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UNION & RECORDER,
MILLEDGEVILLE, MARCH 2, 188®.
The New Tariff Question.
We have for some months, made on
ly several brief allusions to the tariff
question, believing t he Administration
■w ould have some policy on that intri
cate anti disturbing question that
could meet the approbation and se
cure the unity of all Democrats.
Whether the bill introduced by Mr.
Morrison, may be received as an Ad
ministration measure, we do not
know, and circumstances, we need
not mention, have prevented our ex
amining its provisions, as we desire to
do, before expressing a deliberate
opinion upon its merits. We take oc
casion now, to refer, mainly to one or
two facts as to the origin of; the pres
ent high tariff. It originated, as all
know who have looked into the sub
ject at all as a war measure, and not
only largely increased the duties upon
goods brought to this country from
foreign countries, but imposed most
extraordinary taxation upon produc
tions made and growing in this coun
try. We use plain and simple lan
guage avoiding the usual technical
terms of statisticians, in order that
those not familiar with them, may
more clearly comprehend the matters
alluded to. It is questionable wheth
er so heavy a system of direct tayn.
tion has ever been imposed upon any
people in hundreds of years. It was
done, of course, to raise all the means
possible, to put down what the Lin
coin Government falsely styled, “the
rebellion of the Southern states or
people.” These piincipal direct tax
es were levied upon whiskey and to
bacco, though minor sums weie ob
tained bv stamp income, bank and
other taxes. The people of the North
submitted quietly and patiently to
this heavy drain, doubtless, (from
their stand point) under the patriotic
motive of “saving the glorious union.”
In addition to those impulses they
were told that when the “rebellion”
was put down, the taxes would be
reduced ; and so they were in part,
so far as banks, incomes, &c., were
concerned, but the infant manufacto
ries ! the puling cry went up that they
would be ruined if the enormous war
duties were reduced!
What the people demand is that
they shall not pay upon an average
30 per cent more for what they need
than they would have to pay under a
simple tariff for revenue, to add to
the wealth of the manufacturers. No
reasonable man desires to injure the
manufacturer, but he does object to
paying four dollars for a blanket that
lie’ could get for three, and so on, up
on other articles, through the long
list of the tariff schedule.
It is said that Mr. Morrison's bill
will reduce taxation twenty millions.
That is a very moderate reduction,
and ought to be agreed to by every
member of both houses of congress.
We have not been able as yet to criti
cally examine it. As soon as we can,
we ’will present its features to our
readers. We hope its reasonableness
and moderation will so impress the
republican members of the Senate, as
to secure its passage in that body. It
will be readily passed in the House
and secure the signature of the Presi
dent. Though, as heretofore stated,
we have not critically examined Mr.
Morrison's bill, we think from glanc
ing over it, that it commends itself to
public favor, and what we have said
is founded upon that impression.
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Senator Morgan’s Resolutions. ! Death oi Mrs. Martha t. Morgan.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Lord Randolph Churchill is making
sensation speeches in various places in
Ireland. His auditors are principally
Orangemen who are, if possible, more
opposed to Irish home rule than the
people in England. He is a man of
cousiderable ability, a good speaker,
and his remarks against the Pamel-
lites are as hot as mustard and calcu
lated to do much harm. His course
is reprehensible in that he tries to ex
cite the orangemen to such a pitch as
to leave no room for a calm and just
consideration of the question of home
rule. At Bedfast they took the horses
from his carriage and dragged it from
the station to the hotel. He told his
hearers that the Irish people were
not with Parnell, and would prefer a
freer and closer union with England.
And among other inflamatory re
marks, he told the orangemen that if
the nation was so apostate as to hand
them over to the Parnellites, there
are plenty of men in England who
would be found ready to stand by the
Loyalists. This is nothing short of
advocating civil war.
50,000 SOCIALISTS.
On the 21st fifty thousand socialists
assembled in Hyde Park. Speeches
■were made from three stands. The
police subsequently had various con
flicts. Many blows were dealt and by
the time the crowd reached Westmin
ster in the march, many had left the
ranks, and quiet soon prevailed in the
streets. Several people were bruised,
some knocked down and slightly in
jured but no life was lost. The chief
harm was done by throwing stones
and battering shop windows. It was
a fortunate escape from more se
rious results. It is reported that a
plot exists to unite Spain and Portu
gal under the Duke of Brganza, and
to overthrow the Spanish Regency.
A Paris dispatch conveying this infor
mation, says the plot is headed by the
Duke of Montpensier. The eighth an
niversary of the Pope's election as
Ponriff was celebrated on the 20th in
stant. He received the congratula
tions of tiie college of Cardinals.
In the lower House of the Dist. on
the 22nd says a Berlin dispatch in sub
stance: Her W schinexi denounced
the projected German colonization of
Poland. He said that Poland would
not perish. Minister Lucius said the
bill was an act of necessity. The
Poles were unwilling to be Russian
subjects and Germany had to protect
herself. Nineteen members gave no
tice they would speak in favor of the
bill, and nineteen announced they
would speak against it.
The (i reek cry is still for war against
Turkey. Doubtless this grows out of
long years of Grecian subjection to
Turkish oppression in the past, but
Greece is free now, with a small but
splendid and delightful country. If
t he great power of Russia was worst
ed by Turkey, what hope would
Greece have of a successful encounter
with her. For a small country Greece
is prosperous, wealthy, and happy,
in u war witli Turkey, she would risk
the desolation of her fair land, and
perhaps her independence.
Comptroller-General’s Report.
