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TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
The snow is two inches deep nt
Blnirsville, Ga.
An American farmer was shot
dead in Ireland.
THE RED SKY.
Prominent Scientist. of Athens Giro Their Ties i
on the Subject.
UP A 1 REE FOR LIFE’S SAKE.
Mahone and Riddleberger voted
in the republican caucus. Now
how can any man endorse these
creatures and call himself a demo
crat?
The late negro convention in At
lanta is hearing good traits. Their
insulting and outrageous demands
are fast consolidating the whiles
against them.
k A law should he enacted in Geor
gia forever disfranchising a man
who sells or buys a vote. Such a
bill would go far towards purify
ing the ballot-box.*
A bitter fight will douhless be
made against the re-nomination o!
Governor McDaniel, and we learn
that Senator Brown is already or
ganizing his clans lor the contlict.
Ishmaelitc: "General Longstrect
savs there is no republican party in
this state. He is mistaken. W hat
has become of the late Dr. I edoii
and the lamented Emory Speerr"
One of the ablest young lawyers
in tins section will contest the er
mine in the Northern ciicuit with
Judge Pottle. V» e believe there are
already seven camlidatesout, hut sev
eral counties are yet to hear from.
It is the height ol folly to talk
about Senator Colquitt tor \ ice-
Prcsident. We do not think that
any southern man has a chance on
the ticket. The south i
Two hunters in Utah were caught
in a snow storm and died.
The republican nomination rests
between Blaine and Arthur.
Gov. McE merv was renominated
by the Louisiana democrats.
Judge Erskine lias forwarded bis
resignation to Washington.
A 10-year-old boy near Dalton,
Ga„ was torn to pieces by a mad
c*w.
A negro attempted to outrage a
12-vcar-old white girl near Pine
Bluff, Ark.
A negro was shot and killed at
Camden, S. C., while stealing
chickens.
Two patients in a Scranton, Pa.,
hosnital blew out the gas ami were
suffocated.
The Suez canal company will de
clare a dividend of iS per cent for
the current year.
The directors have decided to
push the Augusta & Elberton road
to rapid completion.
Iron mills and factories at the
north are shutting down, throwing
tl ottsands of persons out of employ
ment.
The only negro in congress is Jas.
E. O'Hara, of North Carolina, who
is the color of a well-done ginger-
A man at Juliet, Ill., enticed a
hotel cook into his room, hound and
outraged her and then cut his vic
tim's throat.
Senator Brown has introduced in
the senate hill permitting the distil
lation of fruit by producers and
turninf to die levying of a revenue
thereon over to the states.
A
lid and
what we want is to scotch a doubtful
northern state.
Mr. J. G. Tluower says that tht4
temperance issue will not he per
mitted to mix with politics; that
they won’t vote for men hut for their
measure when it comes before the
people. This is a wise decision
and we hope it will he carried out.
It is stated that Mr. Black, of
Augusta, will decline being a can
didate for congress next year. Mr.
Black is by far the ablest statesman
in Georgia, and the people stand in
their own light if they permit him
to retire from politics.
Old Elbert is too thoroughly
democratic to endorse any man who
is known to pander to negro infiu-
ence. She is one county in the
South who has never accepted the
yoke ot radicalism, and will not
swallow any disguised doses at this
sta 0 e of the game. ; s reporteti that Charles A.
Mexico, Dana gets $50,000 annually for ctl-
all told, iting the New York Sun.
The
tV<
Valencia county. New
has only 6,000 inhabitants,
men, women and children, and yet,
when its vote was counted out at
last election its republican majority
was 4,125. We are patiently await
ing the usual howl of indignation
from the radical press.
It begins to look as if something
decisive would result in Tonquin.
The French are marching on Son-
tag, and the Chinese are ready to
give them a warm reception. This
war will increase the juice ol pro-
visions and thus work hard on
Southern farmers.
The conviction of the so-called
Banks county ku-klux was a mock
ery of justice. While they should
have bee 1 punished, the prisoners
were <»1/ answerable to the state
courts, foi they were entirely
cent of any o.:nsgr
national laws. Thev
a packed jury and pr<
malice.
As the cause of the red sky is at
trading a great deal of comment
from astronomers and scientists, we
yesterday decided to interrogi e
several of the learned citizens >f
Athens as to its cause.
Mr. Isaac Lowe was confident
that it was a reflection of the aurora
borealis on the south pole, and if
that obstruction was cut down, or
painted black, the trouble would be
removed. •
John Billups was confident that it
was caused by the pending war be
tween France and China, for he
was a great believer in celestial
signs; th»t just before the late un
pleasantness in our own land he saw
those red sunsets.
Louis Morris: ,l I dinks dot red
sky ish der surbrise ov dcr sun at
der shcap briccs I’m selling goots
for. Venever I sells at cost you see
der clouds turn red.”
Baruch says, “It ish all nature
plushing over der schmall houses
Attens gives my shows, and I von-
ders not at it.”
Jester thinks it is a warning from
on high to sinners to eat more fruit
and fried oysters if they expect a
long life.
Judge Kenney thinks that prol>-
lbly the late municipal contest in
Athens has ,-omething to do with it,
but if he is re-elected J. P. he lias
strong hopes that all will yet be
well.
Charlie 3nldwin says any numb
skull might know that the r-tl sky
is caused by the late temperance
victories in Georgia. The sun has
drawn the color from the noses ot
thousands of old tojiers and pasted
it on the dome of heaven.
Homer Nicholson says that being
an astronomer the cause was plain
enough to him. He scouted the
idea of the sun and meteoric dust,
hut attributed the red sky solely to
the reflection of the press upon the
dust that Mr. Speer kicked up in
South Carolina.
Zekc Edge says it is a warning to
those fellows in the first ward who
wouldn't vote for him, and they had
better look out.
Mayor O'Farrell says if the red
sunsets are annoying to the people
of Athens he would order Cran
Oliver to put a stop to them. That
he had not noticed the trouble and
was glad that we had called his at
tention to the matter. It should he
Attended to at once.
Ham Wynn says he is no scicn
tist, but feels assured that the in
flammation of the sky is caused by-
burning houses insured with his
company; but their losses will be
promptly paid.
