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Within the put few days the rail
road outlook of our little city hai
brightened up considerably, and it
seems that we have something tan
gible ahead of us. Col. Roaul’a
letter came like a ray of sunshine
upon our people, and they now
have strong hopes of soon being
able to tap the narrow-guage sys
tem on our west that is fast upping
the commercial vitality of Athena.
We anxiously await the action of
the lesseess, but teel assured that
with such an earnest friend as Cdl.
Kac.il. that we can count with al
most certainty on a consummation
of a scheme that will so materially
assist us. From the last issue ot
the Madisonian it is seen that there
is now quite a boom in favor of the
Athens & Madison road, and the
public-spirited citizens of that town
have gone to work in earnest. May
or Dorsey has convened another
meeting of the city council for to
night, when he will lay before that
body the question of issuing the ad
ditional $100,000 in bonds for the
North-Eastern extension. He has
conversed with most of our leading
citizens and business men, and find
them almost a unit in favor of the
donation. 11 is idea is to test the
matter at once m the courts, and
decide the question finally as to the
light of Athens to subscribe this
money. When that issue is settled
it *ill be time enough to see what
arrangement can be made with the
present owners of the North-East
ern. An agent of the Richmond &
Danville sjndicate is daily expected
in Athens, whose mission will be
to look into an extension from this
city to some point on the Macon &
Brunswick. He will come fully
empowered to speak for his com
pany. Thcie is no doubt but what
bands will be set at work next sum
mer on the extension from Tallulah
falls to Rabun Gap, when the line
will be pushed through to Knox
ville as fast as money and men can
accomplish. So it is seen that Athens
is not asleep, as many suppose, but
her energetic citizens are quietly
and earnestly at work, and their ef
forts bid lair to be crowned with
“No adjourned session” should be
the campaign cry in choosing mem
bers for the next legislature.
The wife and daughters of Sena
tor Mahone have sailed for Europe.
Mahone is now a deck hand on the
radical ship.
The Maysvillc Georgian is edited
bv a retired blacksmith, and he is
putting in some sledge-hammer
licks for democracy.
The Northern Methodist church
and the radical party are in the same
bonds of iniquity. The former is a
political sucker on the latter.
Arabia has the plague; but then it
has no extra legislative sessions*
spiked in with a monthly negro
convention. Happy Arabia!
It is probable that the “White
Man’s Party” of Georgia will run
Gen. Longstreet for Governor. An
other lamb led to the slaughter-pen
\ gentleman just from Atlanta
tells us that there will be five candi
dates lor Solicitor-General in our
circuit, and they arc working like
beavers.
Jonathan Norcross seems willing
to admit the colored brethren who
is his way ol thinking. Jonathan is
undoubtedly a political fraud of the
first water.
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AN .EVENING WITH A SPIRITUALIST.
BStBLATOm MTRI
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I* EXTREME THB.
Hlotory of Modern Spirituallim, ii Told by Mrs
VsnDnxoo—Bfillst or tthli Soctoty—Wo Carry
Oar Own Hou With Da—Tho DlBbiont Mynas
In tho Spirit Land—Csssaa Faces Surround Et-
ary Fsrson—Facas of tba Mad Mlnataly M-
aenssd, etc., ate., ate. . .
On Tuesday night last, together
with several gentlemen, we called
Mrs. VanDuzee at her
rooms in the Clinard House.
It is a noticeable fact that .tpe
northern republicans have not
elected negroes as delegates. They
have thrown Them an occasional
•top in the way of an alternate’s
place. “Secor” Robeson was de
feated in New Jersey by a negro
alternate.
Now that the opinion prevails
that neither Blaine nor Arthur can
get the nomination, one of our con
temporaries suggests Gen. Gresham, I This lady is the wife of the general
of Indiana, as the best man avail- manager in Athens for the Singer
able. It doesn’t seem to occur to ™ ac . bin< : company, and is not a pro-
,1,. ...... . • « . , fessional, who seeks to make a hv-
the stalwarts or to the half-breeds ingby her belief We were kind i y
that they might compromise on received,and of course.the conver-
Platt. sation at once turned upon Spiritu-
., , — ' alism. Mrs. VanDuzee freely dis-
Alabama has now 13 cotton mills cussed the subject and readily an-
Georgia 62, North Carolina 92, swered all questions propounded,
South Carolina Si, Tennessee 33, We were soon convinced that she
Virginia 14, Maryland 24, Louisiana was as honest and conscientious in
7, Mississippi 11, Texas 6, Ken- her advocacy of Spiritualism as a
tucky 5, Arkansas 4, and Elorida 2. churchman is in the Christian reli-
These mills were returned in the gion. She says it is neither her
census of iSSoas producing $21,- wish nor -intention to make con-
000,000 worth of cotton goods; but verts, and would not walk twenty
the product of 18S4 is estimated at steps toconvince any one of the truth
$35,000,000 to $40,000. of her belief; that humanity have
Macon Telegraph: Edi,., G.nU
is disposed to come down on the 1 be in the next. She says there are
“American aristocracy,” in which different degrees in the spirit land,
he is fearfully right and in dead as on earth, and she has conversed
earnest. We shall cheerfully at . with spirits from all the realms. This
, „ , , , J lady says they appear to her in dif-
tend all the funerals he may get up f eren t forms. There are first what
in his campaign against the pinch- is denominated the earth-bound
beck nobility and the slobbering spirits, whose past life has not
flunkies that hang like lean leeches I dtted them to occupy a higher
to the shins of the most noble order, a^nisbm^n^for‘pa^tran^e^
It is said that the Seventh-day sion »- a " d a ?P ear in the * 3 ™ e f 8 /'
. . ... , . . , , . ments that they wore during life.
Adventists are highly elated over Even jn this / tate however f they
the prospect that ex-de-facto Presi- have an opportunity of bettering
dent Rutherford B. Hayes is about I their condition, and are gradually
to become a convert to their pecu- advanced as their reformation takes
liar views, and that soon afterwards P lace ’ ,T h f t e -bound spirits
. _ * , . . are subject to the same trials and
the end of the present order of af- troubles as when in life, and it is of-
fairs will come to pass. It is diffi- ten necessary that they should corn-
cult to conceive where the direct municate with *nme living friend
connection between the two events | to clear their way. Mrs. VanDuzee
attributes supernatural warnings to
this class of spirits, and says it they
The law passed by the Georgia I are 'communicated with through
legislature in reference to oleomar- some medium, and their wishes
b . , , , , made known, then they are satisfied
ganne has proven a dead letter. and their visits ceas £ The next
This miserable combination of lard | class are robed in white, which is an
and tallow continues to be dealt out advance in the world of bliss over
as gilt-edged butter from some Go- those that are earth-bound. These,
N** York
taken a step in advance, and has Then tbere are spirits that appear,
forbidden, under penalty, the man- the form of mistl but their fea-
ufacture and sale of the miserable tures are discernible and can bercc
stuff. Other states would do well ognized. Then as the. degrees ad-
to follow her example.
MEEKER'S FARM.
Visit to the Loveliest Spot in Georgia—The
Perfection of Agriculture.
Tuesday afternoon we were sum
moned from our sanctum to take
ride with Capt.J. S. Williford. It
vance the light appears to brighten,
through thousands upon thousands
of stages, until the supreme realms
of bliss are reached, when the spirit
appears as bright as the noonday
sun, and inhabit homes as beautiful
as the imagination can depict. There
is no commingling of spirits in the
rious spheres, for they are as dis-
is always a relaxation for an ed. or tinct as‘the classes upon earth,
to have even an hours rest from h.s The h;her order of spirits rarely
desk, and of course w e were not ever vi & the earth) and ‘; t is only b *
loath to accept the kind offer Our , practice that mediums can
destination was the beautiful sub- co » m J nicate with them . Mrs . Va n
urban farm of Mr J A Meeker Duzee she has looked ; nto ; r .
upon which the owner has lavished | it hom J and conversed with F the
place was an unsightly old field, too
poor even to sprout a pea. Mr.
Sleeker has expended probably
$25,000 on its improvement, and he
has transformed almost a desert
into a lovely garden of 140 acres.
The newspapers of Georgia are
on u better footing than since the
War. There arc a few little weakly
parasites that need weeding out,
and when this is done, our state can
justly boast of its press..
We think that the Lincoln fami
ly arc like a sweet potato—the best
of them is under the ground. At
tlie same time, however, Bob seems
to have the drop on the other Pres
idential aspirants.
Gen. Longstreet is one Soutlierg
republican for whom we entertain
the highest regard. He has gone
astray, it is true, but nothing can
blot out his record in those days
that tried men’s souls.
The Eatonton Messenger is dart
ing straws .against a tempest when
it opposes the re-nomination of
Hon. Seaborn Reese. Better fall
into line, Brother Reese, and accept
the inevitable.
Gen. Butler goes to Chicago as a
democratic dclcgate-at-large. His
last appearance in the democratic
wigwam was at Charleston when
he voted for Jefferson Davis. The
Chicago hotels will place a pewter
spoon at Ben’s plate.
The Atlanta newspaper reporters
have got up a walking match, and
the winner will receive$1,000. Yes
and we’ll bet the lucky man wil,
take the $1,000 and establish a “long-
felt want” at some water tank, and
slowly starve to death.
Col. Candler’s enemies in the 9th
have about lied themselves out of
breath, and he will doubtless be re
nominated by acclamation. All the
better class of independents have
withdrawn from that party since it
is merged with the radicals.
President Arthur once taught
school in an interior town in New
York and boarded with a private
fnmily. Afterward General Gar
field taught the same school, board
ed with the same family, and occu
pied tlie very same room. Wonder
if Sing-sing is not located in that
school district!
The Abbeville Press & Banner
is heartily opposed to the land loan
corporations and warns the farmers
of Abbeville not to put themselves
under any obligations to these com
panies. It says: “If the farmer is
compelled to raise money, let him
sell a portion of his land at half its val
ue rather than jeopardize the whole.
A majority of our farmers have
great quantities of land that yield
no return, and any fanner who pays
interest on any unprofitable land
taut finally be ruined,"
piness and enjoyment that the hu
man imagination could depict If
the living only knew the reward
awaiting them for a well-spent life,
our world would be free from sin
In reply to our query if Spiritualists
The land has been'brought - up" To I believed in a hell burning with fire
the highest state of cultivation, and a *V* bnmstone, Mrs. Vanpuzee re-
is to-day covered with the most lux- P“ e °> “No one but fools believe
uriant crops of grasses and small I an y such nonsense. God is too
grain, black with richness, and bids 8PJJ 1 “ an( * merciful to condemn his
lair to make a yield that has never children to eternal punishment We
been equalled in the south. The ma ) £e ° ur own hell while on earth
house, a tasty new cottage, stands carry it with us.. This lady
upon an eminence in an oak grove I *“ en described the various clean and
of many acres, the trees apparently un clean spirits she has seen, ana
being trimmed and trimmed by a in the hereafter a soul experi
square and level. You approach e 7* ces the same sensations
the house by a winding avenue, on I *” e y ° n earth. For
one side bordered with wheat that stance, if. a man is a drunkard,
will yield 40 bushels per acre, and he suflers , ,n the ?P* nt , aU the mis
the other with oats that will, in fries ofa drunkard, and there is pun-
spite of the severe winter, make enough to know that his
even more. This road is as smooth wilful life on earth has debarred him
as a floor, every water-way substan- f or entering the blissful realms, that
tially bridged with stone. The res- ha « an see; ahead. In the spirit he
idence is completely embowered in 1 at once begins to expatiate for the
flowers and shrubbery, now reach-1 transgressions committed on earth
ing their greatest perfection. A de- an< } is ady ance d as fast as pun
licious perfume, distilled therefrom, While we were conversing
greets you ere vour destination is Mrs. VanDuzee exclaimed, (point-
reached. We were cordially re- i"g to the editor of this paper) “I
ceived by the genial proprietor, who * bright l*ght behind your chair!
delights to show visitors his place. 1 have noticed it before, and it
The first sight that attracts your at- seems to follow and hover around
tention is fifteen acres sown in Lu- y° u * ** \ s mor ® distinct now, and
cern, and now nearly ready for the seems to be two little seraphs—the
mowers. Mr. Meeker tells us that foI ™. s are quite plain to my sight
it is the most valuable hay crop for a ‘ this bme. They are two little
upland that can be sown in the | chddren, and are in the highest ele-
South.the plants taking such deep ment of space.” With this inter
root that they are not effected by ruption, the conversation again
our hot Southern suns. Again it is ‘“med upon her belief. Mrs. Van
only necessary to resow this crop Duzee says Lula Hurst is a medi-
once in every fifteen years, which um, and would develop wonder-
makes it almost a clear profit to the ^ powers if properly trained,
farmer.- At the first two cuttings She th,nks her physical force will
he gets one ton each to the acre, eventually give place to a spiritual
with the other three the hay i s force, and she will then he a shining
shorter, but none the less ! 'ght in this new world. “Have
valuable as a feed for stock. y° u ever seen a colored Spiritualist?”
Thus it can be seen that from we asked. “Yes, many of them
an outlay of only the labor for har- The most , wonderful medium I ever
vesting, can an income of $75 or saw is a negro girl in New York,
$100 per acre be realized. Mr. who was the discoverer of modem
Meeker has taken every rock and Spiritualism. My medium at pres-
stump from his fields, and as theland ent is a little Indian girl, who has
lies well, improved machinery can foUowed me for ten years, and is
easily be used. His grove is sown ° ne tbe truest and most faithful
down in California clover, blue grass jjttle creatures I ever knew. The
and other pasturage, that flourishes time I sa w her she was standing
most luxunantly and furnishes fine at my side and pickme at mv apron
grazing foi his stock. He has now as an y child would do. _ But she
a pasture of 30 acres, luxuriant with has now grown to be quite a girl,
barley, clover, etc., upon which he and has advanced very rapidly in
feeds several hundred head of the spirit land." “Do spirits grow
horses, mules, cattle and sheep for after death?” we asked. “Oh, yes,”
the the Athenians, they paying ten I was the reply, “but they never get
cents per day per head. The past [old. I tell you the soul after death
month this industry ha& netted Mr. I is subject to the same changes as the
Meeker about $20 per day. His body. Every living creature has a
pasture grows as fast as eaten down, spirit, and they inhabit space, the
There are five acres in fruit trees, same as we do the earth, and add to
just now in full bearing, of the most .to mutual pleasures. I -have often
choice fruit, and evety tree is seen the spirit of horses and other
laden. Mr. Meeker tells us that he animals. I sometimes think,” con-
finds both peach and apple trees do tinned Mrs. VanDuzee, that the
better when not trimmed too close | living on oar earth are the spirits of
to the ground'. Besides the bay a people who inhabited a world ot
and small grain crops, immense darkness, And being placed on
yields of com and cotton per acre this sphere is but one of the ad-
are made on this place. In fact, vances between time and eternity,
there is not a month in the year but But of course I have no proof for
. «1 • I Aliaa Anal •• A«ln m
I have called up one of my spirits
and conversed w'th it for hours.
I talk to them like a rational human
being. There is nothing to be afraid
of, fora spirit cannot harm you.
Certain mediums have communica
tion with certain orders of spirits,
and to reach others of that Class you
must communicate through the
one that controls you. Y ou can
train a spirit like a living person,
and the little Indian girl to whom
I referred was taught to speak the
English language by one of my
daughters. I have never seen this
child in life, but she tells me that
she belonged to a tribe in New
York state. For a 'ong time an old
Roman senator followed me, and I
discovered his identity in a singular
manner. A nephew of mine, who
had heard me speak of my spirit,
sent me a book on Roman senators,
and the first engraving I looked at,
taken from a bust, was that of the
old senator whom I had so ottegseen
in the spirit land. He has not visit
ed me for several yerrs.” -Mrs.
VanDuzee then narrated a number
of wonderful seances that she has
attended, including that of the
“Flower Medium” in Boston, who,
upon being locked up in a room
with a party of ladies and gentle
men, with all their hands linked
upon a table, to find, when the
lights are turned on, their laps and
the room filled with the most beau
tiful flowers, freshly plucked, some
evidently brought from distant
dimes, with the sap still clinging to
the stems. Mrs. VanDuzee says it
a matter impossible for these flow
ers to have been conveyed into that
room through any human agency.
In reply to our inquiry as to the
number of Spiritualists in the world,
this lady replied, “About eleven
millions. It is comparatively a new
departure, and is destined to be
come the religion of the world. We
do not try to make converts, but
are always glad to show our pow
ers to the people and let them be
their own judges as to its merits. It
will work its own way. Queen
Victoria is an earnest believer in it,
while many of the most eminent
nent men and women in the world
are with us. It is an unpopular beliel,
at this time, but the truth is gradu
ally breaking upon the world.”
Mrs. VanDuzee kindly consented
to give us a few evidences of her
powers, that we might judge to the
merits of their claims. Placing her
face in her hands, and closing her
eyes, she requested all persons in
the room to remain quiet for a few
moments. She then began to
speak, describing the spirits before
her. And here came in the most
wonderful part of the perform
ance. She gave tbs writer a most
minute description of his father,
who died of paralysis in Mississip
pi, and had she his portrait before
ler it could not have been more ex
act. She told his age, and described
characteristics and marks about his
face that no one but his immediate
family would have noticed. She
also described other deceased
friends, some of them dead for
many years, and their names not
even known in Georgia. To say
her revelations were surprising,
even the most skeptical will be
forced to admit. She gave othe
>arties present descriptions of dead
1 Bends, whose spirits were around
them, and their surprise was even
as great as our own. By pressing a
sealed letter in her hand she most
accurately described the writer
thereof. Mrs. VanDuzee, by the
singing of a hymn, goes into a
trance, and while in that state de*
livers the most learned lectures and
recites columns ot poetry upon any
subject—the parties present writing
the subject they wish to hear dis
cussed on a piece of paper and
placing the same in a hat, one to be
drawn therefrom and not even look
ed at. But at a future time this
lady promises us a display of this
power, so we must reserve our ac
count of same until we have an
occular demonstration of the tact.
While we are far from being a be
liever in Spiritualism, theie* is cer
tainly something wonderful about
this lady, that will repay investiga
tion from a scientific mind. .What
her powers are, that seem to enable
her to lift the veil from the spirit
land and read its secrets, is to us
a profound mystery, and we • will
not attempt to explain them. That
Mrs. VanDuzee has some secret
and wonderful gift, we cannot deny.
We only ask our skeptical readers
to call on this lady ana see for them
selves.
CANDIDATES FOB PRESIDENT.
“Hex ’Em OntWtarim Ton La*.
something is coming on tu swell | this, and it is only a surmise of my
LULA HimST, NO. 2.
TTHT
H ltd;
' ■ - Dalton Citizen.
The above young lady exhibited
her wonderful powers at Treyitt
hall on Tuesday night last. We .
were present and were astonished
at what we saw. The power she
possesses, whatever that-power is,
“ indeed wonderful. That there is
> deception about her perform
ance : we were fully satisfied from
the tests made of her singular pow
er on this occasion. Sheisayoung
unlettered country girl, about 14
yeajs old, and, physically, not unu
sually developed for a person of her
age. At the commencement of the’
entertainment, the manager invited
any gentleman in the audience to.
come on the stage and test her pow-
R01IERT LINCOLN
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N Y
This is s dude
his ears pro
trude in most
ers by holding or sitting in a chair, opt, and dragged her out of the
Several went, One or two of them of. house towards a pine thicket near
m-eatnlivMMi stwnrti, .iwt '5R tjjr. Af the yard fence he relaxed
his hold on her throat in trying to
get over, and she, screamed as loud
as she could. Most happily both
horses were still at the moment she
screamed, and her husband heard
the cry. If it had been a moment
sooner or later she would not have
been heard. Mr. Lovelace and his
brother ran towards the house at
once, and when they were within
about fifty yards Sam saw them and
escaped into the pine thicket. The
news soon spread through the
neighborhood and a party at once
set out in pursuit of the black vil
lain. A report reached here at one
time that he had been caught and
shot near Camp Hill, but we ascer
tain this to be erroneous.
The negro was evidently bent
upon mischief, for proof was ob
tained that he had visited the house
of two other white citizens that day
with the same intention he came so
fearfully near carrying out at Mr.
Lovelace’s. At one place his tracks
were found all around the house,
but fortunately the lady of the house
was at the time in the field with her
husband. At another place where
there lived a girl about fourteen
years old, he said her father had
sent him to tell her to come to the
field and help him to strew guano.
He then went and hid beside the
path along which she would have
to go. She had been washing
clothes that day, and was tired, so
she did not go.
THE BITE OF A MAD-DOG NOT AL
WAYS FATAL.
St. Jama Gazette.
The bite of a mad dog, it would
appear, is not so fatal as is general
ly supposed. A report upon the
subject for the Department of the
Seine, issued by the Paris Prefect
ure of Police for the past three
years, shows that of 1^6 persons bit
ten by rabid dogs in 1SS1 eighty
died; in 1SS2 nine out of sixty-sev
en bitten died; and in 1883 five only
only out of forty-five. With re-
gard to the treatment of the bite of
a rabid animal, the experience of
the French .doctors show that the
only remady which can be depend
ed upon to destroy the virus is the
prompt application to the wound of
cautery by red-hot iron. Twenty
persons died of hydrophobia in the
Department of the Seine in 1S81,
nine in 1882 and four in 1883, as fhr
as official returns show. The de
creasing number of deaths from
this cause is attributed to the strict
er measures adopted with regard to
ownerless dogs. During the three
years mentioned, 11,564 stray dogs
were captured in Paris and the de
partment and destroyed.
the income of the proprietor. It is j own.” “Do you believe in ghosts#**
certainly' a model southern farm, we asked. “There are no such
and is a solution of the agricultural thing as ghosts, and as to them in-
problem of the south. It is like a habitating grave-yards, spirits have
trip to Arcadia to visit this lovely | no mora use for pie shell of a body
rural home, and see such evidences j after the sou) has quitted it than yon
of thrift and progress on every would. ( fiaran old-log house alter
hand* The outbuildings are in [ VfaildingM triinaion. JBnt, as I srid, :
A BAILOR DEVOURED BY SHARKS.
While leaving the port of Bahia,
bays a| recent Panama letter, the
steamer Chala lost a man in a very
tragic manner. He fell overboard,
and a boat was started to his rescue.
The man was a good swimmer, and
it seemed certain that he would be
saved.. Evidently, however, the
place became alive with sharks, and
ft at once became apparent that the
man was doomed. Once he threw
himself almost ont of the water in
proved and modern plan. This
magnificent farm is now offered for
tale, and ft is a mystery to oa,that
some capitalist has not purchased
ft before now.
mysterious sound A heard are
qytNyjqt?* 1
except to medupps, apd then in the
form of a body.; Tbey.are not hor-
. rible to look upon, and when aftme
Ian effort to escape the jaws of the
I monster, but a few seconds after-
I wards he was apparently seized'and
dragged under, as nothing more
was seen of_ him. _ Other sharks,
apparently disappointed in their
hopes of prey, were then seen
rushing through the water in all
HdirectionS, and appeared to medi-
the itate an attack on the boat, which, I
■■after an Ineffectual search, pulled
Iback : to 'the ship. The whole of
this coast abounds withH
but this year they seem;
i numerous than ever.
rate, ten inches
lon« any rate. A
Sandy tie rarrounds his throat
belo w this comes a cut-off coat
with lar more buttons tha
at. Neath all the rc
is his vest with pla 1
the t><
»*°
are
you
nis
ft
spindles
his
skin
spin
legs
That is a Dude.