_ Hon. Win. A. Wright, Comptroller
General, in his report shows that the
taxable property of the State of
Georgia, has been gradually increas
ing. In the last six years it has in
creased over eighty seven millions of
dollars and in the last year it increas
ed over tiie previous year two h
dred and forty-four thousand one hun
dred and seventeen dollars and seven
ty eight cents. Mr. Wright is a very
efficient officer and is highly popular
throughout the State.
Mn. Henry Watterson. —We are
greatly pleased to notice that the phy
sicians in attendance upon Mr. Wat-
terson, have at last pronounced hiin
to be out of danger. Mr. Watterson
is the very able and distinguished
editor of the Louisville, Ky., Courier
Journal. The many notices of his ilk
ness throughout the country, testified
to his ability, and the esteem in which
lie was belli by journalists in every
section. A master of language, of po
litical science and a scholar of deep
tlicugut and imbued with a generous
regard for tiie best interests of the
people, his death would have been
deplored by hundreds of thousand D f
the readers of the Journal and ntanv
others in all sections of the country.
The diligent Atlanta correspondent
of the Macon Telegraph, who nits pro
hibition a lick whenever he can, in
season and out of season, has found
out that there is a hostile feeling be
tween those distinguished Baptist
ministers, Rev. Dr. Hawthorne and
Rev. Dr. H. H. Tucker (the latter be
ing the editor of the Christian Index)
the cause befhg a difference of views
the subject of Prohibition.
_ouietimes enterprising correspon-
habitually ride a hobby,
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, lias
introduced into the Senate a series of
searching resolutions in reference to
the action of the Senate in withhold
ing oonflrmalion of the President's
nominations. We cannot make room
for the preamble ftnd resolutions of
fered by Senator Morgan, but briefly
Btate their import. The refnsu! to
acpffie to the Senate j extraordinary
deiffind w«6 made Hy the Attorflv
General, Mr. Garland. The Senate
condemned Mr. Garland for the refus
al. Senator Morgan charges the Sen
ate judiciary committee with announc
ing a condemnation of the Attorney
General and with a violation of his
official duty, without a trial by law,
when that could only he done by im
peachment when the Senate is sitting
with the chief justice of the United
States, as a court of impeachment to
hear and decide npon the articles of
impeachment presented by the House
of Representatives. The Senate has,
in effect, pronounced judgment
against the Attorney General with
out a trial according to the forms
of law prescribed by the consti
tution. The Attorney General, if
guilty of doing an unauthorized act,
such as the Senate claims, is liable to
impeachment, and cannot be consid
ered except by impeachment, re
sulting in a verdict of guiltv. Sen
ator Morgan proposes that the com
mittee on privileges and elections
shall enquire into the proceedings
of the Senate and report whether the
Senate had the right to condemn the
Attorney General in any other way
than by impeachment, and whether
he had violated any law', or did any
thing which might not have been
done in the exercise of his lawful dis
cretion ; also to report whether the
Senate has any constitutional right
to give’advice and to removals from
offices by the President and further to
report whether the Senate, under the
constitution, has.the right to withhold
its consent to the removal of persons
by the President, and to demand doc
uments and papers, and refuse con
firmation unless they are given to the
Senate for its inspection.
This is a brief synopsis of most of
the points in Mr. Morgan's resolution.
We think before this matter is over
the judiciary committee of the Senate
will see the rottenness of its position
and that it is beyond cure or hope.
Edmunds and his crowd, we doubt
not trembled only at the reading of
Mr. Morgan's resolutions and would
have preferred a dagger’s thrust to
the moral wounds inflicted upon their
wicked souls. They may quibble and
twist and turn, but their march of
new fangled ideas has led them into a
quagmire from which they cannot
extricate themselves with any degree
of credit or honor. They are choked
by their own brutum fulmen.
Pensions to Soldiers.
The pension list for union soldiers
seems to be constantly increasing.
We do not know, but we think there
are many frauds in this matter, and
many have been added to the list,
who never heard the fire of a gun on
battle field. In a speech in the
House Mr. Tilrnan, of South Carolina,
said, “considering that the confeder
ate states pay about one-tiiird of the
taxes to the Federal government for
pensions, and do not get back three
cents of it, considering, also, that from
the foundation of the government to
the present time, $8 a month -was con
sidered as sufficient pension for wid
ows, can the gentleman, Mr. Hender
son, complain that the gentlemen
members are trying to restrain the
necessarily larger expenditures for
pensions ’within the rules that pre
vailed heretofore?"
There is no use trying to restrain
the enlargement of the pensions. In
doing so the cry of the blood}- shirt
will be raised. Mr. Henderson said
12 dollars was not too much, and the
south will be bled for many years to
come.
Mr. Randall, of the Chronicle Staff,
writes from Washington February
23rd, as follows:
I asked a Democratic Congressman
why the House adjourned so early to
day. He said: “Because we are all at
sea and do not know what to do. The
President is out of humor with the
party and there is no tonic in the po
litical atmosphere.” The same gen
tleman declared that he got more offi
ces from Arthur than from Cleveland,
adding that the only difference be
tween the two was in allowing South
ern home affairs to be in better shape."’
A prominent Senator Irom one of
the border States says: “The fight of
the Republican Senators against the
President is an ugly one and must be
embarrassing to the Democrats. It
will be a battle of precedents, in
which we have the disadvantage in
numbers. It means, in my opinion,
the rejection of every Democratic
nomination where there has been a
suspension or removal under charges.
This seems to be the common impres
sion.’’ J. R. R.
It seems the Republican Senators
are trying to throw every possible ob
stacle in the way of the President.
They are making glorious disgraces
for themselves bringing about diffi
culties and troubles in violation of the
President's constitutional preroga
tives. “Yes,” we say, “they are dis
gracing themselves by interposing for
mal and preposterous opposition to
his nominations without a shadow of
right, disturbing the quiet of the
country and peaceable order of the
affairs of the Government. Edmunds
and his crowd by the infernal and
rash experiments are endangering the
peace of the Union. Their conduct
is an atrocious crime against civil lib
erty, and right, and they are pushing
it with the most revolting effrontery.
