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BURCHARD AND BRITISH OOLD.
The Blaine people have got up •
fresh theory about the Rev. Dr.
Burchard. They ate determined,
,f possible, to torment the old man
into his giave, now that they have
found he it sensitive, and to ignore
Blame's superhuman stupidity in
omitting tor two day* to repudiate
his sentiments.
The Chicago Tribune, Blaine’s
principal Western organ, avers that
Pr. Burchard was a mugwump in
disguise, and that his memorable
address was a put up job on Blaine.
••The true animus of Burchard’s
dastardly conduct,” says the Trib
une, “is known;” and it intimates
that he was hired with British gold
hv a free trade emissary of Queen
Victoria—perhaps Sir Richard
Temple, who to better conceal his
fatal mission ate dinner with Blaine,
Kvarts, Gould and Field on the
Wednesday before; or possibly
Colonel Mapleson, of Her Britannic
Majesty’s opera troupe. As confir
matory evidence it mentions that
“Burchard’s sons are mugwumps
ur.d marched in the Cleveland pro
cession which took place the after
noon subsequent to the father’s
treacherous address, and this shows
tire political sentiment in the Bur
chard family and the feelings that
animated that domestic circle.” It
may also be that they sometimes
attend the Italian opera on the sly.
Clergymen's sons have been known
to do such things. This, if it could
t.e proved, would strongly support
the suspicion against Colonel Ma-
plcson.
We must say that the Chicago
Tribune makes out a very strong
case against Dr. Burchard. As a
rule we think that a pulpit is an un
suitable place lor political and per
sonal controversy, but we could
scarcely blame him if he should
avail himself ol that coigne ol van
tage to-morrow to make a stinging
reply to his republican defamers.
For our own part, however, we
never have doubted the sincerity of
l)r. Burchard’s address nor his af
fection tor Mr. Blaine. Dr. Burch-
ard still seem* to us to be a victim
of ha»e ingratitude. VVedonot be
lieve that he was paid one cent by
Sir Richard Temple or Colonel Ma-
pleson or any other British emissa
ry. Mine. 1’ntti takes care that
Colonel Mapleson shall have no
superfluous c- sh to elect American
Presidents.—N. V. Herald.
-WATCHMAN.
NO XXIV.
A.THE2STS, QrilOEGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1884.
VOL XXXI
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS.
Forth*November Term, 1884.
We, the Grand Jury for the coun
ty ol Clarke, at the November terra,
1884, of the Superior Court of said
county, beg leave to.submit the fol
lowing presentments:
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
We have examined the court
house, county jail and Sherifl’s
house, and find the court house in
good condition, and recommend a
pair of drop locks be placed on one
of the cells of the jail, and water
closets be fixed in the jail, so as to
draw of! all filth from the same, and
the needed repairs made to the gas
lights. And, also that the necessary
repairs and painting be done in the
Sherifl’s house. We call attention
of the Ordinary to the privy on the
court house grounds, and recom
mend that it be kept more cleanly.
We recommend that a new and
large stove be placed in the court
room, as the old one is cracked, and
very much out of order.
RECEIVER OK TAX RETURNS AND
TAX COLLECTOR.
We have examined the books of
the Receiver of Tax Returns and
of the Tax Collector, and find them
correct with vouchers in the hands
of the Collector for all disburse
ments. We commend these officers
for a faithful discharge of duty. We
hereby indorse the opinion of the
former Grand Jury, that a good deal
of land and other property in ihe
county and presumably in the whole
state, is not returned for taxation at
full value, and therefore the burden
of taxation is not equally borne.
We approve ot the bill now pend
ing in our legislature for tax asses
sors to be appointed for each coun
ty in the state, and hope that it will
pass.
ARftreffate v.lu. of taimblc property.
UH4 $5,136,080
Agsr- gala valuo of taxabla property.
]8a3 - 5,09r,<99
New York Herald: Mr. Blanche
K Bruce, the Register of the Treas
ury, formerly republican senator
from Mississipi, is a colored man
and was once a slave. He knows
by his own experience the feelings
allowing increaa.— — $ 342^51
Poll tax, IfSt - **.«95
Poll lax. issa *.«i0
llicrrase $65 00
The fullowim; is a condensed re
port from the Tax Collector’s books;
Caab on liana »pJ In Bank $ 4.090 90
Tax unriillectaa ts8a — ls6 “
State ot Otortla, (paid Slmx Com'.) tin 00
Uabtlltlaa -
Rat du« Clarke eounty ....
Hal due <’olt Corn's
SpecUl Tax —— ~*~
Inviivent Tax, 1879....—.....
Iraolvent Tax, 1880—..—..
Joaolvent Tax, 1881 —
Insolvent Tax, 1882—-.
Insolvent Tax. 1883
Collected on diK*-’St, 1884
—#4,72* 66
$986 40
7 60
as 00
11 94
..... 47 23
..... 61 12
35 87
... 4 . 26 75
3323 OS
$1,725 56
$41,000
Our bonded debt is —
clerk’s noons.
. , , , ,t • j i We have examined the books of
ot the freedmen. He is, and has ai the CIerj . of the Su p erior Court
right to be. a zealous partisan of j and find them carefully nnd neatly
ilieir interests. Asa republican— kept. We are pleased with the
anil we may fairly say the most dis- new index system just finished, and
fleers were examined and reported
favorable.
sheriff’s books.
The Sheriff's books were exam
ined and found neatly and accurate
ly kept, executions all being record
ed and jail record being correct.
We would recommend the stock
law to the people of Clarke county.
The subject is one that must be of
interest to all classes, and we deem
the law and custom that have here
tofore compelled the building and
keeping up of fences, to be an own
er’s sxpense, and a great wasteful
ness of timber and labor. In the
early settlement of the country when
farming was comparatively a small
industry, it was necessary that cul
tivated lands be protected by fences,
but now when the products of the
soil are annually ten times as valua
ble as all the stock in the country,
the practical positions have totally
changed.
The fence law has outlived its
usefulness. Economy, and the
changed condition of industries in
time will force the adoption of the
stock law, and this will be the soon
er done, when farmers will consider
the expense, the wastefulness and
the good effects of confining cattle.
temperance.
We,as Grand Jurors, desire to
express in the most emphatic terms
our disapprobation of granting of
licenses for the sale by retail of ar
dent spirits. The opposition we
would make under any circumstan
ces is intensified by the reflection
that we have in our midst a large
umber of boys and
young men in attendance up
on the University, who are exposed
to the temptation of drink, without
the corresponding restraint of home
influence- They are not entrusted
alone to the faculty by their parents
when sent here, but every conserv-
tor of good morals, ought to feel
that in some measure, he is looked
to as a protecting influence. The
habit of drinking when formed in
youth, is one that is almost, if not
quite incurable, and its ruinous re
sults are irreparable. Aside from
this special reason for anxiety upon
this point in this particular locality,
the constant succession of calami
ties to individuals and families flow
ing from this evil, appeals to every
organized body of good citizens not
ouly to utter home protest, but to
take all proper action to prevent its
spread. We look with deeper anxi
ety upon the increase of drunken
ness throughout the country, and
invoke the constant and best efforts
of all good citizens to check and if
possible, cure it. Now believing as
we do, that the time has corns, when
we should use all lawful means for
stopping this great evil in our city,
anti seeing from article 447 in the
laws, regulating the city ot Athens,
that the Mayor and Council have
lull power over this fearful and
growing evil. We therefore appeal
to the incoming Mayor and Coun
James F. O’Kelley,
J. J. Thomas,
-M. Williams.
Ordered, by the Court that the
foregoing general presentments of
the Grand Jury be entered on the
minutes of the Court and published
in accordance with the recommen-1
dation of the Grand Jury of No
vember 25th, 1884:
T. J. SihmoxsJ. S. C.
A. L. Mitchrll, Sol. Gan.
linguished colored republican in the
South—he supported Mr. Blaine in
the presidential canvass. But since
Mr. Blaine’s wicked speech at Au-
gu>ta last Tuesday, Mr. Bruce de-
pises him as a liar and condemns
him as the worst enemy of the col
ored people.
“Blaine’s charges of intimidation
and violence at the polls” in the
Southern states, in the recent elec
tion, says Mr. Bruce, “are absolute
and unqualified falsehoods.” “The
greatest harmony exists in the South
between the wnile and colored ra-
The Augusta speech was
ISSUED BY
G. o: P. UNDERGROUND R. R.
''all steal route
Emigrant,
Headwater Springs,
SALT RIVER.
FORM P, 300,000.
ViaGOPU, B, CE, Cff, HTSI., SRS.
IN THE AIR.
Feature! cj a Twrlte Story Apartwut Home
Sew Fork.
THE SOUTHERN MUTUAL CASE.
An Amicable Settlement of the Trouble|Made
Yesterday.
Yesterday there was a report on
the street yesterday that the South
ern Mutual Insurance case had been
satisfactorily set tled, and a reporter
of the Banner-Watchman sought to
learn the tacts in the case, and he
was given the following particu
lars of the settlement:
For several days the counsel lor
the past policy holders and the of
ficers of the company had been in
consultation over the matter, but it
was not until yesterday that the
trouble was finally adjusted. The
company agrees to refund to the
past policy holders, with intetest,
all money retained, under the by
laws of the company, from premi
ums, less the amount of interest
added to dividends. The decree of
court will probably be made Tues
day. The officers of the company
will be appointed receivers, and an
auditor also named. Under the de
cision ot the supreme court all the
claims on the amount to be paid
will he barred after seven years if
not presented. The distribution
W’U commence as the clerical work
necessary can he done. The re
ceivers will advertise the matter
extensively so that all claimants
will have timely notification. This
settlement is entirely satisfactory to
all concerned, and will leave the
company still on a rock-bottom
foundation. It is estimated that
even after the distribution is made,
eight hundred thousand dollars will
be left in the hands of the cotnpa
ny. The money to be distributed
will amount to some two
three hundred thousands, hut all
left unclaimed after seven years
will revert to the company. So
the old Southern Mutual will doubt
less have a surplus capital of some
thing near a million dollars. This is
a final settlement of all claims that
can be possibly brought against the
Southern Mutual Insurance compa
ny-
THE TEMPERANCE MOVE.
ISSUED BY
G. O. P. UNDERGROUND, R.R.
ALL STEAL ROUTE.
CONTRACT.
ONE EMIGRANT PASSAGE
HEADWATER SPRINGS,
SALT RIVER.
1. —This ticket is only good one
way, the G. O. P. will never be able
to provide return transportation.
2. —No stop-over will be allow
ed hereon, unless especially provid
ed for in the Civil Service Reform.
3. —The holder hereof in consid
eration of its being issued in this
dreary hour of misery, as a last re
sort, will not expect any Pie wrap
ped up with the lunch provided.
4. —This Company will not hold
itself responsible for any damage
done through an unavoidable col
lision with the train marked Rum,
Romanism and Rebellion unless
the holder “casts his anchor to lee
ward.”
5. —On presentation of this tat
tooed contract to the Company’s
agent D D Fisher, at Head
water Springs, Salt River, n rebate
in “little rocks” will be given as per
private agreement (Burn this.)
QP
e=ZfOUt
(Official Count) Receiver.
demagogical in the extreme and
wholly unwarranted. It will be the
cause of great uneasiness and men
tal distress among the colored peo
pie of the South. Mr. Blaine has
fomented a new antagonism, and
his speech has lowered him more
in popular esteem than any act of
his life. But Mr. Bruce believes
that fortunately its evil effects on
the colored people will be short
lived.
We print Mr. Bruce’s remarks in
full in a special dispatch from Phil
adelphia. Now it is in order for
Blaine, Gould, Field, Elkins, Dor
sey, Dudley, New, Clayton, Chaffee,
Don Cameron, Barney Biglin
Evarts, Kellogg, George Bliss, Ma-
hone, Warner Miller, George F.
Hoar, William E. Chandler, John
). O'Brien, Stephen B. French,
we recommend the payment of
three hundred dollars, which
amount was submitted for our ap
proval by the majority report of
the committee appointed by the
Grand Jury of the May term of the
Superior Court, 1SS4.
ORDINARY’S OFFICE.
We find all books and records in
this office in good order and very
neatly kept.
The bonds of the county officers
we consider good. The bill present
ed by the Ordinary with vouchers
for each bill we find coriect.
COUNTY TREASURER.
We have carefully examined the
books and vouchers of the County
Treasurer and find the same cor
rect:
Aint. on bxnil May *$5,769.59
Amt.collected since 8,123.46—$13.89:1.05
Disbursements as per vouchers $11,644.63
Cosh on band. — 1,358 43
Mr. R. L. Bloomfield came into
our office yesterday, and as he is
of our strictest temperance advo
cates, we broached the subject of
prohibition.
_ “I am opposed to prohibition,”
cil of said city to take action in this | wa s the reply, “on the ground that
ISSUED BY
G. O. P- UNDERGROUND R.R.
SALT RIVER STEAMER.
Emigrant.
BL.A.I NEVILLE
HEADWATER SPRINGS.
P.M. 300.000. Subject to conditions
named in contract. Not good
if detached.
Via GOPU, B, CE, C\V, HTSI,, SRS.
ISSUED BY
G. O. P. UNDERGROUND R. R.
High Tariff Short Line R. K.
EmiflrHnt,
LOGANSPORT
TO
BLAINESVILLE,
P. M. 300,000. Subject to conditions
named in contract. Not good
if detached.
Via GOPU, B, C'i, E\V, HTSL, SRS.
13,893.05
CLARKE COUNTY FARM
We have examined the Superin
tendent’s books, bills and vouchers,
for all money paid out and find them
correct; also money received for
cotton and farm truck, and find a
defect of two cents, otherwise cor
rect. The farm is well fenced, the
land well cared for and cultivated,
The buildings are in good order
nearly all new. A large amount of
work has been done by the Super
intendent, not charged in the bill of
expenses. The animals are in good
order, except two mules, one has
been sick for some time and one
with a swollen leg. The tools,
wagons, etc., are in good order.
The inmates of the houses both
white and colored, are conted and
satisfied with their treatment. The
Albert Daggett, Kutherford B. | convict camp is clean, comfortable
Hayes, the Union League club, Gail and secure. The'
.. _ . n p . t* _j clothed and had no complaints to
Hamilton,John Devoy, Pat Ford, ^ ^ In short> we find no
thing to condemn, but everything
to commend to the people of Clarke
for their generosity and provident
care of their poor, and merciful
treatment to their convicts.
We find on the farm io paupers,
males, white, 3; males, colored, 2;
females, white, 4; females, col d, 1.
The number of convicts, white and
colored 8. Consolidated report from
Superintendent Tuck, since Nov.
1883:
Amt. cotton aold...— ——$1.1SL14
Paid In before May tarm 173.40
Estimated tarm truck t.072.95
3 bales «o pick (estimated)..— 120.00- $2.52679
EXPENSES.
Co. chain (ta“* atnee May—$
John Finerty and the New \ ork
Tribune to ex-communicate Mr;
Bruce from the republican party.
Next!
From what Dr. Burchard says he
was forwarding God’s work when
he made the remark about “Rum'
Romanism,” etc. A great many of
Blaine’s friends were forwarding
some other work while Blaine be
lieved they were doing a good deal
of forwarding for him. If Blaine
had known that Burchard was
working for some other interest, he
never would have had a chance to
cat any of his big dinners, and
“Rum, Romanism and Rebellion,
would have been left to future gen
erations.
It is said that Colonel Fred Grant
Was very much disappointed at not
receiving the appointment of cap
tain and assistant quartermaster in
the army. Fred must think this a
cold and unfeeling world, after his
pa saved the country and then got
broke, not to be given the small
place of quartermaster in the army.
Fred will learn when it is too late,
that republics are ungrateful.
Burchard says that whea he used
the words “Rum, Romanism and
Rebellion,” he meant that the dem
ocratic party has endeavored to use
the Roman Catholic population aa
* factor to promote partisan and
political purposes.
Senator A. P. Gorman, chairman
ol the democratic national executive
committee, states that William H.
Vanderbilt did not make any contri
bution to the national democratic
campaign fund.
It is the belief at Washington
that Senator Bayard and ex-Senator
Thurman will have places in Cleve-
land’s cabinet.
matter, so as to save our wives and
children and fellow-citizens from
this great evil. A few former
Grand Juries made the .equest of
our Ordinary that he issue no more
licenses to retail spirituous liquors,
and we are glad to say that there is
not a retail liquor shop outside the
city of Athens in this county. Now,
why not our city fathers grant us
the same favor which we earnestly
and humbly request.
As Mr. Chas. Vincent was absent
from the county in iSSo and iSSi,
and his name being on the default
ers list, we recommend that he be
exempt from paying the taxes of
those two years, as he was not a
citizen of the county during that
time
Whereas, it has come to the
knowledge of the Grand Jury that
it is the habit of some of the
Bailiffs, when tax fi. fa’s are placed
in their hands, that they often col
lect the money on the same and
hold it for a considerable time be
fore paying it over to the Tax Col
lector. We recommend that in all
such cases that they be ruled
for mal practice in office.
We recommend that the pay of
i urors, Bailiffs, etc., be the same as
efore, $2.00 per day.
We have audited the tollowing
claims against the county and re
commend their payment: J. H.
Willingham,$2.00; J. H. Willing
ham, $1.50; Jno. VV. Weir, $46.10;
Asa M. Jackson. $281.77.
We notice in the presentments of
the last Grand Jury a request urging
the Road Commissioners to use a
blank prepared tor them in making
their reports and which will be fur
nished them by the ordinary at any
time, and regret to say that but lit
tle or no attention has been paid
to it. As the information asked for
in these printed forms are compact
as well as essention, we again call
all of the Road Commissioners at
tention to them and urge their use.
Only two of the commissioners have
made their report,
We further recommend the pub
lication of these presentments
in the Athens daily and weekly
Banner-Watchman and in the
Athens Weekly Chronicle, upon
the usual terms.
We acknowledge our indebted
ness to Judge N. L. Hutchins for
all necessary attentions and instruc
tions, and feel assured, that the er
mine of Justice will be as untarnish
ed by the son as it was by the sire
there is no justice in punishing one
class to benefit another. Again, it
woff’t stand the test of time. I re
member that before the war Ath
ens went dry tor one year, and I
never enjoyed such a peaceful, or
derly era. Evciything seemed to
prosper and everybody was happy
and contented. But the next year
the liquor men carried the day, and
it was far worse than before.
Drunkenness increased, and whis
ky drinking seemed to become a
mania. This I fear will again be
the result of the prohibition move.”
“What do you propose then?”
“I am now getting Mr. Cranford
to print me some petitions to circu
late in the city, asking council to
confine the sale of liquor to the
hours between sunrise and sun
set, and have the bar-rooms kept
closed at night, when the most
drinking is done. The liquor sell
ers tell me that a large bulk of the
drinking is done alter dark, and I
think my move is on the right line.
We cannot save the old imbibers,
but it is the rising generation we
must look to. Remove from them
the temptation ot those tippling
shops at night and they will grow
up to be good and sober citizens.
The bar-rooms now close at 11
o’clock, but I can remember when
they used to keep open until 2 or 3
o’clock, and even run into Sunday
morning. They have been cut
down to 11, and the owners are
now in favor of closing at 9. I
think my sun to sun proposition
the right move and wiil urge it up
on the city council.”
THE MAXEY’S'CELEBRATION.
ISSUED I1Y
G.O.P. UNDERGROUND R. R.
Cold Water R. R.
Emigrant,
ST. JOH’S
TO
LOGANSPORT.
P. M. 300,000. Subject to con
ditions named in contract. Not
good if detached.
Via GOPU, B, CE, CIV, HTSL, SRS.
ISSUED BY
G. O. P. UNDERGROUND R. R.
Cock-Eye Route.
Emigrant,
Sp oonville
ST. JOHN’S.
P. M. 300,000. Subject to conditions
named in Contract. Not good
if detached.
ViaGOPU, B, CE, CW, HTSL, SRS.
On the west side of this city,
says the New York Tribune, an
enormous apartment house has re
cently been completed. It occu-
lies seven city lots, and rises to a
teight of nearly 200 feet above the
pavement. The cellars are blasted
thirty feet deep in the solid rock on
which the village goats gambolled in
the days of old New York. Be
neath the sidewalks there are spa
cious apartments, and an under
ground passage stretches nearly
300 feet back to the street in the
rear of the structure. The building
is in the style of the Italian Renais
sance. A brown stone church oc
cupies the lot on cither side of it.
Twenty-five years ago these places
of worship were marked among
the principal buildings of this part
of New York. Even now an at
niosphere of qniet and substantial
respectability seems to emanate
from them ar.d envelope the neigh
bor which overshadows them. The
castle-like tower of one of these
churches does not reach half way
up the side of the apartment house,
and the fifth story of the “parson
age” is on a level with the “lower”
apartment house. Height is no ob
jection in a modern apartment in
the centre of New York, provided
there are rapid < levators, and no
stairways to climb except as a mat
ter of relaxation and exercise. Rents
do not lessen appreciably with the
altitude.
The house is out: of the co oper
ative apartment houses of the city,
built not with a view to private
speculation, hut with the purpose
of combining the comforts of a
home and a private hotel. Some
fifty persons ol means organized a
stock company for the purpose of
building the house. They have
expended a million anil a quar
ter on it. Thera are ninety-seven
suites of apartments ranging from
three to twelve roams each. The
greater part of these are leased by
the stockholders for a term ol
years, while those that are rent
ed with the stores in the street
front afford a yeatly revenue of over
$100,000, far more than enough for
taxes, repairs and current expenses.
No expense has been spared to con
tribute to cointort and convenience.
The structure is fireproof. Only
the furniture an t trimmings are
combustible. The wood work of
the apartments is of mahogany,
cherry or light wood, as the owner’s
taste prefers, and the frescoing of
the apartments is also in designs of
the owner’s choice
Probably more than a thousand
persons will find homer or occupa
tion in this vast building. A large
force of employees will he tequired
to conduct the daily routine These
will have rooms in a building in the
rear. The kitchen, laundry, refri
erators, butcher shop, coal rooms,
engines of 200 horse power, gas and
electric light apparatus, are in the
cellars and under the front sidewalk.
DEVOURED BY WOLVES.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
Father autd Daughter Killed—Ths Mother Dies, p. . „ • . n
ol FrijM Black small pox 19 raging in Can
dentTreponeTframlitstern Hum I . ;s Cleveland’s plurality in Virginia
«rnrv. A clergyman. with his wit#* * *’* 5*
gary. A clergyman, with his wile
and child, were driving in a sledge The grand opera house in St.
from Kranisora to the neighboring Louis is burned,
village of Kis-Lonka. A pack ot Whitelaw Reid won’t have the
ravenous wolves pursued them. Gj. S . senatorship.
The mother was terror-stricken and r
let the child fall from her arms. Gov - Hendricks called on Cleve-
At that the father leaped from the * a5t Saturday,
sledge to save the child. Father Both branches of the Illinois leg-
and child were at once fiercely at- islature are democratic
tacked by the wolves. The father ....
fought desperately and killed two ** threshing machine in Atlanta
of the wolves, but he was at last ov- am P uta ted a negro s ear.
ercome and both he and his child J. L. Granberry, of Americus,
were devouied. Meanwhile the Ga., suicided in Baltimore,
horses had rushed onward with the a,.
sledge, still bearing the agonized There .s a great deal of distress
mother. In her agony of terror she amon K ,he En H hsh working men.
gave premature birth to a babe, Four tramps were killed near
which was dead when it was born. Rayville, Louisiana, in a freight
This terrible shock, with all the rest train wreck
that she had suffered, proved too I c , . . , .
much for the poor woman, and Serious drouth is reported in
hen the sledge reached Kis-Lon- " P° rt,ons m the state of New
ka, she, too, was d.ad. So the] " s ire '
whole family perished inside of an I R. C. Coffee, member of the Al-
hour. | abama legislature .from Bibb coun
ty, suicided.
BODY-GUARDS. I „
I he cotton mills all over the
uarchanu Wll! Protect Orov.r on Bli Way to country are shutting down or reduc-
tbo WhitoHouse. I ing wages,
The Produce and Maritime Ex- A negro was lynched at Madi-
chane Cleveland and Hendricks son, Fla., for attempting outrage on
clubs, says the New York Morning two white women.
Journal of Nov. iS, determin-l „
ed to retain their headquarters ini The convicts in the Kansas pent
the Stevens house until March 4. )** nt,ar y aTe ^y in £ in ^ ar K e numbers
Secretary Meakim has addressed I °* a ma '8 nan t fever.
the President elect and tendered An insane man has been found in
him an escort of 1,000 merchants I Pennsylvania, 7S years old, who has
from Albany to Washington. been kept chained in a nut on the
In the event ol the Governor’s farm for 30 years.
acceptance of the escort, it is pro-
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 22.—It i
posed that it he made up of repre- Yu ’.lTV'.Y
senlatives from the Stock, Cotton, rumored here that $he sweeping re
Petroleum,Coffee, Metal, Wine and d «ct.on m salar ' es , « f . the operators
Distillers and other Exchanges, be- " f ,he Wc * ter " rc ? ul *
sides the lower Wall street Dry ,n a S eneral str,ke s,m,lar to that of
Goods, Jewelers, Stock Clerks, a !’ ear a S°-
West Side Merchants, Pottery and I Chattanoooa, Nov. 21.—Five
Glassware, Millinery, Columbia hundred negroes will leave this city
College, A ale College, College of I trom all sections of the South on the
Physicians and Surgeons, Shoe and 3 Sth instant for California. They
Leather, Hardware, VV ashington 1 will replace Chinese labor on the
Market and Printers ard Publishers’I large farms in Hearne county.
Cleveland and Hendricks clubs. j
They propose to have a special 1 Vienna, Nov. 22.—Sixty persons
train of drawing-room coaches. I have bien poisoned, many of them
Fireworks by the cord and chain- I h ein g >r> a dangerous condition, in
pngne by the hogshead, together I the outlying village of Hernals, ow-
wito a loaf of bread, will make the ' n S to the caielessness of acorn
journey pleasant for all. dealer in mixing rat poison with
flour.
ON LOFTY HEIGHTS.
AN UNEXPECTED FORTUNE
Daring Fean Performed by Workmen
Washington Monument.
No day passes while work is in
operation on the shaft, says
A Poor San Franciscan Falla Heir to an Immense
Fortune.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
The streets of Atlanta will short
ly be lighted with twenty electric
lights.
William M. Evarts and John
Kelly, of New York, have each sent
$50 to the Stephens memorial asso»
elation.
It is not unlikely that Gen. P. M«
B. Young will ask to be appointed
United States Marshal tor tne north
ern district of Georgia.
Mrs. James Forsyth, of Douglass-
ville, has recently given birth to her
17th child. It is a boy and will be
named after the President-elect
Mr. Grubb, ot the Darien Ga
zette, is mentioned *as the future
Collector of the Port of Brunswick.
Darien is in the Brunswick customs
district
At a wedding in Dublin, in which
many were invited, the failure of
the bridegroom to appear necessi
tated a postponement of the nup
tials.
Greenesboro Herald: John Fel
ton, a white man who has been
living about town for several years,
was convicted in the county court
last Saturday of gambling with ne
groes. He was sentenced to the
chain-gang for four months.
Valdosta News: Conversing
with one of our farmers, who, by
the way, is fond of hunting, he in
formed us that he had killed fifteen
wildcats every year for the last ten
years, except this, and although he
had not killed but thirteen thus far,
he would bag the other two before
long.
After next October license to sell
spirituous liquors in Lincoln will be
raised to $1,000, in accordance with
the recommendation of the grand
jury. After Feb. 1 next whisky
will be no more sold in Lincolnton,
so in less than a year from now
Lincoln will be virtually a prohibi
tion county.
The Georgia railroad depot at
Greensboro barely escaped being
burned last Friday. A bale of cot
ton which had just been weighed
and thrown from the truck sudden
ly blazed out, and but for the exer
tions of Mr. King,the agent, the fire
in a tew moments would have been
beyond control.
Albany Medium: There are pri
vate detectives in almost every por
tion of the city, so we learn. There
is a grim determination on the part
of our people to catch a few incen
diaries and make examples of them.
In this movement for the protec
tion of our homes the law-abiding
colored people of the city will
doubtless heartily unite.
Judge II. C. Roney, of Augusta,
has delivered his decision dissolving
the injunction prayed against the
board of education in assessing a
tax for public schools, and brought
by \V. VV. Montgomery, executor,
VV. II. Harrison, John P. King and
others. This decision is on the
same line with the recent decision
of Judge Pottle sustaining the pub
lic school system and the tax levy
lor educational purposes.
Luther, the 11-year-old son of W.
R. Scarborough, of Dublin, stuck an
8-penny nail through his foot about
two weeks ago, and it is thought by
One of those remarkable freaks
Washington letter, that hundreds I ot fortune so often portrayed in
of opera and field glasses are not works of fiction and so seldom met J£e'dlttSitUrt'h ‘5riTta5“lS
used in eagerly watching the work- w«h in real life came to light ,n this j { He sulVers a great deal, and
men on the top, w ho, even w.th the | city last week, the recipient of an can only obtai „ an £ rest by e j evat .
“ e " ■ ing hia foot. The attendants
thought him dying last Monday
KtoU £*D IS Y - * . r . 1
G. O. P. UNDERGROUND, R. R. j hoiise. 1 *"^ occupant of the
Bloomer R. R.
aid ot powerful glasses, look scarce- unexpected fortune in this case
ly larger than huge [lies crawling ling an Englishman who has been
slowly about. “As the shaft grows familiarly known on the streets of
higher no at,” said Col. Casey, “my I San Francisco for a long time past
workmen are obliged to use greater as Jack Jacobs. Mr. Jacobs came
care. They are not sailors, and al-1 to this country over forty years ago,
though most ot them are, to some when a very-young man, bringing
extent, growing accustomed to I with him a considerable sum of
working at such a great height, I money, but, unlike many of his fel-
they, unlike the sailor, must work low-countrymen, the new world
without anything to cling to for I failed to prove a prosperous field of
security. A single false step, a investment for him. Bad fortune
slight stumble, a little faintness or attended him in every place he
dizziness, would be apt to leave visited in the east, almost without
nothing that in the least resembled I intermission, and finally he aban-
a human being, whether the fall doned that side of the continent
was down the shalt or at the ground and came to the Pacific coast some
outside. As they go higher they years ago. Here his ill-fortune
grow more careful, I notice, instead pursued him, and every venture he
of becoming used to and careless of] made proved a failure, his last at-
their danger. For this reason I an-1 tempt being at running a hotel in
ticipate that each of the' upper the interior of this state. The fail-
courses, which are so much smaller ure of this enterprise exhausted the
„ in horizontal surface, will take as last of his capital, and since then be
ed from all approach except by the much time to place in position as | has been doing what he could to
roof aud furnished with no less care ] those at the base ot the cap. Be- raise meant honestly to provide sus-
than other p.ni ts of the house. This sides this reason, as the working tenance for " himself and -(vife by
is known as the hospital. A per- space grows smaller, fewer men peddling cigars and doing such
1- -<• .1..—" can be employed on the top. But | other odd jobs as came within his
it will be finished long before the reach. Often his necessities forced
time fixed upon for the dedication.|him to solicit aid from businessmen
in the shape of small loans. Gilts
Most of the families have two or
more servants of thtir own. In the
suites there are kitchens with
ranges for cooking by gas or steam,
if the families do not wish to go to
the restaurant: Each family may
give its order from its own rooms
and have the meals sent to the apart
ment. The meals are provided for
the stockholders on a basis nearly
at cost. Each set of apartments
has grates and open fireplaces in
addition to steam heat, and the coal
is furnished at cost. The tenth and
eleventh stories are finished with
the same elegance as the rest of the
building, but especially for artists’
studios. In the basement there is
a barber-shop. On the tweltth sto
ry a suite of rooms has been isolat-
son sick of any contagious disease
could receive all attention and care
in this room without the lea«t dan-
EMIOB6NT,
BELY A DEAR
SP00NVILLE.
P. M. 200,000. Subject to condi
tions named in contract. Not
good if detached.
Via GOPU, B, CE, CW, HTSL, SRS.
Co lum
litre* h»nO«
Sopt'o sol* Nor oiid Doc 1883.
510.15
*88.74
78.00
10 inonlho, '84 — 458.33 •
ae. Not S3 to Mtjr ’84 86B.4»—-*2.443.9*
To which odd work on public rood* Jauu0
$242-86
CORONER’S BOOKS.
We have examined said book
and find the same neatly kept, and
all the proceedings connected with
the coroner’s office appears to be
lully recorded.
roads and bridges.
We find the roads and bridges in
good condition, except the Holsey
Hill which needs some blasting,
a *ho tlad from the Georgia tec-
S toThe Big Creek dfurch to
which we call the attention of the
proper authorities. Newton a
r' r;, which is now under eon-
tract to be repaired, and the bridge
tract to dc rep the old state
r °* . Kr.an completed, and we re-
questelTthe ordinary to have all of
tbe above work done as soon as
^We^sorecommend the ordinary
«« have at^ne pillara substi
tuted for the wooden piers under
Mi^hell'a bridge, whenever the
^e maytaWsju^nt be nee-
t o Keep »atd fridge in a
lure condition.
tUSTlCBS OF THE PEACE AND NO-
JUS TART PUBLIC#
All of the books of the above of-
I a quarter of a century ago
To our Solicitor-General, Albert
L. Mitchell, Esq., we art: indebted
for much information, which has
assisted us in the discharge of our
duties—and we desire to express
our appreciation of his continuous
kindness as well as his faithfulness,
ability and efficiency and believing
that he has always discharged
his duty as prosecuting attorney
without fear, favor or affection.
We are also indebted to Sylva-
nus Morris, Esq., foi information
and courtesies received during Mr.
Mitchell’s .absence, and feel that the
affairs and business of the office was
faithfully discharged while acting
as Solicitor pro tern.
We also make our ackdowledge-
ments to Judge Simmons for all
necessary attentions.
John S. Linton, For’mn.
E. F. Anderson,
Joseph E. Bradberry,
Joseph H. Carlton,
Wm. Center,
Tames Camak,
Robert C. Chappie,
Marion L, Dunaway,
Francis M. Doster,
William Fleming,
Thomas Fleming,
Thomas C. Hampton,
Harvey T. Hoggins,
Jefferson Jennings,
Patman Lester,
Tolbert N. Lester,
William H. Lampkin,
Robert E. Macon, i.
John R. Nichols,
Col. "Gus Brightwell the grand
cyclops of Maxey’s, came in on the
fast mail yesterday, and trom his
outward appearance one would
think that he had been celebrating
for about one month.
“I am all broken up. Maxey’s
has had the grandest celebration of
the season. Talk about your 10,-
000 mounted men, lsd by Uncle
Nath Cook, and your state demo
cratic celebration in Atlanta Friday
night—they are side-shows by the
side of the one Maxeys got up. We
could not get a cannon, hut we did
some tall shooting with three or
four shot guns.”
“Did we have any fireworks?
Not much. Maxey’s don’t deal in
that kind of a celebration. The old-
time fire-crackers were fireworks
enough for us.”
“Speaking! Now you are shout
ing. I made the biggest speech of
my life. I only regret that I didn’t
get the Banner-Watchman short
hand reporter to come down and
report it. I want my children to
read what I said on that memorable
occasion. I only wish I had time
to give you a few verses of my
speech. You talk about the silver-
tongued orators in Athens. It they
could have heard me and John
Hurt on the situation at the Maxey’s
celebration, they would never speak
again. I have serious thoughts of
going into making stump speeches
for a living. Come down to Max
ey’s and stay a few days. I must
go and catch the Georgia train, or
something will go wrong at Max-
,ey’s while I am away.”
The last seen of the Colonel he
was going at a double-quick down
the hill towards the compress.
It will be remembered that Miss
Nellie Byrd, who travels in the
interest of tne Sunny South, was
injured in a runaway a few months
since, in Little Reck, Aik. She
brougha suit against the Little Rock
liveryman to whom the vicious
horse which ahe was driving be
longed and received a verdict for
$5,00a The case will be taken to
tne supreme court
The weavers in the Whittendom
mills have struck on account of a
reduction in wages.
ISSUED nY
G. O. P. UNDERGROUNDR. R.
G. O. I’. Underground R. R.
Emigrant.
house.
The roof of the built'ing com
mands one of the finest views in the
citv. The eye passes unobstructed
from the lower hay to the sound, tar
up the ljudson and back of Jersey
Heights. The roof has a floor of
brick solid as a Broadway pavement,
and is surrounded with a high bal-
lustrndc. This will be the play
ground of the children with their
nujses in fine weather. During the
summer the roof will be laid out in
garden plots and parterres, with
awnings for protection from the
sun. An elevator runs up to the
roof, and meals may he taken there.
HANGED BY A SINGLE HAIR ° f mone y he proudly refused.
' Among those who have aided him
CLEVELAND SPEAKS,
BELVA DEAR.
P. M. 300,000. Subject to condi -
tions nametl in contract. Not
good if detached.
Via GOPU, B, CE, CW, HTSL, SRS.
A COLORED BISHOP OX THE
SITUATION.
The noted colored Bishop, H. M.
Turner, of the African Methodist
church, presided at the recent ses
sion of the West Tennessee confer
ence of the African Methodist Epis
copal Church, held in Memphis,
Tenn., and just previous to adjourn
ment, made a remarkable speech.
He referred with sorrow to certain
reports concerning the coloied peo
ple about the resut to them ot the
democratic victory. Bishop Turner
said:
“Cleveland never was a slave
holder, nor v/ould he have all the
colored people in the land if he
could, nor could he restore slavery
if he had a mind to do it. I am told
Gov. Cleveland has appointed more
colored nten to positions since he
has been in office than all the Gov
ernors New York has ever had, and
if he is President I believe the ne
gro will share as usual. You had
better eet frightened at that unjust,
cruel, wicked and infamous Su
preme coutt at Washington City,
who, in a decision that it took seven
minutes to read, sold out at public
auction 7,000,000 of negroes, by
stripping them of all civil rights
twenty odd years after they were
declared free. Talk about selling
and buying negroes, auction block
and like words, here is a negro sale
day for you. A republican Supreme
court, too, made up of Northern
men, and the only Southern man on
the bench protested against the
heaven-defying outrage.
The reported plague in Virginia
is discredited. It is said that Joe
Mulhatton started the report
And to Proralu tho Count 17 a Sat 1 aud Cuntorva-
tln Administration-^Ttw Country Only Need*
Confidence to bo Prosperous
Boston. Nov. 22.—In the course
of an interview with a representa
tive of the Boston Globe to-day,
President-elect Cleveland, in speak
ing of the business and manufactur
ing interests of the country and the
effect of a change in the administra
tion in those interests, said: “It goes
without saying that the democratic
party is maile up of merchants,husi-
ness, workingmen and everybody
in it certainly desires good times
and realizes that all the people must
be piosperous to insure that result.
VVe have 53.000,000 people, almost
boundless resources, hundreds of
the strongest financial institutions
in the world, thousands of enter
prising merchants, the most skillful
manufacturers and most intelligent
farmers and workingmen on the
face of the earth. Now, surely a
country with these characteristics
has every qualification for solid
prosperity. It will be my aim, and
of all associated with me, in the
conduct of affairs at Washington,
to give the people of the United
States, a safe, economic* 1 and con
servative government. The fact
that so many business men and man
ufacturers and workingmen voted
in this election show that they were
not afraid of a change in the admin
istration. The democratic party in
its Chicagb platform meant what it
said and said what it meant, and
will carrjr the provisions of that plat
form which relate to the business
inter-changes of the country into
effect. The most important thing
to the restoration of confidence is a
determination to forget partisan
heat and excitement and to devote
our lives to things which tend to
substantial weltare of the country
and all of its people. In every event
every man ahould ieel that he has a
part?
Explanation ol the Execution ot Wasielewaky from time to ti,ne is Colonel An-
in Gailomia. drews, and on Saturday the Colonel
was surprised to see Mr. Jacobs en-
Sin Franeieco Bulletin. ter b j s stQre an( j as (. bow mugh be
An explanation of the hanging of owed him. Upon the colonel de
the murderer, VV anielewsky, at San ] nying that there was any indebted-
Jose, by means ot a single hair, is ness, Mr. Jacobs replied that there
as follows: The gallows trap on was, and that the amount was 822,
which the condemned stood had | which he paid over. He then asked
double doors, swinging from the 1° see some jewelry, and purchased
centre of both sides. These doors, a watch for $260 and a diamond
constituting the trap, were held in | ring tor $200, paying cash for them,
position so as to form a part of the The colonel was very much surpris-
platform of the gallows, by a spring et * at this change in his customer’s
bolt. This bolt was sprung, thus I fortunes, and upon inquiring what
opening the man-weighted trap, by] bad happened, was shown a draft
the falling of a fourteen pound | f° r $2,000 and a letter from a broth-
weight. This weight was suspend- er of Mr. Jacobs’ in London, inform
ed by a small cord, which came up in g him of the death of their elder
to the rail on the gallows back ot brother, and that he had succeeded
the condemned. The cord, instead ] to an estate worth over $3,000,000.
of being at once and simply fasten- Upon the receipt of this letter with
ed, was wound around a “barrel.’ an enclosed remittance, Mr. Jacobs
This “barrel” was lying in a hori- naturally abandoned the cigar trade,
zontal position, parallel with the | an< I like an honorable man, sought
rail and held a lew inches above it put those who had befriended him
bv upright supports at either end. in his days of adversity, and repaid
The cord holdmg the weight was the amounts they had loaned him.
wound around the barrel until the Mr. Jacobs proposes to return to
resisting power of the friction al London at once, and look after his
most held the weight. This “al- newly-acquired fortune, but deeply
most” was arrived at by previous mourns the sad fact that his wife,
experiments, until it was reduced to who ha9 shared his hardships for so
such a fine point that the additional many years, cannot now enjoy the
strength of a single huir was enough | comforts which wealth affords, she
to suspend the weight; or, more | having died only two weeks ago.
properly, prevent the cord from Fhe heir to this unexpected wind-
slipping. One end of the hair was f«H is now a man of 63 years, but
fastened to the cord and the other ip spite of tho necessitude ot his
end to a screw driven in the barrel, life, be is Well presetved and prom
When the hair was cut the cord | ises to live for many years to come,
slipped around the barrel, the four-
night, but subsequently he rallied
and is improving.
At an election held in Murray
county Friday on the question of
removing the county site, a major
ity of the votes cast were against
removal. Considerable excitement
prevailed in some portions of the
county. In the town district the
vote stood 335 -‘against” to 27 “for
removal to Pleasant Valley.” The
majority, however, in the fcounty
against removal is small. A two-
thirds vote in favor of removal is
necessary to change the county site.
Atlanta must have its almost daily
sensation. Its last was the rumor
that a big deal had been made in
political circles, and that, as the re
sult, Senator Brown would resign
and go into President Cleveland’s
Cabinet, while Hon. N. T. Ham
mond would be promoted to the
senate, Gov. McDaniel be sent to
the Forty-ninth congress in Ham
mond’s place, while Capt. Harry
Jackson would be sure of a walk
over for the the Fiftieth congress.
The rumor has been telegraphed to
several papers outside the state and
is given for what it is worth. It is
safe to assume that it isn’t worth
anything.
GENERAL NEWS.
teen-pound weight dropped ten
feet, springing the trap-bolt, andj®^ E ^^ AND KILLED BY IN-
Wasielewsky shot through the] DIANS.
opening. I „ “
It is iaid that Judge Balden, who| vi Ga J| i> Tkx., Nov. 19.—
tried Wasielewsky, suggested this | Mrs. Petty anil her husband have
peculiar scheme of retributive jus- been brutally mutilated and scalped
tice, but the details were worked Indians. The three children
out by Sheriff Branham. The hair , y er ? carrie d some distance from
which .was used came from a lock HvV far f n * n ' 1 were also scalped,
of the murdered woman’s hair. Cobard, the engineer, has been un
doubtedly murdered.
It is feared the Indians have kill-
Monmoutu, III., Nov. 25.—This | e d many other women and children
morning as B. J. O. Hubbard, de- along the route. Gett. Stanley, the
faulting cashier of the First Nation- department commander, immedi-
al bank, was leaving the court ate 'y ordered a detachment of sev-
bouse, Henry Thompson, from Tex- enty-five cavalry to start from Fort
at, who sustained heavy losses by Davis, with the’view of heading
reason of the bank’s failure, stepped Indians off. He believes the
from an adjoining building and fired raiders are a portion of the Apache
five shots at Hubbard, from a 3S cal-1 bands who were driven into Mex-
ibre revolver. One shot took effect I ico b y Gen - Crook. Since the ex-
Thompson wa# arrested ond lodged | piration of the treaty between the
in jail. [United States and Mexico, by
1 which troops of both republics can
_ __ - cross the Rio Grande in pursuit of
Richmond, Va.. Nov. 25.—The Indians or cattle thieves, the In
c * nva “ in g board completed dians have become cognizant of (he
thejr work this afternoon, and the inability of the United States trooos
result shows Cleveland’s votes to he |ta pursue them and are coming
The vote of Boston!that shows
Cleveland ran 7,670 ahead of his
ticket in that city,
Ilay is said to be the most econo
mical fuel that can be procured in
many parts of Dakota.
A smoke-consuming locomotive
on trial on the Chicago and North
western railway is said to be a suc
cess.
Dakota’s claim to a population of
420,000 is based on its alleged vot
ing strength, as shown in the late
election.
An English merchant proposes
the establishment of a debt insu
rance company to the New York
Chamber of Commerce.
Andrew Jackson received 219
electoral votes, the same number
which appears now to be conceded
to Grover Cleveland.
Texas and Pennsylvania are the
banner states—the former going sol
idly for Cleveland and the latter
solidly for Blaine.
Hundreds ot negroes in each of
the counties in the upper belt of
South Carolina voted the straight
democratic ticket at the recent elec
tion.
General Fremont administered
an oath to his men, when famine-
stricken on the Great American
desert, to die rather than to commit
cannibalism.
Adam Forepaugh’s whitewashed
elephant died last week, and its skin
is to be manipulated by a taxider
mist and set up in the Academy of
Natural Sciences at Chicago.
Greenville, S. C., Nov. 22.—
The trial of Benjamin Terry, for
the killing of Wm. Morgan, in this
county, fifteen years ago, took place
in the Court of Sessions yesterday,
resulting in a verdict of manslaugh
ter.
A young lady of Knoxville, Ten
nessee, is engaged in paying a nov
el election wager. She bet with
her lover, and promised to give him
a kiss for each electoral vote for
Cleveland in the event of his elec
tion. The lucky young man it to
have two kisses per week until the
debt is paid.
Raleigh, Nov. 24.—Extensive
forest fires are raging in Mitchell
county beyond the Blue Ridge, in
the extreme northwestern part of
the state. Immense quantities of
timber and fencing have been de-
*454971 Blaine’s $39,3^6; St, John’s from the mountains and crossinl 8tro y ed a number of houses
Clevelands plurality 6,141. [the Rio Grande in small bands. 6 have been swept_away. The fire
bums night and day.
if: