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daily enquirer - sun : columbus Georgia, Sunday morning, outober 3, issfi. ALL ABOUT The Fraternity Described By One W'10 Has Been There. «OTrrnor Jleflrath’N Opinion of Hpportpn-Iliin A Reporter’ll Kvldonee, Wlil.h Hu* Only nn Opinion, Aeqnltted a Mnn—Deleetlre* nml It*, porter*—The Bond Between Thera—Him HU. Ham Iieoter, the Illinol* Murderer. H' n * Cup. tured. If there ia such a thing ns romance in real life the newspaper reporters of the large cities find it and feel It and walk in its mellow glare. A re porter has to be all things to nil men. A man who is a brilliant success as a demagogue might be a miserable fhilure as a reporter. When ex- Gov. McGrath, of South Carolina, was addressing the Jury in the fhmons Bellinger-Riley murder trial, he referred to the testimony of a reporter who testified for the defendant. The reporler had held a conversation with Dr. Bellinger n few minutes before the latter and Riley met alone, when Dr. Bellinger killed Riley. The point at Issue was as to whether Dr. Bellinger was nervous and excited or whether he was cool and collected when he talked with the reporter. If he was nervous he was anticipating the kill, ing and It was done with malice aforethought; if he was cool and quiet the en counter was on the doubt-benefit principle- impromptu, and the doctor acted in self-defense. The reporter swore that, in his opinion, D r. Bel linger was as even-tempered and serene a man as there was in the city fifteen minutes before his dead victim lay at his feet. In referring to the testimony of Mr. Hemphill, the reporter. Gov. McGrath said: “Gentlemen of the jury, after the experience of a long life that is now nearing its sunset, I give it as my deliberate conviction that the average reporter of the daily press is the best .judge of human nature in the world. He can dis count doctors and detectives in reading a man’s career by the lines it has left on his fece. The typical reporter feels your puls# when he shakes bands with you. He is ever on the alert for the unseen. And when you hide an emotion from him it is hidden from all the world. If the reporter who has testified detected no excitement in the defendant, there was none, and consequently he had no premonition of the tragedy into which he was about tt be precipi tated.” Dr. Bellinger was acquitted principally on the reporter’s evidence. Governor McGrath, being counsel for the defence, doubtless found it •very easy to beli#ve in the theory that reporters are good Judges of men. But whether he was right or wrong the fact is evident to all that if they are not they ought to be. Life is a pano rama to a reporter, if it is to anybody in the world. He ie the agent of the public at every gathering. He is ever present; but never partic ipating. Ho walks amid the shifting scenery of life, like a spirit, all-seeing and unseen ever touching and untouched. He has the reputation among the uninitiated of publishing everything he can find out, when the truth is he unearths secrets every day that never see the light, except the light of his own memory. Do reporters tell all they know! What a ques tion! Gather all the reporters in some large city in a midnight oonclave. Let each man write up in detaU every secret he knows about the people in that city, and let the summum of their infor mation appear in the morning paper. Such a tumbling from pedestals and tearing of hair, such a gnashing of teeth and dissevering of ties, auoh a crumbling of idols and crashing of homes, such a filling of jails and .•fleeing of fugitives from high places, as would follow that publication, the world never saw. Ho; reporters don’t tell all they know. It would •take the roofe off the houses if they did. In the large cities there is a “tacit understanding"— that's a mild name for it—between the reporters .and the detectives. It is the legitimate business of both to pry into secrets—but for different pur poses—and the similarity of occupation creates the traditional fellow-feeling. Besides, they swap I “tips” with each other, and the reporter gives the particular detective who has helped him most the best send off when the time Is ripe. FVmr years ago, in a city where I was reporter on a daily paper, I knew a detective who went by the unpoetic name of Dan Parker. Among the criminal classes he was known as “Dan, the Devil.” And to them he was a very Femesis. So many of their gang had been hunted down and hanged and imprisoned, and in one or two iustancea shot dead in their tracks while resisting arrest, by Dan Parker, that there was little wonder that they had dubbed him with the soubriquet of the father of evil. But, really, Dan was one of ths mildest, placidest, most sweet- tempered men I ever saw. At least he was when •“off duty.” Dan and I were thrown together a great deal. He boarded at the same hotel with me, aud we got to be chums. Whenever