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•GENERAL -FEW'S.
An ‘Americus"taan owns«a 1 turkey - that
he claims is sixteen 1 years old.
Maconites have' invested Over $5OffjO0O
in new buildings^during' the eyast twelve
1 montbej
r
There is a letter tin the ■'post Office “at
■ Americus addressed' simply “Miss MOMie,
Araericus, Ga.” l
Gainesville’s electric light company is all
organized, and preparations are going on
“to have the lights turned on by July !.
Tump Reid (colored) shot Henry Smith
1 (colored) at Griffin, Saturday, because he
was asked to pay a debt of$6c. •• It is not
■stated howuserious the wourfdis.
Ten thousand spectators witnessed the
; firs manic tournament at Americus We'dnes
■ day. The grand prize of $250 in vgold
was^von by the Wide Awakes, 4f Amer
•icus. •
J.'<W. Ford, p^Bestriafc, of jCacftn, chal-f
'Tenges AlfFrater, or any other man in the
''State ; to a’six-hoar go-as-you-please race,,
at 'Atlanta,-?July 4, for $200 a side and the
. gftte money. - I
The Standard Cotton Seed-Oil Company
"will erect a ; building and reopen a cotton
seed oil mill in Elbcrton. The present
■company trill probably sell out their
machinery to them.
The Athens -Senrner Watchman aiteOun
*ces that Siattoa, who is endeavoring to
' take a girl out Uf an orphan asyhtm at
’Macon on the ground that-be is her father,
Vs only her stepfather.
Peter Cleveland and his wife, of Elbert
county, celebrated their golden wedding
last Thursday, Mr. ‘Cleveland has been
married twice, but he has lived with his
present wife for fifty years.
'Humph & James, of Fort Valley, made
their first shipment of peaches on the 24th
and expect fancy returns, as'ft is the
'shipment yetTSported in theU&te. They
wero'shipped tso'New York.
At TbomasviHe a man offered the City
Council $100 for the privilege of putting
•a sign on top of the stand pipe in the city
hall Hot. Tins was considered a liberal
Offer, but the authorities declined it
A young man in Vienna'has a long ker¬
osene bill charged against him, and not by
a'merchant reither, but a'private citizen,
and strange'to say he has not charged for
any that was'burneH’before midnight.
'O. H. J?. Bloodworth, of Forsyth, has
applied’to Adjutant'General 1 Kell (for per¬
mission to organize-a military company of
■sixty at that place. 'Capt. Kell was un able
to-supply the guns and accoutrements.
Hon. A. J. Avery, one of the oldest and
most promineiit'cittzens oPGolumbm coun¬
ty, died Saturday, after along andipainful
illness. Col. Avery was the last Uepre
sentative of CJiumbia -county 'hr the
legislature.
Giles Shoot, of‘Calhoun county, ‘has a
steer 23 years old, with which he has
made nineteen crops and is now un da
good headway with the twentieth. During
all this time'the-steer has‘been Mr. Shoot's
only plow animal.
Gilbert M. McRae, living near McRae,
dropped dead with heart disease Monday,
■while at work In his fie ld. He did not
utter-a word after he fell. His son saw
‘him fall and ran'to him biftlife was extinct
when he reached him.
Vienna is growing rapidly. The impetus
is given by the approach of the Georgia
Southern and Floiida and the Central’s
Savannah and Birmingham through line,
which two important railroads will cross
at that point. Five large saw mills are in
•operation and under way within a short
distance of there, and new buildings are
constantly .going up.
Hon. H. W. J. Ham, an ex-editor, of
Hall t>tmnty,*s member of the lower housei
of the General Assembly far the past two
sessions, will “make a 'Stand” for the
Democratic nomination' in 'the convention
whidh assembles at Gainesville some time
in August.
A -few’ flights ago, as'the ‘‘family of M.
F. Morgan, of Vienna, were'about to retire,
a small glass lamp broke and the oil
caught fire in the top of ihe lamp. It did
not explode, bit instead burned steadily
with a large blase until all the oil was
consumed.
Joel Codec will open bi3 distillery again
at Lula. He got out of-his troubles with
the government by paying all they,
demanded and having his Nstill-house and
st?Hs confiscated. But he 'Will go into the
business again, and will pity ( heed to the
requirements df ! Uncle Sam.
