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A YEAS IN ADVANCE
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
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A MERICUS, GA.
OFK1C1
tulldln* i
Hplil *
again«t small
Estates, as a'prec:.
A DECISIVE
Syracuse, N. Y., —... —
prohibition State contention yesterday,
i "aro'atjrftoM of coii-
ude. 'W 4,30 feetnl
sSwagas!
a. Danville. . sixtt cu u*
»erlcu>,b on tbo Flint riyf-i;
Ji'.fipHpjpq K ttvelVcTUl’c**'
•Ameeirtjs} Autler-Odvllw U
« north.t>f, Atm-rh-'o* oftUn*
istem Bsilroml. • i.
RLL W1LI.K, Gl
Prompt attention given toi
gpcdalittioUoapwallw
lew Ins real estate, an>l collet
as applied to the sale of intoxicating
Spoon, i, mj*™,,-
. C LA 3.
bThTwilkinson,
.lltometf at JLatt.
And Real Estate Agent.
rffVVlWrpERX JUDICIAL
[v -.circuit. • i ,..v!
i-AHcn J>’urr. : , . .
IT v r JLudpiu. .••;
! Mv/L AND PiGHERS
75c., $1,25, SUP and $3,00.
Lamp Chimneys - acts
iQt. Gem Jars. per Uoz. S1.20
2 gal. Gem Jars, per doz. $1.75
! Jelly Cups with covers per
j dozen, .50
Goblets from 35c a set to S3.
Large Glass Pitchers, 50c.
Glass Seta 4 piece?, per set, 40c
j Large Glass stands each 25c.
Syrup Cans each 15c.
1 Hamburg fudging per yd let.
'Ironstone China plater, cups •
• saucers per set 40 and 50c.
Steak Dianes with Covers COc. I
Large stock, finest variety of Ta- 1
1 ble Cutlery in town, Ironhan-
j dlo Knives GOcts. per set. i
i Valances Lace per yard 2c.
; Brass Hand Lamps, lSets.
Brooms 20,80 and 50cts
Picture Frames very Cheap.
Piece China Tea Sets from'
»TO0r to $25.00. j
Cologne Sets from 50c to $5.|
Waabstand sets from $4.00
CONGO I>
New York, Septal
advices, via. London
that the Congo caniVi
several stations of tin
: In April anflOctobcr..
er • Superior Court,' Socond
t In A pad and October,
art. Superior i Court,s Fourth
r in April and October..,
n Superior Court Second
7 in May and Fourth Monday
amber. —
» Court 730tli District G. M.»
ter County, meets oh Second
y In each month.
Cuurt,
Money collect*
mltted.
eople’f National
whiteS/ ? No'foHh(‘T details hS’W*
received.
« ’ tooi> wovc jx j ,
Mcdonough, Ga., September 10.—A
protracted meeting of unusunl powe-
past, and its ninu«-nee has romme.
nearly every one in town. The pastor
Rev. W. I*. Smith is conducting the
This
Eight' Day
Clock $4.50
Practice In State and Felen
tar* Hawkins Building
Triple Plate Castors $3.75
Warranted to hold its plate
15 years.
Plated Spoons, Knives and
Forks from 75c per set to
$12.00.
Uncle Mass Hay said oi our
Plated Ware. It is the best and
the cheapest l*ve "bought. I'm
S. P. HOl!™,
Mtorney at JLaw t
AMERICUS, GA.
Offic«, Korsyth Street, '.n National Cant
buildup. decTOtf
-—L.J. Blalock; *
i monthly first Wednesday In
month. (iuartorJy, ’ Thin!
•ys in March, JtWe, Scptom-
Ml December.
Jf—^.^gpoor.
Window Shades Complete $1.00
Mattresses $2.70,4.00,10.00,15.00]
30.00. j
Spring beds, $1.50 to 0.00. I
Bedsteades. $1.50 to 60.00.
Double locked and guaranteed,
hickory chairs 50c.
IMMERSED TO INSANITY.
Conyers, September 10.—Mr.
Newton Hvu.aoek, of this county, was
taken to the state asylum for the insane
yesterdr.. He was immersed a short
time since. and it is thought that that
had something to do with his lunacy.
J- M. R. Westbrook, M. D-
Physician and burgeon. ■
Amerlous,Ga .
Office in Dr. Eldridge’s Drag Store. lies-
«lence on Church Street, next door to Wm.
