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,cpTIONOF* reneoade.
Ch „!c»ton News end Courier:
^ spccr is removed by the
-"' d • 0 f t W o generations from
let Speer, ami is infinitely
hcr removed in motive and ob-
' The old grand sire was curn-
I C n J conscientious in his political
r w hilc Speer is the hireling
renemy of his people and
,„es here *° win the wages of his
l' 1 , It is humiliating enough
one who was born here
* *, j,,” lived here all his life should
i the willing instrument or
NO XXIII.
THE BANNER-WATCHMAN.
AN INTERESTING LETTER.
!•,. pet-eci
P r
tors of his people.
Far
i hen a citizen ol an ad-
,t:ite eagerly accepts a re-
, which is nothing better or
than blood money, fb be mer
iting the forms of law
;rved by h filing eve
'reused Caiolinian lo be guilty,
r .,l to the satisfaction of a packed
he .hall prove himself to be in-
rllt l'.ir Sanders, for Snyder
. j- lir llotterworth there was
,re\cii'c. These good people
.. tin hire and the government
. f ,i them They would have
. ..rented a man from Ohio ora
|. nn ,vIranian or a New Yorkeras
.j’ouslv as they would have prose-
mi a citizen of this state. Emory
ret, however, is chosen because
, Southerner, and, being a
mthemer, any conviction that he
■ ht obtain would redound to the
rater gloiv of the Republican
The high priests of Rcpub-
-ni demanded that the accused
, : i,,crats in South Carolina should
■ hunted down by one of the
■them family, and Mr. Speer was
, too ready to sell himself once
,,e to Mr. Benjamin Harris Brew-
T!.:. l’.tnorv Speer, therefore,
.mill be treated and regarded as
, renegade that lie is. There was
,t. -.1 far as know, a single redeem-
• trait in his character before the
,-e present prosecutions began
ia he is despised by all
■pectablc citizens. At Washing-
democrats had no use for
tit 1. there is any hope that lie
aid lecover the lost ground and
habilitate himself ill tile esteem of
> countrymen, that hope is past
ml gone. N et lie will.not be for-
c.ten. In South Carolina, at all
. he will be remembered as
the galler y of worthies in
Ktiicli Scott, Moses, Whipper, Par-
■ and Cardozo have a conspicu-
. place. These nev er served the
Republican party more unscrupu-
-h than Speer does, aud it must
>aid in their favor that they mere-
vtolc our purse, while Speer
otild filch from us our good name
ail make us poor indeed.
THE NEW Ell'.HTrl DISTRICT.
The Augusta News says that it
• -tateil on what is considered good
i.ithoiily, that Hon. Pope Harrow
will oppose Hon. Seaborn Kcese
fir the next congressional nomina-
• in. Forces are at work in Ogle-
i.i irpealready to giv e Mr. Barrow a
mm, I)r. Carlton is also mention-
id. but lie and Mr. Barrow will
probably not oppose each other.—
Savannah Time
There is an old adage that you
niu-t go from home to learn the
’nvv We do not know the News'
g.iinl authority" for its statement in
•ig.itd to Mr. Harrow, but sonn
months since that gentleman posi
i uly informed us that he was en
' v \ out of politics and would de-
o-teliis time to the law. Again,
Mi. Harrow ii laboring under the
■a '.r load as “the gentleman from
Oglethorpe," Mr. Smith, being one
of tin- live pillars that upholds Ath-
tns’ negro postma ter. While wc
a e personally his friend, and admire
his ability and do not doubt his de-
mocracy, we must say that we do
not believe that Mr. Harrow could
be nominated while laboring under
the disability of being a bondsman
for Madison Davis. Our people feel
thi. degradation too deeply to give
it endorsement in any manner what-
i\ er. Wc have not heard Dr. Carl-
tor. express any interest in the mat-
ter.and must confess that the News is
entirely too previous. Athens has no
desire to rule this district, for it will
rather be her mission to pour oil
upon the troubled waters, and assist
the nomination of some good
man who w.11 best preserve party
unity.
TonctUnt Atlanta'* Tint Must. Why it via QIt-
an and When Chang oil.
Cunntitutian.
We are permitted to print the fol
lowing interesting letter.
Miss Martha Lumpkin, to wh'om
the letter was written by her dis
tinguished, father, is now Mrs. T.
E. Compton,and isjliving in Athens,
in the old Lumpkin home.
. A friend of hers—a lady in this
c,t y~has had for many years a copy
of this letter, and" it is her
copy- that we are permitted to print.
The'reminiscences of Atlanta print
ed in The Constitution of last Sun
day. suggested that the facts in this
letter would be interesting. Gov
ernor Lumpkin was a pure and il
lustrious man,and the letter will con
firm the high estimate of his char
acter that all Georgians are now
holding.
Atlanta, Ga., October 25. 1S53.
Miss Martha W. Lumpkin—Sly
dear daughter: You doubtless
have some recollection of my spend
ing the year 1S42. in the "days of
your childhood, in superintending
and directing the allairs of our great
State railroad, known as the West
ern and Alantic railroad. Most of
the important incidents at
tending the labors of
my public life I have recorded
elsewhere, but there is one particu
lar circumstance connected with that
service, which I deem it especial-:
ly appropriate that I should com- 1
municate you in more detailed
and particular manner than
might he necessary to sat
isfy the curiosity of all others, ex
cept yourself. It is an occurence con- and was lost withott a charge or
An electric light company in
Liberty street, New York, displays
in one of its windows an interesting
exhibition of the diverse uses of el
ectricity. A miniature waterfall
descends from the top of the win
dow and behind it glean several in-
canliant. The electricity which
pumps up the water is conveyed
over the wires.
The city council of Columbus,
f>hio, has formally rescinded the
resolution adopting standard time
*» the official time of the city and
reverting to tile old or actual stand
ard time.
Gut of the vvl ole number of pa
tients received into the Asylum dur
"ig the past year, 147 were married,
*"d 174 single. This shows there
is more peace of mind in the cares
ol married life, 'ban in so-called sin
kle blessedness.
l'lie yield of wheat in England,
Scotland, Ireland, and Wales is said
•o be be deceasing, while in the
l nited States the increase in the
average of wheat in a single year
' s equal to the entire amount de
volv'd to wheat culture in England.
Editor Willingham sides with
•Mahonc against the democrats of
, ,r ginia, and yet calls himself a
Democrat—all of which is exceed-
"Iglv queer.—Ex.
^ ou must recollect that Charlie
’* Sotting old and is liable to do a
jjreat many things that we might
think was wrong. Please excuse
shortcomings.
Edwin Booth, many years ago, in
wining a brief antibiographic
skeigh of his own, career, said; “My
debut on ‘life’s stage* was during a
grand ‘star’ performance, November
1 .1.1. it being on the ‘meteoric
thower,’ mentioned by old almanacs
a farm some twenty-five miles
Md" * t ' more ’ * n H # D° rd coun *y
nccted with the the terminus of
that great road, and the name of the
town located at that point,
now one of the most
growing cities of the state,
known by the name of Atlanta. That
location was after the most careful
examination of the contiguous coun
ty and due consideration of all its
advantages and disadvantages point
ly unitedly selected by Charles F.
Si. Garnett, then chief engineer of
the state of Georgia, and myself for
the porposcs above indicated.
When selected it was in a perfect
state of nature, a wild unmolested
forest, not a fence or cabin to be
seen anywhere in sight of the loca
tion, nor did wc ever know who
was the owner of the land which
we had selected for these impor
tant purposes and where now stands
the largest inland town in Georgia.
Upon inquiry, however, we found
the place we had selected belonged
to Mr. Samuel Mitchell, of Pike
county, Georgia. I immediately
wrote to Mr. Mitchell and sent my
communication by a trust worthy
express,‘informing him of our selec
tion and that if he was the legal
owner of the place I wished to pur
chase of him a few acres for the
use of the state for the purpose of
erecting the necessary depot build
ing, etc., thereon. And further
requested him to visit me at Mariet
ta without delay for the purpose of
consummating our object.
Mr. Mitchell being ail entire
stranger'to me, i was wholly unpre
pared to form any opinion of the
gentleman with whom the business
of my office led me to have business
transactions. Speculators and shar
pers, however, got some intimation
of the secret of our selection, but
how 1 never knew, as 1 know it
was not from Mr. Garnett or myself
as both duty and prudence influence
us to keep the secret of our selection
from others until we could commu
nicate with Mr. Mitchell.
The speculators got to Mr. Mitch
ell about the same time that my ex
press arrived at his house,and,fortu
nately he was a gentleman of too
much intelligence and character to
have been imposed upon by such
fellows, even il he had not have re
ceived the intelligence which he
did from 111c. Upon the arrival of
Mr. Mitchell at Marietta, my head
quarters, I was very much pleased
to find in him all that could be de
sired—a sensible, plain, independ
ent, naturalized citizen of Georgia,
who had long resided ill the state,
and by his industry, care and good
conduct had accumulated an ample
competency of the good things of
this life; consequently found our
business transactions of the most
pleasant character, my anticipation
of the vast importance of this spot
of ground falling so far short of that
which has already been realized in
regard to the population, business
and expansion of everything con
nected with the place, I confess
caused me to err greatly in not pro
curing more land than I did from
Mr. Mitchell for public purposes.
11c said from our first interview
that he would receive nothing from
the state, and claimed as a right and
urged that lie should have the honor
of making the state a donation of all
the grounvl that might be necessary
for public purposes, free of chnige.
Although I urged him to receive
a fair compensation, consequently
I was forced to take his conveyance
free of charge to state. 1 therefore
only took five acres, what was nec
essary for present purposes; and I
must confess his cleverness and lib
erality influenced me to take less
land than 1 should have done if
he would have suffered me to pay a
fair price for the land. In the next
place Mr. Mitchell desired to have
a town laid out into lots and streets.
And at my request Mr. Armcs,
then a sub-engineer on the State
road, assisted by myselt and some
others, laid out the first town at
what is now called Atlanta. This
being accomplished the next thing
in order before advertising the lots
for sale was to give a name to the
town, although destitute of build
ings. Mr. Mitchell and many oth
ers said to me, that they wished the
town to bear my name, Lumpkin.
I p/omptiy and decidedly replied
that I would not sutler it to be so.
First, because we already had in
Georgia a co'unty as well as a beau
tiful flourishing little village called
Lumpkin, in honor of myself. And
secondly, connected as 1 was ■ with
this whole matte 1- , I considered it
indelicate and improper, and sug
gested to Mr. Mitchell that, under
all the circumstances, I thought it
would be more proper that the
town should be called Mitchell than
Lumpkin, but advised him to con
sult with Colonel Garnett and oth
er intelligent gentlemen on the sub
ject. After which Mr. Mitchell and
Colonel Garnett in company in
formed me that they had named the
new town and there was to be. nb
more objections or change; the towh
should be called MArthasville, in
honor of my youngest daughter,
yourself. I still, however, suggest
ed reasons why it might not he'a'
judicious selection of a name, btit
they declared that what had been
written was written and they would
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1883.
VOL. XXX
hear of no chi lge whatever, and
thus the first its in what is now
called Atlanta v re sold as lots ly
ing and fcelongn^ to the town of
Marthasvillc. t was incorporated
as a town by th legislature of Geor
gia as thc’townif Marthasvillc and _
a post office wa established by the j
federal governnrznt and a • postmas--
tcrappoiuted by the same as the
town of Marthayillc, and it would
have borne the name yet but for
the predominate low vice of envy.
I do not recollec’ofevcr having be
stowed a singl thought on the
name or the plac previous to the
subject having ben introduced as
hereinbefore statd, nor do I believe
that I ever shoulihave thought of
the place hearingthc name of my
self or any of my amily if it had not
con- |, een presented a.d urged by those
who had the best'ight to move in
the matter. Mr. Vlitchell was the
owner of the landind he alone had
the right to lay out a town upon
the same and givtit a name to suit
himself, nor do 1 d-ny the right to
the legislature to iter and change
the names of our tiwns and coun
ties. At any rate they have done
both in several instances, and in one
instance they namd a county, then
changed its name afterwards re
pented of the ciange and then
named anothci couity after the in
dividual, whom tfcy had unjustly
discarded. There’ore they may
yet, in some paroxysm, change, ruh
out the great cit>- of Atlanta and
substitute or reinstite your name.
