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"amerigus.
““ .in railroiul. 71 miles south n-e»t of
Miaou, and about 80 miles north of tbe
Flc.ridi line. It Is situated in tlie finest
■o-lion of Geornii, raising n (treater van-
I,., .faorioultur.il and horticultural pro
ducts than any other part of tbe Sooth,
coobiniuo all the traits. grain »n.l vege-
tab'esof the temperate aod semi-tropical
roues—wheat, «<”“• r 3”'' °°'\ ,ioe t Ir , i,h
eod sweet row* 06 ', pnanots. ehufas,
catao, peas, augur cane, apples, pears,
uesebes, grapes, plains and other fruits.
The climate is mild and equable, and one
of the most healthy in the world, the air
being pure and ni» and most beneficial lor
Inns and throat diseases. All kinds of
outdoor work can be performed without
Inconvenience from summer heat or
winter coM. America* lias a populalion
of G 000, is beautifully situated on high
tnd’rolling ground and boosts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in tbe
South Tbe city has fine public schools;
good churchesl » Iturg* public library;
one daily, one semi-weekly and two
weekly newspaper*; a new opera home,
completely furbished witu scenery and
capable of seating 1,000 persons; a well
org«nttt4 4** 'department, iocluditg
two fine steamers; the streets are well
paved, sewered and lighted; there ore
two flooring mills, a cotton seed oil mill,
rltDiog mill and variety works, carriage
factory, and a number of minor mnnfncto-
ries; about two hundred firms ora engaged
in mercantile businea*; three bank* with
an abundance of capital; two good
hotela tarnish good accommodations.
Americas is tho centre of trade for six
counties comprising the richest agricul
tural aection in Georgia, the average an
nual cotton receipts being 30,000 bales,
which will bb largely increased by tho
completion of the Preston and Lumpkin
railroad now in process of construction.
It is the largest city in Southwest Geor
gia, and has been appropriately named
tbe "Commercial Capital” of that sec
tion, and it is rapidly growing in popu
lation and wealth. Ah a place of bu4-
neas residence it presents attractions
equded by few cities in the f-outh.
Property of all kinds is comparatively
cheap, although rapidly advancing in
valne; the inhabitants of both city and
oonntry are cultivated, oourteons and
hospitable, with a cordial iirelcome to im
migrants. To enterprfsing tradesmen, ju
dicious capitalists and industrious furm-
era this section of Georgia offers fine op-
portnniliei. Any information in regard
to city or countiy will be ebeerfolly-fur
nished by addressing tbe Americus Re
corder, Americus, Ga.
DAW80X iWs’N'Sf.
_ ^ —rr j All tho phenomena of the human
Dawson, Ga., Oct. 31.—Therej body ttre not yet hy any moans
were about one thousand hales of j understood by science, and proba-
cotton shipped from our city with- hly never wili be, says a gentleman
in the last two days, ami yet our! wrlti "R from Mfddleburg, Scholia-
C. R. McCHORT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LLLAVfLLE, GA.
TERNS—All claim* from $80 or under, #8;
rom $:» U* §500, ten per cmt. • over §6<'0, seven
No charges ahlaas collations ate made.
[Ip3“ oovo * •
CA LVIN CARTER & SON
BOOTS ASTB SSOSg,
Public Square, . , American, Oa,
BEST GOODS
FOR
IEAST MOSEY 1
Few Store
AND
New Goods.
warehouses scent almost full and
still it comes.
Mr. W. A. Pringle, one of onr
cotton buyers, has moved his head
quarters to Americus. taking Mrs.
Pringle with him, which their
iriends here regret.
Mr. Smith Davenport, of Web
ster county, is on a visit to, qur
city. Judge B. F. Bray,of Deary,
was on our streets yesterday.
Charlie Brinson, a young oolor-
ed man from this place, died in
Atlanta yesterday and will bo
brought down to day, and as be
has many friends in this Section,
there is at least a hundred colored
people at tire depot to meet his
remains. Cnarlic is ason ol Abram
Brinson, and was attending Clark’s
University m Atlanta.' i
Mr. G. W. Clievc-s, who killed
Capt. T. H. Pickett, was removed
from our jail to-day and carried to
Atlanta by authority of Judge
Clark. I think it a wise move,
and will bu better for the prisoner,
and remove tbe feeling of respon
sibility from our citizens.
J. A. F.
R. T. BYRD,
Dr. 0. B. RAINES,
IUBGEO.V AfiTD PtlVSICIAN.
