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WEEKLY BANNER-WATCHMAN TUESUAY, MARCH i
BANNER-WATCHMAN.
OFTICIALORGAN OF COUNTY AND CITY
BDMCWPTlOa, » SO PXK TXAK IN AD VANCE.
HOST araunn u ioruui qeorbia.
T. L. GANTT, Editor & Prop’r
AIDERS
W L. WOOD,ALUS “MAJORITY,"
ANSWERED.
In the last issue of the Athens
Weekly Chronicle Alderman W.
L. Wood, from the first ward, over
the anonymous ^signature -of “Ma
jority,” has seen fit to make what
appeared, at a first glance, a very
personal and insinuating attack upon
the editor of the Banner-Watch
man, who is also Alderman from
the second ward, for his honestly
made proposition to donate his$ioo
salary grab toward renting and en
closing pasturage for the poor of
Athens* But Alderman Wood
alias “Majority,” has since publish
ed a card stating that he intended
nothing personal in his first article,
A' he was our friend. In the first
place, we would like to know what
claims Mr. Wood has to the signa
ture of “Majority,” as he is not the
majority of anything that we can
sec except about 350 pounds of
flesh. Again, it seems to us in very
bad taste for one city officer, am
bushed behind an anonymous name,
to criticise another’s public acts
when he could so soon have an op
portunity to do so in a legitimate
manner. We expected that our
$100 donation proposition would
raise a whirlwind in certal.. quar
ters, and from the character of Al
dernian Wood’s reply, it seems
have hit the bull’s-eye. That gen
tleman also intimates something
about us “getting into a scrape and
found a majority against tis.” “rein
state himself,” and “future aspira
tions.” In reply to the first insinu
ation we will state that we fully re
alized the tempest that our vote
would raise among Alderman
Wood’s constituents, but having the
prosperity of our city nearest
heart, did not count the cost. As
any desire to reinstate ourself, we
care but little what public clamor
may say about our official acts,
our conscience approves them. As
to future aspirations, we will here
state, for the benefit of the Aider-
man from the first ward, that if we
have any political aspirations,
they are not [bounded by so nar
row a sphere as to be con
trolled by the few cow voters
of Athens. If we ever see fit to
enter the political arena, we trust
that our field will be a little more
extended. On the other hand, it
seems that “Majority” Wood is the
gentleman who is attempting to
fide into some petty local office on
the back of a cow, but his ambition
is so penurious that he would rather
blockade the arteries of commerce
leading into his city with gates,
than satisfactorily settle the ques
tion by appropriating that $100 sal
ary attached to his office since he
was elected an alderman. We do
not understand Alderman Wood’s
insinuations about a man sacrificing
$100 and making $500 thereby,
Since he has denied any personal
insinuations, and claims to be our
friend, of course he did not mean to
say that we were to receive $500
for our stand on the stock law issue.
Such a charge would be too ridicu
lously false to be entertained for a
moment; and besides, Mr. Wood
could not publicly acknowledge
such a man as his friend. We trust
that the gentleman will unravel
this intellectual enigma, and ex
plain what he really intended to
insinuate. As to our arrogant and
favorite expression of “score anoth
er victory for the Banner-Watch
man!” we will call the attention of
‘‘Majority” Wood to the fact that
he has never as yet been able to
score a victory unless the Banner
Watchman was on his side, while
he has repeatedly been disastrous
, 1 ly deleated in fighting against it
The tiue inwardness of Alder
man Wood’s indignation is=—and it
seems to us transparent to every one
with an ounce of discernment—that
he has a hankering after that $100
salary grab, but at llie same
time is anxious to be the
Moses of all the cows in the first
■ward without sacrificing his hard-
earned (?) money. In fact, he is
the friend and protector of the poor
people so long as his pocket-book
is not touched. Our proposition
was made in the best faith, and is
still open for acceptance by the
bovine aldermen. We are willing
to assist the poor to the extent of
ourfmeans, but cannot aflord to do
so at the peril of the business of
—>• Athens. Our ears may be long,
hut they have never been deaf when
a proposition was made to assist the
poor by giving of our substance
what wc are able. _ It is folly to
argue in defense of putting gates
across our highways, for it will nev
er be tolerated; but our proposition
will satisfy all, and it rests solely
with the mer. vho are now most
blatant fo lits of the cow to
acceptor
The pe e . . .: town of New
Philadelpm , greatly per
plexed over i "0 i« ttionsbip of. a
* family residing then . Itseemsthat
a widower married a widow with a
grown daughter, and he had
young son. His brother married
his step daughter, and to them a
daughter was born. His son and
his. brother’s daughter were mar
ried, and have a child. It is evi
dent, says a correspondent, that his
brother is his step-son-in-law, and
that he is unde and grandfather to
hit brother’s child, while his wife is
mother and sister-in-law to her
own daughter, and is aunt and
grandmother to her grand-daughter.
-The United States has 17,000
dentists, who use a ton of gold and
five tons of other metals and make
4,000,000 artificial teeth annually.
Only one American in eighty js
found to have. perfect teeth, and
one-third of the population make
more or less use of the artificial
product
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
. Galveston, Texas, spends #3,000
a day for liquor.
A rich vein of silver has been
discoyered near Tccumseh, Ala.
Lieutenant Austin, treasurer of
the Salvation army of North Ad
ams Mass., has decamped with all
their money, and they have’tele
graphed General Moore, of Brook-
yn, for relief.
At 8 o’clock Wednesday night, a
ghl
cyclone struck the north bound
freight train on the Texas Central
railroad, 70 miles south of Van Al-
ne. Five cars were blown com-
:tely off the track, including the
caboose. No one reported injured.
A sensation was created to-day
at Bowling Green, Ky., by Charles
Moore entering the bouse of his
father, Dr. (, P. Moore, one of the
best known and wealthiest citizens
of the state, and demanding that his
aged parent sign notes to the amount
of #6,110, which he refused to do.
