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Tii lRt, vrhsu new gwld fields were bring
il isco vereii every <ly in the eastern portion
ol'California, there were a number of peraons
who, tired ol the uncertainties of mining,
were looking around through the valley lor
some spot to settle down into agricultural
pursuits. Several families crossed the hay
from San Francisco, and pitched their tents
on either side of San Leandro Creek, about
eight miles above Oakland at a point less
than one i(nie,i[oi fte lopt of the moun
tains. " "
Among these settlers was a carpenter,
named Robert Gilmore, originally from Pen
sylvania, where he had a family. Deserting
them for a woman named Klizabeth Miller,
the two proceeded to the Golden State to
gether; and after a lot of hard knocks, we
find them keeping an inn at the foot ol the
mountains near San Leandro. At this time,
about the only frequenters of the house were
the Spaniards and ‘greasers;’ and as money
was very scarce with them, the Gil mores
did a very poor business in the way of cash.
Robert Gilmore was the most consum
mate scoundrel the world ever produced. He
was apparently about 45 years old, and car
ried a lace that would deceive any one. He
must have belooged to a good family; lor,
besides a thorough education he was polish
ed in his manner, clean in person, and care
ful in dress. At a tale of want, his fine,
open countenance expressed commiseration
in every feature, and he would be the first
man to decry villainy of any sort. He en
joyed the confidence of a great many ot the
early sattlers, and his tavern was sometimes
trequented by capitalists and stock dealers
from San Francisco.
It was in the early part of April, and
near the hour of midnight; black clouds had
been scudding along the mountain-tops, and
the wind was howling against the swinging
sign ol s Ranche,’ as the inn was
called. Big drops had commenced to tall
from the heavens, and all nature seemed con
vula-d in agony as thunderbolt after thun
derbolt reverberated through the gorge. It
was a night that was long remembered
Rain had seldom fallen so late in the season,
and a thunderstorm had never been witness
ed in that valley before. Soon the water
was pouring down in torrents and the creek
was sending an angry flood-offering to the
bay.
A horseman, dripping with wet, dashed to
the inn, threw himselt Irom his steed, and
dropped with the butt of a heavy whip on the
floor.
‘What ho! House, I say!' he cried.
Lights were lit within, the bolts thrown
hack, and Gilmore threw open the door of
welcome to the drenched stranger.
‘A fearful night, sir! You are lucky to
find a shelter so soon. Take something to
drive, out the damp.’
‘Thank you; l don't care if l do,' answered
the guest. ‘And I'll be obliged to you if I
can get a bed. I don’t s'pose there's any
use in trying to do anything for my marc, is
the ref
It won’t hurt her, my dear sir. A Cali
fornia horse don’t want anything to keep
out the damp.’
And their glasses were filled with liquor
and drank off, Gilmore.laking an inventory
of the stranger's effects.
He carried a ‘blacksnake' heavily loaded at
the butt, as could easily be seen by the swing
of the whip, as the stranger caught it near
the middle, and swayed it backward and
forward like the pendulum of a clock, It
was only an involuntary movement; yet its
motions did not escape the quick eye of the
landlord.
‘That's a heavy whip you carry,' observed
he, as the stranger looked up and caught his
eye on it.
‘Yes, I reckon it is,' answered the man
laughing. 'lt’s pretty heavy;’ repeated he;
and unscrewing the flange poured out on the
redwood counter a mass of gold pieces.
The innkeeper’s eyes sparkled at the wel
come sight. He turned the old daybook
that was used as a register toward the guest,
and striking an attitude that would have
done credit to a first-class actor, he laugh
ingly exclaimed, ‘A bed! Ay, ye shall
have the best bed the house affords! 1 his
castle is at your service, sir—command me ’
The traveler took the proffered pen, and
traced the entry in easy, flowing hanih ‘lsaac
Askew, Supt. Yellow Jack Mine, N irginia
CUTv, Nevada.
‘Ato. you're from the Comstock Lode!
How are the mines working now. sir'’
•Beyond all expectation, the richest lode in
the world. But the storm still rages, and that
poor mare of mine needs some care. Ive
rode hard to-day, and. but for the storm,
would have made San Francisco my stop
ping place. Let us drink, and let the storm
take care of itself.’
The miner shivered as he looked out into
the night, and drew a long breath of satis
faction that he was so secnrely housed from
the storm. His dress was the ordinary one
of the miner in all its outward seeming; but
as he threw off an outer coat of pilot cloth,
the white shirt, stylish cut- waistcoat, and
carefully tied cravat, betrayed his status at
a glance.
