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DEVll QUOTIIW SCRIPTURE."
\ prominent liquor man' re
,d to u» l*»t Week that the only way
, (1 defeat prohibition vras for its op-
-onents to keep their mouths shut
filial no sensible argument could
possibly be offered in favor of tije
traffic* while the prohibiffonistv
we re arrayed in impenetrable
>rm „r. But it seems that Coi. Mark
pitman, that auburn-haired Demos-
llu'iies from the “Free State,” is of
s different way of thinking. In
I'ict. he to-day prances to the front
in a lengthy article and valliantly
himself in the breech, boldly
to the world that the
proclaiming l
constitution
for which our fore-
fat hi' 1
fought, bled and died floated
id of
It
liquor, and that
prohibition, like the wooden nut-
nu .£ and abolition, is one of the in-
:V:a.il mis-iles tired at the Southern
nfojiie from the top of Bunker Hill
monument. This gallant knight
comes roaring to the rescue of the
; otior sellers of Clarke, and not
0 „,i publishes statements spawned
ih, fertile brain of this great de
wier. but shoots Bible quotations
,i ..in head with a recklessness that
.tioivs the Colonel has not confined
jj „f his talent to Greer’s almanac.
Phe-e latter arguments we will leave
10 our clerical friends to answer, not
j„ i.a\or\ well posted in the scrip-
; u ies. But when Col. Pitman be-
,, ;I i-to qii te modern political liis-
t n. Ire will find us always on deck.
\Van he sa>s toe ' Maine liquor
v\a- repealed in a short time,’’
in- .ire constrained to the belief that
M.i.ii-otr .onnty has a revised edi
tion of Kq> Van Winkle in her
Midst, that only t.eeds developing
n some Washington Irving to be-
.. me famous. Does Col. Pitman
cterrrad lire newspapers, or under
hand them after they are perused?
We make these charitable queries
from lire fact that every man, wc-
1 1,.111 .nisi child in the United States,
we thought, knew that the state of
.Maine not only strictly adhered to
I inhibition, but only a few months
- rice the people. b\ an ovcrwhelm-
.1.0 m ii iiiry, crcpiessed their ap
proval cii hi 1 ' workings of the law
n eng ratting . r Ule con-litution of
me state a clause forever forbidding
r.rc impoi latioir, licensing, or
-a v lit' intosicaling liquors within
trieri bounds. Not r. single state
iii.ii eier adopted prohibition has
n-ciiHled lire law, and wherevei
tc-ten we hear the most grati-
s. of its good
slowly but surely
r our great country,
\ ears from to-day we
lieve that the. national
g iseiiunenl will lackle and eternal-
11 -tr.uigle the monster. Col. Pit-
ir.an i si cnie.1 the idea that whisky-
i.r.i sing ti ls our chain-gangs, and
clinches his words by suying that a
‘•prominent trait of the-negro race
is knavery." If this gallant knight
ft■ iiii M.nlison will carefully readthe
charge of Judge Simmons, publish
es! In us last Sunday, wherein he
states that crime has lessened two-
rlnisls in the "dry counties,” as also
the letter from Mayor Berry, of
Newnan, (who once opposes! pro
mt Imm.) wherein that gentleman
lo.sll) proclaims that a suppression
ul the liquor traffic has wrought a
great moral reformation in his town
ami county, we think Col Pitman
»ii! find that he again went ofi
half-cocked. In fact, if he has mis-
quoted the Bible as badly as mod
em history, our auburn-haired friend
should now he on his knees petition,
iirg for pardon. We admit that the
prominent feature in some negroes
is knavery, and if we mistake not
this will he the very classs upon
which Col M. D. L. Pitman’s liq
uor-sell.ng triends will most rely for
the.! M,ies. But there are among
these people many who are neither
suave, nor thieves, but will vote for
t c a Ivancemenl of their race and
tt.e good ot society. This is the
c.jss upon which the prohibitionists
rely, and we will find enough in
Curse county to vote out the curse.
Thtr e are among the whites as we**
*s tire blacks knaves and thieves;
hut this question will separate
tile wheat from the chaff and
let tire people know upon whom
they can depend. At the approach
ing election, it oply one colored man
m Clarke county voter tor prohibi
trim, we shall respect him the more
tor his manhood, and will not see
him denounced because a majority
ul his race acted differently. The
inline mission of the Banner-Watch
man will be to separate those colored
men who vote for principle and
what they conceive to be right from
tnat gang ©I street loafers who are
lead to the polls by a.bottle of mean
liquor or a few silver half dollars.
HO XXXfV.
ATHENS, GEORGIA., TTJE6foA.Y, PEBBTTABY 17, 1885.'
the insane asylum. • It has reduced
aoo,ooo ot our children to beggary.
It forages upon us and robs us of
our property one way and another
annnually to the amount of $2,000,-
000,000. It causes about three-
fourths of the crimes and pauper
isms of our land. It has built in
Our country 130,000 forts and arse
nals in the shape of licensed grog
shops. It has also built manufacto
ries of the implements of war in
our land in the shape of distilleries
and breweries, where it prepares
instruments of death wherewith to
hunt our lives. And strange, pas
sing strange, that many of our fel
low-citizens should look upon this
work of death with indifference,
yea, even with approbation! To
arms! to arms! fellow-citizens!
Put ye on the whole armor of God,
rally around the flag of the cross,
nerve yourself for the conflict, and
march to the field.
OUT OF THE LAST DITCH AND INTO A MUD-
PUDDLE.
KING ALCOHOL’S ARMY.
* n the ninth chapter of Revela-
t'un. from the first to the eleventh
v * r *s, is found the description of
a K'tat plague to come upon the
tanli, h came out of a great smoke
'diat issued from the bottomless* pit.
lire agents of this scourge were
'•sc locusts, having the power of
’torpions. These locusts were like
horses prepared for war. They had
crown * of gold, faces like men, hair
1'ke women, teeth like lions, breast
l 21 *tes of iron and tails like scorpl
ons . with stings in them. The
ur tjci of the abyss—Apollyon-
1 ,tlr king. The noise of their wings
* s 'hey moved on in their work of
C'ment was like that of many
horses and chariots; and their work
''as so tormenting that the people
‘ought death as a way of escape
e, >' much so is the great army of
Ut 'atures engaged in making, vend
m g and drinking that which intoxi
c »tes. ]f this army is not identical,
1114 similar in many respects. They
* Vt 'he same king, and are doing
* similar work.
PROHIBITION AND FREE SCHOOLS.
This mighty array the past year
^ slain nearly 100,000 of our citi
J' 1S - It has wounded 100,000
ore i many of whom will never re
°' w ' It haS'Captured and im-
^‘oned 100,000 morel ThU is a
d * r * l,ct » each year strong
Mnd * that number to beer
P ‘on, to the poor house and to
We are reliably informed that
certain liquor advocates, unable to
answer the solid arguments shot
into their ranks by the prohibition
ists, have resorted to a warfare
of such a nature that we believe
many of the gentlemen now enlisted
on that side will turn away in dis
gust. Finding there are colored
men in our city and county that
they cannot buy with money raised
in Atlanta, Augusta, Kentucky and
Ohio, they are now trying to poison
and prejudice this class and draw
them from the side of good govern
ment and morality, by telling them
that the editor of the Banner-Watch
man and other parties working for
prohibition are their old enemies,
and are now trying to “soft-soap”
the negro to get his vote. So far
as the editor of this paper is con
cerned, he has not one particle of
interest in the prohibition move
ment, more than any good citizen
who wishes to see his land ridden
rc ‘ of a blighting curse. There is not
a man in Athens but what has
equally as much interest in closing
bar-rooms as the writer. We never
asked a colored man in our life to
vote with us, and never expect to.
The remarks that we have address
ed to them through our columns is
the truth, and no one more fully re
alizes the fact than the liquor seller.
We have given employment to a
large number of colored peoplei
were reared on a plantation with
many slaves before emancipation,
and we defy any one to say that
we ever wronged a single member
of this race of a nickel or treated
them otherwise than with the great
est kindness. If you will ask any
darkey who has ever been in our
employ, he will tell you whether
we are the enemy that certain liquor
advocates try to paint us. We have
never shot, knocked down, cheated
ur otherwise mistreated one of these
people, but always dealt by them
fairly and humanely. Can some of
those who are now trying to en-
flamethis prejudice saj as much?
We have been severe in our paper
on a certain class of negroes who
are seeking to stir up strife and en
mity between the races, who are
always for sale at every election, or
are guilty of violating the laws of
our land. We denounced such
creatures as “social incendiaries,”
howling Zulus” and applied other
epithets descriptive of their char
acter. We have no apology to
make, and will repeat the dose as
often as occasion demands. But no
colored voter needs wear this cap
unless it fits him. We have never
failed in our columns to speak a
kind word for those of this race
who have proved themselves good
citizens, and it is now our mission
to draw the lines on this class of
voters—separating those who are
willing to work with the whites and
advance the prosperity and peace
and order of our country from that
band of vagrants who look upon
the ballot as an article of merchan
dise. We are actuated by neither
policy or reward, but an honest de
sire to build up our city and inau'
gurate an era of friendship and good
will between the whites and blacks.
You will now see that the tone of
the democratic press South is to
lift up and assist the colored race.
The whites intend to give them a
fair trial, and see if they can and
will appreciate the condition of the
country, and vote and work with
the better class of people for mutual
good. We do not intend that those
colored men who hold principle
above gain shall in future be de
nounced and ostracised. They
shall be kept separate from the
black sheep. The prohibitionists
do not insult the colored man by
offering to buy his vote, but we say
to them, work with us, and we
pledge that we will put you on a
plane that will do more for the ele
vation of your race than even Abra
ham Lincoln’s emancipation procla
mation. Why does the liquor seller
want you vote? Simply that he
may have a legal right to wrest from
you your hard-earued money, and
instead ofmakingyougood citizens,
render you dninkards, murderers,
thieves and incendiaries. The pro-
hibitionists are now trying to save
you from yourself and the liquor
advocates are endeavoringto entrap
you for destruction. The man who
sells his vote to liquor, sells the
happiness and liberty of his race.
The prohibitionists appeal to the
judgment and sense of the negro—
the liquor seller to his depraved
appetite and baser nature. The
election on the as* of February
will decide how many of the colored
race are entitled to the rights of a
free suffrage., {'\J
ilnr Arjumunt or Us Liquor Man CUnshM.
The editor of the Banner-Watch
man is the author of the movement
to establish free schools in Athens,
and he pledges himself that our city
will have them as soon as the bill
passes the legislature and arrange
ments can be made. The liquor
men, we learn, are arguing to the
colored people that to vote out liq
uor will be to kill free schools. It
is not true, but on the other hand,
prohibition will the sooner force the
necessity of public schools in our
midst. Athens don’t gain one dol
lar from the bar-room tax, for it all
goes to pay the increased expense
that the hellish traffic forces upon
our citizens. With the $5,000 we
are to get from the Peabody fund,
public schools can be established
without increasing taxation one dol
lar. We know what we are talking
about, and the clerk of council will
tell you the same. We hereby
pledge ourself that if Clarke county
goes for prohibition, just so soon as
arrangements can be made that our
city shall have free schools. We
would ask the colored people if they
can best depend on the liquor advo
cates for the advancement of their
race, or the class of bnsiness men or
citizens who are arrayed under the
banner of prohibition? Lean upon
rum shops for support, and you will
go down to degradation. Whisky
is doing more to ruin you to day
than even free schools can benefit.
Be men—think and act for yourself
—and not be pliant tools in the
hands of a few men who seek to use
you as a means lo work your own
destruction that they may fatten and
grow rich on your hard-earned
money. Will the few paltry dollars
hid for your vote overbalance the
fetters that you fix upon your limbs?
No! a thousand times no!
SPEER ON TRIAL.
Tbe Senate Judiciary Takes Dp His Case—Senator
Colquitt Presents His Reasons Why the Nomina
tion Should Not ho Confirmed, and Senator
Brown Wilt Show Why It Should Be.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The
judiciary committee of the senate
had a called meeting this morning,
and considered Speer’s nomination
for the judgship of the southern
Georgia district. All the members
of the committee except Logan
wete present. Senators Brown and
Colquitt attended. Senator Col
quitt laid before the committee at
length the reasons for which he op
posed Speer’s confirmation, and
presented the protests which had
been sent from several cities in the
southern 'district. At the conclu
sion of his remarks, the committee
adjourned until to-mortow. Sena
tor Brown will then address the
committee in favor of the confirm
ation, and Senator Colquitt may say
something further.
Hit Visit lo Hew Orleans and BU Vievs of Pub
lic Hen.
Jefferson Davis, as is well known,
accompanied the Philadelphia party
with the Liberty bell to New Or
leans, and during the ride to tbe
city the Baltimore Sun correspond
ent had an agreeable chat with him.
His mind is clear and still alive, but
there are signs of physical break-up
in his appearance. He is 76 years
old. having been born in Kentucky
in June, 1808. He is very severe on
Gen. Sherman, and will in a short
time present to the public an arti
cle on the subject, which is expect
ed to be a very vigorous document.
He says Gen. Sherman is not wor
thy of a reply, but in justice to his
(Mr. Davis’) friends and the cause
he represented he will shortly give
to the public a complete vindication
of his course while serving as Presi
dent of the Confederacy. Mr. Davis
says Gen. Sherman has not furnish
ed any pipof to support his accusa
tion that he (Davis) contemplated
the establishment of despotic power
in the South during the war, and
denies in the most emphatic terms
that he ever wrote a letter upon
which such an accusation can be
founded. Most persons, and Gen.
Sherman included, are laboring un
der the impression that Mr. Davis
lost or had captured or stolen from
him during the late unpleasantness
all of his private papers, letters, etc.,
but this is not the case. Mr. Davis
informed the correspondent that'he
has in his possession copies of all
the letters he wroe during the war,
including his messages. These val
uable records were saved for him
by a Catholic priest, who recovered
and hid them for him until after his
release from prison. Mr. Davis’an
swer to the charges of Gen. Sher
man will contain several extracts
from them.
On being asked who was the
greatest man he ever met in public
life Mr. Davis answered:
McNUT 001S
On the 1st inst., Mr. Isaac Oldham
and Miss Emma Hamilton were
made happy in marriage, Rev. Wm.
Lee officiating. They have many,
friends who wish them a long and
peaceful union.
A few days ago we had the pleas
ure of visiting the beautifuljanu ele
gant home ot Mr. and Mrs. G. T.
Murrell. They know exactly how
to entertain one in a superb manner,
which they did for us to our own
satisfaction and gratification. Mr.
Murrell would reeeive legislative
honors with honor and distinction,
and we hope to see him so honored
at the next election for member for
the general assembly.
Misses Mattie Griffeth and Pau
line Foster, of Greshamville, are the
guests of Miss Frank Nunnally.
They are beautiful and charming
to the extreme, and many hearts are
growing passionately fond of them.
We are indebted to Messrs, Hoge
and Lambert, and Misses Bush and
Saunders, of the committee, of Jug
Tavern, for an invitation to visit the
grand masquerade ball, which came
off at Sander’s hall on the eveaing
of the 13th inst.
Mr. W. D. Griffeth has exchang
ed his Oconee farm for one in Mc
Nutt district. Mr. Griffeth’s object
was to get where the unsightly
fences are things of the past. This
shows not only that Mr. Griffeth is
man of good judgment, but a man
ol fine taste.
Since the fences have been re
moved, Jim Wood says “it looks
like the world haa been turned
aloose.” Mr. Wm. Summeis says
he “intends to have a cotton patch
out doors this year.” Isaae Epps,
col., says “a negro can now have a
patch anywhere.”
Cholera is destructively raging
among the hogs, and if not abated,
will leave the country in a needful
condition. C. B. Daniell.
“John C. Calhoun. He was a no
ble, genial, warm-hearted gentle
man withal. Gen. Jackson was a
greater man, if we judge by results,
but he was not learned. He was
a safe man, and had more sound
common sense than any roan I ever
knew. Gen. Taylor was also a great
man, and one of the best friends I
had in the world, but I did not sup
port him for President. John Quin
cy Adams was also a great states
man, and perhaps the best equipped
man I ever knew.”
To the question as to who, in his
opinion, was the ablest General in
the Confederacy Mr. Davis unhesi
tatingly answered:
“Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston
was the ablest man, either civil or
military, that was in the Confedera
cy. Had he lived he would un
doubtedly have annihilated Grant’s
army at the battle of Shiloh.”
tva«a • Cjclon* ul a TM1M0.
The following circular from the
BU Trip Across tie Valley 0/ the Kile and Lije
in Khartoum.
They Won’t Mix.
We learn that some of the liquor
men are trying to influence the col
ored vote by mixing it up with the
fence issue. They are as far apart
as the’ poles, and show to what ex
tremities this side are reduced tor
argument. In fact, some of the
most earnest no-fence men in our
county are now fighting prohibi
tion. Any one who would at
tempt such an argument must look
upon the colored race as a set of
natural born idiots. The only thing
that you can lay at the door of pro
hibition is good government and the
peace and order of society.
Texas Struck.
Several years ago a young man
left this county for Texas, and by
the time he had reached his majori
ty returned home with an independ
ent fortune and invested in a fine
farm and set of mills. His success
ran all of his old schoolmates wild,
and every week we hear of young
men and boys leaving for the west.
They will find where one succeeds
a hundred fail. It is only the lucky
few whoever report progress. There
is more clear money on the red hills
of Georgia than the west
THE HOG ATE DYNAMITE.
Madison (Wli.) Democrat
The question of the work of dy
namite fiends in London, recently
being discussed in many of the pub
lic resorts of this city, many stories
were told of terrible destructions
that this material had caused, at
times. By and by a cap sheaf took
its place. A gentleman remarked:
“Talk about dynamite, I can tell
you a true story of what nitro-gly-
cerine once did in our state. It was
out near Prairie du Chien, where
they were blasting in a cut on the
Prairie du Chien division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
road. The contractor had several
kegs of the stuff in an underground
place. One day a workman went
to get some and left the place open;
by and by some hogs came along,
and one of them slipped into this
place where the combustible itself
was kept. The hog found a keg
open, and as glycerine is as sweet
almost as honey the animal filled
himself. He came out by and by
and soon wandered into a stable
near by which contained 40 horses
belonging to the contractor. The
hog got fooling around among the
horses’ hind legs, when one of them
drew off and gave Mr. Hog a good
one. The concussion started the
business, and not a vestige was ever
discovered ot the hog, or a single
horse, or the stable. And where
the stable once stood there was a
hole in the earth 50 feet deep and
not more than 200 feetin circumfer
ence.”
There is a gentleman in this city
knowing to these facts.
Lua Hurst’s Tricks Selvsd.
Conyers, GA.,Feb. 7.—We have
here three full fledged, well devel
oped Lula Hursts. Their names
can be obtained on application.
They profess to duplicate anything
that Miss Lula does, and explain
the phenomena to their entire satis
faction. It is strange, passing
strange, that the best scientists of
the world cannot explain it, and lo
and behold, when she reaches Con
yers, the whole thing is solved, the
mystery is unraveled.
weather bureau boss is published for
the information of very ignorant
newspaper fellows and married men
who cannot distinguish between a
cyclone and a tornado, or any other
kind of a family squall. Our es-
eemed friend, Gen. Hazen says:
In view of the confusion that
now exists in the use oi the words
“tornado” and “cyclone,” the atten
tion of editor* ana reporters is re
quested to the following brie! de
scription of the characteristics of
these very distinct kinds of storms,
tn order to attain, if possible, the
desirable end of a uniform termi
nology:
Cyclone.—A name suggested by
Piddington, in East India, about 40
years age, to apply to the violent
storms of the Bay of Bengal and
other tropical regions; synonymous
with typhoon of the China seas and
hurricane of the West Indies. A
broad storm, from 100 to 500 miles
in diameter, characterized by a
broad cloud disc, from which heavy
rain falls; with spiral inward blow
ing winds of destructive violence
near the centre, but with a calm
space (ten or fifteen miles in diam
eter) at the centre itself khown as
the “eye of the storm.” The ba
rometer always records a low at
mosphere pressure near the storm
centre. Cyclones have a progres
sive motion, not directly visible, but
apparent in the passing changes of
the weather that they bring. The
broad storms, often ot but moderate
violence, accompanied by a heavy
wide spreading sheet of cloud with
rain or snow, bring warm weather
in their front half and cold in their
rear, which frequently covers a
considerable number of our states
at once, exhibit nearly all the pecu
liarities of cyclones, although this
name is not yet generally applied
to them by all meteorologists. In
our country such cyclonic storms
never leave a narrow path of de
structive action along the track of
their central passage, but they are
rather beneficial than otherwise, as
they bring the greater share of our
rains. As a whole, these cyclonic
storms travel across our country,
from west to east, at a rateoftwenty-
gve to thirty miles an hour, the same
storm ofjen endures for a week and
its path may be followed for several
thousand miles.
Tornadoes.—Are violent local
storms, which appear, from records
made by the numerous volunteer
tornado reporters in co-operation
with the signal service, to be gener
ated only in certain parts of the
broad relatively harmless cyclone
storm. Tornadoes are marked by
their well known whirling funnel
cloud and by their narrow path of
destruction, within which few struc
tures can withstand their violence.
They are, therefore very local. They
advance at a rate of twenty-five to
thirty miles an hour, corresponding
to the progression of .the great cy
clone storm within which they are
generated; and a single tornado
seldom endures more than
hour or two. A number of
tornadoes frequently occur
the same day in adjacent slates,
and are commonly associated with
thunder storms and gales or squalls
of violent straight line winds. The
name tornado has been used as
here indicated since the early part
of this century in this country and
Europe. Its replacement by cy
clone is very recent and should be
avoided in order to prevent confu
sion.
It is desired to give this circular
as general publicity as possible so as
to gain, in the coming tornado sea
son, a use of the words tornado and
cyclone that shall correspond with
their original and technical mean
ings, and with the terminology of
meterologists throughout the
world.
The Signal Service reports never
apply the word cyclone to our wes
tern tornadoes and it is hoped that
the daily press of tbe United States
will follow tbe usage of the service.
W. B. Hazen.
Gen. Gordon has been shut up
in Khartoum since May, and the
last word heard from him was that
he could hold his position for twen
ty years. He was sent from Eng-
land just a year ago, and the story
of his travels is full of adventure.
In 1881 Mahomet Achmet, of Don-
gola, aanounccd to the world that
he was directed by God, and under
the title of Mahdi.called to his stan
dard all the tribes around Islam,
Kardofan and the Western Soudan
to battle with him in the cause of
universal equality and a community
of goods.
Hicks Pasha, the English com
mander and the flower of the Egyp
tian troops were swept away by
the False Prophet, who next turned
his banners towards Khartoum and
Assum and the other towns along
the line of the Red Sea held by
English garrisons. Col. Coetlo-'
gon’s six thousand troops could not
leave Khartoum, for outside the
Mahdi’s forces stood ready to cut
them to pieces. The English press,
after the publication of an interview
with Chinese Gordon, in which the
General said evacuation meant
Board ot Trusts**.
The following is a revised fist of
the board of trustees of Cleveland
academy: T. N. Lester, J. E. Brad-
berry, T. D. Jennings, C. B. Dan
iel, W. P. H. Epps, J. L. McLeroy,
A. T. Hale, W. P. Jonas,Clay Poss
J oel Malcom, F. H, Sims, Z. Sikes,,
ames Hardeman, with T. N. Les
ter, president, J. E. Bradberry, vice;
T. D. Jennings, 2d vice; C. B.
Daniel, secretary.
death, demanded that he be sent to
the Soudan to treat with the Mahdi,
and on Jan. 18, 1884, he left Lon
don.
The first word of hope that came
to the English soldiers at Khartoum
was in the spirited telegram they
received from Gen. Gordon when
he reached Cairo. It ran thus:
“You are men, not women. Be not
afraid. I am coming.”
Gordon traveled by rail, boat and
dromedery, and at every village
through the valley of the Nile he
called the petty chiefs 10 him and
invited them to Khartoum, there
to discuss the independence of the
Soudan. The three years of war
fare which the people had waged
under the leadership of the Mahdi
had been fruitful only in devasted
villages, and they seemed very
anxious to break their disagreeable
union with the False Prophet. But
in order to pacify the Mahdi he
proclaimed him Sultan of Kordo-
fan, at which time he cabled to
England that his success had eclips
ed his his hopes. At Khartoum he
was proclaimed the savior of the
people. He took off half the taxes
and burnt the assessment rolls in
the market place. The doors of
the prisoners were thrown open
and political prisoners freed. In
March came the first rumors from
Kordofan than the Mahdi had or
ganized an army of 300,000 men,
and come out to rid the country of
both infidel and Turk. Fanatics
from all parts answered his call,
and then Gordon discovered that
the road from Berber to Suakim,
by which, in just such an event as
occurred, he could escape with his
garaison, was closed and guarded
by the False Prophet. On March
15 Gordon, with 3.000 men, fought
the battle pf Halhyeh, and through
the treachery of two Pashas, whom
he afterwards shot, was defeated.
Gen. Graham captured Tokar and
won a victory from Osman Digma,
hut Gordon, seeing the roads closed
behind him, sent word to England
that unless he wax speedily assist
ed Graham’s victory would go for
naught, and his much-needed help
did not leave England until Sep
tember under Wolseley’s command,
while Gordon and his garrison
waited anxiously at Khartoum.
WHISKY FOR SICKNESS.
No Trouble About Soouring It If p
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
Bom Signal Men May Watch Moving Trains in a
Mirror.
An apparatus has just been in
vented, says the Paris Morning
News, which is simply astounding,
for with it the traveler need no
longer tear any accidents. Safety
will be assured on railroads. This
apparatus permits the employee
charged with the duty to see in a
mirror the entire section of the road
he is to control, with all the trains
in motion, and he knows at every
instant just exactly where each
train is. When one of them ap
proaches another at a distance
which is dangerous he can imme
diately signal the menaced train.
The apparatus consists of a sheet
of opaque glass, on which the rails
are indicated by horizontal lines and
the stations by vertical ones num
bered. Little arrows, representing
the trains, move along the horizon
tal lines. They are put in motion
by aid of electricity developed by
the contact of metallic brushes at
tached to the locomotives with zinc
bands placed along the rails. The
train thus continually traces its
trajectory on the glass indicator.
The apparatus was exhibited
some days ago in Germany to a
commission ot Berlin scientists.
MAY HANG FOB MARRYING A
CHILD.
Wheeling, Feb. 8.—Sam Ervine,
a prosperous farmer of Pocahontas
county, is likely to receive a sen
tence of a long term of imprison
ment or even hanging on account of
his marriage. He married Matilda
McCarty, only eleven years old,
while his age is fifty-five. The
county is teiribly excited over the
wedding. The law was complied
with so far as the license is concern
ed, and the consent of the juvenile
bride’s parents was obtained. But
it is claimed that the latter, who are
poor, received a sum of money for
their consent and practically sold
their child to the farmer. The girl
is comely in appearance and looks
older than she really is. The mar
riage is a violation ot a West Vir
ginia statute.^ The citizens are in
censed and will prosecute Ervine to
the fullest extent. The penalty im
posed is either imprisonment or
hanging, according as the jury may
decide'. The clerk who issued the
license is also threatened with pros
ecution.
A FEMALE DESPERADO.
A REMARKABLE RECOVERY.
On the second day of Tanuary
past, Etta Worley, a seven-year-old
girl, the step-daughter of Nelson
Carroll, who lives three miles from
Carnesville, was kicked by a mule.
At the edge of the hair above the
eve, the skull was fractured to the
size of 4 half dollar. Part of the
fractored bone was taken out by
Dr. H. M. Freeman, the physician
in attendance. He also removed a
half teaspoonful of the brain that
protruded into the wound. On the
1st, this inst., when the doctor call
ed to see her she was out at play
with the other children, and suffer-
fering no apparent' inconvenience,
from the wound, which is not en
tirely healed. Her mind does not
seem to be effected by the loss of a
portion of the brain. We have
heard of persons living after a por
tion of the brain had been removed,
and rare instances of the kind are
well authenticated, but we have al
ways been somewhat skeptical on
the subject; there is however no
mistake about this case.—Carnes
ville Register. »
The cost of the Greeley expedition
was $759,265.
American officers are enlisting in
the Chinese army.
Alabama ofiers $5,000 reward for
the capture of Vincent
Wm. Doty, an Atlanta shoe-
dealer, has assigned.
Johnson Bros., jewelers, made an
assignment at Rome, Ga.
A Pennsylvania girl fired a bullet
into the side of her seducer.
The South will have at least two
places in Cleveland’s cabinet.
The wind storm, Monday, tore
off several roofs Jn, Conyers.
There have been jail escapes in
both Quitman and Douglasville, Ga
The Exposition is $360,000 in
debt and asks congress for a half
million.
A resumption of work at the
Braddock, Pa., steel works, gives
4,000 men employment.
700 Mexican marauders are de
vastating the country. The citizens
are arming and a pitched battle may
be expected.
It seems that Mr. Gladstone or
dered Wolseley’* men to take a
dangerous route to Khartoum be
cause it would take less money. J
A negro was lynched in Texas
for outraging a 13-year-old white
Two men who attempted the life
of*the Emperor were executed in
Prussia.
At a railroad accident in Nebras
ka 16 persons were wounded and7
killed.
The Stone Mountain distillery
has shut down for want of a store
keeper.
Senator Wade Hampton’s friends
deny that he will marry Rhea, the
actress.
The factory operatives at Peters
burg, Va., are being supported by
public charity.
Miss Sophie Richardson, the
young lady who was run over by a
dray in Atlanta, is dead.
A freight train collided with an
oil train in New Jersey, and a $750,-
000 fire was the result. Only one
man burned to death.
Wilmington, Del., Feb. 7.—Nine
convicts were whipped at Newcas
tle this morning, eight for larceny
and one for burglary. The latter
was a negro, who received twenty
lashes and was stood for an hour in
the pillory. The others received
ten lashes each.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 7.—A spe
cial from Frankfort says: A super
ficial investigation of the records of
theJState of Kentucky, shows be
yond question that a system of rob
bery has been carried on for the
past 13 years, which rivals anything
ever heard of. At the same time it
has been conducted under the cov
er of law. It is evident that the
amount stolen will not fall short of
$2,000,000.
Perry, Ga., Feb. 6.—The family
of Judge Nottingham had a narrow
escape from poisoning at the hands
ot a negro named Cook. Mrs. Not
tingham, noticing a peculiar skim to
the milk at breakfast table, tasted it
and found it bitter. The pitcher
was immediately laid aside until it
was examined, and it was found
tinctured with morphine. Cook
was arrested, and confessed to a de
sign to poison the entire family, say
ing, “Der was too many white
folks, and some of dem should be
killed.” Intense excitement exists
in regard to affairs growing out ol
fears that the plot for poisoning may
be extending to other cooks.
Tuesday night a fire broke out in
Gainesville, Ga., destroying tbe
store of R- Smith and the stable of
Harrison Martin. The flames were
arrested after a loss of $i0,000. The
new court-house suffered but slight
ly. At Savannah, the cotton pickery
of Floyd Bros, was burned and 400
bales of cotton damaged:
Ready for Business.
The North-Eastern Railroad Tel
egraph Company is now ready for
business and are now having their
blanks printed. H. R. Bernard is
superintendent Their rates are
the same as the Western Union.
The Race Vole.
There are about 60 more white
voters in Clarke than eolored. The
blacks owe about $1,5000 back taxes.
This will take a good pile of corrup
tion money. The colored prohibi
tion element have paid their taxes.
Paid His Flee.
Mr. Gregory, of Oconee county,
last Saturday paid his fine and costs,
amounting to.$250. Most of the
money went to Solicitor-General
Brown, and was a very nice send-
off for that faithful young officer.
,.L*r. Hill's Brothers.
The late Senator Benj. H. Hill
has two surviving brothers. Mr.
LaFaye|teis a ' wealthy farmer of
Middle-Texas, while Rev. Allen
Hill is a Baptist minister living m
Northern Arkansas: -
The liquor advocates, finding that
their arguments are stranded one by
one, have started a new theory, viz.:
that if prohibition passes in Clarke
county, to secure whisky even in a
case ot sickness you must first pay
some doctor $1 to prescribe it. We
took upon ourselves yesterday to
interview our physicians on this sub
ject, and they laughed in our face
at such a foolish question. They
said a doctor would be disgraced to
take such a contemptible advantage,
and if a man used a barrel of whisky
for medicinal purposes he would
find no trouble in getting it lawfully
at tbe wholesale price; that they
have often written orders for it on
Sunday, and never thought of
charging for so small a service. Dr.
Lyndon says the drug stores will
keep tbe best brands, and so far as
he is concerned, will sell it at the
same price as now, for sickness,
and pledge himself to charge noth
ing for the presciption. “But,” the
Doctor remarked, “do you know
that there is net one case in a thou
sand where liquor is of any service
as a-medicine. There are plenty of
medicines that wili have the same
effect, and are not near so danger
ous.” One minute the liquor men
are affirming that more whisky will
be sold in Athens if prohibition car
ries than ever before, *and in the
very next breath they assert that
yon can’t even buy it in case of
sickness. This is certainly a beau,
tiful line of consistency to hpe to
win a fight on! The truth is, all
that they care for is to retail whisky
at $6 per gallon that costs them
from $1.14 to f 1.75. The day that
Clarke county votes out liquor
Othello’s occupation is gone, and it is
only the almighty dollar that they
tee in the contest.
-• Laid Sal* ia Grass*. ;>
The Jarrell farm, 7 miles from
Greenesboro, on the Oconee river,
was sold last Tuesday at public out
cry for $5,000. Col. Upson, of Lex-
ington, was the purchaser.
A colored couple living on John
Lewis’place, near Warrentoj, went
to the field, leaving their 5-year-old
son to take care of the House. In
the absence of the two the clothing
of the little'fellow caught fire, and)
frantic with pun and fright, he rush
ed into the open air and wak burnt
ton crisp. „ _
Gibson, Ga., Feb. 9.—On Satur
day last, Miss Vira Ivey, the Jeffer
son county woman desperado, was
arrested by George Kelley, sheriff of
Jefferson county, and lodged in jail.
The details are as follows: On
the night of the 12th of December,
’84, Jack McCauley appeared at her
room window to run away with
her, and was taking her goods as
she handed them out to him, when,
upon looking up again he received
a charge of buckshot in the head.
She was at the inquest, and swore
tha» she did the killing, but gave
the officers the dodge and left or
concealed herself. Her uncle, Tom
Ivey, an ex-convict, has been mak
ing arrangements for the past two
weeks to deliver her to the authori
ties in secret and have her commit
ment trial, with the view of employ
ing goad consel and clearing her,
but fortunately, enough knew it to
post the sheriff on the road, who
gathered her in before she reached
the court house, and conveyed her
behind the bars. Her Uncle Tom
was also arrested by the sherifl ot
McDuffie county, who had several
warrants against him for forgery,
perjury and carrying concealed
weapons, etc.
TWO MEN DIE FOR THE LOVE OF A
WOMAN.
THE RAILS SPREAD.
And a Fatal Accident Retailed on the Augutta
and Knoxville.
Hi ciAini
The attorneys in the stock law
contest from Buck Branch, before
opening the case, signed a paper
pledging themselves to stand by
the decision of Judge Jackson and
not carry it to any higher court.
The new law will go into force on
the istof March.
Bremen, Ga^Feb.9.—-In tbe elec
tion as to the sale of liquor here the
prohibitionists were successful W.
J. Reeves, who has sold whisky for
years, was one of the most active
advocates for, and voted for prohibi-
tlOBa'
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 9.—A fear
ful and fatal accident occurred to
day, ten mites from Augusta, in
which a whole freight train was
wrecked. The track of the Augus
ta and Knoxville road at Morris Sta
tion spread, being loosened by the
heavy rains, and threw the train
from the track and entirely demol
ished the whole train except the en
gine. The freight boxes are beyond
repair and only fit tor firewood.
Only two persons were injured, but
they seriously. The conductor, J.
C. Davis, was terribly mangled and
died when brought into Augusta
this afternoon. A train hand, also
white, named Judson Walling, was
seriously cut on the leg and arm.
Tbe other occupants jumped from
the train and escaped uninjured.
The track was repaired to-day.
GREENEVILLE.
A Murder and Suicide in Fickens County.
Greeneville, Feb. a.—The
story of a shocking tragedy m Pick
ens county, some miles above Pick
ens court bouse, on Tuesday night,
is told here to-day. The particulars,
so far as learned, are these: Dick
Mulligan, a white man, whileintox-
icated, seised a chair in a frenzy of
passion and threw it violently at his
wife. The wife avoided tbe blow
and their little daughter, 10 years of
age, passing just outside the door at.
the tithe, received the full force of
the chair upon her head land was
killed instantly. Horrified at what
he had done, Mulligan stood speech-
lets over the lifeless body of his
child for a time, and then retiring'
to a room in the house drew a razor
an<J cut bis own throat, dying in
Raleigh, Feb. 8—John P. Ward
and Elisha Prince, of Columbus
county, brothers-in-law, were on
the best of terms until two years
ago. Reports became current ot
improper relations between Ward
and Prince’s wife. The two eloped
and went to Georgia, but soon re
turned, tbe woman promising her
husband to be faithful in the future.
This irritated Ward, who was com
pletely infatuated with the woman.
Arming himself with a shotgun, a
revolver, two bottles of laudanum,
and a bottle of opium last Sunday,
he waylaid Prince and shot him
dead. Ward soon after met a neigh
bor and stated that he had killed
Prince and intended to take poison
himself. Several persons came up
and heard this threat Their at
tempts to prevent Ward’s carrying
it _ into execution, however, were
foiled by Ward’s pointing a revolver
at them. He drank a battle of lau
danum, went home and died. Both
men were buried on the same day in
the same cemetery.
TELLING HOW HE KILLED
GRANDMOTHER.
HIS
The proprietors of the Hotel
Brunswick in Ne w York have as*
signed.
Mahdi means Messiah. The au
tocrat of the Soudan is a religious
imposter.
The republican sheriff ot Centre
county, Pennsylvania, has appoint
ed his wife as his special deputy.
QpxEXfeFab, g.--rA rich widow
of Saint Rochs, seventy-four years ,
of age, was married to-day at the
Saint Rochs church to her coach- '
man, a youth aged nineteen years.
Erie, Pa., Feb. 4.—Rather than
take medicine, which he had been
ordered to do by his parents, John
Hiisch, eleven years old, went to
the barn to-day and committed sui
cide by hanging himself.
Raleigh, Feb. 5.—The legisla
ture to-day passed a bill incorporat
ing the town of Grover, in Cleve
land county, said to be the first
ilace in the United States nameif. ,
]'or the President-elect.
O’Donovan Rossa’s mother lies,
buried in St Lawrence cemetery,
in Charleston, S. C., having diet)
there in 1S70, while on a visit to
Mrs. Webb, her daughter, whose
husband was then a member of the
Charleston police.
The following dayshave been set
apart for special celebrations at the
New Orleans exposition: Fell, o,
Freemason’s day; Feb. 14, Florida
day; Feb. 19, South Carolina day,
and Feb. 27, Georgia day.
Havana, Feb. 5.—A number of
planters at Matamoras have deter
mined to retain the molasses pro
duced on their estates this season
and use it as manure, as the low
prices ruling fall short of paying
the expense of freight, storage, &c.
Lora Wolseley’s high opinion of
the military ability of Gen. Robert
E. Lee has not been recently form
ed. The Charleston News publish
ed some months ago a letter from
the same high authority, in which
he spoke of Gen. Lee as the great
est General of modern times.
Private advices received from
Philadelphia yesterday stated that
Gen. Grant has been obliged to de
cline Mr. George W. Child’s invita
tion to visit him on account of ill
health. It is said that he is troubled
with soreness at the root oi the
tongue, which causes him great
lain when he attempts to swallow.
:Ie has not smoked since Nov. 20.
David Davis has not seen his
toes ior upwards of ten years.
A steer was recently sold in Cin
cinnati weighing 4,350 pounds.
An earthquake shock’ travels
about twenty-five miles a minute.
H. H. Warner, the safe kidney
man, is a candidate for governor of
New York.
A boy of fourteen, at Eagle Point,
Ill., hanged himself because his
mother whipped him.
A Pennsylvania man married two
sisters; and, after both had died, he
married his step-mother.
Sergeant Mason, who. shot at
Guiteau, is living quietly on his Vir
ginia farm with Betty and the baby.
The Governor of Michigan re
ceives the salary of $1,000 a year,
while his private secretary is paid
$1,600.
The Massachusetts legislature has
refused to allow a woman preacher
of Nantucket to perform the mar
riage ceremony.
Thomas A. Edison says that in a
year’s time the New York elevated
railway train will be run entirely by
electricity.
A new cave has been discovered'
in Mercer county, Ky., which - has
been explored for three miles with
out the end being reached.
TWO MURDERS.
JUtiMling Arrut Hit Cabin it Fired and He it
Burned to Death.
Cairo, III., Feb. 8.—Frank Ab
ner, 15 years old, charged with mur
dering his grandmother, Mrs. Ross,
near Rock Creek,. Hardin county,
was lodged in the jail at Metropolis
last night. He confessed the deed,
and told his horrible tale with per
fect sang froid. He said that on
Monday evening, while he was
chopping wood for his grandmother ru * nl -
with whom he lived, Trumbull Wat
son came along and .induced him to
go into an adjacent wood and play;
saying, in rerfy to the prisoner’s ob
jections that nis grandmother would
whip him, “If she says anything to
on just knock her on the head.’’
Ira. Ross administered a sound
reprimand,' but did not whip the
truant, who went to bed surly and
with muttered threats. At about
midnight he arose, took an axe from
the shed, went to his grandmother’s
bedside and buried the weapon in
her brain, killing her instantly. The
boy is calm, sleeps and eats well,
ana does not seem to realize the
enormity of the crime.
CAUGHT WITH HIS VICTIM’S
CLOTHES.
Seattle, W. T., Feb. 5.—The
steamer Evangel, which arrived
here to-day from San Juan Island,
San Juan county, last Monday,
James Barker had gone hunting on
the island, and not returning after
a lapse of ten days, Sheriff John
Kelly, ot San Juan county, organiz
ed a party to search for him. They
arrived at the cabin of Hugh Parks,
an eccentric individual, who refus
ed them admission or even a drink
of water The sheriff then swore
out a warrant for the arrest of Parks
on the ground ot insanity, and the
men formed an ambush and watch'
ed the cabin.
After some time Parks was seen
to emerge from the cabin, dragging
the body of a dead man, which was
afterwards found to be that of the
missing James Barker. Parks again
secured himself in the cabin, and
for three days the cabin was close
ly watched, not a sign of life within
being manifested. At last Wilbur
Wilson, one of the SherifTs party,
volunteered to enter the cabin. He
approached the cabin, but as he
stepped into tbe doorway the crazy
man shot him dead. The sheriff and
his men, appalled atthis act, waited
no longer, but saturated a bale of
hay with coal oil, rolled it to the
cabin and fired it, burning the
building to the ground. ' A second
shot was fired in the cabin, but it is
notjeertain whether he shot himself
or at the men. The charred'body of
Parks was afterwards found in .the
Lynchburg, Va., Feb. 8.—The
body of the man found last Satur
day on Coal Mountains.near Wythe-
viUe, has been identified as that of a
.tinner from Pennsylvania, named
Perry. A negro named Alvah Jack-
son, has been indicted for the mur
der. Perry was arrdiushed and shot
by Jackson with a load of slugs, but
was ppt killed. The murderer then
beat him to death with a club Jack-
son was captured while playing a
banjo at a dance, dressed in the
bloody clothes of his victim.
a Belle Ryals, the 6-year-old daugh
ter of Henry Ryals, colored, who
lives three miles above Eastman,
received a severe cut on the foot
few minutes. Father and I brother 00
child were buried atS^iM church, from the eflfects _ _
m Pickens county, the following no medical attentioh^she bled to tkm of both life and property will
dfty- death, dying that night. •fiwli Ibe enormous. ,v ja.i-
HENDERSONVILLE.
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GEORGIA ITEMS.
The Terrible Fate of a Promine. North Carolina
Farmer.
Hendersonville, February 7.—
The details of the burying alive of a
prominent farmer of mis county
have just been received. John Jen
kins, the unfortunate in question,
fell ill, and after a prolonged illness
assumed the appearance of death
and was buried. Yesterday his
brother exhumed, the remains and
was tiorrified to discover that the
body had turned in the grave. Both
hands were full of hair which the
deceased had torn from his head
and beard in his frantic efforts to es
cape from his awful doom.
THE PARALYZING REVIVALIST.
Chicago Herald.
The mesmeric power of Mrs.
Woodworth, who i* conducting the
great revival at Hartford City, Ind.,
is said to be great. Her subjects
sre not always paralyzed at sight
but frequently go away and fittf
themselves prostrated afterward
The wickedest man in the tow?
entered the meeting the othfer night
for ‘the purpose of breaking it uy
As he strode up the aisle cursin;
in a loud voice the revivalist fixed
her eyes on Kim and he lost the
(lower of speech for the re'st of the
evening. 1
There are immense snow drifts in
.. , the Northwest, aftdithere i* Untold
with an axe in the hands of her suffering from cold. 500 trains: are
last; stalled and 5,000 passengers suffer-
ing,for- feod and fire. The destrtic-
A force of hands has been put
upon the contemplated railroad
from Madison to Valdosta, near the
latter place, and are wording their
wity toward Madison.
Sparta, Ga., Feb. 7.—Recover
ing but somewhat crazed from ex
cessive grief over the death of her
father, which occurred some days
ago, Miss Sue Broome on on Fri
day afternoon swallowed about for
ty grains of morphine. She died
this afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Thomson, February 7.—Mayor
Duiham reports to noon to-day one
new case of small pox, that of a ne- .
gro woman in tne quarantine sec
tion. We have not heard trom Mrs.
Reese to-day, as she lives several
miles in the country. All of the
other cases are recovering.
A little son aged 3 years, of Bo-
ney Flanders,' of Laurens county,
was drowned on Friday evening
last in a clay hole about 150 yards
from the house. The little fellow
was missed, and upon search being
made he was found dead in the clay
hole. Mr. Flanders was a member
of the grand jury and was in Dub
lin, where a messenger found him
and communicated to him the sud
den demise of his child.
H. C, Delong walked all the way
from Paulding county to Cumming
after a small yellow fice dog. The
dog had taken up with William
Dudley, of Forsyth county, who re
fused to give it up, but Delong
swore out a possessory • warrant, in
which he alleged that the dog was
10 years old and, worth. $10. The
case was finally settled by Dudley
paying the costs and giving up the
dog! DeLong took the gravel train
back to Paulding, leading his dog,
perfectly happy.
In Coffee county a few days ago
Daniel Peterson’s little son Mack
got burned nearly to death.in a cot
ton press. .Mr. Peterson was ab
sent and had a white man and a
negro boy packing cotton. The
negro boy was in the press and lit
tle Mack also, when tne negro took
out a match and struck it against
the walls of the press; arid they
both came very near burping to
death before they could be released
from their fiery prison. Both are
helpless yet, ana it is very* doubt-
ul whether they will recover.
Mrs. W. H. Houser, who livfes a
few miles from Fort Valley, has been
sick for several days, Friday when
alone in her room she arose from
her bed and went to the fireplace,
where she . fainted from exhaustion
and fell into the fire. The hair was;
burned from her head and her entire
face was baked almost brown. She
will probably lose .both eyes. The
burn was so deep as to destroy the
nerves of her face and she feels no
pain from it
Henry County Weekly: Wednes-
shocking
Her mother was oft’ at work, and she
was left in, (he cabin afonq, j, While
standing near tkp fire her clothing
ignited, and in an instant she'was
completely enveloped in flames. She
ran a distance of -too hyalrds to a . ~
branch,' and by throwing .herself
into the'water finally succeeded in
extinguishing the flames. Shb then
proceeded to the residence of Mr-
McKibben, who_ made a&Mty,?*-
amination.and discovered that she
was senously-if not - : fatally burned.
.She attempted to strip,"blit in demg
so the skin adhered to her clothing,
and.she"wa» completely crazed by J-
th'e paiii. She lingered in-this con
dition until Thursday morning,
when death came to. her relief. ] She /«|
was about 11 years.oM.