Georgia Historic Newspapers

    UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
ATHENS, GEQfcjGU* JUNE ;jifJ77.
Meeting in Dauielsville.
the Rouse, and all this time the un
happy sexton of the parish was
VOL. 5. NO. 37.
JJMORY SPEER,
ATTORNEY AT 1-A.W,
sJWSHl
UlMy Office Noe. 4 and S Court-House.
J K DOHTCnj
ATTORNEY AT 1AW,
Curnesville, Go.
»plM878-tf
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athens, On.
fTH(* South West Corner of College Avenue
nmi Chivton Street, also at the Court House.
All psltfifrdeiuring Criminal Warrants, can pet
them a*, any tiiuo by applying to the County
Solicitor at this office. dcel6-1874-tf
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■IHHI i il AMMWHM ti mgami
THE SOUTHERN SIDE;
£ 1>. HIXiIj,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Athens; iloL
Prompt attention given to all business and
the same respectfully solicited. janll-ly
Compiled from Official Documents
- , ip the hands of
II. RUDOLPH STEVENSON. M.V D..
Formerly Surgeon in tlio Army of the Con
federate States of America; Chief Surgeon of
the Confederate 8tatea Prison Hospitals, Auder-
sonville, Georgia; Ssrgcou and Medical Pur
veyor of the Coufipihftata ffista* Prisons East of
the Mississippi rive*.
TitlMfhnr ■ Tv-Wit 4^ mrinif rA
Poi'B HattHov. D. C. Barrow, Jr.
J^nri'ow J trots.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athens, Ga.
Office over Tulmudge, Hodgson & Co.
junt-ly | \ | .
j ’.. ti i itvwi iion,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Wrttkinsville, G:,.
Office iu former Ordinary’s Office.
I iattSo-lSTti-lv , •
p G. TI10M«( OX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Special attention i<aid to criminal practice.
. .... _ jf W((tto
Ala.
id Oloptou, Montgomery. .
,-OBlce Atheus,(^a.. , rf
For reference apply' to Ex-Gov
Hud Hon. David Ol
Office over Post'
fi-bS-1875-tf
JOHN XV. OWEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tocoa City, GaJ ... I . , |; j I
Will jWActlce in all the comities of Urn West
ern Circuit, llartaud Madison of the Northern
Circuit. Will give special attonion to all claims
entrusted to his care. oct20-1875-ly.
HOWTWO WOMEN DIED.
CoaTewiea ef a Terrible Deed OsasmIUed la Ar>
[From the LitUe Rock Gazette, Mar 22.]
On Sunday the town of Benton,
Saline county, was In a state of
high excitement in consequence*
of the confession of crime made by
Tom Strtner, who was confined in the
Saline county jail on a charge of
having killed his aunt, Mrs. Harriet
Staner, and Mrs. Taylor, of that
comity, on the 24th of last January.
Together r with ti review of * portion, of the Thomas Staner said: “Some time
testimony of the witnesses in tho celebrated
“ Wirz Trial,’’ and brief notices of some of the
works that have appeared'on Southern Prisons
by Northern Author*,
WIts AXT APPSSTPI3S,
Containing the names of about 18,000 Union
Soldicra who died at Andersonville; giving
number of their graves, their rank, tin: Compa
nies and Regiments to which thoy belonged,
aud tho date of their den h, as registered by the
author and others. ■
Also, Canso aud (aatufication of the Diseases
incident to Prison jLife; Comparative State
ments of Prisonerst'gaptured, and deaths in
Nortliern and Southern Prisons; A Chapter on
the Exchange Bureoo, etc., etc.
coarorrioirs=
This work is printed from new,
clear type, i,n ...
One Large Cktavo Volume
nearly 500 Pages,
WITH SEVEN FULL-PAGE
ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP.
