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plied fortvo charters for street- raUways. It
ban secured another railroad ninety miles long,
and white located on tlw* greatest system in
tlie South, the Central, has secured connec¬
tion with its important rival, the East Ten¬
nessee, Virginia and Georgia. It has obtain-
sd direct independent connection with Chat¬
tanooga and the West, and will break ground
With Its five white and fonrcolored church¬
es, it !m« recently completed a »t0,000 new
Presbyterian church. It has increased its pop-
illation by nearly one fifth. It has attracted
ground its borders fruit growers from nearly
»,ery State in tits Union, antU it is now sur¬
rounded on nearly svery side by orchards
Md vineyards. It has put up the latest
fruit evaporators in the State. It is thehome
of tlw grape and its wine making capacit y has
don bled every year. It ha* successfully in¬
augurated a system of public schools, with a
seven years curriculum, second to none.
This is part of the record of a half decade
gud siinply shows the progress of an already
admirable city, with the natural advantages
of having the finest climate, summer and
' «inter, tithe world. U
£• 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 lerel. By the census of I860, it
will have at alow estimate between 6 000 and
7,000 people, and they are all of the right
sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to
mention
Griffin.
Griffin is the place where the GnirviN Maws
s published—daily and weekly-the best news¬
paper In the Empire State o» Georgia. Please
enclose stamps in sending for sample copies,
and descriptive pamphlet of Griffln.|
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This brief sketch is written April I2th, 1M89,
and wifi have to be changed in a tew months
.
o embrace new enterprises commenced and
ompieted.
, PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
HENRY C. PEEPLES, ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
hauftos, obokuU.
sf- 1 * sL&r
JOHN J. HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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GRIFFIN, GEOUGIA.
0ffi.», 31 Hill Street, Dp Stairs, over J. H.
White’s OlothiBf- store. mor33d*«ly
TH0S. R. MILLS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Will practice Id tb* SSate and. federal
Co«rfc». Office over George & Hartnett’s
corner. novStf
JOHN D STEWABT. RODT. T. DANIEL.
STEWAftf & DANIEL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Uv»r George A Hartnett’s, Griffin, Ga.
Will practice in the State and Federal
ourte. julylMtf
GARLAND,
DENTISTS,
obuW. ; : GEOUGIA.
D. L PARMER,
A T Tfl 6 ! NET A W,
wooDBrnr, oborqu.
ney Warned for the
Stark Plantation.
«h« l>« f i»fl Counterfeit* Were MM
Primed from Stolen Government 1'Inte*
Tim «>W » Flexle—Senator UAmpton
Just Buck from > Tour Through Ou
ada, Telk* It. gjrdtng Annexation.
Washington, July 36.—Speaking o
too possibility - of * yellow fever out
break general this of the year. murine Dr. Hamilton, hospital aargeoi
serv
said that np to thafpiesent time be 1
not received even an intimation of i
suspicious eases in the yellow fever
triet, although the officers of the tear
hosnital service were under instructions
to keep a sharp lookout ! fog the appear¬
ance It of the July fever. that the * • ,f bf j
was 28 first ease
yellow fever ot Jacksonville was report-
demie at Jacksonville than ever before,
owing to the thoroughness of the in¬
spection there and to the faet that every
article from which fever might be ger¬
minated had either been burned or fu-
vice has endeavored to. make it appear,
in connection with the recent arrest of
Nelson Driggs, the aged counterfeiter,
in the west, that the securities captured
were printed from plates stolen from the
my department. with Possibly superservioeable this report
originated service operatives some appointed
secret un¬
der the last administration, retained. *who Mere- are
anxious to be &&&£ Capt.
MSAM? attention called to this report, said:
“There is not a word of truth in it
Whatever counterfeit money was cap¬
tured was printed from It plates absolutely made im¬ by
the counterfeiters. is
possible that any paper should have
been priuted and stolen from the
bureau. Every pieco of paper has fifty
checks upon it before it is delivered to
the treasurer os money. The pressman
receipt for for piece every plate of they given receive them. and
Their every looked paper at night hen
presw-s are w
their work ia done by a key which they
do not control. There is no investiga¬
tion going on at the bureau of engrav¬
ing as to this matter or as to any other
matter. There is no need of an investi¬
gation. The report is an invention of
some operative or a suggestion of some
counterfeiter who thinks he can in
someway blackmail the government”
The Barton Bald a Vlada.
The raid Star the prints the of counterfeiters following: Had at
the on gang
Dayton, O./afew days ago been suc-
wie nanas oi iar. dbu, wgewier wiwi
Home tliausands of counterfeit money.
The win object of accomplished, the raid, to get and toe
plates, was not as
long os Tyson and his associates are at
large mid have these plates there is
practically no limit to toe amount of
money they can print The capture of
old Nelson Driggs merely returns him
to the penitentiary, where he has but
recently served afifteea y eaw’ term."
UNION WITH C ANADA.
A Senator Return* from the Province*
with Information on tho S.ibj-ct.
Washinoton, July 36.—"The annexa¬
tion question between Canada and toe
United States,” said Senator Wade
Hampton, who Canadian has just provinces, returned from a
tour of the ‘is one
that by the is being Can ad ia very seriously to si tiss considered .JA is
n au a ^ con-
futnre eii
id the two countries toW iS*Br sad
ire liberal business association.
“To put oil an agreement wiU only in-
fotoeries troubles and t!
religious liberty them. shoul Th<
secured to
is soberly discussed. ^
“The masses of the
however, as for as I hi
r. JULY 27. IS89.
aiG • winning one the dub would b
the Several most prosperous attempts have in the been Deng
iSMi Comiskey will, of oourse, handle the
A BIG CLA IM
Again** the Mexican OerenatM af Hun¬
dred* of Thousaodi mt Dalian. .
Baxtimork, Md., July 36.—’The Sun’s
special from Deer Park, lid., says:
Among the callers on President Harri¬
son yesterday was John M. Hurley, of
Indiana, who has just been appointed
third auditor of the treasury. Mr. Hur¬
ley took a drive wftii the president in
papers PTBtipmt in the Harrison now fomousWeil has before him and tits La
Alera claims against the Mexioan gov¬
ernment The claims which amount
to hundreds of thousands of dollars are
foimffifSS*3a.oUimmt.. Oib
after one or two payments by claimants the United
States government*) the the
Mexican government made such strong
representations that tint claims were
fraudulent that farther pay —*---
L» At--.A ?T* _ A. _ 3 - ... ||1 yy. .,
A/nring rreaiaeni . Anflur s
mission fresh adjudication but the treaty was made
pm i_BMtii was
now a report has been made to the pres-
man agreement that the United States
has no right to the money, which should
be paid over to the Weil and La Abra
claimants or returned to Mexi co.
A CO LISEUM CR ASH.
The largest Circular Building le the
World Falls.
CoBUMBUft O,. July - 36.—The Ooli-
senm, the largest efroWsr building
erected on the state fair grounds for
use during the centennial exposition
of last year, is a wreck.
cumference, It was 87 feet being high the and largest 606 feet circular ip cir¬
building in the world. The seating
capacity on one floor was 10,00% the
structure being bujt on the arch plan.
The timbers forming the dome of toe
fifth arch contracted and the upper half
of crash, the breaking globe-liko hundreds structure of feu chairs with in a
the auditorium and smashing heavy
wood. scantling The and structure boards into completed k ind li n g
was
only That n part year left ago standing at a oast will of $10,000. be tom
in town,
rwarn Hillhad identified as H01,
ik. hurt his ha
his ankle sliding from
? 2£2
are anxious
wets, which
S &3 e jmstock plants. combine so-
•:r WmProjmst le
The sell proposition non is: Will
you at theoptioi casual
66J stock per of cent the North in Am
pany? The terms off*
use of every
So that the
smsmavitrit
THE L EAD T RUST.
Tw<str-II|U <■ mpanles With eis. 000 ,-
-H. . 9 $ OOOCapitM,
Nuw Yoke, July 36.—A special to The
Times, from Baltimore, says: Over¬
tures have been made to the Maryland
'White Lead company, at this city, to
join not signified the lead trust its intention The oompany of not has
so-
nentinw this nremontimv As there* are*
come in, making a total valuation
parties 600, the now in the trust hopeful about of
1 managers in the are trust
every oompany
THE SIOUX BILL.
taking a hand in the matter. It is be¬
lieved that if (he Indians at the agenoy
had been left alone the result would
have been much different. At this time 3,-
London to Philadelphia with a cargo Of
tin. lead and spelter, worth over$150,-
2 &'<* 8 ±
Howard Henlopen. Magee Wodnwdav landed "at the Almond sohooner X
street
wharf a consignment of various metals
from the Midway’s cargo, which had
been Md, although brought to corroded the surface by the by action divers, of
the salt water, the entire consignment
was The sold Midway’s at the highest market consigned rate.
cargo was Philadel¬ to
Peprow phia ship A brokers, Burton, who old-time long
are since
dead and have passed out- of pnblio
view.
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Brother* Fig lit With Hatchet*.
Edward Brazil. Ind., Jnly 26.— James Staun¬ and
ton, two Thompson, miles west of brothers, here, engaged of in
a ing, fight in at which II o’clock hatchets Wednesday used freely. morn¬
wore
Both James were has not horribly been out since and mangled. the fight
seen woSds
and it is thought he took to the
he where, is weakened unable to from the loss The of blood, other
return.
broker’s condition is dangerous. Their
mother stood byduring the fight, horri-
rified, the not other knowing of her at what would moment drop dead one
or sons
any other
that it is
?S that will
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AN I OWA MYST ERY.
A 11-Year-Old Boy Believed to Hava Mur¬
dered Bis Father and Mather.
Dubuque, Iowa, July 26.—Although
Govemor Larrabee has offered a reward
of $600 for the arrest and conviction of
the murderer of John Elkins and wife,
on the night of July 17, at their homo
been Bear Edgewood, obtained. Those no dews have thoroughly thus for
mod
conversant with the faots in tho tragedy
the hold 11-year-old firmly to the opinion committed that Wedey, the
son,
display rible affair. the least It has emotion been thought over the best ter¬
to ctesdy plaoe him under ortest, and £eis now
confined. Meanwhile diligent
efforts are being made to solve the mys-
cials say that the statemen
Wactobha, Wis., July 3$.
pfJitJsSjSL out and following thedog
laM across the main tiaok
cart and horse, which had
in some unaccountable way been over¬
turned. Mr. Nagle tried hard to re-
of an incoming train, he hastened to-
as& tLasy rt oppte8 “
H*rveating In Dakota.
received Duluth, Minn., Jnly f6— Word was
machines here want Wednesday that harvesting twenty
. to work
wheat on the Dalrymple form, and
many smaller farms in Casa county.
Dak. This is about two weeks earlier
than the usual harvesting time last year.
The reports from the harvesters say that
while the wheat has not headed so
thick as usual, the quality is unusually
by occurred the mayor Wednesday. from being No h<
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was offered by toe city admh
The charter oarrtod by 113
Lowry Still at It.
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