General Presentments of Webster County Grand Jury
The Grand Jury at the April Term reports the county books were neatly kept and commends the clerks. It lists tax levies for roads, paupers, court expenses, court fees, coroner, public building, and insistent balances, totaling 47,? 1? 4. Union mentions attendance figures for white and colored pupils, teachers’ salaries, and total disbursements. They note roads and bridges needing repair, dangerous abutments at Kendrick Bridge, and recommend planking the jail yard. They propose publication of the presentments in local papers and acknowledge court officials before concluding with a formal署.
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Webster
Bor Bridges
Asuresien
Lees Commission of
Com Imisasioner
Eeeresees
Smaiestoner
Sccesesedee
Upper Turnpike
Road Commissioners of
Causey
Boar @reek
Kendrick Bridge
G. W. Dillard
J/P. Walker
J. P. Beatty
Third District politics weigh successor to Judge Crisp
The Third District, including the wiregrass counties, debates a successor to Judge Crisp. West and east sides contend for influence as the district’s conventions allocate votes, with the wiregrass urging a broader field of candidates.
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Third
Crisp
Congress
Flint
Georgia
Devsveseres Teeters
West Side
Speer's Wines Gains Noted Reputation in Passaic NJ
Purity and excellence of Speer's Wines, raised at Passaic New Jersey, attract shipping by New York steamers bound for Europe. Widely esteemed at home and favored by leading American physicians. For sale by L. B. Bosworth.
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Newcastle
Speer
Passaic
N. J
New York
Europe
America
L. B. Bosworth
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate touted for headache relief
An 1882 Chicago figure shows 444 million pounds of meat shipped to the seacoast for Great Britain. The ad claims Horsford’s Acid Phosphate relieves indigestion, sick headache, and low mood linked to rheumatism, praised by Horner Jr of Salem Virginia as incomparable.
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Horner, Jr
Salem
Chicago
Seacoast
Bacon as Governor: Augusta Chronicle Endorses Major Bacon
The Augusta Chronicle extols Hon A C Bacon as a fit governor, praising his service in the General Assembly and as Speaker, his alignment with Democratic values, and his conservatively progressive spirit. It argues party unity supports his nomination, noting past strong showings and the current widespread favorable view across Georgia.
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A. C. Bacon
Augusta Chronicle
Bacon
Democratic Party
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Major Bacon
Commonwealth
Executive Session Spoof in Washington Critic
A Washington Critic excerpt portrays a senator’s daughter and her lover visiting nightly through Lent. Her father questions the private interviews in the parlor, seeking details, but the daughter appeals to an executive session as a justification for withholding secrets, leaving the elder silent.
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Washington Critic
Papa
Georgia Farmer Snubs State House Bid In Humorous Way
A Georgia farmer, asked to run for the Legislature, refuses with a humorous quip about avoiding the political spotlight. Philadelphia City Hall, begun in 1872, has cost between 11 and 12 million dollars and will be the nation’s largest building when completed, with a 585 foot tower planned and a Penn statue atop.
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Washington
Georgia
Philadelphia
United States
Capitol
Penn
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Nenee
New Orleans
Charity Hospital
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Henderson
Burrows
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Prine
Mozley
Atlanta
Acee Rico
Sumter County
R. J. Perry
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Cain
A. C
Grarata
Sumren
Elizaveth Williams
W. C. Williams
Court of Ordinary
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Ordinary
T. E. Smith
Mary E. Stickney
Court House
Preston
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W R. Perry
Lou
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J. T. Perry
J.N. Perry
Guardian
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O. D. Tracy
Mary A. Trasy
H. Cosby
Wanarenr County
Nancy Saunders
Beptemus Saunders
Waid
W. H. Cosby
A. T. Rogers
Practical Gunsmith
Lamar Street
Americus
Buchanan & Bell
STERN
Harris & James
Jas. Fricker & Bro
Jewelers
Southwest Georgia Music House
Musical Department
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Bro
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