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ITEMS OF INTEREST. Jug Tavern is to have a brass band, A fire company has been organized at Forsyth. M. M. Folsom will be the editor of Ce ■dartown’s 'newspaper. On April 13 Lumber City will vote on the question of incorporating. It is said that St. Simons Island has a population of more than 1,200 people. Mr, Williamson, of Fancy Bluff, Glynn county, has invented a new car-coupler. Mrs. W. IT. Wardlaw, of Walker coun¬ ty, gave birth to two boys and a girl a day or two ago. i During a wind storm last Saturday the negro Methodist church at Senoia was to the ground. It is reporters fhat there is a youeig lady living near Bronwood who cau repeat the whole Bible from memory. I The dwelling house, corn crib and all on Mrs. Faun’s place, in Dooly were burned Friday. It is saul that the young ladies of Dub intend to boycott the young gents who to parties swelling of whisky. B. F. Hogan, living near Gem, Bulloch accidentally had three of las fingers off*Tuesday while running a planing Some counties in the State make the of robins a penal offense, and can fine of I?5@0 or six mouth’s im prisonment. " A. I. Branham, superintendent of public schools ot Brunswick, had an arm disloca ted in tlie railread accident at Dalton few day’s ago. It is reported that a company is now fcjrtning in Athens to bushi a cotton mill at one of Uie shoals <m the North Gcotioe river. - Four scoiva^ons live in a feoirso in Cen tral Falls. It. I. There are mother a daughter, daughter’s daughter «ud a daugh ter’s daughter’s daughter. Capt. Rook, tlie counterfeit detector and expert, says that some of the Smitberu cit ies have been recently flooded with coun terfeit 5-dollur bills. A new enterprise has-sprung up in Law rtnceville. It is a trade iu English bull dogs. Mr, Austin sold a pair of pups for $25 a few days ago. On Harry Dickenson’s plantation, near Steam Mill, in Decatur county, one day last week, two negro women gave birth to five children—triplets and twins. At Acwoitli Wednesday a citizens’ meet ing war held, and it was resolved to build a first-class forty-room hotel in Acworth cost of from $25,000 to §40,000. The polar bear at Madison Square Gar¬ den, New York, had his claws cut the other day. It took twenty-four men with ropes to hold him while the operation was pci formed. The gold and tin mine known as the De S ito mine, in the eastern portion of Murray county, owned by Lampkin, Bates* Goer, has been sold to a Mr. Dean, of Virginia, tor $ 100,000. A cannibal hog went round among hog acquaintances owned by a prosperous fat m er n Greene county, Ohio, and chewed off the ends of forty-four tails, the cannibal’s own being the -.ly one left. Mrs. Catharine McMahon, of Greencas t’.c, Iml., is 103 years of age and has lived to see the seventh generation of her 1und. One of her brothers died at the age of 100, and another at the age of 98. A mao aged $6, who died recently in Fluvanna county, Virginia, had com¬ menced to cut his third set of teeth, and bis ha : r, which bad grown while, was turning to its natural color, it is said. Pref. B. G. Green has in his school, three miles from Vienna, three sets ol twins, two of twin boys and one of twin girls. Not often do three sets of twins receive instruction from the same source Rev. Z. B. Graves, son-in-law of S. Ritch, was tried at Jefferson last Monday' tor the cause of Christ before he afflicted. There is a committee from a New York club visiting Brunswick to spy out the laud. Heretofore they have gone every season to St. Augustine, but they say that place is getting too fashionable for their comfort. Tom Woolfolk was trustrated in another attempt to escape from the Bibb county jail, at Macon, Friday night. He had sawed off his shackles when discovered, and would have used the saw 011 the bars of his cell. At Americus Monday W. T. Harvey preposed to Nick Jordan that they see how many oranges they could eat. Five dozeu oranges were bought, and on tiie last dozen Mr. Harvey was two ahead They agreed to stop. At MilloJgeville tbe contract has let to Samuel Ennis to replace tbe span of the bridge across the Ononee river, that was washed away by the last freshet, for 51,800. Mr. Ennis obligates to put tbe span up within three months. Oliver Hays, recently of Smithvillo, now of De Soto, has recently bought from the Americus Investment Company their saw mill at De Soto, with tire right of using timber off 2,000 acres of land adjoining, paying therefor §16,580 cash George B. Lnmpkin, of Lexington, has recently patented a device for taking up lost motion on the spindles of vehicles. It is simple and perfect, and will add very little to the cost of a buggy or wagon. He is receiving bids for their manufacture. W. J. Williams, who was struck by a train at Brunswick Thursday evening is in a precarious condition. Dr. Incker -as called ia to render aid. »«d alter a thorough examination, it was found necessary J to amputate 1 the left foot at the instep. Some of the New York legislators, who were on a train that was snowed in near Schenectady, had to pay fancy prices for reliesUtnents. Pics cost $4 apiece, sand¬ wiches 25c and eggs 25e each. A farmer was hired for $20 to transport the edibles six miles to the train. On „ March „ r , 2 1 th M. B ,, Smith, o •,!, who woiks in the express office in Atlanta was bitten by y a rattlesnake which vas concealed n a ■ ot . cabbage , which . . , . lad , been , .hipped crate from Florida. By a speedy use of pum m gnhato of potash, which was injected hy cerdermically, * he soon recovered. At Atlanta Thursday while a country man was driving in his wagon on Marietta street, near the Exposition mills, the wagon was turned over by a strong and vigorous young cyclone. The mule drawing the “»»*“"»**■*-* “* “• and shaft of the veh'« s brokin. Five fcamps, .L«™ critt MUM «• tention, were rescued in a most pitiable condition from a locked box car, at Bir mingham, Ala., on Monday. They ex plained that they had got into the car Chicago, five days before, and during time had nothing whatever to eat or drink, They were scarcely able to walk from weakness, but after a hearty meal fnr nished by the trainmen, they showed signs of recovery and were allowed to go their way. ROBERT COLEMAN BOLIVER H, RAY JOHN N. BIRCH COLEMAN EAT & CO., COTTON iF -m*-_ „ OH, CrOOl " “ " “ “ " g’lfl, and * ertll,zers - The following brand of fertilizers on hand 1 NAYASSA ACID. NAYASSA COTTON FERTIL¬ IZE, GEORGIA PACIFIC GUANO. We keep a supply of the above goods at Fort Valley for tbe convenience of our Crawford county customers, which can be had on application to us. ?n the lower end of Washington county two brothers, Henry and Purify Holmes, have for some years been conducting a large turpentine business together, and in an effort to dissolve and settle the firm’s busi¬ ness, they disagreed and resorted to blows. In the fight Ilcnry, the smaller brother, shot Purity in the left side with a shotgun loaded with buckshot. A heavy silver watch caught a part of the load, and it is claimed this saved his lite. The wound is regarded as serious, but not necessarily fatal, Freeman Brooks, a young farmer of Wil , kmson . county was killed on Monday night about 8:30 0 clock. Mr. Broods and sev eral others were cutting old sap trees on the plantation of G. S, Johnson, in the Bethel district of the county, to prevent the spread of flames to the woods. While resting after cutting down a tree a young man who was cutting one near by saug out t ■ him to look out or the tree would fall on him. The warning came too late, and before he could move away the tree fell on him, crushing his head and limbs. He died instantly. Mr. Brooks was about 22 years of age. April Sheriff’s Sales. G I SL i « 0 S'uSo"££V'i It ' tlie town of Knoxville, said county 0 “ the tart sSe file following de' h scribed property, to wit: Whole lots of SgOSSSj^SJSU^OS in the Seventh district of said ^y-nine making in tlie aggregate five county, hundred and one-fourth six acres, more or less po ied 011 as the property of L. T. Lee to c tisfy two ti fas issued from the Superior C mrt of said county—one in fa vorofi O .Skellie vs. L. T. Lee, and one in fa \0 ' of II. C- Harris against said L. T. Lee Also at the same time and place lots of land numbers seventy-eight Seventh district and of eighty- said three in the county, containing in tlie aggregate four hundred and five acres, of more E. or Lee less, levied on as the i property from tlie S. Superior to satisfy a fi fa sued (; 0ur (,' 0 f sa j,i comity in fpvor Lee of Sterling ;^eil against L. T. and E. S. : Also at the same time and place lot of land number one hundred in the Sixth istrict of said county, half containing two hundred two and a acres, more or ,-’ r 'to^atisf y of a Yi^fa'issued. said county in from favor the of Superior Court J. M. Poole against said J. W. Gurr : Also at the same time and place the of^nr P m?roor pounds lessT’in of t, ie shuck, live hundred fod der more or lee*and six bushels of ${$$”fiSd by^iiWof a fl fa “t" land M.^e’S.V'S number sixtv-six M in ,,-art and lot of Snd twelve acres of land, being and parts hundred of lots one hundred and ninety mm of sMd wtnt^InaklnS fif ty-fij^and in theaggregate one-half j 'umdred^and oriy william Carter to satisfy of a ii said fa j issued from the Supe. for Court ; ^ said WiTliam Carter. 13. A. o- ti IS38 WHY YOG SHOULD INSURE -IN THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE First— It is a safe company. The laws regulating life insurance investments in Ohio, where it is located, are more strin¬ gent than than those of any other State. Not a dollar can be invested in railroad stocks or bonds. Second— it is a cautious company. Its death rate is almost one-third less than the xpectatioii Table of Mortality, and less than tliht of any other company in the United States. Thirl— it i s an ably managed compa¬ ny. For several years pas tits funds ln.ve been so invested as to yield over seven and a half per cent, or nearly two per cent, move than the average of the East¬ ern companies. The prodigious benefits of Conpound shared by Interest each policy-holder. at this high late are Fourth —Its policies are Capital in¬ vestments. it has been demonstrated that a limited payment Life-Rate Endow¬ ment Policy in the Union CeNtral pays better than 4 per cent, government bonds, besides furnishing the constant protection Fifth— it of is insurance. Liberal Company. Its a policies are incontestable and non-forfelt ahle, and there are no restrictions wliat ever with regard to residence or travel after a policy has been issued. W. P- BLASLNGAME, Agent. I am now prepared to do Repairing of BOOTS, SHOES -AND- HARNESS ?Hh Neatness and Despatch. Call 011 “ortbltW?fiuddo D ? heU y0U wlsh any t J. PI. HOLT. 1 ST O T I C K If you want Houest Goods at Reasonable Prices you will find them at my store on my Plantation three miles Nortli-east of town. Good Coffee 25c. Korosine 20:. L. L. Bryant. THE OLD RELIABLE, THE HARRIS HOUSE. KNOXVILLE GEORGIA. When you want a first class meal or s good place First to sleep come to the Harris '.louse. Class Fare, Comfortable Rooms, Reasonable Charges, Accommo¬ dations Not Excelled 1 s&gKE SB 11 & 1 IrigS&SSI j IS lit, 4 T* ™"™ i | S^ 0 '{j";^ d , ifiS tl B °nd FJrS« n »an“ HI w. I SfSSfSS ISl gpSffiaSfeSSSS iSKSSSSSSSssS p^^t, ^ i ,S or i c h e h M^n&Oo.re noticed t t S 6 ?3?^,^e' 8 t3 of *i |, » no«« eViry mfafgg au h patentees r andtitfaofcvcryfcJut'ion ptpnt Si mu: ‘ th5 lw °" d “ ? J