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« WISE DECLARATION. r c v. Matk Trafton has c .:sed a ien *stion up north, by decii mg in nis pulpit that utter woiiulinet* run , the churches, and until the church returns to first principles it «ill not regain its Dower.—Augusta Chronicle. \Ve heartily agree with the Rev. M«rk Trafton in his declaration, if he will substitute the word sensa tionalism lor worldliness, which is h„t another meaning for that term. ‘fhe humble, consistent walk of Christians in the past, and the lov ing and foigiving language of the expounders of Holy Writ from the pulpits? are giving place to a new form of worship, that robs religion - - - -- - - ofits most beautiful teachings. The p eo , r S ia ' OI 6 . »nd who is one of the old dyed-in- RABUN COUNTY. Talk Wise Boa. Horaescannon About the Beaourcea of Ela SeSfcon. I The Banner-Watchman pun who can say the mest unusual things trom the sacred desk, and create the greatest laughter in the house of Uod and comment through the public print, now attracts the largest congregations, and seems to he the most successful in his . work. You may take some pious old min uter, who has devoted his whole life to the cause of his Maker, and let one of these latter-day exhorters, lately dragged from the gutter, de liver one of his sensational har. ungues in a rival pulpit, aad you will see the old minister preaching to empty benches, while the new comer cannot find standing room jor his (lock. It seems that the church, as well as the press, has i ..covered the public’s morb'd ap petite for the new and sensational, and intends to feed it to the full, it matters not how much at defiance such teachings may be to the com mands of the meek and lowly Jesus. Destroy the church, or undermine its true mission, and you that day break down the great sale-guard to humanity. We believe tha- these modern sensational , divi r- are lending great aid and enc rage- inent to tins evil. The m nunciatory a minister cin '. » ihe pulpit and the more uutrag. • - his Isiigu.ige, the larger hisari:* nncc. Such discourses see n 10 11 ffet’CU- luting upon the worst c ue t'* of tne public rrnnd at ihe ex e ot the tine ini"ion -rod mic- the church,ai-il i such p-cache re en- couraged in the future as • hiive ine i in tn. pa , they will .entu- a U «n h-rnniir ami itiat.t not ent'rely destroy, many . im dhev. Christ's -.ei 1101 on the m .u one of the III - beautiful prod:. . »!!> ir. prmi, am' it seems 10 us ! His lollowers should take rt.es *v rds as ttieir guide in the pulpi. Do you tor an instant suppose lh<’ !»a \ the Her Sam |ones and his mitators . ffice THE ASSISTANT ^POSTMASTER OF AMERICUS MISSING. waa yesterday honored by a call from Hon. Horace Cannon, one of the-wool democrats ofRabun. Ma jor Cannon was born in Franklin county, Ga., but has been living in Rabun since a child. He and his ood lady have raised fifteen chil- een, giving them good educations, and they are doing well in the world. His mountain home, sur rounded by beautiful and fertile valleys and lofty peaks of the Blue Ridge range, has always been a welcome home tor the wayfarer, and no one, with or without money, was ever turned lrom his hospita ble doors. Major Cannon is known from one end of Georgia to the oth er, and no mran has more or warm er friends. He has been the back bone ot organized democracy in his section, and exerts a great in fluence in shaping politics. This gentleman is still a staunch friend to Col. Candler, and says he should and will retain the office so long as he wants it; that Col. Candler took up the gauntlet thrown down oy Emory Speer when no one else would touch it, and the organized democracy owed him a lasting debt ol gratitude. Major Cannon is deeply interested in an extension of the Nbrth-Eastern railroad to Clayton, and says the project has been the dream of his life. He tells us that thousands of bushels of fine apples are now rotting on the all manner of mountain produce for W. B. Jackson, After Belns Dlscharced Forges Honey Ordere for a Large Amount and Then Leaves for Un known Parts—Children cre mated—Other News Notes. lived in those days, that the Saviour would have listened to such dis courses ss these men feed the mn-ses upon without re buke? You esn never coerce a mar. into seeking religion, or even drive him into foisaking over the mountains. Every week new veins ol asbestos, mica and other minerals are discovered hut this hidden wealth cannot be util ized for the want of transportation. Rabun, while a mountainous coun ty, boasts vast tracts ol alluvia! val leys, her hillsides gnw apples to gieat perfection, anti ev>-n the ridges yield tobacco up to llieir peaks. It only lacks the develop ing touch of a railroad to Inv this vast trade into the commercial Up of Georgia. Major Cannon tails us that a move is now on foot t > es tablish a telegraph or telephone line from Tallulah toCLvt»n and to learn its probable cost was his mission to Athens. He s.. .sthe railrosd near Murphy is connected by telephone with Webster, N. C., a distance of 23 miles, and it works splendidly. In speaking of the Beck trial, this gentleman • oinks the counsel for Beck had better let well enough alone, for if the;, gel a new trial he will doubtless swing, as the people are outraged at his cold blood muider of two heloless Americus, Ga., October 4.— Quite a sensation was produced upon our streets to-day by the an nouncement that W. R. Jackson, assistant postmaster, had absconded. Your correspondent, upon hearing the report, at ome went to the post- office and obtair'd the facts in fhe case fro n J. C. Mathews, who has charge of the office in the absence of Po»'master Black. For some time Mr. Jackson’s per sonal habits have prevented, at times the faithful performance of his offi cial duties. Last Thursday Major Black discharged him. He took no offense, and was to make up the night mail as his last official act. The next day Mr. Mathews found in the office a postoffice order on Mobile for one hundred dollars, properly filled out, with Major Black’s aame signed, all in Jackson’s handwriting. This led to an inves tigation. It was found that fifty ordees hud been torn from the back of the order book, and fifty postal notes were also missing. Further investigation showed that Mr. Jack- son was uot in the city. Major Black at once began to use the wires to forestall the payment of the fiaudulent orders, and also to se cure Jaekson’s arrest. Up to twelve o’clock to day he had not been apprehended, but it had been learned that his brother, James Jackson, had collected two hundred lollars in Troy, Ala., and letters of advice had been received in Mobile to pay three hundred dollars to Wiil A. Jackson, who had not yet called for the money. Major Black has tone to day to secure the arrest of Jackson’s brothel. VV. R. Jackson was raised in this citv, is Well connected and though -onu'wnar diss-pated at times, h heretofore borne an irrepioachable character for honesty. t la Seen Flying Ovsr the Country Around Athem. . Wales Wynton’s buzzard, that he ibfiUed over a year ago, was seen last Saturday by Mr. Mark Barber, living about six miles from Athens, in Madison county. Mr. Barber was pickmg cotton.and heard the tinkling'of a bell close to him, and looking up saw the buzzard with the bell and collar around its neck. This is certainly the buzzard turned loosed by Wales Wyr on, while correspondent of the Constitution in Macon, Ga. After perambulat ing the free state we again hear of the belled buzzard in upper Clarke. Some negroes were out in the woods playing “old sledge,” or as it is more conmonly called seven-up. The buzz-rd sailed over, and the negroes thought it was a ghost, and left their game unfinished and made track for other parts. Saturday afternoon we went on our semi-occasional pilgrimage to Oglethorpe county, and spent the night and day with our friend Hon W. M. Willingham. We tarried a FEARFUL ACCIDENT. Three Children Burned with a Souse in Elberton. Sunday about noon an outhouse in Elberton was burned to ashes, with three small colored children, who were locked in the building. The mother, who is familiarly known in Elberton as “Big Harriet,” was cooking dinner for a white family in town, and with the pre caution for which the race is pro verbial, rolled the baby in the bed clothes and left the other two in the room with it. and securely locking the door, went to her duty as cook. When the fire was discovered the two older children were burned to a crisp, and the baby’s head, feet and arms were burned off. It was lift ed from the flames by a man with a shovel, the house being about con- umed when the fire was discov ered. kindness and reason if you expect to make ot such a penitent a good and consistent Christian. This sensational, new-lanpled style of religion has not invaded Athens, and we trust that our good people HO CIRCUS YET. It seems that all the circuses are head-ng away from Athens, and there is serious danger of our city again being skipped. Perhao however, that a stray one may take u? in later in the season. There will never l>e a better year than this for a circus in Georgia, but it would be a good thing if they did give us the go-by. DEATH OF A HERMIT. ADAY4ND5 The Crop Outlook—The Prohibition Con test-Congressional Folitlcs-.The. New Court-House—Crawford Improving—The Signal Service—Land Sales, etc. his evil wavs, but he must be led by women. There have been a -great many brutal murders in Rabun, but never has an execution taken place in the history of the county. The people intend t» draw a line, and had as soon make it around Eugene Beck’s neck as any where else. Major Cannon met a hearty wel come in Athens, for he has a host DEATH OF A GOOD LADY. Mrs. Rach’el Bell, of Cumming, died recently at the advanced age of 91. She was the mother of Hon. H. P. Bel),late member of Congress, aud grandmother of Mrs. Geo. E. Gardner, of LaGrange. She had 247 descendants, 1S5 of whom are living. , „ • . .1 Vvmv 111 jasiiviio, iui •«. imo « uvwt will use their every eftort to keep it 6 f triends in our city. He was yes- as far from our gates as possible. | terday around renewing his pleas ant acquaintances. It won’t do to fool with a Texas woman. When she draws a hus band hi the marriage lottery she does not consider herself bound to keep him unless he is the genuine article. At Dallas, recently, a di vorce suit came up, in which it ap peared that Nancy Waters, after living with her husband, James Waters, five years, abandoned him 0.1 the ground that “he had a white liver,” and she was afraid to live with him for fear that it would cause her death. Speaking of the republican re pcaters who have been registered in Ohio, it is suggested that the fish hook style of identifying repeaters might work well in that state. In Georgia some genius several years ago suggested that suspected re peaters be marked by means of very small minnow hooks stuck in their clothing. The plan was adopted, and the fashion a good many enthu siastic negroes had of voting early and often was soon almost entirely brokenup. harmony grove dots. Harmony Grove, Ga., Oct. 6.— Editor Banner-Watchman: We had a white frost yesterday morning, but not so much this morning. Our merchants have bought thus far about 500 or 600 bales of cotton, paying a good price. Mr. W. A. Quillian has been elected one of the trustees of the Harmony Grove Academy, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. S. M. Shankle. Prof. Jos. A. Qoillian has been chosen principal of the Harmony Grove Academy for the year 1SS6. On the 7th inst. the voters of Clarksboro and Harrisburg districts vote ou the stock law. The voters of the last named district are confi dent that the stock law, or no fence, will win, but as to to the former HEAVY MACHINERY. Senator Smith has now on the cars at Winterville the engine and boilers for his cotton seed oil mill, soon to be built on his farm. The boilers are each 55 h. p. and the engine too h. p., the entire load weighing 36,000 pounds. It will be a big job to get it moved to his farm. THE DEMOCRATIC CRISIS. Views of a Missouri Democrat as to the Present Relations Between Democrats and Muswumps—A Shout From tbe Wild West. Fiom the St. Joseph Gazette. GOD HELP THEM! If the democratic party is really in the majority. If the democratic party was really victorious last fall. If it was really the democratic par ty that struggled for nearly twenty- lour hours against oppression and submitted to the most inlamous ty ranny conceivable. If it was really the democratic party that was sacri ficed and burned at the stake fo the glory of radicalism and for the perpetuation of radical scoundrel If it was the democ atic par- ism. .... ty indeed that was shut up in the district there seems to be some Tower of Hu iger, until it was well doubt. It is only a question of time as to the law in this county. The people seem bent on having no fence, and if the question is not solved by districts this year, the county will likely settle it next year. Pledger says he did not resign the Atlanta custom-house, but was re moved at the instance of a Georgia senator whom he had heretofore sup. ported. It seems that the Atlanta ring has no trouble about getting “offensive partisans” out of office in their own burg. This substantiates our prediction that certain so-called democrats in Georgia are responsi ble for the retension of republicans in office in the rural towns and cities. Senator Brown says that neither himself nor any of his sons will have anything to do with the State road after the present lease of their contract expires; and that his greatest desire is to have a fair, square settlement with the state and turn over the property in fine con dition. FRANKLIN COURT. A very important damage, case, Hooper vs. Cromer, was tried at Carnesville this week. Hon. Alex S. Erwin nnd Hon. W. R. Little were employed by the plaintiff, and Cols. Strickland, Camp and Dortch represented the defendant. The case consumed two days’ time, and resulted in a verdict of $550.00 for the plaintiff. A colored citizen named David Bullard was tried and convicted, of horse stealing, and several criminal cases disposed ot. Court will probably continue in session a day or two this week. The heavy rains of last week did considerable damage tn the crops, and caused all of the streams to rise out of their banks.. The trio of congressional aspi rants met at Carnesville. The Banner-Watchman is quite popular in Franklin county. Messrs. Brown & Wright, who have lately come to Carneaville, have a good stock of goods, and seem to be doing a fine business. The whole court turned out on Thursday night to witness the ptf- formance of Mattie Lee Price. A few days ago, ata ball in Basle, Switaerland, a young girl fell in a * faiat and died a few minutes atter. Caste—a tightly-laced corset. A BIO MEETING. The district meeting of the Chris tian churches that are known as the “Northeast Georgia Co-Opera tion,” will convene with the church at Union, Oconee county, com mencing Thursday, Oc.ober 15th, at 10 o’clock a. m., and remain in session three days. The district is composed of Clarke, Oconee, Jack- son, Gwinnett, Walton and Ogle thorpe counties. Thete will be morning and afternoon sessions; dinner on the ground each day and preaching at night. Besides the delegates and members of the Christian churches from all over the Jistrict, large numbers of visi ters attend these annual meetings from the sut rounding counties. A rich feast of spiritual things has been provided in the programme, and the dinners which will be serv ed each day will be such as only the good people of Oconee know how to furnish. Several able m n- isters of the Christian church will be present and deliver sermons and lectures upon topics connected with the subject ol salvation and mis sionary work. Come one, come all, and enjoy this feast of good things. L. D. Ridgeway, District Evangelist. CARNESVILLE RAILROAD. Freight is now being carried from this place to the Gap, and nigh starved to death, gnawed at its own fingers to satisfy its cravings, save the keys thrown into the Rad ical Arno; saw its children dying of starvation at its feet, and looking down into their imploring eyes, as the noble Pisan Ugolini did, swore to devour lhe head of the Radical Ruggieri in hell. Ifitwasthe true voice of the g-nuine Democratic party that ascended in those bitter days to God, appealing for ven geance,* for justice, and for mercy. And if it is the Democratic party that is now ciouching at the feet of the contemptible creatures called mugwumps, seeking to conciliate them, dread.ng their power, dick- e-ing here and there, yielding here and the e, and bearing concessions here and there, bearing a flag of truce and an olive branch instead of victor's banner and a sword to maintain it with. If it is really the Democratic party that is doing all this, then God help the Democratic party. But it is not. We deny it. There are some helpless weaklings, some 'ellows who t-lk Democracy now because Democracy is on top, some butter eyed Pharisees who stand upon the street corners and wall their watery optics up to heaven, and thank God that they are not as other men are, that they can forget and forgive and be like Christ, and all that. But bese do not constitute the Democratic party. They never breathed or uttered a Democratic sentiment. They never conceived or absorbed a Democrat ic truth. What soldier among the vast throngs of soldiers in camp ne.rSt Joseph to-day will adroit In Seclusion Twenty-Five Years, with Do mestic Fowls for His Companions. Boston. Mass., Oct. 4.—For more than twenty-five years Wil Siam Metriam lived the life of a her mit within the city limits of Boston A quarter of a century ago he built a little hut in the West Roxbury district of the city, within a stone’s throw of the Boylston station, on the Providence railroad, and since then had lived there alone, seldom going out and never admitting any one except when forced to. On F riday the old man died and his body was taken in charge by a brother, who resides in a neighbor ing town. The hermit’s hut, when visited yesterday, presented a strange and interesting appearance. It is sur rounded by a high board fence, dis tant, perhaps, ten feet from the hut, the dimensions of the latter being about eighteen by twenty-five feet. It is built in Southern style, with a chimney on the outside. An in spection of the , interior showed some curious features. It may be best described as a hut within a hut, the inner one having been the her mit’s sleeping apartment. The lat ter is about ten by six feet, and con tains a small cot bed, an old writing desk and a single chair. Ob the wall was a small looking-glass, and on one side is a little window look ing out into the enclosure, the other three sides being surrounded by passageways perhaps five feet in width. In the passage at the front ot the house are a small stove and an old wooden table. In the back part of the building under the same roof lived the hermit’s only companions, some fifty or more hens, and scat tered around the diiv'y lighted pas sageways were numerous old farm ing utensils. The fowls evidently stood high in their owner’s estima tion, numerous little openings be ing scattered around the door. Mer- tiam is known to have been an early ri. er and very temperate, though a piece of tobacco and a pipe found in the hut show that he occasionally solaced himself with a smoke. So retiring was he tha men who have lived within a few yards of him for years have never spoken to him. It is supposed that he left quite a fortune, for years ago he disposed of property which yielded many thousands of dollars. An old love aflair, tradition says, was the cause of his retirement from the so ciety of his fellow men. JURY LISTS couple of hours at the enterprising town of Crawford, where we .net a number of people from different sections of the county,.*nd were en abled to gather a little information to lay before our adders. Cotton is not inju: ed as badly by the wet spell as was rt once thought. While some bolls have withered in low places, there is not an average of one sprouted lock to fifty acres. One farmer that we met contended that the rain benefited the crop, as it caused the bolls to fill out that were dwarfed by the dry weather. Mr. S. H. Stokely, a splendid judge of crops, says he thinks the county will make as nvjch cotton, on an average as last ye. r —that while in some neighborhoods it is cut short, the discrepency is made up in oth ers. All acknowledge the finest corn and hay crop in years. As a planter put it, “peas have been a lallucination and a snare”—at one time it looked as if a world of field peas would be made, but the dry weather withered up the vines in a week, and this crop is almo-t a to tal failure. There is more politics down in Oglethorpe than any place we have struck. We find a decided and unexpected opposition in cer tain quarters to prohibition, but no earthly power can prevent the coun ty voting out liquor by at least 200 majority, unless the temperance men make some serious mistake. The few prominent opponents tn prohibition will not exert them selves unless aroused by insinua tions reflecting upon their course and in this event they will develop into a strong opposition. The more quiet the campaign can be conduct ed the better for the great cause at stake. The opponents to the meas ure bas.e their position on the state ment that the general local option bill, under which the election will be held, prevents a physician fur nishing a patient with liquor lor medicinal purposes without first .THE PRESIDENT TO MARRY. A Rumor That He Has Finally ftfnpaaftM —WHO the Lady la,--,**». * Waahlnttoo Lstur In the 8an Francisco Feat. “On his recent trip to the woods.” slyly remarked a welt-known New Yorker to-day, ‘The P.csident met an acquaintance, a you ig widow, whom the gossips have not yet named, but who is undoubtedly nearer his heart than any of the misses who have been mentioned as his fiances.” The meeting was ar ranged by Dr. Ward, who holds himself responsible for the] whole business. This widow is about thirty, is given to emponpqint, and will tip the scales at about 165 pounds. She has no children, and enjoys a comfortable income from a snug little property inherited from her mother. She was in Washington last May and saw the president twice without attracting any atten tion. There is no doubt that the President and the widow are much interested in each other, but the President is a little shy about telling sister Rose, don’t you see! The widow .belongs to an excel lent New York family, but Miss Rose may or may not approve ot having the acquaintance continue. The President told an intimate friend confidentially the other even ing that he never felt the need of a wile so much as since coming to Washington. The President and Miss Rose are’ totally unlike in their thoughts and actions, and the latter is wholly absorbed in her lit erary labors. The ladies o f Washington would rejoice to see the President wed - ded to a good wife, but perhaps two or three belles who have set their caps for the President would be sorely disappointed. “What a grand wedding we will have,” exclaimed one of the at taches of the White House, “if this rumor proves true!” The President, by two moves, has become entirely separated from all of his old bachelor companions, and has no chance for the delights of club life, as in the old Buffalo days. All his chums of yore are hundreds of miles away, and is it any wonder that the President keenly real izes the utter loneliness of his life? Since the 4th of March the hurly-burly of official life has kept his mind fairly oc cupied, but it is quieter now, and homesickness can reach WITH (HJMOPIUM; FANNIE SAILORS ENDS A WRETCH- *- «t* BB'MFE OFSHAMB. ~ T telegraphic sparks: The Press Dispatches ortesterdsy Reduced.- Into a Nutshell. | Only one death luts occurred i Toccoa in twelve months. A man in Conyers advertises for fifteen dogs for which he' will pay a. .liberal price. : ■' * ' A negro named Artie killed a wild at near Quitman n few_days ago, ‘Hat,measured four feat ,from‘ tip to dp. ’ . a negro out on Mrs. Gresham’s place in Greene county,.last week, killed a rattlesnake which measured lA feet and had 22 rattles and’a buf- tott. - -w Fhe prohibition excitement f ran#. taking out a dealer’s license. We evcn older hearts than the Drawn to Serve at the October Term or Clarke Superior Court. from the Gap to this place on the that any soldier ever respected or Carnesville railroad. Tabor &Bros., admired or would reward a ca...p merchants of Carnesville, are hav ing heavy shipmen.s over this road both ways. Other business houses of Carnesville are making _ arrange ments to have their shipping done via this road. Uncle Billy has erected a temporary depot at the Gap tor the safe-keep : ng of goods shipped over this road. Some reli able person will be in charge of the depot as early as practicable.— Bowersville Union, THE CLAYTON MURDERER. Dr. Willingham, of Crawford, says that fifteen or twenty years ago he had occasion to visit Rabun county, and stopped at Beck’s hotel, in Clayton. Eugene was then a handsome boy ol 19. and was his guide for several days in the moun- tains. He was a well grown and reaaarkahly handsome youth, polite nnd affable, but was courageous and daring even then. Dr. W. thinks that Beck was undoubtedly insane at the time ot the horrible murder of his wife and sister-in law GRAND JURORS. William H Morton, Tolbert N Lester, James M Nicholson, John S Linton, Joseph M Hodgson, Henry Bishop, George H Palmer, Julius Cohen, William T Russell, William S Holman, Charles Stern, Herbert Fleming, Francis M Doster, Jame- White, William H Lampkiu, Reu ben M McAlpin, John A Hunni- cutt, Henry Beusse, Thomas P Vin cent, Stancil Barwick, Wesley Nance, Asbury H Hodgson, Duke Hamiljon, Marion L Dunnaway, John G M Edwards, Love A Shack elford, James T Comer, Charles B Chandler. have no idea that such is the case, and believe that Collector Cren shaw w : ll so'decide if the question is referred to him. We were surprised to see the strong following that Scab Reese still retains in Oglethorpe, and if he loses the county it will be by a mighty effort. Several influential men who supported Black are now for Reese. The charges insinuated against Scab., iusteod of weakening him are arousing his friends to ac tion. Oglethorpe county should belong to Col. Mattox, and perhaps fie wil! carry it if hecan keep in check his friends and make the race on square.issues. Seab. Reese is a high-minded gentleman, a true democrat and a-staunch friend, and the only ground for opposing him is that he has held the office long enough, and it is right that other sections be given a showing. If Mr. Reese is defeated, no man that ever represented Georgia in con gress will retire with a more spot less record. There is a great deal of indigna tion in the county against that new $20,coo court-house, and the tax payers are gnashing their teeth and making all kinds of threats. It is estimated that the cost, including interest, will be $20 on every $1,000 worth of property, and the people say the county is not in a condition to bear the burthen; that tor about $7,000 the old court-house could have been remodeled and enlarged, and it would have answered every purpose for years to come. The pincipal objection that we see to the enterprise is erecting such a costly building in a hollow, where it can but show to disadvantage. We hope that a change of location will yet be made. Crawford is one of the most prosperous towns in Georgia, and is steadily growing. Mr. R. D. Stoke- Ijr is just completing a modern sev en-room cottage next to Mr. Poy- oerX and this week Mr. J. L. Jarr-eii, one of the most progressive menus this county, will commence a .nine house fronting the railroad. Tbe old guano houses that so long disfigured the town have been re moved. A signal s -’vice sta’i .i will soon be established here, ami the weather flags thrown to tlir breeze. The depot platform has ■Seen lowered to within a few im.li; President’s. CAPTURE OF A FIRE BUG. A White Man Charged With Setting Fire to widow e Com Crib. follower for tossing up his hat alter a battle bad been won by hard fighting, and shouting “Humth for our side?” The mugwump is noth ing more nor less than a camp fol lower. He has sneaked up for his share of the spoils. Then give him all that he is entitled to. Give him the soup bones that have been bleached, and the beans that have been left in the trenches- - But save all the regular rations, and all that the foragers bring in, for the men who did tbe fighting. Give them first pick and choice. Then, it there are any Democrats who arc dissatis fied with this soldierly way of fighting, let God help such Demo crats if He will, for the Democratic party can’t and won’t. Let them TRAVERSE JURORS—FIRST WEEK VV VV Power, J B Toomer, G A Mell, A H O’Farrell, C W Parr, L D Sledge, J R Moore, Georje Davis, G W Rush, T H Patman, George Hauser, R H Wier, William Anthony, LSchevenell, W H Towns, C Humbrick, W S Hodges, Madi son Davis, Peter Weil, W PH Epps, E H Dorsey, L S Dearing, J A Garabold, J H Willingham, H K Nicholson, M M Pledger, R T Moore, C D Flanigen, J T Crowley A C Thornton, R Towns, J E Wall TRAVERSE JURORS SECOND WEEK. H A Winter, J E Spinks. T G Evans, W W Duncan, A H David son, J N Carter, A B Harper, W B Jackson, J H Towns, J F Foster, J E Saye, Thomas Wall, W A Pled ger, W M Pittman, W F Dorsey, J E Pittman, A F Pierson, J M Head, W T Lester, WLDobbs, T G Had- On Wednesday morning last there was considerable excitement among our citizens, caused by the an nouncement that the corn cribs on the place of Mrs. Cinderella Gay, a widow lady residing about four mi'es from town, had been fired by an incendiary and, together with their contents, burned to the ground. The report was true and suspicion rested upon a white man named Jack Graham. It seems that in the spring time of tnis year, a white man, Jack Graham by name, came to this county from Pulaski county. He rented a place belon -rinu to Mrs. Gay, for the use of which he was to pay her two bales of cotton. Mat ters went along smoothly enough until the time forgathering the crop, when |Mts. Gay discovered that Graham was hauling away the cot ton and showed no disposition to pay the rent. Accordingly she had a distress warrant sued out and lev ied upon a bale of cotton which Graham had sold to Mr. J. T. Rog ers at Raedy Springs. This proced ure did not meet with Graham’s ap proval, and on the evening of the 29th of September he went to the house of Mr. Gay and abused her severely, us' ig rough language. He told hrr that she had “got the wrong sow by the ear,” and “d—n her he would fix her.” Leaving the yard, he shot the dog and went in the direction of the cribs. In a short while- thereafter, a bright light shot up, and before the neigh bors could r rch the buildings they are pa..t saving. Graham was in town on the afternoon of the 20th, and, it is said, made threats while here which go still further towards connecting him with the crime. He was arrested and placed under bonds of $1,000 to await action of thp grand jury, Mrs. Gay, as we have before said, is a poor widow lady (her hus band, Mr. Henry Gay, having re cently died.) and a daughter of Mr. Ti o. VV. Gilder, of our town Graham Hus made accounts du- ri g the ye ir with several of our ! merchants and they, no doubt, will rcce ve nothing in payment. He is Nine or ten A Woman Tires or Her Life and Purchases a Quarter’s Worth of Gum Opium Which She Swallows—The Other Inmates of the House Try to Save Her Life But Fall. Constitution. “Oh, don’t, please don’t, doctor. I’m tired of this life and want to die,” said Fannie Sailors last, night, as Doctors Howell and Willis West moreland, Jr., began trying to pump liie into an almost lifeless body. Fannie Sailors lived over the Fifth ward bar on Marietta street, and there she died last night by her own hand. Yesterday afternooii about three o’clock two young men called to see the woman, and after they HAD GONE TO THEIR ROOM some drinks were ordered from the bar below. While the boy was gone for the drinks the woman left the room and asked the landlady to join them, but she declined.- The wo man then went back to her room and complained to the men that she did not have a friend in the world, and said that she was tired of living. Soon after this the drinks arrived, and when they had been swallowed the two men left. About an hour after the men left the woman threw a shawl over her head and started down the stairway. . As she went down she met another inmate of the house, to whom she said: “I am going to buy something that will end this life.” She then went to a drug store near by and purchased a quarter’s worth of opium, telling the druggist that she was addicted to the use of the drug. Immediately after leav ing the drug store she swallowed about half of the lump of opium, and as she started up the stairway she broke off another piece, and putting it into her mouth began to chew the bitter stuff. At the head of the stairway she was MET BY THE LANDLADY, who bad been told what the woman said as she went out. But when asked if she had bought poison, she answered: “Of course not, I have no use for poison,” The woman was then chewing the piece of opium she had put in her mouth as she started up the stairway, but no one had any idea that she had the deadly, seductive drug between her teeth and she was permitted to go to her room. As she entered the door she looked bock at the women who were stand ing in the hallway watching her, and drawing her hand from her pocket placed it to’her mouth. She then picked up a PITCHER OF WATER, and swallowing a drink, looked at the women again and laughed She entered the room and closed the door, About a half hour later some one entered the room and found the wo man on the bed asleep. An at tempt to wane her was unsuccess ful, and*then the alarm was given. Lowell, Mass., October 6.—Ex Got ernor Talbot died to-day. The European powers are at work to settle tha Reumelian ques tion without bloodshed. The cholera has appeared in San Bandiiio lunatic asylum at Barcelona which has 700 inmates. The Indians of Montana have again become fractious, and troops are on the march to check them. There was a fight at Marietta, Ga., between a countryman aad a Gypsy over a horse trade, in which the rustic came out second best. Adairsville, Oct. 6.—The long- continued rains have done much damage to the cotton crop in this section. A duel with pistols, arising out of a political dispute, was fought by two Madrid officers. One was kill ed and the other dangerously wounded. Atlanta, October 6.—H. P. Hotchkiss, formerly a lessee of the Markham House, who left here about a year ago, died at his home in Olean, N. x. Ex-Governor Moses, of South Ca.olina, is closely watched during his confinement to pr-vent him from ending his life of degradation and shame by suicide. A Pennsylvania murderer, crazed at the shocking crime committed by himself two years ago has given himself up to the Chicago police to ease his outraged conscience. Atlanta, October 6.—If pro hibition carries it in Atlanta, it is re liably stated that the closing of the Kimball bar will entail a loss of $20,000 a year on the proprietors, The bar is run by the company. Blakely, Oct. 6.—A rattlesnake bit a negro on Mr. Manley’s place, in this county, on Friday. The ne- jro was picking cotton. He got lis gun and killed the snake. On Sunday the negro died from the ef fects of the bite. Cardinal McCloskey, of New York, has taken the last rites of the sacrament, and his death is at any time expected. Archbishop Corrigan will, by the right of suc cession, become cardinal immedi ately after hia death. Atlanta, October 6.—The House discussed the general as sessment bill this afternoon. The debates were tame. The case stands that members from cities and towns are generally for the bill, and the rural members oppose it. Albany, Oct. 6.—When the re turns are all in from this section, it will be seen that the caterpillars, rust and rain have cut the cotton crop off more than a third. There is much cotton sprouting in the bolls and rotting. Every rose has its thorn. Another skeleton in Gen. Grant’s closet has just come to light. It is said that Nellie Grant married a brutal fellow and that, if she ever gets secure possession of her chil- dien, she will separate from Sarto high-in At day of five hunar< city would go that way was not ta ken. There are in the senate 22 law yers, just half the body, sin the house are 45 lawyers, about onq- ,fourth. Three are Hebrews and three colored men. - . _ The following postoffkes in Geor gia are discontinued: Office at Dyke’s store, in Floyd county, and also the office at Nickajack, ip Walker county. Married last week, in West Point, Mr. A. J. Wallace and Miss Emma Reynolds. The groom is sixty and spry, but the apple of his eye is sweet sixteen—lovely and shy. 6am Jones and Sam Small will be in Rome on Oct 20. The Houston county fair com mences in Idyl Wylde on October Instantly the women in the 'house ^'*? e * CBO ' T ]^^ e vu"*A’ -— unhappiness, added to Ward recalled the woman’s threat to kill herself, and fearing that she had tried to carry that threat out messen gers were sent for physicians. Drs, Howell and Willis Westmoreland and Dr. Quillian responded. They found the woman in a stupor, from which it was bard to arouse her; but in the course of a half hour they succeeded in getting her upon her feet When she opened her eyes and realized that physi cians were trying to save her life, she begged them to let her alone so that she might die. She remained conscious only a short time -and then began to sink. She lingered until about half past one o’clock this morning, when she died. Her death was an easy one. The body, was turned over to the undertaker The coioner will hold an inquest to day. who she was. Fannie Sailors was about thirty years of age. She was a large, coarse, looking woman with sandy hair and freckled face. She came to Atlanta from Athens several months ago. She stated that she had married a man named Perry and that his cruelty to her had driven her to the life c-f shame she was leading. Twice before this she has attemyted to kill herself. SPLIT OPEN BY EARTHQUAKE. Tbe Ground In Beaufort lounty, Trembles and a Cb&sm Forms. N. C., . d :o be a bad man. of thegiouno, as it was a danget- | vcars he was tried in Pulaski otis death-trap before. This change, however, does not help the looks of this building. The stock law has advanced the price of lands in this county lrom 25 to 50 per cent., and the average sales laiely made range from $10 to $12.50 per acre. There has been considerable changes of late in real estate, and it seems on a boom. Messrs. L. F. Edwards and Nat Arno’d, we learn, have, within the past few mouths, purchased notices than $35,000 worth of land, and are still in the market. Hon. James M. Smith, very recently, has a^ded about $(5,000 to his lauded e ate. Mr. Fd Johnson sold his farfn of 650 acres to Mr. Dean for $S,ooo, and Dr. Hunnicutt, of Ath ens, disposed of tbe old Yancey place for -something like $8,o-1 •. As far as we can learn, the stock law is giving general satisfaction, and if left to a vote of the people to-day would be overwhelmingly sustained. away, N B Davis, J H D Beusse, J O Cook, J N Herring, B J Porter field, L J Edwards, T J Hughes, Z W Betts, C A Ba : n, H L Cranford, R L Witherspoon. THE PATTERSON HATTER. Atlanta, Oct 6.—The man Pat terson who cat his wife’s throat was released on bond this afternoon. Mr. John Gillispie signed the bond w hich is for $300. Patterson’s wife accompanied him to the sherifi’a of- ‘HVST- See, and whrt. he was freed they Tt ?' went to the r. -idence of officer Democratic party cannot and will q fnT . ^ ..... racy. P uu ‘ ■ i Blmto £ and t« nl\ Hcppiug irjm ’ bis ctLiu and falling u |iic floor. county lor the murder of a man by the name of Lee, but was acquitted. — Dublin Gazette. A NEGRO FIEND CAUGHT. ■•V, Saar Jones « Whisky. In a sermon a day or twoago the Rev. Sam Jones said: I wo:dd stea before I would sell whisky. What! You would steal? • Say you. Ah if every man who has stolen some thing in the last ten years was in the chaiu-gang there would be a pow erful thinning out of my. congrega tion this morning. If you are sick and a doctor comes to you and says that nothing but wlusky will help you, tell him “he is a liar!” There is no disease in the world that whisky is good for bnt what there is something that is better. If there is a man on earth that I have at supreme contempt for it is one ot these low-down, simlin-head- ed doctors running about over the country prescribing whisky for peo ple. Whisky is 'be vilest, worst ene my to man. Nobody but an inter nal scoundrel would sell it and no- body hut an internal fool will drink i-it- Corrailed la a Corn Field by a Mob That Had Pursued Him for a Week. St. Louis, Oct. 2.—Si King, the negro who had been pursued tor a week ipy a mob near New London, Mo., was corralled in a corn field a lew miles from that town last night. He was shot twice, but not seriously injured. It is not improbable that an attempt will be made to lynch him. On Friday, Sept. 25, he as saulted two women, Miss Laura Jeffries, of Pike county,.'and Mrs. Harris, of Yalls county. The out rage on Miss Jeffries was committed at 8 in the morning. King went to Mr. Jeffrie’s farm nouse and in the barn lot he found Miss Laura, 17 years old, milking s cow. He found Mrs. Harris alone in her farm house, and cocked a pistol and put.it af her bead, at the same time demand ing all the mon-y in the house. She pleaded with him not to kill her, at the same time giving -him $1.15, which was all the money she had in Jhe house. He tben crabbed her by the throat, and, after beating her severely, rendering her perfectly helpless, he dragged her Into an ad joining room .and ousraged her. A FBTBEAR Gats Into a Bass and Mangles a Child. Sherman, Tex., October 3.— -a 11:. ... ,r... There is great excitement in Longacre township, Beaufort coun ty, in regard to an alarming natural phehomenon which is rapidly de veloping itself. On the night of September iS shocks of great vio lence were felt in that city. The scene of the disturbances is in the vicinity of Shiloh church. A reli able colored man who lives near by and who was awake on the night above mentioned, says he felt the trembling of the earth very percep tibly, and on the following morn ing it was discovered that a myste rious chasm had made its appear ance directly across the public road near the church, measuring a foot in width aid 100yards in length. The surroundings se«--ned to oe in an unsettled condition. In a short time it was observed that the chasm was gradually widening and extending its course, showing that some unusual convulsion? of nature was in progress. As there was no further violent agitation at that time, the affair remained little known. The so-called rent or chasm is now again assuming very *serious proportions, and is continually widening and lengthening, and ac tivity threatening the surrounding section. It has deviated from its former course, which was an eas terly to northerly direction, crossing a small embankment and running in a zigzag line about fifty yards from tlie church. Several attempts have been made to obtain an idea of its depth, but they bave been unsuc cessful, owing to the shape in which it runs. There are various conjec tures as.to the origin of such an unu sual state of things. Some attribute it to an upheaval of the earth caused bv earthquake shocks.—Raleigh, N. C n Special. treachery, crushed Grant. It is probable that New York will soon witness the execution of the fiist woman huAg in that state for more than forty vears. The horrible crime for which Mrs. Druse will hang on the 26th of November is one of the most revolting eyer recorded in the history of crime in this country. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 6.—An Alleg.-n special says: “John Cham berlain, residing in Hopkins town ship, on Saturday, drowned his 'ght months’ old child on Rabbit river. Subsequently Chamberlain was found near the lake, with his throat cut and the dead child in his arms. He is now a raving maniac, but will probably recover from the wound. Chicago, Oet 6.—A special to the Daily News lrom Compton. Ill., says: “Albert Cook, who for some offense was sent to jail, was re'eased yesterday. He wentto his home early this morning and shot nd instantly killed hss mother-in- law, and then shot and killed _ his wife. Domestic trouble occasioned the tragedy. Cook has not been captured.” Hoboken, N. J., Oct. 6.—Geo. N. Disque this afternoon went to the police station and gave himself up, saying he had killed his wife by accident, but it is believed he mur dered her. She was found lying in the front room of their house, with her throat horribly gashed, and blood running over the floor. A baby boy, about 7 months old, sat beside the woman, patting the blood pools with its chubby hands. T. J. Burney is no longer in the employ of the Telegraph & Messen ger Publishing Company.- Judge Lumpkin has figured it ^ut that it will cost $15,000 to build anjl equip a ra’lroad between Lexington and Crawford. O. C. Cheves, of Montezuma, ha's a ghor-t on his premises t’rat ap pears in the shape of a woman with a waiter of dishes in her hand. It appears nightly. Atlanta, Oct. 3.—Mr. Rhode Hill said to-day: “The liquor deal ers have raised $20,coo and will whip the fight two to one.” Mr. Phil Lobb, who was standing near, remarked: “I’ll bet $5,coo they don’t.” The combat deepens, as it were. Dr. Armstrong has been suspend ed for the period ot ninety days, at the end of which time the regular church trial of the rector will be commenced. At a late hour the Bishop informed Dr. Armstrong of his decision. Will S. Hays, the poet of the Courier-Journal, will be in-Atlanti this season—not to read an ode,- but to crack a joke. He has signed as end man with Haverly’s minstrels for three years. Jesse, son of Mr. T. J. Kirk, of Heard county, happened to a sad accident Friday after loading a wag on with wood. He told a negro boy to throw the axe on the wood. The axe struck Je c se on the hand, severing one finger entirely. Mrs. L. N. Cole, of LaGrange, recovered a judgment against the Georgia Railroad Company in De- Kalb superior court Friday, of $2,500 tor injuries received about two years ago in alighting from a train at Stone Mountain. Johnson’s dairy farm had a severe fire Saturday night. One hundred and thirty cows and a large .quantity of provender were destroyed. The work of an incendiaiy. The loss was $50,000; only $5,000 insurance. This was the largest dairy in At lanta. Atlanta, Oct. 5.—A lot was selected to-day for the new Young Men’s Christian Association build ing. It is oil the corner of Wheat and Pryor streets, two blocks from the Kimball House and depot. Work will begin at once on the erection of the building, which will cost not less than sixty thousand dollars. Twelve thousand was paid for the lot. • v s GENERAL NEWS. DRIVING A BICYCLE WITH STEAM. Exhibition of a Dainty Engine Attached to a Wheel. Last evening Mary Mianef. a little gM, lashed a performing bear, chained in a back, yard, into a rage. He finally broke nis fastenings and iron roi.The animal fledout into the street, creating consternation. About fifty men armedjwith shot guns par- sued and finally shot the bear. The child is terribly, mangled about the neck and shoulders, and is not'ex pected to live, I A billy goat with the hydropho phobia is something new, yet Gi rard, one of the Alabama suburbs of Columbus, has enjoyed such a sensation. William Martin’s goat was bitten by a mad dpg about ten days ago, and Friday he became so hostile that Policeman JacksQn had to kill him. He not only used his head as an offensive weapon, but attempted to bite whatever or who ever came in his way. New York, Oct. 5.—Hundreds of bicyclists and 2,000 other persons ; fathered in the Roseville rink, in Newark last night, to witness the perlormance of a steam bicycle in- vented and exhibited by .L. D. Copeland, of Arizona. The bicycle was of the Star pattern, with a small wheel in front, and attached to the front bat was a vertical brass boiler heated with gasoline. A dainty engine was mounted on the bar above the boiler, and had a stroke of 3 inches, with a cylinder 1 1-16 inches in diameter. Below the engine was a spherical boiler holding a quart of water, and above it a] cylinder holding as much gaso line. A round belt communicated the power of the engine to a thirty inch wheel attached to the wheel of the bicycle. The engine made 1S0 revolutions of the Q inch crank in a minute, and nine of these revo lutions turned the large wheel once. A little steam gauge showed sixty pounds pressure a few minutes after . fire had been started, and, leaping into the saddle, Mr. Copeland rode . swiftly around the rink for twenty minutes. The inventor said the engine would run for an hour without renewal of wa- Charlote, N. C., will soon have street cars run by electricity. The robber who went through the Texas stage coach was a woman, not a boy. ~ At Calendona, N. Y., last week a $70,1“ so girl married John Barks, her coachman. V A hardened criminal at Colum bus Ohio, had his head nearly pul led off when hanged. Mrs. Fader, of Gouleville, Pa., was „tung upon the nose and lip by bees, and died soon thereafter from convulsions. A case of miscegenation of sever al years standing hre been brought to light in Texas. A white man who married a negro woman' in 1877, has just been arrested. Boston has a drummer ninety- five years of age. Secretary Lamar married the - daughter of Judge Longstreet, who was a Methodist clergyman. . New York, October 5.—A cy clone struck the village of West- wqod, N. J., twenty-tw.o miles from New York, yesterday evening, causing great damage to property, but no loss of life. A bottle of bromide left in a clos ed room all night with the stopper out destroys all infection and insec^ life. It has cleared places which were infested with vermin many times. It is far more effectual than the vapor of burning sulphur. Charlston, Oct. 5.—Dr. VV. A. Culbreath, brother of Mr. Culbreath, who was murdered by masked men at Edgefield, has sworn out war rants for the orrest of twenty-four icrsons, implicated in the so-called - ynching, including Memphis Cul breath, son of the murdered man. ter or gasoline, and that engine, boiler and fuel did not add more than twenty pounds to the weight of the bicycle. He lias retained the pedals on the' machine, and he used them as an auxiliary to the engine when he pleased PLEDGEE IN ATHENS. W. A. Pledger is now in Athens, and will make our city his future home. .He says he had rather live in Athens than any place he ever saw. Pledger has a great many friends in Athens, both white and black, and we have never known him to use his political influence, In local elections, against the best classes of qur citizens. SAM JONES ON SAM SMALL. Tbe Success of the Young Evangelist In St. Joseph, Missouri. y Mrs. Sam W- Small has just re ceived a letter from Sam Jones in reference to her husband’s good work in St. Joseph, Missouri, where the two . evangelists arenow con- 1 ducting a most successful tent meet ing. A portion ot it published be low will be read with interest. He says: “You have additional reasons each day to praise God, if you could only see and know each' day bow brother Sam grows stronger and more useful. He is indeed'a co worker with me in the! gospel. He conducts the 6 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. services each day fo the satisfaction of the vast congregation and the good ot the souls of men. How glad I am when I see him stand before’ the vast audiences each day a champion for the right!- I do not believe that, in the history of American Christianity, there'has been a greater power than he brought to Christ. He is tru^ful, - humble, prayerful and studious; he will .succeed. The people hang upon his words and are deeply mov ed by his earncatnes . When the people k low He is going to preach nis crowds areas great as mine are, and tbe congregations seem indiffer ent as to which one of us preaches. I htve been at it thirteen years, he thirteen days. The meeting is splendid, and has promise of very -rich'results: j- ■ i • . ‘ . i . ADVICE TOjaOTKERS. Mbs. WiNpLOW’a Soothing Sybvp should al* ways be used for children teething. It soothee. the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind<olic, and is the best remedy for iliarrntts*. |y314*W If Tsren»y~flve cents a bottle.