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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1885
Page
12
Local items report new daughter for Mr. H Nieman, firm Hall Hunt dissolved, sale ads and property opportunities, prohibition votes in Meriwether, new depot plans at Macon, cotton seed storage pause, various travels and church news, estate sales, and farm listings around Barnesville and Pike county.
MANN BooxsELLER and STATIONER at No 20 Main Street Barnesville announces move to new quarters. He will keep a full line of goods at Macon and Atlanta prices and undersell nowhere in Barnesville. Inventory includes soaps perfumes toilet goods dolls toys soda potash starch and more.
Mr Ed Howell of four miles west of Barnesville shows twenty cleaned squirrel carcasses in town. He has sold 309 squirrels at ten cents each in two months, using a steady shotgun and a loyal dog to haul game. Also notes Peterson's Magazine December issue with fashion plates and fiction, and promotional clubs offering cheap subscriptions through Charles J. Peterson of Philadelphia.
An evening program at Tabernacle church in Monroe county features music recitations and a speech by Rev. Geo W Yarbrough from Barnesville. Exercises begin at 7 o clock with admission 25 cents for adults and free or reduced lists for children. Proceeds fund church repairs.
A Tuesday accident injures Judge W H Bankston of Barnesville, Monroe County. At about seventy five years old and weighing around two hundred pounds, he fell while carrying wood up his steps, breaking an arm and dislocating a shoulder. Esteemed local figure, his slow recovery is anticipated.
The writers urge Barnesville planters who owe local merchants to strain to pay. They note the fire a year ago hurt business and emphasize prompt collections to meet obligations without inconvenience.
A group of keen travelers praised the Blalock House in Barnesville last Thursday calling it a splendid house. They noted meals and beds that make guests feel at home even on cold nights and said Barnesville can satisfy public needs for lodging when business halts there.
The Sells Brothers monster railroad show, billed as the greatest and grandest in Christendom, will stand in Barnesville on Saturday, November 21. The Nashville Banner praises the act for magnitudes and reliability, noting its expansive, high quality exhibition and generous public patronage. Rumor hints Forsyth and Barnesville may face a court case soon, with Diamond Dyes at J W Hightower’s.
The Sells Brothers Enormous Rail road Shows, now united as the largest world show, tour Barnesville this Saturday. Memphis Appeal praises vivid equestrian acts including Don Jeronimo Bell and Mlle Cardona, calls the dog circus best yet, and notes 14 000 attendees with 7 000 at the wrong end. Overall, the exhibition is deemed among the finest on the road though crowd misplacement distracted some attendees.
A female lecturer advocates guarding daughters health and avoiding debility. The piece promotes Brown's Iron Bitters for feminine ailments backed by a Galatia Illinois resident. Ely's Cream Balm is praised by A L Fuller of Danby New York and A Lorell of Franklin Pennsylvania as a cure for catarrh.
The Town Topics Publishing Co of New York offers subscribers a liberal prize plan worth 1000 dollars in cash with details in circulars sent from their New York office for a one cent stamp. The Household Beacon October issue promises information for every lady and samples sent to postal addresses in South Whitley Indiana.
J. L. Kennedy advertises fresh pork sausage daily and sells seed oats at low prices. Visit Kennedy's for smoked sausage and oats today.
The November cotton returns show local yield estimates per acre higher than the past two years but lower than 1880 and 1882. Gains over last year are sharp in Texas and Georgia, while Arkansas and Tennessee show lower rates due to August September conditions.
The New York World portrays the Democratic Express wagon with mugwump mummies boxed as Jones pays the freight. It claims democracy can elect a candidate without mugwump dictation. The New York Herald asks not to press them too hard as votes may be needed again. Go to J L Kennedy’s for low groceries.
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