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AMERICUS TIMES-RECOR VOLUME 1 AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1891. Something For The Boys! TI1E STURM KING. BRAND NEW SAFETY BICYCLE TO BE GIVEN AWAY! IT WONT COST YOU A PENNY To stimulate the traffic in our Boys’ and Children’s Clothing department, I will give, with every Boy’s or Child’s suit, between the ages of 4 and 18 years, sold by us from the 1st R>1 October past, until ” NEXT CHRISTMAS EVE, when the fortunate one will be determined, A TICKET, (non-transferable) entitling the holder to one chance at a BRAND NEW SAFER BICYCLE TO BE GIVEN AWAY ABSOLUTELY FREE OF ANY CHARGE WHATEVER! All you have to do is to BUY YOUR BOY’S SUIT FROM ME and get a ticket. These tickets will Illegal DUtlllerUs Torn Up and Sis. Violators Caught. I Jonesboro. Ga., Oct. 14.—TJie revo-‘ nue men made quite a successful raid. 1 _ in the county, and, ns a result, threq, OG illegal distilleries have been torn up numbered, and on Christmas Eve, numbers "“VJSlu US STStfS Uncle Sam’s offices. It seems that information had been received at the deputy collector’s office in Atlanta that Clavton county was iu- hiners, and a corresponding with the tickets given away will be put in a box: then a committee of disinter ested citizens will draw out one of the numbers, ofofflcr« t ^ZdowiThun n t d tb‘£ a 5 t / and the holder of (he ticket containing that number, gets the Brand New Safety Bicycle Free of Charge! Now a Word about our Famous Clothing Department. THE NAME OF George D. Wheatley has become known far and wide as the synonym of CLOTHING AT FAIR PRICES! Comittiaalonctr Ford'a Auaw?r. Nashville, Oct. 14.—The answer of Our stock was NEVER SO COMPLETE! Our styles NEVER SO ELEGANT! Our prices NEVER SO MODERATE! And never so great OUR ANXIETY TO PLEASE! Our assortment of Boys’ and Children’s Clothing begins with a neat WASH SATINET SUIT (wool filling) any size from 4 to 18 years, At Per Suit, and includes all the finer materials, such as OASSIMERES, WORSTEDS, TRICOTS, SERGE AND CHEVIOT Suits so desirable for “BOYS WHO ARE HaRD ON CLOTHES.” with a capital of $23,400,000. Last you the total number of banka organised waa 807, with a capital of $30,280,00% This ihowe a big falling off, and teems to indicate that the national hanging ayitem ia loving ground. HOLDING CARNIVAL OVER IRELAND AND GREAT BRITAIN. Many Vessels Are Wrecked on the Coasts— House. Damaged In Various Places In the United Kingdom—Channel Boats Unable to Cross—Damage at Helensburg. London, Oct. 14.—The furious gale which has been raging over all England, Ireland, and the south of Scotland for over twenty-four hours, aud which hns already caused a vast amount of damago about the seaside towns, and which has wrecked a largo number of vessels, con tinues iu all its intensity. Chimneys and tiles were carried ev erywhere from tho roofs of private dwellings, Hnd out-houses of wood orashed down os if built of cards. Pe- Jestrianism during the height of the storm was utterly impossible, and traf fic by rail or wator was almost brought to a stand still. At Falkstouo, one of tho great land ing places the trans-channel steamers,' thronghont the night n sea swept a great pier with immense wavos carry, ing away all the lighter portions of the structure and threatening to wrench away its most powerful supports. Tho light house at its extremity was deluged by angry waters and it was even feared that it might be swept from its found, ations. The channel passenger boats were unable to cross at night, and to those who know weather these vessels von ture ont in, this gives some idea of the severity of the storm whioh pro- vailed. At Helensbnrg, a watering place on the Firth of Clude, at the entrance of Gareloch, near Dumbarton, Scotland, fishing and other bouts which have been drawn up on the beuch at the first ap proach of tho gale were carried along by the furious waves which poured into the streets, flooding houses and drivingl the inmates from their homes, many es caping through windows, so little warn ing wus given of the inundation. MOONSHINERS ARRESTED. They at onco spied evidences of moon, shin'ors work, and kept u close wutch for a short while, when they were re warded by seeing an old negro driving a team into the woods. On following him they found thol dement over 'the affair? place where the corn juice was being made. Alter capturing him they se cured enough information to warrant A Marion, O., special says: Unluck ily for the city stone pile, hut lucky for further search, and they soon succeeded hums, was their esoapa In finding two more.distilldries and ar- L™ ^e Prison at 4_ o clock a. iq. resting quite Those arrested his two sons, Riflin and Clarence, and his brother-in-luw McKinley Jand the two negroes, Simon and lloh P. seed. , Turnip- OONDENSEO NEWS DISPATCHES. Th* Famine - Stricken People. St. Petersburg, Oct. 14.—Rev. Mr. Francis of the Anglo-American church in this city, has returned here from the famine-stricken districts of the govern ments of Tauibuloff, Nipl-Novgorod and Kasun. Mr. Francis gives a most dis-' tressinif account of tho misery ho wit nessed in those places, and says that he was much touched with the Christian resignation of tho peasants, and with the noble efforts made by the landlords to alleviuto tho suffering of the peasant ry. Mr. Francis has made an appeal to his parishioners and to their compatri ots to subscribe in a manner to show Deuifl.tlo and Foreign and of General Interest. A dispatch from Alexandria, Va., aays that General Lee’s condition is not quite so favoruble. Dr. Joseph Benson of Casper. Wyo., while confined in the county jail, set fire to the building and was burned to death. The Florida Horticultural society has asked for three acres in which to show an orange grove and mnke a fruit dis play at the World’s fair. A Loudon dispatch says that the British steamer Norwegian, which ar rived nt Glasgow from Montreal, had on board the crew of the British steam er Devonshire, from Barrow. Sept. 30, for New York, which was abandoned 550 miles west of Tory island. Tile alien land law got another black eye in Dullns, Tex. The forty-fourth judicial court decided that the plaintiff could not evade the payment of u land- secured note held by ail alien company on numerous substantial grounds. Tho result of the cases carried to court thus fur aro very grutifying. A Now York special says: The dead body of a pretty little girl about 10 years old, was washed up on the beach at Bedloe's Island, and discovered by the sentinel pntroliug tho east walk.- Her throat was cut nearly from ear to ear. The body appeared to have been iu the water several days., At San Francisco, Maurice B. Strell- inger, or Curtis, the actor, charged with the murder of Police Officer Alex ander Grant, was held to answer liefore the superior court by Police Judge Rex. Only thiee witnesses were ex amined. In conclusion Henry Fraust Gardner stated that be had worked for Strellinger and knew the latter was in the habit of enrrying a pistol. A Birmingham, Ala., special says: The north bound truin ou the Louisville and Nasliville road ran over an old man named J. W. Pritchett near Clanton, und killed him. He was walking on a trestle uml presumably was deaf. The engineer blew the whistle -and reversed his engine, but too late. When it struck him ho was knocked twenty feet. At Mobile, Ala., Charles B. and C. Miller, members of the late banking firm of Tliomns P, Miller & Co., of that city, which failed three years ago, have made a proposition to liquidate the in debtedness still due creditors. Tho as signee has finished his lnliors and the Millers guarantee 2 per cent, per annum for ten years ou all balances, within which time they will pay the principal. A Ningara Falls, N. Y., special Bays: At 2 o'clock p. in., the cagomen at shaft No. 2 on the tunnel lost coutrol of the cage, und it fell to the bottom of the shaft, killing three colored men and fa tally injuring two white men. The huge tenders were in dnnger of being lynched by the tunnel men, nnd they were locked up in the police station for safety. Tho coroner will investigate the matter. A Knoxville, Tenn.. special says: One year ngo Hugh Walker, a prominent and wealthy farmer of Sevier county, was found dead in a lonely roadway. His dentil at the time was a mystery. Every tiling has just been cleared up by tile death ^>f George Meadows, a trump singing master, who, before he expired, said he hud been instrumental in the death of walker. There is much Ordinary, IN A TYPHOON. A BARK IS WRECKED AND ALL ON BOARD ARE LOST. The Wreck of the Baik Arcbnt, of New Chwanjf—Two Europeans add a Lot of Chinamen Drowned—Escape of Fourteen Railway Convicts* Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 14.—Japanese exchanges received by the “Empress of China,” which arrived here, relate the following: September 14.—The barque Archns, of New Clnvang, laden with beans, was totally wrecked by a typhoon at the entrance of Nusgaski harbor. All on hoard perched. The crew was Chinese, except the captain and officers, who were Europeans. Ar Vladivo stocks, Sept. U, sixteen Russian convicts who were walking on the new railway, attempted to escape. Two were shot down, hnt fourteen got away. These killed three inmates of a farm liouso to obtain clothing. A French officer was killed for the same reason, and a Russinn hand mnstcr re turning from the funeral of an officer, was also killod and bis body stripped. At latest accounts none of the convicts had been recaptured. GYPSY CHIEF’S SON DIES. rhe entire lot were locked up on Satw- suspicion, and upon being ckli u squad of violators. “T 11 ® are Rufus Johnson nnd . , <. e, . searched necklaces, rings, shirt atnds and other articles of jewelry were found 7 upon them. The police think outside h ip was given them, os the locks on the three cells in which they were cod- fined were broken iu precisely the same manner. October 30 will be "World’s Fair Day ” at the Texas state fair at Dallas. On thut day everyone who owns stock in the Texas World's Fair association will bo admitted free to the fair, and the association will try to bore every the Stain Hisl visitor buy some of the stook. Texas ft trying to raise a World's fair fund of $300,000 and baa already made encour aging progress. One hundred and sixty- seven counties iq Texas have organised for World’s fair work choosing com mittees, etc. » 5, • ■ At Anderson, Ind., Qeorgc Delewter, while standing on the suspensionbrtdgo that their offering are worthy there- thut spans White river, observed a box j^tponed until next Monday. . spouse to the Russian offerings made! atthe bottom of the stream that so ex» the men liave been released on hall i during the great Irish famine. ercised his curiosity that he fished it tlireo men who imWHH out, aud to his horror found it to COD- u0 friends, It is annpUUOWvte '1 tain the remains of a-fnlly fit female babe. The flesh had*** ted or been toru from the 1 The Funeral Ceremonies to Occur Next Spring nt Dayton. Memphis, Oct. 14.—Henry Harrison, a eon of Isaac Harrison, one of the gypsy chiefs whose headquarters are located at Dayton, O., died at a boarding house in this city of typhoid fever. His father and several other members of the tribe were with him during bis last illness, having bronght him over from Arkan sas for medical treatment. The body will be shipped to Dayton and there placed in a tomb to remain until spring, when the tribes will gather for the funeral. All the fnrniture in the room in which the young man died hns been purchased by his father und will be burned on tho day of ,the funeral, ac cording to the gypsy custom, as well as his wagon and all his personal be longings. _ Woman (turned to Death. Wabash, Ind., Oct. 14. —Tho wife of John D. Martin, a merchant at Pleas- antview, near Wabash, was burned to death. Her husband was In the store at the time, and was attracted to the honse by the screams of his wife. She was lying npon the floor, her clothing burned entirely off, and was utterly un able to speak, so horribly was she burn ed. She lived in awful ngour for nine hours before death arrived. Her aunt, Mrs. Hedger, was burned to death in much tlie same way three years ago. Mrs. Martin wns about 25 years old, and leaves a husband and two children. lslatara Tssterdny. Atlanta, Ga., October 13, 1891.