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^jJoUTQFUtS HEAD.
i bo the man,’’ said Don
r v wiuiro. “who invented
Q.iiio 1 '' Vr. lc ho’» gratitude is ours, but
.loop-., ‘.cannot lor any reason enjoy
all*! o invention P “Nervons-
th»> f ,,,,, I.a.1 become a disease,’’
boss : ., r William Coleuian, the well
.riW* wholesale dnigniat of Buffalo, N.
to"*. 1 ! * ,|,l not sleep, and my ni K hts
V. -,nor oaswtl in tliat sort of rest*
•ttf «I,ieh nearly erases a man, or
ijisir, haunted by torment-
i» * Vain* Having taken Parker’s
Ins’ “J*? ..her troubles, 1 tried it also
T'-ob' ,or ...| U . result l>oth surprised and
,r 1 i >lv nerves were toned to
ri>< ll t 1, ‘‘and' liko Cicsar’sfat men,
■“•Tthe ranks of tiiose who sleep
lrl L, I should add that the Tonic
'"fili- dld aua\ with the condition of
„l ,iebilitv an.1 dyspeoslaoccaslon-
- n , nervous sleeplessness, ami
.'I ‘ tr.-nirtii nod |>erfect digestion.
‘n.eol the Tonic thoroughly
, 1,'ii.he.l my health. I have usetl
■ T„nii- with entire success for
1' ■-knew so - 1 ,or the bowel disorders
M1 vnt to ocean voyages.
"riureparatlon has heretofore been
1 r'pansiK’s flisoKR Tonic.
t""*",, fit will lie advertised and sold
H "l r the namooi Parker’sTonic—omit-
»-*nrd •irinct r.” Hiscox A Co.
-«•, to make tills cliange by the
„ f unprincipletl dealers who have
deceived their customers by
■ , inf.-rior [,reparations under
'.'name of ginger. We drop the miss
‘migaordallthe more willingly, a
r i-an i.almliortaiil flavoring in-
"f' liuour Tonic. Please remeni-
T,,,.d change has been, or will I*.
,, in the preparation itach, and all
remaining in the hands of dea -
" ‘ r u-'-il under the name of Parker s
contain inc genuine med-
’ini il the faeainlle signature of llls-
i;i ii., is at the bottom of the out-
|dr arapis-r.
A French vessel was wrecked at
t , ami SS lives lost.
Tbe Uu; d-»«ure
..id health seekers visiting New Or-
,|„ >u |d l»-ar in mind that the lb.l<l
1,01.1 Semi-Annual Drawing of The
louiaian* State lottery will take place
u Tuesday, December IStli, 1SS3, under
vigilant eare and honest man-
.„l ..fdell'ls (1. T. Bi-aun-guard, of
l „i,il .luhal A. Karly, of Va., when
V,.’r ball a million of dollars will bo
r ,.,| broadeast. Any information
bail on application toM. A. Dau-
New Orleans, I.a.
A cyclone struck Melburne, Ark.,
, IU | killed four persons.
for lumbago, sciatica and pains in the
|,a,l liips and side- ll-o Henson’s C'a|s-
i’,.urns Piasters. “.*» cents.
There arc two cases of yellow fc-
• r in San Francisco.
KpiU^ay kutlr«ly Cur«d.
Pnii. Irving it. Smith, oflflke.X. Y.,
the following statement; "Samar-
I.,,, Nervine lias entirely cured me ol
|.il,-ptic tits."
A railroad collision near Firming-
luin, Ala., killed four people.
an Uuuaunl Cnee.
Bn hmo.no, Auk., Aug. s, ISSl.
II. li. Waits Kit A Co: Sirs—1 wai
no d of ,-hrouii dlarrhu-a t>y your Salt
ijdiu-v and l.iver Cure.
John D. Fhkkmas.
A cyclone in Illinois narrowly es-
•aped’wrecking a train of cars.
When you
We receive new subscribers ev
ery day from Oconee county. The
people over there are in love with
the Banner-Watchman.
Corn brought at pu'-lic sale in
Madison county, Thursday, 70 cents
per bushel; fodder $1; cotton seed
12 j cents; half grown hogs $3 each.
Many farmers are anxious for tire
weather to turn cold, so that they
can-kill hogs. Their corn cribs arc-
diminishing too fast for their health.
QUITE PROLIFIC.
A gentleman living at High
Shoals has a hen six months old
that has laid and hatched twice.
Some of her chickens were crowing
before they were three weeks old.
She ought to he registered.
marthayille.
Mrs. Gen. King called at our of
fice, Thursday, and gave us some
very interesting reminiscences of
the past. She says she can remem
ber Atlanta when it was called
Marthavillc, in honor of Mrs. Comp
ton, of this city, and the place then
contained only one dwelling. Mrs.
King is a very interesting lady. Slit
says her land was legally posted
many years ago.
THE CANDIDA.TF.S.
We yesterday felt the pulse of the
various candidates for Mayor, and
found that they beat as follows:
Judge Thomas is placidly confident;
Dr. Lyndon is satisfactorily conli-
elent; and Alderman Dorsey is en
thusiastically confident. We arc
still of the opinion that Athens will
next year have three Mayors.
DEATH FROM SMALL POX
Mr. James 11. Covington, of
Upatoic, Gii.,1 whose illness from
small pox was noticed in the Ban
ner-Watchman a short time since,
died on Tuesday morning of the
loathsome disease. Mr. Covington
contracted the disease while on a
bridal tour to I.ouis\ ille, anti soon
after reaching home was taken
down with the disease. It is a sad
bereavement for the fair young
bride just one month from the mar
riage altar, and she follow s the re
mains to the grave.
CKAKKE STrr.RIOR COURT.
A esterday the whole day was
taken up in the trial of Miss Giles
against Die Princeton factory. The
jury gave a verdict of $1,000 for the
defendant. This money will do
Miss Giles a great deal ot good, as
we learn she was a poor and worthy
woman who was injured, through
no fault of her’s. hut because she
obeyed her superiors which brought
about the disaster.
A FINE PRESENT.
iIim-.i.i-
iiin ill*
Miller from dyspepsia,
alnri-.il affections, kidney
liver complaint and other wust-
ines. When you Wish to enrich
ami purify the system generaj-
h-. When vou wbli to remove all feel-
i ,f weakuesH, weariness, lack of ener-
irv a bottle of Brown’s Iron Bitters
si j ho** greatly it will benefit you.
Il surpasses all known remedies as an
eiirii-ber ol the blood and * perfect reg
ulator ol tlie various bodily functions.
Ask your druggis.
A man in Pennsylvania was
stricken dow n while blaspheming.
Tfcf Snow of Mon* Blanc
I* to! whiter than teeil. that an*, daily
rtii.iM «1 w itii Soxodont, and coral jjatli-
il i n ocean deplha, cannot trarpatui the
salutary agent. American la-
.U.-, visaing foreign lands excite the
admiration of beholders and the <envy. of
tleir transatlantic sisters, with
,„is excellence ol tlo ir teeth. W ho
Ue.l t,. w hat they owe this charm they
murmur the lalisinanic word .soxodont.
The revolutionists in llayti have
captured several government ves-
Tlie most d* licate persons enjoy taK
l> i.iimry’a Little Cathartic 1 tils, B" 1
iag Kuiory
a * In lesiile » _
ken-down body
, put new in a tro-
Kur seven years Allen’s Brain Food
li»- stood tile strongest tests as to Its
merits in curing Nervousness, Nervous
Hel.ihty and restoring lost powers to
tl„. wi-aketiesl Generative System, and,
instance, lias it ever failed; test tt.
(I (or At druggist*.
The moss crop of Florida is worth
more than the cotton, and can he put
on tlie market with very little
ptnse.
l’nre < od-l.ivertlil made from selected
liwrn, on the K»a **hore, by C.aHweli,
lls/ard A Co., New York. Itlaabso-
luudy pure and sweet. Patients who
have'once taken it prefer it to all others.
Physicians have decided it superir to
Hiiy id the other oils io market.
Chapped Hands, Face, Pimples, and
r .iigli Skin, cured by using Juniper lar
snap, made l,a Caswell, Hazard A Co.
Nnw York.
l'uolc lias been sentenced to death
in Ireland.
Oa Tktrtj Day’* Trial. *
I He Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall Mich.,
will semi Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Electro-
Voltaic Belts and Electro-Applianceson
trial tor thirty days to men (young or
old who are 'afflicted w ith nervous de
bility, lost vitality and kindred troubles
guaranteeing speedy and complete. res
toration of healtli and manly vigor.
Address as above.—N. B.—No risk is
ln-urreil, as thirty days’ trial isallowcd.
Negro incendiaries are at work
i 1 Lynchburg, Va.
KENTUCKY
« Hie --tieS'l centre" ol wlist lasy lie calleit tlie
■Strsipil Whiskey Interest." making whlskte*
which bring tlie highest prices, »i'|H-ul U> tlie
iiio-l eullteated tastes anil ilevelop the only true
flsvwr sn.l bouquet that tilenttlles and disltn-
lllshe, the beau itlral "Oil uf Corn." J. U . J/ar
prr'i St isos County U'-osLy u a lUuilnrtt AV»
t c« Whisky. SoldhyJ. U. D. BKUSSK. Athens
We return thanks to our friend
Mr. A. C. Daniel, of Oglethorpe
county, for a peck oi line pecans,
grown upon his place this year. He
had one tree that bore 11 j bushels, I
which he sold in the city yesterday, |
at $4 per bushel, bringing him the
snug sum of $45. Not only is Mr.
D. a good pecan raiser, hut in oilier
crops he is up with the most ad
vanced agriculturists of the land.
Would that every neighborhood
had one or more such.
VOTERS AND CITIZENS.
Should the voters of the city-
honor me by an election to the of
fice of Mayor, they can feel assured
that no effort will he spared on tny r
part to make the administration of
our city affairs honest, prudent and
unpartisan, with the guarantee that
the salary of the office shall be used
for a city clock. Soliciting the pat
ronage ol the voters apd citizens in
want of anything in the jewelry-
line, 1 am, with great respect.
Yours truly,
Skiff, the jeweler.
MISSIONARY MARRIAGE.
Married, in Chcfoo, China, on the
20th of October last. Rev. William
Stokes Walker to Miss Lillian Ma-
teer, a young lady missionary w ho
went to China from Pennsylvania
some two years ago. Hundreds of
friends send their best wishes to
this young couple in their far-off"
home across the Pacific.—Walton
News.
The happy groom giaduated in
Athens in 1^77, went to China in
1SS1, and is taking a prominent
stand in the cause to which lie has
given his life. He is a brother to
the editor of the Walton News.
WILLIAM H. YOUNG.
•
InMraetira Teitlmony by vh* President or Geor
Slo'B Greatest Cotton Factory-Hr, Factory
Doeiu t Head Protection.
/Ml!;/ Courier,
Roms, Ga., November 22.—We
have seldom published more inter
esting or important matter than the
tc&timor.y of Col. Wm. H. Young,
president of the Eagle and Phcenix
Mills, of Columbus, before the sen
ate’s labor committee. Whatever
else the reader may overlook or
lightly regard in this paper, we beg
him to give an attentive perusal to
Col. Young’s statement. Its only
imperfection is that it assumes too
little credit for the witness to whom
the great Manufacturing system un
der his pre-idcncy owes so much of
its success. We believe that he is
the only official or leading manager
who has continued uninterruptedly
with those atills from their inception
to their present magnificent growth.
Though, as he says, only recently,
elected president of the present sys
tem, he wss for a long time the
president oi the Pioneer mills, and
though he resigned or refused to ac
cept that position until recently, ev
erybody ab<ut Columbus knows
that his Was the master managing
mind that meved the vast macliine-
and gave direction to the commer
cial business nf the establishment.
When not superintending the work
in the factory, he was extending the
field for the side of its products and
building up for it the far reaching
trade which it now enjoys.
The testimony of Col. Young has
a general inttrest throughout tlie
south, because it shows the great
profit that then; is in cotton manu
facturing in this section when judi
ciously managed; also that mills
thus managed do not need high
protection by a tariff". Col. Young
says emphatically that his mills do’
not need it, and he is opposed to
protection for the sake of protec
tion. He also shows by his report
of protits that they do not need it.
And their prosperity is not due to
low wages paid their operatives
Col. Young sta-.es that they pay-
skillful female weavers $1.25 to
$1.50 per May. We have before us
the testimony of officers of several
cotton mills at Manchester, N. IL,
given before the same labor com
mittee a few weeks ago, and we
find that the wages paid to this class
of operatives are higher at Colum
bus than at Manchester, though the
mills of the latter turn out finer
work, and of course require more
skill. The witness in behalf of the
Amoskeag mills at Manchester tes
tified that they paid $1.25 to $1.34
per day to female weavers, and the
witness for the Amory mills testi
fied that they paid an average of
$ 1 .oS per dty for weavers Jof both
sexes The employes at the Man
chester mills, too, are nine-tenths of
foreign birth, as these witnesses ad
mitted, whereas nearly all the em
ployes of the Columbus mills are
natives of the United States. In
addition to tiis, as Colonel Young
states, most jt the employes of the
Columbus nills have comfortable
houses belorging to the company,
at merely nominal rates, while the
rents chargrd at Manchester are
higher.
No one cat read this statement of
Colonel Yorng without deriving
from it much encouragement as to
the profitableness of cotton manu
facturing at the south and the pros
pect ofits becoming a great industry
among us. We may add also that
his testinteny is pointedly contra
dictory to t ie proposition that high
protection by a tariff" is needed to
build up 01 sustain cotton manufac
turing at tile south.
ANOTHER MAD DOG.
Last Wednesday a dog belonging
to one Lewis Lester, col., of this
county, went to the house of Mr.
W. J. l’ittard and got under his
dwelling, and would endeavor to
bite everything he came in contact
with. Mr. 1’. shot at him, when lie-
left, going to Mrs. Code's, biting
two dogs there and another on the
wav; then struck out on a bee line
for Mount Zion church, five miles
away, where a large number of ne
groes were holding a meeting.
Here he tried to bite a number of
negro women, but before he could
do any damage Armstead Power,
col., impaled him with a hay fork,
thus allaying some high old times
in that bailiwick.
ELBERT COUNTY.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 22.—A
verdict against the Central railroad
lor Mrs. Nancy Seun, of Granite-
ville, for $10,000 was rendered to
day.
Kralneu* 8*. Loula Pfcaaiclasa 8aj,
“Colden’a Liebig’s Liquid Extract o(
Bc'?f and Tonic luvigorator is a very
agreeable article of diet, and particular
ly Useful when tonics are required, being
I’d, rated when other (onus of animal
fis.it are rejected. In Diptlteria, Agile,
■Malaria. Typhoid Fevers, anti every de
pressing Disease, its use will be attend
ed w itii great advantage. We have pre
scribed Il with excellent success." J.
H. Leslie. M. D.;H. P. Copp. M.D.;
It. l‘ur„uns, M.I).; R. A. Vaughn,
M. D.; Drs, S. L. and J, C, Niedelel:
Wm. Porter, M.D., and many others,
Htememher tlie name, Colden’s—take
no oilier:)
At Jackson, Mich., a wealthy far
mer, his daughter, her husband and
a sister, were all found dead in bed
having been murdered.
It’s too bad, Sir or Madam, but don’i
(Ol frightened. Your hair is falling off
—that’s certain. H glance In tbe mir
ror, or an investigating committee of
tlie fingers tell the dismal atory. We
won't discuss the possible esuae. It ia
enough that Parker** Hair Balaam used
now will prevent further destruction
“.your hair somewhat gray, too, and
5“P. Alas, yes. The Balsam will
Rivs back tha original color, softness
and gloss. Not a dye, not oily, elegant
ly perfumed, a perfect dressing.
CARD FROM MRS. BUSH.
Jug Tavkrn. Ga., Nov. 21.—Ed
itor llanncr-Watchman:—1 see in
our paper of November : : i n-1.,
Speer’s Revenge. We are in
formed that Mrs. Bush received a
letter from Mr. Speer, stating that
when he spoke at |ug Tavern she
was not at home; hut, thank God,
he would now have a chance to see
her before the United States court.”
You will please correct the above as
it is a false statement. 1 have nev
er seen that worthy gentleman, Mr.
Speer,and 1 know that I have nev
er received a letter from him.
Yours respectfully,
Laura E. Hush.
[Note.—Our authority for this
statement was Mr. \\ 111. House,
whom win considered responsible-
authority. Doubtless he lias been
misinformed.—Reporter
CHURCH TROUBLE.
The Rev. Mr. Yarbrough, Pre
siding EWcr for this district, is in
serious trouble with the chnrch at
Cherokee Corner. It seems that at
the late quarterly conference there,
he used some very harsh language
toward the congregation, about not
paying him more, and intimated
that their parsimony necessitated
his using language unbecoming a
minister. The members of that
church considered his rebuke un
just and uncalled-for, and with five
exceptions they arose from their
seats and left the house. Some of
the oldest and best members were
among those who withdrew, and
they certainly had serious cause for
complaint or we are quite sure they
would not have taken this step.
We learn that the members of this
church met the other day and pre
ferred charges against Mr. Yar
brough, that were forwarded to the
Bishop. No doubt that all the mem
bers deeply regret this trouble in
their church, but acted from the
beat Christian natures. We trust
that it will be amicably settled.
Ei.iiertox, Ga., Nov. 21.—New
South: Married, Dr. A. L. Raye
and Miss Fannie L. Bell. Elberton
lias street lamps. Married on the
13th inst. Miss Lou Shitlet ot Hart
and Mr. Frank Smith of Elbert.
Last Sunday night one of the cabins
at the Pauper’s Home burned. It
caught fire from the negligence of
its occupant, who is a crazy negro.
Geo. C. Grogan Esq., has been el-
elected a Director of the Augusta,
Elberton and Chicago R. R. El
berton has eleven lawyers. Mr. J.
\Y. Reid, of South Carolina, has
had an invention patented that robs
blasting of its danger. Mr. A. Goss
Power will move to Athens. We
are glad to know that Mr. L. H. O.
Martin has entirely recovered from
Iris rent illness. W. A. Hillard &
Sons, of Bowersville, have failed.
The mail to Heardmont has been
discontined. Mr. 1). E Cleveland
left for Texas last Thursday. Prof.
Morgan H. Looney school at Pal
metto, has about 120 pupils in at
tendance. Mrs. Looney has charge
of about 30 music pupils. Mr.
Moore that brilliant (?) editor of the
Crawford News-Monitor, says he
believes he did copy a one or two
line local which he didn’t credit.
Now, if the Solon (?) in journalism
will only take lime to reveiw his
issue of October 24th, he will find
two articles taken from The New
South which he failed to credit.
When we refered to these we had
no intention of exciting a controver
sy, hut simple to apprise the gentle
men of the rules of journalism. He
further states he docs not know
where to locate the "Payne.” Well
it we had to depend upon such a
sheet as The News-Monitor for
our living we are satisfied we would
have no trouble in locating the pain
— It would he in the stomach.
Hoailod to Death by the Sun-
Dr. Schweinfurth, in a lecture
which he recently delivered at the
Berlin Geographical Society on the
subject of his latest explorations in
Central Africa, gave his hearers a
thrilling account of the mode in
which capital punishment is inflict
ed upon criminals by the Al-Qua
djis, a small tributary otf-shoot of
the great and powerful Djour peo
ple. The malefactor condemned to
die is bound to a post firmly driven
n the ground in some open space
where no trees afford a shade, and
is there slowly roasted to death, not
by any artificial means involving a
waste of fuel, but by the natural
heat of the sun’s rays as they reach
our earth in its equatorial regions.
To protract his sufferings and to
avert his too speedy end by sun
stroke the ingenious Al-Quadjis
cover their erring compatriot’s head
with fresh green leaves, which effec
tually shield his brain from Phu-bus"
darts. No such protection is, how
ever, accorded to his body, which
gradually dries up, shrinks together
and ultimately becomes carbonized
One chance of salvation is open to
the roasting man while as yet he is
not completely “done to death.” If
a cloud pass between the sun and
his place of torment, he is at once
cast loose from his post and becomes
an object of popular reverence, as a
mighty magician in whose behalf
the super-natural powers have
deigned directly to intervene. But
clouds seldom interfere with the
administration of justice on the day
chosen for public executions by the
Al-Quadjis authorities—at least,
that appears to be Dr. Schwein-
furth’s experience of African weath
er as far as it bears upon the judi
cial toasting of malefactors.
OUR LAST.
Th* Dan-.dxTlHo Monitor Agala to tha Front.
We promised our readers not to
notice the Danielsville Monitor
again, after that paper descended to
lower itself by ans wering argument
with personal abuse and bilhdBgate;
but this week the Monitor again
ejects at us a column of its slime,
on account of our late editorial on
county organs, and continues to
harp upon what it claims to be a
victory over us in the “My Dear
Mat” bondsman matter. So, there
fore, we will ask the forbearance of
our readers, for one time only, to
review the whole controversy, and
let them be the judges as to - who
was vanquished. We will not
stoop to billinsgate, for there is no
argument in it, and no gentleman
would wish to use such a weapon.
It is remembered that a few days
after the redistricting bill was pass
ed by the legislature, Mr. James M.
Smith came up to Athens and filled
the missing link in the bond of our
negro postmaster. As a democrat,
we wrote an editorial condemning
his action. Mr. Smith replied in a
lengthy article, to which the Banner-
Watchman also replied. Mr.
Smiths’ communication was pub
lished in the editorial columns ol
the Danielsville Monitor, without
comment, and when we requested
Mr. R. II. Kinnebrew, as an act of
justice, to also give space to our re
ply, heat first declined to do so, and
stated that Mr. Smith had paid him
to publish his explanation; and it
was not until we had intimated that
we would expose the transaction
that he consented also to give or
sell us his space; and even then
commented very unkindly on our
reply. This we considered suffi
cient provocation to “let the cat out
of the wallet” about the Monitor’s
editorial columns having been sold
to said Smith. Very naturally this
inflamed the Monitor, and from that
time forward the paper laid aside
argument, amt substituted therefor
personal abuse. Feeling that noth
ing could he gained by such a
course, and as we knew that the
people had been sufficiently enlight
ened as to the true inwardness ot
Mr. Smiths’sudden friendship for
Athens’ negro postmaster, we
dropped the controversy. W
refer to the files o
our paper, as also to the columns of
the Danielsville Monitor, to show
who descended from argument to
substitute therefor billinsgate.
Shortly after this we dropped the
Monitor from our exchange list, and
will now give our reasons for so do
ing: We were informed by sever
al responsible parties, who were in
a position to know, that the reput
ed editor of the Monitor was not
the author of said editorials, hut
that they were penned bv another
party. In other words, that this pa
per had either again sold or loaned
its space to an enemy to blackguard
us. When convinced of this fact,
we could not, with any degree of
self-respect, continue to exchange
courtesies with a paper that would
thus piostitute its columns. So we
ordered our mailing clerk to erase
the name of the Danielsville Moni
tor from our exchange list. We
knew, however, that the real author
of its editorials was receiving our
paper regularly, and therefore no
stab w®. aimed behind the back of
the reputed editor of that sheet. The
only questions at issue between
the Monitor and the Banner-Watch
man are these: 1. Was it wrong
fora democrat to come up from an
other county and become the bonds
man of a radical negro, and thus help
to keep him in office over white
men? 2. Was the editor of the Mon
itor justifiable in selling his editorial
columns to Mr. Smith, even in the
event that he afterwards reconsider
ed—upon our exposing the act—
and returned the money? If the
patrons of the Monitor are satisfied
that Mr. Kinnebrew has vindicated
both his paper and Mr. Smith, we
have naught to say. We are quite
sure, however, that the white peo
ple of Athens—the real sufferers
from this transaction—are a long
ways from being satisfied. As to
our editorial about county papers
we did not have the Monitor in our
mind’s eye, hut the article was pen
ned from a general standpoint. But
f the shoe fits the Monitor—just
wear it. We think a large majority
of the county papers around Athens
merit a better support than they re
ceive. With this we promise our
readers to drop the Monitor and aim
onr shafts at larger game.
A HORRIBLE REVENGE.
How a Savage Negro Retaliated for Cruoltiea Ho
Received*
One the able and shrewdest and
cruellest of the Florida Indians was
a coal black negro named Abraham.
A niece of his, “old Aunt Jinny,” is
now living near Dead Man’s Bay,
Florida. She says that her uncle
Abe was a short chunky negro, of
most repulsive features, very sullen
and taciturn, only happy when he
was annoying or tortuing some of
the animals on the place, and that
his insolence continually got him in
trouble. He was owned by a plan
ter named Dickson, whose only son
Frank, was the immediate cause of
Abraham running away and join
ing the Indians. Frank, the young
son was very fond of practical jokes
high spirited and full of wild and
uproarous fun. These traits event
ually cost him his life and a very
cruel way. Returning with a few
comrades from a hunt one day—the
spoil being a fine buck—they deter
mined to have some fun with the
negro boy Abraham who had given
them some insolence as they passed
him. After skinning the deer they
caught the negro and fastened the
hide on him, with the head and
horns attached. The young dogs
were then set on him, amid the up
roarous laughter of the young men
and the jeering remarks of the
other negroes who had gathered
around. The dogs were not
allowed to hurt him, but the
grotesque nature of the pun
ishment aroused the deepest resent
ment of the negro. A few nights
later ha disappeared, and although
search was made for him it was of
no avail. He fled to the Indians,
where his great strength,knowledge
of woodcraft and deep-seated hatred
of everything that wore a white
skin mad him the recognized leader
in the foray and the council. Brood
ing over the insult he had received
at the nands ol his master he hailed
the general outbreak of the Indians
with the greatest delight, as he saw
therein a chance for ample revenge.
Soon after, at the head of a party
of Seminoles, he raided the planta
tion of his former owner in broad
daylight, and killed every white
person on the place, with the excep
tion of the son, Frank. He was re
served for a terrible fate. A bull
yearling was hastily killed and skin
ned. The skins were placed upon
Frank, stakes were fastened to his
aims and legs, forcing him on ail
fours, his eyes were put! out with a
heated knife, and then, a rope being
tied around his neck, he was drag
ged over the ground, the Indians
shooting arrow after arrow into his
quivering body. He was then scalp
ed and left where he fell, still fasten
ed in the hide, a dainty feast for the
buzzards and wolves that always
followed these marauding parties.
It is said that this negro Abraham
excelled the Iudian in devising tor
tures for such whites as were unfor
tunate enough to escape death and
be captured alive.
A MICA MINE.
Valuta* Mineral Dopoxlt Rear Broad River, Mad
ison County.
Yesterday Mr. J. S. Dudley, of
Madison county, brought into our
office a basket filled with specimens
of mica, or isinglass, that were found
on the farms of Willis J. Dudley
and Berry Drake, near Brown’s
ferry, on Broad river. There are
two distinct species of this mineral,
both very pure and the Hakes unu
sually large. They were found in
the same ledge about half a mile
apart and about two feet under the
surface. The farm whence it was
taken has for years been known as
the “Indian Graveyard,” from the
fact that on a top hill were three ar
tificial rock mounds, that were al
ways supposed to he a burial place
of the Indians. They were never
disturbed until last week, when a
party of young men decided to see
what they really contained. With
hard work the loose stones were
thrown from the' largest mound,
until the earth was reached. Here
they discovered the mouth of an old
shaft, that had been filled with rock.
Some of the stones were of enor
mous size, and had to be broken
before they could be taken out.
But the curiosity of the explorers
was raised, and they determined to
investigate the mine that had been
so cautiously hid for ages. After
removing the rock to a depth of
two feet they found a large vein of
mica, that glistened like silver in the
sunshine. As there were no Indian
relics of any description found in
the mine, it was decided that the
red man, or some other prehistoric
race had worked the mine, for some
purpose, and to conceal its existence
tad filled the mouth with rock. Mi
ca, when the flakes will measure S
by 10 inches across is worth from
2 to $16 per pound, and it is one
of the most valuable minerals in ex
istence. The smaller sheets are of
not much value. Mr. Dudley says
he thinks the flakes will increase in
size as the earth is penetrated. The
specimens are now on exhibition
in our office.
WALTON COUNTY.
MuxhOE, Ga.,'Nov. 20.—News:
Marriages: At Acworth, Mr. S. J.
Tippin and Miss Ida Avery; in
Rockdale county, Mr. Albert Her
ring and Miss Susie Stark; Mr.
Robtrt L.Carithers and Miss Mattie
Jacks-on; a son of Rev. Wm. Ad
ams married a lady above Atlanta.
Mrs. Tom Allen fell into an old
well 70 feet deep, but while her
husbind had gone for assistance
she climbed out and went home
badly bruised. Fires—The dwel
ling house of Mr. David W. Busson
and til its contents were burned—
fire Caught lrom chair of clothes;
also house and kitchen of Mi. Frank
Stud lard, while lamily were absent;
also the old Browning dwelling was
burned. Mr. Sam Harris and fami
ly started for Texas. For several
years the Baptists in Monroe have
been losing ground. There were
twelve men iu jail last Wednesday
gi t. There arc three miles of
stee'. rails at the depot in Monroe.
We hear track laying will begin at
this end this week. Two negroes.
Gits Malone and Jim Brown, were
hired by Mr. Blackstock on his rail
road work. They had a fuss about a
game of cards, and Brown gave Ma
lone a-fatal stab in the bowels, from
which wound he lingered for about
a week and died. Brown has made
his escape. Saturday, Easter Sor
rells. a deranged colored woman,
was brought to town and turned
over to the Ordinary to he sent to
the asylum. She has five small
children, one only six months old
and two who are twins about tS
months old. One of these twins
fell in the fire, a few days ago, and
was frightfully burned.
Mr. A. U. Moore, Mill Rajr.Ga., sa.VB:
"I have used Brown’s Iron Bitters for
ayspepSia and am happy to say with
best results."
New York, Nov. 22, 1SS3.—Ed
itor Banner-Watchman:—You must
be interested in having your state
built up. and you are at liberty to
publish the enclosed letter, which
is a copy of the one sent to Govern
or McDaniel. Respectfully,
Albert L. Rice.
New Yoke, Nov. 1, 1SS3.—Gov
ernor Henry D. McDaniel—Dear
Sir:—I respectfully call your atten
tion ko a matter, having reference
to the material welfare of your state.
You will no doubt agree with me,
that the building of more long lines
of railroads through Georgia, would
be of great benefit to the people. I
vill therefore inform you, that I
represent several construction com
panies wh%are prepared "to build
railroads, and do not want any
money till sections of 25 miles are
built. I would desire companies to
place 9>eir bonds themselves, to be
cashed as each 35 miles are com
pleted. Your* respectfully,
Albert L. Rice.
GEN. TOOMBS.
Ho Will ProbablyAttond the Reunion of the Bonks
CountyiGuards.
Washington, Ga., Nov. 21, 1SS3
Mr. W. B. Pruitt, Athens, Ga.—
Dear Sir: Your card of 12th inst.
received. It was no small honor to
have been a member of company A
second regiment Georgia Volun
teers in the late war between the
states. There was no regiment its
superior in the army of Northern
Virginia or in any other army
whose conduct came under my
knowledge. It was greatly distin
guished from Gettysburg to Chica-
mauga, and was surrendered with
the army by Gen. Lee at Appomat
tox C. H., with its junior Captain
in command—all his seniors, to the
best of my recollection, filling hon
orable graves, or hospitals of the
wounded. If, contrary to my ex
pectations, I shall be able to attend
on the occasion of the rcuion of the
“Gentlemen of the Banks County
Guards,” I shall do so. The few
survivors of you have my sincerest
wishes for your prosperity and hap
piness through life. Very truly
your friend and fellow-soldier,
R. Toombs
Ex-Brigadier Toombs’ brigade
Longstreet’s corps, Army Noithern
Vitginia.
JACKSON CONTY.
Jefferson, Ga., Nov. 23
Hcrcld: Harmony Grove’s cotton
receipts arc 6,000 bales. Messrs.
Power, Key & Co., have bought
2.400 bales ot cotton this season. At
$40 per bale, this would aggregate
$96,000. Master Rob’t Quillian, son
of Hon. W. A. Quillian, was out
hunting last Thursday afternoon,
and his gun barrel bursted near the
breech and tore up his left hand,
which necessitated amputation just
above the wrist joint. Mrs. John
Finch, of Athens, has been quite
sick, at the residence of her father.
Mr. W. C. Farabee, but at this writ
ing is thought to be better. Mr.
James Oliver has a hog, sixteen
months old, that will weigh four
hundred pounds. John Wilhite
knows of a piece of land that you
can cultivate both sides of and one
end. Over two hundred bales of
cotton have passed through Jeffer
son this week, on its way to Athens.
Mr. Gip Campbell, son of Mr.Janies
C. Campbell, died of typhoid fever.
Mr. R. S. Cheney is speaking of
visiting Niagara Falls and New
York City. Mr. J. H. Boyles, of
the Atlanta water works, and Miss
Lola Boone, of Jefferson, Ga., were
married. Married, Mr. G. F. Bo-
man, of Hall county, to Miss M. J
Cronic. of Jackson county. Mr
Wm. Nunn, of Harrisburg District,
died last Monday. He was
eighty years old. Jim Randolph
has a hog that can eat
a six month’s old calf. The Texas
craze continues. Prof. L. M. Land
rum has accepted a school at Cal
houn Gordon Co. A citizen of our
county not long ago, concluded to
to try to better his fortunes in the
Lone Star State, and made a trip out
there for that purpose. He return
ed a few days ago with the informa
tion that desirable land out there
was worth about as much as it is here.
Whitehead&Maxwell bought severs
bushels of chestnuts this week that
had been stolen from the squirrels
and wood mice where they had been
hid away for winter. It is said that
these little animals never save 1
faulty one. and hence the robbers al
ways sell their booty as extra qual
'*>"• |
BcpnUlcus Aitumed ot spoor.
Washington, Nov. 21.—Major
Earle, of South Carolina, says with
reference to a recent Washington
dispatch, that it is true he was at
the White House at the same time
with Emorv Speer, but that neither
he nor Wallace went or came with
Speer and had nothing to do with
his (Speer’s) political business
there. Major Earle is a Republi
can,.but is evidently desirous of re
pudiating the Speer-Melton com
bination. He will have something
to say on this head, he says, in the
near future. '' 1 ‘
Molllo Bad a Llttlo Ram.
Mollie had a little rant as black
as a rubber shoe, and everywhere
that Mollie went he emigrated too.
He went with her to church one
day—the folks hilarious grew—to
see him walk demurely into Deacon
Allen’s pew.
The worthy deacon let his angry
passion rise, and gave it an un
christian kick between the sad
brown eyes.
This landed rammy in the aisle;
the deacon followed fast and raised
his foot again; alas! that first kick
was his last.
For Mr. Sheep walked slowly
back about a rod, *tis said ere the
deacon could retreat it stood him
on his head.
The congration then arose, and
went for that’ere sheep. Several
well directed but but piled then in
a heap. Then rushed they straight
way for the door, with curses long
and loud, while rammy struck the
hindmost man, and shot him through
the crowd.
The minister had often heard that
kindness would subdue the fiercest
beast. “Aha!” he says, “I’ll try
that game on you.
And so he kindly, gently called
‘Come, rammy, rammy sam: to see
the folks abuse you so, I greived
and sorry am.”.
With kind and gentle words he
came front that tall pulpit down,
saying: “Rammy, rammy, ram—
best sheepy in the town.”
The ram quite dropped his hum
ble are and rose from oil' his feet
and when the [parson lit he was
beneath the hindmost scat.
As he shot out the door, and clos
ed it with a slant, he named a Cal
ifornia town—I think ’twas
Yuba Dam.”
OCONEE MONITOR.
We propose to have a vote on
prohibition early next year.
We are sorry to mention the seri
ous illness of Mr. Sell Branch’s boy.
Your editorial on prohibition was
highly appreciated by the people of
Oconee.
Jim Price’s carp have come to life.
They had a regular jubilee this
morning.
The new whisky sold now will
kill off-hand 40 yards, so say the
drinkers.
We did not understand J. W.
Averett’s card. Does he deny writ
ing the dots?
Mr. Jim Branch has twenty hogs
to kill, which will ‘average 300
pounds apiece.
We received your dun, and will
hasten to remit, as we cannot get on
without the Banner-Watchman.
There will be several candidates
for the legislature next fall. We
hope that some good and true man
wifi be elected.
We had a call from Mr. Terrell,
who is soliciting subscriptions for
the new railroad, which proposes to
leave Athens out in the cold.
We are having the first rain that
we have had for several months,
which is bringing up small grain
and supplying the wells with water.
Dr. Hester, of Salem, is as success
ful in ginning and sawing lumber
as in practicing medicine, which is
saying a great deal for him.
We regret to learn that Mr. Tom
Jackson is going to leave Oconee.
Would that we had more such men.
He is a strong worker for the
church and temperance.
There is something verp attract
ive about Farmington for Bob
Branch.. We have heard of him
walking from Athens, bringing his
baggage in hand, so as to be in Farm
ington on Sunday.
Our community is greatly excited
over a new railroad project. Books
for subscription are open, and the
people are subscribing very liber
ally. The road is to tap the Geor
gia railroad two miles from Athens,
take in Barnett Shoals, and thence
to Farmington.
We are sorry to learn that the
election for “whisky” or “no whis
ky” was gained by the “whisky”
men, as they were the only ones
who took any interest in it. How
long before the people of God will
awake to a sense of their duty as
Christians and moralists?
We are pained to mention the
death of Mr. Briant, a clever, hard
working man of Watkinsvilie. His
death was from the effects of that
monster evil, which is destroying
so many bright intellects among us
daily. But still some of our best
men (so-called) will vote for its dis
tribution.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS. r , ■ - - - : GE
A negro man died in the barracks
at Macon. 1 »-:«*’ v - - •on:
The election of Randall to the
speakership is a foregone conclus
ion.
A bloody shirt was found in a
ditch at Coweta. Ga. Perhaps it
was lost by Mr. Speer.
Flipper has resigned his position
in a laundry and gone to Mexico
with a smuggling party.
In Pulaski county, Ga., Wm,
Wright shot and killed Cornelius
Jones, while under the influence of
whisky.
The trial of James Nutt for the
murder of N. L. Dukes, will come
up at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, the
first week in December.
Robert Pratt, convicted in the
Superior Court at Goldsboro, North
Carolina, of murder, has been sen
tenced to be hanged on the 20th of
December next.
The county commissioners of
Elbert county do not issue any
liquor license; consequently no
whisky is retailed in the county,
except in Elberton.
Mobile, Ai.a., Nov. 19.—A ped
dler named Johnson was murdered
and robbed near Society Hill last
night liy eight negroes, who jumped
on his wagon and crushed his head
with axes. His little boy escaped.
Jacksonville, Ft.a., Nov. 22.—
A special from Fort Meyers says
News has been received from the
Times-Dem. crat Everglades ex
ploring party, which states that the
members thereof are all well and
still going southward.
Batesville, Auk., Novcmbei
2.—A cyclone yesterday neariy de
stroyed the village of LaCrosse,
near Melbourne. The fine academy
there was destroyed, and only six
houses in the place were left stand
lug. Three persons were kil’ed
and several injured.
Rai.eigh, N. C.. Nov. 22.—To
day at Winston, N. C., three negroes
—Abram Watkins, Tom Lee and
Albert Drois—were sentenced to
be hanged on December 28th for
the murder of Anderson McCon
nell, colored. The men took an ap
peal to the supreme court.
Erie, I’a., Nov. 19.—Kate Beck
er was :rraigncd to-day upon :
charge of attempting to burn Doc-
tress Susan Meyers, who resorts to
hidden sciences to eft'ect cures and
is versed in the black art. Mrs.
Meyers charged that Mrs. Becker
wanted to burn her because her
curse and enchantments were evi
dences that she was a sorceress.
FOUND IN A MOUND.
Gen. Toombs’ Wife.
"Chatham ** in Savannah Xeiv*
We walk in the midst ot secrets, we
are encompassed with secrets, byt it is
an open secret that, there is no remedy
in the world so wonderful as Dr. Bull’s
Cough Syrup for coughs and colds.
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.
De simplest truth is dc truest truth
fur it ant understood by de most
people.
Fear ain’t based on judgement,
A hog will run quicker from a brick
bat den he will from a gun.
De thoughts what rise in a man
longs ter hisse’f, but de though
what he gets from books, ’longs to
somebody else.
Yer doan hab as good a chance
ob finin’out what kinder stuff a
rich man’s made outen as yer do de
poor man, fur we doan know de
piality ob de aig till its broke.
Ise ‘spicious oh de man what is
always claiminterbe workin’ in de
intrust ob udder fokes, ‘case he for
ces me to one ob two conclusions,
dat he is eder a fool or a liar.
A bald head ain’t allser de sign ob
sense. De turnip ain’t so sound
airter yer cut off" de greens.
I has know’d tender hearted men
dat would stan’ an’ listen ter a tale
oh distress an’ cry, but at dc same
time da lid a mighty tight grip on a
dime.
1 owed a man onct, an’ when I
spoke ter him about it he said “don’t
think ob dat, for it’s all right,” but
1 noticed dat airter 1 quit thinkin’
about it, he tuck it up an’ thought
about it till it worried me power
ful.
Ef a man thinks dat he's done
suthin’ funny, an’ yer laugh, it
pleases him mighty, but ef yer laugh
at him fur doin’ suthin’ what ain’t
funny, lie don’t like it. All through
life a man wants his frien’s ter look
at his own an’ not da own pleasure.
Dc pusson what is only smart in
one thing may make a big success
ob hisself, but he oughten’ter think
hard ob people case da gits tired ob
hint, fur we think more ob de mock
in’ bird, not because he can sing bet
ter den any udder bird, but because
he’s got so many different songs.
“One must be poor to know the luxury
of giving." That may be so, but we
think anybody can enjoy the luxury of
giving Itia fellow-sulferer a bottle of Dr.
Bull’s Cough Syrup to cure his cough.
Old Tims Niggers.
The Senate Committee on educa
tion and Labor is getting some re
markable information in Alabama.
One witness testified that the ma
jority of negroes born since the
war seemed to feeel that an educa
tion was all that they needed, and
they did not have to work. The
old negroes were the industrious
ones and the only ones who saved
money.
A Bowling Negro.
Bishop Turner, of the African
Methodist church, wants his head
put on ice. This is how he raves
over the late decision of the supreme
court on the civii rights bill:
“Mark my word, there will be
bloodshed enough over the decision
to drown every member of the su
f rente court in less than two years,
t absolves the allegiance of the ne
gro to the United States if the de
ciston is correct. The United States
constitution is a dirty rag, a cheat, a
libel, and ought to be spit upon by
every negro in the land. More, if
that decision is correct and is ac
cepted by the country, then pre
pare to return to Africa or get ready
for extermination.’’
Some time ago a white child was
found in the Augusta market by
some colored people, who carried it
over in Aiken county and sold it to
a highly respectable white family
for $10.
Romarkablo Relics of a Long Extinct Race.
Professor Norris, the ethnologist,
who has been examining the
mounds in this section of West Vir
ginia for several months, the other
day opened the big mound on Colo
nel B. II. Smith’s farm, six or eight
miles below here. This is the larg
est mound in the valley and proved
a rich storehouse. The mound is
fifty feet high and they dug down to
the bottom. It was evidently the
burial place of a noted chief, who
had been interred with unusual hon
ors. At the bottom they found the
bones of a human being measuring
seven feet in length and nineteen
inches across the shoulders, lie
was lying flat, and at either side, ly
ing at an angle of about forty-five
degrees, with their feet pointed to
ward their chief were other men—
on one side two and on the other
three. At the head of the chief lay
another man, with his hands extend
ed before him and bearing two
bracelets of copper. On each side
of the chiefs wrists were six copper
bracelets, while a looking-glass rest
ed on his breast. Four copper
bracelets were under his head, with
an arrow in the centre. A house
twelve feet in diameter and ten feet
high, with a ridge-pole one loot in
diameter, had been erected over
them, and the whole covered by the
dirt that formed the mound. Each
of the men buried there had been
inclosed in a hark cotlin.
Purlfyins a R«adjuster.
Lynchburg Virginian.
Front a gentleman of Rocky
Mount, Franklin county, who was
in the city on Saturday, we learn
the following particulars of how
Judge Tom Claiborne, a penitent
Mahoneite, was forgiven, purified
and taken back into the democratic
fold. The Judge was with a crowd
of enthusiastic old democrats of
Franklfn, who were rejoicing that
their county had redeemed itself,
and the state was safe from further
piratical ruin. He felt sad and
lonely; felt that it was indeed a God
forsaken party with which he had
cast his fortunes; felt that he had
sinned; felt sorrowful that he had
ever strayed from the path of light.
His lost manhood came back to him
while the hilarity of his democratic
friends was at its height, and rais
ing his voice he declared his pur
pose to kick out of the traces of
Mahoncism, and go hack into the
democratic ranks—if the boys would
accept him as a repentant sinner.
The democrats conferred togeth
er, and finally decided to take the
Judge back if he would go through
the course of purification they had
determined to be necessary. He
must first be bathed. A large bar
rel or tub of water was near at hand
Into this the Judge was plunged
He came out looking like a drown
ed rat, and asked if tiiat bath was
not enough. No; in he must go
again; and, raising him up iu their
strong democratic arms, the bovs
gave him another dip: pulled hint
out; gave him a breathing spell, and
shovetl hint in again. The first act
was concluded.
The democrats then told him i
would never do for a democrat t<
wear Mahone clothing, and provid
ed him with a new outfit from the
skin out, burning his old clothing
that could not be otherwise disin
fected. In his new democratic tog
gery the Judge was proceeding
homeward when the last injunction
was given him that “to be a true,
blue-blood Bourbon democrat, he
must sleep in bed with two Bour
bon democrats that night.”
The Judge took it all in good
spirits; is now a democrat, and says
he will never have occasion to suf
fer another purification.
Rumford Chemical Work*.
This is a prominent manufactu
ring concern of Providence, R. I.,
whose reputation is world-wide. It
was organized in 1S58 with a limit
ed amount of capital, but by ener
getic, persevering industry in the
manufacture of their standard prep
arations, they have grown to a mag
nitude which is a little short of the
marvellous. They make Horsford’s
Bread Preparation, Horsford’s Acid
Phosphate, and other specialties.
The Bread Preparation restores to
the flour the nutritious phosphates
that are lost in bolting. It makes a
perfect biscuit, nutritious and sweet,
and positively beneficial to health.
A tree use of this preparation in the
food imparts vigor to all the tissues
of the body, lends zest to the appe
tite and strengthens the brain. It
should be in every house.
I have several times alluded in my
conespoudencc to the beautiful
Christian character of Mrs. Julia A.
Toombs, and tlie tender devotion of
Gen. Robert Toombs to this noble
wife, up to the hour of her recent
death, and that soon after he joined
the church of which she had so long
been a member. Bishop George I'.
Pierce, who officiated at her funer
al and at the latter baptismal service
of tlie General, has paid a most de
serving and appropriate tribute to
her memory and tlie faithful devo
tion of her distinguished husband.
Sister Toombs,” writes Bishop
Pierce, “was a very remarkable wo
man. Natural endowments and
racious acquisitions combined and
harmonized, making one of the most
beautiful, lovely characters I have
ever known. Mentally, she was of
strong mind—had the best culture
of her day, and was eminently prac
tical in all the relations of life. Sound
in judgment she was a wise coun
sellor. Her perceptions of truth,
her comprehension ot facts, was
quick and comprehensive. Iler in
tuitions approximated infallibility,
and her tact in management was
unsurpassd. In mind and heart,
there was the rarest combination of
qualities—qualities seemingly an
tagonistic, yet so adjusted and bal
anced as to form a rounded charac
ter—without the preponderance of
any one, but an equilibrium of all.
Economical, but generous; decided,
but tolerant; firm, but tender; a
close observer of men and things,
and having a high standard of the
right and the proper, she was yet
full of sympathy, affection and char
ity for all. Her religion had the
tint of her personal character—sim
ple, without ostentation; earnest,
without pretentions, uniform, con
sistent, no ‘(laws unsightly,’ a liv
ing sentiment and a conscious real
ity. It governed her life, sanctified
her sickness and pillowed her dying
head. She was the guardian angel
of her distinguished husband. A
happier pair never trod life’s weary
way together. They, twain, were
one in will and taste and sentiment,
in mutual love and trust. United in
heart and hand for more than fifty
years, they lived in wedded fellow
ship, endeared by joy and sorrow,
made closer by death and bereave
ment of children—uninterrupted by
all the excitements of public life and runnin
and the vicissitudes of the country
and down to old age, without breach
or jar—blessing and blest, to the
last the parting kiss as fragrant as
the nuptial salutation. One has
gone to the bosom of God—a just
spirit made perfect The other lin
gers lonely and sorrowful. May
our Father in Heaven re-unite them,
where parting and death come 110
more.”
,A Mficop ■ archjt9c) drajwing
plans for a new state capitol.
Strangers ■ are ■ “takdti in,” drug
ged and roblied in Savannah.
The Elberton cotton j»ee4oU m ‘R
is nearly ready to go tO/ WOrlf
Four colored men in Rome, Ga.j
are studying for tliejiriesthbod,
It has been decided beybnd a
doubt that tea can be raised in
Georgia.
The first brick of the new Kim
ball house will bedaid on . Decem
ber first. . j
There are' Over 50,600 miles of
unbroken pine forest in. Southeast
Georgia.
The Sandcrsvillc and Augusta
narrow guage railroad seems to be
Hogging.
There was a balance in the state
treasury on the 1st of October of
$693,669x13.
Seventy-five bushels of corn are
made to the acre in Tennessee Val
ley, above Claytqn, Ga.
Bev. A. Martin, a lawyer pf Dah-
lonega, has bee 1 sent to the lunatic
asylum. Poor Bev! whiskey got
Him.
A southerner who don’t like Gen.
Toombs, says the water became
hot when Doughty Bob was bap
tized. " ,'5g. ;—*
”The latest reports in regard to
the cotton cop of Georgia show a
yield of 68 to 70 per cent, of the
average.
Atlanta Journal: A wholesale li
quor dealer of this city offers to
give $1,000 to carry the county for
prohibition.
Prohibition seems to have re
ceived a backset, last week, as
Morgan, Butts and Merriwethcr
counties voted against it.
The North Georgia conference of
the M. E. chu.ch south, will con
vene in Dalton on the 28th inst.
Bishop George F. Pierco will pre
side.
There is not a single water mill
in operation in Liberty county. In
some portions ol the county the
people have to send 25 miles to
mill.
In Jones county the 9-ycar-oUl
daughter of J. B. Brown fell into
an open fire place Friday and was
so badly burned that she died Sun
day.
In the northern part of Monroe
county, during the past week, an
idiotic negro, some seventeen years
old, was so badly burned that she
died within a day.
Early County News: One of our
prominent business men says he
passed through the place where
Atlanta now stands some forty years
or mire ago, when it was called
Martha -.ville, and consisted of one
little house which was being built
then.
Judge Lochrane is remarkably
hopeful of a favorite verdict being
given in the matter of the redemp
tion of Georgia’s bogus bonds. I ta
bus associated with him, the lion.
E. S. Isharn, the law partner of
Secretary lincoln, to prosecute the
case against the general govern
ment, which lie holds is responsi
ble lor the acts of one of its provis
ional legislatures.
Good for tho Jaws.
•V. Y. Herald.
Dr. Stocker, the German preach
er who had so much trouble to make
himself heard in London in his po
lemic against the Jews, has finally
succeeded in getting a small audf-
ence and the use of a hall. And
the grand result of it all is that he
has said a great many things against
thejews which, upon the whole,
are very ho lorab’c to that people.
He says they oppose the politics of
the Emperor and of Prince Bis
marck. That, from a court preach
er’s stand point, is a dreadful off euse,
no doubt; but it shows that the Ger-
niKii Jews are ahead of the other
Germans in political perception.
Flunk*; and Beauty.
Philadelphia Press,
A story comes from England, via
a Chicago paper, that Miss Cham
berlain, the American beauty, lias
consented to marry a son of the
Queen’s late flunkey, John
Brown, and that the old lady
Victoria I., is much delighted.
Mr. Brown’s full name is Peter Al
gernon, age 24, and, whne he is
safely married, he is to he safely
knighted and promote.!. What
Victoria will do to start the young
couple at housekeeping does not
yet appear. The yarn may be
true but as this distance, remember
ing ail that has been said about
Miss Chamberlain, it would seem
that only to marry the son of a flun
key instead of Earl, a Duke or that
of a Prime Minister is not quite up
to her expectation. However it may
be a happier marriage, after all,
than if she had become a Countess,
but we doubt if my lords and gen
tlemen will look upon it in that
light. t [
Mr. Titos. Allen, 8avannah,Ga.,sa;s:
“I was cured of djrspejpaia of many years
standing by using Brown’s Iron Bitters.’ ’
GENERAL NEWS.
Tennessee ministers get an aver
age salary of $381.
The epidemic at Brewston, Ala
bama, is at at end.
Edward Butler, the democratic
boss of St. Louis, is a blacksmith hv
trade.
Mrs. Tom Thumb gravely assev
erates that she will never marry
igain.
W. C. Temple, at Temple’s mill,
I la., has an orange nursery of 100,-
000 trees.
No more ladies are wanted as
cle. ks in the Treasurers office of the
United States.
Travelers in Africa assert that the
most certain cure for malarial fever
is strong coffee.
At Lexington, Kv., was establish
ed the first lodge ot Freemasons in
the great West, November 17, 1788.
A letter mailed in San Francisco
on the afternoon of October to
reached London October 25—just
15 days afterward.
Texas has gone up head, and is
now the wealthiest southern state,
her assessed valuation of taxable
property being $520,000,000.
A vessel while en route to Nas
sau, last week, was wrecked and
all on board were lost, among them
was the Wallack theatrical troupe.
The Greenville, S. C., News says
there is no truth in the story tele
graphed about a Greenville girl
away with the circus man.
The Brooks comet will be visible
to the naked eye on about the night
ot the 21st inst., and will continue
to gain intensity up till the middle
oi January.
In Kentucky they believe in
maintaining discipline in the family.
In Bowling Green the other day
W. O. Dodge, who is over 75 years
old, chastised his son, aged "50, on
the public streets.
T lie bar at Hillsboro, Tex., moved
to strike ^onc of its members from
tlu* roll of attorneys, last week, for
attacking the character of two re
spectable young ladies to save his
guilty client.
Next in cheek to the stealing of a
redhot stove was the recent theft ot
a large steam boiler in Denver. It
was conveyed away in a transfer
wagon and was found doing duty
for a velocipede factory. 3
Dr.J. C. Peters, of New York
traces the origin of scat let fever to
horses and argues that equine virus
may yet be found as good a preven
tative of the scourge by innoculation
as vaccine virus is of small-pox.
A young man near Abbeville
Ala., contracted with a farmer to
work for him a year for his daugh
ter and a double barrelled shot-gun
The contract has been faithfully perl
tormed and the young man is now
the happy possessor of his double
prize.
W. W. Cole is the richest man in
the show business. He is the sole
owner of his great exhibition, and
his real estate in Chicago and other
cities are a source of large revenues.
He is only 33 j e:irs old and has al-
ready made one trip around the
world,with his mammoth enterprise.
His profits this season will amount
to overa million.
Mr. David Moses, the Dime Mu-
seum genffeman, whose marriage
with the fat woman attracted so
much attention recently, does not
propose to remain a widower very
Jl cent visit to
Baltimore he divided his time mour-
rung oyer h,s dead wife and coquet-
flJJ^Jvffh an armless woman on ex-
hibibon in the Monumental City,
shortly. 6 8re to wedded