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Americus Recorder. stablished 1879. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1885. Daily, Per Year,.. *8.50. Wrkkly, “ ... 2.00. DAWSON DOTS. iahson, March 18—Mr. and , I). K. Geisc, and Mr. and Mrs. q jjrisbm, all of Joliet, III., ue down and spent a week in ,. c jty with Mr. Geo. Geise and s _ t. R. Hannah, of our city, is is their first visit to the South 1 they seem to be enjoying it tnenselv. They are cultivated d refined peoplS'tuid know how appreciate a good thing. They eak in the highest terms of our untry and of the people they ve met, and 7 think could be in- iced to make the “Sunny South” cir future home. “Tis a cousunt- ation devoutly to bo wished.” |hey left for the New Orleans Ex- sition on Monday lasl. The Golden troupe played Mon night to a large and apprecia- audiencc, the great society •ains in five acts, entitled “Fate.” was well performed throughout, ,d especially the part of Mrs. ella Golden, us Helen Faraday, nd Frank Coy', as Makepeace hackery Glaze. As olten as Mrs. olden would bring tears into the os of the audience, Frank would [rive them back and replace them ith smiles, to be followed by side lining laughter by his wit and [umor and ludicrous positions and spressions. Last night they played the very ugkable comedy, entitled “Con- ision,” and it was “confusion con- unded’ - before they got through ith it. Every character was well ustained throughout the play, and lie entire audience was delighted ith the performance. “Master” ginald Gray, an infant only ten iontln old. and “Posey,” a Scotch trier about the same age, played very conspicuous part in the Confusion” last night, and. in cl, were the cause of all the con [usion among the grown people, iittle Reginald began acting in this iece at three months old, and now nows as well what part he is to erform as any of the actors, and ever makes a mistake. The troupe emained in our city from Sunday oon to Wednesday noon, aud they ouducted themselves so gentle' anly and lady-like that our clti ;ens arc vc-v favorably impressed, nd would be glad to bave them ith us again at any time. Mr. J. A. Horsely is fitting tho pera House up in splendid style, nd he makes an excellent mana' Under bis management the all is becoming so popular that be s besieged with applicants nearly very day by the best traveling roupes. Mr. Hart should lease the ouse to Mr. Horsely for a number f years. State Senator Jas. E. Brown, of ^McDonough, editor of the Henry County Weekly, came down this ftemoon, bringing bis wife and hild and will remain several days, he guest of bis father, Mr. B. H. Rrown, of our city. Mr. Brown as raised in Dawson and has any friends here who will be glad 1 an opportunity ot shaking his iand. Mr. W. T. Allen, of Americus, -rived in our city this^afternoon n * visit to his sister, Mrs. J. G. 'arks. Miss Ellen Martin, sister’ot Mrs. B* McNulty, aecompanied|Prof. Adams and hts sister to the Press Convention and thence to the Ex- position. Mr. W. E. Spotswood has sold the right of the Davis quilting frame for Terrell county to Messrs lamum & Statham. On Monday Jast they sold ten frames, and on Tuesday eight. It’s a good thing. Dawson, March 20 Last night *»« a busy night at the'Appeal of* ce, as this morning’s Issue had to r 4 w °rked off before the working force could be permitted to enjoy a ittle more foldir g of the bands in ? **P»" an 'l yet when the church oell rang f or prayer meeting, every “an and boy stopped work in an instant, washed the ink from their hands, put ou their coats, and has tened to the church, listened atten tively to the songs and prayers, hastened back to tno oflioe, doffed their hats and coats and toiled on till 11 o'clock. Early this morning the Appeal was handed around to its many city subssribers, brim ming full of the latest news, valua ble information, and interesting matter. This is a very good exam ple and worthy of imitation throughout this State. Messrs. W. W. Dodwell and W. T. Simmons, of Calhoun county, were in our city yesterday. Mr. Simmcns went from here to Bir mingham, Ala., where lie and Mr. J. L. P. Durham will enter into mercantile business. Mrs. Emoretlo Moor?, of Atlanta and her sister, Miss Sue Chamber- ! ! n, of Dabloncga, are in the city the guests of their uncle, Dr. C. A Cheatham. Charlie Orr, one of Dawson’s best business boys, is now in Atlanta clerking for Messrs. Chamberlin Johnson & Co. Mr. F. A. Ruggles left yesterday for the Exposition. Messrs. Walters and Page, and Misses Fannie Feagin and Mattie Ogletree, nil of Sumter county passed through our city today, on their way to the Exposition. Mrs. T. Peters, of New York sister of Mr. Fruzee, of our county arrived in our city to-day, and will go out to tier recently purchased plantation, the Burge place,to-mor row. Mrs. Peters is a very hand some and intelligent lady, and our people arc glad to have her come among them. Prof. Quiliinn received a tele gram this morning stating that his brother, wiio bad gone from Athens to Oxford to wait upon a sick brother there, died last night of pneumonia. 'The Prot. dismissed his school and toek tho train this afternoon for Oxford to attend his brother’s buiial which will take place to-morrow. Mr. Johnnie Hires, of Albany came up yesterday to see his fath er, and returned to day. Dawson, March 23—Rev. A.M Williams preached an able sermon yesterday on the subject of Prayer, and another last night on the Prodi gal Son. 