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i I i or less advanced Sith ft fourth independent system. With its five white and four colored church- », It has recently completed a *10,000 new Presbyterian church. Ithae increased it* pop elation by nearly one fifth, ft has attracted jund its borders fruit growers from nearly sry State in the Union, until it is now sur- inded on nearly every side by orchards 1 vineyards. It has put op the largest it evaporators in the State, ft is the home the grape audits wipe making capacity has abftfi twerigymr.jlt public has successfully schools, with in¬ durated a system ol u |sd ThiFlspart ofthi|: He record, of AhaW decade simply shows progress ol an already admirable city, with the natural advantages of having the finest climate, summer and winter, in the world. Griffin is the county seat of Spalding coun¬ ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a healthy,fertile And rolling country,1150 feet above sea level. By the census of 1890, it will have at alow estimate between0 000 and 7,000 people, and they are all of the right sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to welcome strangers aad anxious to secure de- sirable settle™, who will not be any lees wel- earns if theyjjring money to help build up the town. There is about only one thing’we need h#lyjnst now, aod that is a W* hotel. We have several small ones, but their accom¬ modations are entirely too limited for onr business, pleasure and health seeking guests. If you ms anybody that wants a good loca¬ tion for a hotel in the South, just mention pap«tattteBmirfre8tote of Georgia. FW»M enclose stamps in sending for sample copies, and descriptive pamphlet of Griffin.) This brief sketchiswrittenAprill2th, 1889, and wifi have to be changed in a few months to embrace new enterprises commenced and DISEASED BLOOD I contracted ef terrible With Mood-poisoning good physi¬ a year ago, I doctored meany^goM^I two cians, neither of whbm dfd e, awr- ictaded to effect until I used theCimcPSA Remedies, and am thankful to state that after two months of their use I am entirely cured. I feel it my s-rasslSCCu Bug and Scratched 88 years,. I go Mr. Dennis Downing ten years better. I have dug and scratched for nraritfs, thirty-eight and years. I had what is termed uavs suffered everything, and tried a number of doctors but got no relief. Anybody coffid imr have got *500 had they cured me. The Co- Remedies cuml me. God Mess the man who invented Cctimfha ! - for “How to Core Skia Diseases,’ .0 illustrations, and 100 testimo bl M h -b^^c^ap^ and {oily .Aching Sides and Back. 'Hip, kidney, relieved and uterine in pains minute and weaknesses one HOTEL CURTIS GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, Jtader New Management. *• 8. DANIEL, PropY. : : m . „ *-*». - • • MPTIv/E i USELESS ' PRECAUTION. -. \- Additional Dispatches, ftvvU t&B T-.d UJ/ ..*** less. The tent is surmounted by a American flag. r ,u 5 s'-' . When the second and. third sections of the only left eassrs to those disappoint¬ recourse ed in securing lota was to buy out such holders ef late as were willing to sell, or run the risk of taking lots outside the changed Guthrie hands. already has its Main street, Harrison street, its Guthrie avenue, and Its Oklahoma avenue, and yesterday morning telope it was a wilderness, jack where an¬ sported and the rabbit lapped The council was elected at the same polled. time. Nearly There ten thousand about that votes were in are men Guthrie with the intention of becoming citizens. The The Bank Bank of of Oklahoma Oklahoma opened for er, is president. The new city is flooded With line cards of all sorts, representing every of trade, business profession, and every mail is occupation expected to imaginable. reach Guthrie A mam post- of office at an early day. Arkansas City, Han., April 28.—A special from Guthrie says that three men who took claims there yesterday were foully murdered about 5 o’elrek by claim jumpers. The name of their assailants and the victims could not be learned. .r t, - a , - -- ‘ - , a- i. -0* Guthrie, I. T„ April 28.—Precisely at noon the train passed a barbed wire fence, running east, and which many supposed to be the northern boundary of Okla¬ homa. The boomers had also taken a similar view, for as the advance was made south, camps and tents were seen in every di¬ rection. Bight in a pleasant hollow, with a miniature creek flowing through it, a wagon was standing with every evi¬ dence of the owner’s idea that he had reached the promised land. The were tethered, the man was digging a little branch that might have been either a dividing line or a fire guard. The wife was busy cooking. It was evident those good people thought they had slipped into Oklahoma unseen, and were safe. Close by, on high ground, two men were holding down the quarter section in true military style. The intensely morning was its bright* and the snn was not, —"—ring reflectii on the well-polished barrels of theWi Tnchesters held by each. Fifty wagons mile or more along, -’rr~, were making and after good time. A. * further * a interview, the train ain pulled up and took on board Lieut. Forster, ” who had been on guard at thi i point with company H —d airy. that He he had reported held back ___— ,,—, hundred all further on his ground, one on. The Jdn* Groused. At 12:15 percisely there answered was a by whistle from the train, engine, and shout from the we were Oklahoma at last. Before the train had crossed the line flft y^yar ds a man sprang ofl\ regardless of was on Ste feet in a few seconds, collect? ed his baggage, which* 1 he had thrown out ahead, and was turning sods the train was out of sight, For quite a little other distance, settlement perhaps noted. half a Horsemen mue, no was were seen in the distance, and ’wagons were also pressing on towards the better land further south. On the summit of the ridge, a little to the east, two him, and whose back he was about un¬ loading. skirted He bad selected a nook, by trees. Further to the west a colony of boomers close had that set¬ tled, and their wagons were so POrefed there could be each. soancely half the 180 acres for Already Full of Squatters, So far it was just posable that every boomer seen had waited until 12 o’clock before lie crossed the line, but sqpttew pure and simple now came In view. There could be no pretense that any of tjisee had obeyed the late, and the im¬ mense number who had eluded the vigi¬ lance cf the military, is a scandal, 1% all officers have kept on announcing boomers in the along that there were no to country, that all newspaper reports fleer in charge was'the “Well," reply, “if it has been QB&f^*** >; NO EXCESS OF IMMIGRATION. What Congressman Springer Says —The Cherokee Strip to be Opened Up. Springfield, HI. .April 28.—Hon. Wil¬ liam Springer, chairman of the commit- con- open to settlement. “If the commission appointed by the president meets with anticipated success, the Cherokee outlet containing few over weeks 6,- 000,000 acres of land will, to a aa the land now t strip of land is nearli 84 miles wide, ort n Oklahoma Creek proper, inole and rare ^Le is bate stead accomplish law, and this all that order is required of tee now to is an sec¬ retary of the interior removing the Ara- pahoes and Cheyennes north of tee Ca¬ nadian River to the south side of the river, being the larger the south portion side of of the tee reserva¬ river. tion on Homes Enough for All. There is no doubt that tee great influx ■S' ™ a tends at once. Therefore, into I this say tee ex? cess of immigration country, while disappointed entailing temporary settlers, hardships will be condu¬ upon the cive to great national prosperity, opening forcing tee the other government unoccupied Into lands at once to settlement. up “tKrS&'Sft*- There will be homes enough for all who wn m the senate did not pass tee Oklahoma bill. This biH would have furnished a lawful government for tee people, who would have settled on these tends, aad would liave entire confidence and dis¬ pelled all fears of violence. Jiut I Ameri¬ have great faith in the capacity themselves, of the and can believe people that to the govern people who settle may establish upon these lands will at oaoe a provisional government which wfil give perfect security to persona and property. How this can be accomplished I will ex¬ plain briefly. As soon as more than 100 should call a mass meeting and at once appoint a provisional mayor aad other and city government officers, adopting thetews for of their Kansas, guidance tee nearest state, in reference to tee govern¬ ment of cities and towns. This provis- ayer of the city si issuing a call for tion, >n, to to be be composed compose of delegates from every municipality or centre of popula- tion. _ Deadly Assault by a Negro. Lawrencevillb, Ga., April 28.—A negro named Will Bennett inflicted a serious wound upon tee head <tf to. Hamilton, who lives near Woodward's when Mr. the negro INGALLS ON Hi sentment or the instin %*&■&fiat satif action tee Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad at this place on account of their having been paid off in light weight gold. Thir¬ ty thousand dollar* was paid out by the railroad large portion company of it at tips gold place, stamped and “L” a was by the government. Such currency was SSI? stuff was distributed with great impar¬ tiality among tee train hands, shop men and clerks. The company is invesrtiga- e day°t£i favorable bright for and large cool, with mots a vote, parties have been active In the cam- i and a full vote was expected. The s a legal holiday with the exception certain contracts, business etc., transactions wffifc valid, Jelat- and c s, exchanges and wholesale business Charleston, 8- C., April 88-Thls morning the dead body of Ben Morris, a constable of this place, was found on the tracks of the Chesapeake mile from here. aad The Ohio rail¬ way, shout a body 2 | ; e:a 1 Will'" ril , ut of the 1 IrVMS will be SMS Lincoln in proper official! him for trial. centennial celebration; but this wi bmme, which th. nark .otboriO^ has been damaged $300 or 8*00. *78 ft Month for Ufe, Utica, *. Y„ April *3.—Christian Hols worth, of Lowville, who has hem insane ter yean, owing to hardships of sons, and steps will be taken to set apart g£K&£ jSSaH L3fr l 3& in washing. Holzworth Is an incurable inmate of the Lewis county asylum, CoZADPAHt, Ohio, April 88.—Presley Netris, living near Goshen, Ohio, died very suddenly. Not kmg ago he per¬ mitted himself to be mesmerized, and while in this state, a pin was thrust Loia, Ohio, April 88,—Forty thousand barrel* of oil teat flowed out of teeStm- 2 2 ! . --- to get an additional sente