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general news.
Water is three cents par bteket
at Tremont, Pa.
\ Chinaman in Dcadwood won
|.‘ooo last week {slaying faro.
The thief offers to give up the sto
lon records for $500, if no questions
arc asked.—Atlanta Herald.
There is not a licensed bar-room
the railroad from Marietta to
AshviUe, N. C.
\ new morning daily will be star-
Ul in Atlanta, backed by i$o,ooo.
We predict its demise.
gohert Morris, the negro lawyer
w ho lately died in Boston, left pro-
p^-.v worth $1,000,000.
p„lton county has cut down its
for feeding prisoners to 25 cents
3 t ] u y. Poo little by half.
Fiftv-four murders were commit-
t,-,l in Chicago during 1S82, yet only
one criminal was hanged.
Charles G. Yates, a prominent
citizen of Greensboro, N. C., com-
fitted suicide last Saturday night.
Stillwell, wife of Jay N. Stillwell,
employed on the Chicago, Burling
ton .md Quincy Railroad, has made
a co nfcssion on her deathbed of
three murders.
The colored preacher who was
shot at Chattanooga a few nights ago
while stealing potatoes had been
Irving to live on a salary of two dol
lars per week.
A Nebraska man who drove his
wife out in a cold nigt, causing her
to freeze her feet so badly that they
had to imnutated, was tarred and
feathered bv his neighbors.
The result of an ill assorted mar
riage was terribly illustrated in
Cent' >' New York. The wife at-
tackcil the husband with two butch
er knives and he killed her with a
!n Washington county, N. Y.,
poison having been discoved in
the remains of a young woman, a
physician has been held in $5,oooon
a charge of having criminally ad
ministered the deadly drug.
Hv the upsetting of a flatboat
nn the Tuckasugee river, N. C.,
• ighteen covict labors were drown
ed on Saturday. The accident was
caused by the men’s own fright
jnJ rush to one end of the boat.
A horrible series of murders is
reported from Little Rideaux, Can-
aila. A farm hand killed four
member of the family which cm-
ploved him and wounded three
more.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
The small pox has broken out in a
whole family in Atlanta.
Another case of small pox has de
veloped near Rome.
A horse recently committed sui
cide rathe than live in Atlanta.
A man named W. E. Hardin com
mitted suicide Saturday night in At
lanta.
Mr lames Cox, of Monroe county,
hail Ins arm badly torn by a gin on
Thursday last.
A negro child, in Atlanta, was
killed on Saturday by an ovedose of
worm medicine.
Mr. J. S Pulliam wu« severely cut
near Ciisseta, for refusing to take
a drink with a man.
A tire at Milieu on Sunday morn
ing destroyed a block of business
houses. Loss $25,000.
A negro in Twiggs county com
mitted suicide Saturday, because of
grief and shame at being arrested for
raising a row.
Sparta licenses bar looms this
war at $750 apiece, and limits the
number to three and locates them on
back streets.
Yesterday, E. C. Anderson, of
Savannah was lying at the point of
death, and only a few hours at most'
was left him to live.
1 hiring the season the Mason
and Brunswick Railroad has hauled
on an average, eighteen car loads of
oranage, per day from Florida.
Mr. Moore and wife, from Texas,
on their way to Spartanburg, S. C.,
to visit friends, discovered,on reach-
Atl.mta. that he had been robbed
of $Soo, all the money he had.
In tiie Bluffton neighborhood,
Early county, on Wednesday last, a
man named Tim Dozier was kill
ed by another named Ben Jhon-
son.
Mrs. Swain, who resides on Hor
ton street, Atlanta, by accident
gave her child, a little girl named
Carrie, poison instead of a prescrip
tion which had been prepared by the
doctor, and the little one lingered
in great pain until death relieved it
ofits sutlering.
There was a rumor in Atlanta on
Friday that Col. Arnold IIufT, pro
prietor of the Markham House, had
tailed, and on the strength of it sev-
rr al garnihsments were served on
boarders at the Markham. The Post-
Appeal says that Col. Huff is worth
$50,000 over and above every cent
s, but intimates that he
THE BANNER-WA
NO. XXXI. *t
THE OLD BOARD.
Ik* Last Sad Hosting 0f too La to
Council cf Alberto.
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VOL XXIX.
Cou
Atiibn
ncil Chamber, )
ns, Ga.Jin. 3,18S1, V
11 o’clock, A. M. )
The last meeting of the city coun
cil was held this morning. Present,
His Honor Mayor Rucker and a
full board of aldermen.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting were read and confirmed.
A communication was read from
J. S. Williford, ksking council to
take some action in regard to his
petition to have Broad street im
proved in front of the Flournoy lot.
Alderman Lampkin made a ver
bal report in regard to the matter
recommending that the gujly,in
front of the Flournoy lot be walled
up with rock and covered with
plank. Report received and adopt
ed. *
Alderman Talmadge made a ver
bal report in regard to extra pay for
C. Kalvarinski. He stated that C.
Kalvarinski had been an efficient
night watch, and was paid by pri
vate subscription from the business
OUR PRESENT RULERS.
RING OUT THE OLD—RING IN THE
NEW.
