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do, i DAI IT EXQriUElt-SrXl; CObHI Ill'S (rEOlvDI A. SDXDAV MOlJMXfJ. MAY Local Happenings in Browneville and Girard. A soci.iI Event for tin- Benefit of tin* IblptM ( hnreli Th«* llouw Wurmlmr to Take Plnre Nnnii—t’n* litfr.ll (tO**dp— W llllt Is (ioilltf On in (ilrnril-— petit ii of ail Estimable Lml). On last Wednesday evening one or those social events tor which Browneville is noted came off, at (he residence of Mayor John Stunmergill. The en tertainment was gotten up under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society ofthettuptM church, and for the purpose of making some repairs on said church. The affair was largely attended, and was a success in all respects. It will be followed ju other similar sociables during the summer months, all of which no doubt will prove as pleas ant and successful as the last. Browneville has a noble set of ladies, who are always alive in enter prises affecting the good of the community. finniil House IVarmimr. The beautiful new town hall over McCollister A Suinmergill’s new stores will be formally dedi cated to social pleasure on jtext Friday night, it being the occusion of a grand ball, gotten up by a number of gentlemen in the community. All admirers of the dance are invited to he present. A good band has been secured, nil kinds of re freshments will be served, and the best of order maintained. Messrs. J. A. Miller, M. T. Lynn and John Suinmergill will act as general mana gers, and the following gentlemen have been ap pointed as a committee of arrangements: C. II. Buchanan, J- H. Kinnett, .J. M. Payne, W. G. Posey, J. J. Goins and Minus Green. The new hall is now receiving its finishing touches and will be in admirable trim for the occasion, which while it will probably be the affair of the kind during the season is not likely to be the least in point of social importance. Political Mention. There is still considerable enthusiasm in Lee county politics, which will doubtless increase as the campaign advances. At the benteletion held in Browneville last Wednesday the following delegates were chosen to represent bent 10 in the county convention, which meets at Opelika next Wednesday : M. T. Lynn. W. B. Tefft, John Kinnett, Solon Griggs, John Wade. Funeral Services To-Buy. The funeral of Mr. George H. Sargent, who died at his father’s home in Lively last Friday, will take place at 10 a. in. to-day from Trinity church, Browneville. The Improved Order or Bed Men, of which deceased was a member, will escort the remains to their last resting pluce in Columbus cemetery. This is the first member of that order who has died in this vicinity, and the ceremony will doubtless be attended with more than ordinary interest on that account. Iljmen's Altar. The following parties of Browneville were united in marriage during the past week : On Wednesday, Mr. Dallas Farr to Mrs. Rena Chapman. Ceremony by Rev. J. W. Howard. On Friday morning by Justice Wooton, Mr. Will Bodeford to Miss Mollie Richardson. Browneville Briefs. The town has wilted considerably under the hot weather of the past several days. A slight sprinkle fell about noon yesterday. A good rain is greatly needed. A good (leal of sicknesacontinues to exist. Mr. John Lowndes is reported dangerously ill. Mr. S. M. Ingersoll has been appointed locnl agent of the New York Mutual Trust Fund Life association. Mr. A. S. Hough, of Emory''college, has been spending several days in Browneville, and is the guest of Dr. U. H. Smith . An auction sale of household effects took place in front of the council chamber yesterday. Fair prices were obtained. Merchants say there has been considerable im provement in trade during the week. This is good news. Marshal Wilkins reports a continuance of the best of order throughout his precinct. One of McOollister’s new stores is occupied by John Summergill & Co., as a grocery store. The oilier will soon be occupied as a shoe store by Mr. John Albright. Street Tax Due June 1, ls*6. All delinquents will be required to pay a fee of fifty cents. ,S. M. Inokksoli., Clerk of Council. Browneville, Ala., May 29, 1886. Wind's I lie Mattel Willi lliiiiiier Drugs, Medicines ami filarden Seeds at Dr. Mc- Cutcheon's “Livefiv Drug Store.” Lively. Ala., costs only half the price charged in Columbus, bogus, played out insurance agents, tramps, tumps, dudes and professional boot licks and axes lor grinding in genera) will still sing out: Old Seeds : Old Drugs! and well they may. You know they must sing some song whiie they rob you by charging double, and this accounts for the milk in the cocoa