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DAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1SSG. ideas Suggested by a Stroll Through the City. An tMtociation for Building up the Special In- 14-rehtN of the City—A Young Lady Lett, the Kn* ^tirer-Smi Into a Secret—IIunity Jordan's Views on the IliiMhte** Outlook—Thermometers and Wasps. “‘Why don’t the Enquirer-Sun advocate an association for Columbus like that the enter prising citizens of Nashville have inaugurated?" said a go-ahead business man to us last night. "What is that?" we asked. "It is called the Manufacturers and Mechanics’ Association. It was organized fourteen years ago, and its object is to aid with information as to location, price of real estate, labor, ftiel, etc., in the establishment of any and all manufactur ing enterprises desiring to locate among us; to .gather and compile statistics relative to the es tablishment, growth and extent of the various manufacturing industries of the city and state; to present and keep the same advantageously advertised to the businees world, and to encour age local manufacturing interests and the devel opment of manufacturing and mechanical indus tries.” * This is a good thing and too much cannot be said in favor of associations whose avowed object is the building lip of any special interest in the community in which they are located. There is at present a great and growing demand for relia ble information concerning the manufacturing and industrial interests and possibilities of this city and section, and such an institution in Co lumbus would be of vast benefit. Beyond doubt this is a work in which every man who has the welfare and prosperity of the city at heart is personally interested. Our board of trade is a good institution, but it does m t fill all the requirements. We have it from good authority that tnis Nashville association has been the direct means of carrying a number of enterprises to that city. “Ever heard of a ribbon party? You didn’t. Well, come in the store and I’ll tell you about it," and then a young lady at a Broad street mil linery store gave us the particulars. Said she: “No flowers are worn by the guests, and both ladies and gentlemen are as gayly decked out in streamers as the old dandies and fops of old King Charles’ cour,. The gentlemen, through the courtesy of the hostess, are provided with rosettes, while the leaders in the dance, and those im ited to aid in the reception wear scarfs of soil silk to match the sash draperies of their partners. It goes without saying that white or tinted mulls •and spring muslins are the regulation party dresses, which fairly pulsate with ribbons. Rib bons are worn in the hair, about the throat, arms And wrists; scurfs cross the corsage, or are bound round the waist, Greenaway fashion, and if bunches of parti-colors do not loon the draperies, plain bands radiate, like the spokes of a wheel, from belt to the bottom of the skirt." Just as the newspaper man started out she called him back to whisper: “For the life of you, don’t you give it away, but some of the girls are getting ready to give one here. If you ever mention it, don’t say r told .von.” Hon do you regard the present business pros pects of Columbus? was asked by the Enquirer- Sun representative of that far seeing and enter prising citizen, Mr. G. Gnnby Jordan. “At this time I tnink they are exceedingly bright. We certainly have a well located city for all lines of tvade, and every sort of business should prosper here. I think we have been blessed recently with a strong upheaval of public opinion which is directed toward progress. I think in other words we are now enjoying a substantial boon that will not be without splendid results for our city. Our business men seem to be thor- ronghly awake and are moving on with greater activity than ever before. The people seem to be beginning to realize the merits of the city in which we live. Heretofore and now Columbus needs a little more wind. What I mean is for the citizens to sound its praises more enthusiatically and take more pride in giving the bright side of its advantages. The trouble lias been, to a large extent, the modesty of the people here. They have never seemed to appreciate the value of their own city." "Do you know of any new projects in the way of building?" “Yes: I know of any quantity of them that are now in progress and of others that will soon be under way. All you have to do to find out where they are, is to go down Broad street, up First avenue, down Second, and so on throughout the city. Then go out to Rose Hill and though the -suburbs and feast your eyes to their lull. Colum bus is moving right along about as steadily as any city in the south. I wouldn’t care to have any more confidence than I’ve got in Columbus.” “Do you keep boarding-house thermometers?" said a young lady to a clerk in a hardware