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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1891.
NUMBER 163
Something For The
THE STORM KING.
BRA® 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, l will give,
with every Bov’s or Child’s suit, between the
ages of 4 and 18 yeirs, sold by us from the
1st Pot 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 SAFETY 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 will
be put in a box; then a committee of disinter
ested citizens will draw out one of the numbers,
and the holder of Ihe ticket containing that
number, gets the
Brand New Safety Bicycle Free of Charge!
Now a Word about our Famous Clothing Department.
THE NAME OP
George D. Wheatley
has become known far and wide as the
synonym of
FIl CLOTHING £ FAIR UlOESl
Our stock was NEVER SO COMPLETE 1
Our styles NEVER SO ELEGANT!
Our prices NEVER SO MODERATE!
And never so great OUR ANXIETY TO PLEASE!
Our assortment of Boys’ and Children’s
othing begins with a neat WASH SATINET
SUIT (wool filling) any size from 4 to 18 years,
At ^1.1^5 Per Suit,
and includes all the finer materials, such as
CASSIMERES, WORSTEDS, TRICOTS,
SERGE AND CHEVIOT Suits so desirable for
“BOYS WHO ARE HkRD ON CLOTHES.”
Wishing you all “good luck” in the drawing,
boys, - .. ,, _ *• -
Your friend, "
HOLDING CARNIVAL OVER IRELAND
AND GREAT BRITAIN.
Hut VmmIi Are Wrecked on the Coasts—
Bonn. Damaged In Varlona Place In the
United Kingdom—Channel Boat! Unable
to Croat—Damage at Belentbnrg*
London, Oct. 14.—The furious gale
which hits been raging over all England,
Ireland, and the south of Scotland for
over twenty-four hours, and which has
already caused avast amount of damage
about the seaside towns, and which has
wrecked a large number of vessels, con
tinues in all its intensity.
Chimneys and tiles were carried ev
erywhere from the roofs of private
dwellings, and out-houses of wood
arashed down as if built of cards. Pe-
lestrianism during the height of the
storm was utterly impossible, and traf
Sc by rail or water was almost brought
to a stand still.
At Falkstone, one of the great land
ing places the trans-channel steamers,
throughout the night a sea swept a
great pier witty immense waves carry'
ing away all the lighter portions of
the structure and threatening to wrench
away its most powerful supports. The
light house at ite extremity was deluged
by angry wnters and it was even feared
that it might be swept from its found
ations.
The channel passenger boats were
unable to cross at night, and to those
who know weather theee vessels ven
ture out fn, this gives some idea of
the severity of the storm which pre
vailed.
At Helensburg, a watering place on
the Firth of Clude, at the entrance of
Gareloch, near Dumbarton, Scotland,
fishing and other bouts which have been
drawn up on tlie beach ut the first ap
proach of the gale were carried along
by the furious waves which poured into
the streets, flooding houses and driving
the iumates from tliuir homes, many es
caping through windows, so little warn
ing was given of the inundation.
MOONSHINERS ARRESTED.
Clothing begins with a neat WASH SATINET five years' experience *waa repealed bv
the new law. He declares that the al
legations in tlie bill in reference to Ids
report on tlie Bricoville mines, injuring
relator, is impertinent, but if it did in
jure the relator it was the truth of tho
report that did it, and that in
ing said report ho had this aii
assistant commissioner, a miner of long
experience.
* National Bank, urgsalaeZ
Wabh:noton, Oot. 14.—The controller
4 curreuoy'a report will show that from
October 1, l#*, to September SO, 1891,
there were SI national backs organised
with a capital of *88,400,000. Last year
the total number of banks organised
W»c SOT, with a capital of |K>,150,000.
Ttyia show* a big reUing oS, and .asms
toindicate that the national banking.
Syfcten is losing ground.
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Olawjow, Ky., Oot. 14,— James R.
Stafford was cop vie tad in the circuit
court hereof'horse stealing, and given
sight years in the penitentiary. Slaf
S I was captured In Hartoville, Tens.,
t cue roar ago. aad has been is jail
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Illegal Distilleries Torn Up and Six
Violators Caught.
