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Totl*c FARMERS of
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V SURR0UD1NG COUNTIES
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Your Chance to Secure a
Good Instrument at it B A R G AIN!
Fame np, Buyers. Here’s vour elianee. One Hundred Pianos! One Hun¬
dred Organs 1 to lie elosed out regardless of value. A genuine Clearance Sale
to redttee stoek. These Instruments are over and above our regular stock;
must get our money out of them.
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Some arc new. not used a day; some have been used a few months; some used
six months or a year some used from t«-o to live years. Some arc good Second Hand
Instruments taken in exchange ami thoroughly repaired, renovated, rcpolislied and
made as good as new.
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Knabc. Mason A Hamlin, HaUet & Davis, Mathushek, Yose, Burdett, Alien, Galiler,
Peloulict, Shoniiiger, Estt-y, ami Bent.
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chasers arc not suited we refund their money.
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Terms l'asy—Pianos $10 per month; Organs $5 per month. Great inducements
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Over Twenty of those Instruments were sold during Pentenuial week, hut there
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! PARSONS 1 NEW, BLOOD. MAKE RICH PILLS
HE DEFIED THE DEITY
A STORY OK A BEAUTIFUL IMIYSICIAN’s
HUMILIATIONS AND BEREAVEMENT
From the Muhlletoicn Argus.
A gentleman residing in J/iddle 1
town, who was visiting in Sullivan
county last week, was attracted by
eight headstones in a little grass
grown cemetery, near Fallsburgh,
all of which stood in a row and were
exactly alike, lie got out of his wa¬
gon to look at them, and found that
they were all children of a wellknown
physician, and that all were grown
when stricken down, and that the
dates on the headstones showed that
tiie first one died Nov. 23, 1861, and
the other seven between that and
Dec. 15 following, or that the entire
family of eight children died within
eight weeks.
When speaking of the matter to
friends that day, ne was told the his¬
tory of the case, which is regarded
in that neiehborhood as a visitation
of Providence in punishment for de¬
fiance of the deity.
of nr t ,„l.l !. toot
there was a scourge of diphtheria in
that neighborhood and the physician
was kept busy treating patients suf■
fering from that disease, lie was ve¬
ry successful, and gained such confi¬
dence in his skill that he began to
boast that he could cure any ease,
and went so far that ho “defied God
Almighty to produce a case of diph¬
theria he could not cure.” In less
than a week his youngest child was
seized with the disease, and although
he exercised his skill to the utmost,
having n-.t only a professional pride
hut a father’s love to urge him to do
his best, his hoy grew worse and (bed
One after another his children sick
i ned and died, until all were gone,
laid siih- by side in the little grave¬
yard near Fallsburgh. Hut one child
was left, a married daughter, hut in
a few weeks she, too, was stricken
down and became a victim to the
dread dise ase.
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PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
it. W. I.AMAIt unis Tllli savannah
POST Ol-t'H'K—.1. I-'. W II KATUN Tin:
cm i.ix Tonsim-.
Washington, August 12.—Tin
president today appointed .1 times
Curran to he s sing inspector
of steam vessels at Haltimorc, vice
John .Menshaw, suspended, ami John
l'\ Wheaton to he collector of cits
toms for the district of Savannah,
(la., vice T. I’’. Johnson, suspended;
Gearge \Y. Lamar, postmasu-r at
L.'uannali, Ga.. vice A. N. W ilson,
iuspended.
AN ENOCH AEDEN CASE
How Two North Carolina Husbands
Disposed of their One lYife.
Morehead City, N. C., August 12 —
Near unto three quarters of a century ago
all the land hereabouts belonged to a man
named Shepherd, a gentleman who had
lived to the years of well-seasoned celibacy,
acquiring meantime a liberal fortune for
those early Caiolina days. - On a creek a
few miles inland there lived a{ seafaring
man, known ns Captain Dill, and he had
made good woman his wife, who bore him
two children. Shepherd was accustomed
to visit the Dills, and a friendship most
commendable was maintained Gr years.
