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Official Organ of City and Connty. r. L. Hunter, Local Editor. W. T. CONN k CO., TT/HOLESALE DEALERS in Sta- W pie and Fancy Groceries, Tobac cos, Cigars, &c. Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 20th, I860. 5 Cm The Edwards House, O FFERS the best accommodations for Transient and Regular Board ers. Special inducements for College students. WARREN EDWARDS. Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 1, ’8G. 26 ly New Grocery Store—Wholesale and Retail. WOOD YARD! W OOD delivered at an Y t ™ e ' T1T1 C. H. BONNER. Milledgeville, August 3rd, 1886. [4 tf MRS. TEELING'S BAKERY. Fresh Bread ami Cake Daily. Also liquid yeast and yeast-cakes can be found ut» her resilience, ftlso nt t»lic store of Kinney Whelan, also Mr. Clias. Bonner. [12 6m THE CITY Hot, dry, dusty. Two hundred and thirteen bales of cotton were sold in tliis city last Sat urday. Our streets are exceedingly dusty. The sprinkler was out yesterday, but an active growing city like ours needs and must have more water. Mr. T. W. Turk, Tax Collector of Baldw in county, gives notice in an other column, that his books are ope for the collection of taxes for the year 1886. The sparkling water from a fount in Mr T. L. McComb s yard, is a pleasing evidence that his water works are a success The water is conveyed from Jarratt s sprin 0 . When an earthquake comes where shall man abide? He cannot seek safetv in cvclone pits, nor on house tops.* At such a time he can hut re alize his utter insignificance and his inability to hide from Him who holds the earth in the hollow of His hand. The voung mens prayer meeting will be held next Friday night in the basement of the Presbyterian church. Yormo- men turn out, and turn over a new leaf. The irreligion of our young men is the saddest feature in the otherwise promising future of our city. In their hands rests the happi ness of the community to an alarm ing extent. The Old Hardware Stork.—We invite attention to the advertisement of Mr. Joseph Staley,'.who has a com plete stock of hardware and other roods in his line, at bottom prices.- Hehas had a long practical experience, having been engaged m the business in this city for more than a quarter of a centurv. He is familiar with the wants of'the trade, and has enlarged his stock from year to year to meet the increasing wants of this and ad- ioining counties. If von need any thing in his line or roofing or gutter ing to be done, call on him. Mr. Sol Barrett of this city has been engaged in doing some first rate farm ing for two or three years in this vi cinity, together with other kindred pursuits. He has also been engaged in the mercantile business in years past. He now proposes to engage in the wholesale and retail trade in gro ceries at the store which w T as occupied for a number of years and until a few days since, by Mr. Windsor. He is an enterprising citizen, has fine business capacity, ample means and a strong attachment for the old town. He will have Mr. Ed Lane as an assistant. Everybody about here knows the lat ter gentleman and they also know liow efficient and attentive to busi ness he is. With a sufficient capital and first rate heads and hands to han dle it, together with the continued in crease in the trade of Milledgeville, we shall look for a fully successful ca reer of this new business enterprise, and we feel assured both the public and the owner of it, will be banefitted by its establishment here and by its fu- ture influence on the business of ^Iil- ledgeville. P •9 IN THE— ©iry ©<o<D<il Registration. Registration was completed last Saturday with the following result: 320th District, -401 321st 318th 419th 115th 322d 105th .327 .155 .134 .201 .181 .106 Total for county,.... 1,505 State Election.