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UNION & RECORDER. THIS PAPERS Mm W. AYER A SON. Ipf „„ the Newspaper Adver tising Agency of Messrs, our authorized ageata. OUR AUGUSTA LETTER. A ix* 1st a, Ga., June 23th, 1886. Editors Umo^-Hkcorder: This 1ms been “school week m‘ Au jrtista. The Public Schools have all had their examinations and exhibi ♦,; nnH The Committee appointed by tl?t President of tlie Board to visit 1 i .e achoois give glowmg aecotiote of 4i«e orotrress made in the lespectne erodes. Richmond county is proud vrf her schools; and well may she be, as thorough work is done by th 1t<achers. . The Commencement Exercises oi tlie Sisters* School were said to be very fine These good ladies are very zealous in the cause of education, and seem to have peculiar talents for pre paring their pupils to appeal in pu UC The Houghton Institute Examina tion will commence next Monday, and Mint in ue through the schoiasuc week. This school is composed of pupns -and is the largest and oqeof the most popular in the city. On the night of the 6th of July its Commencement Exercises Avill be held at the Masonic Theatre, when a class of young ladies nr ill be graduated. A drama entitled The Seaside Mystery has been written for the occasion by the J nncipal, and will be enacted by the pupils on the night of the Oth. The Theatre is al ways crowded to its utmost capacity when the Houghton Commencement occurs. ,, Two sad deaths have recently oc curred in our city, and while I write the funeral procession following the remains of each is passing my window. One is the wife of our well-beloved and incorruptible county Treasurer, Capt„ Geo. Adams; the other, the wife •of our popular ami efficient Cemetery Superintendent, Capt. Jas. Bryan. They were about the same age—mem bers of the same church, had been in valids for several months past, and leave hosts of loved ones to mourn i heir los*d A small strike has occurred at the Riverside Mills which is participated in by only a few’. Some misunder standing between an Overseer and a few hands. I do not think that it is count»uanoed by the Knights of La- l*ar. Tlie mass meeting of county Demo crats held at the City Hall last Tues day, elected delegates to the Congres sional Convention favorable to the nomination of Maj. Barnes, and en dorsed the candidacy of Hon. Jno. S. Davidson by instructing their dele gates to the State Senatorial Conven- tionto cast their votes for Richmond's favorite son. 1 must beg your indulgence, and tliat of my readers for the brevity of this letter. Other work demands ev- **rv minute of my time. Houghton. Illness of David Davis.—Indian apolis, Ind., June 20.—The Journals Bloomington, 111., ispecial say fa, A point has been reached in the illness of Ex-Vice President David Davis said his physician to-day, at which it “thought best by his family to give the public a statement of the great (rr-i vitv of his condition. Mr. Davis is %Iry ffl indeed, and it will be but little less than a miracle if Ihe should rally. He was taken ill with a carbuncle on bis shoulder at Chicago, on May 2. Up to two weeks ago his condition, though at times alarming, seemed to be one of gradual improvement. Two weeks ago severe erysipelas sat in, and it is growing worse. For some weeks his sufferings have been inten sified and complicated by Bright’s dis ease. Several Chicago doctors have been summoned and a consultation will be held to-morrow. beyond hope of recovery*. Bloomington, 111., June 21.—A con sultation of Chicago and Blooming ton physicians to-day pronounced Judge Davis beyond hope of recov ery. Death of David Davis. HE PASSES PAINLESSLY AWAY, SUR ROUNDED BY' HIS FAMILY. Bloomington, III., June 2Uth.— David Davis died at 6 o’clock this morning. He sank! into a comatose state twelve hours before the end, and passed painlessly away, surround ed by his family. During the early part of last evening he appeared to be failing, and it was felt certain that he could not survive the night. At 11 o’clock he revived somewhat, and was given milk and stimulants in small quantities. The effect was worse, however, for he at once relapsed into a comatose condition, his pulse becom ing very feeble. During the succeed ing three hours he failed gradually, his respiration growing noticeably weaker until th« end came. The cause of Judge Davis’ death was Bright’s disease of the kidneys, aggravated by a weakened condition of the system dating from the time when he became afflicted with a car buncle. His last hours were calm and peaceful. . .The funeral will be held next Tues day at 3 o’clock. The remains will be buried in Bloomington Cemetery. The death is received in Blooming ton with profound sorrow. Flags are at half-mast, bells are tolling, and stores and houses are dressed in mourning. The end was peaceful, without a struggle. Judge Davis’ physicians say the immediate cause of death was erysipelas, the outcome of a malig nant carbuncle, which first appeared April 30th, but that diabetes, which must have been insidiously working for two years, was the primary cause, and to it is attributed his rapid de cline in health. For a week before the end he had been unconscious most of the time. Among our Exchanges. 4»-CAPITAIi PRIZE, 875,GOO.-*** Tickets only $5. Shares in proportion. Appointed to Speakers’ Places. Athens, Ga.. June 24.—The follow er young men were today appointed speakers’ places in the Senior class »f tii*- university: M. B. Bond, Leba non. Tenn: J. D. Carswell, Wavnesbo- AV. L. Delay, Savannah, Ga-; ain, Atlanta; J. J. GilW^ft^Co- , Ga.; C. H. Herty^TYille^-ge- E. Morris. Athens, Ga.: J. M. Atlanta; E. P. Upshaw, W. S. pshaw. Social Circle; P. L. AVade, Miens, Ga; C. H. AVillcox, Athens. 11 >. < fa. I. W. 1 imnbiif vide; ( Slaten. His Arm Broken- •AVashington, Ga., June 2-3.—[Spec- al to Constitution]—Rev. M. J. Cofer, residing here as pastor of Broad River •ircuit, was kicked by his horse this morning and had his left arm broken n two places. Dr. Hill has just at tended to the wound, and we trust Lliat it will not result too seriously. Charles Stewart Parnell, who has or years exerted such a remarkable nfluence in English politics, is still a roung man, being only about 41 years If age. Governor McDaniel spent last night it Brown's Hotel, and left this morni ng for Thomasville, where he goes to Lttend the commencement exercises d the South Georgia Agricultural College.—Macon News, 26th. Death.—Mr. Thomas M. Collins- worth died in the Asylum last Tues day. He had an attack of paralysis last year, which gradually so affected his mind that his family and friends deemed it to be to his own interest to send him to the Asylum to be under the treatment of its excellent super intendent, Dr. Powell. He was sent there about two weeks since. On Tuesday last he had another attack of (paralysis, and died during the day. His remains were brought up to his home, near Eatonton, Wednesday night, and after funeral services Thursday morning the corpse was interred in the family burying ground near his residence where lie the re mains of his father, Rev. John Col- linswortli, and his most estimable mother. He was a Christian gentleman, and a member of the Masonic fraternity, by which order his remains were bur ied. Thus has passed away another of Putnam’s worthy, highly esteemed and valuable eitizens.—Eatonton Mes senger. The Griffin News claims that the’ Griffin Band is the finest in the State. The people of Clay county are talk ing of engaging in the silk-raising in dustry on an extensive scale. The Enterprise is making some strong “Prohibition Points” in the contest now progressing in Thomas county. The Dublin and AVrightsville rail road is now completed to the Oconee river, one half mile from Dublin and cars are running daily on the line. The rumor that Col. J. B. Gorman is to wed a wealthy Ceylonese prihcess in the fall lacks confirmation, al though he carries a lock of her hair in his pocket book. The Banner-AVatchman prints a rooster crowing over the securing of the Macon & Covington and Georgia Midland road. These roads will help Athens out wonderfully. The beef markets of Cuthbert have been forced to suspend operations, owing to the mad dog scare of last week, for fear took possession of the patrons that the dogs might have gotten among the beef cattle. Burke for Prohibition,—'Way nesboro, Ga., June 23.—Burke coun ty voted on the liquor question on yesterday. The Ordinary declared the result today—seventeen votes in favor of prohibition.—Constitution. AVesleyan Female College has en joyed unprecedented success the past session, there being enrolled 223 pu pils and 44 in the graduating class. The commencement exercises were of great interest and very largely at tended. Judge Roney refusedto grant a new trial in the case of Preston Valentine. Judge Twiggs, the attorney for Valen tine, will carry the case to the Su preme Court, and it will probably not be tried again until the next April term. According to the statistics in the New York Observer the leading de nominations in this country have the following numbers: “Methodists, 4,- 000,000; Baptists, 3,000,000; Presby terians, 1,400,000 Lutherans, 911,000, Congregationalists. 