The young man then seized his fath
er by the throat and choked him se
verely. Releasing his hold upon
the old gentleman’s throat, he
brought forth two revolvers, which
induced the father to come to terms
and sign the documents.
A frightful tragedy is reported
from Wise county, West Virginia.
Martha Reynolds, the belle of her
neighborhood, engaged herself to
Charles Henton arid Bud Mitchell.
She was unable to tell which she
preferred. Understanding this state
of affairs Henton persuaded her to
elope with him. They were quietly
married and returned to the bride’s
home. That night they had an old-
fashioned dance and all the neigh
bors were invited. Bud Mitchell
insulted the bride and reproached
her for her fickleness, finally slap
ping her. The husband rushed in
and gave Mitchell a beating. The
next night Henton and his wife
went to church and did not return
home. In the morning their deed
and mangled bodies were found by
the toadside. Mitchell is missing,
and there is no doubt that he is the
murderer.
General Grant is slowly growing
weaker. As to the nature of the
affliction which is killing him one
of his physicians said a few days
■go. “As to what is popularly
known as the cancer of the throat,
and from which General Grant is
suffering, it may be said that this
cancer is of a unique character.
There are thousands of cancers of
the tongue, brought on generally
by smoking, and these will be found
in nearly eveiy hospital. • But Gen
eral Grant’s is not of that character,
and has presented features that will
be of intense interest to the medical
profession generally, which will be
shown as the case develops itself.”
PRACTICALJOKE.
INGERSOLLONTHEFAMILY
The lady of the white house, Miss
R. E. Cleveland, sisler of the presi
dent, has for a long time been a lect
urer in young ladies’ schools. She
is well acquainted with history and
the arts, and is said to apeak several
languages. She hasher knowledge
well at command, and is able to
take the lead in conversation. It is
strange to think of a blue-stocking
as the first lady in the land, but
Miss Cleveland is none the less
worthy of her position for her at
tainments.
Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, abo
litionist, requested before his death
in 1S46, that no stone should mark
his grave so long as a slave lived in
the United States. Now an associ
ation has been formed to place
monument where his bones lie, as
Mr. Rogers’ request did not apply
to the waite slavery still existing in
New England.
The governor of the island of
Samos recently discovered a tunnel
measuring about 5,000 feet long
which was used at least nine centu,
ries before the Christian era. It
completely preserved nd contains
Mr. John Blats has bought the I water tubes of about ten inches in
*lay*d hy • Sharp Uttlo Telegraph Boy. ’
(Savannah Times.]
Yesterday a little telegraph mes
senger boy occasioned some excite
ment on. Broughton street, by an
innocent practical joke. He had
seen the electric battery. man, who
holds forth on that street, between
Drayton and Bull, turn the power
of the bottled lightning on big men
and make them writhe and gyrate
about like loons, much to the amuse
ment of the lookers-on, and made
up his mind to get away with that
man. So he went to the telegraph
office and prepared himself. Sail
ing up to the battery, he grabbed a
couple of the handles of the machine
and told the man to “let ’er go.” At
last the register showed 300 degrees,
but the boy stood still and smiled;
400 was reached, then 500, but there
was not a change in the boy’s face,
or a quiver in his limbs. The elec
tric man thought there was some
tiling wrong with the battery and
made a thorough examination with
out detecting anything. Then he
got mad and jerked the thing up to
600, but the boy remained quietly
looking at the crowd, who seemed
paralyzed with wonder at his power
of endurance. Finally 700 was
reached, and the electric man got
mad and began to blush like a school
girl, delivering her first recitation.
When 800 was registered he grew
white in the face and tried to inflict
the death of Ananias on the young
urchin, by running it up to 1.000 at
a ierk, but the boy’s face, like Bill
Nye’s “heathen Chinese," was
childlike and bland.” Then it dawn
ed on him that the boy was “put
ting up a job” on him, he reached
out to catch him, but quickly drop
ping the handles the little scamp
rushed grinning and chucking ma
lignantly.
“Do you know how he did that?
1 lEasy enough. He put a piece of
insulated wire down his back and in
his coat sleeves, and of course the
current passed over the wires with
out touching him. The current
was strong enough to kill a man.
He’s a sharp little rascal, though.”
Bis Frteaids Do Xot Know : Wht tt lsaaOU
. yxxJ.-n totfegare. t
Col. Bob Ingersoll took the place
of Adonis on the stage of the Bij
Theatre, and as usual provefl
drawing card. AfteraU the orches
tra stalls had been sold af #1.50
apiece, a hundred or more chairs
were placed on the stage and found
ready purchasers. The dress circle
and gallery , were also completely
filled.. Mr. and Mrs. Nat Gqodwin
occupied one of the lower boxes
and the audience numbered many
theatrical people- The lecture was
upon the subject of “Liberty,” and
at its close there was a difference of
opinion even among the Colonel’s
most faithful disciples as to whether
it was a new or an old one. The
truth seems to be that it was both
or neither, just as one chose to re
gard it. The same old cards which
the irreverent Colonel has for so
many years been dealing out were
used, but he had made a new shuf
fle. The lecture, which beyond
question met with hearty favor, was
interesting where it dealt with the
questions of love and marriage, con
cerning which the views ot the dis
tinguished atheist are by no means
reprehensible. “I believe,” said he,
in the institution of marriage, and
I have no sort of sympathy with
those persons who endeavor to op
pose that institution. The fireside
is the most sacred thing on earth,
and the love o( husband for wife is
God-like. I would rather live with
the woman I love in a world of sor
row than be forever in a heaven of
men alone. We may forget all oth
er creeds with impunity if we be
A GREEN SPOT.
A Singular But True Story from Hartwell, Ua.
After,the surrender of the Con
federate armies and the treaty had
been sigped, a company of U. S.
troops passed through Franklin and
Hart counties, robbing the people
and destroying their property.
