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DAILY INQUIRER - SUN; COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 38, 1886.
Iflf NOT t« 181PODLTBT?
SPatturd Studies in the Talbot County
Fields.
VWhst the Asthorltlm any of the Criming Koo«tc r
anil Oaekllatt IIciih—A (hunter on IIurk nn<l
Their Hshlta-How They I'nnae Trouble Ainonu
the Hint*.
Did you ever rise before the sun hn B lighted the
■great dome, shake off sleep’s dull spell, nud go,
open-eyed and observing, into the field ?
There Is a stillness as of death in that hour
•whioh creeps between vanquishing night and
.approadhing day. The last winged marauder
has retired, gorged, to his lair; you hear the
wanton tread of the wind among the leaves no
more; the cricket has ceased fYorn his fiddling;
■the whisper of the little branch Is a lullaby half
heard and half Imagined, and all of nature, great
-and small, Is in perfect repose. A great star is
hurled suddenly from somewhere, blazes for a
moment in its headlong flight and is suddenly
quenched. Startled by the flash into believing
that he has overslept himself, a dissipated roost-
■er clarions shrilly and is answered from afar,
then discovers his mistake and with an apolo^
gctic cluck to his drowsy harem, recomposes
himself to his ruffled dreams. In the meantime,
all the world is as still as though the shadow of
■death had lallen and encompassed it.
This is the hour before day as it may be expe
rienced in the count.y.
But look! there is a beacon upon the summit of
that eastern hill.
Not a beacon, for it rises higher and brightens,
and no lamp of man’s devising can rival its glory.
Higher and higher wheels this herald among the
■stars, and, with a tide of light, now gray,
now crimson, now yellow, upward and on
ward, and in its Hood the frightened constella
tions plunge and are hidden, while the great cur
tain of blackness is rolled westward and pushed
from the heavens. With a final burst of blinding
magnificence, the kingly sun himself strides up
ward with a smile and it is sunrise over the
fields.
During a recent visit to Talbot county Esquire
■‘Sam Baldwin had, for several days, been endeav
oring to persuade ye knight of the quill to get up
-and see a genuine country sunrise and hear the
■ dear little birds sing praises, and drink in the
poetry of awakening nature. But the writer
thought the bed good enough for him until 8
-o'clock, and had no desire to hear a lot of tom
fool birds twitter, and as for drinking in poetry it
was all his constitution could stand to get
vaway with the regular dOBe that went to the
waste basket. Then Sam said that too much
-sleep makes a man slothful and dulls the edge of
:ambition, besides impairing both mertal and
■bodily vigor. But we did not wish to encourage
-any such unprincipled phenomenon as an early
■sunrise, and it required much argument and per-
suation to prevent making the good houBe-wife
keep breakfast from waiting in the morning.
nt need to be a popular thing, and was formu
lated by a profound scientist, that to gain
health, get rich and acquire wisdom, it was only
necessary to go to bed and get up at unholy
hours; but so many tough old sinners broke
rule and flourished in health and wealth, and so
many pious observers of the rule sickened and
got very poor, that it was concluded there were
4oo many exceptions, and men preferred taking
Jills to going to bed at sundown, and invented
•diuw-poker as a financial substitute for rising at
daybreak.
But talking about roosters, it would be exceed
ingly gratifying to have some political economist
IttU why it is that a rooster considers it his sol-
ma duty each morning at daybreak to informs
■ -every other rooster within a radius of three miles
that he is awake.
Also, why is it that every hen that laid an egg
yesterday proposes laying on : to-day, or has
vague plans for laying one to-morrow, must nec
essarily get violently excited at the first blush of
■dawn and cackle ti 17 o’clock without drawing
breath.
Captain Jesse Bull says he has given the sub
ject of roosters careful consideration, and is con-
winced that nature has some wise reason for
making them uproarous at the very time when
• Christian people are most sleepy, and if our shal
low minds could only fathom the emotions of a
productive hen, we would not so readily give
■way to violent language and bootjacks. Judging
from the number of the feathered tribe which
Jesse has about his premises, ono can readily im
agine that he has a very tender regard for them,
but there are a great many people who believe all
the same that roosters crow out of pure devil
ment, and hens cackle because they are females
and cant’t help making a fuss when opportunity
■offers. If we owned Jesse Bull's battalion of
■chickens, there would be crape on the barn door
■and chicken for breakfast every morning.
While taking a few days outing in the country
we noticed that domestic animals and birds are
-early risers, while in the field this rule for the
most part is reversed. The early bird hasn’t
such a soft snap as the proverb-makers assert,
and geuerally has to scuffle for two hours to get
a light worm breakfast, while the dissolute and
lazy bird who goes to work late and doesn't get
up until he feels like it can load biinself up in
ten minutes with more bugs than Colonel Harris,
in his congressional speeches, could collect in a
year. Bugs are sybarites and generally run as
much to luxury as legs, and every one knows
that legs are a specialty with bugs. A bug has
no ambition, no vanity, no veering fashion to
follow, nothing to hamper his mind, vex his
spirit, or prevent him from following out his
simple time table, which provides that he shall
spend one-half of his time eating and the other
half in sleep. Nature, of course, has embellished
some bugs with red or yellow, or green or motley
costumes of great magnificence, and gifted others
with an extraordinary burst of legs—more legs to
one bug sometimes than would run a ballet—but
it makes no difference in their habits—a bug
with a green tinsel coat, red trousers, a yellow
vest, blue nightcap and 64 legs puts on no more
frills than n plain drab bug iu a butternut suit,
who has only six legs to his name. And this
suggests these familiar lines:
The June bug hath a gaudy wing,
The lightning bug hath a flame;
The bed bug hath no wings at all
But he gets there all the same.
Like the hands at the Columbus compress,
bugs are divided into two classes—one class run
ning all night and tbe other all day-and night
bugs never appear in the day tune, nor day bugs
at night, and unless you hqppen to catch one
asleep in some obscure corner, you may bunt for
a week and not find one out in wrong hours.
It may be so in other places, but there is a cor
ner in a new ground not a great ways hum a
botton, unfrequented by the predatory small
boy of these parts, and there the blackberry
spreads its prickly tangle, the sumac flaunts his
carmine plume, and the golden-rod’s spray is
flowing. We have seen a cow slip there, too. n
was on a wet day, and the cow was in a hurry
and came very near breaking her leg.
It is there that all sorts of bugs and birds and
Insects do congregate. The bugs go for the crop
and the birds go for the bugs, and in that corner
of the field there is a rough-and-tumble massacre
from morning to noon, when the oriole has dys
pepsia, the robin gets liver complaint, the blue-
jays are nearly bursting, and the sparrows so fu
they are pop-eyed, and then all hands feel so
gluttonously uncomfortable they loose what little
tciupfrthey have andkick up a general free fight.
In whioh the overfed wrens and linnets take a
peck, so thnt the air is frill of quarrels and flying
feathers and big birds walloping little
birds and getting walloped by a gang in return.
And so in this petty corner of a forgotten field
are transacted every hour of daylight the buslnc-s
and pleasure of a million lives, love, life and
liberty given and taken, chain on chain, wheel
within wheel, a woild of joy and pain, merrl-
ment and sorrow, frrtunc and mlsfortum,
like our own. Then the downward sun vanishes,
t.icic is a crimson aftermath to the harvest of
the day, and ihe insect tumult ceases, and
world of birds Is at peace. The saucy sap-suckcr
abandons his coign, the old stump, and frisks to
shelter and dreams; the squirrel dives In the
tree’s hollow to count his hoard; the drowsy owl
blinks, flans his wings as a preliminary, and
wonders if the field-mice will come out in force
to-nighl; the whip-poor-will reiterates Ills mel
ancholy recital of William’s wrongs; there is a
flutter of weary wings in the trees, and katy did
and katy didn’t somewhere in the grass; t e
shrill cry of a distant loon breaks the bush;
there Is a moan of lonliness from the lifted pines;
the silence grows deeper and the air is heavy
with the odor of flowered fields; there! the dark-
ness has fallen; the bullfrog mounts his lily-leaf
raftto serenade his splay-footed bride; the crick
ets rosin up their hind legs and begin to fiddle—
it is night in this Talbot county field.
A Git AMI HOVE TOR COUM Ill's!
Shall Me Have a Resort for Pure Men or Not.
[a card. |
The necessity of providing a place of resort for
our young men, outside of the billiard saloons
and bar rooms of the city, will be recognized by
anyone who will give the subject serious consider
ation. The various social clubs which arc found
everywhere answer this purpose only in part, for,
besides the fact that some of them are objection
able, they are usually attended with considera
ble expense and they do not meet the require
ments, cither of transient visitors, or the many
young men who are here only for a month or
two at a time.
A few years back, in some of our larger cities,
several of our most noted and determined phi
lanthropists made an exhaustive exploration into
this subject. The urgent demands of morality
compelled them to take prompt and decisive ac
tion, and investigation led them to the convio-
tion that the very first step towards combatting
progressive vice, which each moment of a fast
age was increasing its seductive snares and
ceaselessly spreading its demon meBhes around
the rising generation, was the establishment in
each and every city of comfortable quarters with
reading rooms, bath rooms, exercise rooms, and,
in fact, anything attractive and harmless which
location and surroundings would suggest.
These rooms were to be a rendezvous for those
who had an idle hour to spend and had not yet
learned to frequent the ante-rooms of destruc
tion. After fully considering every objection
from either quarter it was decided to graft this
outgrowth of the age into the older stem of
the Young Mens' Christian Association, and
the combination, which during the last five years
has been gradually accomplished and made prac
tical and effective by thorough organization
upon bread principles, is to-day considered, by
those who have the interest of the young men at
heart, as a most powerful moral agent, and an
auxiliary to every church, religious society and
law loving association in the country. In order
to secure our to own city the frill benefits of^bis
association, we, as the board of directors of the
Young Mens’ Christian Association, have deter
mined to give the new system a full and fair
trial. We pledge ourselves to give it our per
sonal attention, work and supervision, and we
ask our fellow citizens to co-operate with us in a
hearty and effective manner.
Suitable rooms and a secretary in charge of
them must be at once provided for our young
men, a number of whom have assured us that
they will do their part of the work if we do ours.
Should each father, mother, sister and brother
in our city use his or her influence heartily a
membership running up into the hundreds would
speedily be secured.
The amount of $2500 will be suffleientto run the
association upon the new line proposed,
and we are confident we can raise this
moderate amount if each one is dis
posed to contribute in proportion to his
means. This, we trust, will be done. It is, how
ever, our purpose to secure as early as prac
ticable a building frind which, in any event, will
be a permanent investment and odd to the gen
eral wel'are of the cily. This has been done,
and handsomely done, in scores of cities, and
always acts as an inducement to the better class
of strangers to settle in a community.
What we propose to do here is not experimen
tal, but a repetition of the work of our brother
laborers throughout this broad land, and we do
not think we are trespassing on otir community
when we ssk it: in the name God, in the name
of good morals, Jn tbe name of good sense.
Baptist-J. A. Kirven, B. A. Carson, A. R.
Wilkersou, J. C. Reedy.
Presbyterian—G. E. Thomas, A. P. Moody.
Methodist—0. D. Hurt, T. J. Pearce, W. F.
Tigner, J. Lee Harris, M. W. Howard.
Episcopal-Geo. B. Whiteside, Allen Barnwell.
Meeting Friday Night.
A meeting was held Friday night, and the fol
lowing officers were elected for the Young Men’s
Christian Association for the ensuing year :•
T. J. Pearce, president.
Allen Barnwell, vice president.
J. Lee Harris, treasurer. _
M. W. Howard, secretary.
The executive board is composed of the names
signed above, and the officers are :
J. Albert Kirven, president.
C. D. Hurt, vice president.
WORD FROM WOODBURY.
The Town on a Itogahir Room—Ono Saw Mill with
Orders for Lumber for Fourteen Buildings.
Woodbury, Ga., November 27-Now that the
Woodbury depot has been located just where our
citizens desired it, we are oil a boom sure enough,
and nothing but an earthquake or cyclone can
retard our progress. Although the oars on the
Midland have not yet arrived, business has been
greatly revived by the custom of the hands con
structing the road bed. Three hundred hands
are stationed on Pine mountain, three miles
distant, employed in getting crosstios. Thirteen
teams of mules are daily engaged in hauling
huge piles of granite from the quarry, three
miles west of the village, for the piers of Flint
river bridge. The stones are being put in por
tion as rapidly as delivered and by Christmas
doubtless the piers, one of which is now twenty
feet above the water, will be completed.
The sound of the saw and hammer can he
heard from early dawn till close of day. Me
chanics and laborers of every class get plenty of
work to do at living prices. Three stores are
being built, one of which will be ready for occu
pancy by the first day of next month.
One of our saw mills has orders ahead for the
lumber of fourteen new buildings. Three nulls
not being able to supply the great demand for
lumber, another wi l be put in operation In a few
dl Oue of our oldest citizens, Austin Harris, col
ored, a blacksmith by trade, died at his residence
on the night of the 21th inst., after a protracted
illness of several months. BA *
Fresh Patched Peanuts at Bartow Reed’s Pea-
m mm tie inn.
Local Happenings in Srownoville and
Girard.
Tln» Kfiiimtinnul *Jti*'st’on—lfrnth ol’ Two LhiIIck.
About Iriiin|»s Religious Mutters—IIrowuotIIU*
News Notes, Etc.
The important and ouly question of public in
terest now agitating the town of Browneville is
that of education—how to improve the public
school system and to devise plans for increasing
finances for that purpose. The town has a school
board, but this board, though composed of in
fluential and intelligent gentlemen, has no well
defined system of raising money for the carrying
out of their plans. We are requested to give
notice thut a public meeting of citizens will be
held next Wednesday evening to take counsel as
to the ways and means of promoting the can e
of education und raising revenue for the support
of the same. It is thought that the meeting will
resolve to petition the legislature to so amend
the charter of Brownevili as to provide that a
portion of the revenues raised from year to year
shall be appropriated to the support of the public
schools.
Death's Safi IVork.
If there is any phase of death which seems
more saddening than another, it is the fading
away and dropping out of life of the beautifril
young girl, just entering into womanhood. Death
has its terror to the young and aged alik#*, but
when his untimely frosts fall upon the roses of
maidenly purity and beamy we stand aghast and
feel most keenly the power of the triumphant
conqueror of all flesh. In this connection we are
pained to record the death of Miss Maudie Reed
er. which occurred at the residence of her adopt
ed mother, in Browneville, yesterday after a
brief illness, in the 17th year of ht r age. The de
ceased was born in Tallapoosa county, but she
had resided in Browneville several years, where
she won many friends who will be pained to
learn the sad news of her early death. But if
the young, the beautiful and innocent are sure of
heaven, why should we mourn their early demise?
Men Prefer Darkness.
A gentleman at the other side of the bridge,
who would prefer light to darkness, says he has
put up three handsome lamps during the
past few years near his place of business, but the
bad boy, on mischief bent, has demolished them
with flying missiles, and now ho f-.arsto make
ftirther experiments in the way of lighting the
streets. Verily there should be some punishment
for wanton, malicious mischief, but as “catch
ing comes in before hanging,” this lamp demoli
tion has never been proved upon any one, and no
one has suffered. Browneville, Lively and Qirard
all need lamps, but unless the bad boy can be re
strained from throwing rocks there seems little
use to put them up. However, we again empha
size this question of light, and trust the authori
ties and citizens will appreciate the importance
of lighted highways and put up their lights im
mediately, if not sooner.
Powder, Shot and Caps in any quantity can be
fouud at M. T. Lynn’s
Religious Mention.
Interesting union Thanksgiving services were
held by the several ministers in Girard on Thurs
day morning and at Trinity Thurseay night. The
services were well attended and passed off profits
ably to all present.
Rev. Mr. Cumming will conduct services at
Girard morning and night, and Rev. Jas. Ware
is expected to preach at Trinity.
We have heard of no probable Christmas fes
tivities lr. Browneville, but presume the Sunday
schools will have their Santa Claus and Christ
mas trees as usual.
Rev. I. N. Cheney, the newly called minister
at the Baptist church, has written that he will be
present and preach to the people of Browneville
next Wednesday night. He is an able and pious
divine, aud it is hoped he will be greeted by a
Targe congregation
In about another week the term of Rev. Mr.
Cumming will wind up with Girard and Trinity
churches, but it seems to be the general*wish of
the two congregations th the shall be returned
to the same work next year.
The K.of L. Cigar is still the best in town.
At M. T. Lynn’s.
Browneville Briefs.
Business is reported brisker than usual.
Mr. Jefferson expects to occupy the county line
store next week.
Mr. Herring is enlarging his store with a view
to increasing his business.
Council will hold its semi-monthly meeting
next Wednesday.
The friends of Mr. D. E. Wade will be gratified
to learn that his condition is improving.
Messrs. Niblett and Davis have caught several
beavers in Uchee creek the past week.
Mr. J. T. Pearce, of Summerville, has removed
with his family to Florida. Mr. J. R. Page, the
new principal of the public schools, will occupy
the house vacated by Mr. Pearce.
There was a social singing at the residence of
Mr. Tom Godfrey last night. The young people
enjoytd the occasion greatly.
Mr. John Albright wants the fact emphasized
that he has a choice stock of boots, thoes and
hats, and that he can afford to sell the same as
cheaply as any merchant in this section.
The sportsmen and peddlers have been quite
active during the past few days, and report grati
fying success.
h’otice.
I would be glad for those who are indebted to
me to come forward and settle, as I am sick and
badly in need of money, as you can readily see.
You will find Mr. Buce behind the counter, who
will receipt all bills and be glad to serve and wait
on you. D. E. Wadk.
the cold snap of the past few days The transit ion
was from sum mi r to wintry weat her, and such
a change never fails to brings a shiver and set up
a howl.
The business men are in good spirits, and seem
cheerful and hopeful. Most of them have tUIr
stocks and are prepared to ineet'the holiday rush
Cut Off.
The merchants of Girard are lamenting the dan
gerous condition of the Long street road and say
they will be cut ofT from the principal thorough
fare of the county unless a bridge is built over
the ravine at. once. Travel is now diverted
around the Brittingham hill, which will serve us
ft partial freeze out to business. Hope the commis
sioners and trustees will remedy th s evil soon as
possible.
• News Notes.
Go hear Mr. Cummings to-day.
The wodding party have returned from FI rida
and all are happy as a big sunflower.
Col Chalmers says he has thousands of brick
for sale cheap.
And Htill the good work of putting a steeple on
the new Baptist church goes on.
The temperance people were encouraged by
several accessions to the Good Templars at last
meeting. m
The law officers and health officers report the
condition of the town in a most favorable light.
Death of Mr. George I*. Swift, Jr.
Mr. George P. Swift, jr., is dead. He died at hiB
residence in this city at 7:30 o’clock yesterday
morning after a brief illness of paralysis, pro
duced by apoplexy. Columbus has not sustained
so severe a loss in the death of any citizen in a
long time. He was one of our most public spir
ited citizens, and was connected with almost
every enterprise which tends to promote the wel
fare o. Columbus.
Mr. Swift was a native Georgian, having been
born in Upson cc uuty in June, 1810. He came to
Columbus in 1807, and has always been an active
and progressive business man. Though ever
ready to do his part in all public enterprises, he
was unusually modest and unostentatious. life
never liked notoriety, and naturally shrank
from that prominence in public mat
ters which a great many people
seek. For a number of years he wns one of the
leading warehousemen in this city, and was a
member of the firm of George P. Swift & Son.
He was vice-president of the Georgia Midland
Railroad Company and n charter member of the
Columbus and Florida Railroad Company. He
was a director in the Chattahoochee National
Bank, the Muscogee Manufacturing Company
and the Swift Manufacturing Company, and a
stockholder iu the Enquirer-Sun Publishing
Company. In all of his business and private rela
tions he was strictly honert, and was ever ready
to do the right. When this is said of a man what
more need be said ? It is true of George swift, as
all who knew him intimately will testify. To
some he may have appeared cold and
indifferent, but to those who enjoyed his confi
dence and friendship, he was a genial and
warm-hearted companion. In business matters
his judgment was seldom at fault, and to this
fact his remarkable success in life is attributable.
He died when Columbus can ill afford to lose
him, and his death leaves a vacancy which will
never be filled. Of course men will come and go
and the world will move on as before, but George
Swift’s place will not be filled. He was so closely
connected with various public interests that in
the natural course of events he must be missed.
His death falls heaviest, however, upon his fam
ily. He leaves a comparatively young wife and
four little children. To them he was the model
husband and father. He was kiud, indulgent
and generous, and they will sadly miss him. All
Columbus joins them in their grief, and extends
to them a hearty sympathy in this severe afflic
tion.
The funeral will take place from the residence
on the corner of Twelfth street and Second ave
nue, at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Death in Browneville.
Miss Amanda Reader died at the home of her
mother, Mrs. A. M. Reader, in Browneville, at
9:45 o’clock yesterday morning. Miss Reader
was only 15 years of age, and was a bright and
lovely young lady. Her remains will be interred j
at Rock Springs, Ala., to-morrow.
Dentil of n Little Girl.
Beatrice, the two-year-old daughter of Mr. Ju
lius Kaufman, died yesterday morning at 10:30
o’clock, after a short illness. She was a lovely
little girl, and the parents have the sympathy of
many friends in their sad bereavement.
Severed II!m Connection,
We learn from Col. J. M. Lennard, who has
been connected with the Investigator, that he
has retired from journalistic work, until such
time as the professional engagements which
now require his attention, will admit of its re
sumption, of which the public will be given due
notice.
