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THE DAILY TIMES.
JOHN 11. MAKTIX, - - - KUHor.
Ciilumlxu. On..
TUESDAY APRIL X 1877,
LARGEST CIRCULATION
In the Cußßtlei A<|iernl to and Trading
At t'olumbua.
001. Carey W. Styles, In a com
munication to the Atlanta Constitu
tion, protests against drawing party
Hues in the nomination of delegates
to the Convention. Col. Styles is
correct In his opinion that this would
be both improper and impolitic.
The Mobile Register, attempted an
“April fool” on Sunday morning, by
tolling its readers that there was a
frog weighing 200 pounds on exhibi
tion at the Now Orleans and Mobile
depot. We reckon that not many
were caught. To change the simile
of an old Columbus editor, it was too
big a oroak for a frog.
Mu. Wm. Henderson writes to the
Cincinnati Enquirer that Gov. Hen
dricks (who is now in California) will
not be a candidate for United States
Senator, when the Legislature has to
elect one to succeed Morton. The
article of the Enquirer, which called
forth this letter, was copied by us the
other day.
It Is reported that the text of tho
order for the massacre of Arkansas
emigrants at Mountain Meadows,
twenty years ago, has been found at
Tucson, Arizona, and that the order
was issued by Brigham Young. If
this be so, a higher Mormon than
Lee must now be put on trial.
Over seven hundred persons arrest
ed on chargesof violation of the
revenue laws (illicit distilling, &o.)
have been discharged at Atlanta un
der tho recent ordor from Washing
ton, and it is supposed that the num
ber will reach one thousand when all
shall have availed themselves of the
benefits of the order.
The Mansfield Herald says:
“Natchez Is threatend with the same
fate as Vicksburg—that the Missis
sippi will desert It. The Natchez
Democrat thinks it prudent for the
authorities of that city to take steps
to avoid the posibility of having the
city left three miles from the river.
It Is proposed to let the river through
the Claremont place, just above
Natchez.”
It is telegraphed from Washington
that Chamberlain submitted several
propositions to the President, by
which he might avoid leaving to the
people of South Carolina the ques
tion whom they would have for Gov
ernor. One was that a Legislature
with a Iladical majority be organ
ized, and he and Hampton to abide
its decision. Hampton sternly re
jected all propositions of compromise
or arbitration, and his firmness pre
vented his being cheated out of the
position to which tho people elected
him.
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Ska Island Cotton.— A contem
porary, writing upon tho cotton pros
pect for 1877, finds that in respect of
pounds “sea island” has of late made
a very insignificant figure. The
largest crop grown since 1856 was
that of 1856 60, when Florida pro
duced 14,955 bags, Georgia 18,659, and
South Carolina, 18,801—altogether
51,416 bags. Since the war the con
dition of things has been so wretch
ed on tho sea islands that the whole
crop has dwindled down (1875-76) to
only 14,996 bags; or Florida 8,950,
Georgia 1,213, aud South Carolina
4,833.
Oakky Halt, .—Fuller accounts con
cerning A. Oakey Hall’s arrival in
England say that he stoutly denied
that he was Hall and insisted that
his name was Sutcliffe, which was
also the name which he gave when
ho took passago at Boston on the
Viotoria. He claimed to be from Can
ada. A representative of the Associa
ted Press at Liverpool recognized
him as Hall, and tho accounts
of his personal appearance, conver
sation, <feo., fully corroborate his re
cognition. He went from Liverpool
to London, and then to a private
house, whore he was received as if
they were expeoting him.
The New York Express insists that
Hall left clandestinely on account of
exposures of his complicity with
Tweed, and says that this wifi fully
appear when the acoouuts are given
to the publio.
Tiik New York Commercial and Fi
nancial Chronicle perceives that the
South has mads a fair start in the true
road to prosperity. It says: In the South
there have been no marked changes in
the cotton manufacturing business. Some
new mills have started up, but others
have suspended, while still others have
been running on short time. Taken to.
gether, we find no material alternation in
the consumption of cotton. This indust
ry has now secured a stronghold in that
section, and is certain to make very decid
ed progress in iutui e years, as it is proving
more clearly, each succeeding twelve
months, how profitably it can be prosecu
ted there. And in this connection the
improved condition of the South is an ex
tremely hopeful feature in the industrial
outlook for the whole country. We do
not mean that every man there is accu
mulating wealth. They are doing better
than that—they arc accumulating ideas
of economy in production, which, in the
end, must inevitably not only lead to in
dividual profit, but show to the world
the wonderful capabilities of that richlv
favored section. As an immediate result
of an improved policy, it will be found
that the cotton crop now about to be
marketed more nearly belongs to the plan
ter than any previous one, while his food
also is, to a much greater extent tlran
ever before, of his own raising.