DAN1ELSVILLE DOINGS.
Daniklsville, May 6.—Picnics
are now in order.
Two mad dogs were killed near
Moore’s Grove Saturday.
Mr. Ham Henley’s little boy was
severely bitten by a vicious dog be
longing to Mr. Henley. The dog
will bite no more little boys.
The last will and testament of El
ba Collins, dec’d, was yesterday pro
bated in solemn form. CoLJ.J,
Strickland, executor’s ;counsel.
More fine milk cows heard from.
Mr. Jonah E. Haws reports a five
gallon cow at his home. Mr. Ter
rell Adams says he has one if prop
erly cared for.
Webb Cuny, (col.) milked from
the I. J. Meadow cow, on the 30th
inst, gallons, and on the 4th he
lacked only a pint and a halt of 8
gallons. We don’t know where
she’ll stop.
| |The Culberson land consisting of
two hundred acres sold to-day for
fourteen hundred and five dollars,
to three heirs of the law, Chandler,
Wilson and Minish—a bargain.
The contract to repair our jail was
let to-day to Mr. Wm. B. Williams
for $124.
Mr. G. T. Johnson, one of onr
merchants, is patting up a telephone
from his store to his dwelling. The
stock company to establish telephon
ic communication between Daniels
ville and Athens is not yet ready to
begin the work,
WORK FOR JUDGE LYNCH,
Two Young GUU Polumsd by MttpUon.
Clarksburg, W. Va., May 3.
On Tuesday last a most dastardly
outrage was perpetrated by ' some
unknown fiend near Adamsville, a
remote village ot this county, which
will probably result in the death of
two young ladies, Misses Della and
Annie James. Miss Della received
an envelope by mail purporting to
come from a cousin containing some
brown sugar. A note was enclosed
requesting her to eat the sugar and
burn the note and envelope. Sup-
losing it to be a joke, Miss Della
lividM the sugar with her sister,
both girls eating of it. The sugar
Was poisoned. ~ Miss Della is now
dying and her sister is suffering
great agony.
DEATH UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF CHLOROFORM.
Albany News: Missouri Wright,
wife of R. Wright, colored, - went
to the office of Dr. Osborn, the den
tist, to have some teeth extracted
tenday morning. Fearing that
operation would be a painful
one, she asked for an administration
of chloroform. Dr. Osborn called
in Dr. Hilcman to administer the
an&sthetic; The patient yielded to
the influence of the chloroform very
readily, and nothing nnusual occur
red until after one,.tooth had been
extracted, and Dr. Osborn was
about to proceed to draw another,
when she resisted, and then sud
denly ceased breathing. The doc-
*nra immediately tooklierout of the
isir, and; laying her upon the floor,
tifitSd respiration) but h<!r heart re
fused to act and she was soon be
yond all hope. A powerful electric
battery was also applied, bnt to’ no
avail. The patient was' a stout,
healthy looking woman, but her
case happened to be what the med
‘ : ': ! A*ftfii4FTED RAPB^ 'i, .
Sf-lilf I ’I,<110;
TS» WrstcU Eaeapa*,-Bnt 1* Cloulj Pumwd.
, , - £hambert, (Ala.,) Tribune.
Sam Hinkle, a negro, attempted
to outrage-Mrs. .Jack Lovelace last
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. LbVe-
lace'lives a few miles southwest of
town.'" Her husband and-his broth
er were plowing in a field, not, far
from the house. Two ladiei who
had beert visiting her left about five
o’clock,- and she was in the ' house
alone. Sam had evidently been
watchingdils opportunity, for imme
diately upon the departure of the
visitors he .entered the house and
asked Mrs' Lovelace for'a piece of
paper to write a letter.- She stoop
ed down to get it for him, when he
suddenly grasped her by the throat,
thpp preventing her from dying
great physical strength, and each, in
turn, would hold-a chair in front of
him, firmly grasped in both hands,
and Miss Price, by placing her
hands on the back of the chair,
would move the one folding it
about over the stage with the great
est ease. Again, she would, with
out the least apparent exertion on
her part, raise a chair from the floor,
while two or more strong men were
exerting themselves to hold it down,
by simply laying her hands on the
back of it. One of her tests was
marvelous, the twisting of a large
hickory stick nearly in two, held in
vice-like grip by two strong men,
by touching the palm of her hand
to the end of it And another one
of her tdats was very astonishing,
that of lifting and hurling a chair
through the air with tremendous
force, by the same process of laying
her hands gently .on the top of ft.
What this mysterious power is we
are unable to say; but that it is truly
wonderful and without deception
there can be no doubt To find out
what it is, and whence it comes, we
leave to scientific investigation. We
give it up—we don’t know!
NEGRO* GIRLS.
An Artlol* From a Colored Paper Laden With
Sound Senso.
4 Atlanta Defiance.
Thesis, our able Athenian corres
pondent certainly hit the nail right
centrely oh the head in what he
said last week in his letter concern
ing the prominence that we give as
a race to the children of prostitutes
and to prostitutes themselves.
We have ft continually thrown in
our teeth, by the white men, that
none of our women are virtuous.
Of course we know this is not true,
yet the grounds upon which they
jase their argument is the fact that
we have no line of demarkation be
tween virtue and vice, at least this
line is not as plainly defined among
us as among white people.
If a white woman disgraces her
self she is immediately driven from
respectable society and scorned by
her former associates, and even the
men shun her, but among us, as a
general rule, for a young girl to lead
a suspected life, is only to pass into
society, she is recognizend by the
best girls and courted by the best
boys. We mean this, that some of
our best girls will associate with
any woman whose character is sus
picious, and some of our best boys
will “toat” them around in society.
