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Tic Wrightsville Recorder
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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
rTHUBSDAY, AUG. 5, 1886.
^Democratic Executive Committee,
Wrightsville, Ga., Aug. 3, ’80.
At a meeting yf .the Democratic
«Kx.£Cqmmittee of Johnson comity
jthis d^yjiehl, the following ipembers
,were present: A. F. Daley, W. L.
.Johnson, C. M. Jordan, Jas. I. Wig¬
gins, Z. Douglass, W. 1). Hatcher,
jBarney |br. lfeasiey, S. L. Fortner, and
J: W. Flanders.
The committee organized by elect¬
ing A. F. Daley permanent Chair- 1
r man, and J. W. Flanders permanent
.Secretary. The Chairman and Sec¬
retary being present assumed the
t duties devolving upon them.
.On motion the committee adjourn
t ed subject to the call of the Chair
man. A. F. Daley, Clini’p.
J. W. Flanders, Sect’y.
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-Major Alheft .Jioss, .thirty #
years
„ole*k of Bibb,County .Superior court,
died at liis residence, on Short street
; in Macon, Monday afternoon, at five
t o’clock.
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During the war the old fair
'grounds in Athens was the great
'Camping place for soldiers. This
^jyeelt, in demolishing one of the build¬
ings, between the ceilings were found
a number of musket cartridges. The
^rats had gnawed the lead out of them.
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XlrRitni/iiij; for tip- Figlil.
J\ii old qqnfederrtte ofiircr in Ath¬
ens is organizing a company to as¬
sist Texas in the event of a was he
jing declared against Mexico. On
Monday hccnrolkd twelve men, and
expects to complete 1 he list .-.n Wed¬
nesday, It will go as an independent
company. Unless the trouble is set¬
tled, drilling will commence at oncu.
These men are old veterans and
niean business. One of our wealth¬
iest citizens lias joined.
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-The Americas Recorder tells the
^following interesting story: “From
Darbies Who were in Lumpkin last
Saturday we learn of a severe ease
of horse whipping administered to a
young man who has been visiting
jthere. We would let the matter rest
were it is without making any men¬
tion of it, hut that it is freely circu¬
lated hy those who know it. Some
jtiine ago a young man from Florida
came to Lumpkin for a visit, and in
the course of time met the ycung la¬
dies of the place. In conversation
with a friend on-- night lie made
some disparaging remarks about one
of the young ladies. His friend !C
seated it, and advised him to shut
up, at tin- same time telling him In
would inform the young lady’s rela¬
tives of what had been said. Satur¬
fronted day tin- father of the young lady com
the visitor, and as he could
not give a satisfactory explanation
of his conduct he was invited to lay¬
off his coat, which lie did, and re¬
ceived a sound ti gging.
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News lias just been received of a
daring robbery committed last Tues¬
day night about, thirty miles from
McVillc*, in Montgomery county,
jf’lem Mosoly is an old miser who
lives in a remote corner of the coun¬
ty, and has been conceeded to have
considerable money. Last Tuesday
night, about 11 o’clock, a crowd of
men, all disguised with false faces,
drove up to the house and command¬
ed the family to retire, under threats
that if any showed theit faces before
day they would instantly ho killed.
Of course, the family being helpless,
were easily intimidated, and retired
,;pi commanded, and were all locked
inside of the hojise hy the robbers,
who proceeded at once to a small of¬
fice adjoining the dwelling, where
J/r. Moaely’s iron safe was kept in
which liis money was deposited.
With axes and hammers they forced
the office door open, and four of the
burglars lifted the safe into a wagon,
^vbilc a fifth man held a lighted lamp
and then drove rapidly aw ay. In a
tew hours a posse was in ptirsii, and
tracked the wagon down near Long
Fond, ^irce a distance of about twenty
where* indes, to Tube Mojjo’s house,
has been they arrested, foun t the together w agon. Mozo with
three negroes'. The safe contained
about $6,<bj0 iy cash about the same
together amount ill with gooi| al) negotiable of Mr. Mosely’s papers,
land papers. It Is more than proba¬
ble that the wagon was stolen from
Jt 3fr. Mozo for the pm po«e of making
apiieai that it was lie whf oommit
te4 the deed, as the mule that drew
the wagon was stolen from N. Gibbs
a few nights before, The safe had
jxot been found at last accounts.
