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VOL .III.
TRI-WEEKLY.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 7, 1882.
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Xi. CHjESSNEH.
OFFICE OW COTTON ATEM'E,
SMtscriptlcn. Rates:
Tiu-Wsekly One Year, - $4.00.
Weekly One Year, - - $2.00.
Sunday Ihi'.ue One Year, - $1.50.
PROFESSIONAL tc BUSINESS CARDS
W H K1MBROUH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LEESBUUOII, - . GEORGIA.
Collections a Specialty.
Mayllwly _
w. I*. OUKItlir.
mrs. m. e. Raines
It juft.o|'<nlnn a fine *»*orlment of good* tultj-
Holidays
DUPONT GVKIIKY.
GUERRY & SON,
Amkkicuh, Ueoroia.
(Olftre np tlnirt over Oran lie rry 4c Harlow’*
stora.)
Will practice In all tho Courts, lmt h State and
Friltml. .July 6-witvJy.
W. ±\ BURT,
DEN TIST.
AMKUICl'X.lQEOROIA.
HUDSON S CORNER,
_A.moriciis,
A.J.&V.B.
Ga.
GUITEAU SENTENCED.
TOBEIIl'NU OX JUNE .TO.
al—The Prisoner's Passionate Pro
test Against the Vcrdlet, and Judge
Cox's Remarks In Passing {Sen
tence*
By Telegraph.
Wasmnutox, February 4.—Judge
niigclwcll at times have doubted
your sanity; but one cannot but
but bclicTc that when the crime
was committed you thor
oughly understood the nature of
the crime and its consequences.
[Guiteau—“I was acting as God's
man.”] and that you bad moral
senso and conscience enough to
recognize the moral iniquity of u „
such an act. [The prisoner- ? 8 '";; 1 *" ^ nio " C0,,n ‘J • S ’ C
Southern Sens Notes.
One thousand men aro employed
In the Iron works in Cherokee
county, Ala.
Tennessee will vote in August
on the question of calling a consti
tutional convention.
Fifteen hundred executions for
delinquent poll tax lmvo been is-
Toys, Dolls,
Toilet Sets, Wash Boxes, j Stock is pure and fresh
WrIti.no Desks.
Handkerchief Boxes,
Glove Boxes,
n. B. HINTON.
J. C. MATHEWS.
HINTON & MATHEWS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW-
Will practice in nil the counties of this Judnlal
Circuit, nl*4i In Dimly county, in the .Supremo
Juiirt of tilt* Sute of Gorina, and the District
Court of tho (Tnlti-d Stairs, and in nil ctbrr courts
t.y special contract.
Office in IlnwkinH* new building, Lntnar Street.
•Inly l-th, 18HI.
W. J. SKAItH,
Necklaces,
Bracelets, Statuess,
Cups and Saucers,
Mens, Pitchers,
Teasets, Teasets,
Waiions, Trains,
Stoves,
DarninoKoos,
Harmonicijs,
Uiiiihes, Cats,
Dihis, Guns,
Pistols, Balls,
Marales, Toys,
and every tiling to please and ebarm ttie
little ones on that moat luyaterioua and
Imppieut day of the year when the spi rit
ual andatempnral seem tomret. Let all
who are in search or Christmas presents
for idd or young be snro to call on
E client Assortment of
Dorse) Colognes Lul)ill’s per
turnery Toilet Soaps
very fine.
Standard Patent Medicines
Tooacco and Cigars,
1‘That’s n matter of opinion.” i *’• K - -Murphy writes from Wa-
_ Your own testhnonv sIiowr flint i co, icxqs, that tho crop prospect
Cox overruled the motion for a /oTrecoXl ! «» country was never more
...... ....1 n..:,..... . j(lca Vmi 8ny tlmt you J)mv( , (1 promising.
against it. You say tlmt you j Mr. John Marshall, of Fauquier
thought it might he prevented, county, Vn., Ims discovered an ill-
This shows that your conscience j exhaustible deposit of valuable
warned you against it; hut by the I magnetic ore on las farm,
wretched sophistry of your own At Louisville, Miss., John D. T.
mind you worked yourself up Thrasher has been sentenced to tlm
against tho protest of your con-1 penitentiary for life for the mur-
science. j dcr ol W. D. Triplett.
