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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN JULY 3, I8?‘.
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Ben. Holliday’s Millions.
llow Hr Lost Him .
j Although the property was once
j valued at S5C0,000, it would now
j '"ing very little, if anything, over the
•*- • w. • ! •mortgages of S‘200,000. Soon after
. fW,w Y*t On*. IWroVOirss I**.’ tl|e <leal , rof , |i|t wife an<1 <lan , ltt . r
Another curious will contest has an<1 i M . eakillg Hp ot - ,„ mu .
just been commenced. It is a case of j M r . Holliday, desring some oeeupa
daughter against father, and the la* . tion to d : straet his thoiights, went
ther is a man once known all oyer the j j„ to speculation. Luck and the cir-
cent input, namely, l»en. Holliday, ; «-unistance of the time were against
who made a fortune by running stage l,i ni> however, and he lost heavily,
coaches, across the plains to Califor- 1 Like hundreds of ethers, he was
t)ia before tbe Pacific railroad came ! caught in the ebbing tide, and before
along and knocked the reputation of j lie eould get out almost his whole
at least half a dozen eminent cl iris- j fortune was gone The last time 1
tian statesmen all to pieces. The j heard'of him previous to the corn-
railroad knocked Holliday’s business | mcncen<eut of his daughter’s suit, he
all to pieces, too, but in one way tr | had gone away from New York alto-
another, he had accumulated an inis | got her, intending to dose his da vs
mensc deal of money—eight or ten j among the miners of California and
millions, his friends said—so lie came : Nevada. They were his friends
to New York with his family and j twenty-five years ago, when the .no
spread out in a style of royal magnifi- cumulation of his fortune began, and
cence-that is, his family did, for j when he found himself down in the
Ben himself had no special desire for | world again lie thought it best to
anything in that line. ! return to them.
His wife and two daughters out* | - - —
Wl the lien,a.. Cal!,.,lielahh, ami | UmmumkaUil.
Mrs. Holliday soon became a. conspic
uous personage in the most fashion
able of our Roman Catholic churches,
St. Stephen’s. She was at the head
of pretty much every fair, fe-tival,
concert or other project to support
the church with funds, and her own
purse was always one ot the first to
be opened. Her daughters, both j
blooming with young
were also conspicuous
and being handsome, talented and
prospectively very rich, of course,
they had plenty of admirers. Holli
day purchased a magnificent country
seat in Westchester couiity. and
laid out a fortune in improving it.
It is estimated to be worth half a
million. To gralifv his wife, he had
Editor Georgian—The letter of
•‘Cincinnatus” to the Atlanta Con
stitution upon the subject cf the
State University and the advisability
of recalling Dr. W. L. Broun thereto,
seems to 1 avc been in unison with
the sentiment of the people of the
whole State, if we may jndge l»y tbe
liieli
of
the State and the Alumni of the In
stitution. To any of his old pupils,
to anybody in fact who knows Dr.
Broun, this universal expression of
confidence in him and clamour for his
recall is but a well-merited tribute
to his wonderful ability and ever
active, wiselv directed efforts in favor
aughteis, boib ’ J J °
, . hearty, spontaneous manner in whit
g womanhootl, I. * *
. , .... it has been endorsed by tbe press <
i in these affairs, T
body, composing as it does many of
our most distinguished citizens, ought
not to shut their eyes to the great
good he can amt will do the State
outside of his duties as a teacher.
Will he eoiiie if the trustees recall
him? It is believed that he will.
He told the writer soon after he left
Georgia that lie never expected to be
so pleasantly situated anywhere as he
had been in Athens. His pleasant
life here would be a great induce
ment to his return, lie spent ten
years of the prime of his life working
for the University of Georgia, work
ing to make it a great institution of
lean ing. A man cannot so easily
strip himself of his att‘ ctions, and
tear loose from his life’s-work. If
the trustees will hut be in earnest
about bis recall, there can he but lit
tle doubt lie will come.
I li.v'o written this because I love
the University, and hope to see it
flourish and grow, on and on. Site
was ever indeed and iti truth till
Alma Mater to me, and l love her.
L 1 avc had more than ordinary op
portunity to know Dr. Broun. I know
he was a mighty aid to the Univer
sity. I regret exceedingly he ever
left. I hope, sincerely, he may re
turn. These are my excuses for
having ventured to express my opin
ion regarding the action of so capable
a body as the Board of Trustees of
the University of Georgia.
Avknei..
., of the University and the Agricultu-
a handsome chapel bunt near the ,, . , .
