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Newspaper Page TextTIio Clerk of {journal was aiithbrized to issue billi d license to all parties now ojM> DBBT 1870. • The debt of the city on the first day of. Jaunuy, 1878, is aa follows: •” 8 p. c. bonds, lane of’<59, rating under them, on their complying with $ 2,450-00 8p. c. bonds, inue ot TO, to Railroad..... VSfiO0,.. 8 p. a bonds, isiut of ’74, . -4 to College 24,800 Town currency in circu lation :. • •*» .. Doe on open accounts to jjtflBS Police officers. Gas i Company and others. 1,250 .. Interest due on Bridge bonds 08 .. interest due on College bonds 880 Interest due on Railroad bonds 2,040 .. the law in regard thereto. • A petition was read, aigued by a large number of citizens, requesting the Council to tei state Win. Shurly 'to a poaitioifon tl)e police force, if not inconsistent with the public good. The police force having been fully organ ized, aud all the posh ions filled, the petition was laid on tile table. Alderman; Hull stated that, upon inves tigation, he was convinced that injustice had unintentionally been done to lager beer dealers, in fixing their license at $300. $ 15.23S Sv .MM 11 820 09 ’ 7,000 Or- 2,013 W nos-. MU Amount of Utmanil* due the city. . . —— H. II. CARLTON & CO. VOI* 4. NO. 12. DEVOTED TO OUR POLITICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS. Two Dollars per annum, in advance. , • v » .. ' • ’ m ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1876. H. II. CARLTON & CO., Proprietors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: lot ONE COPY, One Ymr, —. > S OO FIVE COPIES, One Year, 8 78 TEN COPIES, One Year, 18 OO Rates of Advertising: Transient Advertisements, of onotqumro or more |l 00 p«*r ^u»rr for the Orti Insertion, nod SO coots fur eauh »ub» in-qurut innertion. »,%. All mrlvertlaeuienu considered transient except «litre special contracts art made. Tcu tinea or 100 words make one square. Liberal contracts made with yearly advertisers. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Citation of Administration or Guardianship $4 00 Application tor Dismission Adm.nislraler or Guardian 5 00 A ppliratlon Tor Leave to Sell Lands ...... 4 00 Notice to Debtors and «'nditors ....... 500 Sales of Laud. Ac., per square..^. 800 Sales Perishable Property, 10 days, per sq.I 50 E«trsy Notices, 30 days - 500 Sheri if Sales, per square - « 2 50 Tas Collector's Sales, per square 5 00 Fur.closure Mortgage, per square, each time ...... 1 uo Kxrbiblion Notices (in advaurv) .............. 2 tin Rale Nisi's, per square. each time 1 00 Business and Professional Cards. COBB, ERWIN & COBB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ATHENS, OA. Olflre in tire Di-nprer Building. C. 1). HILL, ATTO'JtjVEY AT LAW, ATHENS, GEORGIA. I'rotnpt attention given to all hnsinesa and tlic same ro-rnvt ju!!y solieted. junll-ly. [ From tbo Cornliill Msguiut-.] A LAST LOOK. They uj the years sinus test we met Have wrought aad change hi thee; Th.it it were better to 1'orget Our youth’, fou<l history. And yet 1 fain would clasp that baud, Would meat those eye. once more. One moment by thy tide would stand, Aa 1 have stood of yore. They say the veiy tones U<at thrill’d My heart, and diui.n'd my eyes, Row, by the eold world’s blighting chill'd, I scarce might Teeognixv. And yet 1 long to hoar thee apeak, Repeat seme bygone strain, . Although tile charm 1 there should seek Were lisitn’d tor in vein. I would not os. the year* roll’d back, Conld such s choice be mine, Nor fslter in me onward track, TlirMigh sever’d fsr £u» n t iiine. Rut pilgrim, may from .uir.l-wou heights Receding homes survey, And give a sigh to p..» delights, Vet, sigh.ug—turned au-ay. » beggar. Due Win I, t le ot er lame, Pick’d up so oyster on the o ay, To wliicn they both laid claim: The matter n»c so n jili, t at it.ey Resolved to go to h-.w, Aa otteu richer o- ds u .ve .one, Who quarrel lor . -:r w. A h.wyer'took it *ira.gnt ill baud, And this i.ia judgment gave, A iucII lorh.m, s shell tor t ies, The middle i. the law* er’. fee. POPE BARROW, .'/ rrO JLYLl' AT LA W, ATHENS, GA. utter in Mr. J. II. Newton** new LuiUtin^. janl.ly. IP. B. LITTLE, Attorney• al Lair, CaUNESVIU.E, GA. .7. S. DOBTCH, Attornej' al L a ir, CARNRSV1I.I.E, GA. A. Ci. MeCURRY, .1 TT O It *Y E V .1 T t.f l»\ HARTWELL, GEORGIA. WILL givp strict prr-on»l attention to all bu*ine*6 en- iru-tej to i»i* care. Au*. 