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j'iiiwS" l 1 1113 i 5 « 1 j \ ^ 1 if * n ^ II* importune rival, me r.usi, xen- rginia and Georgia. Ithasobtam- adependent connection with Chat- mdthe West, and willbreak ground tys lor a fourth road, connecting rth independent system. ’ ^ five white and four colored church- eoently completed a filO.OOO new every State in the Union, until it is now sur- rounded on nearly every side by orchards and vineyards. It has put up the largest This is port'of the record of ti half decade and simply sh ows the progress of 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 m west Middle Georgia, with a healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1160 feet above sea level. By the census of 1890, it will have at a low estimate between 6 000-and 7,000 people, and they are all of the right sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to welcome strangers and anxious to secure de¬ sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel- some il.thcy bring money to help bnild up the town. There is about only one thing we used badly just now. and that is a big hotel. We have several small onss, but their accom¬ modations an entirely too limited for our business, pleasure and health seeking guests. If you see anybody that want* a good loca- a hotel inthe South, Just mention is published—daily and weekly—the best news¬ paper in the EmpireState of Georgia. Please enclose stamps to sending for sample copies, and descriptive pamphlet of Griffln.| This brief sketch is written April 12th, 1889, and will have to be changed in a few months to embrace new enterprises commenced and completed. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. HENKY C. PEEPLES, attorney at law, HAMPTON, GEORGIA. Practices in all the State and Federal Courts. oct9d*wly - JOHN J. HUNT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, URirriN, GEORGIA. Office, 81 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H. White's Clothing Store. mar22d&wly THUS. R. MILLS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office over George A Hartnetts corner. nov2tf 10HH D STEWART. ROBT. T. UA VIET,. STEWART A DANIEL. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Over George & Hartnett’s, Griffin, Ga. ■Will practice to the State and Federal Court*. july!9dtf D. L PARMER, ATTORNEY AT LAW Iran to all business* Courts, and where HOTEL CURTIS a BIFFIN, GEORGIA, Under New Management. A. 6. DANIEL, Prop'r. Piters meet all trains. 1250 acres Land in IS miles of city, lying r.’TkrtSkWsaga good condition and hands raffirient mi place 250 acres, part inside cite limit*. W&tPQto »» w*'* A *« n tnw«n JWW mjwnH ■» New York city, and th\o removed to James¬ town, if. Y„ whore tor ton years ha was the, publisher and editor of The Jamestown Jour¬ nal. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1853 and 1851. In 1858 he removed to Iowa and became editor and part owner of The Dubuque Times. In I860 he was elected state printer, holding the. office eight years. While at Dee Hoiues as state printer he secured control of The State Register, the pdper now owned by First Assistant Postmaster General Clark¬ son. In i«&3 he was elected a representative from Iowa to the Forty-first congress, and was re-elected to the Forty-second congress. After leaving congress Mr. Palmer bought an interest in The Chicago Inter Ocean, which had been started about® year or two previously, and he at once assumed an edi¬ ted! relation with that paper. He remained with The Inter Ocean until hxs wee nnnnintoil ruvativinetiAf r.hiMim W jur tuw *wiu i-uo minors uu uteai the White House to connection with his ap¬ pointment are commendations sent to volun¬ tarily since his name was publicly men¬ tioned. He ti a practical printer, and is also a book-binder. Civil-Service Commissioners. The president also appointed Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, and Hugh 8. Thompson, of South Carolina, to be civil service commissioners. Mr. Roosevelt is. a well-known member of the Roosevelt family of New York, and has taken an active part in the politics of that state. He was one of the delegates at large to the Republican covantion at Chicago In THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 1884, and was the Republican candidate for jnayor of a# New Va» York 1 , rtitoi City at tha the nliuttf election preceding against the Abram last mayoralty 8. Hewitt contest, and Henry run¬ ning * George. • He has been a decided civil service re¬ former all his life, and while iq the state senate of New York secured the passage of what is known, as the Roosevelt reform bills. He is a man of literary tastes, and has written a number of magazine articles descriptive of life upon the large ranch which he owns in Montana. He is about 30 years of age, and ti a quick, nervous and energetic worker. He ti not now in Washing¬ ton, but was here in consultation with the president before he accepted the appoint¬ ment, Mr. Thompson ti the well known assistant secretary of the treasury from South Caro- stejags- Itoa, appointed by / President Clever i tfSuxra land. He born ■Ills? was in Charleston, 8. C., 31 7^ *»Sk |§» and ti about SO years of age. He f/Jm! Jr University rows educated pf South at the J f w \ 0 Carolina, and after j i urir be was graduated MM, \ /nB therefrom, studied ’$ \ nwrfi) and practiced law V for some time in ( r I / / jjN Columbia, of the the oapi- w > tal state. HUGH s. THOMPSON. He was elected gov- nor of the state, which office he resigned to accept the assistant teoretaryiffiip «f the treasury. popular of the He was one of the most ap¬ pointees of the tote administration, and President Cleveland in February tost sent to his nomination to the senate for the offioe to which he was this evening appointed, —M having but it was not confirmed, d, the senate adopted a policy of aon-action on appoint¬ ments made by President Cleveland toward the close of his administration. His appoint¬ ment was urged by a great many Demo, crate, and also, it is said, by a number of Republican sena tors and rep resentatives. Kern In* Their Wages. ’ Washington, May ».-A* Secretary Rusk sat at his desk Monday afternoon, bte gaze fell upon the workmen engaged in mowing the first crop of grass on the grounds of the agricultural department. Something to their movements did not satisfy his eye, and turn¬ ing to Chief Clerk Rock wood, he said: ‘Td like to go out there and give those fellows points.” “You'd better tarn that to me,” re¬ over sponded Maj. Rockwoood. ”1 ran mow all arouud you.” replied the secretary! “** “Not much,” built that way.’" the boys sajfc ‘you ain’t Tuesday taoming as they Vode up tile avenue to the department building the right of the mowers alongside brought to mind Monday’s banter, and without a word, the secretory and chief clerk leaped from the carriage to tiie town, and, each grabbing a The tall form of toe secretory mmr« saasstnssifiris while Maj, Roekwood spectacle, to the Contest; modes.iy a id hi-. >w« * did n~ .atite KW’ t bo!l3t •round the srererary In fact, toe « ■...... ppp ^ the general commanding the Mexican Fed¬ eral forces on the coast, the Federal judge, the prefect of the district and many others. The point selected for the commencement Of the work Is about six miles front Ouaymas on the Sonora railroad, near J Batamot&l ~ v,’J Station. , ■ An Ohio Crank. Washington, May 9.—An Ohio crank stirred up tin department of justice Tues¬ day. His name is John Smart and he haBs from Bellaire. He thinks fas hat power over the spirits of all soldiers killed in the war, but he cannot exercise hi* power until sworn Into office by Chief Justice Fuller. THE CITY OF PARIS Breaks the Record— Her Time Five Days, Twenty-Three Honrs and Seven Minutes. Nxw York, May 0.—The Inman line steamer City of Paris, has broken the record. Her time from Queenstown to New York is computed to be 5 days, 38 hours, 7 minutes. Her fastest dally record was on May 7, when her log showed 511 miles. The C hoar¬ der Etruria’s beet time is 6 days, 1 hour, 65 minutes. __ NEW FIREARM INVENTION. ,.1, K. v u p. a »*%) * The latest Is a Cartridge That Kxplodes sows, *w w rnwrw eeoretof — mi • great pains to keep ton ail these military advantages to the make of |U small arms; but it ti very doubtful whether the Prussians have not already bought the precious sec ret for a very small su m. 8ULUVA N TO THE RESCUE. ]ge Assist* Railroad Detectives to Arrest¬ ing an Offender on a Train. Tarrytown, B. May 0,—A fight oc¬ curred Monday night on a train near Dobb Ferry, between railroad deteottvea and train men one the one ride and a gang of toughs OU the other. • t • A crowd Who had attended the Sullivan- SftaacjsatSBSt NKNMiyrasB train in anticipation of trouble, and they at¬ tempted to arrest Dorti, wboee friends oame to bis rescue. In the fight whioh followed __, several til of AW the Mtew/1 crowd were ware Irnrvtlrnri knocked Anmrk down, Doris maptranred. He W%| token to Pokeeprie, where ha was Tuesday semtenoed to six months’ imprisonment to the penitentiary. He had been out of the penitentiar y only a week. A Tennessee County's Baby Crap. Kxoxvnxx, Item., May 9.-Union county, tjiti state, ti totos front to the baby Em Charles Newton and Mr* Ellen Tanner claim twins each. All the children are aUre and doing wril, ggd fill repjrfr are not yet in. ______ Niagara’s New Bridge Opened. Niagara Fall*, May 8.-Tbe new ros- 1Z for fravel thismorntog, The bridge, whieh ;SOTKtW JS m * many Jewish customs, aad above nil their ’3flgSZX*SS8F^£ intermarrying with Christians. Their rtvixn mines, the working of which fas* accompanied been interrupted by a determined strike, which by much v toi tet r e , the effects of will be felt for a tong time. Baring Brothers Also tatter. The reputation of Baring Brothers has also suffered by their entanglement in the copper fiasco, and they, too, will in future estimate at a higher rata American capacity aad command of capital. Their losses would have been comparatively trifiing had they heeded the disinterested advioe given by New York advisers, „ Socialists Make the Bast of It. Of course such disarrangements and busi¬ ness disturbances are made the most of by Boctoltilie agitators, who see to the combin- : easiness at the proportions assumed by the crowds whieh.ha ve flocked to see him. Presented to Blsmarek. Berlin, May 0.—Messrs. Kasson, Phelps and Bates aad Lisuts. Buckingham and Par¬ ker went Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’olock to Prince Bismarck’s aad were introdnoed by Pnimf Count Herbert, TTawVuiwf TUa The TveinAA prince was axtremsly aw tw a ... a<w cordial, and spoke to English. He said he was glad the conference was progressing so favorably. He hoped they would soon bring their labors to asuoesssful close. Prince Bismarck spoke to the eomtntision- ers In English. His manner was very affa¬ ble. He said he was glad to hear of the pro- grass made by the conference. The visit hall m hour. sens have achieved marked success, end have impressed Frtnos Bismarck with their firmness end dip lomacy, Concession* from Persia. St. Fxtxbmcrg, May 9,—It ti generally understood to financial circles that Baron Reuter has obtained concessions from the National bank of Pareto for power to issue bank notes for twice the amount of the bank’s capital, and which are to be a legal tender of the country. The concession has glspbeea granted Baron Reuter to work ooal and other mines. A^ti^r report cur¬ rent here ray* that these concretions •re doctioa of oopra, tbedrtod k< "Vi-' '* ’■ ■ ■■ - ISO of them on different plantatio ns. PROBAB LE FATAL FALL. Three Men Test an Kl.vator to Their Sor¬ row at Providence, R. I. Rbovidkno*, R, 1, May 9.-At 305* m. ■tnswESS * * BOLD BANK ROB BERS. 7 1 , manded to keep quiet, and were covered fey revolvers. The third thief covered the cashier, and producing a sack, forced the the cashier to open tho safe and pour con¬ tents into it The robbers then backed out of the door, * Fifteen men on hornbook immediately armed themselves eud started to pursuit. About three miles out of town, to the brush along the river, they caught right of Ike robbers and opened fire. It was returned by the robbers, but no one wee hurt, end to the chase that followed the robbers escaped. ■ —---------.........■■ ■■ I — . i - o. 0, f i Grand Bneampment of Ohio qt Cincinnati. Jfew 0 *«n Installed, CrecwNATi, May 9.—The Grand Enc tepol am p - W ent of Ohio, l 0. Q. F„ decided pone until the next annual meeting ootwfct- eration of a revision of the constitution, Piqua was chosen ** the plaoe f or At next meeting, on the first Tuesday in May, urn. <Pka IriRnraln/r nnw Afttanwi fgai-o [nkfeHnri «*« «■** by J A \ 3*y«