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BANNER-WATCHMAN. t,; | -BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THECITY. llgg cholera is reported. Road working has commenced. In 1900 It I* expected our people wit number M,000,000. Butts county ban adopted no fence by a majority of 79. Tbiere aw 107,000 miles of railway in the United slates. A great deal of counterfeit silver coin is iu circulation. There is a white woman in Athens nursing a negro child. We constantly read of children dy ing from eating potash. The walls on the new store on Clay ton street are goiug up. There are fleeting clouds and a few drops of rain every day. DwW. M. Willingham has a dog that is fifteen years old. The Gang starts on the excursion to North Carolina this week. Our grass farmers wjll harvest a second crop of hay this year. ,TUe telephone posts cost about $3.50 npiece laid down in Athens. Caterpillar* have appeared ■ in the c-otton in counties below us. Good butter and eggs are scarce ar ticles iu the Athens market. A gentleman in Athens is preparing to put up public bath houses. That water-works proposition “is uot dead, hut ouiy sleepeth.” They are now blasting oil blocks of rock ten and fifteen feet thick. We have a paper that will clinch that Ratm u letter on Bradford. Tiie Kabuli letter proved a regular boomerang in the .Speer camp. The steam drill cuts a 12-foot hole through hard rock in two hours. The man who snores may be practi cally utilised as a burglar alarm. A sunflower farm will be started near Athens, to raise seed for oil. Dr. Jones' famous experimental farm i* ia»t going to dilapidation. Twenty victims or the toy pistol are dying of lock-jaw in Chicago. Mr. Homer Nicholson wears a 25 cent gold pieee on hi* watch chain. They Athelli Discontinued.—The post office a Fry, Habersham county, has been dia- eontinuee. __ The mail intended for it goes to Soc<|Ue. Flowing Cotton.—The iate .1 nuns brought gras* and packed the land, and fanners are again at work plowing their cotton. The crop is making just as fast it can, and the outlook is bright indeed Rt.jikdy tor Hoc. Cholera.—Take equal parts of kerosene oil and lard and mix well together and drench with it, and also mop out the throat with the same. Use a soft lag and stick for a mop. , New Railroads.—The Gainesville and Dahlonega road will be completed by 1st of December. It U to he twenty- live miles long. The new road to Macon is rnnnlng daily trains and enjoying a good eas tern. Settled.—Not a great while ago a duel was ou tapis in Wiuterville, between two well-known gentlemen, and the parties had prepared for business; but happily friends intervened and the mat ter was honorably settled without blood shed. It was kept very quiet, and known only to a few parties. A Licensed Still.—Mr. Ben S Thompson has started up the only li censed still in Oconee county, and is making some of the finest kind of brandy uut of dried {teaches, that could readily pass for several years old. He will make up the fruit crop, also, before he winds up. The Far per Farm.—Mr. John R. Tuck, the faithful superiutandent ai the pauper farm, is only paid $1 per day for his services, and the grand jury has pointedly refused to advance his salary. We learn that Mr. Tuck will resign next winter and return to his farm.'ashe can not live on such low wages. Mr. Tuck is richly worth $600 a year to the county, and it will be a sad mistake if he is per mitted to resign. We will never find bis equal. Amusing.—For a few nights past bringing watermelons to i several young ladies and gentlemen of from a distance of 20 miles. | this city have been amusing them- TRADE NOTES wtih Sundry Local IUbm, ZacobI* Bear is mind that Love A Co. keep only the best and purest liquors t their bar. Cospost,able beds and u first-class attention can be had at R. H. Lampkin’a. Loot forget The only place in the city you can get the fa- Boux Maxcy x sweetmash whisky is Lampkin’a. R. H. Lampkim keeps the finest bar-room In the city and the purest and best liquors. The only ten-pin alley in the city and the best billiard and pool tables at Lampkin’a saiom, I r you want to be treated like a Lord patron age the popular saloon of R. H. Lampkin. Love A Co., wholesale aud retail liquor deal- ers. Bru«ad street, Athens, tia. Remember. Ip you want the best cigars •old in the city, buy of Lowe a Co. Try ".Punch and Judy.” The best keg and bottled beer, porter ale, etc* Ml ways fresh at the bar of Lowe A Co. Gum spexmo is the best brand of rye whisky ajxd in Athens, although the Family Kectar is hard to eclipse. Only lound u Lowe * Go’s. Lowe A Co. can and will duplicate. If not un dersell, any bill of liquors sold in Georgia at wholesale. A trial is aU they ask. ou a irxeuds from the country can get the best and cnenpcsl bottled Uquon 01 Lowe A Co’a. Ota country corn wkislqr baa a reputation UuMigluiui ui« sooth. Try a qoan or saltan. Eos uic mini li» ported wines, brandies oihI liquur. ut Ail Iliads at Lows A Co’*. Low* a w A cigus sis tbs best in the city. No disonler.tonacteaor loafsa are tolaretort Around uic Lord .Lows A Co. Wo keep there w aisRisa ot the old Kcwtoot y style ore Mood ily mcRuint in invar with moo* people who seek absolute parity combined with that fruity and me Low Sovorto be found only in the *en- uine produet of ’ Old Kalmuck " Barpa-, Stir turn Count, Whitt, is and bos been for years be fore the public »nd hex es well merited a repu tation in iu own State as it possesses abroad. Sold only by J. H.D. Beusse, Athens, Ga. Boiko your job’printing, binding book work etc., to ulwAp oric*. Iflpslm ari music bounA Blank books nods. Holing haii<l*amelxXjB9,dafjegaqpaSUp*lnpri i of work from any quarter. " ces aud claaae Pike’s Toothache Drops core in one miuute. 39 Hadaway has the best and latest styles of harness to be found anywhere south of the Mason and Ihxon line. Military Reunion.—It was our good fortune to be present at the annu al reunion of the Oglethorpe Rifles at Maxeys last Friday. It was a grand affair, and one of those splendid din ners spread that our friends down the country know so well how to prepare. Judge E. H. Pottle delivered a fine address, and everything passed off in the happiest manner. The Code of Georgia.