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'Col. Joe Poibil of Louisville was in
tow u ksfc Monday.
• M»v John. Noma of Johnson county
wosin towria day or two ngo.
Mr. Joel Pony bought an alligator
shin last Friday from Giles Damol(col-
oml),wliieh .said Giles took from the
carcass of an alligator nine feet long.
The City Fathers are agitating the
Important Notice.
The Dublin Post is the name of a
now paper recently started in Dublin
by Prof. R. L, Ilicks. The first num
ber is on our table, presenting a hand
some. appearance and filled with inter
esting mutter. Success to the enter
prise.—Sandcrsville Herald.
For tho above, the brethren of tlie
quill will please aceopt our thanks.
A well-written communication on
Capital and Labor will appear next
weok.'
Tho Sunday School picnic at Wrights-
ville on tho 20th inst., is to bo a big
thing. Everybody is invited to come
with a basket. Wo hope to lnwo the
pleasure of boing present ourself—but
alas! for the oditorial basket.
Especial attention is directed to tho
notice of the Ordinary and Sheriff, that
from and after this date the legal adver
tising of Laurens, county will be done
by the Post.
PUBf.IN GA. t JULY 4, lfffi,
Tcrms, $b00 a year in advance.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
One square, first insertion.. „.......$1.
Each subsequent insertion.
Local aOticjs, her line
One column one year. 120.
" six months. 70.
Ten lines make a square.
Isaac T. Keen, Proprietor.
Advertising Pays.
Messrs.’Adams and Turner bronnght
a beef to Dublin two weeks ago, but
failed to sell it all—they had to take a
portion of it back home. Before they
left town, however,we induced them to
insert a little advertisement in the Post
to notify the people that they would be
in town again with beef on the follow
ing Friday—they to pay us for the ad
vertisement in beef. On Thursday tho
Post of course spread the news fur and
wide that a lino article of beef would be
in town the next day. The rcsiut was,
customers poured in so rapidly that tho
beef was all sold in almost no timo, and
many wonld-bc customers were sont
away empty, and among then' ourself.
Advertisin',
Dealer in
Dublin. We say let. it be done.
Mr. Geo. Cuvrcll of Cochran, for
many years a prominent merchant of
Dublin, and once the Sheriff of (his coun
ty was in town last Tuesday.. He has a
host of friends throughout the county
who are always glad to have him
amongst them. He favored us with a
call and $1.50 for the Post.
Mr. J. R. Locke, brings us a sample
of the largest snap beans wo have ever
seen, also a sample of nice table peas
the seed of which he procured in Vir
ginia while soldiering it in that state
fifteen
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
. Will be inserted at the following rates
Sheriff sales, each levy, $3 00
Sheriffs’ mortgage sales, 5 00
Application for letter of iwlmin’tion, 5 00
'• “ : . ..gnar’ship. 5 00
Dismission from administratim, 5 00
Dismission from guardianship, ’ 5 00
For leave to sell land, 5 00
Application for homestead, 2 00
Sales'of real, estate by administrators,
executors and guardians,' .persquare,4 00
Sales of. perishable property 10 days, 1 75
Estray notices, 80 days, 3 00
Divorcesj—mlelo perfect, service, 8 do
F A MIL Y G ROGER IE S
BACON, FLOUll,
Local Affairs. -
Mr. J. W. Maddox sends us a very
- -fine stalk of cotton, which Ire 'says is
a. fair sample of a largo portion of
; liis or op. .
Mrs. Jno. B, Jones sends us three
t S!3? a |g®S» 12, 13, ajhl ,18
^otmees. ;) s [.
--- ^IiN L; Or Jenkins favored us with
a;call on Thursday last, presented us
a 13 ounce tqma to and subscribed, for
the'Post. " -
We arc u nd or alligations to
Mr. W. A. Sims for a tine Kansas
watermelon on tho 21st Inst. Thq.
first melon we ever tasted in June.
/j Subscribe for the Post, the peo-
’ * pie's paper. •
Over one hundred harrels of rosin
and' thirty barrels of spirit's arc now
lying_ at Mr. Johnson's Distillery
awaiting sh'ipjnent Tho boat ’is up
' „c;the.riVgr > clearing-dHt‘ ? obstructiqns.
vr*? ! ■ HOffARpJ. Hightower of Johnson
dropped in upon,ns .on Friday last.
He tantalized, us by..de^cribing; an ex-
traordfiary hunch pi .poaches -which
he had endeavored to send us',"-but
-whidl' lf(l?l gift jul'red from the stein,
ahd tlef'otire'd by tlie messenger.
