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Mt? villa, Aug. 21, 1888.—An ae
c neat happened near here about nine
o'clock this morning, too horrible and
i to pen. Mr. James Ellison, an ag
e . iud respected citizen of Jaekson,
v it out to his farm with a wagon
’ team of moles to haul a load of
< s. After he had loaded the wagon
Parted home, the mnles became
i. i_htend and ran away, throwing the
i< <! gentleman from the wagon—
t-cght him in the left fore-wheel and
''■ •jggedhim over two hundred yards.
When found life was extinct and his
tyjdy bo mangled that it was almost
beyond identity.
Mr. Ellison leaves a long train of
relatives and friends to menrn his un
timely and unexpected death.
But he leaves them with the consol
ing hope, that when the angel of death
1- vered over him, his sonl took its
tPght to the Realms beyond, to abide
with God. Afpola.
New Salem Items.
Piof. Payne’s school at New Salem,
will close the first of September. As
An educator he has no superior, and
:he trustees have secured his servioes
ior another year.
Rer. Mr. King maY protract the
services at his next regular appoint*
ment at New Salem.
Hawing turnips and drying fruit are
ihe employments of this neighborhood
at present.
Miss Kate Baine, a charming ronng
lady from Athens, is risiting Miss
Luura Dorough. She is delighted with
her ▼isit to Banks, and from the signs,
1 think the boys are deligh'ed with her,
srd will regret to have her return to
Athens.
Upland corn is a failure with us.
Misses Baine and Dorongh
L.en on a visit to Misses Wright and
Bruce, and haye bad a very pleasant
time. L.
A gentleman living ia Augusta. Mr.
Oscar Dorr, owns a horse which has
rt-markable intelligence. In the stable
\ ard is a hydrant from which water is
drawn into a sink. For sometime the
hors# was watered at the hydrant,.but
iio now attends to i* himself. He goes
to the forcet, turns it with his npper
iip and having quenched his thirst,
sums the water off. Can it be doubt
ed that horses have reason? —[Greene*
boro Sun.
The people of Macon are not aware
of the tact that the Covington and Ma
con road is establishing a valuable
plat of shopa near their depot, adja
cent to the park, and that large ship
ments of the most valuable and larg
est improved machinery is daily arriv
ing, aud soon the C. dc M. will haye
shops of which it o&n well be proud,
and this city is to be congratulated at
their being established in Maoon. The
C. A M. folks have gone at thia matter
eo quietly that outsiders have had no
idea that such a movement was in op
eration, soon as the shops are com
pleted we will describe them in full.
—[Macon Eving News.
The Star says that T. P. O’eonnor,
its editor and member of parliament
for Liverpool, and John Bed mood,
member of parliament for Wexford,
have entered actions for libel against
the Times in the English court of
Queen’s benoh.
The Parneliite members of parlia
roent have determined to apply to the
commission of inquiry ter the especial
commission to go to America for the
purpas* of inspecting certan documents.
"What it Costs.
Have yon e v er cona’dered bov
cheap your county paper really i>?
One dollar a year is only 2 cents per
week, 8 1-3 cents par month. Who
can say they can not afford to have
their county paper when it gives them
a resume of the county news; selections
of all kinds, general news and aids in
developing the county’s resources? A
dozen eggs will more than pay for it a
month; ten pounds of cotton; four ordi
nary sized hens; five pounds of butter,
a bushel of wheat, either of these, sold
at the market price will pay for a
year’s subscription. Who should be
without a family paper, which is a
source of much pleasure and profit, in
struction and information when it re
quites but a small saotifice upon their
part to obtain it?
Patronize your home paper. It is a
visitor to the rich and poor alike.
Your home paper does more solid work
for your interests and those of your
oonnty, than any other indnstry yon
have. It is the watch-dog of your
rights, it is the solace of your leisure
hours, it is the bearer to your hohae of
the news and movements of the people
within your own connty and the great
world outside its boundaries. Is it
not your duty to encourage the man.
who, sinking his individuality in tbe
ereat interest of all, toils and labors
with muscle and brain to benefit the
masses wbo read the papei? If ro
it is your duty to patronize the Observ
er. Come up and (subscribe.
A Queer Mode of Oatehiug fish.
A lazy but unlawful method of ob
taining fish from tbe ponds was once
quiteOiimmon. This was stupefying or
drugging fish by means of some nar
colic plants. Tbe favorite growth for
h>s purpose was the devil's shoe string,
a small plant with extremely long,
tough, and slender roots. This queer
plant, with its uncanny name, was
much ustd by tbe Indians as a medioine
and is said to be the basis for several
blood purifiers with long and allitera
tive names A plentiful supply of the
plant being obtained the individual
finds a log which projecs woll iatotb*
water, and getting astride of it dips it
iu and alternately beats it with a stick
or paddle After every good beating it
is shaken about in the water and tbe
supply replenished, and this continued
until the pond is thoroughly impreg
nated with the singular properties of
the weed. The fish soon commenee
rising to the surface and gasping as if
for breath A few faint struggles fol
low and then the fish lie helpless and
insert upon the surface only to be gath
ered in and serve as a meal. It is said
the meat is not at all effeoted by the
treatment the fish have undergone, but
it is with eonsiderable squeamishness
and trepidation that a person for the
first time dines upon poisoned or nar
eotized fish.
Three negroes living on Mr, P. S.
Stevens’ place in Marion county came
near being killed by lightning one ev*
ening last week. They had gone in>
to the woods to bad some timber
when a thunder storm came up, and
while standing near a pine tree it was
struck, which knocked them senseless
in a pile. As soon as they recovered
sufficiently they came to the bouse.
At Americub, Friday, Matt Gilbert,
a blind ne;ro, was run over by ahorse
on the street, which was being ridden
by a little son of Congressman C. E.
Crisp. The horse is spirited and the
, little fellow was unable to manage
him. The negro’s hip was broken. He
is very old and will hardly recover.
STATE GLEANINGS.
[Oconee Enterprise.]
Every carpenter in Cedartown
has more work than he can do.
Polk County never had a finer
corn crop, but rain is needed. •
Lowndes county clears this year
on the watermelon crop $40,000,
The largest marble quarry in
the world is that of the Georgia
marble company in Pickens county
The crops in Hancock county are
in a very promising condition.
It is said that Hon. Jas. G. Biaine
will be invited to speak at the Salt
Springs Cbantanqua near Atlanta.
The water works at Dalton are near
ing completion, water having already
been turned on a portion ot the eity.
Brooks county will i-hip this season
1,000 carloads of 1,000 melons each,
making a grand total of 1,000,000,
which represents 200,000.
Little Dessie Miohenor, 11 years
old, sou of O. R. Miclreuor of the 9th
district, of Raudolph county, killed
cen hawks in two weeks recently.
Sunday evening, duriag an electric
al storm at Whicsburg, twelve miles
west ol Newman, John Culpepper had
three mules and one horse killed by
lightning.
The new town at Bremen is named
Kramer, and the station known as
Pleasant v iew, about half way be
tween Bremen and Carrolton, will be
called Maudeville.
A radish weighing three aud a halt
pounds and measuring twenty inoho*
in circumference, is on exhibition in
Dublin. It was grown by Dr B u*.h
au of Reedy Springs,
It is reported the there is diasa'i
faction with the tveeat norniaat
representative in Laurens conu’v, and
ihat another nominal ion or primary
election will be held in that coney.
Tuesday J ihn if , who is work
mg at tbe Maithevs urine, in Hall
iUDty. now owned Ov A J Nichols
of Gainervdle, lound nugget of gold
eighing twenty ounce-, worth over
S3OO. This is one of the largest pieces
ver lakeu t;om tbi mine
R L Sims, A fred Dearmg, John
P <-k and A H S Davis, all of Cov
o <!On, performed a swimming feat on
Xellow river, on Monday last, which
•e bard to exeell. They swam from
Brown’s biidge to Cedar Sboals,
which is be'wt eo three and four miles
Humorous Reading.
Many an English dude possesses
sterling worth.
A dentist when he gets down to busi
ness, has the inside track.
Fry time and the base ball season are
very properly contemporaneous.
Figures ef the corset prod action
properly come under the bead of stay*
tistios.
A trust company has beard of Milk
River, Montana,and wants to skim and
fence it in.
Why is a bullock a very obedient
animal? Beeanse be will lie down when
yon axe him.
Why is a person asking questions the
strangest of all individuals? Because
he’s the querist.
Men are like sheep; the older they
are the more difficult it is to pull the
wool over their eyes.
When William to the grand stand
went, His voice was sweet, of course.
When William from the grand stand
came his voice was low and hoarse.
“I see your new iwouseis bag at the
knees alweady Cholly. ** “Ya’as,” rs*
sponded Cholly, bitterly, “It all hap*
psned last night; and bah Jove, Fwed
she would'.’t have me after all.”
Gunnels, Power &
Harmony Grove, Georgia.
DEALERS IN
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Plantation Supplies.
We Keep in stock a lull supply of good and fresh goods. We can not ba
surpassed in Quality and Durability. We buy at lowest market figures; we
defy competition in prioes. We want only a living profit on our sales. We
do not claim to be Yanderbilts, nor do we wish to accumulate thpir fortunes.
We are receiving daily, a fnll supply of oar Customers every day wants.
Country Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Market Prices.
Athens Music House,
114 Clayton Street, Next Door to Postoffice, Athens, Georgia.
Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors,
B Keeps always on hand the nest makes of
Pianos, Organs, Guitars
VIOLINS AND BANJOS
And all kinds of Musical Instruments at the very lowest prices for Cash,
or on the Installment plan.
Written guranteeon all instruments sold. Speoial reduced rates to ohnrob
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es and Sunday schools.
Pictures and Picture Frames a specialty. All sizes and' styles of Frames
made to order at short notice. Buy from ns and save agents’ commissions. 16
Consult Your Interests by Buying Your
Drugs And Medicines
WADE & SLEDGE, Athens, Ga.
We sell at the lowest possible prioe, and gnrantee every article to be abso
lately Pure. Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. Remember tbe
name and place.—W ADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and Pharmacists.
Between Hodgson Bros,* and Talmadge Bros,, Clayton Street. 16^