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VOLUME VIII.
Church Direcrory.
METHODlST.—Douglasville—Firat, th rd ;
Mid fifth XRtolayf".
Salt SpßtsGS—Second Sundry, ai d Satnr ’a
bcf'o <•.
Midway—Fourth Sunday, and Satnnlav I- . ,
tors. W. U, F KriE, I’astoh
Eai* <sr— fl list and fourth Bun
.dajw, Uov. A. EL Vaughn, pastor.
Masonic*
D-n?la»vil’e Lodge, No. 2815, F. A. M.,meets
ou Sat uiduy night before the flrat and third
Snudaxe in each month. J. R. Carter, W. M.,
W. J. Camp, Secy.
County Directory.
Ordinary—ll. T .Cooper.
Ciwk—B. N. Dorsett
Sheriff—H. urv Ward.
Deputy Sheriff—O, M. Souter.
Tax It •ceiver— E. H. Camp,
Tax Collector—W. A. Sayer,
Treasurer—Samuel Shannon,
Surveyor—John JJ. Huey.
Coroner—F. 11, Mitchell.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Moot* nn third Monday# in January and July
and holds two week-.
Judge—Hon. Samson W. Harris.
Hol. Genl.—Hon. Harry M. Reid.
Cterk-S. N. Dorsett.
Sheriff—Henry Ward.
counit count.
Meet# in quarterly session on fourth Mon
lays in February, May, August and November
and holds until all the cnees on the dock t are
called. In monthly a xsion it meets on fourth
Mondays in each month,
JndgM—lion. R, A. Massey.
Sol. GenL—Hon. W. T. Roberta.
Bailiff—D. W. Johns.
ordinary’# court
“ Meets for ordinary purposes on first Monday,
and for county purposes on first Tuesday in
each month,
Jmlgw—Hou. H. T. Cooper.
JUSTICES COURTS.
7Mth Dist. G. M. merle firstThnrsdar in each
month. J. I, Feely, J. I'., W. 11. Cash, N. I’.. '
D. W. Johns and W. K. Hunt, L. 0.
7311th Di-t. (I. SI,, meets second Saturday. ,
A. R Bomar, J. !>., B. A. Arnold, N. I’., S. 0. '
ledger, L. C,
781th Dili. G. SI. meets fourth Saturday. ■
Franklin Can. r, J. !»., C. B. Baggett, N. I’..
i C. .latoe* ard M. S, Gore, L. o*.
IkWUi I’m. G. SI. uic.iis th rd Saturday, T.
M. Uaniit.m, J.P., SI. L. Yates, N. S. W.
liiggi iH, L.C., N, J. Jourdan, L. 0.
12’Xlth Diet., G. M. mceta third Saturday. N.
J ’ r -’ W# b " M ‘ daon > N. P., J. A.
1271« t Dial. Q. M. meets first Saturday. C, I
O. Clinton, J. I*. Aiberry Hembree, N. p’
1272nd Dist. G. M. meets fourth Friday,
(h o. W, Smith, J. I’., C. J. Robinson, N, p„
1273rd Dist, <l. M. meets third Fiidav. Tli<m
White, J. P., A. J. Bowen, N. P., W. J. Harbin, 1
, L. (.<•
Professional Cards
ROBERT 17 MASStY?'
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
(Office in front room, Doraett'h Building. ?
Will practice anywhere vxeipt in thv Uouhtj
Court <d Doiighiss uuui.ly.
VI. A. J.MES,
ATTOR EV AT LAW,
Will pinetice h> a]| the courts, Sinh- »u
Federal. Office on Court llouxe Square,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
WM. T. ROBERTS,
ATTORNEY AT . AW ;
DOUGLASVILLE. GA.
Will practice in n|J the Courts. All legs
bmiiwss will receive prompt atteulivu. Ofiiix
in Court House.
C. r> <■am i*.
attorney at LAW. I
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in ah iho courts. Ali business j
intituled tu him will receive prompt lien:ion. |
ST GRIGGS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOU 3 LAS VILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the courts. State and
Federal.
JOHN M. EDGE;
' ATTORNEY AT LAW
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the courts, aud promptly
attend to ah buHueaa ent nutted to hi* jare.
jTsjaifes’
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUG lAS VILLE, GA.
