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Northeastern Railroad,
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE,
Athens Ga., May 14th, 1881.
SUMMER SCHEDULE.
On and after Monday, May 16th, 1881, trains
on this road run as folows :
NQ — NO ^
Leave Athens 4.40 ami 8:50 p m
Arrive at Lula 6.4© a m ) 6:00 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 10.00 a m \ 12:20 p m
l>avo Atlanta
Arrive at Lula
Arrive at Athens..
Trains No. 2 and 8 run daily except Sunday.
Train No. 1 on Mondays and Thursdays, and
Train No. 4 ou Wednesdays and Saturday
Trains Nos. 1, 2 and 3 connect closely
with paasenger trains on Richmond and Dan
ville, both East and West, aud No. 4 with west
bound passenpr train on Saturday night only,
when it will wait until 0.45 p. m., when by ao
doing a connection can be made.
Passengers from Augusta, Charleston and
Savannah and points Southeast coining via
Georgia Railroad, will connect close at Athens
with train No. 8 thereby enabling them to visit
tho summer resorts of Northeast Georgia with
out a delay at Athens. . «
' Through tickets for sale at Athens for all
points East and W est.
1 LYMAN WELLS. Sup’t.
We would call the special attention of our custo
mers and the public generally, to our
2Tew and Beautiful
Spring Stock
Georgia Rail Road Company
nurKRtttTxxoxicr’a Ornc*,
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 25, 1881. ,
Commencing Sunday. 27th iust,the following
Passenger Schedule will oppemte on this road:
Leave ATHENS 8.45 am 7 00 p m
Issavc WiutcrvilU 9.15am 7 25pm
Leave Islington 9.53 am 8 00 p m
Leave Antioch.... 10.25a m 8 25 p in
Leave Maxcys 10.46am 845pm
Leave Woodville 11.13 am 9 15 p ii.
Arrive Union Point 11.40am 9 40 p in
Arrive Atlanta &*45 pm. 5 001 m
Arrive at Washington 2.10 r m
Arrive at Milledgcville,... 4.45 r m
Arrive Macon ..,
Arrive Augusta ....
Leave Auyusta
Leave Macon....
!*«avc Milledgcville
Leave Washington 10.45
l«*;avo Atlanta. 7.15 am 8 45pm
Leave Union Point 1.12 r it 5 00 a m
Arrive Woodville,,...,,,. 1.27pm 5 15am
A rrive Maxcys 1.55 pm 5 40 a
Arrive Antioch 2.15 pm 6 00 a m
Arrive Lexington 2.37 pm 6 20 a m
Arrive Wintcrville 3.12 pm 6 55 a m
Arrive Athens.. 3.40 pm 7 80 a ro
Trains run daily—so ccnnection to or from
Wwlitutflon on Sunday, or between Macon and
Cuiuak in eitli-r direction on Sunday nights.
K. K. lhntuKY, (ien., Pass., Agt.
S. K. John eon, Supt.
, 6.45 p x
.3 47 r x 7 00 a m
. 8.35 ax 5 30 P a
, 7.00 A X
8.58 ax
THOMPSON & HEINDEL
Dealer* in Every Description o»
Building Materia
Supplies.
atOtJnck-on Street,
AtTGTOTA. GA-
Cjjt
jr.l*. -WATSKMAN,
■» PROPRIETOR.
HiB KEEPEUS HEAnLY FINED
Judge Simmons ns the protector of Minors.
We were coming off the ferry;
over 300,000 copies of the Revised tract the following report of a meet' -^ e ^<^“ en ffp r °c® 8fi n° n of t
ing held by Protection Fire Cotdpa- Wft /.*! m
Thejlart
WINDOW GLASS.
t st and best assorted stock Glass in the
city.
PUTTY.
In bulk, also in boxes of 1 to 5 lbs.
3PA1TCT GOODS,
CLOTHING, SHOES,
HATS, Etc.,
OTJIt—
Dress Goods Department
la replete with all the Latest Styles and Novel
ties and we mention a few prices to give you an
insight to their CHEAPNESS}.
Beautifhl all wool Worsted, in all the latest latest
shades, 10 cents.
Black and Colored double-width Alpacas 14c.
Lovely Brocades ana Brocatels, all shades, 15c,
18c and 20c. •*
Black and Colored all wool Buntings 18c.
Black and Colored all wool Lace Buntings 37 l-2c
up.
Black and Colored all wool Cashmeres from 35
cents up.
New Styles French Dress Goods,
All wool Plaids,
Silks and Wool Plaids,
Silk and Wool Novelties,
Silk and Wool Levcnties,
AT VERY POPULAR PRICES.
SILKS, SILKS.
BLACK AND COLORED SILKS!
BLACK AND COLORED SATIN D* LYON !
We offer better qualities and lower prices in Pe
kin Brocades and Plain Black Silks than any bouse
In the South. Colored Silks from 50 cents up.
Summer Sillks 35 cents.
Prints, Lawns, Cambrics,
Foulards, Ginghams, Etc.
Our house is noted for carrying the prettiest line
of these goods of any house in the city. Prints
1’or cents.
IN WHITE GOODS.
We have the prettiest patterns ia Plaid Nansook
from "He up, English and French Nansook from 13
cents up.
Victoria Lawns, Bishop Lawns, Linen Lawvis,
India Mulls, Cord and Lace Pi
que, Irish Linen,
Table Damask, Doylies, Napkins, Huck and Dam
ask Towels, Jotton and Linen Diaper
and Crash Toweling, Lace
Curtains,
And All at wondfully Low Prices.
Big Drive in Hamburg Edgings !
From 2 cents J»rd up.
Our Notion Department!
Is complete with all the Latest Novelties.
White Lced mi« Zinc.
Strictly Pure, made by the Kentucky Lead and
i >ou Co., which we guarantee as good aa
the best. Abo the well known
Nuaaau White Lend and im
jKirted French Ziue.
Prepared Paint.
The Celebrated Paint, made by Wadsworth,
Martinez »fc Longman, which we
know to l»e good.
Brushes.
A lullfline of l’aint and Whitewash Brush**.
Colors.
A largo and assorted stock of Colors in Oil,
Also, Dry Colors.
Tarnishes-
White Demur, Coach, Copal, Furniture, Japan,
Asphaltum, Ac.
Kalsomiiie.
Johnson's Celebrated Profiled; KalaomL.e, *11
shade*.
oil.
Llnseod Oil, Raw aud Boiled.
Builders’ Hardware.
A large variety of Lock*,*
Kim snd Mortice Locks.
Surface and Mortice Blind jlinirea,
All sixes and styles of Boot Butts,
Inside Blind Butts (brass and iron,)
A flue lino ot Padlocks,
Yale Store Boor Locks,
Yale Night Latches,
Serewsinany quantity and even site,
ud everything yon want in tlio.Hardware lino.
LACES,LACES,LACES!
In Real and Common Lace* we h»v* quite a large
stock of Vennicella, Den tell, bpanisu, Breton*,
Torchon, Valenclence*. and many others and Price*
Lower than the Lowest*
HOSIERY! HOSIERY!
We b»v« the largest and most varied stock to be
found in the city. Full Regular Misses’ Hoee,
without seam from 10 cent* up. Givo us a call on
Hosiery.
PIECE GOODS!
Our stock of Cassimcre*, Doe*kin», Broad doth*
for Men*’ and Boy*’ wear 1* large and complete.
Also a splendid line of Cottonades, Linen Drills,
snd ALL VkRY CHEAP.
SHOES! SHOES! SHOES!
In Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s fine Shoes we
„an suit the most fastidious. All of our Shoes are
custom made and every pair guaranteed to give
satisfaction.
OUR HAT DEPARTMENT
Is loaded with all the new and nobbiest styles
out, at 81-3 per cent cheaper than any other house
will sell you.
In Our Clothing Department
You can find all the new ond, nobbiest styles at
prices
can sh
prices.
SHIRTS, SHIRTS, SHIRTS
Of Shirts and Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods we
are headquarters. Our Hook A Smith’s Reinforced
New York Mills and Hook’s Patent Scratch P cket
Shirts cannot be beat. Remember all oI our Shirt*
are reinforced and do not cost you as much as you
p»j for an inferior article. Measures taken aad fit
guaranteed—Six for $7.50.
that defy competition. No house in Atlanta
can show you handsomer goods or give your lower
We have polite and attentive salesmen who wi
take pleasure in showing you geods.
M* Give us a call or send for «amyle*.
HOOK & SMITH,
65*and CTPeachtree Street,!
aprillV ATLANTA, GA.
The largest stock in Augusta, at bottom figures.
Send for price list.
UALl'STEIUs BRACKETS ANDjMANTLES,
And almost anything tliut can be made out of
wood, we urefprepored to wnke.it.
Yellow Pine Lumber.
lu anv quantity, rougher dressed. |Wo pack
ext deliver|ail of our good* tree of charge.
Thompson & HeindeL
f.1.15. 310 JACKSON STREET.
mull health mm
fygenic and Electric Water-Cure,
Xu 178 WEST PETERS ST„ ATLANTA, GA.
riMIE only MeJical Institute South where
1 Chronic Disease* are acientifloally treated
hy regular qualified Hyg*n,cPhy*iclii»ot both
JxJ, and where all hoathful and invigorating
U vrilINU PROCESSES are in «xi*teno*,to-
^utiirwith MACHINE-VIBRATIONS,MOVE
MENTS •ndM JiCT «' ( aX Y E ¥S E ?? 00 g8^
iiImcOaIIE OF MEDICINES areuaedar
i,m^for A Ol..wi “kUCTMATISM NEO
G A NS, are hy our method of treatment restored
iiSuSvo LaSSeT Department, .n
charge of experienced Lady Phjaxnan. For
mther inmrrnationwidrv-^BKTSON.
Jj.meTdTeia?^ JO mCbr
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tOSA-Vargaa*-**...
snsrt.s*Qi3Sfsjwa'as
[ NEW KID SECOND-HAND
Doors, Sash and Blinds.
THRESHERS,
BORSE- POWERS,
r FAN MILLS,
COTTON PRESSES
SEPARATORS,
Jet. Pumps, Saw Mills with
Screw or Ratchet Head
Blocks.
4 H. P. Bookwalter portable engixe in good
order. ,,
811. P. Wood. Taber A Morse portable en-
7<)?L e p n \?*»hington Iren Work* portable
engine in good order.
10 H. P. Starhuck Bros, portable engine m
4 STp.°8tatkin*ry engine in good order.
. 30 inch Georgia water wheel in good order.
1 IT 1-8 inch Jas. Leffel wheal In good order.
116 inch Eclipse wheel good as new.
110 tnoh Tho*. Leffel wheel.
1 Johnson Smutter, new.
4 Spindle Drill,
lfl inch Iron Lathes t ft abeam,
i 40 Inch Fan Blower.
Shafting, Gearing, Pulleys, etc.
ATHENS FOUNDRY A MACHINE WORKS,
Athens, Georgia.
New Testament had been issued to
the booksellers, and more were dev
manded. As is known, this work of
revisisn has been in progress for a
number ot years by a board of dis
tinguished clergymen and scholars.
The Ne w Testament revision being
completed baa been published, bnt
the Old Testament is still unfinished.
A number of changes have been
made in the text ot several passages,
and it will require time to determine
whether the new revision will receive
the approval of all Christian denomi
nations. Some severe criticisms have
been made on tbo work, and the
changes condemned. We give, below
one by a writer in the London Stand
ard :
The writer ot the article asserts
that whatever scholars may think ot
the labors of the revisers, the im
pression produced 'upon the public
mind is one ot disappointment and
dissatisfaction' It is deeply to be re*
gretted that the revisers, judging by
the work just published, have appa
rently forgotten the conditions under
which the task was entrusted to them.
It is obvious that a great many of the
alterations adopted have been ap
proved by reasons of mere literary
criticism, which makes us rather
skeptical as to the infallibility or even
the good judgment of the revisers.
Where no material change in the
sense or substance of the authorized
version has been shown to be required
by the revisers lor the proper con
struction of the original, they have
nevertheless thought themselves jus
tified in mending the English and im
proving the grammar of passages
which have struck a deep root in the
hearts and memories of the English
people. One word has been substi
tuted for auother at the whim of the
New Testament Company. Moods
and tenses have been shilled about to
satisfy some pedant scheme of syn
tactical symmetry. Sentences treas-
ured up in the popular mind and en
riched beyond description by pathet
ic associations of hundreds of years
have been tortured and crucified into
precise grammatical accord, with toe
latest refinements of critical labor
upon comparison of early manuscripts,
and thus been robbed ot all its true
value. The system upon which the
revisers appear to have acted, in our
judgment, is altogether erroueous and
deplorable.
The writer then points out the po
sition held by the scriptures among
English speaking people- They have
been known by them and loved by
them for centuries, he says, and it is
rash and reckless to shake the noble
growth of centuries by attempting to
harmonize it with the correctness of
selt-opinionated scholarship, or regu
late it by a doubtful standard ot taste
accepted by a motley combination of
theologian professors.
Even the Lord’s Prayer, which
evovy English speaking child learns
to ,\:»p at its mother’s knee, has not
been spared. The revisers have han
died it as a bold commentator might
handle a notoriously corrupt chorus in
Eumenidesor the Vacchaer. St. Paul’s
charity, unequaled in its own kind tor
ringing and rythraetical eloquence in
the old version, is magnified and made
irrecognizable by a senseless substitu
tion ot the word “love” for “charity.”
The meaning is iwilly obscured rather
than elucidated in this change, while
the music of the sentence is irretrieva
lily lost. The alteration of the diction
of the old version involving no gain
in the sense or scarcely a perceptible
one, swarm in the revised edition, and
in almost every instance, it is impossi
ble uot to feel that the original trans
lations, however inferior to those ot
the present revisers in precise and
exhaustive scholarship, textual or gen
eral, were infinitely their superiors in
the rare and precious art of writing
musical and masculine English prose.
Had they purged the sacred text of
enors which had crept into it, and
placed where it was necessary the
varying readings in the margin, they
would have performed a useful and
acceptable work, bnt in the effort to
attain dry and merely mechanical ac
curacy of expression, they have so
reversed the noblest book in the Eng
lish language as to deprive it of much
of its beauty, and they have destroyed
many ot its historical associations..
In conclusion, the Standard writer
says: It remains now lor the revisers
to revise the text they have produoed.
If this new version is ever to be gen
erally used and to supercede the au
thorized version, many of the altera
tions that have been made mast be
discarded.
ing neid by
dy of that city:
Engine Room of Protection Company,
Gainesville, Ga.
At a call meeting of the company,
May, 23d, 1881, President Rakestraw
in the chair, who stated that the coma
pany bad been called together for the
purpose of passing sundry resolutions.
Whereupon the chair appointed a.
committee of three to draft such jps-i
olutions as they might deem proper.
Wherefore we the committee beg
leave to present the following:
lit. Resolved, That our sincere
thanks be tendered Pioneer Hook and
Ladder company, of Athens, for the
hospitable manner in which our com
pany was received and entertained,
and for the many courtesies shown
our company during their stay in
Athens.
2nd. Resolved, That our thanks are
especially returned to the many esti
mable ladies for their kind remems
brauce of our company as to boquets
and cake,
3rd. Resolved, To Hope Fire com
pany we return thanks for the frater
nal treatment received at their hand.-.
4th. Resolved, To conductors^ Pat
terson and O’Farrell, of the North
eastern railroad, vve are under obliga
tions for the gentlemanly manner in
which we were treated while passing
over their railroad, and to the Rich-
mond and Danville railroad for special
we stood among the dense crowd on
the pavement edge and watched the
riderless horse follow the- nodding
plumes of its master’s hearse into the
gateway, a voice at our elbow said
' musingly:
‘I wish I had the workjugup of that
'( . Purning, we beheld the still remem-
. Pinkerton, the veteran detective
lieago, now taking in the Yose-
mite for bis health. We shook hands
and said
■ ‘But this is suicide, Allan.’
- ‘Y-e-t,’ said the American Vidocq,
with characteristic caution, ‘that’s
what they say, but ’
‘Why, you don’t mean we be
gan, somewhat shocked
‘Oh, I don’t—not that,* interrupted
the old thief taker. ‘Let me tell you'
a story. I was traveling in Germany
some years working np a .bond rob
bery for the government, when I was'
sent for by the commandant of a large
fortified town. A high officer in the
engineer corps had been found dead
in his bed, and his head blown to
fragments. It was supposed that his
acknowledged genius and inventive
powers had rendered him an object of
jealousy on the part of his brother
officers. There was not the least clue
to the assassin, and the experts from
London and Paris, who had been sent
for, had given the case up in despair.
Fatal Pleasure Excursion on the Thames.
Out of C00 Passengers one Half are Killed.
er m W Airr iuk on
Tuesday the 24lh was the anniver
sary of the birth of Queen Victoria
and throughout the kingdom thft peo
ple enjoyed a great' holiday: Among
, other amusements there were a nums
her of. excursions on the river Thames.
Orfe ef these had ; a f most? terrible
fi»
The dealers protest that the corn
in t{iis country was never healthier in
twenty years.
privileges over their road. Also, to -W-9II, to make a long story short, I
Dr. R.”E. Green, Supt., street rail
road, for free transportation to our
depot.
Willie Whklcuel,
A. B. C. Dorsey,
J. W. White,
One of Protection company also
wrote an acconut of their trip to
Athens from which we make one or
two extracts :
“At night the banquet was given.
Deupree llall was full to overflowing
with firemen and Athens’ noble, gen
erous, kind - women, from the old
matron, young ladies to the misses,
with plently of old men, young men
and boys. The dance commenced
early ami did uot close until 2 o’clock
with fine music. Time does uot admit
words fail us, to attempt to give a
description ot the tables, or rather
what was on them. Turkeys, pigs,
chickens, ham and all other kinds of
meats, with every description and
kind of bread, cakes, and everything
else too tedious to mention at this
time. Strawberries, ice cream—by
the quantity and of the best quality.
Well, it was ‘good for us to be there.'
The only regret we now have is that
we did not eat more, or that we are
now deprived of its privilege. Never
was there in Georgia just such a ta
ble, it could not bo excelled,
Everything was; carried on in the
best of style. The firemens’ halls wero
nicely fixed up—had plenty to eat and
driuk all the time. Besides lemonade,
there was beer, champagne, and to
those who wanted strong, it was there
for them, and proud am I to say not
a fireman was seen under or at any
time with too much steam on.
We were almost suddenly taken by
surprise—Capl. O’Farrell requesting
us, in full company, to be at their hall
at 10 o’clock. Vve were there. The
meeting or gathering was called to
order, when Capt. C. G. Talmage
gave our company, in his gallant and
winning ways, a well timed and ap
preciated address, and presented ui
with a silver tilting pitcher and cup.
Some of us thought it would be wrong
to do as we did on the night of our
arrival, and, though scared, tried to
return tbaaks, cot only lor the pitcher,
but to the Pioneers for their hearty
reception and entertainment to onr
company, for such treatment was Dot
usual with us.
worked over the case six weeks and
finally discovered that it was an in
stance ot involuntary suicide.
“Involuntary ?”
“Precisely; the man was a nerv
ous, high-strung enthusiast regarding
military inventions. He had just
completed a new kind ot small, ter
ribly destructive bomb, to be con
cealed in (he grass by troops when
pursued by cavalry. Through nerv
ous absorption he became a sleep
walker. 'The result was that he had
destroyed himself by sitting up
bed and baudling one of his models
while in an unconscious state. Now
General Upton’s case is almost iden
tical; I knew him in ’72—he waa a
somnambulist then. We all know of
his almost insane devotion to his
specialties—tactics and the improve
ment of arms. The slightest set
back made him nervous, morose and
irritable.
The night before his death he rC'
tired oppressed and despondent over
^oiue technical difficulty.' He fell
^asleep with his mind filled, doubtless,
with gloomy and weak thoughts.
We all suffer li o u such speculations
at times in spite of ourselves. The
morniog sun would have dissipated
these togs of the night; but it never
rose tor him.’
•Then you think ’
‘I feel sure!’ replied the old analy
zer of human motives, prophetically.
‘Amen •’ said another voice solemn
ly ; and as we moved off the [nearest
private in the platoon in front, who
bad been listening, drew his blue
sleeve across his wet eyes. It was
one of Upton’s own command,- -San
Francisco Evening Post.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CAUSE.
, Whaq* this country needs is a city
which is not “healthier than it has
been in twenty years.”
How do those fellows who so much
regretted Ben Hill’s “uncovering’’
Mahone, feel about it now ?
It is reported that a lady in Angus* j
The recent grand jury produced
excitement among Macon bar keepers
and an array of indictments was found
against a number of barkeepers for
selling whisky on Sunday and allow
ing minors to drink.
Yesterday the indicted parties were
arraigned before Judge Simmons in
the Superior Court room and heavily
fined, after a noble and severe lecture
of rebuke. Judge Simmons stated
in effect that he had been written to
by mothers who implored him to
stand between their young sons and
ruin. Thaffthey were being allured
from homey parents and fireside by
the brilliant, lighted salocn and fres
coed billiard hall, and only blighted
lives and disappointed hopes awaited
them. Judge Simmons said to the
first party arraigned before him that
it was a matter ot grave and serious
doubt in his mind whether to send
him to jail or impose a fine. At this
the conoocter of drinks paled .and
became frightened. “Why,’’ said
Judge Simmons, “Ihave this morning,
just npy, sentenced a man to the peu-
—for the murder of a
cable dispatches tell a most heartrend
ing story. "IVe’ektract portions of the
accounts: ■ ■ ~ V’-V
Yestetday evening, j»t 6 o’clock,
the steamer Victoria, with -over six
hundred excursionists on board, was
returning from Spring Bank. When
near the Cave railway bridge, ods
mile below the city, the boat sadden*
ly collapsed like an egg shell, and be
came a total wreck level with the
water’s edge. - AH the passengers
were instantly plunged into the
stream, more than one-half ot them
being underneath the debris. -
The first news of the disaster which
reached the city was brought by the
survivors, who straggled through the
streets of the citj fret and weary.
The news fell like a thunderbolt and a
stampede took place for the spot.
Arriving there a horrible sight met
their yiew. Fifty or sixty bodies had
already been recovered, and were ly
ing on the bank. Those arriving from
the city from every direction crowded
aruond, anxious to see if any relatives
were on board. About one thousand
families were represented on the ex
cursion and the wail of auguish that
arose at the sight of the victims was
heartrending. Fathers, mothers,
brothers and sisters rushed about,
panic stricken, endeavoring to iden
tity friends.
All is in the deepest confusion. The
newspaper staff like all else, are sad
ly demoralized, all having triends in
volved in the calamity. The whole
city seems almost demented.
'The accident was certainly due- to
gross carelessness. The boat was
overcrowded to a disgraceful extent,
The manager, George Parish, was
expostulated with by several at Spring
Bank, and urged not to let the boat
go out in that overcrowded condition,
but he is reported to have replied :
“All right, I know my business,’’ or
something ot that sort. Samuel, a
stove merchant, and one of those who
protested, left the boat at Spring
Bank with his'fiuhily.” Several hun
dred more remained there, unable to
get passage and had to walk home, a
distance ot four miles to night.
SOME LATER DETAILS.
London, May 25, 1881.
Further details ot the fleenes at
Aleck Stephens, is about to marry.
How is this? Has little Aleck at
last consented to divide his skillet.
Will Hayes, the song writer, is
candidate for Mayor of Louisville, Ky.
Where is this thing to stop? Next
thing you know, original poets will
have a boom of some sort, and then
editors will have to leave this country.
Mahone srys the people of Vir
ginia were half a century behiud the
age until he. came and organized his
party. Is Mahone mathematician
enough to calculate now how far he
is behind the people of Virginia ?
Grant wants to introduce a new po
litical doctrine—the right of ex-pres-
idents to have their friends retained
in office. Grant’s friends were of such
exceedingly bad character—many of
them—that he is not likely to meet
with much success in his efforts.
A well known capitalist of Macon,
and who generally knows whereof he
speaks, predicts that the cotton receipts
of Macon.will reach 200,000 bales
within the next two years, through the
railroad combinations recently formed
and still being consolidated by amal
gamation of other lines.
A constituent of senator Vance,
John Caamichael by name, wrote to
the senator for a copy of his speech
on that “d—d dog Mahone.’’ He
wrote ou a postal card, and has been
arrested by the United States govern
ment. The trial will doubtless settle
the question whether Mahone is “a
d—d dog’ or not ?
The new prohibitory law in Kan
sas, which went into effect on the 1st,
is a stiff one. A Topeka drug clerk
sold a bottle of bitters through a mis
understanding ot the law, but though
the inadvertence was acknowledged
in court by the city attorney, the
the time of the occurrences of the judge fined the proprietor one hun-
terrible calamity of yesterday have dred dollars and costs, the smallest
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The ladies of Athens—God bless
them—presented us with a fine cake.
We have it, we are going to keep it,
and shall ever remember . them for
their untiring efforts to make our visit
and slay enjoyable, and we can assure
them that they were successful We
can say to Miss Laura ——, that some
ot the boys still have the button-hole
bouquets. v
A SCENE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
-Who
Stxvkxs Thomas
ELMOS Jj. Nbwtoh,
FssmsAirs Psisntr 1 .
Dm. J. A. Huhkicutt As an
JOB* W.Hicbolso*. I BOOCes8t
BILKING BEARS.
A friend has handed us the follow
ing specimen of a pious gentleman's
comments on a passage in the Bible.
It appean that lor many years a dea-
had observed the custom of daily
reading a chapter from the sacred
scriptures to the family, and making
a running extemporaneous commen
tary upon each particular passage that
seemed to require elucidation.
Coming to that part of tne Bible
which says, “Now th.'se seven did
Mileil(a) bear unto- Nahor,” he
cleared bis throat and explained it
thus:
‘The object of this here passage is
to show us bow unfortunate the peo*
pie used tow as in old times. Then
they didn’t have no dairies, bnt was
obleeged to milk bearo, and it took
six to hold the bear while the tother
milked it, and they had to go to Na
hor to get the bears.”— 1 Vatkinsville
Advance.
Gorham’s Bsging Organ.
President (to doorkeeper)
wishes to see me ?
Doorkeeper—He looks like a pi!
grim, but would not give his name.
President—Has he a letter of in
troduction from some of my friends ?
Doorkeeper—No, sir; but he says
lie is sorry.
President—Admit him (enter of
fice-seeker).
Office-Seeker—Please, Mr. Presi
dent, I’m uorrv I had a mind of my
own. Til never do so any more.
Hope of an office convince* me it was
very wicked in me to differ from you.
Please forgive me and my irieirds,
bat especially me
President—I b> lieve in remissiow
of sin upon due repentance. If yon
are really sorry, and will hereafter
consult me whenever yon wish to
think, I will overlook your pasttrans-
gression. Your name will be sent to
the senate tor confirmation. But, res
member, from this time on you belong
to me.
‘nueoverer,” Ben Hill is a
A Galveston candidate, who be
came very affectionate with colored
voters during the election, told an
influential darkey in an outburst of
election excilemeut': “I would rath
er ten times over, take the band of
an honest colored man than that of
whits loafer.”
fer, judge,
The executive committee of the
Georgia state ruiuday school asfocia-
tion decided yesterday to hold the
next annual convention at Griffin,
Ga., on Wednesday and Thursday,
the 24th and 25tb of August, 1881.
The followingis a list of the dele-
agates eWcted to repre sent Georgia in
the third International Sunday school
convention, te be held at Toronto,
Canada, on the 22d and 23d of June,
1881 :
His excelleuey, Alfred H Colquitt,
governor of Georgia; Hon. James
Jackson, chief justice; Hon John B
Estes. Gainesville; Hon John D Stew
art, Griffin, Gen Win M Browne,
Athens; Rev John W Heidt, D D,
Atlanta; Rev A G Thomas, D D, At
lanta; Rev Henry Quigg, Conjers;
Rev W T Cheney, Augusta; Dr Jas
Houston, Savannah; H .1 Kimball,
Atlanta; -W R Webster, Decatjir
Oliver T Jennings, Glade Mines, Hall
county; Roht A Hemphill, Atlanta ;
Prof R W Smith, Dalton : R B Rep-
,rd, Savannah; C B Ellis, Macon ;
r P Hemphill, Griffin; W L Gold
smith, Decatur; Robert T Hargrove,
Rome; W RPower, Marietta; Thos
Moore, Boltonville; Miss Jose Wilson,
Campbell county; Mrs Dr A C W
Travis, Conyers; V T Barnwell, At
lanta; C CSmith, Macon; Robert!'
Daniel, Griffin.
J C Courtney, of Atlanta, being g;
member of the executive committee of
the international convention is ex-
officio delegate without any other cre
dentials.
Arrangements have already been
made by which return tickets to the
convention at Toronto will be on;sale
from Atlanta via Cincinnati at $39-10
rouud trip.
been recieved. The vessel was
heavily laden that she shipped water
in small quantities occasionally when
the crowds would happen to surge to
either side of the boat. On the re
turned trip when more than half way
home a slight commotion on the boat,
said by some to have been caused
by the playful pranks of a num
ber ot youths on the lower
deck, and by others ascribed to the
boat’s striking on a snag, causing the
crowd, out ot curiosity,' to rush to
one side, and as the side of the boat
sank with the additional weight, a
volume of water a foot or two in
depth poured in upon thejlower deck,
which was crowded with passengers.
Instantly the crowd on both decks
rushed to the opposite side, and their
weight, together with that of the
water shipped by the boat, caused a
lurch in the opposite direction. Then
it was that the disaster occured. The
side of the boat sunk in water to the
depth of one or two feet, and while
the crowd on the lower deck were
struggling to save themselves from
slipping down into the river, the
stanchions supporting the upper deck
suddenly gave way, and the whole
structure, with its load of human be-
ings, came down on those who were
below. The scene that followed can
not be described. The boat contin
ued to settle on its side deeper into
the water, taking with it many of the
passengers, who were stunned by the
tall of the upper deok and were there
fore unable to help, themselves, while
many precipitated into the river, un
hurt, rept the air with their vain ap
peals for succor which those of the
sum the law allowed.
Of the president it is said senator
Conkling quite recently spoke as fol
lows: “That man in the White House
is not all one man. For instance, he
gets his religion from Bob Ingersoll,
his patriotism from Mahone. his hon
esty from Doisey, and his stupidity—
well, it may be natural, but it is more
than likely that it is a legacy left by
his predecessor in the office ot presi
dent.’’
the road of a young man’s life to ruin,
death and damnation. Throughyour
instrumentality the wails of mothers
aud the sobs of sisters are heard in
desolate hours. Bright futures are
shadowed by the darkness ot y«ur
sin. The morals ot the youth of our
city are being corrupted and their re
spectability tainted.
Judge Simmons imposed fines to
the amount ot some twelve hundred
dollars. Several parties were fined
$250, some $125 and $150. Oue
party was fined $325. Judge Sim
mons is determined, as far as lies in
his power, to check the selling of
whisky to minors and abolish liquor
drinking on Sunday.—Macon Tele*
graph. ,
TIIE OFFICE A FOOTBALL.
A crying evil in our institutions is
the way public offices are used to ad-
vance the ends ot politicians and their
usefulness to the public service de
stroyed by the frequent changes made
in the incumbents. This is fully il
lustrated in the case of the New York
Custom House, one ot the most im-
portaot in tho country. The manner
in which it is abused is illustrated hy
the Savannah News in this way:
“The term of Customs Collector
Merritt, of New York, would not
have expired until July 20,1882, had
he not been superseded by Mr. Rob
ertson. There are no such charges
against Mr. Merritt as were . brought
against Collector Arthur—“dishon
esty and inefficiency’’—when Hayes
and Sherman kicked him out. In
fact, theie could be none, consistently,
for the Robertson nomination was ac.
companied by that of Mr. Merritt to
the Consul Generalship at London,
which is a sufficient voucher for his
good record in the New York Colluc-
torship. It is the exigencies of con
tending factions that bring about
these frequent and otherwise uncalled
for changes in this office. Collector
Arthur, a Grant man, stood in the
path of Secretary Sherman’s presi
dential ambition, and he waa forth
with kicked out of office. Collector
Merritt does not answer the require
ments for 1884 of the Blaine-Gartield
faction, and so he “steps down and
out.” The political power of the of
fice completely overshadows its pub'ic
character and makes it the foot bal I
of ambitious and combative politi
cians, and at present threatens to
moke it the cause of the disruption of
a great party.
An exchange says mat a Georgia
railroad now requires all of its em
ployees to sign a pledge containing
the following stringent clause : “I will
entirely abstain from the use of all
kinds ot intoxicating liquors of every
kind, including ale, beer and wine,
and that I will not frequent or visit
dram shops, billiard-saloon^ or other
places where such liquors are sold, and
that I will refrain from the use of pro-
fane, abusive and improper language.”
Which railroad is it?
A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT.
We All Hare Our Troubles.
Philadelphia Times.
The Bootblacks’ Union, of St.
has just had a disturbance over
question of colored members,
leg Jerry has been the boss 0:
peals i
;ess to extend to all in a moment.
7 Twenty-two more'' bodies ware re-
covered to day from tinder the lower
detiLbfJthe vessel, making about two
hundred in all recovered. It is not
knoyrp.hqw .many more, if any, are
lost/ t Almost' all business is at stand
still and crowds are in the 'streets
discussing the sad calamity. Solemn
stillness prevails in the city.| Flags
are at half mastand bells are tolling.
At 10:30 p. m. 230 bodies had been
recovered. It is believed that there
are several yet beneath the wreck.
: Herald.
k. .. . i » ,... * u'e/testimony "in the case of Whit-
nuion, ana he wad in favor EaxWm .all in. Argument
*1 1- * I'* 1 "' — win positively be limited to three
months for each side, after which the
court is expected to take it recesflffor
repairs.
ting the colored polishers to member
ship, as they were cutting prices and
ruining the' business. Yorkey Pete,
however, couldn’t consent to associate
with any such people, and l e led a
bolt, taking a majority of the mero-
oers of the union along with him. It
seems that we all have our troubles,
whether United States Senators- or
bootblacks.
Bring all the horses and > mules
needed on the farms from Kentucky
i and other states, and then bring the
“Dat’s where we dif-j dry food along to keep them from
m take de hand of de 1 starving and you have an example of
white loafer fust, ebry time. Shake!” Southern thrift, snd aiso a sad satire
And they shook.— Galveston Neve- on common sense.—Augusta Nevis.
Mb'. J. A. Perdue, .who recently
purchased the Watkinsville Advance
has made vast improvements in. the
appearance of the paper. . It is now a
very creditable sheet. ' , t .,
There has been a great variety of
opinions expressed by the clergy of
this country, on the revised new tes*
tament. One of the best ways of
putting tho metier is that of the Rev.
Dr. J. O. Peck, of the Hanson Place
Methodist Episcopal church, Brook
lyn. He* preached last Sunday even
ing on ^The greatest event of the
great century—the revised version of
tlie new testament.” The revision
was the greatest event of ti»e century,
he said, because, it demonstrated that
there were.no fatal errors in the tes
tament as we have had it. Eighty
men, learned acd pious, had spent
ten years each in stqdying the book,
and tbiR aggregate, ot eight hundred
years of labor looking for defects had
proved that there J was no false doc
trine In the testament—no false error.
•‘1 take these eight hundred years of
study of the Bible,” said the preacher,
“and put them -against Bob Inger*
soil’s treatment of it/
There is really, however, no call for
the clergy to pay so much attention
to Bob Ingersoll. Bob geta- entirely
too much free advertising, and he eo'
joys it- There is, little depth about
the man, He U uot a thinker, nor a
logician. He deals in cheap, flashy
rhetoric, and any. man who has per
ception enough to look beneath the
surface: of his shallow rantiugs, will
RIGHT WATERING OF PLANTS.
Farmera T Ho .no Journal.
‘If you were very thirsty,’ said old
Mr. Irwin; “and I was the pour a
glass ot water on the top of your
head, would you be very grateful to
me ?’ 1
‘No,’ said Tom, who was watering
his geranium, ‘Td be mad!’
‘Well eaid the old man. ‘you are
not treating the plants much better.
It has mouths, and it likes to drink,
when it is thirsty, but you don’t pour
the water into its mouth,’
‘I don’t know where they are,’ said
Tom looking curiously at the bush.
‘Its leaves are full of eager little
pores and they are choked with dust,’
Mr. Erwin said. ‘Just put the nose
again on the watering pot and wash
the leaves.’
Tom picked up the nose, put it- on
the spout of the pot, aud gave the
bush a thorough welting.
‘It does look better,’he said, ‘has it
any other mouths ?’
‘Plenty of them,’ said the old man;
‘one at the end of each rootlet. When
you pour a stream of water around
the stem of the plant, I think it must
feel as you would if I put the water
on your head.”
‘Yes,’ said Tom, 'seo that fuchsia,
I didn’t water the leaves nor the ends
of the roots, I am sura.’
‘And don’t you see you are doing
the same .thing by that rhododen
dron ?’ said the irritable old man.
When you do anything boy, do it in
the right way.’
And he took the watering pot him
self, and every mouth in each plant
got a good drink that time.
• Apparently Not.
' <« . Philapelphia Time.
one bnt Phut and himself.
1 power there exhibited.
RAILROAD RUMORS.
Our state is full of railroad rumors.
Some seem plausible aud some the
contrary. We copy the following two
paragraphs trom the Atlanta Post-
Appeal, to show our Teaders how the
railroad idea is bubbling and boiling:
“The latest railroad intelligence is
that the Louisville and Nashville has
bought out the Central railroad. This
ta a tremendous move, and its conse
quences cannot be calculated.
“Auother piece of news is that a rail
road syndicate has been formed, with
Gen. Wm. McRae at its head, to con
vey all freights around Atlanta by
means of a belt railroad, instead of
carrying them through.the city.”
Says the Nashville American:
With the exception of ids mean and
unsoldierly attack upon Gen. Han
cock, Grant never did a thing that in
jured him so much as his recent letter.
It is concentrated ^bitterness, and
moreovei altogether inancurate—false
in its statements ot facts, though
doubtless not intentionally so.