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E FITZGERALD LEADER. WEATHER REPORT. i Noon Sep. 8tli to Sep. 15tl» In- elusive. OUT ED EXPRESSLY FOR THE LEADER BY DR. COE.] Temperature. Itatn- Pi e V g AYS. fnll. wind. 5 A Ml I 12 M. 7 P M [nesday. raday. «4 .. 78 81 72 no . 77 ae ay...... 0:1 84 78 55-100 e irday.... (14 (54 62 50-100 no ay 76 “ls " day 64 71) Til ae iday .... 60 74 70 6 - 10(1 no neaday. 58 82 In tal rainfall. 1 57*100. shone 6 days. !n obscured by clouds 11 hours. TY AND COUNTY. he Fitzgerald fire department will b a grand ball Friday evening, Sep- ber 24. _ Rtorney Way left Wednesday for inna to attend the Dooly county su- ior court. _ ome fifteen or sixteen excursionists n the North arrived last Thursday r the G. & A. and T. & N. E. rail- . 8 . fhe fer general health of this city was better than it is at the present [e. [ak In fact there is no sickness to of. ___ king Cotton seems to be making Fitz- [ald his headquarters these days, p-notch | prices are what our buyers paying. _ fc. E. Martindale has moved his mill kr Fitzgerald, and will soon be ready begin work on his new timber.— rdele Sentinel. tohn L. Sullivan wants to be mayor Boston. If John is elected it isn’t jely any of the aldermen would care “suss" the mayor. Slder A. W. Monroe wants to know there are any Second Day Adventists Fitzgerald and vicinity. If so please dress him by letter. rHE Leader sends out nearly 300 ex- 1, copies this week among the farmers Irwin county. Advertisers should ike a note of this fact. The pie social out at Ash dale last Fri- y evening, was a grand success finan- illy and otherwise. The receipts were 0.55. and for the benefit of the pastor the Old Field church. After going down to a depth of a Itle over500 feet, Abbeville has struck splendid well of water. Pumps were tached and the supply seems to be in- thaustible. A unique G. A. R. post was recently ganized at Notre Dame, Indiana. It | composed wholly, with one excep- bn, of Catholic priests.—Little Falls linn.) Herald._ The third quarterly meeting for 1897 the Methodist Episcopal church will i held next Saturday and Lord’s day, sptember 18 and 19. Quarterly eon- rence Saturday 7:30 p. m. Presiding der, E. P. Dean, of Du Pont, will be •esent and officiate. ■ Some time in July a local item ap¬ peared Bl. in The Leader saying Mr. G. McMillan, of Brushy Creek, had Been arrested for forging a note. We Bave since learned that our informant Bas in error in making the statement, fls the note was O. K. and duly paid by Blr. McMillan. We trust that here- ■fter parties reporting items for this Baper will be a little more careful. B When the new railroad from Wadley Bo Fitzgerald is completed Telfair will Bave three lines of railway running Ihrough it. We learn that the line of Ihe Wadley and Mount Vei’non road Bill divide the county centerly. There Bv-ill then he no point iD the county that Bill not be in eusy access to railroad lacilities. nome-seekers can find no letter place to locate than in Telfair.— Belfair (County) Yeoman. I R. W. Fisher, 5-acre tract man, lorth of the city, ieft at this office last Idonday Bare a fine sample of tomatoes which of uniform size and clear of blem¬ ishes. It can be said of Mr. Fisher, and Ivith truth, that he is a successful to- Inatoe raiser. He has one vine from Ivhich he has picked in two days one- iialf bushel of choice tomatoes, and Mr. IFisher is firm in the belief that the vine Iwill yet produce two bushels before it Is through fruiting. I Charles It. Reid, who was tried this kveek in Macon for the killing of L. W. [Halstead, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. Reid killed Halstead lor grossly insulting his (Reid’s) wife. Technically Reid may have been guilty of voluntary man¬ slaughter, but under the same proyoca- Ition any true man would have acted as he did, and we think him a worthy ob¬ ject of executive clemency. Fitzgerald’s size is greatly underesti¬ mated by visitors as a rule. The pop¬ ulation of the city proper is usually thought to be all the colonists, when, in fact, fully half of them live outside the city limits and do not get counted. The colonists occupy several square miles of land. A recent counting shows 623 Yankee dwellings on 5, 10, 20 and 40-acre tracts of the colony domain, out¬ side the corporate limits of Fitzgerald. —Douglass Breeze. A man may guy, And a man may lie, And a man may puff and blow; but lie can’t get trade Hy sitting In the shade. Waiting for buslnoss to grow. Ool. Ed Burch returned this morning from Vienna, where he has been at¬ tending court. Don’t forget to register for the coun¬ ty seat election. Register in the Fitz¬ gerald district on Sept, 22 and 23. Sheriff Handley has bought a fine pair of trained blood hounds, and es¬ caped criminals will be shown no mercy. The Waycross Herald says that a letter addressed “to any respectable at¬ torney" of a Missouri town was returned by the postmaster inscribed not known here. L. Moore, of Cordele, Ga., will arrive next week with a couple of running horses to commence training on the race track, so as to bo ready for the winter races. . Mr. Leo Rollins, one of our best col¬ ony men, bought one of those handsome spring wagons of the Boyd Hardware Co. this morning. The fire engines are now nicely lo¬ cated in their new engine house in the rear of tho Fitzgerald block. The tall tower for the fire bell is being erected this week. A good location. An Atchison (Kas.) woman who mar¬ ried a second time, admitted that all through the service she saw the ghost of her first husband standing beside her and shaking his fist vigorously. Come and register early for the coun¬ ty seat election on September 22 and 23. Remember, we have only two days to register in this district 1,200 voters, so don’t put it off until the last moment. There will be a ladies’ prayer meet¬ ing every Tuesday at 2 p. in. at the Methodist church, south. All ladies and girls are cordially invited to attend and take part Mothers who have small children come and bring them with you. Edwin Vickers, 16 years of age, of Coffey county, a brother of E. E. Vick¬ ers, of Pekin, this county, was killed by lightning last Sunday evening while riding horse-back. His father, Rev. John Vickers, is well known in this sec¬ tion of Georgia. A few cases of yellow fever is re¬ ported at New Orleans, and some have died of the dread disease. They should all move to tho piney woods of Georgia where an epidemic could never exist, and the soft balmy air as it murmurs through the pines is a healing halm to the invali i. Realizing the value of The Leader as an advertising medium a number of our business men are taking good sized spaces in this issue. It will always pay the readers of this family journal to peruse the advertising columns. Live men advertise and that is where you will find bargains. A crusty bachelor who is bald-headed and sway-backed, says: “Women make a great mistake in attending afternoon card parties and stuffing themselves with broiled salted peanuts, dyspeptic doughnuts, stale caramels and frozen pig’s feet. When they come home they complain of headache. No wonder. The only astonishing thing is that they live as long as they do.” Mrs. S. B. Coe, of Fitzgerald, Geor¬ gia, who has been visiting her daugh¬ ter. Mrs. F. P. Wright, for several weeks, let for her home yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. Coe were among the first to settle in Valley City, and there are many persons still residing here who remember them kindly and respect them highly—Valley City (N. D.) Al¬ liance. County court was in session at Irwin- vill last Monday, with Judge Clements presiding. The man Walker who was charged with writing obscene litera¬ ture on slates and blackboard at the school houS3 near Minnie, was con¬ victed, with a fine of $50 or 90 days on the chain gang. A colored man by the name of Brown was up before the judge on the charge of larceny, but was ac¬ quitted. One of the best trade publications gives the latest figures of our annual drink bill. Last year it amounted in the aggregate for alcoholic and nonal- coholio beverages to $1,106,120,000 or $14.31 per cilizen, Hard times cut down the consumption somewhat, es¬ pecially that of spirits. But tho foot¬ ings of the various items indicate that the average American is not accus¬ tomed to restrict himself to water in the choice of a beverage. The story is told of a woman who freely used her tongue to the scandal of others, and made confession to the priest of what she had done. He gave her a ripe thistle top and told her to go out in various directions and scatter the seeds one by one. Wondering at the penance, she obeyed, and then returned and told her confessor. To her amaze¬ ment he bade her go back and gather the scattered seeds, and when she ob¬ jected that it would be impossible, he replied that it would be still more dif¬ ficult to gather up and destroy all evil reports which she had circulated about others. Any thoughtless, careless child can scatter a handful of thistle seeds before the wind in a moment, but the strongest and wisest man can never j gather them again. Don’t forget to Register. And vote for Fitzgerald For the County Seat! Build up your County, Make a market For your produce, And raise The price of your Land! Fitzgerald will Help you, if You will help Fitzgerald! Which do you Prefer, your land At $1 and $2 Per acre, or $20 to $35 per acre ? The second and third floors in the big hotel have been laid and the work on the main floor has commenced. The board of education met last Wednesday afternoon with all the members present excepting Way and Burch. Not much business was at- transacted. Miss Edith Carpenter was engaged as the substitute teacher. Read the advertisement to be found in The Leader. Live men invite you to trade with them and are always of¬ fering good bargains. Dead men, or men who squeeze a niekle so hard you can hear something drop, are not worthy of your trade. Look over the advertising columns, read them and you will not regret it. The following few lines from the Cor¬ dele Sentinel, if properly digested would make pretty good food for some of the Fitzgerald grumblers: The Cor¬ dele spirit can’t be downed. It is com¬ ing to the front every day. The croak¬ ers and kickers are getting further to the rear. The Cordele spirit actuates every man, woman or child who has lived here twenty-four hours. It never allows a whisper against the progress, prosperity and enterprise of the city to go unchallenged. It actuates every good citizen to stick to that which is for the best interest of the town and cry down all that is against that interest. Gradually the price of sugar is being forced up—or, rather, run up, for the trust does not have to force up sugar, haying everything its own way. Sugar which sold at wholesale for 4 cents shortly before the passage of the new tariff bill, is now quoted at 5i, with still further advances in prospect in the near future. At the rate of advance which has been going on recently it will not bo a great while before the workingman who takes sugar in his coffee will have to pay 10 or 12 cents a pound for it. However, the South At¬ lantic States have it in their power to stop paying tribute to the trust. The people of this section have raised cane and made their own sugar before now, apd they can do it again.—Savan¬ nah News. An old railroad worker was convert¬ ed, and being present at a meeting where there are many inquirers, he was asked to lead in prayer, He hes- itated a moment, and then with trem¬ bling lips, but clear, resounding voice, he said reverently: “O, Lord, now that I have flagged thee, lift up my feet from the rough road of life and plant them safely on tho deck of the train of salvation. Let me see tne safety lamp known as prudence, make all the coup¬ lings in the train with the strong link of Thy love, and let my hand lamp be the bible. And Heavenly Father, keep all the switches closed that lead off on the sidings, especially those with a blind end. If Thy pleasure, have every sem¬ aphore block along the line show the white light of hope, that I may make the run of life without stopping. And, Lord, give us the ten commandents for a schedule, and when 1 haye finished the run on schedule time, pulled into the great dark station of death, may Thou, the superintendent of the uni¬ verse, say: “Well done, thou good and faithful servant, come and sign the pay roll and receive your check for eternal happiness. 5 5J Fitzgerald Cotton Market. Thursday, September 16,1897. The market is quoted as follows: Good middlings 5 \ Middlings....... Senor A. Pacltti, one of the Arm of the La Palonia cigar manufacturing company, now doing business in At¬ lanta, was in the city last Saturday and Monday, desirous of finding a suitable factory location, His cigars are made entirely by Cubans, and if located here will be the means of adding 100 or more families to the city’s population. While here he was chaparoned about the city by Mr. Perry Holland, who talks the Cuban language' fluently. Senor Pacitti was well pleased with the outlook of Fitzgerald and left Monday morning for Atlanta in company with Mr. Holland, where they will further investigate buying the opera house for the factory building at this place. The stree.ts are rather deserted this week owing to the fact that every la¬ boring man who is after work has got a job. Prosperity has struck Fitzger¬ ald in earnest and good times are being felt on all sides. If our people could get together and stop this petty jeal¬ ousy that is being agitated by a few men who have nothing at stake, and who would work as hard for the city as they work against it, we would pros¬ per in fine style. But such flrey arti¬ cles as written by one Dr. Breese in last weeks Enterprise, will never bring the people together so that we can all pull as one. Such articles not only do a great injustice to our city officials, but do the city of Fitzgerald great harm in many respects. No newspaper should permit itself to be the dumping place for men who have but little, if anything, at stake, in this colony, and who, it would seem, wish to carry the idea that they know it all and our city officials and others are a set of ignaros. It is gratifying to know, however, that we have at least one individual in our city who knows to a “ ty” how our col¬ ony and city affairs should be conducted and managed ; an agiculturist and hor¬ ticulturist ; a man so familiar with can¬ ning factories and fruit growers’ and shippers’ associations, and last but not least, a man who can prefix his name with “Dr.” and “ M. D.” as the case may be. But few colony members realize that we have such a wonderful man among us ! And no wonder he has but little trouble in having his wonder¬ ful opinions published in all the city papers, with the exception of The Leader. There is but one way to get even with him—appoint him manager of the colony and city, at a small salary and all will be well. Capt. D. C. McCollum was cordially entertained last Saturday evening by his old comrade, Charley Kanavle, who was a member of his own regiment, the 87th Ind. Mr. Kanavle is nicely situ¬ ated on three 5-acre tracts two miles northwest of Fitzgerald in a fine two story residence, surrounded with all the comforts of life, while the neigh¬ borhood is thickly settled with well-to- do people, mostly living in nice resi¬ dences. He has two sons-in-law, Mr. Newhouse and Fisher. Mrs. Newhouse being quite a musician, and the whole neighborhood being made up of musi¬ cians, decided to invite in about six¬ teen, mostly married, young people ex¬ cept Mr. Porter and wife (who appeared younger than any of them.) Four vio¬ lins, three guitars and .an organ consti¬ tuted the orchestra. A musical pro¬ gram was prepared by Mrs. Newhouse in which the captain was down on sec¬ ond number for a violin solo, but Me., in well chosen words, begged to be ex¬ cused, as he and his old comrade were just in the midst of explaining to each other how they put down the rebellion. The music was fine, which could not bo excelled in any notheru city of five thousand, and had they not mostly been church members, dancing would have been indulged in, although it was al¬ most impossible to keep Comrade Por¬ ter off of the-floor. One of the most in¬ teresting features of the evening was the manner of serving refreshments, each lady having prepared a nice pie, the gentleman drawing the envelope with the lady’s name, had the pleasure of sharing tho same with her. Me. says he was most fortunate in this game, as he drew the lucky number which called for the lady who was the real hostess, the daughter of Mr. Kanavle (Mrs. Newhouse) who as an entertainer could not be excelled. These gather¬ ings are of frequent occurrence in this neighborhood, and Me. says he is ready for the next one. “The most to be regretted act of my life,” says a lieutenant commander of the navy, “was a letter I wrote to my mother when about 17 years of age. She always addressed her letters to me as ‘my dear boy.’ I felt at that time I was a man, or very near it, and wrote saying that her constant addressing me as a ‘boy’ makes me feel displeased, I received in reply a letter full of re¬ proaches and tears. Among other things she said: You might grow to be as big as Goliah, as strong as Sampson, and as wise as Solomon; you might become ruler of a nation or emperor of many nations, and the world might revere you and fear you, but to your devoted mother you would always appear, in memory, in your innocent, unpreten¬ tious, unselfconceited, unhampered babyhood. worshipped I washed, dressed, kissed idol. and you, you were my Nowadays you are becoming part of a gross world by contact with it, and I can not bow down to you and worship you, hut if there are manhood and ma¬ terial love transtmitted to you, you will understand that the highest compli¬ ment that mother love can pay you is to you ‘my dear boy. l 1J City Improvements. The article that appeared in last week's Leader In reference to cleaning o( the town lots ana flve-ave tracts of the fallen trees and rubbish, from the pen ot Mayor Goodnow, has brought out much comment from our people. The article was a strong one and deserves much credit. Our people are of one mind when it comes to cleaning up the lots and tracts, but for the city to un¬ dertake such a gigantic scheme is, we believe, a little too much at this time. We believe that if the city has the money to spare, to put in every cent on the streets and highways and build sidewalks for the non-residents, charg¬ ing the same to the lots. This would be a better