,
JtmiM. «^cn-r t. Mari-tta.
!l*rknry Hat ant Okajdlm.
Gnllr Breach. Mazeppa. iiphir.
Hard Cm h. Plain- ot Vura, Ja»i>
nra, Ja*i«r,
InwJWI, Two Run. Hannabatclicc,
Huckleberry, Perk in.* Junction,
HDCMcnriTT, i rr*in.i Juncuoi
Uid.tlcrillv. I’er-iui on TriAu
Hardaway, Vclhidr, stiwance.
\nd from every little clearing
From Atlanta t » tbe -ea*bore.
here there lire* a Georgia
I* tbe pride ot bis half *> re
Let it come. ibis watermelon,
Tbi* imperial lieorpi - mehm.
St «y it m>t ms north it eomett-,
Th-Mzb tbe crop will be two mi Illons,
Yet there’s room for millions more.
—From the Chicago Tribune.
UUATX AND HOPEFUL.
Oh, it is ea*y»«»be (wave when the world is
ea-y to be hopeful « ben all goee
we!'.
Battotanghand keep a stout heart thonch
tronb e does betide
Onr heart* ami home*, that’a harder forte
do than Hi* to tell.
Tor ’tts indeed a hero’s heart that can be
btave ont .-nr,
With sorrow knocking at the door, fires
•lead ou bearth-etones mid.
And hopeful eyes in troth are those which
look bevond the arav.
Grim stare of W inter*seel- * Summer’s hlne
sun-washed with gold.
—Boston Budget.
—Well postal—A telegraph line.
—Tall cheats from little swindlers
grow.
—Messrs. George and Whit Collier
are In the city.
—A ne\v carving knife works on tiie
scissors principle.
—Starched napkins are not the
proper «wim at all.
—Mr. John E. Cook of Atlanta, was
in tiie city yesterday.
—The mail who believes talk is cheap
never employed a lawyer.
-Marriage is a safeguard, provided
you have only one wife at a time.
—John I.aRuque was, perhaps, the
happiest man in tiie city Thursday.
—3Ic**ra. II. H. Buchanan aud C.
II. Robinson, of Blakely, were Iu the
city on Tuesday.
—Positive, wait; comparative,
waiter: superlative, do it yourseir, if
you want it done.
—Col. P. W. Jones, of Baker, was
in the city yesterday, but lie did uot
briug his first bale.
—Miss Lula Wooten, of Albany, Is
visiting her aunt, 3Irs. J. R. Wooten.
■Cuthbert Enterprise.
—The Romans seemed to realize
how obstinate woman could be, when
they called her “mailer.”
—Messrs. Jerre Cntliff and Morris
Tift, of Albany, were In Cuthbert this
week.—Cuthbert Enterprise.
—Some physicians say disease Is
transmitted by kissing. Heart-disease
is, and the only remedy is matrimony.
—Sam Farkas has no prejudice
against the hog. unless it is barbecued,
and then he tries to destroy the whole
hog.
—Rev. I. W. Waddell, a notice of
whose painful fall appeared in these
columns, ts up aud almost entirely re
covered.
—3irs. Walter Muse has gone with
her children to spend tiie summer sea
son lu Atlanta at the home of Mr.
Muse’s father.
—“What is an epistle?” asked
Sunday School teacher of her class.
“The wife of an epostle,” replied the
young hopeful.
—Some' old dinner customs still pre
vail. The Romans used to recline at
their banquets, and the habit of lying
at publicdinners still prevails.
■People who want tiie earth should
remember tiiat It is the meek who
shall Inherit the earth, and that there
fore they don’t stand much of a show.
—A party, consisting of Rev. E. E.-
Folk, Mrs. I). H. Pope and Mr. and
31rs. Lee Hilsman spent Tuesday
with 3Ir. J. L. Boyt, on his planta
tion.
-A fashion item says: “The new
poeketbooks are long and slender.’
Yet, as we remember it, this is the way
they have beeu worn for years anil
years.
—A woman may not be able to
sharpen n pencil or throw stones at a
hen, lint.she can paek more articles iu
a trunk than a man can in a hay wag
on.
—Writing a letter is, to many peo
ple, au Irksome task; but It isn’t half
so irksome as It Is to hear a lawyer
reading your letter aloud five years
afterwards. In open court.
—Ginseng—Congratulate me, fath
er, I am '^oing to be married. Gin
seng’s father—Do you think the lady
will lie able to support you In the style
you have been accustomed to?
—There; are over three thousand
medicines in the world, and of this
number over fire thousand are pres
cribed by friend* for the man who Is
suffering from an attack of rheuma
tism.
—Miss Minnie Grass, who presides
over tiie Kindergarten department of
Mrs. Sterne’s Institute, left, last week,
for Savan}iah, where she will spend
most of tier vacation visiting relatives
in that city.
—Mrs. R. B. Brown returned, on
Friday night, from Greenville. Ala.,
where she has been spending a few
weeks with relatives. Her junior
brother, Joe A. Scott, of Montgomery,
came home with lier.
—A servant who prided himself on
liviug In a genteel family, beiug asked
to define the term, said: “Where
tiiey keep a carriage, Iiave three or
tour kinds of wine, and never pay a
bill the first time it is called for.”
—General James Graves, who has
been visiting, for two weeks past, hi*
nepiiew, Captain John T. Hester, of
this city. left Wednesday for Atlanta.
Misa Daisy went with him to visit rel
atives in Atlanta and Washington.
—3ir. Gird ner. of the Kaufman
31111 Company, of Pottian, was in the
city this week, and made tiie News
and Adviletlser office a pleasant cal?.
Mr. Gird tier predicts the early estab
lishment of two more important en
terprise* at- Pottian.
—Employer (*o clerk)—Can’t yon
getarouiida little earlier in the morn
ing, James. James (doubtfully)—
X-no, I don’t believe I can. *Ir.(Strtick
with a bright Idea). But I’ll tell you
what 1 can do, sir; I ran i<-ave a littV
earlier in the evening.
Mrs. R. T. Hanks, of Dallas, Tex.,
left, on Wednesday tor Dalton, Ga..
accoui|iatiird by Miss Jane Long. 31 rs-.
Hanks* vWt to Albany has not been
satisfactory to lier many friends, a**
sickne-s in lier family deprived them
of the pleasure anticipated in having
her with them In the ; r homes.
—“No, sir,” lie said emphatically,
I have traveled for forty year* on the
road, ami I never yet went through
an accident.” .“How do you account
for it?” Well, sometimes I think it’s
Providence, abd sometimes I think It’s
because I never happened to get on a
train that was wrecked.”
—Mr, J. F. Jordan and wife, ot
Danville, Va.. are registered at the
Artesian House. Mr. Jordan is au
old tobacco drummer well known
throughout Georgia, Florida and Al
abama, and one of the very best men
“ou the road.” Mrs. Jordan accom
panies him on this trip as far as Quit-
man, where she goes to visit relatives.
Thcv tell In Philadelphia of a small
boy whose governess* one day, out of
patience with his mischievoiisness,
caught him hy the arm, saying,
“Harry, 1 believe the Old Nick has
hold of you.” Quick as a flash the
youngster answered* “Yes, but only
witli one hand.”
—3Ir. and Mrs. Geo. W. Bike, of
Farmer*viHe, Texas, who have been
visiting 3lrs Rike’s uncle. Ordinary
Z. J. Odom, of this city, left on
Wednesday tor th'dr home. 3Ir. Hike
was delighted with what he liad seen
in Georgia; especially was he charmed
with Albany and its surroundings.
—A lady recently remarked that
“some men are always talking about
patronizing their own towns—always
harping upon their duties—yet they
go abroad aud get married. I do hope
that some of these men who are mar
rying outsiders will get cheated. Tiie
mean tilings.”
—The first mention of ice cream
that is found in our history, Is in the
account ot the festivities following
Washington’s first inauguration as
President, in the city of New York,
in 1789. Among tiie ices used ou that
•xx-aeiou was ice cream, which is said
to have been prepared, or at least sug
gested, by Dolly Adams.
Trade.
chants of the city drove a
brisk trade, Thursday. The stores
were crowded nearly all the day, aud
trade was animated and lively.
Six counties were represented by
the large crowd that thronged the
streets of the city and many bought
liberally at the low prices offered by
our merchants* »*t
THE SODA WATER.
business was prodigious, and up to five
o’clock yesterday the four fountains
running in the city, had served nearly
two thousand glasses to the thirsty.
Wc will take occasion here to remark
that the Albany druggists ami confec
tioner* draw as fine soda as ever re
freshed tiie inner man.
A Printer** Error.
Sweet are tiie uses of adversity, tiie
printers copy said, but he set it up,
sweet are the uses of advertising.
Sweet, indeed, to those who In sick
ness atid suffering have seen the ad
vertisement of some sovereign reme
dy, which upon trial,, ha* brought
them from death's door. “The t«**t
tiling I ever saw in my paper tra* the
advertl.ement or Dr. Pierce’‘Golden
Medical Discovery* ” Is again aud
again tiie testimony of those who Iiave
been healed by it ol lung disease,
bronchial affections, tumors, ulcers,
Hver complaints and the ills to which
flesh is heir.
We would lust like to see a table
long enough and wide enough and
srtong enough and piled up with bar
becued hogs and sheep aud beeves
enough to stand the assault of such a
crowd as can be raised In Dougherty
county by an industriously circulated
advertisement luviting everybody to
“come and bring yottr wives ami
sweethearts—all colors.” There
would be some satisfaction In witness
ing such a sight.
The Business Booming.
Probably no one tiilug has caused
such a general revival of trade at IA-
mar Rankin A Lamar’s Drug Store as
their giving away to their customers
of so many free trial bottles of Dr.
King’s New Discovery tor Consump
tion. Their trade Is simply enormous
iu tills very valuable article from the
fact that it always cures and never
disappoints. Coughs, Colds, Asthma,
Bronchitis, Croup, and all throat and
lung diseases quickly cured. You ran
test it before buyiug hy getting a trial
bottle free, large size $1. Every bottia
warranted. 3
In tiie Shelby, (N. C.) New Era *ve
see that the commencement exercises
of the Shelby Female College were
brilliant aud largely attended. Among
the graduating class Miss Eiiwiua
Davis, daughter of Mrs. W. L. Davi-,
of this city, was one of its brightest.
Rev. R. D. Mallary. well and favor
ably remembered as a former preceptor
in Albany, is president of this flourish
ing female college.
For Cliolcra, Diarrhoea, Pyreutery,
Inflammation of tbe lionet* or
Colic
Take internally from 'Ive to ten drops
of Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid in a
tabiespooufiil of water every hour or
two till improvement takes place.
There is no danger in taking more of
it aud more frequently if occasion re
quires. in chronic cases, or when the
stomach refuses to retain anything
else, us injections of the Fluid aud
water. We have never known a case
that did not readily yield to such treat
ment, and it saved tiie lives of may.
When a News and Advertiser
scribe handed up his free bridge vote,
at about 11 o’clock yesterday morning,
he was told that George Washington,
Robert Lee and Andrew Jackson had
all voted the same way, and that the
free bridge was safe.
When you feel that yon arc danger
ously sick, you will send tor an edu
cated physician of acknowledged skill,
without considering the cost. You
wish to get well. Have you malaria
in your system, and do you wish o
get rid of it? Dr. Shalleiiberger’s An
tidote is the remedy. The doctor is a
graduate of Jefferson Medical College,
thirty year*in practice. The 3Iedicine
will cost you one dollar, but it will
cureyou, aud Is safe in any dose.. Sold
by druggists.
