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~FltIL>AY. APRIL 15 18*1.
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vertUini: Bureau(|0 Spruce Street.) where
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.VEVV VOKK.
—
We will send tlie Advance an t the
Sttvauoal, Weekly Notes twelve months
fur $3 00 CaSil
The legislature of Tennessee has do
cided that the state debt must be paid,
8b.ee 1870 the increase in the
ared p<*in!atlo(i lias been 35 per cent,
in the Umt>d States. The increase
Miaou g the whites Las heeu 35 per
■cent.
A Washington correspondent say*
the deadlock in the Senate does not
•eem to bother the President. He
continues to send in nominations as
though tliatbody transacting ... « busi i
was
W*-
▼The flag I which Texas presented to
<!«..»
oeratfe majority four years afo, has
Itwti returned to Texas. The Dnn-
°“*“ c mnioritv ® a ^ Mty in ‘ Texas last V election [
was 90,000, in Georgia f . only , about 40,-
000 .
All the parties arrested for compile
liy in Ihe murder of the Czar have
been tried and convicted and senten¬
ced to death by hanging. In the case
of Sophie Piefosky the sentence must
be confirmed by the Czar, us she is
of noble birth.
Another large boquet ornamented
the desk of Seuutor Hill, ,f Georgia,
on Moudtiy. It wus sent from the
Democratic students of the Deaf Mute
College hr U testimonial of thu “manly
stand” taken by Mr, Hill in the pend¬
ing controversy.
The people of Jacksonville have a*
Inst succeeded in defeating the ltepub
licun ring that has for so long ruled
that city. The ticket elected is known
m the “People’s Ticket,” but was
mjpportod by the Demooats and all
the better cla-sof Republicans. Tin re
ia much rejoicing over the election
MWoug the good people.
The Barnwell (S.C.) I’eopU ‘says:
“W« are reliably informed in some
Mentions of the country, Colored la-
borers areenrolhig themselves in la¬
bor league* mid pledging themselves
to work for no white man after the
preeent year for love, money or mi In
terest in crops. They prefer renting
land and getting advances.”
At the railroad depot in Washing
city, an attempt was made to rob Dr.
Hnygood. when lie was on hi< way to
liaonn with the $50,000 donation of
Geo. I. Sooey to Wesleyan Female
College, at Macon. -In effort was
made to foroe n satchel, containing
the gift, from his bauds, lint failed.-
Hi* purse containing about $125 wps
etoleu from him. however.
A correspondent writes that the fol¬
lowing receipt comes from Dr. Elliott,
a aou of the late Bishop Elliot, of ( a.,
who says it is a preventive of scarlet
fever and everywhere tbn disease lias
been contracted it modifies its severity
jf lf tjikcn- taken Olio One ounce outue of of snluhito sulphite of of so so
«hom tu three pints water. A
#til three times a day for children and
* tablespoonful for adults.
Advices from Augusta are to the
4ffret that, it is now believed there that
__ *n sliWnno allunoe between uet\\*en the me Central ueiutai Rail- rmii
tpoad of Georgia, tlw Georgia Railroad
sind the Louisville and Nashville sys-
tein 1ms been consumated. While
there there will wi 1 be he no no consolidation consolidation of r stoek u ck
i^e «nk,iie system will >. m n
effectually under one management
ifrom the West to Savannah and Churls-
.ton and intermediate cities.
In the hope of having some effect
the Democratic Senators, interes-
ted parties are circulating with great
industry sUtement* that if tits present
contest iu the Senate it prolonged
much longer the President w 11 cal!
an extra session of Congress. A
dwpjUch "The
Democrats care nothing about tins;
that *t is not their party which can
suffer bj'an extm session of Congress
and , if .. the ., ,, Republicans __ want . ope they ..
have not the least objection.*’
The Annual convention «f the
Georgia Teachers’Association was to
ooBveue at Atlanta on the first
day in May. As the National Associ-
aUou meeta in that eityon Jul%
H has been thought best tliat the
meeting of the State Convention be
held at the same time and place.
