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Volume XXXVII.—No.
ALBANY. GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1883.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
, A PLEA FOR
| 31 ENT OF FLINT
i GEORGIA.
Forsyth had another 125,000 fire
last Saturday night. j Remark* of Hon. Wm. E. Smith, or
to b° Ge ° ! ’S It i la tha House of Repre
sentatives,
1880.
Gov. Stzphexs is reported
sighing for the old life xt Washington. '
We have often heard that ‘•an oak of j
the forest is too old to be transplanted | 0n - th '- VJI (H - a N °' 6J3S)
at fifty.** Three score and ten would
hardly improve its chances.
-The
Saturday, June 5th.
115
187
Transient advertisements must be paid for in-
advanee.
*11 advertisements musttske tbo run of the po-
:<*r unless otherwise stipulated by contract, and
then the following additional charges will be re-
ql ^-rVf*i^|"**rfy. : ' 10 per cent
Inside, next to reading matter 23 ** “
In Local reading color ns : : 30 ** “
Editorial notices other than calling attention
to new advertisements and local dodgers, 20 cents
Her line for first Insertion and 12J4 tor **cb sub
•equeot.
Hills vivertiaing aredue on the first sppear-
l.ice of advertisement, or wben presented, except
wheu otherwise contracted for.
II M. MCINTOSH A CO.
NEW JEWELRY STORE.
In onl- r to belter supply our many customers
of c'oiit.»'WC5t ticorgia, we have just fitted up an
elegant evabiishiuent at
IDS W M, Muii, Ha.,
Where will be found the finest stork of
WITCHES, JEWELRY,
SILVERWARE !
In that city. .Wr. J. El. AVILLIAHS,
or Newton, tia.in interested in this establish
ment, and will re pleased to hstc bis friends call
and examine our
ELEGANT STOCK !
Which is offered at prices much lower than has
orracrly prevailed.
J. P. Stevens & Co.
JEWELERS.
Evening Herald remark. :
“Suicide is loo popular in Georgia.
We ought to have a special iatv pro
hibiting suicide—a law similar to
those agamat lobbying and illegal
voting.’* This is “some sarkasm’’ with
as it were.
on rivers and
aid:
Savannah’s mortuary report for the
week ending January 26tli, 1883,
shows—deatl.s in the cily: whites, 9;
colored, 17; total, 36.. Ratio per
1,000—whi es, 19 6; blacks, 53.07.
Population—whites, 23,839; blacks, - - -
16,652; total, 40,491.
nuking appropriation
for the construction, repair, comptetien, and
preservation of certain *ons
harbors, and for other purposes.
Mr. Smith, of Georgia,
Mr. Chairman: I do not propose
to discuss the policy which obtains
of late of improving rivers and har
bors in the several Slates by the
General Government. It is sufficient
for my purpose to know that appro
priations have been made and will
continue to be made for these ob
jects so long ts this Government
stands. The question to be met is
not one of constitutional law or pro
priety, bnt of amount in dollars and
cents.
In Ut&diatrihution of Federal aid
to commerce and freight transpor-
r rivers and bar- _
hors, the State of Georgia, though i
LOVE’S Ain
Once, beneath a leaJy tree,
i>id a poet dreaming, lie; .
Would not lift his hea io see
Cupid, lightly roving by. .
Low he laid his drowsy head,
Murmured low in sleepy.craft,
“Let me feign that I am dead,
So shall 1 escape bis shaft"
Then the little laughing god
At u venture drew bis dow;
Where the arrow struck the sod,
Rosy flowers began to blow.
Can e a maid, a- come the bees,
Took the btosw ms for her part,
And the poet,on his knees
Found the arrow in his heart.
— Margaret Valey.
We were informed yesterday that
the Jacksonville Union sold oat on
Saturday last to the Times of that
city and that the new consolidation
will be known a* the Jacksonville
Times- Union. According to our in
formant the price paid was $30,000.
Last Thursday was the day set
apart by Congress for the delivery of
memorial addresses in honor of the
memory of Georgia’s great Senator,
nnd many fueling addresses were
made in both Houses A9 a rule all
of these were far better in tone and
sentiment than any similar addresses
ever before delivered.
trade on the Chattahoochee and the
Flint, the latter being only naviga
ble to Bain bridge:
No. of Artlcls. Votes.
Ujsso bales cotton SljmjOO
AOOTborreRflwr*~T“UL'. j5J©
* 46
Freight.
4UB3UOO
SSK£ffii
430-0: sets mea
51,<X>j pkgv ss»’td freight— ZfiOfiOO
1,592 10
2*000
12^00(0
6,260 SO
CO
00
16^0 OF
Total _
„.?5/90 9 9 899.982 90
A WINTER CARNIVAL.
Montreal Excited Over Coming Fes
tivities—Description or iho Ice
Palace, Now Completed.
Moutrea' FptcioL ~
The first winter carnival that has
ever been attempted in Canada will
be inaugurated there on the 23d inst,
and continued throughout the week.
The preparations for the event are
From these statistics we can gather complete, and no doubt is felt that
the'present trade on these rivers, and the affair will he a success. The
a very satisfactory idea of what it number of visitors from the chief
ill be when the Flint becomes nav- cities of the United Slates will be
igable from Montezuma to the jutic- large, to judge by the numerous ap-
tion; from Montezuma to the Gulf, plication for rooms in the first-class
When our population shall hare in- hotels. Many New Yorkers with
creased,and with its increase our their families have secured accom-
productions shall swell twice as modation, and the inn-kccpers are
great, with communication to the now leasing private houses for such
Atlantic * coast by rail and water guests as were not early in the field
communication with New Orleans for rooms. The carnival has excited
and the great West, we may expect to great enthusiasm lijerejand is under
realize that prosperous condition of the auspices of the'most influential
our section to which our .climate, citizens, who have taken, a deal of
soil, production, and advantages on* trouble so asto make all the arrange-
ti le us. , ni'.-nls *is perfect as possible. The
We may safely conclude, first, that
but-
SC'UAPS,
An Akron child swallowed a
tou-hook atjdslill survives.
