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THE POST. DUBLIN GA, NOV. 27. 1878. Terms, $1.50 a year in advance. The Organ op Laurens County. — Circulation over 600. Local Aflkirs. Read the Ordinary’s Ferry notice. Mr. Temple of the Atlanta Nursery was in town last week delivering fruit trees. Mrs. B. F. Mason,, a most estimable Indy ; of this county, died on the 18th inst. Mr. W. M. Roach presents the Post the biggest sugar cane of the spason—OJlbs. Thanks. • • f Y Thigpen, presents the_ Post ito, and says' he has plenty Mr. Richard a 5} lbs. potato, more like it. The Savannah News thinks the Post irreverent to. speak of-llie Jldn. Alexander H. Stephens as the man of little skillet no toriety. The exercises of Gordon Institute in Dodge eounty. under the supervision of Prof. John T. Lee, formerly of this coun ty, will close ,on the Otli of December .with an exbibitioii’at Wight. For the bdhefrt bf oiir numerous renders who somdtirriei 'engage in the timber busi ness, we ciiiiiftAm the Timber Ga-ctte some valuable , iifAixidtioU to timber cutters. Read it in ddbtl'ier'column. At a recent meeting of the manufacturers of fertilizers it was agreed that the price of a ton of standard fertilizers should be five hundred pounds of middling cotton, deliv ered in Savannah by the farmer. The Atlanta Constitution sees it announc ed in the Post that a tin shop lias been opened in Dublin, and on that fact buses a prophecy that Dublin will some day be a great city. Master Tilman Wolfe has been very sick for several days with pneumonia. He is one of the most talented and promising youths in the community, and it would be a sad blow, not only to the family, but to the community, if his attack should prove fatal. We invite" attention to the clear, calm, dispassionate view of the whiskey question in this issue of the Post by “Critic,” Avliose heart and pen are ever active in the living issues of Ins county. . Read This! You will save money by paying your notes and accounts by the 10th of Decem ber ; after then will be turned over to attorney for collection. Dublin, nov 18-3t T. II. Rowe Erratum.—We printed about a hundred copies of the Post last week before we dis covered^jliat we had m ula the lion. Neil McLeod^s proposed Whiskey tax $200 In stead of $2,000, as it should have been. Mr. Ed. Holmes, Jr., swapped his horse to a mule drover last week for a good mule getting $15. to boot, and the horse died in less than twelve hours with grubs. Mr. II. says he is ready to return the $15. We had quite a pleasant call on Monday from Judge M. L. Burch of the Easttnan limes. The Timex is one of the b£st Con ducted country papers on our exchange list, has a large circulation in Laurens, the old home of the Judge and is the only pa per of which the Post is jealous. The minor that Mr. It. T. Dorniny is no longer a candidate for Tax collector is un founded. lie requests us to say to his friends'and the Public generally that he is still in the field soliciting their support, and will in no event oonjc down. 2t It will be impossible for us to give per sonal attention.to our collections in John son, and we hope that our subscribers in that county who have not yet payed, ev ery man of (1mm, Will call upon our agent, \V. P. Hicks and settle at once. tf. We want the party who takes Mr. S. J. Kellam’s Pd.Sr from the post-office to bun dle up a dollar and .u Half, come over and subscribe. Mr. K. says he never gets his paper; and we know we always mail it every week^ JW(ymi^pjeased to know that the Pofr*4^wecfityl; bat it pleases us a little too.ifel\!fo^opB tp'! appreciate it so much that he cabbages a copy that sonic one else lias paid for. We are glad to learn that our represent ative, Mr. Bureliv -has. been . placed on the Wild Lands Committee. It isnu important committee for several reasons. Its business is to look into the most odious swindle ever