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NOVEL DEATH EIGHTS.
FOB CLBBK StTPIBIOB OOOBT.
We an authorised to anoonnoa the name
of J^H, ALLEN*. a candidate forrs-elee-
80ME QUEER WESTERN' METHODS
OF SETTLING DISPUTES
FOB TAX BIOUVZS..
Wa an authorised to aanoano* Um name
or J. W. MIZE aa a candidate tor re-elec
tion to the offlce of Tax Receiver of Sumter
county, subject to the declelon of the Demo
cratic nomination.
FOB 8DB7ZTOB.
We an authorlaed to announce the name
of MR. J. O. SHOCKLEY aa a candidate
fortheonice or County Surveyor, aubject
to the decision of the Democracy ol Sumter
county.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE GENTLEMEN
county, I take title method of announ
my candidacy, aubject to the Damoei
nomination. . R. 8. WINDSO
The undenlgncd It a candidate tor it.
election tor the offlce or Tax Collector of
Sumter county, aubject to the primary, If
any beheld. T. M. FURLOW.
We an author!aed to aunonnoe the name'
of L. B. FORREST aa a candidate for Sher-
iffor Sumter County, if elected, Mb. J. B.
O&tg SHOE8 uGflfa,
MMAIl B ill he hie deputy.
Bept.10th.Utt. tf
Mr. Z. F, MARKETT hereby announoee
hlmsollaaa candidate tor Sheriff of Bum-
ter County, with Mr. W. M.(Buok) BAQAll
aa deputy. Thla announcement la made
aubject to the action of the primary elec
tion.
Thorntoi: Whbatlky, Amerlou
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Dr. E. J. Eldrldge,
For sale Im
Amerloua,G
Blood Purifier
lityandall
UIATTS HOUSE,
*■ AMERICUS. GEORGIA
H. l»- WATTS, FroSrtetor,
Flrat-Claae Accommodations!
Electric can from Depute to Hotel
Cheats, Berber Furniture, Jewelry Trejt
StoolA Cablstt Work of ell /inds.. complete Outfits for 8tore* and
iSrStaloEue free. AiMreav ATLANTA SHOW 1ASE CO.. Atlanta, 6+
Stoves, Stoves,
The cheapest and most varied assortment
of
(Ming Stoves,
Ranges and
Office Heaters,
GtAS FIXTURES.
IN THE CITY.
JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE LOT OF
Fiower Pots and Grates \
Call early and Inspect our goods.
A. large lot of hardware ordered and will
soon be in.
Plumbing and Repair Work Our Specialty
C/ST.T. AJiTD SSB TTS*
Harris & Payne,
Artesian Block. - TelephonelNo. 12
AMERICUS, GA.
New Firm. New Goods. New Quarters
tullis & McLendon
DEALERS IN
STOVES AND
Best Qualities of Paints, Oils and Builders' Material
Agents for the Celebrated HARVEST STOVES and GRATES.
Agents for tho Celebrated Wheeler A Wilson Sewing Machine.
Bugsies anaWagons
WAGON AND BUGGY MATERIALS-
SADDLERY AND HARNESS. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE,
AND A SPECIAL LINE OF CUTLERY; WOOD AND WILLOWWARE, ETC.
We specially Invite the trading public to call and examine otir goods
and prices. We keep the best, as well as the cheapest goods In this
market, and will give our customers the value of their money.
Tullis’ old Stand, 433 and 435 Cotton Ave.,
AMERICUS, GA.
BAKERY
.LIGHT BREAD A SPECIALTY!
Orta fir Calm of til M ftoajU; Illlsd!
R. F. NEHRING,
PROPRIETOR.
fatal stmt. Oiler Alin Bout
AMERICUS, QA,
Country Merchants supplied with bread at Wholesale prices.
DR. GRO'SVE NOR’S
A Belle&p sic
PLASTERS.
THE BB8T POROUS PLASTERS IN THE WORLD,
RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY PAINS, LAME BACK, &c.
GROSVBNOR de RICHARDS, T
ling I* a Oelsk Filled with Batllim.his
Fatal UrUI Throwing.
The rlata duel is not a new thing oo
the Mexican frontier. Indeed, then Is
hardly a big cattle rang* anywhere that
has not ita stories o< hard fights with the
lasso. Such duels are bound to be fierce.
But so skillful and quick do these rop.
throwers become that such adnelnot
nnfrequently lasts tor hours.
Probably the beet remembered flght of
this eat* wn» that between a Texan,
known r Kid Long, and a little Mexi
can who wae only tpoken of as “Gabilaa*
—hawk—on the great Uevre range. They
circled around .Seek other, dodging the
rapid ttmiM ftem 10 ta ,Btt morning
until after sunset When the home, had
almoet given out the Texan threw at his
adrereaty, who threw back so that hi*
Doom passed right over the other mas*,
lasso and hand and csoght Mas fitly
around the neck aad under the armpit.
In^ almost no time Kid washout of Me
at ante tludknockedtte life ontofhim
before ha had gone a hundred yards.
The west, during ita wild and woolly
days, and the Mexican frontier hare had
many remarkable duels.
KINO OP TBS CHIP. .
That between “Fanner” Peel and *
eoldier, near one of the forts in Utah, Is
among the classics of the field of honor
—or what has answered for that in the
oerw towns and mining camp. The
weapons were rifles, revolvers and bowls
knives. The men principals were placed
oujopporito sides of a hillock, around
winch ran a road, aad started to meet.
The curve of the bill prevented their see
ing one another until they wen within
a hundred yards. As soon aa they taw
one another both fired. Though part of
the rim of Peel's hat was cut off, and
the soldier’s sleeve was pierced, neither
was hart. Then they pnlled their pis
tols and advanced, firing. Both dropped
badly wounded when less than twenty
yards separated them. They lay there
squirming and shooting until both had
emptied their weapons. Peel was des
perately hurt and his adversary had one
ball through the stomach and several
others distributed all over his anatomy.
When they could shoot no more they
lay for a short time swearing. Then
Peel, who was so badly hurt that he
could not advance even on his hands and
kneea, began to wriggle toward the fallen
eoldier. He pulled himself along with
his elbows, and with his one uninjured
hand finished the soldier with his bowie
knife.
Fanner Peel already had the biggest
private graveyard of any man in the
vicinity. This encounter spread his
fame all over tho coast, and when he
went over to Nevada he received every
where the homage of leseer lights.
DCKLINQ IN COMSTOCK MINE.
They have lota of deadly enoonnters
up there on the Comstock. There was
one a number of year* ago fought over
half a mile under ground. According to
the evidence given at the inquest by the
survivor, the two miners were working
alone in a drift They were rivals over
the affections of a woman, and in a quar
rel one made a drive at the other with
his candlestick. A miner’s candlestick
consists of a metal socket attached to a
•harp steel spike, so that it can be stuck
in the face of the drift anywhere. The
second miner defended himaelf with his
candlestick, and there, thousands of feet
under tho ground, they wrestled and
stabbed until one's life waa gone. As
they did not come up when they should
have gone off shift others went down in
search of them. They found one dead
and the other unconscious through loss
of blood. The jury, of course, had to
take the survivor’s story of the affair,
and ho waa acquitted.
A strange duel waa fought in a sparsely
settled part of Sonora, Mexico, about
fifteen yean ago. Capfc Villanueva and
a lieutenant of a battery of light ortil
lory belonging to one of the poets had
some trouble about who was the best
Shot with tho mountain howitzers.
They quarreled and agreed to settle it
with the howitzers at 600 yards. They
took neither seconds nor aretefsnt
they find explosive shell* at one an
other. The captain waa wounded by a
fragment of a shell, but they firod ten
shots before either waa disabled, thi
each was covered with dust Finally
the captain landed a shell fairly under
Ms adversary's gun aad the explosion so
mangled the lieutenant that he died be
fore they could remove him to the poet
AN APACHE SNAKE FWIJT.
A little blind canyon in tho
Hadre used to furnish the Apaches vril
the means of formally settling their dis
putes. This gulch ii fairly olive with
rattlesnakes. When two bucks had a
quarrel that they did not wish to settle
off hand they repaired to this galley,
and while the remainder of the tribe
stood around and watched from the
hills on either side the combatants went
together to where the serpents were
thickest There stark naked and weap
onless they would wrestle. This would
waka up every rattler in the glm. Tbs
aim of each waa to force the other on to
the angry snakes. It was not unusual
for both to bo bitten while they *tmg-
;led and rolled around among the rocks,
iach was bound to remain and wrestle
as long os Ms adversary had life or
strength enough to struggle with him.
A moat remarkable dud waa fought at
Lae Caroltas, N. M., many yean ago.
An under sired stranger came to the
town and picked a quarrel with “fland-
seme Harry,” a gambler renowned as a
dead shot. They got out into the road
and both fell mortally worn*'ed. It waa
discovered that the stranger waa a wore-
Story became known 1§S
trot a gltl whom "Band-
had —
Arizona has no Tack of arable land.
Hundreds of thousands of fertile seres
lio uncultivated sad unproduiiSvs Ml
over the territory, needing but the touch
of water to bloom with luxuriant vege
tation. Tho mind of man ia turned to
ward schemes for SMjqgnf the suffi
ciency. The (mailer streams of Arizona
are all ef one class, running fullest in
the springand almoet failing in the
summer. Thoao that run into the plains
sink in tho sands, and are lost for the
major portion of the year. Tho question
naturally arises, Why not store the win
ter water in suitable catchment reser
voirs, to b* spread co the thirsty lands
at the time ef the drought* '
This proportion has DSSBIWFSSlStU'l,
as is shown by the location of dam litre
for water storage purpose* in thai
of the territory. The Walnut
dam, owing to faulty construction,
a lamentable failure, but before H
way showed by the fine body at
impounded the entire practicability of
the scheme. Tho Florence Canal com
pany ho* just finished on extensive res
ervoir in Pinal county to assist in the
irrigation of the lands adjacent to the
Casa Grande.
Among the projected reservoirs that
have here located for the improvement
of the lands lying below one of the most
Important it that upon New river, about
thirty miles northwest of Phoenix. It is
situated where New river debouches on
the plain. The projectors are John
King and W. C. Collier, who have been
quietly working on the enterprise for
years.
The dam will need to bo nearly half a
mile in length, 830 feet In thickness on
the bedrock, 90 fret broad on top and 75
feet high. Hydreulio lime for the man
ufacture of cement, limestone and other
rock for the construction of the dam ore
at hand Inabnndanoe, and can be
ly quarried. Estimates from civil
eers of repute fix tho cost of the work at
less than $300,000. With tho height of
dam proposed the water would cover on
area of eight by four miles, there being
but little slope to the valley above. The
supply of water from the spring freshets
of the river is deemed ample, but ** u
precaution levels have been run to Hud
son creek, Castle creek and the /
Fria, and it has been demonstrated
it is practicable to divert at low cost the
watefs of those streams into the reser
voir.
Tho Agun Fria, at the point tapped,
flows the year round. All danger of
overflow can be avoided, as a natural
spillway exist, at the proper height two
miles bock from the dam, conducting the
water over a low bridge into the volley
of the Agtrn Fria.
Tho land sought to be irrigated is real
ly a continuation of this valley, and em
braces over 75,000 acres of excellent soil.
Many claims have already been filed in
expectation of the'benefits of the dam.
About eight miles farther to tho west
of this dam site and over a ridge is the
location of a similar enterprise of folly
equal magnitude. It is the property of
thsAgna Fria Water and Land com
pany, composed of L. H-. Orme, J. P.
Orme, J. D. Monlhon.N.O. Murphy and
William Hancock, all of Phoenix. The
dam te to be situated at the narrow gorge
of tho Agna Fria, 800 yards above the
Frog Tanks hotel. The walls of the can
yon at this point are but 300 feet apart
to tho height of seventy-five feet, and
above this gradually retreat from the
stream. The proposed dam is to be 175
feet high, with on ample width and a
length on top of about 1.000 feet. It will
not bo difficult of construction. All rock
and lime needed can be obtained right
at hand.
A dam of the dimensions stated will
back tho water up stream a distance of
ten miles with a depth at. the month of
Castle creek of 125 feet At a point two
miles above the dam the reser voir will
bo three and one-half miles in width,
besides extending for eomo distance up
Castle and Humbug creeks. The ca
pacity of the reservoir is estimated at
40,000,000,000 cubic feet of water. This
amount will supply for twelve months a
canal carrying 40,000 miner's inches of
water and allow for an evaporation of
25 per cent The natural flow of tho
Agna Fria will more than supply this
Amount every year.
Tho main canal will be taken from the
river an tho cast ride about one and one-
half miles below the Frog Tank* station.
It will run along the slope of th* river
bottom for a distance, emerging on the
plain throe miles below the Tania. The
land to be irrigated comprises about 78,-
000 acres. It is of excellent quality,
especially adapted to tho growth of cit
rus fruits.—Phoenix Republican
A Wealthy Proprietor.
The Duke of Northumberland is one at
tho largest landed proprietors in Great
Britain. To say nothing of his ownings
in London, his possessions in Surrey,
Middlesex and Northumberland aggre
gate 200,000 acres, with a, rent -roll of
$875,000 per annum. In Northumberland
alone ho owns five castles, hut it is said
that the larger part of his enormous in
come te derived from his proprietary
interest in Drummond's bank. The
Marquis of Salisbury, premier at present,
owns 20,000 acres, and os much of hb
real estate lies in London he te very, very
rich.—Cor. Chicago News.
A Definition.
"What te 6 noun?" asked the teacher.
“The name of a person, place or thing,"
replied Willie.
“Give an example.”
“Organ grinder."
“Why do you choose that?"
“Because it's “
plays a thing.'
I OH COBONER.
If th. offloe seeks the man for Coron.r, I
am th. man on the list of November.
S. M. LESTER.
Fob Cobokir-J. B. Parker.
I respectfully aunonnoe that 1 am a can
dlilate tor Coroner of Bomter eoanty, sub
ject to tbs primary eleotion, on the list
Inst. Respectfully solicit the support of
II,y friends. Nov. S, 1800.
JOHN A. BFBIQHT.
FOB OOTJNTV TBDABUBBB.
We are authorised to announoa ihe name
of Mr. JOHN E. SULLIVAN as a candi
date for the offloe of County Treaau rer, sub
ject to the Demoo ratio patty.
We are authorised to announoa the name
of Mr. O. O. 811EPPAKD m a candidate
for re-election to theoffice of County Treat-
urer, aubject to the Democratic nomina
tion. . •
At the solicitation of many friends, Mr.
8. W. SMALL haa consented to be a can
didate for the offlce of County Treasurer,
subject to the decision of the Democracy of
Srmtor county.
We are requested to announoe the name
of JOE D. GLOVEK aa a candidate for
the offloe of County Treasurer, subject fo
the Democratic party.
Trouble Brewing
Shall the 8. A. M. or the Central
get the freight on
Hall’s Immense Stock
. OF—— :j
GardenSeeds
That are just beginning to arrive.
Listen for Competitive rites.
The struggle for Pearl Onion
Sets bas commenced—first some*,
first oerved. All know that HALI
iteepr the best of everything—don’
get left! Call at
By rybody knowa whets It Is.
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING.
EPPS COCOA.
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By a thorough knowledge of th* natur
al laws which govern the *
digestion
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EACH ARTICLE IS STAMPED
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For sale by
JAS. FRICKER & BRO-.
Barlow Block, Americas, G*.
dJceeUon and nutrition,
application of the fine -
.elected Coooa, Mr. Rpp
leiieateiynav
r /its many ]
doctors’ bills. It Is'by the Judicious use of
enough to resist every teadenc
Hundreds of tub tie maladlee
around u. ready to attack wherever there
I. a weak point. We may eccape many a
fatal Shaft by keeping ourselves well tortt-
Mode simply with boiling water or milk*
bold only in half-pound tins, by Grooms
labelled thus: JANES K^Ptf * CO.,
Homoeopathic Chemist, London, England
For Sale.
850 acres One of the moat desirable
homes and thrmi In the vicinity of Ameri
cas,* miles from Americas. Healthful local
Ity, good Improvement*, church and school
privileges convenient. Rents this ysarfor
24 bsdss of cotton, besides a four-borse farm
reaervsd, on which the owner eaya be will
make this year about n bale* or cotton and
sss-, isftissaaa?
station on 8. and W. railroad,. ItkiafcoS
of tbe moat—If not tbs most—producUvi
farms near Amsricus.
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ACOCK HOUSE
ELLAV LLE. GEORGIA
NEW HOUSE, NEW FURNITURE
flood sample ,_d steeping
commercial men and tbe pnbltol
First-class ter* and satisfaction guaran
teed.
Yonrpatronage sol lotted.
O. L. PEACOCK, Proprietor.
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