Newspaper Page Text
10
THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13,1885.—TWELVE PAGES.
A so-called account of a memorable duel
at Charleston before the war, as published
by the Augusta News, has Mr. Taber shot
through the heart by Mr. Magrath. He
was shot in the head.
Says the Philadelphia Record: “After
the YAntic unloaded her silver cargo at
Washington she was promptly run aground.
The idea undoubtedly is that ever}- tub
shall stand on its own bottom."
Tbb Sultan of Turkey has composed a
piece of mnsic for his band. Our informa
tion is tbaLthe Sultan will soon hear more
music than he wants. He should compose
himself and dismiss the bnnd.
The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Com
mercial Gazette do not necessarily prove
that journalism is demoralizing. They sim
ply illustrate the fact that blackguards can
be found in the newspaper business.
John I.ogan has been waving the bloody
shirt over at Baltimore in execrable Eng
lish. But for the locality one would sup
pose from the spirit and language, one of
l)r. Felton's drones had been attacking the
railroad bill.
The unequal conflict between the Georgia
farmer and his gin continues. Despite the
-valor of our husbandmen they are fre
quently disarmed, for however patient a gin
may be, and hard to provoke into a fight, it
means business w hen it takes a hand in it.
“I tell .yon, my friends," said a Republi
can orator in Franklin county, Virginia, the
other day, “things are rotten in this State.”
Just then an ancient egg took him in the
burr of the left ear and frescoed the whole
western slope of his classic brow. He sat
■down with great enthusiasm.
The Mugwump's postmaster of New
York is not doing so well. The Sun says:
■“There is great complaint about the post-
ofiicc in this city. It seems pretty plain
that Postmaster Pearson ought to be dis
missed. When that is done a competent
Democrat should be appointed.”
It was the lower House of the Georgia
Xcgislatnre that passed a bill to tax base
ball at the rate of $'i"> per game. To com
plete this enlightened piece of legislation,
.the Senate should amend the bill so as to
apply the fund derived to the further pro
tection of the sheep-killing dog.
An Ohio colored man made a speech in
Cleveland the other night, in which he
said: “I have taught school in several
.Southern States, and I will say that the ex
rebels used me as well as the school boards
in Ohio. The bloody shirt argument is a
fraud. I have been in the South and I
-know it is false,"
The Virginia campaign is beginning to
get lively. One statesman has been floored
with a pitcher. Another woa persuaded to
shut off his eloquence by a shower of an
cient eggs. A Mahone man called a gen
tleman a liar and was promptly knocked
down, os is the usual result in such cases
sonth of the Potomac.
Let Us Have Home or This In Georgia. i him. She will get bis real photograph.
It has been claimed that the Federal ap- She will know what sort of man he'll be nf-
pointments made in Louisiana were made ter he ha* smiled the last visitor out
with a special view to rebuke and break of the White House and settled down
down one wing of the Democratic party in j to be plain Grover Cleveland for the balance
that State. The fact that every apfioint- j of the day. She will know whether or not
ment was given to one faction has given ' he can get down on his knees and look nn-
great strength to the statement. So promi- der the bureau without swearing at her be
nent and marked had the discussion become cause his collar button had vanished,
upon this point that Major Burke, in the : If he gets this girl, what then? Well he
course of a lengthy interview, directed the j^need never care a snap for the desertion of
attention of Mr. Cleveland to it. a few paltry Mugwumps, the perfidy of
In reply the President is reported ss fol- Congressmen, nor the result of State elec-
lows: lions. He will be all right at home. We
Upon learuing that the appointments In Loula- believe it was Henry Clay who said “I
Una were alleged to have been made with n view to would rather be all right than President."
reflecting on tlie prevent state adwiuletniion. and t IL other words he had rather utarrv a Geor-
for the pane*, ot .trrogtheuluR . faction in that u ir , , hl>n , iy# in tbe \ V lute House. Gro-
State, the President Mid the •pitoinUueut* in Lou- , , 4 . .
aiana were made solely with a view to the pnbllo vet has q chance to enjoy both.
service, anil regardless of local party ccmpUcaUoui. Macon and Covington llnilroad.
These ofllcen are not expected, aud they will not be A meytins of tht> c j tizonH o( Macon to
iteruiitted .to uw? their official portion* or the pat- • . .. . . .. ,
reunite of their offices iu the Interest, of party fSc- ‘*“" U "“S™ 1 t0 the M,U '° n nni1
ttone. They have been invested with public trust. 1 Covington railroad is called for Monday
for the eiecdttou of which they will be hi 11 to a night. We trust all public-spirited citizens
rigid accountability. Partisan interference or use
of their ofllcea iu political contests will not be tol
erated.
There is no denial, it will be observed,
that one faction has been clothed with all
will attend and help push forward
this important project. Macon needs
the new road. It needs it
to control the trade of the rich counties
through which it has been projected nnd
the Federal power of the State, but the , lia ^enre i, a, comparatively small cost.
President assumes that this power shall not w# Rre informet , tlmt onUlde the bonils the
be used to the hurt or hindrance of the op- on , y iluU , bte j nt8R of the road will be about
posing faction. $200,000 worth of stock. If the
It is presumable that if an attempt to do men . llRUU o{ thill city wi „ BllbHcribe
this is made, the President will interfere by fm R m| ^ orit; of tbi „ itock Mll( . on will con .
removal of the party offending. I the rolu] .
It can be held for all time an
The President speaks very strong and , R ljnk in ftnot her Western line and an ad-
Normso so clearly marks the change in
Northern sentiment as this paragraph from
the Washington Bepnlilican, formerly the
most bitter partisan among our exchanges:
“If the South can be politically honest and
solidly Democratic at the same time we care
not. So that we have the kind of govern
ment that the constitution requires—a gov
ernment of the people, based on the will of
the majority—it is of little moment what
pony may he in power."
Tn* Newark News very kindly remarks:
“The Macon (Go.) Tn.Z'iruru, one of the
best and most enterprising papers in the
South, appears in a new dress, improved
and enlarged. Dnring the four yean in
which it has been in the hand- of its pres
ent owners, it bas grown steadily in influ
ence nnd circulation, and it bus well de
served its success."
Attobhey-Gexebal Garland nays:
have hut one single complaint to make
against the newspapen since I became
attorney-general. Some of the papen ac
cused me of wearing a swallow-tailed coat
upon a certain occasion. Now I was never
guilty of anything of the kind in my life,
and I feel hurt at the accusation. All the
-other charges that have been made against
me by the press are not worth noticing.
brave words. It will be to the interest of
Louisiana, if he shall make them good. The
situation in Georgia is similar in some re
spects to that of Louisiana, but with this
notable exception. It is claimed
that his action in Louisiana
has been directed to the destruction of a
political ring composed of Democrats for
revenue only nnd black and white Republi
cans. In Georgia every Federal office
so far has been bestowed npon the sup
porter or creature of just such a ring. The
major and respectable portion of the Demo
cratic party of the State has in no single in
stance met the recognition of Mr. Cleve
land or any of his cabinet, save in the case
of General Lawton. We do not know that
there are applicants for official positions
from this class.
The certainty that Brown and Colqnitt
nnd most of the Congressional delegation
would oppose such applications, were n suf
ficient bar. But the administration rather
prides itself upon the fact that it ignores
office-seekers and Beeks the best men for
recognition.
It lms signally foiled to illustrate this in
Georgia. The fact is, that immediately after
inauguration. Brown and Colqnitt rush-
forwnrd to secure pluces for their hench
men and poor kin, not with a view to the
betterment of the public service or the
strengthening of the Democratic party, bat
with the single idea of prolonging their own
power nnd official terms.
It is donbtfnl if the l’resldent knows of
the sitnution here. Some of his cabinet
officers do, hut they have yielded to the
force or persuasion brought to bear by the
two Senators named.
The collectorship of intend revenue and
the luarahalship with their rich patronage
were given in such a way as to best promote
the political fortunes of Brown and Col
quitt. There ore pending applications for
other positions which, if successful, may
be placed in the same category.
The ring here has been strengthened
by Federal power nnd patronage, and given
new held* in which to operate. The Louis
iana appointments are said to be unexcep
tionable in character and competency.
This cannot be truthfully said of the ap
pointments in Georgia.
The two Senators are now heeled nnd
hacked by retainers prepared to do active
political service in behalf of the men who
have obtained positions of honor and profit
for them.
These heelers will go actively to work
personally and officially, in State and na
tional politics, it the words if Mr. Cleve
land as to Louisiana are not made good in
Georgia.
The administration may have been “de
ceived and imposed upon" in other States,
but it was mere child's play as compared to
serious work tbst has been done here.
Says the Philadelphia Press: “Queen Vic
toria is angry with her Scotch subjects of
Edinburgh because 'hey have failed to call
her new son-in-law. Colonel Henry- Batten
lierg, a “Boyal Highness.” The Scotch are
not much to blame, however, for their in
difference to Battenberg. The only time
he ever put kilta on waa at a military re-
■view a few days ago, and the chilly air
raised the goose flesh on his knees to an ex-
-teut that required four applications of a hot
(polishing iron to smooth it down. There is
no. teal royal highness about a man so ten
der as all that."
The lull road lull,
.As may be seen in our Legislative report,
wssiiefeated, not receiving a constitutional
majority in the Honse. There were several
imembers aWnt, whether from accident or
.design we are not at this writing informed.
The debate has been thorough and not
.alwaya in the best temper, and the means
•Used to defeat the meusure, iu some cases,
.cannot be justified.
Perhaps a reconsideration may alter the
reeult The best interests of the State de
mand this. But in any event it has been
demonstrated that tL- present commission
Jaw, aa it stands and lias been operated,
not satistsetory to the people. One branch
-of the General Assembly hits so declared by
a large majority and the other by a
one.
Thoae who have in the interests of justice
and fair dealing desired a change in the law
have no reason to be ashamed in their dis
appointment Nothing can be surer, in the
future, than that the people will compel
of their representatives a change in legisla
tion which has been tried and found to
unjust and uiiotisfactorj.
Hits Way, Mr. Vrealdrnt,
IVe mention it merely as a matter of duty,
but if it is really true that Grover Cleveland
wonu to marry, he should come ont to
Georgia and look about him before making
selection elsewhere. The Georgia girl
finely formed, straight, true os steel, tender
hearted, and takes Iter beauty fresh from
the hand of that kindly Nature which sur
rounds her. When she weds she honors
prince, potentate or private citizen, and
whom she will, she weds. Heart-law with
her is conclusive.
We do not guarantee Grover a wife, it he
journeys here in search of one; that is, we
do not guarantee him a thoroughbred
Georgia homespun girl. We simply pro
pose to put him in the way to work out his
own salvation. Honors, power and titles
will avail him nothing, for the Georgia girl
is not a Mugwump, flirting with first one
party and then another, She follows her
heart and sticketh closer than a brother.
War cannot shake her off, pestilence dis
turbs her not, misfortune but tightens her
grip and poverty she laughs at The man
who marries a typical Georgia girl, ami
continues to be a man, has a wife for all
eternity.
This is the situation. If Grover is look
ing for that kind of a girl let him come
down and take his chances with private
citizens; provfc to some girl that he Is
man and capable of supporting a family
and not only a man, hut a high-heeled one,
and in the habit of looking straight ahead.
Hi* political scrap book won't be of any
service. Let him leave it. What this pa
per said and that paper said don't count.
Let the girl get a good square look at him
and five or ten minute* conversation with
FREAKS OF FASHION.
junct to her commercial power, The stock
easily be taken right here, and if sub
scriptions are based upon nn agreement to
the effect that no more than two hundred
thousand dollars worth of stock will be
issued, the investment will not only be safe,
but of vast benefit to Macon.
Tlie connties through which the proposed
li$p will run ore among the most desirable
Georgia. Opened up, their products, al
ready large, will be rapidly increased. We
do not know nnywhere of a finer section for
cotton, com and fruit, nor of more indus
trious and enterprising farmers. Hero at
our doors is a splendid lot of customers
knocking for entrance. Let the door be
opened.
Mr. Cleveland amt rolitlcs.
It is announced, and tlie recent work of
the administration would seem to justify
the announcement, that Mr. Cleveland is
puying more attention to politics.
This is proper. Mr. Cleveland's greatest
weakness is his lack of knowledge ns to
the politics of the several States and his
nnfnmilinrity with politicians. This is the
main reason why he hah been so often “de
ceived and imposed" upon by politicians
whose only ambition is to strengthen their
holds upon positions by dividing ont patron
age among their henchmen.
The opportunities within the reach of
Mr. Cleveland to inform himself are un-
paralled, and if he will address himself to
them be will, at the expense of some morti
fication perhnpa, acquire some most useful
and important information.
‘Well, I should say so," is the way nn
excellent judge of jewelry, doing business
on Douglas street, taado reply to an Omaha
reporter the other day when asked whether
or not there are any expensive gnrtent worn
in Omaha. The question seemed to strike
him like a morning cocktail, nnd he talked
for one solid hour, giving the reporter what
he called pointers—a Ktring of them longer
than from Capitol Hill to Council Bluffs.
'I know a gentleman. ” he said, “who bas
more money than some people have hay,
who presented hi* wife not long since with
pair of garters thnt cost him 200 hard,
cold dollars. But these were very ordinary
as compared with some others that conld be
mentioned. There is a lady living in the
No. 1 section of Dodge street who is the
possessor of a pair that shook from her
husband's pocketbook the neat little sum
of $1,000. Don't believe it, eh? Well,
you braced me for the information,
and wlint I havo told you is the gospel
truth, though it didn't conte from the Bible.
There are plenty of women in Omaha wear
ing garters that cost them nil the way from
$6 to $50 a pair. For instance, there is a
pair that we aell for $20,” and as the talka
tive young man uttered these words he
threw two black silk bonds down on the
showcase and invited the scribe to examine
them. “You may not believe me, but here
ia another pair that goes at $150,” and the
pencil-pusher toyed with the whole layout
by dangling them in bis hands. The $25
pair was a very plain affair, on one end of
each a large gold clasp ami on the other end
a gold buckle. “This it where the high
price comes in, ” said the dapper little jew
eler, “and can't you see it is easy enough to
set those clasps with diamond stones that
would make them coat I1.00U? Those I told
yon about a while ago are ornamented with
a cluster of sparkles ingeniously set in the
centre of each clasp.” The $150 pair shown
had ono small stone solidly imbedded in the
face centre of each buckle.
The New York Hears.
Letter to C'tocinnaU Enquirer.
None of these men have ever taken
hand in building nnything—the utmost of
their investments has been in some breed
ing-farm or race-track. They may have
bought a yacht and sailed it. Their home*
are in general around the hotels, where
they delight to disseminate stories of this
or that useful property going to pieces.
For some time they have apparently had
the greatest success. As they never bought
any tiling, however, which anybody conld
see with the naked eye, with their nefari
ously earned money, their wealth had to be
token by hearsay. It appears that Smith
deliberately gave out onleis to sell great
blocks of important stocks short, and lienee
be and Ida stud-horse and hippodrome dis
appeared from the face of nature.
Nrrtuu-s Ih-I>mtat<-<1 Men.
Ton an allowed t fro trial »f thirty days of tbs
on of Dr. Ilje'a Celebrated Voltaic Belt with elr,-
trie soaproanry aptduacea, for the iptely relief sad
Iirsnnest can of necrose debility, loos of riulity
sad auabood. tad all kladeed trembles. Also, for
near other rtlmeee. Complete netotmtloo to
Usaltb. el*or sad oriahood guana teed. No risk Is
incurred. Illustrated imaipblet, with full Inform*-
ttoa, terms, etc., taalled Ins by sddnastn* Volute
Deltas, lUnhail,.Mlch.
Something tlie Melt Care very Little About
KertiMlig Closely*
Rose is to be the leading color for eveiang
ear.
Turbnus are the correct hats for windy
days. #
Light colors prevail over dark iu table
decorations. *
Velveteen may be used for the street wear,
but not velvet.
Lace shawls, square and pointed, are nti-
ized os draper}-.
Cashmere colors in heads are a feature of
the new trimmings.
Silk bourette ribbon bas a stripe in imi
tation of the otter fur.
Shawl eoatumes, with fringe borders, are
in all the mode colors.
Silk, lace, embroderv, nnd crape appear
iu combination jabots.
Half boots are worn for demi-toilet “at
home" iu place of slippers.
Moss embroidered nun's vailing in nil the
evening colors is a novelty.
Children will wear a great deal of navy-
blue combined with scarlet.
Ribbons with velvet.and plush stripes
nnd with fringes are popular.
Dress fronts of marabout, in the mode
colors, are the latest novelty.
Bracelets are not bought iu match pairs,
lint in odd designs and forms.
Children’s newmarkets are made of As
trakhan, plush and homespun.
Syrian velvet broendes, in two tones, are
made up with faille Fntitcaise.
Walking jackets made of brown boncle
are trimmed with woolen frise,
A pretty shade of vanishing blue-green
takes the name of sphinx blue.
“Princess" and “Florentine" green are
the newest shades of that color.
Hats with high crowns are as often trim
med on one side as all in front.
Some of the brown bottcle suitings are
intermixed with rough black spots.
Even little girls' dresses are made with
plain skirts bordered, not flounced.
Thibet cloth, with bouele borders, ap
pears among light wools for fall wear.
Lustreless black bolides, frises nnd bour-
ettes are used for mourning costumes.
Jerseys bnve guipure plastrons confined
by wheels of gold braid on either side.
Street suits of velveteen must be i/e ri<j-
eur tailor made, the plainer the better.
Harper’s Bazar is trying to popularize In
dies' clubs and make them fashionable,
Bouele clotb, of soft texture but of great
warmth, is used for dolmans nnd jackets.
Very large cnlecbe-like bonnets nnd very
small ones are both fashionably worn in
Paris.
Pelerines, or capes of small size, but with
long tab-like ends, are found among full
wraps.
Spite of many innovations in the coiffure,
the close English style of hair-dressing still
prevails.
Scotch cheviot with tine bouele stripes is
to be had in all the shades of green, tan
blue and brown.
The fashionable bridesmaid carries golden
roil instead of bouquets of flowers at the
autumn w edding.
Velveteen skirts will be worn with wool
overdresses and basques, nnd velvet skirts
with silk dresses.
Turkish bends of greenish gold color are
used for embroidery on black and dark
green faces or lace nets.
Pearl-white China crape, combined with
silk or satin and lace, is the favorite fabric
for Paris evening dresses.
Sealskin borders arc much uaed upon the
new tailor suits of dark green and golden
brown cheviots for winter wear.
Plaiks nml atripes continue in favor,
atripes being in the ascendant. They will
be worn unuer plain overdressed.
In place of slippers, whjclt afford lmt lit
tle i upport to the foot, deml shoes are again
much worn with neglige toilettes.
Wrapper blankets with white' grounds
have blue stripe* of urieutal designs. Those
with gray grounds have red figures.
Waistcoat* of velvet are a feature on .jer
sey jackets, aud when seen are invariably
accompanied by velvet collars and cuffs.
Novelties iu French qjnlerwenr have clus-
ten of the tiniest hand-made tucks and ja
bots and frills of Vulenciennes and Cluuy
luce.
The bracelet with a spring is no longer
worn; those of flexible gold links and fasten
ed with old-fashioned clasps are the correct
wear.
Costa and newmarkets for girls under ten
are trimmed around the high collar nnd
sleeves and down the front with nuturul
beaver.
The latest freak in fancy note paper is
fiery red, fine, and hand made, with envel
opes to mutch. It is called for os “Mohili"
note paper.
Woollen lace writh boncle fignres are worn
with velveteen dresses, the luce uml velve
teen corresponding in color, though differ
ing in shade.
Sober-colored, or black, long wraps, and
very short wraps, are both worn at the mo
ment, and the shapes and styles are as va
ried us ever, or more so.