M* professional service*, with an expert*
t'Me o! 2* vetirj, to Ihs people of Americus »ud
Tfcimtj. Office over l>*vfa *Villawsf'S Store. Res
ot J*ck*on and Church street«.
wiU will recsivo prompt attention. lanfibl
DR. C.^A. BROOKS,
AMERICUS, GA.
*£)'• fat DkTtmnnrt's dru* Itort wiil receive
pnnptsttenffqa. Will be round at night at the
whence of Col. g, H. Hswktoi, corner Lee and
t°Ut4*s street*. *n.ty 5 8m.
_ miscellaneous.
Edws Jl.iifaiki, i ‘C, Uoraco MrCrdl
; WUERS ITcCAM, Proprietors,
Southwest Comer of tho Public Square,
AMERICUS, GA. *
Monuments,Tombs, Etc.,Etc.
wit. be,t Italics and American Slarbl.,
,r »» Railing far C.m.terj Kucloi-
»'•>,* Ip.elaUjr.
! A’oa ttww.
of D. C. Barrel!, on
J55™ Sheet, now occupied by A. A
jgjw*. Possession given September 1,
UM&tt Jko. M. Cokzb.
Dissolution. ITottoe.
*°.y °" r milling interest* in
tbs firm » e .^! n * r * c ® B O* 1 Company,
■olvedVl*. B * ,d * ln * * Davenport i* dis-
wlTed t>y mutual consent.
OelttU.-o f* J * BaI DWIN & Co.
^gt2Qfl§w3w . Jo Davenport.
Cheap Engines.
MW c «p»r Portable
Ft 4 ®-’ whfch r will eell
neonm if celled for coon.
«*PW R. T . BIRD.
INSURANCE AGENT,
OFFICE IN COMMERCIAL HOTEL BLOCK,
Porsyth Strest, .... Americus, Ga
AGENT FOR THE LEADING
IN THE COUNTRY, GIVING YOU THE BEST INSURANCE AT
T1IF. LOWEST RATES.
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MURDER MOST FOUL.
One Negro Kills Another nn»! -!i«svri
Albany Nt-ws, Oat. 30.
News reached tho city yesterday
Abat the liieless body of a- negro
man, fearfully mangled, bad been
fnnml on the track of-the South
western railroad near Forrester’s
crossing, about four miles north
of town, and beyond tho Lee coun-
- At tirst it was thought that the
man had been run over.and- killed
by a train, but subsequent develop
menu proved tbaUhe had been kill
ed and placedjtpon the l rack.
The body pwvedHo die. that of
(Horae Rlchardionjf who Uved -cm
‘Die Ragan place, and it appears
from facts brought out at the cor
oner’s Innuest,yesterday that he
-as cut tc, death by another negro
umod Robert Janes and left on
le railroad track to be run over
y the train.
Tho last time deceased was seen
alive he. was walking dowp the rail
road in company with Robert Janes.
That was between eight and njno
o’clock Tuesday nighe.' * Some tithe
after that Robert Janes went to the
bouse of C i)l Davis, on the New-
some plnee, and told him that he
(Robert Janes j bad cut George
Richardson and left him on the
railroad, and that if he (Cui) cared
anything for him, bo bad better go
and look after him—that the train
might come along and run over
him. Cui did not go, and the
dead (non was left on the track to
he mangled by the parsing trains.
Two trains passed over the body
befote morning, and it was horribly
mangled.
rie county. N. Y. It is very easy
I to verily t lie truth oi what I am
about to write you.
‘•Let anyone go up to Polly
Hollow, a little settlement among
the- mountains, about four miles
cast of Middleburg, and ask for
Mrs. Jane Flagg. She is a widow,
about forty.five yearn old,and lives
in a tumble down shanty near the
edge of the woods, on the nppei
gide of the narrow valley. Eight
years ago she was attacked wiiil a
peculiar disease of the scalp. At
first her head was covered with
small trlcers, while almost all bet-
hair fell out and would not grow
again. The disease gave her such
torment that life for over a year
was a burden. Finally site went
to an herb doclress,an old mulatto
woman, who then lived two miles
further up the mountain road, hut
who lias died since that time. This
old hag, who bore the reputation
of being a witch, told her to gather
certain herbs from a graveyard at
midnight, boil them, and then mix
the decoction with tho lilood and
lacerated skin of a freshly killed
| rattlesnake and rnb her head with
tho ointment thus made. The
sufferer blindly followed this ad-
vice,gathered the herbs as direct
ed and then began looking for a
rattlesnake. Site offered a dollar
lot- one, and two ,v«v»g nten went
tip to Niskcraw Mountain, killed
one and brought to Iter. Then she
mixed all the ingredients together
and nibbed the abominable mix
turc upon Iter scalp. Within t
week flic ulcers began to heal. Site
was overjoyed at this result, and
continued to rub on the mixture
oftener than ever. Within a month
from the time slto first began using
italic disease had entirely disap
peared, leaving the entire scalp
covered with healthy heating. All
the neighbors marvelled greatly
at the cure, and the old mulatto
doctress suddenly found herself
famous in n small way.
