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Columbus Enquirer Sun

Location

Columbus, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1888

Page

3

Notable visitors fill the city as many come and go

A steady stream of residents and visitors arrive in the city including Hon E L Kimbrough, Capt J L Ingram, Col T C Coleman, Capt W D Horriton, Capt J W Cline, Col E R Rivers, Miss Mollie Lowe, Dr C E Murphy, Miss Mollie Walton, and many others. Several plan to move or visit Cordele, Reynolds, Talbotton, Shreveport, and Birmingham as schedules and illness affect local life. Major T B Camp, Rev A M Williams, Rev W F Lloyd, and Dr N P Banks return from Eastman with reappointments to St Paul and St Luke. Col A F Moreland announces a return to Columbus with the Moreland sisters enrolling at Chappell College.

John W. Cline Mountain Hill E. R. Rivers Glennville Mollie Lowe Hamilton Father Schlenke Macon Gus Persons Talbotton Willie Kidoo Cuthbert Dr. Estes C. E. Murphy Atlanta First Avenue E. L. Kimbrough Maggie Matthews T. M. Foley Second Avenue L. Laker West Point Rankin J. L. Blackmon Reynolds D. R. Atwood Louisville Rankin House Mittie Elliston Butler Carrie Taylor W. H. McClintock E. Ford Birmingham James W. Johnson Sizemore Shreveport W. T. Godwin la Grange Columbus Lange East Highlands T. B. Camp City Eastman South Georgia L A. Camp A. M. Williams W. F. Lloyd N. P. Banks St. Paul’s St. Luke A. F. Moreland

Watch Theft at Berlack Store Leads to Arrests

John Williams, a Black man, was arrested by Officer Wise after stealing a gold watch from J H Berlack’s store at Tenth and Broad. Cohen, the clerk, noted the missing watch while a second watch lay on the counter. Williams confessed to the theft and implicated accomplice Pick Price. warrants issued, Price at large, watch unrecovered.

John Williams Wise J. H. Berlack Tenth and Broad Streets M. Cohen Williams Foe Mr. Beriack Mr. Berlack

Alabama Election Sparks Fire Dept Chief Clash

Montgomery officers will elect on the 7th of next month amid a department split. Chief Wm. R. Jones faces serious charges of incompetence and neglect with claims of habitual drunkenness. his allies predict re election while rivals nominate J. A. Farley.

Montgomery Jones Gray Eagles Lomax Company J. A. Farley Divi Farley Ore Joi de Vie Club Perry Street R. P. Stout Standard Club Membes

Fire alarms and court actions sweep through city

Pardon granted to Belle Tolliver jailed for larceny at last August term. A fire destroyed a small tenement on Grove street. Mrs. W. Watt sold half interest in Dent Hotel. Sheriff Gelder secured a requisition on the Governor for Wes Chisholm, the Atlanta arrest linked to the Danforth murder near Lafayette. The Little Workers of the Methodist Protestant church staged a choral entertainment. City Council cancelled the band contract with Howland & Ellis and released $20,000 in bonds after sewer work completion. Supreme Court decisions include Stone v. Rome and Decatur Railroad reversed and remanded. Kennedy v. State affirmed. Lehman, Durr & Co. v. Harmon reversed and remanded. Harmon v. Lehman, Durr & Co. affirmed. Muse v. Dantzler affirmed.

Belle Tolliver Grove Sateen W. Watt Dent Hotel J.C. Joy Chattanooga R. F. Gelder Chambers County Wes Chisholm Atlanta Danforth LaFayette Gilderle Methodist Protestant Church Messrs. Howland & Ellis Howland & Ellis Josiah M Rris & Co Supreme Court Stone C. J Willie Brown Rome and Decatur Railroad Company Cherokee County Court Somerville Charles Kennedy State Escaubia Lehman, Durr & Co John Harmon Montgomery Chancery Court John F. Harmon Clapton J.john T. Muse J. S. Dantzler Autauga Circuit Court

Interstate Commerce Commission opens hearing on Southern Railway tariffs

In Washington on December 18 the Interstate Commerce Commission began a hearing on tariff and classification practices of railroads south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers, grouped as the Southern Railway and Steamship Association. The order for appearance dated October 22, 1888, seeks examination of current and filed tariffs, realigned interstate rates, and conformity with the act to regulate commerce, citing disparities, nonpublication of rates, and special arrangements as grounds. Representatives from nearly all the roads were to attend.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Potomac Ohio Rivers Southern Railway and Steamship Association Commission

Cure for Catarrh and Palatable Cod Liver Oil Emulsion

A reader claims a recipe cured catarrh after many attempts. Also promotes Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites as a pleasant remedy for consumption scrofula bronchitis debility and wasting diseases in children. Physicians report easy administration and positive results.

Scott

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