Isaac Askew was one of the best metal
lurgists on ihe coast; and to his skill and en
ergy the success of the new mines at Gold
Hit! ton! Virginia -City were mainly due
Under his management the rich deposits of
silver were brought to the surlace in im
mouse quantities and his mine was becom
ing famous throughout the land. He was
now on business relating to the company,
ami carried a considerable sum of money on
his person.
“The cupidity of the inn keepsr was imme
diately aroused on beholding the shining
mass of gold in the possession of the miner;
and although he affected a hilarity in keep
ing w ith his open manner, he was hastily
concocting a plan to relieve him of it.
The inn fronted towards the north at the
junction of Mission Saq Jose aud the Castro
Canon road, while the rear of the building
overhung the frgek, with,a series of piles in
suppo'rti Beneath fins'portion oi the struc
ture the turbulent waters were boiling atif
bubbling in a fearful manner, and threaten
ing to carry off the frail-looking support.
fhe miner drank and grew merry with
the avaricious landlord, and told marvellous
stories of the mines in Australia, where he
had spent a considerable portion,ol his life
He had traveled in many lands, and told his
stories with great humor. Among the nii
ners *f Peru awl Mexico he had witnessed
exciting incidents, which he narrated in
rapid succession.
In the meantime the innkeeper plied his
victim with liquor, and a! length lih began
to succumb to its potent influence.
‘I think I II go to bul, landlord,’ he mut
tered, his head faffing on his breast wea
rily.
‘Well,Come-atdng. then, old boy, we II
take care of you!’ And assisjing the miner
to his feet, he Itftf him to his apartment, a
room over the bar or office.
‘A fitting night for a good job,’ he mut
tered; ‘the elements are at war with all the
world. And I, tool’
The miner, overcome by the liquor he had
drank, was buried in profound slumber. He
grasped the whip tightly in his hand, as
though he was aware of the effort being
made to rob him. He had merely lad aside
his outer clothing and on throwing himself
on the bed, had carried it along wuh him.
The innkeeper disappeared from the apart
ment; but, in a few moments be returned,
accompanied by a woman of 40or 4.> years.
She w as the opposite of her companion in
every respect, for where his features denoted
intelligence, hers were almost idiotic, except
when her eyes blazed out in fury and greed
at the sight of the sleeping miner. She
glared down on him as though she were filled
with a hatred nothing but death could ap
pease , .
•His money is in the w hip, Liz. he whis
pered;‘lots of it, too,’
‘What are you going to do with him. Bob?
asked the woman.
‘ Take the money, hide it securely, and
leave the rest to chance? he answered.
‘Chancel Fool. *ouW you go to jail for
chance!’ The woman sneered out. ‘Take
him by the heels, and throw him into the
creek. It’s a fearful night, and many a man
has perished since sundown. 1
‘That’s the chance I intend for him. Do
you think I’d have a lot of fellows spying
about here, as they would he if his money
was lost in this house. No, 1 uin’tsuoli a
100 las that,’ he added. ‘I go in lor si
lence!’
Amid the raging of the storm the bloody
deed was committed, and the body of Isaac
Askew, the Miner, with the skull crushed in
by a blow Irom the whip he had carried
through dangers in many lands, was thrown
into the torrent below
Towards dayl'ght the storm ceased, and
when the sun shone out on the beautiful lace
of nature, all evidence ofadreadfnl deed hav
ing been committed at the cross road inn
was obliterated.
‘Minder will out,’ at least, in this case,
was brought about in so summary a man
ner as almost to look like the work of an
avenging spirit.
The public mind was agitated over the
discovery of gold in Alameda county, and
San Francisco was in a ferment. A nugget
weighing about an ounce and a half had
been found near San Leandro Creek, and
was on exhibition in Montgomery street.
The excitement was intense, and hun
dreds were leaving for the new fields daily
It was so entirely unexpected that it carried
everything by storm.
The whole valley had been prospected
thoroughly, as it was thought, long before,
and not a color was found.
The office in which the nugget was on ex
hibition was thronged with an excited crowd
daily; and on satisfying themselves as to the
reality of the drift, they would strap on
their blankets and break tor the prominent
El Dorado.
The mysterious absence of Isaac Askew
from the post of Virginia City excited
much surprise among the directors oi the
mine; and as he had never been seen by the
officers at San Francisco after leaving the
former place, it was really surmised that
he had fallen in with a party of robbers
who then infested the State. It was a com
mon event in the early days, and only last
ed until anew excitement arose.
