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THE POST.
WEI INKS D A V
. KKM. 12. 1*79.
R. L.
KDlTOlt AND
H8CKS,
IMIOIMHETOR.
IP. /*. Ilirl.M t» Ih.
regular agent for the
POST In Johnson no,
nty, authorized to re-
eft* ttnhsrf lotion v, re*
rip* for the smite, and
to mate* con trarts for <
nd cert Mag. All dues
should br jntid to him.
tolinstm Items.
Wi
Another Macon Man Shoots
Himself Through the. Heart—•
AccIrtciitnL
From the TtUgraph & 3femtenger j
wo learn of the sail occurrence* of the
death <*f Mr. \V. Arthur Whit tie of!
Macon, about twelve o'clock on Sun- j cmint y j n j 0 i^nrens.
day night lust. He hart just return *
Sjmrgeon
sermons.
law preached 1,452
learn that Mrs. Shaw has rent'
cd a house and is going to live again
in Wri glitsvillc for awhile. .-}.':<■£■
Dr. llcilgooil the old marshal of
Wrightsvillc has moved from this
Tlie Farmers’ Victory Won !
A \ahishh* lesson may be learned
by t he farmers from the recent tri
umph they have achieved over their
wonld-bo oppressor*, the guano man
ufacturers; and that is, that fchoy
|Ni*He*i an influence in the commer
cial world which they can make felt
provided ( heir demand is reasonable
wnd they act with concert, ft was
dear to all men of sense that the
guano manufacturers were up to
something crooked from the lucre
fact that they held a meeting to decide
Ujion the price to l>o demanded for
guano. If t hey had desired to do
right and bo content with a reasona
ble profit on their guano thoro could
tMjyfi been no necessity for their
moating. If the price of tho tnato-
torials of whioh guano is manufactur
ed had not fallen proportionately
with cotton, thou thore would have
boon no necessity for any resolutions
not to sell a ton of gnuno for less than
51)0 lbs of cotton;—if they could not
afford to Boll for Ichb, the price of
guano would have risen to that
amount naturally. Hut the truth of
the whole matter is the guano men
were not willing to share with tho
farmer the shrinkage in profits. And
they believed they could bull-dose
tho farmers, into paying whatever
they might demand. Hut for once
Hip tillers of tho soil rose in thoir
might, ami with the aid of the press
throughout the .State, refused to bo
thus fieeoe.d by a sot of Holf constitu
ted commercial autocrats. Hut now
that tho fanners have brought those
fellows to their knoos, lot them ho us
grand in their forgiveuoss as they
have beeti determined in tho contest.
Lot every farmor buy what fertilizers
tie is sure will pay; but beyond this
♦vo hope no num will go.
Heforo taking leave of tho subject
we hope to bo pardoned for remind
ing our readers that tho Post was
one rtf tho first, if not tho very first
j>ui>er unywhoro in this section that
eumo out boldly and emphatically in
(the gmmo wur on tho side of tho far
mer. \Ve did not know or oaro how
imiuy guano advertisements tho pa
jhw might lose by tuning this defiant
{•ositinn. It is by tho yeomanry of
Jjaurons eoutity that tho Post is sum
mined, and in all their righteous
contests the Post will bo found but-
We learn from the Tehjraph &
Mr*xengcr, that Air. O’Oonner, a po
liceman of Macon, in arresting an old
negro man on Sunday lust, struck
him with his baton, whioh resulted
iii the death of tluvold man a few
bourn after ho had been confined in
tlu> barracks. It seems that the old
mnn made very little complaint, and
jt was not known that ho was ut all
seriously hurt, until ho was Jound
dead in his cell; and oven a careful
. explanation of the cause of his death
(ill the skull was sawed open and a
plot of blood about half tho sizo of a
iiiun's fist was d jsoovored. The skull
was also found to be fractured, and
remarkably thin-being loss than the
sixteenth of an inoh. Ml\ O’Connor
was immediately uprostod and put in
jail.
