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VOLUME 17
Hl lTltSS f AM III
“I have used Simmonu Liver Reg-
ulator for many years, having made
it my only Family Medicine. My
mother before me good was very and reliable partial
to it. It is a safe,
medicine for any disorder of the
system, and if used in time is a
great prctbntivk or sickness. I
often recommend it to my friends
and shall continue to do so.
“Rev. James M. Rollins,
Pastor M. E. Church, So.
TIME AND DOCTORS’ BILLS
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“I have found Simmons Liver
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I ever used for anj may
happen, have used it ir, Indigestion,
Colic, Diar hcea. Biliousness, and
found it to relieve immediately. Af-
’<"■ anting a hearty supper, if on go-
:, bed, I take about a teaspoon-
fur, 1 n ver feel the effects of
suprc jaten.
•‘OVID G. SPARKS,
“Ex-Mayor of Macon, Ga.”
OY 1.1 CJF.Ml l
has oui 7‘ Stamp in red on front of
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GRIF FIN GEORGIA, FRIDA Y MORNING, MARCH 16 1888
ON TO ATHENS I
LET THE GEORGIA MIDLAND RAIL¬
ROAD BE EXTENDED.
Connecting Wilh Ike Georgia, Carolina
and Northern Road, Which Will be
Built to Atlons.
Columbus Enquirer Sun.
The Georgia Midland railroad has
done a great deal for Columbus, and
it can benefit the city still more, and
benefit itself by doing so, at the
same time.
It would be \\rll for Columbus,
and for the Alt Hau l, if the road
were extended to Athens. This was
the original a;m, and it should be
carried out. The road would, by
this extension, run through a fine
section of country, develop some of
the finest water power in the Etate,
and make connections witb other
roads, that would add very greatly
to its business.
The extension would cross the
Georgia railroad at Covington, and
would there make connection witb
Augusta. By Atlanta, this city is
now distant from Columbus 28G
miles. By this extension, the dis
tance would be reduced to 255 miles
—a saving of 31 miles to Augusta
and Chaileslon.
At Monroe the extension would
cross ike Gainesville. Jefferson and
t Southern railroad, and by doing so
would give us a new route to Gaines
viile ana at Athens it would make
connections with the Richmond and
Danvillo and Georgia railroads, and
would connect with the Covington
and Macon road. The building of
this road would bring us at least
seventy five miles nearer Athens by
rail than wo now are.
But the most important connec
tion is yet to be mentioned. It is
now absolutely certain that the
Georgia, Carolina and Northern will
be built to Athens. This road will
bean extension of the Seaboard and
Roanoke railroad, and by it the dis
tance to Norfolk, Philadelphia, New
York, and the east, will be shortened
by eighty two miles, besides the
seventy five which will bo gained be
tween here and Athens.
All this can be accomplished by
the building of only Bixty miles of
road—the distance from McDonough
to Athens. The country along tho
Hdc, which is rich and densely popu
lated, would assist liberally.
For weak lungs, spitting of blood,
shortness of breath, consumption, night
sweats and all lingering coughs, Dr.
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Religions Notice.
Beginning with Ash Wednesday,
the 15th inst., there will be Evening
Prayer in St. George’s church at 4:30
p. m., every day in Lent.
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THE LATE MR. CORCORAN.
HOUSE AND HABITS OF THE MILL¬
IONAIRE PHILANTHROPIST.
The Donor of $7,000,000 and Owner
the Noted Art Gallery •1118
Monument.
Special Correspondence News.
Washington, March IS
It is my fortune to nave had perhaps
the last long interview with the late Mr.
Corcoran. It is now two months ago since
I called upon him at his office at the
Riggs bank, and just opposite tho treas¬
ury department at Washington. I first
met his private secretary, Mr. Hyde, a
man who has hair as white as Corcoran’s,
and who seemed a fitting secretary for
the aged millionaire. He had worked, he
told me, forty years* for Mr. Corcoran,
and he showed me book after book of let¬
ters and checks, all numbered. It lias
been Mr. Corcoran’s practice to have his
checks numbered right along, and they
ran into the tens of thousands. His busi¬
ness has been kept in the best of order,
and ho has always held himself in read!-
viiliiil wmi
US. CORCORAN IN HIS STRUT
ness to pass away at any time His will
was made long ago, and when I called
upon him he seemed far more anxious as
to what was to become of his autograph
letters, which he had received from states
men and scholars of this and foreign
countries, than of his money.
He told me that he had great satisfac¬
tion in giving, and that he feit that he
had made more ont of his charities than
out of anything else He quoted one of
the old English authors in support of this
belief, and indeed I found him a very
cultured gentleman. His mind was as
clear as a bell* His eyes were bright, and
his handsome old face smiled as he chatted
with me about past times,
I called upon him some time later at hio
big house in Lafayette square. It is an
immense mansion, with wide steps lead¬
ing into a hall which makes one think of
an Italian palace, and at the end of this
hall a glance through the long corridor
reminds you of some of the galleries of
Napoleon's palace at Fontainbleau. Some
of the ceilings of this house are twenty-
five feet high. Many of the ground floor
rooms are lighted from above by windows
of stained glass set into the roof, and
every appointment of the mansion is ele¬
gant in the extreme.
