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[A • & mericus ^Recorder. Looaxi coziTrwirji 8.0 IITORET, Local Kdltor. MU). KHNUf On and Navcatol*fc,t>*ls*wi‘ m as follow*: f*jr Jtarfictahtl dovaVri’es dally IU4 T m ■p “ “ MU •MB pa. _ . 4:13 a a. ItolMr «ietp« Hopdij, 4:44, si. up •* " Mia. a, * “ “ I'M pa. - 4.ww - , * HandST. lOSsm. TICKETS TO IIBOI OR AS! V PARK POK ROUSU TRIP: ’ $14J30. OR PALS «R* W *A OpoDTIU. JIAUCB wmmm TO«'mpA8T»T TMP. Tfc »*••'•••»»B«II-a Plnnailim. *•» »*iw« Two «il|kb«HM OIUN-Plllh 'i>ow» Tine hxvkr. Fran lahala lo Apalachicola AltaayNcwa, tt. from 250,000 to 275,000 bale* par year. In those doji' tht cotton raised in 8nmt*r eounty was ooileetad *1 old Dan. Tillp, on Flint river, and from there float ed down in barge* to Apataehloota. Now tbe railroad* control all thin trado and Apataohlcolq toleft to dopin'! nlona upon ito flab, ojrateia and Iqmber. Ita lumber trad* to growing and an oyster canning factory baa boon erected, and it would that brighter daysAr* dawning for sleepy little city. It ia not a good port, ia IBCLUslVK. » * LOTT WABBBX, A rant. ■ass vioalag of Kalla. Going want and aontb cloaa at..... It Goingaaat and north cloaa at 3 p. m. Night mail north cloaa at GOOp. to. tot Buena Vista 12 m. Lumpkin 18 m. W. A. lir.ACi, 1*. M. Gee* Surfciral Warn. Ura. W, L. Clark, of Webster oinnty, ban bad a cancer in her lalt breast for aoma time. Laat Monday, at Mr. J. T. McClendon's rraidanca. Dr. J. B. Hinkle, aaalated by Dr*. Fort and Cato, removed tbe cancer. It waa a very difflout opera, ion, but In one boar it waa over, and tire. Clark ia getting along finely. b A Fatty Thieving. One night laat week aoma one entered •Steve Lester's yard and stole en axe. _ Going into Mayo's yard near by, the thief made preparations to abdncl a fine shoat, bat waa aeared away, and left in aueh a hurry tbat ba forgot bis axe. People living in town ahould beware of petty tbievea, at a good many depredations are reported. The King Family. From tbo Macon Telegraph of Taea- ■ley we learn that tbe Bing family, who formerly lived in this eity, are about to become potaeeeora of cnnaiderable money by being belts of an old Indian named Welsh, wbosa property was purchased by the the government. Bing, who it now dead, waa a printer in this place for several year*. The Amateur Ihterlaiamvat, Tbe entertainment to be given at tbo Opera Honee o- next Friday evening, for the pnrpoee of raising funds to rapair the Metbodiet parsonage, promises to baa moat anjoyabls affair. A vary pleasing programme baa been arranged, and tbe prior of admission placed at fifty cents for whole tickets and twenty-fire cente for half tiokata. Tbe ladies getting np tbs ontertainment ham labored bard to make it s enoceas and we trust n full bouse will greet their landablo efforts. Died. At his reahlenoo on Jackston street, •finuday morning, at eleven o'clock, John T. Head, in bis twenty-ninth year. He had been sinking for tbe gu-t two ' or three years with tbat tell destroyer, consumptiou, sod when be died he had literally waited nway. He waa an honest, industrious and bard working yonr.g man. By trado be was a printer, having learned the trade in I.unpkin, Htcwarl ooonty. many years ago. Unsteadily followed bis trade, in ono place or an other, until lost year, when he wae corn- idled to leave it. He leaves a wife to mount hla loss, lie wae 1..triad Monday afternoon by the Masons and Mechanic Fire Co. No. 2. Peace bo to him. Owe or ths City’s Lira Firms. A personal notice on laat Saturday, •bile on Colton Avenue, impreaed us moat favorably with the trade that Tnllit A Jnsaey are carrying on in Uiit city. They rank ns two of oar foremoat met. eantila young men. Their reliability has bnilt them up a trade that is increasing every day, and the scope of country they sell to around Amerieua ia a large