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SATURDAY April 26. 1884
Z"*" Sntmo.riptton and Atlrcrtise
wmtu fine on tlrnmml unUn by
shrcinl mu tract to the eoutrurg.
Edllorlul UreviticM.
Rife peaches, grown in a hot house
Weio offered for sale in New York
last week at 75 cents each, at which
price they found ready sale.
Governor McDamki. has sustained
himself so admirably in the Execu¬
tive Chair that- he will be nominated
as bis own successor without oppo¬
sition.
The country seems to be pretty
unanimous m not calling for Giant.
His boom will requite the teuderest
1 ind of nursing to male it amount
to much. —.Horning News
We did net know ir m til we read
it in the Andrew College Department
of the Cuthbert Enterprise that Wo.
SbaLospeare was “the great Ameri¬
can poet and dramatist.”
The probabilities are that Hon. C.
F. Crisp will huve no opposition for
Congress in this District as Judge
Pate seems inclined to hold on to his
judgeship for another term.
'IHERE nre twelve manufactories o.
Artificial teeth in the United Slates
which make 10,000,000 of those use¬
ful articles per annum. Hotel beef
and patent slapjacks add greatly to
the industry.
The people of Stewart countypropost
to get the railroad under full headway
before ahgafingiu the discuss.on of
politics. The latter will keep unti] mid
summer, while the former requires
immediate and .undivided attention
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Poor Cuba is getting into another
bloody internecine ww. Tbe usual
ii-.sult will follow sooner or later,
that ninny brave but unwise patriots
wdl bu hounded dowu and their lives
sacrificed by the red Lauded minions
of tyranny.
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The on’y office among the State
House official!) over which there will
likely bo a con‘est will bo for that
of State Treasurer. Hon. R. C. Hum¬
ber has a strong following who will
urge his claims before the State con
vention. His strongest competitor
is Mr. Robert Hardeman, of the
Comptroller Geuerul’s t fllcc, one ol
the best accountants in tbe State and
au exceedingly efficient officer.
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It is$ rumored that Dr. Felton’s
friends desire to send him to the
House of Representatives from Bar
tow county. Tbe Doctor, unlike Mr
Emory Speor, has steadily refused
to unite himself with the Republican
party. Ho claims to be a Democrat
—an Independent Democrat—nod
has, it is said, always suppoited the
Deinocra'ic nominee for President.
His appeareuce in the Legislature
will create a seusation iu political
circle!) throughout the country. —Ma
con Telegrafth.
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Times are never too hard to raise
liberal subscriptions for the heathen
in far away oeuutries, yet strange to
say we never hear of donations to
(he poor iu our own communities.
It is true we Lave no cases of abso¬
lute suffering but there are families,
nud deserving ones too, to whom the
gift of a sack of flour, a load of wood
or a pair of shoos would be an accep¬
table offering. Lot cli irity bogiu at
hune, is a strong plauk iu the reli¬
gious platform of many good people
that we know.
Ora southern climate seems more
favorable to longevity than any oth¬
er portion of the Union. Iu Alu
bstna, uine times as many persons
attain the ago of 100 years as there
do in New York iu proportion to
population, and fifteen times more
than in Maine. Louisiana stauds
first iu regard to these extraordinary
cases of lougevity, Mississippi sec
ond, and Alabama third. It is said
that a stay of oue season about tbe
sugar mills of Louisiana, is a certaiu
cure for consumption iu Its incipient
stages.
Ir there is auytbiug iu the world
•a reprehensible, or ss loudly to be
denounced by an indignant comrnu
mty as wife beating, it baa yet to be
unearthed and given a name. The
inoia'i depravity which induces a man
to violate the sacred ness of the mari¬
tal vows, the brutish instincts which
prompt a degraded nature to stifle
aud extinguish the endearing ties of
the wedded life by cruelty aud vio¬
lence to bis defenceless aud unpro¬
tected wife,should be disoouoteuauc
ed in a Christian laud, ostracised
from decent society, an 1 confronted
by tbe struug arm of ttie law, ready
to mete out* oudign punishmeui.
We are very much gratified with
tbe stat-i of feeling existing among
many prominent ah-1 influential citi¬
zens of Columbus in regard to out
railroad prospects. They are becoin
ing enthused iu the matter, knowing
us they do, that if they ie4 listlessly
upon their oars aud look iudiffeief t
ly on, w hile others nre m iking stren
nous and active efforts to invade and
curry away the trade from tbe rich
>st and wealthiest section of on
county, that Columbus will feel the
loss for years to come, and will’nev
«r recover it again. Columbus has
always had complete control of the
trade from the upper portion of tbe
county, aud her merchants know its
value. Many of them are from Stew¬
art county nnd have grown ijcb from
the trade of the county. The Argus
eyed Enquirer Sun has been watch¬
ing the vuiie, has seen the drift of
things, and has repeated!v culled the
attention of the euterprisiug men of
Columbus to the matter, but they
have not fully woke up yet ; they are
sleeping sentinels. When the pro
jected railroad from Amuricus reach
es Lumpkin, there will soon he con
structed graded turnpike roads ra
•listing from Lumpkin to the several
bridges upon the Hunnuhatchce
creek, so that tho farmers in the bill
distiict, (the most productive lands
in tbe county) can bring their cotton
here to market at any time, regard¬
less of the ruins and mud of the win
ter Seasou. A cotton market will
spring up here, and those w ho desire
to ship instead of selling, will have
direct communication with Savan
nab ; and planters living in th e ex
Ireme typer portion of the county
will have but u lew miles to go before
reaching a turnpike, which will give
them quick and easy transport to
Lumpkin, und of course uo one would
then be so reckless or unwise as to
think of ha iling a lo ul of cotton
twenty or thirty miles through mud
and quicksands und bottomless roads
reach C lumbus, which could not
pay a quarter of a cent more than
could be realized light here. “See¬
ing is believing,” and Columbus is
waiting to see the actual work begin,
then she will believe : then she can
put her hand in her wounded side,
and believe—and know—that tbe
game has flown.
On r X'lio ChaUiiliaochec,
We lmd a pleasant trip.from Flor
cnee lo Columbus ou last Sunday
evening, ou board tbe steamer Amos
llavs. Many plantation* were visible
fiorn the deck of the boat, and young
corn presented a thrifty, growing
appearance, and some of it was be
ing plowed out. In many fields cot¬
ton was coming up finely, and in a
few places tho chopping season be
ng commenced.
'J he river is iu fine boating cond :
tion, haying fallen some leu or fif
teeo feet since the last big rise, re
suiting irom the immense rainfall in
upper G«orgia during the last cyclon
ic period. The soft and varied tints
of the green banks of verdure along
he river are charming and delight
ful to the eye,while the river, in pur
suiug Hogarth’s line of beauty, i
constantly presenting new and at
tractive features to the scenery. The
Amos Hays is a splendid uew steam
or, strongly built ; aud iu the ur
rungemeut of tho berths and state
rooms, meets tbe wants and require¬
ments of the passing rs, and greutly
adds to their comfort and conven¬
ience.
The saloon is elegantly finished iu
trench porcelain aud gilt, and is
airy and commodious, aud ornament¬
ed with beautiful cbaudeliers.
Everything ab*ut the boat is kept
neat and scrupulously clean. The
officers of the Hays are gentlemen of
large experience iu their vocations,
polite, accommodating and attentive
to tho wants of the passengers. They
are so kind and agreeable that you
will br o mpcllud to feel pleasant
and cor for able.
The bill of fare is all that an epi¬
cure could desire. Just at this sea¬
son the table is provided with au
abundance of delicious vegetables
from semi tropical Florida, being n
full month iu advauce of our gardens
The Hays is complete iu all its ap¬
points, and one cau sleep with u feci
mg ef perfect security, without hav
iug Lis rest disturbed by dreams of
tbe ill-fated Everiughaui ; for ho
knows it is doubly guarded by vigi
lant aud sleepless watchmen. Dis¬
miss your fear-, your feelings of un¬
easiness. appreheusiou or insecurity
aud take a trip on the Amos Hays
and you will have a delightful time.
