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A m ix ON THU rjiAIKIE.
Whore Bloody Bill Met IiIh
Match ami his Death as Well.
[From Thr fit. Louis Pont."]
Some five years ago Adam Goldie
left his native county of Shannon,
Mo., where ho was engaged in cattle
raising, for Northwestern Texas,
where he passed two years, and there
one of the most exciting incidents of
his career happened. His fame sis a
marksman among the Texans soon
became notorious. In the vicinity of
Goldie's ranch lived one William
Darrel, or, ns he was familiarly term
ed Bloody Bill. This Bloody Bill
was a noted rtifflian and desperado,
a reckless dare-devil. Ilis feats in
marksmanship were like-wise astound
ing. and probably no man in the
Lone Star State excelled him in
handling the rific. Bloody Hill had
been engaged in many deeds of dar
ing, and was always mixed up in
some row or rqtutbblc. He bad al
ready killed three men, and bis nu
merous aols <*f ntfliunfeni, made him
tlx* terror of the frontier. Few cared
to cross his path, ns his dangerous
character and dexterity with si rifle
were well known,
Goldie laid mot lliill on several oc
casions, hhfc had novel* boon in
volyod in any difficulty with him.
Knowing his turbulent disposition
lie always sought to avoid him. On
one 8unday, lmwovcr, Goldie was
sitting in company with a scoro of
Texans, who were spending luconvi-
\inl hour in u mild carouse, when
Bill rodo up and joined tho party.
Of late lie I in (I become quite jealous
of Goldie's notoriety ns a marksman,
mid bad frequently spoken dispara
gingly of the latter. For some t ime
the parly passed tho timo conviviallv
enough, Without anything happening
i" mar the harmony of the sociabil
Hy. At hist tho Texans began to
relalo somo of their rciniuisceneos,
and Goldie commenced narrating an
incident that had ocotircd to him.
Bill who lmd drunk heavily of the
whiskey lmd become rat her moody,
in the midst of tho narrat ion sudden
ly jumped to his feet and exclaimed:
“Goldie, you nro a G«—d—d liar,
and a ———at tho samo timo
Ktrlikmg >v blow at hkn; MVwtih iw
siantly confusion. Tho whole party
wore on their foot, and their revolvers
were drawn. Goldie demanded sat*
isfaclion for 1 ho insult, and Bloody
Bill, with a scornful laugh, sugges
tod that they had-hotter make it a
trial of their respective skill with tho
rifle, The idea Was caught up by
the y’oxans. and after u siiort oon-
sultation they decided that a duel
should be fought, but, in conso-
qnonce of Hie extraordinary skill of
t ho parl ies at. a long distance. On
the open prairie about two miles dis
tant, grow two post oak trees. Thoy
wore -ISO yards apart, and wore the
only trees on that, spot. All round
was open, timberless prairie. It was
decided that Goldio and Bill should
both take their rifles and each take
up a position behind the respective
trees, and then blaze away at each
other. Tho Texans hoped by these
means to prevent bloodshed, or at
least, to prevent a fatal termination
of the duel. Tho preliminaries be
ing settled, the whole party mounted
their horses and rodo on the prairie
to the solcetcd spot, Goldie took up
his position behind one of tho trees
and Bill enseonood himself behind the
other. Tho remaining part of the
crowd then rode to a slight undula
ting ominoneo to the right, where
thoy wore to remain as spectators.
One of them was to give tho signal
for tho beginning of the combat, by
firing life riilo iuto the air, ami the
report was to be the signal for the
duelists to begin their bloody work.
Goldie waited anxiously tho detona
tion of the ritlo which suddenly
sounded on tho air.
Then commenced tho duel at the
longest range ever recorded. Goldie
advanced from behind the tree in a
kneeling posimro, when, whit! his
sombrero was perforated by a ball
from Bloody Bill’s ritlo. Quick as
lightining ho dropped full length
upon the ground in time to escape
the other two bullets which came in
vapid succession, lie lay still, brought
his rifle into position, as ho was
stretched upon the ground, mul then
remained immovable. Presently ho
saw u diminutive figure which ho
knew to lie Bill (who was nearly an
inch taller than Goldie) advancing
cautiously from tho shelter of the,
tree. Quiekly taking aim ho fired
twice in succossisoii and l lien retired
behind the sheltering trunk. One
of the bullets lie afterwards discover
ed had parsed through the lobe of
Bill’s left. ear. There was a cessation
of fighting for some time, when Gol
die espied bis opponent’s head and
shoulders exposed Quick a? light
ning his rific was at his shoulder and
the detonating report was heard.
