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TRI- WEEBLLT
VOL IV.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1.1882.
A NEW DEAL!
Having purchased from R. 0. Black his stock of
!Z. M Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Etc.
I WILL CONTINUE THE BUSINESS AT THE OLD STAND,
Corner Lamar St. and Fublio Square,
' And Will keep the slock np to the high standard in quslilv ibnt Mr lilac* had «t-
- ‘ — * • ’ ‘ ■ ot Moi
taineil, and to lint end lia'.e secured the services ot Messrs' ,1. II. lllack. Jr., mid II.
M. Brown, doth experienced men in the business who will be assisted by It. M.
Stewart. Not only do I inn nd to keep up the quality ot the slock, Imt my prices
shall always be as low ns good goods can be sold for. I invite ail the patrons of the
old firm, my friends, and nil who need anything ill my line to call and sco me, ex
amine stock and pt ices
EL 8.- ssimsf.
PERSONS WISHING PICTURES TAKEN
■BY JVC 33,-
WILL PLEASE CALL SOON!
A8 I SHALL CLOSE BUSINESS IN AMERICUS ON ACCOUNT OF HAYING
MADE ENGAGEMENTS ELSEWHERE. DON’T PUT
OFF TILL THE LAST MOMENT, BUT
COMB SOON.
VAXT RIPER.
IVErs. 1VT- T. ELAM
ANNOUNCES TO THE PUBLIC THAT HER STOCK OF
Pall Mi linery and Notions lias Arrived.
The Assortment in complete, selected by herself in the city of New York. Ah to
style and quality of goods, the tasto of the most fastidious can be suited.
As to prices, she can almost soy that oveu chronic grumblers will
be satisfied. She regrets that on account of the dust being
so awfully bad, she has had to forego tho usual
opening. Still, her stock is now here, in
lore Tban Usual Riclmess and Variety!
CUSTOMERS WILL BE WAITED ON BY HER
CORPS OF ASSISTANTS,
Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Tornmey, Miss Preston and Miss Mead.
CASH BUYERS AND PROMPT PAYING, SHORT TIME CUSTOMERS
AHF INVITED TO CALL, EXAMINE, PRICE AND BUY.
A VOICE I'M TIE COMER!
S3. D. WATTS
Wanla tho people to remember that he con atlll be found at Ida old atond.
PTortlxoast Oonxor ot tlxo Fabllo Squaro,
«nd ia ready and anxious to supply llicm with
Dry Cooils, Groceries and Provisions,
•nd everything else ueoally found in • genera] lino of Mercbandiac. He will 4*11 you good food*
at fair mcei and two* you to ael! that you will call again.
America*, Ua„ October 27, lS82.m3
HOME! JlL.GcJi.nsr !
I AM NOW KECEIVINO NEW GOODS OF
Books, Stationery, Toys, Chromos, Frames,
FANCY GOODS, &C.
SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL STATIONENY
FOR ALL THE GIRLS AND BOYS.
B APPINU PAPER AND PAPER BAGS at SPECIAL RATES
MORGAN’S DEATH.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
notnlail
than tho ordinary kind*. »nd cannot be *out in
compeiMin with the multitude of low te*t, ehort
weight, alum or pboepbate powder*. Sold ow/jr
inti*ca*$. ROYAL B \KINO POWDKR CO.,
KM Wall Htre*t, New York.
ec|'17 top col nx to or fol rd mat ly
J) IAMON J)
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Trade D | | D Mark.
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FOR THE BLOOD.
AS IT TAKES
DIAMOND TO CUT DIAMOND,
DIAMOND DROPS TO CURE
Old Sorea and all Scrofulous Talata.
Endorsed by beading Physician* I
Diamond Drop* la vsgotnble, and has d<
more good In and nronnd Amertait* |or the p**t
ten year* t'-mi any other flvo alterative*,” and
have score* of testimonial* to show It. Give
It a trial aud bo convlneed Price 91.00. Fur
•ale only bi
ll'. T. DAVENPORT <t v SON,
AMEIUCVS, OA.
Olover&Perry,
HEADQUARTERS
—FOR
MEAT.FLOUK.SALT
BAGGING, TIES,
Groceries Generally
MAKK A Ul’N OS
GOOD GOODS AT LOW PRICES
aBOBS and HATS.
KEROSENE OIL,
OUX POWDER,
SHOT AND MATCHES
nd will Mil them lower than the'
from any other marl
L“ n
WILL HAVE NEW AXD BEAUTIFUL
GOODS FOR TOE HOLIDAYS.
81IBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED FOR ALL NEWSPAPER* AND
MAGAZINES.
Macon Telegraph, Atlanta Constitution, New Yo^ Herald
and other papers ior sale even - day.
—Terms Cc
AQXTE3 JLYQQQZL
DON’T FOROET THE PLACE,
ADJOINING THE OPERA HOUSE
RESTMAKT and I'OXFECTIOSERY
J. J. HANESLEY
would nil Uw Miration of fanner, and oil oifern
wlohla. o good meal to Iho foot thot to U otlU
ranting Iko
Restaurant Under the Barlow Douse
arbor, to wOl mm op o n
a warn meal at as/
Be served la their
line of Confections,
Washington, November 28.—
The New York Sun to-day pub
lishes an affidavit sworn to by
Thnrtow Weed on September 28,
1882, in which be places upon re
cord a detailed history of the ab-
duction and killing of Wm. Mor
gan, the Mason, by his Masonic
brethren, ns obtained by Weed
through a confession of one of the
participants of the alTairin 1831,
and from the statement of a wit
ness who failed to teslitfy to what
he knew when the caso was under
Investigation by the courts soon
alter Morgan’s disappearance—
Briefly, the story is that (or the
purpose of suppressing Morgan’s
intended exposures ol the secrets
ot Masonry, be was seized by a
number of the Masons and placed
under guard in the magazine of
Fort Niagara, New York, to await
an opportunity to ship him from
the country. While thus incarce
rated a number o( Mason., alter a
diuner at ono of their gatherings
where the Morgan caso was dis
cussed, acting under a sudden im
pulse, at the suggestion of onu of
their number, proceeded to Fort
Nisgra, took Morgan from bis
prison, and under pretense of tak
ing him to Canada, took Lim in a
Iroat, from which he was cast over
board in Niagara river heavily
loaded with weights, Whit
ney, the innn who confessed to
Weed bis instrumentality in Mor
gan’s death, intended to put the
story into affidavit, but death over
took him in 1862 before lie carried
Ilia purpose into effect. The names
of ail the .participants in the affair
arc emoodied in Weed’s affidavit.
THE COST OF A SIX LINE PARAUKAPII.
The Buffalo Express publishes
a letter of the late Thurlow Weed,
under datool New York, Septem
ber 9, 1882, and attested by Spen
cer C. Doty, a notary public of
this city, as that of Tburlow Weed.
The letter was in answer to an in
vitation to attend the unveiling ol
tho monument to Captain William
Morgan, and is thus prefaced by
the Express: "The following let
ter, dictated by the late Thurlow
Weed but a short time bofore his
death, contains his sworn statement
ofhis knowledge concerning the
abduction and alleged murder of
William’.Morgnn, and forms a most
interesting chapter in rclntion to
the sensational events which in
their time caused bo great a social
and political convulsion. Weed
begins by saying the occasion is
one that recalls an event of start
ling interest, arousing deep popu
lar feeling first at Batavia, Leroy,
Canandaigua and Uochester, and
then pervading our own and other
states. After reading the proceed
ings of the meeting at Batavia,
with Hon. David E. Evans as pre
siding officer, I wrote a six line
paragraph for the Uochester Tele
graph, in which I stated that a cit
izen of Batavia bad been spirited
away from bis homo and family,
and alter a mysterious absence of
several days a village meeting had
been held and a committee of cit
izens appointed to investigate the
matter, adding that ns it was known
that the Free Masons wore con
cerned in this abduction, it be
hooved the fraternity, whose good
name was suffering, to take the la
boring oar in restoring the lost
man to his liberty. The paragraph
brought dozen > ol our most influ
ential oitizens, greatly excited, to
the office stopping the paper and
ordering the discontinuance of
their advertisements. I inquired
of my partner, Robert Martin, what
bad been done to exaaperato so
many of our friends. ]Io brought
me the book and directed my at
tention to the obligation invoking
a severe penalty as punishment for
disclosing the secrets of the Ma
sons, inquiring what I thought of
a man who, after taking such an
obligation, violated it. I replied I
did not know any punishment too
severe for such a perjurer. The
discontinuance of the paper em
bracing so large a number of its
patrons that I saw that my brief,
and, as I supposed, very harmless
paragraph would ruin the estab
lishment. Unwilling that my part
ner should suffer, I promptly with
drew, leaving the establishment in
the bands of Mr. Martin. The pa
per was doing well and until that
paragraph appeared my business
future was all that I could desire.
At that time an editor was wanted
at Utica, where 1 bad formerly
worked, and where I bad many
friends, but my offer to go there
was declined. I was equally un
fortunate in my application for ed
itorial employment at Troy. The
objection in both casesjvas that I
bad been too busy in getting up
the excitement about Morgan.”
Ho closes thus: “I now look
back through the Interval of fifty-
six years with a conscious sense of
having been governed through the
antt-Masonic excitement by a sin
cere desire, first, to vindicate tho
violated laws of my country; and
next to arrest the great power and
dangerous influence of secret soci
eties. We labored under nenou-t
disadvantages. Tho people were
unwilling to believe that an insti-1
tution so ancient, to wbicli many;
of our best and most influential!
men belonged, was capable of not;
only violating tho laws, but of hub- i
tnining and protecting offending
men of llie order. A vast majori
ty of the American people believed
that Morgan was concealed by our
committee for political effect, while
we were being flerccly denounced
ns incendiary spirits. Judge Enos
T. Tbroop, in charging the grand
jury at Ganandigua, spoke of anti-
Masonry as a blessed spirit—a
spirit which bo hoped would not
rest until every man implicated in
the abduction of Morgan was tried,
convicted and punished.”
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
■lax the
,t wmmmi
Lucy’s Sealskin Sacque.
Chicago Tribune.
Lucy placed her Lily-White
Hand on her papa’s brow and be
gan to smooth bis hair, saying
how glad it would mako tier if she
could only smooth the Furrows of
Caro that time had placed there.
Then she artfully Shifted the
Subject and spoke of bow cold tbe
weather was getting and what
lovely Sealskin Sacqnes she had
seen in the show windows down
town that afternoon. Then her
papa saw what she was up to and
Dropped On Himself. So by the
time Lucy got around to that part
ot her talk where she put hca arms
around his neck and kissed him
and asked him to buy her a Seal
skin lie had neatly Airangcd his
Lie. Ho told her of how poor
the Crops had been, and that
Trade was in a very dull state be
cause of tbo uncertainty as to what
office Ben Bntler would want next
and Sung Such a Song that Lucy
began to think eho was in luok to
bavo a place to sleep in and a pair
of Heavy Shoes for the winter.
“No, my child,” lie snld, “I can
not think of spending Three Hnn
dred Dollars for a Sealskin Sacque
when times are so Hard,” and
Lucy said that she wus sorry sho
had mentioned the Subject and
went away feeling quite sorry for
her Papa.
Soon after sho had left the room
her Big Brother came in. “I saw
that Horse yon were talking
about,” he said to his pupa.
“Did you t” asked the Old Gen
tleman. “How Fast can ho go f”
“Two-tliirty," replied tho Big
Brother, “and n thousand dollars
will buy him.”
Rising quickly from the sofa,
Lucy’s Papa wrote a check ami
handed it to his Son. “Go and
close tho Trade to-night,” ho said,
“and to-morrow afternoon I will
mako somo of these people who
think they own Trotters look liko
Hired Men.”
So you see, children, Papa thiak
more of beating Two-Forty than
they do of making an only daughter
happy.
The Matrimonial Association.
While the post-master general
has not yet formally denied tbe
privilege of using tbe mails to the
Southern Matrimonial and Nuptial
associations, there is little doubt
that he will untimntely do so. As
sistant Attorney-General Freeman,
in transmitting tbe inspectors’ re
ports upon these institutions, takes
a decided stand in this direction,
but recommends that further in
spections bo made before acting in
tbe matter. This recommendation
has been adopted by tbe post
master general. Judge Frccmsn
says that tbe only possible excuse
that can be given by the companies
is that they are incorporated under
state charters.
Phlltdel phi* Frosi.
