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WEEKLY BANNER-WATCHMAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1884.
^ ,1 a WilMtaown GtnUsmsa.
■^sWiifa tt Js
of the death of his brother,
Benjamin E. Crane, which
ei l ,t 6 o’clock that morning.
Crane was a native of this
’F r i„, t for many years past has
u " , r ,iili'nt of Atlanta, where,
v\»«neiinr business qualifies-
hl> , ||U j honorable dealings he
’jj, ) ea ,ling position in the
, c J. c i a l world. At the time of
""‘rh Major Crane was a mem-
1 t f the firm of Langston &
, commission merchants and
’’"n'buvers, which was one of
"li mnchest houses in the state.
leceased was chairman of the
'fin chamber of commerce, a
■mer member *d the city council,
' ,t the time of his death one of
ir „i a Capitol Commissioners.
' vt . r y department of life to
Vo, 5^ was called, Major Crane
f, ami fnilhiul and efficient.
w> „f his death was a great
r to our city. While his illness
Pct-n known, it was not thought
‘ f so serious a character. The
a, „f such men is an irreparable
out State.
A False Report.
, c, .1 ... -v days since, copied a
1.1.11 sent to the Constitution
■ taal Mr. jim Wylie Arnold,
prominent young merchant ot
O tthoipe, had made an assign
Utilised to Uetaso.
The town council of Jefferson re
fused to grant retail liquor license
to T. A. Reinhardt and J. F. Daniel
at their last meeting^ '* "
Tbs Election Ordered.
Judge Asa M. Jackson has order
ed the election for whisky or no
whisky, to be held * on the 25th of
February. This will’give both sides
time enough to argue the whole
question.
THE GUAM TUBE.
taterrtew Wltk On a I
.ttaUxfMt Deal-
Dswsonvilla Road.
Capt. John C. Sage was in
Gainesville a day or two last week.
He says he is slinging the dirt on
the Dawsonvihe railroad, and has
over four miles of it ready for the
track.
Provisions Advancing.
Both corn and flour have advanc
ed considerably of late, and are still
on the incline. Bacon will go up af
ter this month, as also sugar. Pro
visions never were so cheap as they
have been this fall.
Married.
L. S. Jacks, formerly of Maxey’s,
but now of Palestine, Texas, was
mairied on the 13th to Miss Mattie
Brooks, of Antioch. He will take
in the Exposition as he and his
happy bride return to Texas.
\Ve have since been inform
there is no foundation what
for tli" statement, except that
\ -oiti out his stock of goods
1' Wrav, and will travel for
,. ]cr n house. it was a joke
rtt-ti by some of his friends, and
p 10 j as the truth. We didn’t
i at the time the report, for
7'Arnold don't come from a
krupt stock. He is as honora-
uu! high-minded a young man
re e'er knew, and it atlords us
lt oliastiie to correct the false
ot. 1 He is fully able to pay dol-
•ur dollar, and have plenty of
;, a | over to testimc business if
til*
Commissioned.
Judge John Billips, the recently
elected Tustice of the Peace, was
qualified yesterday. The Judge
wears his honors with becoming
dignity, and we can salely count on
him making a capital J. P.
Mill
A Rushing Business.
-,,n Williams and Juke Eberhart
pencil a tine stock of goods
-t.'iic. down in Oglethorpe,
keeping open both day and
t They arc selling at less
tost, and the only thing that
„ the boss afloat is that they
„e ot so many goods. Sam sits
:;e night tilth both doors open,
lake the other. May they
niuiig ami prosper!
Dead Horse Found.
A fine bay horse, shod all around,
was found dead three and a half
miles above Homer, on the Gaines
ville road. Its throat was cut and
its right ear cut off. No one about
there knows anything about it as no
horse is missing in that vicinity.
Can't Do Without It.
Since prohibition haa gone into
eflect in Jackson county, Athens is
now furnishing their morning dram
for the citizens. We yesterday
saw a wagon load of jugs, kegs and
demijohns brought in to be filled
for those who are tapering off.
Mr.' W. C. On came into our
office yesterday, and after contract
ing for an advertisement in our
Weekly, the conversation turned
on his business.
“What are your sales a year?”
we asked.
“We sell from 1,200 to i.joo tons,
and our customers are all gilt-edged,
too. When they once buy our gu
A STRANGE STORY.
lnmnEBOVBOAD abasx bouxpforty-
Vse Murderer Arretted and Terribly Tortured—
Horrible Keener and Awful Suffering—He Fi
nally Diet From finer .Brought on by Ezhasu
New York, Jan. 14.—The New
York News Agencv publishes the
ano they use no other, for it never following strange story, told by a
fails to give satisfaction. We Have sa ji or w ho was one of a wrecked
never bad a lawsuit, and it is a I crew arriving on the steamship San-
pleasure to do business with such tiag0i f rom Nassau. He said:
customers. We sell only three The Pictou bark Laura laid at the
brands of fertilizers, and they have island of St. Thomas on the 16th of
been long and thoroughly tested. December last, taking in cargo for
No better are sold. We know Ty bee Island, Georgia. Her crew
what they will do and can know- C o ns i s t e d of a captain, mate and
ingly recommend them. We never e ; gbt men. The mate was brother-
had better collections than this - n i aw tQ the captain, and much
year, and seldom lose a note. We disliked by the crew. Among
have one customer, Mr. J. W. Al- tbose most bitter against him was a
good, of Oconee, who has used our ^jior called “Brick Top,” from his
Magnolia Acid with compost for fiery red hair. In an altercation
several years, and his crop has al- wb ( cb occurred on the 18th of De
ways averaged over a bale per cem b e r, the seaman became infuri-
acre. In 188a he made 14 bales on at ed and plunged his sheath knife
12 acres; in 1883, 10 bales on 12 into the right breast of the mate,
acres, and in 1884, 14 bales on 10 Th e ^jor was arrested and placed
acres. His plan should be known in c i ose confinement ashore, and
to every farmer. In the spring twen ty.four hours afterwards the
Mr. Algood lays out his cotton fur- mate d ied. St Thomas is under
rows very deep and in each scatters Danish rule. As soon as the death
leaves, straw and other litter that he wag reporte d a surgeon was called,
rakes up in the woods and around , nd under the law, an autopsy or-
his lot, and just before planting I dered .
puts in the compost. Thus he not | ^ow CO mes the most singular
■op, 1
n<f.”
tinually improve his lan
Messrs. Orr & Hunter are
splendid firm, and we cannot en
dorse them too highly. Our farm-
part of this story. When the man
died the anthorities caused the mur-
I derer’s legs to be encased in leg-
rings of stout leather, reaching
lown to the knees, and manacles
ers should read their notice and p i aced upon his ankles. Just above
give their fertilizers a test. | f he iro ns, which were joined to
gether by a band of sufficient length
to allow the man to take short
A NOBLEMAN IN DtSSUISE.
LonS Baltimore Buldti la Jaokam County and steps, a pair of Spanish spurs were
11 utt $7,000,000. festened, with the sharpened rowels
Greatness is found in every path inside, or next to the legs. Thus
of life. We often have Lords and every step taken by the wearer was
Counts in our midst, and yet no one accompanied with a plunge of the
seems to know or care much about sharp points _ into the bare Hesh,
them. Such is the case in Jackson, causing most intense pain. Alter
Lem Howard, known to nearly all this was done the murderer was
of the citizens of that county and forced to walk Irom his place of
Athens, has a large fortune in Eng- confinement to the room where the
land left him bv relatives. Lem. I victim’s body lay, a distance of over
ived
A Sacred Name.
paper remarks:
‘•The
and Christ sound
,nil to English-speaking
t ut among the Spanish
t ietv common names—
mil surnames. At Laredo
• : tia} Jt-sus 11. Christ was
ni at one ol toe hotels. We
tt noting a lew years ago
i,a,can named Jesus Christ
n nanged lot horse stealing.”
To Get Rid ot Misery.
What is tile use of suffering from dys
pepsia, nervous prostration or debility,
when Brown’s Iron Bitters will tone you
up and cast these horrors out? There is
joy in very battle of this valuable tonic.
It makes bad blood good slid bids dismal
jHtojtle la; cheerful. It brings good cheer
to dinner table, and makes the family
happy. It drives away the blues, and
helps yon to enjoy a hearty laugh. And
all the respectable druggists keep it.
: N v a York physician says,
I,tilths ol the deaths during
ue .t her ate due to diseases
lakt wanting’ and secure
• die of Hr. Hull's Cough Syr-
■ire lor all lung troubles.
The Gettysburg Battle Field,
return thanks to Col. W. H.
1, ul Gettysburg, l’a., lor a
-of views and pictures ol that
and battle-field. They are
ine and we will be glad to
them to any of the old soldiers
icre m tiie tight. Send to
1 Tipton Tor a catalogue of his
Tht
Ruled Manilla Paper.
I’ioneer Paper Mill, a few
Quit tbs Business.
Col. Robert S. Howard, of the
Jackson Herald, says, “With this
issue my interest in the Jackson
lleraid as proprietor, business man
ager and editor ceases." Mr. How
ard has sold his paper to parties
who will continue its publication.
We regro» to part with Bob from
the fraternity, as he runs a lively pa
per.
land left him by relatives. Lem,. , , ,
who claims to be Lord Baltimore, a m ’' e - Arrived there, the surgeon
is a direct descendant of six of the «« found surrounded by a number
Queens of England. We always of witnesses, in readiness to corn-
thought four Queens was a good mence his surgical duties. 1 he
hand, and three with a pair of Jacks miserable man was suffering great
would sweep in the pot; but Lem, torture from the bleeding wounds
or as we should have said, Lord I inflicted by the spurs and was al-
Baltimore, has six Queens of whom most ready to faint. As he entered
he is the direct descendant and the room the doth which had been
legal heir. Lem, or Lord Balti- placed over the naked body of the
more, has received a letter from victim was suddenly removed, and
some lawyer in the west of Eng-1 the murderer ^
A Narrow Escape.
Jno. R. Tuck, the meanest man
in Clarke county, laid his plans to
present the editor of this paper
with the ugliest, mangiest and most
odorous W m. Goat ever raised in
Buck Branch district, as a Christ
mas present, but providentially he
was lhwarted,tbankstothe Giver of
all good. “Keep your eye on John
Tuck.”
made an order of ruled
ajipTug paper Tor a Texas house.
, i- the lirst lot ever manufoct-
.1 m America, the supply always
brought from Europe. These
„> are now turning out the best
uJ-puip p iper, and can compete
price with any dealers in the
'.teil States. The Banner-Watch-
n u-es their wood-pulp, and we
1 heartily endorse it. The com-
.1 has special rales of freight all
rr Georgia and Alabama, and are
juring Tor an increased-business.
\Y. 1). (jrdieth, the manager, is
ie young business man, and per-
: v honorable and reliable.
Ynl'NG M 2N !—READTH1S.
land tracing the pedigree of the wounds inflicted by himself which
six Queens, and savs that they all | caused death. ^ When^his e^hght
Hi " ' » -v...
family. ctl u P on this ghastly sight, the mis
lars left I erable man turned pale and shriek
came from the "Howard
There are seven million dollars left. - . ..
by these Queens, which belongs ed “For God s sake, take this thing
Lord Baltimore. The only I away
But the worst was yet to
it is that he can’t get money enough 1 geon’s knife was plunged '“to the
to go over to England and identify corpse, in a spot nearest the heart,
himself. He has employed one or and blood flowed out. Anatttend-
two lawyers to look after the mat- ant caught the flow in a cup, which
ter, but owing to some trouble about was soon filled. Tnen the guilty
the fees they were to receive the wretch was seized by two strong
case has never been worked up. men an< ^ ordered to open his mouth.
Lem Howard, or more properly He refused, and force was used.
Lord Baltimore, was in our city yes- The blood-filled cup was held to his
terday trying to secure some of our hps, and little by little, the contents
lawyers to attend to it Lem is poured down his throat. The
getting old, and seven million shrieks of the wretch were awful
would help to soothe his declining to hear; but his inquisitors had no
years, and we hope he will succeed mercy, and he was forced to Bwal-
in pettinp- it. low the fearful potion to the dregs.
B —• When released by his unrelenting
THE BUCK BRANCH CONTEST. | captors the murderer, now rendered
almost insane by terror and disgust,
TORNADO WARNINGS.
MANY FEOPLE STARVING.
Euler Kir Escaping From a Cgctone or a Tornado.
Fkiadelpkia Retard.
The rules published by tbe signal
service for escaping from a tornado
are based upon the usually straight
course taken "by those destructive
storms, at a rate of about 30 miles
an hour, for some point between
east and north. The distinguishing
mark of its advance is a dark, pen
dent funnel-shaped cloud at the
centre of the most violent winds. If
this cloud is seen in the northwest
or southeast the tornado will prob
ably pass on one side or the other
of the observer. It seen in the
southwest the observer can by a
few moments watching discover
whether the funnel-shaped cloud
will pass northwest or southeast of
him, and should as quickly as possi
ble make for the more open side.
If the tunnel cloud seems to come
directly toward the observer, he
should run to the northwest, be
cause the winds on that side are a
little less violent than on the other.
But the only safe retreat for any one
who is in the path of a tornado is
underground, and therefore in tor
nado stricken regions, every house
should be provided with an under
ground chamber, easy access and
guarded by a strong grated door.
Tornadoes must not be confound
ed with cyclones, for a cyclone or
revolving storm only occasionally
develops a tornado. When the
regular western winds are disturbed
by cyclones, and the cold air of the
northwestern plains meets the warm
southerly winds from the Gulf of
Mexico, tornadoes may be formed a
few miles east of the average con
tact line of the two currents. Sev
eral usually occur at about the same
time.
TEBBIBLE SCENES OF DESOLATIOU M & NEW
JERSEY VILLAGE.
WHY HE QUIT SMOKING.
A Swelling of the Tongue that Hr culls Senator Ben
llill's Cate.
Tbe FamiUer of Idle MM iOpenUvet Bating the
Meat of Dead Cats and Dogs in Order to SatiM
fy the Cravings of Hunger—Many Lying at
Death’t Door.
Paterson, Jan. 14.—Rumors
having reached this place that up
ward of two hundred people, idle
mill operatives and tneir families,
were starving in Wortendyke, a
small villrge across the the river in
Berged county, the World’s corres
pondent visited that place to-day.
N«
early all of the men and a majori
ty of the adult women of the place
WAR RECOLLECTIONS.
Wss It CannltaliunJ-SUughturlng Negro Troops
at Fort Donald »on.
It is nothing uncommon for old
veterans to meet * in the Banner-
Watchman office, and fight their
battles o’er again. Thus we often
glean incidents of the most thrilling
and daring character, that could be
easily woven into an interesting
novel. Yesterday a couple of these
characters met and began to re
count experiences, and from their
conversation we cull these two sto-
B1LL MOON, THE GAMBLER.
nes:
Pistol Cartridges.
There seems to be some misun
derstanding about the law in regard
to selling pistol cartridges. The
Constitution says that the law does
not go into effect until the first ol
May, an'd the tax collector here is
under the impression that it took
effect the first of January. It has
caught some of our mercha
large stocks on hand.
In the latter part of last summer,
Gen. Grant, who was then stopping
at Long Branch, suffered from a
swelling of the tongue. It was at
the back of the tongue and he paid
little attention to it at first. He
consulted physicians who weTe also
summering at Long Branch, and
when his regular physician, Dr.
Fordyce Barker, returned from
Europe, he was called in. This was
in September, and the swelling had
then increased so that t he General
could hardly speak and swallowed
with difficulty. Dr. Barker thought
the trouble very serious and advised
Gen. Grant to consult Dr. J. H.
Douglass for local treatment.
Gen. Grant had at that time a
very bad tooth, and at the advice of
both physicians he had his tooth
extracted early in November. The
operation was immensely painful,
but he bore it with his usual firm
ness. . The physicians thought also
that his incessent smoking aggra
vated the disorder, and ordered him
to smoke only the first half of a ci
gar three times daily. Of his own
accord- he cut down his habit of
smoking from twelve to fifteen ci
gars daily to half of one cigar a
day. He continued this for a week
and then ceased smoking altogether
until Christmas.
On Christmas morning he lit a
cigar, but had taken only two puffs
when he recollected that he
had gone two months without
smoking and threw the cigar away,
determined to stop the habit alto
gether.
Incidents si ths stock Lav Election L»rt Ttnui- f e u upon t h e floor writhing in ago-
dny.
I ny. Still • his captors were not
h ants with
rYuluie Bell Co., of Marshall.
i.,ftliTiu send tho'r celebrated
a 'At.hide Bril and other Eleolric
t.uiii-ts utt trial lor thirty days, to
..'tuts: or tdd, alllirted with nervous
ittss tli vitality aud manhood
in kindled troubles. Alsol’irrheu-
sui, neuralgia, paralysis, and many
r ii-eases. Complete restoration
»l 11, vi"ttt- ami manhood "tiarau
Xu risk i* ini urred as thirty days
sallmied. Write them at once lor
rated ituinphlel ieee.
Gainesville Goes Orj.
Extract from new council pro
ceedings: “On motion of Alderman
Hudson, the petition of A. D. Can
dler and one hundred and fifty-six
others, praying that the rouncil re
fuse to grant retail liquor license
for the year 1SS5, was granted and
license refused, and thq petition ot
George A. Fox, asking for license
to run bar-rooms and billiard tables
waa disallowed.”
A CARD.
till who are aiiOering trom ths error- anti
■ retina* u* youth, nervous weakness, early
! It.-*..| tii.nhood, Ac., 1 win aeoJ a recipe
* I cute you, FREE OF CHARGE. Thli
: manly was thii-oecrcd by a mlitlogarj la
t Arno Ira. Send a *etf-addreaard envelope
• Rev. it**ru T. lasaw, Staivm D, Few
> Coy. marSolAwty
Relic From Track Rock.
Mr. Toomer now has on exhibi
tion at his sewing machine office,
on Clayton street, a curiosity in the
shape of a rock. He has had a
piece of rock cut from the famous
Track Rock, in Union county, not
far from Hiwassee. The rock has
two bear tracks on it, as perfect in
shape as if the bear had made it in
the mud. Mr. Toomer has been at
some expense to get this curiosity,
and it is well worth seeing.
The “fence” vs. “no fence” elec-1 done. They again seized him, stood
tion in Buck Branch district was him on his feet and held him while
one of the warmest little contests the surgeon went on with his work,
ever waged in our county. The The murderer’s eyes followed
polls were opened at Buchanan’s every movement, as though fasci-
old shop, about two miles from Ath- n ated by the horrible sight; but not
ens, and the voters were promptly until all was finished was he allowed
on hand to measure strength. With to be taken back to his dungeon,
a few exceptions, it was a contest The night succeeding this terrible
of white man against nigger, and ordeal t" ' ‘ "
was so recognized by all parties, guards,
The first ten votes polled were came him he was aroused and made
claimed for “no fence* and right t o open wide his eyes. Thus was
here trouble began. It seems that the remembrance of his crime kept
an enthusiastic “no fence” advocate constantly before him.
had some tickets printed with After this long night of agony
“fence” in Urge letters in the cen- the miserable man showed symp-
tre, while neatly obscured by a vine toms of fever. These soon devel-
tbat surrounded it was the magic Q ped into black vomit, the worst
wprd “no.” Four of these tickets f orm 0 f yellow fever, and in a few
were voted by negroes before the hours the guilty wretch breathed his
trick was discovered, when a fear- i asti and the law was satisfied,
ful fuss was made by the victimized
Tftey demanded
their tickets back of the managers,
and for a time threatened to raid
the polls and capture the ballot-
box. But the “no fence” mer.
ALMOST A RIOT.
The Tom of Madison the Scene of a Disgraceful
Negro Row on Election Day.
stood firm and determined, and the |j on for county offices, a riot was
fellows had to content themselves imminent Frank Ballard became
with suppressed mutterings. Run
ners were at once sent over the dis-
tiivi PATTI, till! grc» MMipireM, *»yi
1 Piilm-r** Pt rimutt*. TuUMDuSps WKl »»
-tri Artii-.in: "1 unhratuiinilp pronounce
io any l eTuruwd. 1 1
i !>t. Now York-
A negro was hanged at Edwards-
% Inti., lor murdering two col
ivd taen. A man was executed in
l'tancisco for killing an aged
ipitalist.
>-v u* K 0. Exposition wss InsugursUd.
“’ iii.iugurutiimol the Kxpositlonat
► » iirlt-sns, noon, Dec. 10th, wits co-
•■'i-trary with the Until Monthly ami
"I Hxtraordltiary Drawing of The
‘ -'.ms State Lottery, when over half
tlttllar- was scattered by blind
la lie's wheel. Ticket No. 58,282 drew
:.|*1 capital prize of $150,000. It was
! ■ tiinlis at $1 each, two of which-
•<<i— w ,. rP I,,-!,! f or collection by the
p 1 '-" Bank, of New Orlan*; another
'•—* ;o,i»m—collected through Wells.
‘‘'-"A > o’s Bank, San Francisco.Cal.;
!l «r—4i;. i txio—by Geo. M. ShaclUe-
it'i.tvlvd through Itankol Cotn-
. M uiphls, Teun. .The remainder
'"l to parties in Cincinnati and et-
r '*. Xo its,3G4 drew the second capi-
m *‘i'i,i-*» and was also sold in
I soul which—$10,000—was pid
lii-rnmnia National flank, New
l.u.; another $5,000 to Jno. J.
i r. Xu. Ills Hastings st., Detroit,
• mother $5,two to -Mr. Geo. Carplt
t ” .-knowii newspaper carrier of
Teun.: another $5,000 to
A. Goebel & Co., Detroit, Mich,
remainder was scattered. No. 6,008
r* the T hird Capital Prize of $20,000,
■ to u Xew Yorker, whose name by
'ml given. The next drawing
CT "'ti/ will occur Tuesday, Febrna-
i iM., ni which all information can be
1 "oiii M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans,
The Pioneer’* Gilt.
The Pioneer Hook & Ladder
Company have paid the balance
due the Building and Loan Asso
ciation on Mrs. John Moon’s house.
The company also paid for a lot in
the cemetery, for all the funeral ex
penses ol Mr. John Moon,and turn'
ed over to his widow fifty-five do!
lars in money yesterday. The Pio
neers have done a noble act for one
of their comrades, and one that is
not only appreciated by his family,
but by the whole community.
involved in a quarrel with another
, negro, and was so boisterous that it
tnct, with instructions to drum, up became necessary for Marshal
voters and expose the fraud. This Blair to „ rest hiin . He quietly
they did successfully, and negroes submitte d to the arrest until sur-
came with “no fence” tickets in rounded by a crowd of maddened
their hands, that they had prom- negroes who protested against it,
tsed their employers Jo yote, ^ but | w hen he suddenly refused to go
Fence in Buck Branch.
The voters of Buck Branch dis
trict, in this county, held an elec
tion on Thursday to determine tho
question of fence or no fence. The
vote stood: Fence, 6o; No Fence,
56. It is thought by those who
know that it was caused by 16
white votes going with the negroes
on account ot having to build a
fence on the line of the corporate
limits of Athens. This caused no
fence to be defeated
r-'A'.itA,Jan. 16.—Two men in
f among the rocks on the
•bear Towanda, Pa., found the
P' “°dy of a man hanging by n
but ■ m * tree ' n an un f re ff uente< ^
There was a hole in his tem-
fit one time, on the day of elec
from their pocket drew a little I with the officer. He was about to
written “fence ticket. Ten ne- „ et aW ay, when the marshal struck
groes voted the “no fence’ ticket I ove V t he head with his club
a . n ? 8ix !5. en w ^ ,tes l , he “ fenc ® and carried him to jail by force
ticket These former lived on the About two hundred negroes fol-
- When the vottng I i OW ed, and, after the arrested dar-
was finished, the no fence men k e „ was j a n ed , personal violence
were so confident of victory that | wa ' s threatened the marshal, and '
was to 1
force. The
were so cuiiiiucui «• Yioiwiji *»*»* was threatened the ma
they asked leave ot tbe managers seemed as if the negro
to lilt the roof from the old shop uken from the ; ai i by
... Ill- I.nllr H**» nlorl Thau I . . . • * .
in dismay, and a dead silence en- j men we re quickly at the jail, armed
sued. At last one of them asked, with , hotguns> r ;fl es an d pistols,
“Boys, it anybody dead? The where they found Sheriff Fears
“fence men were oveijoyi'us, 0*1 holding two hundred infuriated ne-
course, and one of them, $n old in- j g roes at bay> almost single handed,
dependent, yelled out, “Boys, hur-1 when the
rah for Emory S "
r-” East Ath-1 scene tbb sheriff was coolly stand
egation to work in „ j n f ront 0 f tbe jaj^ advising the
Tht ClCCtlOH Will be I mn Vt r)icnnrcA Vint tavimr frVkflfr
for ‘fence. The election will oe mob to disperse, but saying that he
contested, and the stock law adyo- wou , d km the firBt man t h at , t -
cates are yet hopeful of a decision | tempted to rescue the negro.
Gold in EU>«rt.
We were shown yesterday by
Mr. Butler, of Elbert county, a lot
ol gold dust taken irom a mine that
he is working in the western por
tion of Elbert county, near the
Madison line. There were thirty-
three dollars worth in vial, and it
had a very rich, yellow color. Mr.
Butler says that the gold comes
from near the surface, and he is
certain there is a nchvein. lhts
vein is thought to be the tAtac one
that Mr. Hull discovered in Madi
son county a great many years ago,
and worked very successfully. A
man with capital ano experience
could develop s .-eh mine there.
•mp!
F. C. Foster spoke to the mob and
became so eloquent in bis appeals
for tbe supremacy of the law and
good reason, that he was carried
off on the shoulders of a crowd of
MARSHAL BAZAINE.
1 Which the Man of Met: Got Out of
Prison.
Illustrated History of England.
The escape of the fat man of
Metz from his prison on the Isle of
St. Marguerite was arranged en
tirely by the Marshal, his wife and
his nephew, Alvarez de Ruell.
Madame Bazaine had hired
steamer for a pretended pleasure
trip at Genoa, and leaving her at
anchor in Jouan Bay she had start
ed for the island oi Marguerite,
with her devoted nephew, in an
ten boat, across the stormy sea.
eanwhile the Marshal, who had
been forewarned of his wife’s de
sign, had managed to elude his
jailers and to secure a rope, one end
of which he attached to two iron
bars placed crosswise in an old gut
ter which carried off’ the rain water
from the rock; the other hung down
into the darkness. He then began
the descent, some eighty feet down
the face of the precipice, with the
danger ot being dashed against pro
jecting cliffs or of falling into the
sea. Half way down he rested, by
means of a hook which was fasten
ed to his belt, and lit a match, which
signal was answered by a feeble
light beneath him. Arrived at the
end of the rope, the marshal, all
bleeding and exhausted as he was,
threw himself into the sea and swam
to the boat, into which hd was lifted
with great difficulty. They reached
the steamer about 1 in the morning,
and the Marshal was forthwith in
troduced to the captain as a valet
whom madatne had engaged. In
due course of time they landed at
Genoa, and proceeded thence to
Germany.
gain a livelihood in the neighboring
mills, but latterly, owing to over
production, many of the mills have
ieen compelled either to shut down
entirely or compel their employees
to be satisfied with two and three
days’ work in the week.
Those of the inhabitants of the
houses who were able to be abroad
were thin and attenuated, and utter
starvation was depicted upon their
features. Hollow cheeks and glar
ing, hungry-looking eyes made the
men, women and children look little
less than savages, but an inside
view of some of these houses pre
sented a terrible sight. Ragged lit
tle children stood in the door-ways
and besought the visitors not for
money, hut for food. Older chil
dren stood by, hungry-looking and
gaunt, but apparently too well-bred
and too proud to openly ask stran
gers for what they were evidently
so much in need of. Little feet that
had not known a shoe for many a day
wore bound up in rags to guard them
against the nipping frost. Squalid
children of older growth had pieces
of horse blankets bound around
their lower limbs, and boys and
girls were dressed alike. The elder
members of the families, with dazed
countenance, stared at the new
comers and seemed almost inca
pable of moving their limbs or even
their lips to answer the questions
propounded. . .
The miserable and scant furni
ture in these dwellings showed that
it ever there had been better it had
been made away with to satisfy the
cravings of appetite. The cover
ings ol the beds had, in some in
stances. been stripped off and had
been improvised into garments. In
but very few cases were there any
fires in the dilapidated stoves, and
the scarcity of fences in the vicinity
plainly showed where the fuel had
been obtained. Most of the .floors
were carpetless. In the lowliest oj
these dwellings squalor and depri
vation reigned supreme. The wo
men and children were in tatters,
and the latter were supplicating for
nourishment, which the former
were unable to provide. Gray
haired grandmothers and grand
fathers sat by, crying like children.
In one family of six all were in
the last stages ot starvation, and a
puny little infant was making fu
tile endeavors to obtain nourish
ment from his mother’s shrunken
breast. The head of the family
said that neither himself nor any of
his family had tasted meat for three
weeks, and it was only through the
aid of charitable neighbors that they
had obtained even crusts of bread.
The neighbors of the surrounding
villrges have done all they can to
assist the poor people, Shut the
number of destitute has gradually
increased until their means are ex
hausted and they have been com
pelled to give up in despair. One
of the vtllagers said that one of the
families subsisted for nearly a week
upon the carcass of a big New
Foundland dog. He said that the
children etsgerly ate the flesh and
cried for more, although they knew
whence it came. It is said that the
cats have also been eaten. Other
incidents of a more sickening na
ture are related.
The local churches and schools
have been called upon, and the peo
ple of Passaic and this city have
been urged to send succor ere it be
too late. Contributions of food,
clothing or money will be gladly
and thankfully recaived by Jhose
poor people. Such may be sent at
once to any of the following named
persons: Thomas Marr, Worten-
dike, N. J.; H. W. Mills, Paterson,
J.; or Mrs. Malthy, Maitland, N. J.
The latter lady kept open house
to-day and gave a good, substantial
dinner to all who came. Those
who looked on while the starving
people were ravenously eating
their first meal in many weeks
were compelled , to temporarily
withdraw to conceal their tears.
DIETING ON DEAD YANKEES.
“At Malvern Hill,” remarked
one, “you will remember how the
Yankees were buried in shallow
trenches, scarcely enough dirt being
thrown over the bodies to conceal
them. Two months alter the fight,
in walking over the battle-field, it
was nothing uncommon to see a row
of legs, or arms, or even a head
sticking up. Many of the bodies
were washed up by rains, while the
hogs and dogs that congregated at
the feast unearthed hundreds more.
It was nothing uncommon to see a
fat porker dragging a human limb
around, and they got seal lat, too,
on the horrible food. Far several
months they thus feasted, but as
the soldiers knew that their meat
was formed of human flesh, they
were left unmolested. But during
one siege we ran out of rations, and
were nearly on the verge of starva
tion. Every time I walked over
the battle-field the sight of those
greasy-looking hogs, rooting into
graves and dragging around dead
bodies, was as tempting to a half-
starved man as it was disgusting.
And one morning, after suffering
the pangs of hunger all night, I de
termined to lay aside any foolish
sentimentality and get one square
meal. So taking my old musket I re
paired to the battle-field, and sing'
ling out one of the fattest potkers
to be found, killed and ski.nned it
and carried my haversack full of
the meat to camp. None of the
mess asked where I got it, but they
all knew it was one of the grave
yard hogs that I had killed. A
starving man never stops to ask
foolish questions when something
to eat is set before him. Well, we
stewed up a big kettle of the meat
and ate heartily oi it. But I tell
you, it didn’t taste right You
know the meat of a hog always par
takes of the nature ot the food it is
fattened on. For instance, you can
tell a hog that is fattened on turnips
or fish or any unusual diet as soon
as it goes into your mouth. Hence,
the meat was the queerest tasted
stuff imaginable. It was soft and
flabby, and even smelt offensive.
But we soon satisfied our appetites.
In about an hour every man who
had eaten of it began to get sick,
and before night they were nearly
all dead. In fact, in spite of all the
doctors could do, a couple of the
boys came near passing in their
checks. It was weeks before we
got back our strength. It is need
less to add that no one disturbed
those battle-field hogs again. They
were left unmolested at their ghoul
ish work.”
SLAUGHTERING NEGRO TROOPS.
“Did I ever fight negro soldiers?”
remarked Vet. No. 2. “Yes, sev
eral times, but the greatest slaugh
ter I ever saw was at Fort Donald
son. We were in breastworks,
with a deep trench in front. Three
times the Yankees charged us and
were routed with fearful ioss. The
last charge they put three lines of
black troops in their front, and
standing-behind them with bayo
nets made the charge right up to
the muzzle of our guns. When the
negroes tried to retreat .they were
bayoneted and shot down like dogs.
I never saw such a slaughter of hu
manity. t Our guns mowed them
down like grain. But still the Yan
kees pressed them on, even driving
them into the trench,that they soon
had full of the dead, dying and liv
ing, mixed indiscriminately tO'
Uacl» Dick Saotur GIt*« a skatchotth* Ufa of
This Hotad OMnsur—9 rw an Old Haiti Cara
lisa Bona Droxar wai "Olaanad Oat.”
“Do you know Bill Moon, who
started his wild career in this city?”
we asked of Uncle Dick Saulter,
yesterday.
“Yes, I knew him well. He was
natural born gambler from his
boyhood days until he died. I have
seen Bill spit at a mark for a twen
ty dollar gold piece, and I have
heard him say that he once bet ten
thousand dollars on the turn of a
card. When Bill first came to Ath
ens from his father’s place, in Jack-
son county, he was a very hand
some young man with black, curly
locks, a slight black moustache
and eyes of the same color, and his
cheeks as fair as a woman’s. I
was then keeping a livery stable in
Athens. One evening an old North
Carolina horse trader came to the
stable with eight good, compact-
built horses. After he had been
around the stable he asked me if
there was any one in Athens who
dealt in the paste-board abomina
tion. I told him there was a stu
dent here who played a very lively
game, and if he wanted to play I
would introduce him. I went by
Bill Moon’s room and told him that
rich horse drover from North
Carolina was in the city and want
ed to play cards, and also what I
had told him about there being a
student who would entertain him.
That night we went up and found
Bill quietly studying a map with a
geography in his hand. The old
North Carolinian stated his busi
ness and, calling Bill ‘my son,’ told
him he would play him seven-up
for ten dollars a game. They com
menced, and after playing awhile
the horse drover informed Bill that
he was broke—having lost just
ninety dollars—but that he had
some horses he would play off.
The lamp was lighted and the par
ties went to the stable, where Bill
bought one of the horses for $125
and the animal was immediately
changed to another stall and his
board charged to W. P. Moon. The
game went on again, and it was not
long before another horse was sold sons '
and transferred as before-. By day
light next morning the whole eight
horses were transferred to \V. P.
Moon. The old horse drover took
it very easy and consoled himself
by saying he had made the horses
the same way. Finding the old fel
low pretty well cleanedout, I told Bill
to give him 25 dollars, and as my
stages were running to Clarksville
I woulc register him that far on his
way free of charge.^Just as the
horse trader came out from break
fast Bill Moon met him and hand
ed him twenty-five dollars and told
him the stage fare was paid as far
as Clarksville. The North Caroli
nian would not accept it as a gift,
but insisted on giving his due bill
for the stage fore and the money,
saying he would return it, which he
did, as soon as the mail could bring
the money from home. There are
a great many funny and interesting
events in Bill Moon’s life. He was
kind and generous when he had
money and would never let an ob
ject of charity pass him when in
luck. He was just as happy broke
as when he had thousands. I have
often heard him say that he could
not sleep with money in his pock
et, and have known him to get out
of bed and go and play against a
faro bank until he was broke and
then go to bed and sleep soundly.
Bill died several years ago in Atlan
ta, and some of his escapades are
often told when these who recol
lect him get together.”
Sentences Taken Here and There From 1
lure, -'Which Way."
Dew York Suss. "
Many persons paid $2 a scat to
hear Col. Robert Q-. Ingeraoll’s new
lecture, “Which Way?” at the
Academy of MuBiolast night. Many
others paid $1.50.’ The poorest seats
in the parquet brought 81, and no
seat in the house sold for less than
75 cents. The house was crammed,
A full report of the lecture woctld
fill a page of the New York Sun.
Following are some of the senten
ces:
Nearly every body insists that be
lief is an essential tning; that no one
KILLING A MONKEY.
Col.
■pel
in their favor. Next July the whole
county will vote upon the question.
The Banner-Watchman will advo
cate “no fence.”
Later.—An examination of the _
election returns disclose the [jpt I neg ioes in the miditof hi* speech,
that five negroes and one white He ^p^d the crowd. Mayor
•nan, who voted fence, did not I McHenry gave wise counsel, and
return their ta«s last year, R ev . Bradweil, for several years
consequently had no nght to „ v ote. I putor of ^ African Methodist
This will give the no fence side I cburc | 1 c f this city, made a speech
two msjonty. TTie contest will he L 0 b i, race that abounded in good
heard before Judge Jackson, and he I He has always held the con-
mn decide but one way—for “no I fidence of our peop le, anJ we take
fence. | pleasure in commending him to the
citizens ot Cartersville, where he
will make his future home. Wise
L b . v » pistol ball. A revol-
[ , 11 found on the ground a few
* “Way, Thought to be suicide.
S thjucun'i Tempos}.
**» called to see Mr. John Pearson,
,,“**!«<uatedu> his bed with what
lr„, . J 0 ,!* consumption of the worst
tJ‘Y A *, aU °I hl» IstuTTy had died with
fur 1 d ‘ •’“« (except his hall broto-
V 0 aaaregaraed as certainand
r«'i« ’fy ®*hauiting all theTetne-
ftienr? y u> hit resort sent for a
L ^Brewer’s Lung Restorer, snd it
[itiJr** ®agjc. He continued the use
ptsdoJ'c??. t f nia 40(1 has been, fully re-
Kfi^hwhh. So lar »s 1 could dis-
ktwffj** consumption, and Brewer’s
Iff \,„ 5t0rer saved his life.
• Holliday M. D. Barnesville, Ga
The Chip frost Track Rsek.
An examination of the block of
stone Mr. Toomer has from Track
Rock convinces us that the .mpres-
sions were not cut by hand, as is
supposed, but are thegenume tracks
of animals, formed when the stone
was sand, but by some convulsion
of nature hardened into rock. It is
not a soapstone,bnt
gravel formation. The tracka of
fhe bear are as plain as if made yes-
terday and perfect in every parric-
ufor. W are said to be hundred.
of these impressions yet left, al-
a ereat many have been cut
MS away by curiosity
seekers a chisel'the stone
£n k be cut into and then easily split
off.
' "gsa
Unde Nath Cook says that he counsels prevailed and the mobqui-
wrU attend the inauguration of etl with S rew . Sheriff Fears after-
President Cleveland if he can raise wards thanked them for bowing to
the money to get there. He pro- th e a bloody riot was fortu-
poses to go in a one-horse wagon r^y averted.—Madisonian,
and take his time travelling over 1 J , t - —
the mountains. | Strict** With Paralysis.
A Dangerous Misting Link Has to be Shot
Rone, Ga.
Oostanaula street/was the scene
yesterday morning of a premeditat
ed murder. The victim was Jake
Hackney, Mr. R. G. Hackney’s
large pet monkey. During the
past two months his monkeyship
had become very obstreperous, de
veloping a very beligerent disposi
tion. He attacked and inflicted se
rious injuries on Mr. Hackney first,
and next declared war on his color
ed porter, Elbert In fact Jake
became a very dangerous pet and
in order to make him harmless Mr.
Hackney decided yesterday morn
ing to have his teeth extracted.
And Dr. Lovelace was called in to
pnll the dangerous fangs.
To safely accomplish this work
it was decided to put the monkey
under the influence of chloroform
Mr. Hackney went out to tie up
the animal. It was an undertaking
that proved most hurtful to Mr.
Hackney, for when he attempted
to tie the monkey it flew into a
passion and made a vigorous assault
upon that gentlemen burying it’s
sharp fangs to to the bone in Mr.
H’s hand. This settled Jake’s fate.
Mr. Hackney determined to kill
him and called for his pistol, a large
navy revolver. It took three bul
lets to kill the monkey. Dr. Love
lace fired two of them and Mr.
Hackney the third.—Courier.
By a Gay Deceiver and Robbed 0/ all His Wealth.
A young man namid Johnson
reached the city yesterday from
Hartwell, en route to Madison,
Florida. Upon his arrival in the city
bought a ticket, checked his trunk
and concluded to see the sights, and
after taking on several stomach in-
vigorators he wended his way down
Decatur street. The Atlanta
>oison didn’t agree with him and
le became reckless and visited
many places which he should have
stayed out of. Finally he was en
ticed into a- restaurant run by a
negro. A colored damsel saw his
condition and, he says, robbed him
of about thirty dollars. Before leav
ing the house he discovered his loss
and called for a policeman. Patrol
men Taylor and Abbott were near
and arrested the woman, but failed
to find the money. Both parties
were arrested and bound over to
the city court—Atlanta Journal,
taw iasss la Nnr Tart. I A few days after the close of the
Our Cousin S.m Jones is in Tal- Gsucontow, R*r- B. F.
madge’s tabernacle calling upon the
hardened sinners to repent It is ™™fvsfo!’ Re*
more than likely that these sinners with paralysis. Rev.
will repent of having sent Talmage J* ** who was eothe Law
south before Cousin Jones geta CtrCn lLiw„S
through. M.eonT.Ugrapb, gS£.X"K®d£S' tt
Ayer’s Hair Vigor improves thebesu-1 Harmony Grove circuit in Mr.
K ol the hair and promotes Its growth. I King’s place.—Law renceville Her-
Imparts tn attractive appea
stimulate*
and adds
effects are
itself to be the
tor toilet use.
appearance, a aid.
While It
roots, cleanses the scalp, I Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is the most potent
to luxuriance, iu I blood purifier and a fountain of health
juidthusit proves andatrenghth. Be wise in time. All
and cheapest article baneful infections are prompt
I ed by this unequalled alteratb
i
fly remov
ve.
JUST as GOOD.
Many unscrupulous dealers may tel
snko's Cough and Lung 8;
less you insist upon this re:
>, and un
and will
take no other, son are liable to be greatly
j—' ■ " —*----* $l.o5. Sold
deceived. Price 50 cento and
by Long A Co., and R- B. Lyndon
That Big Fee.
The counsel for the past policy
holders in the Southern Mutual In
surance case were each paid 85,-
000 on the 1st of Tanuary; will re
ceive 85,000 on Ajjril 1st, and 85,-
HE WAS ROPED IN
A WONDERFUL INFANT.
can be good or kind or generous or
loving or charitable or just without
belief. Yet some of tho worst
men who ever lived have
Iffeen believers in God. and some of
the best men have been and are un
believers. It was a belief in God
that made the Jews kiU Christ The
men who made the Inquisition were
believers. The devil waa a believer
in God, but it seems to have hod
little effect upon his moral charac
ter.
Are ministers any belter than
anybody else? I will give yon an.
ea ly one. Compare them with law
yers. Did you ever know of a poor,
weak wretch going into a town and
asking where he could find a Pres
byterian deacon? Are ministers, as
a class, better than railroad engi
neers? I would rather trust myself
with a good railroad enginer and a
bad preacher than with a good
preacher and n bad engineer.
Religion had its origin with bar
barians. They looked upon priests
as God’s recruiting sergeants. They
held to the doctrine that God want
ed to buy their souls on credit, but
that the devil paid cash down. The
devil, acting on better business prin
ciples, was generally ahead. They
believed that a comet or an eclipse
was a notice that they had been do
ing something wrong. The pries
told them: “You have done wrong*
you have spoken slightingly of me.”
Religion was born of the egotism of
barbarism; without it the world
would go on with its changing sea
sons. Yet the barbarians thought,
“It is all on my account.”
Misfortune makes us cowards.
Pestilence is the providence of the
priest; famine the friend of faith;
calamity the sunshine of persecu
tion. Therefore the foundation of
your religion is in fear; therefore
an earthquake would bring chants,
censer, wailing, genufluxions, fast
ing, eye-shutting and prayers. Yet
the old questions remain unsolved.
How shall we govern man? How
shall we do away with crime and
poverty? It is time enough to turn
our attention to the other country
when we get there.
How does the Christian God com
pare with the best people we know'?-
What has he done for liberty, jus
tice, charity, and what for fear, prej
udice and credulity? Look at his
conduct to the first pair in the Gar
den of Eden. A God who spoke as
he did to the first wo man is not wor
thy of my belief. When God said,
“Thy husband shall rule over thee,”
he established domestic slavery. God
never built a school bouse or invent
ed an alphabet.
God made a contract with Abra
ham and and never kept it. He
never kept His promises to tho
Jews. He turned sticks into snakes.
Our God was a juggler. Our God
was a prestidigitateur. The story
about his being snubbed by Pha-
roah reminds me of the story of the
Fenian who said there were 50,000
armed Fenians in Ireland, and when
asked why they did not rise, re
plied; “Because the police won’t let
Wbo Inherits a Well-Developed Musical Talent
Elberton, Tan. 6.—Little Susie
May, daughter of Professor D. M.
Burns, of this place, bids fair to be
a musical prodigy. She is only 15
months old, and already exhibits
evidences of a wonderful talent for
gether. The Federals then charged com P re :
over this human road-bed, tramp
ling them down in a most brutal
manner. We again drove them
back, when the bloodiest work I
ever saw commenced. Our boys
would clip the fuse of a shell close,
and lighting the end, drop it over
into the ditch, when it would blast
out great trenches among the ne
groes. The Yankees continued to
charge and fire upon us, and with
handgrenades and other death
dealing missiles the bloody work
was kept up. All night - long you
could liear the wounded negroes
that filled the trench and littered
the ground praying and groaning.
We could not assist them, except at
the risk of our ow n lives, and they
just had to suffer. I shall never
forget that night. About noon the
next day, the fighting stopped, when
we set to work to see what could
be done for the sufferers. But it
was a big task. That trench was
working like a lot of maggots, and
you never saw such wounds as
were inflicted by those shells. Some
men were bleeding in twenty or
thirty places. The living and dead
were piled in one compact heap.
At.first our surgeons refused to
have anything to do with the ne
groes, but when they walked around
and looked into the trenches, and
saw their wretched and helpless
condition, their hearts relented and
they gave them the best attention
they could.”
hends the peculiarities of any kind
of whistle or other musical instru
ment presented her, and after hav
ing discovered how to produce the
tone on any’ instrument never for
gets it. The chiet wonder in re
gard to her.is the ease with which
she fills her father’s cornet—a large
B flat. Of course she has not the
strength required to sustain a note
on the cornet, but she succeeds in
getting a nice, strong tone, with
scarcely any effort She is also
very precocious in imitating sounds.
Professor Burns is a very expert
cornetist and a natural musician,
while his good lady has musical at
tainments of superior order, and lit
tle Susie May’s talent is an honest
inheritance.
• Tboniandi Bay so.
Mr. T. W. Atkins, Girard,' Kan:
writes: “1 never hesitate to recommend
your Electric Bitters to my customers,
they give entire satisfaction and are rap
id sellers.” Electric Bitters are the pur
est and best medicine known and will
positively cure Kidney and Liver . com
plaints. Purify the blood and regulate
the bowels. No family can afford to be
withoutthem. They will save hundreds
of dollars in doctor’s bills every year.
Sold at fifty cents a bottle by R. T. Brum'
by and & Co.
Goes Into Eflect.
The stock law in Bradberry dis
trict goes into eflect on the 1st day
of March. The citizens are jubilant
over the grand victory.
Public, Attention 1
All persons in need of spectacles
or eye glasses, would do well to call
at my office at Michael Bros.’ store,
Bishop’s corner, where they can be
fitted up with the bestglasses to be
bought in this market, and tbeir
eyes examined by a skilled optician.
~ **. Rosbnburg,
Optician.
Dr. H.
. _ pi
entitled“what shall he do with It?” Well
If “It” Is a bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough
Syrup, he’d better take a spoonfnl three
times a day until he gets rid ol hiscough
or cold.
TBI3 IDEA OF GOXNQ WEST
to Colorado or New Mexico, for pure air
to relieve Consumption, is all a mistako
Any reasonable man would use Dr. Bos-
anko’g Cough and Lung Syrup for Con
sumption in all its first stages. It never
fails to give relief in all cases of firs
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis. Pains in the
chest and allafiections that are conidered
primary to Consumption. Price, 50 cents
and $1.00. Sold by XOSG & LYNDON
December With May. ’
Mr. Nick VanHorn, a widower
of Habersham county, fifty years
old, with two children, married one
day this week Miss Ivey, a girl only
13 years old.
MARRIED IN THREE COUNTIES.
B URGLARY IN CLARKSVILLE;
000 on July 1st. It will aggi-agate
about 868,000 paid out injfees on one
side alone of this case.
Clarksnillb, Jan. 16.—Wed
nesday night tae law office of
Crane & Jones was broken into and
the treasurer’s records of orders
against Habersham county, and
the sheriff’s execution docket stol
en therefrom. Messrs. Crane &
Jones are attorneys for the above
named officers, the books having
been left in their office for examina
tion. Nothing of a private nature
was disturbed, the onrglar not de
siring to come in contact with any
law. The treasurer’s record of or
ders is of no intrinsic valde to any
one, but is very material in comput
ing theoutstanding orders against
the county. The sheriff’s docket is
of much less importance and can be
easily supplied. The motive of the
burglar was to remove an evidence
of the indebtedness of the county,
and it is supposed that the removal
of the sheriff’s dockets was simply a
blind. This is the second time
within a few years that county
books have been stolen. The oth
er time they were taken from the
ordinary’s office.
The following item, dated D al-
ton, Ga., January 2d, is going the
rounds of the press: “Edward
Pickens and Miss Jennie Allen
eloped last night, and applied to
Rev. Silas Jasper to marry the m
As they had no 'license, and the
bride was dearly under age, the
preacher’s ingenuity served him to
make his liability for violating the
marriage' difficult of proof. They
went to a point where the coun
ties of Gilmer, Gordon and Murray
join and with each; party standing
in a different] county, and the
preacher astraddle of a county line,
id.
the ceremony was performed. The
question now is which county has
jurisdiction in the case?”
SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR.
Vincennes, Ind., Jan. 13.—A
Mexican lion is roaming through
the woods in tbe neighborhood of
Hazelton, ten miles south of this
city, and is creating consternation
among the inhabitants of that neigh
borhood. Over one hundred men
are scouring the country in search
of the wild beast. It is thought to
be the animal that escaped from
HJwe’s circus at Allendale last sum
mer, and that during' the recent cold
weather it crossed the Wabash and
White rivers on the ice.
The Massachusetts cotton mills
continue to reduce wages.
Majority Will Increase.
Mr. Edmond Thrasher was
the city yesterday, and says his ma
jority for Ordinary of Oconee coun-
ty will be increased instead of di
minished, after the contest is de
cided.
Merchants Garnished.
The merchants of Athens are be
ing garnished by Mr. and Mrs.
Pierson, in a case of damages
against the North-Eastern railroad,
for injuries received on the Pioneer
excursion several years ago. The
suit is made for 810,00a
Intormation.
When you frad men that know
more than you do and from whose
conversation one can gain informa
tion you will find them safe to be
with, and you should seek their so
ciety. You will find Skiff the jew
eler safe to be with and to deal
with.
Cleveland Academy.
We direct especial attention to
the card of Prof. Wm. L. Means,
one of the most gifted young educa
tors in the South. His school opens
on the ad of February, and we pre
dict a fine attendance for him. The
section around McNutt is one of
the best in the county, and are en
terprising, educated people.
Of the Ten Commandments all
the good oneB were old, and all the
bad ones were new. Take the com- ,
mandment. “Thou shalt worship
no other gods,” Were there any
other gods? Were there? It seems
that Jehovah gave himself away.
Then it goes on, “For 1 am a jeal
ous God,” Indeed? Jealous of whom?
The other gods, I suppose. All the
good commandments were borrowed
of the ancients; all the bad ones
were original. If I had been on
Mount Sinai, and this God would
have stopped thundering so as not
to frighten me, I would have pro
posed the following as better com
mandments than His; “Thou shalt
not enslave thy fellow-man.” “Thou
shalt not persecute for opinion’s
sake.” Thou shalt not wage wars
ot extermination.” “A man shall
have but one wife, and the wife shall
have but one husband, and they
shall love one another.”
I would rather be annihilated
than have the hope of sitting at tbe
right hand of God and know thatmy
meanest enemy was suffering the
tortures of bell I would rather be
annihilated than be a winged seraph
and know that a snake was suffering
eternal torture.
What has theology done? In a
thousand years of Christianity liter
ature perished, law perished, hy
pocrisy was triumphant Pity was
driven from the human heart, the
air was thick with devils, and the
world at last became insane. Witch
es, wizards; and spooks and priests
triumphed. Theology is the foun*
dation of every despotism.
What has the church done? Take
the Episcopal church, if you call
that a church. When George IIL
died, there were 223 offenses punish
able with death by the bloody Eng
lish law, and not a solitary Bishop
rotested: not one of the 20,000 ;
Jpiscopalclergymen raised his voice
to prevent the bloody work. •
The churches of this country
gave the cross of Christ to be used
as a whipping post for 200 years.
Theology is apoor foundation for
government. What has the Catho
lic church done for liberty? How
can you make good, sensib;e men of
Catholics or Presbyterians or Meth
odists? Simply by civilizing them.
Man has been ignorant enough to '
pray for impossible things. Possi
bly the frogs believe that their croak
ing brings on spring! We can’t tell
how far the frog idea has got.
' I heard a chaplain once pray God
to give congress wisdom^ It seems
to me that the most orthodox min* - '
ister in the world ought to know that
his prayers have no effect. If yon
get anything, somebody has got to
work for it .
The great men used to be Chris
tians, because they got burned if
they were not Christians. Now that '
we have got a little liberty, men are
speaking out
Compare the miracles of the Bi
ble with the miracles of modern sci
ence. The miracles of God are small
and contemptible compared with
the miracles of man.
An EnWrpmiag, Bilals Bouu.. . *K;
R. T. Brumby & Co., can always
be relied upon, notonly to carry in stock
the .best ol everrthing, but to secure the
such articles as have well-'
with the
the reputa-
enterprising, and
ever reliable. Having secured the Agen-
for the celeprated
Agency for such
known merit, and are popular
people, thereby sustaining tt
tion to being always enterpri:
The poverty among the working
classes in Massachusetts, produced
by the exactions of the “factory
lords,” is pitiable. In New Bed
ford an operative concluded it was
better to go on the pauper list than
to work tor such starvation ’ wages.
cylor the celeprated Dr. King's N<
Discovery for Consumption, willsellit 1
a positive guarantee. It will surely cure
Lu
positive guarantee.
any and every affection of Throat Lungs,
and Chest, and to show our confldeneuce,
we i nvite you to call and get a Trial Bot
tle Free.
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Senator Brown is opposed to rail
road legislation*