[uiunuuv vuwiureun J What motive could have induced j A mail who 1ms traveled 2,500
rights.” Scoville tried to prevent J' 01 ' to ( tllls act uniat he a matter of j miles throiigii tho cotton licit pre-
bis speaking but he retorted: ?i 0 i”’l CC .V ,r ?’ * r °h*bly 11,0,1 . will diets tho crop will fall much short
“Wcll'ldon^t want any advantage I ° f ,i ' 000 ’ 000 lla,cs ’
taken of me. I need to know how j .. . . . ., 1 . j Tho Texas Court of Appeals Ims
much time i shall have to prepare y . .. . *’ decided that weapons carried ille-
my appeal to the court «. L,\» < . «»«* '*•' unseated
new trial, and sentenced Guiteau
to he Imnged on June 30th, be
tween 12 noon and 2 p. m. at the
jail.
A Iter tho motion for a new trin-
:il had been overruled, Guiteau,
who Imd been permitted to resume
his scat at the counsel table, called
out : "If your Honor please, I
desire to ask if there is any motion
that I ought to make to secure my
w. n. SEARS.
DR.W.J. SEARiSO
ELL.VVILLE, GA.
1JR. D. P. HOLLOWAY,
DENTIST!
Americus, Ga.
P Kit FORMS all operation* on the Natural Teeth
nn*l Insert* Artitlclal Teeth on tho latest ana
•lost improve*! method*.
. Office, over Davenport A Smith’* Drag Store.'
mayltti
C. It. McCROItY,
attorney at Law,
ELLAVILLE, Ga.
Specialty.
Collections
A pH 116 tf
Drs. Westbrook & Joiner,
Physicians ami Surgeons,
X DEltSON VILLE, : : GEORGIA,
Office at Drug Store of W. M. Clark.
MaylS-ly
H. C. G ARDNER,
ATTOI INKY AT LAW,
OGLETHORPE. GA.,
>t<
r maylO.tf
T0NS0RIAL EMPORIUM I
IIEMIY ANDERSON
Van Riper
HAN RETURNED!
His Photograph Gallery
NOW OPEN!
FINEST PICTURES,
LATEST STYLES
and ALL SIZES.
SatisfuctionlGunrantiwl
Prices Moderate
The best 5c Cigars.
A.J. & F.
Southeast Comer Square.
Great Germ Destroyer
Projlylactic Flit!
OVER T. WIIKATI.KT'a STORE.
Americus,
Georgia.
ami on Sunday until
cently fitted it up In
prepare*! Jtlian erer to wait upon hi
All who may wish
Shampooing, ‘
neat *tyl<\
wait upon ..
have Hhavinp, Hair Cutting
done in flr»t»cla** etyle. h«
would’ lie pleaacd to have them call on him. Shop
near the entrance to Harlow House. n.nrl-1
Free ti Jirerybofly
Ileuutifiil Rook Torthe Asking!
II* applying personally at the nearest office of
TIlKMINUKlt MANUFACTURING CO. (or by
I ostal card If at « distance) any n,luli person will
Ite pres* ntrd with a beautifully Illustrate! copy ol
Nrw Hook entitled
GENIUS REWARDED,
-OR THE—
STORY OF THE SE1VI.\(i MACHINE,
containing a handsome and coatljr steel enslaving
ironti.-pU-i-e: al«e, *.W daily engraved wood cut*,
and nonnd in nu •loborute blue and gold litho
graphed cover. No charge whatever is made tor
Ibis handsome hook, which can be ^obtained only
by application al the branch and kuWdinatc
offices of The Birger Manufacturing Co.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
l'rin.'ip.l.OIHe., M Union Squ.it,
mu* it, lr. »• trl. New York.
THE
WKEMX FROM HER ASHES.
Tli« rine.Flltil.befl, mo.l |,tounl wemln. »n
•liuunt HOOTS AND SHOES m.Je lb.
b»**t tepalrirg done in the moat •■•••iflatUI and
aiil-tii- atyi*-. and all an reasonable term*. Refers
to «\wry gentleman in Americus. Call on tne a
at my new shop in front of Col. S. A. Smith a of
fie*-, >n Jackson Street. Americus, C5a.
ANDREW DUDLEY.
.Innell.tr
Lawson F. Collier,
Attorney-at-Law
-.VXD-
Itonl K»tnte Ajrent.
UIIAI'TOX, OEOllOIA.
Twent? thousand acre# of wild Uit• I t*+ •:•!« !•
I*ootj Couidy.
Rep24-wtwtf
J. E.
l’rof. VAN RIPER.
SMALL POX
ERADICATED,
JEWELER,
AMERICUS, • GEORGIA,
Splendid Hto.ik of
"W atclies
and
Jewelry
Of the Latest Designs
All Repair Work
PROMPTLY DONE.
J. E. Sullivan
and mode pic >aant.
Fevered and nick per
son* relieved and re-
freshed l>y bathing
withProphylatlc Fluid
added to the water.
Soft white complexion*
* ecu red by Its use III
bathing.
Impii'e air made harm-
less and purified by
sprinkling Darbys
Fluid about.
To puiify the tn-illi,
I’illlng or .Small
Pox Prrifiitpil.
Ulcer* purified and
healed.
Gangrene prevented and
cured.
Dysentery cured.
Wounds healed rapidly.
Hcurvey cared In short
time.
Tetter dried up.
For sore throat it D i
Soovilic—"Please keep quiet, wo
haven’t reached that yet.”
Guiteau (with much excitement)
—“I won’t keep quiet. I ain here,
nnd I propose to do my own talks
ing.”
Judge Cox then informed Seo-
villi* of the rules of practice appli
cable to the filing of his excep
tions. After this matter lmd been
arranged Col. Corkhill renewed his
motion, saying : "It’s now my
for the sentence of the
: (to the prisoner)—
Have you anything to
ntence should not now
upon you.”
—(I ask your Honor to
postpone Sentence as long as pnssi
hie.”
Judge Cox—"Stand up. Have
you anything to say why sculenec
should not now he passed upon
you?”
The prisoner then arose, pale
hilt with lilts compressed and a
desperate.,determination stamped
— *“» --
honestly, I believe, tlmt you were
driven against your will by an in
sane iihpulsc to commit the net,
hut your own testimony showed
Hint yon deliberately resolved to
do it, and that a deliberate and
misguided will was the sole impulse.
This may seem insanity to some
The three urnnks who have lieen
digging for hidden treasure ncar
Kuliiuln, Ala.,aro still at it. They
are now fifty feet from the surface.
Memphis will hnve another pro
fessional walking match in the
sping. .Memphis lmd no yellow
fever last year, hence these iilllic-
persons, but tho law looks upon it 1 Gins,
as a wilful crime. You will Imve Miss Hattie Paul is the assist-
duo opportunity of having any .-ml editor of the .Memphis ,SWm.--
errors I may have committed dur
ing tlie course of this trial passed
upon by the court en brine, blit
meanwhile it is necessary for me
to pronounce the scntcnco of the
law, tlmt you be tak:n hence to the
common jnil ol the District from
whence you came, ami tlicro lie
kept In confinement, and on Friday,
the 30th day of June, 1882, you be
taken to the place of execution,
within the walls of said Jail, and
there between the hours of 12 in.
and 2 p. in., you he hanged by the
neck until you are dead—and may
luCi, f„„ V «"» Lord have mercy on your soul.”
upon his features. In alow and n,o..fi
During the reading Guiteau stood
apparently unmoved, nnd with Ids
gaze riveted on tbejudge, hut when
the final words were spoken lie
struck the table violently- and
DIPTHERIA
Prevented.
usu * HO .urn—.WM Gbolero «ll*»ipxl«l.
Catarrh roll™-,I ami 1 8 **'P jjjj™ pr.real.dby
K^U. carM. . i In coma of (Iratli In lb.
Bun,, relieved lnal.nl-
SS-SSTiWS
nnt siiu-ll.
■scarlet
FEVER
CURED.
Nting*. etc.
Dangt-mu* tftluvlM of
Yrllow fever era<llc«te«l
In fuel it U the great
Disinfectant and Purifier!
rilKFAIIKO IIV
-. | mercy
1 i stand where I do limn where tlmt
jury dues nnd where your Honor
docs. I am nat afraid to die. I
stand here ns God’s man, and God
Alniightly will curse every mail
who lir.s Imd n part in procuring
this unrighteous verdict. Nolhing
hut good Ims come from Garfield’s
rcmovnl, and tlmt will he the vei-
diet of posterity on my inspiration.
I don’t care a snap for the vcrdlet
oftliis corrupt, generation. I would
rather n thousand times lie in my
position than in tlmt of those yrlio
have hounded mo to dcutli. I slmll
Imve a glorious flight to glory, hut
that miserable scoundrel, Corkliill,
will have a permanent job down
below, where the devil is preparing
for him.”
After apparently talking himself
out, the prisoner turned to his
brother, nnd without the slightest
trace of excitement, conversed for
some moments licfore being taken
Irr. Of course tho Trcnsnrcr will
not hesitate to roll any mnnher of
Fetors to pay .Miss l’aul.
New Orleans Picayune: Con
sumption can lie cured. A broken
constitution can he mended. Ono
lung gone can he brought hack.
Bead patent medicine certificates
from retired clergymen.
G'lmttnncoga bought $1,500 worth
of Bibles from a canvasser in the
Inst two yvotks. The recent loll
of a mountain in tlmt locality and
tho destructive floods furnish no
sequel to tho sensation.
Little Bock Gazelle: Wanted—
More legnl hemp matinees, few
pardons and lew commutations.
Han't interfere witli the law. Let
it swinglfrom one end of the State
to the other, free in its motions as
the pendulum of a clock.
Mr. Jack Kappington drove his
wagon into a little creek a few
miles north of Oeonihntcliic creek,
Mississippi, near the Union and
Fouloloc line, which was swim
ming, and drowned his wife, a sis
ter and one of his children. The
bridge Imd lieen washed away by
the swollen stream, and Mr. Sap-
piiiglon, unaware of the fact drove
into the stream, apprehending no
danger. Hu cscupcd himself and
saved an infant child.
Hiss Kate King
— KKill'd, ON HAND
LT AXaXj TZM3
UrpaaUMrntMSuHl. j 0ASH pRI0Eg - r~
BARL0W HOUSE;
W. H.CLAV, ProprMor. I
Americus, - Cln. j
Give u* * trial i
v.S-twamlwoaR 6m
wljbt convince*!.
Soabron Feagin,
(doccnfcwH toJ. It. Covington.!
FASHIONABLE BARDER,
under t. wiieati.eyV, ox the oorkkb.
SHAD!* BAZOOS!
ATTENTIVE HELD!
ARCHITECTURE,
Foil Specification* in*
* HCEKN ANNE AND EAST LAKE
r anv otbvr of tho modem styles, so mallficl m
unit Loth yoor t**t® »n«l your pocket.
A-ldrc*. Ik J. »1.0AN, Architect.
•MS ciu Amert'-ua, tie
A V.AkGK AND HANDSOME
Selection oF Millinery Goods
THE LATEST STYLES!
Examine Before ton Purchase,
MU* Hate King.
FmI4«c S«4B*re Amtiti-u*. O
deliberuto tone lie began,but soon
his manner became wild and vio
lent, and pounding upon the table
lie delivered himself of the folloiv-
‘""I^m "noTguilty of the charge j “ I ' 0,,U:,, ’ “ And ma i' j* 1 * 1 ( ,avu
set forth in the indictment. *j t I '"ccy on your soul. I’d rather
was God’s act, not mine, rnd God
will take rare of me. And don't
let the American people forget it.
He will take care of it, nnd every
officer of this government, from
the Executive down to that mar
shal, taking in every man on tliut
jury nnd every member of the
bench, will pay for it, and the
American nation will roll in blood
if my body goes into the ground
anil I am hung. Tho Jews put
the Gallilcan into the grave. For
a time they triumphed, hut at the
destruction of Jerusalem, forty
years afterwards, the Almighty got
even with them. I am not afraid
of death. 1 nm here as God's man.
Kill me to-morrow, if you want to.
I am God’s mao, and I have been
from the start.”
Judge Cox then proceeded to
pass sentence, addressing the pris
oner as follows :
“You have been convicted of n , .
crime so terrible in Its eircumstan-! from tllc c0llr . t r< ; 01 ”’
ces anti so Tar reaching, that it lias 1 .. .... .
drawn upon you the hatred or the , •' , " tl i cr « ,, P t ? n
whole world and execrations ol l,a,1I >' lni «taken that is if here ev-
your countrymen. The excite- cr wa " all >' Mother Shipto.i, and
ment produced by such an ofl’ense i " r,w , we wa " 1 . lo Ha >' ‘"V? 0 B,,b '
made it no easy task to secure for i “ r ' tar ", ! v! ’° l,nvc " 1 l ,ai ‘
you a fair and impartial trial. But the world was s.mn to end. and that
you have hud the power of the ] wa " '' as 1 l( ' 1 ' for a f cam '' 1 ” If***.,,.
