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DAILy Established 1879. AMERIOUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1884. Daily, Pan Yxar,...$$.$o '-Weekly, ... 9.00 •WCAPITAL PKISB •T5.000 _*J ■jjasteentr**- snares t» proportion , [SB. I I lo siana State Lottery Co, lL-Annual Drawing! of lht Loumanc Zu Lottery Company,and mperton man- Zand control the Drawinge themzelvei, Zi fat the lame are conducted with hon- 3, faimcu, and in good faith toward ali Si., and we authorize the Company to Zthit certificate, with fao-timiUe (four futures attached, in iU adcertitemenU." COMmlMleair*. t purpose*— fBsdOfO' , *-to which a reiorr# > fine* been aided. nine popular rote lti franchUt vu undo a part of tho proaoot State Conatituttoo adopted December M, A. D., Ii7f. The only Lottery ever toted o% and endorsed ly Unpeople of any State. It never teaks or postpones. IteGraad Slngl* Number Drawlnfi taka place monitor. A SPUWDtD OmmTUHXTT TO wilf A FORTUNE. FIRST GRAND CAPITAL PRIZE, *10,000. 100,000 Ticket! at Fire Dollars Back. Fraction!, In Fifths, In Proportion, LIST OF PHIZES: 1 CAPITAL PRIZE $7&M0 ' ,1 • do do *0,000 1 do do 10,000 1 PRIZES OP 0.000, M.000 100 do 00,000 800 do 100,..; r 1000 do 2ft, OAjOOO 9 Approximation Prize* of $760 6,760 1,947 Prlzoa, amounting to Application for rates to clubs should be mads only to the offlee of the Company In Dew Orlaasa. For further Information write clearly, girl*# foil addreae. POST AD NOTES, Eapress Money Orders, or New York Exchange in ordw wry letter. Currency by Kxpreee (all sums of JSrad upward by Expresa at our expense) ad- M. A. DAUPHIN. • Now Orleans, La, or ■. A. DAUPHIN, m Beveath St., WsihlBgton, D. O. Kike P. O. Money Orders payable aad addreae Bettered Letters to HW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK Naw Orlaana, La. lew Millinery store. BARLOW BLOCK. Its. E. S. WARUCK & CO. UL1IIG1T! Ladies’ Fancy Goods Trimmings! Underwear! Dress Goods! ' Eta, Etc. would invite the ladies of AMERIOUS AND VICINITY TO CALL UPON THEM AND EXAMINE Weir goods and prices, be- LIEUING THAT THEY WILL SIND CCR GOODS AS GOOD AND AS CglAP AS ANY IN THE CITY. ANNUAL REPORTS Chairman of Committees an! Officer# •r the City or Amerleni. mayor’s report. The annual official reports ot property, receipts and disburse ments for the year ending Decem ber 29, 1884, are hereto attached. They are full and explicit, and I respectfully submit them without comment. J. B. Felder, Mayor. REPORT or TIRE AND CLOCK COM MITTEE. To the Mayor and City Council of . Americus : The committee on Fire and Clock make the following annual report: They show that the oity clock ie in good Tepair and keeps lair time, ana is sufficient lor the present need of the city, or a town or city elock. It Is not altogether suffi cient for fire purposes, but your committee ate not prepared to recommend the purchase uf an other at present. They report the lire apparatus of the oity in fine condition. All the engines, trucks and property of the department are in excellent re pair and suitable for great service, and much la duo the Chief of Fire Department for his fidelity and thoroughness. We refer you to his annual report for an itemized state ment of the property of the depart ment on hand. We herewith ap pend a statement Horn the Clerk and Treasurer’s books, showing the expenditures in this department for the past twelve months, amount ing to (1,858.18. Respectfully submitted, E. A. Hawkins, Ch’m. R. E. Cobb, Wm. H. Morgan’. December 15,1884. STATEMENT OV EXPENSES OF FIRE DE PARTMENT AND CLOCK. Paid Fourth Quarterly appro- prlation for ’83 $ 187 60 Paid First Quarterly appropria tion tor "84, 187 60 Paid Second Quarterly appro- priation tor ’84 187 60 Paid Wide-Awake and Ueohnn- io'a Third Quarterly appro- priation,.. 