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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1885
Page
5
A wedding notice reports the marriage of H Majors of Webster County to W A Gosre of Stewart County by Eld. Binion at the bride's father H Majors home. The couple plans to celebrate with a Monday operation as the groom hails from the region.
A fog of short items notes frost in the area, cotton trading hints, and visits from Miss Janie Weston, Miss Cora Prince, and others. Capt. Troutman returns from Rome while banking expansion and a grand lodge meeting loom in Macon.
A narrator visits Geo W. Council’s country home with companions for a possum hunting outing. They admire barns and fences then stray into woods lose their way, wander across corn and cotton fields, cross more fences, and finally return to Council’s residence with no possum caught but lasting memories of the adventure.
An elderly Rome Georgia resident Mr J M Norris reports long standing kidney trouble and hay fever. After years of poor results he used Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve on hands and feet gaining great relief. He urges others with kidney issues or blood purification needs to try the remedies. Sold by Dr B J Eldridge.
For sale a parlor suit and a fancy set with tables and brackets offered with reasonable figures. At the Southern League meeting in Atlanta the pennant for the season was awarded.
The criminal docket features Mingo Glaze convicted of burglary and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Williams found guilty of larceny with mercy plea. Meadows and Cooper convicted of larceny with varying sentences. Horne guilty of stabbing with twelve months chain gang or six months jail. Andy Williams to receive new trial. many cases continued. Foreman W B Stewart named. Adjourned term likely in January due to Supreme Court session.
A notice invites buyers to inquire at the office about a compact farm on the city’s edge offered as a bargain. It promises a tidy property ready for purchase with a feasible price and contact for details.
A notice seeks charter approval for Savannah Dublin and Western Short Line Railway Company to build a Savannah to Americus line via Dublin and Hawkinsville. It would connect the Central and Western Railroads, aid Americus by shortening cotton routes to Southern ports, and attract western county trade. the proposer is J M Stubbs of Dublin representing purported Philadelphia and New York capitalists. The notice was sent to Judge Speer and posted at the courthouse with newspaper publication requested.
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