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VOL. 5.
THE EAGLE.
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THE EAGLE
Is published at Statesboro, Bullock coui
ty, Georgia, on every Thursday, at one d«
lar a year. Statesboro is the county sif
and is situated in a fine fafming sectic
Bullock has a population of about 1
000, three-fourths of whom are the wlp It
people. It is admitted that it is
farming county in Southeast Geotv.
It the is solidly Democratic, being knowjs
“Banner County.” The farmerae
industrious and enterprising, aud «>
year adds to the wealth and populat
of the county. A railroad is projeef
from Dover, on the C. R. R., to tl
county site, which, when completed, wi
add greatly to the convenience and pre
perity of the county.
The Eagle is the official organ of t
the county, and has a large and incre:
ing circulation. Its aim is to aid i
things that tend to the advancement
the people and the upbuilding of t
county. As an advertising niediui
The Eagle cannot be excelled. T
merchants of Savannah, Augu ta at
elsewhere, get trade from the count
and the city merchants, as well as t
county merchants, will find it to th
advantage to advertise their business
the columns of TnE Eagle.
We- w , keep on hand, , , for f sale 1 at t ij
prices, Justice Court Summons, Exqf
tions, Blank Deeds, Mortgages, &c. bed] (/
Job work of all kinds neatly,
folly and promp.l, ,lo„, at prlca.
BnM Conn!? Direclo
Judge Superior Court—J ames
Hines.
RAIi ^ Oscar __ H. T R
er f;
Stenographer— J. A. Brannen.
Clerk— J. E. C. Tillman.
Sheriff— S. J. Williams.
Court convenes the 4th Mondays
and October.
Ordinary— A. R. Lanier
Monday in each month.
Tax Collector— Francis Akins
Tax Receiver—W. B. Akins
Treasurer —Geo. R. Beasley.
Coroner— D. _C. Proctor. !
County Surveyor— R. H. Cost
44th (Sink JUSTICE COURTS, Ru-hJ f
P., Hole)—John Satf
Jimps P. O. Court, 1st
45th (Club House)—Geo. Trap J.
P., P., Metter Metter P. P. O. O.; Court, Simeon 2d WafN Sals
P.. 46th Rocky (Lockhart)—R. Ford F. Strif N. J.
P. O.; II. M. llur , 4 -■
I-.P O, Court,
3
47 riar Patch)— mvn J.
P., P. O,; C. A. Sprricr, N. P.J
Arcc >. Court, 4th Saturdays.
48feins)—J. G. Cljitty, J. P
Mill , O.; W. H. McLean, N. P.,
Mill 12ftatesboro)—E. O. Court, 2d C. Saturdays.
P., f P. Court, Moseley, J.
iro O. 3d Mon¬
days
13 ton)—Madison H. Lanier, J. P.,
Blov .; J. Scarboro, N. P.,
Bloy Court, 1st Fridays.
18 )—John Elias Donaldson, J. P.,
Harv Hsrvio. O.; Hughes, N. I\,
Court, 3d
SESSIONAL CARDS.
It. J.'s, J. A. Dkannen,
Sip, Ga. Statesboro, Ga.
\kMS & BRANNEN,
Ataevs nt Law,
ATESBORO, GA.
Wi oe in all the Courts of the
Midd it.
C. SORRIER,
i^la, Oeorg-ia,
-AGENT FOE
Fird Li Insurance,
TnK COUNTIES OF
Bui and Tatnall.
U McLEAN,
XJtsT T X S T
TfiR, GEORGIA.
STATESBORO, GA., THURSDAY APRIL 18, 1889
.
SCHEDULE.
entral Railroad.
In effect January 8th, 1889. Standard
t|e, 36 minutes slower than sun time.