Dish Water.- Use a little milk in
your dish water, whether hard or soft;
you will never need soap if you have tire
"water hot, no matter how greasy the dish
es. 1 have not used a pound of soap, nor
ammonia, lye, or soda, in disk water for
five years: my dishes, tin and cooking ves
kclh are bright and clean too: just try it.
114 VKM Ml III:t il.I II .
Had President Hayes vigorously
followed up tho policy shadowed in
his inaugural address, and more dis
tinctly stated In the pledges made
for him by Foster and Matthews, he
might have commenced his adminis
tration with considerable eclat, and
perlia]* have greatly modified the
opposition which the manner of his
election was so well calculated to
stir up. But he showed himself un
equal to his opportunity. His hesi
tating and temporizing course de
serves contempt rather than respect,
and only convinces tho extremists of
his party that they cun make him
yield wheuever he shows a disposition
to oppose them or their corruptions
or usurpations.
On taking tho Presidency, Hayes
had to meet the question whether he
had a right to employ the military of
the United States in forcing an ob
jectionable or disputed government
on the people of a State. His incli
nation evidently was to deoide it in
tho negative. But he has suffered
himself to be perplexed, baffled and
diverted until a whole month of
temporizing lias passed away, and
now, in carrying out his original
wishes, it is evident that he is com
pelled to do so by circumstances
which ho could not control. His
Louisiana Commission is a very
discreditable subterfuge, resorted to
us a means of fortifying himself
against the extremists of his party,
whom he may perhaps thus restrain
from opposition to his administra
tion, but whoso opposition would
have strengthened instead of weak
ening him.
His argument that ho ought to per
mit Nieholls and Hampton to fill the
places to which they were elected,
because by so doing he would break
the “color line” in the whole South
and enable the Republicans to re
cover Mississippi and North Caro
lina, is ridiculously presumptuous.
What right has he, as President, to
adapt his treatment of a State of the
Union to the purpose of making cap
ital for his party? Must justice be
done to Louisiana and South Caro
lina —their constitutional rights ac
oorded—only because Mississippi
und North Carolina may thereby be
made Republican?
All the propositions, which he is
reported to have been considering,
whereby compensating advantages
ean be secured for the Radical party
in Louisiana and South Carolina as
the price of allowing those States to
have Nieholls and Hampton as Gov
ernors, are equally reprehensible.
Whence can he get his authority for
saying to Southern States that they
may have Democratic Governors if
they will accept Radical Legislatures
and United States Senators?
And not less ridiculous and unten
able than these propsitions is the
last reported ilne-spun theory that
he ean not keep troops in the capitol
building of a State, but he can keep
them in the immediate vicinity. This
is tho hair-splitting distinction by
which the bayonet prop may be
knocked from under Chamberlain,
but still left to boost up Packard for
a little while longer. It seeks to
oonoeal the object for which the
troops are kept in Columbia and
New Orleans by a quibble about the
precise locality in which they are sta
tioned.
Suoh prevarications and evasions
only serve to show tho imbecility of
Hayes. They will postpone—not
prevent—the inevitable acknowl
edgment of the right of tho people of
a State to regulate their own domes
tic affairs; and Hayes will simply
lose the credit whioh he might have
secured by promptly and resolutely
reversing tho unconstitutional policy
of Grant.
AN INTERESTING DECISION.
The Savannah Neios publishes a
decree by Judge Thompkins, of the
Eastern Circuit, which covers an in
teresting point, and is believed to be
the first decision upon preceisely the
same question iu this country.
Donald M. Monroe filed a bill in the
Superior Court of Mclntosh county,
for an. injunction to restrain the
tax-collector and sheriff of that coun
ty from seizing and selling his
property for taxes. The taxes wore
assessed upon lumber which he held
in the port of Darien on the Ist
of April 1875. He proved that
he was engaged exclusively
in the business of exporting
lumber to foreign countries,
selling none to home purchasers,and
that he was exempt from taxation on
such lumber by the Constitution of
the United States, which prohibits
any State from laying any imposts
or duties on imports or exports, ex
cept what may be necessary for ex
ecuting its inspection laws. The
laws of Georgia tax all real and per
sonal property held on the Ist of
April ; but exempt from taxation “all
property specially exempted by the
Constitution of tho United States, or
of this State.” Judge Thompkins
held that the constitution of the
United States forbids the Slate to tax
property bought aud held for expor
tation only, and granted the injunc
tion asked for.
