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Americus
AjjeEfQ.j,
Recorder.
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1886.
Daily, Pkr Year„4<j.oo
Weekly “ ... 2.00
americus Recorder
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OXjXIS3n SIR.
Off. *->•
office
o* cotto» itexie
americus.
in-ricai i» entity scat of HumUr
A ®. OcorcU, Miniated on the Sottlb-
71 toil- ™th.«tof
sail about Ottilias north of the
5 o.i ioo It i« aituutod la tliebnrat
of Georgia. r»WDft* greater »aH-
cultural and hortionltaralpro-
gZSZ, any other part of the South.
JJJbiiiimj all the fruite. grain and rege-
ooro, rye, oats, rice, Irish
- potatoea. peanuts, ohufae,
toi fIVeel pOUlloee, rem.™, —
SttOD peas, auger eane, apple*. P“f».
crapes, plums end other fruits.
Colgate i» mild aird equable, and one
!tthe moat healthy in th« world, the air
0lt und on find mostbenoficial lor
dtaPMM. All kioda of
being | •'ire
Innc ft’>d throat
outdoor work can lw performed without
iMom nience from eummer heat or
Saier cold. Amorious has a population
of 6 0*.s». in beautifully situated on high
Bd rolling g'ound end LOMU of aome of
rtelioi'lwmeet business blocks in the
Sootb lb* city b»» fine public schools;
rood ebotebes; a large public library;
doily. OUB aeml-weekiy and two
stslij newspapers; a new opera houses
aompittel) farciahed wild eoeaery and
aoaUi of seating 1,000 persons; a well
orinuod are department, including
® - .,M. itin utraota «M *a]J
iJbfir.o siraniora; the streets are wet
tired sewered and lighted; there are
two flouring mills, a cotton seed oil mill,
elanirt' mill and variety worka, carriage
heton, and » number of minor manfaolo-
l)N'about two hundred firms are engaged
in ciercKiitilo business; throe banks with
M abundance of capital; two good
botch I ufiitah good accommodattton.
inerivu.i u the centre of trade for six
tonntiw comprising the richest agricul
tural .lection in Georgia, the average an-
loilcottou receipts being 30,000 bales,
which will be largely inoreaeed by the
■omplvticu of the Preston and Lumpkin
railroad now in prooess of oonatruction.
,t is the largest city in Southwest Goor-
gie, and Its* been appropriately named
the "Comoiuroial Capital” of .that sec
tion, and it is rapidly growing in popu
lation and wealth. As a place of bual-
1«S residence it presents attractions
equaled by few cities in the South.
Property of all kinds la comparatively
cheap, although rapidly advancing in
nine; the inhabitants Of both oity and
country are cultivated, courteous and
bospitahle, with a oordial welcome fp im
migrants. To onlorprfslna tradesmen, Ju
dicious capitalists end industrious furm-
sistbis section of Georgia offers fine- op
portunities. Any information in regard
to city or country will bo cheerfully fur
nished by addressing the Amkiucus Br-
CMduh,'Americas. Go.
aEiTOEinmifE Films.
Brokers
[) C. N. BURKHALTErT
• Beal Estate aud Loan Broker.
Office over Council A Williford.
JHeaf Markets.
C OBB & PARKER,
Cotton Avenue Most Starket and Fam
ily Grooerbs. OppositeBsotof Amorious.
Physicians.
T B. HINKLE,
“ • Physician and
Physician and Burgeon, Office on
Jackson St. Keaid.nce on Taylor St.
rill. J. A. FORT,
Phvnimfln nml
Physician and Surgeon. Office at
i. Kosidence Y/eat
Bldridge's drug store.
Si
Lamar Street.
0 A. BltOOKS,
* Physician an
Physician aod Surgeon. Office at
Davenports' drug store. Beeitleuoe at
J. E. D. Shipp's Farlow Lawn.
Groceries.
7 B. BOSWOKTH,
Wh.dosulu aud Kotail Grocer.
FoiaythSt., 2d door east of pest office.
Dentist.
J A. THORNTON, JR.
9 Dentist.
061;'! t.v»r People’s National Bank.
Saving tlie Natural Teeth a specialty,
jttce 19,1886 y
w.
I*. BUUT,
ff • Dentist,
Fifteen years situoeualal practice in
American gives tutjuruuce that be is both
competent and reliable.
LOCJIl* SC URDU LK.
On ir.il nft«r Sun-inj, October 4, tnUna will roe
wfcOowa:
THAIN8S00TB.
till AuliXtU \un
lifhi Exjrtfi, 0.451*,.®
TRAINS NORTH.
Ml Barth Mi....... 3:lSp. a
IWt Expffi eases cm0:49 ft. TTt
olfht iFiMiyer connect* ui 8®ith«
lih^UMvsmnsikBtc^to^owry.
J.
Watches and Jewelry.
K. SI I.DIVAN,
Watchmaker end Jeweler,
Soul side of Lamar St.
OH! MY BACK
Every strafe er Mid attacks that weak keek
aid nearly prostrates yon.
BRDM S
THE °
.SHI™* •=■
5lll!SS&
ilMvla to/ own famQj."
jail in xn/ own faauljr.”
VI -laMcocoASy^o^MfiliSa
Geiralna haaabor* Trad* Mark and croraad rad Bnaf
on wrappar. Take no other. Mad* only by
BROWN CHEMICAL CO., IIALTUtORE, MXR
From 115 lbs. io 161 lbs.
To the Cuticura n?:nedies I owe
My Health, My Happiness,
and My Life.
Id very- Stables.
XT G. * J. K. PRINCE,
• Livery. Feed end Exohnnge Stables,
detiers in Buggies, Harness, Whips, Eta.
West side of Cotton Avenue
Photograph* Artist.
A day never puvi that 1 do not think aud sp.sk
kindly of th. ClTtCttU ItnKzntUi. Seven y.nrs
Ho. *11 of . doinn lamp, i'irnind ns ay nock,
ranging in aize from a cboi ry atone to an orange.
Tha largo onea ware frightful tu look at,and painfU|
to bear; people tamed atlde «vhon they aaw me, la
diagait, and I waa aahamed t s> be on tha afreet or
in society. Physicians and I heir treatment, and
all medicines failed to do an;- rood, la a moment
of despair I tried the Cuncr::* RncKOOS—Cuti-
era*, tho great Skin Cura, «.nd Cunccaa Soap.
an ei.,at»ite Skin beamitier, externally, and Ufm-
ItmjvpT. tb» n»w r.W! I’uririer, internally
VAN RIPER,
' Photograph Artist,
Over Wheatley’s store.
Dry Goods.
nUfSAPKS r HOUBE iiTTHE CITY.
v THORNTON WHEATLEY.
THORNTON WHEATLEY,
■ids, Clothing, Shoes, Etc.,
« S'i nkra add Jackson Street j
Daniware.
J W. SHEFFIELD *00.
• Wholesale md BaUil Hardware, Bog'
glee, Wagons, Harness, Saab, Door,Blinds
and Paints, Cor. Forsyth and Jackon Sts.
LF. * L. RAILROAD SOHKODLE
On sod sfter Tuesdsy, 4th, inst trains
* theAF.IL. R. It, wilt rnn ss fol-
IrnrsLumpkln 6B0a.it
Kicbland 0:45 A. M-
Preston 7:30*. H.
Plains :15 k. V.
M»sit Amorious J.-00 A. It
atn Amorious 2:30 V. M.
Plains 3fl20p.lt
Prestpn 4:10 P. s.
Bichland A:00p. M.
tens ,t Lumpkin 6:45 P. it
W. J, Matthews, Conduotor.
bckna vista schedule.
Os sad after Jane It, trains will run as fallows
GOING EAST.
La" V1 *ts st S SO s. m
tetel'utmn, ooo a. m
telvsEllMiiio St 0 80 a. m
r*** El'svill, 10 SO a. m
LranUCrooe ..It 00 a m.
* mTe AndersonvII/o at. Ii30p.nj
UQINQ WEST.
T A " dcr » 0, »vlIIe 3 30 p. m.
*** T( wChme „ ...... . 35511,111.
A 2 Te ,l BuonaiVisU 5 SO p. m.
