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D A u. R
Americus
Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1885.
Daily, Pun Tear,...(6.00
Weekly, “ ... 3.00
Recorder
Americus
PUBMSnUD liY
GrUBSSN EH
HTCAPITAL IMII/K 913.000
TIckctM oul> 93 Share* in proporllo
fiioji iiatl'iik’s station.
VV r . IJ-
„ rn el7ON ( OTTOX ATENl'E.
I Hatcher Station, Jan. 13.—
| After a protracted absence on busi
ness and otherwise, 1 ain again at
j home. Since my last 1 have trav-
iWsiiiMGOll'SnRSS CARDS Louisiana State lottery Co. | clod many miles, and liud that the
1 * “ We do hereby certify that we aupenw\ cry of hard times and scarcity of
the armiiijnnen'u for all the Monthly ani 1 money do not seem to lesson the
Semi-Annual J trainings of 1 he Louis-'— 1
americus.
115 is tlc-
imnty seat of Sumter
mated on the South-
“Tin railroad, 71 miles southwest of
w'n -ind about 80 nnlea north of the
It is situated io the lineat
’■ ,n „f (leoraii. raising a greater vnri-
. ‘f „,ricultural and liorttciiitunilpro-
rlibhln ;.'''.l.erra,. of the South,
“ „.Inning all thetruits. grain and vege-
ihe temperate and sotul-tropicid
cones—wheat, corn, rye, oats,
mil sweet potatoes, per —
cotton peas, sugar cane
peaches. er»i
of tli
beioi? pure
rice, Irish
chufas,
apples, pears,
. i,'plums and other traits.
s mild and equable, and one
m^st healthy in the world, the air
d most beneficial lor
Intig 1 and throat diseases. All kinds of
outdoor work con be performed without
inconvenience from summer heat or
winter cold. Americas has a population
nl o otto, is beautifully situated on high
ami'rolling ground and coasts of some of
the handsomest business blocks in the
gnntii The city has tine public schools;
ooed churches; a large public library,
or* d.iilVt one semi-weekly and two
weddy newspapers; a new opera house,
completely furnished witu scenery and
capable of seating 1,000 persons; a well
oritnizcd tire department, including
tvr „rtno steamers; the streets are well
,gv«Ml sewered and lighted; there are
two flouring mills, a cotton seed oil mill,
rhtiing mill and variety works, carriage
factory, and a number of minor luanfucto-
ries; about two hundred firms are engaged
in mercantile business; three banks with
an abundance of capital; two good
hotels lurnish good accommoduttion.
Amnicus is tho centre of trade for six
counties comprising the richest agricul
tural section in Georgia, the average an
nus! cotton receipts being 30,000 babe,
which will be largely increased by the
completion of the l’reston and Lumpkin
rail: ad now in process of construction.
It i- the largest city in Southwest Geor
gia, and has been appropriately named
the “t’nmmcTcial Capital" of that sec-
tioi. and it is rapidly growing in popu-
iati o:! and wealth. As a place of busi
ness residence it presents attractions
equded by few ciiies in the Eolith.
Property of all kinds is comparatively
cheap, although rapidly advancing in
value; the inhabitants of both city and
coniitrv arc cultivated, courteous aud
hospitable, with a cordial welcome to im
migrants. To enterprising tradesmen, ju
dicious capitalists and industrious farm
ers tins section of Georgia offers tine op
portunities. Any information in regard
to city or country will be cheerfully fur
nished by addressing the A.MKUlt’LH Rk-
COltDF.lt. Americus. Ga.
State Lottery Company,unit in person man-
aye and control the Drawings themselves,
and that the same are conducted with hon
esty, fairness, and in good faith toward aL
parties, and we authorize the Company to
use this certificate, with facsimiles of our
signatures attached, in its advertisements.'
LA tVYEHS.
( . It. McCKOKY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I.I.I.AV1LLE, GA.
rbii... from *30 01
MISCKLhAXKOUS.
E l*' J. Mi’lor. C, Horace McCall.
Monuiiiciital Marble Works,
MII.LKIE A Mct’ALl,, Proprietors.