NotiCH .. 1*therefor .. .. give i by t io ec-
retary. Mr. S. C. Caldwell to the
members of tlie Georgia Teachers'
Association and to these of the pro
* fosion • throughout the .State ~ that the
.AUlMial convention will be postponed
ifrooi May until July 19th.
The Trne Cause of The Deadlock
i n The United States Senate.
Washington', April 5,—The Dem¬
ocrats of the Senate have pretty well
tletermined that, come what may,
(hey Will pot consent (0 till! election
of Gorham and Riddleberger as ,SVcre-
tary and Hergeant-at-Arms of the
Senate, if continued ivsistanc - < can
prevent that consumaiion.
These two candidates are Tcganled
■'« representing a corrupt bargain by
« hicli the republicans proenred eon-
t1 ’" 1 ‘> f the committees. Gorham was
the negotiator of this coalition and
his reward was the nomination for
Secretary
Riddleberger is the recognized lieu
tenant of Mahone who appeared pub-
]idy on the floor of the Senate to aid
in furnishing references who the 1st-
ter made his recent speech. He is
j•>« «««><* of the biU by which one-
thud of the State debt was repudiat
jj ie p a ytn«*ut of the remain-
in * two-thirds was made insecure
auit uncertain
JPStSSgSZffgS adhere £ .
u|nr session if the Republicans
to tbe-,e caucus nominees, it is not
!l question whether vvliat is called ‘ a
constitutional majority.” obtained by
|he CuStiuK V ote of the V.c-Preside ..t
stiid! prevail, but whether a venal
tmde shall be carried out by the con-
Kent of one-half of the Senate.
Opposition can easily be overcome
by the Republicans putting tip candi¬
dates who are not tainted in any way
with this foul jobbery and who deserve
public confidence. Until they adopt
this wi-e course, the Democrats will
prevent the completion of the con-
tiact.— Few York Sun.
An elopement took place Banda ■<
evening in the village of East Humi
ton, which had a sill termination,—
Th r young woman, 18 years of age,
Was the daughter of a highly respected
lesident of the village. She was
pet of the family, owing to her deli¬
cate health, and was especially cured
for. The young man, who is said
have a wife, also lives at the village.
The two went to Sag Harbor, wln
they were married. As they were
leaving the minister’s house they
arrested by an officer, uho took
young woman home and allowed
voting man to go. On Monday
girl’s father, while relating the
to a justice of the peace, was so over¬
come with grief that lie fell to the
| floor in H fainting fit, and died before
medical aid could be summoned.— New
York Tribune.
An Atlanta correspondent of the
Columbus JSnquirer’Sun a iy&: I notice
that some of ihe State exchanges don't
believe that a $100,000 daily is to be
started in A Junta at no very d stunt,
day. But L tell you positively that
such is the case, and the enterprise is
to lie Licked by strong men with
plenty of brains and life. It will he a
live sheet. Atlanta has tins promise
of hdoi her big cotton factory, and it
is whispered that all ti.e stock has
been suliaciiled and the presidency
tendered Mr. Samuel Inman, and that
everything depends upon his accep¬
tance. If lie concludes to take the
position the factory wi 1 be elected
during the year. The matter 1ms heeu
kept exceedingly quint, for the reason
that should Mr. Inman decline, the
capitalists interested will not care to
venture.
They tire putting glucose in the
beer now in New York instead of
malt, and it is doing iui more harm
' ban if could possibly do in sugar k
Hii .he Gel man sections of New \ cn
where the men dnnk fifty glasses of
beer a day, they will accumulate
enough glucose in a year to kill them.
The matter has been culled to the at-
lection of the New' \ oik Legislature,
and some very energetic steps will be
^ lke “ to stop tins adulteration.
Every . brewer nsing glucose m the
manufacture of his b/er must adver-
tase this fact, and all kegs of this adul-
terat> d beer must have the wami /g
word “glucose’ pasted on it in large
® u P ,ta ^ letters - a<I ' llte l: ''
t , (>u sche me will therefore, probably .
die c.u early death.
A ,' „^ - a ; ,
se’vlml r , out
trenches at the fairgrounds
filled with thousands of paper bugs
that contain earth in which he has
The'ptiper e^oSoT
bags bold about one quart.
