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VOL. II—NO. 184 LOCAL HAPPENINGS. I The News of the Day Told in Brief—Personals, Etc. THOMASYLLLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17,1890. -ciiallenge- COMPETITION -IN- Keep ynur eye on the ling. The merry-go-rounds are lure again The Piney Woods is fast filling up, The sugar boilings are about all over. Lookout for the circus parade on Friday. ^.X'JXL* -OF— DKY GOODS, Notions, CLOTHING, hats ‘‘Lost in New York 1 ’ lo-morrow night. Read our advertising columns bargains. out for drill lor The Guards were Monday night. Felix Meyer, of Macon, was at the Gulf yesterday. Have you seen Jerger’s elegant stock ot goods ? Mr. J. E - Poulk, of Cairo, was in town yesterday. Ask Luther Thompson for a picture of the Chicago tower. No. 7 came in yesterday loaded with people lor Thomasville. E. D. Smith, of Charlotte, N. C is registered at the Stuart. Capt. Doss was shaking hands wi h voters on the :lrcets yesterday. —AND- SHOES I From this day, No vember 29th, until ;further notice, tferour entire we of* STOCK -AT— ACTUAL COST i To compete with the bankrupt stock thrown upon the mar ket and hope to be remembered by our friends in this strug gle. Very Respectfully, F. N, LOHNSTEIN, 132 Broad St. ’Thomasville, Ga. The flying jennies have pm up near the warehouse, on Madison street. We have been having regular Christ mas weather fer the past few days. All the hotels arc having heavy ar rivals. The town is rapidly filling up. Messrs.-John-M. Payne and James R. Short, of Baltimore, were in the city yesterday.' Mrs. Edward N. Hill, of New York, arrived yesterday, and is at the Pincy Woods. Miss Clara L Caton, of Cleveland, Ohio, is among the latest arrivals at the Piney Woods. Piney Manag-r Davies, of the Woods returned from a trip down the road Sunday night. See the advertisement of Dr. C. W. Tompkins. He is sole agent for Pias- tico or anti-kalsnminc. Mr. R. M. Gilbert, wife and Mon?, of Columbus, Ohio, are at the Piney Woods. They -arrived yesterday. have Messrs. Griffin & Sturdivant just received a full line of elegant rid ing whips for the Christmas trade. Mr. Mrs. M. L. Wells. An unusually good audience, con sidering the inauspiciousness of the weather, and the subject on hand greeted Mrs. Wells at the Methodist church Friday evening. She is a pleasant speaker; frauk aud uneffect ed in manner, aud thoroughly earnest in the work in which she engaged, and confident of the ulti mate success of her cause. She prepossessing with a bleudiug of the queenly and motherly in appearance, and from the moment she 6tcps for ward aud the first s-intcucc falls upon the ears of her audience, sho claims undivided attention. gSho has the rare tact of interesting both the old and youDg. A greater compliment could not be given. She is logical and firm in her. ideas of right, show ing a familiarity withdivino and hu man laws rarely found iu one of her sei- All seemed pleased aud many impressions lor good were doubtless made. She was rather hard on the men, said one, but t.iis deponcut thinks she spared not the woman for she held them responsible for much of the evil of the times. Wo men, said she, set fashions aud men follow theta. ‘‘Prohibition will come when women are ready for it.” Doubts arose iu our miud, but then thought ot the indifference of many, and the mothers who cultivate the taste, thinking no harm of it, by serving hraudied fruits and wine on their tables, and the young ladies that hold out the temptiug g!?is-i to their friends and then laugh about its effect. Both sexes we dare eny, re ceived new food for thought, as the lecture was decidedly original iu many of its points. She is enthusias tic as to the power of orgauized wo manhood, and cited many instances of good thoughts by them. Among which was the fact that scientific temperance text books were being uSed in all the states, but eight, through their influence. “The tramp of eleven milliou children are heard comiug up to join the temperance army.” “The women of the world are bound together by a tiny while ribbon, by which they aro pledged to work aud pray till not a legalized dram shop shall blot the face of land.” She closed with a beautiful pereo ration as to wlmt this would he when this the greatest sin of the nations should be blotted out. Miss Mayhcw, of California, was iu troduced and made a few remarks, Green Mnjors and wife, of Butte, Montana, came in yesterday, and have rooms at tbe Piney Woods “Lost in New York." The largest and most enthusiastic audience that Harris’ has held this season assembled yesterday at the mat inco aud