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DAILY ENQUIRIR A* ' mT A Sensation About the Central Started in Augusta. In Improbable Story that llr. Wet Will lit- j. t'lindhl.tr for the Presidency -Captain lllll and Ilia New llontl Fast linn it i tiia on Tcxu, Kontla, Atlanta Constitution. Augusta, CJn., June 10.- ft him been dis covered that there was considerable mys tery wrapt in a large number of trans- notions in Central stock of late and that parties in Augusta were largely interested. Calling at the office of Mr. John Day Cohen, a large dealer in Central, your re. .porter found Mr. Cohen out and could ob tain no information, but another broker xvos met in front of Mr. Cohen’s office. When asked If there was not something going on in Central he gave a knowing smile and said thut he was riot in it if there was. On being closely questioned he said there was, but that what he knew he was bound by secrecy not to tell. The reporter ] then went further on the trail. He ilrst ! . . _ . met, a prominent capitalist, and when ! desirable to employ. asked, said : “Yes; 1 just learned in great I '* secrecy that Hr. J. A. A. West was a candi date for president of the Central railroad,” and then he told of a gigantic scheme and of the amount of money involved, and of the manner in which l)r. West and his friends were to get possession of the rail road. A prominent cotton merchant happened Si.V and it was found out that it was no secret that Hr. J. A. A. West and Major T. f. Branch were openly trying to get [ms York, Lake Erie and Western railroad, re plies: "There L no scientific or any othor ca,on for It, except precedent and custom In fact, all the netentme or practical eousid eratlons that can enter in the questio: are against it. When Mr. Stepheuson buil the Ilrst locomotive, he, for some reasoi best known to himself, built it to tht gauge of the old tramways—for vehicle drawn by horses—in England, which wni 1 feet 8J inches. That became whnt was known as the “narrow gunge” In England ann was followed in this country ‘o very great extent. Some of our roads navi a gauge of 1 feetHj inches, others 4 feet 8 inches, and still others 4 feet 9 Inches. It. England they have a f) foot “broad” gauge, and at one time,for a very little while,trfei. a T foot gauge. Tne Erie road, built orig inally by English capital, was at first a (4-foot gauge, but in 1876 the changing o it to 4 feet Hi inches was begun, and now it is all of that gauge. The Pennsylvania railroad company uses a gauge of 4 feet 1' inches, because that is a compromist gauge between the former gauge of 4 feet 84 inches on Its eastern lines and 1 feet 10 inches on its roads west of Pitts burg. It would be well if the 4 feet 84 inches gauge could he widened a little to enable greater width of the lire boxes ot locomotives, and consequently more powerful engines, such as it would be SUN : COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING JUNE 18, 1886. .... . JEaSLJ 1% session of the Central fora number of Eng lish capitalists and that they were willing to give pur if they could get even one-half of the stock, and that they had decided to make a proposition to the holders of the -stock, the substance of which proposition is, that if the parties will put their stock in bank for a| limited length of time until Messrs. Branch and West can see if they can get a control- interest, Messrs. Branch and West give a contract to pay par for the stock if they get the necessary amount. And said the gentleman, “1 would not be •surprised were they to succeed.” Another gentleman when asked said: “‘Yes, I have heard of the sensation and I understand positively that the English capitalists are no other people than the Standard Oil company. You can readily .see what a big thing it would be. Why,” said he, “suppose for a little over three and a half million dollars the entire cen tral system could be obtained with all the leases it owns. II would be atremenduous bargain and would really be getting the 'Stock of the Central for 80 cents on the dollar, far after they get the Central they need not declare a dividend for twenty years.” Another stock dealer was seen, and said that there was a scheme of a different nature being put into shape, by which tho control of the stock was to lie obtained. Meeting a trustee of the Richmond academy, where Hr. West holds a profes sorship, the reporter asked if he knew any thing; of the sensation. “Yes,” said he. “I have just heard that Hr. West will be a candidate for the presi dency of the Central, and it is more than probable, 1 hear, that ho will get it.” SIXTY MILES AN HOUR. H lull Hu- Paper* Nay. The postal card is the safest open letter a candidate can use.