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VOLUME 1 AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, .1891. NUMBER 170 Something For ABOUT RAUM. BJtAHD NEW SAFETY BICYCLE TO BE GIVEN AWAY! IT WONT COST YOU A PENNY! To stimulate the traffic in our Boys’ and Children’s CIothiDg 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 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 ro BE GIVEN AWAY ABSOLUTELY FREE OF ANY CHARGE WHATEVER! All you have to do is to BUY YOUR BOY’S SUIT FROM ME aud 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 ihe holder of the ticket containing that number, gets the Brand Hew 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 &uit, 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, GeopD. Wheatley. THE REPORT THAT HE HAD RESIGN ED DENIED BY NOBLE- Secretary Noble Slate.That General Ileum Hae not Resigned—The Preaidant Hat Not Thought ot Appointing an Indiana WasiiinotuN, Oct. 28.—The minor that ex Congressman George Steele ot Indiana, is booked tor the Pension coinmissionersltip meets with denials nil nronud. Secretary Noble whs quoted as having stated that Ramu had re signed and that Steele wonhl be his successor, 'ihe secretary said, With characteristic emphasis, that he had stated to no one. either privately or for publication, that General Raum had resigned, fur in fact he hail not resigned and he bml not given it as his opinion to any one that the commissionetship of pensions would he tendered. to ex-Cou- gresswim Steele. It is said here that the president has not at liny time thought of offering the commissinnership to nuy one in In diana, and that lie lias not intimated to any one that he has lmd the name of Governor Steele in his mind daring the talk of General Raura’s retirement. It is well known that the president has had two opportunities to appoint Major 8teele to the pension bnreau, and that he would not ask him to take it at this late day. It may be stated upon au thority that General Raum bait not Ren dered his resignation to Secretary Noble oy Preeidput Harrison or anybody else. General Raum will probably resign as soon as the fight agsinst him (fuses, and not before, and the piesident, it it un derstood, is with him in maintaining this attitnde. A GRAND AFFAIR. the Toon# Men*# Democratic I-esgus Banquet In Atlanta. Atlanta, Oct- 22.—There has-never been a banquet in Atlanta to equal that given by the Yonng Men's Democratic league to Governor Hill and his party. It was a grand, enthusiastic Democratic banquet.. There were but about eighty arunnd the board, but eighty more earn est or enthusiastic Democrats do not live. The irnrly filed into the breakfast room of the Kimball at ,half-past 8 o’clock. There thev seated themselves about an U-shaped table handsome! decorated witit flowers aud many col ored candles. President Slaton of,the Young ’.leu s Democratic League,-pN- 1. 1L SLATON, sided. On his right was Governor Hiil, on his left Senator Dan Voorbsea. Be sides theas and Governor Hill's party, there were present around the banquet board were about eighty young Demo crats* and their friends. The banquet was elegantly served. Never were, more eloquent speeches delivered in Atlanta. Governor Hill never delivered a stronger speech. He had a subject which inspired him, and no man ever spoke to the subject of “Democracy’’ with more strength and eloquence than did he. His speech was interrupted a score of times by long- continued mid enthusiastic applause, nnd when he concluded every man arose from his chair and cheered with vigor. Senator Voorhees of Indiana, the “Tall Sycamore of the Wabash,” the eloquent, the gratid orator of the west, made a magnificent siieech in response to the Democracy of the west. He is an orator of orators. He made aspeech which will never be forgotten by those who heard it. A man of magnetism, eloquence and force of expression, he captured his audience, aud when he couclnded and sat down his bearers Were so enthnsiastic in their approval of his words that lie was twice com- oelleil to rise and Iww his anoreciation. FROM THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT A Young Women Throw* Kenelf Down 138 feet to tlio Ground. Baltimore, Oct. 22.-1116 mangled remains of a young woman were found at the base of the Washington monu ment on Monnt Vernon place. She had thrown herself from the top of the shaft which towered 198 feet above her dead body. It ia presumed that the woman went to the top of the monnment with the deliberate intention of committing anidde. A gentleman who waa on the monnment while she was there, noticed her agitatation, and asked her if she felt ill. She made some vagus reply and was soon left alone. She then made the awful leap to the stone flagging below. The woman bad evidently med itated suicide. She made a visit totlie top of the monument last Saturday when it is believed her courage failed her. The remains, which indicated re finement and genteel poverty, were for A long time unidentiiied, bat finally they were recognized as those of Miss Alice Hecbt of 210 West Fayette street. LOUISIANA ORANGE CROP. It Is !iumcn*e and One of tli* Largest Fever liaised. New Orleans, Get. 22.