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Newspaper Page TextOne Inch—.......- Two Inches..... Three Inches-... Four Inches^. Quarter Column Half Column-... One Column RAILROAD SCHEDULE. Northeastern Railroad. SrrEMSTmDKsis Office, ) A then. Gn., Jan. 16th, 1881. ( FAST MAIL TRAIN. On and after Wednesday, January '9th 1861, trains ou the North Eastern Railroad will run a* follows: ■*“*“*- ' fto. l'. NO. *. Leave Athous . 4.30 a ui I 8:40 p m An.verf Lula.^T:.... 6.30 Am| 5:50p» Arrive at Atlanta 9.66 a an I lit:40 p m NO. 4. Leave Atlanta 4.00 a in I 8:0o p m Arrive at Lula......... . €:S0 a m I 5:55 p ro Arrive at Alliens 12:30 a m { 8:45 p nj All trains daily except Sunday. Trains 1,9 .and 3 connect closely with all feast and Weal b#nnd {wssenirer trains on Air Line Railway. .Train No. 4 with Wesi bound passenger train on Saturday night only, when it will wait until $ n. m., when by. so doing a connection can bo made. a- *v J Fassdngtrs leaving ^Athens at 4:80 a. m. con- . ne^t closely at Lula wbdtthe Fast mail train for ita, tkne >5 honri atod15 iqinutes, mal sking WeS ’doaa connection »%4frnta fip* all points Wi Volume LXV. ■4 nrtt'. THE CHEAPEST PAPER IN GEORGIA—-ONE DOLLAR A YEAR-IN ADVANCE. »g ii-i.i' i=#s Mb ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUES l MORNING, MARCH 1, 1881. WASHINGTON LETTER. Georgia Rail Road Company ocrr.RUfTENDKirr’s Orncs, 1 Augusta, Ga., Nov. 5, 1880. j Cominennnjj Sunday. »tli inst, the following Fasseiigcr Schedule will opperata on Una road: Leave ATHENS 9.15 am 6 00 p m Leave WinUrvilla 9.45 a m 6 80 pm Leave Lexington \f.20 a m 7 «>5 p id Leave Antioch 11**48 A » 7 80 p in Leuve Mnxevs 11.05 am 7 50pm Leave WootlvWe ,11.21 am 8 16 p n Arrive Union Point *.1.4«* a m 8 80 j m Arrive Atlanta 5.45 pm. 5 00am Arrive at Washington 2 10pm Arrive at Miiludgwille.... 4.45PM Arrive Macon 8.45 pm Arrive Augusta ..8 47 pm 7 00 a m Leave Auj'u-tu 9.85 am 6 8opn L**ave Macon 7.00 a M laave Milledgeville 8.58 a m ........ Leave Washington lu.45 am Leave Atlanta. 7.15aw 8 45pm Leave Union Point 1.19 pm 5 00 a m Arrive WoodviUe 1.27 pm 6 15 a m Arrive Mnxevs 1.45 p m 5 40 a m Arrive Antioch 2.05 pm 6 00 a m Arrive Lexington 2.27 pm 6 20 a ro Arrive Winterville 8.u2 pm 6 55 a m Arrive Athens 8.30 pm 7 80am Train* run daily—so oenneetion to or from Washington ou Sundays or between if scon and Csmsk in eith-r direction on Sunday nights. K. K. 1>oksky, Gen., Pass., Agt. S. K. Johnson, Supt. ATLANTA 4 CHARLOTTE Air-Line Railway. Passenger Department CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Atlanta, Ga., January 15th, 1831. On »>.vi alter Jan. 16th 1881, Trains will ran on this roud as follows : DAY PASSKNOkR TRAIN—EASTWARD. Arrive ut Luis 6.80 a M Leave Lula 6.31 am WESTWARD, Arrive at Lula 9.88 p M Leave Lulu 9.39 P M NIGHT PASSENOKR TRAIN—EASTWARD. Arrive at Lulu 5.55 p M l*euvc 6.66 p M WESTWARD. Arrive at Lula 9.57 a m Leave 9.53 a m LJCAL FREIGHT TRAIN—EASTWARD, Arrive at Lula 11.85 A M Leave .•,••••••.••.•••••11.58 A M weavwarm. Arrive at Lula 12.07 a m L» uve 12.26 p m THROUGH FREIGHT TRAD EASTWARD Arrive at l.ula 5.20 p m 5.35 p m WESTWARD. Arrive at Lula 8.41 a m Leave 8.53 a m vh.se connect ion at Atlanta tor all points West hdu Southwest. Connecting at Charlotte **n»U joints hast. Through Ticket* on sale a* GaiueavilU, Seneca City, Greenville and Joarlanburg to all points hustaui* West. G. J. b'OKKACKK, General Manager W. J. HOUSTON Geo. Pass.A Ticket Ag’t PROFESSIONAL CARDS. H. H. CAKLTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, atiiknh, ga. O FFICE on Broad etreet, np stairs. Entrance next door above 1-onn’e Drug Store. Will utten.l promplly to all buniaata entrusted to hi* SYLVAN US MORRIS. ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Ji.TII.SS7S, SEOHSZA, MV ill ationd promptly to any butinsss entrusted to hiiu. Office Huunicutt Block. Broad Street. MISCELLANEOUS ADV. Exrtact hem n Letter of Rev Dr. Uriel Fierce, Spann, la*., April 88,187V. 1 Dva. Sib: 1 have found your Liver Tonic to be more effectual than anything I have ever uactl in relief of habltoal constipation. It is the liest of these Liver KeguUtei*. Yonrs, L. FIERCE. 1 in. E. S. Ltkpon—Unsn Sin: I can never find word* to expree* my ftmtilnde to you for the incaleniable benetlt L nave derived from the use of "Smith’* Liver Tonic.” For two year* I suffered with Liver dieaaae in the wont form, and never had any permanent relict until the Aral of last November, when I procured * bottle of the Uver Tonic. Sineo then, 1 have used only two *nd * half bottle., and am entirely wen. I have not felt a .ymptom of the dleeeie since taking the find doae. 1 had previou.ly triad eeverd physicians and many other reito- diea. and all tailed to affect me beneflcially. IAN. Respectfully, £. ELLEN FATS Lxxmorox,Ga., Slav is, 1878. Slia* Ellen Falman f. my daughter, and I ully concur in the above, may S4-ly El.HER D. W. PATS! AN. From onr own Curri spondent. Was^ikoton, Feb. 16,188U, * My apologia!, Mr. Editor, to the cultured' ar.d 'thoughtful constituency of the Banner, but really we have 4>ad bo many incidents ‘by field and flood’, as Othello hath it, of lai a budget of excutganoo numerous to mention.’ Our gay capital has bad some unwonted experience. Thiol of Pennsylvania Avenue under y' feet of water, and row-boats; navi; i jng It is'even so. On Saturday last, the raging Potomac, dammed np by the ice, which accumulated against the Long bridge, swept over all nat ural barriers and innndatedthe grand est street in the Union, and it is said in the world. I myself saw the watermen carrying a cargo of drum mers, with their little carpet-bag va lises, to the very door of the National Hotel, whose venerable proprietor, like Mrs. Partington, was prepared with ‘mop and trundles* to sweep buck the rising tide, in case it came an inch higher, and invaded the sacred precincts of that ancient and well kept hostelry. The watermen who navigated these cratts, were rather rongh looking fel lows, and it seemed pretty hard on them to be compelled to ‘tote’ a fat drummer from the boat to the dry part of the pavement, but then occa sionally there was a shipment of dimitr and delightfnlness in the row boat who had to be transported in the same way, when I thought of tbc old song : ‘Ob! who would not be a jolly yonng waterman ?’ A great deal of damage was done by the flood. It penetrated the base* ments of hotels and cellars, and roust ed the rats, who took to the streets in great numbers, to the great de light of the small boys and small dogs that infest this . metropolis. It pat out-fires and spoiled dinners; it in vaded beer cellars and grocery stores. On Sunday morning the tide had re ceded, and all along the Avanue the merchants were rolling out their wet and moldy goods, which had been spoiled by the inundation. It was most novel and unusual sight, and ought to convince the ‘conscript fa thers’ who legislate for the nation that while they are voting millions of dollars to develop the various streams all over the country, there is pressing danger right at their own doors. Had the tide risen six inches higher, the damage to property would have been probably over a half mil lion. - T1IE ELECTORAL COUNT. Garfield and Arthur were counted in under the joint resolution adopted by the House and Senate, on Wednes day last. The galleries and every inch of standing room on the Boot were thronged with carious sight-seers, and a vast multitude could not obtain admittance at all. The ladies broke down all the rules of the House, and made their way into the floor, where they were welcomed by the Solons, with all of that delightful deference which the average Congressman ex hibits to the gentle and charming sex. It was impossible they said, to keep them out, although stringent rules had been made against it. At the last moment, nnder the battery of bright faces and witching smiles that beamed on the House from the galle ries, it spontaneously suspended the rules, and place aux dames was sub stituted for the ’regular order.’ In this the Honse was right and gentle manly. THE VOTE OF GEORGIA pt-TTfl HOY ti‘ 1 it will pass or noL'ia very problemati cal; IRMpUHIMT idftfarttem ' —are strennOokly fighting an increase of repre£ntatf0n to the Son lb, and * Mr. l^jfrjgBellpn, hss.He4aj quite pointed in his attack on Geor gia. Mr. Horr is the gentleman whom Sunset Cox eviscerated at the last session. His ides is that the rep resentation should be apportioned by the /foie at the last election. This wfold^give Georgia five representa tives, according to Mr. Horr, and it id also give South Carolina the EARS F0R THE MILLION! foo Choo’s Balsam of Shark’s Oil NilUnll Ration, the Burial. a»S I* Ik* oalj Absolut* IB. Hr Dnhmtana t ins on ia CXtlseted trran a peculiar Blank of email VV am Shark, caught in the Y allow Sr., known ■> Carcharodon Koudclctti. Every Chinese fisherman knows it. its virtues as a restorative of hearing wen discovered by a Buddhist Prieet about the year 1410. Its cons were so numerous and many so seemingly miraculous, that tbc remedy wae officially I re claimed over the entire Empire. Its use be- came so universel that for over 800 years no Deatm-sa has existed among the Chinese people. Sent, charges prepaid, t. any addraaa et $1 per Only Imported by H^tYLOCK A CO., Sole Agente lor America. 7 Ley St., N.Y. lte virtue# are M^nealwrablasod it* curative Among the many readers of the Eevkw In one part and another of the country, it is pro bable that nombw* are effllctod with deafuees, and to anch it may be Bid: “ Write at ono* to lleylock A Oo,7 T Dey.Street-Hsw York, en- cloeiuc (I, eadycuariU, reoeirei by return a remedy that will enable yon to bear like any body vise, and whoa* curative effect* will be p-mianenl. Yon will newer regret doing so.” —Etliior of New ’YuHrYferoantileTtcTicw, Sept.‘.'5 11*60. dec.14.w2m. HELPS-’ from yonr door. Thuso who vantage of tbc good ehanoas for . that are offend, gauntly heeom# wrellbyj who do not imp^ovo snob chances r &ft iaftnMhtd i^SFthSja Bj-b^Addre-temBi^ ’ ' == Number 17. ± Rome is to have an ice factory. natiBAlik Hltelne tyOOVenUOD J-lflttBttjHlWlMBt Mod. nt. \ ^ What is the policy of the NerthV The dead body ot a man was re cently found in the woods near Sevan- SEISlfliETMlftl % Augustus Watson, a colored ment was made that they were in full cation. sympathy with the" idea of extra slob Georgia chemical works at Angusta, as soon as possible, and that 1 their ef- aro shipping 300 tons—30 car loads— forte woaWtbe ^ gmno daily, and have orders con- mouths have passed, and so far as ‘t 1 ” T *hf sd. public has heard,, no ion the 19th Mr. John that the people of Georgia depiive the negro of the right to vote. This reduces him to the argument that South Carolina is more liberal to the negro than Georgia, because Georgia is much larger in population, and yet from a Republican stand-point, South Carolina is the State of the tissue bal lots, the Hamburg massacre, the rifle clubs, and the serried ranks of the red_ shirts ” * rise up before Mr. ilorr’s distorted vision whenever lie eat* too much supper, which, judging from his appearance, is not infrequent* ly the case. He is one of the few geua tlemen who seem to be very bitter to wards the people of the South, which is very wrong iu Mr* Horr, for a ma jority of the Southern people don’t kuow ihat there is such a man here. THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL is now under consideration, and there is a great deal of feeling over it among gentlemen who don’t get enough for tbeir State. Georgia is shamefully treated. Our great sys tem of rivers gets nothing, and yet $400,000 is given to the little State of West Virginia. West Virginia has a vigilant member on the Com mittee on Commerce, which explains this .disparity. Now, let me say a in a general way: If the Southern people will send men to Congress who will stand together and insist cn the passage of laws on economio sub jects, which will develop onr country, it will not be long before we will be one of the richest, instead ol the poor est sections of this country. The South is in a position to dictate fair legislation. She has enough repre sentatives here to control the balance of power on almost every question ot division among Northern politicians. She has enough strength to deteat any legislation that she wants deleat- ed. How much stronger is she than the small band of Iiishmen who have welhnigh defeated the administration in Great Britain! But as long as our members come here and blindly accept measures which are dictated for tho interest of the Pennsylvania iron interest, and the New England cotton interest, and the Delaware ship-building interest, and every other Northern interest, without any pros test in the interest ol onr own section, we will remain the poorest of the poor. This river and harbor bill votes ten millions out of the pnblio treasury, and 1 believe gives the great Stale of was not counted at all, neither was it rejected. Under the resolution adopt ed, the tellers declared that if Geor gia had been counted, that Garfield would have received so many votes, and it Georgia bad not been counted he would receive so many votes. In either event be was elected. This was sensible. There was no occasion for a heated discussion, and all the talk about establishing a precedent was nonsenae. Parties do away with the precedents whenever they have a mind to, and an amendment to the Constitution is needed if there re mains any doubt about bow tho votes of the electors shall be counted. tempted. Of course It is not expect ed that the counsels and the 'designs of the officers of the road should be made public, but it is very certain that it there had been any vigorous action, the public would have heard something of it. It is very evideut tfiat if the North eastern is ever completed to Knox ville, absistance must be had outside ot Athens- The city of Athens and the citizens of Athens cannot, ot their own means, raise enough money to complete the connection with Knox ville. Help must be bad, then, from some other source; a combination must be made with some road or company that is able to do the work and whose interest it is to do it. Have any steps been made to form any such combination! A committee to confer with other roads on the sub ject of western connections, was ap pointed. Has that committee ever done anything? The Macon and Brunswick road, reuder its new proprietors, is survey ing a short line from Macon to At lanta. This company is financially powerful enough to do whatever is to its interest. The short line survey strikes the Georgia road at Coving ton. It might just as well have struck it at Social Circle. Why should not the Northeastern have made over tures to have the new line surveyed fo Social Circle, with a view to con- heciing it with the Northeastern at. Athens aod then pushing on trom Lula to Knoxville? It would cer tainly seem that such a route is to be desired by the Macon and Brunswick company. But it was not our purpose to make suggestions. Perhaps there is uo ne cessity for it, n u r much propriety in it. Our purpose was mainly to ask for information—-to echo the .questions which the businees men ou the streets are askiug. Our business men—and indeed our whole community—are in terested in this matter. The North eastern has made Athens what it is commercially. From a dull, slow town into a bustling, thriving, vigor ous yonng city, it has been transform ed by the Northeastern. The popu lation has about doubled, and the taxable property about trebled in val. ue, since the Northeastern was builL It is natural, then, that our people should be solicitous about the welfare of this road. It-is not strange that they should ask questions when they MORALS OF DOMESTIC LIFE. From the. Naw York Obaarrer. . Quite a sharp controversy has been kindled in the daily press by the state ment that a distinguished female wri ter was pot the Wife of.ihe man with whom she lived as with a husband. It is not denied 1 that his own lawful wife was living, that shmirnew it, (kit she despised the conventionalities ot society, and glpried in the manner of life she led which was wholly'one of her own choice, to which she'waff -'not driven by any stress of oirenmstanora A writer ia a respectable iamilypa- Georgia $100,000. Little rivers at ^ t j me p aet i D g | opportunities wan the North, which can only be navi*’ , B g > and their road at a stand-still. THE DEBATE on the resolution nnder which the vote was made, was notable in th«t it brought to tbeir feet Georgians who seemed to differ somewhat. The record is with you, however, and J will not comment further on this de» bate, which was spicy, and not at all discreditable to the State, as members of ether States say. It left no bad blood, and it is noteworthy that the Georgia Representatives have differed aa gentlemen should differ when they can’t agree. THE MEW APPORTIONMENT BILL Proposed by the Census Committee gives Georgia ten members. Whether gated by rafls and flats, have large appropriations to build dams and locks to give them a slack water nav igation, and yet the great streams of Georgia and the South get next to nothing. It is all wrong. But Southern members could, if they would, defeat the bill, and dictate a bill giving com plete justice to the South. The truth is, that we have been in the habit ot yielding a blind party obedience to the Democratic leaders of the North. Every one ot these men is a protec tionist, and while his politics are sound enough, his ideas of political econo my are squarely against Southern in terest. And yet the Southern men are the superiors, I think, in elo quence, and in all the qualities of leadership in the great -deliberative body which controls these questions. FERNANDO WOOD, the veteran statesman from New York, diedfft Bat Springs, Ark , Sunday- night week. He was an old man, was erect and vigorous to iHfcf Just before be left kfed Inaugurated his fronts man ure, the funding bill, with consum mate ability, and in bis speech on this question, be told the Horae that be knew bis career was ended. His was an eventful life. Re en tered Congress forty years 0gp» and as Mayor of New York, when.South Carolina seceded, he addrem aoom-i. muuication to the council of tint city, snggesUng lhat the city of New Yeck secede from the Union, and erect it self into a free city. Hie desk is draped in black, and is surmounted eveiy morning with a beautiful ar rangement of fioMM. On yesterday, in delivering some remarks to the House, Mr. Stephens beautifully al luded to time insignia of death, and reminded that body that 11 Th* b<*at of heraldjy, the poanp of powar. fate. We think something ought bedone;” I t_ I. i ( 71 !. As one ot the merchants said. to That road is onr pet; it lias'made ns what we are; and we are anxiousabont its to The sentiment of that merchant is a general one. There ia a general im pression that now is the time of op- portunties, and that the opportuni ties will not last always. There is also a general impression—and it doubtless has a good foundation— that every opportunity for V profita ble combination which is allowed to pass, iucreases the dunces of this road falling into the hands ot the Georgia road management. The re sult of that would not be difficult to foretell. Athena well knows what she was when she had no competition In freights; and that would be tier condition again it she were to allow competition to die. All the power of the railroad commission and of the law behind it, will not prevent the disastrous effect that would follow if there were no competition in freight* to this place. And now we get bade to where we began. What is doing, or going to be done, to push the Northeastern to completion? The Banner would be glad of any information to*give-to the public. killed. The trains of the Brunswick -road will shortly be supplied with air brakes. The cost per train of these brakes is about $800, A negro in Savannah named Charles Brown was shot and otherwise badly treated. Two men have been arrest ed ns the perpetrators. The Albany News says that auction mules sell lively in that city, because there isn’t corn enough in sontliwcst Georgia to save them. It is said that Mr. Julius Brown purchased every camelia within ten miles of Atlanta previously to Sara Bernhardt’s appearance in that city. A few nights since the residence of Mr. John Fulton, in the southeastern portion of Randolph county, was bum. to the ground, with everything it contained. A reward of $450 has been offered for the arrest of Doc Wilson, who murdered James Tinley in Macon. The mayor offers $100, the govenor $100 and bis brother $250. There are indications of a revival of fruit raising in Hancock. This business has come into decided prom*- inence in some sections of the State. It is largely remunerative. At Mercer University the gradua ting class of ’81 promises to be the largest in several years. Twenty-six seuiors will reeeive diplomas at the ensuing commencement. Jim Clark, Elisba Cutts and Emma Clark charged with the assassination of Mr. J. J. Hudson, of Americus wero committed to jail by the pre liminary investigation held recently. Arrangements have been effected by which the Roswell railroad, which was graded several years ago, is to be completed. The company expect to have the road through by the 1st of April. One article in the covenant of part nership of one of the best cotton firms tn Augusta reads thus: “If any mem - her of the firm takes a tingle drink ot whiskey, the li m wi.l be immediate ly dssolved.” The fiist rebel flag ever borne by an Augu-ta company is now hanging in the Clinch Rifles’ hall, and its rag ged folds and bnilet holes are cherished as the brightest and dearest ornameut of this proud old armory. A white man near Dublin, with a wife and two children, and wbo has heretofore borne a good character, attempted to outrage the person of a colored married woman, and a severe struggle ou her past prevented. At Id seen on the 15ih, Wash Pope, colored boy employed in the Central railroad yard, while riding on the pi lot of an engine tell across the rail as he was attempting to jump off and his body was terribly mangled. Henry May, of Cedartown, charged with counterfeiting United States coin and passing the same, had his com mittal trial on the 19th, and on fail ure to give the bond required, -$2,000, was committed to Fulton county jail. On the night of the 14th Mrs. Mary Jeffries arrived at 'the'car UM tn Atlanta in a deplorable condition. She is a widow, only 19 years ot age, blind and the mother of an infant six months old. She was kindly treated in that city. At Byron, oo the 15th inst., Mr. Abner B. Parott, who has bad charge of a school in that vicinity tor some years, was found in an insensible con dition about a mile trom town. He died in about twenty minutes after ward. It is supposed his death was caused from drinking. 1 iy in the Auguste PNfeoto nends Hon. Joehufl Garfield’s cabinet. D these could only know what an immense flavor they are doing the premdept- elect, they would keep off 1 at tbeir work of‘recommending.’ Row (bank* ful Garfield ought 'to be to (these' -dis interested Georgians I Aleck Stephens says he The path of gk*7 lead* butto.lhejriT.* sri£of h!a fftying since 1860. person the nsme that would be indis putably proper if she bad been a seamstress who accepted it; and be says: i, , f .< “This, it seems to me, is indecent. By no usual acceptiou of terms ^could she be called by this toul word; so to call her however ostentatiously it may be done, even in the supposed interests of her sox, is to insult not only the memory of a generous and beautiful nature, but the sensibilities of every man or woman or of any moral discrimination.’’ Then toe hare not “any moral dis crimination.” If the doctrine thus defiantly, not to say insultingly, laid down is true, we have do faculty of discerning between right and wrong, between decent and indecent. And we regard it a9 a great offence against the moral sentiment ot the women of New York, for a writer in a respecta ble journal to assume and assert that they, the women, are without “any moral discrimination” if they apply the fit word to a woman who thus sets at defiance the customs and decen cies of civilization, and publicly lives with a man as her husband while it is known to herself and to the world that she is not and cannot be his wife, because his wife is living. Not less offensive is the writer’s remark, “to place her upon the vnlgar plane of protest against marriage in gener- al, or to hold her up as a warning to society, is to lose sight of the essent : .al quality of her action.” And we beg to know what is there in vice that raises it above “the vul gar plane” when the parties are in- high life, or are literary people ? May they violate the decencies of society with impunity, because they are rich or literary? The “essential quality of her action” is the piecise thing to be looked at, and no right- minded Christian can look at it without giv ing it just condemnation. A man who marries a woman while his true.wife is living, is justly liable to go to prison as a bigamist, and to take a woman to hiniselt without marriage may enable him to escape the penitentiary, but it cannot help him or her to the enjoyment of any honest man’s or womau’s approbation. So loose is public opinion on the subject of marriage and divorce, that it is an o-jeasion ot profound regret when sentiments like these we are criticising find utterance in any re spectable quarter. The more intel ligent and distinguished are the par ties to domestic and social vice, the more severely are they to be censured. CURRENT NOTES. California sent to the Eastern States $1,000,000 worth of fresh fruit last year. •" ; i: •»' -t T Lady Florence Dixie, who has lately.published.a work of travels ia Patagonia, is going .to Cape as war correspondent for the London Morn- ! ing'i^.' , i “ ■' : n ‘ Sir Thomas and Lady (nee Sharon) Hesketh had a rapturous reception in bis ancestral balls,- to which the people drew them, having taken the horses from the carriage. Alfonso, mofiareb of Spain, nearly 6 Rives to sbeh a lost Mff life Teeentfyirhite Mtatlng' do A heartless woman id Atlanta was arrested and taken to the stationhouse, where she was charged with bastardy and abandoning her child. The rea son sbe assigns for the act is that she was tired of the child and had no de sire to keep it longer. Sbe says that she would have killed it but was afraid to do so. A duel in Atlanta was prevented oo the 16th by the arrest ot one of the combatants and his second. The principtls were Charles Ozburn, of Marietta, and Brenbara Anderson, of Covington. The cause was Miss Claude Weaver who was engaged to Ozburn and married Anderson the latter crow ing over the fact that jiff had gotten away with Ozburn and bis girl. They were released on $1,000 bond. Two weeks since a little son of Mr. Henry Ingraham, ol Coffee county, died trom hydrophobia. Another son of that gentleman has died from tiie same disease. Tho strange fact about this -second death is that the boy was, aa tsr as is known, never bitten by tbe cat which caused the death of his brother, nor by his brother while he was suffering with his total attack, How he •contracted tbe disease » a mystery. Col. John O. Nichols, of the first congressional district of Georgia, baa been granted an indefinite leave of absence by the house, of representa tives in Washington. His family be ing sick, he retiree before the session doses. He retires to private life, and win be sarceadod by Mr. Geqrge.C. Slack, of 8criven county. Col. Cola lins has finally concluded not to con- “LET’S SETTLE IT HARRY” Louisville., Ky., Febuary 20.— William Hardy and Harry Clemons quarreled recently over an alleged re mark made by Hardy about Martina Clemons, Harry’s Bister. They had never come to blows over the affair, however, until to-day, when they met on the street. Hardy said: let’s settle the matter now Harry. The speaker immediately stepped back and pulled out. a pistol from bis pocket and held it towards Clemons. Be fore be could use it Clemons clinched with him and endeavored to get the weapon from his hand. In tbe wres tle that followed Clemons threw Hardy to the ground and fell oil top of him, still trying to get his hands on the pistol. White they were in this 'po sition Hardy reached up with the weapon, which was already cocked, aod bringing tbe muzzle against Clem ons’ head, pulled the trigger. Clemons’ hold relaxed and be fell upon the breast of his murderer. Tbe latter worked himself out from under the weight and putting tbe pistol in his pocket, walked rapidly away. Clemons died this afternoon. He waa never con- cious after being shot. :>e young men’s central republican club of Brook lyn on Thursday night, Henry Ward Beecher discussed among other things tbe press, saying: “Many and many of the newspapers publish objection able news, and it was that news which was greatly sought. Good Christian citizens were seen steathily buying these newspapers to see wbat the devil bod done, and it was just be cause of that that theae papers sell. The great reason why the papers were not belter was because the peo ple did not want them any better.’’ the Casa, de Canpo, near Madrid, He broke through jthe ice, and was rescued with difficulty from drown ing.' ' _ L Iu the last twenty years the Com stock lode has yielded 6,500,000 tons of ore, which average $46.80 per ton, making the total valuo of the ore ex tracted $323,671,705. Of this ore gold formed 45 per cent, in value and the silver 55 per cent. . Miss Dobie a young lady of twenty- six, wbo has contributed sketches of New Zealand Rcencry to the London Graphic, was lately murdered by a Maori while on a solitary sketching ex cursion. The murderer confessed his crime. A Roman correspondent writes that every one is astonished at tile steady mildness of tbe season. Sunshades have been more in request than uma brellas. Street cars are the novelty in this city. Tbe Quirinal bill is now ascended by them. A G Bradley writes to the Pall Mall Gazette that the old State of Virginia may now be fairly said to be “boom ing”—booming, too, in a quiet, re spectable and substantial manner that makes little noise or stir, but for that very reason is all the firmer and more likely to be permanent, .i .[,: o7 , Kimberly, the seat ot government in Griqualand West, and headquarters of the South African diamond diggers, bad not a hut eleven years ago, and now numbers 16,000 people. As the wooden shanties have given place to more substantial buildings, it bos been found that Kimberly itself has been built on a diamond field. A writer in 1835 referring to the Brown family of Providence, says: “What is very unusual in tbe United States, this family lias increased in wealth through three generations—a circumstance which I do not recollect to have occurred before, as.it has been almost universal practice for the chil dren to squander what the father accumulated. Grace Greenwood describes George Eliot as “exceeding plain, with her aggressive jaw and her evasive blue eyes, but as she grew interested and earnest in conversation, a great light flas'-ed over or out of her face, till it seemed transfigured, while the sweet ness ot her rare smile was something indescribable.” Prof Goodwin, one of the five pro fessors that form tbe Advisory Board of he Harvard College Annex, says: The past year’s experience as a teacher in tbe new college tor women has con vinced me that our plan promises more for the higher* education of women than any one that has been suggested. Already in its undeveloped condition it offers young women better advanta ges than any institution in America offered to young men fifteen years ago. .. .v . The New Bible-Quick Work. The new version of the New Testa ment, which lias been so many years in course of translation, and which is unquestionably the most important literary enterprise this century has seen, is being waited for with curiosity and anxiety by hundreds of thous ands.- It is not.generally known that a first edition of 500,000 copies has already been manufactured in Eng land, and 100,000 copies are said to be already in New York City, not one of them permitted to be sold. They are. awaiting a telegram from the authorities in England authoriz ing their issue. The first copies can ouly Jbe had at the extravagant price of $10 per copy. The Literary Rev olution proposes fully to meet the de mands which' its army of friends are making upon it by doing probably the quickest work in book-makiDg which hat ever yet been accomplished. Arrangements have been fully made to put the entire book into type inside of 24 hours trom the time a printed copy of the English edition can be procured, and within three days at least 10,000 copies will be bound ready for delivery to waiting purchasers, and at least 5,000 copies will be man- cinations, the rabtf rtitnarkaBTe of which was that she was in danger of at. the hands ot General nooctc. She learned from the news papers that -General Hancock had had something to do with the hanging of a woman, and became possessed wiih tbe }dta that, ifelecte<fc |ei*opj4 g immediately* seek out ana "execute her in order to get her property. New York Cotton of a recent date says: “From Southern Texas, where the Ifcrmera hare begun ^to ttlfitlr about the new cotton seasbif ¥e havwr ten complaining of the injury to aeeii caused ,by the rainy .faff and winter seasons; hnd^ifjre^ai'c' hot mlstakeh le throughout ^he qqqtfa befo^e.q good stand is achieved for the next crop. ^Irt»y fhouaand of dollars wefe , lrat ; from tins cause last season in Middle and bcrn^lr Georgia, and in the -cqtci n growing region of Florid*. - .<!?,!! t-; ; !j ;:it IU: 'I iMn Laura, .Speer, tho handsome ana so- ' cdmplisbed sister of the most brilli ant of bur younger Georgia politicians 1 adorns and beautifies with-tier fifes* enCe the National hotel. It is a very noble sight to see such a sister nndi : suoh a brother so proud and worthy , of each other. One of the . most at tractive .traittuin.. Emory. Speer’s character is that as ho advances on the road to distinction ho puts forth a generous hand to aid others who are not so sure of foot in climing the Alpine height where Fame’s bright temple gleams afar-” Mrs. Lucy A. Elkins, wife of a once famous Chicago artist, Henry A. Elkins, has commenced suit against a Chicago saloon keeper named William Cudoey and the owners of the bui! S' ing he occupied for $25,000 for de bauching her husband and making him a confirmed drunkard. Elkins, she says, was earning $10,000 a year at his profession, when Gudney en ticed him ictq his place, and there hb squandered not less than 320,000 of his hard-earned income, aud has since been incapacitated for work at his profession and unable to support his family. . -• • Dr. Gatung, inventor of the fa- mous gun, has just perfected another instrument of. war that is reported to be most complete in its dua lly props erties. It is capable of firing 1,000 shots in a minu e, and by the use of the instrument three men can do the work of three hundred riflemen. It is capable of killing a man on horse one mile away. It is somewhat in tbe lorra of the present Gatling 1 gun, but more complete, and may be takeh to pieces at will, and therefore can be : moved about easily. : . R- A. Proctor, the astronomer, ia now in California, and it is said he intends to deliver a course of lectures iu the United States .before returning to England. It is reported that on the steamer which brought him from Australia he met a witching wid'-f with four children, and the course of true love ran so smooth and so switt that a match was arranged before the vessel reached San Francisco. Proc tor is a widower with two children. * The Americas Republican says: A gentleman from the op-conntry told us that he was digging a hole to place a post when be unearthed a snake that was frozen hatd. He struck it with the flat of the spade, audit sounded like a rock. He said lie of ten heard that they would thaw if frinen, and be pnts this one in a warm place near the fire. In about ■half an hour thereptile showed symp toms ot life, and began to look around and move about. He then killed the snake to malrif sure that it would hot bite thq dnis that had warmed it into existence.' 1 lu -' -l '< 1-*J- -i ufactured every day thereafter, until.. *., • the demand is met. It will be print- I ,n B eJtte " t ,n f 0 ® 0 of the extern cities The Macon Telegraph and Messen ger has greatly improved of late—no) only it* looks, but in every other way. We have always liked the .Telegraph ever since, as a little barefoot boy, we used to go to the office and get the weekly paper, long before it became a daily. We take pleasure in extend ing our oongratulaiions, and predict for it a ‘ future whose achievements shall be greater than titoseof the past. ... — • Henry Grady has been criticised with much severity, especially of late; but he has never said an unkind word about liis critics—nor indeed about anybody else. Ho has written of many in letters of gold; but: wo have never gsen a harsh thing from bis pen. This, ofitself, is enough to shame in to sienco those who are constantly trying to detract from his reputation. .> .—* ■ >i- - «■*»> - 1 .—I i: Beverly Tucker, of Va., lias been selected to fill-the vacancy in chair manship ol the committee of Ways and Means, cailflfed' by the death of Fernando Wood .—Constitution. But Beverly Tucker has been dead along, long time. 'If a dead man can hold - the chairmanship, why not let Mr. Woodretain it? ia bsiiir . I , Prof. Swing, of Chicago, has been lecturing on novel reading, qnd in an swer, to the question,'“Who should read the novel ?” says: “No ohO ver^ much; every one somewhat;'-those who most dislike them, ... Col. John S. Mosby is mentioned in Washington as the next rejiubtienn candidate for govenor of Virginia. It is said that a movement is already on foot to secure for him the nomi nation. Small pox is prevailing to an alarm ed in large, beautiful type, neatly and strongly bound in cloth, in a volume of about 500 pages, and sold at the nominal price of 30 cents. A fine edition in half Russia, guilt top will be sold lor 60 cents, and one in full Turkey morocco, gnilt edges, $1.25. Of course the popular demand will be enormous. Orders will be filled iu the order in which they aro received, with remittance. American Book Exchange, New -York. \A bill establishing the rate of li quor licenses at 61,000 has passed the Nebraska legislature. It is said the test the seat of Mr. Blade; therefore, ,bi)ll f jfit becomes a law, will . close while ip the wine drinking countries the gentjemab ftten tbc first district jwhior per oepjt, v * *'•- —’ r - — 1 •*-- ’ t- imir«7R will be unmolested in bis well earned of the fir Unrela. and give The London Medical Journal in sists that Bright’s disease is the result of the immodcrateuseof iced drinks, and seek* to provq. this, by figures, showing that the dhease prevails in any couatry in proportion with the amount of ice consumed there. -We ot the Uoited States use 90 per cent moreico than any, European country, and the disease is 75 per cent, wprse than ib Europe. England conics next, in cities I the .disease is very seldom seen, and faying at the^ point of death, This les and I in remi-ciyilized nations, where ice is, would require mpre. jheuergj' than not used, it is wholly unknown. and much alarm prevails. People where it has not yet made its appear ance should guard against it by vac cination. The editors who went to see Bern hardt agree not: bnly that she spoke French, but that she spoke it like a native. These editors, it will be re membered, are themselves natives, if*Hill -- m - ' ' '' i' #i t«Wr Richard Grant White .thinks that the study of mathematics and grammar only teach a giyl to despise her mother, r ' ——w. ■ ■- tq "The administration of justice in New York City costs 11,600,000 is- year, and it is not a superior article of jus- tic either. , , - ; : ’!'.■■ n i id on--i 3 Dr. Felton is « protbctMURt; therefore wu are glad be* is .left .at home,provided hj* successor, ia op- to protection., , , , T An exchange ’speaks of a manias most men possess.. Jhww fuiaoiUw . via trim

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1880-1881, March 01, 1881, Image 1