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mmm OFFICIAL ORGAN OF COUNTY AND CITY 80B8CUPHON, |160 FKB TEAK IN AD VANCE. 1IGBT CUCOUTIOI H IDBTHEiST BEOHBIA. T. L, GANTT, Editor & Prop’r A REGISTRATION LAW. After every election in Georgia, the necessity for a registration law becomes more and more apparent. It will do more to purify the ballot box, and put a stop to these contests that arc such an expense and an' noyance to the tax-payers, than all else combined. With the present lights before them, if our legisla tors at their July session do not give the voters this protection, it will be a living shame and disgrace to that body. A registration law will effectively put a stop to illegal bal lots going into the box, and it is the only thing that can accomplish that result. Year by year we see these contests over state, county and municipal offices increasing, until at the last election, when it seemed to become an epidemic in the state, and thousands of dollars were expended and valuable time wasted in deciding a matter that should have been eternally settled at the polls. And the trouble in each and every case was a claim that illegal votes had been cast. Examination of the ballot-box show ed a most disgraceful state of af fairs, and that the safe-guards thrown around it had beer, tom away or disregarded. As a consequence, it is a matter almost impossible to tell, when a contest is made, which candidate has received the majority of legal votes; the peo ple are kept in suspense for weeks or months; strife and animosity are engendered; private individuals and the state are put at an unneces sary expense; and the chain-gangs swelled with violations of the law, many of the prisoner’s only guilt being undue zeal in the cause of a friend. Now a law requiring all legal voters to register will put a quietus on this trouble, and strip our political contests of all these objectionable features. Challeng ing av the polls will be stopped, and elections conducted in that quiet manner worthy of our great state. No one will be wronged or injur ed, but the dignity of the law up held, the legal voters protected in their rights, and a safe-guard thrown around those who would wilfully or unintentionally violate the statutes. There would then be no grounds for contests, for every ballot deposited will represent a qualified voter. It would put a stop, too, to this thing ot importing voters from other counties, which has of late years become a regular business in certain sections. Sher iff Wier, of Clarke, tells us that of the large number of true bills found by our last grand jury against illegal voters, only two or three parties could be found in the county. They had either been imported or voted under assumed names. As a con sequence, the law in these cases proved a dead letter, and was no protection whatever to the ballot- box. Now, to require all legal vo ters to register also remedies this trouble. As soon as a candidate for suffrage presents himself, one of the managers can cast his eye over the list of registered voters and if his name does not appear there it is needless to attempt to vote; other wise, you are wasting breath challenge him. Our grand juries will not be bothered with illegal voters, for none such will be on the list. The roll will be prepared by the tax-collector, and when an elec tion comes off there is no Uouble, for everything is ready. It will also put breaks on the disgraceful practice of candidates or their lriends paying up back taxes for delinquents, which is nothing less than buying votes. In fact, there is every argument that right and patriotism can make in support of this measure, and we defy any one to give a sensible reason against it. The German government, recog nizing that railway travel has dan gers like those of war, has instituted ambulance corps at Berlin for em ployes of the roads. In future ev ery German railway official is to be thoroughly drilled in the Esmarch ambulance system. A meteor passed ever Victoria, British Columbia, on February 33. It was of enormous size, and ap peared like a mass of molten iron. The noise caused by its passage was like thatof escaping steam. Smoke and flames were thrown off by the meteor. It was seen to descend into ths sea, a cloud of spray and steam marking the spot where it met the water. This extraordinary phenomenon was witnessed by mahy persons. As Gen. Grant has been placed upon the retired' list, it is not prob able that the country will hear much more of him until it hears of his death. There is no doubt that he is afHicted with an incurable disease, and it is probable that he will not live throughout the present year. The bill that was passed insures him the comforts of a home during the remainder of his life. A notable instance of enterprise under great afflictions, is the laying ■of three hundred miles of water piping across the burning sands of «<great desert by the* English gov ernment. The work is progressing satisfactorily, the piping being laid i«t the rate of twenty miles per . ' The people in;fhis country will ■watch with interest the result of the antagonism between Gladstone and Queen Victoria. The Queen advis ed Gladstone to resign and he de clined, saying that he held power Undera commia.