—State Li brarian Haralson says that he is re ceiving hundreds of letters from ordi naries and clerks over the state inqui ring about the new code. He says that it will be out in about six weeks if nothing happens to prevent. The printers are now waiting for the in dex .—CoustUuiiun. The castor oil plant is said to be selves with tieiug a black cravat to a ! sure death to flies and mosquito es. string, aud placing it on the sidewalk Our vouug men ought to order out i*"** 10 represent a snake, and as a j some boat* and start a regatta club. person passes along they slowly pull j (> ur young friend Fred Hodgson 1 the stri, ‘K a,ld Ule cravat lo was in o'ue of the late Indian fights. j move. It has been the cause of a The continuous rains are said to be ! K reat dea ‘ ® f merriment, and a big caused by blasting at the extension. J amount of scare. There ure a right good sprinkling of j infidels and universalists In Athens, j t'apt. R. H. Barnett is trying the ( exjsriinent of raising carp In ditches. Those who know say the proper pro nunciation of “Khedive” Is h. D. V. Tom Hardeman's nomination is an overwhelming victory for draw poker. John Gillelaiid says he has sold ulsiut 2,Out) watermelons this summer. There is plenty of corn in this coun ty tiiat will make fifty bushels to the aerm It is said that quinine can be manu factured out of bed-bugs and mosqui- toes*. It lias !>een discovered by scientists tiiat tiie equator is gradually moving north. AllautA has eight railroads now in operation, and still her people cry for more. It is said that syrup is the wosrtaduA terated article 01 food put upon the market. Athens sells wagons and buggies from 10 to 20 per ceut. cheaper than Atlanta. One firm in Athens sells over a mil lion »ml a halt dollars worth of goods a year. We hear of some complaints of •'black rust’’ in cotton; caused by wet weather. The granger* still hold together in Mailisou county, but the order is near ly extinct. An aged lady of Walker county claims to possess an infallible remedy for cancer. They say Hr. Goldberg has refused to eat but little since his wife com mitted suicide. Our dealers make only from $2 to $5 on the western buggies and wag ons they sell. Mr. A. W. Wilkins, of Crawford, t hringinga great many fine beeves and sheep to market. The distinctive feature of the new five do'lur note will be the portrait of (telle:: 1 .aifitld. Mr. K. H. Lanipkin, we learn, has gone to Alaliama, with a view of open ing business there. There an’ four carp {Hinds in Ogle thorpe county—Barnett’s, Willing- man's. Durham's aud Lester’s. Black well’s Durham smoking to bacco ha- degenerated into a poor grade of rotteu leaves. Rev. Sam Jones is accused of telling the same old cirvurio-religio jokes wherevur he preaches. Dr. Darker, of South Carolina, rais ed 2U0 bushels of corn on an acre; and utLAlaiianiian made l' JT'groat many persons front down UreAthens branch will visit Tallulah ou the Fioueer excursion. The steam drill at the extension isn’t run to tiie extent of its capacity for want of steam pow er. Mr. Bill Jones, |wbo farms on the Lexington read, thinks his corn crop will make 50 bushels per acre. •Our popular colored barber, George Davis, is again at his post. George lias few equals with the razor. Henry Ward Beecher believes in fu ture punishment, but ultimate peace and happiness for the souls of all. We regret to learn of the continued iTlhess of Mr. Willi* Williford, but trust he will soon be at his post again. We tsars that Mr. Edward Bancroft, of tilts county, raised 709 bushels of Irish potatoes to the ace* and also three bales ol cotton. I*men£>*r, that when you cast a Ms-called Independent ballot you vote tor the political supremacy or the ne gro race over the whites. Mr. George Ware, of Atheus, was pursued for eight miles thtough the now by moonshiners. Tiie superstitious negroes of Mil- ... ~ -- J - * yet con- een hung. Tiie advertisement for a man to su perinwnd a farm, inserted in aur pa per. has been auswered by nearly one uuudred applicants. Beats Them All.—A _ made byBramblett A Bro. at Forsyth, show* Jfcat Cherry’s Fruit Evaporator will twice the work of any ia the mar ket. Write to McBride A Co., who will ive proof. F am imlnuat 2>r. Wllmnr Brin ton. M. D., Balti more. “I have used Colden’s Liebig’s Ex tract pf Beef aud Tonic Invigorator in uty practice, and have been much grati fied with the result. As a tonic in all cases of debility, weakness, anemia, chlorosis, etc., it cannot be surpassed.” Take noother. Of druggists. Ajrent* can now grasp a fortune. Outfit worth IU »rnt free. For full particular* addre** £. M. Kidrout A Co., IU Barclay N. Y. STATISTICAL INFORMATION Wclarke county- A HON. * Mind persons 6 daaf aud dumb 1 6 Lunatics 3 17Epilepdsa • «Idiots as Maris dare trial LIS of them white s,»ts children ‘ umi IS Deal H. H- CARLTON’S CANDIDACY. tan Accept* the De woolen or other mani * foundries, etc bold and kitchen furnitnr* ftilver plate aud jewelry, mules, boo, »beep. rattle Plantation and mechanical tools, law Gotten, com. an. crop* and provision* Acid Table of all other property not beloea tm— of defaulters not double Aggregate Thine a^^ole pruprnr - — Th* inrresaoaawsesi, on digest.. . To which abd *J*t ltt- the amount wiridrawu from the baud* of Thomas chilsirn of B. A Dunbar, to aveid the high ..... the county far US, to-wit: isrke county, aid wetnrs* 3C3 seres oflsnd lost this year The increase aud decreaue of acres of land are caused by the purchasing ai lain by oottBn and woolen manufacturing companies. By the buying and selling of land by private individuals on the county lines, aLd by an act approved Sept. 29th, 1981, where any plantation Is divided by a county line or lines and said roenty line or Hue shall not be definitely known and dis tinctly marked, said plantation shall be returned for taxation by the owners in any d? the counties in which a a part of said plantation may He, which the owner It will be well for the authorities of Clarke county to guard against those high* wa * ^ rates of taxation, for if they continue to grow, it will run thousands of acres of have a ahowtag, lotving^ UM ^utqt land now in Clarke county and on tiie tax digest off and on the books of other re- " * ’ ceivers of our adjoining counties. Mark my prediction if the above act remains in force. The expected lew of two hundred per cent, came very near having a disastrous" effect this year on the digest, if vet made, it will run from three to five thousand acres of laud off the digest of Clarke couuty next year. Respectfully submitted, PANTO E. SIMS. Pond Broke.