Jonesboro. Ga., Oct. 14.—The reve
nue men made • quite a successful raid
in the county, and, as a result, three
illegal distilleries have been torn up
and six violators of the revenue laws
taken to Atlanta under the escort of
Uncle Sam’s offices.
It seems that information had been
received at the deputy collector’s office
in Atlanta that Clayton county was in
fected with moonshiners, and a party
of officers came down to tyunt them up.
They at once spied evidences of moon
shiners work, and kept a close watch
for a short while, when they were re
warded by seeing, an old negro driving
a team into the woods.
On following him, they found the
place where the corn juice was being
made. After captnring him they se
cured enough information to warrant
further search, and they soon succeeded
in finding two more distilldries and ar
resting quite a squad of violators.
Those arrested are ftnfus Johnson and
his tw6 sons. Biffin and Clarence, and
his brother-in-law McKinley jand the
two negroes, Simon and Bob P. Turnip-
seed.
Th» Famine - fttrickan People#
St. Petersburo, Oct. 14.—Rev. Mr.
Francis of the Anglo-American church
is this city, has returned here from the
famine-stricken districts of the govern
ments of Tambnloff, Nipl-Novgorod and
Kosan. Mr. Francis gives a most dis
tressing account of the misery he wit
nessed in thoee places, and says that he
was much touched with the Christian
resignation of the peasants, and with
the noble effort* made by the landlords
to alleviate the suffering of the peasant-
a Mr. Francis has made an appeal to
parisbionet* atfl to their compatri
ots to subscribe in a manner to show
that their offering are worthy the re
sponse to the Russian offerings made
during the great Irish famine. .
CommlMloner Ford's Answer.
Nashville, OcL 14.—The answer of
George W. Ford, state labor commis
sioner, to the bill filed by J. E. Good
win, sub-lessee ot convicts at Briceville,
in which Goodndn seeks to havs Ford
removed from offioe by quo warranto
proceedings has been filed. Ford al
leges that the requirement of the old
CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES.
DM10111. autl Foreign amt of Ueneml
lnt.i-.it.
A dispatch from Alexandria, Va.,
says that General Lee’s toaditiou is uot
quite so favorable.
Dr. Joseph Benson of-Casper, Wyo.,
while couiinod in the county jail. Bet
fire to the building and was burued to
death.
The Florida Horticultural society has
asked for three acres in which to show
an orange grove and make a fruit dis
play at the World’s fair.
A London dispatch says that the
British Bteiuner Norwegian, which ar
rived at Glusgow from Montreal, had
on board the crew of tiie British steam
er Devonshire, from Barrow, Sept. 80,
for New York, which was abandoned
550 miles west of Tory island.
The alieu land law got another blaok
eye in Dallas, Tex. The forty-fourth
judicial court decided that the plaintiff
conld not evade the payment of a land-
secured note held by an alien company
on numerous substantial grounds. Tho
result of the cases carried to court thus
far are very gratifying.
A New York special says: The dead
body of a pretty little girl about 10
years old, was washed up on the beach
ut Bedloe'e Island, and discovered by
the sentinel patroling the east walk.
Her throat was cut nearly from ear to
ear. The body appeared to have been
in the water several days..
IN A TYPHOON.
A BARK IS,WRECKED AND ALL ON
BOARD ARE LOST.
The Wreck of the Baik Arch as, of Hew
Chwanc— 1 Two Europeans end e Lot of
Chinamen Drowned—Escape of Fourteen
Railway Convicts.