STAMPED ENVELOPES,
TO 11E sgjLD AT GREATLY REDUCED
I-HlgKS AFTER OCTOBER 1ST.
A new contract has recently been
made, at greatly reduced rates, for
furnishing the department with
stamped envelopes and newspaper
wrapper wrappers for the four years
commencing October 1,18RG. A cor¬
responding reduction will, according¬
ly, be made, to take effect on and af¬
ter that date, in the price of stamp¬
ed envelopes issued for sale to the
public. To more fully meet the wants
of the public, certain new sizes and
styles have been added to the list.
Copies of the new schedule of prices
with full information and blank
forms of requisition, will he furnish¬
ed to postmasters early in Septem¬
ber.
In order that the public in pur¬
chasing stamped envelopes, may ev¬
erywhere and at the same time have
the benefit of the new rates, post'
masters are urged to use every effort
to exhaust their present stock, and
to limit their requisitions on the de¬
partment to cover actual requiie
ipcnts lip to the close of the present
quarter, as nearly as the same can he
estimated. The department, in the
exercise of its discretion, will curtail
requisitions for ordinary stamped en¬
velopes when tlie quantities ordered
may teem excessive. Special request
envelopes being sold and paid for in
advance, will, however, continue to
In- furnished in such quantities as
may he ordered, and postmasters will
not discourage the sale of sueli en¬
velopes pending the change of prices.
A llliic-k Hera.
There came very near being a se¬
rious accident in Athens recently.
The horse of Mr. T. W. Iluckorhav¬
ing taken fright, ran away with his
buggy, in which was his iittle son
It happened that there were very few
vehicles on the street at that time,
which lessened the danger of a col
lision. Several parties rushed for
ward to stop the wild beast, hut fell
hack when they saw the speed of tin
animal and the danger they would
run. Finally, a brave, stout negro,
Seal) Davenport, jumped in front of
the horse and grasped the vein. 'Flic
speed of the horse bore him down
but he still clung to the lines, being
dragged some distance under tlit
hor-c’s feet. The firm grip of Scab
on the scins finally stopped the nnii
inal. The little fellow was very much
frightened. A crowd collected
around, and several dollars were
raised on the spot and given to tliw
brave negro, who risked his own life
to save this little hoy,
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Demi Snake in Drinking- Wider.
I’ottktown, lb-nti, July .‘10.—The
Glasgow Iron Works, where upward
of sixty men were stricken with so
rious illness on account of had drink
ing water, closed this morning.
There were not enough men left for
single turn duly. Half a dozen men
are reported in a dying condition to
day, and the doctors state that sever¬
al more have have succumbed to the
disease. The second victim, Angus
tus Trace, died yesterday afternoon.
The water of the spring where tin¬
men drank copiously during the op¬
pressive heat lias been analyzed and
pronounced totally unfit for drinking
purposes. To-day the spring was
thoroughly cleansed and a huge cop¬
perhead snake, completely decom¬
posed, was brought to the surface.
This, it is believed, solves , the trou¬
ble.
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TEXAS WANTS WAS.
The People of the Lone Star State In¬
dignant at the Outrages.
Special to the Atlanta Constiution.
Galveston*, Tex., August :$. ~Tlie
voice of Texas is for was with Mex¬
ico, -The citizens of Texas have been
outraged in Mexico at frequent in
tervals since Texas declared her in¬
dependence of the “Land of God and
Liberty.” The imprisonment of Cut¬
ting and the assassination of Ras
sures has incensed the people of this
state. 'Flic governor has been delug¬
ed with telegrams and letters offer¬
ing to raise companies and regiments
for the war, and all the organized
militia companies in the state have
served notice on the eoinmaiuler-iii
ehief that they qre awaiting orders.
If the II a^iiigton authorities should
nowh.ickdow.il, the Cleveland ad¬
ministration would become extreme¬
ly unpopular in .this state,
Buy your School liooks, Fruit
Jars, Tobacco, Cigars, etc., at Dr.
