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Volume LVTII. I Federal Union Established In 1829. i ! SoUTHBBN RECORDER “ " 1819. 1 CONSOLIDATED 1872 Milledgeville (xa., November 15. Number 19. Beef Contract. Georgia Lunatic Asylum, Offick Steward, ) Near Milledgeville, Ga., Nov. 3rd, 1887.) S EALED PROPOSALS, will be re ceived at tills office until the 3rd day of December next, at 13 o’clock, M., to furnish this Institution with, from700to 800lbs. GOOD MERCHAN TABLE BEEP, each day, at such time of day, ns may be required, in equal proportion of fore and hind quarters. The delivery to commence on the llrst day of January, 1888, and continue until the first, day of Janua ry, 1889. The money to be paid for the same monthly. Fifteen per cent, of the amount due to be retained from each monthly paymt nt as security for faithful performance of contract. The right reserved to reject any and all bids. Bids should bo marked “To Furnish Beef,” and addressed to tin* undersigned. LUCIUS ,1. LAMAR, 18 1 in. Steward. LOOK OUT! Compare tfiin with your purchase t BALD W IN CO U N T Y. Petition For Letters of Dismission. GEORGIA, Baldwin County, Court of Ordinary, Oct. Term, 1887. XTWIEREAS r L. Carrington, Exeeu- VV tor upon the estate of Emmie DeLaunay Nisbet, deceased, has filed his petition in said court for letters of dismission from his trust as 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, 18 8m.] 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 n. m., to 4 p. in. I will be at my office at the Court House on Tuesdays and Satur days. T. W. TURK, Tax Collector Baldwin County. Sept. 20th. 1887.11 3m. The Victory in New York. Aa you value health, perhaps life, examine each package and be aure you get the Genuine. See the red Z Trade-Mark and the full title on front of Wrapper, and on the side the seal and signature of J. H. Zellln ft Do., aa in the above fac* simile. Remember then ienuother genuine Simmons Liver Regulator. Mur eh 29, 1887. 28 cw ly • House for Rent. A GOOD seven room house for rent on reasonable terms, located on Jefferson street. Apply to C. L. CASE. Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 4, '87. 18 tf To Rent. 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 lm. FOR SALE. T HE residence of Mr. (). 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. 13 tf. R’ formerly occupied by T. J. Barks dale. For terms, apply to P. J. CLINE. Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 0th, '87. 5 tf Rcpt’8 W. Roberts. ai.bkht Cu.using. R0BER1S & CUMMING, A.ttornoyH-At-Ijaw, Millkdgkvillk, Ga. P ROMPT attention given to all business en trusted to their care, office in room formerly occupied by Judge I). B. HflnforU. May 10, 18S7. 19 ly. DR. W. R. ROBISON. T enders his professional ser 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 The great democratic victory in the New York election last Tuesday means a great deal. It means that the divisions of tlie party in New York city over local aspirations are not powerful enough to bring disaster and defeat when the heart of the dem ocracy is in unison with the head of the party at Washington. It demon strates that tiie electoral vote of the State of New York is as certain to be cast for Grover Cleveland for Presi dent in 1888 as the day of choosing a President shall come. It demonstrates that, tile National Republican party is already defeated. That party saw tiie necessity of carrying New York this year to encourage their own and dispirit the forces of their old enemv. II ence they nominated Grant's son for tiie most important office then to be voted for, a man whose only quali fication for the office of Secretary of Stat<*, or as a popular leader, was that lm was the son of the “Savior of the l liion." But the card, adroitly and desperately played, did not win. II demonstrates further that the Repub- -licAn party will see the folly of run uing a candidate' for the Presidency on a mere name or sentiment, and that their last arid only hope is to choose a man from civil life who has display ed some degree of statesmanship in the National councils. If they do not do this, then they will run Foraker who lias just been re-elected Governor of Ohio, or a man like him, and plant, him squarely on a “bloody shirt” platform. Blaine, nor Sherman, nor Edmunds, nor Allison, nor Hawley will entirely tit that platform. Noth ing but tiie “old flag'' and the bloody shirt remain to the Republican party, and if they take