—The election for Governor, State House officers, Sena tors and Representatives will take place on next Wednesday week, the 6th day of Ootober. Announce to the public, To-Day, that they have about <.ompleted marking and arranging; their Fall stock, and a:e n,w ready for Business. We have had four Buyers in New York., this season, Mr Lyons, Mr. Cline and Mr Bann n from the Macon store, and Mr. H. Good man, from the Milledgeville store, and they have visited all tie Northern and Eastern Fac tories, and have made contracts for the Delivery of most of our goods Direct from the Manufac turers, which every business man knows gives us a decided advantage. Our entire stock of Do mestic goods was contracted for between the first and fifth of August, before the heavy advance and our customers shall have the benefit of it. and we will give you some of our prices, (as we have promised to keep you posted n the Dry Goods market,) to show yon how cheap you can buy goods from us this Fall. We mean business, and before any Dry Goods house in Georgia can offer you More Inducements or Lower Prices than we can, they will have to build up factories of their own. An immense lot of Hats, Wire Bus tles and Ruchings just received at Miss S. E. Bearden's. Our neighbor of “The Chronicle” brought out a very creditable Trade Issue last Saturday. He received a liberal patronage from our merchants. If you wan’t the best Sewing Ma chine on the market buy the Light Running White.'’ For sale by Miss S. E. Bearden. Hon. David J. Baily lias been nom inated by both factions to represent Spalding county in the Legislature*. The nomination was unanimous. A sensible move. The equinoctual storm has made its appearance in Galveston. The blew a gale and torrents of rain fell. We may expect it in this section be fore many hours. DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. 10,000 yards heavy yard wide, unbleached Shirting, at 5c per 3 ard. 5.000 3'ards of yard v/icle Sea Islands, at 5c per }*ard. 500 pieces standard Calico, warranted fast colors, at 5c per yard. 500 pieces of Calico, at 3^c per yard, 3.000 yards of yard wide, soft finished Bleaching, at 6fc per yard. And all Georgia made Domestics, at FACTOR! PRICES. Dress Goods! Dress Goods! W. T. Conn & Co’s., Gilt Edge Cream Cheese is the finest in the world. Ask your grocer for this brand and no other. H ^t. The largest and finest assortment we have ever carried before, and in all the different styles, consisting of Embroidered Suits of French Serges and Cashmeres, English Poplins in solid colors and striped, for combination suits, and a beautiful lot of Pin stripes and checks of the latest designs, Diagonal and Ottoman Serges, in all colors and shades, from 12£c to 35c per yard, with buttons and velvet i to match. Only by looking can you get an idea of this beautiful aud varied stock. SPECIAL’ On Monday night, 20tli insh, about one o’clock, the ringing of the bells awakened our people and a glance to ward the Southeastern part of the city made them aware that a house was on fire. It was soon ascertained hv those in that region that the stable of Mr. Thos. Bagiev was burning. The fire had made such progress be fore it was discovered that it was im possible to save the house, and it speediiv burned down, destroying all of Mr. Bagley’s forage, which was stored in the loft oi the building. The fact that the fire occurred so late in the night, when it was not probable that any one would be pasging to start it by the accidental throwing aside of a cigar stump or in any simi lar manner, leads to the belief that its origin was the act of an incendiary. One 4 room house with cook room attached—all new—2 acres land—good well water—good barn—bounded north by Ga. R. R., east by Wilkin son street. Two half acre lots, with houses, on Wavne street, old factory site. For sale* by Bethune & Moore. Real Estate Agents. To the Citizens of Baldwin County: I will deliver an address on Politi cal Topics, on Saturday, the 9th day of October next, at Milledgeville, Ga. Respectfully Yours, JAMES H. BLOUNT. Macon, Ga., Sept. 18th, 1886. Thompson’s celebrated Glove-Fitting Corset, for $1.00. Our new Matchless Corset for 50c, worth 75c everywhere. Misses’ and children’s Corsets at 50c, GOc and 7oc. Ladies’ Corsets in various makes from 35c up. A full line of Ladies’ Collars and Cuffs, in plain, white, striped and black. 50 dozen colored bordered Handkerchiefs, at 5c, worth 10c. 50 doz. Ladies’ linen hem-stitched Handkerchiefs for 10c, worth 15c. A CHEAP HOUSE. -:o:- A correspondent of the Constitu tion writing from Dublin, Ga., on the 8th inst.. commences his dispatch with the sentence, “Dublin is destin ed to be the Atlanta of South Geor gia ” We like the pluck of the wri ter and trust that his bright visions of future greatness for his little town may have a glorious realization. In the meantime our people and those below here on our river are taking ac tive measures to open the Oconee to steamboat navigation to this city and we may indulge in pleasant dreams of the future, when our enterprising merchants will order their goods from the South Georgia Atlanta, and they will be delivered to us from the decks of the busy steamers navigating our river. Now let’no irreverent croaker laugh at the modest attempts to lift the veil that obstructs our view of the un- i known future. Stranger things than this have occurred in the history of the world. I WILL sell ray house anrtloton Wayne Street for TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. This place was sold by a minister four years ago for TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, and since that time has had FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS spent in improvements. Now let somebody buy, or stop talking about property enhancing in value in Milledgeville. MARK JOHNSTON. yy-Qne year ago $1,310, cash, was offered for this place ’ The party offering is still alive and well, but has bought. M. J. Sept. 25th, 1886. 12 2t. 3Q « « << “ “ “ 12£c, “ 20c. 25 « “ “ “ “ “ 15c, “ 25c. 5Q ^ a “ Handkerchiefs, in all the’ new patterns, scal- lopped, tucked, blocked, stitched and embroidered, from 20 to 60c. A beautiful line of Ladies’ Cashmere and Merino Scarfs, in all colors, fringed and embroidered, from $1.00 to $5.00. 25 dozen fancy Sailor Collars for children, at 5c. LADIES' HOSIERY! Tax Notice. M' A few davs ago, Pea Jav, one of * 'th ~ the reporters of the Constitution made his appearance here and in a few hours gathered a mass of information concerning the business of our city and the men who conduct and con trol the same, wrote out his notes in the light and airy manner charac teristic of that great and energetic iournal and had his report printed and before the public almost before we bad time to realize what was going on We present to our readers in +hi*s issue the pen-picture of Milledge- I tale as seen through the eyeglasses of our ’ esteemed contemporary and if I the likeness is in any wise defective as ^correct portrait, we must remember uat the artist, in the hurry of hasty opposition, is liable to. fall into er ■ors and in the present instance, the h-rnnar ceeins to have been actuated ofSkild “feeling towards the ';old canital ” ‘A fertile imagination is a i frreat help when time is wanting to l father and digest the solid facts per- ItainiDg to the situation. Y BOOKS are now opened for the collection of Taxes for the year 1886. I am compelled under a new law to close my books on the 20th of December. Please come up and pay promptly. Office at Post Office. Office hours from 9 to 4 o’clock on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. T. W. TURK, Tax Collector B. C. Sept. 28, 1886. 12 3m FOR COUNTY TREASURER. We are authorized to announce the name of Arthur I. Butts for County Treasurer, at the ensuing election in January next. July 26,1886. 3 tde 100 dozen ladies Lisle thread Hose, all colors, never before sold for less than 60c, thrown on our bargain counter, at 25c. A full line of fancy striped, regular made Hosiery, 20, 25, 30, 3o, 50 and 60 cents—very cheap. An elegant line of ladies’ Jersey and Cashmere Gloves, lined and nnlined, from 10c to $1.00 a pair. Foster’s celebrated Kid Gloves, one of the best made, always in stock. Large assortment of Ladies’, Misses’ and Children s Undervests. A very handsome line of Ladies’ Shopping Bags, new styles, with Purses attached. Ladies’ hand Satchels from 25c to $3.50. Ladies’, Misses and Children’s Wraps. j — ■ — —j By the Thousand, 50 per cent. Lower than Anybody. About two months ago, when the wholesale Hat House of Roseu- field k Lilienthal, of Macon, Ga., went out of business, we bougM their entire stock of Hats, at less than 50c on the dollar, and in this- lot there was a large number of the celebrated J.3 B. Stetson Hats. Everybocty knows what this Hat is, and we are going to sell them si $2.50 a piece. All other Hats in this let will be sold at half whad } r ou can buy them elsewhere. Ready-Made Clothing! Our stock in this line is immense, consisting of Gents’, Youths ^ Boys’ and Children’s Overcoats, and Suits, from the Cheapest to the Finest garment made. We will sell yon an all wool suit f®«r $6.50 that will surprise you, and our $8.50, all "wool suit is a perfe^ beauty. Fathers! Mothers! Come and look at our Boy-s’ Knee Suits, at only $2.00: tkey r am really cheaper than buying the cloth. Gold and Silver Shirts. We are the sole Agents here of these celebrated makes of Shirks- Gold at $1.00 and Silver for 75c; Collars and Cuffs to match: axui they are the best, cheapest, and most perfect fitting shirt ever of fered in this mrrket. We also sell as good Linen Bosom Shirts at 50c as you usually buy for 75c. Cloths and Cassimeres, AT HALF PRICE. Only a few weeks ago, the well known Merchant Tailor, N.. IL. Winship, of Macon, failed, and our Mr. Cline, who is always on hand, when there are bargains to be had, bought a large portion ©i this stock at 50c on the dollar. They are all handsome goods, anil you can buy them from us for nearly one-half what you will liavo to pay for them elsewhere. N. R. Winship’s card is printed on every piece, which is itself a guarantee that they are first-class goods. Our buyers have paid special attention to this department, and we have styles, colors'and prices to suit all, from four years, up to the largest ladies’ size, consisting of Russian Circulars, New Markets and Short Cloaks. We have them trimmed in all the new and late styles and invite you specially to inspect this stock before purchasing. Blankets, Shawls and Comforts. FOR TAX COLLECTOR. -:o: T HEREBY announce myself as a 1 candidate for Tax Collector at the election next January. As I have nothing to fall back upon but my friends I think it best to let them know it in time J. W. BUTTS. Aug. 6th, 1886. [5 tde Our stock in this line is very large and complete, and if LOW PRICES will do it, everybody will be kept warm and comfortable this winter. We have shawls from 10c a piece up to $10.00. White Blankets from $1.25 to $12.00 a pair and heavy colored Blanktes as low as 90c. We were never before able to sell Carpets as cheap as this seasc Our stock of Three Ply, Super Two Ply, and Mediums, are very handsome. We also have the celebrated Chelsea Mills, Chines© Carpet, which is a very pretty Carpet, for only 25c, and beautifal Napier Mattings and a large assortment of Crumb Cloths, Velvex and Turkish Rugs and Rubber Door Mats. We also keep in this department a splendid assortment of Linen Window Shades Cornices—be sure and ask to see them. To Our Country Merchantsl. We ask this one favor of you—give us a look, and get our whole sale prices, and we will convince you that we will sell you gooefe- as cheap as Macon, Augusta or Savannah, and in some lines a great deal cheaper. We will save you your freight every time; we bar* all the facilities for doing it, and if we fail, it will be our fault sunS not yours. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. We are authorized to announce the name of John M. Edwards for Coun ty Treasurer. Election in January next. Aug. 4th, 1886. 4 tde To theVoters of Baldwin County. A T the solicitation of many friends I hereby announce myself* as a can didate for the Legislature. T. H. KENAN. July 27th, 1886. 3 tde. Above we have tried to give you a general idea of our stock and prices. Of course we sell for cash and the cash we must have. We could not afford to sell them at the prices we do, if we did not get the cash. We have four more new salesmen besides our regular force and we promise you polite, respectful and gentlemanly attention, at all times, and will use every effort in our power to please you. PETER J. CLINE L C0. 7 Milledgeville, Ga., Sept. 21, 1886. Milledgeville, Macon and Griffin. 11 ly,