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BANNER-WATCHMAN. TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1882. TRADE NOTES IaUrtponiMl with I call? Voted. IlK.tK lii miiul (liat Lowe & Co. keep only the U*si mi«l i»urc*l liquor* t their bar. A \uxviy ul seven gentlemen baggetl ill <lovea In t»ne at'leriiuoii near Ameri cas. Comfdrtaiile boils uml a ilrM'riaas attention c un be had at H. 11 Lampklu’ft. Don't forget Tin; only pl&ce In the city you can get tho fa* moan Maxey'ii aweetmanli whisky 1h Lam|»klu'«. U. II. Lamtkin keepN the finest bar-room In the city ami the purest and beat liquors. President Arthur It ns nominated Judge J. W. H. Underwood, of Georgia, on the Tariff Commission. k only ten-pin alley In the city and the best hard aud |«ool tables at Lampkin's saloon. I r you want to be treated like a Lord patron* We the popular saloon o! K. H. Lampkln. The cotton crop in Burke county av enges “knee high,” with a good stand. Low* A Co., wholesale and retail liquor deal ers Hi on 1 idi eel, Athena, Ua Remember. If you want the best cigars sold in the city, buy »>l laiwe a Co. Try “Punch aud Judy." Tint beat keg and bottled beer, porter ale, etc., niwaya fresh at the bar of Lowe dc Co. A little North Carolina girl got hold of n jug of whisky, and drank until she fell dead. ’it’s Spuing lathe beat brand of rye whisky ■■■ jid in Athens, although lite Family Nectar la aard to eclipse. Only louml at Lowe d: Co’s. LA Co. can and will duplicate, if not un* djr»cll, any bill of liquors sold in O*. .irgia at A Hole Mile. A trial is all they ask. A negro witness at Piltshurg testi- tied that he did not Loud with Mrs. Reynold* but that lie "batched with her.” Pressed to explain, he said: “1 buys de willies, Mrs. Key Holds cooks ’em, and dey call'' that ‘hatehin.* ” Ot'H friends from the country can get the best uml elieapest i Mill led liquors at Lowe di Co's. oi k country corn whisky has a reputation throughout the south. Try u quart or gallon FtiK the liuest imported wines, brandies and 1 i.juors of all kinds at Lowe Co's. A Brooklyn girl, who contemplated suicide, wrote a note to her parents be ginning, "1 take pleasure in writing a l«*w lines to you.” Lowk A Co's cigars are the best In the city. No disorder characters or loafers are t dict ated t round the bar of Lowe A Co. We keep there only our best and purest liquors—guaranteed. Mr. John Bavin, who died in Kngland in 17$8, considerately bequeathed $1.25 to Ids widow, to enable her to get drunk once more at bia expense. Whiskies of the old Kentucky style are stead ily increasing in favor with those people who *cek absolute purity combined with that fruity and mellow flavor to be found only in the gen uine product of “Old Kalmuck " Harptr'a Hel ton County II'hi*ky is and has been for years be fore the public am*, bus as well merited a repu- t Ml ion iu its own State as it possesses abroad. Sold only by J. 11. D. Beussc, Athens, Ga. Count de I^HsepK, who i» now In hie seventy-seventh year, wag presented a few days ago by his young wife with an other child—the tenth. C. L. 1'iTSKK A Co., at H. Beusse’s old stand keep always on hand one-of the nicest and freshest stocks of fancy and family groceries canned goods, confectionery, country produce, tc.. in Athens. No one can undersell them. It ut so your Job printing, blndir? book work etc., to the Watchman office. Maganines and music tiound. Blank books made. Ruling h uidsonicly done. We defy competition iu pri. ce» and class of work from any quarter. A silver mine in Newbury port, Mass., which was sold in 1872 under the first craze for $100,000, has recently been sold under the foreclosure of a mortgage for $450. J. Kkitnp has Jus received a fine assortment of spring goods. Please call and examine. When you get ready to buy either pants, coat or vest call on .1. Frieud, Merchant Tailor. I>kiki» »H‘cf. ham sausage, magnolia hams, and the best grades of smoking and chewing tobac co at C. 1. l*i tier A Co's. A full line of staple and fancy groceries, best brands of Hour, JicKlroy’s meal, seed potatoc gnr<)rn seeds, etc., for »*le by C. L. Pitner dt Co For the best Sour Krout call on C. L. Pitner ,V Co., Broad street, and don’t forget a bucket to put it in. Agents cmi now grasp a fortune. Outfit worth in scut free. For full particulars address K. G. Rideout ,v v'o.. to Barclay St.. N. Y. BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE CITY. Athens needs a junk warehouse. Little xirls wear white neckties. Meat is on the upward tendency. Georgia contains 1,542,180 people. All the small boys have got pop guns. School girls are too busy for any thing. Grapes are ri|ivning in Oglethorpe county. » Gloves a yard long have liecn im ported. New wheat beginning to come Into market. Business at Uie express office is rushing. Pittsburg has made a success of glass shingles. The new Georgia depot will be 220 feet long. There is a party here from Sparta hiring hands. Property in Athens increases in val ue every day. a There are 1263 persons in the Geor gia penitentiary. An old woman cursed out a white mun tlie other day. The Georgia train now gets in at 3:HO in the afternoon. There are a large number of visiting young ladies in Athens. Pledger has withdrawn his warrant again-! Mr. Tom Oliver. Kate Sothern has named her child Alfred Colquitt Sothern. Holman won’t bring out another lot of Texas ponies until fall. A child in this county once died from being stung by a bee. Traveling ice cream carts are now perambulating the streets. The machinery and apparatus for the telephone have arrived. * The horse ridden by Joe Thurmond wu» shot during his escape. m Opium can be profitably raised in the country around Athens. 1 In a very few weeks dirt will broken on our water works. a There Is very little cotton now left iu the hands of our farmers. Hill Jones lias given his red stove another coat of poke-berries. A rope-walker, Prof. Bond, is mak-' ing bis way towards Athens. Plenty of chickens in market, but they are not good weaned yet. The July term of our county court will be an interesting session. A Jersey Caij. - Mr. J. E. Tal- madge yesterday refused $200 for • Jersey calf, nuly six months old. The geut.'einan then asked Mr. T. to price tnt calf, but he refuged to sell. J.T. R. R.—The tlrst freight train, on the Jug Tavern railroad rolled In' yesterday. It w^s drawn by two bull calves, and loaded with juK-ware, oak leaves, dried frultaiid spring chickens. Brutal.—A gentleman tells us that theie is a certain well-to-do farmer near Atlieus whose wife hu has seen plowing iu a field, while the lord and master was taking his ease in the porch of the house. A Valuable Relic.—Mr. Skiff, our popular jeweler, wears a large gold English seal, with a white set. that was once the property of General George Washington. It was worn by that old hero while in Savannah. - : Something Original.—A darkey in the city calls his cow op every evening by’ ringing a bell, and the animal has been so well trained that she comes ' whenever the sound Is heard. Ai negro bells liiMnrkv hen, so as to fi low the binl to its A Humbug.—The white Russian i Mali Drinks Mf telM ’ -5#./ SUakb.'tu .btt: <3 , -urs ,\i - AN OI^ : THE RHPt&.dfrl tfijS lSfeu-rt?. j w. if earn m: .- Saturday HnA. A1-- dermanR. II. Lampion .iPsgfkU spotted aaakc that he l|ad cat) en, about six orrtglit incfit^jfcpg.L Mr. L. carried it intonls bar.'apVCwas #%uising his customers with Ugfrotfca afthjj rep* jhfojtmnt srasa spitefullfltle'crtature and struck out right and left. About iwn a young man named John , from the counWwrtcamwwmo the We present above a correct and life like portrait of Col. James J. Bald win, who was beguiled Into joining a fishing-party to Barnett’s Shoals, and with his usual, generosity our friend elected himself quartermaster of the shebang’, and laid in a good supply of all the needful attachments on such and remarked If iti^JampiuU^ooid j-occasions. One article captured Col. oats, sold In this section by the seeds- * ont< when Smith toMrjup tflTsnake, man, HD. M. Ferry, are a complete it up In a large tuhibleiT poured humbug, being filled with smut and on the tiqijpr and turningthe gUsa, to hi* other diseases, while the heads aro drained il - Th <3B0PJ3t e * small and light. soon spread and a crewar*er doubtful- ;; sp'Ytatop) went to see it repeated.-Smith readily Agreed to repfea^the thofr bat wlieh5fcrnaw the auxioiu faces around, rcuiurkeil: P*d >. ci > “Look here! I’m no dead-l>eat and do ing this for tlie whisk^pflid I t pro- A Delegate.—Dr B. J. Wllling- haiq. one of Lexington’s staunchest churchmen, passed through Athena yesterday, cm route to Monroe, to at tend the district meeting. We wish the Doctor a pleasant trip. are dug up under a slugle hill, ,* The cool suap is not only seriously injuring tlie cotton prospect, but is now hurting com. Wliat crops need now is some genuine summer weather. RHEUMATIC RECOVERY. Asu itllk. N. C. Aug. *3, 1SSL n. II. Washes & Co.: Sirs—I take 'Treat pleas ure iu mating that I have been entirely cured o- rheumatism by the use of your Safe Kidney aud Liver Cure. N. F. Chedenter. np the liquor he would place, tlie in a glass, enveurfthe body and rink it dry. Having db ideirthat lie would do such a thing the bottle was set pose to be made a show of. As to tills A Fine Doo.-Mr. It. H. Lampkih, llit,le l * no * h ' oj"tWa city, (hasa thoroughbred Kn- worm *nd I had as sotgmgirnk OlWf It as giish mastiff, bought of Judge Hop- * string. , ’ kins, In Atlanta, that is only tern , f"" 1 Mr 8,n,th “>•* month’s old, yet the animal weigha thc y d,<, “‘view him in that light, but ninety pounds. It Is only about hatf ^ ,,1 I dl ‘ * beUev 1 e U '* c crown- . Ida lile by such afreatfckl i«lE“ i *- “Why, tiiereis wrtWfcS^cre- Bud Worms.—Farmers complain marked. “Don’t yoiibat ffiaiithisky »•»■»**«»***.«****<£ transplanting often a dozen of these " ro y the venmu betoro;iC&vfctf<l'ni) Tq_ show you, gentlemen, Jhut I Many of the streets of Athens need resurveying and straightening. i > The Georgia extension will lie com pleted in time for tbe fall trade. The North-Eastern has just put on a beautiful new passenger coucn. A Springfield Chinaman it suid to have invented perpetual motion. The Georgia is said to be the first cotton fuctory started in the state. The rains came in tlie very niek of time to benefit crops and gardens. Tlie first lodge of Free Masons was established in this country in 1783. Mr. J. J. Baldwin will open a liar- room on Wall street in a few days. A strange wild animal has been seen in the river swamps above the city. the whereabouts of Joe Thurmond is thought to have been discovered. A good deal of attention is being given to bee culture around Athens. The river is now in splendid order for fishing—if there were any fish to catch. Candidates for county offices are already poppiug out in Jackson county. f There is no danger of small-pox vii Decline in Oil.—The recent rich oil discoveries in Pennsylvania have bad the effect of sending oil down to a very low figure. And the worst of it all to the oil speculator is that sev eral new wells are under way, aud more rich strikes are soon expected. , A Treasure.—Thu original manu script of that lieautiful song, “ Home, Sweet Home,’’is now in isisscssion oi an Athens Indy, to whom it was pre sented by tlie author, Howard Payne. This great [>oet lias often visited our city, and was tlie guest of a family re- sfiling on Hancock avenue. Wild Lands.—A fact which ought to be known but is not generally be lieved, is that all wild lands must be given in for taxes in tbe county where the laud lies. And it must be given in before the first of July, or it will be subjected to levy and sale without any further notice. cure in on pIKK’s mimiie. M I i .It a Co., Atlanta, Ga., have in Mm k .1 larg* it an>l most varied assort in' t! oi I .amp Goods ever brought south. Pallor ami Hall I .amps—Glass anil Brass 1 at nips, Roll, clor Lamps, ami I .an terns, Shades, Burners, Chimneys. Yon save a gins' pioftt in freight ami our prices are ns low as in any market. A Trained Bird.—Col. J. H. Huggins has perhaps tlie finest mocking bird in the “sweet sunny south.” It was cap- and reared by his family, and has en’trained to almost sing a tune, j laying ig this for irvi IlquDf^rf’lI be ’em up to crowd, besides the dihiir I use un tin snake. What w ill you take, gentlemen ? It’s ipy treat.” __ He lliiiajtMtiiidy pePMted his per- rorinance, amj we closely! The writhing bodjBof tin was aggruvatedsby forced into the glass, anil thd witi^ liquor. turned the glass’ to^afrYi pa drained it, the licad of tho JIM 'BALDWIN’S TROUBLES. ] ***• **0»T of Bvutt't Shoals. B.** ^picture just as hs bad compls- j*Uid|^SS^toSteiH>e books and finfl out the nhtent Uhls investments. By using a mlscroscope you will find bis'bill to read as follows: The Atheiu (Jang, to J. J, Baldwin, Dr. To S.fsUeas snake antitode y 8.00 It xiroflife loftna Mtixsgs <1 »*iUon Joe oil of consolat ion 1 empty beer ker. with contents •• 5 qU. Pctrless whiskey (lor (smily nse),. “ Vywbel meal t.T. “ »lbs. Urd, to fry the fish we didn't catch " Hire of servant :: t*»h mean liquor for same . “ Sundry bottles (t ontents not known) ... '* Incidentals “ Extra supply hotter for J. J. B This was the Colonel’s first explr.it yftti fh^ boy^,: and he learnet^ A sad, saa lesson. ‘ We saw him yesterday on the street trying to swap his entire bill off for anickel cigar, andJieJias handeil ill his resignation as quartermaster to thenonorauie President of the Gang. VISIT TO_LEXINGTON. Thffi FInoat Groin Crop* Sv#r Known, Other Motes of Interest. Last Saturday evening we gladly embraced an opportunity to visit the homeofonr youth, and at 7 p. m. boarded the train bound for Lexing ton. It was our happy fortune to es. cape being smothered iu trausit from the town to the depot, though the dust was as thiok as we ever experienced. PLEDGER IN TROUBLE. Be Curses Out a White Gentlemen end then JLeeres the City. We learn, from Mr. T. P. Oliver, tlie following particulars of a liilllcul- ty tliatvenllettian bail yesterday with W. A. Pledger, surveyor of the At lanta custom house. It seems that Pledger ai.>d some of his friends hired an omnibus from Mr. Olive.-, lor the purpose of visiting the convict farm in Oglethorpe and getting a prisoner that the go . ernor had pardoned, aud agreed ver only $8. Yesterday Pledger again came to the stable and said he wauted to hire a buggy to show his frieud over the city. Mr. Oliver told him his chaige was $1.75, and he oonld keep it half a day for $2. Pledger demurred at the price, but started to get in. Mr. Oliver then remarked to him that he wanted 'no after dispute about the price, and asked if be intended to pay the charge. Pledger said he intended only to pay |1, ana started to get in. Mr. Oliver remarked that he could not have it at that price, and told the sta ble boy to detach the horse, to which Pledger replied that it mane no differ ence to him, as he would patronize Gann A Reaves, and was told to do so. As he walked off Oliver asked what he intended to do about the bal ance due on the 'bus hired tbe day be fore. The reply was that he had paid alt be intended. From this high words ensued, which resulted. in Mr. Oliver ordering Pledger from Ida stable, to which the latter replied that he would leave when he got ready and not before. Upon this Mr. 0. started into his office to get his gun, when some friend to Pledger got nim off, after he had cursed Mr. Oliver very bitterly, so the bystsnders say. Pledger then took ont a state warrant against Oliver, charging him with- pointing a gun at him, while the city ordered Pledger arrested for disturb- 1 ing tbe peace, but the police could not find him, and he has doubtless re turned to Atlanta. Pledger’s appoint ment is certainly due to Mr. Speer. The defiant and lawless attitude of the blacks lately in Athens are en couraged by tbe appointment of their race to high offices over the whites, and not a day posses but what a sys tem of intolerance is shown that threatens serious trouble. A MOTHER'S LOVE. time,‘and its ing at his mouth, all the tiUM slimy boily culling around hial: spectators shuddered) at the ' sight, and we heard oriti in—*->Wear that he bad tiiEeu ETs~Ustdrink: tliiatM long as he lived the thought dT .that snake baptised iu spirits would haunt his ni<nd. After this an old negro man, who is noted as a snake > banner, came along aud taking np tlie-simke placed it in his mouth, (dosing ids-lipij upon the body. Tlie reptile seemed., very JAdignant at this last affront, and came forth with its head erect and its forked tongue darting out. v r -r Mr. Lampkln says the snake was of a perfectly liannlass aycies, being a gar ter. He also tells us that lie keeps be hind his liar a large king snake, for tbe purpose of catching rats. This snake ied him. e, that- fanned by the gentle breezes grafted from fields of new mown grain ou every side, after a day of heated toil, pfe had *l«po«t entered th^, ip'nd of dreams when tbe brakeiuan sang out “Lexington.” Hastily arousing from pleasant reveries, we were gladly wel comed by our friends of yore, J. J, Smith, with T. O. Lester, and were soon bounding al.ohg the road to town. Scarcely had we landed before we were invited to partake of an ice cream supper, prepared for our espe cial edification by the I. C. C., than whom there is not a more clever set of “bricks" in tbe Btateof Georgia. Re freshed by a night’s delightful rest, Sunday morning fonud us early at tlie house ofGod where we listened to a grand and convincing sermon on the (heme of the “resurrection,” by the Rev. J. G. Gibson. Just here we would say that the people of Lexing ton are fottuuate in having the servi ces of so good and gifted a pastor as Rev. M^. Gibson. . Sunday evening iting Athens now, as the season fas I cSughtfrom the young ladies of tbe house passed. playing on the includeon. This bird would bi ing several hundred dollars in New York. BOYS HERE'S YOUR CHANCE. Young men who are not loaded down withy filthy lucre, now have an opportunity to set themselves up by investing a small amount in tbe Mu tual Relief Fund Association, of At lanta, which pays every certificate holder two thousand dollarsaftermar- riage and maturity of certifleare. Ad dress G. 1>. liarwall, secretary, blank application and by laws. 4-27. From Emlnont Dr. H. R. Hopson, Memphis. Tenn. “ I have made use of Golden's Lie- Bin’s Liquid Extract or Bxxr and Tonic Imvioorator in several cases of consumption and general debility, and liuve found it to net admirably in such cases as a nutritive foist, tonic, and stimulant.” (Tt^ke no other.) Of drug gists. l’implcs, blotches or sores disappcaa under tlie influence of Glenn’s St’LPHiir FoUun», and Their Antidotes Arsenic.—Hydrated peroxide of iron. It euu be made fresh by adding tincture of iron to water of ammonia. Use freely. Sugar of lead.—K]«om salts in wa ter. Green and white Vitriol.—Raking soda in water. Nitrate of silver.—Common table salt. Oxalic acid.—Llmo water, used free ly. Iodine.—Common starch. . . Sulphuric, nitric, and hydrochloric ids.--Raking soda in water. ■' *• Corrosive sublimate.—'White of eggs or wlieat-tiour mixed with water. Creosote.—White of eggs, milk, or wheat flour and water. Carbolic acid.—Olive or castor oil. Several hundred additional hands are expected soon to work on tlie ex tension. We learn that Seago, tlie convict, is n nephew to A. K. Seago, formerly of Atlanta. Tlie trip around tlie world can lie made in ninety days, and at a cost of only $800. The jail rioters had as well make up their minds to serve a term in tbe chain gang. Nearly all tlie gardens in Alliens are ornamented with sunflowers and hollyhocks. There are more beautiful young la dies in Athens tliui) in any other city in tlie south. Our genial, whole-souled frieud Mr. J. J. C. McMahan, of Crawford, called on us Friday. Marble chips are in great demand now by the ladies for adorning walks in flower yards. Tlie deepest cut on the extension will be 26.5 feet aud tlie highest fill will be forty feet. A number of colored converts were baptized in the river about sun-up Sunday morning. Some of the bosses on the extension say that the work will not be complet ed before Christmas. Mr. R. K. Reaves has received an other lot of lovely jewelry, set with stones found in this section. Cigar wrappers are now made of peacn tree leaves, and the poor old cabbage must take a back scat. There is some talk of making the f iublic or free school Bystem an issue n the next municipal election. The White Sulphur springs will he opened on the 15tn. Col. Daniel, the manager, was in the city Saturduy. Wesley Meriwether, colored, says he has one liuud , ’ed und twenty aeres of the finest cotton in Clarke county. We predict there will be a sharp sprinkling of moonshine stills over the country, to bile up the peach crop. An English surgeon says the time is coming when a man’s stomach can be repaired and replaced without diffi culty. We verily believe that some couu try newspapers would advertise out \ case of small-pox' and tike' pay Tt stock. The question for Athenians to sei is: Whether they Intend to be ru by a set of while men or ,a mob of negroes. ‘ • . i-/ 1 It is the opinion of the^trinesvlUe Southron, that Mr. Speer will taketim notice of the recent article in the Con stitution. Contract Awarded.—Messrs. Brown & Lawton, of Augusta, have been award ed the contract to bnild tlie new depots for the Georgia extension into Athens. We did not learn price, but it was un doubtedly low, as Mr. McGinty tells us that his bid left no profits. Work on same will begin as soon as t he ground is prepared. What’s the Matter?—Col. Ab. Dorsey caught a little garter snake in Ids garden yestetduy, nnd after confln !ng tlie reptile In a box. handed It to a well-known gentleman as a specimen •>f Ids wheat crop.- Upon opening the box the par$y threw iton Ihe pavement, swearing it was-a snake; but the bystanden insisted that lit' but a head of wheat, and picking op his snakeabip proved toythe crowd that such was the ease. ‘‘Well,’’ re marked tbe victim, with a shudder, “that's either a snake or I’ve got tlie jim-jams again. I don't want to dis pute you gentlemen’s word phut I feel it is about time for me to swear off.” We noticed our friend later in the evening with a blue ribbon pinned on the lappel of his coat. The Jail.—There are now only two prisoners in tbe Clarke county jail, Johnaon and Echols. The guard haa been removed, aa all fear of violence to ■ ward tlies men haa vanished. They seem quite 'he 'iful, and spend their time singing and laughing. lately crawled into a demijohn, that liadj fcetpenCin-social; recreation among the friends of our youth, pareutheti- <*»y. the ladiea in particular, of which Lexington has a number of the fairest in Georgia. Most flattering re ports Are given of the crops iu old La r« e YI eld ok Oats.—Capt. Jno. X. Montgomery this week had five hundred and twenty-nine bushels of rust-proof oats threshed and sacked liy John It. Crawford from twelve acres of land in the suburbs of Athens. Six acres of this land were not manur ed at all; the other six had qbout twenty-live bushels of cotton-seed per acre. Crop Report.—Commissioner Hen derson’s crop report for April reports an increase of 12.5 percent, in the area of corn over last years; area ol fall sown oats 113.5; area of wheat, 1.10— rust reported from most of the coun - ties; cotton area, 38; sugar cane area, 106; rice area, 96.8; sorghum ares, 104.8; clover and grasses 106; fruit area very large with fine prospects. Rdstaoe Stamps,—Tlie bust on the Onercout stomp is of Franklin; on the two-cent Jackson; on the three-cent Washington; on theflve-cent Taylor! on the six-eent Lincoln; on the sev enth cent Stapton; onthe ten-cent Jef ferson ; on the twelve cent, Clay; on thefifteen cent, Webster; on the twen- ty-four-cent, Scott; on tliethirty-cent, Hamilton; on the ninety-cent, Perry. h$cn carelessly left open, and when Harbin went ,o Investigate the same tho reptile poked its head from the mouth Of the jug. To this day Harbin believes seining has often thrown large water-' nioceasiiiR with Ids nakei] band front the net, lint one never attempted to bite him. to the proprietorofthepost APPEAL.. We flee FujJ e ta llerald what purports to 1 biazi interview w ith Mr Marcklcs E. Thornton, in which be is reported as making threats against the editor of tj)e Raiiner-Watehman', ‘on seesawS of ■■ editorial in OaeSuwlay’s is«ne, written in reply to an inpultihg wljfen list there is fc-VSrjr 'for "genfleihe b-ri» ritttfc such differences wiihont a resort to hillings- tfiti, (greats and abuse, and if he feels himsClf agrieved the editor of the B$n- ner-AVatchmnn holds himself in readi ness, at any lime to give M:. Thornton such satisfaction as a gentleman should desire. He can either communicate with us direct or through a friend. We have no occasion at present to visit Atlanta, hut we will promise that lie shall find us in th«t city whenever our inclination or busiprsS T^nifw-s a visit to the capltar necessary, in’the meantime lie, will find us ready to meet him at any point lie may select. We will add that we txnflRo tttaanbfMcrsti| conven tion in Allan&—not ts a delegate, how ever. Possibly vfe aytlpet«ra sooner The mother of Mr. Joe Thurmond and the wife of Air. Janies Thurmond, jr., were in Athens yesterday, and we had tlie pleasure of conversing with them in our office. Both of these la dies are iu deep distress over this un fortunate affair, and the former spoke freely of the devotion of her son to his parents and family, and said he was loo brave and ho jest a man tooommit t lie crime charged against him. 8he says her son has a beautiful home, was doing well, but now, on the Unsup ported testimony of a drunken negro, is forced to leave not only his proper ty but two little motherless children. We deeply sympathise with these la dies in their trouble, and ask oUr read ers to carefully study the communica tion in the defense of the unfortunate utau, published iu another column. It is written by oue who knew aud loved him front infancy, and makes a touching appeal for the veil of charity to be thrown around one who was lead by intoxication to violation ofthe law. Airs. Thurmond assures us tliut there was no conspiracy on the part of her sou’s friends to release him on tlie day of his escape, and we .believe what she says to be true. AsTo tlie part taken by the brother, who among us would not have done as much had we been in his place? It is one of those unhappy affairs that metes out eveu greater to innocent friends than tlie real trausgressor. Airs. Thurmond is a heart-broken mother. You can see it in her srd face. The marks of silent and deep grief are indellibly written in her eyes and upon her cheek. Is tiiere a heart in our city so callous but what it goes out in sym pathy to this heart-broken mother? GUITEAU’S INSANITY ASSERTED. Oglethorpe, small grain in particular,; hi. And the funuers, with propitious sea sons in the future, will next fall emerge front the darkness and gloom which lias overshadowed them for the lost few years. As an example of the fine grain crops, one ntau sowed four bushels on medium land and har vested from these one hundred and twenty-five. Numerous instances aro given of men who have made from fifty to oue huudred bushels ot oats jier acre. Taken altogether tlie pros pects are brigliteuiug for the farmers in Oglethorpe county. Early Monday morning we Examination by a Comm! aa Ion of Experts Urged by Medical Man. adieu to our friends and were sodn to his aboard tbe train for Atlieus, where we lauded refreshed and invigorated for the labors of another week. K. Air. Clark Bell, President of the Medico-Legal Society, read a paper lost evening in Alott Memorial Hall, on “Guiteau.” He said a petition to President Arthur was in circulation among tlie medical profession of New York and other cities, requs$lng him to appoint a medical oommis$ion to examine into the sanity of Guiteau. The speaker said Presldenb^'Arthur alone could now stand .between Gui- jLj; |p4ghiic duty to perform^Hmmatter had* lit was w.ell-for scientific men!tff come rartwa& cal evidence' at REV. LAWSON ANDREWS. On Agriculture and Unity of the Rscas. by kit warren. . I could hear of nothing among the colored people, but Rro. Lawson An drews, all the way from Cherokee. Polly gave us raw biscuits in her lias- kettogoand hear him, and old Free left but a meagre supply of wood e’re lie decamped on the “wild liuut” for the sanctuary, Everything was con fusion, gog, niagog and agog. He preaches “so blessed purty seem like you kin almost see de words a coiniu outen his niouf.” Well, I made up my mind to step round and listen to a few priestly snortq front the famous, theological “critter.” I went. His clerginess, though not large enough to have worn the ring of Saturn on his little finger—was indeed “a m tnstrous mass of matter.” Iu style and man ner he was a tolerable good ty]ie of tlie average country colored preacher, ex cepting the matter of pomposity, inordluess and some rather glaring manifestations of meo-inania. At times his voice moved with a tread as slow and deliberate as if each sen- tehee were being measured by a yard stick; then again the words would come rushing, stumbling against and running over each other, apparently driven from his sacredotai lips by the terrors of a most alarming panic. His. tonatlons occupied alternately each space from the top to tbe bottom and Were furnished with a full. supply of canzones. and fugues, while every “y-e-s” shot up like a tenuous shaft, to an altitude visible to the dullest efirs a half mile off, when perhaps the words immediately before and after, were at tbe very bottom of the sotto. He had evidently stereotyped the be ginning sentence of his SERMON. “Brethren and Friendt: In tryin to expense de gospil to you, should I say anything ou this nosplcious ercasion dat should seem erelevant to de sub- jict under compulsion, you will con sider it but asu part of de sequel of my comprehensive system. De tex from which I shall lubricate from at dls time, is found in de gospil accord in to Izoar, an de readin ob it reads in dese words: “Ho every one that tliirs- teth." Now, hoiu’s monstous im portant, but it uint de onliest part of erappiudats spoken of in de Bible. You find in dare some readin dill talks about de plantin and de gather- in, and de corn and de wheat, aud all sich as dat, and (hock tchoo, spitting) it say “woe unto him dat puttest his hands to de plow and looks hack ah, and I think myself he iietter woe till he git done lonkin hack, lessen lie mout skip round u patch of grass ah Rut de Imok speaks more pintedly and makes more perticklerment bout hoin dan any other part of de whole crappin blzuess. Hit ilout no whursay plough every one dat thirsteth, nor plant every one dat thirsteth, hut it do say (hock tchoo), and it say in tones of basil thunder “lio, every oue dat thirsteth’' ah. Y-e-s, every one, big little, young and old, every one dut thirsteth, every one dat ever does want water, you got to go and go to hoin or you’re bleeged to broke de holy communion ah. Hoiu’s got a heap more useness dan de ploughin, kase ploughin’s doue in de bulk and hoin’s done in de row alt. Now my dying congergation, who is it at's got to