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V'OL. II—KO. 115. THOM AS VILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNJNG, SEPTEMBER 27, 1890, They all Sing THE • “We’ve found the store where buyers get the very best attention, With great variety of goods, too numerous to ment’on. So low the prices arc, they beat the lowest calculation; Which makes us as a family sing out like all creation.” And that, is the reason trade with -THE- FAIR and SQUARE PLACE TO BUY Staple & Fancy DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, Furnishing Goods, aroTiows, Ac*. ALWAYS Stocked with a full lice of now and ALWAYS Beady to make you the lowest prices, quality considered. ALWAYS Beady to serve you well and save you money, ✓ F. N. LOHNSTEIN, LOCAL HAPPENINGS. The News of the Day Told in Brief—Personals, Etc. Vote the straight ticket next Wed' A crowd of country people will in town to-day. he It looked rather stormy at one time, yesterday afternoon. Misses Mary and Laura Barues have returned home. Mr. T. B. Maxwell, of Whigham, was in town yesterday. Mr. G. B. Seymour, of New York, was at the Stuart yesterday. Mr. G. R. Battle, of Bainbridge, was in the city yesterday. Mr. J. W. Paul and bride, of Vul dorta, were in the city last night. Vote for the amendments to Iho constitution. They are aM right. No sign yet of an equinoctinl gale, But it may come howling along at any time. Talk up the stock far, tournament, shooting match, etc., to your country friends. Several more arrivals of winter visi tors last evening. They a-e more than welcome. This is u good lime to plnnt fu’I gardens; and we may add to plaut advertisements, also. Cadet J. M. Horne has been pro mottd from the rankB to the position of third sergeant. Mr. J. C. Kemper, wife and child, of Tallahassee, were guests of the ttiilMnntniirht. ulf lnst night. Misses Emmie and Bessie Wilson and Mrs. M. Murlson, of Qu< icy, Fla., are at the Stuart. BUSINESS BRISKER. An Excellent Docket Yesterday. For several days past the Mayor has not had much business, but yesterday made up for the dullness during the week, and a satisfied smile settled on his Honor’s face as ho viewed the nu merous offenders. Joe Adams, colored, was bis first victim. Joe was taking in the negro saloons about town, but objected to paying for the privilege of using tin pool tables, etc., and fina ,, y got into a fight with a bar tender. lie was fined 85 and costs. Tom Mitchell, colored, would make a very good collector. He was up for trying to shake a debtor into the notion of paying him. He was inform ed thnt however successful the practice of this plan ol collecting might be, it was illegal, and his fine was fixed at 85 and costs. Pleas Jones, a new acquaintance in the police court, was up for fighting. His offense consisted of trying to carve up his opponent, who attacked him on the street. He plead guilty, md was let off with $3 and costs. Macus llarr : s had the disorderly fever a few nights ago, and engaged in p fight. He plead guilty, nnd b : s fine was fixed at 85. Laura Barnett, an Afro-American damsel, was fined 830 and costs, or 50 days, for disorderly conduct Her lawyer announced h's intention of cur rying her case up, nnd a 8100 bond was required by the Mayor. A contempt fine of 85 was entered against a witness for failing to obey a Simmons. The Sleeper to run Through to Montgomery. The sleeper iccently put on this route is now run th -ough from .Savan nah to Montgomery, and from Mont gotnery to Savannah on Nos. 5 and 6. The change went into effect yes terday. This o-rangement wi’l add additional advantages and convcn iences to the traveling public. There is no doubt but that the sleeper will be well patronized. It is an "iff wind that blows no one good.” The mud yesterday made the bootblack’s business brisk. Mr. W, S. Keefer and family o'e occupying the residence just complet cd for them on Dawson street. Mr. Whiddon w !, l commeuce work on the Tifton and Thomasville brunch of the G. S. & F. road next week. the The first entertainment of season at the Opera House will be on the night of the Uth of October. Mrs. Parker Anderson, who has been spending several days in the city, left yesterday morning for Mo con. Miss Mary Barnes w :, l re-open her Kindergarten school on Monday. Parents and patron should take notice. Work has commenced on the hand- eoinc improvements to be made on Judge W. D. Mitchell's suburban home. Thursday night and early yester