‘on from the people. If there was anything necessary to convince any portion of the peo ple of this great country that Pres ident Cleveland was a man of un flinching integrity, his inaugural address, delivered on the 4th of March at the capital of his country, and in the presence of tens of thou sands of his countrymen, should supply the missing link in a chain of evidence stronger than hooks of steel. The memorable canvass pre ceding the Chicago convention, as well as that succeeding it, is still fresh in the minds of the people, and they cannot fail to remember now, that the sole recommendation of this remarkable man, both be fore the convention and before the peeple, was that he was ‘‘honest,” and that he would regulate his ad ministration upon “business princi ples.” A careful reading of the clear cut sentences in this, his first state paper, fails to reveal even a shadow of disloyalty to the pledges then made to his constituents, and he stands to-day before the Amer ican people, more clearly defined than^any of his predecessors, as simply and solely the executive - of ficer of the government. The am bitious politician does not lurk shrewd suggestions, veiled in dark but spiritualistic language, to be decyphered only by equally wily adherents; neither can the vultures of former years smell the flesh pots ot jobbery, as they read the incisive thoughts of the “man of destiny.” On the contrary, the document bristles with a determination that his administration shall be regulated upon “business principles,” and that the poisonous fungi whichhave so long throttled the real interests of the people, shall be relegated to the rear. We do not learn these facts from any direct state ments contained in his inaugural- but rather from the conspicuous absence of every thing calculated to create other than the impression that he is only the executive officer of this government. So far the democratic party has not been disappointed in its stand ard-bearer. A strong arm and a clear head is at the helm, and if he steer the ship clear of the meal- stroms, as well as Sylla and Churib- dis, he will go down into history as a statesmen of remarkable ability In the present transition state of a large portion of the people it is re markable that the democratic party has found a leader, cool-headed enough to prevent the isms of the. day from scuttling the ship of state. We pin our democratic faith, bright with the hopes of a future success, to the simple honesty and evident ability of a leader who has already dumb-founded his opponents. The London newspapers accuse' Bismark with lying, while that gen tleman strenuously denies it. President Cleveland is busy do ing the honors of the White House. He is kept very busy for the pres ent 1 Riddlebcrger objected to the con firmation of the cabinet on the ground that Bayard was too pro nounced on the dynamite question. Chattanooga, March 5.—-Mr. Herbert Brown, formerly of Atlan ta, and Miss Rosa Kirkpatrick, a leading belle of Chattanooga, were married this aftarnoon. A nlan by the name ofjackson Daniels, of Wyoming county, West Virginia, thrust his own mother in to a pen in his yard and allowed her, thus situated, to freeze to death. Cii attinooga, Tenn., March 5. The Lookout rolling mill was sold to-day to A. M. Johnson and Nis- bit Hazelton for $30,000. The pur chasers will put the mill in opera tion at once, and will employ a large number of hands. Berlin, March 5.—Count Her bert Bismarck had an audience with the Emperor William before leav ing for London. He departed in strict secrecy. A majority of the newspapers here believe that his mission is one of peace. Percy Carrington, son of the Mayor of Richmond, Va., while un der the influence of liquor, had an altercation with Mr. Martin, of Martinsvdle, and was killed. Both were passengers on the train standing at the Lynchburg junction and both were intoxicated. Hannibal, Mo., March 5.— Stephen and Horation Coaz, broth ers, became involved in a quarrel at Sioux city yesterday. Stephen drew a revoler and shot Horatio, and threatened to kill his father and younger brother. He then placed the revolver to his own head and fired, killing himself instantly. He was drunk. London, March 5.—It is report ed that after the division of the vote of censure, the queen advised Glad stone to resign, and to reconstruct the ministry, which should be based upon a thorough and consistent for eign policy. Gladstone declined to resign, maintaining that he held power under a commission from the people. CASUJL THOUGHTS CASUALLY THROWS fTOGETHEK BY OUR CASUAL -. xununm. ATLANTA. DON'T LOOK LIKE A WRECK:. ‘•Whena mau is going down liil. eve rybody is ready to give him a kick.” Yes, that is so. It is sad, but natural. Why, man and woman, seeking em ployment, would have got it if their hair hadn't been so thin and gray. Cue bot tle of l’arker’a Hair Balsam is then the best investment. It stops falling hair, promotes new growth and restores col or. Cleau, highly perfumed, not a dye. A great improvement over any similar preparaelon, and sold at the low price of 60c. Watches cleaned and repaired in first-class order at reasonable rates, by Jacob Minster, at Lyndon’s drug store. an able oubbe man by the best citi ^ n1t nf ;ta ]lgn intelligent u i public 1 JPSBa' .. * sens of Massachusetts of both par ties. He was good enough to be nominated for Governor by_ the LESS SHOW ANDMORE.HONESTY. We give place to the following article from the New York tSun, first, because it gives a clear tnsight into the shallow methods of would- be-leaders of society in Washing ton, D. C., and second, because it shows up the gold basis upon which confidence is built in the rugged honesty of the newly elected admin istration. A correspondent of "the Tribune complains that many of the demo crats who have gathered at Wash ington to witness Mr. Cleveland’s inauguration are not dressed accord ing to the latest fashiions, Jthat they are sunburnt, and that their manners are not elegant. Very likely that is the case, for a great part of the democrats