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Americus
ESTABLISHED 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1890.
DUDLEY’S TRAITS.”
RECOMMENDATION HE RE
CEIVED FROM AMERICUS
PEOPLE.
n rr »j'« Charge*—OcUlttree Not Happy
-Carele** ZiecommendjatJon* of
Negroes.
M UI1° RSCOBDSB.
Washington, D. C., March 29.—
Southern Democrats should quit
v jng letters of recommendation
negroes. Dudley’s chance for
ipoiiitment would amount to
othiug If he did not have the
, Da tures of some of Americus’
cat citizens to a paper certifying
‘many excellent traits of
liameter.”
sleek looking coon was arrested
iere last week for fraudulently oh
lining money from Senator Stan-
nnd others, and ho had letters
i Senator Hampton and other
rotpineut Southerners certifying
he was a wheel-horse in the
ieraccratic party. See?
MURRAY’S CHABOES.
Postmaster Wanamaker was ask-
to-day about the charges against
luck, Davis and Pledger by Mr. I,
Murray at Athens. He ackuowl-
dged that they had been brought
his attention.
Will you have the matter laves-
igated?" he was asked.
His reply was that there was
hingfor publication. Thefriends
f Gen. Longstreet are glad that he
decided to gallop no longer with
a gang.
THE FAMOUS OCHILTREE.
Tom Ochiltree, the irrepressible,
was comfortably seated In one
of the large chairs at Cham
berlin's last night. The
Colonel grows more homely as
he grows older, and since he Is
forced to use crutches he does not
appear to enjoy the world as he
once did. And then the way Har
rison has run the machine has sour
id him. He thinks the country Is
going to the eternal bow wows,
nd at a d n fast rate,” to use his
wu words. If he should kick out
f the traces it would be no surprise.
Geueral Lougstreet is his friend,
and it wbb to him the General wrote
a letter this week, which has raised
a furore in the camps.
JUDO* CRISP.
Judge Crisp does not go much on
style, but when it comes to good,
solid, every day, and every day In
the week, work for his party, he Is
there. He is deservedly popular,
and is the recognized leader of his
party.
MAY GET A FREE DELIVERY.
GRAVES OF THE INSANE.
Not a frozen Bodloz In a Thousand
Mound*.
Amerlcu* Ha* aa Good a Chance a* Any
If Tbl* Bill Pa**o*.
Special to Recorder.
Washington, D, C. April 1.—
Should the bill pass to give cities
with a population of five thousand
a free delivery Bystem, your city
will get one.
This afternoon a favorable report
was made by the committee having
tho bill In charge, extending the
free delivery system to cities hav
ing a population of five thousand
inhabitants. R. M. C.
WILL THE QUEEN ABDICATE?
Rumor In London That {fneou Victoria
Leave tho Throne.
Prom the Macon Now*.
New York, April 1.—Cables re
ceived this morning say ’tis corn-
men talk in London club rooms,
and even In official circles that
^ueen Victoria is preparing to ab
dicate because her health has be
come so bad. Constant massage
necessary to keep her alive. She is
Incoming enormously fleshy.
NEVER TOOK HIS SEAT-
Representative Wilbur Die* In New
York Yeitorday.
Special to Recorder.
Washington, D. C., April L—
Representative Wilbur, who was
one of the three members who have
“ot taken their seats In Congress,
died this morning in New York.
The House adjourned this after
noon at four o’clock, on account of
his death. R. M. C.
Hnllding Fact.
Abbeville, Go., March 81.—
About four miles of the Abbeville
* Way cross railroad is ready for
the Iron, and In ten days ten miles
more will be ready, and In less than
“l*ty days rolling stoofl wlU be pat
°n. Dr.j. D. Maynard, President
of ‘he A. A W., is authority for this.
From 1 o’clock edition Atlanta Journal.
Louisville, Ky., March 27.—Af
ternoon and morning papers here
report much sensation over the dis
covery of the wholesale robbery, by
medical students, of the graves of
Insarfe people at The Anchorage,
twelve miles from Louisville.
caught at the work.
Early last week two negroes were
detected robbing graves. They
stated that were employed by
a medical .<] to rob the graves.
The authorities, fearing the lndig
nation that would be aroused among
the friends of the dead Insane,
thought It prudent to release tbe
prisoners pending an Investigation.
However, the affair lias gained
publicity, and there is a terrible
furore on. .It Is said that in a thous
and mounds in the cemetery there
is not probably ten bodies. Tbe in
dignation is intense, and tbe mat
ter is to be thoroughlv sifted, and
big sensations are sure to follow.
CALL FOR CONVENTION.
Members of the Northern colony
settled at Douglassville, Ga„ met at
tbe court house on March 24th, and
adopted the following resolutions:
“Resolved, That we Invite all the
Northern citizens of the State of
Georgia, to meet with us in con
vention at Douglassville, on Wed-
needay, the 18th day of Juno next,
for tbe purpose of making public
ackuowledgement of tbe hearty
welcome and universal courtesy
which we have received at the
hands of the people among whom
we have made our homes, and to
take such steps as may be deemed
advisable to make better known to
our friends in the North, and tbe
country generally, the wonderful
resources, delightful climate, and
many advantages of the State of
which we have become citizens.’’
On tbe call for the convention
and its objects becoming generally
known, thecltizensof Douglasville,
without regard to nativity, held a
meeting and tendered to their
Northern friends any assistance
within their power towards making
the proposed convention a success,
Committees were appointed to
make all necetsary arrangements
towards extending the hospitalities
of the city to all who may attend
the Convention—and all may rest
assured of a hearty welcome, and
hospitable treatment.
Steps have already been taken to
wards securing reduced rates on all
railroads, and eyery arrangement
will be made for the comfort of the
crowdB that are expected.
Tbe convention will be freely ad
vertised, and doubtless many visi
tors from Northern States will at
tend.
Such a convention can and will
do much towards removing the
prejudice—born of Ignorance of the
facts—which may still linger In the
minds of people In the Northern
States, and greatly facilitate the
work to be done In making known
to tte world the truly wonderful
resources of our great State.
Every one who loves and honors
Georgia, and desires her prosperity,
should do all in their power to aid
In making the attendance upon tbe
convention as large as possible.
The names and post-office address
of all northern men citizens of
Georgia are desired by the commit
tee of northern people here; and
tho assistance of all the newspapers
of the £tate, in making the date and
objects of the convention generally
known, is respectfully solicited.
Address, C. C. Post, Ch’n.
Or W. H. LeVan, Sec’y Committee,
Douglasville, Ua.
Said to bn Insane.
Baltimore, March 27.—Much
excitement prevails over the defal
cation of Sate Treasurer Archer.
Amount not exactly known, as the
vault cannot be opened. Rumor
puts it anywhere from five to fifty
thousand. Archer is said to be In
sane and Is wandering In the woods
near Annapolis.
Bad liroak In Levee.
Lawrenuebubo, Ind, March 27,
A bad break in levee threatens the
town. Many people using fire en
gines and hundreds of men at work
on the break. Railroads greatly in-
oonvenienced.
Clarkson Will n«lgn.
Baltimore, M. D., March 27.—
The San to-day says It has positive
authority to announce that First
A ss Is tans Postmaster General
Clarkson will resign In a few days.
DUDLEY WEAKENS
THOUGH THE INSPECTOR RE
PORTS FAVORABLY.
A Whitewash Report Which Will
Amount to Nothing— Coquitt and
Crisp at Work.
Special to Recordkr.
Washington, D. C., April 1.—
Inspector O. G. isharpe has made
his report.
And he says that the charges
against Dudley are unfounded, and
that the opposition against him is
simply on account of his color!
Noth withstanding tbe fact of thlB
report, which is made formally by
Division Inspector O. G. Sharpe,
of Chattanooga, the chances for
Dud'ey's confirmation are weaken-
Ing.
Both Colquitt and Crisp are work
ing vigorously, and new letters
have been received by Wanamaker
which helps out.
To-night Senator Colquitt is at
dinner at Senator Sawyer’s, and
Judge Crisp is examining papers
to lay before the committee. Col
quitt feels very hopeful.
R. M. C.
BILLY MAHONE BOBS UP.
He WlU Get a Pleco, For he Demands
One— Probably Consul-General
to Paris.
Special to Recorder. .
Washington, D. C., March 28.—
Billy Mahone has issued his edict
that he must have a good berth,
and It Is said that the President has
offered him the Consul-Generalship
to Paris. It Is but *0,000 a year,
but like Barkis, he Is willin’, and
if Mr. Blaine will hands ofi, the
“frisky little villian,” as George
West calls him, will get the place.
Whitelaw Reid, our Minister Ex
traordinary, may enter protest, for
he Is a fast friend to Major Ratlj-
bone, tbe present incumbent. Ma-
bone wants something, and he don’t
want a string to It. He asked for
Austria, but think of tbe Satyr at
the most punctilious of European
courts! He will get a place, because
he has demanded It. Mr. Blaine
regards him as a curiosity, and not
fit to serve in a diplomatic capacity
R.M. C.
HACKED OFF HER OWN HAND.
Disparate Seir-Mutllatlon of a Woman
in New York-
OFFICIAL DEATH LIST.
Total Number of the Dead and
Wounded,
From Macon Ne«rs.
Louisnille, March 31.—The offl
elal list of the doad is not yet com'
plete, but will not go over one hun
dred: fatally wounded, nineteen;
crippled for lite, six. It Is possible
that all these lists will be added to,
but not enough to make any mate
rial difference in totals.
Revised lists from the State make
tbe dead in outBide towns 143,
wounded, 018; property loss, $500,-
000.
In Tennessee, property loss $150,-
000.
In Illinois 41 dead, 110 wounded,
property loss $100,000.
Indiana, six dead, property loss
from half to three-fourths of a mil
lion. All these figures are liable
to revisidn and reduction, but are
believed to be approximately cor
rect.
A BOGUS BOXER.
Macon Sport* Doped bj a Bogtt* Boxor.
Fxoin 1 o’clock edition Atlanta Journal
Cincinnati, March 27.—A New
York special to the Times-Star
gives the details of tbe death there
of Mrs. Mary Agnes Styles from in'
juries Inflicted upon her person by
herself—deliberately hacking off
her band with a bread knife.
Her self-mutilation was the result
of a drunken Hpree. She sat down
upon the Brussels carpet of her par
lor and laying her left hand on the
carpet commenced cutting away
till the arm and hand were severed
at tne wrist. Sbo bled to death.
Shortly after her act, officers
forced their way Into her house,
whieh she alone occupied at the
time, and arrested her. They found
her band in another room. She
fought desperately, but was over
powered and was carried to the hoB'
pltal before she died.
DR. CARLTON IS OUT.
Not to Make the Race for Congre**.
From Atlanta Journal.
Washington, D. C., March 29.—
Dr. Carlton has decided not to be
in the next race for Congress In his
district, and has so written to his
friends. He Is going to abandon
polities, and devote bis whole time
to the big land company be has
formed, and of which he is presi
dent. His letter to this effect will
be given to the press soon, probably
this afternoon.
His place of residence will be
Washington.
Stabbed by a School Boy,
Front 1 o’clock edition of Atlanta Journal.
' Jefferson, Ga., March 27.—Yes
terday afternoon about four o’clock,
as school was being dismissed, Mr.
C. J. McConnell, of Carnersvlile, a
Student of Jefferson Institute, was
stabbed In the arm by little Bam
Sherud, of tbe primary department.
While tbe wound Is not serious,
yet it is very painful.
Macon, Ga., April 1.—The Ma
con News publishes the following:
Professor Long Is the name of an
individual who appeared in Macon
a few week ago, purporting to be a
Professor of sparring. He opened
a school on Mulberry street, but
with just what success he met is
not known. It Is known, however,
that as a nona-flde humbug he is an
immense success. Several daysagn,
ft will be remembered, Long agreed
to fight E. M. Welsh, of Kansas
City, In tbe opera house here on
April 5. Welch’s friends In this
city deposited $100 in greenbacks
with Mr. F. Foley, of the Brown
House bar, as a forfeit. It was then
Long’s ante and be came to the
rack with a $00 check and a ten dol
lar ^|ii.
It was supposed that $200 was
tbett Inihe hands of Mr. Foley, and
the fight was considered a certainty.
A day or twdJUtet, howtver, fighter
Long called on Mr. Foley for $2
of the money with whioh to get a
valise from some place in which
were the tights he wanted to use In
the .fight. The money was given
him, but it is supposed It was used
for a better purpose, possibly paying
bis transportation from tbe field of
battle.
At any rate the professor has fail
ed to show himself since and tbe
cheek which he deposited has
proven to be bogus. The boys have
now given up all hope of seeing the
professor licked, and havb settled
down to the conclusion that he Is
about on a par with the check.
a big price.
NOTED FINN STREET.
THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE
DEFINES ITS WIDTH.
Macon, Ga., April 1.—The Ma
con News says: This was public
sale day. The sales of real estate in
front of the court house didn’t
amount to mueh. There were some
sales by tbe sheriff and the city
marshal.
The all absorbing and most im
portant one was the sale of one
share of Macon Construction Com'
pony stock belonging to the estate
of the late S. T. Coleman. This was
divided Into quarters and sold at
the rata of $7,700 per quarter, or
$30,800 for the whole share. S. R.
Jaques bought two quarters, W. B,
Sparks one quarter and 8. Siesel
one quarter.
What an advance in values!
The Macon Construction Com'
pany has been organized less than
three years, but tbe stock has ad
vanced from $10,000, par value, to
more thitn three times that price.
Forty Homes Wrecked.
From Macon New*.
Louisville, May 29.—This disas
ter at Blackford is confirmed. For
ty houses were wrecked, including
school bouse, Odd Fellows hall,
both oiiurches and every business
house in the place. Nine person,
mostly children, were killed.
It is reported that pieces of some
boat have come ashore at Owens-
▼Hie, Ky.—a yet unheard of disaster
on the river.
A N*w p. o. for Dooly.
Prom Thursday’* Atlanta Journal.
Washington, March 26.—A new
poatoffice called Pina, baa been es
tablished in Dooly county, with
John B. O’Neal as postmaster.
Pina is a station on the Georgia
Southern and Florida railway, six
miles from Cordele.
Outside of routine busthess, tbe
only matter of Interest at the Coun
cil meeting last night was the re
port of the committee appointed to
flud tbe cause of the non-repair of
certain bridges and other matters
connected with the 8. A. M. road.
We give tbe committee’s report
In full:
Mayor and City Council of Ameri
cus:
Your committee to whom was re
ferred the questions connected with
the 8. A. M. railway crossings,
bridge on Barlow street, Finn street
encroachment, submit the follow
ing report:
As to the street orossings, Presi
dent Hawkins had given the orders
for the work and his orders bad not
been complied with, and without his
knowledge. President Hawkins has
given the orders for the work to be
done at once, and Bupt. Marshall
has ordered the lumber and assures
ub that the crossings shall be satis
factorily fixed as soon as tbe
lumber le received.
We ask additional time to report
on the crossings, wheu fixed and ex
amined by ub. The bridge on Bar-
low street, tbe 8. A. M. railway
is prevented from doing any work
on It by an injunction from the Su
perior court of Sumter county.
The gulley on Finn street Is cov
ered In part by a plank flooring It
is well flushed by every rain and Is
not In a condition to be dangerous
to any citizen from accident to per
son or property, and is not Injurious
to tbe health of tho neighborhood.
If there is any cause for complaint,
It should be from the Inconvenience
It causes the S. A. A M. railway In
unloading lumber at that place.
An injunction, from the Superior
Court of Sumter county, is now re
straining the S. A. & M. railway
from any work on Finn street, and
it being an unsettled question as to
whether this work should be re
quired of the R. R. company, we
recommend that no further notion
be taken at this time.
As to the encroachment on Finn
Btreet, by the depot of the S. A. M.
railway, we find that the only
deed on record that gives any data
by which the width of Finn street
can be established, Is tbe deed from
W. A. Hawkins to Carl Schneider,
(recorded in book V, page
which calls for a frontage of two
hundred feet on Jackson street,
starting from an alley on the south
side of the lot named In the deed
Taking this as a starting point
and measuring two hundred feet
north, it gives tbe south side of
Finn Btreet, at Its junction with
Jackson street, measuring from that
point to tbe north side gt Finn
street, and It gives a width of forty-
four feet, measuring forty-four feet,
from the north side of Finn Street
to the northwest corner of the de
pot of the S. A. M. railway, and it
shows a projection into Finn street
of seven and a half indies. We
find that the width of Finn street,
at its junction with Lee street, tat
Ing the present location of tbe fences
of Mr. John Windsor on tbe north
and Judge Fort on south, is thirty-
seven feet.
The fences on the north tide of
Finn Btreet are very near In a true
line, showing that if there
is any Irregularity, : It must
be on the south side.
