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americus times-recorder.
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1891.
NUMBER 1G8
Something For The Boys
A BURNING WELL.
BRAND NEW SAFETY BICYCLE
TO BE GIVEN AWAY!
IT WONT COST YOU A PENNY
To stimulate the traffic in our Boys’ and
Children’s Clothing department, 1 will give
with every Boy’s or Child’s suit, between the
ages of 4 and 18 years, sold by us from the
1st f 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 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 wil
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
Braid Nev Safety Bicycle Free of Charge!
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 AT FAIR PRICES!
Our stock was NEVER SO COMPLETE!
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
Clothing begins with a neat WASH SATINET
SUIT (wool filling) any size from 4 to 18 years,
#1.25 Per JSuit, f
and includes all the finer materials, such as
CASSIMERES, WORSTEDS, TRICOTS,
SERGE AND CHEVIOT Suite so desirable for
“BOYS WHO ARE HARD ON CLOTHES.”
Wishing you all “good luck” in the drawing,
boys,*
Your friend,
A REMARKABLE PHENOMENON DIE
COVERED IN KENTUCKY.
The Greet Wonder Flee MUe. East of Crab
Orchard, and How It Came to Be Known—
Hundred, of People Visiting the Re*
markable Discovery.
Crab Orchard,Oct. 20.—Whut prom
ises to be as great a wonder as the Talk
ing Oak of Dodona, lias recently been
discovered on the lands of a poor farmer
living five miles east of here, near the
Rockcastle county line. It is a well,
the clear, limpid, drinkable waters ol
which are inflamable as naphtha. The
natives call it the burning welt. It is
about fifteen feet deep, extending down
through a strata of slate rock. It con
tains a wooden pnmp-stock, and tho
water, as it comes cold and sparkling
from the depths of the well, lias no
more odor of gas about it than pure
Kentucky Bourbon whisky.
It lias a slight mineral taste, and is
exceedingly pleassnt to drink, yet a
dipperful of it coming in contact with
flame will take at once, blazing up like
gnnpowder. Its discovery, if the na
tives say true, was rather remarkable.
A party of excursionists from the
springs here went ont in that section in
quest of ferns, fossils and the like. On
their return they spied the well and
stopped to get some water. An old
lady, living hard by, brought a bucket
and filled it with the refreshing fluid
for the thirsty ramblers, and after each
had drank she ponred the remainder on
the ground near the well. Just at this
instaut a young dude of the party lit a
cigarette and threw the match heed
lessly to the ground. It chanced to
fall into the poured ont water, which
took fire and flushed up' instantane
ously, amazing and frightening the
whole party.
At the suggestion of one of the oil-
lookers, more water was drawn and, to
the wonder of all, it took fire us readily
as an explosive, scorching the face and
eyebrows of the rash experimenter who
held the match. The old lady’s family
has for years been using water out of
the well, perfectly ignorunt of its con
taining fiery qualities. What adds to
the strangeness of the phenomenon is
that there is no mineral depoeits any
mikTaA h^ve'visited 0 this burning *£“
burning well and drank as well as tested Jrekr and our* haa been tho largest
WASHINGTON.
the inflamability of its waters. Its dis
covery adds another celebrity to the
nnmerons wonders for which Kentucky
is famed the world over.
HEIRESS TO EIGHT MILLIONS.
.Mrs. Anui A. Dodge Goes from tin
Poor Mouse to Fortune.
Butte, Mont., Oct. 20.—Mrs. Ann A,
Dodge, an inmate of the poor house of
this city, and aged 80 years, has re
ceived notice that she is heiress to at
estate worth |8,000,000. Her greatJ
grandfather, on her mother's side,
owned a vast estate near London. His
oldest son removed to America, settling
and marrying in Virginia. Two chil
dren, William and Annie, were bom of
this marriage, the latter being the
mother of Mrs. Dodge. Their mother
died and t^y moved to Kentucky,
where Annie married William Cole-
n. The parents died forty years
ago, leaving Mrs. Dodge and a sister.
They moved to Missouri, where Mrs.
Dodge's husband died twenty yean
ago.
Five years ago an article appeared in
an English paper telling of the estate
and the lost heirs, and the fact that tha
estate was in the hands of the public
administrator. Mn. Dodge laid the
case before a relative named Ross, re
cently of Minneapolis, and he went to
London to investigate tho matter. He
returned an encouraging lector, bnt
since then nothing was heard from him
and it is not known whether he haa pot
the matters in the hands of her nephew,
William T. Coleman, a wealthy canning
manufacturer of San Francisco or not.
Meanwhile she came to Bntte to visit
her daughter, Mrs. Charles Ragsdale.
She was taken sick, and accommoda
tions not being good at the miner’s
cabin she was removed to the poor
house. She has now received letters
confirming her right to the estate, and
has forwarded letters and documents,
the family Bible, etc., to prove her
claim.
A Letter From the National Capital Con
1 eernlnc tho Political Outlook.
Washington, October 20.—Itepresen
tative Mills and Crisp, the two candi
dates for the speakership of the house
who are by general acknowledgement
the leaders in the race, and one of whom
will, barring unexpected developments,
be given the ooveted honor of presiding
over the next bouse of representatives,
while the other will lead the party on
the floor, both happened to be in town
at the same time last week, and every
body waa on the lookout for news of
tlieii speakership prospects, but both of
the gentlemen are apparently more In
terested In the several state campaigns
hoW'going on than in their own. The
speakership campaign will really not be
gin in earnest until after the state elec
tions, because no considerable number
lOf representatives will be in Washington
until then.
The Italian chamber of commerce of
New York city has for a long time, in
fact ever since the passage by congress
of the meat Inspection act, been at work
trying to convince the Italian govern,
ment of the wisdom of removing the re
strictions which it had, in common with
other continental nations of Europe,
placed upon the importation of Ameri-
can pork. This week M. L. Contencin,
the president of the chamber of Com.
morce, came to Washington to announce
that tho effort# had been succesaful, and
that the Italian government would short
ly repeal the restrictions. Straightaway
there was a concerted yell from the ad
ministration crowd about "the great dip
lomatic triumph achieved by the admin
istration through Minister Porter.”
Diplomatic fiddlesticks. There are,
striotly speaking, no diplomatic relations
between Italy and this country, Italy
has bad no minister here since the New
Orleans incident. Whatever "triumph'
there is in about thU pork business is
entirely commercial and belongs to the
organization of Italian merchants in New
York city, and not to the administration.
Here is another instanoe of the ad
ministration trying to claim oredit to
which it is not entided. By the inscru
table will of Providence, Germany's
grain crop was almost a complete failure
Steel* Snld to Me Selected.
Washington, Oct. 20.—The old and I
thread-hare rumor that General Raura,
commissioner of pension, has resigned,
is flying about again, bnt, as nsnal, is
received by Ranm with an emphatic de
nial. There ie no donbt, however, that
Ranm is slated to *6, and that bis re
tirement is only deferred until after the
November elections to save the Repub
licans the embarrassment of having to
explain the old pension office scandals
in the face of the pending campaign*.
It s* generally believed here hero that
the president has already selected Mr.
Baum's successor, and that he will be
ex-Congresamsn Steele of Indiana, who
is now the governor of the new territory
of Oklahoma. Should this prognostic*-
tion prove true, tome hitter things can
and will be said of the new appointee,
aa Governor Steele’s skirts hare on sev
eral occasions trailed close to the mad.
Tk.r Will Meet MaseceOe.
Cincinnati, Oct. SO.—Dr. Francis
Rivers and Signor Carlas Del Bio, late
of the military staff of President Bat-
maced a of Chili, arrived here on roots
for New; York. Neither could speak a
word of English. They had ittth than
Louie Bloch, of California, an inter
preter. 1 Through hhnshey said Ba!ma
ced* was not dead, all reports to the
contrary notwithstanding; that they
expected to meet him either in New
Tech or in Bsrope.
for years. The German officials, casting
about for some method to cheapen
American grain to German consumers,
thought of removing the duty on Amer
ican wheat, and it ia now announced as
another "great diplomatic triumph for
the administration,” which la to be
credited to "reciprocity,” the Germans
allowing our wheat to oomo in free In
return for admitting our beet-sugar free.
Their beet-sugar has been admitted free
ever since the sugar schedule of the
McKinley tariff bill went Into effect
Senator Sherman ie said to have cap
tured the vaeaney on the bench of the
court of claims for his man, ex-Repre-
sentatlve Thompson, of Ohio.
A delegation of prominent Tennessee
ans were hero this week to ask Mr. Har
rison to promote United States Distriot
Judge E. 8. Hammond,-of the West Ten
nessee distriot, to the bench of the new
circuit court.
Secretary Blaine’s man, Joseph H.
Manley, was here this week, and it Is
believed that be brought a confidential
verbal message to Mr. Harrison.
Mr. Harrison has succeeded tn corral
ling Fred Dongles, who, since he was
kicked out of the Haytlan mission, has
shown a disposition to use whatever in
fluence he possesses with ty* negroes of
the country against Mr. Harrison. Not
only has Mr. Harrison gotten a flat-
footed public avowal of support from
Mr. Douglas, but he is also supposed to
have been at the bottom of tho slur
which Douglas made in a speech here
this week upon Secretary Blaine and hit
management of the unfortuuate Mole St.
Nicholas matter.' Douglas claims to
have document# In bis possession that
would, If published, show the Depart*
ment of State in a very different light
from that in which it ie now viewed.
Mr. Harrison may be the warm friend of
Secretary Blaine that he professes to be,
but it Is nevertheless a fact that Mr,
Harrison's friends Invariably, when say
ing in public something nice about him,
add something either directly or by Im
plication derogatory to Mr. Blaine.
Representative Mills, who made nine
teen speeches tn Ohio, la now retting in
this city, preparatory to taking part in
the campaign In Massachusetts, where
he it nnder engagement to make tlx or
eight speeches. Mr. Mills reports Gov.
Campbell’s prospects as growing better
every day. Speaking of his speeches on
the free coicage of (liver, Mr. Mills laid:
“I am convinced that the beat interests
of tho party demand that tariff reform
shall be made the principal isane in the
present fight, and at nothing practical
oaa be aooompllshed lathe way of sil
ver legislation, during the next congreee,
there ia no use to agitate the eubjeet
now.'
HAS DISSOLVED.
THE GREAT ECUMENICAL. CONFER
ENCE COMES TO AN END
Bishop E. B. Hendrix of tho M. E. Church
South Delivers an Address—Several other
Speeches Made—Lady Henry Someraett
Speaks In the Evening.
Washington. Oct. 20.—'rhe great
ecumenical conference has dissolved.
Several ad'li-esae* were made on the
E. R. HENDRIX,
closing day. Among others, one was
delivered by Bishop E. R. Hendrix, of
the Methodist Episcopal chnrch south.
In the evening Lady Henry Somersett,
a woman who has done mnch for the
elevation of humanity, delivered an
address. This meeting practically
ended the exercises of the convention,
and was one of the greatest of the,kind
ever herd in this country. Lady Somer-
rett is the. president of the British
Women’s Temperance association and
vice-president of the World’s Women's
Temperance union. She is s very
effective speaker.
GOVERNOR HILL AND PARTY.
Heralded l>y the Booming of Cannon,
They Arrlvo In Atlanta.
Atlanta, Oct. 20.—Heralded by the
booming of cannon and greeted amid
deafening cheering, Governor Hill jmd
party arrived in this city. A special
train with committee of the Grady
Monument association and Young
Men’s Democratic league met the dis
tinguished guests several miles from
Atlanta and escorted them into the
onion depot. By the time the vestibule
train had rolled into the shed thousands
of people had gathered to join in the
ronsing reception—and such it was.
The governor of Georgia and the state
house officials, a delegation of promi
nent citisen* and representatives from
the labor organizations were among
those who welcomed the Democratic
governor of the empire state to the
great southern city. The party arrived
in Atlanta at 4 o’clock, p. m. After the
demonstrations at the depot, the dis
tinguished guest* were driven to the
Kimball house.
Governor and Mrs. Nortben tendered
a public reception in honor of Governor
Hill and party in the evening. From
half-past 8 o’clock until half-past 11
o'clock, the mansion was ablaze with
•octal glory. All Atlanta turned ont to
greet her gneate. Many people were
there from all parte of Georgia and the
loutb, and the affair was in every wav
worthy of the oocation.
Ha Waa Too Quick (nr Him.
Mcuphis, Oct. 20.—Henry Kinney, a
farmer living near Hollywood, Miss., a
station on the Louisville, New Orleans
and Texas railroad, 84 miles south of
Memphis, killed A. F. Smith, overseer
ot the Estes and Keeeee plantation.
Tha tragedy occurred in Roach Sc Co.’*
store at Hollywood. There was a crowd
in the store and everybody was drink
ing. Smith became involved in a row
with Felix Kinney, a brother of Henry,
and was knocked down with a beer
bottle by Felix. A few momenta later
he left the store. An honr later be re
turned. carrying a Winchester rifle in
his left band and a revolver in his right.
Henry Kinney, who was standing in
the rear of the store, seized a Winches
ter rifle as Smith entered and fired three
saots at him. He fell dead with two
shots thron-rh his heart and one through
his right lung. The Kinneys were ar
rested and carried to Tunica, where
they gave bond for their appearauce.
SHE WAS ROBBED
Of Money Scot by Her Mother to Carry
Her to tho Old Home,
Atlanta, October 20 —Hlnoie Lee,
freokled, fat and forty, who is proprie
tress of a disreputable house on Collins
street, ocouples cell No. 1, the parlor
cell at the stationhouse.
She It charged with robbing a young
woman of 110, and doesn’t deny It.
This young woman goes under the
name of Pearl Taylor, and 1b at the sta
tionhouse to appear as a witness this af
ternoon.
She tells a story of peculiar pathos,
and, although not a beauty, it fair look
ing, and her manner shows was once,
not so long ago, an honest, industrious
girl.
She states that three weeks ago she
entered Minnie Lee’s house. Two years
ago, at her home New Iberia, Louisiana,
she married John Hewlett. She waa
then only sixteen years old. She wont
with him to New Orleans, and there ho
enlisted In the United States army.
On the 27tb day of last July the couple
came to Atlanta and put up at the Gate
City hotel. - He deserted her soon after
ward and left her upon her own resour
ces. She becamo chambermaid at the
hotel to try to earn enough money to get
baek home.
It was a failure, and three week* ago-
ahe yielded and went to Minnie Leo'a to
stay until the eonld get enough money
to buy a ticket home. •'
Yesterday she received $10 from her
mother and mentioned the fact that she
was going home.
The Lee woman took it from her, tell
ing her that the would give it to her in
afowminntes. Afforwards when she
asked for |t she would not give it up,
and’sald she was going to keep It.
On this account, the young woman,
adds, she had her arrested to-day.
The woman accused of taking the
money wonld neither affirm or deny the-
statement. The ofllcers are sore ahe
will go up for it.
The accuser will leave for her home as
soon at possible after the trial.
FIRE I FIRE! I
9*s.vm,o*«.
Bibmixoham, Ala., October 20,—The
labame elate fair opened here this
mofnlsg. Governor Jonas nade the
opening speech. Larne crowd* ere in
attendance, end the exhibits very cred
itable.
The Gen Went OK
Cattlesburo, Ky., Oct. 20.—Ben O’
Brien accidentally shot himself in the
breast while attempting to hit • drunk
en fellow with the bntt of his gun. Mr,
O’Brien was engaged in the saloon busi
ness near South Point, O. He and bis
brother were ont shooting, when two
men from West Virginia came np and,
insisted on having something to drink.
On being refused by O’Brien they at
once chowed fight, when O’Brien struck
one of them with tho bntt af his gan,
causing the gnn ta go off. the bullet
penetrating bis breast. He baa died.
This I* the Cry In Brunswick by the Sea—
A Bias* In the Atkinson Block.
Brunswick, Ga., October 20.—A very
disastrous fire broke Out in the Atkinson
block to-day.
At this moment the fire is raging furl*
ously and hid* fair to carry away the
whole block botween Oglethorpe and
Riehmond streets. A strong wind Is
blowing from t’ e west.
The flames are leaping over the small
buildings on Oglethorpe street, and very
serious results are feared.
The Atkinson building Is the hand*
soraest on Bay street, being three stories
high and covering almost the entire
block. It Is ocoupled by the Brunswick
Hardware Company. Next to It is E. H.
Mason’s large grocery store. Then come
the general office* of the Brunswick Sc
Western railroad. The East Tennessee,
Virginia Sc Georgia wharves are just op
posite, but are not in any danger owing
to the strong wind, which is carrying
the flames book Into the city.
At 1:15 the fire Is still raging furious
ly, but Is so far confined to the Atkinson
blook.
Hwaltewed a Comb.
GRaVSON, Ky., Oct. SO,—A 11-moutb*
old child of Mr. and Mrs. David Check*
who resides at Sinking, a few mile* east
of town, met with a curious accident.
In playing with a tine tooth comb it
■wallowed a piece of it about half way
down its throat, where it become fast
ened. The child Buffered terribly for
two hour*,, when a phyeician removed
the aomb. The chance* for recovery
are good
tendered htt reergrerion, haa
and wS renun h Ike eel
A Gospel Tent Pitched for the Fight.
Atlanta, October 20.—This morning
the Journal received a card.
It was out of the ordinary run of
cards, for it came from an evangelist,
and he declares that he baa set up an
oppoeltlon to the King 8olomon show.
Hero’s the card that he sent to the
Journal for publication:
“Evangelist Rev. David Tasker lias
pitched his tent in lot No 40, Markham
place, one blook west of Nelson street
bridge, west side, and commences a se
ries of opposition meetings to the Solo
mon exhibition. He says a greater man
than Solomon will be there."
Has the Rev. Tasker ever seen the
King Solomon show?
If he has not seen it how can he
preach against a thing he knows nothing
about?
However, he has "pitched his tent" in
opposition to the Solomon exhibition,
and, it is to be hoped, in opposition to
Satan also, and many of the good peo
ple of the city will doubtless go to bear
what he haa to say.
It may be that some of them will hear
whet he has to say and then go and see
the King Solomon show to ascertain if
the evangelist ia right or not
New Brunswick, N. J., October 20.
—This morning the large brewery of
Joseph Schneider, Highland Park, waa
set on fire by tramps. Six buildings,
including a dwelling house, were boned
with contents. Lose, $80,000; Insurance,
$27,000.
Aa Expleeieo et Gee.
Pitts bubo, Pa., Optobqr 20.—An ex-
_ osion of pu at 11 this morning blew
out O* float of Sancton's carpeting -ear.
tabUshaaSBt, Fedmal attest, All»gb**y,
and -Set'too' to the bolldlag. Sever*]'
people are reported tajured.