Tuk Pall Mall Gazette (London) says
of the recent decision of the Supreme
Couri in the Granger cases: “such decis
ion coming after the collapse of the great
coal roads, must tend to destroy Arncr
can credit in Europe.” This is rather rap
id.
Bm>. Francis Train nn Bradley.
George x Francis Train has joined no
doubt with a view to lead, the cru
sade against lawyers. Thus splutters
his redundant genius: “Life, prop
erty, honor. Electoral College, Con
gress, finance, railways, legislation;
everything Is in the hands of
lawyers. Two-thirds of all cabinets,
conventions, congresses are lawyers.
The curse is universal. Hornets,
grasshoppers, potato-bugs in everv
city! Cobra, Spitz, moccasin, boa in
Congress! Jackal, hyena, polecat
in all legislation! Shark, devil-fish
and Bradley in umpire returning
boards. And the greatest of all is
Bradley!”
THIS CHISM.
Editor Times: The question of a
Constitutional Convention Is, in our
humble opinion, the greatest ques
tion that has been presented to the
people of Georgia since tho war is-,
sues of 1861. Tho question viewed
lu its proper light is one deeply in
teresting the future prosperity and
happiness of our people. The press
of the State in muuy instances, and
the opponents of tho Convention in
every instance, seem to think that
tho only issues at stake are tho Cap
ital and homestead questions, and
they would make the fight and de
feat the call of a Convention simply
on these two Issues, One of your
correspondents signing himself “W.
N. A,” writes a column or two
against the Convention because he
fears the abolishment of tho home
stead. He encourages opposition
to the Convention with congratula
tions that upper Georgia is hear
tily against the movement.
If “W. N. A.” will reflect for
a moment we don’t think he can re
call asingle instance where a com
plete abolishment of our homestead
law has been proposed, and if he will
reflect for a moment more we dou’t
think he can assign any other reason
for whatever opposition there may
be in North Georgia save the removul
of the Capital, Now these are side
issues in the great question, and as
a supporter of the Convention we
heartily protest against such opposi
tion. Don’t let a convention bo de
feated because all parties caDnot
now agree on differences touch
ing measures therein to be discussed.
The time to settle the differences is
after the Convention has done its
work and that work is remitted for
approval. The Constitution of Geor
gia, made by strangers and aliens to
the commonwealth and ratified at the
point of the bayonet, needs reform
ation. Shall Georgia call upon her
oldest, her wisest and most trusty
sons, to go up aud perfect this re
formation, or shall she live on under
the rule of the present informed and
bastard of a law yclept " The Con
stitution That is the question.
Nobody’s rights will be infringed
by the call of a Convention. The
farmers need apprehend no danger
from the call. If any change of the
law is suggested touching the home
stead, such change will be presented
to them for ratification or rejection,
and they can make it null and void if
they so desire. The merchants and
property holders, and those who
dwell in the cities, need have no ap
prehension ; for if the bond question,
and the State aid question, and the
local taxation question, are presented
in a form to prejudice their rights,
they can vote it down. The appoin
tees of the Governor, and the office
holders, need fear nothing; for if any
change is made as to them, and their
appointments are put into the hands
of the people, they can go before the
people, and if they are worthy the
people will surely reappoint them.
The capital and anti-capital advo
cates need fear nothing, for if any
change is suggested in this respect
the time to make the fight will be on
the ratification of the change. The
would-be legislators have nothing to
fear; for it is presumed that every
legislator is desirous of doing what
ever is of benefit to his constituents,
and if any change is proposed secur
ing a less extravugaut aud less ex
pensive mode of legislation, they can
not in good faith object.
The tax-payers should fear noth
ing, for a Convention cannot nor will
not mako our taxes heavier and it
may possibly lighten them. The
colored voters of Georgia need have
no apprehension of danger to their
rights. If there should be a dispo
sition on the part of the Convention
to abridge any of their rights, and
laws were passed to that effect, they
would be null and void under the
Constitution of the United States.