4—10—-Ijr. Herewith .".re a few tinea taken (Vo.n the inscription un an old toinbilone in a omntry village: ‘* Beneath this atone threj infanta* ashes lie: Sav, arc they i«at or waved I If dentil by sin, t.»cy i>inne*l, because they Ve here; If lieatcu’p by wor-ia, in ncuven t.icy can't appear. Reason, an, <1< pruved l The Bible'* aacrc . revere, t.»e kuot ’a untied : They died, for Aduin sinned ; they live, for Jesu* died." tkaitn oftiie roria Reports of ihi Various City Officers. Our Present Fin mid Condition. Council Chamber, Athen Ga., Jan. 1st, 1876, 4 o’clock r. m. The regular monthly meeting of Council was held (bis evening: present. Aldermen Moss, Blair, Lucas, Hull, Burke and Pittard. The Mayor being absent, on motion of Al derman Pittard, Alderman Mom was called to the chair.. - , * L.. The minutes ol the last meeting was read and confirmed. especial oomini tee <m street intrusions was, on motion of Alderman Burke, granted until Wednesday next to report. The monthly reports of the Treasurer, Chiet of Police and Lamplighter were read anti received. i Oi- motion of Alderman Moss, it was re- | solved by the Council thatour representative in the Leg,Mature be requested to have the following lull pa.-sed at the next session ol the Legislature: A Bill—To lie entitled, an act to add a proviso to section twenty-one (21) of an act to amend the Charter of the Town of Athens, and the va-ious arts amendatory thereof, ap proved August 24th, 1872. Sec. 1. The General Assembly of the -State ot Georgia do euact that the follow ing i-iovi-o tie added to the ah ve recited sectiou: “ provided the said Mayor and Council of the City of Athens shall not have authority to grant license for the sale The Old Man Fond of bis Joke -How ho Re gards I'beatres—a Great Snufftaker. The Roman correspondent of the Const i- _ _ tutionneJ gives some ‘curious and interesting : of spirit, ous, intoxicating or malt liquors details ot the inner life of the Pojte. It is j in any quantity, within three hundred (300) well known that Piu» IX is fond ot his joke. ; yards, in an air line, of the Court House He cruets his wit on all occasions. In 1872, ! square in said city.” Mgr. deMerode broke his leg while ius|>ect-1 Sec. 2. Beit further enacted, etc.. That all ing some huu.-cs he was having built. I'itc 1 laws in conflict with this act ate hereby re- Holy Fattier paid him a visit in his ap rt- j pealed. mem in the Vatican whither the Bishop j Mayor King npjieared and tori the chair, hud been cort ve veil. Alter condoling with I '''he following lull, were ordered tube paid: him on his mistoitunc, the Pojie, on leaving, ! R. Chappel, $3ti.00j; V. P. Hodgson, rceotnmended him to be more prudeut, in 310.50; North East Georgian, 853.23; Asa M. Jackson. JACKSON A L. W. Thomas. THOMAS, Attorneys at Law» Athen*, Georgia. JOHN W. OWES, .Attorney at Law. TOC CO A CITT, OA. Will practice in all the counties of the Western Cir- ui!, Hurt uiul Madison of the Northern Circuit. Will -jvc i»pcciid utteniou to nil ciminn entrusted to hi* care. octiowly. r. a. THOAIPSOS, A ttorney at La w, M*roiul attention pai<l to criminal practice. For refer- •iky appyto Ex. Gov. T. 11. WatU and Hon. David ‘ Montgomery Ala. <»*«• !t*u>i f t»a. Office over Bam V Store, Feb. 3—tf. ■JOIIS T. OSBORS, Attorney at Law. El.UERTON, GA. Willpn-ctice in the counties of tlie Northern Circuit, lUnks, Franklin and liabersuam ot the Western l ircait; will give special attention to all claim* eulruat* to l»ia care. Jan. 10, 1874—ly. ERASK HARRALSOS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEVELAND, GA. VTill practice iu the counties of Whl'e, Uidon, Lum- f kin. Town*, aud Fanning, and the Supreme Court at Atlanta. Will give ftpvciiil attention to all claim* en trusted to hi* care. Auif. 11 1875—41—tf. E. SCHAEFER, COTTON BUYER, future, otherwise the matadie de la pierre which tormented him, might play him false, j This was a sly jnike at the Hi.-hop’s mania for building stone bouses. On another ocoa- homeophatic doctor demanded his toil for a new hospital. The Po|ic ted it, but in his letter he stipu le blessing should h - given, not __ doctors, hut also to the assist ants,Yurses, and everybody couuected with th-3 establishment that is to say. it was to lie a benediction a dose homcopathigue. It has hitherto lieen thought that PiusIX holds the atres ami actors in the utmost ahhor-ence. If the correspondent in question has to be be lieved, his Holiness is nothing like so intoler ant in the matter as he is represented. The ; Pope, it appears, has often given proofs of his good will tuwntd the sock and buskin. When a celebrated local comedian, named Domenilone, gave his larewel] at the Valle Theatre, the lloly Fattier sent him fitly crowns for a box, which, however, he did not occupy, much