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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. :