lie had a sensational case, and he had worked it to the stage where it was ready for publication, he would give evasive replies to other repoi tors, he would vow he knew nothing abont the case, he would keep it all In reserve until he found me, and then he would unload into my ears. I loved “Dan, the Devil;’’ I couldn’t help it. Dan was a college graduate, a great stickler for etiquette, and as much at home in a drawing room filled with ladies as ever Beau Brummell or Aaron Burr was. Some of the gallant speeches I have heard him make were worth going into the books. And then he could argue on the isms and their relations to theology with a grace and ac curacy that would have passed him for a doctor of divinity. And then sometimes in a well rigged disguise he would go down into the vilest dens in the slums of the city, where it would be hard to tell on entering which was most shocked, the sense of morality or the sense of smell, aud he would revel there with burglars and bums and dark-visaged men with brass jewelry in their ears, who would rob a grave for a finger ring or cut a throat for a quarter. But when Dan left them and came back to hi# own world he gen erally brought the secret with him that he went down to find out. Dan was a universal genius. Whenever Dan had an extraordinary item for me, or wanted to take me along to witness some unusual scene, he would come to the editorial room door and look at me. Instead of coming in as UBUal, he would shrug his shoulders and look serious and walk away. He knew I would follow him, and I always did. I have had detectives to pilot me on to some very poor items which they sought to magnify for the sake of a puff. Blit Dan never did. He was always given the big cases to work on, and one of his arrests was bound to pan out a sensation. He was a sortofhalf man and half bloodhound. For it seemed to me sometimes that he possessed in stincts that were too keen and uneering to be those of a human being. Dan’s cases were gen erally dangerous ones. There is a class of fugi tives from justice who will not hesitate to shoot down any officer who attempts their arrest. They are men who have already committed crimes for which they are bound to hang if captured, and they have nothing to 'lose by committing another murder. A few months previous to the time of which I am writing, a man named William Leeter had committed a most horrible double murder in northern Illinois, and had fled nobody knew where. There was a f600 reward offered for him, and the police authorities of every city of any size in the union were flooded with circulars de scribing the criminal and offering the reward. But the excitement soon died out. It was sup posed he had escaped to Europe, as he and his . Amity were very wealthy. Besides, the circulars describing Leeter were not such as to put timid 1 men on his track. The circulars stated that . had committed three homicides and had managed to come clear each IlSie before he committed the double murder lor which lie fled. Ho was a man who had always held human Me as a trifle, and now, with nothing to lose by another murder, It was evident that wherever lie was hiding he was a superlatively watchful and dangerous mnu. Six months after theJLeeter murder in Illinois, when it was abont forgotten, “Dan, the Devil," came to the editorial room door one cold, clear night, and shrugged his shoulders and went away. I followed him, and we went down the street together. He never spoke to me for about two blocks. I suppose it was because wo were passing people all the time. At last, while crossing a de serted square, Dan stopped and said: It almost took my breath. “I am going to take you to see William Leeter, the Illi nois butcher, to-night.” It was too good to be true, but it was true. “Is Leeter in jail ?" said I. "No; I wish he was,” said the detective. “I’ve got to take him to-night. I am going to capture him by scientific methods if I can, but by force if I must; alive if I can and dead if l must. You love to write obituary articles anyhow. Maybe you can start on mine or Leeter’s before mid night,” and l)an laughed u wicked, metallic laugh that sounded like the clicking and clinking of a dozen dirks. When we reached the street be yond the square we found a close carriage which appeared to be waiting for us. At least the de tective opened the door and got in, motioning me to follow him. The carriage moved off rap idly over the paved streets and went two miles up town, where it drew up in front of a fhshion- able cafe known to sporting men as the "Daisy Dean.” The detective had posted me thoroughly during the ride and I was prepared forthedraina that followed. I followed Dan into the cafe, which was simply a high-toned bar and gambling establishment, where the habitues drank the finest liquors and played for the heaviest rtakes. The place was upholstered like the palace of a potentate, and Brussels carpets