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NO ENGAGEMENT YET.
thb bbfobtbd vital battle
OFFICIALLY LEVIED
* Dewey Still Showing Hie Herve-An
rloAmerioan Alliance-Another
Call for Volunteers-
Washington, May' 24—Ku mors
have been in circulation all day to (he
affect that a great naval batt# bad
been fought between the Cape Verde
fleet and Sampeon and Schley, in the
vicinity of the Windward Paeeage.
The rutnpra stated that the entire
Spanish squadron had been destroyed
and tbeAmerieana lost two vessels
and several hundred men.
The greatest excitement prevailed
throughout the entire city and all were
| on tbequi vivo of expectancy, while
waiting for the news to be officially
verified. The reports were so persist*
ent that nearly every one believed
them true. '
The suspanee was ended thio after
noon, when the report was officially
denied, and it was stated that nothing
definite bad even been heard of the
whereabouts of B*mpron and
> ’* It ia eupposed they are still making a
futile attempt to run down and force
an engagement with Admiral Cervera.
When they will succeed io ■ their at
tempt it is impossible to say.
The engagement may take place to
day, it may be DqXt week, or it may
never occur, as many are beginning to
predict
It is plain to all that we have only,
one Dewey in the American navy and
its a pity ha ie not with the Atlantic
fleet. The victory he achieved at
Manila being offset by the miserable
failure of Sampeon al Cuba. -
The Spanish reserve fleet at Cadiz
ia said to be preparing to sail at onpa.
It ia a formidable fleet and its decline
lion ie thought to be Cuban waters
and nqt the Philippine Islands. It
will cross the Atlantic ar.a reinforce
Admiral Cervera'e fleet, which ie
thought to be at Santiago.
Another call for volunteers is under
serious consideration by the military
authorities, although it may not be
issued for a week or two. The
unexpected and extarordinary drain
on the regular and volunteer
forces by the Philippine expe
dition, together with the prospect
that Spain will not be influenced by
European powers to abandon her
futile struggle, is causing the authori
ties great anxiety regarding the suffi
ciency of the armed force of the gov
ernment for oarrying out the resposi
bilities which they have undertaken**
Dispatches from Manila say the sit
uation there is getting desperate, and
a famine io imminent. In two weeks
•1! the-available supply of food will bo
t, exhausted.
The German consul attempted to
land provisions from a German ship,
but was prevented from doing so by
Admiral Dewey.
Tbo consul then said be would
make the landing under the protec
tion of German cruisers, but Dewey
informed him he would fire upon the
crulsere if they made the attempt, and
the expedition was abandoned.
A dispatch to The New York World
from Kingston, says: Tbo signing of
a treaty of defense between the United
States and Groat Britain is announced
• in a dispatch received here on Satur
day by the military authorities. A
crisis in the war between America
and Spain is imminent, the dispatches
intimate, and Jamaica will be directly
affected. All leaves of absence of
military and naval officers have been
cancelled. Supplies of provisions suf
ficient to last eighteen months are
being stored.
The Sure La Grippe Cure.
There is no use suffering from this
dreadful malady, If you will only get
the right remedy. You are having
pain all through your body, your liver
is out of order, have no appetite, no
life, no ambition, have a bad cold, in
fact are completely used up Electric
Bitters ia the only remedy that will
give you prompt and sure relief. They
act directly on your liver, stomach
and kidneys, tone up the whole system
and make you feel like a new being.
They are guaranteed to cure or price
refunded. For sale at J. N. Harris A
Son’s and Carlisle <t Ward’s Drug
Stores.
CAMB VOTES
How the Soldiers at Camp Northen
are Spending Their Time-
Gossip wts flying thick and fast
through the state camp yesterday, es
pecially among the privates. A re
porter could hear all kinds of rumors
of a nature to make a very sensational
article But upon investigation all
’ were found to be only idle talk with
J no foundation at all. The arrest of
tbo soldiers on Sunday by our officers
and tbe termioation of the trial was
warmly discussed and every one was
anxious to know theredult of the trial
‘ yesterday.
lu the early morning Col. Lawton
1 tstabliahed a field officers court for the
purpose of trying all offenders of the
1 law at camp.
Major Owen T Kenan was appo.n
--’ ted judge of this court, and yesterday,
’ afternoon tried two privates for some
" rmTnor offensea
I Capt. C. G. Bradley spent the day
in Atlanta consulting with Gen. Brooks
of the Department of the Gulf.
The troops are now under this oe
-1 partment and will in future receive
! orders from Gen. Brooks and staff and
’ not direct from the secretary of war.
1 Lieut. Geo. W. Kirkman, let Lieut.
* Bth U. 8. Infantry, who has since the
* beginning of the mobilisation of troops
here held the position of Acting Quar
termaster and Commissary of Georgia
Volunteers has been relieved of bis of-
r fioial duties in camp by the appoint-
* ment of Lieut. A. P. Cole as quarter
master and Lieut W. P. Corbet, Camp
’ Commissary. Lieut. Kirkman has
1 made scores of friends not only in his
1 professional line, but among our citi
' sane, who will regret exceedingly to
1 know that he will leave this morning
for Atlanta, where he will reside in
! future ■: . .