Captain Dill went to sea in his schooner
and was overtaken by a terrible storm,
which dismantled his craft, leaving the
hulk floating helplessly out of sight of land
with no living soul on board but Dill. On
•be second day lie. was sighted by a French
bark, taken on board and carried to Harve.
Some strange fancy prompted Dill to go to
Paris rather than seek passage as a seaman
hack to America. He remained for 2 years
or more at the French capital making a
precarious livelihood, and if lie wrote to his
wife ou the far away coast of Carolina no
letter reached her. Indeed mail facilities
in „ a..j -------_ uui ,u dc depended up
no, and they are not remarkable even now.
Mrs. Dill, hearing nothing of her bus
bund, or his vessel, mourned him as lost.
For two long years—still the regulation pe¬
riod, I believe—she married in widow’s
weeds and downcast eyes, struggling to
support herself and children. Shepherd
mingled his tears with his widow friend,
and when little scraps of white began to
announce the near conclusion of her .-or
rowing, ventured a smile when a briny
pearl was scarcely expected. Then his
visits increased in frequency and length,
until the Indications warranted liis laying
his heart and his fortune at her feet. She
picked up both, and became Mrs. Shep¬
herd. In flue time she bore Mr. Shepherd
a’son.
One sunny September afternoon, when
the leaves were browning in the cemetery
of Beaufort. Captain Dill stepped upon the
dock of that ancient borough and was wel
coined by iiis friends as one given back to
them by Hie sea. He learned of tbe mar
riuge of liis wife to Shepherd, and none
spoke unkindly of the woman who had
acted in the fullest faith of her widowhood.
Then he lowed liis boat over to the old
homestead on the erect, lmt now deserted
since Shepherd had removed the family to
bis own lioine, a few miles distant on anoth¬
er creek of equal limpidil ss.
A Her restings day or so in the old imuuts
Dill entered his boat and paddled leisurely
toward the Shepherd home of bis wife.—
.Mrs. Shepnerd said she was glad to see
him, hut Shepherd was somewhat mixed in
his feelings. Nevertheless they hospitably
entertained him, and that night, whi n the
three children lmd been tucked in their
trundle-beds they talked the cmbaifussing
matter over. Dill wanted iiis wife and so
di 1 Shepherd. They slept over the intri¬
cate controversy, and the next morning
both husbands submitted the dispute for
final decision with Mrs. Dill Shepherd,
their wife. ’Flic husbands spoiled down
to the beach and gave her tv o hours for
cogitation. When they returned she an¬
nounced her intention of remaining Mrs,
Shepherd. The two husbands shook hands
and parted, Dill to resume liis vocation on
the sea. Shepherd to continue bis farming
and trading, the children to he reared by
the latter.
Not quite ft year elapsed before Shep¬
herd laid down and died, thereby unravel
mg one strand of the twisted up knot.—
Dill did the tear-mingling act on this oc ca¬
sion, and after awaiting n sufficient time to
avoid the suspicion of bcartlessness pre¬
sented his claim as her lawfully wedded
husband. Mrs. Dili was quite willing, hut
only after a license and a marriage cere¬
mony. Dill submissively bought him tbe
license and employed a parson, and Mrs.
Dill Shepherd clipped the “Shephe-d”
from the back end of her name. And bless
you, she did more. She lived to a ripe
old age and buried Dill as she had buried
poor Shepherd.
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It is a strange coincidence that
I.inelou and Jeff Davis should have
been born in contiguous Kentucky
counties, and that Jeff Davis, when
a young lieutenant in the army, ad¬
ministered the oath of allegiance, for
the first time, to young Abe Lincoln,
bound lor the Black Hawk war.
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Governor Lee, of Virginia, recent
ly received a letter from a Northern
lecture bureau offering linn $10,000
to lecture for ten weeks in the North
on the subject of the civil war. The
offer was promptly declined.
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It is said that Henry county lias a
citizen, Major Hiram Lester, 117
years old, born June 4,176» . lie lias
10 children, the youngest 70 years
old. lie is an inmate of the Henry
county poor house.