store, recently. “Certainly, madame," replied the clerk, and he produced the article requested, which the lady took and went away. “Boarding-house thermometers," thought a re porter who was present at the time. "What on earth are they," and he asked the clerk if he would explain the characteristics of a boarding house thermometer. "That lady whom you saw in here has a small country house a few miles from the city, where she has bourders during the summer. She, of course puts advertisements in the daily papers, saying that her house is cool; that there arc no mosquitoes, etc. This, of course, she has to j prove, as she procures one of these boarding- 1 house thermometers that are warranted not to | register higher than 90 degrees on the hottest ! day. This she hangs in a prominent place in her ‘ house. When a hot day comes in the city every | one .vants to get out of town They visit one of the many country houses said to be so cool, and one of the first things they do is to look at the ! tliermometei, which they find registering about 88. They know that in the city it was about 92 ! or 94, and are satisfied that this is a cool house. - If people would not look at a thermometer on a j hot dav they would not feel half so warm." “How are these thermometers constructed?" "Just the same as the others are, but what , should really be 90 degrees is only made to be 80 degrees. You would be surprised at the num ber we sell.” “I never kiiew until a few days ago the strength of a wasp. It is wonderful to contem plate the enormous lifting power which reposes in that slender and graceful body," "Tell us about it," we requested of the most dignified and excellent gentleman who made the statement. “Well, the way I found it out was this. I went over to a country gathering and we were sitting, a group of a dozen or so, on the shady side of the j house, when a wasp, bent on recreation pci- i baps, determined to make one of j our number. He attached himself to the cheek of a plethoric gentleman, whose weight consider- , ably exceeded two hundred pounds, and in an ^ instant that man was in the air and the welkin j rang with his bold and warlike cries. He went up with such a bold dash of vigor that I naturally j con duded the wasp had hoisted him, though how the thing was done remained a mystery. He was certainly half asleep when the wasp ar rived on almost noisless wing, and aa instant afterward he was not only wide awake but soar- jjog with ambitious flight toward the heavens. He spurned the earth and flew upward. The wasp endeavored to try an experiment with the ladies of the party, tut with many shrieks ami with a sudden gathering up of garments they hastened into the house.” "And you made a lucky escape?” "Escape, the mischief! 1 incontinently laughed at the ludicrous scene. Yes, I tipped back in my chair and fairly roared with laughter until the tears ran down my weather-beaten cheeks. One wasp and a dozen of the human nice opposed to each other. The odds were in favor of the human race if ever they were, but the wasp—by the way it occurred to me to ask myself where he might happen to be at that precise moment—had routed them all. The ladies were safely housed and the gentleman who tried to reach the ridge pole at a single hop was seated on the fYugrnnt sod, using language not entirely in accordance with the beauty of the scenery. 1 thought it very funny much more than fhnny-and was thoroughly en joying the battle and the defeat when that un mannerly, totally depraved wasp settled down on the back of my neck, and 1 felt for an instant as though the flaming sword of Ithuriel had penetrated mv very marrow. The roar of laughter suddenly died away, the funny element of the incideht departed, and, with a wild war- whoop, loud and resonant as that of the Iroquois, darted through space like a meteor, and landed in the midst of a flower bed nearly two rods dis tant. I have been sadder and wiser ever since.” It doesn’t fall to the lot of everybody to take a summer outing or vacation from work. But it is easier for more people than will believe it when told of it, to take the better part of Saturday after noon for n brief rush into the country. And yet the satre people little realize how much a couple of hours put in this way each week will bring them sounder sleep and a better appetite than are ordinarily theirs. It is more a disinclination bred of the weariness of constant work than ac tual inability which prevents the no-vacation folks from securing this brief Saturday recupera tion. It is worth making a good deal of effort for. Let each one who can get two or three hours on Saturday, take the street car to the end of the line, and then walk to the woods, and spend the rest ofthe daylight there, and he will learn by experience how much of a rest it is, and help for the week’s work. THE (mmIll'S ATHLETIC ( M il. The Third Anniversary