The River and Harborappropriii t ibn-fijll
kaA-'-n'ot—piisijcjljFBut J^ivqcotiJiiiueSgto
tp barter, ill . carriage .Work-—hikes nny-
ycars ago.
Our friends are 'solicited to report local af
fairs of interest at this oillee. This is for
you. ' tf.
The election for county officers* is ap
proaching, and tlie people are begin-'
ning to want to know who are to be
Parties wishing to
ig pays, but such advertis-
ing as that doesn't pay tho printer.'
WEATHER REPORT.
As recorded by Hon. J. T. Duncan.
State Commissioner of Agriculture,
T. P. Janes, lias furnished Judge Dun
can with a thermometer and rain-guage,
and requested him to act as “observer”
for this section. Ho records in a book
prepared for tho .purpose tho tempera
ture at 7 a. hi.j at 2 p. m., and at 9 p.
m. each day, from which the daily ave
rage is obtained. At the end of the
month tho^nontlily average is made out.
The rainfall and motions of the wind
are also carefully recorded. Monthly
reports are forwarded to the Commis
sioner to be utilized in the solution of
the groat problems’of me teorology.
The J udgo commenced liis observa
tions the 1st. of April last. Below \vc
givo results for June:
Lowest mean tempq-ture, 14tli G7£dogs.
Highest “ “ 20th 84.1 “
Mean to nip’ tu re for the month 774 “
Total ra i h-fall 4.65 in'di os'
the .candidates,
placetheir friends properly before the
people should aunouiieetheir candidates
in the people’s'paper. It will not cost,
much. !
Miss Etta Warren is quite ill at the
home of Mr. IV. A. Joiner’s.
An important article from tho pen of
“Jacobus, we regret, came in too late for
insertion this week, it will appear next.
The mail from Wrightsville to' Dublin
will probably go into operation the 1st
of October.
A bushel and a half of corn will bo
taken as subscription for the Post one
year.' 1 "Tins offer only for .thirty days.
Mr. W. M. Tillery tlie enterprising
captain of the Hook and Lador Com
pany is agitating the question of pur
chasing a fire en'giuo.'
Messrs. Q. L.i Harvard of Cochran,
B. B. (pianev add W. J. Hightower of
Motions, Fancy Articles, Etc., Etc,
Which I offer to the public,
AS CAN !BE BOUGHT IN THE MARKET.
All I ask iff; give me ft trial.
ISAAC Jl\ KEEN, BROFHIETOR.
, 'Dultin, Georgia,
Parties who are bohiud with me,I will still furnish with supplies
through the summer, If they will conic up olid make mo secure.
june30 Cm
henry I*.SMITH,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKES
a mi at reduction in prices. ■' ;
Call aud have yoqv Boots.tmd Shoes made,to oninm.; thuV tlnw
cure a bettor boot and a better tit than you can possibly get by buy!
Kind Words,
a neat little six-column paper, comes to
US this weok. Its appearance, as well
as the matter with/ which it is filled, is
decidedly attractive, and reflects much
^Credit.upon its editor arid proprietor,;
'R. L. Allieks. We welcome the Post
to our exehango lirt, trusting that its
years may be many and' full of honor,
and itself a eourco of both pride arid,
profit to itsHoiuidov.—fioutiierHCr and
Appeal.
We have received volume 1, number
H of the Dublin Post, a neat, bright
and newsy journal. In his salutatory
bettor boot Una a betlev fit tlum you can
Northern stpyk.,
As my rates arc exceedingly low, riouc no
oahii. • ,
je27-Um. .;, j ■ '
nh^ihd and-ngarPHinf^K
lias been suffering terribly with some
thing like paralysis. ‘ Dr, Hightow
er,-'who attended him, feared for
a while, that tlie paralysis of stunt;
of his members might be permanent.
Hon. II, M. Burcli called on us on
last Friday, expressed himself as well
pleased with the Post, and said he
thought we reflected tlie views of .the
people throughout the county in tlie
position wo had taken in favor of our
<1 i s ti n guished representative Col,.
Blount. Mr. B. wished us a lug suc
cess and emphasized the wish with
•ivh .IsiU&O.v. . .
The citizens of Johnson and'Mont
gomery-counties, and the public at
large:aro,reminded- that they will no
longer have to pay-ferriage at the
Dublin Ferry. Come over friends;,
-Ai aiul loam Whatfgreat things ourmer-
, chants can do fo:
a -well fifty feet jde
self from serious
and holding-the to
falling ori'hiff head
Col. A. E. pickers, now residing
most of his timo; on his plantation in
Leo county, was; in town last Monday.
