Geneva County AlArchives News.....Letter from Geneva, April 2, 1885 April 8, 1885
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The Southern Star, April 8, 1885 April 8, 1885
The Southern Star
Ozark, Dale County, Ala.
Wednesday morning, April 8, 1885
Page Two

Letter from Geneva

Geneva, Ala., April 2, 1885

Editor Star: This is the day of the first excursion from Geneva, Ala. to the New
Orleans Exposition.  It will be a comfortable trip on the gentle Annie, as
enough people went to make them all merry but not enough to be crowded.  Among
the number who went on the boat from Geneva were Miss Alice Latimer, Mrs.
Sterne, Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. and Miss Gypsy Hall, Capt. Barrow and lady.  The
Professors were well represented: C.L. McCartha from Newton, F.J. Milligan from
Geneva, and Mr. Andrews from Haw Ridge, and there may have been others.  Mr.
McCartha took the store boys, Mr. Dan Gilchrist and Mr. Fayette Reynolds, in
charge from Geneva, and said the little fellows should not be in any danger as
long as his cane held out to command obedience.  Some of the excursionists who
were not used to steam conveyances seemed to be excited at the starting.  Mr.
Jamesy Hall will guide all the crowd that he can to the big organ at the World’s
Fair.  He has been once and told several interesting things on his return.  He
showed us how pins were made to fall into line in the papers by the machine. 
How papers are put on spools, namely by licking.  Also that one has to walk
twenty-five to see the World’s Fair thoroughly.  We expect another excursion in
May, and then you may have a “Bigotry” letter from there if you wish it.  A
preserved newspaper description is a good way to keep the valuable part of such
things on one’s memory.  One may spend  a great deal on sight seeing and unless
we have worded reminders it all goes out of the mind like a fairy dream of a
night.  One part suits one person, some other parts another.  Capt. Barrow, from
Geneva, spent all of his time among the machinery.  The Mexican part of the Fair
is something that few can see anything like again.

For local news from Geneva we have new citizens, twins!

Mr. Zimmerman Alberson, a boy and girl.

Mr. Nathan Berry’s, a boy and girl.

Mr. John Anderson’s, a boy and girl.

From the way the Geneva Editor and Mr. Robert Milligan act maybe one of them
will furnish a matrimonial item shortly.  Spelling schools and literary
societies of the courting crowd are good places to fix up for weddings.  Geneva
has such institutions in a flourishing condition now.

A good many are sorry that Mrs. Knox will leave here soon to spend the summer in
Pensacola.

Mr. Dan Beasly is very dangerously ill at the present and we are afraid can
scarcely recover.  He has suffered a great deal from various troubles this year
and some unusually severe ones.  He has been very sick nearly a month.

Bigoty


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