Kontliwest Corner of tho Public Square,
AMMHICl’S, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Etc
Incorporated n 1WJ8 for 96 years r
tun* for Educational and ChariUbi
with a capital of ft,000,000 t<> whi
ftnul of over #660,000 has Hnce l**on
By an overwhelming popular vole
wiig made a part of ihe present State
adopted December 2d, A. !».. 1879.
The
and <
Its Urnuil Single dumber llrin
Dll) OPPORTUNITY TO
FORTUNE. SECOND GRAND
•8 II. IN THE ACADEMY
WIN
DRAWING
OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, 'll'ESD
Fcbuary It), IMS.! 177tli Monthly Draw’
Ing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $Y5,000.
100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each.
Fractions, in Fifths, in Proportion.
LIST OF i’lilZKS:
1 CAPITAL PRIZE
PRIZES OF
,967 Prl
Appli.
f-’Uwu
ahould Ik* arii-le
y in Now Orman*.
'»ly, giving
§3 and upward by Exp
POSTAL NOTES,
or New York Exchange
by Ex |
x PC I.i
nd American Marble.
Hulling f 0
Andersonville School
Mill Open Spiimr Term Jiilliiiirv
I'.‘III, lss|.
1 Iilioii fl.V(k), iiO.0O an,I (35 00 per
~ h-ss public fund about $3.00 p* r
It ; 1 :ir, 1 »ncl tuition ten dollars per
vi r ! ' ,e ^ s U Ul(>,,t h t paid monthly in ad-
Inrthw * :,0 ° I ,er mont1 *- F, ‘ r
rauuor mf .miat,,,,, „ p „| y to
' J. CI.AltK, Principal,
Andursonville, Ga.
^ uecl/. v» *(,(,,] t f
r Academy.
1885.
n. n.t rujs, r, i
11 '»ke charge of tho above school
Me A. DAUPHIN,
New Oilenua, La
or M. A DAUPHIN,
G07 Sfvcutli St., WhmIiI ng ton I). (
Make IV O. Money Orders pnynotc and addresi
Reglad-rcd Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK
Savannah, Florida & Western
HAIL.WAY.
(All train** of this
AND AKTKK SUNDAY,
ATLANTIC COAST I INK EXPRESS.
ve SaiMiinnh daily at r* 12
ive at Savannah dally at. 7 40
■ive at .leaup dallv at 8 10
ive at Wav* ron daily at 9 76
c.ilfaleu, il.il, II 50
-Ive at ,I.M k»>n,1jlci!«ilv at la .lit
EAST MAH.
ah daily at
stream of travel, and the passenger
trains are filled to their seating
capaci ty. Business and pleasure
seem to find means for continuous
travel on all the thoroughfares.
Capt. R. E. Smith, of the Rich
mond ,t Danville road, has been
promoted to conductor on said
road from Charlotte, N. C., to At
lanta, Ga. His wife has been on a
visit to relatives and friends at
Hatcher’s and left for her home in
tlie mountains a few days since,
accompanied by Miss Maola Smith,
who will sojourn in that region for
several weeks.
Mr. M. F. Smith and wife ar
rived here on Sunday from Ken
tucky with their little daughter,
an only child, a corpse, for burial
in the family burial ground. This
is the last of three children. May
the Giver of all good kindly tem
per the winds to the bereaved par
ents.
A painful accident happened to
the little five year old daughter of
Mr. 0. B. Gay. An axe in the
hands of her little cousin, of less
age, accidentally dropped on her
rj.miiil hand and cut *ff three of her fin
gers and badly mutilated the
fourth one.
The following is the result of our
election for county officers: M. L.
Albritton, Ordinary; G. W. Whit
aker, Clerk; J. M. Oliver, Tax Re
ceiver; W. A. Hill, Collector; J. C.
Christian, Treasurer; W. M. Ten-
nille, Surveyor, aud I). Johnson, | fodder
Coroner. No opposition except | here tl
j Tax Collector and Receiver, which
j were hotly contested by Mr. A.
[ Ralkeoui for Receiver and J. L.
Cumbic for Collector, but both
I were defeated.
I Mrs. Hickey, who has been from
A IVCLONK VISIT.
Mii.i.edqeville, Jan. 13.—About
12 o'clock, last night, a terrible cy
clone passed over the eastern por
tion of Jones county, about three
miles north of Haddock’s station,
going in an easterly direction. So
far as heard from, no damage was
THE STORM tN ALAHAMA.
Selma, January 12.—Special to
the Times report that a cyclone
passed through Hale, Perry and
Bibb counties; this State, last night.
Its direction was from southwest
to uortheast. Great damage was
done houses and fences in its path,
which was about a mile wide. In
Bibb county, near Centrevillc, a
man is reported to have been kill-
done until it struck the place ofi fil j an( | \i r9 Mason received ser-
Mr. I). \\. Lester. Foitunately, j ou9 injuries. Several mills were
none of the houses were in its way wrcc k e a am i ncar Randolph two
and the damage to the place was mll ] e9 were killed. Houses a mile
away from the path of the cyclone
Ihe next place was that ol Mr. 8 | 10t) i i 90 thc inmates thought that
R. D. Lester. Here the cyclone j the trembling was caused by an
seemed to go nearer the ground, j earthquake. The damage to houses
and swept away everything in its j ulu j 0 ,| ier property will reach
track. The grove around Mr. Lea-1 Uioifsands of dollars. Forests are
ter’s house is composed of large i g rea t|y damaged, nearly one thous-
. *~ nn( ] lret , 9 lying across the road
A HOUSE FULL OF ELECTKICITT,
Tin Rimaakabl* UthiImi Tto«t
An Is Dslljr Du la a Maw
Y.rk Haaaa.
$75,0, H>
‘*5,000
10,000
12,ikj(i
10,000
10,(1110
10,000
«.(KIC
85,000
0,75(1
4,5(01
2.850
oaks. These were twisted and
beaten about as if they had been so
many straws. The orchard, which
was a large one and filled with val
uable and choice fruit trees, is al
most destroyed. Every outhouse
on the place except one was blown j m j| e
near Randolph.
Montoomery, January 12.—A
cyclone passed about fifty miles
north of this city and swept down
timber for the width of a half a
away*, hardly
being left.
a vestage of them
A number of houses were
ITS WORK ON THE HOUSE.
The dwelling house is greatly
damaged. The roof ou one siile is
almost a complete wreck; botli
chimneys were partly blown down.
All of the columns under the front
porch except two were wrenched
out and this part of the house is
demolished. The cyclone passed
directly through the front yard,
and but for the strong manner in
which the dwelling was construct
ed, it would have suffered much
more damage.
None of the inmates of tho house
were hurt except Mr. Lester, who
was standing in front of the fire at
the time. He wa3 thrown with
great violence against the mantel
piece and received a slight wound
on his forehead. There is not a
rail left oil Mr. Lester’s place, and
at this writing it is difficult to esti
mate his loss.
'Hie next place visited was that j Hoard of Trade exhibit, liai not
of Mr. Georgo Perdue. He lost j y e (, p een 9C nt, but will be in a few
blown down, but so lar only one
death is reported. Trains on the
North and South road are delayed
several hours. Thcjcycloue came
from the southwest and went in a
northeasterly direction.
the ueorgia Exhibit.
Every l III hr to b* In Readiness at
New Orleaus by tbs Last of
This Week.
Havaunah News.
Maj. H. 0. Bacon received yes
terday a letter from Mr. It. P.
Pratt, director in charge of the
Georgia exhibit at New Orleans,
in which lie states that everything
received up to this time lias been
put in shape. There were a num
her of changes necessary to be
made in arranging the exhibit
which caused considerable delay.
Mr. Pratt says, however, that lie
will have everything complete by
the IGth or 17th. The cabinet of
woods, comprising a part of the
two horses and all of his corn and
is blown away. From
storm passed over Mr.
Cad Digby’s place, blowing off the
liis house,
county,
on edge
days, and will add considerably to
tlie attractiveness as well as the
completeness of the display. The
space allotted to tlie State, and
It struck the
of the county,
Baldw
northc
doing
(lREAT DAMAGE
and devastating everything In its
,1 Tl Old. i ill* (1:1(1 V
:>l R«ilit,rider .till, a
(I Ch4,l«li.*» li. c .1.:
home several months for her health, j track. The following list of cssu-
has returned greatly unproved, ! allies and losses have been report-
much to the delight of her many 1 1 ‘‘* ll l’ t0 l * 1 ' 8 ^ our -
... . I At tlie place of Lee Williams,
11 *' n 8 ‘ , colored, on the old Cobb place,
Messrs. G. W. and J. M. Cook,l now owned by Mr. Samuel Evans,
i.k («l(, II. i W. lUUwoy)
nmandlnn, Woldo. O.-ald, Ut
ivdnr Key end all ,
»d Navtaatlim Company lal
a, at dnck.onville daily f.
jr., and Mr. Ace Moore, oi Chatia
hoochce county, paid us a very
pleasant visit. They arc as jolly
gentlemen as ever broke biscuit,
and make all around them feel
merry as blue birds in opening
Spring.
Mr. IV. M Dozier has bought
out the entire stock of goods of
Mr. J. R. Smith at Mercerville and
Morris Station,and will run a large I ney to his dwelling house ' was
store in connection with his farm M° wn down, and a colored woman
,, .. , . in one of the cabins on the place
al Mercerville, (old X roads.) WM ba(1 , y maslle(1 by lhe fnllinz
j Mr. Morgan Warren has returned timbers and a negro man badly
| from Texas and taken a position as I bruised about the head.
tlie dwelling house was blown
down, also the si allies, cribs and
all outhouses, with coi n,, fodder,
etc. Williams was badly hurt
about the shoulders by falling
timbers.
Tlie gin house of Andrew Banks
was Mown away.
A couple of negro cabins on Mr.
John Roy’s place were demolished.
Mr. Tatum lost his gin house
and all of his cabins. The chim-
and went into already described in the News, will
lie entirely filled. The railing sur
rounding it is a handsome piece ol
work, and, Mr. Pratt says, attracts
a good deal of attention. At each
end of the space is a large sign with
the words, “State of Georgia.” The
director's office is in tlie centre of
the space, opening from the aisle
passing through it. On tlie cano
py over the office, on two sides, is
the word “Georgia,” and the other
two, “Georgia Information.” The
two large signs at the ends of the
space are conspicuous for some
distance down the m«in aisle of
tlie exhibition ball. The turpen
tine still and worm, and the mod
els of the two steamships, each
occupy considerable space and at
tract a good deal of attention.
Feb. I, Mr. Pratt says, will wit-
ness every exhibit in complete
trim, and for the aize of the space,
Georgia will bold its own with any
exhibit there, except, perhaps,
North Carolina, Texas and the
United Stales Government.
i.-Mi .«
i.tpill lanJiiiio.oii St. John’.
(,. Molillr, Now Oilwnns
el Hnimnk.' thi* train
10 05 e III, Mobile 2 10 I
Irlmtn at 7 15 a m.
n buffet aud Bleeping) car* Wnyrrua* t<
CHARI. KSTO 21 EX P RK88.
i ;iv»niiiih daily at.,
at Savannah daily ;
•tJe.np.ialv at...
.3 1! i
Hfopw ai
m<l Jack**
Pullman ; arid
■nglii f.t
l.l woul
• J * n «ary 12th. next. I have
the people of Atnericna before,
respectfully nuk a renewal ol
.IK* IT i \I’llKs
ALBANY EXPRESS.
MHtnah daily at
savannah dally at
: Jimp daily at
support.
1 KUM^, U ATfeH
F.t*
I iim„, r
lotwr.,,; ,y'T- ir «“ent per uumth, . ..(2.00
Di-t lV , 1> " r luon, b 3.00
Tuni,,'„*'( P er ".owh, . 100
hustic tnop*v ttl ' D( i Scho-
1**7
daily hi
•iKUtr
"nth.
J.
£ MATHIS, Principal.
DURHAM’S
improved
MAMmrb 11 RHINE f
I' ll.. b.itni„,roctr(l *n.i Sic
" • Sr M-a »«•(*. r pen tntage
, ,» '*•***•’'t-M‘hl for lesa
per hr,a# power, than
he. "’w* f 1 url,int * n me worhl,
Dt "Hill J“n»pldet aont frta by
Naw York, noiltml
Arrive at Albany daliv au...
i’ullinan palace aL-cping
Oatneavllle.
rullman buffet and sleeplni
■ain.
salesman with G. VV. Johnson at
Georgetown. Morgan rays that
Texas is a splendid country, if a
manjhas plenty of money, so that lie j Lie horse and
is not forced to dig daily lor his ; badly crippled
STABLES BLOWN AWAY.
Mr. Willie Hawkins had his sta
ffs Thought 'lliut Mie was Worth Her
Weight In Hold.
I'uraon Star.
Mrs. Jesua Cagtro, an age 1
Muxican lady, now residing at
Mes blown down and lost a vaiua American Flag, in the Santa Lata-
had three mules
He had a evclon
grub, and that's ail about it. He
is satisfied that Georgia is good
enough for him for tlie future.
Oat planting is the order of the
day. Some of our farmers are
planting thirty acres to each mule.
(JLTTMAN.
The .Northwest Oaee Mon- Knimlug a
(.( inline Freeze
Karoo, Dakato, January 12—A
cold wave is sweeping down on
this section. A change of forlv de
grees has occurred in twenty four
hours.
St. Rai l, Minn., January 12.—
The mercuiy lias fallen seventeen
degrees during the past twenty-
tour hours, and a heavy wind is
blowing. The following tempera
tures are noted: At Fort Garry
thirty one below; Minnedosa thirty-
two below; (juappede thirty-seven
Below; St. Vincent twenty-nine be
low: Bismarck twelve below.
tina Mountains, is perhaps the only
woman who, literally speaking,
ever cost tier husband her weight
in gold. It is said that in the ear
ly gold-digging days of California,
when about the age of 17, a pater
nal uncle, but a few years tier sen
ior, returned with his companions
gold laden from the El dorado of
the West, and oecame desperately
policy on his stock.
The patli of tlie cyclone passed
within a mile of town, striking the
upper edge of Mr. L. Carrington’s
and Mr. Jake Gum’s places, doing
no damage of any consequence,
however, at tlie two latter places.
Here the rain poured down in tor
rents, and tlie lightning was fear- I enamored of her. Ue sought her
ful. 1 our correspondent was |, an j j n marriage and was accept-
about eight miles from tlie patli of | „(t ( t| ie oluirck refused, because
the cyclone, and could hear the j Q f tii C near relationship existing
,oar distinctly. between them, to solemnize the
THE STORM IN MACON. j marriage. Persuasion being in
. , . , , . , , vain, lie tried the power of gold to
About midnight the wind "«» win tbe Church hi. way, and sic
fierce and strong. A noise like | cecded only by tbe pavmcnt of ber
distant thunder was heard over the weight in gold. She at that time
city, and this must have been the! weighed 117 pounds, and against
roar of the cyclone oil its way j her in the scales the glittering
through the upper portion of the . j ul( t, was shoveled. Her affianced
county. About 12 o'clock, or a Husband stil! had sufficient of this
few minutes thereafter, the rain fell j world’s goods to provide a com
ill torrents. fortable home, and they were mar-
No damage was done, so far as ried.
we have been able to learn, except j
If Benjamin Franklin, the elec
trician and proverbial philosopher,
who snatched lightning from the
skies and the sceptre from the
hand of Solomon, had been one of
the invited guests at the house of
E. H. Johnson, in Thirty-sixth
street, tho other evening, ssys tbe
New York Tribune, he might have
been as astounded as Macaulay’s
New Zealander in the streets of
modern London. The spectacle of
his kite-led current, as docile as
the "slaves of Aladdin’s lamp,”
turning wheels and obeying human
wishes in various ways might have
overcome the imperturbility even
of one who was accustomed to
stand before kings. But we have
reversed the spirit of his age, when
all that was unkown passed for the
magnificent. For modern inven
tion has accustomed us to sup on
wonders and rise unsated from tbe
feast.
Mr. Johnson is a practical en
thusiast. Zeal and knowledge go
not tandem with him but as a team.
Olliers have lighted their houses
ith electricity but he has turned
his into a Pandora's box, “a Para
dise of daintie devices.”
“Your fire looks comfortable to
night,” remarked a guest glancing
at an open grate that radiated a
mellow light. "I call that ‘my
Sellers fire,’” said Mr. Johnson.
“You see I have concealed a few
electric lamps there in pine shav
ings. I intend to put them inside
of cannel coal covered with isin
glass, to make tbe effect more real
istic. We don’t need a fire, as we
use the exhaust steam that runs
my michine to heat the house.” ,
“It is the spectacle of the burn
ing bush over again,” remarked a
well read observer. “But more
easily extinguished,” and tbe host
pressed a concealed button and
the light disappeared.
On tbe parlor floor be showed
various contrivances, as useful as
they were ingenious, for lowering
the lights at will, singly or in
groups. “All the wires on this
door run back to these safety catch
es in tbe window seat,” added Mr.
Johnson. “1 have thus provided
against the possibility of being
left in darkness by making each
series of lamps on the chandeliers
independent of each other.
“I want to show my Landseer
by the electric light,” he continued.
The nearest lamp was unscrewed
from its socket and suspended by
a wire inside of a tall porcelain
vase. The current being applied,
a picture of an Alpine shepherd
surrounded by his dogs was dis
played in grapbio relief like a
cameo. Nothing could surpass the
fidelity with which the light re
vealed tlie minutest shading of the
artist's brush.
“1 run that pump by an elect! ic
motor and keep the upper stories
amply suppbed with water. As
for heat, 1 have enough steam left
over after making my light to heat
the house thoroughly. Several of
my neighbors' bouses are wired for
tbe light, and I intend to supply
them with it shortly.”
At the lunch table, later in tbe
evening, Mr. Johnson was asked
to prophesy on the future of the
electric railway. “I don’t like to
prophesy unless I know,” he said.
“Still my opinion is that within
two years one division of the ele
vated road will be operated by
electricity. The problem has been
worked out, except in its details.”
Holmes' suiik cure mouth wash and
dentifrice is au infallible cure for Uloor-
ated More Throat, Bleeding Game, Bore
month nnd Ulcere. Cleene the Teeth end
keeps the Gams healthy. Prepared sole
ly hy l)m. J. P. A W. K. Holmes, Den-
ti„U, 102 Mulberry Hlreet, Macon, Ga.
For Bale by Dr. W. P. Burt, dentiat.
J K. Hell, end ell drnggiete end dentiat*
i Ke
'".i;
v. Ocala, \VI .
Vlor.da Rail*
>ri«la Southern Railway take
I’aaacnifcr* for M<>
Florida point
Company •<
illo, 'Ullahna-
Connectlona at Jacksonville dally wfih 1’eopl
Lin** Btcamet. uud Kailionri. tor Ml. John's rlv
Through ti< ket* aold and sleeping ear berth
a slight damage to the roof of the { The largest bridge in the world
At an e"g-eatlng match at Peter- City Hall mule lot. The wind ! crosses Lake Poncliartrain at New
borough, Canada, a short time rolled up a portion of the tin roof-! Orleans, ami is 22 miles in length,
since, one man ate forty-one eggs ing like a scroll, and tore out one j It is trestle-woik on piles, and is
and the other forty. The eggs of the props. As the mules be- j made of cypress wood which was
were raw, and taken from a basket longing to tbe city arc quartered
comnioduton, xcumt •( HieuVTtck't office, j j n a grocerv store. 'lhe basket under this roof, they stood in great
(Mt?f Ubln! 1 /ro'4'"’ “■'A** L?TA3okT’ 1 was emptied'and the winner said danger. Workmen were engaged
fi. o ri.Kimo. nest ' I he could eat a doaen more. ' yssterday In repairing tbs damage.
first saturated with creosote oil,
which renders It impervious to
moisture end proof against the *t»
tack of barnaete.
75 BARRELS
NEW
Louisiana
Cane Syrup,
JUST RECEIVED AT
G. W. GLOVER’S.