The trenches containing the one“deep, bugs are
about th.ee feet wide and
A layer of cotton seed is placed at the
draw St?^‘SSSS.'S and then m the
moisture, paper
bags are packed in closely together,
where they will remain until the new
cotton plants get to be eight to fen
j ncbea Rigp. Then the paper bags ;
each containing a plant, will be taken
and transplant^! in a field near by.
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Colored men are represented ns
having handsome farms and valuable
of rattle J n Texns ; Senator
, ,
and is estimated to be worth
850.000, He is also an educated man.
While a slave in Virginia he
reading and writing by bis
mistress. She wus made very poor
b y (j ]e wftr> .„ u { | 1P ^|, e „ sbowe ,l his
appreciation of her instruction in
former days by supporting her in her
adversity until her death. On her
daughter’s wedding ^ cDv he sent a
,, vesent nf a thou nd . do n ar cheek,
The whole of his property has been
acquired iu Texas.
GEORGIA NEWS.
AMONG THE EXCHANGES OF THE STATE.
There is a woman’s rights club in
Atlanta.
For-ylli hiijj a S20,<X)0 fire on Sat-
■ 1 ' night; insurance $12,000.
The Free J’rexn thinks Quitman is
the rno»t temperate town in the
State. , ;
I; is rvdieted ti nt small pox will
sweep the country as an epidemic this
spring.
The Gnlf House, at Thomasville,
has bs -irio d to Mr. Janies Watts for
•So. 000.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
colored children are a.tending school
in Georgia.
The proprietors of tlio Quitman Free
F have pm chased it new press, and
wiH son > eulmve.
Our North Georgia exchanges sty
Hie fruit crop in that section is a
“gone fawn skin.”
The last issue of the Darien Gazette
emit,,ins ,m interesting sketch of John
Triplett, the clever editor of the
TI,o:rrasvill , Times.
If is f . s(irnj(teil that over a million
dollars worth of pr>p*-rtv was destroy-
* ^ 1V ** 'r -loen^es 1 ™ oie lt,_ -
1,v ,hfl O rdinary of Clratl,am
'Y’’ 1 " v dnnncr l 10 ln ?' lfc l r M,trc
1 ‘"-ty-one wen- issued to negroes,
Mrs U. L. Weston, consort of Mr.
U. I,. Weston, of the Dawson Jour-
nr.d, died at the residence of her Dth-
er last r eek. She w;i, an excellent
lady and a devoted wife. Bfo W es-
ton 1ms onr condolence in this great
loss.
The senior editor of«»lie Cnthliert
JZntsrpcissc came very near losing his
dwelling by lire last week. The fire,
when discovered, was on tha roof of
the kitchen, but fortunately for Mr.
Cooper the gallant boys of the Grange
Institute discovered the danger in
fitne to save him, by good work, the
loss of his dwelling, perhaps.
Tito cold weather seems to have
played the mischief with fruit nil over
the state, nearly, judging from the re¬
ports'of onr exchanges. The famous
Leconte pear. s - > abundantly grown
in Thomas county, especially, have
been seriously damaged and onlv n
v i v small crop will be rais'd. But
b!aikber,i''S are still in sight, and the
average Georgia editor is contented.
An unfortunate aeeident happened
Tuesday to Miss Ida Lewis,a daughter
of Mr. .Taeoh Lewis, who lives near
Rowland Springs, in Bartow county.
She was preparing some dve and im¬
mersed a small boffb-of sulphuric acid
in some boiling water, when the bot¬
tle exploded, throwing the acid in the
young lady’s face. One of her eves
has Imon entirely put out and her face
is terribly disfigured.
We learn th«t. a negro', who Is
Iv blind and barely able to rend and
write, has been appointed Snndersville. postmaster
in the progressive town of
Ho lias not yet been able to make his
bond, and the office is still under the
charge of the old postmaster. This is
indicative of the policy of the new ad
ministration. Tlio South need , - xp - c ,
no f tvors from that quarter. For one-
we shall never ark p»y .—Sparta hh
maelile.
It, will he remernbeted that in Oc¬
tober List. Lee county contributed one
of the loveliest, of her sex ns the wife of
a missionary to China. This bright
intellect, we learn, has lost its efful-
louiey . Mrs. Altman McLain, wife of
Kenneth McLain, has lost her mind,
and her husband is uow on his return
with her from China. We have heard
no particulars, but extend our .sympa¬
thies to all who have an interest in the
sad event. —Amerieits Recorder.
Several days ago JolmnieWest-
knmk ( ,f this pluce—a lad of about
lW( ,ive years was running some stumbled cows
aiVO ss an old field when he
a n(f i^ime very near falling headlong
in toa deep uncurbed old well. He
, VI1S Vt>r y badly frightened, and on his
returntothe houserelatedthecircuro-
8 t a oce to hi« parents telling them of
the scare he lmd received. A few days
,.f[ Pl .,yirds it whs discovered that his
t „ rnt ,j from verv ( hirk to
,, n iron-gray color and no cause can
, l)6 ascei tained tor it but the result of
the severe l'rigbt. We have often
voa(1 of such but this is the first case
of the kind that has ever come to our
| knowledge — Hampton Weekly.
Americns Recorder: In order
^ « nuii \}"* Burkli-ilter^ f't^e^Me^ 1
J, aVeTn we wil) shite
^ „ent, e men ZITLder U e Sd cHy
1,1 l 'i e i ' he J“ er * e ^ c
^ , 6 f t^’
’
j 1,10 ofllUe,s of Clfty pi .v " nd n l Rando, « o P h
j counties, prevented the meeting of
the parties and so far peace lias been
k'i ^ ^ d ? \ IT ,!
! ‘ a
earnestly ^ h hope they h may n socceeJ.
those who are eagerly awaiting to
hear the result we can only say “pos-
sess yourselves with patience” and
j trust that wise council may prevail.
List of Letters
Remaining in the Postoffice at Leary
Ap»i! 1st, 1881;
Jackson, Hattie
Brown, Fannie Bvssel B. J.
Brown Lizzie Scott, E. M.
Byrd, A. E. Took,Josie
Collard R A. Walters, Sarah
Davis, Jon. R. Washington, Lizer
Dean. J. IV. William, Richard
Hillman, Ben Williams,Fannie
Persons calling for any of the above
letters will please say advertised. If
not called for within thirty days will
bo sent to the Dead Letter Office.
J. E. MERCER.
Postmaster.
HARRIS!
a s. HARRIS
—IS—
STILL RECEIVING
Large shipments of
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS,
BOOTS & SHOES*
~\
HARDWARE,
CROCKERY,
GROCERIES
ETC., ETC.,
He will tell you all about this
TREMENDOUS STOCK
in this space next week.
HARRIS.
Mothers! Mothers!! Mothers!!!
Ar " 4M»W ... ..igbtuj.a
°* ><»Hr K-st by a sick cufiri suffering
and crying with the excruciating pain
of cutting teeth? If so. go at once
and get a hottie of M US. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYllUP. It will relieve
the poor little sufferer 'immediately
depend upon it; there is no mistake
iw. *.«*. «■«:;
" 10 ,!,s cvei used it, who Will not tel!
at once that if will regulate the bowels,
and give rest to the mother, and relief
ami health to the child, operating like
magic. It is perfectly safe to .use in
all *
eases, and pleas.-,,, to the taste, and
is the prescription of one of the oldest
anl) l>est t'emnle physicians ami nurses
in the United States. Sold every where.
25 cents a bottle. octl5*ly
1733- 1881.
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IAS0KIS hM ANJ] FAIR!
—AT—
Otlethorpe Barrscis, Safannah,
COMMENCING
Masonic Fraternity
—AND 'iUE—
LADY FBfENOS of tbs QKDER
rirni3 EX KIRI! TON will tic the largest
articles contributed from all parts of the
Union anil by the people of Navannah,there
will be a inagniticent display of
FANCY WORK
ard other t ilings donated by the ladies.
The occasion will he in every respect
what its name indicates—A GRAND BA-
A ,! { i ' N,1) IAIR- r -worthy»of the people at
p al ® e , '
Vocal and Instrumental Music,
BEADING TIH5ATKICAI.S,
TUE BOHEMIAN GLASS BLOWERS
and ot her entertainments will form features
of each evening’s exhibition.