day morning was pleasantly cool. The mercury had dropped down a few points. Complaints about the shortness of the cotton crop in this county pour The crop is cut off, 4b the farmers say, fully one half. Mr. J. L. Welch, of Oriando, who will conduct the new novelty store in the place of business now occupied by John Stark, has arrived in the city and is receiving his stock. All the neccessary papers have been sent out by Judge Merrill to thp Vfyfioma prffinpu for holding the election noxt Wednesday. Tho hack room of Sara Casscls’ drug store is piled up with specimens —what is called phosphate rock. We shall sec what we shall see. 132 Broad St. postmaster Smith has b.ecu notified exclude qll pewspapers apd other matter containing lottery advertise; mpnfs fyapi thp mails- The same instructions have been given to post masters throughout the United States. Railroad Notes. The city draymen are having their hands fu" just now,'hauling up new goods. The sireeis, yesterday, looked more like Saturday than Friday. Quite large number cf farmers and cotton sellers were in town, and the mer chants appeared to be doing a good business. Mr. E. F. Hoyt, who had charge of the barber shop at the Piney Woods for three seasons past, has arrived Irom the.North, and will open an all the year round shop in the Mitchell house. Mr. G. F. Forest, son of Mr. Dan Forest, will leave this morning tor Atlauta, where ho w*T enter the technological school. The young man is startling in the right course. Mr. T. T. Bunten, of near Fatten, left yesterday morning for M’Uedge- vi'le, to take his sou George to the asylum. The young man has been demented for two or three yea's. Thomasville merchants say the fat uteri are paying up more promptly than titty ever have before. This is a fine indications that the county is in a prosperous condition. Two wagon loads of supplies wero sent out to Whiddon’s ramp on the Georgia Southern nnd Florida yes' terdav, y continues to come to Livo stock this market, aud stock cars around the depot yards arc quite numerous. An extra freight went out to Way' cross yesterday afternoon. V The Savannah t;ain, No. 7, was an hour late yesterday. ’V A setter dog wrs tun over i id kl’led by No. 8, as that train wn pul'ing out yesterday. The dog belonged to Jim Durst. v A passenger at tho depot yester day wore a .bclta'ouud his waist made a rattlesnake’s sk'n. — ••-«* Hid Under a Pile of Cotton . Seed. Sheriff Hurst went over to Cairo Thursday and arrested W. C. Har-is aud C. C. White for misdemeanor. Harris tried to evade the sharp eyes of the law by secreting h'msclf under a large pile of cotton seed, but his hiding place was disclosed to the sheriff by another par,y. He good-, naturedly acknowledged that he had jigcti c#light at his' little dodge of “hide and seek.” White settled the case against him, but Harris wi'l have to view the outside world through the bars for awhile. Macune Fighting Gordon. The following specif 1 was scut to iha.News-yeMordey: Atlanta,. Qa., Sept. 25.—Dr. Alaounoiias decided to spend a week or moro in. Atlanta. He it herd for the purpose.of assisting his allinnco subalterns in working up opposition to Gov. Gordon. Col. Livingston said to-night that only one thing was settled upon, and that was that Gor don will he defeated. The friends of the governor aro to n’ght denouncing the all'flnoo leaders for bringing such man ns Macune, whose public record isso unsavoiy to vi’ ,: ?y a mau ,- n - e Gov. Gordon, whose public serv ices have been so well performed and on whose public character there is not a slain. Col. Liv : lgston and Macune are conducting tho fight agniust Gov. Cordon with consummate cunning. They have put him at the disadvan- gc of knowing thnt he lias opposi tion, but of being ignorant of his oppo nents. Rumor has it to-night that Col. W. Northci.’s friends have been n|>— p oached as to whether he would con sent to make the race against Gen. Gordon. The plan is, it seems to Lold Fat Calhoun, Col. Northern, Judge Hine$, ex-Gov. James M. Smith and Col. Norwood l-i readiness i run, and after tho legislature meets Livingston and the other leaders will fiud out which one a nong the number is the strongest, and ho wi’l he nomi nated against Cfoy. Gordon, 0, Gossip! Friendship is a flower wh’ch blos soms forth La the garden of acquaint ance, flourishes in the atmosphere of association, and matures in the golden [sunlight of companionship.—Madison ^Madisonian.] But it : s extremely frail, and a single breath of gossip will wither it.—E.r O, gossip, how many blighted lives have you caused?—Thomasville Times' Enterprise. Respectfully referred to some peo ple not a hundred miles from Albany, whose homes would be brighter nnd more attractive if they would stay there and look after domestic affairs and not gad about like heathens pry ing into everybody’s business but their own.—News and Advertiser, Albany. The chronic gossip is one of the most dangerous characters in society. They make mountains out of mole hills, distort and twist, misrepresent and scatter tho seeds of discord wher ever they go. And they are to be found in almost every city, town, v : l- 4age and hamlet in the land. It will require au eternity to unfold the bale ful effects of the gossip. Misauoted- The News and Advertiser, Albany says: “Editor Triplett, ofthe Thomasville Times-Entcrprise says: “There seems to be a wrangle over sending some one to tho United Slates Senate to succeed Senator Brown. Why can't factions harmonize on me? I’il go.” Bro. Turner, you are mistaken. The remarks should be credited to somo one else. Our only ambition is to conduct tho Times-Enterprise in the interest of this section of Georgia, and to battle as we have always done, for pure, unadulterated democracy. The mission of an editor, wh !, e not so exalted ns many other stations in l'fe, is full of responsibility, and if he acqr’ts himse ,,, well, publishes a clean sheet, ignores scandals, labors for the good of his race, pleads for purity and the ob3crvnnco of law and order, ho has done os much, pen haps, ns many others , higher up tho ladder. Your Choice m -OF- An Interesting Sight. A couple of bright little twin babies attracted considerable attention at {ho depot last night. An old gentle man played tho rolo of nurse nnd no precious china or statuary was ever handled more carefully. Every body crowded around the waiting room to get a sight of the tiny little^ trav elers, au'4 t^o wHc^ttous did not cease until they were safely in their car. Mr. J. M. Stephen's neat jesIJepoo on Dawson sheet has recently been completed, and his family and hira- sell are now enjoying all the comforts of a new home. The joint coufcrcnco on the tariff bill ngrced'to a report yesterday. A day or two will be consumed in deba ting the bill, when it will be passed, and then congress will adjourn A, dispatch from Wtfihjogtan says; “The Jaij.t that the conference report ou the tariff hill wi’l bo reported to morrow, makes It quite certain that oo»gre33 will adjourn next week) probably Thursday. Floyd’s Heated Politics. Rome, Ga., Sept. 25.—Tho po’iti cal fight in Fioyd took a sensational turn tc-day. Captain Corput went before tho grand jury this morning to obtain a truo bill agamst Dr. William Bradford, a local druggist, for Jibe'. Editor Martin was also before tho jury. The trouble grew out of a piece published iu tho Tribune signed “Elector, ’ charging Capt. Corput with defrauding the bank in Macon of which he was a director. Tho ac tion of the grand jury is awaited with interest. In a centra' Missouri town recently a carload of melons sold at 1 cent each.— Ex. These return* will remind some South Georgia melou growers of their experience : u the pest. 25 Gents, ' ' 35 Gents, 65 Gents, 75 Gents. m ■ ■J: irS| '■m ;. m See our l or choice. windows They are stabbing Gordon in the back. Ilis wounds, during the war, were all received in front. Tho world's fair commissioners have made some progress; they have fixed their own salaries. A big fight between Blaine and Feed : s looked for in 1832. "Jeemf.” we’re with you. Both the governor and lieutenant governor of Nevada are dead And po9.r old stalo is nearly in the same fix. It lost 13,000 population in the 1 ist ten years, pad Has now less than 50,QQl0 people. The only practical plan for building up this rotten bor ough seems to be to hitch it on to Utah, and the Mormons would proha-i bly control tho whole concern. Ne vada is a knotty problem.—Ex. SIGNAL SERVXQB BUREAU *AT—rt R. lkcou iiv 126 Broad Street. R. Thomas, Jr- Volunteer Observer Weather Bulletin for the 24 hours ending at 7 o’clock p. m., Sept 20, 1890. Teui-ibatcb*. * *• *» 7a J P “ 77 T p- “ ra Maximum for 24 hours... g-i Minimum “ “ “ oy Rain-fall 0.20 Local (hovers stationary temprature. Address postoffice box 60 if you want a cheap ticket to Nashville or Louisville. 27-2t I. Levy & Ce. Three iK, Mammoth ments, Mitchell House Block,