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VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1891.
NUMBER ICO
Something For The
SEEN BY MASSES.
BRAND HEW SAFI
TO BE GIVEN AWAY I
IT WONT COST YOU ;A
To stimulate the traffic in our Boys’/ and
Children’* Olothug department*' I wilLgive
with every Bov’s or Child’s suit?, hetweeh the
ages of 4 and 18 years, sold bv u® from the
1st ot October past, uutil jk
NEXl^CHRI6TMAS EVE,
when the fortunate one grill foe determined,
A TICKET, (non-transferable).ptjtling the
holder tooifb chance at a ^ * :
TO BE <3lV6*fc,AWAY ABSOLUTELY FREE
ANY CHARGE WH
All you have to do is tos
BUY- YOUR BOY’S SU^
and get a ticket
FROM ME
Thdse tickets will be
numbered and on Christmas Eve, numbers
corresponding with the tickets given away will
be put in a box: then a committee of disinter
ested citizens will draw out one of the numbers,
and,the holder of the ticket containing that
number, gets the *
Brand New Safety Bicycle Free of Charge!
■i ' .
Now a Word about our Famous Clothing Department
THE. NAME OF
George D. Wheatley
has become known far and wide as the
synonym of
FINE CLOTHING 'M FAIR PRlffiSl
■
Our stock was NEVER SO COMPLETE 1
Our styles NEVER SO ELEGANT!
Our prices NEVER SO MODERATE!
And never so great OOR ANXIETY TO .PLEASE!
Our assortment-of Boys’ and Children’s
Clothing begins with a neat WA8H SATINET
SUIT (wool filling) any size from 4 to 18 years,
At $1.25 Per Suit,
and includes all the finer materials, such as
CASSIMERES, WORSTEDS, TRICOTS,
SERGE AND CHEVIOT Suits so desirable for
“BOYS WHO ARE HARD ON CLOTHES.’*
Wishing you all “good luck” in the drawing,
boys,
- Your friend,
PARNELL’S REMAINS TAKEN FROM
WALSINQHAM TERRACE. *
Slowly mhL Sadly Waj the Body o( “Bn-
B" Placed In m Beano and
Funeral Train—Mn. Far-
London, Oct. 10.—An enormotis con-
course of peoplu surrounded the Wal-
singlmm Terrace when the caskft con
taining the remains of Charles Stewart
Parnell were taken from the house.
Slowly and sadly was the body placed
In an open bearse drawn by four horses,
A 12:15 o'clock, p. m., tbe cortege
started for the railroad station amid a
terrific down pour of rain. Immediately
following the hearse and monrning
coaches was a committee of Parnell’s
colleagues in parliament, who had been
selected to escort the body to Holyhead.
The route to the railroad station was
lined with nm-ses of people who silent
ly and respectfully watched the
of the funeral procession. At
tlon the remains were placed
the funeral car and, with mem'
the Parnell parliamentary
wutchera, started for Willesden\Jnnc'
tlon, to which place the car is- to be
taken direct and where it will be
at 2 p. in., to a train hound foriHoly-
head, Mrs. Parnell was utterly fnable
to accompany the remains to
She is too ill to undertake the jot
Capture of » Noted Sharper'
Madison, Wis., Oct. lO.-Offlcfjr No
lan of Albany has arrived with extradi
tion papers for the transfer to-.New
York state of George \V. Post; alias
George-W. Stone, George W. Hijl, W.
H. Baker, and W. S.. Baker, who
wanted in several ports of the country
work wherein -Yincept S. Richardson of
Jacksonville, Bis., was robbed of <7,000'
in May, fc3u/‘ He will be turned;over,
however, to.the New York authorities
for the rubbery of a millionaire named
Peck nt Albany, ■ he obtaining at that
time f 10,‘iOU. Post,has been throwing
money in every direction, and wal very
mint with the hotel people. His
'«is prostruted with grief, this,being
added to the loss of their only son*a few
weeks ago. Governor Peck Is absent
srum Madiaon and Post will be held un
til be reinrus.
lturttnley Makes O<>od Hoie|
Philadelphia, Oct 10.—John Bards-
ley has found an occupation in prison
seems to agree with him and of which
he has mode a success. It is that of
box making, and the ex-city treasurer
has shown a degree of skill in the work
that has surprised those who fall to re
member that in his younger days he
was a blacksmith and supported him',
self for many years by hard manual la
bor. The loag strain upon Bardsley,
bis disgrace, and the paison confine
ment are beginning to tell on his health,
and deafness is coming upon him- He
lives in the hope of a pardon tl
political iuflnenoa after a few. years’
confinement.
lie flats Some Letters.