one. Their atook of fancy groceries, tobacco, cigars, etc., hare been aelce’ed with care and will be sold at prices tbat will really command itself to buyers. Time never bnags dull with these young men, for lheir*lncreaiing trade, keepe them buey all the time. Tbe energy, reliability, and good financial standing of this firm baa personally impressed os much. fellow-citizens noonmpnnying thorn, the visitors were taken in charge by tbo Guards and oitisans' reception committee and eeoorted np town—tbe military com. paoim going lo Willingham's Hall for jollificati n, • while tbo visiting citixens were distributed among friends in tbo o ty suet at boteis. At tbo halt tbe Gnarda wined their guests, and there waa a happy re-nnion between tbe two onmpaniea. Thu occa sion called forth quite a number of com plimentary toasts and happy responses. Speeches appropriate to tbe occueton were made by Captain* Wool folk and Shaffer, Lieutenant X. F. Tift, CapL K. L. Wight, Mr. John D. Popo.Hon.Wm. M. Hankea, and C'apt. J. T. Heater. The letter gen tleman. who was a member o( the old A! bany Gnarda daring tha war, until ba waa promoted to tha rank of Captain ai.d placed in tbo command of another company, reverted to the pt*l, and with onto of oloqnoneo lieitad an old-task- ionad rebel yell from tbo Albany Gnarda and Amerioua Light Infantry of to-day when he referred to the triala and eoene* through which tkeao honored miltlery companies aa originally organized paaeed during "tbat four years struggle which tried mens' souls" Alter half an hour's conviviality the Guards repaired to their armory and de posited their arms, and CapL Shaffer formed tbe Light Infantry on Broad street and entertained the Guards and our citizens with an excellent drill. Tbia ended tha "firet act,” and approaching darkness warned tbe nnw well-nigh fa- lignod soldiers tbat it waa time to stack their artus and propose for tbn festivities of the night. TUB BALL. The beauty and chivalry ol Americas and Albany met at the Artesian House last night, and at 10 o'clock tba grand ball given by tbe Guards to tbeir visitors was under headway, with nearly one hun dred dancers on floor. Tbo NOJdiera in tsoir handsome nnllorins, and tbo ladies of tits two cities in Ibeir most si) Ball costumes, prcscutud one of tbn most brilliant hull-mom scenes ever witnessed in this oraity othercity.Everybody seem ml to bare left all care at home, and wrul marry us a marriage bell" from tbe time time the music struck up and the first dance was called, everything pass- mi off pleasantly, and it was nut uutil the gray dawn of morn tbat tbe last fig- are of tbe closiOR German bad been danc ed and tbe pleasures of terpaicbore wero abandoned for refreshing sleep. KOTK* AND I’EIISOXAI*. Mian Lena Ford wae a petit* and churm iog viator. Capt. Sbiffer, of tbo Light Infantry a btotbrr of Mr. W. 1). Shaffer, of thia city. Farmers’ Friend Gang Plow. Mr. A B. Edison, of Grand Bapids, Hieb., has been in Americas several days, introducing tbe Fnrmers' Friend Gang Plow, mannfhctured by U. B. Uilmlae & Co., Toledo. Ohio. The first trial »aa made with a three plow gang, drawn by two horse*, on Dr. Eldridge'e place, east of tha city, Monday afternoon. Tbe result of tbb trial was so satisfactory that the Dr. booghl tha plow. Tha sec ond trial took place on the form o{ Mr. W. IL Wheeler, Tuesday morning, when * two plow gang, drawn by two bones, was need. In both cores tbo trial was made in heavy red clay, the plows cutting six inches in depth. With thno plows the gong turn* over thirty-two iacbe* each round, and with two plow* about twenty-on* inch**. It woe found that with three plows, the tad stiff noil, it was most too heavy for the horses, while with two plows it waa f “J- From tbo experiments made it *■ Proved that thno hones sad on* ““n could in tea boars thoroughly plow foar