PrscMdlBgmofOaxVmfCouuIl. Election of Offl-
mn and Otbtr Buclneti of Oeaeral bland.
rreetlugOut A Bar-Boom sad AAraactag Baar
Uaaaaaa tragio a* 9*00. But Lmia Ckxag*
talk* Polio*race*, a Walatar naataftCMat
A Rigid AdmlnlitnUoa at lb* City Ooransast
Decided Upon.
Immediately after the adjourn
ment of the old Council, His Hon
or Mayor O’Farrell administered
the oath of office to the new Alder-
ipen-plect, viz: J. H. Dorsey, F. W.
Lucas, G. H. Yancey and J. E. Tal-
madge, after which he delivered an
address to the Council, discussing
the various interest and departments
of the city government He then
annonneed the new board properly
organized and ready for business.
The first business in order being
the fixing of salaries, they were ta
ken up, and on motion of Aider-
man Yancey, fixed the same as last
year, viz:
Mayor—$Soo per annum.
City Attorney—$350 per annum.
Clerk of Council—$ 1,200 per an
num.
Chief of Police—$1,000 per an-
houses. He stated that his pay had nu i T |-
Lieutenant of Police—$62.50 per
he
embarasseil by reason of his debt-
ti'rs failing to pay him.
RAILROAD GOBBLED.
TSa Rabun dap Rood Uv So bj tbi DenvOla
Feolpe.
N’kw York, Dec. 29.—Col. C.
■M. McGhee, of Knoxville, and vicc-
V'vosiilcm of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgin railroad, is in
this city and it is reported that he
jws just closed negotiations with the
Richmond and Danville company,
by which the Rabun Gap road,
otherwise known as the Augusta
; tod Knoxville, is transferred to the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
k’ a railroad company. It is not
know n whether the latter company
intends to complete the road, or
'vhether they buy it to prevent its
being controlled by some other com
pany.
1 he Stock of Richmond and Dan-
Y c ro *d is becoming lower every
' ay. anil it was impossible . for this
Company to complete the Rabun
*ap road as they had intended a
.' ear ago.
only been about $28.75 P cr lnon th—
hardly enough to support 'his fam
ily. He recommended that tlie
council make some appropriation to
C. Kalvarinski, to makeup the de
ficiency in his pay. Alderman Yan
cey moved that he be pgtd the sum
of $11.25 per month, for the last
twelve months. Motion" adojn^ed
and money ordered paid. £,(
Alderman Lucas made a verbal
report on case of the chie£of police,
asking for some reinuku'soment for
fines paid by him to-the city, that
he had failed to collect. ‘Alderman
Lucas stated that he had investigat
ed the matter fully, that the chief of
police had submitted a list of
amounts paid and lost by him,
amounting to $181.00. After fully
investigating the matter, he recom
mended that the sum of $100.00 be
refunded to the chief of police on
this claim. Alderman Yancey mov
ed that he be paid the sum of $iSi.-
00, but thjs case not to be taken as
a precedent for claimsvjf this kind.
Adopted.
Alderman Palmer retired.
Alderman Lampkin made a ver
bal report adverse on petition of
Mrs. Crawford, to move fence to
lot occupied by her further out on
College avenue. Report received
and adopted. He also reported ad
verse on petition of A. L. Hull, ask
ing council to grade sidewalk in
front of stores occupied by M. B.
McGinty and J. N. Montgomery.
Report received. He also recom
mended that the drainage on Clay
ton street, from College avenue to
Lumpkin street, be attended to as
soon as possible.
The monthly reports of the Treas
urer. Chief of Police, Lamp Lighters
and Clerk of Market, were read and
received.
The annual reports of the Treas
urer and Chief of Police were re
ceived and ordered spread on the
minutes. The Chief of Police sta
ted that a number of executions turn
ed over to him by the Treasurer had
been lost or misplaced. He asked
that Council relieve him from re
sponsibility for these executions.
By Alderman Herrington-
Resolved, That the Chief of Po
lice be relieved from responsibility
for executions lost or«misplaced by
him, and the Treasurer be instruct
ed to issue duplicate executions for
tame. The Chier^SW Police to be
still held responsible for the 'origi
nal amount of anySfirthc duplicate
executions that may fte found to
have been paid to him. Adopted.
The following Mfls^rcrc ordered
paid: J. H. HuggtR», $3 35; E. C-
Long & Co, $11.40; J. C. Wilkins,
$29.10; W. B.ThonfflS; $7.56; S. C.
Dobbs, $49.81; MW: C. P. Bidhop^
$209.00.; Pridgeon Si Ilemerick,
$22 and $7. -4
The Clerk of Council was in
structed no notify the Captains of
the different fire companies that the
Council desired them to make no
bills against the city without first
consulting the Council.
By Alderman Yancey:
" Resolved. That the thanks of
Council arc hereby tendered to his
Honor, J. H. Rucker, for the able
and courteous manner in which he
has presided over this body and
discharged the duties of his office,
and to the retiring aldermen and
other officers for the faithful dis
charge of their duties. Adopted.
Ma^ODaRucker then delivered a
short address to the old council, af
ter wltich he administered the oath
of office to the new Mayor-elect,
W. D. O'Ffcrrcll, and announced
the old Council adjourned, sine die.
W. A. Gilleland, Clerk.
Policemen—$50 per
„ bay Ga
f ct . ,c - c °ffee is threatened with grad
ai extinction. .The plant is attack
. . v ;i Peculiar fungus, which, get
l,,K ll P°i' one leaf, rapidly spread*
°r ° r 1 vvholc « causing the plant to
,' e ' I , n ‘his way it has extended
throughout most of the districts of
t-eylon, spreading ruin in its path,
ami also to the Fiji Islands and to
•!?.'. a : The local government of the
,‘Ji Islands has taken the matter in
■•‘nil, and, buying up all the infected
Plantations, is destroying the plant*
>' "re, thus checking the plague.
A somnambulistic girl got out of
rf ,** n >ght, at Prescott, Minn., and
walked across half a mile of ice and
snow to the railroad station, clad in
her night clothes only, and was
waiting f„ r , when awakened.
Fladgar Accused at StaaUag a Letter.
BotUm Journal.
On* of the causes for the remova
of Pledger, the colored serveyor of
Atlanta; who has been quite a noted
figure in politics in Georgia, is that
h$ madcVhat the treasury consid
ers a "dishonorable use or tne files of
office during the late campaign
:dger found in his office a letter
SmtthriSJRWpeer to hip predecessor
which he thought hurt Speer with
hit democratic constituents. Itisdc-
ibed by-the latter’s friends as be
ing nicrqr a statement that the
conduct or fhc administration had
been frendly) towards the indepen
dents, anijun expression of confi
dence in their good will toward the
southern liberals.. Pledger put this
letter into the hands of the bour
bon managers, and was used by
Speer’s opponent, Candler, in his
speeches. Andrew Clark, formerly
internal revenue collector at Atlan
ta, was another republican who
worked very hard for the bourbon
candidate, although'the republican
convention had indorsed Speer.
month.
Regular
month.
Street Commissioner—$50 per
month.
Lamplighters—$15 per month
each.
Clerk of Market—half the fees of
the office-
Magazine Keeper—all the fees of
the office.
Assessors of Real Estate—$50
each per annum, they to pay their
own expenses.
LICENSE.
The various liquor and other li
censes were taken up and fixed the
same as last year, except lager beer
and ale and porter, which were
changed as follows :
Alderman LucAs moved that lager
beer license be fixed at $400.
Alderman Yancey moved as a
substitute, that they be fixed the
same as last year, viz : $50.
The substitute was put and lost.
The motion of Alderman Lucas
was then adopted, fixing beer li
cense at $400. A division being
called for, the vote stood as follows,
on the passage of the resolution :
Yeas—Mealor, Dorsey, Lucas,
Herrington, Hodgson, Lampkin,
Talinadge..
Nays—Yancey.
Alderman Lucas then moved that
ale and porter license be fixed at
$400.
Alderman Lampkin moved to
amend by fixing them at $50.
The amendment was put and lost.
The resolution of Alderman Lu
cas was then put and adopted, fix
ing license for ale and porter at $400
per annum.
License fixed as follows :
Retail liquor—$400.
Quart—$200.
Gallon—$50.
Barrel—$25.
Lager beer—$400.
Druggist—$25.
Auction—$5 per day, $50 per an
num. •
Billiard and pool tables—$15
each.
Itinerant traders—$25 per week,
$75 per month.
Shooting gallery—$5 for one
month ; $25 for six months ; $50 for
one year.
Ale and porter—$400.
Lottery tickets—$50.
Peddler’s license—$5 for six
months; $10 for one year.
Drummers—$50.
Dray, 1 horse—$5.
Dray, 2 horse—$15.
Dray, 4 horse—$20.
Omnibus—$20.
Dollar stores—$25 for om year;
$1 for one day.
Circus—$100 for each ilay, or
part of a day.
Other shows—$10 for eacl day.
The election for officers for the
present year was then held. The
following were declared elected:
For City Attorney—T. W. Ruck-
For Clerk of Council—W. A.
Gilleland.
For Chief of Police—D. Cran
Oliver.
For Lieutenant of Police—L. D.
Good rum.
For regular policemen—J. B.
Burch, W. T. Moon, E. C. A-nold,
A. F. Pierson, B. F. Culp, Henry
Hill.
For street commissioner—A. R.
Bardicn.
For lamplighter, 1st section—Bob
Harris, col.
For lamplighter, ad scctiot—R.
K. Pridgeon.
For lamplighter, 3rd section—Jim
Daniel, col.
For magazine keeper—E. H. &
W. F. Dorsey.
For secretary and treasurer fire
brigade—S. J. Slays.
For chief engineer fire depart
ment—W. A. McDowell.
For 1st assistant engineer fir» de
partment—-Julius Cohen. j
For 2d assistant engineer fire de
partment—E. G. Potter.
For assessors of real estate—S. "J.
Mays, I. M. Kenney, Robert Clap-
pel.
For Mayor pro tern—G. H. Yan-
iiiilcction of Clerk of Market post
poned.
Alderman Yancey moved tut
the question of a change in the mar
ket laws be referred to the Mayor
and committee on market to foly
investigate and report back to coin
ed such changes, if any, they deem
advisable to make. Adopted.
The bond of Clerk of Council
was fixed at $ 10,000.
The bond of Chief of Police wis
fixed at $3,ooo.
Stern *i Allen petitioned for re
tail liquor license, to be used at their
present stand on College avenue.
A petition was read, signed by ji
number of citizens, asking Cound
not to grant license to Stern & Al
len, or any other person, to retail
liquor on College avenue.
Alderman Herrington moved that
the license be not granted. Adop
ted.
W. L. Wood petitioned for re
tail lipuor license, to be used at, his
present stand on corner of Broad
and Foundry streets.
A petition was read asking Coun
cil not to grant license for the sale
of liquor to Mr. Wood, or any one
else, on Foundry street.
On motion of Alderman Hodg
son, the petition of W. L. Wood
for retail liquor license was not
granted.
W. F. Hood asked to be allowed
to transfer his retail liquor license
from Jackson street to the stand
formerly occupied by him on River
street Not granted.
By Aldrman Lucas—
Resolved, That no license be
granted to any person to retail li
quor on Broad street or College ave
nue. Adopted.
By Alderman Lucas—
Resolved, That no license be
granted or renewed to any party
for the retail of lipuor, where the
bar room or place of business has
an entrance to Broad street or Col
lege avenue. Adopted.
On motion of Alderman Lamp
kin the Clerk of Council was au
thorized to to issue lipuor, beer, bil
liard and ten pin alley license to all
persons who now have them upon
their compliance with the law in
regard thereto, and the resolutions
passed at this meeting, the license
already refused being excepted.
Alderman Yancey moved as a
substitute that no retail liquor li
cense be granted for 1883. Substi
tute put and lost.
Resolution of Alderman Lamp
kin then adopted.
The Mayor announced the follow
ing standing committees:
Finance—Lucas, Hodgson, Yan
cey.
Public property—Mealor, Her
rington, Talmadgc.
Streets—Hodgson, Dorsey, Yan
cey.
Market—Dorsey, Lampkin, Lu
cas.
Police--Talmadge, Hodgson, Yan
cey.
Fire Department—Mealor, Lamp
kin, Talmadge.
Health—Yancey, Lucas, Dorsey.
Ordinance—Herrington, Lamp
kin, Mealor.
Petitions and Communications—
Herrington, Lucas, Dorsev.
Railroad—Mealer, Hodgson, Tal
madge.
Printing—Y ancey, Hodgson,
Mealor.
The committee on public proper
ty were empowered to mukc con
tract for gas the present year.
The committee on printing were
empowered to make contract for
printing proceedings of Council for
the present year.
Mr. E. I. Smith appeared before
Council and asked that he be allow
ed to erect a water closet and small
wooden shed, size about 10x15 fe e ‘.
in rear of store occupied by Jos.
Jacobs.
On motion of Alderman Lamp
kin the petition was granted.
Alderman Lucas submitted a pe
tition from Dr. Speer asking Coun
cil to close up with weather-board
ing the portico to small office be
longing to him on College avenue.
Granted. Council adjourned.
W. A. Gilleland, Clerk.
Low SaUrlaa Paid to Silicon.
Refen ing to the character and abil
ity of the men in charge of thp Cu
nard steamships, it is probably not
generally known what small wages
these brave, intelligent, and capable
men get for their services. The
captains of these magnificent ships,
with the responsibility of providi:
for the comfort and safely of seve
hundred persons, receive only $3,250
per annum; the first officer, $1,000;
the second, third-and fourth officers,
$600 each. The chief engineer, a
man capable of controlling and
keeping in order, in all weather, the
ponderous machinery of the Servia,
receives $1,250 a year, and the fire
men at work down among the coal
bunkers, amid stifling coal dust and
almost intolerably heat, shoveling
into the capacious furnaces one hun
dred tones of coal per day, recievcd
only $30 per month.
Tka Morgan Mjitarj.
The Norfolk Virginian, learning
that Capt. Charles A. Kennedy, for
a long time in 'the United States
Navy, and now in charge of the
quarantine vessel Seldon at that
port had once met a man who cliam-
cd to be Morgan, asked him for his
story- He said:
“In the year 182S I was a mid
shipman on board the United States
sloop-of-war Warren, Capt Kear
ney, engaged in scouring the Gre
cian Archipelgo for pirates. We
put in from time to time at Smyrna
in Asia Miqor, and there met a ren
egade American, who claimed to be
Wm. Morgan, of N« w York, said
to have been abducted from Bata
via, N. Y, and, drowned for reveal
ing Masonic
THE MAYOR’S INAUGURAL.
WISDOM, JUSTICE, MODERATION.!
A Klaglng Art (Iran. FralgRtod with Convincing
WliOom. Boms Important Change* SaggeateO.
Our Flnnneaa Open to Tax-Pay era. A Oeaaaal
Market rropoeeil Mew street* to heOpaaad,
and too Policy cf anMayiw Bunker Endowed.
Thanilni niili)inl Taa ilnfl TT|im ai tiaMlh anil
the Entire City to be Patrolled D .lly. The Fire
Department Moat UP-jet >red. Oiuer -'.ipioa of
General Internet Ably Uia-uused.
Gentlemen of the City Council:—
In assuming the duties of the office
to which I have just been qualified,
I bee you to indulge me in a few
words to your honorable body. The
recent municipal election in our
city, which placed you in the re
sponsible positions of councilmen,
and by which I was chosen as chief
magistrate of our city for the ensu
ing year, was of suen an exception
al character that I have thought it
proper to briefly and concisely out
line to you the policy which shall
govern my administration of the du
ties of so elevated and responsible a
position. In so doing, permit me
further, to make to you such recom
mendations as occur to me to be de
sirable and promotive of the general
prosperity and advancement of our
growing city.
The people of Athens, in the re
cent election, made no issues by
which to trammel us in the dis
charge of our duties, but have left
us free to fully execute the law as
we find it, anti to inaugurate such
reforms as the limited means at our
command will allow, restrained
alone by that economy, that wis
dom, justice and moderation, which
are the safety and success of all
well ordered governments. With
confidence thus so freely reposed,
with authority thus so unrestrictedly
bestowed, should it not serve as an
incentive to the fullest and most
faithful discharge of our every duty.
Speaking for myself, as your chief
officer, permit me to say that in the
full and impartial execution of the
laws and ordinances, as given in our
statute book, guided by that “wis
dom justice and moderation” com
mensurate with my ability, that in
the willing, earnest and .faithful dis
charge of every duty which the po
sition of Mayor imposes upon me,
the people who have so honored
me shall not be disappointed. View
ed from the most primitive forms of
the law to its present grand propor
tions, whereby protection is afford
ed to the lives, the liberty and the
property of millions, we see the
grand march of civilization alone
maintained through the faithful ex
ecution thereof. Though, as a mu-
nicipalitv, we are but an integral
part of the qarent government, yet
are our duties, as such, none the
less.
Municipal law and authority arc
but a liberty granted, a power dele
gated, in trust, by our state govern
ments, and in the faithful exercise
thereof, consists the strength and
rosperity of the granting power,
io close is the analogy between the
“ creation, the constitution and the-
mode of government of municipali
ties and the creative power, that
they have been claimed as forming
the principle of the life of American
liberty. Municipal corporations,
under the creation and protection of
the parent state, limited in the ex
tent of their powers only bv the ob
ject of their creation, have been the
sure guarantee of the order and 1
curity of society, the industry, the
trade and the arts of the world,
while their effects upon the desti
nies of mankind and the civilization
of all ages, have been both great
and important. How necessary
then, that all branches of our city
government should not only be irp-
;>ued with this knowledge, but ad
ministered with a fidelity commen
surate with their importance.
Thus having noted the impor
tance of our municipal government,
looking beyond its mere existence
as an institution of civil police, con
cerning the moral and social char
acter of its people, let me now in
vite your consideration of it more
in the light of an independent gov
ernment, and as pertaining to those
matters of more practical and local
concern:
^ eputp-At
Griffin left Atlanta SntuWay
the following prisoners sent
by the United States Court to tertns
in the Erie county penitentiary,
New York:' Henry May, of Polk
county, for counterfeiting, goes Tor
five years; D. W. Kellet, of Polk
county, five years for counterfeiting.
L. A. Thomason, of Lumpkin coun
ty, five years for having in his pos
session a mail lock key; Sanford
Hatcher, of Polk county, three years
and $100 fine for passing and at
tempting to pass counterfeit money.
Oliver McCracken, of Rabdn coun-
ng
one year for cutting and robbing a
mail bag.
OUR FINANCES.
The admirable reports of the city
treasurer for several years past, show
a healthy and continued increase in
the taxable property of the city,
while the expenditures for the same
icriod show that my predecessors
tave, by commendable good man
agement, looked well to Jhe finan
cial interests, and especially to the
bonded indebtedness of the city.
The latter interest has been espe
cially guarded and protected, which
is as it should be, and speaks well
for our financial credit. But, with
a steady increase in the revenue’ of
our government, due to our grow
ing importance, with a financial
credit and standing in the markets
of the country, second to no other
town or city of like proportions,- it
would seem that this should war
rant a more progressive, yet pru
dent enterprise on the part of our
city, rather than a too restrictive
guarding of our already well pro
tected bonded liability, while our
greater care should be directed to
the current of the expenditures of
the city government. In this latter
particular, let prudence and econ
omy, in the expenditure o'f the pub
lic funds, be our watchword. With
this view of our financial interest, I
would most respectfully suggest,
that if possible, tne chairmen of the
several standing committees exaiv
ine the reports for- several years
back, and note the rate of increase
of expenses in their respective de
partments, and whether or dot there
are detailed statements, showing the
nature .and amount of such expen
ditures. Especially would I recom
mend and request, that the duties of
committees in this particular, be
most carefully attended to during
thR present •irqUatration. If at
any time the repqn|*bf any officer
of the city government, or any com
mittee-of the council, should be
found wanting in sufficiency, com
pleteness or oroper detail, it is to be
hoped that tfe council, as a body,
will take immediate steps to have
such reports corrected in all and
every deficiency. This is our only
sure and true guide to a wise and
economical administration of the
city government •
From the taxes of the people
comes our public funds, and it is a
right guaranteed to every citizen, to
know at all times what "goes with
the pubic money. Let us then so
administer the public affairs of our
c‘ty as to aid and protect them in
the exercise of this right Let us
inaugurate such a system as will en
able every citizeta, at any and all
times to inspect a detailed statement
of our public doings, that they may
be satisfied as to the honest And
faithful discharge of our duties as
their public servants.
OUR PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Perhaps, fortunately, this interest
of our city is comparatively small,
and will need only a passing notice
at my hands. The old city hall con
stitutes the principal interest in the
way of public buildings, and I de
sire to call the attention of council
to its present condition. It is well
known that the basement of this
hall, while being devoted to other
interests, furnishes’ room for one or
two stalls, which are called “Our
Market,” while the upper- portion
of the building ’ is not a source of
revenue to the city. • The' rent re
ceived is probably not more than
enough to keep the. building in
suitable repair. I would respect
fully recommend that the basement
portion of the hall be used exclu
sively for a market. Let all the
present improvements therein be
removed. Let an open archway be
macle at the upper as well as at the
lower end, with an alley, some ten
or twelve feet wide running clear
through, with handsome stalls built
on either side. This, together with
such other arrangements as may be
nec.essary, will convert the lower
portion of our city hall into a neat
and .commodious market, which
doubtless will be well sustained
from the ready rents accruing
therefrom. I would further sug
gest that the market laws might "be
so changed as to require the sale of
all fresh meats, vegetables, fish, &c.,
to ba made at this point, while‘the
.Inspection of the same, as well as
the good order of the market might
be attended to by one of the police
force, delegated for that duty. This
action, it occurs to me, would go faf
towards fostering such a market -as
the growing population of our city
already demands'.
OUlt STREETS.
The vast extent of our streets,
owing to our extended corporate
limits, and the proper care and at
tention thereof, constitute one of
the gravest and most important
questions which will be for our
consideration. I cannot too highly
endorse the policy of my predeces
sor, Mayor Rucker, in improving
the crossings, and the substantial
manner of improving our main thor
oughfares. I am satisfied that had
this or aome similar policy obtained
in the earlier days of our city gov ;
emment and been faithfully follow
ed, Athens could, now boast as good
streets as any other well ordered
community. Let us then be aided
in so important a duty by the action
and’experience of our predecessors
that we may the more likely- insure
improvement for the future in this
department of our government. J
must confess that I am not at pres
ent able to suggest what will be the
best touching this interest, but I
trust some system will b$ devised
by which the council can procure a
weekly report of the actual condi
tion of the streets of our city,. This
would the better enable the street
Commissioner to keep his work up
regularly and systematically, there
by the more sorely and rapidly in
juring justice all parts of.the city.
The" extension of the Georgia rail
road Mto the city makes it an abso
lute necessity, that one or more
streets should be opened leading to
the depot'at the foot of Broad street.
This may be done by the extension
of either Hancock or Market streets.
As this is an immediate commercial
necessity, as well as a matter of
general importance to the public, I
trust the council will lose no time in
arranging the matter satisfactorily
to themselves, and to the best inter
ests of all concerned.
OUR POLICE.
To thoroughly police a city of
such extent of area as is ours with
so small a force as that at our com
mand, is a rather difficult task. But
the smaller the force for the regula
tion pf our community, the more
vigilant" should we be in looking af
ter this department. It is true that
the extent of our corporate limits
are so great that it is -almost impos
sible for our limited force to trav
erse or police the whole city, and it
is further -true, that the suburban
portions of our city are rather
sparsely populated, but still we are
confronted' 1 jvith the fact, that the
citizen living in the remotest sub
urbs is as much entitled to protec
tion as any other citizen. For the
better protection of this class of our
citizens, I would recommend that
one or policemen be mounted,
and that they be required to police
the outskirts of tne city by going
the" rounds ' at least twice daily.
Further I would recommend the es
tablishing of boxes (to be known as
police stations! in the suburbs of
each ward, so that any qitizen may
deposit reports of any disturbances
grievances in his neighborhood,
:h reports to be promptly attend
ed to by said mounted policemen.
The additional expense to the city
would be comparatively small, while
it would enable our pobce force to
give better Satisfaction to all classes
ff law abiding •citizens.
While on this subject I wish to
say that I hope the police commit
tee will back the force up to the
whole discharge of their duties. It
is well known that these officers
of the law are state as ’well as mu
nicipal officials, and that in our rela
tion to the state government it is
made the duty of these offices to ar
rest all offenders against the laya of
the 6tate and turn them over to an
swer to the proper authorities. If
the,law in this respect is well and
faithfully executed, many of- the
worthless vagrants and loafers, who
never did anjhonest day’s work in
their lives, and who now infest our
alleys and street corners, would have
to seek other resorts, and where,
likdy, there is work to do.
OUB FIRE DEPARTMENT.
It is more a pleasure than per
haps a duty to speak in this connec-
of our most excellent and efficient
fire department. Its record both at
home and abroad fully attest the fact
that no community is served or pro
tected by a more gallant, efficient
end skillful, fire department, while it
is the boast and pride of our whole
people. Feeling as we all do, an
-abiding and ever increasing interest
in these organizations aad fully re-
cognizing their almbxt inestimable
value to our city, as its greatest pro
tection, I need only say.let not our
watchful care apd support of our
fire department be abated, but let it
ever be encouraged, protected, sus
tained and supported with a zeal
Mnd liberality ffilly in’keeping with
its worth to our community.'
OUR SANITARY REGULATIONS.
While from the high elevation,
the climatic advantages, and the nat
ural drainage of our city, we can
boast as healthful a location as is to
be found in the land, yet its sanitary
condition is a matter of vital import-
adee. The gradual increase and en
croachment of epidemic and eudem-
ic diseases, throughout all the coun
try warns us that we should be vig
ilant i» this department at all times.
The rapid increase in our population
renders it necessary that more than
ordinary care should be exercised in
protecting and maintaining th* here
tofore general healthiness of our peo
ple. To this end I would recom
mend that the health committee in
vite the co-operation of our medical
board of health in this all important
work, and that such a system of reg
ular reports be inaugurated and per
fected, as will, at all times, enable
prompt and successful action in ev
ery emergency or necessity looking
toward our sanitary welfare. No
better advertisement of the advant
ages of Athens as a home could be
furnished than a publication to the
world that added to our educational,
commercial and manufacturing ad
vantages is the remarkable health-
fulness.of our city.
Gentlemen of the" Council: While
it would be my pleasure to review
with you the many other and varied
interests of our city government, yet
it would be a pleasure too protract*:
for this occasion. To do so will con
stitute both the pleasure and the du
ty of our regular council meetings.
Then in conclusion, gentlemen,
allow me to congratulate you as the
representatives of a city whose
growth and prosperity gives such
proud assurance of future power
and progress. Born and bred as I
have been within her limits, no heart
beats with greater pride at her sure
and steady advancement, than does
mine, and I feel assured by our asso
ciation, so auspiciously begun, that
you bring hearts no less proud and
willing to the work before us. Gen
tlemen, earnestly imploring your
most hearty and willing co-opera
tion and support in the discharge of
those duties which the office of May
or devolves upon me, let us in an
earnest, faithful and business-like
manner, so administer the affairs of
our city government, in which and
through which, every class of our
citizens, and' all tercsts are alike
concerned and protected, that when
the end of our adntinistration shall
have come our. proudest reflections
will be, that our work has resulted
in good to our people, while it has
proven but anyther step in the di
rection of all
great.
that makes a city
THE NORTH-EASTERN.
W1U Recast Railway CLasges Effect the Extea-
- *vm or toll Line?
Atlanta CoiutitutUm •/ Tuaday.
It seems to be a task of no great
difficulty to build a railroad any
where except in Rabun Gap.' Near
ly every other gap in the country
has one or more railroads, and some
of them have more than they can
comfortably accommodate ; but Ra-
b\in (Sap has neverheard the screech
of a locomotive, although for nearly
half a century people have conspir
ed and faithfully worked to push
lines through it as the best gap in
the Appalachian range. And now
just when all things seemed* to be
most favorable, news comes that the
projected line has been gobbled up
by a great rival, and the cake is all
dough. The East Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia company has
bought, it is reported, the charter of
the Knoxville and Augusta road
and all its rights, including the com
pleted line between Knoxville and
Maryville, sixteen miles long. The
Knoxville Tribune hopes the report
will not be confirmed. “It simply
means,” says the Tribune, mourn
fully, “death to the project of com
pleting the Rabun Gap road from
Knoxville to Augusta. We do not
believe the East Tennessee, Virgin
ia and Georgia railroad company
will build it. It is not to thair in
terest to complete it, even if they
could. No one expects them to
build that road. It would be, in
deed, folly for them to build a line
to the south which would compete
with the line which they already
have from Knoxville to Brunswick.
If their business was so immense
that they needed another track, they
would lay it down beside the one
they already have, at one-fifth the
expenses of building a new road.
Our opinion is that the Rabun Gdp
is gobbled up to prevent its comple
tion by any other company. The
East Tennessee road may complete
the road a few miles beyond Mary-
vilTe, if they are able, thus reaching
the timber and iron beds of the
Unaka and Smoky mountains, but
it 1s not to their interest to build an
other trunk line to the south. The
completion of the road fifteen or
twenty miles beyond Maryville
would make it a valuable feeder for
the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad and would, of
course, be of considerable value to
Knoxville.”
This action of the East Tennes
see company is not necessarily fatal
to an extension" of the North Easterti
road. It has in fact nothing to do
with it. As fast as capitalists are
willing to invest money in the
North-Eastern road it will doubtless
be extended, and the chances are
ti&t in time its rails will be laid in
Rabun Gap and even to Knoxville
itself. Let the Gap keep its eyes
therefore on the line thft is creep
ing oVhr the Tallulah hills, as its best
an4 now almost only hope.
ctoUdrtn BffflitiH (0 TTutTi
Barnett,_Ga., January a.—Last
night, on Mr. Reuben Willingham’s
place in McDuffie county, three ne
groes, aged sixteen,'eight and five
years of age, respectively, children
of Nathan D’Antignac, were roast
ed to death by the burning of a
house; They locked the door, fell
asleep, the bed caught and all were
burned up before assistance could
be rendered.
«ES3«SSS&t!;
stating that he had ndP teen swin
dled. A»na matter offset he was
awindted, and escaped losing the
money—the neat sumhfc9i$<x>— on-
ly by getting ahead of the swindl
in a race to the bank. The story of
his little adventure was told by Capt.
Williams yesterdey, just as told to
him by the flowery poet himself.
Two weeks ago yesterday Mr.
Wilde walked up Broadway, near
Union square, when a hatchet-faced
O man accosted him and intro-
himself as a son of Mr. Drex-
el, the banker, of Drexel, Morgan &
Co. He had seen the poet in his
father’s office and took the liberty of
making his acpuaintancc. Mr.
Wilde was delighted. He had seen
the poet in his father’s office, and
though he did not remember the ju
nior Drexel he was glad to see him.
The two went together to a restau
rant, where Mr. Wildes new found
friend ate as if he was hungry. The
poet remembered this with a grim
smile when informed" by Capt. Wil
liams later in the day that his alias
was “Hungry Joe," the name of a
noted banco stcerer .And.,, confidence
man.
During the meal “N^r. Drexel” in
cidentnlly mentioned^that he had
won a prize in a lottery and suggest
ed that Mr. Wilde go with him and
et it. It was a very old and worn
ait, but the victim bit on it—swal
lowed the whole, in fact. He ac
companied his “friend” to a house on
Fifteenth or Seventeenth street,
which he could not remember or af
terwards discover, and there found
some men throwing dice. “Drexel”
threw once for Mr. Wilde in fun and
won him puite a sum. He then ea
sily persuaded him to join the game.
Soon the poet began to lose, and
when a settlement was made found
that he was $60 out. Not having
the ready money he gave a check
for the amount and -played on.
Soon he had lost $too, and gave a
check for that sum at the solicitation
of the men who played with him.
Once more, now thoroughly excited,
he plunged into the game and came
out a loser of $1,000.
This sobered Mr* Wilde- While
slowly signing a check on the Madi
son Square bank for the amount he
weighed in his mind a suspicion that
he had been cheated, and formed a
plan for getting th* best of the
swindlers. He. arose to go, and
shaking off Mr. “Drexel” who la
mented his ill fortune and insisted
on going with him; made a bee line
for me Bowery (the house in which
he had been playing was between
Second and Third avenues.) Hail
ing a cab Mr. Wilde told the driver
to go on a dead run to the Madison
Square bank. His scheme was
successful. He got there before the
thieves, and'calling the cashier told
him t<PEtop three checks, represent
ing a 3 total sum,of $1,160, which he
had just signed. The thieves doubt-
le"ss < followed him and saw where he
went. They did not present the
checks at all, but on the following
Monday Capt, "Williams received
them by mail, doubtless from Mr.
“Drexel.”
Haying made sure of the money
Mr. Wilde visited the Thirteenth
street police station and confessed
his foUy..tQ,CapJ;."Williams. In the
Rogues’ Galleiy he recognized his
friend “DrexeP’ In the picture of
“Hungry Joe,” otherwise Joseph
Sellice. He expressed' a determina
tion in no event to goto court, and
when the checks, wyre returned
without any attempt having been
made to cash them n"e' experienced
great relief. Now that he has left
the city “Hungry J4e>”ris at liberty
to try his tricks, on sqspe other poet,
as there is no charge against him.
Tom Thumb and his Wife have
_ _ grown so much that they are no loa-
ig and ever increasing interest, ger curiosities. They have opened
—“— 1 f “ u ” — a museum in Chicago, ( and adver
tise as-attr^ctions a. pair of midgets
one-4faird their own «iz6.
LOST IN A CAVE.
The Adventure of Three Hlwueee College Bojri.
Monro* (Venn.) Democrat.
Last Saturday was an eventful
day for Hiwassee College, a place
noted for its common quietude.
Three boys, Mr. Dodd, of Texas>
and Mr. Hinshaw and Mr. Sutton,
of Indiana, stole off to explore Craig
head Cavern, three miles away.
They entered the cave with a torch
light, and, after wandering about,
became lost in the labyrinthine pas
sages. For some hburs they endeav
ored in vain to find their way out
again. The!’- light began to flicker
but fortunately it did-not expire till
they had passed the pit said to be
ninety feet deep.
Then Egyptian darkness was all
about them. They searched their
pockets for thatches, but could find
but one, and this missed fire! There
they were in a vast living tomb, ut
terly unable to extricate themselves.
They tried to cheer each other for
a while, but as houFrfwore away,they
sank down in gloom and helpless
ness—^they thought of home in Texas
or Indiana. At the college the day
wore away, but the three boys were
missing. With the night came on
cold, drizzling rain. But at 8 o’clock
a band set off with lights to seek
and save the lost. Slowly they trudg
ed through the mud and rain to
the cave. . . ,
They entered and called aloud for
their lost comrades, but in vain.
On they pressed. At length their
shouts were answered by—was it an
echo, or real voice? They soon
found answering scouts of joy. The
lost were found, cold, shivering,
hungry. Some of the<rescuing party
took off their overcoats ana gave
them to the suffering ones. At 1
o’clock in the morning of the next
day the lost ones reached their
rooms at the college—wet as minks
and cold and hungry as polar bears
—sadder but wiser than when they
stole their march on the previous
morning.
A-Peaeale Swindler on Her Round*.
A good looking young lady got
into Gainesvillajn some way, regis
tering at the hotel as Miss Mary
Milton, and swindled the merchants
of that plBce. She visited several
stores and otifered goods sent to the
hotel in her name. Sh* got at one
store an ulster, at another a sacque,
and at several othej* stores goods of
various styles and values, which the
innocent merchants sent to the hotel
It was subsephehtly developed that
she was a first-class swindler, and
bad vamosed with the goods and in
arrears for her Hotel bill, leaving the
merchants to rfiburn their ill-placed
confidence: She was traced to At
lanta, where it was found that she
had pursued the same game in that
Mr. B. M. Bateman, of Houston
county, raised, this year on a one-
mpie farm: 540 bush corn,400 bush
els peanuts, 1,000 bushels oats, 200
busnels potatoes, 9 bales cotton
eadh weighing 5oc?pounds and 3,00D
pounds pork.) ft
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