The Knoxville journal. (Knoxville, Ga.) 1888-18??, March 23, 1888, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextLL OVER GEORGIA. In Americas house has just Slipped a 1 ke lot of furs to Baltimore. pci. bale Primus Jones, of Baker county, the. E man, has lost by the recent freeze y acres of cotton he planted in January, has [00 acres which escaped injury. Prank Norton’s grocery and barroom at (swell was broken into and robbed on nday niglit, the thieves securing a lit tobacco, canned-oysters, candy, liquor t other luxuries. W. W. Anthony, living two or three les from Wrightsvil'.e, -was a victim to [ lust on (he fine morning gin, shingle of March 6, by which a mill and other fly machinery. Jordele’s growth is really wonderful, tty-three buildings are already finished 1 four ,piorc are going up. It has elve stoves, all doing a' flourishing trade, d a beautiful s diool room has been com .-ted. Cordeie is withoutttoitot booming': A State miltitary encampment on St. (lions' Islam 1 is suggested for the summer. Two hundred volumes have been recent added to the University library at chens. I I’auhinavilie and AtnCricus are red hot I direct railroad connection with Savan :h. It is reported tKSt a No. them capitalist 511 build a $150,000 hotel in Bainbridge, lis year. There are now lining in AtiiCno a -half, i z.cn persons whose ages range from 90 i 100 years, and a very large number hose years-excead three-score and ten. A negro bey was drowned at Wright's till, in Banks conirty a few days ago. lis hat blew off and fell in Tile river, and i attempting -to get the hat ho was Ir owned. At Griffin a Hill. street merchant who k-lit-ves in the old saying of ‘'See a pin ( Lick it tip and all the djy you'll have good [tick,” [lie saw a pin in front of the pout office other day, and while stooping to cap-; lure it his hat fell off and rolled out into be street, two suspenders gave way ir. the •ear, bis collar split open,’arid lift store eeth, which cost him $18 when new. fell ) ,t and broke on the*' walk. He picked! ■i ip the pin. lioweVcr. At Cavtcrsvillo a Xlrief Fobbed L. B. I! a thews’ house of seventeen $20 geld lieecs Tu sday night. The fishermen at Lumber City are catch¬ ing large quantities of shad, for which they realize fine | rices. Brunswick is to nave a cotton compress. The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia [railroad is interested. The ladies at Marshallville have invited Capt. J. P. Carson, of Reynolds, to deliver [the memerial address. Wine is sold on the streets at Lnmbcr City by the quart every Satin day by a cit¬ izen of Montgomery county. There -is ready trouble growing out of this violation of the law, and the people are very much wrought up over'the matter. Nine thousand'dollars was recently-paid fir the Lc-etbenvood farm near Murphy, containing iron ore, marble, talc, and-soap¬ stone. The purchasers, Maultby and Cog Turni, have also established a plant at ‘Uartersvillo for the grinding of mineral ijiaint. J. W. Parrott, of Suniter county, says that the doves 'aie so plentiful on bis place and have been, destroying so much corn that he bad planted that he determined to get rid of them. He tried to poison them -with strychnine, but found it would cost too much, so lie soaked his corn in salt, ‘and say 8 it ‘killed them by the hundred • The store o! Messrs. Miller & Way, at Johnston, was robbed one night last week. The loss was estimated at §200. i Hog cholera is playing havoc with the meat prospects of Fort Gaines, and distem¬ per is very prevalent among the horses. Cot. A . O. Harper, of Elbert county, re¬ ports that there is-some kind of a bug or fly destroying the wheat in his neighbor¬ hood. There is an old gentlemen in Athens who has a musket that his grandfather carried in the revolutionary war. Lumber City lias another barrel factoiy in operation. The new one is supposed to. be owned by a'Syndicate of naval stores commission merchants of Savannah, who propose to fight ‘he present monopoly in the spirit barrel business. Two small gourds are owned by Smith, of Wilcox county, that were used by his father for carrying gun powder. One of'frfcetn bears the date Of ’T8tf3, the other lS'20. Three negroes a lew days ago entered