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The recent election in onr county
5 hows that while this evil has some-
w h.it abated, it still exists to • dis
graceful extent. And if current re
port* be true, the selling of suffrage
»nd “influence” is not confined to
the negro race, but white men, with
standing and character in their com
munities. have actually bartered this
h ;„h privilege for filthy lucre—the
only difference being, the price paid
thriu is in excess of the demands
0 t the Zulu howlers. This tact
the demoralizing tendency
of the practice, anti proves that un-
>omc decided steps are taken
to preserve the purity of the ballot-
box, popular elections will be a
fjrcc and every public office had as
vr ll be put up to the highest bidder
a id the proceeds of the sale turned
int o tire county treasury. This buy-
ingof votes has so long prevailed in
our section, and been so openly
practiced, that candidates now con
sider it a legitimate transaction, and
lie not feel that they violate any
principle when they, indirectly per
haps. engage in the traffic. The
poorer classes are especially inter
red in a sjppression of the evil,
tor it as thoroughly disfranchises
them from holding office as were
pair s c: prescribed by the consti
tution of the state. Unless a man is
to expend the worth of an of
fice. he is wasting his time to an-
nuance himself as a candidate. We
aie g ad, however, to report, that
jmoiig the (letter class of our col
ored population, a reform is notice-
>. It is true there are yet plenty
oi the race ready to sell to the high-
and best bidder, but at the same
lime a disposition is manifest to re
form. This should be encouraged,
and v. e hope tii.it our leading col
ored citizens will publicly de
nounce and ostracise any man who
H-lis his vote at an election. Such
a step wih do more to elevate the
race in the estimation of good peo-
, e than all the civil rights bills that
can he enacted. If the negro hopes
to advance his condition, he must
I'r-t prove himself worthy of trust
ami confidence. These suffrage-
batteieis are a veritable mill stone
around the necks of the better cla-n
oi our colored people,and bring them
into r. liculi- and contempt. The
j.rgio Ins no long -r ttie republican
party to lean upon, but he must
carve his own way in the future,
anl will he judged and rewarded
a. • .r,ln,g to his merits. There are
I ut two way- to suppress this inta-
rni One is by nominating candi
date- lor every office by primary
election, and then elect the nomi-
The othti is for the legisla
te to ticsle the monster and
mangle nun by the strong hand of
p. vn r. Let a law be enacted for
ever disfranchising from voting or
holding office any man who, di-
rcctly oi indirectly, buys or sells a
vote. The bill should be made
broad and sweeping, and not only
embrace candidates, but their
iilends. Whether a vote is sold
ami bought by direct purchase, the
u-e oi liquor or by paying taxes, the
penalty should be disfranchisement.
Any man who would sell his vote
or influence is not tit to be entrust
ed with this privilege; and the of
ficer vv ho violates an obligation is
unworthy of public trust. We hope
tnat some patriotic member
will introduce such a bill
at the July session, and no legisla
tor who wishes pure government
can conscientiously vote against it.
Tie prohibition election is now
pending in our county, and it is
tair to predict that bribery and cor
ruption v/ill play a prominent part
therein. Let every good citizen, it
matters not what be his color, or
* hi ther he advocates “Prohibition"
or ' No Prohibition,” unite in an ef-
lort to suppress the evil, and pledge
him-elf to work against any side
that attempts to ovetiide public
opinion by the use of money and
“ought ballots.
NO XXX.
THE GREAT AMERICAN PAUPER.
Grant has lallen another
notch in the scnle ot degreda-
on the past few days. Upon the
of the failure of the firm of
brant. Ward it Co., the General
efl upon Wm. H. Vanderbilt
end requested the loan of $150,000
until the next day. Without asking
security except Gen. Grant's
ord ot honor, the millionaire wrote
out his check for the amount. It is
needless to add that the firm failed
f next day, and Vanderbilt's mon-
"ent up with the fortunes ot
thou*-".l s 0 f other innocent vic-
A lew years before that, in a
'pomaneous outburst of patriotism,
taut s triends had settled upon him
independent fortune that could
" ot touched. To secure Vander-
t, tae old General, with a hint at
“el as clear as the noonday sun,
8 a 'e ins wealthy creditor a mort-
8 J Sv on some real estate he owned,
together with the war medals, tro-
.*'■• <■'» and presents that he had col-
•eited while on his dead-beating
our around tlie world. Now Gen.
'•nit well knew that Mr. Vander-
11 could riot afford to accept this
under, even were he so inclined,
Jr 11 "ould bring upon him the
oniempt 0 f t h e country. So alter
i'eat display of sycophantic hon-
') und martyrdom on the part of
T *ni, and hesitancy and greed for
, - v y anderbilt, the whole mat-
, Culminated just as Gen. Grant
'oped and expected and the public
. it Would. vix_? Hu VonH#r
out
thimble full of business sense,
could have been taken in thereby.
It seems that Ferdinand Ward
was a well-known Wall
street sharper, who proposed
to Gen. Grant that they
form a copartnership to rob the
government through fat- contracts,
relying on the General’s name and
influence to secure the jobs that
nectcd therewith to the penitentia
ry. Of course Gen. Grant’s name
and prestige savfed him, and his
friends are trying to hold him up
in the light of a martyr. But it
won’t work in the eyes of an hon
orable business man, for a careful
analysis of the trouble shows that
Grant was simply caught in a trap
that he had helped to set for other
victims. All sympathy is wasted
on the old fraud and chronic beg
gar, and *ve are surprised that any
southern journal should attempt to
palliate the outrage. It is indeed a
gratifying thought to the south
to compare the destiny of
the two great leaders of the
late contending armies. Gen. Lee
sleeps in an honoied grave, his
memory revered and cherished by
his people and his proud name
stands forth without blot or blem
ish. U. S. Grant, to whom Lee
had to surrender his sword, is to
day a pauper upon the bounty of
his country, and for years past his
name has been kept prominently
before the people as a public men
dicant, notwithstanding the fact
that he has squandered hundreds
of thousands collected for him. lie
also stands branded with conspiracy
to defraud, and the onus will rest
upon him so long as his name lives
11 history. We had sooner he the con
quered Lee, wrapped in a winding
sheet formed of the love and admi
ration of his countrymen, than the
victorious and living Grant, who
relies upon the sympathy of his
friends to obscure a record that
would he a blot upon the history of
rent country.