‘•But you can imagine every
body’s astonishment when, after
about six weeks longer, the healing
on iter liettd began to drop off ami
revealed llte startling tact that the
woman's head was covered with
rattlesnake skin. There could lie
no mistake about it. Tbe hard
shining scales and tho peculiar
marking was esictly like tile skin
of that most deadly of serpents,
tho rattlesnake. What strange
effect -the blood tnd lacerated
fragments n( tho akin . of tho rep
tilfc she’ had used to make the
lotion had produced upon her
scalp so as to make rattlesnake
skin grow upon it in place of the
natural skin, I do not pretend to
explain nor do I believe any one
can. But, nevertheless, it Isa fact,
as any one who will lake Hie trun
ble to go up to l’oiiy Hollow can
see for himself.”
Visit fnim the lb publican Candidate
far '.'uugress.
Ita«ktnlvt!lc D ipatoli.
Mr. B. Franklin Bell, formerly
republican postmaster at Americus,
but moro recently enjoying « clerk
, ship in one of Hie departments at
A ghastly kotle wound was Wnwlirngton City, wa, in Hawkins-
jou.n t mens.
ville last Saturday. He is the re
publican nominee for congress in
found in tbe throat and neck of
the dead man, the jugular vein be
ing severed.
The coroner's jury in their ver
dict, charged Robert Janes with
the murder, and a warrant was is
sued for his arrest.
Robert Janes lived on Mr. J. R.
Forrester’s place. We could not, tu Mr . Bc „ W(! r ,minded hi„
earn last n-ght whether be lmd ; t|)st tbe (temonrats W(lllld ..elenn
been arrester] or not. him up” next Tuesday, to which
The cause of the trouble between —,„„a
the two men is not definitely
Original Saorsalonlat.
sifoaii
Ulwtrow Timer.
Gen. Logan’s wrath at being
accused of having been the first
man to raise the Confederate dag
in Illinois, recalls to the memory
of the writer the following Incident,
the truth of which he personally
Vouches ior:
Some fifteen years ago theie
lived on a Mississippi plantation a
gentleman by tho name of Hybert
Cunningham. Cunningham was
an Illinoisan who cast his fortunes
with the Confederacy at tbe break
ing out of the war and oarae South
to live at its close. He was every
inch a man, but failed to under
stand—as did many born Southern
ers—the new order of things. He
was unfortunate, lost money and
finally died almost without prop
erty. Cunningham was tbe broth
er in law ul John A. Logan, whom
lie damned with surprising fervor
whenever oecasfon presented itself.
Ho hated iiim with a cordiality
born Of treachery and bud treat
ment, and openiy charged that
Logan instigated his joining the
Confederacy, and that he (Logan)
fully intended to do likewise until
he was bought off or scared off.
To the day of bis death.be was
unregoneratod and unreconstructed
in tlie matter of Logan; after ho
died his widow returned to her
family in tho North. Not long
since wo noticed her name among
those relatives for whom Gen.
Logan had secured clerkships in
Washington. Truly a dog’s price
to pay for betrayed friendship,
broken fortune, and exilo's death,
and a lonely, deserted grave in the
South.
Alaska’s Unknown Birer.
Washington, Oat. -29 Lieut
G. M. Stoncy was sent by tbe
Navy Department last spring in
the schooner Ounalaska to explore
the unknown river discovered by
him over a year ago while at Hot-
ham Inlet, Alaska, after distribu
ting presents from the government
to tho Tehoutobe Indians -as re
wards for their services to- tbe
crow oi the ill-fated Rodgers. A
telegram from him has been re
ceived at tho Navy Dopirtment,
announcing his arrival at 3iU Fran
cisco Saturday last in the Oana-
luski. lie reports having explor
ed tlie unknown river a {distance
of -iUO miles from its mouth with
out reaching headwaters. Owing
to tlie lateness of tho season and
positive orders not to spend the
winter there, ho was obliged to rpv
turn without continuing Ida ex
plorations lurlher. Lieut. Stoney
tins forwarded the department a
written report of bis discoveries.