The rich kaolin deposits arOund Augusta
*to attesting attention the 'world over., o|
Unlimited capital for'the development
newly-discovered beds df clay nan be pro¬
cured. and the industry, especially jusft
across the river in -South Carolina, is
assuming huge proportions. i
Thefiegro who shot Mr. Walker aft
Rochelle, gatnrday night, was brought to
AmeriOUs Tuesday and placed in the jail
for safekeeping. He was carried to Abbe¬
ville wnsn first arrested, but afterward it
was thought best to tike him to Americus,
as the Wilcox jail was‘not considered safe.
D. F, Ware, of LaGrange, has some eggs
that are fv curiosity. On the large end is
the ni®»n in the second quarter. On
anotber'is the new moon, and on the third
is the moon in the first quarter. The rep¬
resentations are perfect in every respect.
Judge Turner, of LaGrange, has whittled
out of a pine board a very ingenious model
of a garden harrow. The Judge works out
bis own garden with this new invention
and it is the cleanest in LaGrange. He
.
•Goes with it In two or three hours what it
■tvould require a negro two orrtbree days to
«ccomplisb.
At Greetrfboro Sunday a young negro
boy named Will Thomas was run over and
killed by the down ‘fast express on the
Georgia railroad. The boys bad a habit
of jumping-on the train and riding a con¬
siderable distance and then jumping 'off.
Thomas tried'this and ‘when he'jumped off
fell bteeathfe train -Und was ground to
(Pieces.
Miss Lorine Daniel, a charming ydting
lady of Crawford, was in the-midst offher
preparations for her approaching marriage,
When she became suddenly ill, and grad¬
ually grew worse. Wednesday her illness
resulted in ‘death. 'Capt. Plunkett, a
popular conductor of Hie 'Georgia road,
was to‘have been her husband.
Americus claims one of the smartest
negroes in the State, fie is only a boy
an d has had but little schooling bnt his
‘head is full df common sense, A certain
white school teacher not long ago was
'teaching near there and sometimes had to
give up some of the hard examples in the
■arithmetic. ‘One cf his scholars took these
'examples to the negro, and always earned
them back solved.
Wiley McGill, of Webster connty, has
his -appetite for spring chicken by
mule that shows
devouring all that come within his reach.
He has eaten so many that for two dr three
years past it bas been necessary to keep
strict watch od him Whenever he is in the
lot, and especially at feeding time. When
the chickens gather around the stable
trough, as is usual with them, the mule
-will drop his corn and fodder any time to
catch a nice tender chicken.
A railroad running through Emanual
county recently killed a razor-back hog
belonging to a widow, and she entered suit
for damages for the value of it. The rail
road won ihe ease, it being shown that tbe
ROBERT COLiEMAN -BOLIVER H. RAY JOHNN. BIRCH
COLEMAN BAT & CO.,
COTTON
Macon, -«■ * ■> -s. - G< :■> rj> ia,
• Dealers in Groceries, 'Plantation Supplies, UHtucky Mules
and Fertilizers. The following brand df fert i ' -rs on hand":
NAVASSA IZER, AOHX GEORGIA NAVASSA COTTON FERTIL¬
‘PACIFIC G‘l AN©.
convenience We&eep a of'our supply Cratvford of the tfbove goods at •Foi t Galley wHMJi for thfe bo
county ‘CuStdtne* can
on application to ug. s-a^- rt«ar <«r «wa.
DIES. M. B. BIERCE,
MILLINER m DRESS MAKER,
•KNOXVffiUE, 'GA——
^CMiiceJMt *De fbiilia'% day Aouirtfy tdwfe'
J. 0. HOLMES 1
Ctilloffeii, <. eorgifb. .
-DEALER IF
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
& UNDEKTAKEK’S SUPPLIES
Large I keep lot Crockery, a Full Linte'of Glassware, Family Groceries Farm Implements and Heavy Dry Cutlery. Goods, Shoe8, Hats Produce Ac.
takeD in exchange at Fair Prices. Cndcvtaker’s supplies & apoeialty. Country I always
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keep a eomplete stock of those goods, both Metal & Wood Cases. Wood 1‘have
from iness the (so cheapest much appreciated to the best. by Burial patrons Robes since ft Wrappers. its introduction) To this 1 line give of special rhy bus¬ at¬
tention, by doing hope to my merit liberal patronage from the public. I shall
and So a
spUire no pains i® serving,You promdtly. My charges miles will Avith be more reasonable without than
you'ean charge when buy elsbwhere. are’■Worth Will (520 attend‘burials 'Upwards- 15 In connection hearse With Miss Achsah extfa
cases or me
Holfeway Millinery has an immense line of Goods, White Goods, Notions
and Ladies’ Dress
and Novelties in profusion which She is offering -at'■remarkably ldw priefes. Dr esses
cut, made and fitted promptly to'Order. Her superior skill and tact in this line of
her business just cant be excelled. Then she naturally loves to see you and show
you through her stock of goods. She invites all the ladies to call to see her wheti
they qnme to our little city, and don’t be in a liurry; spend the day and she wil l
makelt pleasant fob you. Very respectfully,
J, O. HOLMES, Culloden, Ga.
proper signal? were 'blown and the pre
cautions taken, and the plaintiff was sorely
distressed about the result. She had con
verted 'the pig into laid, and as the road
would not pay for killing him, she bestowed
what remained of the porker on the com
pany. 'On a dark night she took the pot
of grease and, proceeding to the track (f
the company, coated the rails with a liberal
daub rff ‘grease for about a quarter of a
mile. St took all the sand that the engines
could bring to bear on the track for two
days to tide over the spot which crippled
traffic. Mow the widow is threatened With
a lawsuit.
At Griffin, Tuesday, J. L. Bowden, the
colored principal of tbe colored public
school, broke his leg jukt above the ankle
in his effort to escape a supposed mad dog.
At recess a dog came bounding *rfto the
play grounds. The children began running
and halloaing “mad dog, mad dog.” The
professor looked out of the window and
saw the dog, and, in attempting to escape
through a Window, fell‘Und broke His ankle
as above.
Judge Lambfight, of Brunswick, has an
11-year-old dog which, ten years ago, be
repeatedly whipped for following him to
church. Since then the dog will follow
Jjim on weekdays and on Sunday after¬
noons, but no kind of coaxing can induce
him to follow the Judge Sunday mornii.gs.
How the animal knows when it is Sunday
is a conundrum, but he does and has
refused to follow the Judge 'On Sunday
mornings Tor ten years.
Fear Piedmont, Richmond county, on
Monday, a strange accident occurred. A
little-son of the -miller in charge of Rich-
ardson’s mill was fishing on tbe bank near
where an upright shaft rau from the water
wheel to the'Conuections above- The boy
jjrked his rod, ‘having gotten a “bite,” and
the line was "caught arobfid tbe rapidly
revolving sbslft and around his arm at the
Rame time, before the nrffortunate little
fellow could Untangle the strong cord from
about-him it had cut off his arm near the
e bow as clean and sharp as if by a knife,
Gov. ForakOr, of Ohio, has written to
Gov, Gordon saying that he will probably
send a requisition for Wilson Palmer, who
is wanted in Ohio for murder, as he under¬
stands he re'in the Georgia penitentiary.
Palmer is in for twenty years ‘for burglary.
Sheriff Swindle, of Mitchell county, has
notified *001. Towers that he arrested Palm¬
er and he will claim the Reward if Palmer
is 'ttttned oVer to the 'Ohio authorities. It
is ndt likely that Ohio will have a chance
at Palmer until %e serves out his sentence
in Georgia.
A. G. HiXdn. owe df the ’most respected
citizens, a merchant aud farmer sft Pond
Town, in Miller county, Was indicted at
the last court by the grand jury for cotton
etealiug, Mitchell Cook was the prosecutor.
Mr. Hixon demanded a 'trial immediately
after the bill of indictment was found and
was honorably acquitted by the jury, and
fully exonerated. The jury in the case
■decided that it was malicious prosecution
on the part of Mr. Cook, indicted whereupon perjury. Mr.
Cook was at once for
Mr, Hixon has also brought a suit against
Cook for $5,000 damages.
In Franklin county a man named Boyd
is said to have built a dwelling house large
enough fo- his family's use; building the
honse complete in one-night.