125 00 31 25 28 60 by the contractor who had them .in charge last year. We have also added $100.00 worth of new lamps during the year, which amount forms a part of the total expensea f :i ven above. The,lamps have been ighted during the year by hind labor instead of by contraot as for several years past. I think I can safely say that the change has resulted In improved lights, without any additional ex ; pense. Respectfully submitted. W. P. Burt, Ch’n Com. Sts. and Lamps. street department. Paid street force 12 months from Deo. 1, '83 $ 1,454 33 Paid for lumber, 332 60 Paid freight and drayage 75 65 Paid 1. W. (Sheffield It Co. btil tor 1883 118 68 Paid feed of mules 115 08 Paid J. W. Harris A Co., bill for 1883 Paid extra labor for work on Hampton street sewer, Paid blacksmith for work Paid for barnasi tod repairs*;. Paid for brick Paid for cement and lime Paid for piping bought in '83.. Paid for mule Paid sundry billa amounting to 46 00 116 60 59 75 12 10 164 75 126 00 96 00 90 00 7 35 By amonnt from sale of brick and wood 8 109 83 from Deo. 1, '83 to May 1, '84 Paid material and repairs on engine room 154 32 Paid repairs boae and enginei, 33 10 Paid repairs on trnoka, 16 50 Paid boae oart and freight,.... i9 75 Poid piping (Stevens Bro.'a A Go., ’83). 26 80 PaidJ-lfr.SheffieldACoblU'83, 48 05 Paid lime and oemant, (Hamil Bro'a ’83-84.) 134 85 Paid uniforms and freight for Chief and Assistant 67 40 Paid repairs and freight on Babcocks Paid uniforms, freight and ex pensea, (Hook and Ladder,) 292 67 Pdd snotion hose and freight. 122 70 Paid for ooal, 39 IV Paid filling clataraa and faced, 64 75 Paid diayaga 8 00 Paid book, paper and poatage, (Chief Smith,) 1 40 86 25 Total | 1,902 68 Cr. By brick and oemant Mid » 39 75 By amonnt from Hook and Ladder Co., on belts, 4 75— 44 50 WANTED I , Ota FBESH MILK COW to give not iSrl^WRfrmon* ■Uk per day. Ap- Paid Frioker & Bro. for keep- tog City Clock 1883, « 44 25 REPORT OP STREET AND LAMP COM MITTEE. The Honorable Mayor and City Council: I hive the honor ot submitting herewith an itemized statement of expenditures in street and lamp department for the municipal -ear doling this December 22d, ,884. It will be observed that the whole amount disbursed In the street department la $3,645.66. Of this amonnt $41985 is in payment of bills contracted In 1883. Them are alto some fraight bills of ’83 not itemized'in this report. Of the balance ($2,386.91) $1,454.38 is the pay of the regular street iorce. Or the remainder ($771.88) $116.60 is for extra labor on Hampton street sewer, which leavea $655.28 aa the amonnt spent for material during the year, lees $90.00 paid for a mule to take the place ofOld Alee, that died after many years ot (aitbfnl service. There are bills amounting to about $100.00 for material in the street department which have not been passed upon by the Connell. I also append an Inventory of prop erty belonging to the city in the custody ef the street overseer. The expensea In the lamp de partment are $721.71. In the be ginning of the year the expense* were necessarily heavy, owing to the bad condition In which tbe lamp* wen tuned over to the city $ 2,645 66 LAMP DEFASTMENT. Paid for lighting $ 297 20 Paid for new lamps 78 27 Paid for posts, 42 25 Piid for oil, wioks, burners. chimneyB. etc 313 04 Paid for ladders 2 00 Paid for repairs, 5 65 « 738 41 Cr. By lamps sold,; $ 6 50 By 14 barrels sold 11 20— 16 70 r~ 721 71 REPORT OF WELL COMMITTEE. To the Mayor and City Council of Americus i The committee on wells, stores and chimneys make the lollowing report: They show that the public well, exclusive of artesian well of the city, are in moderate repairs; that it stems almost impossible to keep them in good order. They show that they are inadequate for the S se of supplying water to the i. They have only cost the city this year the sum of $43.10, as appears by tbe exhibit hereto at tached from tho Clerk and Treasur er's books. Your committee make a separate report upon tbe subject of artesian well. They show that in pursu ance of the contract with the arte sian well company, that two arte sian wells wero begun in the city, the first reaching tbe depth of 280 teet, 8 inches in diameter, when owing to some disaster which your committee cannot explain fully, the well was abandoned by the contractor. In order to eavo to the elty some of the expense of sinking this well, it was decided advisable to use tho water from tbit well, and that perhaps the water might be of great benefit to the oity, with wbat result is well known. Tbe water of the well has been analyzed and fonnd to pos sess valuable minerable properties, and