Mayor Dorsey says it is a l>ig
torch-light procession, gotten up
especially to usher in his adminis-
, tration. As soon as he is firmly
in session in \\ ashing- ; planted in his seat, he will order out
days, and did nothing the tire department and have it ex
tinguished.
Capt. Eberhart thinks that prob
ably Gus Trippe’s marriage has
something to do with it, but he is
not certain.
Max Joseph says it is a mean
trick gotten up by rival merchants
in Athens to attract attention from
his advertisements in the Banner-
Watchman.
Capt. Oliver says he will order i
Cis. Arnold to investigate the mat- .
ter. and see that the sky casts no in- !
jurious reflection on Athens.
Dr. Lyndon says he would like \
to contract with Calvin Farr to I
paint, “Try a Bottle of Smith's |
Worm Oil” across the carmine fir
mament in black letters.
ram from St. Petersburg
savs that vv bile the czar was hunting
in a slet.ge, the horses shied and the
emperor was thrown out. His
right shoulder was injured, but not
seriously.
Of the j ury that convicted Gui-
teau two are dead, two have gone
insanc.and one lias just lost his wife.
If Guitcau could come back he
would point proudly to the fulfill
ment of his curse.
A rumor declares that Riddleber
ger will not become identified
with Mahone in the senate, but
xv i 11 devote his six years of service
there to an effort to establish him
self in the confidence and sympathy
of the best people.
ored convention commit-
A Colors Han't Escape From a Wolf Which
Hearty Nat bod mm.
-Vountain .Yore
William Gtrurlcy, one of the old
est miners a the state, was induced
to tell a n port about his Cherry
Creek wolf adventure. Said he:
“I had just been down to the creek
to order some supplies for our camp,
and toward evening was on my re
turn throu h tiie canon below, when
1 saw sta ding before me on the
trail a huge gray wolf, not one of
the small, > Darling, cowardly coyote
kind, hut a powerfully limbed brute,
as large a-. .1 Newfoundland, but
which appeared at that moment
several tin ex larger. There he
stood, gaunt and fierce, smacking
his chops vvir i a vim over his antici
pated meal, that was anything but
pleasant to the possible subject of
it. W hat .0 do I knew not. If I
made a sit in advance the brute
growled an i showed his teeth in a
tier:.- manner, which warned me
th. the way was effectually barred
to r.e. I dare not retreat, as these
tir-less fiends, I knew, could out
run, or at least tire out the fleetest
hone, and 1 had forgotten to say
1 had left try gun for repairs, and
hat'n t so .n icii as a revolver with
me. In this dilemma I cast my
eyes around and saw a solitary pine
tree a ft w rods from the trail to the
right. \\ ithout further considera
tion I run to it anti climbed to an ov
erhanging branch, closely pursued
by his wolfship, who arrived direct
ly beneath riie tree at the same mo
ment 1 was secure in its branches.
“I was safe for the time being,
but the situation was far from pleas
ant. Ever- movement I made pro
duced a similar one from the brute,
who meanwhile added to the un
pleasantness of ftie occasion by a
continuation ol the most unearthly
bowls from his wolfish throat, as if
wooing me to come down and fur
nish him his meal. Feering down
through the lower branches, there
in the cool moonlight I could see an
enemy glaring at me with his ob
lique, greenish eyes, and many times
during the night I could imagine
bis yellowish fangs crunching
through my bones and my suspense
was simply horrible. The hours
seemed weeks and the memory of
those eyes and that unearthly howl
still haunt me.
“1- inallv, after ages seemed to
have passed, the moonlight was
gradually succeeded by daylight,
and after a few fingering, parting
howls, tile wolf departed and 1
straightened out my stiffened limbs,
and slid to tiie ground. When I
reached my cabin I was thoroughly
exhausted and lay down and slept
nearly the whole day. The experi
ence 1 shall remember as lorn* as I
DON'T GO WEST.
What One Unfortunate Who U In Arkansas Hoi
to Say on tho Subject-
Columbus Enquirer.
We saw the following extract
from a letter from a most reliable
farmer, who formerly lived in Tal
AN INDIAN NECROPOLIS.
How the Red Hen Bang Their Dead Wamoit Up
To-Day.
Little Rock, Ark., December
it).—Not a great ways from the
Kansas line, and within four miles
ot Darlington, Indian Territory, i s
bot county,dated Arket'«!phia, Ark., J° He seen an Indian scaffold bury
December 13th, addressed to -*•- j.
Messrs. Geo. P. Swift & Son, of this
city. The gentleman is thorough
ly reliable, and his opinion is one
entitled to credit and respect, is es
pecially by those contemplating
leaving Georgia and Alabama seek
ing homes in Texas, Arkansas and
other Western States, with the ex
pectation of bettering their condi
tion:
“If all those farmers in Georgia
or Alabama could take a peep over
here into Arkansas or Texas they
would never think of coming out
here to live, as it the most puffed up
country on earth and more dissatis
fied people in the way of farmers
than I have seen any where during
the greater part of my life while I
lived in old Talbot county. Ga.,
which was for more than forty years.
For example, I tried to buy a farm
pretty well improved, containing
240 acres, and the price asked me
was $4,000. With the best of culti
vation on this place it only made
seven hales of cotton and three hun
dred bushels of corn this year and
nothing more. The taxes on this
glace are $60 a year. Other places
near here and in Texas are rated in
the same proportion with no im
provements worth noticing.”
We know t’ e gentleman from
character, and % e consider his op-
inions valuable, as they give the
true state 0 facts in tin- country as
they realh xists. We have already
believed t the people of Georgia
and Alab; rna would use the same
industry, and deny themselves as
they are compelled to do in seeking
new homes in Lexas and other
\\ estern State they would get rich
here in half the time and live much
better, and in doubt he happier.
We are con zinced that a gr eat deal
of the iinigt atio. West is induced
by bad man ig unent and debt, and
people leave t-> rid themselves of
this responsibly, which they should
meet and face with industry, per
severance and economy, and
"make es rather bear those ills we
have, than llv to others that we
know uot of."
livt
ton C
but deplore the civil rights decision,
and calhi convention for next July
to consider both party platforms and
see which the negroes had better
take. Georgia is represented by
W. A. Pledger and Ferry Carson.
Pledger presided.
