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ALL OYER GEORGIA.
A . new du null is to be built at Columbus. ,
An iron furnace is now ‘Cartersville’s
greatest need.
Greenville ate 802 beeves last year and
a lavge qnantity'of other meat.
In Irwin county a few days ago, John L
Mixon killed a porker that weighed 452'
, f
The building of a cotton mill in Law
rencevillc is being seriously considered by
citizens of that town.
The Agricultural Society of Washington
county is discussing the advisability ol
■holding a fair next fall. *
G. P. Boone & Bro., dealers in furniture
tire preparing to build a factory at Gaines
Wille for their low grade goods.
A . new railroad ann college ° makes , Mon
’ucello fe it she had been touched by .
t as J 1
ic „o c met lant o prospenty.
One of the Appling county convicts otole
a horse belonging to Dr. Graham last Sat
mrday night and made good his escape.
The,'colored boy who broke open the A
P. and L. depot in iDoSote n week or so
ago was captured and jailed. He confessed,
William „...... W. 1 laming, sr, proprietor . ol ,
'the died a or two
ilis son succeeds him in conducting the
qiapcr.
There was ice at Thomasvfile Tuesday
It is feared that pears and peaches werej
■damaged as many of them were m full *
Luther Roswell is soiling baron, mo¬
lasses, etc., in two of the old balls at Pen
held formerly used b-y the secret societies
■of Mercer University.
At’Byron S- 0. Norris was thrown
•his engine by receiving a severe blow oni
his bead trora a scaffold that was located
•near the railroad track.
Jerry Manly, of Dalton, has fled to .parts'
■ 'unknown, as the result of an unsuccessful
effort to obtain a pension from the ‘United
States Government by fraud.
Mr- and Mrs. J. P. Dillard, living six
unties east of Vienna, after living together
ifor twenty five years, without issue, were
■made happy Monday by the arrival of a
nine-pound -boy, t-heiv -first.
There was -a difficulty in t'he coach on
Hie •Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern a
few days ago, in which-a jug, a stove-pipe
and >a few citizens took part. No damage
is reported except to the 'jug,
J. F. Ruslan, ’of Bucnavista, kins a silver
sugar ladle which he says is 150 years
old. He received it as an heir-loom from
his gaaiid-fa hev’s estate, and says it has
been in the family for several generations.
On Tuesday evening Deputy Collector
and Deputy Marshal B. P. Thompson cap¬
tured a still in Butts county belonging t.o
Bud Harris and Ben Gray. The latter
was arrested. Harris made good his es¬
cape.
J. TV. 'Sanders, of Washington, has not
eaten anything in fif'een days, is living
altogether on milk. He is out all the
while, and has his usual appearaucc of
good health, except- that he is uot quite as
heavy in weight.
In Hall county Superior Court tc-day is
set for the trial of the case, involving the
ownership 1,200 in gold found near there
about a year ago. A man at work iu a
field plowed up this m' ney, and now the
ifight is to see who owns it.
Uapt. J. G. Davis, of Perry, has a claim
case now pending before Congress for
$12,150. The claim is for cotton seized
by United States officers in 1865, on the
Hog Crawl plantation in the Southwestern
portion of Houston county.
A few weeks ago Mr. Asbury’s store. :1
Belton was burglarized. The negro was
caught in Atlanta one day last wefek and
was takeu to Gainsville Wednesday, tried
and , convicted , , . Thursday, , and , sentenced , , on
Friday to a term of ten years.
The saw mills on St. Simons are the
argest in the world and are a very intere;
ting sight. Millions of feet of timber are
ra?te ? do wn the ' Altamaha river and cut uj
lDt ° , S ' moD /- Vessels arc,
o dad with lumber there for all parts o'
the earth.
A h, , ’ rnble J *** of „ , , , ar ; d , “
comcs fr om ® luffton 111 whlch a wb,te
man and , a negro were concerned. Liu
negro, Aaron Dickey, was terribly whipped
by the indignant people of the community
and afterward died from the effects of th<
whipping.
At Dawson an old negro, Jim Spence,
while driving home a six-nude team oil
Saturday last, was thrown from his mule
and , , had of ,, hrs . legs , by . the ,
one run over
wagon, which ,. , was , loaded , , witn ... guano.
[jj g [ e g was .s<,q,ftd1y crushed as to necessi-,
ta*.e amputation,
A negl . ohousc 0 n the plantation of M.
Chanipioni near Smyrna> caug ht fire a
day or two ago and, with its contents, was
entirely destroyed. In the house at the
time ot the -fire were two small children •
Thcv were also iburned all efforts to save
h ^ ° f ■ H .
Old Frederica, on St. Simons Island,
was at one lime the largest town in Geor¬
gia. It was established as an outpost
against the Spaniards of Florida bv Gen.
Oglethorpe, 1 but the location was "so ad-I
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vanfageems . for trade that the place , became
a flourishing town.
A negro boy was accidentally killed
while. knocking dowu cotton -stalks on Col.
•J. S. Reid’s plantation, near Madison, a
few days ago. The boy knocking down
sialks in the next row let the stick be was
wielding slip out of his band, and, striking ,
his companion, killed him.
The Presbyterians dt Atlanta are dis¬
cussing among themselves various
for establishing in that city a Presbyterian
college. The idea seems to be to establish
at Atlanta a Presbyterian university for
tbeS'iHb of such high character as to at¬
tract patronage from other states.
A difficulty occurred at Sutton's bar¬
room near buford, Saturday uiglit, in which,
William Ilaael and J. Byrd were severely
cut by J. W. 'Cain. Cain was knocked
down by Sutton, and in rising be cut.
Hazel aud Byrd, whom he was friendly
with- The physicians think that Byrd
can’t live.
George W. Caradine, who lived two and
one-half miles from Clarkesville, died
Wednesday by bis own hand. He look
strychnine. Being involved in debt is the
only cause that can be-surmised. He has
had a case or two continually in court for
the past forty years, and new at the age of
70, lays all his litigation over.
The mysterious appearance of an un¬
known boy 8 or 10 years old in the cliffs
around Mount Alto, about six miles down
the Coosa river, near the Itixey farm, is
creating considerable excitement in that
neighborhood, The lad, ragged as a beg
gar was seen by a hunter, but almost im¬
mediately disappeared and cannot be found,
A few days ago a son of S. A. Sheffield,
a tenant on I). Augustus Burch's farm, in
the northern part of Dodge county, eight
or nine mios from Eastman, ploughed up
a Spanish coin .stamp 162 years old. It is
believed to have been buried by counter¬
feiters in the days when Spanish money
was in circulation in this part of the
country.
As Miss Mamie Braim was riding on
horseback in Brunswick one day last
week, a team of mules running away came
, by her. The reckless young lady reached
ROBERT COLEMAN BOLIVER II. RAY JOHN N. BIRCH
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COTTON
it k him mum
Macon, - - Georgia,
Dealers in Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Kentucky Mules
and Fertilizers. Tiie following brand of fertilizers on band :
NAVASSA ACID. NAVASSA COTTON FFRTIL
l/.KR. GEORGIA PACIFIC GUANO.
We keep a supply of the above goods at Fort Valley for the
convenience of our Crawford county customers, which can be
had on application tons.
■ut and grasped the bit on one of the mules
and held-on until the driver could get to
■hem, when her saddle turned Unci site
dropped under the mules, but strange to
say she escaped unhurt.
About Christmas M’\ Hampton Smith
opened a store at Alpharetta and em¬
ployed Bud Smith, his son, to clerk for
him. Bud got on a spree a few days ago
and his father-discharged him. On Tues¬
day of last week Bud got on another-spree,
and going into the store where his father
was, took a shut guu and shot the old
gentleman in tiie breast: The old man
may die.
Crawford Lindsey, of Dooly county, who
lives on the place belonging to his cousin,
Jim Lindsey, slipped-a team out of his
cousin’s stable and went to Hawkinsville
some days ago and got drunk. On re¬
turning Jim Lindsay said something to
Crawford about abusing his mules which
made him very angry. Next morning he
was half drunk again, and when Jin.
Lindsey came near where he was at work
lie pulled out a pistol and-shot him.
April Shrriff’j Sales.
/t EORGI A, Crawford County: Will be
l J sold before the court house door in
the town of Knoxville, April said co-auty, within on
Uie legal first hours Tuesday sale, in the following next de¬
the of
scribed property, to wit: ll’hole lots of
land numbers North half forty-fivo of lot number and fifty-one
and the seven¬
ty-nine in the Seventh district of said
county, making in the aggregate five
hundred six and one-fourth acres, more
or less, levied on as the property of L. T.
Lea to satisfy two li fas issued from in the fa¬
Superior Court of said county—one
vor of T. G- Skellie vs. L. T. Lee, and
one in favor of II. O. Harris against said
L. T. Lee:
Also at the same time and place lots of
land numbers seventy-eight aud of eighty
three in the Seventh district said
county, containing in the aggregate four
hundred and live acres, more E. or Lee less,
levied on as the property of S . to
satisfy a fi fa i sued from the Superior
Court of said county„in favor of Sterling
Neil against L. T. and E.S. Le$:
Also at the same hundred in the Sixth
land number -one county, containing
district of sard two
hundred two and a half acres, more or
less, levied-on as the property of J. W.
Gm-r, to satisfy a ii fa issued from the
Superior Court of said county in favor of
J. M. Poole against said J. VV. Uwrr ;
Also at the same time and place the
following described property, to less wit: in
Sixty bushels of corn, more or
the shuck, five hundreo. pounds bushels Ol fod- of
del- more or less, and SIX
pea’s, WiagiMS levied under on and as the by property Virtue Ol of a E ll W ia
issued from the Couty Court of said
county in favor of M. C. Ilatcher against
said E. W. Wiggins :
Also at the same time and place one
saw mill lot and fixtures, one belt, sixty-six one log
can and of land number- in
th« Seventh district ot said county ami
SR8KSJSPB»«?S|att one hundred and ninety and Olie hundred
■and ninety-two, in the Seventh district
of said cotnty, making m the aggregate
two hundred and fifty-five and
acres, more Ol less, levied on as the.prop
erty of William Carter to satisfy of a fl said fa
issued from the Superior Court
said & ‘ U ^ WiTliam W ‘ Ul Carter. BARTLEY
B. A.
pBeby. 27th 1888. bhenfE.
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—in The—
UNION CENTRAL LIFE
First— It is a'snfo company. The laws
■regulating life insurance investments in
Ohio, than where than itis those located, of are other more State. strin¬
gent any
Not a dollar can be invested in railroad
stocks or bonds,
Second— it is a cautious company. Its
death late is almost one-third less than
tiie xpectation 'fable of Mortality, and
less than that of any other company in
the United States.
Thirl— it i s an ably managed compa¬
ny. For several years pas tits funds have
been so invested as to of yield over seven
and a half per cent, nearly two per
cent, move than the average of the East¬
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of Couponed Interest at this high rate
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vestments. It has been demonstrated
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than 4 per cent, government
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policies are incontestible and non-forfeit,
able, and theieare no restrictions what¬
ever with regard to residence or travel
after a .policy has been issued.
W. P. BLAS1NGAME,
Agent.
I am now prepared to do Repairing of
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With Neatness and Despatch. Call on
me at the Post Office when you wish auv
work of this kind done.
J. H- HOLT.
1ST OTIC K
If you want Honest Goods at'Reasonable
Brices you will find them at my store on
my’ Plantation three miles North-east of
town. Good Coffee 26c. ICerosine 20c.
Ij. L. Bryant.
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