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SHERMAN PLATT’S MALADY.
A MAS WHO TOOK NAPS SIX MONTHS
IN DURATION—HE KILLS HIMSELF.
For several years a strange ease
Iom attraeteil niucli interest, says
a Bridgeport (Conn.) special, Aug.
i), among the physicians of the comi
ty. In the southwest part of the
town of Newtown, in a locality
known in the neighboring places as
Dodgintown, live a family by the
name of Platt. One of the sons,
Sherman W. Platt, had for some
time been olllicted with a curious
malady. He would remain asleep
for several months at a time, and
while the comatose lit lasted it was
impossible to rouse him from his
lethargy. Several medical men ex
amined Mr. Platt, but were unable
to decide the exact nature of his
disease. About a a.o year he was
udten to the Middletown asylum,
wnfere he remained until July gH,
when he returned home. He re
mained at his farther’s house for
only a short time, and than disap
peared without giving any clew to
’ his destination. 'On Sunday search
was instituted by Platt’s relatives,
and as George Sherman was pas
sing Sanford’s pond he discovered
Platt’s body, devoid of clothing,
standing up in the water. Or.
Wakeumn, Deputy Coroner, was
notified, and. as no murks of vio
lent* were found upon his person,
lie come to the conclusion that the
deceased lost his life while bathing.
As a strange person was seen near
the pond on Tuesday it is supposed
that Platt’s body was in the water
from that day till the time of its
discovery on Saturday. It is gen
erally regarded as n case of suicide,
as no motive can be assigned for
any ono’s murdering him. When-
Revolution ” Oliver & Oliver
STILL LEADS!
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Schumpert & Roney’s,
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We invite everybody and the public gen-
erally to call at our shop and examine our
immense stock of First-Class Finished Single
| and Double Seat Buggies and One House
Wagons, of all styles and sizes. All of which
are of our own manufacture, and will be sold
j as cheap as it is possible to sell such work in
anv market. In reference to our Single ami
Double Seat Dexter Buggies, we will sav we
! were the first to introduce them in this conn,
i try, and have from the beginning up to the
.——— | present time constantly improved them, ami
! we believe we now have them perfect. We
Wc promised in issue of rite Recorder of Junuiiry '-M, to give you some prices so soon as ] _ _
_ we arranged and marked down our goods. We are now prepared and ready to give you more j keep Oil hand all tllC while finished 11*0111 1 f) til
ever the somnolent fit camo upon I goods for less money than any house that sell goods on thirty days time. , .. „ , T ,
Platt ho took td bis bed and some- ' ontemplate u few quotations and note the dift'erenee in SPOT CASH prices and thirty | 25 Of tilCSO Bllgg'iCS, Wltll tlPSt-ClaSS itameSStb
each buggy, and can sell you a Buggy ami
Flour. Flour. Harness as cheap as anybody. All we ask i>
having ransacked the big j t0 S' Ve 118 ” trial *
A word now to those who have old hinr-
Spot Cash Store”
IKT
davs credit :
In this article we stand head and shoulders above everybody,
markets of the West and Northwest in search of the best, and paid the CASH
times did not come out
of his slumbers for six months.
At times he would rise, move
atiout for a lew minutes and then
return to bis bed, hut Ins action
then were those ofa man governed
entirely by instinct. He would gn
to the larder, help himself to what
ever eatables came in his way and
During these 0 hitcrvaU^ i <™««* ^
safed no word to any one, and ror of) pounds $*• (•>.
would answer no i|uestions. Va- 2<1 l*at., for 50 pounds 1.(15.
rions experiments were made, but j Fancy, for 50 pounds 1.50.
no deceive results were reached. I ./ -i„ r.n ' i„ 1 or.
Drugs and electric processes seem- ! < hmcc Family 50 pot ids,. . 1M.
ed alike useless. At first the fain- W e guarantee all these 1 lours as represent.'.
>1 v freely admillcil visitors, but ol ! mid we will cheerfully rel'und the money.
' late lmil refused to allow curious
persons to examine the strangely
nlUiotcd limn. Platt’s bodily health
eontinued to lie fair in spile of his
prolonged slumbers. The circum
stances of his dentil are very
strange, and no sufllcienl explana
tion has lieon ollcred for the nu
dity of the body as found mid the
total disappearance of the clothes
he wore when he left Ills home on
Monday last. An investigation
will probably be made by the Now-
town authorities.
DOWN. We
In liiturn we will keep on hand the host grades of GRAHAM FLOUR—< henp.
Sugars. Sugars.
old price, S^igies and wagons and desire to have them re-
r.so. j paired or made new: We will give you more
hand if not satislaelory you can return them j wOl’k, aild a better job, for leSS 1110110}’ tll.lll
any other shop in Americus. Try us iimllie
convinced.
Americus, Da., duly 25, 188-1.
Will sell you 10 pounds (irannlated Sugar lor . . ;
•• “ 11 jMiunds New Orleans Clarified for
“ “ 11} pounds New Orleans ( liidlewood) Cliiritied, tor
“ “ 13 pounds New F ork Sugar, lor ....
