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The intelligent colored voters of the South ire at last beginning to realize the fact that their material and political advancement by no means hinges upon the republican party, but, on the other hand, their untiring devotion and fealty to that organization retards their progress and builds up an antagonism among the representative class of whites that will always keep this race in the background. These people have Yurther learned, fiom expert- < ncc, that the republican parly cares nothing for theitf further than their vote, and have been tor years using them to elevate Northern ad venturers an 1 unscrupulous and renegade Southern white men to otlice. They only throw their lead ens an occasional crumb, while the tank and file of the colored vote is h-lt to take care of themselves until their services are again required at the polls. Hence, what does the negro receive in recompense for his influence? The antagonism of the very class of Southern whites that he depends upon for his daily sup port, and the men to whom he will turn when in need of a friend or as sistance. Now these gentlemen aie weatying of this onesided way of doing business, and ask the col ored voters to assist them in main taining good government in the South if they want their continued aid and support. In Virginia the heller class of negroes have aloof Irom the republican patty and ate winking shoul der to shoulder with the democrats. The Lynchburg .Colored State Convention, about which so much has been said io the papers North and South, iias already produced a good effect. Laws, V, ood, Sv piiux, I itch ley anil other delegates aie among the leading colored men o! the South, and their utterances are having a great influence. Many negroes look upc as that coiivtn does the republican party care to me except as a voter?" ••They u P>> have made the Cal'- p.w ... r.ikc the hoi dioti»m> In.m the ti»c tithco." Ti.U Iceltng .it with me cti- iiiul they no longer give WEEKLY EDITION. NO X. ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 337, 1885. VOL’ XXXI Under the Mexican law a credi tor can have a debtor arrested on the day when the debt, falls due. The prisoner is chained to a post five days, guarded by an officer. At the end of the time, if the money is not forthcoming, the man’s labor is sold to the government for torty cents a day for as many days as will be necessary to discharge the obligation. The miserable debtor is sent to the silver mines, where he is chained to a gang of felons and ccmpellcd to work under ground. He sleeps under ground, and never sees daylight again until he is res tored to freedom. Our great political field day for this year is on the 3J day of next month. On that day New York, Iowa, Massachusetts, Mississippi and Virginia all elect Governors and full state tickets. Maryland, New Jersey, Colorado, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Nebraska elect partial ones. The states attracting the most attention are New York cul and Virginia. While New Jersey and Maryland are having lively canvasses. me situation just m. did. -What DYNAMITE IN ATHENS. COMBUSTIBLES SPILLED AROUND THE COURT HOUSE. HELLISH ATTEMPT TO TERRORIZE OUR CITIZENS. THE GUILTY PARTIES UNKNOWN. . give Ulei bccm.img <L.rniii caUdt-.loi.-d Yu; ecla.e lhe\ wili L-iilty . inch and h.i d i.> It is estimated that there are 35,- 000 newspapers and other periodi cals published in the world. The United States can boast of possess ing nearly two-fifths ol^ the number, or, to be exact, as show n by the American Newspaper Di rectory for the current year, a total of 13.-194, while the Dominion of Canada has 64) and Newfound land 9. When Miss Nellie Grant was mu-lied, some alleged punster re marked that the step she took was “Surtoiisky.” This was only said as a feeble attempt at witticism, but in the ligl.t of present events it looks as if the alleged punster’s ‘•yininnirous” rental k was more to a party to prophetic than funny in its char- cn blindly at- j actor, sentiment—the pn gratitude > 'u-e.l ..tint t le 01 that the te- 11 par y Heed them. ‘‘Hu; 1 he Iivtdom of liie negro,” said Law- in I. s speech at Lj nchburg ‘was not an act of the republican, j to a oon t i e , rrt . pm tv, .01 Aiuaham Lincoln, whom nil ttvere, offered to the the South the liberty of keel nr: their slaves i! they would co.1 c hack into the Union in too , 1 !\ -. The) would not, and the 111110:11 id 1 he slaves was an acci- .lent ,d war, lor Mr. Lincoln and hi- ge.iei.ds saw ihc war could nev er he ended while 1 and thousands like me w ere caring for the women and children while the men of ti e South Were lighting the battles. I am a Virginian- my the same as any white man’s. I ain tned ot seeing a color line drawn. I am tired of wearing the collar of a ar.d I would even follow the devil il he would lead me away from hell and Billy Mahone.” Now we w ant the colored element of Georgia and Athens to emulate tin- example and show to the coun try that they are willing to help build up and develop our state and city. What will help the business men of Athens cm hut inure to the advancement of the colored race, for upon this class are these people mainly dependent for their support. L ibor unions never have and never will assist unskilled workmen, and the negroes ol Georgia are only en ticed into them to further the ends of other parties. This the colored members will one day find out to their sorrow. We want to see a union for mutual benefit between the representative white and repre sentative colored elements of not only Athens, hut the entire South and such a combinatio 1 will he the dawn ot a bright day for the negro- The sooner he realizes he fact that it is progressive suicide to comh.it the business interests of his section, and antagonize the property and intelligence of a community, the sooner will the colored people of the South build up their own strength and prosperity. PROHIBITION IN GEOKUlA. 