A friend who had accompanied him from
Australia was the cnly one likely to be
worried about the affair. Ibis friend,
named James Price, was also in the employ
of the same company; and the two men
were so often seen together that they were
called ‘the Australian brothers.’
Price, becoming tired alone in the moun
tains wandered from camp to camp in
search ol tidings of his lost partner, until he
reached San Francisco. All interest was
centered in the hope of finding him. He
cared not for all the gold in the country, as
long as his friend was missing. They had
often perilled their lives for each other, and
he would have willingly laid down his life
for that of bis comrade.
The What Cheer House was the favorite
resort ot the honest miner, and thither he
repaired. An excited state of alfiairs exist
ed here also, the all-absorbing topic of con
versation being the new gold discovery. It
was contended by an old gray-haired miner
that the nugget exhibited was a fraud
that there was no gold on the Pacific slope
like that found, or said to be found, at San
Leandro.
Price did not sleep much that night. He
was in a feverish state of excitement, and
tossed on his bed until near daylight. He
then settled his hill, and took the first boat
tor Almeda Point, where he fell in with a
party of five or six old acquaintances, and
together they proceeded towards San Lean
dro.
‘Gilmore's Ranch,’ was the only house
open at the time as a drinking place, and
here were congregated the prospectors as
Price and his party came into view.
‘The fraud was played by someone to
make money' out ot it, cried a man with a
pick and shovel across his shoulders; ‘and
who would or could make anything out ol
it, except a man who has got whiskey to
sell, and who s got whiskey to sell hut Bob
Gilmore?' .
Here he threw his implements on the
ground, and proposed to fight it out with
the innkeeper
When Price looked in the face of Robert
Gilmore, he shook his head, and muttered
to himself, ‘1 ain't on the light track, after
all. If he is the man that turned that up, I
might just as well go back.’
The pugnacious man would not be ap
peased. and strutted and bellowed about
until the hostess made her appearance
upon the scene, armed with the identical
whip that formerly belonged to Isaac
Askew. Price knew it as soon as he saw
it, and be uttered an exclamation that
brought the attention of ail to bim.
“Whetc’s the owner of Ibis whip?” he
shrieked, snatching it from her hand;
‘‘where’s the nun who had it in his pos
session less than one month ago? An
swer tne, or I’ll do ye harm.”
“.No one but my old man there has had
that whip in his possession. We’ve had
it ever since we came to the country, was
the undaunted answer of the woman.
“You lie, you hag," retorted the miner.
“See here, men. This whip belonged to
my partner; he carried it, to my certain
knowledge, for the last twelve years, here
and in Australia. The butt was Ins speci
men case, and he bad gold from every
part of the world in it. “See! he cried,
as he unscrewed it.
Kager faces pressed dost! around, anil
behold ! there was the name engraved in
full on the inside plate : “Isaac Askew,
Sydney, Australia.” .
'The inkeeper was shaking as if in an
ague fit. All his confidence seemed to
have deserted him in an instant.
“When I heard that the nugget said to
have been found up here was a foreign
gold,” resumed Price, “I suspected that it
was some of my partner’s Unit had been
Used as a decoy* and so I came up to
work it out. I've seen the game played
before, but never saw it work so well.”
Robert Gilmore was arrested for the
murder of Isaac-Askew, and at the first
session of the County Court was con
victed and sentenced to death.
The evidence was circumstantial, hut
no doubt existed as to his guilt. He con
fessed that he had moulded the nugget
found from a S2O coin, which lie fired
from a gun into the earth, yet died pro
testing his innocence of the murder.
A few days after the execution, a body
was found lodged in some bushes that
lined the San Leandro Creek, a short dis
tance from Gilmore’s Ranch, and was
identified as that of the missing miner.
******
Years after this occurrence, a woman
laid on a dyiDg bed in Stockton, and
among other crimes confessed was the
murder of the miner, whose assassin was
brought to punishment by means of a
golden bullet.
False Impression.
It is generally supposed by a certain
Claes of citizens, who are not practical or
experienced, that I>yspepsia cannot in
variably be cured, but we are pleased to
say that Green’s August Flower lias
never, to our knowledge, failed to cure
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint in all its
forms, such as Hour Stomach, Costive
ness. Hick Headache, palpitation of the
Heart, low spirits, &e., &o. Out of 30,001)
dozen bottles sold last year, not a single
failure was reported, but thousands of
complimentary letters received from
Druggists of wonderful cures. Three
doses will relieve any case. Try it. Sam
ple bottles lb cents. Regular Size 75
cents. For sale by
muhl3 tf GiIiBEBT & Thobnton.