A cnnnry-lined diamond of 55
carats is exhibited in New York.
The theatres of Europe arc now
1,457 in number, and Italy head* t'ae
list with 439.
The piistmaster at Powdel* Springs,
Ga., has been arrested for selling
po-tage stamps at. less than their real
value.
It imlst be a sad pleasure to David
Davis to reflect that no man can fill
the chair b.tF will vacate in the Sen
ate.—Graphic.
Having a chaplain for Congress
seems to-be a useless expense. lie
prays hard enough, but. it. doesn't
seem to do any good.
Gen U. S. Grant has been asketl to
accept of the presidency of the Na
tional Rifle-Association. Tfc is
thought that he will do so.
A parson in Philadelphia publishes
a marriage notice with this addition'.
“No fee for the minister. Empty en
velope dodge.’’
A girl employed as a spinner in a
Lowell null took the first prize offer
ed by the Boston Musical Society for
the best criticism of vocal and in
strumental music.
*T sravShsuh, the** eggs are very
small.’’ “Ye-, sir, iuey are sir; but
you can’t expect them to be very
iarge yet, sir. They’wero only laid
this morning, sir."—Fun.
QueonYictoria is a large real estate
owner in.-New York. An advance
in rents by her agent has changed
the tenants in a large block on Broad
way near Eighteenth streat.
The Rev. Joel Burlingame, father
of Anson Bur.ingaine, died last
week in J Uiuois,.at ill cage of eighty-
three years: Me was an energetic,
industrious than up to the day of his
death.
A Georgia photographer advises
people living'iu the country that as
smalt-pox is ah *ut to’strike, there they
should bring in the whole family to
.have their pictures taken before it is
.too late.
“S udciit;’ wants to kno.v what
kind of a bird was the dodo. From
• he fact that the species is entirely
extinct, we suppose it was the fabled
spring chi :ken, of which we still
hear so often and sec so never.—Ex.
There is a town in Iowa which has
- a population of 1,S0J. and twelve
distinct and seporate- church organi
zations. It is understood that they
will join in renting ar. oyster for use
duriug present season ol church sup
pers.—Chicago Tribune.
The Georgia Agricultural Conven
tion assembles iu Macon on the 20th
inst. What they arc to meet for does
not clearly appear. Toni Hardeman
nnd Colquitt have both been elected to
office, and this is an off-year in Geor
gia politics anyhow. Any slate they
make will be ceitain to be sponged
over a time or two beware another
campaign.
The Sesqui-Centennial bids fair to
rival Mardi Gras in aitracliveness
this year, and will undoubtedly at
tract an immense throng of visitors.
The Savannalt Recorder says:
“l he merchants as well as the sev
eral corporations are getting in readi
ness to have floats of useful and novel
designs for the SesquL Centennial
trade and business pageants. We
know of several floats that will attract
great attention and will be prepared
at considerable expense.”
Oua thanks are due to Senator
Brown for a copy of his speech in the
Senate on the 8th of January, on the
rights of the citizens of the late Con
federate States to the $10,000,000 now
in the Treasury, which is the pro
ceeds of the sale of their cotton and
other property seized by the agents of
the Government, the effect of the
President’s pardon on their rights con
sidered, etc.
The Dalton Argus, in la-1 Satur
day’s issue, sat s: “Corn has advanc
ed at Chattanooga, to 53 and 54 cents
a bushel.’* Dougherty county farmers
should begin to “hedge** on corn at
once. Farm work is greatly behind
hand, owing to unfavorable weather,
and the new crop will neces arily be
late in maturing this year. A spend
thrift extravagance with nature’s gifts
is characteristic of the Southwest
Georgia farmer, and greatly more so
of the freedmen.
nreton is almost pe<
with members of the Highland race.
Gaelic is commonly spoken iu the
country part*. Early in the century
one Scottish la’ird alone, Maclean, of
Co’i, removed to Cape Breton at his
i xpenses three hundred persons.
After New Year’s: Good chum
(to Hardman) '85, who has come in a
little hilarious:) “Why, George, I
thought you had (timed over a new
leal!'’ George: “Yes, sho [hick]
sho have, bift I’m just turn* back
t’look at th’ [hie] pictures.—Harvard
Lampoon.
In the dozen years since Dickens
fcdied, over 4,000.000 copies of his
'books have been Fold in Great Brit-
ian, and he is the author of whom the
elder Bennett once asked : “Who is
Dickens? Nothing but a reporter,
and I’ve got plenty of better ones on
the Herald.—*Ex.
Frauds Murphy, the famous tem
perance advocate, will soon return
to Philadelphia, after an ibsence of
nearly three years. His health is
said to be badly broken. He is
threatened with serious pulmonary
complications, and has lately spent on
that account much time in the Scot
tish highlands-but without the hope
[ of benefit.
A New York business man made
I $2,003,000 in successful ventures, but
|todo ihUhe labored almost night
I aud day, and died at the age of thirty-
Ifive from overwoik. Since then his
I widow has married a former lover,
Ewho had become a lazy tramp,
j Herbert SpencerJs gospel of relaxa-
I tion seems lo have some good points
- r ter all.—Philadelphia Hours.
We find the following item in a let
ter to the Times-Democrat, from its
correspondent “down the Mississippi,
on the Susip B.:
“Gen. Gordon, of Georgia, some
time ago purchased from the levee
board of this county (Bolivar
county, Mississippi,) 196,580 acres
of land at eight cents per acre,
the assessed value of which is $205,-
353 83. This he subsequently trans
ferred to an English syndicate, repre
sented by Byrou II. Evans, of Chicago.
This is doubtless the company that is
building the Atlanta and Mississippi
River Railroad, which is projected to
Greenville, Miss.”
A correspondent of the Mac3n
Telegraph and Messenger, over the
signature of “Georgia,” writes an able
and conclusive reply lo Seuator Jos
E. Brown’s' late letter to the Savan
nah Mews, defending the constitution
alifcy and policy of his donation to the
State University. In our opinion
“Georgia” uses a good deal of good
logic in support of a very few plain
and self-evident propositions. In
view of the discomfiture undoubtedly
felt by our senior Senator at the re
jection of his donation (/) and the ru
mors of a reconsideration of their ac
tion on the part of the General As
sembly, the communication is not out
of place however. Senator Brown
cannot successfully pose as a great
public benefactor, and be allowed to
affix his own conditions to his benefac
tions. His forte does not lie in that
direction. His occasional freaks of
liberality lack the flavor, the race, of
the genuine article.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Prob
ably few persons who, while traveling
in Florida and other of the : Gulf
States, had their attention attracted by
the vast quantities of gray moss hang
ing upon the forest trees, ever thought
that it wa* an important article of
trade. Yet it is very extensively used
in stuffing mattresses and chairs, and
its use is increasing every year. No
Southern native in the localities
where it grows remembers or even
heard of the time when it did not
grow, yet it seems never to have oc
curred to any one that it could be
made an article of commerce until the
Yankees went South daring the re
bellion. The trade in it began soon
after the war closed, but like inost
other such enterprises was of slow j
growth. The moss sent to market
was for some years mainly obtained
in Louisiana, but the trade gradually
entended to Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia and Florida. The finest moss
is said to be that which grows in Flor
ida. The gray moss is absolutely an
air plant, taking root and oerfecting its
fire aud substance in the pure at
mosphere. There is no danger of
the supply beiug exhausted, for as fast
as itjs removed -it reproduces itself.
Moss factjries are located in many
parts of the South to which the gath
erers take it, and are paid an average
pf one cent a pound.
_ _ . . mayor and city council have given
sparingly 1 rented heretofore, should ! there is a necessity for the improve- j the*proceedings their patronage aud
receive from this Congress a liberal j ment of Flint river; and, secondly, j active support, besides declaring the
amount in aid of her water high-| that it is susceptible of being made a 24th a civil holiday. Alarge fund
ways. While I am as much inter-j first class nnvigable stream at ai-basbeen subscribed by the citizens
ested in the appropriations for the small cost. j to meet the expenses, and all the
Savannah river, the harbor of the — ^ » 1 amusements will be entirely free to
port of Savannah, the Oconee river, Local Option and High License, j T i.j tors ant i t | ie public geuerallv.
the Ocmulgce river, the Coosa river, j indtaupoUa New*. T b e ice palace, which has just re-
and the ports of Brunswick and Da-; That earnest advocate of prolnbi- ceived the finishing stroke, will be
*** w tion, Dr. Gerrish, has come here as
rien, as any of my colleagues, still I
desire to press on the attention of the
Committee on Commerce and this
House speci tlly the necessity of a
further appropriation for the Chat-
tahoechee and Fliut rivers.
The Chattahoochee from Colum
bus, Georgia, to the junction is iu
fair boating order, aud several large
steamers are annually engaged in
the carrying trade, a business which
is constantly increasing. By the re
port of the engineer iu charge for
the year 1877, it will he seen that
there were transported on this river:
“cotton, bales, 31,730; value of mer
chandise, $5,796,800.”
Obstructions to navigation have
been removed, and all that is neces
sary now is for a sufficient annual
appropriation to keep the river in
good condition. The Flint, although
a magnificent river, and capab e of
being permanently improved, lias re
ceived but little attention either from
State or Federal governments. Some
time during the period from 1843 to
1848 the Slate of Georgia appropriat
ed $1,000 to improve its navigation.
This aiuout was expended under (he
directi> hi of Dr. L. B. Mercer, of
Lee county, who succeeded io im
proving the condition of one or two
shoals and demonstrated beyond con
troversy that the river was capable of
being permanently improved at a
small cost. The State did not'follow
np this appropriation, and the river
was ueglecled until 1878, when a
small sum was appropriated by Con
gress for a survey, from Albany to
the junction. This was obtained by
Hon. It. IL ^TbRoly. '.The river was
surveyed and the estimate for all im
provements was fixed at $118,105. In
1873 and 1874 no appropriation was
made. In 1874 and 1875 the sum of
$25,000 was appropriated jointly to
the two rivers, Chattahoochee and
Flint. The engineer in charge, in
his discretion, did no work on the
Flint, but expended the sum of $13,-
417.38 on the Chattahoochee.
In 1875-’76 the further sum of $25,-
000 was appropriated by Congress
for the improvement of both rivers.
Except to remove “all snags, logs,
and overhanging trees interfering
with navigation front the junction to
Bain bridge,” no work was done on
this river. iTie sum of $8,979.56 was
expended, ami the Chattahoochee got
the greater .share.,
In 1876-’77, iu August of 1876, the
further sum of $20,000 was appro
priated to both rivers. No work
was done on the Flint, but the sum
of $22,937.97 w»s expended on the
Chattahoochee.
