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, HeN S WESTERN HMLWAY
' t s eem* that we ave , to
li,«p^ niiinV
: . The late boom, guided
f * :!icr *‘ L Bloomfield, has plac^l
,Mr . [c ; pr Nc on a good founjfib}
‘ • l t . h.,' succeeded in raking
olir citv and feels confi-
subscription can be
. ' tofto. oo. This, together
tiJ „ be had in the coun-
* ssure the success of the
seem to be woik-
(h.l
this matter. All w
Nirro-x Gugi
know the vital im-
\thens of tapping the
, ,,. e system that is sap-
... ,,ie on the west, and
, lining to contribute to
f their means. The
oi ' determination also
, r \ .uie the country. The
,'.,>ng the line of the
. ■*, ,i are anxious not
. property develop*
...., -h to continue to
.ml will gladly help
. ^ -,-rv of commerce. It
. ; c considerable work
-r •'f tc.ooo in Athens nec-
this road, but we
• w ” be done. Some of
i,. r> mu't consent to in-
. . ;i .criptions. We have
, This road ought to
.. i, next winter. The
. ,i, 0 ,, _ I .V S. road would
\-'tens in one year will
;d the line. Our mer-
, • as vet appreciate the
. •(. , f tapping this system.
■ it gets fairly under head-
■ ■ then they will see how
. curtailed. Next win-
...... will tell the tale. It
... ,. ; c ast one-fourth of the
Athens, and carry it to
"e a nd Atlanta. This will
> close a number of our
ga.. Athens stand this?
e >.,11 too much interest at
<x .'.and still and let rival
.. .four commerce? Ath-
i, . i:i a most critical con-
iter future is trembling in
A few thousands will
, If thi- money is not j
r4 ;»cd all is lost. When :
. ,,f commerce fairly sets |
: . it w ill be too late to try
-_. c it- ehb. The territory
e,l in this new road is
to our citv. The people
, tv, traded here and they
tiled »trong attachments
•v dislike to break. Give
u -bowing whatever, and
i cling to us. But let us
a vc.tr or so neglect them.
, trade once get fairly an-
■Ww here, and it will then-
ite f,r ev cn a railroad to re-
to us. What we do must be
/JU &
N0.XLIX.
O C^thHESTS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, 22,1883.
VOL XXIX.
. -a I road from Atnens to Ju
:rn means not only a security of
-■-e-oat business of our city, but
'.! wre-t from the usurpers trade
,. • matelv belongs to Athens
a a- taken off by .the Air-Line,
Law -ence\ die and Monroe rail-
N lie-ides this it will open to
age- dealers fresh territory,
si:! enable them to dispense al
■tiler with the retail branch of
.-i ie— and thus give the
tradesmen a bettet showing
- -tatement can be easily sub-
ated. It is well known now
•;r only outlets is the small vil-
- ap and down the North-Eas-
: Atiiens branch. Ot course
.-me— of this prescribed terri-
»..! not authorize a merchant
e:t exclusively at wholesale. But
j tc Tavern connection means
things to Athens. In less than
i tear- the road from Lawrence-
• w ill he extended to that place, as
i ti.e Monroe branch. Then
t-Kr« k, the Uahlonega * road, that
«d -.iiaiiiij be carried throngh
v mountain* to {ialfon, 4ja., vvhich
-’ : 'rs another line to the West,
h uh direct communication with
■“•- extensive territory our mer-
s-unt.- Cjin then classify their busi
ness and each have all that he can
do l nless this road is built, Ath-
must content herself with the
■ a le ot Clarke, Oconee, a narrow
■trip-,f Jackson, a part of Madison
-n 1 Oglethorpe. In fact it means
-s simply ruination. Let us sit
1 "a with folded arms and wait
' r something to turn up, and we
Honestly believe that in ten years
Tavern will be wholesaling
.aai. to the Athens merchants.
I kerc are two systems of railways
■° S,,ut!»^a broad and a narrow-
- uge One will control the bulk-
;cr business; the other fill up the
gaps is.-tween the main lines. One j
flout as important as the other
1 u.dc-i iile has seen the need of this
utter ,-ystem, and is ambitious to
;, vcoine the hub upon which it will
revolve in Georgia. Hence you see
'icse lines leading out in every di
lution from that point. TTiese
airruvv-guage roads are to a city
■' r.at the smaller arteries are to the
•eurt. If a town fails to Jtave these
•seders she may as well throw up
aer charter and paste “To Rent'
upon iycr gates. A short line of 23
iiiacs will pour the trade of this new
into our lap. In fact, we
can reap » full share of the benefits
01 the thousands expended by riva
points at a very small individual
° u, lay. But let us depend solely on
the two roads that now enter our
C1, . v * In time they will certainly be
hr connected, and then Athens
* U find itself stranded high and
Jr >' - arrival only, to (Greensboro and
Madison. The thousands exjended
ln co »tly buildings bad as well be
•aid behind tne fire. A gloom of
desolation w H settle upon ns, and
fr »m a placet/the grandest possi
biJitie* will we relapse into “one of
the dead towns of Georgia.” Let
CVe *y person interested jwfthe future
of Athens pat hie shoulder to the
wheel sod do bis best. We only
now lack $i?,woo* of making this
r °ad s success. We roust raise it.
