Georgia News Briefs Highlight Pulpit Talks and Politics
Rev. Sam Jones may fill Rev. Talmage’s pulpit next year amid tours. New Orleans exposition opens the 16th as rail rate talks continue. Georgia reports note 127 under-15 felons in convict camps. a local option whiskey bill passes the Senate with 12 opposed. Post offices total 50,017 with most under federal appointment. A prospective public printer race in Washington looms as legislators consider adjournment post-holidays. Mormon converts depart Georgia, a notable first among negroes. Vice-President Hendricks’s birth date noted. Emory College to install Dr I S Hop- kang as president. Tax and bond cautions urged. a six-year presidential term amendment proposed in Congress. Camilla Clarion asserts Georgia railroads prosper with robust travel and capital, aided by lower rates from a commission.
Mitchell County Tragedy Trumpets Statewide Urgency
The Savannah Morning News condemns the Mitchell county murder of Stephen Godwin and the attack on Mrs. Gregory and her son Richard. It notes the crime, suspects robbery, urges rapid arrest and punishment, and argues for stricter law enforcement to deter future killings.
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Mitchell County
Savannah
Stephen Godwin
Gregory
Richard
Haertels
New Orleans
Rumored Frustration of the Brunswick and Western Railroad Sale
A Savannah News Brunswick special reports rumors that the Brunswick and Western Railroad sale has been frustrated. The Frankfort Committee with Albany and Brunswick gentlemen may take charge soon. Plant Investment Company attorneys flagged title objections raised by the Seligmans, who refused to guarantee titles but hoped to remove issues via Germany. New road management has not yet assumed control. Albany News.
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Brunswick
Savannah News
Brunswick and Western Railroad
Frankfort Committee
Albany
Plant Investment Company
Seligmans
Germany
Albany News
Georgia tariff reform debate stirs party lines
Albany News notes the claim that Georgia opposes tariff reform appears unfounded and politically motivated. It observes limited protections outside the Republican party and few within it grasp the concept of protection, let alone its actual meaning.
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Georgia
Brown
Republican Party
Albany News
Sale of the Bainbridge Cuthbert and Columbus Railroad
The Bainbridge Cuthbert and Columbus railroad has been sold to a New York syndicate for 90 000. The purchasers guarantee completion of the Bainbridge to Cuthbert segment within twelve months and plan extensions toward Florence and Columbus, linking with regional lines. The deal, concluded after late night negotiations, brings new management and bold hopes for Cuthbert’s growth and property values.
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Bainbridge Cuthbert and Columbus
Albany News and Advertiser
Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Columbus
New York
Bainbridge
Cuthbert
S. G. McLendon
Thomasville
R Hobbs
L. O. Jackson
Wm. Tumlin
Arthur Hood
Cuthert
Florence
Chattahoochee
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Columbus
Atlanta
Cedartown
Postoffice Appointments and Partisan Firings Urged
A local item lists offices to be filled by Presidential appointment with term end dates and salaries. It cites editorials on Cleveland's possible purge of Republicans, contrasts biennial legislature sessions, and notes a Utah polygamy issue highlighted by the President in a broader push for reform and efficiency. It also reports a fatal shooting in Bossier Parish and references a Georgia origin of the deputy in a crime context.
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Augusta Chronicle
Cleveland
Albany Times
New York State
Cornell
Jack
Northern
Senate
General Assembly
Messaga
Utah
Watsons Balsam praised as universal remedy in Bainbridge notices
A crowded page compiles testimonials for Watsons Balsam including praise from M. O Neal and Wimberley and claims of cures for a vicious dog bite, fistula, and burns. It also publishes a Bainbridge ordinance on annual fire apparatus inspections, real estate ads in Decatur and Bainbridge districts, a public sale notice in Whigham, and a temporary administrator appointment with inventory details.
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M. O'Neal
W. Wimberley
Cork
Richard A. Bionnt
Whigham
A. E. Lasse
County Court Terms Moved In Miller County Georgia
Georgia Miller County court announces regular monthly terms now on the first Mondays instead of the fourth and quarterly terms on the first Mondays in March June September and December Judge Morton presiding. Executors of J M Lane Sr estate seek discharge and letters of dismission with cause to be shown by the fourth Monday in December 1884.
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U County Court
Congers
Georgia
Miller County
ST. Morton
Charles
J M Lane
Wm. Grimes
Decatur
John T. Fain
J. W. Wilson
Thomas J
E. Fain
Court of Ordinary
J.E. Fain
J. E. Fain
Unust
Mastox O’neal
Unable to Pay Five Hundred Dollar Notes to J M Boyce
The signer E A Taumson states the five notes dated April 18 1884 issued to J M Boyce are not to be paid. Two notes due January 18 1883 and three due January 1 1886, with rent failing as consideration, Taumson refuses payment.
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J. M. Boyce
E. A. Taumson
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