Haynes. feW-Dm
I^TVeatfiw—O. O. Bheppartl.
A. Hunt.
i, J. A. Cobb, J. H. Black, S.
iWkins. J.W.Wheatley, Clerk,
i first Monday Ip each month. .
j CITY OFFICERS. ■ ■
l-J.BlAwct.
iim-W. p. Burt. A. T. Oliver,
I Glover, J. C. Roney, E. A.
fins, R. X. Cobb. **
and Treasurer—D. K. Brinson.
tator-A.P.Lingo.....
. W. Wheeler, Henry
i tenolr Rums. ^ •
i the number of eases near Gi-
aLso reported.
THE CHOLERA.
New York, September 12.—Europe
an dispatches give the death from
cholera throughout Spain yesterday «t
473, and the new eases ns 1,378. In
Marseille 10 persons died * during the
bralta,
AmoricuH, Ota.
Calls left at Davenports Drog Store w ill
receive prompt attention. Wll bo found at
night at Che residence of Col, s. II* Hawk,
ins corner of Lee and College streets.
Jane 10-tt
ed up to 15 years. 1 represent
Meridan Britannia Co., Beed &
Barton, Simpson Hall, Miller
& Co|. In fact all the leading
this line.
same period/ while no deaths occurred
CLOCKS
Dr. J. A. FORT,
manufacture! s
FAYETTE “PROHIBITS.”
xim»G4»,September 12—Fayette
- i:«4 ■
<A Farmers Lantern Safe
j and Lasting Only, 50c.
CLOSE BY TEE -‘TlSM-
i PLE OF JUSTICE."
aald, L. P. Howell, County
. Commissioner.
PUBLIC 8HQQXS.
bees doaiidof Education. ,
Va^A5omfcn Wlicalloy.
LL0W BLOCK
l A. 4 II. f. DAfMT
ProscrifrtibyChja^t,.
Zmmar Strr>ot,
LOVE AND SORROW.
Junes vs. Ingerooll.
Rev. Sam Jones sums up Col. Bob
Ingeraoll and his teachings in this sum
mary manner t
I have never heard a penitent at the
Bob Ingcrscll was in his way.
He Is not hurting anything. He is
preaching infidelity at a dollar a head
for overy fr~* * 1 *
FROM THE STATE PRESS.
The tax rate of Houston county
nly $1.00 on the $1,000.
The undertaker* of Macon are n<
ngaged in a war of priees.
Mrs. F. Maugham, an esteemed la
I»R. MAXWELL IN COURT.
St. Louis, September 12.—Yester
day afternpo* W. H. L. Maxwell, the
supposed murderer of Preller, was ta-
Kail Sequel to a Hasty ^larnau*
Sorely Stricken Drkle.
Last Wednesday afternoon, in
man unknown to any present leaped
oyer the fence, calling upon the crowd
to follow, and advanced toward the
Maxwells. Maft Maxwell turned upon
him, but before ho could fire his pistol
ho yras felled to the earth by a couple
of rapid blows with a hammer.
About this time several policemen
arrived and arrested old man MaxwelL
The young man was found tp be insen
sible from compound fractures #f the
skull,' and physicians announced that
lie could live but a few hours' Ho was
carried homo to die.
Shelton was found within the house,
insensible and covered with blood,
P .KDUCATION,
T. Davenport,
ildrldgtf.B.P.
altar say Bob Ingersoll •
He is not hurting an}
preaching infidelity at ^........ ^ ... ....
for overy fool that will go and listen at
him: He makes $1,500 a night preach
ing for the devil, whereas if ne was
preaching for God he couldn’t make
fifteen cents a night. Bob Ingersoll is
standing outside the fort of Uod, with
his little howitzer, shelling, while hum
members of the church are enemies in
side the fort. There is not a sinner
that some member of the church has
not mistreated. Look here, sinners,
do you want to be in the church with
people like that and then leave them
when you go into heaven, or do you
want to go to hell and be with them
forever f It is a hundred times easier
to come in and be a whole-souled gener
ous Christian than it u to be one of
these growling little members of the
church.
i eontin-
tween the council the e
ued until October Wth.
f Jersey, has been adjudged insane.
Col. Griffin, of Twiggs county, lost
LAMAR STBKET,
i hundred hogs, recently, from ehol
MtaipaTnioH SohoOl^-J. E. Mathis.
