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ALL OVER, GEORGIA.
The Macon Cadets will net nearly $2,000
[from their* fair.
The First National Bank of Marietta has
deposits to the amount of $50,000.
[his George W. Jordan, Jr,, of Cochran, lost
steam mill-by "fire Monday night.
An unknown negro was struck by a
[train and killed near Crawford Thursda
| in The Dodge number of children of scholastic age
county will approximate 4,000.
A crazy colored man was drowned near
•Cochran last Sunday night in a very small
pond of water.
J. M. Norton, a contractor building i-i
Winterville. fell from a scaffold Tuesday
and broke his arm.
Rev. Jesse H. Campbell, who has filled,
! pulpits ia many parts of Georgia, died at.
"Columbus Monday.
Jeff Simms, of Weston, Webster county
shipped forty heavy bales of cotton 1
Americus last week.
The convention of the colored scho
•fceachers of Georgia will convene in Athens
( the first week in May.
Two negro men, Jack Jones and Pete:
Washington, were drowned in the river at
Fort Games Thursday,
A lady living at Athens has made it a
rule for years to rise at 5 in the morning
and take a Walk of three miles before
•breakfast.
The North Georgia Holiness Convention
'•will he held in Soc'al Ci ole, beginniug
next Monday night and continues over the
following Sabbath.
Alf Prater,.pedestrian, of Atlanta, .will
enter the six days' go-as-you-please foot
race that opens at Madison Square Garden,
New York, May 0.
The planing mills at Rocky Ford are
-turning out quantities of lumber now. aud
•a number of cars are loaded and shipped
to tho West every day or two.
A moneyed merchant of Monroe has
expressly guaranteed that when the cotton
factory is built lie will, with others, erect a
-$50,000 oil mill iv»d guano factory.
Mr. Croaker, of San Francisco, has given
the Young Men’s Christian Association of
Brunswick $10,000. ft will be used in
fitting np the association’s building.
At Bromvood the boiler connected with
'G. Willis’ saw mill machinery bursted, one
■day this week, giving all hands about the
mill a considerable fright, but fortunately
no one was hurt.
The disaster on theS., F. & W. R. R. at
Hurricane creek cost that road in damages
$150,000, which has been settled without
litigation. Guuld and Wilbur did not
claim any damages.
The Putnam County Fair Association
permanently organized last Tuesday, and
is now hard at work taking tip subscrip¬
tions for erecting the necessary buildings
and fencing the grounds.
At Fort Valley last Monday, Tom Allen,
an old colored man, was cleaning out a
well when the bucket fell, struck him on
•top of the head, causing concussion of the
brain and resulted in death.
At Dalonega a few nights ago a lady
went to prepare the bed for the purpose of
retiring and found a live lizzard under one
of the pillows. The lizzard was dispatched
by a neighbor who was called in.
Mrs. J. A. Holley, now a resident of „
Augusta, has a relic in the shape of a pair
of scissors that her father used in cutting
Woakmgtoii ...It „ clo.no, ..
lie was entering upon his hrM Presidential
term. They are queer looking scissors
from those that are used at. the
day. They will be exhibited at the Au
pnst-i Exhibition.
The senior class of the State -University
lit Arhens has decided to go to Uuray Cave,
Virginia, on a geological survey as soon as
they finish their finals. Dr. W. L. Jones
wiii accompany the class.
Sam W. Small has accepted the editor¬
ship of the Southern Star, a prohibition
weekly published -in Atlanta by Charles
I). Burket. The Star is to he the organ of
the third party movement.
At Albany, Friday, Pearl Sneed, a little
negro girl, drank a tumbler of potash
water, and is-in a-terrible condition, tier
face and tips are horribly swolen, and the
skin is peeling off from her hands.
Just betore water was reached in the new
artesian well at Montezuma some strange
articles came frum it, consisting of lumps
of coal, fish scales and bone, clear amber
colored rosin and bits of soft wood.
I)ol tfummage, who works in one of the
big saw mills at DeSoto, on the Ameneus,
Preston and Lumpkin railroad, had the
misfortuue to have his hand terribly muti¬
lated by the saws a day or two ago.
Afnericue has a genius in the shape of a
young man who can make anything out of
a piece of soft pine. Hie name is Lee
Hansford, and ho has cut out several beau¬
tiful chains from this kind of wood.
At Bartlesville, at the last meeting of
Council, the license to sell whisky was fixed
at .$3,000. This amounts to prohibition.
The sale of rice-beer, cider and several
other alleged local option drinks was also
stopped.
James -Kilpatrick, who lives near Daw¬
son. a veteran of the war of 1812 and aged
about 100 years, received recently a fract¬
ure of one of his thigh bones. It is not
thought that he wilt recover from the
accident.
The work on the site at Rome for the
factory of the Garlock Elastic Ring Pack¬
ing Company is progressing every day.
The company only decided to locate in
Rime od Monday, and dirt was broken the
same evening.
Thomas II. Mathews, while at work at
Marietta last Monday, -suddenly lost the
sight cf his right eye. He visited Dr.
Calhoun in Atlanta, Tuesday, but- the
doctor held out but little encouragement
for the restoration of the sight.
Mr. X. II. Clarke, of Lexington, Ga, . has
developed a wonderful power in mind
reading. He uses a wire of any length,
one eml pressed to his own forehead and the
other to his subject’s and claims to ascci
tain all that passes in the mind.
ihe activity ..... . . operations .
iu niimng in
North from the Georgia North is and increasing Etirope-aro daily.. vtsitmg Men
the city, and thence go to themu.es n,
Hall aud Lumpkin counties, examining the
mines with a view to investment.
A. Amcrcus, ILo*,, ^
turned a verdict for $1,500 in favor of
BobRaiford. colored, against the Central
Railroad. Raiford was run over about four
years ago by a freight train just above the
depot while lying across the track.
At Jefferson, Friday, John Sodded a
-farmer, met with a painful and almost fatal
accidcl accident, t His ms mule mme was wab frightened in 0 utenea by ty a a
baby carnage and ran away. He was
thrown from Ins wagon and had his head
badly cut and his left arm broken.
Mrs. Rouse, of Andemonville, whose
husband was killed by being struck with a
billet of wood in the bridge several years
avo has been in law suit with the railroad
for a long time, gained the case at the last.
term ot ,, tlie supreme court, .Cl, bhe received J
$2,o00. t , rnn
Saturday a 5-year-old daughter of John
Colson, of Americas, was feeding their
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her lap as she sat on the ground A huge
hawk darted down and caught one of
them, carrying it off The little girl was
very much Lightened, and ran crying to
’““thcr.
ROBERT COLEMAN BOLIVER H. RAY JOHN N. BIRCH
G0L11AI BAY ii GO.,
COTTON
Macon, - - Georgia,
. Dealers in Groceries, Plantation Supplies, of fertilizers Kentucky hand"; Mules
and Fertilizers. The following brand on
NAYASSA ACID. NAVASSA COTTON FERTIL¬
IZER, 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 to us. __
MBS. M. B. PIERCE,
MILLINER & DRESS MAKER,
—-—KNOXVILLE, GA-
Choice Lot. of Millinery Goods. Cheapest to be foundTn any country town
Dresses made in the LATEST STYLES. a P ( '
.1. 0. H 0 L M E 8,
Culloden, Georgia.
---DEALER IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
& UNDERTAKERS SUPPLIES
I keen a Full Line of -Family Groceries and Heavy Dry Cutlery. Goods, Sboe8, Hats &e
-iAvge lot Crockery, Glassware, Farm Undertaker’s Implements supplies & spocialty. Country Produce
taken in exchange at Fair Prices. a I always
keen a complete stock of these goods, both Metal & Wood Cases. Wood 1 have,
from the cheapest to the best. Burial Robes & \\ rappers, lo this line of my bus¬
iness (so much appreciated by my patrons since its introduction) from 1 give special at¬
tention, and by so doing hope to merit a liberal patronage -the public. I shall
spare no pains in serving you promdtly. My charges will be -more reasonable than
you can buy elsewhere. Will attend burials 15 miles with hearse Without extra
charge when cases are worth 820 or upw ards Jn connection with me Miss Aehsnh
Holloway has an immense Hue of .
Millinery and Ladies’ Dress Goods, White Goods, Notions
and Novelties in profusion which she is offering at remarkably skill low prices. Dresses
cut made and -fitted promptly to order Her superior and tact in this line of
Tier business just cant be excelled. Then she all naturally the ladies loves to call to see you her and show
you through her stock of goods, blie invites to see when
idiev come to our little city, and don’t be in a hurry; spend the day-and she will
make it .pleasant f o> you. ^O^HoTmES; Cultoden. Ga.
The protectionists boast, that the parties
protesting against tariff reform represent
more money and larger investments than
the parties favoring it. Just so, and it
will always be so as long as protection is
continued t ■ them. “The ox knoweth his
owner, and the ass his masters cril>.”-M/
ianta Journal.
As showing what may be done instock
raisiu g in Terrell county, Judge E. G. Hill
^ three colts, now about old
h to c()nltwnc0 work, that he could
-
v . These colts have hardly
££.£>1' , ,. 1 0^
At Villa Rica, Friday, Alfred Baggett
and his wife were driving some sheep, and
the sheep being a little troub'esome, the
old man threw a rock at one of them and
struck Mrs. Baggett on the ankle and
broke her leg. As Mrs. Baggett is very
c!d the accident is serious.
A t Americus, Saturday, the five-year
old godchild of Lizzie Washington, a col
ored woman who lives just in the rear of
Folder’s warehouse, was playing near the
door, when a strange negro, driving a two
hovse wagon, came along, picked up the
picaninny, and drove off toward the river
A a Hart nan. countv unuuy traveler uaw.c, who attended . J
church in Atlanta recently gave Ins idea
“ organ ” thus -. “The fellow
U m ic 8at doMt on a st00
k stuck in the back “w, end
diffe nt sizC( i li ons with theib tails caught
^ ; and a foUow Mowed a horn,
, ;t GM _ he wag too
uu,cil 01 a rtu „
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Moses Meyers, of Athens, has received a
novel g'ft from over the seas. It consists
of about six ounces of white sand in a linen
bag, and was sent all the way from Pales,
tine. Many of the most orthodox of the
Israelites believe that this sand placed
under the head of a corpse insures the
rotu ™ of tko to Jernsalcm - Ml ‘‘
Meyers says, however, that Clark county
cb will serve all his purposes when liis
head gets cold,
At C.arkesv,lie Mdham Hopkins, who
. confined there, will be hanged on May
H. He is the man who, in company with
hi. M »«--» Tbon*,,
111 Rabuu count y> 0,1 Sunda y because U
wore store clothes. His only sorrow is
that his brother, who was sentenced to tin*
peaiteutiary, is uot to be banged with him.
His father called on him a few days ago,
and when about to leave the murderer
asked: Pap will you come out to ho
hangmg? 1 he old man, looking at tlm
passing ^et clouds, replied : “Waal, if hit’s too
for plowin’ I reckon I will.”
One of the most agile feats ever recorded
dirty, was walking in front of the Union
depot, when the Pioneer hook ami ladder
company came •thundering along at the
terrific rate which it always does, bumping
ovei the numerous car tracks, making the
men m rn who who wcie were on on the Ifte truck truck hold hold on f,- to.
*“'!»£• tbe u Ur amazement am
astonishment of , the shopkeepers and dspol
ha » ds who had rushed out to see the truck
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! I dercusladders. T He was J ’? lonely cheered by
| the crowd who were standing at the depot