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' la? VOL 1 -NO 24. TBOMASVJLLE, GEOBGU, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1889 IS AlTIiOAClHNt; foi:- OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, LACES, LACE rr •" ? ■*- ’ > -——AND- CAMBRIC Fans and Parasols, Handkerchiefs • Hosiery, -JEvery Kind- Reduced Prices. News Notes About Town •CALL AT- i. 132 Broad St. About People You Know, or May Not Know. PUT IN PITHY PACKAGES. Sir. W. R. Deak is at the Stuart. Agent VanDyke is quite unwell. Hon. Dan Rountree spent Friday iu the city. Mr. Fred Bibb has returned from Waycross. Mr. Joe Mardre is no longer with the Mitchell House pharmacy. Mr. T. M. Carter, of Baltimore, is among the tourists at the Stuart. Mrs. Ernest Armand passed through the city yesterday en route to Dawson Messrs. T. D. and T. L. Young, of Petersburg, Va., are at the Stuart. Maj. Goff, keeper of the gang, who has been very low, is now improving. Jim Hall went up to Ochlockonec yesterday on legal business. • Charlie Stegall was in the city yes terday. Metcalfe seems to agree with him. Hon. J. M. Wilkinson, of Valdos ta, was here on legal business yester day. Col. D. C. Ashley, a prominent young lawyer of Valdosta, was in the city yesterday. The first melon of the season made its appearance on the streets yester- day. W Deputy Sheriff Tom Sinj went up to Ochlockoueeyestei ter a prisoner. Capt Fleming and party passed through the city yesterday, In their special car, bound tor New Orleans. Crops as a rule arc small, but they have grown very rapidly during the last few days, under the genial influ ence of rain and warm sunshine. ,y at All of the side tracks along the melon holt arc full of ventilated cars, preparatory to the opening of the shipping season. ■ Miss Alice Budd, a charming young lady, of Monticcllo, was a guest at the Willows Friday night. She left yester day morning lor Macon; Mr, D. I. McIntyre is on a busi ness trip to Chicago. Among the Savannah subscribers to the Johns town fund are Messrs'. M.'Y. & D. I. MacIntyre, who gave 825. "All of Thomasville’B industries are prospering. We would.be glad to add to their number a barrel factory and many others that might be named. Dr. Hintcn returned yesterday from Cairo, where he held a Missionary Mass Meeting Friday. Frank Owens, the popular repre sentative of P. P. P., is spending Sunday itt the city. They are having Jumbo parties in Albany. Ten cents admission charged. Cheap enough for as big a thing as a jumbo party. Mr. Harry Baker, who has been at Savannah for some time, has returned and now has charge of Pittman & Baker’s tie camp at Ochlockonee. Mr. Joshua Carroll had the first watermelon of thesdason in town yes terday. Mr. Carroll has two acres in melons, and they are very fine. Dr. T. S. Dekle leaves this morn ing for LaGrangc. He goes to aitend the commencement exercises of the Southern Female College, of which institution his daughter, Miss Bessie, is a student. : i — ••• It is no uncommon thing to sec horses on our streets that appeal to Ihc : 8/ P. (Jr A. very loudly. “A merciful man regardetn his beast.” Mr, S. A. McDermott, whose' visits to Thomasville arc always a pleasure to his friends,will read his testament in Thomasville to-morrow. Perhaps you don’t know that drummers carry tes taments. Mack hails from East Ten nessee, and of course is all right. Read an account of His Own Death. Mr. Neal Bray, a veterau printer, who knows all the ropes in the news paper business from the “devil” up, came up from Tallahassee, Florida, yesterday, where he has been foreman in the composing rooms of the state printing office. Sir. Bray is en route to his old home, Evergreen, Ala. He is one of the few men, the thrilling account of whose supposed death was wired all over the country, and then lived to read the account himself; Many of our readers remember reading au account of the terrible fight between officers and Rube Bur rows’ gang of well kuown train rob- bors, at Montgomery, Ala., January 22nd, 1888. In the fight Bray, one of the officers’ posse, then day foreman on the Advertiser, was shot through and through and was the only one of the officers’ gang seriously hurt. That night seven doctors despaired of his life, having no idea that he could survive with such a wound, more than a few hours. It was then a report of his death was teiegraphed in connec tion with an account of the fray. The robber escaped, but Mr. Bray said yesterday, that after a protracted chase to Texas after the leader, Rube Burrows, he received certain proof of of his death. Mr. Bray has never fully recovered from his experience with the outlaws, and is but a wreck of his former fine physique. A Generous Offer. Mr. L. Schmidt, proprietor of the Thomasville Bottling Works, author izes us to say that he will appropriate the gross sales of soda water, ice cream, sherbert, lemonade, milk shakes, etc., for one day next week to the Pennsylvania sufferers. He’ sug gests next Friday, the 14th,- inst., as the day. His handsome ice cream parlors and establishment ought to be crowded that day. Mr. Schmidt would be glad to have a committee of ladies cjujyasss fqt -customers., ^ Will , $»>»«*»<>, appropriate for the not some oFbur ladies take hold of the matter? Mr. Schmidt’s propositiou is a most liberal ouc, and should be met in an equally liberal way by'the citizens of the town. You will get the worth of your money, besides contributing to a most worthy object. Let everybody go around to the ice cream parlor on Jackson street next Friday. Among the Churches. Dr. J. W. Hinton will preach at the Methodist church this morning at 11 o’clock. The regular quarterly Conference of the church was held last night. The regular services of the Presby terian church, by Rev. J. H. Herbe- ner, pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sabbath school at 9:30. Rev. W. J. Williams will conduct the regular services at the Baptist church. Sabbath school 9:30 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. The services of St. Thomas Episco pal church, Rev. C. 1. LaRoche, Rector, will he conducted over Libra ry, Crawford -street. Go out to church. Cairo Items. Cairo, Ga., June 7, 1889. The new academy is being rapidly completed and is one of the most t con- veniept and well constructed build ings in this section of country. Cairo, as she should be, is proud of her school facilities. There are many <%cw private resi dences going up, as well as new busi ness houses. This speaks well for the confidence of the people in Cairo property, and the future bids fair to be a most interesting and prosperous one. The farmers report good crops, the merchants good trade, and Cairo is prosperous. The town was lively yesterday, owing to the meeting in the Metho dist church. MISSIONAKY KXERCISKS. Thursday night w as the occasion of one of the most interesting entertain ments our little city has witnessed for some time. This was the occasion of the Missionary Mass Meeting, in the Methodist church. ^ Entering the church, garlands and wreaths of cedar and other shrubbery, in most graceful profusion, were seen hung over the pulpit, windows and around the sides of the building. Iu rear of pulpit were placed, in large and well formed letters, “Help the Iiiutou Society work for Jesus.” At 8 o’clock the church was tilled to overflowing, with many outside, all anxious to witucss the interesting pro gramme prepared for them. For want of space we arc compelled to omit details. The choir, led by Mr. Douglass, with Miss Powell as organist, rendered lee Cream Parlor. Mr. L. Schmidt, at his new estab lishment on Jackson street, formerly occupied by Mrs. Jennie Carroll, has fitted up an elegant ice cream saloon Parties will be served with any kind of ice cream, ices, soda water, mineral waters, frui-miz, (a delicious Mexican drink) all made at his establishment, in the best style. Mr. Schmidt is ably seconded in his efforts to please the public by Mr. Jas. Holloway, who will take pleasure in waiting on all who call. Young Female College. One week from to-day the com mencement exercises of Young Female College will open with a sermon Irani Rev. Robert H. Harris, who is too well known to need words of commen dation to a Thomasville audience. Commencement week of this time- honored institution has been for years the occasion of the re-union of its alumni, who, after leaving its shelter ing arms, went out to take their places in the great world. The approaching season promises to be fully as interesting as any of its predecessors, and the class of young ladies that graduate equals in scholar ship and deportment anythat have left the college halls. ( . Invite your friends to spend the week in the city, aqd thus aid in making commence ment week popular and pleasant. occasion. The exercises by the little children, under the management of Mrs. Ousley, were highly creditable to the children and very much appreciated by the audience. The Missionary addresses by Rev. Geo. G. N. McDouell and Mr. Willie Aiusworth were very interesting, lin ing full of information, and eloquent. The eiitertaiuUient was a complete success throughout and a credit to the society here. Friday morniug Rev. G. G. X. McDouell, of Thomasville, delivered quite an able address in the Metho dist church. The houso was crowded and all showed their appreciation by the good attention given. At 1 o’clock Dr. J. W. Hinton dis missed the audience for dinner, which was prepared in the grove for them. There was an abundance of every thing to tempt the appetite of the most fastidious ami it is useless to say those present did it justice. After an intermission of three hours all returned to the church to listen to a discourse from Dr. J. AV. Hinton. The speaker came up to the full ex-, pcctations of the people, and, as usual, gave them a very tine discourse. Rev. Mr. McDouell lectured to the people of our town and’ community Friday night, on Mexico. Mr. Mc- Dohell brought before the people many new and interesting thoughts concerning the strange customs of the Mexican people. The address was au able one and enjoyed by all who heard it. _ Visitor. Brought Back Sheriff Hurst returned from Talla hassee yesterday noon, bringing back with him Jim Gabes, a negro who is charged with attempting to kill his wife in this county. He was lodged in jail to await trial. Twenty-nine commercial gentle men, representing many of the lead ing houses in the United States, were registered at the Stuart last night. They will not go to sleep in church to-day.