L| •A Savannah.....7 B CO 20 p aaaaaaas
f Macon........ 1 40 p B SO 15
‘^Atlanta. ‘fAugusta..... 11 43 a B CO 35
I ..... 5 40 p B fr* 30 a
lolumbus..... |> 05 a
‘Birmingham “Montgomery.. .. 10 p
‘Bu faula...... 11 10 a
4 20 a m 3 30 p
G 3 7 15 p m
“Augusta......13 “Macon....... 10 B 11 00 p m
ArSavannah 33 9 10 p m
t 5 6 15 p m
Ira n leaving Savannah at 7.10 a. m.,
arrives at Oliver at 8.37 a. m.; at Out¬
line., 9.00; Millcn, 9.45.
Train leaving M vcon at 10.30 a. m.,
land, arrives 0.09 at Ogeechee at 3 p. m.; at Out
p. m.; at Oliver at 3.34 p. m.
The Milieu accommodation leaves Sa¬
vannah at 5.40 p. m., arrives at Guyton
6.40 p. m., at Ogeechee 7.50 p. m., at
Millen 8.25 p. m. Leaves Millen at 5.00
a. m.; arrives at Ogeechee at 5.35 a. m.:
at Outland 5.44 a. m.
John S. Bordley, E. T. Charlton,
T. A. G. P. A.
Savannah, Ga'
Popular--Reliable
TiSEITZm
—DEALER EC AND MANUFACTURER OF—
PRINTERS’ SUPPLIES,
32 W. MITCHELL ST.,
Atlanta, « GJ-eorgia.
Deal with the Manufacturer and Gel
the Largest Discounts !
A Guarantee With Sale!
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The Falla and Winter U,«. a.ock season of of Ge..’., 1888-9, Youth-,, finds us a«*s^ual ObUo.et, *ith an extraordfnarj 1
SUITS, GARMENTS WUHHeNTS ANu Mr^lMIMWUV
And, as „ heretofore,'No House in the trade offer A
can
miiTn r, ° ur suits ■ all attractive materials, elegantly made up
nn j , cover the seat we give perfect custom fits without ex
cnarge. S 1 our Jt °wn always tailoring dm-rest to have each suit go out as a spooial adver
is to o
Dsement in itself. begin show
Widsolu- . e know that no Southern house can to as varied
or Pasb ionable OVERCOATS in all shades and weights as we
can Our i G ^" coat R e P artnient this season is a special study in material and effect.
XJ^-j^hWEAR.—F ull stock of Natural Wool Underwear in all sizes. Im
inortod us direct from Germany, and highly recommended by the medical pro
n - Write 118 for prices.
FURNISHING—Such as Hosiery, Neckwear, Flannel, Silk and White Shirts
‘ a g reftt variety. for Stylish Hats. Also
KNOX HATS.—We are sole agents Knox’s Fine and
bave a fub ii“ e of tbe m » 8 t correct in Stiff and Soft Hats for Men aud
B°y s - careful attention, and those
MAIL ORDERS—Receive our very we can servo
who can’t visit us, as well as if on the spot. Rules for self-measurement sent on
request. filled with pains, with privilege of examination be
C. O. D. ORDERS great
fore SIZES.—There paying. is boy of whatever size, long, short, thick, thin,
no man or or
otherwise,that we can’t fit perfectly. Those who have hitherto been unable to find
extra sizes in Ready-made Clothing, can get perfectly fitted by us and without
.extra cost.
DEALERS—Oan get some extra bargains of us. Our large business and large
urchases allow us to offer inducements to country dealers that can be obtained
owherc else. Write us for particulars.
MINISTERS—Will be glad to know'that our success the past season with
. it
Clergymen’s Suits has encouraged us to enlarge this department, and give a
more special attention. Their wants in every respect can now be fully and prompt
ly supplied.
