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AMERICUS, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1882
NO. 114.
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS
W. Xj.
1'L'lU.ISIIKD in
GLEaslSTHR.
OFFICE 0.\ COTTON AVENUE.
S-u-Tsscilptioa Rates:
Titi-Weekly One Year, . $4.00.
Weekly One Year, . . $2.00.
Sunday Issue One Year, - $1.50.
Official Directory.
ilfKBICU*
Amor I rat I- the county seat of Sumter County,
Georgia, and to iliinted on the Southwcoteru
Unilroad, 71 mili'M ooathwnt of Ifucon, un«l about
fighty nuloo iioiihor Urn Florid* line. It i» *
city of 0.UOU inhabitants beautifully situated and
handoomely im|.Mv«ii. It |* ttio centre of trade
for n lur/u section, comprising soma >lx conntiea.
Its aveiag* tinnual cotton receipts being 30,000
boles, the average market valoo of whlcb is f 1,-
500,000. The cliuiato If mild, tho air dry and pure,
mu! A meric m baa for many years hud the repu
tation nt IhiIiiiT oiiu of the ficalthle»t eitlet ill
Amorim lielng altnntod hut aaliort distance
above the tropicul ronton, nearly all varieties of
fruits, grain* and flowers can be grown success*
fully, whilo vegetation Is luxuriant and rapid in
Its growth. The city has line public school*, good
churches, a Urge public library, n new opera
house completely furnished with scenery and
which scats l.Uui) i>er*uns,:» well organized tire
department which Include* two *teatner*, whilo
the streets are sewered and lighted. Three good
hotels furnish the bent of accommodations. It Is
the lurgc*t city in Southwest (iforglu, nud is rap*
Idly growing in population and wealth. Aa a place
of nuriness and a beautiful and pleasant residence
it present sal reactions poaaeased .by faw cities in
the .South, l’ersons nt a distance looking for a lo
cation In tho Houtil, will he supplied with nil Birth*
ve information they may desire by wldreaslng the
Editor ut the Ur.cnai»Ea.
CITY OFFICER-'.
Mayor—J. K PehUr.
Clerk mid Kecordcr ~f». K. Brinson,
Aldermen—\V. I*. Burt, 1». II. William* U. E.
Conb, 1.. B. Bos worth, ll. 1>. Watts, W.4. Har
per. City Council un-cia every Mood*) cveniug.
M Police Force—Cits
Policemen
f—City Marshal, A. P. Lingo.
W. W. Wheeler, Pat Krsklne, J. W.
Cobh, b. U. Mitchell.
Hcxton Oak Grove Cemetery—P. I>. Illll.
Sexton Colored Cemetery—Itlchard Felder.
Bridge Keeper—J. P. Ilui fonl.
F1UK DEPARTMENT.
JL o. IIINTON. 3. c. MATHEW8.
HINTON & MATHEWS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Will practice in all the counties of this Jndplal
Circuit, also In Dooly county, in the Supreme
-our* of tae State of Georgia, and the District
Court of tho United States, and in all other courts
uj special contract.
Gfflce in llawklna' new building, Lamar BlreeL
duly istb, 1881. *
W. H. K1MBROUH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LEESBURGH, - - GEORGIA.
Collections a Specialty
Mayllwly
W. J. 8KARS . W. D. HEAR*.
DR.W.J. SUMS & SOI
ELLAV1LLE, ga.
Tnfli.t
C. R. McCRORY,
Attorney at Law,
ELLAVILLE, Ga.
Collections a Specialty.
Aprilifi If
l)rs. Westbrook & Joiner,
Physicians anil Snrgeons,
aNDEBSONVILLK, : : GEORGIA,
Wide Awake No. 1. (Steamer,) Foreman, W.
If. Hawke*.
Vigilance No. i—Foreman, Mingo Glaze.
Ifook ami 1. wider- Foreman, Henry Anderson.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Third District, composed of the counties of
T.vlor, Mux.n, Schley, Huiutor, lKwIy, Pulyki,
s^rteKs. , s» si
LEGISLATIVE.
Senatorial Dlrtrlcl cnml.oM't nl tbc mnnllrs of
Sumter, Scliley. uml M.ceii. Senator, I ’ ll P on j
lluerry. Reprcaentatlvea, Thomas Feaiftn and
didtu ll Adderton.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Soul hwestern Circuit, composed of’H>* counties
of Sumter, Schley, ,..tw:on, low, Webster and
^ Judge, lion, 0. F. Cr^p, Solicitor General, C.
II. Hudson. . ,, ...
„ Regular t« nna of Court am held as follows.
I,pJ county, second .Monday in March und w C -
*'"schley'Voiint.v, fourth Monday In March und
'"SPeNnoMcounty, Aral Monday in April and And
^bnmter'county!^second Monday In April and
tocmid Monday In Uetnbsr.
Stewart county, fouith Monday iu
•i.nrth Monday in October.
H. C. GARDNER,
attoknny at law,
OGLETHORPE. GA.,
Lawson 7. Collier,
Attorney-at-Law
—AND—
Real Estate A Kent,
DRAYTON, OEORGTA.
GEORGIA NEWS.
The river at Augusta is rising
rapidly.
Mr. Iverson Hcnslee, ot Eaton-
ton, is dead.
Mrs C. M. Jackson, of Coving
ton, is dead.
Mrs. Junius Poullain, of Greens
boro,‘is dead.
Tito must temperate man in
Alliens is a liquor dealer.
Only seven candidates tur sheriff
in Franklin county.
Eeboiis is certainly the banner | ALEX H. STEPHENS.
county in the State. Tuo Superior,
Court, which met last Monday, did 1 _«««"••
not last but a few hours. Not it
of (Ms Soittlieru NtaiMnnu.
singlo case was tried, nor has there
been a case submitted to the jury
in several years. Last 'term not a
single true bill was found, and at the
present term there were but two
bills rctarned.
Two lawyers, in Thomson, bad a
difficulty, in which Thomas E.
Watson shot W. D. Tutt in tho
band. The case was prosecuted
in McDuffie Superior Court, t >n
„ ... ... 1 Friday last an honorable sclllc-
Prohibition will go into effect l niBll | wa8 effected by friends. The
n. ,i.„ a-,. a ..... p , rtiet( Messrs. Tutt and Watson,
advanced to the front of the Judge,
and shook bonds in open court
amid the applause of a Is rgc crowd.
The case was withdrawn and the
affair terminated in the friendliest
of feeling.
LaGrange Reimrter: “A ball
was cut from Mr. Wiiholt of this
place recently, which ho has car
ried for eighteen years. In the
in Glasscock the first of April.
Home proposes to bavo a mil
itary encampment this summer.
A little girl on I>. W. Elder’s
place, in Oconee county, caught
lire the other day anil burned to
death.
Ciero Hobbs accidentally shot
Aaron Guwley, in Stewart county,
the other pay. The -wound is
probably fatal.’
Dr. J. J. Deariug's store, in
Covington, caught lire lost Tues
day, but the dames were promptly
extinguished.
Louis Dollsbon, of Hamilton,
New York llerald
Washington, March 25, 1882.
Congressman Alexander H. Ste
phens intends to retire from public
life at the expiration of the present
congress. In conversation with a
Herald reporter to-day be was ask
ed if the reports to that effect were
true.
“Yes, that is true,’’ said lie. ‘‘In
diet,when I ran fotjeongiess in 1880
I made up iny mind to retire as
soon as the term expired."
“How long have you been in
public life?” lie wus asked.
“I have been in public life quite
a number of years. When twenty-
four yenrs of age I was elected to
the lower Iioiiso of the Georgia
legislature. I served live years,
and in 1841 declined a re-election.
A year Inter I was elected to the
state senate. In 1843 I was elect
ed to congress.”
‘‘You were elected successively
battle ot Richmond, in 1804, lie I for a number of years to congress,
was shot in the right side, the bail i were you not?" '
entering and tearing away the I “Yes. 1 stayed here sixteen suc-
orest of the right hip bone, and, eessivc years," and, doclining a re-
election, retired voluntarily March
passing on. lodged about two
iuches JJIefl of the spinal column,
where it remained until the 25th
makes a living catching butterflies. n remainwi u nit uu will
He ships them abroad and gets ^0 wound caused Mr.
from live cents to forty dollars W«l*oit much trouble, and greatly
: • impaired bis health. Dr. 8. S. I*it-
ril and
d'Monday In Juno and
-Tp.V.rMninlxj'in I• roller.
