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LOCALETTEB. —Ladies’ Hose and Spurs at Win Parker’s. —Lumber trains are now run ning daily. —Robin shooting is the order of the. day. —Morse's Pills and Mixed Paints at W in. Parker’s. —Mrs. Hiram Sears Jr. is re- j ported quite ill. —.Justice Love will hold court here on the 19th inst. —Measles is epidemic in Alba ny. Keep shy of the town. —Mr. Wolihin is the new ex press agent on the B. & A. —Guano agents are now busy interviewing our farmers. —Subscriptions taken for the Ga zette all times of the da} - . —Eggs and chickens are ex ceedingly scarce in our town. —Col. Lastinger, of the Berrien County News, was in town Thursday —Louis Holzendorf is making some important improvements about his place. —Win. Kirkland, of Kirkland, is now a student at our High School. -—Crazy Joe was severely bitten on the hand by Dr. Love’s dog Sun day aight —Mrs. S. P. Hale is very low again this week, we are sorry to say. —t-There will be a Stewards Meeting at Fussel Church, Satur day, Feb. 19. —Messrs. J. M. Lott and Joe Bailey are taking in the sights of Albany this week. —Remember that Quarterly Meeting will be held here on the 16th and 17th of March. Mr.'lve, Superintendent of the Express Company, passed up the road Tuesday. ‘—Rev. U. Morrison will preach here next Sunday. Let there be a good attendance. —Mrs. C. A. Alford, of Sumner, died Thursday, leaving a child -three days old. —Perhaps the Sheriff"s Sale adver tised in this issue interests you. Read it and see. —Rev. H. C. Pimlergas (col.) of West Point, has been assigned to pastoral duties here. —Do uot fail to read the guano advertisement of H. Vickers & Son, to be found elsewhere. Prof. Edwards owns a Span ish setter which is claimed to be the best bird dog in the South. —Several persons prospecting with a view to locating turpentine stills, passed up the load Monday. —We understand that Mr. Wm. Kiikland has but one span left of the fine lot of mules he recently received. —We are glad to note that Mrs. Jeff Kirkland’s baby has about recovered from its recent illness. —S. B. Norden, representing Solomon Bros.,of Savannah, made us a very pleasant call Thursday. A number of our citizens went ever to Clinch last Sunday to Attend a hard-shell baptist meefiu;. Jl/fbe Misses Guess, two very at travjtive young ladies from Clinch, ar* visiting Mrs. John B. McCall this week. —Miss Lucretia Sermons is vis iting numerous friends at Kirk land* this .week. She is expected back to-day. —Yesterday a horse attached to a cart, driven by Clarence Heriot, ran away* without doing any material dallege, however. —Mr. Penninian, of Brunswick, a gentleman well known in this locality', was a guest of ihe Greer House this week. —The Satilla river is too high now for successful rafting, and a large amount of timber is aw ail ing the right stage —Hanging is a capital punishment —especially when you are hanging on some good looking fellow’s arm—isn’t it so girls? —The hosts of friends of Miss Mattie Lang will be sorry to learn that she is lying quite ill at her sister’s with measles. —Fish, oysters, rice, tobacco, hardware, cheese, bacon, coffee, starch, candles and dress buttons for cash at Wm. Parker’s. —Mrs. Virgil Douglas, of Til’- ton, is here visiting at Capt. Doug las’. She is accompanied by the pretty little Miss Mary Gaulding. —The fighting editor of this paper contemplates going to Sauannah next week, so beligerent individuals should curb Lheir wraths until he re turns. —The piece of poetry on our first page we consider of rare merit, re flecting great credit upon the author. Cut it out and paste it in your scrap books, ladies. —I am prepared to sell goods in ray line cheap for cash. I am located one mile from Willaeoochee, at the ferry on the Alapaha River. Give me a call. Joel Lott, Jr. —A man from the upper part of the county became so noisy in town Thursday night that it became nec essary for a citizen to spank him with a ten foot plank. —S. H. Irwin, of Ute Creek, Col fax, Co, New Mexico, says:—My wife has been cured of a cougli of thirty years’ standing by wearing an ‘Only Lung Pad.”—;ee Adv. —Mrs. Anna Harris, sister of Airs. Decker, returned to her home in Florida. We were in hopes that she would find Pearson attractive enough to remain. —We are all of us very like the poor ignorant woman who, when asked if she had religion, replied that she liad touches of it oc casionally. —Mrs. J. W. Bayne, of Magno lia, formerly of Lee county, and known to many of our residents, died from child-birth on Wednes day. —Mr. G. Witaski, of Savannah, spent several days in our town this week. He seemed desirous of opening a general store here and perhaps will do so yet. —On Sunday last Mr. O’Neal resigned the Superintendency of the Sunday School because of his inability to attend regularly, and Mr. J. B. Gunn was chosen to fill the vacancy. —The opinion of some to the contrary notwithstanding, Ordina ry Paulk cannot assume the du ties of his office until the next session of the Superior Court—at least that is what some of our at torneys say. —Mr. Hewitt, of Augusta, passed up the road Monday. He has. rented the new hotel in Brunswick, and has gone on to buy furniture. Mr. Lyon, of At