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In those western wilds—or i
western wilds, for It refers to
there fire many exciting*
but fbw more interesting than*
lowing:
On Tuesday afternoon]
to this city
MM|
wound taT
waa'asvriouNonc
~ n
to betaol .
•"•‘plaoe' Where fho Millet i
Or. Benedicts band
cover it. In feet it looked ju tboug
n young cannon ball ,*hftd passed
through the man’s left arm! Hi ex-
plains tiie way in which the wound
was received in tills fashion: He was
employed on the Oregon Short Line
Railroad at the ramp near the Little
Muddy, and about half a' fiay’ea Jour
ney from tiie town of browing. On
Thursday last, In company with 'two
other men, he went to the iowntp get
some checks cashed, and in the after
noon I>ogan his return to the camp,
still accompanied by the twomen.
When between three and four miles
from the camp, aud near the old Kel-
- ton crossing, as the evening began to
descend, lie was walking along about
thirty-live feet ahead of h|s compan
ions, who were talking togfthw. He
heard some ona say, ‘‘You-0—d-d—d
a—n ofab—hi hold tip Jdpr hands!"
f! He knew the remark was Intendfewor
iniJsild.l]e turned quickly around to
fieieft to see nls companions who
tiie
were behind him. As he did so a ball
from n Henry rifle whizzed along!
striking him in the back it glanced
through his coat, vest, phirt and un
dershirt, along his bacg and hithlm
on tiie left arm, shattering it as above
stated. Had lie turned the other way
tiie ball would have struck him on the
right side and killed htm; had he
failed to turn it would have caught
him squarely in tiie bank and made
life n very brief burden fat him, Aa
soon as he felt the shot lie began to
run, and made about thirty yards,
when lie concluded he had bett er halt
nml did so and throw up his hands.
The pair oaine up to him and the fel
low who fired tiie shot which shatter
ed the poor mun’sarni, knelt down in
fro at of him, |wdiited the cocked gun
square at and in n few Inches of his
body, and coolly said: 0—d d—n you!
I’ll fix you now." The victim looked
at ills assailant aud said: "Take what
I’ve got: but there’s no use killing
me."
"If 1 don’t kill you, It will make
trouble." said the Henry rifle man.
“Not any more trouble than If you
killed me,” as coolly urged the other.
"The boys will find my body and
they’ll gut you sure; and then fix
you."
A discussion of tiie case aa to wheth
er the man should tie killed then en
sued, and the unfortunute fellow final
ly succeeded in convincing them that
it would lie of no particular advan
tage to them to kill him. So they
took all lie had. Before leaving him,
however, they returned Ills watch and
gave him |20. They turned and left
and lie went to Ills camp, suffering
intensely from tiie wounded arm. The
men in tiie camp learning of the oc
currence, and knowing the robbers,
organised a party, and the next day
captured tiie fellows at tiie town of
Crossing, whera one was negotiating
for liaritber -Henry, rifle. JChey were
seized and token barteto the
The fellow who had domftb£
was taken luto the room, of hi
for identification. The thief walked
up and asked the fellow Jf he was hurt
much. When he was identified a dis
cussion aa to what should ~be done
with him was had. and.lt waafleclded
to take him to Bellevue, fifty" miles
distant. While this debate was In
progress tiie ussasslu coolly .said he
was hungry and wanted them to give
lilm something to eat. This was on
Friday morning last,. A short time
nfter, everything being in readiness,
tiie nten who had robbed their ' coin
panion, with a strongguard. were seat
ed inn wagon nttd started (or Bellevue
They were still going through the
camp when a party of workmen from
tiie grades came up, stopped the team
mid notified the guard that they would
take cate of the prisoners. They made
nil the occupants get out, overturn the
wagon, tan the tongue up in the aiF
and then propped it there. . A rope
was securely fasteued at the eud of the
tongue and then placed around the
neck of the fellow who had fired tbs
shot, and he was strung up and left
dangling. His tody remained hang
ing for nearly 24 hours, and was there
still when the wounded man started
for this city, hie escort driving him
ulinohi up against the body that be
might see it; but he turned his bead
away and closed his eyes. Tbe other
robber, though not lynched, was jailed
and held for trial. *u <-T j
Dr». Benedict aud Fowler who ore
attending the unfortunate fellow say
lliew will probably be able to save his
aruLrhut declare that aucll a wound
froi^fegunxhot is almost beyond lie-
on Northern Farms.
Chicago Time*. '
A f.-w years ago the government and
citizen* of the state of Kansas set op in a
new branch of the philanthropy bus!-,
ness. They interested themselves in
priM-ut log the removal to the state of a
large number of southern negroes, prin-
eiiwlly from the states of Mississippi
and Louisiana. They believed, or pro-
f.-.-sed to believe, that they .would taka
kindly to northern fanning, and that
ti»?y wi-ibl sure cither in .working
land ou.m^f own account, orpa laboi 1
. ers on fl'icTarma of others. Very pan
w account., however, have lieen^ybi^ivei
from tln.ui in either capacity. Tjto gen
eral wr-lict is that negroes witty have
immediate section, Is that disgrace-
fill bartering of suffrage. Whenever
a candidate enters the political arena
he must make up his mind to "bleed,”
and “bleed" freely. We do not mean
that he must shed his gore, but his
greenbacks. In fact, we have now
our eye on certain offices tiie acquire
ment of which cost tbe successful can
didate more than his salary. What
can we hope or expect so long as tills
high privilege—the greatest trust re
posed in an American citizen—is
made a matter of bargain and sale!
When a man enters an office by such
means he must necessarily feci that
he owes his elevation solely to his own
pocket-book, and not to tbe sponta-
neous will of the people. He does not
consider that he owes his allegiance
to the public, but simply to hhufeajf.
Can such a man serve you as faith
fully as he who rides into power upon
the free and incorruptible will of tbe
people f To attain office he knowing
ly and wilfully violates, or cauata jtfj
be violated, one of the most stringent
laws of his country. He must neces
sarily feel the stingof conscience, and
has not even that confidence in bitfl^
self that he should have. In Athens,
of late years, the matter of buy ing and
to a science. The first thing
does when he aspires to office is to
look over the stock before him and
lect such leaders as he wuuts. Next
he goes to work on the more obscure
ballot-slingcrs, and through either
the medium of small change, whisky
or mean cigars, purchases enough to
insure his election. Now what can
we hope for so long as this demoraliz
ing state of affairs exist': As a gen
eral thing our elections do not reflect
the will of the people, but the leugth
of a candidate’s purse. Every good
and honest citizen, white and black,
will agree with us that 9uch au order
of things is a curse to the country and
that it should be remedied.
But what is tbe remedy?
There is but one, us you will all ad
mit, and that is in /sirty urbanization.
Until tiie best |>eople of this country
band together and unite upon a ticket
they muy expect to see their ballot-
box prostituted and money usurp the
place of the popular will. The poorer
classes are especially interested In this
needed reform, for so long as the pres
ent order of things exist they are de-
Mark onr prediction: The democra
cy will electa President in 1884—if
they make no blunders.
The 8tb -congressional district is
now in much greater danger of being,
i ndependeotised than the 9th.
The political enemies of Hon. Sea
born Reese, of tbe 8th, assert that he
does up bis beard in shucks every
night before retiring.
It is seen that Capt. Pope Bar-
row was able to surmount tbe little
Hill that stood between himself and
the l T . 8. senate chamber.
«tt> eld MwUUtr I
. YOL XXIX.
Emanate at wtt
Out of nearly ft
tailed to report th
and 9th districts
Tuesday,
one failed
This
election, and tbe
not been heard
We have beard more than a hundred
independents, in the last few days,
express a determination to hereafter
vote witli tbe democracy.
business man remark-
r day that the defeat
as worth $20,000 to the
commercial prosperity of Athens.
Cj Mr. gbjprtaout In an address tell- th;
Ing hi* -fnMk that he Is defeated: alt
his home is in the mountains, proba- arrayed in golden slippers and were
bly not less 'than sixty
telegraph station, but
fora
that a man detailed, f
hlpee
They could have read this nea-s in the
Hanper-Watchman three mouths ago.
tiie news Its
r.JohjkJU*
■auk L HCr-
Banner-Watcbt
That sweet 11
•n; the August
Ule journalistic maid-
Augusta Evening News, is
out in a bran-new dress. AU the boys
selling votes has been brought down' W> this way have fallen in love with
thing a man hen,. ^ 1
We have no idea that Mr. Speer will
ever again oiler for congress in this
district. Our prediction is that he
will change his residence to Washing
ton ^Olty.
When the present general assembly
rcdlstricts Georgia we want them to
let the old 9ft klone, as the late elec
tion demonstrated the fact that we are
able to tote our own skillet.
Wo are frequently asked, "Wliat
has become of that injunction:’' Well,
we have justeput it away in salt to
keep uutll "Our Emory" pops up his
head again as an independent candi
date.
The Gainesville Southron says the
editor of the Banner-Watchman was
imported into the 9th district to de
feat. Mr. Speer, If we are not mista
ken that paper has heretofore argued
that the “Banger-Washtub" would
elect Its Emory.
work should be so long in reportl
Out oftheooqutle* in the Seventh a ,
ninth districts, Tiawaa.^aa the o4ljP
one that was not fully reported in tha
Constitution on the day after the elec-,
tlon. The collection of tiie news it
at couatuiu felt to Mr.
also!., a brother of Mr. Frank
alson, state librarian, and of Mr. W 11
Haralson, of the wild land office.
Will Haralson consolidated the
turna of Union and made the dashi g
ride of forty-tour miles
Blue Ridgerooun
to Clarkesville, v
cial engine of the North
road. Union and Towns;
counties and then Joh
who was to report
was to join his brother
and turu over the . : reta>
county to him. He left
Blairsville Tuesday
Towns couuty and that toll
the Constitution lias heard
Mr. Frank L. Hardison
Haralson, who ar^ in the
posts of duty, are' growl
their brother's contiuui "
port, and say they have
st idea what the diffle
is. It is impossible to
of the missing man with a
and it would take a letter near ly a
eck to go there.
WHAT HIS UltOTlIKK SAYS.
Mr. Will Haralson said, yesterdak:
I have not the slightest idea what
Whenever tliC democracy bos a tidal
wave of success the republican jour
nals up north begin to talk of organ-
barred from ever bolding office. 8o felag new parties. They may burst up
long as the root of so-called indepen
dence flourished in our midst, It was
needless to attempt to kill tbe scions
that sprang from it; but now that the
very germ of this political monster
lias been destroyed, it is an easy task
to clear our political field. We have
now pending several important local
contests—municipal and county. It is
highly important that good and true
men be chosen, and more important,
still, if possible, that they tie elected
by the populur will. We suggest that
at on early day the good citisens of
Athens and Clarke cddrilyT'wItliout
regard to past party affiliation, con
vene in tbe court-house and then sol
emnly pledge themselves to vote for
no man who seeks to obtain office by
bribery or pandering to tbe passion
and prejudice of the people. Let us
agree upon some fair and satisfactory
moans to nominate a ticket, aud when
it is selected let every law-sbiding
citizen stand by the choice. We must
rid our section of suffrage-bartering.
We owe it as much to the caudidates
as to the purification of our offices. We
do not mean by tills article that we
desire any change from our present
excellentcorpsof officers,both munic
ipal and couuty; but wo simply waut
'them reinstated as the choloe of the
people, and not owe their election - to
the length of their i>oeket-books.
AN INFAMOUS LIE.
Athena lias heretofore been kno'
the head centre of intelligence aud re
nt. now it is placed iu a tloubt-
ition. On tne evening of tUe
and reorganize if they want to, but we
intend to stiok to the old democratic
ship a few years longer.
The result In Michigan was oue of
tbe most remarkable of all of last
Tuesday's great victories. It elected
a democratic governor by 10,000 major
ity and six out ol eleven congressmen.
The democracy has not before iieen
triumphant in that state siuce 1852.
Tiie nomination and election of Mr;
Stephens had no more to do with the
success of democracy In the 9tli dis-
trict than the artcctfen of Ben Bailer
In Massachusetts. On the other hand,'
he was a clog at our heels. Mr. Speer
used tbe Commoner's independent
utterances as a text, and we believe
his nomination east us 1,000 votes. It;
was the aroused democracy of tiie 9th
that elected Col. Candler, aud we don’t
intend that "Uncle Alex" shall qui-'
etly appropriate honors that don’t be
long to him.
OFFICIAL RETURNS.
; the
lias become of my brother. We ate
breakfast together at'our home *~
Blairsville, Union county, Tuesday
morning, and about7o'clock he start
ed for Bricetou, .where he was to vote,
and was theu to go on to Hiawassee,
the county seat of Towns County, and
collect the returns. He was to join
on Tuesday night at Ni
to deliver to me
from Towns. We arranged to meet at
the forks of the road at the Williams
store at 11 o'clock Tuesday night,
had thirty-five miles to ride to tl
point, and John had only twenty,
had three relays of horses .and! 1
had five to that |K>int, and oue be
tween there aud Clarkesville.
Blairsville at "
Tuesday night,
to Nacoochse,
miles In a little more than four hou^s.
so that I was at the place of rendez
vous a little before eleven o'clock. Be
fore I reached there and when I was
on the summit of one big hills
I shouted with ail my might so that
Tbe returns*
via yesterday from
the 9th
enough oountics toeompleic th
c<
■N a
ful
position. On the evening of
election hordes of men , not good
enough to black a decent man’s boots
assembled In front of Hon. Emory
Speer's residence and used- language
only fit for tiie vilest dens. This is an
outrage that the good people hrf Ath
ens could have prevented, biiAheau
thorities winked at it. Mr. SJfeerand
wife left for Washington at oi
cape. It is wrong. It is o;
The blackest republican i
deserved more decent treat
Speer is a democrat and b£ti
those who wisli to disgrace hi
We clip the above infamous slander
upon Atbans and her people frohi the
Atlanta Phonographs* paper whose
editor only a few months since visited
our place and was extended every
courtesy by tbe very gentlemen he 1$
now so basely maligning. A mtire in-
fiimous, black-hearted lie, wc Will not
again writs it slander, was never
penned. No suclu Insult was offered
to iiU family of Mr, Speer. On thf
contrary, when the torch-light proces
sion was passing the residenoe ot that
gentlemau a delegation was appointed
to see that there was no hurrahing or
any language used calculated to
mortify the family. This Is try* and
the facts can be substantiated. Mr.
Christopher was not in Alliens on that
night, and for charity’s sake we will
suppose he obtained his Information
from other sources, instead of manu
facturing it in bis own office. If this
be true he should have informed hi mi
self before publishing so damning a 1
•«n brought up on touthsri^^auta- charge. If not jiuitVr, a sensefaf deem*
Towiu..^ ... y—
ssssxtriK
foUI. : £
lions do wry poorly on nonlim
Tiie w*.r* is very different. Ini
it is light. It largely consists IffUie ua$
of tin- band hoe, in picking Alton, in
handling tobacco ami in working the
soil wi'h 1 “ball tongue" plow with a
single niule. Few machine* are employ
ed thiii require’ thejjxerclse of much
•kill. This is pnr:ly*8 l fcliigtt>''Uie'char
acter of tiie laud and partly to tiie crop*
that arc generally raised, and partly to
tiie ae.irritr ot •killed laborer*. It ap
pears that tbe average negro is adapted
neither to -kitted nor
He eannot use costly
machine* to advnntai
apparently do very hard wotk7*ucli
harvesting hay and cUttfng gratqjjlf hi
can do such to advantage he e
does wot like to do It. The aou _
gro who cornea to the Oorth general I
avoids tiie country. Ho seeks • situs!
cion in some large town and is i^fSMailj
on thy lookout for an 4a0 place/ Hi
prefers to he a waiter to uklngw-qilaci
unloading vessels, carrying bifefe an,
mortar, digging sewers «r mcvu^4£f(es
p ehoul;
started o;
The Beet Actsr Killed I
rr
te‘*Uncl
10 loOM
ad killed the dockey. r&i
rather mean to piok out the brat
in tl|f> pofepany. i /lRuO
Tbe bloodhound ot the
Celdh’Vcotnpauy broke li
hate Tom's
last
Id have prompted *
out, alter our gloriou
with a spirit ot recouqil
our opponents; hut” if
again throw down the gauil
moersoy of the ninth and of A^ytia
will not be slow to pick it up.
lialf of the piople of Athens ^edemaruf
the author of this villainous" "
If the editor of that pspAr de
clines to give It he stands branded
with the very infamies that he has
. burled at the people of Athens. n
rr.wJksfflf u '
A Dazed Independent. a
•** Tin JVwwS. A.
Washington, November 10. - -Emo-
sj» Speer, the Independent congvess-
inanfr m Georgia, turned up hera tb- j
tjhfy: He wears a sort of dosed expres
sion on his ooantenanoe, as If be bad
hot yet fully realised the fact that the
bottom had been knocked out of inde-
jpeMOMfem In Georgia. He has hot
ctlon in hl^BstrlcLM
rmansnt restoration of exhauaf-
l’s Iron Bitten.
Hardeman's majority
BARROW AND COLQUITT
Steeled Senators tor tb. OkSI* lad th. Long
thekhurc!
Atlanta, Ga>, Nov, 16.—Hon. Pope w " 9
Barrow, of Clqrke, was to-day elected
U. 8. senator for the short term, and
ex-Gay. A. B. Colquitt for tbe lonf
term. The ftjehd)i iftf both pfcftles'an
JaoMo ewer tbsh eueoese and
congratatotlons are showered upon
them from all sides. The opposition
aooepts defeat In good eplrit. ■ R.
Bob Issaraoll on th. Elaotuna.
Ool. R. O. Ingeiaell-explatajjtlietp^.
publican disaster of Tuesday,. aa foJ
lows:' * ..
“First, the extravagant appropria
tions. SeoootUy, iSa refiisal to reduce
taxation. 4 At least $75jX)0,000 should
have boon -taken from tbe burden*
borne by Use people. Twenty mil
lions should have tmen taken from
■agaVaiDd the entire tax flrom tobec
The republioaapany.ahould have
taken Wftk thtrreal tax
year from
be obelisked. People are tired .of pay
ing «ret taxes Intlme of peace. Third
l>V*hey wont the
tuy-Ogenta and guagera
ooifeotoiw and trees-
agersxhd all aorta
hot:
dei
rnorio
Geotfgkw i attm-ite
When the- (Humph of democracy
Was declared the boys literally turned
themselves loose. They felt like' two-
, rear-bid colts in a clover patch, only
he clover was sold at ten cents a
drink. Well, they weut for that clo
ver, and after awbije the clover went
fnrthem. Men:who had heretofore
couflned their diet exclusively to wit
ter took split-lightning for a change.
Georgian and a t
of years of the Ninth nengrasstopat
district; I am requested by a number
of gentlemen, also from the' same
state aud district, to Seod you a letter
of congratulations on the manly counp
pursued by.yourJournal during, tiie
late campaign. Wo rejoice with, you
and the intelligent white people gen
erally in the -election of Col. Candler
while oue of our most obdurate oli£ '•ud Mm ovtowferitolng defeat bfthAt
independent republienn, Emory Speer.
r You baya'made a noble fight; you see,
the fruits of your labor; now may the
topers was actually seen to guzzle
dowu a glass of water. About ten
o'clock the boys felt as if they were
people not be slow in giving yoq tan
gible evidence of their appreciation.
lies from a sporting like blissful mermaids In an
is singular ocean of oock-tuils. One by one they,
a certain piqce quilted the scene of festivl-y and W
tired to their virtuous couches to
dream that "My Dear Mat" was lead- . -— r —„ —
ihVb t0 ? h ! ,, ?! t FroceM,oa ** ,a .'* hntt,n «f the ^
their braius to the music of ten thou
sand kettle-drums. But one of the
(Immortal joHtfiers, whom we shall
I know over fifty Georgians in this
place, and they all seethed to be morn
interested In the elections In the Tth
and 9th Georgia congressional districts
Candler has a majority in this state,
The writer, you know, published a
paper in Speech interest during one of
Tits— — - *
gs wMW homeward lioun
brought up on one of those rock cross
ings lately put down by Mayor Ruck-
Rut we do not waut it understood
that our friend Blinker was drunk.
Oh, noi He was only a little exbu-
beraut, and felt an innate hankering
to go to bed. That rock-pi lo remlnded
him so forcibly of his boarding-house
pillow Uial he felt sorter homesick;
That lit, if you call u man homesick
when he feels- an inward longing to
disgorge his boot-heels. So without
much ado Columbus drew forth from
his pocket a wooden tooth-pick, with
which he struck an imaginary light
and ignited the urown of his liubbell
,ver. Blinker was entirely satisfied
'•llli the illumination and proceeded-
forthwith to disrobe. First he took off
his watch and hid it undor a stone.
Next he shucked his coat, then a boot
and one leg of his pants and retired, to
sleep the sleep of innocence. But the
air was cool, and pretty soon Blinker
i* need of more cover. First lie
pted to pull up the crossing over
him,' bnt os it failed to respond he
muttered an oath about-.AU the cover
falling off on the floor aud deliberate
ly proceeded to pile up some conven
ient boulders upon life exposed parts.
It wasat this iuterestingmomenf that
Bill Serouger, another of the b-lioyt,
came along. Blinker recognized him
In an instant, and wauted to know
"Why In the hades he didn’t shut the
door after him?” Scropger saw the
condition of bis friend and helped lilm
to an upright position. "What In the
thunder are you pulling me out of bed
fhb tiara ot night for.;" lie queried,
punctuating the iebnundrum with a
liberal supply of hiccoughs. Then
glanciugaround at the scenery Blink
er wanted to know, "Yes, and that
blasted Digger has moved niy bureau
again?” “Whereis the water buak-
Who took down them ciir
"Wonder what scoundrel hai
iihipilng up my bed?" "G1
wsftwMWnl 1 ;, sfeWfr
he might hear
coming.
liams store I four
there and my brother no where |to
seen. I waited a few minutes ai^d
then rode ou a mile further to my un
cle’s, at whose house my sixtli horse
awaited me. They had heard nothing
of my brother and turning I retraced
my journey, going to the fork, and
then up the Hlwassee road a mile and
half to * bridge, that I knew niy
■lied to pass,
and sitting down
It
t?"' “Bill, did you ever see
subh a littered up room hi your life?
They've t broken out every blamed
glass from the windows, put out the
fire and stole the last handful of
feathers from my pillow. l r ’in going
to change this boarding house to-mor
row or bust a trace!" Columbus
Blinker was carried by his friend tc a
comfortable room, where he spent the
restof the night hanging over the side
of an old sofa. Gentle reader, this is
no faucy sketch, .but actually occurred,
and the hero !b now in our midst.
S',
brother would be co
I got oil my hoi
ou the bridge took 1 out:
was just 11 o'clock as I
and looked at it.
actly an hour, aa
come, I could wt
mounting my hm
wards Clarkesville.
8ix miles out I saac me
Jones, who was in a-buggy d
two fast trotters, and wy h
turned over to a n _
to Clarkesville in the buggy,
there at 2 o'clock,
at the special eng!
addressing a Co
"and you know tin
ry
Hatfe you no
became of your brother?
"None in the worl
us much about it as I do. was
a drinking man and is embewof
GUARDING KIDD’S TREASURE-
A. Bo mantle Logond Connected With Oaterrllle,
, it#/. Bo$toatTraM$cript.
It seems, so the! legend runs, that
Captain Kidd, after an unusually suc
cessful expedition,^entered tiie bay on
theshores of wlilcbVthls village stands,
in search of a safe -repository for his
So longer, juid ill-gotten gains. He selected a shel-
> I Mllo-aeiiW r4fi!^d spot ou au island in its centre,
’ ■ • and to guard against its ever being dis
turbed, he killed u village maiden natir
ed Hannah, and left her spirit to watch
over the place till his return. Years
mused, aud in all human probability
vidd had been many years dead, and
there lay the treasure unclaimed, and
to the somewhat indolent villagers it
seemed a shame to mies the chance of
acquiring wealth in such a rapid man
tier, so two of the most daring men
started at midnight, of course, aud row
ed in a light skiff to the fated spot, taking
with them rods of the witch-hazel,
which, as every one knows, are unfailing
indications of tiie resting place of hidden
treasure. They landed and slowly ad
vanced inland, watching anxiously for
the bending of their wands to show the
idea whatever wh
He had only tw<
ride, while I had
make at tbe mine t(
relay of horses whl^li was
that dfetanoe.- He had
cross, and my road was no
his. Both roads are mountainou .1 I beginning to fail, when a dull metallic
and although lie had never been ovei
his road, it was simply the plain hlgli-
way aud could not have been missed,
rethink It possible that his horse
might have fullen with himand hurt
him. know that my horse fell with
i.JkD
apcc.
me npee. 1 was
side jfe f tiie Chatta
about forty steps
temped to cheek up,
making such time
stop and plunged u
the river. As he wi
and hla hood wen
busy trying to kee
water that I was
and now have a sc
effect.”
Kind Words
vote tbe
If you are
democratic ticket.
If your flesh
plexipp sallow,
ticket.
If you have
crstic ticket.
If you are worn dowtr^ ith care,
vote the democratic
id your com*
moc ratio
vote be demo*
rote the
Snnt W Mwnaiw
atic ticket.
If you have got the blues, ^vi
democratic ticket.
If you keep late hi
dissipated, vote the
et.
If yon feel old be
tbe
If life has Jwcoaie
have gloomy forel
democratic ticket.
If you need toninj
ocratio ticket.
If you drop republlcanUiPfend lay
hold on democracy yon will feel as if
you had a new lease of life.
spot where ihe hopes of wealth lay. At
length ’the 'witch-hazel quivered, waved
wildly round (there was no breeze), and
finally dropped slowly, tilt it nearly
lunched the ground.
Tim men seized their tools, and eager
ly set to work. Soon a deep pit yawn
ed before them, and their strength was
sound greeted. their ears, and roused
them to redoubled activity. They hafl
struck something hard, and roon a heavy
iron chest was exposed to view. It had
two strong riot's in the top, and these
tbe men firmly grasped—when at onco
there arose on the night the (earful
•cream of a woman. The chest wnk
slowly drawn down into tiie earth, near
ly pulling the men witli it. Looking
round tliev found themselves tiie centre
ola circle ijsifi id which were tuovuij
yrliite animals of every description,
prancing and uttering the various cries
«f tbclrspecies. The terrified men flat]
in the boat, where a new horror awaited
them. When they tried to pull off, be-
hold,'?Hannah,” at the stem, robed in
fear was great, but one happily remem
bering what name was used to exercise
evil epiriu, cried iu a loud voice, “Han-
, lUllte nhmeof tbe living God, let
‘t anil she threw up her- bands,
d Tefewfy vaniihed from'
id ^tlielrAidat was freb -1
Ob^in^mffvonja idfetarbed, "Hannah*
AqnnSvct real, andahy time passing the
UfipAtAt midnight, you can hear h<
piercing ones. Skeptical “city people 1
say itla only the owfe, but I have It on
the authority of the oldest inhabitant
jhuy none other tlian "Hannah
feteww .a »'» r
Death from Fasting.
Montreal, OyjcJJov, 10. T A young
man uaiMM FAllmij who fasted twen-
tythrec'.lfg^^-tSAiee’ati llluslohthxt he
'WHfeaaananded by Qod ten do so.didd
•faCfeN i bife litll *
rtouch another drop of any liquor
wlilofi Intoxicates, so long as I five, Qod
T bring my helper. tOK/ John HAitatk.
# v?/‘.‘Obi.papa I, pupa! papal"
~ jr Tliat was all Edith said, blitTier father
knew l^iihe tears wlilcij sprang to her
eyes, by tJie A .close clasp her 1./1HS
~ Rtound his nock, by the kisses she min
ed on hla face, that she was the. happi-
„ _ ho world, and that his
rthday present of a temperance pledge
* hkdm’adehersb.mivBwyh..
All this happened six years ago .
at fa You - ifan' i Well) believe ! Mr.' Harris’^
- money;doejhot: longer go to provide
helphSR'fifcrbli M»Tffia89c.
“What for?” lie askedjln' aWiVe
; waa not encouraging.
t teed * H , .. .
tl “To get a doll for Edith* .onday fe “
her birthday, and I would like .to tii :
pri«e her,” <.,,; ( fab vuaev vxil I,
“A dollar (or a doll! What extrava
gance! Besides, Edith‘is too old fora
doii.” : : “
“Why, Heury, '^lie^is Jtenj_^nd[
she is so fond of her old one?" ' 1
: .‘.‘Can’t help it; I can’t afford it. You
A^.«napgb,toruinttofcma#vVv ,.<*!. !
“Henry." the wife said, indignantly,
“you could., afford it.and a great many
other things, if you would let Jones’ liq
uor saloon alone." VlCl
'^rtle man ' winoed. '■“Tdh’rii *a!wkys
harping on that," he rttnrried, going
for liquor dealers, when I: tell
last Saturday Edith 'watt's!?
WBiffllffHflMIffHB'ffMrkffWMake
f >fkst Id the morning she found bAside
her idato, In a pale blue satin case, a
lovely gold watch and chain, a birthday
gift from her father and mother, il
LATE NEWS.
Cuthbertfe to have a cotton factory
and Its spindles will be whirling in
less than sixty days. 0
. Tbe river and harbor statesmen up
north uniformly came to grief. They
didn’t know It was loaded. 4
But he knew that tybot. site said was
true* ij«»d a w | „
>n^?a«MpaMl ,, a
ty Speer’s banner county, but has oft
ten'regretted it more .titan any bust,
ucss or political act of his life.
At a. convivial party of Georgians
last night a sathple of “extra dry"
was drank to the life-long prosperity
and happiness of the editor of the
Ban ner-Watob man,, and fbr the con
tinued success of his excellent Journal,
Through the courtesy of friends I
have frequently received a copy of the
Banner-Watchman, and to whom I
am under many obligations. W.
Ten Dollar Counterfeit Nolen in Cir
culation. Look out for Them.
It is said that a number of counterfeit
ten dollar treasury notes have recently
been introduced in Qcorgia, and as
doubtless some will find circulation in
tills city, we give tbe following descrip
tion fur the benefit of our readers:
They are of the same manufacture as
some that appeared in Chisago in Febru
ary, 18S0. The first printer of the notes
was arrested In Decemlier 1880, and $25,-
000 of tiie counterfeits were seized, with
part of the plates. The engraver es
caped. The notes appeared- in Boston
last June. One bank received twenty
of these notes recently from Us deposi
tors, and many business houses report
ed that they had been offered the coun
terfeits. The note la described as fol
lows : U is letter C of the scries of 1875,
under act of March 3, 18G3,
signed, by:.John AUfeoo, regis
ter, and John C. New, treasurer, Tiie
portrait of Webster has a surly expres
sion—qosa and lips heavy. The im
print of tho bureau of engraving under
the words, “This, note is a legal tender,"
at the top of the WII, i» poorly done, tiie
lettering being Imperfect. On all the
genuine' 'ten ' dollar notes ot this scries
the word.*, “Series of 1875," were done
in red characters between the signa
tures of the register ami treasurer. The
figures 1875 also appear' In rod to t v *
rigM* bb* 5 Vbn" fethworir ’panel, in,
which thp figure 10 ; i» enclosed, n
ktsS fo/me, and on
She ianghed and lirtcddp her briglit
lace to.ids. • ' * ,
The frown on Ids face failed. He stoop
ed and kissed her.
a "Here,” he said, po’ting his hand In
to his pocket and drawing out a silver
half-dollar, "give! this to your" mother,
and toil her it i* ill the change F have.
She may get what she likes with- it.”
“ What did lie mean?” Ihg clijb 1 ask
ed later, as she handed Hie money to
tier, mother. , , . i ... I '
I wanted to get a wax doll for your
birthday present, hut—" «i«
“Oli, niaiiima!" Edith interrupted,
delighted. rM ' J **1»*>«<* }l j
PAjitt cannot affbrd It.' ife has giv-
4fn this to boy a present instead. What
shall w*i get with'It?"
“I don’t know, mamma. I do want
the doll so much.” ;■.>* :
“Yes, dear, felt you can’t have it now.
I. will ask Santa Claus to bring you one
Christina*.’’ ... r-al ;
Well,” witha little aigb, '“L:gtu-»s
,I'll take a book.”'7~ “—~ w : ‘*
“Fifty cents will, not'buy, much of 11
boa&r ” **“ ^
. .‘“tniat jviil It imy?" ' ™‘ K , ,, i
“You miglit get a game, or n set of
tin dishes, or a pocket-book, or a box of
candies, or some new hair ribhnhs, or a
aorapalbum.” > ■*«* * ! **<1J mm ! "
Gh, mamma! I’ll take the scrap al-
“Very well, when yod return from
school this oftcrnoqp 4 ; -.Jwijl. gp wirji
you, and yoq may vhooso,on<h,” i i, . .
But when Edith came, homo from
school her mother said to. her: “Little
girl, yout papa sent me houm more mon
ey, so I have bought your birthday jyss.
ent for you.” - — j „
“Is it a doll; mamma?"''
“Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you
noljes," Mrs. Harris answered^.
'“When wilt you
Lx .<■ JaL’M
A fishing boat capsized on LakeQn-
tario, near Southampton, by which,
it is supposed, the entire crew was
lost. , .... ,,, l-
The next Illinois legislature will |be
so evenly divided that David Davis U
likely to be entered again for the sen-
atorial race.
Two Indian villages in Alaska were
shelled and destroyed by the Revenue
cutter Thomas Corwin on Menunt of
the hostility of the natives.
■ The rads are glorying
If they can ge
they.are w,eh
son evidently had a par-
row escape from assassination in Dub
lin on Saturday night.' It is believed
that more persons thAff’bne'ffiBra con
nected with the attempt. . r I'Wen)
Madrid, November 13.—The qtieen
has been safely delivered of a daugh
ter. They are both doing as well as
could be expected. Their child will
be baptized on Wednesday and will be
named Isabel.
Kaufman, Tf.xas, November 13.
—A vicious negress named Amanda
Watts, had a difficulty some days ago
with another negress. and out of, re
venge killed tier child. Amanda was
arrested, and while in jail gave birth
to a child widen she killed Friday
night by crashing its skull. . .H
Mr. John Bartlett, Jr., of Rockdale
county, living four miles from Litho-
niu, was found dead in front of the
door of his house on last Thursday
morning, with nn empty arm rifle' ly
ing beside him together with a knife,
ammunition, etc.. It is supposed that
the deceased was preparing for a liunt
and had accidentally shot himself.
Oue of the foulest mn(ders ever
known to have been committed oc
curred in Putnam county last week on
the person of Mr. Stephen H. McKu-
vitt, who lived about three miles from
Eutontou. He left bis house about
noon on Monday, and sometime In the
evening the mule returned home ri-
derless. Inquiries were made about
him, hut it was not until Wednesday
that life family became anxious and
suspicion was aroused. On Thursday
last his friends discovered where a
body had been dragged in the cotton
patch of a negro named Calvin 'John
son. A party was forthwith organ-
ized to follow the trail, and the body
was found Id a gully on the planta
tion of Mrs. Cosby, about half a mile
from tiie starting point. The body
was very much bruised, and the head
terrible beaten and cut.
genuine of this series are fill distinctive
fibre paper. The counterfeits arc on
plain paperi tfie fibre being im'.'atcd by
printing the fine lines on the back* The
majority of the bills have‘a light ap
pearance, and that engraving is poor.
Slavery in Brazil. Inlii
Biio JANEfRd, pct.14.—An attempt
fas made thfe wepk by 6ar*ator Otto-
ni to bring up tiie. slave question in
the guise of a taking amendment,, he
proposing » per eetttaga tax instead of
the ad capatexh one Of twenty-four
milreis, and wishing to declare all
owners the value of each slave
within a maximum of 800 milreis, al
though a likely'band is worth thrice
the sum. .,He also proposed, to make
the deciarod value the emancipating
one and tottrike off fire per cent of it
each year. But our legislators are
nearly all large alade owners, and the
eloquent silence which at once, fell
on the August and unusually Jesting
and chattering assembly, caused sen
ator Ottonl to see at once that lie hod
put bis foot Into it, and to sit down
disconcerted. Slavery, In fact, will
not be overthrown by the senate or
by deputies elected under the present
limited franchise. The slave owners
will accept increased taxation of the
slaies as a sop to the emancipatory
feeling, but they ■ fear, to allow any
meddling with edifice lest It should
come down with a crash upon them.
Death and private and pnblle eman
cipation will, therefore, aa far as our
legislators ore conoerned,! be left 4 to
work out the slave problem. Of those
two factors death is the only efficient,
even though the emancipations since
1871 have reached the la rge figure, of
some 80,OOOitl ready.
' DEMOCRATIC QOVBBNOM. * V,W j
By tiie iniil.dle of January next a
large majority-el the:tgubernatorial
chairs ta this country. Will be occupied
by deuderats. Last Tuesday made
thirteen', gentlemen of' tiiat . political
Stripe cliivf executive or thi'ir stat-s, as
follows: Geu. dtoueman, in California;
Walfer,jCoa|iectioHt;Qhas.C..Stokelcy,
Delaware; G. W. Qilck, Kansas; Rottj.
F. ButleK 'MasKtciriirfitts;, Juslali W;
ole, Michigan; JewettAdams,
Nevada; Grover Cleveland, New York;
R. E. Pattisnn, Pennsylvania; II. S.
Tl.onipSoii, South Carol inn; W. B. Bat.
Tennessee; John Ireland; Texas. That
was truly a disastrous day fur republican
gubernatorial aspirants.
There were alreiply demijcratic chief
fxegpHvfle > fer-
Ida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland. Mis
, Mffeffrtri, Wevr Jeraey, North
[nidi , Bo. that,
*1* democratic
WVi>
gffiff ffk>pMfr o$nv twootyfour
[of the thirty-elglitBtates. Only two r—l
in JKaw.Hsetpahlai; ,iad lamitii Iff
Dawed, in Nebraska. )*»Amwi * ’•wiired
atifll »,tJ q.iiitnlifeirt iwntiatw -**•»> ta
■l vmw la Johff Omfeapphod m » (iKf
TusiaAs utwArlma awan aimtil
A man iq going about thg efrtoti.af
H John tho BaW
chin wl
tierit Tor the return o^ner father, aud
wliiie she is waiting for him shall I tell
you how he came to send tho extra
nwtyey to his wife? , ; 0 ; dl • >
With his wife’s reproaches still iq. his
memory, and his child's kiaspsyet on.
Iiis lips, he did not entei;a.saloon,qnrlii».
^uy tp the store, |iut about, ten olcjiick.
being thirsty, he went onl to Jones’ liq
uor store and called for ids usual
dram. . .* „
- While the bartender was preparing it
the liquor dealer’s wild-nitnthia,and
going up to Mr. ;Jonaa,isatd.in aloud
voice: nointfqimr* a ludllw ] .,
“Sam, I want $2Q to buy wdolffor
Katie.” . . \T. ,. fr I
“Twenty dollars!” lie answered, pood
bumoredly.’ ''“isn’t tltat a good^degl to
give for a toy?’^ ' '* ’ '*
“Yes, but the child has set her heart
on, oue with real hair and* kid body,
. and I want to get one all dressed. It is
too much trouble to bother about. dress
ing it." t; i.j! tsi m •iievtn nil
i .Without another- word Hi. > Jones
opened his ;>ocketbook, took from it a
roll oi bills, counted out tile twenty dol
lars, and handed them to life wife, bay
ing carelessly :
“I forgot to order the ducks to roast
for dinner; have Jim. atop at Blunders
ami order them, and tell him to he sure
and send nice celery aud apples for
sauce*" .irw W/.I* mwi'Hi',’
tiYbOj'Iwlll.' By-byl" and she turn
ed and weut out to her carriage.
Mr. Harris looked after this richly
dressed woman, not hair so' sweet look
ing nor so lady-like aa hla owtl wifp.
Slie gave some order to tiie driver and
entered the carriage, and the handsome
Vehicle;With its prancing horses and
goU mounted harness and liveried coscti-
timn; drove out or sight.
'' Tlfen ME Harris c:imefo Himself. He
1*681 Ids liquor upon the cottnfor 'nn-
.sted, laid beside It the price that wns
doe fbr it, and went oat of tiie dram-shop
skying to himself: '' u ” ” ,u '
"I Imve tasted my last drop of Intoxi
cating drink.”
Thus the man who hftd resisted the
tents aud prayers bfiifs'wllV'and th& en-
treatfes of his little daughter, catiieto
bitbi^lfiit sight of tfie .richness and full-
h^y'WHich hls nioney 'w nj Hefting tills
Ucfncafr HeSWA ,l “ T wateffrod :
Mr. JunOs'fnRirtged fn carriage rides;
,om ”* *" ;
Mi. Jones dined on duck rfiidCelery
and ap'plesaase't'they Were glad to g’fet
'Ciirned beef aud bibbage.
'"rtriJohei’ wife dressed In'silk and
veivafrfs 'wife*' Kir to" W* ’iWfitented
vrith'ilie phlbest ippareV. ^ “ T‘‘
» *Mr. Jones' daughter piajrSf witli '
dolls; be had refused to s penlf^rt
his darling Eklitff Ihlglit hav^ a birth'
day gift; -
• HoaOBfovth h Is moway uhoqbt kk given
bo life Wife and children. ‘ * ( w<i baa
He went to Iiis store, and wi
smiwtiW wife, sndtMjWtra
and, calling a I
.immediately-.'’
'■ And a* ““
man- nWedaferedp waawithow
readers who may be incflrH$hVo! trust
hi
Can the Democrajk Control the Sen
ate?
Probably not on the fourth of next
March.' The senate will be very close,
with the chance's in favor of a repub
lican majority oftWo, three, ot*'fbnr
vftfe*0»- ;t# *«” 1 !" : "i'
ix Senators go out with
WftwM. 1 iBHEKT
fourteen are democrats, eleven are re
publicans, and one, David Davis, of
Illinois, is an Independent. That
leaves twenty-three democrats, twen
ty-six republicans, and Mahono.
! Of the twenty-six new or re-elected
senators to take their seats next
March, seven have already been cho
sen—three democrats, Beck, in Ken
tucky, Lamar, in Mississippi, and
Gibson, in Louisiana; three republi
cans, Grandmother Anthony, in Rhode
Island, Wilson, In Iowa, and Dolph,
in Oregon; and oue readjuster, Rid-
dleberger, in Virginia.
Notice the disappearance forever
from the senate of two of the most dis
reputable beings who ever sat in any
iegislatlve body— Uipple-Mitcbell, of
Oregon, and Kellogg, of Louisiana,
tiie last of the carpet-baggers.
There are still nineteen senators to
be elected, and a majority of the full
senate is thirty-nine. To control tho
senate, therefore, the republicans
need only ten more senators, while
the democrats need thirteen.
Of the nineteen states which will
elect senators as soon as their legisla
tures meet, Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Illinois,
Minnesota and Kansas, will certainly
return republicans. That gives the
republicans thirty-six.
On the other hand, New Jersey, Del
aware, West Virginia, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Tennessee, Arkansas and Tex
as, are equally sure to return demo
crats. That gives the democrats
thirty-six.
Two states, Colorado and Nebraska,
are still left <n doubt. It la reported
that in'the new Colorado legislature
there will be a tie on joint ballot. In
tho uew Nebraska legislature the re-
‘ i are in a minority, and. so
democrats, the balance of
ppwer being in the hands of the anti-
inanopolists and independents..
If Colorado and Nebraska should
both elect republicans, and Mahuue
and Riddieberger should continue ,Jo
operate with that party, as is expect
ed, the republican majority in the
senate will be fou£ If Colorado should
’elect A democrat and Nebraska a re
publican, the republican-reailjuster
.majority would be two. If both Col
orado and Nebraska should elect dem
ocrats, a state of tilings not likely to
occur, the senate would be a tie. If
Colorado and Nebraska should elect
democrats, and at the same time Ma-
hone and Riddieberger should desert
their republican allies in the hour of
need aud vote against them, the dem-
qcrats would have a majority of four.
’• The senate will probably De repub
lican for two years to come. Whether
tbe democrats are to control it after
'March'S, 188*;' Iff one of the several
very impor'laUt questions that cannot
be answered until we see whether
felly or wisdom is to shape tbe course
oftnelfmajority in the forty-eighth
CIRCUS ACOIDBNT8.
m open and shut,, aud all
■bite, witiMspaleddno szsti.
odtWMniWM WfcnMfeMbMtarpiy'
Mhappp-D-ratn HMMfe iifelllig
^lUrilo gitl finavtqaeXzad «an;>|
tlier said, iiaudiu;
Ji^yaajJ mil >MR
' Mated; *
i to bfe wife, eticnaedWlVB ftr bill, a$Montgomery, Ata., yesterday tporn-
i calling a boy, bad? nfllf Ifinlfllultj jpg, after* Btwepaugh’s Circus left, the
m$feaff4r’»fw.hral*l *te>S)i ni I LtneuiilfldPiqtainsffiooc. of hla men wme
feuvd, near tin? frm* by tiie ground#,
| where the circuq had exhibited tho niglit
been run over by a
ircus left without dis-
Us iiamo is unkno .vn, but
lljpon his person reads “Groom
^^^nln&hfeltem hi the Griffin News
"A'tMfro'itBarifesrille, on Wednesday,
gaVe' an elephant in BaVrett's rircus a
fcfM^to-bWob.'irb? wliich the ungrate-
TuTbeasfr caught him up in his trunk
laiHl'feltircd' Hrffl so that he died next
cpjorpd,brother ghoukJ.be
hesi-es tho elephant, as it
W ith«l,whUem^.’>