Nxw York, Oct. 10.—Count 'Logo-
thetti, whose reported romantic engage
ment to Miss Fleischmann, of Cincim
natti, recently gave him notoriety, has
obtained from Acting Consul Eberhard,
of the Austrian coninlate, a le
plaining that be arrived in this country
three years ago, having letters of intro
duction and credentials which proved
his identity. The Hungarian Almanac
of Nobility for 1888 also gives a fall de
scription of bis family uud their posses-
. Wheatley.
sions- His birth is chronicled] under
the date of 1801, and his name is, given
as Eugene Diuuied.
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HI. 100th Birthday.
Fitzwiluah, N. H., Oct. 18.—The
Hon. A. A. Parker has celebrated bis
100th birthday. He graduated from
the University of Vermont in 1815, and
is said to be the oldest living college
graduate in America. 'He practiced
law for yean, was intimate with Dan
iel Webster, and has served ip the leg
islature more terms than any other
member. As a colonel in thegovernor’s
staff in i820 he acted os escort to Gen
eral LaFayetta. Mr. Parker still retains
possession of nis faculties. j
she Won asf.OOO. j
Mt. Sterling,* Ky., Oct. ill—The
now celebrated case of Mrs. Sarah Ham
ilton against George Hamilton, in
Which she seeks to recover $22,000,060
doe her from the old Hamilton estate,
was decided in common pleas court
hero, judgment being rendered iter for
the amount.
* Two Children Harried. |
Atchison, Kan., Oct. 10.—Bert David
son and Emma Andre, two children re
siding near Cummings, were married.
The groom is 16 and the bride is 15.
They Rad the consent, of their parents.
The father of the yoathfnl bridegroom
is • wealtny farmer.
Thai. 0.14.a W«44tag.
PxTSKSBCia, nit., Oct. Iff—Mr. and
Mrs. William J. Morris celebrated their
golden wedding at Morris' Opera bouse*
They came to Petersburg thirty-six
CONDENSED NEWS DI8PATCHES.
Domeitie and Foreign and of Oanaral
Interest.
The resignation ot ex-Senator Blair aa
minister to China has been accepted.
The briefs in the oases ot the import
ers against the McKinley tariff act ha:
been filed.
The tangling of a country yonth in
parachute’s ropes at Greenup, Ills.,
caused the ■ death of- the professional
aeronaut.
Henry Watterson paid a high tribute
to Grant in a speech at the banquet of
the Society of the Army of the Tennes
see in Chicago.
Lieutenant Schwatka, the explorer,
has returned from a trip to Alaska, in
which he explored 000 miles ot totally
unknown country.
A New York special nays : Bir Edwin
Arnold, the noted EuglUh Antnor, wifi
lecture in New York city Nov. 4. Sir
Edwin will sail ou the 14tu iiist. lor this
country.
A child of. Mr. Frank Tory of Ran
dolph, Ills., upset a cup of hot tea. Part
of thy fluid ran down the child's throat
and entered its lnugs, causing death al
most instantly.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: It is
officially announced here that the gov
ernment has no intention of prohibiting
the exportation of wheat, of which Rus
sia is still in position to send 200,000,000
peods abroad.
Freeman Cooper, of the Kokomo
Jonrnnl, an anti-Banrison Republican
paper, was found guilty, of forgery at
Frankfort, Ind., and sentenced to three
years' imprisonment. Twenty-three
similar indictments are pending.
There is a report that the King of
Wttrtembargha8 left legacies to a con
siderable amount to the two Americans,
JacKsoa mat George, whom he sent
away lrotn Luxenbourg in 182S on ac-
ruuut of tile protests of the public that
he snowed to them too uracil lavor.