But whether they do- or not is a
matter of small coise^ience. since
your honored promotion in this mat
ter was acquired withlut seeking,
A leadville sermon.
whisper of lessened malt or worth
on your part or your amily. And
you may always rencmhei that
one of the mostdistingiished towns
in Georgia was loc4cd by your
father, and by its original and first
proprietor was named |n honor of
yourself. Marthasvillc. The name
being stolen from you will
never change the facts
appertaining to tie case. I
think, however, as tie legislature
had just the same rigjt to change
your name as they had i> change the
name of the town call*] after you
they would have acted more con
sistently to have change! your name
as well as your town tothat of At
lanta.
Most affectionately y«ur father,
Wilson Lumpkin,
A FALLEN PRIESTS BRIDAL
Tbs Blackmailing Pair Cams to oner In a Wli
coniln City.
Milwaukee, Dec. 1—Ex-Priest
Anton Pufalski, charged with at
tempted blackmail, and the woman
who was his partner in crime, fled
trom this city last nijjit. Before
starting the two went through the
f arm of ‘being married although;
they had claimed to >e man and’
wife. The Rev. Fathe r Gulski, the
Priest who brought the charge of
blackmail, has been in charge of the
Polish church, which has ihe largest
congregation in this city. The fact
that Pufalski, aided by the woman,
had been committing v.vious crimes
come to the knowledge of the priest
and it was determinal that they
had better leave the twn. It was
also agreed, after some consultation
with the clergy hercy that certain
funds be furnished them for the
purpose of having Pulfaski return
to Prance or Rome gnd the woman
to go further west, <11 of which was
agreed to. Pending the effort to
accumulate sufficient funds to fur
nish Pufalski with money to return
to Europe, it seems that at the insti-
gatio'n of several malicious persons,
Pufalski and the woman presented
one morning in September last
Father Gulski with an account, ap
parently against the reverend fa
ther. It purported to he a claim for
the maintenance of a child of the
priests. The Priest kicked Pulfaski
out of doors and then had’ him and
the woman arrested. Pending trial,
Pulfaski and the woman addressed
a confession to Father Gulski, ask
ing forgiveness and promising to
leave the city if released. .The mat
ter was presented to the court and
sentence suspended.
SPEER’S PERFIDY.
In reporting the election trials at
Columbia, S. C.. a correspondent of
the Augusta Chronicle describes
Mr. Speer’s first appearance as fol
lows:
Mr. Speer arose to reply. Imme
diately all eyes in the room were
turned upon him and he had the
closest attention. It was evident,
however, as he proceeded, that a
feeling of great disappointment had
pervaded the audience, and when
he concluded there was probably
not a dozen men who heard him.
Mr. Speer's personal appearance
has been so often described that it
is hardly necessary to picture him
again, except to say that to us he
does not possess the handsome
physique we had expected; his
manner is not near so pleasing as
we were led to believe; he is not the
orator we looked for; he is not the
polisljcd speaker we had heard of;
he is not, as will be subsequcntly
shown, the erudite scholar thnt he is
considered by his admirers; he is too
small of stature to command admi
ration or respect by his inches; his
eyes are not at all like the eagle's; his
complexion is bilious, and, altogeth-'
er, he is an exceedingly common
place looking person who will do
very well to make up one of a crowd.
“Only this and nothing more.”
Libtlky
A curious case has recently oc
curred in Hamburg, in which the
manager of a branch establishment
sues his employer for libel by tele
phone. The manager pretended
that he did not hear the . message,
and obtained a witness to receive
the second edition, but as telephone
messages can be heard by others
than those they are intended for, it
is considered that a libel spok. n
through the telephone is “publish
ed," hence the action, the result of
which is not without interest to
good many people.-
Origin AVim.
Liquor has been sold in Forsyth
for several months in open disre
gard of the prohibition law, and
Friday the prohibition citizens held
a meeting and nominated a full tick
et, headed by the republican- post
master. Banks, pledged to enforce
the law. The anti-prohibitionists
will put out a ticket also, and a moat
exciting municipal contest may be
looked for this wteek.
DisconiM Dollnna by a Kim la a Tandy
Tksatra.
Chicago Ticif*.
At one of our evening entertain
ments Mr. J. L. Dow, N. P. (Victo
ria) a Scotchman of exceltent hu
mor, who is returning from a tour
in America, read us a sermon which
he had taken down, as he heard it
in Leadville. The service was in a
theatre; some whisky barrels made
the pulpit. After singing “A Day’s
March Nearer Home.” a hard-fea
tured miner rose to address the
hard-featured congregation: L
"Friends, the regular preacher
has gone down among the boys
who are working the new carbonate
mines at Gunnison, and I have been
appointed to take his hand and
heave it for all it’s worih. To many
of you present it won’t be necessary
to tell you that I’m kinder new to
this business, but I don’t believe
there’s a rooster in the camp mean
enough to take advantage of my ig
norance and cold deck me on the
first deal. I have been reading in
this yere book that yarn about the
prodigal son, and I will trv to tell
you the story. The book don’t give
no dates, but 1 reckon it happened
a considerable spell back in this his
tory. It seems that prod’s father
was pretty flush with stamps, and
a real good sort into the bargain, as
he always shelled out pretty freely
when the kid struck him for a stake,
and never bucked at the size of the
pile either, so long as the boy heav
ed in hearty on the ranch and gen
erally behaved hisself hansum. But
by-and-by the kid grew restless and
wanted to rustle out the gravel; so
he got the old man to ante up in ad
vancc of the death racket and let
him go. He no sooner got the div
vy in his pocket than he shook the
ranch, and spread himself out to
take in some of the far off camps
Well according to the book, he had
a pay up time at first, and slung his
coin around as if he owned the hest-
paving lead within a thousand miles
of Denver. But my friends, this
game didn’t last forever. Hard luck
struck him at last, and the prod is
found in one of his sober intervals
remarking in a confidential way to
one of his chums: “I say, old pard,
I’m busted clean down to the bed
rock, and them’s the cold-blooded
facts.” The book don’t say what the
prod went broke on, but probable
steered up against some brace game.
Be that as it may however he was
so beatifully cleaned out that he
hadn’t a two bit piece left to go and
eat on. In this condition he struck
a ranch belonging to an old granger
who taking pity on the poor busted
prod, gave him a job of herding hogs.
The granger wasn’t a bad sample in
a general way, hut he was inclined to
be kinder mean on feed, and so it
came that the prod got so frightfully
sharp-set for a meal he had to go
whacks in the hog trough. You bet
the kid who in flush time had been
boozing round on the best of every
thing, like a silver king or a railroad
monopolist, had now plenty of time
on his hands for doing a tall lot of
thinking, amrfine day he said to
himself:‘‘I’ll just ding the business.
Why, even the meanest help-in my
old governor’s hired service arc liv
ing on square grub and plenty of it,
while I’m worrying along here on a
shook lunch. 1 know what I’ll do
—I’ll just skip back home to the old
man and ask for a new deal.” So
awav he went, hut he had a hard
time’ reaching the old ranch, and
don’t you forget it. When you
have plenty of coin, my friends,
everybody’s pleasant, but when
you’re on the borrow, you don’t
find it so good. Finally he did strike
the familiar trail leading down to
the old home, and while crossing
some vacant lots the old man, as the
book puts it, saw him coming faroffi
Yes, that old man’s eyes were very
dim, but he did not fail to spot the
boy afar ofl".
And what d’ye suppose that
prod’s father did? Did he whistle
the dogs up to chase him oflf the
ranch? You bet he didn’t. Did he
go and take down his shot-gun and
wait till he got a good drop on him?
You bet he didn’t. No, but I'll tell
you what he did. He just waltzed
right out of the gate to meet him,
and froze to that poor scare-crow
right on the spot, and fell to kissing
of him and weeping over him and
calling him his poor, long-lost boy
until the prod got broken all up, and
cried like n sluice-dam when the
show comes down ofl Pike’s
Peak under a July sun. The
old man then took him right,
away to a clothing store and
rigged him out in the nobbiest suit
to be had for coin, and put an ele
gant ring on his finger, ordered the
fattest steer on the ranch to be
slaughtered, invited all the neigh
bors in. and had the biggest blow
out that camp had ever seen. .
Now, it appears the prod’s broth
er was out working with the teams,
and when he came in he asked some
of the help what was the meaning
of the picnic they were having in
side, and when told the reason he
just got real mad. The old man
hearing of this, went out to him and
said: “Come in, iad; your brother’s
come back, and we are having a
regular old-lashioned jubilee; now,
you come right along like a good
fellow, and share in the breakdown.”
But the brother would 'not budge,
and he said: "Look here, dad, I
have stuck to the ranch, and have
never transgressed your orders, but
it never struck you to have -a picnic
of this kind until you -give-in honor
of a loafer who has disgraced our
name.” But, my friends, you nuke
your bets on it that the old man-had
a level head, and wasn't easily to be
bluffed. He says: “My son, you
say you have never transgressed my
orders, but are you quite sure that's
so? 1 tell you that you have griev
ously transgressed my command
ments now by your unbrotherly
and uncharitable behavior
Learn that I am pleased by service
of mere form, if the heart is not in
accord. You may count that your
service is according to the letter of
the law, but I tell you it don’t fill
the bushel worth a cent, so far as the
spirit is concerned. The spirit yon
are showing, my lad, leads to nar-
row-mindedness, to bigotry, to in
tolerance, and to fooling round and
burning folks because they don’t fix
up their formal observances just
exactly as you have arranged and
you assert must be right." And
now, friends, it is to the credit of the
brotnerthat he took his old fathers'
square talk in
bet that old man
ough-bred—and don’t you forget it
A ROMANCE IN HEAL LIFE.
no Hlltcry or th. Bah* TtetVMum on Mr.
FATAL DUEL IN THE NIGHT
Comtitatioa.
The constitution is enabled to
present to its readors this morning a
romance in real life that is as com
plete in all its details as one could
desire.
One Sunday night in March last
about eight oclock there was a vig
orous ring at the door bell of the
residence of of Mr. James P. Harri
son. When the ring was answer
ed there was foundon the verandah
what appeared to be a basket of
clothes, but no one was in sight.
The basket was taken into the
honse, and an examination of
its contents showed that within the
folds of the warm clothes nestled a
PIIETTY GIRL BABY.
Of course Mr. Harrison and Mrs.
Harrison were taken by surprise at
the visit of the young stranger hut
its helpless condition at once enlist
ed their sympathies, and they pro
ceeded to give the child such care
as was necessary. It was found
that the baby wa* unddr the influ
ence of some drug, doubtless ad
ministered to keep the little one from
crying. Dr. Gray who lived a short
distance from the residence of Mr.
Harrison’s, was sent for and attend
ed to the wants ot the baby, and in
two or three hours it was all right.
As Mr. Harrison did not cate to
found an orphan asylum he turned
the baby over to Captain Crim, of
the police force, anil that officer car
ried her to the Ivy street hospital,
where it was taken in charge by the
matron.
THE BABY NAMED.
Mr. J.J. Toon, who exercises a
fatherly care over the inmates, was
charmed with the pretty face of the
little stranger from the realm of
mystery. A number of ladies called
to see the baby and several were so
carried away that they offered to
give it a home and a name. Mr.
Toon finally decided to name the
baby “Centraline Ivy,” in honor of
the institution—the Central Ivy
street hospital. After two weeks
the baby was given to a benevolent
lady who adopted it, but the child
soon sickened and died. She was
described as a lovely little girl, and
the ladies who saw her forgot the
possibilities of her birth in their ad
miration of her soft cheeks and cozy
little dimples.
WHOSE BABY WAs’lT?
One day soon after the baby was
sent to the hospital, there appeared
at the door an old lady who asked
permission to the warm precincts
of the cheerful institution. She
was properly accredited and was
admitted. She at once manifested
an interest in the baby and soon ad
mitted that she knew of its history.
She said that her name was Pear
son, and that she was the grand
mother of the child and had with
her own hands placed it on the ve
randah of Mr. Harrison’s house.
While she was sick she was visited
by a handsome young dressmaker,
named Tillie Pearson, who was
about iS, and as blooming as a rose.
The girl was the old woman’s
daughter, and was the-mother of
the baby, which was the result of
an unholy alliance between the
young dressmaker and Oscar T. Wa
ters, a cotton buyer. The old woman
stated that Waters had threatened
to kill the child, and that she taken
it out and left it on the verandah of
Mr. Harrison’s house. At the time,
however, she did not know who
lived there. After a tew days the
old lady died and the blooming
young dressmaker’s life was en
shrouded in the blackness of woe.
THE DEVELOPMENTS.
In the midst of the young girl’s
distress, Mr. Toon got hold of Wa
ters and endeavored to gel him to
marry the girl, hut he said that he
was not ready. It developed that
Waters had carried the girl with
him to Charlotte, where he lived,
and that there he had introduced
her as his wife, and had, in that
way, grossly imposed on his family.
That occurred before the child was
bom. All efforts to get Waters to
make reparation were fruitless, and
the girl, after three moths, left the
hospital and nothing more was
heard of her there for several
months.
A few days ago Waters turned
up at the hospital and asked for the
girl. He was told that she was not
there, but was informed where she
could probably be found. He went
to the place designated, but the girl
had gone to Union Point. Waters
followed her and now comes the
story that h« has married her. It
he has and he tieats her well he will
be doing her an act of long delayed
justice. At least it will go ms far ns
he can toward reparation for the
wrong he has done the pretty dress
maker.
HURLED FROM* A TRESTLE.
. Aten thousand
Milon Texas.
dollar blaze in
A Colon* Mu ud Woman Strack By an Exprus
Train and Killed Near Darliboro.
Awjutta *Yr u t.
A fatal accident resulting in the
death of a colored man and woman,
occured near Davisboro. on the
Central railroad, about noon Thurs
day. As the express train, due in
Savannah at 3:25 p. m , was ap
proaching a trestle over Williams’
swamp, the engineer discover a man
and woman crossing on the ties.
The man had reached the end of the
trestle and the woman being be
hind, he turned and went buck to
assist her. The engine struck both
the man and woman, hurling them
both from the trestle in . the swamp
below. The train was brought to
a stop, and the bodies were recov
ered from the water. Both were
frightfully mangled, the woman’s
skull being crushed and her
head nearly cut in two. The re
mains were cared for, and the train
proceeded without great delay.
The unfortunate people were nam
ed Ann Williams and Ed. May,
and lived in the vicinity of the
place.
Onj of Ui» PsrUctputa Foud Dud th* Hot
Ijonunf-Th* Otter u T*t Unknown— 1 Th*
Myatery and Romance Surrounding the Death
ol» Toung Telegraph Operator In Michigan.
The dead body of Byron M. Sib
ley. a young and good looking op
erator, was found near an old man
ufacturing establishment near the
depot. He lay upon his back with
a bullet hole in his temple, and not
faraway was his revolver, with all
except one of the cartridges dis
charged. There were footprints in
the partly frozen earth, indicating a
st^ggle; but the motive of the mur
derer was not robbery, for the young
man’s watch and money were un
disturbed. As he was universally
esteemed and not known to have an
enemy in the world, his friends and
acquaintances, save one, were at a
loss to account for the tragedy. This
one, William Ward, a hotel clerk,
was able to throw some light on the
tragedy, but only enough to invest
the case with a thrilling interest, and
throw around it enough of mystery
and romance to set the town wild
with excitement.
Ward explained the day before
the tragedy Sibley had told him
that he was in trouble with a prom
inent citizen of the place, who ac
cused him of improper intimacy
with his wife, based on the woman’s
confession. The injured husband
had notified Sibley two weeks be
fore of his discovery, and then
threatened to kill him il he did not
leave town. Sibley had protested
his innocence of the charge, hut the
husband refused to believe him and
insisted that Marshall was not large
enough to hold both of them. Sib
ley had gone to Detroit
to secure a transfer to some other
town, but, failing in this, had re
turned to Marshall on Monday last
and resumed his work. That after
noon he had perceived
letter from his enemy saying
that he was sorry he had come back,
and giving him until the next day to
leave town. Sibley told his friend,
that he had written the man a note
saying he had made up his mind to
stay; that he was innocent of the
charge, and that if the husband did
not stop dogging him one or the
other would have to sutler for it.
Ward asked the man’s name, but
Sibley refused to give it to him. He
showed Ward his revolver, and
said that while his enemy had a self-*
cocker he would, if it came to that,
make the best fight he could with
his old style weapon. Sibley had
the letter, unaddressed, in his hand
as he went out, and the next morn
ing it was found, still with no in
scription, on his body.
When news of the murder spread
throughout the town many people
remembered that about 9 o’clock the
previous evening they heard two
pistol shots in the neighborhood of
the depot. One family living near
the scene of the murder say they
heard the shots, and soon after light
footsteps on the sidewalk as ofsonie
one running in slippers or very
light shoes. A womah testifies to
having passed the manufactory just
before the shots were fired, and be
ing seized roughly by a well dress
ed man who came out from a lum
ber yard near there, hut who, on
seeing her face liberated her with
an apology. The theory having the
most supporters is that Sibley and
the unknown husband met in the
lonely spot described by appoint
ment, and that, becoming involved
in a scuffle, both fired, the young
man falling a victim. It is certain
that two shots were fired, and from
that fact that Sibley’s death must
have been instantaneous, it is be
lieved that he fired first, and that
before he could draw his adversary
killed him. Another theory, and one
that is well sustained by several de
tectives, is that Sibley went to the
old manufactory to meet the recre
ant wife; that hcr husband learned
of the appointment and followed
them; that he was the man who
seixed the passing woman, suppos
ing her to be his wife, and that the
hurried footsteps after the shooting
were those of the guilty wcynan.who,
seeing herself discovered, fled for
home while her husband was engag
ed in his encounter with her lover.
The morals of the upper crust
society here are not so spotless as to
preclude the possibility of several
families being suspected as chief
actors in this tragedy; but as yet
public suspicion is divided between
two. The detectives claim to know
who the man and woman are, but
say they will not make an arrest for
the present, as they arc convinced
that Sibley fired firsthand that the
husband shot in self-defense. There
are hints that the young telegrapher
was, in fact, guiltless of the intrigue
charged upon him by the wife,
and that she made use of his name
to cover up the tracks of a much
more prominent man, who is just
now in terror over his treateded ex
posure. The fact that previous to
his death young Sibley had not
been known by any of his Iriends to
be on intimate terms with any mar
ried woman gives color of reason to
this suggestion.
BEECHER ON POLYGAMY*
Ho Lot** th* Mormon* an* Hate* Their Wicked
luutnuon*.
