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Americus Established 1879. Recorder. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1884. Daily, Pkr Ykar,..40.00 wkkkm, “ ... 2.00 Americus Recorder POBLISDZD HV TJ. &KB38MBH. OfFICB ON COTTON AVENUE. Jas. Fricker &; Bro AMERICUS. '.nsKarr.r ““ ire railroad, 71 miles southwest of Con, noil about 80 miles north of the "Sniioe- It is situated in the finest Ktiion of Georgia, rnisinB a greater vari- Irtcfaerieultnral and horltcoltnralpro- deots than anv other part of tiro South, Somhieing all the hails, grain and rage- kbit softie temperutoand semi-tropical wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish alii sweet potatoes, peanuts, ohufas, -linn peas, sugar cane, apples, pears, penciles, grapes, plums and other fruits. The clinmto w mild and equable, and one d the most healthy in the world, the air hfinc nure and nrt and most benefioial lor InJAnil tbroat diseases. All kinds of outdoor work can bo performed without inconveoienco from Bummer heat or winter cold. Anieiicua tins a population of6 000, is beautifully situated on high and rolling ground ami toasts of some of the handsomest business blocks in the South The city Ins fine public schools; C ood churches; a largo public library; one daily, one semi-weekly and two wcehly newspapers; a n* v; opera house, completely furnished wiu scenery and capable of seating 1,000 persons; a well organized fire department, including two fine I’eamcrs; the streets nro well paved, powered aud lighted; there are two lloariog mills, a cotton seed oil mill, planing mill and variety works, carriage factory, and a number of minor manfacto- ries; about two hundred firms are engaged in mercantile business; three banks with an abandonee of capital; two good hotels furnish good accommodattion. Americus is tho centre of trade for six eoaniies comprising tho richest agricul tural section in Georgia, the average an nua) cottoD receipts being 30,000 bales, which will bo largely increased by the 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 the ‘ Cauimficial Capital" of that sec tion, ntra it is rapidly grow? ug in popu lation and wealth. As a place of bu*i- nexs residence it presents attractions equaled by few ci' : ei in the South. Property of all kinds is comparatively cheap, although rapidly advancing in value; the inhabitants of both city and conmry are cultivated, courteous and hospitable, with a cordial welcome to im migrants. To enterprfsing tradesmen, ju dicious capitalists and industrious farm ers this section of Georgia oilers fine op portunities. Any information in regard to city or country will bo cheerfully fur nished by addressing the Americus Re corder, Americus, Ga. AND DEALERS IN PIANOS AJNT33 ORGANS, Barlow Block, Americus, Ga, PROFESSIONAL & BUS W CARDS _ H wrm'" ~~ C. It. McCBORY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, hLLAVILLE, OA. 1 TEUMsJ—Alt claims from 30 or under, 8; $!0 to $500, toil per cunt.; over §500, *evcn portent. No charges ante** collection* *re made. We desire to call the attention of the public to the fact that we have at last got settled ia oar new store on (he PUBLIC SQUARE and have on hand a large and handsome stock of every thing in our line. Our stock consists partly of • Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, of All Kinds! SOLID SILVER AND l’LATED WARE, TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY. GOLD PENS, PENCILS AND TOOTHPICKS, • WALKING CANES, OPERA GLASSES, GOLD AND AND SILVER THIMBLES, ETC. We nra Ileiulquartora for Spectacles and Eye-Glasses! Can suit any and every one in Gold; Silver, Steel, Bronze, Zylonite. Celluloid .or Rubber Frames. Wo are Sole Agents for KING’S CELEBRATED PATENT COM BINATION SPECTACLES-the best in the world. Wojiell Ibe Davis and Williams Singer Sewing Machines! and have constantly on hand Needles, Oils, Attachments und Parts for all Machines. We have tho best equipped shop for tho Repair of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry in this section of tne State. We employ none but first-class workmen and guarantee work. BEWILDERED BLAINE. Washington, Not. 13 llurnor says that New York’s election will not be decided until the electoral vote is counted by the two houses. That is to say, the men supposed to be info; meet of tho Blaine plan* assert that it is Blaine’s determin ation to light to the last, and that when the vote comes to he counted there will appear two sets of elec toral returns from Now York. This may be bluster, but it is what “they say,” so that, il these ru mors do not lio, Washington is likely to see the scenes and excite ments ol 1876-77 repeated. It is asserted positively here by Blaine men, who claim to bo well informed, that Mr. Blaine's orders are to tear open the election re turns in New York—and not there alone, but in Indiana and some other states also—and “go behind the returns,” as used (o ho done in southern states, but particularly in Louisiana, so systematically under the Grant-Kellogg Packard carpet bag rule. In those days it did not matter what the official election returns of a southern state showed way was always found by the Packards and Kelloggs to go be hind the returns and verse, Chalice and llobart are re served. Evarts is as noncommittal as the Sphnix. The “great sur prise” promised for the opening day of the state canvass was a com plcle fizzle. They have been out generaled at their own game.. There will be no counting out attempted this time. EUFAl'LA SWEPT BY FIRE. Hot.I Ul.ck Burn.il, WUk r.o.i at *100,000. DOCTOllS. Dr. 0. B. RAINES, SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN. J li ri hi. |irott..lon»l .crvicc, with .it czpcrl. vnecufJOvciirs toihe peonlo of Atncrku* and VKinuy. Office over D*vf» Jc Callaway’* Store. Ur* a* corner of Jackson and Church »tr<’ei*. Uli» will recti yo prompt attcuiion. hwflhl DR. C. A. BROOKS, AMERICUS, GA. ■ i * '.i.tiitiuu, nr»u uc luuuu at i *HJ"w "I Ool. s. II. U.wklDi, cun miscellaneous. fclw J. HHlor. O, Horace McCall. Marble Works, HiLLEK & McCALL, Proprietors, fioatbvMt Corner of tbe Public Square, AMERICUS, GA. Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Et o •fth* bo*t Italian *nd American Marble. ,r «* Railing for Camittry Kudos- •Crty *M«, a Specialty. DURHAM’S IMPROVED mMMRI) TIRBISE! 1* thabeas au*truct««l and fin ‘ L it, give* letti r pcrccutaga. e pnwtr, aii.l U cold fur lass } money, t>*r ho** power, than aniroih rTurhlne In the world, For Sale. place of Fort, Acres, well improved, oatoida the city limits. Good neigh- Dorhood, healthy locality, well situated or Dairy Farm. Can bo bought low by W.vmg early at this office. novllml Oiieap Engines. ***# a Cooper Portable ta ® best made, which I will ael) *®!*J*P ^**Ued for soon. _**pl7tf R. t. BYRD. . Wanted t PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT. This branch of our business is steadily increasing and all we ask is that parties vlio expect to buy a Piano or Organ will cill aud examine our stock and get onr prices before they buy. If wo cannot do as well or better for you than you can do for yourselves wo do not ask your patronage. The foot that we have sold Pianos and Organs to dozens of the best business men in Americus shows plainly that we sell as low ns any one, and when yon buy from us you have no freight to pay and sovo the trouble of unboxing the instrument, as we place it in your house and give you n FIVE YEAR'S guarantee. We nlso have on hand a largo stock of small Musical In struments, consisting of Violins, Guitars, Banjos, Tambourines. Accordeons and Harmonicas, and also keep Strings of the very best quality, Violin Bows, Tail pieces, Bridges, Rosin and all kind of Musical Instrument Trimmings. The Office of the Southern Express Company is in oar store and their Agent, Mr. 8. C. COOPER is in our employ as Book-keopor and Salesman and will be glad to serve all who are needing anything in onr line. CALL AND SEE US IN 0UK NEW STOKE 1 viur JAS. FRICKER & BRO Pine Plantation FOR SALE! The J. W. Fnrlow Plantation, In t he Fifteenth District of Sumter ounty, containing One Thous and and Four Hundred (1,400) acres of the finest fanning land in Southwest Georgia. About seven hundred acres open and in highest state of cultivation, balance in hammock and original pine lorest. Well ndapted for stock farming. Place contains new comfortable five room dwelling, new barn and smoko house, nearly new gin house, sixteen good frame cabins, and all other necessary out-buildings. Plenty of wa'.er, good fences, labor abundant and cheap. Place made in 1882, with twelve mules, one hundred and forty-one (141) bales cotton, three thousand (3000) bushels corn,|one thousand (1,000) bushels oats and other small crops, llont tbe Use of One Fold of (Imo, and will make eighty-five or ninety bales this year without it. Purchaser will have refusal of twelve good mules, wagons, corn, fodder, cotton seed, cattle and hogs on place together with all necessary farm utensils. A splendid pl»ce and a rare bargain given. Will be divided in lots to suit purchaser. Terms easy. Property sold for division only. For maps or information call on or address, J. W. FURL0W, Americus, Ga. If satisfactory sale is not made in thirty days, place will be leased for a term of yean with all stock, (orage and tools. THROW OUT KNOUG1I VOTXS to give tire state to tke carpet baggers. Mr. Blaine, it seems, means now’ to apply these methods, so ion; used'to humble and degrade an< disfranchise southern Btates, upon some northern states, and ho cour ageously begins with tbe great state of New York as the first to be subject to the humiliation of carpet-bag methods. In Louisi ana, Arkansas and other states, the system of “going behind the returns” had the result of keeping those states in turmoil for many months at a time and carrying them finally into congress. It is fully prophesied here that in like manner tbe New York election will be settled in congress, and that Washington will consequently ex perleace a lively winter, with full hotels and large lobbies; tor Wash ington is always fullest when the country is in trouble or distress; and, however injuriously tho pro longing of the presidential contest into next February may effeot tbe conutry at large, the federal capi tal is sure to benefit. HOW TBI VOTK IS CAST. According to tbe constitution, “the president of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate and honse of representatives, open all the certificates of the electoral vote, and the votes shall then be count ed.” By the revised statutes, the governor of each slate is required to prepare in triplicate the list of tbe electors chosen in his stale and “cause them to ba delivered to tho electors on or beforo tbe day on which they are required to meet." They must meet on the firat Wed nesday in December “at such place as the legislature shall direct,” and in fact,' they meet at the different state capitals. The electoral votes are directed by law to be opened and counted on the aecoud Wednesday in Feb ruary. Now Blaine men here assert that when the electoral certificates of New York aro opened, it will ap pear that there are two seta of cer tificates, because tbe Blaine men in New York will send a set of their own to the aoling vice presi dent, who is in this case Senator Edmunds. Thereupon they hope for a great row, and a more or less accurate repetition of the scenes of 1876-7. It is openly said that Mr. Carr, aecretary of state ol New York, and Blaine candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, has en gaged to certify Blaine electoral certificates with the great aeal of the slate. MAD AT ms COMUITTXK. New York,Nov. 13.—Itis stated that another quarrel has occurred between Mr. Blaine and his mana gers, and that telegrams from tbe plumed knight received during tbe evening had stirred up a consider able amount of feeling. The con tents could not be learned, but it is said that he disagrees with them on many material points in their recent management of his interests and again reproaches them for their cardinal blunder of keeping him away too long from New York beiore the election. Everything points to the con clusion that the repablicani have about given up the figbr. They are gloomy and despondent. Mr. 'Elkina appeal to have lost much of tb« interest he formerly dia- played, and Maim. Jonss, Con- Eufaula, Ala., Nov. 12.— Long’s hotel block, containing a hotel up-stairs and 12 stores un derneath, was consumed by fire this morning. The fire broke out at 3 o'clock and tho entire block with 200 bales of cottou lying in the street in front of it was i.i ruins at 6 o’clock. The guests of tbe hotel narrowly escaped with their lives, some being almost suf focated iu their rooms by tbe smoke before they were awakened. Nearly ail their personal effects wero consumed. A New Orleans traveling man named K. E. Vigai, representing Lobo & Go., lost two sample trunks valued at $1,600, besides bis per sonal trunk and wearing apparel valued at $600 more. C. J. McLaughlin, local agent of tbe Central railroad, lost furniture and personal offects worth $1,600, on which be lias insurance of $600. Richard Long, proprietor of the hotel, loses $2,500, on which there is insurance of $1,000. Mrs. Ricks and her two daugh ters lose $600. It is covered by insurance. Tho above complete the largest losses sustained by tho hotel’s guests. The losses by merchants aro: Nax Kreh, boots and shoes, $7,- 000; insurance $5,000. Kern’s bakery, loss slight and covered by $200 insuranoe. Tuchman A Ooldcn, clothing, $1,300; no insurance. Cory & McLeod, candy factory, $500; covered by insurance. Potry’s book store, loss $3,000; insurance $4 000. Steiner dry goods,$3,000; insur ance $1,000. D. Levy, dry goods and cloth ing, $1,500; insurance $1,000. Central market, Hunter and Jordan, $600; no insurance. Folsom & McNeil, store und tin house, loss $3,500; insurance $1,- 250. Jacob Ramsly, vacant store, $3,- 000; no insurance. Odd Fellows Hall, $1,500; in surance $900. N W. C. K.-esc, millinery, loss $250. Jacob Stern, liquors, loss $100. D. Corker, loss $150; covered by insurance. John McNab, to whom the hotel property and eleven stores belong ed, $15,000; insurance $10,000. Tbe total loss, $100,000, is offset by insurance in local agencies, in cluding that on tho cotton, aggre gating $65,000' Tbe fire is believ- cil to be the work of a negro incen diary. There is one objection to widower or bachelor Presidents and Presidential candidates—tbe nowspapers will persist in marry ing them. We were told over and over of the blushing, beautiful girl that had stoleu away the heart ol the venerable sage of Grey stone. IIow ollen have wo been assured of President’s Arthur’s contemplat ed marriage it is impossible to re member, the last time was only u few weeks ago. And now comes a story that Oovcrnor Cleveland ia soon to wed a blooming Bullulo girl. We hope lire story will provo true. The American people would be pleased to see the next Presi dent introduce a wife into the White House. So far as Washing ton is concerned this would be particularly gratifying. It is by no means certain that Mrs Cleve land contemplates marriage, but if it is all tbe same to him ho will add to hia popularity immensely by marrying. Washington's High Monument. Washington, Nov. 12.—Tbe Washington monument to-day reached a greater height than that Of any other atrncture in the world, being 520 feet and 10 inches above the floor of the monument. Tbe next highest structure is tho spire of the Cologne cathedral, which towers 515 feet above the floor of tke building. It bas been estimat ed that it will take about 25 work ing dayt to complete the monument, 10 that there ia no doubt of ita be ing finished In time for Ue dedica tion on Feb 22 next A tall, broad-shouldered man, of apparently 55 years, says tho New York Telegram of Monday, walked into Hinder's Seventh street bar ber shop in Philadelphia this morning and seated himself in a chair. A heavy black beard cover* ed Iris face and his shirt front, and was finally lost to sight within the capacious recesses of his waistcoat, “Hair cut, *ir I” said the barber, as bo began to tuck a towel around the collar of his customer, prelimi nary to picking up his shears. The old man, who had been busy with his beard during this interval, now exposed it to tho astonished gaze of the shopmen. It reached three inches below his knees when it was uncoiled. He replied : “No, but" here he glanced around tho shop with a triumphant smile—“I want tlris beard taken off clean." Appar ently seeing that some explanation would bo welcome to tho aBtonltb- cd gathering of barbers and custom ers, t lie old man said in tones that showed the emotion stirring within him : “For twenty.lour years no razor iias touched my face,” said the man. “This beard is the resnlt. It was in 1860. I was as spruce a young chap as ever kicked up his heels at a wedding, and everybody knew Joe Barstow in those parts; They called mo ‘Young Joe’ to' make a difference between the old man and me. Tho old man was a Bourbon Democrat to the backbone and I was with him till the split in tho 1860 convention, when the Southerners put up John C. Breck- enridge and we—the North—nomi nated Stephen A. Douglass. The old man went in for Brcckenridge. I felt strong on the subject and worked for Douglass day and ight. I used to bo very smart in those days, but I worked so hard ' bad no time for primping up. One night I made a speech at a meeting in the old Turnpike tavern. I had a week's growth of stubble on my face, and before I had spok en a dozen words some lout sang out, ‘Go get a shave.’ Everybody laughed as they looked at me. ‘Get a shave V says I; 'no razor touches my face until I see a Demo cratic President iu the White House. I have kept my word. Take it off and roll it carefully up in a piece of paper, barber, for I ain g-iing to Bond President Cleve land a chain made out of itj’ SOUND SENSE. Bloomington, III., November 10. —Rev. C. S. Smith, z distinguished colored orator of Illinois, and a Republican until after tbe nomina tion of Blaine, this morning sent tho lollowing dispatch to President Arthur: To Hit Excellency, Chenier A. Arthur, Washington, D. O.: From observations extending through’ a nine year's residence iu the south, it is my opinion that there Is great danger of a general conflict between the two races in that section growing out of tbe fears of many colored poople that under a Democrats administration they will be gradually reduced to slavery. Therefore, as a loyal col ored citizen, I beg leave to suggest that llie government iasue instruc tions to federal office holdera in ilia south to be cautious as to the advice they give to tbe colored people. Slavery'll* dead forever, and the possibility of its rcsnrree. lion ought not be proclaimed for partisan effect, C. S. Smith. Worth county is getting np pro hibition and anti-prohibition peti tions to be lent to the Legislature. The Albany ico faotory bat a capacity of ten tons per day, but only live tons per day will be made for the present. OMNIBUS KOI! SALE OK TRADE. We have a new Landis Omuibuf, which wiilc try sixteen passengers, light run ning, can be drawn by two beery hone* on good road, or ran on any road with four light borne*. Bas and harness soot about $1,000. Will sell it at a big redac tion from cost, or will trade for baggies, horses or mules. We mean business and will give a good trade. Call on or ad dress N. O. k J. K. PRINCE, novlStdecl Americas, Go. CHEAP LUMBER t an sow toasted at Bill’* $ Share I will 8»c r ,‘;