The Opelika Times from Opelika, Alabama • 3

jTHOPELIKA TO1ES, iFRIPAY, QCEMBgR 12, 1884. J. II. SMITH, wams of the red man, and as they The family connexion is large and if he resisted. Tbey wanted beef, and occupy respectable positions in socie- prospered these log cabins gave way finding none, inquired where his cattle were, and were informed that they DEAN CO.

1 he only representative in Lee neat rural cottages, more or less THE HISTORY or OPELIKA AND HER 4 county is Captain Absalom B. Ei pretentious in architectural, style. And these are yielding to the ravages were in the swamp. 111b cattle, up to that date, had been as regular as land, whose family reside near Crawford. He has a son, Mr.

Wayne Ei DEALERS IJ, of time, also the long rows of servants' cabins, and are being followed land, living near Wacoochee. clockwork in coming up at night, but on the night before the raiders -struck Crawford they were all miss Judge Eiland claimed to be a Uni "tenant houses, scattered at. in AGRICULTURAL TRIBUTARY tervals of a quarter of a mile over the old homestead, near which, in a little Staple anil Fancy: Grocerjes, Fine Confectioneries, Nuts. TERKITOllI, versality and died in that faith, and it is related that when dying, on being consulted as to future prospects, replied that bis way was clear. Ac poorly-kept enclosure, may be found lichen-covered slab Embracing ftore Part iculurly Ie cording to bis request the following Beneath which rest, With hands across the breast, ana RumeU Counties, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Date.

inscription was placed on his Canned Goods, Cigars and Tobacco, The earth, earthy, of these sturdy "Or ever the silver cord is loosed, farmers of the olden time, who pros or the golden bowl be broken, or the By Rev. F. I pered and never knew guano, while their desendants, with tons on tons, are growing poorer every year. And just here I am reminded of an Written Expressly for the Opelika Trass. pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

Then shall the dust return to the. earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God whe gave it. Eccl. 5 TaUapoosa Street, Opelika, Alatina. We have just received a complete stock of seasonable good's, such as): Malaga Grapes, Ajjk Oram Cocoanuts.

anecdote of the period when science ing and failed to put in an appearance until the Yankees left, when they resumed their regular habits, coming up on time as It appears that even the dumb beasts snuffed the Yankees from afar and prudently kept out of their way. I have no record of the origin and development of the school interest in Crawford among my notes fur ther than that Dr. Morris was one of the early teachers. Before closing this chapter I will add from my notes a few more items of touching the Uchee postoffice neighborhood of an early date. Mr.

Moody Ingram, Mr. Mon ton's father-in-law, was an early settler of Russell county, stopping in the Kin dred settlement about 1836, afterwards settling a place on the old Federal road east, in what is now known as the Tillman or Haddock neighborhood, near where Walker's steam mill once stood. Mr. Ingram died during the war. Mr.

Lemuel Ingram lived near Mr. Henry Kindred's place. APPLIED FOR.) CHAPTER LIT. Mrs. Eiland lived in communion was first applied to agriculture.

A Scottish "lord of the manor" who with the Missionary Baptist church JUDUB STEPHEN BILAND THK CASH bad been reading the wonderful re many years, though it is claimed for Inndon layer Raisins, wholes, halves and avarter boxes. Seedless Rnkias sults of scientific farming, as report her that she never subscribed fully to the doctrine of eternal punishment, Fies. Currants. Citron, Canton 6mm Preserves. Oranee Preserves.

Mince ed-by an amateur Farmers Club in SYSTEM CAPT. A. B. EILAMD THE UNIVIR8ALI6T A HOME8PTJS JUDGE A BOSS LIAR A TEST 07 JUDICIAL IMPARTIALITY' A FAMILY RELIC- and died in that faith. Kdinboro, paid his man of business a visit with a view of imparting to him Judge Eiland served several years Meat.