—Messrs, -Tohu Passer und Jobu
R >gers,o( this o.muiry, favor a heavy
tax on dogs. Out of 900 head of
sheep Mr. Pu.»ser cau only tiiAi 309,
aud out ol l,7tK) bead Mr. Roger*
finds ouly 1,309 The missing ones
have gone to the dogs .—Cochran
M ‘ssengcr.
<>cutlrul New* ItciHi,
—There were 267 deaths from
cholera at Calcutta last week.
—Watermelons of the presen cro
are being relieved at Key W g , F.or
lda.
—Over ten thou and emigrant:,
landed in New York in three days • f
a-*t week.
—The indications in the Cincinna¬
ti whisky war i* that the pool will bt>
maintained'
—The eastern counties of England
• xperianced a severe earthquake
shock on Tuesday.
—In the trial of Frank James, in
Huntsville, Aia, he is successfully
establishing an alibi.
—The Baldwin locomotive works
in Philadelphia, is reducing its force
o’ 3,000 to 2,U00 m»n.
—The twelfth week of the cotton
mills strike in New England finds no
change iu the situatiou.
-—The Effingham bank, in Illinois,
has been closed owing to the abfence
of the president with $30,000.
—Ttie price of real estate in Vicus
bn \ Miss., ha* advanced twenty per
cent duriug the last six months.
—Twelve miles of the Lake Chara
plain division of the Delaware and
H.idsou rjad have beea wushed
ttway.
— The reported destitution of th«
citizens of South Carolina upon in
vestigution proves to be without
foundation.
—Texas comprises 228 organ'zad
counties, and territory enough to
form 100 more without violating the
constitution.
—Prince Leopold, tho youngest
sou of Queen Victoria, died at Can¬
nes, I'm nee, very suddenly on the
28th of March.
—Selma has a ’Citizen’s Union.’
The object is to devise a prefect
plan to advance the growth and
prosperity of the city.
—The trial of Senator Kellogg,
charged with accepting illegal fees
while president, will curno up on
Tuesday of next week.
—Intense excitement exists in
Kentucky over the cow h ding of Su
peiior Court Judge Reid by lawyer
Corueilaon. Further trouble is ap¬
prehended.
—In Germany it costs $17 50 to
cultivate an acre of wheat, aud $14
iu the United States ; but the letuiu
per acre in the Ignited Slates is only
$14 30 against $22 75 in Germany.
—The members of six diff lent
families in Louisville were poisoned
by eating cake purchased from a
coufectioner. The poison was nrseric
but how it got into the caku is un
known.
—Gov. Ireland of Texas Lrr issu
ed u pioclamation restoring in •hc
bonhr counties the law against car¬
rying concealed weapons, which was
suspended in June, 1881, on account
of the hostile iucursiou of Indians.
—Twenty local prohibition bills
have been passed by tho Legislature
of Kentucky at its preseut sessiou, to
bo upp'ied to townships and school
district 0 , ond yet Kentucky is the na¬
tive Stale of tho \ittle brown jug.’—
Morning News.
- Sixty iudictmsnts nave been re
turned iu M.*cina county, Texas, for
fence uuttmt,. The District Attorney
believes he will be able to secure 200
indictments for fence cutting, fence
burning, perjury, aud conspiracy to
kill tbs Sheriff.
—M Pasteur and his collabora
tors have announced to the French
Acudemy of Sciences the fact that by
iuoculation they can render all dogs
absolutely proof against the effects
of rabies, in whatever way or quanti¬
ty Ibe virus may be administered.—
Scientific imerican.
—“University College of London,
which bus 500 boys iu attendance,
has been carried on from the first
without corporal punishment.” If a
few street Arabs from our town—who
could well be spared—were to be ad¬
mitted as pupils, iu less than three
months capital punishment would
have to be adopted.
—About 150,000 square miles of
fertile lauds have been reclaimed
from the morasses and swamps of
the Florida Everglades by an at¬
tempt to draiu tbe great Okeechobee
lake, which has been lowered seven
feet. A writer says ; 'I have seen
sugar cane growing where two years
ago the first drudge boat came to uu
cbor.”
—A circular issued by the signal
office relating to the detraction by
tornadoes in the southern states on
the 19th of February, mys ‘property
valued at from three to lour million
of dollars was destroyed, about ou«
ibousuud persous lost their live),
double that nnml>er were wounded,
aud between fi.teen and twenty thou¬
sand persons were left destitute.’
Gtt(t?{rlM Iutclliffinioc. i
—There are 200 white tax defuul
teia iii Henry county.
—A very fine Mica mine has been
discovered in Walton cot n'y.
—A force of fifty hands began work
at An lerm nvil.e this week on the
Buena Vista road.
—The State Sunday School Con*
vention has been i] session in Co*
luuibus this week.
—Columbus is making extensive
preparations tor the annua fireman’s
parade on May 7th.
—George S. Roach, of Way cross,
has sixty acres planted in wetemel
ous He was plowing them out for
the first time on the 14th.
—Capt George Litui-f >rd, a form¬
er conductor on the South Western
Railroad, committed suicide in Ma
• on <ast week He was nearly eighty
years of age.
—Is it possible that Gen. Gar
trell does not hear ‘be voice of the
people dem Tiding him to consent to
be governor again this year, or are
not t he peo[ le ci'iiiig —Morning
News
—There is sai i to lie a man cow
living in Wilcox county, 3a. who
had thirty-six nephews in the iate
war, all of whom, except three were
killed in battle. Fifteen of them
belonged to the same compauy.
—The Haralson Danner reports
great destruction by the rain storm
of last week. A number ot mills,
mill dams, bridges, water power gins
uui much fencing were swept away,
while the farms were harlully wrsh
ed. An ioea of the extent ot the
dan.age can he gained fn ui the fact
that lourteeii Li idgi s were either
wrecked or washed entirely away.
The number ol mills that shared the
same f.ite was eight.
—How the Q litruan New South
proposes to settle the dog question:
‘The papers here and there are con¬
stantly refening to the necessity of
the Legislature taking the matter in
hand and taxing dogs out ol exist¬
ence. Nothing has yet been doue
and probably will nut tor m my years
to coma. The Legislature cao do
this much at lost: pass a local op¬
tion law for Georgia, aud let each
county tax or not lax dogs, as the
tnaj U'iiy of the county shall decide a:
the polls. This seems to be the bus¬
iest way to settle a question that our
represent at ivts always manage to
dodge.
New Advertisements.
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Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of
purity, strength, aud wholesomono-is. More
economical th»u the ordinary kinds, and
cannot be sold iu competition with the
multitude of low test, short weight, nlnn.
or phosphate powders. Fold only in c-nun.
Ror.tL IUkixo Powder Co.. 106
AVnll-.it., New York.
CENTRALHOTEL,
BROAD STREET. COLUMBU .
— CENTRAI.LY LOCA TED —
First-Class Iu All Its Appointments.
Electric Bells In Every Room.
OiHca A Dining Room on First Flo.r
Best -accommodations iu the City.
• J W RYAN & Co.. Propr'a
CHAS. BROCKWAY, CUrk.
When You Go To
Columbus, stop at the
BROWN HOUSE
E. O. Brown, Prop.
JAMES W.LCWE, Clerk.
A pi. 26
DR. STRONG’S PIUS!
The Old, Well Tried, Wonderful
Health Renewing Remedies. fzS&Bi
STRONG’S ComnUint, SANATIVE PILLS the Bowel*.
Liver Regulating Purifying
the Blood, Cleaning for Sick from Headache, Malarial Taint. Coaatl|MUl«a A *er»
ftet earn
rTTiniVl-^r* nrnTtin l? r r?| r r~r -rnnrti. n r»t U
nervous system, and /riving vigor and health to every
New Advertisements.
CARGILL S
BULLETIN
-OF
Low Prices.
In order to sliow our
appreciation of the
continued increase
ot our trade this
season, and to
give every
purchaser
Tiie Fullest
For the Money, and iu this
Tho fol'owing are a few sample pri
ces and goods we propose to offer:
20.000 Yards of Good Prints at 3$c;
1,000 Yards 10 4 Peppered Shotting
at 25 ceutf; '
1,000 Yards 10-4 Pcppereli Sheet
ing (Seconds) at 22$ rente;
1,000 Yards 5 4 Pillow Casing at
12$ cents;
10 000 Yards Figured Lawns only 5<
5,000 Yards Black and Colored
Plain and Brocaded Dress
Silks from 25 cents a yard up.
These Goods we propose t( close out
an
Greal Sacrifice
Those who are iu search ot
CHEAP GOODS
Will not pais them.
Rick Rack Braid, 18 yard Pieces,
only 10 cents.
Feather Braid, full couut, ouly 35.
per dozen.
MONEY
Is the matt we want jo interview fi r
the next thirty da»s by a large ma
joi'ity, and in order to induce his
presence,
Big Bargains Every Day
Will be offered. THE PRICES ARE
STRICTLY FOR CASh OYER
THE COUNTER. If there is any
magnetism in
LO W CASH PRICES
We propose to give ns well as receive
some benefit from it.
JAS. E.
82 Broad Street,
Columbus, Ga.
l\ SbectS .fov Butterick H
’••We Paper Prtterns now n.
(Say yon saw this in Thu
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Headquarters For Stewart County !
KENNON & HU.
—DEALERS I$I—
o : R, O O H RIES,
142 IIKOAD STitEKT, COLUM DUS, fiA.
Mr J. A Sheppard is with ns aud will take great pleasure seeing all his ol d
friends. They need no introduction to 1 im and his promises to give them t-Llir e
satisfaction. The entire stock is new and fresh, b ugh from first hands for cas h
rherefore we are able to guarantee ns low prices as can be had.
Mr. J W. Coleman, from Stewart County, is also with us and will lie pleased
to see all his old f lends.
KENNON & HILL.
Clrn I r fa , > prd if if
DO NOT BUY
PIANO or ORGAN* A*
u
JHHS Iave Unti Secured You 0* 1 (
Prices & Terml n| ► \
FROM
EUFAULA, ALABAMA.
KNABE, FISCHER and PEA«*E PIANOS. t’LOUGH k WARREN and
8HONINGEK ORGANS.
Music Books and Sheet Music of All Kinds on Hand.
A pi 4 3m.
W, J. WATT,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Groceries and Plantation
SUPPLIES,
Comer Fader Rankin House, Broad & frawfordJSts.,
Columbus, Georgia. •
Agent For LUCY HINTON aDd other Brands of
TOBACCO mid CIGARS.
HARVEST WEEK
-AT
H. J. Thon&ton’s
SOUTHERN CLOTHIER & MERCHANT
I A1LQH, PCLUMBUS, 6A
He is closing out his linn ot
WINTER SUITS
- AND—
O VERCO AT S,
ASb GUARANTEE TRICES THE. OWEST IN COLIM .US.
20 Odd .Suits, .$15, Reduced to $10.
15 “ ii $ 20 ; tfc “ $13.
15 “ i $28; *• “ $20
30 Overcoats, $7 to $12; Reduced to $ G.
15 a $ 20 , “ $18.
5 ii 25, U “ 18.
Examine these Goods before bu /ing elsewhre.
S-, 1 1883
■EZCELSIOR!
o
'NO SHODDY CLUTILNG
Just Received by
G. E. THOMAS,
I have just returned from the North, where I have purchase ! a large atoek ef
Spung Clothing. On account of my constant!v increasing business and
carrying over very little of last year’s stojk, I have been compelled to
ma.-.e heavy purchases. While I sell at a low margin, 1_____ am not one
of those so-called merchants who pretend t" sell cheaper ilmn any ona
else, by offering old counter-worn goods that are dear at any price. My
Goods are
new, _____ handsome, and stylish
AND I HAVE
A Large and Attractive stock to Choose From
Bef ides my immense* stock of ready made c’othinp I have several *vd«*an4
samples of new goeds that I can havj made to’ order at short noti e.
Grand Opening This We2k. Come One, Ccme All,
G. E. THOMAS Clothier, Columbus.
Columbus, Ga , Octll 1882,