ho and what’s :i gwine to become of cm ef dey fuse? Ho everyone dat thirsteth; show me somebody dat dont thirsteth—show me somebody dat aint in de Inhabitants of gittin hongry for wurter in de hot summer days ah. Y-e-s, hongry and dry for warter like .Dives ah (hoch tchoo); show em to me and I tell cm dey can jlst set in de cool shade and fan dey- selves and starve to death and go home to lichen all. “Ho every one dat thirsteth” and so you all, all, all got to ho ah. Aly friends aud brethr ereu some ot you may think dls ain’t nothin hut a little command ab, a plane in da Bible wltar-dafence is low as crimson, (hoch'tohew) j'cs, wo lay down dc h.i den, an, wc lay down de ho an’play upon de Hcabenly jewa- harpah. Ah, yes, day ain’t tro ho in Hcaticn but one ah, one' ho ah, an* dat’s delio-zannoh ah. A ponderous and elephautlne stamp -the unanchored planks on the bot tom of the pulpit followed tbe laws of gravitation, the preacher followed the planks aud tbe anxious audience were (loomed victims of a suppresslo vert. DYNAMITE. A CHAT WITH A GENTLEMAN WHO HANDLES IT. WHAT IT IS ANDHOW EXPLODED. I Mora Powerful and Safer thu OuopoWdor. If our editorial To be Prosecuted.—Lately Clarke county officer, while attei ing tofirre^axOaif charged with (jut ting another, Bred ’several shots at party as-herarrr—We now learn that , ,, , ,. the officer will be prosecuted for *nfcp*!*r;H. !«•« tired out. Jle held assault with intent to murder. Bio Tax Payers.—The- largest tax payer in Clarke eounty is Mr. F. Phlnizy, who returns nearly $450,000; next conies the late John White, with nearly as much; then Dr. Hamilton; next Air. John W. Nicholson, follow ed by Messrs. Bloomfield and AIoss, whose returns are about tlie same. Resides there are a number of other citizens, who pay taxes on sums nearly reaching $50,000. ... ; A Young Swindler.—The other ilea' daya tittle negro brought a bundle of waste paper into an Athens store, where they paid for same one-half .oeqka,pound. The bundle weighed Jin.bounds, which the clerk thought rather unusual for that size package; but when he gave it a shake out fell a brick-bat. Without waiting for his A negro was caught stealing from store in Athens, lately, and took « sound whipping in preference to bef W the young scamp shot out the ing prosecuted. k -floor like a streak of lightning, and Tlie puragrapher of the Macon Tide- l,u * n ’ t l>een * ecn or hearrt of **>»ce graph is too learned and sharp a man Tl .. ~ * 777” ._ , for the average Ignorant rural editor Illegal \ otkrs. Sheriff 1 , „ ignorant to grapple with. . Gov. Colquitt offers a reward of $100 for the apprehension of Joseph,K Thurmond. This aggregates $250 now’ offered for his arrest. out on the sidewalk. He was not bad ly hurt. The large brick culvert that was 158 feet long and recently built for the ex tension at lower end of Broad street will be taken up and rebuilt with ce ment Instead of lime mortar. The “commencement” season will soon be upon c;. and it is fearful to think of tne Hoods of fervid declama tion and the well of profound -thought tha , will be turned loose this month. Weir has served warrants on 121 men pre sented by the grand jury for illegal foMng, and all have given bond for their appearance at the July term of the city court. Only three or four <)ur Maud Mell’s bycicle took fright among them were sworn, and are sub- Wand^n^fehrowtheil £g° - doubleIndictment forboth U- deron Bread street. Tp B* 1 voting and perjury- With the, Nicholson, San find A Co. received a $50 order from southwest Georgia tat, pP* Howell Cobb we hope that this some of those cheap dry goods advw^twril'brill be abated. Used In the Banner-Watchman. Late Suturday evening a horse nW away with a buggy on Broad street, and threw the little darkey driving The Jug Tavern Road.—The rail- ttkjl meeting at Jug Tavern on th^f 17th Inst, promises to tie a pleasant excursion for our citizens as well as a trip with an eye to business. Quite a large party of our prominent business men and leading dtixens are going, and there is enough life amongst them to insure a very pleasant time for themselves, and It is hoped a very profitable day for Athens. Due no tice of the hour and place of starting will be published in these columns, day or two beforehand. - Senator Hill's Condition. A Vast Crowd to Meet Him. Be la Much Tired by the Trip. Atlanta llrraid. Owing to a failure to make connection at Louisville, Senator Hill did not arrive until to-day at 2 p. in. Several thous and citizens, representing all classes aud conditions, were at the depot io attest their respect for iiiin by tlieir presence. Mr. Hill descended from tlie s|eepiag- car, aud supported on either side by his son-in-law. Dr. Ridley, and one of the editors of tlie Heiald, lie walked to his carriage. He shook hands with & num ber of Ids friends who had surrounded was soon drivendo Ills Hill does apt look as wetl.as we ied to see him, though this may re- omjtMe long ai:d trdious ride. In reply to oiur questions lie said lie fei! A Snake 8tory.—After Policeman Burch had yesterday fired at a sn M several times, jon, Jackson js&jet, he discovered that the reptile had been already killptL $nd its mashed head ran into a hole. The snake was as large as a man’s Jsg.Vnd was said be ihe largest ever seen in this sect! Guiteau’s trial wgs far from satlsfacto ry from « EeiedHUn£9rapint. It was with -pat w*|wwlHjMMfcrMi bv men Inthe employ of the Govern mem, or who were unfavorable $o the de fense. It was evident^ then, that in the excited condition of public opin ion it would Injure a physician If he said that he believed Guiteau Insane. A large body, and probably a large ma jority, of the physicians of this coun try now believe him-insane. Several members, among them Gen eral Palmer, declared that Guiteau’s legal responsibility had been amply proven. Dr.Beard said: “If Guiteau is a sane man, then we aro all insane. I have been so situated as to know tbe opinion of experts, and there is no case recorded where the mass of ex pert testimony is so completely on one side. The best informed men of Bos ton, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, of England and France, are fim ’In his arms several bunches fit pretty V . fiowers tliut been sent to hiinAtjlie sta tions along the road. He was accom- jS$i'|«d by Mrs. Hill, B. H. HilK /r., and Wright, of Pliiladclpida. Mrs. Ed gar Thompson preceded tlie party, arriv ing here this morning at 4 o’clock. Senator Hill and party are at Dr. Rid- ljy’t, on 'Peachtree street. and it aint no harm to jump over ah a mightly mlatakeped all. Y-e-s '/you’re mightly 1 mistaken ah. Not one pot nur one kittle shant pass away tell all be fulfilled ah. De big commandments aint no bigger wid de Lord dan de little commandments ah, and de principle ones dont zact no more.bejence dan de unprinciple ones ah. Vou bleeged to ho de crap and you aiut no bleegeder to git religion ah. De bleegenient jist de same ah, and de unbejent will all have dare portion in de fiery furnish (hock tichao.) Y-e-s in de fiery furnish; a weepln aud a wailiu and a smashiu of dare teeth oh. Sometimes when I’m a hoin of de corn, aud de sun’sa pour- in down and de sweat’s a bilin like a potofgreeu8, seems like I’d have to give'out and quit. Yes, give out and quit ah, I didn’t feel de-power ob de Lord a helpin me . to cure out de blessed commandment “ho every unanimous, as they have never beau. r ongd »t thirsteth," ah. I urfed to feel Speer Seed.—Congressman Speer been «eudingseedto» gan^eaiaittiained being organized to tlie eore,j rehiscd to planmteroBl andnhrew them out to his hogs. The swine made a meal npon this donation, but shortly after partak- l&tsjeaaffxg** a c. ..— our city been treated to the loveliest suns#) 1 imaginable. They can best be seen frotuthc^ . naps* fhi cats and I «, if with gold, and a iroro romantically betRtifolitjfiH^iddAQ&n. Thiels a view that should be placed upon "Was JoFTutrRJft»N«i HrioT?—Dep-, «4’<NWVMI|ffle gen man xhn lmn. bbiui fittfeSk si MR. THORNTON'S DENIAL. The editor of the Telegraph and Messenger is respectfully informed that Mr. Thornton made use of no such language as has been ascribed to him with regard to a certaiu matter, and that he will not condescend, yes, con descend, to uotice the one or the other. —Atlanta Pott'Apptal- abode statement- from Air. Thornton and was intended to deny tbe correctness of a report that he had , the eiUfrri' ef the <^thcns uer-Watchman, so we learn from the Atlanta Herald. BoOxixa.—The Jug Tavern railroad is on a big boom. Onr busbies men and real-estate owners see the importance Of jt aud areat work in earnest. The dis tance irom. -Athens to Jug Tavern 'is i only 22 miles und from there to Gaines ville only $5 miles—making total dis- ie, vU before, in the statement that Guiteau is insane.” Ex-Surrogate Calvin said America could not atford to haug a man who was generally believed by medical ^x-\ perts to be insane. AN IMPORTANT CASE. k Suit to Recover the State Reed Fron Tlie readers ofthe Herald will i lect that the committee appointed the last legislature recommended the Governor to require the lessees i make a new bond, and in the event 1 their failure, to bring suit to recove the State Road and set aside the lea Attorney-General Anderson has the papers. Tlie Governor has such a manner as ly that Joe Thu thigh Nl tfifcfa&HjfEDICINB.—Mrs. J. the “CeqiQcgiqJf'.Synip of Hoar- an® f *H that'valuable trade'whiai **»P»M«f'.Synip honnd,” that is performing wonder ful (Rifes. IfiMh rrtiisMtutMady dt* serves the patronage of the public,and her medicine is without doubt all that of its value from many leading clU- zenh In Oglethorpe county. will be inevitable unless somethingbs done at once. A Stbage Stoby-—Airs. Polly Brooks, . _of Oglethorpe county, had a cow to weail is claimed for It. She has certificates" her calf about CKristihos; ami now both cow and calf are mothers. This is what Wj call prolific, A man named Retler, residing in Moore couuty, N. C., went to a mill with a load of corn, taking bis two f oung sons with him ou the wagoov 'he boys crawled under several bags of corn. One of them fell asleep and was smothered by.ono of the bags falL logon bis free, whilethofirtnerwak the other boy, who had jumped to tlie. JukflBRiB .bQMBinukt^dn- buck one of the horses and killed. Tlie 8everal steantets lately yUndlibi from Europe report immense icebergs and dense fogs on the line of their oopm? The bergs were so numerous and hi tions to navigation. But aside frpm effect Iu navigation, may uot the extra ordinary low temperature which has prevailed for three weeks past, evenfai this distant inland, be accounted for, hy. the presence of these Icebergs? If the gulf stream warms up the great north ern wastes why may not three frozen mountains floating aloug the currents of the ocean chill among the contiguous continent. orful when I thought about tlie huck- rer, his hands is as ttoft as cotton and his delikit fingers liaint never lieaiu tell of dc ho all. But I studied de matter over, and I come to think he aintgot no soul all, (liocktcliew.) reckon maybe lie don’t blong to dr iiee Of Adam and ain’t ’sponsible to p&Mihsah. We read dat de race ob dam hah to make a liviu’ by de per- piration of their own sweat and ah but de buckra don’t hab to do dut ab, Sn aud de serpent talked slack jaw Eve, and everybody knows he to a sussed a white woman lut'd a been afcanl ah. Furder- e Adam was made out’n dust \ dust am block, an’ de. word no y de Lord painted him wheu ployed Capt. Harry Jackson to assfrcj be gobduuah, and de| race^ ob Adam the Attorney Gem ral. This wlU'be the ' " ~ ' ' “ ‘ “ “ ‘ most important suit commenced lb Georgia in many a year, and no doubt will be stubbornly resisted. (hochtchew) got to return to .de dust ah, and nobody but de cullud pusson don’t return to it an’ ho in it, an* wal let on it an’ bless God for de privilege ah. Yes, an’ Adam step all de timede Lord was cuttiug out do rib uh, de ,qrbite man couldn’t a done dat, he’d awoke up shore ah, but my friend ab, I’ve aead a parcel of hlack. fnlka a We clip from the Columbus En quirer-Sun the following interesting account of this new explosive, ‘which will be read with interest in ■ ‘Atlieus, os a great deal of dynamite is now being used by the eon tractors on tlie Georgia extension, and causes the fearful blasts that shake our dtye very evening: t “Meroiful, fathers, let ms gfet away Jfom herol’f- • : ’ 1 ' |n “Why, Jake; what In the mischief Is the matter w ith you?” - • “ “Look er dart don’t yon see dat man wid all dat stuffand he er sibdkhi’ at dat." j nun At this about a dozeb^ nefero' men looked around and 1 scampered ’away for dear life. The cause of-The com motion'and stampede was the ap proach of the gentleman-Who lias cliarge of the dynamite In blasting rock at the Eagle and Plienix dam. He had fn each of his coat pockets two charges of dynamite ‘While he carried a fifth charge in his handand wfcssmok ing a cigar os complacently as though he was handling water. As he u;r proached the dam where the-negroes wore at Work, they eouldn’t stand tlie pressure and scampered away as though their lives depended npon get ting distance between the gentleman and themselves. The loud explosions that are daily heard in the city, reminding the old soldiers of artillery duels during the late unpleasantness, are dynamite ex plosions at the dam by electricity, blusting up the hard blue granite rock that is to be used in the Construction. Dynamite is a far more powerful ex plosive than gun-powder. It is in re ality a compound of nitro glycerine and wood pulp, wherein the nitro glycerine is absorbed by the pulp. Yesterday, while talking with Air. Hill about it, we asked why he used dynamite instead of powder, when he replied: “Because for equal weight it lias from five to seven times the strength of powder, and the pulp renders it sufe—iu fact, much safer than pow der. Thedynamite thatyou saw these negroes scampering away from just now was equal to a keg of powder.” “But they were mistaken about fire exploding it?” “Of course they were, but they didn’t know any better. Any aniount of it can be burned as safely as if It were rosin. I burned up a pound of it the other day as an experiment.” “How does it come?” 11 •• “In a roll about one and a liulf Indies in diameter and about eight indies iu length, and is covered with oil canvas.” * ‘ ' " •• “ “Water does not affect it, then?” No, not at all. Many ofthe dis charges you heur are under the water, it is quite usual to drop a charge of it into a hole and pour water over it as tamping; usually sand is {loured over it loosely.’!.:: : • “Is it easily exploded?” in “Not unless the proper methods are used. ..It is exploded by concussion, but it requires considerable force. Dropplug a charge will not explode It, and it is said that if thrown forty feet into 4he air aud allowed to fall on rocks, it would not be at all dangerous. Two'charges laid ..side, by aide, and one discharged will not explode the other a distance apart,, greater than three feet.” :. . i-.m * -n*w “Howdo you manage to explode it?” “We explode it with powerful caps filled with fulminate-of ihercury, equal in power to about two ordinary pistol charges. The cap is fired ei ther by a fuse or by electricity, which in turn never fails to explode the dyn amite. We use electricity, as it is safer and more certain-than aTuse. And again, when' fired by electricity many charges are connected in one circuit and all go off. at exactly the same instant. Many of the loudest discharges that you hear down here at the mill area half dozen or more, which sound as one.” . * - •: * - “What direction does the force take?” ii icjsi “The force of a dynamite explosion Is about all downward and tears and splinters rocks where powder would have no effect By the way, I see that dynamite is fast toking the place of gunpowder in useiu mlniug opera tions, being much more efficient and desirable, as well os safer.” “Do you use a great deal of It-?” “We have so far used about two hun dred pounds. We have about six hun dred pounds of it in the magazine, and if it were to blow -up, the people of Columbus would think “judgment day” had come. It would shake up the Euquirer-Sun office until tlie type would leap from one box to tbe other, and the printer would have the big gest pi that was ever set before them.” Here the reporter was so badly frightened at the thoughts of a “shak ing up” that if Mr. Hill gave any fur ther information his nerves were too badly shaken to get it. This is enough, however, to show what a powerful thing is dynamite. >- ‘«tT sleepiu’ round de fire, an’ oneofde wake opes smell suppin burn In’ an’ *W/dart( • mgjfer-.a dreamln’ an’. iugDiiuu»n. nuuelueuKucr was .7; TCI ;” I laiTfl .! ,7 getting the body, from under the bags, hlA foot’s a fire ah, an’ all dese tilings ckra to Mai -ahtf ;• But yfm, my dyiu’. Colored - .brethren , you’re do chosen people ah. ‘ Railway Signals. 1 One pull pf bell-cord,. signifies “atpp.7 , , Two pulls means “go aWadf’* Th.ee pulls means’*backup’.**' Ode whistleatgnifle* ‘fdowwbrakes.” Two whistles signifies “pfyjirakes.” Three whistle means “back up.” Continued Whistles Indicate *‘dan- ger.” ■ 1 « ui' . J » t {«u.'i Short rapid whistles,,u l!au. tattle ypu>e da blessed ob de Lord all, you’re -de reca of Adam, an’ you got to work out jour salvation by hoinde crap an’ square up to fk Qospd Hio bergs were so numerous and h^J fceklbg or you’ll Srcpjyour cries oat catsa4«#ngMiJ? >•< i.na n> l.!w v that they -formed dangerous obetrd& dC lake Of bnsqucnchible fireali. ,A,rad flair hv :the. roodaida m ’ de lake of- bnsqttenchlble fire ah. Biit my brethren you only got to hold oat tidibAil, ahd after 'awhlfo'you’ll rech de end ob de last row aii’ stop ah. YmC/stop ah, (brde good book say dc time’s a cornin' when we.lay db'Wn de shovel ab’ do ho and pass ober do rlbcr an’ rest under de shade ob de trees ah, and de ethiopean will change his skin all, and tho leopard shall, colly is a signal to “startJ’‘ - ,'m nhfiiurn hin Rnntfl nil An* Horn rlnko do * « — * „ .t Id change his spots ah, an’ dem data as. black as wool will be aj -whitfc ■hrVnr"' > •unn, tniijjnJTus - Aektwly. Sweeping ibSNdng of the Lauds oyer the head signifies ‘-‘back ^taSwnW'arfl niotloffof thh hands, ‘with extended sfmsf slgnlflre “stop." A beckoning mot|Miiwitt>9n*thand Indicates “back.!»w « !!hv an> - Ared flag waved-pp the 'track, indl- A rad flag hy ^'the : roadside means “danger ahead. —.... I k red flag carried oa la loeemotive signifies Man engine following.". JtfCd flag raised ataetatlon means * < etopLO»(!:/.'h»,'( nn>ii it/ t.<oiwn ' A lantern: swung ah right angles across tbe track mean “atop.* 1 )! is A lantern raised and lowered.Ycrti* A lantern swung in a circle signifies, “back tho train.” . 1