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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1885
Page
2
A Merat Organ report from Webster County on April 10, 1885 notes Jefferson Davis's critical condition, Grant's improvement, and Senate adjournment without confirming several nominations. It covers Macon's population forecast, Times of Columbus suspension, pensioned editors, and other political anecdotes.
The Savannah News outlines Mugwump journals courting civil service reform and hints at forming a new party, while noting they likely won’t back the Democratic or Republican parties. It also lists U.S. diplomatic salaries and reports on Georgia’s Descriptive America map plus Alaska boundary tensions between Canada and the U.S.
Washington leaders express disappointment at President Cleveland's inauguration and fear firmer enforcement of the anti polygamy law in Utah. They deny reports of abandoning polygamy and insist the practice remains a doctrine despite being taught for thirty years.
At Vienna on Saturday, former Dooly Vindicator editor P. G. McDonald attacked current editor Joshua Jones over a sale of the office. McDonald cut Jones in four or five places, inflicting serious if not dangerous wounds.
The Savannah Times notes the Pearson post office reappointment will likely strengthen the Democratic Party by replacing disaffected members with principled others. It cites praise from Savannah editorials, recalls the era of partisan tension, and predicts vindication of the President's course before term end with anticipated gains in votes for the Democrats.
The narrator describes a trek from a frame house near a vast crater on Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, to the crater floor and the glowing Lake Halemaumau. Lava lakes, steam fissures, and sudden eruptions create a shifting, awe inspiring scene as a blood red fountain towers eighty feet before subsiding.
There is one matter connected with the Americans which he received deeply and never forgave, the habit of expectoration. He noted, No English gentleman has spat upon the floor since the Heptarchy.
A garbled OCR passage discusses conflicts with Jones, a character named Angie, and a reaction about not fighting. The text blends unrelated phrases about anatomy, cats, and questions of ideals, making the meaning unclear.
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