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I*. its many new enterprises in
Ming and contemplated, prove this
that time it has built and put jnto
essfnl operation a $100,000 cotton
itsests^sSi
, up a large iron and brass foundry,
■ factory, an immense ice and bot-
Presbyterianchurch. Ithaa increased depop¬
ulation by nearly one filth. It has attracted
arofind Its borderafruit growers from nearly
every State in the Union, until it hi now sur¬
rounded on nearly every side by orchards
and vineyards. It has put up the largest
ru It evaporators in the State. It is thehonSe
of thegt»pe andito winemakingcapacity has
doubled every year. It ha* successfully in
uugurated a system ol public schools, With a
•even years curriculum, second to none.
This is part ol the record of a half decade
ot having the finest climate, summer and
Griffin is the county seat of Spalding floan-
ty, situated m west Middle Georgia, with a
healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet
welcome strangers and anxious to secure de¬
sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel
com* if they bring money to help build up the
wu. There to about only one thing we
e»d badly justnow, and that to a big hotel
ffehave several small ones, but their accom
mentations are entirely too limited for onr
usiae s, pleasure and health seekig nguests
U you see anybody that want* a good looag
tion for a hotel in the Sooth, just mention
Griffin to the place wlwre the Gbifvin Niswfi
s published—daily ami weekly-the best news¬
paper intheEmpireState of Georgia. Please
udose stamps in sending for sample copies,
and descriptive pamphlet of Griffin. ' r ?
Tins ..... brief brief sketch sketch to is written written April April 12th, 12th, 1889, 1889,
aitd will have to be changed in a few months
o embrace new enterprises commenced and
IHMMIA
Velvet Kibbojis, Baby
&£ Velvet Caps.
* the new arrivals from New
ish, extra width <S $1 **
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■ons and order* are promptly
BENSON’S Art Temple.
1,.~-Nearly 7,000 p«>-
assemblage. The president was re¬
ceived with great applause and spoke
Duties and Gentlemen—Some of my news--
whieb have impelled my presence. Surely no
loyal citizen of Chicago who sits here to¬
will night under the wltehlDg magnificent scene
ask for any other reason HMttsf that which is
asssas»
awnratioi. of this magnificent bonding.
Without an equal ip this country and so far as
Iknow without an equal to the world <ap-
have hire about us to-night in this
grand architecture, in this tasteful decora¬
tion, that which is an education and an in-*
spiration, (Applause.) It might well attract
333 'wR'i* metffi
have made 4. stand for an hour here. (Ap¬
plause.) And If that bo true surely there is
reason enough why tbo president may turn
aside for a little while from public duty to
mingle with his fellow citizens to celebrating
an event so high and so worthy as this. (Ap¬
plause.) Not speech—certainly speech-can not the care¬
less words of extempore fitly In¬
terpret this great occasion. Only the voice
of the immortal singer can bring from these
arches those echoes which will tell us the
You will permit me then to thank yon, to
thank the mayor of Chicago, to thank all
those good citizens with whom I have today
received me, and you will permit me to thank
yon, my fellow citizens, for the cordiality
which you have witnessed here to-night. I
wish that this great building may continue to
be, to all your population, that Which it should
be, opening it* doors from night to night, call¬
ing your people enjoyments here away and from pursuits care of and busi¬
ness to those en¬
tertainments which which will develop have the souls to of Inspire men
(applause), power
sars-a rz&jsr^xzss
szirss?
After the applause which followed the
with her the wonderful familial* singing. -‘Home, She Sweet had
chosen song
Home,” and when she finished the ap¬
plause was deafening. acknowledgment She was obliged several
to bow her
tiroes amid the roar of clapping hands.
Mr. Eddy gave a scholarly interpreta-
ft was found when he was removed
from the water ten minutes later that
be had been drowned,
n Itittler'* Birthday.
Boston, Dec. 11.— The 82d anniver¬
sary of the birth of toe poet Whittier to
near condition at hand. Mr. Whittier’s Owing to health toe delicate it has
of
been deemed advisable to request bis
friends to allow the occasion to pass as
quiet as possible. The aged poet to not
able to receive callers nor to answer
letters, much as he would like to do so.
>RNING, PRO
New YoRK* Dec. Tl.-lhe New York
presbytery met and adopted the report
of the con mow revision of the West¬
minister confessio 1 . The report oppose 1
any general revision or alteration of the
confession, but recommends some
changes, viz.:
, 1. That the three chapters after the
thewlhing" only? ThrLTerei^ty’of
be so revised
ao as to preclude that explanation of
Section 4, which makes It teach the
damnation of all heathens, or makes it
am^enemZl endeavor
through the spirit and who to
walk in penitenc ; and humility accord¬
ing has to been the pleased measure of light which God
to giant them.
a great and pure
-BhPBterngjr soldier’s ^Wl burial gnttw with wVw .show of the
profoundest respect and love of the peo¬
ple. “If agreed,” continued Capt.Gray,
it is
“that the body of the dead chieftain
shall be borne into the cemeterv upon the
shoulders of of the old veterans I, as a rep¬
resentative the Grand Army of the
Republic, shall certainly demand to
have the right to assist in the perform¬
ance of that sad, honorable duty.” It is
learned that all the army officers, while
they cannot the take death any of Mr. official Davis, action in
great regard respect to for him soldier have and
as a
statesman and will attend the funeral.
Th« llovetueot for a Mounuient.
A meeting of southern editors has
been called here for to-morrow in order
to settle upon for plans for furthering the the de¬
movement a monument to
ceased.
Jn response to head a telegram from Gen.
Gordon, at the of Confederate vet¬
erans, Governor Nicholl? has appointed
a committee to take charge of the fund
to be raised for Mrs. Davis and her
daughter. By midnight it was calcu¬
lated 100,000 have pas ed the bier.
Among those who came were the foreign
consuls, the Catholic pupils of the high and school other
and many priests
clergymen. _
Jeff Davis on the Liberty Cap.
Washington, Dec. 11.—Very few
know the that Jefferson Davis had the pap the
on present statue of freedom on
dome of the capital changed from the
original Crawford. design, The as ci-eated original by design the sculp¬
tor was
“the liberty cap,” but Mr. Davis, who
was then secretary of war, in 1856,
when the design was submitted by the
sculptor, made objections to the cap, as
it was toe symbol of the freed slaves of
the Greeks. He sent a letter toCapt.
M. C. in Meigs, charge the of officer the capital who at extension. the time
was
Mr. Davis preferred a helmet and the
design was changed in accordance with
his wish. This fact at the time created
much talk. , * ......
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Student* Mourn for Davis,
Baltimore, Dec. 11.— Seventy-five
students versity, chiefly at toe southerners, Johns Hopkins met uny last
nr man „f fa* foro-
mi^i Mmm, (ran
W Volnntnrlly R«-
tJrs.-Ur- ».
are at a imminent hotel there. He
thinks that if the story todtrue his detec¬
tive at Montreal would have reported
the fact
The InvestlffHilnB Cwmmlttee.
s' The report iHrt of the instigating corn¬ h
1
favor any particular recommendations
on the question as to the diaborae authority given
the sergeant-at-arim to money
for the house. Most of the members ot
the committee favor the simply submitting that
the salient been points made in this arguments question and
have on
leaving the, house to decide where the
loss shall fail.
.Mr. Lredom's ltMponsIblltty.
Mr. Leedom’s legal adviser thinks that
the individual members of congress
should not lose their salaries on account
of the embezzlement. He believes that
the sergeant-at-arms is a properly
authorized disbursing officer, but main¬
tains that Mr. Leedom'a bondsmen can¬ be¬
not be held accountable for the loss, Fif¬
cause their bond expired with the
tieth Leedom, congress, he for whiclaf it is was wilhng given. to
Mr. states,
turn over-the §30,000 that he possesses
should it be decided that he formality is responsi¬
ble for the loss without the of
a civil suit.
The §14,500 which Silcott paid into
the National Metro] >olitan bank in order
to take up the forged notes which would
be sufficient evidence to extradite him
will probably be the cause of a suit. It
is claimed that thu money will belongs have be to
the government and suit to
entered to recover it. ,
Washington, Dec. 11.—Speaker Reed
announced the following committees:
Ways and Means—Me* McKenna, 8 ™- McKinley, Payne, Bur¬
rows, Bayne, Dingier, McMiUin, La
Follette, Gear, Carlisle, Mills,
Breckenridge (Arkansas) and Flower.
Committee on Appropriations—Messrs. Can¬
non, Pntterworth, McComas, Henderson
(Iowa), Peters, Coggswell, Belfien, Morrow,
Brewer (Michigan), Randall, naan, rorney, Forney, r Sayres,
Breckenridge Manufactures—Messrs. (Kentucky) ij ) and and Dockery. Dockery.
Oil _ ----- „— Kelley, Burrows, Burrows,
E. B, Taylor lor (Ohio) (Ohio) Arnold, Arnold. Morse, Morse, Sanford, Sanford,
Wilson (West (Vest Virginia). Virginia), and Fowler. Bynum, Williams
(Illinois), Grimes
On Elections—Me-srs.Ro well, Honk, Cooper,
Haugen, Sherman, Dalzell, ” Bergen, Green-
halge, ____________,______l Comstock, Crisp, ... O’Fei 'Ferrell, Outhwaite,
Maish, Moore (Texas) and * ”*' Wike (Illinois).
On Mileage—Messrs, Lind, Townsend (Penn¬
sylvania), Wallace (Massachusetts), Clunie
and Pennington.
Judge Kelley Retiree.
Under date of Dec. 7 Judge Kelley,
of Pennsylvania, consecutive who has served the for
twenty mittee and years on addressed com¬
on ways Reed mean*, a
letter to Speaker expressing a de¬
sire to be relieved from further service
on the committee. He said that ad¬
vancing infos years and increasing infirmities him
had own judgment unfitted
for its exacting duties.
In his reply Speaker the Reed circumstances expressed
profound which dictated regret for Judge Kelley’s retire¬
ment from the for committee and continue hoped
that he might many years
his useful career in the house.
Tariff Itev *;.>!>.
The new wavs find means committee
will when hold sub-committees its first met ting will on be Thursday, appointed
to handle the different 1 ranches of the
work that will tie referred to it live
committee as a w hole will lake up the
president’s message the tariff os oon as possible favored
and discus;) measures
in it. Mr. McKinley said to a United
intended to devote much time to dis¬
cussing it. At present. Mr. McKinley
went on to say, he had made no pre¬
parations towards bringing in a tariff
* .IlHI* I.itreduevd In the Senate.
Washington,, Dec. '.1.—In the
ate Mr. Platt introduced a bill foi
admission of the state of Ida’
Union: also, for the » :missi
oming. By Mr. Hiscock— P
the paym ant of confir.p § 5 a 1 day in t
who Were
prisons fisted time; after the expiration the «
incroas.ng $100
those wiki lost both eyes to per
month. By Mr. Miu hcfi-T 'o extend toe
free delivery to cities having i a popula-
tion of 3,000 and a grew. re venue of
$5,000 for the last fiscal yea) j*. By Mr,
IngaUs-The per diem pensu on bill pre-
ittee of toe
T-.t;, lu :bc :io«(
Washington, speech Dec. 11.—J
made hij first on t!
session and caused great a;
Speaker laughter Reed by continually “Your hoc
a*
repeated recurrence of toe
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A MAD DOG 80AB.K. , ?
