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C. W. HANCOCK,
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AnGKUIIJS, GEORGIA*
Saturday Morning, July 14,1833.
Official Organ ofCity of Americus.
Official Organ of Sumter County
Official Organ of Schley County.
Official Organ of Lee County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
By the birt.h of an heir to Prince
Frederick William, the eldest son of
the Crown Prince of Germany, Queen
Victoria thus becomes for the first time
a great-grandmother, her eldest daugh
ter being the wife of the Crown Prince.
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Mr. Elmer N. Hancock, a well known
and talented journalist, who ha for
years been the Washington correspon
dent of New Orleans Times-Democrat,
has, it is stated, accepted the position
of managing editor of the Savannah
News.
A Houston county lady informed
the Dooly Vindicator a few days ago
that there was a couple of brothers in
that county who, a few years ago, mar
ried two ladies who were step-sisters
and first cousins. They both died,
and in course of time the two brothers
married a second time two ladies who
were sisters. This is a remarkable
case of congeniality of taste.
The Postmaster-General has decided
that letters and packages cannot be de
livered through the mails to the Louisi
ana State Lottery Cos. and its agents.
It remains to be seen whether Post
master-General Gresham’s decision
against the lottery companies will have
the effect it seeks to accomplish. The
express companies will now perhaps do
the business of the Louisiana Lottery
Company, as they have for some time
done that of other lottery tickets as
long as they are to be had.
The Senate on Wednesday refused
to confirm the appointment by Gover
nor McDaniel of W. M. Bray as Solic
itor of the city court of Atlanta. The
Governor is unfortunate in this his first
appointment for confirmation, particu
larly as the action of the Senate is said
to be based upon Captain Bray’s con
nection with the Markham House coa
lition movement. If it be true that he
was in sympathy or connected with that
movement, the Senate did right. There
are plenty of tried and true Democrats
who are competent to fill the office and
who are in full fellowship with the
party.
The Bth annual session of the Geor
gia State Horticultural Society, will
be held in Barnesville, on the Ist, 2nd,
and 3d ot August. The following
railroads will make a rate of four cents
per mile, pay full fare going, and upon
presentation of certificates of officers of
the society, the ticket agent will issue
return tickets at one cent, per mile:
Georgia Central & S. W., Western <fc
Atlantic, Atlanta <fc West Point, and
Air Line. The Southern Express
Company have generously agreed to
carry free of charge, all packages of
fruits and vegetables intended for the
exhiDition. It will be the grandest af
fair of the kind ever held in Georgia.
Local Legislation.
The following bills have been intro
duced by the members from this sec
tion, and referred to special committees:
A bill to provide for a Solicitor of
the County Court of Sumter was read
the first time. Special Judiciary.
A bill to submit to the voters of
Sumter county the question of issuing
bonds to build anew court house was
read the first time. Finance.
A bill to extend the limits of Amer
icas so as to include certain lots. In
troduced by Mr. Wilson. Local and
Special Bills.
A bill to amend an act to confirm
the action of the Mayor and Council of
Americas in building a bridge acrosß
Flint river. Introduced by Mr. Hawkes.
Local and Special Bills.
A bill to authorize the Mayor and
Council of Americus to receive a bond
for appearance from a person charged
with a violation of an ordinance. In
troduced by Mr. Hawkes. Local and
Special Bills.
A bill to authorize the Mayor and
Council of Americus to levy and collect
a tax upon all assessments of property
in said city not exceeding one-fourth of
one per cent, for the purpose of con
structing water works and gas works,
or either. Introduced by Mr. Hawkes.
Local and Special Bills.
A bill to prescribe for the distribu
tion of fines and forfeitures, arising in
the County Court of Sumter. Intro
duced by Mr. Wilson. Local and Spe
cial Bills.
A bill to amend section 279 of the
Code. Introduced by Mr. Hudson of
Webster. Special Judiciary.
Washington, D. C., May 15th, 1880.
Gentlemen— Having been a sufferer
for tt long time from nervous prostra
tion and general debility, I was ad
vised to try Hop Bitters, I have ta
ken one bottle, and I have been rap
idly getting better ever since, and I
think it the best medicine I ever
used. I am now gaining strength
and appetite, which was all gone,
and I was in despair until I tried
your Bitters. lam now well, able to
go about and do my own work. Be
fore taking it I was completely pros
trated. Mrs. Mary Stuart.
SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY.
Some Notes from a Member of the
Legislative Committee Appointed
to Investigate the Subject.
Mr. Editor: My last letter closed
with our arrival in Boston. Our first
introduction into that ancient city was
by a hack ride from the depot to our
hotel, the Parker House. It has often
been said that the streets of Boston
were laid out by the cows as they made
their way to and from their grazing
grounds. Of this 1 set up to be a com
petent witness,with amendments to-wit:
That the said cows were assisted in their
labors by the pigs and things. No well
regulated community of cattle would
have invented half the crooks and turns,
or forks aud prongs, or unexpected
angles and impossible windings—that
tlie streets of Boston exhibit. Had
only the cow paths been adopted for
streets, Boston would have been Aspect
able, for it is well known that old
Brindle and Bess as they wend their
dignified way to pasture, make hut few
sudden turns, but pursue their course
in reasonable straight lines, with gen
tle curves and picturesque undulations.
Your pig path however, is devious and
winding. The turns are sudden, the
angles sharp, and the strait stretches
few and short. A persimmon tree
standing here becomes the centre of a
dozen converging tracks; an acorn oak,
a little distance off attracts quite as
many, and a convenient puddle for
wallowing in is reached from every
side by similar approaches. Now that’s
just the way the streets of Boston were
laid out when the country was in the
woods. The pigs and the cattle made
their paths through the woods and
meadows and the people built their
houses to face them. Every country
boy has noticed how easy it is to go
from one field or woods to another, by
following the pig paths—the first thing
you know you are there. So it is in
Boston. The Labyrintine streets be
wilder you, and when you wish to go to
a distant point your heart fails you and
you think you never can find the place.
But you start out—you tell the first
policeman you pass where you wish to
go and he points yon to a street that
seems to you to stop some twenty or
thirty' yards before you, but you go on,
before you quite run against the wall
that blocks your way, a sudden turn
leads you a few steps further, and so
you press on, constantly expecting to
get where y'ou can go no lurther, and
constantly delivered from your ground
less fears by all manner of unexpected
openings, until when you begin to think
you may be about half way to your
destination—behold you are already
there. It makes a fellow feel like be
has felt a hundred times before, when
by following a pig path through the
woods,he gets to the other side before Tie
is expecting it. That’s what makes
me know the pigs had a big hand in
laying out the streets of Boston.
Occasionally however, a street comes
to an abrupt termination and you can
go no further. That is supposed to be
where there was a squirrel track that
ran up a tree.
We got to our hotel just in time for
breakfast. I called for Halibut. Now
just imagine a piece of fish as thick as
a side of bacon and six or eight inches
square, well cooked and juicy, without
a bone, big or little in it, and as tooth
some as a piece of shad. That’s what
they brought for myself and friend
Watts, of Stewart. Plenty for four
hearty men. Watts is not much in
the way of avoirdupois, but to his
inches he is good at breakfast, so is
your scribe—but that piece of Halibut
was more than we could hide, but the
memory of what we were compelled to
leave has haunted us ever since. Af
ter breakfast we came down to the first
real work of our committee.
We called at the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology and were receiv
ed with the greatest courtesy by Gen.
Walker, the Superintendent of the last
census, who is President -of the
Institute. He showed us through all
the departments of the school and gave
us all the information we needed.
The superintendent of the workshops,
a very intelligent and practical man al
so devoted several hours to our assis
tance and was of great service to us.
Right there my eyes began to open on
the subject of Technology. I began to
see into the method of training, the
character of instruction, and the prac
tical condition in which the students
are placed after a course of instruction
in these schools. 1 had beeu oppress
ed with grave doubts as to whether a
young man could be taught in school
in such a way that he could go immedi
ately from the school to the manufac
tory and assume the suscessful man
agement of intricate machinery or of
accurate and precise operations in man
ufacture without additional apprentice
ship. I saw here thal such a thing
was possible, but as the students were
all dispersed for vacation, we could not
be so thoroughly convinced that it was
reduced to practice. Of this, however,
we were subsequently convinced when
we visited the school at Worcester and
saw tft>t only the building and appli
ances but the boys t hemselves at study
and at wtftk, putting their knowledge
and skill to practical use. Every ves
tige of doubt was removed from our
minds and we were fully convinced
that after a full course of one of these
schools a boy ot ordinary intelligence
may be placed in charge of the most
important industr.es and will prove
himself fully equipped for any position
requiring a high order of mechanical
• kill and intelligence.
