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m D AI L y ' t ■ ;' •■■' 'V.t r '■: •;• ; » Americus Established 1879. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20,1885. ©AILY, P*B Y**R,...|ft|4 - , V ■Wkkkly, “ k ... 109 ' ' Americus Recorder I arUAPITAL PRUK ITtt.OOO I Ticket* onlyf5. Share* In proportion PUBLISH KD BT Jj. OXiBSSMBR W. orricc Oa\ toTTOM avenue, PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS AMERICUS. America* is tli3 coatfty seat of Samtar ountv, Georgia, situated on the South western aailroad, 71 miles southwest of Macon, and about 80 miles north of the Florida line It is situated in the finest nection of Georgia, raising a greater vari ety of agricultural and horticultural pro ducts than any other part of the South, combining all the fruits, grain and vege tables of tbd temperate and semi-tropical cones—wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, Irish znd sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas, notton peas, sugar cane, apples, pears, peaches, grapes, plums and other fruits. The climate is mild and equable, and one of the most healthy in tbo world, the air beiDg pure and nrj aod most benefioial lor lung and throat diseases. All kinds of outdoor work can be performed without inconvenience from summer heat or winter cold. Americus has a nopulation of 6,000, is beautifully sita«ted on high and rolling ground and Lonsts of some of "the handsomest business blocks in the South. The city has fine public schools; good churches; a large public library; one daily, one semi-weekly and two weekly newspapers; a new opera house, completely furnished witu scenery and capable of seating 1,000 persons; a well organized fire department, including two tine steamers; the streets are well paved, sewered and lighted; there are two tlonring mills, a cotton seed oil mill, pinning mill and variety works, carriage factory, and a number of minor manfaclo- ries; about two hundred firms are engaged in mercantile business; three banks with an abundance of capital; two good hotels luruish good nccommodattion. Americus is tho centre of trade for six counties comprising the richest agricul tural section in Georgia, the average an nual cotton receipts being 30,000 bales, which will be 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 “Commercial Capital” of that sec tion, aud it is rapidly growing in popu lation and wealth. As a place of busi ness residence it presents attractions equ tied by few cities in the South. Property of all kinds is comparatively cheap, although rapidly advancing in value; the inhabitants of both city and conniry are cultivated, courteous and hospitable, with a cordial welcome to im migrants. To euterprfsing tradesmen, ju dicious capitalists and industrious farm ers this section of Georgia offers tine op portunities. Any information in regard to city or country will be cheerfully fur nished by addressing the Amkiucus Re corder, Americas, Ga. GEORGIA NEW!*. Louisiana State Lottery Go. _ “ We do hereby certify that we supervu Uhlu an the arrangements far all the Monthly and Semi-Annual Drawinge of The Louisiana State Lottery Company, ami in person man age and control the Drawings themselves, and that the tame are conducted with hon esty, fairness, and in good faith toward at? parties, and tee authorize the Company to use this certificate, with Jae-similes of our signatures attached, in Us advertisements.’ There are now fifteen stores doing business in Buena Vista. The number will be incrcssed to twenty, by the 1st of February. Dr. J. W. Mercer, of George town, on Thursday last, sold for cash to different farmers of Quit- man county, 15,000 pounds of meat, John Morris, on the farm of W. U Courtenay, near Pleasant Re treat, White county, raised last WELL-BEHAVED DEMOCRACY* A MITE OF A MIDGET. Ab.eacs or a Mod Hath for Office V.- j * ; D,r4u dor tho Wow Administration. An Albany Arterial' to the Now York.World, Jan. 14, says: I met Col, Lamont, Mr. Cleveland’s pri vate secretary, in the executive oflice at the capitol this afternoon and asked him how about tbe mad rush for olHce under the adminis tration. “There is n. mad rush for office,'' Said be. “What! You don’t tell me the •pod, that Weighs El.v.n Ouness, But nothing' purred in ia Oorfeip year 1,800 bushels of corn with country is doomed to disappoint- Commlaalouars. purposes- J5 v Educational and Chi ith a capital of 11.000,000-to which fund of over £550,000 ha* aince been added. By an overwhelming popular vote itH franchise ado a part at the present State Conatitufion adopted December 2d, A. D., 1871. and td by It , »cale$ or pottponei. Ha Grand Single Number Drawlnri take place mouthy. mouthy. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FORTUNE. SECOND GRAND DRAWING, CLASS U. IN THE ACADEMY “ ”* ORLEANS, 'IUKSDAY, CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000. 100,000 lickets at Five Dollars Each. Fractions, in Fifills, In Proportion. LIST OF PRIZES: 1 CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000 } do 20,000 1 do do 10,000 2 PRIZES OF 0.000 12.000 6 do 2,000, 10,000 •0 do 1,000, K.,000 20 do 600 10,000 100 do 200 20,000 800 do 100, 30.000 600 do 50, 26,000 26 26,000 ' 6,750 l Approximatioi 600.. 250. 4,500 2.250 §265,600 lul»* should be made pany in New Orle: 1,967 Priaea, amounting Application for rates t only to the o'flee of the L For further Information write clearly, civl.*» fc foil address. POSTAL NOTES, Kxpreee Money Order*, or New York Exchange lu ordi nary letter. C urrency by Expires (all sum* of M and upward by Expree* at our expense) ad dressed ■ M. A. DAUPHIN, OUT Seventh tit., Washington, D. C. Make P. O. Money Orders payaele and address LA IF YE MS, C. It. McCRORY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, hLI.AVII.LE, GA. TKUM&—All claims from *30 or undo! rum §50 to> §600, ton pc r cent.; over §600, i <*r cent. No charges unless collections are t Ml SC EL LA NEO US. J. Mi’ler. C, Horace McCall. Monumental Marble Works, MILLEK& McCALL, Proprietors, Bonthweet Corner of the Public Square, AMERICUS, GA. Monuments, Tombs, Etc.. Etc Registered Letteri NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK New Orlcaua, La. Meat Market PROVISION STORE. W. H.&T. M.C0BB Having purchased from Hare A Cobb the Mia COTTON JXVBNTJ1I keep on hand tho very l>e.t cui* of|; BEEP, PORK, Kill AM) SAUSAGE, Greeu Groceries and Provisions, of the best Italian and American Marble. Iron Railing for Cemetery En urea, a Specialty. or \ egetabl holr season, Canned Goods, etc j keep « first class establlahmcn customers good gouts at the lo Andersonville School Will Open Sprimr Term January 12th, 1884. Tuition $15.00, $20,00 ami $25 00 per ahtilira— less public fund about $9 00 pn pupil. Board nod tuition ten dollars per (lour weeks) month, puid monthly in ad- vunce. Music $3.00 per month. For farther information apply to A. J. CLARK, Principal, , Andersonville, Ga. deel7-w&eodtf y . M .HYSELFr 4 Great Medical Work on Manhood. 1885. ,/; MATHIS, Tri spal. 1 " ill tnke cbr.rge of Ibe above school on Monday January 12th. next. I have tnn^Lt for the people of Americus before, *'“! wmlla respectfully ask a renewal of Incir support. Ti.iuii, Kates, Etc. : I riniary Department per month, .$2 ("0 P« r month 3.00 'ist-Uiua,. p er month, 4 00 lastie m o D nt l h , . 0Utlli '' eUj “ ol * ' ScU °- >lec31tf J ' E ' MATHl8 ' Principal. DURHAM’S IMPROVED tTllliKH 11 URINE! Is the Neat <*»..m)CD*dw*nd fin- 'i, g'M-s U-ttir percentage L n*« le powsr, ard l. sold ifrleaa - f P«r boa* power, than 2L®L° r f «rbhi* In tbs world, 3uth, and the untold miseries resulting from In scretlon or excesses. A book «or every tnan ning, middle a?e end old. It contains 125 pre ription* for nil acute and < br>mc diseases, each bleb Is Invaluable. 80 tound b? tVc tn-»r, wtiose experience or 2:) years Is such a probably never b. fore (ell to the lot of any physi work In ev professional —than ■entry for |2.50, ti bound in b< a i, full gilt, guaianteed to be a liner sense—mechanical, literary and un any other work sold In this he money will Imj refunded paid (told Medical Association, to the office inly fl by rative sample 6 cents, Bonn now. anletl ilie author by the National * hie li| he The Hclence for Instroctioi. will l*cneHt all. of Life should !*e rend by the'yonng i, and by the afflicted for relief. It .—London loaneet. neinbe- of society (o whom tbe swill not be useful, whether youth, an, instructor or clergyman.