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DAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST
1SSG.
ideas Suggested by a Stroll Through the
City.
An tMtociation for Building up the Special In-
14-rehtN of the City—A Young Lady Lett, the Kn*
^tirer-Smi Into a Secret—IIunity Jordan's Views
on the IliiMhte** Outlook—Thermometers and
Wasps.
“‘Why don’t the Enquirer-Sun advocate an
association for Columbus like that the enter
prising citizens of Nashville have inaugurated?"
said a go-ahead business man to us last night.
"What is that?" we asked.
"It is called the Manufacturers and Mechanics’
Association. It was organized fourteen years
ago, and its object is to aid with information as
to location, price of real estate, labor, ftiel, etc.,
in the establishment of any and all manufactur
ing enterprises desiring to locate among us; to
.gather and compile statistics relative to the es
tablishment, growth and extent of the various
manufacturing industries of the city and state;
to present and keep the same advantageously
advertised to the businees world, and to encour
age local manufacturing interests and the devel
opment of manufacturing and mechanical indus
tries.” *
This is a good thing and too much cannot be
said in favor of associations whose avowed object
is the building lip of any special interest in the
community in which they are located. There is
at present a great and growing demand for relia
ble information concerning the manufacturing
and industrial interests and possibilities of this
city and section, and such an institution in Co
lumbus would be of vast benefit.
Beyond doubt this is a work in which every
man who has the welfare and prosperity of the
city at heart is personally interested. Our board
of trade is a good institution, but it does m t fill
all the requirements. We have it from good
authority that tnis Nashville association has
been the direct means of carrying a number of
enterprises to that city.
“Ever heard of a ribbon party? You didn’t.
Well, come in the store and I’ll tell you about
it," and then a young lady at a Broad street mil
linery store gave us the particulars. Said she:
“No flowers are worn by the guests, and both
ladies and gentlemen are as gayly decked out in
streamers as the old dandies and fops of old King
Charles’ cour,. The gentlemen, through the
courtesy of the hostess, are provided with
rosettes, while the leaders in the dance, and those
im ited to aid in the reception wear scarfs of soil
silk to match the sash draperies of their partners.
It goes without saying that white or tinted mulls
•and spring muslins are the regulation party
dresses, which fairly pulsate with ribbons. Rib
bons are worn in the hair, about the throat, arms
And wrists; scurfs cross the corsage, or are bound
round the waist, Greenaway fashion, and if
bunches of parti-colors do not loon the draperies,
plain bands radiate, like the spokes of a wheel,
from belt to the bottom of the skirt."
Just as the newspaper man started out she
called him back to whisper:
“For the life of you, don’t you give it away, but
some of the girls are getting ready to give one
here. If you ever mention it, don’t say r told
.von.”
Hon do you regard the present business pros
pects of Columbus? was asked by the Enquirer-
Sun representative of that far seeing and enter
prising citizen, Mr. G. Gnnby Jordan.
“At this time I tnink they are exceedingly
bright. We certainly have a well located city for
all lines of tvade, and every sort of business should
prosper here. I think we have been blessed
recently with a strong upheaval of public opinion
which is directed toward progress. I think in
other words we are now enjoying a substantial
boon that will not be without splendid results for
our city. Our business men seem to be thor-
ronghly awake and are moving on with greater
activity than ever before. The people seem to be
beginning to realize the merits of the city in
which we live. Heretofore and now Columbus
needs a little more wind. What I mean is for the
citizens to sound its praises more enthusiatically
and take more pride in giving the bright side of
its advantages. The trouble lias been, to a
large extent, the modesty of the people here.
They have never seemed to appreciate the value
of their own city."
"Do you know of any new projects in the way
of building?"
“Yes: I know of any quantity of them that are
now in progress and of others that will soon be
under way. All you have to do to find out where
they are, is to go down Broad street, up First
avenue, down Second, and so on throughout the
city. Then go out to Rose Hill and though the
-suburbs and feast your eyes to their lull. Colum
bus is moving right along about as steadily as
any city in the south. I wouldn’t care to have
any more confidence than I’ve got in Columbus.”
“Do you keep boarding-house thermometers?"
said a young lady to a clerk in a hardware store,
recently.
“Certainly, madame," replied the clerk, and he
produced the article requested, which the lady
took and went away.
“Boarding-house thermometers," thought a re
porter who was present at the time. "What on
earth are they," and he asked the clerk if he
would explain the characteristics of a boarding
house thermometer.
"That lady whom you saw in here has a small
country house a few miles from the city, where
she has bourders during the summer. She, of
course puts advertisements in the daily papers,
saying that her house is cool; that there arc no
mosquitoes, etc. This, of course, she has to j
prove, as she procures one of these boarding- 1
house thermometers that are warranted not to |
register higher than 90 degrees on the hottest !
day. This she hangs in a prominent place in her ‘
house. When a hot day comes in the city every |
one .vants to get out of town They visit one of
the many country houses said to be so cool, and
one of the first things they do is to look at the !
tliermometei, which they find registering about
88. They know that in the city it was about 92 !
or 94, and are satisfied that this is a cool house. -
If people would not look at a thermometer on a j
hot dav they would not feel half so warm."
“How are these thermometers constructed?"
"Just the same as the others are, but what ,
should really be 90 degrees is only made to be
80 degrees. You would be surprised at the num
ber we sell.”
“I never kiiew until a few days ago the
strength of a wasp. It is wonderful to contem
plate the enormous lifting power which reposes
in that slender and graceful body,"
"Tell us about it," we requested of the most
dignified and excellent gentleman who made the
statement.
“Well, the way I found it out was this. I went
over to a country gathering and we were sitting,
a group of a dozen or so, on the shady side of the j
house, when a wasp, bent on recreation pci- i
baps, determined to make one of j
our number. He attached himself to the cheek
of a plethoric gentleman, whose weight consider- ,
ably exceeded two hundred pounds, and in an ^
instant that man was in the air and the welkin j
rang with his bold and warlike cries. He went
up with such a bold dash of vigor that I naturally j
con duded the wasp had hoisted him, though
how the thing was done remained a mystery.
He was certainly half asleep when the wasp ar
rived on almost noisless wing, and aa instant
afterward he was not only wide awake but soar-
jjog with ambitious flight toward the heavens.
He spurned the earth and flew upward. The
wasp endeavored to try an experiment with the
ladies of the party, tut with many shrieks ami
with a sudden gathering up of garments they
hastened into the house.”
"And you made a lucky escape?”
"Escape, the mischief! 1 incontinently laughed
at the ludicrous scene. Yes, I tipped back in my
chair and fairly roared with laughter until the
tears ran down my weather-beaten cheeks. One
wasp and a dozen of the human nice opposed to
each other. The odds were in favor of the human
race if ever they were, but the wasp—by the way
it occurred to me to ask myself where he might
happen to be at that precise moment—had routed
them all. The ladies were safely housed and the
gentleman who tried to reach the ridge pole at a
single hop was seated on the fYugrnnt sod, using
language not entirely in accordance with the
beauty of the scenery. 1 thought it very funny
much more than fhnny-and was thoroughly en
joying the battle and the defeat when that un
mannerly, totally depraved wasp settled down
on the back of my neck, and 1 felt for an
instant as though the flaming sword of Ithuriel
had penetrated mv very marrow. The roar of
laughter suddenly died away, the funny element
of the incideht departed, and, with a wild war-
whoop, loud and resonant as that of the Iroquois,
darted through space like a meteor, and landed
in the midst of a flower bed nearly two rods dis
tant. I have been sadder and wiser ever since.”
It doesn’t fall to the lot of everybody to take a
summer outing or vacation from work. But it is
easier for more people than will believe it when
told of it, to take the better part of Saturday after
noon for n brief rush into the country. And yet
the satre people little realize how much a couple
of hours put in this way each week will bring
them sounder sleep and a better appetite than
are ordinarily theirs. It is more a disinclination
bred of the weariness of constant work than ac
tual inability which prevents the no-vacation
folks from securing this brief Saturday recupera
tion. It is worth making a good deal of effort
for. Let each one who can get two or three hours
on Saturday, take the street car to the end of the
line, and then walk to the woods, and spend the
rest ofthe daylight there, and he will learn by
experience how much of a rest it is, and help for
the week’s work.
THE (mmIll'S ATHLETIC ( M il.
The Third Anniversary Celebration—Com mi! toes
Appointed for (he Oeeusion.
The Columbus Athletic Club will celebrate its
third anniversary at Villa Reich on Thursday
night, September 9. This club was organized in
1883, and its object is the physical, moral and
social elevation of its members. It has given
numerous entertainments, all of which have
been signal successes. The approaching celebra
tion will be no exception to the rule, and bids
fair, if possible, to eclipse all previous efforts of
the club. The following committees have been
appointed for the occasion:
Committee of Arrangements—Frank C. Reich,
chairman; Asher A. Bivins, Ben A. Gerson, Max
Simon, Felix H. Burrus, Oscar Sedberry, \V B.
Slade.
Invitation Committee—Charles J. Eifler, John
Harris, V. J. Pekor, Asher A. Bivins, Max Simon.
Refreshment Committee—Ben A. Gerson,
George H. Smith, John B. Lee, John D. Schnell,
Carl Korchlin.
Reception Committee—Fred W. Reich, Albert
Schield, John Klocke, Philip Eifler, jr., James P.
Morgan.
Floor Managers—Felix H. Burrus, Oscar Sed
berry, James M. Broadnax, Frank C. Reich,
Robert E. Kavanagh.
The athletic performance will begin at 8:30
o’clock.
111' RTS BOKO 11A ITEM NUN.
School Prospects Fluttering—Mrs. Neuse to Come
to Columbus— Personal.
Special to the Enquirer-Sun.
Hurrtsbouo, Ala., August 21.—The Ladies
Missionary Society gave another ice cream sup
per last night, which was liberally patronized.
Prof. Simmons, principal of the Hurtsboro
school, and his accomplished wife, have arrived,
and are boarding with Col. N. \V. E. Long. We
extend to them a hearty welcome. The professor
will open his school August 30 with a full at
tendance.
fhe pastor, Dr. I. P. Cheney, will fill his pulpit
at the Baptist church in this place to-morrow
(Su nday.)
Mrs. G. B. Nease has closed out her business
and will shortly move to Columbus. We are sorry
to loose this lady, as she has endeared herself to
many. In the death of her husband and in other
troubles she has had the smypathy of our citi
zens.
Miss Josie Harbuck is spending some time with
friends in Erin, Ala.
Mrs. Crouch is visiting her son, Mr. H. A.
Crouch, our efflei ?nt postmaster.
Hr. Henry Williams, representing Goetter,
Weil & Co., of Montgomery, is selling our mer
chants dry goods, etc. Henry is an old Columbus
boy. He still sticks to it that Columbus beats
Local Happenings in Brownevillc and
Girard.
i Prospective ami Retrospective—^illliiuh a* The)
• Were ami Are—A Joint Rebate -Examination of
; Teacher*— Minor Topics.
I Another uneventful week has just closed in
! Brownevillc. The heated term has passed, heavy
and cooling showers have fallen, and animal and
; vegetable nature feel refreshed. The tempern-
j ture during the oust two days has greatly toned
; down, and all in all our people have abundant
j ground for the exercise of gratitude. The long,
enervating summer is nearly over, and notwith
standing the melancholy ftiet that death has
reaped a rich harvest in some parts of the land,
here we have been blessed with unusual good
health, with a death-rate fur below the average
of former years. Political, religious and social
excitements we have had, but these with the |
temperature have cooled down, leaving our
tired and hard-worked people to a season of re- I
pose, and the rest is sweet and refreshing.
Hrovvneville as if Was. Is mid Hopes to lie.
About the lime ofthe breaking out of the war i
of secession UvowuevUle had its beginning i
Prior to that time Dr. lngcrsoil had most of the I
place sowed down in oats. The new town was •
commenced by (he Engle Manufacturing Com- I
pany with a view to securing airy tied healthful
homes for its operatives. Step by step the town |
was enlarged until it now boasts the population j
of a small city. Acordingto ihe design of its !
founders it is still the abode oft lie laboring man, j
who, with bis gardens and patches, bis orchards •
and" vineyards, is comparatively happy and con- !
tented in his possessions. The town lias its j
churches and halls, and these, too, on the very j
spot where in years past the nigger and mule
constituted the pleasing panorama. The im- j
provemeut in education and morals keeps pace j
with the march of expansion, and to-day Browne- !
ville boasts of a steady and settled population.
The hope ofthe future is lor an increase of educa
tional facilities, for good municipal government,
and that by some sort of legislation the place
may become the county seat of a new countv. I
all.
S.
. Ilmikinc Halls
Special to Enquirer-Sun.
Oswichke, Ala., August 21.—The Oswichee
gun club made the following record to-day out of
a score of a possible twenty :
James C. Alexander, captain 17
F. Bradley 16
Sam C. Cantey 10
W. T. Nuckolls 13
Total 56
R. H. Bellamy, captain 16
O. P. Fitzsimmons 1
John Cantey 17
John C. Alexander 10
Total 17
The club will make it lively for both the Seale
ami the Columbus clubs at the barbecue in Seale
on the 26th instant. A big time is anticipated.
base Hall Brevities.
Following is the result of the games pluyi
/esterda.v :
Louisville Cincinnati 1. Louisville 6.
Baltimore - Athletics6, Baltimore ».
Staten Island Metiopolitans 10 Brooklyn 3.
St. Louis- Pittsburg 3, St. Louis 7.
Philadelphia—New York 3, Philadelphia '*.
Washington Huston 6, Washington 5.
Detroit Chicagoo, Detroit 12.
A Joint Bisnissinn.
There will be a joint discussion between Web-
Foot and the Wizard orator of the valley next
Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock, in Mr. John
Moore’s house, near Pine Grove cemetery. All
are cordially invited to attend. The following
question will he discussed: “Ought there to he a
prohibitory law to suppress the traffic in alcohol
ic intoxicants?"
