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Americus Recorder.
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I (HIM. . | ■
. itflui U the -matter with Sdltor
fl anion'* Medium,down In Albany?
Jamra R. Rindsll hoi been *p-
pointed private secretary to &
toe Brown. ^ ^
A monument h*as been erected to
the memory of Gen, Ell Wnrren, In
Perry, On. ^ _____
Con green ehoufd tbolleh the Iran.
4Nl Mth wed the Ironofcd tariff,
both war mennuren and long ago
unneoeaeary. *
J. BUILD ADD TEXAS.
cimnrnwMtiwTnia !*■■«*.
J. Gould and bin lieutenant* are
thoroughly advertlnlog Texaaand
litgn an an agrlonltnrnl coun-
. . t8S
tuckyTOhio, Indiana and Illlnoln
Carmen, aocompanled by *
editor* and nportera, arrii
the
Little Paw-Pawl
1 was* decided blonde,
ipatient, and *
> had a contempt for
neanfag, aa well an he eauld the yontb.
fal face of Dsywood, mid: “By boko/;
I expect lam the fellow that bit yon
that thnataod here we are quiet and
totheee poor unfortu-
*“ bowling
Columbu* la to bare • $60,000
compress, which has been purchaa-
«d add will be operated' by the
”*AlH*fca.
Editor Johnson la making the
Emltbtllle Enterprise quite a neway
gad Interesting paper. It bide fair
to take the place of the late Worth
the last number of tbe American
Journalist contains ^'portrait and
bh/grapblcrl sketch of Col J? Mi
Eat 111, proprietor of the Savannah
morning News,
About 43 per cent, of the farmers
in Georgia an la a belter oood Won
than lest yew; 16 per aeok the eomg,
•ad 41 pgr ooafc anewer “not ee
gMd,? ThengU the prod notion ol
moot crope hoe fallen ebort, the
oondtllos of tbe farmer lo by aft
means discouraging. The dry sea
prompted the most rigid economy,
'•this, wit* the .faTormhle crope
ear hae brought them out
indelitedneee than oeual.
Editor Lewis mlaundentande ue.
Wo do not regard the Romania
M Infallible, ae it la at liable to err
go the noted Col. Ingereoll, or for
that matter, tbe Telegraph. Wbat
we i intended to intimate, and we
ehsll keep our |ien to plain .facte
hereafter waa that the make up
«t pressman got tbe editorial and
Georgia New* page* ef the Tele
graph Into ao many dllfarent place*
that It would keep a regular reader
<m hie bead to Itnd them.
It seems that the ltepublicena
propose to fight tbe coming cam
paign under the banner of the
bloody shirt and the outrage mill
<• again to be set in motion. We
do not think they trill be successful
as heretofore. Thousands of peo
ple of the North have vUUed the
■oath daring the pail four year*
and they have failed to Bnd evi
dences of that bitter animosity to
ward tbo old flag that the Kepubli.
Can* contend they are imbued with,
end have in vain searched for the
aoeook of the outrage* which a Re
publican press baa gloated over.
never fed. He was
_ Aild ewer the dow
tool ths amy. Jlrnll b
several do, tb« soul to dor*." was hto firstptonk
__
Antonio, esst to Houston and back „„ , .Jnng.roua one, and lbs greatest F.. w .
home over the International. They , wafabfotnre* was required to prevent i *°?~"**~ *
1 like well to-do Independent
husk
El
mm
tad srith s reaped rather
looked like i
people and wire no doubt selected
y **^*f m! l |* ® ^ nspa iwaaem w PWI w ■ , L r
agsSSEtScwft:
ansasgatta jSgB
xi pgafjs&««
lustrata the sagacity ef Jay Gould.
He baa many hundreds ol miles of
, mMf..
railway In this State,
through - rich aad sparsely
running
■settled
section*, to densely populate which
I* now bia aim and !
hie uullor. Ue,
like the rest of us, knows it it only
naoeftftary farfkrm ritoracthecoua
try to settle In and eommcr.ee til
ling He soil.
This will feed Ins
ruarl-give It Ireiglit aad passengers
for all time. lie oilers free trans
portation to all farmcra.uud their
families, beds, bedding, stock end
Implements, who may Wish to coma
and tattle along Any of hi* lines.
Of eouras this wdl bring them by
th* teas gf tbossaads. And Oould
knows, also, how Irogal and thrifty
are the firmer* of toe Nortlfwset,
! Mafrikeatisi they *etde they
go to work mod do a fall share la
building up s country.
We publish the above for tbe
parpoee of etaowtgg low aca efeu-
tffptln nd txperUaei tftlixo (hi
iDpvrtMM of inwlpitloo Mid the
mean* they taka to secure it. la
Itlaeoaveyed a blat ta tbe rail,
roads of the South that they should
not be alow to profit by. By per
suing u liberal aad enterprising
coarse in this direction tbe rail
roads ol Georgia eeuld la afow
year* double tbe popalatioa end
produots of this State sod increase
their business in proportion. It
looks like a suicidal policy to us
for tbe railroads of this Stale to
ent their rates down to tbe lowest
point ia order to oarry passengers
through the State to Florida, and
llitn refuse to give epo«ial excur
sion rates to point* in their own
Stale and on their own line of road*.
Jay Goulu may be a big apeoulator
and is no doubt selfish in all hi*
tbe bounds thsesef. Escaping each time
uninjured, bt became fearless. His coo-
tempt for sosmfss increased, and he in
clined to ths opinion thst the bullet wss
never mad* that was to bit him.
On one occasion, after being relieved
from a night’s arduous duty. Bayuood
here, said softly
tojwhw
to make his sect
tbs
•kudkb
WEALTH JED POVERTY IE ST.
PETER8UVR0.
Car. Ran Francisco Ctirnolclr.
I think the flrat imprcaaion thst a
* sight of St. Petersburg creates on the
mind is that of arc. The second is ths
the eeodition of tbs
When yen first look
lorew U» gun otgt tin MUMUMMr v mm noh anj ifto map.
asking hto comrede to sratt, proceeded j Jn thThrosTsti % .
! ou the flse qnsys aleng both banks ol
“• 1 tbs New, fringed with stately pslaoe*
streets snd'open places,
both hi ‘ '
* »“d residenees ” end when you see the
au bis way
lUMiaj
5SSjg,j£ i b *"* eU pobfie bfildlinoccupy,
**■■*• •* * roc* * nog* i vou , r „ rstbor carried away with h
polat he tprncd, Im emne upcuacqucd j of the magnitude of tbe city,
of the enemy formed in order, and with , Th -jisj ^ sniree of live
mnsketa raised to flrs. Thssery-snl J S?refcSll*tSn ? aad|u{tS5igfalhe
to efterga ordered him ** Oiwfr “?*“ ! sunlight, give an air of wealth, too, that
hU «£?££* • ; rtrfl.es the mind rery forcibly
•i^_i ... •- -o— f$9 ifjiki down
tali’
Lu sotkJ hirj rf’f,
a thousand b!!lletah!!Horn
Pitobai* ggs tfotbcsi br 4«*
mosksta bad exploded ta b* struck bis
Re turned to ran im-1
another wjuad find at
Ptofr imwitm an*
him toll, roll over, spring half
-SElffE
Me bands and]
«Sf>“
hsA they fired their first volley
■S5WMt.SS.ffl:
'Inifra kit pook-
jelly.
Beth partis* faMawL aad tbe batterir>
to camp, which had wheeled into posi
tion on ths river bank, retired again to
Uta fort above. Frank's left arm had
been literally pnubed by ballets nud
by Ids fall among the rocks, and in an
lionr after his adventure he was a on*-
armed min. Tbe next morning
Frank slipped away from ths hospital
and crawled os
over to his quarters. ’ Ho
recovered rapidly and refused to leave
tbe eervioe even for a feu' weeks. Th*
fact that he had received so severe a
wound in so 'insoldiorly s foray and
before tjie regiment had bera in lutile
had its effaet, and ha determined to do
his duty a* a soldier in some way. This
determination and hi* misfortnne made
all the regiment his friend*, officers as
Bnt
when you walk through the
and m* tbs poeeriy that slinks
a ths shad* of tbe palatial edi-
OessT ssbcayuasra foot after too* on
which ignorance and . riot are im
printed to typo that be who runs may
■wad, a revulsion of bettog comes
00 wad ytoa are saddened. Hi* unfair,
the country,and l dare nay that to win
ter Bfc. Fstorsburg amy present • much
gsyeT appearance than it does in sum
mer. wily to Urintar the condition of
rimpoof fodrehttore wore* aad thus
thn ecotrast most bn area more striktog
than at this tisne ef the year, whso it u
marked enough.
There is s sedans, toe, on almost
ever; face, a cold hard took to those
who are bettor off, a took of dull
despondency to the tower efacere, that
is almost painful. Ton rarely eee s
smile, even on young faces. Yon nevrr
bear a hearty tough. Even the children
■com subdued and do not tumble about
and shout and whistle as is the wont of
children in other lauds. 8o that,despite
it* palaces and churches and statues
and ita broad streets and weU-filicd
store*, tho Ittuaian capital is not s
happy looking place.
Having purchased the interest of J. B.
Felder in the firm of R. T. BYRD & (X)., 1
will continue the business at the old stand on
Cotton Avenue, as
-DEALER IN
Fust-Class Guanos and Acid Pbosplates,
GLOBE COTTON PLANTER*
1 AM ALSO PREPARED TO OIV* YOU
ON YOUR PROPERTY IN THBBX8TOO]
THEIR LOtftUM PROMPTLY 1 —
CALL AND MBS MB!
Ltr pAT
Mr. Felder will continue in the LOAN business.
T.
Those parties who are indebted to the firm of R. T. Byb»
& Co. nrc notified to call and settle up,-as the books of theoM
firm must be closed immediately.
Amen cue, Ga., Jan. 12, 1884.
THE BLACK It.AES CANAAN.
Cliireco Hmil.l.
Nih-s, the Arkansas negro, now in
Washington os th* agent of the National
Colored Indemnity society, *ay* thori
' " “ iioty and
scheme*, but. while be is doing | wall os priratre, and he waa oasigned to
something for himself he Is doing such duty a. he could perform. He re-
a Jay
big work for Texas, and
Gould in Georgia would do u* a
vast amount of good.
Tho bidding for the Democratic
National-Convention becomes more
lively every day. At lust account*
Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and
LoaiavlUc were getting up sub
acrlptionM to |>ny tile exjicnsc* of
the body on condition that It should
lie held in one of these cities.
Cinclnnnti, at tbe latest accounts,
liad about flS.OOU guaranteed, and
Chicago about 37,000, one leading
hotel • putting down $1,500 and
another $1,000. The Chicago hotel
man know how to ratltbclr bread
on the waters, and those of the
other cities named will not be far
behind them.
Wimn the |>eople of the South
wake np they trill begin to kuklux
ths turpentine gatherers, who arc
destroying millions of trees, which
will be worth billions of money be
fore meu who arc now living die.
THE CAPITOL (XlMHHMlOil.
Tbe member* of tbe Capitol Com'
mission met in Atlanta last week,
and wore in session Ac greater
part of the week, examining plans
and material submitted by com
petitors. It was decided by a rote
of three against two to employ an
expert to closely examine tbe vari
ous plans and specification of thear-
chficol* before making any award.
It ha* bcon said by several Atlanta
correspondents that the building
would not b« built for tbe amount
originally thoaglil of sad agreed
upon, but considering all things
we nrc oflbo opinion tbnt Georgia
can build just as good a statu house
a* she needs for $1,000,000, and
our legislators should sec to it that
it costa no more.
reivad at once the name of -Little Paw
Paw,* and carried it through the war.
At Atone river he was sn orderly
carrying messages sad orders. Press
ing to the float to deliver an order he
bad his hone shot undtr him, and then
as he plnnged recklessly forward, re
ceived a wound that broogbthim down.
The battle field waa that night in the
pcssnsion of the enemy, or was a sort
of disputed ground, so the wounded re
ceived no attention. Baywood had
fallen in a cedar thicket where the fight
had barn most furious, and tho dead
and wounded lay thick about him. Ho
had seen the men, now disabled, dash
at each other with faces furious with
passion and hate and with-hoane voices
beliowii
son 1st tit: time.
11 the people of Americus wisli
to secure the location ol the rail-
road Irom their oily to IJucna Vista,
now is the time. We arc satisfied
that with proper effort tbe road
can be secured, ami we Iwlievc it
to be for the interest of Americus | mem
to secure it.
towing brutal curses. These men
now lay where they fell, as calm in
their common suffering as tho
eick children of tho same
mother rest on tho same Iml.
Two men who had taken de-
lilicrntn aim at each other, at short
range, and fired almost nt the same
instant, both fell dangerously wounded.
Hours nflcr. as tho cold, lmzy moon
light cam* down upon them, tlio moans
nt one for water caused the other to
move toward him. Disabled as he was
tli is was a difficult tinder taking. His
alow crawling waa like the approach of
a snail, and for minute after iniuute his
enemy of the battle hour watclu-d this
slow approach with an anxiety that was
almost wildness. At last they met,
sad the almost exhausted soldier, with
his good arm, held his canteen to tin-
feverish Up* of the other,' knowing that
he had fired ths shot that lmd so se
verely wounded him.
are 2,000 members in the hoc
that their purpose is to oolonise tho
blacks on that strip of publio land ISO
miles tong by 40 mile* wide, whirh_ In-
between T«
Texas, Indian Territory, Colo
rado and Kansas. Leaders of the Kan-
i*s exodus movement are in the society,
but ths object* of tbe society are differ
ent. Th* purponc to to send out a
small colony of colored families at soon
as the tract is opened to settlement.
Each family will at first be sup|iorted
bj three of the atay-at-bome mem
bers. The idea to that if the
blacks once got footholds, the
white* would keep away from thn trout,
and gradually it would be filled b.v
Nile* say* they are ground
under tbe -heel of <
oppression” in the
south. Nile* went to Washington from
hto eighty-acre farm In Mariana, Ark.,
at a salary of $B0 a week, to find out
how-*oon tho Canaan his society luu
selected will he :
ready for 1
and’also to errata public opinion favor'
ren,
able to tho scheme. He find*, be sa,v*,
that the prospect of an early opening
of the promised land to good.but at two
meeting*, convened for the pnrpo.u id
1 ' eu the
Haywood’s heart swelled. He re-
. uipinnercd once, when a boy. that he
Would it not lie ail- a " okl ' from » I*'»K i'tooos, two weak to
visa bln il.« , . move hand or foot, and that when he
vioabte for tbo committee appoint-) „*„• the great kindness of those about
cd to occur* subscription* to tako I him ho cried tenderly, silently in his
helplessness, thankful that human
for each tree,
the same thing was done in Ohio.
Indiana and Kentucky. The wal-
some action in the mattarf If this h«pfe«n**. Ihanwut urns unman
, . ... , „ ’ ; nature was wood and thankful that tu
o | roa “ Should he built to Oglethorpo I the helpless Oo-l made all men kind.
All the mineral* of the South com-1 or Audcrsonville, it will be a mat- i H ® moaned, thinking not of the. torn
bined have not a* great prospective tor of * Mlln B re 8f«‘ to the business 1 {|J at Jj^ono would roll" ttoobody oil
valoe as her fine timber, which is ‘ nlcn Americus that they did not j —can’t somebody turn me over?”
being every year ruthlessly dcs.| nul in ttme. j A large man in grey, who had l>ecn
* j t it * . m -» __ ' struck in tho shoulder and lier*d. mid
tro.vcil for a mere gallon or two of When a member or Congress 1 * ho h »d been lying tUent and aulUn,
turpentine for each tree. Much -.hutlles off this „,„rt.l • !. with hto back to Haywood, but still
siiuiiics off tills mortal coil, it, ncnr Mm> worked toward him on one
cost* the Uuitcd States treasury ride..while a little fellow in blue,
aboiitthreclUousaiuldollarei.il.il.!-1 wounded in tha legs,draggedhimsclt
nut Umber that was made into ii, or « m .bib i nearer fW» the other. Ore worked
r ii. i «.... . 1 l,| e remain* with the honor* of a eon-1 with his togs and the other within*
ilr that hail
limbs was
l the nfew conrsingot
I ISTfl U «• aiamLi «P III! . • Ita* • • A. Is . ...
a* much as the entire farms and
improvement*. Many an old curled,
knotty tree that was burned in tbe
log-pile would sell readily at from
$S.*0 to $500 delivered in market
toils v. *
enabling bim ta popularize tbe new
project in Washington, hu lias town rid
iculed and called a -crank.” Hu got
neither sympathy nor sup|iort. Ill ad
dition, he complain* that evil-minded
white men prevent lito getting hi,
weekly rti|iend regularly, and his regis
tered letters do not get through tli«
ON REAL ESTATE.
Having 1 severed my connection with the
firm of R. T. Byrd & Co., my whole attention^
will now be given to the negotiation of Loans
on Improved Farming Lands. My territoiy
for the present is limited to the Counties of
Sumter, Webster and Lee.
By prompt attention, expeditious returns
and reasonable rates, I hope to merit your
patronage. Respectfully,
J. B. FELDER.
Americus, Ga*, Jan. 18, 1884.
l« H—d OrowtaT*. Look Box.Phlta.Pa.
FOOD IX AFRICA,
Stanley’. I-rater In London Telegraph.
There i* no reaoon why many foods
should not ho produced an the spot.
The sugar cane to largely grown by tho
native*, and I myself, when much in
need of a saccharin
he addition to my
diet, have boiled and atreiued the pntp
dowu to a thick, tarty-like sugar. Then,
ottee to indi|
as we nil know, roffee to Indigenous to
all tropical Africa, and would certainly
yield on these golden atones around the
pool the finest result* under cultivation.
Jt to the food question that to thn great
difficulty of Congo exploration. Though
the toil is richly productive, the natives
grow only just ouougli to live u|mu In
plenty tltenixelres, but are not equal to
a sudden drain on tlieir resource*.
Among tho wake ex- J brunds, untO^
fcaee nib ami firewood, If it had ; greMmiln
SSirSSrieH'for ihrc?ti«e°s’j° f ,hc i ^^
Met!* fa.4i.sa *!*.•_ fa _ ,! l* l V Mr. Hawk, of lllino!» t the ! blood bo fell a struge elasticity ot
meals, lunebcons, hack hire, *»<l. ^ „ blne ^ him-LiHi -
e.i. item* .or the mourner* foot up , p* w p» w * in a dieerywoman’*
nearly three hundred dollars. 1 war, and the sullen man in grav said
» *• * ''“j -Me ‘X'nr&tJPz
j.res-’tnan i* more valuable titan n venture yeafa before na.1
live otto.
WHY .t WHIP CRACKS.
Sclentllic American.
Tho doubling of tlio lash itsidf pro-
duces an accelerating *pi*>d in the
cracker, so that by fbe time it arrive*nt
the cud of it* stroke, it* velocity i* very
great. It* sudden check and return
produce* a blow upon the air of great
intensity which wo hear and designate
is a crack. Tho form of tho lash, its
rrsdnal taper and the tinning with a
mall, fibrens, braided and knotted end
ire mechanical devices for facilitating
he action of tlio losli, and for wear.
Hie fibrous or fruved end adds mnehto
tlm strength of the “crack” by spread-
»ig a large area ta act upon the air.
Scientific American: Distilled water
•ii the day light is of a blue color. By
•gaslight the color u green.
A NEW TREATMENT
P»r CnfaBMmptloa, Aathai. Bronchi-
•-•-.Drerereis. c«i«r,h. iiJSSTh.,
Dthl III y.HliMtwtHiai, StnralgKt, «ai
all ckron'.r $04 Nervotu IHwrdtr*.
CARD.
Wo. ihc and*nl«ii^i hATinjr mtM
^ - ItMini
p< pniAiH> n t from itw u*o or ‘‘CUMPO
OXYURJf,*' ftfoporot! Bud RdinluUttrod by l»r.«.
vAitiAii, prejtaivu snu Rqiniuiifffeti DT llfffi.
ST.UIKKY Jt l*AJ*K2f, oj PbU»Mpld s »»4 l*»
hu Mtl-flrd that (t i« t now dhatoery fa medltal
aio PttDtriiii; from rLronlr and 40«c*ll*l ‘Mncura
lr** ilMnfivit to do fall tht* »f CM to frutko it* Vlf
inoa known ood to iuaptro tbo pahtle with coml<
v.v mu- | i i -u.iis. *uv*nwgv vi um.piau*
KEY df I'At.KN. Th«y ar« odD'nt**!, InittlUarnt,
"■* con«clvuUou$i>h]rMclAn\ who will awt* wo mo
. tn«ko Miy *Utrmrnt which thrf do m.t know
nUI« or rpnorta of raafa* which •
Ifo.iihrr ofC<jkfw» from PhUfalfalphii.
u a TVTII 1*1*
T. ». ABTUUU,
K«iit**r tiki roblUhcr “Artbur’j Horn*
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Obacrrer,* rhUadd-
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V/tl.lllAI',
IMltor M l«atkmi
ithla.
rfei'falfrltrhia, l'x, J«t« 1,1*92.
In oplei to mott • natural iaqairy In rrfird lo
oar Dcufrw*U>nAl »n l i«i*onal atandime mad t*»
«t*o laiTMMd conilhiKt la oar Btatoowntaandla
tho tonalumoM of our tottimoolaia and rvporta of
Wfo, wp punt L« fhna TPntlciwcw w#U
ad widely kco«n aad o( tin* hlfbt+t pcnhOtl
hirfavr.
« ur o« t’omp'»‘ini|OxxK<»n t ** MiD«*
lap a ItUiorv ot nr *1 ramlf of act ton ««f tL*» moii*
oblv rurAlive mpbI* oc-i a Un« rtcocri of wurprtfi-
inr »nnr* in Con»a fs«i.»f», c'atirruh. Xeatnlpla.
“ idiUU. A* hjiv*. Ir.. n.Ml a wide rutfw of
ltiTr^J-.wS.t nr«iroad tin* jt.t, t wtoe-
IXIs ,sHt,o,l of Isfcimlag my rtiress in tk. pss
»4 lb. psMIn (onmlly <tat I .m pnyt'rU to a»
Any and ill Kinds of Work
In my llaw .atk at on ken
Machinery and Engine Boilers.
flow Work will iretire lyorlnl nilottlen; It bs.
ANY BLACKSMITH WORK
butru.ttd tnmskknllknvr kooert nilrnilon on I
2fa*» tto nU X. T. Ifutta MtaA
ontu^jcnwAn.
l,Qq,J>attnrxlMta*. »'■
Guano. Guano. Guano.
J. A.S.BAISDEN,
CrPASTO PBATJm,
wnlcsnoS koe In .two Ike Wot (nSn n>
10. ' 1-irUo. wnktne to bny thrlr Oo.nn now
nolknr mown reels 0*0.11 to imnbam ft>no
aolMloefaiisstkokMktnSHnttko lovre
Inin.
SALB.’
Adiircft* lira. WTA|
IIOU aad 1111 Ulrard Mtroot.
y.iv.:itf PhlMdrlphlii. P
, A hoadaouio two. orated fBndlvPkooioh.
•b$c for one or tw.» konoo.||Win Le wjd ch^;*
* JanlVtf II. IL WATIS