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The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28
Farming Interest.
Sherif's Sales.

WILL be sold before the court house
w door IN the city of Dawson. Ga
on the first Tuesday in April next, within
the legal hours Of sale, the following
property, towit:
Three acres of land, off of To-. No 1877
in the lAh district of the said county of
Terrell. Levied on as the property Of
Mrs. +. VI. Gardner, guardian, to satisfy
tax ii ia issued by j. ii. Crouch, Tax
Collector, for state and county tax for 'sS
Also, at the same time and place 100
acres of land, off of 10; No %, in the l2th
district of the said county of Terrell. -
Levied ON as the property of II. NJ. Kaig-
Ter to satisfy tax ii ia issued by j. ii.
Crouch, Tax Collector, for state and coua-
ty tax for 1888
Also, at the same time and place lot of
land, No. 143, in the 4th district of the
said county of Terrell. Levied on as the
property of Lewis Sanderiin to satisfy a
tax II ia issued by J. II. Crouch, Tax Col
lector, for the state and county tax 1888.
Also, at the same time and place acres
of land, (number not known but known
as the Mrs. Margaret Baily place in or near
Dover, being in the 4th district of the said
county of Terrell. Levied on as the prop
erty of Mrs Margaret Baily to satisfy a tax
fl ia issued by j. Ii. Crouch, Tax Collec
tor, for state and county tax for 1883.
Also, at the same time and place lot Of
land No. % in the 18th district of the said
countyo of Terrell Levied on as the property
Of Mrs. Julia l.. Raglan to satisfy a tax il
ia issued by j. II. Crouch, Tax Collector,
for the state and county tax for 1888.
Also, at the same time and place so
acres of land off of lot No. 1876, in the Bird
district of said county IF Terrell. Levied
on as the property of j. II. Hammond to
satisfy a tax fl ia issued by j. II. Crouch
Tax Collector, for state ard county tax for
1888.
Also, at the same time ard place "a acres
off of lot of land No. 80 in the Bird district
Of the said county Of Terrell Levied on
as the property of Ben Ausberry to satisfy
tax fl ia issued by J H. Cr0urch, Tax
Collector, for state and county tax for S3.
Also, at the same time and place ia
acres off of lot Of land No 107 in the 3rd
district Of the said county of Terrell
Levied on as the property of James D.
Woolbright to satisfy tax fl fa issued by
J. II. Crouch, Tax Collector, for state and
county tax for 1888
land No. 246, In, tie 3Fd district ofthe
said county of Terrell Levied on as the
property Of D;sniel a Woolbright trustee.
to satisfy tax fl IA issued by j. II.
Crouch, Tax Collector, for -state,asd counl
ty tax for 1888
Also, at the same time md place lot Of
land No. 1879 in the 3rd district of the
said county of Terrell Levied on as the,
property of Mrs Sarah E. Hunter, adm'J,,,
Of j. L. Hunter decd, to satisfy'asaxfi
ia issued by J. Ii. Crouch, Tax Collector,
for state and county tax for 1888.
Also, at the same time and place 100
acres of land, off of lot No ST. in the nth
district of the said county of Terrell
Levied on as the property of T. L. and
". d. Wiseman, to satisfy q tax Fl ia
issued by j. H. Crouch, Tax Collector, for
state and county tax for 1888
W. N. THORNTON,
Feb. Goth, 1884. Sheriff
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28
Digging Pits.

People are talking strong about
pits. Mr.. W. J. McCaslin, one Of
our merchants, and who has had come
experience in cyclones, commenc-
ed yesterday on his pit, which he is
having dug six feet deep and five
wide.
A bale of cotton was blown a hall
mile. Frog church was destroyed
and one of the stills fifty feet long
was found three quarters of a mile
away. ard that on top of Frog noun
tain. The heart woes and physical
suderings of those poor people whose
houses have been demolished, farms
laid waste, stock killed, and friends
and relatives taken from them are in
expressibly indescribable. Relief is
needed as the suffering is beyond the
reach of the local authorities to al
leviate.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28

The Worlds exposition at New
Orleans, will devote 247 acres to
lakes and gardens, showing the
rareSt trees and plants of Mexico,
Central America, Florida and foreign
countries. Horticultural hall will be
600 by 1874 feet. Dir. P J. Berck,
mans, Of Augusta, Ga, has been sp-
pointed a special commissioner to
confer with various European socie-
ties in reference to the fruit and
plant display. The collective Mexi-
can exhibit will be an immense thing,
occupying building 1,400x9OO feet.
Accompanying this exhibit will be a
Mexican band and a battalion of Mex.
lean troops. The exposition will re-
ceive liberal encouragement from the
leading countries of the world.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28
Mexico a Larger Country Than
Many Imagine.

Mexico is a much larger country
than many people imagine. Prior TO
her war with the United States the
total area was about 100000 square
miles. The United States took
about 100000 square miles. leaving
in round numbers about 100000. On
this territory there is population of
nearly or quite 10,OO0,O00 souls ;
5,5O0,000 of these are Indians, de-
scendants Of the aboriginal Aztecs.
Will" the remainder of the popula
ton is composed Of Spaniards, Mex
leans of pure white blood. ana a mix-
tnre Of other RACES. Mexico IS q re-
pubic, and composed Of twentv-sey
en- States, one Territory and the
Federal District. It has q Senate
and House If Representatives. and
a Constitution very similar TO that of
the United States. There are two
Senators from each State, who are
elected by districts instead of by
Leglslatures-as in our country-
and there is one member for every
$4,000 inhabitants. The Chief exc.
cutive is also elected by the people,
an election here is con-
Quoted in pretty much the same
way as in the States.
The Mexican people may be divid
ed into three classes-the people Of
wealth, culture and leisure a middle
class who are well.to-do shop-keep-
ers and tradesmen, and finally, the
laborers. who are usually either
Aztecs or half-breeds. The first
have a large amount of accumulated
wealth, mostly in lands or in bullion
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28

Speaker Carlisle yields the gavsl
with some listlessness- He pounds
as though he was afraid of making
too much noise. In this respect he
differs from Keller, who made the
spliuters fly over the devoted heads
Of the clerks below him. He is a
smoothly-shaven man with two bulg-
ing bumps of intellectually over his
eyes, rather narrow forehead, and
when he speaks his voice comes
somewhat weak, and a severe frown
ornaments, or, to put it better, dis
figures his brow.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28
Justice.

Noticing what you say in your
last issue as to the reduction Of
Commercial values" of fertilizers
for this season. I request in JUS
.tiGe to manufacturers and dealers, as
well as the information to planters.
that you publish what the Commits
s;oner of Agriculture of this state
says of this reduction to which YOU
allude.
RELATIVE COMMERCIAL VALUES"
After very extended correspon
dence and careful consideration, it
has been thought proper to reduce
the valuations Of Ammonia and Phos-
phoric Acid from those OF last sea-
son. The following prices, per
pound of the valuable ingredients or
elements of plan; food found in fer
tllizers by analysis have been adopt
ed as a practical approximation to
their true value at Savannah Ga. ,
viz:
Ammonia. per pound 10cts.
Available Phos-
phoric Acid. " Is
Potash &
Thus it will be seen that the price
of these valuable elements has been
reduced by the State department
and while the commercial value may
be reduced, it does not at all follow
that the elements ofplant food, or
the quality of the fertilizers are
reduced. While saying this much of
commercial values of fertilizers,
| will add for the information Of
those who have not investigated for
themselves, that the &C commercial
value of fertilizer, as given out, is
no indication that the article is worth
in the market what the commercial
value clsins for it. Take for exam
pie cotton seed meal, which has OF
Ammonia. g per cent
Phosphoric Acid. ..2.75 Z"
Potash l50 Is
And gives Commercial value" OF
$42.30. This article can be bought
in the market at $4,000 per ton and
farmers would not be willing to risk
cotton seed meal as fertilizer, espe-
cially for cotton, without some kind
OF manipulation, the valuable el-
ements contained therein, not being
so distributed as to make first class
fertilizer for our crops. Hence we
see that the analysis and the proper
proportion of plant food is what We
should observe, the ommercial value
being of no practical value to the
planter except to show that the arti-
Gle analysed contains some of the val
liable elements Ct plant food.
49,. Dealer.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28
Echoes Of the Cyclone.

From the Atlanta Constitution
we gather the following interesting
details of last weeks great cyclone:
A Preachers LOcomOfiOn.
Charleston, S. c., FEBRUARY 23-Near
Midway, a colored preacher named
Martin Mingo' 200 pounds weight,
was lifted up out of bedby the wind,
carried 300 yards and laid down
slightly bruised.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28
A Strange Story from Heard.

Atlanta Constitution.
Mr.. ]. b Sims, who lives in Heard
county, tells a curious cyclone story
He was at the house Of w. Il. Mer
weather, his brother in law. He saws :
-"When l heard the storm coming I
knew what it was, for I'd been in
cyclones before. l ran to the door
and looked out. The funnel-shaped
cloud was coming, with the lower
edges curling, and as white as snow.
braced myself against the door,
catching my sister with one hand.
Instantly the wind caught MS. The
house was shattered in fash, and
we were thrown 10 the ground. l
was deafened and stunned. When |
came to my senses the right leg Of
my breeches was torn off and gone.
And, incredible as it sounds, the sole
of my right shoe had been wrenched
off and the upper stock of the shoe
hung around my ankle"
Had the house disappeareds"
There was not a trace of it left.
The place where it stood was as
clean Us floor. There was not a
morsel Of food left, not piece Of
crocksry-literally nothing. The
corn-crib had gone and the corn with
it. The same was true at Mr.. B. f.
Grandy's and Sir. Columbus Birds.
The restitution is complete. Not q
stitch of clothing, food or furniture
IL to be found where two days ago
stood happy and prosperous holnes.'
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28
WESTON ITEMS.
BY PROF. C. E. GBUBBs.

Weston needs Black Smith badly.
Mr. Ponder, tie man whom the
Americus Recorder reported missing,
has returned all right.
At the residence Of Columbus
Tracy. Mr. Pleas Hardwick, and
Miss Mollie Moore were married on
the Oath inst.
The chances are about 10 to 0
that there will be double wedding
not fifty miles from Weston in the
near future.
Mr.. j. NJ. Edwards paid US short
visit last week. We are glad to
learn that he is meeting with splrn
did success in Terrell.
Mrs. B. L. Kimbrough and Mrs.
Albert Crymes, were in town Sun
day, on a visit to their father
Capt z. F. Saunders.
Friday evening we had most de-
ligbtful musical entertainment: al DR..
J. T. Disrnukes. Miss Mamie and
her pupils furnished excellent music
on the Dr's. new piano.
Mrs. z. F. Saunders has been suf-
fering a week from an attack Of
acute rheumatism. She is, We are
glad to learn, very much better, and
will be quite well in few days.
Oscar Sims, one Of our brightest
and best pupils has had a very seri-
GUS attack of pneumonia. We are
pleased to learn that his ply sicians
think him convalescent.
Mrs. J. W. F. Lowery Of your city
made US short visit Saturday. Mrs.
Lowery has many friends here who
are always delighted to see her.
We got in on time at Simmons.
vile Sunday and we enjoyed the
good rations as only man can, who
has been without long time. In
the evening the boss brought us
home behind his three hundred dol.
lar horse. We enjoyed the visit
A valuable recipt-For editors,
clerks, teachers, preachers &c, who
are discontinued aud sigh for the
ease aud Independence Of farm life
PIow hard one day. We tried it Sat-
urday and know what we are talking
about.
A cyclone passed near Weston on
the evening Of 10Th abou, 6 80 p. M
1t tore down negro church neal
Mr.. S. r. Kimbtoush's. Thence it
took q north eastern direction, telling
timbers and houses, and emitting W
the antics which usually attend
such q phenOmina. 1t thoroughly
demolished Judge Harrell's mill.
The loss Of property was considsra
BILE, but fortunately no lives were
lost in this section. -.....
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28

The News and Advertiser learns
from a reliable source that Mr.. Fred
erick Wolfe, President of the Bruins
wick and Western Railroad, will be
in Albany some time this week, and
that he will be accompanied by Mr.
Joseph Seligman, the head man of
the great Seligman Syndicate, and
other bondholders of the B. & w.
They come, it is understood, to look
into the condition of the road, get an
idea of the country through which it
runs, etc. and to consider matters
relating to the proposed extension.
Albany News,
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28

museum is section Of a telegraph
pole with d sbingla driven half way
through it. In Tuesdays storm
pebble WAS picked up by the wind
and buried IN fady's back, and the
sole of n slioe was torn from a mans
foot. Il is reported that WHEN Mr.
Darnen Of Pickens county, recovered
some IF has money blown away in
the cyclone, the edges IF the bills
were burned. this is Important if
true.
The Wreck of the Wind.
Birmingham, Ala, February o.
The. Ago gives several incidents, illus.
trating the force of the cyclone.
There were two sick negro men in
a log honse near the section house,
and they were picked up with the
house and landed nearly ffty-ysrds
up the hill on the north side of the
railroad. The house was demolish-
I'd, but neither Of the men were hurt.
A handcar was blown across the track
near the section house. one pair of
wheels carried away, 10 one knows
where Of the FIVE head of cattle
left dead al Leeds several did not
belong in the immediate settlement
where they landed, and there are
many conjectures as to where the
cyclone picked them up. A wood
working apparatus, something like a
brace for bits, that no one about
Leeds had ever seen before, was
landed near where the cyclone first
struck the railroad. OF the remark
able escapes the most wonderful was
at the house of Mr.. W. II. Ross
Besides Mr.. Ross's family thirteen
children pupils of a school near, and
their teacher, Mrs Sherman, took
refuge in his house. The house was
blown away to the floor, but no one
was hurt except Mr.. Ross's son John
ME, twelve years old, who received a
bad cut on his forehead. At Nc
LauGhlins house striking illustra-
ton was given of canine fidelity.
Although the house and everything
near ii was blown down and its con.
tents bro .en to pieces or carried
away by the cyclone, a Stalwart cur
WAS found in possession and resented
every Intrusion upon tie premises.
Only these general facts about cY-
clones seem to be established-,hat
they are funnel shaped, with ragged
edges, cu5lcd and white, and wi.ps
OF white wind that leap oui from the
cloud-ihat they are preceded by a
deadly calm, but not by rain-,hat
they come With a noise like the run
ming of 4 thousand trains Of cars
that they are practically rcsis,less in
their force, whipping a great oak ont
OF the ground rs easily as they move
a leaf. and driving a pebble with as
much force as plank-that their
motion is rotary-that their volume
expands or contracts with the width
of the vallies Though which they
pass-that they sheer off from high
table lands. and frequently split on
ridges-ihat they bound from the
ground into the air and return to
the ground gradually, their course
up or down being marked plainly in
the forests-that they often bound
for fifty miles and then touch the
ground again-and that while liable
to invade new regions, they travel
certain beaten paths. And finally,
that the only safe place when they
are about is in pit or cellar secure
ly covered, and that it is much bet
ter to be laughed at for hiding in a
pit hundred times when no cyclone
comes than to be caught out of a
pit ono time when a cyclone does
happen to come.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28
Our Boys


il 8 question which every true father
t'iat has boys, has asked himself hun
drsd times. There are few questions
more difficult Of solution, Every
father has praiseworthy ambition to
see his boys do we'll in the world.
lie desires to see them find honora-
bic and lucrative employment that
they may attain to positions of USE
falnesS and success in life. But
how to start them out is the ques-
ton to be solved, and upon this de-
ponds largely all their success in
after life. One great evil is manifest,
aud that is q disposition upon the
part of too many fathers to select
for their boys what is poprlarly call
ed q profession. If a boy exhibits
gifts Of mind a little above the aver
age the first thought Of the father is
TO mako him q lawyer or doctor
The consequence is, the world is full
OF 6fth-rate lawyers and doctors,
Or if the father despairs Of giving
hin profession. the next thought liz
TO put him in a store, and if he can
get behind some mans counter he
regards his fortune as made. We
have As the result more consumers
than producers, more goods than
sheTs are customers to buy them.
And this "store'; idea is encouraged
by the boys themselves. The aver
age boy reaches 'he climax Of his
dreamy ambition when he can wear
''store clothes and have his hair
cOlnbsd at barber-shop. BY some
strange delusion many of our boys
are growing up with the idea that
manual labor 10 dishonorable that
horny hands, a sunbrowned face and
jeans clothes are disgrace. What
is the remedy To US it is plain
Ours is an agricultural country and.
10 also destined to become sooner or
later q manufacturing country. The
professions are already crowded,
merchandise is already overdone, and
she only hopeful opening for our
boys IS to make Of them farmers or
artisans. Can we do this? With
Out doubt we can. 1t is safe
to say no man will long
follow q business in which
he is not interested. To make
farmers Of our boys we must inter
est them in the business. This can
not be done If their knowledge never
extends beyond blowing furow in
the corn field or chopping row of
cotton. Agriculture is science and
as such ought 10 be studied. If a
father desires his boy to become a
farmer he should interest him in the
science by supplying him with such
books and periodicals. as treat upon
its diversified interests. The analy-
sis of soils, the adaptation Of fertili
eng elements to the soil and to the
growth of different plants stock
breeding aud stockraising, the meth
dds aud appliances of horticulture, all
these the boys should have the op-
portunity TO investigate. And if they
study them their minds will become
iu6amed with a love for farm life. and
Ahsy will develop into interested,
successful farmers, and 80 in the
arts Of mechanism.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28
Balls Of Fire.