They were guilty of the most out
rageous acts of lawlessness, but as
the men had not returned from the
war, there were no one to offer re
sistance. When they arrived in
Hartwell, several gentlemen were
sitting iipon a piazza in front of a
store, among the number Dr. Webb.
The hitter, being no longer able to
quietly witness the acts of these
vandals, started across thS public
square for his home. A Union sol
dier, noting the movement, rode up
on his horse and demanded his sur
render. In complying with the re
quest, Dr. Webb, unconsciously,
threw one of his hands toward a
breast pocket, that the Yankee evi
dently interpreted as an attempt to
draw a pistol, and placing the muz
zle of his gun within a few feet of
Dr. Webb’s breast fired. The ball
Sold only i*™™. BO)-^ ® »d1MI*w-1T.
pierced his heart and the victim
died without a groan, his life-blood
staining the sand in the middle of the
street where he fell. The spot is
in one of the most prominent thor
oughfares of Hartwell, and nothing
but a sand-bank, yet there at once
sprang up a luxuriant growth of
grass, exactly covering the area
dyed by the blood of Dr. Webb,
and to this day it is seen. Hun
dreds of vehicles and feet press
down the patch daily, but it con
tinues to flourish and remain ver
dant, despite the barrenness of the
CO.. 106 wail «t« N v
To Dyspeptics.
Piedmont Press, of Gainesville.
The engineers on the E. E., Va.
& Ga. road threaten to strike.
diameter, each one provided with a
lateral aperture for cleansing pur-
| poses.
Active preparations lor the recep
tion of the Prince of Wales are in
progress in Dublin and all over Ire
land. Addresses will be presented,
and a universal welcome will be ex
tended to the son and heir of Victo-
The Chicago ballot-box stuffers
have been sentenced to the peniten
tiary.
Active preparations for war be
tween England and Russia are in
progress.
A New York woman has fallen
heir to an English estate of #40,-
000,000. , t. ■ , . , .
1 It is worth noting that Jcnetson,
Owing to a general freight strike ! tbe father of democracy, did not
of railroad men, there are great 1
freight blockades in Missouri.
A colossal statue of Col. Wm.
M. Wadley was cast in New York,
and will be erected in Macon, Ga.
The divorce suit of Lord Durham
on the ground of his wife’s insanity,
was dismissed from court, with the
costs thrown on his lordship.
The treaties which the expiring
republican -administration tried to
force upon the country have been
recalled by President Cleveland.
trouble himself with the question of
locality in selecting cabinet officers.
He began his term with three
Massachusetts men in his official
household.
The reason why Solomon said that
there was nothin); new under the sun,
was that he could not buy a good reme
dy to cure his stubborn cold. Dr. Bull’s
Cough Syrup had not been compounded
then. It has long since proved itself to
bethe great benefaction of the nine
teenth century.
A FATED LOCOMOTIVE.
In the opinion of a Kansas col
ored preacher, the earth was created
at midnight, so that no one should
see what it was made of.
Secretary Lamar has selected Ed
ward D. Clark, of Mississippi, to be
Secretary Lamar refused to accept I Assistant Secretary of the Interior
the resignation of Mr. McCalmont, Department.
assistant attorney for Pennsylvania, —
because be was a republican, and I The pay of Gen. Grant on the re-
insisted on his retaining the office. I tired list will be thirteen thousand
President Barrios, of Gautcmala, 1 ^ ve hundred dollars a year.
declared himself commander of all
the forces of Central America, but
the republics repudiate his inten
tions. Active preparations for war
are being made throughout the
country.
New York, March 12.—To-day
it was asserted that General Grant
appeared much refreshed upon
President Cleveland will be 4S
years old March 18, just two weeks
from his inauguration.
There are 37 applicants f#r the
position of collector of the “port” of
Atlanta.
The daily receipts at the New
awaking from a sound sleep late in I Orleans Exposition average about
the forenoon, and partook heartily *
of nourishment in liquid form. He l
has been entirely free from pain for I Capt. Paul Boynton has gone into
four days, and is now able to walk the bar . room bnsincs8 .
up and down stairs at will. He re
mains most of the time in his dress
ing room, and occasionally writes an
hour or longeron bis reminiscences
London,March 12.—El Mahdi’s
men last night attacked the ordi
nance enclosure of the garrison at
Suakim, and killed two sentries be-
Foor Fellow*!
Prostrated, debilitated, enfeebled,
they ieel as if they were hardly worth
picking up. They would hardly give
the toss of a bright penny for a chance
of a choice between life and death. But
even such forlornpeople can be renew
ed by the use of Brown’n Iron Bitters.
. , It vitalizes the blood, tones the nerves,
longing to the Berkshire regiment, I nn( j renovates the system. Mr. Isaac
and wounded threeothers. During C. Weed, Burr’s Mills, O., says: “I
this engagement in the dark, one of used Brown’s Iron Bitters for general
the attacking party was killed and I weakness, and it helped me greatly.”
several wounded. During the. _ p *nntTYPftQPn
night the hostile Arabs also sur-1 FRAUD EXPOSED.
prised the Shropshire infantry reg- , u Phantom Boy Prove* to be a w«naa
iment patrol, killing one man and j tttgI1111L
Twice Wrecked at the Same Spot and Explod
ing Near lu
Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 10.—
The locomotive known as the Oak
land, blew up on the Sharpsville
railroad and killed her engineer.
