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®|pe ©eurgin OW Our News Department. GEORGIA. An ineffectual attempt was recently made to burn the court-house in For- —Crops are generally good in Banks, Hall, Franklin and Habersham counties. —A Grange store is to be estab lished in Hawkinsville. —Beulah Grange, in Laurens coun ty, has a Grange store, with a capital of $2,400. New sweet potatoes are selling in Rome at seven cents per pound. —The new bank building in Dalton is nearly completed. —The Covington Enterprise says the people about Social Circle will move for a new county at the next session of the Legislature. —The next session of the Washing, ton Baptist Association will be held at Jewell’s Mills, Hancock county, com mencing on Thursday before the fourth Sunday in September. —The Warrenton Clipper, of August 19th, says: “We have now to record a verv singular incident, which - took place at Raytown, in this county, a few days since. —Bob Christian, one of the negroes who burnt Ramah church, in Monroe county, was captured near Way man - ville, a few days ago. —Mr. W. H. Sandwich, a young lawyer of fine promise, has purchased a half interest in the Thomaston Her ald, and will attend to the editorial duties. —A. B. Shroud has been appinted postmaster at Grantville. —The Greene County Sunday-school Association will have their annual cel ebration at Greensboro, on the 10th of September. —The Sandersville Herald announces that rust has made its appearance on the cotton in that section. Some con siderable evidences are noticeable. —The Talbotton Standard records the death of Mr. Benson Maxwell and Mr. Hiram Knowlton, two aged and respected citizens of Talbot county. —The -Hawkinsville Dispatch says: “ From what we can learn and have seen, the cotton crop in this section will be far less than it was last year. Some estimates place the crop at one third, while others think it will be only about one-fourth less.” —Mrs. Jane Cromwell, of Savannah, attempted to light a fire with kerosene. She was buried the next day. —The McDuffie Journal says Mr. Green Dozier, of that county, has “ made good crops as a farmer since 1811, and has owned and farmed the place he now occupies, since 1813. In other words, he is eighty-three years of age and has made sixty four crops, sixty-two of them having been made on the same plantation, which is, to day, in better condition than when purchased in 1813. During his entire life, as a farmer, Mr. Dozier has never purchased a bushel of corn, nor has he ever been in debt.” —Muscogee county has one hundred and fifteen sheep and five hundred and seventy-seven dogs. —The Hall County Musical Conven tion convenes at Yellow creek camp ground, embracing the first Sunday in September. “Rev. Nathan Davidson, while preaching, had occasion to allude to the miracle of Jesus having restored a blind man to sight by putting clay upon his eyes, and remarked that this was “ very foolish in Christ,” when he was suddenly stricken with paralysis of the tongue, and remained speechless, utterly unable to articulate for several hours. Since recovering his speech, he says that be intended to say that it was “ very foolish in Christ, viewed from a worldly point of view,” and then intended to show why it was nec essary. “It certainly is quite remarkable, and the coincidence is very singular, but the truth of the story can be vouched for, and may be relied on.” —Much alarm was created last week by the report that the negroes of Burke, Johnson, Washington and Jefferson counties had secretly organized for the purpose of murdering the whites and plundering. There is reason to be lieve that an insurrectionary plot had been devised by a number of malcon tent negroes, incited by a fellow named Prince R. Rivers. Prompt measures were taken by the citizens and civil officers of the vicinity, and the ring leaders and others have been arrested. Cordy Harris, the commander of the negroes in Washington county, has sur rendered to the Sheriff, and demands investigation, and all is now quiet. —Judge A. Van Wyck delivered a lec ture last week at Marietta, ou “ What I saw on Mount Calvary, and