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Advertiser and Jfftpqal
T. l«. STACY t SOS. Edltna and rrapiietoiv).
BRUNSWICK, - GEORGIA
SATURDAY Monsiso. NOVEMBER SI, 18M.
Next Wednesday, the 25tb, will be
the decisive Jay in the great whisky
campaign in Atlanta.
Cleveland is busy writing bis mes
sage, and refusts to be interviewed by
Congressmen and others rocoinmond-
ing appointments.
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The Judge of a United States Cir-
oait Court in Obio has decided that
the mini's of samples carried by
. drummers canuot be considered as
baggage.
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A large number of tbe Chinese mer
chants and business men of New York
city have addressed a communication
to President Cleveland, thanking him
for his interference in bebslf.of the
Chinese in the recent labor riots in
the West.
ON TOR CIRCUIT.
OurEcporler V.slls IbcCourm of CoDn
and Cbcrllon.
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 16, 1885.
■'D. o:* fir^aillii'i;»ip-
In your issne of the 7tb, I prom
ised to “give you a sip of coffee nest
week," referring to the approaching
term of Coffee Superior court, but
that court ^holding until lasLFriday
noon, made it impossible for yonr
correspondent to get in bis report in
time for yonr last issue, but will now
endeavor to fulfill my promise.
Tbe writer reached Willachoocbee
cn rovle to Donglas, tbe county site
of Coffee county, on Monday night,
Nov. 9tb, where be was met and kind
ly cared for by tbe efficient and gentle
manly agent of tbo B. & W. Road, J.
E. Ricketson, Esq. Leaving Willa-
ebooebee tbe next morning, in com
pany with Hon. W. M. Gaskins, and
ted. He paid the $10, and rejoiced
that be got off so cheaply.
While at Douglas, tbo writer bad
tbe pleasure of looking upon one of
tbe landmarks of Coffee county in tbe
person of Elijah Yoangblood, Esq.,
who was born in Irwin county in
1820, being now 65 years of age.
Daring his eventful life be bas killed
991 deer, that be bas actually cap
tured, besides others, which escaped,
aud hopes and believes that before
bis death ho will make it even 1,000.
Few men c.iu claim tbe honor of send
ing as many of tbe fleet fooled deni
zens of the forest to their last end,
as this old patriarch, whoso aim is
still truer than that of most men
many years bis junior.
In closiug, I wish to pay a well de
served compliment to our Solicitor-
General pro ten), P. H. Carter, of
Baxley. He performs tbo duties of
him offico with credit to himself, and
The Albany, (Gu.) Academy, now
in course of erection, will be ineorpo
ruteo, according to a vote of tbo sub
sunhers, and tbo following gentlemen
were selected us tbe incorporators nod
board of trustees: L. E. Welch, Col
Nelson Tift, Judge D. H. Pope, Capt.
It. Hobbs, H. M. McIntosh, Joo. A/
Davis, and S. It Weston.
Tuo past week has been a terrible
• no- lor tires. The city of Galveston,
Texas, was the tirst to suffer. An ini
mouse territory » us laid waste, aggre
gating a loss of over $200,000, a .d
making hundreds of families home
less. Great suffering and destitution
was the result, which was only par
tiully alleviated by the efforts of re.
lief committees, seconded by tbe kind
donations of tbe people of the nation,
wbo showered thousands of dollars
into their bands as a relief fund. In
Galveston’s wake came u town in Illi
nois, which lost its entire business
portiou; llazleburst,,Misd., came next,
being all but obliterated; a Catholic
protectory in Missouri was destroyed;
a largo building in Wrigbtsville, Ga.,
wus destroyed by incendiarism; Quit-
man’s colored school perished on
Tuesday. These are but u few ot the
most important.
ciirri mi nright rates.
pulled by a sturdy mule, we rode for
a time through fertile lands and past I crimiuals in the wire-grass ore Imgi n-
growing fall crops, but soon strnck uiog to have a wholesome dread of
Chattanooga, Teuu., Nov. 17.—All
tbe general freight agents in tbo South
met iu this city to-day to endeaver il
possible to avert a war of fieight rates,
which now seems inevitable. For
somo weeks there bas been secret cot-
ling on Western roads to all points iu
the Southeast and several lines have
been secretly awarding rebates. These
rebates which at Qrat were limited to
1 and 2 cents per 100 pounds have
been gradully increased and now reneb
15 to 20 ceuts per 100 pounds. Tbo
cuts have been utterly demoralizing to
rates, aud the rival lines are threaten
ing to enter into a bitter war, and it
appears that I bo meetiug will be una-
ie to avert it.
QuUmau’s Colored seminary.
Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 17.—Tbe Al
len hoiiBe at Quitman, recently con
verted into a negro school, was dc
stroyed by fire this morning at 10
o’clock. The origin of tbe fire is un
known.
Tbe school is under tbe auspices of
Northern Methodists, and its location
in so prominent a part of tbe city was
strenuously, but unsuccessfully, op
posed by tbe citizens. Soon after tbe
principal took charge an effort was
made to as: wainate him by unknown
men, who called him to bis door and
fired at him.
Tbe aptness which n certain class of
Northern tourists have for writing up
tbe South is very nicely though briefly
commented on iu a query by tbe Now
Orleans Southwestern Clnistian Advo
cate. It says: “Gail Hamilton has
just completed the task. Now, who
will be tbe next to ride through the
South in u palace car, take observa
tions from the front window of u first-
class hotel, mid return borne to teach
us how to solve this momentous aud
evei lasting so-called ‘negro problem’?"
the veritable "wild woods of Coffee,
composed of lands so poor and dry
that nothing will grow upon them but
grass, which even the far-famed “W 1
limn goat” would not eat, and scrub
oaks too small almost for even fence
posts. The monotony of this eighteen
mile ride was interrupted occasionally
by meeting some "Coffeeite” on bis
way to court, when tbe usual and cus
tomary dialogue would be gone
through with: "Hello, Bill, how nre
you?” “Well, I’m slowly; how are
you?” “Ob, I’m slowly; how are the
crops?" “Well, tolerable.”
Reaching Douglas I found ono of
the veritnble dead towns of Georgia;
ouce a prosperous and thriving tra
ding place, but now we find tbe trade
all gone to tbe lines of tbo railroads,
and all that now remains of Douglas
is a courthouse, a jail, two boarding
houses and a postoffice. Court con
vened on Tuesday morning aud was
occupied tbe entire week with crimi
nal business. Tbe first case tried
was that of tbe State against B. F.
Hays, charged with assault aud bat
tery, but tbo evidence showed llmt he
was guilty of assaalt with intent to
murder, which was another crime al
together, aud be was consequently ac
quitted. (One of tbe imperfections of
the law.) Tbe most important case
tried was that of George VV. Wilcox,
an old man over seventy years old,
who was indicted for tbe murder ol
his son-in-law, A. N. Curry, in 1883.
The only witness against him was
Mrs. Curry, tils ilaiignter, who was
compelled to give In r testimony
against her aged father, while her
heart wus bleeding to Hen him brought
to trial for the murder of her bus-
baud. Wilcox proved an alibi by bis
sou and daughter-in-law, and he was
acquitted. Tbo next man tried for
murder was uot so fortunate. Isaac
Watson, colored, was tiied for the
murder of Isaac Jackson, also colored,
in 1879, in n dispute over a meet po-
!a!<*\ Watson was convicted and
sentenced to tbe peniteutiary for life,
uud now lies in Glynn county jail
awaiting a guard from the penitent
iary.