Atsi. Prin. High Schoof^lixa. G. H.
1 Dejamette. . • -
Grammar. School—HU* Mary O.
Bcthunc., ,
lattrmcdUUe—M ,.D. T. Wilson.
iv. Ytr. Dix has been called 1
irate of the Baptist church;
B New York, September a.—It. O’
WujUf Clfcf mercantile igeney reports
203 failures during the‘we^k* just end
ed, 184 for,'the United States and 19 for
Canada. One hundred and sixty-five
failures occurred last week, and IS0
the week previous.
MULE RECOVERED,
Macon, Snptember, 10.—Yesterday
three citizens of Monroe county reach-
id this city; in search of *. stolen mule.
They fonnd the animal in the stables
of tho street car company and at once
took legal steps for its recovery, which
they accomplished with but little
trouble. A negro named John Ward,
sold tho mule for $55, and John is still
at large.
TYPHOID FEVER.
New York, Sept. 10.—Eleven new
cases of typhoid fever were reported at
tal oreans/rllls toot a oy «ar. irapro’
method, and laserts artificial 'deeth on
best material known to the profession.
tarOFViCK over Mm. it. K. Ualt
Millinery Store. marll
strong effort to establish a new ft
tale college.
The people of Clarksville and vicit
i :*~J the disewery of
2nd. iVimary—Misa Ruth Brown.
8rd. JViniury—Mlsa, SalUe Wheeler.
. TEACIIE118—COLOHEU 8CIIOOT.S.
Grammar Schools—Q. W: F. Philips.
K. B. Brown. Viixmobx Hsow* .
Edgerton House,
Opposite Uasscnger Depot
WACOM, CEORCIA.
i. E. Srcxt. i Sen, Ercyriitor
Hates f2.00 Per Day.
ity are excited
new gold mine.
Barnesvillc complains of a tod
influx of physicians into that pi
the “moral vineyard.”
Prof. Maloney, late principal <
high school, at Mellville, Chai
county, died last week.
Mr. F. M. Blackmer, one of thf
ing mining men of Dahlonega, d
iIFRIOljS^jfiA
while he conld prevent it. But, true to
her womanly instincts, the young lady
continued to cherish tho warmest af
fection for her lover, and mado it con
venient to see him frequently, both
at home and elsewhere. Her brother,
Madison Maxwell, objected to Shelton
as a relative equally as strongly as his
father, and on last Sunday, when that
young gentleman colled upon tbo ob-
oct of his affections, the brother met
him at tho door and ordered him to do-
part, never to return. Shelton, of
course, left, but when the young lady, (
who was expecting him, learned what
had transpired, she was indignant and
quarrelled violently with her brother;
and during the quarrel she informed
him that she loved Shelton hotter than
’she loved her entire family, and that
she would marry him if she died for it.
Later, she managed to communicate
4th primary- Eliza Jones.
FHti^ DHT'AltTMBNT.
WIDE-AWAKE NO, 1—WUTTK^
J.J. Smith,
iiapa and brother had- no right to ob
ject.”
The ntost careful investigations have
failed, so! f#r, to materialise the uian
who strnek MnxweM. •
ing in the state of Ohio, in the interest
of tho latter for the governorship.
Both of which have raised in the cam-
gn the “bloody shirt” and in float
ing in it, they are scattering broad
cast over tho State the most nllianoos
lies and unfounded slanders upon the
south that has been. But we need not
expect anything from Hherman that is
at all .true or good, if we will look
L.1T.! Blalock, Assistant Chief.
W. M. Hawke.-?, Foreman. * ** .
CbiH; Wooten, AsfclMaht Foreman.
W.tf. Harper, Treasurer. .
H. Ck Storey, Scetotary,. .
F. N. Ilawkea^AzabiUuiLgecrotiU-y.
A. J. Bnchannn, Engluaer.
Pat I'.reki.TC. laL iWI. Jingincer.
Southwest Georgia
The origin of this nursery^ tali', says
the liondon Globe, U sufficiently curi
ous. About the year 1730 a French
actor of equal talent and'wealth, nam
ed Tlujveuard, iu tossing through' the
streets of Pa^is, <d)Lerrcsl upon a cob
bler’s stall the shoe of it female, which
struck him by. tho remarkable small
ness of its size. After admiring it for
some time ho returned tobishouse, hut
his thoughts reverted to the shoe with
such intensity tlint he-reappeared at
the* stall tho next day, but the bobbler
could give hint no other clew to the
owner than that.it had.been lfft i» bis
Absence*, for tlm purpose o! l>eu»g re
paired.
Day after day did Tliovcuard return
to his post to watch the reintegration
of tho slipper, which proeecded slowly;
nor did tno proprietor appear to claim
it. Although • tie had completed the
GOth yoarof his ago, so extravagant be-
eouie hia pdssio* tor .the unknown fair 1U
ono that-he became (were it possible Ok
dom of Heaven. She was last
Cross, first at the Sepulchre, oi
only one to bathe tho'Master’s 1
tears.
cases and 1 death, ami tli© cases and
deaths increased each week until the
week coding September 5th, when the
cases numbered 37 and the deaths 10.
There wore 2 deaths yesterday.
^ ^lidbn relief fund: ^ *
Atlanta, Sept. 10.—The report of
the committee for the maintainanco of
a fund for the orphan children of Gen.
John B. Hood, just published, shows
that from September 8,1870, to July 1,
A*Vt. Ilofior Director,
3—Wirtrn: ,i \
with Shelton, and it is thought that
they then arranged for an elopement.
On Tuesday, young Maxwell’s suspic
ions being, aroused, ho questioned his
sister regarding her intentions, but re
ceiving no satisfaction he liecamc fu
rious and threatened to kill both her
and Shelton, if necessary, to prevent
their union. Fearing him, she imme
diately secured his pistol and hid it., .
On Wednesday morning tho brother
again talked to his sister about Shel
ton, and again declared his intention
to kill him to prevent the match. He
also demanded nis pistol, which henis-
«la mages,for in juries received by foiling
into an open cellar a few nights since.
A Trenton firm has contracted to
suppyl the iron furnaces at South
Pittsburg, Tenn., with 10,000 tons of
Georgia ore, during tho foil ami winter.
Tuesday afternoon, tn Savannan, a
negro youth put out the eye of another
lad with an Alabama sling. The deed
was deliberate, and the young scamp
has fled.
The North Georgia Agricultural Col
lege opened Monday, with a fair at
tendance. All indications now prom
ise ;a huger attendance; than at pay
previous session.
Sank Bell and Bill Whitehurst, two
Webster county negroes, had an alter-
- ration one day last week,' in which
• knives were freely used, and l»th are
jjiiWrjijfcfo..— - ...... ...
>. Watts, Foreman.
f. Cobb, Assistant Foreman,
j. Stanfield, lI<*o Director* -
Harp. Assistant Uonc.l»irt<
iTuqker, Secretary. .
\ Evans,’Englnetir. a • '
J.Oliver, lit. Awistnnt Eogii
1. Wheeler, 2r<l. Aset., Enjrlt
hnio Amlcy, Torch Boater.
E. Fret well. Torch Bearer.
ip. U. Hawkins, Surgeon.
iiocpc'ANjV tADTiWii' niij-'l—coIaii
pure. New and fresh *
DROQ&ONF.YittKLS'(i J;
DISPENSED. ' . 5
i UBjJn valley* lov
tains, amongvthe list of liberal con
tributors,th s names of many Georgians.
kr covers damages.
Charlotte, N. C., September 11.--
Yesterday a suit was decided in the
Superior <<>iut involving point of gen
eral interest. In January, 1883, J. G.
Holmes, colored, was ejected from - the
only first-c! iss car of a train on the
Carolina Central railroad, and forced
to ride in a car filled with tobacco
smoke. Declaimed $5,000 damages,
and tho jr.y gave him $1 io.
IN DIHTKK».
COLUMB.'S, O., September 11.—Goy.
Hoadly has issutd a proclamation in
sight; and when she refused to givohim
tho weapon, ho said, “ If you don’t
u t. lAm DM "niw-in-throat.”
ve it to me, Ida, I’ll cul
>me one present induce^ .... —
> the pistol, and jo then threatened
.lock ner up, to prevent her inform-
g her lover of liu murderous intent,
it die escaped from tlie liouso, sought
belton and informed him of all that
the irreat write thrrwr.
,t predou* name,
I feet. ;
b for re-election, was recently i
viewed in New York. Among ol
things, speaking of the eoloi
ration in his State he is reported
ring:
‘In two-thirds of tho public scho
Ohio colored and white children I
girl in tlurvery humblest <-la«s of life. ,
All distinction* werei leveled at once ,
by the nctdr sought the parents ,
of tho dnmsol, procured their • consent
to the- match find actually made her i
his wife. ' •' •' >. - i
Hints to Marrying Men* i
' Most yoang men. is hunting a wife :
will prefer by gn at odds a pretty face.
l*retty is, as pretty does, is an, old ad-
tige that will hold good. Aprettyfoee
is all wall enough as far as it goes-, but
a bright mind and • good, deal of com
mon sens* in the long run is Touch, bet
ter techoean. yoifa wife that poasesaes
something more than a fair face, and
as >-ears oaauand go, and all thing
change you .will ,not be disappointed
in %-odr choice. Make yourfetf uequajn*
> tisf with her, notions and.aspirations
1 'fhr domestic duties.:. Find out* if you
can, if she is reapeetfnk and dutiful te
I her parents and thnlreousmanda,if she
. is a good daughter, she will be a good
wile-that'Wjb* bring snnshineto yoor
. home, »«d jsy to all around. She will
. 1m> a hcip-tnnto and a jewel above and
AYsieeef Warning.
As you walk our streets yon will f
[most every man and boy you nu
rith a pipe, a quid or a cigarette
lieir mouths. How often are tn
ale, and complaining, and often ui
or business. A change of climates
leave off the use of toboccm-4fc-aiy of
ii certainty cause nervoiuaess, weak
ness, disease of chest and stomach, and
weaken their muscle and power of
thought. It dwarf* their bodies and
ILdAh . •
tASKEPT^ vM?
I to tho people of Oliio -
>aid they can.
While these movements
DAY UUnKLUiTl*
A Cleat Skin
poly a p^rt of beaut
angry brother,
MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICANS.
ickno.v, Miss., September U.—The
lublican state executive committee
here yesterday, and the following
show eagerly seeking his sister and Shelton,
boys even visiting the latter’s residence and
i this togeUier they pursued their pray, and
after a time returned to Shelton a
home, -where they fonnd the couple
receiving the congratulations of then
ms to friends. Father and son walked im-
l*e in mediately into tho house, aad .wew
* .it., l«r NI>,.|‘.U1. nlnwK
butitjsaparv Every lady-
may liave it; at least, what
looks like it. Magnolia
Balm both freshens and
beautifies. ' • - ! * v ♦-***?
- r . . , v <’/f
e ratio party of thwState is useless, be
cause of the well-known impossibility
of securing at the polls an honest elec
tion, it is the sense of this committee
that no convention he called to nomi
nate a Bute ticket.’ ’
Brushes, Combs, Per
fumery, Toilet Arti
cles, Soaps, Spon
ges, Trusses,
beyond all price. ■' -■ ■ . j, •.
One of the best bills introduced into
the LcgiiflattiVe is id a measure that
tendA to make good the legal interest
— ’ — 0 money iv* loaned
rarity/ The pres-
bride attempted to interpose between
tfiOtn. brat was hurled across the hall
way bv the fury of their movements.
The ladies present were stampeded,
and a general screaming commenced,
and quite a crowd soon gathered at the
scene of action. But yoang Maxwell
stood in ths doorway, pistols in hand,
and threatened to shoot any one who
attempted to enter; and he repeatedly
threatened to kill his sister If she did
not “ston screeching.”
In the meantime, the conflict contin
ued until Shelton was beaten to insen-
ability, when the old man rushed from
the house and followed his daughter
to the rear,where she had fled,fnghten-
:»t nit.' it at armotored church
liamof this city Leon Cock-
jgro school teacher, shot Aaron
, colored deacon, while the lat-
meeling with the congregation
r. Officers have gone toar-
cut law, where there is more than
eight per cent charged, makes the
deed void if tainted, with usury, and
leaves the lender no* legal judgement.
The bill no* before the Legislature, if
passed, as we hone it will be, make*
good the titled for the principal and
will be but enforcing justice and horn
ring fiie price paid for 1iim!
opmionless people are the
of society; and when, be-
bong .pi.ionW, U«
an uncommon fluidity of
and talk all the time, one can
rrorMUbjaui-dtaEdrureuu. tin. * that tLeir "work is ended, and
. S. i. UCUMl IMKI C%aj*.>l,>fcjlcJVafor WMhi»gton this evening.
AMEBICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1885.