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jp)e %mzti€u§ JXteotbtt. VOL .III. TRI-WEEKLY. AMERICUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 7, 1882. ♦ mu*;.. Jtmmfttsj Irr ovtlcv. •w. ri'BLISUKO HT 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,