Flanders. • ■ July i.
A BRUTAL MURDER
BY A BRUTE WUOCOXl’fessuD A NO GLO¬
RIES IS HIS CRIME.
Lawrence, Mass., July — Wil¬
liam II. O’Conner, who brutally
hacked to pieces Hannah II. Conway
on Sunday, was arraigned in the po¬
lice court this morning. “I give my
life for hers, and I am going before
my God on that issue,” lie said.
When asked to plead to the charge
of willfull and malicious murder O’¬
Conner replied: “I am guilty of it.”
“Do you know the consequences
of the act to winch you are pleading
guilty?” inquired the judge.
“Yes; I want to plead guilty. If
1 had not committed the deed I would
plead not guilty, as you advise me
to* but I committed it.”
“Have you any counsel?”
“No; and I don’t want any.”
“Do you know the penalty of this
crime?”
“Yes, your Honor, and I expect L>
be hanged. It -s no use for me to
come before your Honor and plead
not guilty when I’m guilty. I killed
her, and I am glad I did it.”
All the time the prisoner was stand
ing before the court lie trembled ner¬
vously, his fingers twitched convul¬
sively, and his form shook like an
aspen. In appearance lie is very short
and thick-set, his hair is very grav,
and lie li-is a smooth face. I )espite
the efforts of the court he pleaded
guilty, and was committed without
bail until the next term of the Su¬
preme Court ior Essex county.
His crime was a brutal and revolt¬
ing one. An autopsy held this fore¬
noon shows on the murdered womans
hea l, from a point two inches above
the right aye brow and extending to
the left, a cut three inches long, di¬
viding the skin and fracturing the
skull an inch and a quarter. To the
right, was .-mother cut of the same
length almost, factoring the skull.
At a right angle with these was a
gash an inch and a half long, pene¬
trating the skull. On the leftside of
ilie head there were three cuts, all
fracturing the skull, and two cuts
on the hack of tin* head extending
through the skull into the brain. The
body and limbs were only slightly
cut, except where the right leg was
seven<1 from the trunk, and where
ilie h-ft leg was partially severed
from the body, it hanging l»v a strip
of t’csli and ligaments. The right leg
had been put into a ‘ireand charred.
O’Conner is a laboring man, over
-)0 years of age, and the murdered
woman was about 4(1. O'Conner as
signs infidelity as the reason for the
Iced and coolly eh tickles at its per¬
petration. He made no attempt to
escape, but was found lying in bed
when arrested this morning’.
The crime might not have been
discovered for several days hut foi
O'Conner’s volubility. W hile mak¬
ing some purchases on Monday in¬
fold a companion that lie had k-llcd
Hannah, and this was reported to tin
police. W hen search was made for
the missing woman ln- calmly told
the officers that they would have to
dig for her, and said to the nnvslml:
“When I gave her the first blow 1
was afraid she’d recover, and so 1
gave her two more. That finished
In-r, and then I dug a hole in the
floor and buried her.”
“Where is Hannah?” asked tin
marshal.
“Well, she’s where she’ll do no
harm. You’ll (hid what’s left of her
there in the woodshed.”
The officers pushed open the door
which was partly ajar, ami looked in.
Nothing was visible except a lot ol
split wood and a quantity of coal.
“We don’t see her; where is she?"
asked an officer.
“You won’t find her unless you
dig for her,” was the reply.
Procuring a spade, the officers la¬
gan t«•» dig away the earth.
“Dig away the earth, me kiddy
bucks, you’ll have her soon,” cried
O'Conner, Presently tin* man who
was at work turned up a corner ol
the matting. When the earth was
cleared away from it they dragged
the body.of the victim into the bed 1
room of her murderer. lie calmly
surveyed it and simply remarked: ‘I
told ye if ye dug for her that ye’d
find her.”
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Cause of Neuralgia.
' It is conceded liy the Medical Pro¬
fession that impoverished nerves is the
cause not of properly neuralgia. fed, It When is the indication nerves
are nil
that the digestive organs are iiotdoing
their BEANS work will well. surely SMITH'S relieve BILE
tion, when the digestion indiges¬ right
and is
everything else will be right, Vigor and
happiness One Beau. will For go hand sale by in hand. all druggists. Dose:
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POISONED WHISKY.
A WUOI.KSALK DEAI.EE GIVES AWAY
SEC BETS OF THE TRADE.
From the Pittsburg Press.
“There is not one saloon in fifty in
this city where you can get a pure
drink of whisky. I will make it
stronger. Forty-nine out of every
fifty liquor dealers are selling whis¬
ky which is neither more nor les*
than poison. I would not drink it,
sir. I would not allow a good dog to
drink it-”
The remark was made by a reput¬
able wholesale liquor man to a re¬
porter of the Press last night. He is
ready, he says, to substantiate his
statements by proof that cannot be
denied.
“You do not mean to say that I
cannot get good whisky in a fine sa¬
loon where lam charged twenty-five
cents a glassy” inquired a bystander
m amazement.
“I will make no distinction be¬
tween fine saloons and the holes in
the wall.’ They all handle about the
same kind of goods. The cheap sa¬
loons may put a little more" water in
their whisky, but i‘, contains no more
poison than that which you purchase
in the saloon where oil paintings
adorn the walls and high-priced mir¬
rors set of! to an advantage fancy
bar fixings. It is all the same. Fancy
saloons must make plenty of money
in order to meet their expenses.
“A law should be passed prohibit¬
ing the rectification that makes fire
barrels of whisky out of one. Some
whisky is put through a certian prm
cess whereby a large quantity of the
fused oil is taken out. This whisky
is purchased by rectifiers, who will
draw perhaps all out of a barrel but
five gallons, fill it up with cologne
spirits, a large percentage of which
is fusel oil, and then add drugs to
give it the proper color and taste. I
was in the rectifying room of a whole¬
sale house a fews days ago. I saw
the compounder put several ounces
of carbolic acid in a barrel of stuff
lie had compounded and called whis¬
ky. This was, he said, for the pur¬
pose of giving it a head, make it
sparkle, sharp, biting. A barrel of
this kind of whisky contains enough
fused oil to kill a half-dozen men. I
would just as willingly take a small
dose of poison as drink a glass of it.
Step into a saloon and take a glass
of this vile stuff and you will feel the
evil results before you cross the
threshold. It acts directly upon the
brain, and is keenly felt throughout
the system. M/en who <1 rink any
amount of it become wild, lost to
their better judgment and reason,
and are scarcely responsible for what
they do. Resides they are being slow¬
ly poisoned to death. Young men
are stunted in their vigorous growth,
and the energies of older men aiv
wasted. A law which allows men to
mix up poison and sell it simply for
the purpose of making money should
he repealed. This whisky often finds
its way into sick chambers, and the
results can he imagined.
“An old liquor man staled to nu¬
ll short time ago that lie could not
hold his trade and handle pure goods,
and in order to meet the demands
for cheap whisky lie had been com¬
pelled to adulterate. Those state¬
ments I am ready to prove. Show me
a man who adulterates his whisky
and I will show you one man that
will rot drink that which lie sells to
others.”
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23," Go to lliitison's to buy your
Lamp Fixtures at Cost.
OUR BAD VS FIRST YEAR, by Mari¬
on Hakland. also containing much valua¬
ble information, 48 page book. Sent on re
ecipt of 2-cunt stamp by Bldg Reed <k Carmack,
Mercantile Exchange N. V.
PARKER S TONIC,
A Pure Family Medicine that Nev¬
er Intoxicates.
If you arc a lawyer, minister or business
man exhausted by mental strain or anxious
cares do not take intoxicating stimulants,
but u.<e Parker’s Tome.
If you are a mechanic or farmer, worn
out with overwork, or a mother rundown
by family or household duties try Paiik
ER’s Tonic.
HISCOX & C’O.,
l«tJ William Street. New York.
Sold by all Druggists in large bottles at
One Dollar.
Dental Notice.
I will he in Wrightsville August
the 16th and lTth next, Monday and
Tuesday, prepared to
PULL TEETH WITHOUT PAIN
Y'ou need not suffer with had teeth
in your mouth when you can have
them taken out and not fee! it.
Meet me in Wrightsville, and be
satisfied.
II, E. IIymax, Dentist,
§ 183611 SWIFT’S SPECIFIC.! 111886 I
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A ' A REMEDY NOT EOE A DAY, BUT FOR (SSS
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a te*r HALF A CENTURY
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£ o RELIEVING SUFFERING HUMANITY!
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AN INTERESTING TREATISE ON BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES SENT
FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS. IT SHOULD BE READ BY EVERYBODY.
Ik ADDRESS THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
.A.. T. Linder,
Wrightsville, - - - Georgia,,
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES.
Of all kinds. Stock complete in every department and prices.to suit.
Come to see me and call for what you want; I can furnish you. ' Iii/fho
DRY GOODS LINE
I keep everything from a hox of hair-pins to a bolt of homespun. In flic
GROCERY DEPARTMENT
From a box of sardines to a tierce of bacon. I have the goods—“oceans
of ’em,” and am going t--> sell them, because my prices are low.
237" Thanking my many friends and customers for their past generous
patronage, and requesting a continuance of the same, promising to give
them good goods, polite treatment, Very and Respectfully, “LOW PRICES,” I am
June 10-tf A. T. LINDER
New Store, New Goods, New Finn and
NEW PRICES!
FANCY axT> FAM ILY GROCERIES,
'[ in ware and Wooden ware—Nice line.
Dry Goods, Bools, Shoes, Notions, >
And other things too numerous to mention. Quie Sales. Small Prbjpts.
Tlx© Lo-vx^est; Prices TaP.es tiro Calc<p I
I Will be at the “Cake Cuttingand Don't You Forget It!
:«'At the RENTZ BROTHERS’ Old Sand.L?’
My Stock is now full and complete. TP Having just been bought, the
Goods are fresh. Call to see me, get my prices and test mv goods.
Wrightsville, Respectfully, etc., J. R. Brantley}
Oa., npril 2U-6m 4
J. T. LaVElGNE, i*
a *F»5
Formerly of SANDERS VIIXE, has located in WRIGHTSVILLE, occu¬
pying the old Livery Stable building, where be is prepared with
Good Material and Workmen 5
To do all kinds of
Buggy, Wagon and General Blacksmith work!
1137* Having had an experience of Thirty-five years in the business, I
feel confident of giving entire satisfaction to all who patronize me.
:ir JPA-xro Carriage ~Worlr a Sjpeeia.PAy.
110 R S K-S110 EIX G done under my personal supervision.
All work guaranteed. « - Dealer in all kinds of Rl’RIAL CASES.—
Night calls answered at residence on Elm street. Soliciting the patronage
of the citizens ol Johnson and surrounding counties, I am,
Very respectfully, J. T. LaYEIGNE,
april 15, 1880- t jan 1. IFrightsville, Ga.
SCHOFIELD S IRON WORKS,
Adjoining Passenger Depot, MACON, GA.
X!AXl"FACT1"IIKUS OF T1IE oui AND WKT.T, KNOWN'
Schofield’s Patented [spire Premium Cotton Press.
The most substantial, best built, and fastest packing COTTON PRESS
on the in a ret. Packs by band, horse, water or steam power. ■ ,
Portable and Slatonary Steam Engines and Boilers.
All s zes and style;—4 to 100 horse power.
Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, Mill Gearing anil Mac hinery a speialty. Hancock In¬
spirators, the best boiler feeder known and acknowledged standard. Iron pipe and dtt
ings,. Engine tainiiniugs. Brass Valves, Whistle.-., Lubricators, Rubber and I.eathar
belting, and every tiling pel mining to Foundry. Machiueaud Mill Supply business.
Address J. S. Schofield & Son, Props.
March 2d 188G.— ly. MACON, G-A.
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G O G I) • : Boilers, and cheap, too.
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LIT All Kinds of Repairing Promptly Done..^j
1014 to 1020 Fenwick Street, above Passenger Depot, 'if
march 25, 18S6-ly AUGUSTA, G
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