It is not my purpose however,in this
letter to go into the discussion of the
schools of Technology, I shall reserve
that for a subsequent letter, but 1
promise those of your readers who de
sire to be posted on the subject that 1
will, as soon as I can do so, give them
the benefit of all that I learned on the
subject during my trip.
After finishing onr investigations at
the Institute, we found we had several
hours on our hands, and so decided to
call on His Excellency, the Governor
of Massachusetts, the notoiious Beast
Butler.
On our way to the State House from
the Institute of Technology we passed
through the world renowned Boston
Commons,originally where every body’s
cow had a right to graze at will, cut
on the edge of town, and where the
boys used to assemble to play- town
ball in summer and snow ball in winter.
It was here that the snow Forts were
built by' the Boston boys which the
British soldiers kicked down and rais
ed such a storm of indignation among
the boys that they visited Gen. Gage,
the British Commander, and gave him
to understand that if he did not make
the soldiers behave better they (the
boys) would take the matter in band
aud teach the soldiers a lesson. Here
is the famous “frog pond,” now a love
ly little sheet of water, a jewel set in
emerald. 1 would say, that Boston
Commons, as it now appears, with its
trees and its grass, its walks and drives,
its monuments,its frog pond and its un
dulating slopes, is the loveliest spot on
the globe, only I should be in danger
of saying the same thing about half a
dozen other places before these sciib
blings are complete.
At the other end of tlie Commons is
the State House, about a hundred years
old, but looking as fresh aud new as if
it were only just finished. We made
our way up several flight of stone steps
before reaching the entrance of the
building. Enquiring of the first man
we met, for the Governor’s office, we
were shown the anteroom of the same,
wherein was a gentleman sitting at a
desk apparently master of ceremonies,
and at least a dozen others sitting upon
the “anxious beaches,” and as we sup
pose warning their turn to see the Gov
ernor. Enquiring it we could see Gov
ernor Butler, the man at the desk re
quested us to send in our card, which
we did, giving all our names and offi
cial character as “some of the Georgia
Legislature.” We were kindly in
formed as we delivered our card that
we would probably have to wait an
hour or more before the Governor could
see us as all these gentlemen (on the
anxious seats) were before us. To our
surprise however the messenger who
carried our card, returned, prompt as
the swing of a pendulum, and inform
ed us that tlie Governor would receive
the gentlemen from Georgia inline ii
ately. We were accordingly ushered
into the presence of that august per
sonage.
He is a short stout man, not taller
than your shoulders and weighing near
two hundred pounds. His head is as
large as a half bushel and as round as
a pumpkin. Ilis face, once full—now
flabby and hanging in folds, rather
than wrinkles, gives the idea of one
who has been fond of food and drink,
but has out lived bis most vigorous
days. His eyes is bis most striking
feature. The lids are so thick that
one seems to be looking into a deep
hollow to see them. They are not set
square across his face, but the outer
corners are considerably lower than the
inner making the eyes seem to meet at
an angle pointing upward. This gives
him the appearance of being cross
eyed, which however to one who ob
serves more closely, is not true.
After an introduction in which there
was very little formality, the Governor
opened a free and easy conversation by
remarking that he “supposed we knew
at least how mean he was.” Someone
replied that “wo certainly had had good
opportunity to know, for we had heard
it often enough.” After this we spent
an hour or more in a very pleasant and
instructive conversation with him and
were all prepared toendorsethe remark
that he is said to have made of himself
to-wit: “that whatever else people may
choose to call him, no body ever calls
him a fool.” He showed us some
specimens of the “Tewksberry ieathe' - ”
made of the skins of the poor people
that died at the Tewksberry Alms
house. It was queer looking leather,
but there were sufficient evidence in
the leather itself to show that it was
made of human skins. The leather
was certainly very poor leather and I
am at a loss to derive why the author
ities of an Alms-house should wish to
talto the trouble to make such stuff out
of the skins of the dead paupers unless
it was to prove the doctrine of the total
depravity of the human heart. Our
Chairman proposed to leave after a
reasonable stay in his office, but the
Governor detained us near half an hour
to discuss some matters in connection
with our mission and to show us some
varieties about the State house. Prom
inent among which was the “Gover
nor’s Council Chamber”—a room in a
splendid State of preservation, looked
as good as new, which stand now just
as the builder left it ninety-seven years
ago. Not a lick of repairs on it in all
that time.