1 Contrary to general belief a body is not touched by flame or fire when I cremated. It is wrapped in asbestos j to prevent charring, placed cn a metallic support in a retort heated In a short while lew pounds of it is reduced to ashes. North Carolina derives a hand some revenue from its licenses on drummers, the -amount netted from the tax in September being no less than $9,000. The New Vork Times and Her ald are still bitterly denouncing Governor Hill because they allege Yesterday morr : ng, upon Mr. Albert Henley, clerk for JudgeJack- son, repairing to the court-house, he discovered sulphur and powder sprinkled around the entrance gate, and also the same combustibles cov ered the steps of that building. This young gentleman at once sounded the alarm, and a thorough investi gation was made. It was discover ed that at all the gates leading into the court- house grounds similar de posits were made, as likewise the steps and door-sills were covered with it. Sheriff Wier struck a match and placed it to some of the material, that instantly exploded. There was no note orother warning given, and it is presumed that the fiends who placed this stuff there only intended it as a threat of some kind, doubtless with a view o! intim idating our citizens and thus accom plishing some infamous end. The explosives were harmless, unless touched by fire, hut il conclusively shows that .ve have in our midst a dangerous and cowardly element, that seeks to accomplish in the dark what they dare not openly attempt. Athens is fully prepared to meet such cases, and when they ate caught up with the courts will not entire J he troubled with their trial. Threats tg dynamite have lately been made in Athens, we learn, and the placing of these combustibles around our court-house was doubt'ess meant as a hint that the same would he carried out if their warnings were not heeded. Athens should at Race cmplov a good detective and put him on the track ol these scoun drels, and they can doubtless he capluted and brought to punish ment. Some think that this threat was intended to intimidate William Hunt, the colored janitor at* the court-house, who is working hard tc-r the Citizen’s Ticket. If this he true, it will have no effect whatever. We do not believe that any society in Athens is connected with this outrage, hut that it was the work of individuals, who have assumed upon themselves to thus terrorize the city. We want to see the matter sifted to the bottom and the guilty parties brought to punishment, that blame can be fixed where it belongs. The rsons who did the work are assas sins and cowatils at heart, and wjll eceivc r.o sympathy from any good citizen. VALUED AT FIFTY MILLIONS. Rome, Ga., Oct. 19.—Colonel J. G. Veiser has just returned from a visit to his relatives in Paducah. Ky., where a family council was held looking to the recovery of property in Baltimore to the value of $50,000,000. The story is that in the year 178S Captain Phillip-Yeiser, an officer in the revolutionary army and grand father of Colonel Yeiser, left'his home in Baltimore and settled in the then wilds of Kentucky. Before leaving Maryland he leased to a par ty of gentlemen twenty-one acres of land on the outskirts of the city of Baltimore, and this lease was for the term of ninety-nine years. For about twenty-five years the rent was paid, but since that time the matter ot rent seems to have been forgotten. As Baltimore grew in population and extent the lessee of this land cut it up into city lots and sold them to different parties. Now the land lies in the heart of a great city, cov ered with solid blocks ot buildings, and the valuation of the whole will amount to the sum above mentioned. The lease of this property is now about to expire and the heirs of Captain Yeiser are putting in their claim to it. Colonel Phillip Yeiser, a lawyer at Paducah, Ky., and Mr. Fox, of Danville, were engaged to go to Baltimore and commence an action to obtain possession of the property as soon as the lease ex pires, which will be in eighteen months. FAST RUNNERS. Old Time Foot Races Between Aaron Crow and Charlie Shackelford. he once sold out some stock in a pa per he owned to William M Tweed. If any reliance can he placed in Ward’s exposure, Fred and U. S. Grant, Jr„ are both candidates for the penitentiary. Hoadtey's stand against prohibi tion defeated him in Ohio. The corkscrew did noble work for the republicans. CANDIDATE WOOD OPPOSES FREE SCHOOLS. Foot racing was once the princi pal sport of the country. Jackson and Oconee counties had two ot the fastest runners in Georgia, and when Aaron Grow,of Oconee,then Clarke and Chatl-c Shackelford, ot Jack- son, would make a race the people came from all parts of the country to see those fleet-footed country boys try their speed. Aaron Cro was in the city yesterday, and says that lie was atone time the fastest man in Georgia for 100 yards. Mr. Ciow ran three races with Chailie Shackelford, and heat two of them. Tlieie were large sums of money wagered -an the races, and nothing but this subject was talked of for weeks before it came off. Shackel ford had a reputation that reached from California to Georgia, hut when he came against Aaron Crow he found one that lie could not beat so easily as he had Indians and Mexicans out West Mr. Crow is now a quiet farmer in Oconee, hut delights to tell of some of his races when a voting man. The Record of the City Council Show that He Voted Twice Against Them—W ho Intro- duced the Present Bill. Editor Banner - Watchman: — Itulge W. B. Thomas was an early advocate of free schools in Athens, while a member of the city council, and did all he could to get them; but Alderman W. L. Wood moved to lay the question on the table, and thuskiiled the scheme. This is a matter of record, and can be seen bv 'looking over the hooks of the clerk of council. The present free school hill of Athens was introduc ed by Alderman Gantt, and was adopted by a unanimous vote of the city council. Alderman Wood twice voted against tree schools for Athens, and even refused to submit the question to the people lor their decision. Examine the Clerk’s rec ords and see it I am not tellling the The Constitution of Georgia pre vented the state making exhibits at] truth. This gentleman cannot at HIS IAST DROP. New Orleans, London and even at this late day poise as a friend to Macon. free schools. Foraker's net plurality in the re cent Ohio election is 17,6SS. FRANKLIN COUNTY DOTS. Mr. L. H. Briscoe, ot Carnesville, has a musket that was made one hundred and twenty-four years ago. Mrs. Maxwell, A. R. Thomason, and W. C. Vandiver are dead. A Holiness ifieeting begun yes terday in Carnesville with 60 work ers. Dr. W. C. McEntyre is much better. Mr. Jahn II. Rice and Miss Mar- garett J. Franks arc married. William G. Manley was horn in this county in the year 1S06 His wife, formerly Nancy Tucker, was horn in 1S05. RAISING CHESTNUTS FOR MARKET. A gentlemah in Oconee county slanted several chestnut trees on ' is plantation and now the trees will yield five bushels of chestnuts each. The chestnuts are much larger and better tasted than those brought from the mountains. MRS. FELTON RELAPSES. The many Iricnds of Mrs. Dr. Felton, the talented editress of the Cartersville Courant, will be pained to hear that she has had a relapse of fever, and is quite ill. We hope she will recover her wonted health soon, and he able to resume her ed itorial labor. TO 00 OUT WEST. The first of December Messrs. Wiley F. Hood and Dick Saulter will leave for extensive trip over the west, with a view of locating there. ACCIDENT IN BANKS. A colored hoy, son of Richard ’hilt, ol this place, met with a se- Aere accident one slay this week in Banks county. He was woiking n a gin. By some means he was caught by the machinery, and his foot was completely cut off.