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- - - - #*- , Olia 30H51 ' M u S O a—^55=! *wU ■ ‘1!i ’/uh/4 —■—= _ I • • JWIfl.-OW <f »?.i')!XpTV/> tol. v'. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1884. NO. 39. ^mbricjjs Recorder. ronifiiKS av office ox cotton avenue. Su.'toocavstica Ha too: TAi-Wbeklt One Yeah, . f 4.00. Weekly One Year, - - 2.00. •Sunday Issue One Year, - 1.60. -r- PBOFKSSIO.YAL A- MESS CAROS T LAtryF.us. ' Ze. H. CARTER, AT T O It XU T AT LAW, A3CENICUS, SrMTKK Coujitt. : : : Oa. Offlee, ol'l Flf»t Batteuil Dank. Primp! eltotl-ie alwn leell buinM>nlrwM. OrnlHIIon. n .pcfiatly .ad pnm|>! altar gaKates*. C,R. McCRORY, A>ttomov at Law, ELLAVILLK, Oa. TKRMB—All claim, from pc nr tmdcr.O; rrwat. No chaiyca onlam coDaaUoaa am made. April HI VOCTOltS. Dr. 0. B. RAINES, SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN. Offer, kla pwca.lMUl aarricM. silk s* taped- <Unuy.uamr.vii * * V corner ol 111 rarriv. prompt allrnllol Dr. D. F. HOLLOWAY, DENTIST, AXE1UCG3, OA. Work canal tolkabw) Ca.h ralaa aa low a. ktloamt. Try klm at. U Mrr Davenport A (Ml', nr J* If IS CELL A XKO US. W. B. OLIVER, DRAPER': TAILOR AMERICrs, GEORGIA. Baring received lb" Inleil fnnlilonn from London nnd Part*, I inn prepared to nmkc clothing to order in the Intent stylo nnd best wcirkninnnhlp. THE FBiEIIX FROM HER ASHES. Tkrlnrat flnUkvit. mod p'M.anl wrarlne and rirrnnt BOOT* AND SHOE* amt*. TV , anm Walrieff Sue* in Ik. nett -u'-laaltal ai«l ' anl.ile mjI*. and ■ Kyle, and nil oil naaonaU. l-rm*. Uefrie y grallrman in amartcu-. Ca'l on ma a at my jam ahap In front rf Coi. ff. A- Emitl.*n if nar, yuJaekanu Hired. Amcricua.«». ANDREW DUDLEY, tasrin.tr Noll PlOKOtt, TALUOTTON’. .... GEORGIA WHI itoMuteriw. Brirkwnik an! tlcnaework Calamnlaca apncialty. Ihpalnac dona. (Man promptly atlaoded to. octttf EASON HOUSE, S. I. HM3, rroprietir, No. 46 Flnm Street, Near Depot, MACON, QA. " '•-uSJJfii.M CnTu!* M “‘ " jMNitr Edward J. Hi’Ur. O. Horace McCall. lonnmental Marble Works, KILLER A HcCALL, Proprietors, Bosthwest Corner of the Publio Square, AHEKICUS, OA. Mraments, Tombs, Eto.,Eto. aftba baat llaliaa and Amaricaa Mortis, m Ratlins fn mm, a More Eye-Glasses FROM ANDERSON VILLI', Andbkhonviue, Fob. 20 It was tha general expectation that An* dernonvllle would be a dry place .af ter the ucw law prohibiting the tale of intoxicating drink* went into ef* feot, but it ia not so. Clouds, rain, wind, thunder, lightning,snow and nnd Imil have visited us since that law took effect. I do not claim that these visitations are the result of that particular law, but mention them ns a matter of dcwh. So far as I know or have beard the prohibitory law is giving general satisfaction, as well among those that sold as tlioso that were wont to quench tbeir thirst with the fiery liquid. Butincas at tbls point ia unusu ally good for this season of the year; our merouants have about as much- aa they oan comfortably at tend to. I am told that in no pre vious year has so much guano been handled at tbla point. Sheuld the approaching season be favorable, the farmers may be able to pay for it- I do not believe the crops rais ed in Sumter county last year would pay for the guano used in tbeir production. I mean, of course, what was raised over and above that needed for borne con sumption. The school referred to ia a for mer letter was opened on Monday, tbe 11th mst., witL eighteen schol ars. Miss Mollie Cox, the teacbet. is well educated and tally qualified to conduct a school in a manner to benefit those attending, which unfort inateiy, is not always tbe case. Pruf. Weaver’s school is in prosperous condition,as it well deserves to be. Book-keeping and bo higher brandies are thoroughly taught, at Ibis excellent institution. I hear nothing new as regards tbe Buena Vistu K. It, but it is considered settled that Anderson- ville will be the terminus. Mr. Usrry C. Laird, of Sparta, 111., garo a musical and slight of band |>erfomiance in the school room last night. One of his feats was to plsy on three instruments at the same time, and while thus engaged to commit to memory sev eral verses of a poem be had never before teen. A very heavy tLundcr storm passed over ibis section last night. Tbe wind at one time probably reached filly to sixty miles per hour. Capt. Eugene Sullivan, who has been quite ill for some weeks ia slowly improving, but is still confined to tbe bouse. Parlies from Woodstock, CL, Ogden, Iowa; York, Pa.; Oawego, N. Y.; Gardner, Maas.; and Ml Union, Ohio, have recently been in our midst. Miss Pilshury is in charge of an interesting Infant school and does faithful work. The young ladies are bright, intelligent and attract ive. The ‘young men are polite, gentlemanly and kind. Tbe mar ried ladjes arc ynsurpaoed house keepers, and tbe old men are the Jollieat In tile state. Dawson can boast of tbe hand somest bachelors, tbe homeliest lawyers, the leanest looking doc tors, and tile moat portly banker* in Georgia. Mr. Jack Carver and bit charm ing bride returned from the Forest City a few days since. Thie hap py couple add to Dawson’s diadem of handsome young married peo ple. We had almost a storm this evening. Wind, dost and rain drove all Indoors, while a great many firmly believed a cyclone was coming. The heavens are still black, and tbe inntteringa of tbe distant thunder can be heard, but old Boreas baa retired to bia cave. Dawson Is not a London in sixe, nor a New York in population, but it baa its "wire workers” as well as they, and its lobby members get wonderful salaries, when oratory and eloquence are desired Cicero and Demosthenes would retire to private llfo, if they could some times bear the "silver tongued” corner dcelaimcra rehearse tbe claims of their favorite candidates. A looker on can but be amused and wonder which one will come in “ahead of lime.” The LeConte pear, that delicious fruit so highly prized in South Georgia, is In-ginning to be appre ciated in our section. Several in Dawson have planted largely, and nro enthusiastic in its praise. Tbe Leap year and opposition parties on the 29tU promise to bo very enjoyable affairs, and tbe programme is “spicy.” Inrita lions have been sent out to the former, one ol which your corres pondent carries next to bia heart, and expects to be there, Provi dence permitting, with bis “favor ite” of tbe fair sex. FROM 8HITI1VILLK. S.mitiiville, Feb. 91.—Our Flor- A HOOD OLD HIM. DAWSON DOTS. MITCHELL'S EYE-SALVE! SmpWeak&lnflained Tamers, Bed Eye*, sad Matted Eye Lashes, '“tssas&g”’* Dawson, Feb.. 19—Our mer chants are displaying a great deal of taste in tha selection of their goode this year. Their stores are being filled with beautiful flceoy fabrics of deliemte shades, white goods in endless variety and every quality; soft filmy laces and rib bons in every conceivable hue. Janes Bro’s. have an elegant as sortment of silver at moderate prf- oes too, end when one starts ont on n “shopping tour,” he can but with that the power ol Midas were his to tarn everything into gold, bat if "wishes were horses beggars would ride." Tbe windows of Heaven bare have been opened for the nfresb- ing of the perched earth, yet oar welle ere dry, end tbe artesian will not afford the Beaded supply. Verily, the ways of Providence ere beyood the oemprehenilon of fee ble man. There is eet a vacant building in ir town. Our people are noted for good health; ear churches are in charge of able and feftfcfel min- later; our Sunday schools aomber between two and three hundred ia. The Sooth Georgia ooL has 150 (Indents. Prof. Low- ryY school ta liberally patronized. Pueston, Feb. 19,1834. The Lord love* a cheerful River. Who will contribute to the wants of the neatly. There it an old man residing in Preston, Webster county, Georgia, who is very needy, and who is al most blind ; who has been a fai.h- ful worker over tbo anvil of the forge for forty or fifty years, mak ing good plow shears and other necesaarica for bia contcmporaies la that day, and no doubt has earn ed hundreds of dollars he neither got cor never will, which, if he now had he could live comfortable at home in the day of bia old age and infirmitiee. But bis atrengb and sight have failed him, and be can aerva himself and country no longer at the iron block, nnd must inavitably suffer if all the cheerful givers are dead. Who .will help Old Uncle John Esters, ef Preston, Webster coun ty, Georgia, to auoh as they have ? He certainly needs the assistance of the cheerful giver. Any dona tions made to him by any one can be sent to the poetofilee at Preston, Webster ooonty, Georgia, in can of the postmaster, George Thorn ton, and tho needy good old olti- sen of so long feithfalncaa for the benefit for bimselt end fellow citi zens will certainly get them ns they ids tourists have returned, pleased with their trip. Merry Hnl, the wizard, perform- Monday night, and draw n good house. Mrs. Thompson, of Maeon, ia visiting her son, Mr. W. W. Thomp son. Mr. James Thompson, of Savannah, ia also here on a visit to bia brother. . < A heavy rain, sccotnpsined by wind and ball, fell bore Tuesday evening. Awhile after dark tbe clouds grew so inky black and por tended ao strongly of evil that alarm tqps felt lest tbe town should be visited by a cyclone, but by ten o’eiock the clouds bad dissolved and all was peaoe again. Tbedining at Mr. T. W. Johnson’s, Monday, was upon an extra*rdln ary scale. Yonr correspondent had the fortune to be numbered among the forty or fifty gneats who gath ered around tbe loog extended tablet and tegaled themselves upon tbe subetanlials and delleaoies which burdened and embellished the “festal board.” Bat In n brief communication like this we could not even give even a tolerable de- ecription of a repast ao complete in its detail. To mention tbe num ber and variety of dlsbea, not to say anything of tbe enperior manner in which each bard been served, would require n more grace ful pen than onrs, nnd we will not attempt it here. It is enough to know that the dinner was as per fect as the unsurpassed skill of Mrs. J. could make it, and that the attention caeh guest received at tbe bands of the ladles and gen ciemen of tbe family was tbe most kindly and courteous. The dining was given to the married people, To-night Mr. J., ao wo aro inform cd, will give a party to the young people. Come down to-morrow night to the “Ladies Festival,” and bring yonr friends. V. X. STEWART COUNTY ITEMS Acta 3:6. Where an those in this oonnlr that tha Lord loves; all dead! are they i battle InfffffeSeat. Large numbers of guano wagon* are making regular trips to Flor ence, coming Lick heavily laden with the odoriferous mixture. Tbe American Bible Society baa a Colporteur in the field canvass ing Stewart county. Like all oth er eommnnities be will find many families without Bible or Testa- menL Mrs. James T. Gordy, of Green HiU, died at the borne ot ber bus- band on Thursday morning last after a lingering illness. Her re mains were bnrrlcd at 8hilob yes terday at 9 o’clock. At tbe residence of Jodgo Henry G. Feagin,on Wednesday evening last, Mr. W. W. Stokes was mar ried to Miss Mattie Fangio, tbe ceremony being periormed by Rev. J. S. Jordan, paitor of tbe Metho dist church. Rev.Ohrist opber Jordan,colored returned a batch of thirteen mar riage licenses to the ordinary’s office at one time tbls week. He says that bis fees ran from 6 cents to one dollar and that be r about ten dollars on the entire lot. The Knight* of Honor'at this place have received a check for |9 r 000 payable to Mis. F. G. Healer, being the amount for which Mr. Hester was insured in this order. Tbe payment was mad* within six- ty days otter the death of Mr. Hea ter. ▲ Sympathizes. When Delilah clipped off leaks tha mighty alUato at osmM •Mi othsr men." U U eoald be proved (hat the pnwemlin of luxuriant hair weald enable man to liar epee lions' awt, HlacoxkCo. would he driven aftfe n tha effort to (apply enough of I ere Half Balaam to easet the de j M| ia the «S"i' Ai ts Is the Behest pteeeete ■Miqoil. and res tore* il amt addition to ue tofla* l-**i- ■*—- ply a* a drawing. feMlm The petstoe thief is bringing himself prominently into notice is our town. Lost week be made a nocturnal visit to tbs potato hills of Mr. John 7. Daniel, bat was considerate enough to leave him about n peck of the esculent tnbera for seed. Lost night there mi quite a de- ifghtfol Leap Year port/ at the College, given under tbe auspices of the Ladies of the Mite Society of the MetbodLt Church. Tbe er tortalnment was • deotded suecesa in every particular. The bailee were attentive nnd entertaining, tbe beaux delighted and everybody aeemed to enjoy themselves to tbe utmost capacity. Tbe receipts of tbe evening wero quite xatisfaoto- ry- There was a large crowd bled at the Court House on Thurs day night and the Valentine Party gotten up by tho Ladies Aid So ciety of the Baptist Church was highly enjoyed by both young and middle-aged. Tbe Court Room was nicely arranged, the Judge’s stand being Improvised Intoa post- office. Tbe post-office department was presided over by Misses Ida Grace and Anna Hightower, who made two very attraetive and ex ceedingly accommod sating P. O. officials. Tbe receipts of tbe even ings were in tbe neighborhood of thirty dollars and will ba need in improving tbe Gbnreh bnilding. We are requested by tho Ladies Aid Society to return thanks to tiie yonng ladles who mauaged tbe Poet Offioe and to the eltisons of Lumpkin for their generous pat ronage. A Congressman in a Corner. A special dispatch from Wash ington to tbe New York Herald of tbe I8tb says: The committee to Inquire Into the very serious charges made by ex Speaker Keifer against General H. V. Boynton, correspondent of tbe Cincinnati Commercial Gasette, aeousations wbioh every one who knows General Boynton believes to be entirely false, met to-day and called Mr. Keifer to bo examlnod. To tho committee’s surprise Mr. Keifer appeared with counsel at his side. To the committee’* still greater surprise Mr. Keifer,through bia council, objected to be exam ined by the commilttc, until it should be established by proof that he had made charges against Gen eral Boynton. Considering that be bad made these acquisitions before tha whole bouse, and that upon making them tbe houte had order ed the committee of inquiry, this remarkable plea was declared not good by the amazed committee. Thereupon Mr. Keifer, by bit counsel, further objected to lie ex amined on the ground that ho eould not be held responsible for wbat he bad said in the bonse. To this tbe committee, atill more surprised, replied that while be coaid not be held responsible in court, he was undoubtedly accountable to tbe bouse, acting by a committee or dered by iL Thereupon Mr. Keifer, apparent ly determined to force upon bim •elf the just contempt of the com mittee and of those present with it, asked for a week's further delay to secure witnesses. To this the ob vious reply was made that Mr. Keller’s accusation related te an (Hedged private conversation, to wblen he was of course the only witness on his own aide, and that therefore be was of course the chief witness to be examined. At this stage of this astonishing performance General Boynton sug gested that Mr. Keifer ns sworn and caussd to give bis testimony, whereupon be would like to cross- examine bim, and after that testi mony fur and against Keller's statement might be put in later. But Mr. Keifer still pleaded for delay on various pretexts. The committee offend to attyoarn to Monday for bis eonvenienoe, bat that did not please him. He thought about next Saturday would salt him. Tbe committee propos ed Tuesday, bat Mr. Keifer plead ed public business on Tuesday. Finally tbe oommittae determined to adjourned until Wednesday, when, U te to be hoped, it will force Mr. Keifer te speak. GREAT STORES. Heeas Tulrfraph. A severe storm or wind, hail and rain prevailed in various sections of the state yesterday evening. The telegraph wires are down ia all directions, and it is exceeding ly difficult to get detail*. Mr. O'Brien, express messenger on the Southwestern, reports that a heavy blow, accompanied by a heavy fell of hail, was experienced yesterday afternoon while on the way