Will nractije in the wurta of DnnglMs,
CatnpbeU. Carmil, ranking. Cobh, Fnlrnn su-l
adjoining counties. l'u>u»pt attemttou given
to ail tauducM.
J. H. McLarty,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, !
POINtIJLSVUXK. GA.
Will pt-aefiee tn all the ooui u. both State and j
FMvrai. Odlvctions a rpeyia ty.
JOHN V. EDGE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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a. Deftaike Answer.
One hot afternoon in July a traveler
stooped nt a farm house and asked for a
driak. A country girl passed him out a
i diptier and said: ‘‘There’s the wellV’
ri'e wa* evidently inclined to* indulge
in a little rural dirtation, and after mak
ing all the known varieti s of “she-pa’
eyea” at her over the edge of the dipper,
he nutde bold to inquire:
“A bat might yer name be, Misst”
“Wsal,'’ she said, in a matter offset
tone. “Es 1 k>n convince young Smiler
that its attout time tn come down to busi
nets, it might be Mrs. Mary Jane Smiler
Ic-oH" next winter. At preaeut it ain’t
nothin' but Mary Jane Simpkins.’—Afar
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FAWNTNQ TO NOFiS-CIHIAJR.ITY TO ALL.
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER li, 1886-
THE LABOR PARADE,
CELEBRATION OF ts LABOR RAY"
BY THE LABOR UNIONS;
. .
September Sixth to be an Aonual Holiday
Hereafter in the United states.
“ Labor day,” which is to be a periha l |
nent annual institution in Boston, was
inaugurated by the workingmen of that
city and subiitbs Monday in, ah impres
sive manner. The feature of the [
was a grand procession, in whica
it is estimated some fifteen thou
sand persons participated and which took
an hour to pass a given point. The pro
cession, in which was represented all the
laboring interests of the city, was re
! viewed by Mayot O’Brien on School !
j street, and was witnessed by thousands 1
of persons who crowded the sidewalks i
i along the route. In a narrower street
j the crowd seriously encroached upon the j
, fight of way of the ptocessicn. The
1 afternoon was devoted to athletic sports,
I clambakes, dancing.
tHB DAT IN NEW YORK
This being a liigdi holiday., set apart by
the legislature for the laboring it
was celebrated by a monstet parade by
the different labor organizations, followed
in the evening by a picnic. Every trade
was represented in the procession, which
was constituted, it is said, of between
15,000 and 20,000 workingmen. J. P. i
Archibald was grand marshal. The pro- ;
cession was reviewed by Mayor Grace, j
Rev. Dr. McGlynn, Rev. Dr., Derrick, a
prominent colored preacher; Henry
j George and Robert Blissert.
BROOKLYN’S PROCESSION.
The workingmen of Brooklyn, and Wil-
I liamsburg, also, paraded in honor of
‘ the laborer’s national holiday. The pa
i rade was under the auspecies of the Cen
' tral labor union. It was estimated that
' about 18,000 men were in line. All
I trades were represented. The procession
I marched to Myrtle avenue park, where
j speeches were made and dancing and ath*
■ letic sports enjoyed.
I
THE DEMONSTRATION IN BALTIMORE.
The demonstration of the Knights of
' Labor was the largest of industrial class
es ever witnessed in Baltimore. In the
i early forenoon the sky was overcast,
j giving promise of rain, but that did not
I prevent the gathering of the working
1 hosts. In many parts of the city build
ings were decorated. The gathering took
place in east Baltimore, the right of all
the divisions resting on Broadway. The
line was composed of eight divisions,
preceded by a platoon of police under
command of Marshal Frey, and through-
■ out the entire line were flags and floats,
| representing the various industrial pnr
; suits. The line moved at 1 o’clock, and
i moved through the principal streets to
Druid Hill Park, where speaking took
I place in the evening. It is estimated
: that 15,000 to 18,000 workingmen and
women were in the procession. Rarely
in the history of Baltimore has anything
1 attracted more attention. On Baltimore
street, the principal thoroughfare through
j which the procession passed, business
j was almost entirely suspended, and the
sidewalks were so crowded that pedes
' trianism was almost impossible. The
i line of street cars traversing the selected
j course of march, was withdrawn, and all
I sorts of vehicles were obliged to find
[ other channels. It is impossible to esti
mate the number of people on the streets,
; but for two hours before the time ap
pointed for the line to move, the streets
i in every direction resounded with the
j music of different assemblies, making
their way to the general rendezvous on
Broadway. From one end of the vast
column to the other, most perfect order
i was observed, and it rarely occurs that a
finer looking body of men is to be seen
i anywhere. Every industrial avocation in
! the city was represented, and there were
larga numbers of visitors, principally
( from localities within the state of Mary
land, but there were some from Washing
! ton and from near points in Pennsylvania.
I All the appointments were arranged and
carried out with good taste, and the oc-
I casion, the first demonstration of the
bone and sinew of Baltimore, will long
be remt-mbered.
> | CHICAGO’S CELEBRATION.
; I The annual street parade in this city
Monday was the most noteworthy ever
made by the labor organizations of Chi
i cago, both in point of numbers and point
' of equipment The day was warm, but
perfect in all other respects for street
* display. The column began moving at
10:30 o'clock, and marching steadily was
two hours in its passage. The column
was divided into nine divisions, and close
computation places the number of march
er# in line at between thirty and thirty-
I five thousand. A feature of the parade
was remarkable uniformity shown by
each division of marchers, the latter all
being equiped with canes, and generally
wearing slouch hat# of a dark or grey
i color. All trades marched in columns of
, fours, well closed up, and generally
t moving with great precision and regu
larity. One column of five hundred
emp loyes of bank and safe manufacturers
wore white tiles. A column of journey
men tailors, numbering one thousand,
. I wore white derbys, and presented, prob
j ably the finest appearance of any distinct
, body of marchers. The American flag
was carried by each division, and there
: were very few mottoes or banners borne
in the cohimna. One of the trucks in
line carried the figure of a twenty foot
giant stamping out cheap labor, idealized
by the figure of a Chinaman. The pro
cession concluded with an almost endfesi
i display of numufactured goods.
. Them is no satWactkm in succwu
without earning it. In bet, winning it
b two thirds of the aattefaction io it.
THE TOOSSEE LABOR UNION. |
ii ta Gsins to Make War on the COnVlet Les- i
See
Mr. John C. Hook, bf Memphis, pfesi- :
dent of the State Central Labof union, is
in TJnn., f 6 attend a meeting
of the Central Labor tbiion, which con
vened in Simmons hail.
In answer to the question: ’!
ate you going to do in your ;
meeting?” i
He said the union wa'§ « briefly busi
ness organization, and touched fcolitfcs '
only as they concerned business interests.
In his address Ml- Hook recommended a ;
resolution condemning the qonvict lease !
system, and will suggest ‘id thp legis
lature the adoption of a system of
ing convicts on the public roads. He
says he wants it distinctly understood
1 that the union is not making any per
sonal war on the lessees but on the sys
tem. The body made resolutions urging
laboring men everywhere to support
men for the legislature regardless of ,
patty affiliation, who will oppose the j
continuance of the tease system. Mr. I
I Hook says that the union aims at seetir- .
| ing a more thorough organization
throughout the state, and that the union
will soon include farmer# and mechanics
alsd.
THE MAYFLOWER AHEAD.
i !-he Beats lhe British Cutter Ga'atea by 12
Minutes aud 40 Seconds.
| On Tuesday the great race for the l
| America cup took place between the
i English cutter Galatea and the Boston i
i sloop yacht Mayflower. The start was i
made at 10:80 off Bay Ridge in the New :
York harbor. At the start the Bostonian
was about 1 minute ahead and finished ;
i with a beautiful lead.
0h i finish was the grandest marine
spectacle ever seen in New York bay. ;
Surrounded by nearly five hundred steam
and sailing crafts, the Mayflower came '
tearing along through the narrow path of i
! water and crossed the finish line amid the
firing of guns, the screech of whistles,
and the waving of acres of bunting and
handkerchiefs, lhe Galatea received as
hearty a welcome, when she arrived, and
when the judges told Lieutenant Henn
that he was beaten twelve minutes and
two seconds, he laughed and shouted
back:
“I thought it was half an hour.”