When Abel Garrett, a veteran rail
road man, heard of the occurrence,
he said: “That reminds me of two
singular accidents that happened to
the same locomotive. In the spring
of 1871, Charley Greene was her
engineer. He was backing her to
wards Sharpsville. Besides
the engineer and fireman a
weigher in one of the mines named
Reilly was riding in the cab. When
two miles from Sharpsville a cow
suddenly ran out of the woods and
jumped on the track in front ot the
tender. The tender struck the cow,
and both it and the engine were
thrown off the track, the tender
tumbling down the bank on one side
of the track and the engine on the
other side. She rolled over and
ploughed her dome into the soft
ground almost up to the boiler. Reil-
‘ r was killed ana the engineer and
reman were badly hurt. When
the engine was raised there was a
big hole left in the ground where
the dome had buried itself, and it
got to be quite a landmark.
“In the summer ten years later
Bob Logan was tunning the Oak-
land,and one day he was backing
toward bharpsville. At exactly the
same spot where the cow had ap
peared on the track in 1871 a big
hog came slouching from the side
of the railroad, and put itself square
in front of the tender. The truck
struck it and the tender was raised
from the rails, and it rolled to the
position it had been thrown in be
fore, and the engine pitched ofl the
other side and tumbled over so that
the dome buried itself in the hole it
had made in the ground when it
was threwn down the bank ten
years before. The fireman was
crushed to death at that time. Trie
odd part of this locomotive’s end is
that it exploded almost on the same
spot where it met with its two for
mer mishaps.”
Spll
lieve in the republicanism of the 1 sands. We were pointed out this
fireside, the democracy of the home I spot while in that town last Tues-
and the absolute equality of hus-1 day, and the story is vouched for by
band and wife. I doubt if men re- several of the most truthful citizens
alize what it is to have won the love 1 of the place. They are unable to
of a good woman. He who has I account for this little oasis in the
done that has made a success in life, I midst of desert sands. After the
even though he dies in the gutter. 1 assassination of Dr. Webb the sol-
No man has a right to regard him-1 diers were fired upon by a posse in
self as the boss of the household. 1 the country, and returning the same
The family should be an affair of I wounded a woman, who still car-
copartnership. No man has a right ries the ball imbeded in her flesh,
to assassinate the joy of a day in his For weeks a siffgle Yankee remain:
own house, and no woman should I ed in the county, robbing tile help-
be compelled to live with a cross less women and children at pleas-
man. Treat your wife like a tender ure, but he finally mysteriously dis-
flower and she will fill your life with appeared, and it is an old legend
the perfume of love. And, to begin | that his worthless carcass was used
with, court your wife. Don’t think to bait a fish-hole by some indig-
your wife’s love is not of sufficient | nant citizen,
value to take care ot after you have
secured it. The family circle should
be a man’s heaven, and if you are
The mewt common signs of Dyspeptic, or
Inrtlitostlon, are sn r;„»ession. »t the
, tr „ ~.i,. rr _«*, flatulency. water-brash,
^-art-burn, vomiting, loss of appetite, amt
constipation. Dyspeptic patients suffer un-
toiJ 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 fho bowels arc regulated, one of these
Pills, taken each day after dinner, is usually
all that is required to complete the cure.
AYER’S I’ills aro sugar-coated and purely
vegetable — a pleasant, entirely safe, and re
liable medicine for tho euro of aU disorder*
of tho stomach and bowels. They aro
tho best of all purgatives for family use.
PREPARED BY
Or. J.C. Ayer&Co., Lowell,Mass.
Sold by alt Druggists.
KAILKOADS
Under tbs Bias Coats.
Every United States military
rods and let love and kindness rule. | ,
A Grata it Corn Causes a Boy's Death.
Charlotte Observer: Eddie Shu
man, a boy 8 years of age, died yes
RICHMOND* DANVILLERA1LHOAD
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
On and after Oet. 12th. 18S4,
-r—if-i- nil the Atlanta and Charlotte Atr-Liae
The man who has not sufficient |
brains to be able to govern his chil
dren without appealing to their fear ]
is unworthy of being a father. X ou 1 terday morning at the residence of
may call me infidel, atheist or what bis f at her, William Shuman, on the
you please, but I intend so to live Camden road, two miles from the
that when I die my children can cit „ The cause of the boy’s death
joint to my grave and say, ‘He who was a grain e f CO rn, which had
les there never gave us a moment’s lodged in his windpipe and which
pain.’ Have your photograph tak- tbe physicians vainly endeavored to
en in the act of beating your sweet | dislodge,
little child. It will be a comfort to I ” '
you, perhaps, after tbe child is dead I An tend to Boa* scraping,
to go out in the spring time to its | Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, Ill
little grave and there look upon the jays:‘‘Having received so much benefit
. . T J. . , 1 from Electric Bitters, I feel it my duty
photograpn so taken. I want to do 1 j ct 8u ff er ing humanity know it. Have
what l can to take the whip j ba d a running sore on ray leg for eight
out of the family. I know that | years; my doctors told me I would have
Leave AtlanlA 1 <>-00 v ml j*40
Gainesville 8 - 1 - 1 P ,Q 'j'-'
>Lula ....A 8.41 p m|1054.
Rabun Gap Junction-B. 9.26 p mili.2*>
Toccoa C 10.04 p na 11.55
•Seueca £ 10.08 p m-li-Sl
Greeuv’le P m !
Spart&b’g —Pi 2.<*> a m 3.34
Gj 4/28 a m 5.2b
H| 5.20 a in| 6.10
_ veChTtte
Ar Gastonia.
Spat’nb’g
Solomon says, ‘Sparc the rod, spoil 1 to have the bon© scraped or legamputat-
the child,’ but I do not think we instead, tbreebottleof Elec-
.A,.. I tnc Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen s
need go for instruction upon the J Arnica Salve, and my leg is now sound
best way of bringing up children to and weU » Electric Bitters are sold at
a naan who was idiot enough to fifty cents a botele, and Bueklen’s
look for domestic happiness by I Arnica Salve at ‘23c- per box by R. T.
marrying six or seven hundred | Brumby & Co.
wives.”
JUST AS.GOOD.