LOUNT* COURT,
Jiulsv, J. 1*. Ptftbonr* M"»ithly term of ‘‘oort,
Aral Wednesday la avery month. Quartarto l *rui|
third Monday In March, done, Supterabcr und
llccrmlwr. |JKWSAKy . s COURT.
f Ordinary, Thom « 1L Hlewnrl.—Court hold on
Hr*1 Monday of every month.
. COUNTY OFFICERS.
Clerk »*f .Superior Coart, ,1. If. Allen.
Sheriff, .1. W. Mlxe.
'I’m Collector. W. II. Mcwari.
Tax Receiver, J. i Dan'rL
fraaaarcr^ V. C. Hl|»ppr*fl*
Nanreynr. M O. Iatk*i».
I’oniinjIi’ionenh’s^K^aTlor, C.A.11iinllhtf*
to«,4. II. Ulick.H. 11. Haw kina, J. W. When tie).
Meet Amt Monday ot every month.
JUSTICES. |
Dl.trlct No. 75 , SC. II. White,U F., W. II.
1'hllllpa. X. F. *>
Dm * No. wt7, Xo .liutlee at prosent.
Dial. N«. 1107, James II. Ro^w*, J. I ..John »..
f l)l*t?*No.75», Bril Ion B»nlth, J. I*., M.G. laijran,
Vo. 884,4. M. Hatcher, J. F„ Ja*. A. Vln-
' liiet No.
^Dlal’ X'o. 1115, A,4, WUHama, J- F., U. A.
^DRu’No. 789, P. L. Mize, J.F., J»“- A. Stubbs,
No. 745, F. W, Griffin, J. K. IL UM
f °DUL No’ 90S, A. J. Clark, J. I’., Ja*. A. Wool,
N. F. -
Soabron Feagin,
(Successor lo.l, R. Cuvioglon.) ———
FA8IIIONARI.R HARUEIt,
UNDER T. WIIF-ATLET’S, OX TIIK COIINKR.
SHARP RAZORS!
ATTENTI VE HELPI
TONSORIAL EMPORIUM!
ANDERSON tc LINFORD
R E8PKCTY1H.lv .iillouiictotlu, imbUr tlit.t
Ul.tr llirb.r Slm)ii,nt nil bil.lnnw lion,.
apiece
t he Urillln Female Coliedge bas
lieen sold to Professor George O.
Butler, of Pottstown, Pennsyl
vania.
An effort was to have been made
in Macon yesterday to organize a
company for the introduction ol
the Brush Electric Light.
Henry Smith, of Epson, has
returned from Jesup with Bob
Willis, colored, who killed Ben
1 .eonaid, colored, last fall on Dr.
Sawyer’s plantation, near Thom-
as ton.
u bfiitr
recently riii^l it up in a neat style
prepared than ever to wait upon thicr customer*.
All who may wl*h to have Shavinir, Hair Cutting,
dh.-impooim;, etc., done In flrit*cUaa *tylc, tin y
rould he pluzaed to have thorn call on tbc:u. Shop
ooar tho oatrunc«» tn Barlow IIo*i«o.
ARCHITECTURE.
1 AM pro|Mro<l to fiiruUh Detail; Drawiair and
Full Npocitlcationa In;
QUEEN ANNE AND EAST LAKE
or any other of tho modeni etyles, ao modified at
GUUlt"*"
—- ___ ,._r pocket.
R J. SLOAN, Architect,
Amorlcua. tla
j. e. mufi,
JEWELER,
ffoxl Side Stpiaro, linirirns. (la..
Last Saturday evening, while on
the way home from Buena Vista,
Mrs. G. W. C. Munro and Mrs. G.
Jossoy were llirown from the.bug-
gy und hadlv bruised, though not
seriously hurt.
