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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1884
Page
6
A bizarre tale from Lynn recounts a Northern gentleman ordering a vast shoe for J M Farnum, a Charlotte preacher. The Lynn firm produced oversized footwear with a bootless foot measured at twenty inches long and thirty five inches wide. A pasteboard sole copy was carried by a reporter, illustrating the absurd scale and impracticality of the commission.
Mr. P. Williamson of New Orleans told a New York Tribune reporter that the South will boom commercially in four years. Confidence has risen in Southern investments as fears of adverse legislation fade. He says he can now negotiate loans in New York on reasonable Southern security, whereas six weeks ago this was impossible. A Democratic President is seen as restoring capital flow for Southern ventures.
The Bainbridge to Cuthbert segment of the Cuthbert and Columbus Railroad has been sold to a New York syndicate for 90000 dollars. Purchasers promise completion within twelve months and plan extensions from Cuthbert to Florence and on toward Columbus linking with the Atlanta Cedar Town line. Local owners William and 8.G. McLendon and others arranged the transfer in Bainbridge with notes printed Monday night.
A near friend says the push to place Gen. Grant on the pension list stems from his dire financial straits. The 250000 Grant fund was put into Wabash Railway bonds with a 6 percent guarantee, but no interest is paid and the Morgan estate is entangled. Executors cannot meet the guarantee, the ten year term nears completion, and Grant lacks pecuniary resources. Senator Logan plans a pension bill to aid Grant, avoiding a retirement list designation that would extend to others like Fitz John Porter.
In Camilla on December 3 a brutal murder occurred before dawn. Stephen Goodwin was killed by an axe while in bed and Mrs Malinda Gregory and her son were also in bed but unharmed. The horse buggy, Goodwin’s shotgun, and other assets were taken, with no clear clues. Public sentiment questions civic gratitude amid sparse leads.
A speaker argues for shorter working hours and fair wages to ensure labor provides not only necessities but comfort and dignity. He condemns extreme poverty amid industrial progress, recalls the humanity of the unemployed, and urges universal work and sustenance to prevent pauperism and crime.
In Wheeling a famed surgeon Dr Hullien performed jaw resection to correct a disfiguring protrusion in a young eastern Ohio lady. The remarkable case involved removing extra teeth that caused the lower jaw to project forward, a procedure then uncommon. County folk talked and wondered by night.
Col Synnes recalls McCullough's Boris engagements at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn. After stabilizing finances, McCullough accepted a winter week, then two weeks, sometimes strong business, sometimes poor, and once handed over a canceling check saying he did not want money on pie.
A Mrs Parvenu recalls recent travels abroad including Italy and the Vatican during an eruption day. She describes lava and smoke, noting safety prevented ascent and praising the conservatory the party visited while in town.
Mrs W K Stebbins of Georgia writes thanking Dr Bradfield and declares the Female Regulator cured her womb troubles after sixteen years. She says she cannot praise it enough, has recommended it to friends, and notes the company offers a free treatise on the health and happiness of women.
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