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MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1800.
THE BALI BROKE HIS NECK.
merchant M'DUFFIE kills railway
AGENT KIRKLAND AT ARGYLE, GA.
..mil. Itetrom-- l:nr»**-.l !!«•>«»
hlrkluuil Uuuncd Him for « Bill
,„ a Ball Ilro.kln*
Kirkland’. Nrrk.
Wayct.om. Oil, Feb, 13.—[Speclal-l—
Reliable Information ha* reached here
•lot F. H. Kirkland, agent for th.Bavan-
" h F i„ri.la and Weatern railway at
«. -hot and instantly
killed by D. F. McDuffie yesterday after-
r.U'sr. or tiif. tiiaoedy.
Tim came of the killing appears to he
as follows:
Some time ago a consignment of mar-
rbandhc amounting to about $400 was
naired C. O. D. at Argyll) for McDuf-
,ic rr Co., and was delirered oy Mr. Kirk-
li.id without payment from McDuffie.
The matter stood that way until claim
„„ made on Kirkland by the shippers
lot tie nmoutiL
ocakbeled over the mosey.
Kirkland had to become responsible
lor the amount and called on McDuffie
,, r psvmenL McDuflle became Insulted
abused Kirkland severely. later in
rVder in ifTootime over the nilair Me-
ia.tli,armed himself with a »&-.aibro
■ i.tol and went down to where Kirkland
»U and demanded an aimlogy, which
Kirkland told him Iso would not make.
Il:c FithlJtT SROEE EIREt-AND'S NECK.
Hot words pamed between the two,
.hen McDuffie, being enraged, drew hie
pistol and shot Kirkland in the neck,
ireeking the spinal cord, death ensuing
immsiiatelv. McDuffie wsa arrested
and is now clorelyguarded.
SHOT AT SHE FSTEI’ATIHf'K,
Albany. KeK 15.—[Special.]—Last
mglila. Mrs. T. J. Fiupauriek was prw
j.iriag to retire, same one slipped up to
!,«r window and tired from a allngshot
a buckshot through the window-glass
>1 her. The bullet struck the head
of th# l«d and flalteutd, and was picked
up by her husband, who wius in the room
st tho time.
prof. Fitrpatrick came to Albany
about a year ago and took charge of the
s.'s’ciy. conducting the best school
Hbwiy'erer enjoyed. Among the pu
pils sir some of the most reck 1m boy.
00 record and the profeeao* and his wit.
at compelled to be stru t. It ie thought
sum. one of the school boys aommltml
the set lest night that earns neat pros,
.ag eery serious,
sins FROM HA STB .1 is.
A Prohibition Klsctton Ordered Th«
' Hilary Pair- ili# superior Court.
Ted ii—{Apwi.i. j-The
westi.sr Is chanaissg and the hotels are
[ doing welt
An exhibition of the I honogmpb
fnphophooeat LeitcU'a Hall last night
was well attended, but the machine waa
m a bad condition.
An election for at ansinat the aaie at
lapcor in Dodge county ha. been ocdoced
by lias Military for March 3. Very Uule
| inkiest seem, to be manifested.
The Volunteers' fair lor the benefit of
the Kastman Volunteers, tile new mili-
tary company, to ba held during court,
commencing on the Mth, w exciting a
great deal of interest among the friends
of the popular young men who ousts.
| pose Use company. It promisee to be a
The regular February term of Dodge
superior court wid commence Monday,
the Mth, lor two weeks. Judge Robert.
1 -ill traaid#, and will try
lie'b be was of rousueL
latte eieilaad criminal doel
•"o »tsks may ba profitably smplujad.
Thera has been a long continued
drought, but recant rains bars put the
j eowsraad regetablegardenalanuecmt*
xxoBiTABr4*a^woCM aKBtATona, (FLOGGED A WOMAN DEAD.
Tin* I'onicftt for AdmUtlon to tlie 1
ViiRlF llrslni!
Washhoton, Feb. 15.—Tlio Senate | HOW MADAME 8I0I0A DIED UNDER THE
coimuittce on privileges and elections
began to-day an investigation of creden
tials of the several claimants for seats in
the «enata from Montana, Before the
formal rasHion began, Mr. Saunders, one
of tho republican claimants, gave a brief
etntement of the situation. There was a
full attendance of the committee. CoL
liurlbcrt FI Paine appeared as counsel
for tho republican claimants. The coun
sel for the democrats is ox-8olicitor-
General Jenks.
THE REPUBLICAN CASE.
CZAR’S KNOUT AT KARA,
Three Other Female l*rl»onere, Fear-
Ins Her Fate, Commit Suicide—
Horror Also Drives Two Urn
to Death—Itii»»lan .ktrocltlcs.
dentil
i that indicted
There is
KILLED oy A copy HI *T. |
Ur <aUw*ll«r urrlwvih«r Crash*by
« Falling Tree*
J Niwnan, FrU U—(Special h-From
Mr. D. ft Smith of Haralson, who i* ia
the city to-day. your correspondent
teams of a distressing ac cident which I
burred just over tho lino in Mori-
I Wodaesdor night Lut, by I
I Ahieh Mr. ti. H. Caldwell, a worthy
I *nn*r rtei ling in tho upperr-’MhjU
of that county, lost his
I la company with n neighbor be had
li.«neci<in hunting, and alout 8 o’clock
I scersvekd in locating oo# of tho varmints
I *a a inn lie hod bln ax* along, and in
Copyrighted, 1H00, by (be N. Y. Associated Press.
London, Feb. 15.—Provided with a
cablo dispatch of introduction from Geo.
Kenan, tlie celebrated Siberian traveler,
When the committee found itself with I tl>® Ixmdon agent of tho Associated
a quorum, Col. Hurlbert E. Paine, coun- j Press called this morning on Herguia
*el for tlio republican claimants, Messrs. I Ktepninu, tlio well-known writer upon
S:umdt*r«j and Powers, began the .presen-1 Russia’* political and aerial conditions,
tation of tho coso in ttycir behalf. He I Stepnian was asked whether ho could
said that ho should attempt to maintain I (fa mliy information in regard to the
B^ssr -ssi?“ir uu -‘
held by the rival claimants in thie case in **•*•"> aiberU, tumors about which
contradict each other, aud had recently reached the public press by
aro nullities. Tins being I way of the Russian colony in Paris,
the case, it ia the duty of tho Senate to I oVLT a hint or the iBaoedy.
SSI *» -"““-Iffy mxif to <lvt«mJn. 8 tepnl»n Btat(d tb>t thoieportsalresdy
which of tho claimants aro entitled to | rillll |j.|,_. 1
teats, Aa such secondary proof, it ia I pu , ed c * Te , ^ * «* nt ° r the horrible
competent ».o abow that tlio House of tragedy enacted at Kara. Perfectly
Representative* and Senate, at the time I trustworthy information, ho said, had
they voied for United .states senator*, j been received in cinlier letter*
contained a majority of the members I that succeeded in getting
duly elected to these bodies, and that in I through to Paris and London
this cate there was no change in the I from exile* in Eastern Siberia. These
membership of the Montana legislature I letters, which are nothing hut meagre
/mm ih* »Jf»?as jf ?r%a'j:2ci} lioy. ?* I ■crajsscf paper, toll the story eg,'r*c+nt
188H, to Jan. 1 and 2, when the election I horror only in its main outline, but ono
for United State* senator* occurred. In 1 who knows abont Siberian life does
theabteuce of certilicatc* required by I not need a circumstantial recital to un
law allowing the prims facie right of the I derstaud the cruelty of tlio dibcipline
holder to a sent, the Senate has a right to I and tho agony of suffering of which this
investigate and adjudicate tho claims of I horror a as the culmination. Hie f ull
de facto members of the legislature I details of the dreadful »tory cannot bo
olectlng the claimant, but not to go into I long now in reaching the Western world,
the claims of de jure member* thereof. I coming so soon after the publicity given
Hatindir* submitted to the committee I to the Yakutsk atrocity. It con hardly
in behalf of himself and colleague a I fail to deepen the sense of horror already
statement which will bo included in the felt by tho civilize l world at Kussia's
record. It was not read. I treatment of political offenders.
THE DEMOCRATIC CASE. I ONE WOMAN FLOGGED TO DEATH AND
Kx-Soikitor-Gencral Jenks for tlie I three Rficirt.
democratic aenntors, at 1 o'clock began I Tho facta so far received are at fol-
for the democratic claimants. J lows: Madame Sigida did not coiVtinlt
lie said that in this esse there wer* I suicide, an tho eai licst r«[A>rts staled,
three joint* or <|umtiona to bo deter- She died from the effect of a cruel ffog-
mined. First—Is there a priraa facie ging to which she was subjected. The
right to a seat tho United States Senate? Hogging took placo Wednesday, tho Glh
llo affirmed that there is and tlust it is in I of Soveml er. it was continued uutu
favor of his clients. Second—Is there, I under the brutal blows the unhappy vie-
or was there a legislature to elevl sena- tun lost oonsciousnee* and lay aa one
tors/ There was. he said, and in the dead. The poor woman never revived
certillcate of the clerk of the commis-1 from the terriblo shock, but continued
aloners of Silver Bow county is the only to grow weaker and weeke< until Friday,
credential of the right of r*nr**i-ntation J when death coma to l.«» T*»*
county to sit therein. nows of her shocking official murder
Third—In whom is the prima facie I produced wiile^pread dismay and
right existing? Mr. Jenks said that it anguish among h*r fellow t r aoners.
existed in Messrs. Maginnies and Clarke. I and three of them, uuablo longer to bear
They have the title and they have the their wretched fate, commuted suicide
right of title from tho governor to rtinw- by taking poison. How they obtained
sent the state of Montana in the United I the poison » not known, but t^obably
SUtee Heoate. I they bad it a long time in tlieir powe^
Both sides closed the presentation of I tion and were keeping it as a last n*v rt.
their cast# and argument and the com- The name* of the women were Maris
mittee adjourned to meet three weeks Kalu-h, Marla Padloviua Ksrslefskega
gtum today. {Httd Xsdtten Cm timlmdtk*.
mb fatt. or a niai.
•tch the Uepnbiiean*- l Man J Wmh was arrested in 1808, be-
Bill r>'««t i! Tu*\ Ii-r.id’. in^ tit* n a girl of 18, on a charge of dr*
Hernory. loyalty. I!cr father was a merchant at
Wamiinoton. Feb 15.—In the House I Odessa. During her imnrisonment evurv
Unlay the journal of yesterday’s pro-1 means was tried in vain to extort from
readings was rp-'roved; yraa 158, t»#y» I ^ iiupiteiting her friends,
1 'I >t • renublh-an* wen the tint toi AtiMtCot * Iv,l>u>k 3 r,l * a k cntl amfto2 h*
Li tlJ T-w rutel -Tend CW * brou ^ hl lo **" * Willfully fotged
feel the effects of tho now rule*, several I Balement, purporting to I* a cotifesaion
of them who were not |tresentduring the 1 fr^m her fellow coiiepirators, ami prom-
roll call being refused permission to re-1 bed immunity if *he also confessed,
cord their votes tlierealter. I Maria fell into the trap and confessed,
THE CEXftr* BU I* I and her confession was ttacd agaiust bn
Mr. Donnell flow the committee on «'“*«• » l«“»>
.. , tl r . |*ervitudr. When she learned they hod
the eleveuth census reported beck the | llo confession, but had U ea con.
Senate bUl providing for tho ascertain- dieted on her testimony alone, she pro.
inent of the mortgage indebtednese of I cored a ravulvtr and. ou Aug. 21. cath d
the country. I upon Col. Katuskva und tired at him,
Mr. Dockery of Missouri offered an I wounding him slightly. For thb at-
amendment, providing that sections 13 tempted aseastination sho was con*
to 1? of the original census act shall ap* I deurned by court martial at 0>le**n ou
ply to the provision* of thb act. lie I hept. 10,1881, and tentenced to twenty
stated tliat the bill wae not an amend-1 years penal servitude,
went to the original act, at.d conse- torn fbom uek Ht*aB.\Nn, ucaimin rtm.
for officers gnhty of maUraamce or for m » rr * id tod F i a i ol age, a
anvDtrsouor comration who refused I daughter of a well known landtd pci*.
senritire and cultured womai
for any lack of conformity to prison reg-
ulationsbtfpniak thought would impress
tho Western world 'Mth a profound
horror.
The political prisoners at Kara, Stop*
niak said, bad in some w ay Icarm d that
the political exile* impels nod at K
lien had aho been subjected to
flogging. They were corstnntl
dread of similar torture to that int
upon Mudamo Sigida.
FLOGGING ORDERED BY THE CZAR.
Stepniak wn* asked whether be thoug!
the czar, in view of tho fact that tl
•xceptional horrors at Kara had boon j
inado public, would mitigate thesfverity
of prison discipline in the casa of polW-
cal convicts. He replied that ho
thought it wav not unlikely
that the publication of t.;o
facts would forue the superior officials of
Russia to take somo notice of affairs, but
he said flogging and all other brutalities
wero entirely duo to tho direct orders of
the central'government at St. Peters
burg, namely, the edict of March. li' SH .
Tho government was, tlierefore, directly
responsible for the renewal of tlio cor
poral punishment of political utboosra»
which had been suspended in 18m alter
Trepoff ordered Bogoluboff to be flogged.
A mow TOPIVK WITH QIAY.
.MAID .WICK'S SORE HEART.
Virginia Ssnatsrs .Had Alioui •*«*•
fifir* Appointment s» iHcIrmond’s
I'oatmastar.
WAMiiNUfon, ; Feb. l.Y—{SpeclaL}—
The Virginia sen on* have a crow to
pick with Senator Quay when ho returns,
for having allowed Mahooe's man, Rtu-
sd!, to bo coLflrmed as ix^tma-'itcr at
Richmond, without giving notice to
AN ATLANTA GIRL PLAINTIFF IN A
BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.
Wicked »!r. Baldwin Trifled With
.’ll« J-.lrf.fi A Her | Ion* and Sli©
Think* that s«lv© of *2,ooo
Miould be Applied.
Atlanta, Feb, 15.—(Special)—Tho
scarcity of brooch o* promise suits in the
South 1 is been tho subject of frequent
Here i one freshly filed by an Atlanta
voting Is !y against a former merchant of
tlm pla« .
Her n ms U Miss Jennie Joke and he
is Mr. tl IL Baldwin.
The Udy estimates her damages at
<3,000.
i root her declaration it would appear
that tho petitioner waa for months en-
gns*tl to be married to the defendant.
HIE LOVED HIM DEARLY,
she loved him dearly, and the 5th in
stant was set as the happy day which
was to make them *'two minds with but
a “"-g!e thought, two hearts that beat as
At lbe gentleman’s request all the ar-
i ^e» ‘.s were mail© and the preacher
»to perform the service was sent
• pi. cur* the license, which he ob-
t .lined.
On the night appointed nothing was
l ..king to make the couple one but the
them, as they say he iromiaed.
Hucsell was nominated aud confirmed
solely on Malionn’s recoramcmlalioo,
and. ia aplte of tho protests of the re
spectable republicans of Richmond, who
called th© attention of the Frvsident
to the fact that Uursell was dismissed
from office under Author for a 5’.,HO
shortage in his accounts and caved from
crimiual prosecution by making ”
amount good.
Tho Presidents reply was In effect that i
Mahone’s rccoinmcndation could not be t
ndde to pUa.«e kickers who had du-
pi. v ed the administration by defeating
Maliono’s election. Tho Senate’s reply
was Russell’s coniirmotion.
POLTINO BR. BDBtCflDa.
Th* Vsrmoui Sennior Sill! OroodtUg j
Over ill© aanioan Mlstit*
Wa*IHNOTON, Feb. 15.—[Special. J-
sre performance of the ceremony, for
the groom waa present, the w siding party
ha i assomblod and the blushing bride
stood ready to bestow Jier band and
heart cn the object of bar affection.
It* WASN’T IN A HURRY.
In two mlnntce Miss Joice and her
d might have been man and wife.
Hut jint when tho marriage was to have
taL.n place, the defendant, to the peti
tioner astonishment, informed her that
ho i.sd concluded to “wait awhile.’’
Mu- got no further satisfaction. Ho
imply declared iu the words qouted
• at ].- wasn’t in a burry and refbted to
five nmv further explanation or excuse
Innw you, a< / have known you. *1
pleasantly, and 1Usi*eak for him, t»u^li
ho stands as the leader of tho great pai ty
to which yod or most cf you an-, o •
poved, the same candid, hearty Kcuthern
greeting which 1 liavo reosired.”
Again the sj^akcr was stopj^d by aj^
pla use. “And now it is almost tiuic .o
be saving goed-by. I sincorely " *h
tloat tit* uiu© were not so near. I cannot
eay Uist w«)rxl to you until I have said
on* thing more.
A TRIBUTE TO OltADY.
"I did not know your beloved Grady
personally, tut 1 did know him through
hu works of peace and of good wilL An
humble worker in that profession in
which he wai so shining a light 1 almll
ever work with him in that work of
peace. 1 too am ono of tho younger men
who have had their mental growth siuce
the war, and I say too here with ail
frankness and condor and tlio truth of
my nature that from this time forth it
shall be my constant aim to do what I
can to foster feelings of friendship and
brotlierly tore between tho people of the
North, South, Fast and West, all the
people oTcr whom that flag so dssr to
us all waves in its beautiful grandeur.
TUB 9IILITIA or taOHI.l l.
A Coinmunlraltou Front Adjutant-
Deosral Kril as to Bollstmsnt.
Aiuuita, Feb. iiw—(bpcciaL)—Adju
tant-4 ieneral Kell liae rant out blanks
for the various military commanda of
the state to till in with duplicate reports
of tho men enlisted in each. Thodupli-
cake are (o be returned tohl§otBc**nd
kept there on Ole.
Accompanying the blanks three gen-
end orders were forwarded, from which
the following will prove of interest to
the military:
“in view of tho fact that there is aonic
misunderstanding ns to who aro to be
enliHtc-1 under tho act of tic legislature.
Inrorpnrated in general or»lcr N©. 7,
from this deportment, it is hereby or
dered that th© active members of volun
teer forces of Georgia, to-wit: tho non-
comnibetuned officers and privates are
those contemplated in the act to be cn-
HER RAPID 8TRIDES TOWARD THE
METROPOLITAN GOAL.
tmdticL
run w orui ALL OTHER* FOR BALDWIN.
Tb»- j: ..miff further avers that thede-
fsndant by Ids general demeanor, and
tho uGintion* be bestowed upon her
Edmund* h.ia not puffik-ly Rnnoun<x>l In | ^Wa^aifidfipmtmlo^nuun’bnv
Ik. tfen«t« tlut h. | topoM. to tarn-
iii« pur|io*v io retire innu tbs commiuse
on foreign relations in coevnjtwBce of
tho slights put on him io th© s.mcan
matter which h« announced to the Sen
ate in executive m-jsjoo. But he hav not
attended any of tho nuctiagsi-f tho < out-
mine* on lorcign relations since.
Apjarrntly he to a$ yit unurakled n*
to whether ho wilt tight lffain© on or off
tlio committee. lVobaWy he n” tv
lluit lie would light Blsire more etfi c-
tlveijr on than off the commit ice,
.fir. IlentlaM** Improvru «»mlittnu.
WamUSGIOR, I'eh 14 v |» al.
Mrs. 8amuri J. lUndall w a
any peraou or corporatton who refused I daughter
to answer any question propounded. I prietoc in the south of Russia, Paid
Uunnell mu<1 that ahhougn he did not I YorauteofT, and a sister of Basil Yoraut-
wish to delay tlie passage of Ute bill I soff, one of the beet known political ecoq.
he would make no oi.jet-tion to the I onmts in Russia. She joined a secret
amendment. The amendment was I circle, which was surprised and captured
adopted by 88 to 03 and the bill aa | hy the police in Fsbrtury, 1870, and wu
amended waa passed by j* a* 183, naya 84 sentewrad to thirteen vears p©nst srrvi.
IN MEMORY or TOWNSEND. tude with exile to Kiberia lor life and
Public business wae then suspended I deprivation of all civil rights. Mer hus-
and tho House iiroceeded to listen to ap-1 uUSSul
propriate eulogies to th* memory of ths IJJ*
int«> Hon. 1:i- Lari A. Townsend of tbs mine# to which she was sent.
Illinois. Addresses were made by Hoi-1 fjg 3?!?
yuan Hooker of ^lissisiliini. Loin Dion of I * straight Jacket, in D!S1
Jlarylawl. Cutclwou of -j" ‘j” ll| ‘“»nd
direoa or l.onnu., WiJianu, il.nJ.i-
Csnnnn. Laos and hurinnr of I rrcovere«i, wu governor sep*.
mum
1.11., to mtu re th. (am., <U..rrfro'ci"t «»• CWmnu, Du anj bpriniw oC
l>n«irw down it f..i h Vt. n. llllnoD. and Ibn a.a reatfcof rend to •*““.=” .”7*
I °r*- “ r *‘! «-»» »* ol tiro J«rered, tiro lloure |
at S o'clock aJjourtroJ.
I -apreud, kow.vre, and b. waa caunbt
I th * li fallina trunk and lnrt»nUy
I * ku “ w ** cru *KaJ ud l,i.
I -'-a kroarei.
1 fiat? * fi™** citiaen ud hit tragic
|droth l. anirmaUy regretted. u.
«>te a wit.aud lit, children.
tub ttVAUA HlUTKIta.
| L.U .1 th. l.jr.,.. Ii.ipllr.led Knur
trinxcmii,.
B.LTMoa*, lid., F.u 15.—Jamre
I r**k.r, Ed Woodford and N. Wdam,
I «*»** of the Navaeaa rioters, plead guilty
IV' 1 * “o-nln*. to nutniiaughter. Thu
I 1 l-a . of th. whol. batch with tin, re-
l,, ';,! 1 ."?*"’ COOTict * 1 °4 munter fat
I ’■ . 'r* 1 *1*. tl.rr. of maulauxhter
lf**«Mfi of rioting. They wifi
vaunted next week. ■
b "‘«re. after alL It u wx-
i«l wUi p, tb. Uttited StMtewiprero,
* 4*“
DT ”
tihAnaaTiHg jail.
4 Bsl Aitaeks (he lMrksns Jail «i
LlBcralss Ih# I*rIssuers.
FLU AY, CJa., Feb. 1\—{>-©.\aLL—j
jnw tetter received here from l
H Ja, lwr. Pk-ksns county,
p tt 5* ***■ • Mg Jail dshrery
^r* Oarly yesterday morning.
mx ^ >rUKd b T ■» armed
*i»era| , ^8L €r H. 1 *® 0,<r ’
Py ,lllM P ‘ f
r J* hurated cnry j-r v» n. r u
"IBsCirtpa* NaufilersTtltew
nutnim, rtk u-{8^da
1 « mere case* are betwahd at
ed an offer of marriage from a
mm S^SteMMB That the ueirniiant
Hob tii ! with lier affections; that he
is a in.ii. of -utiio means and she ia poor,
whereflwe she considers herself damaged
in that j • uninry particular since mar*
ring® with th • defendant would have
; a- s-.i it m better circumstances.
H\-t BUilllTED HER UIX
Mi*' • also complain* that the
br«-jch vt i marring* agreement he-
twren Mr. I a .mm and htrsrlf ba* ia-
jurt . ii -fycf* of tuatriaat
, wvl' it "ier feelings anti affection*.
,-i'i t. - : i rtiti- .t --I .ii- • : u:i l - .1 :«
f agreement u.n
•'I- H-I lH.it,.,
iUERlCOS, THE
V. list Atncrln:
.Mx
to .nr. Fnrlora
■ >or Fcldsr—
s. A. A n. .tmerleus
fnctorlre- Tlie UautaS.
} -*« r« • v I... • ,u«-Uuj--'i 'i Mu-- • r . ‘“ 1 l, ‘‘
riecn. lu rc->pon-« to inquiries ecu **xn-1 *" *“’> *7 -
10R krr hu.Uiwl ih. r»vu ni.»t rucoot.
1 Whervfor* she prays, etc.
AT IIDIF.VS ALTAK. ,, ■ 7 .. mmu r . u..,.
- — V« ROTE HER A HEFOTANT NOTE.
ilr. UlitieliesJ and Mn. C
'litat you report to this office by tho
1st of April next whether or not you will
he able to take pari in tlie June i ncauq*-
tuent. and bow many officers and tnsn
you will probably be able to briog. Your
lodure to reply to this will be considered
as a negative response."
DAIIINU ATLANTA lU ltULtlt*.
Th*r atsal a Plan's Clsttalus from
l-nder 111* Head
Atlanta, Feb 13.—(Special. 1—A «Ur-
ing robbery was committed on West
Petris street last night*
The victims were two Paulding county
ituck men, Mr. G. Clark, and Mr. John
McAdams.
Throe gentlemen visit Atlanta fre
quently lor the purpoe* of selling th- ir
stuck. Yesterday evening, just alter
nighfall, they cam* to tbs city and went
to Mr. J. R. stamp's boarding bouse, —
West Peters street.
}loth wvrtfghtn the Mine ntem n
retuel • • rly. I l ey tlid iu4 l*> t l
fikor to tb*-- room or cioes the um<lc
k left his cloihi
AMERICU8, Feb. 15.— (Special) —
Americus!
Hon. Pat Calhoun, at the recent At
lanta banquet, said: “Atlanta was the
result of a railroad accident.'
So was Americus.
Col. T. M. Furlow was Americus’
Mark A. Cooper to materialize th* acci
dent and rescuo the village from cndlcsi
obscurity. And it must be an unceasing
pleasure to him, in th* beautiful sunset
of a useful life, to beliotd tho fair
daughter of Ida progressive ipirit aud
foresight the center of railroads, tlio
prido of lier section, the homo of culture
and refinement and the embodiment of
those hopes which inspired hie anxious
and natriotic efforts.
Way back in the flftie-, when th©
Southwestern railroad terminated at
Oglothorpe, the management desired to
extend tlie road to Kulaula, Ala., and the
routo by I/impkin waa favored. Mr.
Cuyltr, the president, rod* all tho way
lrooi ugicthorpe to Lumpkin in me
buggy to inset a committee of local cap
italists. But on the appointed day these
gentlemen with fatal indifference be
took thcmeelves to a huge tkh fry* Old
Cuyter felt outraged and left Lumpkin
i as tenter.
rt RLOW GETS IN HIS WORK.
Then it waa that Col Furlow put in
his work. He felt that the opportunity
waa before him. lie hastened to see Mr.
Cuylcr, pressed tho claims of Americus,
became responsible for tho $100,000 de
mand#-1 and Americus conquered.
The surveyor's chain soun gliding into
Iho village conveyed to th* inhabitants
thereof tit# glorious news of triumph and
coming glory. J > ’rum that day to thb aho
lias not looked backward nor stopped to
“go a fishing." Led in her Infancy by a
progressive man she caught bb spirit
and lias marched on to a prosperity at
once remarkable and wonderful Upon
her brow the laurels rest—placed not by
foreign hands, but won by her
pluck and energy and enterpri c.
Ml- i tl.»- \' ii ’• 11 • Li i • ID H-3 I-'* (, i-
Americus
Among other things tl
turn cotton bogging.
Only last week tho youn
Americus organized thimeslim note
■ -•-! .» l.unit,ii,- |ai t,,rv
with capital stock of 880,0U’ 1 half
tho aiimunt was raised in time mS
No city iu the state enn lay d u.u to u
more progressive set of yon- , nu n.
They are worthy of their nob! - MlHH
They are live, energetic, rmunraInil^
oionoy.makfng and money-saving, and
all iiava bank accounts
Ik-sidcs tho furniture factory, thc-v
liavo formed a iand and improvi'incn:,
company end will buy and sell real
OiAaife Tliey have purchased the large
and beautiful home place of Dr. Black,
north of the Central railroad, which will
bo laid off into lots, and beautiful res
idences built thereon.
bi* ;< lst or axo factory in the south.
Americus can boast of tho largest
guano factory south of Baltim- r-\ II.
F. Sams b g* ncral manager. Tlio raw
t ' . - •; ; - <1 l.« i- ;,i: I < • m-
)K>unded. They have their own a. 11
plant, the sulphur import* d «lir**< t from
Sicily, Tlie build in - covei a- r**-*,
including, of course, tho ctxttcn v-.-il oil
milb. Over 800 ban-Is are employed.
Ths wholo is lighted by taMBMSMSd
i .-i-: • 1 v. *'i • .Ii i--lh a:;-1 .-h-c-
trio watchman dock. Bhlpptagoeer til
the flve roads which radiate 1 r- m Anvar*
tons, supplying such a va.t territory,
Mr. Bams will have to enlargo Ins plant
•O CUTS* um Cfiuvti,
The i a factory is a paying insi K ution,
8. U. Bitm president, lln -«-m Myrwic
secictary and treasurer. The output i«
twenty ton - per day, ami tho company
can't supply tho demand.
As b known, Am* ricu • i-» a fin*' < ottr>n
■ ■ ■ i I.--I- tv •• r M.I l.'-M-rt coin-
I II -1 • 'XI l.ahvt of
cotton, •
AMEUCCM wit UttALEKre,
Two years ago Aineri-:ua gavo huge
orders to Macon and Atlanta drummm.
Now alio «l<x -n’t—that's all. SlicMicM
IIuntili.; --n havoM < h.»mammoth ttstab-
L hi,ient for hardware, farming impls-
rnents, t ie., that they supply this de
mand. O.W, (ilovcraml i t V i onoy,
■ I -.ili r - m co -ii-'-. tol«u ■,»
and < igair. have drivo:i * th-1• from tlie
field,
N r does this city send abroad for
( il rrs to lnnl-l ln-r el-->rant n-HidQnc©:«,
« M. V, In..ih n A t --. hold tho field.
Tn. ir pi mi iiiid liiiuUr yard oc- upy *
wholu --u.iro near the • ent* r of tin 1
toward th* development of A>
and savins h#r fmni d.vay war*
motion toms twenty yeoi
im-n ns Maj. Moses Sjwcr,
kin ,i i I U.U ill-
saw that tlio farmers of >
rcUsvtd from wareh-.u
Ttvsy estaUbbed banks
faru er» nun- y at n low
U . i .,11 I 1 I"- ■ l- Ii -f.
life. Now tbe>*i farmers
drjwitorsof lbs luink*.
turn) pr
lie
ths
tho bavammht Amcri> i
11 M<>
by ;
ind llo
at a
of fu i
id I-
Nadesenta NmirneUka was Si years
d sod a student ia a woman's collet*
nhe was sent in the Kara mines for Uf-
THIS >mW PAUL
ts may k* Selseisit Tharsdsy, 1 lotn with |s usl servituile.
»•*». tO, HORROR DRIVER TWO MEN TO DEATH.
Washington, Feh. 15.—Representative I bbovtly after the suicide of the three
Candler of lUseochusetta tonlay pro- wome n. a bother of Marie Kalusli, also
ranted in lira House a resolution setting nrisouer. died suddenly. It
a; art Turedaj and WreWlar. F.bruarjr » 11 “
IN sod 19, ofitr the reading of the jour-1
naltforttro coMUteretian at th. Uiu re-
ported from tiro World'. K.ir tommlure. -m tlro r^i of jroa , yror.nn, ,rtef on
Th. molutioa furllirr provalrethal
on Thnreday, tho S Jib, ium«ltetelv after I
the reading of the Jsmrnal, the House I committed suicide .rather Gbn
tteddsd Bear Dubl
■Dublin, Feh. ISw—IffipeeteUJ—At the
residence of tlie l*ride tn RaUey’e district
of tlds county, Mrs. IL J. l ooey waa
married to Mr. K 3L Whitehead on
Ihuisday evening last. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. W. H. Ramsay,
and was witnessed by a large company
ut relatives aud frbuds.
Mrs Coney bttio widow of the late
lion. Joel T. Coney, andba lady in
evtry respect worthy of tlie confidence
slid esteem in which she b held by all
who know her.
Mr. Whitehead ha. rectnU)r mad* thia
,il -c * hla hooM, ha-lna rrmornl from
Wilku county to Dublin in l-W, and
dne that lima ha« baan angagrd In Uw
■lock budnea. Iroia. Ha ha. niada many
irirnda Jurina hla ahort reahimeo Iron,
awl iadiatlusulahad for blaaraial, frank
and IrirtiJIy dlapaailhK), hla . t-rliu^
honnly, aolrriaty and Irualaare integrity,
and la lo la conaratulalod upon tha |«ixa
which ha luu won.
Mr. awl Mr*. Wldtebaad will inaka
Dublin thrir future homo, to lha regret
of tha.-Ittuna of Hailay’a dlatricl, who
JjalitaJ»| A.j a up (heir friend and neigh
31 AT ir tvia nXv UK l.I.VT.
Itspsrtsd Thai Ih* Ailif-na omrsttlll
lit Is a Dark Her*©.
Arntxa, I'rU 13.—(Spaclal,)—Mr. V.
W. Skiff of Atbana )rwterday ncclrrd a
letter from a prom lorn', republican
lor in regard lo tha Altrora puatoffior, in
which it waa atated that nritlrar Mr.
Skiff, Allir. Bwnaa or Mat Darla had any
chanco, hut a dark bona would La
ilacttd. Hire hitter cam# direct from
headquarter*.
It ia alao learned from another puny,
who rLaima to have information from ha-
liind tha aretroa, that a whit, lady will
he glr*n lb. ptacr. Her hn.tand, it la
raid, la a atrong democrat, bat aho haa a
near relative or cunntcthm who I. an in
republican, and through hi
■ tha appotalaKot will tro ac-
cured.
The Erttrral ini|rr*aioa ia now
Mat Daria will grt left.
Tha chiaana or Athena will ba entirely
committee oo rotes * to nuks hb abode al Pmego, a sm.,11
village in the province of Archangel the
northern-most portion of European Rus-
ste. Irom there be attempted to make
bb ramjtfi and. foe thb heinous offense,
a tXiiSfii u> tbs bum oi hastern b*.
tta.
THE FLOGGING OT MADAMg SIOIDA.
The floggiac of Madame SigiU oc-
.M tllE ASI1I3 OF A ni^V.ION.
Tstal Less br tha Toroula I nlvvrslly
Nlrs ljhllmal(4 at 11,000,000.
Toronto. Fsbh 15.—It b estimated
that the total tom by tbs university hr*
* ill be $1,COD,000. Thb fcc
library vaJoed at $100,W)0 and all the _
eqt.qim- tils whi«:h were generally of l:.u j car r©tl unJrr orders W-u t by Lieut,
most modem style.
The lorn of the records and historical
an*l other documents, an 1 many vxb
nab!© paper* belonging to tlm |
Dudei Wilson, cannol be estur.i
rs and cent* tor they iann>-t b©
U e.1.
satbflcd'with the appointment of any re-
spectabie white person.
Pike C'enatr Teach.-rs Or~«n!/
Zebu LON, Fslx Fm—{Wj*ciaL}—About
twenty teachers of 11k* county ast thb
morning at the court bouse am*
ized a county teachers'
» Sf r
There b said to be a further chapter in
thb interesting story, which does not
ai>p*ar in the declaration.
Lo her attorney Mbs Joice states that
the day after Mr. Baldwin refused to
marry her he wrote a repentant note
which, however, he had not succeeded
in having delivered to her, when be mst
her on the street and assured her in
person of the contrition he bi He
tin ned, she says, that he had treated htr
badly, and uatlared hb readiness to
atone for the injury by marrying her
offhand. .
SOUGHT A MINUTER IM VAIN.
The license was in the hands of the
minister who had procure 1 it, and, Mbs
Juice consenting, the two sought him in
various quarters • f tha town. They
went as far aa West Kndtofind him:
hut failing ia their search returns d to
ths city. On getting hack she claims
that the gcuUccuan again changed hb
1, and refused to marry her. Tlib
claims was lb* situation of affaire
when she brought suit
HI SM.LL HARRISON, ORATOR.
ft# Sun al Ills tathcr Vakss m A«i(
Speseli Iu Atlanta.
Anavta, I'.U 15.—{HprelaLJ—At tiro
I'tcdnxml Club during th.
gi-*i lo th. membrnof th. Inman and
L'unpbnl! panic* and other guiuteof the
clamber of comuroto.
lturo.ll it. llnrruaa mad. a .Irort
which wa* cutUuaiaaiically recited.
“Mr. 1-reaidont, mctnbrre of Uw 1VU-
ment Club aud fallow counirymcu,"
Organ, “wlinl a grand word that
which your got amor uawllaat nigl
oo. pulling
fiuu. ub |uiiuw. At lira Iw o —
dared and did nut more, hut aa are aa
he could think of hb allnation, ho jumpwi
out of bed juat in time lo aa. a uuwU-
ured man luirriadlr lantlug llro room
through th. door viih a pair of pwnla iu
Mr.McAdima ntrakcMd Mr. Clark and
Ihny mad. tiro theft known al oaca, Ih.
|.4ic tret, immediately nntilWd and a
diligent acarch mad. for Ih. burglar,
but without
frlkccountrynMO. ErUow^ountrynrou
the term can imply. I an. ptwidiarl;
glad to b. hare lewlay. 1 w aa loo young
lo know ibacwure. which Irtlupio th.
war and tiro great fora* whicli were
lactore In lb. Intellectual Mrugghw which
l*re«lad it, hut I waa with lb. army for
a Uoro and I know what it nil me*
Hut I did not go to Atlanta.
rATtlka plha'TUET P.TO ATLANTA.
“My fallror wore the biwa, tn* on IheM
r.d kill* about Atlanta, but ha dal not
cum. in. A abort linro ago I looked al a
piper which oomaloed an account of
tiro aurri Oder of Atlanta. It wa. writ,
troncil upon an <dd envelop., but
At i ll.ll -TV— L'—. al,.- _ i.
Gen. Baron Kortf, pcuvernorifennal of
th* provincoof Arnour, in wbtob the
Ksraiuni-e are situai©.i. ThcMi ©nW r »
.tirected that ths verst •-li-1 of Match, t
, . -i *-3 «-sikin- \ r fi-ki -In .
r “ • 1 H,, ‘ I 1 *' n ' |,,r G** 1 '-‘"l ir* . .
•!i> -iLi t#» ©nlufi # i. iJ.i- sdict w.i- tf»
K»u* iisise slid I Hunk when I tir*t mw liut,
. thin. | that I wuuld be the flrsi of lb* family,
IVcMuiut J. M, "wiiuu via Gwuob instt- oiler my wocte, loenter Atlanta. 1 re-
tut*, waa elected president; W. ft Mrr- ceive lo snmnder of a city worn out I*
rift. Jr., Zebnton, secretary. Tbearatins its own brav© defense—to me belong*
was on enthusiastic on*. Judge Hook, tbs bightr, the greet honor of recsiv.
stats schoolcommimtoner, will be Invited jug the sumoder of y«er frteod-
lo be with ti.- Hi Jjt-Ai h) • ..uf. iho , f . It i • .*• B.’ cjj»J wrJ.
|Rhnkik«Mb|liffMlMb | beer weleemeleaenel find words to teff
J«?-
' ti, r- . r*.
marks bed been fre-
m-iL) um besitbet ap-
'
- a :
: n l*J
bb
Mr. ‘
l.uin-lry well patron
ill. Sbofs. and mart-
i^o .in-1 buggy fact on
' „ ! r.tJ .\ lv 1, |‘ !' V-
traversss t~
ATLANTA ILAt'U II FFIl Pt>9.
Troebl© llrsui Hrtsvren lit# Hoard
<»r llmlili and llutebers.
Atlanta. l.u U.—Troubia n I rewmg
batwwn tha Atlanta board of btallli and
ths prot«iolon of tiro .laughter pent lo
cated within tho city limit*.
RacMtly tiro corporate lln* wa* ax
..ndadaoaalo ambrwc a hug* arc* iu
tiro auLtirb* upon which many butclwra
kilted and prepared lb. nirat lor mnrk.t.
Hull more lately Uw hoard of irotllh Iw
g*n making war on thre.reuhinhin.nt*,
and* trowllh Uropretor two wreks ago
gave Ibam notion to get beyond th. aaw
city IlmiU within thirty unya or tuITvr
th. penalty |reecrdrod by onlinauc. of
th. council-|IUI tine or Imprteonizwnt
for Unity dnyw
Mo for tiro nulciwre bar# paid no at-
„«tioa to llro command, and tiro we-
lumptum te that llroy will remain who.
they at. and Milter rare, to Ii. mad.
tgmnat them io u.t tiro validity of tbo
Uw. fhoy will duubtlero rgumina lor
Uw par, oar. Tiro hood of IroaiUii. <te-
teriu>u<d and a llvaly, light m in |vw
Ilia UBin
\.ung U.aJ<
'll Cu'SX
boundary of
IU. l iiiiun ,:l».
I till,in. I. In
A.lift m.
R Atlaxta, fth l\—{Special. J—A
young man named Pony Uowtteu, tbo
^■of a liuakr auwt widow, was to-
day returned to Uw aaylutn, when ho]
baa already efont alanu ooo year In
mam of tiro teat I wa
lluwden waa aultereu tn return homo
tn th. ides that a cur. I rod law rlTevul
In bw cat., hut lately became «o vioteiit
that it waa aac— my lo put bun In ■
Tbo. b. krot no um. In Uylng Wa k J
uu tiro peteoaan, and a day or iwo ago
attempted to cteut out f'o wholo relate-
.% (.HI.AT tetN It At in: -t t:,
mw. cerephell’. a item, tuu i.a
• uil In a Claaalie I.nuA s mmi)tail).
Atlanta. F#U Uk-INjucalj-li bos
Iaaks4 oet Ibat ewe r««ult ol tbs* vw.t
her* * t Governor CaiepU 11 etui bis poll/
onU Jobe KL toman soJ lb# liuotou am!
New Ycrk people, shorn be had witn
him, was the furinaikn of a gigaatij
laod company. #
Uunpleu » prvsiiisni, wa i
ra^rtal stock of
$1,< U0,ttA IU pur|-d
u huuiwrn Uous an
ti-.
prtrt
lift
Tins
WiUiauuKA. A
,r M w .till tfi-lutip-ih:
▼. alliiiftrab his I i
|ro !.
lr»atM I-
I-----■>
out Into tho A.iburtwii retie*ti
which fringe the akirt* of tiro city.
lha mayor, of wm* cillre prelr r dark-
narelolight. Kot an with t'apb John
l elder, tiro mayor (if American. It wm
ha who laought th. electrin ureet rail-
war and ha who eateblWrod the Tboin-
aon-llou.ton aydem in lighUng tiro city.
Tha city i* lighted by forty-on. arc light*
of l,'J5u candte powre **ch, with 113 paa
liglua additional Tbo raaidence. and
atom ore teraadnraot uni gaa Ughte.
Thlvehctric a reel rail*,;
have pun hated 5.'
level tend an tiro a
Ih* etty, which they 11 III Impum . WB
beautiful |Jat haa been referred for a
park and pltwaure naort.
Tit* VAOXtrycaAT watv* won**.
I hit, per bap*, Uw gmteat monument
to CapC held era cdmlniatratioa of tb*
allaire of tha city for fourteen year* I*
her magnificent ayatem of water worka.
It Iv tha Holly ajratem. Tha water anpfdy
la from twenty hold aprtegv a mite from
the city—pure, healthy, cool water. Tho
water now, by gravity into tb* rarer-
vuira, and pum[ed thane* by ' »o powtr-
ful Dean pump* Into tiro growl tank no
law at reel. Tiro city own. threw water
worka, and den vre a net Income of tl,0M
K fc year from them. Water from tiro
cr la dietributed all Uirough tha city.
Ttropramure ia eiaty-two and oac-lulf
iiounda to tiro aquarc inch. Th. reaervoir
iaaococatroctre that m an anxrgancr
th. entire volunro of To.n creek, ad
jacent to the worka, can he turned Into
tb. reaMvoir and pumped into tiro nuiiia.
The I-riming arm tea and o'.twi '
machinery of the cily utilize tiro
worka aa a moUva power.
Th. cily lire a a pended PO.OOOm a
unitary amrerago ayatem, which haa
jnsi been cvtipisiaJ.
Last Brcemrar in the way of comtem.
platsd tmi-rovem-uts tlie city voted 8J«>.-
0 •} to build a new city hall and a imbUc
school building. Work will begin as
soon as tbo sites are selected.
A r.UaACT HOTEL FLAX MU*.
Bat Americus Los become such a ren
ter, her five railroad «n(4ying such a
flow of tlaihr travfil tight into her lap,
as it ws-re, that it tecomra a necesritv to I
cor* for tb* great traveling puilir.l
Hence, anew butolwiUlesreeled. The
county oommUtonsrs have deeded to
the Americus IiajaoveweMft Company I
the court bouse square, in tlie center of
the city, upon coodiltousthat they build!
tbereoa a hotel costing nu4 lea* than
8100,0001
i This ia a day of associated«ff- rt. Tb*
world move* by oembsnation. The in
dividual bee ramd from the sUr#.|
Thw very Atnertcos Improvement Com-
t bany. what wonders it baa '-»rcu*rhL
t* president, Ii. C. Bagtojr, ie a } using
man. and its moving spirit* Ool. Ham
Hawkins, ie yet 8d jean off from his do-1
lags. IK woukI riguirei
I to relate all this invv»tmcnt company
lias dune. It was organized
1N87. Th© rapital stock
$500,000, and is worth 210. This
1-utiV Iiuv •••'ll a , - 'or to
ii., up An -n- i . It jwrtly Lu. t Cor-i
iggigl fli 8BV boomlag Helene, the
lion, e»ur state iiiMm
manipulatod in the in
Oeorgi.i, 0*4 all praise
for Wilding a h©l|
develop tho Bool
But there Is alwaysrc
busses, never get fall
Times Ptiblisuing Conij
daily in a f*»
•»mpany is coni]
stanlial liu
Tfe
bran-now
g put in
i*i .i • • i ' "ti n ■»’ • ii'i'*. 1 '4* r 1 uiUt-
\». 11. I ■ i 1 • 11 11 y .1 Uruii- wn k
I, - , W.tMf-r I uiloH. nty
editor. This is «n excellent o*mbiiu«
Uou, both young men of tal- nt. Ito-
sporting butt Is Auwri- us has three. Th©
writer issfijournm^ at tlio famous Al
len house. tii© drummer's n-«.rt, Tn©
.... !. • ,f»i- | Ul HI Lieit • iAIIIl
now ami in ad*an-«»demand that (-*!.
•" .- H ' I h.A v.N, Tiin and
Mrs. AU- n • p ■ . illy, I- pli.« ■ <1 lit charts
Of tho MW hotel when C npleted.
THE BANE’S,
While writing al ontAmi ri< u*», though
In• i rrlsd way, it is j*i*l t-» -.ay th*L
her rapid growth ows. mu. h io her
> . I ' k 11. ! i rl nai.cit-m gave
bar tbs start
Th* Bank of Americas was mgnlmi
in 1878. Capital. f!3M8IMvBk|Kf
0001 ItscUsrtar has an iml.w lu.tl ba-
Uliiy clause. CoL ii U, Itewftta^
president: H. C. Bogley. vios-pndiaL
knd W. ft Murphy easier.
Tb© lank of f >utUwr»t' - * r. ui. c s t i.
td $100,000, Is run by an o! t r. . - •* f.
Maj. M. Bpeev. presidset; H. C Mto
cashier; A. W. Bmitb. ossi- >
- -ra©. Vi
•re Ti .
whether from their grave on
demeanor, or btesms the c
of their hank ia a terrapin,
ne, comfort, high living or
The third bank ie tb* Peopb
organized in 1883L Joan
tadiier, Will C. Furiow,
Mr. Windear Is about 40 y«
and has been a »u « ■ in Ui:
stand* high in the conftdenr c
of this people.
AND THE BALT HAS NOT B
But hi a letter written on
tween trains one cannot t
about Americas. If I went
there would bo a
red
house to describe. Urge drives
turesqoe scenery in and a
to point out. But three beautiful
streets and flow BBrdfl
residence* v
tides and Southern Lome life, ns in
ciden time, nobJjr iUortreted; Ut# elm
public library, with its 3,000 cW
volumes and all the b tnm : • -•
ature of the day, the ortboucx c). r>
and their goodly congregations,
beautiful women, whose cheeks g
with health, and make the stronger I
fur on acquaintance i
l.nr.l Ji.r
-1 I rt I
» H.K-”, . I
rb r of Dr. Walk.
te Ian* to ; i UtU-.i KteU te J-dv'
ujit«r, | lira IsiUicifi'
lines-; these, andtb-ruasnd u:--iu
hich go to tuake up this city, so l^au-
ful, so desirable, 1 cannnt now speak,
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