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Tie Weekly Democrat.
SKI* K. RLSKKI.L, Kdllor uml Prop’r
THURSDAY. MARCH 23. ls82 -
editorial NOTES
Congressman Black of the first dis
trict is djiug of paralysis in Washington.
His death will he generally lamented
throughout Georgia.
Governor Colquitt will not j*» the
Legislative together ^^-district the
&tate, anu’ A sensible for it. The
tenth congressman will be elected from
the State at large.
—The Comptroller General’s Report
is one of the moBt comprehensive docu
ments ever issued from that office, and
r. Wright deserves great credit for
its preparation.
—The managing editor of the Atlanta
Constitution is spoken of as a candidate
for Congress from the State at large.
The honor could not fall upon a more
worthy mao.
• — Congressman Turner will certainly
bo re-elected from the Second District
no matter what opposition may be
brought against him. He is the peer ,)
of any man in Georgia.
•—The people of this county have
quite a number of candidates for fax
Collector to select from. We hope the
best man may be elected
—We desire to state just here that
nbout the three best daily papers ex
changing with us are the Atlanta Con
stitution. Macon Telegraph and Messen
ger, and Columbus Enquirer.
— Worth county abolished the sale of
intoxicating liquors within her limits
at an election held last week by a de*
cidcd majority. The more such elect
ions the better for the country.
Mr. J. T. Waterman has bought the
Monroo Advertise and will henceforth con.
duct that journal iu the style that lias
made him one of the foremost editors iu
Georgia. To Mr. Cubinass who retires we
wish success, and to Mr. \\ aterman con
tinued prosperity.
_Wp fear lion. 13. H. Hill’s con
dition is such that there is no room for
hopo. Reports say that he is resigned
to his fato. His death would be a ca
lamity to the whole nation; and to his
own loved South his loss would be
simply irroparable.
—We are tired of hearing about the
Norwood-Oolquitt campaign. It has
passed and the bitterness it engendered
ought long since to have been forgtten.
Democrats will have as much as they
can do to meet live issues, without dig
ging up dead ones.
We hear it stated every now and
then by citizens of Bainbridge that the
S. F. & W. Railroad will not be ex
tended westward from some this place
but from some other point. Perhaps
so. And it is whispered in railroad
circles that if exhorbitant demands for
right of way are asked, there is truth iu
the statement of the aforesaid citizens.
In the meantime the world will contin
ue to revolve.
Our friend ITansell.of theThomasville
Enterprise, need give himself no uneasiness
whatever. We have no designs upon the
position of congressman fiom the State-at-
large, uor have we everseriously entertained
the matter. However, it may not be out
of place just hero to thank Editor Perhara,
of the Quitman Free Press, and the vari
ous other newspapers, fqr the compli
mentary manner in which they have men
tioned our humble name in connection
with that high office. To be spoken well
of is something pleasant to every man.
—lion. S.G. McLendon, of Thomasville,
is the youngest railroad president in the
South, lie is at the head of the Bain-
bridge, Cuthbert & Columbus road, which
is to ruu from' C61umhus via Bainbridge to
the Gulf. Sixty miles of this road is
graded, and the probability is that the en
tire road will be built in the near future.
With that road and the Chattahoochee
extension of the Savannah, Florida &
Western, Bainbridge ought to begin to
look up.
Disapproves the Governor’s Action
The Macon Telegraph strongly dis
approves of Governor Colquitt’s action
in not calling the Legislature together.
From the comments qf that paper we
extract the following :
‘ There is a strong probability that
there will be a candidate for .Congress
man at large iu each Congressional
district. If a Democrat should be
elected wo think it more than doubtful
if ho is allowed to take his seat in the
next House. The United States has
the authority, or claims the authority
to make, to amend, alter or modify the
laws under which Congressional repre
sentatives are elected. But they are
really and in fact elected under the
Morma.-ts Must Go-
cob. ALEX. MCCLURES VIEW OF THE
GREAT IMMORALITY.