As we emerged from tlie Governor’s
office a rumor as to who we were, hav
ing spread through the State house, we
were seized upon by a function of the
House of Representatives and almos
forcibly taken to the Speakers room,
where we were introduced to that offi
cer. He informed us that the House
would be in session in a few minutes
and invited us to take seats on the floor
during the afternoon. He sent for a
,entleman to whom he introduced us
as the “Nestor of the House.” This
gentleman very kindly took charge of
ns and leading the way, gave ns pleas
ant seats on the floor of the House, at
the same time introducing us to quite
a number of members as thoy chanecd
to come in the way. These in turn
brought up others and introduced them
and as our acquaintances multiplied it
became more and more free and easy
'ill within ten or a dozen minutes we
t'elt that we were very much at home
in the Massachusetts Legislature.
We sat an hour or more after the
House was called to order, and wit
nessed their methods of procedure. In
some things they W'cro identical with
the methods in vogue in Georgia House
of Representatives. In others they dif
fer, sometimes for the better, some
times ior the worse. We listened to
a debate on a question to pass a Bill
elver the Governor’s veto, and as the
debate progressed I could but be
struck with the similarity to what is
often heard in our House. That fiery
young man might have been Watson
of McDuffie, that dignified gentleman
in grey might have been Grady of
Richmond, that stout gentleman that
cuts his ideas so clear and comes down
with such sledge hammer directness
might have been Reese of Wilkes; that
gentleman who is so courteous and yet
so earnest, gives, while he asks no
quarter and drives so strait to his mark,
might have beeu Little of Muscogee,
and so as each speaker developed his
peculiar characteristics I could point
out his counterpart at home. But the
hours passed and we must go, but they
utterly refused to let us go until we
had gone through the Senate and been
presented to the President thereof aud
'quite a number of the members.
But although 1 could say many
things yet about Boston—this letter is
already too long and I close.
W. A. W.
Redistricting the State-Report
of the Committee.
Atlanta - , July 12.—The committee
on redistrictiug report the lists as fol
lows:
First District —Appling, Bryan,
Bullock, Camden, Charlton, Chatham,
Clinch, Echolls, Effingham, Emanuel,
Glynn, Libeity, Mclntosh, Pierce,
Scriven, Tatnall, Ware. Wane.
Second District —Baker, Berrien,
Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, De
catur, Dougherty, Early, Lowndes,
Miller, Mitchell, Randolph, Terrell,
Thomas, Worth.
Third District —Coffee, Dodge,
Dooly', Houston, Irwin, Laurens, Lee,
Macon, Montgomery, Pulaski, Quit
man, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Telfair,
Webster, Wilcox.
Fourth District —Carroll, Chatta
hoochee, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Ma
rion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot,
Taylor, Troup.
Fifth District —Campbell, Clay
ton, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Ful
ton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Spald
ing, Walton.
Sixth District —Baldwin, Bibb,
Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Jones, Mon
roe, Pilm, Twiggs, Upson, Wilkinson.
Seventh DisTßicj'-Bartow,Catoosa,
Chattooga, Cobb, Dade, Floyd, Gor
don, Haralson, Murray, Paulding,
Polk, Walker, Whitfield.
Eighth District —Clarke,Franklin,
Elbert, Greene, Hancock, Ilart, Madi
son, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Put
nam, Wilkes.
Ninth District —Banks, Cherokee,
Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer,
Gwinnett, Hall, Habersham, Jackson,
Lumpkin, Milton, Rabun, Pickens,
Towns, Union, White.
Tenth District —Burke, Columbia,
Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Lincoln,
McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, War
ren, Washington.
Important Notice.
NO MORE RIO TRUNKS TO BE CARRIED IN
BAGGAGE CARS.
Colonel E. I). Dorsey, General Pas
senger Agent of the Georgia Railroad,
lias issued a card on which is printed.
“From this date no single piece of
sample, theatrical or ordinary baggage,
weighing in excess of (250) two hun
dred and fifty pounds, will be checke
or received in the baggage cars of this
company.”