ADYKXTL’KE IN A TUKK.
-Vi .1- Mil/or.
Oscar Wilde’s poems are being
so’.il in New York at one cent a
copy. Wc doubt if the author
would bring that much ifjniton the
market.
tie-
in tin
stone
inno-
>sion of the
ere tried by
ecuted with
A leading gentleman from Ogle
thorpe says the Rev. J. G. Gibson
can carry that district for state sena
tor over any man who offers, as lie
lias the respect and confidence of all
classes. Such men as Judge Gibson
can do nearly as much good just at
this time in tiie halls of legislation
as in the pulpit. We trust that he
will be nominated and accept the
same.
rgia should request each state
Union to donate a block of
0 jnit in the new Capitol. It
would make a very interesting and
permanent display of tiie resources
of our common country.
Gen. O. (). Howard now says he
wants deserters branded with In
dia ink. Swell old thieves as How
ard ought to he branded with a fed-
hot flat-iron. He is the meanest
sneak in the radical party.
Gen. Grant is sued for $ 10,000be
cause one of tiie horses tiie Khedive
gave him kicked a milk man. It is
a case of dog cat dog when old
Grant and the average city milk
man cross swords. The horse has
our sympathy in this instance.
There
THE KING OF BEASTS.
A Lion Which Objected to Eelnc Board—A Visi
tor s Surprise.
The carnivora house in tiie Cen-
(Cun*.) Oilzrttr.
j Last Thursday Dennis Hickey,
of New Milford, cut down a birch
| tree which lodged in an oak tree
[ about sixty feet high, lie hitched a
j yoke of oxen to the birch tree and
j tried to dislodge the tojj. But the
top could not he moved, and he
! took his ax, climbed the birch tree,
j and getting on to the oak tree cut
the toj> of the birch off and the
1 trunk fell to the ground. Mr. II.
now for tiie first time realized that
! to descend from his lofty perch
■ would be a perilous feat. The
I trunk of the tree was smooth, there
were wide spaces between the few
brahehes, and thetrunk a few feet
j beneath him was so large that it
1 was very doubtful if he could hold
j on to it with bis feet and hands.
I As lie sat in the fork of the tree,
and coginated, he took out I is
: knife and cut out his initials in the
trunk of the tree for the purpose of
, diverting his mind anil veviving
' liis courage. Having finally
, . courage a
tral 1 ark Zoo was in an uproar yes- covered bis nerve, he began the tle-
terday atternoon. Superintendent sc , ;n t. The trunk soon grew too
nother delegation of
Indians at theUapitol, and the Na
tional Republican says it is not
known whether they want more i let drive at him that barely missed
J ! :i* u*. v. i
Conklin was boxing two lions for
shipment to Chicago. One left his
cage quietly enough, hut the second,
“Bol>,” a lion formerly owned bv
Frank I. Payne, decidedly objected
to taking uji more confined quarters.
He sjirang fiercely from side to side,
biting and striking at the sticks and
rakes that were being freely used
upon him. and growling most fear
fully. The other animals joined in
the chorus, and at one moment the
Journal reporter could not help
looking for an easy means of exit.
A visitor found that there is such
a thing as being too inquiring, for
while peering into a dark cage he
was greeted with a spit as if from a
million cats at once, and a paw was
big for him to hold on; there were
j m available branches to clutch, and
despite his desperate efforts to cling
on. he lost his hold when about
thirty feet from the ground, and
spun through the air with a big flat
rock waiting to receive him below.
When about twelve feet from the
ground he passed a big branch
he had previously observed, and as
he clutched for it unavailing he
exclaimed: “O, Lord, only half wav-
down yet.” The next instant he
was on the rock. A shoe was torn
oil’, a wrist and ankle sprained, but
he was not mortally injured.
- hot
Hon. II. II. Carlton is gettir_
shot from all quarters about bis re
cent Atlanta interview, and the
Northern papers are turning it into
political capital. We believe that
the south will eventually lie paid
for her slaves, but the move must
come from the west. It won’t do
for the south to urge the matter for
another generation at least.
I money or more shot-guns. They
should be given a coil of rope to
swing uj) the average republican
post-trader.
Count Herbert Von ’ Bismarck
while out hunting peppered the legs
j of the Prince ol Wales with bird
j shot No. 9. We are bappy to state
that 11 is Highness escaped uninjur
ed; hut had the gun been loaded
with dude shot we tremble for the
consequences.
The Rev. Mr. Hicks, the gentlfi-
, man who fell heir to the osseous re
mains of the late Charles Guiteau,
told the Republican National Com.
j mittcc in Washington the other day
that “there are graveyards miles
g in the South tilled with tnur-
A Boston drummer, by sliec
force of cheek and a bland affect;
tion of simplicity, managed to enjoy ! dcred republicans.” Yes, and if the
a person.;! view of the grand Van
derbilt ball in New York last week.
He wore a $15 suit of clothes and
mingled freely with the be-diamond- I
hangman got his dues, there would
be jail-yards filled with them, too.
A woman has just been awarded
ed millionaires until a well dressed I *-’Ooo damages by a Cleveland
detective invited him to a prome
nade toward tiie lock uji. Van
derbilt is a great advocate of social
equality in the south, and wc would
like to know how many brothers in
black he had at his ball as invited
guests?
Atlanta Constitution: Dr.Carl-
t n has stirred up the republican
papers,'and from this time on until
the close of the presidential cam
paign his plan for paying for slave
property will be discussed, and de
nounced. The doctor is a presiden
tial.quantity nolens volcns; and the
worst of the business consists in the
fact that his opponents in
the presidential fight will
utilize bis plan alarming
the northern voteis up to the point
of putting in ballots against the
democratic candidates.
A horrible story of a murder by
aaoonshincrs in the mountains of
Pennsylvania is being circulated. A
girl living in the neighborhood of
Somerset reports that she saw the
moonshiners shoot a man named
Frank Folanan and conceal his body
under a pile of 'stones in order to
prevent him from revealing the
, whereabouts of a still which he ac-
fidcntally discovered. On an exam
couit because .of a cough she ac
quired in a freshly plastered hotel.
