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UNION & RECORDER.
Augusta Letter.
Augusta, 6 a. >
Dec. 17, 1886.)
Editors Union-Recorder:
The citv is astir over the defeat of
Mr W Ed. Platt for Chief of the Fire
Department. It was principally
through his efforts that the Electric
Alarm was introduced and the Paid
Department inaugurated. His labors
in behalf of the service have been in
defatigable, and now that all his plans
are about to be successfully consum
mated, he is rewarded by defeat. At
a caucus held by the City Council
last Wednesday Mr. Platt received six
votes, and his opponent, Mr. Harry
Young seven votes for the position of
Chief The Council formally met im
mediately after the caucus and con
firmed the vote by electing Mr.Young
Chief of the Augusta Fire Depart
ment Our people are not opposed to
Mr Young but they are displeased at
the injustice done ex-Chief Platt. The
volunteer companies are all disband
ing, and the paid department will go
immediately into effect.
At the expiration of tne present
vear Chief Christian of the Police
Force will resign his position on ac
count of his age. He has been Chief
of the Police Force for more than a
quarter of a century, and has made
one of the best officers that any force
can boast of. He is tall and handsome
and when on horseback reminds one
of the gallant Lee. It is said to be a
foregone conclusion that 1st Lieuten
ant Joseph Twiggs will be promoted
to the position of Chief. He is a very
worthy gentleman, and will bring
much experience and ability to the
office he is now seeking. •
The Managers of the Young Men’s
Library Association have inaugura
ted a series of Receptions for the ben
efit of the Library, and will hold their
first tonight. The price of admission
is only 25 cents, and the program
shows up first class talent. Surely
the Library should be crowded.
Judge Twiggs is down for a recita
tion, and Rev. Dr. Burrows is an
nounced to read a selection from some
favorite author. The magnificent
voices of Dr. and Mrs. Goodrich and
of Miss Annie Capen will also be
heard. Miss Campbell, the Librarian,
is doing ail in her power to make the
Library attractive, and it is to be
hoped 'that the public will stand by
her and give her substantial encour
agement.
For several days past your corres
pondent has been suffering with neu
ralgia, and is not yet free from it.
This is his apology for the briefness of
this letter. Houghton.
Among our Exchanges.
Ga., has been added to
of free mail delivery cit-
Intensive Farming.
Griffin Sun.
Intensive farming seems to be grow
ing in favor with Georgia planters.
There is no sort of doubt but that the j
day of large area planting has gone j
by; and that Southern land owners j
inav become prosperous, it would I
seem the best plan to put their lands j
upon the market in smaller farm lots, j
and go into systematic and intensive |
cultivation.
Butler’s Portrait in the Harem of
the Shah of Persia.
The Troy Times says, “Ben But
ler’s portrait hangs in the private
gallery of the harem of the Shall of
Persia*’ and adds “the Shah is pretty
well satisfied, none of his wives will
run away with Americans.” This is
pretty heavy on Butler’s fascinating
looks. _
Cluverius Entertains the Coroner.
Columbus,
the number
ies.
Agaric is the Atlanta name for the
prohibition substitute for.whisky used
in that city.
Eatonton says she will have a
railroad to Athens. She is willing to
pay liberally.
Mrs. B, H. Ivey, wife of Rev. K.
H. Ivey, died very suddenly last Fri
day night in Gordon.
Our fashion editor, being a3ked
what was the prettiest thing in fall
bonnets, replied “girls.”
President Cleveland has nominated
Capt. John F. Wheaton to be Collec
tor of Customs at Savannah, Ga.
The forecast for the coming year
includes good seasons and big erops—
prosperity for all who will earn it.—
Perry Journal.
Col. G. J. Foreacre died of kidney
disease, in Newark, Ohio, last Thurs
day. He was a well-known and high
ly respected citizen of this State.
Collector Greenshaw informs the
Constitution that there was collected
in Atlanta during the month of No
vember an oleomargarine tax of $1,-
000.
A company of Northern capitalists
think seriously of developing exten
sively the coal and iron interests of
Whitfield county during the ensuing
year.
Since the organization of the forty-
ninth congress, two senators and nine
representatives have died. This is
the largest death rate of Congressmen
ever before recorded within a similar
period of time.
It is just possible that there are
too many people in this country who
consume a great deal without produc
ing anything. Probably this fact has
something to do with the stringency
of the times.—Perry Journal.
Col. Thomas P. Stovall is making
arrangements to have a steamship
come to Savannah to take freight and
passengers for the great American
Exposition to be held in London.—
Augusta News.
Mormon elders are at work in the
country around Birmingham, Ala.,
and are meeting with surprising suc
cess. One woman has quit her hus
band to go with the “Latter Day
Saints,” and will soon leave for.Utah.
Atlanta Journal: Mr. Julius L.
Brown left Saturday afternoon for
Florida, Havana and Cuba, being
compelled to seek a warmer climate
on account of ill health. He has been
suffering some time with bronchitis.
Mr. Black, I’ve called to see why
you haven’t taken any notice of my
repeated duns?” ‘“Silence is golden
you know Mr. While.” “Well, now,
it seems to be a durned sight more
like brass. It won't pay hills.—
Philadelphia Call.
If the Legislature would confine it
self to necessary legislation and
would give the State as many hours
of work per day as the members re
quire of their hirelings, forty days
; would be sufficient for transacting
the business of any session.—Ishmae-
lite.
The public feeling of uneasiness m
Germany owing to the war scare,
though without a definite basis, is be
ginning to visibly effect business and
retard enterprise. It is reliably sta
ted that Count Yon Moltke, at a din
ner Tuesday, gave it as his opinion
there will be no war while Emprior
Williams lives
A Remarkable Miser.
Richmond, Dec., 17—Cluverius, the
condemned murderer of Lillian Mad
ison, having expressed a desire to see
Coroner Tavlor, that gentleman spent j customers, ^hfieyour'neighbor with
two and a half hours with him this : 4 na * la
One of the most successful mer
chants in New York recently said:
No matter what vour business is, if
you want to secure customers, adver
tise. 1 The carefully prepared,judicious
ly placed advertisement brings you
just as good goods and fine store
stands wondering how ’tis done.
Ham West, being intoxicated, was
arrested and locked up in the Duling
(Tex.) jail the other evening. During
the night, some one broke open the
jail door and stole the sleeping prison
er’s money and watch. West was
round all right in the morning, but he
severely blames the town authorities
for the poor protection they furnish
their prisoners.
The House of Representatives yes
terday evening passed an act carrying
into effect the amendment to para-
now disturbing, justifies caution. The ! £ ra Ph one, section one, article seven
business failures occurring through the constitution, ratified by the
the country during the last week P eo P le in October last, making suita
number for the United States 260 and P rov isi° n s f° r fcuch Confederate
for Canada 28, a total of 288, against ? oldi . ers as ma y hav e been permanent-
274 last week, and 242 the week pre- 4 "
evening. The prisoner talked very
freely, reiterating the theory of sui
cide, and expressing resignation to
the fate that he confesses is inevitable,
but declaring that he will die an inno
cent man.
Risks in Stocks.
New York, Dec. 1*7.— R. G. Dun &
Co's weekly financial review says:
“The risks in stocks by individuals all
over the country are likely to increase
the number of commercial failures al
ready unusually large for the season.
The situation, therefore, while not
vious. The casualties in the Middle,
Western, Southern and Pacific States
are above the average in number,
which is also the case in Canada. In
New Tork City fifteen failures are re
ported, only two of which are of con
sequence.
The New Era.
The dawn of a new era of prosper
ity threatens to break upon the 1 de
pression of the South. If it be true
that the darkest hour is just before
dawn, then we know that the morn
ing of a bright day is near. It is said
that the eyes of capitalists all over
the world are turned to the South as
a land of promise, and they propose
to come and possess themselves of it.
It will be an easy conquest, as a con
quest bought at the sacrifice of gold
usually is. Under the policy of pro
tection and other militating causes
agricultural interests of the South
are at a very low ebb, but revival in
business generally will necessarily
stimulate farmers to renewed exer
tions. The press has labored to in
spire the country with hope, and it
may be rewarded with the increased
prosperity that follows in the train of
its exertions.—Albany,'; Ga., Adver
tiser.
The celebrated Plymouth Church,
in Brooklyn, Henry Ward Beecher,
pastor, has 2,520 members, a gain of
-eleven during the last year.
passing
ly injured in such service. This is but
an act of gratitude as well as of jus
tice, and will meet with popular ap
proval.—Atlanta Journal, 18th.
In speaking of the visit next sum
mer to Europe of the Gate City
Guards, H. Waterson, of the Louis
ville Courier Journal, remarks that
a company of Georgia militia is to
“visit all the countries of Europe.
Of course they are to go peacably,
but it will be hard for the tyrants of
the Old World not to appear a Ilittle
tremulous while the fierce and war
like goober grabblers are
through.”
There is nothing more positively
true than the following taken from an
exchange: “The place for an adver
tisement is in a newspaper, and nine-
tenths of the money spent otherwise
for advertising is wasted, whether
Put in advertising sheets, lithographs,
or directories. There has never yet
been a system invented that could
compete with legitimate newspaper
advertising and what is more, while
every other plan is more costly, they
ar ® n °t so effective.” The long es
tablished newspaper takes an adver
tisement into the homes of its readers
°ud it stops there until the paper is
'Worn out, but in the mean time pe
rused by dozens of different people.
1 fie most successful of our wholesale
aafi retail merchants will tell you the
sa Oie thing, and what has been their
experience will be yours if you adver-
Pf® though the proper channel and
n “ le fight way.—Tipton Advocate.
There was a sensation in the Sur
rogate’s Court in New York city on
Wednesday during the trial of a case
in which John H. Wardell is trying
to prove that the late James H. Paine,
who was widely known as a miser,
made a will in his favor. Paine died
a few months ago and the newspa
pers contained lengthy sketches of
his life and miserly habits. He beg
ged his food and denied himself de
cent clothes. He rented a little room
for $7 a month and did his cooking
himself. He hadn’t much cooking to
do, however, as he lived upon scraps
of food that he picked up in one place
and another. For many months be
fore his death he did not wear a shirt,
and his bed was an old straw mattress
and one quilt.
At his death there were a few who
believed that he had concealed a
large sum of money somewhere, and
a vigorous search was begun for it.
Finally a Chicago banking institu
tion announced that it had some cer
tificates of shares in a land company
which belonged to Paine’s estate, the
value of which was about $40,000. It
was finally concluded that this was
the extent of the dead miser’s wealth,
and that if he ever had any greater
sum than that he had lost it in specu
lations.
It was understood that Mr. Chick-
ering, the well-known manufacturer
of pianos, had a little package that
Paine had left with him, and he was
appointed administrator of the es
tate. In his testimony on Wednes
day he was asked about this package,
and he gave the history of it.
Eighteen years ago Paine entered
his place of business, and handing
him a small parcel asked him to put
it in his private safe. He did as re
quested. Only once did Paine ever
ask about it, and then he merely in
quired if it had been put in the safe
as requested. The answer satisfied
him. Soon after Paine’s death, Mr.
Chickering opened the package in
the presence of witnesses and fouDd
that it contained four $10,000 certifi
cates of deposit in the Metropolitan
Bank; $12,300 in bills of the same
bank which are now of no value, nine
teen $100 bills of the Bull’s Head
Bank, and two $100 bills of the Co
lumbia Bank, both of which banks
are now defunct, and $342.350 10 in
national currency. In addition there
were ninety-one shares of the Chicago
Land Company.
This was the miser’s fortune. At
the time that he deposited it with
Mr. Chickering its value was about
$400,009. Had it been kept properly
invested it would have amounted to
nearly $1,000,000 at the time of Paine’s
death.
No one can doubt that Mr. Chick
ering is a thoroughly honest man
and perhaps no one ever did doubt it.
He could have appropriated the cur
rency, and, as far as now appears, no
one would ever have been the wiser.
It is safe to say that there are those
who pass for honest men who would
have acted differently; but though
there are doubtless men who would
have shown the same sterling integ
rity that Mr. Chickering has, it
would not be an easy matter to find
a parallel to the course pursued by
the miser Paine. A miser who not
only does not make use of his gold,
but who does not even care to see it,
is a character so unknown to human
experience as to make it almost safe
to conclude that Paine was the first
and last of that kind.—Savannah
Morning News.
Capital Prize- $150,000.
“We do hereby certify that we supervise tlie
arrangements for all the Monthly and Seml-
Annual Drawings of The Louisiana State Lo.re-
ry Company, ancl in person manage ana control
the Drawings themselves, and that the same are
•onducted with honesty, fairness, and in gooa
faith toward all parties, and we authorize tne
Company to use this certificate, with fac-simues
of our signatures attached, in its advertise
ments.”
Cooking and Heating Stoves at Cost!
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Coinmlssioners.
We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will
pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana State
Lotteries which may be presented at our coun
ters.
J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisiana Nat’IBk.
J. W. KILBRETH, Pres. State Nat’J Bank.
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat’IBk.
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION!
w Over Half a Million Distributed.
Louisiana Stats Lottery Company.
Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by 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.,1879.
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 Semi-Annual
Drawings regularly every six months
(June and December.j
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
WIN A FORTUNE. FIRST GRAND
DRAWING, CLASS A., IN THE ACADEMY OF
MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, January
11th, 1887—300th Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000.
AiTNotice.—Tickets are Ten Dollars only.
Halves, 85. Fifths, 83. Tenths, 81.
LIST OF PRIZES.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF $150,000.... $150,000
1 GRAND PIIIZE OF 50,000.... 50,000
1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000.... 20,000
2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10,000.... 20,000
4 LARGE PRIZES OF 5,000.... 20,000
20 PRIZES OF 1,000.... 20,000
50 “ 5C0.... 25,000
100 “ 300.... 30,000
200 “ 200.... 40,000
500 “ 100.... 50,000
1,000 “ 50.... 50,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
100 Approximation Prizes of $300— $30,000
100 “ “ 200.... 20,000
100 “ “ , 100.... 10,000
As I am greatly in need of more room, I have come to the conclusion +
sell out all my STOVES AT COST to make more room for other "oous 10
will sell Stoves at actual cost. Come and see for yourselves and if*you
not satisfied you need not buy. I will sell you a good
Cook Stove and Furniture for $8.00.
A nice Parlor Stove for $3.25. Come soon before the choice is gone, as I ghal
not have any more at these prices. I have only a few
Left. I will close them out at less than cost, all for strictly cash, don’t I
credit on these prices. as Vorff
up
I have just received a large lot of 10c. Tinware, and can now fit you
with Tinware as cheap as any one.
Tin Cups, 2 for a nickle.
12 quart Dish Pans, 20c.
Largest Size Wash Basin, 10c.
Pie Plates, 35c. per dozen.
2 quart Covered Buckets, 10c.
10 quart Milk Buckets, 20c.
2 quart Coffee Pots, 10c.
Milledgeville, Nov. 30th. 1886.
14 quart Coffee Pots, 20c.
j Bowls and Pitchers, 75c.
Chamber Tin Set, $1.65 set
6 quart Milk Pans, 10c.
10 gal. Lard Cans, 65c.
Lamps from 20c. to $10.00
Fine Lamps with Shade, $1.00
JOS. STALEY.
12 tf
Unparalleled Stock!
Unprecedented Sales!
He wanted to be made £:ood.
to
[Boston Courier.]
Old Gent—And so you are going
Sunday-school, my good boy.
Urchin—Yes, sir; I ain’t like the oth
er fellers that waits till Christmas be
fore they go. That shows what they
go for.
Old Gent—You go because you wish
to be made good.
Urchin—Yes, sir. Besides, there
may be something given to the chil
dren Thanksgiving.
It is said that Col. Waterman will
sever his connection with the Atlan
ta Evening Capitol on January 1st.
Germany declines to receive the dep
utation from Bulgaria officially as Bul-
ria is not a sovereign State.
Judge Crisp, of Georgia, it is stated,
favors the abolition of the whole In
ternal revenue system.
A bale of sea island cotton has been
received at Dublin, the first in the
history of the place.
The soldiers of the war of 1812 must
have been a hardy, long lived set.
There have been over 78,000 applica
tions for pensionssince 1881 for ser
vices in that war.
Waycross has a postmaster devot
ed to his duties. “I send you three
dollars and a dozen kisses,” wrote a
fellow to his girl at that town, and
the postmaster gallant man, paid the
money and the kisses—the latter twice
over.
The earthquake has deprived Geor
gia of one of her natural curiosities.
The “Shaking Rock” will shake no
more. For over a hundred years it
has been an object of curiosity to
the people of Oglethorpe county, and
hundreds of lovers have made it their
try sting place. The earthquake has
shaken it off its pivot, however, and
it now rests solidly on the bosom of
the earth.
West Point, December 19.—Our
fine, though incomplete college, was
again reduced to ashes by an incen
diary Last night about 1 o’clock. The
night was very foggy, and when the
alarm was given so dense was the fog
no one could see the flames, which
were then consuming our magnifi
cent female college. D. D. Bnyder,
contractor, of Atlanta, wifi suffer
great loss, as it was only covered by a
light insurance.
This is found posted up in a negro
blacksmith’s shop: “Notis.—De cop
artnership heretofore resisting betwixt
me and Mose Skinner is hereby resol
' ed - Dem what owe de firm will set
tle wid me, and dem what de firm owe
will settle wid mose.
2,279 Prizes, amounting to $535,000
Application for rates to clubs should be made
only to the oillce of the Company in New Orleans.
For further intormation write clearly, giving
full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Mon
ey Orders or New Y'ork Exchange in ordinary
letter. Currency by Express (at onr expense,)
addressed
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.,
or M. A. DAUPHIN,
Washington, D. C.
Male P.0.Money Orders payable
ana aMress Recistereft Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, La.
nmsrRflDCD That tlie presence of Generals
sitllJ LlVlDtll Beauregard and Early, -who
are in eliarge of the drawings, is a guaran
tee of absolute fairness and integrity, that the
chances are all equal, and that no one can possi
bly divine what numbers will draw a Prize. All
parties therefore advertising to guarantee Prizes
in this Lottery, or holding out any other impos
sible inducements, are swindlers, and only aim
to deceive and defraud the unwary.
Dec. 14th, 1886. 23 4t
New Advertisements.
S700to $2500A, "tJtJ'Z'r, Si
made working for os. Agents preferred who can
furnish their own horses and give their whole time
to the business. Spare moments may be profitably
employed also. A few vacancies In towns and clues.
B. F. JOHNSON A CO., 1013 Main 6L, Richmond. Va.
T O ADVERTISERS.—Lowest Rates for ad
vertising in 1,000 good newspapers sent
free. Address GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., 10
Spruce St., N. Y.
December 3rd, 1886. 22 3m.
Stock Must be Reduced.
GOODS
At Your Own Price!
We make it a rule to carry no
Millinery from one season to an
other, and in order to do this, we
will have to make big sales in the
next thirty days. New lot just
in, but they all go in
I
At and Below Cost!
FOE THE CASH. If you are
needing a Hat, don’t fail to call
on
W. H. CARR.
Milledgoville, Ga., Dec. 7, ’87. 11 3m
The Milledgeville Banking Co.
Of Milledgeville, Ga.
A General Banking Business Transacted.
G. T. Wiedenman, President.
13. T. Bethune, Cashier.
Directors.—W. T. Conn, D. B. Sanford,
rf. E. Hendrix, G. T. Wiedenman, L. N.
Callaway, T. L. McComb, C. M. Wright.
Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 21st, ’86. 15 ly
Legalcap, foolscap, letter and note paper
—pens, pencils and ink, for sale cheapfat
the Union & Recorder office.
Fall Goods arriving daily, and onr immense storeroom put to its
hardest test. The building is filled from cellar to garret. We have
in stock and on road:
1.000 Barrels Flour. #
150 Barrels Sugar.
200 Boxes Tobacco.
225 Cases Sardines, bought before the advance.
200 Boxes Soaps.
200 Cases Potash.
50 Sacks Peanuts.
100 Sacks Coffee.
50.000 lbs. Red Rust Proof Seed Oats.
230 Boxes Crackers.
75.000 Cigars.
200 Cases assorted Can Goods.
1 car load Lard.
100 Boxes Cheese.
GOO Pails, 80 half barrels, and 25 barrels breakfast Mackerel.
And an enormous lot of other goods too numerous to mention. With
better facilities than we ever had before, we are prepared to dupli
cate the prices of any house in Georgia. We do not ask you to buy
of us, but just let us price you our goods and we will surely put
you
on our long list of customers.
W. T. CONN & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers.
22 & 24 S. Wayne Street, Milledgeville, Ga.
Sept. 21st, 1886. 29 ly
No. 17 South Wayne St,
T. E. WHITE & CO.
We invite all onr Patrons and Friends to come and examine our
new goods, which we are daily receiving. We can suit any man’s
pocket book, both in quality and price of goods. We do not pro
pose to make any cuts on prices but will sell you what you want and
Guarantee Satisfaction on all Goods.
We would say, particularly to onr regular patrons, that at all times,
we will try to fill their orders with the
Nicest and Freshest Goods,
the market affords. We do not buy in very large lots, but buy
often. By this means, we can always sell fresh goods. We call
particular attention to
Our Stock of Flour,
which is complete. Wo have on hand “White Swan,” “White
Loaf,” “White Satin” and “Jersey.” The above grades are patents.
Then we have also “New Constitution,” “Moss Rose,” and “Odd
Trump.” If you want nice white bread, buy good Flour and the
best Lard. We have the finest Leaf Lard on hand, which cost very
little more than poor stuff.
Our stock of Canned Goods, cannot be excelled. Fancy Candy
and Crackers of all kinds.
Sugar, Coffee, Teas, Spice, &c.
In fact, anything you may want. Bran for your cow at lowest price.
Mognolia Hams, Breakfast Bacon and White Meat. Jersey Butter,
always on hand and on Ice. We invite onr country friends to call
on us and get prices, we will sell them their goods as cheap as any
one. Tobacco by the plug or box. Remember the place.
GREEN STORE!
No 17 South Wayne Street, Milledgeville,
a _ T. E. WHITE & CO. UJ
Aug. Slst, 1886. 81
Ga.