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About The Griffin daily news and sun. (Griffin, Ga.) 1889-1924 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1889)
in' mmm mm- i Mil -iw-r 3 ST - ____________)RGIA, U. (il ifflu i* the beet and meet promising little r in the Sooth. Ife record lor the past H.sassjsaassx During that time it has built and put into | meet successful operation a 1100,000 cotton r:™o- it line put up a large iron and brae* foundry, a fertiliser factory, an immense ice and bot¬ tling work*, a each and blind factory, a • broom factory, opened up the finest, granite I quarry in tlie United States, and now has I our large oil mills in more or lee* advanced I tb ....................... »P* I plied for tso charters for street-railways. It I ha* secured another railroad ninet y mUeelong, I and wbil* located on the greatest system in the South, the Central, has secured connec- 1 *d direct independent connection tanooga and the West, ahd will hr in a few days fora fourth road, connecting with a fourth independent system. With it* Be# white and loureolored church¬ es, it has recently completed a $10,000 new Presbyterian church. It has increased it* pop¬ ulation by nearly one Bfth. It has attracted around Its border* fruit growers from nearly ,rery State i. tbs Union, until it know suy- rounded on nearly every side by orchards •ad riueyarda. It has put up the Urgent Iruit evaporators In the State. It is the home of the grape audits winemakfageapaeity has doubled every year. It baa successfully in¬ augurated a system of public schools, with a seven years curriculum, second to none. This is part of the reeord of a half decade and simply faows the progress of an already admirable eity. with the natural advantages of having the finest climate, summer and uiufatifa WfaWfrt*. ?X J . j*- V>: Griffin Is the county seat of Spalding eoun- tr, Situated in west fiddle Georgia, 1150 with feet m healthy, fertile and roIHng country, aliove asa fevel. By the cam oi 1880, it will have at alow estimate between 6 000 and 7,000 people, and they art all of fie right sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to welcome st ran ge r s and nation* to secure de¬ sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel¬ come if they bring money to help build up the own. There is about only one thing we need badly just now, and that is a fag hotel. We hav# several small ones, but their accom¬ modations are eutirsly too limited for our urine s, pleasure and health seeking guests. H you see anybody that wonts a good loca¬ tion for a hotel in the South, just mention Griffin. 0riffle is the place where the Gnmvm Nnws s published—daily and weekly—the best news - paper in the Empire State fa Georgia. Please enclose stamps in sending for sample copies, and descriptive pamphlet of Griffin.) f . , This brief sketch is written April 13th, 1889, and will hav* to be changed fa a few months o embrace new enterprises commenced and ompfeted. *«*<-*<. 1 j»y ■ PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. HENKY C. PEEPLES, ATTORNEY AT LAW a JOHN J. HUNT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, uatrrnt, OKoaeu. Office, St Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H. White’* Clothim- Store. mar22d&wly CMOS. R. MILLS, ATTORNEY AT WW, Court*. arts? tjhoet-fijed nov2tf corner, JOKXD STSWAKT. ROOT. T, DANIEL. STEWART & DANIEL ATT , « sorts. D. L woonnrRT, aaosou. f 1’prompt etMnttee given to all business* Will practice in all toe Courts* and wham ver business calls. ~ ? - ■ ^ CLEVELAND & GARLAND, DENTISTS, esti . j nsosai*. 101 flu.? .-i' . A Nfw Bureau Formed In the War Department By the Consolidation of Sev- ! oral Divisions. • —- n: ^ Pension Cases Can Now Be Disposed of With Greats* Speed Than Heretofere. Numerous Drawbacks Encountered In Bringing fame the Wrecked Jttpste. Other National Neva Washington, July pSemte 16.