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THE sequel of the colored exodus.
About the time ot the state and
congressional elections of 1SS2,
which resulted so disastrously to
the republicans and presaged their
coming dete. in 1884 unless they
should experience a “change of
heart,” a concerted effort was made
to harass the colored inhabitants of
the Southern States with fears of
prsoiial insecurity to result front
,„e democratic victory. E.nissa-
,;es, some of whom were tracked
to the state of Indiana, where re
publican politics are specially un
scrupulous, went South and organ
ize,! an exodus of these poor people
Scvcial thousands sold their scanty
possessions and travelled northward
in large parties to seek new homes,
borne settled in Indiana from vari
ous states. Kansas Was the favorite
reluge of those who were seduced
to forsake the state ol Louisiana.
Remonstrances were fruitless.
Their white guides told them they
could not trust democratic assur
ances that their fears were ground
less. They believed blindly what
they thus were told. They had to
learn by a bitter experience that in
emigrating they were dupes ot a
cold-blooded political plot to play
on the feelings of Northern voters
bv the reports of their distress.
They have learned it at last, and are
iclurning southward in troops,
mostly to Texas, which in the re
cent Presidential election cast the
largest democratic majority of any
Mate in the Union. The spectacle
of their return after an unhappy
anil unsuccessful struggle for a
toothold among strangers is an in-
structive commentary upon Mr.
Maine's malignant speech at Au-
GEORGIA ITEMS.
WEEKLY EDITION.
Me., two weeks after that
n, in which he sought to stir
p i.’ain the same kind of appre-
in the same kind of
|,c:.-'. an- .1 •' r.g the colored people
ul the South.—N. Y. Herald.
The total number of postmasters
who were appointed last year by
the President and Postmaster-Gen
oral was 14,SS:.
The December number of the re
po t of the Department of Agricu
tn-e estimates the cotton crop 1
at 5.-80.000 bales
lohn K
ras evidently be
sick, but there appears to
md for the reports that r,
J him ..- ci .
NO XXIX.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, 13, 1885.
VOL XXXI
ELECTION IN NEWTOWN DISTRICT.
u; i ted that Mary Ander-
expenses are equal to her re-
ller cash book is cas.ly
ceil if this is the case.
ange now difficult of cor
lissionatles find lews r i
world. A society for the
n ol _ ews has just repor-
of four convert-, and an
ire of 8.S: 427. Converts
> apiece are surely rai.ner
°e 0 of tho Candidates cnortarc a Train.
Newtown district, in Jack o.i
county, when it comes to an clec-
f lo . I ?.~ r j u »tice of the peace and
bailiffs, gets 'npi? , 't8 t> r e excitement
than •.Congressional or Presidential
contest. The election tor justice at
t ^5.P ea . ce y vas held at Nicholson,
which is the capital of Newtown
district, on last Saturday, and from
*11 accounts it was one of the most
exciting of the kind ever held in
Georgia. Mr. Claude Chandler,
the walkist, was from the lower
end of the district, and Jesse Smith,
Hawks and Porter from the upper
part. Claude Chandler shied his
castor in the ring about two weeks
ago, and told the people that the
lower end of the district should be
represented on the justice bench,
and that he was in for the race and
intended to beat or leave his cold
corpse on the ground. The tipper
end opened their batteries, but un
fortunately for them, theTe were
too many men who thought they
could control the votes of the dear
people, and too many candidates
came out from that part of the dis
trict. Claude Chandler sent down
to the Superintendent of the North-
Eastern road and chartered a car
especially to carry his friends up to
the polls, and when the train rolled
into Nicholson it surprised his op
ponents, and the fight opened in
earnest. Clande held his forces
well in hand, and everyone worked
like beavers. The opposition see
ing that Claude’s friends were hold
ing the door to the polling place,
climbed up on top of the house,
made a hole through the roof and
then came mi , the attic and bursted
a hole througn the ceiling and hand
ed their votes through this way
In the meantime the excitement
grew to white heat, and several ne
groes were out around large bon
fires, that had been built to keep
them from freezing, chewing one
anothers cars off, and once in
awhile gouging out an eye or two.
Old church members vw-re heard
to spit out cuss wo.ds ot eight or
ten syllables in them. After the
smoke of battle had cleared away
and Dr. Cash had be -jp all
the broken heads, gc . an me loose
eyes preserved in alcohol and the
vote was counted, it was found that
the fleet-footed boy from Center
had outstripped his opponents,
beating them all put together three
vorcs. The following is the vote:
Chandler, ioo; Smith, 44; Hawks,
41; Porter, 12. We congratulate
Mr. Chandler on his victory, and
hope he will make a judicial officer
that Jackson county will be proud
of.
DEATH OF CART. FRANCIS.
A GIRL’S ESCAPE.
Bs floaalta salcld*.'
Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
Yesterday morning the friends of
CaptJohn C. Francis wjere, paired
by the annotinceifient of his sudden
and tragic death. He breathed his
last ata:30 o’clock Sunday evening,
at the residence of Mr. J. L. Bowles,
where he boarded with Mrs.
Whitehead, from a wound inflict
ed upon his neck by a razor in his
own hand. He committed the
deed as he lay in bed while tho
family were asleep,’ and the boy
who acted as his nurse in his recent
severe illness was nodding in his
- hair. This party was aroused by a
call from Capt-Francis, and alter he
had ascertained what had happen
ed, he called up the family and ran
for medical aid, In a few minutes,
however, all was over, and the
sufferings of Capt. Francis were at
an end.
Capt. Francis had been an inva-
lid for ten years and more. He
was a victim to neuralgia, and
night and day had been subjected
to the most excruciating pain—
throughout his body. Physical
suffering had wrecked his happi
ness and had withdrawn him from
those active pursuits to which his
tastes and capabilities inclined him.
Medical relief had been temporary,'
and respite could only be secured
by the application of drugs which
he had for years been compelled to
use. But the steady-doses of mor
phine had hut complicated the suff
erings which they temporarily al
leviated. Almost a living necessi
ty the effects of this narcotic had
deprived him of physical control
and had surrounded him with men
tal cloud. Mote than once mental
aberration had heen noted by his
friends, and it was one of those
aggravated spells that he seized the
steel and closed his earthly exist
ence.
