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v ; "V. VOL. 1-NO 171. THOMASVTLLE, GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 30, ’889 • w " ■ ’ . ■ - : .? .« ■* from “ At... 7 20am ' leht and aocora. from W’ayo..Ar... 4 50pra '■? .. .. f 0 r Cbatt. I.v... 0 00 pm * *• “ for Wave....Lv... 8 00am from Chatt. Ar... 6 30 a m TIIOMASVIIXE AND MONTICELLO. folit accom. for Monticello I.v • ■ .8 45 a m *P .i from “ ....Ar.. .6 00 p m <t mail for “ •• ■ 9S *’ ra frura “ ....Ar..1210pm . 'i>V . . . SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU AT R, Thomas JrY 126 Brood Sired. B. Bondurant Vountoer Observer (Feather Bulletin for the 24 hours endiDg ? o’clock P. M., Nov. 29, 1889. TaMrsuATuar. . ^ i. 98 ximnm for 24 hours 49 nimiim “ " “ 31 Heavy frost. See telegram. SjV 3 m & jAr.verwvti.i.E_NtlV. 29.’89. W.S. Hamilton . University of Virginia, Oct, 15, 1889, In Memorlam. Mrs. S. A. McKee, died at the resi dence of her husband, Dr. J. A. Mc Kee, in this city, on Tuesday the 26th iost. f in her 8oth year. In early life, and when she was quite yoilng, she felt it was her duty to devote,her life and services to the advancement of the Christian religion among all with whom she might come in contact. To this end she gave her time and attention to such duties iff her school days as would most effec tually qualify her Tor the duties which God in his Providence had called her to perform. Circumstances, no doubt Providen tial, called her from her native home in Massachusetts, to what was then considered the western frontier of this country. And at Hanover, Ind., she scft^ol 'for young ladies, in which en terprise she was emincptly successful, and many aged and Christian women ot that country remember her faithlul services, pious walk, and godly life, with veneration and respect. While thus engaged, she made the acquain tance of her husband, who was a student in Hanover College at the time, and, who, influenced by the like motives and purposes, had en tered upon his studies for the purpose of entering the ministry, under the auspices and guidance of the Mctho dist church. There was a harmony of intention and purpose between these two young people. They had like motives, feelings and purposes, and drawn to each other by an affinity which the writer thinks was heaven- born, they were united in marriage, and for halt a century they have walked side by side through prosperi ty and adversity at various places and under varying circumstances. And wherever and whenever the Master called for active work, sell denial, and instruction to the young and consecration to his service, she was always foremost in the work. Her death was peaceful and pleasant, there was no struggle. She went into the arms of Jesus, her savior, like a child would go into the arms of a loving mother, and galmly and peacefully, and with a Christian fortitude and calmness which challenges the admi ration of the world, she took her de - parture for the skies, escorted by angels and heavenly messengers to the mansion prepared for her. We shall sec her no more with our mortal eyes. She has gone from her place in the earth to the higher realms of immortality. She is lost to the church, to the missionary society, to husband, home and friends. But she is to*day experiencing in her heavenly home what the apostle meant, when he said: “We know not what we shall be, but we shall be like Him, for we shall sec Him as He is." It was on the outer lines of advanC' ing civilization, shedding its rays of beneficent Christian light over the waste places, that she did her most effective work. Plain and unpreten tious, she contributed to the develop ment of the country and the perraa- ! nent establishment ot society upon a ! Christian basis. Her duties to the J church were never neglected nor j evaded, and in her.ptivate life she «X- i emplified the beautiful virtues of Iter 1 religion. With a faith that never ,] faltered nor grew dim, she met death. [ It had no tenors for her. She crossed - the river in the arms of her loving J Savior, and met the great Judge with , a conscience void of offense towards i God and man. She left life without a ^ blot or stain to mar its fair page, and i in every relation of life, proved her self a true, sincere and Christian wo man. -f All along the pathway of her life are scattered the jewels of jeharity,, that will finally be gathered home by the angels in eternity,” “As |» neigh bor, she was always kind; as A friend, always true; and as, a Wife, J»t only devoted but idolatrous.” Nest to her God she loved her husband..‘Her life was great, her death sublime. AFriend. copy. Business Men in Politics. In his recent r *peech before the New York Chamber of Commerce Mr. Cleveland made an appeal for busi ness men to go into politics. “I do not hesitate to say," he said, “thatwe should helve more business men in ourjlfational Legislature.” r “* in its broader relatiotufas vitally touching all inter ests and especially concerned in good government and just and equal laws, he thought he could not-be mistaken iat “s^me. dangers which beset'Out political life might be avoid ed or.safely met if our business men would more actively share in public affairs, and that nothing would better befit the character and objects of your orgahiattjoh than a practical move ment. Lopk at the make-up of the nation al council-in America and Europe: 1 - House of Commoos. ’RepreaentaHvfi Professional men..204 Eight Thousand out of Employ ment., Lynn, Mass., Nov, , 27.—Promt nent manufacturers are now df the opinion that the total lose will reagh nearly $5,000,000. The number of buildings burned is 296, of which 42 were, brick blocks, 11? \wooden buildings used for busi ness purposes, and 142. dwellings, occupied by 162 families.; The number of laboring people thrown out of work is about 8,000, ng Eighty seven shoe- mnnufai establishments are wiped opt'. * PATROLLED BY MILtTIA. v^’’ , ’ The city'ia to-day well pfctr militia;six companies, £50 Chicago Ready‘ffiFTffififirfr CmcAfiO, III., Nov. 27.—The arrangements for the reception of Gov. Gordon of Georgia have been almost completed. The governor will arrive by a special limited train over the Michigan Southern railroad at 9:50 o’clock Saturday morning. He will he mot at Whiting by a commit tee of prominent, citizens, including Mayor Crcgicr and ex-Mayor Harri son. Returning, the party will leave the train at Twenty-second street, where, under escort of the First Regi raent Illinois National Guards, car riages will be taken. The carriage in which Gov. Gordon, accompanied by Mayor Cregicr, will ride, will be drawn by four roan horses, and will occupy a position near the center of the procession. Saturday evening Qov. Gordon will deliver a lecturo in the Central Music hall on “The In fluences of the Late Civil War on the Future of the American Republic." — Mrs. Jennie Croly is president of tlio Woman’s Press Club, organized in New York a few days ago.’ Mrs 1 Lippincott is first vice president, and Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, formerly of Georgia, is second vice president. Georgia’s sons and daughters general ly occupy prominent positions wherev er they go. Mrs. Bryan is recognized ns a writer of unusual ability, and she receives a large salary .-—News, Governor-elect Campbell, of Ohio, is a Knight Templar, a member of the Knights ol Pythias, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Order of Elks. He attends the Presbyterian church, and is extremely charitable. Campbell is a great worker and is very syste made. He possesses marked Scotch characteristics, one of which is a stub born adherence to any opinion once formed, A woman who favors equal suf frage wants to know if it is a crime to be a woman. No, but it is not manly. We will say no more.—Bos ton Trausoript. •‘And now,"said the colored preach er, “let us pray for the people on tho uninhabited portions of tho earth Life. Lawyers Mad? lip of ; rera* 3 _ ymmerec and ; Trade 127 Thu] Sprini terial resented out of a'total Ambitious Alaska. When Mr. Seward purchased Alas ka from Russia for $7,2,000,000 he made a good bargain. The resources of that great country were then unknown. The average American citizen supposed it was nothing more than a succession ot ice fields and fit for the habitation of no other form of life than Esquimaux and polar bears. This misapprehen sion has faded away in the light of investigation and experiment. The cliraato in most parts of Alaska is pleasant during a great part of the year and is never so severe as the popular prejudice used to make it. The couiltry abounds in mineral wealth. There is coal in great quan tities and gold in deposits which will certainly repay the working. The seal fisheries are the finest in tho world. The company which has en joyed a monopoly of these fisheries for *^8try! , ."’".7.’.’”.K,4 tho ynst twenty-five years has cleared. millions of dollars. Alaska is devel oping in every sense. Its population increasing lapidly by reason of immigration from the United States and Cannda. A system of public schools has been adopted and is in successful operation. Capital has been largely invested there during tho past two years. One of the evidences ot the confidence of the people in the future of Alaska is their desiro to re ceive larger political recognition from the United States. A popular .con vention hns recently been held for tho purpose of securing, if possible, a better form of territorial government. The request of the people of- Alaska is just ami reasonable. They ought to have a delegato in congress just as Arizona and the other territories have. They are entitled to the best form of fllgQ territorial • government that 111 devised.-. When their pctitiiijJHpBT before congrcs it should receive V0P fill consideration. An examination into the claims and prospects of Alpfrt ka will result in the concession of all that its people ask in tho way of a territorial government,—Telegraph Editor*.......t.'... 12 Professional men...l0 Doctors..;..;,.",;.... J Ministers Politicians......... 18 . Labor.' ,i........ 2 Total....' Industry............ 24 Commerce and Trade24; Agriculture........ 21 Total...333 ■? States, says the blican. the great ma- of the country are rep ly by only about 69 men only 20 per cent, of the country’s': representation i n the popular branch of the National Legislature stand for ihoi business in terests of which Mt*. Cleveland speaks; while on the other h#pd, the industry, trade and agriculture of Great Britain nmoiia of 450 cut. of a total of 070 firtrers, -o^otr&u?^wwiifr*nfKih'g,' again, tho United States senate wefind a similar representative character, 57 of the 76 members being lawyers or professional men, while only 19 arc engaged in trade, manufacturing and agriculture.—Augusta Chronicle. Wire and Picket Fence. From the American Agriculturist. The fence of the future seems to be the wiro and picket. Most of tho fence machines are made to use five wires, but three wires are used in this section. As now made, the machines use two wires ol equal size in each strand, twisting them both alike, but a fence built in this mntiner is sure to sag, no matter how tightly it may be strained at first, ns the pickets will shrink, or the wire wear into the corners enough to throw it out of line. The best way is to use threo wires about the size of telegraph wire, straining these tightly iu their place; have the machine made so that the wires pass through the center of the hub, using a wire about half the size to twist arouud this and the picket. A fence well made iu this manner will not sag out of line. These fences cost from 50 to 75 cents a rod complete. Anything can lie utilized for the pick ets— s-nnll, straight saplings, about an inch in diameter; slats, that can be cut from an old board fence; or pick ets sawed on purpose, which cost from $3.50 to $5 per thousand. These, if pointed on top, and the fence built so they are all on a lino on top, and painted with somo cheap mineral paint, will look neat, last many yeais, and can easily be repaired if any pickets get broken. Such a fence is not dangerous to stock. Our esteemed northern republican contemporaries never fail to prove, when they can, the respectability of a southern convert to their party, by stating that he served in the confeder ate array.—Telegraph. Mudge—Doctor, if I were to lose my mind, do you suppose I would be aware ot it myself. Dr. Boless—You would not. And very likely none of your acquaintances would notice it, either.—Terre Haute Express. One nf the questions that has been discussed by christinns a great deal is this: What was the language that Christ spoke? In England recently interest in this question has been revived by Dr. Alexander Roberts, who has just published a large vol ume of evidence going to prove that Christ spoke Greek.—News. Maj. Campbell Wallace, of Atlanta, who took the oatli of office before Chief Justice Bleckley the other day as a member of the railroad commis sion nf Georgia, will be 90 years old when bis term expires, if he is living at that time.—Ex. ¥e have just re ceived 12 pieces of Dress Goods in all the leading colors. These? goods are 36 inches wide,a* Ter their *t the extreme!., 'w price of 2 5 l' varcl! At this loV price we expect to close them all out this week. 10 new rolls ot Carpets, entirely new patterns, just received. Levys He Followed Instruction.—Irate wife—John Hawkins, you were brought home on a shutter again last night. I want you to understand, that this is to be the last time. John Hawkins—Yes, Matilda. The next evening he made the boys promise to take him home in a wheel- harrow, as his wife objected to shut ters.—Judge. Mrs. George Bancroft, a remarka bly close observer, once said she never knew an Englishman, however emi nent in art or science, who, if he had dined with a duke, could help men tioning the fact to all his acquaint ances. —Telegraph. Quevido—Shakespeare must have suffered from cigarettes. Curtis—AY’hy, what do you mean? Quevido — Don’t yon remember where he says “the offense is rank and smells to heaven.”—Philadelphia In quirer. The Methodist Church, North, will spend something over $r,000,000 in foreign missions this year. It is an open question whether the investment of the money at home would not bring in larger returns.—Ex. A recent report of an expert makes the average duration of tne steel rail thirty-five years. [Mitchell House Block: