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NER-WATCHMAN. I OFFICIAL ORGAN OF COUNTY AND CITY I ' SUBSCRIPTION. II PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. | UEBEST dRCDUIiOl II IOETHEAST BE0EG1JL. | T. L. GANTT, Editor & Trod’u 9HE 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»«,