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W. T. CONN & CO.,
TTWHOLESALE DEALERS in Sta-
Vv pie and Fancy Groceries, Tobac-
&c.
20th, 1869. 5 6m
cos. Cigars
Miliedireville, Ga., Feb
The Edwards House,
PUFFERS the best accommodation
kJ for Transient and Regular Board
ers. Special inducements for College
students.
WARREN EDWARDS.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 1, ’86. 26 ly
ATTENTION BACON CLUB!
All members of the Bacon Club
1 and every friend of Major Bacon, who
wants to see Baldwin county instruct
her delegates to vote for him, are re-
S uested to attend the convention
ay. Don’t let business or anything
prevent you being on hand promptly
at 11 o’clock. F. B. MAPP,
Pres’dt Bacon Club.
Mayor Walker struck silver in his
artesian well last Tuesday.
Baldwin Superior Court will meet
next Monday. An unusual amount
of important business will come before
this court. It will be held in our new
court house.
The Augusta District Conference
will meet at Warrenton next Wednes
day night, and continue in session
four or five days.
The meeting to-day to select dele
gates to the gubernatorial convention
will be held at 11 o'clock, at Amuse-J
ment Hall.
Dr. Boring, Presiding elder of this
District, preached at the Methodist
church last Sunday night. The third
quarterly conference was held at the
parsonage last night.
The farmers of Baldwin speak in
very despondent terms of crop pros
pects. Mr. Sam Evans says the coun
ty will not average three bales of cot
ton to the mule.
July is trying to follow in the foot
steps of June. Up to Monday morn
ing (12th) nearly four inches of rain
had already fallen.
The Grass crop is promising.
The Democratic Party of Baldwin
i county wall meet at the Opera House,
| to-day (Tuesday) at 11 o’clock, a. m.,
to select delegates to the gubernato-.
J rial and congressional conventions.
I Rev. J. D. Hammond will begin
tbis evening a series of weekly Pray
er-Meetings at the Midway Chapel.
y t All are cordially invited to attend.
.' Remember every Tuesday Evening
I at 8 o'clock.
FIRE ALARM-
a SIGNAL SYSTEM SUGGESTED.
I The concert at the college Tuesday
' night was largely attended and highly
i appreciated. The admission price
w-as 15cts for children and 2octs for
| adults. About seventy five dollars
j was realized, which will be applied
to the purchase of a piano.•
mule attached to a small wagon
away on our crow-ded streets last
rday morning, and started an-
her mule with similar attachment,
hey circled around in a lively man-
for a few seconds, but were stop-
before much damage was done.—
Both wagons contained peaches, and
this fact was advertised with a fine
display by these spirited mules.
In another place in this paper will
be found the annual report of General
iT). H. Hill, President, to the Trustees
jof the M. G. M. & A. College, which
we publish at the Trustees’ request.
It is an admirable paper in its wise sugj
gestionsand most cheering in its state
ments concerning the present flour
ishing condition and future prospects
tof the institution. It will no doubt be
|lr«ad with much pleasure by all the
friends of the College and will be a
F valuable help in increasing their num
feer and in securing the aid which it
needs to make it still more useful and
efficient in the future. The College
jand the community are most fortu
nate in having a president so capa-
t ble and so efficient, to administer the
affairs of this valuable institution.
Solicitor General Whitfield was ac
tive yesterday in circulating a peti
tion to Judge Lawson, to postpone
;he session of the Superior Court from
(:he third Monday in July to the third
Monday in August. The object of the
•stponement is to give the farmers
opportunity to fight the grass
'eh by reason of the unprecedented
* of the past few weeks, has got
lie upper hand of the crops and must
e destroyed soon or it will destroy
he hopes* of the farmer. Many sig
natures were obtained and we do not
ioubt that the fine common sense of
he judge, and liis sympathy with our
arming community, will c.ause him
o grant the petition. We learn that
>ur local bar are, in general, in favor
f the proposed postponement, and it
eems to us a wise and proper thing
nder all the circumstances which
irround us.
Washout on Georgia Railroad.
-Yesterday morning we learned that
pie Macon & Augusta train, which
massed here Sunday afternoon for
llacon, w-as stopped by a washout
liear .James’ Station, and soon there-
fter another washout occurred be-
lind it, leaving the train unable to go
t ither forward or backward, in which
ondition we suppose it still remains.
Ve "ere further informed that about
* ne hundred and fifty feet of trestle
/as washed out near Roberts’ Sta-
ion, which it will take some time to
epair. It is possible that the trains
lay be able to resume their trips to-
ay by making a transfer of passen-
ers at the trestle which was washed
way. We failed of course to get
ur usual mail from Macon and it is
most impprtant one to us. No
oubt our energetic railroad officials
ill have all repairs made as soon as
ossible. The rains in the section
here the washouts occurred is said
> have been almost unprecedented
i quantity and destructiveness.
A very lieavy thunder cloud passed
• the southwest of this city, Sunday
ternoon, giving us, however, a lib-
, a l supply of rain here, which -we
*e compelled to say we did not feel
iftt we needed.
About a quarter past 12 o’clock on
Saturday last, the rapid ringing of
our fire bell caused a great stir on our
business streets and for a while there
w r as a hurried running of the multi
tude towards the place where a black
smoke w r as seen rising from the rear
of the stores occupied by Mrs. Woot^
ten and Mr. Wm. Carr. It soon bej
gan to die out and it was speedily as
certained to be caused by the burning
out of a chimney in the millinery
store of Mr. W. H. Carr. The ex
citement subsided before the firemen
could get the fire engine to the place
of danger, though the firemen got it
out on the streets very speedily.
This incident affords us an opportu
nity to make a suggestion to “the
powers that be” that may possibly
meet with their approval. In Atlan
ta, and we presume in other large
cities, after the fire bell has been rung
until the fact is made known that a
fire exists, as soon as the bell ringer
ascertains which ward is the scene of
the fire, he taps the bell the numb'er
of times that corresponds with the
number of the w ard and then makes
a pause: after which he repeats the
same number of taps of the bell and
the succeeding pause, and so contin
ues ’till everyone in hearing knows in
which ward the fire exists. Our city
divided into six wards: numbers
one, two and three being east of
Wayne street; which separates them
from wards four, five and six that are
west of it.
I Number one is north of Hancock
street, number two is between Han
cock and Greene, and number three
is south of Greene. Ward number
four is south of Greene street, and op
posite ward three, number five is be
tween Greene and Hancock and oppo
site \vard tw r o, and number six is north
of Hancock, and opposite ward one,
wards four, five and six all being,
as above stated, west of Wayne street.
Five taps of the fire bell and then a
pause, followed by five taps again,
and a pause—and*so on—would show
that the fire was in ward number five;
and thus any other number of taps
that did not exceed six, (the whole
number of wards,) would show the
fire to be in the ward bearing that
number. This system may seem a lit
tle intricate at first, but the people
would soon become accustomed to it
and while lying in their beds at night,
might be informed, soon after any
alarm was given, of the locality of the
fire. We have an impression that our
city fathers have some such plan un
der consideration. In any event, we
trust that it may meet with their ap
proval. .
—AT-
P. J. CLIME & CO’S.
The Midway base ball nine played
against the town nine yi^uesday in
the College campus, which resulted in
a score of 11 to 12 in favor of the town
boys. •
PROHIBITION CLUB,
Will meet to-niglit (Tuesday 13th) at
Amusement Hall. A full meeting is
desired as business of importance is
to be transacted. T. L. McComb,
President.
We have had an immense crowd for the last week, and the rush still
continues, and we are giving the people bargains that they have never
been offered before. • We are determined that all the
Damaged Goods Shall he Disposed Of!
We have a great many more of them left, and we will continue the
sale, and at such prices as they are obliged to go; while their being dam
aged injures the'sale of them, the value to the purchaser is almost as good
as if they had never been wet. Everything
TO COUNTRY
and will be sold for the Cash and Cash only.
MERCHANTS.
We have many lines of Goods-
that you cannot duplicate else
where in price or quality.
$5,000 Worth of HATS!
We have bought out a firm’s entire stock of men’s and boys’ Hats at Twenty-Five
cents on the dollar, and we will sell you a hat at less than half the price you can buy them
anywhere. We have a sample of each kind on one of the center counters, marked in plain
figures, and we will sell them in solid cases to merchants and at retail. Come and see them;
we can show you more hats, and cheaper hats,* than you ever saw in Milledgeville before.
Send for Quotations.
ADOLPH JOSEPH.
We will also, Open, To-Day, One Bwndred Dozen Jffen’s
White Inliiiiiiilried Shirts.
That We will Sell at 90c a Piece!
You would not believe that so good a Shirt, ready made, could be sold for 20c. We
can t tell you how we got them, but bring the cash and you can buy them at the price
advertised. They will not be sold without the cash.
PETER J. CLfflE & CO.,
Milledgeville, Ga., June 14th I860. [Sly I Milledgeville, Ga., June 8th, 1680.
Milledgeville, Macon and Griffin.
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