Among the needlework materials the new
est fancy is bouele silk, soft nnd fluffy, but
unlike chenille, it is looped up anil not
smooth and caterpillar-like.
l‘ale rose coral beiuls appear on some fine
Paris bonnets. Perhaps this is an indica
tion that coral ornaments, so long out of
fashion, ore again to be worn.
Hhom cloth, a novelty for draperies anil
overdresses, is shown in idl the mode colon.
The design is produced by cutting.the nap,
which gives it a raised apt«arance. *
A Milan straw hat has the rolling brim
faced with blue velvet. A drapery of bine
velvet encircles the crown and a full buucli
of autumn leave* forms the trimming.
A street costume of cnmel's hair, with
Astrakhan trimmings, jacket, jockey enp
and muff of the latter material to match, u>
noteworthy among the imported dresses.
Large butterfly wings of lace net in vari
ous colon are profusely trimmed with cut
lleads also in color, colored spangles, and
frosted metallic {sunt in exquisite designs.
Woollen stuffs, the regular the better,
have driven silk, satin and velvet from the
streets to the interion of fashionable honse*.
No truly fashionable woman wean a silk or
velvet walking dress this folk
The coke ordered for an October wedding
in New York is to lie surmounted by a
tower of candy, in which will lio live bird*.
The liride it to break the artificial cage with
a tiny hammer ami liberate the birds.
I. L. T kAJRJRIS,
Will open about the 10th of October the most com
plete line of
CABHIA GES, B UG GIES & WA G OXS
ever brought to Georgia. I am tlie newest house in
the city and will sell only new goods and now styles
at new prices, never before touched by old concerns.
Como and see me at 98 and 100 Cherry Street, Ma
con, Ga.
K-pIS 3tAW*W.lm
Georgia State Fair!
The State Fair will begin at Central CityjPark,
Macon, OCTOBER 2GTH, and continue one week.
Premiums amounting to over nine thousand dollars
cash, covering every possible exhibit of products.
Field crops and cattle displays made special fea
ture and will bo unusually large. Annual sale and
exchange of Jersey and other blooded cattle. Every
amusement will be supplied, including games of
baseball between the two leading clubs of America.
All persons having improved cotton seed, wheat,
oats, or seeds for planting, of any variety, or arti
cles or animals, of any variety, for salo or distribu
tion, can notify the Secretary (E. C. Greer) at once
of such desire, and the same will bo advertised free
and sold, either privately or publicly, on the grounds
—thus affording persons visiting the fair an easy
and cheap method of investigating and buying what
other persons may have for sale.
This feature, added to our Jersey salo, will place
the sellers and buyers of all articles face to face.
For Premium lists send to E. C. Greer, Secretary,
and for general information as to spaco, etc., apply
to JEltE HOLLIS, Superintendent.
Excelsion Cotton Gin !
Young manor niiddlr-asi-t non. anffertag from
nervous debility sad kindled weskneaaee should
■rod in coat* tn aumpe for mnitnlel bonk ms*
(eating ■ure turoa* of ran. Addnaa, World'* Dta-
pro 017 Medial Asaoctatioa. M3 Mala * treat, Huff*-
Ttie Weekly Telegraph Free.
We will semi the Weekly Telbobapb
one year to any one who will get up a clnb
ot five new snbscriben to it at one ilollar
tsch. w-tf
t—
w
a
w
B
H
w
V
H
hn
—
H
i
a
w
GC
— v - ,k!
• --- - fy-ited
z
z
—-4.
IS STILL MANUFACTURED BY
Massey Cotton G-in Works!
tNEAR MACON, GEORGIA.
Feeder* nml Condensers always on hnnil, Old gins repaired at ahort notice and
cheap. Send for circulars and prices to
Massey Cotton Gin Works, Macon, Georgia.
Jnn7snnAwfim
CLOTHING AND HATS
[ESTABLISHED IN 1885.
"Winsliip Calhiwuy,
126 Second Street,
Extend a general invitation to the public to call nnd see their
extensive stock of First-Class Clothing nnd lints for Gents
and Boys now opening for tlio full and winter trade. Givo
thorn un early call.