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Americas Recorder fdomsoisd bv - > w< tLjMjgggM B«. ^■rlCEb^COTTO^AVEXUE "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. AXeSO Ad-XCHV X-'OXl •PHB GULLET ANDLUMMESCOTTON GINS, TRo Bont.'Q-lna Modod CALL AND SEE ME, WHEN IN WANT OF INSURANCE OH GINS. scptl8m3 Jri.. 1*. jfcSTE’ML-i.JLP. 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.