United States Treasury and the i through the eye of a needle tlinn XV e hope that the campaign may he
government in your Service, lo [or a wealthy editor to enter the conducted in such a way ns not to
protect your person from violence, ot „ l|pavon , ll,at [ ,na - v '’ring shame upon the State hut
and to procure evidence from all ! CC! " M ’ 1nnc ?l" ,n 80 f 1,cit, "' c f "[ «e fear that milch trouble will re-
parts of the country. You have ! 0,,r ^’ifare and come forward and suit from it. The last canvass en-
lmd ns fair and impartial a jury ns | I* O' "I’ f,,r the year of 1882. | gendered evils that will be slow to
ever assembled in a court of jus-' ' ~~~ ' ■*" ; pass away.
ticc. You have lieen defended by A iwpular preacher recently . _ «e suppose we will have an
counsel with a zeal and devotion ! quoted the dream of a seer, who | Independent candidate ror t.on-
that merits the highest cneomiiims, saw a man in great torment iii ev- i f?re»s, and at least two tickets for
orv limb except his right foot. J county officers,
llu nsked why that was released. ( There arc too many of these
.„, “This mull ” was the answer, “is | elections. They agitate the pco-
you have Ijccn found giiiltv. It being punished for his selfishness j pie, paralyze business, and gratify
I would Imve boen n comfort to many and indolence, nnd was never i nobody but the office seekers. The
i people if the verdict ol the jury known to do a good ilecd, except whole tendency of the tiling is to
I had established the fact that your thut he once kicked a tult of fresh demoralization. Pcrhapa, however,
act was thut of an irresponsible grass lo a tethered ox stnniling in ; *'<’ shall have anotlier Convention
man. It would have left the pco- the hot sun, forthisonegood.net the j »mc of these days to revise the
! pie the satisfying belief Hint the loot is saved from torment.” Constitution, and then these three
i rrime of |H>lilical assassination » • -•— elections may he put together,
i was something entirely foreign lo l.irlng IVIIuesses. * *
1 the institutions and civilization of T| „. | iun( i rct!s of | lt . n | lhv looking . _. 10 " r, -' , ‘"“’-
! our country; but the result,1ms dc- women ami children, that I ..The" ar « times in ever) ones
mcl Hum tlmt comfort. The conn- ,, avc bcp „ reHCUed from lxiU „ r , life when energy fails and a m s.
, try will accept it as a fact that the HickneHS aw , wc)1 nij?li ( U*uth l . c0, . nes ov " l ' ,c 'V’
crime ean lie commitUs , and the bv |. arW cr’s Ginger Tonic are Hie ! "" ,taku " '” r ! a * ine8 *’ 1 urk " 8
court will have to deal will, the bi st evidences in the world of its i <J, t '!« e , r JZ‘ C r e«t°re perfect
I highest penalty known lo tin* until- ... _ , ... activity to tho Stomach, Liver anil
| inal code to serve as an example to 1 * lerliu 8 mct,t an '' wortk ’ ' ou ! Kidneys, purify the bleed, and re-
I others.. Your career lias been so , will find such in nearly every com-, „cw your lease of health and com-
| extraordinary that the people | inanity. | fort.—Advocate.
Ton Mueli Eleefioii.
C'iiilili**rt J.'nlirpriai-.
We are to have a nuinlicr of elec-
lions williin the next twelve
months. In October, we have an
election for governor and members
of the Legislature, in November,
for members of Congress, and in
the January following, for the va
rious comity officers, save tlmt of
Ordinary. Thu canvass in each
case, doubtless, wii! he a lively
one. The Democracy will Imrdly
fail this time to nominate a can
didate for Governor, while Hie In
dependents Imve already announ
ced their purpose of liuving a man
before tho |>eoplc for the same of
fice. In all probability men of
ability will represent lwitli sides.
I certainly have done my best to
cure a fair presentation of your
reuse. Notwithstanding ail this,