are poor, lead lives of exposure, and have had no chance to cultivate social graces. But their poverty is noth ing against them, and there is so much misgolten republican wealth in Washington, that honest demo cratic poverty seems all the more praiseworthy in comparison. It is not improbable that many of the costumes at the inauguration ball will not satisfy an exacting crit- it in modes. Mr. Cleveland is not likely to conducUthe White House with the elegant fastidiousness Mr. Arthur has displayed, for he is not at all a man of society, and offences against taste which would greatly irritate the one, may not be noticed by the other, who is likely, at Wash ington as at Albany, to be absorbed in his official duties. Mr. Bayard is a man of punctili ousness so far as concerns social de corum, but he has a well-bred re pugnance to display and pretence, and will live strictly according to his means. Mr. Lamar has no am bition to make himself a great so cial figure, and doubtless will main tain an establishment remarkable for its simplicity. Mr. Whitney has money enough to keep up in Washington the generous hospital ity for which he has been distin guished in New York. Mr. Endi- cott is a highly cultivated gentle man, and as such will avoid vulgar ostentation; and Mr. Manning will be likely to trouble himself far less about the social figure he cuts than about the affairs of the Treasury and the political steering of the neVr administration. Yet we expect to see a great im- L.w-vement in the tone.of Washing ton society. If there is less display there will be more refinement. If the costumes are not so costly, they will be more admirable, because they were paid for in thejr wearer’s own money. If there is not so much show, there will be more solid worth. If there is less vyealth, there will be more honesty. result of its use by intelligent people lor over forty years. It has Indisputably proven Itself the very beet known specific for all colds, coughs, “ huietts democracy last fall, ‘pulmonary complaints and Tilings in General Ahont The Gate City. Atlanta at present is rather dull, but the average Atlanta man will never concede the fact that their city is dull. They are always on the move to keep up appearances. The Kimball House is the big thing of Atlanta. It has been partially opened, and any hour of the day the little unfinished office on Deca tur street is crowded with commer cial drummers from all parts of the world. Atlanta is proud of the Kimball and Kimball is pToud of Atlanta. The proprietor, Mr. Sco- vill, is a young man about thirty five years old, but he is full of busi ness and knows how to keep a ho tel. While sitting in the office the head cook made his appearance with a $900 diamond casting its brilliant rays from a spotless shirt- front. This prince of the kitchen who polishes beef steaks and puts the finishing touch 011 a mutton chop, gets the very handsome sala ry of $2,000 per year with board thrown in; and speaking of this magnate’s board we are informed that he generally dined on the best from the kitchen with the best wine from the cellar to wash down his highly-flavored viands—even a newspaper man would not mind being a head cook for a short while. The National and Markham, al though eclipsed by the Kimball, are doing a good businesss and give a hungry traveller the worth of his money. The capitol looks rather lone- sone, with but few of the old hang ers on waiting around for office. Bob Hardeman, the treasurer, keeps a neat office and everything is car ried on in a business-like manner, lion. Mark Hardin, the clerk of the house of representatives is receiv ing a large number of letters and calls every day from ladies wanting clerkships in the coming legisla ture. They are willing to work for almost any price. There will be a great many of them disappointed, and then Col. Hardin will have fun explaining why he could not give them all a place. Some of the paten: medicine men have refused to sell their medicines to Joe Jacobs oh account of his cut ting in prices. Dr. W. H. Felton has already risen on the political horizon and some of the knowing ones around the Gate City predict that he will ride into the gubernatorial chair on the prohibition move. Evety one was asking how pro hibition would work in Clarke. Some were well-pleased with the result, whilst others thought that it would kill the city. We talked with several prominent men of At lanta, and they seem to think that F niton will go for prohibition if they ever have a vote on the question. Tho merchants of Atlanta are somewhat behind in going to mar ket for their spring stocks, but the largest houses generally keep a man in New York all the time on the lookout for bargains. We met Judge Speer on the street, and he wore that same placid smile which illuminated his face while speaking to the wool-hat boys on the slopes of the Blue Ridge, where thejbeautiful Soque and Ti ger Tail rises and flows to the sea. The editorial in the Banner- Watchman concerning Joseph and the Atlanta ring created a great deal of comment, and a copy of the B -W. was eagerly sought for by great many. It is always a pleasure to visit At lanta, we always meet so many of the old Athens boys who have moved there and kept up with the rise of the city. They are always glad to meet a man from Athens, and inquire after all the people in our city. SIKES AGAIN. ' He Is Allowed to Give Bond. ■ The counsel in the case of the state vs. Sikes, slayeY of John Moon', made application to Judge Hutch ins for bail at Monroe court, which application was granted and .the bond fixed at $4,000. The applica tion was heard at Monroe court on the 33d of February, and yesterday the counsel received notification that the amount of the bond had been fixed at the above named amount This virtually sett.es the case, as Sikes will never place his neck in jeopardy for the amount of four thousand dollars. Ouf next coDege commencement will be the first in the history of Athens when the bar-rooms will be closed and our town will then be "dry” so far as the bar-rooms are concerned. Now, if some of those who expect to entertain visitors will only-act in accordance with the in tention of the prohibition law, which is to relieve such occasions of the disgusting spectacle of half intoxi cated young men at the different festivities incident to commence ment, the result cannot f a 'l t° be satisfactory. Don’t Iet“mumm” be the word, and “extra dry” be the idea, but let us have a “dry” commencement so far as liquor is concerned, and our word for it, all the incidents of that occa sion will be the most satisfactory that Athens has ever enjoyed. Among the varions suggestions growing out of the triumph of pro hibition to make the effect of clos ing bar-rooms most beneficial to the laboring classes, none strikes us with more favor than that of estab lishing a savings bank in our city. These institutions when well man- aged, have not only proven profita ble in our northern cities but of in calculable benefit to the mechanics and working men, inculcating les sons of economy and thrift and making this class of people in a manner independent. How much better to deposit a part ot the result of the week's labor in a saving’s bank to provide against the prover bial rainy day or to give the boy growing up to manhood an educa tion and a start in life, than the cus tom which a good many have hith erto indulged in, that of depositing it with the bar-keeper to the detri ment ot family and the comfoits of life. Let some of our financial minds consider this question and incorpor ate such an institution which will not only prove a philanthropic, but profitable undertaking. None will gainsay that the bar-rooms received their main support from the laborer and mechanic. Now let their earn ings be properly invested. *** The inauguration at Washington, from all accounts, must have been a most imposing spectacle, and pe culiarly gratifying to all lovers ot peace and harmony. The boys ot the “blue and the gray” marched side by side around our democratic president, and by their union ce mented stronger the ties that now bind them together in one common cause. Surely no such spectacle has been witnessed in this country since the war, and this fraternal gathering of all sec tions of our union cannot fail to be productive of the best results obliterating all harsh feelings engendered by the saddest war on record, and kept alive until now by designing politicians and unscru pulous partisans. George Washington wore Na »t boots. Jo. O' J j 1a X £x The Standard oil company em •ploys TOaunaetn —; Mrs. Bayard, wife of the Dela ware senator, iaa confirmed in valicL Some of the California fanner A are feeding their hogs on grapes and figs. Indianapolis is to have . a new ABtral of the Juki Bora In the Arkansas A Memphis special says: There ■««>, «»—•«-, —- is a much-wanted man over in-the- Kidneys, or any disease, of. the urinary St Francis river bottoms, who i^o^orwho eyerreqUiresanappet.zer, a record almost as bloody as one of B ieetric Litters the best and only certain the James boys, jThis latest hero }f cure known. The act surely and quickly, kK:,_• TI n..,1.1, —, 1._ * LaAiIa ntioronfnnil Ia mvn onfim YOUNG MSN 1—READ THIS. The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshall. Mich., offer to send their celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belt and other Electric and all kindred troubles. Alsqforrheu- matism, neuralgia, paralysis, and many other diseases. Complete restoration o health, vigor and manhood guaran- eed. No risk Is incurred as thirty days xlaliu allowed. Wrltethem atonce.for- Illustrated pamphlet leee. ——s» The generous donation of Mrs. Tubman to the Christian church to be erected in our city is another evi dence ot the noble philanthropy of this estimable lady. The beautiful church edifice that adorns upper Greene street, in Augusta, is main ly the result of her Christian chari ty and other less pretentious evi dences in different places are silent but eloquent testimonials of the no ble characteristics of this generous Christian woman. Far better such monuments as these than storied urn or sculptured marble, which only serves to mark the resting place and impress the living as an evidence of former wealth, while such characters as those of Mrs. Tubman go on doing good from generation to generation. Would that many others of like means mould imitate her praiseworthy ex ample. * * . * It now remains to he seen what effect the action of the people in closing up the bar-rooms will have upon a city the size of Athens. The prohibitionists have firmly believed that the measure would prove ben- ficial in every respect; but there are thinking men who are not sarisfied that a city of this size will be bene- fitted to the extent that the prohi bitionists claim by the closingup of the bar-rooms and that their action in voting them out will not accom plish the objects sought by temper ance people. While it is in a meas ure an experiment, yet there is no •argument on earth which the advo cates of “freedom of action” can put forward which can convince an intelligent well-wisher of the pros perity of Athens, that bar-rooms, as they now exist, are damning and injurious to our city. The expert- ment will be carefully noted not only by