and Turkish rugs muffled every footfall. As we en tered the detective staggered perceptibly and addressed a pointless remark to me in a thick and maudlin voice. It was nearly a minute before it dawned on me that as Dan could not possibly be tight, he was only acting his part. According to previous arrangement we eat down to a table and began to play for money. Dan dis played an enormous roll of greenbacks and dealt the cards, which he stacked in my favor. Sev eral men gathered around to look at us play, and in a little more than thirty minutes I had won $300 of his money. Dan in sisted on continuing the game, and in do ing so his imitation of a half drunk man’s vohe- menoe was the finest piece of acting I ever saw. I told him he was intoxicated, and I didn’t want to win any more of his money. He became in sulted and told me never to speak to him again— that he would find somebody else to play with him. I took a seat in a remote corner of the room with a newspaper in my hand, and watched Dan play out the rest of the drama. But it was gotting to be real life now. Dan was posing as a rich man on a spree, losing his money like water, and it wasn’t long before he had several bites at his hook. Several men offered to continue the game with him “just for amusement, you know.” But he shook them off with one excuse or another. The right man hadn't approaehed him yet. At last a richly dressed, middle-aged man came up and scraped up an acquaintance with Dan. He was thick-eet and handsome. But he had jaws like a bull dog, and the most villainous eye I ever saw in a human head. He was after fleecing Dan, and he was very agreeable. The detective put one hand on the stranger’s shoulder and lurched against him in a maudlin, confidential way. The two men sat down to a table and began to play. I sur veyed the stranger from head to fbot. For I knew it was ‘Leeter, the murderer, and that all unconsciously he was staking his life against the detective’s money. They played. But Dan did not bet so recklessly or play so badly as he did an hour before, when ne played with me. I came near them. I wanted to see the grand finale of the drama. Leeter was winning Dan’s money, but not as fafct or as easily as he had hoped. A thought struck Leeter, and he said to Dan, “What’ll you take ?” "Whiskv straight,” said the detective. "A small glass or beer for me” said the polished murderer. When the waiter came Dan took out both glasses, passing Leeter’s over to him. The latter was looking at the detective when he took the glasses from the waiter, and hence the latter failed to get in the work he intended. On went the game, and Leeter won slowly. In fifteen minutes Dan called for the drinks and Leeter assented. Leeter was scanning the cards in his hand carefully when the waiter came the second time with the drinks. The supreme moment had arrived. Dan wore a ring with a very heavy set in it. As he took Leeter’s glass of beer by the rim to pass it to him, Dan pressed the ring on top of the set and a single drop of a blood-red drug fell into the murderer’s beer. The latter did not notice it. He grasped the glass, said, “Here’sto you,” and the liquor and the drug went down his throat together. Dan’s biggest work was done now and he had only to wait. The game was begun again; but lieeter gTew more stupid every moment. In thirty minutes he lay with his head on the table unconscious. When Lee- tef’s head struck the table Dan sprang up, hand cuffed him, and searched him; the result of the search being two revolvers, a pair of brass knucks, and quite a sum of money. The hand cuffing of lieeter created intense excitement in the cafe, but no one interfered, and in less than three-quarters of an hour from the time he took the fatal drink, the unconscious form of the murderer reposed between Dan and myself in the carriage, and it was whirling rapidly toward the county jail. As they carried the corpse-like form of the unconscious desperado into nia cell the detective turned to me and said: "If he hadn’t been a drinking man I never would have got him. He would never have been taken alive.’’ An officer from Illinois came after Leeter with a requisition in about two weeks and he was taken back, where he stood his trial and was hanged. Dan got the $600 reward. Dan and I visited the jail in order to give me a chance to interview Leeter the day before he was taken away, but the sight of both of us threw him into such a rage that it was im possible to get anything out of him. Yes; the reporters in the large cities see a great deal of the dark and bright of the world. They rub against human nature so constantly that it is little wonder that they become good judges of it after awhile. This acquirement is no evi dence of superior mental capacity in the reporter. It is simpzy the fruit of constant practic^. ^ ^ V. M. (’. A. Tin* Third Anniversary Celebration—The Pro gramme for tho Occasion. Ktc. The Young Men’s Christian Association will celebrate its third anniversary atSt. Luke church on to-morrow and Tuesday night. The music on the occasion will be very fine. The pastors of the different churches are requested to preach a special ser mon to young men to-night. The following pro gramme has been arranged forth© celebration : MONDAY NIGHT. 