A.Good Earn for Sale.
Mr: IS. F. Blackaiear is^ffertng for wile bis
magnificent Carr Hlioals place, on (he east
side of tlie Oconee river, five miles above
Dublin. Tu addition to 550 acres of good
land, there is on. the place ono of the most
splendid
Ho saved hini-
-y "by catching
id (wo presume)
; ,
By pajdng high prices for carriage work. Tliii
rcsuscitatecl and all others saved from n k!»»«W fine I),
WARE'S CARRIAGE S fl
ON T1IB DUllLIN SQUAllEi
Every brft&cb of life busilietfs -grefttTy i-cdtloed. i Bii;
and liundaomely gilded, for
*5EfWB paniiCu
Woric unequuHcd in stylo, and llifisji by any oo,untry shop.
W. F. CEFFCSCEM,
'atcr pokers in Georgia,- hot ex
celled by (lie celebrated falls of Augusta
-or Oolprouus. One hundred acres cleared
and fenced; 50 acres now in cultivation; 100
acres of tho finest cane swamp, which,
through natural embankment,' is not sub
ject U> overflow; 800 acres of well limber
ed pine woods; good range for cattle both
winter and summer. Except two cabins, no
improvements. Will soil either with or with
out fish-fiap privileges. Cheap for the cash.
Building and Repairing done lb Order’. Mp rootle hv
Imetcd to me Npally and Promptly executed at prices ti
suit the times. \ Shop 'on southeast corner Cquipfipyst
Square. Call 'and see. c
june 20, ly. ' 1
reached our sanctum on Friday. The
Post is a twenty-four column shoot,
published at Dublin, Laurens oounty,
Ga., by It. L. Hicks, editor and pro
prietor, at .81.50 a year. The entire
outfit is new. We welcome Bro. Hicks
back to tho fraternity, and congratu
late him .upon the neat appearance,
both typographical and mbchanical, of
Lis new paper as well as tlie editorial
management, as evidenced^ by its well
you. You will bo
surprised to,learn what a change .has
come over Hi 1 ? spirit qf llio prices Iff
Dnbli^..-:* ‘ *.v -• -- -
A few thorough-hr at Berkshire boar
pigs for sale, farrowed 17th day of March,
18J8, of the. colebraled' S/empy stock, im-
^)«ed in December, from England,, by
Othello, bred by- Cbas. Tpylor, Elms Farm
New Jersey. ^ Also' two sets of running
k*.'in->jQ»ttrfstfB0"eff -ili,>4lie ufjccssary Woo^
' hncl iron wdrks to run a gin.
Apply to Bout. Wayxe, nr
L. C. Pkuev& Co,, Dublin.
K . • ..julylif.: ;
Col. Ramsey* the Principal of tho'
Dublin Academy will close the exer
cises pf the present-term with a pnb-
lic examination, on the 18th. inst
^vnn^a’^ird^nribi tioii a t night.
Mr. J. J. Bowen] frdrii tJio.Hipprir
portion of the county dropped in on
its soo^ J^Ion<|ay morning with
a fitPffefNfPtF Iriitcrmelbn iii one
hand and a $1.50 in ilio other to pay
twelve months’ subscription to the
Post. ,Hc i3 ; . a ; ,clever wliole-seuled,
gentleman, and this is not the first
' "lira higher mould. When wo were
gettmg' up a subscription- to ptir-
chaso a li^wyi ft>rb Lee; Academy a
few years ago, we recollect that,
» nm.amc.d..imm,
he c<%lrjl?uie4 -More oaah.«ito-any
FREE FERRIAGE AT THE DUB
LIN FERRY.
R. M. A R N A U,
SeientiflcBlacksmitli.
Southeast Corner PuMic Square. , * '
All work done warranted, tO pleuso or no ebayge.
filled columns of select reading mat-
tor.—- Eastman Times.
Wo have received the first issuo of
the Dublin Post, edited and owned by
A Pleasant Call.
We had a call from Col. O. 8; Guyton
on lust Monday. He laid a full grown
cottoulbowl bri’our tal'flo, sl ating that
lie had a ten acre 1 field in, which there,
was an average of four or five bowls to
: the stalk; and Arango to say, that-fen
acres laid not a particle of guano. Tlie
cotton which lie fertilized quite liberal-
BUGGY WORE A SPECIALTY,
Mr. II. L. Ilicks, of Dublin, Laurens
eounty. The material is entirely iriewf
and. the paper, notAVithShinding the
djfiicultici? attending tlie first issue, pre^
sents a creditable appearance. Mr.