Bloody Bill's hat was carried away
by the bullet, Goldio now rather
incautiously advanced, from his shel
ter and became the target for six
balls in rapid rotation, one of which
made a hole in his coat sleeve and
another through his pants. He beat
a hasty retreat. The duelists re
mained gazing at the distant trees,
each watching for the indistinct
form which represented his adversary.
Each peered cautiously from behind
the tree, endeavoring to get a sight
of the other. Goldie at last saw Bill
again advance, and tho former step
ped rapidly to tho front and quiekly
brought his ritlo into position. Al
most simultaneously tbcelear, sharp
rojjort of two rifles rang on tho ail* and
both men fell. Goldie managed to raise
himself and crawl behind the trunk
of the tree. IIo lib bad been wound
ed in the left shoulder. Prcsentely
be was joined by the Texans wlio
lmd been witnesses of this most ex
citing duel. They had already rid
den ovor to Bloody Bill and found
him dead. A bullet hud penetrated
his temple.
A SINGULAR PHENOMENON.
An Immense Shower of Small
Flail Fallliif^fronnCloudless Sky.
[From the Chicago (Cal) Record ]
About 2 a’clook P. M. a young
man, who works on tho Shepard
ditch, stepped out of Mr. Yokmn’s
store, ami was neltod with an im
mense lot of small fish, say from one
to threo inclieB in length, and con
sisting of a groat variety—stin porch.
Hying fish, and ninny others tlmt do
hot belong to the scale family. The
young man culled thoso in the store
to come and see tho wonder, when
a dozen men went out, and saw
them dropping thick and fast. Tliev
covered tlio roofs of the store anti
extended for a circnmfronco of two
or threo acres, and perhaps more,
i thought at first, that a Hock of t rav
elling pelieuns woro unloading their
po^ehos for the purpose of attaining
a ltighor stratum of atmosphere, tlmt
would take them more rapidly to
their designation. But I gazed for
along timo in tho dear bltio sky in
every direction, without being re
warded with tho sign of a single
pelican. Then 1 weakened on the
pelican theory, and I am led to be
lieve if ir, wore tho work of pelicans
they must have boon so high tlmt
they wore out trf sight. The fishes
were very wet when they first fell,
but soon dried after striking the
ground. I understand tlmt AVilliam
Phillips, laboring under the impres
sion tlmt all good things como from
above, devoured ono of tho finest
ones of tho lot, and said it tasted so
good t lmt ho sadly regroted not hav
ing harvested more or them. Such
Hue epicurean frenzies arc very rare
in t he community. Eli Bramiiu 1ms
preserved quite a lot of them in a
bottle of gin.
Ed. Jackson, of Tazewell, Twin.,
u negro, was for eighteen months on
terms of criminal intimacy with Mrs.
Jesse Ilodgors, a white woman. Her
husband found it out and fired upon
the negro, who, however, escaped
and tied to Kentucky. Mrs. Rogers’
family offered $500 reward for his
apprehension, claiming that ho had
given the woman drugs, though
through tho whole term of eighteen
months she lmd kept up a correspond
ence with him, and he was arrested
at. Lebanon, Ky., aud given up—l>v
what, warrant or process of law is
not said—-to her husband, father and
brother, to ho taken back to Tennes
see. They murdered him in Whitley
county, Ky., bunging him, shooting
him several times m tub face, and
setting a stum pon tiro beneath him so
tlmt parts of his corpse were burned.
Ho had been handcuffed and nuulo
to run with ft rope round his neck
tied to tho saddle of one of tho cap-
tors. A passer describes him ns
having to keep up with tho horses,
which wore trotting, and adds that
when the riders stopped to lot their
horses drink he throw himself on his
Face iu tho creek to lap up tho water.
••Ho was praying all the time.” A
strict watch is kept over tho murder
ers, ponding action by tho Stato
authorities.
“Another ono gone—that, makes
eight,” said a little hoy iu Now Or
leans as ho brought the obituary
notice of his last brother into a news
paper office.