- Hou. Ben Russell, of Baiubridge, spent a few hours iu the city yester day. 1 [c was cu route to Waycross,: where lie will spend Sunday with his family. His tenure of the post office of his native city has not been dis turbed, and his frieuds trust that he will be allowed to serve out his term. Weather Bulletin for the 24 hours ending at 7 o’clock I*. M June 8, 1889. Temperature. 7 a. m 73 2 p. m 87 7 p. m 80 Maximum For 24 hours 80 Minimum “ “ “ 70 Rainfall Latest from Johnstown. '.Johnstown, I’a., June 7.—“Are the horrors of the flood to give way to the terrors of a plague?” is the ques tion that is now agitating the valley of Conemaugh. To-day opened warm and almost sultry, and the stench that assails one’s senses as he wanders through Johnstown is almost over power. Sickness, iu spite of the pre cautions and herculean labors of the sanitary authorities, is on the increase, and ’ fears of an epidemic grow with every hour. “It is our impression,” said Dr. T. S. White, assistant to the state board of health, this morning, “that there is going to be a great deal of sickness here within the next week. Five cases of malignant diphtheria were located this morning on Bedford street, and as they were in different houses they mean five starting points ot disease. All this talk about the danger of au epidemic is not exag gerated as many suppose, but is found ed on experience. There will be plenty ot typhoid fever and kindred diseascr here within a week or ten days, in my opinion.” Eight thousand men have been at work to-day clearing out the debris, but truth compels the statement that the undertaking has not, been fairly started. Fires are burning up and down the valley of the Conemaugh as far as the eye can reach. The air is thick with smoke, and yet, to people familiar with the situation, the efforts of this army of earnest workers are 'hardly appreciable. Some]* " ““ system is being estaMisKet]. most careful estimates are to the effect that it will take 10,000 men for weeks to clear out the heaps of ruin piled up between the hills in tho course ot the river. Human fancy cannot conceive the horrors of the situation! This report is being written from the second stoiy of a building worth probably 815, which commands a view of the moun tainous wreck at Point bridge. The stench that is wafted through the dooi less aad windowless structure by every passing breeze is sickening. 'The pneumonia scourge grows alarmingly Dr. Sweet, of Philadel phia, a prominent member of Groffs staff, came down from the Cambria hospital to-night with a startling re port. Dr. Groff had retired, and no official actian could be taken; Dri Sweet said: "Prospect Hill is full of pneumonia, with some diphtheria and measles. The hospital is lull to over flowing and to-day I attended forty- two cases on the outside. They were almost all severe cases of pneumonia. There is every condition needed for a spread of the disease, and I fear an epidemic. A row ot human feel was noticed sticking out of the sand on the river baiyk near Kernvillc. A gang of men soon unearthrd the bodies of two men and one girl, all in a good state ot preservation. The Woolfolk Trial. Piiiuiv, Ga., June 7.—Court con vened at Sijo o’clock this morning and exhausted thirty-six panels of forty- eight jurors each without obtaining a jury. At 11:20 o’clock the sixth iuror was obtained, and at 11:30 o’clock the seventh. Work moved along rapidly until 5:30 o’clock, at which time elev en jurors had been obtained. It is now thought to be certain that a jury will be secured, as 150 more subpoenas have been sent out for to-morrow, and only one juror is needed. The defense has only one more strike, which makes it certain that a jury will be obtained with 150 more men to draw on. Mr. Charlie Ilargrette, formerly a Boston hoy, and who at one time re sided in Thomasville, hut now a con ductor on the B. & W., between Al bany and Brunswick, was in tho ’ city yesterday. • - . Keep the City Clean. Inspector Pinson told our reporter yesterday that he was badly in need ol additional teams and hands to be used in keeping the city clean, -1 This is by all odds the most impor tant matter bctorc our city fathers,and they ought to provide means, at.once, for keeping Thomasville in thorough sanitary condition. Keep the city clean, and thereby keep it healthy. Keop it healthy and thereby keep i( prosperous. Fifty pieces Dress Ginghams, assorted styles, at 6 3-4 cents per yard. Levy’s Mitchell House Corner Am* .1 » |> * ■:h 1 1 i j