’ Capt. T. N. Hopkins, of Co. A. was
officer of the day yesUrday, Lieut. A.
1 W. Ha|e was junior officer and Lieut.
,Mr Jjjttnah was ■ officer of ■ the -
1 guard.
1 Another commissary department
ie being erected on the ground which
will be completed in a short while.
Heretofore the commissary depart-
1 ment has been uncomfortably crowded
j and the erection of the new one will
1 add quite an advantage to this de
partment.
G. 8. Elliott, of Paris, Ga., has been
‘ on the sick list for some daye with
pneumonia. He has been in a very
critical condition and will require the
very beet of medical skill and. attend
tion to recover.
Bev. Ed. R. Cock, of Brunswick,
‘ who was chosen chaplain of the First
* regiment has beep mustered into ser
vice and ie now quartered with Capt.
1 Hopkins, of Co. A. Bev. Cook is a
1 very learned man and an excellent
* preacher, ia liked by all and is doing
good work among the soldiers.
1 At 4 ofclock yesterday afternoon the
* Irish Jasper Greens held memorial
r exercises in their quarters in honor of
Gen. Henry R. Jackson, who was bur-
* ied in Savannah at 5 o’clock in the af
' ternoon. The company was formed in
r their street and marched into the
} mess ball, where they were addressed
' by Capt. Gleason and Col. Lawton on
the life of their old ex captain and
* co’onel, after which prayer wae offered
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▲ Glimpse of Gotham's Chinatown.
* Doyers street as seen from Chatham
* square station wee decidedly damp and
gloomy. Faw Chinamen were abroad and
those that wore wore somber, rainy day
1 clothes. A negro boy came from behind
I the angle in the lower side of the street
, and stood in front of the first two gray
’ wooden houses on the upper side and
f whistled. A window was raised and a
. tiny little girl with bright golden curls
leaped out and clapped her hand*. The
* negro boy pulled on apple from his pocket
i ana tossed it up to thl child. Once, twice
she missed it dad laughed. A Chinaman
stopped and looked up. On tbo third trial
the apple went into the window. Theohild
disappeared. The window was closed.
The negro boy went back across the
l street, Doyery street, which for a time had
t been brightened by the golden cutfs, again
K became duaky life the spider’s wM» when
the buttezflr sea got free of its Washes.—
r New Yortebrnmorolal Advertiser.
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When Nature
I Needs assistance it may be best to render
f in promptly, but one should remember to
i uae even the most perfect remedies only
i when needed. The best and most simple
!• and gentle remedy is the Syrup of Figs,
e manuftctared by the California Fig Syrup
Company.
Kdacate Tout Bowels With Catcaret*.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c. Ssc. If aG C. tail, druggists refund money.
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To Care Constipation Verevei.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 85c.
1 If QC. C. fail to cure, druggisU refund money,
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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESMI MORNING, MAY 25, 1888
GOES TO CITY COUBT
Officer B- A. Gordon Bound Over to
the City Court.
Justices Sorrel, Carharl and Cooper
bound over Officer Gordon yesterday
morning in the sum of 8100 in each
case for carrying concealed weapons,
aceault and battery and pointing a
pistol at two parlies, the particulars of
which were published in the Call of
yesterday.
The trial was held at ibe courthouse
and a large number of civilians and
soldiers Were present to hear the testi
mony, but they* were disappointed, as
Col Searcy, attorney for the defend
ant, waived preliminary trial and de
manded indictment by the grand jury.
Col. Wooten,for the plaintiff,-in a
ringing speech protested against in*
dictmente by rhe grand jury, and
asked that the defendant be bound
over to the city court, which meets on
tbs first Monday ip June. He said
the city court was instituted to try all
snob oases and (hereby eave the coun
ty a long and expensive term of the
Superior court. He thought the rea
son for asking its postponement until
the grand jury meets in August was
too palpable, and the court would not,
be was sure, allow the case continued
until the witnesses and prosecution
bad been taken from under
dietion of this court, and wefe sta
tioned at some milltsiy post poeeiitHy
without the confines of the United
States.
Col. Wooten evidently-bad the law
on his side, for the justice at once
bound the defendant over to the- City
Court, as stated above.
Fruit Growers Meet
About sixty fruit growers of Spald
ing county net in tha eouneil cham
ber yesterday morning at 10 o’clock te
discuss the best methods of handling
and selling their fruit crop this year,
which promises to be the ' largest in
Tbe'meeting’was called lo order anef
Douglas Boyd elected chairman and
J. W. Mangham secretary.-
On motion of B. N. Barrow, the sec
retary was requested to take the names
of the fruit growers present and ascer
tain the number of carriers, or crates,
that each man would ship. Only a
rough estimate was made, but it was
thought those present would ehip, at
the lowest calculation, 42,600 crates.
It is the intention of the fruit grow
ers to send a man to several ot the
largest eastern and northern cities and
consign their fruit to them instead of
commission merchants. To this end a
committee composed of B. R. Blakely,
J. P. Nichols and Douglas Boyd was
appointed to consult with the railroads
and secure passes for their agents to
those cities.