aero* at ground-thru saving the work ol Urns mm and one-bora# in do ing the same amount of work in tha asm* tims with tha old atybv single plows, ba- sides MngftBWBiktKiafc Onr&naon wE do well to investigate the workings of this (In this aeotiou) new plow. It baa boon need in th North for several yean »nd has given general satisfaction. Having beard much of the beaaty acd comfort of a trip tluara tbe Chattahooche Tha Ameriooa Light Iofontry, number- river—and on* ot ito merits being its tag twinty-wriD, rank anil tile, accom- cheapness—«u Always important consid- panl.d by *om« forty or Ally citiieok, i n . oration to an editer-nod wtobtog to af- eluding ladle*, arrived in tnt city on th* fotd <>ur family and ooraelf* little needed Macon unin nt 4 o'clock yesterday attar- recreation, on the 9ih lniL wo took the noon, aod wen met nt the depot by the trafa for Eufoul*. when about 7 p. m. Albany Guardi and a lerg* number of our w* went on board the “Bebeeea Evering- -‘Ukeoa. i bam,* the largest and handeomeet boat «•**!* beingdoable to com* After so address of welcome by Mr. 11. oa |b a Chattahoocb-. V* aball not coon | °P to *ba town, but an obltgad’to anchor M. McIntosh In behalf of tbo City Conn- forget the wane at th* landing, as it was I u>m * “ l,M (n ,h * *** nni **» d and oil and people of Albany (Judge W. T. to us novel and weird. The boat aod unla,d by »«•“ of lighten. With Jones, woo .was firat selected to the steep bluff alungeid* of'which she I mail * bl >tt«ic* a week, seventy miles perform tbia doty, having bean lay was illuminated with eleotrio lights, I from th * Bearcat railroad, on* ssenia to called to Atlanta to attend Supreme Court) i wa f|, „ Pim ,,| e a f dozen of dnrkiec rolled be <,ut ot the world nod all it* busy cans, aod n moat happy aod otoquanl rteponso ! dnwo the hill Itarnls and bales, secern-1 * nd U ,nt at fr »“ B of mind to enjoy the by the Hon W. M. Hawke* upon th* part panying their labor’ with wierd and mo-1 ««l*eol fishing that abounds than, of th* Amerieua miliary and those of their | nolonuus elwnt. Tus boot being loaded, I Securing a romfortabl* boardinghouse, th* lines wan coat off and we moved I w * Parad'd to tike in the town and en- down th* ri*er, tba deck hnoda ringing, tb<l daknnd oyalen wbieh wen tierv- "Good bye, uty lover, good bye." We I *d up at every meal. As we wen treat- early sought our comfortable state room ** *° *•“**>». *« came to tbe conclusion and were soon rocked to sleep by tbe mo- I‘ b *‘ aM *■ flab waa plentiful lion of tbe boat. I * nd therefore a pleas tot place for aperts- Morning f'.nnd tin down below Fort I n,en *° P M * * week. W* sat on the Gaines, and soou ufit r breakfoat we made wh*"” *">1 fl* b >-'d and watched the lit is landing and took on wood. Th* river I ® l ’ et °3 r ** er boat* coma in from the here whs deep and Hewed between high hf* ,0 * J ‘ d dow “ wl,h Ur K» »od luaelou* bank*, no we could use little of tbe coun-1 bivalve*, anil occasionally sampled them try on either ride. Along the river'* edge on tbe half ^shell, eeaaoaed with a little waa a growth of cane and cypres., the P'PPa'-Moce. W* went down to th* latter being covered with Spanish moss, I h**®* 1 ""d watched th* yonngatera play aud we litre remark tbat while monv I in tb » “ n<1 ' >>*l«ned to whal tba wild writoru Itavo gone wild over the weird ef- I w ”®* w * ro feet of ible mow bunging in ferioone from I ® n “ altemoon we went to the oyeler tha trees, to na it eouveya sneb an idtn of I <*oning factory and witnessed tba opera- death and desolation that we would wil- * io “ ol °»" nln K- .Tha.oyater* in tha sbells lingly forego any farther eight of iL »re aboveied form th* boat into iron be*- Down oa for as Chattahooobe tbe kets holding about a bushel and a half, character of tba country on either I “d lhen the b«^<rte »r« placed in a large