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TIIE K.very Swus tourist know* the Reusa, the moat turbulent of little atreama, which cornea thundering down through its narrow and atony bed, at & depth of fifty feet from the carriage-road, between two wall* formed of almogt perpendicular rocks. Well, this same Reuts formerly intercepted all commu nication between the inhabitants of the Val de Coruarra and tho.e of the valley of tios chenen; that is to aav between the Orisons and the people of tyri. Tbit impassable barrier caused so mush loss to the two can tons bordering on the stream that they as sembled their moat skillful architects, and, accordingly, at the commdn expense, sev eral bridges were built at various periods, from bank to bank, not one of w hich had ever proved sufficiently solid to withstand for more than one year the violence of the tempests, the mountain torrents or the falls of aualnnhhes. One last attempt of this kind had beetl made toward the close of the filteenth century, and the winter being now almost past, hopes were raised that this time the bridge would resist all attacks, when one morning a villager came in to" inform the bailli of Groschenen that the passage was again intercepted. “Wall, then,” cried the worthy baiili, in a pet, “rf is only the devil that can build us one.” He had scarcely uttered the words when his servant announced that a stranger de sired to speak to his worship on pressing business. “Show him in,” said the baiili. The do mestic retired, and presently ushered in a man of about thirty or five and thirty years of age, clad in the German fashion; that is tosay, wearinga pair of red tight pantaloons, and a closely-fitting jacket of black cloth’ slashed at the sleeves, and disclosing to view a lining of flame-colored satin. His head waa covered with a black cap of peculiar form, a style of head dress to which a long crimson plume lent by its undulations a pe culiar grace. “To whom,” said the baiili, motioning his visitor politely to a scat, ‘‘have I the honor ot speaking?” , The stranger, after a rmitimis glance around to ascertain that they were alone, walked up to the baiili and whispered some-' thing in his ear. The worthy magistrate gave utterance to a long, low whistle. ‘‘Oho! that's it, is it?’ quoth he. ■ Exactly so." said the stranger quietly. “Not so black, ch! and all that sort of thing; excuse me, I know w hat you are thinking of; but now that we understand one another, let's make ourselves comfortable; so saying, he ilrew a chair to the fire, seized a poker and gave the coals a vigorous stir. “It is deuced cold up here,” quoth the stranger; “won't you come in to the fire, as we say in Scotland?” Thu baillli did not require a second bidding, but drew up his chair and placed his feet on the fender, while the stran ger deposited his on the hob. “Well, my good friend,” commenced the stranger; “So you want a little of my assis tance, eh?” “I own, monseigoeur,” replied the haill, "that your valuable aid wonld not be alto gether useless.” “For this confounded bridge, is it not? Well, is it an article of such absolute neces ity?” “We can none of us get across.” “Ha! ha!” laughed the stranger. “Come, now, be good-natured,” resumed the baiili, after a minute's pause; “build us one.” "That isjirecisely what I came to pro pose to you.” “Well, then, the only point that remains to be discussed is—” The bailti hesitated. “The price,” added the stranger, regarding his interlocutor with a singular expression of cunning. “Ye—" stammered out the bailli, feeling that it would be there the rub would be. “Oh! as to that,” said the stranger, balan cing himself as he spoke on the hinder legs of the chair, while he amused himself by paring his nails with the bailii’s penknite, ‘■ln the drat place, let me promise that I do not intend to b; hard upufl you on that point.” “Ah! come now, that's very pleasant!" said the bailli. “Let’s see; the last bridge cost us sixty marks of gold; we will double that sum for the new one, but we really can not go lurther than that.” “Pshaw! what do I want with your gold!” replied the stranger. “X make it as I want it. Look