THE PALICE CLOTHING HOUSE,
B.H.LEVY&BRO,
161 Congress St., SAVANNAH, GA.
Tii Hew lads, Boiler aM Gin Ms
-OF-
Geo. R. Lombard & Co.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.,
Are now in full operation. They have moved across the Railroad into their New
Brick Shop—Finest in tho South—70x366 feet, where all kinds of
Can bo Bought, Sold, Rented, Repaired or Exchanged, on the Best Terms.. We
have bought out th6
AUGUSTA GIN WORKS,
And moved them, with our Now Works, and wili do all kinds of Gin Work. Our
Supply Depot is well stocked with Pipes, Belting, Governors, Injectors,
Jet Pumps, Saws, Files, Oils, Valves, Packing, Wrenches, &c.
• Fifty Engines in Stock for Quick Delivery.
IXCELSIOB
HIGH SCHOOL
L. W, PERDUE,A.M., Principal,
(To be Filled).... ......Assistant.
Mrs. V. Reaves, Music Teacher.
Spring Term
Begins January 7, 1880, and continues
for six months.
TUITION :
$2, $3.50 and $3 per month. Board, $8
to $10 per month.
The trustees desire to say to parents
and guardians that, having gecurt d the
services of Prof. Perdue, who brings to
his aid the experience of 25 years in the
school room, they can offer as great ad¬
vantages as any high school in Southern
Georgir* His plans of instruction are
thoroughly send modern, aud his aim is to
out from his school men and women
who are original thinkers, and prepared
for the duties of life.
Our Music Teacher, Mrs. Reaves, can¬
not be surpassed in her department. She
gives lessons on the Piano, Violin and
Guitar.
The place of Assistant Teacher will be
filled soon.
The trustees are determined to spare
neither pains nor expense in giving our
youth a thorough education. )
Give us a trial.
Students may be met at Ogeechee and
conveyed to Excelsior by notifying the/
trustces or teacher when they J will be*
there. ’
All correspondence to be addressed,
W. F. Brewton, Pres. B. T.,
Or L. W. Perdue, Principal,
Excelsior, Ga.
!~ Two Mnrrfh,n"«M Rm \
r , S , ft
in Glascock county werewaited cftlZ
Gibson by a committee of Id
to leave at once. They left J
The Arkwright al iinnfno Cotton M S ? • ?
nah, valued ’ avttn ;
dy fire Tuesday ’ 'J'liV^rp d ?stroyed
on ori 8; 1I J"tcd
the engine room and wtw caused by
overheated / iourn’al
ul Toqhna T U \ Bur n ard W G Houston, of
- -
conlnirm n 6 u '“ ® rreste< ^ charge
°n a
Ei ♦ libarate Reveire the
e »nT I urc3erL They ,
” ' r - have
on em I» lo yment bureau in At
ante unta for for some time.
The Atlanta Street Railway Co., ha«
the other by the indicate that owns
ad street railroads.
|' "peters’ new cars 1 will “ 1 P r now JV 5 ment8 be put intr on, °duccd.
The + ,
want*** «*
Phillips, of Marietta, m his clerk,
“r jtK m““
Three prisoners escaped from the jail
at Decatur some time between Sunday
midnight and Monday morning. They
moved a stone weighing 2,090 pounds.
the prisoners were Sam Cull in, white,
and John Chandler and John Hill,
second negroes. floor They were all confined on the
of the jail and succeeded in
from four to fivo fIona thivV iUmo foot
wide wide and and about about one one foot foot thick.
uoi. Evan 1. Howell, editor of the
Constitution of Atlanta, and Henry W.
tittKiy, of the same paper, with the au
thority of Col. Wm. Lowndes Calhoun,
president of the Fulton County Confed
crate Veterans, have started a subscrip
™£S i
has •go, when into he ... the aiding in New fork,
gone movement with his
usual enthusiasm, and no doubt his plan
adopted^ ’ ^ ftS °’ WlU b ®
At *, „ a meeting of the Executive „ ,. Com- „
mittce of the Piedmont Exposition com
pauy on Monday, the following resolu
tion was passed: Whereas, the Georgia
State Agriculture Society have declined
to recede from their date of opening
their fair, which date is in conflict with
the period decided upon, and publicly
announced nearly a year ago, by the
Piedmont Exposition company for hold-
889 \ T' ieref ‘ )re '
-!- e t01t80n ^ P iv ! edmi 8 ,i lrialdat ? at . Exp0 ' : and j^i° tbat a
the fUnPvr. Exposttion .
be opened on the 7th day
nf°Nn r DeX K’ a !> d C ° Se ° n tbe 3nd
a.iv I ° «ovemper.