Washington, March 15.—While
there can be no divided sentiment
among ail good citizens as to the ne
cessity of arresting the power and
growth of polygamy, I regard tW Dili
just passed as it wry dangerous and
..vcdTcssly severe measure. To deprive
the Territory of Utah of responsible
government, and place it under a com
mission with the most plenary and
arbitrary powers, is to place the wealth
and property of the Mormon people at
the mercy of men who are not likely
to be scrupulous in profiting by their
authority. Under the direction of the
class of men who most seek and obtain
Territorial appointments, the commis
sioners under the law passed to-day,
dealing with the fanaticism that so
largely rules in the Mormon Church,
can execute its letter and plunder the
Mormons of half of their great wealth,
and it is no unreasonable apprehension
that they will do so. A plain, just and
lawful remedy for polygamy could have
been enforced by simply providing that
polygamists shall be ineligible to vote
at Territorial elections, ineligible to
office and in ineligible as jurors.—The
executive, judicial and all general Tcr-
ritorial officers are now Federal ap
pointments, and the simple remedy of
making the polygamists voiceless in the
government, with a severe penal code
for those guilty of marrying plural
wives in the future, would accomplish
all the good that can be accomplished
by the bill passed to-day without affect
ing any vested rights of families or
forcing a revolutionary policy that is
mbre than likely to resu't in the perse
cution of Mormons under color of law,
not to surpress the crime of polygamy,
but to perpetrate official crime for Mor
mon plunder. There is not much good
stealing left in the South ; the North
ern States are gett.ng decidedly uncom
fortable for public thieves, and Utah is
the only place where good stealing may
be found, with a fair prospect of s^-
cess. The South could be robbed by
carpet-baggers with impunity, because
it was the South of rebellion, and Utah
can now be robbed because it is the
home of polygamists and is despised by
all good citizens for its degradation of
religion to beastly lust and cunning
reel.
But the Mormons must go, and to
morrow the House will supplement the
Mormon leglliation of to-day, that de
forms the most vital theories of honest
government, by passing the Senate
anti-Chinese bill. Both the Mormons
and the Chinese must go, and laws,
which should be considered with the
deliberation and sanctity due to a
solemn treaty or to a question of the
right of freedom of conscience, are
whipped through Congress by prowling
demagogues, in defiance of every ad
monition of enlightened statesmanship.
The Chinese and the Mormons will go.
but I hazard little in saying that both
of these laws will be materially modi
fied before five years shall have passed
away.
Leaf From the Czar’s Diary.
San I'randsco Kars Letter.
Got up at 7 a. m., and ordered my
bath. Found four gallons of vitriol in
it and did not take it. Went to break
fast. The Nihilists had placed two
torpedoes on the stairs, but I did not
step on them. The coffee smelled- so
strongly of Prusic acid that I was
afraid to drink it. Found a scorpion
on my left slipper, but luckily shook
it out before putting it on.' Just be
fore stepping into the carriage to go
for my morning drive it was blown in
to the air, killing the coachman and
horses instantly. I did not drive.
Took a light lunch off hermetically-
sealed canned goods. They
can’t fool me there. Fouud a poison
ed dagger in my favorite chair, with
the point sticking out. Did not sit
down on it. Had dinner at 6 p. m.
acd made Baron Laischounowonski
taste every dish, tic died before the
soup was cleared away. Consumed
some Baltimore oysters and some Lon
don stout that I have bad lockfd up
for five years. Went to the theatre and
was shot at three times in the first act.
Had the entire audience hanged. Went
home to bed and slept all night on the
roof of the palace.
UNCLE JSAM AT HOME
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The Magnificent Residence Building
for Bachelor Tilden-
f incinnati Enquirer.
The new house that Samuel J. Tilden
is building, on the site of bis fsiiFer
home at Np. 15 .C.amercv Park, will
oe one of the costliest private residences
from 8400.000 to §000.000. Some years
ago Mr. Tilden bought the house
at No. 16 Gramcrcy Park, and having
thus obtained a plot of ground sixty
feet wide and one hundred feet deep,
commenced to build a new bouse, iD
which the library should be the essen
tial feature. It was decided to preserve
parts of the old house intact, so far as
beam wails were concerned : but the
house at No. 16 was completely torn
down. The fronts of both houses were
removed and rebuilt. Two bay project
ions, each running from the ground
to the third story—one semi-octagonal
in from and the other square—are the
prominent features of the front. The
materials used consist of Carlisle (Scot
land) reddish sandstone. Belleville
brownstone, and narrow bands of Main
granite, with a running vine wrought
into relief by polishing, the effect of
the black leaves upon the lluishgray
of the natural granite being exceedingly
ood. The whole front of the house is
one mass of elaborate carving where
ever the Carlisle stone is used no cutting
having been done in the browD stene,
that material not being regarded by
the architects of sufficient durability-
Forty men were employed upon the out
side carving for several months. Life-
size heads, carved by Mr. IV. Kitson, of
Milton, Franklin, Geothc, Shakespeare
and Michael Angelo occupy panels in
prominent positions. Mi. Tilden’n col
lection of portraits of Milton is the
finest in the country, and from it the
designs for the present head were ob
tained. Altogether, the effect of the
house from the street is warm aDd
rich, a mixture of gothic and renaissance
prevailing in the design.
SmaJ-Pox-
Senator Ben. Hill said to Colonel
J. R. Randall the othifr day : “If I
recover, it is well. If I die, it is also
well. While I think it strange that a
man whose constitution was formed by
phisical labor on a farm, and who, up
to a *year ago, never had a day ot ill-
health, should be afflicted with an in-
provisiocs of the special election law- i exorable disorder of the blood, I
RAVAGES OF THE PLAGUE IN VIRGINIA
AND PENNYLVANIA
Lynchburg Va March 18—7 here is
intense excitement in Bedford county
over the small pox there. Three death
have occurred within the-past few days,
in the Little Otter District, and as
many people refused to be vacinated
great apprehension of the spread of the
disease is entertained.
Philadelphia, March 18.—The
Bulletin's special from Reading says :
“Special telegrams show that the small
pox scourge is making sad havoc in the
districts. It is reported to.-day for the
first time that all along South Moun
tain, from Macungle, Lehigh eouqty,
to Shawsack, Berks county, the plague
ss spreading, and in many instances
entire families, one consisting of eight
persons, are afflicted. Advices from
South Bethlehem show that over two
hundred cases exist and the probabil
ities arc that the entire town will be
quarantined. The disease has spread
to Hiilostown and numerous cases are
reported. The Nazareth pest-house is
full and the Poor Directors refused to
receive any moTe sufferers.”
Can a Drummer be Fined for Remov
ing his Coat in a Car ?
Augusta Chronicle.
The trial of the case of Wm. H
Johnson vs the Georgia Railroad for
$10,000, suit for damages, was con
cluded at Morgan Superior Court on
Wednesday last.
The case grew out of an incident
which occurred in the passenger train
of the above company one day last July.
Among the passengers on the train was
Wm. H. Johnson, a drummer, of Pitts
burg, Pcdo. While sitting in the
ladies’ car he pulled off his coat, and
was requested by Mr. Harry HiH, con
ductor, to put it on again. This he re
fused to do, when the train was stopped
near Madison and Johnson put off. The
case has since excited considerable in
terest in railway circles. .<
The trial of the case resulted in
! mistrial. It is generally understood,
however, that the jury stood nine for
! no damages and three for 8100 dam-
| ages. It is not thought that the road
. would have stood a cent damages,
as they were contesting the principle of
the suit. It is not now believed that
the stlit will be pushed further.
Mr. Fred. C. Foster, of Madison,
and the Messrs. Lewis, of Greensboro,
represented Johnson, while Messrs.
Joseph B. Gumming, of Augusta, and
i Joel A. Billups, ot Macon, appeared
for the road.
The Same Old Story-
Tie Houston Home Journal of last
week repeats the same old story that
we hear on all sides just about planting
season. The Journal says:
“Three-fourths a'YAv? woi crop in
tfouston county has been planted, and
some of it is up. Notwithstanding the
fact that cotton is the money crop here,
corn is receiving more than the usual
attention this year. An earnest effort
is being made to become independent of
the western corn cribs. The fact that
the oat crop promises an excelleut
yield goes far towards making our
farmers view the prospect with hope.
With home-made provisions in plenty,
high—priced corn and bacon will have
no ill effect upon our farmers.”
THE
Burial Case&
THE NEATEST ROSEWOOD
Burial Cases ot all sizes and prices at the
Carriage Repository.
CHARLES L, BEACn.
FRED SMITH.
Baker and Confectioner
No 6 Sharon House Bjock.
Fresh breads,cakes, fruits, candies, nuts,
etc., always on hand. Also, best stock of
family groceries in town.
Undersold by uo one. Give him a
call.
Decatur Tax Sale.
GEORGIA, Jlecatur County :
Will be sold before the court honse door
iu the town of Bainbridge, Ga., between
the usual hours of sale on the first Tues
day in April 1882, the following prop
erty to-wit :
Lot of land number 218 in the 21st dis
trict of Decitur county, and levied on as
the property, of F Alday & Bro,, to satisfy
one state and county "tux fi fa issued
against said F Vlday & Bro. for unpaid
taxes. Levy made and returned to ma by
a constable. . L. F. Burkett.
March 2, 1882. Sheriff.
Decatur Tax Sale.
GEORGIA—Decatur County :
Will be s dd before the court house (1 oor
in the town of Bainbridge, during the
usual hours of sale, on tiie first Tuesday
iu April next, the following property
to-wit:
Lot of hind number 203 in the 21st dis
trict of Decatur county, and levied on as
the property of E. E. White, agent for Sarah
Nicholson, to satisfy a state aud county tax
fi fa issued against said E. E- White agent
for Sarah Nicholson for unpaid taxes.
Levy made and returned to me bv a consta
ble. L. F BURKETT,
March 2, 18S2- Sheriff.
Decatur Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Decatur County:
Will be sold before the court bouse door
in the city of Bainbridge, Decatur county
Ga., between the legal hours of sale on the
first Tuesday in April, 1882, the following
property to-wit :
Thirty-seven and one-lialf acres of land
in the north-east corner of lot no 81 in the
loth district of Decatur county, and levied
on as the property of Thomas Gaines to
satisfy one Justice Court fi - fa in tavor of
J. Steininger vs said Thomas Gaines. Levy
made and returned to me by a Constable
L. F. Burkett,
March 2, 1882. * Sheriff.
Decatur Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Decatui County ;
Will be sold before the court house door
in the town of Bainbridge on the first.Tues
day in April next between the usual hours
of sale the following property to-wit:
One hundred and thirty-five acres of lot
of land number (10*5) oue hundred and six
in 20th District of Decatur county and
levied on as the property of M. A. Bacon to
satisfy one cost execution in favor of officers
of court vs M. A. Bacon.
L. F. BURKETT,
March 2, 1882. . Sheriff.
Decatur Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Decatur Connty:
Will be sold before the court house door
in the city of Bainbridge, Decatur county,
Ga. between the legal hours of sale, on the
firrt Tuesday in April 1882, the following
property to-wit:
Lot of land number thirty.,nine (39) in
the loth District of Decatur county, ‘and
levied on as the property of Nancy Harrell
to satisfy one County Court Fi fa in favor
M. C. J. F. Kiser ts Nancy Harrell.
L. F, Burkett.
March 2, 1882 ' (sheriff
of the respective States. The appor-
tioauient act (Joes not provide anv
machinery of law by which a Congress
man at large may be elected. Nor
.« the State law provide for any such
tioo.”
resign myself ia the hands of tny
Creator, who will do with uie what
seems best to Him, and either raise me
up for further usefulness or summon
me away. I await with patience either
event.”
The Philadelphia Record letnarks:
“Mr Alexander H. Stephens has been
forty-six years in public life without
getting fat cr rich. We do not know
of a case of this kind North of Mason
and Dixiu’s line.”
Decatur Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Decatur Couuty :
Will be sold before the court house door
in the town of Bainbridge on the first Tues
day in April next between the usual hours
of sale the following property to-wit ;
Lot of land number two hundred and
twenty-seven (227) in the 20th district of
Decatur county, and levied on as Ihe prop,-,
erty of the estate of Isaac I’aramore, alias
Isaac Do liaison, deceased, nowin the hands
of Washington Anderson, as administer
of the said Isaac Fare more, alias Is
Donalson, to satisfy one execution jn favor
of B. B. Bower and E. C. Bower, as admin
istrators of Isaac E., Bowen, deceased ▼<
11 ashington Anderson administrator o;
Isaac Farumore alias Issac Donalson.
1, F. Burkett,
March 2, 1882. Sheriff.
Purest Drugs
For Sale By
pope & McLendon
Patent Medicines,
Bitters, Perfumery,
Toilet Articles,
Tobacco. Cigars, Etc.
They keep constantly on hand a fresh
supply the best
At H. B. Ehrlich & Co’s big establishment
is well worth seeing, and it will
Cost Nothing !
To call and see this grand free show, con
sisting of one of the
LARGEST!
a d Handsomest Stocks ofDry Goods, Cloth
ing, Hats, Shoes, Groceries, etc., ever open
ed in South west Georgia.
MONEY SAVED
By calling on
j A, R. EHRLICH & CO,
jkx.-wv '--ra
Ml MilillBilU 3
NEW FIRM
AND
NEWGOODS
J. A. Donalson
Has just opened in the Bowne Bloek next
door to Pope & McLendon, a full and
complete stock of
FRESH GROCERIES.
Both staple and fancy. Also,
FRUITS,
HARDWARE,
TINWARE, Etc.
which they propose to sell at the very
lowest cash prices. He sells
THE FRESHEST
the CHEAPEST GOODS in town;
Give him & call. Goods delivered at house
for city customers.
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Handsome Lot of Winter Clothing,
Hats, Boots and Shoes For
AND BOYS
At H, B. EHRLICH & CO S.
Our Dress Goods
Are the Prettiest and cheapest.
HEADQUARTERS
For Groceries, Bacon, Flour, Sugar, Coffee
Butter, Cheese, etc., by the
Oar Load,
OUR BikXI
Presided over by Mr. R. L. GREMMER, is
well stocked with fine Whiskey, Brandies
Wine Cigars, Lemons Soda- Wateretc,
E. A. P0HLMAH
THE LIVE CR0CER
Will run a lightning schedule the prej
year, and will keep on hand for thebeo-L
of the public (he beat and most select3
sortment of
GROCERIES
Ever seen in Bainbridge. Also, I
FRUITS.
CANDIES,
CONFECTIONS. ■
Country produce bought at highest, nrir J
Ail 1 ask is a trial, after which 1
you will he pleased.
J
X3 A Polilmaii, 1
$
OAK CITY I
—AND—
Hillard Saloon !|
The only first-class Bar and Billiard Sa- 9
loon in the city of Bainbridge. Waete you 3
can get any and every kind of drinks. Ci- I
gars — Domestic and Impurlo.I.
C liampagneS.
turn's Extra Dry,
Seigai’s Extra Dry,
Cue De felontuhcilo,
Extra Dry.
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•W' 9
Shorry, Cir.ret,
Scupperncng. Ca-.awiia.
California. Pari -.jutported.) |
Fren ii Brandies.
Cordials, Benedictine, Scheidam
Schnapps, Holland and Tom Gins,
Rye and Boubon Whiskies.
A. S. IEOPI,
l’rop’r Oak City Saloon.
An Old Proverb Says :
Chance is now offered for everybody to
supply thfctnsclvrs with good Clothing at
low prices, as 15. II. LEVY has reduced
every
Of hi- entire stock of winter goods which
is still very large and well assorted
Overcoats, Business and Dress suits, for
men boys and children. Now is your
To supply yourselves with good clothing
at low figures, at B. II. LEVY'S, 191 and
193, Congress Street, Savannah, Ga.
Your money. Goods sent Ly express,
O, D., with privilege to examine and i
turn if not satisfactory.
Times out of ten you can save money bv
calling on B. II. LEVY, 191 and 193,
Congress Street, Savauuuh, Ga,
THE
Live Oak Mills,
L. F. BURKETT, - - Proprietor.
I now have tny fine new mill in succ°ss-
ful operation, aud am prepared to grind
all ihe corn in Decatur county into meal,
grits, hominy, etc,, guaranteeing satisfact
ion in every instance.
In the fall I will have my rice mill iu
successful operation, so farmers can take
notice now and plant this valuable crop,
knowing that it will be hulled in Bain-
bridge at cheap rates.
I would be glad to have persons come
aud iuspect my machinery, which was
made specially for me bv the Taylor
Manufacturing Co., of Westminister, Md„
acd if they should need anything of the
sort I wiil take pleasure in ordering the
same for them. L- F- BURKETT
March 9, 1832—lm.
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lcuets. lmlu:lqK*-dd*6. Solid Hold *U. CheipeJ*
f Mdbe»t[oruse* Ktalilivepaipoees.
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