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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. HI I . Ill IHI II —y*