At the left as you enter there is a mag¬
nificent room, which once held the
nucleus of the Corcoran gallery, and this
still has some line oil paintings on its
walls. At the right there is a parlor, the
furniture of which is gorgeously uphol¬
stered in yellow satin, and tho windows
of which look out upon the White House.
The room is much the same as when
Daniel Webster gave his big dinners hero
as secretary of state, or as when, after¬
ward, the French minister wined and
dined the diplomats herev I crossed this
room to go to the library, and here,
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cor mnor. in corcoran’s house.
dressed In a suit of the latest style and
cut, I found Mr. Corcoran leaning back in
his chair and reading one of the poet.-,.
He asked me to be seated,'and for a
couple of hours we chatted pleasantly to¬
gether. This library has been one of hi*
favorite rooms, and he conceived the idea
for it when he was in France, years ago.
It is finished in old oak, its walls are so
painted that they correspond with the
furniture, nnd the whole seems to be
carved out of English oak. The mantel is
the central piece of the room, and it was
carved by a French artist and brought
here from Paris. It has figures of life
size on pedestals beside the great mirror,
and these are cut ont. as smoothly as
though they were marble. This mantel
reaches to the ceiling, and it has a clock
embedded just over the fire, and this
ticked a continuous welcome as I remained
la Ora room
MR. CORCORAN 8 MANTEL.
Mr. Corcoran showed me his
letters, and he has a book case filled
them. They contain the signatures
Webster. Clay. Humboldt, and nearly
of the presidents, and they arc most
thcia of a social nature, written to Mr.
Corcoran himself. Some few of them
tain buwritten history, anil Mr.
told-me that I 10 had hail several
copies of these letters printed for
circulation among his friends after
death, and it may be that they will
ally be given to the press.
All around this room were
of Mr. Corcoran’s past. Oil paintings
his dearest friends looked down from
walls, and a bust of Daniel Webster
very close to a photograph of Mrs.
land, while a statuette of King William
Prussia t :ood near a stuffed eagle
one of the senators of the preseutday
given to Mr. Corcoran. The pictures
mementoes covered three generations
their ages, and the past and the
seemed to bo stiangely jumbled
I expressed an admiration for the
brary and Mr. Corcoran asked me to
a look over the house.
The dining room is the largest
dining room in Washington. Its
board was filled with rich old plate,
relics from the courts of Europe
itmoug the statuettes about the walls.
admired these, anil then found that Mr.
Corcoran was very proud of his house,
Mid’jUtiMy so He showed me some
tographs of its different rooms,
these sketches are taken.
ed me also a photograph of his
; at Oak Hill cemetery, and as
pointed it out to me he said, “I
shown you my house here, and now I
show you my last home.” His voice
not tremble as be did so, and the
,1 Grecian style, with its eight columns
marble, seemed to have no terrors for
At another time when I called upon
Mr Corcoran I found him in bed, and
b droom was furnished very comfortably,
out plainly Some of tho chairs
chintz upholstered, nnd the old
aire was lying, as I entered, with his
propped up on the pillows, I was
afterward that the doctors had
him to stay in bed at least twelve
every day, even when he was feeling
markably well, as when man
the nineties lie had the need of all
rest he could get. lie chatted at
time about the presidents I 10 had known,
and told me of his call upon John
at Quincy, Mass. He talked very
of John Quincy Adams, and he was
dently a great admirer of President
ferson. He talked somewhat of his
ities, and told me he had given away
tween $C,000,(XX) and $7,000,000,
said he thought the chances for a
man were as good now as they ever
ft
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MR. CORCORAN'S TOMB.
Mr. Corcoran's fortune was
made in Washington real estate.
had a keen eye for investment, and
private secretary tells me that even
ing the«e latter years he has been able
decide in an instant what he wanted to
in business matters. He has been
and yet conservative. He has believed
Washington real estate, and his
comprises seme of the best property
the District of Columbia. He we.:-:
for nearly $1,000,000, and lire
are probably not more than half D e
of tiia prop ty. Much of the
which be hoi :ht for a few ceut“ ", foot
now worth • cilars; and he ha
more than a:, acre of land wlie'v • e
which ir; worth $0 a square foo; He
made a grea deal of money by dealing
government r ccr.rities, and he was a
adviser of President Polk. II : . le
nice little thing out of placing t' , r •
can and during latter years
thing !:■ has touch - ems to have
into gf.nl. At present, the fruits of
charities have grown very largely
value, and the Corcoran art gallery
worth three times what it was when
donated it io the United States.