I. I 5 . ,r *‘“ conned, wi h Southwestern train
iMvea on arrtnl of train
Jstfjlnv
tV. II. COURBBL L, Superintendent
west and south alase at...12 noon
jgpMUnd north cloo... at.... 1:35 pm
K’S i nort,! close at 7 DO p m
u. a " ul v'uaea south for Flor-
•••••• * 72)0 pm
Vista, Ellsville, and
J‘""°mouB.V.*E.EB.
jtKWesq,,] Bt 135 p in
Hot h °. roen ni ». Florence, P
“°b sand ll am , in> Richland,
and Weston tad Plains
«an!i * c 0,e * except
s?“ I1 ! i »J at “,135 pm
Hill'd 11 ’’ ® r *nesviUeand Church
u ' n closes doily, except 8undsy.
2H) am
Okpauturb op mails.
Amenicus, Ga„ May 4, 1880.
J W. HARRIS*CO.
1 Whole:
,le aod Retail Hardware,Bag
gies, Wagons, Harness, Sash, Doors,
Blinds ana Paints. Head Cotton Avenue.
Attorneys at Law.
T J. BLALOCK,
■W> Attorney nt Law,
Offloe la Court houee.
C. MATTHEWS,
• Attorney at Law and Loan Agent
Offloe over Council * Williford.
J A.AN8LEY,.
... Attorney at Law, Amorious, Go.
Offioeou Forsyth Street, second door from
Poetoffloe. Will prnctloo in tbs Booth-
western Oiroait, in Supreme Court aud
IJ. s. Courts and eleewhera by controot.
Special attention given to oommerolal
practice end management of estates, tf.
Bookstores.
A ONES AYCOUK,
a* Books, Newspapers, Mnste and Sta
tionery. Oommerolal Block, Forsyth St
Next door to Post offloe.
General Merchandise.
G eorge btapleton, ~ •
General Merchandise. Furniture a
Specialty. Forsyth St. Front post offloe.
TE8SE AYCOCK,
tT General Merchandise,
Forsyth St. Under center of opera house,
Gin Repairing*
„ ... «iu rrovtaence closes
td «n " d . 8 * l ” d *T* * “
>ves Friday at, 6D0 a m
snd'pfn Jub cl03 “ Tuesdays
8:00 am
itil -i™'' 6 arrangements will oontinue
“‘.change in tallroad schedule.
J. 0. Ronet, P. H.
, ANDer S0N a LUNFORD,
a shionable Barbers,
/C"jth St., Next to Post Office,
***»•*■»«. ,
lo «Ott^ i Gteorcln.
C?Plist-Oloss. Comfortable
MsJJ^fPf*dWRgood barbers, polite
aug6-6m
H W. HOWARD,
• Gin Repairer.
Gins repaired and put iu first-class order.
Work guaranteed. Address me by postal.
Bides ami Commission.
C A. BELL,
, Foot Cotton Avenue, will pay best
.rices for Hides, Pelts, Cotton Seed,
Beeswax, Dried Fruits, and Junk of all
kinds.
Boot and Shoe Maker.
, NDREW DUDLEY,
Boot and Shoe Maker. Repairing
2 -mpat** 1 call u.miiaradoafiy diup*
pearcd, and ihe large niioi* l.rttke, in about two
wrob*, dinob.nrging lar,- • « tanriiios of matter,
leaving two etigut Mara in mv neck to-4fay to tell
theetorjr of my^kutferin^ kJy weight then waa
ono hundred and fifteen r lek y pounds: tny weight
now la oils* bund r»*<i ami -vuit>nne solid, healthy
potamfa. at*d my lu-iaht koii. v Hre feet Are inwes.
InmptrevraUi jtrai vd thn Cururna Rjatmnp,
North, But. th. East not) Tu Conors* Rsr-
xmcaln’Mi MT iiK.ki.TH, Mr Hjtrnssfla. and mr
tsK'ifcs&niftz s* izfttissttst
never known what eicJuy , »'»- einc# I commenced
using the ftrricnu faimPnu." iSemetime# I
am langhed at by jirautnu them to people not ao-
• a lain ted with their meeit-*, but eoeuer or, later-
they will oonio to their een-o*. and believe the tame
drug at ore.
rarely
..it irtwnAutSr 1 "* *
>10 Fulton h... N.w York, M. Y.
