The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28
COUNTY CURRENCY.
,...rasting Items Concerning Town
and County Gathered by Journal
reporters and Briefly Told.


Frank Clark.
Ice Cold Soda Water, 5 cents q
Glass at James Drug Store.
It is thought that our new cis-
tern has already sprung leak.
Mr.. NJ. Fl. Baldwin, Sr., is still
unite sick, but at last accounts
was resting we'll.
Every stranger that comes into
our county is prepossessed with
Terrelrs fine farming lands.
Our boys of the new brass band
can give the visiting friends a
sample of music in embryo this
week.
Mr.. Geo. Roberts is visiting rel
stives and friends in the city. He
made his appearance on Thursday
last.
DR.. c. A. Cheatham left huge
cabbage leaf in cur sanctum on
Saturday last. 1t would do to
print a good sized weekly on.
We notice that the pastor of
our Baptist church, Rev. B. W.
Davis, preached for his people in
Americus on Sunday night last.
Prof. Geo. w. Cheves was
brought to the city from Atlanta
on Thursday last by Sheriff W.
N. Thornton and Mr.. Tom Ken
ney.
We were glad to see DR.. j. H.
Hammond, our Chickasawhatchee
correspondent, in town yesterday.
He has been sick for the past two
weeks.
If our farmers will take the
pains just now, during the pres
ent seasonable weather, to SOW
plenty of field peas, they will not
regret it.
District Conference of the
Americus District, NJ. E. Church,
South, for this year, will be held
in Cuthbert beginning. on the 25th
of June.
Frederick III. Lehman, of Alba
ny, Ga, committed suicide by TAX
ing morphine, on Sunday morning
last He leaves a wife and six
grown children.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Folsom, of the Amer
Gus Recorder, is in the city at
ending the Superior Court. We
were glad to see him in our sane
tum on Tuesday,
Attendance on court is not so
large this term as usual. Gener-
al Green is pushing the farmers,
and there is but little disposition
to loaf among them.
The farmers of Terrell ought to
be the happiest people in the
world, for most assuredly, they
have every facility for growing
rich, if only rightly applied.
Preaching at Graves station
next Sunday morning at IL o'clock
by the pastor. No services in the
Methodist church here in the
morning, but preaching at night.
Since our last issue the seasons
have been most beautiful and the
crops are bounding forward at
rapid speed. Grass is also sug-
costing itself to the farmers at
tention.
Capt. VIM. Kaigler took in the
date Commercial Convention
which met in Atlanta last week,
but we don't think he was much
pleased as he has but little to say
about it.
Mrs. Vaughn, of ThomasVille,
Is In the city, guest of the Col
lege visiting her daughter, Miss
Hattle, one of the students. She
will remain with US until after the
commencement.
After his long and trying i'll
ness, Mr.. Dennis Davis is again
able to be at his place of business
IN the Store of Messrs. Christie d
Lalng. His many friends con-
gratulate him on his restoration,
The growers Of small grain are
bringing In some fine specimens
OF their success in this good work
we like these evidences of the fer
tillty of our soil and the enter.
PRISE of our farmers. Mr.. }. ID
Little brought in last Friday {
stalk of wheat A feet high anC
says, 1t is on average stalk OF I
tour acre field,