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UNION & RECORDER.
MlLLEDGEVILLr, FEBRUARY 2, l 88 **-
The Silver Question.
n *i'P e r *°
that the adt ocat ®® t ‘ n J v nave a ma-
of silver f-oinage no^ °?g 0UgreB8< but
jonty m both oou.es elievingr that
?? t ’^K continued, we regret Mr.
it should b gtand upon the de-
Haration« he made on that subject in
h « mes^gre Still we hope that Dem
ocrat mav agree to differ on that
question, and stand finnly together.
The greatest trouble which stares us
in the face, is what may be the action
of the President on the passage of a
bill in both houses for the continu
ance of the coinage. Democrats
should bring this matter to Mr. Cleve
land’s attention, and insist that if
such a bill should pass, he should
yield his opinion to, not only the
wishes of Ills party but of thousands
of the people who belong to the oppo
site partv. It is democratic to obey
the will of the people.
Could not the President agree to
Mr. Beck's proposition for harmony,
to make payments in gold and silver
in the proportion in which the metals
were received as customs dues, as
near as can be ascertained during the
last vear.
It might be well, too, for a time to
reduce the silver coinage one half, or
one third, and let the greater part of
the coinage be in half and quarter
dollars, and a good deal of it in dimes.
This would be better than to have
the coinage defeated altogether by
the Presidential veto.
ENGLAND.
The late foreign news presents the
English Government in a somewhat
chaotic state. The Saulsbury govern
ment is forced to retire, and the
Queen is at a loss what to do. Possi
bly she will, much against her wish,
have to call upon Mr. Gladstone. She
knows nothing about governmental
affairs, but being a spoiled royalist,
hates Gladstone, who is a genuine
English Democrat, and would put
matters right, if sustained in his poli
cy. We read recently the following
expression in an English Magazine:
“Our own constitution is unques
tionably the most stupendous and
magnificent monument of human wis
dom and ingenuity that the world
can boast of. That it is as perfect in
its essentials as it can be made, seems
to be proved by the fact, that al
though half the heads in the country
are constantly occupied in endeavors
to carry it a step farther, not one of
them can hit upon a scheme that
wears the features of plausibility.”
This certainly is a great boast over
a constitution that never was written.
We have never seen it, and if there is
a man anywhere that ever did, would
be under great obligation to tell us
where we can find it. We presume
the writer finds it in the “Three Es
tates”, the “Free Press” the “trial by
Jury,” the Parliament, and the devo
tion of the people. We had a written
constitution and made a greater boast
over our constitution, and yet, it
proved to be a rope of sand. Every
thing in England depends upon the
intelligence and virtue of the people,
and the same is true in the United
States where we have the advantage
of a written national charter. What
is called the constitution in England
is an inert instrument, and the same
has proven to be true in the United
States. In both, the boasted consti
tutions will prove to be worthless
without the protective aid of an hon
est, educated, and virtuous people.
God have mercy upon any people who
depend upon a constitution alone, to
protect their liberties and rights.
The Irish at Chicago.
On the 19th the Executive Com
mittee of the Irish National League
held two sessions. A [list of the dele
gates who had arrived was published
on the following day. There were
about 25 or 30 among them. We no
tice the name of Mr. J. F. Armstrong
of Augusta. A letter from Mr. Par
nell was published in which he ten
dered his thanks for the great aid
which had so often reached him from
America and been of such great value
in aid of the Nationalists in the cam
paign.
Mr. Patrick Eagan consented, after
much sohcitation, to retain the Presi
dency of the League until the next
convention. The treasurer reported
$90,000 had been forwarded to Ireland
since the last convention held in Bos
ton and there was sufficient on hand
to make the amount $100,000. Be
sides the Augusta subscription of
$580 turned over by Mr. Armstrong,
and $2,400 by Mr. John Fitzgerald
from Nebraska: a dispatch from Oma
ha stated that $1,000 had been for
warded that night. Notwithstanding
a heavv snow' storm the audience at
Music hall numbered fully 8,000.
Thomas Paine.
War against Cleveland.
The lion. Mr. Eustis, who is one of
the Senators from Louisiana, by vir
tue, “it is said,” of some adroit wire
pulling among the legislators of that
State during the Senatorial canvass,
is nobly emulating the plucky little
bull that undertook to “butt the loco
motive off the bridge.” It seems that
President Cleveland did not show' suf
ficient alacrity in turning out Federal
officials in Louisiana and supplying
their places with the Senator's friends;
so some months ago it was announced
in the newspapers that he had “de
clared war" against the President.
There was no great panic observable
in the Democratic ranks when this
portentous announcement was sent on
the wires all over the country, nor
even when certain newspapers of
more or less note, among them being
a prominent and enterprising daily
in this State—fell into line with Sena
tor Eustace and opened fire on the
great official leader of the party to
which they profess to belong. What
is to be the result of this war on the
President, waged against him from the
camp of his friends, is of course hid
from us like all other things belonging
to the future, but let us at least hope
that as time shall develope the Presi
dent’s policy and its results, it may be
found that he is deficient neither in
ability, patriotism, nor fealty to the
party that elected him. No other
President was ever hampered as he is
by a “Civil Service law" which re
quires him to be very careful in his
removal of government officials or sub
ject himself to the relentless warfare
of a vindictive party, ever on the
watch to detect him if he should per
chance make'any mistake. It is prob~
able that not one in a hundred of his
democratic censors, are sufficiently
acquainted with the provisions of
that somewhat intricate law', to be
able to appreciate the difficulties of
his position. No doubt some would
be glad to see him over-ride the law
and turn out republicans right and
left to fill their places with democrats.