perpetrated on the wiregrass portion of the State, and the land grabbers will lie ready to buy up all purchasable members. Mr. B. knows how to represent his outrageous ly wronged constituency,' and no money can buy his vote. Hon. C. S. Guyton, tlic chairman of the mass meeting of the Sth'instT, was in town last Saturday for the first time since the meeting. In answer to our inquiry as to what he thought of the disputed vote on the whiskey question, lie said he thought the anti-whiskey wing had a clear majori ty; but that the action df the'meeting on the whiskey question was worthless, be cause the meeting had fallen into confusion after tlic settlement of the principal ques tion for which they had been called togeth er, and were not prepared to deliberate on any other, -He added that he had written to onr repreSontafhY'Hon. H. M. Burch, advising him of the^e facta, 10,000 Tickets Per Hour. Candidates in Laurens and Johnson are re minded that the office of the Post is the place to get their tickets priuted with neat ness and dispatch. We arc prepared to turn out 10,000 handsomely printed tickets per hour. tde ROASTED ALIVE ! The Old, Old Story—A Babe Lett in a House Which Burns Down On It. On the evening of the 20th ii.st. about sundown the alarm of fire was raised in the extreme South part of town. The source of alarm was found to be a negro cabin afire, on the place of Judge Kitjncs. The wife of Joe Moore who lived in the house hud gone to the. Judge's, about a quarter of a mile distant, to take home the week’s washing of clothes, leaving her three children, (one an infant) in the house. While their mother was gone the two older children got to playing in the fire which resulted in firing fchp build ing. When tiicy saw the house \Vas on ; fire they had sense ouough to get out, but not .sufficient to. take out. the infant that was left, i^ing iii tiff 1 cradle to be roasted to death. No one reached the scene of conflagra tion iu time to be of any service. OUR RIVER DISASTER. The Steamer Colville Gets Seven Holes Snagged In Her Bottom ami Sinks in the Oconee— Is Rcsurected After Lying Three Days in her Watery • Grave. On the morning of tho 20th instY the steamer Colville left the D.ublip wharf with seventy bales of cotton for the Central Railroad. She pro ceeded prosperously up the river till about three miles-above town, when the bow struck a rock causing the store to dip and. the prow to sheet up, and fall with great violence on the rocky bottom. Seven holes were pierced in the bottom and the water soon rushed in and filled the boat. She sunk, or rather lodged, in water about five feet deep, leu - ing the lower dock above the water’s edge. The cotton being put ashore, and men and buckets sent for, Capt. Henry set to work to patch np and halo out the water. After working three days and two nights, he suc ceeded in again setting her afloat, and returned to Dublin with her. An effort will be made to repair the boat at the Dublin wharf, Dublin Nov. 18tR 1878, Ed. Post.: Yielding to many and repeated solicitations and especially’; the one published in tho last issue of your paper, I hereby announce my willing ness to again become a candidate for Sheriff of Laurens county. Thank ing ray many friends' for the ctmfi- dcnce they repose in me, I pledge myself, if elected, to disclnirgo tho duties of the office to the best of my ability. , Resptfully,- tde. DeNnis AfelifcNdon. ..—; Condor Items. Ryner says rolling down stock at the mill one day has satisfied him. Mr. Frank Guinns a lad of fifty summers, was recently married to a Miss Register of Pinotucky. At lu^tyw’o’yq gofc into Billy ISea’s sfcqret of raising chickens. He gives them Simmon’s Liver ’ Regulator, salts, oil, &o. Whtui oiir projected school houso is mentioned pocket books swell up big as a jay bird’s hefil’t. Cioe; o and . Braxtou, Bea,chain wanted a fat horse to drive to ftiuvk- insville, so they piled in about three bushels of corn to him and had to borrow, another horse to drive iioine. “Matliy” Graham must be out of his latitude.' Speak to' him lio grins out “boy,” and darts in the house to see him again. L. C. Beach am, the prince* of mer chants, saw-mill men and farrpqrs now proposes to go one Hundred'dol lars, double his share, in tlic school house. Why don’t some one start a bar rel factory, tlnr demand right here is eleven hundred in excess of the supply. A Live Red Fox in Dublin. On last iSiiturcliiv nraay morning Mr. S. FFTljaniei found that one of his geese had been caught tlic* night-be fore and its head eaten off. Ho sup posed the depredator to bean owl, and oil Saturday night set a stcel- fcrap baited with a portion of the car cass of the goose which had been killed the night before with a view to capture lus ‘supposed o wish ip, But on Snnday morning, instead of an owl, he found in the trap a largo red fox. The trap caught him by the lower jaws slightly fracturing one of them. He was brought to town iif a box and placed out in front of the Post where he soon at traeted a large crowd. He was pro nounced by ail to be a genuine red fox. The upper portions of his ears and portions of his legs were j black and the end of his tail snow white. Several old fox hunters who saw him agreed that lie was one of tho largest foxes they had ever seen. Mr. Wm. Jones bought him and is taming him. Dublin will soon' be able to start a menagerie.' We have F or Tax Receiver. Believing that Mr. W. G. Wright will make an efficient officer If elected, we here by submit his name to tlic voters of Laur ens county as a suitable candidate for the offico.of Tax Receiver, tde. Many Yotkhs. FOR SHERIFF. Wrightsvillc, Ga., Sept. 80th. Ed. l\>xt: Please announce my name ns a candidate for Sheriff- of .Johnson county. If elected I will discharge the duties of the office to the best of my ability. sept 30-1 f Jacob T. Snell. For Tax Collector. Ed. Post: Please announce Mr. W. W. O’neal as a candidate for Tax Collector. He is a worthy citizen, and eminently qualified to fill that oifiee with credit to* himself and satisfaction to the Public. : Aug. 28-tf Many Citizens. OATS FOR SALE. 500 bushels of Yellow Rust Proof Oats for sale, cheap for cask. Apply to, DENNIS KEA, Sept. 18-tf. Holmes’ Cross Roads. For Tax Collector. Believing that the ofllcoAJf Tax Collector .was never tilled more faithfully, or with more general satisfaction to lax payers than by Mr. B. B. Linder for many years, wq hereby suggest him ns a candidate for that office, subject to Democratic nomination If one is held. Many Voters. Johnson Items. in The Hon. Neil McLeod was Wrightsvillc yestorday, (Sunday.) Jackson Page son of Mr. Jolm D. Page died lust Friday.- Charley Jenkins, brother of Evan Jonkin-, Jms recently died in Tex as. Mr. James Stunner, son of Mr. Wm. H. Sunnier, was married to Miss Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Mr. Jolm R. Davis, last Wednesday night.. If doctors charge for visiting well people, acoitain young lady of this comity will bo indebted to a Laurens county M. D. pretty largely. If wo don’t got an invitation to some of the weddings around here we will report every one of them be fore they cotne off. Tho Sheriff says ho had an invita tion to some of the weddings this week, but we think he went to serve a summons on some one thoro. lie says he lmd a nice time and plenty of nice things to eat and wo suppose he eat them, too. Hon. Wm.’L, Johnson is at home ut this time ; but leaves this morn ing. He is on the committee on the penitentiary, and is out inspecting convicts. Mr. Thomas Carter, son of Elijah Carter, was married last Thursday to Miss Martha Sumner, 'daughter of Mr. Wm. II. Sumner. Guardian's Sale. GEORGIA—Laurens County. By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of said couuty, will be sold be fore the Court House door in tho town of Dublin in said county, on the first Tuesday December next, within the legal qotirfe of sale to the highest bidder, the undivided’ interest of C. M. aud IT. A. It. Weaver (minors) the same being two fifths, in 208 ucres of land on the cast side of'tho Oconee Ivor, adjoining lands of ’J. M. Donalson, W. Maddox and estate of James Stuart and others, sold as the property of 0. M. and #11. AY R. Weaver, minors of W. F. Weaver deceased. Terms cash. G. F, WlCAVElt, Nov. 4, 1878. 