This order is glorious news for Col
onel Dennis Owens and his gang of
baggage men, but will cause a rumpus
to be kicked up by the drummers and
theatrical agents, who imagine that a
great wrong lias been done them, and
they fear that hereafter they will not
be able to carry more than enough sam
ples in a trunk to stock two ordinary
c- untry stoics.
The railroad company claims that
they acted in self-defence in issuing the
mandate, as drummers’ trunks are now
being made of a size exactly to fit in a
car door, and while the trunk is being
shoved in the car, a person could not
stick a shingle anywhere between the
trunk and the sides of the door. It
takes all the train hands, including
conductor, engineer and firemen to get
one of these trunks on and off the train,
and where two or three trunks have to
be handled at the same station, it caus
es the train to be delayed for an hour
or so. A few weeks experience with
these trunks, some of which weigh 600
and 700 pounds, was enough for the
railroad men, and war was declared on
them. Hereafter drummers who want
to come through this State must either
manage to pack their samples in a 150
pout and trunk, or divide them no and
pack them into soveral trunks. Drum
mers are sharp, but even they cannot
get the best of a poor suffering railroad
corporation. —Augusta News.
Railroad Meeting in Abbeville.
Aiieeville, Ga., July 2, 1883.
Pursuant to previous call, the citi
zens met at the court house.
Hon. L. F. Nance was called to the
Chair and J. E. Bowen requested to
aot as Secretary.
W. A. McLane stated that the object
of the meeting was to solicit the con
struction of the Savannah and Ptcific
Short Line Railroad via Abbeville,
Wilcox county.
On motion the authorities of the pro
posed road were respectfully requested
to consider the route proposed via
Abbeville. That they be assured that
the citizens of Wilcox stand ready to
do all in tlicir power towards the con
struction of said road through the
county. On motion, all citizens of the
county who feel an interest in the road,
be requested to meet at the court house
on Satuiday, July 28th, at 10 o’clock.
On motion, the Hawkinsville News,
Savannah News and Sumter Republi
can be requested to publish these pro
ceedings. L. F. Nance, Chm’n.
J. E. Bowen, Secretary.
FROM WEBSTER.
Weston, Ga., July 9, 1883.
Mr. Editor: Since my last commu
nication many events have taken place,
some of which have made glad hearts,
others have brought sorrow and dark
ness into tho household of many be
reaved families, and the same may be
truthfully said of the farmers generally
throughout Southwest Ga. Since my
communication iu May the rain has
been abundant, so much so that all
sandy lands have failed, not more than
one-third of a crop of corn will be gath
ered on all low 7 sandy lands, and all
sandy' lands have been damaged from
heavy rains, while the red lands have
stood the rains much better than the
sandy land. We think, in our judg
ment, there will be much less corn rais
ed in this county than was last year,
but will be plenty to supply the de
mand. Cotton never was more discour
aging, I never saw it as small at this
season as it is now, there is but one
thing we can say iu favor of a crop of
cotton, and that is we have good
stands, and if the seasons is favorable
through the dog days there will be good
crops raised, should it remain wet as
it has been through the past, there will
be but little raised, not half a crop.
Crops have been well cultivated in this
section, although General Green
made a heavy attack but was repulsed
at once, the fortification was too strong
for his forces, consequently he with
drew, and I hope have gone into win
ter quarters.
The health of our community is
splendid, Ido not know of a‘single
case of sickness anywhere in the com
munity.
The examination and exhibition of
C. E Grubb’s excellent school came
off Thursday and Friday last, the sth
and 6th of July, including both nights.
A concert given by the music depart
ment, conducted by Mrs. King, the
Professor of the music department on
Thursday night, and the exhibition
Friday night was very entertaining,the
young ladies and young men all acted
their parts well and deserve credit for
the advancement they have made, both
in the literary and music school. We
feel that we can boast of as good a
school as is taught in Georgia. The
health of the county cannot be surpass
ed; society good, and as good water as
can be found in Southwest or Middle
Georgia.
Board can be obtained at $7,00 per
month, including everything.
Those wishing to send their sons and
daughters to a first-class school, where
they can get an education cheap, we
advise them to confer with Professor
Grubbs, if they have to board their
children out before sending them else
where. The trustees have employed
him fo. - the next term of 12 months.
The next term of this school will open
the oOth of this month, which will on
ly last three months and close, so as to
give time for recreation and rest both
for himself and students, several of his
students will enter the college at the
opening of the exercises. Some of the
old students have graduated at Ox
ford College in one year, some as we
have already said will enter the col
lege this fall—will graduate in one
short term. If any school can prepare
a y'oung man or young lady for enter
ing collegeimd receiving the gradua
ting honors cheaper than the Weston
High School, let us hear from them.
There is some little rail road excite
ment prevailing over the expectation of
.a road from Albany to Columbus, if
'the road is built we will all then know
where it will run. There is sectional
conjectures as to where it will,or ought
to run, but they differ very materially.
I will say this much, if it runs direct
from Albany to Columbus it will run
nearer Weston than it will Preston. 1
think if it were not for Kincliafoonee
creek rurning so near parallel with the
road, and so many small streams to
cross, it might run through Preston,
hut from Albany to Preston the road
will run from 1 to 4 miles of Big Creek
all the way, having 8 or 10 smaller
streams to contend with. From Alba
ny to Weston is a fine section of coun
try, and is a high dry section and
level; the road is not built yet and we
will wait until the road G built be
fore we listen for the whistle. Me.
Railroad Accident.
THREE NEGROES KILLED AND MANY OF
THE PASSENGERS WOUNDED.
Special to the Telegraph and Messenger.
McVille, July 11.—News reached
here to-day of a shocking accident on
Dodge’s railioad, nine miles west from
here yesterday. A whole train ran into
a culvert, killing three negroes and
wounding some ten or fifteen others,
some mortally. The engineer, a white
man, is thought to be mortally woun
ded. Tne cause of the accident was
by some scoundrel setting fire to the
culvert, which was not discovered by
the engineer time enough for him to
stop his train. Five cars were burned
up and it is thought some of the hands
perished in tho flames, as there are some
missing. Dr. Harris Fisher, of East
man, was telegraphed for and he is
now out there dressing the wounded,
and, with the help of Dr. J. B. Rey
nolds, of Lumber City, will amputate
sevtral limbs and will do all in their
power to alleviate the suffering.
A. L. R.
Almost every person has some form
of scrofulous poison latent in his veins.
When this develops in scrofulous
sores, ulcers, or eruptions, or takes
the form of rheumatism, or organtic
diseases, the suffering that ensues is
terrible beyond description. Hence
the gratitude of those who discover,
as thousands yearly do, -that Ayer’s
Sarsaparilla will thoroughly eradi
cate this evil from the system.
LETTER FROM MARION.
Dkaneville, Ga., July 7,1883.
We are still having measels in our
quiet neighborhood. This sickening
malady was the cause of the
death of one of our best citizens and
best friends, Mr. John T. Chambless,
who died some weeks ago. John was
a man in every sense of the word.
He was true to his country, true to
his friends, true to his family, and
above all, true to his God. He was
a model man, everseekingtodogood.
Could I but be the man that he was,
I should attain to that high and hap
py state wherein Johnnie now is at
rest. Peace be to his remains, for I
know he is at rest. He leaves a kind
wife and two sweet little children,
who are now very sick with this loth
some disease measels. Mrs. Cham
bless has been quite sick for two
weeks, no change for the better.
Married at the residence of the
bride’s father, Mr. J. G. Stokes, Mr.
Whit McCrory, of Butler, and Miss
Katie Stokes, of Buena Vista, Ga., on
the 4th of July at eight o’clock, Rev.
B. W. Davis, of Dawson, officiated.
After the many pleasant congratula
tions, the happy couple left, on a bri
dal tour North. They took the train
at Butler in the afternoon of the same
day to Macon, from thence to Savan
nah, where they boarded a steamer
and sailed for New York. They will
be gone about two months. Will visit
the principal watering places, and
Northern cities. They will take in
the St. Louis Exposition, Niagara
Falls, etc.
Crops are looking well throughout
this section, we have needed rain for
the last few days, but not suffering
much.
Mr. W. R. Dorn of the firm of J. Y.
Chambless & Cos., is taking stock this
week. He will continue the business
himself.
Our little burg is very quiet at pres
ent, Mr. Jake James has anew cheap
dye, for dyeing old pants, any one
wishing tho receipt can obtain the
same by applying to Mr. W. L.
