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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! COMPARE TIE OLD PRICES WITH THE IE! -AT Schumpert & Roney’s, •37S3IE3 03SrHj.' , Sr ft 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 AOIVEIS ATOOCI5 OCXS, OA.