side of the river ia much tbe nine. Tbe '“ k »bnt OP «8b«y. »t«»ta turned on monotony ol the ride woe broken by f re -1 *be fonk until tbe oysters open their qutnt landing*, where were taken on | mh *ll*. The oyeten or* then transferred bale* of cotton and taken off mereban- lo » ,on 8 tabu * •longai’l# of wbieh nr* dia*. At moat of these landing* there I Mfgad • numbar of negro women and was bat a bous* or two, lb* town* lying boys, who take the oysters from the shall back from one to three mile*, whilo ( n “d pine# them In gallon buckets Th# many places it looked a* if th* boat bad “• ‘ban taken to another room, got ured of the water aod was about to *b*r# they ore placed in cans and sub- take lo th* woods, tbe bow plunging fo I jeotod to another steaming in n largo iron among th* branches of troee as it awnng I t * nk - I 0 ! - “• ib*<i placed on tha np alongside tbe bank. I cans and soldered dawn, when they are Night found n* nt Chattahoochee land- P*^ in “« b *r tank nod again steamed tog. nbont n mile Irom tba town, where *“• ‘° *• *bnt the can* do not leak, the Jacksonville, Pensacola A Mobile The eonom than taken to another mom railroad crunaes the river. A Urge I wborathe tope or* Uoqoarad, the labels amount of freight was taken on her* for I pa»fed on and the can* packed to boxv* Apalachicola, itbriogth* nearest railroad I r ° r ahlpmenL Tha factory employ* point. A Urge amount of cotton was nn-1 *bont forty bond* and puts up about loaded hero, lo ito l.y railroad to New 2500 P* r Th* proora* isanb- Vork. During tbe past season a bitter atoolUUy tbn same as for canning froita light on cotton rale* has bean waged be- » nd vegetable*. Wo inquired of tbo pro- tween the Georgia Central nod Looia- P»®tora. Meaar*. Hunter A Smith, tbo ville A Nssbville r,i*.l*. luo price below eoatof auch an establishment end were Neal's lamliug on the river being ten I ioformvd that one of tbe same capacity cente per bale to New York, »nd of this f« canning froita nnd vegetable* could amount the boat gets ono cent per bale. I b0 P at U P f° r about 83,000. Mbile at rho L 'Ulsville A Nashville road controls ‘bo ennniog lactory wo had n family fish, tbarondriinnliiK rrom Jackaunvillo to Mo and all hands succeeded to lauding a bile, and its freigui is liindoJ at Chatta- mlmber of largo cst-llsh and a eonple of hoochee. Tilt Central carries It* ootton ecl *- TI.erois somefan to fishing whero to Columbus i.ti'l shl]>a from there t0 I >"U do not have to wait* half an hour for Savannah. I * b >to. As wo got up Monday morning and] Friday afternoon we went on board the looked out from our stateroom window, •‘Thron*tae*l»“nnd *12 o'clock wo atort- wr found that th* liver bad widened, and I ed U P lb* river on onr. way home. We tbe banka were low and swampy, while “* •»“>* “P the river to Chattahoochee tbe crooks in the ri’er were namerous I hut what we had seen going down, fxcept and often very sudden. Tbo country I Ochcsee, once tbo homo of Mrs Carolina appeared to be nn«. vast) swamp, fnll of &*• HenU and where she wrote aoveral of takes and lagoons rnnning back from the her charming tales of Bouthern life, rirrr. Here oud there the ground seem- Ocheaee is simply on old plantation oil to rise out •»! the water, nnd cn these I home—a targe white honso in tbe midst hammock* we occasionally caught glimp- °‘ * 8f°ve of water-oaks—s pretty place, sen of orango groves, at least tbat is wbat I out of the world, nnd well adapted to tha wo Wi-r* told’they wero, but aa they were fancies of an imaginative writer, devoid of lvave* nnd fruit wo never would Loaving Chattahoochee early Sstuiday have known what they wero bad wo rot morning, wo entered tbo Flint river, been informed. W* were in Florida— which hero rnns into th* Chnltahnochee, the land of flowers, oranges and alligu- [ proceeded forty mile* up to Bain- tors; bat not a tlo.ver or orange could bo I bridge. The water of th* Flint differs ston, nnd even the ulligator* worn scarce, I h’Teatly from that of the Chattahoochee, aa we only saw four, and they were small. I ‘he latter buviug a reddish muddy tint, Wo had expect id li see a land luxuriant | while tba former is of a bluish tin! soil with green foliage, blooming as a garden, much clearer. Tha Cbaitalioocbee is redolent with pt-rfuine, with sunny skies J f u, l of sand bars, whilo tbe Flint is fnll of an 1 air as soft and balmy as the breezes j rocks. The Flint is a r.ilhf-r narrow from Araby the blest; but we were doom-1 crooked stream, nnd atone place—lb* ed Li diHappointmvnt. Along the river's hank wis an almost impenetrable forest of cypress, the dead looking trunks and limbs festooned with groy moss, giring il an air ol sadiicss and desolation, reminding ono ol the descrip tion of th* dismal swamp, and conid almost Imrgino the forlorn (Indian maid, in her light canoe sailing nflor her spec tre lover. As wo passed down the river gradually whlvnod, and just before ranching Apalachicola it winds through wide ult marshes, ajvcred with tall sedgo grass. Ten o'clock found us alongside the wlmrf nt Apnlncliicota, where we re- luatantly bid good bye lo tbo "llehecca Everingbnm" and its "boy|crcw,'*iio called J D WM Monday m-rning when w# reach- •d Fort GA>**,*sd flndlnglthatws would «r*i»# In Snfonta too lata locatebtho train, w* g't off Climbing eom* sixty atopn in tbn foot of a steep blnfl, we took th« omoibua for th* towi). Fort Oatnea lien some sixty or seventy feet above tbe river, and 1* n handsome little town.ahow- tog signs of growth and Improvement. W# (pent n few pleasant hoars here, dar ing which wo called on Bm. Lewis of the Tribun* and found him n gonial gen tleman. Fort Osinas al*> has ita artesian wall derrick nnd no wall. Taking th* train at Fort Osinas, w* ran np to Culhbert, when after n short wait we took the Southwestern train nnd wore anon homo, well pleased with onr trip and glad to got bock to Americas, th* handsomest Util- ally to th* 8ooth. Aa others may wish tn taka this short, enjoyable and cheap trip, we will I*y for their benefit that th* expense of th* trip, including fare, paaaag* on the boot, ho- tal bills and book bine for nint days, waa f IS.OO. The roond trip otn be made, slopping four or five honra iu Apataehi- cola, for *12.00. The Central line of steamers are large, with well furnished oabioaf' eomfortablo state room* and set n goud table, while the umoers nr* nil eonrteon* and attentive. We do not know of a moredeligbtfa! trip that can be taken fur ao little money. Mr *. ■>' -(o). J. Mam & Cs. DURING THE NEXT 30 Days Tba Light Infantry is nne of the beat looking nnd hot drilled military compa nies in tbo state. D. II. Ilill.aliadingmercbeatorArtier- icus, aod his accomplished wife, wero members of tbe parly. Mist: Inez Cults, a stalely and beautiful brunette, was an admired and popular visitor. Mist Maggie Callaway, our of Iko cole, beauties of Amerieua, is among the fair excursionists. Among the accomplished and aud pop ular chaperones of ths puty, wore Mrs W. 1'. Burt and Mis. A. I., lice*. Miss Msttic Hawkins n beautiful hello of Amerieua, was universally admired. Mi«s Lillie Brown, the bewitching 11 brarinn, of tbo Amcriotta Library Associ ation, brightened the oecnaiou with her presence. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Cooper, nnd Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Fricker, were among onr most prominent end popular guests. J; J. .Smith, Chief of the Americas Fire Department, and his better half, wero graceful dancer* and charming gurats. lion. John II. Felder, who has presid ed over lb* manieipal government of Amerioua for aoveral.years, with honor to himself and credit la our sister city, came dawn with tho cxcnrslooists. Miss Lila Calay, of our city, who ha* been delighting her friends in Americas by her presence far some days past, came bom* with ths excursionists, accompa nied by harattnetivaandpoputarfriend, Mias Imogen* Lamar, of that city. Mr. J. V. Sheffield, ono of tha most prominent and Influential merchants of Americas, and who to aloe connected through the well known firm of Sheffield A Bell with the basineaa in tercets of Alba ny. waa along with the party. A Wonderful Girl. The exhibition giren by Miss Lain Hand, on Monday night, of her wonder ful puwere waa well attended and nils- fled all preaent that Hamlet wae cornet when be said: "**««•*" totals ia hr area sad svtti, Ths* an lout ef Is your phllatsfkr.\ W* have witness*d;so-c*lled "spiritual manifestations," | D which tablet were tipped, rapping* heard, ate., bnt we never before saw such power so simply display ed. A numbar o! gentlemen, aoma of them the alrongeat to onrelty, attempted to hold to ita place n chair, but Miss La ta, by simply placing upon it th* palms of her bands, made it move to and fro on the stage, carrying the bolder with iL A billiard ena waa than taken, sad it was twisted out of Ibe.bands.of tba bolder by Miaa Lota’s placing bar hand* upon it Ta* handle of an nmbralta was broken in th* efforts of a gentleman to bold it when Mina Lula placed her hands upon it* But the orowning feat of th* occa sion, th* on* which meal greatly gave evidence of tha Wonderful power of tba wnaderful girl, waa the raising of a chair from the floor whils Hon. J. N. Hudson sitting in it. When it w knows that Mr. Hadeos weighs 283 lb*, the atrength required to lift him is some thing morn than human, to all these trials Mis* Lata did not appear in lb* least i xhtnsted nnd did not appear tonae any of her own strength. While strong iu*n enmo nut or those trisUjpanttog for breath she remained tus aorena and smil ing as If she waa a mere apaotator. Ot •.nothing all who were preaent were con- mend—tlist there was no deception practiced, and that Miss' I.uta'a power, whatever it is, to not of a magnetic or elec trical chirrtur. Those who attempted to hold th* chairs and other article* say they felt no peculiar (sensation, nothing tint such fores as if aunts stronger person was pushing or pulling against, them. That them won no magnetism wire shown from the fact that Mias Lula scarcely looked attho person holding the artiole and the force was too immediate in effect have been produced by magnetism- Miss Lula is but a simple country girl, between fifteen anti sixteen years old, targe for her age, rather slow^in her movements, nod not at all spiritaelle in form tor face. Altogether It is a mystery that we cannot solve, and the more there seen of it tho more one is perplexed. WE WILL SELL OUR ENTHUC STOCK OK Soys’, Ms’, anil Gent? • • Boots, Shoes, CARPETS ! 3*to„ Eto., Regardless ef Cost COOSriL BfKKTlXCJ.. Bi?J Ilortae eSho>>—it in 11 ti^Ut injmeio for the boat ta get nrountl. fMindful nt )Uin* bridi'o At 4 r. if., ami whilo tbe hauda were !oiding on 1200 micUm of guano aud fivo cm of iuifisceUaneoii* n>ercliandi*«> we strolled over tbe town. lliinbridge in i.aadMomcly aituated on a high bluff, itn htrcotn are wide and almded with magnificent water onk«, ita residences taaty and anbalautial in ap- Mo.wuv, Feb. 25th, 1884. Preaent, Mayor Felder,^Aldermen Wil. Hama, Cobb, Hull, Morgan. Hurt aud Hawking. Tha minutes of laat meeting wero read ■nd confirmed. On account of the nbftence of % Judge Fort from the city, uctioii^m regard to Finn afreet waa postponedJuntil bin re turn. It wna recommended that the Street Com in if ten proctifd to place Iteea Park ia a proper condition. Tbo commifteo on unifnrma for Kook and LndiUr Firn company were allowed ONB WISHING AXYTliara IN OUR LINE WILL Save from 25 to 50 per oent IN BUYING FROM