at the same time Berry Hay’s store at Daw¬ son having but. two good eyes among them—one was'totally blind ■and" the other two had but one eye ditch. V. WJCloptoa, of Sumter county, had a hard time shooting a cow mad with hy¬ drophobia, a few days ago. She captured a negro cabin, miming the 'family off, be¬ fore she wasNenally slain. At Atlanta, Tuesday, Lou Bailey, a no¬ torious female character, was arrested on a warrant from Lawrf'ticeviita, issued at the instance of W. D. Dunaway. charged with kidnapping Sutilla 'Donna way, a 16-year-old, girl, and bringing her to Atlanta. At McRae,'in a difficulty over a game ot cards Monday night,Israel Glover was shut and instantly killed by Herbert King,' both colored. King received several se¬ vere gashes with a i azor on his neck ami breast, but succeeded iu making bis escape, and is*stithnt ’’large. The Uorofier’s jury returned a verdict of volunferymafislaugh-.! ter. At LaGrange, J. G. Truitt has jnfv ehased the 'Kc-ncr property froni Mrs Wright, for the purpose cf erecting a cot¬ ton factory thereon. A 5,000 spindle fac¬ tory is to be erected at a cost of §150,000,, §400,(000 of which has already, -been subscribed or promised 'aud is now in sight. Two of the most ferlorn and dejected looking tramps ever seen iu Athens, arrived 1 there Monday from Atlanta, having walked all the way. They were man aud wife, and were in a pitiable plight. The male was at one time one of the most, prominent business men in Savannah, aud has rela¬ tives among the upper ten in Athens. His wife,wvho still showed traces of former beauty, was once :t society belle in Atlan¬ ta, and her story is pathetic in the ex¬ treme. At Brunswick, Tuesday, H. L. Harris caused considerable amusement by nailing a silver half dollar to the sidewalk and leaving pedestrians to sgrab for it. Some of the millionaire guests of the Oglethorpe are reported to have made desperate efforts to capture the half dollar until the titters of the lookers on apprised them of the sell. At Rutledge, on the Georgia road, Mon¬ day, Rush Reynolds, a nephew' of Ed. Cox, of Atlanta, became involved in a difficulty with a tnau named Jones, and, 'drawing a revolver, shot his antagonist, inflicting a serious aud probably fatal wound. It is said that the shooting was done in self delcnse. Mr. Reynolds is not more than T8 years of age A Walker courtly young man has been anested and placed under a bond of $500 for forcing a preacher to take a drink out of a bottle at the .point of a pistol. ROBERT COLEMAN BOLTVER II. IlAY JOHN X. BIRCH COLEMAN MAY & CO., & .1 f Macon, - - - Georjfi??, Dealers in Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Kentucky Mules and Fertilizers. The following brand, of fertilizers on hand : NAVASSA ACIJ). NAVASSA COTTON FERTIL¬ IZER, GEORGIA PACIFIC GUANO. We keep a supply Crawford of the above goods at Fort Valley for the be convenience of our county customers, which can hiad on application to us. A track "has been itiid t-o the tits hods near OdaVtown, bringing them in direct connection with Anniston, Aia. C.irrollton is infested with colored female j preachers, who make the night hideous i uff. .. m, tn h ii ir ir ineess-nl incest, lit lmwbn now tin s.8. ,.s The oil mill at Social -Circle is now making about. l,200ga!lous of cotton seed o,l presses. per day. It is now running three j The ‘Amertcus Republican j announces th mat it it it will "ui beein txgm issniim tt*uui 0 a a d uatty likv edition edition oil April 1. Carter Brothers, of Petersburg, have their engine and boiler works at Hublm Thomasville 1,590 visitors who spend an average each of §3 a day iu the town— ! S>'MOO per day—$o 1,500 per week— $ 135,000 per month §540,000 pt-r sea- 80,1 ^ ul ' ; hhmtils. Mrs. J. VY. Dudley, of Atlanta, used pounded glass iu an attempt to commit i uieide Thursday-, lier life may be /ijsi'Fi ISSiei'ifiF's tkale-s. /■tEORGIA,’Crawford County: Will te \J sold before the court house door in the town of Knoxville, mid county, within < n the first Tuesday in April the following next de¬ the legal hours of sale scribed property, to wit : Whole. lots of land numbers forty-five and fifty-one and the North half of lot number seven tv-nine in the Feventh district of said county, making ir. the aggregate five hundred six and one-fourth acres, more or l«>s levied on as the property of L. T. Ley to satisfy two li fas-issued from the Superio, tourt of said county—one in fa ■vorof'i 1 < fekellie vs. L. T. Lee, and Hme in fa'or of 11. C. Harris against said L. T. Lee lami Also at the same seventy-eight and eighty numbers Seventh district ot said three in the four county, containing in the aggregate and five acres, more Or- less, levied on-ns the property of TLS. Lee to •satisfy a fi fasued r a sued from from the tue Superior cnpeuoi Court of said county in favor of bterhng Neil against L. T. aud E. S. Lee : Also at the same time and place lot of lami number one county, hundred. containing 111 the oixth two district of said hundred two and a half acres, more or less, levied on as the property of J. W. Gbit, tb satisfy a fi fa issued from the Superior Court'of said county t in favor of J. M. Tooie against said J. w, . Gun*: Also at the same time and place the following described property, to wit: feixty bushels of corn, more or less, ■of fod in the sliuek, five hundred pounds bushels of der, more or less, aud six Peas, levied on as the property of E- n. Wiggins-under and by virtue of -a n fa issued from the Gouty Court -of said county iu favov of U -IlatelreT against said E. W. Wiggins : ana place Also at the same time one saw mill and fixtures, one belt, oue log cart and lot of land number sixty-six county in the Seventh district of said aim one-fourth interest in two hundred and twelve acres of lanrtd, being parts of lot^ one hundred and nitibty and one hundred and ninety-two, in the Seventh distric. of said cot-nty, making in the aggregate one-hall two hundred and fifty-five aud acres, more oi less, levied oil as tlie prop¬ erty of William Carter to satisfy a fi fa issued from tlie fcupenor Court o. sam aouuty in favor of James II. lurnei egaiust said William ^ Sheriff. y , Feby. 27th 1888. WHY YOU SHOULD INSURE -in' rue-— UNION CENTRAL LIFE FnisT _ lt is a safe company. The lawn regulating life insuvanee investments in Ohio, where than it is located, are more State. strln Ke y rt tlian those or nnv other b * tov ^ fed iu railroad Second— it is a cautious company. Its V^^rraWe^i^tlliDi.^d in less th in that of any other company tlie United States. quin: —it i s an ably managed funds eompa For several years pas tits li..ve ,^ on so i)ivestei] as to yield over seven a half per cent, or nearly the two East¬ per cent, move than the average of ern companies. The prodigious this high benefits rate ofConpcmnd shared'uy Interest each policy-holder. at are Capital Fourth— Its policies are in¬ vestments. It has been demonstrated that a limited payment Life-Rate Endow¬ ment, Police in the Union Central pays better than i per cent, the government bonds, besides furnishing constant protect inn of insurance. Fifth'-*I t He a Liberal Com'any. Its policies are incohtesfible and non-forfeit able, and ilieie regard are to no residence restrictions leave what; ever with or after a policy has been issued. W. P. BLAS1NGAMK, Agent. I am now prepared to do Repairing of BOOTS, SHOES — an d — HARNESS With Neatness and Despatch. Dali or* "me at the Post Oflire when you wish any work of this kind done. J. II. HOLT, ■N OTIC L If you want Honest-Goods at Reasonable Brices you will find them at my store on my Plantation three miles North-east of towu. Good Coffee 25c. Kerosiue 20o. L. L. Bryant. THE OLD RELIABLE, THE HARRIS HOUSE. KNOXVILLE GEORGIA. When you want a first class ‘meal or a good place to sleep come to the Harris House. First Class Fare, Comfortable Rooms, Reasonable Excelled Charges, Aecomnre- . rlatiotis Not ! mmi T kl u -a Aftrf Tofty years’ III rABi'S act .•»,«>'........ olicitork I M V for American riitbntr, eonttevre.to awrtiUWhmeta. copyr lanM ris-lits, «tc.. ih O'ftTiftda, tovtlre tinifceA England, KtatM. Franc®, and ibtaia patenV» Their many, and all other litoit ^ountrioa facilities experi- 3 la ucaqualed aud are unsur-* P Drawtnga'*ii4ypecifioatiohs prepared nnii filed in tlie Patent Off,-a eu short notice. Terms verir reasonable. No charge for examination "of uioaela • drawings. 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