•—a .
Tlirash's roii-iimpiii-n Cure,
Sure cure for Consumption, Bronchitis.
Coughs, Croup, Colds, and all long affec
tions; and restores lost voice, *o.
Wholesale and retail by A. M. Brannon
and W. E. Kent. Trial bottles at all drug
gists In the city at 35c.
mh24 eoddssun
Value or Money.
Hunt's Merchants' Modulus,|
A silver dollar represents a day’s
work of the laborer. If It Is given to
a boy, he has no Idea of what It has
cost, or of what It is worth. Ho
would be as likely to give a dollar as
a dime for atop or any other toy.
But If the boy has learned to earn his
dimes and dollars by the sweat of his
face, he knows the difference. Hard
work is to him a measure of values
that can uever be rubbed out of his
mind. Let him learn by experience
that a butidred dollars represents a
hundred weary day’s labor, aud it
seems a great sum of money. A
thousand dollars is a foriuue, and
ten thousand Is almost inconceivable,
for it is far more than he over ex
pects to possess. When he has
earned a dollar, he thinks twice be
fore he spends it. He wants to In
vest it, so as to get the full value of a
day’s work for it. It is a great
wrong to society and to u hoy to
briug him to man’s estate without
this knowledge. A fortune at twenty
one, whithout if, is almost Inevitably
thrown away. With it, and a little
capital to start on, he will make his
own fortune better than any.one can
make it for him.
German mild Need
in any quantity, witii directions for culti
vating, It can bo sown any time until
July, and will yield more forage to the
acre ttian anything you can plant. It ma
tures in sixty days. For salo by
J. H. Hamilton.
apr2o d&wt.f
FINE SHOES!
Ladies’ & Misses’ New ports
plain and with buckled.
SAMIVLS V\l> WMIM'ICKS,
in new and tasty styles.
BURTS’ Fine BUTTON BOOTS
/ A ENTS' B ItOWN gjjk I
WmtTmfc U cloth-top,liut-f HI
* OXFORDS, (the*
handsomest SHOE out.)
I Also, a full line of Spring work in all popular
styles; ALL at reduced prices.
A heavy Stock of
Brogans, Plow Shoes, and
Staple Goods for Whole
sale Trade.
For auythlng In the Shce or Leather line, Call at
“THE OLD SHOE STORE.”
Wells <fc Curtis,
73 BROAD STREET.
Sign of the Big Boot.
Tax Payers, Take Notice.
r|!HE attention of Tax Payers is specially called
1. to the following section of the Code, viz:
It shall be the duty of the Tax Receiver to re
quire all persons making returns ofland in his
county, to retnrn the same by district, number
aud section, if the lands have such designation;
and where lands have no such designation, then
by such description as will enable the Receivers
to identify them. Receivers are prohibited from
receiving any returns oi lands which do not de
signate them. And the Comptroller General is
prohibited from allowing any Receiver compen
sation or percentage for his services, who ro
coivt s returns in any other manner.
Having been Instructed to enforce the require
ments oi this section to the letter, I hereby no
tify all tax payers that, when they make returns
of their lauds to me, th‘-y must do so by .tisirict
number, Ac,; otherwise the return cannot be re
ceived.
M. W. THWEATT,
April 21, 1877.. Tax Receiver, M. C.
Attention Mail Contractors
('IONGRFRS having passed an act for the pay
j nieut of elaims tot Mail Contracts performed
previous to the War, we are prepared to collect
them.
If the Mail Contractor is dead, his heirs can
recover.
Mir Apply for information to our Associate At
torney CIIA.B. 11. WILLIAMS, Columbus, Ga.
IMKE & JOHNSON,
Attorneys at Law Washington, D. C.
mchlß d&wtf
ELECTION NOTICE.
rnHE following named persons aro hereby ap
pointed managers of the election to be held
at the various precincts in the county of Musco
gee, on Tuesday, the 12th day of June, 1877. for
delegates to a Convention to revise the Consti
tution of the Btate, viz:
City—Wm. F. Williams, J. P.; R. W. Ledsinger
aud R. H. Goetchius.
Nances—T. C. Rees, J. P., O. H. Miller, J. P.,
and A. J. Floyd.
Bozeman's—Anderson Howard, J. P., J. H.
Brooks, J. P. and John D. Ridenhour.
Steam Mill—JS. P. Willis, J. P., O. P. Poe and
Wm. A. Cobb.
Edward’s -G. M. Bryan, J. P., 8. W. Anthony,
J. P. and R. N. Simpson.
TJpatoie—John F. Boyd, J. P., C. C. U. Mat
thews and Oscar Lee.
