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americus times-recorder.
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1891.
NUMBER 133
The Greatest Midsummer Sale ^
OF
Dry Goods, Nolions
CLOTHING
AND THE
Grandest Reduction in Prices
Ever known in tho history of our trade, commences to-morrow
(Mo '
lonilay) morning
-AT-
GEORGE D. WHEATLEY'S
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.
We are determined to make a CLEAN SWEEP
OF ALL KIND,S OF SUMMER GOODS.
And in order to do this, YOUR PRICE will be
OUR PRICE for anything you may want of
us this week.
WE ARE GOING TO
GIVE AWAY DOMESTICS
TOGETHER WITH ALL OUR
Calicoes, Ginghams. Muslins, Challies
AND OTHER
SUMMER DRESS GOODS AT COST
And LESS THAN COST if necessary, to
CLEAR OUT.
Prices will be cut “FINE AS FROGS’ HAIR.’
If you don’t believe this, OTHERS WILL, so
just come and see the crowd this week at
Geo. D. Wheatley's.
All our 8c Figured Cbnilies to go at per yd,
Allourll^c ** “ “ 8c. per yd,
All ourHc Btandiml Callroe* “ 5c per yd
Alt our 7c Printed Victor* Lawns at SJ^c rer yd.
Al! our 8c White Lawns (yd wide) at 5c per yd.
Al' our8c White Check Nainsook at 5c per yd.
Stock of above will not last long at such prices, so como early or yon
will be disappointed.
NOW LOOK! 5c
This is the Biggest
FIVE CENT
Bargain Ever You Saw.
5c
NOTTINGHAM CURTAIN LACE. T got “scooped" some
time ago in the purchase of a big lot of Nottingham Lace for cur
tains: We have been asking from 20 to 40o per yard, but the goods
linger with us longer than we like, so in order to movo them right
ouf and at the same tfme give you on A No. 1 BARGAIN wo part with the
entire lot at
5s PER YARD THIS WEEK.
We cannot mention here any SPECIAL PRICES on everything
wo have to offer, but remember in reading tho foregoing, that PRO
PORTIONATE and SWEEPING REDUCTION IN PRICES will
be the order of this week in every department of onr storo.
OUR STOCK OF
Handkerchiefs. Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, Em-
• broideries, Corsets and (J loves
We guarantee the best in the city, and our prices beyond the rench of
competition.
Housekeepers will find it to their interest to inspect our lino of
TABLE LINENS, DOYLIES, NAPKINS, TOWELS,
Before buying elsewhere. „
A. WORD ABOUT
Clothing • and • Gents’ - Fixings.
w.cmy ft. VERY FINEST ASSORTMENT TO BE
FOUN D and OUR PRICES always have been simply
UNAPPROACHABLE from the standpoint of compo-
titiou.
hero^ndwe^uSo 1 NO REASONABLE OFFET^a^S
yon may need in onr lino.
Cannot you save somethin? by trading
with
Geo. D. Wheatley
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.,
AMEBIOUS, GEOBCJLA.
. F#- . .
| BLAINE WILL ACCEPT.
HE WILL BE A CANDIDATE FOR THE
PRESIDENCY.
Th« Secretary of 8tate, It f» Said, Would
Accept the Republican Nomination for
the Presidency—A Maine Politician Au
thority for the Statement.
Washington. Sept. 8.—A prominent
Maine politician, who holds an official
position in one of the departments here,
and who returned iroui his smmuer va
cation daring the past week, is quoted
ns authority for the statement that Sec
retary Blaine has consented to be a can
didate for the presidency should he be
the unquestioned choice of the Repub
lican convention.
"I atteuded a conference. ” said this
gentleman, held at Portland, Me., at
which were present Senators Hale and
Fry and Mr. Joe- Manley, at which the
subject of Mr. Blaines candidacy was
discussed. Mr. Manley announced that
he was authorized*to say for Mr. Blaine
that he would accept the nomination if
it was tendered to him with unanimity
It was then and there agreed that
Maine should send a Blaine delegation
to the convention, and these results
were communicated to a number of Mr.
Blaine's friends in other states. n
What about Mr. Blaine’s health?
was asked.
I visited him after the Portland con
ference at Bar Harbor, and fouud him
to lie in good spirits and in his old-time
health. His mind was clear, his eyes
bright and his interest iu public affairs
as keen as ever. All that he needed was
rest, and that he has had at Bar Harbor,
Mr. Blaine will be nominated—mark
my prediction. Not even President
Harrison with all the power of the office
holders at his back could wrest the
nomination from him were he so dis
posed. There will be but one name lie-
fore the convention—the magical name
of Blaine—and he will be elected, too,
whether the Democrats ron against him
his former competitor, Grover Cleve
land, or an entirely new man. ”
PARDONED BY THE EMPEROR.