This is about on a par with the av
erage damage suits brought against
corjiorations these days. One fel
low brought suit against a railroad
for $4,000 because a section boss’
wife scalded him with hot water for
insulting her.
Bradstrcet's cstiriiates the cotton
yield of 1SS3, at 5,691,000 bales, a
decrease of iS per cent, compared
with the last year, when the crop
was 6,992,<xx> bales. Uradstrect
edits his reports in the interest of
the Northern speculators, we have
always thought, and they do the
southern planters more injury than
anything else. These cotton crop
prophets, together with Vennor,
should he treated to a coat of tar
and feathers wj^n they invade the
south.
spoiling his beauty. The box con
tained two leopards, lately arrived
011 the steamer Elbe, by Haagen-
beck, of Hamburg, who supplies
all tiie zoological gardens and
shows. They belong to Barnum
and are worth $250 each. The rest
of the consignment consisted of
three dwarf zebus or sacred cows, a
pair of hyenas and a Russian wolf.
Superintendent Conklin also has in
temporary care some swans and
European badgers, which have been
presented by the Dresden Garden
to the Cincinnati Zoo.
A. F. Moore, who owns Santa
Rosa Island, near the California
coast, has So,000 sheep, from which
he clipped, in June last, 415.740
pounds of wool. lie sold this for
$212,-pj9.So, and realized a clear
profit of $80,000. Southeast Geor
gia is just as well adapted to sheep-
raising as California, bot so long ••
the people elect a lot of negro-fear-
tionofriyy, okele- ^ dog-loving legislator* they will
Uw^pt8<^protecting
LAST OK THE MODOC'S.
The last of the terrible Modocs of
Lava Beds fame, dwell on a tract
of 4,000 acres near the village of
Seneca, on the dividing line between
the Indian Territory and Missouri.
There are twenty-six families, num
bering tco persons. They are los
ing their warlike character, and are
becoming agriculturists, and in do
ing this they are still assisted by
the general government, which sup
plies rations and an instructor in
agriculture. Most of them speak
English. A Modoc woman who is
the tribe’s best interpreter, culti
vated five acres of corn without any
assistance whatever, and got a yield
of 300 bushels this year. The res
ervation has been surveyed into
forty-acre lots, and the cabins arc
being removed from the cluster in
which they stood, and ere long
every lamily will live on it- own
forty-acre patch.
THE WAY THE CHINESE I EEC TO-
WARDS CHRISTIANS.
IIoxg Kong, Dec. iS.—Great ex
citement prevailed in Canton yes
terday on the arrival of the Ameri
can Presbyterian missionaries, Mr.
Henry and Mr. White, with a native
Christian preacher,from Shekloong,
about sixty miles east of Canton.
During a riot in that town chapels
were destroyed ami many worship
ers were seriously injured. The
native preacher vas severely hurt.
A Roman Cathulic priest arrived
later under military escort. ,
The Canton Nihilists are causing
excitement by the circulation of ru
mors that forge quantities of pow
der are cotcealeil in the Roman
Catholic Cathfdral of Canton, and
they threaten to blow the edifice
down. _ It is* splendid building, of
imposing hefcht, and has ever been
an eye sore.tj Chinese. Quiet has
been only Maintained by the pres
ence of gunboats aud of the militaiy
in the city.
stay
cold as
to every
thuee
Cough
most
BANKS COUNTY KU-KLUX.
Constitution,
Yesterday in the United States
court the amended motion for new
trial in the Banks county case caine
up. The court was to hear the af
fidavits of the several defendants as
to DilmuA zarbrough and E. II.
Green.
Mr. George S. Thomas read the
motion for a new trial. The aflida-
viis, as was stated yesterday, admit
ted the guilt of five of the defend
ants and denied the guilt of the two
named.
Judge McCay asked Mr. Speer
what he had to say to the motion
and that gentleman replied that he
diil not feel inclined to resist the
motion.. He had no desire to resist
it if there was any probable cause
that the two defendants named
would lie able to demonstrate their
innocence. He wished, howeoer,
to call the attention of the court to
the testimony of all of the witnesses
for the defense who had sworn so
positively that the five men who
now admit their guilt were at other
j ilaces on the night of the 25th of
ulv, when the outrages were com
mitted. That these open and pub
lic confessions were a vindication of
the conduct of the government and
he desired that general notice of
the fact should be taken.
The court then directed an order
granting a new trial in the case of
Dilmust Yarbrough and E. H.
Green, and admitting them to bail.
Mr. Christler, of Jackson county,
went on their bonds which were
fixed at $500 each and were made
before Commissioner Boyd.
Shortly after they gs ve their bond
and were set at liberty, they went
and thanked Mr. Spter for not re
sisting their motion. They are now
doubtless at home by chis time.
Neal Yarbrough is still in jail
sick, but as soon as h< is able to be
out he will be sentenced, and then
the entire party will be taken
to Albany, N. Y., to serve the al
lotted two years each.
Another Comet.
Professor Brooks, of the Red
House observatory, says the comet
discovered by him last September,
the comet of jSi2, is now visible to
the naked eye as a small round neb
ulous mass in the Cygnus Constel
lation. In a small telescope a tail
can be traced one degree and a half
in length. In large telescopes the
comet presents a fine appearance*
with a star-like nucleus and
HODGSON BROTHE
big ground,” partially destroyed by
years of exposure. This burial place
consists of a platform made of hick
ory poles, elevated about ten feet
from the ground and supported bv
posts of unhewed timber. Five
dead bodies of Indian warriors lav
on this e’evated necropolis. They
are wrapped in huge bundles of
blankets and buckskin. All other
articles, such as tomahawks, bows
arrows and flint darts, which are re
quired in the “happy hunting
ground,” are strewed about them.
The bodies are those of that portion
of the Cheyenne tribe who pushed
north some years ago.
The dead braves are left in this
elevated position until scattered by
elements. A recent visit to this
spot showed that the latter in part
had taken place. A corner of the
scaffold, weakened by the storms,
has dragged from its support and’
precipitated a portion ol its human
freight to the ground. The skeleton
of one of the warriors is laying
where it fell and can be seen by all
curious eyes. The flesh of the face
is dried and shiveled, like that of a
mummy, although the buckskin leg- " U "
gins and moccasins are almost in
tact. The bones of the skeleton are
fast c ambling to pieces.