of the Holy Sepulcre.” Mr. Josiah McClain, who lives in four miles of Acwoitb.Cobb county, is now 87 years old, and is the father of Un children, the grand-father of eigbty ft ur, and the great grand-father of one hundred and thirty-six; total, 230. He is still active, and can walk five miles on a stretch. NEWS OF THE WEEK, DOMESTIC. Moody and Sankey, the revivalists, will hold their first meeting in Spring field, Massachusetts, next week. A Times special from Galesburg, HL, says that Jefferson Davis accepted an invitation from the Knox County Ag ricultural Society, to deliver an address at the Knoxville fair next September. Immigration into the United States shows a decrease of 86,000 for the year ending June 30,1875, as compared with the year ending June 30, 1874. A band of Ku-kluxhave inaugurated a reign of terror in several counties of Illinois. Many murders have been committed by them recently. The body of Grimwood, one of the inmates of Donaldson’s balloon, lost in Lake Michigan, has been found. The crops throughout the West are satisfactory as to quantity, but the quality is inferior. FOREIGN. The insurrection in the Christian provinces of Turkey, is spreading. Gladstone’s book on “ Vaticanism,” is not allowed to be sold by book-ped dlers in France. Another revolution is expected in Hayti. The Old Catholics have had a har monious Conference at Bonn, Germany. The President of Ecuador, wasassas sinated a few days ago. Three towns in Russia, were totally burned last week. The dispatches from Berlin for sev eral days, have indicated that the Catholic clergy are submitting to the stringent ecclesiastical laws of Prussia, passed within the last few months. This is done in the face of a defiant bull of the Pope and the protest of ten Roman Catholic bishops made last April to the government. Literary Gossip. It is stated that Augusta J. Evans (Mrs. Wilson) of Mobile, will receive $50,000 from the publishers for her new novel, “ Infelice.” —Mrs. Warfield’s “ Household of Bouverie,” one of the most successful novels ever written by a Southern authoress, is being republished in ele gant form, under the title “ A Double Wedding; or, How She was Won.” —Herbert Spencer says that “women are more conservative than men.” Certainly not in the matter of fashions; otherwise they may be more conserv ative than men,from natural inclination towards ease, and physical comfort. —The Authors’ Publishing Company of New York, makes the following an nouncement : “ ‘ Wild Flowers,’ is the unique title of a volume of poems by C. W. Hubn.er, the well-known South ern poet, and the author of ‘ The Sou venirs of Luther,’ etc., which will be issued in a dainty holiday dress, by TheAuthors’ Publishing Company,New York, in time for the winter evenings. Plain edges, $1.25, full gilt $1.50.” —Mrs. Anna Chambers Ketchum, the Southern author, formerly of Mem phis, has taken up her residence in England, for five years. She is to pub lish a book of verses called “ Dolores, and other Rhymes of the South,” and is said to be engaged in completing a new novel. —Charles Reade, and B. L. Farjeon, the distinguished English novelists, are'achieving fresh literary laurels as first-class correspondents for leading newspapers. —This paragraph is going the rounds of the literary press: A farmer in the outskirts of Newburyport, Mass., was mowing his hay field, a day or two since, when a stranger with auburn hair and beard, a gold-headed cane, and several rings on his fingers, leaped the fence and asked the farmer to let him take his scythe for awhile. The farmer gave it up, and the stranger mowed vigor ously for an hour or two, meanwhile conversing with the farmer. The vol unteer assistant was Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierras, now staying in that city.”