investment for the money than cleaning up the different lots and tracts for the non residents. If the city had the money to make these improve¬ ments it would show the visitors that we were enterprising enough to have good roads and sidewalks. This, as an advertisement, would do more toward catching the eye of an investor than anything that could be done in the shape of improvements. We coincide with our mayor in his article in a good many ways, and are glad to know that we have at the head of our city government a man who can be found in the front rank of progress, when it comes to public improvements. The Leader would like to hear from any of our readers on this line of im¬ provements. Musical Treat. On Wednesday, Sept. 22, under di¬ rection of Mrs. Tebeau, will be pre¬ sented the “Gipsey Girls,” which con¬ sists of choruses, solos, etc., sung by girls attired in brilliant costumes. The stage will represent a Gipsey eamp with tent, camp-fire, woodland scenery, etc., and will be very realistic, interspersed will be vocal duets and solos, with cor¬ net, violin and piano music. The “Gip¬ sey Girls” will be represented by about thirty of Fitzgerald’s popular, winsome lasses. If you do not know that Fitz¬ gerald possesses a great deal of vocal talent attend the Gipsey Girls and be convinced. The next evening, Thurs¬ day 23, there will be a concert given by Miss Bidwell, Mr. Bucher and Mrs. Te¬ beau, assisted by others, whose names appear on the program. Admission 25c; reserved seats 35c each evening. Reserved seats can be secured at Josey’s Drug Store and Gelder’s Book Store. PROGRAM. Overture..............................Orchestra Piano solo, “L'ngariscbe Fantasie"—Liszt— Miss Bidwell. Vocal duett, “Italian Serenade”—Berdan— Mrs. Tebeau and Miss Bidwell. Cornet solo, “Favorite”—J. Hartman—E. A. Bucher. Reading. “The Chariot Race.”—Miss Bidwell. Vocal solo, “La Fari'alctta’’—Jane Torry— Mrs. Tebeau. Violin duett “L’At'ricaine Potpourri”—E. Bidwell. Mack—Master and Miss Quartette, “Come, Fairy Moonlight”—W. 3. Thompson—Mesdames Tebeau and Paulk. Dr. Stalker and Herbert Graves Violin solo, “Seventh Air Varied"—De Beriot —Miss Bidwell. Musical Glasses, “Mocking Bird and Home Sweet Home”—Mrs. Tebeau. Overture..............................Orchestra. From the Klondike Lyre. Dawson Pettibone lias finished his new well in the rear of his kitchen. It now has eleven feet of ice water in it, and he has washed over $75,000 in gold dust from the dirt taken out. Bill Jacobs made a pretty good strike on the Little Juniper this week. He struck plenty of gold at a depth of three feet, but as the lumps were too big to carry, he closed up the hole and staked another claim farther up the creek. The high wind yesterday raised con¬ siderable dust. Jake Lukenbill, who was out on the Eldorado road with his team, says he was nearly blinded by it. When he came home he coughed up $73.8!. One of our greatest needs is street sprinkling. While Ike Sigman, the esteemed pro¬ prietor of the Big Strike saloon, was fishing in the river yesterday, his boat struck a snag; it proved to be a 000- pound nugget. He will have it taken out and use it as a horse block in front of his place. Ike is always bound to have the best that is going. Our esteemed townsman, Bud Gravel, placed upon our desk yesterday a hand¬ somely shaped nugget; it weighed twenty-seven pounds. We have cred¬ ited him with three months subscrip¬ tion to the Lyre. We are please to see that Mr. Gravel, who is one of our best citizens, is doing well. He is one of a who expect to buy a quart of whisky on Saturday night. Teachers’ Association. The Irwin county teachers’ associa¬ tion will meet at Fitzgerald, October 2, 1897. proquam-2 O’CLOCK I*. SI. 1. Roll call, answered by quotations from Lowell. 2. Music—Miss Stewart. 11. “Origin and Growth of School Fund”—M. Dickson. 4. Soug—Miss Edith Carpenter. 5. “Am 1 a Teacher?”—Miss Chovin. (i. Discussion—Miss Ora Welch. 7. Music—Miss Harrington. the 8. "The What Spiritof it?—Professor limes'” McIntosh. (a) is (b) How has it been felt in the development of the educational system of this coun¬ try—Miss Emma Welch. 9. Music—Miss Bidwell and Mr. Bucher. Mas. Ellers, 1 Miss Daisy Gardner, >Com. Isidore Geldehs, I Notice of Meeting. There will be a meeting of the Fitz¬ gerald driving association on Saturday, Sept. 18, 1897, at 3 p. m., for the pur¬ pose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may come before the associ¬ ation. A large attendance is desired. The meeting will be held at The Leader office, on the date and hour above named. J. G. Knapp, Secretary. J. A. Phillips, President. Attention, Voters! There is one matter which we espe¬ cially desire to call the attention of the voters of this county who formerly re¬ sided in the northern states, and that is the necessity of registration on the days appointed for their respective districts, if they desire to vote at the county- site removal election to be held on October 21, 1897. We fear that some of opr readers may lose their vote by not having a clear understanding of the situation. On several occasions we have met colonists who did not seem to realize that when they re¬ moved to Georgia that they began liv¬ ing under different laws in some re¬ spects than those under which they formerly lived. Under the laws of Georgia no person can vote who is not registered. No person can register except by complying with the provis¬ ions of the Georgia law. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that you can neglect registration and on election day “ swear in ” your vote. Such a process is not recognized by Georgia statutes, and if any voter foolishly neglects to register he will not be allowed to vote under any circum¬ stances. What you may think about the wisdom of the law will not make any difference ; the managers of the election will be governed by Georgia law and nothing else. The colonists are located principally in four dis¬ tricts, viz : Minnie, Dorminey’s Mill, Irwinville and Fitzgerald. Those in the Minnie District should go to Min¬ nie store, Monday, Sept. 30th, to reg¬ ister ; those in Dorminey’s Mill will be given an opportunity to register at the court house grounds, near the mill, Tuesday, Sept. 21st, while those in the Fitzgerald district will be given a chance to register on Wednesday and Thursday, September 22d and 23rd. Those in the Irwinville district can register from now until Sept. 27th at Irwinville court house. RAILROAD IS COMING. The Extension of the Wadley and Mount Vernon Road Assured. Arrangements are being made for the extension of the Wadley and Mount Vernon railroad from Rixville to Fitz¬ gerald, a distance of seventy-five miles. An instrument of writing was filed in the clerk’s office Tuesday by the road’s secretary and treasurer, Mr. G. D. Ty- sor, iD favor of the Central 'Trust Com¬ pany, of New York, which will take seven hundred and fitly gold bonds at the value of one thousand dollars each, making a total bonded indebtedness of seven hundred and fifty thousand dol¬ lars. The cost of construction, as stipulated in the mortgage contract, is not to ex¬ ceed $7,500 per mile. The road will traverse a good section of country and will doubtless prove a paying investment, aside from the ad¬ vantages in opening up a new and fer¬ tile section of virgin soil, splendid tim¬ ber, etc. McRae is about on a direct line be¬ tween the two points, and if our people will offer the necessary inducements it may be induced to come through here ; otherwise a good opportunity to develop this immediate section will be lost.— McRae (Ga - ) Yeoman. From private communication The Leader learns that the bonds have been sold for the construction of the road, and that as soon as the necessary preliminary arrangements are perfected the work on the road will begin. The opening up of the country between this city and Rixville, will no doubt be the means of settling up the entire line with a large number of first-class set¬ tlers. With the extension of this road and the building of the road from Nich¬ ols (the Waycross Air line) to Fitzger¬ ald, and the extension of the road to Fort Valley, will give Fitzgerald rail¬ road facilities second to no city in the State. The first grand ball of the season will be the second annual fireman's ball to be given at G. A. R. hall, Friday evening, Sept. 24, 1897. Grand march at 8 p. m. Music will be furnished by Taylor’s Orchestra. Refreshments of aLL kind will be served. Everybody invited and a good time guaranteed. The proceeds of the ball to be used to uniform our fire laddies. On with the dance, let joy be unconfined. Admission to hall and dance, 50 cents; to the hall 15 cents. Have Ricker take a view of your tract and buildings now while the foliage is green and send them North. You can do no better advertising for the colony and yourself. Notice to Tax Payers. All city taxes for the year 1897 must be paid in full by October 1st, 1896. Interested parties will please take notice. Pay your taxes and avoid the penalty. II. II. Kabrich, City Clerk. Sealed Bids. Sealed bids will be received at the mayor’s office, Fitzgerald, Ga., until 6 o’clock p. m., October 4, 1897, for the construction of an artesian well ac¬ cording to specification on file in the mayor’s office. C. C. Goodnow, Mayor. Sept. 16, 1897