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J&umtatj Our Correspondcnl Goes the Rounds With a Friend. A Walk Over the Campus mill u Peep at the Hullit- fntr»—Purimties fur Which Tliej nre IM'd — f?ie Aim* unit Object* for Socletlei W'iilrh lire \«t So Secret After All—'Terlinoloirlrnl School Is n (jreut Institution. Special Correspondence Enquirer-Sun. Athens, Ga., July 15.—I hurt just come up to my room to-ninlit, in the second- story of the Summey house, one of the University dormitories, nnd was sitting in one of the broad windows looking out over the moonlit hills of east Athens, when suddenly I heard the far-away whistle of a coming tra in. I pulled out my watch and looked at it—nearly 8 o’cloclc. “Well,” I concluded,“about half-past eight I will go down to the hotel and see who has come.” Soon I saw the headlight of the engine emerge from between two hills, and then slowly the train crept along towards the high trestle over the 0c uiee river, and more slowly it crept acioss. 1 watched it until it was hid from view by some intervening trees, and then as I sat and gazed out into the starlit heavens, 1 lapsed into a reverie, from which I was aroused by my room - mate abruptly coming in, and demanding, “ What in the mischief are you sitting here in the dark for?” “ Well, Soph,” said I, “I knew you were fond of lighting the lamp. I’m going down town.” So pieking up my hat and my room mate’s cane,which he had just thrown into a corner, I went off dow n the campus and across the street to the Commercial Hotel. I passed through a crowd of students col lected near the door, and had hardly en tered the office, when I was greeted with : “ Hello, old fellow, I'm mighty glad to see you.” “W’y, howdey’ do, Joe,” said I, turning to clasp my friend’s hand; “ this is indeed a pleasant surprise. When did you come?” ‘■Just got in—came in on the Georgia road. Thought I’d come up and attend your commencement: I’ve never been to Athens before, but I know a number of the boys here at college, and have several friends in the city, you know.” “Yes, aud you will have many more be fore you leave. Where are you stopping ?” “Here, to-night; to-morrow morning I’ll have my trunk moved to Ed. L ’s; you know him.” ,- Oh, yes.” “What kind of a commencement will you have this year ?” ■ Many think it will be the gayest com mencement we have had in some time. A great many visitors are expected, and quite n mumber have already arrived. Come on let us ge o t tf ibis warm room, what’s lac news from Coiumbus; that which does not get into the papers; I see them every day?” As we walk down the street, my friend tells me of home affairs. We btop at a drug store, enjoy a couple of ice cream sodas, and my friend makes some new ac quaintances among the students and town gentlemen. “Now,” said I, as we left the drug store, “lroiv shall we amuse ourselves? It is rather late to see a..y of the jj-irls to-night.. Shall we go back t > the hotel and join the hoy-?" Wiir.t do yu ssy to w:.:k on the cam pus? I'd like to see the buildings, ami I'n. just in the mood fora moonlight stroll.” “Very well,” said I; “that suits me ex- avly. and, if you say so, I will gi.e you »•.ne facts i;i regard to the old institu tion.” "All right, and intersperse among your facts some college jolms and accounts o! some of your hatting affairs. ” “COLLEGE JOKES AK.t NUMEROUS enough, but hazing is a thing we have very lit lie oil It is gradually disappearing frotii our best colleges, and its disappearance must be largely attributed to the existence Of the college secret societies, the Greek letter fraternities. Hazing is usually done at the beginning of the session, when many new students have just entered col lege. Hut this is tiie very time loo when tiie various Maternities are soliciting mem bers from among the new students, and as a result great courtesy is shown to the new hoys. These fraternities were for a long time bitterly opposed by college officers throughout* the entire country, hut now there is hardly a college of any promi nence in tiie country, at which there do not exist chapters of several fraternities. These societies have tor their objects BOCIAJ. AND LITER AY CULTURE. Their secrecy is objected to by many, but after all the secrets are usually few in num ber,such as the initiation ceremony,descrip tion of the badge and coat of arms, signs of recognition, motto and pass words. Of course the meetings are all of a secret character. Gut the objects of a fraternity are known to every one, and are, as J said, social and literary culture, and nothing of an immoral character can be ascribed to fraternities; in fact, they exercise a moral influence. Their good points have now been recognized by college officers, and probably one-half the col lege officers in this country are now themselves members of fraterni ties, most of them joining when students. Students only are eligible to membership, and sometimes professors. Last year one of the fraternities at Emory college ini tiated a professor. Over half the faculty here are active members of fraternities. Of the remainder, all but one are honorary members. Each chapter has its own meeting rooms and holds literary exercises of some kind perhaps once a week. Many chapters, especially at the north, have halls, chapter houses, of their own. either on the campus or somewhere in the city. Here we are AT THE CAMPUS. "Do you recognize the design of this gate? ” "It looks like it is intended to represent the pillars and arch in the coat-of-arms of Georgia. - ’ "Yes; this building litre to our right is called the Franklin building. On the ground floor are too lecture rooms and the chancellor's office. In the second story is probably the finest library in tiie stale. It contains 16,000 volumes, and additions are constantly made. It is in charge of Professor Willeox. who is also the professor of modern languages here, and a better gentleman for that position could not- be obtained. He has spent about twelve years of his life in Europe. He has classes "in German, French and Spanish. Professor Willeox is a brother of Mr. D. F. Wiilcox, of Columbus. “In the second story of this building is also the nucleus for a very good art gal lery. In the third storv are mineralogical and geological cabinets containing more 1 han 10,000 specimens.” “What is that old building?” “That is what we call THE IVV BUILDING. You see the entire front and sides are covered with ivy. It has bet'll growing nearly ever since the Building was put up. Iii this building art lecture rooms and the law department. ’’ ,, “What kind of a law school have you ? “A very good ore. indeed. There arc two law professors „nb ' r.e lee'.iuer on | medical jurisprudence, nnd then the uhan- celior lectures on a liumentary law. His lecture 1 ' * i sign arc open fii the e lolfv-ge -hut tin. seniors and law stuuents are required to attend, and after',lie course of lectures i- I completed, a moot pari lament is organized. and one of tile seniors presides over the I meetings. Dr. Well, our chancellor, J usually attends these meetings and points out to us our mistakes. One great advant age of the law school here is the moat courts hold by the students. Many are in fluenced in coming here by that verv fact. A diploma from this school entitles one to I admission to the bar anywhere j in the state. Sometimes those who have a.ready been admitted come here and taki a course in law. Every young man who intends to practice law in Georgia should come here to school, if possible. One young lawyer in Columbus, who, after graduation in a southern eollege, then studied law in a northern eollege, told me this year when on a visit here, that fie was sorry he had not come to this place to school.” “How many students did you have this year ?” "In the law department?” “Yes.” “Twelve; about what, we usually hove.' 1 ‘Will all get diplomas?” “All but two. This next building is THE DEMOSTHENIAN HALL. The Demosthenian society is our oldest literary society. It was founded in 1803 by the nine members of the then junior class. This class graduated the next year—it was the first class that ever graduated here. In that room up stairs General Toombs and Ben Hill gave evidence of those eloquent powers which afterwards gained for them and Georgia a national reputation. John B. Gordon also is a Demosthenian.” “What building is that across the cam pus to our left?” “That is the hall of the PHI KAPPA society, our other literary society. It Wii-s founded in 1820. Their first hall was a wooden building, but in 1832 Alex. Steph ens, who had become a member of that society, started a subscription to build a brick hall, and what you see is the final result of his efforts. The names of many of Georgia’s greatest sons appear on the Phi Kappa roll.” “’Which society do most of the Colum bus boys join?” “The Da nosthenian. They have al ways seemed partial to that one.” “Have your literary societies any libra ries.” “Yes, each has a library of about 3000 volumes.” “And how many did you say were in the college library ?” “About 16,000. That gives the students access to 22,000 books. Let’s take a scat here. This settee is the memorial of the class of ’85, und this is their class-tree. Our class-tree has died, hut we will adopt an other tree Saturday, when we hold our ; class exercises.” I “Where will your class exercises be I held?” OVR CLASS EXERCISES will be held up there in front of the chapel, underneath that large oak. Every class holds its exercises there on class day; and a splendid place it is too. shady and cool, about 5 o’clock in the afternoon, when the exercises arc held, and besides it is an his toric old spot. That old tree has inspired more than one youth and caused him to dedicate to it his first attempt at verse—a grand subject for poetry.” ' “Poor tree—poetry. Excuse me, 1 could | not i'.vsi ; Mm temptation.” “Weil, i will excuse you, since your pun wa.i a good one. That oid tree is one of the last of the old forest onus unde: which ti • first students here were taught, while that old building yonder, tiie Summe house, now used its a dormitory, was being built. That is the oldest Imbuing on the ui .pus, and the first brick building that ’ was put up in Athens. Under that tree. ! Jong ago, the boys used to gather before | entering the chapel to stand their exami nations for admission into Franklin Col- , lege. Now the applicants are examined I by tiie professors at- their own lecture j rooms. GENERAL TOOMBS, as is well known, attended Franklin Col- I lege, but did not graduate here. A few I days before commencement, when he I would have graduated, lie violated some I rule and would probably have been expell- ] ed, but his guardian anticipated such an action on the part of the faculty and ivith- ! drew him from college. It is said that on | the morning of commencement day, while | his class-mates were delivering their ad- , dresses in the chapel, he appeared under j that old oak and commenced speaking, and was soon surrounded by a large audience, ! many coming from tiie chapel to listen to | him.” ! “What are those two large three-storv j buildings yonder? One, I believe you said, was a domitory.” “Yes, both are domitories. There are ! about sixty-five boys at both places.” ! “And who lives over there?” 1 “That's where our professor of belles letters live, Prof. Morris. Tiie residence 1 that formerly stood there was the one that was occupied by Dr. Church, who was for | such a long time president of Franklin Col- ; lege. That is where Alex Stephens boarded when in college. What do you think about i the ' APPEARANCE OF OUR BUILDINGS?” ! “Well, 1 don’t know; they’ve got a ' mighty aged look, and don’t seem very i pretentious.” I “No, not at all, except one, the Moore j building; vou can hardly see that from i here. It is behind the chapel. Our build ings are often laughed at; hut just to show ' you how the people differ, not long ago a I gentleman from England was walking i with Dr. Midi on the campus. As soon as they entered the campus gate, iie turned to the chancellor and said: ‘I like this. It i is the first institution of learning I have ’ yet si-en in this country that looks like a I university. This reminds me of the uni versities in my own country. It has such I an air of dignity about it, that dignity which is the accomplishment of old age.’ “ | “Where is your scientific department ? j I saw some illustrations of several of its rooms to-day in THE PANDORA. | That’s a good thing; who got it up?” “The fraternities here. It is the second annual ever issued in the south, and we are quite proud of it. The first was issued from the Virginia Military institute. We think the Pandora will be a big advertise ment for the university. It is especially interesting to the alumni, too. The pho tographs of the faculty and the buildings are alone worth the price of a copy fifty cents. We had 560 copies printed, and the first day they arrived, sold 150.” ! "Did you get it up, expecting to make any money out of it?” "No, nnd we made the price only so much as would enable us to pay expenses.” “Well, the book certainly does the edi tors of it much credit.” “You asked just now where the SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMKNT i is. It is the Moore building. This depart ment is one of our great inducements to get the technological school located here. Tiie state will in* saved a great deal of money if it is put here. The citizens of Athens will soon vote on the question of offering 830,000 to the school.” Tiie first floor of the Moore building is devoted to chemistry. This is taught by Profi-ior While, ii gentleman with a mil agrieuhurul eii* mlstr.v. The imli 1 trial collection in this department - op- I pi'ISi s Iii - ire tln.u -lOiKJ specimens, lie-e also is the clieir.ic il laboratory, c-mip'e-o in every respect, where, during the past I year, thirl,: (bur students have h id - on- j slant practical work in chemistry. The second s‘ory ol the building is de voted to phy-i-i. Here are. besides the ! le-mure room a ,d an oifiee or two. the i physical laboratory and a room containing j apparatus worth £10,000. The third story is devoted to the stu ly engineering. Here are several drawing j i rooms, a lecture room, and a room con taining a large number of excellent work-I log models, such as steam engines, boilers, ' roofs, bridges, waterwheels, railway tracks ; i and machinery of many kinds. Besides ; these there is a full set of surveying appa ratus for n large class.” I “W’y, where do they use it?” ( “Every yeur the ‘engineering’ students, I in charge of Prof. Barrow, of the englneer- | ing department, go on a railway survey of | about twenty miles. They are gone about a week; they have their I wagons and tents and camp out and live i just like a regular surveying corps. I have at my room a picture of their camp that one of the boys took, for photography also is taught here. I will show you the pho tograph some time. “Last year the boys surveyed a railroad line from here to High .Shoals, about 18 miles distant; thisyear they continued the line to Social Circle on the Georgia road.” “You seem to have a very good TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL here now?” “Indeed we have, in some respects. The state has already been weakened by not concentrating till her educational energies at one point, but by scattering them broadcast in branch colleges, and I sincerely hope that the board of commissioners, appointed by the governor to locate the teeh iolrgi al school, will put it here. From what 1 have told you, you see our advantages are cer tainly superior. Of course the school must have a library, mineralogical and geolog ical cabinets, physical and chemical appa ratus and laboratories, drawing models and such things. All these we have already, and this will save the state so much money if the school is put here.” “What about the people here? Would they treat the students in the technolog ical school as they do the present stu dents?” “You mean, how would they treat stu dents who are learning to do manual labor?” “Yes.” “With just as much respect as they treat other students. I know the university has been said to be a place where manual labor is discouraged; where nobody but the sons of rich aristocrats go ; and that the people of Athens want nothing to do with a man or boy who has to work for his living; but that is a great mistake. It is true there are here at school the sons of rich men, but they are few in number; the great body of students are sons of poor parents or parents In moderate circumstances. There are vow probably thirty hoys working their way through college or taking advantage of the Brown scholarship fund, and some of these boys are the most popu.ar student's here too. besides taking fine stands In their classes. A few years ago the first honor man in the A. M. course spent many of the Saturdays while iie was in college, work ing in the iron foundry here. It was a student, who, not long ago a! a fire, when ;.tlm. engineer of the steamer was al s<-nt, : a e <!> d up and .i'T*red his ser, ices as en- 1 gi.it-" .- wliich wen-giadly accepted. II.i :y I of the students spend their vac.iti< ns as s. *.o-l teachers, telegraph ope .. irM working on farms, at saw mills, on seme survey mg corns, assieeping-ear eo.uli -t v-. I or in manual labor of some kind. A n .-ni- I Her of this j car's junior class in engineer- i ing. immediately "after iii: final examina tions, left to take a f2.50 a clay position mi I a surveying corps. Come on; let's walk | j up towai'iis this end of the campus. ! "That little liriek building you sec there | I is another very old one. There ale two lecture rooms in it.” I “I see several residences at this end of! I the campus; professors’ homes. I suppose .' ’ j “Yes; let.-: turn around here and go back I by the chapel.” I “Ail right. How many in the faculty I here?” “Eight professors and one tutor in Frank lin eollege, the academic department, | and the state college, the school of agriculture and mechanic arts and hree professors in the law sclio d. A professor of natural history is to be elected, probably Friday morning at the meeting of the trustees - ” | “How many students in the university ; this year ?” “Two hundred and four."’ “ How many boys from Columbus?” “ Three, John Little, Bob Johnson and I. Now you can see the building.” “THAT’S A FINE BUILDING.” “ Yes, il is a fine building, and the only handsome one in the campus. The city of Athens gave it to the University about twelve years ago. It cost £25,000. Here i v.v arc* iit the chapel in the very center of j Athens. The boundary line of tiie city is a ! circle. This chapel is the center, and the I radius of the circle is one mile and a half'. '' j “Ignite a large place, then.” | “Yes; the houses are badly scattered in , j some portions, though, but altogether, i j Al hens is a pretty place, especially the up- ’ town residence portion of the city, known ! as Cobbhani.” “How many people here?” I “About 0000, and the place is growing ! rapidly. A great deni of business is done here, i have heard that Athens receives I more cotton than any other city in tIn stil ;■ in proportion to its size, it is quite a business centre. I hope it will soon lie | connn. ted liv rail with Columbus. The I people here are extremely anxious for the ' j Georgia M lilla nl.” | “Well, here we are at the hotel now,and [ 1 I have not told you of a single i COLLEGE PRANK', how the boys one Saturday night Guilt a rail fence ten feet high across the campus, and stopped all the professors’ families the next morning on their way to church: liow they burned in effigy a certain old gentleman that keeps a boarding house; bow they rung the chapel Ii ell one night, and how they scared a policeman; how - but I will delay all this. I reckon i have i nearly talked you to death anyhow.” i “Oh.no; not at till. I've been not only entertained, but instructed. Mott, 1 want to see about going to that junior class Imp , to-morrow night, but I’ll see you early in ' the morning.” “All right, and I'll bring along a ticket for you, then.” “Thank you. I was up rather late last night, and am somewhat tired, so I think I’ll retire. Are you going to your room j now?” I “Yes, I believe 1 will go up and write a letter before I go to bed. Good night." I “Au revoir.” Mott Treui.ig. Struggling With the Prohibi tion Q'j?stion. The Special to Hnquirei'-sun. Atlanta, Ga., July 17. -For days past -al mi ion.charged with c nispiracv • > > ! .u.-iiu-ss of i lie Courier publish- pany, occupied one hour in its do- ,'ge was generally thought to the defendants judge explained to '.in jury each of Hie six counts u. “e'a'ii and cited many authorities! !ia\ii.g omring on the ease. The jury I rtcii retired nmi were out one hour and when ihey returned a verdict was an nounced finding McNamaina, GliUden ami Muieahey guilty on each of t lie six founts in the indictment. Bundle was acquitted. Tiie counsel tiie defense will file a bill Atlanta has been looking forward to the exceptions and move that sentence be de- hearing of the Kimball house liar iujune- i ferred. It is probable that the defense will ..a.,Reek further ndniriicatlon in tee sunreme tion case to-day Last week the Kimball house proprietors secured a transfer of the license of M. J. Mahra, which allowed him to sell liquor nnd beer by the quart until October 9th. They at once opened up a beer saloon in connection with their bar in which four kegs of beer were constantly on tap. Scores of small pitchers were provided and customers were allowed to buy a quart of beer aud step into the adjoining room.where glasses seek further adjudication in the supreme court. THE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. VrstiTilsy’s l’riK-i'i'iliiuris in tin- Ii"list- anti Senate. Washington, July 17.—Holman, from the conference committee on the legisla tive appropriation bill, reported a disagree ment. Holman, Cannon and others rejire- were provided, and they could divide up ! Rented that the senate would not yield their quart and drink as of yore. Saturday l upon the amendment making appropria- afternoou the city authorities arrested all tions for the pav of senators’ private persons engaged in the selling and con- ! clerks, and in view of this statement Oates, tinned to do so as others were substitured. i of Alabama, moved that the house recede this practically closed the business from its disagreement to the amendment, and tiie Kimball house proprietors sought The motion was lost.—yeas 69, nays 143, relief by filing a bill of Injunction, and pro- and a further conference was ordered, curing a temporary restraining order. The After properly disposing of the bills re hearing upon this was set for to-day, and ported from the committees, the house there has been much interest and specula- went into a committee of the whole on the tion among all classes as to the result. ! fortification appropriation bill. The injunction allowed the Kimball house Mr. Forney, of Alabama, who has charge people to proceed unmolested in their of the bill, briefly explained its provisions, traffic until the hearing to-day; but and especially advanced the importance of on Monday last, notice was given I the provision for the appointment of a that no * beer or liquor, pur- board to make tests to ascertain the most chased by the quart. could be drank on the premises. To-day, the hearing came up before Judge Clark, and an interested crowd of spectators were on hand. The case took quite an unexpected turn, how ever, and none of the points in issue were determined. ■Mr. Hoke Smith, of counsel for the Kim ball House proprietors, reviewed the case. effective guns, projectiles, torpedoes, and other implements and engines of war. The debate then became political, in which only occasional and incidental refer ence to the bill was made. The speakers were Butterworth, Reagan. Dingley, Mor rows, Cutcheon, Viele and others. A good deal of criticism and ridicule were be stowed upon the Gill and upon the com mittee for reporting a “fortification” bill THE FIRST DISTRICT. J In- In-iiil-liirft llriilti n l»i the lo-rioiniitiitiofi <0 N iii'ii nml. Special tf) Kncjciruh-Scn. Savannah, Ga., July 17.—The congres sional democratic convention closed its labors this evening Gy the renomination of Norwood on the 155th ballot. A commit- iee was appointed to notify Norwood of his nomination, whereupon lie appeared before the convention und in nil able and eloquent speech said he did not favor free trade. While he voted to con sider the Morrison bill, he was in favor of a tariff to support, the government and protect American workman. He was in sympathy with the workingmen and would support them. There will not bo much opposition to Norwood. A large ma jority ot the Knights of Labor support him. Resolutions were adopted thanking the chairman for the nble and impartial man ner in which he presided over the conven tion. Adjourned sine die. The strike id A moist*. Augusta, Ga., July 17.—The strike con tinues in the Augusta factory with no prospect of a settlement. The hands in Enterprise factory returned to work to-day and tiie other mills arc running regularly. The strike will be confined to the Augusta factory. W. H. Mullen, representing the executive board, left this morning for Warrior, Ala., to look into the labor troubles there. MONTGOMERY'S WATER WORKS. The) arc Rrrelml 1 mM-t (Irciit KillIiihIumoi. He snid they had sold beer and allowed it 1 for such a country as ours providing for - drank on the premises, but it was with the • an appropriation of only six hundred ! knowledge that the mayor and members , thousand dollars. of the council had expressed the opinion i Cutcheon thought that the title of the that it could be drank on the premises, bill should be to provide how not to do it, They had been arrested in the pursuit of 1 or at the very best, “a bill to get ready to their legitimate rights r.s they understood ' prepare to begin to fortify.” them, and they bad sought relief at equity. Randall defended the bill, and he said But though "protected Iby the court's : that he had frequently heard this country restraining order thev had voluntarily dis- i advertised to the nations of the earth as de- contimied the drinking of beer on "their I feneeless. The nations of the earth knew premises in conformity with the expressed I our strength better than American repre sentiment, of the city authorities. For a i sentatives ou this floor supposed that week past they had simply sold by the ; they did. They did not take quart under the terms of their license and i these utterances here as truthful in any allowed no drinking on their premises, j particular. He maintained t hat the Gill Thev thought the city would take no was in no respect hostile to the proper further steps to molest" them as they had armament of t he United States, but its pur- alreadv abolished the objectionable feature pose was to secure a knowledge of the re- of their business. They consequently had quirements of the occasion. Referring to Special to Enquirer-Sun. Montgomery, Ala., July 17.—The city council after thoroughly testing the new Capital City water worka to-day for mally accepted them amidst the booming of cannons and music, they having proved a great success, furnishihg at times as many as thirteen gigantic streams from stand-pipes and en gines on the court square. A grand ban quet was to-night tendered General Mana ger Howland, of the Capital City water works, at the Exchange by the citizens, in appreciation of having furnished the city an unlimited supply of pure artesian war ter. UTAH TERRITORY. no further need for the court's restraining order, and therefore moved to dismiss their bill. To this no objection was offered and an order was taken from the court to this ef fect. I The crowd left greatly surprised at the | turn affairs had token a:. 1 disappointed that none of THE P KNTS IN’ THE CASE ! had been decided. When tue case was K j light - last .•Liturgy th* 1 ga'"'* i ■{• the ground of their action the rh< f f 1, :tt I the Kimball house bar was selling und* 1 j a transferred license, which was illegally transferred, and JtHeret* »re no ' yif.-s under the license could be l:\gnl. This point was one that considerable interest 1 was felt in and many po«»pl | to have it decided what the authorities 1 I >t op the drinking of )> 1 glass, which made t!i Cu'cbeon's remark upon|the defenseless condition of the lake coast, he suggested that Great Britain was wistr than the gtn tieman. England knew that the moment she began war with the I’nited .States,.the United States meant ihat she should not have a foot of ground on tliis continent, and she was not going to be guilty of disturbing the peace «>f' tiie coun try. Several amendments looking to an i;i- erease of the amount of the appropriation the UK >11 Vj iidalJ and re port eu i< e * h lort ih< in It • hnwe ,- er t h it ted t • do wa* to and li iiior by t he !e by the quart a farce, and was nothing more or less lua.i a practical retailing of the beer. As this has been stopped it is probable that no further case* will be made against the Kimball, and they will bt allowed to pro ceed with their sale of bottled goods by the quart. Atlnntifs Artesian Well FURNISHES PLENTY OF WATER TO THE IN HABITANTS OF THE DRY TOWN. As this is now a dry town it becomes doubly incumbent on the city authorities to provide the people with good drinking water, and preparations are about con cluded for the distribution of water from the artesian well. Having faded to secure an overflowing well, they did nevertheless succeed in getting an inexhaustible supply of good water. Accordingly an engine has been placed underground by which the water is pumped into a tank on a tower 70 feet above the well. This gives sufficient pressure to send the water through the city, and pipes have bet n laid for conducting it in all directions from tlu* well. Small water plugs are placed at tin- street corners, and persons living in the neighborhood can .send their buckets arid procure their supplies. To-day the engine was started up and water forced into tin- tank and pipes to wash them out. It is expected to begin pumping the water through the city regularly on Monday. Tax (direst Kallimr OIL The absence of Gov. McDaniel in At Il eus, renders news scarce about the .state house. The comptroller has received the tax digest of seven counties. Butts shows an increase of £23.h‘i°, Jones of $9000 and Clinch £if'00- F-vt!i shows a decrease of £97,009,(Al.:.Jen of f’d.OOO. Baker $30,000 ‘ind Kockdale $1! •' « . . a total falling off of i: , .i fi'jiities. Thi* is dis couraging, and <1 »vs not speak w**ll for tiie new system of assessment or returns ar- ; uiged by|the last legislature. Tin* Suott I’lM-tniiiim. Messrs. George \V. Scott a Co., i large fertilizer company, offer every year pre miums for the largest acre yield of oats, wheat, corn, etc., in the state" To-day the premiums were a warded,but as their state ments have not been made up showing creditable achievements by unsuccessful competitors they decline to give any names yet for publication. [ :- r the ock ur until 9 for the orted from Official!) \ II lliMIlircti. Washington, July 17. It was nlflcially announced to-day that the senate has re jected the nomination of John (ioode P» i.- solicitor-general; also that the senate' h.id continued tin* nomination of Samuel F. Wilson to be United Slat.-s marshal for tie* middie dihiri - t of Temn --■'•e. Scckimr Summer Kcsort**. Atlanta is hot and dusty and everybody that can do so is getting off to tin-sea const or the mountains. Sunday is a great excursion day for Atlanta people,and those who can only get out ;of town on that day cexurt inlarge numbers to neighboring re sorts. Tin* Cm »if res* in ii n I (U»-i*. The democratic executive committee of Fulton county met to-day with Charles Col lins president and Hooper Alexander secre tary. They perfected arrangements for primary election of congressional <!*:•- gates next Tuesday. Judge Si ••wart will not have a ticket in this comdy. Ham mond and .Mynaft will each name men; - ger triad with the justice of the |* • at the polls in each precinct. tiun ii. .'irinann-! fVin.O'Ki to Tldu.iMiu. Reed, of Maine, MiggeMod that then should be a dismission over tiie proposition to vote a ..a.:: of eontideiK-e m anothm department ' f the government. Pending - a vote on the d* : » previous question the hour of J rived and tin* house took a iv«- o'clock, tiie evening se.^ion t< consideration of business n the committee on printing. At its evening session the h<»use passed two dozen bills for the printing of public documents, and at half past ten adjourned. senate. Washington, July 16.—Dawes, from the e nnmittee on Indian affairs, submitted a rep >rt on the message of the president vetoing the bill granting the right-of-way through the reservation in northern Mon tana. recommending the passage ofthi bill, notwithstanding the president's ob jections. He snid that tin report was im portant and that in would hiKe earlv occa sion to cal! it up for action. He did not think that it would take much time in de bate. .Miller < filed up the oje.nmirg/irine bill, the liou-e bill dclining butter and regula ting the manufacture, sail*, importation ami exportation of oleomargarine, reported by th< iM.mmittec on agriculture without ainenduji nt. The bill was read in full. The question whether the bill .-hould he now ' onsidcrod was decided in the affirm ative yea- JS. nays 13. Yea.-*- Allison. Blair. Cockrell. Conger, Culloni. Da we Kdnmnds, FA arts, Fry, Gorman, Hale, Harrison. Ifu\vlev, Hoar. Kern. Logan. McMillan, Mahonm Miller, Payne. Platt. Plumb, sin rnmn, Spooner. Stanford. Teller. Van Wyck ind Wilson of Iowa—-28. Nays—Beck, Berry, Brown, Coke, Gray, Harris. Jones, of Arkansas: Maxey, Pugli, Vance, Walt hall, Wln-tt home, and Wilson, of Indiana, and WiKon. of Maryl md—13. Beck moved to refer the bill to the com mittee on finance. It was, he said, a tax bill beyond all controversy, and a- such should, under the rules of the senate, lie considered by the committee on finance. It not only dealt with internal taxation, but it changed tariff laws. There was no report from 1 In* committee on ngriculture, but the magnitude of the bill was set forth in the report by its frinds in the other house. In this report it was stated that about HOO.iKMimh pounds of spurious and imitation compounds were manufactured annually. Tin-, amount, if taxed as proposed, would produce a reve nue of ten millions, or if tin- quantity im ported was large, possibly fifteen millions. Miller opposed tin* motion to refer, say- The Governor Issues * I’roclaniHtlon of Warning. Salt Lake City, Utah, July 17.—Gov* ernor West yesterday issued the following proclamation: “Whereas, Within this territory an or ganization of religionists, denominated ‘the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints,’ known as the ‘Mormon church,’ has its head and form here, said body has heretofore sent and now has mis sionaries in every state of the United States, and in foreign countries, prosely ting to its faith, and inducing its con verts to immigrate to and settle in this territory, and such immigration lias heretofore and continues to come into the territory; and whereas, said church in its places of worship and through its public teachers and press opt-nly proclaims the right and duty of its Members to violate the law of the land on the subject of mar riage : and whereas, the chic/ officers of said body, first t he presidency, are now in hiding avoiding process 'of t lie courts under charges of violations of said law, and others of its prominent im-mlu r-. apostles, ! hops and ti*neh»T8 arc confined in the penitentiary und *r eonviction and sentence for violat ing said law ; and. whereas, great expense is nt-« c-Mirh’y inciimd. and our courts con tinually crowded with trials of olfeuders against said law, now. therefore, I Caleb \V. West, governor of Utah territory, while disclaiming all right to interfere with the religion of any person, v t recognizing the duty of all to obey the law of tlu* land, do hereby make a procla mation of the foregoing facts and warn all violators of the law as to the marriage relation that they incur and subject then.selves to a heavy fine and impris onment and warn all well disposed persons fr< m associating tin mselves with any per sons or organizat iun for the purpose of im migrating to this territory to enter into or maintain any marriage relation other than that allowed and sanctioned by law, or to aid and tib»*t others in doing. ;Signed] Calkh W. West. MEXiCO. Tlu Kionlutioiuiry Movement Growing in MHifui* InJe. New Laredo, Texas, July 17.—Excite ment ran high in this city yesterday, caused by sensational reports coming in from Meir and Guerrero. Jt is said that tin* whole country in that section is in arms and that recruits are going there from the American side of the river. Bue- nato Das, a revolutionist and bandit, who bad sojourned on the Texas side of the river for some time past, has joined the insurgents in Mexi co. Laredo has been chosen as headquarters for the government troops in the northern part of Tamaulipas. Last evening, the Monterey train over the Mexican National brought in 250 troops who immediately went into camp at the government barracks, and are awaiting marching orders from Matamoras. They arc commanded by Col. Parras, an expe rienced soldier and an adept at deposing trouble some civil governors in favor of the supreme federal government. that the only possibl reference would be to bury carry it over for this session. Maxey advocated tin mot the ground that it w« s a fan ult of such a the bill and V Hail Hunk Wrorkrr. Chicago, July 17.—A dispatch from Omaha, Nebraska, says cashier Beltzer. who wrecked the Dundy county bank at Beaklcnian, has also wrecked the Chase county bank at Imperial, of which he was president. Chase is the youngest county in the state, and the bank of which the fu gitive was president had been in operation only a short time. Its patrons were home steaders and ranchmen,who will lose about *250,GOO. The assets of the bank will not exceed *3000. the committee « to do with it. The motion t< niittee on filial n to refer on bill and that ieulrure had m-thing refer t he bill to t . e was <I* b ated 29. Mill. port lien -\ the bill d Palme • at some length in sup- ike followed in opposi- favor of it. t»» a question by Kd- ild not ask a vote <in the Amihist 1‘roliildtion. Vick she kg, Miss., July 17.—The elec tion passed off quietly to-day. The vote in the city shows about 1‘200 majority against prohibition. The country precincts have not yet been heard from, blit it is believed that the majority will be against prohibi tion. Mild d( on Mo.ida ml into c\ Ni tin bant -tat l nil)}. New Havi U.ddardV < h.< • J. ei Guilt) B. ( .. July 17. ft is i WiM*kl) Hunk s(ut«*mi*iit. York, July 17.—The following is fluent of the New York associated s for the week : ve .in reuse ft,119,175 - de(T'.*ii"i*U. l,3SK,l>00 ilKTCU"<.d 1,Mill,100 tenders imuv:i"e In.Tciee l./iSLWO a: bin dce.v:im- 32,000 >• banks n<»w hold ■?13,dl0.9‘25 in excess” «• 2J per cent. rule.