G
60,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
ROGER
62 & 64 CLAYTON STREET,
ATHENS GEORGIA.
OCONEE COUNTY
Legal Advertisements.
Oi-vi
Munito
G eorgia, oconee county.—when •**,
JwK-ph A. Luiie. Atltiiiulatraior of Heury H
Luke deceaoed, repreM.*ut.t t<» the court in his
petition tii.it lie has Lilly administered Henry B.
Luke's r*Utc. This is therefore to cite all per
sons concerned to show cause if any they can why
said Administrator should not b«: discharged from
his administration aud r.evive letters of dL-misa-
ion on the tiist Monday in March 18t*4.
decll-'v4m JAMES L. LYLE. Ordinary.
UP TIIE NORTH-EASTERN.
r LA N'T ATI OX l'Hll.i iSurilY.
Dar's some little truth eben in de
biggest lie, eben cf it is no more dan
de fack dat it is a lie.
Poverty o’ body is bad, out pov
erty o' mine is wus. I doan feel as
sorry fur a j)o’ sensible man as I
does fur a rich fool.
De wus whippin’ dat a man eber
gits is done by a coward. Fen up
a snappin’ cur, an’ he can whup all
de dogs on de plantashun.
Will me, de ole man is more trac
tive den de boy. De gol’ tint's on a
leaf jus’ airter de fus Irost ii jnittier
den de green on de leaf jus' arter
spring opens.
De fack dat a man is useful ter de
curmunity doan make him a ’zirable
member ol s’ciety. We couldn't
hardly git along widout de buzzard,
yet we tloan hanker airter ’soc-atin
will him.
Dar’s two kinesot men what doan
do business tie right way. De man
what ain't got time enough ain’t tie
man what’s got too much; fur de
man what ain't got time enough,
rushes through wid tie woak, an’ tie
man what’s got too much time waits
till it's too late.
LET 'ER roll.
large coma. The motion
i*I would not live always, I ask not to southeast, and on Christmas
" "It do not wonder, with such a the comet will be near the southern
lr*, but there D a bright title arm Q f Hie cross in Cygnus, or near
“i iunsbine^ven for the #tor Espicion. On New Year’s
the I day it will oe near the right fore
with pain. Dr. Ball's
■p never fails to euro
1 cough.
otot of Pegasius.
Good Hope, Walton County*
Ga., Dec. 20th, 18S3—Editor Ban-
ner-Watchman :-We closely noticed
in the Walton News, a railroad pro?
ject from W. D. Griffcth, copied
fror.i your paper. From around
about this jrart of the county comes
the general request that you blow
your whistle again. The deaf even
will hold one hand to their ears and
listen. You may be assured that it
arouses and puts in the lethargic
new life. No better paying link of
railroad could be made at this time,
than a railroad from Athens via
Princeton and High Shoals facto
ries to Social Circle. The available
waterpower is unsurpassed any
where; a prosperous, thriving agri
cultural country, densely populated,
who will gladly give the right of
way and contribute the last mite
that can be gi\ en in aid of the road,
and no more a Ivuntageous and fa
vorable route could be iocated than
the one proposed. These are cotton
growing counties, too. Wheat,
corn, oats, peas, potatoes, cattle,
hides, tallow, eggs, chickens and
butter would find in Athens as good
a market as is in the country. Cot
ton and produce has for years been
wagoned from near the Georgia
railroatl to Athens, from ail this
part of the county. You will find
co-workers about and around Good
Hope. By voice of the people.
-Respectfully, R. II. IIai.e.
Sand Which Slugs In tho Wind.
About twenty miles south of Sti
water Cal., on Sand Sjjrings Flat,
at the foot of the mountain, there
a heap of sand about one hundred
feet high and nearly .1 mile across,
which sings in the wind and is con
stantly changing. It is thrown by
the wind, which there has a circu
lar motion, into a vast round wall
with a hollow in the centre half
mile across, which goes two-thirds
of the way to the bottom. It is
steep aud hard to climb to the top,
and on the inside is even more steep,
so steep that no one has ever dared
to go down, for fear that the loose
sand would slide down and bury
the-n uji. There are similar dunes
on the Sandwich Islands, on the
Hebrides, and on the Atlantic coast.
Trot Him Out.
We see it stated that Matt Davis’
Oglethorpe bondsmen is on a “big
boom” for congress. We have
never heard his name proposed hut
front one source. We would like
to see the gentleman trotted out, so
as the democrats of the Sth district
could have an opportunity of show
ing their regard for a white man
who would come up from another
county to go on a mulatto negroe’s
bond. This party will not ofler fer
congress—mark the prediction.
He dares not come before a demo
cratic convention in his district so
long as he acts as one of the pillars
to uphold Athens’ negro postmas
ter. Paid-for honors don't elect
any man to congress, and no one is
better aware of the fact than the
gentleman from Oglethorpe.
Oglethorpe Lands.
Dr. Mark Willingham tells us
that he last week refused $4,500 for
i,800 acres of land in lower Goose
Pond district, that before the adop
tion of the stocklaw’he could not git
$1 per acre for. Mr. M. H. Arnold
says he was offered $2,500 an acre
for a place in the same neighbor
hood. Is the Echo’s query of how
we know about real estate in Ogle
thorpe advancing answered? If
not, we can cite a number of other
instances.
Is the cheapest and best baking powder
In the market. It makes digestible
bread that can be eaten warm by dys
peptics and all others without inji ry
The North-Eastern railroad, citi
zens of Clarksville, Turncrville and
the property owners at Tallulah,
would lie greatly benefitted l>v tiie
establishment of a telegraph line
from Rabun Gup Junction to Tallu
lah, and are discussing the project
of erecting one at an early day. It
is hoped that the North-Eastern
railroad will favor the movement
and establish tiie line. A gteat
many visitors were diverted from
Tallulah the past season because
there was no telegraph there. It is
likewise so with Clarksville, which
is a jiojruiar summer resort.
Rev. Mr. Childs, of Washington,
D. C., and his elegant daughter,
M iss Ellen, have been uji to Tallu
lah.