But should he do so he would lose the
respect and confidence of every man
who has a proper regard for the sane
tity of an official oath.
By the way, we are reminded by the
course of these anti-Cleveland demo
crats of not a few editors, who during
our civil war, did not hesitate to sit in
their sanctums and criticise our great
est Generals—saying this one should
have done this and another should by
all means do that, as if they were in
possesion of those important facts up
on which alone important military
movements could be made. It is believ
ed by many'that the outcry of the news
papers—those of Georgia in particular
—against Gen’l Jos. E. Johnson, for
making his long and splendid retreat
before the overwhelming force of the
enemy, instead of giving battle and
suffering a disastrous defeat, was the
cause of his unfortunate removal from
his command by President Davis. Our
discontented democratic friends might
possibly, on proper reflection, learn a
lesson from these bygone experiences
which would teach them to be more
cautious in their censures of Mr.
Cleveland, who is probably much bet
ter informed and better able to mark
out a wise policy than they are.
The Silver Question.
SONNET.
At the Burns Festival in Knoxville,
Tenn., the following sonnet, by Col.
W. G. McAdoo, was read:
A borealis of his northern shore,
His life’s bright corruscation did ap
pear,
Brief, brilliant, varying; yet each
fleeting year
But plants liis proud, enduring fame
the more
Firmly in hearts of millions ; and the
roar
Of mankind's just applause, with
song and cheer,
Delight to hold his glorious memory
dear;
And thus we honor him in our heart’
core!
His genius, like the tall Ben Nevis,
shows,
Firm as its granite shaft that cleaves
the sky.
The universal heart of man still turns
To him in sympathy; and till the close
Of human worship for true genius
high.
So long shall live thy name, O. Robert
Burns!
How to Get to Congress.
The follow ing story' was told by the
Mobile Tribune, years ago, of Judge
Hawkins who was then in Congress
from Florida, a man, by the way,
brimful of genuine wit. During the
war with the Florida Indians he
commanded a volunteer company. On
one occasion they fell upon a party of
the enemy concealed in a swamp,
The Captain sprung upon a log, (with
more valor than discretion,) waved
his sword and cheered his men to the
charge. Just then he was shot down,
One of his officers ran to ask if he
was much hurt. “Not very badly,
said Hawkins, “Just about enough to
send me to Congress.” The predic
tion; was verified. He was in Con
gress when this joke was told on him
PROHIBITION.
•Entering an Era of Cheap Food.
Che Fourth of July' we proudly call
^dependence Day.’’ It was on that
y that Mr. Jefferson's great work,
i Declaration of the Independence
the English Colonies in North
neriea, was published to the world,
it few people know' the grand and
eful part enacted by Mr. Paine, in
inging about the revolution which
tde the people of the United States
e freest and happiest on the globe,
e can remember the Paine celebra-
>ns at the North, and distinctly re-
miber that at a celebration in New'
irk which was published in the Her-
1 more than thirty years ago; it was
Dught by some, that Mr. Paine had
ifted a declaration of Independence
• the colonies. The particulars we
not remember. Perhaps he and
•. Jefferson conferred on the prepa-
ion of that grand and venerated
cument. His writings at that
mtf ul period, formed a captivating
>spectus—swept down all old stand-
ls of opinion, like the cyclone
eeps down the trees of the forest,
of.them, especially his pamphlet
itled “Commoii sense” frightened
o silence those who truckled to the
tish throne. His pen was an im-
nse power that encouraged the
>ple to venture on new and bolder
thods and largely inspired the
,nd revolutionary crisis that led to
tory and freedom. There were
ny who trembled at the idea of at-
lpting revolution, believing that
ut England could easily sweep
vn the colonial people in a bloody
?, and revenge the revolt by a more
orous exercise of military rule,
ine covered them with shame for
ir cowardly fears and inspired
most of them to a devotion to the
ise of independence. Thomas
ine's name will ever be honorably
ociated with our Fourth of July
jbrations, and will be held dear by
: enemies of tyranny and the friends
lurnan freedom and rights.
DEATH OF MRS. BAYARD.
Mrs. Bayard, the wife of the pres
ent Secretary of State of President
Cleveland’s cabinet, died on Sunday
moining last in Washington, of con
gestion of the brain, after a very
short illness. It is only about two
weeks since the sudden death of her
daughter, one of the most charming
and accomplished young ladies in the
society of our country’s capital city.
Under such great and repeated af
flictions, surely the sympathy of the
people of our whole country will go
out warmly to the distinguishedoffic-
csal, who has suffered so much
It seems to us that the “Ti'ade
Dollar” should be received and made
equal to the standard silver dollar.
Would not that be the simplest way
to settle the silver question? When
we know that France handles about
$550,000,000 of legal tender, silver mon
ey, and $57,000,000 of limited tender,
silver money, and that the Latin
Union—France, Italy, Switzerland,
Belgium, and Greece, have a gold
currency of $1,150,000,000 and a silver
currency of about $050,000,000; would
it not be well for all these nations, in
cluding Germany, Austria. Russia,
and England, to have a grand consul
tation, through appropriate represen
tatives, and decide upon a currency,
in gold and silver, that would be of
equal value W'ithin the limits of each.
This would form a world's currency.
It would permeate the dominions of
each at home, and throughout their
colonies. Then there would be no
trouble about currency among them
in any part of the world, on land or
sea. There may be difficulties about
this that we do not see. but a dollar
in gold and a dollar in silver, each
worth a hundred cents, could be safe
ly received anywhere on land or sea.
Of course this would not interfere
with paper currency in good repute.
It is wrong to coin money for use
among heathens, to be passed as a
dollar when it is not worth a dollai.