• KkkncttSquare. Pa.. itec. It,—This
place to now weatherhittte worn mail
dog scare ever experienced In fbe »ter
=?^r4itr-s ^OK wlth-
O'il a Ii.uerlc •;> 1 < ^ upon In ab¬
ject terror. hi* e’i.ic pi affair* was
*n a .TV . ays :ro.
(dm.il ho 1 created n m
t\v\
latino u*cj. TheUtb
w.) a t, 1 Ml** r Ivmr
vice of special mar.du. ; - and that Davis’
SSSeiSKt the of service of Davis had
term ex¬
pired and that it could not be retro¬
active. The judgment of the lower
court is, therefore, affirmed.
' i'nrne.l In Kali Room.
*
jjseaaisrts&m dKg’Js.f&r
exploded and the clothing of a number t^o
flLZ m !m d evSn^shid^buk*
w (
Lond on. Dec. jl.— A Inqui,,
WJS
SUS TiStiritZS i:
SSS; against the company’s purchase of
rival He alleges that any
more concerns.
extravagant pureha prices and have that the been authority paid in
such es
of the st ckholders has not been ob¬
tained for such action.
Confession of » suicide.
-Dr. New Lively Martinsville, found W. bottle Va„ Dec. tightly It,
a
sealed and tied with a pink ribbon float¬
ing in the river here, in it was a sheet
of have note this paper put with thu ody following.' in the Ohio “I
day my t
river Benwood, for seducing Marshall a girl. I belong at
Dec. 5.” ' county. ' Good-by.
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Death of William N. Riddle.
Nbw who Yi.rk, Dec. 11.-William N,
Riddle, (uuuw, Httsburg «*as «a* president urraiuein of oi the me Penn rsna
bank at at too time of ita fail¬
ure i in in 1884, 1884, and and war ivai at at that that time time a a
heavy ivy speculator speculator in in oil, oil, died died at at St, St, Vin- Vin¬
cent’s had e’s been hospital, hospital, engaged this this city, City, the brokerage of of dropsy. dropsy. bus¬ Ho Ho
in
iness in Wall street tor the past few
years. *
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Sam Sinai: Seek* Ordination.
Atlanta, the G»„ Dec. Small 11.—The applica¬
tion tion of in the Protestant Rev. Sam Episcopal for ordina¬
church
to being considerad bv a committee of
ministers and doubtless he wifi be fa¬
vorably received. Mr. Small has been
a minister of the Methodist Episcopal
church, but bto family are Episcopa¬
lians.
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The Ballot Box Forger.
. Cincinnati, Dec. 11.—The case of
VVood, toe ballot box forger, was was eon- c
tinued in the police court until Dec.
at the request of the defense. Ju<
Ermston said that the case mast not
that postponed all concerned further must than be that ready date, for
trial to be heard then.
Dedicated After Fifty Year*.
Elkton, Md., Dec. 11,— The Ca
Church in this town, of |p the Immaculate stone Gonce; of
corner i
was laid in 1849, and which has
recently feet enlarged its length, by the dedie* additi;
forty to was
* fhiilera Raging at Bagdad.
ADEN, Dec. 11.-Cholera to raging
fiercely suspended, at Bagdad. and tjje Business to rigidly ig en¬
tirely quarantined. city
the
winds. Fair; slighriy cooler; northwesterly
,
NUGGETS OF NEWS.
At Easton Mrs.'Dilliard was sentenced
r^aass ssare
in Montana
of the sea
•
lieved it«
follows as a logical consequence.
i
SfEr&^SFEifc
were unknown.
IlHH-HS-Oue! ! action*.
Ho admitted that there was a peeu
combination of circumstances agai
his clients, and showed how It was
the financial interest of some erf
ana tne oariaons—to snow that it wa
he wag killed, Dbian to receiving |
a week from & dime museum mana
where toe horse is on exhibition and
ylcAita ‘ Hlfttflll (r . .. g ftsafr
chanrin* A' — 4 * Jh —$• Bn * -**A oJntWIAn f I—— kWV - - * • • fan "U uAr $
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tag*. '“Now. there is another cirot