PLENTY of cider.
An Unprecedented Year for the never-
age In Pennsylvania.
Reading, Sept. 8.—Enough cider has
been made in eastern Pennsylvania this
season to fill the Schuylkill to its brim
were the flood to go dry. Indeed, the
present is an unprecendented apple
year, and farmers in all up counties
hereabouts have not been alow to im
prove their opportunities for profit from
it. Steam and hydraulic cider presses
have beeh established at almost every
cross roads, where hundreds of teams,
laden with apples, can l>e seen collected
any day now, their drivers awaiting
their turn to have the fruit transformed
into sparkling cider.
Isaac Scho.le’s steam press at Rhrers-
burg makes 4,000 gallons per day. Kal-
bacli's mill at Monnt Pleasant and High
mill at Van Reed each turn out from
sixty to seventy barrels of the liquid
daily. Sehlegel & Leshpr's plant at
Stench-Hburg presses out ICO barrels. At
Douclasville, Clinton Buckwnl.er turns
out 3,1# 0 gallons, nud an equal quautity
is produced at the Bernville cider mil's.
At dozens of other establishments lue
daily output is also very large, the
capacity of some of the nresses being
twenty-five barrels in an hour. Cider
is selling w holes al • hereabouts at 9
cents a gallon. Cider apples are readily
bought for 8 cents a bushel and even
less. Eight bushels of apples yield a
barrel of c.Jer. Frequently four or five
gallons ar pressed from one bushel. A
noteworthy result of this activity is the
great scarcity of barrels in which to
store the cider and of pottery and
crockery in which to pack the apple
butter made from cider by boiling.
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
A llmkriiian Knorkrtl from a Train and
Killed In Atlanta. *
Atlanta, Sept. 8.—George Bowles,
from Norfolk, Vn., a bmkcmati on the
East Tennessee road, was standing at
te brake when the train of freight cars
tidied under Broad street bridge in this
city, and before he had time to see his
danger one of the beams of the bridge
struck him on his head. This threw
him between the cars, where he was
caught by one of the brake beams and
dragged a few feet when he was jerked
loose and three cars passed over his
body, the brakes of each one striking
and bruising him. He lived alxrnt forty
minutes after the accident, bnl was nn-
. nscions. Mr. Bowles was aliout 24
years old. He was single, and the only
relatives he was ever heard to speak of
were two brothers und a sister, who
were in the orphans’ asylum of Virginia.
An American Woman Who Shot an Un
faithful llusband.
Wiesuadkn, September 8.—Mrs.
O’Neil!, the wife of Gen. O’Nelli, claim
log to have been an officer in the United
States army, who in a fit of jealousy shot
and dangerously wounded her husband
at this place on May 20th last and who
was imprisoned for that crime, has been
paidoned by Emperor William and re
leased from imprisonment.
Mrs. O'Neill, it appears, had been
separated from her husband for some
time and on the day mentioned c tiled at
his house and found him iu company
with another woman said to be UU mis
tress." Mrs. O’Neill opened fire on the
couple ami emptied three chambers of
revolver In rapid succession and then
turned the weapon upon herself, but
only succeeded in wounding herself in
the hand. The Genera), however, was
fount! to be in a precarious condition.
Both Mrs. O’Neill and the gontleman
were removed to the hospital.
Subsequently, on July 11; Mrs. O’Neill
was sentenced to four months’ imprison
ment. It was claimed on her behalf that
she had been married to the General for
twenty years; that he habitually neglect
ed her; that he hod squandered a for
tune which she brought him; that she
bad a daughter 15 years of age who was
dependent upon her, and that the Gem
oral had installed his mistress in his
home. The latter escaped injury from
Mrs. O’Neill’s bullet Mrs. O’Neill is
about 40 years of age, her daughter is
being educated at Florence.
To Room Central and South America.
Washington, Sept. 8.—The several
consnls-geuernl of the South American
republics in London have inaugurated
a - movement for the establishment in
that city of a bureau of information
concerning South American aifnirs sim
ilar to the bureau of the American re
publics, which was established iu Wash
ington on the recommendation of the
national American conference, and
similar bureau which has lately been
organized in Paris. The object of this
bnrean, like those in Paris and Wash
ington, is to make known the resources
and commercial advantages of tue Cen
tral and Sonth American republics, and
to furnish specific information on com
mercial subjects when uyj.liid
that llcr Adopted Hoy to Death.
Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 8.—An adopted
son, aged 2} years, of R. H. Gaines, has
died snddenly.. The fact that Mrs.
Gaines was known to have cruelly
beaten the child nlmost daily led to
an investigation of the cRUse of its
death. Coroner B.-ck iu his inquest
found evidence warranting him to order
the woman’s arrest on a charge of beat
ing the babe to death. Mrs. Gaines
was arrested and committed to jail.
The body of the child bore evidence
that it lmd been cruelly beaten. Its en
tire form from baud to foot was t.lack
and blue from bruises. Cue witness
testified that site had threatened to beat
the linlie to death. Feeling against
Mis. Games.is very bitter.
Saw..] Out of Jail.
Portland, In<l., Sopt. 8.—John
Rhodes and Joseph Brown, under ar
rest for bnrglary, made their escape
from the conuty jail at un early hour
here. The heavy, double iron bars in
one of the windows was completely
sawed oil. Rhodes’ wife is supposed to
have furnished the saw during a visit to
the jail. Rhodes is a bad character,
und has served four terms iu prison;
three at Michigan City and one at Co
lumbus. Sheriff Gillum and a jusse
are in pursuit of the escaped prisoners,
and will scour the country for theta.
Want to Heat the Drum.
Youngstown, O., Sept. 8.—The Sul-
vation Army has decided to make a test
case as to its right to beat n drum while
parading tile streets. Two of its offi
cers are under arrest charged with dis
turbance and violating an ordinance by
beating a drain. Roliert McCurdy,
president of the First National bank,
furnished lsmds for their appearance,
and eminent legal counsel has !>een en
gaged to defend them.
Ilungr.l lli.Huelf with A lluller.
Rkh Bill, Mo., Sept. 8.—James Cot
ton committed suicide by liaugiog him
self iu an apple tree with a halter. Mr.
Cotton was one of tho leading farmers
this section, residing aliont four
miles west of Rich Hill. He was 4S
ears old and leaves a fa i ily. He bod
jeen drinking heavily the past three
weeks and tlie rush act is attributed to
this fact. His dead body was first seen
by a voung son, who at once cut the
strap by which it was snspended, bnt
life
a
fled. Deceased was a promi
nent member of the Masonic fraternity,
and had been strongly remonstrated
with ou account of his indulgences.
H. tiu ojlirf-u. Msrrj, falctdnt
Lincoln, Neb., Sept, 8.—Fred Eichlcr.
_ well known and popular young man,
committed suicide ben by taking mor-
,hine. He addressed a latter to Miss
| to whom be waa engaged to be
1 in two days, in which be do-
that bis quietus was due tos
familv skeleton concerning vhich he
was afraid sue might learn.
UUndprii in Illltmis.
PittsfieU), Sept. 8.—A number of
horses have been killed here within the
past month with glanders. The state
vetirinarian was here and ordered a
horse driven in from the country shot.
Other cases are reported iu different
parts of tile county, it is supposed Unit
the disease was hratignt here by a trav
eling eirci.it this spring, and sick horses
left behind were killed.
Car Hluip, Dr.troyrd by Fire.
Port Hi:Ron, Mich., Kept. 8.—The
large car shops of the Chicago and
Grand Trunk railway wore partially
burned in this place. Eleven cars
were destroyed, besides a large quan
tity of lumber ami thecarpeuter saops.
Los* fioo.uoo. Two hundred men ate
thrown out of employment.
IT IS ITALIAN ITCH.
THE DAGOES HAVE INTRODUCED-IT
INTO AMERICA.
Psopls A farmed at tha Spread of a Skin
Dleaaea— It le Traced to Imported Ital
ian laborers Recently Brought to thle
Country—Transmitted by Coin.
THIS STORY OF THE BOOTH.
Morristown, Penn., Sept. 8.—People
here are alarmed at the rapid spread of
a contagious skill disease, called the
"Italian itch," or scabies, occasioned
by the presence of a minute parasite,
transmissible from one person to an
other. The disorder here is r Meeting
all classes alike, and the best ..milies
and most refined people are among the
sufferers. It is traced to the imported
Italian laborers who have recently bec-n
employed In this neighborhood, and has
spread both up and down tho line of
the Philadelphia And Reading railroad
and along the line of the New Trenton
cut-off, from Morrisviile to Glenloche.
Wherever these Italians have been, they
have left this trail of annoyance and
suffering.
Notes nnd coin are said to be the most
freqnent medium for its transmission,
first from the Italians to the shop keep
ers and then to the people generally.