to Ma con. Tbo severest portion of tbe storm was experienced at Fort Vallay, where the wind and ha'l were terrific. Reports from -Col umbus say that n portion of the round house belonging to the Cen tral railroad, in that city, was com pletely wrecked, and many ot the locomotives contained therein wen Mrionily damaged. Tbe glass win dows of the can on that road wen also broken md otherwise damaged . yesterday white returning to tbe " city. Mr. Fred Conner, well known in Macon, fireman on tbe locomo tive “Emerson Foote,” was injur ed, and two negroes, supposed la- ally. A t Geneva tbe train pass- ng In this direotion pasted through a heavy bail fell; also the train from Savannah on the Central rail road. Trees were blown down ia nil directions. Columbus, Ga., Eeb. 20—The tortoado earns from the southwest, and struck the city on the eastern limits. Tbe round-house at the Central depot was completely de molished. It was n ferge brick building, and tbe walla fell to the ground. Sis engines were badly damaged. The loss te estimated at $16,000 to the railroad. One man was asleep ip an engineMd • number of men at work ir tbe home , -1 - ’ Ir the ft the time. Two child ten buried In the debrie, nnd a half dozen men narrowly escaped with life. Tbe Museogeo Oil Mill, the - First African Baptist oburo|i and ‘ the jail are all unroofed. Several wateliouses iu the olty bad their roofs more or less damaged. No one was seriously hurt. • Many chimneys were blown down and other alight damage done. The tornado seemed to pass above the eity and scooped down on the east ern limits. Debris was blown two miles. '"I "i Atlanta, February 19—Re ports to-night indicate a fearful storm over tbe State, with great loss of life and property. All wires are down at midnight, except on the Central, and Into nears te meager. The greatest damage is about Cherokee county. Five or six were killed, many injured nnd many houses blown down. At Cave 8pring, thie afternoon, a school boose eras blown dawn. Four or five children wera kilted and eleven badly wounded. Con- ■idorsbls damage was done at Rome. In North Georgia it te es timated that fifty Uvea were lost and hundreds or houses destroyed. Tbe Central train, in at 11:15, re- < ports tbe storm heavy below, with rain and hail Tbe headlight of the engine was broken, bat the damage through the country was not ascertained. It te etetea that the Polk silver mines in Mtxloobare been sold ton New York syndicate for $1,000,000. Two-thirds of tbe property belongs to the defeating Treasurer ol Ten nessee, and was pnrehsad with the Stated funds. Polk has not yet been sent to tbe penitentiary, aa bis appeal te yet pending In tbo Supreme Court, and It te expected to be passed on Ah is week. • There is s stiff wind here, but little damage re ported ia Atlanta or vicinity. OASTEnsviLLU, Ga., February 19—A cyclone pawed over this section at half pest one o’clock to day. The house* on Captain Puck ett's plantation, occupied by Wil liam Bvenge, wero destroyed. Loss fifteen hundred dollars. The tenement hones* at C. 0. Parrott's and Ham Harris’s place*, wen al so destroyed. Tbeir loss te un- ’ known. No lives have been lost so fer as have been heard from. Sr AST a, February 19—A cy clone passed near thte place about 4 o’clock this afternoon. It fol lowed in tbe same course and al most precisely in tbe same track of the one that oocurted in March, 18T6. Aa yet, then are no casu alties reported, thoogh much fenc ing tad forest ta blown down. The disfigttriag eruptions oa tha fees toe eunken eye. tha pallid eempltziea, indicate that than issomelhteg (oiag oa wroag within. Ezpel tbe lurking foe to health. Ayer’s Bsisspuillau fee that purpose end doss It Yon oan rent n sealskin sacque ia Chicago for $50 n season. Thte te cheaper than house rant, for a on the streets ia n As so article for tlie toilet, Ayer’s Heir Vigor steads unrivalled. It deaases tbe scalp and preserves it from oenrf sad dMdruK cures Hshlne and hamon, store* Ceded or gray heir to lie origii dark eoler. tad promotes its growth. / 4 4