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The Bainbridge Democrat.
J13IS—S 2 A YEAR.
BAINBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 8,1884.
VOL XIII-NO. 29.
THE
He Awake Merchant,
BN AS LOEB,
Wholesale and Retail
icy
nrini? and Summer Season.
•_!, of ncw fresh and seasonable goods—consisting of beautiful Lawns
„ Tieioris Uwns and Swisses. SHOES! SHOES! in endless variety and
ii prices to suit everybody.
Goods and Notions
■Hid Mid at priecs that will suit you. In fact everything kept in a Srst-elas*
' Dry Goods Store. The fullest assorement of
Groceries and Plantation Supplies
wkl to Bainbridge, whieh will be offered at Wholesale or Retail at prices tha
■pinon. 1 claim to buy my GOODS for CASH—getting the dlosest figure* ou the
oivill sell at a very clo3« margin. My Motto always has been and will be
lick Sales and Small Profits.”
*1 tkr public for past favors and the so liberal patronage heretofore extended
mpccttully ask a oontinuanee of the same, ^1 am
XL e spec t fully.
JONAS LOEB.
SIRING MXLU1KKY.
. I. J. BEHOLDS !
Tlie
Reliable Illliner ”
Of* Bainbridge !
" iiform ihe ladies of this section that, she is still in the market with the
■w line of Mi'liacry and Fancy Goods to found in the city—embracing all the
bmiitsi Novelties in Bonnet's, Hats, Ribbons, Laces, Gloves, Fans, Flowers,
"MMeck-W ear ia iafiuite profusion, and at
Prices to Suit tlie Times !
J JM «f PATTERNS of all kinds. I also do stamping for embroidering or brading
*•*» Ladies’ and Children’s Clothing in the best and latest style of the art,
ME A CALL BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE.jpflf
Respectfully,
31 OS. M. J. REYNOLDS.
R BUTTS’ DRUGSTORE.
rner Store in Boicne Block !
^cessor to Pope Ac GraeeJ
* r, 7 * large, and well selected stock of Drugs and Patent
! trough the year 18S4.
j. r ! \ an ^ a t present a large lot of FRESH GARDEN SEED
*• "cas, Beaus, and all Tarieties of Cabbage and otker
i , 5 rticl ei in great varieties, Brushes, Combs, Soaps, Casuaeti*
Reparations.
^Wcos and Cigars, always fresh and bright.
fckewrv •
nj.* 1 In stock the following excellemt remedies:
Regulator, Price 75 c Bliss’s Lung and Throat Balm Priee 75e
K lg psi *, Cur e Rrice 50c Logan’s Liver and Kidney Physi* *•«.
if, G . **• s - remedy $2 00 Dr. St uarts Steel Tonic
bjL ‘°d 0. remedy $1 QO I Azuews Billiow Liver Pill*
“"■nl h*. 10,1S§4—ly.
6«e
25c.
PROFESSIONAL.
DANIEL McGILL,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
BAINBRIDGE. GEORGIA.
Will practice in the Courts sf the Alban)
Circuit and elsewhere by speciil contract.
July 2«, 1888=—lr
CHARLES C. BUSH,
Attorney at Law,
COLQUITT, GA.
Prompt attention given to all business en
trusted to me.
MAST0N O’NEAL,*
Attorney at Law,
BAINBRIDGE, GA.
Will prac icc in all the State Courts,
Special attention given to. the investiga
tion of land claims.
John M. Brown*
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BAINBRIDGE, GA.
Will practice in the courts of the Albany
Circuit. Office in Democrat Office
IW Collections and Land elaims special
ties.
MEDICAL CARD.
Dr. E. J. Morgan
Has removed his office to the drug store
formerly occupied by Dr, Harrell. . Resi
dence on West street, south of Shotwell,
wher: ealls at night will reach him.
DENTISTRY.
J . C . Curry, D. D. S
Can he found daily at his office on South
Broad street, up stairs, in E. Johnson’s
building, where he is ready to attend to the
wants of the public at reasonable rates.
dee-5-78
DOCTOR M. L. BATTLE
Dentist-
office over Hinds Store, West side
roert house. Has fine dental engine, and
will have everything to make his office
drst-class. Terms cash. Office hours 9
i. m, to 4 p. m. jitn.lSU
DR. L. H. PEACOCK,
Respectfully teuders his professional serv
ices to the people of Baiubridge and vicini
ty-
OSce over store of W. G. Broom & Co.
Residence on West end- of Broughton
street, where he can he found at night.
April 6,1881 —
IBPF. B. TALBERT. WX. X. HARHSRI,.
TALBERT & HARRELL.
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
BAINBRIDGE. GA.
The above have formed a copartnership
under the firm name of Talbert & Harrell
for the practice of law. Will practice in
all the courts of the Albany Circuit. Office
over Barnett’s store.
August 14,1S82.
LOUIS ROBB,
“The Old Reliable,”
Can be found at bis Shaving Palace
On Water Street.
A Card.
TO THE CITIZENS OF HILLER COUNTY:
At the request of many of you I become a
candidate to represent you iu the next
Legislature. I intend te run the race to the
end. All reports that I have withdrawn arc
untrue. If 1 am elected I will do ray best to
represent my people's interest. If defeated,
will net Birsir. Respectfully,
B. F. JONE8.
■arty County News please copy.
A- B. Solomon,
WITH
SEINHARD BROS & CO
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
JOBBERS OF BOOTS AND SHOES
AND
MANUFACTURERS of CLOTHING
Nov 22, ’83,-6m
E. ENGE E,
—WITH—
>1, Ferst Ac Co.,
Savannah, Ga.,
Wholesale Dealers in Groceries,
Liquors, Segars and Tobacco-
I respectfully solicit the patronsge of ray
friends in South Georgia and Florida; and
l will be regularly on hand once a month
for their orders. The House I represent
is eue of the oldest and best in the South.
E. ENGEL.
SOLID SILVER STEM WINDING
FULL JEWELED GENTS' SIZE
WATCH FOR $12.50,
Fully Guaranteed. This offer made for
60 days only. Goods sent by Exprss
C. O D.. subject te inspection before pur
chasing.
J. P. STEVENS & CO., Jewelers,
Atlanta, Georgia.
ICE!
We have now on band the best
■ •CIS —JE1
In any quantity from a pound to a ear
load. Come right along and got the cooling
ate*. 9, MILL * 00.
. FLORIDA d WESTERN
Hal Road.
[All trains of tnis road are run by Cen
tral (90) Meridian time, which is 3b min
utes slower than Savannah time]
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE \
Savannah, DEO 9,1883, [
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY. DEC. 9,
1883, Passenger Trains on this Road
will run as follows:
FAST MAIL,
Leave Savannah daily at 8:30 a. m
Leave Jesup daily at 10:14 a. ro
Leave Waycross daily at 11:50 a m
Arrive at Callaham d ily at 1.-35 p. m
Arrive at Jacksonville daily at. ,2:80p. m
Arrive at DuPont daily at 12 56 p m
Arrive at Suwannee daily at 3 15 p m
Arrive Newnansville daily at. ...6 50 pm
Arrive at Live Oak daily at 3 45 pm
Arrive at New Branford daily at....5 00 p m
Arrive at Hague daily at 7 05 p m
Arrive at Valdosta daily at 1 56 p m
Arrive at Quitman daily at 2 22 p m
Arrive at Thomasville daily at 3 25 p m
Arrive at Bainbridge daily at 5 10 p m
Arrive at Chattahoochee daily at. .5 36 p m
Leave Chattahoochee daily at 11 16 a m
Leave Bainbridge daily at 11 30 a m
Leave Thomasville daily at 1 35 p m
Leave Quitman daily at 2 26 a m
Leave Valdosta daily at 2 59 pm
Leave Hague daily at G 20 a m
Leave Newnansville daily at... .6 35 a m
Leave New Branford daily at 8 25 pm
Leave Live Oak daily at 9 40 a m
Leave Suwannee daily at 16 02 am
L»ave at E-uPont daily at 3 55 p m
Leave Jacksonville daily at ..2 20 p m
Leave Callahan daily at 3 15pm
Arrive at Waycross daily at.. 5 05 p m
Arrive at Jesup daily at ... 6 36 p w
Arrive at 8avannali daily at 8 17 p m
Between Savannah and Waycross this
train stops only at Fleming, Johnston's,
Jesupand Blackshear. . Between Waycross
and Jacksonville stops only at Folkston and
Callahan- Between Waycross and Chatta
hoochee stops only at Dupont, Valdosta,
Quitman, Thomasville and all regular sta
tions between Thomasville and Chattahoo
cbee. Between Dupont and Newnans
ville at all stations.
Passengers fur Fernandina take this
train.
Passengers for Brunswick via Waycross
take this train
Passengers for Madison, Monticello,
Tallahassee and all Middle Florida points
take this train.
Close connection at Jacksonville daily
(Sundays excepted) Green Cove Springs,
St. Augustine, Palatka, Enterprise, Sanford
and all landings on St. John’s river.
Pullman Parlor cars between Savannah
and Jacksonville.
Pullman Buffet and sleeping cars on this
train to Savannah Pensacola, Mobile and
New Orleans.
Passengers for Pensacola, Mobile, New
Orleans,Texas, and trans Mississippi points
make close connections at Chattahoochee
daily with trains of Pensacola ard Atlantic
Railroad arriviug at Pensacola at 11:45 p m.,
Mobile at 4:45 a. m , New Orleans at 10:10
a. m.
EXPRESS.
Leave Savannah daily at ,3 20 P m
Leave Jesup daily at ..6 30 p m
Arrive at IVaycress daily at 7 05 p m
Arrive at Calluham daily at 9 15 am
Arrive at Jacksonville daily at. .1000 p m
Leave Jacksonville daily at 8 30 a m
Leave Callaham daily at 9 16 a m
Arrive Waycross daily at 11 00 a m
Arrive at Jesup daily at 1213 pm
Arrive at Savannah dai'y at, 2 85 p m
This train stops at all stations between
Savannah and Jacksonville.
Pullman parlor cars on this train Savan
nah to Jacksonville.
Passengers for Wrldo, Gainesville,
Cedar Key, Ocala, Wildwood and all sta
tions on Florida Transit and Peninsula
Railroad take this train.
Connections at Savannah daily with
Charleston and Savannah Railway for all
points North and East and Central Railroad
for all points West and Northwest.
ALBANY EXPl^ESS.
Leave Savannah daily at 8 40pm
Learn Jesup daily at 11 05 a m
Leave Wavcross daily at 2 35 a m
Arrive at Callahan daily at 5 35 a m
Arrive at Jacksonville daily at... 7 00 a m
Arrive at Thomasville daily at 7 15am
Arrive at Albany daily at. 11 15 a m
Leave Albany daily at 4 15 p m
Leave Thomasville daily at 7 40 p m
Leave Dupont daily at 1 00 p m
Leave Jacksonville daily at 9 30 p m
Leavt”Callahan daily at 10 17 p m
Arrive at Waycross daily at 12 20 a m
Arrive at Jesup daily at 2 55 am
Arrive at Savannah daily at .. 5 25 a m
Pullman palace sleeping cars Savannah
to Jacksonville.
Pullman palace buffet and sleeping cars
Savannah to Jacksonville.
Passengers for Bruswick, via Jesup, take
this train.
Passengers for Macon take this tram,
arriving at Macon at 7 45 a m.
Passengers for Fernandina. Waldo,
Gainesville, Cedar Key Ocala. Wildwood
and all stations on Florida Transit and
Peninsula Railroad take this train.
Connection at Jacksonville daily (Sun
days exce'pted) for Green Cove Spring, St.
Augustine, Falatka. Enterpise. Sanford and
ell landing on St. John's River
Connection at Albany daily with
passeuger train both ways on Southwestern
Railroad to and from Macon. Eufaula, Mont
gomery, Mobile. New Orleans, etc.
Connection at Savannah daily with
Charleston and Savannah Railway for all
points North and East.
Connection at Savannah daily with cen
tral Railroad for points West and North .
west.
Through Tickets sold and Sleeping Car
Berths accommodations secured at Bren’s
Ticket Office, so. 22 Bull street, and at the
campany's depot foot of Liberty Street.
a New Restaurant and lunch Counter
has been opened in the station at Waycross;
ana abundant time will be allowed for meals
br all passenger trains.
R, G. Flexing, Jas. L. Taylor,
Sopt, Gen. Ties, Agent.
A FIERCECLASH OFCATAL-
JBY.
A DESPEATE CONFLICT DURING LEE'S LAST
RETREAT.
Gen. Thomas L. Rosser furnishes the
Philadelphia Times with an account of the
cavalry fight at High Bridge, on Lee’s
retreat from Petersburg, from which the
following extract Is taken:
“As soon as Col. Dearing moved out so
as to threaten the Federal flank, Col,
Washburne charged him with his cavalry,
and I never witnessed a handsomer charge
than he at this time led. Dearing met
.him with the same undaunted, determined
pluck, and the most savage hand-to-hand
fight I ever witnessed was the result.
Dealing, Washburne were both killed with
in three feet of each other. Whether they
slew each other I cannot say, but many
think they did. Col. Boston and Maj.
Thompson were also killed In this eavalry
fight, and every man in Washburne’s com
mand was killed, wounded or captured;
none tried to escape. I was unable, from
a wound received through my left arm at
Five Forks a few days before, to use my
sabre, but during the fight I rode among
my men and encouraged them byjmy pres
ence, which was all I could do, and while I
looked on I saw Maj. Jim Breathard, of the
horse artillery, attack two Federal captains,
Breathard with pistols and the Federals
with sabies. They closed before Breath
ard had an opportunity to shoot, or if ho
shot he missed his mark, and when I saw
him the Federate wore cutting and sticking
at him with their sabres and Breathard
was exceedingly busy' warding them off
with his pistol. Their horses were run
j against Breathard’s, and he was finally
knocked off his horse, apd in falling his
foot was caught between his home and
one of the Federal captains' and pulled off
one of his boots. Breathard then shot
and killed one of the officers and Courier
Scruggs dashed out from my side and
killed the other, and in a moment Breath
ard was in the saddle again, with only one
boot, and again joined in the fight.”
She Rove and Walked.
j A PORTLAND INVALID WHO WAS CURED BT
) FAITH AND PRAYER.
The Daily Press, says a Portland, Me.,
special of the 11th inst. to the Boston Globe,
gives the particulars of the cure by faith of
Mrs. Henry Moore, of 19 Forest street, this
city. She is a little past 51 years of age, a
member of the Fist Baptist Church, who
had a shock of paralysis in 1874. She says
that in January a council of physicians
declared that she could not be cured. In
regard to her cure she says:
“On March 12, somewhere about 10 o’clock
a. m., I was thinking of the goodness of
Jesus and of his power to heal when he was
upon earth, and had prayed earnestly that
I might be[wholly consecrated to Him,what
ever His will to me might be, when all of a
sudden something came over me of extreme
beauty. It seemed to me as if I was not
here. It seemed as though I was in the
very presence of my Master. I was not
aleep; I was awake; I was all alone. It
lasted about an hour. I cannot describe it.
When I came out of it I felt satisfied that I
should be made perfectly whole. The next
morning, March 13, I told my daughter I
was going to get up and dress myself; that
I needed no assistance from her, neither
from my crutch, which I had been obliged
to use for years whenever I could rise. I got
up, put on my clothes, and walked about
the room. Pain has left me, the swelling
has left my arms and limbs, and they feel
natural again. I believe I shall regain my
former natural strength, all of whioh I
ascribe to the healing power of faith in
Jesus Christ.”
This lady has abandoned all medicine,
and trusts only in the power of Jesus Christ
On Sunday, March 23, she attended the
Fist Baptist Church in this city, it beiug
the first time she had attended church for
nearly ten years. Two weeks before she
sat up only long enough to have her bed
made. She has since made a visit to
Boston.
Princes.
THEY DIE YOUNG—THE AGES OF MANY WHO
HAVE PASSED AWAY.
The death of the Duke of Albany is right
ly spoken of as premature; yet there can
be little doubt that his life extend consider
ably beyond the average of that of English
Princes. The number is indeed astonishing
of whom there is no record save that they
died young. Not many persons probably
ever heard of Prince Octavius, the eighth
son of George III, who lived a little more
than 4 years; or of Prince Alfred,, his
younger brother, who lived less than 2. To
go back to the Stuarts, Anne gave birth to
seventeen children, of whom the greater
number were stillborn; of the remainder
only one survived infancy, and was carried
off at the age of 11. Anne herself was one
of the eight children of James H. by his
first wife, Mary being the only other who
survived the period of infancey. By Mary
of Modena James had six more chileren, all
of whom died in infancy except the Pre
tender and Maria Louisa, the latter of whom
did not complete her 20th year. Of
Charles I.’s eight children, two died in in
fancy and four between the ages of 15 and
30. Charles, though he met with a violent
death, was the longest lived, save one of his
father’s seven children. The Queen of
Bohemia lived to the age of 66; her three
i sisters all died in early childhood; as did
j Robert Duke of Albany, who came between
j Henry and Charles. - The Tudors were
scarcely more fortunate. Of the six children
of Henry YELL, two sons (by Catherine of
Aragon) died in infancy; while the second
child of Anne Boleyn was stillborn- Henry
was himself the only one of four brothers
who attained to manhood. And a similar
examination extended to the Plantaget
Princes would show that the fates wer eno
kinder to them:
AN ANCIENT CAPITAL'
THE mUTvr.x OF THE SOUTHERN RACE—A
DECAYED METROPOLIS.
This old peninsula between the James
and the York rivers, says a correspondent
of the Cincinnati Enquirer, is the cradle of
the Southern race, I have been at Wil
liamsburg, the capital of Virginia, from
the abandonment of Jamestown to the leg
islative occupation of Richmond, an in
terval of about eighty years, Virginia had
40,000 inhabitants when Williamsburg be
came the capital, of whom nearly 2,000
were negro slaves and 6,000 white slaves,
or people serving their time. When the
capital was removed to Richmond in 1779,
Virginia contained perhaps 500,000 people,
as her population Is put eleven years later
at nearly 750,000. Here at- Williamburg
occurred most of the events which led • to
the adoption of the cause of New England
by the most powerful 8tate to the south of
her, and the biography of Virginia was al
most all molded at Williamsburg. Wash
ington may be said to have been cre
ated in this poor little town, which now
has hardly 1,400 people, including the pop
ulation of the lunatic asylum now located
here, which contains several hundred.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroads run
right to the town, and any person from the
West curious on historical matters can
stop over between trains and will receive
hospitable treatment. The people are
singularly courtesy and simple-minded,
and their knowledge .of their own history
Is so absurd that I advise anybody who
comes to have himself posted In his own
library, that he may be drawn his own in
ferences. You leave the railroad station
and take a path that carries you across a
srort of common and down through a kind
of dry ravine or gully, And in a few min
utes you come out upon a very broad street
perhaps three-quarters of a mile long, and
sandy, and it appears to have lost from
old age a good many of its buildings, be
cause you see a house here and one yonder,
and then old cellarways between them,
and then goose pastures, and perhaps, In
the background, as if they had withdrawn
from so much noise and fashion, there are
old houses, with lanes and lawns a quarter
of a mile long.
Almost every house has green moss on
the roof. Most of them have big chimneys
at the ends, which hold up the decrepit
structures between. Some of these houses
are made of brick with an imported look,
as if they were brought back on the tabac-
co vessels for ballast. More of these houses
are built of frame, and I should say t^jat
In all Williamsburg there are about thirty
or forty quite old and dignified looking
mansions, and the biggest of these is said
to have been the house of George Wythe,
who Instructed Jefferson, and was
singular character, and is said to have
taught one of his slaves Greek. At one
end of the town is the William and Mary
College, consisting of a central brick build
ing, several times repaired and burnt out,
and of two aucient-looking buildings, one
of which is occupied by Mr. Ewell, a broth
er of the rebel General, who has, I am told,
not one single pupil at the present time,
the institution existing in the body, but
not in the spirit. Mr. Ewell has & farm
some miles back, and comes in almost
every day, and waits for pupils who no
longer appear.
The NY a oiling tons.
GRAVE OF THE MOTHER OF THE IMMORTAL
GEORGE—FAMILY REMINISCENCES.
Gen. Casey, says a Washington special to
the Graphic, has just returned from West
moreland county, Ya., where he went to
make the necessary measurements for the
monument to be erected at the birthplace
of Washington, and Congressman Wise, of
of Virginia, now proposes to secure an ap
propriation, from Congress to erect a
memorial tablet upon the grave of Wash
ington’s mother, which is now in a lamen
table state of neglect and decay. The
grave, which is in an old cemetary a few
miles below Fredricksburg, is covered with
a pedestal which was placed there by a
New York gentleman thirty or forty years
ago. He intended to complete the monu
ment, but lost all his money before it was
finished. There now lies at the foot of the
pedestal, hidden by rank weeds, a shaft of
undressed marble with simply marks
where the work was stopped. The grave
is surrounded by a wire fence, but that is
all the attention that ever was paid to it.
The State of Virginia ought to have pat
riotism enough to put this sacred place in
order, but, as it has not, Congress can well
afford to reduce the surplus in the Treasury
by a few thousands to mark a historical
spot and honor a noble •woman’s memory.
A correspondent met an old gentleman
from Fredericksburg the other day and
asked him if there were any people now re
siding there whose memories went back
far enough to recall the Washingtons. He
said there were plenty of reminiscences in
the neighborhood, but they had been hand
ed down from past generations, for the
oldest inhabitant was not bom until the
family had gone to their graves. - Washing
ton’s rather, he said, was not given a very
high character in the local legendary lore,
for he never amounted to a great deal, and
died young, leaving his wife a heavily
mortgaged farm and a large family of chil
dren. Mary Washington or “MotherWash-
ington,” as they ail call her, was a woman
of noble characteristics, and her memory
was very much reverenced. After her hus
band’s death she lived in a little house on
the outskirt of the town, which is now oc
cupied by the village watchmaker, but te
in the last stages of decay. Here
she died and the room in which she
breathed her last is still shown to the few
visitors who come that way,
Her daughter Betty married well, and
her husband was a fine old English gen
tleman. Col. Fielding Lewis, who had con
siderable money ana built a manor house
of imported bricks, which at that time
was the first house in all that country,
and te still standing in good condition. Its
halls and drawing rooms, its dining room
and library are finished in carved oak and
are still the admiration of the devotees of
the antique. The house te owned by a
Baltimore gentleman named Hayward,
who sometimes occupies It during the sum
mer months*
Jallea Manlaeiil.
THE OLD CLOWN DIIS IN HARNESS—DYINt)
WITH A JOES ON HIS LIPS.
Baltimore Sun.
Julien Martlnett. the clown, died sudden*
ly of heart disease last Saturday night. Ho
was performing in the ring of Sells Broth-
era’ circus at Dayton, Ohio., and just per
petrated a medieval joke about mother-in-
law when he fell flat upon the saw-dust and
died. The audience laughed and applaud
ed, thinking the great age of the joke had
overcome tho elown and he had fallen to '
illustrate' its effect. But the attendants
thought otherwise. They knew the good
old clown had cracked his last joke.
Mr. Martinctti was bom In France 63 years
ago, but had made his home in Baltimore
for the last 30 years, living near the comer
of High and Lpw streets most of that time.
His residence at the time of hte death was
at 101 North High stroet. Hte father was
a pantomimist, and he was trained In tho
busines from early youth and had engaged
in it constantly ever since, never once re
laxing hte labors. He had performed all
over the United States and in various parts
of Europe and Groat Britian. He was tho
clown in the pantomimes he engaged in, and
often managed companies of his own. Hte
activity was wonderful. Never contented
if not busy, he turned his attention to muslo
or some like occupation during hte short
and forced vacations from hte loved profes
sion. He could perform excellently on any
musical Instrument, and last summer
organized and led the Excelsior Musical
Band in this city. For the two years pre
vious to last fall he was with Adams
Humpty-Dumpty Company, and last full
made his last appearance In Baltimore on
the stage at Kerman’s Monumental Theatre
with that company. The season previous
he was at Ford’s with the company. In
former years ho was with Colonel Sinn at
Front-Street Theatre, and also peformed at
the old Holliday-Street Theatre.
Hte sons and daughter and their relatives
performed with him in his different tours,
and hte daughter Pauline, who 1s the wife
of Mr. Grossl, the costumer, at 101 North
High street, his granddaughter and her
husband, Mr. Fred Leslie, were performing
in the same troupe with him when he died.
Last fall he left the Adams company and
went to California, where he remained
throughout the winter, playing in patom-
ime in the various cities and towns of that
State, He returned to Baltimore two
weeks ago, but soon closed an agreement
with the Sells Brothers, and left to fill it on -J u - ;
the 16th inst. with hte relatives mentioned,
above. He was then in excellent health
and spirits.
The family know nothing about his
death, except the bare fact that he died
suddenly, which was communicated to
them by telegraph on Sunday night. Hte
wife, whom he married in France, and his
youngest son are at their home in this city'.
His two oldest sons have been in London
for the past seven years performing in
pantomime. Another son, a farmer, near
Columbus, Ky., and hte only other child,
Ers, Grossi, will arrive here, it te expected,
this morning with the remains.
Mr. Martinetti’s engagement with tho
Sells Brothers was his first ig a tented cie-
cus, all his! previous performances being
in regular theatres.
«r
The latest slander on a dnde te that one
bumped his head against a cobweb across
tho street, and had to be carried home with
a cracked skull.
All the money necessary has' been sub
scribed to start the Griffin, Ga n cotton
factory. The capital 6tock 1s about
$84,000.
An Atlanta paper says there are at pres
ent fully 5,000 girls and women earning
their living in the factories in that city,
while ten years ago there were not hardly
500.
There aae now 170 bar rooms in Atlanta
and a dozen new licenses granted every
week. If that rate continues Atlanta will
be a city of bar rooms. Each one pays a
license of $300 per annum.
A negro man brutally murdered a white
woman in Texas because she would not
allow him to sit at her table with the fami
ly. “He received very just punishment, by
being burnt at the stake.
• The Cuthbert, Ga., cotton factory la
crowded with work, having received, on
one day, orders for more goods than
possibly be made in six mnnt.hn, notwith
standing the enlarged capacity from tha
new machinery now being put in.
Americus te about to come to terms with
the Central road. Capt. Raoul proposes that
if the citizens will grade a road from.
Aweficus to Flint river, and another to
Lumpkin to iron, equip and run both
branches. Theywouid do well to accept
that proposition.
At the meeting of the Republican State
Convention in South Carolina April the 13th,
the Chairman, a certain Mr. Miller, pro
posed to colored members, that it would
be right and proper for them to take up
collections at their churches for political,
at the same time they did ffor religious
purposes.
The Georgia Pacific R. R. gave one of
the biggest mortgages several weeks ago
ever put on record in Atlanta. 1$
boughts $240,220.40 worth of rolling stock,
engines Ac., from a New York Kaiim^d
equipping Company, and mortgaged their
road to pay for it, in quarterly installments
running from July 1,1884, to April 1, 1894.
North Carolina shows the greatest In
crease in the number of cotton|mills, no less
than forty-three new mills, with one hun
dred and ten thousand - five hundred and
ninety-five spindles having been added:
Georgia has added twenty .two mllte with
aggregate of one hundred and thirty-nine
thousand one hundred and fifty-six spindles
during the year. :