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OAlLy Americus Established 1879. Recorder. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1884. Daily, Pkr Year,...$0.0) Weekly, “. ... 3.00 Americus Recorder PIIBI.ISHEU BY U. Q-XjJBWB** 3Ein. office OS COTTON AVENPE. " AMERICUS. " ,i'n railroad, 71 miles southwest of \Sm nod about 80 miles north of the SX'iD.. It is situated in the finest section of Georgia, raising » greater verb tr ..fazricultural and horticultural pro- die Jthsn any Other Part of the South, I®biniue all tbo frn ‘ t3, 8f»"> and vege* s o[ ,i, d temperate and semi-tropical '“!L_,beat, corn, rye, oats, rioe, Irish I 1#BC t potatoes, peanuts, ohufas, :,toa peas, sugar cane, apples, pears, „ Ue« erases, plums and other truits. The eHaiate is mild and equable, and one I ill. most healthy in the world, the air k.i n enureaudory and most beneficial lot Sibroat diseases. All kihd.of entdeor work caa be performed without inconvenience from summer beat or winter cold. Americus bns u population Jsooo is beautifully situated on high and rolling ground udU LosiU of some of the handsomest business blocks m the Sooth. The city bis tine public schools; good churches; u large publio library; one daily, one semi-weekly and two weekly newspapers; u new opera bouse, couipiet«ly furcishetl wiu* scenery and citnable of seating 1.000 persons; a well organized fire department, including r«» line steamers; ibe streets are well ivcd, powered and lighted; there are „ro flooring mills, a cottonseed oil mill, I riadiDg mill and variety works, carriage Morv, and a number of minor manfacto- s; about two hundred firms are engaged | in mercantile business; three banks with abundance of cnpitul; two good furnish good nccoramodattion. I Ann ricus is tbo centre of trade for six [counties comprising the richest agric.il- [turul section in Georgia, tho average nn- I Buhl cotton receipts being 30,000 bales, J which will be largely increased by the I completion of the Preston and Lumpkin I railroad now in process of construction. It is the largest city in Southwest Goor- I j;id, and has been appropriately named [the ‘•Commercial Capital" of that sec- | tion, auil it is rapidly growing in popu lation and wealth. As a place of busi- | ne*s residence it presents attractions Ieqntied by few cities in the South. [Property of all kinds is comparatively I cheap, although rapidly advancing in [value; tho inhabitants of both city and airy are cultivated, courteous and pitable, with a cordial welcome to iui- | migrants. To enterprfsing tradesmen, j a- [dicioiw capitalists and industrious farm- 1 trs this section of Georgia offers fine op- Iporlnoiiies. Any information in regard ■to city or country will be cheerfully fnr- Inwhcd by addressing the Americus Re* |toni)F.it, Americus, Ga. Jas. Fricker & Bro. JEWELERS, AND DEALERS IN PIANOS Barlow Block, ORGANS, - - - - Americus, Ga. at last got large and ImiOML & ItUSPiKSS CARDS LAWYERS. C. B. McCBORY, IATT0RNEY AT LAW, ELLAVILLE, ga. TRUMS—All claim* from 80 or under, 3; •vm f.io to $500, ten per corn.; over $5C0, seven | No charged unloas collcctiona are made. We desire to call the attention of the public to the fact that we have settled in our new store on the PUBLIC SQUARE and have on band a handsome stock of every thing in our line. Our stock consists partly of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, of All Kinds! SOLID SILVER AND PLATED WAKE, TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, GOLD PENS, PENCILS AND TOOTHPICKS, WALKING CANES, OPERA GLASSES, GOLD AND AND SILVER THIMBLES, ETC. We are Headquarters for Spectacles and Eye-Glasses! Can snit nny anil every one in Gold, Silver, Steel, Bronze, Xylonite. Celluloid or Rubber Framea. We nre Sole Agents for KING’S CELEBRATED PATENT COM BINATION SPECTACLES—the best in the world. Wo;aell the Davis and Williams Singer Sewing Machines! and have constantly on band Needles, Oils, Attachments and Parts for all Machines. Wo have tho best equipped shop for the Repair of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry iu this section of tne State. We employ none but first-class workmen and guarantee all our work. • LATEST NEWS. PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT. DOCTORS. Dr. 0. B. RAINES, | SIUGEO.V AND PHYSICIAN. cf» hia prorcjisionnl service*, with »n cxperl*. eclM vc" r <, to the people of Amcricu* and nuy. Office over Davis A Callaway's Htoie. Ilea ’■e at corner of .Jackson a id Church 11 **** »*Mlvo prcnipt attcutiou. lanSflll DR. C. A. BROOKS, AMERICUS, GA. L£i! ! *,kh at iDvennort’a drug; atoro will receive i.. 0 . 0 ', Will bo found at ulght at the ESS? ? f <*»• S. H. Hawkins, corner Lee and ^•atrecu. mar 5 8m. JU8CEL LA NEO US. * J. Mi'ler. C, Horace McCall. loaimental Marble Works, [ -'HLLEltA Mcl’ALL, Proprietors, "fittest Corner of tho Public Square, AMERICUS, GA. Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Et c "'til. bet Italia, anl American Marti.. ■tailing for Cemetery K.ucloi- y • r, *» * Specialty. This branch of our business is steadily increasing and all we ask is that parties who expect to buy a Piano or Organ will cdl and examine our stock and get our 'ues before they buy. If we cannot do ns well or better for yon than you can do yourselves we do not ask your patronage. The fact that we have sold Pianos and Organs to dozens of the best businessmen in Americus shows plainly that wo sell as low ns any one, and when you buy from us you have no freight to pay and save the trouble of unboxing the instrument, ns we place it in your house and give you a FIVE YEAR’S guarantee. Wo also have on hand a large stock of small Musical In struments, consisting of Violins, Guitars, Banjos, Tambourines, Accordeons and Harmonicas, and also keep Strings of the very best qnality. Violin Bows, Tail pieces, Bridges, Rosin and all kind of Musical Instrument Trimmings. The Office of the Southern Express Company is in oor store and their Agent, Mr. S. C. COOPER is in oar employ as Book-keeper and Salesman and will be glad to seive all who are needing anything in our lino. CALI, AND SEE US IN OUR NEW STORE! oovlllf JAS. FRICKER & BRO AGNES AYC0CK, Under Commercial Hotel, FORSYTH ST., - - AMERICUS, GA. NEW YORK’S VOTE. FoirUtn of tha City Districts Gsu- ▼ nssert, Leaving only Ten More fo be Overhanled»*Bla!ne Gains Nothing, While Cleveland Maintains His Lead. New York, Nov. 15 2. n. in To The Constitution; The can vass in New York county is not yet finished. What was done to day did not materially eiTect Cleve land’s plurality as heretofore an nounced. The session ot the oan- vassing board was very uneventful. Fourteen districts are now can vassed. A proposition was made to conlinne the canvass of the electoral vote alone, dropping the county and other tickets until that is finished and announced. Some doubts were raised as to the legal ity of this method of proceedure To night the lawyers of both par ties will consider the matter, and if their decision is favorable, the plan will be adopted to-morrow morning. In this case, the canvass will be finished by early afternoon to-morrow; otherwise not until Monday night. New York Times. Cleveland’* Plurality not Touched. New York, Nov, 15—1:15.—a. nr —To The Constitution: The World says it has not touched its figures on the electoral vote since last night; that these has been no change. The Times gives Cleveland 1,- 267 plurality, a gain of one over yesterday. The gain was in Kings county. The Sun’s Estimate. New York, Nov. 15, 1:50 n. ra. —The Sun fnrn'shes a complete count of the sixty count'es in this state thus: Cleveland 569,651; Blaine 568,410. Cleveland's plu rality 1,241. A SEMI-CENTENNIAL CROCK. New Goods ! Low Prices ! a ft, DURHAM’S IMPROVED miSDARD TURBINE! lylbvst ctftrtructfd and fin- give* Letter perceutRRC. s power,and U wild l««r leva " *»«may, p«r ho*® power, than oth r Turbine In the world, For Sale. Acre ". wed improved, ^edUeohh-'^ Oootfneigh- b l <y rim, ’•teg earljnit this office. it? lleap En &in>es. kiej* il* a Cooper Portable r if teWn iJ „ which I will §ell f,1 fl®d for soon. M p t urtm TO FILL MY NEW STORE I HAVE ORDERED A LARGE STOCK OF Books, Stationery, Toys, Fancy Soofls, Etc. Testaments and Bibles from 5 cts. to $14.00 each. Albums ... from 25 cts. to 10.00 each. Papetries ... from 15 cts. to 5.00 each. Toys .... from 1 ct. to 6 00 each. WRITING PAPER AND ENVELOPES A SPECIALTY ! Large Stock of Blank Books, Ink and Pens—Best Quality. Best Grades of Tobacco and Cigars. Goods to suit all tastes and purses from Candy and he wing Gum to Quarto Dictionaries and Bibles. PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE PRICES ! ffcjirSpecial orders receive prompt attention. L ‘~ AGNES AYCOCK. nov2tf A Wanted i h ,a^ Whit* Cook. Applet OMNIBUS FOli SALE OK TRADE. We hare a low Landis Omnibu?, which ill ctiry sixteen passengers, light run ning, can be drawn by t*o heavy horses on good road, or run on any road with four light horses. Bus and harness cost about $1,000. Will sell it at a big reduc tion from cost, or will trade for baggies, hones or moles. We mean business and will give a good trade. Call on or ad dress N. O. A J. K. PRINCE. nov!2tdecl Americus, Ga. INftURE WITH THE Norwicli Union Fire lasomc? Societ ASSBTS *1,120,072. A. L. REES, Agent, At ttnnk of AmericHO Augtut Tl. tit- Fi fly years ago the Jupp family, famous Hudson valley butter-mak ers of that (lay, says a Guilderlaml (N. Y.) special of Nov. 3, occupied the larm now belonging to Charles McChcsncy, near this station. Mrs. Jupp's butter was always packed in peculiarly shaped earthen crocks and commanded, a higher price in the Albany and other markets. Before sending a orock of butter to market it was her custom to lower it into a well on tbo premises, which was noted for its very cold water. Mrs. Jupp would leave the butter hanging in tho water for several hours, and when taken out it would be as liaid and cold as icc. One day in 1834 she was low' ering a crock of butler in the well, when the rope broke and the crock fell to the bottom. No effort was made to recover it. For the first time in its history this well became almost dry during the recent long urought in this vi cinity. A few days ago Farmer McChcsncy was cleaning the well out, when he found the crock Mrs. Jupp had lost fifty years ago. In taking the crock from the well Mr. McCbesncy accidentally broke it. It was about one quarter full of butter, wbicli was as Bolid and sweet as it was tho day it was put down half a century ago. The crock and its contents arc on exhi bition at the McChesncy farm, and hundreds have called to see them. Colonel Fort’s Colony. The Massachusetts colony, at Oak Lawn, is rapidly increasing. An addition of forty arrived Wed nesday, and bids fair to become rapidly increased. A young couple have already married. Owing to the limit in space a bridal chamber was aranged for them, and fitted up tastclully in a room 7x8 feet. There was much homesickness, but no bail health' The people arc go ing to work at once, and will pro ceed to improve tho colony. The government has promised to establish a postollice there. The facilities fur securing their every want will be given them. Colonel Fort says that by next year they will he under good headway, and will begin to develop that section of the state. MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA. Thl Florida Tr.r.l—Mr. Boyd', Money. Dawson, Novembor 15.—Mr. P. K. Bo/d, of Leary, was in Macon, Tuesday night, enjoying the grand Dcmocratio demonstration. On Wednesday he came down to Amor- icus, and on his arrival at the Al len House, discovered that his pocket book was goue. He thinks ho had it in his hip pocket, and whether it was stolen or dropped from his pocket, he is unable to say. It contained some valuable notes and other papers, and over one hundred dollars in money. He was in our city last Thursday, and up to that time had heard nothing of his pocket book. I did not lose mine, and if I bad, it would havo been a small loss, as it is quite a small one, with nothing in it but a bole. On my return from your city, on Wednesday night Inst, an old gen tleman asked permission to share my seat. Wo soon entered into conversation, in the course of which I learned .hat ho was Mr. Andrew Wilson, from Tecumsia, Michigan, and that he and about sixty others on the same train, from tho same stale and Ohio, wero on their way to Florida to spend the winter, and make investments in land and other property, and engage in tho or- ange and other industries of that state. lie said that tho citizens of Florida and the railroads leading to and through that state have been offering liberal inducements to Northern emigrants, and are now reaping their reward. He says there is a continual stream of travel from the Northern States to Florida for several months every year, and ns nearly all these people give a very favorable account of the fish, fruits, climate, the future prospects, &c., of that State in their loiters, and on their return, many others arc induced to follow in their footsteps. He said it costs him only $45 the round trip, and that his return ticket holds good for six months. In consequence of this influx of people of tho North and Northwest, tho lands in Flori da, which formerly were not con sidered worth tbo paper the deeds were written on, are now selling at fabulous prices, and all branches of business nre in a flourishing condi tion. Mr. Wilson must be 60 years ol age, judging from appearance, and yet be was never in a southern State before this trip; never saw cotton in the field till this week. He says he has the money nnd plenty of time, and is enjoying the trip very much. Messrs. O. C. Cleveland, AVm. Livingston, A. L. Brown, Monroe Cleveland and Col. J. T. Thornton left this morning for Florida, by privato conveyance,- to see the country aud have a good time generally. They carried n lot of horses and mules with them to sell on the wav, in order to mako their trip profitable us well as pleasant. Mr. Harper Black, ot Sumter county, is on a visit to relatives and Iriendsin our city. J. A. F. CHEAP LUMBER I am now located at Bell’* i-tacc, n»r Aiorrun where i will deliver luml . r it mill ler EiXb Dolor*per 1100 reel, and.;Id the gtifor** Dollar* Otr 1090. tf. U. W. JOltDAK An escaped black tiger from Kobinson’s circus is now roaming at large in Princess Anne county, Ya. An old darkey met the tiger a bridge about dusk, and, taking the animal for a dog, pro ceeded to give if a kick, when he discovered his mistake, and with a yell that was heard In four coun ties, jumped into the river and mad* hia escape. There arrived by the noon train at Columbus Tucsdsy a burial case marked “W. Colston.” A doctor’s certificate pasted on it announced that ho had “died from sutfocatiou by gas.” There was no one to re ceive the body, and the express oll'cinla tnado inquiry cve-y where. About 4 o'clock, however, a color ed man entered the express ofllc e and said a man told him there was a corpse at the ofllcc marked Col ston, from Birmingham, Ala., un claimed. lie said lie would like to see the body. The case was ope n- cd and he recognized his half brother lying in it. No word by mail or express had been sent, and but for the rigid inquiry made by Abe express officials the city would have bad a corpse to bury. Ar rangements wero made to carry the remain* over the river to hi* relatives, who live about three mil** fram her* in Alabama. EUFAULA’S INVEMklARIES. Two Attempts Midi to Barn ths Town Afttr til* Conflagration* Eufaula, Ala., Nov. 14 Two incendiary attempts were discover ed and thwarted here at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, one in the rear of Berringer, Strauss & West’s store, in the heart of a business block on Broad street. The mis creant was shot at throe times, but was missed. He is said by the watchman to be a white man. The other attempt wa9 made on Eufaula street, in the rear of Tbweatt’s grocery store. The back steps bad been burned when the lire was dis covered by parties returning from a ball. Such steps are being taken by tbo citizens as it is iwlleved will prevent a recurrence of the attempts, and tho fate of a detect ed incendiary is foreshadowed as appalling. Chairman Clapp, of the Republi can squeezing committee at Wash ington, thinks Senator Colliding has done the the Republican party a terrible wrong, and that he hr* really been in the employ of the Democratic managers far two months or more. In an interview in New York, Tuesday, Mr. Coukling said: "It seems quite obvious that the State of New York bus appointed the electors favorable to Cleveland and Hen dricks, and the sooner the fact is accepted the better, it seoms to me, it will be for the whole coun try.” Although the base bail season is a long way off, Ibe Macon Sports man Association are at work en gaging their nine for the season. A letter just received from Clar ence E. Walker, of Louisville, who has bcon elected manager, says he has engaged Burk&low, Wells, Mulially and Collins. He says these arc fine batters, and with others wno arc to be engaged will form the strongest team in the State. Among the resolutions adopted at the grand Democratic meeting at Savnnnah the other night was tho following : ‘‘Resolved, That we will welcome the day when there is no Solid South and no Solid North, but a solid Union as it was eighty years ago, and when all American citizens, white and black, native and adopted, at home and abroad, shall stand equal before tho law and bo covered nnd pro tected by oar country’s flag.” Another man has been caught trying to smuggle glass eye* through the New York custom house. He had 800 of the artificial eyes concealed in bis clothing, but the natural eyes of the detective* were too much for b-m. At a recent prize fight in Butte City gold and silver mines were wagered and lost and won. This will not be considered extraordin arily high betting when it is known that many gold and silver mines out there can be bought far a plug of tobacco. The Arctic rogiousisnot without their pleasures. The Esquimaux girls are very pretty, dance, alng and do not care for ice cream. Hot drinks nnd walrus blubber are their peculiar vanities and aeal skin sacquca are sold at two iron hoops and a ten-penny nail. About aptlllOK. A noted American said that he would not give a cent for a man who couldn't spell a word "moro than one way." No tice the following apelling: C-l-o-a-t-h-e-s, C-I-o h, C-l-o-t-h-e-8, C-l-o-z-e. You oan lake your choice and know that John R. Shaw'ii is THE PLACE to bny your Fall and Winter Clothing if you detire to get ull velue for your money. ocllztf Sale of Unclaimed Freight. J. J. Smith, 1 Iron Safe. .Stephenson, 1 Iron Safe. Jno. E. Sullivan, 1 Iron Safe. K<l. Neil, 2 bundles Shafts. Tillman, 1 empty Keg. G. II. Totnmey, 1 Grain Mower. B. A. Harris, half barrel Cider. J. iHrael, 1 Keg Whisky. J. T. Jones, 1 Keg Vinegar. Amtricna Oil Co., 1 barrel Create. *• “ 1 Tin of Potash. “ “ 1 poe, 1 orate machinery. “ “ 2 barrels paint. Juh. Crook, 1 box iron rooting, 1 box fix tures. Carter & Johnson, 3 coils rope. P. II. Williams, 2 boxes bottles. J. A. Smith, 1 pg (2 bx) sundries. D. r. Beverly, 1 plow stook. E. J. Cheek, 1 baggy. M.. I box pickles. Rosser A Monk, 1 case soda-water. B., 1 sack guano. No mark and unclaimed, 1 grist mill. The above will be sold at publio out cry Dec. 15,1884, from the Southwestern Railroad depot unless previously claimed and charges paid. LOTT WABBBN, Agent Americas, Os., Nov. 18, 1884. 30d