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Tiik wilo of tlie Gom-giii Milmul rail
road, roforrod to in an article taken from
tin- Macon Tclcffrapli, is not the (icoiyiu
Midland and (inlf, having a termini in
thiH city. It in the charter and part of a
road bed between MudHon and Athena.
Nova Scotia voteH in favor of secension
from the dominion, Imt bow it in to be
accomplished is another question. The
movement is not likely to result in re
bellion, for tlie revolt would not lie
against the dominion, Imt against the
imperial government itself, which pro
vided for the union. If Gladstone should
succeed, possibly the same parliament
that gives home rule to Ireland will ex
tend the same boon to Nova Scotia.
A vkuv strong contest over the liquor
question in Spalding county resulted in a
vote of 245 in favor of whisky. As usual
in such elections the matter is to he con
tested, and the prohibitionist# claim that
they will lie able to throw out a sufficient
number of illegal votes to have a ma
jority. If these illegal votes were more
closely watched on the day of the elec
tion, it would save a great deal of anoy
ance and unpleasantness which a contest
always produces.
K no in ice ns in London, discussing the
possibility of building ocean steamers
capable of making forty knots per hour,
are startled by some of the younger en
gineers, who declare as a matter of t heory
that this can he done. At such a rate of
speed the Atlantic could be crossed in
about three days; Imt the vessel would
have to he light, lit only for passenger
service, and, although shadier than pres
ent Atlantic steamers, its engines would
have to be of more than 30,000 horse
power!
Tub contestants in the prohibition elec
tion case in Baldwin county are about to
see their way out of a very serious mud
dle. Representatives of both prohibi
tionists and antis, according to a Mil-
ledgeville special, have voluntarily pro
posed that the main legal points he sub
mitted to Judge Lawson* with what light
has so far been thrown on the case by
examination of witnesses. After about
an hour's consideration, hath sides agreed
to the plan of these gentlemen, and the
three points submitted to the judge are:
First, was Judge .Sanford’s action in
throwing out the poll at Brown's cross
ing legal. Second, the same as to Butt’s
poll. Third, did parties holding tax-
collectors' receipts, hut against whom
stood tax executions, vote legally.
One of the cure-all quack doctors has
come to grief in Connecticut. He readily
made a contract to cure a man in eight |
weeks of a cancer pronounced incurable I
by regular physicians, and was, of course, j
paid in advance. In nine eases out of
ten his failure to perform his agreement
would have involved no more unpleas- |
tint consequences than a private "row" I
THK NitW IRRTttVfi) TO UT.
The executive committee of the demo-
! eratlr party of Muscogee county has call-
j cd a moss meeting, which will be held at
the court house to-day. The meeting has
1 been called in order that tho democrats
of Muscogee may take their county politi
cal affairs into their own hands and dis
pose of t lieni in accordance with their
own good pleasure.
While the mass meeting is by no mean-
proscribed in tho call made by the com
mittee, it is understood that the meeting
is for tho purpose of arranging for repre
sentation in tho gubernatorial and con
gressional conventions soon to he held.
Whether these delegates will lie selected
to-day, or whether a time at some futun
day w ill lie named for choosing them,
will he a matter entirely with those who
assemble at 111• • court house to-day in re
sponse to the call by the committee. Tlii-
was tlie intention of the committee and
it is so understood by the people.
lienee all will understand what is
meant when the assertion is made that
this is perhaps tho most important meet
ing in which the voters of Muscogee will
tie culled to participate during the present
campaign.
It will he determined to-day how these
delegates will he selected, as well as when
they will lie selected. We have hoard
many conjectures as to what will be the
result. If the voters of the democratic
party of Muscogee county attend the
meeting and do their duty, it matters not
what may be the result, it should he
satisfactory to all. If they fail to perform
the duty they owe to the state, to the
party and to themselves by remaining
away from the meeting,then they should
acquiesce in the whole transaction. They
will have no right to complain at any
thing that may he done.
Let none misunderstand. The meeting
will take place at the court house and lie
called to order for the transaction of
business at 11 o’clock this morning. All
have received fair notice, and every
democratic voter in the county who can
possibly do so should be present and aid
in securing a full and free expression of
the wishes of the people. Having per
formed this duty let every man accept
the result with a good grace, whether
his wishes are gratified or whether they
are not. We have never seen such a
good-humored campaign in this section
in the history of state politics. Let us
keep it so.
IS HR A CANDIDATE!
The Meriwether Vindicator disclaims
any intention to charge that the early as
sembling of the convention in this con
gressional district was in tho interest of
any candidate. It furthermore says it
“did not say the early call was intended
to interfere with the canvassing of Col.
Harris, but the fact that it does so cannot
successfully ho controverted.” After
making plain this statement of tho case,
the Vindicator goes on to remark :
"But it is said that as Mr. Harris is ‘in the
hands of his friends, and as the friends of Mr.
Harris are right here in the district, these friends
have just as many privileges and an equal show
ing with the candidates who are in the Held.'
Well, this specious plea may prove that the
friends of Harris have an equal showing with the
other candidates, but does it show that Harris
himself has‘an equal showing with the candi
dates who are in the field V Does not the ab
sence of Harris prove that he does not
have an equal showing? If he has not
an equal showing is he not embarrassed by being
placed at a disadvantage ? We are not‘kicking,’
as the Columbus ENqumitK-SuN says, but only
spurring the friends of Mr. Harris to redoubled
effort by showing the great necessity for earnest
work and combined energy on account of the
short time to elapse before the convention meet--.
We arc not trying to show that the early day was
intended to embarrass the friends ol Harris, but
expressing a regret that it does do so and wish
ing that our candidate might have been given a
chance to have met his friends face to face. It is
well known that an unintentional injury may
prove as fatal as an intentional one. In a word,
we are not so much making complaints as stating
facts.”
As read between the lines, liic Yimli-
t‘til nr iu "stating facts” gives the assurance
p COLUMBUS, GEORGIA;
mu>. njasu - —
wiccetwor, they simply reftise to give the
distinguished speaker credit for being !
possessed o. ,r particle of triith or th- j
tegrity. He was as plain and candid in j
this statement as it is possible for a man |
to bo.
It will not he questioned, even by the \
friends of Gen. Gordon, that he indulged i
largely in questions of a personal charac
ter, hilt they will find excuse for this by J
the fact that these questions have been
drawn into the campaign by the joint j
debates of a few weeks since and have i
become a part of the campaign. His |
Hpcoch was very satisfactory to his friends, |
and those who aru opposed to him must
give him credit for candor—the c'undor
they did not expect.
Both candidates have now been before j
the people, and they ought to lie pre
pared to east their votes intelligently
The next few days, and it may lie that !
to-day, will settle the question as to i
whom Muscogee county prefers for the j
next governor of (leoivia.
SATURDAT MORNING, JUNE 19, 1886.
CLEVELAND’S
I We consider jokes out of place in so serious
and dignified a body as the senate, but we arc-
inclined to forgive Senator Vance this time. It
was a happy thought to say that he wished the
bill to forfeit the unearned land grants would be
as effective as the yankee scare-crow, ‘which
not only scared the crows out of the corn-held,
but compelled them to bring back the corn they
stole last year.” How pleasant it would be.
says the Charleston News and Courier, to
apply such an invention to the Indianapolis
Journal, if it could have the effect, not only of
preventing that paper from telling untruths this
year, but of inducing repentance for all the un
truths it has told before on the subject of the
south and the southern people.
It iw stated that Hon. Seaborn Wright,
of Floyd county, will be an independent
candidate for congress in the seventh,
district. Independent ism has been dead
in that district since the defeat of Dr.
Felton.
The Atlanta correspondent of the Ma-
u on Telegraph sends this to that paper:
“The counties most discussed here just now are
Coweta, Muscogee and Floyd. It is believed all
three will cast their vote for Major Bacon. Re
ports from Muscogee are very encouraging, and a
number of gentle men who know the county well
said to-day they have never had any doubt that
it would go for Bacon. Such a result will be a
decided victory for Bacon and a settler for ex-
Governor Smith.”
A Seaman in Fernandina, Fla., is said to be so
seriously ill from the effects of eating oysters
grown on piling that had been creosoted that he
is not expected to survive the effects of the
poison in his system.
A whole parish in Wales is on a strike for a
reduction of 10 per cent, in the tithes. The vicar
offers to come down 5 per cent., but this has been
rejected by the parishioners.
It is believed that President Cleveland will
never return to Buffalo, New York, to live, and
that he is negotiating for the sale of his property
in that city.
The heirs of an estate ($200,000) in Mount Hol
ly, New Jersey, will be paid this week on a set
tlement that has been reached after a chancery
suit of thirty years.
BAKING POWDER
Contains only purest grape cream of tartar,
bicarbonate of soda, and a little wheat flour,
the latter to preserve the strength of the
powder—nothing else whatever.
What other manufacturers impart to the
public a knowledge of ALL the Ingredients
that enter into their baking powder?
Consumers have a right to know what
they are using as food. In these times of
extensive adulteration the public should
demand this information, and in all cases
where not given should refuse to purchase
the baking powder.
Cleveland Brothers,
Albany, N. Y.
that Col. 1 lavris is a
own motion. It' lie is
why should ho desire to
taoo to face?” But this
idea that "Col, Harris i
the hands of his friond-
•andidate on 11 is
not a oandidato,
moot "Ids friends
will explode the
- emphatically in
" As 11 to Vindi-
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-A. FT ID OOFTTIFTATIE TTFTTIILj SOLID:
with Ids patient, hut this happened to he ! eator is reeojinixed qs the mouthpiece for
the tenth case, and the. cnncer-afllicted
man, regardless of tlie ridicule to which
lie mifdit he exposed, had tlie doctor ar
rested for receiving money under false
pretences. This is as it should he. The
men who trifle with such jirave diseases
are among the worst of swindlers, who
deserve to he punished mid publicly ex
posed, and the victim who, after heine
swindled, lias the pluck to prosecute, is
entitled to applause.
Tun senate awoke from its lone, luzzy
tit the other day and disposed of a nuni-
her of nominations, some of which have
been hunt; up for several months. In
speaking of this, and evidently with an
idea of poking fun at the ridiculous secret
sessions, of the senate, the Xew York
Times says “the reader w ill find confi
dential information as to details in our
Washington dispatches. \Ye beg them,
however, not to say anything about it,
because the action of the senate is strict
ly secret and the dignity, as
well as tho peace of mind,
of that august body required
that its secrets shall not he
divulged. As every member is pledged,
not to say sworn, to absolute silence on
the subject, it would give rise to serious
suspicions of senatorial incontinence if it
became known that the proceedings of
yesterday had got outside the ‘closed
doors,’ Tins is why we beg our readers
to help keep tins grave business from the
ears of the senators."
Col. Harris, and we use the term with no
disrespect to either Col. Harris or our
cotemporary, it is a little difficult to un
derstand w hether or not Col. Harris de
sires to have Ids name placed before the
people ami subsequently before the con
vention.
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liKNKKALi JOHN l‘>. GORDON.
It is hardly probable that a larger
audience ever assembled in Springer
opera house than the crowd which tilled
it "from pit to dome" to hear General
Cordon last night. Those who expected
to hear an eloquent speech w ere not dis
appointed. The speaker was somew hat
fatigued from ids long carriage ride, but
no evidence w as traceable as he stood be
fore His country and hurled forth burn
ing words of eloquence and patriotism, j
That he was suffering from a throat i
trouble was easily disccrnablo.
The speech was of such a character as I
to make the friends of General Gordon j
more firmly His friends. Many charges
have been brought against him, and all
these he undertook to answer in a way
that tHo audience could not fail to un
derstand. He was particularly explicit
in regard to his resignation from the
United States senate, and if there are any
who heard him and still believe that
there was any bargain, collusion, under
standing, directly or indirectly, between
General Gordon and any man or men in
tlie state of Georgia or on tlie American
continent in regard to who was to be ids
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NOTICE!
j WHEREAS, a petition has been Hied in my
! office, consisting of over fitly freeholders, peti
tioning the Ordinary of said county for the bene
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expiration oftwenty days from the publication
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This gentleman, the senior member „f
the fl mi of Shurhlan Bros., fresco urti-ts
and decorators, of Atlanta, <in j-
nine yankee by birth, but a southerner I,v
choice and adoption. Born in the iiun-
tan city of Providence, R. I., 31 years mn
at an early age he turned His attend,.inn
art. He is by nature an artist, and hi*
years of study and tuition in eastern citie'«
nave developed him into one of the fore
most young decorators of his time. Some
years ago he came soutii to decorate tlie
interior of the Church of tlie Imaeulate
Conception, at Atlanta, and, liking tlie
people and climate, determined to locate
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then he has been joined by his brother-.
F. R. and George, and churches and tine
dwellings in every principal citvoftlie
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Columbus, Ga., May 12. 1886.
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freight on the Chattahoochee, Flint and A pa
lachiuola rivers will be as follows:
Flour per barrel J ce JJ}J
Cotton Seed Meal per ton w cen
Cotton per bale 25 cem '
Other freight in proportion.
Passage from Columbus to Apalachicola, j
Other points in proportion.
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Will leave Columbus for Apalachicola via Dim
bridge every TUESDAY morning at S o clock, re
turning via Bainbridge. .
Above schedule will be run, river, etc., perun.
Shippers will please have their freight at boat
by 8 a. m. on day of leaving, as none will &e re
ceived after that hour. , nnv
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