Walter 6. Wdson's Fine Cakes, Vanilla and Lemon Wafers, Vanilla Sandwich. Sponge Lady Fingers. Citron Drops, Cocoanut Macaroons. Glen-coves, ButterScotch, Kindergartens and Finest Jumbles, Pearces' Soda the important results.

His lordship found the honest old Scotch farmer as a justice of the peace, also as judge of the Inferior court of Jones county, MR. TURNER MORTON UCHEE POSTOFFICE SCIENTIFIC FARMING CRAWFORD UCHEE INGRAM ALLEN. During the early history of Craw Biscuits. in canned goods we have: Pineapple, grated and sliced. Peaches.

superintending the ingathering of a Ueorgia, and acquired the title of plentiful crop, the result of high fer THE HOMESPCN JUDGE Corn, lomaioes, URraana lomatoes, utiipped and Corned Beef. Brawn, ford there was a family well known in from his custom Of wearing a home tilizing with material carefully col spun suit, woven by his wife, while Kussell county, both in social and political circles, which at one time was lected on the premises and prepared for use in the laboratory of nature by His son, Mr. William Ingram, mar exercising the functions of those offl. Crab, saimon, aacerei. uoosier, uysiers.

Sardines both French and American, Potted Duck. Turkey. Chicken. Game and Ham, Eagle Brand Condensed Milk, the Best in tie Market. nature formula.

ces, and' the title adhered to him large, but at present is nearly extinct, having only one representative to pei ried Mr. Kindreds daughter, and went to California during the "gold fever in 1848. He was one of the "Well, Donald," said his lordship, through life. petuate the name. The founder of I learn that it has been proved by To illustrate Judge Eiland's char actual experiment that you can carry acter the following anecdote is re this family was JUDGE STEPHEN EILAND, successful adventurers of that remarkable period, returning to his family lated out in your vest pocket sufficient manure to fertilize an acre of ground.

On a public occasion his neighbors In Baking Powders we have Horsefords. Price's, Town Talk and One Spoon. Nuts, Almonds, Pecans, 'Filberts and English Walnuts. Price's Extracts, Lemon and Vanilla. Cox's, Nelson's and Chalmers Gelatines.

Finest Gunpowder and OolongTeas. Roasted Coffees, Rio and Maricaibo in bulk and one pound drums, and Java in three pound tin canisters; in a native of Hancock county, Georgia, born iii 1788. His education, like with a "pile of dust." The old members of the family are all dead. Mr. Richard Allen married Mr.

Lemuel What do you think of that?" were indulging in a desultory chat that of most of the thrifty pioneer Donald took off his bat, scratched concerning men and things, present his head and indulged in a Scotch Ingram's daughter. Mr. Ingram's tanners 01 tue country, was "com and absent. Two ot the company mon." In 1810, at the age of 22, he were engaged in conversation, one of grin, but said nothing. wife died and he afterwards married Mr.

Allen's sister. What kin are married Miss Mary Ellen, daughter "Why, Donald," said the lord, whom had acquired the unenviable of Mr. West Ellen, a gunsmith of they? reputation of being the "boss bar" of you don't seem to believe it." "Oh, yes," replied Donald, "I be lTO BB CONTntCBP.J the county. The latter was indulging in hif peculiar accomplishment Jidgetield district, boutn Carolina, and a foreigner by birth. In starting out in life Judge Eiland's father lieve ail that your lordship is pleased to say; but I was thinkin' that when ye take out the manure for an acre in when the other cut him off short by was able to give him two servants, saying: wan your vest pocket ye will bring home "Why, it is as impossible for you settlement of land in his native county, and a horse and supplies for one to tell the truth as it is for Stephen the crop off that acre in your great Eiland to tell a lie." coat pocket." rc.

e. --3r-r wot year. But it appears that his ambition led him to "spread out" from his men copes we nave uava, mocna andcnowe mos. Cut Loaf, 'granulated Pulverized, Snow White, Yellow Clarified Sugars. Ideal and Early Dawn Hie best to be had in any market, Self Rising Buckwheat, bggets'Oat Flakes and Thurber's Oat Meal.

