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Vol IX.' No. 145.
COUNCIL MEETS
AndTranzactz Considerable Business
in Short Order.
There was a "fall meeting of the
council last night, except Aidermen
Blakely, Beid and Mitcheli, presided
over by Ms Honor, W. D. Davie.
After reading and confirming min
utes of previous meeting, the clerk
read a letter from English, Johnson &
Co, of Macon, proposing to sell the
city of Griffin two sprinkling wagons.
Referred to proper committee.
A petition was read from A. J. Burr
asking permission to erect a building,
30 by 66 feel, io rear of the Odd Fel
lows bnSdfog. Referred to fire coms
mittee with power to act.
A proposition was read from Rex,
Clark & Co., who are seeking to put in
a new telephone system in Griffin, to
place one of their phones at the water
works, one at police headquarters, one
at Stonewall engine house and one at
Superintendent Howard’s residence,
for $125 each, or $5 per month for the
four phones, provided they would be
allowed to run the wires out to the
Water Works plant on the electric light
poles; or for $6 and they would put
up other poles. Referred to fire com
mittee.
A statement was read from the
board of health stating that there was
not a case of smallpox at, the pesthouse
from the city.
By vote of council it was agreed that
George Johnson assume the duties of
janitor on the Ist of March, having
been elected to that position the first
of the year.but bsen serving as a nurse
at the pesthouse since before his elec
tion.
City Attorney Slaton gave notice
that at next meeting of council be
would offer an amendment to an ordi
nance, known as the ’‘tiger ordi
nance.”
: The committee on pumps and wells
stated the pnmp on Hill street, in
front of Boyd’s warehouse, was coup
led too short—it did not reach the
water—in fact there was no water in
the well.
A proposed contract, between the
city council and county commissioners
in reference to working the streets of
W Griffin with the convict force, was read
and agreed to, when Mayor Davis was
authorized to carry the same before
the commissioners at next meeting,
and if there ratified, to sign the same.
The street garbage was sold to Bar
row & Thurman’s stables for the year
for the sum of $23.
Council adjourned.
Card iof Thanks.
We wish to return our heartfelt
thanks to one and all for their assist
ance during the illness and death of
our little child, and to assure them
that their kindness will ever be
remembered.
Very respectfully,
Mb. and Mrs J. D. Ruff.
Even With Her Cross-Examiner.
“Now,” said the lawyer who was
conducting the cross examination, ac
cording to the Cleveland Leader, “will
you please state bow and where you
first met this man?”
“I think,” said the lady with the
sharp nose, “that it was —’’
“Never mind what you think,” in
terrupted the lawyer. "We want facts
here. We don’t care what you think,
and we haven’t any time to waste in
listening to what you think. Now,
please tell us where and when it was
that you first met this man.”
The witness no reply.
‘ Come, come,” urged the lawyer, “I
demand an answer to my questiou.”
Still no response from the witness.
• “Your Honor,” said the lawyer,
turning to the court, “I think lam
entitled to an answer to the question I
have put.”
“The witness will please answer the
question,” said the court in impressive
tones.
' Can’t,” said the lady. j f
“Why not? ’
“The court doesn’t care to bear what
I think, does it?”
“No.”
“Then there’s no use questioning
me any further. lam not a lawyer. I
can’t talk without thinking ”
So they called the next witness.
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PLANS DIVULGING.
The Wiley Hands of the Governor
Seen Manipulating the Wires.
Mr. Beach, of Brunswick, a close
friend of Judge Atkinson in his candi*
dacy, and an appointee of Gov. Atkin
son on the board of penitentiary com
mission, spent several days in Wash
ington City last week, seeking to adjust
the wires for Spencer’s candidacy.
What influence, if any, he wielded
over the Georgia Congressmen and
Senators, has not yet been learned, but
the Washington correspondent of the
Savannah News, furnishes this bit of
crisp news touching the plans of Judge
Atkinson’s campaign that may be a
surprise to some in this section :
One thing of particular interest to
south Georgia did develop during bis
visit. Thia is that the Atkinson plan
of campaign is war to the knife against
Fleming dußignon. Whether they
win or lose the governorship, it is the
purpose of Mr Beach and the other
Atkinson men, as explained here, to
relegate Mr. dußignon to the rear. In
cidentally, it assumes the attitude of a
fight by the Brunswick crowd for con
trol of south Georgia against Savan
nah, but more particularly, of course,
against Mr. dußignon.
In this connection it is a pari of the
gossip that Judge Atkinson has no
idea of resigning his place on the rail
road commission, but if nominated
will hold it until his inauguration, and
then will appoint the present governor,
Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, to the place.
Very little credence is put in the idea
of such a deal, but it is talked in Geor
gia circles
A Lost Speech.
We have all met the man who, in
attempting to introduce a public
speaker, apparently misconceives the
situation and thinks that it is himself
rather than the man he is introducing
who is to make the speech of the even
ing, says the Youth’s Companion. This
man is not confined to any special
locality. Ex President Harrison tells
a good story of just such a person.
He says: v
“Once in Southern Indiana, in a
campaign, I was told there was a gen
tleman holding the audience for my
arrival. When we came down to the
platform and the little stir that was
made advised the speaker of my pres
ence, he turned and said :
“ ‘The distinguished orator who is to
address us is now present, and I must
bring my remarks to a close.’
“However, it was not convenient for
him to close just then, and be went on.
After a half hour be was reminded
that I was there, and be again remind
ed the audience in turn, that the ‘dis
tinguished orator’ was present, but
still he had not found a fitting place to
close.
“At first I was out of temper, but
presently the humor of the situation
got a bold of me, and I interposed to
prevent those having the meeting in
hand from putting him down. I told
these gentlemen that it was the most
humorous performance I ever attend
ed, although it was not billed as such.
“He went on speaking until the
drums were beating to assemble the
people who were there, and who were
going home,and Idido’t make a speech
at all.”
The Modern Way.
Commands itself to the well-informed, to
do pleasantly and effectually what was
formerly done in the crudest manner and
disagreeably as well. To cleanse the
system and break up colds, headaches,
and fevers without unpleasant after effects,
use the delightful liquid laxative remedy,
Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by Califor
nia Fig Syrup Company.
There is more Catarrh in this section of
he country than ail the other diseases put
together, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great
many yean docton pronounced it a local
disease, and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly falling to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a consti
tutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu
tional cure on the market. |lt is taken in
ternally fin doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonfhl. It acta directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Bend for circulars and tes
timonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & CO,
Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
To Cure Conatlpatlon Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c orSe.
If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
EtRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 83, 1888.
Couldn’t Win the Game-
There is a certain well known young
gentleman in Washington whose pre
dilections for the great American game
of poker are known to his better half
and seriously objected to, says the
Washington Post.
So strenuous has been her opposi*>
lion to this somewhat exciting form of
amusement that she exacted a prom
ise not long ago from her husband
that be would not sucdVmb to the se
ductive wiles df the game except for
fun. She did not object to his having
fun that way if he wanted to, but leal
gambling didn’t go.
So be promised and kept the prom
iss until one warm nigfht a week ago
Then the wife had an engagement to
go with a little theater party, and be
took advantage of the occasion to in
vite half a dozen friends up to the
house.
“But you mustn’t bring any chips,”
he insisted. “My wife is auspicious of
chips. I’ll have a lot of coffee berries
instead.”
All agreed to accept coffee berries
as a substitute for the ivories, and all
turned up at the house as soon as the
wife bad joined her party. The chips,
or coffee grains, were doled out by the
banker and the game started. Owing
to the warmth of the room, a window
near the host’s seat bad been raised.
Luck was with the host.
The game progressed quietly, and
nearly every, pot found its way event
ually to the stock of berries at his side
until be had enough to make beverage
for the crowd. By 11 o’clock two or
three had dropped out and gone home
and those who remained had given all
their coffee beans to their entertainer.
Then the wife returned.
She noted with evident satisfaction
that the game was devoid of anything
as suspicious as chips, and greeted all
pleasantly. Then she stood leaning
on her husband’s chair,chatting abou,
the play. As she chatted she careless
ly fingered the little pile of coffee
beans, and at every other word would
carelessly flip one or two of them out
of the widow, or absent-mindedly put
one in her mouth and bite it in pieces.
The banker saw and grinned with
fiendish glee. Every grain of coffee
which she cast to the winds or ground
up between her pretty teeth represent
ed a quarter. At every fresh flip her
husband’s eyes opened wide; his stare
became more maniacal.
By the time the pile bad dwindled
down to half its original size he was on
the verge of imbecility, but he saved
himself and the rest of the pile. Spring
ing up in the middle of a story his wife
was telling he said :
“Mary, for heaven’s sake stop chew
ing that ciffee. You make me ner
vous.”
Mary looked and wondered, and
there was suspicion in her eyes as she
bade them good night and retired.
The busband sadly cashed in his di
minished pile, and the game broke up.
Mixed With Telephone Number-
For the first limre in the history of a
semi swell Third street family it was
to have the luxury of a private tele
phone, says the Louisvilla Dispatch.
The battery and wiring bad been put
io, and all that was necessary was the
establishment of the connections. The
handsome daughter of the house wait
ed for the service to begin.
The welcome ring came at a time
when she was the only member of the
family at home. She rushed to the
telephone and gave the answering
“Hello!”
“Hello!” came back cheerfully.
“You’re 31.”
“What!” exclaimed the gkl, hardly
able to believe her ears.
“You’re 31,” repeated the voice.
“I’m not; and don’t you dare insult
me. Why, I’m just a little over—”
The voice came back over the wire a
jolly laugh
“I’ll have to beg your pardon, Mies.
I meaut that 31 was your telephone
number.”
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
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Bvervbody Says So.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of C. C. C. to-day; 10,25, SO cents. Hoidaad
t guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
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Absolutely Pure
ROVAI SAKINS POWOCR CO., HEW YORK.
Still at the Old Stand-
A boy about 10 years old stood by
the side of a penny-in-the-alot ma
chine in one of the elevated railway
stations the other morning weeping
bitterly.
‘ What’s the matter with you, son?”
asked a man on bis way to the upper
platform, stopping a moment at the
doorway.
“I put a cent in this slot,” blubbered
the boy, “and it was the wrong slot. I
didn’t g-get any gum!”
“Is that all, my lad?” said the man.
"Show me the slot and I’ll drop one in
for you.”
“I’d ruther d-drop it in myself,”
sonbed the urchin.
The sympathizing citizen gave him
the coin and hurried up the stairway.
And when the sympathizing citizen
came back from down town ten hours
later that boy was still standing by
the side of that penny-ia-the-slot ma
chine with his pockets full of one-cent
coins and still blubbering.—Chicago
Daily Tribune.
In the Senate.
To gain an impression of men from
an elevation sit in the gallery of the
United States Senate and look down
upon the bald beads of the members,
•ays < writer in the New York Press.
You will not at first easily recognize
your old friends. You have been ac
customed to meeting them face to face
on a common level, but in seeing them
from above their appearance is greatly
changed. They look smaller. The
shape of their beads is something em>
tirely new, for you never have looked
upon one of them lying in a barber’s
chair. In most cases in the Senate all
that you see from this lofty perch is
bead, shoulders embonpoint and feet.
The rest of the man is eliminated.
Once in a while there are whiskers, as
was the matter with Cal Brice He is
the queerest looking creature from a
higher point of view I have ever seen.
And be is no beauty from other points.
OBTB BNIOYS
Both the method ana results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
MM FHAMCISCO. CAL.
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Don't Tobaero Spit and Smoke Year We Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full of lite, nerve and vigor, take No-Tw
Bae, the wonder-wotker, that make, weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or 81. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterttag Remedy Co . Chicago or New York.
IT IS TRUE,
IF YOU SEE IT I
IN MY ADVERTISEMENT! S
Every article of Winter Wear at absolute
cost for the next two weeks.
I WILL BE ABSENT, VffilTING THE WHOLESALE MARKETS AND
PURCIIABING THE NOBBIEST LINE OF CIAXTHING EVER SHOWN IN
OHIFFTN.
In the Mean Time
IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY ANY THING YOU MAY NEED
IN WINTER GOODS, AB YOU WILL GET IT AT ABSOLUTE
NEW YORK COST, FOR THE CASH.
THOS.J.WHITE '
Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter.
1 i
R.F. Stricklands Co.
Shoes -Reduced price
ALL OUR WINTER SHOES, INCLUD
ING ALL OUR BEST MAKES OF BOTH
LADIES AND CHILDRENS GOODS,
MUST BE CLOSED OUT TO MAKE
ROOM FOR NEW GOODS. YOU WILL
NEED HIGH SHOES FOR A LONG
TIME YET, ■
Why not buy them NOW, and
save money ?
OUR SPRING STOCK OF LILLIE
BRACKET & CO. FINE SHOES FOR
MEN NOW READY. STOP IN AND
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TAN SHOES AND PATENT LEATHER ~
SHOES FOR SPRING. EVERY PAIR *
OF OUR SHOES GUARANTEED.
R. F. STRICK L AM) & CO.
BANKRUPT SALE
OF
HARDWARE!
Having bought at Sheriff’s sale
the entire stock Hardware, Stoves,
Tinware, Farming Implements,
of C. H. JOHNSON & SONS, we
are determined to close it out with
in 60 days.
Such bargains in Hardware as
you will find in our store have never
before been Offered in Griffin.
W. D. Davis & Bro.
Ten Cents per Week