We know that our girls labor un
der many disadvantages, and we also
know that as soon as they reach
their teens, are hounded at every
turn by every low, vile and con
temptible white man in the com
munity who seeks by every con
ceivable hellish device to decoy
them from the path of virtue. We
know, too, that these damnable
scamps have out black emissaries,
who aid and abet them in accom
plishing their nefarious ends, yet
our girls should hurl with bitter
contempt the brutal attacks of these
fiends back in their teeth with the
greatest possible degree of vehe
mence. But alas! But alas! The
jirls too often allow themselves to
ie imposed upon, by suffering these
hellish white scoundrels to make
improper advances upon them, so
that they insult them with impuni
ty and thus they are decoyed from
the path of rectitude, innocence and
happiness and finally ruined.
We will speak again of this very
'rave matter at some future time.’
LJntil then, girls, beware how you
walk. Remember you are the
guage of your race civilization and
moral status.
HAWKINS KILLS HARDY.
A Tragady la Analiton la Which Two Georgians
Are tho Principals
Anniston, May’ 3.—Willis A.
Hawkins, jr., formerly of Americus,
shot and killed Mr. Wes Hardy,
formerly ot Cartersville, last even
ing at 7 o’clock.. The dispute arose
over a game of pool, when Haw
kins gave Hardy the lie. Hardy re
taliated with a blow from a billiard
cue. Hawkins left the place and
came back in fifteen or twenty min
utes when the attack was renewed
bjr Hardy striking Hawkins with
hia fist Hawkins retaliated by
shooting Hardy in the abdomen.
The ball entered his intestines and
lodged in the cavitv. Hardy died
this evening.at 3 o’clock. Hawkins
was committed to jail for trial on
Wednesday. Both parties £re un
married young men and well liked.
Hawkins was considerably affected
when his victim died, remarking:.
“I would I were in his place.” The
public seem to think the shooting
was somewhat justifiable. Mr. Har
dy is a brother-in-law of Hon. E.
N. Broyles, of Atlanta. He and his
wife have been telegraphed for and
and are now on their way here.
A YOUNG GIRL’S BETRAYER.
RIOTING IN NORFOLK.
Nagroes Striking Polloemtn and Insulting Ladles
> —Everything to a Tumult.
Norfolk, Va., May 1.—This af
ternoon the first regiment of color
ed volunteers celebrated its anni
versary by parade; in which visit
ing colored companies from Peters
burg joined. When preparing for
the dress parade, Major Palmer,
commanding, requested the police
to keep the crowd from pressing on
his men and interfering with their
movements. This an officer at
tempted and the immense crowd of
colored people fell back, except one
negro, who struck the officer and
seized hTs club. The crowd then
began to boot and yell and several
negroes rushed at the officer, who
was finally rescued by the police
force present. In the melee three
officers were badly hurt before or
der could be restored. Later it
the evening a negro struck a ne
gress. A policeman attempted his
arrest and was struck by a rock
thrown from a crowd of negroes
and seriously injured. A lady pass
ing was also struck by a rock. The
chief of police has all his force in
readiness to preserve order, and an
extra force has been sent to the col
ored quarter. Five rioters are un
der arrest.
A NEGRO’S CRIME.
generalTnewST -
A iy'fpiwwont areas huge as hen’a
—H'ih J Florida. p
A WhlM Woman ores* Birth to a Black OhllA ai
tho Result 01 Her Fright.
Chattanooga, May 5.—A few
weeks ago, Dick Warner, made a
criminal assault on Mrs. Mardar,
wife of a farmer living near Scotts-
boro, Alabama. That whole section
of country aroused and a search was
made, terminating in the capture of
Warner. Good counsel prevailed,
and the officers were allowed to
place the prisoner in jail to await
the action of the court Informa
tion received this evening states that
last night Mrs. Mardar gave birth
to a dead child as a result of theshock
to her nervous system. The dead
child was entirely black. When
this fact, became known another
mob was organized,which surround
ed the jail, demanding the negro.
The jailer had learned of the inten
tions of the mob, and clandestinely
spirited Warner away. The town
is in a terrible state of excitement,
demanding to know the wherea
bouts of the negro.
ELOPING
WITH A
NEGRO.
MARRIED
New York Times.
Beemerville, N. J„ May 1.—
The people here to-day wore great
ly excited over the elopetuent of a
white school girt, Mtas Amanda
Ayers, a daughter of C. D. Ayers,
with a negro named Henry Adams.
The girl wa* about 14 years of age,
rather pretty, and attended the vil-
lage school. She has. always here
tofore been of good reputation. She
left her home last- evening on the
pretense of visiting a neighbor, and
pas not been seen since. Her fail
ure to return greatly alarmed her
parents, who began an immediate
search. When they discovered that
the negro had also disappeared -the
neighbors, all turned out, and a live
ly search was made all night for the
missing couple. Nothing has been
heard from them yet The negro
is known as “Black Hank,”; and
was ji^ay .married to one of his
own race. - He has two children.
Frequent threats df ’ lynching ; are
' TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
—— j., y rutanj
r The cotton crop in . Texas
buried by. the floods. v .
Dr. Edward Scigel, of Newton,
N. C., suicided with laudanum. - 4 1
Union soldiers continue to sub
scribe liberally to the. Confederate
home. .
A negro burglar was taken from
jail at Walton, Kentucky, and
lynched. , ,
Savannah extended great honors
to Gov. McDaniel, upon his visit to
that city. •: v .
The property of temperance men
in Wichita, Kan., is being burned
by incendiaries.
The democrats made large gains
in several municipal elections in
North Carolina.
One moonshiner was killed and
another wounded by revenue of
ficers in Arkansas. I
A-British vessel was attacked and
captured by savages on Acay island
and the crew murdered. ,
The officers had work rescuing
from a mob a New York negro who
eloped with a white woman.
The town of Gainesville, Fla.,
was almost destroyed by fire, the
loss aggregating $250,000.
The fair ground shed fell in, Lit
tle Rock, Ark., and killed a guard
and wounded several convicts.
Two convicts escaped from the
South Carolina penitentiary by
picking the locks of their cells.
A negro named Mat Black was
shot and killed by Richard Butts,
near Franklyn, Kentucky, for steal
ing. >
Two persons were killed and
twenty wounded by a locomotive
telescoping with another in Chica
go, during a fog.
Boggan Cash has been seen in
Darlington, S. C., having returned
from a visit to Mississippi. He will
stand his trial.
The forests of Pennsylvania, New
York snd New Jersey are wrapped
in flames, and entire villages have
been swept away.
Marcellus Thornton has sued the
Atlanta Journal and John F. Conley
for $20,000 each for calling him a
confessed perjurer.
The steamer State of Florida was
sunk by dynamite off Glasgow. It
is thought Rossa’s agents had some
thing to do with it.
Frankfort, Ky., May 5.—Frank
Egbert shot Tom Griffy yesterday
morning. This is the fourth man
Egbert has shot during the past
three years,
Cairo, May 5.—The Arab jour
nal El Bavou affirms that El Mahdi
demands £500,000 ransom for Gen.
Grordon, the sum to be paid to Mah
di within three months.
In the republican ranks, Blaine is
gaining strength wonderfully, but
the opposition is growing more com
pact against him. Grant is believed
to be a dark horse. Logan is drop
ped out.
Columrus, Ga., May 6.—In the
case of the state vs. John B. Frank,
a well-to-do white man, in Russell
superior court, Ala., was found guil
ty of having branded his wife with
a red hot iron. He was given one
year on the works, and a thousand
dollar fine.
The jury in the case of Wm. An
drews in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
charged with killing his wife and
then burning her body at High
Springs, July 4th, 1881, returned a
verdict last night of murder in the
second degree.
Washington, May 5,—Frank
Langston, son of United States
Minister to Hay ti,who shot and kill
ed one colored man and wounded
another in a street fight in this city
about two months ago, and who has
since been in hiding, was surrender
ed to the authorities to-day, by his
father, and has been lodged in'jail.
Savannah, May 6.—The haunt
ed house which has created so much
disturbance in the southwestern por-
tion of this city has been explained.
Mischievous boys have Iain a line of
powder along the floor and have
touched it off, causing so many peo
ple to become frightened.
Vienna, May 5.—A Catholic
missionary, recently from Soudan,
writes to the Politische Corres-
pondenza that evety go® >n that re
gion is impressed with the convic
tion that Kartoum and Berber are
lost, and unless the British shall
post a strong force to hold Assoum
all Egypt will eventually succumb
to Mahdi.
-Postmaster-General Gresham has
been on a visit' 16 Florida*
ha Y e becn introduced
during the present session t>f cou-
‘^fnNew York a woman is paid
6 cents' for making a shirt that is
sold : for'3o cents.
The Florida orange crop is said
to be ‘enormous—about 60,000,000
-btange*—netting about $ 1,200,000.
1 Dr. Newman has a new theory of
forgiveness. He says one must love
his enemies, but keep a sharp eye
on them.. . ■ . j
Texas comprises 228 organized
counties, and territory enough to
form 106 more without violating
the constitution.
Mr. Keeley got the vibrators of
his motor so nearly harmonized one
day last week that the thing began
to fizz and spatter.
Broiled rats on toast and cock
roaches stewed in oleomargarine,
are said to be favorite dishes at the
Chinese restaurants in San Fran
cisco.
About 1,000 murders were com
mitted in the United States in 1SS3,
and only about 100 murderers w ere
legally hanged, while more than 100
were lynched.
“Extract of logwood and strych
nine sweetened with dynamite,” is
what Dr. Talmadge called whisky
in his last sermon. The Brooklyn
saloons must be very bad, from all
accounts.
Bob Lincoln is said to be entitled
to a great deal of credit for being
the son of his father. This may be
true, but there are a good many who
think, that he failed to inherit either
the old man’s greatness or goodness.
At Dayton, Oregon, some par
ties boring a well have struck a
rook, at a depth of 55 feet, from
which a stream of air gushes out so
cold that a bucket of boiling water,
when exposed to the draft, wili
freeze over in a few minutes.
A dypsomaniac boy of cigl|t
years was recently attacked in Dub
lin, with delirium tremens. The
child, so says the Medical Pre--,
had had a passion lor alcoholic li
quors ever since it was able to
drink at all.
Fort Worth is one of the Wonder
ful western towns. At the close of
the war it had 350 inhabitants. In
1S76 when the Texas and Pacific
railroad first reached it, the number
of its inhabitants was 2,000. In 1SS3
it claimed 6,663, an ^ ll0W has 22,-
000. It has a half dozen railways
and there are several more pro
jected.
An extraordinary story is told in
English court circles, and has been
retailed by the Spiritualists, as to
the reasons which induced the
Queen at the last moment to alter
the arrangements of Prince Leo
pold’s funeral. It is said that a
short time before his death, danc
ing with an intimate friend, a lady
of Danish birth, of great personal
beauty, and the wife of an English
peer, he was rallied by her upon Ins
unwonted abstraction. His answer
was that his sister Alice had come
to him in the night, warned him of
an approaching calamity, rnd told
him not to trouble, for all would
soon be well. The royal duke, like
the Queen, his mother, seemed to
have accepted supernatural visita
tions as real, and he told the lady
he would prefer, if anything hap
pened to him, to have a military fu
neral. Her ladyship, the recipient
of these confidences, wrote a letter
to a high court official, telling him
the story, and he laid her communi
cation before Her Majesty. At
once the Queen ordered her dead
son’s desires, expressed in life, to
be fulfilled. Hence that last change
at the last moment which led to so
much inconvenience and perplexity.