it and go into.the light on these two ideas, Cleveland will bury tiie party out of sight, wrap ped in the bloody shirt for a shroud. Tiie Republican party in the elec tions of last, Tuesday would have glad ly given the democrats Ohio, Iowa, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania to have defeated tiie Democracy in New York. Indeed, tiie Democracy of New York had to contend against the Republicans in every one of these States, and they are just as badly whipped in all these States as they are in New York. To Governor Hill tiie Democracy qf the Union are mainly indebted, next to Cleveland’s popularity, for this great national victory. Valuable Property Foil SALE. F OUR well improved, valuable lots, three on East Green Street, oppo site the Methodist church, the other on East Hancock Street adjoining the Baptist Parsonage. This property is without doubt tiie most desirable, for sale in the city, being central- iy located, convenient to business, churches and college. Buildings all new and of modern design. Property sold subject to present lease. I 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 G. T. WIEDENMAN, MERCHANDISE BROKER, Milledgeville, Ga. Office in Bank Building. Jan. 11, 1887. 27 tf DR. W. H. HALL H AS removed his office to the room formerly occupied by Mr. Walter Paine, Clerk of Superior Court. (S tf Dr. W. A. MOORE, iTVir :to the peo ple of Milledfeeville, Bald rounding country. When not professionally engaged, he will be found during the day at tils . . . office anti residence next door east of Masonic citizens testified that they would not Hall Mllledgevlll Report of the Asylum Committee. We have received tiie report of the sub-committee appointed by tiie joint committee of the Senate and House to investigate the Georgia Lunatic Asylum and the special and general charges made against its manage ment. The report makes a pamphlet of 107 pages, nearly all of which is ev idence taken in the investigation. We make the following extracts from the report of tiie committee: “We find that the Trustees discharg ed Dr. Kenan, the First Assistant Physician of this institution, for suffi cient cause, and we endorse their ac tion. If the evidence before ns is credible, he was not a suitable person for so important a trust. We find that Dr. Kenan lias signal ly failed to sustain any'’charge made by him against, the institution or its. officers, and wo refer to evidence be fore us for further details. [The evidence shows, that Dr. Mark Johnston, a former member of the legislature. Mayor Samuel Walker and Alderman G. T. Whilden testi- fieil that they would not believe Dr. Kenan on his oath. Other prominent Apr. 26, 1886. 41 tf Restart, Groceries, Etc. — :o:— I have now fitted up a RESTAURANT wiMi all the appointments of a business of this character, where IBB HUNGRY MAN —lipl the— Lover of Good Eating Can he accommodated at all hours with the choicest substantiate ami Favorite Delicacies Of the season. The best attention will he given to all who patronize my restaurant, am! satis faction given to a full measure. Come and see what a good meal you can have served up at short notice. In connection with my Restaurant I hare in store a large stock of Fresh Groceries Of every description, which must he sold. Call in, see and he satisfied that here Is tiie place to pnt your money to the best advantage. C. W, ENNIS, Oct. 4. 13 tf. Milledgeville, Go. HOLMES’ SURE CURE MOUTH-WASH and DENTIFRICE. Cures Bleeding Hums, Ulcers, Sore Mouth. Sore Throat, Cleanses the Teetli ami I’nrifles the Breath; used and recommended by leading den tists. Prepared h.v Drs. J. P. A VV. It. Holmes, Dentists. Macon, Ga. For sale by all druggists and dentists. Aug. 5th, 1887. 41y. it. will doubtless be a pleasure to tiie country to know it.’’ The report of the Special or Kenan Committee, lias been printed, but we have not seen it. It was written by Mr. Arnbeim, one of tiie Special Com luittee. The Constitution published a synopsis of tills report a few days ago prefacing it witli tiie following re marks: “The Committee made many valuable suggestions, but sustained none of tin* charges made against tiie officers of tliat institution.” ♦ ♦ Washington Letter, From Our lingular Correspondent Washington, Nov. 8, 1887. Editors Union Recorder: Among tiie prominent democratic members of the House who have ar rived tit the Capital, i may mention tin* Hon. R. P. Bland, of Missouri, who is often referred to as “Silver Bland,'' on account of the leading part taken by him in the legislation that authorized tin* coinage of the “dollar of our daddies," and also be cause on nil occasions tiie steadfast friend and champion of silver. Mr. Bland gives his views as to the proba ble course of legislation in tiie Fifti eth Congress, lie thinks a compro mise tariff bill will pass, and that it will include the repeal of the tobacco tax ; he believes that the tariff should be reduced #100,000,000 ; the free list should be largely increased and there should be a reduction of duties on other imports. He thinks there will be no financial legislation except in so far as tariff legislation affects the 11- nances. Tiie question of changing tiie time of the meeting of Congress, is again, as well as the terms of tiie members, being agitated, and there are number less advocates in tiie affirmative, while on tiie other hand, tiie dissentients can be counted on one's fingers. 1 linve vet to see a convincing reason why Congress should meet, as it does at present, thirteen [months after the election of its members, blit, oil tiie contrary, there are many grave ob jections to the system now in vogue, among which I may mention that Congressmen should coma fresh from the people; that their .successors should not be elected until tiie in cumbents serve out their first term ; that the present custom is antagonis tic to tiie progressive spirit of the age, Congress now meets on tiie first Mon day in December, and before that body gets fairly to work, an adjourn ment for the holidays is in order.— Wiiy should not Congressmen, like most oilier elective officials, begin their duties on the first of tiie year and be paid per annum. Tiie theory of States’ rights Inis cer tainly received substantial encour agement from the decision of the Uni ted States Supreme Court in the Chi cago Anarchist c ises, and 1 doubt not, if such a tiling lie possible, that the spirit of the great Calhoun hovered jubilantly over the historical and e- ventful scene that in a measure vin dicated the constitutionality of his distinctive doctrine of the reserved rights of the States in tiie Federal compact. But, however that may he, I believe tiie verdict, on its merits, is generally applauded as just and right eous. A young newspaper correspondent of tiiis city took advantage of the oc casion to send a sham “infernal ma chine" to Chief Justice Waite—ma king tiie impression that it was tv scheme of tiie friends of the Anarch ists, for revenge on tiie Court. The reckless youth made a sensation in the Capital, but tiie sequel was his confinement in the gloomy cell of tiie police station until bailed out. Earlier in tiie past week, Washing SHORT CHAPTERS ON AGRICUL TURAL MATTERS. No. XI. Protecting Land From Washing. It is not to bo expected that a ten ant will feel the same interest in tiie future welfare of land as the owner does. Tiie former feels that tiie ten ure is uncertain and ids chief con cern is to get all lie can out of the land now, without much regard to itn fu ture condition. To get, one golden egg the ordinary tenant of land is quite willing to sacrifice tiie tradi tional goose. He is not apt to bestow any labor on ditching it or preventing worthless weeds from going to seed on it. He is not overcareful as to get ting his rows run on tin* horizontal nor is lie particularly mindful about plowing the land‘when it is too wet except as it may work damage to tin* present crop. Under the miserable tenant system tliat prevails in tin* South is if. to lie wondered at that a good proportion of our lands are so gullied and impoverished that it is impossible to grow profitable crops on them. Neglect in taking tiie proper precautionary steps to prevent the washing of land lias not by any means been confined to tenants. Among the landowners themselves, both large and small, there were only ft few comparatively here and there who seemed to regard it as an impor tant matter. In tiie past few years, however, tiie subject has been freely and intelligently discussed in tiie Ag ricultural papers and in the Clubs, and something of an impetus has been given to tiie ditching and terracing of rolling lands among tiie more intelli gent farmers. Practical essays have been written on tiie subject; cheaper levelling instruments have been de vised and put on sale, and doubtless in the past three years more ditching, draining and terracing lias been done in this State than bail been