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-----rt-rsni i ns. 'S5SWWU#* # •i# '*??»'. "* . r i.' » \; & A, •'•••'i ■ .'% 1$ Meite 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 ED Regulator byalwayskeeping in the house. Simmons “I have found Simmons Liver Regulator the best family thing that medicine 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 H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia, Soi epropriktobs. Price PROFESSIONAL DR. JOHN L. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. GRIFFIN, : : : : Office— Fron'i Room, up Stairs, News ing. Residence, at \Y. II. Baker place 1’opiar P... ‘ _ street. r-,1 Prompt attention ♦ t atj 11 An given in tron t/ calls, nay or uight. jan21dffiw0m HENRY C. PEEPLES, ATTORNEY AT L A HAMkTor, Georgia, Practices in all the State and Courts. oct9d&wly JNO. J. HUNT, ATTORNEY AT GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. Office, 81 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. White's Clothing Store. uiai -'gd&wly 1>. 1USMUKB. N. M. DISMUKE & COLLINS. LAWYEK8, GRIFFIN, GA. Office,first room in Agricultural marl-d&wtf Cp-Stairs. THOS. R. MILLS, ttorney at law, GRIFFIN, GA. (fill practice in the State p.r.d Canrts. Office, over George & nov2-tf. oruer. os n. -.rBWiiir. noBr. t. dan ie STEWART & DANIEL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Over George & Hartnett^, Griffin, Ga. Will practice in the State and .ourts. ianl. C. S. WRIGHT, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER GRIFFIN, GA. 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J25d&wlm j_ 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. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” is a sovereign remedy. Superior to cod liver oil. By druggists. 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. I j jrropricA DR. BULL’S COUGH SYRUP Forth' cure of Coughs, Colds, Hoarse¬ ness Crap, /r.thina, Bronchitis, Con- Whoopir - Cou-h, the Incipient relief o? S'-.~o-or.i f;r tranced stages con- smr.ptr ' -- or.-, in of too • ■' rcrSrlatycUDrug gist n . 0. O: PILLS! Pnrfrvtiy Wlf* a*»d t SscbaaL a£or J . .-*wdr <?i rf win iH'llef. J 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, I*— y___ /■ 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 taw ; -.^rr 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 White Shad, Fresh Fish all kinds, Fresh Oyster*, 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. *4KIHG POWDER Absolutely Pure. This Powder uever vanes. A marvel «* parity, *’ren(.-t'i and wholeaomoeM. More economic 1 tU 1 the ordinary kinds, and eaa uoi in sold in 1 - .-inpetiton with tue ■>altitude of low tent, ehc: t weight, alum or ph o BaJOM ep hate Powders. So! i mly in can*. Rota Powdkk Co., 1 >6 Wall Btrett, New York orti-dAwly-n,.) rrlonjn ltd or 4 tk oare. MAN WANTS BUT LITTLE Here below, but be Wants that llttto mighty quick. A I or a big one is promptly filled by ad¬ vertising in the Daily or Weekly NEWS. IsttSwitaB