In 1877-’78, during thisBscal year,
the working party ^begari ; at the
wharf at Bainbridge and worked
down to Lambert’s Island, seven
huudred aud sixty-three cubic yards
of rock an«i one hundred and sixty-
eight Jogs were removed'. .Tiie sum
of $21,647.57 was expended/and the
Chattahoochee received the lion’s
share. Seeing that the Flint was
neglected, 1 introduced a bill asking
for a special appropriation. This
received the sanction of the Commit
tee on Commerce, and an appropria
tion of $10,000 was made June 18,
1878, for the Flint alone.
In 1878-79 work was prosecuted at
Lambert’s Island, Broadaxe, Bray-
ant’s Rocks, Cross Chnte, and Bed
Bluff to completion.
The amount credited to Flint river
11,958.78
7,00 .00
18JKP.76
wa6—
On hand ..
Approp’d March 13,1879^^.
Amount expended
Amount available ............ 10,870.27
In 1879 andl880the working party
commenced at Fodder-stack shoals,
and was prosecuting the work np the
rirer, but working with but little
progress. The amount appropriated
this year (1880) is #10,000 for the
river from Albany to the junction;
and #10,000 from Albany, Georgia,
to Uontezuma. It will be seen that
the Chattahoochee river np to 1878
received nearly #70,000, while the
Flint received but little, and since
June 18,1878, the Flint has received
#27,000. From this amount a de
duction is to be made of expentorcs
for the fiscal years 1877 and 1878, of
#1,088.27. This is an official history
of the improvements on Flintriver.
Before the construction to Albany
of the Southwestern, Atlantic and
Gnlf, and Brunswick and Albany
Railroads. Flint river was onr main
reliance for the transportation of the
products of our soil to market. The
roads soon monopolized the carrying
trade, and our river was abandoned.
These corporations, instead of com-
>eting with eacli other in a fair bus-
ness manner for freight and pas
sengers, soon entered into a “pooling
contract,’’ by the terms of which one
road transnorts almost the entire
freight to and from our section and Have heresa
receives for it an agreed share of the the Legi’iiati
he told the Hewn yesterday, to be
“in at the death” of the amendments,
but he coincs expressing his beli f in
“a resurrection and a life,” aud his
determination in common with pro-
hibitiouists to begiu again with a
zeal encouraged by defeat. Should
the doc'or’s death diagnosis be cor
rect, we ask him anil all prohibi
tionists lo come and let us reason to-
getlicr and see if it would not be
wise lo propose to ilic Legislature
for action the policy stated in the
caption of this editorial: “Local
option nnd high license.’’ Local op
tion has been a success wherever
tried. Locii option is in. harmony
with the true principles of onr insti
tutions. It is a local expression of
the majority. Its enforcement is lo
calized directly where the prepon
derance of sentiments j. in jiK favor.
It is not the sentiment of a rural
district imposed upon n cily, or even
of ime city ward 'imposed upon
another. It is the expres-ion o! the
people themselves directly concern
ed. Il lakes the whisky question
out of polities, where it corrupts
and works harm, and puts it square
ly into the every-day life of ti e peo
ple, to lie there dealt with as the-
people desire, it is constant in its
operation. Il is gradual. It goes no
faster than the weight of opinion
calls for it; and keeps puce with it
as the mercury in the tube follows
the temperature of the air. It is an
educator from year to year, and as it
spreads it confines saloons to closer
limits, and breaks the saloon sys
tem as a factor, and a most coriupt-
ing and dangerous factor, in poli
tics. It gives saloons life in a com
munity tuat wants them to live and
that supports them, and it cuts them
out from a community that does not
want them. Thus it is doubly fair
to tbe saloons and to tiie people. It
does not on the one hand compel
the saloons to cease to exist where
they are desired, and it docs not on
the other hand allow them lo exist
when they are not desired. Noth,
ing could be more just and equita
ble, nothing more democratic, noth
ing more in harmony with the genius
of our institutions and the disposi
tion of our people, aud nothing haB
ever been or can be more successtul;
for its success has been aud is per
fect We urge this open the temper
ance folks, upon the Legislature,
upon both political parties.
Along with this or part of it is tbe
question of a high license; a ques
tion so full of virtue as to be its own
reward. It has been tried in Ne
braska for a year and a-half with
the most beneficent results. It is a
perfect success. Briefly it is a State
law which places the license lor the
sale of intoxicating liquors at #1,000
iu cities of the first class having over
10,000 population, and $500 iu cities
of the second class having a popula
tion less than 10,000. A bond of
#5,000 is requireu of every applicant
for a saloon license and the names of
30 resident freeholders of the town
or precinct setting forth that the
applicant is a man of respectable
character and standing, and a resi
dent of the State: Previons to this a
law requiring a license of the same
amount was in existence in Omaha,
and bad been for six yean, bn t it
was only a municipal ordinance,
merely permissible under State law,
and it never was at auy time of its
existence enforced as the State law
of the same kind has been enforced
every hour ofits existence. Whatis
the result which the year and and
a-half of trial has demonstrated ? In
Omaha, l city of 30,000 inhabitants,
where the same municipal ordinance
had existed, the State law has re
duced the number of saloons from
150 to 90, and the latter coiitribnte
#90,000 (instead of #25,000, aB for
merly,) for the maintenance of
schools, which was previously levied
upon tiie real and personal property
of the city. The proceeds from this
State law, be it said, are set aside for
the school fond. In small towns
where there were formerly eighteen
or twenty low doggeries there are
now but two or three reputable and
law-abiding saloons. There is less
drunkenness, less poor liquor sold,
and less loafing and rowdism. In
quite a number of of towns, ranging
in population from 500 to 3,000 peo
ple, prohibition exists. It may be
seen from this that the law is one of
local option, high license, and pro
hibition. And that is just what we
urge for Indiana, writing as we do,
upon the supposition that the pro
phecy advanced by Dr. Gerrisli as
to tbe death of the amendments is
correct, and that this declaration that
the temperance people intend to go
in the old way is also correct. We
beg of them to consider what we
have here said. We respectfully ask
pool.” The otl
carrying alight freight, participate
also in the “pool.’’ ThU practice
prevents fair business competition,
and encourages the road3 to dictate
at will tlieir own tariff of rates.