Mr. J. B. Toomcr. of Athens,
has a sword buckle that was found
on tho Eulaw battlefield. It has
the print of n palmetto tri c. with
the date of mfi.
Pete Corbon, who broke out of
the Gilmer county jail recently,
was recaptured near Cartersvillc
and luken back to Ellijay. On
Sunday night week lie again at
tempted to escape, blit was foiled
by the viligancc of tbe jailer,
After four years confinement,
Governor Colquitt, on Saturday
evening, pardoned Kate Southern,
convicted and sentenced to be
hung for the killing of Nnrcissa
Cowart, in Pickens county, tbe
sentence being afterward commut
ed to ten years in the convict
camps.
4, 1859. I foresaw tlm 'troubles
coming, and therefore retired. Se-
cession, ns I anticipated at that
time, did conic, nud the . result is
too well known to require com
ment here. After jthc war I was,
in 18(!fi, unanimously elected to
the United States senate during
the administration o( President
Johnson, but being denied admis
sion went home and wrote my his
tory of the war between tho states.
After that I was elected to the
house from my old district, and
have been here since 1873.”
man performed the operation in a
skillful manuer.
Mr. Gus Jetir, of Houston coun
ty, tells of a wonderful deer phase
that took place in 1833, beginning
in Laurens county. Two famous
dogs belonging to a man mimed
Andy Hampton jumped a deer on
Bluewatcr creek, ran him across
the Ocmulgcc below Hawkinsvillc,
and westward. On the third or
fourth day tlm dogs crossed the
Alabama river below Selma, in
pursuit of tlm deer, which was shot
and killed by Jack Barlow, who
knew Hampton’s dogs, and re
turned them to him in the tail.
Mr. Jeter will please take the head
of the class.
Albany is happy over her arte
sian well. The total cost was $3,-
000, but half of this sum was ex
pended in machinery with which
the second well will lie bored. The
work was begun in December, the
first well was bored w> u depth of
485 feet when ‘
doned because
A similar accident spoiled the ' "““I"'”’’ ^ou.u "over consent io
second well nt a depth of 385 ‘ ''"i. " T 0 . fWl ' ? h
feet. The third succeeded, and is 1 nni pbv " icolly m,al,l,: lo <I,H '
now pourjug forth from 25 to 80
gallons of water por minute. At
25 gallons per minute the city will
get from the single well 30,000 per
day. Tlm water registers a tem
perature of 731 nt the well and is
very pure. The well is 050 feel
deep.
Fort Valley Mirror: On Mon
To look at the thin withered
hands and almost helpless frame of
this old man as he sits In bis wheel
chair, one might wonder it he were
able to pen tbe thoughts with which
his mind is busy, much less record
tho varied interests that have agi
tated the country since be began
public life in 1830. Despite his
feebleness and inability to walk.
Sir. Stephens retains not only liix
intellectual faculties but enjovs
tlm advantage or an appetite and
powers or digestiqn that induce
great dinners and invile convivial
This man. who can recall the
dcathroll oi so many illustrious
men of his country, is neither a
hypochondriac nor a misanthrope.
Being unable to walk, lmcausc of
injury sustained by a falling gate
ten years ago, be talks a great deal,
and is wheeled ubout in Ills chair
so nicely and looks so comfortable
as even lo disarm a stranger of tbe
sympathy which otherwise he would
feel.
Mr. Stephens docs not attend
congress every day. He is car
ried by Ids servant from the hotel
to his carriage and driven to the
capftol. There bo is helped into
his wheel-chair, kept in the build
ing, and shoved along the corridors
into the hall of tlm house. Fen-
are the members who pass tho in
valid without stopping to sny a
pleasant word. Members of both
parties alike poy respect to this
old mau, whose sparkling eyas and
tldn visage contrast so wonderful
ly, anil tell of tho hard struggle
which mind and body have been
carrying on for so many vears in
the person of Alexander Stephens.
REASON FOR RETIREMENT,
“What is yonr reason lor retir
ing to private life?”
“I am now past seventy-six
years of ago and feel ns if my de
clining health aud physical debili
ty render it proper that one more
capable of performing tlm duties of
tho position should take my place.
This is not a very elegant .way of
stating it. You turn say that retir
ing is due to my age and infirmi
ties. I wish that tlm remainder of
my days, should they be extended
to the end of the present congress,
bo spent in quint and rest. Tlm in-
nu j its...
physically uuablu lo dis.
charge. 1 never assume a public
.Slightly Htxed.
_ Newspaper readers often see no.
rions mistakes in papers which ap
pear hard to account for. These
are sometimes made by the fore
man in making up the forms, and
in various ways. Any one who has
ever bad any intimate connection
with a newspaper will appreciate
this. Tho Ciroleville Watchman is
responsible for tlm following:
“Georgo Kinder, editor of the Put
nam County Sentinel, rocontlv
wrote up a herd of short horn cat
tle, and tlm same week the ladies
of Ottawa gave a concert, which
George puffed in ffowery language.
The foreman of tlm office bail drank
too much ‘tar,’ evidently, and got
the items somowhat mixed. This
is how they read: “The concert
given lost evening by sixteen of
Ottawa’s most bcsutiful young la
dies was highly appreciated. They
day night last, daring a Imavv giancc has been due lo principle,
and parly organization I liavo
never held to be oilier than subor
dinate to lliu great essential prill-
Holiday G
thunder storm, while Mr. -Stephen
Barber and family were sitting in
tlm family room Is-I'orc tlm fire-
A stable aud dwelling bouse lie-1 place, a bolt of lightning, which is
to Dr. It. J. Held, of Craw- supposed to Imvo come down the
chimney, killed littlo Newton, Mr.
Barber's eldest son, and wounded
Mrs. Barlicr and tier little babe.
Little N’ewton was a bright little
fordvillo, was entirely destroyed
by ,flro last Wednesdy morning.
Tbe loss sustained was netween
$300 and $700, inclusive Of tlic ___
buildings, farming implements and boy about seven years of age, and
cotton. | was the pride and joy of his doting
HawHnsville JJiepalch: The I parents, aud the shock of bis snd
dwelling Miousc oi Mr. Harmon | “ nd *'»dden death Iuih been very.
Hunt, on Swift Creek, in Dooly ! B rC8 ‘ u ‘ tbc “’ Mr. Barber resides
i county, together with all his house* | ' n fI Crawforcl county, about five
j hold furniture, wo learn was dc- i nitles from town and the many
| strayed by lire on Saturday n i g |,t ] frieuds of,the family decpjv sym
last. We have not been aide to *' ’“ ’ l ”"“ - n,, “
trust unless I thiuk myself equal! worc elegantly dressed, and snug
in the most charming manner, win
ning the enthusiusUc plaudits ol'tlm
entire audience, who pronounced
them the Sliest short horn. 1 ; iu the
country. A few of them are of a
rich brown color, but the majority
of them are spotted, brown anil
white. Several of the hieCers.weigh
as nigh as fifteen hundred jHiufiils
—lint! bodied, light 1 (illbed , ani
mals. They are said to‘he excel
lent milkers, end os high a* twenty
pounds of blitter haa been mnde
from onoin a singlo week,’?’:
to its duties.'
. “After your long public service
nro you still u democrat, and in
sympathy with tiiat party?”
“Yes. I have always been a
democrat, hut mi independent dem
ocrat. I have never acknowledged
allegiance to any party. .Viy idle-
—i-AnniEs-
A SPLENDID STOCK
—OK— |
WATCHES
JEWELRY! |
OF THE LATEST DESIGNS, j
1 Books,
Scraps,
Fapsteries,
1 learn the cause of the fire.
Athens Haunrr: In the gizzard
i of a chicken killed in Athens last
| week wus found fifteen pins, apiece
j of hoop-skirt, 9 hooks and eyes, a
! brass garter fastening, and the heel
i of a gaiter. The tally's name is
unknown.
Uavilintvitle. Newt: In Lee coun
ty during tlm Scholastic year 1881,
I there wero thirty-five' schools
1 taught, eleven for white children
. and twenty-four for colored. Fu-
pathizc with them in their afflic
tion.
Eastman Times: At the recent
cash sale of the land belonging to
the estate of Dr. D. Sapp, of this
county, there wero 1,000 acres
sold, including improved and un
improved land. Tiio home place,
ciplcs of constitutional govern
ment as announced by Jefferson
and maintained by the fathers of
the republic. In’ that school of
politics 1 was born and reared ami
in it 1 expect to die.”
OOLLEAliltES OK HIS YOUTH.
“How many raemhers oftlie con
gress to which you were first dent
ed ore here or living?”
“Let me see. There are no mem-
ls-rs now of cither branch—senate
or house—who were here when I
first entered congress. Several
who were then members are yet
living."
A MK.MORAIII.K lXCTnENT.
Bv the way, there was rather a ! '" u “* aru
strange incident connecter! with 1 "'f* _
my depurlure front Washington, i
March C, 1856. As my steame
All Hands and tlm Cook,
From l bo Oglcthoriw Echo.
On last Monday morning the
nurse, cook und cook’s husband,.
all servants of \V r 0. Johnson,
were detected in a wholesale steal
ing. It teems that the nurse pro
cured the keys, opened the.dining
room closet, and let tbe man in.
It was very soon and Mr. J.^from
home. When caught they bod re
moved some things and had a ham,
a 25 pound sack of flour and a
large pan of sugar just ready to
take oil'. They wero all three ar-
»ow in jail await-
pils in attendance,. two hundred iuindrej o'res was hought by Dr.
and twenty-one, white, and nine j jj Buchan for $328. Mr. D.
■•■f
({nick and Sure, j
was going down the i’olonmc I
it having" been bequeathed to the fiol'or tlm rapftoi! i ’mnwiJfntoVheKravra
*\ Oil must bo looking up l here ami. ' " L ■'•,7 . n”
thinking of your re-election to eon- y and
grass?’ In reply to this 1 said.! \ ltal ! t > nnd .* tr ? n8 L 1 ‘. “ ml
•No; i am taking a last look -it the i coming back to them.
widow during her lifetime. Of the
1,600 acres sold, Mr. D. C. Daniel
bought 900 acres, for which he
paid the sum of $2,700. The next
largest lot, consisting of about six
ALL REPAIR WORK
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
J. E. SULLIVAN.
Autographs
Everywhere, the complaint of
ill times is heard among tho mer-
an'tile men. The dull times don’t
„ - , , , , .. .eel good right now, but it is a
soon.liatanee and the shadows of s01K r, lpn wbon f nnncr8 are at
night had hidden the dome of the ,1 on)c Bl work inst ,, ad orl)0 i nft |.
AS|) Montezuma Week ly: A man ready there have been about $5,-
Unix iFANCYGOOMiJSWp^VV
|>H(F\I\ FROM HER ASHES. some chance for pardon; but when Yke Highest Rank. 1 war who had just been released! —^Jiy^ Tribune.
Ti«Bn«i;flnuscrt.■<**>«»■« w«*n* ■» > Ull* we think SmdevHIma^icS^S Made from harmless- materials, | from Fort Warren. But I expect Arthur is a churchman, but he
.i.vai.i boots and SIIOKS UI..!- Tb., bill, we thinkitUodcul bas such a au d adopted to t9o needs of fading this summer to begin a hook which does not appear to lie observing
- - firm grip on the waist of hi* pan- , n j fa| l llng hnir) 1 . arkcr * s l Ia f r — - ^
i«*witu.m»s in A"*;' 1 .'? - -.- 1 ';"umiibw I I ,wf| Aft I irft A/ll? taloons that repentance and for- italsam has taken the highest rank
aa^KsAwfcM" am* AmfriVoi, ci'.' i] xMlli V Aviillflili giveness arc utterly out ol the , as an elegant and reliable hair res-
ANDREW DUDLEY. | Aglll'ft it J UVUR. , qoe , tlon . j lonitive .
is to contain my-recollection of
public life, and especially incidents
anil personal ramiiiiacenecs.”
AS I NIMKAIItKI) INTKLI.nT.
Lent with such judicious care as to
escape criticism. Probably the
critics arc nover invited to the
| White house entertainments.