Mr. P. R. Stanfield, who has re
sided on Finn street since soon
after It was opened, informs yonr
committee that Judge Fort's fence,
on the corner of Lee and Finn
streets, Is not now located where it
was when the property was pur
chased from Col, W. A. Hawkins.
The exact poiut it was inoyed from
Mr. Stanfield was not certain, but
that the understanding with Col.
W. A. Hawkins was that Finn
street was to have a uniform width
of forty-five feet. The measure-
mention the Schneider lot leaves
only forty-five feet for Finn street.
No deed having been made by
Col. W. A. Hawkins to the olty,
tho only title the city now has to
Finn street Is by publlo use, the re
quisite number of years to acquire
a legal title, and only to auch part
as was used by tho public, which
gives no right over any part which
may now bo occupied or used by
property holders.
We find the width of the street at
its junction with Lee street thirty-
seven feet; at northwest corner of
Mrs. Tommey’s lot forty-three feet
six Inches; from that point down
to Jackson street, there is no evi
dence to show what the S. A. & M.
railway claims, unless it be tbe
northwest corner of the platform of
their freight depot, which would
show a width if street there of
forty-three feet four and one-half
inches.
We recommend that the City En
gineer confer with property holders
on the south side of Finn street and
establish a line, which shall here
after be the south line of the street.
All of which Is respectfully sub
mitted.
John A. Cobb, Olim’n.
P. H. Williams,
T. F. Logan.
THE CENTRAL’S QUARRY-
Tlio Contract Cloaetl For It To Be
Operated.
Atlanta, , Ga.. April 1.—The
Central Rail road and Banking Com
pany have closed a contract with
Messrs. Ross & Tench, extensive
railroad contractors of the State of
New York, for tbe operation of.
their rock quarry just north of
Griffin.
The new contractors will deliver
rock from the quarry through the
crusher, and ou boaid the cars, at
a much more rapid rate than ever
before. Besides they propose to
greatly* enlarge the plant at tbe
quarry and get out stone for build
ing and paving purposes, for which
tbe stone fn the quarry Is so well
adapted.
Steam derricks will be put In at
once and tbe force Increased to 150
hands. Quarters for the hands will
he erected near the quarry, and
work will move forward with sys
tem and speed.
THE NATIONAL EXPRESS-
Macon, dU.., April 1.—Hardeman
& Davis and Hardeman A Notting
ham have filed eighteen salts in
Bibb superior court that are of con
siderable interest to Macon parties.
The suits are in tbe name of Johtt
Gloss, trustee. '
Years ago tbe National Express
and Transportation Co. was organ
ized, and opened offices In Macon,
and many people took stock. The
company finally went to the wall.
Now some one, who has the de
cisions of the Supreme Court of the
State and tbe U. S. at his back la
suing tbe heirs of the old stock
holders.
About $60,000 was subscribed
here, but ouly about $15,000 is In
suit and can be collected.
BAD REPORTS-
CreTMSSz •» Widening—Rumor* of
toil of Life.
From Macon News.
Memphis, April L—Information
from down river points this morn
ing is of a most distressing charac
ter. Crevasses are constantly
widening and hourly thousands of
acres of heretofore untouched
ground aro being submeged.
There is an unconfirmed rumor of
loss of life at Greenville and Austin,
on the Queen and Crescent road.
The latter point is embarrassed by
water for twenty-five miles.
\ Rain has ceased, but the river is
still rising, and there is much water
to come from above.
la War Coming?
Vienna, March 27.—Repotted
that Austria will demand credit of
four million francs for smokless
powder. This is taken as a pointer
that war is coming instead of peace.
Hymeoial.
When God Bald, “It is not good
for man to bo alone,” He may not
have .had Mr, Joe A. Lipsey, of
Leesburg, specially in mind, but
that gentleman thought it as appli
cable to him as any one else, and
acting on the assurance last Sun
day night took uuto himself a wife
in the person of Miss Lucy Bunk-
ley, the charming young sister of
Mr. Will Bunkley, of Leesburg.
Tbegroom is a genial, hearty fellow
whom everyone likes, and the bride
|is universally admired for her many
good qualities which go to make up
the perfect woman. Mr. Lipsey Is
to be congratulated on having se
cured such a partner to solve with
him tho problem, "Is Marriage a
Failure?” and that thoy may get
out of. the matrimonial bonds all
the happiness that we mortals here
below are permitted to enjoy is tbe
wish of their many friends.