Thus,whcn we had a free water out
let to the Gnlf coast we shipped our
cotton at a rate of from 20 to 25
cents per hundred pounds. But re
cently, under the “pooling system,”
we had to pay the railroads from 65
to 90 cents per hundred pounds.
This extortion demanded relief at
once, aud onr people again turned
their attention to the. river, and to
legislation. With a navigable river
we hope stleast to hold-tliese “pool
ing’’ railroads to moderate rates of
freight.
Tbe counties contiguous to the
river, as fzr as surveyed, to-wit,
Baker, Calhono, Colquitt, Decatur,
Dooly, Dougherty, Lee, Miller,
Mitchell, Sumter, Taylor, Terrell,
Thomas, Worth and Macon have
959.845 acres of impioved land and
1,548,319 acres yet to bo improved.
These counties, bv the census of
1870, produced 89,363 bales of cot
ton, 116,451 pounds of wool, 343,101
bushels of sweet potatoes, 226,349
bushels of corn, besides peas, syrup,
&c., and since then there has been a
geueral increase of these productions.
The report of the engineer in charge,
of 1878, contains s statement of the
re of the the Legislature to. consider it, and
though we desire to enlist all people in the
rticipatc cause. If there are any good and
sufficient objections to it, such as will
be commended by fair minded, prac
tical people, people in earnest in set
tling most justly and most wisely, and
most effectively, this vexed question,
aud getting from the solution the
greatest possible good, they do not
occur to us. Why then shall we not
take this way oul ?^
Hysterics, a melancholy symptom
of serious monthly troubles, are
cured by (he use of English Female
Bitters.
one of the most unique features of
the many novel sights. It occupies
a. site in Dominion square in the
very heart of the city, on a com
manding eminence, and will be the
rallying point for the pastimes for
the week. This building is expected
to solve interesting problems as to
tiie hearing strength of blocks of ice
and their compressibility under
strong pressure. The extent of the
structure is about 100 feet square
with towers fifteen feet each way
and thirty feet high at each angle, the
connection between the latter being
walls twenty-five feet high. From
the center of the building has risen a
tower over 100 feet high and thirty'
two feet square. Tiie blocks of ice
used in the building were cut in the
St. La » fence ami are as dear as crys-
tH. In' size llicv average forty
inches in length, twenty inches in
breadth, and from fourteen to twen
ty inches in depth. They were piled
on cneh other by means of derricks,
water being thrown' upon them
front the city mains, which instantly
is congealed under Ihe influence of
die low temperature, leaving a solid
mass apparently as strong and dura
ble ns marble. It is even more beau
tiful than the 1 tter under the spark
ling brilliancy of the noonday sun.
The architect has taken scientific ob
servation from i he start to measure
the changes, if any, in the dimen
sions. So far there has "been no va
riation detected, and the greatest
confidence is felt in the stability of
the structure. It lias been noticed
by observers how readily and quick
ly ihe various pieces ot ice became
frozen together under pressure, and
without even the assistance of water.
An eminent author remarks in the
press that “this j-egeiition explains
die eurions accommodation of gla-
ciers.to the channels through which
they pass, presenting a striking simi
larity in their effects to the viscidity
of liquids ” The quantity of ice re
quired for the building was belweeu
forty and fifty thousand cubic feet.
The whole structure—the towers as
welt ms the main building, has been
roofed witli cedar boughs saturated
with water. The facade is adorned
with statues sculptured out of ice by
a local artist. On each side of the
main entrance is an arctic lint built
of ice also. The interior as well as
tiie exterior of the palace will be il
luminated with the electric light and
will present as curious a sight at
night as by day. Some two hun
dred men have been engaged in cut
ting ice and laying the blocks for
some weeks past, material aid hav
ing been given by tbe leading cou
nselors of the city in order to get
the work finished in good time. Tbe
result achieved has fairly antonished
every one, and trives an earnest of
what wili be accomplished hereafter
at future carnivals, wben still more
pretentious and elaborate buildings
will be attempted.
The programme of winter sports is
as follows: Tuesday, Janaary 23d,
inauguration of the ice palace, Do
minion square; inauguration of the
new tobogganing hill under the di
rection of the Montreal Toboggan
ing club. Wednesday, 24, civic hol
iday; morning, curling bowspiel;
afternoon, sleigh parade, snow-shoe
steeple chases; evening, snow-shoe
tot chlight procession by members of
forty snow-shoe clubs. Thursday,
January 25, continuation of curling
bowspiel; afternoon trotting and
other races on tbe River St. Law-
recce ; evening, fancy-dress carnival,
Victoria rink. Friday, January 26,
afternoon, skating races and games on
the St Lawrence and horse racing
on tbe new track on the river; even
ing, ball at the Windsor hotel;
snow-shoe dobs’ concert at Queen’s
hall. Saturday, January 27, after
noon, meet of the Montreal Tandem
club, snow-shoe races on lacrosse
grounds, excursions on the >aiiway
across the St. Lawrence, a la crosse
match on skates.
All the club-rooms of the city will
be thrown open lo visitors daring
the week.
The torchlight procession will
probably be the most inspiring
and grotesque feature of the
week’s revelry. Il comprises some
2,000 members of snow-shoe dabs
belonging to the city and vicinity.
