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THOS. It. I’ENN, : Publisher.
<;ray’s Station, Saturday, February 4.
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Macon News: The tomb which
Jny Gould han had built for him ha?*
angels on the windows. It
gests the fact that those angels will
be the only ones with which he will
ever come in contact. Jay is
ing if not sensible.
The New York Legislature has
consumed two days in discussing
the question of work on the crumb
ling ceiling of the State House. The
cost of the discussion would
bly more than pay the expense of
the work required. New York is
not the only State whose patriots
make the people pay for this sort of
gas.
11Ki'ItKHKNTAXIVK J>UNI!AM, of II
linois, has introduced a bill in Con
gress appropriating §150.000 for
construction of an air ship to con
vey passengers and freight through
the air. This is supposed to bo
PeBunsset’s flying machine,
which mention has been made
Congress will hardly lot it fly
with 5150 000
M its. Bely a Lockwood may hav<
to contend for the nomination
her parly. Two formidable
have lately sprung up. They
Mrs, Dow, the Dover street
President, who reduced the fare
her lines, and Mrs Salter, the
ores') of a Michigan town, who
making it very vvai m for people
defy tho law. This is a world
disappointments, and M rs,
wood must bear her share of
— Ex.
Ra vann a it News: The
Republicans nro afraid the
crats will manage to got a
of tho Stato delegations m
by ordering now elections in
tested districts. What causes tho
tiirii iity that has lately overtaken
tho Republicans ? Thoy see a
Democratic ghost in every shadow.
However, let there fears he atlayed
in this instance, Tho Democrats
are not expecting tho election of a
President tq be thrown into the
House, and if they wore they "would
decide contests strictly on their
merits.
All lixrnrslnn on theC. \ M.
Below we copy u portion of a long
and interesting article which ap
peared in Sunday’s Telegraph, giv
ing an account of tho excursion last
Saturday. While our space forbids
mentioning the long list of dis
tinguished gent lemen, who compris
ed the party, wo must not fail to no
tieo Mr. Alexander Brown, of the
firm ol Brown A Rons, bankers, of
Baltimore, ami also connected with
n... uv.. grot tanking «rms
llron-n ft Co Ao.- York
J hiladelpbia and Boston, and Brown
Shipley A Co., London and Livor
pool, i las gentleman has recently
beeomo interested in the Covington
and Macon railroad, and last Satur
day took bis first ride over the
road.
“As annonnoed in our columns
yesterday, a party consisting of
several distinguished visitors and
quite a number of tho leading eiti
zons boarded the north hound
tho Covington and Macon
road at 10:20 yesterday’ morning, n
Tho party was taken in charge by
Col. K* C. Mach on, Messrs. Craig
C hauncy 1 aimer, and S. „ R.
Stonoy, officers of the road, with
Mr. John Crawbord, chefde cuisine
of thov Hotel Lanier, who had a
bountiful supply of the good things
of lifo’in the forward compartment
of the gentlemen’s ear.
At Bradley’s Mr J R ^' Van Huron
b r , ” R “
with lnm as a souvenir at.a. tuor
gia gourd, fashioned into the shape
of a water dipper, well calculated
to awaken many delightful memo.
vies in the. minds of the happy
travelers.
A short halt at 'the little town
u -i n( i, |,„j cnnituv 1 .... i.-tn
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within the space of ! ' . iN
months, amitnon the journey was
Everybody on board ex
their delight at the smooth
of the road, and as the engine
began to miles patter along at the road rate
forty an hour, over a
that, less than a year ago, svas
made of corn ridges and patches of
woods.
At Hound Oak another short
Was made, and the Messrs, Hunt,
prominent farmers of that
nity, got aboard.
At every Btoppiug place the
travelers were greeted with loud
cheers and the waving of hats by
the enthusiastic citizens, while ever
and anon the flutter of a cambric!
handkerchief from the windotv of !
some fine old Middle Georgia Man
sion attested the interest which the
ladies took in tins triumphant ride. |
At a few minutes past noon tbe|
train rolled into the fair town of j
Montk-cHo, and the excursionists)
wcro gri5ete d \ >y tbe lending men |
0 f t h 0 town, who turned out in,
force, as they always do, to friends! extend I
a welcome to their Macon j
ai.d to the distinguished visitor.,
from abroad.
The object of this trip was to cm-!
lAasizo the interest which tlm j t , 0 .!
P l0 oi Mucon ,hc extes.-ion ;
iUl ' 1 completion of this enterprise,
:u VIr ‘ d to ,}wwn demonstrate, butto the not entire alone world, to | j
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that Macon is in lioarfy sympathy!
wllh everything that will add- vA
her prosperity; and that the com- j
mu at will
'‘o 1 ’ ® m l protect capital from wiser
ever it comes. As such Urn
| Strattons of approval and satisfuc
tion wcro overwhelming.
Never before has there been a
j “tier gathering of representative
i people to sanction this enterprise
I with their approval. The
j individual «xpror.. ion on the of pleasant lips of every
was one mr
l’ mc - 'They had expected to find a
fine line of road running through a.
progreSsivo country; but tho most
sanguine did not expect to be car
ried over an entirely new road !l<
| tho rate of forty miles an hour,
with as ranch comfort and safety,
and through a country -of such
grand possibilities. JbrfTlor the build
ing of this rojiY men might have
cormaraWd gftne, an d, lik oTer.ny
yj/s brook, tb“ stream oi’life might
have flown on forever, and the
world might never have Jenown
that there existed so fine a region
as has been opened up by this lino
of road.
At Montrceiio tho crowd dispers
ed and some 'were exchanging eon
gratillations With the study citizens
of that thriving town. The good j
people turned outeu masse to wel
come their friends, and there was
an exchanging of reminiscences and | ■
war stories, and several deportment! gentlemen
of middle ago and grave
laughed ami talked, and cracked '
jokes just as old veterans are wont. ; j
to do. Major We ekes told of how !
lie had been born hi a few miles of j
Monticello; Cape. Dunlap told of
how lie used to go swimming in •
Murder oreek. years and years ng<»: i
Dr. J. G. McCrary mentioned that
Iris tvifo Imdgouo to whoollbc. in
lho yon,, »go»o nn.l rvrn ‘
up an acquaintance wit h a distant !
relative of a family with whom she :
was connected, and so on down thei
long list. A friend remarked that:
Mr. Sam Coleman looked ten years)
younger and laughed more tliau ho
had in six years before.
Col. Ross was as jubilant as a ,
three-year-old, and Dr. J. S. u ax ..
tc ’'’s usually dignified countenance i
Gtok on a yoiuhfulness beyond j
ion. Everybody was happy.
Everybody had reason to be heppy,
tor’wero they not present to witness
and partake of the enjoyment of a .
triumph that was as much to their
honor and giory as to that of tbej
citizens tf weref the irood town win re
guests they Amrng the d,<
extend tingoished cordial gentlemen welcome wlu> came the to
a to
town were Mr, X. B. White, Mr.
llenry McClure, Dr- Maddox. Col.
Kd Smitli. old t ol. I reston, the pit
triarch, and lather Of two as noble j
sons as ever did or ever will honor
lsts went^ to tho .r.rm, aes >■ •>’
on invitation of the citizens of Mon
tieello. where they had n most do
« a »‘ U,no1 ’ > et in thcir 1,on f' |
.
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leave asearlv as antieiuated. Con
duet or Whitehead gave an order to
the engineer to “let Vr go. gal
lagher," and the train vent h< .:nd
| 0 g away at a rate of spec i not of
ton attempted on old and settled
linos. Part of tho way we ran at a
into ot titty miles an hour, and at
I o clock we landed in Macon with
out jolt or jar. or any apprenension
of accident.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Eighteen young men of Mono
tain Horne, Ark., swore off from the
tobacco habit on the first of the
present year. Whoever returns to
the habit is to bo ducked in a pond
of water,
A boy was born with two mouths
in St. Paul the other day. When
be attains manhood he will be able
to out-talk any Minneapolis man
regarding the relative advantages
t j 10 lWj cUieg
The Australian Minister of Public
instruction has issued a decree for
bidding the use of' small printed
books in public schools, as the cause
of the near sightedness so prevalent
among the school children.
A Census has been begun of tbe
French carrier pigeon.s They are
?®g wd «* «°w as of such importance
iu the event of war that all owners
ir ° oWiged to report thier pigeons
under a maximnnffine of 2.00 0 .
A room] r of tbe Kentucky leg
i 'lutiiro has introduced a bill pro
hibiting tbo marriage offramps,
vagrant.--, gafoblers, drunkards m*d
persons of bad temper in that state.
U«* probably expects to create for
tho model young nr n a corner in
the matrimonial market.
A ■ ,o«J women in Deer Lie. Me.,
chroehetcd a baby's eacqite for a
chnreh fair. The sacquo was raf-)
fl> d off. and she took a share and
won. She offered it to the fair again
if they’d give her a chance She
won again, ff the fair had kept on
would, too.
A j-,; on p S , !0r tc i] s of a remar k.
able wedding in London recently,
where tbo bride was attended by a
cflittlo ^ixTu c-Iad in black vcl
vet frocks, red stockings, black
8hot;9) red c!oaks nnd ,. ed thr06 cor
nered hats, trimmed with black vel
vet, and carrying red bongnr-ls tied
with red and black ribbons.
Romo of tbe voting people of
Cairo, 111, had a candy-pulling the
evening, andSevorybody was
having a jolly time until suddenly
lho house cat slipped from tho shelf
tlie stove and fell into boiling
molasses. It put such a damper
entertainment that the
broke up. The eat di#
W. R. Gaines, Of Clarence.
a cow more than a month ago.
* a * ll ' r seal ' t '* l ‘ 11 g bi vain for her
' 0 lho conclusion that die had
stolen. A few days ago, while
was pubb'g straw from a stack
8 c ‘ ame ' n contact with an
’ 8 tnil and following it'np
>
,1,at !t lo »gcd to his lougj
cow - Tho cow appeared none j
worse for her long imprison
A Scotch terrier owned by C. I
of Watertown, Wis., can I
a sdaneo detect a bo«us silver I
from j, a ‘ ^ Pennine ore ’ \ \ ,‘,
n ‘J „ 0 ,2, 0 t . vl - e ,. lo a na !
of “ ...i™ ‘ I ,l
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Probably the most remarkable
in the world is -hat run -1
from Gloggintz to Lounering,
oni '’ V )cnna - h 18 0,; '- v t ' venl v
-
miles in lengt.i an! cost over
.Oth-.UOO. U begins at the l.tt.e
(l >«gvmtz,at an v c'atton
TO* 4 L et, and trom t aero tho
hauled by two powerful loco
motives, winds round and round
. son »o fifteen dcablo viaducts
' ] } T lhr s . a,on °"- h , aa pceeipic.es W! ) H - V lunn . ationfing f » ‘ . Il u
.
s of some of the wildest seen
iu Europe Its terminus, Loun
is at an elevation of3,500 feet.
A stone of ranch . interest .
precious
an opaque white hydrophane
!
r , ; . nal wip.uhisn.moral, itpo^es
the property of becoming abso
o] v ,r ; i,ie l‘ ire, ' t if xvuter is ‘* r0 P*
-
iT’porom'thaV'h
1 its weig.n oi .
" » own wa
u ' r - D 'fit t;y recovers its opacity.
I’ho to. lor suggest- that the stone
bo used for sc tls, , in js, and
pins a , bv reason of its opacity
would completelv conceal
mottoes, or mementoes, which
could.be brought to view when do
sired bv the application of a
water.*
SHERI FF’S SALES FOR MARCH.
GEORGIA— •' ones County.
'Fj^i» j ! 8
fi 8 *be C' art House door in said
Courty, I will sell at public outcry
two hundred acres of land more or
less, being one hundred and fifty
acres off of lot seventy two, all
said lot south of Long Slash, and
fifty acres off lot sixty, parallel to
lot fifty nine in the sixth District of
said State and County and known
as the Tom Stewart place—adjoining
lands of John Baker, Mrs. Nancy
If all: com and others. Levied on by
virtie of a fi fa issued to the April
Term 1888 of Jones Superior Court
in favor of Elizabeth J. Lowe vs.
Lafayette Balkcom, as the property
of said Balkcom, the same being in
his possession. Written notieo of
levy served said Balkcom as tenant
in possession. This 25th of January
1S88
W. W. BARRON,
Sheriff Jones County.
Piiivter’s fee $8.90,
SHERIFF’S SALE.
GEORGIA—Jones County.
.L BE SOLD at public outcry
|| tniore the Court House door in
the" town cf Clinton on the first
Tuesday in March next, between the
icgn hours of sale, the following
prop i ty tc-wit: One sorrel horse
ipuli, Rock, one black mare mule,
Kite one Mack horse mule,'Scott,
one lay horse mule, Fete, one sor
rel herso mule, Sam, one bay mare
mu le. Beck, one bay horse mule,
,Jeff r one bay horse mule, Bill, one
sorrel marc Valley, one'iron gray*
mare mile, Jessie, one sorrel mare
mule, Ida, or.e light sorrel mare
mule. Duck. Levied on to satisfy a
mortgage fi fa issued from Jones
Superor Couit in favor of W. B.
and O G. Sparks; vs. Sam Barron.
Property pointed out in mortgage
fi fa. This the 25th of ^’January
1888. W. VV. BARRON,
Printe ’» fee. 54,95.j Sheriff.
SHEivI! 1 it bALE.
GEORGIA—JonesjCounty.
|V'H*:i H-.usc- BE door SOLD iu before Clinton, tho Court Jones
the flrsX Tues'
m*Marcb next, between the le
gal hours of sale, the following
to wit: One eight horse
engine, Talbott make and one
%w cotton gin and one rubber
Levied on as the property of
Luudy to satisfy a fi fa is
from the County Court of
in favor of Talbott &
s - liobul 1 Lulld y- Also at the
* c ur« ai d place, one hundred
itfiy acres of land more or less
Uofvkins District: Jones county,
us the Ivey Plane, ml joining
a M s Mrs. Charles Hamilton,
Y.'imbcrly and others. Levied
property of Robert Lundy
10 « « *> “rood from the
Conrt of .Tone, C. nnly, in
of Talbott & Sons. Property
out by oPlft’s atty., written
served on Defendant.
\Y. W. BARRON,
an. 25th 1888. Sheriff.
rintor’a leo. 85.75.
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I* ^ 6 * *“■ ■"MSS'* f?uxvri|tfi ®
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Um M0 \ LCD nnrnw'r’ ^ ! h C t Fv onyQ
> Opposite Hotel Lanier,
^ n. »-«--»•?.s > q*
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t'is house has recently been re
fitid and refurnished with elegant
plfjRNlTUUE and BEDS
contains 20 rooms, and
±ssr,£ rxrsui
in i ^asis.'.u-tory manner and at |
eh if per rates than can be procured
elsi'hore in Macon.
4 CTcalS 1
3 humished et any hour,
dayfcr *x night, ‘ and first-class
m Uou insurod ut
rat l :
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T& THE PUBLIC,
i ■“***■“*“ n ton V«^ 1 '■"" ^ A live.
TIIE BED FRONT STORE, OCCUPIED BY
W„ K. BEOX.SBXTSSCXE.
Stands alono with his FULL STOCK OF GOODS, at unusual E*Q-"W'
2*3FII033JSJ I will mako it to the interest of all passing through
Clinton to buy from me. This is
IP* §«% *» ®U*fWtr
and I intend to build up and keep up my trade by keeping polite clerks,
FAIR DEALING, house full of Goods, and LOW PRICES. Thanking
you for past patronage, and hoping you will continue same,
I am truly yours,
ltf W. II. HOLSENBECK.
GEO. T. BEEIaAHO,
WATCHES CLOUS IBM,
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Ilia Hjffcl&tfa lEuli ifsttS
F’JSgrcE Z.S ETC
HJ rtp®i Novelties in Holiday Goods
SOrORDERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE
tgs&gg PROMPT AND RELIABLE ATTENTION.
320 Second Street,
MACON, GEORGIA
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The largest stock in the city. We have any article that can be called
for, and guarantee everything to be of the best quality and at the LOW
PRICES. Fine
Jewelry, Bronze Art Goods, etc.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ORDERS FROM MONTICELLO
AND JASPER COUNTY
Watchesand Jewelry Repaired
BY SKILLED WCRXftfiEW.
^REMEMBER THE PLACE 314 SECOND STREET MACON
J. H* <& W. W. Williams,
A Gold Fact.
—WE HAVE NOW THE LARGEST AND MOST—
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IN TIIE CITY OF MACON,
Unit all al ffcatlj jpnicrs!
Our stock is selected with great care, with a view to wearing well.
Wo don’t keep a shoddy shoe at all, but
BaVO CKX)D SOZOB SHOES
at prices yoa ordinarily pay for worthless shoddy shoes.. Give
us a trial and be convinced.
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« made b y manufacturers of Philadelphia and Boston, and
in this department you will find nothing but the latest fashions and of
best quality. A large stock of CHILDREN’S SHOES,
MIX <5r EVERSTT,
107 (Old No. 3,) Cotton Avenue,
MAY COIM GrjFk
to Mix & Kirkland, established 1840.J ltf
Macon; Swan