to the regret 01 the actor. He is an excellent musician, ami plays well on the violoncello, lie possesses a good baritone voice, wniclt he exercises on ull fes tive occasions. He is verv particular about the getting up of all religious teles, ami ou one occasion introduced a novelty which caused much sut prise. It was apropos of the prise de possession ol Sit. Jean de Lan tern. Dining the procession round the cons iessional, the l’o|ie, instead of marching to the right, went to the fell. The mister of the ceremonies was stuiM-fied, and, rushing up exclaimed, "tsautilit. this is the way,” (Miiuting to the right. The Po|ie took no notice, and coniinmd Ins route. Again .. - . , .. the master of the ceremonies advanced ami j ,,r s low ’ tJHOk}.: •- $129,218 00 The following amounts.are dor the city: Oa Tax Digests $2,800 00 On Buckets of Mayor’s Court, TO and ’74 ... 950 00 .$3050,00 ^Interest on account with-It A.md and College RAILROAD BONDS. . Cash on hand, January lft*1875 $ 1,821 00 Cash received from taxes 1874 and ’75 10,218 18 Cash paid for bond No 23 Cash paid on inu-rest... “ oa band 820 00 7,000 00 4,330 14 $12,040 14 $13,040 14 COLLEGE BONDS. Cash on band January tat, 1875 $ 474 61 Cash received from taxes 1874 and ’75 .. 2,554 54 Cash paid to Knox school.... 110 80 Cash paid, iutc-rest 2,012 00 “ on baud 800 35 280 200 Alliens Manufacturing Com|iuny, $40.00; T. P. Beevers, S10.50; Gilleland, Wood & Co., $23.00; J. £. Pittman & Co., 817.68; j Southern Watchman, 8107.80; J. H. Hug- j gins, $81.60; Hampton & Hearing, $4.40 ; Pittard, Mitchell ii Co., 811.05; Hupy Penkr, $11.11; Athens Gas Light Co., 85.75', $27.75, 8210.00. . On motion of Alderman Moss, the Clerk of Council was allowed $50.00 extra pay for registering voters. Un motion of Alderman Burke, it was or dered that the new Board ot Aldermen Ire requested to meet at the Town Hall at 3 o’clock P. M., ou the 5th iust., for the purpose of organizing. Toe annual report of the Treasurer and Chiet ol Police were read and ordered spread on the minutes. Council adjourned. W. A. Gilleland, Clerk of Council. ANNUAL RETORT OF W. A. GfLl-KLAND, TREASURER OF TUK CITY OF ATHENS, OA , FOlt THE YEAR ’75. To the Ilonontuls Manor and Council of the Cit/of Athene : Gentlemen—1 respectfully submit the follow ing report, snowing Hie aggregate revenue to the City of Athens, lor the year 1875, and the dis- i. rsenients of the same by the City Authorities. Al-o a Statement showing the outstanding dent, etc Receipts - ud disbursements for -enrr.il pur- IHi-ea: Jan. 1 Casu on iiuiid $ 22 00 lb reived for auciion li- c*‘ms,-s 50 00 IS- reived for Green tiro cels' license 60 .. Received lor rihooting Gallery license 10 Amount of taxes due to pay interest on Rsil- road bonds $ 1,120 00 Amount of taxes due to pay interest on Col lege bonds Amount of interest due on Railroad bonds Jan. 1st, '76 Amount of intesest due on College bonds Jan. 1st, ’76 Due colored |>eo(i!e front taxes collected to pay interest on College bonds for the year ,5 The taxable property, as Digest of 1875, is as follows: PROPERTY or WHITES. Real Estate $1,493,533 00 Vehicles and live stork. 00,303 .. Household anu kitchen furniture Stia-k in trade Gross receipts of Tele graph, Insurance and Express Companies. Capital stick of corpo rations (less amount of real estate) $3,038 15 $3,029 15 By castt uud on interest to Collect Bonds. By esau paid Knox School for 1874. . . By cash on h»nd to pay In terest ou College Bonds. . Total receipt* and disburse ments for the year 1875. . Amount of debt January 1st, 1875. . .. Amount of debt paid daring tuts year. Amount of debt January 1st, 1876 (31,563 00 831,363 V0 9131,003 00 motion, the motion of Alderman Burke was carried. Alderman Hull then offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the police force of the city shall consist of one Chief of Police, one Lieutenaut and three policemen; that the Lieutenant ot Police and three policemen shall receive $40.00 each per month for their services. Resolved, further, That the salaries of Lamps lighter and Street Commissioner be fixed at the same price paid last year. Alderman O’Farrell proposed t<> amend the resolution of Alderman Hull by fixing the salary of the Lieutenant ot Police at $50.00 per month. Alderman Hull declined to accept the amendment. Alderman O’Farrell then offered the fol lowing as a substitute: Resolved, That the police force of the City sh Ji consist of one Chief, one Lieutenant. _ „ „ , „ , ami three policemen; that the Lieutenaut ot ! Atllt'r ^ 0f Utr ,f \ police shall receive $50.00 per month and G. nil. rzs—I respectfully submit the following re-1 the three policemen 840.00 per month, and j that the Lamplighter and -Street Commis* " r ' sioner be ftaiil the same as last year. 95,432 oo 9139,31$ 00 93,150 00 Asset*. . . 