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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1888
Page
4
A compilation of local notices including newspaper rates, circulation, and publication details for Americas Recorder and Weekly Recorder, with various community items such as religious notices, larceny report, farming alliance meeting, hotel description, masquerade ball, illness updates, and Christmas gifts across Americus and surrounding counties.
A total eclipse is set for January 1, 1889 with a 100 mile wide shadow path across California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and other western regions, obscuring the sun for two minutes inside the path while partial elsewhere. An Americus excursion to Brunswick will view Hitt & Co. compress Pelican. Hose Companies urged as city readies new reels and hose. LeConte pear second growth noted with hope of two crops per season.
A society wedding in Albany joins Misa Johnnie Davis, sister of Mrs Lott Warren, to RK Lee Jones a cited local businessman. The event described as the season’s society highlight in Albany. Community notices mention December gallery sales and thanks for cake and wine sent to printers.
Deputy Cobb returns with Bob Wiggins alias William Harrie, claiming the man confessed to leaving after John Williams was found dead in the cut. George Stevenson is jailed on suspicion as committal trial is set for Monday at two, possibly postponed to Wednesday. Coroner candidate Joe Outlaw, a colored man, faces skepticism. A theft at Gatewood gin sees a bale of cotton stolen and moved three hundred yards toward town with no clues.
The firm Miller and McCall Proprietors of Monumental Marble Works has dissolved by mutual consent. Ed Miller, the resident member, has purchased McCall’s interest and will continue the business. All bills due the firm are now payable to him. Miller is praised as a capable businessman.
Friday night at two o'clock Theron Hawkes' barn burned, thought incendiary after Maj Huntington's barn burned the night before. The old house, containing only an old buggy, was set ablaze by an unknown arsonist. Nearby, John R. Shaw touts lower prices than any Americus house. Shields' circus and A S A C celebration loom, opening german planned on Monday December 31st. Salvation Oil promoted as a reliable horse and cattle remedy at 25 cents a bottle.
Saturday night a blaze struck Brown & Harper’s book store on Jackson Street. Firemen and Wide-Awakes quickly fought the flames with water, saving Barlow Block but destroying stock valued at 3,500 with 2,000 insured. Investigators suspect an origin near the left side of the room among papers. Insurance covers the building and stock losses. sympathy extended to the young merchants.
Syrup of Figs is described as Nature's own true laxative and the easiest to take. It is promoted as a remedy for biliousness constipation and assorted ailments, claiming to cleanse the system, dispel cold symptoms, and address habitual issues. Manufactured by Messrs Prentice Cat and E End Eldridge.
A rumor swirls through the city that a semi paid Fire Department may replace volunteers. Mayor Felder and several aldermen are said to favor the plan with Chief Oliver possibly named Chief. The idea includes an electric alarm system and a compact force to cover all areas, financed by new appropriations.
George Stanfield and companions clash with Chick Nelms over fireworks on College Hill. Nelms wounds Stanfield with a razor, is jailed on $100 bond, case set for Friday morning. Also, Capt. T M Allen gains colored support in Sumter for Tax Receiver race amid his wife’s illness.
The Wheatley Fire Company received new caps and belts, blue caps with gilt number 2 and gold cord, making a striking uniform. The item is tied to the A S A Club anniversary event with no invitations for active club members or resident young ladies, inviting overall attendance for the first anniversary celebration.
Shields Circus has been performing in the city for two days with no riding acts but offers trapeze, lofty tumbling, the leap for life, and other specialties that compare favorably with any circus ever seen in Americus. The show is described as good.
Southern Express notes a schedule change for the Southwestern timetable causing the South and West bound day Express to close at 11:45 am and be delivered as four distinct daily deliveries in Americus.
In Stewart County the detective figure LUCKY TRoy HOLDER tracked down a negro named Harris who said he was Bob Wiggins, the man accused of killing John Williams. Holder had read of the murder and pursued the suspect toward Lumpkin and Troy, aiding in the capture with Deputy Cobb and Charley Mize. The story notes Holder’s growing reputation as a detective and mentions other locals captured while attempting to flee into Alabama.
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