Given under ray official signature, this May
19th, 1877.
T. M. BROOKS,
my 20 d&wtd
n a TFIJT obtained for mechanical de
r A I r as I \vices, medical or other com-
I H I Lll I Vponnds, ornamental designs,
trade-marks, and labels Caveats, Assignments,
Interferences, etc., promptly attended to.
I.\VE.\TIX THAT lIAVJE BEEN
nr- irnTrn y the Patent Office may
UjL IL I I L I Istill, in most cases, be se
ll L-JLiU I £U cnre<l by us * Bpin K op
posite the Patent Office, we can make closer
searches, and secure Patents more promptly and
with broader claims than those who are remote
trom Washington.
iiiuriiTnno* d ub a mo<lel or
Nl'i.N I UK \aketch of your device;
Ilf f LiII I wllWwe make examinations
free of charge, and advise as to patentability. All
correspondence strictly cenfidetial. Prices 1“W,
AND NO ( IMAGE UNLESS PATENT
IS SECURED.
We refer to officials in the Patent Office, and
to inventors in every Htate in the Union. Ad
dress, in German or English, C. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, I>.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
G< F.ORGIA MUSCOGEE COUNTY.—Under an
T order ot the Ordinary of Muacoges county
will be Bold within the usual hours of sale, on
first Tuesday in June next, by 0. S. Harrison, in
front of Abbott A Newsom s store, in Columbus,
Ga., the bonse and lot on Jackson street, wltn
ten feet alley to Oglethorpe street, adjoining
property of Downing. McOehee and others. Sold
as the property ol Mrs, Mary E. Hardaway, de
ceased. Terms: one-third cash in thirty days,
one-tbtrd first of January next,- one-third first
January 1879. Mortgage to be given by purcha
ser. Taxes for present year te be paid by pur
chaser. B, A. HARDAWAY,
May Sth, 1877. Executor.
my 4w
Dr. O. B. Xieitnex*
OFtaLRS bis professional services to the citi
zens of COLUMBUS: Office opposite Time*
Office, Randolph street: at night can be found at
hiH residence, upper end of Troup street; house
formerly occupied by L. Haiman.
feb7 tf
EVERYBODY SUITER.
We ire this Season in Receipt of a Large
Supply of all Sizes ot Our
Celebrated
*£
For l>otli Wood mul Coul
Besides a full assortment of other Popular
COOKING AND HEATING STOVES
GItATKM, sVc.,
And feel Justified iu saying that we are SURE
we can Mint any aud all olaaauA of pur chasm , hot!
In quality and price.
Of other Goods in out line, we have a large and
complete assortment,. tch .as
TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE
OF KVEUY LKHOBIPTION,
HARDWARE, TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, COAL
HODS, SHOVELS, AC.
All of these articles wo CAN and WILL soli a
VERY BOTTOM PRICES,
tan 1 dt# W. H. ROBABTB k 00*
T. S. SPEAR,
No. 10' Broad St., Columbus, Ga,
Watches, Jewelry and Clocks Repaired promptly
/vll orders will receive prompt attention.
Remington Sewing Machine Deoot.
City MarshaEs Sale.
VI rILL be sold on FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE
YV NEXT, at Abbott & Newsom’s corner, on
Broad street, in the city of Columbus, Ga., the
undivided one-half interest in that part of City
lot No. 175, lying and being in the City of Colum
bus, Muscogee county, State of Georgia, on the
east side of Broad street, corner of Broad aud
Randolph, running 140 feet more or less, north
from Randolph up Broad street to an aliey, aud
running east from Broad aud along Randolph
street 70 feet more or less, with the improve
ments thereon. Sold as the property of the es
tate of Charles Cleghorn, deceased, for the use of
the Chattahoochee National Bank oi Columbus,
to satisfy three tax ft. fas. in my hands for city
taxes for the years 1874, 1875 aud 1870, transfer
red to said bank. Property pointed out by Sam’l
B, Cleghorn, Administrator of estate of Charles
Olegjmrh, Amount $1,877.76.
TIFF. T. MOORE,
myf lawtd City Marshal.
CHEAPER THAN EVER I
Plantation Wagons,
T. K. WYNNE.
Phenix Carriage Works!
Herring & England
OOLKTHOHPK HT. OPPOSITE OLI> TEMPEBANCK HALL.
A ItE prepared with „ ,n
xjL compfcteut w<jrk- I Srfn* ,
men to do Carriage
work iu all it branchea
in the best atyle, and aw V/1 KzLS
low an the loweat.
We aIBO manufacture new work of various
styles. tny!B cod&wly
IUEMOVAXj.
The Public are Informed that
have moved my
Tailoring Establishment
TO THE STORE NEXT TO
Ilogan’s Ice House, Broad
Street.
FOR THE PURPOSE of carrying on my Busi
ness, I have this clay sociated with me
Tlr. 11. SEIJ4IAX.
A fine and prompt Wort-man.
We will be pleased to serve the public, and w ill
guarantee as FINE WORK as ,be done iu the
United Statea.
Bring in your orders for Suits aud they will be
furnished with promptness.
Respectfully,
KiEIINE & SELLMAN.
oota tt
NOTICE.
rpHE undersigned bavin# hfiretoforo held stock
X iu the Merchants & M<Jchanics Bank in the
city ofColumbus.Ga., hereby gives notice that he
has sold his stock in said Company, and had the
sains transferaed, and claims in conformity with
section 1*96 of the Code of Georgia, that he is ex
empt from any liabilities of said Bank,
mhll lamGt A. ILLGES.
LAWYERS.
IIKKNKTT 11. CRAWFORD,
Attorney anil Inmisellnr-nl-l.nw.
Utiles over Frazt-r, Hardwart, Storo,
JatHtr
IIKKHK CRAWFORD. J. M. McNKII.I,.
Crawford & McNeill,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
\'£H Brood si., < ohimtiiiM, <.a
jau!6
Thomas J. Chappell,
Attorney fit Law.
OFFICE OVER 119 BItOAt) STREET,
4 oliiiiilmis, 4.a.
march? tf
Joseph F. Pou,
Altoniey A 4 'ouu.vllor lit l.tttt.
OFFICE west side Broad street over store of
W. 11. Roberts A Cos. Practices in State and
Federal Courts. Advice and services tendered to
Administrators. Executors, Gusrdians, Ato. Spe
cialty made of Couvoyauciug, Examining Titles,
Ac., iu Georgia, or anywhere in the United
Siati’S. All business promptly attended to.
i*. J.
lUloniP}' n( Ijm,
OFFICE over Georgia Home Insurance Com
pany.
Office hours from Ist October to Ist June, 10 to
4 y. u* sop 19 ly
CHAS. H. WILLIAMS,
Attornoy at Law
COM Mill’s, GA.
Will l*ructlce Iu uny 4'ourt.
Office over Abbott A Newsom’s Store,
ja‘2l tf •
HAM L B. HATCHKU. U. U. OOET4 HJU
HATCHER A GOETCHIUS
Attorney* and Counsellor* at Law.
Practice iu State ami Federal Courts.
Office—<l7 Broad sti eot, over Wittich A Kin
i- Ir> Btorb. fiepl iy
J. D. Rambo. W. W Mack all.
RAMBO & MACK ALL,
Attorneys at Law,
Office in Burma’ Building, Columbus, Ga.
to hi eod&wly
THORNTON & GRIMES,
Attorney* nt Law.
OFFICE over Abell k Co.’s, corner of Broad
and St. Clair streets, Multibus, Ga.
Jnlft ly
GRIGSBY E. THOMAS,
Attornoy at Law
4 oliiiiilmis, 4xA.
Office over 0. E. Hochstrasser’s.
Jan 12 tl __
IaIO\1:Ij i\ JLUYV, Jr.,
Attorney and Countiellor at Law.
Commissioner of Deeds N. Y. ami other States.
Office over Georgia J'oma Bank.
ESTATES.—SpeciaI attention to keeping accu
rate accounts, vouchers, Ac., aud making an
nual returns for Guardians, Administrators
and Executors. B<’p2‘.-ly
o. OALHomr,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
t.enevn. (in.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COUKTB OF
the Chattahoochee Circuit.
Special attention given to Collections. Ho is
Corresponding Agent lor the Geneaal Collecting
Ageucics ot New York tmd Savanuah. Therefore
his facilities for pursuing that branch of the pro
esaioft is unsurpassed by any lawyer in the
State. if
W. Xj,. IiATECAM.
Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Ga,
\\ r ILL practice in the counties of the Chatta
n :heo Circuit. fabfily
B. F. HARRELL,
Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity
LUMPKIN, GA.
tfifflperial attention given to Collections and
remittances promptly made. uovl-tf
Lee McLcstci’,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
CUKBETA, A.
In Superior Courts and Courts of Ordinary, will
be assisted by .Joseph F. Pou, Esq., without extra
charge to my clients.
at' PROMPT ATTENTION TO COLLECTIONS.
IVOTICi:!
U. S. Internal Revenue
SPECIAL TAAKS,
MAY 1, 1877, to APRIL. JIO, IH7B.
Office of Internal Revenue,)
Washington, D. C., January 20th, 1877, J
rpilE REVISED STATUTES of the United
1 states, sections 8*232, 3237, 3238, and 3239,
requires every person engaged in any business,
avocation or employment which reders him lia
ble to a SPECIAL TAX,
TO PKOCTftE AND PLACE COX
NPICUOUNI/Y IX HIH JUNTA H
LWIIUENT OK PLACE OP
KLHI.UJEHH,
a STAMP denoting the payment of said SPECIAL
TAX, lor the Special-Tux Year beginning May 1,
1877, before commencing or continuing business
after April 30 1877.
a return, as prescribed on Form 11, is also re
quired by law of every persem liable to Special
Tax as above.
The Taxes embraced within the provisions of
the law above quoted are tkefollowing, viz:
Rectifiers S2OO
Dealers, retai 1 liquors 25
Dealers, wholesale liquors 190
Dealers in male liquors, wholesale 00
Dealers in malt liquors, retail 20
Dealers in leaf tobacco 25
Retail dealers in leaf tobacco 600
And on sales of over *I,OOO, fifty cents for
every dollar in excess of SI,OOO.
Dealer sin manufactured tobacco $ 6
Manufactures of still 50
And for each still manufactured 20
And for each worm manufactured 20
Manufacturers of tobacco 10
Manufacturers of cigars W
Peddlers of tobacco first class (more than
two horses or other animals) $ 60
Peddlers of tobacco, second class (two horses
or other animals) $ 23
Peddlers oftobacco, ad class (J horr e or other
animal 9 lo
Peddlers of tobacco, fourth class \Ob foot or
public conveyance) * sl9
Brewers of less than 500 barrels 60
Brewers of 600 barrels or more 100
Any persou so liable, who shall fail to comply
with the mregoiug requirements, will bo subject
to severe penalties. ,
Persons or firms liable to pay any of the Special
Taxos named above must apply to Andrew Clark,
Collector of Internal Revenue at Atlauta, or to
the Deputy Collector of their Division, and pay
for aud procure the Hpecial Tax Stamp or Stamps
they need, prior to May the Ist, 1877, aud
WITHOUT PURTHER NOTICE
Spec a!-Tax stamps will be transmitted by mail
only on receipt from tlic person or firm order
iug thesaine of specific directions so to do to
wcttisr with ttie i eccß-ary postage stamps, or the
amou.it required to pay tho postage. The post
age oil one stamp is three cents and on two stamps
six cents. Jf it is desired that they be transmit
ted by registered mail ten cents additional
should accompany the application.
GIIEEN It. RAUM,
Commissioner Int’l Revenue.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
rrtHE PROPERTY IN OOLUM- i/SbLP'' l,
J BUS, known as the deGral-Wj-, . i
- property: for particulars M, I#HISIL
apply toG. E. Thomas, Esq., Co- i LLiilsfcr-
Inmbus; Marshall deGraffenried, Atlauta, or J. i.
Waddell, Seale, Ala.
fob 16 tf
L. L. COWDERY
IMPOHTEH OF AXI> OFAIffHI IX
CROCKERY,
China and Glassware, House Furnishing Goods, &c.
On Hand are the Falla wing Articles:
VKCQRA TED TEA A \L> JUNKER SETS, DECORA TED CJIJ MHER SETS,
DECORATED COLOON E SETS, DECORATED CHINA and ROM EM lAN VASES ,
DECORATED MOTTO TEA AND COFFEE rrrX,
TA RLE AND POCKET GUTTLER V, SIL TEH PI A TED and HRITA NTA WA RE,
FEA TI/ER DUSTERS, COAL OIL LA MI'S, TRA VS, LOOKING GLASSES,
CHANDELIERS, LAMP FIXTURES of aU kiwis. WOODEN and WILLOW WARE,
DECORATED TIN CHAM HER SETS, dc.
J&jt Xiowcst Possible Prices.
120 Broad Street, Columbus, Ga.
INSURANCE.
Fire Association of Philadelphia.
ORGANIZED SEPT. 1,1817. CHARTER PERPETUAL.
4’ISII CAPITA!,, ... <4 54444.4(440.4144.
4.'ro**i Assets IlMl. Ist. IHtt, (II;il-Ud Yiiluc) !t,TMH.4405.0 t.
liifi-fiisfMl in the Year 1*741. - - 2241,:t2.4.
iVcl sturphis over till IJo hllilies iiirlisdiii?
Ite-lusiiruner anil 4 ’o|>ilsil (A. Y. Simulart) 81.4444 1,147(4.4144
JAS. H. LOW & CO., Atlanta, Ga., General Agents Southern Department.
0
"BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE COMPANY.”
ESTABLISHED 1833. OF TORONTO, CANADA.
4 nsli Capital, (4:441,1*) - - - 854444.4444.4444.
4'asli Assets .Ittiiimry I. 1.H7 7. #1,1!tt4,1444H.14’i.
4'ash Assets in tS. Komis 4t‘s $4 5 44.414144,4)41
Ihmh Stoelis, - • 4Cf.7 444.:tl
l ash and other Items - 10,114.544-#415,570.H1.
WALKER & BOYD, Atlanta, 6a., General Agents Southern Department.
O
TXTE aro prepared to issue policies in the above First-Class Fire Insurance Companies, aud hope
T V our fellow citizens will give us a share of their patronage. Call aud see üb.
MULFORD & ESTES, Agts,
CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL BANK.
KOAUI4 or ki:i’i:ki:\4 i:n ky PKisnissiov:
H. H. EPPING, President Chattahoochee National Bank, H. S- ESTES &
SON. SWIFT, MURPHY & 00-, EPPINQ & HANSERD, FLOURNOY & EP
PING; MoGEGEE & HATCHER, R. L. MOTT
luch'iOtf
Semper Idem. Semper Idem.
1849. WILLCOX’S 1877.
Insurance Agency.
The same time-tried, Eire-tested Experience !
The same Old, Strong, Rich List!
The same Massive Array of Gold Assets!
The same Prompt, Skillful, Liberal Dealing!
H33AX> TIIE LIST:
ABtna Insurance Company Assets (Gold). $ 7,278,127 44
North. British nud Mertantilo Insurance Cos “ “ 15,887,892 26
Hartford Firo lusurauceCoinpany “ “ 3,273,809 24
lluyal Insurance Compuny “ “ 19,559,429 05
Continental Insurance Company “ “ 3,040,985 29
Insurance Company of North America “ “ 6,601,884 51
New York Underwriters’ Agency “ “ 3,360,731 47
Phenix insurance Company “ “ 2,792,902 92
Union Marine and Firo liiHUraneo Company.., “ “ 765,781 97
Virginia Home Insurance Company “ “ 283,199 99
Total Assets (Gold) $62,833,904 14
44VK11 SIXTY-TWO U11.1444VS 44F OOLLARS!
These name Grand Companies paid thdir .N*XTEENf JVIIJLIOX* fnr losses in Chicago and
Boston iu 1871 aud ’72 without hositatiou oc dolay. For Policies iu such Companies apply to
Willcoi’s Insurance Affenev.
ESC Risks taken anywhere in the State. Louses paid here. f*b2B qodtf
JOHN BLACKMAE
O
Non-Board Fire Ins’nce Agency.
•* 1 * • ' K - jlii ‘ V' 1 ’ ’ ' ll > a
NEXT TO TELEGRAPH OFFICE,
In Georgia Home UirLlciing.
’,{ f ••, I f. ,
FIRE RISKS WRITTEN ON
Gottoo, Merchandize, Dwelliogs and Furniture
At LIVING HATES in Good Companies.
Losses Settled Equitably and Promptly
aprl 8 tf ————
GROCERIES.
J. J. Whittle. Uko. M. Yarbrough. Jno. T. McLeod
J. J. Whittle 4& Cos.
HAVE OPENED A XEW
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERY HOUSE,
Under Central Hotel,
YTTHERE WE WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A- LARGE AND COMPILE STOCK OE
W “rAPLP iiii<l FANCY OBOCEIWW. IDlwrt 01
Hoots, Shoes and Staple Dry Goods, Baeon, Lard, Su
gar, Coffee, Cheese, Flour, Syrup, Bagging & Tics,
mnUAPCO WHTBKFY BRANDY and WINES, of all grades,‘ SALT. CORN, TEAS of all Brands,
togethtrwlth s Rill line ol sJi othsr goods kept a Ax,t-clss. Grocery
House. . . . ,
*#-OUR GOODS are til NEW and FRESH, sad were bought for the CASH. ed we will be able to
SELL THEM AS LOW AS THE LOWEST, ~, ~a
A#-We solicit the patronage of the Cit-y and surrounding country, , ,
J. J. WHITTLE 85 CO.
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