The soft parts of the skin between the
fingers and about the wrists and elbows
are most frequently affected. The oca-
rus usually attacks both sides of the
body simultaneously, and in adults It is
never fonnd on the face or scalp, bnt
any other portion of the body may be
affected.
CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES.
He Blew Ont the Ou.
Toledo, O., September 8.—Joseph
Deer of Virmontvllle, Mich., blew ont
the gas In hit room at the Burnett House
last night nnd died from asphyxiation
before relief came.
French NVarehlp WrttliwI.
Sax Frjuu iso). Septembers,—A pri
vate letter from Iolilte says news was re
ceived at i’apelle July 19, of the loss of
the French warship Valagc. The crew
was saved but the vessel Is a total wreck.
Dome,tie nnd Foreign ami of Oenoral
Interest.
Tlie Texas State fair and Dallas ex
position opens Oct. 17.
At Dallah, Tex., twenty-nine fires
have taken place witnin thirty days.
Dr. Gold v as found dead in bed at
his borne in Bucou Vista, Vn., from an
overdose of morphine.
The state Republican committee of
Virginia bus issned another letter to the
Republicans of Virginia.
It is rnmored that General Hawley of
Connecticut, has been offered the war
secretaryship to succeed Secretary Proc
tor,
Georgia farmers do not think the pro-
Kised strike of the negro Alliance Will
lave any effect in the empire state of
tlie son;h.
Troops uumberlug 1.10,000 have been
ordered to Warsaw, thus bringing the
Russian forces on the Polish frontier
ap to 500,000.
The provincial government of the
republic of CliiU has been formally re
cognized by the government of the
United States.
Tlie hark Royal Tar. from Anstralin,
anchored in quarantine at San Fran
cisco. reporting fever and scurvy ou
board and the cuptaiu and tint mate
dead.
At Frankfort, Ky„ two convicts made
a deadly assault upon each other, and a
third convict attempted to separate
them. The result is that all three are
in the hospital with fatal wonnds.
At Pittslmrg, Pa., George Ott, aged
23, was fatally stabbed by his brother
John, aged 10, at their home, 18 Pine
street, Allegheny. They were always
fighting. John nsed a penknife, driving
it into George’s left lung near tile heart.
John was arrested.
While Mrs. Roaina Walters, of In-
diamqiolis, lud., was seated ill her res
idence chatting with friends, a small
rille ballet crasned through the screeu
door, passed through her cheek and
lodged iu her tongue. The bullet cauie
from an unkuowu source.
Aliont forty criminals at tiie state
; irison at Wethersfield, Cenu„ refused
:o eat beans which had been cooked for
dinner. Tlie warden promptly sent
nine of the stubborn prisoners to their
cells and afterwards placed the ring
leaders in solitary confinement.
At Bloomington. Ills., Dr. Charles E.
Ballard of Haybrook. Ills., shot and kill
ed Miss Bertha Ison of Baker City, Or.,
and then killed himself because she re
fused to elojw with him. Khe was will
ing to limrrv him, but desire l to wait
until her education was complete. Khe
was a college student nt U.ouiuingtun.
Tlie ladies of New Orleans are mov
ing to secure the release of Mrs. Flor
ence Mayhrick from Woking prison,
England, where she is confined for life,
convicted of having poisoned her bus-
band. The ladies of this city and state
iresent a petition, numeronslw
, to tho queen, whom they wilr
ask to right the injustice done to Mrs.
Mayhrick.
John Tobin and Frank Willis, prison
ers at the Industrial school, Manches
ter, N. H., nearly beat to death Albion
Clongh, watchman, shortly after mid
night. Tobin placed some sleeping
powders in a tumbler of lemonode and
gave it to the watchman. When Clongh
was in a stupor Tobin and Willis be
gan beating him with a baseball bat
and a brass nozzle.
Rev. Dr. Helwig, late president of
Wittenberg College at Springfield, O.,
was extended a call by the Presbyterian
church of Urbana, O., to become its
paator. It is understood that Dr. Hel
wig la about to leave the Lutheran
church because his views do not har
monize with some of the doctrines of
that ehurcta, and that ho will accept tho
call. .
Elopements are the order i.fth-dnv
in Luzerne county. Penn. Throe took
place la-t week. Ryulr-n Mock, an,*d
is. eloped with Anna Hughe, of Fox
Hill, aged 10. lost Wedue-dov. On
Saturday night the couple returned
home intending to take-up theic r--t-
dence. Tin- neighbors objected, and
they were ordered to leave, hut reiused.
