Grand Jury Report on Clarke Superior Court October Term 1892
The Grand Jury endorses Solicitor General Russell and reviews county officer bonds, jail and courthouse conditions, and repairs. They commend treasurer and ordinary books, note minor errors among Justices of Peace, highlight road and bridge needs including Middle Oconee River bridge, recommend tax collection diligence, and approve several public-spirited payments and claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Superior Court
Court House
James M. Smith
Justices OF Peace
Notary Publics
Pole Hill
Mitchell’s Bridge
Sandy Creek
Middle Oconee
Mitchell’s
Princeton
Athens
James J. Jennings
Lizzie Spencer
J. A. Suddetb
Neal Upson
Atlanta
Jac. W. Wier
C. M. Straban
Oes
Grand Jury Presents and Local Legal Notices
The document covers county governance praise for Judge N L Hutchins and Solicitor-General, calls for enforcing game and fish laws, recommends juror pay of two dollars a day, and endorses Solicitor-General for re election. It notes publication in Amens Banner and WEEKLY Banner with a thirty dollar publication allowance and records decisions of the Superior Court of Saia County. It also reports wealth found in Laure Del and a separate suicide in Brazil Ind. with details on elderly man’s death and presumed temporary insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lars
N. L. Hutchins
Judicial Circuit
Sach
R. B. Russell
Western Circuit
Amens Darty and Weekly Banner
William D. Gabrretti
William J. Russell
James F. O’ Kelley
Samuel P. Kenney
George P. Brightwell
Joseph E. Bradberry
Thomas Fine
Charles Warren Baldwin
James Y. Camthers
Andrew J. Wages
Joseph W. Woods
Robert Chapple
A Berry J Porterfield
Samuel D. Mitchell
Tos
Valentine W. Skit
David Gann
James Camaknia
James L. McHiroy
William F. B
Samen A. Galloon
Clarks County
Saia County
N. L. Hourcars
Sy.lvanus Menzis
Gin Factory Sold to Satisfy Mortgage
Memphis Oct 19 The Milburn Gin and Machine Company including grounds machinery and buildings sold for 158000 to satisfy a mortgage securing 147000 in bonds, interest overdue for eighteen months. J W Allison president of Tennessee Cotton Seed Oil Company chaired stockholders meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroa
Memphis
Milburn Gin and Machine Company
J. W Allison
Tennessee Cotton Seed Oil Company
Orleansille
New
Columbus Day Parade Brightens Atlanta History
A vivid account of Atlanta's Columbus Day celebration marks the city’s 400th anniversary observance. The parade featured the Fourth Artillery, state guards, school brigades, Columbus clubs, veteran groups, and a 600-child chorus at the Capitol. Citizens waved flags as each unit saluted, with a Day exercises including prayers, patriotic songs, and a Dixie-Yankee salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Columbus
America
Atlanta
John Milledge
State Patrol
Fourth
United States Artillery
Pace Battalion
Governor's Horse
J . F. Slaton
Atlanta Public Schools
Capitol
Fourth Artillery
Washington
East Mitchell
Daston
School Brigada
Enna
Olice
Mitchell
Weakington
Hunter Street
Thi
Vechingts
Gia National Guards
Dihain Canteaniets
Org
Sethe
State Capitol
Daughters of the Revolution
B. C. Davis
Grady Monument
J. B. Hawthorne
Columbia
E. H. Barnett
Dixie
Atlanta Artille
Weaver’s Cruelty Exposed by Veteran Bill Munday Incident
A Columbus veteran recounts a Nashville prison episode after Civil War pickup, where Gen. Weaver ordered nine men shot as bushwhackers. Governor Andy Johnson halted the executions, declaring them regular soldiers not to be harmed, revealing Weaver’s feared conduct toward Confederate prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Munday
Columbus
Weaver
First Avenue
Chickamaugs
Farmington, Tenn
Munday
Nashville
Andy Johnson
Tennessee
Johnson
Mr. Munday
Clay
John§. Williams
Gov. Johnson
Munda
Hay
Enquirer-Sun
Democratic Year shaping New York registration gains
The Democratic headquarters circular reports Brooklyn two day registration at 130,084, up from 118,314 four years earlier, an 11,770 increase. New York City totals 202,376 versus 187,491, with growth meeting normal city expansion. Harrity calls the rise a clear sign of deliberate Democratic support and notes the city shows a strong Democratic year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
New York City
Harrity
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Harrity
Jug Tavern Crackdown on Blind Tigers Draws Townwide Cheers
In Jug Tavern a detective from Atlanta named Hunnicutt infiltrated the town to root out illegal drink sellers. Eight to ten arrests followed as the mayor imposed stiff fines. A jailed suspect escaped during the trial while residents praised the crackdown and hailed Hunnicutt as a hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jug Tavern
Mr. Hunnicutt
Atlanta
Testimonial from Mrs Henry Ward Beecher on patent medicines
The letter from Mrs Henry Ward Beecher of Brooklyn New York dated February 11 1890 praises Allcock s Plasters and Argon s Prasters for relief of aches pains and lameness and notes her careful testing of their claims while offering a personal endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
OnanGe St
Bro
N.Y
Allcock
Atrgon
Man Imaginatively Crowing From Cave Springs Steeple
John Gray of Cave Springs has been arrested for larceny and is held for evaluation. Described as mentally unstable for months, he climbed a church steeple at dawn and crowed loudly until bystanders retrieved him. He faces commitment to the asylum in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meller
London
Meiler
Oldham
Chargat
Vanduzer
Rom
Cave Springs
John Gray
Fugitive Bil Johnson and the Quest for Beads
A ragged narrative recalls Bil Johnson fleeing with gold watches and a ring, meeting a boy named Gorgie who trades beads for treasure. They voyage to an island pond, recruit a raft, and arrive at Ameriki where Bil seeks beads and gold before fleeing again, leaving Gorgie to tell the tale to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bil Johnson
Bil Jonson
Justus
Mondi Mornini
Bil
Corgie
Cris Columbus
Crisan Uwilbl
Ameriki
Sunda
Hevins
Colery
Gorgie
Injun
New York Mercury
Weaver Exposes Third Party Candidate’s Southern Rhetoric
The piece surveys James B. Weaver’s past comments in Iowa and elsewhere, quoting Weaver’s anti-Democrat tirades from 1866 through 1872 and a 1888 transcript in which he holds to his statements. It argues Weaver’s current candidacy should be judged against that history and questions loyal Southern endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Weaver
Weaver
Sisi
J.B. Weaver
Albia
Iowa
Democracy
J. B. Weaver
Oskaloosa
Bloomfield
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THE
Grand Jury
the County Affairs
Russell
Laure
Del
John Allen
Seaford
Allen
Brazil
Ind
Enoch Archer
Paris
Ministry of Marine
Fee
City den
B. Orr
Bradberry
Oconer
Joe Collins
Ira C. VanDuzer
Elberton
General Assembly
Democratic Party
I. C. Vax Duresz
Jon
Gray
James Russell Lowell
Lowell
Charles Dickens
Oxford
Dickens
Smm
Quin
Bath
Garrick
Covent Garden
Rich
Tam
James Quix
Joan Rice
W. H. Crawford
the Treasury
S. Dinsmore
W. H. Crawtonp
Monruz
Dinsmore
Yankee Blade
Yasir Ataras
Copperhead
Grant
Donelson
Fairfield
Republican Party
Keokuk
Iowe
Henderson
Abbotts
Bunion
Lippman Bro
Acer Ony
Pia
Banner
Rureny
Mi. D
Mackey
Indie
Swift Specivo CO
E. Broad St
Metal Shop
Wiley Childers
Acurr
Thos. J. Shackelford
Frank C. Shackelford
Shackelford & Shackelford, Attorneys-At-Law
Athens, GA
Erwin & Cobb
Scott
3 & Bowne
South Sth Avenue
Corea
Cairassie
Harter Medicine CO
St. Louis
N. Lumpkin St
Young Men's Christian Association
the Singer Manufacturing 66
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