A. Western paper tells a good
story of Frederick Billings, of
Vermont, who is one of tho direc
tors of the Northern Pacific Rail
road. Arriving in Diilcth not long
ago with a party of friends In bis
private car, ho saw a newsboy
standing on the platform. "Have
you tho Sr. Paul Pioneer Press?"
asked Mr. Billings. The boy said
he had. ‘‘Give me five cqoies.
Got any other papers?” ‘‘want
the Minneapolis Tribune?” “Yes,
I'll take five. Any Chicago pa
pers?" “Tribune or Times?"
“Give me five of each. Any Du
luth papers?” “Evening Heratd,
just out.” “All right; I’ll take
this district against Judge Crisp, ' flve of t | lttt< loo ." The boy’s eyes
f I had been getting biggerand bigger
during this colloquy. His suspl
in consultation with postmaster
King. There is no doubt but that
tlie colored voters are pretty well
drilled. On receiving an introdac-
BAKE RY, 1
known.
All School Sillies,
Cotton Avenue.
Wo cull the attention of the public
hat we are imputed to fill all or%!cr»
Bread, Cake*, Otindf, Ktc., of our o'
food and pure. We keep -*'»o
Qrocerio?, which we t.-ll nt t
Bay and sell Country lYodnrc.
ir. j. ruill irs co.
ialjistf
• IN&URE WITH THE
tiling pri*
MRS. FRED LEWIS’.
% AaMfef« Oa, Aag-JU, 1
Don Platt, the poet, tells an an
ecdote to illustrate his unpopnlart-
t v as a member of the Ohio Legis
lature: “One day u shy and rather
good fellow asked me to assist
him in getting a bill ofbis through
the House. Tbe request was so
,i!. | strange that 1 responded: ‘O'er-
j tainly; fetch me your .papers, and
; I nil! make an argument in behalf
j of your measure.' ‘Heavens, no,
Colonel,’ lie exclaimed In horror,
r „ ‘that is not the wav.’ ‘What is the
Nirwicli Union Fire Insnnnce Socisty i way, then?- ‘.weii, coion«i. don’t
nf PnrrlanH get mad; but, you see, you go lor
Ul bllgtallUi j these fellows pretty savage, and
j the only way the jackasses cun get
| even with you is to vote ng'in you.
AB8STB 151,120.072. ! Now. when my bill comes up, if
| y-u'il make one of your infernal
. , , , ; a'tacks on it and mo, all the stoop
A, Le UEES, Agent, ;,] a i|[ rul t, in Bn( j vote f 0 « j.
At Bank of America, o ’», ,,
Aituttr.ai 18eer’”
lie replied that he understood
Judge Crisp expected to carry
Lee county, but lie (Bell) could
not understand bow 400 democrats
could carry a county against. 1,601)
republicans, and if Crisp carried
Lee and Houston, lie (Bell) in
tended to know how It was done.
The counties of Lee, Houston and
Sumter have a mijority of 5,000
negro voters, and Beil counts on
large majorities in these counties.
If tbe lax collectors and bailiffs
are vigilant on Tuesday next, there
will be many who will not vote at
all or will he compelled to pay last
year’s taxes.
At'ARU.
To sli whs nro suffering from the error,
and indiscretions of ynntu, nervous
weakness, early deer*' loss of manhoods
Ac., I will aeud a Ipe that will cn-e
you, FREE OF f LARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by a missionary
fa 8oaih America. Bead a self-addressed
envelop, to the Bav. Joixra T. Ixman
BtumO, Star Ttrk (My
cions that a dangerone rival was
going into the news business In
creased with every order, and
.scanning the millionaire railroad
director from bead to foot, he ex
claimed, “Look here, mister, are
you selling papers on this train?”
If a child is so unfortunate as to
chop off one of his fingers with a
meat axe it docs not follow that be
is to remain mutilated for life. Dr.
.Fave, of Finistcre, wa* called to
'one whose first finger was banging
by a small piece oi skin. Not be
ing willing to do surgical work at
night, he put the finger in place
and braced it with a couple of
corset bones. Next day the Unger
was doing so well that be did not
disturb it. In four day* there was
evidence oi union, in ten days tbe
child could move tbe finger, and in
a month he was completely cared.
No stitches were used. Dr. Fave
thinks that there U too much baity
surgery, and the editor of tbe
Journal de Medicine, in agreement
with him, lays that with modem
•urglcsl dressing* finger* m*y
often be saved, *r«n whan com-
pla taly HTtaad.