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\Tr\T mvTi^ i VTTT fFederal Union Established In 1829. VOLUME JLj V 111. [southern Recorder 1819. f Consolidated 1872. Milledgeville Ga ., November 8. 1887- Number 18. Beef Contract. Georgia Lunatic Asylum. Office Steward, ) Near Milledgeville, (ia., Nov. 3rd, 1887.) S EALED PROPOSALS, will be re ceived at this office until the 3rd day of December next, at 13 o’clock, M., to furnish this Institution with, from700to 8001bs. GOOD MERCHAN TABLE BEEF, each day, at such time of day, as may be required, in equal proportion of fore and hind quarters. The delivery to commence on the first day of January, 1888, and continue until the first day of Janua ry, 1889. The money to be paid for the same monthly. Fifteen percent, of the amount due to be retained from each monthly payment as security for faithful performance of contract. The l right reserved to reject any and all bids. Bids should be marked “To ; Furnish Beef," and addressed to the undersigned. LUCIUS J. LAMAR, 18 lin. Steward. ; LOOK OTUi'T ! • Compare thin with your purchase: BALDWIN COUNTY. Petition For Letters of Dismission. Georgia, Baldwin County, Court of Ordinary, Oct. Term, 1887. W HEREAS, L. Carrington, Execu tor upon the estate of Emmie DeLaunay Nisbet, deceased, has tiled his petition in said court for letters of dismission from his trust ns such Exec utor. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all persons interested, heirs or creditors, to show cause on or by the January term next of said court, to be held on the first Monday in Jan uary, 1888, why letters of dismission from said trust should not be granted to said petitioner as prayed for. Witness my hand and official signa ture this October the 3rd, 1887. DANIEL B. SANFORD, 13 3m.] Ordinary. Tax Notice. M Y BOOKS are now open for the collection of the State and Coun ty Tax for the year 1887. The books will be closed 20th December next, as the law directs. Office at the Court House. Office hours from 9 a. in., to 4 p. m. I will be at my office at the Coort House on Tuesdays and Satur days. T. W. TURK, Tax Collector Baldwin County. Sept. 20th. 1887,11 3m. FOR SALE T HE residence of Alfred Hall; 3 rooms; front and back porches and kitchen attached; good well of water; one-half acre of ground; 100 yards south-east of College, on Elbert street; house new. For terms apply to ALFRED HALL. Milledgeville, Oct. 11. 14 1m. FOR SALE. T HE residence of Mr. O. H. Fox on North Wayne Street. Large lot. House and out houses in good repair. Terms $1,700. Apply to O. H. FOX. Milledgeville, Ga., Sep. 27, 1887. 12 tf. Valuable Property FOR SALE. F OUR well improved, valuable lots, three on East Green Street, oppo site the Methodist church, tile other on East Hancock Street adjoining the Baptist Parsonage. This property is without doubt the most desirable, for sale in the city, being central ly located, convenient to business, churches and college. Buildings all new and of modern design. Property sold subject to present lease. 1 will at any time, take pleasure in showing the property to any who may desire to purchase. For terms, &c., apply to S. BARRETT. Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 29, ’87. 8 tf JSf% mrr^T |fca if tf' mm§- Restlessness, a *ttctctly vco7TAat.e vaultlhs family medicine. l>**«r«dcmiy b> & 1&IL13 &' mksm, sa. » you value health, perhaps life, examine each k*.*!e und hr sure you get the Genuine. See r«*d Z Trade-Mark and the full title of Wrapper, and on the aide *c*i»i and signature of J. 11. Zcilln Jk ,, in the above Lc- simile Remember there 'Other genuine Simmons Liver Re.'ulatJf. Mareh 29, 1887. 28 cw ly House for Rent. GOOD seven room house for rent on reasonable terms, located on Jefferson street. Apply to C. L. CASE. Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 4, ’87. 13 tf A To Rent. R ESIDENCE on Jefferson street, formerly occupied by T. J. Barks dale. For terms, apply to P. J. CLINE. Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 0th, ’87. 5 tf Ri'FUS W. Roberts. Albert cummino. ROBERTS & CUMMING, Attorneys-At-Iiaw, Milledgeville, Ga. P ROMPT attention given to all tmulnesa en trusted to tlicir care. Office In room formerly occupied by Judge D. B. Sanford. May 10, 1887. 19 ly. DR. W. R. ROBISON,’ SPENDERS his Professional Ser- 1 vices to the citizens of Milledge ville and surrounding country. Office and residence on Green Street, oppo site Presbyterian church. Milledgeville, Ga., March 1, '87. 34 3m G. T. WLEDENMAN, MERCHANDISE BROKER, Milledgeville, Ga. Office in Bank Building. Jan. 11, 1887. 27 tf DR. W. H. HALL H AS removed Ids office to tbo room formerly occupied by Mr. Walter Paine, Clerk of Superior Court. is tf Marat, Groceries, Etc. — :o:— 1 have now fitted up a RESTAURANT wiNi all the appointments of a business of this character, where THE HUNGRY 2MEAN —and the— Lover of Good Eating Can be accommodated at all hours wltli the choicest substantiate anil Favorite Delicacies Of the season. The best attention will be given to all who patronize my restaurant, and satis faction given to a full measure. Come and see what u good meal you can have served up at short notice. In connection with my Restaurant I have In store a large stock of Fresh Groceries Of every description, which must be sold. Call in, see and be satlslled that here Is the place to put your money to the best advantage. C. W, ENNIS, Oct. 4. 13 tf, Milledgeville, Gu. Dentistry. DR. H MTcLARKE: W ORK of any kind performed In ac cordance with the latest ana most Im proved methods. «i.Offlceln Callaway’s Now Building. Milledgeville, Ga., May 15th, 1883. 14 Dr. W. A. MOORE, O FFERS his professional services to the poo- ple of Milledgeville, Baldwin county and sur rounding country. When not professionally engaged, he will be found during the day at, his office and residence next door east of Masonic nail Milledgeville, Ga.. Apr. 2f>. 1880. 41 tf HOLMES’ SURE CURE MOUTH-WASH and DENTIFRICE. Cures Bleeding (’.khih. Ulcers, Sore Mouth. Sore Throat, Cleanses the. Teeth and Purines the Breath: used and recommended by leading den- tisis. Prepared by l)rs. J. p. ,fc \V. It. Holmes, Dentists, Macon, (la. For sale by all druggists and dentists. Aug. 5th, 1887. i iy. (Ti | nn Tft (DOnn A MONTH can be made UMuU III vPuUU working for us. 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 cities. B. !•’. JOHN SON A CO., 1073Main st., Richmond, Va. [8 3m Land for Sale. T OT OF FIFTY ACRES, more I i less, on Sheffield Ferry road, just outside city limits. For terms, apply to BETHUNE & MOORE. Nov. 1st, 1887. . 17 tf. WHELESS STAMP -PRESS CO.- 748 REYNOLD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA, Agents Wanted! Catalogue FREE! RUBBER STAMPS, SEALS, BADGES, CHECKS, STENCILS, STEEL STAMPS, &c. Sole Manufacturers of The Wheless Self-Inking Rubber Stamp Printing Press. Aug. 30, 1887 8 ly YOU an live at home, and make more money at work for us, than at any- thing else In tills world. Capital not needed; you are started free. Both sexes; all ages. Any one can do the work. Large earnings sure from llrst start. Costly ontllt and terms free. Better not delay. Costs ypu noth ing to send us your address and llnil out; if you are wise youwilldosoatoucc. II. llALLBTTA Co. Portland, Maine. February 15th, 1887 . ly, AGRICULTURAL AND POLITICAL. Will our farmers, we mean the great body of them, have any money to spare at Christmas, after paying their obligations? There is notfiing added to trie wealth of a country, a county, or a community, that is not dug out of the mother Enrtb. She is a good kind mother, when you treat her *rlght. The gems that deck a (Queen’s brow, and the slap-jacks and biscuits, and hominy and liog-meat, that make a poor man’s table smile, all come out of the Earth. If Vou don’t tickle the good old mother, you will go to bed supperless, and get up without refreshing rest,or hope for the future, Will it be so? Will farmers, planters, and cultivators of the soil, generally, large and small, let their advantage slip through their lingers as many of them have done in the past. The idea is current that a merchant will not respect a planter who provides for his own household, first. ()ur experience for years past, is that the best merchants respect, most, the man who raises all his own provisions. If there is a guilt-edge credit in any of our cities, towns and villages, it is the man’s who raises everything necessary for home sup plies. We will not suy that a man should abandon cotton, by no means. But the idea thfe writer would im press on the people is—to be inde pendent of an obligation for home supplies that lie can make for himself. Do this and the merchant will respect him—the doctor, editor, preacher and mechanic will respect him, aye, they will take him kindly by the hand and make him feel honored in his industry and vocation. If possible, when an other year rolls round with its trials, its trouble and tribulations, let it iind you better off than you are now. Many cultivatorsof the soiljdo not, per haps, trust as much to their own stout arms as to luck and chance. We know full well wlmt burdens an unjust tariff puts upon you. You are taxed heavily for nearly every thing you itppd> So much, greater "is the necessity for'berculenn efforts to bear thfeui, and yet triiimph over the injustice of your government. The people, every where .in our extended country, are awakening more than ever to the wrongs inflicted upon them, and the time is approaching for relief. Powerful efforts are being made for relief. That relief must come from the people. Work on with might, and at the polls assert your rights. Relief must come from the people themselves. Long habit and an immense money power is weigh ing tiie people down, but they can be kept down only by their own inac tion. Take the taxes off, and you will be free indeed, as well as in theo ry, and will be gloriously prosperous. The people have suffered until/pa tience is exhausted, and they are be coming rapidly united everywhere in resistance to the schemes of the mo nopolists to defraud them by uncon stitutional and oppressive laws. From the President down to the humblest citizen in the democratic ranks the effort will he made to re store right—primordial right which is abstract justice, to the throne from which it has been long exiled. We are contending for justice not for the South alone, but for all sections of our Union. The designation of our Union now is an “Indissoluble Union of Iiulestructable States.’’ How can it be maintained unless its principles are laid in the deep foundations of justice and equal rights. These must perpetrate the very heart Of the Union, it is our duty at this very time to sift the just claims of the op pressed from the false pretention of others. To oppress one portion of tin- people for another portion, under the forms of law, is the very essence of tyranny. Is this the way to main tain an Indissoluble Union of Inde structible States. If a modern Crom well should be plotting the destruc tion of the Union, he would gloat over the law that forces one part of the people to give a portion of his hard earnings to another part with out an equivalence. This is the very essence of political tyranny. Cromwell fooled the people of England by constantly crying out "That he was seeking the Lord. He was a superior “take in’’ an Arch hypocrite. Our Cromwell will come sooner or later when the people have been sufficiently fooled and puzzled to be prepared for bis advent. Rigid, which is ab stract. ju-tice, placed upon a rock and Supposed to be guarded against the tyranny of one man, or a set of men, is condemned by power, and is lost sight of by many of the people in the delusive principles of leaders, who, like Cromwell, are leading them to the loss of both liberty and justice. That man who attempts to un dermine the foundations upon which the patriots of the old revolu tion built the noblest structure of liberty that the world ever saw, is an enemy to the people for whom it was erected. It became at once the temple of liberty and the temple of justice. The Great Eternal permitted it to go up for the American people and it was put under their sovereign protection for tiieir happiness and a model for the world. It is time for them to take charge of their own in terests. The fountain of evil change should attract the attention of every citizen of the Union. Silently and surely lins this evil been extending its pestilential influence and like a lazy stream lifts been pouring its stagnant waters over the land, scattering po litical malaria, pestilence and moral death, misleading the people, baffling ; the efforts of patriots, soiling and tho busiest men in Washing- ’resjjent Cleveland, who is , .• : a.: . ai. .... rendering shapeless our once beauti fully proportioned State and Federal f ’overnments. Is the spirit of the age lostile to that of the Revolutionary Fathers? Where are the healthful owners of the ancient honesty anil faith? Where the sublime pageants of our victorious freedom? All that is left to cheer patriotic sentiment is found in the Democratic party. Let the supporters of that organization cling to it as the hope and mainten ance of what, is left of the principles of the Fathers. With Cleveland as our leader we may have health restor ing reforms that would delight again in the music of “Hail Columbia, Hap py Land,” and renew enthusiasm in gazing upon the star spangled Banner floating over our Indissoluble Union of Indestructible States. Washingion Letter. From Our Regular Correspondent Washington, Oct. 31, iss7. Editors Union Recorder: One of.the ton is 1 now-absorlij^ in investigating the re ports of gff’ernient bureau officers ami statistical works for the purpose of preparing his annual message to Congress. Most of the large libraries in the Capital have contributed some thing to the end in view, and I doubt whether even the encyclopedia is an exception. The President is not the only one pre paring for the longsession of Congress, now so near at band, as tho Congress men themselves are arriving in the city every day, so as to have plenty of time to settle themselves down before beginning the long and labo rious task of next session'^ work, which will probably extend far into the summer. It is likely that the skirmish line of the Presidential con test. of 188N will lie fought in the Fiftieth Congress, so it is highly prob able that many exciting and sensa tional scenes will be enacted in the effort to manufacture political capital for use in the pending campaign. The tariff will be the question of all others that will occupy the attention of that body, while the disposition of the Treasury surplus will perhaps be considered a collateral subject. Tiie Interstate Commerce law will be amended, and in new legislation, efforts will be made for tiie better protection cf railroad passengers from being roasted to death by heating stoves and kerosene lamps. Those who advocate goverment control of the Telegraph expect to move in be half of their favorite measure. A perfect shower of pension bills may be expected, but I am of the opinion that most of them will gracefully repose on the table until unceremo niously committed to the Congression al or Presidential waste-baskets, for reform and retrenchment will lie the watchwords with Democrats, while the Republicans will chiefly figure ns malcontents and obstructionists. The Fisheries Commission, of which you have heard so much, has engaged thirty-two roomsat one of the lead- ding hotels and will begin its deliber ations tiie latter part of next woek, at, which time the arrival of the British Commissioners is expected; tiieir American co lleagues are now here in consultation with Secretary Bayard ns to their duties and the extent of tiieir authority. The differences of opinion between tiie Civil Service Commissioners in regard to tin* scope and operations of the law which they are called upon to enforce, have become so acrimonious that their personal relations are strained and the controversy has be come a public scandal. 'These once dignified officials have fallen to fight ing i.mmig themselves like u trio of unruly school-boys, and it is not at all improbable that the President will feel it his duty to play the role of of teacher and give them a sample of his discipline. For a long time the Postofflce De partment was greatly puzzled at the wholesale reduction in the salaries of those postmasters whose pay depends upon the amount of postage stamps cancelled by them—a steady decrease being noted in every ease where a Democrat has succeeded a Republi can. But an investigation shows that the Republican postmasters had been making false returns and charg ing for stamps sold hut not cancelled, while, on the other hand, their Demo cratic successors have kept honest accounts with the governiueut. The result is that tiie old Republican postmasters have been compelled to refund half a million dollars wrong fully withheld from the United States. Turn the rascals out. Third and fourth class postmasters are dissatisfied with their salaries, and purpose holding a national con vention in this city in December, with the object of calling upon Congress to provide some way for an increase of their compensation. Secretary Whitney lias temporarily retired from the Cabinet, on account of illness brought on by overwork last summer, it is hoped that the genial and popular New Yorker may soon be restored to health and return tojduty at the headof the Navy Depart ment, where he has rendered the country such distinguished and sub stantial public service. I am glad to see that hundreds of good Democrats in the departments here are showing a truly commenda ble po.rtv devotion by making arrangements to return to their old homes in the doubtful States and vote for the Democratic candidates in the fall elections. BUFFALO BILL ABROAD! A Little Love Affair—What the Cow boys Think of It. The success of “our own” Buffalo Bill—W. F. Cody- in England is very gratifying to his thousands of ndmlr ers on this side. There was more truth than many imagined in his reply to the inquiry: “What are you doing in England?” “Chiefly playing poker with Duch esses.” The English nobility quickly “cot toned to” Buffalo Bill because they recognized that he belonged to a high er order than their own—Nature’s nobility. Despite Ids wild life he ear ly managed to acquire an education and the polish which makes him easy even in royal society. His polish is the bitter fruit, it is said, of a young love experience. When a young man on the plains, wild, woolly and unkempt in appear ance and character, he fell ix love with a dashing little school teacher. Full of pluck and faith in himself, he proposed to her. She laughed at him and he—collapsed. After a time he braced up, bought some book#, and began to study. His defeat proved his victory. The girl was his mascot, and his successes are due to her. Magnificent specimen’s of manhood though they be “Bill’s boys” are not perfection. Under date: “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Co., London, Sept. 19, 1887,” D. W. Shoemaker of tho Cowboy Band, writes: “Some weeks ago I was suffering from great disor der of the liver and kidneys and gen eral prostration. 1 was forced to quit work and take my bed. I called in a physician, who only afforded tempor ary relief. A friend induced me to take Warner’s safe cure, which afford ed almost instant relief, and after tak ing three bottles, I find myself in as good health as at any time in my life." Two other members of the Wild West show. Mawe Beardsley, pony express rider, und Jim Mitchell, a cowboy, add to this statement of Shoemaker’s, that in their long expe rience on the plains, from change of water, climate, and.mode of life, and severe riding, they became subject to liver and kidney diseases, and they have found a sure remedy for these troubles in Warner’s safe cure. Mawe Beardsley says: “I constantly recom mend It to my friends.” Buffalo Bill has pluck and courage and hard sense, and not only controls all the wild elements that makeup the Wild West show, but controls himself. His experience as a scout makes him wary, discreet and shrewd. He quickly learns the best way to secure results, aud, like a true man, has no prejudices against anything that proves its merits. Buffalo Bill is so popular in England he may come home u “Sir William.” But if not he will probably enjoy himself quite as well, liuving secured a fortune ample enough for all his wants, title or no title. AN INTERESTING CHARACTER. A Classmate of Mr. Davis—An Inci dent of his Visit to Macon. “Yes, sir; 1 was a classmate at West Point with Jefferson Davis.” Seuted in one of the arcade chairs at tiie Hotel Lanier, on Saturday, was an old man, neatly dressed in a brown suit, and having the appear ance of a man who had retired from business on a competency and was taking life easily. He was quite a small man,his ruddy face ornamented with thinnisli grey Burnsides and a crop under his pointed chin.. He sat in the chair as if enjoying the view of tiie many people stirring about in the arcade, his small sharp twinkling eyes of grey resting upon every face as if he was looking for some familiar features. You would never suspect that he was 82 years old, for lie had been treated much better by Time than the illustrious man he claimed for his classmate. True his hair and heard were almost as white, but he had a firmer step, and there was a glow of health in his face that Mr. Davis does not possess. “When was that?” asked a Tele graph man who overheard the remark. “That was in 1824. We were in the Hame class at West Point, and he was one of tiie brightest boys that ever went away from Mississippi. He was an exceedingly handsome boy, with hair us blacLtas a coal, of handsome form und mischievous and full of life like all Southern boys. He grad uated in ’25 und in tiie same class was Hugh Mercer, father of George Mer cer, and who was at the head of the class. I had a difficulty with the com mandant and had to go, leaving Mr. Davis there.” “Where did you next see Mr. Da vis?” “I kept up wltli hiscareor, but did not see him until 1848, while he was United States senator. He was among the passengers on board a steamboat on the Alabama river. We had traveled from New Orleans together, and lie was on his way to Washington. One day on the trip I was in conversation with Governor McWillis of Alabama, who was also a passenger, and he spoke of Colonel Davis. While we were thus engaged, Colonel Davis, whom I had failed to recognize, was walking up and down tiie deck talking with James Calhoun, brother of Patrick Calhoun. I asked the Governor what gentle man it was who was talking to Mr. Calhoun. He replied that it was Col onel Davis. Jeff Davis? I asked. It was Jeff Davis, he replied. When he had finished with Mr. Calhoun I went up and spoko to him, but he said nothing until we had reached the head of the boat, and then he said, 'I’m trying to locate you.’ I then told him who I was and he seemed delighted to see me. I saw him after that at Montgomery, and serer- al'tiuies during the war.” “Have you seen him while here?” “Oh, yes. I went up to Coi. John ston’s house and he made Governor Watts make room for me that lie might talk to me.” “Tell mo something of yourself,” “Well, after I was forced to leave West Point, an uncle of mine, with influence, secured me a midshipman’s berth on the Brandywine, the vessel that carried General LaFayette back to France. The vessel was built at Washington, hut he sailed from the mouth of the Potomac on the,10th of September, and landed at Havre on th(> 7th of October. The night, we left, there wa« a, f,earful storm, , we were in great danger of being wrecked. The next morning we found that there was four feet of water in the hold from a leak that was not discovered until we returned home. We throw overboard a thou sand pounds of 821b. shot and sever al tons of pig iron, and thus light ened, the vessel sailed well. When we left Havre there was another, and we hoisted signals. A vessel came t» our relief and we landed on the Isle of Wight, where I saw a big parade of soldiers. We remained fourteen days at Cowes, and then passing Gibraltar, set sail on the Meditera- neaii. 1 should have said that it was on this voyage that 1 had th^ pleas ure of meeting tiie wife of Lord Byron at Cowes.” "How old are you?” “I am eighty-two years of age. Here is a letter from my uncle written in 1774, and here is a deed drawn in the same year. Y'ou will notice that the handwriting is equal to any .you see nowadays.” And so it was. The deed was splendidly written, the chirography being uniform and unique, yet plain ly legible. The letter was of another kind, but in every respect as legible as that of the deed. * “Let me tell you of a little incident of my visit here, and you must re member that I came here expressly to see Mr. Davis. I moved from Milledgeville in 1839. That year an Irish servant stole the oil portrait of my wife’s father. Since my arrival here, I have received a letter from Miss Joe Varner, M(ho lives at Indian Spring, saying that about fifteen years ago she happened to stop at a country house not far from Indian Spriug, and was struck with a por trait hung on the wall. It seemed so out of plane that she usked about it aud finally secured it, but could learn nothing of its history except that on the back of it was my father-in-law's name. When Miss Joe read in tiie Telegraph of my presence here she remembered the name and resolved to put it in my hands, and 1 am wait ing right here now for her us she came in town last night. You see I will get a portrait stolen from me forty- six years ago.” This remarkably well-preserved man is Mr. 8. I). Betton. He lives in Cuthbert, where lie has two daugh ters, one of whom is tiie wife of Mr. Daniel Phelps, the well-known rail road agent at tlmtnlace. Mr. Betton lives with liis your^st daughter. He has an active and retentive memory, and tells many interesting things about the early days of Mil ledgeville and Macon.' THE GOLDEN ARGOSY. Horatio Alger, Jr., is now in Chica go, gathering material for a new sto ry, shortly to be added to the attrac tions of the Golden Argosy. Mean while another new serial has recently been begun in this excellent weekly, “Walter Griffith; or, Tiie Adventures of a Young Street Salesman.” It is written by Arthur Lee Putnam, whose other tales of city life, contributed to the Argosy, have been so uniformly popular. Then Mr. Converse’s'won derland stoiy, “Van,” has readied a breathlessly interesting stage and lav ishly fulfills all the promises of its earlier chapters. Besides its serials, of which there are six, the Argosy devotes a page every week to sucli matters as the use of dumb bells, general gymnas tics, training, etc., which together with its short stories, editorials and portraits and life sketches of men who have made their way in the world, go to make up a model publication for young people and the family. One Fact Is worth a column of rhetoric, said an American statesman. It is a fact, es tablished by the testimony of thou sands of people, that Hood’s Sarsapa rilla does cure scrofula, salt rheum, and other diseases or affections aris ing from impure state or low condi tion of the blood. It also overcomes that tired feeling, creates a good ap petite, and gives strength to every part of the system. Try it. Our old friend, Mr. Otis Childs, of Newton, Mass., lias our thanks for a copy of the Boston Herald, the ablest paper in the New England States. Mr, Childs takes great interest in all things touching the affairs of his old Georgia home.