HOTEL ARRIVAL*.
RANKIN HOUSE.
J. H. Smith, New York; O. Milhoff, Columbus,
Ohio; S. J. Calhoun, Macon; J. H. Wynn, At
lanta; H. A. Bowers, New York; Emil Frank.
Georgia; J. E. Martin, New York; M. It. Wilker-
son, Georgia Midland and Gulf railroad; E. Stern,
Baltimore; T. II. Challenger, Philadelphia; G. O.
Newhall, Rochester; S. S. Einstein, Savannah;
C. D. Jones, New York; W. S. Marshall, Charles
ton; J. R. II. Cowan, New York; W. E. Murphy,
Chipley; A. C. Bedell, New York; M. W. Rhodes,
Macon.
CENTRAL HOTEL.
A. Spitz, Atlanta; S. J. Schneider, Sheboygan,
Wis.; J. L. Steele, A. P. Carter, Atlanta; N. R.
George, F. E. Thomson, Savannah; J. A. Savage,
New York; L. W. Reese, Nashville; H Morgen-
tball, New York; W. H. Dodd, Philadelphia; C.
W. Metcalfe, Atlanta; G. W. McKinnon, Salem,
Ala.
The Pews of the First Presbyterian Church will
be rented to-morrow (Monday) morning at II
o’clock. All interested will be on hand promptly
at this hour.
AN EXAGGEIUTED REPORT.
The Ammonia Boiler ol tlie lee Factory III Apn-
larJileolu Explodes.
It was rumored on the streets last night thnt
the steamer Amos Hays lmd been blown up at
Apalachicola and that Captain Win. R. Mooro. < f
this city, was dangerously injured. An Enquirer-
Si'N reporter began an investigation of the ru
mor and learned that it wna exaggerated in more
than one respect. A press dispatch sent out from
Jacksonville says: ,
The ammonia boiler in t he ice factory at Apa-
lachihola, Fiu., exploded to-day, killing C. A.
(Busier, and thtuUy injuring Cant. William Moore,
of Columbus, Ga., and seriously cutting others.
The factory was demolished.
The press dispatch us fi\r as it relates to Cap
tain Moore is undoubtedly much exaggerated.
A telegram received here last night says:
“The ammonia boiler in the ice factory ex
ploded. Win, Mooro received flesh wounds bn
the rc.il p ami eyebrow, but nothing serious.”
A later telegram was received, saying that
Captain Moore was improving. No doubt his
wounds are not lm’f so serious as at first re
ported, but it is generally regretted here that he
should have been injured at all. This is the
second explosion in which he lias received in
juries. Ho was badly burned by the bursting of
a steam pipe on a steamboat a number of years
ago.
LOCAL LACONICS.
-The steamer Naiad is expected to arrive to-
CLOAKS!
The Greatest Slaughter
In Ladies', Misses’ and Children’s
CLOAKS
EVER WITNESSED
IN COLUMBUS.
day.
—The pews of the First. Presbyterian church
will be rented to-morrow morning ut li o’clock
at the church.
—Mr. Sam S. Law has taken a position as trav
eling salesman with J, K. Orr & Co., and his ter
ritory will be Florida.
—The usuul services will be held at the various
churches to-day and to-night.
--The german which is to be given at the hotel
Riddle to- ~o»to\v night, complimentary to Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Curtis, will be ono of the most
elegant entertainments of the season.
Dentil of n Former Coluinbusito.
We find the following in the Wetumpka Times:
“At Alabama Furnace, in Talledegu county, on
the 19th inst., of congestion of the liver, Mr. Al
fred Freeman Brannon. The deceased was the
only remaining brother of Mrs. G. A. B. Smith,
of this city.
“He was born in Columbus, Ga., on the 12th of
May 1840.
“He had been engaged in railroading for a long
time, aud had been in the service of the Selma,
Rome & Dalton line since 1870.
“He was a competent man of business and of
{he strictest und most uncompromising integrity.
He was a kind brother, an affectionate husband
and a devoted and indulgent father. He leaves
a wife and six children to mourn their sad and
crushing bereavement.
“Of a generous heart, an impulsive nature and
a hand ever open to the call of sympathy, he was
universally esteemed by his associates and
friends filled the whole circle of h\s acquaint
ance.”
Dentil of Mr. Edwin F. Cargill.
Mr. Edwin F. Cargill died at his home in Rus
sell county, about three miles from this city, last
night. He was about 83 years old, and was truly
a good and honorable man. He was the father
of Messrs. .James E., John 8. and George W. Car
gill, of this city, Mr. E. B. Cargill, of Russell
county, and Mr. D. F. Cargill, of Augusta. He
was a native of Lawrens district, South Carolina,
but had resided ill this section for a number of
years. He was respected and esteemed by all
who knew him and the bereaved fUmily have
the sympathy of a host o' friends iu their sad
affliction. It is not yet known when the funeral
will take place.
Dontli of Mr. John WIHInniNon.
Mr. John Williamson, an aged citizen, died at
the home of his son. Mr. J. B. Williamson, on |
Front street yesterday morning. He whs 80 years ,
of age. aud was an honest man and Christian j
gentleman. He leaves three children. Hla Du- | choice; goods retail all OV6F
town at 50c and 75c.
We are overstocked and
have more than we think we
can sell this season. We
don't propose to carry any
over to another season if low
prices wijl do it. We have
marked down our entire stock
at cost—below cost; in short,
we have marked them at such
prices that will sell them.
When we say cost and below
cost we mean it. We are de
termined to reduce our stock
of them; they have to go.
Come in and convince your
self aud see if you can’t buy a
Cloak of any description, style
and make at your own price
most, and we guarantee you
a saving from $3 to #6 on
every garment.
We offer to-morrow and Tues
day only,
120 Dozen Gents
“FOUR-IN-HAND”
SCARFS!
All silk, satin lined, every
style of pattern represented in
the lot, at 25 cents, your
neral will take place at 3:110 o’cluck tills after
noon.
For the best Wines and Liquors, Oysters, Sar
dines and Salmon, go to * M. T. Lynn’s.
Dralli of Mrs. SiihIp (Yllelier. To the Officers and Members of Itescuc Hook
Mrs. Susie Wilolier, aged 34 years, died at the and Ladder Company No. 1 and Stonewall Hose
home of her mother, Mrs. Mary McCoJloughs, in J <; on jp an y No. 4:—Meet at your rooms at 2 o’clock
Browneville, at 11:05 o’clock Thursday morning, j p nK prepared to attend the funeral of our de
ader an illness of eight weeks She was buried j ceaS ed member, Geo. P. Swift, Jr. '
those
Lana. ,
having my tickets will please bnng them in.
yesterday morning at the family burying ground
ten miles above the city.
Do not fret for souls departed,
They arc happy In the other and;
Friends may weep till all is over.
Their time, also, is near at hand.
What’s on earth but lots of labor?
Toiling hard from day today,
Few are happy though they seem contented;
So, be prepared when yon are called away.
When this lire it is departed,.
And the souls are gone to rest,
You will he judged by your actions—
If you’ve done good, you will be blest.
So what is life out one hard struggle?
Sickness and sorrow may give us pain;
Some may stray away from others,
On judgment day we meet again.
OIIUKD (iLKAMXhS.
Matters and Things In General Laconically
Noted.
airord is moving upward and onward,as usual;
that is to sav some people are moving in und
others are moving out, and the inhabitants gen
erally are moving about smartly to earn an hon
est living. The most feeling event of the week
was the visit of the tax collector on Thurseay
and Friday, who cleaned the town out of about
$600, and still is not happy because everybody
didn’t pay. Girard is the banner tax beat of the
county, and the state and county find but few
delinquents among her citizens, who are hard
working and honest-
Another thing which the people have felt is
By order of the Foreman.
Frank C. Reich,
Secretary and Treasurer.
To tin* Voters of Muscogee County.
I respectfully announce mypelf a candidate for
Treasurer of Muscogee county, and earnestly
solicit your support. I need the office and will j
be very thanklul for your assistance. I um pre-
pared to run. Election on the first Wednesday j
n January next, 1887. Jordan L. Howell.
oct9se,wed td
I now have in stock Stick and Fancy Candies*
Almonds, Walnuts, Pecans, Brazil Nuts, Cocoa-
nuts, Haisins, Figs, Girons, Dates, French and
Turkish Prunes, Prunells, Preserves, Jellies,
Jclatine, Mince Meat, Chocolate, Grapes,
Oranges, Apples and Cranberries, all of which
will be sold at wholesale or retail.
I. I
dtf
Pollard,
1221 Broat Street.
Atmore’s Best Mince Meat, New Currants,
Dates, Citron. R. S. Crane.
dtf
Ag4‘|ltN W aillHl.
Local, special and general traveling agents, for
the Kentucky Mutual Security Fund Company,
of Louisville, Ky. The best plan of life insurance
ever offered to the public. Liberal contracts will
be made. Address W. T. McCarley, General
Sup’t, Louisville, Ky. nov25 dlw
Dentil at llurtshoro.
Mrs. Annie Pruett died Friday at llurtshoro.
She was a daughter of Mr. J. W. Powell, who lives
near Hurtsboro.
Lecture unfi Prayer Meeting.
In the room used by the Free Will BaDtists, it
is expected to hold a meeting this afternoon at 4
o’clock. It is intended that the room shall be
well wanned, and that a good supply of religious
papers shall be on hand.
J. H. Campbell.
Thrown from i< Binary,
Mrs. Sistrunk, daughter of Rev. Jesse Williams
of Meriwether county, was quite painfully hurt
on Friday by being thrown from a buggy. She
was driving near the Columbus and Rome rail
road aud her horse took fright at u passing train
and ran away. We were unable to learn the
exact extent of Mrs. Sistrunk’s injuries.
Another lain House Burned.
The steam gin and mill at Gucrryton, Ala., be
longing to Mr. J. B. Banks, jr., was destroyed by
lire at 4:30 o’clock yesterday morning, together
with about seven bales of cotton and 2000 bushels
of seed. There was an insurance of $1000. The
exact origin of the fire could not be learned.
C-ITY DKI’U NTOUE.
Holiday fioofis! Holiday 4*oo<Im!
We have received and displayed our Holiday
Goods, and can promise our patrons and friends
an unusually large and pleasing assortment at
very low prices, our object being more to make a
reputation than a profit on this line of goods.
We have Toilet and Jewel Cases in convenient
combinations, Odor Cases, Majolica Ware, Bisque
and Bronze Figures, Mirrors, Ornaments, .Sets
of any description^ in fact can please anyone.
Cut Glass Goods, and something entirely new
and u-eful in Writing Tablets.
Don’t forget us when you want to buy or look ;
’tis a pleasure for us to show goods.
We are honest in our belief that we have the
prettiest and most complete assortment of
Bristle Goods ever offered in Columbus. We
have Hi ushes of every shadow, shape and price,
and for any uses to which a brush can be put.
The Best 25 cents Tooth Brush sold in the state.
A beautiful brush for 15 cents.
Face Powder, Puff Boxes, Puifs and Hatchet
Powders. A large line of Colognes from every
maker of prominence. We distil seven Colognes,
und our White Rose Cologne is unequalled.
Our drug department is kept supplied with the
best and purest drugs. Our motto being the best
only. Special and careful attention given all pre
scription work by qualified and competent pre-
scriptiouists. Remember us. Always pleased to
see you.
CITY DRUG STORE,
dtf Geo. A. Bradford, Manager.
To the* Jtefttll Trn<l<*.
Just received 50 barrels choice Apples from $3
to $3.50 per barrel. Also a large lot of Almonds,
Walnuts, Pecan and Brazil Nuts, all new goods.
We have on hand a large lot of assorted Fire
works and will receive this week 1000 boxes of
Fire-crackers, all sizes. Also the largest and
niort complete stock of fancy and stick Candy
and Chewing Gum ever brought to this place.
Will also receive 200 boxes of new London layer
Raisins, assorted size boxes. Call und examine
goods and prices before buying.
nov21 tf J. T. Kavanacjh.
A complete stock of pure and fresh Staple and
Fancy Groceries, Candies Fruits Etc., at
d tf R. Justice, Agt.
Sternberg&Loewenherz
LEADERS OF
Low Prices.
m
LADIES’, MISSES’
AND CHILDREN'S.
Ten cases of the above goods
just received
AT B Oil EH TON'S,
New Shapes,
Exclusive Styles,
Low Prices.
50 DOZEN FELT IIATS at $1.00; sold else*
where in the city a: $1.75.
At $1.50 we offer the FINEST FRENCH FELTS*
You will pay from $2.00 to $2.50 eke where for &■
good goods.
Our special low prices for STRAWS for the
past two weeks have proved very attractive, and
now we offer our customers as great bargains in
FELT HATS as we have done in STAWS.
We are showing more FANCY FEATHERS,
BIRDS’ WINGS, &c., than all the other placet
in Columbus put together by two to one.
Lowest Price* on Everything;
AT BOUGHTON’S