nut, and that’s what’s the mat ter with Hannor! NEWS FROM << lit A KB. Gic Boines of Death Li rani Debating Soviet) — An Appeal for the Lazy Club-Splinters and Straws—Sad Death of a Child. George, the youngest son of Dr. Thomas H. Howard, came to his death last Monday night fi'om injuries received in a tight with a seven year old son of Mrs. Linnahan. Full particulars of the sad event, and the subsequent arrest of the boy slayer, his trial and release have already been given in this paper. But it will not be out ot place for us to add that the affair is greatly re gretted by all citizens of G irn rd. The little dead boy was the idol of the doubly-bereaved father ami Hie light and joy of the house. The dying scene was very affecting, and the child asked if he should not soon be with his good mother who went toheaven a few weeks before. May a kind and merciful Providence bind up and heal the hearts thus broken and bereaved, and may the melancholy event prove a warning to other boys against the foolish and dangerous practice of rock battles which are so often engaged in by Hie boys of our land. A Mother in Israel Hus Fallen. Mrs. Martha Ii. Roberts, mother of Mr. E. S. Roberts, died at the residence of her son in Girard Friday night in the 80th year of her age. Mrs. Roberts had resided in Girard for the past lorty years, where she was well known and high, ly respected as a consistent member of the Bap- Hst church, and a lady of blameless life. Having attained a ripe old age, she now rests from her labors and her works do follow her. Trouble in I be Wigwam. The secretary of the lazy club reports great diffi- tull y in securing the services of a suitable man for president of the organization. Several gen tlemen have been appealed to to sit ju that august and responsible attitude, but they all kick, or would do so if it did not require too much exertion this hot weather. The treasurer ■wants to resign because there’s no money to jin- and would move the nomination of a suc cessor did he not realize that moves of all sorts me out of older. Hope a thorough reorganization "iH soon bo effected and harmony restored. Girartl Debating Society. A number of citizens have organized a society with this name which holds weekly meetings and assies with weighty questions, the handling of which causes a good deal of amusement this hot W’eather. .Judge John R. Barr is president. At -1* meeting held last Tuesday night the question up was: “Which is most valuable to man. paper or gunpowder?” The powder gained its case ns it generally does when well used. The question for next meeting is, -Which exerts the moat evil over man. woman or money?” This will probably call forth an animated discussion. (iIrani tiussip. Law matters quiet. The business men are more hopeful. Mrs. Hiram Williams and Mis- Mollie C’lay have been very sick, but are better. Mr. R. Davis lias opened an ice house. Bally A Griswold have established a lumber yard, which will he a great conveirencc to i iti- zens. A negro clvld was born a day or two ago with only one hand, and a stub for the oilier, and thi- is considered a curiosity. The brick yard fires have been lit up during the week, and this shows there is life in the old land yet. There was quite a mad dog excitement in the valley last Sunday. A hundred or t wo boys dis patched the canine in short order. Tiim nu; in redid.i \. lion tbe Prank of a Sum 11 Boy ( hum s a Deacon’s Hair to Turn White in a simile Night— Spreading Panic ami Depopulation in the (oh,her Districts of (ienriria. Correspondence Enquirer-Sun. Dallas, Ga., May 28. I see that our pet buz zard has got into your section of the country and is carrying consternation in his track. In an is sue of the Exquiher-Svn, published one day this week, I found the following, credited to the Ameeicus Republican: Friday morning old Jack, a colored woodcut ter, came rushing up the street with his mouth open and eyes starting from their sockets “What’s the matter. L’ncle Jack?” was asked. The old negro looked at the questioner, as he trembled in fear, and stammered out: “I’se gwine ter die.” “How do you know, ami when?” “Fse gwine ter die, kase I beam the bell ringing what ole Miss use ter ring when .lack was a little hoy, way back vander, nearly eighty years. It ring over me, and den on di’s side, an den dat, sometimes clus ter me. an' den fer away; ail’ all de time it seems ole Miss is callin' inter Jack. But 1 wants ter get ter de Dell, ter get sum of de Funny skull dinner afore I goes.” Just then a little darkey steps up saying : “Grandad, bear’s yer close nm sent vou ter put on an’ says come