US. pearance, bat the ba»iu**a portion of tho I m ‘ >ro t,,no 10 reciliv * hid*. city look* old and give* but little evidence of improvement. Lika most of Mouth Georgia towns, it ha* itn artesian well derrick on tho -square, but no well. It is the terminus of n branch of the Kavan- oh, Florida A Western railroad, ia *ur< because nil Its officers except the captain j rounded by a fertile country, and ban tbe Taunt Up* Mr. D. I. Fonder, af Webstar county, who oo mysteriously disappear*4 fora day or ao, has turned ap all rigkL Altar leaving Mr. Wharton at tha branch h* had gona lo a neighbors, whero he re mained allnight, bnt hnppanad to ba out of th* nag* of tha tea rehen tha nett day. aro young men, many of them boyish in appearance, but old in experience and always courteous and obliging. Wc shall at says remember them a* pleasant gen tlemen who contributed much to Hie pleasure of our trip. Apalachicola is a town of 1GOO iahubi elements of fularc growth and prosperity. Altogether, we were well pleased with the town and would liked to have keen more nt of it. Leaving ILiinbridg. at midnight, wo again entered tho Chattahoochee e.rly Sunday morning and found tho rirer touts, built on a dr.ary waste of white j swollen by recent rains, it being about sand, acd in appearance ta the deadest ' fourteen feet higher than when we wenl town w# ever art foot to. Esc.pt upon j down and filled with floating driftwood the arrival of a boat, when a large proper-1 Sunday woo a rainy and gloomy day. Imt I J' 1 ®* 1 ,™** hn re "‘' lM ' lion of the population flocks down to the j in the comfortable cabin nnd slap * ’ e Street Committee. To prevent unauthoriied foot passen gers from crossing Flint river hridge|from a defect in the bridge, it was or Jered that the Bridge Committee have tbe defect at tended to. It was ordered that n lamp be phicrd nt a certain |>oint oa Leo street. The bad condition of tba side walk near the rail road crossing was brought to the attention of the council. The Committee on the license ordi nance was granted farther time. The need of n laiup*at a ^certain point on Hampton street waa referred lo tho Street Committee. . The petition of Mr.jBrannun askingjlh* operation of lb* Council’in relation to Call Early ! Wharf, the town seem* to ba buried in u ut l!l " »t*«mer we apcnl Hie lim- Rip Van Winkle aleep. Larg* blocks of brick building* 11* to rains, having been blown down by n cyclone some years ago. Yet tbia same town waa, years ago, before th* advent of railroads, on* of the most prosperous and busy of tba cities on tbe Gnlf. In those, Itaptliaieet, day* it waa the great market and supply depot for th* whole Chattahoochee valley. All tbe cotton of Southwest Georgia and South- eastern Alabama waa brought down lb* river to this place, the receipts being tortabiy and pleasantly in reading and I Street Committee. It being a full Council, the^application, A. J. Baehamuin to have bis tax 11- AND AVOID THE KUSn. TIILS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY OFFERED TO BUY NEW AND F1IESII GOODS . At Your Own Price I conversation. And right her* is a good j **s taken np, and bis re- phase to remark that a more comfortable 'l 11 ** 1 and roomy river boat than tbe | A proteat waa received Irom a number Thmnateesk* w* have nevsrj seen, white it wonld be hard to fiod more genial and courteous host than Capt. Kline, who has filled every peal, tion to th* atrvio* from cabin boy np, and b* isably ascended by all bis oflleen, Who are aver ready to give information and attend to th* wants of their gars. of resident* on Finn street objecting to any interference with that street on th* part of tbe Council. Alderman A. C. Bell wss elected Major pro tern. It was agreed hereafter to meet at half past 7 o'clock, p. m. Sundry bills want ordered paid. Connell * I qjljonmed. J.Man & Co. NEW M STORE,