And lastly, the whole peopleof Geor
gia need not fear a Convention, for
under our present law the State is
not what she should be. What
ground, then, is thore for opposing a
Constitutional Convention? In ante
bellum days Georgia was prosperous
and happy, her taxes were light, her
lands were a basis of credit, and in
commercial transactions were by no
means a cipher, her laws were wise
and economical and were judiciously
administered by those appointed by
her own voice.
To this Btato of things let her once
more return. ’Tis for this that
we urge a Convention. Bring back
the old regime. Brush from the leg
islative, executive and judicial sys
tems of this grand old State the
smell of revolution and civil discord
that has beeu attached to them for
fifteen years past. Remove from
these systems the numerous evils
that sprung up as neoessasy results
of the war. Tear away the foul vest
ments and let Georgia be arrayed in
the pure, spotless garments with
which she was adorned in the era of
peace and ante-bellum prosperity.
People of Georgia, the crisis is
upon you. The question is to be
met. Shall we continue as we are,
and thus bring greater evils upon us,
or shall we return to the customs of
our fathers? If you would not re
turn, vote against the Convention. If
you would return, call the Conven
tion. G.
Peanut Oil.—-The rapid extension of
the cultivation of peanuts in North Caro
lina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and
South Carolina is due to the use own made
of them for the oil they contain. Accor
ding to official agricultural reports pre
vious to the year 1880 the whole crop ag
gregated only 150,000 bushels per annum,
grown principally iu North Carolina;
last season’s product reached 3,000,000
bushels, valued at $3,000,000. In a com
mercial point of view, the oil is much
more important than the nuts themselves.
This oil is in large demand, and answers
for many purposes as a substitute for
olive and almond oils; it keeps a long
time without becoming rancid. The
amount of oil contained in the nut varies
according to latitude aud other favorable
conditions and circumstances, and is pro
portionately large.
Fitmirm' Facts About Uruahopiirm.
The Chicago Tribune has gathered
from Kansas, lowa, Minnesota and
Nebrasku a great deal of curious in
formation about the grass-hoppers
of the West. A few suggestive facts
reported by the farmers ure worth
repeating even on the Atlantia sea
board, as they give a vivid idea of
the beginnings of the locust plague
such as the lubored description of
scientific men fails to produce. A
oorresjiondeut in Neosho county,
Kansas, says that the ground is full
of eggs, there being as many as a
hundred to the square inch iu some
places, which will, in his opinion
stand any amount of bad weather
and hatch when the proper time
comes. But be naively remarks that
all tne young grasshoppers that have
been found are “our native animal,”
and with an agricultural disregard of
grammar he adds: “The Colorado
’hopper is a different institu
tion ,entirely, as any one ac
quainted with their make-up can
see at aglanee.” A man in Frank
lin county is amazed to think that
the eggs which have been deposited
in that neighborhood can stand the
frostv weather that has prevailed ot
late, but he confesses with many
misgivings that such of them as have
been put under the microscope look
sound. The farmers of that reglou
tuke the whole matter coolly, aud
are determined to meet the ’noppers
firmly and “drive them into the
ditches and destroy them,” which is
anew version of the heroic determi
nation to welcome the invaders with
bloody hauds to hospitable graves.
From Labette county a correspond
ent cheerfully announces that the
people there expect to be alive with
locusts in the summer, but that they
are not nervous, as they have kept a
lot of old grass to burn and have
planted “barley, castor beans aud
pampas, which are ’hopper
proor.” A farmer in Nemaba
county writes that some of the
grasshoppers eggs were hatched out
during the warm weather in Febru
ary, aud that even the sceptical coun
ty editor was forced to acknowledge
the fact. He adds “borne of the
eggs are spoiled, but a large part are
yet good.” Another farmer writes
from the same county, classifying
the locusts s natives and foreigners.
Of the former he says: “There are
some of the natives hatching in
sheltered localities; some of them
are half-grown.” Of the latter he
say: “None of the foreigners are
hatching yet that I can fiud.” A
correspondent from Washington
county says that the grasshoppers’
ettgs are generally laid in sandy
places along the creeks; that they
are proof aguinst cold, but that the
March and April rains kill them;
that many have been batched out al
ready along Southern slopes. He
adds: “We are cheerful but organ
ized.” A farmer in another part of
tho same couuty gives this de
scription of the favorite places
of the insect; “Roadsides
and prairies where the grass
is trodden out., stubble fields and or
chards, corn fields aud every other
place where the ground is bare and a
little hard, is literally full of locust
eggs.” A farmer in Price county,
who is probably accustomed to mak
ing Republican speeches, gives the
law aud the stute of publio opinion
<>n the subject of locusts in some very
large words. He says: “Our Legis
lature lias passed an act authorizing
the road overseers to call on all male
persons to assist in destroying them
should they visit us this season.
