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GENERAL NEWS.
The Vienna post office has been made a
money order office.
Carrolton wants a bank, a fire company
and a public library.
Frank Jones, of Brooks county, is eating
'ripe watermelons of this year’s growth.
The Athens faetory will not close dowu
unless it is to give the hands a day off dur¬
ing summer.
The retry and Fort Valley Sunday
schools, 800 strong, were on a picnic at
Americus, Thursday.
The business portion of Sandevsville,
which was destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt
with brick and 1 made fire proof.
Manganese is now •■being Shipped from
Tunnel Diil to Pittsburg and other manu¬
facturing towns m Pennsylvania. .
Joe B. Bowen, one of the oldest citizens
of Douly county, has been living at his
iprosent home nearly forty-one,years.
T&s river bridge at Milledgeviile is at
finished. Just ton months ago it was
'washed away, and the calamity has been
'repeated ■' twice.since.
There was quite w heavy hail on Satur¬
day evening last in the Sixth district of
‘Carroll county, doing considerable damage
to young vegetation..
All the necessary stock has boon sub¬
scribed toward building?, well equipped
street railroad between Rome and -Forest
vale and Printup City.
A man, 76 years of age, is working on
the 'bridge across Tallapoosa river, which
is eighty feet high, aud gets about over the
timbers as actively as a 16-year-old boy.
Tobe Mayfield, a notorious thief of
-Athens, has been' Arrested in that
thievery. There is a suspicion that he is
guilty of the recent desecration of the grave
of Simon Marks.
Dr. W. B. Burroughs, of Brunswick,
received a letter Tuesday containing $3 lie
loaned a man ten years ago. The doctor
iiad foTgottnu all about. Hie circumstance
and was completely -surprised.
[ During a rainstorm, a few' days ago, -a
bolt of lightning'killed thirteen calves for
Allen Gibbs, who lives one and a-half
miles north of Ty-Ty. The calvc6 were
j | standing under a tree in the cowpcn when
struck.
The Sunday Buzz Saw is a small fouv
l.page paper just started at LttGrangc. It
I is prin ted by boys ail under 18 years of
|age, land at'night,‘after their day’s work Is over,
is highly creditable'under the cirrSum
Ista rices.
I John .Tones, living near Fairbnrn, has
Ian old family house cat that is nursing
land caring for a young rat, bestowing as
■much attenfion to this adopted child as she
■does her own kittens, with which the rat
■gets along peaceably.
I Miss Annie McCormick, of Hasvkinsville,
lian play simultaneously two tunes on the
liiano and sing a third. She can sit with
Bier back to the instrument and play most
fceautifully. It is said that she can play
■liree different instruments at once.
I Au accident occurred on the Macon and
Kovington railroad, at Godfrey, Sunday.
By box car was standing on the side track,
Ind the switch was out of place, causing
■he passenger train to run into the car. It
was wrecked. No one was injured.
■ Capt. Reagan, a former conductor of the
Base Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia road,
■ now in Florida making a fortune. He
Hcently Hstmeut made $75,000 on a $1,500 in*.
in real estate during the boom
I J. L. Lewis, 'formerly of Decatur coun
H. who went to Texas some years ago.
His recently beeu appointed Attorney for
He G O. & S. F. Railroad company, at a
Marv of $10,000 a year.
One of the well-known young men of
Stephensville walked out of the house
where the debating society had their debate
at Centerville Academy last Saturday
night, and discharged his pistol into the
house at the crowd, but. as luck would
have tty no one was shot.
Edward Jackson dug some curiosities
from a mound in his garden near Greeues
boro a day or two age. In the mound were
pieces of old pots, artistically carved, made
from different colored mud. Pieces of a
colfar cone and other parts of a human
skeleton were also excavated.
A member of a German ship building
concern was iu Abbeville, Wilcox county,
a short time since, in search of suitable
timbers to be used by his firm vn the con¬
struction of a vessel now under way.
liter considerable difficulty be found such
a tree as he wanted, and willingly came
down with !• A50 in payment tberefor.
Mr. McAllister, a tinner, put up a job
for the Bank of Americus, Monday, that,
showed that he was possessed of a good
share of native genius. lie made a Cornice
to match another one, and never took a
measure with a rule or rod of any kind.
All the curves and corners are just like
pattern, and he did it by following the plan
with Iris eye.
A project is on foot to build a road from
Logauville to Lawrenceville upon
to run's, traction'engine. The projector of
the road says he can, with a fifteen ton
traction'enginc pull twenty Urns, and i ake
four miles an hour. The authorities will
no 1 allow them to be run upon the public
ro; (Is, and he wants to get the right of
and open a road exclusively for hrs
Use.
At Atlanta, Sunday, Dan Stanford, while
handling a pistol carelessly, accidentally
shot Felix Jor.es iti the face. The
entered "the‘left, eye and Tanged downward,
inflicting a wound which is thought will
prove fatal. Jones was seated in a chair
when Stanford walked to the mautel and
took down the pistol. The pistol was self¬
acting and was discharged easily. tanford
was locked up. Stanford and Jones are
mechanics.
Mrs, Rowena Peylon, a match peddler,
who has been doing a thriving business in
Atlanta for years, rushed into police head¬
quarters Monday morning and announced
that she had lost her pockctbook containing
$514.20, An hour or two later Ed lie
Calloway, a small boy, arrived, and, pull¬
ing the pockctbook aud its contents out of
bis pocket, handed it over to the officer
charge, staring that he had found it on
Broad street.
A Texas cowboy, who visits Albany with
droves of ponios, decided while there to
have his picture taken while he was on
horseback. The photograph gallery wag
iu the secoud story of a business block on
Broad street, and approached by a long
and steep flight of stairs. Nothing daunt¬
ed, however, and determined upon the
picture, he mounted a favorite broncho,
and surpassing Putnam in the stair act,
not only ascended one flight and remained
mounted until the negative was taken, but
started bis mustang out of the studio aud
descended the back stairs on the other side
of the building.
It is reported from Norwood that a full
grown live bear is at large near there, and
the report is sustained by reliable persons
who have themselves actually seen him,
who say that he is roving through their
neighborhood, killing and devouring all the
sheep, goats and hogs that chance to come
iu his way. He has a chain fastened
around one of his legs, and has evidently
escaped by some means from his master
while passing there. The citizens of the
con)niUnity where the bear seems to have
taken up his abode have made several
attempts with dogs to capture the ferocious
beast, which have proven futile, and result
in a number of the dogs being killed.
ROBERT COLEMAN BOLIVER H. RAY JOHN N. BIK 1 ;
COLBMAK BAY 6 CO.,
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Macon, - - - 'm m> - Georgis
Dealers in Groceries. Plantation Supplies, Kentucky
and Fertilizers. Tile following brand of fertilizers on >
NAVASSA ACID. NAVASSA COTTON FEB 1 -
IZKR, GEORGIA PACIFIC GDANO.
We keep a supply of the above goods at Fort Valley I i ie
convenience of our Crawford county customers, which >0
had on application to us.
MRS. M. B. PIERCE,
MILLINER sisr DRESS MAK L ,
—KNOXVILLE, GA——
Choice Let of Millinery Goods. Cheapest to he found in any counti n
Dresses made in tlio LATEST STYLES. apO
Oiill'ocl'eii, Geoi . :vk
--DEALER IN-
GENES AL v ERCH ANDIS E
& UNDERTAKER'S SUPPLIES
I keep a Full Line of Family Groceries and Heavy Dry Goods, SlioeS, I kc.
taken Large lot Crockery, Glassware, Fair Prices. Farm Undertaker’s Implements supplies * Cutlery. Country 4 1 ..ce
in exchange at a specialty. Wood "ways
k rep a eomplete stock of these goods, both Aletal & Wood Cases. -e
from the cheapest to the best. Burial Robes & Wrappers. To this line of us
iness (so much appreciated by my patrons since its introduction) 1 give si. <-i- - fr
tention, and by so doing hope promiftly. to merit a fiberai"patronage My will from the public. J: all
spa re no pains in serving .you attend burials charges with be more reasonal • tbau '
ytfu can buy elsewhere, will 15 miles hearse 'withes t
charge when eases are worth $20 or upwards' In connection with'me M4 ! i saL
Holloway Millinery lias an immense Ladies’ line of Dress Goods, While Goods, K
and '.ns
and Novelties made and in fitted profusion promptly which to she order is offering Her superior at remarkably skill and lo'w tact prices, this i .isses
cut, her be excelled. Then she naturally in due of
business iust cant ladies loves to see you at; v
you tlirough her stock of goods. She invites all the to call to see h»" . ,;pu
they come it pleasant to our for little city, and don’t been Veuy a hurry ; spend the day and s vvil i
make you. respectfully,
J, O. HOLMES, Culloden, Ga
The following notice is posted on one of
the stores of Smitliville: “Metis given to
All There Will be a Christian A magic won-'
der showed at the Baptist chrch on Friday.
& Saturday night AH friends are respect i
fully invited to attend the Beautiful sight.
In which will give Great satisfaction to all
who attend the Same. It is said or wit¬
nessed By hundreds of attenders. To B
one of the fines magic wonders That ever
performed on this C. & W. Give notice
by blowing a horn 3 times Notice also by
Ringing the Boll on each night of the show
Admission 15 cents chil-at under 12 years
lOcts Doors open at 730 perronnance at
830 oclcck Showed by Prof E W J Arm¬
stead from Hampton Va.”
J. II. Lee, of Concord, S] ’In? county,
had a jump of forty feet ini i it feet of
water on Tuesday, under a . .apprehen¬
sion, and escaped unscathed except getting'
his feet wet. His little child had been
playing at the well on the back porch,
contrary to its mother’s instructions, when
a lond plunge was heard and the child was
nowhere to be seen. The fact is that it
was across the street at a neighbor’s, hav¬
ing first set the bucket going down into
the well. The mother Screamed as the
noise was heard, and told the father that
the child had fallcu into the well. With¬
out an instant’s hesitation he jumped in.
He dived several times to the hot. un and
searched arcrund, but could find n. child,
and fiually concluding that it was a Jalso
alarm, was dragged up. Upon being
asked ij he didn’t think hr might have
killed the child by jumping tipou it, Mr.
Lee replied that there was no chance of it
living if it remained in there a minute, and
he was willing to take the other chances.
On Sunday night thieves broke the
cottage of Mrs. Pace, a poor old lad i\ .ng
near the city limits of Athens, and s* all
the few provisions she had been able to buy
the day before. They also pelted t ic cot¬
tage with stones and mud. The old ly
was at church at the time, and by asou
of ber poverty, the loss of her fou l was
acutely felt. She is the widow of a sot t,
who lost his life in the Confederate cause,
and her age prevents her from can ing
more than a most meager livelihood by
taking in sewing.
Cubbege Williams aud several others cut
a bee tree near Troupville. The hollow,
which was tolerable large, was found to bo
filled with honey and comb fur a distance
of fifteen feet. After securing the hsuey,
one of the boys cut into the tree above the
portion used by the bees and found a rat¬
tlesnake three feet long. As there was no
hole in the tree except the one which con¬
tained the honey, tire supposition is that
the snake crawled tip the hollow before the
bees began to hive, and the honey comb
had effectually blocked his exit.
A few days ago A. A. Crumble}-, of
Randolph county, was at work on his farm
whei. he heard a dog, which always fol¬
lowed him, barking furiously in a skirt of
woods near by. In a few nir.utcs the dog
howled and ran to him. Just below the
dog’s eyes were two drops of blood about
three-fourths of au inch apart. He knew
at once that the dog was bitten by a snake
and went to where he had heard him bark
iug aud fouud a large rattler, which he
killed. The dog died in a few minutes. mol
The snake was over 5 feet long and c;
tea Tattles.