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WEEKLY BJLNNER.W aTCHM AN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1885.
—" Young Conspirators Ssnloncsd.
\ti.a*ta, Ga., Jan. *8.—Oregon
qitli ,h and Jhomas Grant, the two
L v > who m*re arrested for connec-
1 'n with the conspiracy to kill and
!' j ur? the revenue men in Hall
."unity, "ere sentenced by Judge
Hoarman in the United States court
.ii.iv. Smith was given one year
■itM'hany. New York, and Grant
w is given six months in Fulton
■ lunty jail- Judge Boarman told
V j,ovs that he would have given
the extent of the law if they
ii h! been men instead of boys.
The Cattle Thiel Rcarrested.
The Messrs. Booth yesterday re
vived n telegram from the sheriff
,\„„tin, Texas, stating that he
i, .,l arrested Charles Ivey, the cat-
•Vthiel. who had escaped from Mr.
N x |,v jumping from a train. He
j, , 1 m\t been injured by the leap,
a ', u l W a» all right. Mr. Cicero Arnold
j, m l.i't evening lor Texas, and will
l„, n <r the prisoner back to Athens.
1 \ ex' will doubtless receive the full
■xte-Tit of tire law, as his crime was
a most aggravating nature.
Dead.
Mr. ]as. 1'. Mavne, of Oconee
■,.initv, died last Thursday at his
and was buried yesterday at
. ,■ j'.unil' burying ground in this
un'v. near Mr. W. II. Dean’s.
Mi. M.was well known to nearly
[U n person in Clarke and Oco-
r counties, and enjoyed the con-
• i i.ee of every one. lie had for
>tVn ,;\ years suffered with that
•,-»iili’.tr disease, dropsy, but his
( | a , were peaceful, and he died as
ti e Christian dies. Peace to his
Sew Coaches on the Georgia Road.
me magnificent new passen-
c..aches, matie at the shops in
have just been tint on
Aniens branch. They are
lulidlv tittetl up, anti it is a iux-
nt,w to travel over this line.
. is a full length coach for
.. anti the other two compart-
.1 coaches, for a separation of
iaces, Inn each end fitted up
Mime. A new baggage and
1 ess or is now being manu-
ireil for Athens.
Economy, *
A Clarke county bailiff has saved
within the last four years four hun
dred dollars, the fees of his office.
A Death.
Mr. \V. C. Orr and wife left yes
terday morning for Putnam county,
to attend the funeral of a sister of
Mrs. Orr.
Assignment ol A. A. Winn.
Savannah, Jan. 7.—A. A. Winn,
cotton commission merchant, as
signed to-day to William Clifton.
Assets double the liabilities.
A Mistake.
The date of this paper on the first
and fourth pages is dated “January
eStli,” when it should have been
February 3rd.
Church Appointment.
The regular appointment of L. D.
Ridgeway, at Antioch, Oconee
county, has been changed from the
third to the fourth Sunday. Preach
ing on Saturday before at 11 a. m.
The Cosfot Whisky.
The estimated cost of intoxicating
liquors consumed annually in the
United States is ?goo,000,000, which
is upward of $15 tor each man, wo
man and child.
In Luck.
We see from the Gwinnett Her
ald, that a gentleman ol that coun
ty, at the January drawing of the
Louisiana State Lottery, drew $7,-
300. This has caused a big boom
in lottery tickets throughout this
section.
Marriage.
Married on the 14th inst., in the
Methodist Episcopal church in
Crawfordville, by the Rev. J. F.
Edens, Mr. William H. Yarbor
ough. son of Prof. T. II. Yarbor
ough, and Miss Lou Allie Reid,
daughter of James F. Reid, Esq.
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A New Motor.
t Elder, of this county,
hull calf that he yokes
vagon and in,the wagon
mi thitl he hauls water
spring. This animal is
nod that without line or
nukes the trip without
1 being present, only
to till tlie barrel. Mr.
not buy a hydraulic
vnduys i
If lime.*
The Contest Closed.
The contest over the Ordinary’s
office, in Oconee county, has come
to a sudden close. Mr. Lyle, the
contestant, has withdrawn, and Air.
Thrasher has been commissioned,
and will make his bond and take
charge of the office in a few days.
ce r’s Confirmation.
A Washington letter in the Au
gusta News says Speer will doubt
less be confirmed in spite of the
protests. Senator Brown and Mr.
Speer are in close consultation dai
ly. Blown won’t talk much about
the matter, and claims to be uncom-
itted.
OUR NEIGHBORING counties.
FRANKLIN’S FREAKS.
An Honor to the Georgia Press-Contesting Jus-
tier* Election*—A Severe Storm—A Protptrout
County—Personal, etc.
[CarncsTille Register.]
Miss Ellen T. Dortch has made
most wonderful improvements in
the Register. It is one of the new
siest papers now in Georgia, and
nicely printed. This gifted young
lady is a credit to the Fourth Es
tate. Too much praise cannot be
accorded her efforts.
Married. Mr. George P. Herndon
and Miss Lucy P. Moseley.
John T. Wilson, jr., formerly ot
this place, is publisher of the Gwin
nett Herald.
The election of Robt. Fulbright
to the office of justice of the peace
in Gumlog district will be contest
ed by J. W. Ilaulbrooks.
It is reported that J. M. Quillian
will contest the election of D. B.
Eskew to the office of justice of the
peace in the 212th district.
Between seventy and eighty stu
dents answer to roll call at Frank
lin Institute,this week.
Mr. J. M. Quillian is now carry
ing the U. S. mail from Carnesville
to Martin.
Mr. J. IL Sligh, of this county,
raised twenty-five bushels of corn
per acre last year, on an eight acre
field of upland.
A. N. Bellamy reports a heavy
storm in his neighborhood on last
Friday. Trees and fences were
blown down, and several out houses
were demolished. One small dwel
ling house was torn into fragments,
but was unoccupied at the time.
The people of Franklin county
have reason to congratulate them
selves. They have a new court
house and jail; the bridges are all
in good condition; the county is out
of debt and there is plenty of money
in the treasury to pay all expenses
the present year. The county tax
last year was 25 cents on the hun
dred dollars.
BANKS BRIEFLETS.
office on Thursday, 23d inst
J. M. Menitt, Esq., left this morn
ing for Athens, Ga., where he will
enter college as a law student
We have not seen a drunk man
our streets since the saloons were
closed, one week ago last night
A considerable number of hogs
have died in and around Clarks
ville during the past few weeks,
from cholera.
Mrs. W. S. Erwin left last Satur
day evening for Hall county, where
she was summoned to the bedside
of her mother, Mrs. Clark, who is
lying dangerously ill, and with but
slight hopes of recovery.
JACKSON'S JOURNAL. ‘
■ luck
rv ...i-ahi'ii.l lit.ii-e-
iiii 1 ir.l'.uli’s l-'ough
get! ifcith Rape.
.111 ol (_ larkesboro dis-
• tt ti anil had hi* pre-
Wcdnesday. charged
:e. We are gkttl to
tiing the testimony,
igeii. there being no
a ibe charge. The
of the young man’s
olds us from giving
son Herald.
« online
i.'i avast • lile in doubts :ind
-|m ml yourself on the work
you. well assured that the
u-iformnnceol this hour's du
ll! he the best preparation for
tits or ages that lollow it.’’—
Ami be certain to drink
Boarding House Change.
Mis. E. G. Roane is now moving
her furniture back to Lexington,
where she will occupy tlie George
Latimer cottage until her hotel is
vacated by Mr. Bacon. We learn
that Mrs. Arnold, ot Elberton, con
templates renting the Dorsey
House. It is a splendid stand.
A Kind Word.
Mr. A. Ii. Alden, of Macon, Ga.,
a friend to the Banner- Watchman,
pays us the billowing high compli
ment: “After my kind regards,
may I say you are not unknown in
our city, and Georgia is proud to
number you with the best of those
who contribute to raise our news
papers to a high standard of excel
lence.”
he best whiskt y and smoke the fin- and make it long, thick, soft ai
.. , 1 t a v. {- n glossy, You need not stand helpless
-t vigars solu iiy ‘ envying the girls. The Balsam is not oi
.Z . 11. not a dye, but is an elegant dressing, m
A Mnd word i-or us. j s especially recommended for its vle t
l.trry Gantt’s strong and steady liness and purity,
land for prohibition in Clarke . . — .
ight to win for him the
gratitude ot every good man in the
county tor years to- come. If it
w.iis. no fitter inscription could
be put on his tablet that he had led
the hosts to that victory.—Elberton
Leader.
A New Convert.
We team that Mr. C. W. Bald
win Inis ordered a blue rosette, and
joined the prohibition column, and
has been assigned the duty of lead
ing tlie center ot the hollow square,
which will open the attack on the
Arabs on the morning of the 25th
o! February.
A Weak Argument.
• If you vote whiskey out of this
County it will stop all the drummers
from coming here,* said an anti-
prohibitionist yesterday. The rc-
rep’.v to tins statement is, that there
will he more drummers here than
ever, as they will make Athens a
stopping place to sober up in.
Accidental Deaths.
A negre
li st four children
deaths—two were
drowned and tlie fourth killed by
failing from a fence and sticking a
nail in its forehead.
You Can Have a.
“My dear, what would I give to have
your hair.'” is often said by middle-aged
indies to young ones. Madam, you may
have just such hair. Barker's Hair Brl-
sam will give it to you. It will stop your
hair from falling uif. restore liieoriginal
' , soft and
helplessly
oily
and
especially
liness and purity
A Meteoric Stans.
Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 27.—A
meteoric stone is reported to have
fallen near Gainesville last night at
11 o’clock. A low rumbling noise
was heard in the heavens, and at
the same time a bright light was
observed passing swiftly from the
southeast to the northwest. Its
course lay directly over Gainesville,
and as it passed so intense was its
brightness that it rendered objects
in darkened rooms plainly visible.
Storms Predicted for March.
Prof. Wiggins advises everybody
to prepare for great storms, which
are booked for the iSth to the 20th
of March. He says there will be
cy clones, tornadoes, hurricanes and
everything of the kind. Those who
want to enjoy the first pic-nic of the
season and be sure of fine weather
had better select the 19th of March.
An £end to Bona Scraping.
Edward Shepherd, ol Harrisburg, Ill.
says: “Having received so much benefit
from Electric Hitters, I feel it my duty
toilet suffering humanity know it. Have
No Telegraph Office at Maytville—Church Im
provements—Prohibition in Homer—Cotto
len—Marriage — Failure of Crops — Blockade
Whisky—Marrying Under Difficulties—.1 Small
Cyclone.
[Mayaville Georgian. 1
The telegraph won’t establish an
office at Maysville.
The Baptist church at Maysville
has been completed. Work on the
Methodist church is resumed.
Bellton has a literary club and a
drunk woman.
W. L. Redman will enter the
ministry.
Prohibition is doing a great deal
for Ilomer.
A bale of cotton was stolen by a
negro at Ilomer and carried to Toc-
coa, hid out in the woods with
quilt spread over it.
Mr. Aaron McCoy and Miss Lula
Sanders are married.
The almost entire failure of crops
for the two years past has proven
exceedingly disastrous to many of
our farmers.
There is less blockading and
moonshine whisky in Banks county
this winter than was ever known
before.
On Saturday night Esq. Cristler
was called upon to join a couple to
gether in the holy bonds of matri
mony. Getting to the river, he
found it impossible to cross. De
termining not to be dissapointed
he summoned the couple to the
water’s edge, on the opposite side
of the stream, and having the gr-'om
to tie a rock to the license and pitch
her over, some 60 yards, he pro
ceeded to tie the knot at the top of
his voice.
A small cyclone passed just south
of this place last Friday evening,
about 3 o’clock, unroofing houses,
blowing down trees, demolishing
fences, &c. Patties that were in
and near it, said it made a noise like
some large bellows would when it
would suck in the wind and blow
it out. It went from northwest to
southeast, in a kind of see-saw
manner. No one hurt as heard
from. For a few seconds it was
almost as dark as night.
ODDS AND ENOS FROM OGLETHORPE.
- GOSSIP FROM GREENE.
Artau Telling and Marriagei—A Cheap Mai
t Contract—The Sheriff"* Content—A Dog-Storg—
A Hew Jail Etc,
Journal and Herald.
A band of Gypsies are camped near
here.
A movement will be inaugurated look
ing to the building of a new jail.
Miss Amanda Langston died at her
residence in Penfield.
The mail carrier from this place to
Sparta, adistrnce of 27 miles, receives
$150 per annum.
At Edgewood, Ga., last Tuesday eve
ning, ?y Bev. Mr. Foote, Mr. J. D.
Copeland, of this county, was married to
Mrs. S. V. Rowland, of the former place.
The contested election case has not
been conclndrd. The evidence for the
contestant, Mr. C. C. Norton, was com
pleted last Saturday. As the case now
stands, Mr. Norton has seventy-three
majority.
Just before the “late nnpleasantness, 1
John Daniel moved from near Wood-
stock, in Oglethorpe, by private convey
once to Texas. When he passed through
this place, Charlie Dougherty gave him
a dog, which he tied to his wagon and
carried to his far western home. The
dog remained with him about a week
after his arrival in Texas, and then dis
appeared. In a few weeks afterward he
was back in this place, having traversed
the entire distance alone.
Mr. Charles Burke, father of Mr. Jas.
Burke, of this place, was noted in the
early history of the county for his great
strength. Persons now living, say they
have known him to take a barrel full of
whiskey, by either chime, and raise
to his lips and drink from the bung hole.
We understand that the attorneys for
Mr, J. H. English, in the contested elec
tion case, will move to throw out the en
tire vote at this precinct, on the ground
Slander Cate—The Signal—Martin Institute—
The Railroad—Jail Breaking—Marriage*, Etc.
Marriages—Mr. Will Brock and
Miss Susie Freeman; Mr. James
Wilson and Miss Mattie Merck;
Mr. l.D. Thompson, of Madison,
and Miss Emma Pittman; Mr. Les
lie Marler and Miss Sallie House.
Col. J. B. Silman has been quite
sick for some time.
The first issue of the Harmony
Grove Signal will be published and
scattered this week.
The G., J. & S. R. R. is on a reg
ular boom. It can’t begin to haul
the freight to this place with one
train a day.
There is a $5,000 slander case on
the docket for trial this court,
which promises to be very interest-
ing.
The building committee have at
last selected a site for the new Mar
tin Institute. The lot is the same
one where they are now teaching,
known as the Newton lot.
Three prisoners confined in the
Banks county jail succeeded in mak
ing their escape last Friday. They
were confined in a cell which open
ed out into a hallway, and by some r , „
means they got out of the cell, and 1 that one of the managers, Mr. B. F.
when the jailor’s wife went to give I Bickers, was to bedeputy sheriff, in the
them their dinner, she was knocked event jj r . Norton had been elected slier-
down, and the prisoners made tracks
for liberty.
NEWS FROM STEWART.
ANOTHER FATAL CONFLICT.
THE ARAB HORDES MOWED DOWN LIKE
GRASS.
THE RUSH UPON A SQUARE OF STEEL.
ANDA SCJUMBU2. G RETREAT OVER PILES
OF DEAD BODIES.
A GREAT BRITISH VICTORY,
LEA VINO 2,000 ARABS DEAD AND WOUNDED
WAIFS FROM WILKES-
CAUGHT A TARTAR.
Death and a Marriage—No Small Pox in Thomson
—A New If. E. Church—The lmmortat Harry HOW A STUDENT FROM THE BUBAL DI3-
Hill—A Railroad to Elberton—Killed With
Axe.
[Washington Gazette.]
Miss Mollie, daughter of Capt.
T. T. Wingfield, died quite suddenly
last Friday.
Mr. Steve Anderson and Miss
TRICTS ENTERED THE UNIVERSITY.
Ha Joined a Secret Society, Paid $5 Initiation
Pee, Delivered a speech, and Gave Entire Sat-
lxfaction—Who Wars the Victim* ?—His Snbie-
quent Career.
Shortly after the war there enter-
Lillie Heard, both of Danburg, were e d the State University at Athens
married last Tuesday. a Jong, gangling country youth,
Harry Hill has just been cotnmis- | named Armistead, hailing from one
sioned a delegate to the Nationa
Agricultural Convention which con
venes at New Orleans, Februar
10th.
ot the lower counties. He seemed
as green as a gourd, his apparel
was homespun jeans and ill-fitting,
and his shoes showed that they
woman in Elberton has had a running sore on niv leg for eight
YX 0111.111 111 X- . , , voars; ,ny iloctors told me I would have
r-1-til.lrf-n by accidental > have the bonesernped or legampntat-
burned, one I nxed, instead, three bottle oi Elec
tric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen’t
Arnica Salve, and mv leg is now soilin’,
ami well.’’ Electric Bitters are sold at
filtv cents a liotele, and Bucklen’s
Arnica Salve at 23c. per box l>y K. T.
Brumby & (to.
Static*!
All persons indebted to the old
firm of Baldwin & Burnett, will
please call at the store of Baldwin ce
Fleming and make immediate set
ts, m.-nt, The old business must be
closed up.
Kill! They «•■*«-
.1. II. Reaves has now mules suit
ed to the trade. Parties wanting
a good horse or mule, will do well
to t all on him. He has another car of
stock on the way, so call at once and
price his stock.
The Mule.
Nowon the road and will arrive
this week, three carloads of fine
well broke mules. Call and exam-
inc before purchasing elsewhere.
W. S. Holman.
The Death Roll—Some Valuable Recipes—Blind
Tom—A Church Call—The Stock Law—An Ac-
cldent.
[Kews-Monitor and Echo.]
Mr. M. Z.Jackson, aged 76 years,
departed this life last Sunday.
Died, at his residence on Falling
Creek, last Monday morning at 10
o’clock, Mr. Mat Jackson. He had
reached the mature age of 76.
We are sorry to learn ot the death
of Mrs. Guilt, of Woodville, sister-
in-law ot Mrs. A. Little and Mrs.
Hargrove.
Blind Tom, the world-renowned
musical prodigy, will appear at Mar
tin Hall, Crawford, next Friday
night, Feb. 6.
Mr. A. A. Jackson tell us that
common axle grease rubbed on fruit
trees will prevent their being eaten
by the rabbits.
Rev. G. H. Ivey, formerly of this
county, has accepted a call from the
Elberton Baptist church and will
preach at that place this year.
Some of the beauties of the stock
law were excited at Mrs. C. C. Nor
ton’s home, near Lexington, a few
days ago. She had put up five
cows, three mules and two horses
that were destroying her produce,
and the owners came and stole them
away by night.
Mr.John M. Kidd, who lives nedr
Mr. J. J. Greene’s, in this county,
happened to a very painful accident
last week, which resulted in the
breaking of his arm just above the
elbow. He was traveling a foot
path at night which ran near a large
;ully; the heavy rains and freezes
lad caused an excavation in the
Bradberry Preparing tor the Change.
Judge McCleskey, of McNutt,
was in to see us yesterday, and says
the people of his district are al
ready preparing for the stock law,
that goes into effect on the 1st of
March. Fences are being removed
from around fields to build pastures.
Nearly every one is delighted with
the change. A great many colored
people voted the no fence ticket.
The farmers living on the line in
Oconee are also preparing to keep
up stock, and will be forced into
abolishing fences themselves. The
Bradberryites say they will ini- ban jj extending under the path,
pound every hide and hoof that - * — - - -
* tkn.YY nflor
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lluslrated pamphlet (eee.
The health board ol New York
has discovered that quinine is adul
terated to a large extent in that city
A CARD.
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A Pbyalciaa's Testimony.
1 was called to aee Mr. John Pearson
who was confined to his beil with what
appealed to be consumption of the worst
form. As all ol his family had died with
that dread disease (except his half broth
er), inn death was regarded as certain and
•non. After exhausting aJl the reme
dies, I finally as a last resort aent for a
bottle of Brewer’s Lung Bestorar, and it
acted like magic. Be continued the use
ol it lor some time and has been fully re
stored to health. 'Bo far as I could dis-
eover hehad consumption, and Brewer s
oSP. aSSSEtW. n D. BainesvlUe, Ga
trespasses on them after March.
’ “ OCONEE* NEWS.
The School* of the County-All Quiet Along th,
Oconee—To Visit tbo Expooltoln—Will Give up
BBowlins;—farwnaL otc.
Dr. Richardson, now of Atlanta,
is on a visit to his old home.
The Athens bar is not as well
represented as usual.
Everything seems to be moving
quietly along in Oconee, since the
heated contest over the county offi
cers, and the farmers are preparing
to plant a large crop.
There are several fine schools in
thecounty. Mr. Will Thompson,
at the Cross Roads school house,
has just opened a splendid school
with a large number of scholars
Earl Overby is in his glory this
week. He will visit New Orleans
some time soon. .
Mine host of the Watkinsville
hotel Dr. Billups, says he is tired of
hoteling, and unless the lawyers at
tend court in larger numbers he will
have to close. This will be a great
loss to those who visit Wutkms-
ville and like good eating. Although
money was scarce, the Banner-
Watchman managed to take in sev
eral new subscribers.
TO CONSUMPTIVES,
retv. Arewortizer having had placed in hla hand
t Tha ifmp*G vegetable remedy foal
the parmaneni cure of Consumption
iSncJS^iUthmaand all Throat and
fJiSTAtectlon*; after haring thoronphlr taggL
Liing Anecvi c ^ raliTe powers in hundreds
"J 1 ?. mdl who CcilreU wtd> lull direction*
Mr. John D. Colley has sold the were a total stranger to the black
Lincolnton News, and will give his ; n g brush. As soon as he reached
attention to the building of a railroad Athens Armstead hunted up Mr.
from Elberton down to Anthony’s Ferdinand Phinizy, told that gen-
Shoals. tleman his condition, and asked for
A very handsome new Methodist the loan ot enough money to secure
church will be built right away in a collegiate education. His face
the neighborhood of Mr. J. DuBose W as open and honest, and Mr P.
Hill, sr., in this county. seeing that there was come-out in
There is a little alarm here over a the young man, promised to loan
rumor that there is small-pox in him $300 in such sums as he need-
Thomson. It is merely chicken-pox e d t tyom time to time, taking only
among school children, and there is his word of honor as security. As
no cause ior alarm. as Armistead entered the cam-
Two negro men on Mr. Milton p US the boys nailed him, feeling
Roberts’ plantation in this county, assured that they had a constant
got into a difficulty yesterday eve- source of amusement in store,
ning, when one struck the other in He met their taunts and remarks
the head with an axe, and killed ; n the best of spirit, and seemed to
him almost instantly. | take it all as a matter of course. He
stood a good examination, and was
duly assigned to a class. A few
A Compliment to the Athene Colored People- I nights after the advent of the new
Change Cars for H—ll—A Mountain Hunt—A J COiner a delegation Oi miSCniet-
Sensation Spoiled—A Harder Trial—Personal I loving students waited upon him
me. and stated that all members of col-
(Haitwetl Sun.) I lege were expected to join a secret
It takes many extra trips on the society. Armistead said he came to
railroad to bring in the goods. I Athens to learn all he could, and
Married, on the 25th, Mr. Joe leadily consented to do so. He
Bennett and Miss Leila Leard. I was carried into an ante-room, and
The report that Mr, Wm. Pow- after signing his name in a book,
ell, formerly of this place, was re- his conductor told him that the ini-
centlv shot, is denied by the Abbe- tiation fee was $5, payable in ad-
vilie papers. I vance. To this he demurred, plead-
Judge Lumpkin will have the I ing poverty, but the boys would ac-
pleasure of presiding over a murder cept no excuse, and after some de
trial at his first sitting in Hart lay he grudgingly handed over a
court. $10 bill. The committee “bunked”
Capt. Craft has made another their funds and gave him the neces
move. He was at Orlando, Orange sary change. He was then conduct-
county, Fla., at last account, and ed into the lodge-room, filled with
his health was gradually improving, boys, who turned out in force to
A ridiculous squib has been going see the fun. Armistead was next
the rounds of the press to the effect informed that he must make the
that a negro was killed by the burst- meeting a speech, but could select
ing of a crib of wet corn in Roys- his own subjeet He tried to beg off,
ton. but it was no go. After a great
When a young man got off the deal of persuasion he arose and took
train at Bowersville, he cried out: as his text “Fools.” In a clear and
“Change cars for he—11! Just then ringing voice he began a history of
the solemn face of Rev. Unde Bil- his life and early struggles, telling
ly Bowers rebuked him from an ad-1 of the idiots he Qhad met during
jacent doorway, nud the young man I his career as a farmer boy, how he
quickly addrd: “As the saying is!” had entered the army when only
Rev. W. L. Stephens’ horse be- twelve years of age, and alas! dis
came affrighted at a train on the covered this class in even their val
Elberton railroad several weeks ago bant ranks; ^but,” the speaker con
and ran away, struck the buggy | tinued, “during my entire checkered
against a fence corner, upset it and career I have never found as fine an
threw Mr. Stephens violently to the assortment, and as well-developed
ground, bruising him up considera- specimens of the genus Fool as I
bly. see now assembled before me in the
A colored prohibitionist writes to Classic halls of old Franklin col
the Athens Banner, that the colored lege.” His address was so replete
people could be entrusted with the I with happy hits and pungent sar-
liquor question solely; that the col- cascn, that the boys could but enjoy
ored voters of Clarke county stand it, in spite ot their “dry grins.” By
pledged to vote out the evil without unanimous consent the rest of the
a single white ballot in the box. initiation was dispensed with, and
This shows that the colored people the boys, including Armistead, re
in Clarke county are progressive. paired across the street to Flisch’s to
■ * I spend the $5 paid by the new mem-
ETCHINGS FROM ELBERT. ber in an oyster supper. They had
a royal time, and no one seemed _ to
enjoy it more than the victim.
When the treasurer handed- over
the $10 bill he received from Arm
Marriage Licenses—An Old Citizen Quite Low
Legal Advertising—A Good Word for Athens.
(Elberton Gazette.)
His Honor Judge Almond, issued one I Fli^h talked It 'care-
lmndred and thirty-three marriage U. fuU Q when he returned it, stat-
cense during the year 18S4—forty-five ; ng that the same was a counterfeit,
having been issued during the month of | ando f no va i ue whatever- Con
December.
and when Mr. K. reached that part
of the path over the excavation, the
dirt gave way under his weight and
precipitated him to the bottom of
the gnlly, about twelve feet with
the above result,
WALTON’S WAYS.
Cut in a Bar-Room—Change of Mail Agents on
the O., J. & S. Probable—Jug Tavern to Hare a
Lawyer—Death and Personals.
[Walton News.)
Superior court begins Monday,
February 16th.
Dr. Harris, of Harmony Grove,
has decided not to locate here.
Get up at 5 o’clock and see the
star of Bethlehem. It will be 700
years before it comes again.
A citizen of Social Circle passed
through, en route to Gainesville,
on business which may change
mail agents on the G., J. & S. R. R.
Mr. Ebin Hester was badly cut
on Saturday night, the 17th inst, at
Beggar Louse, a bar-room near the
line of Walton and Morgan.
Mr. Odum’s son, whose sickness
was noted in our last issue, died on
last Wednesday. This is the fourth
death in his family within the last
six months.
Jug Tavern is soon to have a
lawyer’s office. Mr. Fisher, of Al
pharetta, Ga, is there and says he
will make it his future home-
sternation then seized the crowd,
We regretto’state that Mr. Wm. Wil-1 when they turned upon Armistead
Us, one of our oldest and most highly I and demanded good money tor the
esteemed citizens, is in a very critical 1 bill. He was as cool as a cucumber,
state of health. I end without a change on his face,
It will be seen by reference to a notice remarked: “Boys, that bill is the
published in another column, and signed concluding chapter of my lecture on
by the Chairman of the Board of Com- Fools. I have a good V in my
missioned, the Ordinary and Sheriff of Pocke*, besides the change you
the county, that the legal advertise- just handed me, ud wliadb I
ments will continue to be published i n ?ball a so keep, an o y’ g
T , DU So you will see that my imtia-
A Ua ^f .. tion will only cost the society $5 and
A road rom Athens to tap the Elber- the fine * that has jus { i isap
ton Air-Line at Bowersville would un- peared » boy* saw that they
doubtedly be a big thing for that city, Had caught a Tartar, and accepted
and would open up a competition with the ; n good part They took
home markets that would be a great up a collection and paid for the
benefit to the people of this section. It I oysters, refusing to let Armistead
is claimed by those of our citizens who contribute a cent. After that he
trade iu Athens that cotton is generally was the hero of the campus,/ and
worth from one-balf to three-fourths of the students soon made him a lead-
a cent more there than it is in Elberton, er. Armistead graduated with hon-
and that the price of goods are corres- or, when he read law, was admitted
ponding lower. This is not very eacour-1 to the bar and located in Texas,
aging to our merchants, but to the farm where he soon built up a fine prac-
ers it would be no small consideration, fice. The first money Armistead
While we would be glad to see all our made he brought back to Georgia
merchants prosper, we believe in doing I *°d handed over to Mr. Phinizy,
the greatest good to the greatest number, I paying him both principal and in-
and as the prosperity ofmll are depend- terest. The hero of this sketch is
London, Jan. 20, it a. m.—Intel
ligence has just been received at the
war office, that General Stewart’s
force is entrenched south of Metam-
neh. The dispatch also gives the
gratifying information that General
Stewart is in communication with
General Gordon. General Stewart’s
force had several fights with the
Arab rebels before it reached Me-
tamneh, and General Stewart him
self is badly wounded. Five of the
mahdi’s emirs were killed in the
fights. Generl Lord Wolseley, in a
dispatch, reports the capture of Me-
tamneh bv the British. He also
says that Sir Charles Wilson has
gone to Khartoum on board the
steamer to confer with General
Gordon. It is expected that he
will return as soon as possible to
report personally to General Wolse-
iey-
GORDON S POSITION TENABLE.
An official dispatch received this
afternoon from General Gordon,
shows his position at Khartoum is
by no means as desperate as has
been supposed. He says he could
hold out there for years. General
Stewart’s wounds are reported do
ing well.
A dispatch from Cairo declares
that Lord Charles Beresford, with a
small contingent, is pushing on from
Metamneh to Khartoum.
THE BATTLE DESCRIBED.
London, Jan. 28.—The point
where the battle of the 15th occurr
ed is in the desert about five miles
south from Metamneh.
When Stewart reached that point
he found the enemy were hovering
about his little army on all sides,
and skirting it often within uncom
fortably short range. The rebels
had evidently stationed themselves
in the vicinity to await his arrival,
and give him battle. When they
began to surround and press in upon
him, he determined to abide the
event. He ordered his men to dis
mount and form a breastwork. This
was made mainly with saddles and
baggage, and during its construc
tion the rebel riflemen drew nearer,
and maintained a hot fire from be
hind the bushes and such hiding
olaces as they could find .among
crushes and high grass. This fire
was very well directed, and was
most disastrous in its effect upon the
British troops. Twelve men were
soon shot dead and forty others were
stricken down with ugly wounds.
Among the first killed were Mr.
Cameron, the special correspondent
of the London Standard, and Mr.
Heabert, tha special correspondent
of the London Post. General Stew
art was one of the very first to be
wounded. He was shot in the
thigh. When he was struck the
work of making the breastwork was
all but completed, and the army had
been put in motion to form its battle
array.
FORMED FOR BATTLE.
This was a hollow square, formed
in the following order: In front,
the Naval Brigade and Grenadiers
Guards; on the right, the Coldstream
Guards and the Scott’s Guards; on
the left flank, the mounted infantry,
and in the rear the Sussex regiment
and heavy camel corps. As soon as'
completed the square advanced un
der a steady ambush fire, a distance
of two miles. At this point the en
emy began to move upon the square
in two large echelons. These were
directed against the British right
front, which stood unmoved. Du
ring the rebel charge the English
troops forming the assailed front de
livered a terrific fire, aimed right at
the enemy’s middle, mowing down
the men iiv such a heap that they
formed actual obstacles, and inter
fered so seriously with the success
of the onslaught that its centre line
was brought to a standstill about
sixty yards from the British front
line.
THE LINES BROKEN.
The force of the general move
ment threw the rebel wings against
parts of the line like the ends of
broken timber around the corners
of a square, and the rebels so dis
placed were simply cut to pieces.
From this on the disaster was as
disastrous to the rebels as it was ir
regular on their side. While the
English line was unbroken, the
Arabs seemed to break up into
bands, each of which walked around
on its own account. A large de
tachment, mostly on horseback,
went back to attack the works
This was garrisoned by a body of
English soldiers made up of little
detachments left behind by each
corps, which had gone forward in
the square. Lord Charles Beres-
ford was in command. He sustain
ed the attack for two hours, when
the enemy was compelled to retreat,
During the general attack upon the
square, only six men were killed
and twenty-three wounded on the
English side. Captain ' Norton
woiked the guns during the fight
and his firing did awful execution.
THE BLOODY NATURE OF THE DAY r
guns, arrived at Gubat on the 22d
All the troops and guns were land
ed, when the guns were turned
upon Metamneh, without, howev
er, producing any apparent effect
upon the rebels. It is reported
that the mahdi is sending more
troops and guns to Metamneh. On
the 22d Gen. v Fields, with four of
General Gordon’s steamers, a num
ber oi black troops, two companies
of mounted infantry and six guns
bombarded Sherdy for two hours,
and almost completely destroyed
the town, but the occupants, of
whom there were few, appeared
to be unwilling to surrendee. The
steamers afterwards returned to
Gubat, where a number ot forts are
being erected. It is stated that the
mahdi has a force of 6,oco men'
around Khartoum. The population
of Khartoum is now estimated at
4,000. A convoy has gone to Gakdul
to fetch stores and ammunition.
The inhabitants of (Meteraneh are
apparently remaining in hiding as
as the scouts are able to see only a
few persons in the town.
The total British loss, including
the loss at Abu Klca, was 104 kill
ed, and 215 wounded. The ene
my’s loss was 3,000 killed and
wounded.
A SHADOW ON THE WALL.
A Highly Stnsatlonal Story That tor a Long Tims
Dnturhod a Qulit Family.
Some time since, in our city, a
young lady had retired to bed, but
had not blown out the lamp. Her
glance rested on a spot in the wall,
where was clearly outlined the
shadow of a man’s profile, and the
figure, too, had a most hideous and
menacing look. With a wild shriek
she sprang from her couch, and in
her gown, rushed into a parlor
where some friends/ were sitting.
Pale and tremblingjfihe stated that
man was concealed in her room,
THE FIGHT FOR WATER.
In the fight of the 19th inst.,
which occurred within three miles
of the Nile, many British troops
-vi ere in an almost fainting condi
tion for water. Colonel Wilson or
dered a small detachment of cav
alrymen to obtain a supply of water
from the river by cutting their way
through the enemy’s forces. This
dangerous movement was accom
plished with less loss of life than
might have been expected, and
enough water was obtained to re
vive the troops and enable them to
continue their attack.
MORTALITY AMONG THE CORRES
PONDENTS.
The asronishing mortality Bmong
the newspaper correspondents who
accompanies General Stewart’s
force, is one of the chief features of
interest in to-day’s news from the
Soudan. Of five correspondents
who started on the march from
Gakdul to the Nile, three have been
killed and one wounded.
HANGED WITH A PLOW LINE.
A Toun/Wtt Take* a Terrible Ballet from
SltuaUon.
[Jackson Herald.]
The sad intelligence’reached here
Tuesday that Mrs. White, wife of
B. O. White, who lives in Miller’s
district, this county, had hung her
self early that morning. On in
quiry, the following state of facts
were developed: On December
31st, of last year, B. O. White was
married to MissN. E. Beatty. From
all accounts their union Was per
fectly harmonious, and nothing
caused their life to be anything but
a happy one, until about two weeks
since, when Mrs. White had an at
tack of sickness, which caused her
to look on the dark side of life. She
asked her husband last week, as he
was going to Gainesville, to get iron -
her a vial of laudanum, but he did
not comply with her wishes.
Early Tuesday morning Mr.
White left home with his wagon to
go to the saw mill after a load of
lumber, but left a little boy with
his wife, and told him not to leave
until he returned. He got his lum
ber and was back home by
o’clock, and on getting in sight of
the house saw all the doors closed
Thinking his wife had gone to see
some of the neighbors, for she was
sitting up when he left, he
thought nothing strange, and, after
taking out his team, went to the
back door and pushed it open. The
house is a one-room structure, and
has no glass windows in it, and was
dark, but as soon as the door was
opened he saw what he thought
was his wife standing rather behind
the door. He walked through the
house and opened the door on the
opposite side, and then saw a sight
that caused his hair to stand on end,
for there, by a rope suspended from
a joist, hung his bride of only a few
days, whose lips would never speak
to him again, for they were silent
and cold in death. He ran back,
caught her and raised her up and
halloed for help. Some men were
working about 200 yards from there
and quickly ran to his assistance.
She was cut down and laid on the
bed, but, poor thing, her troubles
were all ended, and her soul was
then before the great I Am, who
able to minister to all her sufferings,
The coroner repaired to the place
and held an inquest, when the facts
above recited were brought
forth.
She sent the little boy off to
school soon after her husband left,
and he says when he left she was
writing on a slate, but the only
words intelligible on it were,
“Don’t you hang yourself, as I have
done.”
HOWS HABERSHAM 7
The Good Ejects of ProhibiUots-The New Ordina
ry—Hog Cholera—Dangerously Sid—Personal.
[CUrkitUl* Advertiser.]
W. D. Hill, the newly elected or
dinary, assumed the duties of bis
ent upon the su’ccessof thetarmei, we I now one ofthe rising young men of to Metamneh. The British then ad-
are in favor of anything that will ben-1 [ ana s» ar s» ot „ 1 vanced through the villages around
Metamneh. On Wednesday they
made a. reconnoisance* and found
Metamneh fairly veil fortified.
Shots were exchanged, but the reb
els kept out of sight The ground
around is sandy, with depressions
full of grass and bushes, affording
good covert The prisoners state
that the enemy came from Khar
toum, and that the force which at
tacked the British at Abu Klea was
the advance guards.
surrounding metamnah.
Five of General Gordon’s convey
I glee$1.00. - ing five hundred soldiers and five
eflt him. Success to your railroad, • ^° ne State.
Larry! Boom It up and we believe it
will come. Let the requisite number of
gentlraen whoims intorestod applv for | Mis. Mary A. Dailey, of Tunkhannock,
a charter at the nwteewton of the bgla- vaa afflicted for six years with
latuMH-open books of subscription, and jurthma and Bronchitis, during which
5 el IS, ve ^Jf 1*2 to® to best physicians could give no
erode the "{to? td tt; relief. Her life was despaired of, until
fiTOltr.and^epwplealongthelineof in October Ehe procured a Bottle of
Dr.KW.NewpU0OTerT, wbenimme-
il <*■ IF^ntlnuing
ment is.to pnt the tall in motion. I its use for a short time she was complet-
Tne latest novelty in bonnets has a 1 1,1 50 lbs * * n *
SSrthe f lSffie^d,^SyTSth^ I M&lBottles of this certain atm of
confidentially there is no bette/ remedy
for coughs and colds than Dr. Bull's 1 Co 8 Dru * Store. Large Bot-
Congh Syrup.
W-
Calmly Writing Messages to-Iscned
Death Creeps Upon Them.
Scranton, Jan. 25.—Sixteen
years ago there was a terrible colli
ery explosion in Saxony, by which
a large number Of miners lost their
lives. Of that disaster on old miner
in this city has preserved amostaj
remarkable record in a series of
manuscript oopies, translated into WjKfj®.
English, of messages written to their ;
friends by such of the doomed Sax
on miners as wore not killed outright
7
WANTS HIS MONEY BACK
by the explosion, but were preserved
, . .. . .. - ,, 1 for the no less sure and more terri-
and described the figure on the blo deaUl by suffocation as the pois-
wall. Arming themselves with oned gases slowly destroyed the pure
such weapons as were at hand, a air that remained in the mine,
charge was^ at once made by the These messages were found in note
males, the ladies bringing up the books an( j 0 n scraps of paper on the
rear. Sure enough there still re- dead bodies of the poor men when
mamed the image of the intruder, they were at last recovered. The
Snatching up the lamp one of the manuscript copies of these louohing
gentlemen started to search under notea were made in Cornwall by a
the bed, but at this instant the face re i a tive of the old miner, and were
vanished. A search was made not 8en ^ bi m shortly after the disas-
only of every part of the room, but ter They are interesting, outside
throughout the house, but with no of their patho9 M an9we ring the
success. At length*: was decided f reqU enUy asked question. How
that some person in the street had do mea feel when about die _ not
sto PP e “ °“ j int0 t ie wi “d°w, a f ter being wasted and weakened by
and thus the shadow was cast. But digease , or when the blood is heated
this suggestion was at once dispell- by the strife of ba ttle, but when
ed tor as soon as the lamp was they 8ee j neT itabie death slowly but
replaced on the table the face aga.n certainl approachin g the m, and
appeared. Another fruitless search know that m^iiotly so manv min-
was made. It was decided that the utea lt wiu geize up £ n tbem ? Do
strange visitor was concealed in the rage and stru £ gle against their
some out-of-the-way place and his fate or do th m “ t it * with cai m .
reflection exposed by the light neg3 and resignation? These messa-
There was but little sleep in the geB 8 k ow that the miners awaited
house that nigh:, butJill passed off the coming of death with singular
quietly. At intervals for months I ca i mnegs and resignation. Notone
the face would appear on the wall, j n lb e whole record reveals a feeling
without a particle of change in the of bitterness against the fate they
expression. No one would occupy could not avert ?
the room, and finally the hidden - .
man theory gave place'to same su- ™ er .? 1& a cur ‘° n ® P* 1 * 08 m , 80 “°
pernatural agency. The room was ° f ‘. he ^ ne8 scrawled by these death-
known as the haunted chamber, besieged men in the gloom of their
and a great many friends were in- narr ° w P n80n - * J 0Ul ?S ““'•In
vited to witness the sight. Itwas net ? b y ? a “ e ’ hai Pumed tohis
iound that the shadow only appeared ? oa ^ a uote from a note book. On
when the lamp was placed on a lk we . r . e wr , ltt ^ a tl8 last words to his
certain table, in a particular posi- sweetheart: “Darling Rika: My last
tion. A few nights since an in- tb ? 1 u P b nan ?.®
quiring lady, hearing of the matter, wl ^ , e * be ^ a ** i 'P 8 W1
expressed a desire to sleep in the 8 P ea ‘ c . Farewell,
haunted room and see if she could The miner Reiche, when his body
not unravel the mystery. Permis- I was found, clutched in his hand a
sion was given, and at the usual scrap of paper. _ “Dear _ sister,” it
time she retired to bed, leaving the read, “Meyer, in the village, owes
light ablaze and the human head me ten thalers. It is yours. I hope
clearly defined upon the wall. She my face will not be distorted when
decided that the reflection was cast they find us. I might have been v
by some object in the room, and better to you. Good-by.” Reiche.
let her eyes investigate everything According to the old Scranton
that came to view* She was about miner, who seems to have the histo-
(iving up the task in despair, when ries of all the unfortunate Saxon
ler vision rested on the fire place, miners at his tongue’s end, was a se-
where a cheerful wood blaze was vere man, and though just to his
burning. The fuel was upheld by a sister, who was his only relative,
pair of old-fashioned andirons, their gave her no liberties. The thought
tops ornamented wifh the figure of that he had not done right evident-
a man’s head, the exact counter- I ly haunted him in his death hour,
part of the shadow on the wall. The abscence of all selfishness,
She at once arose, dressed herself all repining on account of them-
and summoning the family, proved selves, is touchingly apparent in all
to their entire satisfaction that thp the message. _ “My dear relations,”
ghost which had so long disturbed I wtote the miner Schmidt, “while
the peace of the household was no- I seeing death before me I remember
thing but a harmless piece of cast jou. Farewell until we meet again
iron. The young lady, who had in happiness." Lying next to young
first made the startling discovery, I Janetz, whose message to his sweet-
ihat night again took possession of heart is quoted above, a miner nam-
het former chamber, and says she I ed Moretz was found. On a paper
will never again either believe in I in his cap was written: “Janetz has
ghosts or the time-worn fancy of I just died. Richer is dying, and
a man-under-the-bed. says, “Tell my family I leave them
with God.” Farewell, dear wife.
THE GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS. Farewell, dear children. May God
keep you.” The miners who died
Several Brandi of Pertllliere That Have Often y v-l Hpnt.lv hpfin
toen Tried In the South and Never Pound Want- V. S“HOCatl0n nail evidently Deen
„g driven from one place of refuge to
i, u.
=.-aassa s w-s; —jss. as ss
ofthe Georgia Chemical Works; of
• , c* „<■ „ ’ „ given up all hope, because the vent
fr*p£thL lC tilation has been destroyed in three
the fertilizers made by this company te la May God take my-
rrp^rSdtL U ntftatos U a g nd sdfiand relatives and dear friends
out Georgia and adjacent states and l honjU8tdie w - th me ^ weU ^
SE2T.E Hi ‘
has charge of these works, is one of Dear wife, writes Moller, teke
the South’s most honored citizens, S°°“ 0810 °* Mary. In a hook in
and his name alone is all the guar- to bedroom you will find a thaler,
antee our people want of the merits I Farewell, dear mother, till we meet
of what he sells. You will always I a f a j a * Mary was the miner a only
find the fertilizers from the Georgia child, who was blind.
Chemical Works come fully up to A miner named Jahne orJaehu,
the standard, and hence our farmers I wrote his brother, who was a miner,
can implicitly rely upon them, hut hadbeen unable to work that
These guanos are compounded with day: “Thanla God for his goodness,
especial attention to the soil undei I brotherl You are safe.’
which they are used, and supply the “No more toil in darkness,” wrote
necessary properties in our land. Of I another.
the hundreds of thousands of tons I The uniform spirit of piety that
sold, we are yet to hear the first I marked all the messages of tno dy-
word ot objection from a purchaser. I i n g men was explained by the cus-
It matters not whether the seasons todian of these touching records,
be wet or dry, they are certain Jo 1 He said the miners of Saxony are
return a handsome profit on the in-1 a ll reared in a strict religious school*
vestment. This company holds 1 and that on entering the mines they
their name and reputation far above 1 a n petition Heaven for protection
pecuniary gain, and while asking a I through the day, and on leaving
legitimate per cent on their- capital J the mines return thanks to God for
invested, are willing to divide the I guarding them and bring tbem safe-
profit with consumers. It is like 1 ] y through the dangers of their toil,
carrying coal to New Castle for us I “I never read the simplest mes-
to talk to the farmers of Northeast I sages of those poor men without
Georgia about the fertilizers made I moistening eyes,*’ said the old min-
by these works. Their names I er> and b ia eyes were certainly more
and merits at household words At I than moistas he spoke. “Icanpic-
every country fireside, and a farmer ture to myself the scene of the
would as soon doubt his Bible as r0U gh-handled but soft-hearted men,
„ . that the guano he buys bearing the spending their last moments not in
ante Dip.omatist and brand of the “Georgia Chemical J wild cries for mercy and screams of
W’orks” will fail to come up to the I remorse, nor in repinings against
analysis. He knows just what he is I their cruel fate, but m sending these
buying, and that it will do all claim-1 farewell messages to their loved
ed for it. Examine into the history onea w ho were even then bewailing
of all the leading and most popular them as dead. While my heart
brands of fertilizers sold in our sec- I bleeds over the picture, I thank God
tion and you will find that a large | thathumble miners though they
majority of them are manufactured 1 were, they showed the world how
to order by these works. J bravely and nobly they could die.”
WORK.
During the advance of the main
body of the English from the works
the garrison left behind at that point
kept up a heavy fire from their guns
and rifles. An effort was made to
erect a small redoubt some fifty
yards to the right of the works un
der the protection of the steady fire
from the works. During the erec
tion of the redoubt one. man was
killed and three were wounded.
Lord Cochrane, with forty men,
form the Life Guards, and the Scots
Greys, held a redoubt and maintain
ed a heavy fire throughout the bat
tle. They did much to repel the
constant rushes of the enemy. The
loss of the rebels during the entire
day are estimated at 2,000 killed and
wounded. Among the enemy were
many slaves, several of whom have
submitted to the British. They say
the mahdi sent them from Khar
toum. Early Tuesday morning
scouting parties made a reconnois
ance and destroyed some empty
villages, the recent inhabitants of
which watched the operations from
a distance, and afterwards returnod
The Curious Request of
Church Pillar.
Augusta, Me., Jan. 25.—At a re
cent meeting of the Universalist par
ish in this city, a singular request
was made by one of the members
here: The gentleman, in question,
has he[d lucrative Federal offices al
most continuously for twenty years
or more. For a series of years he
waa Minister Plenipotentiary and
Envoy, Extraordinary to one of the
European courts at a salary of $7,-
oOg a year. Later be was for a brief
period Minister to a South Ameri
can republic at a salary of $10,000 a
year.
This gentleman at the church
meeting informed the society that
he was a poor man, and asked it to
refund it to him the sum of $2 000,
which he subscribed toward the
erection and maintenance of the
church some twenty years ago.
Deal, and Dumb.|
We have received the 23rd report
of the board of trustees and officers
of the Georgia Institution for the
education of the deaf and dumb, at
Cave Spring, extending from Octo
ber 1st, 1SS2, to September 31st,
1SS4. From this report we learn
that the institution comprises two
departments, one for white and the
other for colored mutes. These,
whilst separated are under the same
general supervision. The number
of white males in school last year
was 36—white females, 29.—Total
65. Colored males 19, females 12
Total 31.
The institution seems to be under
good management and to merit the
fostering care of the state.
Caaglit by as Ocetepai.
A diver who was trying to find pearls
off the Alaska coast, found himself, all of
a sudden, in the grasp of an ugly octopus
with arms twenty-seven feet long. Such
an experience is rare; but there are
thousands of people who are caught by
dyspepsia, which is quite as bad. An
octopus hates to let go. So does dyspep
sia, Brown’s Iron Bitters settles dys
pepsia and makes it loose its cruel grip.
Mrs. Schmidt and her daughter, oi 136
Conway street, Baltiinore, were both
cured 01 dyspepsia by the use of Brown’s
Iron Bitter*.
It is believed that the arrest of
man named Goodman, m Western
ister, England, will lead to impor
tant developments in regard to the
recent London explosions.
OCONEE COURT. ] * I «f
Poisoned by* Nurse.
Some eight years ago I waalnoou-
There was little done on the civil I latcd with poison by a nurse who
docket. I infected my babe with blood taint
On Wednesday, the criminal 1 The little child lingered along until
docket was taken up, and the fol- j it was about two years ojd, when its
lowing cases were disposed of I little life was yielded up to the fear-
during Wednesday, Thursday and ful poison. For six long years! have
Friday: suffered untold misery. I was coveYv 4
State vs. Richard Young, col.— I ed with sores and ulcers from head to
assault with intent to murder. Ver- loot, and in my great extremity I
diet guilty, and sentence two years I prayed to die. No language can ex
in penitentiary. press my feelings of woe during
John Milboin, col., indicted for those long six years. I had the best
stealing a horse. Pleaded guilty to medical treatment Several physi-
the charge, and received a sentence cianssuccessively treated me, but all
tor 6 years. to no purpose. The Mercury andPot-
Reuben Wade, colored, was ash seemed to add fuel to th£ awful
charged with assault with irttent to I flame which’ was I devouring me.
murder, but as the indictment was I About three months ago I was ad-
defective, he was allowed a verdict vised to take Swift’s Specific. We
of not guilty. I got two bottles, and I felt hope again
Two colored bushwhackers, revive in my breast — nope
named Ben. and George Bush were for health and happiness again,
convicted of burglary. But alas I we had spent so mnch for
Bern: P. Gregory, Jr., white, was medical treatment that we were too
tried for assault with intent to mur- poor to buy it. Oh 1 the agony of
der on the person of T. L: Fam- that moment 1 Health and happiness
brough, and a verdict ot shooting within your reach, but too poor to
at another returned. This was the grasp it. I applied, however, to
most important and interesting those who were able and willing to
case tried. Solicitor General Brown help me, and I have taken Swift’s
and James R. Lyle for the state, I Specific and am now sound and well
Judge Erwin, Hon. Pope Barrow I once more. Swift's Specific is the
and Geo. D. Thomas, Esq., for de- j best blood purifier in the world, and
fense. the greatest blessing of the age.
Chas. Sims, colored, was tried Mrs. T. W. Lee
for burglary, and a vetdict of not Greenville, Ala, Sept. 4.
Treatise on Blood and Skin '
guilty returned, He was then put
on trial tor carrying concealed wea
pons, and convicted.
Thos. C. Fambrough was tried
for the use of opprobious words,
and a verdict of not guilty render
ed.
This is a strong showing for E,
T. Brown, Esq., the newly com
missioned Solicitor-General, to have
been so successful at his first court,
J A large dynamite.cartridge, with
fuse attached, was found lying on
[the pavement in Chattanooga.
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