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im aa ii mvi. SQUIBS GATHERED HERE ANJ> THERE. j “Together let ur sweetly live, Together let us -die”— is one way of doing the thing. Pleasant weather, Gather up your rations for court, Our school is still progressing finely, Preaching Sunday -.at the C. P. church, W. C. Driggs will spend to-mor row at home. • * • • . Mr. John A. Cureton is recover ing slowly. \ - , . , Ohio Bryant returned from Chata * < nooga to-day. John L. Case is improving slow ly, but surely. Miss Carru Lumpkin spent last Saturday at home. " ’ Miss Scruggs, of Summerville, Ip visiting- Mrs. Crntrell’s this week. Street working again this week, and the town is cleared of loafers. Mr. Frank t’orput, of Gadsden Ala.,Y& spending a few days at home. The senior editor intends.killing a deer to-morrow —If it comes in his way. Will the Grand Jury recommend the bridging of lookout Creek? If not why not? Jerome Williams is taking some pride in fixing Up''the streets of our town. Let net go Jerocpo. ' ■' "V Dick Potter . offers fifty dollar® to know who it is that uses his pis tol so freely around Potter’s Bluff. * f . .., We have no space in which to note tho ills of a man to stingy to take his home pamper. Mr. T. H. 3. Cole who Elk* iiUon* confined to his room for several . .< i , i • days this week is able to be out again. Cali at the News office court week—you may owe something, and if to poor to pay we will give you a receipt. ' 1 be an icecream festi val and, chwrch supper in Mrs. E. fi. Brazel ton’s yard at the Furnao? to-mgfit. . , f Dade, county is,hooping for bet tor public roads, and twelve months hence will niarke a change in the public roads. Mr. Valley Pricket returned to hi 3 home in the West last Friday, taking with him his mothe-in-law, Mrs. Ellen Thurman.. Mr. Wayne hat- a horrUfrP drum to propound to some one. H r warn a to know if the young lady in realiy married, or if it just a put up job. Mr. Peter Forester was in town Monday. Mr. Forester nays he is on the fence in one of tho local political contests, and may “drap’ either way. A man desiring to go to Chat tanooga may stand at tho depot and .t.i thn Cannon Bill go by, with the full realization of the old saying. ! ‘. "o near and yet so far. J Vy. Blevins wants bis oppo nents take their meals at hie hou ' hen in Rising Fawn.. He says he hates to sec them squand ering their money at the hotels and then get beat. Eucure parties are all the rage in the upper circles of society lit Ris ing Fawn now. But a certain young man wants to know why they can’t have; thorn on some’ other night just as well as Tuesday night. Mr. Pickle is runniug the Cross House in first clast style at Rising Fawn,and E. C. Mosely is rushing things “Muchly” with Iris red O&ppotl porter, hut 1 guess the boys will take their Sunday meals at the Furnace now. One of our public buildings of our county located in Trenton has . hKai -..ndergoing repairs —three new :>-hiogles have bee” nailed on the Ea«t ide fronting the public' •square.. V/e ave glad too see these improvements going on. and it be tokens a fence around the court house iii the near future. Mrs. N, M.Brock is very sick. Mrs* -JtiftriiCuzzort is quite sick. Mr. Loon Connally has puruhas anew buggy. Mrs. John Timbeflake-, of Seven son, Ala., is visiting her sister, Mrs H. V. Taylor. Mr. Tom Payne was in town lasi Wednesday’ for the first timp'‘in several month©. DIED —On Lookout mountain last Sunday night,Mr W. M. Mas - sfcy. Age 53 years. A party of Rising Fawn young people came to Trenton and re turned Wednesday night. Johu Dunlap, A. G. 8. Baggage Master if laying op a few days in. Trenton for repairs—hear* disease, i» * 4 Cp),Sweat, of Cole City, haaiieen in town for the past two days elec tioneering Cfbr his favorite candi dal e. - - *« * Dr. Lumpkin made a trip some* where'this week, we supp se on a canvassing toor— ‘futhot your u ponent know© h not.” The next Gr and Jury may teach some of our young men the diter ance between a musk mellon and a puppkin. It may be that we have an undue antipathy for’ the professional traiUp ; but some people are a little, to lenient upon the fraternity ' ’ • • ; I , t q W« will print tickets at this of fice for $1.50 per thousand. Can didates for Legislature.should send in their orders at once, and begin floating their ticket?. Messrs. J. E. Paterson, John Fowler andvPetef FoVester .com mittee appointed by the Grand Ju ry tp examine the county records, ‘have beeh going over work this week Donlt forget to vote for tb© Con : shtutioua 1 amendment 'providing ! for live sup,rewje Court Judges. When a proper > construction is to be placed upon a law, the judgment of five men is better than three. ’ Mrs. S A W ood, and daugtere, Miefies and Netiie, who have been Vieiting her daflglner,' Mrs. Alex Stewart returned to Jas per where they will remain for .some time. War'd the., obnviot who escaped from Rising Fawq Msmp H , in a re cont letter to Capt.j Conner dated at New York states that if tho Capt.. will send a man to him he will pay the lesees back the two hundred dollars they forfeited by his escape, The lesoes should spend the amount forfeited to re k/capjUis9 Mmafbnly to-pupu n him for hia insolence. A CLOSE SHAVE. Joe Hartllne while hunting about twelve miles above Rising Fawn out on Sand Mountain, ac cidental discharged his rifle, *h© ball passing through his thumb, grazing his chin and going upward through his hat brim. Pieces of the thumb bone i era driven into his face inflicting scratches, giving his , face the appoacance of a severe ! briar scratching. The thumb wa? taken off at Rising Fawn by Dra. Fricks and P-rock, A WOLD BE ' BSIBOIAN. News of the dastardly attempt to murder Richard Potter, a worthy'did citfaren living near Pot ter’e B 1 tiff,'about one mile South of Rising Fawn has just come to light. It has been kept secret ainco Che night of the 4th, so that • # < , ■» the guilty party might be appie heuded. It seems that some one was aware of the fact that Mr. Pot ter had some money. And so the night of the 4th it being very dark they took advantage of the dark noss to rob Mr. Patter. About 10 o’cloed Mr. Potter heard some one heliowing at the gate and got up to see what they wanted, aud just as he stepped out. into the nail some i one shot at him. Mr. Potter then ja« back i t he. house to arm him -1 veil when .-another pistol ..shot, lyas i tired. Mr Potter armed himself % - , and gut back to the front uoor when !he heard soma one moving off m i the*diccctidh of Rising Fawn in a carriage l Mr. Potter says he has his the party spotted and will push them to the full extent of the law. i Mk. Edit&k : Under the head jof “The Facts” you very kindly called attention to a report being circulated in this county, which l ; am perfectly surprised to find that j any person should believe any I part of it •an*’'. LDher- had a contract with the Rising Fawn Iron ‘Company, either writen or-verbal,, that they should not work convicts on their property sold them by him or any one else 1 never was in formed of it, and any person who charges that I did know of such a ‘contract, or that I sold such con tract or privilege to tho Riving Fawn Iron Co., or anyone else,' or destroyed said •“oißract has no regard foi the truth. They wlifully tie. Ut. A. B. latum. WHY NOT? Whom the A. & C. R. R. was be ing built- our citizens went wild with delight, and their energies and their money were expended for tho building of what th«y thought would be the moat pra cious boon. Stanton failed and carried down men who had staked thoir all for tho construction. of the road ; ‘he iiUlc - vn of Trenton ‘■was left in bank:m.toy, but they had a Rail-Kcrui- We have now the same road but what are. the accommodations? The very train we would patronize run« by at a rate of forty miles per hour and an old freight may stand at the station‘half an hour, and tho’ you. may want to go its way you dare not hoard it. While our rights * .« are* not respected or recognized, the law*; are trodden down, and an out raged people subject to injustice. If jve cannot, accure all we wculd bave, v we shquldg as Cleveland rec ommended in his fishery message.;, “resort to reialiotory imeamiros. No train.efin i>o. run through Tron-. ton or Rising FaWn. at a rate ovsr . * i *• !t , six milea pur .hour, without a vio lation of the law,’and at this rate it could be very Palely boarded in cay oof an emergency. While (at least w© do not) desires to 'in jure the rpii road company in its business, yet as citizens living along its line We are entitled to a certain accommodations which should not entiroly bo ignored. If the people will unite in an effort wo ern secur© accommodatious bet ter than what we have. Lei u« do it. Why not? '. SMITH QA The farmers are tage. of tho fine weather of the .few ! days past to turn their lands and j prepare for next season’s crops. '. Mr. Griffin, post office inspector, has been here foi several days in vestigating the cat e of a man by tno name of Luttrell for “over j compensating” hira3elf as post I master at an office on Sand Moun tain in DeKalb county. He was tried before the Commissioners at Fort Payue and bound over to Fed era! Court at Birmingham. « Mr. Will Dearth is quite sick at his his home near this place with lever. Hope he will soon bo out : again. R. G. Blake is putting up a dis tilery for tho purpose of -making corn whiskey at the spring on his farm. The hands are working the pub lic roads between tho State line and the Nisbett farm, and while I am bp the BttbiuctJl want to say that all the formers I Lave heard ex press thtmcelvCw want to send a taitfnito the Legislature who will .introduce a shill to amend our road laws by taxation insteod of the t There are about twenty-five guests at the 'hotel yet. but it will soon close. All are leaving well satis fied. Our old friend, Jack Duncan, formerly of Rising Fawn, now of Nashville, arrived here to day. Dr. J R. Cravens, of Ringgold [was hero to-day looking after his I farm. i With best wishes for tne success of the News I will “letup” for the present. Sayhe. LUMPKIN H fchOCK A'4 TO ft ft li Ito -Y T «. \\\ TRENTON, GA. Will practice in all the courts. JOHN G. HAI-K, ATTORNEY AT LAW. KTSTNO FAWN, GKOUOIA. Special attention given to all leg d business in the b'ujwrior and Supremo courts. #oonr*«> ~ *ixwv I Vv r &J. P. JACOWAY. ATT ORNEYS AT LAW Tri nton, Ga. Special attention given to all legal business in the Suj>erior and Supreme courts,, A. T. FRICKS. PHYSICIAN : &, : eURGEON. Rising• Fdwm, Ga. ■Will practice in the town and •?;:rrodnding country. E. B. KETCHERSIDE. . PHYSICIAN :& : SURGdON TKENTON GHOROIA. Will practice in the town and surrounding country. Dr. F. H. Field, Dentist, will be In Trenton court-week. Those wish ing his services will please oall early. ■ i NOTICE. The Technological Department of the University of Georgia will be open for the reception of pnpils on the 3rd of October |next. The county of Dnde Is entitled to ons student who must be selected by the f Board ’,of Education on com pletive examination. If aYiy per son desires to enter said ssrhool from^this county, they will appear before the Board of Education, at Trenton, on Saturday 15th of Sept, inst:, at which time there will be a meetihg of the Board for the pur pose of examining applicants. J. P. JacoWay, C. 8. C. m m win Gives thorough instruction tn Peamanahip, Book-keoping. Short hand, Telegraph and Typewriting —other branches taught if de sired. Entire cost including board, lodging and tuition only sl2 per month, 0t460 pays for tho whole course. AdrrossJ G 3. PATRICK. Knoxville, Toon. TiiE MO2 NORMAL IMTITOT! v Will Open AUGUST «th. 1888, And Close DE€£HBEK, 'gist, 1888. This institution is reorganised, and will be conducted on a strictly Normal plan by J; M. and H. E. WATSON. h—H-7.1 I— — l - LoeaflUl at Trenton, Dade county, on the'lim* of tho Alabama Great Southern Rail-oad, 18 miles south ef Chattanooga, with every advan tage conducive) to good health, in cluding good air and three different kinds of drinking water, in «*asy access of tho school building. In arrangements the buildings are unsurpassed by any for the pur poses of a first-class school. TUITION: First Grade, per month, - $ 1 00 SecondfGrade * * 300 Third Grade “ ' - 275 Fourth Grade “ - B*so Music, with use of instru’nts 800 Tuitions Due and Payable Monthly Thorough instructions in Prepar atory. Teachers, scientific and bus iness courses. Board can be had from $7 to |lO per month, in good famtßes. • For further information, address J. M. <fc H. E. WATSON, Trenton, Ga. Me- Cmmty-lewa FOR 1388! 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