done in twenty years preceding. A very small fraction of what ought to be done lias been dbne, however. There are thou sands of acres in Baldwin county, and in every other county where tiie laud is as rolling as Kris in this, where the gullies are gradually, yet steadily widening and deepening, and down which the heavy raius are as gradual ly carrying tiie liner and bettor parts of tiie surface soil, (cutting tip a field into little patches, which, sooner or later, perhaps, are to bo consigned to tiie tender mercies of pine saplings and sedge.) where little or no effort is being made to mitigate the evil conse quences of heavy rains. After gullies have been allowed to form tiie diffi culties in the way of proper ditching and terracing is very greatly increased of course, but are not inseparable. At tiie first clearing of the land it Was a simple matter to provide for tiie protection from washing, to leave un- plowed horizontal strips 4 to 10 feet wide with narrow ditches on tiie low er side of these strips. After washes are started it will requireconsideruble labor to restore tiie level of these low places to the terracing strips or em bankments. Rocks or pine brush or other material will have to be freely used at the lower part of tiie gully where it intersects with the horizon tal ditcli and strip (or “baulk” as the English term it). A fall of 3 or 3) feet allowed between each horizontal ditcli and strip. These strips that oc cur between tiie “lands” should nev er be plowed. On land that is only MORAL CONDUCT. Some Searching Questions and Con clusive Answers. How does physical welfare effect moral conduct? This question is agitating the minds of tiie best men of our country. Judges, scientists, legislators are dis cussing ft in private, as well as the workingmen, the bankers, and the clorg Our country, like the rest of the world, is fast tilling up with men hav ing anarchical ideas, and with other soelal and political extremists. May not our morbid tendencies come from disease of the mind, caused by disease of tlie body? Are they not due to some deranged organ, which, in its enfeebled state, diffuses poison through tin* system, thus affecting the brain? It is a long, established fact tliat bodily disease causes most cases of in sanity ami “softening of tiie brain.” The medical profession claims that the kidneyRare the principal health- insuring organs oftho body. If they are diseased they do not perform then- proper functions and expel tin* pois onous matters. If these are retained and recirculated through the system they produce most of our common de rangements. We have published in our columns, from time to time, remarkable ac counts of restoration to health from all manner of disease (even of insani ty, caused as above (dated) by the use of Warner’s safe eftre. There is no doubt that tills is the most popular remedy offered for sale, and from the very best information we can obtain, tiie sale of it continues to increase. Why is tills? Public sentiment as a rule, is a fair and just criterion. We find this safe cure in the largest cities, and in tiie most remote parts of the world. Its merits are proclaimed by the consum ers, as well ns the vendor*. Miss Car rie L. Wallis of Beverly, Mass., is re ported to have been desperately ill from general female derangements for years, and to have been restored to, and kept in excellent health by this wonderfully popular remedy, and Miss Lillie Stephens of !22‘) Third street, Louisville, Ky., was raffled by It from her death-bed, when her phy sicians said she was incurable. A prominent gentleman, high in of ficial position, said to us tiie other day, tliat if he was governor, and a petition for pardon was presented to him, he would require a thorough in vestigation, us to tiie physical health of tiie criminal at the time tlie crime was committed. In view of such facts the recommendations of such a rfetn edy are well worth consideration. Tiie solution of the relation o moral conduct to physical health, ought to be well established in the minds of ail, and our statesmen should be prepared to meet tiie issues growing out of it when they appear. FOR MAIMED VETERAN8. to $100 TO $300 ]> re fern Rive their moments few vacaiB SON Sr Cl) A MONTH ran bo made working r<»r us. Agents rnlali their own horses and hole time to the business. Spare ay be profitably employed also, a es in towns and cities. B. K. JOHN- 1073Main st.. Richmond, Va. [sam Dentistrv. w DR. H MTCLARKE W ORK ol’ any kind performed In ac cordance with the latest and moat Im proved methods. *S.Officeln Callaway’s New Building. Milledgeville, Ga., May 15th, 1883. 