its flow has alto been found abundant and can be utilized for supplying water tor fire and other purposes by the use of proper ma- chineiy, which the present commit tee recommend be done. Tbe committee (bow that the second well has also been abandon ed by the contractor, alter reach ing a depth of 720 feet, and well cased with the best heavy artesian drill pipe., The contractor and the council disagreeing aa to tbe right o( both under the contract, were nnable to prosecute the work ,fur ther under tbe contract, and the matter is now involved in litiga tion in the United States Court at Macoo. The council has expended in fulfillment of their contract tbe •am of $3,634.4, and it i* tbe opin ion ot tbe attorneys of tbe council that we can recover back from the contractor tbe snm thns expended or damages ior non-performance of tbe contract upon tbe part of tbe contractor. Yonr committee bate every reaaon to believe that tbe well at present la in good condition, and with proper machinery and skill could be pushed forward to com pletion, and they unhesitatingly recommend that the work be pro ceeded with at a* an early a day aa possible. They believe that with tbe skill and machinery aforesaid and continuous work day and night thn well conld bo carried to almost any depth that might be desired. Your committee append hereto aa Remixed summary of tho cost of tbe efforts to obtain an artesian wottinthla oity, aggregating $3,- 634.53, wnloh amount iboold be added with tbe cost of certain drill pipes now on hand and worth per haps $900, and in order to utilize as much as possible of this large expenditure of money the present well should be pushed without delay. Under the terms of the deed of consignment to the oity by the county authorities to the 80 feet square where-the last well-is located, unless a well ti completed within two years from the date of the deed the land reverts to the county, and It is partly on this account that tbe oommittee rec ommend the early completion of a well there. Very respectfully submitted. A. O. Bill, Ch’m. W. P., Bubt, E. A. Hawkins, artesian well expenses, 1884. Paid for piping, shoe* and drill..,..'..... | 2,706 43 Paid for freight and express charges, 648 29 Paid expenses (W.P. B.) and telegrams, 46 67 Paid pumping water, 138 04 Peid for wood, 118 67 Paid for damages and daisy in moving 90 00 Paid extra labor to moving maehinsry 20 80 Paid drayage, 9 53 Paid extra work on flrat well.. 10 65 Peid Prof. White ior anelyeia ami exchange, 25 20 Paid for pomp and tasting first well 03 01 Paid Querry A Son fee, 100 00 6 3,877 19 For overcharge freight, 6143 09 For piping sold 198 97- 342 I * 3,534 63 ” WELLS, STOVES AND CHIMNEYS das. Ellis, repair of bucket, 35 Peter Willtame repairs, 8 00 Drayage, 60 B. Jones for Pat. Pnlley 15 30 J.-W. Sheffield A Co., bill '83 10 63 Lumber from Sloan '83.., 4 60 Heya A Stewart, repaira 1 25 G. O: Cameron repaira on buckets, 2 00 Telegram,- 75 * 43 40 ANNUAL REPORT CHIEF A. F. DEPART MENT, 1884. To the Honorable Mayor and City Council: As Chief of the Fire Department ot the city I beg leave to submit the following annual report of the Department: ' The four esmpanies now in the department are well organized and equipped for effeotual service, with a membership ot 231. Members Wide Awake No. 1—membership of 66—have their engine and. hose reel in fine order, with 500 feet rubber and 409 feet cotton hose, all of which are In complete order. This company bad a new snotion hose purchased tbe present year at a cost of $118.00, tbe one now in use being liable to give oat at any moment. Mechanics No. 2, membership of 48, have their engine and boee reel in fine order, with 500 feet of cot ton hose, which are all in good order for effcotlve work. Protector Hook and Ladder Co. No., membership of 46, have their trucks, ladders and hooks all in fine condition for effective work when called upon. Have all the foukBabcock extinguishers placed on the trucks this year, they hav ing been repaired at a cost of $60, making them now effective for firo duty. Where our engines cannot be used Vigilance No. 9, with a membership of 72, have tbelr hand* engine and hose reel In good order. They have on reel 850 feet of good