Tlie house was broken into and both
were ridden out of the place cn a rail.
Ths Terrible Series of Mishaps that At
test a Schooner on Ita Trip.
Jacksonville, Fla,, September 8.—
The schooner Oliver II. Booth, whioh
arrived hero a week ago Sunday, bad
rather aD unfortunate trip down.
She left Baltimore August 15, and on
her first day out the mate was taken
sick. Captain Anderson put Into Nor
folk on the 17th and called a doctor to
attend to the mate, and the medical
man, after treating him,'said ho would
get better. The patient Improved
rapidly, and the next day the vessel put
to sea, but that night the mate got
worse. Captain Anderson signaled the
English steamer Frieda and asked them
to take the sick man and put him
as<>orc, hut tho captain refused to do
that or to help Captain Anderson in any
way.
Captain Anderson was forced to walk
the deck for twelve days, and during
that time struck the heavy swells caused
by the hurricane. This, with no wind,
had the effect of dashing bis sails back
ward and forward, tearing them to
shreds; and upon arriving hero ho had
but throe sails left.
A new set has boon ordered, which
will arrive hero sometime this week, and
Captain Anderson expects to sail about
Thursday. .
THE TWO OFFICES
Of Commissioner of Agriculture Open lor
B Business Yesterday.
Montgomery, Ala., September 8.—
The two office! of commissioner of agri
culture were open for business yestor-
day, and the clerks of each were preaent
as usual. Commissioner Lane and ex-
Commissioner Kolb spent moat of the
day In the court room listening to the
argument in the contest before Judge
Randolph, Major T. J. Key has accept
ed the office tendered him by Commis
sioner lane as one of bla olerka, has
qualified and la In the elty engaged in the
discharge of his dutiea.
Straining the Law.
Milwaukee,* Wit., September 8.—
John F. Cramer, of the firm of Cramer,
Aikena, proprietors of tho Evening Wia- 1
consln, was arrested this morning by
the United Stateiauthoritieson a charge
of publishing lottery matter. Tlie ar
rests of the other members of the firm
will probably follow. The article on
which the proaeoutlon la baaed la one
copied from a San Francisco paper at
tacking the validity of the lottery law.
Thus far only Feck's Sun and the Eve
ning Wisconsin have been hauled up by
the authorities, but as all tbe other city
papers printed artlolea, Uncle Sam will
have bis net full of newspaper raon be
fore he gets through.
Is It Murray's Plstolf
Jacksonville, Fla., September 8.—
In the window of the ticket office of the
F. C. A F. railroad, corner of Bay and
Hogan streets, there Is a pistol which
looks as if it had seen a groat deal of
rough usage. A eard above it bears tbla
inscription; “This pistol waa taken from
Harmon Murray, the Florida desperado,
September 4,1801,” It waa viewed by a
great many people yesterday.
A Retiring Gentleman.
Moniioe, Ga., September 8.—Colonel
George Rooke, who eo unccremoniouely
withdrew from tbe companionship of
bla town friends about ten daya since,
was seen near his late country residenoo
on the same night of hie departure, and
again on Sunday afterward, at a negro
meeting near Good Hope. He atilt de
clines to favor bis frienda, the sheriffs,
with his present address.
Advertising tpe Exposition.
Augusta, Ga., September 8.—Augus
ta has sent a delegation of twenty-eight,
headed by President Falrick Walsh and
Vice President James I,. Gow, of the ex
position company, to New York, Boston
and Montreal to advertise the exposi
tion. *The trip is being made in * pri
vate Pullman sleeper. They will reach
New York Wednesday morning.
Tragedy et the Opera,
Paris, September 8.—During the per
formance of “Lakme" at the Opens
Comique to-night, tbe electric lights
were suddenly extinguished. Tbe audi
ence became panic-stricken, bnt order
was toon restored. An investigation
being made, It waa fonnd that the stage
carpenter bad become entangled In the
belta of tbe dynamo, and bad been torn
into shreds.
Another Bank Clerk Arrested.
Philadelphia, Pa., September 8.—
J. Frank Lawrence,' formerly clerk in
tbe Keystone National Bank, was ar
rested this morning on the same ebargo
as that of Charles R. Edge and E. I.. Ma-
guiro were arrested on Saturday night—
that of having falsified the accounts, so
the hank examiner ar.d
deceived.
WomtMi ('an j;t> to rdrllamrnt.
Wellington, X. Z., Sept. 7.-
lioune ««f reproKemativcs of New Zealand
has p.THied a bill granting re.iidental
suilrago to women au«i qualifying wo
men for election to* par Ha met.
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