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Gov. McDaniel lias appointed T
F. Newell and S. A. Cook delegates
from the Sixth congressional district
of Georgia to attend the annual meet¬
ing of the Farmers’ Congress at Mim
neapolis, Minn., on the 25tli inst.
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There will be t-vo lonstitutional
amendments voted on at the State
election in October, one <f which is
of general interest, as it is likely to
place maimed Confederate sojRjers
on a permanent pension list.
Wiry He Never Married
A SAD ROMANCE IX TII.DEx’s LIFE—
TWO mSAI-POINTHETS.
New York, Aug. 7. —People have
often wondered that a man of Mr.
Tilden’s vast wealth, domestic tastes
and political prominence remained a
bachelor all his life. Rumor has it
that during his college days at the
New York University he met and
loved the daughter of one of the
leading Democratic statesmen of that
time. She was a beautiful girl, charm¬
ing alike tn the graces of her person
and of her intellectuality. Her beau¬
ty and wit attracted many suitors,
but Mr. Tilden’s culture and rare
qualities of mind captivated her. He
was a brilliant conversationalist and
had lofty aspirations, and the evi¬
dences of his ability tg achieve pro¬
minence were so marked that the
beautiful girl pledged her heart and
fortunes to his keeping. They were
engaged to be married in the spring
of 1847, the year after All*. Tilden
had become a member of the State
T -a C n 4 C• f5ne accompanied her
father to Washington, where he
went to spend the winter of that
year in looking after government
matters in which he was interested.
While there she was a great favorite
in society, and entered heartily into
all its pleasures. In the month of
March she was stricken with brain
fever, which left her a hopeless im
beeilc.
Not many years ago he formed an
attachment for a daughter of the
late Prof. S. F. B. Morse, and offer¬
ed her his heart and hand. The lady
did not look with favor on his suit,
although the advantages of the con¬
nection were so great and it was so
warmly advocated by her own fam¬
ily. Mr. Tilden’s proposal was twice
declined. But his want of success
made no difference in the friendly
feeling of the parties concerned, and
when, shortly afterward, Miss Leila
Morse married Mr. Franz llummell,
the well-known pianist, one of the
weddi-g presents was a $1,000 cheek
front Mr. Tilden.
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The Bell of Justiee
It is a beautiful story tnat in one
of the old cities in Italy, the king
caused a hell to hi- hung in a tower
in one of the public squares, and call¬
ed it the “bell of Justice,” and com¬
manded that any one who had been
wronged should go and ring the bell
and so call the magistrate of the city
and ask and receive justice. And
when, in the course of time, the low¬
er end of the hell rope rotted away,
a wild vine was tied to it to length¬
en it; and one day an old and starv¬
ing horse that had been abandoned
by its owner and turned out to die 5 ,
wandered into the tower, ai;d, trying
to cat the vine, rang the hell. And
the magistrate of the city, coming to
see who had rung the bell, found
this old and starving horse; and he
caused the owner of the horse, in
whose service he hail failed and been
worn out, to he summoned before
him, and decreed that as his poor
horse had rung the bell of justice,
he should have justice, and during
the remainder of the horse’s life his
Owner should provide for him pro¬
per food and drink and stable.
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A Hestcrn editor tells his readers
“how to mind their l”s” in the fol¬
lowing pithy paragraph: “Persons
who patronize a paper should pay
promptly, for tho pecuniary pros¬
pects of tiie press have a peculiar
power in pushing forward public
prosperity. If tho printer Is paid
promptly, and his pocket-book kept
plethoric by prompt paying patrons
he puts his pen to his paper in peace;
his paragraphs are more pointed; he
paints his pictures of passing events
in more pleasing colors, and the per¬
usal of his paper is a pleasure to the
people. Paste this piece of proverbial
philosophy in some place where all
persons can perceive it.”
Death of Mr, Tilden.
Hon. Samuel J. Tilden, the de¬
frauded President of the United
States, is no more. 1 le survived Grant
Hancock, McClellan, John Kelly,
llubei t Thompson and many oilier
younger men of distinction and note,
but suecombed at last, after a mem¬
orable struggle against paralysis,
leaving Hayes and Cleveland still in
the land of the living.