The members will be equipped in
their national costume, and will pre
sent a fine sight. .The ball will out
shine anything ever seen in Canada
before. "The weather, of course, will
be an important element in the suc
cess of the ont-door sports. Little
apprehension, however, of a change
is felt, as the time selected for the
carnival has besn specially chosen
as the best and most settled of the
winter.^ _
GEORGIA’S GROWTH.
marvelous Statistics Slio-wlnz tbe
Increase In Acrleultural Products
In Twelve Tears.
Speci*] to Eoqnirer-San.
Attgusta, Ga-, January 25.—The
Chronicle will publish in the morn
ing from Commissioner Henderson,
statistics showing the marvelous
agricultural growth of Georgia, and
contrasting the products of 1870 with
those of 1882. The State sho ws over
200 per cent, increase in corn, 600 per
cent in oats, 200 per cent, in wheat,
75 per cent, in rye, 100 in Irish pota
toes, 800 in cane and sorghum, 400 in
sweet potatoes, aud a similar in
crease in. the yield of other farm
and garden products. In 1870 Gcor-.
CEXEBAL It JEWS.
Ill 1863 Kentucky produced a little
over 800,000 gallons of whisky,' and
last year over thirty million gallons.
-It would seem that Ihe internal
revenue tax does not hart the liquor
business.
Way cross Reporter-. Our people
are making preparations to plant
meilons and other truck for market.
This is a step in the right direction,
and will pay them well.
Perry Home Journal: Though
occasionally a drunken man is seen
in Perry, and many jugs come here
by express, the fact is apparent'to all
observers that liquor prohibition has
proven beneficial to Honston county
and every town therein.
Eastman Times: Quite a number
ot onr naval store manufacturers have
recently returned with a new supply
of laborers from North Carolina and
Virginia. Some of these hands have
already skipped—after having their
fair paid out here by their emplyer.
Post-Appeal-. It is announced
thal small-pox iu Chattanooga is vir
tually stamped out. Since our South
ern cities have adopted vigorous
sanitary measures they have enjoyed
comparative freedom from epidem
ics. The old fashioned way of giv
ing an epidemic full play until it ran
its course is no longer countenanced.
Savannah Recorder: A Western
paper yells, “Where are all the mar
riageable young men?” .We don’t
know where they are, but a good
many of them were loanng yesterday
in Wright square, and were playing
keno and shaking for the beer in sa
loons last night.
Worth Star: In purchasing land
before closing the trade, wet the end
of your finger and rnb some of the
oldest links of the chain of titles with
it. If the age rubs off you may know
you have struck a “clay bank.” In
siich cases it is best to leave the trade
as wide open as possible.
The programme for the Sesqui-
Centennial at Savannah contains the
following queer item: “Between 10
and 11 o’clock a. m., the vessel con
taining Gen. Oglethorpe and the col
onists will arrive. They will land at
the foot of Broad street, and will be
escorted to the battery, where they
will be received by the Indians, and
the speech of congratulation and
friendship delivered to Ihe Yama-
craws.” by Oglethorpe.
There are 40,000 square miles of
almost unbroken forrests in North
Carolina, comprising pine, cbesnut,
oak, maple, beech and hickory tim
ber in their finest growth. It is es
timated that in ten years the timber
alone in North Carolina will exceed
in value the present total valnation
of all the property in the S’ale, in
cluding land. The State grows nine
teen varieties of oak, and its pine for
ests are ot the heaviest. The build
ing of new railroads will rapidly
open this region to the Northern and
Eastern lumber markets.
The Thomasrilie Times, speaking
of the financial condition of that,
prosperous city of Southern Geor
gia, says: “Notwithstanding the ex
traordinary expenses of the past year,
there is no w in the treasury #1,054 73;
while tbe available assets of the city
amount to #1*217 94 over and above
all liabilities. The finances of tbe
place have been managed most ad.
mirabiy and successfully. Thomas-
vill is financially solid—and don't
yon forget it’’
Tbe Editor of the Thomasville
Times has been to Tallahassee. The
following item gives a thrilling ac
count of one of the dangers of his
trip. Just suppose the yonng man
had come to Albany: ;While in
Tallahassee last week we saw the
“Tallahassee girl.” In fact we saw
several Tallahassee girls. And they
were jost like their sisters elsewhere,
charming—ouly a little more so.
There’s a charm about a. Tallahassee
girl which brings on a kind of gone
ness,’so to speak; a sort of a col
lapsed, wilted state—or condition of
servitude;—that species of slavery
whose chains are golden, whose
bands are silken, and whose prisoti
house is lighted np by beauty’s lus
trous eyes.
gvofcssiawtl Cfavils.
U. A. VASOV. A. H. ALFIUENli
VASON A- AEFRLEXI)
Attorneys at Law.
Active
ALBANY, GA.
- . siren to col-
general business, Practice
m all the courts.
Office over Southern Express office, oppo
site Court House. iant~atf
*r. T. JONES,
JESSE W. "WALTERS-
JONES & WALTERS
Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY, GA.
Office over Centro. 1 Railroad Bank.
palMy
James Callaway,
Attorney at Law
CAMILLA, GA
war.
Trowbridge & Hollinhead
DENTISTS,
.VAYCROSS, - - - - GEORGIA
Teeth extracted without pain. All work
arranted. Terms moderate. Will go any-
here on B. A A. and S. F. A W. Railroads
qpl8-13m
S- <7. ODOM,
Attorney-at-Law,
. (Office in the Coart House)
ALBANY, GA
^yiLL represent clients in the Albany cir-
Collectlons a specialty. dec6-dltw l y
Sheffield k Bell
Have now on hand for the coming •
, a complete stock of
WATT PLOWS,
One and Two-Horse,
With all the atttachments. We ore also agents for the
1 liekoiy Wagons!