Hicks is a finely educated gentleman,
and has enlisted in the profession of
journalism with a determination to
make it a success. We take pleasure in
exchanging the Dispatch with the Post.
—llaiolcinsville Dispatch.
Til'd first issue of the Dublin Post,has
made its appearance at our sanctum,
and is quite a creditable sheet. It is
neatly printed and wcdl filled witli ably
witton editorials and spicy local.items.
KEEPS ALWAYS ON HAND
A. Flee Assbrtiiioiit of #ldws,, ;f ;
I -ALSO- c , , „ 'ji
THE JUSTtr CELEBRATED ARHM! SWEEP,
Which 1b Buporior to any plow of tho khul mmJc in lids country.
With thonkff for past jfavorff, we Solicit the Oonfiuiiarico hi
jc 20, ly.
BALES
We arc sorry that its courteous editor
misconstrued our little paragraph, but
since he saw fit to refer to it with so*
much real editorial courtsey, let us. no\v
earAll kinds GUN and PISTOL REPAIItlNG done, promptly
and scientifically, '.All. kinds of -■/
BLACKSMITH WOR K
ti AlffOiOXccubdat^ -s>
hope that his experiendd will not be
that of tho average: country editor, but
that his brightest anticipations may be
fully realized, and that the Post, not
withstanding its present genteel ap
pearance, may improve, and continue
to improve, and ever be a “po.ri; that
will do to tic. io.”-South Georgian.
5. W. FLANBEBB, M. D.,
Physician and Accoucheur.
WRISHTSVILIE, GEORGIA.
Calls attended day or night-. Office at his
residence. jo 20, 1878, ly.
BALE’S SHOT
GEORGIA—Laurens County.
Oiuuxauy's Office, July 1st, 1878.
Notice is hereby givenThat from and nflor
this date, the legal advertising enmnallug from
this office will be published iu the Dublin Post,
a newspaper published ill Dublin Ga.
JOHN. T. DUNCAN, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Laurens Counts'.
Sheriff’s Office, July 1st, 1878.
Notice is hereby given that from and after
this date, the legal advertising emanating from
this office will bo published in the Dublin Post,
a uewapaper published in Dublin Ga.
DENNIS MoLKNDON, Sheriff.
Professional Cards.
J. B. MICKS, ESQ.,
-Arij'fe'iSr aij Hiarwr
-AND-
HEAL ESTATE AGENT.
Mount Vernon, Georgia.
je 80, .1878, ly.
. E. O. BOSTICK,
Law.
WRIGHTSVILLE, GA.,
jo 20, 1878, ly.
WM. H. WYLLY,
Att’y and Counsellor at Law,
SANBEItSVILIiE, GA.
Will practice in the Gourts of the Micldlo
Circuit and Bankrupt Courts.
Particular attention given to the defense of
criminal cases. , -f. jo 30, lyi
JAMES J. CONNER,
Attorney a.t Law*
DUBLIN, GEORGIA.
jfl 20, ly.
A. F. DALEY,
Attolrney at Law,
WRIGHTSVILLE, GA.,
jo 20, ty.
J. G. Bower, O. Bower.
BOWER & BOWER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
TRW INTON, GA.
jo 3.7-ly.
JAMES E. HIGHTOWER,
Attorney ■ at Law,
DUBLIN, GEORGIA.
Office next door to Dubpin Post.
jc 20, ly.
MEliCER HAYNES,
Attorney - at Law,
DUBLIN, GEORGIA.
Collections mode a specialty. Office in
Court House. jc 80, ly..
Br.fl. H. Hightower.
PRACTITIONER OF
MEDICINE AMD SURGERY,
Dublin, Georgia,
Calls promptly attended day or night. Of
fice next to Hotel. Room at the residence of
James E. Hightower,
je 20, ly.
Dr. T. H. Hall '
Witli RES173IE THE
Practice of Medicine
From this date.
june20 flih
DR. 1. H. HARRISON.
General Practitioner,
DUBLIN, GEORGIA.
Office at Drug Store. ,
Calls during absence may bp left with 13, J.
Tajipi.ey. At night he cun bo found nt the
residence of Airs, Keene. je 20, ly.
C. HICKS, M. D„
PRACTITIONER.
Mount Vernon,- Georgia.
jc 20, ly.