It will be delivered to snbscrbcra
at the following prices:
Utaiitlfiill; Bnuiid hi Kurllsli Clotli. $3 00
** •* thee* .... 4 00
•* (I “ Ualf^alr. 5 00
^'Payment to be made on Re
ceipt of the W&2& - ■
<.v*r
Persons giving their signatures to
last'July I had a dream that t had
killed two or three people and secured
a large sum of money. This dream
followed me continually, and I could
not get rid of it. I knew iny Uucle
Mack l ad considerable money in bis
house, and oh the January following,
when he gone to Little Rock, I
went to his bouse for the purpose of
killing Aunt Harriet and getting the
money; I was working at Mrs. Gen
try’s, not far from Uncle Mack’s, and
I went through the woods rather
quickly; found Aunt Harriet at the
wood-pile; Mrs. Taylor, a neighbor,
J : who lived about two hundred yards
distant, was also in the yard, either
boiling clothes or rendering out lard.
My aunt told me to go in, which 1
did; and sat down by ibc fire; aunt
came in, went to the table and com
menced cleaning some pig’s feet and
hogs’ heads to make souse (hog’s
headcheese); Mrs. Taylor came in
and sat down; she was knitting^the.
two wo^en risked me if I-^ri gojnjj
Among Polar Bears.
The Exrftiif Adventure of Three Sailors on the lee
U the Arctic ltrctan*.
[From tho Dundee Advertiser.]
Three of the crew of the steamship
luttepidHPaptain Soutar, had a very
cxciliug, adventure at the Greenland
seal fishery this season. Dating the
time ttWHp^jh* ‘x’eseet was fast beset
antoug^Y&e ice, three of the crew—
Tho«nasi < *5l©yaH, Wolverhampton;
James .-Winter, Peterhead, and Wil
liam Muljigan, Dundee—set out one
day to pity a visit to the ship Persc-
veranee*>TO Peterhead, which lay ap
parently, about four miles distant.
After walking about two miles it was
seen that'the distance between tlie
two shipS had been misjudged, and
that in reality they were six miles
apart, aud the dangerous nature of
the joumav began to draw upon the
6camen tfhen they realized bow foj*’
they wen- from any vessel, the sealing
clubs being the only weapons with
which t|& were armed. They de
liberated whether It would not he
the besL^ioarse to vetum to their
ship, (into of the trio insisted on
making' the journey, while the. others
I were of the .opinion that they should
give up tty attempt.
Iu l he riiidst of* the debate a she
bear, witjt one of her cubs, arrived,
aud as she was fast coming up be
tween the men and - their ship, the
only chaqlsri of escape was to run-on
in the ho]* of reaching the Persever
ance. When the men took to their
wait
According to previous . nnnouce-
inent, a portion of the citizens of
Madison county met in Dauielsville
on tho 24th inst., for the purpose of
nominating a candidate from this
county to represent the 80th senato
rial district, should a convcntion.be
called.
After three very able and inter
esting addresses delivered by Colonel
Robert Hester, Capt. W. II. Mattox,
and Col. J. D. Mathews, the meeting
was organized by culling Hon. R. H.
Bullock to the Chair and requesting
J. Bee Ehcrhart-to act as Secretary.
On motion of Col. Nash, the meet
ing decided to nomiuate by ballot.
On motion of Hon. J. F. Kirk,
Capt. F. C. Carlton was appointed by
the Chair to assist the Secretary in
couuting the ballot.
On motion of J. B. Eberhart, a
majority of all the votes cast would
be required to nominate.
Nominations then being iu order,
Col. Gabriel Nash nominated Capt.
Wm. W. Scott. ‘
R. M. Strickland nominated : Dr
B..M. Thompson.
Mr. Moon nominated Capt. A. J.
Ware. ^'1
Mr. J. D. Power nominated George
Eberhart, Sr.
The candidates being called upou
to define their positions did so, satis
factorily to their friends, except "Geo
Eberhart, Esq., who was not at the
to (Hairy the tfidtn*
was working, and asked me other
it”.. *»•<*>> mW5! c»t>‘-.
Lamar Cobb.
Howell Cobb.
