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w\ A ' i Air I • JJ ill 111 , liOcdl- ? afo Ai- i R'afinnul News' YO'L TW( . he Tjacmcvs KaucA.H. .'• at Oi-fan of Hanks Couaiy< •* ’ T . PUBUSHED THUS: PAY -50 Cts. Per Year. fSilbwerifitlon in Advancei v A-tu- ,T- A i~..3 . ' j : st laser (ini!, Diuibi Additional 5 Gents /'.’stored ;s Second Chi-s Mallei- >iie l' liner, Gh.. Poet Office. Jfuo. Barton, - Proprietor- -*•-•• ■ . , •'< - •. - 3***t^a war P. M. EDWARDS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, IIO.MFU, GEORGIA. ;’T“ Will practice in all tlie Courts Vp "T.- <rvn O’rrnif UsJGAit LKU WN, LAWY E R . UoiiEii. Georgia. Will give special attention to ad ministrations, etc., and do a general piactice. in Banks and adjoining c-oun ties. Will loan MONEY at 06 per mil. per annum. G. w. iTeow N. i>'\y s\ IYWvMG’' Q > 0 j | Alaywville, tdeorgrin. Wi!i doa general practice. Collect ing a srieoialty. J. X,. BITCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ,'i’ : r-ioi'., - Georgia. Will prcciica in Jackson. Clarke, I BUI, Banka Frasklin. Madison, ja.ud , if •:' courts in th v*o:tnrn inn'ii it. BO ELLC*S! :IDGE. A'i lUIiNLY AT LAW, r.';rv-iHc, Georgia. Dr! E f! ADA IK, DENTIST. Harmony Grove, Georgia. ,j a.M its M. Merritt, Attorney mid Counselor at Law, Tf n y v Ule, fteorgia, t T - -AY. I. PIKE,— s ATTORNEY AT LAW, ,! i<. Fi- KsoN, Georgia. " DK. A. H, STAPLER, EfOitier, Georgia, Special .it.eut:. n given to forgery, rbA ' ’ ii'd chrome diseasos oi long K'andiqi. ’ __ V. D. LOCKHART. P H YSICIAN, 1 oiner, Georgia. Ordinary' B Court, First i’loi C >•• s i each mouth. T. F. Hill, ordinary. Superior Court, • Third Mondays in March and Sep tember. Cii'arches. Presbyterian Church, services 2nd Sunday iu each month, iO v . H. H. Cartledge, pastor. Methodist Chmch, services Ist Sunday i: each month, ami Saturday before, Pits. J. D Gnnneis and Jno. I. Pen dergras, pastors. Baptist Church, 4 ii Sunday in each month and Saturday before, llor. J. F. goode pastor. 1L O clpj c s • Homer Lodge, so. t>2., I. O. 0. 1., meets Ht Tuesday in each month, J. W , Sumpter, oohla grand, T. I . Hill, secretary. Phi Delta Lodge no. 148, F. A. M„ iroe’f- I t Fr . .y night in each mouth, w. a. v-atsoi;, w. si., r. M. Edwards, t. v.'., j. w. sntnpter, w. s. Long, rcc’tv-, 'V. o. J. oairison, tieaturei., v. tl i tnelokill, s 0., c. m ewen, J.D., Henry Green e. £>., a J. cash. j. a. NOTICE! k.coteml)i' sta, ISSB. After this month no uouces ot any kind will lii! inserted in this paper without the pubHcat! ,!• roes in advance MONt'Y TO VOAN Ir) Rtitj s '! an I up war ■*: on less cemmmstoa 1 ban any man L> pwrflmaat Georgia. i\ M EowAi-ns. 52 G:u. Officers liJla.uk.-i Av Sale At 11 1ir, Uiin-0. xVd kinds. JMcElree’s Wine nf Card is! and thedford’s black-dfiaucht are rnwan*. •2mau4i*AiMkMmrj*at~*amEr..~±- r< * for sale by tire following merchants in Banks and adjoining counties: j k Stephens, Homer, Georgia. w. T Duncan Georgia, ivilev, jewed-villp, oeoigia. charles sweet, Alto, Georgia .i% Lee Lrgrand, craruar, get.rgia. a. y. Bellamy, walnut Hill, geoigia, Ilathcock and co,, Harmony grove, ga. power & Gunnells, narmony giove. ga. Baugh and uro., jiaysville, geoigia. j c situs, Apple valley, georgia. j b. mo vhorter, Fort i,ara\ genrgia g o at ! Items. Cotton is looking well. Will somebody linci a lien doolh? It would do for a news item. Mr. Warren Bowden of Belton, was in town Sunday. Dr. Stapler is doing some re pairs on Ids dwelling. . Several covered wagons passed through within the last few days. The most popular resort in Ho mer is the public pump. Mr. Francis Haulbrook af Mays ville, was in town Friday. Quarterly meeting met at Ebon ezer Saturday. Mrs. W. C. J. Garrison lias been quite sick the past few days. Hie infant baby of Mrs, YY. A. Scoggins’ died Monday evening. If a man don’t respect nis profes sion, it can not respect hiui. Look out for warm days and cool nights shortly.* License were issued Saturday to Mr. xldams and Miss Crow. The parties live in Nail’s Creek Farmers are beginning to have a littli recreation; crops are about “laid by,” stsrBLACK-DRAUGHT tea cures Constipation. Last Wednesday night was a hut one—the warmest of the season. Mr. Robt. Stephens is gradually rec >veing from his severe attack of rheumatism. Judge Uill and Maj. J. K. Tliomp son gaye Atlanta a business call last week. The different schools in this sec lion are receiving a good attend ance. The teachers are competent. McElree’s WINE OF CAROL!! for female diseases. One of Homer’s good looking young men says he ‘dikes - to take the ladies out riding, and espe cially that young lady whom he taken Sunday evening ’’ C®~'WINE OF CARDUI, a Tonic tor Women. ** 'S’as ward Anti S' vsssrr w ivi !” JIOMEA. BANKS COyN TV, < A... ITI/LSDAY. JFLY A. Miss Lizzie Greer of A. in.