. 1 . I ral interests ot^lie State 1 here can
be no two opinions concerning his
house, and religions services for the
family were fiequemly held there.
Mrs. Holliday and her daughters
made a tour of Europe traveling in
the style of princesses, and on reach
ing Rome, they hired one of the
finest old mansions in the city, and
ability as a teacher; no one who ever
attended his lectures, left college in
doubt upon this question. His lec
tures were always clear, concise and
to the point; not such as could he
understood by tbe intelligent, bard-
entertained visitors in a royal way j-A
that suggested wealth without limit.
This was kept up for several
months, and the travelers then re-
orking student alone, bat such as
no one could hear without having
their attention captivated and no one
could listen to and not understand,
turned. I believe it was while they j T . „. . .1 i , ,
, / 1 It was not the honor men alone, who
were abroad that one ot the dangle ; . , c ,
? | carried lrom college a knowledge of
ters became a Countess by marrying
a Frenchman win* had a title, and
hardly anything else. The second I .
daughter also married a Frenchman,
but whether here or abroad, I do not
now remember. Both, u ith their
mother, reappeared in New York
the subj ets which lie taught, every
member of his class, no matter how
inattentive, was benefitted by his
lectures. The department taught by
him is of great practical importance.
! He spared no pains to impart all
,, . , t o: sible practical mlonnatiou. He is
society, and became more conspicuous | ,
, _ * .la tcr.cbcr t
than ever. I he Countess I onrtales
Georgicr and Madame de Bu ssier
were names of some note on Murray
Hill. Their owners had previously
been known only as the daughters of
Ben Holliday. So much for the
bright side. The dark one soon fol
lowed.
the fullest sense of the
| word, leading his pupils to think for
; tlu mselves and understand that the
! most lie could do, would be to give
i them the key to the storehouse if
knowledge and show them the door.
I “The fiotc is \ cry good, sir; now, give
| us the ir/ii/, if yon please.’’ A favor-
Troublc came into the family 1...
. . - ; itc expression with linn is a fair cx-
circle. llte marriages did not turn ! , , ....
. =* ponent ot his method ot instruction,
out quite so happy as had been ex- j ,, ,,
* _ * V , i \\ lien Dr. Broun was elected by the
pected. One ot the daughters— the . . r> ...
1 , , , ° I trustees President of the Agncultu-
one who had marnd a Count—died, 1 . ... ..
, ’ ral College, lie turned Ins attention
1 notnnr* one ohil.l 1
leaving one child.
Mrs. Ilolliday herself died soon af
ter. She must have had a strong
prejudice again-t Frenchmen, though
being the mother-in-law of two, for in
her last will she declared that if her
serviving daughter should ever be
came a widow and marry another
Frenchman, or a descendant of a
Frenchman within two generations,
she should forfeit all claim to any part
of the mother’s property. This will,
Jiowevt-r, was not admitted to probate,
but another one, made two years pre
viously, [wherein Mrs. Holliday gave
all her property to her husband, was
admitted. The daughter now wants
tbe probate of the first will set aside,
'with a view of establishing her rights
under the second, and the father is
necessarially the person^againsi whom
the suit is brought. But Ben. Holli
day is no longer a rich man. AH this
great wealth has melted away. The
magnificent country seat was sold
some time ago to pay taxes. True, it
was purchashed by parties supposed to
be acting in ^his interest, but the
mortgages on it represented nearly
every dollar it is now worth. The
■ Mutual Life Insurance company holds
•ne of $100,000, and August Belmont
another of the same amount.; . ^
specially to it, and not. only the col
lege, but the entire agricultural in
terests of the State felt the beneficial
effects of his far-seeing wisdom and
tireless energy. Perceiving the
enormous frauds wl ich were being
perpetrated upon tbe farmers of the
State by means of commercial fertil
izers, be undertook to have them in
vestigated by the Slate College, and
thus commenced a work which re
sulted in a system for the careful ex
amination of the fertilizers under the
authority of the State and thereby
stopped the sale of thousands of tons
of worthless dirt which yearly im
poverished our farmers and our State
He was no Analytical Chemist, but
there was no one i-lsv t-i do the work.
Col. Broun thinking >t ought to be
done, learned to do the analyses him
self. When Prof White was elected
to the Chair of Chemistry, he under
took this work and kept it up until
the State, by its Department of Ag
riculture, relieved him. Theu, the
work of the college in that line was
done, but the good accomplished can
not he measured.
Will not the trustees consider this
in coming- to their conclusion about
Col. Broun’s recall ? It seems to me
that tbe class of jaien composing that
BUGGIES,
buggies-buggies,
BUGGIES.
W. R. BEAVERS,
Athens, Georgia.
Manufacture of mid dealer in ufr kinds of
Top or no top Buggies and Spring Wagons
All kinds of vehicles repaired at short notice,
painting and trimming done in the best and
latest styles. Work put. up to order anil war
ranted to give satisfaction.
Black Smithing
Done in the best manner, harness made aud re
paired at short notice. 1 use the best material
that cun be had, and have skilled workman
who know their business, having an experience
of eleven years I feel confident of giving satis
faction. Give me a trial and I am satisfied you
will be pleased as 1 do the cheapest work in’the
eity. Shop opposite
J. Z. Coopeks Liveicy Stable.
juniHRii. W. K. HEAVEKS.
W. ft. COX. w. R. 1IILL. JO-L THOMPSON, J2\
COX, HILL & THOMPSON,
Wholesale Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic liquors &c,
No 29 PEACHTREE ST., ATLANTA, GA.
And Distillers of t’.i Stone Mountain, Corn
Whiskey.
0c.31.ly.
New York’s Hat Catcher.
[From the St. Louis Timesj]
Richard Toner, a professional rat
catcher of considerable notoriety in
New York eity, arrive l in St . Louis
yesterday, and li- s taken a contract
to rid the LindeII House of rats He
is accompanied hv one assistant, and
lias a thoroughly trained ferret. Mr.
Toner says rats begin to brcMnt till
age of three months, and once every
month thereafter produce a litter ol
thirteen; that the number or the
litter never varies, and is always
composed of twelve males and one
female; that if the number ot.females
were as gre it as mutts’ rffts \voiUd
become a plague that all the-terriers
and rat catchers in the country eould
not keep down.
lie began operations at the Liudell,
last night, in the presence of half a
dozen persons. lie armed himself
with a dark lantern, a gunny bag,
aud a peculiarly construed! pair of
tongs or nippers. The tongs are
about two and a half feet long, and
have handies like shears. Mr. Toner
gave the bag to Ids assistant, and
took the dark lantern in his left hand
anil llietongs i.: hisr'ght. Equipped
in this manner, ! c crept about the
cellars among barrels ar.d boxes, and
every now and then seized a rat with
the tongs. The assistant, who kept
right at his heels, instantly opened
the mouth of the bag and tbe rat
was dropped into it, the process of
capture not occupying over ten sec
onds. He says t' at when he throws
the strong light from the lantern
upon a rat it does not run, but simply
turns so as to prevent the light from
shining in its eyes. As it turns there
is no difficulty in seizing it with the
tongs.
Mr. Toner did not make any use
ot ferret until about 1 o’clock, when
everything was quiet in the House.
He first went all over the premises,
examining the rat holes to familiar
ize himself with the rats’ runways.”
He says the rats have certain holes
to run through when they are
frightened, and that an experienced
rat-catcher can soon learn how thes'j
holes lead. After acquiring this
knowledge, he sent his ferret into a
rat hole and stationed himself at the
other end of the hole. For instance,
he found a rat hole in the pantry and
traced its course down into the cellar,
where it came out in some corner.
He started the ferret into the hole
up stairs and stationed himself be
low with his tongs. The ferret pushed
his way along the turnings of the
hole aud drove the rats ahead of him.
As the rats ran from the hole in the
cellar, Toner picked them up with
his tongs and dropped them into his
bag.
Toner owns the largest rat pit in
New York.
GRAND SPRING OPENING
OF——
Ch.arlio Stem’s
CLOTHING EMPORIUM!
I would call the attention of my patrons and
the public generally to my fine stock of Clothing
For Men Youths’ and Boys’.
Consisting of French Diagonals, Worsteds,
Cheviots, Cloths, Melton’s Scotch and Navy-
Blue Flannel Suits, all of the Finest Material
and the most fashionable styles. Also, a first-
eltiss stock ot Gents’ Furnishing Goods in a!i
branches complete, lints, Caps, Straw Goods,
Umbrellas in Silk Alpaca and Scotch Gingham,
Trunks, etc., to whL.1 I invite the inspection ol
the public, guaranteeing my prices to compete
with any'home in the State. Augusta or Atlanta
Prices 2DvLplica.ted.
OUR SPECIALTY — Unlanndered Shirts,
made complete, fine Linen Bosom and Cutis for
♦t. A call is all we usk to convince one and till.
Ch.surl.es S-hem. r
Popular Clothing Emporium,
Broad street, Athens, Or.
Next door to Long & Billups Drug Store.
np3-ly
Notice.
The undersigned having rented the lleiuphiil
shop, is prepared to do all kind of blncksmith-
ing, making anil repairing wagons and buggies.
Having proer-ed the best of white mechanics
he hopes to
’ ■ tire public patronuge.
J. S. ROBISON, Jr
Public Schools.
P ERSONS wishing to contract with the
Board of Education of Clarke county, for the
puriOB) of teaching in the Putilie Schools <4
said < o mty, will meet the undersigned at the
Court Hiuse on Saturdav, June 23->, 9 o’clock
a. m:
II. R. BERNARD, County School Commis
sioner. June ig— -j-.
Millinery & Fancy Goods
uvrxss c. JAMES
lias just received direct from New York [a
chaste and beautiful assortment of
PATTERN HATS,
which will be opened for the inspection of her
friends and patrons ^5
On Wednesday and Thursday, April 111It amt 12th
Also a choice stock of all the Novelties of the
season, consisting of Neck Ties, Lace Bibbs,
Kuchiugs, Back Combs, 1- lowers, Ribbons, Orn
aments, Jewelry, etc. Real Hair Switches at
Cost. Strict attention given to orders. Duly
the best nil silk material used in trimming. An
early call is solicited bv
REIS'S C.
ap3-3m Athens, Georgia
a. s. suke’s
Fine Whisky and Brandy.
Parties desiring to purchase, by wholesale^
pure Brandy or Whisky, will find It to their in
terest to purchase from the undersigned, sole
agent of G. S. Duke, to sell by wholesale bis
Fine, Pure Whisky an l Brandy. The pipes
through which the G. S. Duke Whisky and
Brandy are distilled, are made of woo !. Every
gallon warranted pure. Address,
G. R. DUKE, Agcut,
dee5-tf Jefferson, Ga.
BLACKSMITH ING.
Having rented the Blacksmith Shop so long
occupied by the lute William P. Talmadgc and
employed competent workmen from the North,
I am prepared to do any aud all work in the
21a.clss2aa.vbb. Line
at the shortest notice and at the lowest prices 01
any shop in the city. I have a
Spoiled Edge--tool IvTnVror
and make specialty of Axes, Mill Picks, Mat
tocks, Picks, Garden Hoes and tools of all des
cription and of the finest temper.;
WAGONS AND BUGGIES
Ironed and Re...
Plows of til kinds
prices. Also
id. Tire Shrunk, Etc.
le and repaired at low
First Class Horse-Shoeing]
done by » northern shoer, Trotting Plates.
Concave Shoeing Etc., in a manner unsurpassed
by any. All new work warranted and satisfac
tion guaranteed. Guns and Pistols repaired.
John M. Basseit.
marchSO-ly. B
NEW SPRING GOODS.
Notwithstanding the hard times,
THE UNDERSIGNED IS RECEIVIN A PULL
SUPPLY OF ALL KINDS OF
Spring and Summer Goods
OF VARIOUS STYLES,
BougUlt a,t Panic Prices!
He most earnestly invites his old customers and the public generally,
Aroi Especially Cash Customers,
TO CALL AND EXAMINE HIS
GOODS A.ND PRICES
Before purchasing elsewhere, as lie is confident lie can please both with goods anil prices.
Athens, Ga. apl7-3m <3. Q- 3D023BS-
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juneaO.tf. Athens, Ga.
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Av; but wait, good wife, a minute;
1 have first a word to say ;
Do you know what day to-day is f
Mother, ’tis our Wedding-day '.
OF
H UMA3Y M I S E R Y
Just as now, we sat at supper
When the guests had gone.away,
You sat that side, I sat this side,
Forty years ago to-day !
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—BY—
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aug8-tf.
Then what plans we laid together;
What brave things I meant to do 1
Could we dream to-day would find us
At this table—me anil you.
Better so, no doubt—and yet I
Sometimes thiuk—l cannot tell—
Had our bov—ah, yes! I know, dear •
Yes, lie doeth all tilings well.
\\ oil we've had our joys and sorrow:.
Shared our smiles us well as teais :
And—the best of all—I’ve bad your
Faithful love for forty years!,
Foor we’ve been, but not forsaken;
Grief we’ve known, but never shame—
Father for Thy endless mercies
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