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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1894
Page
7
In England ferrets are used for hunting rabbits and are valued for docility and reliability. Poachers favor white ferrets for visibility in dens, while gamekeepers prefer them from reputable stock. Training is minimal, but muzzling is common in winter to prevent cruelty and illegal rabbit driving.
A landscape designer Alexander Nasmyth devised a technique to plant trees on a sheer rock face near Dunkeld. He used a tinsmith made canister loaded with tree seeds and fired from a cannon to scatter seeds into rock crevices, later finding the approach successful as trees flourished along the cliff recesses.
The article notes pompano in Florida waters near Lake Worth with vivid detail of their coloring and air jumps. It also describes a new marine globe device to model sea currents, and reports changes in the Coast and Geodetic Survey leadership with General Duffield appointed to head the agency.
A May 5 1845 Covent Garden bazar raised £25046 for the Anti Corn Law league. A Norman Gothic hall hosted 100000 visitors over seventeen days with 400 ladies serving stalls. Similar events in Manchester Dublin Edinburgh and Glasgow raised varying sums for charities and institutions. In 1864 New York’s Metropolitan fair concluded with a $1 million transfer to the U S sanitary commission and an expected further $1000000 later.
A New York Recorder tale describes a wife using a muscular man to eject a guest from her husband’s home. The plan backfires when the host discovers the ruse as he is forcibly removed, only to learn the coat holder is his wife.
100 acres near Worthville with 10 acres of bottom land. 400 acres in Butts County near Jackson. residence and improvements on several farms including 111.5 acres north of Jenkinsburg. A new five room house on a nearby tract. multiple smaller farms near Stark and Flovilla. Harmon & McDonald advertise sales and favorable terms.
In Butts County Georgia S S Lindsey faces sale of a fifty seven acre tract at the courthouse on the first Tuesday in October 1894. Bounds include Howard Vickers Julia Lindsey Norsworthy Posey and Alfred Dodson. Mortgage on J W Terrell v S S Lindsey. Notice given to defendant.
J R McCord and T W McCord as executors of J W McCord Sr seek court permission to sell estate lands. The application will be heard on the first Monday in October. Dated August 27, 1894.
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