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Jno. Barton, - - - Editor. •**■•** ■ HMMbi Detroit, Mich., insfailed tier new Bishop Foley, the 25th inst. Fourcoßgressmen-olect in Weft Virginia, will have their seats con tested, Up to the 27th inst, yellow fev er had disappeared in Jacksonville. .No new crpos were reported- It is rumored that Mrs. Langtry’s husband recently paid her a flying visit. Wonder how Freddie feels by this lime. As yet,, no one hue spotted ou’ Harrison’s cabinet. However, i: lie don’t want to get run out of Washington, he had better not give Foraker a position rJ he truly good republicans are inclined to abuse Blaine, but they should remember that Biaine con stitutes a very big slice of the re publican party. Baltimore, Md., is about to have a rebellion in the oyster trade. The crews seem to want to dredge in certain grounds, and the governor forbids if. The fever fceiged district of Jack sonville has at last had frost, If northeast Georgia had had her way she could have given Jacksonville a good frost a month ago, and had plenty left. Someone wants u division of Texas. Now, if 6he owes that fel low a dividend she is able to pay it, but she don’t waul any in hern, as to drawing in her skirts. ’Tis true, her territory f state is large, but bv-and-by she will find people enougli to till up her borders. Th® pope of Koine, has sent Gen. Harrison a warm letter of congratulations on his election. Asa general tiling most foreign era believe in ‘-Liberty,” but it seems Ihe Catholic Lope is trying to turn the impression in Ameri can politics. Gen. Sherman didn’t cut much of a figure in the late republican campaign, yet lie wants Harrison to give him a position that will contain the bigg's! plum in the di -h .No doubt, he will have to take the -•bung" out of that hogshead of ‘•gold coffers’’ that Puck shows him with, before he can got that plain. Tiie North Chicago Hulling Mill men are on a strike. Their griev ances have been referred to a < oru rnittee of arbilrafion Whatever the decision, it will be binding to both employers and employes This city seems to boa groat place for strikes—urged by fashion more than reason Gen. Harrison seems to be getting a number of letters from Southern men, asking what will be his poli cy toward the South. These men might as well ask Gen. Harrison which way the wind will blow on hia inauguration day next Mireh. He could give them just about as direct an answer. The great pacer Jay Eye See, valued at $50,000, of Detroit, Mich, stepped on a piece of glas3 in the pasture, one night last week and cut the main artery in his forefoot ! When found he was almost lifeless from loss of blood. There was not much hope for his recovery, 110 was one of the finest horses on re cord in that state. That Chinaman. Some editor of Georgia, ought to go to Atlanta and set his foot under Venable's “coat-tail.'’ It would help him wonderful. He is in the lower house of the legisla ture, from Fulton county*. That •aunty has need to be ashamed of aim. lie can find nothing to do but make attack on the low* prices paid newspaper publishers for le gal advertising He wants the poor devils reduced to starvation. A few* days ago a thief, claiming to be from New York, robbed a store in Baltimore of 40 cents. Finding his gain so small, he wren ched the lock from the store door, walked off and gave himself up to the marshal. When brought into court he was asked why he gave himself “away!” He said a friend of his had threatened to tell on him. The truth of the matter may divulge the fact, the thief made su<?h a failure, he thought he would quit the business and get even with the town, by getting free board in the “lock-up” for awhile. That Note Cost him Something. Memphis, Tt-nn., Nov. 25.—J L. On ley of Frieudsh’p, one day* last week wrote the following mes 'age to Rev. W. II Bruton, editor of the Sla'e Wheel of Jackson: “I thought you were editing a wheel paper Iliad nothing in it but rot ten democracy, and you can take your democracy and paper and go io I am a wheeler and a re publican.” Bruton showed the card to the federal authorities and a deputy marshal was sent to ar rest Onley, He was taken to Jack son to-day and tried before a Unit eJ States commissioner and held over under a bond o'f SSOO to ap pear at the April term of the teder al court The lowest penalty lor such an offense is SIOO line and thirty days' imprisonment. A Split in the Hanks, Indianapolis, Nov. 27. —About 1,200 democratic veterans, mem bers of the Grand Army of the Re public posts of the state, held in the capitol building last night a se cret meeting, at which it wasresolv ed that every democratic member of the Grand Army of the He pub lie should abandon the order, and all present pledged themselves to withdraw from their posts. Adju nct Geneial Iloou'z presided. A name and constitution tor the new or der proposed by the democratic veter ans were adopted. The new order is to be charitable and non-political in obaraQter. Another meeting will be held to night, and ou Wednesday ev ening there will be a public mass meet ing in the city hall, whan reasons for deserting the Grand Army of the Re public will be given and the princi ples and object® of the new order laid before the public. Adjutant-General Koontz says similar meetings will ba hold all over tha state within the next week. Mr. Ivoontz said last evening that ho had letters bom men is eight ra'OJ Indicating that tha rarverusut is national. AmoDg the letter* reoeived was one from John Norman, secretary of the democratic societies of Pennsyl vania, promising that every democrat ic soldier in Pennsylvania will leave the Grand Army of the Republic. The president of the societies, who ran against Braver for governor, is t thg hssd of the movement in Pennsyl vania. Mr. Xoontz ye that bat few Indiana democrats have attended Grand Aroiy meetings since the elec tion became all post* havo been hold ing met lings ratifying the election of Harrison aud Hrorey. It is pretty gen traliy believed that Congressman Mat sou io at the bead of the movement, but so far he has made no public state mcDt. It is known that he feels very 85r because the G;and Army of the Republic as an oiganization, worked against him, and bis friends here say that he will follow theexample of Gen Palmer ot Illinois. The Revenue Report. Washington, nov. 25—Joseph 8 Miiler, commissioner of internal reven ue, ia his annual report to thssecreta ty of the treasury, says that the total receipts of the fiscal year ended June 30ih, were $124 320.475, an increase of $5 489 1 1 4 over the previous year, t-he estimated receipts for the current fHrai year are 125,000,000 dollars pro vidod no change is made in existing rates of taxation. r I he withdrawals lrom tue warehouses during the year show* the laige increase, as compared with the previous year, in the con sumption of all kinds ot liquor and ‘ igars, with the single exception of spirits di*>illed from apples, peaches aud grapes ihe cos' of collee'ion of hs emal taxes were 3,978 253 dollars. During the y#ar 1 074 violations ol the Jaw have bei-a reported, 70l per sons srieeU’d, end 518 illicit *fills Seized. The internal revenue officers have 'offered much loss by the dc- Htroving of tbeir vehicles and bores by moonshiners,.and it is suggested that a law be p'assed for the'r reiraburdc meat. The aggregate amount of taxes cob l*-ted trowi tobacco duiiug the year was 5,(J62,43l dollars, an increase of 554,31>4 over the previous year. The export stoonat shown a decrease in all kinds of tobacco, except cigarettes, of which 40 334 300 dollars wore were exported than that ot laet year. Ths cornmitisioner recommended that ihe distillation cf all kinds of frnit brandy bo hareatter allowed under the law regulating the distillation of ap pie brandy. The abolition of the tax, he says, would cause a large loss to ttio revesuen than generally estimat ed through a decreased grain distilla tion. It would also work great mis chief to the revenue service. The commies ioDer given at length bis rea eons for believing that it is imprsetic able to protect the revenues from trand in case of alcohol need in the artß is freed from tax. The quantity of spirits remaining in the distillery at the close of the year is stated at 61,038,018 gallons, being 4,112 457 more than at the close of the previous fiscal year. Tho qnanti tv of distilled spirits in the United States, except what may be in the etas toms bonded warehouses on the first day of October, was 93,712 919 ga' lons, this quantity being distributed as follows: In distillery and noecial bonded warehouses, 53,590,428 gal Ions; in the hands of wholesale liquor dealers, 14,828 871; in hands of the retail dealers, 15 288,055. The qnanti ty of oleomargarine produced from November Ist, 1886, day on which 'he oleotn*rg4rioo law took effset, to June 30, 1888, was 56,020,154 pounds. The commissioner fears that the law relating to oleomargarine ia being avaded, and recommends additional legislature to icctre i' better enforce meat. W. A QmLLian L / ... HARMONY GROVE, DEALERS IN General Merchandise And Plantation supplies- Our stock of Dry Goods, Olothiug, Hats, Boots and Shoes can not ba sur passed in Durability and Low Prices. We keep in S*ock all that the farmer needs. Oar Line of staple groceries are complete. We keep a fall line oi Fancy groceries, notions, etc. Also Bagging, Ties and Guanos. Country Produce taken in exchange for goods. Call and examine onr aoods. 19 Hardman & Comp’y, HARMONY GROVE, DEALERS IN >* HardwarE & Cutler'Y. Our Line of Stoves, Tinware, Agricultural Implements, Etc., can not be found in better Quality and Durability We also keep a good lino of guns for the Fall trada. Call and examine our stook and prices. Consult your Interests by Buying your DrugS& MedicineS FROM ft 4 "Wade And Sledge, ATHENS, " GEORGIA We sell at’the lowest possible price, and gn ran lee every article to be abuts lately Pure. Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. Remember tl name and place.—WADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and Between Hodgson Bros., and Talmadge Bros,, Clayton Street. 16