—The carp {Hind of Mr. A. 8. Dorsey was broken this week by the heavy rains, aud his fish escaped, but he succeeded in capturing the most of them. Dr. Kinttebrew had just placed fifty young carp in a box to preserve them until he could prepare his pond, when the rain wash ed them out. We hear of a number of accidents to carp ponds in this sec tion, caused by high waters. Hadaway repairs trunks and valises, so they look as gwd as when new. Snake Story.—Awhile since a ne gro man below Athens was playing with a little green grass snake, when the reptile bit him on the breast, from the effects of which he died in a few moments. A New Railroad.—The Carnes- ville railroad will assuredly be built. The {icople arc paying in rheir sub scriptions. The first in.ilallment called for by the directors iias all been paid iu, ex<-ept four hundred and forty dollars. Now let Athens build a line through Dauielsvilte to Carnes- ville, and she will have direct connec- tionwith both Elberton aud Hartwell. A Treat.—We return thanks to Mr. | AlIenR. Johnson for a delicious water melon sent, to this office yesterday. A Candidate.—We see that the At lanta Defiance has has hoisted the name oi W. A. Pledger as the republican can didate for congress from the state at large. The same paper also floats L. J. Gartrell for Governor. A Custom.—It is a custom among the Jews to not allow any bells in their houses of worship,^ Since watch es aud clocks have come Into general use we think bells an nnnecessaiy custom that it wo ild be well for oar Christian denominations to abolish. Carry your harness to T. G. Hadaway and have them washed and nicely oiled- They will look like new goods. A Sad Sight.—It is indeed a touch ing sight to see Mr. Goldberg leading his little motherless baby around by the hand. The little child stays with him all day in his shop, playing around by itseif, and toddles ou home beside him at night. If there was ever a heart-broken man this is one. His face wears a look of misery that Grown Boll.—Mr. Whit Frierson, j eaunot be disguised. Our Jewish cit- a young farmer of this county, yester- j izeus seem very kind to this bereaved day handed us a full-grown cotton family, boll, and states that there are ten more of the same size on one stalk. I He reports cotton very fine in his sec tion, and corn is simply manificeut. A Large Peach.—Judge A. A Patent Wheel.—Mr. Joe Fleming yesterday thowed us a buggy wheel, in vented by Mr. J. F. Darby, of Walton couuty, in which he has a half interest, thStlH undoubtedly the best invention of a century. Tbe spokes are dove-tailed together, with a east iron huh to be at tached afterwards, and that screwed up so tiiat it is a matter impossible for any thing to come loose. Mr. Hub. Fleming is now in Philadelphia looking after the patent, and when this is secured a big fortune undoubtedly awaits both owners of ihe invention. Barbecue.—Quite a nice little bar becue was had by the neighbors at Mrs. King’s on Friday. Every oue p. | present seemed to etijoy themselves Cobb of Oconee, sent us a peach, of the i very much. Among the ladies pres- "Chinese Cling” variety, that meas- ent, we noticed the Missss Hundley, med 12 inches in circumference, and of Warrenton, Miss-Stapler, of At- L . .. . . . . 1 a_ a Da »Vwa was of delightful flavor. pKricHrs Advanced—Eastern freights have advanced five cents per hundred, and our merchants are “ as mad as a wet hen.” Wait until Mr. Speer ren ders Panther creek navigable, and then we will be independent of railroads. Madison Pouncs.—Owiug to tiie ill health of his wife Hon. Jones Meadow has withdrawn from the senatorial race in the 30th district, and Dr. B. M. Thompson i* announced in his place. Mr. J. Bee Eberhart is the opposing can didate. An effort was made to get I>. tv. Meadow, Esq., to enter the race, but he declined. A convention of the three counties will be held at the Glade on the 16th of August, to decide the nominee. Rope Walking.—Mr. Halwick Jennings yesterday received a proposi tion td walk a rope stretched across the grand-cliasm at Tallulah, and for $500 BS proposes to attempt the dangerous feat. It will eclipse any rope-walking that the famous Blondin everattempt- efi by over a thousand feet. Mr. Jen- kifigs gays with a week’s practice he is not afraid to resume the business’ Biggest Irish Potato.—We yes terday saw an Irish potato of the Peer less variety, raised by Capt. J. N. Montgomery, w hich weighed one and three-quarter pounds net. Capt. Montgomery who has just returned from iiis Madison plantation, reports the most flattering prospect for a large corn crop than there has been fog Ja number of years. Cotton is two weeks later than last year. Go to Hadaway’s, before it is too late, for the boss harness oil. led -. ville. Georgia, are not _ viuced that Guiteau has been Mr. John Bird is having his resi dence ou Huucock avenue neatly re painted. Judging frem cploto (he ar tist is usiug. John believes in decora tive art. Steam Rih-k Drill.—We yesterday saw the Ingersoll drill, w hich is now being used by Messrs. Rice & Coleman on tiie Georgia extension. Tiie machine is be ing run by Mr. Tat Gillespie who, tired of fighting gnats in the dry goods busi ness, has taken hold of a business tiiat knows no leisure. As a drill 1st iie is a success. He yesterday drilled twenty- six inches into a rock in twelve minutes. With a larger engine, which they lridly need, this drill win very much hasten the completion^)!' this difficult job ' Joe Thurmond Weir tells us that what he considers astbanl (loo that JoeThurWfoad isgat but his exset locality la not " Mr. Weir believes the prevalent! of Thurmond being sdll'to J: county is altogether false, as fhe irflfti lias too many enemies there tf tarry- in their midst without being exposed A move is now on foot to get Joe par doned by the Governor, so that he can return home. A New Cure for Conscrptios.— \L A prominent citizen of Gcneseo has Hon. Emory Kpeer ia out in a card been prolonging his own life at the in the Augusta Chronicle denying that iris father voluntary itilmia hi* profeasoreMri tn tbe 6tateXlUYer- sity. A certain hank iu Athens paid a par ty $500 too much R while back, but tbe money was returned as soon as ' mistake was discovered. Our faramrai the Athens for just half of cost them In Augusta, aad just as goods market. In the United Statee Circuit at Boston a decision was rendered set ting aside tbe verdict tmtlss tame of a man MnTlrttdiifBSMlinMis^gmuri which holes had been drilled. “We heard a gentleman remark on the street yesterday that In leas than aklrihath tna Macow Tslegrsph would bs flying Felton and Gartrell at its mast-head.” That laudatory Felton - “special dispatch” looks that way. expense of tbe canine creation. Some two or three years ago the gentleman in qoestlon. wrim sans pronounced by an ad stage of consumption, began the of taking his pet dog to bed with Tbe dog soon exhibited u signs of lung difficulty; eougberi al- they canjpuva#i|ireat$fehandled iu nteatconstantly,andfinaBxdteiT’nie gentleman procured another dog, an step* with him fcr'afiwiwpwhh animal also fella victim tothf dis ease. Another dog was procured with which the man now sleep* and though the third animal will proba bly die the same way the others did, tne man is constantly improving and is better than before In yean. He Is a well-known business man of-Geo- eseo, and we would give his name if .—linMM Gozttu. lanta, Miss Annie Barnard ’and the Misses Beusse, of Athens.' After the feast, the young people repaired to the residence of Mr. n. A. AVeatnerly, who kindly offered the use of his par lors, and passed the afternoon in dan cing. About six o’clock (he crowd dis persed, every one delighted with the day’s eutertaimnenC'- At Hadaway’s you can find the best assortment of whips, fancy dog collars, trunk straps and the boss harness oil. Cotton’s Damgkk.—Six weeks ago the crop looked hopeless, and farmers were greatly discouraged, tiie cool nights hav ing had a very deleterious effect. Sum mer, however, temporarily asserted its sway, and under the hot sun the mips commenced to revive rapidly, and its condition soon became fine, but it is now destined to a more serious and perhaps a permanent backset. Tbe rains have been extraordinary of late, and the effect is felt. An undergrowth is forming on the k similar to the water-sucker 9 on corn. This absorb* the vitality of tiie plant and prevents its fruiting. The sucker* are foruungon the stalk in considerable number*, and un less we have dry weather the crop in some localities will he a total failure. The plant can survive a few of these suckers, but when they become too numerous it is totally rained. Recaptured.—Mr. J. S. Fleeuan arrived on the North-Eastern yester day with an escaped convict tiiat he caught in Pickens district, S. C. The convict was a young white man. who had been sent to Hon. J. M. Smith’s chain sgang from Rabun county for horse stealing, and on laat Wednes day tie stole a mule from the camp, which he traded in Franklin county for a hone and then sold the hone for a coat and pair of boots.The convict lost a leg while working at the camp. ( A GOLD Mine.—Col. A. K. Childs, sRo owns the old Jarrett gold mine ij^crkxihee valley, is now prepari ng to develop the same. A ditch eu m bring by fall*. An English company is ne- gutiatag fbr all the mineral property in »»«< around the valley, having bar gained with Capt. Nicbolls for 500 acres at $25,000; bought the Lumaden ine for $30,000, and other tracts at The Melon Market.—Watermel ons continue to roll in, and prices have got so low that farmers say it doD’t pay to haul them io. One man was offering higloai onghe Jtreets yester day at five cents apiece, and they were very nice ones, too. Found a Name.—Our friend Me. R.T. Pitturd has been kea^kiug.over a year for a pretty name for bis baby, but Allied' to find Obe. Yesterday- while looking over our subscription book, he discovered the name “ Mis* Egarah F’orrester,” of .Macon county, N.C. “ Eureka!” lie exclaimed. “1 shall go right straight home and call our little pet Egarah!*■ Tbuauui fitir subscriber has secured) a (sweet little namesake by patronising |the Banner- Watchman. » 1 .J L i v ) THE ATHENS AND MADISON RAIL ROAD- Meeting Hon. H. H. Carlton upon the streets yesterday, upon his return from Oconee court, we asked him hat he thought of Hon. George T. Barnes’ letter. Why,it is one of the most statesmen like and patriotic papers I ever read, and is well worthy the noble writer. I heartily endorse it, as likewise, I feel sure, does every candidate for congres sional honors in the field. By that unselfish, ringing letter George Barnes does but his noble nature justice, and shows to tbe world the patriotic devo tion to democracy that I always knew beat within his breast- That letter does him more honor, in my opinion, than would a seat in the balls of con gress.” .= “ What do you think of the nomi nation of Hardeman, Doctor?” “ I think it was a most wise and just tribute from the Democratic party of Georgia to one of her noblest and truest eons. There Is no man in the state who has made greater sacrifices or labored more earnestly for his par ty than Tom Hardeman, and I believe log his nomination will be received with ^ applause from the mountains to the seaboard. My word for it, he will make a record of which his state may well feel proud. He is one of the best men in tbe South, and is the soul of honor. > Besides, when the candidate for Governor was taken from the eastern section of the state, to unques. tionable fitness of Col. Hardeman for the position entirely out of the ques tion. As soon as his nomination was made known, I at once took steps to have it declared unanimous. Al though myself one of the defeated candidates, I could scarcely resist the temptation to raise a yell for the nom inee. “ You don’t seem to take defeat very much to heart?” “Oh.no; I cheerfully accept the For thr Banntr Watdtmau. I read with much interest your ar ticle in Saturday’s issue of your pa per, in regard to the Griffin, Monti- cello and Madison railroad. Yon have struck the “key-note” for Ath- trict in behalf of the nominees, eus at last. There is no road which has been built, or is likely to be built to Athens, which will do our city much good as the one mentioned, pro- pie of Georgia. Those of my friends A FORGER CAUGHT. How Our Amateur Detective Obtained the SIR" nature of the Author of that Rabun Letter. Last week our busiuess manager u as ia Clarkesville getting up testimony to convict Thomas M. Bradford, the postmaster, of his authorship of that Rabun letter. The forgery was shown to a number of the best citizens in that county, who unhesitatingly pro nounced ’’ H. R. Smith" and* T. M. Bradford- to brione and the same man. But to make-assurance doubly sure Mr. Yancey walked into the post-of fice with his hand tied up iu a hand kerchief, and approaching the post master asked if he had any stamped envelopes for sale. One was instant- it for him. “Certainly,” was the reply, “to what address ? M “ H. R. Spivey,” was the reply. It was instantly done, and we have now in our possession the identical signature ol. the author of the Rabun letter. The letters H. R. S. are the same, and we defy any expert to ex amine the two signatures and not pro nounce them to tie penned by the same man. Bradford writes a very peculiar, nervous hand, that it is im possible to counterfeit. As soon as Mr. Yancey had secured the initials for which he came he un wrapped his hand and departed, fol lowed by the astonished gaze of the postmaster. Little did the old man think that by this little freak of accom modation he was signing a document that convicted him of the grossest forgery of tbe name of H. R. Smith. “WATKINSVILLE” ON, THE WAR PATH. In the last issue of the Oconee Moni tor, a gentleman from Oconee, signing himself “ Watkinsville,” comes bellow ing to the front like a mad bull, because we failed to publish a long-winded com munication that he had written in reply to “Reporter.” Now we will inform the gentleman that not only did “ Re porter” retract tbe charges he made, but another writer, in a compact and abridg ed form, embodying every idea advanced Kv “ fiUo mniR nohlv THE TRICKS OF A DEADHEAD- 4 Disoaii-sRoj at ROW fea'UUst&tih& by “ Watkinsville, fl also came nobly to the rescue of the Stephens men in Oco nee. This we published for two rea sons: 1, It was the first to reach us. 2, It was more compact, and hence bet ter suited to our limited space. So we emphatically deny the charge that we refused to publish a correction, but on ... tf j tiie other hand gave the delei.A* ccrisid- wtll of the convention, and if neees- \ erable more spaee than the affirmative, sary, will take the stump in the dis- j t j s true we have a good circulation in Of cou|s*tit would have been highly ' " I me to have received such ; of esteem from the peo- i good Oconee, for which we are truly grateful to tiie good people oi that section; bu we consider tiiat honors are easy, for if our paper was not worth the price charged for it. we very much doubt il , our circulation would be what it is. The simple fact, however, of a county liber- and Madison, Morgan county, giving us via the North-Eastern railroad and the proposed line, direct connection aud communication between Knox ville, Tenn., and the aeabord, both at Brunswick and Savannah. We ap prehend no further argument is need ed to convince our people of the val ue and importance of this line of rail road. Now the question arises, can this connection between Athens and Madison be made? Certainly U can, and in this way. The act of the Gen eral Assembly approved August 20th, 1872, and amended by an act approved February 21st, 1876, allows the city of Athens to subscribe an additional one hundred thousand dollars to the capital stock of tbe North-Eastern railroad- The constitution of 1877 in hibits any farther subscription by municipal corporations to railroads, but not being retroactive, does not affect the right of Athens to make its' full subscription to the North-East ern railroad, ns provided by the acts of the legislature above cited. It would ouly take about fifty or seventy-five thousand dollars to grade the line of road to Madison and place the cross ties upon iL Then beyond doubt, the Richmond aud Danville company would iron and equip the same. This amount of additional subscrip tion could be made by Athens with out Increasing our present rate of tax ation one iota. But it may be asked, bow can this subscription be made to the building of this line, when the acts of tbe legislature confines it to the North-Eastern railroad? Why easy enough. Let the subscription be made to the North-Eastern railroad company, to be supplimented by that company, on the proposed line be tween Athens and Madison. I trust Mr. Editor, you will push this enterprise, and I am persuaded that if our business men could be brought together, and consider well the value and practicability of this line, such a meeting would result in the speedy and successful completion of one of the most valuable roads that c^uldtor contributed to our growing and prosperous city. V jul Citizen. 1 vided the people of Athens and the. who stood so nobly by me I can never . . , intermediatesection of country W| forget. TheImndsome support I *-j make the connection between Athens as it did from nearly every section of j vate properly, aud we liave tbe right to Georgia. The vote I received was even larger than I expected, having made hut little exertion toward car- publish or condemn a* we see tit. bo if •• Watkinsville” don’t like the way we measure out -justice he can pour it back in the jug or continue to vent his wrath tying delegates, prefering to rest my through the columns of the Monitor or claims with the convention after it had ! auy other paper that he may select. But Wool Hat vs. Wool Head.—Du ring the canvass Mr. Speer made all kinds of promises to the wool bat boys, that he failed to fulfill. His friends now contend that the independent rooster only made a slight mistake, and instead of promoting the wool- hat boys took up the w-ooley-head boys. Perhaps it was^wnly a. slip of the tongue after all; but i^s goiug Jb result in tbe wool-hat mountain demo crats dropping “ Our Emory” like a hot brick, an<t leaving him and his wool-head friends all aloie iu {dory. * —^ —-.I their A Georgia. Cotton Gin.—Messrs, Childs, Nickerson, AVynn A Co. yester day showed us one of the Barrett cotton gins, manufactured in Augusta, for which they are agent*. It is it handsome piece of machinery, and embraces all the latest improvements, Our farmers would do well to call and engmipeiti J i Postponed.—The Gregory-Fam- brougii case, in Peene^hee been post poned. the defendant showing grounds for a continuance. ~Itwill betriCd at the next regular session of court. Ben ailea long is Icing cut, that will g water from the foot of Anna Rn i figures. Mr. “Pony” Little, of ago advertised for a wife, when his petition was replied to tefapoung lady from South Carolina At ‘extended correspondence has taken place, the standard pf both par ties investigated, and Madam Rumor atypk sreddingis soon to follow from this romantic beginning. The young lady belongs to one of the first families ifl A^e Palmetto state, and is a vision of loveliness; while Pony is a first- class youug man in every respect. The cific urday. on the Georgia IV ’ Villa RiST Bat- assembled.” mot entertain any doubt success of the nominees ne ^wfl “Not a shadow. The convention was the most harmonious I have ever witnessed, and all parties accepted the decisions with the best spirit. This more than at any other time, for a number of years, evidences that the democracy of Georgia begins the fall campaign with an unbroken front,such as will undonbtedly drive the last ves tige of independentism and republi canism from our borders.” The Father of Vehicles.—There is now at the Georgia depot the lar gest .carrylog ever seen in these parts Its wheels are 20 feet high, and tbe weight is 5,000. It was brought from Qbarlj^ton for the purpose of moving, Rucker’s cotton compress, and will be returned as soon as the job is coni- - -i I M*r-rrr.—A gentleman tells ns that** white woman in Athens, with a baby n#t twjo’weeks old, was sent dowa tojtn E her husband and made to brtajg iff ror flour home upon her head. ’The woman died iu a few days from the ex ertion. We did not learn the uaote hf the brute, but our informant is a relia ble geutleman. - 4- 1 - 9-- **' * Ou* Bindery.—The DanielsvilleMotf itur says; We were pleased to inspect die book-bindery of 'Yancey, Cranford *WStt, in Athena,' tbe Mpierday, and find that they can get up at neat a blank book, ledger, or anything of the kind, as you can get anywhere. Any of our citizens wishing to have old books bound or new ones bound in another style, can be accomodated by this clever firm, and the wo^k s^ll jie d^nolu goodft£le and Gregory is still in jail, having failed a reasonable price. to give bond. The Famhroughs were TuI Telephone.—Mr. all out at court." Cotton Seed. Geo: fast buying oil mill in Augusta. They pay from •to 10 cents per bushel; and receive 18 cents delivered on board the ears at nHacaaaafcna an ure? Matrimonial AmtAjiATldx a.—Th e country ia flooded . with .lb Wotten ins fcnnVxSi that he dill shortly-begin to work up telephone lines connecting Harmony Grove, Jefferson, Lexington and other neighboring town* with Ath ens. It will cost about $75 per mile to build these lines, aud the company will charge a small rent fer the use of their wires. Mr. Wotten will construct the fines by subscription from parties inter ested. We are very anxious to see this Quick Work.—A white man in this city lost his wife sbont one month sgo, and last week was married to a gay- young widow. Tax Evening Star.—After sunset a remarkably bright aud beautiful star ap pears in the west. This is Venus, tbe next planet between the earth and the sun. It is, of all the planets, the near- e*t in sue to the earth, and as it rotates on its hw in about twenty-four hours, its day is nearly the same length as our own. AU the planets revolve around the sun, and the time each requires to complete ita orbit is called its year. The earth ia twelve months in making its jouruev, and all computation* of time of the paveloliona of all the planets be-, instated in terrestrial days and years. Venus, belngwearer tbe sun, describes an orbit much smaller than the earth’s and requires only two hundred and twenty-five days to complete its revolu tion, so that a year of Venus equals sev en and one-haM or our months. This explains why it does not always occupy tbe some relative position between us and the sun. i — * a _ Clara Bell at Coney. Cineimmati Enquirer. An effort is being made at Coney- Island to introduce cork discs, about afoot in diameter, and fastened to the hkndf by , Jt is easy to swim with tjtem. But I saw a disc that made trouble between a couple. They were bgthing together. He had ten derly floated her by placing his hand under her stomach; he bad jumped her over the surf by lovingly grasp- ing her taper waist; be had led her iuto deep water by clasping both h-r little hands; and to none of this polite ig bad she demurred. It was put disc. ou hi* hands that relations exploded, , a sound somewhere between a ! doll thud and a sharp smack. Made bold by an hour’s familiarity with the water, she resolved to take a header into an incoming wave. Clasping her amaii hands over her head, she changed ends with becoming dignity —her head going into the water and her feet coining out. At that instant when she was bent, as ’twere, in mid tew-of hundreds, the young man was tempted by the glori- ous opportunity into-giving her, with the broad, fiat disc, one resounding spank.' Mad? Well, it may have reddened bar face as she walked right out of the wa- teTUone, but I guess not, because, ia my tfphriou, it was the glow of undy ing hatred for that shameless spank- mttMt* .*. •. diets, and circulars are scattered right want an endowment take off your coat and go to work. This is a slow but Bure Wt Ui’i h IMI Saving Hack Fake;—A number of the excursionists to TaUplah tells save hack fare by walking: to fffcfe • hotel from the jumping-^ place on the North-Eastern. It is only a mile and you pasa through som?^»yi#oipantic scenery, while by hacks the distance to bs traveled is two and a half miles. It will be tbe 1st of September before the trains are running direct to the The • invaded Mr. he had rented from Mr. Hadgjas. (who KssaaesRatt •00 bundles for rent of °tb«r night some (hievus he had. The police failed to trace them only.about a quarter-of a mile ttffkjgarrS. lost. This seems to ham been a fatal "SS*- r: sJ;.;iava9 Remember Hadaway’s hsrness oil. It has no equal. “ - • A Shooting in Walton County. *>!* i«. liJ Iks- MqecROE, July 26.—A shooting affair (WWSIM 1 Qutsoff district, in this poonty, on yesterday afternoon. Mr. Job Smith, a constable of this coun ty end a posse, among which was oue ^.fiimmes. The posse laid hold of iinxmes, aud ln a struggle Simmes’ pistol was fired off or accidentally went Mf, shooting a bole in Smiths’ Hit Monroe Adams, one of the posse a-ae he claims, by the order of Smith —fired a double barrel shot gun at Simmes while standing In about three taklRff effhet in, Simmes’ back. Dr. Batrak "Hfci I jffijeteian attending bin recovery hardly as yet. Saving Freight. ' “Here’s s quarter,” said a wealthy old miser at the Methodist Church the other night to the Rev. Samuel Jones, who wss taking op a collection. “ThUcoUectfon,” says the Rev. Sam aopdty, “Is for tbe heathens. You wifi please hasp the quarter aad—re freight both Nays.” “That quarter is still within out corpo rate limits.—Coojsts Wfrtlg. by reference to our daily It will be seen unnecessary to deny the charge that we failed to publish a correction of “ Re porter’s .landers.” We have the kind est feelings toward our friend “ Wat kinsville,” but then we deny his right or authority to usurp an entire page in our paper to answer charges already re tracted by tiie author and most forcibly contradicted by another writer equally a* fluent and niuch mure brief and point ed than the great and immaculate “Wat kinsville.” We await with fear and trembling the second blast from the mighty pen of this voluminous writer which he threatens to liurl at our unof fending head. With his timely warning, we hope to be able to dodge the extermi nating missive. .EGYPT AROUSED. VOLUNTEERSPOUHING IN TO ARAL BI’S ASSISTANCE. Better Classes of Mussulman sncl Kotable* Adhering to the New Government. Summary Measures Against Em 1 Rearsle of the Khodlro The Ladles Organizing. Alexandria, July 27.—An official telegram from the rebel government, dated Cairo, July 26th, says: Arma ment continue on an extensive scale. Volunteers are arriving from upper and lower Egypt. Some chiefs of the Bedouins who, prior to the bombard ment were known as partisans of the khedive, have promised, fidelity and all the best class of Mussulmans, in cluding princes and princesses of the khedive’s family now in Cairo, are aiding this government. Ladles have formed committees tor the prepara tion of lint. Tbe British have been defeated in two engagements, leaving forty killed. The Official Gazette pub lishes a letter from Arabi Pasha, which declares that any persons found in possession of the proclamation dis missing Arabi Pasha from tbe minis try, circulated by the khedive’s emis saries, will be court-martialed. The army will do its duty and defend the couutry to the last extremity. If the commercial and political interests of the powers do not induce them to stop the British invasion a terrible strug gle must ensue. Some Italians, Swiss, Germans and French remain in public administration and continue to receive marks of confidence notwithstanding tbe British intrigues to depopulate London, July 27.—A dispatch to the Daily News from Alexandria says inteilence has been received hero that Dervisch Pasha, on his arrival at Con stantinople, stated that after the bom bardment of Alexandria the English engaged in various acts of violence against the inhabitants and pillaged and burned the town. The Times correspondent also says the khedive has ordered a commission of inquiry into the reports of looting by the En- lish. General Allison consents that an investigation be made. THE POISON OF TOBACCO SMOKE. London Time*. A series of experiments have been re- eently conducted by Herr Kisslmg, of Bremen, with tiie view of ascertaining the pro{>ertie8 of nicotine and other poi sonous substances in the smoke of cigars. He specifies as strongly poisonous con stituents cm borne oxide, sulphurated hydrogen, prussic acid, nicoline bases, and nicotine. Tbe first three occur, however, in such small proportions, and their volatility Is so great, that their share in the action of tobncoo smoke on the system may be neglected. The pico- liue bases, too, are present in compara tively small quantity, so that tbe poison ous character of the smoke may be al most exclusively attributed io tiie huge proportion of nicotine present. Only a small part of the nicotine in a cigar is destroyed by tiie process of smoking, and a relatively large portioo passes off with the smoke. The propor tion of nicotine in the smoke depends of course, essentially on the kind of to bacco; but the relative amount of nico tine which passes from a cigar into smoke depends chiefly on how far the cigar has been smoked, as the nicotine contents of the unamoked part of a cigar is in inverse ratio to the size of this part, i. e., more nicotine the shorter the part. Evidently, in a horning cigar, the slowly advancing zone of’glow drives before it the distillable matters, so that In tbe yet unburat portion a constant accumula tion of these takes place. H would ap pear that in the case of cigars that are poor in nicotine, more of this substance relatively passes into smoke than in tbe case of cigar* with much nicotine; also that nicotine, notwithstanding its high boiling point, has remarkable volatility. To the editor of the Sun: The article • in Sunday’s Sun on “Deadheading a Science” was of particular interest to me, as I concluded some time agp‘'time t '* knew as much about beating railroad conductors a* can be learned. 1. do not ' mean aa a begger or atrakp, but iiia gentlemanly way. I was stirred' Into earning what I could of the ^wisJV'of*'' conductors by the refusal of one' of theih '* to give me a stop-over check between Burlington, Vt., and Ylrginnes. The conductor sneered at my idea of getting even with the road; but aal was dbfe to ride from Burlington to Rutland, and then sell my tickets, I foutid I was ahead. Those are the only tickets J have sold, and I now have one of tbe best collections of railroad tickets in the United States. I have now before me over $25 worth of tickets saved' from a ' short trip through the state of Georgia. There are many commercial men who 1 have collections of tickets, large or small, according to the amount of terri tory covered. While on the road I had 1 many an exciting game of cards for co v- ’ eted tickets saved from some especially alCrt conductor. Most of the tickets are used sooner or later, bat many of them go to hackmen, scalpers, and cut-Va’te ' men. ’ ’ “ . ‘ I was showing some tickets once to a* fellow-traveler at Birmingham, Ala bama, and his eyes opened in wander. * He declared that he was never able to keep a ticket, and be wished me to show him how to get one. We each got ti' ticket for Tuscaloosa, and I jokingly re marked that although he had tbe advan tage of the inside seat, being a novice, be would probably have to give tap his ticket, while I should keep mine. Soon after starting the conductor came along transfixing each passenger with his eagle eye. When he reached our seat he cast a sharp glance at each, leaned over me, took my friend’s ticket, punched it, took a look at the next passenger, aud passed on. This was too much for my friend, and, with something like admi ration in his eyes, he said: “ Well, you beat the devil!” “ No,” I said, “ I only beat the conductor.” Then he langhed and asked for an explanation. I ex plained in this way: “When the conductor came in yon lie- came uneasy; as he approached yon be came nervous, and when lie got opposite you actually turned away. When he came in I took no notice, as he apptoarh- ed I glanced at him, and when he got opposite I looked him full in tiie eye. Then he knew he had my ticket, but did not have yours. If he hsd asked me for my ticket I should have handed it to him, but I took tiie chance of his not asking, which usually happens, except - on a few special roads, at terminal points, and on trains of a single car. At termi nal points buy a ticket to or at way sta tions. If the most of the passengers are long-distance travelers, and have their tickets in their hats, take vonrs off, and placing it where the hat, but not the ticket, can be seen, settle to your read ing as if you intended to travel this way for hours. By this simple device 1 have travelled hundreds of miles. I once fonnd in a hotel a slip such as some con ductors use. It was burned a little from being used to light a cigar, bat I pat it in my pocket, and months afterward in toy hat on finding myself on the right road, and rode through the state, saving the ticket which 1 had bought. There are a hundred nr more little devices which suggest themselves, but after all the grand point is to step across the track as the train comes in and get In on the side where the conductor does not stand, for yon notice that be is always the fiist one off the train and fixes every face as tbe passengers get on. In this way one can travel at least three-quar ters of his entire distance, and save the tickets, which are good until punched, and which make a very unique and val uable collection. But, then, on the other hand, of course it is very wicked to de fraud railroad corporations, and such a collection might be ont of place any where but in tbe smoking room.” •' My friend thanked me for the points in a kind of doubtful way, and said be would try his hand next trip, and asked me to allow him to check his express baggage in my name. We parted at Tuscaloosa, however, and 1 have not seen him since; but I doubt very much if his collection up to the present time would fill a very large book. ■ ■ ~ v New York, July 10. Drummer. Colonel Fisher, the tether of “Chris tian Reid,” (Miss Frances C. Fisher, of Salisbuay, N. C.) the nov^ltst, was the first man killed at Ball Run. The police cf Minneapolis are very as tute fellows. Two of them dragged a supposed drunken man tor several Mocks only to find when they got him to tin lock-up that he was dead. HOW ETHELBERT AND MYRTLE Cams naar BtaaUor tbslr SwaaS Ltvaa. Ctitrage Tribvnr. “1 do not believe you.” Ethelbert McGuire winced as Myrtle Hathaway spoke these words—cruel, bitter words, that seemed to sear his wry soul as he stood there in the gloaming, the time of silence and shadows. Tbe swallows were twitting among the leaves in their noisy way, the ice cream liars were casting their balefnl light across the broad thoroughfare from which the rattle, the roar and crash of life in a great city had bnt just departed. “Yon cannot mean it. Myrtle,’’ the young man says, his voice choked with emotion. “You surely cannot doubt my word—the word of one to whom yon have plighted year troth and ht whose life your future is bound np. - v “But I do mean it,” replies the girl, “although God knows my life would be brighter, better, happier, were if not so. I have loved you with a strong,‘country- butter-love that has become a part of my very existence. And it 1s wheri Y'bave taught my heart to beat responsive to your ever-word, when I nave coma to believe yon with all the passionate trust fulness of a woman's nattire,''thsfytm come to me, and here, on this beautiful Jane evening, when the heavens are panoplied with stars, and the air'is bal my with the perfume .of roses, you say to me that you have never bet oh a horse race—yon tell me this solemnly and ear nestly, knowing that my wry heart will not let me judge harshly any action of yours. No, Ethelbert, I love yott with a maddening, ninety-days-or-ten-per-cent- off-for-casb trust that is beyond compare but 1 cannot let yoti "abuse that tritst. I am but a girl—a sensitive,' passionate, one-bustle-and-a-four-dofiar-bang ' girl, but I am not a chump”—and sucking her chewing gum oh the door pofti, Myr tle turned to enter the parlor. “But I swear it,” exclaimed ^JCthel- bert, “I swear to you that ^ would not bet four dollars against ten that Maud S., could beat three minutes.”, / “You would not?” asked tbegiti- “No,” was Ethelbert’a reply. "I would not bet ou anything.” . /lt }1 , . "Then,” aaidthegifL.apeakingflow- ly,and with grave teaderne**,. “yquhad better head for the gate. I ran never place my happiness and charges for spring bon nett in the hand* oil .«man who would let as sure a thing fifths! get •way.” . • -i.il/. IraRVAt’ Russia has the model liquor .Unr; Only one rum shop la allowed In a village, and the dealer, wbo is app oint ed by the government is liablfc to dis missal, fine and Imprisonment; if be allows any one to HMoiiie drank; 1