Newspaper Page Text
0E CONYERS WEEKLY
IL. X.
.. I“ ‘ ,//‘\ — :3 Efi V
\9fifiéfif Ksé§a§§éi=51§§§¥6§wifig W»
SRTISE
IN THE
KLY OFFICE.
UG STORE.
DR, M, R, STEWART,
ffiCE STREET, CONYERS, GA.
Line of Drugs and Fancy Goods just received, and will from
ibe kept constantly on hand. All kinds of DRUGS, MEDI-
3, PAINTS, OILS AND YARNISHES- TOBA’C
gars, STATIONERY, FANCY TOILET SOAPs,
in fact every thing to be found in a
Class DRUG STORE. My terms are j
:
STRICTLY CASH!
nn this account I can offord to sell ray goods low, in fact
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST
MY PRESCRIPTION
APARTMENT IS COMPLETE!
prescriptions sent to me will be promptly and carefully
Compounded.
Sell The Famous A. Q. C.
Ned to be the best blood purifier known to the science
n y° u Wan t any thing in line call on
my
VERY TRULY
i
. R STEWART J
CO i GEORGIA
CONYERS. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1887.
THE AMERICAN
MAGAZINE.
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.
This Magazine portrays Ameri.
can thought and life from ocean to
ocean, is filled with pure high-class
literature * and can be safely wel¬
comed in any family circle.
PRICE 25c. OR $3 A VEAR BY MAIL.
Sample Copy of current number mailed upon re¬
ceipt of 25 cts.; bach numbers, 75 cts.
Premium List with cither.
Address:
E. T. BUSH Si m, Publishers,
130 & 132 Pearl St., N. Y.
a
>•* ii BEETHOVEN r k
DIANO ORGAN CO
Owners and Operators of the
Who sell the entire products
Df their immense factory direct to the public.
Proa tins jot cu purchase upon liberal to,
THE BEST ORGANS MANUFACTURED.
| WARRANTED FOR SIX YEARS. |
Catalogue and full particulars free.
Write ua before purchasing. Address, men¬
tioning name of this paper,
i IANO ORGAN CO;
DR. J. J. SEAMANS.
DENTIST.
OFFICE 3 WHITEHEAD HOUSE
Conyers, Ga.,
IMMENSE STRIKE.
It had been a mooted question in
Hazleton, Pa., whether the 25,000 men
employed in the middle coal fields, would
go on strike for the demand of au in¬
crease of 15 per cent in wages if the coal
operators longer refuse to arbitrate or
grant their request. Individual opera¬
tors say they are Satisfied to grant au ad¬
iu vance, provided continues they are furnished length ears
ease ihe strike for any
of time. Among the strikers are men of
every nationality. Many of the striker*
are preparing to leave for other parts to
work, and if the strike should continue
two weeks, hundreds would follow them.
The colleries interested are those of A.
Pardee «fc Co., at Cranberry and
Crystal Mount Ridge; Pardee, Sons A Co., at
Pleasant; Pardee Bros & Co., at
Latimer; C. Pardee & Co., at Hollywood;
Coxe Bros & Co., at Drifton, Stockton,
Beaver, Meadow; Ecklev, Go wan, Tomp
ken & Derringer, Lindennan & Sheer, at
Stockton and Humboldt; W. T. Carter &
Co., at Coalraine; J. C. Hayden & Co., af
Jeansville, Lehigh; and Wilkesbarre Coal
company, at Andenricli; Stout Coal com¬
pany, at Milnesville; G, II. Myers & Co.,
at York town; G. B. Markle & Co., Jed
d >, and colleries at Trcsekaw and Beaver
Brook. So far everything has been quiet,
and the men seem determined to carry
their point.
HEAVY LICENSE.
Gov. Gordon of Georgia has signed the
bill which imposes a license on wine
rooms of $10,000. Comptroller-General
Wright says the law will be enforced at
once. He would notify the tax collector
of Fulton county to collect the $10,000,
and if the wine-rooms do not pay the tax,
to close them up.
I0ISHIS k MW,
EAT TEES,
AND
€ t tits J’ttrnisjjer*.
THE BEST SI SHIRT IN THE CITY.
Yalises, Umbrella’s etc.
9 PEACHTREE STREET.
ATuum m ©r
GRENADES.
Two Sizes—Pints and Quarts.
9
Om Sixty Millions Sold.
*
PRIDES.
Pints, ■ Per Doz., ‘‘ $10.00. 15.00.
Quarts, • “
“STAR” i
Tubular Fire Eitingnislier.
Blass Tuho, 19x21 is. Holds 1 quart.
tSfln this device we combine ■
the BEST QUALITIES of our
famous Grenades with the m
NEW feature of having an ar¬
ticle that can designed be used by Sprink¬ m
ling-, It 1* especially
for and use.in Dwellings. Passenger It is Coaches elegant
in ornamentation. It is che ap
ion Ornamt’d, and Pialn, possible. reliable. $12,00 15.00 No rust; no per perdaz. corros¬ doz. ii
r- T fea The EXTINGUISHER “Star” it l
|Holds5gallons,and will force a stream
k through hose feet 6 feet with of
) which 45 is the best our made. pump,
ever
Needs no attention until used.
Will not freeze, explode or get
i ou t of order. No rust or corros¬
ion. Can be used by anyone.
Price. $80.00 Each.
“STAR” is' CHEMICAL.
Just what
needed in lumber every
village, yard, house,
ware
etc. Fully equip¬ Hose,
ped with
Ax, Crow Bar, It
Lantern, etc.
is cheap, and re¬
liable. Wt. 450 lbs.
S200.00.EACH. PRICE.
' Tour fear* Of. waYfcsl use have thoroughly demonstrated effi
the* to he tho way relhtto asd the
oieat Eaad Tiro appliances made. We use
game clettftal discounts liquid is ftll, to and agents. guarantee Send fully.
for circulars and testimonials.
T h <>NARDEN HARD GRENADE CO.
01 & 53 Dearborn St., Chicago, III.
THE EXCELSIOR
COTTON GIN
j FEEDERS
£2 I i AND
up CONDENSERS
Guaranteed to be Equal Seed to
the Best. Pfeks the
Clean. Gins Past and Makes
T a Fine Staple.
‘ The' Circular Roll Box is
Patented, and no other ma¬
nufacturer can use it.
i Send for Circular, >t 0
ft trouble to communicate with
parties wanting these tn*r
| * Old Gins Repaired at short
-
notice and cheap.
Massey u Cotton n u.. Wifi u/srlf worsts,
MACON , <»*.
RAILROAD AFFAIRS.
Smash-Up in Ohio—Attempted Wrecking in
Ranjai-He Georgia Central Bargain.
On the Hew York, Pennsylvania &
bound, Ohio Railroad, an Atlantic express, east
while running forty-five miles an
hour, collided with a locometive that was
standing on the track at Peoria, Ohio.
Norman Gregg, engineer of the passen¬
ger, was instantly killed, and his fire¬
man, name not learned, had both arms
broken. single locomotive, John Hilrey, engineer of the
Both engines was fatally injured.
were completely demolished
and the track torn up some distance. An
attempt was made to wreck a southbound
passenger train on the Chicago, Kansas &
Nebraska Road at Sanford, a station six
miles east of Topeka, Kan. As the train
was thirty coming miles around a curve, at the rate of
an hour, the engineer saw
that the switch was open. He put on his
brakes and reversed his engine, called to
his fireman to follow him, and jumped
from the cab. The engine ran into some
empty and cars while that were standing them on the
track, smashing was it¬
self completely wrecked. No lives were
lost and none of the passengers were in¬
jured. An examination _ of the open
switch showed that it had been broken
and turned with the evident intention of
wrecking controlling the train. The purchase of the
interest in the Georgia Cen¬
tral has peteten rather an onerous burden
to the new owners. The syndicate which
began paid buying against the Raoul party not
only they a good round paid price for what
secured, handsome but they Mrs. Hetty
Green a bonus for the block
that she held, with which rested the bal¬
ance of power. They were unable for
some time to provide for carrying it, as
the amount required was disproportionate
to the earning capacity of the stock, par¬
ticularly since the Savannah, Dublin and
Western competition has to be met very
soon. The stock must pay five per cent,
at least, in order to meet the interest of
the bonds, and until it pays more, then
the working capital must be drawn upon
for all expenses. One per cent, on the
capital for $120,000, stock of the company is would that call
so that it apparent
no dividend can be possible until the
Georgia Central Road pays more than
eight per cent.
HUNTING SILVER MINES.
Prospectors are roaming about the
mountain country of Tennessee, through
which railroads are to pass, seeking ore
beds. Lands can now be bought for
merely nominal prices. Rich lead and
silver have been found in several localities.
In an immense cave in Putnam county
live distinct veius of lead have been
found. Lead and silver are said to ex¬
ist in the upper edge of Smith and the
adjoining portion of Jackson county.
The lead ore is said to be the cause of
deadly sickness there, the poisonous salts
becoming dissolved in the water. There
is large cave on the premises of Hop
Lee in the same section, from which val¬
uable specimen* of lead ore have been ob¬
tained. This ote is also said to give off
noxious gases that render the exploration
of the cave very dangerous. Three men
who went into the cave recently were suf¬
focated.
DEATH OF A CLE11GYMAN.
The congregation of tlie Presbyterian
church at Decatur, Ga., induced their
pastor, Rev. Dr. Donald Fraser, to go on
a shoit vacation to Jacksonville, Fla., as
he was sadly out of health, The rever
end gentleman on his return home died
in the cars near Indian Springs. He was
Lorn in Liberty county, Ga., and at the
time of his death was about fifty-four
years of age. He had been twice mar¬
ried. Ilis first wife was a daughter of
Thomas Q. Cassels, of Liberty county,
and his second a Miss Kennebrough, of
Tallahassee, Fla. He left three children,
a son and daughter, now living at Deca¬
tur with Mrs. Fraser, and a son, Rev.
Chalmers Fraser, who is pastor of the
Prc-byterian church at Marietta.
H.KTUKNED HOME.
John M. Carroll who, two years ago.
disappeared from Staunton, Va., has re¬
turned. At tlie time of his departure he
was cit-y treasurer. An examination oi
his papers showed that he ow-eel the city
and state $14,000. His property, how¬
ever, realized sufficient to pay the in¬
debtedness. Carroll was supposed by
some to have been fouliy dealt with, and
not long ago au old well-was dug out in
Richmond in expectation of the recovery
of his remains. For the past two years
lie has been engaged in business some¬
where in the North, and returned of hit
own accord.
DOTS FROM WASHINGTON.
PREPARING FOR HARD WORK
NEXT WINTER.
Appointment* of Southern Mon—Interesting
Reports of Department Officers—Notts
About Noted Officials.
MRS. CLEVELAND’S PRESENT.
The Bohemian Athletic Society, which
left America six months ago, for a tour
in Europe, has returned. The members
of the party have brought with them, as
a present for Mrs Cleveland, a magnifi¬
cent set of garnet jewelry, consisting of
a brooch, ear-rings and chain. The
brooch is in the shape of an eagle, hold¬
ing in its claws three golden arrows and
supported by two standards containing
photographic views of Prague. The
casket containing the set is lined with
white satin, and is inscribed: “To Mrs.
Cleveland, with profound respect, from
the Bohemian excursionists to Prague.”
AFFECTING INCIDENT.
As the President and Airs. Cleveland
came out of the White House one even¬
ing, and were entering their carriage to
return to Oak View, their attention was
directed to a little boy who was waiting
to shake hands with them. His name
was Herbert Gildersleeve, and he had
walked from Pittsburg, a distance of 300
miles, to see the President. The Presi¬
dent turned to the little fellow, shook
him warmly by the hand, and after com¬
plimenting him for his walk, presented
him to Mrs. Cleveland, who gave him a
very pleasant shake of the hand from the
carj-iage. Herbert was ten years old, and
made his long pedestrian with his tour father. to the Both cap¬
ital iu company
will return to Pittsburg by rail.
TROPHY FOR SALE.
A letter received in Washington, from
a son of Commodore Charles Waugh
Morgan, of 1812 fame, directs the sale of
a valuable and historic sword, which
was presented to the commodore by the
state of Virginia in honor of his intrepid¬
ity and valor as lieutenant of the United
States frigate Constitution and the cap¬
ture of the British frigates Guerriere and
Java on the 19th of August, 1812, and
29th of December, 1818. The scabbard
and handle of the sword are of gold and
the blade is of the finest tempered steel.
On the 6cabbard, in has relief, are repre¬
sentations of naval victories for which the
eword was given to the commodore. The
sword has been for thirty years in the
vault of a local bank, and the son who
now owns it resides in England and
desires it to be sold to supply his necessi¬
ties.
NOTES.
Robert B. Riggs, of Dakota, assistant
chemist in the Geological Survey, has re¬
signed.
Otway L. Carter, of Mississippi, has
been appointed a special agent for Indian
depredation claims.
The President has recognized Jose
Maria Turo Y. O’Donnell vice consul of
Spain at Savannah, Ga.
The President has appointed W. N.
Conley to be postmaster at Tampa, Fla.,
vice H, R. Benjamin resigned.
John E. Goodman and Jesse H. Maley
have been appointed storekeepers and
gaugers for Georgia and North Carolina.
The President appointed the following
named postmasters: Henry C. Metcalf,
at Carlisle, Ky , vice W. H. Fritts, re¬
signed; E. R. Wortham, at Greenville,
Miss., vice William Yeager, resigned.
The President has pardoned Thomas R.
Knight, John A. Brooks and Henry Pntz,
convicted of manslaughter in the western
district of Arkansas, and sentenced to
imprisonment. They were Indian police
and killed a man while attempting to ar¬
rest him.
CUBAN INSURRECTION.
A Key West Expedition Whips Out Ihe
Npanish Troops.
While in ambush some miles from
Matanzas, Cuba, just after landing, a
band of filibusters, which left Key West,
Fla., recently, were attacked by a de¬
tachment of three hundred Spanish leaving sol¬
diers. The latter were repulsed,
three of their number dead and carrying
off five who had been wounded by the
dynamite bombs thrown by the filibus¬
ters. Four of the Cubans were wounded,
but not all seriously, by shots from the
soldiers. The filibusters then made their
way into the interior, and private ad¬
vices received from the leader, by a repre¬
sentative of the cause at Key West, an¬
nounces that they have joined those who
had preceded them. It is believed
that certain Spanish smacks, hoine- the
property of wealthy Cuban
rulers, sailing out of Havana,
and fishing which are supposed really doing to be profit¬ in
the trade are a
able business smuggling aguardiente to
the Florida mainland and carrying arms
and reinforcements on their return to
Cuba from Tampa to Havana. Two
Spanish gunboats have been cruising in
sight of Key West for several days.
NOT WANTED.
Johan Most, the anarchist, made appli¬
cation for citizenship at the court of
common pleas’ naturalization bureau in
New "York City. In reply to questions
put by the chief clerk, Most said lie be¬
lieved in the Constitution of the United
States and in the laws passed by proper ho
authority, if they were good laws. with If the
believed the laws interfered
tights of the people he would resist
them by force. Most said that he had
“resisted tyranny in every country he
had lived in, and would continue to do
SO. ” Tbc-reupon the cle-rk declined to
administer the oath, adding that if he
^ad ma( j e nHstakes, the courts would
rectify it.
NO. 30.
►-3 C/3
BUDGET OF NEWS GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
IHnny Railroad Accidents—Wlm.t Is Trans*
piring In Temperance Matters—Social
And Religious Gossip*
The new steamer, Fanny Fern, has
commenced running between Columbus,
-Ga., and Apalachicola, Fla.
The Georgia State fair authorities will
not permit any circus or side-show fb ex¬
hibit iu Macon during the fair.
A passenger train ran into a freight at
Sugar Valley, Ga., and Engineers Wright
and Scott, and Firemen Donnelly and.
Wyatt were badly hurt.
William A. Washington, up to hi*
death the nearest living relative of Gen.
George Washington, and the last male
representative of the name, died at
Owensboro, Ky.
The celebration of the battle of North
Point at Baltimore, Md., or “Old De¬
fenders’ Day,” was celebrated with con¬
siderable spirit. Only three of the vete¬
rans were on hand, all of them being over
90 years old.
Ex-Governor Luke P. Blackburn, who
has been lying at the point of death at
Frankfort, Ky., for weeks past, died
there at 2:35 p. m. His last intelligible
words were: “Oh, the beauty of relig¬
ion.”
Ex-Postmaster W. A. Pollard, of
Greer’s Station, S. C., on the Ajr-Lme
railroad, was arrested, charged with de¬
taining and opening letters addressed to
other parties. He was removed from of¬
fice several weeks ago for this offense.
J. A. Griffin, a brakeman on the Nash¬
ville & Chattanooga Railroad, who has a
family in Chattanooga, fell from a train
and his skull was crushed. He was taken
to the hospital at Nashville and hi*
wounds dressed. Griffin is about thirty
five years old.
Prof. J. T. Newton, principal of the R.
E. Lee institute at Thomaston, Ga., has re¬
ceived an appointment in the War De¬
partment in Washington, at a salary of
$2,000 per annum, and has tendered his
resignation to the board of trustees to
take effect at once.
The trustees of the Mary Sharp college, Chatta¬
which is about to be moved to
nooga, from Winchester, Tenn., have
held a meeting, and are kicking adopted vigor
OUB ly against the project. They wind
a long series of resolutions, and up
by saying that they will fight the re¬
moval in the courts.
There is much indignation among the
citizens of Richmond, Va., over the re¬
fusal of the Common Council to appro¬
priate $15,000 toward the expenses of
laying the R. E. Lee monument corner
stone. Subscriptions are pouring in from
private sources. The action of the Com¬
mon Council is due to the insistence upon
economy in the city government.
A DEATH TRAP.
Two Negro Well-Digger* Are Suffocated by
Poiaonous (Jassf*.
Lewis and Jack Bates, two negro
brothers, met horrible deaths while
cleaning out a well on Simon Taylor’s
place, three miles north of Greensboro,
Ala. Lewis, while digging in the well,
suddenly cried out to his brother, then
at the windlass, to draw him up, ex¬
claiming in a gurgling voice: “1 am
chokin’, chokin’; I am dyin’, dyin’.”
■ Jack and others began at once to haul
him from the well, but when half way
out his hold gave way, owing to his
weakness cause by suffocation, and he
fell back to the bottom, dying with
groanings and stifled mutterings. the Jack,
alarmed, rapidly descended into well
to rescue his brother, and when he
reached the gas, he likewise met the
horrilfe death of being choked by the
deathly gas. The other laborers working
at and near the well, became so terribly
frightened that they ran away, piled leaving
the corpses of the two brothers to¬
gether in a gaseous and partly watery
grave. After some hours the bodies
were dragged from the well by means of
iron hooks, and the scene description. as presented The
was horrible beyond bad nearly burst
eyeballs of the men
from their sockets. Both bodies were
swelled almost beyond recognition. pictured Ex¬
pressions of awful suffering was
upon both faces. The muscles were
badly drawn, and all in all, the corpses
were a sight most horrible to look at.
Both negroes were speedily buried and
various are the conjectures of supersti¬
tious people as to the cause of the sud¬
den and mysterious killing of the
brothers.
UNVEILED.
TBe soldiers’monument at Braddock.
overlooking the site where Braddock
was defeated, was unveiled recently with
considerable pomp. Between 5,000 and
7,000 Grand Army men and Sons of Vet¬
erans participated in the parade, in ad¬
dition to which there was a number of
civic organizations in line. Ex-Gov.
Pierrepout, of West Virginia, and Gen.
Gibson, of Ohio, made the principal ad¬
dresses The monument is a handsome
one.
MAHONS DISCARD HIM.
Lincoln Park Lodge, No. 611, of Chi¬
cago, Ill., unanimously voted convicted to expel
William J. McGarigle, the
boodler, from membership in the Mason¬
ic order. adopting The lodge the debated resolutions three which hops
before
shuts the escaped convict out of the
the comraandery and the Order
-Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He
be formally expelled from these later