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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1891.
NUMBER 102
Something For The
ROUGH ON HOEY.
HE GETS ‘•FIRED” BY THE ADAMS
EXPRESS COMPANY.
John Hoey Retired From the Presidency
of the Adams Express Company—Doey
Is Said to Be One of the “Poor Hun
dred** Indeed.
BRAND HEW SAFETY BICYCLE
TO BE GIVEN AWAY!
IT WONT COST YOU A PENNY!
To stimulate the traffic in our Boys’ and
Children’s Clothing department, I will give,
with every Boy’s or Child’s suit, between the
ages of 4 and 18 years, sold by us from the
1st ot October past, until
NEXT CHRISTMAS EVE,
when the fortunate one will be determined,
A TICKET, (non-transferable) entitling the
holder to one chance at a
BRAND NEW SAFER BICYCLE
TO BE GIVEN AWAY ABSOLUTELY FREE OF
ANY CHARGE WHATEVER!
All you have to do is to
BUY YOUR BOY’S SUIT FROM ME
and get a ticket. These tickets will be
numbered, and on Christmas Eve, numbers
corresponding with the tickets given away wil
be put in a box: then a committee of disinter- sort has been done in connection with
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!
Now a Word about our Famous Clothing Department
THE NAME OF
George D. Wfiealley
has become known far and wide as the
synonym of i
FINE CLOTHING AT FAIR PRICES!
Our stock was NEVER SO COMPLETE!
Our styles NEVER SO ELEGANT!
Our prices NEVER SO MODERATE!
And never sc great OUR ANXIETY TO PLEASE!
Our assortment of Boys’ and Children’s
Clothing begins with a neat WASH SATINET
TIT (wool filling) any size from 4 to 18 years,
AlI #1.25 Per Suit,
md includes all the finer materials, such as
^ASSIMERES, WORSTEDS, TRICOTS,
iERGE AND CHEVIOT Suits so desirable for
boys who are hard on clothes.” she found her _ husband], body,* with
Wishing you all “good luck” in the drawing,
* Your friend,
. Wheatley.
New Yoi:k, Oct. IS.—John Hoey, the
preoiden. i.f the Adams Express com
pany, has been removed from his posi
tion as president uud trustee by the
unanimous vote of a full board of man
agers.
Ur. Hoey was charged with malfeas
ance in office. Clapp Spooner, the vice
president of the company, tendered bis
resignation, which was uccepted.
The dismissal of President Hoey
the result of an investigation recently
completed by tho directors.
Ur. Hoey was accused of having
osed Ids influence to Becure the pur
chase by the Adams Express compauy
of the stock of the Boston Despatch
company, whereby he, Ur. Spooner and
Mr. K. A. Taft got $800,000 for stock.
That cost them hnt $100,000.
Ur Hoey 1ms been connected with
the compauy thirty years, beginning as
messenger. He is believed to be very
wealthy, and is noted for lavish hospi
tality at his Long Branch mansion.
A. It. CnMiln Dead.
Chicago, Oct. 18.-A. B. Cuvender,
• prominent member of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, has died
at hia home in this city, of pneumonia.
He was forty-five yean old, and waa
the first second grand chief of the
Botherhood. The Richmond conven
tion selected him to settle the famous
Chicago, Burlington and Qaincy strike,
after Arthur, Hose ana others had
failed, and he performed the task suc
cessfully in four days after undertaking
it. At that time Mr. Cavender was in
the employ of the Southern Pacific road,
at Oakland, CaL, bnt he afterward be
came connected with a railway supply
house, with headqnarten at Chicago.
After the settlement of the Bvrlington
•trike, he was prominently mentioned
as Chief Arthur's successor, bnt he
positively declined the honor.
CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES.
To annoy tho Great Lakes.
