The Griffin daily news and sun. (Griffin, Ga.) 1889-1924, October 19, 1889, Image 1
r 1 ===== % J i,Z7i3xom r‘**N» •suowad W ■ *KW»hup.. A«»dnmsaoo 0 eqt wf pus yspraowwa I «[Snoo r ‘aaWoj M"d *s*°H js/emoff ,_a otjt sowntetf^Mw ftwjjee ..... “ .......... (rRIFFIN, QEORGIA.Fs.I ——t—— firifflu in the best and most promising little ityinthe, th. Its recowl lor the past halt decade, its many new enterprises in oper¬ ation, building and contemplated, prove this o be a business statement and not a hyper- ..lical description. Doling that time it has built and pnt into most successfuloperation a $ 100,000 cotton uctovy and with this year started the wheels of a second of more than twice that capital. It ha# put up,a large iron and brass foundry, a fertilwer factory, an immense ice and bot¬ tling works, a sash uni blind factory a broom factory, opened np the finest granite quarry in the United States, and now has our large oil mills in more or less advanced •tagesol construction, with an aggregate au¬ thorised capital Of over half amilhondollars. It is putting up the finest system of electric ghting that can be procured, and has ap¬ plied for two; arters for street railways. It has secured another railroad ninety miles long, and while located on the greatest system in the South, the Central, has secured connec¬ tion with its important nval, the East Ten¬ nessee, Virginia and Georgia. It has obtain- d lir.j IaJop>r» 1 r iu coaujetioa with Chat taaooga and the West, d will break ground na few days fora fourth road,'connecting with a fourth independent system. With its five white and four colored church *s, it has recently completed a fill),000 new Presbyterian church. Ithas increased its pop¬ ulation by nearly one fifth. It has attracted around itsbordersfruit growers from nearly 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 ruit evaporators in the State. It is the home of the grape and its wine making capacity has doubled every year. It has successfully in nugurated a system of public schools, with a seven years curriculum, second to none. This is part ol the record of a half decade and simply shows the progress ol an already admirable eity with the natural advantages of having the finest climate, summer and winter, in the world. prifitn 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 ftt a low estimate between6 000 and 7,000 people, and they are all of the right sort—wide-awake, np to the rimes, ready to welcome strangers and anxious to secure de¬ sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel come if they bring money to help build up the wn. There is about only one thing we eed badly ju stnow, and that is a big hole 1 We have several small ones, but their aecom modations are entirely too limited for our twine s, pleasure and health seekig nguests Jtt yon see anybody that wants a good loca¬ tion for a hotel in the South, just mention Griffin. Griffin is the place where the Griffin News s published—daily and weekly—the best news¬ paper in the Empire State of Georgia. Please enclose stamp# in sending for sample copies, and descriptive pamphlet of Griffin. This brief sketch is written April 12th, 1889, and will have to be changed in a few months o embrace new enterprises commenced and ompleted, , „ . ~ THE HARVEST TIME MBS. L. L. BENSON’S. Come see bur Opening Is Bargain Show, The Harvest Time here, ’SSBjwsfir'"’ The cotton picked you’ll by honest hands. In every form see, The graceful shapes Filigree. with silken bande, And dainty The Rainbow sheds its colors here - " ht and shade, l as the autumn sere, rfade. I the lovely flowers, 'ash ion plans, - And feathers from the Peacock bowers, Turned into Juno fans. mmM . ^ t Kpw- all Frft new, and Straw, ^ssssrjssr^ Where yon may reap what we t show, 1 shall sow. That we may reap ear part. NEW CROP T0BN1P SEED] ill the best varieties, bought direct from b Swto trUNTO and OILS at the low- fifidStB TSfe IttUIUU YORK* Sisk 000 . itoflerftobe “ ALPINE CLIMB 3 ^SUNRISE ON THE SUMMIT OF THE BIGI. Scene# of Dazzling Beauty In 1 Mountains of Switzerland, Por- trayrd by “Pike County.!’ ’ ■ __ iW “Sfsss*’! Des will I . ... the Sa’'oF steaming' _ _ lazily down tl lake for an l»©nr or so, and then steaming back. We saw the other people studying their guide boqks, and heard them raving over the stu¬ pendous beauties of Mount Hiatus that they were going to climb, and thought them very sensible to climb a mountain on such a hot day. but our ambition did not lie exactly in that Hne? We only wanted to lie on the deck of a steamer and see our¬ selves while we glided over the bluish green waters and enjoyed the beauti¬ ful scenery along the shores. And yet when the boat reached Alpnacht, the little station from which we take the elevated railroad, we watched with increasing interestthe crowd of ascensionists commence their journey on the perpendicular cog wheel rail¬ way car that crawls up the side of- Mount Pilatus for an hour and a half and then crawls down again. We pieked out a shady lady sppt sppt on on the 1 to broad sip our piazza coffee, of the while »hotel file eonfplaisan ^ora m wh: which bly reflecting on our own wisdom and on the folly of all the other tourists. Finally a car load of people came rolling down and raving over the grandeur of the scene from the top, and the lovely bracing air up there, while we were suffering with the heat below. So contagious was their en¬ thusiasm that before we had fairly grasped the situation, we found our- selves inside a car and cm our way to tbe summit of the mountain which we did not intend tft climb. Every time we got a new view of the the lakes and the mountains the crowd would burst forth with a ehorous of “Oh’s.” But it seemed rather a serious matter to me, for I could not help wondering where we would go to if the wheels should lose their grip. Finally we got to the top and I was glad of it, for breath¬ ing tunnel gas at an angle of 48° becomes monotonous even in the face of such stupendous scenery that we got an occasional glimpse of from the mouth of one tunnel to another. The train stopped at last upon a lit¬ tle platform in front of a magnifi¬ cent stone hotel, and we went in for refreshments, which we needed badly after the terrible shaking up we got upon the rails, and the strain upon our nervous systems, fearing all the time that we should bpeak something about the wheels and fall baekward, we did not dare to think where. We arrived all right, however, and here we are 7000 feet in the air, stranded on a mass of naked granite, half frozen by the winds which sweep straight from the Polar sea, and waiting with all the others to see the sun set. Adjectives are in vain to describe that view 6r even give an idea of its grandeur. On the north side of the mountains we could see precipice after precipice stretch- ing far away for many miles and losing themselves in velvety fields and woods. I have stood upon the Arkansas divide on the summit of the Rocky mountains in America, where the waters flow on one side to the Pacific ocean, and on the other to the Atlantic, surrounded by im¬ mense snowdrifts on all sides, au.d thought ft the grandest scene that nature could invent; but the mem¬ ory of it sinks into insignificance when compared to the view from Monut Pilatus Kulm. We stood thus gazing far ont for mites until a dull mist settled over everything and shut out the view, and when we found ourselves thus enveloped in the clouds which love to hang about this peak, we tamed and slowly traced our steps to the train, not waiting for the .sunset which very often turns out to be a snare and a delusion, for once the clouds lower over a mountain top,, you couldn’t see the glorious orb of day if it was only a foot before your face. ^ Not satisfied with our trip to Pilatus to see tbe sun set which was a failure, we made up our minds to make au excursion to Mount Rigi and see the sun rise. Bat in order to reach tbe Rigi we must make an¬ other trip noon the beautiful lake < OTOBEB 19, I8«P. E'CJSJ eged by the i as this •-SS.V'VST4 structure of rocks is ever mounting and rising up and up, with innumer¬ able fissures bolder and bolder, more and more rigidly enclosing tbe lake. As the steamer recedes from the shore we obtain a picturesque view of the town with its ancient walls, and numerous towers and turrets, while the shore is lined hotels of modem c r I?he lake eradnatfy wide >r to ... and they unfold in all their magnificence before our raptured gaze. As we approach Yitznan, our landing place, we cannot but but remark the lofty crag of red rocks towering above the village. In the sunlight it seems glowing with eternal heat, forming a striking contrast with the verdure surrounding it. We leave the boat here, and place ourselves at a window in a narrow gauge rail¬ way train with a cogged rail in the centre of the track, in which the. cog wheel of the steam engine catches as it pushes the train np the mountain at an angle of 25 degrees. It is a singular sort oi ride feeling ones way up the steep mountain side with tbe engine always below, while its face is not faster than that of a robust man fully aware of his strength. Every train is preceded by a signal man walking before to see that no stbne or branch of a tree has fallen across the track. The wagon is now full; all are seated; the train starts from Yitznan to Rigi Kulm or the top ol the Rigi mountain. A few paces from the track is the rural cemetery with its simple wooden crosses, and peep¬ ing out from the orchards and shade trees we see tbe high walls of tbe Rigi glittering red. Now the first lovely scene greets us, some woodlands with young and slender beeches, inter¬ spersed with nobfe chestnuts, gnarl¬ ed from their exposure at such a height, with every now and then a fleeting look down on the silvery waves of the bluish green lake. More powerful, grand, enormous the Alps begin to grow, and the whole picture assumes a map like appearance de¬ veloping itself more and more. A curve of the line brings us to a tun¬ nel; after having passed it, at its very month the ground disappears and a chasm yawns before ns which we must cross. As we pass that fine¬ ly constructed but airy piece of ■ ar¬ chitecture that spans it, we feel an anxious sensation, and yet it is so strongly built that as long as rocks and ridge hold this bridge will render its service. A look down from the bridge is very fine but awful, and some dead fir trees dishevelled by storms linger by the wild torrent be¬ low. On the whdle trip we undergo an optical illusion, for all the shrubs, trees, houses and stables seem to be bent in a slanting direction as by a great pressure of air. They are all standing awry, so much so that the chalets and cottages of the peasants seem to be tumbling down. It is in consequence of the very steep eleva¬ tion. . X, Now there is a grand objeet pre¬ sented to our view, for deep below the train which is working its way near a peaceful precipice, one catches a glimps which of the Gross-Grubis Falls” oyer our trains wifl pass. A moment and we win have passed the chasm, and the view from above the “Sword Forest,” where the tops of the fir trees, one tree close to other spreading like a mat of green velvet attract our attention. we catch vo^ u * a hasty *«,,< bird-eye oiiu-rjo view uc* oi of shores of the lake, and we can see away to Lucerne. Now we are the snow peaks of the Oberiand and still our train climbs northward. have entered the lower regions af the real Alps, the vegetations growing more and more scarce. Through Alpine meadows, between scattered fragments of rocks, among turfts gnarled trees, but offering a splendid view, the train ascends. Now we reach the station of the rocky gate Romiti. Three colossal rocks have in bygone ages roiled down the moun¬ tain side; two arrived first and planted themselves upright, the third fell upon the top and lodged just over them, the first two in an erect position forming the frame of the gate, the third crown¬ ing them as a gable, and they stand there an immense gateway built up by nature. Near by to the old Her¬ mitage of Holy Rood, while all along tbe way to it crosses have been set -ESKKra: op aslant an d its way so con- tinually. At reach the sta- tionof Kal batbs) where we find a fine vety neat which we i” or moan- tain pulpit, pass a chapel in a romantic i, placed be tween rocks with mosses, ______________, °PP^* ite Foun- a crevice in the roeks. The water is of very low to the green fir trees, while tor below in Raze and sunshine yon behold th* dark dark ss553S&ai the‘'Mountain Pulpit.” This us to tor famed structure to couched m it were on>he shoulder of the moun¬ tain and affords a beautiful panora¬ ma of the country ail around, show¬ ing its numerous villages, lakes, and rivers that give life and beauty to the scene. Hie Kulm or summit is plainly visible from here, end as the train winds its way slowly upward, and th$ way idckqebi in srfcoopnoss, we pass a whimsical phenomenon of nature called the “Grind M stone.” This is a stone that ha# been washed out by a deluge but left striding in a twisted conical shape. * Now we have arrived at the termin¬ us of our ascent, and are standing on the highest point of tfahj wonder¬ ful mountain, on the “Rigi Kulm.” We refresh ourselves bya$ood din¬ ner and prepare to retire at an early hour, so that when the signal horn blows at 4 o’clock next morning, we may be sufficiently recovered from our trip to get up and see the sun rise which is the object of ogr visit. What is that? Why, it&emsbttt a few moments since we and yet it Is the “ran# thrilling out upon the fresh morning air. It is the signal for the sunrise. A curious bustling crowd begins to gather upon the summit, a variety of strange costumes are displayed. Tbe starlit night to far expanded and the air is heavy with aromtftic odors oi the Alpine herbs, and the meadow lamia IcaXavaH Vmrrin tn tinni u nna XABk-A ntirl HfiW veil. Thin mists arise from the tops of the feathered pines, an airy crowd of silent ghost-like shapes approach the lieht which is feebly glimmering in the East. It is a strange begin¬ ning; a gentle breath of the morning air greets us from the rock walls in the deep, and bring confused voices from below. The air to biting sharp and we shiver, notwithstanding the charms o f nature. Meanwhile the day breaks on bright and clear, a golden stripe covering the mountain tops gets broader and broader, the peaks of snow change their colors, pale white at first, then yellowish red, and at last turn to a lovely pink. The n$w born day illuminates them. Now there is a general surprise. One bright flash and the rays of the son shoot forth, a loud and general “Ah I” bursts forth from every mouth, and after the refulgent globe giving life to our little planet has fully risen, the people drop away one by one, some tocrawl back into their warm nests, others under the first in¬ spiration of the moment to write a long description to friends at home of a runrise upon the summit of the Rigi. Pike County. ----- MOUSSA BEY ACQ UITTED. Foreigner# and Christian* at Constantino pk V«rf Indignant. Constantinople, Oct. .18.—Mouses Bey, the governor of Armenia, against whom the Christians over whom he tyr- tmized brought serious charges of cruel¬ ty, and private and official misconduct, has been acquitted of the charges of against Mousso are referred iTri^nSK by alone Have junsfiiotion ine matter. This verdict of the Turkiak court to tan¬ tamount to an honorable discharge, as the courts in Armenia are thoroi ^’- subsurvient to the will of Mottssa self. While occasioning little — this outcome of a trial for __________ T sultan indignation promised so much, foreigners excites deep and Christians here. among _ V- ir* of Orulff* **• R,1.0,1. Lacked, Del, Oct. 18.—The agree¬ ment pending in oyster the packing price of houses stand¬ of Baltimore to raise ard of oysters cent to #1 per last gallon, year’s on increase prices, 20 per over packers was ratified of the at a peninsn meeting ‘a, Tuesday and the of the new scale of prices goes into effect at once. The supply of ovsters to stated to be decreasing relatively to tbe growing de¬ mand. _____ Cotel H VI in *tor CawtiHlod. Dcluth. Minn Minn.. . Oct. < 18.—There was African ‘'triton Methodist ■ SHE&Jg here the c owhiding took*-. too k Pm-Ao-r riiit, P„ Tan-. Get, t*. S ..... JOHN L. RILED. *-■ The Bluffs of His Enemies Arouse His Anger. . , 1 He Wants to Settle Things the Ring, and at Once. He It Ready and Anxious to Acrnnmtt- dnte A up Man on Barth' Who Thinks He Can Take lha ll»nyl<»Wp Frew Him—He Prefer* J.mu *u»Hli nr Charley Miielie!! —ills «>«"-.• to II,.- Former. Nrw Yok», Oot. IS.-John L. Bulli- John L. has got his sleeves rolled up, is about to exchange the bottle fa* the sand bag and sweater, and is advertising for a man to come and be put to sleep. The great man's ohaUen^mJd* own inimi- the “I champion want to fight mouthed I’ve Tuesday got tko : cham¬ pionship, welcome to but toy any man it in if the he world is I fight, and to I’ll get accommodate can. want to any man onrt on this earth, and for for any any sum sum of money.” “John's challenge will find official ex¬ pression Mr. soon Sullivan in The edits, Illustrated and in wliioh News, whioh his sentiments will be found set forth in best such nrecise the and formal dignified announcements terms os becomes this of diplomacy challenge and ’ ’* prize ” fighting, Sullivan wifi a to hove Jem Smith or ocoepthis upper-cut, invitation cross-countered, swinging right-handed and otherwise attended to, but all be assured of a welcome if they have hacking. justice, that Sullivan considers that blind a*ul prejudicial enemy of the ring, has ma te of bare knuckle fighting an occupation the geuuiue too comfort precarious that to admit should of a man get out of his life work, and so lie says that gloves and the rules of the Marquis of Gueeuaberry must be submitted to. If Jem Smith will only come over here Sullivan will gladly pay las expenses and pay for Ms food ana housing while waiting for the saerifloe to come off. He wiU also to pay San the thick Englishman’s way out Francisco, sheltered for he be¬ lieves that it is there, by the roof and the pull of the California Ath- letio club, that the deed should be done. He would not object at all to an ar¬ rangement whereby the Englishman should be assured of a certain sum of money to take home in lieu of any sym¬ metry that he might leave behind film in the land of the free and the home of the big fellow. Among other interesting remarks of Hie mentioning: champion tke following its wc&tti "They’ve ridiculous called beneath me a coward, notice; which to and my but they have alio said that I was all broken up. I want to show them that they don't know me I’m not broken up, and if I wan, any piece that was left of me would do to lick my enemies. I don’t want to knock any man out or hu¬ miliate him. It’s as painful to me a# it to talk to a has mother got to to spank be stopped. her baby. After But all ! I want fa figRt. ’ patentT office d ecision. Hereafter Attorney* wlU Not He Permit¬ ted to In-pwit Abaudunttd Cato*. Washington, Oot. 18.—Patent Com¬ missioner Mitchell has rendered an im¬ portant decision, in whioh he holds that attorneys cannot be permitted to in¬ spect abandoned cases in the patent office. The case came before the oom- mism'oner, on the application of the attorneys for the Hydraulic Brick Ma¬ chine company. of »t. Louis. In their petition they alleged that their clients were threatened with a $suit for infringe¬ ment of buil- ing blocks or brioks, and cation they expressed Ore belief that an appli¬ for patent had been tiled and abandoned for the same kind of a build¬ ing block or brick manufactured by their cheats. They abandoned requested permto- in the sion to office, "in-peot in order to protect eases their olients patent from and unnecessary expense suit” Commissioner Mitchell, after stating that a man may abandon hto applica¬ hto tion invention, for two years and timt \t itliout until abandoning the inven¬ tion sale, has the been inventor two years has in lost public part use or of on no his inchoate property, and says; "It cation follows would that to be grant the present to the appli¬ to uncover scru¬ tiny of the public many inventions which are still the property of the ap- ptioanteand into which protecting will ultimately Rueh ma¬ erty.” ture patents prop¬ __ Shot by Hi# riaymsre. Nashville, Tenn.. Oct 18 -A special to The American News has from reached Sparta, here this state, says: this of the shooting Sunday morning, of a boy by in bto county playmate, on last John Scott went over to the house of suaded Alexander him Witt, to near chestnathunting Quebeok, and with per¬ uid while go Scott shot Witt, him, ont four in standing of him, about in the three breast or inflicting feet front a fatal wound, whioh resulted in death yesterday morning at 3 o’clock. Scott to under arrest The boys had hod some little difficulty befo re, I UMrl«| Aqga nat . Washington. Oct 18. —A* -Assistant At- tornev General Shields, of of the the________ interior department, heard argument on the ap¬ plication view of the of interior John M. department Walker for decision s re¬ wliioh holds that soldiers' additional homestead warrants are not assignable. The question involved to an important one and affects a number of eases. . C L r*«!„’• Mineral Paine,, Pueblo, OoL, Oct 18. -The building of a mineral tW pal *oe waa contracted for wealth of which will be enormous, exhibits a re to te permanent HI led lx » lei. xl. Ceel Min*. Fanuors'^Vllianoe, it* ettineituenH Tuesday lari awSSp being married in ft « ton baggiag, hasi t^famal tiie fab on« spifel grounds, and Batoman a fi&tisuasra'- Wake county alliance took i 0 * ..m i from well w'.. oonnty i arhere, and also * entertai P- mug of the the alliance. bride and ---------- as i The guests porforaed t oeremony wAs ai fair grounds in tho judge’s stand in * and several state .............. officials also other prominent men. ' was dressed m white ooth buff fectively inndo Her up bonnet and 1 mitm. was with cotton blossoms and bol »n was also arrayed j tired, wh bagging of ceremonies, sashes, Ot was y gVi r*^ Mrs. Bateman, as did also i ander, 0 u f— 1 -- !* lio frusta. expresvion of‘popular TO HUNT IN A-RICA. Three Rich New Yorker# re 1‘enetrste the sengors Liverpool were Harry Messrs. Royal Carroll Phelps and CJmey, Ohanler, where ^hoy^yill who has been be once met to . arron„ ridd warlike tribes, but in rhinocaroere and lions. Carroll is a son of ex-(}ovo Lee Carroll, of .Maryland, at son New of York, the late from Royal whom Phelps he inherited . .. a nephews large fortune, of John Ourey Jacob and and CL Their outfit will be the the exception of ifesaii started from the Con etratod the dark con Chanler have already y had had experieaee in big game h unting in Africa. A|iv# In H » O:«»«•. Montreal. Get. 18. Auguste ambanit, a farmer of Ooatiooke, Montreal, narrowly escaped buried had been alive seriously Tuesday. ill for / ' night with Bupi>osed he began typlioid to sink fever, »r. ipidly, Friday and re >arly indtlie Sunday doctor all pronounced sign#of] life him ceased; dead. The remains were taken to the village chttroh and afterward to the graveyard. The friends of the farmer were all gath¬ ered around the grave, into which the startled coffin was by being lowered, when all were The coffin hearing at a burst groan from when it. was once open, it Aft was WHO IGIU1U found that MUtb *TH»UUUtW|tk Arcbambault M alive. He was humodly carried carried to to his 1 home. Hto physicians think he will i re¬ cover. A N»rv ,• Fair <•! »b a#ka Hobtrer*. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 18 — At Bellevue two masked men, Tuescia; Oscar Km a w»w* mao wvwn cuu money he had in the draw er, and then marched him across the street to the only other store in town, kept his by Mr. Wright. bar the Wright, on seeing m eater took the on© Young Wright The robbers ed suit. two got what booty there was, and then marched all four at tho victims in front of the store, where with they compelled hands them to stand in a row their up until they disappeared in the woods. Good Work «n‘ War# Barren. Johnstown, Pa, Oct. 18.—By the ad- vioe and assistance of Miss Clare Bar¬ ton there has been organized here the Benevolent Society of the Goaemaugh Valley. The purpose of the society to to take np the work of relief after Hiss Barton goes away, the intention being to look after cases of destitution. The goods on hand when Miss Barton leaves will be tamed over to the society as well bands ae a of huge committees amount of throughout goods in the the country. I’i Ixh J ifsbler, !>i J*lL Ashland, Wik, Oct 18- CharlesKlm- Dannie iniok and Xeidham, George Curtin, referee principals, of prize fight and a which occurred at the Casino theater tized as a ten-round glove fight but it Dimmiok developed into just a slugging about to match, finish and his when was the sheriff man A Kn.-emF* Por>l*h Indianapolis, lad., Oot 18 Several years ago Mrs. Foreman and her. teSKKM,-. in the Ml MM MlA f * — etlm. Two-------------- atKorrTUtOfcT Boiltr over at Conrad Blue John Lane a Mitchell at 3 Uafsyette, Ind., bo* license to *250, tbelimi Two of those t zsss& . r“....... Frank Bean, “ *“ ( laud Plain Deal . intent. He may s There i# g ‘ Kirk Wormr, of S:*tm 0. 3 ruburg, P.., on C Hi^T * b * J Frank I at the! 8t Louis by Paul 1 Mrs. Jodreti W 1 tbe store. ImWm intheA Brec^ mHRmv'