to the Dell, kept eailin yer, and the buzzard witn a bell on it was fiyingal! around there, and you got scared and run.” The old man denied running but got his dinner. It is to be regretted that our colored friends are in so much trouble about that belled buzzard. As this, Paulding county is the native place of that famous bird, a little of his history may not be un interesting and may save some Georgia farmer his crop. Thare is a farmer in this county by the name of Freeman who once upon a time had a pet buz zard. This, to start with, may appear a little strange as the buzzard is not a beautiful bird. Neither is it affectionate or engaging. It has no pretty tricks like the parrot. It has no melodious voice like the nightingale. It possesses a pheno menal sense of smell, and its intelligence and ac curacy as a diagnostician in the case of afflicted mules, or cats, or hogs, are said to be simply amazing. But these are not qualities of an en dearing nature—not calculated to twine around the heart-string and to ce- ment£love. Nevertheless this buzzard was a pet in the family of farmer Freeman, who managed to keep it comparatively contented by holding its food over—getting it over-ripe, so to speak. In a word it became thoroughly domesticated, and, though it had a way of looking at the sick little Freemans which made the anxious parents un comfortable, the relations continued to be satis factory and pleasant all around. Some time ago, however, while one of the children was playing with the buz zard, it occurred to his infant mind to attach to the bird’s ankle a small bell which happened to be lying around loose Acting upon this inspiration, the small Freeman did in fact securely tie to the buzzard’s leg the aforesaid hell. The bird seemed rather proud of it at first, but soon became alarmed and at night, when it went to roost, the tinkling of the bell was so alarming that it flew off’ in dismay. The faster this panic-stricken buzzard flew, the louder tink led the bell, and it was not until he had traveled into the next county and had become thoroughly worn out that he could bring himself to take a rest. By a curious eoJndence, the buzzard concluded to stop at u negro cabin wherein Deacon .lack- son was holding forth a select few on the twofold topic of the watermelon prospect foi this world and the salvation outlook for the world to come. Deacon Jackson, to be more specific, had already exhausted the subject of watermelons, which, be ing still remote, possessed but an abstract and philosopicnl interest for his hearers, but had been for some moments dwelling upon the tortures of the wicked in the great hereafter, when there was heard in the air a ghostly swoop, the noise of a loud flopping, followed by a stealthy thud on the root and the tintinnabulation of ay unearthy boll. The audience had been worked j into a passion of alarm by the deacon’s eloquence, and the deacon himself felt not wholly prepared j for judgment day, there being at that moment a chicken, the property of a neighbor, reposing in the pocket of his overcoat, it maybe imagined, therefore, with what celerity that cabin was cleared. With one wild shriek the deacon bounded into the outer dar kness, closely pursued by the congregation, w bile above them the startled buz zard took up his weary flight again, the dull beat of his wings and the horrid tinkling of the hell lending preternatural acceleration to the stam pede. Duriftg the past few weeks that bird has visited nearly every neighborhood in the goober district of Georgia, spreading panic and depopulation as he goes. No one will shoot him, for he is looked upon as a forerunner of fate—a fticssenger from the spirit world. No one will stop and look at him long enough to unravel the mystery. The j buzzard flies on, seeking for release and rest, and j before him flee great herds of terror-stricken col ored folks. Deacon Jackson turned white, like J the prisoner of C’hillon, in a single night, and there isn’t a darkey in four counties who can show a kink in his hair. What the end will be no one knows, but if something isn’t done to that bird before very long there won’t he anything to eat in some parts of Georgia after the blackberries are gone till the frost strikes the persimmon crop. L. E. G. BOHINK IMIDILARS. They Filter a Suburban Store anil Carry BIT a Wagon Load of (iroeeries. Yesterday morning when Mr. T. A. Cantrell went to his store at the foot of Wynne’s Hill, he saw unmistakable evidence that burglars hud been there during the night. Upon examination he found that they had effected an entrance by boring a hole through the