The law of compensation runs
through all the earth. We could not
have an unalloyed enjoyment of yes
terday’s victory. A street vendor of
patent medicines was evoluted from
the fav -raole conditions.
Bucklan** Arnica Natvc.
The best salve iu tiie world for Cut*
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands
Ciiilblaitis. Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Price 25 cents cents per box.
for sale by Lamar. Rankin A Lamar.
June 28-w**lv.
Says a countryman to tiie Italian
cream cake veudor, “What you got
there?” “Ice cream cakee, wuntee
one?” “No!” “If whiskee, yon
takee one.’’
* * Nervon* Debility, In either
sex. However induced, speedily, thor
oughly ami iiennaueiitly cured. Ad
dress, with 10 cents lu st m|M tor re
ply aud book ot particulars, World's
Dispensary Medical Association, 663
Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The streams arc very low at pres
ent aud tbe prospeet is that they will
recede more before the summer season
Is over. The rainfall'lias been so very
light this year that we liad hoped the
yearly quota would be made lip in ‘lie
summer, but the prevailing east wind
may usher in a dry season of long du
ration.
Sick and hilioii-t headit he, .-md de
rangements ol stomach ami bowels,
cured by Dr. Pierce’s Pellets—oranii-
hilions granules. 25 cent* a vial. No
cheap boxes to allow waste, of virtues.
By druggists.
—
—The invitations are out for the
marriage or Mis* Mamie Price, daugh
ter of 3Ir. aud Mrs. D. W J’rice, of
this city, to Mr. Robert L. Burnett, of
Atlanta, at the Methodist church, chi
Wednesday, 22ud Inst., at 10 o’clock
a. in. A card accompanying tiie in
vitation announces that Mr. ami Mrs.
Burnett will lx* “At Home” Tliurnlay
evening, June 23rd, from 8 to II
o’clock, 90 West Simpson street,,
Atlanta.
Posterity v*. Ancestry.
It is no longer questioned. U U ad
mitted, that the blood of man is im-
iroving. The children of to-day are
letter formed, have better muscle and
richer minds than our ancestor*. Tim
cause of this fact Is due more to the
general use of Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic
than any other source.
—Cards are out for the wedding of
Mr. B. L. WMIingham, of Atlanta,
son of our fellow townsman,
Colouel Thomas n. Willingham,
which will occur at Richmond,
Virginia. on Wednesday, June
22rd. Mi-s Maggie Seeley Wood, the
bride elect, is a Virginia lady of most
estimable qualities of heart aud many
graces of person.
A Nasal Injector free with each bot
tle or Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy. Price
50 cents. For sale by Hugo Robinson.
—It is sail! that in Portland, 31e.,
there is a man with a false nose, a
glass eye. but three fingers and one
thumb, one ear, false teeth and a cork
leg. For all this he Is the liveliest man
in Portland. He walks ten miles ev
ery day, rain or shine. He ha* haJ
three wives and survives them all, and
had refused live chances to get mar
ried again, so he says, since he buried
hi* last wife, about a year ago.
Are you made miserable by indiges-
po
Hugo Robin sc* 1
sale by
—Jabcz llall, au aged ai
planter living near Mariana, Ark., nd-
vertised for a wife some time ago, and
tbe answers were >o numerous that he
was at a loss how to chi ose. He has
»iuce settled the matter, however, by
a very neat ami satisfactory expedient.
Ite gave each applicauta number, and,
writing the mimbersou separate cards,
put them in a lx>x am) shook them up
well. Then he blindfolded his little
grandchild ami had lier draw a card
From i!n: b'»x. He is now correspond*
ing with the lady to whom the
had lieen allotted, and it is k
wedding will result.
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