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THE UR Published Weekly in Milledgeville, Ga., BY BARNES & MOORE. Terms.—One dollar and fifty cents a year in advance. Six months Tor seventy-five cents.— Two dollars a year if not paid in advance. The services of Con. James M. SM\'THE,are en- E*.ged as General Assistant. tt-ov The “FEDERAL UNION” and the“SOUTHLRN RECORDER 1 > were consolidated, Augustlst, 1872, the Union being in its Forty-Third Volume and ihe Recordenn its Fifty-Third Volume. tVuIO D A nr D may be found on file atGeo. fjnlo rArLnp. Rowell & Co’s Newspa per Advertising bureau (10 Spruce St.), where advertising cohtiacts may be made for it IN NEW YORK. Change of Form.—Our readers will be surprised, agreeably we trust, to find the old Union & Recorder changed to an eight page paper.— Nearly all the Georgia weeklies have -adopted this form, .and, in deference to the wishes of some of our friends, we appear in a more fashionable garb. While our paper is not quite as large as the “patent” 6-column sheets, it now contains considerably more mat ter than it did in the four page form, and still retains the virtue of being “home-made.” We trust our effort at improvement will be appreciated by our readers, and that our whole people, individually and collectively, will now unite to promote the objects of our Business Union. ?he Civil Service Law. Laws should be passed with a strict regard to the preservation of right and justice. The civil service law, abso lutely in many cases enures to the benefit of persons who are less worthy than others. One man may answer more questions correctly than another and obtain position (when his oppo nent is more worthy) because the lat ter simply has less learning but is more trustworthy, and possesses all the qualifications needed for the posi tion to which he aspires. One may have more of the demi-tints of study, than another and yet be less trust worthy for an official station. The learned man may appear to show snore ingenuity of intellect, and yet »iis opponent may possess more of the pith needed for the position sought, One man may be more learned in Lat in or Greek, or history, than another and. under the eivil service law will triumph over an opponent who has twice his business qualifications. The Civil Service law favors the aristocrat, and condemns the poor man of greater qualifications for the positions for which they contend. We object to a law that leans to riches against poverty, or the man who uses a pair of gold spectacles to one who «n-es a pair of steely A man—a* Re publican—who has idled an office for ten years or more, is apt to make a better show in examination than an other—a Democrat, who has had no •experience in that office. This rule will keep the Republican in, who has enjoyed the emoluments of office per haps for 20 years or more, and exclude file democrat, whose vote elected the democratic President, who in a brief period, will comprehend its duties, and aid in sustaining the Democratic Administration. The Civil Service law thus instituted, keeps Republi- Mr. Editor:—I see that the Gov ernor has appointed the commission that is to decide on the location of the School of Technology. I am sorry that Milledgevillehas no place on that commission, but perhaps this is not al together a disadvantage to her inter ests. Each commissioner will be nat urally biased for his own place, and if they cannot carry their point, a “dark horse” may be brought in. I know of no place that is as apt to be successful in this aspect of the case as Milledge- ville. The commissioners must decide in favor of the place offering the best inducements. It would be folly to claim that any other place can offer as gopd terms in regard to buildings, grounds, centralness of location &c. We are nor too low down for the boys of the mountains, nol too high up for the boys of the low-lands. We are in the “golden mean.” There is one other inducement which we can offer and which is shad ed by only two of our competitors, and this I believe will necessitate the placing of this school in one of these three places. I refer to Prohibition. Atlanta and Athens, our two most formidable rivals have it. So has Milledgeville by the legal vote of our county. Now he who is an enemy to our community, he who wishes to successfully keep the school of Tech nology from our midst, let such a one contest the Prohibition victory, or try to put legal obstructions in the way of the expressed will of the mor al, religious, Taw-loving, property holding people of our city and. county. There is no doubt as to what will be the ultimate issue of this matter, but such persons as I have described may, by an ill-advised course, in keeping up the agitation, raise a cloud of dust, that might furnish the commissioners an excuse for not seeing our other great advantages. Let me say then that it is a fore gone conclusion that every college hereafter to be established is going to be put in a community where there is no liquor sold, and unless we are blind, we will read the signs of the times. Public Interest. The following editorial was written early in the afternoon of the day of the election, and although subsequent reports showed that the countryjpre- cincts had given a majority against prohibition in the whole county, the present outlook—considering the great number of illegal votes now known to have been cast for the wet ticket together with other irregularities makes it not inappropriate fcf>T in«er tion in this issue of our paper. PROHIBITION ELECTION. Japanese Wedding. cans in office to the exclusion of Dem ocrats. Sprucely and civilly, these republican officials prance about and say to themselves, “it is all gold for is: there is not even milk and water for the Democrats.” In what a puny light do the Democratic o flic e-seekers appear, beside the vain glorious and triumphant republican officials. THE STRIKERS. The strikers at St. Louis, Dennison, Kansas City, Evansville, Ind., and other places are causing great troub le and delays in the trains. Engineers and fireman were forced to leave their positions. On the Missouri Pacific tracks, a fierce struggle took place be tween the police and strikers. Some of the strikers were badly beaten and the police were badly bruised from rocks thrown by the mob. The situ ation was critical at Dennison. At St. Joseph, Kansas City and Council Bluff, traffic wasentirely|suspended on the 24tli. This is a very bad state of things. Such difficulties are constant ly occurring. How will they be stop ped and when? Some decisive meas ures should be taken. The military should be ordered to such places. These interruptions to business, and violations of the peace should be checked. Surely there is power some where to put a stop to them. If the strikers are denied their rights they should have them, and the laws of justice and right should be enforced. The latest news from the great strike of the Knights of Labor in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, is that Jay Gould consents to have all the matters at issue submitted to arbitra tion and in th« mean time all the strikers have been ordered to go work again. One of the most pleasant social events of the season occurred at the residence of Dr. J. A. Callaway last Friday evening. All who attended were delighted. The following correct account of this pleasing and novel entertainment is copied from the Ma con Telegraph; Milledgeville, March 27.—Last night a Japanese w edding in complete orient al fitness, took place at the residence of Dr. John Callaway, in the midst of a gay throng of ladies and gentlemen. The following is a cast of the charac ters. If this ceremony had taken place in French, Dutch, Hebrew, or any other nationality except heathen Chinese or Jap., your correspondent might be able to give a faithful por trayal of it. But as he has a mortal horror of lock-jaw and cramps, some of the Jap names will have to be omitted and plain dignified English substituted. Dr. I. H. Hall was Grand High Bonze; Dixie DuBignon was Ki Yi (or groom;) Miss Lily Adler was Yum Yum (or bride). H. E. McComb offi ciated as father to the bride, and Dr. H. M. Clark father to the groom. M isses Clara Hunter and Birdie Moore were the staid matrons. Misses Aurie Brantley, Sadie Hall, and Lula Trippe were the attendants. Misses Belle Compton and Minnie Adler were the two little maids. Miss Aurie Brantley presided at the piano. The entire evening was one of pleas ure and entertainment. After the w'edding a delicious and bountiful supper was spread in the dining-room. The front hall, parlors, and dining room, as well as front yard, were com pletely decorated in Japanese style, and great credit is due to the excel lent taste of Mrs. Callaway in manag ing this delightful entertainment. An admission fee of fifty cents was charged,fas the wedding was for the benefit of the Baptist parsonage. Dr. Lipscomb. Ex-President Jefferson Davis has written to the legislature of Mississip pi,—in reply to a communication from that body—a characteristic and pa triotic letter, on the subject of the “establishment of a home for indigent and wounded Confederate soldiers.” This may possibly be the first step in an extensive movement in the South ern States, for an eminently humane and patriotic purpose. The Cartersville Courant informs us that the family of Dr. Cason had a narrow' escape from death |by eating poisoned food. Some souse meat which had been purchased was cook ed in a large brass kettle upon which a quantity of vinegar was poured, ‘ ‘producing a powerful poisoning a- gent.” A deathly sick stomach and vomiting caused a physician to be called, "who administered emetics and the sick w r ere saved; and then they forthwith “swore off from souse meat.” Planting corn is almost over in these parts. A number of the plan ters hereaboutsjmished planting las last week.