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The Watkinsville Advance. M U. SU.UV V.N, Editor, Publisher AJob Printer. TERMS. On* Doll.ii per Tear. Sixty Cents fer Six Months. IS PUBLISHED ON IVERV TUESDAV, Watkinsville, G»„ September 14,1880. I w.-mial ft. IW OfDfr ai WatVifllGHe SVAOND CLASS MATTER National Democ ratic Ticket FOR PRESIDENT, GKN. W. S. HANCOCK:. OF PKNNsTLVANlA. rnn 10R vt MCE-1 nv i.dvot„i'vt RESIDENT, < ran *UAt vvr TT. ETTRLISH t , • • ; 1 * in i State oTATK llEMOt nFUiw ptTir P.ATIi Ticket 1 ITT\r.T. rUU ui>» KHAUii vrtl . ALFRED TL COLQUITT. for secret xwT OF state : N. V, BARNETT, of Baldwin. A. W RIGHT, of Richmond. , FOR treasurer : R. N. SPEER, of Troup. von ATTOKNKY-ukNKRAi,; CLIFFORD ANDERSON, of Bibb. -•-- Prf.SIUENTIAL Electors. Fob the state-at lY. larok : J. C. C. It RACK, I oienn, E. KKNNON. •Alternates _L. J. A.P.Adanis DISTRICT ELtCCToHH: First District—Samuel D. Bra-'well, of Liberty, Aleruate -Josephus (W of Emanuel fkseond District—W. M. Hammond, of Thomas. Alleruato-W. M. Hur rison of Quitman Third District—C. C. Smith, of Tel fair. Alternate—J amen Bishop, * Jr., . " 'If™' ,,.“* tv . T, • ct . r ,, ,, , ~ IW<? rnub> v; Henry C. um, o r'jj uarrid, • Fifth District—Jno. I. Hall, of Spalding. Alternate—D, I*. Hill, of ol V Putnam. Putnam. "““is Alternate—1< Alternate—F. I). a I) u Dubig- i iion, of Buldwin. Seventh District—Thus. W. Akin, of Bartow. Alternate- J‘. W Alexander, of Cobb. Eighth District—Seibom Reese, of Hancock. Alternate—J. K. llincs, of Washington. Ninth District—W. E. SUinuons, of Garnett. Alternate—M. G. Boyd, J of While. ri NOTES. Two thousand acres of land covered with fme lumber were sold in Lewis county, Ky., last week at €1 per acre. i i Jackson, Miss., proposes to sub¬ scribe *100,000 in aid of a road to Yazoo City. . ........ .. ■ - Tlio phosphate factory close to Chattanooga is nearing complgtion. Three buildings are up and ready for use. The cotton area is too limited to overcome the world with cotton, and the staple will eventually push tbe value of cotton lands to a very high standard. Corn is now delivered . , at Clove* hind, Teun., at 25 cents, or 20 cents in the field. *•» J. P. Benjamin rode horseback from Fort Worth, Texas, to New York citv, distance 2,400 miles, He made the journey in 110 days. ........... ............ Nearly 300 distilleries are in op¬ eration in the Nashville district. Tennessee will make more brandy this season titan ever before. ..... • <* — The whole school population of Richmond, Va., is 5,891 children lietwecn the ages of five and twenty one years. .... ....... There are eight more persons named Johnson, in Montgomery. Alabama, than there are named Smith. *.» M^jor Thornton, ofNewport, Ken tucky, has a sow that recently gave bin,.,. .26 AII aro Joiltg well. Kentucky intends to turn two million gallons ol whisky and a dozen 101,1 blg bie race race horses llor ^ s Um this v.J.r ettr ‘ The lumber business of South Mississippi is growing to be of con¬ siderable imgxirtanee. Four thousand, five hundred bales of cotton will be shipped by the Britigh steamer, Cosmos, direct from Galveston to laverpool. --—- ......— It will take three millions of dol¬ lars’ worth of iron tics to hind the coming cotton crop. — ■ —— The Montgomery Ailreriuer pre¬ dicts only a third of a crop of cot¬ ton in that part of Alabama. Mia Kaglin, of Carroll county, Kv., is 98 years old, but «he wanted to see the circus, and walked two miles to it The Louisville and Nashville railroad is now running daily 15 freight trains over the Mobile and Montgomery road. Escape of Nam Hill. Sam Hill, who killed fcinunons the seducer of his wife in Atlanta, and who was afterwards declared a lunatic, and tent to the asylum at Milledgeville, has made his escnjic, and in doing so he manifested all thecunniug suffering usually ‘ attributed to persons from mental derangement. Telegraph According ami to the Macon Mtnenger, Ins pian for regaining his liberty was as follows: “It will be remembered thut nearly every reporter who has visited the asylum and Hill, has described an extraordinary which the unfortunate man was painting upon the wall of his room; a picture and representing various the court roo »' <he figures there in—himself, wife, judge, etc. This picture was hut merely outlined wlien last we saw iU Hill appears to have had other intentions than mereamusement when he began (<) Jmint have picture. He was allowed to paints and mate rials necessary for his work, for no attempt b to Authorities. escape was His anticipated opened f , . room into a corridor on the third Hour. At each end of the corridor there was a door, ' which was kept locked- Hill's mct hod of escape can only be guessed at from the tracks he left. It is supposed to have been as follows: llis room door was always locked from the outside. He wanted to get a key to fit that lock, and to get an ini the pression, door, cut a square block out of block laying under bare the lock. This was an old piece of canvas, which hung over the locks for weeks, and upon which he w»,s ! l f U Mo,nwl to fry bis colors The block . was neatly replaced, and the place scarcely visible. Having | oc*, bu , 8 ('btained it an impression for ofhis him was an easy mutter to turn it over to anyone of the numerous friends who visited him. and receive in return u key a few ing days from later. With the means of issu his room at his disposal, he doubtless slipped down the i hall one night ami obtained an in pres ol the corridor door lock, from which a friend likewise obtained or him a key. lie had then tlx fir ,:s!r was unobstructed. On evening of the 2d he replied a little girl who asked him about picture, that he had do"«aJl he to do with it The text he was gone. There were letters upon his table ad¬ to various parties. One to Powell stated that during all time he was allowed to exercise the yard, he never sought to es¬ because of his pro mi e, but the instant he was locked up that promise ended, and being incarcerated he could consent to remain. He stated he would never again enter asylum alive. His slippers found in the yard. His wife’s he carried with him." The Cotton Year 1879-80. Closed the 31st ult., and all will bo curious to ascertain the footing up. The Cotton Exchange state¬ ment for the Friday night before gave the total receipts as 4,042,614, against 4,430,194 bales up to the corresponding ahowiug increase date of last year, an of 512,420 bales. But the Cotton Exchange makes it a thousand point to bales be from twenty to forty ahead of the music, of Adding the this increase on to the crop 431 halt's previous year to-wit: 5,073, and we should have a crop for 1879-80 of 5,85,951 hales. But to these figures must be added, no doubt, u very considerable increase in the over-land receipts and South ern boat consumption, nil so that we shall surprised to see the crop recorded cottoniyear closing last week million six nt hundred some figure and over five fiftv * thou sand bales. Now, as to the crop now whiten ing the Southern fields, there is KStoiSTfoi ‘irrr £ there is not the force to gather such a crop. If we have the time it may be gathered, hut that of course is extremely doubtful. Hie last season was extraoruin&nlv mild continued and protracted, and picking was till the last lock was gath ered. It would ho unreasonable to hope for another such season ; and on the other hand, with an early frost and stormy and cold weather, riously prioress interrupted. in picking would be se Ail experience teaches the South that on a cold, if VbSS'ff fSJ h * nd ® "ork. So in wet weather the v imd should not be kept - at '5' 0rk * U ‘ ,, * ce tbe actu,d out lurn of , the crop of 1880-81 must be con¬ sidered an event in the womb of the future. It may prove to be even less than that of the crop of 1879- 80.— Athen$ Banner. Lut t. w dark some one'deposited uj»on the clothes, a bottle of milk, a silver spoon, and a baby. This latter article was of the feminine wav of shaking her fist, and the frosts of winter had not as yet fallen upon her head. She is young, oh, very young! has fallen but into though coloml, Die hands she she are have a good home if uot adopted seemed by a white family. in its The at home basket, and bids fair to live and thrive. As to it* parents, that is a mystery.— Mucan lhnly titrate. Tlie water-works of Waco, Texas, cost 160,U)0, and there are eight miles of mair pipes. Now is Ui« tune to subscribe to The Advance. II a year. Some of the leave* of the diumsin Mr - Jel, y Lon e’» flower g ar den, in Chattanooga, measures inches in length and 30 n 1 breadth ' *— ** Mr. Jonathan Norcross the interview published *in Griffin AVw, in which he was t* d assayingthat . Mr. re8en and his friends had promised to the Republicans to get some of publk; patronage, if he w d aid lbern ... 1 ,e * orw ... w >th . Republican votes. He cross) says that Mr. Norwood 8a id nothing to him on the , , , iome 0 f his friends said to d .. tbe Republicans would Norwood, they would favor publicans for the Legislature in 0fthe f ft} "tronglte , Ktlli publican u ti A K'lfllan. o’clock Yesterday Beauregard morning Mack, about a ous and desperate negro, added other tally to his list of crimes, stabbing Thomas I). Curtis, a riage trimmer for S. Cohn. Mr. Curtis was coming from the market, and reached the corner of Mont¬ gotnery und Bryan, streets, when he met Mack, who commenced, with out any provocation, to apply some vile him. and Disregarding opprobrious the epithets insulting to language, which was calculated to make most any man forget the ine quality walked between but them, attacked Mr. Curtis by an was Mack, who drew a knife and stabo ed him near the right eye, lnflict ing such iniuries that the victim will probably lose that Mack then ran away. Justice M. Nuughtin issued a warrant and gave it to a officer to execute up to a late hour he was unable ascertain the whereabouts of the fugitive. Mack is one of the most noted sneak theives and plug-uglies in the citv, and how he escapes punishment law and immunity from the we cannot conceive. He was shot by Sergeant Lingg, of the police force, several months aao while trying to arrest him. The wound he received on that occasion was thought to be a fatal one, hut, as Satan protects his own, he speedi ly got well and is now up to his old pranks again The Ninth District. Tho undersigned ... candidates ,. for , congress in the 9th congressional dis trict have agreed upon a joint dis cushion on the lollowcring *>»“="»p-v a—. to speak one hour, the other to follow in aspcech of one hour und a half, the opening party to conclude in a speech of thirty minutes. The parties shall open and conclude on alternate days. Either party shall have the right to rise and correct a mis-statement of fact without argument, the time oc¬ cupied not to be counted against the speaker. Etch meeting is to be presided over by a chairman se¬ lected by the parties alternately who shall preserve order and keep the time. All ttie people and most especially the ladies are invited to attend these discussions. The parlies agree to the following ap¬ pointments for joint discussion, and request all the papers in the district to publish this agreement and the appointments. H. P. Bell, Emory Steer, .muvruKMis ‘ ‘ ‘ Lawrenceville, Tuesday, Sept. 14; Dahlonega, Friday, Sept 17; Haw¬ 8 onville, Monday, Sept 20; Gaines m,n sik K» Friday, Sept. 24; ,f i, Jasper, c ""“ Monday, Sept. 27; Ellijay, Wed uesday, Sept. 29; Homer, Monday, ^) c tober 4; ’ Jefferson, Wednesday, October „ . , 6; Dantelsvtile, ,, . Friday, , October 9; Carnesville, Monday, October 11 ; Athens, Wednesday nig ht, October 13; Watkinsville, tr.day, « October 15; Mad.sm vi„„ 'on day, October 18; Toccoa, W edn day, October 20 ; Clarksville, Fri day, October 22 ; Cleveland. Satur ^ °° urt w * ek ’ ----— The Atlanta /%oMogr«/»a, during the campaign. Only 50 cents for three mou .^ W. 8 ~ T. Christopher ^ ddrW8 > & . Bro., Atlanta. Ga. ORDER YOUR Shw ..... Grist A Gau< mv*il ‘ Plantation Machinery, Engines Boilers, Cotton Screws, Shafting, Pulleys. Hangers’ Journal Boxes, Mill Gearing, Gin Gearing Gudeons, Turbine Water Wheels, cheap, Judson’s Governors, Diston’s Circular Saws “nd Gummers and Files, Belting and Bab i*tt Metal and BraM Fitting, Globe and JT Gheck Valves and Whistles, Gauges. Etc., iron and Brass Castings and Gin Ribs, from A ■ Geo. R. Lombard & Co., . FOREST CITY FOUNDRY & MACHINE WORKS Water Tower,) 1014 to 1081 Fenwick Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, Repairing promptly done at l J 9 ICS t prior*. A Magalar and Fatal Ciona ng Accident. Spring Lake, N.J., September 9.— H arr y Kemestes, an Englishman, w * 10 * ias stopping at the Mon mouth house, while outgunning for snipe, singular near Sea Girt, met with a 1 and fatal accident. Not satisfied with the manner in which bifl K un di «harg«L he placed several wads in it. Upon discharg j ing plug it tha the gun bottom exploded, the and the at of stock en fo red head at the top of his nose, Pacing the brain The wounded man walked half a mile to the hotel, sufferiug terribly He was taken with sneezing fits, and at each sneeze brain matter oozed out. was alive when placed on a train -° be take P to New * nrk ’ but there Kemestes is no possible , chance ofhis recovery. j the Walters has club, been composed president ! English hundred sporting members. men. and contain- He i mg one was we „ educatedj and 8poke three languages. The tea plant is being success¬ fully grown in Limestone couuty, Texas. The Sunday Phoncgaph Is a strong Norwood paper. Send 50 cents and get it three months. Address, PHONOGRAPH, Atlanta, Gn. Harness Shop. The undersigned wishes to inform the public that he is now ready to do all kinds of work’ New Harness made and repairing old Harness, are my specialties. reliable. All work first-class and I can be found at my shop ready to do all work, at any time. Call on me and see. Satisfaction guaranteed. Junc30,l880.3-ro. W. E. HARRIS. Watkinsville, Ga Oconee Mortgage Sheriff’s Sale. GEORGIA— Oconee County. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in Oetober. next, between the legal hours of sale, before the Court House door, in the town of Watkinsville; Oconee county, the following All that described pro¬ perty to-wit: tract or parcel of land situated, lying ; and being in the County of Oconee, and State of Georgia, known as the Reuben T. Dur¬ ham home place, adjoining lauds of George C. Thomas and Saffold Bar wick on the North, Reuben T. Durham on the West, Milledge Durham S. Durham on the South, and R. T. on the East. Three miles South of the town of Watkinsville on the Road from Wat kimville to Scull Shoals Factory or t'owell’s Mills. Containing one hun died ami thirty six acres more or less, * ed to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from vs. Reuben T. Durham. Levied as the oronerty of Reubin T. Dur Writen notice given tenant in A. L. Smith. Property out tU by S. P. 1 human plamtifls _ 28th Aug. 1880. B. E. OVERBY {Sheriff Oconee Co. THE BICKFORD AUTOMATIC™;;KNITTER I: win knit a pair of mks in fifteen minus ! Every Whit! rammed barium. and m 65 W a- repmwd. W“ A wmp‘am “‘3‘ in struction book making. Knits all sines of work, narrows an<l wi¬ dens it; shapes all sites complete. Knits over 50 different garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, l.eggins. Wristlets, Gloves, etc. It knits every possible variety of plain profit or fancy stitch. 75 per cent, in manufacturing knit goods. Farmers can treble the value of their wool, by converting it into knit goods. wanted Agents in every State, Countv, Citv and Town, to whom very low prices will be made. Ffor fall particulars and lowest prices for the best Family Machine send to BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE CO., Braltteborro, Vt. apr21,lS80—lv I>* A F DURHAM, j Dk W M DURHAM, late oi Sparta Late of Maxcys, Ers. A. F. & W. M. Durhair., SPECIALISTS, rgerv, Chronic Diseases of Male « n d Female, and V enenal, Operate Z ates, Ac. Will visit patients in any part of the State, In consultation or to perform surgical operations. Ad dress, with stamp, m! Drs. A. F. A* W. Durham, marbl.SO-tf , _ , Athens Ga. 3e BEST smpue. DURABLE. 5?}. NECESSARY‘ . In )uéglfil-J: CV CHAEF' I. a sawmc Clarke C’cnniy Agricultural Fair Association. LEGAL NOTICE TO STOCKHOL DERS. By virture of an order of the Honorable Superior Court of Clarke County, Ga., (His Honor E. H. Pot¬ tle, Judge of the Northehern Circuit presiding). Notice is hereby given to all who claim to be Stockholders in the original Association,’’ “Clarke County Ag- fill ricu tural Fair to their claims for a distributive shares of the proceeds of the sale of the “Fair Grounds” in Athens which has been sold under and Stockhold¬ by virture of a decree of said Court, ers must verify their claims by affi Oflice if SLidCoirt'on o/’beforeUie second Monday in November next, the first day of the next term said Court July 23d, 1880. John I. Huggins, Clerk, Clarke Superior Court. R. H. i’ll ten's Horse and. Mule MILLINERY STORE. Cor. Clay on m:«l Jackson Ms., ATHENS, GA. I have in Store a good assortment of Sad¬ dles and Harness, Bridles, Collars, Whips, Saddle Blankets, Horse Covers, &c. Yon will find that my harness is made of the best Western Leather, all hand made. I cut and fit horse collars and do all kinds of repairing at short notice. Buggy whips I make a specialty and in a better assortment cannot be found the city. Saddles -town at rock bottom. My harness cannc 4 be beat in prices city and quality. When you visit the please honor me with your presence. Thanking you for past fpyors, 1 hope a continuance in the future. ay.7,1880,6m G, C. Thomas, ATTORNEY aT Watkinsville, Ga. marlO D. M, White, Jit. T., r RACTIC1N F f HYICIA Watkinsville, Ga. O'? 5 ” Will be found at his office when not called off. marl7,’80-tf Leri Walker, Got., B A B B E R , Watkinsville, Ga. ItSf” Can be found at his Shop next door to H. C. Durham’s Con¬ fectionery, on Saturday evenings, and Sunday mornings until o’clock, a. in. mar!0’80-tf John T. Jlnderson. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Watkinsville, Ga. Prompt attention given to all business entrusted to bis care- Office in Court House. marl7,’80-ly A. B. Jackson, Keeps constantly on hand a large supply of LUMBER AND SHINGLES, at his Steam Mill, near Eastville. Shingles from $2 to S3.50 per thous and. inav5,1880-3m.* James R. Lyle, AT fORNEY AT LAW. Watkinsville, Ga. |3f“ Will practice in the Courtf of Oconee and adjoining counties. mar31,’80-ly The Largest and Most Complete Stock of STOVES & TINWARE EVER OFFERED Sign of the ^'ISWSJSASLSMA IV. II. JONES, Superintendent. «. tu'S 17.0 (i R, £, Thrasher, ATTORNEY aT Watkinsville, Ga. Will practice in the Courts o Oconee and adjoining counties. uiarl7,’80-ly More Pox>alar than Ever! THE GENUINE SINGER NEW pAMILY SEWING MACHINE! -^" The P°P ular {or the ff nuine Sin fff of any previous year dunng the quarter of a century in which this Old Kehable” Machine has been before the public, In 1878 we sold 356,422 Machines. “ 187'J 431,167 “ Excess over any previous year, 74,745 Machines. Machines Bfc»“Our sales last year were at the rate of 1,400 Sewing a Day for every business day in the year. The “Old Reliable” Singer is THE STRONGEST ’ THE SIMPLEST, DURABLE THE MOST Sewing Machine ever yet Constructed. Remember That every real Singer Sewing Machine has the “Trade Mark” cast into the Iron Stand and embedded in the Arm of the Machine. The Singer Manl J g Co. PRINCIPAL OFFICE, m prior s m&m, New York. DISTRIBUTING OFFICE, for Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Alabama, Atlanta, Ga. J. B. TOOMER, Agent, Athens, Ga. 1,500 Subordinate Offices in the United States and Canadas and 3,000 Offices in the Old World and South America. julyI880 ly The Watkinsville Advance OFFICE Letter Heads, Circulars. NOTE HEADS, ENVELOPES, ETC. -An I, in fact, wc do JOB WORK OF ALL KINDS. Execnted in the best manner, ATCL0"E FIGURES FOR THE CASH, Call o Vs Tor tiny king in Cur Line. Address, W. G. SULLIVAN, ATKINSYILLE, £a R. Jtl. Jackson, Attiney&Connselorataw AND JUDGE OF THE ©watt CtamJa Watkinsville, Ga. S@“ Will practice in all Courts except the County Court Oconee County. marl7,’80-ly