1. Voluntary. . 2 Reading of scriptures and prayer. s' Song No. 373 in Gospel Hymns. 4 Report of executive committee, C. D. Hunt; re n’ort of treasurer, K. W. Slade; report of finance committee, T. J. Pearce. 5. Song No. 247 in Gospel Hymns. 8 Report of printing committee, < apt. u. b. Thomas; report of entertainment committee, R. O. Howard; report of committee on sick, w. s. "Testing No. 340 in Gospel Hymns. 8. Report of devotional committee, J. Lee ^9. f Report of committee on membership -G. M Bowers. 10. Doxology and benediction. TUESDAY NIGHT. 1 Voluntary. 2 Reading of scriptures and prayer. s'. Song No. 144 in Gospel Hymns. 4. General secretary’s report—-W. H. Foster. 5. President’s report—G. E. Chandler. 6. Solo. 7. Election. 8. Son No. 279 in Gospel Hymns. 9. Annual address by Rev. J. B. Hawthorne, I>. D io. Doxology and benediction. Baker's Premium Chocolate, f'^x’s and Coop er’s Gelatine, Farina Topioca, Sago, Duffy’s Pure Malt Whisky for medicinal use, McEwan's Edin burgh Ale, and Guinness’ Extra Stout, at Crane’s Cash Store. otI SlIHIfi, Looal Happenings in Browneville and Girard for the Past Week. Never Too Late to Ilo (lootl — Kiluenttonnl Matters. Heaths ami Marriages—More Festivals—A Good Move—Minor Nens Topics, F.to. Our Browneville friends are moving on in their usual quiet and orderly schedule, with nothing of a sensational character in the happenings of the week. There has been an increase of sickness, but the deaths have not been very numerous, and it is hoped that not many of those who are sick are are dangerously so. Business is somewhat improving,and merchants and others are hopeful of iucreastd activity, as soon as there is a favorable change in the weather. As to law matters the community is free from litigation, and tho town functionaries are having a quiet time. On this beautiful October Sabbath, as the first tiDts of autumn are beginning to brighten the foliage, our Browneville friends will find much in their condition and surroundings to inspire them with gratitude to the author of every good and perfect gift. Pnblic School Teachers. The board of education met on Wednesday night, and besides other business cleoted teach ers for the ensuing year. The following, from a large number of applicants, were selected: Rev. F. A. Threadgill, principal of high school. John R. Page, principal of intermediate. Miss Nora L, Floyd, principal of primary de partment. Assistants^for the various departments will be chosen whenever the number ol pupils shall in dicate such necessity. Our Browneville friends are looking after their educational interests with commendable real and earnestness. An application has been made to the Peabody trustees for aid, and it is hoped their application will receive a favorable con- 4 sideration. If any community of the state is en titled to any part of the ftind it is this. The local board of education in Browneville will also apply 10 the Alabama legislature for an appropriation to build a school house, and this too should be favorably considered. Death's Doings. On Thursday night Miss Nancy Johnson,an employe of the Eagle and Phenlx factory, dropped dead soon after reaching home from her work. It is supposed her malady was heart disease. On the same night Mrs. Polly Reynolds.mother of Mrs. H. C. Courtney, died at her daughter’s residence, in the 80th year of her ago. The de ceased had resided in Girard from its earliest set tlement, and for half a century had been a con sistent member of the Baptist church. She had been ill for a long time, quietly waiting the sum mons to “pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." Her remains were deposited Friday afternoon in Girard cemetery. Mrs. M. Hill and Miss Narsy Ware were thought to be in a dying condition yesterday. A Good Move. We are glad to see that Lively has hitched on to the Oolumbus telephone. The important movement was carried out by the laboring men’s supply store, for which Messrs. Baird and Baker are agents. Though a somewhat expensive luxary, the “phone" is a considerable institution, and one with which live business men cannot well afford to dispense in these days of earth quake and lightning activities. More Festivals. The Good Templars have been holding a festi val for the benefit of their order, the last two nights at Carders ’hall. Sorry to hear that the fort was not attended with greater success. On Wednesday night week, October 18, the Ladies’ Aid Society of Trinity church will give another of their magnificent and sumptuous feasts for the benefit of their church and the school fund. All