Jefferson, Ga, February 23.-The
negroes are very much excited about
the calamity that has befallen them
Their description of the storm is viz.
ed. They say it rushed over them
with the noise of heavy thunder, and
that the air was full OF balls of fire,
1t lasted only moment and then
passed on with great fury. The hail
fell in great Jumps.
He Would not resist Provi-
dence.
Sa1dersville, G., February %
Storm pits are all the talk now in
our county. There is one man in
our county who verify believes it is
sinful to attempt to circumvent God
by storm pit, and who says that He
will punish our folly by sending the
storm upon us in an hour when we
lest expect it. Self preservation is
the first law of nature, and it is an
old saying that providence looks out
for those only who look out for them
selves.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28

Mr.. H. G. Turpin, of Macon, was
stabbed and killed in an alteration
with John and lobe Burnett, two
brothers.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28

The next session of the Georgia
Press Association will excurt to
Canada. via Washington City, re-
turning via Nisgra Falls.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from active
practice having had placed in his hands by
an East Indian Missionary the formula OF
simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure of Consumption.
bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and all
Throat and Lung affections, also posi-
tive and radical cure for general Debility
and all nervous complaints, after having
thoroughly tested its wonderful curative
powers in thousand of cases, feels it his
duty to make il known to his suffering fer
lows. The recipe will I've sent free of
charge, to all who desire it, with full d.
rectlons for preparing and successfully
using. Address with stamp, naming this
paper. DIR. j. G. RAYMOND, 1874 Wash
ington street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Feb. II, 1884. lin
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28

John 7. Bethune, Blind Toms
manager, was recently killed in Dele
ware by o railroad train.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28

Hon. w. n. Crawford, OF Decatur,
is dead.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-28

In the cyclone Of few years since
a door hinge WAS buried in the bony
of tree. 1t seems Incredible tina
he wind could have dri. Ell so small
a thing as hinge with such terrific
force. And yet in the National
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-15
HOW INGERsoLL LECrURED.
The Authorities of Victoria Refuse Per-
mission, but the Mob Sustain Him.

The Authorities of Victoria Refuse Per-
mission, but the Mob Sustain Him,
OTTAWA, ONT, Sept. 12.-Having failed
in all other means to prevent Col. Bob
Ingersoll from securing a hall in Victoria,
British Columbia, In which to deliver
lecture oil orthodoxy, the civic authori-
ties, on learning that he had rented the
new Royal Opera House, entered
protest against the building being
used for a public meeting, on the
ground that means of egress were
inadequ ate in case of fire. Their de-
cision was announced on the day Inger-
soil arrived-Aug. 28-the date he was an
nOunced to lecture. On hearing that there
was likely to be trouble, Mr.. Ingersoll
stated that he would lecture on the street,
but feared the interference of the police
Learning that he could charter steamer
then in the harbor, he proposed to charter
her at his own expense and take those
who wished to accompany him to Port
Townsend free of charge, when he would
deliver his lecture rather than disappoint
them. However, this alternative was not
taken advantage Of. He and number of
friends had gained admittance to the The
atre Royal, where he proposed to hold the
lecture.
Hundreds were waiting outside of the
door to gain admittance, but were STONED
by the police. The Superintendent of
Police ordered the Treasurer to stop
selling tickets under pretext that the
building was not safe. The Treasurer
with few friends then went around to
the west side Of tle building, and with an
ak cut an entrance. Mr.. Ingerson and
ladies, the United States Consul, Col
Stephens, and other ladies and gentlemen
finally appeared upon the stage. Alder
man Fell, stepping forward, began In a
strong speech to condemn what he pro-
claimed as bold attempt to frustrate
free speech, and said that, though British
born, he blushed this evening for what
had been done. He was enthusiastically
cheered. The scene that followed
beggars description. Windows and doors
were smashed in, by which entrance was
effected. The police were powerIess to
keep order or carry out their instructions.
The crowd were with the lecturer and
were determined to hear him. During the
melee several ladies tainted. After the po-
lice found that they could not prevent the
lecturer going on, they contented them
selves with endeaVoring to keep order.
Immediately after the lecture was over
Col. Ingersoll took a steamer for Wash
ington Territory. 1t is stated that he will
sue the corporation of Victoria for heavy
damages.