Our slock of these goods is the largest and most select to be found in the city. Our line of Staple Grroceries is also complete in every particular' We guarantee all goods as represented or NO SALE. We invite you to call and see us. Respectfully, J. DEAN CO.

tStTWe deliver all goods bought of us free of charge in the city limits. BOTMMMtf Another anecdote is to the follow And more recent experiments on large scale have proved this to be ing effect native associations, and two years af ter he sold out and moved to Jones "about the amount of it." The reader will excuse this digres county, settling near Clinton, where he remained until 1830. It appears While acting as justice of the peace a gentleman ia his beat had a claim against a lady This lady was Judge Eiland's, sister. The creditor sued her by placing the claim in Judge sion, suggested by facts too painful to dwell upon, but which will intrude themselves until the last vestiges of that Judge Eiland's attention was attracted at this date towards the fertile lands of Russell county, and he started from Jones county with a Eiland's bands for due process of the old-fashioned spider-legged gin GERhlANREMEDl law, whereupon the justice house and the long-levered wooden 'Touknow that this claim is against view of crossing the Chattahoochee. screw of the daddies nave my siBter.

Would it suit you as well PATN. FOR to place the. matter in the hands of But the Indians, still possessed the land, and he- concluded to atop in Harris county, purchasing a place Mr. Morton remained in tue neign-borhood of his first settlement until 1847. It was here, in 1843, that be my associate and save me the pain ofj twelve miles northeast of Columbus, sueuag my own sister cunts Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Ltimbigo, Backache.

Headache, Teethache, oraTtaraat.awllln-RlMrKlne.Brl-M. Burn-, Scalds, Fra-t Biles. iu othik bubim riita in MbrlriilUftadDMl.r..?.rvwb-r.. Fifty Cam MS. DlrMtloD, tall UnfUCM.

TUB CBABLES A. VOUKLKK CO. Wholesale Liquor House 'No. iudge," replied the creditor. The purchase of this place was with the design of remaining only a few was bereft of his first wife, who was buried at the old Ingram family graveyard, on the old Federal road, two miles below Uchee postoffice.

She "I wnt justice done me, and I know you will give me justice, sister or no years until the Indian country be sister." came more available for safe emigra SPEER'S The claim was settled to the satis left four children, all of whom are tion. But it appears that he became faction of all parties. dead except Miss Julia L. Morton attached to the locality and remained TAYLOR CO. Offer to the trade of this section the most complete line of and Mr.

Madison H. Morton of Lee. There is preserved in Captain Ei I there longer than at any other place land's family a kaolin jug of about during his manhood. At length, af county. The same year he married MisB Sophia Ingram, a relative of his first wife.

two gallons capacity which was pur ter "sitting still nineteen years, in ALSO chased by his mother sixtv-three 1849, when 61 years of age, he sold FERMENTED CRAPE JUICE. LIQTJOIFC.S About 1847 the "piney woods" out again and this time carried out Used in the principal Churches for Communion. north and east of Ingram's mill be years ago; and however much or little of whiskey other jugs may have had in them, this particular jug has his long-cherished design, scttlingiin Excellent lor remaies, eaiuy reraone ana tttfc Aged. gan to attract the attention of small Eever offered in this Market. Consisting of Russell county, Alabama, purchasing land in what is known as the Hog Is never bad a drop of "the ardent" in land neighoorhood, near Cottonton lite Wheat Whiskey, i tale Brandv Lexington Club Whiskey.

it, and it will be the pride of her descendants to hand it down through succeeding generations as a ug which farmers, and it was here that Mr. Morton purchased land in the woods and began life anew, trading with Robert Chadwick. This place is north of Big Uchee, east of Watoola, Landing, on the Chattahoochee river. He survived this last move only four years, dying in 1853, his remains be has never made a "jar' in the family With the exception of the venera Holland and Imperial Gm. ing buried at the old Soule Chapel and two miles from Ingram mill.

Here he remained three years, and then sold out to Mr Thomas Kent. ble Mrs. Hopkins, there is not a resi. burying ground. Mr.

Thomas Brad ley now owns the homestead. Mrs, Mr. William Jackson now owns the Eiland survived her husband twelve dent of Crawford at this time who dates his or her settlement in the town prior to the year 1850, all having place. years, dying in 1865, and being bur Various Brands of Fine Wine and Brandy. Cases of Pech and Honey, Rock and Rye.

Peach and Apple Brandies in Half Barrels. In 1850 Mr. M. moved to Urawiord died or moved to other localities, and ied by his side. A marble slab marks and lived that year on the west side as far as I am informed there is only their resting place.

one man still living there who came Judge Eiland improved the small Also several of the most popular brands of of the street leading north from the courthouse, about one hundred and patrimony received from his father in that year, fifty yards from the hotel and nearly MR. TURNER MORTON, the morning of life to the extent that at his death his estate was valued at native Morgan county, North opposite the Sears house. This place was the property of T. W. Joiner and Carolina, born January 25, 1812, and $30,000.

claiming humble and honorable pa was destroyed by fire about 1854 or 1855. It caught from the adjoining rentage of the old-time primitive Judge Eiland was another typical man. It is said of him that seventeen years before his death he adopt They design keeping a general assortment of woods being on fire, i lie spring term Methodist stock, ot which he is just ly proud. In 1848 he married Miss of the Russell circuit court was in session at the time and many visitors Charlotte Jv. Ingram or Anson coun-tv.

North Carolina, started immedi ed the cash system in all his dealings, both in buying and selling, and these years covered the most prosperous period of his life, during which he en LIQUORS AND TOBACCOS; and as these goods have been bought with the cash, they will be sold at remarkably low figures fer cash. They do not propose to be undersold by any one, and invite inspection were in town, all of whom turned out. It was one of the primitive houses ately to Tennessee, and commenced SPEER'S PORT GRAPE WINE FOUR YEARS OLD. THIS CELEBRATED WINB is the pure juico of the dead ripe Oporto Grape raised in Speer's vineyards. Its invaluable Tonio and Invigorating Properties and unoccupied at the time.

life as a wagonmaker, which occupa joyed a mental repose known only to In 18ol Mr. Morton purchased those who are conscious ot the tact tion, in connection with a small farm. he has followed all his lite, lie re that they "owe no man." His estate of their Goods. TAYLOR lot from Mr. Hopkins, opposite where he now lives, put some improvements mained in Tennessee until 1837, at which date he emigrated to Russell was easy to close, there being no encumbrances and no doubtful debts to are unsurpassed by any other Wine.

Being on it, and remained there until 1854, when his present home was built. Vomer South Railroad and Tallapoosa (., Opelika. collect. county. Alabama, and settled proaucea unaer jnrpeer owd personal supervision, its purity and genuineness aro guaranteed by the principal Hospitals and Boards of Health who have examined it.

The youngest child may partake of it, and the weakest inva land purchased of Mr. Elias Reid There were seven children of this Sept 29 3m east of the old John B. Tate place, family, and the parents lived to see Here he has lived for thirty years, following his occupation of wagonmaker, carrying on a small farm in the country, and moving in the humbler and about 'three miles east of Uchee their baby warned and settled in lite. TIIE NEW HIGH AKM postoffice. At this date Uchee post- Six of these children are dead Mrs.

walks ot like, though living in town, office was located about a quarter of enjoys and unobtrusive and rural N. M. Lewis, wife of Lieut. Thomas J. Lewis, son of Ulysses Lewis and brother of the Hon.

John A. Lewis, a mile west of Uchee chapel, and was quiet. moved to its present position in 1843, in 1883 Mr. Morton was again left John B. Tate was postmaster in the who gave np his life on the battle IS SUPERIOR TO ALL! FOR early years of the settlement of the field of Gettysburg in 1863; Mrs.

solitary by the death of his second wife. She left only one son, Mr. Wil Miriam Dean wife of Mr. David Dean, country. This neighborhood was no.

ted for its wealth and intelligence liam T. Morton of Crawford. She is died in Muscogee county, Ueorgia, in Range of Work, Perfection buried in the Crawford Cemetery. 184T; Mrs. Abby Hitchcock, wife of and its trade with Columbus, Georgia, was an important factor in the rap Mr.

John J. Hitchcock, who met with a violent death in Enon, Alabama, id growth of that city. Among these of Stitch, Ease of Opera tion, Rapidity, and Almost Noiseless. lid use Huvaiiuaje. it in iwritvuiaii i-r neflcial to the aired and debilitated, and suited to the various ailments that affect the weaker sex.

It is In every respect a wine to be relied on. Speer's Unfermented Grape Juice. Is tho Juice of the Oporto Grape, preserved in its natural, fresh, sweet state as it runs from the press by fumigation, thereby destroying the exciter of fermentation. It is perfectly pure, free from spirits and will keep in any climate. Speer's Burgundy, Is a dark rich medium Dry Wine used by the wealthy classes as a Table or Dinner Wine, and by physicians whore a dry wine instead of a sweot port is desired.

Speer's (Socialite) Claret. Is held In high estimation for its richness as a Dry Table Wino especially suited for dinner use. Speer's P. Is a wine of tfciporior Character and partakes of the rich quaiRies of the grape from whioh it is made. i.

Speer's P. J. Brandy. Is a pure distillation from the grape, and stands unrivaled in this country for medicinal purposes. It has a peculiar flavor, similar to that of the grapes from which It is distilled.

Sod that the signature of ALFRED SPEER, Passaic N. is over the cork of each bottle. SOLD BY I Mr. Morton has been a worshipper in the Methodist church for fifty-three years, during most of which time and all of his Crawford life he has sustained an official relation. He notes about 1844.

afterwards the wife of opulent farmers were Captain John McTyeire, Henry and JJavid Love Mr. Henry King, who died in 1853, and later the wife of Mr. James Cash, Thomas D. and Elias Reid, Colonel many changes in Methodism during Nimrod Long, General died near Enon and was buried by these years, recalling the days when man Reynolds, William lhreadgill the side of her first husband; Mr. GREAT REDUCTION christians of all denominations wor Henry and the Rev.

Alexander Kin Eland Eiland died in 1848 in Jack shipped in the primitive style, when dred, Lemuel Ingram, James Comer son Parish, Louisiana; Judge Allen v.i. ul narts for theMiiigw Machine, Singer New there was but little formality and a and Alfred Williams, all of whom are Eiland, a lawyer of considerable prom. mi i mrstv es is z.i cents, MoAdlna ir. AAtite its ner dozen, two uoicu nai flnrrntv t.WII I great deal of Methodism. now dead, except probably Mr.

Wil Oil. nfa lv.tllo Nlnimr Khutt1i3 '2S CP11LS eilCU. also ask for the book, "Genius liams, who may be still living in Tub When Wilson's raiders passed thro' Crawford straggling parties paid him ise, resided in Crawford from 1850 to 1855 and in Tuskegee in 1856, taking an active part in the politics of the day, and in'185T went to Shrcve- keegee. These pioneers of one of the Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price Ust: Rewarded." (History of the Sewing Machine.) Moratl)a Ttovn-. ril.

Catalogue Free. most fertile sections of Russell coun a visit and gave him ample cause to remember them, but not with intense port, Louisiana, where he died in THE SINGER MANUFACTURING SCD1261V DEXTER AVEKl'E, MOXTGOM ERY, AIY4. affection. The Yankees appropria ty felled the heavy, luxuriant primeval forests of Big Uchee, erecting their log cabins on the ridges between 1859, and Mrs. Elizabeth Q.

Clarke DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE. wife of Marion L. Clarke, died Trado supplied fin Passaic, N. J. ted his corn, fodder and provisions, returning pay in the way of threats VI Speer Vineyards, bargain in Qlenville in I860.

the estuaries, supplanting the wig R. Y. JONES, Canvasser for OpeliKa and Vicinity..