ourselves, but the state and country, and our prediction is, that the bar-rooms will never be voted back in Athens, but we shall see. ' *** One gratifying evidence of the progressiveness of our little city is the fact that the outside demands for the products of our manufacto ries and wares of our merchants is on the increase. Some of our druggists make special preparations which they are shipping all over the country. Our foundry, facto ries and paper mill receives orders from various states and we were told by “one of our merchants re cently jthat bis firm had shipped goods to Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and had recently received a number of orders from Augusta for an Athens invention, which is considered an excellent device We understand also that parties were in the city last week prospect* ing for the location of a large man ufacturing establishment in the vi cinity of the Georgia railroad depot. Altogether the prospects for our future prosperity are bright There are a few croakers in our midst, but they cannot retard the progress of our city. It our merchants, capi talists and public-spirited men will only improve the opportunities as they are presented. union railway station to cost $1,- 000,00a A Helena, Arkansas, man drank one gallon of beer in three minutes on a wager. Says Talmage, “Every time a sin is committed, conscience tolls a funeral hell.” In Porto Rico an outlay of $z will clothe an entire family of six persons for a year. Major Smith (Bill Arp) has gone on a lecturing tour through Texas and the far West A Texas paper calls attention to the fact that that state is larger than 314 Rhode Islands. A distillery has lately been put in operation in Charleston, S. C., for manufacturing oil from pine wood. There were 28,000,000 silver dol lars made in 1884, and but 300 in tSvj. The most ancient date is 1794. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson has re fused $35,000 for the General’s old war horse, now on exhibition at New Orleans. Some of the Indian agents buy calico at 4 cents per yard and “dis tribute” it to the. Indians at 20 cents per yard. Mrs. Lucille Yseult Dudley gets an average of two offers of mar riage each week, but she is mot now matrimonially inclined. Tobacco farmers make a profit of from $100 to $400 an acre from their crops. Over fifty new to bacco factories were built in North Carolina last year. A Panama correspondent of the New York Times concludes that at the present rate of construction it will be impossible to finish the De Lesseps ditch before 1905. The meanest man in the country lived at Lancaster, Pa., until Satur day last. He eloped with the nurse, leaving his wife and three children behind in a destitute condition, and with no one to help her take care of the baby. Should Mr. Ingersoll accept the challenge, Mr. McMillen agrees to heal the sick and cast out devils by the method pointed out in the scrip tures, and to that end he will allow Mr. Ingersoll to select any insane or sick person. In .Maricopa county, Arizona, there is considerable barbed fence, and the vast flocks of wild ducks which frequent the valley often fly low, and, striking the barbed fences, become impaled thereon. It is said that tons of ducks are gathered daily by boys from the fences and sent to market. Thirty persons were poisoned in Wheeling, W. Va., by eating tur nips which had been treated with Paris green while growing to de stroy insects. Only one of the pa tients died, but four others are dan gerously ill. It is probable that the farmer who sold the turnips will be taught a lesson. Martin Mitchell, who suddenty dis- . appeared from near Blackfish Lake, Ark., about seven weeks. .ago, but .Then an The beat blood dl — gulator ever placed within the reach or suffering humanity, truly is Electric Bitters. Inactivity of the Liver, Bilious ness, Jaundice, Constipation, Weak SAVE YOUR organs,or wno everrequires an appetizer, tonic or mild stimulant, will always find PLAIN QUESTIONS. Mythical ideas are fanning the public brow with the breath of prejudice, igno- ance and bumbuggery, Have you the remotest Idea that your scrofula was crested by the use of potash and mercu- ay ? No matter what the cause, B. B. B. Is the peer ot all other remedies. Do you presume that your troublesome catarrh is the resultbf mineral poisoning? B B. B.- is the quickest remedy. Are -your chronic ulcers and bolls and sore the result of potash and mercury? Medical r itieman will hot tell you so, but B. B. is the only sovereign remedy. Were your terrible kidney troubles! crested by mineral poisoning? Not a bit of it, but B. B. B. has proven to be a reliable reme dy. Are your skin diseases, your eczema, dry tetter, etc., the effect of too much ■ion ate the best judges, and they say nay, But B.B.B makes more pronounc ed mires than all othejr, preparations T k« Oldest Tree. Which Is’the oldest tree? The elder, but the old mulllen plant is the oldestin' worth, tor it is now recognized of more' value than cod Uver eil in consumption. Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and mullienwill cure coughs, colds and consumption. The ailments of childhood need care ful attention and wise treatment. Some people think “anything is good enough for a child and there isn’t much the mat ter with it| anyhow." But judicious mothers know better, and do as Mrs. H. W. Perry, of Richmond, Va., does. She says: “1 take Brown’s Iron Bitters and give it to my children with his most lsfory results,,’ Srld everywhere. GEORGIA ITEMS. The southern negroes speak seve n different dialects. Augusta has two newspapers edi ted by colored men. A young man at Rock Spring ate four dozen eggs one day last week on a wager. A Conyers darkey steals chickens afid when detected, he bolds dp a possum by the tail and claims that he was after the possum, (which he carries with him..) Old aunt Easter Barnes, an old col ored woman, who was said to be one hundred and eleven years old, died on the farm of Mr. Wm. Kick er, in Towaliga district, on Wednes day of last weel^—Jackson Argus. Francis Meeks, a negro boy, 18 years of agg, died suddenly Satur day night at his parents’ home, on Rock street, at Atlanta. During the night the boy’s mother dreamed that he was dead, and awoke to find her dream true. Dr. Willis Westmoreland takes a deep interest in the investigation of the convict lease now going on in Tennessee. It is believed by some that the doctor proposes to render active aid in a similar investigation in Georgia. The building of the Georgia State Capitol at Atlanta, develops the fact that granite can be quarried in Maine, shipped to Savannah, and thence carried by rail to Atlanta at a less cost than it qa» he had at a quarry only sixteen miles away. The Albany News says a pound of meat for a pound of cotton next fall is the way in which a ware house firm in that place is reported to be disposing of many car loads ofbacon. W. W. Groover, one of the Brooks County Commissioners, and one ot that county’s most successful farmers, says he has not bought a bushel of corn nor a pound of bacon in 40 years. The Talbotton New Era is in fa vor of the state levying a tax on Gipsy traders who are going through the country peddling cheap lace at fancy prices and otheawise swindling the unsuspecting ruralist A young men’s savings and loan association has been organized in Rome. Its object is to encourage young men to save their earnings, and at the same time secure hand some interest on the amount paid in. There is a blind Baptist preacher in Rabun county, Georgia, who recently finished his rout year. He is unable to go out of his house, but bis congregation gather around his bed every Sunday, and he preaches to them. Electric females are springing up all over Georgia as the rival of Miss Lulu Hurst Bartow county has one in the person of Miss Mattie Price; Fulton in the person of Mrs. Coleman; Marietta in the person ot Miss Mamie Simpson, and now Milledgeville' steps forward and claims that Mrs. Dixie Haygood, wife 0% Policeman Haygood, has had thia strange power for ten jr*aw- She gave test of her power and performs all ef the; feats that Miss Hurst does. She lifted 600 pounds entirely off the floor by placing her hands alongside Che chair.—Marietta: Journal. Authorities in the state maul- fested enthusiasm over the inaugu ration of Cleveland and Hendricks. A negro'child, five years old, liv ing near Warrenton,waa burned to death last Saturday. Carelessness. CoL I. W. Avety, brie'of the best writers in the country, is engaged to write a running history of several of the leading cities |n the State. The annual meeting of the Sa vannah Yacht Club took place at the Club House, Thunderbolt, when officers fdr the ensuing year were who ■ unexpectedly returned last night. Mitchell is a stave-maker, and had charge of a camp. When he left Ed. Britch assumed charge, but on Mitchell’s return Britch was forced % to turn over to him all the provisions he had and was ordered to leave the state, which order Britch quick ly obeyed by coming to Memphis. Mitchell several years ago murdered an old German who lived in a cabin above Wittsburg, on the St. Francis river. He also killed one of the Hammet boys in the sunk labd$. In 1874 he killed Clay Goff, who was’also a desperado. For this crime he was arrested, but manag ed to escape from the colored dep uty sheriff who had him in charge. A short time afterward he shot and killed a deputy sheriff, who was at tempting to arrest him, but was fi nally captured and taken to Osceo la, Ark., and lodged in jail. His confinement was of short duration, as he soon succeeded in breaking jail and escaped, since which time there has never been any attempt made to recapture him. Mitchell was alsq suspected of being one of the wretches who not long ago misplaced a switch at the twenty mile post, on the Memphis and Little Rock railroad. Fortu nately the engineer discovered it time to prevent a disastrous wreck. Mitchell is now suspected of the murder ef Russ, who was recently found in the swamps with bullet holes through his neck. He was a brother-in-law of Mitchell, Lewis Proctor and Leonard Dow the two men who (Filled the track walker near the twenty-nine mile post, and who were tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged, but who tscaped from jail at Osceola, Ark., before the day appointed for their execution, are said to be with Mitchell at his old haunts at the swamps, and it will require 'a large posse of men to capture these des peradoes. Sheriff Haskins, of Mississippi county, Ark., it is un derstood, has undertaken the job, and the result is anxiously awaited. Parents must remember that children have more need of friendly monitors than of censorious critics; Instructors who would advise them to never be without Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup, the only pleasant remedy for croup, diphtheria and sore throat A Druggist for 25 Years. Auburn, Ala., Sept. S, 1884.