—Picayune. The public verdict is against the multi- paged. overgrown newspaper.—Han Fran cisco Alta. It would be about as logical to put a tax on mock turtle soup as on oleomargarine. —Providence Journal. There are numberless ways of making a rnr- living, and one of them is" selling in ences for facts.—Washington Star. A western man has a cyclone cellar which he retires to when his wife com mences house cleaning.—Commercial Bul letin. Chicago river water is said to be a sure preventive of hydrophobia. Used in time, will never fail to poison the dog.—Troy Telegraph. There is to be a “feast of lanterns” at Coney Island. Rather a light repast; they had better throw in a few Chinese crack ers.—Commercial Bulletin. We trust that the papers which assert that President Cleveland ^)aid for every- Thlng N(it Often Done Parts. In 4 ngincer Says it in TIi Birmingham Age. Yesterday an Age man was an attentive listener to the conversation of a small group of railroad men. “This talk about trains running sixty miles an hour is all bosh,” said a big, broad-shouldered engl neer. "Why, there is not a fast train on -any road in the country that makes regu larly more than forty-eight miles an hour. ■Hay, did you ever figure on that sixty miles an hour business? Now, see here, take an pline, and that the influence of the train -engine with six-foot drivers and to make a f r - ■* .. . . lie a minute the drivers must make over thing in his honeymoon ao not mean to refer to the trout. -Baltimore American. It is great sport for the mugwumps to see the disappointment of the democrats who imagined that when they were voting for a democrat for president, they were voting to have a slight change in the personnel of the office-holders.—New York World. We doubt very much whether the liquor dealers will ever realize 1 per cent on their investment. The lawyers have got all the money they raised heretofore. In fact the liquor league has always been a fat goose for the legal fraternity to pluck.—Cleve land Leader. A tliiniial Training Triiiiu,ih. Cleveland Correspondence. When the effort was first made in this city to introduce manual training in con nection with public school education there was strong opposition on the part of some educators on tlie ground that the attention of the students in manual training would be diverted from their regular school studies, and they would, as a consequence, fall below the standard. The Cleveland manual training school was established upon an independent basis, but most of the pupils are scholars in the central high school, who have to take their full studies without any regard to the work done in the manual training school. We hope those objectors will carefully study the reports of the principal and the professor ol mathematics in the central as to the effect of the manual training education on the hoys in tho high school. Principal Campbell says they acquire new interest in their studies, that they fully sustain their former rank in scholarship and more, and there is a great gain in the matter of disci- N, 3 ES IlitlU Absolutely Fore nwl 1 nniulternted HOSPITALS, CURATIVE INf-VI T b TION INFlRMARiFAS. Ano PREscmajc av r-HYt'C.A.s yzkywhci CU1EG CONSUMPT HEMORRH, And till )f'nathif/ Z»t.v* rtnrsf DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, MALARIA. TilK ONLY PORE STIMULANT For the Sick, Invalids, CONVALESCING PATIENTS, AGED PEOPLE, Weak and Debilitated Women. For sale by Druggists, Grocers and Dealers. Price, One Dollar per Bottle. •T* Sold only In seaU-d bottle*, »nd nono genuine ex cept nuclj ns bear our trAde-mark label ol