4t Guardian. Macon, THOMiS" "WOOID , o I ! HM'/o Tvrsy...u'/xttiW •.^.•Georgia, DEALER IN Furniture aud COFFINSand CASKETS ! -.'!() tt'ufT lO ‘!«1 JttK I’l'iti i fl-l/tft of every description and price, in Wood and Metal. Call and examine Goods and Prices. KgT'All at exceedingly low prices. ... THOMAS ^ 1 oot 8Q-)hh Next to LatilerHonSe. VISITORS TO MACON j w idjpl ,,ll I.HtlJ-oic 1 Ti> While in the city, should 119b Tail to call and exiittiino tho oxtonsivO stook of of,’ STOVES, TIN-WARE, CUTLERY, <■< LAMPS, CROCKERY, . \ " GLASS-WARE, WOODENWAftE 1 ' ' AND General House-Fuinisliiiig Goods, . AT ' i • > ? mu v/iiiii GEO. W. BURR’S T- No. 87 Cherry St. IMtlCiijS, DOWN TO LOWEST NOTCH. SOLE AGENTS FOR The Grand Charter Oak and Farmer Repairs for the above always on hand hit oct. 80-8m tattte TRADE NEVER u 500 Cooking and Heating Stoves- daftaMY .fitil fli It NOTICE. Will he sold before the Court House door in Dublin, bet ween the usual hours, nmthc first Tuesday in December next, the homestead and plantation belonging to the estate of Mrs. Koclucl B. Freeman, lale qf Laurens county, deceased. ’’ Terms: some cash will lie required, the balance on time of one and two years. Bond given for titles. 2t Heirs of the Estate. Administrator's Sale. GEORGIA—Laurens County, By virtue of an order from llie Court of Ordinary of said eounty, will be sold before llie Court House door in the town of Dublin in said county, on the first Tuesday in December next, within llie legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, lot of land No. 80, in tho 2d district of saiil county, containing 202| acres, more or less, sold its the property of tlic estate f John Strickland, deceased, for thoTion- eflt of tho heirs aud creditors. Terms cash. Wm. L. Strickland, Nov. 4, 1878. 4t Administrator. NOTICE. Will he let to.the lowest bidder, before now,, a .red fox, a raccoon and sever-1 me Court House door, in the toWn of Dub ai squirrels. Tli (T folio wing. Judges’ Havjg bosn elected by the Legislature: Augusta Circuit, Cluiborn Snead; Ocrinilgee Circuit, Tlios. Lawson; Macon Circuit, Thomas Simmons; Johnson, Hansell aud Harris arc their own .successors. The papers all over the State be lieve that the present legislature will give us the Boll Punch. The Pope congratulated King Hupibert on his escape from the pon iard of the assassin A11 the 17th inst. Gen. Gordon was reelected to the U. S. Senate unanimously by the Georgia Semite and lacked but five of carrying tho House solidly. These five were pouting Feltonites. The Chronicle says bacon is lower at Augusta than it has been for thir ty-seven years. Atlanta expects a large influx of moneyed immigrunts frorti th6 yellow fever districts. Tho house of the Tax Collector of Appling county wav robbed of $225 of the public funds on the 5th iust. Iin, on Buturday the 21«t day of December next, tlic keeping of Blucksliear’s and the Dublin Ferries for the year 1879. Tho contractors will bo required to give bond witli good security in the sum of one thou sand dollars for the faithful performance of tiieir duty und for all damages to persons and property that may occur through their negligence or carelessness at said Ferries, Said bond to be given the same day, or the bid will lie void, John T. Duncan, Nov. 21st 1878-4t Ordinary, FOR RENT. By virtue of an order from the court of Ordinary of Laurens county, will be rented for the year 1879, before the Court House door in the town of' Dublin Gie highest bidder—on the flint Tuesday in December next—all llie lands (dower excepted) !>c- louging to the estate of John Peny Jr. late of said county deceased. Terms: Rent Notes payable Octolter 15th 1879. J. J. Bowen, Nov. 18th 2t. Aministrator. Election Notice for County Officers. An election will beheld at the several precincts in Laurens county on Wedncs day, the first dav of January next, for Clerk Superior Court anil Treasurer, Slier Iff, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Coroner, and County Surveyor for Laurens county This notice published in accordance with Section 1322 of the code of Georgia, tde John T. Duncan, Ordinary. SliurilFs Sales. W ILL lie sold before the Court Houso door in the town of Dublin, Laurens Couuty, Ga., on tlic first Tuesday,in De cember next, within llie legal hours of sale the following pronhrty "to-Wlt : Nine hun dred acres of iand, more or less, lying on the east side of the Oconee river, in the 52d Disk, G M., of said county, bounded on the east by James Johnson, on the west by Columbus Gillis, on (lie south by Israel and Newton Johnson and on the north by James Beasley, sold as the property of John A. Jonnson, to satisfy one mortgage fl fa in favor of W. H. Tillery, issued from the Superior Court of said county in favor of W. II. Tillery against sold John A. John son. Also ut the sume time and place will he sold two hundred two und one half acres of land, in tho.C2d Dist. of said county, east of llie Ocopce river, adjoining lands of James Johnson, Jasper Johnson and Israel Johnson, sgld as the property of John A. Johnson io satisfy one mortgage 11 fa in favor of W. H. Tillery, issued . from Superior Court of said couuty against s John A. Johnson. Also lit the . same time and place one thousand und fifty uqres of land on the east side of the Oconee river, iu the forks of Big Creek and said river, adjoining lands of Lwider and pliiars^sold ns the property of John Al. Stubbs to satisfy ope li fa from the Superior GLurt of said county In favor of E. Crocket* s. J. F. Itohinson and said J. M. Stubbs, Also at the same time and place lot of land No. Sin the 17th Dlsfrlctof saul eoun ty. sold as the property of Jesse Vickery, to satisfy one tf fa issued by It. T. Don)! ny, Tax collector of Laurens county against said Jesse Vickery for bis State and County lax for llie year 1877. Also at the same time and place lots of land 229, m, 25*0. 251, all ill the 22d I)ist. of Laurens county, each containing 202i acres more or less, levied on as the prop erty of Hie -estate of Mary A. Harvard, to satisfy a Superior Court fl fa issued from Laurens Superior Court in fuvor of Mary II. Burkweli through her husband, John W. Burkweli vs. 6. L. Harvard, W. C. Harvard and Wm. A. Gainey, Executors of Mary A, Harvard. Property pointed out by plaintiff’s utt'ys. dennis McLendon. Sheriff. For Sheriff. The undersigned take’pleasure in an nmuicing the name of J. C Scarborough as a suitable candidate for sheriff for the ensuing term and are assured from his promptitude in business he will make an efficient officer ir elected, nov. 13-tdo Many Voters. Emumlod and PiainBGmtoa, Timvm-o f<|r all donmnds. .f Fuil-liuo pf. ( ood and Willow Wuro. Tito largest, and bent lino of PLATED GO.Ol)$ r{ , ( , CROCKERY, (} LASH WARE and House-Furiiisliing Goods Wood iu tliq city. ’rtW.) {({jHrtr oils li oiiiotl -foil 1’>7 -waof Ah: v.f - : "•Viui) .yfsvti 1 :!’i’ O'? />( i;o!tijlf »i ‘di’i !m Inn ’-^trti yii 1 f! . <•. it i’ff 'nit .Mxjgi*- r») tmitvt Ito iishtwrrt M'r.Jttt '•)!*:* ,4. ’'l'.'l. v tv 'iiiaht A.iut 'ZttHlifli Ol for sale by "oct 80-8m Oliver Sc 1STo:r?t3o:CL '• ■ ; , v.,. 43 Third Street, Macon Ga. t. GEO . S..OBESAR, 92 OIbLex*x'y S1j. k>’H pjtort .oiitt'uuf t rug *»; i' >A vjbstt • fgJ oT Conic and see the finest assortment of Crockery, French China, American China, 1-IOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS, -G Stamped and Tin Ware, Toilet Sets, Aguto Iron Ware, &c. ChL lory of all kinds, ^goiifl # the oelpbrated Excelsior Hot Blast Cook Stove. Also, Charter Ouk, Sunny South, Cotton Plant, and other desirable pat terns. oct 80-8n]t yin, ’*U;. iiU For Tax Receiver-. Edr, Pont: Please unnouiicu ^fr. A; J. Hlllnm as a candidate for reelect Ion to t he office of Tax Receiver at the ensuing election. He bus filled Hie office satisfactorily to the public for Application forXeave to 8etf 1 Land. Gicoiioia, Lauhhnh County. Ordlnnry’H Office Oct. 25,1878 WlierciiH, Ashley Vickers, guardian of '<■'<• PPuiinnrimH-ni-i)- Mark F. Vickers, lias filed his Application ::1 the past two yeurs, und wp recommend him for' loilvw the undivided interest of. , to the fiivoriible consideration of the voters htojward, the same being <»ue half of Jots, * of Laurens county. Sept. 4-tf Many vmkrb of land, Nos, 107,108,100,110, and 182, in the first district of,! For Tax Receiver. Early, now Dougherty county, containing 1750 acres, more or less, and known as the Tumlin place. These uro, therefore, to cite and ad monish all persons concerned, to. show I hereby respectfully submit my name to the voters of Laurens county os a candi date for Receiver of Tax Returns ut Hie cause if any they have, why said order ensuing election. , oct 28-t<le If. J Walden Application for Leave to Sell Land. ■ Lauhhnh Court oy Ordinary, November Term, 1878. Whereas, Q. L. Hurvard, Guardian of David J. Harvard, hah filed his application for leave to sell lots of land N«k. 22Mnfl]ymi to tho Tjtft of m 228 in the 22d district of said county. sirnilar treatment. V (These arc, therefore, to cite and nd- monish all persons coneerned, to show cause, If any they have, why wild order should not be granted the applicant on this first Monday in Decemlier uext. Given under my Offleiul Signature John T. Duncan, nov. 4-4t Ordinary. Moneyl ' Parties indebted to tiie undersigned for medical services are requested to come for ward promptly and settle, I have served Executor's Sale. GEORGIA—Laurens County. By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of said county, will 1m: sold before the Court House door in the town of Dublin In said county, on the first Tues day iu December next, within the legal hours of s4l0, to tho highest bidder, the following described lands, viz': tho krtitli west half of No. 247 In the 1st iHsIriel, said county, containing 10B acres, ami 197* acres of lot No 248 in the 1st district of said county, sold as the projicrty of the estate of John Perry, Sr., deceased, for the benefit of heirs und creditors. Terms cash. Edward Pitiuty,, Nov. 4, 1878 4t Executor'. 10,180,181, & should not be granted the applicant on tho first Monday in December next. Given under nty Official Signature. John T. Duncan, Ordinary.- and «xi f erbutn mt. I. H. Harrison. For Tax Receiver. * }{ii Believing that tiie Rev. J. L. White will, if ejuvtolb discharge t|ic (jutles qf ; (lie office tq the sutlsfiRtlon of the Public, we hercliy announce I he name of that gentle ' v man as a candidate for Receiver df Tax Returns of Laurens aunty. . \ Aug..28-tf Many VoTtfita. Laurens Court of Ordinary, „ , October Term, 1878. Whereas, G. F. Weaver. Guardian of C. M. and II. A. It. Weaver, bus tiled his application lor leave to sell tiie undivided interest of his wards; Hie same being two. fifths in 268 acres of land on the East side th of the Oconee river, adjoining lands of J: 0 , M. Donalson. J. W. Maddox, Estate of ■James Stewart and others. These are therefore to cite and all persons concerned, to any they have, why said o lie granted the applicant on the first Mon day in November next. Glveu under my official signature, John T. Duncan. oct 0-4t Ordinary