'He decided to protract the meeting every morning at 9 o’clock, preaching every evening at T:30 o’clock during the week, per haps longer. - Mr. and Mrs. McClung, of Dough erty county, were in the city yes terday. Also Mrs. Mary Jordan, of Georgetown, mother of Mrs. Me- Clung. Mr. Hiram Powell and wife, nee Miss Hattie Mercer, of Wards, ar rived in our city yesterday on visit to Mr. J. R. Mercer. Mrs. Crockett Baldwin left for her new home in Auburndsle, Fla., yesterday, accompanied by her sis ter, Mrs. Sallie Janes. Mr. W. J. Speer, of Americus, has moved with his family to our ity, and is occupying Dr. Farrar’s residence on Main street. Hon. Jas. E. Brown and family left to-day for their home in Mc Donough, accompanied by Miss Carrie Brown, ot our city. Mr. L. Crouch, depot agent, has received instructions to furnish transportation to the Dawson Guards to the Exposition and re turn at $8.95 each. There was plenty of ice this morning, and it’s cold aa blazes now, at 2 p. w. J. A. F. EI.LAVILLE. It is positively stated that Mor mon* will build a church in Ruth erford county, N. C. Two of their elder* will oonduct it, while three other* work ae missionaries in North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina and East Tennessee. The only international street car line in the world is the one connec- ing Paso del Norte, Mexico, with El Pasc, Texas. Ellayille, March 19, 1885. Editor Recorder: Whilst I am no regular correspondent of your paper I thought I would give you a few notes from our little town. The farmers are about ^trough planting corn and are now prepar ing for king cotton; putting out guano, compost, etc. Our little town feels somewhat complimented. Miss Lulu Hurst, the Georgia wonder, will perform here to-nigbt. So you see we now need an opera house. The Americus people had better look out or wc will have an arte sian wed before they will. A lady friend tells mo she has already between six and seven hundred dollurs subscribed for that purpose. The prospects oefore as are very flattering for our little town. All the claims for the B. V. R. R. are satis factorily settled, so there re maining no lien lor grading, croes- tieing,etc. If you have any crack shots in Americus send them up to compete with our Eliaville boys, for we have some that claim to be experts. For instance X, correspondent of the Recorder, went out doving yester day and out of ninety-six shots killed twelve doves. Very good for a newspaper correspondent. E. S. Baldwin, who claims to be the best shot in the town, so am tola, emptied one hundred and thirty shells and only killed twenty-nine doves. Our town mar shal, amongst the rest, so repo-.-ts say, shot about fifty shot and only killed three. J. S. Dudley, our boss blacksmith and carriage maker told me he shot away three pounds of shot and only killed seventeen James R. Williams, Esq., a young limb of the law, so report says, emptied one hundred shells and only killed eight birds. There were nine or ten in the crowd. T only give report ot the best shots, One hundred and forty-one is the number of birds reported billed. Our little town is very healthy, and no need of doctors. I guess you will be up at court. Come up and spend u few days with ub and be happy. Nella. office has been established here and one at Eliaville. Mr. Suber is the agent at Eliaville and Ed Jackson at Buena Vista. The train slipped off from Ella- villo the other day and left conduc tor Singleton and passenger Louis Webb. When the train reached Putnam the absence of the conduc tor was discovered and the engine of the construction was sent back after him Buena Vista will sell about 1000 tons of guano this season. The farmers of Marion will use more fertilizers this year than ever be fore known ill her history. If the season is anything like favorable the result will be an immense crop. STEWART COUNTY. Ellavii.le,March 20.—Miss Lulu Hurst gave an exhibition of won derful power at ttiis place list night. She lifted heavy as well as light weights. Her force seems to be irresistible. Our people were much pleased with the show. There will be a change in the schedule on the B. V. R. R. -Mon lay. This cold weather is making the farmers look “sorter” blue, especial ly those that bave planted corn. Miss Nannie Myers, who is quite favori.e here, left for Preston this morning. Truly, X. BUENA VISTA. From the Sentinel. A railroad meeting was held at Tazowell Saturday, March ,14th. Prof. J, D. Duncan was called to the chair and S. L. Fleming was requested to act a* secretary. Re port of committees was first in or der. Messrs. L P. Blue, and Dr. M. R. Edwards, who had visited Columbus in the interest of the en terprise made a very favorable re port. Maj. E. W. Miller was called for and addressed the meeting at some length with an appropriate speech. It was moved that the chair appoint seven director* for the road. A substitute was offered and carried that the chair appoint one direotor (elect a second and that they together selects third and so on until the number agreed upon is completed. The following compose the hoard of directors: I. P. Blue, J. A. Sheppard, J. D. Dun can, W. T. Stewart, M. R. Edwards, O. Owens, G. W. Carr. Upon motion meeting then adjourned. The Southern Express Company have established an express line over the Buena Vista railroad,with W. C. Singleton as messenger. An Lumpkin Independent. While burning off new ground this week several Stewari. county farmers have met with considerable loss by the burning of fencing. Notwithstanding the extreme cold weather that we have had since Christmas, Dr. Gregory has Irish potatoes of this year’s growth nearly large enough for the table, Already two negroes have been killed on the line of the A. P. A L. road and a third one found in a hole of water dead. Such occur rences are common where so many negroes are working together. (The English sparrow has made bis appearance again after an ah aence of several months. He is strictly a domestic bird and mi- grates to the cities and larger towns tojestablish his winter quarters. be early gardener says he will hive spring greens for dinner Bun day, lettuce on Monday and will out cabbage plants when it ). He also reports an abun .nee of Lincoln bugs which are ing on the young plants, All of the grading on the A. P, -A D. road virtually completed ex ccpt five-eighths of a mile which is from the corporation line to the ter minus of tlie road. Work on this will probably be commenced next week and it will only require short while to complete it under the systematic working of Perkins Brothers contractors. The committee appointed to can vass for additional subscriptions for the A. P. & L. Road bave been actively engaged this week, and while they met with much encour agement there still remains about fifteen hundred dollars to be raised which will finish up the amount required. Subscriptions will bo received now in any amount from $25 up, and it is earnestly hoped that this small balance will be sub scribed at once without further solicitation. On Wednesday last a horse was stolen from Andrew Jackson, a col ored farmer who lives on the Kidd place, two miles east of Lumpkin, And rew traeed the horse to to Saw yer’s mill, after which no signs could be seen to indicate the direc tion taken by the thief. As some of the negroes lately employed in grading the railroad have been leav ing camp and returning to their homes in Alabama, Andrew thought propably the horse was stolen by one of these negroes. He was look ing for bis horse yesterday and is willing to reward anyone who will apprehend tne thief. A correspendent writtlng from Webster county to the Americus Recorder says: “ We are anxiously looking forward to the time when we can go to America* on the A. i*. & L. R. R. Last aummer,when the big meeting waa held in Lamp- kin, the great fear of the Stewart county folk* was that Webster would fail to oome up with her end of the string, and yet here we are waiting for Stewari to fill up her quota. Poor little Webster has done ner best.” “Straight Edge” is mistaken. After tho people of Sumter agreed to build the road to Lannahasscc and the people of Stewart to Kinchafoonee we did not doubt the ability of Webster to . : ” fill up the gap. Notwithstanding the fact that Stewart county will pay for several miles of work done in Webster we will meet you at Pbillipi and you won’t have long to wait either. FROM HATCHER STATION. Hatciikr Station, March 18. Editor Recorder:—Owiqgtothe epidemic of colds in our seotion, many of our people have been and are still sick, the writer among the number. I bave never in a life of over half a century seen so many people afflicted with a bad headache in many instances it results in con tinued or ebrouio catarrh of the head which is very painful. We bave had some days of beau tiful spring weather during whioh the people planted their corn, much of which is now coming up, but from the present outlook the stand will neccessarily be defective. The fruit-trees are rapidly coming to the front in their Spring verdure, but the weather to-day augurs a dead lock in their progress. Gardens are late, but few have any cabbage plants ready for trans planting. I have about one third or my crop transplanted from a hot bed and they are looking very well when we consider the very unfavor able weather. Corn planting is about over in this section. Guano forcolton is being rapidly put in the ground, though I am glad to note that less is being used from our depot than tor several years past. I retraced my crops for the past sixteen years all of which I used guauo, and upon a careful estimate of results, I de termined that during that time I lost more money than I made by its use and determined to cut it off this year by way of experiment and use nothing but my cotton seed and barn yard manure,giving cereal crops largely the advantage both as to area and fertilizers. Our Superior court convened last Monday, but very little busi ness on band, but little criminal matter before the court and less civil. His honor Judge Clarke was ready, ater two days, olose up the session but bad to wait on the grand jury until to-day, when it will adjourn, the court was sparse ofvieitlng attorneys. Our people with one voicc|pr*!se the opening of the new administra tion and confidently expect a wholesome reformation In every department. Our Sunday Sohool at Monti- cello is still on a