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TOWN AND COUNTY. What the, People are Doing and Talking About. THE TIMES IN CRAWFORD. Society 'Mews and Meiglibar. hood Motes—Personal Mlemtou. Bring us the news. Mr. B. H Ray, of Macon, is in town. A good peach crop is a thing of other days. Knoxville is getting ready to spread hersel f. What will the girls do for green plums and salt this spring ? Mr. C. N. Pierce visited the Central City the first of the week. Judge Giles, of Perry, was in town several days this week. The infant boy of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Spillers is still quite feeble. Miss Bessie Smith paid a visit to friends at Culloden last Suuday.. Mr. Jesse Dent, of Macon, is in town having a good time with the boys. The mail from the Warrior route was delayed yesterday by the high waters. Mr. Walter Clark, of the southern poli¬ tico of the county, was in town-Sunday, Mr. J. F. Andrews has two very sick children. At last accounts they are doing well. Mr. H. S. Lee, of the southern portion of the county, paid us a pleasant call on yesterday. When you want any property sold p'a-e it ill charge i f Howell & Wright. Office with Sheriff in Court House. Miss Alice Bond, of the western part < f Crawford, spent several days hero this week visiting Miss Ida Horton n. The scarcity of guano in the market and the flourishing oat and wheat crops may he the salvation of our farmers this year. We will gladly publish any thing that will advertise the town and county, but will not publish any thing intended tor im dividual benefit. The young people had a very pleasant time last Friday night at the residence of Mr. Blasingame, entertained by vocal, in¬ strumental and chin music. The Fort Valley mail came in Tuesday night at niue o'clock. During the la3t six or eight years the mail carrier has ni ti toiled to come about on time, even in times of freshets. Announcing candidates for office muA he paid tor when inserted in the paper. AVe get our living from the pay got from advertisements, and announcing candidates is an advertisement of the first grade. Captain'Lane hi s finished his job on the streets, which will probably ho the last work the streets will get in some time Perhaps Air. Jennings will report to the Macon Telegraph that we have dug a well 100 feet square. What The Floods Bid. The bridge at Elini church was washed away aud totally destroyed. The bridge aver Horse creek at Captain Johnson’s place was partly washed away. Only about fifteen feet of the bridge was saved by being lodged against a tree. Bottom, land that had been prepared for cultivation is now in a deplorable condition several inches of the soil being washed off. The »nly cons latiou is. it might have been, worse. List of Grand Jurors drawn for April term ofCrati ford Superior Conn. J C Fincher M F Jordan J H Irhy Van ‘RHom M L Moore T T Dickson Wa 1 Watson Jno L Marshall Jas Taylor VV 13 Davis C H Smith S W Dent A F Wil¬ liams W J Walker A JAfpi-nett J F Hiirlley Frank Danielly S H Causey J \V' Gnrr W J Dent W E Champion J P Me Niece B F Kenedy R B Schovill ES Hicks L C Futiell E E Dent B J Cham¬ pion J E Jordau W W Johnson. List of Traverse Jurors : F A Adams Tlios L Stembridge J W Mathews M H Slocunib H C Sanders C J Avera JL Parsons J \V Stroud J Lucius Bryant W E Crowell J C Bond J L Har¬ rison E R Culvcrhousc R. V Nickols J R Bentley R F Ray Staumorw Gunter S E Wilson W B Gassett VV S Bend Jas N Hairis W T Joiner W F Chancellor It A Aultman Lon Knight T J Piles W C Smith. J B Parham Jehu F Bryant W J McGee M C Hatches W H Hammack Win H Schovill H F Sanders II C Bowers. Mr. Ras Hancock lost a fine young mule by a s‘range disease last Saturday. One of its eyes, aud the lids, about it,, was red us blood asd it had some kind of an erup¬ tion on the nose. No one has any idea what the disease was. CARD OF 1'IUMKS. I desire to express to the citizens of Knoxville my sincere thanks for their kind¬ ness and attention to my brother in his last illness. " Sincerely, Robert J. Lesueur. A Wen- Brick Yard. • Captain John Dent has reeeutlj brought i an improved brick machine aiul will begin to manufacture soon- The yard is located on Mr. Henry Burnett’s placo in the upper part of town. Put down one more notch for Knoxville. Bled. On last Sabbath, after a prolonged ill¬ ness. Mr. Beschut LoSueur yielded lip his spirit to the O&e who gave it- Mr. Le Sueur was possessed of atuisual intelligence, and although he aspired to little yet he occupied a high place in the esteem of all who knew him. Ms. LeSucur will be greatly missed in Knoxville. Wlie Can Deal This V Mrs Z. T. Harris, of this place, has a sewing machine that has done faithful ser¬ vice for fourteen years ; but that is not the point. The needle is, and it has not worn out nor broken, but does good work now. Very few people have ever seer, a machine needle that was used steadily for fourteen- years. The A <& l-' Railroad, From private letters we learn that the track has been laid to pir.c mountain. The mountain is just thirty miles above this place, in Pike county. After the track has lean laid past the mountain the work will go on in a hurry. There are about two miles of rough grading to bo done between this place and Meansville,. which the boss of the grading force says can be completed before the first of May with the force which he now has. The report a few daye ago (which few believed that the track would be laid to Knoxville within GO days seems to have hud good foundation. It is not out of the question to build the road to this place by the latter part of May. Oh! IB UalMSi. The almost incessant rainfall of Monday and Tuesday caused most people in. this c(immunity to anticipate great damage to- F. H WEIGHT f ■ KNOXVILLE, - - - - GEORGIA. DEALER IN ana STAPLE m FANCY DRY GOODS, HARDWARE. ETC. I keep an assortment of General Merchandise, mid try to suit everybody both in quality of goods and in prices. I have now on hand a lot of Fbesii Garden Seeds, also a variety of Farm Tools * he best makes which I sell cheap. Call on me. 11 H. property, and a general clog on the wheel business. Strange to say, with torrenis like rivers rushing through the runs of spring branches, no mill dams have been, reported as washed away. Of course fresh plowed earth on tbe bottoms of creeks has been washed up and torn but even tins has not been as had as. might- have been expected. The rivers and oi her large streams are overflowing their bounds amt will do much damage to the farms. Items from Ceres Ceres, Ga. March. 28tb—A “Macon its” [lost his bottle while traveling near Cores not long since. It was tound by two pre - |ty young ladies,, and while inspecting it they saw said person coming in quest missing article. They placed the bot¬ tle where they discovered it, he got the and went on his wey rejoicing. If theie is any more rabbits about Mr. J. M. Webbs place we would adviss them ti move. Mr. Webb went bunting again Saturday and Killed 9. Mrs. J.W. Dent spent Sunday in our town, the guest of Mr - and Mrs. J.L, Har¬ rison. ! We hope some good doctor will locate at ’Sandy Point, but we are very well pleased ' with our doctor and. would hate to give him up. Miss William Richardson after a visit to. relatives ir. your ville,returned home last Sunday. Mrs. Hattie Jarrett, of Knoxville, spent Sunday in our villo, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M., J. Moore Mr. Frank Wright, Jr., of your town, spent Sunday in our viile, visiting the fam¬ ily of Mr. M. J. Moose The recent cold made a clean sweep of the peach crop in this section. Last Saturday Mr. M- J Moore went to Forsyth with three wagons for guano, but could not find a single sack in town. Col. W. P. Biasingame visited our tomn last weeek on courting business. Watchman The Male Shved' BBlui. Columbus, Ga., March 26.—Ii is not ofteu that the kick of a mule saves a man’s life, but so it is in Chester. Last year J. D. Ratteree, a merchant of Chesic-r, had' a quarrel with the wife 03 Jack Reed;.a col¬ ored man. The woman went before a trial justice to swear out a peace warrant, and her husband appeared as a witness. While in the court room, and without any provocation, Ratteree drew a pistol and shot Reed dead. He was Lied for his life and: the case is just concluded. His plea was insanity Several years ago a mule had kicked Ratteree in the bead and a physician testified that t&e effect of this. was-liable to produce temporary mania during a tims of impspaj-excitement Tbe found a verdjet pfnot guilty- 0,F. WRIGHT, LAWYER L KNOXVILLE, - . . . . GEOHGJA. Office in the Court House. fb 27 '. -4 W, P. BLASINGAME, Attorney at Law* KNOXVILLE, GB&KGIA. entrusted Prompt attention given to all business to Ins care. * jy 27 DR. J. W. JONES, KNOXVILLE, - 1,----GEORGIA Calls promptly attended day and night. “geo. l. sawyer; *** Physician^ Surgeon* KNOXVILLE,. GA., Patronage respectfully solicited. fl>3 The Knoxville Dr ag St £3 & the place where you can always find Reliable Goods. Besides Drugs and Medicines I keep GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,. SHOES, BATS &e; Whenever yon come to town come to sea J. YV. BLASINGAME. MONEY T9 LOIN S I am prepared to loan money on improved farms to the amount of $200 and upwaids on most liberal terms. I rep¬ resent t he Georgia Loan & Trust Co. ^f America-, Ga., a char¬ tered institution _ of the State. T will guarantee that our coin missions are at least from two* to three per cent cheaper than that of any other ompany. Pay¬ ments can be made at any time,, and the loan may be taken up whenever desired. Quit the warehouse and try us. We are cheaper and give you more lib¬ land. erty, and we don’t want your The warehouses are get¬ ting it.. Walter P. Blasingame. FOK SALE -AT rr\T I H|S 1 T r\ Ar^rAxnTA' I L ^ IllvJ I Ui L H IvL/o, 11 H