SPECIA L EXCURSION RATES over all
railroads and steamer lines to Savannah
during the Fair.
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Mi • -j K
A TRUE TONIC
A PERFECT STRENQTHO’SER.A SURE
IRON BITTERS are highly recommended for all diseases re¬
quiring a certain and efficient tojlic; especially Indigestion, Energy, L'yxpcpA.t, Enriches I.ilcr-
miitent Fevers, Want of Appetite, Loss of Strength, Lex!: of e/c.
the Hood, strengthens the muscles, and gives new life to the nerves. They ac t
like a charm on tlie digestive organs, removing all Hear:burn, dyspeptic symptoms, Tlie only such
as Tasting ihe Food, Belching, Heat in ihe Stomach, etc. giv«
Iron Preparation that will net Llnclcen the toetli cr
headache. Sold by all druggists. 57rite for the ABC Book, S2 pp. oi
useful and amusing reading —sent free.
BROWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, MJ.
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PAtV ,o> 1 INF
PAINTS, jgg PERFUMERY,
OILS, -Jj FANCY" GOODS,
GLASS, PrescriptiOBs TOILET ARTICLES.
PUTTY. —o—
CAREFULLY'
—o— COMPOUNDED FRESH
All the popular Nipt AT ANY TIME, Day. Garden Seeds
Patent Medicines or OF EVERY KIND,
Kept in stock. Guaranteed to Com* Up.
G STO^ ’
BY GEO. R. EWELL,
Practical Druggist and Chemist,
ARLINGTON, GEORGIA.
Tweaiy-One Years’ Experience in the Busiuese.
Graduate of the Maryland College of Pharmacy, Class 18f}l,
Prepares all Pharmaceutical Preparations and warrants them of standard
strength and purity.
Other drugs selected with great cure aBd purchased from most reliable dealers
and sold as low as a man can, to deal honest and pay liis debts.
Bine Cigars and Tobacco a Specialty*
A GENTS WANTED for the best anil
5&S
a j publishing: Company, Atlanta* Ga.
inarT-itm
r N EOROIA, Cat.iiocn County -John
vJTT. Pace having applied to be appointed of
guardian of the person and property
'\ mnl 6 ' !ark ; a niiwir under fourteen years
s® Court &££ Ordinary
a (, the next terra of the of
ro be held after the expiration- of thirty
days from the first publication of this no-
tiee and show cause, if any they can, why
John T. Pace should not be intrusted with-
'
' MONROE, Ordinary.,
ALFRED I.
April 4th, 1881. 4w
t busines noiv before the public/
You can make money faster
at work for us than at any-
thing else C'apital not required. We wilt-
boys and girls wanted everywhere to work
for us. Now is the time. You can devote
your whole time to the work, or only your
spare moments. No other business will
pay you nearly as well. No one willing to
work can fail to make enormous pay by
engaging at once. Costly Cut lit and terms
free. A great opportunity for Address- making
money easily and honorably.
Yjuje& Co,, Augusta, Maine.
Calhoun Mortgage Sale.
WILL By SOLD before the Court
House door, in the towu of Morgan,
on the fust Tuesday in June next,
M«»* •*■■*} 0mm* mk. ««
Showing piopeity, to-wit.
One hundred and fifty bushels of
com, more or less,five hundred bushels.
of cotton seed, more or less. 3,U00 lbs
I fodder, more or less, oue thousand
I Jlllll five hundred stalks of sugar Cane,
more or less, GO gallons of syrup, more
j ( , SSi two thousand pounds seed cot-
' uni, more or less, two bales cotton,
marked (M. D.),one grey horse named.
Jake, one buggy, one mule named
Allick, one two-horse wagon, Tennes¬
see make. Levied on under a mort¬
gage fl fa issued from Calhoun county-
Superior Court in favor of P. B. Boyd
vs. C. J. McDaniel. Property desenb-
e<1 mortgage and in possession,
of defendant. W. W. GLADDEN,
March 29, 1881. Sheriff.