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T. P. SARCHETT,
“I am Dying, Kgypt,
I’iiNinirp Leader.
A gentleman u iili < ’•*].
Ruulf, ami mi indent lu’mircr of hi*
ix>et,ry. relates a story told by him
when the ( wo spent a night in con*
v rsution, criticisms and recollect*
i ms, so dear to men of his kind,
over a eosv tire and warm decoctions.
He spoke of the night before the
battle at which General \V. S. Lytle
fell. The two (Hcalf and Lytle) lay
together in the general’s tent. Thoy
Wore both given to writing jMietry at
finch times, and each had an unfin
ished poora on hand, and thoy read
and criticised each other’s efforts
humorously for some time, when
Lytle said: »
“Hcalf, 1 shall never live to finish
that poem.”
“Nonsense,” said I, “you’ll live to
write volumes of such st uff.”
“A feeling has suddenly come over
me,” continued the general, solemnly
“which is more startling than a
prophecy,that I shall ho killed in to
morrow’* fight. As I spoke to you
I saw the given hills of the Ohio as
it I stood among them. They begun
to recede from mo in a weird way,
and us they disappeared the
After over twenty years experience in (])<
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On the comer of the Court House Square,
ready to serve all who want tp purchuso an\ l -
tlilng ih'itiy line. I keep always o.n hand a
full stock of
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS,
ani:
S“b- XjOixxs Beer
on draught. Also a tine stoek of
Family Groceries.
All of which I offer to sell
Cheap for Cash.
Give me a trial and he convinced. . J am nl*
Agent for the
“OLD VALLEY WHISKEY.’
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China, ,.
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intelligently edited in every column and
paragraph.
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nms are offered to Agents mid Clubs.
Choice from standard hooks of the
times, ami a choice seleellon (it the h ading
magazines or lllustialed periodicals of the
day furnished in combination with the
Weekly for a mere pltlaneo in addition to
the price of the OotmiKit-JourtNAr, alone.
. “ nuw edition of Prentice’s Poems,
beaut If ully printed and hound aud the
wkkkmt C'otmiKit-.louiiNAi, one year for
A Ml'LRNDfb MAP Of THE SOUTH,
Size 28J x 82 inches, handsomely colored,
varnished and hung on rollers, retail price
$2; mailed free of postage, and the Weekly
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RON AND BRASS FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP.
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Building and Repairing done, to
Order: -All work entrunted fo me
Neatly and Promptly executed at. pri
ce* to unit the time*. Shop on south
east coined f'ourt House Sr/uare.
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June 20. ly . ijr
Manufacturers of
Steam Engines, Boi
lers, Saw, Grist and
Sugar Mills, -a n d
Cotton Presses, for
Horse, Haud, Water
or Steam Power.
Kettles, Iron Rail
ings, Gin Gearing,
and Horse Powers.,
and all kinds of Ma ]
ebinery Castings. '
Sugar Mills and
Iron Railing Speci
alties. This beingi
a new establishment
all our Patterns are
New, with all the
convic
tion flashed through me like the
lightnings shock that I would tiovor
sco thorn again.”
I mlliod him f^r. Ill’s superstition,
but the belief had become storngly
impressed upon his mind, and ho
succeeded in so far thrilling me with
ltis own unnatural fear, that I beg
ged him, to finish his poem before he
slopt, that such fine work might not
be lost to the wdrld.
In the small hours t)io genorni
«iwakened me from a slumber into
whiOli I had fallen, to road to me
that, beautiful poom, which must
live as long us our litoraiture survives,
: ‘
l am dying, Egypt, dying.
Kblw the erlmwht life-tide font
My eyes filled with tears us he read.
Ho said not a word as ho concluded,
but placed the manuscript, in his
pockot and lay down to sleep. Bo-
fore dawn came the cull to arms.
Whort I next saw poor Lytlo lie was
cold in death among heaps of the
slain. 1 thought of the poem, and,
searching the pockot whore I had
mm him put it, d c\v it forth, uudit
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fjonixetile, Ky.
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Corner Fifth and Hawthorn streets; (near Southwestern Rail Road Freight;
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MACON
R. M. ARNAU
Scientific Blacksmith,
(iKOKOIA.
Southeast Corner Public Square
All work done warranted to {dense or m.
charge.
GEORGIA
BUGGY WORK A SPECIALTY
Sml for Price List and Circulars. ..OPS
20-1 v.