9114,833 6-5 Total T-xable preperty. . 92,130,456 00 Nett Reveuae paid anil un paid for 1875, exclusively. Nett expense for general pur pose* for 1875. Amount of debt above aaseta January 1st, 1873. Amount of asset* above lia- bililes January 1st, 1874. . Amount of debt above Jauuary 1st, 1875. Amount of debt above asseta Jauuary 1st, 1876. Respectfully submitted, tV. A. GILLELAND. In 915,937 63 913,311 37 96,184 9! *M‘l 21 819,869 68 914,385 60 annual xi roar or it. c. Dana, canr or roLtcs or tre cur or atrlm, roa tux vx.a isio. 113 25 * shown by Ihe T.ix 79.949 208.084 14,783 Baal Estate Vehicles and live stock • Household and kitchsn furniture Stock in trade . • . . Total properly of colored. Agj?. taxable property Amouut of tas Dc d utJnSncmnt’ ou *iock of University Bank . 23,300 .. $2,039,851 00 MtOrSRTT OF COLORED. $83,215 00 5,030 00 port, g tho uuraber of arre*ts, amount of mud other matter* connected with the Police force for the year 18'. 5: Number of arrests Number of case* docketed Number of white nude* Number of colored wale*. Number of white female* Number of colored females Number found guilty or piM g’lty. Number discha^ed *. Number committed *. Number continued Number cases traceable to liquor.. Amount of fines imposed Amount of fines collected and paid Treasurer... • $1,330 00 Amount of fine* remitted Tutm^ l over to Street Commis*'ur 9 V5 261 40— 1,651 85 $90,605 00 $2,130,406 00 TOC GO A CITY, OA. Hiirheat Cash Price )aud for Cotton. ♦hip** Gin* and Pre*-*. Agent for Win oct’JOwti. E. A. MILLIAMSOS, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER and jeweller, At l)r. King’s Drug Store, Broad Street, Athens, G*. A.l v-"rk done in - superior umnurr end warranted to give satisfaction. Jan. 3—tf. A. A. WISS, -With— GROOVER, STUBBS & CO., Cotton Kactors, —And— General Commission Merchants, Savannah, Ga. l«kVMjg, Ties, Rope and other supplies furaisheil. l™.™ cjsh alvaneea made on consignments fur -ale «r shipment to Liverpool or NortLem ports. . — May SO-tf^ LIVERY ASD I ALE STABLE Carriage*, Baggie* and Horse* for Hire. TERMS REASONABLE. K. M. WHITEHEAD, Washington, Wilks, Co^G*. Nov26tfti*. MEDICAL S07ICE. At the solicitution of mauy of my former patrons, 1 •'name the * 1 Practico of Medicine from this date. I will re '•r of Intents ,„.t Chili A' rrmale,. Jl >oe 16, 1875—33-lv. iv especial attention to the aia- lren, and tho Chronic Diseases WM. KINO, M D BLACK & GARDNER, Carpenters and General Jobbers, SlffW'v offer tbeir services to the citiHn* of Athens th» i° rT '"'u-linc country. Location, two doora east of Storv; l "7'l« l Clinreh, opposite Mr. JL J. Lampkin’s Auntraet* for building solicited. . Uareh 3d. 1*75—tv. T. A. SALE. \ ht operations on Toeth warren Ud to give satisfi.v rj. t “ Jn - 1 u Work and Pricm. Term*. Very Low Fee Kootna over Singar 8. M. omc*;. Clayton PHYSICIAN. < ^'*A»s2X said, “I tieg your pardon, iNiiitita, bat this | Received f<".r wood'siild.! is the way. The lloly Father uirnt-d his head and replied, *T beg „.our pardon, also, hut this is the way,"point iug to llie left. “On, very well,’ rejoined the master of Uie cere monies, “if you wish to make innovations 1 have nothing more tosty - butthisis the way, all the same. Si v i rer di quL” We are next treated to some deta'ls ot tho Pontifi cal wardrobe. His Holitios, who is a great snuff-taker, wears out five cassocks a year; each cassock costs £20. His red cope costs £32; it lasts him about a twelve-,month. His silk stockings, which are made by a Bel gian house, cost £5 a pair. His shoes vary in price, according to the nature of the em broil lered cross on them ; one pair is decorated with crosses of brilliants, worth £4,000. GEORGIA’* NE.truitr. Shipping at Tybec—Our Waters Dotted with , Sail. The growing in portance of the port of Savannah is most plainly exhibited in the very large increase in our shipping the pres ent season. The anchorage at Tyuee roads on Tuesday presented a forest of masts, .here being no lcBi than forty-two square-riggid vessels, ships and barks resting calmly upon that beautiful expanse of water—a numlter in excess of*any other, at this point, on any previous occasion, and probably-the largest number to be found at one place on the At lantic coast. Owiui! to the secure anchorage, depth of water over the bar, and facility of telegraph ic communication with all parts ol the world via the telegraph station of the Tybee Tele graph Company, vessels from all the foreign atd coastwise ports come to the port of Sa- vauuah for orders, there being uo question of its claim as the beat and must desirable point on tho entire Atlantic coast. Owners and agents are apprised immediately upon the arrival of a vessel, and, when neoeswiry. can order her to tiny other plucp. OnTu-sday vessels arriving ami at anchor s' Tybee were ordered , to New York, Baltimore. Now Orleans, Mobile ami Duboy by telegram, and the advantage derived by such facilities wiil be reidily perceived and appreciate 1 by those engaged in the shipping Im-jnNi. It isapparem that the cotarae.eial facilities offered at the pert of Savannah an* rapidly becoming known throughout the entire globe, | tmercat dou on College and the prospect* are fair that at uo distant bonds time Savannah will rival mid even outstrip some of the tanmus European rendezvous for vessels under orders. The splendid marine railway and the mammoth dry dock opposite the city ore important adjuncts to Savannah's advantage* to the oommerci'tl world, and as their repu tation extends, all vessels from the' south ward requiring r’pairs will he attracted thither. It has been acknowledged bj thoso R evived lor Itinerant Tradi-ra’ lie-use Received fur impound ing rows Received tor fines ui Mayor’s court. 1973... Received tor fines in Msyor’s court, 1874.. Reecei ed for finis in Mayor's court, 1875... Received for Liquor amt Lager lieer license... R evived from jiarkel lees Received for Billiard li cense Received for Dtsy li cense. R ceired Irani taxes ot 1873, ’74 and ’75 .... Received from misceya- neoua sourcetb sale of lot, etc ... Received from rent of Magazine By cam paid lor feeding stock ... Paid tor paupcis' coffins sud but ial Paid tor printing “ ou se’i ot Health... “ on interest cur rency..’. Paid on interest un Bridge Bonds Paid ou Market account “ ou Street aiCounL. “ on iliscclUtieous sc't, All’y’s lees, etc.,. Paid on account ot Fire Department. Paid on Gas account... •• on account ol pub lic property Paid on officers’ salaries. on Police account. Town currency redeem ed sud destroyed by Finance Committee.. Castt on band 330 14 30 70 77 25 38 70 1,411 33 4,470 00 '344 83 300 00 350 00 8547 51 25 00 Amount of tax uaaewed ou street iutru-ious . . Amouut of Street tax of whites Amount of Street tax of color.-d Total tux aa-csscd . . . a—XTs. 1,000 share* Northeast eru Railroad .... City Hull Firemen's ID] .... Scnool house lot . . . Spring lot 820,679 56 452 00 921,,09 96 spring 1 lupiiL Mules, carta, s’t tools, etc. Demands due .... Iron safe, office desk mud oilier property not be fore enumerated . . . Cash ou hand Total assets .... 9100,000 00 2.500 04 1.500 00 350 00 100 00 100 00 400 00 3,150 00 349 00 6,334 60 9114,813 60 Amount of fines of 1873 collected and paid Treasurer Amount of flues of 1874 oollacted and paid Treasurer Amount of taxes of 1873 collected and paid Treasurer Amouut of taxes oi 1873 collected and paid 'treasurer Amouut of tax re of 1874 collected and paid Treasurer Amouut of taxes of 1875 collected and paid Treasurer Amount collected from impound ing stock ’. Add amount of Baca of 1875 paid msawm iiataorvTH- Total amount of mouey paid over' to Treasurer ...... $ OtOO 870 45 34 75 341 03 1,180 00 8t,721 03 TlieChlel of Police hs» made. 94 68 29 1 18 13 sL $423 53 Policeman U. F. Culp 67 53 11 5 59 45 If... 35$ 31 Policeman it. O. W. Roe* S3 43 It _{54,41 |fl_| 301 06 Policeman C. A. Shurley .—. 35,27 3.,.j43'37 s!...i *57 $3 Police man William Shurley-19 13 a "l 34 17 Policeman W. T. M on.... ‘ * Police so Usury 11UL ... Special Pol ce liiii 94 6$ 29 t la 13 sj... 1 67 55 It 5 39 45 14... 53 43 II _|54,43 lfl_J 35,27 6...142 37 s!...l 19 13 a 1124 17 C...j 26,23 3 1 30 23 7 ... . 4 4 $ 3 ... ... 1 1'. 3 . -.1 5\ 4 l| J Burke, having been read twice, was urani- rnously adopted: Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens, That from and after the passage of this Ordinance it shall not be lawful fur any barber shop, to be kept open on Sunday, nor shall any shaving be allowed therein. Be it ordained further, That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances militating against tho above, be and the same is hereby repealed. The following resolution, introduced by Alderman Burke, was- also passed under a suspension of the rules: Be it resolved, That the first rule of Council (.Section 422, page 77) bo so amended as to change the time of meeting of Council from the first Saturday in each mouth to the first Mouday in each month. Council adjourned. W. A. GtLI.EI.AMD, Clerk of Council. The following statement shows the net revenue and diabarsements of the city for general purposes, for tut year 1873, exclusively: Cl Alb. Arrests. Ordinances. 178 *rre.-ts have been made lor violation of sectiou *54 •• - « •• .. .. u .. *47 22 •• •• “ “ 316 10 “ « “ “ 813 « u u u 349 ii « •• •• *26 u , .i “346 $ 85 0U 118 00 160 60 805 55 49 16 200 00 1,651 72 314 41 l,‘ii5 bo 460 25 2.349 03 3,486 51 Vh received from suc tion license Cash received for Greeu Grooera’ lice use . . . Cash receivc.i for Shooting Gallery licvuao . . . Cash received for show license Cash received for wood sold . . ... Cash received for Itine rant Traders’ license . • Cash received for 1 - pouudi.igcon-amud bog* Cosh received for fines in Mayor's court Cash received for Liquor sud Lager Beer lioeiue. Cosh received for Market fees . Cash received for Billiard license .... Cash received for Dray li cense .... Cash received for taxes of 1875 . . . Cash received for demands due for taxes, etc.. Cash paid fur paupers' coffin* and burial Fain for printing . “ on llealtu uc’t . “ on int. on curreucy “ on Bridge bonds “ on Street ac’t “ on in aoe.iancou- ac’t, attorneys’ fees, etc. “ ou ae't of Fire De partment “ on Gas ac’t “ on ac’t of pnblio property l’aid officers . Police ac’t Amount due officer*, po lice, Ga* Company and utuers 1,468 00 1,257 U $18,498 71 $10,493 71 DEBT 1875. The debt of the city January 1st, 1875, was aa follow#: . . __ 8 p. c. bonds, ixxnoof ’99.$ 9,450 00 8 c. bonds, issue of ’78, to railroad... 99,000 .. 8 p c. bonds, issue ol TO, $ - to college 34,800 .. Town currency in circu- Uliuu 1.7M8 .. Due un open accounts.. 1,350.. Interest due oa Railroad binds Interest due on Bridge bonds Total. 1,220 $131,002 00 Servleaa to •» th*~TSwT8toi"if BTr^Bnimby Oi the S. IDTC d -’i . the following aU iiiul* have been ;mid during tnc preaent year: f 8 p. o. bond*, -sane oi '73, i. to railroad $ 1,090 00 Towncurteney redeemed and destroyed 1,468 .. « ien toe.mins paid 1,350 .. teri-st on it U. bonds 1,441 00 4,470 00 7,830 39 82 00 56 10 305 55* 49 16 196 00 3,453 49 1,369 45 366 87 644 60 413 35 3,128 31 3,198 69 1,350 oa 9(5,957 62 918,311 I sr.Txrts.vT or rassaxT oriaaerrr roa rax unruat Debt January 1st, 1871. Assets. Chab on bsndt ... 9 Beal catau, males, o*rt*, Demands due. .... Amouut of debt above 4,750 00 800 00 918,038 31 5,843 40 1st, 1874. angary \ N. E. Railroad Stoek. .9 Demands due. . ... Beal estate, mules, carta, d:c. Cash on band. . Amount of assets above lioinlide*. .... Debt January 1st, 1875. Deman-ls doe. ... 4 N.K Railroad Stack. . Real estate, moles, carta, *0. Cash on band. Amount ot dab* above who have availed Iheroselvo* of the nccum- P*» u • ■ • • • • • • IT'/!• modations offered by then. h. having their vraaela repaired, that the work could not fnurest on Bridge booda have been done better soywMn or given more ttiafaction.—gdtWHWoX Newt. , Total aa*e0Btpaid.... i ,IW ’-« *»« mma asm. **»'.•• *• a 1,220 299 $5,439 00 | Debt January 1st, 1871. 1 N. E. Railroad Stock. 4 Bred estate, males, carta, die. .... Demands doe. . Cash on hand. Amount of- dsbt abort 100,000 00 8,669 00 8,318 69 100,000 00 M00 00 MIS (8 100,000 08 5,300 00 3,150 00 6,383 80 96,184 91 105,941 00 109,843 21 93,431 81 9131,003 00 lll,liS 83 919,888 it 9139,218 00 9114,888 SO 914^8140 Respectfully submitted, U. COBB DAVIS, Chief of Police. Council Chamber, Athens, Ga., Jan. 5th, 1876, 3 o’clock p. m. The last meeting of the old Council was held this evening: present, Hi* Honor Wm. King, Ji., Mayor,and Aldermen Hull, Burke, Blair, Talmadge, Moss and Lucas. On motion oi Alderman Talntadge, the thanks of the Council were returned to the Mayor, Clerk of Council, City Attorney and Chief of Police for the very efficient manner in which they had discharged the duties de voiving upon them. Mayor King then administered the oath of office to Mayor C. G. Talmadge. The old Couucil adjoui tied sine die. W. A. Gilleland. Clerk of Council. The substitute was put upon its passa-o i and lost. The resolution ot Alderman Hull was then put upon its passage and carried. License—On motion of Alderman Moss, retail liquor license was fixed at $400.00 per annum. Alderman Moss moved that quart liquor 91,651 $5 license be placed at $200.00, | Alderman O’Farrell offered as a substitute, that quart license be iixed at $130.00 per annum. The votestood on the substitute os. follows: Yeas—Mitchell, O’Farrell, Blairaud Kemp; nays—Burke, Moss, Lucas and Hull. There being a tie, the Mayor cast the deciding vote against the substitute, thus fixing the license at $200.00 per anuum. Gallon liquor .icense was fixed at $50.00 per annum. Barrel liquor license was fixed at 825.00 per annum. Alderman O’Farrell moved to fix lager beer license at $200.00. AMvnaaa - Hull mnvari la - fix iham al $400.00 per annum. Alderman Moss moved as a substitute for the whole, that they be fixed at $300.00 per annum; this motion was carrie t, thus fixing lager beer license at $300.00 per annum. Auction license was fixed at 850.00 per annum, by xilderman Moss. Resolved, That ail other license be fixed at the same amounts as last year, arrii-d. The Council then proceeded to elect officers for the present year; the election resulted a.