—Toc- coa News. Great news comes from Atlanta. A correspondent in the Augusta Chronicle—a paper that is bitterly opposing prohibition—writes from Atlanta that the liquor men in that city are in grave fear and want to make some compromise with the prohibitionists, by which only a Jew high license bar-rooms will he a'luwed. If Atlanta votes out whis ky, the rest of the state had just as well yield to the inevitable, for the next session of the Georgia legisla ture will obliterate the traffic by general enactment. The only dan ger that we see to this new move ment is that certain fanatics in the prohibition ranks—and every cause has more or less of them—embol dened by their success, will attempt some steps calculated to injure the cause and bring about a reaction in public sentiment. The leaven is now working as nicely as the most enthusiastic prohibitionist can ask, anu it is a safe and good policy to let well enough alone. Of all things, don’t, under any circum stances, mix prohibition with poli tics. We must act cautiously and conservatively. Show to the. peo ple that it is not our wish or inten tion to oppress any one, but are only working for a great moral re form, that we want to bring about with as little injury to the men en gaged in the liquor traffic as pos sible. We are opposed to the high license system, for it is an unjust discrimination in favor of a certain clast of bar-rooms. If liquor drink ing is a curse, it is none the leas so in a gilded palace than a cellar. Let it be gradually swept from the state, and not a root left behind to sprout again. " ” ANOTHER CIRCUS. We learn that Coup’s circus is heading toward Athens, and will show close on the heels of Cole’s. They were delayed by a railroad accident, which prevented them getting to Georgia sooner. The ad vance -gent is expected in Athens daily. NEW ENTERPRISES. We to-day publish propositions from responsible parties to com plete three important enterprises in Athens, viz.: A railroad to Abbe ville, S. C-, on electric railway system and to establish the electric light here. All of these schemes will meet the hearty endorsement and co-operation ot our citizens, and will be given every encourage ment. AN EXODUST MOVEMENT. News comes from neighboring counties that the nigroes are hold ing meetings and organizing with a view of moving out West, and a number are preparing to quit the red hills ot Georgia. We have traveled all over the West, and find that a man can do as well in Geor gia as elsewhere, if he will only work. .... _ o But Rome was not built in a day—neither can the liquor traffic be eradicated at once. MICA IN GEORGIA. The mica found in North Geor gia is the finest in the world, it is said. Some ol it is clear and some is of the beautiful wine- colored vari ety. Almost any variety that the market would demand can be gotten from these mines. It is firm, solid, tenacious, flexible mica that is very valuable. A great deal of mica that is on the market is a littie spongy, and breaks easily when beaten, hot this is firm and can be bent double before it bleaks. It is gotten out, too, in large blocks, weighing from forty to sixty pounds, which wili square from four to sixteen inches. A block that weighed sixty-two pounds and squared thirteen to six teen inches was taken out several days ago, from a mine near Ellijay One Who Knows. A Ttg;t Hop* Walker Probably Killed In Spartanburg. (Ireenville. News. A tight rope performer named W. L Davis gave some remarkable ex hibitions of his skill in Spartanburg on yesterday, having his rope stretched across Main street at a height of 45 or 50 feet from the ground. Alter turning somersaults, standing on one leg, hanging by his toes, and performing other teats, he undertook to drop within four teet of the ground and catch by one leg on a small rope swung from the big one to the street below. He failed to tie the rope securely, and as he shot to the ground, head foremost, caught at the rope,it parted above, and he fell with unchecked force. He was immediately picked up and cared for, hut at S o’clock last night he had been unconscious three hours, all efforts to restore him had failed, and it was believed that there was no hope for his recovery. SIGNIMft BILLS. .. -V Bills and Measurer That Have Received the Governor's Signature. Establishing a system of free schools in Athens. Authorizing the. payment of in terest on certain endorsed bonds o! the Macon and Brunswick railroad. Incerporating the Wast End and Atlanta Street Railroad Company. Amending section 4004 of revis ed code. Prohibiting importation of second hand clothing into the state, and the sale of the same. Allowing disabled Confederate soldiers who have lost a limb or limbs, and who have neglected to draw tor any year or years the amounts of money to which they may have been entitled under the several acts passed in their favor, to make application for the same, as if such failure or neglect had not oc curred. Prohibiting obstruction of the Oconee river, from Greene and Hancock county line on its eastern bank to its confluence with the Ocmulgee. Authorizing Coweta county to pay $500 'owards erecting a monument to Confederate soldiers in Newnan, Ga. Providing for keeping a record in Greene county by merchants buying cotton in less than bale lots for pub lic inspection. Providing manner of dissolving garnishments. Amending section 3533 of code ol 1SS2, by adding to section the fol lowing: “The property or money sought to be garnished was not sub ject to process of