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GENERAL NEWS.
It is said that there are 208.000 Baptists
in Georgia.
A man ninety years old was baptized
near Butler, Ga.,’ last Sunday.
The fitting up of a building for Griffin’s
broom factory will begin to'-day..
The colored Episcopalians of Augusta,,
let the contract for a $5,000 church.
Grade Henry, of Spriug Place, is only
11 years of age-and weighs 130 pounds
Predictions are made that a car load of
melons will be shipped frem Quitman on
June 8.
T he rails are being Very rapidly laid on
the St, Simon’s railroad from the ocean
docks to the hotel.
Teimille is to have a newspaper of its
own, with Editor Huff, of the VVrigbtsville
iffeadligld, as manager.
Tho handsome two-story building which
is to contain the Library Hull, at St.
Simon s, is nearing completion.
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A citizen near Eastman has become the
happy father of triplets—all boys—their
‘aggregate weight being 2J-J poimds.
A seining party caught a cavp last
Wednesday in Rocky creek, Wilkes 'conn-;
ty, that weighed twelve pounds. It was
■UG inches long.
At Sasser, Saturday, a white man by
’the name df Brown was married to a negro,
woman and the ceiemony was performed
by a negro preacher.
The iron mine sold bv Samuel Earle, of
Bartow county, for $20,000, has'since been
sold to tho Tallapoosa Land Improvement
'Company for $ 120 000.
The Messrs, Callahan, of the Saiem
neighborhood, in Greene county, had a vat
killing a few days ago, and killed 300 rats
in one crib and 80 in another.
Mrs. Mifctie Giddens attempted suicide
■at Eastman, a day or two ago, by shooting
herself. She is not in her right mind and
will be sent to the State Lunatic Asylum.
Horace Bradley, a Georgian, in the em¬
ploye of the Harpers’ Publishing Company
of New York, has recently been elected
president of the Art Student's League, of
New York.
Almost the entire amount needed has
been subscribed to the LaGrange Cotton
■Factory stock, and every cent will doubt¬
less be put down by May 14, when the
books close.’
The first whistle of llie cotton factory at
Gainesville was heard in October last, and
on April 1st, at which time the stockhold¬
ers held a meeting, a dividend of over 12
per cent, was declared.
Friday a large four-horse wagonload, of
corn in the car, and pulled by ' four sleek
fat mules, was sent into Americus Irom a
Sumter county plantation a,nd sold, the
ow ner having a surplus.
Hon. P. W. Jones, the first bale man,
reports that he has the best cotton crop be
ever bad at this tune of the year. He has
over three hundred acres of cotton that
will average over ten inches high, and is
full ol squares.
At Oxford, Sunday Williams, of Ala¬
bama, a student at Emory college, died at
the Mavven house. He was well iu the
'morning, but became oveiheated and drank
heartily of ice water. Resulting congestion
■caused his death.
Franklin Register : A low days ago a
herculean negro known as Big Dave was
found dead in a field in that part of the free
State known as Africa. A coroner’s in
quest was held, and the jury, after viewing
the dead body, rendered the following ver
diet: “We, the jury, find that the nigger
was killed by the providence of God.”
Saturday the morning train oft the
Americus, Preston and Lumpkin brought
into Americus sixty-three big cotton bales
from the Stewart county plantation of 8.
P. Kimbrough, consigned to the several
warehouses in Americus.
John Williams was fishing in Whitewa¬
ter creek, near Butler, a few days ago,
when lie espied a turtle eating something,
lie paddled his boat up to the turtle,
caught him, pulled him into the boat and,
found-that he was eating a large trout.
While rummaging about in a box of old
plunder at Americus Wednesday, W. B. F.
Oliver, the tailor, found an old purse con¬
taining $70 that he lost one night several
years ago. Mr. Oliver thought the purse
had bien stolen and gave it up as lost long
ago.
A 9-year-old colored girl was stolen
from her lather, Sam Bailey, in Post Oak
district of Cobb county', while he was in
the field plowing, Friday'. A negro man,
Sterling Bryant, is thought to be the kid¬
napper, and a warrant has been sworn out
for his arrest.
All kinds of business men are seeking
openinge and buying lots at Vienna, now
that the Savannah and Columbus railroad
is assured. This road wiH cross tbs Geor¬
gia, Southern and Fieri da at Vienna and
insures the rapid growth of Vienna to the
proportions ‘of a city.
William A. Mallory, a book agent who
forged the name of F. H. Buchanan, of
Buena Visfta, to a check for $100, drawn
on S . W. Wheatley 16 Co., of Americus,
was tried in Marion Superior Court last
week, found guilty, and sentenced to eight
y'.ears in the penitentiary.
As the result of an investigation by a
committee appointed to examine the books
and records of I ho Stewart county officers,
it was found that the Treasurer is indebted
to the county in the sum of $3,700, and a
true bill was found against him by the last
grand jury for embezzlement.
Capt. Bradcen states that about twenty
miles of the Macon and Athens railroad
have been graded between Madison and
Athens, nud that cars will be running into
Athens about. July 1. The entire distance
of twenty-eight miles is graded with the
exception of a few short gaps.
James McCart, a gentleman about V0
years of age, was found dead at Mt. Zion
church, in Gwinnett county, near the Wal¬
ton county lino, oh last Friday. Thecorpse
gave evidence of having lain there several
days, a portion df the flesh being eaten off
by the fowls of the air, and was very offen¬
sive.
.Tesup Sen Uriel: We still advertise for
thirty or forty good fighting billy goats.
We want them to butt our Town Council.
There must la) tackling done. Our city
fathers won’t tackle the goats, then let the
goats tackle them. One or the other must
reign. There is not room in our town for
the cos noil and the goats too.
J. B, Hawkins, who lives a couple of
miles from Zebulon, some twenty-seven
yearn ago was on a spree in Griffin and
broke a rib or so. a few days ago lie
•Coughed lip the pieces of rib and a cork
still encircled with the neck of a bottlo,
which had evidently been broken off, show
ing that he had bitten it off and swallowed
it.
D. L. Mauldin, who was convicted at
the last term of Union Superior Court of
two misdemeanors, and who was charged
with poisoning a whole neighborhood, but
was discharged on tho latter for want of
proof sufficient to convict, and by paying
the fines in the former, since his return to
liis home in Gaddistowu, has been fatally
shot by Pink Cbochran, who claims the
shooting was in self defence, while Maul
din claims he did it without provocation.
No hopes are entertaiued of Mauldin’s
recovery.
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ROBERT COLEMAN BOLIVEK H. RAY JOHN N. BIRCH
COLEMAN BAT & CO.,
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Macon, - - - *. - Georgia,
Dealers in Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Kentucky Mules
and Fertilizers. The following brand of fertilizers on baud :
NAVASSA ACID. NAVASSA COTTON FERTIL¬
IZER, GEORGIA PACIFIC GUANO.
convenience We keep a supply Crawford of the above goods at Fort Valley which for the be
of our county customers, can
had on application to us.
MSS. M. B. PIEBCE
MILLINER & DRESS MAKER,
-—KNOXVILLE, GA-
Dresses Choice Let of Mi lline'ry Goods. STYLES, Cheapest to Fro found in any country apt! town'*
made in the LATEST’
Culloden, J. 0. HOLMES, Georgia*
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general' . 'DFAIE’Fi ] xt
merchandise
& UNDERTAKER’S SUPPLIES
I keep a Full Line of Family Groceries and Heavy Dry Goods, SlioeS, Hats Ac.
Large lot Crockery, Glassware, Farm Undertaker’s Implements supplies & Cutlery. Country Produce
taken in exchange at Fair Prices. goods, both Metal Wood a Cases. specialty. Wood I always have
keep a complete stock of those & 1
from iness the (so cheapest much appreciated to the best. by Burial patrons Robes since & Wrappers. its introduction) To this 1 line give of special my bus¬ at¬
tention, my merit liberal patronage from the public. I shall
and bv so doing hope to a will
spare no pains in serving you promdtly. burials My charges miles with be hearse move reasonable without extra thou
voir can buy elsewhere. Will attend 15
charge when cases are worth ¥20 or upwards- In connection with me Miss Achsah
Holloway has an immense line of Dress Goods, "White Goods, Notions
Millinery and profusion Ladies’ which she is offering at remarkably low prices. Di
and Novelties in line esses of
cut, made and fitted promptly to order. Her superior skill and tact in tnis
her business inst cant be excelled. Then she naturally loves to see you and show
von through her stock of goods. She invites all the ladies to call to see her w hen
they come'to our little city, and don’t be in a hurry; spend the day and she will
make it pleasant tor you. Vmtv nEsi'ECTFOi.nv,
J, O. HOLMES, Culloden, Ga.
A couple of negroes living on the Hu
guenin plantation, near Americus, “fell out
and fit* a day or two since, during which
one of them bit tho other’s under lip
'entirely off. The negro said that he did
not nii’nd the loss of a part of his lip as he
had entirely too much anyway and could
get along .pretty well with what was left
hi is .
A West Point, Neb., bridegroom is
spending his honeymoon in jail. A party
of young men went to give the newly
married ccuple a charivari, which so in¬
censed the bridegroom that he emptied a
shotgun loaded with salt into their midst.
The entire charge was received by one of
the party in the face. lie will lose both
’eyes and be otherwise disfigured for life.
John Willingham, of LaGrange, lias
some peculiar kittens. There are three of
them and each has about as much tail as a
rabbit. One of them has a foot exactly
like a rabbit, and all of them have the
movements of a rabbit. They have the
peculiar walk of a rabbit, and instead of
running they jump like a rabbit does.
They arc rabbits iu everything but ap¬
pearance.
An explosion of dynamite occurred on
the ditching train of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad, while switch¬
ing in the yard at Dalton, a few days ago.
Fire originated in the car in which the
I dynamite was kept, and the flames coming
j i terrific n contact force, with demolishing it, caused it to explode with
portions of the
car and seriously injuring a negro train
hand named Joe Worthy, who was
endeavoring to extinguish the fire.
At tire February term of Hall Superior
Court quite a batch of charter? were grant¬
ed numerous enterprises. Among them
were charters incorporating tho Gainesville
Improvement Compnny, Gainesville Com¬
press Company, Gainesville Fait Associa¬
tion, Piedmont Rifles, and the Gainesville
Light Company. With the exception of
the first and last named, organizations have
been effected.
A lot of Indian bones were unearthed in
a field in Baldwin county a few days ago
that has been in cultivation over fifty
years. They bad been placed in a pot
which was broken to pieces. The bones
were much wasted owing to the long time
they had been buried. Among them wn a
a jaw bone, with several teeth in it. There
was also in the lot a stone pipe, winch
was much worn. v
At Marietta last week a man, represent¬
ing himself to be a correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazclec, wished to
enter a special coach on the Marietta and
North Georgia railroad, which bad been
locked and kept in reserve for officers of
the road and othcis who were going out
that morning. This man became very
indignant, although there were other coach¬
es for his accommodation. He turned loose
a stream of profanity that scorched ami
blistered all rules of refinement or polite¬
ness. He was reminded that his conduct;
was reprehensible, and ho was liable to be
arrested for using profane language in the
presence of females who were near by. It
didn’t soothe his feelings at all. lie
asserted his father helped Geu. Sherman
burn this blasted village, and another tour
of devastation ought to be taken by Gem.
Sherman again. The Major let him off
with a fine of five dollars.