theoblcbenilst, •8 nbove, nnd the luwno of company blown In bottle. £7*P*r8uiifleniUorthe Rocky Mountain*(except the Territories), unable to procure It from their denier*, can have Half Dozen went, In plain cn»e, unmarked, Ex- preaa charges prepaid, by remitting Six Dollars to The Duffy Malt Whiskey Co., Baltimore, Md. Strut 9-eent ttnmp for our Unfailing ComumrUom Form ula,eontiiiino nrinrlp ally of raw betfnteak and our whi»* \abl* for_ 'mliijeeliori, I)y»p*p*ia,<ind It can be prepared iteming thit formula tchinkey in tin y due ate, will it chtor- red by our MadlCA l I'epartmenl, CLINGMAN’S OBACCC REMEDIES T mi -three hundred revolutions.’ “Hay? You’ve never been on a Texas Toad have you?” inquired a small sized ■chap who was smoking ajlstogy. “Why, in Texas where the roads have no curves or grades, we run freight trains sixty miles an hour, schedule time, an’ talkin' ’bout fast trains, why, I once ran a fast mail on a Texas line, and we ran so fast that th ing school upon the morality of the pupil is commendable. The professor of mathe matics gives independent testimony to the same effect in all respects. What have the objectors to say now? Where Children Swarm and Swarm. Mexico Letter. Mexico is the hot-bed of children. The land is flooded with them, and a small fain- mile posts seemed to he a solid wallj but 1 is » thing unknown. They greet you still we didn’t gain anything by run: ut- every window, at every corner, on every woman’s back. They till the carriages and the pliuiz; they are like a swarm of bees around a honeysuckle—one on every tiny flower and hundreds waiting for their chance. A man died the other day who was followed to the grave by eighty-seven sous and daughters, and had buried thir teen, more than you can count in three generations in the states, ao he was the still we didn’t gain anything by runnin; so fast-, for we had to wait at every station during the night for the rays from the headlight to catch up with the train.” “Wa’nt you afraid?” inquired a young brakeiiian in the crowd. “ 'Fraid, nothin’! Why, don’t you know there’s less danger of an engine jumping the track when it’s running fust than when it’s running slow? The electricity or something in the track seems to hold the engine down. Whv, i father to the grand total of one hundred children. There is another man living in Mexico who has two wives and who nas , living forty children. Down in a small village, out from Vera Cruz, is a father with sixty-eight children. Allowing the smalf average of five to a family, one can see how numerous the grandchildren , would be. 1 am acquainted with a gentle man whose mother is but thirteen and a half years older than he, and she has eight j more of a family. It is a blessed thing > that the natives are able to live in a cane hut and exist on beans and rice, else the list ot deaths by starvation would be some thing dreadful. was running an extra engine over the road one day and going about ninety miles an hour, when 1 enmu to a sharp curve, and I’m a liar if she didn't shoot stra cht across and hit the track just right. Wc gained ter seconds by the jump.” ‘‘‘Let’s take'something,” said tlie heavy "mail, and the crowd disappeared into a saloon. IT WILL BE BUILT. l(C*ipilK it ii i lil iiin- ■Constitution. Captain Harry Hill, so long with the 1 Georgia road, has tendered his resignation to t he management of the Georgia railroad company. rtiis gentleman has been connected with the Georgia road for the past nine years, and a more popular conductor never pulled the bell cord. During these nine years of service he has seldom ever missed a sehed- ule and no accident ever happened on liis train. Captain Hill resigns to push the work of the t ilion i’oint ami White Plains railroad. He was met by a Constitution man last j night and was asked : “The road will be built?” “ It certainly will," was the reply. “ By ! a recent act of the Georgia legislature a charter can lie obtained in thirty days from issue of papers. The people of White Plains are ready with their subscriptions, and 1 shall go to Augusta at once to let contracts for grading and eross-tioing to parties with whom I have