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Columbus Enquirer Sun

Location

Columbus, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1888

Page

3

Personal: numerous residents in city and region

W H Ingram and others from Scale Marvyn Augusta Griffin Jernigan Opelika and other nearby towns are noted as in the city or arriving recently Col J Godfrey Jaeger Washington DC internal revenue inspector and Judge J L Willis appointed City Court judge are mentioned Also arrivals from Birmingham Cincinnati Atlanta and Montgomery with plans to locate in the area and several hospitality notes about travelers and social introductions

T. P. Fleming Augusta N. O. Harris Atlanta W. A. Harrison J. T. Neely Griffin John Owens Jernigan Robert Nisbit Macon T. Ellison Ellison John D. Coffin Birmingham W. A. Bellamy Seale Gazaway D. Williams Reese Crawford Opelika J. J. Coblantz Cincinnati J. J. Harden Stewart County G. Gunby Jordan Cliff Moreland Rankin W. E. Murphy Americus R. G. Gray C. P. Gray & Co Savannah S. F. Parrott Ed. G. Sanger Annie Shinglear Montgomery George E. Brewer LaFayette Ala Messr John O’neal L. C. Cooper John Phillips Hatchechubbee Col J. Godfrey Jaeger Internal Revenue Inspector Washington, D. C J. H. Conway Tuskeegee Georgia Fannie Cox Ella Marcus Clarence Cade Beehive Maggie Rees Columbus E. D. Williams Macon Evening News J. M. Griffin Griffin Bros la Fayette E. Harald Williams Hamilton Williams Columbus Society J. L. Willis J. B. Gordon John G. McGough Columbus, Ga Hirsch & Guttman Alabama Chattanooga Evening News Albert A. Carson Riley Chattahoochee Butler Herald

Florida Railway plans extension to Columbus via Monticello

The Florida Railway and Navigation Company aims to build a northward extension from Monticello Tallahassee or Quincy toward Columbus to create a direct link with the North and West. President Williamson reports securing funds to push the southern extension of the Chattanooga Rome and Columbus line."}

The Florida Railway and Navigation Company Columbus Monticello Tallahassee Quincy Fla Williamson Chattanooga Rome Carrolton Richland N. C. Alston, Jr Columbus Southern Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad Louisie Montgomery

Local notes from Columbia and Ty Ty involve trains and obituaries

The Columbia Chat reports on new merchants Purcell and Cotton planning guano sales and cotton trade, with rumors of future ties between Abberville and Columbia. It notes a river rise delaying a railroad bridge, a Baptist Sunday school Christmas event, and the death of Miss Lucy Glenn leaving four children. Ty Ty mentions Mrs. J M T Watkins’s death, a family burial, and train movements carrying refugees to Jacksonville. Five Points notes visitors and a gin house fire with cotton losses, plus public telegraphy training and local arrivals. Dadeville reports businessmen Augustus and Reid Barnes on legal work, James W Smith’s move to Chattanooga as a postal clerk, and Helena Sturdivant’s accident with boiling water.

Eufaula Times Dick Hawes Birmingham Jacob Rumser Eufaula Ramser R. Hawes Jeff Lawar Reynold Reynolls Birminghaw Hawes Poliies Reynolds Eufauia Tomas Cargille William Hawes Mr. Ramser Wiliam Hawes William Ines Columbus Holy Terror Jeff Lamar Mirebeau B. Lamar Atlanta Emma Pettus Ande Willie Columbia Chat Columbia Ala Tip Purcell George Cotton Abberville Baptist Sunday School Lucy Glenn Ty-Ty, Ga J. M. T. Watkins Squire A. A. Nolan Ty-Ty Waycross Jacksonville Fla Savannah Florida Five Points Dorsey Ronaldson Americus Annie L. Vaughn Dangerfield Tex O. H. Smith Macon County Wade Gorden Mr. Gorden Dadeville Augustus and Reid Barnes Opelika James W. Smith Wash Smith Coosa Chattanooga Tenn Meridian Smith Helena Sturdivant

Lighthearted Juxtapositions and Quick Wit Quotes

A string of brief quips and jokes from period magazines and newspapers, highlighting domestic banter and humorous exchanges. The excerpt compiles gags about weather, cooking, marriage, dentistry, and social behavior, reflecting early 20th century humor and newspaper capsule reads.

Supreme Court Decisions Reported by Peeples

Wednesday December 19 yields decision briefs reported by H C Peeples, supreme Court Reporter.

H.C. Peeples Supreme Court

County Commissioners vs Harris and the Solicitors General

Legal notices recount rulings under Gordon rule and Code 4655 8a on priority of payments from fines and forfeitures. Judge Fain Simmons presides as the Solicitor General’s funds are paid first, then insolvent orders, then county treasury. Judgment affirmed in multiple motions with details of trial and arbitration, and notices of contest in Virginia.

Sparks East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company Floyd Maddox Breckley C. J Tiff Bacon & Rutherford and Wright Meyerhardt & Wright Stave. Keiser Murray Fain. Simmons Wade Weslow Johnson Franklin & Whitney Rupferman Buckholts Trammell Star T. W. Akin W. C. Martin Harris Gordon Fain Simmons Freeman

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