—Dublin Post. The presence of this distinguished Divine and eminent Lecturer, has been a source of great interest and at traction to the people of Augusta. Uur limited columns do not admit of any extended notice of his rich and splendid exhibition of the great plays of Sliakspeare, selected by him, in aid of the Library Association of Augus ta. We make room for his beautiful tribute to Portia in his lecture on the Merchant of Venice. “And shall we ever lose our joy in this apparition of superb beauty— the Portia whom Shakespeare has brought from his own ideal Arcadia and domesticated forever among the homes and summer bowers that re build our fallen Paradise ? And as often as she returns to bless the elect moments of earth, whether in the heyday of youth or when “life's changeful orb has passed her full,” shall she not remind us that she is the one transcendant image of that elder Venice, rising from the Adriatic, cleansed by its baptismal w r aters and girded by the golden cestus, which for six centuries gave the city of the sea a career of magnificence never equal led ; w hen commerce and art filled her temples and palaces with trophy and treasure ; when she taught the lilies to bloom in the kindred whiteness of her marbles, and the birds of every clime to bring the glories of their skies and spread their gorgeous plum age in her mosaics; and when she was an asylum and sanctuary for whatev er the world held most dear to its ad miration, most precious to its rever ence, and most hallowed to its love!” Dr. Lipscomb’s voice and manner were much more effective, and his de livery of this beautiful paper was the subject of great admiration. He retir ed from the speaker’s stand and gave the last part of his lecture from his chair. After the lecture a large number of persons surrounded Dr. Lipscomb and were presented to him and to Mr. and Mrs. Hayne who were present. The people of Baldwin have spokeji and their decision will be received with rejoicing by a multitude of good people all over this state. We cannot give expression to the gratification it has afforded to the good ladies and worthy gentlemen of our town and county, w T ho have given weeks of hard labor to the good cause they had es poused. Their persevering and effi cient labors—extended through weeks of alternate joyous hopes and harass ing fears—entitle them to the ardent gratitude of those w'ho might be call ed the rank and file of the party those who gave them help only with their votes. But besides our home workers, the prohibitionists of county owe a debt of gratitude they can never pay to those gentlemen W'ho came here from a distance and by their eloquent addresses and weight of character gave us such help as was perhaps absolutely necessary to secure our success. The contest being over, let us all set ourselves to heal any bitterness of feeling that may very naturally have been engendered during this most ex traordinary campaign. All, on either side, who have confined themselves to arguments and other legitimate means to advance the cause they advocated, are entitled to the good will of even their opponents; for they merely exer cised a right given them by the law of the land. We think great good will result from the success of the dry party and we can not see how any persons can be injured by it, except perhaps those who were making money by the sale of liquor. For these, w r e have nothing but the kind est feelings and we sincerely hope— and we furthermore think—they will soon find profitable employment in other branches of business. As we said at the beginning of the campaign, we could take no part in condemning them as a class, as they were engaged in a business made legitimate by the law of the land and many of them were honorable, upright and gener ous hearted men. Many thousands of dollars, heretofore sjient in liquor, will now go to the purchase of other things that will be of more use to all concerned and we hope they may make money by selling to their old customers goods of the kind just in dicated. In conclusion, with ill will to none and with good will to all, we bid a glad adieu to the prohibition campaign of 1880, with which we have wrestled with varying hopes and fears for sev eral notable weeks. ^CAPITAL PRIZE, «75,000.