Can we ever have peace and justice
with such men in the stations they
hold?’’ As to the few appointments
made, we must impute it in a great
degree, to a civil service law which
was passed, in part, by democratic
votes gained by the author of the bill
who now represents the country at
the German Court. The bill is an a-
ristocratic measure copied from the
English. The fight is an “ugly one"
and is “embarrasing to the Demo
crats.” The President and the Demo
crats will be deprived of the service of
the gentlemen who are rejected. Per
haps the President may find other
places for them but we hope they
will be revenged by nominating oth
ers to take their places.
It is with sincere regret we notice
m the Memphis j>apers the death of
Mrs. Martha F. Morgan, a daughter
of the late Dr. Tomlinson Fort. She
was born and lived to the age of ma
turity in this place. Though for a
number of years she has adorned the
social circles of a distant city, the
, memory of her womanljf virtues gpd
graces is yet fondly cherished hssO by
those companions off the sp runtime
of her existence, who yet remain in
life. The Memphis papers—the Ava
lanche. Appeal and Ledger—all contain
touching notices of her decease, show
ing the strong hold she had obtained
on the respect, admiration and love of
the community to which she went, in
the early period of her married life,
as a stranger. Her husband, and
those who remain of the {once large
family circle of which she was a be
loved member, will receive the sym
pathy of all our people who knew that
family when it formed so important
an element in the social life of our
city.
We cannot better show the admira
tion and esteem in which she was
held in her distant western home, 1
t ban by printing the foUowing notic e of
her death, which we copy from the
Memphis Appeal:
The announcement of the death of
Mrs. Martha Morgan, wife of the Hon.
R. J. Morgan, in the Appeal, was not
unexpected: and still it caused pro
found sorrow among a wide circle of
friends. Many times from the very
shadow of death Mrs. Mogran has im-
merged, and with a vitality that
seemed marvelous. Her life has been
a falling and rising tide for years; but
in her last sickness it was an ebbing
tide, and Tuesday night eternal si
lence fell upon the lips which never
spoke but for truth, love, charity,
and in praise of husband, children and
God. A woman of such prominence,
intelligence, and possessing, as she did,
all the virtues that adorn the wife,
mother and Christian, deserves the
extended tribute which some friend
will no doubt pay to her memory.
The entire community sympathizes
with Judge Morgan in his great sor
row. It is a terrible blow to a nature
as devoted and kindly as his. Strong,
hearty and hopeful as is his nature,
he will suffer in every fiber of his
being, and all who know him and love
him will grieve for him. But nothing
they can say or do can put a star in
his night of sorrow. A heart as big
as his bleeds sorely when it is wound
ed.
The Educational Bill.
Expenditure for Drink.
The following diagram, from the
Interior, is a comparison of the un-
iual expenditure in the United
Itates for intoxicating liquors,
■ith various other of the largest
is of expenditure. It is based
the census of1S80 and other re-
authorities. Scale: Each
-fourths of an inch repre-
R enditure of $100,000,000.
bted to the Christian
Niox for the measurements and
statistics.—The liquor bill repre
sents the cash paid for it by con
sumers, and is, in our opinion, not
an exaggeration of the facts. We
consider it just about the actual
amount. Comments upon a show
ing so appalling would only weak
en the power of truth.
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Senator Blair's bill to distribute sev
enty-seven millions of dollars among
the’states and requiring eight years in
which to complete the distribution is
a matter of very questionable policy.
It has advocates in the south as well
as in the north and west. It is the
more tempting as the whole sum is to
be used for educational purposes and
if fairly and properly used would be of
great benefit in rapidly decreasing the
illiteracy of all sections by giving a
rapid spread to the three “R’s”. It is
probable that the South in propor
tion to numbers, would receive a larg
er portion of the money than any oth
er section of the Union, owing to the
millions of colored population within
her limits. If congress should decide
this question upon constitutional
f rounds the bill would be defeated.
’here is no provision in the constitu
tional grounds, the bill would be de
feated. There is no provision in the
constitution to sustain the adoption
of Senator Blair’s bill. All the pow
ers granted to congress are enumera
ted in the 8th section of the 1st Arti
cle of the constitution, and such a
power, as the distribution of money
among tiie states for educational pur
poses, is not found in that enumera
tion. Some of our statesmen have
c laimed congressional power to do cer
tain tilings under the declaration in
the preamble to the constitution, that
the people of the United States had
adopted tiie constitution to provide
for the common defense, and among
additional things to promote the gen
eral welfare, and they justifv this dis
tribution of money for educational
purposes under that clause of the pre
amble. But the preamble is no part
of tiie constitution. It is only a de
claration of what the constitution was
ordained and established for, and
among other things it is stated in the
preamble that it was adopted to pro
mote the general welfare.
Of course certain powers had to be
conferred upon congaess, and all the
power, that was conferred, is specified
in the 8th section of the first Article.
While we have other reasons for op
posing the distribution of money
among the states by congress, taken
from the national Treasury for pur
poses of education, it is sufficient To
state, that it is forbidden by the Na
tional Charter. If one should say it
is not specifically forbidden, it is suf
ficient to answer that all power is for
bidden that is not specifically granted.
Mr. Watterson
SUICIDE OF MR. R.
* BONS.
Yesterday morning at 6:30 o'clock,
R. J. Fitzgibbons committed suicide
by shooting himself through the
head.
The tragedy occurred at Mr. Fitzgib-
bons’ house on the Columbus road, a
quarter of a mile beyond Mercer
University.
Mr. Fitzgibbons was the official
stenographer of the Macon circuit.
He was well known all over Georgia,
his business having carried him into
every section of the state. He was a
pleasant tempered young man, and
nobody that knew him suspected that
he would ever become so despondent
as to take his own life. It seems,
however, that he was financially em
barrassed. Hecontracted debts’to the
amount, perhaps, of $500; but recently
he stated to friends that he had suc
ceeded in meeting most of his obliga
tions, and felt much relieved.
At 6 o’clock yesterday morning Mrs.
Fitzgibbons arose and dressed, and
went down to the kitchen to assist
the cook to prepare breakfast. A few
minutes after. Miss Wilson entered
the bedroom to dress the children.
She found Mr. Fitzgibbons partially
dressed, sitting in a rocking-chair
near the washstand. She went to the
bed occupied .by the children who
were awake, and taking one of them
up, dressed it. She had her back turn
ed to Mr. Fitzgibbons. He told her
that he did not feel well, and that he
was still very much depressed. She
tried to cheer him. but without suc
cess. He alluded to his financial em
barrassment, and said that he did not
know what he should do. He men
tioned a suit of clothes, and also
spoke of several otiier articles that he
wished to purchase, but could not
because of the lack of means. In the
meantime, the child Miss Wil
son had dressed, went out of the
room, and she began to dress
the other. She sat down in a
chair, her back still being turned to
Mr. Fitzgibbons. lie was silent
short while, and then Miss Wilson
heard him rise from the rocking
chair and step to the mantel piece.
In another instant, she heard a pistol
shot, and hastily turning, saw Mr.
Fitzgibbons drop back into tiie chair
and then fall to the floor.
Death of X. Y. Bessman.
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After some months’ illness from con
sumption, he died on the 23rd of Feb
ruary at the residence of his mother,
in Augusta. He was the son of the
late John W. Bessman, of Augusta,
and for a time conducted the business
in which his father was engaged. His
career was cut short by insatiate con
sumption, which destroyed all the
hopes of his young manhood. He
had not been married a year, and the
sympathies of numerous friends are
extended to his young wife, his aged
mother, and his bereaved sisters.
A man named J. W. Pierce from
Texas was killed in the terrible col
lision on the Georgia Pacific railroad
above Atlanta some time since. The
man’s wife in Texas was informed of
it and she telegraphed that his re
mains should be buried at Atlanta. In
a short time, a Mi's. J. Pierce Weaver
of Indianapolis made her appearance
and claimed the deceased as her hus
band, under the name above men
tioned. She made a very plausible
story for her side of the question and
the matter came before Judge Clark
of the Superior Court upon the ques
tion of who was the rightful claimant
to the body of the deceused. Al
though the matter has not been abso
lutely decided, the weight of evidence
beforethe court was said to be very
much in favor of the Texas wife, who
has also come to Atlanta to look after
her rights. It is a most interesting
case and the people of Atlanta are
taking sides warmly on the matter.
We shall look for the final result with
mnch interest.
Was not so well on the 25th. He
had improved, and exerted himself
too much in talking with friends. He
needs quiet, and will be kept
There is nothing serious in the change
Hundreds, yea thousands of tele
graphic inquiries were received during
his serious illness from all parts of
the country.
Mr. Watterson was not well and
yet went to Columbus by invitation
to a Jackson banqnet, and made
long speech. When he finished he
was covered with perspiration, and
upon reaching home, having experi
enced bitter cold weather, having for
want of conveyance, walked a dis
tance of 13 blocks to the Courier-
Journal office. There he sank ex
hausted into a chair, and thence he
was taken to his residence in a car
riage. Then followed the attack of
sub acute meningitis. We need not
relate his sufferings. For sometime it
was supposed he could not recover,
and though much better, his physi
cians deny callers and his improve
ment authorizes his physicians to say
that, with proper care, he will soon be
past all danger from his severe at
tack. ■
CARLISLE AN IDEAL SPEAKER.
1IOUTKLLK, FROM THE BANKA OF THB
PENOBSCOT.
Senator Colquitt thinks the bill in
troduced by him to submit the ques
tion of a stringent regulation of the
liquor traffic to the people of the Dis
trict of Columbia will pass both
branches of Congress. He does not
see how any one eaa reasonably *b-
jeet to giving thp people an opportu '
nity to say what they want. 5 “
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e perfk_ '-ian 'etter and note.
From Templeton’s Washington Letter
to the Boston Herald.
The House of Representatives of
the Forty-Ninth Congress is not sup
posed to be composed of as able a
body of men as was its imnediate pre
decessor. There are not a large num
ber of prominent members missing-
S. S. Cox and Jere Blackboorne on
the one side and John A. Kasson on
the other, most readily come to mind
—but tiie impression prevails that the
average is less high than it has been
The man who towers above all others
is the Speaker. It is difficult to over
state the estimation in which Mr. Car
lisle is held. You will frequently hear
it said that he is the first statesman in
any branch of the Government. Pre
sident, Cabinet, Senators, all pale be
fore him in the view of his entnnsiastio
admirers, and they are many. He is
the ideal Speaker. He has absolutely
a judicial mrnd in his office. A Re
publican member of. the House told
me that he did not believe Mr. Car
lisle ever had an impulse to make an
unfair decision, and that there was
not the slightest taint of partisan
ship in any of his actions in the chair.
He is a master of parliamentary law,
and he decides everything right by
intuition. The Republicans more
than respect, they admire him.
This member said Mr. Carlisle should
have received the full Republican
vote at the opening of the session,
and gone into his office unanimously.
He had earned that honor, for 1m was
the best Speaker the nation had ever
known. And yet, with all this, Mr.
Carlisle is a man susceptible to in
fluences. It is generally felt here
that Mr. Morrison is his chief reliance
as an adviser. Morrison, though
f reatly inferior intellectually to tne
peaker, is a man of strong will, and
of a hard, solid, practical sense, in
which the Speaker believes. It is
well understood that'he consulted
Morrison constantly in the formation
of his committees, and takes his ad
vice often as regards the business of
the House. Morrison is the chief
power in a partisan point of view,
bate-when the Speaker takes the
but
St. Jacobs -Oil marks a great ad
vance in the science of a cure. It is the
only absolute specific for rheumatism
Only 50 cents.
President Roberts Wins—A dis
patch has been received in Augusta
announcing that the case in New
York against Mr. William S. Roberts,
upon the charge of grand larcenyj
has been called up in the courts in
New York and dismissed upon a de
murrer to the indictment. Tiie ground
upon which the indictment was
quashed was the failure to allege that
I the Bethlehem Iron Works—the pros
[ ecutors iu the case and the parties
claiming ownership in the bonds
which Mr. Roberts is said to have
hypothecated—is a corporation doin^
business iu Pennsylvania, duly incor
porated under the laws of that State
and authorized to exercise ownership
in the property they claim.
Or stated more accurately the in
dictment did not allege that the bonds
alleged to have been hypothecated
were issued by a corporation having
chartered authority to issue bonds
and, further, it did not allege the
bonds to be the property of any per
son, association or corporation.
Wonderful Cures.
W. D. Hoyt & Co. Wholesale and
Retail Druggists of Rome, Ga., say
“We have been selling Dr. King's
New Discovery, Electric Bitters and
Backlen’s Arnica Salve for two years.
Have never handled remedies that
sell as well, or give such universal
satisfaction. There have been some
wonderful cures effected by these
medicines in this city. Several cases
of pronounced Consumption have
been entirely cured by use of a few
bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery,
taken in connection with Electric Bit-
te« We guarantee them alwavs.
Sold by E. A. Case.”
At Barnesvilie, Thursday, during a
very heavy rain storm, Morgan How
al 'd was going across the square,
when his attention was attracted to a
live fish floundering out in the mid
dle of the street. He picked up the
little foreigner from the celestial re
gions, and placed it on exhibition.
There is no doubt but that the fish
rained down. It was about three in
ches long, and of the perch genus.
With bright eyes and elastic step,
yet gray, lusterless hair. It is unnat
ural, needless. Parker's Hair Balsam
will restore the black or brown pre
maturely lost, cleanse from all dand
ruff, and stop its falling. Don’t sur
render your hair without an effort to
ive it. _ 34 lm
Senator Vest, of Missouri, who is
seriously ill wit h neuralgia at tiie base
of the brain, will come to Georgia and
Florida for rest and treatment.
Upon a fair estimate Greene county
has paid out $30,000 this year for
western mules and horses. At the
present price this represents over 800
bales of cotton.
There is more profit in one day
spent in garden work, now. than in a
month spent in discussing politics
and hardness of the times.— Ishmae-
hte.
LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS
Remaining in the Post-Office at Mil-
ledgeville, Baldwin county, Ga., Feb.
27th, 1886. If not called for within 30
days, they will be sent to the Dead
Letter office.
Adams, David
Brown. Charity
Burkett, Thomas
Borg as, Mat
Baugh Martha
Bolly, I.
Cullens, Bittie
Calay, E. N
Chance, Mary V.
Grimes, Rousa
Ganaway, Sandy
Gilbert John D.
Gilbert, Nora
Of:
Among: our exchanges.
In Albany the peach trees are in
bloom.
The election on the whiskey ques
tion will be held in Hall county on the
10th instant.
It is said that Governor McDaniel
will be in the race for the gubernatori
al nomination.
The Ordinary of Washington coun
ty has beea petitioned to order an
election under the local option law.
The State Fair Committee has deci
ded to accept Macon’s tender of the
Park for the use of the next State
Fair.
Maj. Lachlan McIntosh, of Georgia,
has been assigned to a very pleasant
place in the Geodetic Bureau at Wash
ington.
Mr. Joshua Underwood, of Colum
bus, who has been ill several days
with hydrophobia, died on Wednes
day night.
The stockholders of Eatonton's new
hotel have purchased the old hotel
site for $3,500, and will commence
building at once.
Mrs. Thomas, mother of Rev. J. W.
Thomas, of Calhoun, has, within the
past eleven years, pieced and quilted
one hundred and sixty-nine qnilts.
Rev. C. C. Williams of Augusta,
lately elected Bishop of the protest-
ant Episcopal diocese of Easton,
Maryland, has declined the high
office.
Prohibition is solid in old Washing
ton, and the vote now bids fair to
be the most solid on that line that
was ever cast in our county.—Banders-
ville Herald.
The Methodist church at Eatonton
had a narrow escape from destruction
by fire Monday. A box of hot ashes
and coals set tne fence on fire, but it
was discovered in time.
The young men are all for Prohibi
tion. Well they believe in it, and
they know “the girls are all bnilt that
way.” Do you know a young man
that is not going for Prohibition?—
Sandersville Herald.
J. FITZGIB- Hon. Seaborn Reese, of Sparta,
returned home last Sunday, accom
panied by his sister, Miss Eula Reese.
H e is detained from returning to his
seat in Congress by the sickness of his
little son, Augustus.
Mr. N. B. Baum shipped last week
from Toombsboro 175 dozen eggs, and
had on hand up to Tuesday this week,
150 dozen. Mr. Baum ships on an
average of 150 dozen per week.—Ir
win ton Southerner.
Eugene Speer, of Georgia, the well
known newspaper correspondent, has
been appointed to a twenty one hun
dred dollar clerkship in Washington,
in the office of the First Comptroller
of the Treasury.
The baseball craze has struck the
students of the University. The
sophomore, junior and senior classes
have selected their teams, elected
their officers, assigned colors and or
dered uniforms.
The Secretary and Treasurer of the
Eagle & Phoenix Mills of Columbus
reports the ontlook for the mills as
being just now brighter and more en
couraging than it has been for a long
time past. This is doubtless indica
tive of more prosperous times in all
branches of business.
Mary Anderson was born at Saeri-
mento, Cal., July 28th, 1859. She will
be 27 years old next July. Her pa
rents were from Kentucky, and her
father, was killed in the war. She
began her splendid career as an ac
tress at Louisville on the 27th of No
vember, 1875.
Sam Jones is fast winning fame as
a revivalist. There are now not a
few prominent ministers who pro
nounce him the greatest living evan
gelist. His language and his methods
may be open to criticism, but judg
ing by results it is doubtful if any one
of the great revivalists of the day e-
qual him,—Augusta News.
Senator Colquitt thinks the bill
introduced by him to submit the
question of a stringent regulation of
tne liquor traffic to the people of the
district of Columbia will pass both
houses of Congress. He does not see
how any one can reasonably object to
giving the people an opportunity to
say what they want.
Jim McCoy, charged with the assas
sinatton of Deputy Marshal Kellet
some months since, and for whom a re
ward of $500 was offered, has been ar
rested at Canton, Ga., by U. S. Mar
shal Nelms and a party organized by
him. He is said to be a desperado and
a noted moonshiner. His arrest was
a most gratifying event to the inter
nal revenue officials and was very
skillfully effected.
Capt. J. B. Reese has suspended the
publication of bis paper and sold the
material to Rev. G. W. Fears, pastor
of the colored Baptist church in Ea
tonton, and a company composed
of members of that church, who
will on next Saturday begin the pub
lication of a paper, designed to be a
rteliglous and family journal, to be
known as the “Middle Georgia Ban
ner."—Eatonton Messenger.
The ground around the Northeast
depot at Athens is in great demand
for manufacturing purposes. There
is now there a cotton compress, a steam
elevator and mills, an ice factory
and cotton seed oil mill. Before the
summer is over McGenty’s shops, a
large fertilizer factory and tannery
will be added. A movement is now
on foot in Athens among the working
classes to organize a stock company
and build a small cotton mill to be
operated by steam power.
Death.—Mr. W. B. Marshall died
at his home in this county last Sun
day afternoon. He had been Ul about
two weeks with a carbuncle on his
neck, which, we learn was the result
of blood-poison. He was the oldest
son of Stephen B, Marshall, late of
Putnam, deceased, a man who was
loved by his friends and held in the
highest esteem by all who knew him.
Mr. Marshall was fifty-four years old
when he died. He was a good citizen,
quiet and unassuming in his inter
course with the world, and a kind and
devoted husband and father. The
funeral was conducted by Rev. T. A.
Sales from the home of ’the deceased
and the body was brought to the city
and buried by the side of relatives
who had preceeded him in death.
Many friends of country and city fol
lowed his remains to their last resting
place. We sympathize with his esti
mable wife and children in their af
fliction.—Eatonton Messenger.
The Cartersville American of the
23d ult. says: Rev. Sam Jones returned
from Milledgeville Saturday night and
Sunday night preached a characteris
tic sermon to a crowded house at the
Methodist Church. He leaves here
the last of the week to open the great
union meeting at Chicago next Sun
day.
fte says that five or six different de
nominations are £oing heartily into the
meeting at Chicago. An immense
skating rink has been secured for the
meetings, provided with seven thous
and chairs.
Mr. Jones says the Cincinnati meet
ing was one of the most remarkable
that he has ever known, and eternity
alone can tell the results. One of the
effects has been the closing of the the
atres on Sunday, and the authorities
declare their intention to enforce the
Sunday laws generally. People went
hundreds of miles to attend the meet
ings. He thinks that a hall holding
forty thousand would have been filled
if it coaid have been secured.
At the close of his sermon he asked
all who felt resolved to try and live
better lives to manifest it by rising,
when almost the entire congregation
stood up.
The great evangelist's visits to his
home are always nailed with joy by
oar people, ana their sincere prayers
follow him wherever he goes to labor
in the Master's vineyard.
130W:
Capital Prize. $150,000.
arrangements for all the
terly Drawing! of The
ry Company, and in pei
the Drawings themselves,
conducted with hoeesty, I
faith toward all parties, and
Company to use this certlScate, with fac-slmflee
of our signatures attached, in its advertise
ments.”
la good
irize the
Hill. Margerate
Jones, Mary Ann
Kidwell, F.*D.
Lee, Ellen
Maddee, Emma
McMillens, Charles
Suddath, L. H.
Sabray, Laura
Tanner. Dolly
Trail Emily
Williams, Sarah
Wamble, Rosa
Wright, Billie.
We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will
pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana State
Lotteries which may be presented at our oenn-
ters.
J. B OGLESBY, Free. Louisiana Nat l Bk.
S. H. KENNEDY, Pm. State Nat’llBank.
A. BALDWIN, Free. New Orleaa. Nat l Bk.
ATTRACTION!
ion Distributed.
Louisiana State Lottery Crapy.
Incorporated in 1868 for 16 years by the Legis
lature for Educational and Charitable purposes
—with a capital of $l,ooo,MO—to which a re
serve fund of over $560,000 has since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise
was made a part of the present State Cbnstitn-
tion adopted Decembers*!, A. D., 1879.
Its Grand Single Number Drawing* will
take place monthly. It never scales or post
pones. Lock at the following Distribution:
190th Grand HeatUy
AND THB
EXTRAORDINARY QUARTERLY DRAWING
In the Academy of Music, New Orleans,
Tuesday, Marsh 16, 188S.
Under the personal supervision and manage
ment of
Gei G. T. BEAUREGARD, sf Louisiana and
Gen. JDBAL A. EARLY, of Virginia.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000.
49-Notice.—Tickets are Tea Dollars only
Halves, WS. Fifths, M. Tenths, ei.
list op nun.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF $150,000....$150,000
1 GRAND PRIZE OF
Money Makes the -More Go!
T’ ^AND—
Money Buys Groceries Cheap!
THE
GREEN STORE!
We buy for Cash and sell the same way. If you want your money
to go a long ways, be sure to go to
WHITE & TREANOR’S.
If your cow is hungry send to WHITE & TREANOR for Bran. If you
have no cow, send to them for tne finest Butter in the city. Nice Hams,
Shoulders and white_Me*t cheap as the cheapest._ Lard in 3, 5, 10, 20 and 50
•ttom prices. Nothing but water ground
S. Nice lot smoked Pork Sausage, just
it ever brought to this city. We also
lour. In Fancy Flour, Tube Rose and
lily, Odd Trump and Moss Rose are hard to
. Fresh Rice, New Grits. The nicest lot
of Buckwheat in the city and Maple Syrup that will make your mouth water.
Chow Chow Pickles, loose, any quantity; also, in bottles. We sell onlv the
best Teas, green and black. Full line Spices and Extracts. Cigars and To
bacco our specialty. Canned Goods, Candy, Crackers and Cheese.
In fact vou can get anything nice you may want at the GREEN STORE.
All goods delivered promptly and free of charge to any part of the city.
lb. Buckets; also in Tierces,
Meal sold at WHITE h
received. White Swan Ft
sell the celebrated Wade
Cadet, we will suit you.
beat. Coffee from 10c to
Feb. 9th, 1886.
WHITE & TREANOR,
South Wayne Street, Milledgeville, Ga
31 lv.
1 GRAND PRIZE OF
2 LARGE PRIZES OK
4 LARGE PRIZES OF
20 PRIZES OF
50.000. ... 50,0i)0
20.000. ... 20.000
10,000 20,000
5,000 20,000
1,000.... 20,000
50 “ 5C0.... 25,000
100 “ 300 80,000
200 “ 200 40.000
000 “ 100.... 60,000
1,000 “ 50 50,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZE*.
loo Approximation Prizes of $900.... $20,000
loo “ “ 100 10,000
100 “ 75.... 7,500
2,279 Prizes, amounting to $522,500
Application for rates to dabs should be made
only to the otllce of the Company in New Orleans.
For further information write clearly, giving
full address. PORTAL NOTES, Express Mon
ey Ordere or New York Exchange in ordinary
letter. Currency by Express (all sums of $5 and
upwards at our expense,) addressed
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La..
or M. A. DAUPHIN,
Wuhlngtea, D. C.
rrr .th a wtktq OTTTI
To make room for my Spring Goods, I am selling my entire
stock at greatly reduced prices. If you want real bargains, call at
once, with the cash and you will go home happy. This is no hum
bug. Come and see and be convinced.
Mbs. S. D. WOOTTEN.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 10th, 1886. 8 ty-.
The Boom Continues.
Male P.0. Money Orders payable
and address Repstered Letter* te
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, La.
Fcl). 9th, 1S86. 31 5t
Supplies for the Asylum.
LUNATIC ASYLUM. )
Near Milledgbvillk, Ga.,
18th February, 1886.)
QEALED PROPOSALS will be re
ceived by the undersigned, up to the
18th of MARCH, 12 o’clock, M., for
furnishing the articles specified be
low. r
Samples must be furnished of the
articles bid upon. One-third of the
articles must be delivered 1st April;
one-third 1st May and one-third 25th
May, and cash will be paid for the
same, one-third 5th May, one-third 5th jj
June, and one-third 5th July, 1886. |
All articles will be re-weighed car
measured.
All car load lots to be delivered at
Midway depot.
LIST OF ARTICLES.
500 bus. Com.
25,000 lbs. Bran.
25.000 lbs. Bacon sides, smokevT.
4,500 “ Hams, medium weight.
4.500 “ Leaf Lard.
300 bbls. Flour.
60 “ Pearl Grits.
850 bus. Meal.
6,Q£)0 lbs. Rio Coffee.
7.500 “ Brown Sugar.
2, 500 “ Granulated Sugar.
3.500 “ Butter, 'not oleoiuargene.’
850 “ Tobacco.
900 gals. Cuba Molasses, in barrels.
IOO “ Syrup. [sets.
1,200 lbs. Adamantine Candles, not
450 lbs. Starch.
12,0u0 “ Rice.
1.500 lbs. Turpentine Soap, 1 lb bars.
150g&ls. Pure Cider Vinegar.
10.000 lbs. Liverpool Salt, fine.
100 lbs. Black Pepper.
1 keg Bi-Carb Soda, 112 lbs.
40 cases Ball Potash, 1 lb. balls.
25 Brooms.
3,000 yds. Cottonades for Pants.
3.000 yds. Sheeting.
4.000 “ Shirting.
3.000 “ Checks.
3,600 yds. Calico, fast colors.
40 doz. prs. Hose.
40 “ “ Half Hose.
15 doz. Hats.
500 Summer Coats.
300 prs. Women’s Shoes.
300 prs. Men's Shoes.
The right reserved to reject any
and all bids. Bids should be marked
“to furnish supplies,” and addressed
to the undersigned.
L. J. LAMAR,
„ Steward.
Feb. 23d, 1886. 33 4t
To Wholesale Buyers.
Our trade during the 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 the
new year with a larger stock, more capital,
Lower Prices and Better Facilities,
thau ever before. TVe don't ask anybody to buy of us, but just
Consult Your Own Interest.
Get our prices, and we will be satisfied. We promise to sell you
goods as cheap as any Wholesale Market in Georgia.
Our Tobacco Stock,
Is larger than ever before, and we can duplicate any price from
houses in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, or any other State.
Try ns and v.e will convince you that this is true.
W. T. CONN & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 2d, 1886.
29 lv
Theo. liarkwaIter's
STEAM MARBLE & GRANITE WORK&v—-'
Broad Street, Near Lower Market,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
MARBLE WORK, Domestic and Imported, at low prices.
Georgia and South Carolina Granite Monuments made a specialty. A large
selection of MARBLE and GRANITE WORK always on hand, ’ readv for
LETTERING and DELIVERY. [Oct. 27th, 1885. 16 ly
Tobacco by the Plug
—AND—
Tobacco by the Box,
—TO-
—AT-
L
H.
WOOD k CO’S.
Hours.—General delivery
wilt be open froj*' “ w
N..». *
a., Jail. 26,188G.
Baldvii Sheriff! Sale.
W ILL be sold, on tlM flrst Tuesday In April,
1886, in front of the Court House
door, in the city of Milledgeville, during legal
f-aie boars, tbe following property,to-wlt:
DOne euirins end boiler, complete, levied on at
the property of Lafayette J. Fraley, to satisfy a
Superior Court (1 fa Issued from Hancock Supe
rior Court tn favor of gam Walker vs. Lafayette
J. Fraley. Defendants noiified In person. Levy
made February tbe I3tu, 1886.
Also at the same time and place, ODe side-bar
buggy and harness, levied on as the property of
Martin Crittenden to satisfy a mortgage 4 fa in
favor of Henry Harrison vs. Martin Crittp -
Defendant
THE PUBLIC:
I BEG leave to inform my cus
tomers and those trading at
this point that I am now pre
pared to furnish the following
brands of
HIGH
Me Fertilizers:
Farmers buying for the year, or for immediate use, should not
fail to examine our stock of Tobaccos. We have a good assort
ment of Patterson & Co’s, goods, made from the best Virginia leaf.
Good 9 inch fives at 40 to 50 cents per pound. “Jersey” 9 inch
fours at 50 cents per pound.
Try our “CAPTIVE” Brand,
In Caddys, 10 lbs. each.
We are also offering special inducements in
Coffee, Sugar and Flour.
We can please small or large purchasers. A cordial invitation
to all, ■whether buyers or not. Prices sent by mail upon appli
cation.
Yours truly,
L. H. WOOD & 00.,
Waitzfelder Building, Wayne Street.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 16, 1886. 31 ly
Acid Phosphates from Ga.
Chem. Works. Acid Phosphates
from Hammond, Hull & Co.
Acid Phosphates from Baldwin
& Co. Imported Kainit Assay
ing from 11 to 12 per cent. Pot
ash. The Celebrated Mastodon
Guano, Port Royal Cotton Fer
tilizer, Baldwin 4 Co’s., Guano,
Turner’s Ammometed Dissolved
Bone Gnano, (a Compound of
Acid Phosphate, Cotton Seed
Meal and Kaiait.) Also a pure
Ammoniated Bone Guano. All
of which will be sold to prompt
paying customers at
LOW FIGURES,
THE FARQUHAR COTTON PLANTER.
For currency notes, payable Oc
tober 15th, next. Those who do
not pay promptly, need not ap
ply, nor do I propose to lap ac
counts. Call and see me at the
warehouse. Very Respectfully,
HATCH TURNER.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb, 88, ’86. 88 6m
Public Schools for 1886.
WILL be in my office every Tues-
1 day and Friday, util farther no
tice, for the purpose of examining and
licensing teachers, and receiving ap
plications, and making contracts, for
Public Schools for the present year,
i L. CARRINGTON,
» V-' mrnttm mb. C.
fyufts ALL OTHERS.
It is simple in construction and can be handled easily by ordinary farm hands.
Drops the unrolled seed with perfect regularity and in any desired amount.
* Never skips. Opens, drops and covers. Send for price.
A. B. FARQUHAR & CO.,
Manufacturers of Machinery and Wholesale Hardware Merchants,
Macon. : : : : : Georgia.
February 19th, 1886.
— *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 1880. [87tf
LANDRETH’S
Seed Potatoes!
EARLY ROSE,
PEERLESS,
GOODRICH,
at the Drug Store of
C.T* WISE,
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 23, 1886.
Onion Sets
At C. L. CASE’S Drug Store.
[15 tf
Legal cap, foolscap, letter and note paper
pens, pencils and Ink, for sale cheap at
the UmtirA>£eeotder office..
FIVE CENT COLUMN.
Evaporated Peaches, for making
Tarts, Dumplings and Peaches and
Milk. Try them.
31 tf ] L. H. WOOD A CO.
Smoke Wood’s Legal Seal Cigars.
To Rent.—Four room cottage on
Jefferson street. Apply to
32 tf.] M. H. McCoM*.
Two ear loads of Texas Rust Proof
Oats, just raceived at
W. T. Conn & Co’s.
S toves at cost for the cash i—
As I am about to make consider
able change in my business this vaar,
I will sell out a lot of Cook and Heat
ing Stoves at cost, for Cash, to make
room to extend my Hardware busi
ness. JOSEPH STALEY.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 12, ’86.(31 4fc
CAMPBELL’S ONE SPOON
Baking Powder !
For sale by
C. L. CASE, Druggist.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26, ’86. 48