A great deal of merriment was cre
ated by tbe trial of Sandy Young,
colored, for wife boating. His wife
testified that bo hnd borrowed tbe
money from her to pay for a marriage
license, and bud not paid it back;
that they lived together five weeks,
when be commenced to beat her, and
she had left him, and did not think
that a man wbo could not pay fur a
marriage license, bad any business ot
being married, anyhow. The dcf.-ml-
aft, after hearing Ibis testimony,
plead gnilty, nnd was fined $50, which
was paid by a gentleman present, who
will make the festive wife beater work
it out.
the able manner iu which he conducts
tbe criminal bnsiness of our courts.
Too much “Coffee” is not good for
tbe complexion of a well regulated
newspaper, -o will stop now, and
start for C rnrlton couuty. S:c
On Thursday night a waiter at ono
of tbe boarding bouses, Jesse Mosely I w ,.|| |, ow t „ entertain aud t ik
by name, found the Sheriff's pistol iu [|,; H Mneets.
Traders Hill, Ga., Nov. 18,1885,
OCS / >V e. . S?W.. >/
Tbe writer left Brunswick lustMou
day night fur tins place to attend
Charlton Superior Court, in company
with His Honor Judge Mershon, and
Colonels Harris anti Atkinson of onr
city. To reach this place—ft-nr miles
from the railroad—we must stop at
Folkston, on the S. F. & \V. Rail
way, Hoout thirty miles b low Way
cross. There we found a thriving lii
tie rnilruiul it'ainm with evidences of
prosperity on every li-tiid, prominent
among which is the handsome n
store of L. M Bedell, nearly eomplet
which, when finished, will be such a
building hs would do hi edit to places
of much I .rger size tlian Folkston.
Leaving there, we ri le throng
forests of pine anil oak, until we con
nierice the assent of the hill from
which this place takes its name. Aud
now we see a mitni-al curiosity
Seemingly one of tin- red el iy hills ol
north Georgia h.is been torn from its
resting place and transplanted among
the pino forests of Charlton county
but another curious fact is that only
one side if this hill is red clay, the
olher*portions being sandy, like th
surrounding country. As we ascend
he hill, s vi r.d hundred bet liigl
ban ilie St. Mary’s river, which tl .ns
at its bits , the growth al c'ni
am) instead of yellow pine we find
forests of ..aka and other woo Is in us
naturally adapted to the upper por
tions of our State.
The town of Traders Hill was once
the I'ost ' uportant trading place in
this sect ton of the State, having wii
ter corn ; uiiicutiou by the St. Mary’s
ri\ -r with the outside world, and sup
porting many flourishing stores, uud
having within its borders many noble
residences, where intelligence, cul
ture, aud wealth reigned supreme,
but alas, like so many others similar
ly situat’ , tbe railroad was built
within a low miles of it, tbe trade all
went to the railroads, tbe steamboats,
robbed of their former busiuess,
ceased to run here, and Traders Hill
ost a dead town. Tbe only
mo here is that of culling
1 rafting it down the St.
, and I iiin informed that
there aro now about 3,000 logs in tbe
liver wailing to be taken to (lie saw
nil). The only store here is owned
by our kind aud accommodating host,
Mr. Blocks, who, during court, opens
his house for tbe accommodation of
His Honor nn l the visiting members
tf the bar, and, of course, yonr cor
respondent, the reporter, »n.l wbo,
assisted by bis good lady, ki o.vs full
re of
is now ab
bnsioes.s
timber ir
Marys ri.
docket, however, showed that very
little litigation is going on, and the
docket was soon cleared. On the
criminal docket are mnny felony
cases, bnt in almost eve-.y in
stance, as the cases are called,
the report is “no arrest.’'’ This is be
cause of no fadton tbe part of tbe
Sheriff, who is as vigilant: I a sheriff
can be, but owing to the fact that tbe
line separating Georgia from Florid
only about two hundred yards
from the courthouse; and any one
wishing to avoid arrest Ims merely to
run to the rivey, row serosa in a boat,
and when he touchesJhe other side,
he may bid defiance to his pursuers,
for all the sheriffs in the State could
not lake him then, without a requisi
tion from the Governor.
The only criminal case tried was
that against Sain Crews, for larceny
after trust, which resulted in a ver
dict of not guilty.
A little boy about ten years old, bas
beeu in jail hero for some time
charged with setting fire to fences,
bnt the grand jury have made a re
turn of “no bill."
Charlton county is improving stead
ily, and tbe lumber business is good.
Sic.
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
Tbe Public Printer’* Measure* to Pre
vent It* Premature Publication.
RIEL DIES.
An Admonition'train tbe Prleit Pre
vent* Him Irom Manillas State
ment—Death ADiinreully
Painless.
Regina, N. \Y. T., Nov. 1G.—Louis
David Riel was executed on a scaffold
at tbe barracks of the mounted police
force, near this city, fur nigh treason
against tbe Queen of (> eat Britain,
at 8:23 o'clock this morning, (moun
tain time.) He displayed an inclina
tion at the hi-1 inomeu' to nrike an
address, but Pere An-'re reminded
him of Ins pro in iso uot l,u then rose
and walked toward the executioner,
repeating his prayer fo the last iuo-
ueiit, liie final words escaping bis
lips being He died with
out a si niggle. Not to exceed twenty
persons were permitted within the
confines of the’barracks to witness
the execution, and it was certainly
pi i formed witli tecornm and dispatch.
His body was taken by the coroner,
and the verdict usual to nil State exe
cations was rendered.
Throughout Canada the news of his
death has caused great excitement,
and ill many of the large cities the
Freiich-Uanadians have made serious
demonstrations. In Montreal several
of the government officials have been
hanged in effigy before the Queen's
tdlie, and the smoke therefrom teri-
msly blackened and defaced the
talne.
Eleld Sue* Henuelt.
London, Nov. 17.— .us '.V. Field
Ims sued James Gordon Bennett, pro
prietor of the New York Herald, and
A. O k ey Hall, his London corres
pondent, for CIO,000 ilnmage for libel
n publishing a cable dispatch dated
London, Feb. 4, stating tlml “Mr.
William Abbott, broker and operator
f Tokenlioitse yard, supported by
many stock holders of the Anglo Amer
ican Cable Company, bo will intro-
luce a resolution to exp 1 Mr. Cyrus
W. Field from the directorship on the
ground that he is unworthy of any
position of coiifMenye or trust.”
A preliminary motion was made
this morning in the Court of Queen’s
Bcneti division.
Washington, Nov. 6.—Speculations
as to the purport of the President’s
message nre freely iudulged in, though
the gossip which has got into print
concerning it is founded on mere
guess work. Tiie message is Dot yet
in even in memorndum form, and is
not complete until the proof has been
revised nnd corrected, and this is
usually done the Saturday or Sunday
before the inerting of Congress. To
get posscMaion of an advance confc of
a message used to call out the mge-
unity aud financial resources of the
newspaper correspondent*. Under
Public Prin'er Rounds, however,
I hero is no such competition, the ex
traordinary care taken by him cutting
off all possibilities of its capture. A
large sized Marvin safe has been ad
ded to the office, and a sight of its
massive doors and qiinrupled bolts of
steel would dpter the most skillful and
accomplished newspaper burglar.
Since tbe Rounds administration
no document has got out prematurely
from the government printing office,
nnd tho additional precautions recent
ly adopted appear superfluous. When
a public confidential job is on n press
the piper for that job is conuted nnd
most lie returned, the spoiled sheets
with the rest. Formerly the first im
pressions were simply crumpled and
thrown into a waste basket, like any
other job. Now Ilie waste sheets are
carefully preserved and returned, the
foreman of printing having ihem cut
i into little bits. In the case of the
message the matter is set, proofs ary
taken nnd corrected under the per
sonal supervision of t|i« public prin
ter ami his foreman, Mr. Brian, the
galleys nre locked in th.- safe and the
revised proof usually fatten under seS)
to the White House bv Mr. Brian or
his chief in person. The President’s
secretary brings the proofs back on
Sunday preceding the meeting tf
Congress, ami tbe requisite copies,
say a dozen, are stuck off under his
eve, the waste destroyed, and the gal
leys again locked up in the safe un
til after the message has been re id to
Congress.
Albany News: Tbe iltReased-look-
ing. Forage-robbed, mortgaged mule
is making his annual return to Al
bany. He goes out iu early spring or
lm« winter fat nud sleek, and returns,
weary, worn, sick and liungrv, tin-
honored, unsung, bnt not nnwept.
The mortgaged mule, sad is his life !
RE-OPENED IN
Llll-Mvlat! Equine*.
Washington, Nov. 17.—It has been
determined instead of hiring burses
for the use of the life saving service
to purebuso them whenever practica
ble. To-day a contract was made
itb Joseph Bergman, of Baltimore,
i furnish 22 horses for use in the
service on the coast of North Caro
lina and Virginia, at the rato of $140
per head. Horses will be purchased
use elsewhere in the service as
soon as fluids become available lor
the purp- S-.
A lady in New York is about to be
loeketl up in a iunalic asylum becuuee
it is a tide with her never to go to
sleep owing u cent. The doctors call
this umrdid conscientiousness, ai.d in
their judgement this is one of the
phases of insanity. Tdis, perhaps, ac
counts for tile unwillingness of many
his room and quietly pot it iu Itisj Court i .uvened oi> Tuesday imui,-!h!!id i"-”’"' ''' IU
Nov. 18— Begining on POeket, “joet to take cure of it," but j„g, ami jnrots and tiiigants til- in !
the gcaDd jury found two bills agaiust as Hie voicing that clever genilemau ... -*•*•*►
i *• • i« i • v J »\ asjiin«»i*un Nov. lij.— i'i.u lVt’tti*
and failbful and efficient oflicer, Slier- 1 i,.„i , .. ,. .
’ I deni today appointed eX-UoVernor
iff Robinson, was heard proclaiming: William D. Bluxuaui, of Tallahassee,
“Oh, yez! oh yc-z! the honorable Su- Florid i, to be Surveyor General of
and one for larceny from the bouse, | perio? Court of Charlton comity ia|Florida, vice James F. McCleiluu, re-
upon which he was tried uud acquit-!now open." An exvninutiun of ♦ signed.
MIlHn 1W HI, i
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NEWCASTLE STREET,
WHERE WILL PE FOUND aN ASSORTMENT OF
all Aiincr.es usuilly found in a
. FIRST-CLASS DKUOHTOHE. SUCH IS
Pure Drugs,
CHEMICALS,
PIATENT MEDICINES
PERFUMERY AUOILET ARTICLES.
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ir*-I'll yslclnii’«;orc*erlpt Ion* Caret ill
y l oiiijioumlcd.
A iilir-e of public p*tro'i,-o aol'c'Unl.
, WM.S.BLAIN.,
WOOD,WOOD,WOOD!
FIRE-PLACE, tilt V IE OH STOVE,
AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
Osk end light wood per ] oa d deliver tl
M per Inca delivered
OR
A laid* nuk and light wood.
AImo hive wood io four-foot lengths:
Osk add light wood #4.50 per cord delivered
3-75 per cord deHvered
Prices cash on delivery.
Orders will be promptly attended to by being left
At Mr. ’ Mit'liolsoil's store, or with M-. lb U !»:>"•*
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CITATION
Cuc..:.v
Sunday next trains will be pat on the
Cincinnati Southern railroad and its
Southern connections, which will re
duce tbe time between Ciucinati and
Jacksonville, Fla., to 29 hours. This
is more than four horns fns*T thni
the best !uno h’therto mad<-.
him next moruiug—one for carrying
concealed weapons, to which he plead
gnilty, and was fined $10 uud coals,
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