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All adygrtaetaenttM DEMOCRATIC IN POLITICS AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITEBATURE SCIENCE. AMD GENERAL PROGRESS fleras: S3. A YEAS IN ADVANCE SUITER CdtlNTY. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. ,/tfi 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.