419,000; Episcopa lians, 400,000. Tim Augusta Evening News says: “From a gentleman of Augusta who has just returned from Greene coun ty, we learn that said county is flood ed with counterfeit silver coin in dol lars and 10 and 5 cent pieces. There is some suspicion that the counterfeit is of local origin, but there is no clue whatever as to who are the guilty parties.” The Savannah News says: “Some very important matters will come be fore the next Legislature—matters that small men cannot handle wisely and successfully. In all of them tlie people have a deep interest. In fact, the welfare of tlie State is to a certain extent dependent upon them. The best men, therefore, in each county ought to be sent to the Legislature. Louisiana State Lottery Company. ‘We do hereby certify that we supervise the arrangements for all the Monthly and Q^ar- terly Drawings of The Louisiana State Lotte ry Company, and in person manage and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, fairness, and1 in good faith toward all parties, and we authorize the Company to use this certificate, with fac-snnnes of our signatures attached, in its advertise ments.” We the undersigned Hanks and Bankers will pav all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana State Lotteries which may be presented at our coun ters. J. IT. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisiana Nat l Bk. J. W. KIIBKETH, Pres. State Nat l Bank. A. BALDWIN, Pres. New (Orleans Nat’IBk. Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years bv the Legis lature for Educational and Charitable purposes —with a capital of $1,000,000—to which a re serve fund of over $550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of the present State Constitu tion adopted December 2d, A. D.,i879. The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by the people of any State. It never scales or postpones. Its Grand Single Number Drawings take place monthly, and the Extraordinary Drawings regularly every three months instead of Semi-Annually as heretofore, beginning March, 1886. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FORTUNE, SEVENTH GRAND DRAWING, CLASS G., IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, July 13th, 1886—194th Monthly Drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000. 100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each, Fractions, in Fifths in proportion. LIST OP PRIZES. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE v $75,000 1 do PRIZE 25,000 1 do PRIZE 10,000 2 PRIZES OF $6000 12,000 “ 2900 10,000 “ 1000 10,000 “ 500 10,000 * ‘ 200 20,000 “ 100 30,000 “ 25,000 “ 25 25,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. Approximation Prizes of 5 10 20 100 300 600 1000 $750 $6,750 500 4,500 250 2,250 1967 Prizes, amounting to $265,500 Application for rates to clubs should be made only to the oltice of the Company in New Orleans. For further information write clearly, giving full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Mon ey Orders or New York Exchange in ordinary letter. Currency by Express (at our expense,) addressed , M. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., or M. A. DAUPHIN, Washington, D. C. Tubman High School of Augus- TA .—The honors of the school have been divided between Miss Cora Gow and Miss Marie Sibley—Miss Siblefr winning the Neelv medal and ttye Lucy Cobb scholarship and Miss Gow Mate P.0. Money Orders payable aid address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La. July 15th, 1886. 49 4t Personal and General. Muscogee county endorses Hon. T. W. Grimes for Congress from the 4th nucy uouu scuumiBuii* “““ ~'V' winning the Mecklenburg scholarship L'Kirici The Madisonian says: “The three lark horses most generally spoken of iv K. P. Howell, of the Atlanta Con- tit.ution, on the part of the Gordon- tes: Pat Walsh and J. C. C. Black, on he part of t he Baconites. There is little doubt that President )level«ind*s colored appointee as Reg- ster of Deeds in Washington will not e confirmed. His name is Matthews, •e is ffom Albany, N. Y., and he took ihe place of Fred Douglass. -The Sen ate i ’ommittee has almost unanimous- y reported against his confirmation. Miss Nellie Suther, having been ten- lered a situation at the Asylum near Milledgeville, went down Thursday morning to enter upon the duties re quired. Dr. Powell may congratulate (he Institution upon the addition of so competent and excellent a young lady to its corps of assistance.—Eatonton corps Messenger. Dr. Hawthorqe’s f^ddress at Emory College was, like‘all of his utterances, i success. His theme was “The jreat Men of the South,” and he rented it with his usual eloquence. Our two Sams made a successful week’s work in Indianapolis. Over 1,000 conversions are reported. They to to St. Paul, Minnesota, next. Now is the time that the straw hat miles because it did not succeed in ts desire last November to make itself elt. The husband may boast of “hohl- ig tlie reins,” but it’s generally the ife that says where the wagon is go- ug. J udge KcCay left Atlanta Wednes- ay for Baltimore, where he will :iend a short while recuperating.^^ A queer story comes from Clinton, Ky. George O. Daniels, of that place sickened and died. The body was put in a coffin and the watchers set up with the corpse for twenty-four hours. At midnight they were sur prised to hear a deep groan in the coffin and all fied except one, a Ger man named Wabbeking. This brave fellow removed the lid of the coffin and at once saw that Daniels was alive. He seized the body and placed it in an upright position. A few gasps, a shudder and the cprpse spoke. When the* frightened watch ers returned to the room the dead man, that is. the man who was not dead, was sitting in a chair and talk ing about his experience as a corpse. He says lie heard everything that was going on around him, even the sobe of his relatives and the preparation for the funeral, but could not move a muscle or utter. When the doctors pronounced him dead he felt desper ate. and the Davidson medal. Miss Sibley has followed in the footsteps of her older sister, who was one of the finest scholars who ever graduated from the Tubman High School.—Augusta Chronicle. Murder in Putnam.^-Eatontox, Ga., June 18.—About dark yesterday evening, on the plantation of Mrs. Ward, about twelve miles from here, Dave Johnson shot and killed Eman uel Rhea. Both are colored. It seems they had had a recent quarrel, and Johnson procured a shot gun and went to the house of Rhea and called him to the door, and shot him in the face and head, killing him instantly. Johnson has fied to safer parts. Liquor licenses in the city of Atlan ta expire next Wednesday. The city is now prohibition. The Atlanta Con stitution has been recently interview ing the business men of the city on the prospect, the chief argument of the liquor interest in thef special elec tion being that prohibition would kill the city. Without exception the per sons interviewed pronounce business in a perfectly healthy condition, and the outlook more flattering than for several years past. Natural Language.—Years ago a society of eminent Frenchmen dis cussed the question; “What language would a child naturally speak if never taught?” Twenty different results were predicted. To test the matter, two infants were; procured, and iso lated with a deaf and dumb woman, who lived alone in the Alps, surround ed with her sheep and chickens. Afier six years, the children and the nurse were brought before the savants, who were on their tip toes of expecta tion as to the result. When, lo! not a word could either of the children ut It is reported here that in the lower part of Pulaski county, near the line of Dodge, a night or two since, some person or persons shot and killed in the woods 50 or 60 head of sheep. Seaborn Jones counted 29 dead ones that had been shot. Loyd Smith and J udge J. J. Rozar are §aid to be the chief losers. It is supposed the killing was done in retaliation, because some of the sheep owners have lately been putting poison in the "woods to de stroy jsheep killing dogs. ter, but most perfectly could they im- Ie itate the crowing of the cock, the cack ling of the hen, and the bleating of the sheep.—Chicago Medical Times. A bottle of Red Star Cough Core made a thorough and permanent cure of a cold so severe that I could not talk, says Mr. J. P. Roach, assis tant superintendent New York Cen tral Sleeping Car Company. The Warren Mining erecting stamp mills at their mine in Warren county. IpE tin are gold Miss Eva Wadley, tlie daughter of Colonel Wm. M. Wadley, was married at Bolingbroke to Mr. Stephen No ble, of Anniston, Ala. In the Fifth Congressional District of Georgia, Hon. N. J. Hammond is opposed by Judge J. D. Stewart, of Griffin, and Col. P. L. Mynatt, of At lanta. Thursday night Mrs. Ben Williams, of East Macon, arose in her sleep, and walked to the door and unlocked it, and went walking out and fell from the veranda, breaking her leg. Mr. W. W. Hayden, of Oxford, a member of the sub-freshman class at Emory College, won four medals and a year’s free tuition, as prizes for ex cellence and merit during the past term. Charley Warren, the nine year-old son of 'Mr. Geoge W. Warren, of Dooly county, was bitten by a rattle- nake, while picking blackberries in a field near his father’s house, and died in intense agony a few hours after wards. Hon. Richard Croker has succeeded to the leadership of the Tammany Hall association of democrats in New York, the place having become vacant by the death of John Kelly. Croker is said to resemble his predecessor very much in many of his characteristics. The sale of domestic wines, in ac cordance with the provisions of the Local Option law, will, after the 1st of July, prove to be a very extensive and profitable occupation. Much capital will be invested in the busi ness and the production of domestic wine will be stimulated to a surpris ing degree. Our opinion is that “Do mestic wines” means wine made of native grapes grown in tlie vineyards of the United States—the opposite of wine “imported” from foreign coun tries.—Atlanta Journal. A Fatal Epidf.mic in Schkly County.—Ellaville,Ga., June 23. —There is a peculiar disease following the measles, which the physicians call dysentery, that is raging in the north ern portion of the county, and which proves fatal in from ten to eight hours. In a radius of three miles there has been about twenty deaths and it baffles the skill of the physi cians. Mr. Joe Sonter has lost all four of his children. So far it has proved fatal in every instance.—Con stitution. Milledgerille Shoe Stor 'd I desire to call your attention to a tine assortment of A young man named J. W. Vaughn drowned himself in the pond at Ponce de Leon, near Atlanta, on AVednesday morning. He was from Butts county, Ga., and was a patent at the surgical institute in Atlanta. The bad state of his health is assigned as the cause of liis suicide. Ladies’ and Men’s Shoes! Ml Jk m Also a tine line of Men s low quartered Shoes and Ladies’ Slip-' pers, which I have bought espe cially for Commencement. H-AATSI HLA.TSI HAM The finest line of Straw Hats in the city. Will close out t!. * tire line very cheap. * * ' J^sr'Call and examine my stock—you will be pleased. Respectfully, J. T. Lumpkin.—Joseph T. Lump kin, who died yesterday, has been connected with Atlanta journalism for many years. He was a gentleman, modest, truthful and true. He was the eldest son of Chief Justice Joseph Henrv Lumpkin. He has been in feeble health for several years.—At lanta Capitol. In the District Court at Macon Tuesday, the jury in the case of the government against John T. McLane, charged with having made false quar terly returns to the post office depart ment in order to increase his compen sation as postmaster, returned a ver dict of not guilty without leaving the box. A gentleman now living in Athens, and who has long since given up ma nipulating the pasteboard abomina tion, says that he once played poker from Thursday evening at 3 o’clock, until the following Monday night at 12 o’clock, without stopping for sleep. This is probably the longest game on record. The Athens gentleman lost $910 during the game. cn IFIREID TI.JLUQ Milledgeville, Ga., June 15, 1886. 49 ^ Comforts During Warm Seasons Gan be procured at Lowest Prices from—-— JOSEPH STALEY. I have ONLY A FEW LEFT, and will sell the lot out now J LESS THAN MANUFACTURERS, PRICES. Come soon and g J ply yourselves with something (3-OOID -A-ItTID OZE3C3B.AF Before They are all Gone ! As I will not receive any more this season. JOSEPH STALEY. Milledgeville, Ga., June 12tli, 1880. [b it WHITE & TREMOR'S GREEN STORE! J\ r o. 17 South Wayne St. The finest lot of Fancy Groceries in the city can be found there We have just received from New York a fresh lot of Canned and Bottled Goods, viz.: Desicated Cocoanut in quart fruit jars, sealed glass top, Queen Olives, nice lot Pickles, Durkey’s Salad Dressing, Tomato Catsup, Celery Salt, Ac. Just received fresh Tomatoes and Pine Apples, both sliced and grated. W T e can suit you if you will send us your orders or call on us and will make the Price as Low as the Lowest. We have on hand the finest Coffee the market affords. Just receiv ed a lot of the celebrated Murray Hill Java in handsome 3 lb car toons, with screw top which makes it air tight and keeps the original aroma of the Coffee. In meats, we have White Meat,, Breakfast Bacon, Hams and Shoulders. Lard in any quantity. We have "Puce to suit any mail’s pocket book. Be sure to ask for our prices on same. We can now furnish anything in the way of PIC NIC GOODS wanted. We do not pretend to advertise all we keep, as it would take up too much space. Try Cleveland Baking Powder sold by us. Also our Jersey Patent Flour. 3v We can’t help from bragging on our different grades of Flour, be cause all of our trade tell us it is fine. Try it and be convinced. fl^^Our regular patrons will please remember that we will at all times try to fill their orders whether we have the goods in stock or not. Goods delivered promptly and free of charge to any part of the city. WHITE & TREANOR, No. 17 South Wayne Street,... .Milledgeville, Ga. May 2oth, 1886. • 31 ly. Special Department —OF— Tobacco! Cigars! Snuff* We wish to call the attention of the Merchants of this section to our special and recently organized department. ; y Our facilities for handling Tobaccos in large quantities is second to none of any house in Georgia. We have over twenty brands of Tobaccos and can suit anybody in either quality, quantity or price. Our trade in these goods is increasing daily and we have am ple testimony that our goods are giving satisfaction. We have recently purchased and now have in stock, a large as sortment of all grades of Cigars, and are now ready to meet all hon orable competition in this line. In Snuffs, we have different kinds and any size packages. See our G-oods and Hear Our Prices, Is all we ask. We will certainly sell you. W. T. CONN & CO., Jobbers in Groceries and Tobacco, No. 22 and 24 South Wayne St.... . .Milledgeto-le, CU-. April 6th, 1886. 29 ly