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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1887)
lie Cratpfirtnillc By CLEM. 6. MOORE. VOL. XI. Wo ster & Doughty* ; -A ND - —COMMISSION MERC ANTS, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Warehouse anil Compress occupying block bounded by Washington, Twigg, Cal¬ houn ond Taylor Streets, and connected with all the railroaps centering here by double tracts extending into our yards. Drayage saved, 1ST Our entire personal attention will be devoted to the business in alt its details, and to all who intrust us with consignments we guarantee prompt and satisfactory r# turns. Liberal adeances made on Consignments. office: IGV 3 Et.eynolds street. <3F"ilooms for Several years occupied by Augusta Cotton Exchange. S. PHINIZY. J. PHINIZY. J, TOBIN. 1 ■COTTONFACTORS. ■ New Standard Fire-Proof Warehouse. . AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. I S3 T Liberal Advances on Consignments. _jej — V Li "W-Tf I ▼” ~W~"V L) "Sa Al T" W W ■ ^ UT I y HT |) "V m Lm Sa a B V 1 ■ r 1 r H I B v ■ A j I I Ini j, ^1 I I | | | 1 i . I ■ | JL i ll 1 * M B JL BL Ji ® | EW^itelmble Goods, Fair Dealin S --Prompt attention. NEW STYLES- Call on,-write to No. 85. Whitehall St., ATLANTA, GA. ..JB-ijiiliies'S SireotorIT --OF THE TOWN OF CRAw FORDVIIjIjE: The following firms and business houses have placed their cards in this directory for the purpose of showing the public where patrons can be accommodated by their services in their respective lines of business. We recommend the following name to the public as reliable dealers, and they will all serve you at short notice._ 3VHLLHTER' M IIS. M. A. ASKIN. Dealer in All Millinery, Neckwear, Notions, etc. Dress-making to order. ‘VI US. M. C. TROPE, JyJL Dealer in Millinery and Fancy Goods. Drugs and Medicines R. J. REID, Practicing Physician, Dealer in Patent Medicines, Drues, of all kinds, Books, Pens, Pencils and all fancy Stationery. JEWELER c. S. LUCAS, Watch-maker and Jeweler. Watch, Jewelery and Gen. Repair bliop. Watches anil Jewelry always on hand. IjAWYERJSS M. Z. ANDREWS, Attorsev at Law. Practices in this and the adjoining eounties. Office over S. Stewart’s store IF W O. MITCHELL, . Attorsev at Law. Practices in all the courts. Office over S. Stewart’s store. J. 5V. HIXON, Attorxev at Law. Office in the Mitchell Building. J. F, REID, Atiorkey at Law. Practices in all the courts. Collections prompt remittances a specialty. CONTRACTORS. -^y J. NORTON, Contractor and Builder. Good v. ort at short notice. E . K. BOONE, Contractor and Builder. Good work and at low rates. E . B. FITTS. Contractor and Builobk (Food Work Guaranteed. TOP. WORK DONE at the Democrat (J Office very reasonable. CRAWFORDVILLK, GEORGIA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 28. 1887. ■ rjWIE CRAWFORDVILLE HOTEL. i. Mrs. Kate Kent, Proprietress. Good Fare. Terms $2. per day. Practicing Physicians ^ RTHUR G. BEAZLEY, M. D. Offers his services in the general prac¬ tice of Medicine and Surgery. jyt. L. A. STEPHENS, Practicing Physician. Will he pleased to serve all. Office in Gee building. Work Shops. E . II. OGLKTREE, Manufacturer and Dealer in Wagons and Buggies. BlacksmithinS and General Repair Work. E ADMoN GOLUCKE, Cabinet IVork, Fancy Turning, anp Stairbuilding. Gin and Mill Geaiing a Specialty. J . N. CHAPMAN, Manufacturer and Dealer in Buggies, Wagons and Harness. Black smithing and Repairing a specialty. rpiIOMAS J. EVANS, ] Blacksmith. General Black unithing and Repair Shop. Work Guaranteed. ■ General Merchandise. JASPER MYERS, Dry Goods, Clothing, Notions. Groceries and Furnishing Goods. VI ^ „ -.BBibI OP , aTA JW, „. • Fancy fan.) Dry Goods xooos, Notions .Notions, Groceries and everything in a general store. I tHARLES BERGSTROM, Dry Goods, Groceries and General Mel chandise. Terms cash. vyITUS RICHARDS, Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions and General Mf-rehandise. • QYL7ESTUS STEWART, .7 Dry Good«, Groceries, and General Merchandise. Devoted to the Interest of Taliaferro County, the People and General Sews. NOTES GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. FLORIDA. Fort Meade has a street railway. Thomas R. Brown Lake has View, been appointed post-master at Clav county. Orlando's passenger ears for her new street railway lias arrived, and will soon be running. The orange crop along the liver i* good, ami ie^s than ton per cent, of it ha-s been shipped. One million three hundred thousand dollars were invested in St. Augustine in building operations last vear. L‘\pec,U"i.O,itni II II Holt is 1W.0U5SviTl.' outtin- ui. a 1 kiln His’ and kiln SJHBS 4 AY oi\l from Farpon Spring’s reports the disappearance of John Edmunds, master of a fruit sloop runuihg from Apalachi cola to Tarpon. 11 is boat was discover ed at the mouth of the Anctote River, with no one on board. Her sails were cut and damaged. play is Mis mate has disap pctired. Foul feared. Continual complaints come that the Spanish postal authorities of Cuba are ex acting upon delivery the 25c. Spanish paper in addition to regular postage forwarded from this city to the Cuban towns. There seems to be no doubt of this, and the attention of our [lost master general called at Washington is re¬ spectfully scarcely clear of to the matter. We get one exaction before our Spanish neighbors ; in Cuba break out inanewpiacc Tlie non-arrival . of the steamer Staf ford at Tampa, caused an elopement to miscarry and the town is all agog. Frank Stokey, an acrobat and ro])e walker masher, captured the heart of fair Miss Fraukiie Perce. Stokey left for Cedar Ivey last week nnd urged her by all means’ to join him. She made prepara¬ tions to board the steamer. The boat was delayed. Watching friends informed the girl’s parents, and detectives were employed. When she learned this sho lost heart and became repentant, return¬ ing home. Her people are estimable. Stokey is reported to be married. If Stokey ' is caught morality’. the boys will give •>-'n i ie .v.m in The work on the great 12-inch artesian well at the Ponce do Leon hotel at St. Augustine is drawing to a close. The object in making it so much deeper than the other wells is to procure soft water. At a test it required seven grains of soap less to produce the same result than it ■lid the day before, showing the water to be of the same quality as that in Green Cove spring. A and small if pipe was lowered tn the bottom, the water at tlie present depth of 550 feet, proves to lie what is desired work, will be suspended on this, the experiment well, and a new one begun near it. In tlie new well the piping will be driven to the bottom in order to exclude the upper veins, the waters of which are undesirable. This .veil will lac used for flushing purposes if found convenient, but the new well is expected to supply of water for all culinary and other uses the hotel. Shells in great quantity, and chalk, are now being brought to the surface, and it is not ex¬ pected that obtained. imy other That than sulphur water will be now coming up is much whiter, probably on account of the powdered chalk, than before. GEORGIA. j | There is talk $25,000 of starting a bank in Greenville with capital. The Presbyterians of Griffin are about I to build a new church to cost .$3,000. A widower in Oglethorpe county has recently taken unto himself a thirtcen year-old bride. Ordinary Gilham, of Oglethorpe, sold one hundred and fifty-three marriage li censes during 1»86. The county commissioners of Houston have contracted to put new cells in the jail at an expense of $4,000. 'File town clerk of Fort Valley has pub¬ lished a notice for an election in March, to determine whether tlie council shall issue bonds to raise money to build a new school house. A large land trade was perfected la^t week, in Screven county, by which Mr. L. F’. Pfeiffer becomes the owner of abon’ seven or eight thousand acres of thc Gib bons lands near the Haga Shiga landing. -.ii the Savannah river. This is the big gest transaction of the kind that has oe curved in the county in many years. 1' was a cash trade. The first damage suit for injuries re ceived against the Rome and Carrollton railroad has been filed in the clerk’s of flee, in Floyd county. Henry G. Boyd. a section hand, is the plaintiff, and he sets forth that on aricount of a collinion of a lever ear and an engine on the road, al>ou t the 15th of last Deeemlrer, he had one of his arms fractured, and was other wise injured. He claims damages to the amount of $8 ’___ 000. THE MJMBEItMEN IN KNOXVII.I.i:. The lumber manufacturers and other citizens of Knoxville, Tenn., held a meeting Saturday night and invited visit the union association of lumbermen to Knoxville next week. About four bun dredand fifty members of the aasocia tion from the northwestern states are now making a tour of the southern states. THE CRIMES OF A DAY. CLEVEI.A YD, OHIO, HEADS Till: LIST. A Desperate Wotiinn Kills Five of lie; C'lill dri’n and Then Suicides—A Triple Trumcdy -Mexicnn Horse Thieves - Other < l imes. Jiunes Cabaleke is a well-to-do carpen Icvelanti, Ohio. llis wife was ot . the breakfast table out temper at Thursday morning and refused to talk to her husband \tter be and his oldest son rent to work, the mother sent two Kens,. raTSs. :'gccl fourteen and fifteen* on er "When thev returned they could not get into the house. In the back yard they found a younger brother bleeding from many wounds. They speedily called help and broke into the house and fouind their two litt le sisters aged'three. ;e r ed five and three, and a I,.other, ■' Sjrj "J - f" iSa“£/ta!*’yS 3 will probably SS. A bloody pair of shears told the story. A • hunt was made for the mother. She was found in the cellar hanging from a rafter, ' dead. She had killed her three children, mortally injured two others and had then , suicided. The tw o children who were ; still alive were removed to a neighbor’s house. No cause for the terrible deed is : given. The husband that does not think ; his wife was insane. A TRIPLE TRAGEDY. ^ £«.T„a !:'la::i«M VO ..... William E. .Mead, aged 37. was mur deredin cold Wood Thursday evening, being shot through stoop°of the head while stand ing Railroad on tlie his father’s store, on Avenue, in M bite Plains, N. V. Two men were seen running away from the *re after a pistol shot had been heard, and Chief of Police Lee, with two officers, at once followed them. After the shooting the two men jumped into a sleigh and drove away, hut having mistaken their wav returned to the vil lage and were flred’ot by Chief of Police Lee a«dboth of them killed. Great ex citcment traffeii prevails in the village over the edby TJi|niurd®reil ail who man was highly esteem knew him, and was not kttc Vq have an enemy. lie leaves a wife rid child. No motive for the mur derr Jyetbe assigned. On the bodies 0 f "itirderers were found two new •94U .viui Cta^iUDiA Diides, one new /.task, four heavy revolvers and time tables of the Harlem and New T’ork city railwii,. Both men were strangers iiere. MEXICAN HORSE THIEVES. Larffe Number of IIorMew fttolen—Two i>lci« Murdered. The report that Jack McLane and Fred Aberdeen had been murdered at-Farmer’s rancho near Hudson, in Grant county N. M., baa been continued. A neighbor going to his ranclie found McLane lying dead on the ground near the house with three bullet holes in his body. Just in¬ side the house Aberdeen’s corpse was tound on the floor. lie bad a bullet hole through liis head, from which blood and brains had oozed. The bodies of both men bad been stripped of all valuables, and including the clothing, boots and weapons, murderers had also ransacked ^nsrss^ss^di they gathered in six more horses belong ing to Mr McLane. The excitement caused by the affair is intense all throngh Grant county. The perpetrators of the outrage are believed to he apart of the same gang of Mexican thieves and rob ben Who were concerned in the killing of Deputy Sheriff Hall some timo ago, and if they are caught they will certainly be lynched. a not i5i.K writDEU. Particulars of a double murder near Murfreesboro, Ark., have 'Ten received. Arthur Miller and Miles Wallace, while returning to their homes in the country, were attacked from ambush. The assas sins numbered three persons ami were armed with rifl-s. Wallace and Mill, r attempted to defend themselves, but without effect. Miller was shot three times and fell to the ground, dying al most instantly. Wallace escaped, but is believed to be mortally wounded. The assassins were uninjured. Miller had lived in the country many years and was unpopular, having -dipt a number of men with whom lie Ijad personal encounters CHILDREN UNDER WATER. Tim Alinntr* I nd-r Wnli-r nn«l arellew Alive a. I.IH. A sower a quarter of a mile in length, running under Niagara Falls Ont., forms nart of the bed of Muddy Run creek, which, during thaw, in winter, is sv.oi ien into a rushing river of large volume. which empties itself into Niagara whirlpool riv< r over the precipice near the rapids. This river was running nf teen miles an hour Saturday evening when Bertha Farrcl, aged four years, who was seated in a hand sled, slid into it. Her sister Blanche, aged ten, jumped in after her, and both w-re swept into the river, A rush was made for the other end of the ^vier, and men secured by ropes, jumped into thc water and waited for the ehil d ren to appear. Bertha came first, under the wa ter, and Blanche followe-l on top. when taken out both were apparently both but after much difficulty werf resuscitated. The children were m the water ten minutes, most of the time submerged. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. I still nr: iin: uoomixo. veh HAlLltOA IIS IX TEXSESSEX. I .and Stiles in Anniston, Alabama* A Ten Story 11 on*o lor Hit iiTuitfltniu. Records of the Secretary of the State’s office of Tennessee show that twelve rail road charters have been granted within i five weeks, as follows: IVnucsscc Cen j ,ro| » Brydstou, N. to I enuesseo points; Knoxville and Nashville; Ten ' North Carolina from East }'^ h nnessuc cc to Murphy, Nurth Carolina; * '* Nruitol :m ‘* Atlantic, iron, Bristol eastwardly; the Baltimore, Nash , v phis. *lje and ( hnttanoo^a, Memphis, trom and Bristol Nouthwostein* to Meip ln)m C hattanooga to Columbus, Georgia; * uniberland \ alley and l noka, lioui pni.bcrland Iliver to North Carolina Zl IS' bb, bam, Alabama, the Missouti, 1 (umes.seo , od t ltamcss(*e Midland, t i ,J r(‘orgia. iom Memphis to Bristol, and the South Pitta• burg anil Sequnhnti'lnc, Irom the leu ’lessee line to South 1 ittslnug. Charters have also been granted to four | large street railway corporations, two min j ’’ral paint companies, lour marble eompa dies, one oil company, eleven large iimu ' Ufaqturmg mrpnni!ions and six landeom ! [.allies. Thirty jninor manufacturing companies have applied for charters, hut have not received them yet. AT ANNISTON ADA. Tin-..,u.tio,was sixty-four "•»««" '''« '«•» ..... .... -two thousand dollars I ! “ r,! CVC ^ " ?*"' 'w ’md "! ' d ' VIIS s,,m " | »> ""■ way, owing tl,e hurry 111 -V" "*« 1 ‘ r S! ‘ l< ; U ’ IM ,nt "‘"V* 1 luesday. alter wluel, the. sales ]\ w » >r,va,< ' !, v 1 "' :l - r, l1 : "" 1 ° - the company. A noted 1 eontraelor and ‘ " r l' H " ««rycy«r« ln»m Mmnesnta have !’ w " rk Aiu.inton and in , ' ll, ! w " 1 .' 0 G"’xituatioii m»l entliumaam it is necessary to be lnvseat. Knowing _ eim.it ones can up K, ’ v, ' n mll,10 “ ,1,,ll:1 j' s r( ;l* r ‘ -^"<< : 1 now for mveslim'nt in real estate. Ninety-five wnt f ha»bcc‘n refused for the company’s J st «^- Very little on the market at any l ,ru '° AT (’llATTANOIKIA. The sale of 110 feet, corner of Market md {leyr nth .streetwa- -•«ir,.>afe 1 Moiulay, at (u r ghty-ioiu* th()iisafi<jril0l«ilFS‘, to Mississippi parties. They will at once erect a one hundred thousand dollar building. been formed and all j A company has t iie stock’ subscribed for the organization i of a $5100,000 national hank, The head j j of president the institution of the Meridian is E. National E. Watkins, bnak, < and Charles A. Lyerly, president of the First National hank of Meridian. All , the monev is pledged and every detail is J already arranged. Tlia hank will lie ready for business as soon as the charter can he procured. AT lilltMJNUIIAM. Josiali Morris, of Montgomery, is liav ing plans drawn for one of the finest buildings in the south, which he will i creel, in Birmingham at, once. It will contain ten stories and one hundred and fifty offices, and will have all the modern ,, npi'" v( '" 1 ''" , ls - . . be b " ,lt , , Sunday eveni*« oi' between four and six o'clock the sife (he post-office at $500 Col ul „|,„s „,o„’e Mi was robbed of a bout miknown V! .ml -everal registered |«iekag.-s, value except, om- belonging to Morgan Robertson & Co., containing * 50 No description of the money taken | is known. Nine hundred dollars in ■ stamps was unmolested. The safe was | found o.an and tie- .supposition is that | the combination had not been turned off I i when it was closed. It. being Sunday no one was in the office at that hour as the last mail goes out at 8:20, and no one is rc T>‘redto be there until Co-lock pm . _ " h ' u 'i 1 ':' v ; ,, !! , « ,ual1 ar r,v ‘ I ! ‘" b '“. k 'W ot th- hiuldmg ws., found . ue a,1,J tracks leading to the fcn-i and ‘\ roun / J ! \ noth,: ‘\ ', 0 ' L 8how,n K ll0W - thc thie f made bis , exit A man was seen coming from around the building ahou- dark. THE SAVANNAH FIRE Tb« i l>i iufH Rrslro' Tlirff Brick Iinil<i:njjn Ahout. nine o’clock Monday night.a fire was discovered in the rear of Ruwe s .steam bakery and candy factory, on Bay I Street Savannah The flames spread 1 rapidly, .. and Hour tin- ,, m-ulc . . with ... in an the whole stock, was completely burned out. The bakery comprises two four story brick buildings, and will be a total loss. Tie- a -joining building of the , name block, occupied as a lage. im.r dc [Kit ami sal* - rooms, m Ocorge ..leyer, aught, and was ^toyed. Kuwe had an insurance for $30,000 and $14,009 on stock Meyer has .nsi.rat.ee on Iid stock for to,000 M A. f-olien %.,,W)0. G. G. Filligant $1,000 and J. F Wheaton & Co. $1,000. It is thought the total loss will approximate $50,000, about $10,000 of which is not covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown, laroin-lM. * em.i.ihh i-ii; ikon. ------- Roanf , j ron company, of Ghatt.-i u , T ,. nn ) ms just elo'sed the eon for the purchase of 10,000 tons ot Kniflish pig iron which will be used in the manufacture of steel. The company will berm making steel rail next month, Terms: $1.50, in Advance. AC V ’♦ i INFORMATION • many persons S. .tf f/ib neamn I i suffer j\om ^ ■neither Iff •art fir hr, ijjiilri Rheumatism,. NeuruVyiff,' ! Pains in the . i ' 1 Iff mb ft, Hark and ( / Sides, Had HloOd,'< « ■ f ndi ftest ion, Hys pe. jts in, . „ Malaria, Const! pat ion ff li id nry Troubles. -“—VOLINA CORDIAL CURES RHEUMATISM, ■it llnd Hlood ! anil Kidney Troubles, by cleansing ‘ lie Mood of al M Uh impurities, strengthening all parts of tno bod y. VOLINA CORDIAL CURES SIGK-HEADACHE, Nmraljrm, Tains in the Limbs, Back and .Sides, by toning the nerves and strengthening the muscles. .. •*—VOLINA CORDIAL CURES DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion llatnig and Constipation, by aiding the nssim • i of the I’ootl through tlie proper action of I he j stomach ; it creates a healthy appetite. VOLINA CORDIAL CURES NERVOUSNESS, . Depression of spirits and Weakness, by enliven¬ ing and toning the system. -♦-VOLINA CORDIAL CURES OVERWORKED and Delicate Women, Puny and Sickly Children. ' It is delightful and nutritious as a general Tonic. Volina Almanac and Diary, for 1K87. A hnntixnme, complete • ’i and useful Book, telling how to CiJKE Diseases at mom K in u pleasant, natural.way. Mailed on receipt of a '2c. postage stamp. Address VOLINA DRUG & CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A. GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY | Stone Mountain Route. OftficK Gi-.nkkm, Manaokk, ' Aiiousta, <Ia., Dee. Irt, 1H80, S ( COMMENCING SUNDAY, tilth iiist., Jthc following jiassenger sehedule will hr ojierafeil: Trains run by DO mcriilan time. 22 miniiles slower I Inin Augusta time. No. I WitHT Dm,v Leave Augusta ... 50 a in .. Maeim. t <> a in “ Milledgevillc...... 12 a in Wiishington......... II 20 ;i in Airive (hawforilville ....... I 30 |) in.. Athens ........ ...... o 20 p in Gainesville....... ...... H 25 p in Atlanta........... ...... 5 45 p m No. 2 Last Daii.y. Leave Atlanta...... ... 8 00 - £ Gainesville... . ... r, 55 ^ = Athens...... ... it 00 - m "• Crawfordville.. v v • 12 4i P Ml Arrive Washiiigtpu. . . . 2 ,20 p in t V MHledgeville...;. ’♦ 49 p m .-vugiwt#.........-fw'ii.m M-woip i ■■ i <>o,.. 1M; . > No. :i Wbst Daii.y, Leave Augusta......... Crawfordville...... .. 15 ■ mb. Arrive Atlanta........ . .. iT: 1(1 ii in 1 No. J Hast Daily. Leave Atlanta......... "I 1 Arrive Crawfordville ...... 1 a in ’ Augusta......,...... 5 7T a in HAST LINK. No. 27 Wkst Daii.y. i Leave Augusta.............. 7 45 i Arrive Washington....... 10 40 — J Leave Washington......... 7 20 Arrive Crawfordville, ..... 0 41 Athens ...... ......12 85 Gainesville..... .... 8 25 ' Atlanta........ I 00 No. 28 Hast Daii.y, Leave Atlanta........ . 2 45 [i m Gainesville............. 5 55 a in Arrive Athens....... ....... 7 40 p ill < < Crawfordville......... fl 08 p in 11 Washington........... 7 85 p m V” ..... ............ i sr: ™ Akoi sta and Atlanta. Train No. 27 ami 28 will stop and re eeive passengers to and from the foMijtv’ ’ ing points only: Grovetown, Harlem • Thomson, Norwood. Bsrm-tt,. , Umwfordville, Union Point, Greenslmro, Madison, Rutledge, Social (.irele ( ... "igton, Conyers, Lithoma. Stone Mouir tain and Decatur. The Fast Line 1ms through Sleepers from. Atlanta to (.’h.-irlesbun ^ Ag’«- ‘ it V ii ’o" Manager, ««»«»'• Sniveling Passenger Agent, nn CASH STORE. CRAWFORDVILLE, GEORGIA. Since I opened last September for strict ycasli. my trade lias increased and my ; customers seem to wear a pleasant smiie j 0 „ lh ,, ir faw . s th „ K „ Rt bar g ainf( re . . , h thoughtfulnea. , I ' . , of , -’ "' ,r saving «bmes am dollars, knowing that cash Is i ruling and regulating business of every kin.l. So, in accordance with the above fact as encouragement, 1 again invite m> customers to come and buy for cash al y u can and save trouble and extra >lass f ware very thing that can be fouml in a general store which 1 will sell low dow nfor the cash. Gil ARLES BERGSTROM. _ ACCIDENT TO A VAWX, Tiie yawl “Outing,” on which Captain P. A. Claud man left St. Augustine, on a voyage around the world, was wrecked in a storm on Tuesday last at a point on the Florida coast a few miles north of Jupiter inlet. Captain Claudman and mate, George Miller, saved themselves from being submerged with the boat by using kerosene, which stilled the waves an<i abated their fury. The boat and everything was lost. The men had an extremely narrow escape from drowning,