-.A.:isr:D-
THE ALBANY HOUSE!
Herrick Barnes,Proprietor
Albany, Georgia.
rrthis House is well furnished and in ev-
JL ery way prepared for the accommo-
Jation of the traveling public. Entire sat
isfaction guaranteed. The table is sup
plied with the best the country affords,
and the servants are unsurpassed in po
liteness and attention to the wants oi
quests. Omnibuses convey passengers tc
tnd from the different railroads prompt-
•j, free of charge. Charges to suit tht
imes. sep29 tf
EAR for the MILLION
Foo Cloo's Saliim of Shark's Oil,
PosttiTetyBl
m i m rim emirs
CELEBRATED BRANDS,
Rifle and Ducking Powder.
e Haring, and
r Absolute Cure forDeuT-
ness Known.
and is the
Fire In Cochran, Ga.
Macox, Jan. 23.—A special lo the
Telegraph and Messenger, from
Cochran, states that a fire this morn
ing, at 4 o’clock, consumed the stores
occupied by Beachum & B:o.,
Baron, Stokes & Thomas, confection
eries, J. B. Can-oil & Co., drugs,
AYesser, grocery, B. B. Ponnds,
butcher and grocer, T. D. & H. L. ! diminished acreage. The crop of
■Walker, druggists, W. Baker, Baron j 1880, was raised on -2.617,138 acres,
& J. McKaffan, dry goods. McKaf- j while that of 1882 was raised on
fan and Messrs. Walkers saved a ; 2,355,425 acres. Horses have in-
large part of their stocks iu a dam- creased 20 per cent., mules 51 per
aged condition. The loss on build- ; cent., milk cows 36, other cattle 32,
ings was #10,000, on stocks #30,000. | sheep 26 and swine 49 per cent Iu
Covrper and John Gilpin.
A. P. Russell.
“The diverting history of John
Gilpin,” the production of a single
night, was, to repeat, written by
a man who lived in perpetual
dread ot eternal pnnishment; and
while it was being read by Hender
son, the actor, to large audiences in
London, its anthor was raving mad.
Sonthey, in his fine biography of the
poet,"says that Henderson read Iu
crowded audiences in London, all
through Lent, John Gilpin, at high
prices. “The ballad, which had be
come the town talk, was reprinted
from the newspapers, wherein it had
lain three years dormant. Gilpin,
passing at fall stretch by the Bell at
Edmonton, was to be seen at all print-
shops. One print-seller sola six
thousand. What had succeeded so
well in London was repeated with
inferior ability, but with equal suc
cess, on provincial stages, and the
ballad became in the highest degree
popular before the author’s name
became known.” The last reading
to which Cowper listened appears
to have been that of his own works.
Beginning with the first volume,
Ur. Johnson went through them, and
lie listened to them in silence till be
came. to John Gilpin, which he
begged not lo hear. It reminded
him of cheerful days, and of those of
whom he could not bear to think.
“The grinners at John Gilpin,” he
said, “little dream what the author
sometimes suffers. How I hated
myself yesterday for having ever
wrote it!” On his death-bed, when
the clergyman told him to confide in
the love of the Redeemer, who de
sired to save all men, Cowper gave
passionate cry, begging him not
to give him such consolations. To
our ignorant eyes it looks. strange
that the author of our best and most
ropnlar hymns should bare thought
lis sins unpardonable; should have
believed himseif already damned.
This Oil Is abstracted Cram peculiar species of
small Willie shark, caught In the yellow
Sea, known aa Ca*ch*kodos Roxdeletu. Ev
ery Chinese fisherman knows it. It* virtues as a
restorative of hearing were discovered by a Budd
hist Priest about the year 14C0. Its euros were ao
numerous and many ao seemingly in Ira c-
lons, that Ihe remedy was officially proclaimed
over the entire Empire. Its use became so uni
versal that for over 300 years no Deafness
Iras evlsted among the Chinese people.
Sent, charges prepaid, to any address at Si per
Hear What the Deaf Say.
It has performed a miracle in my ease.
x have no unearthly noises in my head and
hear much better.
I hare been greatly bt
deafness helped a
“Its virtues are
% great Jeal—think another
botkfiom experience and observation. Write at
to Katlock & Jk»izt, 7 Dey Strret, New York,
SI 00, and yob will receive by return a
■twill enable j— *- «-—*«-
, rhoee curative#
Yon will never regret doing so.”—*
remedy that will enable you to hear like anybody
else, and whose curative effects will be permanent.
49»To avoid lorn in the Mails, please send
money by Registered Letter.
Only Imported by Haylock It Jenney
(Late Hatlocx A Co.)"
Sole Agents for America. 7 Dey St., N. Y
Ulanta Female Institute,
ATLANTA. GA
T>E ACHTBEE Street, opposite
AT Mansion. The exercises of
will lie resumed on Wednesday. £
. experienced teachers.
The object of this institution is to afford the
advantages of a thorough education embrac
ing Primary, Intermediate, Academic and
Collegiate Departments. Special attention
given to the study of Music. Modern Lan-
ww-ww— w j Art. Native
SeSSftES:
ti. Forclrcn-
™* PP j5es. J. W.ItAI AltO, Principal.
augl—dlt-flmw.
The music
department is under the
of Prof. Alfredo JJariit.
BUT OUR ENGINE IS
iCOra Man*6eld. Ohio.
TUTTS
la com]
EXPEOTOBfilT
Breech and Muzzle
LOADING SHOT GUNS.
CARTRIDGES
Brass and Paper Shells
Always in stock at
SHEFFIELD & BELL,
-1 ygipril
BROAD STREET. ALBANY, GA.
h,F. T/iT.