- follows : Cltrk of Council, W. A. Gilleland. City Attorney, C. I). Hill. Chief of Police, H. C. Davis. Lieutenant of Police, B. F. Culp. Policemen, W. T. Moon, B. O. W. Rose, John B. Burch. Lamplighter, John T. Moon. Street Commissioner, Henry Hill. Clerk ot Market, J. W. Brumby. Magazine Keeper, A. 8. Dorsey. Chief Engineer of Fire Department, H. Beus e. 1st Assistant, John E. Talmadge. 2d Assistant, \V. A. Bane. Secretary attd Treasury Fire Brigade, 8. J. Mays. Election of City Assessor postponed. The Mayor appointed Alderman Moss as Mayor pro tern. The Mayor-announced the following stand ing committees: Finance—Moss, Hull and Lucas. Police—O’Farrell, Moss and Mitchell. Streets—Kemp, Burke and Hull. Pubic Property—Burke, Blair and O’Far rell. Health—Lucas, Hull and Kemp. Ordinance—Hull, Mitchell and Moss. Market—Lucas, Kemp and Hulk Fire Department—Mitchell, O’Farrell and Blair. Relief and Petitions—Blair, Lucas and Burke. The Mayor requested the Council to meet at the Clerk's office on Saturday eveniug uext, at 3J o’clock p. M. Council adjourned. W. A. Gilleland, Clerk of Council. C. G. Talmadge, Mayor. 97 71 155 01 tt 05 24 SS Council Chamber, Athexs, Ga., Jan. 5th, 1876. 3 o’clock p. M. Immediately after the adjournment of the old Council, Mayor Talmadge administered the oath of office to It. L. Moss, W. C. Kemp, S. D. Mitchell and James O’Farrell The Mayor then announced the new Council organized and ready for business, with a full board present. The Committee on Salaries, made a verbal report through its chairman, Alderman Burke, recommending that the salaries of all fhe officers of the city remain the same as last year, except the police force, which the committee recommended be reduced to three in number besides the Chief, and to receive sixty dollars per month. The report ot the committee was agreed to so fsr as it related to the aalaries of the Mayor, Clerk of Council, City Attoroev and Chief of Police; the salaries of these officers were fixed the same as last year vix: Mayor, $800 00 per annum Clerk of Council,..'....— 800.00 " City Attorney 850.00 “ Chief ot Police..... 800.00 ” Aldenuan Moss moved that the salaries of police be placed at $40.00 per month. Ahlerman Burke withdrew the recom tnendation of the committee to place the pay of police at 860.00 per month, and offered as a substitute for the resolution of Alder* man Moos that the pay of the regular police be fixed at $50.00 per month. . ---« - - 21. H THE RUBENSiEIX Hl'RDER, An Extra* r Unary Contract-One Man Shoul dering Another’s : Ins for Eort;*Five Dollars. The Brooklyn officers sro accuraobitin; damaging evidence against Prsnch Rubeu- stein, the pedler arrested for the murder of the young Jewess, Sarah Alexander, in East New York. Since hi* imprisonment Ruben- stein has given himself up to the most devout practices according to the most orthodox Jewish rites. It is said that he was partly educated for the priesthood in Russia. Tho New York Sun of Sundav publishes these fact8 in relation to a singular contract made by Rubenstein: Several weeks ago this man entered into a contract with a poverty-stricken fellow Is raelite, whereby the latter, for a considers- t»u of 845, agreed to assume all the sins committed by Rubenstein since the last day ot. tenement (last fall), and bear punish ment for them in the next world. “ When, however, the party of the first part to the contract, that is, tho par’y who assumed the sins, reached home aud told his wife, site was so overwhelmed with horror and despair and made* such an ndo about it, that her husband sought «■* Rubenstein again, and, tendering back the mouey, pro- posed to rescind the contract. Rubenstein refused to accept the money or to return the instrument. The party of tho first part thereupon brought suit against him in the Beth Ilamraidrash (a rabbinical tribunal, -upported by illiterate Polish Jews), at No. 68 Ludlow street, the cause to be tried by Chief Rabbi Abraham Joseph Ash, of No. 11 Suffolk street, and his two assistants. The suit was decided in favor of the peti- ioner and against Rubenstein on the grounds— ** First. That there are somo sics for which not only the transgressor ortho person assuming them suffers, but also his wife and children, and it did not appear that Ruben- tein had been guilty ot such sins. The wife being an interested party, was, there fore, entitled to prohibit the contract if she had not beeu a party to ihe consideration. Second. There is $t Talmudic law prohibiting the Jew from overcharging a .’ellow Jew more than one-sixth the amount involved in a bargain. It did not aippear what Rnt eastern's sins had been, ana the luestion whether he did not get tho better if the other party to his contract to a great er extent than one-sixth of $45 could not be determined. The contract, therefore, could not be sustai ed. From this decision Rubenstein appealed to the Beth Hammidresh, in Bayard street. Here the suit was compromised by rescinds ing the contract, the party of the first part retaining the money, but binding himselflor’ he space of one year to recite daily s cer- ain number of psalms and prayers in Ru- nenstein’s behalf. . Council Cuamiiep., Athens, Ga., Jan. 8, 1876, 3:30 o’clock p. m, Council met this evening pursuant to a call of the Mayor. Present, his Honor, Mayor Talmadge, and » lull board of Al dermen. The Mayor stated that tho meeting had been called for the purpose of authorizing license to be issued to liquor dealers. On motion of Alderman Moss, the Clerk of Counc l was authorized to issue quart liquor license to C. J. O’Farrell, to be used at the new store-hoose of J. W. Collins, on Broad street, npon his complying with the law in regard thereto. Tho Clerk was further authorized to re issue quart liquor license to all persons that now have them, on their complying with the law in regard theieta On motion of Alie man Moss, the Clerk ol' Council was authorized to re-issue retail liquor lie use to all persona now having them, upon their complying with the law in wpid tWeln, exne t ILR. hnllMj oat corner of Hull street and Hancock avenue. Alderman O’Farrell then moved U$at the Clerk be authorized to issue retail liquor fiesnae to K. R- Sautter, to be used at his itrrai stand, on corner oC.HnU street and HlUtCOcil AY CHUG* Yeas—O’Farrell, Blair, Kemp and Mitch ell. Nay*—Moss, Burke, Lucas and Hull. The Mayor casting the deciding vote is i the affirmative, the Iwcmw vae granted. Ominous Indeed. •• ) The Washington Chronicle has this signifi cant paragraph. “ It is a noteworthy fact that while the Centennial year was ushered in with great edat in n< arfy every city, town or village in the North, East and West, no demonstrations -if joy marked the. dawn of the year of jubi lee in Southern cities. At least ft is interred that such was the case, as no dis- patches announcing anything to the contra* ■ y were received. Whether this lukewarm ness indie itel a lesser degree ot patriotism among the people ot the South than was manifested by tne citizens of other sections of the Union, we leave others to judge. It look*, to an unprejudiced observer, however, as if the spin; that once animated the breasts ••t the descendants of Marion, Moultrie and. Sumter is now slumbering in the South, i* not completely extinct” Consideribg the evils of Republican mis rule iu the South, too numerous to mention, but deeply graven upon the hearts and mem ories of tbo Sonthern people; not to speak of 8herman’s rabid threat, Haven’s insults and Morton’s centralizing resolations is it any wonder that the joy Dells of 1776 were silent from Richmond to Galveeton ? . If'the spirit of Marion,. Moultrie and Sumter is now slumbering in the South, or completely extinct, the Chronicle and Us fellows must be thanked. The “ civilization” of Chamber- bun & Co. has well nigh driven to despera tion, it not to utter paralysis, the civilization of the fethera of the Republic. . Heroic men, in nil pans of the South, still V wage conten tion with their time’s decay”—stilt hope tor justice and a genuine reunion; but they will not celebrate the degradation of their coun try by a mockery and • sham.—Augusta CoiutituUonalid. A aris special says the Frcnclt Minister of Foreign Affairs states that tho reason why the Government refused to purchase the Suez canal shares when the property was tendered for sale to the Ministry, was that MoM hon’a Cabinet feared a w»r with : Germany.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Athens weekly Georgian. (Athens, Ga.) 1875-1877, January 18, 1876, Image 1