—The most im- “■ - * b m at ties that has token ____effected Mpnreek. jp recent A years, new of the war dejpllpent, of indirect connection with the offioe the secre¬ tary of war, has been created, in which are brought together, under the juris- nvalid pensions. These comprise all*of the hospital records of the war of the rebellion, which have heretofore constituted the Burnt important, as well as the greater part of the original records in the sur¬ geon general's office, and also all the regimental records heretofore exclus¬ ively under the iurisdiction of the adiu- tan* general’s the office, order of 1the'Whole things, forming, the under new com- ■tS3S^ ernmen Captain Alsiforth In Charge. E. This 0. Ainsworth, new tmreau is in charge in the of Capt. lar who, during a surgeon the past regu¬ three army, has been in oharge of the records years, and pension division of the treneral's office, and he has bad surgeon under EFenlL wntrol Woft&rhos^tal sat-fWAaSSiSS ily referred all applications for invalid IWffi— * . f * , tf I f Hf*' The Reason for Consolidating. xuaiuuno mo Mswjmcut ui miuruB no of basis of action upon the thousands pension oases, which it is so desirable to dispose tofore. of with greater speed than here¬ _____ THE WR ECKED NIPSIC. (fast Has Already Cost *10,000, and She’s Net Half Way Home. Washington, July 16.—The navy de- partment will send out in the steamer which lejves San Francisco next Satur¬ day for Honolulu, a cast iron screw weighing over 8,000 pounds. This is intended for the Nipeio, now at that port. The order of Admiral Kimberly Bending the Nfprie home in towoftha Alert is looked upon as a most remarka¬ ble one. ! ■* 'f | ; • * , Nearly Wrecked Again. land When it he against ordered the the protest ship * to of Auck¬ Gom- was ie mender Mullan. The - wag i by a rudder, order of and Admiral a jury rudder Kimberly. was JUmOerly. Before Before the ship got out of the harbor ’it broke, and that it the was Nipeio only by superhuman prevented efforts from was - -'on the reefs for a second time. heat Admiral and lost Kimberly time was in stripping now at a white Com¬ no mander Mullen of thg «w^gd both ships M the ship. He then ordered tti San Francisco. Of oonrBe the coal of Until the Alert oonld go north and get more coal. When this became known the department decided to send a new samnMUVOs half way home. It does seem strange that such an order should have been given, especially in the face of the pro¬ tests of the two commanding coal officers. The Alert could not cany enough to steam that distanoe. An Investigation Probable. Thera writ wt si aly be a mm > at far subject, rest not- upon his eenstderablel upon the Sa- yet has not been A Good Reason Assigned. tNUTON, Wanamaker July W.— he Poatmfifiter isSBed bis ' redudng says telegraitio rates it to one mill a word upon to the effect that the west- had made such rates with large c orporations . Secretary Prootor Returns. Proctor da; ■bia-aseinl in- Band Cgngkt Pfa, July. 16.—The of a Valuable ... j and the operated renewed by y, was The Lake a ctrainTn at midnight from Clove- SING. JULY JULY 17.1889. 17.1 Said to Be Entangled Among the Wire et the Stone Bridge at Johnstown. Johnstown, Pa.. July 16.—A s tion genl had st<m bridge road company, had made some startling discoveries. The story is that the bottom of the other, held dovm by tons of wire that have been snapped and twisted into a perfect mat ; of Wcaara unknown proportions. v ii. Kiracuious Kseape of Those on Board An Electric Street Car, Cincinnati. incline the oars were run upon the trucks and lifted at lowered by cable. The bracks are barely large enough to contain one car, and are surrounded by iron fencing and gates. In getting the Cars quired on in the truoks permitting good judgment them is re¬ not to go too far. At 11 a. m. car No. 28 went on the truck. From inexperience or want of set judgment, the car was not stopped until the incline track almost m a perpendic¬ ular position. It was estrange that it did not roll down the incline, and it was the merest accident thaferit did not. into Motorman the in Lenta time to nufafiged sdve himself to jump from oar ifSasa Hyndman ssssft and two others ■sS&Sisa.i whose names 2K van escaped unhurt, i ’ It required four hours to remove the wreck. New trucks with better facili¬ ties for stopping the oars, to insure safety, will have to be put on the incline before through oar service will be re¬ sumed. __ JOHN L. S ULLIVAN’S LIBERTY. The NashylUc Judge Publishes a Card of Explanation. Nashvhjji, Tenn., July 16.— The American publishes the following oard from Circuit Judge McAllister, whose decision liberated John L. Sullivan last Thursday: I desire to state to the public that in de¬ livering Sullivan, my I did judgment mention in toe case the of John L, of not name Governor Robert L. Taylor, nor did I ever refer to the practice of toe executive depart¬ ment of tiie state of Tennessee in refusing to extradite for misdemeanor. I based my tion judgment of toe wholly upon of my the own United construc¬ States constitution Hie and the statutes of the state of Tennessee. state are wholly without fou n d ation , there was any error or wrong In thedis charge of John L. Sullivan I desire the peo¬ ple Whole of responsibility. Tennessee to Governor know I assumed Taylor the was not in the city of Nashville at the time. I discharged Jopn L. Sullivan because there was no requisition from the governor of from Mississippi the nor any of warrants Tetmenee. of extradition The tion of extradition governor for misdemeanors cat ques¬ no figure whatever fa my judgment. WiujAi t K. McAia istxb, Judge. Governor Lowry Endorsed. Naw Orleans, July 16.—A dispatch from of citizens Purvis, Miss., held says (here that and a meeting strong was resolutions were adopted endorsing the course of Governor Lowry in attempt- express- Won SX3,000 at Fare. ward Marks, who have succeeded PhiL early Sunday morning. Millionaire Jim Eeschler, of Denver, ex-Sen*tor Tabor's old partner in the now 000 of their money in hispodkets. He woii it at faro after a siege of about twelve hours. .Atone time during the night Reschler was ahesd about *50,000. Besehler cashed in the big wmful of ferred chips which Ms fortune side of the had table, kindly and trans¬ to was promptly presented with a check for Struck by a Train and Killed. Bxurubh, O., Jnly 16.—A young oouple, cart cousins, Gleneve, out west driving of here, in a dog¬ near were struck by a Baltimore and Ohio fast freight train, the horre soarmg and jumping on the track. The ladv hved of the accident nine miles awfcy to this city before discovered on the pilot of the engine. Fulton, The young thclady’s man’s name was nfaem. JhjJLia Ault. A oousm, a brotlier of m, in trying to pcevmit the horse from lumping jumping on the track, was also seriously hurt Boaaway Gable Oars. ClNOINNATLJnlV 16.—A 16 sad accident oocurred on Ufa Vine i. street cable line afternoon. In attempting to stop attain of two care in Clifton the brakerod broke, letting the ean ran down mites a steep hour. grade The at the rate of twenty were* mi passengers iftfa In doing so Will- ' . Ttcree People Drowned. 0., July 16 .—A 1.011 Ml® Driviug of i Benishes fSli From Soil. A Long Soudan K Will War in the Probably fl -HP and ce Make ***bte rsof l Abu named . Believed to Be at ik vfH AU. Servls’s Alliance to , No Lonyer'iu Doubt—Other for. LOKpQN, regi- menta are off ©er- tain that otl re- i military | _ reorived a mild exali by the news of the victory over wish os at Arquin, but it is bei evident that a good deal of work, work, too, remains to be done before the "Uke the Sands ot the Sea. Prisoners speak of the number of men under the successor of tlie mahdi as bring “tike due the sands of the sea,” and Jit making is allowanoe for escaggeration, then: number safe to assume that meiUBeivee uxavw w xusnnew, nuu in Ssjsnfi fcpCff,. 0 ' * Still Morehin* Northward. The party dispersed by (ten. Grenfell was merely one detached ter purposes of foraging and reeonnoissance, and he admits that the main body flf the enemy is steadily pursuing its msroh north¬ ward. his own troops following risk on par- alleLlines without caring to an at¬ tack probability upon it So of far recovering from there Khartoum, bring any the Khedive consider himself for¬ tunate if he succeeds may in driving the in¬ vaders from the territory which they now hold. In the meantime this erup¬ tion pretext from for the the south continuance furnishes of a British capital occupation. - - n y v ' , A. Big War Probable. Fears are expressed at Cairo that the advance of the dervishes along the Nile is really only a feint intended to cover a far more formidable movement by Abn Hamed, who, it is thought, is marching with a very strong foroe across the desert upon Korosko. If these fears tom ont to be well be forced of to the rel; loyalty licion. vance 0 m,ou C ., «« bu In earnest, will be able to hold Jim in chock Otherwise Abu Hamed will find only a few posts, straggling widely scattered and disorganized and poorly military offl- oered to interpose any serious objections to his overrunning the whole of upper Victoria* ■ ;-£ I» Not a Millionaire. London, July .lK—The committee on royal grants, having under considera¬ tion the proposal of making allowances he Pnnee •iroaching iir Thursday, will report in when it be submitted that the house this Of commons. will contain It is several given ont prises for report the English people, sur¬ and among will riiow other the things popular it is idea stated that that the it qaeen tirely is a very wealthy By direction lady to of be the en¬ erroneous. herself, Lord Cross, who has had * the royal finances for ___before the committee years, soon their appointment and submitted of claims the treasury, when this will queston advocate the royal in the house Thursday. comes up BoulangUm Denounced. M. Waddi Jington, ' ban- If tere, gave paominent e a a to members ..... ... of the _ French . colony. In a speech after the banquet the embaaea- - in America, because he said, in possible. The triumph of Bon- langer would succeed, but neverth- tess he considered it necessary for his countrymen to rally around President Carnot in defense of the republic. The Outlook In Servia. look London, Servia July fa t6.—The daily becoming political out¬ in longer mure serious. There can be no any doubt os to the attitude Austro-Russian of Serna on the outbreak of an war. The alliance of Servia to Buseia is an ao- comnlished fact. The czar’s famous toast to Prinoe Nikita, of Montenegro, fa regarded in Servia iKsr^’iEirS’SS'ssfc as the open designation of that vian race under a single scepter. It is also taken to indicate everybody .that knows the is great struggle which pre¬ rering between Autria and the great Slavonic power is very ne ar at hand. Were flkirml>hl»r hi Egypt. Cairo, July 16 .— More s kir mishi ng is reported to have taken place between tin force* under OoL Wodehonaeand the dervishes, in which the latter lost i men. It is mid reported Egyptian that forces the ed British Wilkie Collins’ condition fas materially The bank fart fenced to eight years’! -scsssfsra £i?S tamed to Liverpool aceomp by the fake. K. Beta, the - SUNDAY 8TORM3. Considerable Damago Done In Vorlon* t’nrt* of to* Oonntrjr. Cincinsati, July 16.—The heavy storm of Sunday afternoon played and havoc tele¬ with pleasure resorts, trees phone wires while it lasted. At the Cin¬ cinnati base ball purk there came near being a panic. A large part of tha fence was blown down, number incurring a loss of *000, and a of horses and carriages were buried In Lincoln in the and wreck. other parks • - jr - number .,. „ , ' ^ a of tree:! were uprooted. At Coney Island some damage was blown done, and the steamer Guiding Star was aground._ Sever* Storm In tow*. Davbotoht, Iowa, July Kb—The most severe thunder storm known in years occurred late Saturday night and Sunday The signal morning. service records show rain a fall of five and one-sixth inches in six hours. The river rose seventeen inches in seven hours. v T . V S The telephone svstem was demolished, and many bridges washed away. Two washouts are reported on the Wilton branch of the Chicago, Book Island and Pacific road. The damage to crops is heavy. ~ ' In Pennsylvania. Lancaster Pa, July 16.—In the northern part of Lancaster county the stems were the of heaviest Saturday in and years. Sunday Five nights, mill dams were aorried away along Hummer and Middle creeks, and five bridges were destroyed in Elizabeth township. Town Demolished. storm Hameucon, Sunday O., afternoon Jnly 16. swept — 1 A wind Princeton is a mass of ruins, strange to say, no one wa s hurt In Texas. Bkbrotxuue, Tex., July 16.—Eleven houses have been washed away in Junction Oily, at the confluence of the North and South Liano. A great loss of life is feared. THE 18 92 WORLD ’S FAIR. The Empire City, The Windy City and The Capltoircity AU Want It. New York, citizens Jnly 18.—A conference of leading faking was initial held Monday for the purpose of steps to se¬ cure the location of tho world’s fair oi 1892 gested in that the Empire committee City. be It appointed was sug¬ to a wait upon the mayor to represent to him the expediency of calling together without of leading delay merchants a preliminary and others convention for con¬ sultation and oommon action. Strenuous efforts, it was stated at the meeting, are being made the location by the of Balti¬ the moreans to secure great claims fair of Chicago in Washington, have already while reached the formidable dimensions. It is believed that by prompt and concerted action on the part of the municipal authorities and citizens that New York will be selected as the Bite for the next great exposition. . _ ONLY WHEN NE CES3ARV Will Prcslilont Harrl.on Ilrtnrn to Wash¬ ington for the Next Two Month*. Deer Park, M<L, Jnly 16.— The president remarked Sunday that in view of tiie hot, dusty ride of Friday after¬ noon he might bo obliged to revise his plans for the summer, and spend more time tended. here He than does he bad look originally forward with in¬ not pleasure to a twelve hours’ ride on the road weekly probably for the next Washington two months, and he will go to daring that period only when absolutely necessary. Secretary Window heartily in concurs tiie ings proposition here in tho to meantime, hold cabinet and Private meet¬ Secretary Halford cheerfully volunteers to make trips to and from the capital, as may be necessary to keep the presi¬ dent fully informed as to the eonditioa of the public business. This matter is still under advisement _ A Kentucky Murder. Paducah, Ky., July 16.—John Sta- tem, a well-to-do fanner of Fulton coun¬ ty, was shot and killed early Saturday Statem morning by passing Jim Thompson, along public a neighbor. road, was a and, with meeting Thompson, greeted him a pleasant “Good morning!” hell!” Thompson’s followed immediately reply was, by the “Go discharge to of a. double-barreled buokshot, shot gnu. The gun was loaded with and the charge took effect in Statem'a head and chest only The hours. murdered The murderer man lingered made two his escape, and armed men are looking for him. It fa not kuown that the men had any p revions diflionlty. Th* New Congressional Ubnuy. Concord, N. EL, Jnly 1(1.—The con¬ tract building for the at new Washington congressional has library been awarded to the New England Granite Conn., at *1,200,- ill be cut It is four requilirfrom to 800 tiie to 1,000 men years execute A Bloody "Cake Walk.*’’ Sunday Fuemingsbubg, morning William Ky., Juty Beedle, 16 .—Early Jr., slight shot Jim Lewie three times producing Heniy wounds. His fourth shot struck the forehead, Ashby, producing an innocent fatal bystander, injuries. in The occasion was a “cake walk" and all parties are colored. The murderer fa still at all large, directions. but pursuing parties are out in _ Bcr Father Doesn't Uke Him. CoiiCKBua, Ind., sheriff July of this 16.—Henry county, Keller, a deputy the head and fatally in¬ was beaten over jured late Saturday night with a heavy club in the hands made of William Henry because Henry. The Keller attack was walking with by his (Henry’s) went daughter against Ins command. Henry fa under a rrest _ ’ Lightning strikes Oil. St. Joseph, Mo., July struck 10.—lightning tiie works early Sunday Consolidated morning (SI Tank Line of the eomplefai# com¬ da- pany in this city, and fit, S®, Paul, Work to Be Resumed at the Homestead Steel Plant Terms of Hue Settlement Not Positively Known. BethSMss are Said was effected. Term* of (sttkamt. fSanKUXrttrsa force for and instei sr&fsss&Si as the l m working, promised for i steady employment ■ years. . i *%] Miners* Victory. r strike since May 1, returned to work tiiis tS&tSSS&JTti morning. The operators granted until May next Other Tuscarawas val¬ ley mines are running. Call for a Mass-Meeting. has issued a call for a nmas-meeting of miners to be held at summer schedule wil_______________________ an attempt will be made to settle in an amicable manner tiie present d meat between tho operators and The Dneber Watch Cato Week*. TJy> Duober watch cose works has be- Dockmen Went an Advance. mSf'anT't Anchor Liao their dooks, have struck wages. They have been month, and demand *60. cents an Hour. Tliere arc about 300 < at other fd aces will quit work ELOPED WITH A SQUAW, A Chicago Conductor Desert* HD Family for a Dusky Maiden. Bustado, N. Y., July 16.-Shiloh Gil- lis, of Chicago^tvho fa prominent as a S?L 0 iSShl5K a s ^%2 museum performer who plays the part of an Indian squaw on the stage, tin. Gillie pursued the — found tho runaways in a on Clinton street, in this Mrs. Giilfa said her hns- band band in in Missouri Missouri sixteen sixteen years ago, and they spell lived happily hum This until f fa fa Miss the the toird^time third Scott a over he husband has eloped in Chicago. with her !t and she has a The woman fa a half-breed French Canadian, of lithe figure and fair face. Giliis was a conductor on the Grand Trank railway until this escapade, but has been discharged. . Of the 2,1 every day._ • about a month ago, At tiie time of the murder it was said that McMi death was caused by heart disease tyre knocked k McMahon down, and blow was supposed to have caused death. McIntyre fa held toawritin- vestigatio n by the coroner. • To Take Jueksea ea a Tear. has Chicago, made Jnly 16 .— with “Parson” Peter Jackson, Davies a contract ■ for a tour of the eastern cities i ggyee&isr&nte: will follow m ft I,.. >, ,j ^. . . Firebug on a Steamboat. Obtontoous, Minn., J * believed to_ have been N1 Hii of v avenue ai___ tha! j three ( * k Duly, Vj m % hors* m that will ^ . A tramp , ■ , * vr--.,': “P . - ■ . i Wfto * Y.-S- faftfa flown i Joseph Or leans, was ored men i near nes Bayou ahljr die. The dairy l pany, nmr 1 uav miiMN. . ~r • fa I J. ‘ °^fc w.oto Rev. Paid ored, a few A_ toe mail at I - 1 — *