* If this is not apocryphal, we will forgive Joaquin for having made himself absurd by his uncouth eccentricities. A man who is not ashamed of manual labor, and finds at tractions in scythe-handles and “crap” talk, is a sensible chap, and may be pardoned for being a poet. —Tennyson made but two hundred pounds out of his two first book ven tures. He has since made by his writ ings three hundred thousand dollars, and has sometimes been paid at the rate of five dollars per line. —John Dwinelle, a wealthy citizen of San Francisco, has presented a large number of books to Hamilton college. Among them are an early and rare edi tion of “ Pliny’s Natural History;” a volume of the “ Psalms of David,” bearing date 1516, containing in paral lel columns the Hebrew, Greek, Arabic and Chaldaic, with three Latin transla tions and critical notes, and said to be the first polyglot of the Scriptures ever published; the Greek “ Suidae Lexi con,” published at Milan in 1499, and a copy of “Aristophanes,” an expensive book published at Venice, by Aldus, in the month of July, 1498. There are also other works of a most interesting and desirable kind. If we look upen Hie as a gift of days, only one to be used and improved at a time, as its duties can be done, all its burdens bore THE GEORGIA GRANGE. THE GREAT Georgia State Fair —ists- THE ANNUAL FAIR FOR 1875 OF THE GEORGIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY WILL BE HELD IN MACON, GA., AT THE BEAUTI- FUL CENTRAL CITY PARK GROUNDS, BEGINNING MONDAY, OCTOBER ißth, 1875, AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK. A large variety and liberal Premium List, covering all departments of industry, from which the following are extracts : FIELD CROP DEPARTMENT. For the best and largest display in merit and varietv of sample products from the field, garden, orchard, dairy, and apiary—the contribution of a single farm SIOO For the best six stalks of cotton—to become the property of the Society 50 For the best five bales, crop lot of short staple cotton, by one exhibitor 150 For the best single bale of short staple 50 For the best single bale upland long staple 50 HORSE DEPARTMENT. Best thorough-bred stallion 81C0 Best walking horse 50 Best saddle horse, or mare 75 Best single buggy horse or mare 75 Best combination horse or mare 100 Best double team, owned by one exhibitor 100 Best Georgia raised mule 50 Best mule, open to the worid 50 CATTLE DEPARTMENT. Best herd —one bull and four cows or heifers—all to be of one breed, onl owned exclusively by one ex hibitor .. .8100 Best milch cow 50 Cow giving the richest milk ..... 50 840 and 820 for the best bull and cow, respectively, of each ot the following breeds: Alderney, Ayreshire, Devon, and Durham. Best sow and pigs under six months old 50 POULTRY DEPARTMENT. For best trio of each variety slo Best and largest display in merit and variety of domestic fowls, raised in Georgia 50 Best and largest display in merit and variety of same—open to the world 50 Best display of pigeons 20 Best display of rabbits 10 HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. Best display of garden vegetables, grown by one person 825 HOME INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT. Best collection of jellies, preserves, pickles, jams, catsups, syrups and cordials, made and exhibited by one lady 850 Best display of breads by one lady 25 . ORNAMENTAL NEEDLE WORK. Best display in merit and variety of female handicraft, embracing needle-work, embroidery crocheting, knitting, etc., by one lady 850 FINE ART DEPARTMENT. Best oil painting—any subject $25 Best portrait painting 20 Best painting in water co ors 20 Best display of paintings and drawings by one exhibitor 25 Best collection of drawings by a girl under 16 years of age 25 Best display ot pointings and drawings by the pupils of one school or college 50 Best display of photographs Silver medal and 25 Best display of jewelry, silver-ware, etc Silver medal and 25 MERCHANTS’ DISPLAYS. Best display of dry goods 8100 Best display of fancy groceries 100 Best display of glassware and crockery 50 Best display of clothing 25 Best display of millinery 25 SPECIAL PREMIUM FOR GRANGES. To the Grange in the State making the largest and finest display, in merit and variety, of stock, products, and results of home industries, all raised, produced, or made, by the members of that particular Grange - 1 8150 The above are but specimens of a comprehensive list of large Money Premiums. The best and largest live stock show ever held in the State or the South. Me re and finer horses, mules, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry, than ever before exhibited. Parties wishing fine stock, as a fine harness or saddle horse, milch cow, thoroughbred bull, trio of chickens, etc., will find the occasion of this Faira rare op portunity to secure them. g Several eminent representative men from the North and Northwest have been invited to deliver addresses at the Fair, and many distinguished visitors throughout the whole country are expected. The public will be kept posted of the progress and development of the’Fair in future advertisements. Send to the Secretary, at Macon, for Premium Lists, embracing a full schedule of the premiums, rules, regulations, etc., and containing two engravings of the beautiful and magnificent Fair Grounds. A. H. COLQUITT, President. T. G. HOLT, General Superintendent. augs-td MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Secretary. STEAMENGINES AND MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS.! First-Class at Low Prices. GEO. A. BARNARD. 2 and 4 South Pryor street, ATLANTA, - - - - GEORGIA. Box 254. aprls-tf HOUSE- *V £ 55 - m 5 a 11 ’ll. ill 111 2 r a imumiu c Cixiclxin.ati, Ohio. Centrally located, and convenient to all tlie Bailroad Depots. Accommodations unsurpassed, and satisfaction guaranteed. J.W. GARRISON, - Prop. mavl3. GEORGIA SOAP FACTORY, HITCHCOCK & CO-, Proprietors. 31 BROAD ST., ATLANTA, GA manttacttrers of LAUNDRY AND- TOILET SOAPS. Twelve brands. suited exactly to the Trade of our State, and always uniform and reliable. You need not send your money abroad. We buv tallow in auv quantities. HITCHCOCH A CO. Valuable Properly for Sale. , A GRIST (MILL and gin. run by water power /Y —a store and mall farm. a few miles from I?a'' s >r. can be badsby applying at this office. THE PATENT A Hl 0 IM tSFIIAS NO EQUAL. The Patent Arion Piano-Fortes have been adopted and are used ex clusively in the New York Conservatory of Music. It is acknowledged that the most severe test a Piano can undergo is constant use in a conserva tory. The New York Conservator*' of Music has constantly in use upwards of Thirty Arion PiunoM, and we respectfully refer to this In stitution as to the durability and excellent qual ities of our instruments. Our Pianos are also use' by the leading Seminaries and Colleges throughout the United States, and by many of the principal Opera Troupes. Do not Purchase a Piano ' until you have examined “Oi the PATENT “ARION.” M rite for illustrated pamphlet, or call and see the ‘•Arion." Arion Piano Forte Company, No. 5 East Fourteenth street. New York City. junlO.ly AMERICAN WASH BLUE, For Laundry and Househole Use, American Ultra Marine Works. Newark, N J, Our Wash Blue is the beet in the world. It i oee net streak, contains nothing injurious to j health or fabric, and is used ov all the large i sundries- on account of its pleasing effect j and cheapness. Superior for whitewashing. Put up in package-: convenient for family use. I t Price 10 cents each. j For sale by grocers everywhere. Alwavs ask ’ for the American Wash Blue, if vou want the cheapest and best. AMERICAN ULTRA MARINE WORKS, atigs Office—72 William street, New York. { GEORM Wlilllllll 'rx 1 gia or Florida, should sv.l -cribe for the M< rnino ■ News, published at Savannah. Ga. Datly. $lO ; 1 Roliy, p.-r annum. Advertisers desiring I 1 customers in these Sta.ee, should use ,ts col- ' umns. It is ie.st in th? Southeast. ! Specimen copies -ent on r< eipt of 5 cents. Ad- ■ dress J. 11. ESTLLL. Savannah, Ga. augs , BERND BROTHERS, 44 and 46 Third Street, s 5 e (3r©oirgfia,. Manufacturers of and wholesale and retail dealers in coach ph® TON. Buggy, Track, Harness, Jappa, etc., Silver, Gilt and Rubber Mounting aVso RanSfmn' and Cart Harness. In great variety—Ladies, Boys and Gents’ g ’ b ° * antatlon | SADDTi'RS! | Wool Faces, team and buggy collars, riding and plantation bridles, lines (round and flaD horse covers, saddle blankets, saddle bags, whips—all sorts, harness, skirting’ bridle—patent and enameled leather, hog and calf seating moleskin, black and colored enameled cloth saddle trees, hames, bits, buckles, spurs and a complete stock of ’ S Saddlers’ and Harness-Makers’ Hardware and Tools. S Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather, French and American Kip,- Calf, lining and Lopping Skins Lasts, Crumping Boards, Boot Trees, Pegs and Nails, and a general stock of Shoemaker’s Tools and Findings. A practical experience of thirty years in the manufactory of harness and saddles, and a thorough knowledge of the business, and the goods we handle, enables us to conduct our business success fully. We ask a call from dealers, manufacturers, and all others, assuiing you that you will find both the price and quality of our goods satisfactory. We also buy hides, skins, furs, wax, wool, tallow, leather in rough, etc. etc may2o-tf • ’ Furchgott, Benedict & Co., Charleston, S. C. i| Furchgott, Benedict & 80,, 54 Whitehall St., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. We have contracted to furnish to the Patrons of Busbandry of the State of Georgia, everything in our line of Dry Goods, Car pets, &c., and everything kept in a first-class establishment, on the following terms: We will furnish to any Grange or Member of the Order, all goods at New York quotations, with an addition of 8 per cent, on said quotations. Send us your orders and we guarantee satisfaction. We buy all our goods from manufacturers only, avoiding the profits made by Jobbers, which is 15 to 20 per cent, to your interest. Samples sent on application. Respectfully, FUBOHGOTT, BENEDICT & CO. Approved by J. F. LIVINGSTON, Chairman, Com. Ga. State Granye. Grangers of the States of South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee and Alabama are supplied at the above rates at any of our branch houses. Furchgott, Benedict'& Co., New York. PIANOS and ORGANS! I am now prepared to sell Pianos and Organs for less money than any other house in the United States. I have the exclusive Southern agency for some of the largest Pianos manufac tured in America; and for the ESTEY ORGAN. Which is now the largest organ manufactory in the world, and by far the most renowned. Sheet Music and Music Books. 5 (Including Instruction Books for nearly every Musical Instrument) sold at one-liall" price. Also, ALBUM OF MUNIC, (cohtaining thirteen choice selections of Instru mental Music and fifteen songs, costing in common form more than $lO. Mold for tiff ct*». Eor particulars apply to €>. I>. GUILFORD. No, 52 Whitehall street, Atlanta. GEO. A- PRINCE & CO. Organs & Melodeons. The Oldest. Largest, and Moat Perfect Manufac torv in the United States. 55,000 Now in use. No other Musical Instrument ever obtained the same popularity. Send for Price Lists. Address BUFFALO, NT. Y. I We announce that (until further notice) we will sell to applicants in any city or town where we have no agent on the same terms and at the name discounts as to large dealers who purchase from ?30,000 to $50,000 value annually. The fact of our’s being the oldest and largest manufactory in the United States, with 55.000 instruments now in use, is a sufficient guarantee of our responsibility and the merits of our in struments. mayl-tf GEO. A. PRINCE & CO. 4 .11 ‘NE PEACH. Earli A est in tbeworld. Best market Peach. Circu lars and prices free. Puds. $2 per 100; $lO per 1,000. Address E. Y. lEAS, Richmond, Tnd augs-6t Guard Against Fire i The People’s Pnmp. Adapted to an uses and to wells of any nF depth. A superior article Watering Lawns OR G A R DKN S, j or for washing Windows, Carriages, etc. In addition to being an ordinary house Pump it will force through one hundred or three hundred feet of hose, and throw water upon the roof of a two and-a-balf story house, making it an invalu able aid in case of fire! Send depth of well, and get estimate of Pump with fifty feet of hose. CHAS. W. KING, Quincy Hail, South Market street, Boston. Liberal discount to the trade. i n n 24. t f BANKRUPT BLANKS, OXLY OXE DOLLAR. Complete Sets of Bankrupt Blanks, printed on , excel.ent paper, at $1 per set. Send orders to JAS. P. HARRISON A CO., P. O. Drawer 24, Atlanta, Georgia. | FURCHGOTT, BENEDICT & CO., JACKSONVILLE, FLA.