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2 THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1891 FIVE KILLED. AND 120 WOUNDED IN ROME YES TERDAY MORNING. Terrific Explosion of Powder Magazine- Forty Houses Completely Wrecked Many Historic Holies Destroyed-King Humbert at tho Scene. 7 lock mentions <ity. i. houses ivs fell. Home, Italy, Aj this morning there was a l explosion that shook theenti People rushetl about atlrigl and buildings rocked and pit Thousands <»f panes of glass were hroken, chimneys toppled ovar, ami the cupola on tht? house «»f parliament collapsed. It was supposed to he an earthquake, but proved to be a powder magazine of Pizzc Pantah-e, four miles distant, widt h exploded, damaging a neighbor ing fort filled with soldiers. An officer bean! the rumbling previous to the ar senal explosion, and hastily ordered his olt l it . to If .Several pea and a ntimbei King 11 mill; the vatii the »f Otllt i lilt THE PLAINS OF DURA. Points of Interest From Our Neighbor of Poetical Name. Pi.ain-, (ha., April 22.—The weather is very dry, and there is considerable complaint among the farmers about poor stands of cotton. There has been considerable interest manifested in religious matters in our community recently. Rev. ,J. W. Heck, pastor tif the Baptist church, has just closed a three days’ meeting. The con gregations were large, and his sermons were interesting and instructive. The festive portion of oui juvenile community enjoyed a picnic at Black’s mill on last Friday. I)r. .lowers received a dispatch from Preston on the 17th Inst., announcing the serious illness of his mother. At this writing he reports her condition much improved. Mrs. Z F. Mai kef t, of Amor.r been quite sick while on a visit P C kilim i injure stall [■cue. One is and two •cd. forty “Id places Mil ii our city. Maggie Spenci v of Bottsford, THE CITY OF OMAHA. A Beautiful and Progressive City on the ItankM of the C'liattalioof her. There is no town or city in Georgia that has a brighter future before it than the new and growing little city of Omaha, built by the Omaha Construc tion Company, of which Mr. P. C. Clegg is the moving spirit, and this is sufficient guarantee that it will continue to grow. They have a nice large brick and wood hotel completed, several new stores, streets / cut out and graded and a fine crystal spring that will supply a city twice the size with water. So the people who purchase lots and locate at this growing city will always have plen ty of the very best to drink. There will soon be a large school building and church erected, anti ar rangements are being made to start up ral manufacturing enterprises. They ! have a fine brick yard near by, and will j be able to furnish to those building the I cheapest and best brick of any city in VICTIMS OF CATARRH Ar** permanently emed by the use of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, through its renovating effect on tin* blood. Give it a trial. “ I suffered for year-* from chronic catarrh | •• My son — now fifteen years of age — was which destroyed iny appetite and under- j troubled for a long time with catarrh, in its mined my general health. None of the rein-. worst form, through the effects of which his tulles I took afforded me any relief, until I blood became poisoned. We tried various commenced using Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. I medicines and almost despaired of evei began to take this medicine last spring, and finding a remedy; but about a year ago be am now entirely free from Ibis disgusting began using Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, lias taken disease.” -Susan I. W. Cook. SHW Albany st., seven bottles of it. and is now entirely well.” Koxbury. Mass. | - l>. P. Kerr, Big Spring, Ohio. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Made in Lowell, Mali. Sold by all Druggitt*. SI 1 »U bottle,, $5. Worth $5 a bottle. itli a Ii pan of the local t, III. T. II. stow a mi tho S. early appi avol. lived in the m the loth. Itile of the i. iY M. rail- oval on the tin nnt.rj ■d. Tin and s d gla ient Raphael glass in the to Fop« Tins van seriously and palaces ;m, p.eti windows were damaged. 'I he windows in the an chamber and the stained royal staircase presented IX by King of Bavaria, injured. Many churches also suffered. Five persons are reported killed, and 120 wounded have been carried to to the hospital. There were 2.70 pounds of powder in the exploded magazine. Reds and Blacks. Paris, Texas, April 23.— Parties ar riving here from the Canadian river state that Boss Riley. Jeff Brown, Cudge Barnett, and Luke Andy, /our negroes, condemned to be shot at the Wecwaka court ground in the Choctaw nation Monday, and who made their escape Friday evening, ha*o retvrned to their homes, ami that the negroes in flic com munity have rallied to them armed to the teeth. On Monday the condemned men and their followers were in force at Eagle- town, at the mouth of Little river, the place where they killed Bob Reed and Wiley Watts. The negroes were defiant and declar ed they would not be arrested. Light horsemen are reported to be scouring tho country in every direction, and in case they come upon the negroes It is believed a bloody battle will take place. Detroiters Have to Walk. Detroit, Mich., April 211.—The en tire system of the city railway company is paralyzed this morning. Nine hundred stove moulders have quit work and joined the strikers to prevent tho running of cars. Tracks were torn up on three lines last night, and obstructions placed on every line. Men whom the city company had hired to tako the strikers places refuse to take out cars. The police are tired out, and serious trouble is likely to ensue. The Mushrooms Were Spoiled. Louisville, Ky., April , 2:#.—Mrs Samuel S. Ilite died last night iu great agony, making the third victim of the poisoning at the wedding at Lynden. Mrs. B. F. Guthrie is expected to die, and so is Mrs. Hobson. Several of the other victims are still very sick. No autopsy has been made on any o! the victims. Dr. Kasterline lias analys cd specimens of food from the table, hut found no arsenic. He is sure the mushrooms in the salad were spoiled hut none has been given him for analy sis. f. of Boston, is with I us. iii the in*crest of the melon growers | along the line of the S. A. A M. j Mrs. (). I). Reese has been visiting at the home of Mrs. K. Timmerman. Miss Rena Wright, of Preston, spent Sunday and Monday in the village, the guest of Mrs. R. T. Jennings. Messrs John (’ato and J. L. Harper, of the metropolis, paid us a visit on Sun day. Mr. Dennis Thomas, in company with Ii is father, Dr. George Thomas, of Ea- tonton, is visiting here. Miss Mary Dean, of Bottsford, paid us a visit on Wednesday. Miss Jessie Jones and her little brother, Ivy, are spending a while in Dawson. Dr. A. Harvey Black, having recent ly completed his medical course at New Orleans, is now on a visit to Thouiaston, prospecting for a location. Mrs. M. K. Howell left for Columbus on Tuesday morning to attend the .State Sunday School Convention. Messrs. W. L. Thomas and II. J. Jen nings went to Auiericus Tuesday. Rev. J. W. Beck left us on Wednes day for Preston, where lie has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist church. During the past few days, Messrs. Jack Martin, George Smith, Tom Jossey, Ilenry Black, R. B. Evans, Sam Wolff, Roe Edwards and Dr. Sweeney, of the road, has been doing our town. CAN THIS HE? A Scoundrel Attempts a Hellish Deed and Get* Itond. Atlanta, April 25.—[Special.]—'Tom I'addcn, a 14-year-old negro hoy was ar rested here to-day for attempted rape ou an eight year old child of Mr. Postal, who lives at Decatur. The outrage was committed several days ago. The scoundrtd was frightened away before accomplishing his devilish de sign, by the cries of tho child, and the voice of her father who with a neighbor, rushed to the scene. Tho Sheriff of DcKalb county took the hoy to Decatur this afternoon. A telephone message says he has been released on bond. Given Ten Years. Atlanta, April 28.—[Special]—A negro, Charles Taylor, was convicted to day of assault with intent to murder, and sentenced to ten years, the extreme penalty of the law. There is much doubt entertained in the public mind as to the guilt, tliougl Miss McClure identified him as the wretch who cut her throat. There wa evidence to prove an alahi, and she her self failed to give substantial lease us why she believed Taylor to he the man. Ben Butler Bounced New Youk, April 23.—The Herald of yesterday prints a dispatch from Boston saying that General B. F. Butler was forcibly ejected from the United States district court by United States Marshal Doherty, acting under the orders of Judge George M. Carpenter, the presid ing justice. (Line to (lie l'oor liuu C’iiaklottk,N. C., April 24. 4. Frank- cntliall, an old Jewish citizen of this city, made application to enter the county poor house. Mr. Frankenthall was formerly one of the most well-to-do Jew merchants in this city. Big Post Office Official. Augusta, April 28.—First Assistant Postmaster General J. L. Bell, is here Vt-day en route to Savannah where lie has important government business to attend to. Will Accept the Oift. Philadelphia, April 28.—Miss M. Elizabeth Sherman, second daughter of ihe late Gen. William Tecuniseli Sher man, who is visitiug her sister, Mrs. Alexander M. Thackara, at Bosemont, was greatly surprised when she learned that several of her father’s intimate frieuds were raising $100,000 to give herself and her iiumarricd sister, Miss Rachael Sherman. Lieut. Thackara to-day said that Miss Sherman nud her sister would accept the fund because it was to he given ;.s a token of the subscribers’ love for (ion. Sherman. Tho Shitdder of Crime. Seattle, Wash., April 28.—The wife and son of CUas. R. Hammond, of Cleve land street, London notoriety, were yes terday made county paupers. Hammond was recently convicted of larceny, and sentenced to two years im prisonment. Mrs. Hamrnond pawned all her cloth ing and jewelry, and as a last resort, threw herself and child upon the county. Hammond has been hoping for aid from wealthy English noblemen, whose guilt he has been shielding, hut he was disappointed. Negro Discrimination in tho North. Pittsiiurg, Pa., April 23.—The Non- deuominational Colored Council of Hu man Rights, composed of colored minis ters of this city, lias passed hitter resolu tions denouncing real estate firms for re fusing to rent them houses in certain lo calities, thereby driving them into set tlements. They declare that greater :1iscriminatiou exists i in the south. ! Omaha is surrounded by a scope of ! line river lands in fine state of cultiva tion, and the entire lands are very fai • above all average farming lands, and are ; cultivated by some of the very best citi- | zeus to he found in Georgia. These ! people are industrious, intelligent busi- | ness people and will be a strong support to any city, as they have money, brains, | and pluck. With such surroundings Omaha willcertaily be the coming city of west Georgia. The Order of Railway Conductors will offer a fine opportunity on Thursday, May 7tli, for everybody to see this little city by the Chattahoochee. They will give a grand excursion from Amcricus to Omaha and return for the nominal sum of one dollar, and every body should avail themselves of this op portunity to enjoy a May holiday on the hanks of the Chattahoochee. The excursion will he under the au spices of the Order of Railway Conduc tors, the proceeds of which will be used to aid the conductors on the 8. A. M. railroad to organize a division at Amerieus. Everybody is cordially invited to join in this holiday excursion and carry well filled baskets. The people at Omaha and vicinity will join with the excur sion party in picnic on that day. There will be a fine hand of music and ice cold refreshments on the grounds, and every thing possible done to make it one of the most delightful occasions of the sea son. The committee of arrangements say that every conductor will ho ready to assist the ladies and children without escorts, and will look after their welfare while en route and also at tho picnic. Come out on that day and aid a good cause and enjoy a merry holiday. A Cool Welcome. London, April 23.—According to Rome advices tho Italian premier gave Baron Fava a cool welcomo. Rudini appreciated the fact that he has made a complete fiasco, and is anx ious to throw' tho blame on Fava. It is reported in Rome that the only question now affecting the cabinet is how to got out of the American difficulty with the least disgrace. The latest dispatches from the Impe rial! at Washington said to foreshadow that not even money indemnity will he paid to the massacred Italians, tho tem per of tho American people being such that congress would not dare make an appropriation. The Imperial! has forwarded state ments that have greatly surprised the cabinet, showing very plainly that no fear is folt whatever of Italy’s fleet. For Murdering Hiit Wife. Atlanta, Ga., April 23.—[Special.]— Cnwar Woodin, alias John Clark, was taken in custody by the officers hero to day, and has been apprehended as a wifo murderer wanted at Winston, N. (’. Four years ago the crime was commit ted. Recently a negro school master, w ho formerly taught Woodin’s children in the Tar Heel state removed to Atlanta, and identified the wife murderer, for whom the state of North Carolina has offered a reward of $200. Sentenced to Heuth si Third Time. Pktkrsiu no. Va., April 24.—Randall Watson, who killed Joe Robinson four years ago at Greensville, was taken to Hicksford, the county scat of Greensville county, tills morning, where he was sen tenced by Judge B. A. Hancock to he hanged on July 10th next. Twice be fore Watson lias been sentenced to he hanged, hut through the efforts of his counsel the supremo court granted to him each time a new trial. The court refused to listen to a third appeal. Eight Yearn For Forgery. Louisville, Ky., Arpril 23.—[Special] —Henry (’lay, one of the descendants of Kentucky’s illustrious statesman, plead guilty to-day to forging his grandfather’s name to documents on which he realized $90,000. He was sentenced to eight years iu the penitentiary. ESTABLISHED 1867. INCORPORATED 1890. JAMES FRICKER & BRO. I have just returned from New York, where I purchased a very large stock of DIAMONDS AND WATCHES at prices thai will enable us to sell lower than ever before. Our stock is immense, assortment complete, prices lower than any one. Call and see for j yourselves before buying. C. A. FRICKER, President.- 4O9 JACKSON ST., AMERICUS, GA. (Barlow Block.) & McLendon DEALERS IN MARBW-A.IRJE3! STOVES AND Best Qualities of Paints, Oils and Builders’ Material Agents for the Celebrated HARVEST STOVES anil GRATES. Audits for the Celebrated Wheeler <k Wilson Sewing Machine. BTigreri©© anaWagons WAGON AND BUGGY MATERIALS- SACDLERY AND HARNESS. CROGKERYfAND GLASSWARE AND A SPECIAL LINE OF CUTLERY, WOOD AND WILLOWWARE, ETC We specially Invite the trading public to call and examine our good, anti priceH. 'v*. keep the best, as well as the cheapest goods iu this market, and will give our customers the value of their money. JOHN R. SHAW, Saw Mill Men, Attention! Are you in need'of machinery of any description? If so, write us your wants, stating just what you desire and we will make you low prices. Our special busi ness is heavy machinery such as ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, AND WOOD-WOR1ING MACHINERY, and for first-class machinery, wo defy competition. Wo are general agents for II. B. SMITH MACHINE CO.’S celebrated Wood-working machines, and can dis count factory prices. Bo sure to write for circular of “Farmers’ Favorite” saw mill; it is the best on the market. Second-hand machinery constantly on hand. Write for prices and see If we cannot save you money. Perkins Machinery Company, 67 SOUTH BROAD STREET, Mention I’llk Timka Wlien You Write. ATLANTA, GA. june24-<KVwlyear “THE CHAMPION" Clothier & Outfitter, 117 Forsyth St*. Amerieus, Ga.. < prep.tred to clothe the people of Amerieus and vicinity: in Tact whole of Southwest (la. with That is 11 lit. Every correct in style and|perfect arment is made by tin- orgeat New York and other maim- ufaeturers up to the highest standard of art. No clothing house South of At lanta can Roast of such an admirable assortment of MENS, VUIITFIS, MSftCIEWIES'i W. H. R. SCHROEDER, (Successor lo Schroctler A: Strickland,) 724 Cotton Avenue. AMERICUS, GA. Manufacturer of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware, Galvanized Iron Cornice, Tin and Iron Roofing, Hot Air Heating Etc. Iron Smoke Stacks. Exhaust Piping for Saw Mills a Specialty. ' NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. I would be pleased to give you estimates on your Tin, Iron ami Cornice work. I gtu tee all work to lw» first-class in every particular. Ridging, Cresting and Finals furnished on u notice. I also do Heavy Iron Work from 14 to 27, Rooting, Buttering, Spouting, etc. By-CALL AND GET MY ESTIMATES AND GIVE ME A TKIAL.«£3 1-1-Bin DeLoach Mill Manufacturing Co. MANUFACTURERS Or THE DeLOAGH SAWMILLS, GRITS MILLS, WATER WHEELS. ATLANTA, s s In our line of business we are the recognized leaders, and we propose to continue to carry off the honors. While we possess all the requisites necessary for the success of a legiti mate and dashing business, YYh HAVE THE LARGEST AND FINEST STORE IN THE CITY WE HAVE THE LARGEST AND FINEST STOC K IN THE CITY, and wi are known throughout tin- section as the GEORGIA June3-wlyear The Pennsylvania .Strikers. Srori dale, Fa , April 28,—There i*» no change iu the strike situation. The operators claim increased forces at all their works. The labor officials assert that the Da vidson, Morewood, Kyle and Fainter plants are practically idle. A mass meeting of the strikers will he held at C'onnellsville to-day. Appointed a Truiuinufttvr. NSWKK, April 24.—Mr. F. W. the north than j Carnahan, who has for some time been I the general agent of the E. T., Va. & Ga. road at this place, has been appointed master of trains for Supeiintended. Beauprie’s division, with headquarters at Atlanta. If food sours on the stomach, diges tion is defective. Do Witt’s Little Early Risers will remedy this. The famous little pills that never gripe and never disappoint are sold by Cookjq Phar macy. DUNLAP HATS. THE LATEST STYLES AND SHAPES. ARTHUR RYLANDER, Corner Lamar and Jackson St Our friends and the public that we have for the last J'J years i’"i ducted a live business in Aim-rims | and we will “win or die” on the ti“M | in battle harness before we will ■ lir ‘ rentier our banner on which written John R. Shaw, Commander-in-Chief gitimate the M W. 13. Haynes & ©on. REAL ESTATE. STOCK AND BONl) Amerieus, Ca 3101-2 Lamar Street, )U Fmisli Business of Southwestern < ,J -, 105 FORSYTH ST., • AMEHICUS>| I’. S.—This may not hi but it is Uudncss all the same. J. B-