Americus daily recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1884-1891, May 24, 1888, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Text1 lilx Ik iiu Old ItnoKtcr, not u “Young" One, J ANI) WIDE ^ WAKE. “Stonewalls” no “Protection” AGAINST THE SPEED OF AMERICUS, And We Get There with Both Fore Feet, EVEN UNDER ADVERSE CIRCUM STANCES. THE WHEATLEYS DRAW THEIR FIRST BLOOD IN THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT. beautiful. They alt elicited much applause, and Grlffln No. l’a bicycle wheel reel wee an object of much interest. The procession marched down Lee street to Church; up Church to Hampton; up Hamptou to Lamar up Lamar to Cotton Avenue; (the engines did not go down Cotton Avenue, butcontluuedonupLamar to the Wide-Awake engine bouse) down Cotton Avenue to Forsyth; up Forsyth to head of the race track, where It was disbanded, and the companies prepared for the con test, which was run In the fol lowing order: 1. Wide-Awakes, of A merlcus, 2. T. Wheatleys, of Ainerlcus, 3. Protection, of Dawson, 4. Gridin No. 1, of Gridin. 6. Stonewall, of Gridin. After the parade was over the companies all dispersed, and the great, surging mass of people began crowding Into the grand stand. The crowd in the city was variously es timated at from 0,000 to 10,000 peo ple, some very enthusiastic people even going higher than that. A conservative estimate puts the crowd at about 8,000, and wo don’t think those dgures will miss it very far. Both grand stands were dlled, and preparations were made to scat 3,000 people in them. The short ing of tho bass drum of the band I they canto bounding down the warned the Impatient crowd that track Ilka a laqjp lloek Of thqr anre coming, and noon, afnld deer. The comi actions were mad*, mt ’ emu ‘ u great ebeernjj, and surrounded by a crowd of ardunt admirers, they turned Mize A Smaw's corner Into Forsyth street, and marched proud ly toward the grand stands and up the track. In the muantlme the reel had been pulled out on the track and the judges had examined the hose, aud It had keen placed on the Teel again. The track was in bad condition when the Wide-Awakes ran. The heavy rains of the day or so before had thoroughly soaked It, and though a scraper was put on early In the morning, aud made ns good as could be, it was a very damp aud licavy track until about 2 o’clock when the sun had been at work on It for about an hour. It Is thought the heavy track lessened the plug time at least half a second. Much cheering as there was as the boys reached the track! A quiet spectator would have thought that Bedlam had broken loose, and peo ple jumped up and danced and hal loed, and swung their hnts, and hugged their nearest neighbor, and the Inspiring strains from the band were entirely drowned out. This racket continued until they had reached the other end of the track, and It required no man with a space between the railing and the first seat of the grandstands were I strong flel'dTr'opera" glass "to' „„ always full, and at no time was I that the Wlde-A wake company, and t iere room on the railing to get its running squad particularly, had through. TV Idle the stuuds was „ V ery worm plncc in tho hearts of filled they were not crowded, the assembled throng. But little everybody having plenty of room time was wasted at tho start, and s t down or stand up. everybody wns placed In position, The rules for the tests, and the the track was cleared, Captain By prizes Ottered, arc as follows: lander ran down to the engine, _ f irst test. found Charlie Hawkins nil right, Beel to be stationed:one hundred looked around an d gave the signal ( 00) yards from engine. At a L start. Tho boys took one given signal (dropping of sand bag) Lwing, two, three, and away squad will carry reel to engine, they go! flying like tho, wind attach and lay one hundred (100) _ butno 8 and bag drops! Such feet of hose, disconnect, attach pipe yell as went upas they started! and play waterl to flagman, who exclamation points, italics, small will be stationed one hundred and C nps or the biggest type in our office twenty-five 2o) feet below engine. would but feebIy express it. Every No reel will be allowed in contest body , aw the mistake but the run- weighing less than nine hundred .„ e „, Bnd they thollght a „ tbe fusg (000) pounds. The weight of light W as to make them run faster, reels may be supplemented with | Every connc c tlo u was raadebeau^- They May Bs Chickens, but They Are Game. position, disconnected and ground at engine, centre and at pipe. I time, buUbey“were gritty" enough , T" run ° ne hun - to not give In, so they prepared to dred (100) yards to engine, connect I rMn * , .. with A TA.lt field and no favor to engine, at centre, attach pipe and appolnted'theydfd not Jest a. long dint's rT’l" 0 ""‘Ha. they should have done, and in ^,!?C D0 hu " dred “ ud "‘y less than fifteen minutes We Challenge the Worl<l. tho VV Liaanno W0 the as A’l Americus Is happy! “Wo have met the enemy and they are our’n!” This la tho way all Americus feels this morning, but it does not feel It Inany bo*stlngmanner,forthere Is nothlng.fartherfrom tbelr thoughts than to crow over their defeated rivals. Our home companies, both of them, bless thorn, have made sooh records, and made them In such a gentlemanly manner, as to more than ever mnke them tbe idols of an admiring and happy city. There Is nothing In Amerlous that either tho Wide-Awakes or T. Wheatleys not have this morning just lor the asking. But this Is not tolling our hungry readers about tbe tournament. At least 10,000 people looked out upon tho sky with a palpitating heart yesterday morning, for two days before the clouds hod been dropping tbelr dewy loads and east ing angry glances down on Mother Earth, and when daylight came yes terday morning It still found the usually blue heavens over-cast with lowering clouds, and a damp and chilly wind was blowing. But not withstanding all this at an early hour the streets ol our city began to fill up rapidly, and every train, from every direction, brought iu many hundreds more. Hie early train from below on the Central brought In several hundred, while the excursion trains on tbe A. IP. A L, and B. V. A E. roads were loaded from top to bottom. Altogether, they must have brought in several thousand people, for a perfect stream came up from both depota when the trains eamo In, abontO o’clock, and for nearly an hoar itBtaM• About 0 o’aloek Marshal of the Day Ceil. A. 8. Cotta, mounted on a ,prancing steed, began terming the parade, which, considering the few companies present, wee a beauti ful one, a^d made an Im posing appearance. There were live reels in the procession and two engines, all highly jiollshed and looking very extra hose No reel allowed to fulI / Mcept "l^se, carry less than two hundred (200) Henry” having noticed) that the feet of hose. One man allowed for Laud bag did not drop, so he did not every seventy-five (78) pounds of try to make theun-coupllng. Such weight, not Including Cut-Loose lm0 f disappointed faces! Every- and Plpeman. Coupling to bo de- body wa , mad, and well they might taehed for pipe must draw ten (10) | b for everything waH pr „p itu „ UB pounds. First Prize, 1280. Second Pkizv, 480. Best time to engine, $28. SECOND TEST. for a splendid run. Tbe time-keeper at the plug said he caught 12 seconds us the boys came down, aud that made them still more augry. rv„„ s.,.. 1- o , ; IJut t,lero was uo help-for It, One hundred ( KW) feet of hose to | Bad hlek seemed to stare them In the face all the First Prize, $100. .Skcono Prize, 423. 8 “ ,no 8ig ' ^ j°w» ag«m. T i>is nnl as in the first test. I time the bag fell all right, all the connections were mado nicely, water came with a shriek, the Ilag rules and regulations. I dropped, and everybody sent up a 1. Standard coupling, with four bo wI. After a short consultation screw threads required on all coup- the time was put up, 124f to plug, lings. No snap couplings allowed, and 23 1-8 in first test. While the 2. Each company will bo allowed grand stand and all bystanders thirty minutes to complete both roared at this announcement, the boys did not, for they were afraid 3. Two Judges aud ono Time- to, they had several good companies Keeper-will bo allowed each Com- to run after them. P an y- The lioso was arranged soon for 4. All protests must be submitted the second test, and soon tho bag in writing and will bo decided by dropped aud they were all off the Board of Judges. again. The connections wore made 8. No allowance will be made for Just exactly right, aud tho man accidents, except failure of sand- with tho cliulk put up IS 55-100! bag to drop. Bag falling to drop, Pandemonium seemed company running will bo allowed broken loose once more, so enthu- twenty minutes to make the run elastic did the VVIde-Awoke friends bscoaie. The hoys .were taken up 6. No engine is allowed to hove al ,d rode all around, and it was more tliau one hundred pounds of Lome time before everything was steam on at the time of test. 7. Each Company’s Time-Keeper will seleet, by drawing, two others not on duty to act with him In keeping the time of bis Company. 8. No ono will be allowed within the track enclosure except the Judges and Tline-Keupers, Police aud Squad and Officers of the Com pany then on tho track. Time- Keepers to Plug will bo designated by the Board of Judges. THE WIDE-AWAKE’S RUN. It was fully 12 o’clock when the Wide-Awake squad got ready to run, as they had to don their run ning sulta after the parade, wash the dirt oir.and primp up generally. They were the lucky recipients of quiet once more. The running sqad was as fol lows: WIDE-AWAKE—AMERICUS. A. A. By lander, Captain. J. H. Jordan, Cut-loose. VV. F. Mims, Plpeman. E. L. Stanfield, Pull-oir. J. E. Mathis, Coupler to Engine. B. L. McMath, 8. Thompson, T. 8. Glover, VV. G. McCIIntock, I. B. Cain, E. C. Doughtie, H. C. Bivins, Lovo Guy, J. C. Clements, J. F. McMatl,. The uniforms were their "old re- some beautiful flowen, Mn. H. C. liable.” black velvet pant*, lies!) Htorey Hendingtheni twenty button- I colored uiitlerHliirls, blue hose and hole bouquets, with cute little daisies In the center of some beauti ful geranium blossoms, nektly tied while and blue jockey caps. THE U’IIKATLEY’8 IIUN. Now came another pride of Araeri- tln foil, with light blue ribbon I cus, for great things were expected dangling from every one. They | of them, aud they did not dlsap* were arranged on a tray, with Mrs. Storey's compliments on a card which prophesied that they would bo a "talisman to victory,” and so they proved. Misses Frojtpes Bell and Lila Edwards also fit. some lovely flowen, and eneh member of the squad had two bouquets on his breast ae be marched up and ran down tbe tracks, _ v~ Between 12 and 1 o'clock (Bo beat- pdut (liulr kind friends. Their running suits wero very pretty and becoming, being blue velvet knee pints, guuze undershirts, red and w hite jookey caps and blue stock ings. Wide-Awake Bond escorted them up the track amid deafening cheers and the waving of hundreds of handkerchief*. They wasted but little time in getting ready, and at last, when the signal was given, In a beautiful -manner, and when water flew through the hose It found Jimmie McGarrah ready for it. The flag came down, and the magnlfl- ceut score of 24>i went up for a six months old company, a record never oxcolled In the South. You can bet that there was some cheering about that time, and Wide-Awakes Joined In with a will. Such good time gave them a good chance of secur ing the second prize in first test. Their squad was as follows: VV. It. Wheatley, Captalu. J. VV. Fussell, Pull-otT. II. C. Wheatley, Pipennln. Bob Cameron, Cut Loose. James McGarrah, Pipeuma. J. L. Harper, V. A. Itirvcu, J. J. Harrison, G. M. Dudley, E. C. Parker, J. E. Clark, G. O. Loving, T. G. Williams, VV. M. Harper, T. M. Walker, H. M. Drown. They met a mishap on the second tost, and busted. THE DAWSON HOYS. The Dawson company enmo ou the ground feeling cool and confl dent. They had made ns good time as was on tbe board In practice, and they felt like they could do it right then. The track was fast getting bettor, aud they bud had a good rest. They made a beautiful ap pearance as they Inarched up the track ln.their shiny running suit, which was white tights, blue velvet trunks and sailor collar bristling all over with silver spangles. They got In position, got a good swing, and away they went down the track, pushing: Wlde-Aw»Jtes for plug money In ;12O3J*-lO0;'J)ut the pull-otrhad not got off enough hose, and though tbe cut-loose brbke tho the coupling, the plpeman did not have time to get bis pl]io on. Had he only caught one thread It would have been quick time, aud perhaps reversed the record. The squad Is as follows: ' PROTECTION—DAWSON, A. J. Carver, Captain, A. J. Baldwin, Plpeman, B. B. Perry, Plug, O. II. Thomas, Cht-1 J. D. Hatcher, Pull-o: Frank McNulty, Clias. Griggs, J. I). Laing, Frank Naswortliy, Geo. McLanc, Geo. Hasty; VV. VV. Davis, J. C. Nelms. Having made a burst on tho first test, the boys determined to get even on the second ono. They made a splendid ruu, pretty connections, and lowered the Deg in IS seconds. griffin no. L Now came tho famous "git tliar" company, Griffin No. 1. They ran with a beautiful new two wheel blcyole reel; called In flreinanie parlance, a “Jumper,” and the Wide-Awakes were walklngaround with trembling, hearts. The run ning suits of this company were red knee pants with wlilto stripe down' the side, white shlrteand stockings and bluma caps. They came down the track In a beautiful manner, be ing loudly applauded by the Htonc- walls, made connection at engine, but a buret at the pipe. They wore very sorrowful faces, but no ono crowed over them In tbe least, Theli squad was as follows: M. F. Morris, Foreman, James Worthington, Cut-loose, Plpemau, Joe Elliott, M. L. Stollard, Coupler, A. F. Jones, Pull-otT, A. A. Wright, Engineer, George Cunningham, Jr., Telfair Tliurmau, E. Layton, Clias. Hammock, J. C. Newton, P. F. Phelps, Dudley George, Will Boynton, H. B. Futral. In the second test they came down in a “do or die’’ manner, and again bursted. given the word, aijd away they flew, and my, how they did fly with that big reel. They reached the plug, connected,. George White caught the couplings as It cameoffthe reel, never onoe letting It touch the ground, and in a breath was whirl ing It off so fast as to make your bead swim. Col. Frank Flynt slapped on his pipe and the water shot to the flag which was dropped. A great cheer went up from their admirers, for everything was done so neatly that It was thought the Wide-Awakes’ tirno was beat. A short consultation among the times keepers and Mr. Mack marked down 28 for thorn, 13 secouds to tbe plug. They made a splendid run In tho second test and scored up 19J£. Following was the running squad: Janies Stewart, Cpptaln. Geo. B. White, Cut Loose. VV. H. Bakor, PuJI-ofl. Frank Flynt, Plpeman. Douglas Boyd, Coupler to Engine. Charlie Simpson, Allen Bates, Ed. Jones, Eugene Holder, Charlie Johnson, Jr. Jacob Engel, ^ Howard Williams, Ed. Peden, Clias. Walcoottp. ^ Arthur Cartou, . ■' VV. 0. Black, Will Davis, Baldy Davis. of them, and we were glad to see them. TIIE WIND BP. In tho evening the visiting fire man were entertalnsd in Wide- Awake hall by the home companies, and there were speeches and con gratulations on all sides and a gen eral love feast. The defeated re joiced with tho victors and the vic tors consoled thedefeated, while all drank to tho hop? ef another meet ing. RECEPTION OF GRIFFIN COMPANIES. The two companies from Grlffln, Grlffln No. 1 and Stonewall No. 2, arrived at»:40 Tuesday night. They were met at the depot by both the Americus companies and escorted to the Wide-Awake hall, where the addresses of welcome were made and accepted. A large number of friends came with the Grlffln companies, and when they had all crowded Into the hall It was packed. Ae soon as quiet was restored Mr. J. C. Mat thews delivered the address of wel come In behalf of theT. Wheatleys. The visiting companies were de lighted with the way in whleb they were treated by Americus. At a meeting of the Judges yesterday afternoon the representative of vis- ltlng companies expressed muoh love and good feeling for our boys. . If Americus were' to delsy her tournament for a week or two ths Bkcorder would either have to en- largo or burst. It has puffed up so on the tournament that It can’t Jjoofi Sfl “tFaln much longer.— Dooly Vindicator. • The Recorder has enlarged and tho other fellows bursted. The A. P. A h. trains brought in about eleven hundred and theB. viS A E. between eight hundred and a thousand people to the tournament yesterday. The trains on the Cen tral railroad also brought In large crowds. People came in flocks from tho country by all sorts of convey- The brag fire company of Amerl- cus was beaten at Dawson last Wed- VU »v 1'EHBUU I Mil FT nesday by the E. B. Youngs, of Eu- i faula. The WIde-Awikea of AmcrlcuB have worn the laurels for ' Ha said they were prlvlle^d Klclc our dogs, hang on our gates, our girls and Jjfttsra plucked at last.-Dooly Vindicator. _ FOOT RAUINO, III the race for the Bkcori badge, 100 yards, confined to Ami cus fire companies, there were tered B. L. MoHsth, Stone Glover and A. L, Thompson, fair start was had and and all went offliko an arrow shot from a bow. McMath won in 101-8 seconds, lead Ing Glover about tea feet, and Glover coming out about four feet ahead of Thompson. It- was pretty spurt, fairly won, anil forded much amnBomeut' for the spectators. The badge (e a hand some one and was greatly adintrsd by all. The winner wLI havet^to keep his legs In good condition to retain IL r , • V The foot robe In whtcha prize of 420 was ofibred, open to all the com panies, was entered by Messrs, Bob McMath, of the Wide-Awakes, Jack Engle, of the StonerallB, - Joe Elliott, Of grlffln No. t, and Chat- ley Grab,' of Dawson. The dis tance :-un.(was one hundred yards THE GALLANT STONKWAME. This gallant company, like Its honored and revered god-father, is a battle scarred veteran of tourna ments, though the past two years they have rested on their laurels. They were much admired and feared. So for the Wide-Awakes were ahead, with the Wheatleys right after them, but no one on the ground felt very safe, and was anx ious for this company to run. Their reel and hose was put in condition, and then Wide-Awake Band went down to Allen Honse and marched them up. There were a splendid looking set of fellows, dressed In blue knee pants, red stockings, striped shirts and red cap. From ths hearty and prolonged cheering which greeted them It seemed' that they were great favorites with the masses. They wero cheered from ono end of the track to the otlmr. Getting everything*!! ready at tbe sand bag and engine they were Tbe race was close between McMath and Engle. Engle gbt tho start on his competitor, but McMath wns rapidly gaining on him when hs bad the niIsfor(uu« ‘to loso a shoe which caused some delay. As It was, Engle was only a few Inebss ahead at the end. Tho judges awarded him the prlzo. % After the race between tbe repre sentatives of each oompsny. was over.with a two hundred , yard nee was arranged tfftweeif Thompson and Clements. They ran up: tbs track to tho end.and .turntiC bnok again. Thompson easily beat him and came nut a good dletaneo in the load. The raco was for 430. Thompson was paraded up and down tbe trick and received cheer after oheer. A magnificent wreath of flower* was presented to h’lm by a young lady; friend, which bo placed around hie neck and wore quite gradefully. A raco for 410 wp* run between • Grlffln and an Amerlouanegrp. Wo *11-1 Ha4 Inn■>. mL« m.1 1 did not learn who wns tho ful competitor. delivering the frizes. After the foot races were over, tliegcrowd collected around the Judgei stand, when Hon. P. H. Williams, In n neat little speoeb, delivered the three prises, 4375.00, to Dr. Burt, as foreman of Wide- Awako company, first prize in first test, first prize In second test, and prize for best time to plug. Dr. Burt responded In a peal little siieech of a few words. Mr. Williams then delivered second prise In first test, 480, to Mr. T. Wheutloy, os foreman for his company. He then presented Mr. Jack Car ver 428, for Dawson company, as second prize in second test. Also 420 to Mr. Jake Engle tor winning Department foot race. NEWSFAPER MEN. The press was well represented, the roll being at fellows.. Douglas Glejmer, Grlffln New*. Harry Brown, Grlffln Sun. B. T. Daniels, Atlanta Constitu tion. W. T. Christopher, Montezuma Record. • - * - 1 - Chan Jones, Coludibus Enquirer- Sun. Graham Forrester, Albany Nows and Advertleerr S. H. Christopher, Buena Vista Patriot. A. J. Harp, Abbeville Times. J. E. Howell, Vienna Vindicator, J. W. Twltty, Camilla Clarion. Gue Burr, Marshallvillo Time*. Tb<| boys wero given reserved seats In the judgfssUnd and every facility afforded them to all the rights, sad we bops all enjoyed themselves. The HkuordkR office was honored with a visit from most The Wide-Awakes are still IU the poultry yard with t,wing feathers flapplngnnd (all feathers erect. The Dawson company labored - .. ,, .1 under ono great disadvantage. kItS-a ^ “^‘"•MTheAeeecouplings would noTflt ** ld ln V 1 ' I *°y ratine on tbo grounds, and eats, tat I they were compelled to use strange a most eloquent ad- couplings to them-WIde-Awakes . _ „ * - | hose—Just as that company had th *M«ftit. This caused them to (runt hospitalities of the elty In behalf of | n first tost, no doubt. Grlffln No. 1 In a few, but express- ti m r, i , «as ivnwnrAe I «• T. Daniel., of Grlffln, who was tlmo-keeper-for the Btone- Ive words. Mr. R. T. Daniel made a most eloquent address, In which he .poke °“® .“f f * nd of tho hnvAPv of tho vninntnnp I men in the State. It If of tho bravery of the volnnteer fire-1 men and tbo noble cause for whloh I 8 0P ’°. f the mo,t they worked. Ho oonoludsd with j ? bl ? m . , ° ttmt «'"ncwa!l has, as he mapy good wlshee for Americas and her tournament. Judge J. H.Guerry rose to re-1 ra ®“ ? r i ueor *‘»’ 1 ,.rk Ihnt I tha Recorder and Americus keeper. Judge Daniel Is one of the leading young men of Georgia, and big prise, gvery Fa big headache. I y ' always glad to have him come this it, foreman of Tbo Committee who had charge i a fine speech. ol ! Ul ® tournament, aud we are sorry most decided hit of tbe evbhlng. He wished to have the cause of Mr. Guerry’s headache revealed. wo aro unable to find out who com poses the wholo committee at this hour, can congratulate themselves this morning that they made a most After this poeltive hint Dr. Burt A 1 ®' 10 ™* success of It, ln the fae* of Invited all present to partake of re- o b * taolc9 which would have freshments. whloh had been pre-1 weighed down and dlslieartoi pared ln the rear room. less determined men. Every The evening was spent most °“ tb * Committee deserve* pleasantly and when all bad left I °* “ot mBy the fire corn the halt everyone was In love with I • n * e8 > bu * ovory citizen In town, each other. I One Hundred Thousand li bfrayb. Wool wanted. Highest We were aU surprised, some of us f* 1 ' agreeably aud some not so agree-1 010,012, Foot if Cotton Avenue, obly. v -( After ttte .Wide-Awakes’ run the I The engines whllh pulled the ex. Americas people generally gave I ourelon trains oven the A. P. A L. It pp. j Wednesday were ipost beautifully Tbb tournament was conducted I * Dd uppropflutely decorated. That by gentlemen In a gentlemanly °7«* h ®® 88t ® rn ®^“ ,l “ n ,n mJnp.i • | obarp* of Englneof Klrvln and was w*J'^ d went through, rather to Iand> The englnbvyer the western their surprise, extension was derated wtth »t up » delegation oM wreaths of beautiful doirerT wRodat tbe tournament. I young c5rn. It was In chan that thay picked up Engineer Nix. Thus the extremes met and showed the wonderful YTbe Wide-Awakes having won I resourocs of the "Empire State of ijpnmfl) Wheatley tho South.” Up* »2S. J,t * ? * Ven ,4 °° ^ Editor Brennan, of the Eutaula r — r . t thanks for| your remembrance. Tho boat of feeling prevailed I among the competing irnmpautse. [ and there were no unseemly squab-1 bles about time or anything else. Mr. Thornton Wheatley offered | hla company tVenty dollars If they I 2240 yards * flj Best Make Eight-Fourth Mosquito Bars, •White, w • , Rod, Pink, j Buff, Just received at J<$in R. Shaw’s. . rates ns _ ___ , , Yesterday morning, when the B. would take a prise, and Jhey Very I v. A E. train was running between promptly took tbo prize and the Buena V |,ta and Putnam, a little twenty dollars. disturbance was occasioned by a It Is a tittle Singular, but tbs ri(r, Relk, wlm welearnlsacowbow watches of tbe time-keepers ysster- from somewhere out west. He bsn- day did uot vary a quarter of a sec- died a pistol quite recklessly, and ond, and It did not take a mathema-1 fired several shots at random. The tlolan to etrlke an average. man seems tube a reckless charae- Dr. W. P. Burt, foreman of Us« I tor, so to prevent any trouble, after Wldes-Awakes, donated ten dollars I be had given up Ills pistol, It was to the Wheatleys, as his apprecla-1 decided to make no arrest. Georgia tlon of tbe wonderful time they I la not the place for cow boys, and made in their first contest. Considering the condition of the track, the tlmo is considered to be especially on AUritoi, One of the Grlffln fireman hsp- very good. Wide-Awakes time toTpened to a most unfortunate lose at plug, to engine, after having run | ths Allen House Tuesday night, once, and such a heavy traek, la I He bad Ills watch aud 42s ln bills good. I and silver stolen from his pocket. One of tho members of Grlffln No.) Tb® police were notified eod made 1, when that company ran yester-1 a dllllgent search for the stolen day. and made a “bust,” left the watch and money, but we dldnat grounds ’with tho remark that he | lcarQ "bat succss they had. would walk and let {the) train over - ... take him. | Tuesday evening four negro ehU- Drr W. P. Burt, foreman of tho I dren ou the plantation of M|. 8. W. Wlde-Awakqt, received a telegram, I Small, about eight mile* east at yesterday evening, from the E. B. Americus, were bitten by,a mad Youngs, of Eufaula, offering con- Jog. There was great exefteuMal gratulatlons 011 the victory won by and all the dogs In the nelghboc- the Wide-Awakes. | hood were being khot. Finer gentlemen than the Stone walls, of Grlffiu never entered the Established (hr N sarlr Haifa OeaSas* Staten Island Fancy Dyeing ~~ tourney Held. Brave and courteous, tabllshmsnt. New York City, How they won the respeet of all with York. Goods received at whom they came In < vmtaa> [ «sd f** York offloS rate#, and they carry away with themth* best wlshee of every one In Amaeieua. . •. . v'V .

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Americus daily recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1884-1891, May 24, 1888, Image 3