here.” While thus speaking, the stranger took a red-hot coal out of the middle ot the lire, with as much ease as he would have piaked an almond out of a comfit-box “Hold out your hand,” said he to the bailli. The bailli hesitated. “Don't be afraid,” continued the stranger; and so saying, he placed in the bailii’s fingers an ingot of the purest gold, as cold as it it had at that mo ment been dng from the mine. The bailli turned it round and round in every direction, and, after a careful examination, handed it back to the visitor. “No, no, keep it,” said the latter, passing one leg over the other with a sell-sufficient air, “keep it as a souvenir of our very pleas ant interview.” “I must understand by this,” said the bailli, carefully depositing the gold, however, in a large leathern pnrse; “1 must under stand, 1 say, by this, that *f gold e<gd you such small pains in the inanufactuMnfe, you would rather be paid in other coin;but as 1 am at a loss to know what recompense would be agreeable to you I must beg of you to name your own conditions.” The stranger reflected lor a moment. “I desire,” said he, at length, “that the first: individual who shall pass over this bridge may belong body and soul to me.” “Agreed,” said lbe bailli. “It a bargain, then,” said bis visitor; “let us prepare the deeds—dictate youtsell'.” The bailli took pen, ink, and paper, and prepared to write. Fivertinutes afterward a formal agreement was drawn p, which was signed by the stranger in bis own name, and by the bail!* in the name and on the part of bimselt and his parishoners. By this act the stranger formally engaged to erect, within the space of one night, a bridge strong enough to last for live hundred years, and the magistrate, on his part, con ceded as payment for the said bridge, the full right and title of the stranger to the first individual whom chance or necessity should compel to cross the Reuss over the stranger’s marvelous viaduct. By daybreak the following morning the bridge was completed. Shortly alter Ward the portly form of the bailli appeared on the road from Goschenen; he came to assure himself that his strange visitor had kept his promise. “Good morning,’, said the stranger. “You see I am a man of my word.” “And I also,” returned the bailli. “How! my dear Curtius,' 1 exclaimed the stranger, in a tone of astonishment; “Is it possible that you are going to devote your self for the safety of your people?” “Not exactly, said the bailli,dryly, depos iting at his feet a sack which he had hitherto borne over his shoulders, the cords of which he began leisurely to untie. “Not exactly, my friend—not exactly.” “Why, what's all this!’’ said the stranger, endeavoring, from the other side of the river, to discern the bailli's strange movements. “Hurroosh?” shonted the bailli, all at once. And a dog, dragging a kettle at his tail, dashed terror-stricken, from the sack, and, crossing the bridge, roshed howling past the stranger s feet. “Halloa, there!” cried the bailli, laughing' “Don’t you see your payment for the bridge running away from you; why don’t "you pursue it, monseigneur?” The devil —for it is no use any longer hid ing the fact from our readers, it was the devil —the devel, then, was furions; he had reck oned on a human being, and was obliged to content himself with a dog. Meanwhile, as he was in good company, he put the best face he could upon the matter, pretended to think the whole ufTair an excellent joke, “ a righte merrie conceit,” and laughed heartily so, long ns the baiili was present. But, no sooner had the magistrate turned his bark when beset t<* work, tooth and nailr in order to demolish this specimen of his handicraft; but, alas! he had constructed the bridge so conscientiously that he only turned his nails and broke his teeth without being able to displace a fragment. t‘ f, ‘Ail at once he'perceived what he took to he the advance of a large concourse of peo ple. He climbed upon a rock aud distinctly perceived the clergy ol Goschenen, cross at head, and banners waving in the breeze, Icomhig in a body to bless the devil’s bridge Our friend was now convinced that he had no longer any buriness there. He descended sorrowlully from his perch, and, meeting a poor cow on his way, as the only object he could vent his spleen on, he seized it by the tail, and, giving it a turn or two around his head, pitched it into tbs river. As to the baiili of Ooschenen, he never heard any more of his infernal architect. Only, the first time that he had occasion to open his purse, he burnt his fingers severely, the jgoldeu ingot having returned to the original state it had been in when drawn from the fire. The bridge, as the stranger had promised, lasted five hundred years. Anew bridge has now stolen its name, but the remains of the old one still exist beside it. WIT AMI HI WOK l)an Rice says it is very well to accuse him of losing his grip 4 hut it; is not every man who can get up a show, Sheriff’s measure. When a good lake schooner can be bid in at auction for three thousand dollars all any editor wants to enjoy a summer trip is the three thousand dollars to huv wjtlu “You arc a fool, my dear,” said a noble lord to his little wife. ‘‘l believe It, you brute,” said she; “I was told so when 1 married you.” It was an old but a good thing said by a French paragrapher lately to the effect that he hates a girl when she is trying to be a woman and a woman when she Is trying to be a girl. M. Chan D’Est Ange, the famous French advocate, while defending a murderer upon whom was found a poinard, de clared the instrument was a Masonic em blem, and showed that lie careied one himself. The Judge fined him lor carry ing a concealed weapon. A young lady sent a poem to a British newspaper “I cannot make him smile.” The beast of an editor ventures to express an opinou that she would have succeed ed had she shown him the poem. Li Muscatine the musicial and literary young men of the Unitarian Church or ganized the Muscatine Unitarian Musical Philosophical Society, but when the ab breviated title came out in print M. U. M. P. S., it struck in on the association aud killed it. Teacher—" Who was the first man?” Head scholar —"Washington; he was first in war, first in—” Teacher—“No, no; Adam was the first man.” Scholar —“Oh, if you are talking of foreigners, I s’pose he was.” A Louisville man agreed with his wife, on New Year’s Day, to stop swearing for a year if she would stop scolding. It was a mean trick in the mifn to suggest any such compact, for while he is get ting under it tolerably well, his wife is literally pining away, and will soon die and leave him to marry another woman. Waterproof and Hard Times arc the leading towns of Tensas, La. parish. In addition to these there are Pinchmceasy, Bigsplenty, Pmliood, Alligatorville, llardbargain and New Ilell Town. It is claimed that the latter place was origi nally Newellton, but that some deviltry converted it into hell. p. m. and a. m.—“l say, .Tim,” inquired a young person of his companion, who was but a few years older than himself, “what does ‘p m.’ mean after them fig ures on that there railway bill ?” Jim re sponded, conscious of bis own wisdom, “Penny a mile, to be suieV” “Well, and ‘a m.T’ “Oh, that means,” said Jim hes itating, “that means a a’p’en’y a mile 1” Tne other day some oftbe boys induced a young man from Flint Creek to take hold of the handles of a galvanic battery. As it puckered him up he roared, “Jim iny Criminy, let up ! Who ever heard of a thing that could make you taste graen persimmons with your hands, before?”— TTmck-eye. “Just think,” said Smith, “when my wife undoes her chignon the ends of her hair touch her ankles.” “Is that all f” responded Jones. “Only the ends?” Why when my wile undoes her hair the whole of it falls right down to the floor.” A lady a short time back presented a telegram at a London office. The mes sage was enclosed in an envelope. On receiving it the official proceeded to open it. “What are you about?” exclaimed the lady. The clerk explained that he could not send a message without seeing it. "Then” observed the lady, angrily, “do you suppose I’m going to let pou read my private affairs?. 1 won’t send it at all!” And forthwith she flounced out of the office in disgust. The followers of Baron do Palm may believe in urning their dead, hut your go-ahead Americans believe in earning their living. If, as reported, Brick Pomeroy has mar ried his proof-reader, the lady will have abundant opportunity to make correc tion. The Brooklyn Young Men’s Aesthetic Club are diseittsimj the question, “What can oriS poor, weak woman with a club do against a tyrannical husband who crawls under the bed and refuses to come out?” n I TP K| Trtobtained for mechanical de pA | |y I \ vices, medical or other corn- I H | L.II | tPpouude, ornamentaldesigns, trade-marks, and labela. Caveat*, Assignments, Interferences, etc., promptly attended to. I.VVKNTIOXH THAT HAVE IIEK.V n■> ir ATrn'd the Patent Office may Ml” IS" I I I- I latill, in most caeea.be sc (iLJLU I LU 'U'vd by us. Being op posite the Patent Office, we can make closer searches, and secure Patents more promptly and with broader claims than those who are remote irom Washington. Ilf VLb 11 I UIIU we make exarninationß free of charge and advise as to patentability. All correspondence strictly confidetial. Prices low, AXD SO CHARttE ISLES'* PATENT IS SFAIREIK We refer to officials in the Patent Office, and to inventors in every State in the Union. Ad dress, in German or English, C. A. SNOW k CO., Oppoti te Patent Office, Washington, D. C. Real Estate & Insurance John Blaokxnar, BROKERAGE, REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE. St. Clair Street, Georgia Home Building, next to Western Union Tele graph Office. Land Warrants Bought. REFER, BY FKMIBBIGV, T© Banks of this city. feb2s tf Insurance and Beal Estate Agency. Office No. 5, Crawford street, with DR. E. J. KIRKHCEY. IAM PBEPAREED TO INSURE YOUR LIFE or property. Gin Houses and Contents In sured with safe companies. Also: Real Estate in all its branches promptly attended to. W. P. TURNER, octlS 3m Insurance and Real Estate Agt. W. F. TICKER, Dentist, Randolph street, (opposite Strapper •) Columba lanl ly] Georgia, WESTERN RAILROAD OF ALABAMA Columbus, Ox., Dee., Slat, 1876. TIUISS LEAVE COLO MUDS DAILY, AS FOL LOWS: (SOUTHERN MAI 1..) '3:30 p ii, Arrive at, Montgomery 7:33 pm Mobile 8 :00 am New Orleans 11:80am Nashville 8:00 Am Louisville 8:40 PM Memphis 3:00 pm (ATLANTA AND NORTHXRN MAIL.) 6:59 a M. Arrive at Atlanta 4:23 PM Washington 11:35 r M Haiti more 3:10 am New York 0:30 am Also by this train arrive at Montgomeryl2:24 r M 8e1ma....„. 3:4opm Vicksburg.,.. ...10:00 a v TRAINS ARRIVE AT OOLDMBPS From Montgomery and Southweat 12:56pm From Montgomery and Southweat 7:00 r M From Atlanta and Northwest 7:00 r m tf Thie train arriving at Columbus 7:00 p. m.; Leaves Atlanta 11 A m. E. F. ALEXANDER. President. CHAB. PHILIPS. Agent. JoB tf MOBILE & GIRARD R. R. iSifiillSßßl! Columbus, Ga„ November 26, 1876. Double Daily Passenger Train MAKING cloae connection at Union Springs with Montgomery A Eufaula Kail road trains to and from Montgomery and points beyond. This is the only line making night and (lay con nections at Montgomey for the Northwest. Through coach with sleeping accommodations between Columbus and Montgomery: Passenger k Mail Train Preight Train. Leave Columbus 1:50 e. m. 7:85 p. m. Arrheat Union Sp’gs. 5:30 r. m. 12:32 a. m. .. .. Troy 7:50 p.m. 3:16 a. m, " “ Eufaula 6:80 a.m. “ Montgomery 7:40 p. M. 6:35 a. M. “ “ Mobile 5:25a.M. 4:00p.m. " “ New Orleans 11:25a. m. 9 i*s p. m. 44 "Nashville... 8:00a.m. 7:56p.m. " " Louisville... 3:40 P. M. 3:30 a. M. 44 "Cincinnati.. 8:15p.m. 7:25a.m. 44 44 Bt. Louis.... 8:10 a. m. 7:33p.m. 44 " Philadelphia. 7:35 a.m. 8:30 p.m. 44 " New York... .10:25 a. M. 6:45p.m. Leave Troy 12:80 a. m. 3:00 a. m. Arrive at Union Sp’gs. 3:22 a. m. 0:67 a. m. 44 4 4 Columbus... 7:10 a. M. 3:30p.m. 44 44 Opelika 9:20 a. m. 4 4 44 Atlanta 2:50 p. m. 44 " Macon 7:05 p. m. • 4 44 Savannah... .11:45 a. m. Passengers for the Northwest will save twelve hours time by this route. Trains arrive in Montgomery one hour earlier than any other line. W. L. CLARK, Sup't. D. E. WILLIAMB, General Ticket Agent. aup3 tf EVERYBODY SUITED. We are this Season in Receipt of a Large Supply of all Sizes of Our Celebrated For both Wood and Coal Besides a full assortment of other Popular COOKING AND HEATING STOVES GRATEN, And feel Justified in saying that we are SURE we can suit any and ail claesos of purchasers, both in quality and price. • Of other Goods in our line, we have a large and complete assortment, such as TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE OF EVKBY DEBOBIPTIOK, HARDWARE, TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY. CROCKERY), GLASSWARE, COAL HOTS, SHOVELS, AO. All of these articles we CAN and WILL sell a VERY BOTTOM PRICES, tan 1 dtf W.H.BOPARTBfc 00. VICTORY! % VICTORY!! THE “SINGER” ALWAYS AHEAD! EEAD THE SPECIAL DISPATCH FROM THE Centennial Exhibition to the New York Sun: Philadelpaia, September 27, 1870. “The very highest honors which could be con ferred on any exhibitor—TWO MEDALB OF HONOR and TWO DIPLOMAS OF MERlT— have been awarded the Singer Manufacturing Company for Hewing Machines." 2,000,000 IN USE Sales in Excess of all Others! — The Singer Manufacturing Company, 99 Broad Street, COLUMBUa GA. WANTED. Good salesman to sell the new Light Running SINGER SEWING MA CHINES In the Counties connected with the Co lumbus Office. Apply to the Singer Manufactur ing Company, CHAS. S. HOLT, Oct7-4m Agent DR. C. E. ESTES Office up Stairs over A. M. Brannon's Drug Store. decßeod3m MABABLE HOTEL, NORTH-EAST CORNER OF SQUARE LA FAYETTE, ALA. Mrs. S. W. Williams, Proprietress. Board by the Day, Week or Month, at the most reasonable rates. 03- Livery Stable connected with the House, w2td6t . EXCELSIOR Printing Ink Cos. BEST AIV'D CHEAPEST PRINTING INK IN THE MARKET. 13 BABCLAY ST., . T. dec3o dkw2m THE COLUMBUS DAILY TIMES ' a PRINTING OFFICE, Columbus, Ga. Being Supplied with Modern im provements and the Latest STYLES OF TYPE, Presses, &c. IS PREPARED TO FILL ORDERS FOR JOB PRINTING 0 OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, At Short Notice and at Reasonable Rates, Including : 3 Sj 33 3 33 33 33 33 BILL HEADS, CIRCULARS, LETTER HEADS, ENVELOPES, NOTE HEADS, SHIPPING TAGS, R. R. RECEIPT BOOKS, MONTHLY STATEMENTS, BUSINESS CARDS. WEDDING INVITATIONS, VISITING CARDS, PARTY INVITATIONS, POSTAL CARDS, BIILB LADING BOOKS, HAND BILLS, POSTERS, BALL AND PARTY PROGRAMS. And in Fact AWTHIM. IN the JOB PRINTING LINE. o— — Orders from a distance solicited and filled promptly, at short notice. Samples and prices sent on application] WYNNE, DeWOLF & CO. LAWYERS. GHAS. H. WILLIAMS, Attorney at Law COLUMBUS, (lA. Will Practice la uny Ooni-L. tf Orncx over Abbott A NowionT* Store. jai tr . BENNETT H. CRAWFORD, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Office over Frazers Hardware Store, (Little A Crawford dlaaolved January lat, 1877.) Jala tf _ Thomas J. Chappell, Attorney at Law. OFFICE OVER 119 BROAD BTREET, Columbus, Ga. marehQ tf CRAWFORD. J. M M< NEILL. Crawford & McNeill, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, 128 Brood Rt., Columtiua, iia. Janl6 lAM’L D. HATCHKK, A. H. GOETCHID HATCHER & GOETCHIUB Attorneys and Counsellors at I-sw. Practice in BUte and Federal Courts. OFFIGK--67 Broad street, over Wittich k Kin el’s Jewelry Store. fsepl ly HINES DOZIER, Attorney at laaw. Hamilton, Go. WILL prsctlce in the Chattahoochee Olr or anywhere else. Mr. G. A. B. Dozier will be found In my office on and after October lat. 1875, and will assist in all collections snd office work entrusted. sep2s ly __ Joseph F. Pou, Attorney A Counsellor at Law. OFFICE west side Broad street over store of W. H. Roberta k Cos. Practices in State snd Federal Courts. Advice snd services tendered to Administrators, Executors, Ouardians, Ac. Spe cialty made of Conveyancing, Examining Titles, be., in Georgia, or anywhere in the United States. All business promptly attended to. feb7 dtf _ J & J. D. Rambo. W. W Mackall. RAMBO & MACKALL, Attorneys at Law, Office in Burma* Building, Columbus, G. uihl eod&wly __ GRIGSBY E. THOMAS, Attorney at Law Columbus, Ou. Office over 0. E. Hochstrasser's. janiatf T LIONEL €. LEVY, Jr„ Attorney and Councilor at Law. Commissioner of Doods N. Y. and other States. Office over Georgia Tome Bank. ESTATES.—SpeciaI attention to keeping accu rate accounts, vouchers, Ate., and making an nual returns for Guardians, Administrators and Executors. sep'JD-ly^ Loo McLestor, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CIJSftEWA, GA. Iu Superior Courts and Courts of Ordinary, will be assisted by Joseph F. Pou, Esq., without extra charge to my clients. 4dTPROMPT ATTENTION TO COLLECTIONS. O. CALHOUN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Geneva, Ga. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF the Chattahoochee Circuit. Special attention given to Collections. Ho Is Corresponding Agent for the Geneaal Collecting Agencies of New York end Savanuah. Therefore bis facilities for pursuing that branch ef the pro* ession is unsurpassed by any lawyer in the State. SS oct2l tf K. J. MOSES Attorney at law. OFFICE over Georgia Home Insurance Com pny. Office hours from let October to Ist Juno, 10 to 4 r. m. eepl ly _ W. L. LATTTAM, Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Ga. WILL practice in the counties of the Chatta boochee Circuit. feb3 ly B. F. HARRELL, Attorney at Law and Solicitor In Equity LUMPKIN, GA. attention given to Collections and remittances promptly made. novl-tf THORNTON & GRIMES, Attorneys at Law. OFFICE over Abell k Co.'s, corner of Broad and St. Clair streets, alum bus, Ga. jnlfi ly Great Reduction in Fine Photographs AT G. T. WILLIAMS’ OAJLLERY COVER CARTER’S DRUG STOREJ A LI, STYLES AND SIZES FINE PHOTOGRAPHS REDUCED CONSIDERABLE FROM FORMER PRICES; putting fine flniehed PHOTOGRAPHS in the reach of all. Call and examine NEW STYLES and PRICES, and you will be sure and have your picture taken at thia GALLERY. Taking Children and Copying Pictures a Specialty. One viait will satisfy any one that no better PICTURES can be had than at this GALLERY. Remember the place is over Carter’s Drug Store. You are respectftillv solicited to call. oct26 tf WM. MBYEB., RANDOLPH STREET, Boot and Shoe Malcor. ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY. FULL STOCK of Men’s and Boy’e work constantly on hand, which I will sell at very reasonable price). Alao; Leather and findings, at tM lowest price. novl2 8a Notice! Notice!! Notice ITT ALLPABTIRS rtIIiKBTF.D TO 178 ARE RE quested to come forward and settle, or their notes aud accounts will be placed in the hands of our attorney for collection. We have kindly favored our cnatomers by giving them credit, when other merchants had returned to do so, aud we now ask that they respond to our call and pay us our due. Weseli no Goods on a credit, lmt will continue to sellar stock at Cost snd below Cost for Cash. Ja4 d&wlm JVO. McOOTOH k 00. TWO BILLIARD TABLES FOR SALE AT Ruby Heatanrant, under Rankin House. City Taxea are ao high I cannot afford to run them. Ja24 eodim A. F. CLIMXNTB * CO._ Colonists, Emigrants and Travelers Westward. FOR map circulars, condensed time tables snd general information in regard to transpor tation facilities to all points in Teunessee, Ar kansas. Missouri, Minnesota, Colorado, Kansas Texas, lows, New Mexico, Utah and California, apply to or address ALBERT B. WRENN, Oen eral Railroad Agent, Atlanta. Ga, No one aliould go West without first getting in communication with the General Railroad Agent, and become informed as to superior ad vantages, cheap and quick transportation of am (lies, household goods, stock and forming imple ments generally. All inhumation cheerfully given. W. L.DANLEY, teplfi tf G. P. k T. A. Cow and Heifer Strayed or Stolen. |'"\N| Wednesday, the 10th Inst., " / a large white faced Cow,with V one horn unnaturally crooked and shorter than the other: reddish brindled aides and white under body, would have a calf soon; with a heifer Yer ling a year and a half old-—also brindled. The cow has no osr marks; the calf has piece off the right esr, snd a hole in the left. Their return to me, or information leading to their discovery will be rewarded. Apply to ja27 eodlw MRk RACHAEL BENNETT. 200,000 Choice Fruit Trees, AT THE FOLLOWING FKICKS: Apple 1 year old 10c. " 2 44 " 12‘ a c. Peach 1 10c. IBWIiaB 44 2 44 44 150 Plum 2 44 44 26c. —■—- Guaranteed choice varieties. All orders accompanied with Cash will be promptly attended to, or Trees shipped per Ex press O. O, D. Reffereuce given if required. W. O. PASCHAL. ja26 eodfcwlm Geneva, Gs. “THE OLD RELIABLE.” y—\TTirE MAKE OUR AN- zhbw - UrR i #,J VV nual bow to the -JSKSjS? NfeJJyvgr public, and beg to nounce that we are again m prepared to offer the best WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS, at wholesale and retail, at the lowest cash price. In addition to LIQUOKN. we have SMOKERB* MATERIAL of every discretion, and at pricos to suit the times. RESTAURANT. The Restaurant Department of our house will be kept to the usual standard, and with that eur friends have heretofore been satisfied. Gap-Birds, Fish, Oysters, and all game of the season kept on hand. occHeodtf fHAS. HKTIWAW A CO. For Sale or H^nt* ACEE & YONGE, AUCTIONEERS. IF NOT RENTED on the firßt Tuesday in Feb ruary, I will sell at auction, my place three miles east of Columbus. The place contains 200 acres of Land, sixty acres in the woods—well timbered. On the place is a Fish Pond watered by two springs; comforta ble house and and outhouses. Apply to P. W. PRYOR, dec2l 6w or Acee k Yonge DR. J. W. CAMERON HAS PERMANENTLY LOCATED NEAR MT. ZION Church, Muscogee county, and re spectfully tenders his professional services to the citizens of that neighborhood and the public gen erally. Calls promptly attended at all hours day or Bight. jafi d&wSm XANTHINI Never fails to restore Gray Hair to Its original o our in a few weeks. Pure, harmless, effective Pro cared by XANTHINE GO., Richmond. 1 Sold by Purcell, Ladd & Co.,Richmond, Ye., and druggists and country merchants. Price $1 per bottle. This incomparable preparation for the Hair is commended to the public on its own merits. It prevents the Hair from falling off, producing a rapid and healthy growth eradicates scurf and dandruff, and cures diseases of the scalp. Try it and judge for yourßelf. [From Rev. E. T. Baird, Sec'y of Publication of Presbyterian Church South.] Richmond. July 27,1874. The Xanthine is the only hair dressing I have ever nsed which has removed the dandruff from the scalp and mado my hair soft and pliable. It has also restored my hair to its natural color; and by occasionally using it as a hair dressing, I have no doubt it will preserve the color. E.T. BAIRD. [From Rev. Mr. Cameron, Minister of Presbyte, rian Church South. 1 Mossy Creek. Teitk, Aug. 22, 1876. Xa nt hi NX Cos., Richmond, Va.: I have used the Xanthine now for three years, and have induced others to buy it, and have nev er known it to fail in accomplishing all you claim for it. It is an excellent tonic, a pleasant dressing, removing and preventing dandruff and all unpleasant itching, promoting and preserving the natural growth and color of the hair, and ren dering it glossy and pliable. I confidently, cheerfully, knowingly recommend it. WILLIAM CAMERON. Sold by M. D7ikool> fc CO., Wholesale and Retail Druggists, Vnlylfl eodAwßm Columbus, and Third and Last Call to Tax- Payers. Tax collector's books under instruo- TlONSfrom Old COMPTROLLER GENERAL, will soon bo closed. Tax payers will save Elocu tions and Coats, by settling at once. Mo further notice will be given. D. A. ANDREWS. novlS tf State and County Tax Collector. EXECUTOR’S SALE. By C. S. HARRISON, Auctioneer. ON the first Tuesday in February next, withiu the legal hours of sale, I will sell at Abbott A Newsom's eornsr in the city of Columbus, a TWO-ROOMED HOUSE, and the lot on which it stands, situated on west side of Oglethorpe fit., nearly opposite Perry Horns©, and two doors be low the Steam Cotton Factory. Said premise# belonging to the estate of the late Griffin Pinck ard, and known as his late residence. TERMS CASH. Purchaser to pay tax of 1877. ,Ja9 tds THQS. K. WYNNE, Executor. EXECUTOR’S SALE. By C. S. HARRISON, Auctioneer. 100 SHARES EAGLE* & PHENIX STOCK WILL be sold at public outcry, by C, 8. Har rison, Auctioneer, at Abbott & Newsom's corner, between the usual hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in March, for division, 100 Shares Eagle & Phenix Stock. G. W. LONG. M.L. LONG, N. W. E. LONG, Executors Estate of N. W. Long. Jail dlaw&wtds WM. SCHOBER. Dealer la Gan. and Ammunition. Gtnnn, Locks. Ac,, Repaired. Scpßo-tf 89 Randolph 8t„ near Times office.