Sheep-killing dogs invariably at
tack the nocks of their victims to
rover tho arteries and drink the
blood,-so an inventor has designed a
collar with sharp - project eng points,
which effectually protects the sheep
from his foe. • . .
Professional Cards.
JAMES J. CONNER,
Attorney at Law,
BUBLIN, GEORGIA.
je 20, ly.
JAMES E. HIGHTOWER,
Attorney at Law,
DUBLIN, GEORGIA.
Office next door to Dennix Post.
je 20, ly.
MERCER HAYNES,
Attorney at Law,
nvBUK, tiBonoi.i.
Collections made a specially. Office in
Court llouKC. jo 20, ly.
J. E. HICKS,
-A.“b1j’y a/fe Larw.
—AND—
REAL ESTATE ACT.
Mount Yernon, Georgia.
je 20, 1878, ly.
E. 0. BOSTICK,
a*fc ZLiarw^
WRIGHTSVILLE, CIA.,
Je 20, 1878, ly.
A. F. DALEY,
Attorney at Law,
1VRIGHTSVILIE, GA.,
je SO, ly.
WM. H. WYLLY,
Att’y and Counsellor at Law,
SANDEIISVILLE, GA.
Will practice in the Courts of the Mid
dle and Oconee Circuits. je 20, ly.
J. C. Howkii. 0. i’owKn.
BOWER & BOWER,
a rroitNEYS a r' la If
• IIIWINTON, GA.
je 27-ly.
Dr. K. H. Hightower.
PRACTITIONER OF
MEDICINE AND SUltGEUY,
Dublin, Georgia.
Calls promptly attended day or night.
Office next to Hotel. Room at the residence
of Jtimos E. Hightower,
je 20, ly.
DR. I. H. HARRISON.
General Practitioner,
DUBLIN, GEORGIA.
Office ut Dn«j Store.
Culls during absence may ho left with E.
J Tamu.f.y. At night he can bo found
at the residence of Hu's. Keene,
je 20, ly.
T. P. SARCHETT.
Dr. T. H. Hall
W1U. ME8CMB THE
Practice of Medicine
From Ibis date.
june20
Cm
C. HICKS, M.D.,
’■ PRACTITIONER
Mount Vernon, Ga.
Je 20, ly.
J. W. FLANDERS, M. D.,
Physician and Accoucheur.
WRIGHTSVILLE, GA.
Calls attended day or night. Office at
his residence. je 20, 1878, ly.
W. J. SCARBROUGH & CO,
BA li ROOM,
:D’ix’bl±:p. J G-eo,
Keep always well supplied with
Aurora Beer,
WINES LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
Also a good assortment of
Family Groceries,
Which they will sell at prices to suit the
limes. Give them a calL jc 20, tf.
After over twenty years experience in the
LIQUOR BUSINESS,
I flatter myself that I know a little about
it, and wish to inform the public that I am
AT MY OLD STAND
On the corner of the Court House Square,
ready to serve all who want to purchase any
thing in my line. I keep always on hand a
full stock of
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS,
AX II
StL XjOtx±s Beer
on draught. Also a fine stock of
Family Groceries.
All of which I offer to sell
Cheap for Cash.
Give me a trial and he convinced. I am also
Agent for the
“OLD TALLEY WHISKEY.”
jc 20, tf. T. P. Sauciiett.
The National Hotel.
(Nearly opposite Passenger Depot.)
Macon, Georgia.
TERMS PER DAY', 0 .... $2.00
SINGLE MEALS,... 75ets
r Phe Proprietor fceliDg thankful for the
-L very liberal patronage he has received
for the last ten months, now begs leave to
say that this
FIRST-CLASS HOTEL
Is in perfect order in all its arrange
ments, and the most convenient, of any in
tho city, being only 100 yards from the Pas
senger Depot office; where arc always
Attentive Porters
To receive Baggage and conduct Pasrcn
gers to and from the Hotel.
I have made'such improvements as to
enable me to accommodate nil who may be
pleased to give us a call. My fare shall he
ns good as t he fare of any house in the State,
and my terms reasonable. Call and try us.
E. C. CORBETT, Proprietor.
CHARLES ROLAND,
DUBLIN, GA..
"Will do Uocms> Siox and (TnxAMKNTAi.
PAINTING.
ALSO
GRAINING,
PAPERING,
AND
CALSOMINING,
PLASTEIIING,
Anti Repairing of Plastering. Will
A
L
8
PAINT
. , BUGGIES.
nug 7 tf
W. F. CEFFCKEN,
IB-u-gg^r ZMIaHszez?.
Building anil Repairing done to
Order. All work entrusted to me
Neatly and Promptly executed at pri
ces to suit the times. Shop on south
east corner Court House Square.
Call and sec.
june 20. ly
HENRY P. SMITH,
BOOT & SHOEMAKER.
(JUBA T11JSD UCTIOXmPrUQBS.
Call and have your Boots and Shoes made
to order, and thus secure a better boot
and a better fit than you can possibly get by
buying Northern stock.
As my rates are exceedingly low, none
uccd apply without the cash.
55FConstantly on hand a fine lot of taste
and shoe pegs for sale.
Henry P. Smith.
jc37-8|m. Dublin Ga.
ARE YOU DRY?
If so, go to sec YVnsh Baker, at his
first-class Saloon on Beech St., whore he
keeps constantly on hand, and for sale,
•Wines, Whiskeys,
Brandies Beer,
Cider, Champagne,
And in fact, everything in the shape of
Liquors and Drinks to be found in a first-
class Saloon.
ALSO
TOBACCO, CIGARS ETC.
Give me u call and you shall be convinc
ed. WASH BAKER,
Sept. 18-tf. CoointAK Ga.
LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT!
FOB IB^VZR.GkA.IDN'S
WILLIAM H. TILLERY’S STORE.
I am now offering a very LARGE STOCK *'
of FALL GOODS of EVERY VARI
ETY, CAREFULLY and
WELL SELECTED
Consisting of
Gents’and Ladies^'Apparel,
WHICH I MAKE ONE OF MY SPECIALTIES, ALSO
STANDARD PRINTS,
CALICOS,
HOME-SPUN,
DOMESTIC-SPUN,
YA.RNS,
HOLLOW, HARD AND CROCKERY WARE,
Together with a Cheap and Choice Stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Bridles, Saddles, ■* .
Harness, Bagging,
Ties, Bacon,
Sugar, Coffee,
i Rice, Lard,
—Tobacco,-Cigars, Etc
I will Duplicate any Bjll bought in Macon or any Rail Road Town.
Having had some years experience in the Business, I feel assured that I
Price List of Somo of my Goods:
Gents’ Ready Made Suits (Latest Styles) from $4 to $30.—
Ladies’ Dress Goods, (Latest Styles) from 12-J- to 50 cts.
per yard.—Boots, from $2.50 to $7.—Shoes, from
50 cts. to $5.—Standard Prints (Calicos) from
5 to 8 cts. per yrd.—Best Domestic Bag
ging (very heavy) 12£ to 134 cts. per
yrd.—Ties, 5 to 0 cts. per lb.—
Bacon, 9£ to 10 cts. per lb.—
Sugar, 8 to 124 cts. per
. lb.-Coffce, 18 to 22
cts per lb-Flour,
0 to $8 bbl.—
Salt $1.25 to
$1.40 per
Sack.
Bagging a,xlcL Ties
—Always on hand.—
Highest Cash Prices
Paid for Cotton. Also for HIDES or any COUNTRY PRODUCE,
Either in MONEY or GOODS in Exchange at the Lowest Prices.
Reaper*fully i
"W. H. TILLEET.
REYNOLDS’ IRON and BRASS WORKS.
A. REYNOLDS & SON, Proprietors.
IRON AND BRASSS FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP.
Manufacturers of
Steam Engines, Boi
lers, Saw, Grist and
Sugar Mills, a n d
Cotton Presses, for
Horse, Hand, Water
or Steam Power.
Kettles, Iron Rail
ings, Gin Gearing,
and Horse Powers,
and all kinds of Ma
chinery Castings.
Sugar Mills at
Iron Railing Spec
alties. This heir
a new cstahlishmci
all our- Patterns - a
New, with all tl
Modern Itnprov
meats.
First Class wot
Guaranteed and pi
ces very Reasonable
Call on or addre
A. REYNOLDS & SON,
Corner Fifth and Hawthorn streots; (near Southwostern Rail Road Freight
Depot.)
MACON,
m
DUBLIN,
GEORGIA.
on
IR- Hi- HICKS,
SSend for Price List and Circulars.
june 20-1 y. ■,
GEORGIA.
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for a profit, call on
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