—Ar* Address the Peabody Medical Institute Dr. W. II. Parker, No 4 Ihilfl.eb Rtr Mas#., who may t>e consulted on all diseases qairing skill and experience. Chronic and obail- .ate diseases that have baffled the Such treated successfully i out an instance of failure. Mention tnia paper THYSELF uovUfcnl FOR SALE RENT, OR LEASE A plantation of 1,700 acres in Terrell County; 1.C00 acres cleared. Good land; go. d buildings. Will till on long lime, vitb good sapurity, and will sill all stock, tools, forage, eta, Or will lease or rent on good terms, with good security. This le. splendid opportunity for an en ergetic man with a little capital. Enquire M HCOOMDM office November 8, 1884. wit two ltorses. Messrs. Clegg It Coney^ on llteir plantation around Gum creek, Doolv county, made last y^ar 500 bales of cotton, over 10,000 bushels of corn and killed 200 fine pork hogs. This crap was made with an average of filty-live plows. The looms and oilier machinery of the Crown cotton factory at Dalton are being rapidly placed in position, and it is thought that the whirr of spindles will be heard within the next two months. The factory will be complete in all its appointment, and will give em ployment to about 300 hands. We heard a Georgia planter who Lives about twelve miles from this city, assert on yesterday, that be did not owe a dol’-ar in the world, and that unless some great misfor tune in the shape of n storm or cvclonc swept away bis home and stock, be bad plenty to go upon for this anil the next year En- faula Times. Harrison Owen, a negro trapper, of Bibb county, brought to Macon Thursday a large beaver, caught near the cemetery. The beaver weighed 38 pounds. So far this season he has captured 38, on which he has realized 8110 20. He sells etch hide readily for $2.90, which he says pays better than carpenter ing, bis old profession. On Feb. 12 the State Agricultur al Society of Georgia will convene at Brunswick. Property owners are arranging for a grand auct'.n sale at that time. A number of lots have been thrown into the pool already, and others will follow. The terms will be one-third cash, onc-tbird at tbe end of one year, ami tbe remainder at tbe expiration of two years. Lem Howard, of .Jackson county, has lately discovered that he is tbe decendant of the Queens of En gland, and that be is tbe legal heir to 87,000,000. His title is Lord of Baltimore. Mr. Howard is employ ing lawyers to look after his claim and it is more than probable that he will sail for England before the leaves again begin to turn and claim bis title and fortune. It is said that the company which proposod to build tbe street railroad st Macon lias abandoned the project. The company doe* not think the city has been liberal enough in its encouragement of the enterprise. It is also intimated that the restrictions or limitations imposed by the city were to severe, and that the company could not make a succesful operation ol the road under provisions adopted by Council. Gainesville Press; A little bare foot boy, near Illawassee, recently picked up a sapphire of between 30 and 35 carals in purity and which is worth at least 8 ; U>,000. The mineral inteiests of Town ami Union counties are just beginning to receive attention, anti we believe that in a few years thousands and thousands of dollars will find in vestment in them. Judge McCon nell has had mines of enrrundutn. mica and other valuable minerals opened up. incut? The terror-strickeu Repub lican papers predicted that the Democrats would actually be trampling each other under foot by Ibis time.” “Nothing of the kind,” uaid Col. I.amont. “I think I may say the Governor is agreeably disappoint ed. We have every reas'on i. be proud of the behavior of the Dem ocrats. After being out of power twenty-four years some pressure for office was naturally looked for, but it has not come so far. In all the correspondence that reaches the Governor—and there is a great deal of it—there are but few references to office. A large majority of the letters seem to be prompted by pure, disinteres’ed,patriotic friend ship. Those who write them seem to think it is enough that the De mocracy should have triumphed at the election.” “How do you account for this good behavior?” “Well, I believe it is mainly be cause members of the party do rot wish to embarrass the Governor. Tliev want bis administration to be a success. They want it to re suit in the betterment of tbe whole country, and though the times are hard and men want places out of which they can make a living worse than they have for many years, the Democrats have pride enough to make them wait and allow thinga to take their natural way. Ol course, the Governor’s civil-service ”ettcr had its effect. It was sup ported with great vigor and unan imity by the press all over the country, which was alone sufficient evidence of the popular sentiment on the sukiect. I do not believe there is any thing like the pressure on the Gov ernor that there would have been on Mr. Blaine had he been elected. It is understood that Mr. Blaine and his friends made a great many promises, which they would have been called on to fulfill. Tbe Gov ernor, as everybody knows, made none. He lias never been about Washington, does not know the place-hunting element that goes there so much, and in that respect has a great advantage over most of the public men of the country. I was told while at Washington the other day that the officeaeekers almost drove Garfield distracted. He had been in Congress a long time, and knew people from all over the country, and his friends came down on him like an avalan che. No, 1 think we ought to feel very proud of the admirable dispo sition so farBbown by the Demo crats. The limited number of ap plications so far made have been mainly from persons in outlying districts who want post offices. As to any general rush, it does not exist at all.” Knoxville, TinNj, January 14.— Mrs, Charles Tracey, of Kings- bridge, Morgan county, recency gave birth to a child that promises to. be a Wonderful addition to tbe world of dwarls and midgets. It weighs exactly eleven ounces, and is sik inches high, with as muclt life and lung power as a full-sized youngster of the same age. Its parents are .well developed, aBd have three fully developed child ren, respectively 2, 4 and 6 years of age. The surprised parents and attending physicians arc unable to account for the • strange freak of nature. The child’s body can be circled by tbo thumb and index finger of a fourteen-year-old child. Tbe bead, perfectly formed, is about tbe size of a large marble, or less than an inch, in diameter. ‘The mouth is s. small that natural nourishment can not be taken, and it is fed milk through a straw at tached to a glass bottle. An Old College Bell. ‘ New* an<] Courier. The bell of the Charleston college was cracked a few days ago. The following is its history: “The old bell was cast in Sweden in 1472, and from the peculiar rangement of its clapper was evi dently designed for use as a ship hell. It is thought to have been put up soon after the college was bui't, and lias probably been bang ing in tbe basement of tbe build ing for nearly one hundred years. About the year 1854 some of the students, as a joke on the faculty, took the bell down and sent it to the students ol the Soath Caiolina College, at Columbia, who forward ed it to Oglethorpe University, in Georgia, whence it was shipped to Macon and was there lost sight of for several years, but it was finally found and restored to its former place in the basement of the col lege building, where it has hung ever since, a witness to tbe comings and goings and the joys and sor rows'of student life. Mr. John Cahill, the present janitor, has rung the bell four times a day for the laBt thirty years, and tbe old man deeply regrets this accident to his pet.” A ('mining Old Moonshiner! Na.hi-iila Amprjc.n. One of the esses to be tried be fore tbe Federal Court, now in ses sion at Knoxville, is that of an old mountaineer, who has been making whiskey for more than tcu years. He was able during that whole time to evade the law. He did tbe stilling under his house and ar ranged for the smoke to pass through the chimney. Water was brought in pipes under tbe ground and the stops carried away in the same manner. He always managed to have less than five gallons on hand when the marshals came around They knew he was mak ing “wild eat,'’ but were unable to find the still. Every few weeks they would visit the place, and search the mountains. His plan was recently discovered by acci dent. Miss Miranda Davis, or Stafford, Connecticut, is known far and wide as the “starving woman,” She is thi/ty-two years old, and has been staivlng ever »'nce tbe age of seventeen. Occasional^’ she takes a sip of water and eats a few cracker urumbs, but that is all. Sometimes she goes forty-seven duys without tood or drink. Al though emaciated, her general health is moderately g.od. All efforts to account for her inability to eat have proved unsatisfactory. To a newspaper correspondent Miss Davis avowed the belief Ibat she was possessed by u devil. Wiicm she said this a spasm stif fened her limbs, the jeints extend ing with a series of sharp cxplo sion. Her lips turned lived* and her eyes blazed, to use the news paper man’s words, “like the diamonds of hell.” Miss Davis declares that all her life she lias felt the sway of tho evil spirit tempting her to every species of devilttry. She is constantly watch ed, but lus never shown a disposi tion to be violent or to commit any ciime. Washington, says a correspondent,* that would equal tbe scenes that took place at the Inauguration of U.ckaon, in 1823. (tj seeped tb« every bully and desperado in the United States had -idddanly* came" to Jbe capital. One-Halt-the melt had their trousers In their boots, and some of them wore pistols in full view. Washington was small then, and the hotels and boarding houses would not hold the orowds. It was the biggest swarm of peo ple ever seen there, Tennessee be ing especially well represented. Every man carried a hickory stick, and some women wore necklaces of small hickory nut9 fancifully painti ed. One lady had-a bonnet made of hickory leaves; and several, horses in the procession had hick ory bark hrid les. Such yelling you never beard. It was like a whole tribe of Indians let loose on the streets of Washington. Gen. Jack- son seemed to enjoy time outland ish demonstrations. He kept hie bat off and smiled at the crowd. “Go in. Andy; we put you there!” and “Give ’em fltq, Andy!” were some of the expressions heard, at all ol which the General smiled. There are a great many tempta tions these days tqdnduce people i^v to go gadding aboutover the world and neglect their business. Trans- Allantic steamship lines offer'steer- age tickets from New York to Hamburg for 114, and the round trip from Chicago to New Orleans and return can be taken for f 12. It is probable that tho latter figures will be considerably reduced before long. The Northwestern people will have no ground to blame the railroads if they don’t get to go to the big show. 75 BARRELS RTE3W CaneSjrup, JUST RECEIVED AT G. W. GLO VER’S. A CARD. To all who are suffering from the error, au<l indiecritiona of >outo, uermu* weakness, early decs' 1 .loss of manhoods Ac., I will send a ipe that will care you, FREE OF ( (LARGE. This great remedy was discovered by a missionary in South Amines. Send a self-addressed envelops to ths Bsv. Josefs T. Ibxan, Station D, /ftw York,(My An Aged Negro, ('olambaa Tim#*. Frank Credille, an old negro who came to Greene county when h. was 45 years of age, died re cently on the plantation of Mr.' R. A. Credille. He Vas 112 years old, according to Mr. Credille, in whose family he lived since be firat caqe to Greene, and up to the time of hia death waa gble to walk around and do lull shorn at tba honaa. JK£W„. idisSg'Slpaii P I ’S ■ 1% nmen niud* 8ut««, irmany and « red at abort n< nfor tuition aa fc_ Ilf girtn without eharga. Hend-booka of information eent free. Patent* obtained throng!; Mu nil A Co. am notiemd in the Scientific Amorn »n free. Tbe advanUffe of *nch notice it well understood by all paramawho wiah to diapoee Of their patents. Addrc In Horticultural Hall, New Or leans Exposition, the grand and varied display of fruit is reaching completion. Among these exhibits arc; Arkansas—500 plates of ap ples, embracing‘200 varieties, and remarkable for their immense size; Kansas—300 plates of apples, 120 varieties, extremely large, coming from all parts of the state; Missis- sippi—grapes, apples, pears, and other fruit; Kentucky—300 plates of apples, 150 varieties, ol fine qual ity; Missouri—1,000 plates of ap ples, 200 varieties, large nnd beau tiful. Of the foreign exhibits, France has 400 varieties ol apples, and 260 varieties of pears were sent by tbe Orleans Horticultural j Society. Notwithstanding the long I trip over tbe sea, the fruit is well preserved and of high- flavor.! n u rebbVT Russia also sends apples, large,! J"*»l.reranY• bright, and in good condition. ATENTS. jaatjia-: '* * Patanl^OfBca. and bare ?«n.T d 3 ireatora tbair rights Ja th<> .Canada. Kaftand, Franc*, other forcica oouatrie*. pre- aadon reasonable tan a ireaiauLSn Kmtar/Saw sTfemsi (irtlerlaatt It contains I descriptions and dlisctioas Sir \ egetabl* and Flower I Holmes' some cube moutu wash and dentifrice is an infallible cure for Ulcer- sted 8ofe Thro’at, Bleeding Gnmx, 8or» month sod Ulcers. Cleans the Teeth and Seeps the Game healthy. Prepared aole- Grej l' dtW.fi. Holme*, Den- !te, 103 Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga. Dr. W. R Ban. demise J K. Hall, and all JrtlggieU and dentislt. account ATCOOE. INSURE WITH THE NORWICH UNION ' FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY OF EN6LANV. ■ •■-i m ASSETS, : i : $1,125,072. A. Is. BEKS, A$mt, AM §mft ^4M|$IMs AsmBos. asvftasary g IM. V * A 4 *• V.-.rw. .