^ ««r city it is a question of com-
“etcisl life or death.
STAGNATION OR ACTIV
ll-TS* fa,
am. L
There is an exhaustive article in
the Augusta Chronicle & Constitu
tionalist of the 15th, on the subject
of narrow-gauge roads, which every
Athenian would do well to read.
It pictures the narrow, circumscrib
ed limits of Augusta’s trade, ar.d
shows a distressing condition of her
once prosperous business interests.
The writer of the article handles
the unpleasant facts of the case
with gloves off. He charges that
the sombre aspect of affairs is due
to the fact that the people of Au
gusta have been content to Ire su
pinely on their backs, and with a
gracetul indifference view the en
croachments upon their territory,
without lifting a finger in a counter
movement, and now that the in
roads upon their domain have be
gun to sap the very life blood of
Augusta’s commerce, it rankles like
a thorn in the’ flesh, ar.d brings them
to a realization of their loss. A
similar stagnation will surelv over
take every city or town that, frog
like, sits and croaks and splashes
cold water in the face of eveiy en
terprise or new departure that is
suggested for the growth of the
town and the prosperity of the
people. But a few short years ago,
the projectors of the now splendid
Air-Line toad called upon the peo
ple of Athens to enlist our svmpa-
thy and to secure our aid in build
ing a road throngh Athens, from
Atlanta to Charlotte. Finding no
disposition upon our part to do anv-
thing but croak and thrbw cold
water, they soon left us to the enjoy
ment of this innocent arcadian
amusement, and built the road just
north of us, and qnietlv took pos
session of our gold belt, our mining
district and our North Georgia
trade. To counteract this ulunder,
cost the city of Athens and her
citizens a quarter of a million of dol
lars in clear cash, but she never
has and never will regain the
larger part of the trade she lost.
Shortly afterwards the little town of
Elberton. with admirable pluck and
energy and liberal contributions,
buiu a narrow guage road from that
place to Toccoa, and drew
another large slice of our trade
the northwest. Now on the south
west of us goes the Gainesville and
Southern road from the Air-Line
on the north to the Georgia road on
the south of us, furnishing an outlet
at Gaineeville and au outlet at Social
Circle, and also an inlet at both
places, for the extension of that sec
tion, heretoiore controlled by our
market. A blind man can see that
whatever goes in or out at these
two points, is that much lost by-
Athens. The only- remedy is to
build the .Athens aud Western, as
we built the North-Eastern. Busi
ness men must invest a large por
tion of their profits, if they would
continue to prosper. Real estate
owners must invest a year's rental
of their stores if they would keep
them open in the future. Capital
ists must unlock their vaults and the
laboring man must invest of his hard
earnings—all must help if our town
is to grow and prosper, and the back
of our hand should be turned against
those who are able yet refuse to
*hare this burden and to help us in
this struggle.
Tl|E jGjjkTE CTI
A PILGRIMAGE TO THE CAPI
TAL OF GEORGIA.
HOW* WE FARED AT THE
MARKHAM HASHERY.
ATLANTA AND THE SECRET OF
ITS SURPRISING SUCCESS.
FEW WORDS ABOUT HER
IEADING JOURNALS.
A CALL ON GOVERNOR M’DAN-
IEL, AND WHAT HE IS DOING.
Saturday morning last aparty con
sisting of Messrs. W. B. Burnett, G.
H. Yancey, A. L. Mitchell, Dr.
Hogan and ye writer left for At
lanta to extend congratulations to
our new Governor—the meeting
in our city of the Press Convention
preventing our attendance at the
inauguration.
We left on the North-Eastern
and reached the capital in time for
an early dinner. Some of our par-
ty wanted to stop at the Markham,
and as we did not wish to separate
all registered there. Well, gentle
reader, it took us less than two
hours to repent in sackcloth and
ashes. Of all the famous hasheries
that dot our continent from the At-
lantic to the Pacific and have wrung
from the pens of helpless tourists
their bitterest words of denuncia
tion, the Markham House now
stands pre-eminent. The first
meal our squad tackled was dinner,
of course. It would take the stom
ach of a sausage grinder to digest
and do justice to this repast. The
bill-of-fare was exceedingly volum
inous. but when we began to inves
tigate the matter it proved a phan
tom lunch—a sort of will-o’-the-
wisp affair, the ingredients of
which vanished .-hen called for.
But thanks to the indomitable per-
severence of our leader, who offer
ed among other bribes to the wait
ers the mines of Golconda and the
diamond fields of South Africa, he
succeeded in getting us a chunk of
beet evidently cut from the neck
of the steer that drew the logs for
Noah's ark. Bread we had none,
but one ebony valet, after a tedious
journey to the North Pole or some
other distant clime, brought us some
lukewarm potatoes, a rib of mutton
minus the meat, and some hash evi-
awav dently manufactured of scraps left
over from the late gubernatorial
convention. Burnett claims that he
found a sound molar sticking in a
piece of his hash, left by some pre
vious victim; but we are inclined to
the belief that it was one of Col.
B’s own teeth that he had sacrificed
in a vain attempt to masticate that
rJlf-liMt. They had forgotten to
put any sugar in their desert, but it
had the advantage of being tender
and we left behind licked plates.
