#03.04.1881

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Brevities

Liquor is scarce!

Fly time is approaching!

No property sold last Tuesday!

Guano hauling has commenced!

Fine weather for sucker fishing!

The price of cotton is advancing!

A little cotton in the country yet!

We hear of an occasional case of measles.

See Judge Bell's notices of new bridges to build.

the mumps are playing out for the lack of material.

We are going to serve all alike - rich and poor - next week.

Tom Niblack takes to farming just as if he was used to it.

Judge Bell proposes to get after the road commissioners.

Jack Gilleland is moving right straight along on his new house.

Frank Pendergrass has turned out to be a first-class plasterer.

We will give our readers some cheering railroad news next week.

Judge Howard's residence on his farm near town is nearly completed.

Bud McElhannon has returned from his jaunt over into Walton county.

Our town have been pretty quiet since the barrooms stopped running.

Don't neglect to look after your subscription if you want the Herald.

A new set of wheat rocks have been ordered for the Long mills at this place.

A large number of horses and mules have been purchased in this county this season.

The station between Gainesville and Jefferson on the railroad will be called Conditional.

Mr. Macajer Williamson died on last Saturday night. He had been sick for sometime past.

A lot of cotton at the Northeastern depot in Athens got burnt up and damaged last week.

Remember that this is the last paper you will get if you are over a year behind on our books.

Judge Bell has bought a burglar proof safe for Jim Williamson to keep the county money in.

Bob Deavours has been appointed baliff pro tem for this District during the sickness of Bill Waddle.

O'Farrell Bros. & Co., of Athens, are the agents in that place for the celebrated Cumberland Guano.

Dr. Long and his charming daughter, Miss Georgia, were in our county last week, the guests of friends and relatives.

Mr. McGinty has had some hands up here putting some finishing touches on the Court House and Dr. Pendergrass' drug store.

We propose to drop every name from our books after this issue unless settlement of past indebteness is made between now and next issue.

The present Town Council is too stingy to advertise the fact that they are going to hold an election to fill a vacancy in the board of aldermen.

We tender our thanks to "Vande Linctum," for again breaking the silence of several months. We shall expect to hear from him again.

A crazy ... woman was put in jail at this place last week, but owing to her violent condition she had to be moved back this week to her friends.

If you get no paper next week you can guess the cause. So you had better come up and see how you stand. A note will make the easy until next fall.

John Brooks of Athens, and one of O'Farrell Bros. & Co's boss clerks, was in the city last Saturday and Sunday. John attended to business on both days, but of a different character.

When you go to Athens to buy your guano, don't forget that O'Farrell Bros. & Co. are the agents for the Cumberland Guano. It is a first-class article, and is sure to give satisfaction. Give them a call, and you will not regret it.

A communication, in regard to the stock law, with no name to it, is in this office, awaiting a signature before it is published. Our rule is imperative - we must have the names of all parties who write articles for publication, and we don't intend to break the rule.

Dr. Pendergrass and A. H. Brock will represent Jefferson at the inaugural of Garfield today. We wish the boys much pleasure on their trip, but warn them not to think they are better than other folks because they helped to put the new President in his seat.

The Herald office is located over a drug store and doctor shop, and the doctor underneath us loves to pull teeth, and you bet we have other kinds of music sometimes besides the clicking of type. When we move again we are going to locate over a livery stable, so that we can have a quiet time.

Married, on the 23d of last month in Athens, Ga. Rev. C. D. Campbell officiating, Mr. L. N. McMillan, of this county, and Miss Adeline Hayes, of Athens. Mr. McMillan is our mail carrier from this place to Lawrenceville, and has heretofore played shy of Hymen's bands, but, at last, after living over half of his life in single blessedness, he has consented to be yoked.

#old harolding #03.04.1881