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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1889.
Special
OFFISH
-for—
This Week,
News Notes About Town
About People You Know, or May
Not Know.
PUT IN PITHY PACKAGES.
Carlos Helms is now at Wolff’s
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Capt, Paine has returned home.
Mr. Duuwoody Jones, of Atlanta,
is in the city.
Mr. E. B. Hornady, of Atlnnta, is
in the city.
Summer coats were abandoned for
a while yesterday.
The plasterers arc at work on I)ekle
& Cook’s store.
Mr. J. I{. Forrester, of Albany, was
at tho Stuart yesterday.
5,000 yards Checked Nainsook at 5c,
worth ioc.
5,000 yards Checked Nainsook at 8c
worth 12 1-2.
5,000 yards Checked Nainsook at 10,
worth 15c.
5,000 yaids Figured White Lawn at
12 i-2c, worth 20.
Capt. Winter returned from Athens
yesterday evening.
Hr. Stegall took a trip up on the
Albany division yesterday.
Mr. W. F. Hubert went up to
Camilla yesterday morning.
Small shipments of Irish potatoes
I arc being made from this place.
This is a special
drive and is well
worth your atten
tion.
If you want to rent or buy a piano,
or need a sewing machine, apple at
this office.
Mr. J. Claraudon Simmons,
Louisville, Ky., is in the city.
of
Police Proceedings.
Mayor Hopkins did not have many
offenders to initiate into the myster
ies of law transgressions yesterday
morning. The following cases were
disposed of.
Wesley Hansel), a small boy, was
up for fighting for the first time. He
was let off with the cost. AVillie Fra
zier, discharged. Annie Thomas, dis
orderly conduct, fined 84. Emma
Coleman, charged with same ofieuce,
discharged. John Davis, fined 811 for
contempt of court, in failing to obey
summons.
Masonic Notice.
Notice is hereby given that doting
G. H. P. Wollehein, who was an
nounced to he in Thomasvillc on
Monday night, June .'ird, to revive It.
A. Chapter and confer degrees, has
postponed the appointment to Monday
night, June 10th. Charter members and
candidates will take due notice and
govern themselves accordingly.
W. M.
Six Men Killed by the Blowing Down
of a Building.
Extending the Mains.
The force was busy yesterday ex
cavating for the purpose of laying the
water mains on tipoer Broad Street'
Parties who desire water will do well
to notify Superintendent Thompson
at once that no delay may result. In
this matter it is like going to mill—
first come, first served.”
5,000 yards wh.ie India Linen at 5c,
\ worth ioc.
5,000 yards white India Linen at 8c,
.worth 12 :-2.
5,000 yards white India Linen at idc,
worth 15.
Iiev. J. W. Hinton was in the city
yesterday.
We have the best
and largest assort
ment of white lawns
ever offered in this
market. Would call
your special atten
tion to our
20c Nuiliber,
Fires were plentiful nnd decidedly
comfortable ou yesterday.
Mr. C. S. Adams, of New York, is
stopping at the Stuart House.
Jim
Blnckshear, tho inimitable,
was in to\vu yesterday, talking crops.
Miss Maud Dickerson, a charming
young lady of Bainbridge, is visiting
Miss Jeter.
Three new pigeon traps passed
through the city yesterday for the
Boston Gun Club,
Mr. R. W. Gladding went np to
Bacontou yesterday, returning last
night. Mr. Gladding’s route, tho
Monon, reaching from Lou sCille to
Chicago, was perfectly willing to
reduce rates on melons beyond the
Ohio, but other roads would not agree.
This friendly dbnpsttion on the port
of the Monon 'mtt jlfiTproperly 'appre
ciated by melon growers.
which in width, fin
ish and sheerness of|
woof, surpasses any
thing ever shown at
this price.
Mrs. Pete Bone was called to
Macon yesterday by the illness of
a relative.
Mr. George Faison, of Moultrie, is
in the city visiting his son, Mr. J. W.
Faison. It is his first visit in about
four years.
lion. Arthur Patten went over to
25 dozen bleached damask towels,
knotted fringe, at 15c, well worth
Cairo yesterday on busiuces for the
Title and Guarantee company.
25c.
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25 dozen Huckabock Towels at ioc,
"y/orth 25c.
For 25c we can give you the very
best towel, 1 1 4 yards long, all linen
and fast colored borders, ever shown
in Thomasville.'
Willie Fleming has returned from
Bainbridge. While there lie went on
a steamboat excursion down the Chat
tahoochee river.
Augusta, Thomasville and Gulf.
Mr. Rike, of Carabclle, Fla., was in
the city ycitcrday. He says that the
railroad to tho gulf has been changed
to the Augusta, Thomasville and Gulf
R. R., and he seems sanguine of its
early completion. The state gives
the road fifteen thousand acres of land
for every mile of road completed.
Danville, Va., May 30.—A terrible
rccident occurred here to-day. J. G.
Penn was building a large brick tobac
co factory on Bridge street, nearly 200
long and six stories high. The walls
had been completed,and the carpenters
were at work on it. The wind was
blowing hard, and about 2 o’clock
tills afternoon the entire building came
down with a crash. Robert Pruitt,
William Young, G. B. Jones, Buck
Hooper and D. N. Collie were killed.
Henry Oates will die and six others
were badly injured. It is the worst
accident of the kind known in*the city.
.Several men were buried in the ruins
and considerable time elapsed before
they were extricated.
NEAk THE FROST LINK. '
Montgomery,Ala.,May 30.- -There
has been a considerable fall in the
temperature in the last twenty-four
hours. Fires and overcoats are in
demand. There is no danger of frost,
but it is very near the line.
Missouri’s rig storm.
Kansas City, Mo., May 30.—The
storm of Tuesday and Tuesday night
was general over Missouri, Kansas
and Nebraska, and delayed nearly all
trains coming into Kansas City. Near
ly all the telegraph poles along the
Southern railroad were blown down
and south of Ida, Kan., there were
many overflows.
THE TORNADO AT CLEMENTS.
Emporia, Kan., May 30.—Captain
Milton Brown was the only person
killed outright in the Clements tornado.
His wifcjjjoweve
STORMS PLAY SAD HAVOC. signal service bureau
R. Thomas Jr's-126 Broad Street.
O. S. Boalurant Vount3er Observe
Wont her li>i!inliii for the 24 hours ending
nt ■ o'clock I’. M. May 31, 1R80.
Tkmpbratdre.
7 a. in
- I>. >n 70
7 p. 111
Maximum for 24 hours,
Minimum
Rainfall..
Latest Telegraphic News.
Florida is Safe.
Montgomery, Aea., May 30.—
Dr. Jeroue Cochran, state health offi
cer of Alabama, has returned from a
trip to South Florida and Ilavanna.
He went to investigate the yellow fe
ver situation. He reports that there
has been no yellow fever in Florida
since January, except one case rc-
! ported in April at Sanford. In Ha-
vanna he found a little fever, only a
dozen to twenty cases a week. He
says the general health of the people
is exceptionally good, and gives it a3
his opinion that there will bo no frenh
outbreak of yellow fever in Florida
this summer unless there is fresh im
portations of the disease.
Blaine Intends to Stick.
Washington, May 30.—Secretary
Blaine said to a friend to-duy: “I
see that- the newspapers are resigning
me again. I can stand it if they can.
They do not seem to know that I
took my present place to continue the
work I began in 1881, and that I
diall not resign till I have at least ac
complished some of it. I expect, of
course, to lcmaiu here throughout the
administration.”
PRICES AT
LEVY’S
Burned.
We learn from a card from G. L.
Taylor, a colored preacher who lives
here, that while in Oconee, visiting
his brother, the house was burned and
he lost all his possessions. Taylor is
a traveling Baptist preacher and we
are sorry to learn of his.
killed, and fruit trees badly nipped by
the frost.
Missouri’s little deluge.
Mexico, Mo., May 30.—The rain
fall of Tuesday, Tuesday night and
yesterday was 4.9 inches, larger than
j ever before reported in this section.
.. ,, ! The rain was accompanied by heavy
Mh. Editor: : winds. Much damage was done to
Please allow me spac^in your col- the wheat crop, which was just begin-
live, having had her leg almost tom
from her body Their son. Edward,
had his leg and shoulder broken Miss
Sarah Brown had her ankle broken
and is internally injured, and a baby
is also badly hurt. The storm was
about 100 fee' in width and traveled
around Clements, tallowing the course
of die Cottonwood river in a south
easterly course, and more than? dozen
farms are denuded of their buildings
-id orchards, and the crops are rie
stroyed.
A FREEZE AT CHEBOYGAN.
Cheboygan, Mich.. Mav 30 It
froze hard here Tuesday niuht, ice
forming an eighth of an inch thick. Eariv
vegetables and tender plants
The Georgia Editors.
The Memphis Avalanche of Wed
nesday says:
A meeting was held yesterday
A Card.
. Our new and elegant selection of
Challies are still all the rage, and are
selling at a very satisfactory rate. In
summer silks we have still some very
choice patterns left, which we are
offering at greatly reduced rates,
Mr. P, B. Slays, of Moutioelio, was
in the city yesterday. Ho says the
T. G. C. will receive a challenge from
them soon.
£?ui remnant cqunterjor this week
contains some very desirable bar
gains, and mothers would do well to
take advantage of this.
Messrs. George and Thad Reese
went up to Americus yesterday to
witness the marriage of their brother
Mr. Otis Reese, of that place.
All lines complete.
Stock acknowledged
to be the largest.
Prices lower than
ever. Do not fail to
nomo and inspect.
We are anxious to
show you our goods
whether you buy or
not.
Mr. Hansell Merrill has returned
home. He went to Atlanta to attend
the Supreme Court, anr] to Birming
ham, Ajg.
Mr. Nelms, of the Boston club,
made a splendid record Thursday in
the match, breaking twenty-four out
of a possible twenty-five. This was
the highest individual score made.
Mr. W. Hall Parker is uow with
Messrs. Steyepnap, pp Rmd street.
Hall has many friends in the city
whom he will bp glad to see at his new
place of business,
Hon. Henry G.
umns to return my sincere thanks to! nin 2 t0 turn -
the good people of Thomasville for ENI) 01 A drought
the kind attention shown me during
my recent illness. Respectfully,
A. S. White.
Mr. S. N. Beach takes charge of
the prescription department of the
Mitchell House Pharmacy to-day.
Mr. Beach, tylio is a graduate of the
College of Pharmacy, New York, has
been with the Brighton Drug Store
for the past six months, and is quite
popular.
Turner and his
daughter passed through the city yes
terday, cn route home from a visit of
a few days to Atlanta and Macon.
F.N.Lolmsteia,
Miss Lucy Harrison, of Marshall-
ville, who has been visiting thp fami
ly pf Mr. Leb Dekle, in Fletcherville,
left Ii 1
lor hprhome yesterday at &3()
o’clock. Miss Harrison made many
Mr. R, A. Lytle, a prominent mer
chant of Bainbridge, accompanied by
his wife and Miss Maud Dickenson,
passed through the city yesterday 011-
route for New York, where they will
spend two months.
c-ium; aivi-jn mrougn a portion ol | U J’ iin d down file river, returning
alley this afternoon. J’lie barn '’™ m| t D o'clock,
hn \V. Criswell was biown down, in charge of tho committee the
_ . i- „—„ - - ■ guests will lie driven around the city,
then to the Cotton and Merchants’
Exchange building, where the mem
bers ol both will meet and welcome
Mr. Robert E. llruoe, contractor
and byilder, of this place, who has
been at Tjfton some time, has r?tprp-
ed for a few days, I jo says every
thing L in an excitement up there ou
account of the recent Youug-Gold-
en tragedy.
Mbs Ida Sheffield came up from !
Quincy, Fla., yesterday apti spent the
.low ™i*l. Xf.-„o TN... T> Tl c„ .
day with # at e Ball. Miss Shef-
Helt} leave? to-day for her home at
Cedar Springs, Ga.
New Orleans, May 30.—Dispatch
es from many points in I.ousiana and
Mississippi show that a drought of
several weeks was broken yesterday
by good rains.
A CYCLONE IN WEST’t .RclNIA.
Baltimore, May 30.—'The Sun’s
Marlinsburg (IV. Va.) special says:
‘‘A cyclone swept through a portion of
this vail
of John
killing J. R. Powell and fatally injuring
John Yogle, who had taken refuge
therein from the storm Vogle was
brought to town, but died to-night,
l’owell leaves a wife and fourteen chil
dren. Wheat was beaten to the ground,
trees uprooted and much fencing de
stroyed.”
RAIN IN FLORIDA.
Jacksonville, May jo.-Tiie drouth
of the past six or seven weeks ended
yesterday, and showers continued to
day with promise of more rain. Or
ange trees have sited their fruit bad
ly, and young trees have died in some
sections. It is feared that the loss on
the next crop will Le serious in both
quality and quantity. In some Parts
of the state no rain had (alien since
the first week in March. The present
rains are general.
SNOW IN -MICHIGAN.
Detroit, Mich., May 30.— A heavy
afternoon int-*..
make
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tertainment of the membirs of the
Georgia Editorial Association, who
will arrive here to morrow morning.
President Peters for the Merchant’s
Exchange, and President. Woodson
fur tlie Cotton Exchange, instructed
tlie meeting to consider their respec-
institutious surrendered to the
Georgia journalists for the time being,
to iin v extent of courtesies and hospi
talities the entertainment committee
'might see proper to assign. Both
gentlemen, along with Capt. Arnold
for tlie Jockey Club, said that Mem
phis should go into the business for
■ill it was worth, promising their indi
- vicinal contributions and influence,
were | and bespeaking liberal co-operation
’ I r °ni the business committee. Captain
Arnold, in behalf of his club, extend
ed tlie courtesies of tho club-house at
Montgomery Park, stating thnt he
was only sorry tlie time was too short
to arrange a trotting race or two for
the further entertainment of tho vis
itors.
The day will.he spent in the follow-
' imm nor:
At (i:30 a. in.-—Reception and en
tertainment committees meet at the
Peabody and ride down to the Kan
sas City, Memphis and Birmingham
railroad depot, to meet tlie party and
escort them to the I’eobouy, where
hrcakfa«t will i/e served at H o'clock.
a. m.—Same committee again
meets at the Peabody and escorts vis
hors to steamer C. B. Bryan, which
will take tlie party on an excursion
to close out for the
season.
Call and see our
10c line of assorted
Dress Goods. Only
about 20 pieces left.
We have another
invoice of Hemstitch
ed embroidered floun-
ings coming. They
will be open for in
spection on the 22nd.
For genuine good
goods, at closing out
prices, call at
9M.
1321BE0ABf3f.. 1J0B.SJA0KS0N.
, . ,;r For Sale ?r Rent.
friends and acquaintances while in i A piano, good as new. Also a
our citv ’ * ’ j eomparatiTely new Singer sewing machine
°‘ ,r C, V ’ - 1 for sale. Apply at this offic e c I tf
• , / rtnt.a»y
tall of snow for this season of the year
:s reported from several parts ot the
state to-day. At Schoolcraft the snow
- is 4 inches deep and still falling, while
at Portland and Flint the average depth
is 2 inches, but owing to alftiost a hur
ricane it has drifted to a much greater
depth. The damage to crops is great
'eahody
Leaving the (*eabody at 2:30 o’clock
p. m., they will lie escorted to the East
,n.l dummy,where they will ’ oep ] aeed
aboard a train and Ken to Montgora-
e P;,l a rk. ihere the real festivities
°t tlie '..ay will occur. After the ob
servances tlie guests will be returned
to the Peabody to take supper, if they
desire, thence to proceed to the spe
cial train in waiting at the. foot of
Monroe street and proceed to Kansas
City.
A firm who recently sent out “re
minders” of unpaid bills to certain of
its customers received in response to
,;) . ne ,?*" them, to whom “plenty of
time” had been granted, this touching
appeal: “You have been very good
to me. Please continue to be good,
and I will pay you soon.” 80 per-
Levy’s
Dry (Ms House
Mitcliell House Corner
siiasivc an application for an exten
sion ot time had its effect, and- the
members of The firm voted, in execu
tive session, tc he “good” a little while
longer.
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