Soon after dinner we held an indig
nation meeting and appointed t
committee of three to draw up suit
able resolutions expressing our
opinion of the Markham Hashery
under its present man
agement. Judge * Mitchell
set up parched goobers to the party
when w • hail a meal fit fora king-
compared with our late dinfter. One
of the gang made a strike, and
erased his name from the register
and took up quarters at the Kimball;
but Burnett said he thought it
the duty of every man to fast for a
time, and he knew of no better
place to put it in practice than at
the Markham. So we held the
fort. For supper we had our din
ner served cold, and at breakfast it
was warmed over. But our greatest
troubles came on at night. They
portable patronage would register
with him. He is none of your dia-
taflUTSSiafxStSSS:
every inch and who has* heart that
can embrace every pretty girl in
Georgia. Capt. Frank Arnold is
chief cook ana bottle wosher, and
the fine meals are a IT prepared un
der his eye.
Atlanta is a live city and you can’t
keep it down. The enterprise of
the place is commensiirhtivc with its
greed and cheek. By 1S90 it will
have 100,000population. Itisacos-
mopolitan city, and would welcome
his Satanic Majesty did he visit
them with a pocket full of g6ld. At
lanta knows no such word as pro
priety. Gain and advancement is
the watchwoid of the place. She
would bankrupt Georgia, if possible,
to add to her own prosperity. But
Atlanta has a grand and glorious fu
ture and is destined to be one of the
leading trade and. manufacturing
centres of this country. ; But there
are many high toned, fceral-hearted
entlemen here, who of course are
not included in the~above diagnosis
of Atlanta. Take for instance the
members of the Press and hundreds
of other gentlemen living th.erejWho
embody every gehtlemanly trait.
To many of these are we indebted
forespecial courtesies during our
late and previous visits.
And while on this subject we
would like to say a few "words about
the Press of Atlanta. Every one
must admit that to the Constitution
is this city mainly indebted for its
present popularity. It has done
more to build up the place than ev
en other influence combined. The
Constitution is an honorto southern
journalism and is fast rivalling the
metropolitan dailies of the North.
To the South it has become what
the London Times is to Great Brit
ain and the New York Herald to
America. Last year this paper paid
a ten per cent, dividend on <300,000
and this year its profits will aggre
gate fully <50.000. Its weekly sub
scription list is 16.000 while its aver-
erage daily circulation is 10,000. In
five years it will more ‘than double
this number. For telegraphic news
every point; and when a decision
.knifeea rewchad, it is as irrevoka-
ble«% thedaws of the Medea aad
Persians. He has made 'no promt
ises. He is free and untrammeled.
We spoke to him of his probable
coarse in regard to future appoint
ments, and his reply was patriotic
and grand: “I consider my admin
istration responsible for. every man
that I appoint or retain in office,
and they must come fully up to what
I conceive to be the highest stand-
ard of proficiency. I want those
who surround me to be men of abili
ty, and above all incorruptible. I
shall watch every department of the
state government, as my duty re
quires that I should do. Georgia
has an admirable set of officers who
will lend me all the aid in their pow
er in making my administration a
success. I have no future policy
mapped out except to labor for the
general good of our state, and will
not remove a man without just and
sufficient cause. I shall examine
carefully into every matter brought
before me, and will unhesitatingly
atlminister rebuke where it is de
served.” We felt, while in the
presence of Governor McDaniel, a
conscious pride in our state. We
saw him dispatch business, and it
was done in a manner that proved
our Executive to be thoroughly con
versant with the affairs of state.
When a matter leaves his hands its
every bearing has been carefully in
vestigated.
The Governor has not as yet
moved into the Executive mansion,
that now undergoing repairs, but
has rooms at the Kimball. He is
constantly surrounded by men from
every part of the state, and has not
a moment that he can call his own.
In the matter of pardons, he
will only exercise executive
clemency when the case demands
it. ’ This trust, like every other, he
will not abuse. If a man violates
the law of his country he must ex
pect to pay the penalty. The Gov
ernor spoke of the mania with some
people to sign every petition hand- 1
ed them. He said that before plac
ing his name to any paper a man
should examine into the case at is-
alone the Constitution pays <50 per | sue and then act upon his sound
day, while it is constantly adding j judgment. As it is you cannot tell
new departments and features of j whether a man intends the request
interest. Capt. How ell tells us that i he makes or not. There is a report
they have never as yet invested a prevalent that Gov. McDaniel had
dollar in this paper but what it re- j reprieved Stephenson, of Gwinnett,
turned a handsome profit. As soon This is not true. The reprieve was
as their new <27,000 press arrives granted by Gov. Boynton, before
the weekly will be enlarged and j Governor McDaniel was inaugurat-
improved, placed under the man- ed. Jones, the Oglethorpe oxori-
agement of Mr. J. C. Harris, and a cide, has written the Governor ask-
special foreign edition issued for iiig a commutation of his sentence
subscribers living without the state, or a reprieve, butas there is no ex-
Foryears the Constitution failed to ; tenating circumstance, we are in-
make expenses, hut itf s now a reg- ! dined to the belief that the Govern-
ular journalistic gold mine and its I or will notifv him at once to pre
stock cannot be bought at any I pare for the worst,
price, bein:
proprietors.
A NEGRO’S SPEECH.
Tti ta oC Wm. im IsmUf Ue a
Fort Smitb; Ark., May ir.—
William H. Finch, of Atlanta, Geor
gia, has been convicted. Finch is
a son of Rev. William H. Finch,
who keeps a tailoring establishment
in the Georgia capital, and once
was an alderman of that city. Young
Finch is quite a musician, and since
his confinement in jail has kept his
fellow-prisoners amused x*ith feats
on the guitar, also with good vocal
music. So Finch evidently has had
good rearing, having, perhaps,
breathed the atmosphere ot a pious
household. He got away out to
Fort Sill, where he was a barber.
This not paying, he stole a horse
belonging to the post and made fbr
Texas. Soldiers were sent in pur
suit, who found him in Gainesville.
The arresting party consisted of
Wash Grimkev, Bush Johnson and
John McCarty. They started back
with their prisoner. One day,
while stopping to “noon,” Finch
watched his chance, and securing a
gun, dispatched two of the men,
took the best horse, two pistols and
a gun, and left McCarty to tell the
sad tale. McCarty, after retreating
came back and found one of the
men still alive. Not being able to
do anything he started for the fort,
whicli he reached in the night, and
getting help retunfed to hunt the
unfortunate men. Losing his way,
he did not reach them till next morn
ing, when the wounded man was
found dead. They were taken to
the fort and buried. This happened
the 16th »f July, tSS3. Soldiers
started again for Finch. Tracking
him, they at last came upon him at
Denison, Texas, where they fo’und
him at the depot. The moment
Finch saw the soldiers he drew his
pistols and began a running fire,
but was soon captured. Being
brought back, he was turned o'ver
to the United States marshal apd
incarcerated in the jail at this place.
As was expected by many, Finch,
when asked by the judge it’ he had
anything to say why sentence of
death should not he passed upon
him, arose, calm and collected, and
said in a distinct and rather musical
voice: .
THE prisoner’s PLEA.
“May it please the court: I know
not which weighs the heaviest upon
me—wonder or grief. Both weigh
heavily upon me. I must first call
to mind the occasion which.I am
called upon to make my appearance
before the court to-day. This to me
is most solemn and serious. It is as
the sadness of ifeath itself—death.
TEREGRAPHIC SPARKS:
Strikes continue throughout this
country. i
Harrodsburg, Ky., has had a <45,-
000 fire.
i ;
Twelve inches of snow has fallen
in the Black Hills.
A small cyclone passed through
Indianapolis, Ind. .
At Berne, Mo., one burglar was
shot and the other lynched.
The pottery of Stephens Bros. &
Co., near Macon, is burned.
A vigilant committee is slaugh
tering the Chinese near Victoria, B.
C.
The report of Gen. Gordon and
Senator Colquitt being back is
denied.
Another small payment has been
made to the Freedman’s bank de
positors.
The Choctaw Indians*have decid
ed to adopt the negroes living with
in their reservation.
The Georgta grand lodge of
Knights of Pythias will meet in
Brunswick next year.
A cyclone near Macon, Mo.,
killed three persons and wrecked
<100,000 worth of property.
An attempt was made to destroy
a vessel sailing between Liverpool
and New York with dynamite.
The defence of the horrors of
Tewksbury is now attempted by
the managers of that institution.
Gen. Josiah Gorgas died ip Tus
caloosa, Ala. He was chief of or
dinance in the Con federate army.
Tkree bodies stolen last winter
from Montreal cemetery were dis
covered where the thieves hid them.
. The discovery of a new asteroid
has been reported to Harvard Col
lege Gbservatory from Kiel. Prus
sia.
Macon, Ga., May 14.—The first
crate of Georgia peaches was ex
pressed from here to New York
this evening.
Toronto, Ontario, May 14.—
Almost the entire village of Leum-
ington, Ontario, was burned this
morning. Loss <150,000.
Six republicans and eleven dem
ocrats have been elected Aldermen
of Raleigh, N. C., and each side
refuses to recognize the other.
Blauroir. Miss., May 15—Mrs.
Jefferson Davis replies to a tele
gram as follows: “Mrs. Davis has
which in a’brief while will come to ? severe attack of bronchitis
me with sickle and terror. Alas! | “ ut is now better and it ts hoped
alas! for such unlucky stars that | out “ an g er
, beamed at my birth. But I am not 1 Black Bridge. Ont., May 15.—
owned by its four; Governor McDaniel has only sev- j possessed of that obstinate stubborn- j A house occupied bv John Pawson
It has been charged j en appointments at his hands. The | ness characteristic ot one who is 1 was burned to-night. Mr. Pawson,
that the Constitution is controlled | only changes he has yet made are | about to have sentence of death j in attempting to save his children,
by Joe_ Brown and the Atlanta in his private secretaries. Very | passed upon him, or, more generally I was burned to death with his son,'
ring. Doubtless so long as the properly he has surrounded himself
opinions and interests of Senator I by personal friends. His course is
Brown and the Constitution are endorsed by every one.
identical, they work together in j A bitter fight is being made on
peace and harmony; but late issues | Dr. Raines, physician to the peni
have proved to the world that the At tentiary, and some very serious 1 dest moments of my life,
lanta Constitution is the organ and charges are recorded. If one-tenth
tool of no man or set of men, but a of them can be sus r ained the Doc-
free, outspoken paper, that works tor will doubtless go where the
for the glory and prosperity of the woodbine twineth. Atlanta has its ; form. But I shudder—I fear—the
south, the state of Georgia and the j candidate, of course, and is making best of us do so. to diea disgraceful
city of Atlanta. There is no paper unusual efforts tor his appointment, and ignotninous death. I do not
on this continent that is engineered But the usurpations power of the | make this talk as an’effort to save my
by better editorial talent than the Gate City went down with the life. It is an effort to do justice.
Constitution. They have upon ! Boynton barque, and she must now and to save my family, whose honor
their staff ten of the ablest journal- trust alone to merit for futaire pro- is dearer to me than my life. For
ists in the south. motion. We feel assured that Gov. j what is life? It is but a vapor; it
The Georgia Major, Sam Small’s j McDaniel will give Dr. Raines a | appears for a little while and then It
speaking, a hardened criminal. Be- j a ten-vjear-old lad.
ing truly sensible of the singular | N a ' SH ville. Tens., May 13.—
and serious position in which I am , Wm. Powers shot and killed John
placed, 1 can not help but shudder.! Sullivan last night, in arf affrav
and must sav that these are the sad- j caused by a lack of politeness on
! the part of Sullivan. Powers sur-
"Death is a destiny of all men: and
- being a debt of nature that must be
paid. I do no fear to meet in natural
stable, and all hands were kept
awake by the stamping and whick-
Tewkshury Butler h^s proven to 1 ering and pawing ot horses. Capt.
the world that a state of things in I ancey told us next morning that he
Twelve weeks ago it was started,
and to-day the Major boasts a bona
fide circulation of over 5.000 cop
ies, which is now increasing at the
rate of about 500 a week. Sam
Small is the acknowledged humor
ist of the South, and each issue of
gave us rooms next door - to a livery the , Major is brimfull of his quaint
Stahle. and all hands were kept 1 andongina! wit. besides the cream
new humorous paper, like Jonah’s j fair and impartial hearing, and not
gourd-vine, has bloomed into a ! remove him without just and suffi-
grand success iu a night, as it were, j cient cause. While of course Dr.
— ’ Hogan is our preference for the
place, we shall endorse any step
taken by the Governor, having the
most unbounded confidence in his
integrity. He will do his duty to the
state regardless of the clamor of
friends or enemies.
It is said that Joe Brown, upon
of all the leading
his sudden stampede from Atlanta
humorous papers j after the nomination of McDaniel,
vanisheth away. It is but a spark
struck out of nothingness and ex
pires in darkness. Nay, it is but a
flash out of darkness, soon again to
return. As the old Saxon imagina
tion pictured it, it Ts ‘like the swift
flight of a bird from the night with
out a lighted chamber filled with
guests, heated with the -breath of
passion back into the cold night
again.’ The strength of uncertainty
of life it is but a mock theme of pa
thos. No description can touch all
one of the public institutions of virt
uous and enlightened Massachusetts
in to the last degree disgraceful.
There is a rapidly and deeply-
growing impression in Georgia (hat
Governor McDaniel will displace
Nelms as principal keeper of the
penitentiary.
There seems to be a rapidly grow
ing sentiment a)l throughout the
country against gambling. No
cards,- no whisky, seems to be the
order of the times.
had only snatched five minutes
sleep during the entire night, and
then he dreamed that a nigger host
ler tied him up in a stall with a trace-
chain made of Markham House bis
cuits, had filled his manger with
mashpd Irish potatoes and his rack
with beefsteak, and he awoke when
a small darkey began to curry him
down with a clear rib of mutton.
We had often wondered why
there were so many suicides at this
cf America. The Major will soon t wrote a letter to a friend asking him 1 the sorrowful tenderness which
be issued on pink tinted paper and ! to see the new Governor ;yid beg
is destined to sweep the country I that he retain Capt. Nelms as Prin-
Iike a cyclone. Besides being a I cipal Keeper of the Penitentiary.
born journalist, Mr. Small is a geni
al, whole-souled gentlemen, whose
friends are legion.
We are glad, too, to report a bril
liant success for that famoifg South
ern literary journal the Sunny South.
For years Col. Seals ran his paper
at a loss, until his indebtedness
amounted to more than his proper
ty. But a few years ago a^ide of
hotel, until our Tannerlike feast-, prosperity set m and now the Sun-
here. A guest sees a slow yet sure I S ,?“ th f has a l,ona hde subsenp-
death from the pangs of hunger *«*}»**T-**:
staring him in the face, and he seeks ” ’ “ ““
relief by a more speedy method. In
Joe Brown’s income from his coal
mine is said to be a thousand dol-
ars per day. Y"ou bet your Uncle
Joe don’t stand in with the poor
house with a thousand dollars a day-
hack him and a few short line
railroads as a side issue.
Here is a specimen of very grim
humor from the Rome Courier:
We carefully examined a Boston
paper yesterday, and though we
found in it a good deal about leath
er, we could nowhere find the price
of human hides, nor whether the
market was dull or lively. The
Boston journals ought to be more
enterprising in reportipg matters
connected with . the industry of
their state.
Jay Gould is going to take a trip
around the world, #nd if he Ekes it
he will buy it.—Pecks gun.
If be does Vanderbilt wig order
another one just like it’ and then
every Wall street milHonare will be
ambitious to own at lest an asier-
iod.—Texas Siftings.
If this necessitates an addition
to the solar system, Cyrous W.
Field is the man to planet.—Florida
Herald.
If the trial hold, on much longer
tine lawyers employed in -the Star
ro ot cases will be amply able to take
stock.—Evning News.
Joe Brown will take it (or a cab
bage patch or torn it ioto a coal
mine. Better let Joe have it os he
has better judgement how to man
age it than the balls nee.
fact, Capt. Burnett intimated the
first night that our little band of
sufferers would soon have to cast
lots to see who must die that the
rest might live to return to their
families in Athens.
Sunday afternoon, when we went
to settle our bill and the cashier re- 1
turned us more change than we
thought ourself entitled to, we ask
ed him had he not m*»de a reduc
tion on account of the fact of our
being a small knot in the lever that
turns the universe. He stated that
he had, our bill having been curtail
ed in the enormous sum of fifty
cents. We told the gentleman that
such an unexpected addition to our
wealth might be more prosperity
than we could stand; that while we
might with it found a college, buy
out Vanderbilt or build the Jug
Tavern railroad, at the same time
we did not like to perpetrate this
robbery on his famous Gate City
hashcry. For instance he could
take that fifty cents and keep ap
bis table for * two weeks. ’So we
gave him back this fortune.
In conclusion we would say to
our loqxyywp readers, if yon stop
at the Markham Home and wake
up some morning cold in death
from starvation, don’t blame us.
For further particulars we refer you
to that band of devoted Eving. skel
etons that accompanied us to the
cite and are now laid np for repairs
at home,
But to revert from this dark side
of Atlanta fife let us refer to - the
Kiiwhett. This is one of the best
hotel* in the south, and we nwdesn
irreparable mistake in not stopping
there at first. It is engineered by
the cleverest set ofattacbecs in the
universe, chief among which stands
Ed. Calloway, and we believe that
half the custom that comes here is
attracted by him. Ed. could start a
piitder stand and the bulk of the
brings -in its proprietor an income
of between <S,ooo and <10,000 a
year.
The Evening Journal is also on a
boom, and its success is now assur
ed. Col. Hoge is making it a news
paper in the fullest acceptation of
the term, and each afternoon it vis
its every home in Atlanta.
Each of these papers occupy its
own territory and do not conflict
with the other.
Col- Thornton has settled his late
troubles about the Post-Appeal, and
Atlanta should certainly sustain this
paper. Itis a progressive, newsy-
sheet, fully up with the times, and
is a credit to the city-
Saturday afternoon our party
called upon Governor McDaniel.
We found him at the Executive of
fice, and when our cards were hand
ed in we were at once admitted.
The Governor seems- entirely at
borne in his new quarters, and' has
gone to business like a veteran. He
ncertainly a man who was edh> ’to
rule. He has proved himself the
Governor of Georgia in the fullest
acceptation of the term, and wc
confidently predict that bis adminis
tration will bo the grandest' in the
history of oar commonwealth. He
is governed by no man or set of
men, bat with a steady hand, a clear
head, an incorruptible heart and a
determination to do his duty has
seized the reins of power placed in
his hands by the people. Already
are the people of Georgia seeing the
merits of the man whom they have
elevated to office, and his praises
are sounded on every hand. His
inaugural address has the ring of
the troc metal, and the press
only of Georgia, but of the entire
county, heartily endorse iu every
sentence. Governor McDaniel has
no friends to reward or enemies to
pnnish. He begins his administra
tion with an eye tingle only to the
good of his state. He takes no step
without first carefnllv considering
The popularity of the Captain with
the convict lessees is not a very
strong endorsement we should
think; but this much we believe—
so long as he or any other officer
does his duty there is no danger of
removal.
We are glad to see Major Warren
still at his post, where he will
evidently remain. He is a faithful
and efficient officer, and the new ad
ministration will doubtless say,
Well done, thou good and faithful
servent!”
Sunday afternoon we returned
home in a fast train on the Georgia
road- It is certainly a hummer,
and merits a liberal share of public
patronage. The Athens branch is
m charge of Conductor Hutchens,
who is an old railway veteran. He
is a geneTal favorite with the trav-
ling public, and is politeness and
courtesy itself. Long may he reign!
To Vegitxhlo Groirers.
The Georgia Railroad Company
has insued the following circular,
which is of interest to trait and veg
etable growers along the line of
road, we have arranged to run a line
of the celebrated Tiffany Refrigera
tor Car Company of Atlanta,' over
this road, connecting at Atlanta
with fast schedules for all principal
points in the-North and Northwest.
Those persons residing along the
line of road, or contiguous thereto,
may be assured that all fruits and
vegetables which they may desire
to raise for a market will have spee
dy and sure transportation to the
Western and Northwestern cities.
An attendant wil accompany the
ears to destination, whose duty it
will be to give pertional at ention
to tiie care and condition of the track
confided to his care. 0
Oswego, May 15.—On Monday
Benjamin Bradway, of Frost Val
ley. was taken violently ill, and yes
terday he died. * The physicians
decided that his disease was what
is called backbone fever, which is a
phase of yellow fever- He is sap-
posed to have contracted it from a
letter received from a relative who
had the disease in Near Orleans.
Mr. Brady was visited by many per-
sons during his and it is
feared that the malady will spread
through the community.
Nine prisoners were flogged at
the whippingpost in Wilmington,
DcL
death in me excites, now become so
tragic and bitter. O! ignominy! thou
art bitterer to me than the gall which
Socrates drank. Itis not death I
fear—it is the form of the of death—
its ignomy and shame of the gallows.
Under my present circumstances I
can not but fill my mind with the
gloomy images of jleath, and to tor
ment the present by apprehensions
of the future.
“But religion dues not countenance
any such morbid anxiety- She
comes bearing in her hands the
flowers of hope, and, like the angel
which she is, whispers of the cruci
fied Christ, ‘He is risen.’ The
star of hope that first beamed upon
men like me shone from the mur
derer’s dying faith as he hung upon
the cross, a companion in death
with Christ, and that same star of
hope scatters its rays in my heart.
Yet I find it hard to banish the
dread events from me. Why so? I
have always been honest, and stand
guiltless to-day of the crimes for
which I am about to be sentenced.
I stand here and boldly say, and
with a clear conscience, that I did
not kill those two men. If I speak
falsely, miserable or happy souls,
whoever you are, make your ap
pearance upon the threshold of this
room and cry out, ‘Thou liest!’
And to you, (addressing the judge)
whose dute it is to be tender as well
as just, I ask all clemency you can
give. And now farewell earth,
made wdf with Wears and blood,
farewell, and to my enemies fare
weli Time’s brief work in the face
of eternity, * r*y of celestial joy
falls upon me and takes away every
fear, and I now know how easy it
is to die.”
Thus ended the moat eloquent
plea ever made by any prisoner at
this court. The effect on the judge
aad audience was masked. The
prisoner was impassioned in his ut
terance, and was more than ever
patheticand touching. The judge
.then in a feeling uurnne:- reviewed
the evidence and pass-id the sen
tence. Finch noV awaits his end,
and his execution promises to draw
from him another oratorical flourish.
Finch once resided in Athena and
was the property of Judge-Lump
kin. He will be remembered by a
great many of our citizens, and was
an unusually bright mulatto boy. He
has traveled - all over Europe, and in
fact the whole world. He ran away
from his father while he lived in our
city. He has a splendid education.
rendered himself.
New York. May 14.—A special
from Dublin, Ireland, says: “Joe
Brady was hanged at 7 o'clock this
morning. A vast concourse of peo
ple gathered outside the prison
yard in which the execution took
place.”
St. Louis, Mo., May 14.—Ad
vices from Cariso mining district, in
western Texas, state thatj an im
mense deposit of chloric and horn
silver has been discovered in sec
tions of the country lying between
Pecas and Rio Grande rivers.
Governor McDaniel has declined
to reprieve Jones, the wife murder-
ir. to be hung in rjglethorpe conn-
tv on the 18th. Jones claims to
have been subject to spells of in
sanity in which he did not know
what he did. and in one of these he
killed his wife.
St. Petersburg, May 14.—A
bomb was exploded on the streets
in Moscow Saturday. Several per
sons were wounded. The police
version of the occurrence is that it
was only a-railway signal. The
explanation is not satisfactoiy to
the public, who have become
alarmed.
GEORGIA ITEMS, .
T. K. Oglesby: is selling Ithe fife
of Goy. Stephens, ”
Georgia and Central railroad
stock are in demand.
There is a cow in Cummhur 24
years old.
V’*.- ; -J
The Georgia Pacific has z^acjied
the Coosa river.
.. .- ' f*
Macon’s electric towers axe com
pleted and ready for the lamps.
The city council of LaGrange has
just placed the liquor license in Unit
city at <100,000. ' • ‘ ‘ ■y
A, Griffin man got pway with
thirty-four bananas at a sitting.
They Weighed six pounds. •’ 3 *0
The property at Warm SpWriW
Meriwether, was destroyed by me
recently, the loss being <^500.
Senoia has at last come in on the
suicide business. A young lady
there got tired of earthly cares.
At the church festival of the Pres
byterians, in Cuthbert, the other
night one cake brought $154.75.
The cost of the recent session of
the legislature is about $7,600. Of
this sum the mileage is near $6,500.
There are seventeen cases of small
pox in Grangerville, near Americus.
Two deaths have resulted from the
disease.
Mr. James Bass, of Sparta, fell
dead while hitching his horse to his
buggy preparatory to making a
visit to his daughter.
Lieut. George Hoyle, Comman
dant of Cadets, at Dalonega. has
been elected orator for the graduat
ing class of ’S3*at West Point.
A gentleman near LoopePs bridge
in Dawson county, shot a rabbit and
found 9 hen eggs on which therab-
bit was sitting when shot.
Col. John S. Candler, who was
run over by the Georgia train, near
Kirkwood, has ordered him a roll
ing chair, patterned after Gov.
Stephens’.
Harp, the Conyers newspaper
man, seems to -‘have a hard route,
to travel.” At last accounts he was
serving out a sentence on the At
lanta chain-gang.
South Georgia Clarion: “Mr
Jas. Butler says that the crop pros
pects are poorer from Camilla to the
to the Florida line than he has ever
seer, before. The recent rains play
ed havoc with the hill lands of De
catur.”
The legislature at its summer ses
sion will be asked to pass a bill
giving Fulton county the right to
vote on the sale of intoxicating li
quors under the same regulations
as are now applied to “fence” elec
tions.
Blackshear News and Signal:
“Not a week goes by but what some
one is brought to realize the great
benefit that comes from having- no
whiskey sold in onr county, and
love nor money nor anything else
could bring it back here now.”
Savannah Recorder: A young
wife, about seventen years of age,
and her husband of sixty five, arriv
ed in the city yesterday, %nd regis
tered at one of the most popular ho
tels. The clerks looked at her, and
wanted to strangle the pld fellow,
while some of the ladies felt so
zealous of her, as he was wealthy
and was not well. She will, like
many other wives who live with
doting husbands, spend her time in
pulling out his gray hairs and nur
sing him in second childhood.
Crawford Monitor: “There has
been thousands upon thousands of
dollars spent on the gold mines in
this county near Buffalo creek and
the returns have been small. Some
time ago the works suspended, and
now almost the entire works and
machinery has been moved out and
shipped to North Carolina, where
they will be used in the working up
of another mine. There is gold in
the Gaynor mines, but the ore which
is mixed with it is too difficult to ex
tricate.” • ■-
We regret to learn that Mr. John
Hughes is not improving very fast
Attorney General Brewster has
given an opinion to the Secretary of
War in regard to the validity of the
title to the Arlington estate. He
decides that the title is good, but
says that taxes have been assessed
against the property which consti
tute a lien upon it to the amount of
about $35,000.
Thomas Keller, near Greenville,
S. C., was arrested by lynchers for
rape upon a girl, but the victim fail
ed to identify him and the fellow
was released. Keller afterwards
prosecuted the members the mob,
when fresh evidence was produced
proving him guilty of the crime.
Louisville, May 15.—The dem
ocratic convention for the nomina
tion of candidates for governor and
other state officers meets in this city
on Wednesday. J. Proctor Knott
and Thos. L. Jones for" governor,
stand together ih the lead with in
structed votes. General S. B. Buck
ner is next, closely followed by
Judge M. H. Owselv and Chas. D.
Jacob. All tbe candidates are here,
and (he delegates are beginning to
arrive in large numbers.
A very revolting case of unnsnal
offense has been just discovered and
punished in Atlanta. A young man
named Thos. Li pcs was traced un
der the steps leading to the Sixth
Methodist church ana found gazing
up through holes he had bored in
the floor. The purpose of prurient
inspection needs no plainer recituL
It would be difficult to conceive of
a more repulsive exhibition of de
praved purpose.' The young man
was arrested, plead guilty and was
fined $25, which he paid.
Chicago, May 15.—A special
from Sturgis, Michigan, yesterday,
says a cyclone struck here from the
southeast to-day, pasting through
the outskirts, sweeping everything
in its path which was- half a mile
wide. Chauncery Gilman, a fanner
two miles from here, sought shelter
with his children in the tarn, which
was carried awav and all four killed.
George RuayaaV beam: «kl bam
were, wrecked and his family je-
'verely injured. The cyclone "was
accompanied by the heaviest hail
and rain and most vivid lightning
ever known here.
GENERAL NEWS.
Mahone is sanguine in his hope
of victory this year in Virginia.
The outlook for corn and cotton
in Texas was never better.
A modest Englishman has put in
a claim for half of New Jersey. "
Montreal is experimenting on, the
use of electricity on its horse cars.
W. B. Lyons, colored barber of
Richmond, Virginia, is worth $20,-
000.
Queen Victoria is very, far from
being fully recovered from her
fall.
As the time of his coronation ap
proaches, the Czar grows more
thoughtful. • • .
Several members of the Dakota
legislature have been indicted for
accepting bribes.
The heads of 150 Shinwarries
have been brought to the Amter
of Afghanistan.
The Wild Duchess ~ f Geneva, a
royal short horn, was recently sold
at Chicago for $31,000.
Robert F. Tamplin, a farmer, at
Brenham, Texas, was shot and kill
ed by Frank Smith, a mulatto.
A frightful cyclone swept over
Kansas City. Monday, demolishing
houses and killing many persons.
A man named Wheeler, an Ex-
Vice-President of something or
other, says the republicans will win
in 1SS4. •
Two brothers quarrelled about
planting corn, near Paris, Ky., when
one shot the other, inflicting a prob
ably fatal wound.
The Treasury Department esti
mates that $10,000,000 will be re
quired to pay the pension roll, for
the present month.
Twenty-five hundred Chicago
bricklayers have been on a strike
for a month past The wages they
have lost would amount to $2,500,-
ocxv
The citizens of Helena, Ark., are
trying to come to terms with their
creditors. The city is hopelessly
in debfgand unless a compromise is
effected they will surrender their
charter.
Washington, May ta.—A aew
counterfeit of the five dollar gold
coin has made its appearance. It
purports to be a coin of the United
States (track at New Orleans fit
184^, It is heavy plated and is 49$
grains fight
Birmingham, Alx, May *2.—The
Richmond and Danville" extension
company have purchased the Mil
ner mines and railroad to-day for
$375,000. They will erect the gen
eral shops of the Georgia Pacific
railway here, and expend about one
and a half million dollars in im
provements around Birmingham.