Clements. J.
On Thirty Day’s Trial.
The Voltaic Belt Cos., Marshall, Mich,
will send Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Electro,
Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances
on trial for thirty days to men (young or old)
who are afflicted with Nervous Debility.
Lost Vitality and Manhood, and kindred
troubles, guaranteeing sueedy and complete
restoration of health and manly vigor. Ad
dress as above. N. B.—No risk is incurred,
thirty davs’ trial is, allowed. dec2l-ly-
Chlorinated Seine, solution Chlori
nated Soda, Darby’s Fluid and other
disinfectants, for use in sick rooms
and for other uses.
Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store.
WHALING
BHIBB
: JOHUsT SHAW, i
Forsyth. Street,
AMERICUS, G-A_. j
IN
Shoes! Shoes! Shoes!
THE LARGEST STOCK EVER EXHIBITED IN AMERICUS.
OVER 551 mm STYLES.
Including Ladies, Misses and Children’s
PHILADELPHIA CUSTOM MADE GOODS.
ALL OF WHICH I AM OFFERING AT
PRICES I
SPECIAL DRIVES IN
NEWPORT and OXFORD TIES,
OPERA, VICTORIA and JERSEY LILY SLIPPERS,
AND ALL LOW CUT SUMMER WORK TO CLOSE.
This Immense Qf jjjJJQJjjj Must be'l^educed.
The best value for the PRICE can always he obtained every day in the week •
(Sunday excepted) from G a. m., to 8 p. m., at
JOHN R. SHAW’S
Forsyth Street, Air\ericus, Ga.,
'JtJVO JDOJV’T I *OU FOHGJET IT.”
The Public is requested carefully to notice the
new and enlarged scheme to be drawn monthlyl
•3-CAPITAI, PRIZE, 875,000.. e
Tickets only 85. Miarcs In proportion
LOU SIANA STATE LOTTERY CO.
“ do hereby certify that we supervise the
arrangements for all Monthly and Semi-Annual
Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery
Company, and in person manage and control the
Drawings themselves, and that the same are
conducted with honesty, fairness, and in good
faith toward all parties, and we authorize the
Company to use this certificate, with fac simile,
of our signatures attached, in Us advertisemmtss”
Commissioners*
I Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by tlie
Legislature for Educational and Charitable
purposes—with a capital of sl, ooo, ooo—to
which a reserve fund of over 5550,000 has
since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote its
franchise was made a part of the present
State Constitution adopted December 2d,
■ A. D., 1879.
The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed
by the people of any State.
It never scales or postpones.
■ln Grand single Number Drawings
lake place monthly,
I SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
XVIY • FORTUNE. EIGHTH GRAND
DRAWING, CLASS H, AT NEW OR
LEANS, TUESDAY, August 14, 18S3—
159th Monthly Drawing.
Capital Prize, $75,000.
100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each.
Fractions, in Fifths in proportion.
LIST OF FRIZES.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE of *75,000
1 do do 25,000
1 do do 10,000
2 PRIZES OF *6,000 12,000
5 do 2,000 10,000
10 do 1,000 10,000
20 do 500 10,000
100 do 200 20,000
300 do 100 30,000
500 do 50 25,000
1000 do 25 25,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
9 Approximation Prizes of 5750 G,750
9 do do 500 4,500
9 do do 250 2,250
1967 Prizes, amounting to 5265,500
Application for rates to clubs should be
made only to tlie office of the Company in
New Orleans.
For information write clearly, giving full
address. Send orders by Express, Register
ed Letter or Money Order, addressed only to
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, 1,a.,
or M. A. DAUPHIN,
<>o7 Seventli St.,Washington, D.t%
julyll-5w
THE GEORGIA SEMINARY
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
IN GAINESVILLE, HALL CO., GA.,
will open SErT. 3d, 1883. Full corps of
Teachers in Science, Music and Art. Not
equaled in climate, health and economy, and
equal to the best in scholarship. Board Fall
term, S4O; Tuition, 16; music, 514. Preach
ers’ daughters, teachers and poor girls at
reduced rates. Tlie last is said to be the
best Commencement in Georgia. For fur
ther information and a Catalogue write to
WM. CLAY WILKES, President.
julyll-lm
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j CTOBCItT JEI. SHAW, j
: Forsyth. Street,
I AMERICUS, GA. j