The Nortli Carolina convicts are
grading the North Carolina jiart of
the North-Eastern extension to
Knoxville. So it seems that the
road will certainly he extended next
year.
Mrs. Col. Young, of Tallulah,
Hotel, proposes to treat the hoard
ers to egg-nog and all the luxuries
of Christmas.
Congressman Crisp passed Lula
yesterday, en route home from
Washington. He says Congress
man Candler preceded hint home
one day, and is at Gainesville.
Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 21.—A
negro named Howard, who killed
Fat Flynn near Skipworth, on tiie
iSth, while being conveyed to jail
yesterday, was taken from the slier-
ill' by the negroes and it is believed
lynched. It is tiie first case on rec
ord where a negro was lynched by
negroes for killing a white man.
John Kvana, ilec'd, repnaenu by his petition
that he has fully discharuesl hU dutie* m* »mh.
These are therefore to cite all persons concerned
to show cau.-e if any they can, why said admin
istration should receive letters ol dismission ot
the first Monday in February. 1**4. at uiy office,
my olllcini signature, this Nov. 6.18Kb
JAM Ed it. LY LE. Ordinaay.
G EOlUrlA, OCONEE ‘
(ieor^c k. (iritfeth, ext
deceased, applies for letter
said exveutor.dup. These
all person* concerned to sh<
can, why he should not rec
si-.li t'roui said estate on the
nary, lv>l. Witness my «
Octotier. 1881. JAS.
G EUlU.lA, OCONEE ft)
T. Anderson. K*iardian
plies f<
U NT Y.—W hereus,
tor of John If
»f dismission I
c therefore to
cause, if any they
e lettersot.lismis-
i track ul land in
efofc to die all |.c
id Eddie Colley, i
If undivided inter
The*
FULL LINE
OF THE
CELEBRATE D
LIPPINCOTT
unty.
to «h<
vhy said !.•
Irst Mt.iid.tT in Decombei
Walkiiisvil.e. liu. Wilue.v
this November. 1**3.
JAS. K. LYLE. Ordinary.
S'v
1IER!EE’S SALE.—Will I
old i
as principal, uml Joseph W
Said horse and bug^y and I
perly of Joocj.ti Wi lia
property pointed out by plaudit!
dec4wlt. Sheriff
Gsr 1
>N EE COUNTY
administrator of San
head, di c'd, represents to the court
tion that he has fully admiuiKicre-
This is therefore to cite all person
kindred and creditors, to show cause,
enu, why said administrator should
charged from his administrate
Win
ofdis
ISM.
i the
i under my official >in
of t he -silas Hale lu.
AND
COLLINS
AXES.
FOI~t SALE AT
Childs, Nickerson & Co
ATLANTA RUBBER COM!
II.KSALK & RI TAII-.
26 MARIETTA STREET, ATLANTA. GA
1. libber
Fine Clot!
Packimr. 1
tde by K. V. Mill.-
B E. iVKHiiY,
Application for Charter.
G KOKCM, CLARKEl
able >up. riui- Court.
I»84: iht p union ot th
loots. Shoes, Ladies' (rents' ami
ii". Toys. Balls. Rubber Belting.
Father Belting; Lace heather, Elc.
;• y tl.'- iq.il*! will be Koii-It*; . I- !•'. :
ATLANTA RUBBER COMPANY.
t In!
Iren -
THE LARGEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST—
CROCKERY HOUSE
.IN TIIE STH OR 9TII DISTRICT.
Kvvrytl.lT.* til.-: II..-:., k i.t-e.; Cntit.-v. <i!«..»ur , Vi:.. c:.in«, I.a . ,
Uwats w....|«arv, V.vvr Mau-A (Vitro .v-r.-ii.u, - , i..\a.-';
•>ur|si.e>au<: bcf..re sioetiai: it;.. We *itara»tv«
l.OWKST I'llH KS ON KVimYTIlINi;.
C.D. FLANIGEN
MARKET REPORT.
OFFICE OF BANNER-WATCHMAN.
Athens. December itwvi
COTTON MARKET.
Market Firm.
G«mh1 Middling 9 \ r <t
Middling yv.$
strict Low Middling ' r<$
Low Middling «*;»
Strict Hood Ordinary...^.
Good Ordinary -
Stains “•'.iy**
Liverpool Market - st *ady H,l ‘ I Easier/* 13 p; Ar
rivals Steady. Sale*B>U0J
New York Market Firm 1038. Futures closed
steadv. Dec. Ja n 10,16;- Feb. 10/>4: March
lu. 68: April 10, Mi.
RETAIL PRICES.
To-day's Quotation*.
Grain, Provision, Etc.
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
Superfine
Bolted Meal
Bran
CORN—White, sacks
Mixed
Bulk WdA cent* leu*
OATS—Red Bust Proof
Mixed Outs
Rice Flour, Bulk
Pearl Grits
Stock Meal
HAY—Western
Northern Choice
MEAT, PRODUCE.
BACON—Smoked C. K. Sides
Smoked Shoulders
Loim Clear Sides
Shoulders
Bellies
HAMS—Canvassed. .
7 Ot) (<t 8 00
6 00 (i* 6 50
-5 50 6 00
5 00 (<* ft 50
80 00 75
(cO 1 13
75 00 80
...... 70 00 75
Uu
. ...1 ‘jo (<o 1 j5
.... I :»5 ^
....1 jo 00
i«;
.... 15 10
0 1 66
1 25 0 ....
HERRING „
POTATOES—Sweet perbushe .... 75
APPLES—Choice, per burrel .... 5 U0 0 <
TOBACCO—Common to Medium.. :w 0 i
Smoking 50 0
Fancy Chewing eo 0 1 :
Chickens 15 00
Turkey*— - 60 0 1 <
Cabbage 0 i
Beeswax — -... ’20 «0
BAGGING—Eastern Jute ..
TIES—Arrow .. ..
Pierced
Stewart anti other*..
Standard A
Crushed
White ExtraC...
KxuaC
Yellow C
MOLASSKi^— Black Strap
STAPLE DRY GOOD*.
Checks, per yd
Stripes
Cottouadea
Drills
sheeting. .
Shirtiug
Prints
Factory pc
iliiiilii whiskey & dry goods
the city of Athena, Clarke County. Ga. The ob- |
FOR
it pruj,
di.*trc»
s! their num
, not other
til as all oth-
ided for, are
furtherance
ntly inte:
1 bu»iur>s of j»aid
now ow ns and holds iu its ow i
i t errain parcel or tract of land
the city ot Athens
ers of their race, not otherwise pr
proiorly »n,t lit
of the object an
purchased aud
right and title,.
within said cou
containing eight and one half
of tiie value o: one thousand doll.irs Said pan el
or tract of land being appropriated, and ;;»< d
solely as u burial ground, and known as “East
Athens Cemetery.” The said parcel or tract of
land constituting all of t lie property or capital of
said society, save the regular dues of its mem
bers. which are paid into said society for the
purpose of its maintenance and the carrying out
of the objects for which it *as organ zed. Where
to re, your petitioners for thetu»elv;s and their
successors pray, that said society nay be regu
larly iheorpnrated in the name ami style of the
“Gospel Pilgrim Society ’ and for the i*eri»u of
twenty years with the right am! privilege of
amendment as well as renew al at tiie expiration
of that time according as the law provides. That
said society may extend the objects nml business
of its organization w ithin ui.d throughout the
county of Clarke State aforesaid. That it
shall t*e empowered to rnukc and adopt s consti
tution, rules and by-laws.for thego\ eminent and
maintenance of said society, not inconsistent with
the constitutions and laws of the United States
1 the state of Georgia, anti to fully
thi
said society t
l U> impleaded, a
plead *
other a
the objects and but
ami with the full
rights ami privilru
I
. Hay got d Job u so
1 K-rf.
iroyiugout ..f
l is organized,
:ise of ail the
as-ociations.
governing the
* v er pray.etc
erry. Candors
Martini
BitldU
. \v*i:i
lie U-
si ill.
Dillard. Taylo
r, Robert Brown.
•’ Susie Derricote,
Ida King, Robe
Walker, Mattie
Ware. Mary Auaieii, Rena Hamilton, Mary Les
ter, Nettie Thompson, Fibbie August, Mssie
Thomas, Martha Newton. Adline Stroud, Harry
Parker. Mary Parker. Harriet Williamson. Lo-
Bcuza Holbrooks. Low Johnson, ( buriic Johnson,
nry McCartlier, Richard Wagener. Mariah
lleorge, Ida II.
Garrle Randolph
Crown. Annette W
ris, Lizzie Bullock, Lilly Wagem
Filed iu Clerk's office, Nov. -J4th, 188;;.
A true extract from the record of Clarke Supe
rior Court. JOHN
novJ7wlw4w
i Brooks,
alley Upshaw. William
et Moss, Salim ^Mar-
to iu© for payment within the time and in th
manner prevcril»ed by la#, and these indebted
• » said ti ecet*ed are requested to make imnicdi-
- -d
i Hx.
10.0(10 Gall
5.000 Guilt
Pure Country Corn Wlib
Pure live Whi*kev.
3,000 Gallons Xew England pnni.
3,000 Gallons Holland and Sijt Gin.
2,000 Gallons Peach and Apple Bra:
Also a full line of Tobacco, Cigars an i
all kinds. Staple Dry Goods. Boms, Shoe
All for sale bv
CARITHERS, BETTS & SMITH,
No. 92 Clayton St., Athens, Ga.
rl'UCC! 1<
Huts.
5 0
0 yo
ETC.
..3 50 fa
. 3S 0 ...
50 ttfiiO
(M*
‘25 (<9
J 74 W
6 40 0 t
3 *25 0 3 :
* 00 0
10 0
AMEN .SHOVELS—1. Long Handled 1 00 0
liar Iron -
I'race Chains
kUitnes
Hack Bands - —.
Plow Stocks, Huimau
POWDER—Rilie, per keg
Blasting
-Shot, pur sack
She
3d Ixmg “
'• short “
Axes, per dux —
Horse Shoes. Juniata....
Mule
at her*.
.1 ’25 0
00 ap
1 00 0
8 50 0 y 00
.-5 50 0
-5 60 0 ...
50 0
07
Tallow - «7 0 10
Honey - -1*S 0 »
Turnips » 0 00
uruipN
Butter, Good Country.
LAUD—Tierces
Tubs aud Kegf
EGGS
ii Y)ry Viim’.'.
Salted
BEEF CATTLE—Grosa
Net
MACKEREL—X bbla.. No. I —
Kits, 0.1
SALT—
Small lots
UGAKS—Granulated .
15 0
... 1*2 0 14H
... io 0 m,
fcg *0
— ‘H 0 U2
- 1C 0 11
.. 5 0 ....
... 6 US ....
.. 2S0
4 0
..5 00 »
.3 50 0 4 ’25
..3 50 0
.. DO
A DMINISTRATOR'S S \LK.—Pursuant to an
order of the Court of Ordinary of Clarke coun
ty. will Ik* Mild beiorc the court house door ol
said ••ounty. on the find Tuesday in January next,
dining the' legal Imu-sof -.ale, the one undivided
half interest of An” E. Eberhart, deceased AKo
the one undivided half interest of Giles Mitchell
Eberhart. deceased, in and tn one house ano T*
situate, lying and being in the city of Athens ii
said count*, containing tl»irty-*ix,(3i'«) acres, tuon
or le«s; being the place w hereon the undersigt.ct
recently resided. To be sold as the property o
suitl deceased for the hcnetUof their heir or heirs
Term*cash. K. P- EBERHART,
Administrator of .4ntt K. Eberhart and Gile;
Mitchell Eberhart. deceased declwWd.
* Sapp applies foi
id ministration
ppl
>f Edward Sapp, hit© of said
deceased The«e are therefore to cite ami nd-
moaish ail concerned to show cause at the regu
lar term of the Court of ordinary of said oourity.
to be hel«i on the first Monday in February next,
said lett rs should not l»e granted. Given
my hand at office, this the kl day of Dec.,
A. P. HENLEY, C.C.O.
G eorgia. < la
Janie* P. Davis
i<imini>rrutt*>ti on (
HU of Said county,
ore to rite and adtn
■ause at the regular
80 «t
90 0
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Th. powd.r
inted. iiVv
l’2tb tlavof Do
dlSw&kl.
KK COUNTY—Whereas,
applies to me for letters ol
le estate of Angelin© Davis,
leccased. These arc there—
nisli all concerned to show
erm of tliuCourtofordiuarv
held on the first Monday in
said letter* should not ba
y hand ul office, this
PRELIMINARY.
HARRIS' METHOD.
IN HIS DARING ACT,
TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS!
The only straight out and legitimate show, solicitin-
the public patronage. Remember the date, from Ik 1 -
cember 1st, for 3(1 days, all are welcome.
Admittance Free!
To Harris clearing out sale. The entire balance MoA
Dry Goods. Clothing. ITats,
Shoes, Millinery, etc., c \
Promiscuously thrown on the counters, and sidliiiw' them
REGARDLESS OF COST
DOLLARS and SENSE—A STRIKING TOl’K'-Off'
which appeals alike to all. Show yoi
save youndollars by trading will:
REMEMBER NO. 6 BROAD ST
;r >en>.
HA 1? HI
And print it tU'ep on
f*“Polite
chacr or not.
the tablets of your memory,
c utteous attention to every
M. L.
HARRIS,
NO. 6 ItUOAD STREET, ATIIEN
igjjgljjjjjigi
mm
lCOmjUEROR.1
A SPECIFIC FOR
ow- EPILEPSY, SPASMS,
CONVULSIONS, FALLING SICKNESS,
ST. VITUS DANCE, ALGHOHOUSH.
OPIUM EATING, SYPHILUS,
SCROFULA, KINGS
UGLY BLOOD DISEASES, DYSPEPSIA,
NERVOUSNESS, SICK HEADiCRE,
RHEUMATISM, NERVOUS WEAKNESS,
NERVOUS PROSTRATION,
BRAIN WORRY, BLOOD SORES,
BILIOUSNESS, COSTIYENESS,
KIDNEY TROUBLES AND IRREGULARITIES.
£JW$1.50 per bottle at druggists.'W
Tic Ur. S. A. Mirnd Mat C8,Pn®riEtori
St. Trwptx. XEo. (!)
J C. H. CRITTEItT0Nr*gent, New York.
a.****. FRBRHTItl AL
.U A***':'.?' ■■ n.
Tit'-’l...' ."A I'-* ' ■ ■- n r
Lifff Lffd-'t'A.T ,n " : ’" lul
I XLKJJ Dr. M. tV. ir.ux S por.rtarlt SL
»tMUliti. anetvthauuKa ICnic-u*)..
hunt u
d«c4-wlt.
Notice
•hereby \vann»l not to fidi oi
rpeitulDof the law.
K.MOOV,
Ocome pouuty, Ga.
S
II i I t »» rive*
Anakesis
ar: infamy -vre PB©£
tl** tl, t.1 dmpkM!
Nsrrons Debility. and i
ealW*aknc>«. \ i.aablp^inforaiztica .
for boms cur* fW© UssdaSysajsfso- I
oowduilj. L>r.A.G.U^B,Box2ULhic*«0 *
p KOUGJA. CLAP.KK COUNTY r-
U McAlpln, gi.ar.lian o( W‘t,i.- 1 MjR
hudiaml of soft! \Villi.\L
C LARKK SllEBI FF’S SALE.—Will be sold on
the first Tuesday in Fchrutrv noxt. at the
court house door in Athens, Cbrle m unty G
within the legal houra of sale ouc undivitbsi
one-third part of thirteen 65-100 «ros of land sit
uated. lying anti being in Atheo* Glarko oouotr
(»a., on Barber's street, andkiowu iul dlst n
gulfihrd as the followihg lot* of Lt»,| in the *ur'-
vev of the lauds of John rt. Lint<n by Williams
Rutherford, to-wit: u»t A. couUUng two 2^-l(>0
acres: l»t C. containing two 4«-Mb t ,. rc „ ; \ ot D
containing three acres; lot numhr two cnt iin-
ing two acres, and lot number cptaliting three
werea. Said land Is unimproved levied on as
the property of N. L. H»r..ar ! :o , f" g
lUtHifrom tine superior couit of Carke countv in
lavor of I. A. G*snt, tranalerea, v v i Barnaul
maker, aud Taylor aud Hoyt, e lor^ia l evv
mad© by J A Browning, formers sriff, ’2« th Oct
saswi KES m I
J ° ilN W ’ "
NOTICE.
All person, h.Titn* dt-i iand, ms
Humpton. lot, of OlarV, county
t.ercoy notitictl to present tho t
raymeut within the tl:ne«nd
pru»cril.ed by Imw, mnd tlmse in r ,
censed are reqoejlcd to make I. edute ..av-
inent. „ TilOJIASC.HA PTOX P T
• • 8 ‘' 1 - ***• iStMutor.
I Jane, K. Sima. Adninht:
cou.v
- . .K r ?l 0 > , . ,he 'tohttof OiOmo
Willie L to show
cot rt of ordirurv ........
t Monday In fVbrur
iild «
tion should' , ..
‘hould not U» appointed guard
L in j.lace of sui! KM >cAl|.i
tnv hand at ofilcefthi* VUi d
A-SAM. JACK?
doo25-w30d
LAND FOR SALE.
isihAa
A bout ’206 •••.ere.*
acres of original i.
acre* in oiiltlvuth
sell this place fu
till* office.
Apply
eokoia. oi.wke yt>UM'v.-" , "jjJJ* 1)
Ti.umus 0. Hampton, nyfliw J:' ^ i),n.v
intn’atrntion on tin- eatfito ofabza - <rv
£L«i , »:?: u "iTjr:r.rfo.c«n.ed.»
then;fore ft
show cans©
ty, to Ik; held
It© and admodish *11
the court of Ordinary ‘J* i^piK-r
Ordin* r I‘
px fi-. 1
uext, whjr
Given under my uarnt ar aacc. rjj.v
of Octot er. 1883. ASA M. JAt
octl6 w3ud.
|PIUM
,73
NOTICE.
..IntM
JhnuajTF, l»«,