Representative Blsant, of Oeor*
gin has submitted to the clerk of
tbe Foreign Affaire Committee a
minority report on the bill provid
ing for construction of tbo Nicar
agua cannl. Mr. Blonnt objects to
tbo government guaranteeing 3
per cent per annum on *75,000,000
of canal bonds for 20 years, 'ns is
provided for in tbo bill agreed to
by a committee. His objections
aro based upon what he believes to
be tbe cconomio and constitution
al grounds. Mr. Hasson, tho au
thor of tho majority report, inform
ed your correspondent that he in
tended to ask the house at an early
day in tho approaching session to
consider the canal bilL “The more
I investigate the subject the deep
er is my conviction of the impor
tance of early aotion by Congress
upon this bill,” said Ur. Kssson.
“i do not think that the govern
ment will be required to pay any
thing upon tbeso bonds, for tbe
business necessary to make the ca
nal profitable ia awaiting its con
struction! Any enterprise of this
description should bo controlled
exclusively by tbo United States,
and the opportunity for the build
ing of tho canal under tie protec
tion of this government only is af
forded in tbe bill reported to the
House. I trust that the newspa
pers ot the country will dircot tbo
attention of the people to tbo im
portance of this subject and the
necessity for prompt action by an
American company. The cost of
building tbo Nicaragua canal prop
er, exclusive of harbors at each
end, which ore expensive and im
portant works, has been roughly
estimated by engineers at $52,000,-
000. It is, of courao, anticipated
that these estimates may fall short
of the actual cost of construction.
Tlio existence of tbo Clay ton-Bul-
wer treaty is no barrier to the con
struction of the canal under aus
pices exclusively American. Ex-
Secretary Blaine ond Secretary
Frelinghuysen both bold, but by
different processes of reasoning,
that the treaty is inoperative, and
that notice for its abrogation can
be given Just as well alter the work
is begun as completed, for that
matter, as at tho present time.
Representative Perry Belmont,
who is a member of tbo Foreign
Affairs Committee, Is in tbe city
and has passed tho day at tho
Stale Department trying to get
light, by an examination of trea
ties, as to wbat is bis duty in tbe
premises. Mr. Belmont will prob
ably ultimately sign Mr; Blount's
reports. When tbo canal bill
reaches the Senate, Mr. Vest will
move the Eads’ Ship Railway
scheme as an amendment. Mr. Vest
says that Nicaraguan canal people
are very much ia earnest and will
make desperate efforts to pass their
bill at tbo approacblog session. It
is reported that General Grant,
who bos an interest in the project,
wilt rally as many of his friends as
is possible to tbo support of the
measure, and Senator Yestdoolaros
that ir tho Eads’ railway sobeme
is voted down bo will insist upon
an amendment to the Nicaraguan
bill that tbo gaarantco of tho gov.
eminent shall not become opera
tibe until alter tbe canal is built’
Tho Crust of Tarter
Speedily leaves tho surface of teeth upon
which the cleansing and preservative In
fluence ofSOZODONTIs daily exerted.
No form of decay can infeet a eel of
“ivories" upon which it ia need, It has,
moieover, s most refreshing effect upon
the month, in which it Icavee s very
agreeable taste, besides rendering the
breath fragrant. If the mouth be rinsed
with it after smoking, the latte of the
tobacco is entirelr dissipated. Ae ext
auxiliary to personal comelioees it can
not too highly bo extolled. Soldbydiug-
gists.
An Angora ranch started in
8outli Africa in 1865 r recently
dipped 3,000,000 pounds of mohair,
worth in England $800,000.
The Height or Felly.
To wait until yon are In bed with dta-
ease you may not get over for months, U
the height ot lolly, when you might be
easily cured daring the early nmptoms
by | Father's Ginger Tonic. We have
known sickly families made tbe health*
lest, by a timely use of this pure medi
cine.—Observer.
The cold winter wave struck us
earlier than usual and caught many
people unprepared. Bat tbe law
of compensation comes ip even
here. An exchange aptly says—
“it Is Nature’s plan to kill out
malaria, and relievo the streets of
bad smells ond corner loafers.”
IHIghly t
The youthful color end srich lustra
are restored to faded nr gray belr by tbe
uee ot Parker's Hair Balaam, s harmless
dressing highly esteemed for its perfume
and purity.
Angus McDonald, whose cap
was shot off bis bead at tbe battle
of Waterloo, died in Montreal, the
other day, at the age of 106 years.
lira. Tbompaon, Jones at. Savannah,
Os., tayt: “Brown’* Iron Bitters ef
fectually and permanently cured me of
dyspepsia.”
JR
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A Now Yorker has been pro
nounced insane on his assertion
that he conld not remember .they
name of his mother-in-law.