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-RECORDER. % VOLUME 7. AME11ICUS, GEOUGIA, FRIDAY, DEUEMBER 3l, 1897. NUMBER 89 w Hi Hi »</ Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi xi> Hi il/ m in ifi 9) v '»!> % 'Ii Suitable Sensible Serviceable HRISTMAS DRESENT r -AT- Allen & Sheffield’s T HESE are times when sensible, substantial Christmas presents will be more appreci ated than “knick-knacks” or trashy gifts that cost about as much and do no one any good. What is a nicer Christmas gilt for mother, wife, daughter or sister, than a stlk dress, vrosl dress, plush cape, silk waist, cloth-ctpe; kid gloves, hand kerchiefs, feather boa or b >x oi hosiery ? What is a better Christmas : present for fith- , er husband, h” 1tnaa a - nice </vert,jAt, an umbrella, a.scjtt or stwr ,hat, ,piir suspender?, neckties, . hand ker chiefs, gloves, odd pauts, shoe^,or .under wear? .> What is a more useful Christmas presea 1 for the hcisewife than ,a pair of-those ele gant blankets, a nice table cloth, ..a dozen napkins, or doyles, raarssailles quilts, ready • made sheets and pillow cases, lace, curtains •..and a hundred other things to be hod at out *9tore? ■What, is a more seasonable '.Christmas p resent for a boy than a new salt, pair k ne- pant?, a golf cap, an eton cap, or pair ot ’ (“.Little. Giant”) shoes? In addition to the above we have au em Hess variety of o her articles suitable for Ch listen u presents, such as ladies purses, poc Wet books, tooth brushes, hair brushes and combs, leather belts metailibelts. trunks, va- lices, ladies and Rent’s hose, supporters. belt pins and a-thousand other things toonumer- , ous io mention. We are Jieadquki'ters for evervthirg suitable ior Christina- presents at prices in keeping with the times. Our store will be open every night this w <ek until 9 o’c oca. C ill early in the week .and avoid the rush. Very truly yours. F\rllen * Sheffield. AMERICUS, GEORGIA BANDY IN BAD HEALTH Special Envoy to Paris Show Is Seriously Sick. RAPIER AT LAST ROUTED. Tbs Dtfiuoomtlo hMimiitsr of Mobil* GiWe* Way Co m Ko|tubl!a*ti. Mobile, Dae. £9.—Postmaster Barker was in.tailed before day iu office here after au all ulght vigil iu the postofflee. The inspectors arrived and orerbauled The Merchants' and Traders' of Brunswick Fails.' AT NOTED BESOET NEAR AUGUSTA accounts of the office aud fouud DEPOSITORS WONT LOSE DOLLAR - s them correot. They took possession and I fnff.rlne From N.r.o..- .-.I *« r0 ™ lu f- ?„• B “ rk8 / “ ud » Ue •“‘P 10 ?" I . ... . ... .... _ on arrival. Two of the employes re- uroirii.s w..r.s tVbaia iron- fused to take oath to the new postmaster bl. iu« llr.ult of tit. Oominl.iloii.r's B11( j wera suspomled. Colonel Rapier, who claim, to hold office by vlrcuo of section 3330 of the Hrcout HorU Work—Ills Wit. s.4 an. dltor Are Wltli Him. Augusta. Gi, Deo. 29 — Moses P. Bandy, special United Slates commit- •ioner to the Paiis exposition of 1030, Is seriously ill at the Bon Air hotel, a Winter resort in the fusluonablo subur- 1IAJOR MOSKS F.'ttANDT. ban district of this city. Major Bandy, accompanied by Lieorauaut linker, U. S. N., anditor to the Spanish commis- lioner, together with Mrs. Handy and Mrs. Baker, came to Augusta on Dec. 17, suffering from nervous prostration. He has been steadily confined to his house ever liuce with no sigus of im provement M-ajor Handy only recently returned from Parii, where lie went to secure ■pace fur American exhibitors at the great exposition to l>e held there in 1900. The Uuised States government will also make a display at the Show, aud it was Mr. Handy's work in'behalf of 1 his country's interests that resulted In nervous prostration. He came south iunnediately^ifter reaching Hew York, lu the hope of regaining health, bat so fat there has'been no marked change in'his condition. revised statutes, which law requires that removals before expiration of term must be by the advice und consent of the senate, ’sued out a writ of injunc tion iu the Unitod States circuit court before Judge l’ou min. The plea was that Barker was not and il not postmaster, because Rapier has not been legally removed. Barker’! name not being sent to tlia senate. Ra pier a-ked that Barker bo 00joined from interfering with him ill the di-charge of his linnes us postmaster of Mobile. Judge Toulmiu refused to gruut the injunction. GOOD ROADS CONVENTION. Syj SAVANNAH HAS A STRIKE imbmrtr, Ul . j,, w yiV HM ff 1 "" * r • Si V4 r-f ab.'V. N a*>.—Abo □ t 100-mea, all Savannah laborers, who have -beets employ ad by Messrs. Delaney & Zipf, contractors pu’ting in the new sewer system, havejcuit and positively refuse to woik at die wages being paid. ;It was understood at the beginning of the work that the men were all to bo employed fntm .Savannah, and were to reoeive from#1.2.’, tofl -iti-p r day. ac cording to ritoir capacity. It appaors, however, that they have been receiving :lfl cents an, hour tor pratty hard trierk, and they do-s.ut like it. At-the press lit status of-the wurk, however,.the contractors have reiiAsd ftotpay any. more, but they do not intend Chat, the work shall be delayed. About 100 hands from Montgomery, Ala., will arrive aud-will be put right to work. It is expected that this will bung about some trouble, lu view of the fact that the.ciaiin has been made that this is a Savannah work, being done fur the city, and that home iubor should be employed. The -ooutraotors have been willing to tue *lie borne labor, but tnev uo uoi Want ito pay .too big a price for .it. FURLOW & JONES, Fire, life and Accident Insurance. ■iJftb’ver n a* v .xkad to oar ilrcadr cxtcoilvt bmiotM tbit of the lit© R T. BYRD CompIi o»beforepUc»ngr*nrInsurance. ®* ,,,b Hobhi md conpirj Fraptit) lo»or»d at il* lowett W,a niRUHV. . W, M, JOKES, TT- ivsteniatic* fly poisoned day after day by accumula tions of bile in the blood. When the liver fait* to do its regular work of filter ing this biliouH poison out of the circulation, it goea on poisoning the entire constitu- r w . tion just as surely as if a man was drinking prussic acid. ^ Every part of the body is polluted. The digestive juices are snppresscd and weak ened. The kidneys and skin are clogged with impurities and the lungs and bronchial tubes overloaded with morbid secretion which eat away the delicate tissue, and bring about bronchitis and consumption. All the diseases caused by this subtle pro cess of bilious poisoning are cured by tht marvelous alterative action of JV. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It directly in cresses the liter’s natural excretive and purifying powers; gives the digestive and blood-making organs power to manufacture an abundance of red, rich healthy blood. It drives out all impurities, and vitalizes the circulation with the life-giving elements which restore perfect nutrition, solid mus cular power, and healthy nerve-force. •* In August 1895,1 was taken down in bed with a burning and severe pains in my stomach and under my shoulders, and dizziness In my head,” writes Ira D. Herring, Esq., of Needmore, Ury Co. Fla. “ My borne physician was called and he •aid my symptoms were more like consumption than anything else. I lingered in this way seven months trying different kinds of medicine. Noth ing that I ate would digest, and I had great Dis tress in my stomach. I was persuaded to try some of Dr. Plrrce’s remedies or to see what he thought of my case. X wrote him and received an answer stating that my suffering was from indigettioo and torpid liver, and ad-rUing me to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medkml Discovery. ‘Hie first bottle gave pleasing results. I hive taken foot bottles of the -Golden Medical Discovery * and three small vials of the' Pleasant Pellets/ I am able todo my work and eat what I conkl not before 1 to* these mad trims.’’ Hallways Will Carry llal.galaa to Ilia A11 ii In ton -Urnting Free. Anniston. Ala., Dec. 29.— Tlio ques tion of holding a good roads convention til this city on Fob. 13 aud 17, next, is to^Iug extensively uiscu.setl'by the press of Alabama, and by tbs mayors of Cities, probate judges and other inter estcil parties, ami it promises to be olio of the largest attended and most eu thasiastic meetings ever held in this city or state. The Louisville and Nashville, STobile •nd Birmingham and the Southern rail roads have signified their intention of giviug free transuortatiou to all deie gates to the convention, and F. M Highf, mayor of Anniston; Emmett F. Crook, jodgo of probate, and Howard W. S-xton. president of the Commer cial club, have issued a call for a con vention to be held in this city on Fob. 10 aud 1-7, next. SOMNAMBULIST IS KILLED. Memphis. Dec. 29.—a P. Locko, a prominent Memphis business man, lost, his life near Jasper, Ala, in a mysteiions manner. Locke secured a birth iu a Pullman sleeper attached to the Kansas City, Memuhis and Birmingham rail road truiu whiefn left Mempuis at II p. m., aud usueil to be awakened ac Jasper,, Tire conductor at the proper time woSif to’Locke’s berth but found uopasseuAsr. •Rubsequeutey a freight truiu calno a>uit.jnid fouud the remains of.-ttie -mwf silia^uisa <on a irestlo. Xrfe snppo- *1001 jJJ tlipw lax ke walked Til his siei-n or ol-e - uL-.t to .wlatfurui for fits. ’ ’ ‘ 11 «ff. til- y^Xd -I Only I'I.h Hay X,.w reuse. Ban Fiujocisco, -Deo. Cl— Author! tits of this cityihavo made a new do partnra iu rri-miiml procedara, which it expected to dater murderers from inter- posing the iilea of Disunity. Mis E P«pp Wilson, -who was uernsod of mur- decnig her hoaband in this city oil Sept. 23. 1394, was udjnuged insane before her>trial took >place and she was sent to an asylum. After her recovery she was taken charge .of by the authorities of thie-city ami w-h be brought to trial on themurder charge iu the snp«i|or court next week. District Attorney Burin-■ •ays this plan is .to be adhered do iu other, similar cases Prnpnaltlmi Now lislng l'UMsl.tsrs-1 by tha tllrseturs tu Kalis suffintaut Oa«h to tj quldute—KsesitS Attiiuiit iu Plaeu the Cunoaru lu tliu tlaudi of a Itaoulvsr Cuu,u,l tbs Craill* Atlanta, Deo. 29.—A spoaial to The Journal from Brunswick says: The Merchants’ aud Traders’ bank of tint city has failed. The capital stock of the bank is $100,000. Borne mouths ago there was a plau to pat the bank iu the bauds of a receiver and ever since the depositors have been withdrawing and the bunk has been 1, slug outside busi ness to such au extout that it /lually de termined to olose and let liquidation proceed iu the court, A majority of the stockholders are solvent and tha de positors will he paid in fu.l if the court expenses do not consume all the cueh realized. Dr. J. M. Maddox is president and Mr. A. H. Lane viee prestuenc of the bank. A proposition lias beeu inane aud is uow being considered by the di rectors to raise sufficient cash to pay nil depositors and tiien liquidate. Buould au agreement to this end be reached the doors will be reopeuad, bnt each a Step ie improbable. No run will be mnde on the other banks, the National of Brntiswick and the Brunswick Savings and Trust com pauy. These institutions are perfectly solvent and bare the confidence of the entire conimauity. They have amp 0 Dash ou baud for any emorgeuoy, how- PREFERS A PRISON CELL. WTutangllI, After Twenty Tuere Spent Therein, Dvollnee a Fnrdun. Columbus, Dec. 29.—Old Ralph WiutersgUl, the Columbiana county murderer who was pardoned -ty,Gov ernor Bnshriell 011 Christmas day. dt-r clinos to leave the penitentiary, which has beeu «is home fur 20 years. His soft says chut lie is 73 year* old, which Ksix years older tliuu the prison record/indicates. His mind is clear and there is not a suspicion of insanity. He is at a lovable disposition und is auiver- saliy liked by the officers and guards, at whose request tile pardon was grunted. Fifteen years ago Wlnteisgul asked for a pardon, but sinco then he bus never indicated a desire to be free. He cut his wife’s throat because be believed her faithless aud then tried to cat his own throat. He still breathes through a sliver tube inserted iu Ills troeba :rt times by the surgeons. He was sentenced to death, but Governor Young, wno succeeded Ruthepford B. Hove-, commuted (lie souteude to life Imprisonment. Whan he asked far par don li year, ago his wile’s re.atlves on posed it. This had a depressing effect upon him, and he uever alluded to tho subject again. NEW YORKER IN TROUBLE. Itijt I«*C*l IUuIn llr«w(iig. Gluveland. DiW. wO. — With tu a tow days one of the greatest# legal battles which,bos ever been brought ta trial in this city will commence before thecnori of common ideas. Tile case is that of the oity of Cleveland agaiuat tho Lake Shore. Big Four. Pennsylvania wid Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad com panies. aud involves the titio o millions of dullurs worth of property ou the lake front. Thu railroad tracks original!; ran along close to the water’s edge, but for years the companies have been fiiiiug iu the lake until large tracts of laud have been created. Tula ground is uuw claimed hr tua citv. .*uiftr:«-«it «;on««i «t * nirih. Br-BLiN. Deo. 29 —The government has expressed its willingness to grant au exquatur to Edmund Z. Brodowaki of Illinois, recently appointed United States consul at Breslau. If he should be appointed United States consul at Fuerth, Charles W. Erdman of Ken tucky, who was appointed Uuited States Consul at Fuerth, bsiug transferred to Breaiao, T U.-WVi.ol, Taka towns. Pa ms, Deo. 28.—The French, it ii an nounced, have oocupied Odienue and Sambatigila It is believed thia indi cates that an advance against Chief Samory ie imminent. Samory it a West African chieftain who, for over 12 year* past, has been the most dan* (eroua antagonist the Europeans hava lad to deal with. Yukon KolUf Expedition. Vancouver Barracks, Wash., Dec. 29. — Eleven packer* with 69 mules, in charge of Lieutenant Ryan of Fort Robinson, have arrived from Chicago. The party will proceed to Dysa on the next steamer for the purpose of assist ing Major H. Ia Rucker in selecting a routs lor the government relief ex pedition. Gladstone Is Elsftty-Elfbt. London, Dec. 29l—Thia being the eigh ty-eighth birthday of the Rt. Hon. Wil liam B. Gladstone, the usual congratula tions wera tent to Ha warden and Canute, when Mr. Gladstone to improving, though still suffering from neuralgia. Wzir»nt Oat Kur tb« Arratl of • Promt* tt«wfi Wall Mr asset Most, New York, Dec. £9.—A warrant la out for the urrest of Heury Oliver Gold- smith, ono of the best known tueu of Wallatroet. The specific charge against him la grand larceny iu the first degree for appropriating u cheek for $3,000, the property of Oscar E A. Wisssuerof Brooklyn. The officials of th* district attorney’s office say (hat Goidsmuh has managed to getaway with somnihiug like $300.* 000 by operations similar to those which brought the E. B. Dean company before the public. Goldsmith was indicted by tbe grand Jury oil laat Tuesday. Detectives have followed cluea all over Now Jersey. Pennsylvania, Bostou and other places, but so far Goldsmith has eluded them. Goldsmith aud a man uuined Wei-sner operated under the firm name of Hoyt & Co. George Hazelweida and William A Mitel.ell, who were their broken, were arrested three weeks ugo for their parr iu the operutiona, but tho charges against (hem bare u$t been fried. Say .nil,lug Laws Arm savers. Dawson City, N. W. T.. Nor. 26, via Seattle. Wash., Dec. 29.—Tbe miuers hero have commissioned three men to go immediately to' Ottawa aud present a petition to the Canadian authorities reciting the reasons why tha new min. lug laws „re unjustly sever* Tho peti- tion as final y adopted is the resole of several comcrcm-os of committees com posed of the most intelligent citizen* aud linnet of the Klondike, and the three delegates named in it are the per, sons selected by a committee of Ceu. Roynl mum ie food pare, trhukasomo und delicious. POWDER Absolutely Pure soyat raksm Kxmtn eo., htw vtsot. The Pope Sides With Spain In Her Cuban Troubles. DISTINCT VICTOUT F02 DYNASTI Tb« *tocUhi»:d#rfi Mail Walt. x Atlanta, Dec. 29.— Receiver Ander* son of tbe Southern Mutual Buiidiug and Lean association aunonnees that nothiug will be paid stockholders for at least six mouths, as he fiuda much diffi culty iu collecting the assets Tennes see debtors, he says are especially slow, and nearly all of them must be sned. Georgiaus are pay iug up more promptly. Stockholders will probably get about 96 par cent of their claim* state senator Grant fn Sink. Montgomery, Ala., Deo. 29.—A spa tial from Grove Hill, Olarke county, an nounces tbe serious illness of Hon. Isaac Grant, the venerable editor of the Clarke County Democrat, and state aenator from this district Colonel Grant, who to ona of tbs best known men in the state, has bean stricken with apoplexy and his friends an apprehensive of the re* alt . — Bll lloltnrNff, Inm XIII, Tr*H*ra!U m Mm* tmgm tt, tli« lUilrul OMVariitiifiNl " Il'Cll (Miow* <h«t tb«* AltUUil* «»f tin V-ttla.*tt It Aiiyttilnc bat HstfiHla—Stfmtfi AU file paolAt 111 HNSiuk la Luyal flulillara. New York, Deo. 20.— A speclaltoThs Journal aud Advertiser from W.iakiug- tou says; It Is current news lu Oatbolio oireles that ou Christmas d ty the pops made a very Important ooiumauicatlou to the Spanish government concerning the Cuban war uud the altitude of tue Vatican toward 3paiu iu tho present crisis About three weeks ago it became kuo.wn that it hail boon represented to tbe poi>e through tbe usu.11 ‘chauuels of Information ou this side of the Atluutio, that the cause of Spain was lose iu Ocfca. Tills was »o power fully influenc ing European opluiou that the pops took ocoasion oil Christmas to address an important communication to his nanmo at Madrid. The pope "Declares emphatically that the Vatican npbolds every form of legal government which » uot aini-Ohristiau .111 its oliaracter. He proceeds tlieu to discoss the Bpauisb situation aud cans the Uarliets tu account, stating that tm-y no less thau other snbjocta of Spain owe implicit allegiance to 1 uo relgmug mon archy aud mast not attempt to use the eloalc of religion to cover purposes that are ulterior to the proper ulrns ami ob jects of theoiinroh. Tuis will tend to circumvent the Ouriixt plots aud iu large degree sheer them of importance, a* tbs main hold of the Carlisle has been the positive sympathy received from the priesthood of Spain. It will solve, or at least modify, the dilemma of the present ministry. Following this pruuunciaraonta, tho pope deale with the existiug wur uud sends his especial bi. esmg to tne sol diers of his godson, tha present king of Spain. Discnssiug the Cuban question, tbe positive statement is made Unit ti e Vatican bat uever made any decision ur announcement that could be constiued into au approval of the Cuban cause t disapproval of tbe conduct of Scam. It has suggested that where possible tne rigors of war shonld be mitigated, but wider uo circumstances has it uttered 11 word that might tend to encourage their patriciuul uud fratricidal strife. Notwithstanding this minimizing, th* prouumaoiuuto is a distinct victory tof tbe reigning dynasty. Tne wlio.e in fluence of. the Austrian coart wut thrown into the balance to bring il about. Ouristiano, tho qneeu regent, is. a ilarupbur g princess and for her sake aftd tliu 10vo 1 be pope b ars iiie gnd.uu, Che powenui influence of the Vatican ,11 Spam has been again exerted to save the falling fortnue* of tha present uy. nasty. 2To X#toOtousi*fn«ut *fi. ui .dib Atlanta, Deo. 29.—It is uow probe* bla that early in May the soidiers of the state will all be ordered to Chickamaega for five daye and that there will be no encampment at Griffin. At least there are the plant which have abont been de cided upon by the adjutuuc general. They may be changed before the lime arrives, bnt it is nut probabiei The plan of tha state authorities ia to make the encampment this year more like actual duty than baa aver been kuowu to tbe state troops in any of the en campments heretofore Bala Interferes With Railway* Seattle. Waste. Dec 29.—The recent rainstorm hat seriously interrupted rail- road traffio for tha past 43 hours, aud tha Chinook wind, which is converting the (now lu tha monntaius into wat„r, threatened conilderabie aamage 'l.ie Skagit river is repotted tu have riseu 10 feel. Eleven bent* of the Seattle and International trestle over the StiUagna- misb have been washed away at Ar lington. ■kTMlba Eaeino tar -.at* ■Washington. Dec. «a -Ex Secretary *f State Foster bed a brief conference With the president, after which the iresident approved the bill "prohibit, ng the killing of fur seals in tha wa- ter* of the North PMific oceau,” pu«ed {■• d*J PonRtetf ftdjtiurntd for tht» holiday*.