Crriccnv IUMKlHKa .arj * posit I re core for
every form of Skin and D.ood Diseaaea, from Pim
ples to Scrofula. Sold evevywUere. Price: CCTI-
CURA 10cents; Soap,23 cent*: Rkbolvitt, fl.Oa
(Prepared by the PoTTcn DiA o and Chrmical Co.,
’Boston, Maas. Bend for ** How to Cure Skin Dhr
%emd fbr « Hww t» Cure Mkla Dim
i Baby Unman, use t'mrm Soap.
Ktnntrc r.ttxli, strains,
BACK AC11K Waakeaes eaa
WsArineee oaumu by overwork, dleeipa-
BY TELEGRAPH
FRIGHTFUL DAMAGE TOLCI1AR-
LESTOS AND SUMMERVILLE RY
LAST SIGHT’S EARTHQUAKE.
Three-Quarters oftheTonn of Charles,
ten Laid In Ruins—Two Im
mettle Tidal Ware* Sweep
Over the Doomed
City.
Tha Fiery FUaaea Saak io Oomplate
Its Utter Damolltlon-Bammerwlfla
Almost Completaly Deatroyad^
DETAILS OF THIS FRIGHTFUL
OATABTAOPHE.
lenoy. Eructatione and Burning of tho Stomach
(sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria,
Bloody Flux, Chills and Fever, Breakbooe Fever,
Exhaustion before or after Feme, Chronic Diar-
rbma. Lena of Appetite, Headache. Fool Breath,
Irregularities incidental to Female*. Soaring-down
— mini i ii minmmi
O. It ii not * p«wcc» fur all diieasca.
Iitegnlaritka
Patna, Back,
ache. 4c. Ac.
U Invaluable.
STOMACMandBOWELS.
It changes tha complexioo from a waxy, yellow
tinge, to a ruddy, haalthy color. It entirely remove*
low, gloomy spirit*. It ia ooa of tba BEST AL
TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE
BLOOD, and Ia A VALUABLE TONIO.
STADICER’S AURANTII
Fov sals bjr sU DniaMa. Priraa'l.OOpahottl*
C.P.8TADI0ER, Proprietor,
MO SO. FRONT IT., PMIad,lDhla. Fd
Ldword J. Miller. O. Horaoe McCall.
done in best style and on short notice,
s Jackson St., front Presbyterian church
Drugs and Medicines.
JOHN E. HALL,
« Pure:
Pure Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery,
Toilet end Fenoy Articles, eto.
Wooden 8tore, Forsyth St.
^ J. HUDSON,
. .. Drags,M-Holnss, Perfoineryand
Toilet Artialee, cheap a* the eheepeat
WANTED.
ONE HUNDRED CORDS of good
*5&ff%?v.ssja&Kta“
noomental Marble Works
MILLER a McCALL, Preprieton
Southwest Comer, of the PubUo Square
AUERICU8, GEORGIA.
Monuments, Tombs, Eto., Eto
efthe best Italian and Amarfcsm Barbie
Irea Kalllng far Oemetery Baelee
Ssr.i, a Bp.ctatty,
octs^•
ALLEN HOUSE
PRESTON, QA.
J. B. ALLEN, • - Proprietor
•prt) U
Last night waa one of horror,
and the foreclosures made by the
receipt of to-day’s telegrams ren
dor Ha hideous nightmare never
to be- forgotten. News aa to this
horrible catastrophe has been se
cured at tho greatest expense and
diQoolty, as only one line of tele
graph stands to oiler communica
tion between the ill-fated city and
the outer world. The instruments
Charleston have not ceased a
moment in their endeavor to supply
the various inquiries made from
all sections of the North, South
and West, and we have ooly suc
ceeded in seonring the following
brief telegrams.
The first received read* as fol-
ilMQkq. -" ! , ; i»-utn '
“Charleston, Sept. 1.—Charles
ton is submerged. Earthquake
shock, followed by an immense
tidal wave, whloh sweeps over three-
iourtbs of the oity, esrryiog all
before it, and. leaving the oity In
ruins. Great loss of life. Only
one telegraph line working from
the doomed oity.”
After sending repeated telegrams
of inquiry ae to further partionlaie,
we succeeded in seonring this addl
tlonal information aa contained in
the following telegram:
Charleston, S. O., Sept. 1.—A
terrible earthquake visited this oity
last night at 1:00 o’clock. The
principal business portion of the
city was destroyed.
Hundreds are rendered homeless,
Men are frantic, women beseeching
mercy from Almighty God and
ohildren in tears. The entire scene
is one of awe, inspiring tears, whiob
can better be imagined than desa
oribed.
The matu Station House, the City
Hall, the Hiberian Hall, and many
other bnlldinga, including St. Mloh-
sels church—that magnificent edi
fice of world-wide celebrity, are ir
reparably damaged. Many people
are seriously If not fatally injured.
Broad street presented a epectrole
of utmost horror. Many woman,
armed with batcheta, fought valiant
ly to rescue imprisoned unfortun
ates.
Meeting street, from Broad to
Hazel, ia a complete and unalter
able wreck, and is lined with home
less nnfortnnstes.
To add to the horror ot the scene,
many fires broke out and were In
effectually fought by our brave
firemen. The night was hideous
with the bowls of the dying, the
groans of the wonnded and the
prayer* of the uninjured. It is im
possible to estimate the lose of per
sonal property st present. Up to
10 o'clock a. H., there were ten dis
tinct shocks.
So for as can be learned at this
writing, CO lives have been lost.
It has been impossible to get into
farther communication with the
fated city, as the only telegraph
line has shut off communication
with all bnt a few of the larger
points North.
Our Macon correspondent sends
ui the following telegram:
Macon, Sept. 1st, 12.00 p. u —
The most intense excitement has
prevailed in this city to-day over
the telegrams received (rom time to
time bearing the news of the de
struction of Charleston and Sum'
merville by the terrible earthquake
of last night. Only one line of
telegraph remains standing, and
the people have only been able to
get two or three short dispatches.
Mayor Price at noon to day sent
the following dispatch, but baa re
eeivod no answer:
Macon, Ga., Sept. 1. 1886.
Hon. W. A. Courtney, Mayor of
Charleston:
Wire me in brief condition of your
oity aud people, and whether as
sistance ia needed, and what kind
would be most acceptable.
S. B. Price, Mayor.
The Evening News succeeded in
getting bnt a vague report of the
tradegy on account of reasons
stated. The Constitution gets out
a special edition containing the
following account:
Ten successive earthquake
shocks were felt in Charleston be<
tween 8:40 last night and 10 a. m.
to-day. During the time a great
tidal wave struck the oity, and anb-
merged between one-balfand three
fourth* of the oily. People were
on the streets all through tbe fear
ful night and a most indescribable
panic prevailed ail over the city.
Shrieks and cries of the Injured
combined with the noiee of falling
bnlldings, formed a scene of the
wildest panto.
Hundred* of dead and dying con'
fined in the rains. Numerous fires
breaking out among fallen build
ings added to the horrors of the
night. Tbe firemen were power
less to oontrql the many conflagra'
tions. The ■ilsastioos ' combina
tion of earthquake, flood ant) fire,
produces death and destruction nil
over tbe derasted city. Tbe great
center of destrootion seemed ( to be
at tbe crossing of
BROAD AND MEET ISO STREETS.
In that vicinity, were tbe historlo
St. Michael’s Ohnroh, Oity Hall,
Main Station House and Hibernian
HaU, all of whloh were irreparably
iqjnred.
Women and ohildren ran frantio-
ally through the street*, in their
night clothes, Imploring enooor.
Some bad axes and hatobete at
tempting with feeble hands to res-
one the injured from the ruin*.
Amid tbe inky darkness of the
night, and the wild roar of incom
ing wavea, with the
CRAOKINO FLAMES,
sent. an air ot weird end blood
curdling mystery, sufficient to
paralyze the stoutest hearts.
SUMMIRVILLE,
Charleston’s summer resort is re
ported in ruins. Ail communica
tion was out off, and men who
never quailed before any terror
were paralyzed by the wild scenes
whloh thoy encountered on every
band.
Domeatio animals bellowed and
howled amid the seething waters,
mingled with every sound that the
most overwrought imagination
could conceive.
LATER.
Tidal wave reported not so bad,
bnt destruction by fire, which is
still raging, ia frightful. Sixty dead
bodies recovered.
Not over one hundred houses oc
cupied in the city.
Only one Telegraph line to the
fated city. -
Mayor Price will call a'meeting
to render assistance to tho citizens
of the suffering city as soon as ho
can recclvo a dispatch from Mayor
Courtney of Charleston.
The city of Mandalay, in Bun
mab, ia laid but iu a square, each
side of whiob is a little over a mile
In leDgth. It la inclosed by a cren
ellated brick wall twenty-six feet
high and three feet thick; the
twelve gates—three on each side-
ore surmounted with wooden watch
towers. A deep wet moat, one
hundred feet broad, with its escarp
sixty feet from the walls, extends
along all four sides; it is crossed
by five bridges. The palace of tbe
King occupies the central space off
tho city. The majority of the
houses are conati acted of bamboos
and bamboo matting, slightly raisx
ed from the ground on posts, with
here and there a few briok and
Wooden bnlldinge. Tbe streeta
inside tbe city are very wide, the
principal onea being lined with ta
marind trees. In the enbnrbs tbe
roads are laid oat with something
of tbe same regularity as in the
oity, bat are of less width, with the
exception of the principal road, the
Kuiudsn or foreign quarter, inhab
ited chiefly by Armenians, Mugii-
bals and the few European resi
dents, The number of houses in
the city, and suburbs is said to be,
ia round numbers, 13,000, and tbe
population is roughly estimated at
65,000.
LATER.
Just before going to press, we
have received the additioned tele
gram, which verifies the special
above sent us by our Macon cor
respondent:
Charleston, Sept. 1.—Tbe City
ot Summervilld, * summer resor
thirty miles from Charleston, tka
in ruins, hardly a vestige of the
place being leit. Great loss of lift;.
The second tidal wave passed
over the oily of Charleston at 8:15L
Not more than one hundred oc
cupied houses in Claricston.
Flames arc completing the work of
destrootion, nnd are raging to such
an extent (hat the firemen can not
battle with them. Hundreds are
imprisoned in the fallen structures,
some being burned to death and
Others drowned, and heart-rending
appeals for help are heard on every
side. Everything confusion.' •
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'S3
Robert Grant writes his stories
with a typewriter, and fastens the
pages at the corner with a legal
riyet. Prof. Boyesen writes bis
stories on tbe green, pink or bine
rosters of Colombia College. Prof.
Sophocles wrote the Byzantine Dic
tionary on ribbon paper. It is
whispered that Joaquin Miller, like
tbe Father of this country, spells
uncertainly, and leaves punctuation
for the proof-reader. Julian Haw
thorne marks the number of worda
in his manuaorlpt on the outside
page., Edgar Fawcett writes with
lead pencil and uses an eraser.
George MacDonald uses thin
French paper, and his handwriting
very fine. Sidney Lanier wrote
on high-glazed'paper in bine ink,
and made bis oorreotiona in brown
ink.
At a recent meeting of tbe In-
dustrai Society of Mnhihaasen,
Alsace, the President reported on
the recently invented perforated
window panes, which are said to be
admirably adapted to hospital
purposes, inasmuch ae they admit
fresh air while preventing a draught.
Each square metre of glass contains
,000 holes, which are of a conio
shape, widening towards the inside.
Many hospitals have already adopt
ed these window panes, which are
the invention of an engineer of the
name of Henkel, and are manufac
tured by Messrs. Appert of MuUm
hausen.
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E. Y. Hill, ot Washington, has
just had the good fortune to clear
$1,000 on the rise in Central rail
road stock. He sold 112 shares at
tbe highest point Tcachcd, $101,
and 88 shares at tbe $106 50. He
unloaded at a very opportune time,
as tho stock declined the day after
made the sale.
James 'Armstrong, of Loure,
Canada, a well-to-do farmer, aged
83 years, fell in love with a maiden
of 16 summers, who rejected his
suit Thereupon he made bis will,
bequeathing her all of his property
himself.
and then hanged bin
in