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ith ft fourth independentaystem.
With its five white and four colored church-
i, It has recently completed a 110,000 new
reebyt«ri»nchurch. Ithae increased itspop-
latiom by nearly one fifth. It has attracted
round jte border, fruit growers from nearly
eery State in the Union, until it fe pow sur-
junded on nearly every side by orchards
sd vineyards. It has put up the largest
sit evaporators in the State. It is tbebome
'thegrape audits winemakingcapacity has
tl.J__T* BHAnAMifnlW
teWseflp- «ho with wu the progress of an already
femirable city, the natural advantages
si having the finest climate, summer and
winter, in the world.,
Griffin is the county seat of Spalding conn-
6y, situated iu west Middle Georgia, with a
iraltliy, fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet
>boT« sea level. By the census of 1890, it
rill have at alow estimate between 6 000 and
1,000 people, and they are all of the right
brt—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to
retcome strangers and anxious to secure de-
irable settlers, who will not be any less wel-
eme if they,bring money to help build up the
owe. There fe about only one thing we
wed badly just no*; and that fe a big hotel,
fe have several small ones, but their accom-
lodations are entirely too limited for our
nsineea, pleasure and health seeking guests.
1 you see anybody that wants a good loca-
on for a hotel in the South, just mention
the Q*n-m Nxws
paper in the Empire State of Georgia. Please
enclose stamps in sending for sample copies,
fed descriptive pamphlet of Griffin.!
This brief sketch fe written April 12th, 1889,
and will have to be changed in a few months
to embrace new enterprises commenced, and
completed,
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
HEHRY C. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
|f I HAMPTON, GKQBOlA.
Practices in all the State and Federal
Covt». oct9dftwly
I JOHN J. HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
l Mirra, oBbsoiA.
Office, 81 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. £
White's Clothing Store. mar22d*wly
TH0S. R. MILLS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Will practice in the State and Federal
onrto. Office over George ft Hartnett’s
ware. nov2tf
JOHN D STEWART. ROBT. T. DANIEL.
| STEWART & DANIEL.
LTTORNEYS AT LAW,
I' Over George ft Hartnett’s, Griffin, Ga.
Will practice in the State and Federal
Jomte. julylOdtf
0. L. PARMER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WOODBUBY, OEOBOIA.
OTEL CEKTI8
0RIFFIN, GEORGIA.
der New Management.
A. CL DANIEL, Prop’r.
r Piters meet all trains.
J0SEY HOUSE,
as, Steva Boom and Kitchen, rich
spot Hill and staqie. Well ne block locat'd from for
sntre street.
i« house. Also.
SHELTON HOUSE,
y** R town. «W o» RMe.
L’l. C 0 NNJ.N 0 HAM,
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itj nrl^r or
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number of soldiers’ widows and other fe-
male boomers. *' -
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Dr. Minnick, president of the colony,
was present, and in his farewell to his
followers Said :
“I know your history during the years
of 1861 to 1864, and I believe that if any
crowd attempt to cross the Canadian
river and to jump the land you are to
take, you wall show the timber there fe
in you and Bhow that you are really old
soldiers.
SEVERAL BOOMERS DROWNED.
Flood* on the River-Belle Starr-. Baugh-
Arkansas City, Kan., April 18.~The
will prove a great misfortune to the hun¬
dreds of boomers who had made prepar¬
ations to sail into the promised land. Re¬
ports received here are to the effect that
the flood came so unexpectedly that
many of the skiff men were caught un¬
awares and lost all their outfits. It fe be¬
lieved that several lives have been lost.
The Cole and old soldiers’ colonies at
Wichita go prepared to throw a tempo¬
rary owing: bridge across floods, the Cimarron, which,
to the fe impassible. The
washing away of the Kiowa bridge will on
the southern bank of the Kansas not
affect railroad travel from here, though
Oklahoma.
yesterday Among other outfits wbioh loads left here
were three wagon of cof¬
fins, and that trouble is expected, espe¬
cially by new-comers, fe evidenced p&wfe by the
wdth
with Much money has also send been deposited certain
instructions to to
not addresses be heard in case from the within depositors reasonable should
a
length of time. here Fort
Word has reached from
Smith that Pearl Younger, daughter of
Belle S ar and Cole Younger, succeeded
In oigaairing her party, and that they
left before daybreak. They number 125
whites, and will go direct to Verbeck,
on the Santa Fe rauroad, where much of
the best wateredjandlies. Pearl rode at
the head of the expedition, and will su¬
perintend The situation the entire here march. beggars description.
There are 10,000 strangers in this city,
and even- incoming train is filled to the
guard. Twenty-five passenger trains will
Be made up and leave here for Oklahoma
on will the be afternoon allowed of April the 22. Cherokee Persona
April to cross
strip after 18. The distance to the
border of Oklahoma fe 57 miles.
Twelve houses were burglarized the
other night. The police force has been
doubled. Five hundred men are station¬
ed to guard the railroad between this
place and Guthrie.
The receiver and register of the land
offices will meet here to-morrow, and go
to Guthrie and Kingfisher Saturday.
Tbs Old SofcHan* Colony.
,. Wichita, Kas., April 18.—The old s^-
diers’ colony, comprkdng between 600
Ud 700, left the city yesterday, with
Im — fddlhm _ .
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at Oklahoma City
Fo ? T *
counter!
boomers
AGAINST THE YALKyRlE,
Boston, April 18.-ku an ipt
withdraw from the worty Of inte
al race preparations. Under no
tiou would he fit out the Volunteer.
Would not take her out this season.
open. siisi opinion He was not in U syndicate buffing to build
a new boat, and said syndicate
of boats was very unsatisfactory. He
s,?sss
fend it ' !
TO BflIOQE T H E StTlAWRENCE
A Gigantic anACortly WeM wf Kngtewir-
being made to commence the erection,
shortly, of a. gigantic railway bridge at
Quebec, which will very materially af¬
fect the traffic of tfte two great railroads
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tomive argument engineering against ft# building of
a bridge, but skill has over¬
come this obstacle with a scheme to
build a cantilever bridge which will cost
close upon $10,000,000. The principal
nect object the in International building the railroad bridge from rato Hal¬ con¬
ifax andBt. John to Quebec, which fe
run by annual the Canadian loss the government at a
the great Canadian Pacific to railroad. country, This with fe
the only link uncompleted necessary to
give the Canadian Pacific railway an
uninterrupted the Pacific line through from the Canadian Atlantic to
oceans ter-
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Atlanta, Ga., April 18.—In the past
few days Mr. Oscar gwiney has ploughed
up between fifty and seventy-five human
So far no one has been able to account
for their being there, no evidence of any
the surface to have admitted the theory
that the of place was a private cemetery.
One the largest of the skulls has
been brought to Dr. Murphy’s,in the fifth
ward, where a number of carious people
have examined it. ., ,
An Xodlana Decision on Elqaor Ue«MNf*
Indianapolis, April 18.—In an opin¬
ion written by the chief justice of the
Indiana supreme court it was decided
that has the a municipal compel corporation liquor in sellers the state
power to aa-
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genfeand
In the fire
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f to visit
r.mPol-
f««re-r_________ fence on
$16,000 IN GOLD.
Minneapolis, Minn., April 18.—A
ickage containing $15,000 in gold has
lysterfously disappeared from the of-
ce of the Northern Pacific Express com-
any in Brainard. Louis Hogman, night
erk in charge, received from the train
iriving at 1:45 fe «a, yesterday four
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Lake lamin'* Acquittal.
Londo*, April 18.—The acquittal of
Luke Emerson fe applauded by a great
would
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shortly after 10 o’<
Rg. The report c
office, room 735,
president of the
duties of his office,
ton block at 830,
connection With the event
hour. ' p
’ SHE HAD A FIST.
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And Sire Sent the Villain Sprawling Fair
Zi&m: r- In the G«i»ter.
’ New Brunswick, N. J., April 18.—
Several ladies have been recently accost-
ed on the unfrequented, streets here by
“hhn “
sent
ter. The lady did not stop to
identify, the man, but sped on up the
around an adjoining corner into a new
^fJu'eto bS&T^ond concealment. ~~
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Ferry Ho»t Punic.
New York, April 18.-1716 ferry boat
New Brunswick, of the Pennsylvania
railroad company, caught fire this noon,
when near the dock in Jersey City.
ssr&ngs
her slip. Some of the horns and vehicles
on board were burned.
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Is Mr* Langtry Secreting Herrelff
New York, April 18.—It te claimed
by Gustave for Roche, $800, that who she fe fe suing secreting Lily
Langtry “ rvi
of the summons. His counsel, ^ w. ^ h.
Mattot, has obtained from Chief Justice
paper at her home.
Gigantic Standard Oil Drat
Chicago, Aprii 18.— It fe reported here
that the Standard oil monopoly has just
completed one of the biggest deals on
vania fields for those of Ohio. •,, t
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A PITIFUL CASE. , r
A Veteran One Hundred te.T, Old Wlth-
Brain—Tragedy
THe Prccbytcriaa
ference in this city.
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