perfected ar rangements to do the work.” “What is the capital stock of the com pany ?” “I intend to make the capital stock twenty-five thousand dollars, and I shall bond it for as small an amount as possible, :-vs 1 intend by operating the road to pay the interest on bonds and a dividend on the capital stock.” “Who will be the president ?” “The directors will elect the president, three of whom will lie from White Plains, one from Union Point and one from Athens and one from Atlanta.” “When will you organize?” "The company will organize during the present, week, and we will begin work im mediately.” “Where will you reside ?” “My home will be in Atlanta. I love the people here, and 1 hope to reside here al- Curiou’x ways R. STANDARD GAUGE. l L'li) Nearly til llu- Railroads art- l l-t-t-l and s 1--J liii-ln-. Wide. New York Sun. A correspondent asks: "Why was the standard gauge of railroads fixed at 4 feet t inches? What was the scientific reason “VdopUng the fraction of an inch ?” -wr. Felton, vice-president of the New A girl baby at Akron, Ohio, has its ears on the lower jaw, near the mouth. A chicken snake, killed in Florida, was found to contain a china nest egg. An assembly of colored Knights of Labor has been formed at Vineland, N. J. A Polish couple in Jersey City asked a justice of the peace to marry them for two years. A New York woman of social distinction has offered to pay an -author if lie will make her the heroine of a novel. People still advertise in Washington newspapers offering large premiums to those who can get them government posi tions. A mountain grouse pursued by a hawk flew into Lake City, Col., and through a pane of plate glass three-eighths of an inch thick. Damage to glass f76. A letter from England addressed to “John Kent, Horse Wtggers Falls, Horse Wiggers county, New York,” was sent by a knowing post office clerk to Oswego Falls, N. Y., where it belonged. Bartow Informant: A gentleman in the country lias requested us through a friend to advertise for a wife for him. He did not state his age, occupation, habits, condition in life, etc., which of course he must do in order to obtain the desired article. It will appear next week, so girls look out. THE CLIKGMAN TOBACCO OINTMENT the most effective preimra- 7 ION on the market for Pil«a. A SURE CTJf E lor Itrblnu Pile*. Hv nevi*r fulled to prompt relief. Will cure A uni Ulcers. Abscess, ‘ wtuls, Tetter, Salt Rhenta Bather's J.tcn, Ring- Tormn, Phnplee, Scree end BoHa. Prlee jii el*. THE CLINQMAN TOBACCO CAKE VATl’ttE’S OWN KI-MIKIIY, Cnre* Wounds, Ont*. Bruises, Sprains. Erynipelae, Beils, Carbuncles, Bone Felons, Ulcers. Sores. Sore Eyes, Sore Throat,Bunions.Corns, Neuralgia,RheumfltiHra, Orchitis. Gout. Rheumatic Gout. Colds, Coughs, Bronchitis, Milk Leg, Snake and Dog Bites, Stings •f Insects. Ac. In fact allays all local Irritation and I utlamroution from whatever cause. PrU»t? r(g. THE CLINGMAN TOBACCO PLASTER Prepared itceordlug to the most mcu>..iiAc »? **»« P1KI.ST -EDATIVE ' KEDIkNTSi compounded with the purest Yobacco Flour, and is specially recommended for • yrotip, Weed or Cake of the Breast, and for that class '.7 . ,rrit * nt inflammatory maladies. Aches and rains where, from too delicate a state of the system, tho patient is unable to bear the stronger application of the Tobacco Cake. For Headache or other Acbet uid Pams, it is invaluable. Price 15 cts. Ask your druggist for these rented: jb. or write to the CLINGMAN TOBACCO CUBE CG. DURHAM. N.C.. U.S « RECEIVERS SALE. PROPERTY OF THE Columbus Compress Co, / 1 EORGIA, MUSCOGEE COUNTY.-Under \ I and nv virtue of an order made by the Hon James T. Willis, judge of the superior court of the Chattahoochee cir cuit, in the case of H. F. Everett vs. the Colum bus Compress Company, the undersigned, as re ceiver of the Columbus Compress Company, will sell in the city of Columbus, Muscogee county, Georgia, at public outcry, in front of the auction j house of F. M. Knowles & Co., at the northwest j corner of Broad and Tenth streets, on the first j Tuesday in July next, the following described property of said corporation to-wit: Om Morse Tyler cotton compress, situated immediately on the bank of the Chattahoochee river, at tlie south west corner of the intersection of Front and Few ; streets, in said city of Columbus, together with , all the machinery, buildings, platforms, sheds, trucks, tools, tarpaulins and appliances of said cotton compress, and with lease or the land upon which the same is located, subject to the terms and conditions of said lease, at the rate of$250 per annum until Julv 1st, 1880. The loading of steamers is done directly from the compress. Sheds ami platforms are nearly new. Dimensions of platform are 150x150 feet. Can accommodate about 1500 bales of cotton at onetime. Waterworks and protection against fire well arranged. Has heretofore pressed 20.000 bales in one season aftei the month of Decem ber. Capacity, when running the usual eighteen hours day and night, 900 bales. An expenditure of about $1200 ill put the press in complete running order. Inventory of the plant and full details furnished upon application to the undersigned. Inspection of the property is invited. Terms of sale: One-half cash on day ol sale, balance January 1st, 1S87. with interest at 7 per cent., secured by the usual mortgage and iu- JUST OPENED JJT BLANCHARD. BOOTH 4 HUFF'S New Printed Lawns at 4 and 5 cents; New lot of Undressed Bleached Cotton at 5 cents ; New lot of Sea Island at 5 cents ; New lot of India Linens at 5 cents ; New lot of Prints at 5 cents ; New lot of Towels at 5 cents; New lot of Hosiery at 5 cents ; New lot of Handkerchiefs at 5 cents. By Yesterday’s Express: Richly Embroidered White and Ecru Dresses $>2, $2.60, $3, $3.50 and $4. Nothing ever shown like them in the market for the price. Remnants! Remnants! Remnants Lawns, Remnants Calico, Remnants Ging hams, Remnants Check Nainsook, Remnants India Lawns, Cassimeres, Cottonades and Dress Goods. In fact, remnants from every stock in the house going for a mere song. Bargains will be the order of the day for Monday. Blanchard, Booth & Huff. At KIRVEN’S Summer Silks 25 cents; Pongee Silks 25 cents; Foulard Silks 40 cents; Printed Nun's Veilings 15 cents ; All Wool Buntings 15 cents; Linen Lawns 10 cents ; Linen Drills for Pants 12A cents; Linen Crash 6t cents; Cottonades for Boys' Wear 8 cents; Manilla Checks, new and desirable, 12A cents White Linen de India 5 cents; White Plaid Lawns 10 cents ; While Plaid Linen de India 12A cents; While Linen Lawns 124, 15 and 20 cents. ains We receive new goods daily, thus keeping our stock fresh and complete. J. A. KIRVEN & CO. FOR EXOZHLA.IN'GKE ( FLORIDA LANDS. Several thousand acres timbered lands for ex change for Columbus city property. Saw mi men will find it to their interest to see me iu re gard to this tract. TOOMBS CRAWFORD, £se tuith tf sipi^insra-s K AST T i: X X ESS EE. CELEBRATED ill the cure of Dyspepsia, and Kidney Diseases. Beautifully situated on the banks ol a crystal mountain stream, 50 miles north of Chattanooga. Splendid fishing. Climate unsurpassed. Musio first-class. No mosquitoes, fogs or malaria. Board reasonable. Write for circular. T. B. GORMAN, Proprietor, Formerly of Warm Springs Hotel, N. C. my2film ■ RESTORED.RenuMly 1 Free.-A n ictun of youth- Iful imprudence causing |Premature Decay, Ner- _ ous Debility, Lost Man- hood.«fco.havinsrtriedin vain every known remedy has discovered a simple Belf-cure, which he will send FREE to his fellow-sufferers. Address I. U. REEVES. 43Chatham atreeLNew York Cifcf _ and Whisker Ilnb* its cured at home with out pain. Book of par ticulars sent FREE. 3. M. WOOLLEY, 3LD. Atlanta* lia. (Juice 65,8* Whitehall Street. THE BOSS PRESS s Without a Riva 1 LIDDELL VARIABLE FEED SAW MILL, Is the very best Saw Mill in the market. It took the only medal of the first class at the New Orleans Exposition. For the above, and for all other machinery, address, FORBES LIDDELL&CO., Montgomery, Ala. *"n. : B.—Our stock of Wrought Iron, Pipe, Fittings'Eand Machinery is the largest in this part of tlie country.1 f a m ily AND ChimIIfk. \,us. a< . Flour,- finest grades; Rye Klmu n . Shreaded Oa-., Grits and Ri‘“ r ' °»’ M<* g I.a,T S ’ Breakft ‘ st *c.; Part- Granulated Sugar, Coarse and Pine , Pulverized and Coffee Sugars l " Uaf, Be^quaiity Roasted and Green Coffee, Baking Powders—Royal, Cleveia- a , , Price's. “M Dt, Flavoring Extracts-Tluirber’s and Di p r : ■ J. J. WOOD Xi w No. KK!(l) II,. - 01(1 No. IRSfDlOi Lit SI. GEORGIA, MUSCOGEE COUNTY JJrT , m7 lry H , taping, guardian . „ . „ 5W F; H. Hill, makes application for i..,:" the lands belonging to said ward e 1 his is, therefore, to cite all persons coiicfr, to show cause, n ai.y they have, within th,“! , , l, ‘ prescribed by law, why leave tn " sam property should not be granted to said art Witness my official signature this J unp 18 ?®t , F. M. UROOlCs jysoawlw Ordinary GEORGIA, MUSCOGEE COUNTY Whereas James M. Davis, administrator al Robert B. Davis, deceased, represents to thee mn in lus petition duly filed that lie has fully aS istered Robert B. Davis’ estate. * lQmin ' This is, therefore, to cite all persons concern^ heirs and creditors, to show cause, ifauv S can, why said administrator should notbeSS charged from his administration and receive v? ters of dismission on the first Monday in i„i 1886 ‘ F. M. BROOKS apr6oawl2w Ordinary. GEORGIA, MUSCOGEE COUNTY. Whereas. Charles Philips, executor of T M P hilips, deceased, represents to the court in F etition, duly filed,that he has fully admiui**™ T. M. N. Philips’ estate. This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned v Show cause, if any they can, why said executor should not be discharged from his executorship and receive letters of di mission on the first Monday in August, 1886 Witness my official signature this May nth jy my6 ouw3m F. M. BROOKS, Ordinary. GEORGIA, MUSCOGEE COUNTY. Whereas, E. L. Wells,administrator of E. Weils deceased, represents to the court in liis petitiot duly filed, that he has fully administered E Wells’ estate. This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned heirs and creditors, to show* cause, if any they can, why said administrator should notbedi? charged from his said administration and receiv letters of dismission on the first Monday in Jr.! 1886. F. M. BROOKS. acl6oawl'2 Ordinary GEORGIA. MUSCOGEE COi;NTY. Whereas, William McGovern. Executor of Jo: McCarty, represents to the Court in his pet it jo. duly filed, that he has fully administered Joli McCarty 's Estate. This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned heirs and creditors, to show cause, if any the; can, why said administrator should not be di: charged from his executorship and receive lei ters of dismission on the first Monday in .Sep tember, 1886. jeo oaw3ra F. M. BROOKS, Ordinary GEORGIA, MUSCOGEE COUNTY. Whereas, C. L. Glenn, administrator of William N. Jones, deceased, represents to the court in hi petition, duly filed, that he has fully adniiniste: ed William N. Jones’ estate. This, is therefore, to cite all persons con cerned, heirs and creditors, to show cause, if any they can. why said administrator should not Lc discharged from his administration and receive letters of dismission on the first Monday in Sep tember, 1886. . Witness my official signature this 4th day of June, 1886. ^ je5 oaw3m F. M. BROOKS, Ordinary.^ GEORGIA, MUSCOGEE COUNTY. Whereas, Caroline O. Williams, administratrix of Wm, L. williams, deceased, makes application for leave to sell the following real estate belon* mg to said deceased, to-wit: Part of lot No. 20, in the Northern Liberties, immediately north of the city of Columbus, Ga., having a front on Jackson street of 120 feet and 87 feet 10 inches on Com merce street. , This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned to show cause, if any they have, at the proper time and place, why leave to sell said property should not be granted to said applicant. Witness my official signature this June4th. jy5 oaw4w F. M. BROOKS. Ormnary. SMITHS DIIIUU3II009 , OIUR nvauwvnv_■•■ • - J (G) One dose relieves Neuralgia. They cure sm prevent Chills Fever, Sour Stomach Mi Breath. Clear the Skin, Tone tho Nerves, amt 8. ■ Life a* Vigor to the system. Dose : ONE Try them'once ana you will never be without tl-.u Price. ZB cents por bottle. Sold by Drag j u * , Medicine Dealers generally. 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