lanta, also passed up on the same day. —Mr. A. S. Canuet, the water elevator man, says if he lived in this county he would take the Gazette if it cost him ten dollars. We appre ciate the vaiub he puts on our little county paper. —Old Beck, the first mule ever brought to this county, and owned 63' Mr. John Fussell, has been sold to Rev. R, S. Harvey, and has gone to Echols eounty to spend her latter days serving the people in that sec tion. —Mr. Win. Parker, Editor and publisher of the Coffee County Gazette, has hot only improved his paper in size and general get up but it is now a real spic3 r and go ahead sheet. Mr. P. is a thorough business man, —Hamilton County (Fla. )Times —There was a surprise party at Mac’Kirkland’s Saturday night which is said to have been a very pleasant affair. Also a candy pulling at tiie same place Monday night. —Prof Edwards has placed the school hooks recently adopted by the Commissioners in Love’s store, where they will be sold at a dis count of twenty-live per cent, from retail prices. —W. A. Titus, 62 Ashland Av enue, Toledo, Ohio, says:—My wife is as strong as ever, her regained health being directly due to the use of the Excelsior Kidney Pad. We can heartily recommend it to all kidney troubled persons.—See Adv. —Aaron Moore, of Willacoo- ; chee, who recently purchased a fine cow, declares that the animal will give milk enough to supply ; Willaeoochee and Pearson, and that his better half would not - take $l5O for her. —On Friday last, Col. W. A. McDonald met with a painful ac cident. 1 le was going to Waresboro, j and while on the way his mule , stumbled and fell, throwing him violently to the ground, breaking two of his ribs. —Mr. L. Holzendorf has had numerous offers of late to pur chase his line horse, but re fused them ail. It is positively the most stylish and best, blooded animal in this section ol the slate. —Capt. A. C. Douglas is talk ing very strongly’ of moving to Waycross. Now just stop that kind of talk, Captain. This com munity will never tamely submit to the departure of yourself or hospitable and interesting family. —There was a sort of a circus at the .mill last Sunday’. A colored | man and woman engaged in a regular pitch battle, the former wielding a club very effectively. Several witnessed the light, but 110 one interfered. —ln this issue will be found the I legal card of Col. E. J. Benton, of Dupont, Georgia, who is a gentle man of ability, skilled in his profes- I sion, and well worthy of a liberal patronage. —Mr. J. T. Henderson recently performed an operation on Mr. Welch’s eye, removing a scale therefrom by inserting another large enough to admit of the smaller one falling out. —The young men who are stock ing very hard in our school with a view of getting into Congress; have received a set-back. A paragrapher advises all congressional aspirants to prefer a situation as chambermaid in a livery stable, or clerk on a raft. —Another child of Mr. John Arnold died Saturday’ night, and still another is in a precarious condition. The cause of this af -1 lliction is exposure during the j recent cold and wet spell, when all the hoys were out in the se severest weather hauling timber. j —Hiram Sears Jr„ one of our most substantial farmers, has shown his appreciation of our ef forts to get up a readable paper, by calling at our office this week and encouraging us with kind words, as also leaving collateral for subscription far in advance. —The earning of the mail from i here to Nashville direct bas been | temporarily abandoned, owing to the impassable condition of the bridge and crossing at the Alapa ha. The carrier now goes only to Mud Creek, the other mail being sent ly Alapaha. —After un enthusiastic lover spends two hours’ hard labor over a . letter to his girl, and then mars its beaut3 r b3’ spilling a drop of ink on ■ it,he first swears in a scientific man ner for a few’ minutes, and then draws a circle round the Hot and tells her it is a kiss, and she, poor thing be lieves it. —How our people take advantage of the high water. Messrs A. S. Gamiet and M. S. Corbitt drove up to the Alapaha river the other da3’, and there being no flat or bridge, they took off their bugg3’ body and launched it, rowing across. They afterwards returned in the same manner, without meeting with any mishaps. —lf your sister, while engaged in tender conversation with her sweet hart asks 3’ou to bring a glass of water from an adjoining room, 3’ou j can start on the errand, but need not return. You will not be missed, that’s certain. This department h:.s seen ! it tried. Don’t forget this, little boys. —Anyone wishing to exchange new heart pine boards for corn, ba con, flour or other supplies, can do ao b3’ delivering and stacking the same near this office. I will pay three dollars per thousand for ten thousand, said boards to lie free of splits and thick ends, and not less than four inches wide and thirty in ches long. —The pedestrian fever has struck the mill men. and Wednes day Messrs. Laseter, McCall and Gunn came into town 011 a square heel and toe walk, one mile and three-quarters in eight minutes by the w&tch. We think it made Me sick, however, for jve saw him going back with a bottle of “med cine” in his coat-tail pocket. —A person who is. without doubt, unfriendly to our school, has the au dacit3’ to sa3’ that the following col loquy took place in that institution 1 the other day : t’rof.—"‘Wly should AN ashii’u. ton’s hi rl! id ay bn observed ; more than mine?” Small 803-. — “Became Washington never told a lie, went a fishin’ on Snnday, or owned a brown setter dog.” —On Wednesday last the down train came near meeting with a serious accident. When between Westonia and this place, coming down the grade at a high rate of speed, a brake-bar of one of the coaches became detatrhed in some way, and dragged. - But for the promptness of the engineer in responding to the conductor's signal to stop, part of the train would have undoubtedly been thrown from the track. -—From a letter received at this office we learn that Jasper Newsom, a cripple, from this count3’, died in the hospital at Savannah. The letter states that he was willing to die, and expressed faith in God, and hoped all would he well with his soul. He was a helpless cripple and a great sufferer, and no doubt the thoughts of being relieved by death were not unpleasant to him. He leaves a fam ily destitute. —The eyes of our readers cannot fail to rest on the flaming advertise ment of Willie H. Love of Kirkland. He is,a young man of rare business qualifications, enjoying a well-de | served patronage, and is building up a trade second to no one house in the county. He believes in the free use of printer's ink, and knows when and where to use it to the best ad vantage. Read his advertisement, and when 3011 want anything in his line call upon him and purchase it. —Our Arnold correspondent is responsible for the following mar riage notice. We can’t make poe i try : “Married, at (he residence of the bride’s mother, on Sunday’, the 30th ult., Mr. T. M. Maine and Miss Annie 0. Smyth. Both are residing at this place. The matri monial knot was tied by R. MeD Bennett. . Randall understands his business, you bet. We wish to them a happy life, That they may live as man and wife." —The meaning of the “SS” that occurs in nearly- all legal documents and advertising is not generally known. Many - have inquired the use of the cabalistic device until the questions having got into the news papers, a correspondent of the St. 1 Louis Globe-Democrat after much i research, has decided that the sym bol is derived from tiie Latin phrase suos salutan —i. e., greeting or addressing its own, those within jurisdiction. —We learn that sufficient in ducements were not offered Miss Lorena B. Maxwell to take charge of the McDonald’s Mill school, and she has abandoned the idea. While we believe 110 one would like to see Miss Lorena disap pointed in any’ of her undertak ings, or desires, we feel that the entire community will be delight ed to know that she will remain in Pearson for awhile yet. —Elias Griffis is a curious man, and one hardly knows how to take him. Especially has this been the case this week. He. is very good uatured, and winks a sly’ wink at every’ one, as much as to say: “Well, I should blush to sim per; if that isn’t all right now, I’ll make it right in the spring; too much business on hand to at tend to any transactions outside of soothing syrup or pollygolie.” Daughter. Tuesday night. —Since Senator Edmunds has made himself so conspicuous in demanding the retaking of South Carolina’s census, Wm. Kirkland, of Kirkland, is said to contemplate making a like demand for Coffee county. It is supposed that he bases his right upon the fact that last week his.wife presented him with a beautiful daughter, and he don’t want to wait ten years to have her “counted in.” —Mr. J. V. Jeffards has recent ly invented a rice and cotton planter which is said to he far su perior to any now in use. It does its work nicely’, and is a de cided advantage in that it can be worked by’ hand or horse power Mr. .T. has perfected a working model of his planter, and Monday departed for Washington with a view of securing Letters Patent on the same. What this country needs is a few more men like Mr. Jeffards—men possessing mechan ical ingenuity sufficient to perfect inventions which we are now obliged to send abroad for. —Two weeks from next Tuesday is Washington’s birthday. Let us strive to arouse our patriotism and observe it. Trot out the great American buzzard and let it flip its wings and crow, Let all men of old Coffee throw high their hats and shout aloud for Old-Man-Who-Nev er-Told-A Lie. Let small boys staud on their heads and root tor that little hatchet, while our ladies can urge on the patriotic throng by singing that beautiful National hymn : Wrap us up in the American flag, Tuck us under the eagle; Tickle our ears with barley straws, Pop goes the weasel 1 —A young lady in town who is the embodiment of culture and refinement, and a brilliant con versationalist withal, possessing the faculty’ of a free and correct use of the English language, re cently had her sympathies aroused for Webster when an old gentlemen, who desired so pass a compliment upon her asked: “What are you doin’ now, Miss peart o’ lamin’, and I thunk per haps maybe you mought be taughtin’ skule.” “Taughtin’ ”is good; the word should be willed to Mr. Webster's heirs and assigns —Recently Richard Kirkland, son of Joshua Kirkland, met with a painful accident, which it is feared will cripple him for life. He was cutting down timber, when the tree he was falling struck another and bounding off struck the young man and threw him some distance, finally falling on him. His cousin, who was near by, succeeded after consider able effort in extricating the young man from his perilous po sition, and removed him to his home. His injuries are quite se vere, and of a nature that after assuming a sitting posture for a short time, it is almost impossible to straighten his limbs again. AVe trust he may soon entirely re cover. —Miss Mattie Lang has been forced to abandon her school at Willaeoochee owing to inconven ience 1 in reaching the school-house from her boarding place, and the exposure incident to the same. This will be a severe loss to those who contemplated sending to her, as also society’ there, for she is an excellent teacher, and an amiable, refined and cultured young lady, with whom it is a pleasure and honor to associate. I She returned to Pearson last Sat | urday, and is stopping at her sis i ter’s, Mrs. Hiram Sears Jr. AVe know it is the heartfelt wish of everyone in this community that Miss Mattie will make Pear ) son her future home. —A very pretty and attractive young lady in town was overheard to 3ay the other day that she was “scared” to keep company with wid owers, because that class of i mfivld nils hesita f e not in “popping the question” to ladies they may take an actual fancy to. Of course it is an unpardonable sin to “scare” a girl, aud we don’t blame this very fasci nating oue for keeping shy of wid owers. for if she don’t she is bound to get ••scared.” But then, we have heard of in instance where serious results did not follow i scare. John i. Henry was sitting in the parlor with his Angelina. A painful silence per vaded the room, the old folks were gone to bed, and he gently twined his arm around her waist, drew her closer to him, and stole a kiss. “Why, John Henry !” she exclaimed. “How—you—-scared—me!” I am sorry I scaredyou, my darling,” he replied; “try not to let this unex pected incident unstring your nerves now.” By a free use of the camphor bottle and smelling salts she recov - ered from the shock, and comversa tion turned into other channels. More stillness pervaded the room. Ange lina nestled up closer to John Henry, and leaning her head on his shirt front, looked lovingly into his eyes, puckered up her sweet little lips, and shyly said: “P-i-e-a-s-c, John Henry, scare me again !’’ —We give an extract from a letter received from our kind old school teacher, of Marion, N. Y.: “I re ceived a copy of your paper, and was glad to guess the world had gone well with you. Only the other day 1 was thinking of you, wishing I knew where to address you. We are all growing old up here. Docs your Southern sun deal more kindly with its children, or are you growing old too? We are having a cold winter, but good sleighing. Cows are worth from twenty to forty dollar*, sheep from $2.50 to $7, wheat sl.lO per bushel, corn 50 cents, outs 42 cents, beans SI.OO to $1.50. The Good Father has blessed us with good [ crops. Apples were plentiful this fail. I drew away and sold 350 bar rels at 60 cents each. We get a sweet potatoe here, but not yams. 1 They are what southerners call nig ger chokers. They cost from three to five cents a pound; they are a kind of yellow potato. Hundreds ot tons of apples have been evaporated here, and sent to market. They ev aporate them now, so that by soak ing them in cold water and stewing them you cannot tell them from green apples. They arc bleached with sul phur, and are almost as white as chalk, and are worth seven cents per pound.” A friend who signs himself J. L. Durfee. —Last Friday night we accepted an invitation to attend a party at Kirkland, and in due time wo were at Masonic Hall, where we i lound congregated a goodly num ; ber of young people, the elite of j Coffee county society. It was our 1 first real introduction to the young folks of the county, and of course we were strict in the observance of their customs. \\ e were met at the hall door by that prince of floor managers, Air. W. H. Love, who extended to 11s the usual courtesies of the press, and bade us a hearty welcome. There were about thirty persons presem, and a gayer assemblage we never met with. Everything passed off' in the most pleasant manner, and if there was anything occurred ! mar the festivities of the occasion, we failed to notice it. Ti | thing that could possibly have a ; tendency to cause disaffection was the scarcity of ladies as compared with the gentlemen present. But this fault, if fault it be, was with the gentlemen themselves, who came thete without partners. So satisfactorilly was the party con ducted, a motion was made by Air. A. 8. Canuet, of Savannah, that a vote of thanks be extended to tiie committee, Messrs Love, Myers and Kirkland, which was carried without a dissenting voice. AAV acknowledge our inability to com mand language expressive of our i enjoyment of this occasion, and trust it may be our happy lot to i be again so agreeably entertained by the young people of Kirkland j and vicinity.