8. O.
KVIK
TIFT & IRVIN,
ALBANY, - - - - GEORGIA,
DEALERS IN
Sash, Cement,
Doors, Lime,
Blinds, Hair,
And Builder, s
AGENTSjFOB
Western Paint and Roofing; Co.’s Non-
Corosive Paint,
WHICH WE SELh UNDER A STRICT GUARANTEE
Laths,
Plaster
Paris,
upplies.
imposed
, which l*
of Herbal and J
expectorate* tbe acrid mniirr
thateoHectoiatbe Bronchial Tubes, and farms a
soothing coating, which relieves the ir
ritation that CAitoes the cough. It
Slight colds often end in
u It is dangerous to neglect
them. Apply the remedy promptly. A
test of twenty ytnrs warrants the assertion that
no remedy has ever been found that fa as
prompt iaitseffectsssTOJTS EXPECTORANT.
A single dose raises the phlegm, subdUt*
i'-.flunmation.nud its nro speed:1 > ctiri** themo-t
obstinate opagh. A pleasant cordial, chil
dren take it readily. For Croup ft h
invaluable nnd should bn in every fomihr.
In aiFc. and Si Bottles.
Severe, Yefc Droll.
Albany Journal (Rep.)
There is no use in blinking the
fact that the Republican party is in
a position of extreme peril on the
tariff issue. The timid action of the
Republicans in Congressional cau
cus shows that they are conscious of
the danger. They know, on the one
side, that the people demand relief
from war taxation, and a thorough
gia raised 473,934 tales of cotton, reviswn and sealing down of tiie
Iu 1880 the State raised814,441 bales | \ anfL 0n ' h f. olber hand, they fear
nearly 100 per cent increase in ten ! P ower °( ^ ie orgamzerl and op-
years, ranging as
TUTT’S
TTlls
ACT DIRECTLY ON THE LIVER*
Cures Chills and Fever. Dyspepsia,
Sick Head ache, Billons Colic, Constipa
tion, Rheumatism, Piles, Palpitation oi
the Heart, Dizziness, Torpid Fiver, and
Female Irregularities. If you do not “fei 1
very well,” a single pill stimulates Ike stomach,
restores the appetite, impnrUTigor to the system.
A NOTED DIVINE SAYS:
Do.Tuxx:— Dear Sirt For ten years I have
been a martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation and
Tiles. Lost springyonrirfna were recommended
tome; I nssd them (but with little faith). Iam
now a well nan, have good appetite, dictation
perfect, regular stools, pil^s gone, and I havo
gained forty ponnds solid flesh. They ore worth
thsir weiffht in geld.
REV. R. L. gPtPgOX, Louisville, £y.
~ York.
’ Useful)
tfOSTETTElft
the second pro-1 manufacturers, who, under the ;
duct State? In 1882 the cotton pro- blackmail Ihe public and ;
duction grew lo 925,443 bales, the threaten political death to the polm- j
increase being accomplished with mans or the paitv which interfere?
—- with their monopoly. Between these |
contending forces the Republicans in
Congress falter and hesitate. We
look to Arthur to give themcour-j
ago to march ahond.
All parties hold policies in the Flor
ida company, amounts not yet ascer
tained. The origin of the tire is not
known, but is supposed to have been
incendisrv.
1870 Georgia bad 70,000 farms; in
1880 she had 139,000. The estimated
value of the farm production of 1870
was $80.000,000; in 1880 it awollcd
to #125,000,000.
ZCasatafacfciared. "by -fclie
COLUlfBUS IRON WORKS,
COLUMBUS, GA.
THE BEST IN USE.
FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS.
GE1TEHAL
L*.
9
AGEITT.
TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, Etc.,
We tak. pleasure in announcing to the citizens of Albany aud
opened a
surrounding country, that we have
SHOE AXTD HAT HOUSE !
dtr or Albany, and solicit a portion of their patronage. We shall keep constenlivon hand th
en lawdnSthef '“ :eSt * Dd m0 " 1 a PI> r <' Tpd ■•.'“» for Ladies ami Gentlemen, MiSL^T and
STOGA BOOTS AND HEAVY BROGANS !
in Ihe citi
nicest ant
Children,
and Polka for the laboring cla-
Miss Pike living near Talladega,
Ala., and Mr. Thomas Hay9 weie
married at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday
night. At 9 o’clock the aame night
she eloped with a young man named
Rucks, one of the guests.
BlffEBS
rfostetter’s Stomach Bitters gives steadi
ness to the nerves, induces a healthy, nat
ural flow of bile, prevents constipation
without unduly purging the bowels, gen
tly stimulates the circulation and bv pro
moting a % igorou» condition of the' phys
ical system, promotes, also, that cheerful
ness which is the Truest indication of a well-
balanced cond'Mnn of all the animal powers
For Sale b all Druirgisu and Dealers
generally
Jr. W. 71. KEY, assisted by Hr. N. J. CRL'GEB
will be in charge of this branch of jur business, aud, as our aim is to please, we guarantee «^ati,lae ,
tion to al< who may favor us with their patronage.
SINGLETON, HUNT & CO.
Aloanv, G3., September 9:h. <SS2-dtf
S, W. GUNNISON,^
Has enlarged|hia bud ness, and is uowtofening tbe largest stock of
Hardware, Crockery, Stoves,
HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS, ETC.
ever .had duriogh;s JoDg business career in Albany.
signs in
Call and see the handsome ne
CHINA, GLASSWARE, ETC., ETC
ACENT FOR TALBOTT it SON’S STEAM ENGINES. BOY D|XI
PLOW, MIAMI POWDER CO.. AND JOHN vltPl
4T
i
INDSTINCT PRINT
IRON
RANGE.
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