garnishment. Regulating commissions to jus tices. Incorporating the LaGrange North and South railroad company Making common carriers respon sible tor damage to person or prop erty, while acting outside their cor porate authority. Requiring Tax Collectors to keep a record of tax defaulters. Carrying into effect paragraph 1 section 17, article6 of'the constitu tion, so far as it relates to civd caves For the better enforcement of the road laws. Regulating the practice in the superior courts in appeal cases from justices. Declaring when executions and judgments are dormant to require that entries on executions to pro vent dormancy shall be recotded on the execution docket. Enabling widower or widow to receive the share of the estate to which he or she is entitled without intet vention of a guardian in certain cases. Amending the law as to serving hills in equity on defendants. Amending section 621 of code of 1SS2. A bill authorizing the governor to furnish the Georgia reoorts and oth er books to the State University. A hill to authorize the judge o* any county court to presid - in the court of any other county juris e, when said county judge is disqu di- fied by law for the trial of any case in his own county. Abill to execute pa raj. raph 2, section 4, of article 6, of the Consti tution, by conferring upon courts of common law equitable jut isdic- tion. A bill to define the duties of mas ters in chancery and auditors; to regulate the filling of exceptions to their reports, to define the duties ot the superior courts in the premises. A bill to amend section 1969 of the code. A bill to amend section 1676 of the code relating to the moue of iricorporation of schools and church- sessment plan, A -Wtt to provide for the sale of estrays appraised at $20 or less. A bill to exempt telegraph line repairers from jury duty. A hill to authorize the granting of letters of dismission to administra tors and executors, without adminis ter ing upon the revisionary interests in the lands set apart as a dower. A bill to fuither prescribe the duties of the tax collectors of the several counties of this state, and to fix a penalty for the violation thereof. A bill to confer upon the sheriffs of the several counties of this state authority to serve or execute all pro cesses heretofore issued or that may be hereafter issued from justice courts or Irom the courts of notaries public who are ex-officio justices of the peace. A bill to prohibit any justice of the peace, or any notary public who is ex-officio justice of the peace in this stat •, from exercising any of the duties of his office after indictment or presentment by the grand jury for malpractice in office. A bill to make good the service of processes issued from the courts of the state either at law or in equity, whenever such set vice is not made ihe length of time now required be fore the appearance term. A bill to amend section 1404 of the code by striking therefrom the woids “or belonging to some volun teer organizations,” and inserting between the words “duty” and sand,” in the third line, the words •including the volunteer organiza tions." A hill to make additional appro priations for the years 18S5 and 1SS6 to supply deficiencies in the several appropriations for the ex penses ol the government. A bill to provide for the compen satiun ol bailiffs of the county courts for attendance upon the regular monthly and quarterly sessions of said court. A bill to give the owners of stal lions, hulls, etc., a lien upon the get of said stallions, hulls, etc. A hill to incorporate the Athens and Jefferson ruilroid company. A bill to incorporate the Athens Savings bank. A bill to amend the last sentence of article 7, section I, paragraph 2 ot the constitution. A hill to amend section 3937 of tl.e code, to provide an additional mode of obtaining tales jurors when from any cause there are not a suffi cient number of those drawn pres ent to complete the panel of either grand or tales jurors. A bill to authorize anil empower municipal corporations to issue exe cutions for any debt due for taxes, assessment, etc. A resolution concerning the col lection ot the Trezevant claim. MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING A Lady Tries to SNoot a Dog and Receives the Ballet Herself. J'E LEGKAPUIC Sl’ARKS. One night last week Mrs. Bold- ing, wife of Mr. G. T. Bolding, who resides on Col. G. R. Black’s planta tion, in the fork of Briar creek, in this county, took a pistol and walk ed out to the back door of the dwel- iog to shoot a prowling dog which was in the yard. In a few minutes the report of a pistol was heard, and some member of the family going to the door,’found Mrs. Bolding lying on the floor, shot in the left breast and a pistol lying near her. Dr. W. C Bowie was Called in and probed the wound to the depth of two or three inches,' but could find no ball; Jater lie discovered that the ball had passed out at the back near the shoulder blade. A search was made for the ball, and it was found near where she fell, very much flattened. The mystery is how she got shot. She had been in the habit of shoot ing the pistol, and was experienced in its use. It seems that she can give no account of how it happened. The wound is pronounced by the doctor a flesh wound, but quite se rious. The ball, perhaps, struck a rib and glanced around, coming out at the back She is suffering con siderably, but will probably recover. —Sylvania Telephone. GEORGIA NEWS. m AN ANGRY WIFE. Who Tries to Save Her Husband from Ar rest. A Beautiful Girl's Fall. •At Macon, Thursday, GEORGIA WONDERS. Lexington, Ga., Oct., 20.—Dep uty SheriffDave Wynne anil posse, in search of one Waiter Witcher, colored, found him Saturday night, or just before clay Sunday morning last, in Madison county. He is sup posed to be the vile wretch who as saulted Mrs. Tom Graham, while on her way to the spring last April, in an attempt to coipmit rape on her person. Walter, on discovering the posse surrounding his house, en deavored to make his escape by running. He was overtaken, bnt in order to arrest him, he had to be given a good lashing. He finally submitted, and asked to be taken to his house. While they were in the house waiting for Walter to yet over his sulkiness, the wife of Walter appeared with a dirk in one hand and an ax in the other, and began cutting right and left. The posse were throw entirely on the defense, and SheriffDave Wynne discharg ed his pistol at her, shooting her in the thigh, after which she, too, sub mitted to the officers. YValter Witcher will be brought before Mrs. Graham to-day for identification. THE RABUN DELUSION. Eugene- Beck, the wife murderer, is safely lodged In our jail. Sheriff’ Gaines says he is cheerful and don’t house of Lucy Cohens, colored, on Fifth street, Lieut. Wood, who had been instructed by telegraph to do so, arrested a young woman named Hattie Landreth, of Augusta. Miss Landrcth is a young woman of some beauty, and is apparently 19 years of age. It is stated that she is of good family, and that her home, for merly in Cincinnati, is now in Knoxville, Tenn. Some months ago she went to Augusta to visit friends, and while there fell prey to a handsome and well-known young man of that city. When the truth of her misfortune dawned upon her, she went from bad to worse and a short while ago gave birth to a Child. She is arrested upon the charge ol having one night recently carried the child to the home of a negro woman upon whose doorstep she left it. She avers that she gave the child into the keeping of the woman, and had agreed to pay a stipulated sum of money each month for its niainten eem to comprehend or care much about his condition. Ilis attorneys have led him to believe that he is innocent of any crime and that he will eventually get off’ clear, or his sentence very much softened down. While this may be a soothing, it cer tainly is a hopeless delusion.— Gainesville Southron. SORE OVER DEFEAT. It is stated that ex-Governor and Railroad Commissioner Smith is very sore because Governor Mc Daniel did not see fit to appoint him to this autocratic office. It is to be hoped this is not true. Governor Smith was greatly surprised when he was appointed Commissioner, and now he is surprised at not be- ng appointed. He has nothing to compl ain about.—Augusta News. THE BAIN CASE. T. W. Rucker, Esq., yesterday received a telegram from Atlanta, stating that the supreme court had reversed the case ot Mrs. Bain vs. the Athens Foundry, and gave a strong 'decision in his favor. Mr. Rucker has done some hard work on this case. A bill to define when corporations, mining or joint stock companies may be sued and to define how ser vice ol the suit maybe effected. A bill to amend section 4538 of the code in reference to gaming houses and gaming rooms by strik ing out in the sixth line ot said sec tion the words “any other games played with cards” and substituted in lieu tlieieof the words “any other game or device for the hazarding of money or other thing of value ” A bill to require justices of the peace and notaries public who are ex officio justices of the peace to furnish transcripts of judicial pro ceedings had in their respective courts. A bill to authorize the hoard of education or other proper authority in certain counties or municipal corporations in their discretion to annex to the public school a d< part- ment of industrial education. ance. A police officer arrived from Augusta, and will return to Augusta with tile young woman in charge. She is a beautiful young woman— intellectual, accomplished, hand somely attired, and in everv way attractive—and apparently wits not destined to such a fate. Mother and Children in One Grave. Petersburg, Va., Oct. 19.—No sadder scene has lately been wit nessed in Petersburg than the funer al of the late Mrs. William Cook and her two children, which took place this afternoon. They were burned to death last night with kerosene, with which Mrs. Cook was attempt ing to kindle afire. Another child of Mrs. Cook, who was burned at the same time; is not expected to live. The mother and her two children were placed in the same coffin, and of all those present at the funeral scarcely a dry eye was to be seen. The services were conducted by Rev. O. E. Littleton, pastor of the High street M. E. church. SAD CONDITION OF MR. WINN. Lock J. Winn, a prominent law yer of DeKalb county, who was de feated by Judge Richard H. Clark for the position of Judge „of the Stone Mountain circuit, created bv the legislature only a few weeks since, has lost his mind, and has been compelled to abandon his pro fession. He passes Lis time sitting in a chair, and with a vacant gaze runs his eyes over the newspaper handed him by members of his family. He rarely says anything and when he does, his remarks are such that they have no conoectien, and in consequence he cannot be understood. An Eagle Carries Off a Child. Montreal, Can., Oct. 16.—Yes terday a large bald-headed eagle seized the two-year-old child of Jean Romally, a farmer near here, and bore the little one off’ in its talons, alighting on a barn a jnile distant.' A number ot men with guns followed, but before they could reach the spot the eagle had killed its victim by driving its beak into the child’s skull. Alter partly devouring the little one’s flesh, the bird took flight and escaped. Riel has been respited until De cember 10. Marriages In Danlelsnlla. Danielsvillb, Oct, 19.—The matrimonial ball may be consid ered fairly opened in our county. Mr. Isaac D. Simmons, a young widower,, and Mrs. P. Barnett were the first to lead off. Mr. James P. Patton and the charming Miss Fannie Carithers the next happy couple. Curious Happenings still the Order. E itonton Messenger. Mr. Editor: Speaking of Mr. Johnson’s dog being for seventeen days cmbowelled in the earth re minds of a few things which came under my observation when quite a boy. 1 knew a turtle to live twelve months without food, so far as any one knew. It was in this wise: There lived on James river a man who caught many turtles aud terra pins lor the Philadelphia market, and would put them in an old out house till he accumulated enough to make it an object tor a boat to land lot them. On one occasion he took all out, as he thought, hut to nis surprise, 13 months thereafter, in faking down the house, he found one imbedded under the hearth, alive, fat aiul fine. I knew a bull in Lawrence coun ty, Ga., many years ago, to live thirty days without food, except the bark from the logs, which he had eaten as far as he could reach. He was caught in an old out house by a storm blowing off the roof and blockading the door. This is no bull-dozing story. Speaking of a a mule giving birth to a colt in Sumter county seems a freak of nature. I knew a mule and read of another many years ago, that did the same thing. The case 1 knew of was in Nancemond coun ty, Va., near Suffolk. The mule be longed to John T. Kilby. A grey female inule. Bring in your next dog, turtle, hull and mule. Denis Station, Oct. to AN OPIUM EATER. A man named Means came into one of our drug stores, Tuesday night, and being introduced by a citizen of Athens, asked for 15 grains of morphine. The druggist sold it to him, and the purchaser stepped to the water bucket and prepared to swallow it at one dose, when the proprietor of the store took the same from him and poured it back into the bottle, refusing to let him have any more. Mr. Means explained that he had no intent to commit suicide, but had often taken as much as 16 grains of morphine without any bad effects, and was addicted to the habit. Two grains will kill an ordinary man. We do not know whether he succeeded in getting the drug or not. EXCITEMENT AT TALLULAH. Mrs. TV. D. Young Attempts to Shoot Mr. Mobs' Store Keeper. From parties from Tallulah falls, we learn the particulars of an ex- A bill to change the m inner of j citing little encounter at that place. granting license for the sale of spii- ituous liquors as cantaineil in sei- tion 1419 of the code. A bill to authorize the commis sioner of agriculture to appoint fi«h wardens in the several counties ol the state, and to prescribe their du ties and fees. A bill to require persons who have been or may hereafter be ap pointed administrator on any estate without giving bond and security, to give bond and security as admin istrator, or be removed from the administration of the estate. A bill to incorporate the Cincin nati, Georgia and Florida railroad company. A resolution requesting our sena tors and representatives in congress to vole for the repeal of all the Uni ted States internal revenue laws. A resolution requiring the super intendent of the state lunatic asy lum to investigate and report the causes for the great increase of lunacy in this state. A resolution to authorize the les sees of the Western and Atlantic railroad to change gauge of the tracks of said railroad so that the same may conform to the gauges of the principal railroads with which it connects. A resolution to exempt the ex-' hibits of the fairs of the State Agri cultural Society and the Northeast Georgia Fair Association from tax ation. So far, Governor McDaniel's veto does not appear upon any measure that be has considered. A bill defining voluntary assign ments, and providing that a swum schedule of creditors shall be filed with the deed of assignment; also providing that fraud shall avoid the deed of assignment; and giving ju risdiction ofcourts of equity. A bill to provide for the return of harmless ipmates now in the lunatic asylum to the counties from which they came, to be cared for by - the county authorities. ' A bill to be entitled an act in rela tion to corporations and associations organized under the authority of the law otjthis state or other states for the purpose of furnishing life in demnity br insurance upon the as- It teems that Mrs. Young has been laboring under the idea that Mr. Martin, who keeps store for Mr. R. L Mo-s, had something to do with the burning of their hotel, and early Tuesday morning, before Martin had got up. she went to the store, with a loaded pistol in her hand, with tht avowed intention ot killing him. Mrs. Youngknocked at Mar tin's bed-room door, and told him to come out at once. In the mean time Mr. T. A. Robinson got wind of what was on foot, and going over to the store, attempted to stop the troubie and told Martin not to leave his room. But Mrs. Young was determined, and cocking the pistol tried to fire at Martin through a crack in the door, but Mr. Rohertson' prevented it by stopping the hammer of the weapon with his finger, which was badly mashed. Mrs. Young then left the building, hut was so overcome by excitement that she fainted in the road. It is a most unfortuuate mat ter, and doubtless this lady was laboring under great ner vous excitement over her loss. We trust that all will be explained and settled without fur ther trouble. INSURANCE IN GEORGIA. For the fiscal year ending May 1, 1885, the various insurance compa nies doing business in Georgia re ceived premiums amounting to $t,- 130,545, and paid out in losses $692,448. The Southern Mutual of Athens heads the list, receiving in premiums $233,509, and paid in losses $97,796. So it is seen that fire risks in our state is a good in vestment. The premiums were $438,097 more than the losses on a business of less than $1,250,000. FOWLER'S SALES. From a gentleman who knows, we learn that Mr. Fowler, who runs a bar-room near the paper mill, av erages about $60 in cash per day. About half of this is clear profit. STOCKHOLDER'S MEETING. The stockholders of the N. E. R. E., met yesterday. They elected the same board of directors. Mr. J. M. Orr was elected in place of Mr. Billups Phinizy, [resigned. Hawskinsvillc Dispatch: “In Ir win superior court last week two of the negroes charged with the burning of Mr. Sumner’s gin house, in Irwin county, about a month ago. pleaded guilty, and were sentenced by judge Simmons to a term of fif teen years in the penitentiary. There were three negroes engaged in the plot to murder and rob Mr. Sumner on Sunday night, but .failing to perfect their plans to murder him in his dwelling they set fire to his gin house to draw him away from his dwelling so they could kill him and then plunder his house. One of the negroes wrs killed next day by the party of citizens trying to arrest him. The other two negroes surrendered, and were takenjto jail in Irwinville, where they remained until last week, when they pleaded guilty and were sentenced to fifteen years each in the penitentiary. They will be taken to Joe Brown’s coal mines in Dade county.” TO TAKE HIS FLAGS. As Collector James O’Farrell will be incapacitated for some time yet from discharging his official du ties, it is proposed to let him ex change places with Mr. W. W. Col quitt, of the Savannah district, until Mr. O’Farrell, will be able to re sume duties in his own district. While we know that Mr. Colquitt is an efficient officer, his district will lose nothing by the exchange, for Mr. O’Farrell is in every way com petent to discharge its duties. THE HARDEST YET. A gentleman tells us that one of the Potiphar Peagreens in the legis lature politely went to the door keeper of the House and asked his permission to step out awhile, stating that he would only be gone a few minutes. It is needless to add that this representative voted against the amended JLailroad Com mission bill. The key that Miss Newton touch ed the other day. was a wonderful affair. Il first broke the circuit, and over a connection with the Western Union lines, notified the officers stationed out in Long Island by Gen. Abbot, to guage the veloc ity of the vibration, that the moment for the explosion had arrived. It then fired the mine and set an in stantaneous photographic machine, and then struck the beats of the clock to enable the officers to com pute the interval between the time of the explosion and the first vibrat ing sensation. The Grant Monument fund was recently increased by fifty cents, somebody having contributed to it an old Confederate fifty dollar note, which was sold for that amount By the way, it is getting very monoto nous to read week after week in the New York papers “total to date $Sq,ooo.” That coveted million is still a long way off. _ Governor McDaniel to date has signed 340 bills and 23 resolutions passed at the late session of the general assembly. Among those not yet acted .on are the tax asses sor’s bill, the bill preventing pooling, and several othets. Ttu Press Dispatches of Yesterday Reduces Into a Nutshell. State Senator Fuller died in At lanta. Two murders were committed Saturday night in Uniontown, Pa. A canal horse in New York jum'ped into the water and saved two lives. A postmaster at Clarkesburg, W. Va., has been indicted for' opening his sweetheart’s letters. Doris’ circus train was derailed near Memphis. No one killed, but the horses and animals were spilled out. Atlanta, Oct. 17.—The Gover nor to-day signed the bill prohibit ing pool rooms and bucket shop exchanges. A colored preacher in Memphis, accompanied by several of his flock, was tired upon by assassins. Sever al persons were injured. A number of persons were killed near Jersey City by an emigrant train telescoping with an express, and another train plunged into the wreck. At Pleasanton, Texas, Walter Marr, brothei of District Judge Marr, was shot dead by John Yates, well known citizen. The men were intoxicated. Amkricus, Ga., Oct. 17.—lion. George W. Davenport, of Preston, who cut his throat and stabbed his wife, died at 11 o’clock to-day. His wife is in a very critical condition, with but little hope of recovery. Atlanta, Oct. 17.—R. J. Aw- frey, a sewing machine agent, had his horse to run away with his bug gy to-night. He was thrown out and concussion of the brain was produced, from which he will prob ably die. Perry, Oct. 17.—Dr.Thomas and Dr. Smith are rival physicians here and recently both had charge of the same case, which resulted in death. Smith accused Thomas of poisoning tlie patient. Thomas at once posted Smith on the doors of Pleasant Hill church as a liar. A board of honor has failed to reconcile the men and bloodshed is looked for. A negro man of Toccoa, Ga., killed a colored woman of the same place last Monday night. We un derstand he and another fellow were calling on the girl, and she spoke something in favor of the other fellow, at which the former became enraged, and with a stick dealt a blow on the girl that ended her life. Macon, Ga., Oct. 17.—A special to the Macon Telegraph from San- dersville says theie was an earth quake shock there this evening, at 5:20, lasting about ten seconds. The movement was from southwest northeast. Persons in buildings felt the shock very perceptibly. It was accompanied by a low rum bling sound. A large army of tramps are raov ing southward. . The Georgia earthquake of Sun day was felt in Jeflerson county. One neero killed another near Folkston, Ga., about a 50 cent debt. Ten persons were burned beneath the railroad wreck near Jersey City. Four persons were burned to death with their house in Chicago. The Mormon elders are again working East Tennessee and Geor gia. Chinese pirates attempted to aap- ture a British vessel, but were whip ped off. Two men were shot at Harris burg, Va., while John Wise was speaking. A fine horse in Sylvania, Ga. was killed by running against buggy umbrella. Powder Springs, Cobb county, Ga., had a $5,000 fire, destroying several stores. An Atlanta street car company had to pay $130 because one of its mules kicked a man. Work on the Atlanta artesian well has been suspended. It has cost $20 per foot. Tne Chinese government is busily engaged in building railroads throughout China. They are still arresting parties en gaged in the lynching of Culbreath. at Edgefield, S. C Five families in Atlanta were seriously poisoned by eating souse made of fresh pork. One man was killed and seven injured during the races in Mel bourne, Australia, in one race. A drunken negro met on the streets of Atlanta a lady member of Prof. Peck’s family and struck her. Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, formerly of the Sunny South, has been doing seme clever detective work in New York A little girl was shockingly wounded in Chattanooga while her little brother was handling an old pistol. The Catholic organ of Virginia arraigns Dr. Curry, Minister Spain, for insulting its church in public address. A canvas of the new members of the Ohio legislature shows that { ohtt Sherman will not be elected J. S. Senator. The liquor men in Atlanta are discouraged, and say that some sort of concessions must be made to the prohibitionists.. The speejal corespondent of the Commercial Gazette concedes the election of Fifz Lee, but says that Mahone will carry the Legislature. John Howard Parnell, the West Point preach farmer, does not like the manner in which nis Irish ten ants are withholding the rent. His only remedy will be to charge the matter up to his brother Charles. Bellefont, Pa., Oct 19.—At the Presbyterian Synod to-day, the com mittee on treedmen reported and strongly recommended the erection of e college in every southern state for the education of colored men. Louisville, Ky., Oct 19,—At Cwaskie, Kansas, a terrible powder explosion occurred Saturday night. Mr. Landers, a farmer, accompanied by his wife, two children and Mrs. Streck, started home. Among Landers’ purchases was a two pound package of powder. Mrs. Landers, in lighting her pipe, drop, ped a spark of fire on the powder, which ignited, throwing every one iti the party out of the wagon. Mrs Landers was instantly killed, and the others cannot survive their inju ries. Greenesboro, Oct. 19.—A seri ous accident occurred here to-day, that may result in the death of one The gubernatorial pot. has teas to boil. A Columbus waiehouseman I: 1 skunk for a pet. The artesian well at Cuthbeit been attached by the sheriff. English capitalists are buyir great tracts of land in Georgia. Davis Brown, a young man Rome, has'mysteriously dfsappea -ed from borne. -' l A Rome man gave in his tax ; $205 and his property will brin $2,000 arfy day.' There is a man in Brownwood wh claims to have a bottle of whisk thirty years old. . ] William Lovern and Mf«. Lan ders, aged respectively 79 and 5* were married nnar Bowden a fev days ago. Two negroes were caught in. tht machinery ’of Col. Humber’s mill ir Putnam county. One was killec outright and the other will die. Maria Riley, colored, committed suicide by drawing herself in ttu Ocmulgee river, at Macon, Thurs day. Domestic unhappiness was the cause. Col. J. R. Sneed, of Georgia, was yesterday appointed by Secretary Manning chief of division in the Register’s office. Col. Sneed is an old newspaper man of Savannah. Gov. McDaniel has pardoned Ja cob Hart, colored, of Glascock county, who was sentenced to pris on for life for a disgusting crime. 1 He has served twelve years, and the Governor’s action is the result of strong doubts as to the prisoner’s, guilt. Atlanta Journal: The last issue of the Sentinel, a paper published in Augusta and edited by a negro preacher, contains a very harsh and under the circumstances, a brutal attack upon the character and fame of General Robert Toombs, whose death the sheet prematurely an nounces. As Miss Fannie Eberhart was walking through a cut on the North-Eastern road railroad, near Maysville, the train caine upon her unexpectedly, and in her excitement she dropped her satchel, containing her watch and other articles upon the track, which articles the train ran over, smashing the watch, she having a very narrow escape her self. Dr. Woodrow has appealed from the action of the Augusta presbyte ry on his case to the synod. This will probably make the approach ing session of that body in La- Grange a lively one. Dr. Wood- row, it will be remembered, was suspended irom the chair he filled in the theological seminary at Co lumbia, for his views in regard to evolution, he holding that there was nothing in the doctrine with which Christianity could not be shown to harmonize. Watermelons are still on the Al bany market In Murray county cor* is selling! at 40 cents per bushel. A member says the legislature lost a solid month on account of free passes. It is rumored that Judge John D. Stewart may resign the judgeship of the Flint circuit. It is rumored that Judge Thomas G. Lawson will retire from the bench at the expiration of his pres ent term. A little negro, aged eight years,: was burned to death on the planta tion of Mr. W. F. Castellow, in Henry county, last Sunday night, caused Crom the explosion of a ker osene lamp. The three boys in jail for entering Mr. Coben Anderson’s house re cently are troubled with ghosts,' They affirm that a tall, skeleton-like:, spectre pays its respects every night' or two.—McDonough Weekly. j Robert Toombs’ estate is said to: be worth $250,000. A paper mill company, with a : capital of $100,000, is to be organiz ed at Way cross, Ga. The probabilities are that the: crop of cotton - will be somewhat; larger than was expected a few weeks ago. Hart county crops have been in jured, according to an experienced merchant’s estimate, $20,000 by the wet spell. A new hotel to be constructed of brick will soon be started in Cuth- bert, Ga. A $20,000 court house is already on its way toward comple tion. Mr. Oliver Walls, one of Upson’s] most substantial farmers, was in town this week with a two horse wagon i that he has been using regularly cn his farm forty years next July. Aj good lesson for young men just starting out in life.—Thomaston j Times. A soiled dove in Atlanta tried to commit suicide by banging herself in the city prison, but was cut down 1 GENERAL NEWS. The Florida orange crop this year is the best ever raised in that state. Chester A. Arthur, Jr., who is now at Lenox, Mass., is in impaired health. Josh Billings, the great humorist, died out in California on Tuesday. His real name was A. W. Shaw. It is now thought that Riel, the Canadian rioter, will be imprisoned ; for life instead of being hanged. The Galveston News estimates that the Texas cotton crop of 18S4- > S5 will closely approximate 973,000 bales s Western cattlemen arm them selves with' long range buffalo guns when they go on guard watching for fence cutters. Gen Fitz Lee was escorted into Lebanon, Russell county, Va., Wed nesday last, by 1,320 mounted dem ocrats. * The first human body will be in cinerated in the Long Island cre matory next week. The furnaces : have the capacity ot eight per day and the charge is to be $25 for each body. General Grant’s height, as stated by Col. Frederick D. Grant, in a letter to inquirer in Scranton, \va* 5 feet S inches; che5t measure, about 38 inches; weight, in April,' 1S61, 135 pounds; in June, 1866, 142 pounds. A bloody riot was imminent at one time in Columbus, Ohio, Satur- urday. The republicans hoisted a bloody shirt in front of the demo cratic headquarters, which so exas perated the democrats that a very serious affray was with difficulty prevented. At Goldsboro, S. C., a new dep uty marshal, full of anxiety to keep his place, and, therefore, zealous, was instructed to serve a writ Learning that the defendant had just been buried, the deputy mar shal crept into the graveyard and quietly laid the copy on the defen dant’s grave. The return read as follows: “Served by leaving copy at defendant’s last residence.” Two little boys near Winslow, N- C., made $210 an acre raising to bacco. Because Charles Downs, who of our most worthy young men. 'Was in an Ohio penitentiary, didn't Mr. John Park, a young man of about twenty, son of Judge John B. Park, while.gathering chestnuts on his father’s premises, on the edge of town, yesterday morning, fell from the tree, a distance of forty-three feet, dislocating . his shoulder, and seriously injuring him itiwardly. He is already completely paralyzed in one side. : want to work any more he deiiber ately chopped oft three fingers of his left hand. “The smallest book in the world,” as the Boston Journal learns, “is half the size of a postage stamp, and is an edition of the sacred book of the Sikhs, belonging to*the Earl of Duflerin.”