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COTTON NAMHOMIK'
L. M. BDRRUl.
MWUIK »» l«*r-
pratar.
(From the St. Louli Dropatch.)
e Apaohas ha»e bad many a obief—
u utaparatal* wlokod aa OvcbiM.
I aawi Ua> loot be waa flUy-two.
tall, vltb dalioata faat and handi',
angular faatnraa, a piaraing dark
d a graat Banian nooa, wide about
triln and tbiu wbare it onrrad. If
I paeeea after death Into anything
a face akin to bin own, inataad of
dian there will ba tha bald eagle.
1 the Americana no bitterly that if
bia,tribe learned a word of tha
uh language Ooehiee expelled him
;oed him to forget it. He auooeedt d
Sleeves, a great giant of a batcher,
K took bis name from the fact that ev-
tea he killed an enemy he ameared
over bia arma front the wriate to
r. And thoroughly and terribly
ng with hia ebaraoter, too, waa
'a initiation or inatallment. There
u a feast in the village. Amid
eral revelry he ref need to drink,
others got dangerously drunk aud
sly druuk, Ooohise stood ilrmly by,
g the furious orgy with a look ol
and supercilious irony on his ex-
a face. Finally a young brave, too
e to be discreet, went up to him with
riqla in hia left.hand and a. *op.
Whiskey in bia ri^kt. He prsesed
to drink, but the newly-made
-fused abruptly. Boma words were
nd aa.an.nd edit tha wwrrlos
! hia'leader tiriee or thriee with hia
rope. The unpardonable aln had
committed. It ia safe to knock an
dowu, pound byp with a olub,
him with a stiokrKruise him with a
geou; but it were better to beard
grixaly bear than lay over his ahoui-
a oowhide or anything that savored
thalaah.
Chief as be waa, Cochise sternly de
coded that the yonng brave should
gbt him at daylight tha next morning
ith rifles. The rtutllo ia net tnuoh in
ogue wiih any of the Indian tribes, and
t is but rarely that individual quarrels
pass at far beyond the point of settle
ment that au axereisa of something of
persuasion or reeolote authority will not
iva to restore good feeling; but in this
stance Uooblse would agree to nothing
ort of the eotual combat. They met
~d fonght. It was early morning, and
a measured distance was thirty paces,
robably 300 hundred warriors were in
tendsnoe, and these, olad in full war
-tome and formed upon the flank of
e duelling ground, presented a piotu
no adornment to a scene otherwise
tiieSs sod Unforgiving. "At the flint Are
-bias's bullet found the heart of bis
tagooi'st. He leaped high into the air,
d before be reached the ground be waa
d.
In every way more notorious was Co-
tee's next lest of savage bravado and
weaa. A Scotch interpreter named
rriaou Euglehart had fallen under his
sure, end he received word from
desperate enemy that the fend was
-rial and that ha meant to kill him
henever and wherever found. Bogle-
' .^0. V. WILLIAM*.
BURRU8 & WILLIAM?,
Warehouse & Commission Merchants,
Alabama Warehouse, Columbus* 6a.
Full Stock of Bagging and Ties on hand. We also sell
the Brown Cotton Gin.
v r. W. II. HUMUS is with ua aa Scales***, and will be pleated to sartwlls *M Irlends.
PETER FBIRR.
Fontaine Wareionse.
ALLEN, PREER & ILLCE3,
Cotton Factors & Commission Merchants
COX-TTMBTXS OhA-
DRY GOODS.
Chicago Losses Paid Promptly In Full, • • $52S,364.92
Boston “ 180,903.89
Total Attah—Qold—January 1st, IS74, MS2.M2.02.
LIABILITIES.
ostaunt. or aidjoitM sad not dan
Losses Dus and Unpaid....1.1V
of adjustmi
"oOMPABATIVE STATEMENT,
in prsceas
othar Ciaime..
Inooata, 18T8 #818,887 78
Ineoma, 187* .1.' ,. 6*8,817 87
THE FOUNDATION PRICES!
THE LOWEST at whloh Dry Goods have ever been In
H A
4W Oash buyers will
Oorre before it ia too late.
Jel4 if
study their iuteroat by giving them a call.
▲Iso, Just reeeived, a beautiful line of
Sido Striped Prints, special styles, Bleaohed and Brown
Domestics, all grades, Linens, Shoes and Boots, fto.
r ^ nd. £ugl
affected to lengh at the threat, bi
-rapsrad himself ‘
for the worst, never-
, and went about warily, without,
wever, meeting with on opportunity to
‘ or be killed.
ne day uews came to Tuoson that Co
le, Mtebe bead of a smell war party,
in ci.rnp thirty miles to tbs Boatheaet.
edeta. captain took thirty men, an In.
agent, aud Eoglebart in interpreter,
d weut oat to have n talk with the Apa-
'W#f dMWWf te»teosptain was
.iaut of the fend exinting, for, upou
glehart making some objection to the
poeed expedition, the oflloer iueute.l.
Anally prevailed upon him to go.
meeting whs meet friendly and lasted
ersl hoars. Neither Cochise nor Eu-
referred to the subjeot of the
ret between them, and set upon tbeir
iu friendly converse, while the
lers of the eeoort end the Indians of
war party were getting reedy to mareh
to separate. Of a sudden, and with
ild yell that hed hatred end vengeance
it, Cochise leaned from his noddle,
ed Uaglebart by the collar, drew him np
r from bis stirrups snd orer npon his
leg and thigh, end then dsshed off st
rioua rate, partially dragging snd par-
y oarrying his straggling viotim.
un'aueoua war the attack, and no an-
pared was the escort for euy irnuie-
tu rescue, that some distance bed been
ued by Cochise, followed by hit entire
-d, before the Captain’s presence of
nd returned to him, and n charge waa
"ered. It was too late, however, to
e the poor Scotchman. Taken et the
rible disadvantage he was, be yet
ve desperately, and tried to draw hia
olver aud make the beet light be oould
r bia life. Onus be nearly auoceeded,
t, with the atreugth of a giant, and a
pidity that almost defied calculation,
-obiaa stabbed Lia victim seven timea in
I neck aud breast, aud even while bold
eg hiui up upou hie horse, and that hoiae
hing along over broken ground et the
_ i of bia speed, managed to tear the
eking scalp from the still braatbiog, yet
cadfully mutilated, interpreter. Waving
three times in tha face of bis pur.
s, and dropping the gory corpse like
j in the rood, he easily baffled the de
binent of soldiers, and made hia Sa
le without the loss of a single follower,
for this deed the price of $2,000 was
upou Cochise’a hud, end many waa
(borderer and the plain.men who en.
hia domain to look for him, and
jlte in wait npon the road that
jnometimea trareled. They did not
l him—certainly none ever returned to
a the blood money, and many ihere
l who returned not at aJL
\ a report made to the War Depart,
it aoma three or four years ago the
nl statistiea were given of Gofihtee’a
killing, end from the figures there
-nted the elmoet incredible total was
1 up of twenty-seven Americans,
pacbe Indians, three Germane, two
bmen, one Frenchman, and forty-
Mexicans and half-breeds who bad
l to their death st the hands of this
ar alone.
—Tha troy Timet relates the following
curious instance of the effeota of imau
ination:
. lad named Cumminga fell from a oar
Whitehall, Wednesday, end the train
•d orer bis arm, severing it. The lad,
i great preaenee of mind, lay still
I the trein had passed, and thoa cacap.
farther injury. When the led was
i home, hie arm wet brought efier
It woe thrown into n pail, when the
• little fellow sorenmed with pain. The
id limb was then plnoed in a box
oried in tbe garden. Shortly after
d that something woe orawling on
finaideofthe bend. The limb was
■mod, when n Urge worm waa diacov.
I in tbe palm of tba hand. A large jur
I tjieo obtained, and it beoama nece«-
| to crowd tbe arm in, wban tbe little
or fairly went into paroxyama of
Tbe limb wea plaeed iu|i jar partly
I with alcohol, snd then replaced in
I ground. The little fellow oomplaioed
It his arm and Hagen wen ia a terribly
mped position, end that tba little finger
sad the next one wen growing together.
The jar was tbeu taken np, when the limb
Vne found crowded snd cramped ta de-
•nribed.. Tha boy knaw nothing of thn
disposition of his arm."
this State!
SAVE YOUR MONEY!
MOST ANY ONE CAN MAKEJtfONEY, BUT ONLY THE
wise ones Save it i
If you will only Ins whet you Wests, It would bo no
trouble to booome Indooondont.
Joseph db Bro.
i bend, wlthth# view of a
Jk.m ZroXKT YOl
beve vUlteA this establishment since it led in tho redaction of Dry Goods wil
mm nits end ell reuressDteUoei mede.
II never beve e better chance. A smell inn will fcdfkrihtr row then ever.
MBIT BklGUNS—PRICES REDUCED!
J.
db OO.
nr Ternts Caah.
Columbaa, June 7tb, IBT4.
J. KTU * CO.
Grand Clearing Out Sale
TO MASS RRADY FORTH! SPRING TRADI, WR NOW OFFER
Our Entire Stock of Fancy Dress Goods
AT AND BELOW COST. FOR CASH!
AMD KTEBI OTHIU ARTICLE A8 LOW A8 TO BB FOUND BLSCWHB*.
CHAPMAN & VERSTILLE,
1.4 dead p 0» BHOAPSTHEKT
OPELIKA DIRECTORY.
Doctors.
DB. I. T. WABHOCK,
Surgeon and Phyalelaa.
Office et Slaughter's Drag Store, Rellroed street.
OB. I. W. R. WILLIAMS
Offers bis professional aervicee. Office over R. M.
Green A Co.’s, Chambers A R. R. Htreoti.
Millinery.
MISSCS WHITE! A TUCKKB,
Fashionable Milliners end Orsaamekera.
Geuileiueu’fi ehirts cut by cbert measure, end
guaranteed to fit. Obembers street, nest to
Kahn's tir> goods store. [ebl
MRS. O. V. BARLOW,
Faahionabla Ullliuar end Droeansnker.
fioie Ageut of Uutierick A Co.’s Petterua.
At tbo lato Beukiug House of Sbepperd A Co.,
Jpolike, Ale. J*2a
Notaries Public.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
JOHN BLAGKHAB
Bt. Gl*lr Street, Ounby’a Building, next t
Freer, Illgei A Uo.
Real Estate Brokerage & Insurance.
uru, •« **** mourn,
To Mercbente* end Mechanics' Bank, this dtp
eprie tf
U. D. HIGGINS,
Uoing appointed Notary l'nblic for Lee county,
•espoctluily solicit, tbs patrouege of bia friends.
Furniture, Sc.
At Fault Prices.
A. O. HARWELL,
Dealer la all kind# «f F Bruitww.
Also, Metallic, Wood Coffins, and Gaskets,
jit 18 Chambers street.
Lawyers.
A. J. V1CHBBS,
Attorney and CaaMlIar at
OlHco oppualte Al.bow. IIoom.
I'rarlfc.. In .11 lb. Court, of tb. State.
Tailors.
A. B. CAMPBELL, Taller,
CuttlUd and Jinking In tb. Lattat Stylow Bw
liatrlag noatiy doua.
ilb Uwllifqil BI., o»«r Furulittt. Stora. J»1
Dentists.
illaC,
m rsesouable
term*. Chamber, .treat,
J. L. Me SMITH
Do«« Plato Work eed Plugging
duc'At] “* *
Barber Shops.
WESLEY BABBIHGEB. Barber,
Corner South Railroad and Chamber, streets.
dccSS
BIG NON A TURNER, Barkers,
South Railroad street, wpuer Adams lloase.
Hotels.
ADAMS MOURE.
go to Opelika, be sure to stop et tbe
Uouee, opposite Passenger Depot.
ELLIS & HARDISON
Beal Estate Agents
AND AUCTIONEERS,
W ILL ATTKND PROMPTLY TO TliK SALR (
RANT AND PURCHASE of RKAL KSTATA
in tbe City end oouetry, end will edvertiss tbe
uni (et private sale; t ttKV OF VUAHUM, unless
tbe property is sold.
For Sals.
VACANT LOT OF LAND, being tbe west por
tlon ot the "Nonce, lot,' 1 on Bryan • reet, adjoining
tbe residence of Uou. M. J. Crawford. C*"
if yon went e bargain. fei
CITY LOT Mo. 601, on McIntosh street, with
three dwelling, on tbo same. Will be sold
together or eeperete, et a low figure, for cash,
dty.
bargain, or to et acceptable party en undivided
interest. Tbe property oea bo mede to pay e ler£S
Interest on the invest moot.
A DRfllRABLB H0U81 AND LOT, With ten
acre, ground, In Llawood, one mile from 8. W. R.
R. depot; e very comfortable end desirable boms.
For Rent.
A 8T0RR TI0D8E in tbe valley of Talbot oonnty v
et e croee»roa>i, three miles of tbe Cbelylwete
Springe. A very desirable loeetion for e Dry
Goode end Grocery hudne##-,
HIDES.
Wanted for Cash!
loo.ooolb,. Dry and ertm Hid**,
200,000 “ R*(|*,
00,000 “ B***W*X,
Delivered .f wharf or rallnwd depot. In tbl. city,
at bl,he« m.rkH prloM, by
M. X. HIR8CH,
Cnlnnabn., So.
Insurance.
E. C. BOWEN * DON,
General I nan ranee Agent*.
Office. Hailroad Street, over k. M. OrMa. A Co.'t,
A. O. Harwell having withdrawn from
the firm of Harwell, Oriffln A Co., ban
removed to Chamber! street. Hi* friends
aud patron* would do wall to anil on him
ia bia new quartern, and examine ntook
before baying elsewhere. Friaen at pnnio
r»t—• |*18 eudwedtf
Wood, Wood!
QX8T WOOD, rmdy aawril, MAO par cord. Wood
uwad for 60 oMta por cord. Order, Dllwl prompt*
ly on kpplitatloD to tbo
foMi tf MUBOOon XAifurno oo
BagginO
IRON TIBS
600 Tons Iron Ties
I N 8TOR1, lending torn brig “WASA" end
arrive per berlt "AuN E8,’’consisting of t
celebrated "ARROW" TIM end Beard’s "LOOK'
T1B8. We offer them et seme prices end on earn
terms es euy other Ties et any other American
port.
1,000 roll* OoiDMti* Jut* Bagging.
1,000 i “ “ “
BOO j “ H*mp and Flax *'
Jute Begging et seme prices end
es era quoted In tbe Louisville end
•U.
We ere Hole Agents for tb. .el. of DRXTER'
CELEBRATED WHISKEY.
MURRAY, VASS 4 CO.,
No. 64 North Oomimtce fit M E6M19* Aim
gEW Our Agent., HOLT* MURRAY A C0.»
CO TclioupItonlM street. N.gr Orleans, will
orlers sddresred to them there for Baling 8tu6b
Dexter’s celebrated Whiskey, et prices current
Jf.w Orleans. J* 18
We offer Jut.
seme term.
Louis markets
nim
INtUR Alibi.
IREMM’S FUND INSURANCE
Sit,us oo
1,618 81
..S 8S.M8 88
L—— rvnmplly !<#■***< —d^alHy ■riUM by
O. QUNBjf JOBDAI7, Agent,
oet*8 Ij
OQLUMNUfi* OA*
EKUtKHMBIOWfT
Less than on. year old, and has 378 Depositors.
The Legislature of Georgia binds, by law, over $3,000,000
for the seourlty of Depositors—$12 In assets for ovary dol
lar of liabilities.
Deposits of $1.00 and upwards reoelved. Sevan par oent
compounded four times s year. Deposits payable on demand.
N. J. BUSSEY, Pres’t. G. GUNBY JORDAN, TreasY.
SECURITY—PROMPTNESS—LIBERALITY I
THE
Georgia Home Insurance Comp’y
wnuuii to owes ns soblio
Loss by FIRE!
Having Paid her Friends snd Patrons Since the War $800,000.00,
She Wa.nte s Chsnos to Cot It Book.
J. RHODES BROWNE, GEO. W. DILLINGHAM, SAM’L S. MURDOCH
Prstldfil.
Columbus, Oct. 1st, 167$. | dtf
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TO
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TBS
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1840. 1874.
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OX BtomI Strnwt,
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mhll tf
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SECURITY.—By the terms of the Company’s chartei,
the entire capital and property of the Company and the
private property of the Shareholders is pledged for the
obligations of the Savings Bank.
DIRECTORS;
J. BHODBS BBOWNE, Pr—'t <d tha Oo.
JAS. F. BOZEMAN, Capitaliat. Atlanta.
J, K. CLAPP, Haoaftr, Glappa Factory.
Hon. JOHN McILHENNY, Mayor. '
JAMES BANK1N, Capitaliat.
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▲ FUZjXi Zilsrs OF FARASOZjF!
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