Honesty is the best policy in all mon
etary transactions as well as all oth
ers. It W'ould be well to have an hon
est currency for the civilized or the
savage races.
The famous “Song of the Shirt”
may be appropriately sung in Atlanta.
The prices paid for sewing to women,
many of whom have to support them
selves and from two to half a dozen
children, by their needles, are as fol
lows: drawers, 30 to 83jcts per dozen
pairs; shirts, fleets each; pantaloons,
$3 per dozen pairs; vests, 50cts each.
One woman with three children, made
an average of $2 a week and paid $2
a month rent. Another, a dressmak
er, was considered a sort of Vander
bilt among them. She mad# $3 a
week, paid $0 a month for rent and
supported herself and six children.
All this takes place in the capital of
Georgia, as reported in the Constitu
tion.
It looks as though we were entering
upon an era of cheap food of all kinds.
Steam transportation is rendering
available the wheat fields of all parts
of the world. The flour from Dakota,
Australia, New Zealand, India, and
the Cape of Good Hope is now being
marketed in England and France,
Our corn crops are so enormous that
we could supply the world with cheap
corn meal. And now it seems as if
the reign of high-priced meat was
over. It is the one article of food
which maintained its value despite the
increased facilities for conveying pro
ducts to market. But while meat was
advancing in price in the chief con
suming countries, there were, literally
millions of animals going to waste in
Australia and South America. Their
hides were the only valuable part of
them for commercial purposes.
A revolution is now under way, duo
to the practice of killing, dressing,
and freezing the carcasses where the
cattle are bred. Dressed and frozen
beef and mutton can now be trans
ported 10,000 miles without any loss
of weight or flavor. This business
has been developed first in the United
States, where cattle killed on the
plains are consumed as food upon the
Atlantic seaboard. Tens of thousands
of tons of frozen meat are now on the
way to England from Australia, and
one of the most thriving and promis
ing industries of South America is the
dressed meat business. In short, for
the first time in history, the vast
-tores of animal food at the antipodes
ire being utilized for the sustenance
of the crowded nations of Europe.
All the signs point to an era of cheap
meat, as well as cheap bread.—Deinor-
est's Monthlv.
The farmers should not acknowl
edge the destruction of the oat crop
as conclusive against them for this
year. They should try a heavily
manured crop of spring oats.—Ishmae-
lite.
You 6ay you have only a cough:
still it ought to be looked to. Red
Star Cough Cure will at once remove
it, free from opiates, safe and sure.
Twentv-flve cents.
How Six "Went into $75,000 Once.
One-fifth of ticket No. 46,799, which
drew the Capital Prize of $75,000 in
the Lousiana State Lottery, Novem
ber 10th, was held in Traverse City.
Six persons sent together for fifths of
tickets. When they came each took
one, and that held by Mr. Joseph
Pohl, a worthy young salesman with
Hamilton A Miliken, drew one-fifth of
the Capital Prize, of $75,000, and it was
collected through the First National
Bank of this city— $15,000—and divid
ed. AH of the lucky ones will make
good use of the money.—Traverse City
(Mich.) Eagle, Dec. 29.
We have received from the publish
er the last number of “Duncan’s
Monthly Magazine of Live Stock,
Farming, Gardening and General In
formation,” published monthly in
Louisville, Ky., by John Duncan. The
subscription price is $2.10a[year, and to
clubs of seven or more $1.40. We have
not ’jad tiine‘td s wsamine it thoroughly
mb to cra .v-, to be filled with valuable
net of t
Better stop your cough while you
can. Bye and bye nothing will do it.
It is worth heeding that Parker's Ton
ic is the best thing known for coughs,
colds, torpid liver, kidney troubles
and weak lungs. You risk your life
in waiting. Take it while there is yet
time. 30 lm.
Among the effects of the late Gen.
Toombs, is a solid silver candlestick
bought by him forty years ago. It is
an exquisitely wrought piece of silver
representing a tree and its branches;
at the base is a fountain from which
a fox and some deer are drinking.
This candlestick weighs twenty-four
pounds, and originally cost $800.
Governor Colquitt presided at a
meeting of the Princeton Alumni
banquet, which was held in Washing
ton, D. C., Tuesday. He is a gradu
ate of that institution.
A considerable number of Ohio
fanners are expected to come to
Georgia soon to look at our lands,
&c., and Terrell, Dodge and other
counties have held public meetings to
arrange for inviting these gentlemen
to visit them and to prepare for their
hospitable entertainment.
Judge Francis L. Upson died at
Lexington, on the I9th, aged seventy
three years. He was a son of (Ste
phen Upson who died in Lexington at
the early age of 35 years, but who had
acquired the reputation of being one
of the most distinguished lawyers of
Georgia. His death occurred in 1824.
The county of Upson was named for
him. Judge Francis Upson was a
man of great learning but he preferr
ed a life of retirement to the conflicts
of politics and the courts. He had an
amjile fortune to retire upon.
h. HAW’ »
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How Daniel S. Lamont Got His Place.
Albany, Jan. 24—In the interesting
sketch of the .life of Col. Daniel 8.
Lamont, the President’s secretary,
published in Harper's Weekly the
other day, it is recorded that Mr.
Cleveland said to his faithful assistant,
who had expressed some doubt about
being able to go to Washington with
him:
“Well, Dan, if you don’t go I won’t
go, and that’s all there is about it."
Up liere where the circumstance oc
curred the tale is told somewhat
differently. It is said that Mr. La
mont had been aware that strong in
fluences were being brought to bear
on Mr. Cleveland for the appointment
of some one else than he as private
secretary. He had put in no plea
for the place, and was not certain that
he could afford to leave Albany
should the Governor be elected Presi
dent, but lie naturally awaited events
with interest. The President has
said since that lie never had any
doubt for an instance as to what Dan’s
fate was to be. He had discovered
that few men in polities are possessed
of as wide a knowledge of men and
public affairs, or [a shrewder judg
ment, than t’ne young journalist, who,
if not his right hand, was at least
seldom far away from that member.
On election day, at the earliest mo
ment that it was safe to make the an
nouncement. Mr. Lamont entered the
Governor's presence and said:
“Well, Governor, you’re elected.”
“Well, then you're elected, too, Dan,
and we have got to go to Washington
together.”
That was how Col. Lamont got liis
appointment as secretary to the
President.
“When headache joins neuralgia,
then comes the tug of war.” A wise
General knows very well how to mar
shal his forces. His first, last, and
best charges are made with a bottle of
Salvation Oil, and the doughty foes
lie cringing in the dust.
Tin<; Poles to be Expelled.—
Bismarck lias spoken and the Poles
must go. On this the government
has resolved, despite the opposition
of tlie Reichstag. Seventy-five mil
lion dollars will be appropriated to
buy in Polish nobles’ holdings, and
Prussian Poland will be colonized
with Germans. Religion, Bismarck
says, lias nothing to do with the ex
pulsion. Trouble is brewing in Ger
many and the dissolution of theReieh-
stag is imminent.
Council Proceedings.
Council Chamber, >
Jan. 25th, 188ft >
Called Meeting.
Present, His Honor S. Walker, May
or.
Aldermen Wliilden, Bell, Case, Carr
and Harris.
Absent. Alderman Hendrix.
The object of the meeting was to
hear the testimony in the case of O.
L. Chatters, principal in the Eddy
School, colored. After reading the
charges, and examining the follow
ing witnesses, to-wit: Hamilton Brown,
Stepney Holmes, Warren Singleton,
Caroline Choice, James Choice, and
Alice Steel :
On motion, Council held up their
decision for the present.
The application of Col. Thos. John
son in regard to building a shed, was
read, ami on motion laid on the table.
On motion, council adjourned.
G. W. CARAKER, Clerk.
(Communicated)
Prohibition Helps Everything !!
Read the Following Convincing
Proofs of how it Works.
Dalton, Ga., Jan’y. 28rd, 1886.
Mr. S. Barrett, Chairman Executive
Committee, Milledgeville, Ga.
Dear Sir: In reply to your com.
inunication of Jau’y. 2lst, we beg
leave to submit the following:
1. Since prohibition went into effect
in Whitfield county there lias been no
depression in business, as the anti-
prohibitionists predicted as a result;
but on the contrary, business main
tains a more healthy position, and a
decided improvement, and is establish
ed on a more thorough basis. While
for the past two years business has
not been very active, yet we attribute
the despression, if any, to the fact
that we are not exempt from the
panicky feelings and hard times that
prevail throughout the entire coun
try.
2. There has been more building
and improvedments in the city of Dal
ton since prohibition went into opera
tion than for a number of years be
fore. Some of the finest residences in
the city have been erected since.
Several brick storerooms hare been
erected, and as a direet result of pro
hibition we have the Crown cotton
mills in full blast with seventy-five
operatives nnd a capital of $100,000,
while there have been still other deci
ded improvements in building up our
city.
In the Dalton district there lias
been an increase of taxable property
over last year of over $100,000.
3. Labor demands a good price.
Every one has plenty to do, and near
ly every one is doing it. ()ur colored
population lias greatly improved in
quality. They are more thrifty, hav
ing plenty to eat and to wear and
better houses in which to live.
4. If there is any one thing for
which Dalton is noted, it is for morali
ty. Scarcely ever do you hear an
oath, while drunkeness is a thing of
the iiast. Yet about every fortnight
you may, perchance, see an old reeling
from the effects of Chattanooga and
Atlanta whisky.
5. As a natural result of soberness,
crimes of violence are almost un
known in our midst. The calaboose
lias become obsolete, one of the most
useless buildings in the town. On
tlie whole, our people are delighted
with prohibition.
Signed by T. A. A S. E. Berry, hard
ware; 1). 1\ Bass, president Crown
cotton mills; W. P. Harris butcher;
J. A J. B. Grave A Co; Win. H. Prow;
W. Murray, brick manufacturer;
Wheeler A Davis; F. T, Callahan:
Barrett, Denton A Lyons, millers;
Gliolston A Bailey; John R. Taron,
T. C. Smith, Cartright Bros., M. W.
Cambree, W. H. Grant, Bass and Trot
ter Bros, J. A. Trotter A Son, J. M.
Lowry, R. H. Baker, J. L. Smith, D.
R. Loveman, S. J. McKnight, C. C.
Blown, H. H. -McHan, Wm. T. Mc
Carty, Wm. G. Smith, .Tames Kennon,
A Son, W. L. Tibbs A Co., C. Brown
ing, C. F. Townsley, A. E. Cannon,
S. M. Clemmens, John Townsly, R.
M. Sloan, Jebn Bryant, capitalist, W.
J. Manly, M. D. W. Moon, capitalist,
R. P. Ralston, W. L. Fetters, T. H.
Triplett, postmaster, J. H. Kenner,
warehouse, T. R. Jones, lawyer,
Fred Lappes, councilman.
Many others I could have gotten
to sign the above, but think, perhaps,
the above names sufficiently voice the
people on this subject. Only two or
three men approached refused to
sign, while there are hundreds who
would be glad of the opportunity to
do so.
Prohibition means prohibition in
Dalton. Yours respectifully,
S. E.* Berry.
GR4NTVILLE.