At Indianapolis, Mrs, Anna Herron,
aged 48, who was under treatment nt
the sanitarium, during (he absence of
her attendants committed suicide by
hanging herself to her bedpost. Two
years ugo she attempted self-destruction
by splitting her head with an ax. She
wus a lady of good family.
Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls .has ac
cepted an invitation from Major Mc-
Kiuley to make some speeches in Ohio
this month. Be will probably stop,
there next weex ou his way to Massa
chusetts, whyre he will deliver the
opening lecture of a series under the
uuspices of the Eastern Lecture bureau.
A London dispatch says: In the elec
tion to fill the vacancy in the house of
commons lor. northeast Manchester,
caused by tire appointment of the Right
Hon. Sir James Fnrgusson. the present
member of liuit division, to the post
master genewaSEpiHr James Fergus-
sou, (' .'ouservuiive) received U.U5S votes
to 8.il»8 cast for Mr. O. P. Scott,i editor
of the Manchester Gnardiau, the Lib
eral candidate.
A San Francisco special says: The
bark Francis bus arrived. She was 142
days from Baltimore. On July 5, while
the vessel was on the South Atlantic
two men were sent aloft' to loosen the
forctop-gallhnt sail. One of the men
returned to the deck bat the other was
never heard of again. His name was
Henry Hchnlbert.a native of Cleveland,
O., 20 years of age. He was an uphol
sterer by tnule, There is. little aonbt
that he fell into the seu from aloft.
At Columbus. O., the action brought
In the supreme court neurly a year ago
by D. K. Watson, os attorney general,
to revoke -the charter of the Standard
Oil company„on the ground that it bos
abased its corporate right* by forming
a trust, was reached and occupied the
^Mention of the court th* entire d
.day.
UKI, Hill
H. Choate and 8. C. T. Dodd'of New
York, appeared for the Standard.
AN ATTACK
Is Mads on the Now Constitution
Kentucky.
Louisville, Oct. 10.—A special from
Frankfort state* that a suit was filed
there which is aimed at the existence
of the new constitution which has jnst
been complete^. The suit is brought
by Walter Evans, ex-commissioner of
internal revenue,' and who is supposed
to represent' the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad, which was bitterly op
posed to the new constitution. The
point attempted to be made is that af.
:er the conetitution was ratified by the
people last Afignst, the convention
made more than. 100 changes in the in
strument, and that therelore the pres
ent constitntion has never been ratified,
and is uni) and void. An injnnction is
asked ■ restraining the public printer
from printing this constitntion uud the
secretary of state from promulgating it
as the organic law of the state; mid it
is prayeu that the document which pnr-
rorts to be the new constitntion, be
nought into coart and destroyed.. Le
gal opinion is very mneb divided, but a
majority believe that the new constitu
tion will stand.
Narrow Escape From Dentil
GrsencabtuC Ind., Oct. 10.—Three
ladles crossing the Big Fonr railway,
west of the city, had a narrow escape
from instant death. The crossing is a
dangerous one, the view being obstruct
ed by a deep ent, and the ladies on
reaching it encountered a freight train
bonnd west, with four coal cars in front
of the engine. Their buggy was struck
by the coal cars and all three of the in
mates more or less injured. Miss Wil
lie Wood sustained severe injuries, bnt
no bones were broken; Miss Jennie Van
Btukirx was cut ia the side of her bead
and badly braised otherwise; Mrs. Elis
abeth Welch, of York, Neb., sustained
broken ankle and other severe braisas,
her injuries being the meet serious.
Th* bore* was killed after being carried
by the train a distance ot over 506 fs*L
RUTB’S THE NAME.
EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND’S BABY
TO BE CALLED RUTH.
The Ex-Prealdent Acknowledges Publicly
the Almost Innumerable Congratulation*
nnd Kind Remembrance* Prom the Peo
ple All Over the Country.
New York, 'Oct. 10.—Ex-President
Cleveland said in answer to a querry re
garding the newcomer, in hia house
"We have settled on a name nnd it
Ruth. This was the name of Mrs.
Cleveland’s grandmother and has al
ways been especially liked by her.
He further said: "In connection with
the publication of this item, which,
hope, will end much curiosity on the
subject, I desire especially that men
tion bj made of the extreme and kindly
interest in ns and our child shown by
good people everywhere throughout the
country. We have received almost in
numerable congratulations and kind re
membrances from the people of the
people of the United States, nnd from
many bnmble citizens have come hearty
felicitations. All this has been' very
gratifying nnd has been fully appreci
ated. But since it will be imposslbleto
acknowledge all these messages separ
ately, I hope this pnblio recognition
will be accepted ns sufficient. *.
SHOT AND KILLED.
Mllllron 4iiai»ln*ted by Amacher,
Former Friend.
Nashville, Oct. 10.—A stable at
Westsido park was the scene of nn
assassination about 0 o’clock at night.
At that hour W. F. Milliron, a, 20-year-
old stable boy, employed by J. M.
Brown & Co., was, with • several other
boys, in the. act of retiring, when he
heard some one coll him ontsi te.
"That’s Bill ^number,"-said Milliron,
I’ll see what he wants, " andopened the
door.
Instantly there was a, flush from a
revolver, and Milliron fell to the floor a'
corpse. Ahullet from a 88-cali her re
volver had ■ entered Ills eye and passed
through the base of his brain, severing
n main artery in Its flight.
The man who did the shooting wns
Wiiliani Amacher. the horseman, whom'
Milliron had considered one of his best
friends. Thor had never had uny trou
ble. bnt Amacher was. drunk, and is
said to have remarked that that Mill-
iron was the cause of his wife leasing
him several duys ago. Amacher ran
around the stable and made his escape.
Work of the gallows.
Ed Neal 1'xecutyyl, 'Dut He Befused lo
Own Bis Beal Name.
Omaha, Oct. 10,—Ed Neal, murderer
of Allan nnd Dnrotby-Jones, wus hanged
here in nn inclosnre built jnst outside
the connty jail. Ninety-four people
witnessed the execution. The con
demned man passed' a restless nfght,
bnt he walked to the scaffold without
a tremor. There wao no hitch in the
proceedings and Neat’s neck was broken
ay the fall, death being instantaneous.
Tile murderer’s real name is unknown,
and ou the scaffold be refused to dis
close bis identity, although he con
fessed his crime.
Several Horae* Lie Dead In a Heap In.
Hrooklyn.
• New Youk, October 10.—Tbo trolley
wire of the Brooklyd and Jamaica elec
tric railway broke down last night at
Fulton street and Broadway, Brooklyn,
and one end was nllowed to lie across
the pavement until it had killed three
boises.
Fortbnaiely, no citizen came in con
tact with the wire, which was highly
charged with electricity. WtlliamjGra-
ham, a Wood haven farmer, was the
first to discover tho electric wire dang
ling in tho road, bnt he did not make
the discovery until aftor his two valua
ble horses wero lying dead In the middle
of thestreeL
Graham waB returning' from Brooklyn
market about midnight with a $550 team
of horses attached to his truck. When
at tho corner of Fulton street and Broad
way his horses reared and fell to the
ground. Ho Immediately jumped from
bis wagon to assist tbo horses to rise,
but to his eurpriso they woie both dead.
At tbo same tlmo.tho liorso attached te
a passing surfaco car fell dead. Then
some one shouted :£’*Lnok Lout for [the
trolley wire or you will bo killed.”
Robert Gamble, conductor on tho car,
jumped off and began poking).the pros-
trato liorso te make It rise, when sud
denly his foot touched tho wire, and lie,
too, fell to the ground.
Fortunately he received comparatively
a slight shock. Ho was able to got up
In a few minutes,
A crowd gathered, and for^a while
theio was great confusion In tho’ neigh
borhood, All of the time horses were
lying in a heap in tbo road, tho wlro’was
sizztng and emitting sparks at a lively
rato underneath tho dead bodies of the
animals.
The spectators were apparently greatly
frightened, for no one made a move to
get tho wiro out of the way. At length
several men procured long poles and
.dragged the wire out from under tho
dead horses to one side of tho street.
Another man telephoned to the ofllco of
the company about the broken wire and
the’eurrent was immediately shut off.
There wus only one passenger In the
car at the time and he was not injured..
Farmer’Graham says'.he will sue the
city for the loss of his horses.
Two Bang at Bask.
Rusk, Tex., Oct. 10.—John and "Wade
Felder, colored, were banged here for
murdering Yance Thompson on August
17,1820. They walked to the gallows
with unfaltering steps, and, while
standing on the trap, both said they
were confident of forgiveness. They
were pronounced dead fit ten mlnntes
after the trap fell .
Drank Poisoned Liquor.
Buroettstown, Pa., Oct. 10.—Three
hostlers at the connty. fair grounds
fonnd a bottle of liquor which had
been secreted. These three men almost
drained the bottle with the result that
Alex Chappell took convulsions and
died in two hoars and the others are
lying at the point of death. The liqnor
remaining in the bottle showed equal
arts of strychnine, whisky and aico-
tol.
The Russian Famine.
Moscow, Oct. 10.—The Gazette of
this city says that the snm of 20,003,000
roubles has already been expended by
the government in buying aeeil-corn for
the peasants of the famine-stricken dis
tricts and that 100,000,000 roubles will
be required to famish the starving
peasantry with bread.
An M.000 Verdict.
Atlanta, October 10.—THs after
noon at 2 o’clock the jury rendered a
verdict in the case of Mrs. H. M. Powell
vs. the Metropolitan Street Car Com
pany, a suit for personal Injuries.
The jury gave Mrs. Powell 28,000.
The case was handled for the plaintiff
by Mr. C. T. Ladson; Messrs. S. J.4T.
. Hammond represented the railroad.
The Jewish Passover.
To-morrow is the Jewish Passover,
and will be generally observed by the
Hebrews all over tbe country. Their
community Is small in this city, as com
pared with other more northern towns
of a like population, sod perhaps to oar
disadvantage, for they make good ci ti
me, peeeefol public-spirited aad law-
KILLED BV A WIRE.
JUDGE MADDOX HURT.
Be Refers to Sam Jons,' Accusation—
V- Noway.
Home, On., October 10.—Judge Mad
dox (llsclinigcd the grand jury this
morning nnd ns customary in their pre
sentments they commended his honor
very highly. In Jndgo Maddox's part
ing words to the jury be said:
Gentlemen: Your recommendation
does me no good. For the first time
during the live years I have been on the
bench I have been accused of Imposing
too light] a J fine, and - that charge has
been heralded in the p*e«s,* throughout
tbe atate of Georgia.
Tbe fines which Judgo Maddox alluded
to were those of several of Rome’s prom
inent young men who were found guilty
of playing cards. Tbe question as to
whether they played for money or not,
or merely forfnn and recreation,putting
up the money to stimulate the game and
then returning It, was a point that was
not definitely decided, therefore Judge
Maddox could not see under those cir
cumstances how he could well make
fines heavier.
Reckless Driving.
Atlanta, October 10.—Mrs. George
Sword of LawrenceviUe was run over By*
hack this morning and painfully hurt.'
She was at tho "corner of Peachtree -
and Wall streets, when a hack dashed
up suddenly and was upon her before
sbe knew it.
Sbo was thrown to the ground and
could not rise until assisted, nor worst
hurt waslon tho foot [and ankle. She
was carried to Dr. Nicholson's office,
where her Injuries were attended to.
The doctor pronounced them not
serious.
Tho hnckman.JTom Wright, was ar
rested. no admits driving too rapidly,
but says lie did so bccauso of orders
from those who hired him.
A Wealth of Flower*.
The conservatories of Mr. Geo. Stan
field, on Finn street, are surely a joy to
tho aesthetic eye. A perfect mass of
many-ltucd blooms, his green-houses are
visions of Paradise, and to tho ladies a
source of exquisite delight.
To Mr. Stanfield is due the credit of
being called the pioneer tlorist of Ameri-
cus. A few years ago he began culti
vating flowers through a love for the
pastime, and now bis collection has
grown beyond bis control. Ferns ot
every variety, begonias, geraniums,chrys
anthemums, fusebias, cacti and a
variety of the semi-tropical everg
Mr. Stanfield is prepared to tarnish to
bis patrons cut flowers, bedding plants
and bulbs, his supply at present being
above bis capacity. His camelias, of
every bne, will bloom in a few week*.
EplMopel eculccs.
Services will be held at the Lee
ehnreh this morning by Rev.
W.JLDy*. Mr, Dye is wsU-know* la
Americas, aad many outside ot the
KpUeoyel perish wlfl be glsd of “