— The bill by Mr. Huff to establish a state normal school ip connection with the J State University at Athens, was taken up and passed! After the passing M Mr. Huff’s bill, senate bills for first and second reading wore taken up. This took up a consid erable portion of the time for the fore noon. A resolution was passed authorising the assistant attorney-general to employ stenographer at a salary of $00 a month. A bill to provide for the probate of foreign wills was taken up and passed. A motion was made Immediately after the reading of tho journal by Dr. Bald win, to reconsldor his poddler’s bill. There was an ayo aud nsy rote taken, and the motion was sustained. The bill by Mr. Atkinson of Coweta, to extend the powers of the railroad commission so as to give them power and authority to regulate charges of ex press, sleeping car and telegraph com panies for services rendorod within this state, came back from the senate with an amendment. Tho senate amendment strikes out sleeping car companies, and it was con curred in by tbo house. Senate bill by Mr. Smith, of the twenty-eighth, providing that landlords furnishing supplies, money, stock (mules and horses) farming utensils or other articles of necessity to make crops, and also all persons furnishing clothing and medicine, supplies or provisions for the support of families, shall secure them selves from the crops, was taken up and passed. The garnishment bill was taken up and tabled, and several other bills were tabled In quick succession. To relieve the Commercial Alliance Life Insurance company of New York. To allow the cnusolidatlan of street railroads. To provide that administrators shall be ex-officio county guardians, and shall give’a 85,000 bond. This morning the senate took up the report of the committee on the bill to allow Inmates of the asylum to write letters without being inapeoted by the superintendent of that iuatltutlon. The committee recommend that the bill do not pass. The report of the committee waa not agreed to by a vote of 10 to 12. To morrow the bill will come up on Its pass age and the friends of the bill think it will pass. A house bill passed the senate to-day allowing the governor to appoint acoun- ty solicitor la every county where there are county courts, provided two succes sive grand jurlos recommend the ap pointment. He Is a Double Murderer. Champaign, Ills., Oct. 14.—The fact has developed that Daniel Benner of Tuscola, Ills,, ia a double murderer. While a coroner's, juty was holding an inquest over,the remains of Hopql yoor- hees of LadAga> Ifid-i who waa killed Saturday: dMBHTrSeBBSHMMA „ no of CrawfordsviUej Ind., died Special Consecration of lllshoir^lrooks St Crcquo , from another pistol shot fired by Ren- nori in th" affray in which' Voorhees was killed. Renner Inis been hold to tho'gnihd Jury without bail. ■» v Frankfort, Got... 11.- arns, colored, 'o{. Lotiir . employed in the'cYoak-rootnof uB^kte convention, and who’ received $791 from the state, us The Capital has it, for carrying:* cigar, box to and from the saloons, present id the cigar box to the State Historical society os a lolio of the ipaking of the constitution worth preservation by the' state. It should be labeled, "The bar of the conven tion." csr Tb« Nebraska Sensation. Omaha, Oct. 14—The preliminary hearing of the fifteen lynchers, chtiged wit It the rnnrder at Coe, the Boston. Boston, October 14—[Special]—'The consecration of R& Dr. Philip Brooks ns bishop of Bssaachusotts, which took piano to-day In Trinity church, was one of,the most remarkable events in the history at the Episcopal Church OT this country. The ceremony was the occa sion of a meeting of the largest and most representative body of divines over held iu this city. The Right Rev. John Williams, D. D., L.L. D., bishop of Con necticut and presiding bishop, was tho isonaeenttor. Bishops Clarke of Rhode Island and Whipple of Minnesota were the presbyters, and tho sermon was de livered by Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York. The two clerical brothers of tho blshop-eleot—the Rev. Arthur Brooks, rector of the Church of the In- George W. Ford, state labor commis- body und limbs, und notkiag-Mit the stoner, to the bill filed by J. E. Good- head was left in its natural State, by which it was identified, ihe box con taining the infant wan weighted down Wishing you all ‘‘good luck” in the drawing, boys, Your friend, eav rrjj btiuo'i go oi dt wiu, sub-lessee ot convicts at Briceville, in which Goodwin seeks to liavs Ford removed from office by quo warranto iroceedings lias been tiled. Ford nl- eges thut the requiremynt of the old law that the mine inspector shall huvo five years’ experience was repealed by the new law. He declares that the al legations in tho bill in reference to bis report on the Briceville mines, injuring relator, is ini|».'rtiiieiit, but if it did in jure the relator it was the truth of tho report that did it, und that ill prepar ing said report ho had the aid of the assistant commissioner, a miner of long experience. National llnuks Organised. Washington, Oct. 14—Tlie controller of currency’s report will show that from: Ha Stole a Horsa y - Glasgow, Ky., Oct 14—Jamas .&> Stafford was convicted in tbs circuit court her* ot horse sttaUng, and gtVSh [ht years In' the penitentiary. Staf- eriili a stone. Melbourne, now at Goodland, Kan., says: "At a mass meeting of citizens I presented a proposition to bring rain iu twenty counties next spring at ten cents a cultivated acre. There are over 2,000.000 acres iu cultivation. My prop osition was well received,'and speakers will at once be sent out to interest the people in the project. 1 will have a great fight on my hands no doubt. Tho irrigation companies are up iu arms and assert that the irrigation act does not cover such a proposition us mine. I have no fear of the outcome. Germany to Admit Our Cereals. Washington, Oct. 14.—Tho govern ment of the United States has just con cluded p, couvcutiou with Germany, through the German minister here, by which all our cereal crops will be ad mitted into the German empire free of duty in consideration at continued free admission into the United States of German Isset sngar after Jan. 1, which, under recent law, tbo president could the* ifqp. ■ This year the wheat crop of jdl the German states, except Prussia, poor, and the rye crop is a fail ure throughout Germany. The present rate of duty on wheat imported into * swims*"’" 1 no ffieudSv.. It is annou iroeecuting attorney that ish the cases for aU IPt'» ho will they are worth. Mistrial In tha Hawaii Caae. WAititE.vrox, Ga., October 12.—A big crowd assembled at the court house this morning at half past eight o’clock to hear the verdict of the jury in the How ell caso. Much to tho surprise of many, It was a mistrial. They stood live for acquittal and seven for conviction. Howell will be tried again in January, at au adjourned term of this court. Ho will be kept In Warren county jail until that time. Judge McWhorter left for Sparta at 9:30 this morning, where ho will pre side this week at the regular term of court jO,ttceliA ,42 or.- Competitive Drill. The Americus Light Infantry held a meeting in the city hall last night and transacted business of Interest to the company. It was decided to hold a fair on the 24th of November, continuing through the srcek.for the purpose of furnishing armory. The company now bolds semi-monthly meetings, and at their next meeting, which will be on Tuesday nightrS8th, there will be s com petitive drill for the elegant silver ser vice offered to the best drilled man by James Frioker A Bio. episcopalian. attsx* J carnation, of New York city, and Rev. Colton Brooks, rector of Christ church, Springfield—were tho attending presbyters. Dr. Brooks’ election to the Episcopate was not socured without a struggle. A fierce fight was made against him by a small but powerful eliquo In his own denomination, and It appeared at one time as It they would accomplish his defeat. During tlie beat of the contest they said many things of tho new bishop which now thoy would willingly forget. Bishop Brooks has long boon known ns the best pulpit orator of tho Low Churok Episcopalians in America. He wm born in this city in 1835, of an old Xew lngland family, being one of six brothers, font of whom became honored midtttos of. the Episcopal church. He grnda$>|j$ j K ^Harvard College in .1835, studied (tjN&gy In Alexandria, Va., was orMAmi 1859, and became rector of Clmrelffn.the Advent In Philadelphia. In U72 be took charge of the Church of the Holy Trinity In that city and in 1879 ho-accepted his present charge, and was made rector of Trinity Church in this city. He is noted for hi* “low church’’ views, and ht has often preached In chnrches of other denomi nations. Ha lts brilliant pnlpit orator and poasetes a verjjrapid delivery. Since he became rector of Trinity Chnreh he Pennsylvania, to whioh he was elected in 1880. . His present church edifice was built for him at a cost of $1,000,000.