KEEPS ALWAYS ON HAND
A Fink Assortment ok Plows
IMPORTANT TO TEACH Hits
A Teacher's Library for Sale,
50 TONS GUANO ON. HAND
Consist'ng in part of (ho following
works: ' je-.j, ‘f yie'ifP v1>
SYPIIKll'S AltTOP TfCAQMINO SCHOOL.
WIOKICUHItAM'H MKT1IODH OK INSTRUCTION.
" SClIOtlli ECONOMY.
TIIK IIIHTOUV AND I'UOOUKSH OK EDUCATION
iiv nin.omin.iu8.
calkins’ object j.kskdns.
wathon’s hand-hook or cai.ihtiiknics &
OYMNASTtCS.
Sl'KNCKUIAN KliY TO IMIACTICAI, PENMAN -
SKIP.
joiionnot’h sciioor. mvtrn.
hoot's school amuhkmunth.
UATKS' TKACItKU’s INSTITUTKS.
tiik tkacukuh’ mimic to ii.liikthation.
PT.AHKK'S SKX IN EDUCATION.
HAHN Aim’s KDUCATION IN KUU0P15.
Which is superior to any plow of the
k ud made In this country. With thanks
for past favors, we solicit the continuance
of the same. jo. 20, ly
THE FARMERS OF THIS COUNTY I OFFER
TIIE DEATH SWEEP.
luo. Merryman’s Ammoniated Disolved Bones
ABE YOU DRY?
tiik sootrwuuy kastuiw
Kl’IIOPK,
London; •limitary 25.—^According
to the British Medical Journal, great
alarm prevails in eastern Europe
«vor the nipid spread up the Volga
river, in southeastern Russia, of an
extremely fatal disease beliovcd to
be (he plague. 11 is thought to
have boot) brought to Russia by two
regiments <*f Cossacks returning from
the war in Turkey. The disease
was regarded at first ns a variety -of
typhus lever amt m-gleetedy but Its
terrible mortality soon compelled
the local authorities to tnko steps
for its restriction. Rigid quarantine
w a « enforced against Astrakoti,
If so. go tr see Wush Baker, at his
first-class Saloon on Beech St., where lie
keeps constantly on hand, and -for sale,
Wines, Whiskeys, *
Brandies Beer,
Older, Cluunpngnc,
And in fuet, everything in the shape of
Liquors and Drinks |B be found in a first-
class Saloon.
ALSO
TOBACCO. CIGARS ETC.
Give me a cull and you shall he convinc
J^Cotton delivered at Dublin. Freight payable oil Gtiano only,
Every one who enters the profession of
(encldug should liegin by mastorlug some
of the lies! workH on the subject. 11c will
thus within a year acquire greater skill in
THE white
I SEWING MACHINE
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Unrivaled in Appearance,
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Unsurpassed in Construction,
Unprecedented in Popularity,
And Undisputed in tho Broad Claim
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VERY REST OPERATING
, QUICKEST SEELING,
HANDSOMEST, AND
teaching than would crane try experience
in a life-time. ’
TIIK AtlOVK HOOKS, THOUGH AM. AS
OOOD AS NHW, Wll.l, UK SOLD L 1«1
AT 8KCOND-HAKU PUt-
• OK Al’PI.Y AT
THIS OFFICE,
jnn Mf
whoi'e it originated, hut tho panic
stricken inhabitants of that city tied
in all directions, ami scattered Jhe
genus of the infliction over the prov
inces of Samaria and Saratap, lying
along the river Volga, higher up.
In spite of all efforts at restriction
it soon reached 'iVaritzin, an impor
tant trikliugtown on theA'qlga, eon-*
m*cri‘d by rail with the whole of
Russia and eastern Kui'ojw, and final
ly Hppeurod in Nishni, and Novgorod
only a few hours distant from 'Moss
cow. Honn Russian newspapers
consider the disouso »s only a species
of malignant typhus foyer, but the
St Petersburger Medecinisoho Wocli-
enschrift of .lannary 11th says that
it cannot be doubted from the tenor
of communications to tho official pu
llers that it, is plague. Dr. Zolckuur
aud Professor. Bodkin oouulnde fix>m
its rapid sproiul and extraordinary
mortality, tliore Ix'ing few if any ro-
eoveries, that, it is a plague in its
worst form. Tlio most rigid quaran
tine is ouforeed against tho infected
towns ami villages, which are divided
into districts ami not. allowed to
communicate with one another. The
Vienna Medical Reviow states that
about one-third of the physicians in
Russia died during the late war, and
insist* u|Km the importance, in the
interest of the whole of Europe, of
scttdiug medical assistance to Russia
and helping her to keep down her
(K»lU
For the last twenty years the leading Clothing,house in all the Stab
@-W. P. BALDWIN is with this House.
Maocnuiih artoif- . - - G-eorg
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VISITORS TO MACON
The PHILADELPHIA has all tho
latest improvements, and is made of
the very best materials, using a long,
huge, easily-threaded shuttle. In a
word, it is TIIE *Sewing Machine for
Family use.
Luge, Strong and Light running.
Fully warranted in every particu
lar, and retails for «,
TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS
and upwards. Addivss,
i k liilade9i»hiu Sewing Machine Co.
No. 144 N Seventh Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
While in tho city, should not fail to call and exjmiiiie the exteusiye stock o^
STOVES, TIN-WARE, CUTLERY, ,, ; . ' „ r -
• LAMPS, CROCKERY, ; . , ‘ ’
‘ ! ' GLASS-WARE, WOQDENWARE
■" ' - - AND . -i-;r ^.„V, t .‘,
General House-Furnishing Goods, ,". -
r ‘ y* /* " at ■
GEO.Wv BURR'S
•"p-,' Wo. 87 Cherty
DUBLIN BAR ROOM
B. NANCE. t .
—m-—
Wines, Whiskies and Brandies
OK TIIE CHOICEST IUIANDS.
* —ALSO—
Candies. Crackers,
1 Sardines, Oysters,
Tolvacco and Cigars.
In fact E\ erythinjr kept in a
^ First-Class Bar.
in in law.
Th« Srmsnd forth* White has IncrMMite each
M anient that we are now compelled to turn out
•A. Ccr,-.-c'.ot« S<ywVjrvcr ^rwrti’.rv
every xaai33.vxtoa Asa.
tiam day- to wvivviy
tiao Awsn.fc.yacL I
Every mchine It werreatedl for 3 yeart, end
•oldtor e-sh at liheral discounts,or upon easy
psjwMts. to (tilt the convenience ot customert.
•S-A3XKTS WAMTP' Rt gHOOCTHtP SXS2IT0XT.
WHITE SEWtNGMACUINE CO.,
Mi 358 Euclid Ave., CleveUad, Ohio.
tor.Mu
PRICES DOWN TO LOWESt NOTCH.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
The Grand Charter Oak and Farmer Girl Cook Stove.
Repairs for tlie above always on baud.
oct 308m
Professional! Cards.
JAMES J. CONNER,
Attorney at Law,
DUBLIN, DEORtilA.
jc 20, iy.
JAMES E. HIGHTOWER,
Attorney at Law,
DUb/ix, OEOHUIA.
Office next door to Dublin Post.
je 20. ly.
IfAfNES,
Attorney at Law,
DUBLIN, GEORGIA.
Coilcctions made a specialty. Office in
C'our ( t , House. . c? r jo 20, ly.
J. E. HICKS,
-A/bti’ar art Xja"w>
—AND—
REAL ESTATK AG’T,
Mount Vernon, Georgia.
Je 20, 1878, ly.
E. 0. DOSTICK,
Attorney at Law,
WRIGHTSVILLE, GA.,
je 20,1878; >.I [j ** <, f
A. F. DALEY,
Attorney at Law,
WltmiirsrjLI.E, GA.,
je 20, ly.
WM.tf'WmY,
Att’y and Counsellor at Law,
DUBLIN, GA.
je20. ly.
O. BOWER,
-A- ‘L'b’xT" 3)1: Xia'N7o r ;>
IRWINTON, GA.
je 27-ly.
“
Dr. R. II, Hightower.
PRACTITIONER OF
MEIHQINE ANl> SUItGEltY,'
Dublin, Georgia.
Calls promptly utftjftdcd day or night-
Office next to Hotel. Room at rcsidunci*.
Ml 'n ^ J
Dp. T, H. Hall <
AVII.I. HESUMH TIIK
Practice of Medicine
From this date.
juuc20 om
COLGAN C. CARROLL, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Son of the late Dr. Janies C. Carroll has
located on his father’ll pldce twelve miles
west of Dublin, and offers his professional
services to the citizous of tlmt section,
oct 28-tf *
rnrvTn? i i ■
C. HICKS, M. D.,
j,,,,,ppA P T ff i W m
Mount Vernon, Ga.
! .. rf n ft.« W.
4. W. FLANDERS, M. D.,
Physician and Accbuoheuir.
WRIGHTSVILLE, GA.
Calls attended day or night. Office at
his residence. . je 20. 1878, ly.
KITOil Heft J UwsflM