The occupation by the Roumanians
of a jHisition near Silistvia, which
they claim belongs to tho Dobrudja,
is a aerjous affair. Thov have Leon
summoned by Russian authorities to
withdraw, bnt refuse to do so, and a
pbjiision is therefore probable,
Judgu l| r , H. Fleming has boon
iiomin^t.'d to All tho unoxpirod term
pf the late Hon. Julian Hurtridge.
Mr. Fi. T. Hyington has disposed
pf the C.kH'brau Observer to Air. W.
F. Kelsey, who ha* already lakon
ebarge of the paper, Air. Hyington
Inis returned with his fatnily to Fort
, Valiev, his former home.
The plague striokon oitios nml dis-
< rit t> mio to be burnt with the ap-
proval of the Czar, as the only moans
pf staying the scourge,
ed from the Lanier House, where lie
hud been spending the evening with
friends. His brother, who wtw also
sleeping in the room, was awakened
by the opening of the door, anil said,
“Halo, Arthur, is that you?” he re
plied, “Yes,” in his usual tone of
voico. His brother thinks that m
replacing the pistol in a drawer which
was ciowded with papers, and about
as high as a man’s head, that the
pistol was accidently discharged and
the contents entered the head o£ Mr.
W. Arthur Whittle, killing him in
stantly, and in this opinion lie is
sustained by the finding of the coro-
iic.’s jury, after hearing all the evi
dence.—Mr. W. was about 24 years
of age, ami was very popular in Ma
con.
Fresh Beef, Turkeys, Chickens
and ISggH Wanted.
[UuwkhumUe Dispatch. ]
The Georgia State Agricultural
Hooioty, represented by two hundred
and fifty or threo hundred delegates,
will meet in Hawkinsvillc the 18th
of February, and many visitors aro
also expected to ho in attendance.
Tho question now is to find some
thing (ami enough) with whioh to
feast this groat crowd of distinguish
ed farmers ami attendants. They
must not return to tlicit homes in
distant parts of tho Static feeling that
wo have not done all that wo could
to entertain them and tako cure of
them. They wore invited to hold
their next, convention in Hawkins-
villo, ami they are coining, and wo
must—-one and all—do our duty.
Wo must huvo a fow stall-fed beeves,
two huudred fat turkeys; ami chick
ens, eggs and homo-mado sausago in
abundance. Sonio of them may
want buttermilk, hotuo-mudobutter,
eollards, etc., and these little things
should not bo overlooked.
Let us do our best—oxtemfour
hospitality cheerfully—and nemo of
our visitors will leave our town dis
satisfied.
Mr. Allen Simmons of this county
died last Sunday.
A Mr. Sherman from Alabama
was in Wriglitevillc Friday and Sat
urday last selling rights to a scouring
fluid. We loam tlmt he sold the
county rights to two meu in the
county.
Mr. Hyman a celebrated cancer
doctor lias been stopping in Wrights
ville this week.
Mr. Harnmii of Bartow, and Mr.
Everett of Washington were in town
yesterday.
Mrs. Catharine Snell’s kitchen was
burned down last Monday night with
everything in it. Mr. Hodges Snell
was pretty badly burned in trying to
extinguish tho flames. Thore had
been no fire in the kitchen since 12
o’clock in the dnv.
The black plague is re]>orted to be
in South America.
The public debt of Georgia is
about twelve millions.
Athens young men are clerking at
85 a month and board.
Sherman and party received no
|K>piilar demonstration in Jackson-
H;
Dentil of an Excellent Woniiin
[Sanderscille Herald.]
On Saturday last, Mrs. Duniol,
wife of Judgo Sampson Daniel, de
parted this life. For long weary
yeuis she liml been fclio subjoct of
groat physioal suffering, hut at length
worn, exhausted nature gave way and
the woary wheels of lifo stood still.
Tho affliction falls heavily upon the
borouYod family, as wo learn this is
the first douth tlmt bus ovor occurred
in the iminedmto family. Tho best
commentary upon the mil value of
her maternal intluQuce addod to that
of her worthy and esteomod husband
is to bo found in tho fact, that all of
their children are worthy and orderly
members of the ohuroh. The mem
bership of tho ontiro family, parents
and childron, is at 0hoopoe Baptist
church. May a happy reunion await
the entire household ui tho bright
realms above.
