02 Mar 1892
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1892
Page
1
A wedding row and travel plans unfold as Miss Bessie Daniels weds J H Cartwright and Mr J J Smyth elopes with Miss Lillian Walkerman. Separately, Washington buzzes over People's Party presidential hopes with Weaver Donnelly and Polk named as possible nominees amid reformist sentiment.
News from Schley County reports the county commissioners to consider accepting the new jail, appoint tax assessors, and notes rapid guano buying shifts. It details a fatal mystery on Mr Sellars place, railroad moves between Doyle and Putnam affecting Buena Vista, and a murky undercurrent in local politics with no clear candidates or alliances yet forming.
Washington dispatches report House and Senate activity including the District of Columbia appropriation, Indian and postoffice bills, bank safety measures, rural mail distribution funding, and debates over currency notes. A rumor about Senator Hill marrying Mrs Manning is dismissed by friends.
The Sumter county election brought a largely new Americus police board and force. J. B. Lamar was elected chief without opposition, W. W. Wheeler re elected as lieutenant, and three new patrolmen named Tom Cobb William Smith and William Hudson join Virgil D. Duncan and James Wilkins who were dropped. Lamar will assume duties April 1.
A Valpar dispatch notes June option on British warship purchases, with Chilean congress funding likely. Harlow affair investigations continue as McCreery and Brown tied to landing at Quietard Bay. Lizzie Jones, 18, in Pa remains unsedated after a ball. Gov Stone and Senator Hill events in Miss and Jacksonia. Col James Fort buys Lad Street building for Judge Watson at $20 per front foot. Americus welcomes them. Tow Guice hires Charles Underwood as head bartender. no sale of interest.
A Bolivian report recounts a Romantic escape from Constantinople where a Bonaparte prince and a Circassian girl eloped. They hid in Bolivia near Chiquitos, living incognito as authorities hunt. Princess Bonaparte Wyse Fare seeks to retrieve them with French legation help, journeying via Santa Cruz to Chiquitos.
Fort Valley reports strong local backing for Maj. W. L. Glessner as a Chicago convention delegate with J. M. Dupree also gaining support. Glessner’s work in attracting foreign capital has energized upper Houston and lower Crawford counties, with Fort Valley, Crawford, Taylor and Macon counties all rallying behind him. At the Opera House tonight the Clarke Comedy Company faces mixed reviews from Columbus papers, praised for “Heir at Law” style wit and acting but criticized for other performances.
Ohio Supreme Court rules against the Standard Oil Company in a quo warranto suit led by Attorney General Watson to test the legality of its charter. The decision underscores the state action to challenge corporate structure and authority amid prior arrangements with other longtime interests.
A panorama of local life in Americus includes union moves in the K of P, predicted big fruit crops if Frost stays away, and real estate buoyancy with a new streetcar. Senator Hil is to visit March 16, while a big crowd is expected for Mr. Hil through Americus.
Senator David B. Hill plans a brief southern swing within two weeks. He will speak before the Mississippi legislature on March 16 and deliver an address in Savannah for St Patrick's Day. En route he passes through Montgomery Columbus Americus and perhaps Augusta. Local Democrats hope he will stop briefly in Americus for a reception.
Georgia items report Capt. JR Barnes urged to resign with a court inquiry ordered. investigations conducted in private, decision pending public release. Notes warn against calling any local Darien colonel, caution about green goods schemes, and mention cotton and corn yields on Morgan county farms and a vast watermelon farm project on East Tennessee line. Missing Augusta daughter reappears in Atlanta. Judge Lawron and debated speech previews noted amid scattered rural commentary.
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