Capt. Francis was stationed in
Athens during the war, and acted
as commissary for this post for a
long time. He had a large number
of friends in Athens and the sur
rounding counties.
THE WICKED DESIGNS WHICH MEANT HE&
Bum.
Bow an Innocent Cannery Oirl 0} Portion Year*
0/ Age man LnrtA From Her Mother and Lead
to What Wat Her Ruin~Thc Man Arretted and
Canjcttet Bit Jntentiont.
Macon, Jan. 3.—Last night when
the 7 p. m., train on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
road arrived, it brought Mr. J. W,
Yancey, accompanied by Mrs. Lu
cinda Hodges, of Butts county,
with eight small children, the old
est of which is a beautiful girl about
fourteen years of age. The passen
gers were en route to Ward’s Sta
tion, on the Soutnwestern railroad,
where the husband of Mrs. Hodges
was at work. Mr. Yancey had
kindly volunteered to assist the
mother and children to reach him.
The party was transferred to the
car shed on Fourth street, where
they waited in the reception room.
The early trains had all gone, and
the crowd departed. The party sat
hurdled around a warm coal fire,
when a young man named E. F.
Beasley, entered the room. He
GIVING UP ns DEAD.
One oj the Men Thrown Into the XcuU River
A lire.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 3.—A
strange story is told here by a trust
worthy negro from Johnson county
concerning the [ynching of Smith
and Davis a week ago. Tw
leading colored men were on thei
way to consult with Gov. Jarvis
tor the purpose of having a reward
offered for the lynchers when they
met the Johnson county negro. He
informed them that he had some
thing important to relate. Tne
party went to a private room wheu
the negro toH his story. He said
that on Wednesday night, the 24th,
he was aroused by a call at the gate.
On going out he was asked by a
negro for lodging for the night.
His request was granted. On
going into the house it was observ-
that the guest was injured over the
right eye. His clothes looked as if
they had been soaked in water, and
on his hands were a pair of hand
cuffs. These things greatly excited
the man of the house, and he ask
ed the name of his guest and the
cause of his appearance. The
LULA AND THE NEGRO.
The Manager 0/ Georgia’• Alleged Wonder
Draws the Color Line.
Chicago, Ilk, Jan. 3.—Consider
able comment has resulted from
the exclusion of a colored man
AN OLD REPROBATE.
TeUeeJ the Trick he Ptojred Vgon Bit.Anxious
Chicago Tribune.
“You Bee, Martha got in the hab
it ot sitting up for me at an early
walked up to the fire and began to j — —- -r-r
talk. He discovered that the peo- wounded man inquired if the news
pie knew very little of city file, and °/ *he lynching of the negroes,
The Chicago Times very aptly
mum "Mr. Randall's safe and tri-
u.nptiant tour through the eolid
b.iutli wil: be a complete letulatiun
ul Inc loulish notion that Republi
can doctrines cannot "be expressed
in that section of the country with
saleiv. ’
Tile democrats have five candi
dates on the track already for the
nomination to the governorship ol
New York next year. They are
I. eu'.enant-Governor Hill, Comp
troller Chapin, Congressman Slo
cum. Erastus Corning and Roswell
1‘. Flower.
Ul
gl Bates, like the great
es, has received the reward
lor Ins heroic services to the coon
try at last. A rich old crank out
west lias just died and left him the
snug hide legacy of 813,000. It is
said 10 be doubtful, however, if the
distinguished tramp will live long
to enjoy the money.
Scctctury McCullough is accused
ot having decided to grant a year’s
delay 10 the whiskey men, in the
j ay nicnl of their taxes. It is not
too much 10 say that no other inter
est in the country could secure such
a lavor. It is an outrage on tax
paycis, without a single mitigating
tcaturc, and smacks of official base
THE DEAD ALIVE.
Hawtclns. tho Lovo Sick. internal Student, Again
Enters Cottage.
Young Hawkins, of 'lhomasville,
whose triend wrote that sensational
letter announcing his suicide through
love, returned to Athens, Sunday
afternoon, the livest corpse it has
been our sad duty for some time to
bury. It seems that Hawkins pen
ned the letter himself to Mr. Brum
by, announcing his demise, and got
a friend to copy and sign the same.
It was intended as a very original
joke, and to create a sensation. We
assure Mr. Hawkins that his fondest
dream of fame has been realized,
for we notice that his suicide has
been published in all the leading
Southern and Northern papers.
Like Mr. Stephens, Hawkins had
the pleasure of reading lus own
obituary, which described him as a
model young man. The victim
was in to see us yesterday, and he
is arrayed in a shirt minus a collar,
and keeps his overcoat thrown
open, to show to the world that his
throat is unscarred. Mr. Hawkins
is a genial, handsome young man,
nd is now hard at work writing
postal cards over the state announc
ing the glad tidings of his resurrec
tion. \Veare glad to know that
the heart of the young lady in ques
tion has melted, and as there is now
no necessity for Hawkins carrying
his dire threat into execution, we
predict for him a long and useful
life.
Back From New Orleans.
“Just back from the Exposition
at New Orleans, and feel like I
was well paid lor my trip,” remark
ed Capt. J. N. Montgomery to us
yesterday. “1 went to New Or
leans for pleasure and to spend
money. I accomplished what I
went for. I met my son, who
lives in Texas, and this of itself
was worth going for. The Expo
sition is a big thing and far excels
the centennial. It will take a man
about five years to see all that is to
be seen in New Orleans, and when
the Exposition gets in full blast it
will take him longer than that. It
is simply immense, and if a man
has got the money he ought to see
it. I enjoyed good health, had a
pleasant time, and am back ready
to go to work again.”
Buying Out a Partner.
Mr. J.J. C. McMahan has bought
out the interest of Mr. S. H. Stokely
in the mammoth house of Stokely
& McMahan, at Crawford. Crit is
one of the livest young merchants
in Georgia, and we predict that his
new business will turn out a grand
success. Mr. Stokely retires on an
independent fortune, accumulated
by good management and bis ster
ling business qualities. Mr. Mc
Mahan, since the war, started mer
chandising on a capital of $20, and
from this small beginning is now
one of the staunchest merchants in
this section.
Committed to Jail.
James Chatham, colored, charged
with receiving stolen goods, the
same being identified by Messrs.
Sims and Epps, whose stores were
burglarized some time since, was
brought before Justice Evans yes
terday for a committal trial, and in
detault of a bond of 8300 was re
turned to jail. He will receive his
began to tell marvelous stories of the
sights and scenes about the city.
They were all eager to listen, espe
cially the little girl, whose life had
been one of quietness inthecoun
try, and who had never seen any of
the inner sights of city life. She
opened her eyes wider and drank
in what was a veritable fairy tale,
lie finally turned to the subject of
theatres and pictured the gilded
scenes of an opening night with the
bright costumes and glowing faces
of its brilliant lights and beautiful
effects. He completely captured
her and she wished she could see
such sights.
IN THE COILS.
The young man said: “There is
to be a theatre to-nigBt, and I am
going. 1 have no one to go with
me, and if you will go I will show
you all this,”
The thought was a happy one to
the child, and she said that if her
mamma would let her she would go
with him.
The young man being a stranger
the mother was loth to trust her
daughter with him. “O, she will
be in good company,” he said. “I
am Mr. juhnson, and live in a large
wholesale store. I have plenty of
money, and will take care of you
all to-night.”
The speech was looked upon
with incredulity, notwithstanding
its plausibleness.
She told her daughter she could
go with the young man ii Mr. Yan
cey would accompany them. To
this both agreed, and away the trio
started for a play which was not
billed, but in which they became
the principal actors. The three
walked down Fourth street as far
as the corner of Messrs. Jacques &
Johnson’s wholesale establishment.
Here Mr. Yancey grew tired and
asked how much further they had
to go. Beasley pointed to the bar
and restaurant of Ullman & Putzel,
across the street, and said: “There
it is.” He was satisfied and turned
back to the carshed where he went
to join the mother and little ones.
The hour was about 9o’clock.
After Beasley saw that he was
safe from the child’s protector, he
took her around the business por
tion of the city to a house on Pine
street where he entered.
The child began to grow fright
ened, but was calmed by his talk
ing to her. He looked at her pale,
thin face and small figure as she
sobbed.
Hardtned wretch that he
BETTER DEATH THAN DISHONOR.
Smith and Davis, was not known
in that neighborhood. He was
told that no such act had been
heard of. The wounded man then
threw himself on the mercy of the
negro who had taken him in, and
said he was Davis.
He said the masked men took
him and Smith from the look-up
in Clayton and carried them to
Neuse river near the county bridge;
that when they got there Smith
was taken from his horse, still hav
ing on hand-cuffs. The lynchers
then took their knives and hacked
Smith nearly to pieces and while
yet alive threw him into the river.
Davis then pleaded for his life, pro
testing that he was innocent. He
was thrown into the river.
When he struck the water con
sciousness returned, and with his
feet tied and his hands in the
handcuffs, he managed to float
himself to the bank and lay under
the bushes until he made his way
to the houss of the negro in which
he was sheltered.
Tne colored men to whom this
very extraordinary tale was told
believe it implicitly, and expect Da
vis here on next Sunday.
KILLED IN A BALL ROOM
A Young Man Loses His Life While Avenging an
Insult to His Sister.
from participating in the tests at ] age, and she can’t break it off. I
the entertainments of Miss Lula
Hurst, the so-called Georgia won
der. who excited so much attention
in New York a few months ago,
and who is now performing at
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 3.-
A very sensational tragedy was
enacted at Rockwood on the line
of the Cincinnati Southern railway,
near this city, last night A dance
was given at the residence of Henry
Crawford and more than fifty were
present. During the evening a
number ot games were played,
among them one called “snap.” By
the rules of the game the last gen
tleman out has the privilege of
kissing his partner. Richard Brum-
mit, a young man, found himself to
be the last one out, and placing his
arm around th$ waist of Miss Fan
nie Crawford, a beautiful blonde,
claimed a kiss from her. She ob
jected to such public osculation,
and when young Brummit good na-
turedly persisted, she gave his
cheek a stinging smack with her
band. Without thinking Brummit
said to Miss Crawford, “You are a
fool,” and turned to walk away. A
brother of the lady rushed up at
this juncture and demanded that
Brummit retract what he had said.
This the latter refused to do, where
upon Crawford knocked Brummit
down. When he arose Brummit
his conscience became aroused, and
he banished the ruling thought for ‘
a moment and was touched. The
child was in the hands of a higher;
power.
He quietly led her from the
house, and when a few steps away,
left her standing in the cold, with
out friends or shelter, and about
dues, as under the ev.dence he just- hrff mile from the car shcd . she
ly deserves, at the regular May I wandered about throu h the darU
term of tne super,or court. unU1 her courage forsook
A prominent government officia
'ays that when in New York a few
<!ay s ago he learned that five ph\-
' cuinx hail been called in consulta
tion to examine the condition of
Ueneial Grant’s health, and had ar
rived at the conclusion that the
Genet at was at present completely
'’token down physically and re-
I'tited absolute rest.
There does not seem to be any
Rteat rush ot gold-seekers to the
tcporied newly discovered fields of
'he precious metal in the Straits of
-Magellan. If the reports continue
*o he favorable, however, some
American dredges may be expected
to start out before long. The gold
is said to be quite abundant in the
beds of rivers, and is found in the
*hape of nuggets.
I hose who receive invitations to
'be inauguration ball will do well
'oremember that the customary ad-
fission fee of 85 will be exacted,
and that there will be no room
whatever for deadheads. Carriages
to and from the ball will cost 85,
fad supper can be had at liberal
pt'ces on the European plan. About
“850 bill will be the proper thing
to slip i n your vest pocket when
>011 leave your hotel for the ball
toom.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 5.—Mr. T.
L. Gantt: Dear Sir—A friend of
mine has just shown me a copy of
the Banner-Watchman containing
the “Presentiment,” giving an ac
count of the death ot my brother,
John E. Dickson, of Company K,
3d Georgia. I do not know, but
presume you wrote the article, and
with this presumption I desire to
extend to you my heartfelt thanks
and those of his aged parents, for
the glowing, but none the less just,
tribute to a boy as brave and true
as any of those who went forth for
the defense of their home. Many
men have given up their lives for
their country, but it calls for more
than ordinary courage for a man to
go into battle with the conviction
so fixed upon his mind that he will
never come out alive. But we al
ways knew when the charge was
sounded that “Dixie would be m
the front. And what if he did be
lieve he would fall? His honor was
at stake and that was enough. Yes,
much as his mother and father lov
ed him they would rather he had
died under the circumstances, than
to live, having shirked his duty.
You, a, very truly.
H. H. Dickson.
Candy Factory.
Mr. Thornton, of Atlanta, form
erly with Frank E. Block, has rent
ed the store next to Talmadge
Bros.’ and will very soon commence
the manufacture of candy and con
fectioneries. This is a good point
for this kind of business, and we
hope Mr. Thornton will meet with
success.
Advertising Agent.
Mr. Thos. L. Mitchell lias open
ed an advertising agency in our
city. This is a new business for
Athens, and we hope our young
friend will make a success of it.
Married.
Mr. Joe Peeler was married to
M iss Louise Baker, at the residence
of Mr. Robert Flournoy, on Tues
day night last.
drew a huge dirk and before any
one could interfere had plunged it
up to the hilt into Crawford’s breast
three times, killing him instantly.
The warm blood of the young man
who, in attempting to avenge an
insult to his sister, lost his life,
spurted out on the ball room floor,
bespattering the dresses of several
ladies standing near.
KILLS HERSELF AND BABY.
THEY WON’T DRINK.
Tne Constitution prints this very
* u ggestive paragraph:
"A Maine correspondent of the
Giitc.nnati Enquirer suggests that
1 Southern members of congress
annoyed by the persistent at-
J^mptsof the New England mem-
ot’s to secure lor the negroes the
pttvilege of riding in the same cars
HD tn,. whitts, they should retail-
, that the poor whites
01 -New Knot.r,.I *l,.ll h. .Ilnutorl
Price ol Howlers.
As the Zulus are so in demand
on election days, to use their flu-
encc for candidates, we think it
would not be amiss to give the
price that they sell for on election
days, so that future candidates may
know how to arrange their cash be
fore announcing: A good howler
and drinker, $25; a howler with flu
ence, $20; one without fluence, but
can hug a street corner and talk
loud, »18.75; howlers not of age, 83
per dozen; bar room loafers and
talkers, three drinks per day and a
quart on the day of election. Lead
ers of the different wings ot Zulus’
price can’t be given, but they are
supposed to get a portion of the of-
fice. There is a gre«t fluctuation
in this market, and it is altogether
owing to the amount the office
pays-
For Fear They Will be parted and Feathered.
Xorwalk (Conn.) Special to St. Louis Republican.
On the night of December 31,
1*583, three young men sat around a
tavern fire in Georgetown, a little
village about ten miles from here.
The three were intoxicated and
were watching the old year out. As
the clock struck twelve one of the
young men said: “Boys, the new
year is here, now let’s swear ofl and
form a temperance society.” The
others in a spirit of fun agreed. The
articles of association were then
, , matter.. He was held by the city
and there drawn up._ They were for disorderly conduct and the trial
. , ew England shall be allowed
rule with their owners. The
'.*. ln * correspondent speaks out
pisnfly and says that the degraded
*»boi of Massachusetts and
octjtbboring states differ only in col-
. "Wnthatol the South and en
slave," Wer com f° r '* ii**n the late
Four negro students in Harvard
University in’ Washington City
from Georgia have created some
excitement. Th® Washington
presbytery gave $100 annually lor
their 'education 'as ministers and
they propose to withdraw their do
nation.
. A. P. Stewart & Co;, of Atlanta,
have made an assignment.
her, and she began to shriek. Her
cries were heard by Mr. George
Bouifluett, who went to her assist
ance. She could not describe
where she had come from, having
never seen a car-shed before. Of
ficer Yager came up and took
charge ot her, and after some time
he managed to understand where
the child came from. She was
taken to her distressed parents.
When Mr. Yancey returned to
the mother, after' having left the
child and Beasley, both were unea
sy, and thought the child might be
in danger. He found the police
officer and told him the circum
stances. He was told to begin a
search for her. Officers Moore,
Brown, Jones and Detective Wood
began a search, going to every
house in that section of the city
without a clue being discovered.
The \ oung man was arrested oa
JV. ridge Row later, by officers
Moore and Brown. He stoutly
denied the whole story, but after
wards admitted the fact and his in
tention. He was placed in the
barracks. The mother and chil
dren, having no means, slept in the
car-shed ail night. This morning
the father of the young man fur
nished them with money and they
left on the Southwestern train.
The young man was arraigned
before the Recorder to*day. There
being no one to appear for the pros
ecution, nothing was done with the
An Immigrant Believes Herself Deserted by He
•Husband in a Strange Country.
Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 4’—An
na Dickhof, with her eleven months
old child, landed at Castle Gaiden
on Monday last from Berlin and
came on to Macedon, a little town
eighteen miles from this city, which
she reached yesterday afternoon
Her husband had sent her money
to pay her expenses and she expect
ed to meet him on her arrival at
Macedon. He did not appear and
no one knew him. The station
master permitted her to remain in
the s'-tion for the night. About
o’clock this morning he heard a
noise nnd lighting a match found
the woman with her arms extended
lying on the lounge with her throat
cut. The infant’s throat was also
gashed. On the floor lay a small
pearl-handled pen-knife covered
with blood. The station master
ran for a doctor and when he re
turned the woman had returned
tp consciousness and went out. She
was found later lying in the snow
covered with blood. The child is
dgad and the mother is not expect
ed to live. Her husband arrived''
to-day. The only assignable mo
tive for her act is despondency, as
she thought her husband had de
sertad her.
Central Music Hall in this city,
The colored population is especial
ly indignant at what they regard
as an unwarrantable introduction
of the color line in public enter
tainment The tests of Miss Hurst’s
powers were not particularly suc
cessful last evening, and shortly
before the five minutes intermis
sion the Manager, Mr. Atkinson,
repeated the request that “any
man” in the house should come
forward to hold the chair.
A MAN APPEARS.
His request was responded to
by a neatly dressed colored man,
who, as he mounted the stage,
laid aside his overcoat, and then
walked toward the centre of the
stage to take up the chair.
The manager at once protested,
saying, “This contest is not open to
you.”
“Why not?” inquired the colored
man, amid the mingled applause
and hisses of the audience.
I have the utmost consideration
for the colored man,” said the man
ager, with an eloquent left hand
gesture, as he reposed two fingers
of his right hand in the breast of
his Prince Albert coat, “but I must
protest against this. Leave this
stage, if you please, sir,”
“You said ‘any one,’ and I am
here. I paid my money and I am
obeying your own request,” replied
the colored man.
MR. HURST REFUSES.
Mr. Hurst walked rapidly up to
tha speaker, whose back was turned
towards him, as if meaning business
of some kind; but as the colored
man paid no attention to him he
moved uneasily back to his former
position. Manager Atchison then
stepped to the front and explained
that Mr- Hurst claimed the right to
determine who were fit and proper
persons to engage in the tests,
whether they were white or black,
and that they must decline the ser
vices of the ntun who had oflered
himself. The audience appeared
lather to favor the decisiou, and
the negro man, becoming indig
nant, declared he was a gentleman
and a free burn citizan. This was
not denied, and he was offered a
seat on the platform, but he declin
ed, unless he was allowed to go
through the test. Mr. Hurst still
refused, and finally returned to the
negro his dollar.
“Let him try! let him try!” was
shouted by several voices in the
audience.
AN OBJECTOR.
“I say no!” roared a pompous
looking man, who was at once as
sisted down.
“Mr. Hurst is as good a fritnd as
the negro has, and he will always
see that you have your rights,” said
the manager patronizingly to the
colored man.
I am an American citizen, and
do not want Mr. Hurst’s or any one
else’s protection. I have as many
rights as he has,” replied the negro,
as he put on his coat and started
for the door.
An irate man in the gallery yelled
out: “You fellows must think you
are in Georgia.”
Before the colored man left the
house several young men hurried
alter him and gave him their sards.
The performance was then contin
ued as on the previous night.
a friend of the race.
Mr, Hurst afterward said that this
was only the second time a colored
man had attempted to come on the
platlorm and he had objected each
time. He was personally a friend
ot the colored race, and at his home
in Georgia had the good will of all
the negroes, but he did not wish
his daughter to engage in tests with
them. Miss Hurst also said that
she would have declined to have
tried any experiment with the col
ored man.
The ladies in the audience, she
says, sympathized with her, as af
ter the performance several of them
expressed their pleasure at the stand
she had taken.
couldn’t persuade her to go to bed
and mind her own business, so I
studied on the matter. VVe live in
one of the centre houses of a block
of five story and attic buildings.
similar to the rules of other temper
ance societies with one exception.
The clause containing the pledge
had the following penalty attached:
“And any one of us who shall
drink any intoxicating liquor, for
any purpose whatsoever, between
now and midnight ot December 31.
1SS4, shall be tarred and feathered.”
This clause becoming known
f ained the club the name of “The
'ar and Feather Temperance So
ciety.” Meetings of the society of
three were frequently held. Grad
ually applications for membership
began to pour in, and before six
months had passed the society num
bered thirty members. The year of
abstinence expired on Tuesday
night, and a grand ball was given
by the society, to which a large
number of the best people of the
place were invited. The hall was
filled. At midnight the President
announced that the pledge had ex
pired. By a unanimous vote it was
renewed for another year, and some
twenty new names were added to
the roll. The peculiar penalty
proves an. attractive advertisement,
and the nutter is the’ talk of the
neighborhood. The badge is a blue
ribbon, with a lump of tar
chicken feathers attached.
was postponed until Monday next
He was released later. He was a
clerk in the store of Messrs. Lynn
& Cline, and was discharged. Whet
he was arrested he had a pair oL
stockings in his pocket, which were
identified by the firm, who said
they had not been charged.
THE VERY FORTUNATE MAN.
1 Baltimore American.
Forty-one years ago Gen.
Blanchard, J. C. A. Hill and Joseph
S. “Abbott, of this city, Dr. Charles,
‘ufts, of Dover, and Dr. W.
rd, then young men, formed an
iciation called the Mystic Five,
anS agreed to dine together every
New Year’s eve. They adopted
A STRANGE HEATH.
Panama, Dec. 24.—Senor Isidro
Vidal diet his death in this city a
few days ago under most peculiar
circumstances. When about retir
ing, feeling a pain in his chest, he
rubbed himself with alcohol, and
then poured some of the spirits on
his undershirt, in the belief that be,
would derive benefit therefrom. H$j
then put out his light and went t$
bed. Subseqnently wishing to
smoke a cigarette, he struck
match. The spark from the match
inflamed the alcohol on the under-
shirt, and in one moment the unfor-
tunafeman was in a blaze. Hijji
cries brought assistance, but before
it arrived he had suffered such sd-1
vere injuries that he died next day.
Miss Ellen Dortch has asst
editorial charge of the Carne
Register.
There’s scuttles in the roofs of all
of them, and I persuaded Mr. Green
up, who lives in the adjoining hbuse,
to jet me in his house last night
about 1 o’clock, and I went up
through his scuttle and over to mine,
and so down into our bedroom. I
could see Martha from the head of
the stairs, sitting in the front room
eyeing the clock with a look that
was the very tart chromo. But I
undressed and got quietly into bed,
and there I lay waiting develop
ments. Every now and then I’d
hear her get up and prance around
the room a little, and by and by go
to the front windows and slam the
shutters.
“Alter I’d lain there about an
hour, I heard her get up and go
stand out on the front steps ‘.’or a
good five minutes. Then she came
in and slammed the door and locked
it and commenced coming up stairs.
Everyotner step she’d say: “Oh,
the wretch. Won’t I give it to
him! I know where ne is! I know
where he is! He needn’t think to
deceive me! Oh, the villian!”
’Bout the time she had nearly got ta
to the landing I think she must have
seen the light streaming out of the
door that I’d left ajar. I could hear
her stop, and then I commenced to
snore. I was afraid to look, you
know, but I could feel her cautious
ly come up to the door a-id look in.
Well, sir, I’d have given my pension
from the war of 1776, to have seen
her about the time she saw it was
me. I’ll bet it was fun. But I was
afraid to do anything but snore.
Then she came into the room, and
by the way she breathed and stood
around, I had to nearly b:t„ my
tongue off to keep a straight face
on me. I could feel that she sat
down in a chair, and was dumb
founded. I never let on, hut kept
on snoring like thunder and preten
ded to wake up, k'.nd of dazed like,
and says:
“Why, Martha, dear, ain’t you
come to bed yet?”
“Jarphly,” she said, awlul slow
and solemn like, “when did you
come in?”
“Wh, it must be four or five hours
ago. Don’t you remember when I
told you not to go to sleep again in
the rocker, but to come up to bed?
and I turned over and professed to
go to sleep again.
“She never made any reply, but
acted in a dazed, bewildered sort of
way, and when she got to bed I
could tell she didn’t sleep a wink
for three hours.
“This morning it was fun to
watch. I could hardly keep a
straight face. At the breakfast ta
ble, and all the time I was about
the house, she’d eye me when she
thought 1 wasn’t looking; then,
when I’d notice her, she’d turn
away and be awfully busy at some
thing. She caught rne kind of grin
ning once, and by George, I thought
the explosion was about to come.
But it didn’t, though the look of
blank, unfathomable suspicion she
wore on her face all the time was
the greatest show on earth. It
nearly broke me up, and I’ve laugh
ed till my ribs ache ever since. I
know it won’t last. I know there’s
a day of repenting, and the ther
mometer is going up clear out of
sight in the Jarphly family. But
who’s going after trouble? It’ll
come soon enough without hunting
it, and I’m going to enjoy that scut
tle in the root until the explosion
comes.”
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.'
TWO DOLLAR AND A HALF
CHRISTIAN.
The cashier of a bank at Lexing
ton, Ky., is short $37,000.
Ben Butler says he is not writing
a book and don’t intend to.
Two robbers went through a
train on the Baltimore Central.
Mrs. Garfield is to visit a gold
mine she owns in North Carolia.
Seven men were found frozen to
death by a Nebraska stage driver.
A young man tn New York sold
himself for a year for a drink of
whiskey.
A Louisville, Ky., book-keeper,
who is a defaulter, blew his brains
out.
The bodies of two murdered Ital
ians werp found near Syracuse,
N. Y.
Gov. Cleveland has written his
letter of resignation, to take effect
on the 6th.
Miss Minnie Palmer has offered
840.000 for the Cleveland gem.
Col. A. K. McClure, of the Phil
adelphia Times, will travel through
the south.
The President has nominated A.
N. Wilson to be postmaster at Sa
vannah.
President Arthur will leave
Washington about the 15th for New
Orleans:
Gov. Vance, ot North Carolina,
has no opposition for United States
Senator.
Hon. Sam. J. Randall has return
ed from his southern tour and ex
presses himself delighted with the
reception tendered him.
At a menting ot the board of di
rectors of the East Tennessee rail
road, J. A. Robinsoa, Col. E. W.
Cole andj. W. Barton resigned.
The Lynchburg tobacco associa
tion reports sale of leaf tobacco tor
December aggregated 1,160,000
pounds.
The striking miners in Hocking
Valley got hold of the telegraph
wires and issued false orders tor
special trains.
The drilling of armed companies
of socialists in Chicago has put that
city on notice of danger.
Owing to the warm weather the
ice palace at Montreal is melting
away and is likely to collapse.
A brakesman named Mason has
been killed near Hartford by being
struck on the head with a stone
thrown by a tramp.
It is said that the Western Union
Telegraph Company has reduced
the salaries of its operators from
ten to twenty per cent.
A jealous swain in Calhoun co.,
III., firing into a dancing party,
killed and wounded seven persons,
some of them fatally.
Another crank has been turned
loose in in France, who issues a pro
clamation to the people declaring
himself to be Charles XI.
On the side of a Chicago eleva
tor, fifty feet above the ground, was
seen painted in blood the form of
a man who had been blown against
the structure by a boiler explosion.
Rather than si omit to arrest and
be brought back ro Atlanta a pris
oner, George A. Benson, a Phila
delphia. drummer, shot himself
through the heart in his bed in the
Globe hotel at Lawrenceville.
Chicago, January 3.—A copy of
the “ iron-clad contract” is publish
ed here which the miners in the
employ of the Hocking Valley com
pany are compelled to sign. The
contract runs for a year, and binds
the miner to abide by such rules
and regulations as the company
may promulgate, and not to be ab
sent without leave. The company
agrees to pay fifty cents per ton for
coal mined and properly screened.
The miner stipulates that he will
not join any strike or join any com
bination to secure an advance in
wages, and it he violates any of the
provisions of the contract he for
feits all claims tor coal mined and
not paid for.
Prince Wilson, a colored barber^ • 1
of Americus,'died in destitute cb - ‘
cumstances on Sunday q»ht.
Whisky was the cause of b is death.
Douglassvillk, Ga., Jan. 1.— :
At a ball here last night the dress of
one of the dancers, AJiss Emm*
Price, caught fire. Her escort
severely burned hib-hands in tear
ing off the flaming garments. The
lady is now in a precarious condi
tion. This broke^up the ball.
Alexander H. Stephens’ nephew
and heir of the famous Geotgfa
statesman, is conductor on a Pull- ,
man sleeping car running between
Nashville and Atlanta. He inher- '
ited from his uncle the greater
part of ihe few worldly goods the
lamous Georgian had to be-tow. ,\
A couple of colored families in
Atlanta recently ornamented the
graves of their dead children with
bottle-, containing -what remained
oi the medicine prescribed by the
attending physicians. The bottles,
bore on them the druggists’ labels,
ihe prescriptions and the names of
ihe physicians.
A negro who lived on Mr. Hatch
’s place, near Montezuma, came
to town on-circus day, drank freely
and became so numbed there
cold that he froze to death befroe
he got home. He was not found
until two days afterwards, when
the carrion crows were flying round
where he died.
Bridges Smith, city editor of the
Macon Telegraph and Messenger,
and Wales Wynton, of the Atlanta
Constitution, were respectively
oresented 0,1 New Year’s day with
a gold watch chain and a goid-head-
ed cane by the members of liieMa- ■
con police force, as a token of their
good will and friendly relations.
i ite dealers in fertilizers in Haw-
kiusviUe have signed an agreement
at sell no guano to any person who
snail refuse or fail to make any sat
isfactory arrangements by the -ioth
day of this month'for the payment
ol notes given for guano the past
season. Kite dealers have also de
cided io prepare a black list of all
delinquent customers.
Henry Johnson, a white youth
living in the Northern Liberties, a
suburb of Columbus, in a difficulty
W'lh i'is brother on Monday, cut
its* thro.u with a knife. The
wound, though serious, is not con
sidered uiai. The cause of the
difficulty was one bro her was try-
ng : o impose on one of the younger
children of Ihe family, when Henry’,
the elder brother, interfer ed, and a
fight ensued, v. i;.t the aliene results.
Savannah, Jan. 3.—Dispatches
ecoived here ‘situe mat Paymaster
Smyth, who came up missing in
this city several days ago with a
large .minimi of Government funds,
tas :eno ted to the Paymaster in
Washing on City. lie explained
his delta)rule by saying mat he
went o V on .1 little spree, lie savs
he ivil! make every one whole, and
that no one will lose a penny by his
H
BENEDICT ARNOLD.
WESTERN UNION.
There are a great many people in
their religion, that remind tne of
“Uncle Phil,” a pious old darkey of
the old times in Texas.
Well, Phil was a forvent Chris-
tain, with a great gift of prayer.
He attended all the Saturday eve
ning prayer meetings on the neigh
boring plantations and could pray
louder and lo ger than any of the
brethren. But Phil had one weak
ness: he dearly loved money, and'
different from negioes generally, he
loved to hoard it
Near by us lived a man who, not
troubled by any scruples would pav
Phi) a dollar to work in his fields
on Sunday. One Sunday night
Phil came home after dark. I ac
costed him with—
“Where have you been, Phil?”
“Oh, I’se jist heen knocking
A Story of Aaron Barr and tho Traitor’* Bride.
The Quaker City has not been
famed for the beauty of its women
in this day only. The pages of all
its sedate history are bright with
the faces of pretty maidens and
stately matrons. Among the beau
ties of the Revolutionary days none
was more charming than gay, ill-
starred Margaret Shippen. Her
family at that time was one of the
most influential in the provinces,
and it has continued to give to
Philadelphia a succession of sturdy,
high-minded men and women,
though her own life was clouded
by a suspicion of disloyalty. She
married Benedict Arnold when she
was 'S. She first met him in Phil
adelphia on his return from Cana
da, loaded with honors, and her
girlish fancy was captivated by his
dashing manners and the splendor
ot his career. Her family opposed
the union, but she insisted on it and
would have become his wife in spite
of all opposition, but the barriers
were at last removed. She had
been married about a year and
had just become a mother when
her husband committed the traitor
ous deed that will make his name
despised throughout all time.- She
was at West Point with her baby.
She was at once taken into custo
dy and given into charge of Gen
Hamilton and Aaron Burr, to be
conveyed to Philadelphia. She
A Suit Over an Incorrectly Spelled IFortZ Goes
Against ihe Plaintiff. 1
QjiitmanNew South: aVt the last
municipal election prohibitionists
were elected. The license of Mr.
Sweat, however, did not expire un
til Dec. 3t. The question as to sale .
of liquor does not enter into the
election for a new Mayor and
Council. Hence we will remain a
dry town but a tew days, We will
scarcely know what a dry town is,
the period being so short.
The Ilawkinsville dispatch tells
of several more hog raisers whose
success shows what can be done
with the Georgia raisor back. Mr.
Levi H. Harrell, of Pulaski,
killed one which, after being dress
ed, weighed 504 pounds. His bro
ther, John W.,killed one that weigh
ed 397 pounds net. Mr. W. T.
Faircloth, of Wilcot: county, killed
one that weighed 465 pounds net
Washington Gazette: “Miss E.
A. Safford, who was a missionary
in China for eleven years, arrived
here last Sunday on a visit to the
family of Hon. Samuel Barnett.
She gave a charming talk in the
presbyterian church Sunday after
noon, in which she spoke of the
peculiar characteristics of the Chi
nese and her experiences as a mis
sionary. She gave many illustra
tions of the fact that the Chinese
are our antipodes, but are our oppo
sites in all their ways and customs.
Quite a number of the ladies
Washington, who are
interested in missions, called by in-
vitation at the residence of Mr.
Barnett, .Monday afternoon. Miss
Safford will leave for China next
fall.
Philadelphia, Jan. 5.—An im
portant opinion was this morning
filed by Judge Thayer, in the court
of Common Plecs. in a suit in which
Isaac Nusbaum claimed damage
om the Western Union Telegraph
Company on account of a loss of
8500 through a mistake in a tele
graphic message.
The telegram should have read:
Obey instructions in regard to the
purchase ot muskrats,” but was re
ceived as “ober instructions,” which
Nusbaum interpreted to mean that
prices had advanced what had been
anticipated. Judge Thayer said
that the plaintiff had no right to in
terpret “the senseless message,” but
should have had- it repeated. The
plaintiff was non-suited on the pre
vious trial atjd the decision was up
held.
about, massa.’ * ...
“You have been woiking for Mil- was n ° l permitted to remain in
ler.”
W
Well, you see, massa, the old
fellow is ’n weeds, an’ he jest show
ed me a silver dollar, and Ijust
couldn't stand it.”
“Aint you afraid the devil will
get vou for breaking the Sab
bath?”
Phil scratched his head a minute,
and said:
“I guess the Lord'll excuse me,
as a badge a harp with five strings
and pledged themselves never to
use intoxicating liquors, except in
cases of illness; to which refrain
from all games. of chance, and to
attend the marriage or funeral ot
one of their number who shoald
wed or die. For forty years these
aadual reunions have taken place
entry New Year’s eve. They have
all enjoyed singular freedom from
illness; death has not lessened their
number, and in business every
has been prosperous. The
dinner takes place at Con-
. and the _ members are about
starting on their annual trip.
^ y the will of the late Elijah Ru
th, just admitted to probate,
Roanoke College, at Salem, Virgin
ia, will receive, at the death of the
widow, property worth fully $6,00a
Xhere wiU be |no changes made
in pie Georgia division of the East
Tehn., Va. & Ga., railroad.
“No He says, “Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.’ ”
Phil went off looking pretty so
ber, and it was not long before I
beard his voice in fervent prayer
back of tho Darn S o I thought I
would slip down near enough to
hear.
“Oh, Lord!” I heard bins say, “I
nave this day ripped and teared,
cussed and sweared at them con
founded oxen of Miller’s and jest
broke'the Sabbath day. 0, Lord,
please forgive me! pleese forgive
me, for you knows I’se nothinhut
a miserable heathen anyhow. If
I ou’ll jest forgive me this time
’ll never do it again qp long as I
live, ’cepteir' he gives me two dol
lars and a half a day.”
At this point I was obliged to re
treat, but lam-thinking that poor
old Uncle Phil isn't the only two
dollar-and-a-balf Christion in this
w:o.w , : >
Chief Justice Waite is again in a
critical condition.
m
peace, however, even at the house
of her father. The indignation of
the populace was at fever heat, and
the traitor’s young bride was order
ed by the Provincial Council, then
the governing body, to leave the
colonies. In vain her father, after
wards Chief Tustice, pleady for
mercy. He offered the largest se
curity for her conduct; promised
that she should receive no commu
nication of any kind from any. one
through any but the public chan
nels and under the closest scrutiny.
It was in vain. Thecouncil would
not modify its decree. The young
wife left for England, met her hus
band there and lived with him to
a good old age. Some of their de
scendents have done distin
guished service in the English ar
my and navy and in the English
church. On the way to Philadel
phia the beautiful young mother
and her custodians rested at a farm
house near Trenton kept by a Mrs.
Provost After Mrs. Arnold had
died Aaron Burr, himself a traitor
in embryo, publicly stated that
Mrs. Arnold had there declared
that her husband’s sentiments were
her sentiments, and that she was a
true royalist and an opponent of
rebellion. “What he omitted to
say,” remarked a relative of Mrs
Arnold’s the other day in conversa
tion about this matter, “was that he
had on that occasion endeavored to
betray her, and that she had indig
nantly rkpelled his advances.
GENERAL NEWS.
AN IMPECUNIOUS GEORGIAN
Adopts a Hovel Method of Getting Home.
Houston, Tex., Jan. 3.—A well-
dressed man named N. A. Slith,
out of funds, resorted to a novel
method to get to his relatives in
Atlanta, Georgia. He fastened
himself in a dry goods box, undress
ed himself, and, providing enough
food and water for the journey, had
the box delivered at the express
office. He was discovered, how
ever, early this morning by the
night watchman, and turned over
to the police. He claims his friends
would have paid the express
charges upon his arrival at Atlanta.
A SINGULAR CASE OF WOUNDING
Two months ago some negroes
had a hot supper and the usual row,
near town, A negro named An
drew Rhodes 'was struck in the
mouth and lost one or two teeth,
but supposed he had been hit by a
rock or stick during the melee. One
shot was fired from a pistol, but as
no one complained ot being struck
by a ball nothing was thought of
tfxe shooting. Last Monday Andrew
Rhodes hed a dentist to examine
his broken teeth, and to the sur
prise of dentist and patient a bullet
was found in the bone covered by
the upper gum. He never knew,
until then that he had been shot in
the mouth.— Washington Gazette.
At a meeting of the Faculty of
Harvard College, the report of the
athletic committee, recommending
that football be abolished at Har*.
vard, was acted upon. The Facul
ty decided, twenty-four to five, Vo
" fri ^
The Alhambra was badly shaken
up by the earthquake in Spain.
England contributed $5 toward
the Garfield monument lund and T - --
France 81,149- •
Hon. Jefferson Davis was in New
Orleans, the guest of Mr. J. U.
l’ayne, on Tuesday.
A life insurance actuary calcu
lates that in the year 1933 there will
be living only 1,233 survivors of the
late war between the States.'
A Florida correspondent of the
Hartford Times says that oranges
can be profitably grown in a few
years at 85 per 1,000 on the tree.
Tomatoes, as is well known, were
introduced into this country within
the memory of living- men. For
many years they were only used as
an ornamental plant. >
Gen. John C. Fremont is to pro
ceed at once to Mexico as attorney
or agent of a syndicate, of which
he is a member, to examine and
verify the validity of a contract and
title to 13,000,000 acres of land in > y
Mexico.
J. W. Thompson, assistant cotft- ’
missioner. ot the colored-people of /'
Florida, has shipped to New Or- Or
leans a magnificent collard, meas
uring eight feet in height, for the
Florida department at the World’s
Exposition. It was grown in La
Villa by S. J. Cox, porter with
John L. McConihe.
A short time ago, while Mr. H. -
T. Whitcomb, of Mansfield, O., V
was hunting woodchucks with _
Mr. Williams, his dog made a fuss
near an old pine stub, inside of
which a noise was heard, and upon
cutting it down a large live black
snake was found, inside of which
was a gun barrel, wejl preserved,
over 4 feet in length, and upon
which 1777 is plainly .seen.
It was a great joke Ezekiel
Young, of Pascoag, R. I., played on
his creditors the other morning.
He invited them to come to the
depot at S o’clock and get their pay, -
and when they got there they found
his body with a bullet hole through
the head.
A dastardly crime has been com
mitted at Pollock’s Ferry, on Roan- ' '
oke River, N* C., the victims being
George Williamsand wife, colored.
They lived in a small house, which
was burned to the ground before
bed time. The bones of fwo per
sons, one larger than the other,
were found,’ one skeleton being
pear the place where the door had
been and the other about, the centre
of the room. It is reported here
any more inter-collegiate games.
V'
W:
F/ MWVIUwm, syviHj-jyui W “ * G, IU Ul LUO 1UUUJ. At la ICJJUHCU
prohibit Harvard from engaging'iii that'suspicion rests on a colorefiSj
The renting of pe ws in Plymouth
church did not realize as much by
several thousand dollars as they did
last year.
malt who lives not far from the
place; It is said that the murder
was committed to prevent Williams
from telling what he knew about a
burglary committed a year ago. He
had intimated that he would tell.
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