back window and opening i*. After getting on the inside they closed the window and began to make a selec- I tion of such articles as they wanted. They . took a box of tobacco, several ! sides of meat, part of a barrel | of sugar, a quantity of coffee, several sacks of flour and several gallons of whisky which Mr. Cantrell had stored away. From the quantity , of goods taken they must have had a wagon. They left the store by opening one of the doors and the salt from the meat was strewn about on the ground. Mr. Cantrell says that as he does not know ex actly what was stolen, he cannot a ccurately esti mate his loss, but he thinks it is in the neigh borhood of $100. There is no clue whatever to the burglars. Library Sunday Hours. In future the Sunday hours at the library will be from 9 a. in. until 12 noon. • \ LA DAM A I’Ol.l ills. Tin 1 t.iibernutmlnl situation from a Stilt Mini I standpoint- An K-t iinat** oftlTo A «»(•*> Out of 7l!5l — Bauson the Louder With ( hi)ion a ( lose Sec ond. The Alabama state convention will bo hold June 9th.jU which time a governor and state house official* will be nominated by the demo cratic party. The four candidates for guberna torial honors are 1 Henry 1). Clayton, of B:u hour county. N. H. K. Dawson, of Dallas c uintv. John M. McKleroy. of Barbour county. Thomas .Seav. of Hah- county. The F.nijvi uku-Sun g.\es a Drive this morning showing the strength of tV.ese four card! !ntc*. as if i- believed it will be d« \eloped on the rirst bal lot in the convention. This tub e is made up from counties having a!r.-ad\ *e»ected delegates. Mini while a large majority of the oelegate* are uninstiucted. i; i* bell • At he*t that i ami • t the table i- not , the figures .lie the j hide 675 out i f the ! is in . i i 1 16 ltf < lav Coffee Conecuh Covington Cullman Dale Delvalb Dallas Elmore Etowah Escambia Fayette Franklin C ieneva Greene Henry iiale Jackson Jefferson Lauderdale.... Lee Lo wndes Lamar Lawrence Limestone M aeon Marengo Marshall Monroe Morgan Madison Marion Mobile Montgomery. Perry Pike Pickens Randolph ell.. 18 1 1 1 1 o W. IL Moo:e to E. M. Wuish au i M. ’1. lb igan, part of *it\ No. 77. for |2125. Henry C. Kimbrough, exre.. to Archibald M. Kimbrough 2u9 acre* in the eighth di-tr : ( t. for *1155.5(1. L. II my t » A. C. Vn iohoe. trustee, lot in the oi l c«mrt house square, tor $5700. W. *v Wynne to Con. lia K NYyi.no ami Isaac J. Wynne, part of city iot No. 219. for natic.ri love and uffec.inn John L. Hogan to James M. llur/i-on. pari of city mi No : in the old jail square, for Done. ’1 he Lube-’ Benevolent and Educational m.eu- ty .o A C. Chancellor, part of city ’ot No. ,Vi3. for f>S0. A. W. While to Tempy V* iritit and Lucinda Lyons, part ofeit;. ha No. $. for $5o. . A.C. ( ha nee! lor to A. C. Banning. .-111111 prop erly, for |2000. A. i . Chancellor to L. F. Garrard, lots No.-.5 and 6 in commons block N<>. 20, for $1700. Wile • Wynne to B. 11. Crawford, part of i«»t No. in in u- .union-, block No. 29, tor $600. Jordan I . Brook*, adnrini-lnitor. W Mrs. M. h. Ryu:., part of city lot No 193. fi»r$15oo. A. t . 1 lmnce!!' >r to A ni:i V. la me pint* of city Di IdlHI :t»' D t V. Ml st (Hit I >1 PEItlOH CDI III . Id t iiinini 1 1‘slilp The (.1 Bruuhum to I’ .1 units. The adjourtifd May term of Muscogee superior court will convene to-morrow morning. Judge Btanham, of Rome, will preside, Judge Clarke ifing unable to come. The criminal docket will he taken up early in the week and tile jail case* disposed of as rapidly us possible. It i- thought that the term will not extend oxer more than a v. c-ok or ten days, as Judge Branham cannot re main longer and Judge Willis is still -ulf'Tii.g with his eyes. There arc 111) civil c:\som on the trial docket, and 285 on the criminal do« kit. Tin re are about 25 prisoners in jail awaiting trial. ! dic ing is U cl of the tr 1 of the gnu rsejury dra ! iur\ and the lir«*t serve at this mi tv Mi-im.lies it Driv ran A ( lain to since Tt of It. '•'unaihit hni Thai- Tim to an Dhl \ 0I1 \ ear- Wo ( use (.riel* to Pride li.l Hani Ja* Siv.it I 1 Puili st. Ui Shelby Sumter Tallapoosa... Talladega Tuscaloosa.... Washington.. Walker Wilcox Winston Total '722 187'220f 152 116 It will be seen that the above table very nearly embraces the entire state, and it gives a tolerable fair reckoning of what will be done 011 the first ballot. It is quite plain that none of the gentle men in the contest will have a walk over, and the earnestness with which they have made the campaign is an indication that they will fight equally with as much earnestness in the conven tion. We may therefore conclude