Jan. 23d, 1886.—We, the undersign
ed business men of Grantville, Ga.,
indorse and recommend prohibition
as being a good thing for the people
of any city, town or community, who
wish to improve socially, morally, re
ligiously and financially. We have had
prohibition here something over three
years, and we are not, by auv means
tired of it. We do not want any bar
rooms nor whisky saloons in this town
for the next two hundred years to
come:
Banks A Arnold, merchants; W. G.
Arnold, talesman; F. C. Banks, sales
man; Garrett A Zellars, general mer
chants; W. G. Sadler, J. E. Dean, C.
E. Wall, with Garrett A Zellars; John
D. Cole, employe Atlanta and West
Point railroad; J. W. Colley, mer
chant and warehouse; J. W. Bellamy,
W. B. Smith, with J. W. Colley; Geo.
A. Carter, attorney—Death to pocket
but safety to my four boys; W. A.
Post, attornev-at.Iaw; E. M. Yeager,
merchant; J. *P. Cates with Yeager; J.
W. White, Jerseyside Bullock, black
smiths; C. J. Clover, N. P. ex. of. J.
P.; L. A. Stevens, watchman depot;
Clower A Woornan, A. Woonan,
druggist; E. G. Hood, merchant; C. P.
Clower, salesman; J. R. Cotton, mer
chant; R. K. Brannon, with J. R. Cot
ton; R. E. Clower, marshal; 1). B.
Lambert, glnner; P. O. Collinsworth.
J. F. Lovejov, merchants; W. M. Hop-
son, salesman for C. A L.; E. O. Staf
ford, salesman with C. A L.; A. W.
Pierce, cotton factor; J. M. Stallings,
physician; E. C. Stallings, merchant;
James Moreland, restaurant, W. J.
Ransom, cotton factor; M. N. White
physician; A. B. Stroud, railroad agt.;
s.
Among our Exchanges.
A Reading Club has recently been
established in Sandersville.
The Ishmaelite says the legal
weight of a bushel of cotton seed is
thirty pounds.
Master Geo H. Miller, killed forty-
three birds at one shot, near Perry,
Houston county recently.
A new post office at Walker’s mill,
and another at Deep Step, both in
Washington county, are expected to
be soon established.
The papers of Georgia are teeming
with complimentary notices of the
Atlanta Capitol, and it deserves every
one of them.
Female applicants for office are
very persistent in Washington. They
are said to annoy Senator Brown
very much.
Hon. George T. Barnes is working
hard for his constituents as well as
the general good of the country. He
will make ]t flue record.
It is stated that the late Judge Pot
tle and Hon. Seab Reese each receiv
ed $10,000 from the heirs of the late
David Dixon of Hancock.
The Perry Home Journal says it
thinks there is not as much guano
sold there now os at this time last
year. Perhaps there is wisdom in it.
Hon. T. O. Wicker’s son, Claude,
has been appointed a cadet to West
Point from the 10th congressional dis
trict, by its representative, Hon. Geo.
T. Barnes.
A Cartersville boy tried the experi
ment of sticking his tongue to a piece
of cold iron during the cold spell.
His father thawed him out with a pan
of hot water.
The Home Journal says not half as
many cotton seed have be#n shipped
from Perry last year as there were the
year before and congratulates the far
mers on their wisdom in that matter.
WEATHER REPORT,
Baldwin County, January, 1886.
[Observations Near Midway.]
>
R
Temper
ature.
Sky.
Raln-
falL
uhakis.
Max.
Min.
1
59
33
Fair.
2
67
51
Clondy.
.50
Rain 7 p. m.
3
69
61
Cloudy.
4
69
38
Fair.
2.41
Rain in night.
5
35
34
Cloudy.
Uniform tempera-
6
4ti
30
Clear.
ture.
T
49
30
Fair.
8
47
*26
Cloudy.
.70
Rain 6 a. m —Cold
9
19
14
Clear.
......
wave approaching.
u
24
9
Clear.
11
14
6
12
23
9
Clear.
Dec. 30, ’80. Ponds
13
33
9
Clear.
and rivers solidly
14
39
18
Clear.
frozen.
1&
18
45
37
Cloudy.
2.00
Rain in night.
17
49
30
Fair.
Bad roads.
H
63
32
Cloudy.
ly
62
43
Fair.
20
6*2
29
Clear.
21
61
40
Clear,
.42
Rain in night and
22
69
30
Clear.
thunder aud light-
23
69
38
Fair.
ning.
24
44
34
Cloudy.
1.05
Rain 1 a m.-10 a.m.
2 .
41
34
26
60
46
Cloudy.
27
61
48
Cloudy.
61
45
Cloudy.
.16
Shower in night.
29
60
42
80
43
32
Clear,"
31
53
39
Clear.
. White, assistant railroad agent;
Silas Martin, grist, saw mill and gin
nery; J. W. Bellamy, blacksmith; S.
E. Leigh; W. D. Denney, employe
Atlanta and West Point railroad; R.
I. O’Kelley, cotton factor; I. H. Bry
ant, ex-bar keeper; P. J. Sewell, post
master, w'ould not have whiskey back
here as it once was for one thousand
gold dollars.
A Presidential Declaration.
Perhaps the most remarkable docu
ment ever constructed in the interest
of the temperance reform is that print
ed below. It was made up by Hon.
E. C. Delavan, of New York, now de
ceased, who in person presented it to
each one of the signers. A man whose
politics or predilections for hero wor
ship cannot be suited by some name
on the list is hard to please:
“Being satisfied from observation
and experience, as well as from medi
cal testimony, that ardent spirits as a
drink is not only needless, but hurt
ful, and that the entire disuse of it
would tend to promote tlie health, the
virtue and the happiness of the com
munity, we hereby express our
conviction that should the citi
zens of the United States, and especi
ally the young men, discontinue en
tirely the use of it, they would not
only promote their own personal ben
efit, but the good of our country and
the world.
‘James Madison, John Tyler,
Andrew Jackson, Z. Taylor,
John Quincy Ad- Millard Fillmore,
ams, James K. Polk,
M. YanBuren, James Buchanan,
Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson.”
Abraham Lincoln,
A Proclamation.
GEORGIA:
By HENRY I). McDANIEL,
Governor of said State.
W HEREAS, official information has
been received at this Department
that a murder was committed in the
county of Baldwin, on the 4th day of
November, 1885, upon the body of
Thomas Robinson by Abraham Put
nam, as is alleged, and that said Put
nam has fled from Justice.
I have thought proper, therefore, to
issue this my Proclamation, hereby
offering a reward of ONE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY DOLLARS for the ap
prehension and delivery of 6aid Abra
ham Putnam to the Sheriff of said
county and State.
And I do moreover charge and re
quire all Officers in this State, Civil
and Military, to be vigilant in endeav
oring to apprehend the said Abraham
Putnam, in order that he may be
brought to trial for the offense with
which he stands eliarged.
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of the State, at the Capitol in At
lanta, this the 26th day of January, in
the year of our Lord One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Eighty-Six and of
the Independence of the United
States of America the One Hundred
and Tenth.
HENRY D. McDANIEL, Governor.
By the Governor.
N. C. Barnett, Sec’y of State.
YEAR’S SUPPORT.
GEORGIA, Baldw in County.
Court of Ordinary, >
February Term, 1886. >
W HEREAS, the commissioners and
appraisers appointed to set apart
a year’s support for Mrs. Sallie Whit
ten, widow of William Whitten de
ceased, and Mrs. M. E. Garrett widow
of G. W. Garrett deceased, upon said
widows’ petitions have filed their re
turns in said Court setting apart a
year’s support, for said Petitioners.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all persons interested, whether
heirs or creditors, to show cause on or
by the March Term, next, of said
Court, to be held on the first Monday
in March, 1886, why said years sup
port so returned, should not be allow
ed and granted as prayed for.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this February the 1st 1886.
DANIEL B. SANFORD,
30 lm.] Ordinary.
Highest temperature 69, on 3rd.
Lowest 6 on llth. (Rainfall 7.31 In.)
Mean temperature for the month,
39.79. (Average 47.)
The week 8th to 14th, will long be re
membered as the most protracted
spell of cold in this section “in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant.”
Oats being late sown, were generally
killed. Soil kept very wet during
month and little farm work could be
done. Prevailing winds N. W. and E.
• Sam’l. A. Cook.
Midway, Feb. 1st, 1886.
Notice to Debtors.
A LL persons indebted to me are re
quested to make payment. A
change in my business makes it neces
sary that all persons who are indebt
ed to me, should come forward
and pay up, and I hope they will do
so at once, and avoid further trouble.
JOSEPH MILLER.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 1, 1886. 30 tf
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Colored I’lates, nearly 2oo pages, an elegant
lithograph cover, many pages of reading pertain
ing to gardening, Ac. Full list of Flower and
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toes, Ac., with prices and Instructions how to
get ami grow them. Really a table ornament,
all for only 10 cents, which may be deducted from
first order- Our Seeds need nojrecommcndatior.,
they are known the world over. Buy only
Vick's Seeds, at Headquarters.
JAMES VICK, SEE0MAN,
Rochester, N, Y,
The Boom Continues.
To Wholesale Buyers*
Our trade during tlie last year was double any previous year and
we sold more goods during January, than any other month in our
history. The only reason we can assign for this, is, that we are
selling-goods cheap and acting fair with everybody. We open tlie
new year with a larger stock, more capital,
Lower Prices and Better Facilities,
than ever before. Wo don’t ask anybody to buy of us, but just
Consult Your Own Interest.
Got our prices, and we will be satisfied. We promiso to sell you
goods as cheap as any Wholesale Market in Georgia.
Our Tobacco Stock,
Is larger than ever before, and wo can duplicate any price from
houses in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, or any other State.
Try us and we will convince you that this is true.
W.T. CONN & CO.,
Grocer
29 ly
Wholesale
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 2d, 1886.
Notice.
Petition fob Letters of
Dismission from Administration.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, Feb. Term, 1886.
W HEREAS, J. M. Stoney, adminis
trator upon the estate of F.
C. Furman, deceased, has filed liis pe
tition in said court for letters of dis
mission from his trust as such admin
istrator.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all persons interested, whether
heirs or creditors, to show cause on or
by the May Term, next, of said
court, to be held on the first Monday
in May, 1886, why letters of dismis
sion from his said trust, should not
be granted to said petitioner as pray
ed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture, this February the 1st, 1886.
30 3m.] D. B. SANFORD, Ordinary.
Petition for Letters of
Dismission from Executorship.
Court of Ordinary, Feb. Term, 1886.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
W HEREAS, John and Thomas
Temples, Executors upon the es
tate of Henry Temples, deceased, have
filed their petition in said court for
letters of dismission from their trust
as such executors.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all persons interested, wheth
er heirs, legatees, or creditors, to show
cause on or by the May Term, next, of
said court, to be held on the first
Monday in May 1886, why letters of
dismission from their said trust should
not be granted to said petitioners as
prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture, this February the 1st, 1886.
DANIEL B. SANFORD,
80 3m.] Ordinary.
T HE public are cautioned not to
trade for or buy one rent note
made by ourselves, to one F. I. Echols,
trustee for Catherine E. Butts, there
being a total failure of consideration
of the same and we refuse to (pay. the
same. Signed,
C. C. Smith,
R. D. Smith,
J. W. Stembridgk.
Jan. 19th, 1886. 28 3t,*
Bethune & Moose,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
Milledgeville, Ga.
PROMPT ATTENTION will be giv-
1 en to the purchase and sale of
Real Estate in Baldwin County.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 12th, 1885.
For Sale or Exchange.
A HOUSE AND LOT, situated on
Pi one of the highest points iu the
city of Milledgeville. Lot contains
nearly two acres, the finest well of
water in the city, also a large cistern.
The house has seven rooms, there are
also three out houses, and fine garden
spot. One of the healthiest and most
pleasant homes in the city, being on
an elevated place, the scenery is
splendid, and no obstructions to the
breeze: outlet on three different
streets.
Will sell on reasonable terms or ex
change for a smaller place. If pur
chaser wishes, he can sell two or three
building lots.
BETHUNE & MOORE,
Real Estate Agents.
Milledgeville, Jan. 29, 1886. tf.
Desirable Property
FOR RENT.
A farm of seventeen acres, more or
less, adjoining the limits of the city,
same being in a high state of cultiva
tion. Possession of either of the
above will be given at once. For par
ticulars apply to
PETER J. CLINE & CO.
Milledgeville, Dec. 14th, ’86. 23 tf
Barbour Cotton Seed & Grain Crusher!
• THE BEST AND CHEAPEST.
Crushes Cotton Seed, Shelled Corn and Peas.
Saggus Cotton Planter and Guano Distributor,
at one operation distributes and covers guano and plants and covers cotton
seed, separating one from the other. Can be used single or double. Highly
endorsed by planters who have tried them.
Michigan Automatic Injector.
(Recent patent.) Is operated by simply turning on steam from the boiler.
Lifts cold or hot water 20 to 25 feet. Requires no skill to work it. The cheap
est. best and latest out. ^Warranted, jgi
■SSTFor circulars and prices apply to
O. M. STONE, Manager.
30 5t.) AUGUSTA, GA.
Agricultural Implements
—AND—
GTT AUOSI
As the prosperity of every country depends upon tlio success of
agriculture, and realizing the necessity of tliet borough breaking of
land and cultivation of the crop, I have supplied myself with a
large lot of two and one horse Plows of the best makes, consisting of
the Syracuse, Benton & Harber, White's Clipper, Meikle’s Blue
Pony and the Boss, and I also have a large lot of Steel Plows,
Haiman and Southern Plow Stocks, single and double, and farmiug
implements generally. To all who use Guano, I would recommend the
Chesapeake or Pendleton Goods!
And to all who would like to have a Pump put in their wells, I
would recommend the Buckeye Force Pump, which myself and
many others have been using with perfect satisfaction for some
time. All who wish to supply themselves with any of the above
articles will do well to call and examine my stock and get my prices
before buying elsewhere.
IMI- HINTES.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26th, 1886. 29 ly
Fair Notice.
A LL persons indebted to me are re
quested to make immediate pay
ment. My business must be settled
up, and all notes and accounts due me,
without exception, will be placed in
the hands of an Attorney for collec
tion. F. A. HALL.
Milledgeville? Ga., Jan. 27th, 1886. [294t
A L
habitirY',.4j
safeguard is the
~ r jo cra-
* T Mllli
An Old Citizen Speaks.
Mr. J. M. Norris, an old resident of
Rome, Ga., says, that he had been
badly troubled with Kidney Com
plaint for a great many years and
with Eczema for three years; at times
could scarcely walk and had tried
many remedies without benefit, until
he began taking Electric Bitters and
anointing his hands and feet with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. This treat
ment afforded him great relief and
he strongly recommends Electric Bit
ters to ali who suffer with Kidney
Complaints, or need a Blood Purifier.
Sold by C. L. Case.
FOR
Man and Beast.
Mustang Liniment is older than
most men, and used more and
more every year.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
B Y virtue of an order from the Court
of Ordinary of said county, grant
ed at the December Term, 1885, of said
court, will be sold before the Court
House do'or, in the city of Milledge
ville, between the legal hours of sale,
on the 1st Tuesday in March next,
the following property, belonging to
the estate of Martha J. Davis, deceas
ed, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land situ
ate and lying in the 321st District G.
M. of Baldwin County, containing 73
acres more or less, and bounded north
by other lands of said estate, east by
the Irwinton road, south by Sibley
lands, and west by lands of the State
Lunatic Asylum. Sold for the pur
pose of paying debts of said deceased.
Terms of sale cash.
WALTER PAINE, Adm’r.
of Martha J. Davis, dec'd.
Feb. 1st, 1886. 30 Ids.
Notice.
A LL parties due me by note or ac
counts, are notified that, if they
are not settled by the 15th of Februa
ry they will be put in the hands of an
Attorney for collection, as I am need-
ng money and must have it.
JOSEPH STALEY.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 35th, 1886.
Notice.
T HAVE this day bought the Drug
1 Store of Mr. E. A. Bayne, with all
the goods and fixtures belonging to
the same. The stock consists in part
of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Var
nishes, Brushes, Books, Stationery,
Fancy Articles, Tobacco, Cigars, &c.,
any many other articles too numerous
to mention. I shall keep a full and
complete line of goods usually kept in
a first-class Drug Store. By polite
attention and low prices, I hope to
share the patronage of the public.
Give me a call before you buy.
Yours Respectfully,
C L CASE
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 16, 1886. 28 4t
L H. WOOD & C0. 7
Wish Everybody a
Happy JYew Year!
Our Stock of
Baldwin Sheriffs Sale.
W ILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in Hurcli.
1886, in front of the Court House
door, in the city of MtlledgeviUe, during legal
saie hours, the following property,to-wlt:
All that tract or parcel of land lying in the
322nd Dlst. G. M.. containing 20214 acres, more
or less. Bounded north by C. Bloodworth and
I. C. Newton, east by Glenn, south by Stevens'
Bros., west by lands of I. C. Newton. Levied on
as the property of C. F. Mlnter to satisfy three
tax fl fa’s for the years '83, '84 and 'S'!. Also,
one County Court, fl fa, in favor of L. N. Calla
way, vs. C. F. Mlnter. Defendant notified in
person.
Also, at the same time and place, one lot of
land lying In the 321st Dist. G. M., containing
fifty acres, more or less. Bounded north by
lands of Tolleson, south by Lavender and others’.
Levied on as the property of Mansfield Hubbard,
to satlsfly his State and County taxes for the
year 1885. Levy made by W. R. Durden, Con'at.,
and returned to me this Feb. 1st, 1888.
Also, at the same time and place, one honse
and lot containing two acres, more or less, ly
ing lu the 321st Dist., and In Scottsboro. Bound
ed east and south by lands of H. A. Barnes,
north by Moses Brown, west by the public road.
Levied on as the property of Charles Jones, to
satisfy his State and County taxes for the year
1885. 'Levy made by W. R. Durden. Cons’t, anil
returned to me this Feb. the 1st, 1886.
Also, at the same time and place, 510 acres of
land, more or less, lying In the 319th Dist, G. M.
Bounded by lands of W. J. T, Ray, south by Mrs.
Wntson and Clinton road, west by lands of Mrs.
Morris and O. P. Bonner, north by Jessie Lee
and Frank llnmphrlcs. Tenants in possession
notified. Levied ou as tSe property of Mrs. J.
M. p. Webb, to satisfy her State and County
taxes for the years 1881 ami 1885. Levy made
by C. E. Bonner. Cons’L, and returned to me
this Feb. the 1st, 188'.
Also, at the same time and place, one house
and lot in the City of Milledgeville, and known
in the plan of said City as being In square. No.
92 and lot No. 4. Levied on as the property of
Spencer Hughes, to satisfy one Justice Court fl
fa In lavor or M. L. Byington vs. Spencer
Hughes. Levy made by T. S. Bagley, Cons't.
aud returned to ihe this Feb. the 1st. 1886.
C. W. ENNIS
w Feb. 1st, 1888.
For Sale.
CHEAP FOR CASH,
Or secured paper, payable in the
Fall, either iu cotton or for cur
rency, the
Old Soluble Pacific
GUANO!
And the Highest Grades of Phos
phates for Composting, for sale by
H. E. HENDRIX.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 12th, ’86.27 3m
Groceries • for 1886,
Is rapidly coming in and will consist of
The Best Goods the Market Affords!
We have special inducements to offer on
Coffee and Tobacco!
We have bought a LARGE LOT of both and are Koing to sell
it CHEAP.
Our Motto for this Year is
Buy with the Money aud Sell for Cash!
Come and get our prices and if we don’t sell you tlie goods we
will force somebody to sell them to you cheap.
We ask Competition no Odds and
Bid Defiance to Time Prices!
PLANTERS are invited to come and get their year’s supply of
Coffee and Tobacco. Respectfnllv,
L. H. WOOD & CO.,
Waitzfelder Building,
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 5, 1886.
Wayne Street.
31 ly
Furniture Repaired.
T HAVE returned to Milledgeville,
1 after an absence of many years,
and opened a shop under Mrs. Woot-
ten’s store to carry on my trade, and
am prepared to do upholstering,
and repairing furniture. WAlso un
dertaking. Give me a call.
R. N. ADAMS.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan., 9th 1886. [27tf
PIANOS-ORCANS
Th<* f’pmand for improved Maboh & Hamlin
Pi a vos is now so largt that a aacond addition to the
factory has become imperative. Do not require one-
qnarter as much tuning aa Pianos on the prevailing
wre*t-pin aystem. Consult Catalogue, free.
100 Styles of Oboavi, |SS to 9B00. For Cash, Easy
Payments, or Rented.
Mason ft Hamlin Organ and Piano Co.,
NEW YORK ; BOSTON ; CHICAGO.
Jan. 26, 1886.
29 2t
For Sale!
A LARGE, gentle FAMILY HORSE
fl and a comfortable Rockaway.
and
Apply to
A. J. BECK.
Ga., Dec. 28, ’85. 25 tf
Landretffs Garden Seeds!
I have received my usual supply
of Landreth’s justly celebrated
Garden Seeds!
>And will keep no others on hand-
I do not deal in “Commissioned”'
Seed. When you buy Garden Seed look on each paper and see
that “1886” is plainly printed thereon. I have no Seed left over
from previous years. When you want
oztsnoztsr sets,
Call on me and get Landreth’s Red and White Sets, clean and free
from dirt and just right for planting.
Call and get a copy of LANDRETH’S RU RAL REGISTER
which will instruct you when and how to plant Garden Seeds,
JOHN M. CLARK, Druggist.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 19th, 1886. 28 6t.
Good News for the Farmers!
—THE OLD RELIABLE—
Soluble Pacific Guano!!
Best adapted to this soil of any Fertilizer known. Also, a high
grade of
Acid Phosphate and Kanit,
for composting. The above grades we have in stock. Now is the
time for Composting. Come forward and we will fill your order for
the following prices:
Soluble Pacific, 380 lbs. 1 In Middling Cotton by the
Acid Phosphate', 280 :> 15th of October; after date,
Kanit, .220 “ ) Delivered at the Pottery.
Apply to
STEVENS BROS. & CO.,
Jan. 19th, 1886. 28 8t] STEVENS’ POTTERY, GA.