An effort was made to have all the
fruit growers select the same size and
style of crates for shipping their frnit,
but the motion was lost and each
grower is to make the best arranges
men ts possible for crates.
There being no further business the
meeting adjourned, subject to a call
from the chairman.
Luck Had Not Turned.
"Talk about being unfortunate or
unlucky!” said Joseph McKernan, of
Manayunk, according to the Philadel*
phia Record; "I think my lot in this
world, as far as receiving presents is
concerned, has been the most curious
on record. I never remember having
received a cent’s worth vs anything
free in my life. Christmks, Easter, or
New Year’s gifts never come my way.
Nobody over gave me a railroad pass
or a free ticket to a theater, circus or
even to a base ball game
"I have always bad to pay my way,
buy everytbiog needed and hoe my
own road. A few days ago I thought
my leek had changed. I boarded a
trolley car at Manayunk, and at the
next block a friend got aboard.
‘‘When the conductor came in for bis
fare, my friend aaid: ’Hold on, Joe,
I’ll pay the fare.** Ha did ee, and I
was so eleated over the occurrence
that I related my past experience
winding up by telling him that bs
wee the fiist maa who Hid offered ms
anything free in my life. My friend
le't the car at Wissabickoo, when the
conductor approached and asked who
had paid the fare- I replied that the
other fellow bad. *Woll,’ exclaimed
tbo conductor, ‘he only gave me one
of those large three-cent pieces. I
had to fork over seven cents to make
up tbo difference. I do believe ray
luck will never change.”
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‘ A Robert Browning’s Romance.
I Howard writes of Robert
1 E® JWU ’ n B’ B romance as "The Most
( Mtuiilul Love Story in literature” in
| J' ,De Ladies’ Home Journal. "Not
I °w e ' n their married life was
Blowing absent from his wife a single
-di jr,” writes Mr Howard- "At home
oi on their occasional journeys he
I w sever with her, ready to protect
( h r and to wait upon her. Often ill
a d unable to leave her room, he
l’ n rsed her with the tenderness of a
woman j cheering her in her con vales
eence with stories and songs, or read-
( iog to her for hours at a time, as he
o$ had done in the days before their
. marriage. It was in his touching
tljotightfullness—in his little acts of
loving and unsolicited attention—that
( his love for her was most truly shown,
Ofttimes would he rise early in the
morning, long ere the . lime for her
awaking, and hastening forth into the
.garden or the fields, gather a bunch of
, fragrant blossoms to place at her bed- .
, side, that they might be the first real
j: i(jes of life to greet her with their
i sanshine and with their tender mess
sage of love upon her return from the
world of dreams. His evgry thought,
hia every care, was of her—to add to
f ’drioy-or -ms edmforrof bvft W; sna
i many were the means devised by bis
thoughtful solicitude for the accom-
, pliabment of his loving purpose. To
, shield her delicate eyes from the light
, he had placed in the window of her
room a small shutter of mica, so ar
ranged that the sunlight might fall
i upon her table in subdued and gentle
radiance.”
;. TIE EXCEU.KCE OF SW OF FIOS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
1 manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
f true and original remedy. As the
. genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
» only, a knowledge of that fact will
i assist one in avoiding the worthless
! imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
’ fornia Fig Syrup Co. with the medi
’ cal profession, and the satisfaction
5 which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
r given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
* of the excellence of its remedy. It is
b far in advance of all other laxatives,
r as it acta on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
> nauseate, In order to get its beneficial
r effects, please remember the name of
t the Company—
» CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
B SAN FRANCISCO. Cal
LOUISVILLE, Ry. NEW YORK, N. T.
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> If a man pays a girl a few com pH*
1 ments she is very apt to feel hurt when
* he suspends payment. /
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o Notice to Owners of Real Estate.
0 The City Assessors having completed
1 tbe assessments for the present year and
e turned the books over to this office, parties
I are hereby notified to examine the same
a and file application for reduction if they
y so desire. THOS. NALL,
April 29, MM. Clerk and Trcas.
R.F. Co.
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The Department ,
Store of Griffin.
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White figured Pique 17}c., regular price 28c.
White cord Pique 17jc., regular price 25c.
White checked Dimity 12ic,, regular price 17 jc.
Persian Lawn and India Linen 17i0., regular price 25c.
Muslins and Organdies 50. to 30c. yard.
Ladies seamless fast black Hcoe-9c. pair.
Ladies Hermsdorf fast black Hom 12ic. to 25c.. . ; W
Bleached honey comb ToWels 9c., worth 12jc.
Unbleached honey comb Towels sc. each.
New plain and fancy Ribbons all colors.
New Vai. Laces and Ensertion. . « , d
IMZIEZST’S WEAR,
Men’s balbrigan Undershirts 25c.
Men’s bleached drill Drawers 25c.*
Men’s Negligee Shirts 48c. to 98c.
Men’s all linen Collars 10c., Cuffs 20c. Everything sold cheap.
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