“Mormomsm is a stink-pot in this
nation,” said Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher yesterday morning as he
faced an audience which crowded
Plymouth church to its utmost ca
pacity. “It is a great pi oblem as to
how we are to get rid of it There
are two ways of treating it. One is
to send an army to Utah with des
potic power and command that it be
eradicated. The other is to admit
Utah as a state, surround the Mor
mons with refining influences and
let our religion do its work. Mor-
monism is the transposition into our
times of the Mosaic ideas and insti
tutions, and if the New Testament
can’t conquer the Old it is not what
it pretends to he. You hate the
Mormons. I don’t; I love ’em. But
I hate their institutions, and I want
to see them redeemed and this blot
removed from our nation I lectur
ed ip the theatre in Salt Lake City,
and President Taylor and the
Twelve Apostles and as many of
their wives as could be convenient
ly spared were tfcere "to listen to
me. Aside from polygamy the
city is orderly and prosperous.
"If any one believes in the ver
bal inspiration of the Bible, I don’t
see how they can throw any stones
at the Mormons. z\n old-fashioned
regular Presbyterian could have
nothing to say to their arguments
from the Bible in favor of their in
stitutions. The Bible saints had
many wives. So do the Mormons.
There was Solomon. What kind
of *nan was he? In all his glory,
was he not arrayed like one ot
these?”
Mr. Beecher preached for an
hour and a half upon his vacation
trip through the great North
west and South anfl the observa
tions he made.
DOWN IN OGLETHORPE.
TteXldi*pp*r.
A Pike county gentleman informs
s that he know* the history of the
man who has lately become so fa
mous in this part of Georgia and
the neighboring tenitory of Ala
bama as “Ogletree, the child steal
er.” He says that his true name is
Charles Smith; that two or three
yeara ago he was sent to the chain
gan^ for six months by the late
Squire D. D. Malier,. for stealing
money out of a negro's house. He
. . is known to be a good runner, as
fn was iT’rcal tin? **** rece “tiy shown, for he was
°r- run f or several miles after he stole
the money before be could be
caught—Griffin News.
The eastern bond train on the
Norfolk & Western R R collided
with freight train. The engineer
was badly hurt and a tramp killed.
Tbzaa store* aild thc railroad de-
pot atLadiga, Abu, was destroyed
by fire. Losstys^ooo.
FREE SCHOLARSHIP.
A Osserout Offor trom tte El barton Military
Acadimy.
The following letter explains it
self. Any deserving youth wishing
to avail himself of this generous
proposition will please hand his
name to the editor of the Banner-
Watchman, who, assisted by a com
petent committee, will pass upon
the claims, and bestow the scholar
ship upon the most worthy appli
cant, if there be more than one. This
is one of the finest schools in the
state. Elberton is a healthy and
moral town, and its society unsur
passed. Prof. Davant, Principal, is
recognized throughout the country
as one of the leading southern edu
cators. The following is the prop
osition; who will accept?
Elberton, Dec. 1st, 1SS3.—Mr.
T. L. Gantt, Dear Sir:—I am au
thorized to offer a free scholarship
to each county in the Sth congres
sional district. The selection of that
scholarship is left with you, the edi
tor of the paper in your county.
The pupil will be charged $12 per
month board, including everything
except washing. Will you do me
the kindness to write me at your
earliest convenience if any one in
your county wishes to accept the
proposition. Respectfully,
P.E, Davant.
*•; Birminghaam, Dec. 4.—The ar*
rest of the negro Wesley Posen
charged with committing rape on
the HRte seven year-old white child
only ode week after the lynching
pf Louis Houston, who was also
charged with the ofiense of attempt
to rape, has revived a great deal
of talk in regard to Houston lynch
ing and some intereating facta have
come to light.
Lexington, Ga., Dec. 3.—Editor
Banner-Watchman: Last week
Lexington’s corporate laws went
into effect, and Marshal Knox has
already brought several transgres
sors to taw. The fines imposed are
very light. Our new ordinances are
published, and create some amuse
ment. For instance, it only costs
a fine of $ 1 to run a house of ill-
fame, while the assessment for
throwing a base ball on the public
square is $10. The liquor license
is fixed at $25. We can already see
the beneficial effects of incorpora
tion.
Mr. Moon, of Madison county,
has rented Judge Young's bar-rooin,
and will open another jim-jam fac
tory in our town after .Christmas.
Court is still in session, and will
probably hold the entire week. The
fence case was to come up to-dav,
which is looked forward to with
great interest. It is reported that
the evidence of the Ordinary’s com
mittee will conflict
Our late lamented grand jury bid
fajr*to rival the Georgia legislature
in adhesiveness. They were strict
ly a temperate body, except about
finding true bills. They are con
demned by some and commended
by others.
Two families leave this week for
Texas. They have the deepest sym
pathy of their friends here.
Tuesday night the Maxey’s Ma
sonic lodge will give Mr. Pope Tay
lor the Royal Bumper degree and
also serve an oyster supper, prepar
atory to his leaving for Texas.
Many visiting Masons are expected.
Pope will need a square meal, we
fear, before he gets through with
the Lone Star State.
The friends of Mr. W. E. Faust,
of Simston, will trot him out as a
legislative candidate, if he. allows
the use of his name. “Big John”
is one of our solid citizens, and
would do honor to his county.
Mr. Willie Knox will next year
turn the tan-yard over to Mr. E.
Swann, our coupon-clipper, who
will again pull ofl" his coat and go
to work. Will embarks in a more
lucrative business than breaking
hides.
Two soiled doves are now in jail
for disturbing worship at a colored
church. They have been trying
very hard to give bond, but failed.
Judge Pottle positively refuses to
take a drop of the ardent or even
engage in a friendly game of whist.
There is a man living in this coun
ty who has been baptized three
times by immersion. He has joined
the Methodist, Missionary and Prim
itive Baptist churches.
A gentleman living at Lithonia,
Ga., is named Lexington Johnson,
in honor of the county-site of Ogle
thorpe, from which county his fath
er moved.
Mr. J.J. Bacon, now in charge of
the Roane House, is keeping up a
splendid table, and Pam glad to
know doing a good business.
Mr. Roane will move his family
back to Lexington year after next,
and erect a neat cottage on his land
that joins Mr. Latimer.
It is all bosh to talk about moving
the court-nouse, for not one man in
ten will favor it. Editor Moore’s
rooster is again crowing too'previ
ously.
It is reported that Judge Gilham
will not oiler for Ordinary next
year, and the name of Mr. J. S.
Baughn is proposed for the vacant
hhair.
There seems to be a mania in our
county for young men running
away from home, as several have
lately left their families without
warning.
It the court-house is moved San
dy Cross puts in a bid. It is the most
centrally located city.
A great deal of small grain has
been sown in our county, and it
gives promise of a fine yield.
J_-T. Olive, Esq., shortly moves to
Gainesville. He is a fine lawyer
and a model citizen.
Several young men of this county
hiding out from the sheriff, who is
after them with bench warrants.
One of Lexington’s belles will
soon be lead to the altar by a young
man from Columbus, Ga., so Dame
Rumor says.
Charlie Witcher saj% he has
enough ot the legislature, and will
not offer again. He made a splen
did member.
The carp mania is sweeping our
county and hundreds of ponds are
being built
The Banner-Watchman is- the
popular favorite in Oglethorpe, and
I believe it now visits nearly every
home in the county. You are hearti
ily endorsed by your many friends
down here. Spy.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
A stranger from Kansas City sui
cided in Savannah.
M. de Lesseps has received a box
containing dynamite/
Georgia gave eight votes for Car
lisle and one for Randall.
A rat’s bed made of greenbacks
was found at Weldon, N. C.
Twenty-two houses burned in
Lynchburg Va, loss $35,00a
^ Five of the largest towns in South
Carolina elected the dry ticket Sat
urday.
Greenville. December t.—This
city went wet to-day by a majority
of eighty.
At Newbry, Ireland, the Cath-
olic priest was stoned by the Or
ange faction.
There has been a terrible storm on
the Newfoundland coast and many
sailors were drowned.
A negro’s house with two chil
dren was burned about 8 miles from
Cuthbert, on Thursday.
Mr. Tilden contemplates donating
his residence, Gramancy Park, to
New York as a public library.
Troy, N. Y., West Point, Conn.,
New York City and Liverpool have
all experienced disastrous fires.
The U. S. supreme court decides
that the State ol Georgia cannot be
sued on the M. & B. R. R. bonds.
The hackmen of Augusta publish
a card, reducing the tare from the
depot to the hotels to 15 cents. A
year or two ago it was 50 cents.
Coroner Hyatt held an inquest
over the remains of Lawrence
Feeny, of Peekskill, who committed
suicide by self-imposed starvation.
The civilized powers are forming
a combination tor the protection of
Christian residents ir. China, in the
event bfa war between that country
and France.
Chattanooga, December 3.—
Near Spring City, Jack Thompson,’
colored, while scalding hogs at Dr.
W. J. Thompson’s farm, fell into the
kettle and was sc. ' 'ed to death.
Brkniiam, Texas, December 3.
A young lady named Mina Hodde,
was burned to death while, pouring
kerosene oil out of a can in making
the kitchen fire to cook dinner.
London, Dec. 4—The proprie
tors of the cotton mills in Lanshire
have given notices to their em
ployees that a reduction will affect
90,000 weavers, who are holding
meetings for the purpose of oigan-
izing a strike.
O’Donnell, the slayer of Carey
the Irish informer, has been sen
tenced to hang. Upon being re
moved from the dock the prisoner
shouted: "Three cheers for old Ire
land! Good-bye, United States! To
hell with the British and tht British
Crown! It is a plot made up by the
Crown!” The prisoner shouting,
cursing and struggling was then
forcibly removed by the police,
amid the most fearful confusion and
slamming of doors.
Cincinnati,December 1.—-James
Boyd shot and killed his son Alfred,
aged 17 years, this afternoon, at his
home in Comminsville. Boyd is a
huckster, 49 years of age. Return-
ing home this afternoon he found
his son playing marbles on the com
mons. He reproached him for not
working and then roughly caught
the boy by the collar and dragged
him home, a distance ot one hun
dred yards. Upon reaching the
porch door the boy struggled and
catching hold of the door refused to
enter. His father then drew a re
volver and deliberately shot his son
through the chest. Boyd was imme
diately arrested.
Th* CarauTlll* Engln*.
"Tom P. Carnes,” the engine for
the Carnesville railroad, arrived at
West Bowersville last Friday. It is
a complete curiosity, being almost
entirely different to anything we
have ever seen. The speed gearing
with one extended line of cog
wheels. Both drivers and pinions
are altogether on one side, while the
fire chamber stands perpendicular.
It certainly is a peculiar sight to see
the machinery in motion, every part
performing its part with perfect
precision. Weight ten tons. It
presents a very respectable appear
ance, occupying about as much
space as an Elberton Air Line
engine. In statue a little above the
medium, but is perhaps not object
ionable, as the most of its weight
is at the base. Uncle Billy trans
ferred it to the Carnesville track
Saturday morning, and treated the
boys to a ride out to the first trestle.
He is highly pleased with its opera
tion on the stringer track. Now
let the moneyed men of old Frank
lin come to Uncle Billy’s aid, and
ere the approach of gentle spring
the shrill whistle of the locomotive
will be heard on the red hills of
Carnesville. To Uncle Billy we
venture to offer three cheers tor his
untiring devotion to the cause of
general progress. Ten years of his
most vigorous manhood have been
dedicated to the construction of
railroads in this country.
Th* Lin* KUa-Clnb.
On and after the first of the new
year the following mottoes and
greetings will he printed on cloth
and hung on the walls of Paradise
Hall:
“Credit am an enemy to entice
you to buy what you doan’ want.”
‘ Dar am no danger of de well
cavin’ in if you keep on top.”
‘•If life had no sorrows we should
grow tired of bearin’ each odder
laugh,”
“Gray h’ars should respect dem-
selves if dey want to be respected
by odders.”
"De man who eats apples in de
dark musn’t let his stomach be too
pertickler about worm holes.”
“While color has nuffin’pertick
ler to do wid treein' de coon, doan
pay too much fur ayaller dog."
“While honesty am de bes’ pol
icy, doan’ be too fast to express your
candid opinyun of your naybur.”
“Bumps on a man’s head may ex
press his traits of character, but you
kin find out all you want to know
about him by goin' on one excur
sion in his company.”
“What we do to-day am dun fur
to-morrer. What ve intend to do
to-morrer won’t buy meat fur din
ner.”,
“He who judges de character of
a pusson by his clothes am buyin’ a
mule by de sound of his bray."
“De pusson who has no tempta
tions am one -of de biggest sinners in
de crowd.” - “ u ;
•n*> I ■ o ! ■ ■ - ' . t
“Kind words cost nuffin! Dat’a
de reason ao many-of us am willin’
to throw away sich a heap of’em.”
GEORGIA ITEMS. i
A buzzard with a bell around SEE—
neck is hovering over Heard.
The grand jury of Lee county -re*
commends that the ordinary
no more licenses to sell liquor in ‘J
thatcounty.
Capt C. A. Alexander, of Wash?' "
ington, sold last winter $60 wdrttT
of collard seed that he savcd l J ?”>iiSi|I
fall before.
A girl, not 13 years old, was mkr-J T
tied at Butler recently. A sister ot —— -
her’s, of the same age, was rnqqriea
some time since.
The Covington Enterprise say'sV 1
“It wouldn’t surprise us to see Suit j-’ 1 "'
ator Livingston in the field for coov -i
gressional honors.”
A negro woman went crazy!in'l--r.|
Chattanooga the other day becaqipe,..
she lost a pair of bracelets which
were given her by a dead sister.', "
•)'< -av:r[
There is said to be a movement on,
hand among the colored people' of ,'
Newton county looking toward^ • ‘a’ '■
removal to a colored country, -l , ' r - >
There are four bar-rooms irt 1 El-' Jl,: ^
berton and seven white men con- i' u
nected with them, and not one: ofLv/
the seven drink a drop of intosica-.,,-p
ting liquor. . ' _
Mrs. Edwards was given $400 -.
damages by the jury against the city ■
of Marietta for injuries sustained by
her horse backing off an unbanister-"'’'
ed bridge.
An Augusta correspondent says
that the Hon. George T. Barnes . -
will go before the congressional,
convention in his district as a candi
date for nomination. .j'"
Prof. C. I. Hughes, late of Friend:
ship, but now of Americus, .three
years ago planted an orange grove
of twelve acres near Pineville. Fla.,
for which he has recently been ; of- -
fered $4,500 in cash, and has : re
fused. v ;
Governor McDaniel has offered a
reward of one hundred for the. ap
prehension and delivery to the. slier-,
iff of Washing county of John \Vebb : - ’
colored, who is charged with rape o
upon the ten year old daughter of , ,
a respectable colored mail in Wash-, ..
ington county.
Savannah Times: There , was . on
exhibition at the market this morn
ing an immense rattlesnake that was ; '
captured in the everglades hT FIbri--'^
da a few months ago. It showed-!-j
that during life the snake was about -
seven feet long, had sixteen r^ttlps,
and was as large as the calf of a. /
man’s leg. •"
The town of Cochran appears.'to . ,
progress backwards. The Haw-
kinsville Dispatch says that the cot* "
ton factory, Clement attachment,- - t
not proving a success at
the proprietor, Mr. Scofield,, deter-.,
mining to get as much fun as' "pos-”;
sibleout of the investment. reVnoV-”-'
ed the machinery and converted-a
the capacious hall into a skating')
rink.
While digging out some ruins jty.
the rear of a brick building bejpg j
erected by J. P. Dailey, on MiTTaqiU
Fahm streets, in Savannah, 'Satiir-'' 1
day, a negro named Anderson
covered a sword in a tolerably fair !
state of preservation. A part of ;
the blade was broken off, but the
balance was well kept. There is
etching along the blade that can be
traced, while the hilt looks from the
finish and carving as though it
might have been a good one. The
negro will keep his treasure trove,
as he was advised to do by some
parties who failed to secure it. We
heard seveial times of the discovery
of old-time muskets, sabres and
utensils of war in Yamacraw, but
none recently, until this discovery
was made. It is evidently a relic
of the wars between the French,
the allied forces of Americans, the
legion of Pulaski and the British
forces in the early history of our
city and country.
GENERAL NEWS.
It is said that Tennyson wears
corsets.
A nineteen-year-old boy in Ohio
has sued for a divorce.
A bishop was paid $500 for pro
nouncing the benediction at a wed
ding the other day.
The negroes were not all killed
in Virgininia. Nine of them are
elected to the Legislature.
Blaine is the highest bidder for
the Presidency so far, his offer be
ing $1.75 to each person in the Un
ion.
The “Devil s Slide” is the coolest
place in Yellowstone Park. Water
freezes there every night in the
year.
Forty million dollars was recently
advertised to loan in New York at
rates of interest ranging from 4 per
cent downwards.
Iu one district in Yucatan, in a
fortnight, there were killed 30,000
pounds)of grasshoppers and over 11-
000 pounds of locusts.
A young girl employed in a tele
phone station in Hartford, Conn.,
has almost entirely lost her voice
and is now unable to speak above a
whisper.
North Carolina will levy no state
tax next year. The Western North
Carolina Railroad Company will
pay into the state treasury $600,000,
which sum will carry on the state
government.
A correspondent of the New
York Graphic calls attention to the
fact that nature is protesting against
Mormonism. There are now in the
territory 7,000 more males than fe
males, and the Mormon report of
births last year records 200 males
than females.
Wages in Mexico along the lines
of the new railroads have nearly
doubled. Common laborers receive
$1 and $1.25, as against 50 cents
twelve months ago. Masons and
carpenters get from $1.75 to $2.25,
and the pa£ of clerks has increased
at least 50 per cent.
The highest prices paid for dress
ed hogs in the interior of Wisconsin
is given at $4.10 to $4.50 for heaw
weights and best quality. How is
it that we arc charged here eighteen
cents a pound for hams and ten
cents for sides? Somebody must
make enormous profits.
Dr. Baird, of the Fish Commis
sion, drew off the water from the
largest one of the government carp
ponds in Washington Wednesday
beginning at 2 o’clock in the morn-
ing and working by calcium lights
until daybreak. The result of the
year’s breeding was found to be
very satisfactory indeed. .
In making improvements on
Coles Hill, Plymouth, Mass., the
graves of pilgrims who came to
America on the Mayflower and
were buried during the first winter
after their arrival have been discov
ered. One was opened to-day and
contained the skeleton of a middle-
aged man. five feet nine inches in
heigh t. In another grave the skele-
ton of another mar, was discovered.
These are the only graves of the
first settlers which have positivelv
been identified. Tablets will be
placed to mark the exact location.