who had the pleasure of at tending and patronizing the last supper given by these ladies some months ago w ill.not bo slow t attend the next, as the occasion will afford an opportunity for social pleasure and a square meal at a small price. The main object of the ladies is to raise a ftind to purchase the school interest in their church. The effort is commendable, and should be en couraged by a large attendance and liberal sup port. Remember, Wednesday night, Oct jber 13, is the time, and McCollister hall the place. Drowiicvillo Briefs. The drouth continues. ’Taters, turnips and other fall crops will be cut short. The county line brick store is progresing finely. The road workers are being summoned, but it in.hoped they will not begin operations until after a good rain. Mrs. John T. Cook returned from Roanoke, Ala., Friday evening. Rev. Mr. Cummings will preach at Trinity this morning and evening. Mr. John Yarborough has opened a dancing academy at McCollister hall. The youn& men have changed their devotional and business meeting from Monday to Tuesday night. Marshal Miller reports all quiet along the line in Lively. Mr. John A. White was married last Wednes day to Miss Emma Boyd, near Crawford. Rev. Mr. Cousins officiated. The ’sketer must go. His dying melodies are floating on the evening breeze. Nobody is sorry. If he had went sooner there would have been no tears. Merchants and business men in Lively, Browneville and Girard who have promised ad vertisements for the mammoth trade issue of the Enquirer-Sun, which comes out next Sun day, should send their advertisements to the office as early in the week as possible. Those who fail to advertise will lose a rare opportunity. The Ranking Earthquake. Prof. Graudam Wiggins’ shakeup, and the old wiseacre darkies burst up, scheduled for the 29th ultimo, or thereabouts, miscarried here this time and will next. The usual quiet and stillness pre vailed in Lively, Ala. Not a leaf stirred; not a cow stirred; not a goose stirred; not a sheep stirred; not a goat stirred; no, not even a pig stirred; hut P. & W.’s quinine has tumbled down to the tune of 65 cents an ounce and Morphine to the three bottles for a dollar racket at the Lively Drug Store, and don’t you forg : it, grandams. ttimr. tKWS. A Dig Boom—'>YT»;it is Doing in Substantial Progress. The frame work of the new Baptist church is rapidly approaching completion. The work is not only being done rapidly, but with due regard to the laws of architecture. The flooring and seats will be constructed on the stage plan—that is, eighteen inches slope from the front to the rear of the building. This will obviate the neces sity of standing on seats as was the old custom, and enable those on the back seats to see a short preacher over the highest ladies’ hats. Who would have ever dreamed that old Girard would ever have a fashionable built church. But, verily, strange things crowd upon each other thick and fast in these latter days, and it will not do to tic- much astonished at anything. This idea of raised seats is a sensible idea, and we are glad our Baptist friends have adopted the plan. The Public Schools. We are requested to give notice that the public school* will be resumed to-morrow. The teachers are in place and the children ready nud eager ft r the fall aca on. The trustees assure us there will he no trouble in meeting the necessary expendi tures of the coming year. Wlmt a blessing these schools will prove to lie to the rising generation, and how vastly superior the advantages they offer to that which obtains In most communities. fora pi (ted. The Bartlett ravine culvert 1ms been completed, and some of the citizens are pleased at the work and others are not. The road overseer will have to haul logs and widen the road at that point be fore the danger is over. It is to be hoped that the culvert will at least cause the filling up of Ihe enormous and unsightly gulley. Dn Hoy vl lie. Mr. P. L. Bailey has commenced building a small town at the outer extremity of Long street, and says he will continue to build houses ns long ns there is a demand for them. Short Stops. The tax collector will be around on the 21st. Girard has a guano factory, a knitting factory, a trunk factory and a broom factory. What next? Mrs. F. T. Millard and family, who have been visiting Girard friends, left for their home in Savannah yesterday. There were three interments in the cemetery during the week, of whicli two were non-resi dents. Hyde has just received u large lot of plain and fancy candies of all kinds, which he is selling very’ cheap at wholesale and retail. The protracted meeting at the Methodist church has been closed. The pastor is pleased at the results. All predictions of earthquake disasters having failed, the people are again settling down to common sense, and will go to work to make up for lost time. The colored brother especially has been badly scared up, but at last is beginning to realize that all the fools and flilse prophets are not dead yet. HOTEL ARRIVALS. CENTRAL HOTEL. W. 8. Smith, Brooksville, Fla.; J. P. Ward, Ph. G., Gaston, Ala.; A. H. McAffee, Macon, Ga.; T. J. Neal, Mt. Airy; 8. 8. Monk, Caroonville, Ga.; G. 8. Tigner, John W. Neal, White Sulphur Springs: J. M. Vann, Seale, Ala.; W. F. Foster and lady, Miss Lucie Foster, Chattahoochee county; Miss Susie Foster, Waverly Hall; M. P. Moffett, Alabama; C. W. Munnerlvn, Baltimore; John E. Cook, New York; H. D. McNeelv, Dau phin, Pa.; H. H. Heidig, Philadelphia. RANKIN HOUSE. 8. W. Thornton, Talbotton; H. F. Moon. Wm. Belrew, Robert Nisbet, Miss Florence B. Nisbet, Macon; J 8. Meyer, Montgomery; W. N. Grar ham, St. Louis; A. D. Ferre, Springfield; 8. G. Ball, 8t. Louis; F Richards, Atlanta; Mrs. M. L. Patterson, Mrs. Meland Patterson, Oswichee. The City ltegiNtry Llxt Is now open for registry of all citizens desiring to vote in the approaching municipal election. Those who are liable to a street tax and have not previously paid it, are required to pay at time of registering. M. M. Muonic, sept 18 lino Clerk Council. Key Went ( Igars A Specialty. dtf Adams & Bowers. Removal Nvtlee. We have removed to No. 1022 Broad street, be low the Central Hotel, where we will continue to keep the choicest line of Cigars, Tobacco and Liquors. We call especial attention to our celebrated Imperial Wedding Whisky and fine brands of Key West and Havana Cigars, and kindly ask our friends to favor us with tlicir orders. Lours Buhlbr & Co. Bole Agents for the Celebrated Anheuser and and Budweiser Bottled Beer. 8epl9 tf Lsrgsst Ntlck of C'nndy In tho World For 5 cents. r dtf Adams A Bowers. I give the largest piece of Lorillard’s Climax To bacco in town for 10 cents. Lorillard’s Fine Cut Tobacco, at Crane’s Cash Store. dtf Arbuckle’e Ariosa Coffee is self-settling, always ftill weight, and six pounds for one dollar, dtf R. S. Crane. i A Curd. I consider it too soon to make announcements for the election which takes place in January, 1887, but as others are doing so I wish to say to my friends and fellow-citizens that at the proper time I shall announce myself a candidate for Tax Collector, and hope to merit their support. N. G. Oattis. Wimberly, Ga., September 1st, 1886. sep2 dtf Choice Goshen Rutter, Extra Cream Cheese, Chipped Dried Beef, Boneless Pig’s Feet and Choice Tripe in 3 lb. tins, Boston Baked Beans, Cooked Corn Beef in land 2 lb boxes, Imported and American Sardines, Spanish Queen Olives, Finest Olive Oil, Stove Polish, Bath Brick, Sapo- lio for house cleaning, at Crane’s. dtf Kohool Notice. Wynnton Academy will be opened for reception of Scholars First Monday in October. sept29-lw Mattie A. Banks. For hale* Iamv. Two Handsome Guernsey and Jersey Bull Calves. One ten GO) and the other four (4) months old. J. C. Cook. sep26 lw Woil lllcpw the Children. Nothing has been so productive of health and diminished so much the suffering and mortality amonr children as Teethjna (Teething Jhytodcra). Teethina allays Irritation, aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the child, Cures Eruptions and Sores and makes* Teething easy. All Druggists and country stores keep Tbeth- ina. Brannon & Carson. Columbus. Ga., Wholesale Agents, supply the trade at manu hseturer’* pitees. iy4 d&wlv For Kent. A four-room House on Crawford or Tenth street, opposite Mrs Bradford’s. Apply to sep26 7t J. F. Miller. BeNt Ntirk Candy. In Half Bushel Measures, at 10 cents pound, dtf Adams «fc Bowers. Crane will sell three cakes best Toilet Soap for 25c, one dozen Honey and Glycerine Bouquet for 60c.; also, Laundry and Washing Crystals, Pear line, etc. dtf For Tax Collector. Announcing myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Tax Collector of Muscogee county, I respectfully solicit the votes of its citizens, and will endeavor to deserve their support by faithfully f'ischarging the duties of this office in the future as in ihe past. Election first Wednes day in January next. sep21 eodtd Davis A. Andrews. For Kent. From October 1st the three upper floors and part of basement of Rooney building, jyll dtf Jas. A. Lewis. Select School for Girl*. The exercises of this school will be resumed on Monday October 4th. The services of competent and experienced teachers have been secured. Lo cation the same as that of last session, at my place of residence, corner of Fourth avenue and Fourteenth street. sep 12 tf Miss M. J. Thomas. For Tax Receiver. I announce myself a candidate for Tax Re ceiver of Muscogee county, and respectfully ask the support of the voters. sep22 tf J. H. Harrison. The celebrated Shield Bourbon is a very fine Whisky blended from the best Trades of Ken tucky, six years old, put up in honest quart bot tles at one dollar per bottle or four dollars per gallon. . , dtf Robert 8. CliANK. To the Voter** of Mil we ogee 4’ounty. I announce myself an a candidate for the office of County Treasurer, an 1 respectftilly solicit your support for he same. Election January next. O. E. Gaoer. Columbus, Ga., September 22, 1886. sep23 tf For Tax Collector. I announce myself a candidate for Tux Col lector of Muscogee county (election January next), and ask for the support of the voters of said c unty. J. C. Woolfolk. sep7 dtf Cooked Feed tor Cows, composed of barley, bran and cotton seed, Poultry Feed, composed of corn barley aud rye, at Crane’s. dtf The Kppinu: IIoiimc Having been re-rented under the present man agement, rooms ean now be secured for the en suing year. 8ep9 dtf NHuml Will Open. Miss Sarah Teasdale will resume the Exercises of her School on Monday. October 4. octl-d.lt Office or Nlorc Room, North side of Twelfth street, between Broad st reet and First avenue, well located for nn office or small store. John Blackmar, oct 2-dlt Real Estate Agent. Phaeton. Foster it Work, ft? early Hen. Would exchange for good mule or wood, oct 2-sun*w It E. Philips. Best Boston Irish Potatoes, Onions, Apples and Cranberries, at Roakrt Justicb, Agt. DAILY COTTON STATEMENT. Columbus, Ga., October 2, 1886. COTTON niLM*—SIGHT. New York % off, Eastern % off, Boston slight % off, .Savannah % off; Bank checking on New York over the counter V% premium and on Savannah at par. Cotton. Market to-day dull and unchanged; inferior 0; ordinary 5c; <ood ordinary 6 7 ^c; low middling middling ¥/ A <n>8 l!-10c; good middling 87&§)0c. receipts. To-day. To Date. By Southwestern railroad 91 1,052 By Mobile and Girard railroad 107 1,104 By Columbus and western road... 49 212 By Columbus and Rome railroad.. 210 1,085 By the river 181 1,597 By wagons 289 6,183 Totals 957 12,083 SHIPMENTS. To-day. To Date By Southwestern railroad 201 8,429 By Columbus and Western road... 0 0 By the river 0 0 Taken by Columbus factories 80 856 Totals 284 9,285 •tales 350 8,951 statement. Stock on hand August 31, 1885 1,079 Received to-day 957 “ previously 11,126—12,083 13,162 -shipped to-day 284 ,e previously 9,001—9,285 Stocks on hand 3,877 Stock August 31, 1885, 350; received same day, 852; total receipts 14,963; shipped same day 228, total shipments 10,823; stock 4,490; sales 463; mid- ■llijlB H 7 hC. MARKKTN HY TCl.fiUBAPH. Colton. Liverpool. October 2.—Noon.—Cotton market dull and prices generally in buyers’ favor; mid dling uplands 5 7-18d, Orleans fij^d; sales 7,000 bales—for speculation and export 500 bales. Receipts 8000 bales—4800 American. Futures opened dull at the following quo tations : October 5 15WMtoft 13-64d October and November 5 5-64 (tyfi 8-64d November and December 5 4-6*1 d December and January 5 4-64d January and February 5 4-64d February and March 5 6-64d March and April 5 7-64d April and May not quoted Tenders of deliveries for to-day’s clearing 00 bales of new docket and 00 bales of old docket. I p. m. - Sales to-day Include 6,000 bales of American. Futures: October delivery, 5 14-64(1 selle s; October and November. 5 8-64d sellers; November and December, 5 6-64d sellers; December and Janarv, 5 5-64d sellers; .January and February. 5 0-64(1 sellers; February and March, 5 7-64(1 buyers; March and April, 5 9-64d buyers; April and May, 5 11-64d buyer. 5 : May and June, 5 11-6*1(1 sellers. Futures closed firm. New York, October 2.— Cotton market quiet; sales 202 bales; middling uplands at 9j^c, Orleans9 ll-16c. Consolidated net receipts 27,196 bales; exports Great Britain 8219, to continent 00, France 00; stock 337.776. VISIBLE SUPPLY. New York, Oct. 2. The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 1,203,.'157, of which 822,- 857 is American, against 1,206,875 and 888,185 respectively last year. Rereipts at all interior towns mi,329. Receipts from plantaions, 170,386. Crop in sight 413,919 bales. NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS FUTURES. New York, October 2—Net receipts 00, gross 3114. Futures closed easy: sales 94,800 bales, as follows: October 9 16-100^9 17-1C0 November 9 'JIM 00 December 9 27-100(i# 9 28-100 January 9 33-100fn>9 3*1-100 February ... 9 42-100(^9 43-100 March 9 50 100('v9 51-100 April 9 59-100(4/9 60-100 May 9 68-100(«> u 69-100 June 9 77-100^9 78-100 July 9 84-100r«/9 85-100 August 9 91-100«i/9 92-100 Green & Go., in their report on cotton futures, say: Trading was light generally and the marf ket barren of any striking features. Full run o receipts at ports for the week, with pretty fre e offerings against them, tended to check the de* maud somewhat, but rather firmer Liverpool and a few desultory frost reports from the south had a sustaining influence to keep values at about last evening’s figures and closed with the market fairly steady. Nkw Orleans, October 2—2:35 p. m -Future* steady; sales 10,300 bales, as follows: October 8 92-100(4,8 03-100 November 8 81-i00(a>8 82-100 December 8 83-100(a*8 81-100 January 8 92-100(5)8 93-100 February 9 03-100(o/9 0*1-100 March 9 13-100@9 14-100 April 9 24-100(4/9 26-110 May 9 35-100(0/9 36-10o June 9 4.5-100(o.9 46-100 July 9 54-100(a/9 55-100 Galveston, October 2. Cotton irregular; mid- lings 9 l 4c; net receipts 4007, gross 4007; sales 926: stock 64,699; exports to continent 00, Great Britain 00. Savannah, Ga., October 2. -Cotton steady; middlings at 8%c; net receipts 6917, gross 6917; sales 3500; stock 56,013; exports to Great Britain 00. New Orleans, October 2.—Cotton market quiet; middlings 9 3*16c; net receipts 3981, gross 6125; sales 500; stock 10,622; exports to Great Britain 6811, to continent 00. Provision*. Chicago, October 2 -Flour steady, unchanged; southern winter wheat $4 15(« 4 50. Mess pork October at $8 80ti$9 25, November $8 80"/.9 25, December, not quoted. Lard October $5 72)4 («>5 90, November $5 ,’5(4.5 92.'^, December, not quoted. Short rib sides October |6 62 1 -£( , g/6 65. Boxed-meats-dry salted shoulders |6 123^(0 0 25, short clear sides |7 10f(i$7 15. Nuw Orleans, October 2.—Rice steady and unchanged Louisianna, ordinary to good 3 1 ., fa)3%c. Molasses steady; Louisiana open kettle -good prime to strictly prime32c, prime 20(a,22c, fair 15(0.16, good common 13(«,14c; centrifugals, firmer -prime to strictly prime 15(a)19c, fair to good fair 12(c^l3c, common to good common 8(j) 11c. Louisville, October 2.—Provisions, market steady; Bacon, shoulders $6 75, clear rib f7 62^, clear sides $8 00. Bulk meats -clear rib sides |7 12U, clear sides $7 35'4; mess pork $11 50. lard —choice leaf $8 00(a,8 25; hams, sugar-cured, 13e. Uralo. Chicago, October 2.—Wheat—October 72)41$ 73VaC, November 74j^@75kc, December 78^^177'^. Corn—October 34)^»36Kc, November 37ya(<y38c, December 37*4(5)390. Oats—October 24' ,((fi24 ,/ ji o fc November 25 , ' 4 r<i«26 l -4C, December 26 l ' 2 (<y27. Louisville, October 2.—Grain, market steady. Wheat, No. 2 red 72c, Corn, No. 2 white 12c. Oats, new No. 2 mixed 27}4c. Ntijtar and Coffee. New Orleans, La, October 2.- 1 o 'ee quiet and firm Rio, in cargoes, common t/ prime, at 9*4^12'^p. Sugar firm-open kettle, prime FJ^c, good fair to fully fair 4 1 ^'^4 7-16 fair 4%O t common to good common 4 1 </«i>4 v *c: entriftials — choice white 0*4c, choice yellow clarified 6 1-16 ($6'-*c, prime yo.low clarified 5%(a.0c, seconds 4*4 (4*5 *4c. Rosin and Turpentine. New York, October 2.—Rorin quiet—strained $1 OO'aifl 07*4. Turpentine quiet, at 37j*£c. Savannah, October 2.—Turpentine, nothing doing; sales barrels. Rosin firm-good strained 90c*5i$l 07’.j: sales 00 barrels. Wilmington, October 2.—Turpentine quiet at 35c. Rosin quiet—strained 76c; good 80c. Tar firm—$1 62! a ; crude turpentine firm—hard 80e, yellow dip $1 90, virgin $1 90. Charleston, October 2—'Turpentine dull, at 34* a c. Rosin quiet—good strained 80c. 1 u &c CO’S OPENING DAYI Thursday, October 7th. On the above date we will ex-,. Dibit all the late NOVELTIES I3ST LLi BI! And be pleased to meet ESTABLISHED 1874. JOHN BLACKMAR, Real Estate Agent, COLUMBUS, G--A.. FOB NAI.E. Building Lot and Dwelling on northeast corner of Eleventh street and Fifth avenue. 24 Per Cent. InvoNtmeiit. Four quarter acre lots, three 2 room Dwellings and one 3 room Dwelling. Price $800. Renting for $10 per month. No. 265, the best located Build* ing Lot in the city of Columbus, Next south of Mrs. Griffin’s resi* . dence, No. 1642 Third avenue. Three Rose Hill Residences— $1250, $1800, $2000. Two Wynnton Residences— $1800, $3000. f>w<*IU»j|rw For Kent from Oflober In#* Wynnton Residence of Mrs Elizabeth Howard, next to Mr. W. G. Woolfolk, 8 rooms. $16. No 821 Third avenue, one story brick, 5 rooms water works and good well. No. 1216 Fourth avenue, 6 rooms, on hill; splen* did well; very healthy. No 309 Eleventh street, next west of Judge Poil 2 story. 6 rooms. Will be painted and repaired. No 1221 Fourth avenue, next to Mr. Win. W. Bussey, 2 story. No 1421 Second avenue, opnosite Mr. J. S. Gar ret,5 rooms,2d door above Judge Ingram No 1022 First avenue, 5 rooms, opposite east or the market. Suitable for boarding hous* Rose Hill new Residence of Mr. Harris, stable, etc. $15. No 1315 Third avenue. 2 story. 6 rooms, next to Mr. Homer Howard. No 1344 Third avenue, corner west of Mrs. Rowe’s residence, 9 rooms, water works and hath room. KtoreM For Kent from October lNt. Broad Street Stores Nos. 1204 and 1240. Stores at Webster corner, formerly occupied by John W. Sanders. Will rent low to first-claag tenants and tit up to suit the business. Brown House Hotel, 27 guest chambers, op posite Rankin House. If it is conducted properly will prove a gold mine. Business is increasing every day. Will be painted and thoroughly reno» vatecl. l.AMM.OKDS. supervision to all property in my charge. With an experience of 13 yeurs, I can serve you to ad* vantage. TENANTS. Call and see ray list. If I have not the plaoa 'ou wish, I will file your order free of charge and "as soon as possible. Sn JOHN BLACKMAR, M wed fri tf Beal Estate Ageat^