mada - .The yotihg lady’s parents seph Hughes, a negro Jiving two
Mre weU to do and; respectable resi- miles from that town, Saturday-
in Ms mother’s bed chamber. When
Wood entered with a gun he placed road w»n pay ouVatlekst EaoioooTn
himself beMnd his mother. Vood the settllmint ,Vthi“'h£ute of
first demanded that he shotild marry claims^ . .The 'damages in the '■<■?» of
*he gftl whorahe had aedneed, and Ed Menill, the mail weigher who
on hearing a refusal blew out the vtaa homed to death, have trot been
“one in a thousand;” of M * y Upon his settisd.’ This is ithe ..manner in
zed her heart, ^ ■ ' ' ' ’ > : which milroada and the rdatiyea'of
ensued. ~ • > -J deceased men fiKa commercial value*
7. , * x e *k et unearthed a Upon human lifel ^Itftdone in tha
iton, of Lucolnton number of old Indian relics near same- manner and spirit that
. jtfiiifliliwwbhdBor- FrankUn,«W»g which are an earth- lect ; damagp».ifirom A railro
step and shht deadbyDdc Thomp- fqti *1 poriwn of a skull, and two killing! a cow or horse, it is a inoi
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 3.—
J. J. Seamora, a Mexican trapeze
performer, while performing a dar
ing feat on the cross bars, lost his
hold and fell a distance of thirty-five
feet. He alighted on his back with
a terrific thud, and blood instantly
oozed from his mouth and ears. It
is thought he will die before morn
ing. Seamora was formerly con
nected with Sell’s circus.
Joseph E. Murrell, a citizen of
Mobile, has died trom a strange mal
ady. Whenever he would lay down
in sleep he would strangle, so that
it was always necessary for some
ope to be with him in order to keep
him from falling into convulsions.
The only rest he has had for a doz
en years was from dozing in a sit
ting position. , . t (
St. Louis, May 5.—A-dispatch
from Montreal, Mo., says a party' of
white , men went to. the house of Jot*
Roy L. May was shot dead Ke dents of Sussex counQr. 1
. A. BAILED ADOOaPROWSINQ.
ted a horse and fled, but was arrested ‘ ' heme" Courier.''
the case were as foDowsi May ac- all the parties who were injured in
complished me rum of Miss Belle the accident near Big Shanty, on
Rarnck, AVocd s sister-in-law, under 4 ’*“ *..u -r 4 *—•* '
promise of marriage, and then
publicly boasted of having freight eiigini
done so. Heaimg that the'avenger andMcCullou
was on bis track May' took refuge
• l_* ’ It v O
night, with the avowed intention of
horsewhipping him 'for an alleged
insult offered by him to a white wo
man a few pays ago. Hughes
;., desperate resistance and
With an axe inflicted mortal wounds
upon Charles Miller and John
Long. • The remainder of the par
ty retired and Hughes surrendered
himself to the authorities.
Winston, N. C., May 6^—Mrs,
Harrison Reed, a most estimable la-,
dy living neat Waughfown, was
horribly murdered yesterday. The
murder was committed by Henry
Swain, and his cause for committing
the deed, was unknown. Mrs;
GEORGIA NEWS. , *
In Dougherty county jail thc pris
oners are not allowed to spit on the
floor.
The new city directory credits
Augusta with a population of 35.'
37!. ' -
Woodville lost one of her best
and most stirring men in the death
of Charlie Leslie.
The bond of the Treasurer of
Georgia is one hundred times the
amount of his salary.
Ed. Dawse, the Waynesboro mur
derer of five children, nearly escap
ed from jail a night «r two ago.
Since the recent flood Rome is
agitating the question of a levee, to
protect-the'city from overflow.
John' Rogers, .once one of the
most prominent residents of Atlan
ta, died in the Fulton county poor
house.
The triplets that were born to the
wife of Mr. Fields Martin, near
Flowery Branch, a short time ago,
are dead.
Dennis Howard, the old colored
drayman, of Marietta, is the father
of utirty-six children. His wife has
had seven pair of twins in succes
sion.
Gainesville Southron: “Saturday
night, about 12 o’clock, Esquire
Jack Davis married James Brazil to
the dwart Miss Catherine Payne.
Brazil is about five times as big as
hi’s wife, and it is altogether a funny
match.”
Simon Johnson (colored) last
Sunday attempted a rape on a white
lady 60 years old, on' the road lead
ing from Barnesville to Milner.
Sheriff Bussey arrested him Tues
day night in Monroe county, and
has him in custody,
t.v r. ij .. :
Afew ; days ago, Willie, son of
Henry,Stafford, hi Whitfield coun
ty, was . almost instantly killed by
the discharge of a gun in the hands
of a negro boy. It is not certain
Wheth^r-the shooting was acciden
tal or intentional. Tim negro was
lodged in jait '
■Fairbum, News: A negro woman,
Polly foster, was found dead by the
side aif the railroad track about three
miles ab6v6 Fairburn, by the down
why freight? this morning. It is not
known, whether . the woman was
kiijed by a train last night, or was
the victim of foul play! The body
was n’6t mangled. - ~
Hawkinsville Dispatch: A gen*
tleman by the name of Clarke gave
us the history of a catfish that he
kne6r to bq twenty-eight :.years old.
Wben. Mr. CJarke .was a boy ten
years.oldhe caught in a branch a
little mu'd cat: or'“kitten” about two
inches WilengtE " He took the fish
hem6 ahd hilt it 4 in a well where it
Reed’s throat was cut vyithaj butehr: hash «etaaihedifor- -twenty-eight
*•- - a wU)aRg?ftVW» be sixteen
■Inches lopg. . Mrl Rqd Browning,
living near McVillp, ha6 in his well
over,the head with an axe. Her
husband reached the housdjuSt be"
fore she expired. She revealed the a catfish that he placed there four-
name of the murderer, andonehun- teen years ago. Every year when
d|re4. citizens started in pursuit, and the well is cleaned out the cat ii
1m) night he was lodged in jail her?, pjrefplly caught and put in a tub 01
Threats of lynching hint there fra«- water where ‘ ft remains perfectly
ly expressed. ' >4 T '*>! satisfied until returned te th* wejl