NORTH CAROLINA.
In Swain county, a white man named
Sparks was instantly killed, Ho
was tackle rolling logs on a flat car when the
gave way and the hook was
thrown violently against his face, tearing
away one side of it and fracturing his
skull.
#'
A great number of letters are being
received by their former employers
is North Carolina, from the negroes who
left the Goldsboro section for Kansas.
All tbe letters beg for money with which
to purchase tickets to the old homes.
The letters are pitiful in their pleading
for help. All of them say that the
writers only pray for one thing, and that
is to get home again.
The particulars of a disastrous fire at
Smithfield, the county seat of Johnson
county, were received at Charlotte. In
all, sixty buildings were destroyed,
twenty-eight has being business houses, The
town thousand, only a population of about a
and has no fire department.
The fire originated in the wheelwright
shop of by 8. R & J. A. Morgan, and,
blown a gale of wind, soon reduced
tho eutire business portion of the town
to ashes.
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Popped herb, THERE
i everywhere.
*EW EXTERPRI3KS—MOVEMENTS OF BELIOIOpS
BQJIES—AFFRAYS, MISHAPS, ETC.—INDUS-*
TUI At ITEMS—NOTES.
ALABAMA.
.Gilbert Lowe, one of the negroes
trrested last week, charged with the
uendows murder, on Monday made a
r‘\ te-ston confession, corroborating the con- 1
of Ben Elgy. Lowe says Elgy,
Urnself and the other two negroes now
n jail murdered aud robbed Meadows,
i nd that all were equally
] spirited meeting of white Iiepubli
«ans was held in Birmingham on Wed
Jcsdav, and organized by chcsing these
jttlcprs; president; Ex-Governor L. E. Parsons, W. vice-president: H. Smith,
jooert fie organization Jarber, Montgomery, secretary,
has an executive com
resident in each county. Resolution
f^bre adopted favoring white irnmiorn a“d
1on,home protccUon? Federal g
pea rivers and harbors to
^ Republican’p in the state and
organization of a r o
Tariff League £
-Another p , victim has
fai met her death in
^‘“rltston. n . 0 ^ «ous Hunter's wharf dock, in
Mrs. Fickenberg, a white
woman ag. d sixty years, was found
drowned m the dock. The general im
P resslon 18 that she suicided, although
drovvnl ju ' y adored a verdict of
the h "g- Mrs. Fickenberg
L T *“‘ . T‘f. i,n "ho has peiished in
The place flHed'S.ltl is'Vdm.lv ^ l )tt8t tw ° years.
SK .% ll * •>»
viroinu
8Upposc(i ‘ ’ and thc lofS ljf life correspond
in f, rea , (r . Three bodies were washed
as 0 ie near Cape Charles Wednesday,
onc 0 { %v h',cli was that of Uat t. Chan
UO ck, of Eastville.
A a fatal /.Snrh wreck nmirrml nSmond nn iu 1 v™it ?
1
of .m. A, n
... ( , JTJiSX-JS*. Point Th«
and »*«»' the *'!« river, and botffcou the Uok and pond
an engine seven
freight cars plunged into the washout.
Two men, a colored brakeman and tlm
(j reraal)t a youn g man named Durvin,
wer3 buiied under the cars and killed.
^/ rke reports whudi . are coming . ni . from, .