that the nom ination is some distance from the first ballot. Of course nearly every one will predict the success oftheir particular favorite, but any prediction made now can clearly be nothing else than guess work. We shall not undertake to guess it. A MONTUOMKItV VIEW. A gentlemen at Montgomery, who is probably os well posted a* any man in the state, sends us the latest statement made up at Clayton head quarters. At a late hour last night this estimate of counties heard from gives Clayton, 171: Daw son, 183: McKleroy, 151; and .Seay, 121, with 93 votes yet to hear from. The estimates on the entire state, bused on what lias been definitely received, and probabili ties are as follows: Clayton, 225; Dawson, 202; McKleroy, 159: Seay, 135. K F A L FSTA’l F. Transfers Recorded During Hie Month of Miij. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the clerk’s office during the month of May: Asa ifi Lowe to H. W. Hillman lot of land in the Uth district, for $1500. H. W. Jiillman and wife to Charles Lurned, same property, for $2000. M. A. Bradford to George E., Homer L. and Charles A. Smith, part of cit\ lot No. 102, for $10. L. E. Chandler to George E., Homer L. and Charles A. Smith, part of city lot No. 102, for $10. S. U. Jaques to G. M. McEJhancy and II. M. Howard, city lot No. 18-1,for $6000. Elizabeth E. McAllister to George E., Homer L. and Charles A. Smith, part of city lot No. 102, for $1000. George K. Smith, et al to II. iI. Daniel, part of city lot No. 102, for $1205. Homer L. Smith, administrator, to ii. H. Dan iel, part of city lot No. 102, for $1205. William McGovern, executor, etc., to J. Guy Marcrum, part of city lot No. 268, for $*55. Henry C. Kimbrough, administrator, to J. W. Kimbrough, lot No. 17 and part of lot No. 1 in the ninth district, for $2500. Henry C. Kimbrough, executor, to J. W. Kim brough, lot No. 267 in the eighth district, for $385. Win. Barron to Elbert B. Ramsey, part of Jot in the eighteenth district, for $1100. Elbert Jl. Ramsay tojas. W. Kimbrough, same- property, for $1150. A. M. Kimbrough, to T. J. Watt, 100 acres of land in the 9th district, for $500. Hilliard T. Roper to Jus. K. G. Sheer wood, lot of land in the Nth and 9th districts, for $3000. Jus. K. (). Shecrwood to the American Freehold Land Mortgage company, of London, same prop erty, for $3000. W. .J. Watt to Hilliard T. Roper, lot of land in the Nth and 9th districts, for $5250. Jacob G. Burrus, sheriff, to Susie Wynne Bur ma, city lot No. 200, for $1300. Thomas A Peabody, administrators, to the Co lumbus railroad company, lot of land 011 Rom- Hill, for $915. J110. W. Bowen to Eliza Bowen, trustee, part of city lot No. 159, for $10u. Ann Scealy to John H. Edwards, part of city lot No. 111. for $600. Win. A. Little to W. A. Willingham, lots Nos. 10, 17. 18.25. 26 and 27 in Little’s survev in the To-.iiormw is decoration day u the north coll ect,.5. fitly, a national holiday and the j .«st office w. I «. seno fs’.mcluy hour* and ot.ier pimlie 111- Mitutioua v. ill close. 'flic south hart appropriately observed memo rial uuy,-n hen Cie Mowers were laid upon the grave- .f those who sou* the grey, and upon tiiose w.10 wore the blue. Decoration nay ha-, therefore, little significance attuclud to it «n this section. And it seel :s that the day is not what it u.-cl to be. e\en ii. the north, for twenty years makes a great change in the way people look n; things. We lead some very interesting reminiscences in a northern exchange a few days ago that contain much of truth. A11 old veteran in talking t > the newspaper reporter said: “In the matter of decorating soldiers’ graves the people have changed more than they would be willing lo admit. When decoration riu.\ wa- first observed every other emotion was subordinate to poignant grief. The sight of soldiers’ grave* then caused the grief of people to break out afresh, and the scenes on the grounds were tune-real in character because the majority of women were in black.’ “it was the custom then to have the flowers distributed by young girls dressed in white. This simple ceremonial made sharper the contrast and brought out in stronger light the ruling emotion of the people who made up the great crowds who came together on such occasions. Outside of j these contrasts there was a. tinge ot ro- 1 mante, and the unexpected was constantly leap- I pelting. People who had been enemies in the j years before the war would meet .suddenly or j would he revealed to each other suddenly by I some little act of common sympathy or common | impulse and would become friends.” “ 1 remember < ne case in which there had been alienarion between t.vo families caused by an , elopement. A young man married a neighbor’s daughter against his father s wish, and when the war broke out he volunteered, went into Hu army without a word of good-by to ln» parents, and in the closing year of the war was shot dead at K* saoa. ’ Through the efforts of his wile - fam ily Hie remains were brought home and interred in the heiue cemetery. All that a lot ing woman’s hands could do to beautify the grave \y,as done, and when the first formal observances of deco ra tion day ceremonies came around, the soldiers who earn** to that .spot laden with flowers found it already so beautiful and impressive in its deco- 1 ration that not tv flower was added. “Late in the afternoon of the warm .May day ' and after the grounds had become almost desert- j ed. a sorrowing little woman in black came with her little boy to kneel at the grave and reairangc the flowers and to drop on them many a tear. To the other side came a shattered old man. sup ported by an old lady whose snow while h in I clustering undnr her black bonnet gave her .111 uncanny appearance.* As the kneeling woman 1 raised her eyes the old man dropped his cam-. 1 stepped across the mound of flowers and 1 aught , her in his arms. This was the reconciliation,an-i plete. end the starting point of a new friendship smd ii new family life for both parties.' "On Iktsime day, behind a clump of ever greens, another scene of a different ordci was en- a« Led. A family group of six or seven had gath ered about a grave not yet green v.th sod. -iml were engaged in planting rose-bushes and other flowering shrubs, when they were startled by the quick step of a stranger, who said: “There is a mistake here. This grave is that of my brother; your friend or relative was buried al m,\ home in Indiana. I learned bill yc-torday that insuiiu- way the body <J‘m.\ brother had U-eq sent hen- and Ihe body intent ed for this grave si nt to me. I felt that this explanation ought to b» made and so. after decorating one grave tins morning. I have crossed the due to decorate unotJn 1 to day. ’ The facts were as stated, and a lifelong friendship came of this exchange of bodies." “As the years went bv Hu-soldiers’ccmcu-rie* were less and less the field of surprise, and it was only in regard to the men marked missing that there was uncertainly. Monuments took shape in nearly ill the cemeteries, and us tune passed, those who came to lay flowers upon the graves did not wear black. Grief gave place lo tender recollections, and the high wrought feeling and the romance ah became mailers ot the past. The observances of decoration day now are a revival of tender memories and of treasured recollections which recall more of (.ride than of grief.’ HOTEL ARRIVAL*. J C i’o-ter. .1 F 1 ’lournoy, \V II 8(1 III**, W B Hade. V. ,\ M 1 riink 1 Joseph King, M \V Du .1 \ Dav J F Ti 1c (. \ Riddle. John Ft. v lair. Angus:us Uibsm (u-oige Green. Henry Taylor, Jol* n A bank in. M MI\V 8( ilrtDL rilMr. Th«\A timml Festival of Hie Bit In I Siunlii) School Tin* \snoHiiHoii Adopts Resolutions, Etc. The annual picnic of Bethel Sunday school was given yesterday. The Muscogee County Sunday School Association was invited to hold it* meeting at Bethel and join in the festivities, hut owing to a misunderstanding in regard to (he invitation only the following schools were repri sented: First Presbyterian church Sunday school of this city. Bethel church Sunday school. Evergreen church Sunday school. Fortson's Union Sunday school. Shiloh church Sunday school. Mt. Zion church Sunday school. At a meeting of the association, none of the officer- being present, Mr. ('. A. Redd wa* called to preside, and Judge T. <'. Rees to act as secre tary. After transacting what business they could without the record, the following resolutions were adopted : Resolved,'l’hat the delegates present hereby tender the'r sincere thanks to the officers of Bethel Sunday school and nienri)»-is of that con gregation for their kind invitation to be present at their annual picnic, and for the elegant hospitality extended to us on that occasion. * Resolved, That we recommend that the .Sep tember convention In; held at Pierce chapel on the third Saturday. The convent ion then adjourned. flioicc llooms lo Item. | IThecoolest and most central and desirable in ihe.city. Eri-iNt. Hoc si-;. my27 th sat so MSI’ OF M ITFItS. List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Co lumbus. Ga., post office for the week ending May 50th. If not culled for within thirty days will be sent to I he Dead Lettei Office: Atkins, nir.* S McCarty. C Annstricli. i Me Lendon A < o., J E Anile*. M 1) .Mann, miss L Alien. A .1 Madri.x. mi-s.j Adams, G II Mink hum. mis S M Brown miss G Marietta. G Brooks miss L Merritt. Dr J Boon, \V W Mill, r miss A N Blue kman, B Mi.lei. isn-s D ti J FI. • k. miss M vford’, D C ii. w }•; * . !ll*»S A 1. M ip. mis D Pi eddy, mr- A M Jvcvicre .1 A 2 Kee-i . mrs S Reed, mi'h M .1 I Flnherhy, .1 II Seller-. I M Foot, ini'.* K Simons .1 R For.iii, mrs M .J Steward, miss C Fru/cr, miss K col Si abb-, nn-s I Fro 1 icy, J Spencer, mrs A col Fuller, K II Smith, F col Guine>, M M jr Sio<»k miss L Glum, mis-! S', B Threat, Rev II Gorily, miss M U L 1’homas. miss N (.ordv, miss M Tompkins, (' W GiaU. mrs R L - J II I raiiiniell. R If Harris, K H Wentworth, mis Harris, miss J A Walker. .1 I li.l. D Wails, i, Ilooppaiigh. miss J. Wonll.iw. W I. Jib' .till S mis*- N Alexander Tole*. administrator,to Carrie- Miles, parts of lots Nos. Hand 11 in commons block No. 2, for $395. Jennie Carnes to Maggie Foran, {tart of city lot No. 3u7. for $1000. N. P. Banks to Agnes Rankin, trustee, city lots Nos. 610 and Oil, for $1000. Joseph Heciit to J. R. Brannon, ]/. interest in part of city lot No. 69. for $2500. Leopold Lovventiial to Matilda J. Kaufman, lot No. 1 in old Presbyterian church blocs, for $2250. ci-.ntu \i. nonx. Lein O. Button. Lynchburg; J. H. •Simmoinl, Baltimore: K. M. Jordan, Nashville; Jas. W. II ill. Georgia; A. G. Gordon, Montgomery : I-Mwaid Rogers. Alabama ; W. A. Harris, U’averJy Hull; L. L. Cuito, Jeiiugun, Ala.; Jno. (Hightower. Union Springs: Ed 0. Mansfield, LaGrange; E. P. Donnelly, Atlanta; Watson L. Maston, North Carolina; E. L. Ramsey. Ham.-comity; Thoma*- While. Opelika ; J. A. Ab-Crary. Geneva: II. W. Barksdale. W. Foot. W. it. Blythe. Box .Spring-. S. P. Jones. Atlanta; Kouert IF Johnson. New York: (>. L. Gn-gory. J.ouisville; E. H. Lewis. H II. Ripley. W. E. Blanchard. L stoir J. T. I'ariy. Jacksonville; C. Jl. ( arpenter. New York. Li hr arv Dots. We don’t imaii yoiu m igiiOoi.btil vou art-flu- one to join and help the library, and gel more books to lead for less money than in any other The city s'i*tu : n.- our public school*, and our citizen-should sustain nm j.ubiie ubiai v. The mental in-lruction and amusement to -ill m.r people Who are i " :iri>« 1 Can’t yon join? You we mean. Won’t you join the public library.' Why u*.u 1 you.' It c -is but little $1 ayc-.ii and om citizen.-.-1.«n.id sus tain and lake a piide in it. [ The books are well selected, the library cen trally located, the rooms well arranged; all we need is your co-operation. Won t you give it: | The libiariun is the only salaried officer of the library. You may have a good binary at home, I but all of our citizens have not. One dol.ai a quarter w i!) give all ’he b- ne’its of the public libraiy. Warn: W uit< Willi*. |. Williams Yearly, n S' J rim. mr* M please say they TJlOfc J WATT. P. AL l.lVl.I.k I, K MSI'. BASER \ hi. BREVITIES. Tlu> Ri-still of (iunie* Pbiyeil Vesterihi) — Hunk of t lie Sou (her 11 League < Intis. The following is the result of games played yes-- * tonlay : Philadelphia, Pa.- Morning games: Philadel phia 1. Kansas City 0: Athletics 1, St Louis 18. Washington Nationals 2. Chicago F Philadelphia Athletic 3, St. Louis 11; Phila delphia '.). Kansas ( ity 3. Boston Bostons I. Detroit* 9. New York New York 7, St. Louis 3. Brooklyn - Brooklyn 1. Louisville 0. Staten island -Metropolitans 11, Cincinnati 6. Pittsburg Morning game - Pittsburg 16. Balti- mors5; afternoon game Pittsburg I, Baltimore0. Chattanooga Chattanooga 2. Macon 3. Atlanta Augusta I. Atlanta 6. Nashville Nashville 7, Savannah 12. Memphis Memphis 0. C harleston 2. HANK OP SO|"|'|| Kl<X I.PAOPI CLUBS. The following shows the positions occupied by the Southern league cluh.s ; Won. Lost. Rank. Lot of unclaimed loiter.* remaining in ust Office for the month ending May 51 ut cafleiJ for 111 thirty days will be sent 1 end Letter Office: art, Dnph Mom s, mi * RucJuu r.idbuig, in is Jane M-.rris. M <; ochruii, Pete 1 Meiea f. Hiram layton. miss Mary J JMaynor, mrs Lou onway. I( f) Newman, J L oi per. mis- E J Park- s. E Augusta. Maon .Memphis. V IlII Nash ville. - 'ga (•eiiernl (tonlon at lliiinilton. (u neral John IF Gordon addressed the citizens of Harris county at Hamilton yesterday. He was accompanied from Greenville by the Greenville brass band. O11 his arrival at Hamilton he was met by a large delegation of citizens, who carried a hutniei, on which was inscribed. “Our Gov ernor, General John B. Gordon.” A large and enthusiastir crowd listened to his speech, which G said to have made a fine impression. }\ iu.i mill Bail. A hail storm, accompanied by a strong wind, struck Geneva at noon yesterday. The hail fell thick and in large stones. The wind blew with such force that a two-horse hack standing in the street was overturned. The citizens were con siderably frightened from fear that a serious storm was about to strike the town. In Destitute (Iministiinees. Mrs. Susie Hugely, who lives in Banks’ build ing. is in very destitute circumstances. She has some very young children, and is without means to support them. 'I he charitably inclined will do well to seek her, as she is quite feeble, and re lieve her condition. Jl. (. A. Social service this afternoon at 3:30, to which all young men are cordially invited. The meet ing w ill last just one hour. All men are welcome, and will he made to feel at homo. De-hV'taria\c. Tartar on the teeth is always pernicious, causing the gums to become swollen, in- iiamed and spongy. Keep it off by using Delectalave. For sale by all druggists. Weekly Bank Statement. Nrew York, May 2D.—The following is t he statement of the Now York associated, banks for the week : Reservo increase f 29,425 Loans decreased 533,700 Specie decreased 305,200 Legal tenders increase 220,600 Deposits decrease -111,100 Circulation decrease 18,300 The banks now hold if13,830,600 in excess of the ‘25 per cent. rule. For Sale or Unit. The desirable store with wagon yard attached, now owned by Mr. AL Simon. This lot is A, ol acre in size, is in a most con venient location, and is one of the best business points in 1 he city. Possession given 1st September or 1st October according to wishes of purchaser. The property is for sale only on account of the failing health of present owner. This is the best bargain ever -offered in Colum bus real estate sales. For terms apply to m rl6se It M. Simon. ” Josephine Hotel, Union Springs, Ala., for rent. Furniture for sale. Splendid opening fora good 11,,t 1 -1 nia 11. R. A. Fleming. <> I 1 ' •dlf.V.-eJt >1 of ti- Proof < eilm* ( liesls I or sun if the Red Sti.i Store. Now is the time to buy my20 th&se It < Kiel i»f Police. Macon, < Ja., June 10. 1880. Mu. Hall Dear Sir; I have several times used your gkom.ia < hill Remedy i family, and always with success. J have n a great many persons cured by using it regard it as one of the best drill cures I ever saw. Respect fully. John Huhlky, (’hief of Police. f \>r .-ah by Bidnnou Carson, wholesale and retail. 1N0 b> Gilbert «V Blanchard. myoseAiwly Flic < oniily Chain (■ang. M icon, Ga., May 10, 1*80. Ml:. R. IF Hall: Your Gkohoia ( mill Reme dy I,a.-be- 11 used among the convicts of the coun ty chain gang with satisfactory results, and with all flu- evidence before me I think it to be one of the standard medicines of the day, and do not hesitate to recommend it. H. L. Cook, Chairman .Supply Committee Board Road Com missioners, Bibb County. For sale by Brannon *t Carson, wholesale and retail: also by Gilbert Blanchard. my5se&wly Ron ml Trip Tickel* fa Hear lion. A.. O. Uncoil Speak. Con mm s, Ga., May 29th, 1886. Tin f oliimbii* and Rome Railway will sell round trip tickets from all stations to Hamilton Tuesday. June 1st, at four cents per mile. Hon. A. (). Bacon will address the citizens of Harris and Mcriwilhcr counties in Hamilton on that day. J ■ C. S. Howard, G. P. A. W L. Clakk. G. M. iny29 2t r sore lungs use P all lung and ches If you suffer from weak cine, which quickly cure affections. dtl Duffy’* Pure Malt Whisky for medicinal use. MeKwan’s, Edinburgh Ale, Guinness* Extra In, 'nils Isabella v.ml. mi.--; i auiii( l. mi-.- Leola Lon, \V II leu. ,uis»s America m. 1 son. It V nson. Dr J S \ Hon. mr- He*bee vie.-, mrs Lizzie hi. mrs Mary J. Mu VlsIHLE Sl’I'CLV. ir’ouk. Ma v 29. I he total visible supply of ,r Ihe world is 2.2U9,.iU5, of wnicii 1.658,- ,,, r.e.m, against 2.255.tU7 ami 1.629,617 1 jy last yeai'. Rereipts at all interior ».ds>. Rci i-ipts from plantaionH, 1986. sight . pool.. May 29. Noon. -Cotton steady, Ian rieinatnl: midtiling uplands 5‘;a, 5 5-16d; sales 1U.U0U bales—for specu- 11.1 export IPOD bales, its ou bak-s 00 American. - opened quiet, at the following quo- 5 5-G-id ui .June 5 2-6-Id I August 0 3-6Id • • i. 1 September 5 5-64d >cr and (letober 5 0-61 5 l-6ld ei and December 1 61-61.1 Per 5 5-6 Id r- of Hellvi rie- for to-dav’s clearing 00 of old docket. 6900 bales ot docket ami ou ba and .*eptei (let(• b» - . 5 l 62-6-1 ! ■ l ivery, 5 3-6id buyers; May ers; June and Juiy, 5 3-64d just, 5 bold sellers: August 6ld value; beptember and is; October and November, iiber ami December. 1 61-6Id i-6hi buyers. Futures closed l*bt 1111111 v; Done