—I am an old pharmacist, and have had to do largely with blood diseases for over twenty-five years. I have dealt in all kinds of blood purifiers, and do not hesitate to say that Swift’s Specific is the best and has given more general satisfaction than any other I have ever handled. Swift’s Specific is an excellent tonic, and as an antidote for ma laria has no superior. Many ladies are using it as a tonic for general debility, and find it the most satis factory one ever used. I have been dealing in Swift’s Specific for five Years or more, and am satisfied that I do not place too high an estimate upon its merits. G. W. Dixon. Prescribed by Physicians. I have prescribed Swift’s Spe cific in many cases of Blood Poison and as a general tonic, and it has made cures after all other remedies had failed. ev6ry bottle guaranteed to give entire satisfaction or money refunded. Sold at fifty cents a bottie by B. T. Brumby <fc Co. A large stock of fine watches and jewelry for sale at New York cost by Jacob Minster, at Lyndon’s drug store. There is talk of building a monu ment to Mr. Geo. I. Seney, in Ma con. Vital taiuesuoris i 11 Ask the most eminent physician Of any school, what is the best thing in the world for duieting and allaying all irritation of the nerves and curing all formes of nervous complaints, giving natural, childlike refreshing sleep al ways? And they will tell you unhesitatingly Some form of Hops !!!” CHAPTER 1. Ask any or 1 of the mo stm inent physicians: What is the best and only remedy that can be relied on to cure all diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs; such as Bright’s disease diabetes, retention or inability to retain urine, and all the diseases and ailments peculiar to Woman"—“And they will tell you explicitly and emphatically “ Bu- chulll" Ask the same physicians “What is the most reliable and surest cure for all liver diseasee or dyspepsia constipation, indigestion, biliousness, malaria, fever, ague, &c., ” and they will tell you: Mandrake! or Dandelion!!!!’’ Hence, when these remedies are com biued with others equally valuable, And compounded unto Hop Bitters, such a wonderful and mysterious curat iv poser is developed, which is so varid in its operations that nodisease or 111 health can possibly exist or resist its power, and yet it is Harmlesathe most frail woman, weak est Ivailid or smallest child to use. CHAPTER 11. “ Patients “Almost dead or nearly dying” For years, and given up by physicians of Bright’s and other kidney diseases, liver complaints, severe coughs, called consumption, have been cured. Women gone nearly crazy 1!! 11 From agony of neuralgia, nervousness, wakefulness, and various diseases peculiar to women. People draw out of shape from excruciating pangs of rheumatism, inflammatory and chronic, or sufleriug from scrofula. Erysipelas I Salt rheum, blood poisoning, dys pepsia, indigestion, and in fact almost ail diseases, frail Nature is heir to Have been cured by Hop Bitters, pre of of which can be found in every neighborhood in the known world. £®“None genuine without a bunch of gresn hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, poisonous stuff with “Hop” or “Hops” In their nams. TIME, MONEY AND STOC ■ BY BUYING THE CELEBRATED] watt CHILLED 1 CASt PLOWS. CHILDS, NICKERSON &«> SOLE AGENTS, 1 Athens, Georgia. WORKiT R. M. Strickland, M. D., Cave Spring, Ga. Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis eases mailed free. Thb S. S. S. Co., Atlanta, Ga. Take Ayer’s Sarsaparilla in the spring of the year to purify the blood, invigorate the system, excite the liver to.action, and restore the healthy tone and vigor of the whole physical mechanism. CONSUMPTION CURED. i B z^ d & cl i!f’h2 t 'S2d^"g|,T I SSl; ®£* ample vegetable rwneay lor the speedy and permanent care ot Consumption. Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and huo* Affections, alao apoeltive ana radical cure for Nervous Debility and all *d*r haring tested 111 won- ?Jni*7 e . powt ? *?. «■<»“«”>• ofea.ee. haa felt it hla duty to make It known to his inffe-ing fellows. Actuated by thia moUve and a detlre ta relieve human suffering, I will tend free of charge, to all who desire It, this recipe, in Ger- mam French or Engt.sh. with full directions for preparing and using. Bunt by mull by address Absolutely Pure. TWa Powdftr never varies, a marvel of purl ty. strength and isholesomeness. More eoonom *bsn the ordinary kinds, and cannot T Un competition With the multitude of lc i only in cant. ROYAL BAKING ” tplMdvly. CO.. 106 Wall st.. N Y. A Clear Skin fe only a part of beauty; but it is a part. Every lady may have it; at least, what looks like it . Magnolia Balm both freshens and beautifies. MORTGAGE SALE. before the court house door Is I IssysssasssiBeWriaiS^iii |ep»’uoorear on the road from Athens to JeSaraon aad running along tho line oil •ala Johnson aad i r. PUalav b-wssa »jo n h n ^nrA. ^ e U o*W« south along Mill pines until j I the canter of the Athens aad Jefferson road: thence aouth along amid road to the beginning corner, containing can hundred and thlrty-thrae SraffStfSftSS ^on'a^bss feet or store. Levied on and to be told aa the I property of Allan K. Johnaon by virtue of . — X 1- - and by mmm °° MERIT WILL TELL O. I. C. Old Indian Cure. Is taking the lead of all other blood pu rifiers with astonishing rapidity. It is an honest, old reliable medicine, unim paired by modern tampering or adul terations. Asa blood purifler, it is absolutely without an equal. As a tonic and appetizer, eminently adapted to female complaints, it has the indorsement ofthe mostrespectable ladies in the land. EMINENT PRACTICING PHYSI CIANS INDORSE IT. .Dr.Joseph, Parmer, Feagin, Ga., writes us: It is as great a specific for blood diseases as quinine is for fever. Have used it more than twenty years in my practice.” S. W. \V. Smith, Echeconnee, Ga., writes: ‘‘It cured me of an old and se vere case of scrofula 6f eight years’ standing. The following are fSir samples of hun dreds of testimonials we can produce: I had iu my family a case of poison oak that for ten years defied physicians. O. I. C. made a permanent cure. It is without doubt the “gem of blood puri fiers.” S. D. ROGERS, Agent Central railroad, Perry, Ga. Pkbby, Ga.—I heartily eudorse O. I. C. (Old Indian Cure) as a remedy of wonderful efficacy in troubles peculiai to woman. Have used it in my family, after a faithful trial of numberless other remedies, and unhesitatingly pronounce it without an equal in the treatment of this class of complaints. D. H. CULLER, Clerk County Commissioners, Houa ton Co. W. B. Jobson, Macon, Ga., B. It. King, Perry, Ga., and a host of othere endorse it as the greatest of all remedies for rheumatism and other blood diseases. In conclusion the proprietors say they have yet to meet with the first failure of O. I. C. to do all that is claimed for it. PRICE, $1.50 PER BOTTLE. THE O. I. C. COMPANY, Perry, Ga. For Sale In Athens, Ga., by Long & Co. To Dyspeptics. Tho most common signs oX Dy«pcps?^ 0 r Indige&tton, are an egression at sto’cncV oi, flatulency, water-brash, -cart-burn, vomiting, loss ot appetite, and constipation. Dyspeptic patients suffer un told miseries, bodily and mental. They should stimulate the digestion, and secure regular daily action of the bowels, by the use of moderate doses of Ayer’s Pills. After tho bowels are regulated, one of then Pffis, taken each day after dinner, la tonally .11 that la required to complete the cure. Arsa’g Pills are sugar-coated and purely vegetable—a pleasant, entirely eafe, and re. liable medicine for the cure of all disorders of tho stomach nnd bowels. They are the best of all purgatives for family me, * hauapgr Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co.,Lowell,Mat*. Sold by an Druggists. NEW ADVERTISMENTS. DR. W.M. DURHAM, SPECIALIST. Ifsktu the treatment of all Chronlo Diseases a specialty. OOlce, 66J4 Feaehtrae 8L, Atlanta, mchin.wlv NOTICE. , The announcement of the teeutt of the eleotfon held In nnd tor the county of Clarke on the SSth ' of February laat, on the queitlon ot -'Prohl- —DU" or *‘No Pronlbitton,*’ vrUl be made on tho etoveath day ot July, 18SS. This 4th day ot Hatch, IM4. ABA H. JACKSON. Ord'y. NOTICE! beVeeeived'ai; inj ren in slant, for pa. _ 1H1 of best quMtlty of 601 “lfcouso two hi Oic Inside fences. All to be paimea on eacn SBSpBft&sgs ABAlLJACffOth G eorgia chemical MANUFACTURERS OF- STANDARD FERTILIZERS! AUGUSTA, GA. R Mastodon Amm C li 1811 Cl Soluble Phosphate. fftctured android by us for the pnst eight years, ha gniued a reputation uuuuuri other Fertiliser— this company iiavinK ib« tigucst tc*ti men tain us u its ‘.upmorih ACID PHOSPHATE has been thf standard for many yeats, haviug no superior. Anuriputing a heuw dema- J manuiacturdlLalar^equantity, which we warrant unite any heretofore luatlo'by uk LOWE’S GEORGIA FORMULA. * no commendation from us. y made iu ihe past. Alter repeat*! requ- To those who hare used It heretofore, requi: that the analysis of this season is fully up to > „ those who have used it, we have concluded to maae onlr to it | limited supply ofu Dissolven Bone Phosphate and Potash. This article is made of Bone Phosphate and Potash with f^m one-half < ue ier cent o' Ann a very superior article, which has given wonderful rtsuns when used alone. * “ Genuine Leopoldshal' Kainit, Imported direct from Germany by the car load. Tfce country is flooded with cheap ferti^r. sv are sold by irresponsible parties. Ask your raerchantsior out good*. Mauv uu.us arc mihnd^I to the farmers ot Georgia that the goods they seil are made by ns; when such is the rr«e the* linl have written evidence of the I act, which they should te required to show. Ih-ldes ourVu'flAn I brands above, we are prenared to put up any ionnuia desired, provided iroovs n< 1 laws ofthe state in which it is tobesolu. We have superior t&iJulius for inarii our central position, we are enabled to till orders with great prom; ine*s au. give in the future, as we have done in the past, eutire taihfactic n to un who buv hasing elsewhere please send to us for prices. Treasurer am! Bi sinews Manager. ALGLSTa, GA. jai.27ti M. A STOVALL, DOBBS’ OLD RELIABLE GUANO! DOBBS AMMONIATED COTTON FERTILIZER. Dobbs’ Chemicals for Composting. mat all my Guanos are manufactured uuder ■ gradients in them that it takes to coastitute a written contract,« i* till ihefertihiit.|* Standard Fertilizer. piacei s. C. DOBBS between the planters and the mamifactorie., oud sain, ti e planter. A Guarantee That no other dealer, u> my knowledge, does. Call and examine for youmclve,. S. C. DOBBS, . Tap, 7 tf - ATHENS, GA., JANUARY 21ST, 18 OTICE l-—All persons are hereby notified that ordM.’wifr 0 *# Sr2ugS?K h#w * contrary an ^isgiljj&tag ■ fr"r2Srtku jJLe'h SirrST' * hott ‘ on ® * HkflWL ACK80N ’ 0ld,!r * &" 1 ™ «>unty, Ga. BE SURE Y0U’RE : RIGHT AND GO AHEAD, IF YOU BUY MAGNOLIA ACID, MATCHLESS C.OTTON GROWER, OR Merryman’s Amm. Diss. Bones You can go ahead with the assurance that you have a Fertilizer::’ 11 will pay you. If you buy something else because the price is a little!o«- fI’« y ? U i may l l h ? t ,y° u . r V ear ’ s work hns been thrown away. It P 1 ' 1 to stick to the bridge that carries you over safe.” Vou can buy d* above goods from ORR & HUNTER, —jan3ow2m. ATHENS.GA. NO MORE WHISKY: QUIT THE BUSINESS AND TURNED OUK ATTENTION TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE OF STAPLE DRY GOODS, AND GROCERIES Merchants would do well to examine our stock of AND GEORGIA ACIDS _A.aUand examine our stock# ■ BETTS & SMITH gw bargains in ..ffWPUflSi ] | Cockery, Glassware, Lamps & House Furnishing <#& | C. D. FLANIGEN, China Hall