Many unscrupulous dealers may tel I
CONSUMPTION CURED.
yon they have remedies for Coughs and j S?nIonA?r^h2 *foraoU ofa ifraple^geuble
Colds, equal in merit and in every respec I remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of
? ld reliable f>r &»-
anko s Cough and Lung Syrup, and un- I and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all
» .«-* j * — 1 ” Complaint*, after having tested its won-
power* in thousands of cases, has
. to make it known to his suSh'dns
- T , Actuated by this motive and a desire
ts relieve human suffering, I will send free of
charge, to all who desire it. this recipe, in Ger
man, French or English, with foil directions for
preparing and using, bent by mail by address
lng with stamp, naming thia paper, W. A. Noyes
149 Power** Slock, Kochcttcr, N.Y.
less you insist
take no other, _
deceived. Price
by Long&Co.,and E. S. Lyndon
a darkey’s FIND.
A Glue to the Loaf-Bidden Treasure of the Fa
* moos Pirate, Capt. Kidd.
It is known that a number of ne-
wounding one. One man belong
ing to this patrol is missing since I • t*
last night’s engagement. I n,e Mlller ' 8 wel ! know . n
In Disguise.
St. Louis, March 6.—Mrs. Nan-
'ell known spiritu; ‘
. „ . - w, . | I istic medium, who has been plying
All engineers on the Brunswick I j leT vocat j on w jth considerable suc-
division of the East Tennessee, I cess fj nanc j a i|y i n the Missoun and
Virgima and Georgia railroad struck Mississi - valleyS; came to th i s
to-night at 8 o clock, and no fast I a j cw wee fcs since, and has
trains will leave until new mcn been holding seances two or three
can be obtained. I times each day. Whispers were
With the exception of brief spells heard in various circles that all was
of wakefulness General Grant was not straight, and on Wednesday
said this forenoon to have passed a night Prof. Johnson, Dr. Adie and
comfortable night. It was after Capt. W. P. Scarf and Mrs. John-
eleven o’clock when he retired, and son called for the spirits. Mrs.
then complained of a dull pain in Miller entered her little cabinet, and
his ear and head. as Prof. Johnson had expressed a
Elias Haiman, of Atlanta, has desire to see a brother of his a
made an assignment. young man who had died a lew
1 years ago, the cabinet opened and
don’t look like a wreck:. a young man carqe forth, very neat
‘■When a mau is going down hill eve- an d trim and wholly unlike the
rybodvis ready to give him ak ck.» brother The p ro fe S sor made a
KTi'JSI’.a !h»ph.„t r . .nd lonnd
heir hair | it did not vanish, but was a thing
_ _ Cne bot-1 of substance.
tie of Parker’s Hair Balsam is then the He held on and a light was turn-
best investment. It slots falling hair, e( j on wben was discovered that
“"'aSuTg^rl^rno.rfdra: be .held firmly in his arms Mrs.
A gieat improvement over auy similar 1 Miller. At this moment her hus-
preparaeion, and sold at the low price 1 band rushed upon the scene in a
of 60c. | most belligerent manner and was
— I floored. The cabinet was searched,
The inauguration ball is said to and a Urge quantity of wigs, cos
have cleared all expenses. The tumes and equipments for old and
preparations for inauguration are y°»"g were found some of which
., \ n v , were taken to the Four Courts,
said to have exceeded $50,000, and w j lerca warran t W as issued for her
the visitors brought over #500,000 arrcs t upon the ground of fraud
to Washington. and obtaining money under false
— pretenses.
Brumby’s horse and csttle pow- She had on a complete suit of
ders restores vitality and increases male attire when grabbed by Prof,
flesh. Remember R. T. Brumby & Johnson. The mcn who went to
BOUGH OS ATLANTA DRUMMERS.
Drummerf are a happy class of
people, and are sad only when they
sing. Even in their dreams they
are happy. The fraternity tell it
that one of their number who had
frequently rup afoul of the Atlanta
drummers, by whom he was con
siderably annoyed, at last he had a
dream about them. The drummer
who had the dream was a baking
powder representative and is a man
from he yeast He told the boys
about his dream as follows: “I
dreamed the other night that I died,
and went, as a matter of course, to
purgatory. I looked around and
met burning drummers from almost
every city of importance in the Un
ion. There was a meat man from
Chicago, a shoe man from Boston,
an umbrella man from New York,
and so on, but not a solitary drum
mer from Atlanta did I see. I
thought it strange that sp great a
city as Atlanta should not be repre
sented, and to learn the ceuse I
hunted up the devil and asked him
why it was that the Gate City of
Georgia was not represented in his
vast assemblage. Without a word
he led me to a large chamber and
unlocked the door. He pointed to
a number of men hanging from the
ceiling and said: “These are At
lanta drummers, and they are being
hung up to dry. They are entirely
too green to burn.’ ”
Weather Reports.
There is a plan on foot to have
groes have been recently digging I the United States Signal Service to
for hidden treasure hereabout, but a I put up signals at the Commercial
most mysterious and startling sensa-1 Hotel, and let the people in this city
tion was developed a by a well-known I and the surrounding country know
colored man the other day. The the different changes of the weath-
manner of the mystery is about as I er. It could be done at a very little
follows: tost to the government and would
.Not long ago the old darkey’s do a vast amount of good to the peo-
wife was out near the cabin on the I pie. The changes of the weather
line of hills near the city, when she I could be telegraphed from Atlanta,
stumbled over something and fell. I and all that is necessary would be
She examined the obstruction on I to have some one to hang out the
rising, and it seemed like a piece ofl flag*. We hope to see Athens
iron. Stooping to pick it up, she I signal station soon,
found it too heavy. She called her I — -
“old man,” and they found it to be j 01* Will,
a stone box with an iron lid, in I A petition has been filed in the
which were two keys wrapped in I Ordinary’s office for the probate of
a piece of paper. On the paper the will-of William Hale, late of this
were written these strange words: county. The will was made on the
“Dig forty feet east, and you will zznd day of April, 1864, and wit
find some valuable papers. nessed by Wm. H. Lampkin, Arch
Here was a revelation. The old ibald Moon and Wesley Nance. • It
man was startled, but he knew he was written on Confederate paper
was “on to” a mystery and perhaps and sealed up in an old home made
a bonanza. He dug forty teet east I envelope. Mr. Hale was eighty-six
of his first point, and there, sure I years old at the time of his death,
enough, under a log. was a bottle. His estate consists mostly in lands
Sealed in the bottle were a number I in this county,
of old papers. Some were bills
rnd receipts, and some were names
Co., Athens, Ga.
