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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1887
Page
8
Fragmented reminiscence traces a lost romance and a river town’s decline. The text recalls Alblon M Fellows and Frank Leslie’s era, then shifts to Vicksburg’s 19th century moral upheaval with gambling, lynching, and riverboat commerce along the Mississippi and misfortunes from disease and social change.
A long discussion on the Great Wall of China weighs evidence for and against its existence. Reports from Abbe Larrieu and travelers, plus testimonies from diplomats and staff, are weighed against skeptics. The piece traces Chinese history from Yan to Kublai Khan, noting myths and real events while affirming the wall’s persistence as a political fact.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague revels in renewed youth through her 18 year old daughter Miss Ethel Sprague. The spirited granddaughter of Salmon P. Chase seeks tragedy and fame after studying in France and England with Henry Irving backing a debut. Ethel shows Macbethian ambitions and Venus de Milo charm as she eyes a dramatic future amid Washington society.
Special correspondence reports the drowning of Mrs. Alice McNeal in a mill pond near Esterphiae. Her husband George McNeal, reportedly intoxicated, abused her before she walked to the mill and drowned herself. Coroner’s inquest ruled death by own action. the body to Lumpkin for burial.
RecoupER solicitor writes cheering words from Webster Superior Court. A broken train near Preston delays passengers until Allen House owner J H Allen provides supper and beds. Judge Allen Fort delivers a clear grand jury charge focusing on concealed weapons gambling and religious worship. Attendees include attorneys from Americus Dawson Macon Lumpkin and representatives from the State and railroad leaders. Preston shows growth prospects.
The passage summarizes Gen Henry H. Jackson of Georgia, his life from Athens born 1820 to Franklin College and Yale, law career, service in the Mexican War, editor at The Savannah Georgian, roles as judge, diplomat in Vienna, Confederate officer and later general, his command in the Civil War, and detention during the war era.
The week brought horse thefts in Cuthbert and scattered bur glary at the depot. A wedding near Florence linked Henry Powell to Minnie Williford with several attendants named. Local updates include T. D. Miller's illness, and praise for Congressman C F Crisp amid Stewart County devotion.
Rochelle reports rapid growth with thirteen stores under contract and plans for a new museum by Mr. G H Tommey who already owns a salamander and a gopher. The town faces poor mail delivery, hopes for a railroad depot, and awaits better transportation amid a bustling Georgia scene. Meanwhile a London Telegraph notice details a French shipwreck tale tied to Crozet and Marion Islands along with a dead albatross discovery bearing a message about thirteen shipwrecked crew.
The Alice, recently purchased by the A P road company, arrived yesterday to cheers from locals who hope the vessel will operate regularly on the Ocmulgee river. It can carry about 1 200 bales of cotton and will boost Abbeville progress as work continues on the Tar Heel steamer and river trade.
Putnam Georgia November 8 report recalls a stingy man who shuns walking on gravel to spare his shoes, local social events at W W Montford’s and Mr W T Myrie’s visit, Macon pension jokes, and a dysentery outbreak with child losses near Buck Creek. The Schley County Farmers Alliance notes and Americus market updates describe plentiful goods, cheap produce, and fresh groceries with emphasis on prices and supplies.
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