J ' 0,b, k ’ 1 n, 'C< ss Anne and Nansemond
. tbat
8 ^ W 0 ''. as
f ,
’Thfporl.
thl! ,n tho gronnd.
nPTFRMINED DETERMI NED BOOMERS. BOOMERS
he officials of the Santa Fe Railroad
are busy investigating the story that the
boomers concealed in the wmods of Okla
boma, had banded together for the pur
p 08e 0 j destroying the railroad bridges,
in or( j cr to obstruct the influx of home-
8[ea( j t . rs until the men concealed in the
coun t r y could make perfect their claims,
j t a p pears that the boomers in hiding and are
des p e rate. They have selected
wa tched their claims for years, and they
D0W fear t i m t the new comers, with the
assistance of rapid transit, may get the
best of them. The Santa Fe railroad has
400 cars already engaged removed. by parties who The
de8ired household increased goods Arkansas City,
crowd has at
Kansas, to such proportions,that the free delivery persons
who get their mail at
window at the postoffice are compelled
to form into a procession, and then it is
frequently five or six hours before they
can get to call for their mail.
FEMALE SWINDLER,
Miss Ella White, an Elmira school
teacher, wa3 arrested by Chief Little, of
Elmira, N. Y., for defrauding various
people in that city of sums aggregating
$15,000, on fictitious mining and silk
mill stocks and other pretenses. Her
father is a superannuated employe of the
shops of the Brie road at Susquehanna,
Pa., and has transferred bis property,
amounting to $20,000. She was arrested
on four warrants, charging her with
forgery in the second degree.
“JACK’* AGAIN.
The body of a boy named Steinfatt
was found at an early hour Monday morn¬
The ing on a road neor Hamburg, Germany.
boy’s throat hud been cut and his
abdomen ripped open aud his entrails re¬
moved. The body was otherwise shock¬
ingly mutilated. It had been evidently
laid on the road throughout the night.
i«yis ^ h V C r s \ biU , l «S3t whic * , ^s’been S
mitte d for the > hiV
Pickett mixed li
sK,s, I°800 f eS r° f 10,00 2 P inhublt r Mi “nts and
over,
The Louisville KENTUCKY.
pany s machine shops Bridge & Iron Com
destroyed by fire Tuesday, were completely
loss on causing if a
of $90,000. The shops were a
4 ('!o K C ? rrU8 ,° ted , iron Building about
chnJoh Cla \ oHl m u eting bc heId in a| i the
niversarv 8 °' h ’ the llun<]r «<Bfi an-.
l ° maa 8 ur ati°n of
Washington Washington as president of the United
and t iat the church bells be rung
for thanksgiving! f , 13 “ expreS81 '
and 0u of j°J
At B'.csvdte, a town two miles nortl.
/ Bates! urg. the f marshal d )Ut ^ arrested
dle niibt f l in th E
fir® and* ,? ’ r i house kut 'P wa in R- » consumed During
by by nr., and the poor unfortunate , was
,0,,sted flllve - ne is said to have been
sewing machine repairer, and his name
is supposed to be John Doyle.
rbo .'r Vcra ’ B,id e° Memorial Associa
•° t"gJu t f about K ' ,irte wili month. its annual me!
one Gen. Rusk now
T T lt “\ T °/ dc!iv «- the memorial cabinet, will be
Gen. Busk was brevetteil mldr.ss
tial .in 1 1805, about mile brigadier gen
ociations one from the as
battle of Salkehatchie, cemetery, for bravery in the
de as a Federal sol-
It has been discovered that, owing to
go*«,mcht( S™ wiirSti,h„S l I
of tbe Hugh DePayn eommandery,
^ l Msjsrsf£».e
of a Y )ld slckne “- He ,^“ tbe 8 ro '
cel T bnsincsb . and one of Eaton’s most re-
8 P ected citizens.
There was some little excitement in
Chicago, III., political circles about a de
cision of court to the effect that Brighton
Park . a suburb, had b»en annexed to the
city Af proper aud should have participated
s- JiatS «*‘I tfr, TUe ', lcl,obl !i i
££ uave jS°, wie iSpl , ry ”'
British House of Commpns on
Monday, the lord advocate introduced a
b 'H providing for local government in
Scotland. The bill creates county coun
cils, the members of which are to be
electe(1 by tho householders. All the
bo roue "will i, s with a population of less than
7,000 be merged into the counties,
h„ been
X”iJSue “in wSb thlii »re
^ ails > are not and provisions permitted to ltd. furnished -
mi8eg) are
thrniby a committee appointed by the
town board.
A largo meeting of farmers was held
at Anderson, Ind., on Tuesday, and
pledges were made, to pay no more than
13 cents per pound for trust binding
twine, and not in any manner to patron- for
ize any merchant offering such twine de
sale at a greater price. The farmers
dare they will allow their hogs to eat the
wheat in the fields before submitting to 1
the twine trust.
At the closing session of the Mormon
Conference held in Salt Lake City, the on
Tuesday, Goorge g O. Cannon read
statistics of the church, which are, 12
apostles, 70 patriarchs, 8,719 high!
priests, 11,705 elders, 2,069 priests, 2,292
teachers, 11,610 deacons, 81,899 families,
115,915 officers and members and 49,302
under eight years of age—atotalMormon
population of 153,911.
Capt. Couch, the Oklahoma leader, ar¬
rived in Winfield, Kansas, on Tuesday
from Oklahoma. He says tho soldiers
have scouted the Oklahoma country, and
about everybody without authority to
remain has been driven out. Nobody is
allowed to alight from a train no longer
than the train stops at a station. The
Bank of Guthrie, 1. T., organized. with a capital
stock of $50,000 was
A few monthB ago burglars broke into
the residence chloroformed of John Reilly, family of Wilkes- and
burre, Pa., the
stole nearly $1,000. On Monday, Romani Father
O’Hearn, pastor of Bt. Mary’s
Catholic church, handed Reilly $700,,
whici) he said had been given him that!
evening by a prominent man, who had;
made a confession to him, and had told!
the story of the robbery. The story is a!
secret of the confessional.
From thirteen to forty-two States in a
century isn\a bad growth for a infant
Republic. _______ ,
NO. 38.
THE w*. 1
great
WORLD OUTSIDE.
EPITOME of most interest¬
ing MATTERS.
OBIat LABOR AGITATION—SPRING
storms—
HEATHS OP PROMINENT PEOPLE-ACCIDENTS,
FUSES, SUICIDES, ETC.
Sn?e. British 1 Hcu, T Slai !h, first lord of the
*™ y 18 t0 bc raised to tho
’
Jhspatches from India says hundreds
"te aasyssi,
8 * r * whom he was chasing. Lie will die
P°° d or which Her prevails feared at Panama. Tho
1 tb were on account
« stoppage of work, have not oc-
The' # larles ,trat Russell has consented to
A-twoc 4 °r bettveeu Vandeleur and
/Tor Ur ?, naat s in Ireland and their
auL. His decision is to bo bind
W’flio
I>3 at?|5sH;==S Vernril besucceoded b J Gen. Verdy
tl f h ® ’“migrants • board the
iolliSS'off , ?n on Red Star
"SW hit ^ W W1 H tb ch the was 8choOQ in the
*
Southampton "b,-’ which , ,l M ‘ t ip 0
to land P repalrS ’ Wtts ^^den
t, r „ ? o” 1 ’ letter fo ^
!? c C f. ra P blcal ' Society ? 8 Royal
^ tbut was read at the
J'P ,“ e ,. °“ Monday. body H e descrilies in London, at leuetli Eng
>
the various devices by which the natives
en 'l <! “) rore( l to prevent the advance of tho
ex P editl0n -
The freight houses of the Boston &
Lowell division of the Boston Lowelt & Maine
Bailroad, and situated between Minot
Nashua streets, UostoD, Mass were pot!
burned 'ion of the on Tuesday walls remaining. evening,' only a
wil1 $500,000. B The lwa ° E8