Three cheers and a tiger were given by
the yachtsmen for the gallant little Irish
man and his charming wife. Both yachts
Sroceeded to their anchorage off Bay
idge-
EL COYOTE AT WORK.
I
TJ»e ft< eJt tean Inhabitant# Graatly Exer-
evenipg, the oX thtw*
wounded soldiers, who had just returned
from a fight which the government troops
had near Sause, thirty miles distant, with
the revolutionist forces under command
of El Coyote. The fight tooK place about
sun up, in which the government troops
were worsted, having two men killed and
three wounded, besides several cavalry
horses shot. Volunteer companies are
being organized for the protection of the
city, as an attack is momentarily expect
ed by the forces under El Coyote. Re
inforcements’of eighty soldiers are on the
train from Monterey, which is due at 8 p.
m., but it i» apprehended that El Coyote
will reach and destroy the railroad bo
fore the train can get in.
A SOLDIER IN STATE.
Tbausanda of People Ylewla« the Remains
of General Cheatbnns.
All day on Sunday a seemingly unend
ing train of people passed through the
capitol, at Nashville, Tenn., where the
remains of General B. Frank Cheatham
lay in state in the chamber. The floral
decorations were most profuse and ele
gant in character, including one large
piece from Geo. H. Thomas Post G.A.R.
1 The local military, the Hermitage Guards,
: the Burns Artillery, and the Harding Ar
tillery, were on guard during the day.
The surviving Mexican Veterans of this
, vicinity visited the capitol in a body to
, * /lew the remains of the comrade, as did
the surviving memben of his staff during
, the late war. There was almost a total
, suspension of business during the hours
of the funeral on Monday. The funeral
was the largest ever seen in the history
of the city. Very many soldiers from »
distance attended the funeral services
THS FIRST SPIKX
j Tracklaying on the Georgia Midland
j Railroad had its formal beginning at
I Columbus, Ga., on Monday. President
Jordan, of the construction company,
j, drove the first spike at 1B:4O in the pres
« ence of quite a number of citizens,
among whom was Mayor Grimes and sev
. eral members of the council. Track
[ laying will now be pushed forward as
5 rapidly as possible.
The directors of the Georgia Midland
railroad met and called for the first in
stallment of twenty-fire per cent, of ths
subscription to the stock.
r
THE REMPONBB TO THE QUEBW.
a The president has sent the following
‘ reply to Queen Victoria’s telegram <d
a sympathy for the earthquake sufferers:
“Executive Mansion— Washington.
3 September 4, ISSfl.—To Victoria, Queen
and Empress, Balmoral, Scotland: Your
XMdttty’a expression of sympathy for the
sufferers by earthquake’ i# warmly ap
s predated and awakes a grateful response
. in American heart*.
“Grover Cleveland,
“FremdeuL*
BASE BALL SOW
jrutm or raa uouisvHles nave made over
100 base hits.
The new grand stand of the Philadelphia I
Club will cost $30,000.
In New England they ring chestnut bells
oil batsmen who strike out
j Ten pitchers have been under contract
with the Washington Club.
The Detroits are fast attaining the name
of being the worst of kickers.
' Richardson, of the Detroits, has twice
this season made two home runs in one game 1
Almost half the games between St. Loui®
gir# Pittsburg have been shut onto on one
side or tsisothe*.
The Americ&i Asrsociation now has two
: doctors in its rani#; ra., Drs. Al Bushong
and J. Lee Richmond.
I the young Washing
gives proraiisq, .of being a string rival of
Keefe, the New York pitcher.
The demand for
this season than ever «nd » first-class
one can command a big salary”.
Morgan Mubphy, of the Boston te
declared to be doing better work than acy
! other New England League catcher.
Hines, the Washington’s heavy batter,
has made nine home runs this season, which
I is more than any other in the country has
accomplished.