Did Hot Want tO'Live*
Yesterday afternoon a negro carpenter
named Henry Brown obtained through
tome one else about twenty grains of
morphine, and then had another negro
to get about twenty-five more grains for
him. He then put the one dose In a glass
of water and the other In a glass 8f
whisky, whilst doing which he stood
with an open razor In his hand and
frightened those around from interfering
with him. The fellow sneoeeded InTiis
intention so faros to drink both glasses
of the stuff, after whloh he looked him
self Id a room and threw himself on a
bed. In about thirty minutes after he
had done so, those who saw wbathe had
done summoned courage enough to call
a doctor. As soon as Dr. Winchester
arrived and learned wbat bad been done,
he broke open the door of the room with
an axe and found the man lying on a bed
face-downward and in a perfeotly re
laxed condition, but the doctor used his
macty-pump vigorously and in a short
ille extracted everything that bad not
been absorbed. Under the doctor's
treatment Brown recovered sufficiently
to walk up town with him. Upon being
questioned as to lii. motive for trying to
do away with himself, he replied that be
had had a difficulty with bis wife and
did not care to live any longer.
The Wonderful Herrmann,
The wonderful Herrmann, aided by
Mme. Herrmann, will be seen' at the
opera house on Monday evening, Octo
ber 19. He is beyond question the
greatest of living necromancers and sor
cerers,' and his performances are among
the most interesting offered oUr theatre
goers dnring the season. This year
Herrmann has an entirely new enter
tainment, and he will produee several
startling novelties In the way of illusions
of bis own Invention and production'
One of these is the famous “Strobelka ”
The story of the trick is rather roman
tic. It telle of the escape from a Russian
torture chamber of a condemned officer
of the gnard, the escape being accom
plished by the substitution of the offi
cor’e sweetheart He will also Intro
duce the famous oriental fakir, Abdul
Herrmann's illusion known as
"New Black Art," “Florins, Child of
the Air,” ‘‘ASlave Girl’s Dream,” and
other interesting novelties.,
;«? / Give America, a Show.
From the Atlanta Journal of yester
day we clip the following:
"The railroad commission this morn
ing ordered the Richmond Terminal
Company to bnild three new depots on
the Central railroad. One at Shellman,
one at Perry and another at Forsyth."
Here are three new depot* to be built
by |the Central railroad) at points of
comparative insignificance and one of
them at least, Forsyth hss already
depot accommodations superior to
Americus.
The railroad authorities should be
forced to supply us with facilities at
least in fair keeping > with the great
amonnt of business they transact from
and to this point.
Vancouver, B. C., Oot; 14.—Japanese
exchanges received by the “Empress of
China," which arrived here, relate the
following:
September 14.—The barqne Arches
of New Chwang, laden with beans, was
totally wrecked by a typhoon at the
entrance of Nasgaski harbor. All on
board perished. The crow was Chinese,
except the captain and officers, who
were Europeans.
Ar Viadivo stocks, Sept, to, sixteen
Russian convicts who were walking on
the new railway, .attempted to escape.
Two were shot down, bat fourteen got
away. These killed three inn^tes of a
farm house to obtain clothing. A
French officer was killed for the same
reason, and a Russian band master re
turning from the funeral of an officer,
was also killed and his body stripped.
At latest acconnts'none of the convicts
had boen recaptured.
GYPSY CHIEF’S SON DIES.
An Enjoyable Party.
Miss Hattie A. Clark gave to her
frlanda last evening an onjoyablo birth
[night party at her homo at No. 113
Prince stree). Miss Clarke appeared In
a lovely tea gown of canary cashmere
with china silk trimmings, and as hos
tess won the hearts of her many guests.
Refreshments of the most dainty and
ornate character were served at 11
o'clock, and the guests disbanded at
twelve after a few hours of nnsurpassed
social pleasure.
A Well Merited Gift.
A list was being carried around yester
day to raise a fund -to donate a now hat
to the chairman of the street committee
of the rlty council a* a toailueutoluf tho
ItlghapprjsdatfoMhxg ttye cjtijpna fell
at the elegant condition ot the Lamar
street sidewalk in front of Schmidt’s
Beading room.
The Funeral Ceremonies to Oeeur Next
Spring at Dayton.
Memphis! Oct. 14.—Henry Harrison,
a son of Isaac Harrison, one of the gypsy
chiefs whose headquarters are located
at Dayton, O., died at a boarding honse
in this city of typhoid fever. His father
and several other members of the tribe
were with him during his last illness,
having bronght him over from Arkan
sas for medical treatment. The body
will be shipped to Dayton and there
placed in a tomb to remuin nntil spring,
when the tribes Will gatber fur thi
funeral. All the furniture in the room
in which the young man died has Iwen
based by his father and will be
ted ou the day of the funeral, ac
cording to the gypsy custom, us well
as bis wagon and all his personal bo-
longiugs.
Worn an Burned to Denth.
Wabash. Ind., Oct. 14.—Tho wife of
John D. Martin, a merchant at Pleas-
antvlew, near Wabash, was burned to
death. Her bnsband was jn the store
at the time, and was attracted to the
house by the screams of his wife. She
was lying npon the floor, her clothing
burned entirely off, and was utterly un
able to speak, so horribly was she burn
ed. She lived in awfnl agony for nine
hours before death arrived. Her aunt,
Mrs. Hedger, was burned to death in
much the same way three years ago.
Mrs. Martin was about 25 years old,
and leaves a bnsband and two children.
He la a Double Murderer.
Champaign, Ills., Oct. 14.—Tho fact
has developed that Daniel Renner of
Tnscola, Ills., is a' donble murderer.
While a coroner’s jnry was holding an
inquest over the remains of Ropal Voor-
hees of Ladoga, Ind., who was killed
Saturday night by Renner, Robert
Crrqne of Crawfordsville. Ind., died
from another pistol shot fired by Ren
ner in the affray iu which Voorhees
was killed. Renner has been held to
the grand jury without bail.
A Kentucky Belle.
Frankfort, Oct. 14.—Bowman Ad
ams, colored, of Louisville, who was
employed in the cloak-room of the late
convention, and who received |791
from the state, as The Capital has it,
for carrying a cigar box to and from
the saloons, present si the cigar box to
the State Historical society as a relic of
the making of the oonstftntlon worth
preservation by the state. It should
be labeled, "The bar of the conven
tion. * ■
Tbs Nebraska Sensation.
Omaha, Oct. 14.—The preliminary
hearing of the fifteen lynchers charged
with the murder of Coe, the negro fiend,
was postponed nntil next Monday. All
the men have been released on bail ex
cept three men who have apparently
no friends. It is announced by the
***** ” ’*
posh the cases for all they are worth.
Competitive DrtlL
The Americus Light Infantry held a
meeting in the city ball last night and
transacted business of interest to the
company. It was decided to hold-a fair
on the 24th of November, continuing
through the week for the purpose of
fnrnisbing armory. The company now
holds semi-monthly meetings, and at
their next meeting, which will boon
Tuesday night 28tb, there will be a com
petitive drill for the elegant silver ser
vice offered to the best drilled man by
James Fricker 4 Bro.
EPISCOPALIAN.
Special Consecration of Bishop Brooks at
Boston*
Boston, October 14.—[Special]—The
consecration of Rev. Dr. Philip Brooks
as bishop of Massachusetts, which took
place to-day In Trinity church, was one
of the most remarkable events in the
history of tho Episcopal Church of this
country. The boremony was the occa-
■ion ot a meeting of the largest and
most roprmentative body of divines ever
held in this city. The Right Rev. John
Williams, D. D., L.L. D., bishop of Con
necticut and presiding bishop, was the
consecrator. Bishops Clarko of Rhode
Island and Whipple of Minnesota were
the presbyters, and the sermon was de
livered by Bishop Henry C, Potter of
New York, *The two clerical brothers
of the bishop-elect—the Rev. Arthur
Brooksj rector of the Church of the In
carnation, of New York 'city, and Rev.
John Colton Brooks, rector of Christ
ohuroh, Springfield—were the attending
presbyters. Dr. Brooks’ olectlon to the
Episcopate was not secured without a
struggle. A fierce fight was mado
against him by a small bnt powerful
clique in bis own denomination, and it
appeared at one time os it they would
accomplish his defeat Dnring tho heat
of the oontost they said many things of
the new bishop whloh now they would
willingly forget.
Bishop Brooks has long beon known
i the best pnlplt orator of the Low
Cbureh Episcopalians In America. Ho
was born in this city in 1835, ot an old
New England family, being' one of six
brothers, four of whom bocamo honored
ministers of the Episcopal church. He
graduated at Harvard College In 1835,
stndied theology In Alexandria, Va.,
was ordained in 1859, and became rector
of Chnrch of the Adventln Philadelphia.
In 1872 he took oharge ot the Chnrch of
the Holy Trinity In that city and in
1879 he acoepted his present charge, and
was made rootor of Trinity Church In
this city. He is noted for bis “low
churoh" view*, and he has often
preoohed In ohurcbes of other denomi
nations. He ie a brilliant pulpit orator
and possess* a very [rapid delivery. Since
ho became rector of Trinity Church ho
has declined many calls elsewhere,
among tliem a professorship at Harvard
and tho office of assistant bishop of
Pennsylvania, to which ho was elected
In 1888. His present church edifice was
built for him at a cost of 81,000,000. -
PERSONAL PAIIAGRAPHS.
Teachers Examination.
An examination was held yesterday by
Prof. Bizlen, Superintendent of public
schools, for the purpose of appointing
eligible* to fill the two vacancies now to
be supplied In the College Hill high
school. Many ladles Were examined
and the number of certificates given was
large. The application* for the two va
cancies will be acted upon by the next
meeting of the Board of Ednoation.
Lent night at 830 o’clock at the resi
dence of Mr. J. C. Coppsge, on 1 Priaw
street, Mr George Middleton to Kin Ida
V. Coppaga, Rev. Dr. Boring ofldaHag.
Movement! In the Social and Business
Circles of Americus,
Mr. Will Allen has returned to his
first love, and hereafter will be found
smiling bohind the oonnter of Wheatley
& Ansley’s dry goods emporium.
Will Hornady, formerly with John R,
Shaw, has taken a position with Wheat-
ley 4 Ansiey, and will be glad to see his
many friends.
Col. W. A. Dodson returned lost night
from EllavUle, where he has beon at
tending Schley court.
Dr. C. Jowors of the Plains was .in tho
city yesterday on business. It is said
that one of Americus' fairest young la
dles was delighted with the bandsomo
doctor’s eall.
Mr. J. 6. McDonald of The Times-
Recorder office yesterday received ano-
tlce informing him of bis eligibility to
the printers' contest to he bad at the
the Piedmont exposition in Atlanta, and
left this morning to enter himself as an
aspirant to the prizes offered. As a
typo Mr. McDonald has few superiors,
and bis staying qualities will be sure to
tell in the coming triaL
The Macon Fair.
The Southwestern Is certainly getting
In shape to handle acrowd during expo
sition week. Eight of the best coaches
in the service ore being thoroughly over
hauled and repaired, and thoy will be
pnt on the special train to ran In daily
from Cuthbert. Those coo'-' oa will com
fortably accofhmodato jL, passongers,
and they are being put in a condition to
haul their full capacity. The train will
be all ready to go down to Cuthbort
Sunday week.
This will afford ample facilities for
oar people to go to Macon, amino doubt
the usual big crowds will visit tbo Cen
tral City during tho coming fair. There
seems to bo no duubtllur Macon will
make extraordinary exertions to trike
this oervifo- Siipa*. nLj pluvious exhi
bition hold under tbo auspices of the
Stato Agricultural Society, os the city 1s
now on her mottle to make this such a
Buccess as will leave the comparison a
decidedly favorable one in for Hrcon.
The German Laet Night,
The German last night at the rooms of
the Americus Club was well attended
proved enjoyable to the last dogree.
A few of she yonag ladies bad bent
their IvitrM e-.rr^:; a
decoration of the spacious *|nui.uieuut
and the effect when viewed beneath the
light ot clutter ehaadetiera was beetui-
fnl in tbef extreme. Tiw aiUUta 'a
tod by Mr. U. ft FtswvWiiHM. B.
CUis sad was continued until the regu
lar eloeiag hour, 1 o’clock.