-=$& Tickets only $5. Shares in proportion. Louisiana State Lottery Company. “We do hereby certify that we supervise the arrangements for all the Monthly and Q,uar- terlv Drawings of The Louisiana state Lotte ry Company, and in person manage and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, fairness, and in good faith toward all parties, and we authorize the Company to use this certificate, with fac-similes of our signatures attached, in its advertise meats.” Commissioners. We the undersigned BaDlcs and Bankers*will pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana State Lotteries which may be presented at our coun ters. J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisiana Nat'l T5k. S. H. KENNEDY, Pres. State Nat'J Bank. A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat'l Bk. Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by the Legis lature for Educational and Charitable purposes —with a capital of $1,*:00,000—to which a re serve fund of over $550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of the present State Constitu tion adopted December 2d, A. D., 1S79. The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by the people of any State. It never scales or postpones. Its Grand Single Number Drawings take place monthly, and the Extraordinary Drawings regularly every three months instead of Semi-Annnally as heretofore beginning March, 1886. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FORTUNE, FOURTH GRAND DRAWING, CLASS D., IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NEW ORLEANS. TUESDAY, April 13th, 1886—191st Monthly Drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000. 100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each Fractions, in Fifths in proportion. list or PRIZES. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE *75.0 The Hoorn Continu «s. lec To Wholesale Our trade during the last year was double any previous we sold more goods during January, than any other month"' history. The only reason we can assign for this, is, that' selling goods cheap and acting fair with everybody. \y e new year with a larger stock, more capital, * Opt. Lower Prices and Better Facilit than ever before. "We don’t ask anybody to buy us, y Consult Your Own Inter ’Olirft Get our prices, and we will be satisfied. We promise goods as cheap as any Wholesale Market in Georgia. to so' 1 do PRIZE ... 1 do PRIZE ... 2 FRIZES OF $8000 5 2000. 10 “ 1000. 20 “ 500. 100 44 200. 300 44 100.. 500 4 1 60.. 1000 44 25... approximation 9 Approximation 9 “ 9 “ 25,000 PRIZES. Prizes of $750....$6,750 “ 500.... 4,500 “ 250 2,250 1967 Prizes, amounting to $265,500 Application for rates to clubs should be made only to the office of the Company in New Orleans. For further information write clearlv, giving full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Mon ey Orders or New York Exchange in ordinary letter. Currency by Express (all sums of $5 and upwards at onr expense,) addressed M. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., or M. A. DAUPHIN, Washington, D. C. Male P.0. Money Orders payable aid address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La. March 16th, 1886. 36 4t Our Tobacco Stock, Is larger than ever before, and we can duplicate any price houses in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, or any other sd Try us and we will convince you that this is true. W. T. CONN & CO.. Wholesale Grocei Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 2d, 1886. 2911 Theo. Markwalter’s STEAM MARBLE & GRANITE WOE] Broad Street, Near Lower Market, AUGUSTA, GEOBGI MARBLE WORKj Domestic and Imported, at low prices. Georgia and South Carolina Granite Monuments made a specialty. A selection of MARBLE and GRANITE WORK always on hand," roadr^ LETTERING and DELIVERY. [Oct. 27th, 1885. IV Money Makes the JHare —AND— Money Buys Groceries Cheap! —AT THE— GREEN STORE! We buy for Cash and sell the same way. If you want your m ;o go a long ways, be sure to go to WHITE & TREMORS. ALL FIRST-CLASS At Clinon, Tuesday, Dr. A. King man’s kitchen was burned. The kitchen was occupied by colored people, among them a girl about 17 years old who was helpless from injuries received by falling in the fire some montbs ago. Before any one could reach her the fire was too great, and she perished in the flames. At Macon the Floyd Rifles are practicing three nights in the week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, for the big to do in Savannah. To the same end the Volunteers are hard at work on their prize drill squad, aud are getting in some fine work. The cadets are saying little and do ing a great deal by way of prepara tion for the same momentous occa sion. Death of Dr. Cunningham.—A telegram reached Rev. Mr. Knowles of this city on yesterday, containing the sad announcement of the death of Dr. W. H. Cunningham, his son-in- law, who died at his residence in Nacoochee Valley, on Wednesday night, after a protracted illness. Mr. K. and his son, Mr. A 7. Addison Knowles, left for the house of mourn ing on yesterday.—Greensboro Home Journal, 25th. Up now keep it for Sale THE BEST (Eikini! Powder TO PARENTS. Many baking powders are very pernicious id while every cne regards his to health, and while every cne repar own, he should also have a care for the tender onea—the little children. SEA FOA1H contains none of the l>ad qualities of baking powders—soda or saleratus. It contains no hurtful ingredient—no alum or ammonia. SCIENTIFIC. Our town was disgraced again last Saturday afternoon by a very large crowd of boisterous drunken men on the streets. The whisky that made them drunk was illegally sold, and yet out of two dozen or more that were in this condition it is, from the neglect in the premises, left to be supposed that not a creditable oath could be found among them. If the next grand jury do not take steps to rid the town of this nuisance it will be a mystery hard to unravel.—Dublin Post. All Chemists who have analyzed Sea Foam commend it. Housekeepers who have used it will have no other. Cooes, whose best efforts have failed with other powders, are jubilaDt over Sea Foam. Saves time, saves labor, saves money. It is positively unequaled. A bsolutely pure. Used by /he leading hotels and restaurants in New 1 ork city and throughout the country. For sale by all first-class grocers. If your cow is hungry send to WHITE & TREANOR for Bran. 1: have no cow, send to them for the finest Butter in the city. Nice Shoulders and white Meat cheap as the cheapest. Lard in 3, 5, 10, 20 tu. ■ lb. Buckets; also in Tierces, at bottom prices. Nothing but water giv9 Meal sold at AVHITE & TREANOR'S. Nice lot smoked Pork Sausage.* received. White Swan Flour the best ever brought to this city. We I sell the celebrated Wade Hampton Flour. In Fancy Flour, Tube Rose H Cadet, we will suit you. Extra Family, Odd Trump and Moss Rose are liar* beat. Coffee from 10c to 35c per lb. Fresh Rice, New Grits. The nices: 1 of Buckwheat in the city and Maple Syrup that will make your mouth vc fl| Chow Chow Pickles, loose, any quantity; also, in bottles. "We sell only I best Teas, green and black. Full line Spices and Extracts. Cigars ant bacco our specialty. Canned Goods, Candy, Crackers and Cheese. In fact you can get anything nice you may want at the GREEN ST<i All goods delivered promptly and free of charge to any part of the city. Feb. 9th, 1886. WHITE & TREANOR, No. 17 South Wayne Street, Milledgeville, G*| 31 L Tobacco by the Plug -AND— Tobacco by the Box, —AT— H, WOOD & CO GANTZ, JONES & CO., 176 Duane St., N. r. March 16, 1886. 36 13t. TAKE CARE OFYODR EYES! Three-fourths of the white people of a county may favor a measure, yet if there is a large negro population and a ballot is had, and the vote is against the desired measure, it has been said the people have spoken—abide the will of the people. The vox populi is a strange thing under universal suf frage.—Albany News. Secretary Manning is reported to be very sick. His physician says as soon as he gets some better, he must have a long vacation and go to Florida. He has improved some and hopes are en tertained of his improving still more. He has been overworked. Henry Watterson summer in Europe, free trade. will This spend the looks like Agency for the Le Mare’s Cele brated Rock Crystal Spectacles anil Eye Classes. Is Established in this place with the undersigned. JAMES SUPPLE, —DEALER IN— Fine Jewelry, Watches, &c., Milledgeville, Ga. Nov. 17th, 1885. 19 3m. Farmers buying for the year, or for immediate use, should c | fail to examine our stock of Tobaccos. We have a good assof ment of Patterson & Co’s, goods, made from the best Virginia \ Good 9 inch fives at 40 to 50 cents per pound. ‘‘Jersey’ 9 fours at 50 cents per pound. Try our “CAPTIVE” Brand, * In Oddys, 10 lbs. each. We are also offering special inducements in Coffee, Sugar and Plour. We can please small or large purchasers. A cordial invitat; to all, whether buyers or not. Prices sent by m&il upon W cation. Yours truly, Public Schools for 1886. I WILL be in my office every Tues day and Friday, until further no tice, for the purpose of examining and licensing teachers, and receiving ap plications, and making contracts, for Public Schools for the present year. L. CARRINGTON, County School Commissioner B. C. Milledgeville, Ga., March 2,1886. 34 4t QIGARETTESandjCigarette holders at C. L. CASE’S Drug Store. Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26,1886. 43 ly L. H. WOOD & CO., •' Waitzfelder Building, Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 16, 1886. Wayne St^| 31U To make room for my Spring Goods, I am selling my stock at greatly reduced prices. If you want real bargains, cah once, with the cash and you will go home happy. This is no bug. Come and see and be convinced. Mrs. S. D. WOOTTEN- Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 10th, 1886. 8iy ‘ ej zn