Celebration—Com mi! toes Appointed for (he Oeeusion. The Columbus Athletic Club will celebrate its third anniversary at Villa Reich on Thursday night, September 9. This club was organized in 1883, and its object is the physical, moral and social elevation of its members. It has given numerous entertainments, all of which have been signal successes. The approaching celebra tion will be no exception to the rule, and bids fair, if possible, to eclipse all previous efforts of the club. The following committees have been appointed for the occasion: Committee of Arrangements—Frank C. Reich, chairman; Asher A. Bivins, Ben A. Gerson, Max Simon, Felix H. Burrus, Oscar Sedberry, \V B. Slade. Invitation Committee—Charles J. Eifler, John Harris, V. J. Pekor, Asher A. Bivins, Max Simon. Refreshment Committee—Ben A. Gerson, George H. Smith, John B. Lee, John D. Schnell, Carl Korchlin. Reception Committee—Fred W. Reich, Albert Schield, John Klocke, Philip Eifler, jr., James P. Morgan. Floor Managers—Felix H. Burrus, Oscar Sed berry, James M. Broadnax, Frank C. Reich, Robert E. Kavanagh. The athletic performance will begin at 8:30 o’clock. 111' RTS BOKO 11A ITEM NUN. School Prospects Fluttering—Mrs. Neuse to Come to Columbus— Personal. Special to the Enquirer-Sun. Hurrtsbouo, Ala., August 21.—The Ladies Missionary Society gave another ice cream sup per last night, which was liberally patronized. Prof. Simmons, principal of the Hurtsboro school, and his accomplished wife, have arrived, and are boarding with Col. N. \V. E. Long. We extend to them a hearty welcome. The professor will open his school August 30 with a full at tendance. fhe pastor, Dr. I. P. Cheney, will fill his pulpit at the Baptist church in this place to-morrow (Su nday.) Mrs. G. B. Nease has closed out her business and will shortly move to Columbus. We are sorry to loose this lady, as she has endeared herself to many. In the death of her husband and in other troubles she has had the smypathy of our citi zens. Miss Josie Harbuck is spending some time with friends in Erin, Ala. Mrs. Crouch is visiting her son, Mr. H. A. Crouch, our efflei ?nt postmaster. Hr. Henry Williams, representing Goetter, Weil & Co., of Montgomery, is selling our mer chants dry goods, etc. Henry is an old Columbus boy. He still sticks to it that Columbus beats Local Happenings in Brownevillc and Girard. i Prospective ami Retrospective—^illliiuh a* The) • Were ami Are—A Joint Rebate -Examination of ; Teacher*— Minor Topics. I Another uneventful week has just closed in ! Brownevillc. The heated term has passed, heavy and cooling showers have fallen, and animal and ; vegetable nature feel refreshed. The tempern- j ture during the oust two days has greatly toned ; down, and all in all our people have abundant j ground for the exercise of gratitude. The long, enervating summer is nearly over, and notwith standing the melancholy ftiet that death has reaped a rich harvest in some parts of the land, here we have been blessed with unusual good health, with a death-rate fur below the average of former years. Political, religious and social excitements we have had, but these with the | temperature have cooled down, leaving our tired and hard-worked people to a season of re- I pose, and the rest is sweet and refreshing. Hrovvneville as if Was. Is mid Hopes to lie. About the lime ofthe breaking out of the war i of secession UvowuevUle had its beginning i Prior to that time Dr. lngcrsoil had most of the I place sowed down in oats. The new town was • commenced by (he Engle Manufacturing Com- I pany with a view to securing airy tied healthful homes for its operatives. Step by step the town | was enlarged until it now boasts the population j of a small city. Acordingto ihe design of its ! founders it is still the abode oft lie laboring man, j who, with bis gardens and patches, bis orchards • and" vineyards, is comparatively happy and con- ! tented in his possessions. The town lias its j churches and halls, and these, too, on the very j spot where in years past the nigger and mule constituted the pleasing panorama. The im- j provemeut in education and morals keeps pace j with the march of expansion, and to-day Browne- ! ville boasts of a steady and settled population. The hope ofthe future is lor an increase of educa tional facilities, for good municipal government, and that by some sort of legislation the place may become the county seat of a new countv. I all. S. . Ilmikinc Halls Special to Enquirer-Sun. Oswichke, Ala., August 21.