Montgomery Nows.
Tho mail from MtVornon to
McVillo for the last three or four
trips has boeu from six to eighteen
hours behind time.
Mr Coffin's twins arc tho most in
teresting show in town.
One of the morclmnts of Bartow
contracted with “my—son—Staf
ford” to deliver him an unlimited
number of pomtnu at 50 cents per
head, not thinking Staff would bring
him more than two or throoat most;
bnt in about four days after the con
tract was made Stafford drove up to
the merchant’s place of business with
thirty-two and told his employer he
was very sorry he conlcl not got him
any more hut he “hojiod to bo exons
ed m tho two nights ho hunted were
not good nights to ketch pomms”
The merchant excused him.
Air. W. E. Fountain has rearranged
the yard and garden and mudo some
other repairs on Oapt. Hughes’place
in town and it all looks touch bettor.
Prof. C, J. .Tonkins and wife are
on a visit to Mr. John MoLcod near
MtVornon.
The sugar crop of Louisiana is es
timated nt tictiveen 180,000 and 190,
000 hogsheads.
Twenty-four out of tho thirty-
eight Governors in the United States
now arc Democrats.
The orango-growers of Florida are
turning their attention to the mak
ing of wine from oranges.
A large section of the democracy
still think “Tilden and Hondricks”
arc good names to conjure with.
A bad case of yellow fever 1ms just
occurred at New Orleans, uml the
doctors don’t know wlmt to think of
it.
A glowing account of tho river
counties of Mississippi. The grout
estates gono to ruin and woods, while
the negroes aro rugged and destitute
and too shiftless to work whore there
is a oluinco.
Annie Bartel, tho female who at
tempted to walk 3,000 quarter miles
in as many quarter hours, in New
York, had to abandon the undertuk
ing at the 5U0tit quarter.
Thoro wore ninety-six executions
in this country in 1878, and nearly
two hundred hangings by mobs
Juflge Lynch, etc., mostly in Texas
Pennsylvania lmd the largest number
of legal hangings, and Texus the
majority of tho impromptu neck tie
parties.
Brigham Young’s widow has nuir-
riod off so expeditiously that there
aro scarcely a dozen of her left uow.
A notice of ton per cent., reduction
of wages has been postod iu tho T.vno
ship building yards. This will uffoct
six thousand workmen and ouo bun
drod and forty-two cotton mills in
tho Bolton district* Twouty-threo
of these aro closed, and twenty-eight
working on shoro time.
The largest locomotive over made
is on its way to tho Rocky Mountains
for tho Atchison, Topeka and Kan
sas road, It is so heavy that tho
roads refuse to allow it to pass over
thoir bridges, thus making it neces
sary to tako it across by piooo-mcal.
Its weight is 118,000 pounds.
It was a very honest old Dutch
Judgo in Scolmrrin oonnty, who lis
tened for several hours to the argu-
Tho Marietta Journal says it
reported tlmt a colored school teach
or, who has been reading law for the
lust three years, will make upplica
tioii for admittance to tho bar at tho
next term of Cobb snporior court
It is said that he Ims perfected him
solf so thoroughly that his admission
will be inevitable.
Tho English language needs one
now word badly, if no more. A cor
respondent of tne Interior Journal
describes a supper tablo “which fair
ly groaned under the abundance of
all kinds of dolicucios.” etc.; a letter
in tho Glasgow Times tolls of anoth
or table that “gronned under the
heavy weight of a magnificent. Christ
mas dinner,” and m almost evory ru
ml uowspaiwr you open you find one
or more tables tlmt groanod under
similar burdens. Wlmt tho English
language is required to do just now
is to furnish a substitute for tlmt
word “groaned,” and he who shall
establish tho habit of making dinner,
supjier or banquet tables scream or
Sheep shearing by horse power is
the latest labor-saving invention an
nounced.
Application for New Road.
AURENS COURT of ORDINARY.
jj For County Purposes,
February Term, 1870.
Whereas, certain petitioners have made
K lication to this Court praying theestab-
ment of a new road, commencing at
the residence of G. W. Payne and running
by fbc residence of Dr. Green, W. II. H.
Ashley and H. E. Kmtz, crossing Turkey
Creek at Bruzeal’s bridge, thence by Mrs.
Brascal's, thence to the Macon and Dublin
road running from flic direction of A. E.
Vickers southward, thence down said road
y the residence of Dr. Kurtz and intcrsec-
ng with the Dublin anil Cochran road
near the residence of Dr. Kurtz ; and com
missioners appointed for tlmt purpose have
reviewed and marked out - said coutempln-
ted road and reported to me that said road
will lie one of much public utility and
convenience.
These are, therefore, to cite and admon
ish all persons concerned to show cause, if
an}* they have, why* said road should not
Ik* made a public road on Saturday the
loth day of March next.
Given under my Official Signature this
February 4th 1871).
JOHN T. DUNCAN,
Ordinary’.
J. B. Reed, conductor on the
Texas Pacific railroad 1ms been de
tected in passing fifty dollar counter
feit. bills.
A great influx of immigration to
America from Europo, especially
from England is expoetod next spring
and summer.
Tho Berrien county Xem states
tlmt a barrel of choice syrup was
sold at Alapalm a fow days ago for
eighteen cents per gallon.
Wiley Chambliss, of Berrien conn
ty, made last year thirty-six bales of
cotton on a throe-home farm. Tho
largest bale weighed 727 pounds.
The new pension bill takes 8150,
000,000 from tho treasury, and leaves
John Hhcrinun disconsolate over his
darling resumption scheme.
The student of wild western liter
ature will regret to learn that the
original Buffalo Bill died eight years
ago. His name was Bill Hickok.
A fellow named F. G. Figures
who says ho Ims recently traveled
through the South, writes for a Bos
ton paper sonic dreadful things about
the popple down there. He is not
tho Figures tlmt won't lio. lie is
the Figures tlmt won’t do anything
else.
From all .parts of tin* country reports
come of the immense Sales and increasing
demand for tlmt deservjnglv popular Sew
ing Machine, The Old and Reliable “Stan
ilard,” the price of which the proprietors
wisely reduced to $20, including nil the
attachments, and at once secured fo- them
a popularity among the people, far beyond
that over yet attained by any other machine
nt any price, the consequence of which is,
Agent* are leaving the old high priced lua
chines, and seeking territory for the "Stan
dim!.’’ Knowing from experience that
with the best goods at the lowest, price
they can outsell all other machines, where
the superior quality and low price is mnde
known. This splendid machine combines
nil thu improvements. Is far ahead of ail
others in beauty and durability of its
work, ease of management, light running
and certnjnty of operation, is sensibly
made upon sound principles, with positive
working parts all steel, and can he safely
put down ns the licrfection of a Serviceable
Shuttle Double Thread Sewing Machine,
in every particular, that will outlast any
machine, and nt a prico far down below
any other. It is thoroughly warranted for
five years, Kept in order free of charge.
And sent to any part of the country for
examination by the customer before* pay
mont of the hill. Wc can predict equally
as largo a demand for them in this section
us in others. Families desiring the best
machine manufactured should write direct
to the factory. Auil enterprising persons
wisliiug to seize the chance should apply
for so dcsimblu an agency. Sec ndvortise-
tiscuicut in another part of this paper.
Address, Standard Machine Co.. Cor.
Broadway and Clinton Place, New Yoik.
feb5 70-tf
Application for New Road.
I AURENS COURT of ORDINARY.
-J For County Purposes.
February’ Term, 1879.
Whereas, certain petitioners have made
S licution to this Court praying the estnb-
ment of a new road, commencing at
Dr. Chappell's mill and running, as marked
out by the reviewers, to Oak Grove church,
thence down tiic Macon and Dublin road
to the old public road leaning to the Allen
place, crossing Turkey Creek at the old
Allen Turnpike and passing the residences
of Dr. Chappell and B. II. Fordham, aud
running the land line between W. W.
O’Neal and Mrs. M. J. Brazeal and inter
secting at the end of said 'line the new
road now being established from Mrs.
Brazcal’s towards Oodiran ; and commis
sioners appointed for that purpose have
reviewed and marked out said contempla
ted road and reported to me flint said road
will he One of much public utility and
convenience.
These lire, therefore, to cite and admon
ish all persons concerned to show cause, if
any they have, why said road should not
he made a public road on Saturday, the
15tli day of March next.' r %.
Given under my Official Signature this
February 4th 1879. ,
JOHN T. DUNCAN,
Ordinary’.
THE BUILDING WITH FUGS.
No. 9 Cotton Avenue, Macon, Go.,
IS THE PEACE TO HAVE YOUR
Pictures Nicely Franied
33. 3D. IZR-ViasriEJ,
Manufacturer if
PICTURE FRAMES of every’ description
DEALEE IX
Wall Brackets, Window Cornicing. Art
ists’ Paints, Brushes, Canvas, Drawing
.Materials, School Books, Sunday School
Song Books, Blank Books, Writing Paper
Gold Pens, Pencils, &c. &c.
PICTURES ! PLTCURES !! PICTURES !!!
I am headquarters in this line. Think
of this Elegant Chromos 25 x 30 Inch.)* in
WALNUT FRAMES, Only $2.
VALENTINES! VALENTINES!! VALENTINES!!!
Cupid’s Darts, Useful Hits, Hits 'em
Hards and Comic, at wholesale anil retail.
Parties desiring valentines, who can’t: con
veniently visit the city, can have the same
sent to their address, postpaid, on receipt
of price.
—IN STOCK— ,
Games, Croquet, Base Ball Material, Per
forated Mottoes, Gold or Silver Paper, in
short, FANCY GOODS in endless nmn-
lier. Illustrated entulogue sent to any
address. Correspondence invited. Ad
dress. 12. b. IRVINE,
. 9 Cotton Arenac,
(Building with Flags)
MACON, GA.
I
FOE 1879
THE DUBLIN POST.
T AURENS COURT of ORDINARY.
JU For County Purposes.
January Term, 1879.
Ordered tlint the following named per
sons he and they are hereby appointed
Rond Commissioners for their respective
districts :
Smith’s, 52d District G. M,
J. F. Fuller, J. S. Draw,
W. W Smith.
Jackson’s, lBODtli District G. M.
B. B. Linder, II. T. Jones,
James L, Keen.
Buckeye, 8pth Dirtiiict G. M.
James Morgan, * H. D. Moutford,
T. J. Blackshear.
Bailey’s, 391st District G. M.
J. I. C. Stanley, Charlie Hilliard,
J. J. Bowen.
Buroamy’h, 341st District G. M.
J. T. Chappell, G. S. Watkins,
R. I). Dixon.
Harvard’s 345th District G. M.
J. M. White. W'. A. Gainey,
Wm. Gilbert.
Hampton’s Mill, 344th District G. M.
David Ware, D. J. Darsev,
A. B. Clark.
Duhlin, 342d District G. M.
D. P. Robinson, J. II. Yopp,
C. W. Linder.
And it. is further ordered that Piuctuck\
343d District, G. M., he and is hereby di
vided into two Road Districts, viz: alltliat
portion of said District, lying on the east
side of the Telfair road sliall he known us
Road District No. 1. And all that portion
lying on the west side of said Teluir i
shall lie known as Road District No. 2, of
the 343d District G. M., and tlint said
Telfair road shall ho worked by hands
from both districts, and shall he under the
supervision of hotli sets of Road Commis
sioners uuder such arrangementsi as they
may make themselves, and tlmt W. B.
F. Daniel, J. F. Grinstead, and II. R.
Lowery are hereby appointed Rouil Com
missioners for Road District No. 1. nml
R. A. Beddingfieid, J. T. Rodgers, and
B. H. Calhoun Commissioners for Road
District No. 2, of the 343d district, G. M.,
of said county’.
‘JOHN T. DUNCAN,
2t Ordinary.
THE PEOPLE'S PAPER.
—»
The Post lias now been before the
Public for six months, and we leave the
Public to judge how far we have succeeded
in our eudeuvors to furnish a first-class
Local DPa.^>ear.
But the reception with which tin.* Post
ims met at the hands of over six hundred
bona fide subscribers encourages the belief
tlmt our efforts .have not been altogether
in vain. We sliali put forth all our eiver-
jes to make the' Post for 1879 a better
paper than ever, and we respectfully ask
our friends to aid us in nil enterprise cal
culated to he of so touch heitofit to our
•
Local Interests.
To this end will not erorg sabxrrilwr to
the POS’l seen re- for as one new rash sub
scriber ? The favor we ask would cost hut
a slight effort on the part of each subscrib
er, and yet would raise the circulation of
the* Post equal to that of any country
Weekly in the State.
Dublin, Gii., Jail. 1-tf
Tho Great Family Paper.
monte of counsel ami then said: “Dis shriek or yell or howl, or oven sigh
hase 1ms boon very ably argued on : or squeal, and thus put a stop to this
both sidos, and do tv have Loon some j incessant groaning, shall thereby
forty niso boints of law brought tip. pluck bright honor from tho jwle-
1 shall dake dree days to consider i faced moon and thenceforth- forever
dose boints, but 1 shall eventually i be kuown of all men as the beuefac-
decide for do bluintiff, 1 tor of his race,
The Strobing House,
TOOMSBORO, GA.
fOf
0. H. L. STRIDING Proprietor
—tot—
Thanking the Public for tlieir liberal
patronage iu the past, I respectfully ask a
continuance of the same. My House is
near the Depot and first-class In all its
appointments.
Good Conveyance
Always in readiness to accommodate
the Traveling Public who may wish to go
from Toomslioro to Duhlin or any other
poitt.
THE
NEW YORK LEDGER
For tho Now Year, 1879.
Entering upon the new vcftr resolute for
the work of a new volume of the ledger,
it will he our ambition to make that volume
superior to all its predecessors.
People who have passed from childhood
to middle age as renders of the Ledger
understand very well our rule to have
every number fresh, original, interesting
and attractive.
Almost every variety of question la an
swered in our columns.
We. engage the very best writers of both
Continents without reference to cost.
The most eminent divines, of different
denominations, write regularly for the
ledger.
All who have laid the ledger heretofore
we are sure will wish to continue it; and
those who have never taken it before would
spcedilv subscribe if they knew one-half
the good things in store* for our readers
during the coming year.
Terms for 1870—Postage Free.
Single copies, per annum; four
copies. $10, which is $2.50 a copy ; eight
copies, $20. jxkstage, free. The party who
sends us $20 for a club of eight copies,
(all sent at one time,) will be entitled to a
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got up clubs, in their respective towns, can
afterward add single copies at $3.50.
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Address all communications to
ROBERT BONNER. Publisher.
Car. William & Spruce Sts,, Npw York
Lumber! Lumber!
AT
L. C. Beaeliam's Mills,
HOLMES' CROSS ROADS,
Of any dimensions anil in nuy quantities
can he obtained ou the shortest notice.
Good supply of ordinary dimensions al
ways on ilu* yard.
Sills, Plates <foc.
can be sawed forty-tiro feet long.
PRICE:
$1.00 per hundred. Liberal reduction
made in price on large hills.
L. C. BEACH AM*
ilecl8-3m
The National Hotel.
(Nearly opposite Passenger Depot,)
Macon, Georgia.
TERMS per DAT, $1.50
single meals, .SOcts
SUPPER. LODGING * BREAKFAST,... ..$1.00
1 M10 Proprietor feeliug thankful for tho
. very lilieral patronage he has received
for the last ten months, now begs leave to
say that this
FIRST-CLASS HOTEL
Is in perfect older in all its arrange,
ments, and the most convenient of anv in
the city, being only 100 yards from the Pas.
senger Depot office, where are always
Attentive Porters
To receive Baggage and conduct Passcn
gore to aud from the Hotel.
I have made such improvements as to
enable me to accommodate all who mny bo
plonscd to give us a call. My fare shall ho
as good os the fare of anv house in the State,
anq my terms reasonable. Call and try us
E. C, CORBETT. Proprietor,