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About Blackshear news. (Blackshear, GA.) 1878-18?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1878)
f m wfcEstair ^ J 111 1 a? V > V 4 . i “WITH AN HON H RPOSE, WE SHALL BRING ANlr/A / TO BEAR ENERGY DETERMINED EFFORT TO FLEASE." VOL. I. tBlacfesbcar Reus, T*ul)IiHliecl Every Tlmrsduy — AT — BLACKSHEAR, CA •* — BT — E. Z. BYRD, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Ratem of Hu bar rit>tion .* One copy, one year (post-paid), in advance. One oopy, six months “ “ One three , copy, months » “ ] One copy, one month — “ Adrertieiua Raton: Transient Advertiaeruents, flrat insertion, $1.C0 rw?r square and SO c>mts for each aubsequeat inaer tion. Leoal Advertising Raton : Sheriff's Sale per levy..........................$5.00 Ai'plteation Mortgage Sales for letters (not exceeding of Administration...... two squares).... H.OO Application letters Guardianship.............. 4.00 Application Dismission 4 (jy from Administrator ship........... 5.00 Application DimniS'fiou Guardiauship........o’oo Homestead Notice........................4 (10 Notice to Debtors aud Creditors......... 5 O 0 Application for Heave Hell..............." ’ ^ to 4 Administration Sale (not exceeding two squares)..................................... e.oo COUNTY DIRECTORY. Ordinary—A. 4. Stricfclaud. Sheriff-E. Z. Byrd. * Clerk of Court—A. M. Moore. County Treasurer—B. D. Brantley. County Surveyor—J. M. Johnson. Tax Receiver and Collector—4. M. Pitrdom, Sessiou# first Mondays in March and September. J. L. Harris, Judge, and Simon W. Hitch, Solicitor €»eueral.. ’* JT Oct. 41,1378. w POST-OFFICE NOTICE. This office will be open every day (Sundays ex¬ cepted), from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. On Su-days from 9 a. m. to 10 a. si. Money Order aud Register business from * a. to 4 P. M. Mails daily from each way—East and Wtst. Eastern ma.l arrives 7.30 r. m. Western mall arrives 4.20 a. w. octffl-ly T. J. FULLER, Postmaster. Pro/'essio n a t Va ntn. DR. W. E. FRASER, PHYSICIAN 1 n I OlUiiill iinu ANTI OUillTlliUrl. RTTT?(tFOM Blackshear, Ga Prompt attention to calls, day or night. tv~ rtiseases of Womeo and Children a speciaPv octal-ly DR. ™ A. M. ~ MOORE, practicing PP APTTPTNTP physician, PTIVOTHT \ NT Blackiheur< Ga. ex Utl-ly _ S. w. HITCH. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ItluekMlit'u i', f.'n. rra •?«<•(> regular ,a the liruiiAwi< k Circuit. o«'t' , U-ly J. C. NICH0LLS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Blarkmhear, fin. Fe'S’w«e*and PriKrticejreguisr 0 in w^“’ tb* Counties of Appiing.niocb, ° !ynn< : ' ’ D1 ' ^-bv ' - _ W. R. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Riaeknhear. Ga. ocUi-ly BLACKSHEAR, GA • • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1878. FOR THE FAIR SEX. (or l.ndr Travtl/rt. ilPSs ping sawssasHSS places. 1 2. Never travel .with “ euoui just enough ” money, but always lurry eS'rgencv. to pro vide against any feasible * This will save much anxiety. 3. Wear little jewelry and keep the larger part of your monev iu some iu side pocket out of sight. 4. Always look after yourself, and do not aikw a stranger to procure your ticket or check for your baggage. 5. Avoid, if possible, making changes in car by night, but, when unavoidable, go with others. Do not become separated from the crowd. 6. Take no hacks, but go in an omni bus where there are other people. These are 7. perfectly If in safe. any doubt as to changing cars, checking baggage, etc., inquire iu ml vance of the conductor. The conductors on our trains are always polite and will ing to be of service, especially to women traveling alone. 8. Do not wait till about to make some change in the train, before inquiring of the conductor, for, ten to one, he will theu be hurried, and you will only half ” n J. Under r r“?T alJ 1 lS Smstances d final,y ’ endeavor to retain preJ I mind. One who can do this w j E?r have any trouble traveling; arfl tJRvel »‘ftd of it being unwise for women alone, I think it an advantage t»iem to make trips alone, for there iqgfew people who are not at times obliged to do so, and experience does away with much of the possible clanger iu traveling. Pa.bton Notr.. mi The so called , short . . costumes . of . are the most inconvenient length imagm ab i e - The 1 taste for black silk toilets and black millinery prevails as much as ever. Short costumes take oniy eighteen yards of medium-width stuff for a full dress. The no-calle.1 “ bourettes" of this season are not the goods of last fall and and snrintr Endive p a. green is . a lavonte . •* shade 11 / for evening toilet. It looks like a greenish 8llver b y ^ a8ll ^ ht * The new hosiery is hair-lined horizon tally in bright colors on neutral and cream white grounds. Feathers in cashmere shades are nov elties. They are grouped together in shades of Indian cashmeie. New satin ribbons are doubled-faoed, tbe f av °rite colors being a dark crimson with. 1 ^ ^ of Stnped velvet, plain the ami in two colors, U the fi, at novelty of eeavou That with two colore is, of neoeeeity, Fancy buttons , and , flat „ gilt buttons are used profusely on the clan tartan and fancy plaid suits so fashionable at the moment. A new style of bracelet is made of deli cate flexible spirals of gold in one con tinuous piece, and so arranged that it will tit any arm. Many red velvet bonnets edged with garnet bead and gold cords, and trimmed with shaded red plumes and red roses are seen among b the novelties in milli Qerv * Close , bonnets, . with *uu both *k«i the / front * and j sides h ted to the head and broad crowns^ are called princess. They clinging are intended to match the gracefully effect of the princess dress. Phenomena of the Golf Stream. pHH spX£S=S* gulf\ream themfErth basno the slightest rival. occasion, It bring. ami on w doubtful if ever a ship crossed that tierce tempered current without seeing lightning. the This is easily accounted for: bmtio prevailing soutEVest winds of the North At are and northwest, ex cept oertain loc.’ Winds near the English channel, and the Fit»J\erre Jortheaat trades blow i»g from Cape ^futhwest to the Cape de Verd. When awhilt^ the wiud has been blowing int<&) has a strong in dmation to shift Vnore northwest, and the longer it blows tliK.iore t it wants to get aronnd, and chJVwhen sudden and violent is the it comes. of Now, the the southwest meeting^* uHvith the the warm cooler air from the northwest Wmlts in adischorge of electricity; and, although sometimes lightning in seen in the southwest for many hours before the wind changes, jet, when it does shift, it always does so with a tremendous rain and vivid light mug, ot ten attended by what are called corpo* nantos, or St Eimo’s candles, electric lights which, without any warn mg. end ere of scan suddenly pmwbed on the mysterious every and spar, beautiful producing a most eftect Thoy do not always come in heavy woather, although generally seen at such a time, and many seamen consider it a bad omen to have oue slime on a man’s face when be is aloft; but this superstition is wear ,n g away. Another electrical pheno menon at sea is a round ball the size of ft moon, but brighter and redder, passing slowly from one cloud to another, sometimes succeeded by a territlc exnlo- snips are not oitener struck by light mng, but, although the bolts sometimes fall in quick succession directly around the vessel, they are generally attracted b Y th0 1 ma y m«ntiou here a remarsable flash of lightning that I saw onee in a most unexpected manner. In e constant flicker ? , forked lightning out of a deuse . our tatoot cloud which the dusk of evening ttolder Ltant incest m‘ TerT Ve ™ nave f? ave an au maescnbable in . ,.nl o im pr#88ioDi of vastness to sea and sky. All at puce there came a flash that seemed to shpot f^ out of every part of the heavens to g p ria ^ from ‘‘veryyiart of the horizon, bars of white light crossing and rocrossiug each other, interwoven into a network of ineffable glory, seeming to aU( * 1D of the visi bi^ed ?}? ' niver8 for °* some Every moments one on board with was the JiAtnimr wWk? w -' I; thert^re twIi'Htida Af the red an 1 ,» tho oljthe the former, red lightning aod far more (l»ngeron». mofe la far ,» npn at sea than on land, and la oftener J*at tbe whole u caUedsheet-lightmng, sky with a lambent rose-oolor. pervading ttenember seeing it almost a deep pur ^Q-ber^time, rj ne night in a gale off Hatteras. At to the eastward of the banks, we had baffling winds for T®™, 8 ’J 1 . E* e tlie crew becoming ex constant settmg and firing of canvas aud bracing 3" and sqnar- 3 - — xs.--'! /}, e ca - Ptam 4 can ?® v ,ij, # • with ‘ 'n i r bar u V? v 8 , <v * ow he | {, m * ' ’ to throw w these shoes over the d’^'ter for a fair wind. Whaf shall it bv Don’t all speak at once 1” Some outcried out, “ A northeaster !” as the shm went over the taffruil. After dm nerl turned in and slept till they rang fof p>ar o'clock. When I came on deck NO. 33 . there was a change in the weather, or SfS S’T' r ~- bat "Sf* KLfii from attention some unseen was lab- the HieotR ° vor tb *‘ # f, ? m a “I L lt , ! U8 ° * "J. 1 ** i !? nn n *£? K e * L®* ’, J® th ?,? 1 Uuu ! 8 T ni<M l , ! tho r ?. m ! < ? r tlie 1 H am gray JL / i* 4 e A “? J,:* "JJ* ”” * “°the , wl1 ^.“jJ im wiuds I ,re J* lii.L? t p 1 1 Preoedeaoe,m °° l, * lict «» to 2?!,^ IS } more ° U A tbft ° f ? tho we nortb t N ul< J ' Intba wIiarf T* L* f°£ lu t E 0 ** V 00 "K^t harbor, , alongside . of » A Strange Shark. l saw a shark of a strange sort one day when wo were a thousand miles from laud. It had fallen a dead calm There was not a sign of a breeze anywhere be¬ tween the north and south polos so far as we could tell. It was just the day for turtle, and sure enough wo sighted a brace of them sleeping on the surface half a milo 4 off. The Rtarboard ouarter boat was IdWrwL and we went off and picked thorn up. After that, we caught three more, but a breeze sprinjriui? un the boat was called iu. When we were hoisting it up on the davits it got a little jammed, uud, through theclumsi ue 88 0 f the man who was minding the falls, it also caught under the channels and got a little strained. Well the evening was as glorious a night as ever was seen iu the North Atlantic the’sails the moon at tho full lighting up that loomed like great glmsts against "“u with a six-knot “ d breeze ''” lk just abeam. ing captain’s wife was on deck the’scene look over tho rati and enjoying Suddenly she caMed the officer of the watch and asked him i f that was a shark | under the quarter 'oHowing the ship : He said it looked “ mighty like a shark in fact, lie though it was some big fish or other. I looked over the side, and certainly h there was something there ‘ “ t 1 “ 0 kw ', lik *’ oifthteeu or im ' Uy , /“‘ , loo*-.following the vessel as sharks often uo, ana vaguely seen near the surface in the light iLmJ of the moon The captain ’ who was kin*' U ° W summoned prononucedlt On In. equivocally and to be a shark a rouser at that, and called tor a harpoon. wife, To quiet the anxiety of hi* he stood in-board as ho balanced the murderous weapon to hurl it into the quivering flesh of the bloodthirsty monster. “ All readv !” said he to the men who fbefme attached to the harpotm, the^lineee Samte the alm hanaion ntoTe Z, wm P nTnnLZl “f^ .Uh k g„t him 1" cried the cantata pnlind with tlmaiaam. and the men with a. vim, and fell flat on their Hacks as the line came home perfectly slack. They had not got him after all and this was the reason—because there was r.o shark there to catch. It was nothing but the shadow of tho qnarter-boat which had tieen boist«d~up, ont after turtle you* that day. ^hall was remember Jt been strained, and that made a small leak ........i----- in two places ou each side 0,140 of the \ bilge \ near tbe stern, and through these drop ^ olea by l th drop ® wat in «r the iu boat's the boat shadow, drip just pci about where the gills of the th^ fish shadow won Id have been, which onir made uofgrt life-like. ' seem laughing more in They forecastle did abSJt over shaS to? the forecastle about that some days. — Appleton’s JownaL