McNUTT DOTS.
McNutt, Ga., March 14th.—Mr.
F. J. Freeman, one of our old and
highly respected citizens, died on
the 10th inst., and was buried on the
12th. He had lived out his day s and
passed off in peace and happiness.
* vsi v t 4 V .T I* AL. a
do the work are all believers in spir
itualism and looked upon her work
as phenomenal, and hence tbe ex
pose at their hands. Mrs. Miller
placed collateral for her appearance.
The affair creates considerable stir
in spiritual circles..
PLAIN QUESTIONS.
cmircn, preacncu lance and humbuggery, Have you the
sermon at the Mt. Zion church last remotest Idea that your scrofula was
Wednesday. His sermons are al- ] created by the use of potash and tnercu-
wavs hieblv appreciated. ay T No matter wbat the cause, B. B. B.
w feelle Bcusse a society lady the peer ot all other remedies. Do you
Miss Belie Beusse, a society iaay preaul ^at your troublesome catwrh
h e r “P ect ® is the result of mineral poisoning? B B.
„ cNutt. Her pres- is the quickest remedy. Are your
ence is highly enjoyed. chronic ulcers and ‘boils and sore the
C. B. Daniell. I result of potash and mercury T Medical
ntleman will not tell yon so, butB. B.
The business man, practical in all
things does not care to loose sleep at
night, would unfit him forbniness the
flowing day, so leips Taylor's
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum ahd
Mullein, which will prevent croup and
cure coughs, colds and cousumpti
A Drugiist for 25 Years.
Auburn, Abu, Sept. 8, 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 bandied.
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 live
vears or more, and am satisfied that
I do not place too high an estimate
upon its merits. G. W. Dixon.
Prescribed by Pbysieitnj.
w I have prescribed Swift’s Spe-
dy. Are yoor skin diseases, you?eeseaa, cific in many cases of Blood Poison
dry tetter, etc., the efieot of too much
potash and mercury? The medics] profes-
: and they say
The Speed or Heat Had Cold.
It has been aaked.whlch travels farter, - -
heat or cold; and answered heat. Be* I “fi B Ji. B makes more promranc-
causewyonecanratchaoold. Is there- ed cures than all othte piepsrations
lore follows that everyone should Keep combined.
Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet -- ,,, . .
Gum and Mullein, which will cure colds No senatorial election yet in Ilh-
coughs and croup. nois.
and at a general tonic, and it has
made cures after all other remedies
had failed, , •>
R. M. Strickland, M, D-
Cave Spring, Ga.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Di
mailed free.
b S. S. S. Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The senate, in the executive ses
old that ‘they eru4p^whenVx°
posed to the air. But strangest of | ^
all one of the papers contained the
Did you Sup
pose Mustang Liniment only good
for horses? It is for inflamma
tion of all flesh.
following mystic and mysterious
information: “Dig five yards east
of this and you will find a chest
with a part of Capt. Kidd’s treas
ure, amounting to #i,ooo,ooo. r
This was too much for the old
man. Ke was infatuated, mystified,
delighted. No one knew of the
find but himself, his wife and the
intelligent man who' aided him in
deciphering his great find. He
was now in for a bonanza certain.
But lo! his land ended right at the
log, and to djg on another man’s lot
he was afraid for several reasons.
His chief alarm was that after find
ing his precious treasure that it
would be taken lrom him. This
was a terrible thought, audit is. , T unoarnewii«i)M.STi
harrassing the old man until he is MM°? 1 tooV« r i£re , tt.S Ur3r ™ , ‘ 08US »?«“•
almost crazy. He has therefore re- I To tumera* nu sod other jeong men, this
Ueved his mind far enough to
fide to a well known gentleman Ins 1 you to writ* for particulars,
secret, but be will not divulge the union publishing housk^
exact location of the treasure until I .Olm-Wia*.
NEW ADY^TI SMENTS.
Men of Ability to can-
ter oar ne—: book, “W«
( experience net necerary).
On our new “Eebete System” the tele
he has raised enough money to buy f'EORGiu.cuxke Coaety.—Where**, the «*-
the acre of land where his love lies He^aSS&M^not'SliCT
buried. I represented.
It is actually known that this old I concerned to show csoseetthe regular .
pirate king did bury an untold
amount of treasure, but it is sen* I miaistrattonotaaia estate should not be Tested
erailv omnnearl flV«t it Viirfoav* I Ui John R. Crane* the county administrator of
e rally supposed tnat lt.was .bidden I aaldoonaty, or in such other person or person*
far from Aucru&ta. There is no tell- I “ court may adjudge proper,
ing, howevefahd the old
flag may be yet unrolled in our I MAT! PI?
midst, covered with Hie dust of{ NUlwfi-
years and covering the treasures of tn-- - b7 * iTO ?
a modem Monte Cristo —Ancnrtw ?«or No Pexcc” be •uhihUted to the
xt v^nsio. -rvugusia I bualilied Totersol thi* county et the time pre
views. I ecrlbed by law. in accordance with the laws made
— s a # —. and proYided upon ths subject. This lOthday
Why Is the sun like people of flahlon T I
Itmrn. ulghtlmqd.y-Ae tlmbpeople
eaten cold winch, if not attended to in I order win be granted tar ma at my office on the
time, will induce consumption. Takelnelc-enUuUy of April iax, e*ubu*hlnr«i
& Mr Rem * ly of -
Sweet Gum and Mullein. I t!*14«m»»o! b. K. M«a1
The grand jurors of Cobb superi-1
or Court are determined tef enforce I sa jl’jacKSON, Ord'yct dUrke comity. G»
the vagrant laws. This week they J
lound true' billi against Adeline [ i
Davis and' Mary Baggett, two ne-
gto'girls who‘‘have ho inclinations
to work.
Northward.
Express
No.&l
Daily.
Mail
No.&3
Dally.
Southward.
Greeuv’le.
Senecr
Rabun Gap Junction.
Kxprebb
No. 50.
Daily.
1:45 at
.4:28 a
6:44 a
. .7:28 a
. 8:32 a m
.9:20 a
10:00 a
.10:28 a
.1:00 pm
Mail
No. 52
Daily
3,34
4.53
6.29 p
7.32 p
8.30 p
8.59 p
Accommodation train, (Air-Line Belle) Go
ING NORTH.
... 5.38 p m
-7.60 pro
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, (AlR-IJNE BELLS,) GO
ING SOUTH. „ _
Leave Gainesville 7-08 * m
Arrive Atlanta...
. 9.05 1
No. 18.—Local Freight, Going South
Leave Charlotte...^—
Arrive Gafffeey’s
Spartanburg—.. —
Greenville—— .
.... 6.12 a nr
*.11.17 a
L20 p
... 4.55 p m
Central .™ —8.05 p m
No. 17.—Local Freight, Going North.
Leave Central —
Arrive Greenville—
Spartanburg..
Gaffney’s.
Charlotte..
4.10 a m
. 6.13 a zn
9.37 a m
—1127 p m
.. 7.00 p
vuie anu muuuiuuu wivuuuv vuoujc, wuuwr
Ing at Danville with Va. Midland Rwy.. to aD
eastern cities, and at Atlanta with all lines
df “ *
feavesRichmoud IM *'m,6darrivest here, 7.41
m. The local freights atop at above stations 20
to 30 minutes.
Buffet Sleeping Cars Without Change*
On traine Noa. 50 and 51, New York and Atlan
ta, via Washington and Danville, Greensboro
and Asheville. , ^
On trains No# 52 and 53, Richmond and Dan
ville, and Washington, and Augusta and Wash
ington and New Orleai
Thi
points South,’ Southwest, North and East.
A, with N. E. R. R., to and from Athens.
B, with N. E. R. R., to and from Tallulah Falla
C, with E. Air Line to and from Elberton and
Bowers ville. _
P, with Blue Ridge R. R., to and from Wal
halla,«fcc.
E, with C. A G. R. R., to and from Newberry,
Alston and Columbia.
F, with A. A S., and 3. U. A -C. R. R., to and
from Hendersonville, Alston, Ac.
G, with Chester and Lenoir R. R. to .and from
Chester, Y orkville and DaLaa
H, with N. C. Div. and C. C. A A. R. B,, to ana
from Greenesboro, Raleigh, Ao.
EDMUND BERKELEY, Superintendent.
- L. RIVES, M. SLAUGHTER.
2d7 V. P. A Gen’l Manager, Gen. Pasa. Ageu
GEORGIA RAILROAU COMPANY
STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
Office General Manager,
Augusta. Ga., Feb. 28, 1555.
Commencing Sunday, March 1st the followini
passengers Schedule will operate ou this roac
Trains run by 90tu meridian time—22 slower
than Atlanta and 32 minutes slower than Augusta
time.
FAST LINE.
No. 27, WEST DAILY. \ No. 25, EAST DAILY
Leave Atlanta 3.50 p.
“ Un. Pt 6:55 p.
** Wood ville. 7:07 p.
“ Maxeya ... 7:28 p,
•* Antioch... 7:37 p.i
“Lexlngt’n.. 7:57 p,'
" Winterv’e. 8:24 p.i
Arr’ve Athens 8.37 p i
; Washlng’n 5:45 p
J**ve •* 6:20 p
Arr’ve Atlanta l.OOp m-Ar’ve Augusta 9.20 p,
! Augusta
Ar*ve Washing’ 10.40 a m
Leave ** 7:55 a m
“ Athens, 7.45 a. m
ArveWinterv e 8.04 a,m
“ Lexington- 8:33 a.m
NO. 1, WEST DAILY. NO. 2, EAST DAILY.
Macon 7:40 a m
W ashi’g' n .11:20 a. m
Athens -.. 9:>0 fl.ni
Winterv’e 9:24 a.m
Lex’gt’n.. 10:06
Wood ville 11:37 p.m
Ar’ve U’n Pt.. 11:55 a.m
Atlanta'.. 5:45 p.m
Lv’e Atlanta.. 8
Un. P*t,... 2.
Wood ville 2:99 p.m
Maxeys... 3:06 p.r
Antioch... 3:24 p.i
Lexington. 4:01 p.:
Winter’ve. 4:49 p.
Ar’ve Athens.. 5:20 p.u
“ Wash’gt’n. 2:20 p^a
** Macon... 6:25 pm
** Augusta... 3:35 p.m
NO. 3, WEST DAILY. NO. 4. EAST DAILY.
Augusta..
re Macon
Ar’ve Atlanta.. 6:40 a.m-ar’o Augusta.. 6:10 a
sengers to and from the following stalons onL„.
Grovetown, Bercelia, Harlem,Dear!ng, Thomson
Camak, Barnett. Crawford ville, Union
Point, Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge,
Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, 8tone Moun
tain and Decatur. Train No. 25 will stop at
and receive passengers to and from the
following stations only: Grovetown, Harlem,
Bearing, Thompson,- Camak, Barnett, Craw
ford vine. Union Point, Greensboro, Madison,
Rutledge, Social Circle, Covftigtou, Conyers, r ‘
tbonia. Stone Mountain and Decatur. The *‘fi
Line" connects for all points east and northeast,
west and southwest. » * <-
Train No. 2s on Athens Branch gives passse:
gers from No 28 ou main line, 20 miuutes f
supper at Union Point.
The fast mail runs through sleepers between
Atlanta'and Charleston. Trains to and from
Athens connect with trains 27, 28, l and 2.
. . K. R. DORSEY, Gen. Pits. Agent.
JOHN W GBKKN. deal
NORTH-EASTERN RAILROAD.
On *nd After Oct. lUb 1£81, trAtn*
OAd will run as IoIIowa: i ..
75 Meridian rime.
1 A. J.U1A
" Bnbnn Gap Junction......
“ Atlanta.
Ti ‘ ‘
Tallulah Falla'
~IT:10
Mastodon Ammoniated
Soluble Phosphate.
factored and bold by us for the past eight years, ha^yniucvl n reputation u
other Fertiliser—this company having the- Ligjcst testimonial* its io it*
ACID PHOSPHATE
has been the standard for many yearn, haviug tio superior. Ai.ih ip.iti;.^ a heu\ y •
manufactured a large quantity, which wo wurraut cquai to any ne.uio’orc made t.
LOWE’S GEORGIA FORMULA.
Tothose who have used it heretofore, requires no comuieudatiou.fa.ni u ; . "t’iuv.
that thu analysis of this season is fully up u» any made iu the piuL Alter repealed r
those who have used it, we have concluded to mate u limited supply ofour <>.<i ur.tud t
Dissolven Bone Phosphate and Po.ash.
This article is made of Bone Phosphate and Potash with tr.»m one-U.ill to otic j or
very superior atficio, which has given wonderful results when a*e<l alone.
Genuine Leopoldshal' K.ainit,
Imported direct from Germany by the car load. The country flooded w itU chei)
are sold by irresponsible parties, risk your luercksulb iur our goods. >luay neaiei.*
to the farmers ot tJeorgia Unit the goods they sell are ma.:e by us; when such is tin
have written evidence of the i act, which tuey should oe required to .-how. He
brands above, we are preoared to put up auy formula desired, provided u does not
laws of tbe state ia which it is to be sola. We have bupvrior Cacuaie* f.*:
our central position, we are enabled to till orders with g’roai promptness at»U
give iu the future, as we have done in ihe past, enine ssutlseuou to uil who b.,y
nasing elsewhere please send to us .tor prices.
M. A STOVALL,
Treasurer anti Business Manager
A L bCSTA, O A. j.i.£
DOBBS .
•OLD RELIABLE GUANO!
DOBBS
AMMONIATED COTTON FERTILIZER!
Dobbs’ Chemicals for Composting-
have nil tbelM-uftSf*
The above reliable Brandsjof Guanos—so well known to the people rfXonhea
now ready for delivery. For terms and prices call on the undeisUined
that all mv Guanos are manufactured under a written contract, and
gradients iu them that it takes to constitute a
Standard Fertilizer.
.- A .^ allure on the part of the manufacturers to comply, would authorize me in ti-rowingeter
of the Guano back on their hands, besides al! this, the Inspector for this Ge«»rgD Piainei a
samples from every package shipped tome, and PRO F. \VI1 IT K. t»tn«e ChcmU* ■
the same, and his analysis is the guarantee as to the ingredients contained in N»i i t erulirc
places S. C. DOBBS between the planters and the manufactories, ond gains me planters
A Guarantee
That no other dealer, to my knowledge, does. Call and examine for yourselves.
Q.
Jani7tf.
C, DOBBS,
ATHENS, GA., JANUARY M
BE SURE YOU’RE : RIGHT AND GO AHEAD
IF YOU BUY
MAGNOLIA* ACID!
MATCHLESS
COTTON GROWEE
>i u OR
Merryman’s Amm. Diss. Bone!
You can go ahead With fhe assurance that you have a Fertilizer^
will pay you. If you buy something else because the price is a !iiM-1
er, you may find that your year’s work has been thrown away, b ?
to “stick to the bridge that carries you over safe.” You can bu; 5
above goods from
ORR & HUNTEB,
janzowam. ATHENS.
NO MORE WHISK!
■ QUIT THE BUSINESS
AND TURNED OUK ATTENTION TO THE
WHOLESALE AND RETA^
L \ TRADE OF
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
AND GROCERIES
-Merchants would do well to examine our stock
t ' TOBACCO
Before Buying elsewhere. We are agents for the
s Atlanta.
leara TUluUh Pull*-
Arrive at lul»”
Arrive at A then
NO.51.
’"?*£? p n
-7-.SO p ra
11.30 p m
Nil. 00.
.7:30 a m
l:4( • m
.3:48 a m
-..0:50 ■ m
■1 •m pm
No. u connect* n uut with B. A D.
U*to No, 50 for AtUnte uid nU paint* in Booth
aS? 1 ^" BuBet Sleeping C« tain tu
8< 2i!!®rn *nd Bouthweriarn printn
Car through .from
P hlladclphin ana
tula with It A p. train
Lh U wlthouYchnnge.—• pln *’ C * r
u ! ~ R - , E - d » n r. except Sunday,
Tbroughtlck.t. on aale at Athena for allpram-
luel In the NorthTScfi, South and West.
HKBGKB hLAUQHTKB, Gen. Pees. Agent,
■ <■ ■ H. B. BBBNABD. Bup't:
AND GEORGIA AClF
A-it! and ' examine our stock,
CARITHEHS, BETTS & SUm
bargains in
House Foraishiog ^
A - ^EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD9
And that in a short time. The early bird gets the * 1
Lome and see. C. D. FLAN1GEN, China Ha 11