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■ - - . / «r- VOL. II—KO. 119 THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNTNO, OCTOBER 2, 185)0. They all Sing -THE - “We’ve found tlic store where buyers get the very best attention, With great variety of goods, too numerous to mcnt ; on. Ho low the prices arc, they beat the lowest calculation; Which makes us ns n family sing out like all creation ” Ami that, is the reason we trade with THE- FAIR and SQUARE I*LACE TO BUY Staple & Fancy DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, Furnishing Goods, MOTIONS, dec. ALWAYS Stocked with a full lino of now and seasonable goods. ALWAYS Ready to jnako you the lowest prices, T ~ quality considered. ALWAYS Ready to servo you well and rave you money. F. N, LOHNSTEIN, 132 Broad St. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. The News of the Day Told in Brief—Personals, Etc. Sheriff Hurst went to Boston last night. It is “Senator” It G. Mitchell this morning. •Bob” Mitchell led the ticket in Ida own district. Mr. M. Stern, of New York, is at the Stuart. Mr. Arthur Patten went over to Cairo yesterday. Mr. John A. Crenshaw, of Metcalfe, was in the city yesterday. Miss Mamie Thrasher, of Quitman, was in town yesterday. There are more visitors here than ever before at this season. Thomasville is one of the best stock markets in South Georgia. Winter clothing, from present in dications, will soon be in demand. Thomasville ought, and will, do a good jobbing business next year. Mr. C. B. Tompkins, of Jasper, Fla., was in the city yesterday at the Stuart- The county alliance meeting in Boston today; will be largely at tended. There was no excitement about the courthouse yesterday. Voting was slow and light. '{.'lip \ibi>iuitpus pplleqtor \y;i3 on the war palp yesterday, it being the first oi tjie month. Mr. L. H. Jcrgcr was down at the. store yesterday. Every one was glad to see him out again. The man who can run a newspaper tpsujt cyofybod'j: is tjernl. He fvas tocj apart fqr tLi^wojhi. EditorBeu Russell passed through the city yesterday enroute homo (u Bainhridge frog) a trip fo Waypross A majority of the candidates for county officers will be at the ipcjffing of the county alliance in Boston to day. Mrs I. Levy and children returned yesterday from the Northern resorts, where they hnve been spending the summer. Thomas county wont democratic yesterday. 8hc gppf,rally floes. The nomiuees are always elected in old Thomas. Applicatjop lor a charter for auoth pr railroad to Thomasville appears olsswhere. Thomasville is bound to be a railroad center. The hotels and hoarding houses are making ample preparations to accommodate the crowds of visitors who will be here this winter. The census enumerators of Thomas county hnve bpen notified that drafts will be sent them for their pay, upon receipt of duplicate vouchers. Mrs. James A. Brandon is spend ing a few days with relatives ip. Mon. ticello. Her friends wish her a pleas ant stay in the “Land O’ Flowers. The fall and winter schedules, ou the S. F. & W. Ry., will soon go into effect. ipcjersttpd a now train will be put pn, (o rpn between Savan nah and Montgomery, Mr. Reid has placed the English pheasants, sent out from England by Mr. Wyman Jones, and designed for “Glen Arven,” iuMr.C. W. Lapham's enclosure, ou Dawson street. Mr. Gyp. Ay. Saxon and family, and Mrs. C. A. Bryan and Miss M. Myers, of Tallahassee,'spent last night at tho Stuart, cn route homo from the mountaius of North Georgia- Mr. tjud Mrs, G. AY. Herring and daughter Miss Bessie, returned yester day from AVilmington and other points in North Carolina, where they have been spending tho summer. THE HUNTING SEASON. Plenty of Birds and Lots of Sport for the Hunters. Tuesday ended the game law, and yesterday the hunting season opened. Sportsmen in this section look forward to the best sport had in years. Quail are plentiful, though the birds are young and rather small to hunt vet, but will be full grown in two or three more weeks. Tlic rainy season did not commenco early enough to drown out the young birds, as is frequently the case. Squirrels are laying iu their store of nuts for the winter. They, ton, are very plentiful, but it is not eveiy hunter who can shoot well on the wing, or break clay pigeons, that can kill tho little lively fellows. An old darkey with his single barrel muzzle loader, is the champion squirrel killer, as well as rabbit hunter. On the coast they have good rice bird shoot ing in the great rice fields, but we arc too far inland to have any of that sport. Tho winter ducks will not begin fo wlvp on the river and lakes before November. Turkeys arc reported quite numerous, more so than in several years. The merchants hare displayed their hunting para phernalia in the most attractive man ner to catch tho eye of the lovers of gun and dog. Railroad 'Notes. The depot is a lively place tvety evening, when {ho Mpcticello, die Rainbridgc and Albany trains arrive. The Chattahoochee and Savannah night trains going out adds {o the bus tle. There ts poly a few minutes dif fer*. r-cc in the arrival and depait* ure of t icsc trains' *** Conductor C. M. Robinseq ycj turned rppi a tyip tp Americus. His family will remain up there some time ’longer *?t* Coitofl is shipped to the coast from htre as fast as received. V The fyelght busmen. on the Mon- ticello division is increasing rapidly. A considerable lot of fruit, such as apples, oranges, etc., is Icing shipped to merchants here. "V Mr. W. E. Harter tyas a gues{ at the GhII yesterday. .Air. Harter was passing through this section in the interest of the Chattanooga, Amen, cus and Florida Ry, This road is proposed lobe built from Chattanooga to Florida on a stiaight line. Thomasville’s Population. The official count of tho population of Thomasville was received yester day. The figures foot up 5,514. In 1880 the population was 2,555. This shows an increase of 2,95fi, nearly three tbops^ud within ten years. ' This is certainly a most gratifying iucrease, and shows that Thomasville has grown tnoro rapidly within ten years than a great majority oi tho tpvros iu i’no state. AVithiu tlic next ten years, if the same ratio of increase is kept up—and tbero is every reason to believe it will ’gc-.-wo will havo a population of ten thousand. With the coming of the Georgia Southern, the Augusta road, and the almost certain ly of a ljng of road from hero to deep water on tho Gulf, tho town will bound forward with now life and en ergy. Deputy Sheriff and jailer, Tom Singletary, keeps tho new jail as neat as a pin. He will be ready for the committee from the grand jury, when the semi-annual inspection is made at the fall term of tho court. A bird’s oyo view of tho city from any elevated point will present a busy scene of building, additions to houses, painting, and many other improve ments. If you doubt it, ride out on Carroll Hill or Magnolia Place, and sco for yourself. The Election. The polls closed at Bix o’clock yes' terday afternoon. The following was the vote in this district: For Northern 198 “ Mitchell, 201 “ Parker, 195 “ Ivey, 191 The state house officers received 199 votes each. The amendment to the constitution, permitting the pensioning of widows of ex-confederate soldiers, received 180 votes; against the amendment, 17. The amendment permitting the reading of only the caption of bills* on first reading, received 181 votes; against the amendment, 23 votes. No returns were received last night from the other districts. The vote will be consolidated at noon to day. Georgia Phosphate and Mining Company. The reporter was shown yesterday a handsomely engraved certificate of shares of the Georgia Phosphate and Mining Company. Tho certificate has the signature of T. J. James, President, and AV. S. Zachrey, Secre tary, and represented fifty shares held by a citizen of Thomas county. Several parties wore disposed to jump on our correspondcut, '“Bystand er.” with both feet, yesterday. The writer is a goal friend of Thomas ville, and he simply tells what is nl? ready known here, lithe publica tion, resist? iu some move to recoup losses, tho gentleman will not have written in vain. The picture is not a pleasant one, hqt \t is folly to shut oqr eyes iu it. Better realize the situ ation fully, and then go to work and apply the remedies. The rao3t nauseous medicine some* times has the best effect. Mr. G. AV. Brown is in hard luck. He rented this year Mr. Frank Bev erly’s place, paying 8300 rsm$. He bought 8400 worth of fertilizers, and went toi other expenses in making Ids crop, whioh aggregated, including rent fted guauo, #1,000, and he will only make about twelve bales of cot ton. AVith a good crop year ho would have made money. . Mr. Jamts L. Hall gets the gold watch, on the closest guess at the pop ulation of Thomasville. Mr. Hall’s guess was 5,512, auly missing it two. Tho census clerks in Washington reduced Capt. Paine’s count eight. The error hero was probably in the additiou. It was thought that Mr. VnnDykc would got tho watch. Wo hnve taken occasion, recently, to mention the fact several times, that Thomasville merchants have the finest stocks of goods ever brought to South Georgia. And they arc selling them at prices to suit the times. A farmer can get as mauy goods hero, for tlic same monoy, ns in any town in Geor gia. This fact should uot be over looked by buyers. College park i$ naturally a pretty spot, and is quite convenient for the residents of Dawson street and vicini ty, to visit for a stroll. A few scatter ed benches about under the trees, •yoyld be quite an improvement, and a comfort and pleasure to the frequen ters of that place, Tho city should acquit Ibis peice of property. Jessie, the little daughter of engin ccr Iiaire, entertained a number of her little friends yesterday ufternoon with a party. The event was to cele brate the little lady’s fifth birthday. May Miss Hairc live to celebrate a great many more birth days. At one time it would he safe to say that every boy in the city had one of the dangerous littlo Alabama slings, but they have nearly disappeared. AVhen tho “Robins Conic Agaiu,’’ they will probably be brought forth. Mr. J. B. Eason was in towu yes terday, and had lots of phosphate specimens, genuine ones too, which ho exhibited to his friends. Will be an Interesting Feature The state and er.ter-statc shoots to be by teams from all over tlic coun try at the Piedmont Exposition, promises to ho very interesting. Teams from the Forest City Gun club, of Savannah, and other cities, have entered in the shoot. Thomasville could send a splendid team from her gun club. Says a commercial traveler: “I hare bean au omniverous reader, but I mu disgusted with the trnsh which is foisted upon the public in such floods. The stud that is offered at tho railroad newsstands and on the trains is the merest 'hog wash,’ and it is almost impossible to select a book that one would care to read a second time or recommend to his friends.” Rube Burrows hasn’t been caught yet; AVoolfolk is still unhung; the wo men arc voting in AVyoming; demo crats are being kicked out of congress; the cotton crop is a failure; Ilecd is still on top; politico iu Georgia is iu a muddle; Dr. Mary AValkcr still wears pants; the Savannah is overflowing; they arc trying to beat Gordon, and tho d 1 is to play generally. Mi=B Minnie Joseph, a most beau tiful and popular young lady in St. Augustine, Fla., was shot and in stantly killed yesterday, by Alex Campbell. Miss Joseph had refused to marry him. Campbell tried to kill himself but failed. Tho halter should be adjusted in this case. Raum is still on tlic rack, anil they are threshing AVhcat. Both arc shi ning lights of the republican party, Raum being commissioner of pensions and AVheat postmaster of the House. Norwood’s last bid for tho alliance vote hasn’t been nccoptcd. Nor- weed, os lie deserves to be, bos about been dropped. Gaunt fnmino stalks abroad in Ire land. An appeal has been made to America for aid. And it will he no bly responded to. A good many gentlemen will get up this morning and find themselves elected —to stay at home. Yesterday's election throughout tlic state was a tame affair. His Royal Highness, the I’riuce of AVales, iH a direct descendant of King Alfred, being tho thirty third great- grandson. Regular Monthly Meeting. The General Benevolent Society will bo held in the Library, this,Thursday afternoon, nt 4 o’clock. Mrs. E. M. Smith, IVes. SIGNAL SERVIOB BUREAU AT K, Thomas Jr'r 126 Broad Street. R. Thomas, Jr. Voluntoor Obsorvor Weather Bulletin Tor the 24 hunts ending at 7 o’ciouk i>. m., Oct. 1, 1890. Txupibatcre. 7am no - r* 7 p. IT 7", Maximum for 21 hours... s:» Minimum “ “ “ ... (14 Rain-fall 0.03 Local showers stationary tcinprature. Notice of Application for a Railroad Charter. Xoliee is hereby given that the under- signed will apply to the Secretary of State for a certificate of incorporation, under the provisions ot tho General Railroad law of Georgia, for a railroad company to be known ns The Thomasville and Southern Railroad Company, with authority to con struct, maintniu and operate a line of railroad from Thomasville, Georgia, to some point on the line between tlic states of Georgia and Florida, in the diicction ot Tallahassee, Plorida, to connect with a road from Talla hassee to said point. Tlic capita! stock of saiiljcompany to be $300,000, divided into 5,000 shares of $100 each, with all the pow ers granted to railroad companies by the General Railroad law otthe state of Georgia. R. 1. Bsxxsrr, i.S. Mostuosikp.v, J. W. Reid, C. P - IIasssil, W. K. Davies, FOR RENT. A nice little home one and three quarter miles from town. Theplaeeeontainstwclvc acres, good garden attached, and a comfor table building containing six rooms includ ing kitchen. Terms moderate. Apply at this ofiico. 10 2-01 <1 $5.00 PER AIStNCJM We Hold the Reins of Fashion Aii~ra ~e City Clothing House, 1. Levy $ Co. Wo have just re ceived the latest shapes and styles in “Youman”aud “Stet son” hats. Comment upon these makers is not necessary, they speak for themselves. We are also dis playing’ a fine line of silk hats. Anything you want in clothing, gents, furnishing, hats and caps-children’s cloth ing, Avliy not come to the fountain head for it. You are sure to get the latest and best at lowest prices at I. Levy & Co. Reliable.Merchants, Three Mammoth Establish ments, Mitchell House Block. . -■ -