rubber bose and 900 feet of good cotton boie, wbieb will do effective work. This company waa famish ed with a new bose reel this year at a coat of $68.00. Tbe Department has been called upon to do a great deal of service during the yenr, whieb baa been one of the hardest years for onr department (ince it was formed; ana they have nobly done their dnty In aaving mnob valuable property Irom tbe flames. Wa have bad fonr alarms In which tbe department conld not be of nse, and eight very aerlont fires, one In apeoial was the bnrnlng of the Barlow House and block of stores, this being tbe most serious tire during tbe year, and in which tbs department did fine work. I can but point with pride to their re cord on that occasion. The total amount of property destroyed dar ing the rear amounted to $64,716, on which there was an insurance ol $40,740. The bose of the de partment consist as follows: Cot ton hose, 1150: rubber, 850. We also hav* on old reel rubber 700, making a total of 2,700 test. The 700 feet of rubber boss now on tbs old nel la part ft the $00 fasti which was reclaimed at the com mencement ot the year, and wbloh has done effective aervioe'at all fires snd filling cittern during this period, nstwitbstanding they had been thrown aside. The olsterns are all In complete order and are foil of water. The supply of coal it ample for the inooming year, and has been purchased at one-half tbe cost at heretofore. I wonld respectfully make tbe following recommendations to tbe Oounoil and Its Firs Oommittee: The floor in engine house of Vigilance No. 2 is in bad order ana need repairing at once. I rec ommend it be fixed aa soon as pos sible. Tbe Department needs a hose tower for drying thutr hose and also a more effcotlve fire alarm, the one new in use not being suffi cient to eall out the Department promptly at night. These are two very important matters for yonr early consideration, and which I would recommend. I would also recommend that more cisterns be built, at least one each year, until our water supply is sufficient to protoot the property now endangered away from tbe present cisterns. I would also suggest that In fo- tnre the Chief and Assistant Chief of the Department be paid an an nual salary. Tbe duties of the offices, if properly attended to, oc cupies a great dual of time, and in whieb It is to tbe interest of tbe city to have it properly attended to, thereby saving a considerable outlay. All of which Is reipeet- folly submitted. J. J. Smith, Chief A. F. Department. FINANCIAL REPORT, 1884. To the Honorable Mayor and Oily Oounoil: I herewith snbmit annnal report of Finance Committee, showing re ceipts snd disbursements for the year 1884- Dr. To cash on band and to Bank Deo. IT, 1883 $7,117 85 To school tax collected 7,180 02 To oity tax oolleotad 7.309 70 To lioenee ana epeetal tax 6,808 35 To atroet tax 883 05 To reoeipta from fin depart ment. 44 60 To reoeipta from arteeian well, eight returned und ’pipes jld. 342 66 To reoeipta from hog pound... 2 45 To reoeipta from stmt depart ment, brick told To reoeipta from oemetery de partment, Iota told 315 00 To flaee collected 859 00 To bridge toll to Deo. 1,1884,. 893 15 To rent of Bexton’e house..... 84 00 To reoeipta from tamp depart ment To ooete received To amount from ealo of old guard house lot 25 00 109 83 16 70 24 00 Or. $31,(55 60 Bj Bills payable (angina aotes)$ 1,753 13 By oity oumnoy burned 842 80 By publlo schools 6,204 60 By Mayor Felder* salary to Deo. 1,1884 760 00 By W. A. Hawkins, oity attor ney, on salary. 175 00 By printing, including balance due 1883. 82 60 By insurance on buildings.... 70 00 By oity clock for 1883 44 25 Bjr^eity scavenger, including ^ ^ By board of assessors, 'W-BS.. 76 00 By board ofbealth. 20 00 By interest on engine notes... 240 71 By firs department 1.202 OS By artesian wall 3,877 19 By rant cattle pound 18 00 By street department 2.815 32 By cemetery department 588 00 By bridge, repairs, ealary and insurance, 025 68 By polioe department 3,179 05 By Welle 43 40 By Bexton’e booee and welL... 32 02 By tamp dnartmant 738 41 By D.K. Brinson's salary to Dm. 1.1884 760 00 By guard hours U 65 By coat and attorney fees, sun* ary cases ...TT? 242 55 By office account 6$ 75 By expanse account— compromise of Oliver case'. $50 60 By expense account— It. F. Cobb, work on building 96 00 By expense account— Mayor Felder; expense to Atlanta. 23 45 By expense account— feed'of prisoners 45 45 By expense account- sundry bills. 23 90- 233 30 By cash on hand 0,068 32 $31665 88 The city owes outstanding note* with Interest due in 1886-6 (for engine and hooe) amounting to $2,449 94, and 16ml bills amount ing to $760.00. Amonnt of uncol lected taxes, $13,000.00. In mak ing estimate, we find that the se- tual, ordinary expense* of the elty for tbe past year doe* not exoeed $12,000.00. Respectfully submit ted. P. H. Williams, Obr'm Finance Com. Deoember 98,1S84. EXPORT OP CEMETERY OOMMITTEE. Paid Saxton's salary from Dm. . - 1,'.83 UjDm. 1.'84,..........$ 695 00 Paid material and repairs, 78 00 Paid Jesse New painting fenoe, 71 30 Paid surrey line col'd eometsiy, 5 00 Paid burying pan par,..,.;.... 1 00 Paid drayage on lomber 2 85 Paid repairs on well,..i..,.'..." 2 50 Paid sundry bills,... ■ - -2 35 1*68$ 00 Beoeired from sale lota,... $ 315.00 SEXTON HOUSE. Paid for boring wait,.. .( 28 06 Paid for lumber and bucket,... 3 80 Paid Usurance os dwelling,,.. . 3 37 $ 32 02 Beoeired from Bill rent from , Dm. 1, '83, to Deo. 1, '84,....» 84 00 Onr cemeteries are in as'good condition as could be for tbe amonnt expended. The present Sexton, Mr. BUI, deserve* credit for tbe manner In whloh he haa dis charged his duty. Respectfully submitted, W. H. Morgan, Ch’m Cent. Com. FLINT RIVER BR1DOR—EXPENSES ’$4. Geo. Trippe, for lomber.........190 04 Labor to repairs. 431 19 Hire wegons snd teams to repair ing ;..........v...V~. 2*60 Keeper's ealary from Dm. 1, 1883, to Dm. 1,1884 300 00 Insurance.... 75 00 Sundry bill 6 15 $925 68 Toll from 18th to Slat of Decern- ber, 1883 ..$ 65 45 Toll for Jan., 1884:, - 88 85 ToU for Feb., 1884 81 70 ToU for Marob, 1884. 55 25 ToU for April, 1884 46 80 ToU for May, 1884. 45 45 ToU for dona, 1884 48 90 ToU for duly, 1884 86 00 TbH for Aug,, 1884 73 00 Toll for Sept., 1884 77 00 Toll for Ock, 1884 8010 Toll for Nov., 1884 97 30 Toll for one-half month to Dm. .:' 47 66 9893 16 R. E. Oobb, Okr’m. city marshal’s bifobs ior thi YBAB 1884. 2b the Honorable Mayor uni Oity Oounoil: Gentlemen— I beg leave to make the following report— Number of cases reported to the po- lieo oourt. ....208 Number of cmm dismissed. 73 Number of pereone arrested '..,,.17 Number of persons reported and not arroetad '....17 Number of parties serrsd eeutenoe la guard bouae..., ...16 Number of parties eerred sentence on etreet(27dsys) .* 4 Fine oolleotad $359.00 Fine not eoUMtad.. .• 62.50 Respootfolly submitted. A. P. Linuo, Oity Marshal. OVERSTOCKED AND CROWDED. (The goods bought on my second visit to Now Yotk.havo oome to, and my Nsw York buyer, wishing to redeem himself of bis shortcomings, wbloh neoccsltafcd my seoond trip, buys and ship* new goods with every steamer, and at prieea that cannot fldl to please In Style, Qual ity and Fries*. My store-room to flUed, every available spec# having boon need, and many arti cles that ought to have oo tuple none ptooes To avoid more crowding. I have do- elded to offer during the toning mouth goods of nil descriptions At prises thut meat make them go whether you with to buy or not. Never before, and poriups never h*s«- after, were tbe Americas trading pMpIe offered such extraordinary barptoe. v Especially is that applicable to my large stock of Clothing, Cloaks, Dolmans, wd LsdiftF BaIa And Thinnings* Then goods moat go and will be sold (like goods sold at auction) at the beat price obtainable. Don* delay coming, but come now. Now to tbe aooepted time snd yonr coming now wlU save yon the sorrowful but oommoa expression, "1 wish I had ooma sooner." My Dmss Goods Deportment to replete with choice aad stylish fabilos, in' Silks, Batins, Cash- meres snd every other kind ot Drees Goods anally bnt often not found la other Dry Goods stores, and ban they an at Urn many of yonr own bid and prices. PtoeM remember that the Bar gain Store offers no leaden. Hen.yon bay everything, Domestic* and ffner goods at dose prices BeepoetfnUy, & M. COHEN, Tbe Bargain Maa. Bed Mammoth Mgs and Dag, Cotton Avenue.