Burning prairie grass simultaneously
in our couuty has been agitated some,
with a view to destroy them after
hatched out.”
From Sac City, la., a correspondent
reports that some of the grasshopper
eggs have been hatched out by artifi
cial means, and that the young lo
custs have been exposed to great de
grees of cold without effect. In Page
county some of them were put be
tween two pieces of ice, which were
frozen solid and then thawed, the
imprisoned grasshoppers coming to
life and moving off.
In other places the eggs were
hatched out by the family stove and
the young locusts were set in the
open air at night and frozen stiff, but
when put beside tne stove |again in
the’morning they became as lively as
ever. Throughout the whole North
west the prairie grass has been
spared, and is left to use against the
grasshoppers if they should come in
swarms. Correspondence from
Miunessota indicates that the peo
ple in some parts of the State will
have to fight for their harvests. It is
said that some of the experimental
ists in that State have frozen and
thawed out the young locusts as
often asthree times, and found them
able to hop about after the third
thawiug. From Nebraska cernes the
same story ; but one of the farmers of
Franklin county in that State de
clares that the idea of fighting the
locusts through organizations under
the command of the roadmasters, as
provided bv Nebraska statutes, is as
absurd as would be the attempt to
turn the wind with fanning mills.—
N. Y, World.
The Black Hills Revival.
Special to Chicago Times. 1
Cheyenne, Wyoming, March 28.
The Black Hills excitement is in
creasing dally. Crowds are leaving
here every morning. Four large
companies left here yesterday, one
party of fifty from Nevada, another
of forty from Missouri, and others
from Michigan, Massachusetts and
Maine. Freight is being forwarded
from here in large quantities. Not
less than three hundred thousand
pounds have been shipped in the
last two days by merchants of this
place.
Several eagles have recently been
captured in different sections of the
State. And now comes the Fayette
Gazette with the following;
Mr. W. H. Wood showed us yes
terday the foot of a largo Grav Eagle,
which he killed, on the 6th iust.,
about 2 (piles east of Jasper, near the
Warrior river. It had a goose in its
daws, and was flying at a distance of
75 yards when he shot it with a shot
gun. It was very poor in flesh, and
weighed 25 pounds. The head was
as large as that of a man ; claws were
2|j inches in length, and could span
8 inches; from tip to tip of the wings
measured 8| feet. This king of all
birds had been quite a depredation
in the neighborhood, carrying off
pigs, geese, iambs, etc., ana SSO re
ward was offered for his scalp.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
By C. S. HARRISON, Auctioneer.
ON the first Tuesday in May next, within the
legal hours of Bale. I will sell at Abbott A
Newsom's corner in the city of Columbus,a TWO
bOtJMED HOUSE, aud the lot ou which it stands,
situated ou west side ol Oglethorpe St., nearly
opposite Perry House, aud two doors below the
Steam Cotton Factory. Said premise** belonging
to tho entato of the late Griffin Pinckard. and
ktiwwu as his late residence. TERMS CASH.
Purchaser to pay tax of 1877.
THOS.K. WYNNE.
apr3 tde Executor,
FOR SALE OR REJNT,
Thk property in colum-
BUS, known as the deGraf
fearied properly; for particulars AlimHEl3L
apply to G. E. Thomas, Esq., Oo<9£BQaßE|s~
lambus; Marshall deGraffenried, Atlanta, or J. F.
Waddell. Seale, Ala.
febl6 tf
Springer’s Opera House.
Chau. H. Dcruz Manager.
Tlmrsctny Evening April If.
Still on tho M*rch of Triumph,
DUPREZ & BENEDICT’S
Gigantic Famous Minstrels,
Burlesque Opera Troupe & Brass Band)
On their twenty-fifth Annual Tour.
Our Centennial Brilliant Organization. Compos
ed or omy Popular Distinguished Artists, of
various specialties, forming a strong
Corps of Vocalists, Comedians, Solo
Musicians, Ethiopian Delinea
tors, Artistic Dancers snd Fe
male Pcrsonatora, intro
ducing Concerts of
Merit and Bril
liancy.
Admission $1.00; Gallery 50c.: no extra charge
for reserved seats,ou sale at Chaffin's Book Store.
ap3 4*5 _
Election Notice.
VN election will be held on Monday, 9th in
. stant, at the Court Usuae, for one Alderman
for First Ward to fill a vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Aid. John Mehaffey.
By order of Council.
M M. MOORE.
apr3 td Clark Couucil.
Members of Columbus Fire Company No. I.
VTTEND a regular monthly aw < w
meeting this (Tuesday
evening at 7 K o'clock.
T. 0. DOUGLASB, Sec'y.
Washington Fire Company No. 2.
MEMBERS Washington Fire jy w \
Cos. No. 2 are requested to
meet at their Room ( lUKSDAY)
evening, at 7% o’clock, for reg- —— '£sL_
ular monthly meeting.
f. J. JENKINS, Foreman.
O. W MATTHIB, Sec^y.
Springer Opera House.
TUESDAY, April 10th, 1876.
FIRST
GRAND CONCERT
OF THE
ColuinbuH Choral Union.
CONSISTING OF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENT
AL MUSIC BY THE FIRST TAL
ENT OF OUR CITY .
Pbof. Gko. W. Chase Musical Director.
Col. W. L. Salisbury Stage Manager.
AMONG the many attractions will be selec
tions irom the most popular and standard
Operas and Oratories, with a Chorus of sixty
voices, together with Solos. Duets, Trios and
Quartettes.
Our citizens may be prepared to enjoy a rare
treat in this select and well prepared entertain
ment.
A FULL AND SELECT ORCHESTRA.
43T Admission 50 cents. Reserved Beats 35
cents extra—to be had at J. W. Pease & Norman's
Book Store. apr1,3.8,10
Dissolution Notice.
COLUMBUS, GA., April Ist, 1877.
THEflrmofßwift. Murphy A Cos., is this day
dissolved by mutual consent; Mr. 8. G. Mur
phy retiring from the business.
GEO. P. SWIFT,
8. G. MURPHY,
GEO. P. SWIFT, Jr.
\KW IIKTI:
The business will be continued by the under
signed in all its branches as heretofore, under
the firm name Geo. P. Swift A Bon; and we hope
to merit a continuance of all old customers of the
late firm, and as many new ones as will favor us
with their business. Patrons may rest assured
that any bualneas entrusted to our care will
meet with prompt and careful attention.
Respectfully,
GEO. P. SWIFT,
GEO. P. SWIFT, Jr.
COLUMBUS, GA., April Ist, 1877.
In retiring from the business of Swift, Murphy
A Cos., I beg to return thanks to all old patrons
of the firm for past favors, snd hope the liberal
patronage heretofore extended the late firm, will
bo continued with my successors. Geo. P. Bwift
A Son, who is duly authorized to settle up all
outstanding claims due the firm of Bwift, Mur
phy A 00. 8. G. MURPHY,
aprl lm
ST. PAUL FESTIVAL.
The Grandest Entertainment of the Season.
Begins on Tuesday Evening:, April 3.
Lasts till Friday Evening, April 6.
AT THE PERRY HOUSE,
rIE Ladies have prepared everything to en
chant the eye.and delight the taste: They have
something for every man, woman and child in
Columbus. An admission of ten cents is charged
at the door. Season ticket twenty-five cents; no
charge during the day. The baby show on
Wednesday afternoon; all the babies of the city
are invited. Parents are not committed to en
tering children as competitors for the prize by
sending them to the baby show. Letallrhe
babies come. No chhrge for admission in the af
ternoon.
Attention Mail Contractors
CONGREBS having passed an act for the pay
ment of claims for Mail Contracts performed
previous to the War, we are prepared to collect
them.
If the Mail Contractor is dead, his heirs can
recover.
A®* Apply for information to our Associate At
torney CHAB. H. WILLIAMS, Celumbus, Ga.
PIKE & JOHNSON,
Attorneys at Law Washington, D. C.
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Cheap! Cheaper! Cheapest!
EFBT AND CHEAP FST LOT OF Ham
burg Trimmings ever offered in
this market.
Ladles Silk Handker
chiefs, 4l)c, 00, 70 and 91.
Complete Lins oi LONDON CORDS Juat Re
ceived.
BLACK ALPACA, Beat Makes, Warranted to
Retain both Color and Lustre.
PRINTS. DOMESTICS, and all other GOODS at
Lowest Prices, by
F. C JOHNSON.
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DR. S, It. LAW
Office at A. M. Brannon’s Drug Btore. Office
hours from 12:30 to 2, and from 5 to 6.
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WAREHOUSEMEN.
Planters Warehouse
GEO. P. SWIFT. GEO. P. SWIFT, Jr.
GEO. P. SWIFT & SON,
SUCCESSORS TO SWIFT, MIRPHY <t- CO.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Columbuni, Goorgia.
Liberal Advances on Consignment** of Cotton, nml Special
Attention given to Sale nml Wtorugc of Maine.
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DRY GOODS.
NEW STOCK! LOW PRICES !!
SPRING 1877!
See My Prices!
Maltese suitings, ioc. best London cords, ioc.
SUMMER SILKS, 65c. to $1.25. VICTORIA LAWNS, 15c.
Good HEMMED STITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS. 12>*'c.
Large Htock BILK 80ARF8 at 25c. Large Stock SILK HANDKERCHIEFS at 25c.
Good LINEN DAMASK TOWELS. 20c.
TWO BOTTO* Undressed KID GLOVES, 50c. TWO BUTTON KID GLOVES worth $1 only 60c.
MISSES TWO BUTTON KID GLOVES, 50c.
Good STOCK of FINER GRADES.
CHILDREN COLORED HOSE, 16c. to 50c. ALL LINEN COLLARS, 10c.
ARE ASKFD TO CALL AND SEE THESE GOODS. Trouble to
SHOW THEM.
J. ALBERT KIRVEN,
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GROCERIES.
w. j. watt. j. a. w alkbr. chad. h. watt
WATT & WALKEE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocers and Commission Merchants
Corner under Rankin House.
Have the largest and Best Selected Stock of Groceries in the City ol Columbus.
CONSISTING OF
BACON SIDES, BULK SIDES, BACON SHOULDERS, BULK SHOUL
DERS, BULK HAMS BACON HAMS.
LARD in tierces, Lard in buckets and kegs.
FLOUR of 8,11 grades, including the celebrated SILVER LAKE brand,
the best in the world.
BAGGING. TIES, SALT, SUGAR, MACKEREL, SOAP, CHEESE,
COFFEE, OYSTERS, SARDINES, CRACKERS, POTASH, SODA,
STARCH. SHOES, BOOTS, and Staple Dry Goods, such as
OSNABUROS, SHEETING, SHIRTINGS, CHECKS, STRIPES, YARNS
and PANTS GOODS. Also, a well selected stock of
WHISKEY, from $1 per gallon to $5, and of any brand or per cent
proof that may be desired.
Our stock of BUOAR includes every grade and price, and our lot of
SYRUP cannot be equaled in this city. It includes all grades of New Or
leans in barrels and half barrels; also several hundred barrels of choice
FLORIDA SYRUP, which is superior to anything in the market, and much
cheaper in price. It has a delightful flavor and rich, clear color, and select
ed expressly for our trade.
Cash customers can always save money by giving us a trial before pur
chasing elsewhere.
Imil tf WITT A- 811818
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AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
100 Broad St., Opposite Rankin House, Columbus, Ga.
solicited of every diseription and liberal Cash Advances made and settled prompt
Oorrespondenco Solicited..
References, by Permission:
Chattahoochee National Bank, ... National Bank of Columbus, Ga.
Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Company.
PLANTERS ATTENTION.
STEARNS
AMMONIATED BONE
SUPERPHOSPHATE;
One of tlio BEST FliillTll iTy iualS
FOR SALE IN THIS MARKET-
A NALYSIS ACCORDING TO DOCTOR JANES' REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL BUREAU.
STATE OF GEORGIA, 1877; made irom Samples of Stock uow for Sale.
Bohjble Phosphoric Acid, ®-*®
Reduced
Total Available Phosphoric Acid, 12.06
Analysis from 89 Brands from different companies sold thla year, only five, show as higha grade.
500 Touts onhandand to Arrive.
ROSETTE, LAW HON <fc CO
AGENTS.
Jaciuos’ Building;,
rolumbuH. Ga. febl7 tilaprl
The Great Fertilizer
FOR COTTON, FOR CORK AND ALL CROPS!!
WHANN’S
Raw Bone Super-Phosphate!
FOR SALE FOR CASH OR COTTON OPTION
BY
W. A. SWIFT,
Centennial Wagon Yard, Columbus, Ga.
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