boom, carrying more members, more life and more interest than ever before ainee its organization a year ago. The Quar terly meeting of the county asso ciation will meet with Enon church on the 5th Sunday in March, to which all are invited. The annual meeting will be at Georgetown the first Sunday in May, at which time and place delegates to the State Convention, whioh meets at Rome, Ga., will be appointed. The irrepressible Tom Burney, of the Telegraph and Messenger, wae on hand at court, with bis usual success. Also the loquacious and valuable Bill Barry, of the Randolph Vindicator,taking names back, and in resuming hi* seat missed the chair and fell on the floor, emptying treat, grease and gravy in his face and was badly burned. No other damage beside broken plank in the floor. General meeting at Richland next Sunday. Everybody invited with full baskets. We expect to be on band, if nothing happens, with sharp teeth and appetite. No letter last week. Attended en tertainment given by Miss Seville. She sings well and nmst be heard to be appreciated. All weli. Matos. THE NEIV MEN. by the score for the new paper. Me ore anon. Quitman. J0UNPBEET1LLK. Johnpbezvilu, March 28.—The early bird* say they haven’t planted corn yet Our* is all up and splendid stand have we. We are not at all uneasy. We have teen sueh weather before, and ours being soaked in good “red-eye” there it no danger. Those who did not soak thtir corn may look out Cotton planting will commence as soon as the weather turns warm. Some fancy patches have been planted. Henry Randle, col., living with W. D. Jackson, while sitting by the fire cooking bis breakfast with fry pan in hand, got up to stir the fire; while up bis wife pushed bis chair Washington, March 23.—Edwin J. Phelps, who was nominated to day as minister to England, Is a prominent lawyer of Burlington, Vermont. He is about sixty yean of age and possessor of a moderate fortune. He is ex-president of the American Bar association, has practiced before the supreme court in Washington, and is highly esteemed as a lawyer and a man of culture. He has several times been democratic candidate lor governor of Vermont, but far as known here has never held public office. For two years past he delivered ledum on law to the graduating classes of Yale college. Mr. Phelps is s son of ex Senator Phelps, of Ver- moot, Senator Edmunds was his legal preceptor. Phelps is a personal friend of J ustice Field, of the supreme court, who speaks in the highest terms of his learning and ability. Henry Rootes Jackson, nomi nated as minister to Mexico, is a native of Georgia, and is 64 y«*Ts of age. He graduated at Yale col lege in 1839, and was shortly after wards admitted to the bar. Ho waa colonel ot a Georgia regiment in the Mexican war, and the four suc ceeding years was judge ot the Eastern circuit of Georgia. la 1853 be was sent to represent the United Slates at Vienna, Austria, where be remained five year*. During the late eivIL war he waa s southern brigadier general, and had command on the upper Potomac. Since the war Jackson lias practiced the profession ot the law in Geor gia. He has of late years held no public office. He is a man of inde pendent fortune, and is highly in dorsed by prominent men of bis state. Jackson is author of several poems, “Tallulah” being among them. Robert M. McLane, of Maryland, nominated as minister to France, was born in Wilmington, Del, in 1815. He waa educated at St. Mary’s college, Baltimore, and at the ’college Bourbon, in Parle, France. He was appointed by Gen eral Jackson cadet at Weat Point, and alter graduation there in 1837 served in the Florida war and In the northwest a* lieutenant of ar tillery. He resigned from thesmy in 1843; studied law in Washington, and removed to Baltimore, where be began its practice. He was s member of the Maryland legislature in 1845-6; was a member of tike thirtieth and thirty-first congresses; was appointed by President Pierce in 1852 minister to China, and was appointed by President Buchanan minister to Mexico in 1859, bat re signed in 1860. He waa eleoted to tbe forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses, and declined nomina tion for the forty-eighth congress. He was elected governor of Mary land in 1883, for tbe term of fear years, beginning January, 1884. George H. Pendleton, of Cinela- nati, the new minister to Germany, was born at Cincinnati, O., July 19th 1825, received an academic education in tbe achools of Cincin nati, and afterwards in Europe, studied law, was admitted to the bar and has continned ever aiaoo to praotice at Cincinnati; was • member of tbe state senate of Ohio in 1854-5; was representative frees Ohio in the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, thirty-seventh and' thirty-eighth congresses; was democratic candi date for vice-president on the ticket beaded by George B. McClellan in 1854; was democratic candidate for governor of Ohio in 1869;was elect ed to tbe United States senate as demoorat to succeed Stanley Matthews, republican, and took his seat March 18th, 1879. Hi* term expired March 8,1885. In Scotch divorce case which re cently came before the Court of Session, the couple had been mar ried for thirty-five years, and the wife, who was the petitioner, wsa the mother of fifteen children.