—The Oswichee gun club made the following record to-day out of a score of a possible twenty : James C. Alexander, captain 17 F. Bradley 16 Sam C. Cantey 10 W. T. Nuckolls 13 Total 56 R. H. Bellamy, captain 16 O. P. Fitzsimmons 1 John Cantey 17 John C. Alexander 10 Total 17 The club will make it lively for both the Seale ami the Columbus clubs at the barbecue in Seale on the 26th instant. A big time is anticipated. base Hall Brevities. Following is the result of the games pluyi /esterda.v : Louisville Cincinnati 1. Louisville 6. Baltimore - Athletics6, Baltimore ». Staten Island Metiopolitans 10 Brooklyn 3. St. Louis- Pittsburg 3, St. Louis 7. Philadelphia—New York 3, Philadelphia '*. Washington Huston 6, Washington 5. Detroit Chicagoo, Detroit 12. A Joint Bisnissinn. There will be a joint discussion between Web- Foot and the Wizard orator of the valley next Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock, in Mr. John Moore’s house, near Pine Grove cemetery. All are cordially invited to attend. The following question will he discussed: “Ought there to he a prohibitory law to suppress the traffic in alcohol ic intoxicants?" Ed urn tiunul. The board of examiners of Brownevillc will meet on the 8th and 9th of September, at which time persons intending to apply for license to teach in the public schools should be present for examination. The examination of white teach ers will tuke place on the 8th and of colored teachers on the 9th. All interested should bear the fact in mind and be on hand. A New Cliiircli Constituted. The Missionary Baptists have constituted a new church of their faith and order near Pine Grove cemetery. The dedication services were performed on last Sabbath by Rev. Messrs. G. D. Benton, E. F. Davison and Wood. The church was organized with twelve members, and there have since been two accessions. Rev. E. F. Davison was unanimously called as pastor, and will make bis d« cision in a few days. Brownevillc Briefs. A fair quality of melons are still seen. A few red nigger-killers are coming in at 25 cents per peck. Miss Susie Belaud is seriously ill with typhoid fever. Messrs. B. M. McCulloch anil William Walley have opened a confectionery store in Pearce’s building. Col. Lon Richards and Dr. F. Holley have re turned from a successful peddling expedit on to Tallapoosa. They still have a few fat chickens left. The Lively barber has pulled up stakes and de parted. Why is this thus? it looks as if a good barber ought to make a living thereabouts. Rev. E. F. Davison will administer the ordi nance of baptism in the creek opposite Col. Hol land’s this afternoon, at 5 o’clock. J Mrs. E. Jefferson is absent on a visit to friends | in Chattahoochee county. The muscadine is turning black, and tin* small boy is happy. Look out for envious rents in the seat of bis pants. Rev. .las. Ware will conduct services at Trinity this morning and evening. Give him a hearing. There will be a sacred harp singing at the Primitive Baptist church this afternoon, at 3 o’clock, led by Professor J. Y. Irvin. Where Tony lliil the Wedge. Bear in mind, for a small investment no crop is more profitable, and none more easily grown, than the turnip, and for Ruta Baga and all sorts of Turnip Seeds call at the Lively Drug Store, Lively, Ala. On prices. Dr. R. II. McCutcheon will satisfy you where Tony hid the wedge. Mor phine, 35 cents—three bottles for a dollar; Turnip Seeds, five pounds for a dollar. Lively Drug Stork. Gilt A KB NEWS. Review I<p»noii—A Word A limit tin* Fire to Im portant Contract Let Out—Neighborhood Go>- sip. In the calm serenity of matronly dignity, Girard sits in lonely loveliness among the hills. No internal strifes or outward alarms disturb her supreme felicity. During the past week, only the usual dull summer routine lias been in order. Matters and things wag on as usual. The labor ers come and go with the sun; the merchants con gregate in little groups to discuss the questions of the hour; the ladies gossip when they have time, and the children gambol on the green, un mindful ofthe price of corn, and earing little for the times—whether hard or soft. The people generally are looking for something to turn up thinking perhaps the wheel of fortune may m:. 1 e a more favorable turn. Altogether the citizen-* are blessed, having good health, and at - .<-t enough to meet the wants of the day. and Mr. Joe Bennett have been appointed to let out the contract and see that the work is well done. Work is expected to begin this week. The citizens of Girard, and especially those of Long street will be delighted at this information. G Irani Gossip. A three months infant of W. H. McKenzie died a few days ago. There were only two Interments in the ceme tery for the week—one non-resident. Hope the Girard gullies and ditches will receive early attention. Mrs. Sheriff Gordon and daughter, of Opelikr, are visiting friends and relatives in Girard. The ice cream supper of the templars fell through Thursday night on account of the big rain, but they lmd a cake cutting at their hall last night which was a pleasant and profitable allair. The trustees of the school district held their monthly meeting last night. No busiiic s of gen eral public interest wus transacted. The Juveniles held u delightful sociable at the residence of U. L. Martin, esq., last J.Monduy night. There were a number of children present, and they all had a gay time. Rev. Mr. Gumming will preach at the M. E. church this morning und evening. Let there he a good congregation present THEY ENJOYEB IT. tml Were Pleased at Tludr Reception in tin I It). The heavy editor of the Russell Register is a member ofthe Seale Gun Club, and came with the club to this city. He relates how the Colum bus Glub was disappointed in receiving the halls on time, and says: After perambulating the town, the hoys found what they called “hats," but our readers must not thiiik'froin tins that they were anything like these “wide winged” fellows or even these “little ones" we have down this way, because they weie much smaller at the distance we shot them; in fact, tin y were the hardest "hats" we ever tried to ltd. fhc match began at about I o’clock with Columbus in the lead, up to about the tenth round, when they changed the target to whai they called ‘ balloons," but they didn’t look like the balloons we have lead, seen and heard about, they were not "built that way,” Notwithstanding this our boys “hit them so hard" that clever Mr. Johnson, of the Columbus (Mul) lmd to holier out, "no more balloons on hand, bring in th> ” well, he said hats hut we said tiu 'piague-laked hats." After finishing the round on the so-cal eil balloons, Seale imd caught up with Columbus, and the excitement was intense on both aides, but Scale held her own, at least those “poor shots" held their own. and the con tort closed about dark amidst thundering cheeis for Columbus. Oswichee and at present the "vic torious” Sealites, the score being, Seale, 124; Columbus, 113. Columbus is noted for her hospitality, but the way she received and treated Seale on this occa sion, doubly endears her to our people. They are the best and cleverest fellows we have ever seen, and it will he our« clight to do our best on next Thursday the 2ttth inst., to make them have a good time, too, even if they don’t beat us shoot ing. Below are some resolutions which were heartily endorsed by the club : Russell Register: We desire to tender our thanks to the Columbus Gun Club, through your columns, for their kind reception and hospitable entertainment of our club on the 17th inst nt. They wined us, they dined us, they “batted" us, and to show our appreciation of their courte sies, we broke just as few of their “bats" as possi ble just enough to “get tliurEli." We will treat them the best we know how. We will barbecue them in the morning and shoot them in the evening, and give them a few lessons in ball shooting. LAYING THEM AWAY. Sonic of tin* Queer Tilings hi mi I nilerstakei's Life—Skeletons in the Closet. Although in the drama of life every actor un consciously makes his entrance and his exit, he cannot do it without causing some stir and bustle, which is greater or smaller according to the condition of life into which or from which "it iiusipleiiHed God to call him." In the first scene the little pilgrim into this world becomes the object ofthe tender solicitude of a benevolent, motherly personage, who re gards him with a critical eye and dandles him with an unmistakable knowledge of his weigh*. In the last scene lie is calmly viewed by a quiet, soft voiced individual, who takes him in charge and perfects all necessary details preparatory to laying him away in his narrow cell. Between the two scenes one plays Ins role, ignorant ol the nurse who first felt his breath upon his check, ignorant of him who will come when the breath has left 1: is body. A reporter called in at an undertaker’s estab lishment t lie on er dav and found him alone, 1'eudiuu an undertaker’s journal with jokes no more ghastly than is to be found in ottiei jour nalistic winding sheets. Around him stood rows of coffins and caskets. They were all tutted, up holstered and embroidered. "Walk in,” said lie. “Can I be of any assistance to you?" he continued softly alter a pause. It was noticeable that lie spoke with a pause be tween every sentence. His face was placid, sad and sympathetic. No commercial smile betrayed pleasure upon seeing a customer, to whom it might be objectionable. Every line of his face was in keeping with the lines of grief, and his mustache suggested a sort of facial drapery rather than a facial ornament. In answer to the ques tion the reporter said he should like to he shown the caskets. "Certainly. This is something very clinic - in rosewood, nicely finished. This one the same, except the lining. Satin, you see. Die sudden, sir? ‘Not sudfleii.’ Oh, well, there is comfort in that in a lom. illness. Not long illness,’did you say? Well, I was remarking that in a long illness the HiitferingH are very wearing on the afflicted family.” Assuring the undertaker that no coffin or cask et was wanted, but that the purpose of the visit was only to talk about people who came to buy coffins, he said: “Well, you looked so glum I thought you had lost somebody or something. Come over and sit down. It is very hard to tell what to think when people come in. They come so soon after death that they arc not in black. .Sometimes a man will come in sobbing and tell me the whole story of his life, how he met his wife, her sickness and death; or it will be some young fellow who will tell me what he wants quickly and be oil'. He will speak as promptly as though he was leaving an order for a pound of butter to be sent home.” "No, there is no accounting for people,” he continued, reflectively. “A few years ago a man came in weeping as though his heart was broken. His wife had just died. It was in the summer'j litre, and the undertakers had to be quick, lie told me the same old story. lie had loved his | wife as a girl, lie had carried her hooks to schoo', j he Imd gone hunting huckleberries and all tlm' sort of thing and was completely broken-hearted left alone in a trig, strange Columbus' Prospects Continue Bright and Encouraging. The (iilimbUH ami Wi'Ktei'ii Kxlenntmi llii|iiill> Materializing Old nml New Loti licet inns ut HirmIutrliMin—Tli«* CoIiiiiiIiiih nml Southern i* :i I'lildle Necessity Notes nml News About the Ronds. There arc no new developments so far as the extension of the Columbus and Western road is concerned, this owing to the fact that everything has already been developed. Mr. Dabney, chief engineer, has fluishod the preliminary surveys and is now making up his estimates. Until this is done the route lYom Sylncuugii to Birmingham cannot be selected. It is presumed that this will be done in a day or two and the loca ion of tin line will be made at once. Active preparations for the construction ofthe j road arc being made. Mr. Wad ley is now trun.*- fering Lis large force of hands and the construc tion equipments from South Carolina to this point. He will not he able to do the entire work as soon as it is desired, hence contracts for a part ofthe work will be let out. This will likely he done as soon as the line is located. Everything is moving along entirely satisfactory and the out look is bright, solid and hopeful for ( '< lumhus. to love those fellows wi “Do you believe it his pauses and hetn for an undertaker, ' Hu way thei talk. •outinued, forgetting t ONNKUriONS \T HIKMINGH t M. New Enterprises liiiiummitcil nml Benefits of Ex isting Lines. It is well understood that the extension of the Columbus and Western road to Birmingham is in accordance with a contract with the Central and the Memphis, Birmingham nml Atlantic to build from Birmingham to Memphis. This gives di rect connection from Savannah via Columbus, Biro iughaui and Memphis to Kansas City, with only two railroad systems and makes the shortest line lYom Kansas City to New York. In addition to this Columbus will receive the benefit of all the othei roads now centering at Birmingham, and new lines now being projected, which will soon materialize into realities. Bir mingham has never undertaken to Imild a rail road on her own account, hut this is soon to have an innovation. A charter has been secured incorporation papers filed and surveyors arc soon to be put on the road. The terminal points arc to bo Mobile ami Dalton, Ga. We arc told that this line will run northwest from Mobile through the rich agricultural counties of Mobile, Wash ington, Clarke, Marengo and Berry, penetrating the mineral field of Biltb, and on reaching a point near Centrevilie, according to the charter, two routes will be taken, one crossing the Ala bama Great Southern near Vance’s station, about thirty miles below Birmingham, and en tering the Tuscaloosa coal and iron territory and running northeast again to Birmingham, touch ing the present iron developments as well as others in contemplation. From Birming ham the road will take the track of DeBardelehcn’s llenryellen road to Leeds, in the (-’ahuba valley. Here it connects with IheCahaba Valley line coming from Bibb through Shelby county directly up the valley through its rich iron and coal fields. From Leeds continuing up the same valley, and down Canoe creek through St. Clair county to Gadsden, thence on through Etowah ami Cherokee counties to Dalton. Here connection will be made with other lines pro jected from Baltimore through the valley of Vir ginia and East Tennessee, passing close to the celebrated Cranberry steel-making ores. HOI SB TO BE BUILT. 4'ill ii ill hits Needs nml Mind llnve a Bond to the Flor ida System. “The Columbus and Southern road is just as sure to follow the building of the Georgia Mid land and the extension of the Columbus and Western as the night is to follow tlu* day.” This was the remark made yesterday to the Enquirer-Si n by a well-posted railroad man. He went on to explain that wmu he meant by the Columbus and Southern is a road to connect with the Florida system of roads. It is not un likely' that we may have two connections in this direction one at Albany, Ga.. to connect with the Riant system, and the other at Tallahassee. Wi en this road is completed it will only require but little effort upon the part ofColumbus to reach one of tin* finest trades that this city has reached for years. This will he the natural mar ket, and where Savannah now has a monopoly will prove a bonanza for the merchants of Co lumbus who work it up. The citizcnsof Columbus hardly appreciate the situation as it now stands. The distance from Columbus to Cdtlibcit is sixty miles, and from Cuthbcrt to Bainbridgc sixty five miles, making it from Columbus to Itainbridge 125 miles. A charter lias been obtained and the entire road surveyed from Columbus via Lumpkin and Cutli- bert to Itainbridge. Between Lumpkin and Cuthbcrt nine consecutive miles have been graded, leaving only eleven miles to grade. The road is continuously graded between Cuthbcrt and Itainbridge with the exception of about ten miles between Cuthbcrt and Colquitt, where the work was so light that the contractors did not care to work it. We arc in possession of such facts as lead to the belief that this road will he built atari early day, anti that it will he one ofthe most important lines that reach this city, none will question. It will he to the system of Florida roads what the Western and Atlantic is to the Georgia system, and the more its importance is understood the more will it be to the advantage of Columbus, which place will be the northern terminus for the present. But we shall speak of this road ugain. In the meantime we can but congratulate the citizens of Columbus upon the early fruition promised of an inlet and an outlet which has be come a public necessity. ft mnni mi Knuds. fhc PruiMun state railways have for some Lime past employed^ women guards at crossings, w noio attention to the good condition of the road- boil tin-serv.c. bus be. n divided into two o;t<i, namely, in iraex and crossing service. While the to,.... is outv < one by men, the latter, con sisting chiefly ot closing and opening of bars and the iigniiug ami sweeping of cr. ssmgs, is done TOBACCOS is rapidly increasing, and we take pleasure ia bringing the following revised list of such dealer* to your kind notice: D. A. Andrews, J. K. Giddens, D. A. Anglin J. R. & H. F. Garrett, Averett & Porter, C. E. Hochstrasser, It. .1. Anglin, L. H. Kaufman & Co., J. Adams, G. W. Lewis, (’. Hatustein, C. H. Markham, It. Broda, P. McArdlc, Bennett A: Co., T. E. Middlebrooks, I’. A. Cantrell, Martin & Chalmers, V. It. Cantrell & Co., Tobe Newman, It. H. Crane. W. It. Newsome, F. ( onti, J. II. Rtunsey. M. E. Edwards, Rothschilds Bros., A. .Simons, T. J. Stone. ol ICbcIiiiioihI. Vi ruin in. Manufacturers of Fa liny Fdel and L. Road To baccos. Iir.lt \ A 1.4IF.lt are our Sole Agent* liir (liis territory. mv2 scOin BUIUIITEIL For Cash Cheaper Than Ever! u inlUHAI 0MIU\ III uu iii the city of all sizes, kinds and colors. PAINTS k BRUSHES OF ALL KINDS. BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. T. L. GRUZARD. Columbus, Ga. ESTABLISHED 1874. JOHN BLACKMAR Ileal Kslale Agonl, COLUMBUS, GA. roit SAM,. **" l No. 265, the best located Build- Cii/ti';'- ing Lot in the city of Columbus, lijyy. Price $3,000. k Three Rose Hill Residences— 11250, 11800, $2000. uvi Two Wynnton Residences— $1800, $3000. Duel I ill;.* For ICenl from October l«t. No Fourth avenue <Judge Coleman’s resi dence on hill , f> rooms, excellent well and garden. II igliest elevation in city. No. H(Mt Front street, <> rooms, corner north from Mr. Elbert Wells, and west of Airs. Strupper’s residence. No 9If) Filth avenue. Residence of Mr. O. c. Hand, below Mr. I). F. Willeox. No 1237 Fourth avenue, 1 rooms, next north of Prof. Dews. $15. No. 1210 Fourth avenue, 5 rooms, on hill; splen did well; very healthy. No 821 Broad HI., next north of Mrs. Downing's residence, two story, 8 rooms, gas and water works. Will put in bath room and paint inside and out. No 808 Second avenue. 5 rooms, water works, next to Mr. It. VV. Lcdsi tiger. No 921 Fifth avenue, next south Mr. D. F. Willeox, 5 rooms. $15. No 309 Eleventh street, nt xt west of Judge Pou, 2 story, (J rooms. No 1221 Fourth avenue, next to Mr. Win, W. Bussey, 2 story. Will be painted and repaired. No 1421 Second avenue, opposite Mr. J. S. Gar ret.5 rooms,2(1 door above Judge Ingram No 044 Second avenue, ti rooms, Street curs pass he door. No 1022 First avenue, 5 rooms, opposite east of the market. Suitable for hoarding house Rose Hill new Residence of Mr. Harris, stable, etc. $15 bathroom; ton’s residence. No 802 Third avenue, 5 rooms. Will put in water, corner lot, , »J rooms, water works and ext north Mr. A. m. Bran- No 1341 Third avenue, corner west of Mrs. Rowe’s residence, 9 rooms, water works and hath room. No 313 Tenth street, now occupied by Mr. W. H. Hindi-, 2 story, (i rooms, bath room and water works. Stores For ICciit from October 1st. Aniyi-t corner southeast corner First avenue md Fifteenth street Has been a retail grocery land for years; good trade. Will rent with or vilhout the i room liou-e next south Bro.id .Strc--t Shires No. 921. occupied by Slier- nan’s Bakery; No-. 1201 and 1208. cupied »y Jo W first-class up Lo ■■ty 1 KEY. B. ft. BP ft :i 1:11 I. I Bilptis r> Action i ( ii Take* Uonipli (•mice to Him. time nd that The teneniei him h helm As has already been announced in the Fn- qi'Irkh-Sun, Rev. B. W. Bussey will shortly leave for Brunswick to take charge of the Baptist church there. During his stay here he has very kindly relieved Rev. J. W. Howard, pastor ofthe Second Baptist church, who has been in ill health, by conducting his meetings for him, and the church feels under grateful obligations to him. To give some public expression of their gratitude, the members held a meeting and de termined to ask the Enquirer-Sun to publish the following, to which we cheerfully give space : We take this method as members of the above church of tendering our heartfelt thanks to Rev. B. W. Bussey and lady for the faithful and fer vent manner in which they have served us for the past few week-. We regret very much to part w ith them, but as Brother Bussey has been called to another field to labor for the Master we can heartily recommend him as one of the most faithful and earnest workers we have ever known. May he live long and prosper in the cause. He has our prayers wherever he may go. ns. They wc liable to the ;iiliilI') Fire ! four little houM Iroyed in north ' that the fire wa belief is still pro to J. Kyle &Co. .upied by per.so ly, and this mei opted to get rid o. Landlords. ob ject 10 supposed to have If the supposition is correct it is the wish ol al! good citizens that the house-burners may be fer reted out and summarily dealt with. The of fense is one of the worst known to the law and deserves punishment. The idea of burning a man’property because it is occupied by unworthy tenants is not only preposterous, but outrageous. If such a riddance be allowable no community is safe and the citizen has little or no protection. We hope the guilty cries may be scooped in and that no citizen of Girard, if such it was, will ever again be guilty of an offense so dastardly and cowardly. Glad to Bear It. The commissioners of Russell have granted an appropriation to build a brick wall across the j ditch which threatens the destruction of the Seale road on Long street. Commissioner Burt hear to tin: skeletons. But wc are mi) deaf ami dumb. Wo must be . ii* though the dead iniglil licai noFc it would (listres. ' caiiM- we are so quiet ab< ut, and so it > we their good and t<<r our own.’ “.Scenes are n >t rare. In fact, the.sight of grief at first distresses one, but after a liort time wc get accustomed ft. it. Mothers weeping and cry ing out that God bus deserted them; that the) have been unkind to t heir children, and fathers reproaching themselve.*- for some stern act, are tiie sights with which every undertaker is familiar." The Uo 111111 h iii Baptist Association. The clerk of the Columbus Baptist Associate u J publishes the follow ing card in the Christian ; Index ofthe 19th inst: The fifty-eighth annual session of the Colum- j bus Baptist Association will convene with the , church at Talbotton, .September 22d.23dand 24th, 1886. As the place was not named in the minutes of 1885, it is desired to publish through the medium of Index, and earnestly trust to iiave a large number of visiting ministers and brethren outr side of our bounds to come and worship with us there and then. H. B. Baldwin. u felt by railway j<< bathing » V School Far. A school car i** the novelty now fitting up at the Union Pacific shops at Omaha, Neb., for the in struction of engineers and all trainmen along the company’s system. It consists of a passenger car in which are set up boiler, a Westinghou.se air pump and twenty-one cylinders. The whole ap paratus or the air brake is thus placed in full view in one ear, and the school on wheels is to be taken to each station, and the men thus drilled until thev fully understand the principles of the air brake and how to bundle it in emergencies. The members of the Connecticut democratic state committee who are federal office-holders have resigned froai the committee. ” i>* mv expense. For a small • an 'i cost of : m 1. ! rent .property, collect, pay ml t'» repairs and give careful all property in my charge. With >f Id years, I can serve you to ad* TENANTS fill as soon as possible. JOHN BLACKMAR. se wed fri tf Real Estate Agent.^ BOB. SALE. Desirable Five (5) Room House ou Jackson Also, two (2) vacant lots in the city cheap. Ap ply to SOULE REDD, aaglO eod2w Broker*