II. C'Oltl*.
ATTOUXKY8 AT LAW,
f Allien*. Ga
these conditions, will be consitlered ! (-tt^tjons pertaining to farm and
I subscribers to tins Work. But no j . ,, , , ,, ,
| obligation will rest upon any sul) . | neighborhood matters ; Mrs. Taylor
! scriber to receive the book unless it j S 0 *' l, P» "'ent to the table an! com-
I equals, in every respect, description 1 nienced to help Aunt Harriet; I
; given and sample sliown. jI thought I would murder them as
|Offiec in Dutiproe Building,
VibSa-1876-lv
j^LEX. K ERWIN,
ATTOttXKY AT LAW,
Athens, Ga.
<Itfice on Brosui Street, between Center At JXich
olson and Orr & Co., nn-stuirs
fel>S2-l 876-1 y _____
*
TURNBULL BROS.,
*• Publishers.
( XLAKKE SHERIFF SALE—Will be sold bc-
,-l'ore the court hoasc door in the City of
Athens, Clarke county, Ga., on the first Tuer-
tliey stood, and picking up the poker
for that purpose, walked toward
them, holding the weajtou behind
me. My heart tailed me, however.
clp.sc ti
the sailorv' To attempt to lace
animal with their clubs was useless,
and accordingly one bv one of the
men took off portious of his clothing
aud threw them on the ice. In this
way the progress of the bear was rc-
tarted, as Bruin stopped to snuff and
tear at each of the articles as she
came up to them. By this stratagem
the men were enabled to keep a little
ahead for about two miles. They
rt day in July next, within the legal hours of *ale and 1 sat down again without their I.„ f i „.:,h „ in „ f ,1 . - „1„.I.
ich- the following property to-wit: One new dwell-I , . . . naa parted \\ Itt» most Ot tlietr Clotlt-
I ing house>*Hnated and standing on the form of] observing mv actions or suspecting ing one of them having nothing but
j Juscjili M. cut 11(-tin, tiirco mid u Imlf uiilth j intoiilioP’x \11nt IlniTlot tlipn « • ^ * 1
from the City of Atiiens, on the road leading to ! n • K 1 ORS * A iiairiet tneii j us pants, a cravat, and a woolen shirt
] Dauielsville, near Ilelaecu Springs. All sold : went out tv) tile crib to get SOU1C
ueJfroin 1* ~ ■ 1
COCHR AN,
ATTOKITErsr *3.T
Gainesville, Ga. i _
l-e:‘l Estate and General Land Agent fortlic j Also at the name time aud place, wilt be sold
purchase and sale of Mineral and Fanning | tlie following property to-wit: One house aud
1. ind< in Ilal), and thc«t)wr coqt^Kaot' North- j tract of land eoutaining three acres, more or
ea-*t (toorgin. Minernl ore* tested and titles to | less, near tho Carnsvillo road, in Clarke eonntv
ier;v investigated. Special attention given j adjoining lauds of Welhurn Hayes, col.
by viittie ofa lean li. fa. issueJ from tire Conuly . , , , . 0 ,,,,
Court of Clarke eountv. G.i. Doroughaud Os- sllUCKS to pack tile SOUSC 111. When
hrirue vs. Joseph M. Weatherly. All to satis
fy the above Htatod lean, this June the 2nd,
1877. J. A. Browning. Sheriff.
slie came back Mrs. Taylor observed
a calf out down at her house, and
went down to put it up. When she
1 titles to 1 less, near tho Cnrnsvillu lo id, in Clarke eonntv, was g onc I to °k the poker and with
out saying a word walked up behind
e upon ^y 4 ,, h s c . ott w ... declared noiniuat
ce tne , : .-Ty . _
having received one * mtimreti amf
thirty-one (131) votes.
On motion of Capt. F. C. Carlton,
the proceedings of the meeting wsrc
ordered published in the Oglethorpe
Echo, Elberton Gazette, and the
Athens papers requested to copy.