evening performance of the thrilling aud popular acquatie drama “Lost in Now York." Tho play has been seen hero on several occasions, but never has it been put on, or pro duced in so complete or splendid style as it was yesterday. The scenic cflects are magnificent, and the river of real water, with its little steam boat is still tho centre of attraction. Tho company is by far the most com pound and evenly balanced that has yet appeared here. Mis3 Lottie Alter the ‘Jennie Wilson’ is certainly a very charming litt'o soubrette—one of the cleverest of tho younger actresses we have seen. Mr. Gus Pixley is worthy of the name (lie is a brother of Annie Pixley). His great characterization of a typical tramp is a gem of charac ter acting. Miss Florence Stover ns tho Queen of the Blackmailers gavo au artistic performance of a .very try ing role, as also did Miss Scott as the blind mother. Among tho gentle men, Messrs. Wright, Ryno and Bah cock were excellent, and tho whole company acquitted itscll’crcditably.— Cincinnati Enquirer. This play will be presented at the opera house to-morrow night. Go aud see it. We are in receipt of a very conveni ent calendar from the Pope Mauufact uring Company, manufacturers of by- cicles, etc. — Miss S. Smith and Master Walter L >uis Gold-mith, ot Cleveland, Ohio, were among yesterday’s arrivals at the Piney Woods. Mr, Geo. W. HcndersoTi, Supt. Thomasville Guano Company, went down to Savannah Monday night on a short business trip. Mr. Walter J. White, representing the Atlanta Printing Ink Works, was in the cily yesterday. Mr. White is a hustler and is handling first ciass goods- Now that the cow law is in force, Policemen Brown and Gordon have developed into first rate cow boys. You can see them driving almost any time. All visitors in the city should register their names at tbe telegraph office, to gether with their place of residence. It may prevent delay in delivering messa ges. terior of the postoffice repainted, gives notice that any one caught defacing he walls or fixtures will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. And he weans business. omplimentary to our people, and cx- arrive. Thrco red and pressing her interest in the work of the W. C. T. U. She being a del egate sent across the contineut by the young ladies of California to atteud the cou vention iu Atlanta. The ladies, through Miss Mamio Brown, presented the lecturer a bas ket of rnro aud lovely flowers, which was received with pleasant words ot appreciation. All came away pleased to have heard thi3 daughter of Virginia Many prayers follow her from place to place, to plead for God and home and native ’and. WntTE Rinnoxuu Arrived. Mr. Jules Durand, the popular <7u/ of the Pinev Woods, arrived on the noon train yesterday. He is well known in Thomasville, having filled the same position for several seasons in both the Piney Woods and Mitch ell, and his return again this -season will be welcomed by both patrons and friends of the house, As a caterer for the wants oi the inner man mous, Durand has no superiors. Pay Your Taxes. We learn from Collector Heeth that the number who have not yet paid Postmaster Rike having had the in- theft taxes is larger than usual at this date. The time is short—the 20th inst, being positively the last day— and we would again remind those who have r.ot paid of the importance of doing so before the books close. Heretofore the number of lock box es in the post office have been inade quate to the demand in the winter season. To remedy this,’ Po.'tmastcr Rike has added about five more box es. This, together with the repainting and thorough cleaning up of things, adds a marked improvement in tho post office. Mr. Rike is giving the beet service possible under the circum stances. Miss Conference. The South Georgia Conference of ihe M. E. church South, meets in Ma con to-day. Il has become a large body, consisting of over three hundred members. Its proceedings will be looked with much interest an j especi ally to the announcement of the loca tion of ministers next year. We shall keep our readers advised as fully as possible of all mailers of public inter est transpiring in the body of great -md good men. LEVY’S Mr. J. A. Brooks, of Boston, was in the city yesterday shaking hands with his numerous friends. lie is the samo jolly fellow as when for years he efficiently filled the office of Marshal of Thomasville. Mr. J. H. Wilkinson and wife, and Mr. W. B. Dickison and wife, of Peo ria, III., arrived Monday evening and will spend the season. They are at the Gulf. Estelle Avriett, of White Springs, Fla,, and Mrs. L. F. Chester, Woodville, Tex., arrived on the fast mail yesterday, and will spend a few days with their sister, Mrs[ J, E. Rey n.dds, at MissLaura)Jcncs’, on Jeffer son street. Annie Pixley, who is such a general favorite among theatre goers in Thom asville, has a brother, Gus 1’ixley, with “Lost in New York” Company, which plays here to-morrow night. It is said that he i a splendid actor and well worthy ofthe nime he bear;-. Mr. J. W. Ileid was expecting another consignment of deer for Glen Arvcn yesterday, but they failed to hreo while deer left New York by steamer the l-llli. They will probably rivo to day. Mr. and Mrs. S. R Jacques, of Grange, N. J., arrived Sunday, and are visiting relatives here. They arc the guests of Mrs. C. \. Lloyd, on Remington Avenue. Every one is glad to see Mrs. Jacques here again. Mr. Robert Dckle, the bridge con ductor, commenced work yesterday on the boulevard bridges, beginning at the Boston road aud working northward. All the bridges will be iomparatively small and a few days will suffice to completo the work. Mr. E. M. Mallctte lett Monday for Asheville, N. C., where he goes as a delegate to the Southern Immigration Convention, which meets to-day. Eli wdl do some good work for Thoma%- ville while there. Smallpox is prevalent in the repub lic of Guatemala and the death rate is large. The latest dispatches say that the hospitals are crowded and that tho number of physicians is inad equate. Mr. T. B. Wallace, of Kansas City, Mo., arrived yesterday to visit his brother, Mr. J. W. Wallace, of tho same place, who lias been a guest of Jersey Farm for some weeks past. Mr.F.W,Harrington and wife, of Warren,Ohio,are gue3tsof the Claren- dou. They will spend the season in Thomosviiie. A Third Party Call. Kansas Cnv, Mo., Dec. 15.—The following is the call lor the conference of the third parly which took shape at the recent convention at Ocala, Fla: Topeka, Kan., Dec. 13,1890. Whereas, In unity there is strength; thcretore it :s desirable that there should he a union of all variously named organizations that stand on common ground. To this end, individuals from vari ous states which are here to sign, make this call for a national confer ence, to be composed of delegates from the following organizations, namely: Independent party, People’s party by its representatives; Union labor party, by its representatives; late federal and contederato soldiers, by their representatives; the Farmers' Alliance; the Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association; Citizens’ Alliance, Knights of Labor, Colored Farmers’ Alliance, and all other industrial or ganizations that support the principles of i he St. Louis agreement of Decem ber, 1889. Each state organization to send one delegate from each con gressional district and two from the state at largo, and each district organ ization to send not less than three del egates, and each county organization not less than one delegate, to he chosen according to the custom each respective organization, during the month of January, 1891; also that the editor of each newspaper is here by invited as a delegate that has ad vocated the principles of the St. Louis agreement, and supported the candi dates nominated thereon in 1890. I he delegates a‘e to meet in the city of Cincinnati, O.. on Monday, Feb. 23, 1891, at 2 o’clock, for the purpose of forming a national union party, based upon fundamental ideas of finance, transportation, labor and land, and the Iransaction of other le gitimate business in furtherance of the work already begun by those or ganizations preparatory to a united struggle for countij and home, in the great political conflict now pending that must decide who in this country is sovereign, “the citizen or the dollar.” <0 ’• Such golden ^op portunities seldom occur to buy wraps ut actual cost. Do not neglect it, only few • days longer to buy in—what more acceptable Christmas present for wife or daughters. •-j? The Indians. Accounts from tho Indians out West aro much mixed. Almost every day a report comes by a rumor of a bloody fight, and iu a few hours it is flatly cont-.-adictcd, aud the In. dians all reported as coming iu for rations. Our last account is that there are some bad Indians out in tho bad lands, aud it would seem to be a good place to let them stay. SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU R. Tboou JrV 126 Broad Street. R. Thomas, Jr. Voluntooi’Obsorver Weather Bulletin for tbe 21 hours cuuing at 7 o’clock p. m., Dec. 15,1800. Texperatcss. a.m p. m p. is Maximum for 2-1 hours - Ct Minimum “ “ “ 49 Rain-fall 0.00 | Fair warmer Friday, colder Saturday.