PiTtsbuhg will make the most money this
year in the American Association. New
York, as usual, will top the League clubs in
this particular;
! Anson, Denn/, Rowe and Hardie Richard
son are the only Leaguers who have made
two home runs in one game, Richardson has
performed the feat twice.
of the Chicagos, has the largest
batting total for a single League game thi»
season—viz.: five hits with a total of twelve
bases in four times at bat.
No League pitcher has yet succeeded this
season in disposing of an opposing team
without a hit,and but one American AssOoter
tion pitcher—Atkisson—has accomplished
the feat.
The second base play of Buffalo’s colored
lad, Grant, is described as wonderful Some
of his stops and catches are said to be phe
nomenal, and withal he plays a steady game,
keeping his good work up day by day.
The Detroit club fined Pitcher Getzein
S3OO for insolence and profanity addressed
to Captain Hanlon, who had censured him
for listless playing. This makes a total of
S4OO assessed against Getzein in the last
month in the shape of fines.
The Bostons made an offer of SIO,OOO for
the release of five St. Louis players,and were
offered the whole team for $15,000, provided
they would also give a bond to run the nine
the whole of the season. Five thousand dol
lars were offered for Glasscock and Myers.
The Eastern League Clubs will never con
sent to the Western Clubs playing Sunday
games just because it may benefit one or two
clubs. President Day, of the New Y’ork
I Club, and President Spalding, of the Chi
cago Club, say that no Sunday games will be
played by League clubs as long as they have
anything to say.
MUSICAL AHD DRAMATIC.
a of Shakespeare’s plays have bees
translated into Icelandic.
j MYle. Aimm, the well known actress,
„ wrajes .rings an her thumbs.
Senator Vo irhess’s son will presently
be seen on the dramatic stage.
Minnie Palmer, the American actress,
will spend the season in Australia.
Mr. Sol Smith Rubsell’s new play, “Pa,”
has been well received in the West.
Mr Geobge Vandenhoff, well known a*
an actor and reader, died recently in Eng
i land.
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry have re
turned to England after a brief visit to this
country.
I “Maggie, the Midget” will be the chief
feature of Miss Maggie Mitchell’s repertory
! next season.
Jenny Lind’s daughter, who is spoken of
as having a marvelous voice, is coming to
this country.
A large and handsome opera-house build
ing is being erected at Los Angeles, Cal., at
a cost of $l5O, eOO.
Dixie is to be given a dinner in London
before he sails for N-»w York, and the Prince
! i of Wales is to attend.
Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer,
i has signed for a lecture tour of fifty nights
i in America this season.
New York city will have twenty-seven
theatres (counting the opera houses and
, variety show placesljjnext season.
I David and Milton Higgins, of Chicago,
have written a play called “Our Rich
, Cousin,” which J. H. McVicker praises
highly.
Wilhelmj is going to make a concerttour
» of Europe, ami is organizing what it is proin
- ; ised will be the finest string quartet ever
. j heard.
s “Lucretia Borgia” will be In Mrs. D.
3 P. Bowers’s repertoire this season. She is
i probably the only American actress who now
assumes this intensely tragic role.
1 Mlle. Decca, an American girl, known
in Washington as Miss Johnson, announced
I to smg lately at Co vent Gardea, London,
! is credited with having made a great success,
r 1 They pnxiuce the “Mikado” very thor
j j oughly in Chicago. The house is Japanese
I from entrance to stage, the attendants even
; to the waiters in the case being clad in Jap
anese costume.
The impression that female composers have
been rare in the line of operatic works ap
j pears to be erroneous. S omething more than
, a score of such nork* by English and Conti
-1 nental composers of the female sex can be
t named.
appointments.
The following appointments have been
made by the President: Thomas F. Tobin,
8 of Tennessee, to be surveyor of customs
for the port of Mem phi#. Tennessee;
* Thoma# C. Manning, of Louisiana, envoy
'• extraordinary and minister plenipoten
® tiary of the United States to Mexico;
John Drayton, of South Carolina, consul
lat Tuxpan; Charles H. Simonton, of
(har eston, 8. C., to be United States
district judg» for the district of South
Carolina.
DEATH OP A VETERAN.
a Thomas N. Fowler, major general of
r the Mobile, Ala., state militia, died
6 ‘ Monday morning, aged 46. He was a
“ lieutenant colonel of a Mississippi regi
-0 incut during the war and served one term
in the tegiaiature of that state. Since
the war ha has followed the inrorancs
huainaML
NUMBEB 32.
In lhe South.
A little gray swallow,
I fled to the vales
Os the nightingales,
And th? woods of Apollo.
Behind mu lie the sheer white cliffs, the hol
low
Green waves that break at home, th*
northern gales,
The misty skies,the homesteads in thedalo-
For all my home is far and cajanot follow.
O nightingale voices,
O lemons in flower,
O branches of laurell
You are all here; but, ah, not here my
choice is I
Fain would I pluck one pink-veined bloom of
sorrel,
Or hear the wrens build in a hazel bower.
—Magazine of Art
HUMOROUS.
A wide-awake hat is one without a
nap.
motto: Turn about ia
fair play.
An essay congest can be very properly
called a skull race.
A man may have no ear for music, yet
have a mind to play,
Pain will frequently transfer s child
into a groan person.
An unavoidable brqach of the pice©:
Hie stock of a gun.
The heart’s true love melts to tender
librations of ice cream.
“I mean no reflection,” as the head
light said when it went out.
Superior Court—Going it sweet on on*
of the dear creatures worth SIOO,OOO.
“Mamma,” cried a five-year old girl,
>“I started to make roy doll a bonnet, and
it’s come out a pair of pant#.”
People open their hearts and expand
when they marry. At a wedding they
should not be called the contracting
parties.
“Look here, Judge,” said the burglar,
“I ain’t so bad as you think I am. Only
give me time and I’ll reform.” And the
Judge gave him fifteen years.
A mathematical has shown
that if the muscles of a man rel
atively as strong as those of a flea he
could throw a book agent two miles.
U “We want a circus and we want 11
bad,” sighs a Western paper. We would
suggest that the editor call the owner of
the opposition sheet a horse-thief.
“Mercy!” exclaimed Mrs. Homespun,,
when she read in the paper that Jay
Gould made ten cents every time the
clock ticked; “I should think he’d be
worried to death for fear the clock would
run down.”
A lady remained too long on a train
to kiss a friend, and, trying to get off
after it was started, was thrown vio
lently on her face. ‘ ‘lf ever I kiss any
body again I” said she vengefuHy, as she
arose; “any woman, at least,’’ she
thoughtfully added.
A problem blind, to the young man’# mind,
> Is to know the reason why
He hex his cane when he’s out in the rain,
lite umbrella when it’s dry.
Indian Fishing Spears.
, The fishing spears used by the Piute
Indians are of peculiar construction.
Into the end of a pole or shaft from
twelve to fifteen feet in length is in»ert
i ed a piece of iron or steel wire about as
1 thick a# an ordinary lead pencil and
about ten inches long; the end of this
1 wire i« made quite sharp. Another pieca
1 of wire about two inches long forms th*
r barb. One end of this short
* piece of wire i# made very
•harp. It is then laid upon the point of
the long wire and tightly lashed with a
r piece of pitched twine. In the centre of
the piece of short wire is fastened a
l atring over a foot in length, which i*
, made fast to the shaft at the spear.
• When a fish is struck the point of the
b spear passes entirely through its body.
1 In withdrawing it the short wire or barb
pulls of, and, turning crosswise, the fish
8 is securely fastened and hangs dangling
“ to the handle of the spear.
s Protection Against Lightning
Miss Birdie McGinnis and Miss Esmer
alda Longcoffiu are rival belles of Austin.
They are continually saying mean things
i to each other in the most plaeant man-
I ner imaginable. Both of them happened
s to be at a picnic at Bee Springs near Aus
’ tin, and Miss Birdie wore very large dia
. moods, the genuineness of which was
; very much doubted by some of her
| friends.
s A thunder storm came up and the pic
j nickers were obliged to take refuge under
some trees.
“Birdie,” said Miss Esmeralda anx
iously.
“What is it, Esmendd ?” asked Birdie,
j “I wish you would come over here
where I am. I would feel safe.”
*«Vfhy so, Esmeralda, dear F’
a “Because I read in a paper the other
e day that it is only real diamonds that at
s tract lighting.”— Siftings.