—The orange crop of Louisiana, which is rapidly ap proaching ripening, to immense; in fact, one of the largest ever raised. Some of the trees are so laden with oranges that the branches have to be supported with props to prevent their breaking, The crop will be picked by the end of October nnd is now about passed any danger of damage. Nearly all the orange groves in the state are in Plaque- mine parish below New Orleans on the Mississippi, that being the only portion of Louisiana where the culture can be carried on successfully. This region includes two narrow stripe of land lying between the Gulf and the Mississippi, and the water which surrounds the orange farms tempers the cold and pre vents damage from freezing. The onl- ture is a hundred years old, and some of the trees are of nearly that age. There has beeu very little extension of the orange culture here recently, those who experimented in it having heavily from, severe frosts. The orange farms are most product ive and are valued at $1,900 or more per acre, yielding $180 to$250 in oran. There is little or no cultivation, crop is sold on the trees, to be gathered by the purchaser, and frequently the sale to made "in the bud.’’ when the tree has only blossomed aud before the oranges have formed, all risk being taken by. the purchaser and the pay- menta being made before a single or- Ange has been picked. The Louisiana orange, which to usually a cross between the sweet and the sour orange, hat suf fered in comparison with the California and Florida product, largely because it was roughly handled in the picking, bnt the trouble has now been thoroughly remedied, and it is growing in favor again. BACKER’S ASSIGNEE’S STATEMENT. Tile Hruker Owea Hare Ybee It le I'robable He Cm Pay. New York, Oct. 22.—The schedules of Abraham Backer, note broker, in lito assignment to Ben F. Einstein, were filed in the coart of common pleas. Hto total debts and liabilities, including secured and unsecured debts, are $1, 038,MO; bis unsecured debts amount to $849,821. Thera are contingent liabili ties of $1,012,180. The nominal assets amonnt to $1,841,707, bnt the assignee lins only $414,789 to apply to the pay ment of the unsecured creditors. Among the principal seenred creditors are: The National Park bank, fora claim of $100,003; the Central National, for a claim of $330,000; the Merchanti' National bank for $175,900; Henry Rothschild Sc Co., $86,028; Isaddr New man, 443,048; M. Bchenieder & Co., of Sherman, Tex., $142,063, The latter claim Is only partially seenred. The other claims are seenred by southern stocks anil builds. Charles Schenleder dtCo. have a claim of $181,110, which is unseen red. Backer’s assets include the claims against the Macon Construction com pany of Georgia, one an open acoount of $388,819, and on notes $283,000. As security for these claims Backer re ceived $300,000 of the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad first mortgage bonds and $4J5,000 in Macau aud Birm ingham railroad first mortgage bonds. Ot the Georgia Southern and Florida bond*, $232,000 was delivered to the assignee, as waa $410,000 of the bomb of the Macon and Birmingham railroad, the others having been ra-hjrpotbeoate;l ' Backer. The actual value of the 2,000 in bonds to $150,800, and that of the $410,000 in bonds .to $102,900, making the setaal value of tho claims against the Macon Cons traction com pany bnt $293,800. The construction company to iusolveut and iu the hands of a receiver. World's Fair Kmptojre# Htrlke. Chicago, Oct. 28.—One hundred and twenty men employed in the electricity bnildmg at the World’s Fair gronmls quit because their foreman, William Irving, had been given the alternative to accept a position at forty cents an honrorqnit. Irving has been a great favorite with the men ever since the work was began. The strikers were subsequently paid off and left the grounds. The men claim that Irving was reduced from the foremanship be cause he strictly enforced all of the state laws regarding wages and honrs of labor. He was the only foreman on the grounds, it to said, who insisted upon the weekly pay day. victim* of Persecution. Sr. Petersburg, Oct. 22. —Serious anti-Semetic Hots are reported at Scher- nigsff, in which thirty Jews were killed, while 900 suffered'either in per son or in property. The popular belief that the Jews are responsible for tbe prevalence of the famine, has bnt slight substratum of tbe fact. The Jews are usually large buyers of grain, but this year they refrained, owing to the persecution of which they hare been victims. Famine has extended to Sibe ria. Advices from the interior of tbe empire are continually of worse im port. The people are commencing to Hot in Samara, Sarateff and Voronets. INDIANS RESTIVE. THE 8ECRETARV OF THE INTERIOR RE8U8E8 TO PAY FOR SERVICES. The Allotting of th# Chvyenus end Ara pahoe Lands -The Citizens of Oklahoma Mast Walt for Congress to Pay Them for the Work* Minister from Guatemala. Washington, Oct. 32.—The Hon. Antonio Batres, who succeeds Dr. Fer nando Ctn* as minister from Guate mala, has arrived in the city and estab lished the legation permanently at tbe Arlington hotel Mr. Batres to one of the most eminent scholars and states men in Central America, and for the lost twenty years has held almost con tinuously posts of the highest honor trust under his government. Once be fore he wss minister to Washington, daring the administration of Mr. Hayes, and his many friends bars given him a moat cordial welcome. Wichita. Khii., Oct. 22.—Word has icon received here that the secretary of die interior lmi decided that he Iihb no right to accept the offers of the citi zens of Oklahoma who tendered their services to complete tho allotting of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lanrtson sn understanding that they should be reimbursed out of an appropriation to be passed by the next congress. This decision will aroase a vast amount ot ill feeling on the part of both Indians And those waiting for homes in the new country. The Indians even now believe they are being maltreated, and claim that the government has failed to live np to the treaty made with them, both us to the payments prom ised and as to the division ot the lands. A Dispatch from Darlington says the Indiana are very restive, and that a large number ot ohlefa have been delegated to go to Washington and de mand what the Indians conceive to be their rights. HIS HIDE WA8 8PLIT. A Tontli Who Seem* to Think Ho Do- ' *err*d oil Ho Got. St. Josrph, Mo., Oct. 82,—Lonis Gal vin, a boy of 19 years, was arrested on ■.he complaint ot hto father who wanta to send him to the reform aohool be- janse the boy is not nndor control. The officer who made the arrest found the boy in a dark cellar, bound hand nnd foot. Hto mother sent clean clothes to tbe prison for him, and on stripping him the turn-key was horrified to flm that the little fellow’s back and shoal- ders were covered with gashes and ugly braises. The hoy made no complaint, bnt said he deserved all he had received tnd more too. June* I* Governor Now. New York. Oct. 22.— Lieutenant Governor Edward F. Jones to, by tbe constitution, acting governor ot the state in the absence of Governor Hill, in Atlanta, and, according to The Eve ning World, declared his intention of exercising gubernatorial functions. Sec retary of State Frank Rice, who to in the city, said he did not think there is any probability of Lieutenant Governor Jones making an appointment in the place of the late Judge Allen, it being hto belief that Governor Hill made the appointment before he left for the south some days ago. Governor Hill has proven himself too goods constitutional lawyer, hto friend* say, to have left the state with any possibility extotlng for Lieutenant Governor Jones to make tronble while acting temporarily in an executive capacity. The lieutenant governor says: "I will. exercise the fnncttruH of the office to such an ex tent as the public good may reqnire. I have uothing to say for ptildication regarding my specific intentions," Am Ungrateful lYould-b* Snlelil*. - Findlay, O., Oct. 83.—Charles Hum- by, living near this city, attempted suicide by hanging himselt to tbe door ot his barn. He had just jumped from a stool on which he" was standing while adjusting the noose, wheu Dewitt Coney, superintendent of wells for tbs Btandard Oil company, came along and promptly cut the young fanner down. Hnmby was not at all grateful for the humane act. On the enutrary helooked npon it as a malicious interference with Ills rested rights. He accordingly jerked ont hie penknife, whipped open the blade and started after Mr. Coney. He chased the philanthropist all around the place, bnt the panned finally escaped. Hnmby, who to n prosperous farmer, to supposed to 1* temporarily insane. They Devilled to Hv|mr»te* CRAWrOHDVlLLE, Iud., Oct. 22.—The sensation of the hour to the announce ment that Mr. nnd Mrs. George Hadley, after it happy married life extended Over a period iff twenty years, have decided to separate. Tlu-ir iiu-omputnbility of tempermeiit prevented their agreeing. Instead of luatriraouiul iifo growing lovlier ns the days passed by. ft grew to be an nnhearabie burden. Neither lius any charge to make, and neither will apply for a divorce for two years, when the charge of abandonment entt be es tablished. Mrs. Hadley to a beantifnl and accomplished lady and a society fa vorite. Mr. Hadley was a leading wholesale grocer until recently, when he sold ont to engage in business in Chicago. He to alike prominent in bank and social circles. An amicable division of property has been made. Mfirrlml ffl» 9l0thrr*ln-Li»«r. New Albany, Ind., Oct. 28.—A very strange elopement and marriage took place In this city, the groom marrying hto annt and motber-fn-law. Thomas A. Cook of Fleming county, Ky., 39 years old, and Mre. Virginia Proctor of the same county, aged 70, were the happy conple made hnsband and wife by Elder Wilson. Several years ago Cook married the dangbter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Proctor, hto uncle and aunt. They lived happily together nntil a few months ago, when the wife died. Cook and Mrs. l’lix.-tor grieved so over the death ot the wife and dangbter that, notwithstanding the disparity of their years, they were drawn together and tbaxeenlt was the marriage. BODE THE BEAR TO DEATH. A Woodsman Punishes a Chestnut Thief Regardless of Personal Danger. Schaxton, Oct 21*—*A<no& Mason, a Iiackot Creek woodsman,' has a shingle shanty a mile back In the woods from hto bouse. Last Monday Mason's boys gathered a grain bag full of chestnuts on Peck's Hill, three miles from where their father was making shingles. Mr, Mason had. gone home when the boys got back to the shanty. It was after nightfall, and the lads were nearly tired ont, so they placed tbe hag in the shanty and went home, Intending to take tbe nuts to the house some time tho next day. At daybreak on Tuesday morning Mr. Mason found the shanty door open. Ho thought the boys bad carelessly left ltso the night bofore, and be stepped Inside tbe moment he. reached it. In tho furtbor corner of the shanty a bear stood crunching chestnuts with hto tall toward the door. He bad ripped tbe bag open, and be waa so busy filling bit- stomach with nuts that be didn't hear Mf.*. Ma son’s footsteps. Tbe chestnuts lay all over the floor In the corner, and tbe bear was oraeking them as fast as posst- ble. Mr. Mason Instantly became eo angry over tbe way the bear was destroying thd fruits of his sons' hard labor, that the thought of danger never entered hts boad. He Immediately determined not to let the bear leave tbe shanty alive, and lio made np his mind at once how he was going to kill him. He had a drawing knife In his hand that he had aharpened the night before, and that was the only weapon within roach. It was nearly os sharp m a razor, nnd without waiting another moment the plucky woodsman closed the door softly, fas tened It, and ran at the bear. His steps startled the hungry brute, and giving vent to a snort of fright the bear whirled and made for the door. Just as the hear turned Mr. Mason leaped on his back, looked hto toes under the bear’s belly, grippod his knees against hts ribs, and went to slashing the bear’s nose with tbe shaving knife. At the first stroke ho cut off a chunk of tbe bear’s snout, and the blood spurted against tbe door In a stream. When tho bear saw that the door was closed he began to run around the little shanty, snorting blood, bellowing, and trying hard to shake Mr. Mason from bis back. Mr. Mason had a grip on the boar's body that tho Infuriated brute couldn’t looson, and he kept shaving siloes from the bear's snout and forehead as they made tbe circuit of tbe slinnty. He soon cat the boar's oars off, and tbe blood spurted to Ills eyes and nearly blinded him for a moment. Tben tho bear made a lunge for tbe only window In the shanty, four feet from tho floor. He knocked the sash out at one cllji of hie paws, and while he struggling to olimb tbrougb, Mr. Mason swung the drawing knife under bis throat, grabbed tho other end like a flash, and pulled and sawed with both bands till the blade cut clear through tbe bear’s wind pipe and jngnlar veins. The bear dropped as tbongb a ballet bad pierced hts hoart, and Mr. Muon was on bis feet in an Instant at the bear’s tide. The big ohestnut thief soon gave his last kick, and before noon Mr. Mason and his boys dragged him ont, hung him to a tree, and skinned him. Ho bad eaten three-quarters ot the. nuts, and he weighed 313 pounds. CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES, ‘ Dom«*tl* and Foreign and of General IntareaL Madrid Ulspntcli ally*: Pseverar- village* In the province of Granada have been isolated liy flood*. The snp- plv of food in these places has. in con- sequences, become very scarce. Traffic has been completely stopped by Sala manca and Oporto, a portion of the railroad line connecting tbe two cities having been destroyed by n landslide. A Paris dispatch says: Tli--archbishop of Aix will be prosecuted for disregard- - ing the circnlar of M, Failierios. the minister of public Worship, enjoining him not to leave bis diocese without tbe consent of hto government, an order consequent upon the recent pilgrim dis orders at Rome. The archbishop, by bis disobedience, to liable to a heavy liue a* well as a term of imprisonment. At Minneapolis, Ignatius D-mnellv began snit against the St. Paul Pioneer Press for *1,000,000 for libel. The snit involves ex-Congressman W. S. King, and to bused on a letter written by the latter to Donnelly and repnbltolied by the Pioneer Press. Donnelly's attorneys secured the opening nnd closing of the- «e. A Stoney Point, Out., special says: At u public meeting held here for th* purpose of advocating political union between Canada and the United States, notwithstanding the fact that the rain had been falling for days ami th* roads were almost knee ileep, the at tendance was very large. N|>eeches in favor of political untou were loudly applauded, and resolutions endorsing political nnion were carried itunni- inouaiy. A Berlin dispatch says that an ex haustive article from the pen of Pro fessor Koch has been published. The article will treat of the origin, prepara tion and application of tuberculin*. In it tbe professor has declared that by chemical experiments he has succeeded in purifying hto lymph of all inflamma tory matter. He also says that the if- fert of an application of soar lymph dif fers bnt little from tbe effect* of on sp- BlJfStjou of crucje ljjmBfc-