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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. % LUME 1 AMERICUS. GEORGIA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1891. NUMBER 148 PALL 1801. WINTER 18(1)1.1 Annual Announcement. THE ARRIVAL OP GBO. D. WHEATLEY'S Mammoth New Fall and Winter Stock of DRY GOODS, FOREIGN NEWS. NOTIONS. doing, Furnishing Goods, Carpets, Shoes, HATS, ETC. The time has come for a ‘‘matter of fact” talk upon a matter of fact subject. You buyers of fall and winter goods are about to sup ply your needs with suitable selections for the coming season’s re quirements. The idea uppermost in the minds of all, no doubt is to procure something good and serviceable at the Very Lowest Price and with all of you it comes down to a quest ion of The Right Pl ace to Go. You have no difficulty in deciding that you want to Buy Goo s Ch ap—no indeed ! But what firm will do the best tor its customers in that direction ? That’s the question, isn’t it ? WELL WOW. WE will:: Why not say it when we have th -. goods and mike the prices that will prove the statement every time ? We realize the fact that -‘times are h >rd and money scarce,” but we have expended the greatest efTon, in the purchase < f our stock, t > procure Everything at the VERY LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. Our spacious store is filled to overflowing with the most complete and elegant line of Fall and Wintek Styles ever shown in this locality, and from one end to the other, from top to bottom, it all the same— just the Best Money Buys, just the Newest of New Styles Every thing bought at figures that make it not possible, but EASY to sell at the Lowest of Low Prices. We coll especial attention this season to onr Black and Colored Silks, Dress Goods and Trimmings. We have really outdone ourselves in the effort to procure the ve Novelties of the season. Our stock fairly teems With beautiful and sty!" positively not to be found elsewhere, DISTRESS AMONG THE RUSSIAN PEASANTS IS INCREASING. Stories Are Told of Parents 1 Eating Their Children—The Hallway Strikes In Siberia Assuming a Serious Aspect — Vigorous Measures Advocated. L< N.x»N, Sept. 25.—The Tdegraph’i St. I’e ernburg correspondent has this to Buy: "The distress among the peas ants is increasing. Potatoes nro failing in many districts, ami now an insect known us tile 'souka/ more destructive to corn than the Hessim fly, has ap* peared The whole population of some villa ges in Asti.,kali are dyiug of sUrvutior The doctors prescribe corn ins tea i of medicine. There are stories afloat of parents eat- ing their c ildren in Nijni-Novgorod. Tim am hod ties in inauy places are levying a tax on laborers wherever they obtain work. The latest dispatches from Siberia re port that the railway strikes are assum ing a serious aspect. The governor ad vocates vigorous measures in dealing with the strikers. n CHOPPED INTO PIECES. newest idea*, the very latest lections, many of which are irly You will find our assortment of BLACK DRESS GOODS AND MOURNING EFFECTS not only contains the handsomest and most elegant Materials to be found, but a greater abundauce of Practical^Bekctions—goods f^the 'sale of the celebrated p, I?. Brand of Kid Gloves, , • wo flbow i n every desirable style and color. We guarantee these gloves, from 75c per pair upward, Sd wUl g& r*^ »»ur ' none y- or another P air of H |oVM ,or overy pa,r * found after tnal to h® imperfect. - Carpets! Carpets! and Rug's!! We have fitted up an excellent and spacious carpet department, where we are now exhibiting a mag nificent line of _ __ cotton onain. Tapestry. Extra Super. Velvet, Q.piy ingrain, Body Brussels. Chain Mattings, CruMEf 6 Our° render ^his feature of our business mu- You Want a Carpet . Tins customers aline: You simply call, examine our great assortment, and select tuallj ptatt? "uV^^Xyour carpet, and put it down on your floor. AT OUR EX- AndnOT,M.yonr« ld y^^j c 0 “ , “‘ e - > "bOTbocttM»we y clato;to e Kiws“oh Bargaiiwin quality and are really as represented. ’» ” „ . , t j. at vou moy come. When you are once in onr store, we price. Wepnly-eay what wesay « °X fa Xr barflins with us do exist, and that we give the, GEORGE D. WHEATLEY, Wholesale .ad Rot»l Dry Oa«l.. N.lioaa, ClatLinq, Fu»1.»P OoooM Canada, Sho«, Hat,. * Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave., AMERICUS, GA. — a TWI. the Veteran Dry Goods Salesman, who torso nUnr yeus hu ierved joa J '„ o .PH.reliableMr.Henry s. Davis,*lje '® wwe jeom-foroil oar customer* sod bis friend*. P-8.-Th»u^v.rn-dywHh.c 0 r Dadley Ttm KUlenend SamWarlickcom) uJot Hr. Joo. P, Cato, unr efficient and pop uVffiT.r* *• * drent 01 bl * w ' 4 Murderer’s Victim Is Killed and Fed to Hogs am! Harvest Hands. Sax Francisco, Sept. 25.—San Luis, Oltispo county, baa in times past been the the;.ter of many blotaly anti myste rious crimes, in which phases of devil try were devions, but the climax has been reached in a recent murder neur Cholame, on the eastern line of the county, in which an inoffensive man was killed, lus bones chopped into pieces with sharp instruments, part of the to mains fed to hogs and part stripped of its skin, salted and fed to harvest hands employed by the murderer. ’i tie story is so utterly horrible that, except for a well eonnecte I chain of circumstances which lias been care, ally put logetner, would be utterly beyond credibility. Tnose prooft are so muti lated that a warrant has been served by Soerilf O’Neal, charging John Gularte with the wilful murder of one Marlin Heims, the murder t ccurring presuma bly on June 8, the date \v,.e,i Heiuu was last seen. Heiius wits out i.oyed by Gularte, anil was killed for liis savings of $300. Many lragments of the body we e found in the rear of Gularte* house. The harves.ors who recently worked for Gularte were fed on suit pork They are firm in their present conviction that they helped to dispose of Heims by euting him. Aaalataiiee for Hie Fltmtletl Country. Madrid, Kept. 25.—It is stated here that a force of tioops will be sent to Consuegra and employed in shoring up the buildings at Consuegra and at Al- meria, which are still in danger of fall ing owing to the undermining they suf fered during the receut floods. It is estimated that there are a hundred houses in Cousnegraand Almeria which are in danger uf collapsing. The Roth schild banking house • f Paris bas sub scribed the sum of $2,000 to the fnud being raised for the relief of the flood sufferers. Ho Devoured riftjr readies Portland, Ind.,Sept. 25.—James Me Coy, who engaged in superintending the construction of streets in South Portland, displayed gaatronomicnl abil ities that would make an alligator torn green with envy. Coining down Main street he espied a basket of lnsciona peaches in front of Smith's grocery, and seating himself he devoured fltty of them without stopping, and then did not seem to be nucomtortakle. lluraed While Fighting Fo eat Fire*. Pixckley. Minn., Sept. 25.—All day long the citixens were battling with fires that threatened to destroy the town. A party of six men started from one of the Brennan Lmnber company’s camps to go to another about two miles away. Dan Bullivau aud bis brother of Morn, and Sam Johnson of Ean Claire, were of Ibis party. Afler going a short way they got in front pf the fire, and Dan Sullivan, mluing^bis brother, went bock with Johnson/ to look for him. That was the last /seen of them alive. Their remains were found by theircainp- mates. The bodies were badly burned. Forest Fires In Wisconsin. Ashland. Sept. 25.—Reports from along the line of the Omaha road are that forest fires are rapidly advancing and eating np everything before them. The homesteaders, surrounded by a wilderness of woods, are being burned out, and people arriving in town tell of narrow escapes from being burned to death. High winds have been effective in spreading the fires. To add to the discomfiture of tbe excessive heat. .Ash land is tilled witbsmoke and navigation U impeded, owing to the heavy smoke. I'rare llelgna Mipmne. Atlanta, Sept 25.—News ha* been received here that Rev. Dr. Tapper and his wife will leave Leavetiworth. Has., for Atlanta on Monday. Friends of the rector m this city are glad that the wife of the ]Hipnlar minister has become again reconciled to biin, nud will give the good man and wife a happy welcome. Dmslb’a Horrors In a ll roO ,1 Vessel. London, Sept. 23.—The crew of the vessel Jenny Lind, wrecked during the tornado at Martinique, have strived At Plymouth. 1 liry tell an awful story of the horrors of the scene. They say that about 300 persons were trilled anil 1,000 inj rr»l. CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES. Domestic an 1 Foreign and of General Interest. The London .Standard's correspondent at St. Petersburp avers that tile Russian government lias accepted TUI as tbe price of the new loan of 20,000,000. Iu Hale county, Ala.. Walter Collins waa examining nia pistol while Rufus Stevender was in front of Inin. The pistol accidentally went off, killing Ste- veuder almost instantly. Tbe Americafi Waltham WHtch com pany has announced a reduction of 15 to 2U | er cent, iu the wages of U00 of its employes, nr all those employed on its eighteeu-size movements. A dispatch from Ottawu, Canada, states on what is alleged to he reliable authority, that the government has ar rived at a decision regarding the reor ganization of the cabinet. The funeral of the late William L. Scott took place from hia late residence iu Erie, Pa. Among the most noted of many distinguished persons present waa ex-President Cleveland, Hon. Daniel L. Lament and Governor Pattison. At Nashville, Tenn.. James Douglass, while in an intoxicated condition, took a small dose of morphine with suicidal intent. His life was saved, after sev eral hours’ hard work. Douglass is a fast young fellow, about 21 years old, and a son of Byrd Douglass, a wealthy warehouseman. The executive committee of the Grant Monutueut association hud a meeting in New Vork. Work will be at once be gun on the monument. The present temporary tomb will be removed inside the north end of the main building, for which the foundation is already laid. The amount of money on baud is $15.1,- 213.8U. The Washington Starsay* it is learned i the best authority, that every hi ig points now to the election of JndgeBit lerof Indiana, to succeed Judge ric. u- field on thelieuchof the court of cmnns, and it is said that tile president will probably permit the secretaryship of war to remaiu vacant until congress meets. At a negro church in Sheffield, Ala., a negro named Wilson became enrag 'd at another negro for paving attention to liis wife, allot and killed the iiiiiu aud then cut his wife's throat from ear lo ear. The negroes tried to hush np the affair, but tbe particulars leaked out i,n— the officers are now after the murderer. At Charleston, S. C., Judge Simonton filed in tiie United States circuit court bis decision of the motion made by At torney General Pop.- for the dismissal of tl e injunction restraining tbe Caro lina farmers and all other phosphate companies from entering or mining in the Okjsuw territory. The decision de nies the motion and says the petitioners must give eight days’notice before again making the application. The gin house belonging to J. K. Pate at out lour miles south of Davisboro, Ga., was burned, together with nine teen bales of cotton and 800 bushels of cotton seed. Abont one half of tbe cot ton waa owned bv Mr. Pate, tbe balance belonged to hta neighbors. The loss is estimated at $1,200, and it Is not be lieved that anr insurance was carried on the proiierty. Sparks from the en gine ennght in the lint room. ALL WERE DROWNED. A Boat Is Upset anil a Party of Flsss- nr* Seekers Are Lost. Nnwbcro, Sept. 25.—The body of but one of tbe five persons who were drown ed in the Hudson river, off Low Point, by the capsizing of a rowboat hod been recovered. It waa that of a man. Tbe search is being continued by George Wood of Poughkeepsie, and Edward Ackerman and Thomas May of Low Point. It is believed that the victims were Andrew Potosnoke and his wife, Slavs, who live at Brockway's, two miles north of this city; their 2-year-old son, a Hungarian called "Frank,” who lived in Roseton, anil a Polander, also from Brockway’s. It was tbe latter’s body that was recovered. Potusuoke, his wife and child, spent Sunday at "Frank’s” home. The child was chris tened Sunday night. They all started for Brockway’s in a Whitehall boat. They hod been drinking Off Low Point tbe bout was npset and all were drowned. It appeared from the evi dence that no ouu ..I tbe purty could swim. i The Chinese Situation. Shanghai. Sept. 25.—The situation here is much worse. Disorders are in creasing at Iciutng, aud this is tbe pre lude to other disorders. The valley of the Vang-tse-K^ ig is in rebellion. Wu-cbang, the-V -rat seat of tbe vice roy, is ready to revolt, and then thorn towns open to Strangers—Hankow and Cbunkiug—are likely to follow. The latter town is difficult to defend by warehips, owing to tbe shallowness of the river. Great excitement prevails. Strangers are fleeing from Shanghai, widen is among the threatened towns, but measures of defense are being token. Three ships of war are at Wa-chacg aud the fleets are concentrating at bhuiig.isi. Minister Lemaire of France, bas left here for Pekin. MANY PERISHED. RAILROAD COLLISION BETWEEN BUR* GOS AND 8AN 8EBASTIAN. Additional News of the Terrible Collision Deceived at London-Several Prominent Person ages Crushed 'to Heath—'Twenty- Four Are Dead. London, Sept. 25.—A dispatch to tho Standard from San Sebastian says that it is reported that Seymour Lncos and Maurice Long, the latter British vice consnl at Malaga, were killed in the railroud collision between Burgos and San Sebastian. Several entire families perished, in cluding the judge of Victoria with his wife and daughter. Borne Englishmen with the tourists ware also killed. Most a tiie passengers were asleep at tbe time of the collision. Twenty dead and twenty-three in jured, four of whom have since died, were extricated from the debris. Many children wore killed. When the qneen received tbe news of the disaster fhe stopped the fetes in - honor of. her daughter's birthday and requested the minister of justice tosend the details. Ranged Him to a Tree. Asheville, N. C., 8ept. 25.—Fred Tyler, white, an engineer on the North Carolina road, and Hesekiah Rankin, colored, got into an altercation at the round house here. Tyler struck Ranldn, with a lump of coal. Rankin ran off, >t it pistol, and coming back fired at rler, striking him in the abdomen, le crowd of railroad men caught Rankin, and, taking him across the river, hanged hi u to a tree. Tyler will die. A New Sjmagognn. Macon, Ga., Sept. 25.—A new Jew ish synagogue is to be built in Macon to nke the place of the present*bnilding. All arrangements have been made, the site secured and a great part of the money—$50,000—already in sight Rab bi e Tnrlier says that work will com mence at once and that the building will be handsome and a credit to the city. Bay He tVaa Clubbed to Death. Augusta, Go .- Sept. 25.—Oliver Ellis, a negro well known in police circles as an old offender, was found dead iu bed. Two weeks ago, while drank, on officer attempted to arrest him and Oliver clinched witli him. The officer, to free himself, struck Ellis with a club. The negroes are excited, and say that Ellis’s death was canted by the dabbing. Large JuIinirQU. New York, Sept. 25.—Charles Mo- Lean, attorney for Coler, Jr., a broker, haa obtained judgment in the anpreche court against.Sigmund T. Slyer & Co., real estate dealers at 44 Broadway, for $148,427 on notes. Henry M. Oxe has also obtained judgment against the same firm for $00,825. The Flamlng-flali!win Affair Settled* Atlanta, Sept. 25.—The friends of Mr. Fleming and Dr. Baldwin of tho house of representatives, have brought about a settlement between the two legislators engaged in the recent nn- pleasantness. RAILWAY BOYCOTT BILL To Make a Survey of China. London, Sept. 25.—The Standard's correspondent at Sebastopol says; A [party of live generals, ten colonels and eight stuff captaina, under Lieutenant IGeueral Manikin Nevstrouff, have been sent from bt. Petersburg to survey the whole Crimea and to prepare topograph ical idans fur the war department. The fact la much commented upon in mili tary circles. She Nought Too Nlneh lleer. SPRLNoHixn, 0., Sept. 23.—A sensa tion was created here, caused by Frank Sclilegelmilch, a member of the’school board, frightfully beating his niece, Mamie Mslir. a little tot, with cane. He sent her to rash the growler and she purchased 10 cents’ worth of beer instead of 5 cents' worth. Sbe waa frightfully bruised about tbe arms umt body The police or* investigating the Introduced la tbs Houre—Railroads and Basks To lie Regulated. Atlanta, Ga., September 25.—What is known aa tbe boyoott bill was Intro duced this morning by Mr, Bolfenlllet of Bibb. This bill seeks to prevent nnjnst dis crimination on tbrpart of any railroad operated within or partly within thla state, sgainst any other railroad com pany within thla state. It was referred to the railroad committee, and is ex pected to come up for final action at an early date. This is an important meas ure and baa aroused considerable Inter est Tbe bill by Mr. Harris of Catoosa to provide for the election of the railroad commissioners by the people and to re duce tbslr salaries to $2,000 per year, raised, a* waa expected, considerable discussion. Mr. Berner of Monro* made a ringing speech against the bill; he did not bi- tieve in bringing the railroad commis sion into polities, “for," said be, “if yon place this commission out of the hands of the governor and give tbe rail road corporation* an opportunity to take part in th* election of this commission, yon would find that every agent, every ponies would take employe of these comp part in the election oi these commls- Mr. Fleming spoke against the bllL He soiil it would not bo a question of honesty on the part of the voters, but a question of deception. Mr. Lewis of Hancock spoko In favor’ of tho bill. lie believed it would be easier to bribe ono or two men than it would tho voters of Georgia. Mr. Wheeler of Walker was In favor of It. A motion to indetlnlh bill prevailed, and the l Tho bill by Mr. Boifculllet of Bibb to regulate banks was taken up and passed. This is recognized as ono of the most importaut.measures that the house has disposed of. It provides that no hank shall loan one person more than 10 per cent of its rattan capital unless such loan is secured by ’ unquestionable collateral. It further provide* that all banks shall publish a quarterly statement of their respective condition* In one or more of tbe pnblic gazettes. dieW postpono the s blfl waa lost.