- us. visited the family of Mr. O. Y. Forbes last week. She is now vis iting relatives ia Maviville, vm e • and lent oi Hom er, said Satan!; y, people “pas* througli Horner like it was a pri vate-resident.” The Jackson Count}* Singing Convention will convene at Bold Springs, Friday before the first Sunday in August. J. I. Kay, Pres. Mr. Idus Bowden reopened the Academy, Mommy with a good at tendance. Mr. Bowden’s health is grad ual 1 y i m pro Vi ng. Gov. Gordon tms appointed Hon. A P. Watford of Banks, Malcolm John eon of A lmta, Judge hosier of Ma rietta, to serve as assessors At lanta and Ctia-lotto Air Line raitroid. Superior Court is slowly but surely approaching. There are two prisoners in jail—one for horse stealing; the other charged with burning a fence TYy BLACK*DKRUTHT ted tor Dyspepsia. The Sunday-school Celebration meets to morrow at New Salem. This is one of the best neighbor hoods in the county. A good at tendance is expected. Mr. E. L. Bnekett of Hollings worth, has a very sick child, so ,ve learn from lion.-A. P. Watford. Later; —-The little fellow died Tu esday night. No injurious effects can follow the use of Ayer's Ague Cure. It contains an tn GBing antidote and specific for miasmatic poisons, together with reme dial agents which purify and re invig orate the system. Some Uriel or thieves stole about $lB worth of meat from Capf. En och Anderson last week. Also, about the same time, stole two hams and one middling from Mr. Smith Meeks, The trouble between the two schools in the Silver Shoals ueigh borhooil has caused some trouble with the patrons. It is said the school board is to meet to-day and adjust the matter. Ike Allexauder, the revenue officer, is in town this week registering all who wish to make brandies, etc. The boys are “kinder” coining in. The guager will be along later to see the boys when the kittle is “brimming full,” McELREE’S WINE OF CARDUI for Weak Nerves. No medicine is more conscientiously prepared, more powerful, or mtrehigb !y concentrated than Ayer’s Simpa rilla. Its standard of excellence ii the result oi careful study. This prepara tion is acknowledged by the Medical profession to be the best blood pari tier. The roving wolf that appeared | around here this spring, was killed jin Athens a few nights’ ago, com j ing out of a hen-house wiili 2 chiek , ehs in ils mouth. Io another col- J umu appears the notice from the I Athens Banner. A Miiiitea F r. [Vv titter, hr tl . . -cvnai b/ ikuiby.] [r, love’s gigariiio !i*t AiS gentle k the P : e'*m r.t Jr, Sh sweetens every c u;v ? m n N\ rth beauty uncommonly iau. Sin- wins and is wood, And the sunsr.es tmi • madis YYreck the he .its of the boys, C'l thru, Atlienisti adi. She wt-; the cynosure of the group ’Yiiiiein the luirg eiie stani; She seized the boyi'h tanseb — O! thou, Atithenim maid. Her charms, lik - sparkling rosea Arrests the fr Jickeome eye Ot the jovial inouutain tab As she wears the sad good bye. Gala as the morning sunbeam Dancing in the moruii if May, She hurled Cupid’s i.uhtie quiver And ?folo a lad’B tieart away. as will be seen i he cuu lty's jirop erty from last year’s digest has de creased $36,000, The total digest for this year, as shown on Mr. and. K. Clmmbers’ books, the Keceiver, is ; 8.34.Q5. Last year it was $136.34.05. Wh tt caused li-is de crease, perhaps some will atk The Journal will say tiie Loan Associa tions has principally been the cause a fanner having a $2,000 jdaula lioii can only receive a loan for hardly one half. If you want <o see a county’s wealth diminish let her gointo a'thing of this son—one of the worst monopolies that ever sprang up in the South. It incour ages sloLhfulnos& into her prosper ous people, by letting their farms go down, and they are sold for comparatively nothing. Will this iucourage soul hern immigralioiß (Comm st t: icalod, Maysville, June 24—Rev. II R Bernard preached an interesting sermon to a large congregation at the Baptist church Sunday.—Mes srs. B. 11. Green and Ben Wood, two of our enterprising young far mers, are visiting in Cherochee, N. C, —Mr. J. P. Warnie of Oxford, Ala., is visiting relatives here.— Mr. 11, J, David is attending court ai Gainesville this week.—Sir Wil liam Saville has just completed his magnificent residence on his farm near here. It will be known as the “Saville Mansion.”—Mrs. O. S. Forbes is gradually improving from a spell of fever.—Our town will be deserted to-morrow and Saturday The summer dullness has put in its appearance.—Some ace condemn ing the old guano houses, and say they ought to be taken down. The odors from these buildings are not. pleasant. Our council ought to in vestigate the matter. —Mr. I. 11. Madden has moved into his new store house, and is nicely fitted up. —The new awning placed round the Comer Bro's. store adds much to the looks and cooliness of the building.—Our streets are getting dry and dusty. — Mr. a. B. Means, our new postmaster, is attentive and accommodating m keeping the office open—Success to the Jour nal; it is slowly, but gradually gain ing ground, and is 'asked for and read by a number who say they are going to become subscribers. Anthens, July 23.—For several days past there has been a fright ful, commotion among the citizens in the northeastern part of our city, oyer the nightly appearance of a wild animal in that vicinity. The beast, had been frequenting the J..<2r put' vr al. .JrriVi.: (, t r hj And M i.iinr: W yards and chick; n .'uo.-ls of .-evcral citizens li\ Gig m-ar K. • nor!hern depot, and bn:! Lbieo s.-vera! dugs belonging to m gvo-s -b- tiie neigh borhood. Ji.'jt it .vas ‘.IOUUUt to be a mad do. . but as no si an.-- oi hydiAphobia i-ln-*.ved tip on ;ije>i nines that were bitten by ihe un known animal,thecuriq.-i. ■' of the citizens in ; ;; P. v, -ini: ,* g. -w ; : fetr'e and they il;-iermin<i to icili the beael the ik x: . bno in- made ins appearance Lm-t- tSatniday ilgln, the oppoffunity. About 12 o’clock some darkies wore aroused hv x no He from the Miicken roost 3, and with loaded guns went out iq lay Ay the thief, i’retty . mi animal resembling a v ,;f came out. oi tiro bouse wi'b two grown bens in its mouth. Tffo dsidib:.' a-not i; an i a;- preached it with tear and u . .utiling o ('X !, uiine their curb,:;s tinor. b4ip said if was a leopard an . sawi it was a roaiing lion, read; no one yet knows what it is. it nscmbles a cross between a wolf and a dog very strikingly, 'and has played havoa wuh the chi 'kens the pa.-t tew nights. ' cirjirHjniic. Athens. July 22. Near* -nfer Sit nrday afternoon, a white m*n -mi a negro woman, whose naiaue <• m J no' he ascertained, became involved in a row. The woman was the possessor of a razor, and with venom-nous fury she slashed his tight sum open from the shoulder to the elbow, ami from loss of blood lie came near dying. He is stilt in a critic it condition. G’ovington, July 22 —Last nighs about dark a negro, DanMiLne, age-1 22, attempted to assault a lesoectable white woman, Airs, l! chael Stunner, living six miles from Covington. Her screams brought assistance, but the negro etcuped, but afterwards was cap trued. This morning as he was being brought to town be was taken from the officer by sixty masked men ami hanged. Cnthbert, July 23.—fudge John T. Clarke, judge of the Butaula circuit, was the victim of a horrible accident to-day, about two o’clock at Smith vilie, in v/nich hs lost bis life in the twinkling of an eye. His head was almost completely severed from the body, beneath the wheels of the west bound Macon aud Montgomery passeu ger. He was on his way to hold court; at Macon, in Judge Qustin’s place-- Having agreed to sit in the famous Cue ton State Life insurance case. Kansas City, July 22.—A spec’al from Albuquerque, N. M., savt-; List Sauuday three catrte aud horse thiev es, mrmbeiH ot a notorious band of M'xicans who have Buuuiitted inanv depredations in his city, were attack ed by Bepu.y Sheriff Uhas. L. Oee>. and a pos.-e. Owens and one .Mexi can was kilted, i’he other two Mexi cans were caught an t itnpii.-’oned in a vacant house near Ivehy- List uitjht a paity of cowboys piofeedei ,to the house where tho remai-aing twothiev-o weie, overpowered theguaid aud tiatig el the piisoueis. Stillwater, Minn, July 22—D >i> Younger, the Ali-soari oat I aiv, muse ;die in prison. lie is in the l**r st*g ot consumption, aud prominent men of Missouri have been living to seonro his pardpa. Gov. Moriain said to Col. B onough and ex-(J>v. Marshall, last night on their presentatiou of a targe petition: "i may as well sav to you now, once for all, that 1 shall do nothing in the case—nothing at all. f have my own personal feeling in the matter, and 1 should not bo moved to interfere in tho case ot Bob or ai y of them, even if Haywood’s wile could come back from the grave and sign your petition, or if Haywood’s,surviv ing daughter should join in your ap peal." i\U. •