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The next delegation to Congress
from this State will stand as follows;
Norwood, Turner,. Crisp, Grimes,
Hammond. Blount, Chpicnt. Gjwltoi)
Candler and Jlanies.
Strange Freaks of a Snake.
From the Dawson Xews.
On last Saturday night a young
gentleman who lives in the Sixth dis¬
trict of this county went home about
11 o’clock. He unhitched liis horse
from the buggy and while pulling the
buggy under the shed, which is un¬
der fodder loft, he heard a strange
noise above his head which sounded
as though it came from the fodder
loft. At first it crowed like a very
young rooster, then it cackled and
clucked likeahen, then made a noise
like a young chicken and twittered
like a wren. The gentleman was ex¬
cited and, his curiosity being aroused
he went to the dwelling house and
procured a light. When he got back
to the lot with the light he heard the
strange sounds again several times.
Finally, having gotten the light in a
place where he could see the object,
lie was greatly surprised to discover
lying upon the plate of the- building
one of the largest snakes he ever saw
before in his life. Leaving some one
to keep his snakeship company ho
went hack to the house and got his
rifle (he was afraid to shoot with hia
sliot-gun on account of setting fire
the fodder to )and went back to dis¬
patch the huge monster. lie took
good aim and fired, but the snake
crawled off and disappeared in tho
fodder. He is certain ho hit the snake
but fearing he did not kill him is
watching for him to show himself
again.
The author of the above is a young
mar. who is well known all over the
county, having been reared here. Ho
says that it is true ami lie is willing
to take an oath to that effect before
any officer in the county.
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A Great Man in Georgia.
From th> Washington Critic.
Tn a certain section of Georgia Sen¬
ator .Toe Brown is held to he some
tiling higher than earth, something
greater than man; and through this
section an Atlantia newspaper man
of a religious turn of mind (there is
only one in Atlanta, and he isn’t
there now) had occasion to travel.
One Sunday he attended a country
Sunday school, and was called on to
speak, and to interest the scholars ho
asked them questions between his re¬
marks
“Who made the great big world?”
ho asked under the subject “Crea¬
tion.”
“God,” answered the whole school.
“And who made the pretty stars
and the great yellow moon to shine
by night, and the beautiful silver sun
to shine by day?”
“God,” said all the children again.
“Correct,” lie said, pleasantly.
“And now, children, who made
God?”
This was a poser, and the school
was silent for a full minute, when a
small hand belonging to the postmas¬
ter’s small boy went np.
“All, my boy,” smiled the catoch
i/.er, “you can answer, can you? Well,
now, tell us who made God.”
“Joe Brown did,” piped the boy,
and all the scholars in the school
looked ashamed of themselves for
being so ignorant, and even tho
teachers seemed provoked that the
postmaster’s boy had taken the hon¬
ors.
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The Extra State Taxes for Special
Purposes
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 10.—Pursu¬
ant to the act of the last Legislature
the Governor to-day issued an order
to the tax commissioners of the vari¬
ous counties to levy and collect a tax
of three mills on all the taxable prop¬
erty of the State for general purpos¬
es, and an additional tax of one-half *
mill for the building of the new cap¬
ital. It is estimated that the tax will
bring in, together with the special
taxes and rental of the Western and
Atlantic railroad, $1,691,457 on a
property valuation of $305,000,000.
The estimated disbursements for tho
year is $1,681,850. A deerease in
the special taxes this your is looked
for, owing to a falling off in the li¬
quor tax and the fees of fertilizer in«
spectors.
The Kaihoad Commission had ^
session to-day to hear the complaint
of the John P. King A/ills, of Am
gnsta, against the Augusta and
Knoxville railroad, alleging over¬
charges in moving cars from the
Georgia raihoad depot to the mills.
The commission decided in favor of
the mill, holding that the railroad
was making overcharges and violat¬
ing Circular No. 48. The commis¬
sion adjourned to Aug. 24,