44 from the general management of thi institution under the direction of Dr. Powell, that every department re ceives proper attention; that tiie phy sicians are attentive, sober and dili gent, and tiie recoveries and deatli rates, as compared with like institu tions elsewhere, are above tiie aver age for recoveries and below that for dentils. The cost of maintaining pa tients Tier capita, we find by tabulated statement, is less than any other in stitution in this country, except West Virginia, and that asylum lias patients who {>ay, and such pay is deducted from the aggregate cost. We find on personal inspection eV- erv department kept in excellent or der, lloors clean, beds neat, etc. * * * .... Tiie committee find tile item of outside city limits. For terms, ajoply I hauling coal and other frieght from “ tiie railroads to lie very expensive, that of coal alone amounting to one thousand dollars tlie present year, and other freights to half as much more, besides the constant use of six wagons, eight mules and six drivers, and would on the whole amount to ten per cent, on twenty thousand dol lars annually. But it is estimated that a branch road from tiie Central R. R., of not more than one mile in believe him on liis ontli in anything lie said about the asylum.] ^ Your committee readily discovers, | ton had another sensation in the stiape Land for Sale. TOT OF FIFTY' A ORES, more L less, on Sheffield Ferry road, just to BETHUNE & MOORE. Nov. 1st, 1887. 17 tf. WHELESS STAMP -PRESS CO- of a cholera scare, caused by two Ital iau suspects from New York, who, to gether with their effects, were given a fumigation and permitted to depart, if anymore ships supposed to be in fected with cholera arrive in New York harbor, tiie Government will unceremoniously order them back from whence they came. A Treasury clerk lias caused no lit tle perturbation in that department by inventing a new counting machine -which, if it works as successfully as tiie experiment promises, will do the work of six persons better than they can do it. And that is what, carries sorrow to the souls of the charming “countesses,” a largenumberof whom are operating tiie old machine at a compensation of from #1.50’to #2 per day. Nor will the enterprising inven tor be benefltted pecuniarily, as he Mi vented the machine while-in Govern merit service. So he gets not a cent for his ingenuity. Tiie air is full of rumors of coming Cabinet changes— whether unfounded or not your correspondent is unable to say—to the effect that upon the transfer of Secretary Lairar to the Supreme Bench, Postmaster General Vilas will occupy the vacancy, while ly 748 REYNOLD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA A«entR Wanted I Catalogue FREE I RUBBER STAMPS, SEALS, ^ BADGES, CHECKS, STENCILS, length, could be constructed so as to I thTwisconsin statesman wilYbe sue STEEL STAMPS, &.C. very much reduce this annual expen- Ueeded by Don M. Dickinson, of Sol** Manufacturers of I diture. The committee do not now Michigan. On the other hand, it is TBotA/hnioecSelf Inking Rubber ! ,nake ftn Y P osltivfi recommendation Uaid to be the President’s purpose to The Wheless Self-Inking HuDDer at thi8 f ata day of the session, but appoint a prominent Union G hope to see this matter taken up by "* the next succeeding Legislature. We have reason to congratulate the country upon the recovery of Dr. Powell, the invaluable Superinten dent, to his usual health, and it is gratifying to us to find tiie high and loving esteem in which this distin guished physician and humanitarian is held by his neighbors, associates, assistants and the patients themselves. It is a pleasure to us to state this, as slightly rolling the le of tiie baulk o very deep or wide: be dispensed with parent waste of I 1 ditch on tiie lower r strin need not lie oftentimes it can entirely. The ap- and in these strips Stamp Printing Press. Aug. 30, 188" YOU more can live at home, ami money at work for us, than at any thing else In this world, capital not J; you are started free. Both sexes; all ages. Any one can do the work. Large earnings sure from llrst start. Costly outfit and terms free. Better not delay. Costs you noth ing to send us yonr address and And out; If you are wise you will do so at once. H. II Ah Lett* Co. Portland, Maine. February lfitli, 1887. ly, nertil Mr. Lamar’s successor, and if this be true, I believe his choice will fall upon Gen. John O. Black, Coinmis- missioner of Pensions. It is the freckled-faced boys who are the sharpest in swapping jack- knives. They freckle early and speckle-late.—Texas Siftings. Stationery at wholesale and retail at the Union-Recorder office. should not be regarded. Some vaiuu ble forage crop may be established upon them and mowed from time to time. It is no use to discuss any oth er plan for protecting from washing. This is the plan, the only plun that is effective and rational. One need not expect to perfect it in one season. Timely work on defective portions will soon establish a perfect terrace. Where weeds take possession of the “baulks,” (let us adopt tiiis term in lieu of strips,) they should be mowed down before seeding, so as not to foul tiie land. As our lands increase in value, of course more attention will be given to their improvement and preservation, but we can very greatly enhance the productive capacity and money value of our own separate farms by prompt ly resorting to this comparatively in expensive but effective mode of {ire- serving tiie cultivated area from waste. It is not necessary that every farm er shall own a level. A half-dozen or more in a neighborhood can own one in common and one farmer, more ex pert with the level, might be employed to run the lines and set the stake for all the rest. A good level can be had now for about #5, and when much levelling is to be done, and as the work is to be a permanent improve ment, it will be true economy to use a level and if possible get a man with a practical knowledge of the subject of terracing to use it for you. There is considerable work of this kind that can bo done about the farm by a practical farmer who is practised in running horizontal rows without resorting to a level at all. (More of i tiiis, however„at another time.) | Midway. S. A. C. Provisions of the Bill Relative Reparation for Injuries. (Jnpt. W. Harrison, of tiie Georgia Executive Department, has had print- edcopies of tiie act “to carry into effect the Inst clause of article 7, . sec tion 1, paragraph 1, of the constitu tion. and the amendments thereto.” Tiie act provides that any one who enlisted in the service of tiie Confed erate Star.* s, or of this State, who was a citizen of Georgia on Oct. 30, 1880. who lost a Iiin 1 > or limbs while engaged in said service, and by reason of said service, or who may have received wounds which after wards caused a loss of limb or litubs, or who may have been permanently injured while in said service, and who may lie a bona llde citizen at the time of making application for the benefits herein provided for, shall be entitled to receive once a year the following compensation for the purposes ex pressed in article 7, section 1, para graph 1 of tiie constitution, to wit: Total loss of sight, #100; loss of one eye, #15; for total or partial loss of hearing, disabling party from ordi nary pursuits, #15; loss of leg above the knee, #35; loss of leg below the knee, #35; loss of arm nbove the elbow, #30; for loss of arm below the elbow, #20; permanent injury from wounds, rendering leg or arm sub stantially and essentially useless, #25; permanent injury to any part of the body, rendering party permanently and practically incompetent for the performance of ordinary manual avocations, #25. Applicants are required to make affidavits stating company, regiment and brigade serving in when loss or injury occurred, and setting forth all the attending facts and circumstan ces. Upon, the filing of the affidavit and certificates required the Gov ernor draws his warrant annually in favor of the applicant for the sum he is entitled to. Parties that have heretofore received compensation from the state shall participate in the provisions of this act until the expiration of the time for which com pensation lias been paid, lias expired, which will b<» Sept. 20, 1889. Parties who have heretofore made proof of their injuries will only be required to submit proof of continued citizen ship. * * * Rupture radically cured, also pile tumors and flstulae. Pamphlet of P articulars 10 cents in stamps. World’s tispensory Medical Association, Buf falo, N. Y. Many people think a baby is born only to swallow nasty medicine for months, until some thoughtful friend tells them of Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup.