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VOL. XVI.
The N kws desires local cor re-p v.i
pondents in every neighborhood.
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Co!. A. K. Buck, of‘Atlanta, has
gone again to see Gen. Harrison.
Certain] v, Georgia should be repre¬
sented in the cabinet.
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In another column w ill be found a
Call for a meeting of the Immigra-
tion Association, It is of the highest
importance that every citizen be
present at that meeting.
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Subscribe for The News, we want
to reach 20(X) circulation in the short¬
est possible time. The premium we
offer, “The Horse and llis Discuses
is worth to every horse owner the
price of the paper. Additional pre¬
miums will bo offered next week.
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Judge Wcods, of Indianapolis has
instructed the grand jury that they
cannot indict Dudley. So the great
campaign letter writer and vote buy¬
er can now go home.
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It is said that Mr, Hand-all is now
the leader of the Democrats in the
House, and that Mr. Mills takes a
buck seat, It will be difficult here-
to make tariff measures a strictly
party issue. Some Democrats are for
protection, and some Republicans fa-
vor tariff for revenue only.
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Stanley is heard from, He writes
a letter to his Arab friend, Tippoo
Tib. He was well and in good spir¬
its. IIo has one hundred and thirty-
wangona, three white soldiers and
t-ixty-six nati\ es with him. He found
Emin Pasha very liberal and kind.
Pasha has abundance of ivory, thous¬
ands of cattle, sheep, goats fowls and
food of all kinds, llis soldiers blessed
Stanley’s black men for their kiml-
ness in showing them their way, and
they prayed to God that IIo would
give Stanley strength to finish his
wo* 1.
■K* vr
Gnco upon a time,not many months
ago, the lion. Mr. Ingalls, the guest,
said naughty things against his Ex-
celleucy, Mr. Cleveland, the host.
This was undoubtedly a very dishon¬
orable tiling to do; but still, Mr. In
galls has ‘Hon.’ prefixed to his name
all the same. Now there is to be an¬
other feast at the White House and
great are the perplexities. Mr. At¬
kinson’s select 400 in Washington
are excited; there are grave discus-
sions, profound reasoning, end less
talking, running to and fro from
house to house. Senators, their wives
and daughters, corps diplomatique,
lords, dignataries and folk of lesser
m te, people known,people unknown,
editors,—in fact Washington society
is “all stirred up” over this grave
question—shall Mr. Ingalls be invi¬
ted again to the feast. Finally the
great question was submitted to Mr.
Cleveland himself. The answer came:
“He shall.” So the president of the
Senate is to lie the invited guest of
the president of the nation. Now the
question arises, M ill Mrs. Cleveland
feel it incubent on herself to give Mr.
Ingalls the highest post of honor,
\iz. a seat by her side? Happy In¬
galls who delights to say ugly things.
Unhappy Mrs. Cleveland who
want to hear them.
Senator Sherman lias introduced a
bill in Congress for “regulating” e-
lections. There are to be Boards of
State canvassers composed of five vo-
««>«*««>■" c °"s-
sional district, electoral boards com-
posed of three voters. These boards
are to be appointed by the President,
and they are to have full power to
control electoral machinery.
It is difficult to conceive a scheme
fraught with ^-.eater possible evils.
The returning boards that seated
president Hayesjs political in nucence
compared to this partisan iniquity.
That board was composed of men of
both parties; this, only of the l^rty
in power; that simply passed upon
the returns of three states; this enters
the Congressional districts, of every
state; federal officers appointed by a
partisan president,wil invade the sane-
tity of the ballot box and by control-
ing electoral machinery, “regulate”
the ballots of every citizen, The man
who could introduce such an infa¬
mous bill, must have lost political
conscience;his conceptions of the fun¬
damental principles of ourgovernraent
must be drowned in the pollutions of
partisan debauchery. Let us wait
and see what other Senators second
the motion.
TOCCOA, GA., SATURDAY. JANUARY 1889.
ANOTHER MUBJDER
Fear Birmingham.
A WOMAN AND IiER *ON.
THE SUPPOSED MURDERER IS LYNCHED,
rut he is relieved to re
INNOCENT.
The following graphic description
of another fearful tragedy near Bir¬
mingham, we gather from the Con-
stiution:
Six miles from the city at Pratt
mines, about noon last Saturday,Mrs.
.J. S. Kellum and her son, Willie, a-
bout nine years old, were out in the
woods looking for a cow. Meeting
a negro they asked him if he hau
seen the animal. He replied, “Come
this way and I will show you the an-
imal.” He led the way a short dis¬
tance and then turning suddenly lie
struck Mrs.Kellum a terrible blow on
the head which felled her to the
ground. The boy screamed out,when
with one blow the negro crushed his
skull, killing him instantly. Hearing
the boy scream a white man came,
an( j the negro (led. '1 lie man took
the wounded lady to her home where
she still survives.
The people were terribly excited
and a.rested a negro named George
Meadows, placed him under strong
guards and kept him from the hands
of the Sheriff for 24 hours, till he
could bo identified by the dying wo—
man. When it was suggested that
the prisoner be turned over to the
Sheriff for trial, the crowd said:
“No; we want no law in this; we
want justice.”
The men took a solemn oath that
th.-y would die before they would de¬
liver the prisoner to the sheriff.
Finally the prisoner was brought
from the woods where he was con¬
cealed, to the house of Mrs. Kellum
for identification. About 500 people
surrounded the house. As he was
brought heft re the lady, every sound
was hushed, and each one waited with
bated breath to hear what she would
say. She look queerly around and
said: “lie looks very much like the
man, but his shoulders seem a little
round.”
The prisoner stood with his hands
tied before him with a stout cord.
Tiu* command was given;
“Untie him and let him straighten
up.”
IIo was untied, but with stolid in¬
difference refused to change his pos¬
ture.
She looked the man square in the
faco and asked:
“Are you the man?”
“Marin,” was the reply, “I did not
do it.”
The Sheriff made no attempt to
rescue the negro. Six deputies . went
out, but found 500 men well armed,
Suddenly a shout went up:
“Look out,those men are deputies.”
Instantly three score rifies were
leveled at the officers, and they were
“We can protect ourselves,” shout¬
ed the crowd. “Away from here.”
“If the officers get that negro he
will be acquitted on the plea of
sanity,” shouted the leaders.
“Oh! he’d never be tried.”
“We’ve got no faith in juries.
Law is a farce. 1 ’
The six deputies started across t | )0
street toward the prisoner.
“Halt!” came the stern
TTT pwi r '.i lthe "“"In
“\ou will have to kill i eaery nidi
of us before you get that negro.
“We don’t wan’t the negro. Good-
morning, and the six deputies left.
Several colored people identified
the negro as the same man that out-
raged a colored girl 9 years of age.
Approaching 1 1 the leaders of the mob
one of the negroes said:
“Gentlemen, black women shall be
protected as well as white. Turn
that man over to us and we’ll lynch
*
him in five minutes.”
The lady said he was the right one.
Then they went to the woods, whew
the cry was raised, “Bring a rope.”
A man came with the ropes. He
made a noose and threw it like a las-
so at the prisoner. The sight of the
rope and the act of tl»e man madden-
ed the crowd and nothing could stem
their rage. The prisoner was the
coolest man in the crowd. He
“Go ahead and hang me,
men, but I am innocent.”
A man ran ahead and climbed
small post oak tree,and sitting
a limb, called for the end of the
The Toccoa hiews.
The'rOpe was’tightened round his
neck. A gentleman standing^by the
prisoner, called on the crowd to con¬
sider what they were doing as the
man might be innocent.
“He assulted a girl anyhow and
ouo-htto % hano-'for that.” This settled
, hlsfate • .
-
'*\ou have got a minute . to live,’ .
was said.
“Make it five minutes if you want
to pray.
Thejloorned man’s lips trembled
slightljq * the only sign of emotion vis-
jKld ’
‘I do , not want to pray, I T did , not
Jo it.”
“He is stubborn, he never will
fess,” said the in an with the
The rope was thrown to the man in
the tree.
A powerful man
SEIZED TIIK PRISONER
as he stood with his hands tied and
raised him from the ground. Two oth¬
er mer. seized him and shoved him up
as far as they could reach, without so
much as a tnumur or a struggle on his
part. A half dozen men took hold
of the rope and tied it to a pine sap¬
ling, and the dangling body with
popiug’eyes,swung in the air without
a murmur, or evidence of pain, in the
presence of 500 people, a few women
standing around in the thick under¬
growth.
“Let’s all take a shot at him,” was
shouted, and almost as quick as
thought,500 guns^tilltg forth and 500
bullets pierced bis body. When Mrs.
Kellum was informed the deed was
done, she said:
“They made no mistake, lie was the
light mail.”
Far met s.
The best iron holders are square,
of leather,cut from an old boot leg or
shoe covered on one side with carpet
and neatly bound.
Boiling water will take out fruit
stains,and cold water,the stain of tea,
while it will set the stain of eoffe.c.
Iron rust stains of any age.are readi¬
ly removed with salt and lemon and a
strong sunning. Summer is the best
for such an undertaking.
If butter is kept covered tight when
put in the ice ctiest.it will not absorb
the odor of any food lying near. There
is nothing so sensitive as butter, and
yet you :nay see it any time placed
near to meat or vegetables.
To po ish slii.t 1 osoms and cuffs
and c dbirs starch them first thorough¬
ly in clean boiled s!a ch, and when dry
d in en them with the following :
Mix one quarter of an ounce of gum
arabic in a pint of warm water. \i iieii
this mixture is cool add two large ta-
blespoonfills of fine starch and the
white ot tin eggi Apply this mixture
with a sponge lightly, and use a pol
isliing iron.
Toe Houses Were Spared.—
When Mr. Cole, a well-known circus
proprietor in the South, sold Ids stock
j- ew (j r i e4ns three dun ring horses
that, he had owmd for years went with
the others by mistake. Mr. Cole at
once bought them back, saying that
he would never consent to have the
horses become the property of any
one who would make them work, and
he bad decided to put them to a pains
less death. He [imposed bleeding
them to death, but W. R. Leonard, a
livery roan, suggested that the use of
chloroform would be a better and less
painful m- de. This was finaly de¬
cided upon and a reliable man pro¬
cured, who was to have performed t ie
opperation.
They were all collected m the cir¬
cus tent. There was Cole. Leonard,
the riders and the clowns the ring¬
master* the tumblers aud the lenpers.
and the three pet duns. Calling the
little mare by name* he told her to kiss
nit*
head> kjgscd cach ono . This was
more than they could stand, and the
sacrifice was put off. Cole had no
place to take them to,so Mr. Leonard
^"^‘clmrgc ofTheml’und'eAguar-
an t ece neV er to work them, but to
keep them in good until death should
them for the grate. St* Louis
Republican* K
Washing Made Easy.—T he Home
an 1 Fai m published a receipt, and
has received hundreds of letters from
women saying the washing has lost
its terrors. Here it is: For one bar
of soap, use three table-spoonfuls of
coal oil, such as you use in the lamp.
For a family of lire or six, put enough
water in the boiler to boil the clothes
add two tablespoonfuls of coal oil,
and two-thirda of a bar of soap. Let
it come to a boil. Wet your clean¬
est clothes in cold water, or luke-
warm. If the wristbands are very
dirty, a little soap may be rubbed on
them. Put them in the boiling water
and boil fifteen or twenty minutes.
While they are boiling, wet the next
boiler full and if very dirty add an-
other spoonful of oil and more soap.
The last boiler will not need any
more oil or soap. It takes about as
1 . t LonliuMrv ' wav but
•
it is all put . m tne boiler. Aftei 001 .. -
ing in suds, rinse as in ordinary
Two things ‘" , remember, have plenty of
'
m boiling I r water, .___ and , . have . lt
boiling when the clothes are put in. .
If you fail the first time, try, try,
again. We have washed this way
near , y a yea., _ an , our ^ 1 1 . k
nice and white, and we say let those
rub who want to.
_ 1 ea-Vise TT Hav.
Bill Arp, , . in
letter to the Country Gentleman says:
l’oas aro better thin clover or grass
hin„; Bettsr for the land and
respect for peas. I ....
about fiv0 acres every year for forage
aud they make the best forage in the
worid—the best for horses and mules
and the best milch cows. All kinds
of stock eat it greedily. I have seen
old farmers pull peavines up by the
roots and hang them on the fence to
cure The common idea is that pea-
vine hay is hard to harvest and hard
to cure. This is a great mistake. Sou¬
thern with a drill or broadcast—say 2
bushels to the acre; when the pods
are nearly grown, and the pease are
in the dough, walk right into them
with a good scythe blade and cut an
acre it easily, a day—any for good mower can do
it is the sweetest cutting
in the world. Let them lie as they
fall for 24 hours, for 24 hours, rake
into winnows and let them alone for
just two days let more. If it rains on them
it rain, when the sun shines
out again toss them up and give them
air and they will cure. 1 have had
them to take several rains, aud lie on
the ground for a week, and cure all
right; plenty of air is all they want.
Put them in the bam and watch them
for a day or so to see if they are
moulding or getting hot; if they are
then loss them to the other side of
the barn, aud the tossing and airing
will |bring them all right. 1 have
never and lost a pea-vino crop. But 1 e
sure cut before the pods are rip
or you will lose the leaves, l ut
green and not a leaf will drop, and
the vines cure so much easier.
Blood Tells in Steers.— I have
had personal experience in feeding
cattle for years and have found that
good blood will tell in the steer, In
wotober 1 bought a few steer calves
to put with stock of my own raising,
as 1 generally winter 10 or 12 head.
At first I was not particular about
the blood, but purchased any calf
about six months old that looked
well. My calves invariably are hous¬
ed and fed grain daily, sometimes
an< J again shelled corn, or ear
corn chopped fine. Last winter 1
used a power cutter and cut shock
corn, and gave my calves a feed oi
of this once a day, with no other
o-rain, and they came through the
winter on less gram than formerly
and looked tine. I alw ys begin
feeding my calves while the grass is
good. I weigh when they go into
winter quarters and again when they
go onto grass, always i f feeding i: for r two
weeks after turning oi>to grass. 1 1
never allow a calf to bo hungry. My
max m is, “Quck returns if you want
any profits.” 1 sell n.ysteers whn,
they ere two years old, or say
months old. This gives the ruu oi
one month’s grass, and my steers
will weigh on an average 1250 lbs,
and always get an extra price. Now
the penuyroyaLor scrub steers I have
found dear if given to me. They
never weigh over 700 lbs at 2 years,
are always ready to go over a fence,
and are a curse to any man who tries
to make a good steer out of them. 1
find a full blooded Shorthorn calf is
worth much more than a half blood;
it is more easily fattened,and is much
heavier when fed out. I cal! to mind
one instance where 1 bought a penny-
royal steer, because he was consider¬
ed cheap—$17.50* I kept him IS
months as above narrated and sold
him by weight at a reduced price,
price because he was classed as such,
and he brought me just $19. Anoth-
er time 1 paid $18 for a two year old
pennyroyal steer,kept sold him 12 months,
stall fed him and him for *24, 1
have oftentimes paid fancy prices for
calves when the blood was there, and
it always pays in the end. Only
gotrd bloo^l and good care pay.—[A.
E. Sprague, Franklin county, O.
The State Board of Agriculture
Virginia has decided to prepare a
pamphlet setting forth the resources
of every county of the State ; the val-
ue of the land, the productiveness
of the same, and also to appoint a
local agent in the every county to
carry,out the provisions indicated.
ed. Immigration is chief topic discuss*
Our Countrj\
Jau. lo.the Piedmont Air liue train
S oin S norlh • camc ncar be '"= wreck -
ed about 15 mile* north of Toccoa,
ncar Westminster. The train was
going at great speed down a moun-*
tain side, when it suddenly struck
something passengc-Ps on the track, throwing the
from their seats and dam-
a ging the cars. An oak tie and two
large stones had been placed on the
track on a high trestle over a deep
ravine. The tram was going at very
great rate of speed, and broke the tie
t() pj eeesam [ gr0 und the stones toat-
ora3 ; and tliu3 averted a fearful dis-
aster.
The XT 1 m ortli Carolina legislature . . . , has
passed resolutions urging the “ h<,ll
ments, retaining iton luxuries.
Owen Brown son of John Brown,
the abolitionist, and last survivor
the Harper's Ferry tragedy, died Jan,
13. in Passadeua Cal. m
Mrs. Jay Gould died at her home
on fifth avenue at 8 :50, the I2thinst
Mrs Gould was the daughter of Dan¬
iel S. Miller , of Brookly a wholesale
grocer of two generations ago.
J. A. Wcthercll. the husband of pri-
ma dona, Emma Abbott is dca£d.
The State farmers alliance of Flor¬
ida, intend making a wholesale mar¬
ket for cotton in Jacksonville.
The average yield of wheat per acre
throughout the United States is II.1
bushels, winter wheat. 11.6 bushels,
and Spring wheal 10.3 bushels. lie
average price pet- bushels the pa-t
year was, 92 6 .cents, against 68,1
cents, the previous crop.
Mr. Phelps, our Minister to Eng¬
land will sail for New York Janua¬
ry 31.
The Secretary of the Interior has
rendered a decision in the case of the
state of Florida, upon j;n appeal from
the decison of the commissioner of the
general land olliee , denying the ap¬
plication of said s;ate for the iasu-
xnce of a patent to landsembraced in
the tract of unsurveyed swamp lands
selected by said state , and reported
to the general land olliee, prior to tfle
passage of the confirmatory act of
March 3,1857.
Richmond Pearson, of Ashville, N.
C. wants to be post master general
under Harrison.
The Secretary of the Navy has in¬
structed Hear Admiral Kimberly>
commander of the Pacific Station* to
proceed with the war ship Trenton to
Samoa, and protect American inter¬
ests in that Island.
The canal across Florida, will doubt
less go through. It will start near
Cedar Keys on the gulf,and reach the
St, Johns river near Palatka.
The Irish Parliamentary Party of
the House of Commons has tendered
thanks to the Legislature of New York,
for its public endorsement of the Irish
people.
The president lias nominated Henry
S. Nunn, of North Carolina, to be
collector of customs lbr the Pamlico
district.
llayti pays the American owners
of the Haytien Republic £120,000
indemnity for the seizure that ves¬
sel.
I he presidential clectois of all tnc
States taet and cast their votes ac-
w , ;lly Benjomi „ Marti,
son isdeolaried the elected Presi
j en t of tiie United States,
A passenger train on the Pennsy i-
frcight train f near Talmagc, Ohio,
Both engineers* both firemen, and
eight passengers were killed and
fourteen passengers badly injured.
Ilovey, the new Governor of Ind-
ana was inaugurated the 14 tii* Gen¬
era' Harison was present as s; e: a-
tor, and divufed the enthusiasm with
Governor Hovoy.
The legislature of Pennsylvania lias
passed a prohibition amendment to
the constitution, which is to be sub¬
mitted to a vote of the people.
Howard, alias Bud Anderson is to
be hanged on Friday* the 24th> inst..
in Raleigh, N. C.
The lessees of the State'pcnitcntin-
ry of Mississippi, have been sued for
$80,000 amount claimed to be due
from them to the State.
White cips in North Salem N. II.
took a man named Welsh out of his
, . .
()rnise to leave town 11 is offence was
p vin g with a grass widow Welsh got
a lawyer, some detectives arrested 13
ol 1116 white caps ; eleven were fined
«« “ St e “ C " ‘ !,C, ’ tl,0r 2 l °'
Over forty negro fara !i * a e been
driven from home by an armed mob
in Kemper and Noxubee counties,
Miss. Many houses have been burned,
and they arc etill burning and robbing
the negros, ’ mob law prevails in there
counties.
Govner Fleming of Florida lias
ig9ued a proclamation calling the leg-
j 3 [ a vur« of Florida in extra session,
on February 5th next, for the pur-
pose of establishing; a Board ofileaith,
as required h\ the Constitution.
A Pelosky, Mich., man has frozen
140 tons of fish this winter.
Arthur II. Rowe, of Gloucester
Mass. ba 3 stopped 60 runaway leaiacs
Georgia.
The Atlanta Evening Journal has
to S9 . v about Atlanta being in the
iron ore belt:
Said and old iron man yesterday:
“There are within a few miles of the
capital, veins of ore the extent and
richness of which are wonderful. The
ore is far superior to the famous Mar-
quette or Luke Superior ores. I have
worked ores from Lake Superior,
from Tennessee, from Birmingham,
from Lake Champlain and from 2$outh
Carolina, ami I am of the opinion
the ore of this vicinity is equal if not
superior to them all. T here is enough
here to run blast furnaces for two ecu-
furies and more. I can take von,”
j, e enthusiastically “in a half
hour’s walk to where' inexhaustible
veins oforc might be worked, There’s
den no use going to Birmingham or Swe¬
for iron ore, Atlanta has as
much ore as the state of Georgia,
perhaps the entire South, will need in
the next two or three centuries.”
TiiC man who built the first rolling
mill in the United States is in At-
lanta.
In 1820 Major Walton built, at
Bunton, New Jersey, the first
mill in operation in thiscountry. Ho
was then a young man, having boon
born on the Isle of Man in 1808, and
had just finished his apprenticeship in
New York.
In the same year lie built at Fump-
ton.N. J., the first blast furnace which
is still there.
In 1827 Major Welton also built at
Luekige, N. Y., the first mill for
manufacturing implements and arti¬
cles sold in hardware stores.
The Major bas been in the iron
buisness ever since he was 14, ex¬
cept such Limes as he was fighting
Indians, Mexicans and (be federal sol¬
diers,
The scats, and desks for the new
school at Douglesvillc have arived
from Hushvilic, Ind. There are 150
of them, ami they cost between £750
and $1,000, and are first class in ev¬
ery respect. The school will be
ready about Fob 1
J, R. Me Kenney of Cobb county,
has a sow that has brought him thirty
thre pigs in tvv-lve months and two
weeeks. He recently killed the first
litter of eleven pigs which averaged
206^ pounds each. Of the next litter
he soid nine for £27, gave one away
and kept one.
Work has commenced on the new
buildings Cotton aud works for the Macon
beed Oil and Fertilizing Com¬
pany. An increase of $ 12.),U0U;liavin-
been granted at a recent meeting of
the board of directors, the milPs ca¬
pacity will bo increased threefold,
giving employment to a large force of
men.
Rice plantations in Macintoshcoun-
ty are going begging this year.
Hancock county people spend allot
$40.000 for liquor every year.
Elberton is at present besieged
with drummers. They report slim
sales.
Watkiiis'ville is on a building boom
and there is nut a vacant house ia
town.
Frank Thornton of Elberton has in
his possession a coupplc of eggs which
arc curiosities. They have two shells ;
the yolk is inclosed in the smaller
one and the white around it in the
larger. The eggs are as large as a
goose egg, whicu they closely re¬
semble.
More than 100 carloads of cotton
seed have been s tipped from Grlfin
this season. This is about 50,000
bushels, which, at the rate usually put
to the acre, would give a solid founda¬
tion for a crop on 5,000 acres, or
about one-eighth of the total number
of acres in cultivation in Spalding
county.
Mr. C. II. Rogers, a prominent cit¬
izen of Macon died of pneunonia the
13th, inst,
Macon is to have a City Missiona-
r y*
The election in Rabun were exciting.
The contests were close. Whiskey,
money, mules, horses, an 1 ox-carts,
were used to tempt listless voters to
the poles.
Over 300 mules have already been
sold in Dawson tins season. A fresh
carload arrives every day or two. and
the trade promises to be unusually
large.
Mrs. Julia K. Reed of Eatonton re¬
ceived on Thursday oi' $4,000 on the life
insurance policy her deceased hus¬
band, Judge R. N. Reed, late of Put¬
nam county.
No applicant will be received at the
Technological school alter to-day. Dr.
Hopkins says that applications are
pouring in daily. About a month ago
it was decided to admit no more stu¬
dents this terra,but tiie requests were
so numerous and urgent, that it wa*
decided to admit about twenty new
student. The doors were thrown open
to applicants when*he exerei-es
resumed after the holidays* but they
c'osc to-day. A new term begins in
February, and Dr. Hopkins wishes it
distinctly uuderstood that no new stu¬
dents will be admitted in February.
There are now about 140 to 150 stu¬
dents in attendar.e*
The Banner-'Watcbnr an of Athens
has changed hands. Mr. Mark Conner
Pope is naw the editor an.l proprieter.
NO.
tig]asviHe is to have a cotto fac¬
tory on the co-operate plan.
At sunrise, at the residence ofRev,
M r . Tidwell. Ellavilie, I)r. Teed Mur-
ray married Miss Glue Elwards,
daughter of Dr. Edwards ot Tazewell,
Ga. The happy couple spent the
day at the house of a friend ; after
supper while the househould and
guests the parlor-the were hrvinjt a social chat m
father of the bride walk-
ed into the room with a large knife tn
hand, saying, ‘‘Gentleman hands off,”
and taking his daughter by the arms,
carried her back home. The girl is
too young to marry, and the farther
very propely* took possession of his
child. Tceb will have watt some years
for his wife.
Congressional .
An effort is being made to get
more than £75,000 appropriation
the Y. S. barracks at Atlanta.
The Southern republican Congress-
men olected to the next House, or-
ganized an association for the pur¬
pose of advancing republican power
10 the South. They expect to influ¬
ence the new president in making his
cabinet, and in his general Southern
policy.
Petitions have been presented by
ladies against Sabbath, breaking, par¬
ticularly against running interstate
Sunday trains, and against military
drills on Sunday.
Mr. Morgan of Alabama, in a de*
bate, said it he could, he would expel
from Alabama every negro in it.
New Mexico, South Dakota and
Washington territories are clamorous
to be admitted as States.
The omnibus bill is now the great
bone of contention in the house. The
republicans want to pass the bill ad¬
mitting only South Dakota. The
democrats insist that ifSouth Dakota
is admitted, the other Territories
shall be admitted also.
In the senate the tarriff bill drags
its slow legth along, The most impor-
tant amendments is a bounty on su-
gar from beets, sogrham and sugar
cane made in the United States,
Florida wants protection on or*
anges. One dollar a box ori all or¬
anges and lemon imported from for¬
eign countries.
^Pleasantries.
SATISF A CTORILY EXPLAINED.—‘Say,
Sam! When you proposed to Miss
Sheckles did you get down on your
knees?”
“No, old man, I couldn’t. She was
sitting on them.”—Columbia Specta¬
tor.
Signs of Greatness, —Mrs. Hope¬
ful—Is my boy improving any?
Professor ot Penmanship—He is
getting worse. Ills writing is now
so bad no living soul can read it.
“How lovely! The darling! He’ll
be a great author some day.—N. Y.
Weekly,
First Vassar Student.— Say,girls
there’s one thing we’ve forgotten.
We Uaven’t any college yell. All
colleges have yells, you know.
Second Student—Why, of course,
strange have we never thought of it. Let’s
one.
Third Student—But I don’t see
how we can yell without takiug the
gum out of our mouths.
Fourth Student—Let’s lit the yell
go. It isn’t very ladv-like, anyhow.
—N. Y. Weekly.
Heroes of the Hour, —Brother,
(to sister)—I say, sis, I want to intro¬
duce you to a particular friend of
mine: ho is a swell, and a great elu’*
man.
Sister (whispers back)—Oh, don’t,
Jack; you know how I detest these
silly club men. What club does he
belong to?
Brother—The New York Base
Ball Club.
Sister—Oh, introduce him at once.
I shall be delighted to meet him.—
Epoch.
An Undesirable Suitor —Y'oung
Widow—Yes, it is true, Mr. Slovvfol-
low has been very attentive to me
lately, and he is certainly interesting.
So you used to know him.
Friend—Yes, in feed. Knew him
and his first wife, too. He courtel
her nine years before marrying her.
in Waiting Maid—Mr. Slowfellow is
the parlor, mum.
Young Widow (savagaly)—Not at
home.—Savannah News.
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Foreign .
Id. DeLesseps still perseveres. He
has an agreement with Parisian bank
for afresh issue of sixty million shares
of Panama Canal stock.
The King of Holland has inflama-
tion of the brain, and his end is near,
At the Vienna International skat¬
ing contest, Dcmohue skated six miles
in six minutes, three and one half
seconds.
_ ut m m — 1 -—
Coughs and colds come uninvite 1,
but you can quickly get rid of these,
with a few doses of of Dr. J. McLear*
Tar Wiue Lung Balm.