Washington, Oct. 18.—The governs
ment is about to begin the work of hy
drographic surveys for the preparation
of charts of the Great Lakes. While
lake navigation, the reason being that
the treaty which prohibits a naval es
tablishment on the lakes deprives the
now department of any active interest
in the lake navigation. In view of the
Importance of the lake commerce, it has
become very desirable to have charts
showing the currents, shoals and loca
tion of wrecks on the Great Lakes. The
weather Imrenu has sent Dr. tl. O. Pen-
rod to Cleveland to establish a hydro-
graphic office of this work.
Many Negro** Mangled.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 13.—At ,Ens-
ley City a car fixed up as a sleeping
apartment for laborers was standing on
a side track. In the car were six ne
groes and some blasting powder which
they had been using at tpelr work. ’ A
•park from a passing engine fell into
the car and into the powder, which ex
ploded with terrtflo force, shattering
be car and mangling all the negroee
except one. who escaped with a slight
burn. The following are the dead:
Bam Williams and John Jones. Orange
Humber and Trank Neilly are dying.
Boalufcr 1 ! Daughter*.
Paws. Oct. 18.—It Is announced that
the daughters of the late General Bou-
langer, who committed suicide Sept 80
by shooting himself through , the head
on the grave of hie mistress, in the
cemetery of Ixellee, near Brussels, will
contest four of the clauses of his will.
; t Is expected the legal proceeding* will
result in developing soma interesting
evidence regarding the dead man's in
ner political and private affairs.
May Be a Lons llnnla
Pittsburg, Oct 18.—Unices the rail
road coal miners'strike is settled witb-
ip • week a long straggle will begin.
Sixty of the largest operators have
signed on agreement to bold oat against
the advance for three years if necessary.
The operators say they will give the
strikers another week to return to work.
If they refuse, the tactics of the coke
operators will be adopted and foreign-
era imported.to start the mines.
Deveerad by Bis Owe Bogs.
Topixa, Kan., Oct. 18.—John Land,
fanner, who lived, seventeen miles
southeast of Topeka, went to bis feed
ing yards to tako care of his stock. As
ho did not retain for breakfast, bis wife
from forty to fifty hogs fighting over it
and tearing it to pieces. He bad prob
ably been dead halt an hour when the
body was found. ,
Dl«t •€ Hydro pHootau
Elizabeth, N. /., Oct. IS. —James
Steele, an 8-year-old boy. who, since
Thursday last was a hydrophobia pa
ttest at Elisabeth hospital, died at* “
o'clock a. m. He Wss delirious at times
and bad
•••hr*
Doinectlc and Foreign and of General
Internets
It is reported that the Parnellltca
will not torn: a coalition with tho Me-
Curthyitcs.
Salvador Malo, one of the promoters
of the Tehuantepec road in southern
Mexico, has gone to London for more
funds.
A London dispatch says that the
queen will raise to the peerage the
widow of Right Ho i. William Henry
Smith.
At Paris a man named De-maria has
beeu in-rested for cashing a finudulent
check for $lU,OU0 drawn on tue New
Oriental compauy of New York.
Gre.it preparations ure being made
by those at t..e head of the affair forthe
coming unveiling of the Grady monu
ment to occur Oct. 31 in Atlanta.
A Madrid dispatch says: The Epico
has an urticl- opposing ths proposed
connecting ot Gibraltar witu the Span
ish railway Bystem. The writer de
clares that it is the policy of Spain to
isolate Gibraltar to the utmost.
An Ottawa. Ontario, dispatch says:
The statement of the tiuiuico depart
ment for the fiscal year ended .Time 80,
shows that the revenue for the year
amounted to $88,518,007, and the ex
penditures $88,375,447, leaving a sur
plus of $3,337,005.
A Vienna dispatch says: A meeting
of merchants and mcnnfactnrera con
vened by the minister of commerce was
held here. They nnunimonsly approved
the formation of a government commis
sion to arrange for the due representa
tion of the country at the Chicago
World's Fair.
A Roanoke, Va., special says: Con
siderable interest is excited here by the
i.iicovery of a large vein of zinc glance
iu the mines at Bonsacks. The vein
was found in the ninety-foot level and
is nine leet wide, thirty teet deep and
extends indefinitely in line with the
main ore bodv.
At Boonville, Ind., all of the stables
and bnildiugs of the Warrick County
Fair association were burned to the
ground. . Nothing but a few smoulder
ing rains are left, and the loss will be
about $7,000. The fire .was of incen
diary origin and there was not a dol
lar of insurance.
Wm. F. Wiggins was arrested near
Charleston, W. Va., on a charge of
fotgery in New York city. The arrest
was made at a farm boose, where Wig
gins was visiting a young lady, to
whom ho was to be murried soon. He
Is in jail awaiting the couiiug of New
York officials to trite him back.
At Liverpool one Tom B.-own, diving
in Togteth district upset an ignited pe-
rqffiue lamp, and ho and his infant son
were burned to death. His wife, terror
stricken at the flames, frantically threw
her baby through a window, anil it was
dustied to pieces on the pavement be
low. She then Jumped throngh the
window herself, and though not killed
outright, died at the hospital.
A Champaign, Hie., special cays:
•booting affair occurred here between
13 and 1 o'clock a. in. on the corner of
Clark and Fourth streets, in which
Daniel Benner ehot and killed a man
named Vourhees and wounded another
named Crequc. The murderer is still
at large, hut tbs authorities have wired
to the neighboring towns for his appro*
bension.
At Yankton, 8. D.,' Judge White ren
dered u decision affecting the validity
of the' state banking law. He holds
that the law denying the bnsiuessof
discounting paper, buying exchange,
loaning money or receiving deposits to
private individuals and conferring these
rights exclusively on corporations is an
con*-,itmionnl. The state has appealed
to the supreme court. Hlionid the law
he sustained a great nnmber of private
bank* will be driven ont of. the state.
SUE OPENED FIRE.
TWO MEN ARE TAR0ET8 FOR AN
ALABAMA POSTMISTRESS.
A Woman Standing In Trout of Ike United
States Courthouse Fires Three Shots
Prom n Revolver at Two Men Whu Were
Only n Short Dletance From Bor.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 13.—A sensa
tional bnt bloodless street shooting oc
curred here in front ot the United
States court house. Mrs. Fannie Hoff-
), postmistress at Coalbarg, Mr.
T. Hill, the manager of the Sloes Iron
and Steel Co., and Deputy Marshal Scbo-
enfold, were standing in the street when
Mrs. Hoffman opened fire on them, fir
ing three shots.
She waa within three feet of the men
bnt none of the halls took effect. A po
lice arrested her and took the pistol
from her, hnt she immediately reached
into a large basket which she carried,
and drew another large gun.
She resisted arrest and created a sen
sation by yelling while being taken to
jail. She was afterwards released on
$300 bond.
Mrs. Hoffman has been regarded.se
eccentric for several days. The trial of
Hill and other prominent Coalberg citi
zens has been going on in the United
States court. Shehad them arrested on
the charge of .impeding her in the dis
charge of her duties as postmistress.
She says Schoenfield and Hill were con
spiring to defame her character, and
she tried to kill them.
ARGENTINE AND THE FAIR.
And a Fight Ensued.
Middlesborough, Ky..Oct. 18.—Con
siderable excitement prevaileJ at the
Middlesborough hotel, and especially
in room 101. Some weeks ago B. Spiro’s
warehouse was boned to the ground.
A complete settlement by the insnranoe
companies had not - been made, and on
Friday last Mr. James W. Powell, in
surance adjuster, from Lexington,
came to this city to Biaks teal settle
ment with Spiro. The two men were
in Powell’s room at the hotel discuss
ing the matter, Spiro wanting $8,000
fur his losses and Powell offering him
i (4,000. Finally Spiro, believing Powell
tad insinuated something distaste
ful, called him a bard name. A
fignt ensued. Spiro picked np the
•mall table, and wanted to brain Pow
ell, who dodged the blow, and finally
knocked Spiro down, punishing him
terribly. Powell was pnt under arrest,
and is obliged to remain in town, as
Spiro insists upon a trial by jury.
Fireman Bon Over by • Train.
Paris. Tern., Oct. 18.—Robt. Strange*
fireman on the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad, running between this
city and Bowling Green, Ky., was ran
over and killed in the yards of that
road in this city by engine No. 159.
Strange bad just gotten ont of bis
'ne, which was on a aide track,
_ had been talking to bis engineer,
when he turned to go to the depot.
He stepped on the main track, when
Engine 159, which woe on the main
track, hacked on him and then threw
him under the tender, which passed
over him. The back driving wheels of
the engine ran over his right arm at
the wrist and tore his left arm and
shoulder from his body, leaving his
left long exposed and bis head nearly
cut from his shoulders. His remains
were sent to his home in Bowling
Green, where his wife is very low.
Th. Republic Approdrlntes 0100,000 lo
Make an Exhibit at Chicago-
Washington, Oct. 18.—The Latin
American bureau of the World's Co
lumbian exposition reoeived informa
tion that the Argentine Tepublio had
appropriated $100,000 to pay the ex
pense of its representation at Chicago in
1898. This liberality wee unexpected
because of the financial depression in
that country, and indeed it was feared
that for motives of economy Argentine
would decide not to take part in the ex
position at all, bnt General Mancilla
the leader of the Liberal party in the
lower house of the Argentine congrees,
la advocating the appropriation ex
pressed the sentiments of the govern
ment and people when he saiu that,
"notwithstanding the financial embar
rassment of the country, it was imper
ative that the republic should he repre
sented. not only for the sake of t
ing her marvelous resources, bnt also
for reasons of another nature, reasons
of higher importance: reasons of Amer
ican policy and international gravity;
and because of a desire to express to
the United States their esteem, and a
sincere and reciprocal cordiality." The
appropriation Was ordered by a vote of
Invited to Visit Oalvrston.
Galveston, Oct ,18.—The chamber of
commerce sent a letter to Governor Al
vin P. Hovey of Indiana, inviting him
to visit this city. The chamber of com
ber of cuutmeroe is in receipt ot infor
mation that Governor Hover, accompa
nied by the state officials ana prominent
citizens of Indiana will leave Indianap
olis about Nov. 1, on a trip to the City
of Mexico, where they will be gnesta of
United States Minister Ryan. The i
ernor and party will go bv way c
Paso and return by way ot Laredo, San
Antonio and New Orleans. The invita
tion requests the governor and party to
spend a day or two in this city on the
return trip.
Accidentally shot Bis Blitcr.
Brooklyn, Oat. 18.—Elizabeth Lace,
18 year* old, was accidentally shot by
her brother Robert She will die. Lace
bad bad a row with two roughs in front
of hia house and bis sister bad been at
tracted to tho scene bv the noise. Lace
bad a pistol in hie hand, which exploded
just as the girl appeared. The bullet
strupk her below the heart and inflicted
a fatal wound. Lace, who was locked
up, has become insane, and constantly
raves about his sister. He hia also at
tempted suicide and is being closely
witched.
Judge Allen Fort leaves for Atlan
ta to-day to be sworn in at railroad com
missioner, to which office he was recent
ly appointed by the legislature. He will
probably be gone for several weeks, and
In tho meantime will become familiar
with the workings of the executive body
of which be Is now a member.
Judge Fort’s past publle record Is a
good and enffioient guarantee of a fu
ture performance of bis official duties
faithful alike to the public and to bis
reputation.
Off for America*.
To-day Dr. Tom Wilson, Mr. Howard
Curtis and Mr. George Clark, of the
Sagwa Company, leave for Americas
with their show, where they will locate
for awhile. They did a good business
here, gave some fine entertainments and
friends.—Columbus En-
An Uninteresting AflMr.
Miodlksbobocgb, Ky., Oct. 18.-
Tbe reported pitched battle, supposed
to have taken place at the close ot the
fair at Arthur, taw out to be a« a>U-
'^s^iSHuriJSUSt
TfIK LEGISLATURE.
i Leg-
H.ttar. of Interest Trammeled In tin
l.latnre Yesterday.
Atlanta, Ga,, October 13, 1891.—
The bill by Mr, Huff to cs abliah a
state normal school in connection with
the State Unlvereltjr at Athens, was
taken up and passed.
After the passing of Mr. null's bill,
senate bill* for first and second reading
were taken up. Tbit took up a consid
erable portion of the time for tho fore
noon.
A resolution was passed authorizing
the assistant attorney-general to employ
stenographer at a salary of $50 a
month.
A bill to provide for the probate of
foreign wills wss taken np and passed.
A motion was made Immediately after
the reading of the journal by Dr. Bald
win, to reconsider hie peddler’s bill.
There was an aye and nay vote taken,
and the motion was sustained.
The bill by Mr. Atkinson of Coweta,
to extend the powers of the railroad
commission to as to give them power
and authority to regnlate chargee of ex
press, sleeping car and telegraph com
panies for services rendered within tbto
state, came baok from 'the senate with
an amendment.
The senate amendment strikes ont
sleeping car companies, and it was con
curred In by tho borne.
Senate bill 1 by Mr. Smith, of tbo
twenty-eighth, providing that landlords
furnishing supplies, money, stock (mules
and horses) farming utensils or other
artloles of necessity to make crops, and
also all persons famishing clothing and
medlolno, supplies or provisions for the
support of families, shall secure them
selves from the crops, was taken up and
passed.
The garnishment bill was taken up
and tabled, and several other bills wore
tabled In quick succession.
Torellove the Commercial Alliance
Life Insurance company of New York.
To allow the consolidation of street
railroads.
To provide that administrators shall
be ex-officio county guardians, and shall
give a $5,000 bond.
This morning the senate took up the
report of the committee on the hill to
allow Inmates of tho asylum to write
letters without being inspected by the
superlnt< ndent of that institution. The
committee recommend that the hill do
not pass.
The report ot the committee was not
agreed to by a veto of 10 to 12, To
morrow the bill will come up on Its pass
age and the friends of tho bill think It
will pass.
A honso hill passed the senate to-day
allowing the governor to appoint acoun-
ty solicitor in every coonty where tbero
are county,eburts, provided two sticces-
■ive grand juries recommend tho ap-
ilntmcnt.
These bills pnssed:
A bill to provide for tho more efficient
organization of the stato troops and to
erect a permanent camp.
A bill to provide for the building of
justice of the peace court houses In each
militia district, If recommended by tho
grand jnrios.
A hill to incorporate tho Farmers’ and
Merchants' bank of Americas.
A bill to authorizo the railroad com
mission to Inspect railroad traeks and
bridges.
A bill to provido that no dlvoroe shall
be filed unless the party* filing it has
lived In the county in which is filed one
year.
A Hovel AmnMm.nL
Some of tho young people of Abbe*
vllle are Indulging In romantic starlight
promenades. Last Thursday night sev
eral young couples visited tho convidt
camp at the Ocmulgee brick works, a
half mile distant from the court house.—
Abbeville Timos.
The starlight promenades are all very
well, bnt to a casual observer It would
seem that the beautiful environments of
Abbeville might afford a more romantio
locality than the convict camp.
To a sentimental imagination, the
close proxmtty ot a prisoner incarcerat
ed for Log-stealing or chicken snatching
would eeom to prove a rather prosaic
adjunct to effective love-making. And
bricks! Yet as love Is generally sup
posed to laugh at locksmiths, it moat
probably eDjoys the perogative of a quiet
smile at tho other professions, even to
those monopolized by our menacled un
fortunates.
After all, when a couplo of young peo
ple want to be each with the other, a
small thing will furnish ample oxcose—
and why not 7
excitement prevailed, as fie shooting
eeswsal stoSTwtN aSl*"** ***
Red Men nt the Exposition.
Mr. Hsnrie Stanfield, ohief of records
the local Order of Red Men has re
ceived from the Red Men’s committee on
Invitation a request to be present at the
order’s celebration at the Piedmont la
in Atlanta. There will ha a
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order mubtiR It 1
of L5M be Atlanta ales
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