Mr. Corcoran gave away a great
in private charities, and his
tions have increased as the years
gone 0:1, His sympathies with
nature have always been acute, and
social nature has liven well
He hns always been glad to see
friend*, end has paid calls regularly
ing the reason. He was not, I
stand. :.t the White House for years be
hire Pi :r-'. hrui Cleve land came into
hut o..e night he and the historian
croft were seen at a reception together.
Frank G. Caepester
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Fresh Bread and Rolls, New Florida Cabbage,
Ice Cured Bellies, Dove Brand Ham.
S^Oire ns your orders to-day. Uoods delivered
promptly.
C. W. CLARK & SON.
ROYER RUSTLINGS.
The Earmeai and Bachelors Having a
Hard Time.
Special to the News.
IiovKit, Ga., March 15.- Mont of
us as human beings take it upon our
selves (especially we farmers) to in
dulgc in the thought that we are the
most tried of any people on the fane
of the earth. Well, there is right
smart of truth tn It, too. We all try
to le honest, at least we believe we
do, and it won’t do for outsiders to
say otherwise; but when we farmers
have-got a large crop pitched and
five or sir niggers hired, pay going
on, rations getting out of the way
and they as happy as can be, it is
enough to try our poor immortal
souls ont ol their (sockets when it
rains two days, se cold tho balance
of the time we'cau’t do anything and
carv’t get them to do anything but
eat. It makes us feel just liko giv
ing up what little faith we have and
cursing our miserable lot that we
have fallen heir to. But it will not
do for us to ruminate 011 our trials
and troubles; the plan in my mind is
to always have a hope that if we, do
not succeed this time w« will try to
the next and by that means wo are en
abled to push forward if we do not
get burated, and if we do, then all
we have got to do is move to town
and take a position as city editor or
some other responsible position con
nected with a paper and go ahead.
So you see there is always a gap open
for the poor, honest farmer.
Mrs. Mattie Guinn and daughters
have returned home from Atlanta,
where she has been sending them to
school or. account of typhoid fever
prevailing there.
Since writing my last 1 must state
that our bachelors are getting along
finely. One ot them made a trip to
Atlanta and was completely captivat
ed by the smiles and glances of a
charming young lady while en route,
and from all appearances we think
that the meeting was very pleasant
indeed to him; but at the same lime
his Brother bachs did not like it. So
to get even another one slar.cd out,
but he didn’t have the pluck to go
by himself, so had logo and get a
man of family to go with him, I sup
pose to keep the dogs away, not be
cause he was bashful surely. And
now the only thing he regrets is that
so many years of pleasure have rolled
by sod Le not knowing they were in
sto.M for him, and ail I can say is it
ser s i;:m right. Another one of
the partners, seeing he was getting
left, bristled up and thought he
would fire npand start, but alas! fate
was against him this time. Going
through the swamps and fields he by
some mishap got thunderstruck, wiib
thunderwood and now he is bemoan
ing the fate that overtook him, but
thinks he will get ahead yef. I hope
s^jand iiiiot «hat iliey may form good
resolutions and take unto themselves
a part of the burden which is here
for them.
“Hat iiC *a fair, as flesh it sect <1 ■
But fc-ari. !y portrait of bric-h* t a.-,
Clear. » tl e shy, without a blame or blot,
Thoug.. And ' 41y mixture of complexion* nhow.” due.
in Ik c .*ek» the vermeil red did
This is the pool’s description of a wo
man whose physical system was in a per
fectly sound and healthy state, with
every function acting pr perly, and i*
the enviable condition of its fair pairooa
produced by Dr. Pierce’s “Favorite Pro
scription.”
NUMBER 45
( AUGHT AND IN HOC.
Tba L’reaweli Burglar Arrested at
Puckett’s and Brought to Gridin.
The burglar ia in ja'd.
No one could take a loolf at hi m
and doubt that he waa a bad mao.
He has every appearance of a
crook.
And Jones Bridges recognizes bim
as the man who shot at bim at Ss
noia.
But be is now safe in the secure
and comfortable quarters of Sheriff
Connell, where he will have no op
portunity to improve bis n. tvksmao
ship.
He was caught yesterday
morning at Packe' -Hon, six
miles below Newnnr * * iu Coach,
a merchant there. J. M. Bridges
went over and brought bim to Grifio
on Capt Littleton s train, being
joined at Brooks Station by W. J.
Bridges.
He is not as largo as described,
being about five feet font md weigh
ing probably 135 pounds.
He has a wicked eye and stubby
whiskers and Ecems to have bad a
strong and personal prejudice
against bathing.
He says bis name ie Charlie Heed,
that he is a working man from New
York and that he has been in the
South only three weeks, during
which time he has not worked —for
wages.*
A negro was caught with bim and
left at Seuoia; but it is not the same
negro who wss with bim at Senoia,
and doesn’t carry the same amount
of bird shot.
Frank Norton was able to get
around yesterday evening.
People along the Senoia road prob
ably slept easier last night.
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