In this line we are fully up and advise everybody to seize the golden o|
chase at once a sufficiency for the year’s comsumption.
Coffee. Coffee.
i In this article alone (by buying from us) we can save you money enough in one year to buy i
I all the “Santa Claus” you want lor (lie little ones. We deal (>i pounds Choice Rio Coffee tor$l.
Tlmrhcr’s No. 41, (Roasted) a combination of Java, Rio, and Mocha, tor 23c per pound.
$1.00. _
1.00. j
t oo. Wheatley’s Corner.
1.00.
portunitv and pur „ ,
Ho! every one m need of Clothing,
“COME AGAIN” to Wheatlev’s Corner and buy
EVKIl SHOWN IN AMERICA'S !
Salt. Salt.
Liverpool, full weight, for $1.20 (kt sack. Vine Salt, seamless bags, 150 pounds, $1.05 per sack j RANTEE PERFECT FIT OR NO SAIiE I
in cholera times Eugene Sue's
novel of the “Wandering Jew,” is
fascinating reading. According
to this remarkable stoiy just lie.
lore tlie appearance or cholera at
any place there passed through
the city or village a mysterious man
This man nover grew any older.
His expression was sad and tender
and his features were tu> peculiarly
marked by a growing together of
the eyebrows that it wns impossi
ble to forget them. The wnndcrcr
appeared ill Java, and cholera fol
lowed at Ida heels. He traversed
India and the plague trnckcd Ills
footsteps. He went through the
wilds ol Siberia, and the terrible
disease accompanied him. He j
turned westward, and the scourge
followed him through Russia to; Wo are slnuahterin
France. A generation ago thons- j ” i t i t v v
amis of ignorant and superstitions ' r. r, 11 I ut.-uura
people believed this marvelous
legend of the Wandering Jew, but
nothing is said about, it now.
There is so much dreadful reality
about cholera that the purely Ian-; In this line we lire full to overflowing, and to unload we have reduced the price on all grades ——————————
.ifiil i« thrust into the background.! |' rom o-, r to $1.00 p,, r gallon. Think ol it! Cox, Hill & Thompson’s genuine Stone Mountain \ gg 9
A durable and weighty.looking Whisk >' for l M>r ,,s,,llll > *' kl at $-' 50 ’
door is now made of paper. While
FTJSTE CLOTlllNG
r the Spring trade the InrtireL Iintnlrom
Perfect Fitting Clothing
We hsvoJaV
ShirLs, Collars, Cuffs, Neck and Underwear
at the very low price of $1,011 perewt. to make room tor a ear load ol
Whiskies. Whiskies.
j in display in# tlu»i
KuriiUhlnx <
beautiful v
THORNTON
Wheatley’s Corner,
WHEATLEY,
: : Americus, ha.
BOOKS!
it costs about the same as wood, it
is much belter, because there is
no shrinking, swelling, C licking
or warping. It is composed of
two thick paper hoards, steamed
and moulded into panels and glued .
together with glue and potash, and
then rolled through heavy rollers.
Tobacco and Cigars.
HA VINO MV STOCK THAT WAS LEFT FROM THE FlltE IN I
AND REPLENISHED WITH NEW GOODS, I AM NOW PRF.I’-U!
ED FOR msiNESS. NEW GOODS RECEIVED DAILY.
We can undersell anybody—we otter
proportionately.
• Lucy Hinton” nt 57c per pound, and all other grades
Wo regret that wo have r.oi spurt* sullicionl to j»iv
It is llrat oovoml with a water you will hoar from us oeoasionally. Itcummber that by
you do not pay from 2f» to An per rent, for hail debts, as usual in credit store.
• full mid complete quotation* on all ol our goods, but t BOOKS
baring your goods Jrom us and paying SPOT CASH :
A Word as Regards the Penny
AND ; PERIODICALS!
AT PUBLISHERS PRICES!
Best ami Cheapest Writing Paper and Eh
velopes in town!
proof coating and then with a Arc-
proof coaling, and is painted and
varnished and hung in the ordinary
way.
At Gloucester, N\ J., a pear tree
in still hearing fruit that was
brought iu a dower pot from En- To all those who scout at the idea of introducing the Penny in Americus, we say that we stand ready CltOOUET BASE B ALLS
gland in 169* by Capt. Samuel \ to redeem in goods or the cash any amount, from be upwards. Bring them along and get their full value at ^ * I I
Harrison, and planted in his gar-. ■ If CllibXM AVn
IMI.Y SPOT fliSH STARE Ilf lIEEHfS M^n»snu»i>*>|
A CARD.
To all who areauffenng from the error*!
tout indiscretions of yontti, nervous
weakness, early decaf* loss of manhood,
Xc ’’ IjJffiL**®i a iP** »hat will cure
you, FREE OF i fkAliUE. Thia oraat
discovered by a missionary
»n South America. Send a self-addressed
$&&“■* T ’ ,s,ua ’
FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF J. W. WHEATLEY & CO.’S BANK.
Very truly, , f
SCHUMPERT & RONEY.
Ameticus, Qn., January 11, 1884.
BUTTERICK’S PATTERN GIVEN AWAY
NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE
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