On motion, meeting adjourned
sine die
R. H. Bullock, Chairman.
J. Bee Euerhart, Secretary.
May 24th, 1877.
to the purchase und sale of oity nroi.erty.T : WlHiam'Smitli and I- J. Lumpkin' " LevieU
may8—Cm .1. N, DOK9EY. Attoraev. upon under an nttachmeut of John Brooks, vs
^HllUHY G, McCUHllY,
^L-lrtorricy a-fc 3Laxxr,
Hartwell, Georgia,
Will practice in the Superior Courts of North
east Gcotgia and Sapreme Court nt Atlanta.
Aug 8. 1876 tf
Jauee R. Lyle,
Watkins villc.
Alex. S. Erven,
Athens,
Aunt Harriet and struck her with all
my power; she fell and I repeated
the blow; I thought she wss dead or
I would have struck her again ; she
only made a gurgling noise; I took
before the Court-lion* 0 dour, ii» the city of the keve frdm her ltocket, secured
Athens, Clarke county, Ga., ou the first Toes- * *
f in J ' ‘
I Jacob Hays, lssuedfrotn Clarke Cc-uutv Court,
general session, Marc'.t term, 1877. All to »ut-
isfy tlie above stated fl. fit. Levied by said
attachment this June 2nd, 1S77.
J. A. Browjiisg, Sheriff.
QLARKE SHERIFF SALE.-Will be aold
[ VLE & EUWIX,
A TTORNEY'S A T LA 1F-
Will practice in partnership in tlie Superior
•Court ot Oconee Cutinty, and attend promptly
?.o nil busiues* introcted-to their care.
jan0-8m.
EZisig Marlss'
Exchange Baloon,
COLLEGE AVEM;^ - ^ ,, ty
Tht host Cineiunotti Lager Beer, Cigere actdiji
kinds of Ltfuors sold cheap
detlS-iy.
FOR CASH.
S3TTSHTESS CASES.
A. AVIIV3V,
-WITH-
GROOVER, STUBBS £ CO,
tolton Kartnnt and(leneral Commission Brrrliants,
Savannah, Ga.
Bagging, Ties, Rope and other supplies fttr-
utshea. Also, liberal cash advances made on
consignments for sale or shipment to Liverpool
or Northern ports. iuav 80-1875-tf
r l\ 1 ‘ ,, ' Kn ’ ”
Wtytofa.33aalxor & Jowolor,
At Michaerstore, next door to Reaves & Nich
olson a, Broad street, Athens, Georgia. All
work wamiutod 12 months. ri, ah
septia-tf.
J OB WORK OF ALL DESCIiil*
tion neatly done at tbir office.
i following property, to-wit: One house an
in tlie city or Athens, in Cobbliam, Clarke
, Ga., containing one acre, snore or less,
id by Tboiuus Fleming and John F.
o, fronting ou Newton street. All levied
i b;- “ - ’ —' '
day in Jnly next, within the legal hours of sale,
the following property, to-wit: One house and
count;
bouin
Finch,
npon by virtco of a State and county tax fi. fu.,
Joltn W. Johnson, Tax Collector, vs. Martha
W. Clower, tax.for 1876, and three Justices’
Court fi. fas from Fulton county, 1255 G. M.
District, the Bank of the State of Georgia vs.
Martha AY. dower. All levied upon us the
property of the defendant to satisfy the above
stated fi. fus., by J. H. Towns, C. C, Bailiff,
at\d turned over to me this Jane 2nd, 1877.
J. A. BROWNING, Sheriff
june5-S0d.
C LARK. SHERIFF SALE.—WU1 be sold be
fore tho Court-house door in the city of
Athens, Clarke oonnty, on the first Tuesday in
July next, within the legal hours of sale,'the
following property, to wit: All that tract or
parscl ot land situate, lying and being in the
county of Clarke end city of Athens, on tlie
west side, fronting on Thomss street, in said
city of Athens, known in the survey and plan
of said city of Athens as the west cna half of lot
No. 21 ana 22, and being the lot or lota on which
said Sutnmey now resides. All sold as the prop
erty of tho defendant by virtue of two It. fas.
from Clark Superior Court, Fclmtarv Term,
1877, William 11. Cole vs. Sutnmey &'Newton,
tliisJune 2d, 1877.
J. A. BROWNING,Sheriff
And John Hampton, exeentor ot Julia F.
Crawford, deceased, vs. John U. Newton aud
1’eter A. SiAnmcy. jnnc5-S0d.
The Eennesaw Gazette,
A Monthly Paper, Published at
ATLANTA, O-A..
Devoted to Railroad interests, Literature
Wit aud Humor. Fifty cents a year. Cimmio
to every subscriber. Address
KENNESAW GAZ'TTTE,
mcb27*tt Atlanta. Ga.
the money n:td then stepped out on
the gallery to look for Mrs. Taylor,
when just then she came in at the
south door, and, seeing Aunt Harriet
on the floor, walked up to her and
said: “ La me. Tom, what is the
matter with Mrs. Staner?’’ I an
swered I did uot know, and walking
up in froat of her struck her on the
head with the poker, hitting her
again after she fell. I felt very bad
when I saw them both lying in their
blood dead, and would have given
anything in the world to have brought
them to life; this was about II
o’clock; I staid in the house maybe
half an hour; I hid the money when
it was found; I took out $25, which
I gave my lawyer, Major Latta; 1
had intended t.o destroy the jewelry
and keep the money.” t ■
The debts of the Homburg gam
bling bank were sold at auction recent
ly. There were bonds given by unfor-
j tunate players—dukes, counts, barons,
duch&se.', countesses, officers, artists,
merchants, lawyers and diplomatists—
iu all amounting to $500,000, and they
nere sold at $1,800.
upon him. He had retained posses
sion of his club, and fastening his
cravat to the end of the weapon, lie
waived it as a signal of distress, and,
fortunately, the attention of the
crew of the Perseverance was attrac
ted to the perilous position of the
three seamen. Several of the crew
of the Perseverance immediately set
out, armed with guns, and, after
running about a. mile, they came up
to the three men just in time to save
l^ein, as they had almost no clotliing
left, and Were exhausted with the
-chase. The bear and her cub were
so clos9 behind that the rescuers had
110 difficulty in dispatching them with
several ballets. The following morn
ing tlie three sailors returned to the
Intrepid* They were escorted part
of the way by a number of tlie crew
of the Perseverance, and the male
bear, haring been seen in the vicini-
ty, apparently on the look-out for
the she bear aud her cub, he was
likewise killed.
A Maniac. .
A TKUitIULE SCEXE OF I!1,000 AT SPALATZO
IX lULMATIA.
That stupid fashion among ladies
of wearing high-heeled shoes causes al
most as many accidents as crinoline.
Lately, in London, a lady of rank,
after giving a grand dinneradayor
two before her daughter’s wedding that
was to be", acoompanied the young lady
to her roQin. After remaining there
some time she left to go to her own
apartment, by a rather steep private
staircase. and her heel catching in the
stair she was precipitated to the fool,
broke her arm, and sustained so severe
a concussion'of the brain that the in
tended marriage was indefinitely post-
1 poned.
Spalatzo, in the Austrian province
of Dalmatia, was a few weeks ago the
scene of a most extraordinary autl
terrible tragedy. Opposite the par
ish church lived a householder named
Tornic, who, becoming suddenly a
prey to mad rage, killed his wife and
then his father, who.had attempted to
restrain him. When the police came,
they found that Tomic had every
where effectually barred - an -entry,
and taken up a commanding positiou
with a’ musket arid plenty of amnnt-
riilion. They were, therefore, com
pelled to turn back, and meanwhile
Tomic put a bullet throng a young
mail who crossed the street, and
severely wounded a woman. The
police then drew ri cordon - aroiind
the house, but Tonne’s musket com.
rtianded the spacebetweenthe house,
the church, and the top of the adja
cent streets, and no 0119 dared cross'
the street! or approach the-body-of
the young man < At length a clergy-’
man* who had greftt influence with.
Tomic bravely went, forward and
implored him at least to give np to his.
care his little child. ' Tlie father’s
answer to this appeal was by throw
ing out her limbs one by one! Then
he resumed his fusilade. Tlie author
ities would not allow the 'police to
fire, inasmuch as they deemed the
man bereft of reason. To tlie only
course was to continue tho blockade;
All sorts of devices were suggested.
Some wore for firing on Tomic With
stupefying cartridges, others I8ir
concentrating the fire engine force on
parish was
sending np from the bell tower a
wail tor food, lie having gone to ring
the bell just before the tragedy be
gan, and bis only inode of egress
being in front of the maniac’s win
dow. After the blockade had lasted
two days and Tomic showed no signs-
of giving in, it was resolved to keep-
up a perfect hailstorm of stones nt
all the windows of the house while
tho door was forced. The madman
flew* to the garret, where it was no-
easy matter to disarm without killing
him. Altogether he had killed four
and wounded five persons.
Two “Grice ” for One.
| Boston Commercial Bnlletiu.]
The English language is often a
puzzle to foreigners, and sometimes
drives an American hotel keeper into
a corner, as for instance in the follow-;
ing experience at the Fifth Avenue-
Hotel, where a wealthy French
guest ciuie to complain at the oflioe,
and was then met by tho gracious
Griwold, who rose to explain :
“ What for, sure, your gareon not
present my demand?”
“ Your demand Monsieur ?”
“ Yes, sare. Do I speak. Inglis
perfait, sare ? Do you comprehend
Hie, sare ?”
“Certainly, your English*is per
fectly correct, iny dear air. What is
your desire?” *
“ Vy, sare, you cantell me I can
have at my private table wisiuy frens
, vatever J desire to manger—pardon,
'to eat.’’- '
^tCert.n'mly.v^stiid ^GriSwdld *'ntiy- v
thing—Atewei doubloons antf dia-'
l
mond sauce, if you wish.”
“All, no, Monsieur, zat fs too
riche. I simply desire some griee.”
“ Eli! some what ?’’
“ Some griee, Monsieur Griswold,
such as I eat for iny dinnay ze ozer
day.”
Ah! you mean rice, boiled rice
—certainly, all the rice yon de
sire.”
“ No, sare! It is not rice. Z-tt is
what zat premier gareon-—head
waitarc—say. It is a bird I want,
sare; I want him roast, not boil.”
“ Roast griee! Why, lot me sec,”
said Griswold, in a dilemma, not
wishing to appear ignorant of his
guest’s meaning. “ I don’t believe
there is a single griee in the nuu-
AM
“All, you make meestake veil you
say single griee.”
“Indeed?’’
“Yes, sar. Vat you.call a leetel
rat!” •
M Mouse,” suggested the hotel pror-
:prietor.
. “Pes. Zen, two of zem, vat you .
call two—mice, eli?’’.
- “ Quite correct,” responded the
host. . . .
“Zen, if one is ze bird you call
grouse, two is what you call griee,
he?” .
“ Why not exactly,’’ said , {he hotel
man, struggling to keep counten- .
ance ; “ we say two grouse, just as
we say two sheep or two deer—but
for mouse, mice, aud—”
“ Yaas, pare,’’ said .Monsieur, tri*
umpbaqtly, “an vy not you say two
hice for two houses, or two louse for
two louses, or—’’ How for he might .
have continued cannot be said, but,
at that moment the head clerk,
Palmer, standing near, had a violent
attack of coughing, aud Carr, the.
room clerk, walked oil' suddenly and
slammed on the big bell, and called,
for “ front ” to do something, and.
Ihen. stuck his own head down be
neath the counter, ns the amused
host walked away towards the dining
hall with his guest to order the
“two griee” for Moirieur's private:
table.