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PERSONAL MENTION,
paper* weekly
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it MrlkhiR resemblance u> our trieixl M.-buUk-
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.luilge fnlllo Rot Into hot vatrrtltilniuwh
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Bhe iq> hi. Mat on the bench U ' 1
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Marv ii»»x!«r r aVST* " ftR .**amed in lmnot of Mt*.
h ‘ ere!“fon w1, ° con,ribu, «< 1 >«K«ty tow^,
r <*KW>t in learn that Mrs. F W
; \h T }“$ wl, J.* Inflammatory rheuina-
&•& Sisf^iijssr^ “ r,,n?by h ~^
'T,*-' now Rra«p a fortune. Outfit worth
ifidron\ / r^.\s r ^^^.~««r»“ s.«.
AFTRR TEN TEARS.
MCM.-ms, TENS.. April IS. list.
, ; - ¥,“*■« Ac .°- : Sin—Vonr Safe Kid-
d, “ rdcr “- —
Mrs. b. N. Bolton.
CAMPUS SCAP1NOS.
com,n K nod the boys are
lookuiR around (ora convenient bath-bole.
"i:.rvi h .M" ,y s lh " t Ph, ws burr-saw tobacco.
hutldluK' ‘ ul " in the
l.cahhMo !m ' H lo , n the twocumpaniea will
nt Him in appear on the Htrceta.
fnl? Wi
s'd they
vmiltJ rl
Which
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street*
IWMhe MndeniH have uniforms, vet at
ir IWi noom.'aa.stoapiH'ari.i f«l J
ii the buy* knew how they looked
* up.
is which—Miner nr Allie Herckman*?
, .... • article in hi«t Uaue of Keixmcr
hy -l.nnol.ler.” Be .’.union*, boy*. 1 *
, a.!v!,V?7r. s »*‘ , l ,k . of • ^•rteringaear and neenm-
pa.iMUK the liel.ater* to Macon.
■'!"! 1 u'ijj’v* ■ 1 J" ,, ue <*( the hoys would do
? A, , . , u ' rfi»man<1» If they only
i. I i.l the o clone In which to execute them.''
I'o.f: "Please don’t lauith Mr. Imnson."
! not him;!,inn. professor."
I. . v".’. w y "" Br *' 1,01 loiikhlnp, hut I
other morliic ■ * 1 ' lo'h'winir conversation the
.'■erceaiii: Tlello, t iipiiiin! how are yon?”
II. iw'Ser* ,wn * ee *W Kick.
" fuenut. i uni nil rL’ht: trot mine yesterday.
lou muhUiavc g,.t onu uood one. ’
Ue were Mirprihed and delighted the other
V u v .°‘V ‘ii* lUv *1V- OUT neighbor ‘Urer
^wiV.Vi V . ,V. ,M r r '' a V tu M ‘° thi lner '
\ Kv 1 y, s " f •iut. —University Re-
J;v„ ’o'l '■ r f r > lo lllfonn the Reporter
! . u r. ii L hl * " r, >i»R mask, and w e are
n..t Jim after nil. Try. try again.
t\ e are M*rrv in *ee our friend Tom Murphy.
“1 Ana >Mw. a ill let ed with s,»re eye*.
We heard a Junior «.iv the other dav that T
<o not rare ln>w much fun the hoy* have, hut
t.r w.itCe boy»don't bother Miss Mime *
v«ro get
'em* a«* though some of the boys t
eal ic*!hetlc on the fun quotton.
•orherdaya certain dignified Senior wa
wa,king the strett.H, accompanied by
of plM.and It wa* not 1M Hell, either.
Washington who hi* parent* are.
Fox.
TRADE NOTES
BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE CITY.
A sudden dash and the •'slceeter"
iwrae down on his hack like a meter;
* ,M * KTunted,and swore
I nut he d never K" to the rink any more.
Flies are here.
J'o more free papers.
Hazel Kirke to-night.
The “Tourists” are coming.
A hot summer is predicted.
Tlie picnic season is upon us.
Kxeursions are now sfiokcn of.
Only one month more for oysters.
Tlie Good Templars met last night.
All the boys want to go to Augusta.
A great deal of gold is in circulation:
Strawl>erries will soon be in market.
Hoarding houses can now feed on
eggs.
Tiic old Cole house ought to be torn
down.
Our livery stables are doing a good
business.
Spring is rapidly putting forth its
garniture.
The Cream Agitator turnouts are all
handsome.
Quite a number of horse traders are
in tlie city.
Merchants n re cutting prices now on
Irish potatoes.
The Mayor’s Court is panning out
well this year.
The stylish *>traw hat is low crown
ed tills season.
Buggj - riding is now enjoyed bv the
courting ones.
Some disease is killing hundreds of
cats In the city.
New buildings are going up in every
part of tlie city.
Some of our hardest sinners attend
Sunday-school.
There are a great many I’niversa.-
ists in Athens.
Guano drummers blockade Kroad
street all day.
Tlie little boys and nimble minnow
will now mix.
Prince Hodgson's if.liK) Jersey cow
is convalescent.
Tlie first installment of summer
weather Sunday.
New buildings are going up in every
section of the city.
Several Legislative candidates arc
already ill the field.
Hilly Patterson played a winning
hand Saturday night. '
New Hack.—Mr. W. D. Conley has
started a twenty-five cents hack line to
and from ill** depots or any part of tlie
city. Coui]ietiiion is the life of trade.
Memorial Day.—All the ladies of
Athens are requested to meet at Lucy
Cobli Institute on next Thursday eve
ning t« perfect arrangements for Memo-
rial Day.
A Setter Hoo.—Col. Bill Hodgson
sayg lie is training tlie pig he drew at
tlie show as a setter, and it can now beat
Frank Baldwin’s dog pointing at a
chicken.
A Vetkban Steeo.—Mr. Cicero Climb-
dler drives a horse that was in Dahl-
gicen’s raid to Richmond, and tlie ani
mal lias been shot three times. The
horse does good service now.
Preparisc.—The average Pioneer can
la* found any morning on tlie suburbs of
the city with his coat off and pants rolled
up, waiting for anything or nnylaxlv
that he can tackle for a foot race.
Registered at a B ah re it Shop.—The
man who legistered at the liarber shop
just before tlie last municipal election
instead of the Clerk’s office, st'll thinks
he ought to have lieen allowed to vote.
Maxky’s Whisky.—Messrs. Caritliers,
Betts A Smith have now in stock tlie
famous Slaxey’s corn whisky, and are
making arrangements to take all made.
They sell by the gallon, barrel or quart,
and is a live, reliable firm.
Pi'm iieo Nickels.—Saturday King
Marks sold three punched nickels to Po
liceman Arnold for live cents. Mr. A.
then neatly filled up the holes and gave
them tiack to King for cigars.
A Heroine.—There is a lady living in
in Athens who has ridden Jumbo, tlie
famous elephant now creating such a
sensation ill London, being the largest
and most ferocious in the world.
An Accident.—Yesterday morning
Long's milk wagon wanted to go one
way, the driver another and tlie horse a
third, which resulted ill a general demol
ition of Ihc vehicle and a loss of tlie
milk.
Sweet potatoes are selling
and lire scarce at that.
at $1.10,
A Liberal Greek.—Mr. John Nichols,
at Gum Spring, proposes to give tlie
Athens and Jug Tavern road the right
of way through his land and then fur
nish cross-ties toward tlie equipment.
Let its hear from other farmers.
Koo-Eaters.—Mr. David Hemcr-
iok and Mr. Robert Kirkpatrick ate
tweutyHwo dozen eggs at one meal on
yesterday. Egg mania.
L< ins of a J husky .—Mr. Sid Hughes
last Sunday lost -another fine Jersey
cow, “Little Nell.” Air. H. seems to
be unfortunate witli his stock.
One of the strongest reasons why
certain persons profess to hate the
Bible is that the Bible bates what
they are doing all tlie time.
Ax ExonusTER.—Mr. Wm. Walls,
a mechanic from Madison county,
left Athens to-day for Wisconsin,
where he lias purchased land and ex
pects to settle.
A CrmosiTY.—There is an old
dwelling house In Athens and still
used as a residence, that was built
with wrought nails that were made in
a blacksmith shop.
The First Snake.—Policeman
Pierson yesterday morning killed the
first snake reported this seuson. It
was a blaek one, and measured two
feet and a half in length.
Genius is a great tiling, without
doubt; but it you have a capacity for
hard work you have so good a sub.
stitute for genius that you can’t tell
the difference between tlie two.
Moke Improvements.—Mr. M. B.
McUinty yesterday liegan four new
cottages on Meigs street, to contain
from three to five rooms. This is just
the kind of boom Athens needs.
The Latest Agony.—Green is
now the latest style for gentlemen's
clothing, even going so far as hats and
furnishing goods. The spring styles
are prettier than in several years.
Forty Thopsanii Poi-nds.—The ear
that caused the late accident on the
Northeastern contained 40,000 pounds
of freight, which will account for the
milk in the cocoauut.
Married.—In Cuthbert, Georgia,
outlie llith ult., by Rev, Henry Hoyt,
Prof. James T. Newton, of the South
western Agricultural College, and
and Miss Lucy Flewelleii.
OUR CITY’S IMPROVEMENTS.
One Contractor Can Keep Pour Hundred Hands
Employed Fop * Year.
Meeting Mr. M. B. McGinty last eve-
ning we asked him how was business in
liis line.
“Well,” was tlie reply, “I should pro
nounce it rather brisk, as I have enough
contracts now ahead to keep four hun
dred hands employed for nearly a year.”
“How many men are there now in
your employ?” we asked.
“I have about three hundred, and my
pay-roll in Athens amounts to $1,200 a
week.”
“What are the principal contracts you
now have in hand?”
“The Lucy Cobb Chapel, upon which
I will begin work at once; the Metho
dist church, to lie began now in a few
days, besides a large number of private
dwellings, including thirteen cottages
for myself. In tills latter line I am doing
some of the cheapest work in tlie South.
I have some plans for neat edttages of
from four to six rooms that ean be put
up at very small cost. The buildings I
am erecting for myself I shall rent at a
small interest on tlie cost, to encourage
the growth of our city."
’“Isn’t Athens improving very fast?”
There is no place in the country that
can equal it. There is a great deal of
solid prosperity here, and a per
fect mania for buildings. Among the
contracts already awarded or soon to lie
given out are, a handsome' cottage for
Mr. W. D. O’Farrell, on Oconee street;
a beautiful residence for Mr. Meeker on
his farm, and I am also told that Prof.
White will build a new residence on his
lot in Cobbham.”
•'Have vounot made enough money to
retire from business?” wfe next imper
tinently asked.
“As Alec Stephens says, ‘I expect to
die in harness.’ I doubt if I shall ever
retire from work. I have been very suc
cessful in Athens, and certainly owe its
people a debt of gratitude. I feel an
interest, of course, in the place and want
to see it improve. In fact, I had rather
do work here for less money than to go
oil' and get more. Athens is tiie cheap
est place in tlie State to build, andprop-
ei tv pays a better interest on the invest
ment. I expect always to make it my
hoitie.and what I have made here I will
A Fisiiebm.i
lit x it In inin.l ilmt Lmy A t'o. keep only the
I" -I nn.I purest li.jin.rs at ll Hr liar,
i .’SIi.ktaiilk heils ami ii lirst-elass attention
The wheat and oat crop near Ath-
i-iis was never more pr noising In the
recollection of tlie oldest citizens,
run hr hail at B. II. Lampkin's. Don’t forgeL
The only plan In the Htv yon ran Ret the fa-
in"u. Murry's swrrlmash whisky is Lampkin’i.
R- If I.ampkin krrps ihr finest bar-room in
I hr rily anil Ihr purest and best liquors.
The Messrs. Camp will build in
Cohbluim, having bought a part of
llie Bernard lot.
The only ten-pin alley In the city and tho best
billiard and pool ! able A at 1.0 m J.k i ns sal.hid.
Ir you Hunt to be treated like a Lord patron*
i.’r ihr popular saloon of It. It. Lainpkin.
l.o« f. .v Co., wholesale and retail liquor deol-
ers. ltroad street. Amens, (la. Remember.
If you want the best cigar* sold in the rily,
bnv id lame A Co. Try "Punch and Judy."
A farmer near this city had a fine
horse ruined by running nguinst a
barbed-wire fence.
1 in: U-sl keg and bottled beer, porterale. etc.,
iiln ays fresh at Ihc bar of 1.0lie A Co.
tll'M SeitlNil is the best brand of rye whisky
sold in Athens. althollRh the Family Nectar is
hard to eclipse. Only found at Lowe A Co s.
Low f A On. can and will duplicate, if not un
dersell, any bill of liquors sold In Georgia at
wholesale. A trial is all they ask.
Lightning bugs have made their ap-
peuranee, which adds to the beauties
of twilight scenes.
ock friends from the country can get the best
nn«l rhoH|H*sl bottled liquor* st Lowe «fc Co’s.
ork country corn whisky has a reputation
throughout the South. Try a quart or gallon.
For the finest imported wines, brandies and
qmtrs of 1.11 kinds at Lowe A Co’s.
I.owk «t: Co’s cigar* are the best in the city.
No disorder characters or loaf.rs are tolerated
ur<*und the bar oi* lx>we A Co. We keep there
only ourTbcst and purest liquors—guaranteed.
A drove of horses came into the city
tliis week badly afflicted witli the
pink-eye.
W HisxiKs of the old Kentucky style are stead
ily increasing in favor with those people who
M-ck absolute purity combined with that fruity
and mellow flavor to lie found only in the gen
uine product of ’’Old Kuintuek.” J/arprr’* »/-
mni ' •.'tidy UVasty is and has been for years be
fore the public and has as well merited a repu
tation in it* own Ptute as it possesses abroad.
Sold only by .1. H. D. Reusse, Atneua, Ga.
All the lnnil from Foundry alreet to
tin- river was once sold liy Mr. Elizur
Newton for $« 00 per acre.
1’itisi krs can purchase at the Watchman of-
tice the typo necessary lo equip a weekly pa-
per: one F-agle job printing prass. Ox 11. in good
condition; one standing press. Great Bargain*.
It is said that the bite of the festive
hed-hutf is a cure for rheumatism ; no
eure no pay.
C. L. l’lTKKK Si Co., at II. lleusse's old stand
keep always on hand one of the niceat and
freshest stocks ol fancy and family groceries,
canned goods, confectionery, country produce,
tc., in Athens. No one can undersell them.
It hi N>. your job printing, binding book work
t tc . to the Watchman office. Maganinesand
music bound. Blank hooks made. Ruling
handsomely done. We defy competition in pri
ecs and dims of work from any quarter.
Stick to your flannel®. Therein such
an event outside o 'poetry as “Winter
lingering iu the la t (lapring.” |
The celebrated Davis Sew ing Machine, which
lias only to be seeu lo be appreciated, for sale
cheap by Zekc Edge, at John Bird *.
Tnr. finest inetallc burial eases ever brought
South, at John Bird’s.
A gentleman in Athens recognized
his friend’s hand after It had lieen
blown oil In the Crater at Petersburg.
John mi.n sells the chenpost furniture. o(all
kinds, in Northeast Oeorfrta.
Those tprinc beds at John Bird's are simply
luxurious.
7.F.KE KrxjF. *ays Bi.~ can’t keep any new fur
niture long enotigH for him to get a look at it.
If you want Ho get happy, live happy and die
happy, buy furniture from John Bird.
For the best line of coffins of all grades, go tp
John Bird’s.
it is astonishing what a difference
a little paint make* about the farm
house and premises.
.1 KiiiFNO has Jhsi received a tine asaortmem
of .prior roods. Plcaae call and examine.
w ii fn you ret ready to buy cither panta, coat
or vest call on .1. Friend. Merchant Tailor.'
panto beef, ham sausage, magnolia hatas, and
the Lest grades of smoking and chewing tobac-
co At f\ L. Pitner & Co’s. ~
Mr. George Booth baa a cow giving
three gallons of milk a day, and her
eulf is two years old.
For the Lest Sour Kront call on C. I* Pitner
A Co.. Broad street, and don't forget a bucket to
put it In. ...
A lull line ol staple and fancy groceries, best
brands of dour. JtcK!roy*s meal, seed potatoes
garden seeds, etc., for ssle by C. L Pitner A Co
Prof.Jambs A. Seweia. A. M-
M. IX.ofMedlcal Faculty L»valI Uni
versity. Quebec.states: “Ihave found
Coedkn’s LiEHio’HjjauiP Extract
of Beef and Tonic Invioobatob
particularly useful in advanced stages
of Contumplion, weakntu, dytpepiia, and
all nervous aflfection*. In prrmaut wo
men It ltaa been retained whifoeverv
other article vfforiJ*» J *J ect S d ’,S a l:
a table and eaay of digestion." (Tab;
no other.) ,v f l "> I • 1
Hale’s Honby of Horehocnd
and Tar will arrest every ailment of
1 heungs, throat or chest.
The slnte for comity representatives
lias not been fixed yet.
Soda water will soon find its way
through tlie fountains.
Mr. J. B. Toomer's tiower yard now
presents a lovely aspect.
Mr. A. R. Johnson, near Athens, has j
fifty acres in peuch trees.
The University Reporter is a bright
and sparkling little gem.
Our daily edition ran short yester- 1
day, so great the demand.
New Holland Springs will lie run !
by a Macon man this year.
Athens lias two hotel clerks that do |
not wear cluster diamonds.
-Mr. Jim J. Baldwin is
fn j-iorida, and writes his brother Char
lie that lie lias already caught over two
hundred pounds of fish, some single
A Dance.—There was a delightful j spend among the people.”
dance Monday night ut Hunnicutt
Hall, given in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Michael. The participantsTrippeil tlie
light fantastic toe until a late hour.
OUR COLORED FIREMEN.
There is not a more efficient set of
firemen in tlie South than tlie colored
companies of Athens. They are always
among tlie first, if not the first, on the
ground, when an alarm is sounded, and
when there they know not fatigue and
fearlessly face every danger. The col
ored element owns but little property in
Athens, compared with the whites, and
hence their labors should be the more
appreciated by our people. Between the
two races in Athens the kindest and
best feeling prevails, and this is espe
cially marked with our fire companies.
The Pioneers and Hope hail a victory by
Relief and Champion with scarcely less
pride and joy than had they themselves
carried off the palm of victory—and
rita iitm. But we would ask our city if
it has properly recognized tlie debt it is
due our colored companies ? The Coun
cil has given them storage room for their
engines and {lermitted them to hold their
meetings in Town Hall—but we think
they are entitled to more even than this.
Would it not a good idea for our city fa
thers to have said hall painted and
neatly fixed up within, so as to render
it suitable for the purpose, and give it to
Relief and Champion so long as these
companies remain in the service of tlie
city? Our colored fifemen are to have
their celebration tlie4th of J uly.and have
not a suitable place to entertain their
guests. Of course they wish to make a
good impression upon tlie strangers, and
this cannot be done by escorting them to
such a place as the Town Hall as it now
stands. If given to the two companies
it could be fixed up at but small expense,
and with a hull under their sole control
they would naturally feel more pride
and interest in their work and organiza
tion. Oift- Council should make a liber
al Appropriation to tlie tournament, and
every citizen assist them to the extent
of his ability.
CARCASS-EATING
AND ALMOST REDUCED TO A CON
DITION OF CANNIBALISM.
Th* Torrlblo Suffering of the People Prom Star
vation on the 8t. Francis River-—The Death
ly Mlaamu of toe Lowlands---A Probable
Loss ®t,000,000 In the Cotton Produc
tion.
Tho druggists who hesitates now is lost for the
winter. He should *lin# together some sweet
oil and liquorice and brint; nut hi* cough cure
ut once. I>r. Bull'* Cough Syfup does not pay
him enough profit.
A GREAT DISCOVERY.
That Accident.—The Northeas- j
tern trains are now running through
sjieeimens weighing fifteen or twenty aIU , no sigIls ofthe late accident are
pounds. Jim writes other news almost
as improbable.
The Ai'oista Toi-bn ament.—Tlie
Hope Fire Company will vote at their
next meeting on accepting the invitation
ofthe Augusta hoys, and there is no
doubt about their attending. This is a
line company, and they are going to
enliven things, too.
visible. Tlie damage will not near
aggregate what was at first expected.
A Lecti'ke.—A man is coming to
Alliens shortly to lecture oil “ Hell,
Ingersoll and Whisky.” If tlie lec
turer is at all familiar with liis suli-
| jeets, we wouldn’t believe liim under
oath.
This morning a number of eases
will be U]i before liis Honor.
The street hands are making some
improvements iii our streets.
Home umbrella China trees have
been ordered-by our citizens.
Mozart Ci.cn.—This musical club
I held their regular meeting Friday night,
and elected a new set of officers, with ]i.
i 1>. Bussell, Esq., as 1’resident. Tlie club
; now numlx-rs over 100 members, and is
ill a most prosperous condition. They
meet once a week in Odd Fellows’ hall.
Factory Dams.—The rock dam to |
the lower factory is about half com-
Tom Hampton Finds *a Patch of Rag'.Weed a
Reports on Underground River.
Yesterday we met our young friend
Tom Hampton on Broad street, blow-
ing like a bellowsed mule over a won
derful and startling discovery-he had
just made. It seems that Tom was
rumbling around in an old garden
rear of liis store when he stumbled on a
lot of tall rag-weeds, growing around
an old well. Now Tom is of a scien
tific and investigating Uirn of miml,
but liis knowledge of the vegetable
kingdom is rather limited. Finding | M,,re I’ a,us are be,n * t!,ken with u "’
OCONEE CEMETERY.
Yesterday, together with Col. Hug
gins, we visited the cemetery, to see the
progress of the work now being done
upon it by tlie city, through the board
of trustees in charge of this halloaed
spot. There are certainly great changes
lieiug made—those large forest oaks top
ped and trimmed up, the decayed leaves
and trash burned off and the avenues
and paths worked and put in good order.
A squad of hands are now thus engaged,
and in a few days the grounds will bear
an entirely different look. We also no
ticed a number of private parties en
gaged in clearing olf ami beautifying
their sections, that tlie flowers of spring
may blossom in their full lovliness.
the said weeds to contain a pith, lie
naturally took them for pipe-stems,
pleted ami will be finished the com- ant | knowing that eane only grow
ing summer. Mr. Bloomfield intends i near a watercourse he concluded that
There is a perfect craze among our
colored population for organs.
The Grain Crop.—Small grain con
tinues to look well in this section, al-
Another negro woman was slapped ! though sonic fields seem to have been
injured by the cold s]>ells. If iio disease
down on Broad street at night.
It is reported on the street that the
Burnett Shoals triple hangs lire.
Mr. Charlie Scudder last week sold ; winter will yet blossom into a
a wateh weighing over a pound.
Winkler ought to be quarantined
when he eats Limhurgcr cheese.
attacks the crop an ilium use yield will
he made. But we fear the warm, wet
"1* <>f
C. Bodge, our popular baker, has
the ugliest tabby cat in the State.
Business was not very brisk yester
day, as farmers are hard at work.
I)r. Lyndon received an order this
week for $1,1HH) worth of worm oil.
Cotton wns oll'a little yesterday
but bacon and corn were statue <y»«.
Two large cisterns will lie built soon,
but their location is not settled on.
Mr. M. B. McGinty is putting up
two cottages on lower Broad street.
Our merchants are selling an unu
sually large amount of garden seed.
Mr. Westmoreland lias sold near
five hundred rat traps in this place.
It is now very evident that the
Athens Guards will not re-organize.
Mr. J. B. Toomer is agent for a gas
stove, that is a splendid invention.
That fishing party yesterday flashed
in the pan. Try aga'.n, gentlemen.
This year will certainly lie a hard
time on both merchants and farmers.
If Athens wunts a daily paper let
her merchants step up and sustain it.
The Banner-Watchman will soon
have a new sign swung to the breeze.
The University can’t sell off any
more lots, according to its deed of gift.
A $2,000 monument is to be put over
the grave of the late John White, Esq.
A few straw lints and spring suits
made their appeuranceon last tSunilay.
Joe Mygatt has a stalk of headed
wheat, sent him from Jasper county.
It took two policemen yesterday to
drive three little shouts to the pound.
Those mounds of heartsease in Mr-
W. A. Tnlmadgc’s front yard are love
ly-
We now learn that the Georgia road
will be brought into the eity by Sept.
1st.
rust.
Short CalcilatioXs.—Mr. G. AY.
Ownbey, of Union county, isin our eity
to have a new dam built for tlie check
factory.
Trivoli Beer.—This popular drink
has played completely out and now
| seems a cross between soap-suds and
molasses. Tlie manufacturers must
have wanted to make a fortune in six
months.
1 Amazon's.—Two negro women had
a pitched battle Saturday night on
' l>r. Lyndon’s lot. one being armed
-with a razor and the other a fence-rail.
| There was some little lilood shed, but
| nothing serious.
Bing a new plan to calculate interest,
measure land or lumber—liis own sys- j Didn’t Accept.—A negro was
tern. Mr. 0. lias demonstrated to our ' challenged by a white man at the late
satisfaction that liis system is a perfect j Treasurer's election, thought it was a
success and saves a great deal of time I challenge to fight, when '.lie took to
and work. j the wood*, and has been subsisting
A Strange Find.—The agent for the j 0,1 r,,l,ts and herbs ever since.
“Tourists,” who was in the eity yester- j m ,. K {.’are.—Tlie ’bus syndicate
• day, says he met an old man near | formed in the city has exploded, ow-
Nash s tank who never - 1
saw a rail-
I ing to opposition, and the fare for
roa.1 until alamt two years agq, and he ; passengers again reduced to
lias never been further away from home
than Athens. He only heard this week
that the President was dead.
cents. AVith the present condition
of the roads this is enough.
~ ,, Fishing Pabta - .—A number of
A At.VAiiLE Stones.—Mr Sctiduer, onr .. , ,, .
l- .... ,i * gentlemen from the city left this
popular jeweler, tells us that some rare
and valuable stones (or setting rings
are found in Oconee county. Sir. Ho
mer Nickolson had some polished that
cannot be detected from genuine topaz
and onyx. 'These stones are very hard
and of various kinds.
ItEACTin i. 1’lcTi'iiKs.—A friend re
cently permitted us to examine some
pictures painted by Miss Long, ot our
city. They are really beautiful. This ac
complished young lady certainly de
serves a place in tlie front ranks of the
world of art. Her subjects are all well
chosen and colors blend charmingly.
Some of them could not lie eclipsed by a
professional.
Tiie Acme Company.—List Friday Dr.
Orr forwarded a Ikix of 104 letters to tlie
department at AVashington—most of
them containing money—directed to this
swindle, and returned over two hundred
request letters. He also received fifty
postal cards from indignant newspaper
men who had been victimized, some of
morning, via the Northeastern, for a
fishing party at Chandler’s tank.
From the bottled baggage they carried
along we predict a gay time.
A Bio Find.—fn the gizzard of a
chicken killed in Athens last week
was found fifteen pins, a piece of cor
set steel, a piece of hoop-skirt, ten
hooks and eyes, a brass garter fasten
ing, and tlie heel of a gaiter. The
lady’s name is unknown.
Sent to the Asylum.—Henry Mc-
Klroy, the crazy matt who has been
for some weeks in jail, was yesterday
carried to the Asylum at iMilledge-
ville. He is said to be dangerous when
liis spells are on him, and lately tried
to brain a merchant with an exe.
as a river couldn’t run up hill there
must be a big underground current
near at hand. So elated with liis
wonderful discovery our young friend
dashed ofi the following and handed
us:
“The Boss Well.—There is a well
back of Hampton & Co’s store, own
ed by Mr. L. J. Lumpkin, that is a
curiosity for any one to see. It has
such an' abundant supply of water
that the large.-t kind of reeds are to be
seen growing around. It must be
headwaters for some underground
river.”
. AVe are looking now every day for
this young Stanley to find an old oys
ter can in the streets and report the
discovery of a second Atlantic ocean
under our city. But Tom has kindly
consented to give us some more locals
and we are anxiously awaiting them.
OUR POST-OFFICE.
Editor Banner-Watchman ;—I
was much pleased with your remarks
in Sunday’s issue in regard to the
post office business. I hud become
satisfied that none but a Republican
would be appointed to the Athens
IKist-olfiee. This beingjtrue, I am sat
isfied Madison Davis was the best
man in the party available. He would
have had no difficulty in making his
bond had he accepted certain men to
run the office, but lie was equally anx
ious with ourselves to open the office
with appointments fully satisfactory’
j to the citizens of Athens, and for this
reason only I placed my name on his
I Kind, and tlie people may rest assured
that my name will only continue there
as the management is made to serve
the interest of this community as a
well conducted post-office.
Respectfully,
It. L. Bloomfield.
cemetery than we ever knew before.
Even some of the humbler graves are re
ceiving attention, and flowers tastily
blended and arranged take tlie place of
costly monuments. AYe are glad to see
this. Nothing speaks worse for tlie en-
liglitiuent of a place than neglect of the
last resting place of its dead. A few
dollars now spent by eaeli section own
er Avili put our cemetery in good order
and render it not only a monument to
tlie refinement of our eity, but make it a
beautiful park for an evening’s retreat
during the sultry days of summer. Our
ladies should appoint a day to devote to
beautifying this spot, as soon as tlie de
bris is cleared away by the men now en
gaged.
THE LATE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Northeastern R. R. of Ga. 1
Superintendent’s Office, [-
Athens, Ga., March 21st, 1882. )
St. Louis, March 20.—The Globe-
Democrat's dispatch boat, Sanford,
reached Helena, Arkansas, yesterday
afternoon. The river had fallen two
inches at that point. The Arkansas
Midland train went througli to Clar
endon for the first time in nineteen
days, running in waler a foot deep.
The flow nas departed from Claren
don, except on the lowest places. The
White ri\’er is falling rapidly.
eating dead carcasses.
Judge Mangum, commissioner for
Arkansas, who has established his
headquarters at Helena, says he has
25,000 persons on his list now being
fed by the government on half rations.
He says the number will be largely
Increased now, as he can reach from
Heleua a much larger number than
from any other point, that being about
the center of the greatest suffering.
He thinks the government will have
to ft ed the people for a month. There
is very great suffering in tlie region
running about Helena, some of the in
habitants being reduced to eating the
carcasses of drowned animals, and
others presenting the appearance of
persons going insane from starvation.
ALMOST IN A STATE ON CANNIBALISM.
A special from Helena says the lat
est advices from the upper St. Fran
cis river report that the people in that
section are almost reduced to canni
balism, that they have eaten carcass
es for some days, and now have the
appearance of persons about to become
insane from starvation.
THE DEATHLY LEGACY'.
Colonel A. H. Johnson, president of
the Arkansas Midland railroad, who
returned to-day from Hot Springs,
having come down to Helena by a
skiff from the mouth of the St. Fran
cis river, says the scenes along, the
river Avere most distressing. The
stench from dead animals is sicken
ing, and when the water declines it
will be still more fearful. The earth
is left covered with a thick, slimy
ATHENS BOOM.
Caialoguo of Soma ortho Work to ba Doud iupur
City the* Coming Summer.
There is more work to bo done In Alii- .
ens this summer than can lie accom
plished by the numbers mechanics
and laborers living in the city and its
vicinity.
AVork on the extension of the Georgia
railroad is to begin right away. This
involves two railroad bridges, a freight
and passenger depot and tlie necessary
surroundings. The new Methodist
church is already under contract. Tills
building will take nearly a half million
brick in addition to what is on tiie old
church. The Lucy Cobb Chapel, which
will be a magnificent building and a
beautiful ornament to our classic city, is
to be put under contract at once. The
Jewish Synagogue,which is to be. a mod
el of church architecture, is waiting for
all the bids to come in. The grain < le
vator and corn mill, also tlie cotton seed
oil mill and other improvements to be
erected near the Northeastern depot,
will give emplopinent to a large force.
A new machine shop and plaining mill,
to be filled witli the latest improved ma
chinery, is to be built here this summer.
The improvements at Barnett shoals,
likely to be built at an early day, w ill
give employment to hundreds of hands.
Already numerous private bouses are
under way, and many others in contem
plation. Altogether this year will work
a long stride in tho onward progress ol'
Athens.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
-A'. 1'. Timce-Vemocmt, Mareh /,!.
Last night Bipith & Mestayer's
Comedy Troupe opened a week’s en
gagement at the Academy of Music.
In justice to the troupe, it must lie
said that the performance of tiie “Tou
rists” was one of the finest that has
been witnessed here in some time.
The play abounds witli comical sit
uations, songs, and, owing to tlie fact
the jokes were fresh, the audience
were kept in continual roars of laugh
ter from the beginning to tlie end of
the performance. Miss Theresa
Vaughn, as Ventie Com/ibdl., captured
the house by tlie neat iiiunner in
which she sung several pretty
German airs, as did Miss Maggie
Chambers in her Irish sketch, her act
ing proving that site wns an artiste of
considerable merit.
substance, with reptiles of every kind Mr . w . H . Mestaver, in , he roles of
at*d miasma from decaying matter
will inevitably be serious in its con
sequences.
A paTty near the city will in a few
days lin\’e ripe strawl'ierries in mar
ket.
The Belle of AA’est End was trying
to trade tor n fine pair of mules Sun
day.
Mr. F. Phinizy has a field of wheat
thigh-high, ns also some splendid
outs.
There was a battle tlie other night
between a gang of negroes in Cobb-
ham.
Several hundred good ear|>eiiters
could find steady employment now in
Athens.
That lamp-stealing case will be dis
missed, for the lack of evidence to
convict.
A new book now circulating in tlie , „ „„„
the y J£>re!° rmlng ° Ur y ° UnB n,en by | Immediately in front of Reaves, Nichol
son & Co's. At the point mentioned
Wind Mill—Dr. Hamilton’s mill
ill Cobbhatn is attracting a good deal
of attention, as it is a novel sight to
our people. Although but little breeze
was stirring Sunday its wings were
turning all day. There will be a num-
thcni breathing fire and brimstone. Mon- De ro f others put up in and around
Editor Banner-Watchman : —
Hear .Sir:—Please allow me through
the columns of your valuable paper
to express my thanks for hospitali
ties tendered to myself and others,
by many of the citizens living near
Nash’s Tank, while we were clear
ing our railway frock of a train
wrecked on the 16th. I note in your
account of the disaster a complimen
tary notice, as to my superior man
agement in this affair. Allow me to
state in this connection, that what ap
pears to be my success, grew out of
the cheerful, hearty and untiring co
operation of our employees. To them
belongs the praise. The conduct of
the bridge force, all of whom Avere
colored men, deserves special men
tion. Throughout the entire time
they labored with the greatest zeal,
on one occasion working from early
morning until twelve o’clock at night
without the refreshment of food or
rest.
Your theory, that a ear loaded with
40,000 pounds of freight accounted
for the milk in the cocoanut is in
correct, as the car tvas built to carry
i the IHemione, March IS. i tllat IU1,OUn t- I alii tillable aftergath-
W. A. Mestayer, tlie jolly genius of i eri “B particulars to say what was the
The country south of Helena is
swarming with buffalo gnats and
much stock that was saved from
drowning by tlie overiiow is bhiug
killed by these insects.
GLOOMY COTTON PROSPECT.
H. H. Montgomery, president of
the Merchants’ Compress and Storage
company, stated that he thought not
more than half a crop of cotton could
be raised this ye-r. The overflowed
district, he said, produces over 1,000,-
000 bales, ami even if the water sub
sides rapidly, of which there is no
prospect, not more than half the acre
age of last year can be planted. Oth
er persons, however, take a different
view of the situation, and think tlie
laud can la* prepared in season for
planting, and that a fair avehige crop
will be raised.
AN INCIDENT OFTHE FLOOD.
A lady from a point on the Little
Rock road, between Edmondson and
Blackfish, reports that she was driven
from her home by water, which was
three feet in her house. She and her
three children rode In a skiff'from her
home to Hopefield. She could only
find one skiffman, named AValkcr,
who would undertake to bring them
through. The night she left the water
rose four feet. She saw a number of
hogs that had been on a log five weeks
without receiving anything to eat ex
cept two small lots of cotton seed.
The morning she left these hogs left
their log, swam to her house, put their
feet on the floating floor, and seemed
to be begging for food. Soon they
swam to some green cane, bit off a lot
of it, went to their log and ate the
cane. AVlien she left the hogs were
still on the log. She saw on her trip
mules that would bray, and cows that
would low as the human beings
passed by them.
comedy, appeared at the Academy ol
Music last night, surrounded by a
jolly company, in the entertainment
called “Tourists in the Pullman Car,”
for want of a better name for Some
thing that is. not an opera, comedy,
cause of the disaster.
Respectfully,
H. R. Bernard, Supt.
?y continues to roll in to the Acme lin-
1 Mining Company.
Railroad Building.—A quiet but de
termined effort is being made to build
tlie Jug Tavern Railroad. It is no little
task, however, to build railroads, and
when a few energetic, big-hearted men
take hold of a public enterprise like
this, which is to result in so much good
to every citizen, white and black, rich
and poor, it becomes the pressing duty
of every man to put his shoulder to the
particular, and which has one act in
Camp on the Catskill Mountains, and
another act somewhere else on the
road. The idea of the Vokes is to
make as much fun for a dollar as any
one person can take during an even
ing. The “Tourists,” in short, present
the best organization of the kind that
...;n ....... i... .... ..i.. ... ban ever been seen here. It captured
ton streets, and will soon be ready to . , he aUl i ie nce last night, and went well
Where the Independent Oets To.
The Democrat who liecomes an 1 nde-
burlesque, tragedy, or anything else j l l0 "dent l* like a man in A\ estern
FACTS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN.
The stand where Jacobs' drug store is now
was onee the Athens post-office.
When a certain prominent merchant first came
to Athens his sole occupation was to stuff geese
tor Mr. Moses Myers, lienor and fame, etc.
There was an oak stump dug up the other
day right in the middle of one of Athens’most
popular streets. It had doubtless been there
many years.
Some of Athens’ wealthiest capitalists are
men who learned trades when young. The
leading men of our city to-day are composed of
a wagon-maker, a brick layer, a machinist, a
silverflnith and a tailor.
The shamrock worn on 8t. Patrick 's dav by
some of our Irish friends has three little round
green leaves and originally represented the
Trinity. Since the revision it is supposed to
stand for religion, polities and whisky.
Onr friend Julius Cohen is not only a good
fireman and merchant, but also a good brick
layer, and for Ms own nmusement layed maev
of the bricks in the comer of the Dcupree buil
ding, where Baldwin & Burnett’s store is.
A’cry few people will believe that there was
ever a steamboat run on the Oconee to Athens,
yet it is true. The boai was named the "Levia
than.” was built by Mr. Fowler and used for
hauling wood and passengers down the river.
Athens.
Bachelor Apartments. — Mr.
Charlie Baldwin is now furnishing
liis rooms corner Lumpkin ami Clay-
entertain his friends in u hostile man
ner. They are being handsomely fur
nished and finished up in the most
convenient manner.
Condition of . Streets. — Tlie
wheel and give what aid lie can for tiie ■ streets of Athens are in a wretched
prosperity of ids town.
Owning a Street.—The lot upon which
Mr. Dorsey’s store is on is a right angle
triangle, and runs to a jioint nearly to
C hilds.'NIckerson, AVynn A Co's and
That weeping willow from Bona
parte’s grave hat, been trimmed up by
negroes. n
Some of the students were on a frol
ic Saturday night and turned over a
building.
Mr. Tom Bailey lias handed us n
copy of the Athenian, published In
Athens in 1830.
Bill Hodgson has a eat that gave
birth to two kittens each day for three
successive days.
The Messrs. Cohen will add an im
provement to their store that will be
appreciated by ladies.
Mr. C. B. Veroneehas been offered
$10,000 for the right to sell his wash
ing-machine in Canada.
Yesterday Talmadge, Hodgson &
Co. sold three wagon loads of Bassett
plows to T. Fleming A Son*.
There is not a handsomer stock of
millinery in the city than can be seen
at the store of Mr. Sol. Solomon.
Mr. \V. H. Jones likes the Banner-
Watchman so well that he sends sev
eral copies to relatives. Sensible.
The Pioneers want toget Col. Dobbs
for a ladder man to practice with.
They will promise not to throw him
over the building.
there is all iron pile driven there by
Prof. Wm. Butlierford many years ago.
If Mr. Dorsey takes in the land that lie-
lungs to him there it will seriously in
commode the business men near that
cornet.
Wild Lands.—This property must
now be given iu as follows: Owners,
whether residents or non-residents of
tlie State, owning wild lands, may by
himself or agent go before the Ordina
ry or Tax Receiver of the county ol his
residence, and make out a return of said
lands, under oath, and send same to
Receiver of county in which said land
lies. Any land not thus given in wifi
be cold for taxes.
Without an Owner.—There is on Col
lege avenue a valuable strip of land
absolutely without an owner. The lot
lies between Mr. Wui. McDowell’s store
and Mr. Yonderiieth’s. The lot meas
ures about 30x100 feet and is claimed by
Mr. Bloomfield, who owns property in
the rear ofrit, and also by Mr. McDow
ell and Mr. Vonderlieth, but none of
them have a shadow of a title. Why
don’t the city take charge of it and make
something out of it?
condition, being fearfully cutup and
some of them are almost impassable.
There is a hole, leading to a culvert,
near Oconee street church that wifi
yet break a leg if not fixed. It will
take hard work to put our highways
In order.
'Stealing Lamps,—Saturday night
two street lamps were stolen, but were
afterwards recovered in u private
room by tlie police. The matter is be
ing investigated and will he a bad
ease. We presume that they were ta
ken more in a frolic than with the in
tent to do wrong, and so we advise
that the boys be dismissed with a
quiet reprimand.
Some folks can’t be made happy.
Tlie lady we refer to cried out from
her seat In the coach “ How thirsty I
am!” until the exasperated passen
gers stopped at- a well and gave her
her fill. Was she satisfied? 'Not at
at all. She teased their lives out du
ring the test of the journey by contin
ually crying, “Oh, how thirsty I
was!”
Eatonton Messenger; A fanner of
this county sends us the following:
“ The best method of ripping up cotton
stalks is to take a small upturn plow
and rip with it. It is the best imple
ment for the purpose that I ever tried,
and will save many hard days’ work
for man and beast.”
throughout.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Mr. W. D. O’Farrell will soon erect
a handsome cottage between his pres
ent residence and Mr. I. Morris, where
tlie old Hodgson shop now stands.
Mr..G. Hauser has purchased the
Phillips’ lot near Mr. D. Michael’s on
Clayton street for $1,525.
Mr. Bloomfield, the chairman ofthe
board of trustees of Oconee Cemetery,
will erect a neat cottage near the
eemetery for Andrew Boss, the pres
ent sexton to live in.
Show Cases manufactured by Mc
Bride & Co., Atlanta, Ga., also give
close prices to dealers in looking
glasses, crockery, wood and tinware,
silver plated ware, glassware, best
American and imported table and
pocket cutlery.
Bad Cotton.—More water-packed and
damaged cotton has been brought to
market this season than ever known be
fore. It is an astonishing fact that many
farmers who would tramp around town
for half a day for a uickel bid on his cot
ton or would walk back a mile to look
for an old jack knife, would not take ten
minutes time to protect hiB cotton from
tlie weather, when it may costTiim any
where from five to twenty dollars in
damage to a bale thus exposed. This
carelessuess and want of thrift is the
millstone about the neck of the average
fanner in this country.
Boad overseers seem not to under
stand the law that requires them to
make a report of every working. It
will cost less to learn the duties than
to pay the fines.
Pennsylvania, who inquired of a boy
whether he knew where Jake Kloinfelter
lived. Tlie boy said he did. fjjiys lie,
“Can’tyou tell me?” “Yes, Mr,” said
tlie hoy. “Do von see our barn down
there?” “Yes,” says he. “Go to that.
Almut two hundred yards lieyond tiie
barn you will find a lane. Take that
lane and follow along for alioiit a mile
and a quarter. Then you will come to
a branch. Go up tiie branch about a
quarter of a mile, and then you will
come to slippery elm log. You be mighty
keerful, stranger, about going on that
log; you may get into the branch. And
then go on up till you get to tlie brow of
a hill, and there tlie roads prevaricate,
and you take the left hand road and
keep that until you come to a big plumb
thicket, and, when you get there, why
then—then—then.” “What then?”
“Then stranger, I’ll he durned if you
ain’t lost.”
His Experience.—It is refreshing
to hear Bill recite his war
experience and the horrors and blood
shed incident to war. It will be re
membered that cousin Wm. was a
member of the famous Lumpkin bat
tery and stationed on the paper mill
hill near this city. The half-breadth
escapes and blood curdling scenes de
picted by our cousin can only be
equaled by the Spanish Inquision or
Sut Lovingood’s yarns.
A Lesson Taught.—An ignorant
man, unable to read or write,has late-
.ly died in Cincinnati, leaving an es
tate of $250,000 in steamboats and
things. What a lesson this circum
stance is to those who flitter away
their time learning to read and write,
when they might be laying up steam
boats for their heirs and assigns!
Knowledge Is power, but steamboats
are powerer.
Old Paper.—Several-thousand old pa
pers can be bought at 25 cents per hun
dred atthe B ANN eh-W atchmax office, by
calling at once. We want them out of
our way.
Our Daily Edition.—The busi
ness men of Athens were very anx
ious for a daily paper, and we give
them what we flatter ourselves is one
of tlie best local papers in the State.
We must say that our support thus
far is not what we expected, as no one
seems inclined to patronize it ns an
advertising medium—and that is the
only source of profit in a paper. We
shall continue the Daily long enough
to give our citizens a trial, and see if
they will sustain it. If we ean only
make tlie Daily pay expenses we are
satisfied; but cannot afford to run it
at a loss. If continued we shall enlarge
and improve it as fast as our business
warrants. Of course our subscribers
shall not lose, even in the event that
the paper is discontinued, which we
trust will not be the case.
Ftiro Jork and Frank Hi aster, ably sus
tained tiie reputation htj bears as be
ing one of the best comedians on tiie
stage. His “make up" as a Bowery
rough elicited much applause, and liis
interpretation of tlie character was
favorably commented on by (lie oldest
theatre-goers.
Among others of tlie troupe who
shared tlie honors ol’ the evening were
Messrs. J. 51. Long and Wm. and
Thos. Daly, whose excellent charac
ter-acting added much to tlie pleasure
of the entertainment.
Mr. Long’s dialect in tlie role of tlie
French valet attracted considerable
attention, and, as it was perfect,
afforded a great deal of amusement.
Mr. Wm. Daly, as the conductor of
palace ear, gave a very laughable por
trayal of the character. Thos. Daly,
as the porter, also contributed liis full
quota of fun, tlie acrobatic efforts of
the two brothers, together with their
songs and dances, meeting with nu
merous encores.
Another feature of tlie evening’s en
tertainment, which is so deserving of
mention, was tiie violin solo of Prof.
Muller, entitled tlie “Barnyard,” dur
ing which lie successfully imitated
the crowing of cocks, grunts of hogs
and theghurking of dogs.
WINTER V1LLE.
Mr. Jno. R. Tuck’s baby is very sick
with pnemonia.
The wild strawberry plant is in
fested witli rust which farmers say is
a sure indication it will attack small
grain.
The Academy at Winterville con
tinues to grow in numbers.
The public roads in Buck Branch
will shortly be worked.
Our school boys have a Thursday
night debate—and that reminds us
that our negro friends have one, and
some of their subjects are ridiculous
in the extreme.
There is a dangerous dug-out in the
road opposite the Carr mansion that
needs attention at once.
Tlie predictions are abundant that
the early small grain will be nipped
by the April frost.
Jeff McG'lesky lias been promoted
to road overseer. Correspondents will
hereafter address him us “Captain.”
STANDARD OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary is
commended tlie English World over
for its excellence. Wherever you find
English speaking people there you
find Webster. England lias produced
nothing equal to it, and in America it
is the standard. Tlie illustrations are
a marvel for accuracy and number,
and it is a treat just to he able to look
through it. The new edition has 1/J28
pages, 3,000 engravings and four pages
colored plates. Its able and compre
hensive definitions are a library in
themselves—a lllcsaurus of unbounded
treasures.—Onr Church Paper, Xetr Mar
ket, Va.
A COMPLAINT.
Mr. Editor: There is a hole on
Barber's hill just beyond the upper
bridge which'is a source of terror to
teamsters. It has been there two
months and is 'likely to he there
many months to come, although a
few cartloads of stone and dirt would
fill it. Already several wagons have
been broken there, and now a loud of
stranded millstones mark the spot:
If there is any person who conceives
it his duty to attend to such places
he would doubtless receive a-blessing
in bending his energies to this task.
: i Madison. •
The Jefferson Railroad.—Mr. Smith
was. in the city yesterday and tells qs
that tlie cars are now running within
eleven miles of Jefferson, and five more
miles of iron will soon be laid. The
road is even now paying running expen
ses. It is a wrong impression that the
Banner-Watchman opposes a road from
Athens to Jefferson. We would be de
lighted to see it built, but our duty to
the city requires us to advocate the line
most practicable, AVe had just as soon
seen road to Jefferson as Jug Taveru, if
there is any hope of its success.
CONTRACT AWARDED.
Mr. M. B. McGinty was yesterday
awarded the contract to build the Chap
el for the. Lucy Cobb Institute, price
$9,000. AVork to begin immediately.
McBride & Co., Atlanta, Ga., have in
stock the largest and most varied assort
ment of Lamp Goods ever brought south.
Parlor and Hall Lamps—Glass and Brass
Lamps, Reflector Lamps, and Lanterns,
Shades, Burners, Chimneys. A’on save
a good profit In freight and our prices
are as low as in any market.
Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in
one minute.
BEATTY'S.OROAN FACTORY.
It is said that Beatty’s large organ
factory, at Washington, N. J., Ir turn
ing out over 50 oraans a day, and that,
the demand for the Beatty Instrument
1* on the increase. Tlie factory Is run
ning night and day to All orders
promptly.
IMPORTED FAN*. 1
Orr & Hunter have a limited supply
of nobby fans, made especially for
them in Yoknhama, Japan, which
they will give to their farmer friends
who will call for them. None but
farmers heed apply. mar23-2t
In a recent Issue we mentioned that
Athens would soon lose one of its en
terprising business men. AVe had ref
erence to Mr. C. AV. Davis, the photo
grapher, from whom we learn that the
tact is positive and unqualified, s .
' . ’ " , •,. ' JTljr «• : J ■ ' •
The difference between natural and
and experimental philosophy is very
marked. is perfectly natural phU,
osophy to ask a man ~ to lend you
small, amount of money on the pram*
lse to return It the next day, and it la
an illustration of experimental • phil
osophy when be vofnses t* dety,