A DANGEROUS INDUSTRY.
ATHENSj aEOEGIA, TUESDAY, J^NTJAJEIY 20, 1885.
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A Plats that Win Xaauata Any On* But A Med
ical Student.
AN ALABAMA CYCLONE.) earthquake in Spain. ATTEMPT AT POISONING
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VOL XXXI
would, viz.: By Vander
*> lvin g up all claims on the old
- * K “ r lor the sake of dear-bought
. „ <irie, >'.i and Grant, alter a hypo-
Den.i 11 d,s P‘*y °f honesty and inde-
u , u ' lice - Accepting the same. But
•"•‘tat Mrs. Grant has far
ik*. *P lrit than her husband, and
bill h *. s writ,en to Mr. Vander-
Pwitiyely declining a part of
the i J accl
rel».. U -* tl0 . n > only accepting that
,he General’s "trumpery,
is. * * x P«ct every day to read in
' papers that the Grants have
MiclJh C 0 0 "“ d " ed * nd wiu 8° the
n . There never was a
irm, r * w,n dle started than the
ZT, ° rtnt * Ward &Co., and we
« tr ' see how any man, with a
6 rq , *° run the machine. The
Itreif “P°*«d ,0 P*y « rate of in
mate a . no honorable or legiti-
Ut us “\ ncss cou ld stand, and
tbo u ,^ d * n their victims by the
laid..!! 1 } - . ln fa «, it was a deep-
oinianions plot to swindle
° u m send the last man con-
ju
It is reported that Mr. Tilden
proposes to leave a novel and wor
thy monument to his memory; The
rumor has been set afloat that he
has left by his will his country seat
at Yonkers, known as Grevstone,
to he used as an educational insti
tution for young men who intend to
seek political caieers. It is pro
vided that there is to be a select
course of study in the political his
tory of the past, biography of all
the great statesmen, a knowledge
of ail the important legislation, sup
plemented by his large and valu
able library, t,nd by the instruction
of competent and cultured teachers.
The design is to lift politics from
low and groveling levels, and to tit
ambitious youth for something
nobler than the caucus and the con
vention.—Columbus Times.
If the above startling report be
true, the Sage of Gramacey Park in
deed perpetrated a grievous wrong
upon his country by failing to die
before he was born. Mills to grind
defunct cats and canines up into
all-pork sausage; mills to manufac
ture dynamite for Irish patriots to
blow up public structures; and even
mills” worked by such intellectual
moter-power as John Sullivan, are
bad enough—but when a man
whom the country has honored as
Mi. Tilden deliberately and mali
ciously gets his consent to start a
factory especially equipped to turn
out on short notice an endless
stream of latter-day politicians,
equipped with all the modern ap
pliances of their craft, it is indeed
time for the law-abiding citizens of
our great and glorious spread-eagle
land of liberty to rise in their maj
esty and consign the perpetrator of
this infamy to some lunatic asylum.
Far better had Mr. Tilden leave
Greystone to some association or
ganized for the dissemination of
the cholera, or Bob Ingersoll’s
speeches, or even the seven-year
itch itself, than take this dire re-
venge upon a helpless people for
not elevating him to the Presidency
over the protest of that Sx7 elec
toral commission. In fact, that
money will do far more good
f expendedin red flannel shirts for
the Hottentots, or straw hats for
the Esquimaux or even Grier’s al
manacs for the Chinese. The truth
is the country don’t want any more
politicians, and of the trained spe
cies especially. We have now a
regular Egyptian locust swarm of
them, and they are robbing not on
ly our public tills of their contents,
but are sapping all the principle
and honor of the country. Wfc had
far rather see Greystone turned in
to an immense laboratory, where
could be compounded a secret poi
son by the hogshead and shipped
to every county in the union, war
ranted to produce sure and speedy
death to a man the instant he took
the stump with “Fellow Citizens!
An institution for the suppression
of politicians is what the country
sighs lor, and not a pond for the
propagation of the species. If Mr.
Tilden’s scheme is made a success,
and Greystone is stocked with cam
paign literature, why the sanitary
committee of New York would
soon have to seize upon the struc
ture to prevent contagion. There
would have to be a special library
of scandal, and a regular detective
force kept employed to keep up
with the march of progress- This
branch would be one of the most
important studies to be polished
off with a course of epithets espe-
cially culled from the most choice
adjective* of wharf rata and fish-
hags. Mr. Tilden must be made to
reconsider his scheme. The coun*
try can’t afford to sustain such an
industry a- this promises to be.
Rather let Vie old man tnrir Grey
stone into one of those humane
metropolitan, orphan bake ovens,
that innocent children, and not a
long-suffering*country, may reap
the results of his misplaced chanty,
“How would like to take a round
througii the medical college?” asked
a physician ol the B.-W. editor dur
ing a recent visit to a prominent
city:
Our curiosity was at once whet-
ted up, and we freely consented.
We were carried to a large, desolate
looking building, that clearly show-
ed the handiwork of rough usage
from the students. It walls were
disfigured with writing and draw
ings, while an air of careless gloom
seemed to pervade tne whole place.
An old colored janitor met us in the
passage, and as our guide possess
ed the “open sesame” to all the mys-
teries of the place, we found no dif
ficulty in the way of a thorough
ploration.
’Take us first to the dissecting
room,” was the order.
A rusty key grated in the lock ot
a room on the upper floor, and as
the door swung open, the terrible,
•indescribable oder that greeted our
nostrils told us that we were on the
threshold of that secret place, where
the dead are made to do service for
the living. A few steps landed us
upon a scene that is as fresh in our
mind to-day as it was at that mo
ment. Stretched upon rude benches
in the room lay five grinning re
mains of humanity. The skin had
been removed, the muscles all lay
exposed, and the ghastly spectacle
seemed to us but little better than
barbarianism. And that horrible
smell! It got into our nose, our
eves, and even down our throat.
We could almost taste the oder, and
do not know what would have
been the result had not a compan
ion handed us a cigar and a light.
We were not loth to seize upon
this offering, and as the smoke
from the tobacco ascended and the
horror of first impressions began to
wear off, we felt a great relief, and
with a much braver spirit than we
expected followed our guide as he
walked up to a cadaver—that of an
old grey-headed negro man—and
taking up muscle after muscle gave
a most interesting and instructive
lecture on anatomy. All the while
the remains of a white man seemed
to grin with demoniac pleasure at'
our ignorance or horror. “I had hop
ed to find some fresher subjects to
day,” replied our medical friend,
“lor these are dry and have been in
use for some time. You see each
student takes a certain part of the
body—one the head, others limbs
and another the stomach. Dissect
ing is very dangerous, for if you
should get the slightest scratch
upon your hands while at work it
is injecting the most deadly poison
into your system. The students,
however, soon learn to be experts
at the business, and it is rare that
an accident happens. Those tanks
there are filled with bodies, preserv
ed in brine, to be used as needed.
Where do we get the bodies? Well,
from various places, but most of
them are shipped from the North
ern and Western 'cities, wherfe res
urrectionists make a regular busi
ness of collecting them. The hos
pitals and prisons supply a great
many. There is no trouble about
getting subjects. There are no
hody-spatchers in Georgia, except
sometimes when, for the benefit of
science, it is necessary to examine
into an unusual case. It is all non
sense, this thing ot raising a fuss
when it is necessary to dissect a
body. What would become of the
living if our profession was not giv
en this privilege? These bodies
you see on slabs are now at about
the same stage as sugar-cured beef.
When we are through with them
they are turned over to the janitor
for burial in some out-of-the-way
place, to be perhaps in after years
resurrected for the benefit of some
coroner.”
We were next shown through
the museum, connected with the
college, anil treated to another
curiosity in the shape of huge glass
jars containing all manner of mal
formations, monstrosities and dis
eased limbs. It was an interesting,
but we can’t say very agreeable,
visit, and one that will.satisfy us
for the balance of our natural
lile.
WHICH cAXKIED DEATH AND DESTRUC
TION IN ITS PA TH.
The Covrec of the storm and Damage Occasion
ed—A Freight Train Demited—The Extent
tent of the Damage—Sereral Hen Hill
ed—Horeee lifted Off Their Feet.
A Story ol the War.
An old soldier yesterday related
the following incident to us: While
his regiment was stationed in the
mountains of East Tennessee, a
squad was detailed to capture a
gang of deserters, that a woman
was thought to be harboring, but
denied knowing anything about
their whereabouts, until a rope was
put around the neck of her little
two-year-old boy, and he was about
to be swung up, when the mother
at once gave all away to save her
child. Our informant says his
blood boiled when he saw the inno
cent little boy in such peril, and
would have protected him even at
the risk of his own life, had it be
come necessary.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 12.—A
heavy rain storm, accompanied by
lightning, passed over this section
last night eastward, increasing in
violence until reaching Jemison, on
the Louisville and Nashville rail
road, striking towards Calera, on
the junction of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad. At
9 p. m., ten miles south of Calera,
it turned into a general cyclone,
with such force as to make the
houses shake for miles around,
while at and near the spot not a
vestige of habitation is left.
COURSE OF THE STORM.
Traveling eastward it seems to
have spent its force in that fortu
nately sparsely settled locality, up
rooting thousands of trees, snap
ping them into splinters, carrying
destruction along its path. One
dead body only so far has been
found, mangled beyond recogni
tion. Others are believed to be
under the debris of logs and trees.
Many were bruised, knocked sense
less, with broken limbs. The wires
are down along the line.
A TRAIN IN THE STORM.
A freight train on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad passed by
about that time. The cars were
knocked and smashed badly by the
rapidly falling trees, ditching the
tiain, upsetting and breaking the
locomotive and tender badly. Gen
eral Agent Andrews, ol the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia,
was interviewed. Hecame direct
ly through the stricken region, and
says the cyclone was fearful, cross
ing from the Louisville and Nash
ville, about seven miles, to the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia railroad near Monticello. ad
vancing crossways to the south
east, carry destruction in its path.
The train hands of both roads had
to build, subsequently, side tracks
around the fallen timbers and up
turned ground to cut their way
through.
EXTENTOF THE DAMAGE.
Tbe extent and amount of dam
age will not be known definitely
for a day or two. The cyclone
took, subsequently, a southeasterly
course, sweeping through Clifton
in Macon county, Ala., uprooting
Lees, blowing down buildings, and
killing three, men at the Texas
campground, near Tuskegee, di
minishing its force eastward into
Chambers county, on the Georgia
line. John Burke, of Prattville,
jumped from the train near Elmore
station, fell headforemost, and was
instantly killed. The latest from
Coosa county to-night shows that
the cyclone blew down two houses
near Goodwater, but the occupants
escaped without serious injury.
The damage is considerable.
THE CASUALTIES REPORTED.
The cyclone passed eight miles
south of Eutaw, in West Alabama,
last night, causing a loss of life and
damage. Every.house and cabin on
the farm of Mrs. McAlpine was
swept away. Cotton bales were
blown one hundred feet through the
air. A house was set on fire by
lightning and burned to the ground.
The cyclone passed towards the
west, struck the Moss plantation,
where several men were killed out
right, and a number of children se
riously hurt; thence the tornado
crossed Warrior river, doing much
damage in Hale county to lives and
property. From other counties ad
jacent thereto similar distressing re
ports are received, showing that
this tornado swept over a good por
tion from west to east Alabama,
carrying destruction all along its
path.
THE CYCLONE IN GEORGIA.
Macgn, Ga., Jan. 12.—A cyclone
passed over the adjoining county of
Jones, at 12 o’clock last night,
sweeping away everything in its
path. Large oaks were twisted
like straws, and one Urge orchard
was destroyed. The roof of P. D.
Lester’s dwelling was completely
wrecked, end all the fences on his
place were blown down. ,„
A Sliding Village—A Nev Tort Herald Corres
pondent on the Scene of an Extraordinary Die-
aster.
Granada, Jan. 10.—I have just
returned from the village of Huene-
ja, where the most remarkable phe
nomenon of the entire visitation has
occurred. The whole village mov
ed seventy-five feet from the origi
nal position, yet every house is
still standing, though many roofs
are cracked and many walls have
bulged.
To-day I passed around the vil
lage and interviewed the inhabi
tants. They said that the first in
timation was on Christmas night
while they were holding revelry
and dancing. Many were in bed.
The Alcalde had received informa
tion that a band of brigands was
near the village. Consequently he
was on the alert with the pelice.
The inhabitants had never before
experienced an earthquake, and
were unaware what had occurred
when chimneys tumbled, walls
cracked and the rooms were filled
with dust and plaste?.
All ran terrified trom the houses
and remained in the open air all
night watching, praying and won
dering what had happened. Dur
ing the excitement the brigands
succeeded in stealing mules and
portable property on the outskirts
of the village. 'Next day a small
crack was observed on the hillside,
but near the village. Fifteen min
utes later the water supply stopped.
The people noticed a crack pass-
ing^ through an ancient spring
which for centuries has supplied
the town. Subsequently the crack
widened and extended around the
village to a creek in the valley on both
side, day by day the crack increas
ed, aided by repeated shocks, until
some places visited to-day were for
ty feet clear, while m many places
cracks covered from a hundred to
three hundred feet. The town oc
cupied a semi-circular amphitheatre.
The entire slope moved in the di
rection of the valley is.estimated by
a provincial geologist at twenty-
five metres; and this confirmed my
observation. Several fields have
sunk twenty feet below the upper
surface. I must confess to a pecu
liar sensation in walking over a riv
er of earth and in cracks, wonder
ing what the result would be if the
earth should open again.
Yesterday I visited Albumelas, a
village in the mountains to the
northeast of Granada. Nearly the
whole town is destroyed. Of a pop
ulation of 2,600, 250 were killed,
and 400 were wounded. The scat
tered population is living in brush
huts on the mountain. The govern
ment gives bread and proposes to
rebuild the houses and transfer the
previous householders. They deem
this more economical than giving
money. At the first hut visited yes
terday I asked, “Any family lost?”
“No. sir; only home, by the grace
of God.” The next woman, in an
swer to the same question, said:
“Husband, mother, brother, sister
are killed. All are gone.” The
distress is unparrelled. The people
are wholly unprepared by experi
ence for such a disaster, and being
unaccustomed by the habit of labor
to meet the emergency are wholly
at the mercy and geneiosity of oth
er cities, which seem to be respond
ing bravely. On Saturday the King
comes to the province, and all the
horses and wagons for miles have
been requisitioned for three days in
advance, so it is impossible to travel,
and the relief offered so far is im
peded.
To-morrow I go to Alhambra,after
ward to the province of Malaga,
which suffered less than the prov
ince of Granada.
SOME ONE PUTS POISON IN THE MILK OP
MRS. M. E. COMPTON.
WAS if A NEGRO, INTERESTED IN HER
K'J/iL,
OR, AS SOME SUPPOSE, THE WORK OP THE
♦ LADYHERSELF t
j FUIoL HISTORY OF THE MATTER.
JOSH BILLING’S.
HOW TO KILL A CRAVING FOR AL.
COHOL.
A Torch-Light in Jackson.
Last Saturday night the
friends of Mr. Bennett, who
was elected clerk of court
in Jackson county, met at the cross
roads at Henry Hawks’, and had a
grand jollification and torch-light
procession. They rode into Har
mony Grove in wagons, and form
ing a procession about a quarter of
a mile long, took in the town. Mr.
Wm. M. Bond was the leader of
the enthusers. The procession,
while on the road,, was saluted by
guns and pistols and their ranks
augmented at every house they
passed. It was a glorious time with
the boys.
While it Js true that many who
at one time indulged in ardent spir
its have abstained later in life, it is
not believed that there is any real
cure for the thirst created by alco
holism. But a person who claims
to have cured himself gives a reme
dy that there would be no harm in
trying. We reproduce it in the res
cued person’s own words: “I was
one of those unfortunates given to
strong drink. When I left it oft I
felt a horrid want of something I
must have or go distracted. I could
neither eat, work nor sleep. Ex
plaining my affliction to a man of
much education and experience, he
advised me to make a decoction of
ground quassia, a half ounce steep
ed in vinegar, and to put about a
small teaspoonful of it in a little wa
ter, and to drink it down every time
the liquor thirst came on me violent-
A Paper at Harmony Grove.
Jug Tavern's “long-felt want,”the
Citizen, folded its wings and expir
ed with its issue last week. Tbe
paper will be moved to Harmony
Grove, and its editor will try his
fortunes in that ’burg. While we
wish the Citizen every success,
our observation has been that very
few counties in Georgia will sup
port more than one paper, and it
must be a pretty rich section to
even accomplish that
Qatar Piles For Monty.
A dog’s skull, in which were two
twenty dollat gold pieces and some
amall pieces ot silver, was found by
Willie McKnight, near the Rock
dale paper mills on last Sunday eve
ning. He waa out walking and in
crossing a newly-washed gully saw
the sjtnll.—Conyers Examiner.
As Old Citizen DeaA.
Mr. J. A.
citizen of Al
The deceased was
.. an old
died yesterday.
. , . , a we U known
painter, and had worked all over
this section.
ly. I found it satisfied the cravings,
anrl if oLa »»* i—f _»•
Break O’ Day.
Thoze who komplain about the
shortness ov life are generally
thoze who hav done the least to
deserve a long one.
Solitude never was designed for
honest people. Owls and rogues
are at home there.
Il you kant trust a man for a
hundred cents on the dollar, let him
travel; if a man iz 95 per cent hon
est, and 5 per cent, dishonest, the 5
per cent, is sure to beat you sooner
or later.
If I had a boy who parted hiz
hair in the middle, and played a
first-rate game of lawn tennis, and
he should get struk with litening, I
should feel az tho the dispensashun
waz a better judge of the boy than
I wuz. .V -t »-•*>
The most exemplary of all karak-
ter is a faithful servant.
Pedigrees are risky things to in
herit; they are so liable to get out of
repair.
Yung man, don’t get ahuv yure
bizzness, nor don’t git beneath it
neither.
About all that civilizashun has ac
complished thus far iz to kreale
luxuries, and enhance the price of
them. i
The most diffikult men to kon-
vince iz the one who agrees to eve
rything you say.
There iz no fetire for a lazy man;
for a shiftless one the anlv kure iz
to kill him.
A broken reputashun is like a
broken vase. It may be mended,
but alwus shows whare the krak
and it also gave a feeling of stimu
lus and strength. I continued this
cure, and persevered till the thirst
was conquered. For two years I
have not tasted liquor, and I have
no desire for it. Lately, to try my
strength, I have handled aqd smelt
whiskey, but I have no temptation
to take it. J give this for the con
sideration of the unfortunate, sever
al of whom I know have recovered
by means which- I .no longer re
quire."
Accidental Dimming.
Allen Hill, colored, wap drowned
on Saturday evening last near. Ful
ler’s mill, on Broad river. It ap
pears that Allen had driven his
team into the flat, and the mules
taking fright Allen became alairm-
ed, and jumping into the river
above the flat Jose no more. His
body was recovered bn tbe folldw-
sther was very
cold and Allen waS" surcharged with
election whisky. This accounts
for the accident—-Elberton Leader.
The Athens Foundry.' Lit -
Yesterday the Athens foundry
reduced wages ten per cent, which
the hands accepted without a mur
mur. This -was brought about by
reductions by other foundries in
this section, and to enable it to
compete in prices.
Don’t confound gravity with dig-
nity, gravity may be nothing more
than weakness, dignity* iz alwns
power.
Treat the world a? tho they waz
all phools, qnd you wont wrong but
fu ov them.
The most debauched ov all the
hipokrits iz the one who has. suck-
ceeded in cheating himself.
The fatality ov gambling may be
explained bi the £kt that men sel-
dum git beat on a poor hand.
The chastity ov woman iz the sal-
vashun ov the world.
The best test of civilizashun iz
the politeness of the people—po
liteness may not be one ov the vir-
teus, but it iz the godfather ov the
whole ov them.
Life iz a konundrum, deth the
solution.
It takes fonr times as menny laws
to govern a civilized az it duz a
heathen.
Precept iz tbe text of life—exam
ple iz the sermon.
Thoze who are the quicken to see
the weak side ov a thing, are equal
ly quick to see the strength oy it.
The fewer laws, a people have the
more likely they are to be executed,
A multiplicity ov laws-are -like
loaded carbines, without enny fuse
to them, t
Assignment hi Lexington.
Lexington, Ga., Jan. 12.—jim
Wylie Arnold, of this county, made
9Tt flCcJranmmmf * _ *T •
W. A. Wilkins was elected this morning. Lia-
-——* m “ Pilities and assets unknown. *
.
Mayor ot "VVaynesboro, Ga,
Last Sunday, at noon, a dastardly
attempt was. made to poison Mrs.
M. E. Compton, nee Martha Atlan-
ta Wilson Lumpkin, for whom the
capit-il. of Georgia was twice named
—when it was called Marthaville,
and then changed to Atlanta. The
matter soon became town talk, but
at the request of the family, and
through fear of frustrating justice,
the Banner-Watchman suppressed
the same. But since the' Constitu
tion has given publicity to the mat
ter, and its account is somewhat
calculated to reflect unjustly upon
Major Compton, who is an honora
ble and worthy gentleman, it is but
justice that all the facts in the case
be now laid bare, that the public
may form its own opinion. Abont
six years ago Major T.C. Compton,
who is a native of Spartanburg dis
trict, S.‘ C, and was a widower
with one daughter, aged six years,
married Miss Lumpkin, who was
at that time a lady well advanced
in years. Major C. was book-keep
er at Col. S. C. Dobbs’, but shortly
after losing his place, was employ
ed in a similar capacity by Mr. M.
B. McGinty. He was a man who
had but little to say, but had the re
spect of .every one. He resided at
the home of his wife, a large,
gloomy looking old stone building
on the steep hill overlooking the
cemetery. At the time of her
marriage Mrs. Compton’s proper
ty was valued at about $S,ooo, but
owing to its being of a non
productive character, she became
somewhat involved and had to oc
casionally sell off town lots to meet
her current expenses. At this time
it is probably worth some $7,000.
and of this Mrs. C. owes about $2,-
000. She had made her will, giv
ing to Caroline Holt, a negro wo
man who is her cook and had been
raised in the family, two acres of
land and $300 to build a house
thereon, and also $1,000 to be kept
at interest tor her support. The
remainder of the property was will
ed to her husband during his life,
and at his death to go to his little
daughter. So it is seen that her
entire estate, after paying all debts
and the legacy to thenegio woman,
will not amount to over $3,500. We
have heard of no trouble .between
Mr. and Mrs. Compton, but on the
other hand they appeared to live
as happily together as two people
could be expected as far advanced
in years as they were when mar
ried.
On last Sunday Mrs. Compton
was complaining of being not well,
and remained in her room. At
dinner, she sent down stairs for a
glass of milk, which was poured
from a pitcher by a negro boy, aged
about 15 years, named YVilson
Lumpkin Holt, son of the cook, and
carried up to his mistiess’ room,
when she drank it, and ordered a
second glass. Wilson also prepared
this, and when he started to carry
it up stairs the little daughter of
Major Compton’s proposed to take
it herself. But the boy objected,
saying that his Miss Martha would
prefer him or his mother waiting
upon her. There were in the din
ing-room when this second glass
of milk was poured out Qaroline
Holt, her son Wilson, and a deaf
and dumb negro woman named
Millie—all servants on the place—
and the little daughter of Major
Compton. The Major had stepped
out into the yard, but soon returned
and went up into his wife’s room.
She pointed to the glass of milk that
had just been brought her, saying
that it tasted very bitter, and she
thought there must be poison in it.
The Major took up the glass to taste
it himself, when his wife told him
not to swallow any of it, as she was
confident it was poison. He took
a small quantity in his mouth, and
it was found very bitter and drew
the skin of his lips. He noticed a
sediment floating on its surface,
and skimming off some ot this found
it to be a white powder, Mrs. Comp
ton did not appear to be much
frightened, but ingistod that some
one wanted her out of the way.
But before his entrance l.is little
daughter had come into the room,
previous to'his wife tasting the
milk, but at that time had gone out
The Major said if it was poison in
the milk, he could draw but one in
ference as to how it came there,
and that was.it, had been put there
by the negroes who were interested
in his wife’s will, with the intent of
hastening her death, that they
might the sooner come iuto posses
sion of the little property she would
leave them. Mrs. Compton grew
very indignant that such a thought
should enter his mind, saying that
she knew Caroline to be incapable
of such'an act,' as she was a, most
loving and devoted servant. Then
she stated that it was her intetyioDi
on the following. M°ad«y, to re
sume the ipstrirctiqq she was giv
ing her stepdaughter, but after this
dastardly attempt upon her fife she
would wash her, hands entirely of
the girl and also 'hinted that,she
would change her Will in the inter
est of a cousin living in New .York
city. Major Compton, naturally
shocked that feU little daughter
would be suspected of such an out
rageous get asked his wife it the
for an instant entertained the idea
that her stepdaughter or himself
had any hand in attempting her
death. The lady replied in a very
cool manner that she accuse^ no
one, but wished to have the milk
analyzed and to consult a physi
cian. It was then that Dr. Gerdine
was sent for, and the milk and also
the powder collected by Major
Compton was sent to Prof. White
who pronounced the same strych
nine. As Mrs. Compton did .not
swallow any of the milk, she felt.hci
ill effects, and is in her usual health.
Here the matter rests, and no at-
possession ot the' $1,500 left them
in their mistress* will. Caroline
Holt has long been an element of
discord in the {’Lumpkin family,
and although Mrs. Compton is
strongly attached to her, the negro
woman has the character of being
a meddler*and mischief maker. She
caused trouble between Judge
Lumpkin and his last wife, and also
between Miss Martha Lumpkin
and her stepmother, before her
father’s death. In fact, Mrs. Comp
ton once left home on this account
and staid for some time at the hotel.
Caroline seemed to exert a strange
influence over her young mistress,
and slid always took her part.
Again, there are others who
do not think that any one attempted
to poison Mrs. Compton, but that
it was a singular freak of that lady
to test the devotion of those around
her or to make an excuse to change
her will in favor of the New York
cousin, who had of late been cor
responding with her. It will be
remembered that Gov. Lumpkin's
first wife was a New York lady,
and her family still reside in that
state. In confirmation of this theo
ry, it is stated that had Mrs. Comp
ton been innocent of the knowledge
that the milk contained strychnin e
she would have swallowed enough
to effect her before discovering
the presence of poison, as it is not
noticeable soon enough to give this
precaution. She did not seem,
either, excited as one would be
who had so narrowly escaped
death. But this surmise, we think,
is groundless. It is supposed that
the strychnine used was some that
Major Compton bought some time
since to kill dogs that prowled
around his premises. The poison
was lor some time kept over the
door, but Major C. thinks he after
wards placed it in the closet, but he
is not certain. To this closet Caro
line often had access. Since the
attempt on Mrs. Compton’s life
search was made for the strychnine,
but it cannot be found.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
Liquor carried the day in Hogans-
ville, Ga.
Mr. Wm. Markham, of Atlanta,
is quite sick. ’
Renewed earthquakes in Spain,
hut no serious damage.
An examination of the Augusta
bank shows financial crookedness.
A mother and her S-months b&be
were killed by a train in Louisiana.
Senator Edmunds is again trying
to have Grant put on the retired
list.
passed
This matter should not be per
mitted to rest where it is, hut sifted
to the bottom and the guilty party
brought to punishment. Here is a
lady known, honored and respected
throughout Georgia, upon whose
life a most outrageous attempt has
been made. That some selfish mo
tive was at the bottom no one can
doubt. A strong chain of circum-
stancial evidence is at hand, by
which a good detective can walk
straight to the light. It has gone
too far to be hushed up, and we
think the reputation of Major Comp
ton and his little daughter, as well
as the lady herself, demands a com
plete and thorough sifting of the
mystery. The husband was down
town yesterday, anil is naturally
greatly distressed. He says he will
do all in his power to ferret out
the guilty party and is anxious for
the work to begin.
Later.—We learn that Major
Compton has' selected a committee
of friends, both to himself and wife,
who will go over to their residence
and hear all the testimony in the
matter, and report their opinion
about the same. This seems to us
a move in the right direction, and
likely to get at the bottom facts.
WITH GLEAMING BOWIES.
A Duel on Top of a Train at Full Speed—Cold
Steel—Warm Flcih—Turn Men Sloth Each Other
on Account of a Woman.
Louisville, KY.,Jan. 9 Two
men are now laid up at their board
ing house on East Jefferson street
suffering from the effects of wounds
inflicted with bowie knives in a duel
fought on top of a freight train
running at the rate of thirty miles
an hour. The names of the men
are George Jackson and James
Wilson, conductor and hrakeman
respectively on the Lexington di
vision of the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad. •
a quarrel about a woman.
Jackson was coming west with
his freight train when he got into a
difficulty with his rear brakeman,
Jim Wilson. The row occurred in
the caboose over a woman. The
men were about to come to blows
when a proposition was made to
fight a duel on the top of the ca
boose with bowie knives, with
which both men were armed. No
sooner was the proposition made
than it was accepted,*and, drawing
their weapons, the men climbed to
the top of the car. The other em
ployes on the train gathered around
to witness the deadly conflict
the combat.
The train was whirling along at
the rate of thirty miles an hour be
tween Christansburg and Eminence
when the men announced them
selves ready for the battle. With
their knives raised high in the air
they rushed upon each other and
closed in. Slash went the glitter
ing weapons, right and left, through
the heavy wearing apparel and into
the flesh of tjie combatants. Blood
trickled from the knife blades and
bespattered the roof of the car. It
WHS apparently a coinbat to the
death. Still neither man showed
signs of mortal wounding. The
train sped along ana the engineer
kept a close lookout ahead, little
dreaming of the terrific fight going
'on behind him.
yNDBR a low bridge.
, The warning signal ;.ot a low
bridge was sounded, and for a few
moipents the duelists separated and
h
ugged close to the roof of the car.
Whiz went the train through the
br, dge. ^Almost instantly the men
were on their,feet and at it again.
Jackson received a slash across the
breast, causing a frightful wound,
but, notwithstanding the wound, he
seemed to fight all th.e harder.
train men interfere.
He rushed upon hit antagonist
with the ferocity of a tiger, .and
would have buried his bowie to the
hilt in Wilson’s body, had it not
been for4he train justi at that mo*
raent flying around .a curve, causing
a lurch and the throwing down of
Jackson, He was on his feet again,
however, in an instant, when the
tram,men, not desiring to he wit
nesses to a murder, put« stop to
further proceedings.. Both men
were badly hurt, but the wound in
Jacksqn’s breast is the most serious,
and u considered dangerous.
tempt, so Jar.as we can learn, has Atlanta, Jan. 13^-Gdv. Me-
AT* 1C nainer r**ansn frt fjsimf amA k 1 -■ 1 a a.l _ • .
.been or is being made, to ferret out
the perpetrator of the, outrage,
There are but two inferences to
draw, as. it seems ;to us a matter im
possible for either Major C. or his
little daughter to have had a hand
in the matter, even were they,capa
ble of such an act, which do one
who knows them will believe:
First,that the poison was adminis
tered by tbe negroes, to hasten their
Daniel has ordered the convicts of
penitentiary company,' No. 2, now in
Dougherty county, to be transfer
red to the company’s camps in Ful*
ton county, and Dougherty Coun
ty’s camp be abolished. This is to
give better, opportunity to inspect
the treatment of convicts and 'be
cause edmpany No. a neglected to
discharge Wm. Lockett, a harsh
superintendent, that the Govetnor
had ordered to be discharged.
Ex-President Schuyler Colfax
dropped dead in Minnesota, from
over exertion.
•1^ I ^ gro w , as 1 > rnched at Green
ville, Texas, for trying to outrage a
white lady.
An exhibit of American manu
facturers will be held in London
next year.
Gov. McDaniel has broken up
■Lockett s Dougherty county con
vict camp.
One of the men wounded while
assaulting an editor in New Or-
•e^ns has died of his wounds.
Talbotton has elected a prohibi
tion ticket.
A disastrous cyclone
through Anniston, Ala.
L-ifu $I 5' 000 ’ 0 ? 0 1 naval appropriation
bill has passed the House.
Gen. Longstreet has been refused
a hearing in Washington.
A Mormon colony has left Geor-
gia for the California coast.
*?• Van derbilt has presented
the debt and mortgage he held
against Gen. Grant to Mrs. Grant.
The New Orleans exposition is
going down every day.
A Pennsylvania father stabbed
h's son for taking his mother’s part
Two wills of Mrs. Myra Clark
Gaines have been offered for pro-
bate, and new litigation will ensue.
Ordinary Jones, of Early county,
was killed by R. W. Davis, in a
(hfHculty about stabling a horse.
Two desperadoes at Spring’City,
EastTenn., stabbed an old man
named Evans to death and then
hacked his body to pieces.
workmen at the Oliver
Chilled Plow Works, South Bend,
Ind., struck for higher wages, and
a bloody not ensued between the
strikers and men who refused to
join them.
Much uneasiness is shown in
Madison parish, Louisiana, about
the swollen condition of the Mis
sissippi river, the unfinished state
of the levees and the caving of the
banks.
saw mill, eight miles
south of Smithfield, Ohio, exploded,
wrecking the building. Three
persons were instantly killed. The
cause was too much mud in the
boiler.
Washington, Jan. 9.—-Paymas
ter William H. Smyth, of Savan
nah, tendered his resignation and it
was to-day accepted by President
Arthur,
A dispute has arisen between Mote-
the states of Georgia and Tennei-
seo over the boundaty between
James county Tenn., and Whitfield
county, Ga,
Wednesday morning Judge’W.
J. Whaling, of Chicago, prominent
ly connected with the insurance
circles of that city, and well-known.
all over, Georgia, had a paralytic
stroke in a room in the hotel at Ea«
A WILD MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS.
Dalton Citizen.
. .A veritable wild man is terror-
^ing the good citizens of High
Point, in the neighboring county of
alker. He was first discovered
about one mile beyond Dr. Park’s
residence, but has since taken up
his abode in the ravines and clifU
near High Point, on Lookout moun
tain. The man is very uncouth in
appearance, his face being covered
with a heavy growth of short, black
beard; and. his tangled, unkempt
hair hangs in wild profusion about
his neck and shoulders. He wears
a tattered overcoat and pants, goes
barefooted and hatless. The sight
of any human seems to inspire him
with terror and fright, and he
bounds away into the brush and
thickets uttering the most piercing
shrieks and cries, as if in distress.
A FALSE MARRIAGE.
A Dade County Young Man Forges a Marriage
License.
Chattanooga, Jan. 10. A
beautiful young lady named Lillie
Lathro, living in Dade county, Ga.,
is the victim of a false marriage,
and her deceiver, Oscar Coulter, a
leading young man in his^section,
is under arrest on the charge of for
gery. Miss Lathro moved to Dade
county from the north with her
father last summer. Coulter xyus
smitten with her charms and became
an ardent suitor. The couple were
engaged and the time was set for
the nuptials. On the appointed day
Coulter came, accompanied by a
a strange man, whom he introduced
as a magistrate, stating that the
minister had disappointed him. The
ceremony was performed, and the
young.couple lived together until a
few weeks ago, when rumors were
afloat that the marriage was illegal.
The bride became suspicious, and
ascertained that the alleged magis
trate was an impostor, and the name
of the ordinary had been forged to
the license. Coulter was arrested
and will be prosecuted. He does
not explain why he committed the
deed.
HE MARRIED A NEGRO GIRL.
New York, Jan. io.~Staten Is
landers are again discussihg the
matrimonial eccentricities of a
coachman who lives in Stapleton.
For some days past Mrs. John
Bowald, who lives in Roll street,
Clifton, has been asking the aid of
many prominent citizens to endeav
or to prevent her son John from
marryin|f a negress or quadroon
named Clara Bradley, who lives in
Rocky Hollow, near Stapleton.
The persons approached have told
Mrs. Bowald that as her son is ot
legal age he could not be stopped
by law. The couple were married
at the residence of the girl’s father
by the Rev. Adolph Kuehne, pas
tor of the German Lutheran chnrch
on Beach street, Stapleton. When
it was learned that he had united
the couple the German population
in Stapleton became ihdignant, and
a private meeting of some of the
church was said to have been held
to ask the pastor to explain the
cause of hie action. The fnendsof
the bridegroom’s family say that he
was the victim of a trick, which
was carefully conducted in order
to shield some better known per-,
sons. He is employed as a coach-
roen man by Mrs. Brick, of Teoedt Hill,
near Clifton. The bride is hand
some and has a remarkably fine fig
ure, tall and full. She has clear,
creamy skin. Her cheeks have a
pretty, peach-like redness. Her
teeth are beautiful. Her hair is
•ong*. straight and glossy brown,
She is quite well known in Staple-
ton. Her name was recently asso
ciated with a suit that involved the
naire of a family of some promi
nence on the east shore of the is
land.
In Macon a few days ago a child
was born with one leg, one arm and
half body.
tonton while sitting in front of the
fire. In falling from the chair his
head fell in the fire place and was
badly burned. This morning he
died after suffering great pain.
* A little negro boy who has been
living with Mr. Holmes, of Milner,
for the past year, has disappeared
rather mysteriously. His sister
sent him on an errand to a neigh
bor’s house on Sunday night, and
while returning it seems he missed
his way and wandered a cons’der-
able distance across the plantations,
when he turned up at Sam Weems’,
where he procured a torch and at
tempted to return. He could be
traced only a short dietance from
this place to tbe creek, which was
much swollen at the time. A dili
gent search has since found no
trace of him.
Greene county’s jail is spoken ot
as a ghastly joke.
Ex-Treasurer John W. Renfroe
will succeed Bryant as marshal.
,H. C. Reppard, of Flemington,
Liberty county, killed a hog weigh
ing 518 pounds net, of the Chester
white breed.
J. T. Wilson, Jr., formerly with
the Gainesville Eagle, has accepted
the. position of publisher of the
Gwinnett Herald at Lawrenceville.
Postmaster Burnett, of Rome, is
unable to pay post office orders for
want of funds. A number of peo
ple hold orders which the office can
not cash.
Dr. Rush, of Aiken county, S.
C., has bought the stock of drugs in
the store recently occupied by Dr.
J. A. H. Harper, at Washington,
and will continue the drug business
at the same stand.
James Collins, the Lee county ra
pist, who has been sentenced to be
hung on Jan. 16, has, through his
attorney, Mr. Warwicke, moved
for a new trial. It is not thought
that it will be granted.
Last Tuesday mofning Jefferson
went dry without knowing it Dan
iel & Reinhard’s license had expired
on the night before, and as the
council was dry, no application
was made lor a renewal.
At last reports the wife of Eb.
Spence, a' negro man on Rozier
Wingate’s place, near Camilla, was
still alive, with a fearful wound
through her head, made by a ball
fired from her husband’s pistol on
Thursday ot last week. It is not
thought possible for the poor wo
man to live. Spence, in play, it is
said, pointed the weapon at his
wife’s head and pulled the trigger,
thinking that the weapon was not
loaded.
GENERAL NEWS.
House passed a $59,976,000 pen
sion bill.
A game pie containing live quails
which flew away when the pie was
out, was a feature of the supper at a
New York children's holiday par-
It is reported that Mr. Gould i»
preparing for a Southern trip. He
will not use the rail, but will come
by water via Charleston, and stop
ping at New Orleans.
- The Telephone company in Mat-
toon and Charleston, Ill., have aban
doned the business on account of
the high rents they had to pay for
the use of the instruments.
- Senator Hampton, of South Car
olina, has a letter from a man in
Ohio proposing to return to the
owner, if he can be discovered, a
watch “captured” during the war
near Atlanta, provided the amount
paid for the watch ($50) is returned
to him.
Counterfeit bills ar.e said to be
scarce in the West just now, but
base 59m is quite plentiful The
convicts in the penitentiary at Ches
ter, III, keep a nickel factory in op
eration all the time, and strange to
say the detectives can’tr break up
the business.
The real cause of Blaine’s defeat
has been discovered by the Chris
tian Statesman. He traveled all one
Sunday during his campaigning.
Up to this violation of the fourth
commandment his chances seemed
most flattering, but afterward.disas
ters were incessant
Clayton, Ala., Jan. 10.—A sad
accident has occurred near this me
place. Last night about 9 o’clock,
Miss Nelly Nix a young lady about
18 years old, daughter of Mr. John
Nix, while preparing to retire for
the night, blew into the lamp chim
ney for the purpose of putting out
the light,, when the lamp exploded.
Miss Nix was frightfully burned
and died before day this morning.
Miss Jennie Turner is probably
the first Notary Public in any state
east of the Rocky Mountains. She
lives in New York city and was ap
pointed by Gov. Cleveland several
months ago,, after he had considered
the application for several weeks.
In the city court Tuesday an objec
tion was made to a plea because it
was attested by her—a female. Af- *
ter a long argument the Judge de- -
cided that she waa not disqualified
from holding office under the con
stitution of New York, and the plea '
was admitted as bring properly at
tested. \ -[■. . . ■*, 1-
Thc French have again block*
aded Formosa.
A large number of West Point
cadets failed to pass their examina
tions.
General Sherman has written a
long letter to Secretary Lincoln de
tailing his reasons for attacking Jeff*
Davis. '
Forgtown, in the Cameroons,
West Africa, was stormed and
taken by the Germans after heavy
fighting.
The Massachusetts democrats
are about to start up a subscription
of their own for the relief of Gea.
Grant
Sergt Bates does not appeal to
have received any legacy after all,
as it is asserted that he is now in a
poor house. ^
Peter Akin, of Griffin, a 16-year-
old son of David Akin, was rabbit
hunting Thursday afternoon, when
he met with a fatal accident. He
had shot a rabbit and was getting
over a fence with his gun to go to
wards it, when in some manner tbe *
second barrel of his gun was dis
charged and the contents entered
his head, blowing out his brains.
The total voting population of tbe
nlfail Csai.a _ o__ nt**
United States is^ 13,792,897. Of '
these only 10,038,319 voted * at the
late Presidential election, leaving
3i754i47 s who did not vote. That
is, twenty-seven persons out of eve
ry .hundred entitled to vote refrain
ed from doing so. In Louisiana,
the non-voting percentage was 555-
in Georgia, 61; Mississippi, 564
Rhode Island, 62; South Carolina,-
62, and California 51. These stater* -
showed the greatest indifference.. '