Ed urn tiunul.
The board of examiners of Brownevillc will
meet on the 8th and 9th of September, at which
time persons intending to apply for license to
teach in the public schools should be present for
examination. The examination of white teach
ers will tuke place on the 8th and of colored
teachers on the 9th. All interested should bear
the fact in mind and be on hand.
A New Cliiircli Constituted.
The Missionary Baptists have constituted a
new church of their faith and order near Pine
Grove cemetery. The dedication services were
performed on last Sabbath by Rev. Messrs. G. D.
Benton, E. F. Davison and Wood. The
church was organized with twelve members, and
there have since been two accessions. Rev. E.
F. Davison was unanimously called as pastor,
and will make bis d« cision in a few days.
Brownevillc Briefs.
A fair quality of melons are still seen.
A few red nigger-killers are coming in at 25
cents per peck.
Miss Susie Belaud is seriously ill with typhoid
fever.
Messrs. B. M. McCulloch anil William Walley
have opened a confectionery store in Pearce’s
building.
Col. Lon Richards and Dr. F. Holley have re
turned from a successful peddling expedit on to
Tallapoosa. They still have a few fat chickens
left.
The Lively barber has pulled up stakes and de
parted. Why is this thus? it looks as if a good
barber ought to make a living thereabouts.
Rev. E. F. Davison will administer the ordi
nance of baptism in the creek opposite Col. Hol
land’s this afternoon, at 5 o’clock.
J Mrs. E. Jefferson is absent on a visit to friends
| in Chattahoochee county.
The muscadine is turning black, and tin* small
boy is happy. Look out for envious rents in the
seat of bis pants.
Rev. .las. Ware will conduct services at Trinity
this morning and evening. Give him a hearing.
There will be a sacred harp singing at the
Primitive Baptist church this afternoon, at 3
o’clock, led by Professor J. Y. Irvin.
Where Tony lliil the Wedge.
Bear in mind, for a small investment no crop is
more profitable, and none more easily grown,
than the turnip, and for Ruta Baga and all sorts
of Turnip Seeds call at the Lively Drug Store,
Lively, Ala. On prices. Dr. R. II. McCutcheon
will satisfy you where Tony hid the wedge. Mor
phine, 35 cents—three bottles for a dollar; Turnip
Seeds, five pounds for a dollar.
Lively Drug Stork.
Gilt A KB NEWS.
Review I<p»noii—A Word A limit tin* Fire to Im
portant Contract Let Out—Neighborhood Go>-
sip.
In the calm serenity of matronly dignity,
Girard sits in lonely loveliness among the hills.
No internal strifes or outward alarms disturb her
supreme felicity. During the past week, only the
usual dull summer routine lias been in order.
Matters and things wag on as usual. The labor
ers come and go with the sun; the merchants con
gregate in little groups to discuss the questions
of the hour; the ladies gossip when they have
time, and the children gambol on the green, un
mindful ofthe price of corn, and earing little for
the times—whether hard or soft. The people
generally are looking for something to turn up
thinking perhaps the wheel of fortune may m:. 1 e
a more favorable turn. Altogether the citizen-*
are blessed, having good health, and at - .<-t
enough to meet the wants of the day.
and Mr. Joe Bennett have been appointed to let
out the contract and see that the work is well
done. Work is expected to begin this week. The
citizens of Girard, and especially those of Long
street will be delighted at this information.
G Irani Gossip.
A three months infant of W. H. McKenzie died
a few days ago.
There were only two Interments in the ceme
tery for the week—one non-resident.
Hope the Girard gullies and ditches will receive
early attention.
Mrs. Sheriff Gordon and daughter, of Opelikr,
are visiting friends and relatives in Girard.
The ice cream supper of the templars fell
through Thursday night on account of the big
rain, but they lmd a cake cutting at their hall
last night which was a pleasant and profitable
allair.
The trustees of the school district held their
monthly meeting last night. No busiiic s of gen
eral public interest wus transacted.
The Juveniles held u delightful sociable at the
residence of U. L. Martin, esq., last J.Monduy
night. There were a number of children present,
and they all had a gay time.
Rev. Mr. Gumming will preach at the M. E.
church this morning und evening. Let there he
a good congregation present
THEY ENJOYEB IT.
tml Were Pleased at Tludr Reception in tin
I It).
The heavy editor of the Russell Register is a
member ofthe Seale Gun Club, and came with
the club to this city. He relates how the Colum
bus Glub was disappointed in receiving the halls
on time, and says:
After perambulating the town, the hoys found
what they called “hats," but our readers must
not thiiik'froin tins that they were anything like
these “wide winged” fellows or even these “little
ones" we have down this way, because they weie
much smaller at the distance we shot them; in
fact, tin y were the hardest "hats" we ever tried
to ltd.
fhc match began at about I o’clock with
Columbus in the lead, up to about the tenth
round, when they changed the target to whai
they called ‘ balloons," but they didn’t look like
the balloons we have lead, seen and heard
about, they were not "built that way,”
Notwithstanding this our boys “hit them so
hard" that clever Mr. Johnson, of the Columbus
(Mul) lmd to holier out, "no more balloons on
hand, bring in th> ” well, he said hats hut we
said tiu 'piague-laked hats." After finishing
the round on the so-cal eil balloons, Seale
imd caught up with Columbus, and
the excitement was intense on
both aides, but Scale held her own, at least
those “poor shots" held their own. and the con
tort closed about dark amidst thundering cheeis
for Columbus. Oswichee and at present the "vic
torious” Sealites, the score being, Seale, 124;
Columbus, 113.
Columbus is noted for her hospitality, but the
way she received and treated Seale on this occa
sion, doubly endears her to our people. They are
the best and cleverest fellows we have ever seen,
and it will he our« clight to do our best on next
Thursday the 2ttth inst., to make them have a
good time, too, even if they don’t beat us shoot
ing.
Below are some resolutions which were heartily
endorsed by the club :
Russell Register: We desire to tender our
thanks to the Columbus Gun Club, through your
columns, for their kind reception and hospitable
entertainment of our club on the 17th inst nt.
They wined us, they dined us, they “batted"
us, and to show our appreciation of their courte
sies, we broke just as few of their “bats" as possi
ble just enough to “get tliurEli." We will treat
them the best we know how. We will barbecue
them in the morning and shoot them in the
evening, and give them a few lessons in ball
shooting.
LAYING THEM AWAY.
Sonic of tin* Queer Tilings hi mi I nilerstakei's
Life—Skeletons in the Closet.
Although in the drama of life every actor un
consciously makes his entrance and his exit, he
cannot do it without causing some stir and
bustle, which is greater or smaller according to
the condition of life into which or from which
"it iiusipleiiHed God to call him."
In the first scene the little pilgrim into this
world becomes the object ofthe tender solicitude
of a benevolent, motherly personage, who re
gards him with a critical eye and dandles him
with an unmistakable knowledge of his weigh*.
In the last scene lie is calmly viewed by a quiet,
soft voiced individual, who takes him in charge
and perfects all necessary details preparatory to
laying him away in his narrow cell. Between
the two scenes one plays Ins role, ignorant ol the
nurse who first felt his breath upon his check,
ignorant of him who will come when the breath
has left 1: is body.
A reporter called in at an undertaker’s estab
lishment t lie on er dav and found him alone,
1'eudiuu an undertaker’s journal with jokes no
more ghastly than is to be found in ottiei jour
nalistic winding sheets. Around him stood rows
of coffins and caskets. They were all tutted, up
holstered and embroidered.
"Walk in,” said lie. “Can I be of any assistance
to you?" he continued softly alter a pause. It
was noticeable that lie spoke with a pause be
tween every sentence. His face was placid, sad
and sympathetic. No commercial smile betrayed
pleasure upon seeing a customer, to whom it
might be objectionable. Every line of his face
was in keeping with the lines of grief, and his
mustache suggested a sort of facial drapery rather
than a facial ornament. In answer to the ques
tion the reporter said he should like to he shown
the caskets.
"Certainly. This is something very clinic - in
rosewood, nicely finished. This one the same,
except the lining. Satin, you see. Die sudden,
sir? ‘Not sudfleii.’ Oh, well, there is comfort in
that in a lom. illness. Not long illness,’did you
say? Well, I was remarking that in a long illness
the HiitferingH are very wearing on the afflicted
family.”
Assuring the undertaker that no coffin or cask
et was wanted, but that the purpose of the visit
was only to talk about people who came to buy
coffins, he said:
“Well, you looked so glum I thought you had
lost somebody or something. Come over and sit
down. It is very hard to tell what to think when
people come in. They come so soon after death
that they arc not in black. .Sometimes a man
will come in sobbing and tell me the whole story
of his life, how he met his wife, her sickness and
death; or it will be some young fellow who will
tell me what he wants quickly and be oil'. He
will speak as promptly as though he was leaving
an order for a pound of butter to be sent home.”
"No, there is no accounting for people,” he
continued, reflectively. “A few years ago a man
came in weeping as though his heart was broken.
His wife had just died. It was in the summer'j
litre, and the undertakers had to be quick, lie
told me the same old story. lie had loved his |
wife as a girl, lie had carried her hooks to schoo', j
he Imd gone hunting huckleberries and all tlm'
sort of thing and was completely broken-hearted
left alone in a trig, strange
Columbus' Prospects Continue Bright
and Encouraging.
The (iilimbUH ami Wi'Ktei'ii Kxlenntmi llii|iiill>
Materializing Old nml New Loti licet inns ut
HirmIutrliMin—Tli«* CoIiiiiiIiiih nml Southern i* :i
I'lildle Necessity Notes nml News About the
Ronds.
There arc no new developments so far as the
extension of the Columbus and Western road is
concerned, this owing to the fact that everything
has already been developed. Mr. Dabney, chief
engineer, has fluishod the preliminary surveys
and is now making up his estimates. Until this
is done the route lYom Sylncuugii to Birmingham
cannot be selected. It is presumed that this will
be done in a day or two and the loca ion of tin
line will be made at once.
Active preparations for the construction ofthe
j road arc being made. Mr. Wad ley is now trun.*-
fering Lis large force of hands and the construc
tion equipments from South Carolina to this
point. He will not he able to do the entire work
as soon as it is desired, hence contracts for a part
ofthe work will be let out. This will likely he
done as soon as the line is located. Everything
is moving along entirely satisfactory and the out
look is bright, solid and hopeful for ( '< lumhus.
to love
those fellows wi
“Do you believe it
his pauses and hetn
for an undertaker, '
Hu way thei
talk.
•outinued, forgetting
t ONNKUriONS \T HIKMINGH t M.
New Enterprises liiiiummitcil nml Benefits of Ex
isting Lines.
It is well understood that the extension of the
Columbus and Western road to Birmingham is in
accordance with a contract with the Central and
the Memphis, Birmingham nml Atlantic to build
from Birmingham to Memphis. This gives di
rect connection from Savannah via Columbus,
Biro iughaui and Memphis to Kansas City, with
only two railroad systems and makes the shortest
line lYom Kansas City to New York.
In addition to this Columbus will receive the
benefit of all the othei roads now centering at
Birmingham, and new lines now being projected,
which will soon materialize into realities. Bir
mingham has never undertaken to Imild a rail
road on her own account, hut this is soon to have
an innovation. A charter has been secured
incorporation papers filed and surveyors arc soon
to be put on the road. The terminal points arc
to bo Mobile ami Dalton, Ga. We arc told that
this line will run northwest from Mobile through
the rich agricultural counties of Mobile, Wash
ington, Clarke, Marengo and Berry, penetrating
the mineral field of Biltb, and on reaching a
point near Centrevilie, according to the charter,
two routes will be taken, one crossing the Ala
bama Great Southern near Vance’s station,
about thirty miles below Birmingham, and en
tering the Tuscaloosa coal and iron territory and
running northeast again to Birmingham, touch
ing the present iron developments as well
as others in contemplation. From Birming
ham the road will take the track of
DeBardelehcn’s llenryellen road to Leeds, in the
(-’ahuba valley. Here it connects with IheCahaba
Valley line coming from Bibb through Shelby
county directly up the valley through its rich
iron and coal fields. From Leeds continuing up
the same valley, and down Canoe creek through
St. Clair county to Gadsden, thence on through
Etowah ami Cherokee counties to Dalton. Here
connection will be made with other lines pro
jected from Baltimore through the valley of Vir
ginia and East Tennessee, passing close to the
celebrated Cranberry steel-making ores.
HOI SB TO BE BUILT.
4'ill ii ill hits Needs nml Mind llnve a Bond to the Flor
ida System.
“The Columbus and Southern road is just as
sure to follow the building of the Georgia Mid
land and the extension of the Columbus and
Western as the night is to follow tlu* day.”
This was the remark made yesterday to the
Enquirer-Si n by a well-posted railroad man.
He went on to explain that wmu he meant by
the Columbus and Southern is a road to connect
with the Florida system of roads. It is not un
likely' that we may have two connections in this
direction one at Albany, Ga.. to connect with
the Riant system, and the other at Tallahassee.
Wi en this road is completed it will only require
but little effort upon the part ofColumbus to
reach one of tin* finest trades that this city has
reached for years. This will he the natural mar
ket, and where Savannah now has a monopoly
will prove a bonanza for the merchants of Co
lumbus who work it up.
The citizcnsof Columbus hardly appreciate the
situation as it now stands. The distance from
Columbus to Cdtlibcit is sixty miles, and from
Cuthbcrt to Bainbridgc sixty five miles, making
it from Columbus to Itainbridge 125 miles. A
charter lias been obtained and the entire road
surveyed from Columbus via Lumpkin and Cutli-
bert to Itainbridge. Between Lumpkin and
Cuthbcrt nine consecutive miles have been
graded, leaving only eleven miles to grade. The
road is continuously graded between Cuthbcrt
and Itainbridge with the exception of about ten
miles between Cuthbcrt and Colquitt, where the
work was so light that the contractors did not
care to work it.
We arc in possession of such facts as lead to
the belief that this road will he built atari early
day, anti that it will he one ofthe most important
lines that reach this city, none will question. It
will he to the system of Florida roads what the
Western and Atlantic is to the Georgia system,
and the more its importance is understood the
more will it be to the advantage of Columbus,
which place will be the northern terminus for
the present. But we shall speak of this road
ugain. In the meantime we can but congratulate
the citizens of Columbus upon the early fruition
promised of an inlet and an outlet which has be
come a public necessity.
ft mnni mi Knuds.
fhc PruiMun state railways have for some
Lime past employed^ women guards at crossings,
w noio attention to the good condition of the road-
boil tin-serv.c. bus be. n divided into two o;t<i,
namely, in iraex and crossing service. While
the to,.... is outv < one by men, the latter, con
sisting chiefly ot closing and opening of bars and
the iigniiug ami sweeping of cr. ssmgs, is done
TOBACCOS
is rapidly increasing, and we take pleasure ia
bringing the following revised list of such dealer*
to your kind notice:
D. A. Andrews, J. K. Giddens,
D. A. Anglin J. R. & H. F. Garrett,
Averett & Porter, C. E. Hochstrasser,
It. .1. Anglin, L. H. Kaufman & Co.,
J. Adams, G. W. Lewis,
(’. Hatustein, C. H. Markham,
It. Broda, P. McArdlc,
Bennett A: Co., T. E. Middlebrooks,
I’. A. Cantrell, Martin & Chalmers,
V. It. Cantrell & Co., Tobe Newman,
It. H. Crane. W. It. Newsome,
F. ( onti, J. II. Rtunsey.
M. E. Edwards, Rothschilds Bros.,
A. .Simons, T. J. Stone.
ol ICbcIiiiioihI. Vi ruin in.
Manufacturers of Fa liny Fdel and L. Road To
baccos.
Iir.lt \ A 1.4IF.lt are our Sole Agent*
liir (liis territory.
mv2 scOin
BUIUIITEIL
For Cash
Cheaper Than Ever!
u inlUHAI 0MIU\ III uu
iii the city of all sizes, kinds and colors.
PAINTS k BRUSHES
OF ALL KINDS.
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE.
T. L. GRUZARD.
Columbus, Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1874.
JOHN BLACKMAR
Ileal Kslale Agonl,
COLUMBUS, GA.
roit SAM,.
**" l No. 265, the best located Build-
Cii/ti';'- ing Lot in the city of Columbus,
lijyy. Price $3,000.
k Three Rose Hill Residences—
11250, 11800, $2000.
uvi Two Wynnton Residences—
$1800, $3000.
Duel I ill;.* For ICenl from October l«t.
No Fourth avenue <Judge Coleman’s resi
dence on hill , f> rooms, excellent well
and garden. II igliest elevation in city.
No. H(Mt Front street, <> rooms, corner north from
Mr. Elbert Wells, and west of Airs.
Strupper’s residence.
No 9If) Filth avenue. Residence of Mr. O. c.
Hand, below Mr. I). F. Willeox.
No 1237 Fourth avenue, 1 rooms, next north of
Prof. Dews. $15.
No. 1210 Fourth avenue, 5 rooms, on hill; splen
did well; very healthy.
No 821 Broad HI., next north of Mrs. Downing's
residence, two story, 8 rooms, gas and
water works. Will put in bath room
and paint inside and out.
No 808 Second avenue. 5 rooms, water works,
next to Mr. It. VV. Lcdsi tiger.
No 921 Fifth avenue, next south Mr. D. F.
Willeox, 5 rooms. $15.
No 309 Eleventh street, nt xt west of Judge Pou,
2 story, (J rooms.
No 1221 Fourth avenue, next to Mr. Win, W.
Bussey, 2 story. Will be painted and
repaired.
No 1421 Second avenue, opposite Mr. J. S. Gar
ret.5 rooms,2(1 door above Judge Ingram
No 044 Second avenue, ti rooms, Street curs
pass he door.
No 1022 First avenue, 5 rooms, opposite east of
the market. Suitable for hoarding house
Rose Hill new Residence of Mr. Harris, stable,
etc. $15
bathroom;
ton’s residence.
No 802 Third avenue, 5 rooms. Will put in
water, corner lot,
, »J rooms, water works and
ext north Mr. A. m. Bran-
No 1341 Third avenue, corner west of Mrs.
Rowe’s residence, 9 rooms, water works
and hath room.
No 313 Tenth street, now occupied by Mr. W.
H. Hindi-, 2 story, (i rooms, bath room
and water works.
Stores For ICciit from October 1st.
Aniyi-t corner southeast corner First avenue
md Fifteenth street Has been a retail grocery
land for years; good trade. Will rent with or
vilhout the i room liou-e next south
Bro.id .Strc--t Shires No. 921. occupied by Slier-
nan’s Bakery; No-. 1201 and 1208.
cupied
»y Jo
W
first-class
up
Lo
■■ty 1
KEY. B. ft. BP
ft :i
1:11 I.
I Bilptis
r> Action i
( ii Take* Uonipli
(•mice to Him.
time
nd that
The teneniei
him
h helm
As has already been announced in the Fn-
qi'Irkh-Sun, Rev. B. W. Bussey will shortly leave
for Brunswick to take charge of the Baptist
church there. During his stay here he has very
kindly relieved Rev. J. W. Howard, pastor ofthe
Second Baptist church, who has been in ill
health, by conducting his meetings for him, and
the church feels under grateful obligations to
him. To give some public expression of their
gratitude, the members held a meeting and de
termined to ask the Enquirer-Sun to publish the
following, to which we cheerfully give space :
We take this method as members of the above
church of tendering our heartfelt thanks to Rev.
B. W. Bussey and lady for the faithful and fer
vent manner in which they have served us for
the past few week-. We regret very much to
part w ith them, but as Brother Bussey has been
called to another field to labor for the Master we
can heartily recommend him as one of the most
faithful and earnest workers we have ever known.
May he live long and prosper in the cause. He
has our prayers wherever he may go.
ns. They wc
liable to the
;iiliilI') Fire !
four little houM
Iroyed in north '
that the fire wa
belief is still pro
to J. Kyle &Co.
.upied by per.so
ly, and this mei
opted to get rid o.
Landlords.
ob
ject 10
supposed to have
If the supposition is correct it is the wish ol al!
good citizens that the house-burners may be fer
reted out and summarily dealt with. The of
fense is one of the worst known to the law and
deserves punishment. The idea of burning a
man’property because it is occupied by unworthy
tenants is not only preposterous, but outrageous.
If such a riddance be allowable no community is
safe and the citizen has little or no protection.
We hope the guilty cries may be scooped in and
that no citizen of Girard, if such it was, will
ever again be guilty of an offense so dastardly
and cowardly.
Glad to Bear It.
The commissioners of Russell have granted an
appropriation to build a brick wall across the j
ditch which threatens the destruction of the
Seale road on Long street. Commissioner Burt
hear to
tin: skeletons. But wc are mi)
deaf ami dumb. Wo must be .
ii* though the dead iniglil licai
noFc it would (listres. '
caiiM- we are so quiet
ab< ut, and so it > we
their good and t<<r our own.’
“.Scenes are n >t rare. In fact, the.sight of grief
at first distresses one, but after a liort time wc
get accustomed ft. it. Mothers weeping and cry
ing out that God bus deserted them; that the)
have been unkind to t heir children, and fathers
reproaching themselve.*- for some stern act, are
tiie sights with which every undertaker is
familiar."
The Uo 111111 h iii Baptist Association.
The clerk of the Columbus Baptist Associate u J
publishes the follow ing card in the Christian ;
Index ofthe 19th inst:
The fifty-eighth annual session of the Colum- j
bus Baptist Association will convene with the ,
church at Talbotton, .September 22d.23dand 24th,
1886. As the place was not named in the minutes of
1885, it is desired to publish through the medium
of Index, and earnestly trust to iiave a large
number of visiting ministers and brethren outr
side of our bounds to come and worship with us
there and then. H. B. Baldwin.
u felt by
railway j<<
bathing »
V School Far.
A school car i** the novelty now fitting up at the
Union Pacific shops at Omaha, Neb., for the in
struction of engineers and all trainmen along the
company’s system. It consists of a passenger car
in which are set up boiler, a Westinghou.se air
pump and twenty-one cylinders. The whole ap
paratus or the air brake is thus placed in full
view in one ear, and the school on wheels is to be
taken to each station, and the men thus drilled
until thev fully understand the principles of the
air brake and how to bundle it in emergencies.
The members of the Connecticut democratic
state committee who are federal office-holders
have resigned froai the committee.
” i>* mv expense. For a small
• an 'i cost of
: m 1. ! rent .property, collect, pay
ml t'» repairs and give careful
all property in my charge. With
>f Id years, I can serve you to ad*
TENANTS
fill as soon as possible.
JOHN BLACKMAR.
se wed fri tf Real Estate Agent.^
BOB. SALE.
Desirable Five (5) Room House ou Jackson
Also, two (2) vacant lots in the city cheap. Ap
ply to SOULE REDD,
aaglO eod2w Broker*