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NO. XIII
LOCHRANE'S LlQUOR.
. LABOR vs. capital.
Wo r jjret tq. *e* » spirit mani-
, ed t.i^tir'upittife and discord
'.'wtcn labor and capital in Geor-
' ,,l Virtady the skirmishing bos
'"oninioaccd. As is usually th' case
w ho are in no manner identi-
•p*! with ihe working classes head
. in „vrn.ent, which is a sure in-
\ i. .;:he step is taken with an
j, .„ pecuniary gain or political
ver ‘ 1 lie most objectionable
fVtures it" the labor wars of >he
\ in aie being injected into the
Vl .rpe t, such as “boycotting,”
\ ,w.nur slide is too thinly pop-
and loo good feeling exists
acei our capitalists and work-
, . to « ai rant such a con-
„nd after wrecking every man
’’ , niters into such a conspiracy,it
' i.! -appear. We have authentic
,'pnation that speakers will be
, i .,m among the negroes in every
lllh n iu Georgia, instructed to es-
,!1 lodges and ciraw as many of
. . race as possible into them,
i juild forth tlie most golden
improbable promises, and
, i: ;h appeals to the basest prrju-
a . "i ignorance, hope to secure a
.-hold that will turn over to this
c i the political control of Geor-
, I hit. like the defunct Freed-
’ n - liureau, alter these organizers
\c lletft'cd their victims, they will
,.. :.!i w ith well-lilled purses and
M ve their dupes the bag to hold
u \. acKise our readers to stcei clear
a■ iv secret organization of tnis content with the great victory won
r ,,!uii‘. l»r it can only result in in
-v I ) them. We hope that nt
e will be attempted in the
unties against these emissa-
ipn they arrive, for it would
ake of them martyis. But
wilh your employes, anil
..vo them Iront such a trap.
, vemrnt may siii up a tem-
rvcilement, but it will soon
l i e battle was opened
tk in Athens, and an over-
i g defeat nit t these modern
ns. We tongl.l them will)
in! and. ihe voters In c n d our
1-it the goo.' pc« p e ..t
a be li'in and determined.
1 mi \ iuience, bu el I not
;0SM TtNCYOF (Hi K itiHT.sCF LABOR.
■ ms. 1 ester
amused by i
■pv ot the
w ;th a lengili
ll.illt.l I'vpo.
ii'ing tile Coo
etc with editii
Now the
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THE B
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WEEKLY EDITION.
'4a:
GEORGIA NEWS.
Taliafetro county, is dead
Seventy-five illegal vot
be tried in Hancock court
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1885.
VOL. XXXI
Judge O. A. Lochrane, the sil-
very-tongued orator of Atlanta, has
a way peculiar unto himself of do
ing things, and his enthusiasm, once
aroused, overbalances everything
else. The Judge knows no half
way grounds, but when his
feelings are touched, darts to one
side or the other of a question
with the velocity of a hot rninnie
ball. This gentleman was one of
the most surprising converts to
prohibition in Georgia, and as usu
al, he has not only taken the bull
by the horns, but vaulted upon its
back and is still prancing around the
arena in Atlanta, amid the plaudits
of the prohibitionists and knowing
winks from the saloon keepers. Not
: king
the
iilia!ions are issut
At'
.mis
pages ot
tile interes’s •>! tin
w e t arm d it wrong
o and behold! The
■noved !.■ be that
union pi
at the polls in that city, when King
Alcohol was dethroned and the
pure and modest little dame, Miss
Proh'bition, elevated in his chair,
the Judge seeks still further to
wreathe his classic brow with the
laurels of public applause. Seeing no
more worlds to conquer in his im
mediate vicinity, he dashes lieie
and ihere in his maddened enthusi
asm in quest of some stiaggler from
I lie defeated army on which to
wreak his vengeance. Heat length
linds a victim to appease his wrath
beneath his own vine and ti» tree,
in a lew modest little brown jugs
secreted under his couch. Now an
ordinary proh'hiiionist would have
said nothing about ihishulded store,
hut kept it tor future reference in
case of snake bite, sickness, etc etc.
Judge Lochrane, however, is no
j ordinary man. With a great flout-
ish of trumpets he directs the at
tention of the whole city to his lit
tle stock of liquor, and sets a day
when, m the presence of.an ap
plauding multitude, he will make
the gutters of Atlanta run
led with the* otbulent blood
of the lately dethroned monarch.
Admission to this novel entertain-
used
cuts.
: has
Am
the
( its read-
c printed,
to supply
It there
most in
,-iic.a, and
of till
- I he
uitioduction of
the
charge for reserved seats, at the ap
pointed hour avast multitude as
sembled in front of Judge Loch
rane's mansion to witness the won
derful performance. Jug by jug
bottle by bottle, the finest wines
and liquors from the Old World
were brought forth, their necks
cracked over a convenient curb
stone and their contents mingled
with the seepings of the guttei-
IDLE THREATS.
An Attempt Hade to Arraign Several Athe
nians tor Baying Votea.
While a majority of Mr. Wood’s
followers accept their defeat with
good grace, there are several who
are yet chaling under the infliction,
including an incendiary negro ora
tor. Tne past few days these fel
lows have been making open threats
that they would go to Atlanta be
fore Judge Speer and swear out
warrants against Capt. W. D.
O’Farrell, Mr. Henry Mealor and
others, charging them with buying
votes in the late municipal contest
in this city. Such threats are as
idle as they are foolish, for, in the
first place, the U. S. government
has nothing whatever to do with
local elections, and then again, the
government is now in the hands of
democrats, and this persecution of
private citizens has been summarily
stopped. Just let such an attempt
be made, and see which side will
come out on top. The Citizens’
Ticket will remember these incen
diary orators, and they may rest as
sured that their grip upon the pub
lic teat has been forever loosened.
The gentlemen threatened stand not
in the least fear.
WHITEHEAD SMITING.
Bov Be Raked In a Pile of Money In Ten.
nessee on tlie Mutual Endowment.
Col. J. T. Whitehead, the affable
agent of the Mutual Self Endow
meat Association, is about the only
man wiio came out of the broken
Texas association with any monel.
The plausible Colonel bad a big inn
'll I'ennes-ee, and just before in.
whole a-sociation broke he skipped
'iih the Funds in hand. it is
thought, by a g lawyer, tlia
those who received loans from th s
concern can he sued on the notes
given tor the money borrowe >.
They proposed, so ne learn, that
after being in tlie association so
many month' that it would loan
the member iftoo.be giving his note
for the same. These notes are still
held by the association, and when a
receiver is appointed he will prob
ably demand the return of money
on the notes.
THE PAT PER FARM.
Mr. John R. Tuck Displaced and Mr. Stansl
Barwlck Takes Charge.
A committee was appointed at the
merit being tree, with no extra bst term of , he court by the gtand
j-ry to investigate the affairs at th
pauper farm. The full particulars of
the report of the committee have net
vet been known, only so far as that
'he superintendent, Mr. Tuck, has
been displaced and Mr. Sansil Bar
wick will take charge ot the farm
on the first day ol January.
A NEGRO DEMON.
A FARMER’S HOUSE ENTERED la
BROAD DAY-
Tbs Inmates Assaulted—A Terrible Battle
for Life—The Villain Polled—His Bloody
Work Resulted Fatally.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 7.—The
farmers in the settlement on the
Preston street road, about five
miles from this city are in a terrible
s.ate of excitement over the dread
ful affair which occurred Saturday
in that neighborhood. That morn
ing Joseph Manning, a German far
mer, left his home to come to the
city, leaving only his mother and
unmarried sister at home. About
four o’clock in the afternoon a ne
gro suddenly entered and locked
the door after him. He then drew
a pistol and told them if they un
dertook to give the alarm he would
blow their brains out, and com
manded them to give him all the
money there was in the house. Be
ing told there was no money he
seized a huge billet and struck Mrs.
Manning a powerful blow across
the mouth, knocking out her teeth
breaking hflr lower jawbone and
disfiguring her in the most revolt
ing manner. She fell to the floor
senseless, and the young lady
screamed with terror.
The black villain then made an
1 utrageous assault upon her. She
is very muscular, and resisted vigor
ously. While the struggle was go
ing on Mrs Manning recovered,
-taggeied out of the house and
-hrieked faintly for help. A neigh
bor heard the cry and came quickly
across the fields In ‘.he meantime
he fiend stabbed Miss Manning in
lie thigh wiih a large knife, dashed
••nt ol the bouse ai.d escaped. The
young ladv was found leaning upon
'he floor, in a pool ot blood, with
the knite, which had been several
times twisted around, still piercing
the flesh. Both women are danger
ously wounded, Miss Manning per
haps fatally. The negro is a stran
ger, but the infuriated neighbors
have an accurate description, and
have organized to hunt him down.
If he is caught no power can save
him.
DOWN IN OGLETHORPE.
V • " 1 The perlormance was kept uo until
the Judge announced the destruc
tion of .>'250 worth of spiritual con -
solation, when the performance
closed amid deafening applause
from the prohibitionists and
dark frowns from the old soakers,
who looked upon such a waste of
good liquor as little less than sacri
lege. Some persons were uncharit
able enough to insinuate that the
honest following. Foi | Judge did not entirely clean out his
fifteen years the union 1 Augean stable, but that when he
our continent have been | saw co |J water starring him in the
u pim ready -print 1 f. |Ce relented and he spared
1 he Press Associa- , , . , , , ,
Georgia once attempted lo enough to br.dge the dry chasm be-
ott tiiem, by refusing admis- 1 tween the present time and the
in to any newspaper not wholly j arrival of another ocean steamer. Of
1 i*t* *1 at home. But the industry t j,j s we know not, but will give the
- continued to grow and j the benefit of the doubt. We
the expense of the printers, until!-' ", , ...
• day we see the strongest union in ; * » nk ’ however, that it woald have
,-orgia accepting as its mouth- j been much belter for the Judge, if
heet so printed. How the | he wished to entertain his prohibi
tion friends, to have chartered a
circus or minstrel show, and donat
ed his liquor to some charitable
institution, where it could have
been made an instrument of good
, instead of harm. Such a course
Atlanta union expect to 1 . , , . ,
bos cutting the Constitu- ,n 'R ht not have S‘ ven h,m so much
now
1 :n- editor 0! this paper
g .1 me 111 imr of the typo-
1. >.imoi) anil is still .1 want)
Li lus old ctaft, but when
.ici.il to boycott a home
ii.iper through the columns
v t outside sheet, it is time
n.ilt. It this is an i'.lustra-
1. manner in which the
- .o' Labor intend to vindi-
.1 liu.ils and overpower cap-
. will soon find themselves
ml
;h'y have fallen! Twelve years
igo had such a printed sheet as the
lYoriring World Attempted to es-
the cause of the union print
's the boys would have spumed
nch aid.
But we would hke to .isk, what
the
Tin
beginning at the
tong etui for redress. Bov cot
ug is a new introduction, started
> since we worked at the case. 1
is a species of hulldoz.ng that i
.11 neither win reemits or syinpa- |
iv. 1 In- movement will die still—
mn. and we fear result in serious
.rm to what was once the strong-
stand most respected labor organ-
i.iiion in America.
notoriety with the world, hut an Eye
above would have applauded the
i ct and recorded a good anil noble
lecd
THE GEORGIA DEMOCRATS.
SHARPERS AND THIEVES
The county officers of Georgia
•t< certainly negligent in their ilu-
- til permit such an organized
.1 of consummate thieves and
,r| t i s as follow the little cross-
. c.tcua now exhibiting through
- section to make theii rascally
*<’i r unmolested. The laws are
agent against such characters,
< ,d the blame solely rests in their
- hiKcme'nt. The people pay taxes
’<' protection, anil it should he
men them. And yet from every
lawn where this miserable little
- pet forms we hear of the most
fi'i'ii handed examples of rascality,
• ml the perpetrators are left unmo-
ir-led i), prey upon some other cum*
ini:i.\. It may be argued -that a
n .ui is himself to blame for being
dught in suchPstale traps; but it
" ii't lie remembered that we have
1 urge lural element, unacquainted
UA'.tu tie ways of the world, and
rich men tall an easy prey to
S ib • tongued sharpers. In
franklin county this cross'd held
bigh carnival among the gullible
f-'i is. and went away laden with
I* - h ud earned money of unsophis-
1* -.Util and confiding larmers. 1 he
L-i'i member of Giles’ circus should
f v a.rested, and il the law will not
I "'d "uli them, let a wronged and
|i nified people take justice in their
l',*n hands and drive such scoun-
T 1 ’ eN horn the borders of Oeoigia.
If hiie \\e are opposed to mob law,
J -ere are instances where it works
ibeat good.
^ lienever the average enterpris-
*"8 uaiiy paper runs short of a sen-
the duel at one' starts a re-
pD’let out on a pedestrian expedi-
m search of the remains ol the
!S a"in o| President Lincoln, and
rc.^nreto be unearthed. John
‘Ikes Booth seems to have as
F ln y lives as a cat.
,. bilierman was elected pre-
f| ! otiicer of the Senate. The
| ve.Tocrats .have nominated Carlisle
*P f aker of the House. .
1 "f learn that Hon. Joel A. Bil-
l* 1 P s is bitterly opposed to the gen-
I *t*l local
option bilk
Croakers in Georgia are at this
time predicting all manner of dan
ger to the democracy, such as com
binations of the republicans and
prohibitionists, the liquor men and 1
railroads, the Knights ol Labor and
the negro, etc., etc. Such talk is
mere bosh, and should not disturb
the mind of any thinking man. The
democratic party in our state was
never stronger or belter organized
than to-day, and while we may have
little dissensions in our own ranks,
at the first sound ot danger we will
present an unbroken front to the
enemy. There are doubtless ambi
tious and unscrupulous politicians
who would gladly encoutage a split
in the party, witn a hope, of being
wafted into office, but they are in a
hopeless minority and will so re
main. The democrats of Georgia
realize the tact that, with such a
large ignorant vote in their midst,
any rupture in their ranks would be-
political suicide, and this knowledge
is sufficient to keep them intact.
VVe may expect internal strife and
dissensions in ourjparty, but it will
there end. The prohibitionists ot
Georgia have ’ime and again refused
to contaminate their great cause
with politics, and we do not tnink
enough of the liquor element could
he found to even lead a
charge upon the citadel of
democracy. A few individuals may
feel sore and injured over their de
feat, but let their old party be men
aced, and you will see them rallying
almost to a man beneath its stan
dard. So far as the railroads are
concerned, they dare not antago
nize public sentiment, even were
they so inclined, for these corpora
tions know that the espousal of any
cause by them would build up an
opposition that would result in their
ruin. The Knights of Labor is a
species of communism imported
from Europe and nurtured in the
North, but will soon wither beneath
the genial sunrays of the South.
Labor and capital here are too con
tent to admit any disturbing ele
ment, and again, our people distrust
any ism imported from Yanicee-
dom. In twelve months fr° m to
day there will not be a lodge ot K.
of L. on the soil of Georgia. There
may be labor union* lor mutual pro
tection and benefit, but such orders
will not have their headquarters
north of Mason & Dixo»’a line.
not know the cause of Mr. Tuck’s
being turned off, as that is a secret
of the committee. Mr. Barwick is
a practical farmer and has made a
success fanning, and we compliment
•he committee on securing the ser
vices of such a gentleman.
A NEWSPAPER CHARGE.
Elberton, Ga., Dec. 7.—To-day
Mr. William Grogan, editor and
joint proprietor of the Elberton
Leader, sold his interest to the Rev.
\V. O. Butler, his partner, after
having priced the paper and agreed
to give or take.
A BLAZING* EARRING.
A young lady near Athens had
a pair of celluloid rings in her ears,
and one night while adjusting her
bangs touched a light to them. In
3n instant they were in a full blaze,
and her ears were painfully burned.
Celluloid is as combustible as gun
cotton, and is rather a dangerous
sort of jewelry.
OOR TRAVELING AGENT.
The Banner-Watchman has for
next year engaged the services of
Mr. Charlie E. Thompson, a young
man who has long been connected
with this office, an.d he will remain
upon the road all the time soliciting
subscriptions and advertisements.
He is a steady, worthy young man,
and we bespeak for him the cour
tesies ot the public.
~A BAD SHOWING.
Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 7.—
The failure of the Mutual Self En
dowment and Benevolent Associa
tion of America, is complete. If a
receive) is appointed and no claims
are considered preferred the cred
itors will get one cent o the dollar.
If death claims shouldbe consid
ered the preferred claims, legatees
will receive twenty-five cents on
the dollar.
An Interesting Bates of News Items From
1 Sis Grand Old County.
Lexington, Ga., Dec. 7.—Editor
Banner-Watchman: In compliance
with your request, 1 send you such
news as I can gather, although there
is little to write about. Our town
is elated over the prospect of get
ting a fine new court house, and all
talk about enjoining the committee
We do has about died. out. It would do
COME TO GRIEF.
The negro jug-toter Iron Fow
ler’s has at las; come to grief, and
the next grand jury will take him in
hand. He was seen to deliver a
bottle of liquor in Athens and ac
cept the money for it, which is a
clear violation of the law. Reliable
parties stand ready to make an affi
davit to this effect. Any one can
deliver liquor in a prohibition county
or city, but when he receives money
for the same he becomes a dealer
and is amenable to the law.
MR. GEORGE 0. ROBINSON.
The news of the death of Mr.
George O. Robinson was received
with regret in the city yesterday.
He died about 6 o’clock yesterday
morning of congestion of the lungs,
and though an invalid and sufferer
for more than a year past, the imme
diate attack which resulted in his
death was so sudden that his son-in-
law, Mr. C. W. Brunner, who was
in the city, was unable to reach his
bedside before he breathed his last.
—Augusta Cnronicle.
OA. R. R. STOCK.
The administrator ot the estate of
James McDonald, of Banks county,
was in Athens yesterday to sell two
shares of Ga. R. R. stock. Mr.
McDonald bought one share when
the road first started in 1850, the di
rectors of the Georgia road paid the
amount of dividends on the share
by issuing a ceitificate for two
shares. The two shares up to the
present time at 7 per cent, paid him
$245, and they are now worth $157.
50 per share. This was certainly a
good investment for a small amount.
CATCHINo'fSfoNWART.
While the little circus, now trav
eling the country, was showing in
Homer, some of the attachees ot the
show proposed to one of the ver-
dants of Banks county to show him
how to change a fifty dollar bill into
a hundred dollar bill. The young
Banks county man had a fifty dol
lar bill in his pocket, as Banks
county men generally carry that
small amount with them. The cir
cus man got the fity dollar bill and
the Banks countyite had some trou
ble in effecting a settlement.
Vice-President Hendricks’ last
words were; “I am free at hut"
He is the fifth Vice-President in the
United States to die in office.
good, however, for like the
South Georgian who was digging
for a gopher, we are bound to have
There is no disputing the fact
that the commissioners have a per
fect right to levy a certain tax per
annum for this purpose, and even
did an injunction hold good,
they can make notes payaole at such
dates as necessary and discount
them in any bank. So the only
question for the tax-payers to decide
is, whether they want to pay for the
building in five or twenty years.
Work will soon begin demolishing
the old building, Mr. W. B. Lester
superintending tne job. The coun
ty officers have already rented
rooms from Mr. O. H. Arnold
in which to transact busi
ness while the new building
is in process of construction. Our
next court will convene in the Ma
sonic Hall.
There is yet some bitterness over
our late prohibition election, but
like the fence troubles it will grad
ually die out I heard one man re
mark that he would apply for a di
vorce from his wife if she ever went
to hear Judge Gibson or Mr.Embry
preach again. lie was also very
denunciatory of our people, who
had been exceedingly kind to him
when sick and in trouble. Such is
life.
There is one section of our county,
lying between Patman’s mill and
Dr. Watkins’, where, by mutual
consent, stock are still permitted to
roam at large. Fences are kept up,
and the farmers pursue their same
old ruts. The stock law, however,
as a general thing, gives entire sat
isfaction, and it is seldom that
trouble occurs.
The low price of cotton is creat
ing a very depressing effect on far
mers, and very few have made any
clear money this year. On the
other hand, a majority complain of
losing heavily, particularly those
who employed hands at standing
wages. Oglethorpe suffered ver;
seriously from the drought. j
great deal of small grain has been
planted and it is looking well.
Truly, one-half of this world does
not know how the other half lives.
There is a worthy widow lady living
below Lexington, who has two little
children, the eldest only ten years
of age. She has no means of sup
port, and this year rented some
land, her landlord doing the plow
ing and they dividing the crop.
The good woman, with the assist
ance of her little son, did all the oth
er labor, besides discharging her
household duties. Her entire ex
penses for feeding and clothing her
self and two children since January
1st were less than $20, and yet she
will not have a dollar left at the end
of the year. This poor woman la
bored hard, is free of debt and man
aged, by the strictest economy, to
keep the wolt from the door. This
case is only equalled by one of the
leading physicians of New York
who, wh’en he first started to prac
tice in that city, lived on five cents
per day.
It is proposed to do away with
Wesley Chapel, and move that
church to Burt’s Academy. If this
change is made the church lot will
revert to the tract of land now own
ed by Mr. Gus Stewart.
The lands belonging to the estate
of the late tlder Davie Patman will
be divided among the heirs next
month, a committee having been
chosen lor this purpose.
Oglethorpe.
OLUSTEE B ATTLisFIELD.
How This Famous Spot Looks To-Day—A
Desolate Scene.
From the Baxley (Ga.) Banner.
While in Florida a few weeks
ago we visited the Olustee battle
field. which is about two miles east
of Olustee station, on the old Flor
ida Central railroad.
This was one of the ■ hardest
fights in Florida, and all things
considered, it was a most terrible
battle. The federuls started from
Jacksonville to go through Flori
da, something like Sherman went
through Georgia. About 6,000
federals, under Gen. Seymour,left
Jacksonville for Tallahassee. They
had gone but forty-five or fifty
miles on their journey when they
were met by Gen. Finegan and
Gen. Colquitt. The former was
at the station two miles away,
while the latter was on tbc field
with his meu.
The battle ground is an open
pine flat, covered in pait by low
palmettoes. This afforded no
shelter for either party, and they
fell thick and fast on both sides.
In the heat ot battle, ammunition
gave out and a messenger was sent
two miles to headquaitcrs, but our
men waited bravely. Finegan or
dered them to fall back to the
breastworks, but still they faced
the enemy. Ammunition arrived
and a shout went up all along the
line of battle which made every
heart throb with joy and burn
with true patriotism. Again word
came from Finegan, “Fall back to
the breastworks.” Colquitt an
swered : “My meu do not know
what you mean, sir,’’ and still the
fury of battle increased. Men
fell dead on every side. The cav
alry were ordered on the right.
They made a move, but in
trying to cross the Ocean pond
many of their horses bogged up
and the riders wero compelled to
leave them aud wade out through
mud and water. But the lust
came, and 4,000 boys from Geor
gia and Florida whipped out 6,ooo
Yanks as elick as a whistle. The
battle was severe; about l,5oo
were killed. The Fedeials had
pushed a company of colored men
in front, nearly all ot whom were
killed.
But the worst is to come. The
southern boys were so euraged at
having a drove of negroes to fight,
that many of them went on the
battlefield and killed the wounded
with knots and chunk* of wood
A very large man was stood up
like a brute, near the railroad,
where all who passed could see
him. Hundreds lay on the battle
field and were devoured by hogs
aud buzzards. A stench rose up
from the field which spread for
miles away. The picture is too
bad to paint just as it was and we
leave it for the imagination to
complete.
How desolate the place looks
even now to one who is acquainted
with the facts above. The same
old pine trees with their shattered
limbs and scarred bodies that steod
in the midst of the battle, still
stand like sentinels amid the scene
of earnage. Thousands pass this
historic place without any knowl
edge of being on such blood
stained ground.
Most of our people have heard
of the “Hero ot Olustee,” Gov.
Colquitt. It was here that he
made his name. Geu. Finegan
has recently died. He was a
brave and good man.
Several gentlemen from this
county were in the fight. A gen
tleman from Coffee county told us
a few days ago that he lost his
horse in the Ocean pond.
The gentleman who was arrest
ed for killing dead negroes, then a
little boy, now lives in Sanderson,
Fla.
A Mr. Brown lives on the little
farm in the middle of the battle
ground.
We counted as many as twelve
bullet holes in a single tree, and
were successful enough to get one
bullet as a war relic.
BROKERS IN CORPSES
GRAVE ROBBING CARRIED ON At. A
REGULAR BUSINESS
In Baltimore—Two of the Body Snatchers
Captured—The Medical CoUeg* Champion
—Oettlnc Subjects In a “Square Way."
Baltimore, Dec. 7 —John Tay
lor and James Johnson, colored,
were arrested by police officers as
they were driving a wagon out of
Laurel Hill cemetery, a few miles
outside of the city limits. In the
wagon was found the body of a
colored woman, which had' been
buried three days ago. Officers
have for some time been convinced
that graves in Laurel Hill were be
ing despoiled, and a watch was set,
which resulted in Saturday night’s
capture. The prisoners implicate a
grave digger employed in the cem
etery and several physicians con
nected with the College of Physi
cians and Surgeons, and at the hear
ing of the case this morniug John
son’s interests were looked after by
officials of the college. Both.of the
accused were committed to jail to
await the action of the grand jury.
The penalty for body-snatching in
this state is not less than five years
iii the penitentiary. -
In an interview, the janitor at the
Maryland University says: “The
University can get all the subjects
that are needed without plundering
the graves in private cemeteries.
The bodies are brought there by
colored men, and no questions are
asked, but it is perfectly well undet-
stood that they come in a ‘ square
wav” from the Potter’s Fields.
Ever since the university got into
trouble about Jansen, five years ago,
the authorities have been caieful in
their dealings with brokers in dead
bodies.”
TOTAL DEPRAVITY.
TWO W..ITE BOYS TRAMPING MUR
DER AN INNOCENT MAN.
MO FENCE IN JACKSON.
No fence carried in the Jefferson
district last Friday by 71 majority.
This makes the third district io the
county that have adopted the fenc
ing in plan by good majorities, and
means that the rail splitters ot Jack
son county have got to find other
and more profitable employment.
GEORGIA METHODISTS.
During the conference year there
were received into the Methodist
Episcopal church of the North
Georgia Conference 3,765 adults
and 1,000 infants. They have 4450
teachers and 41,57s Sunday-school
scholars. Their total collections for
the year was 926,000.
PRINCETON FACTORY.
This Enterprise win be started In a Short
Time.
The Princeton factory has been
in the hands of a receiver lor some
time, and the factory stopped,
throwing out a great many hands,
who have sought work at other
places. Yesterday the receiver re
ceived an order from Judge Hutch
ins to rent the factory to Dr. Ham
ilton, of our city. This is a wise
order, and the factory coaid not be
ut in better hands. Dr. Hamilton
as the means and the business ca
pacity to take hold ol this large fac
tory and make it a paying concern.
The machinery is al I as good as new,
and under Dr. Hamilton’s manage
ment we hope soon to hear its busy
hum, which has been so long silent.
The Princeton factory has a repu
tation for turning out some of the
best fabrics of any factory in the
country. It will give employment
to a large number ot hands, which
will work good to the laboring
classes. Dr. Hamilton is a gentle
man in every way fitted for the
business management, and we think
it could not have been rented to a
better man.
North Eastern Railroad of Georgia.
The Richmond & Danville Rail
road purchased a controlling inter
est in April, 1SS1. Capital, $266,-
800. Bonded debt, $260,000 first
mortgage 7 per cent Bonds due
May 1st, 1096, endorsed by the
state of Georgia. ' $575,000 first
mortgage 6 per cent, bunds were
issued November 1st, iSSi.and ma
ture November 1st, 1926, ot this
amount, $260,000 are reserved to
retire the outstanding first mort
gage bonds.
An advance of 4 of a cent on cot
ton is of far more importance to the
Southern farmer just at this time
than the Eastern war question.
General B. F. Butler has quietly
announced to his friends his inten
tion lo runrfor congress in his dis
trict in Massachusetts at 'he next
election.
The people of New Haven voted
on prohibitiqn and license last week
The result stood 3.159 for prohibi
tion, and' 5,338 for license; majority
lor license, 3.081
une of the Brothers Shoots Him in tho Back
—He Commits tho Deed ''Because He
Wants To"—The Boys' Confession.
Marsfield, Mo., Dec. 7.—Dan
iel and George Moore, aged 16 and
14 years, have confessed that they
were the murderers of George L.
Gumble. They said their lather
was dead and their mother was a
widower living in Indianapolis.
Four weeks ago they left home to
visit an aunt in Dallas county, this
state, and while in Dallas county
last week they btoke into a house
annd stole a 42-calibre revolver. On
Wednesday evening they came
here and visited several places, beg
ging for something to eat. A num
ber of our people gave them food,
and a few gave them small sums of
money. On Thursday morning they
met Gumble at the depot, and the
three went east followinw the rail
road track-
The younger boy was the first to
confess. He said they were walk
ing some distance in the rear of the
German and his brother said to him,
“I am going to shoal that man.’’ He
asked him what for, and his brother
replied: “Because I want
Then the brother walked up
to the man, placed the revolver
within two or three feet of the
back of his head and fired. While
making this confession the boy cried
bitterly. The elder boy denied the
story at first, but when informed
that his brother had told all about it
he corroborated his brother, except,
that he denied rifling the dead man’s
pockets. When asked why he kill
ed the man, and if they had quarrel
ed, he said there had been no trou
ble of any kind; that he had never
seen the man until that morning,
and that he just felt like killing him,
and so shot him.
Alter the murder the boys went
on toward Lebanon. That night
they slept in a barn three or tour
miles west of Lebanon, and next
morning they went on to that place,
where they were arrested. The
older boy seems entirely uncon
cerned.
KILLED HIS WIFE,
And Wounded a Scoundrel by a Shot in tbe
Le*.
Chattaoooga, Tenn., Dec. 7.—
A very sensational tragedy was en
acted to-day at Johnson City, Tenn
Finley Hall and Abe Ford are well
to-do citizens of Johnson City. Hall
has a beautiful young wife, whom
it is reported ha6 been deeply en
amored of Ford, and for some
months there have been vague hints
of an illicit intimacy between them
Hall was called away from home
to-day and on his return heard con
versation inside, and recognized the
voice of Ford. Peeping into the
room he saw Ford and his wife sit
ting in his lap. The two were en
gaged in a very animated conver<
sation. Hal! drew a revolver and
fired at Ford three times. The
first shot killed his wife, and the
second wounded Ford in the leg.
Both men have been arrested.
NOT A CASE OF USURY.
Pleadlnc Excess of the Legal Bata of Inter
est for Non-Payment.
Little Louise Achey, a 13-year
old Ohio girl, was the plaintiff in
an important suit before Judge
Speer in the United States circuit
court yesterday. In 1S71 Elizabeth
N. Savage and others of the family,
who live in Augusta, entered into
negotiations with Nelson Barber,
an Atlanta Broker, to obtain a loan
ot tour or five thousand dollas.
Through Mr. Barker notes for
$5,000 at 8 per cent, interest for
five years were forwarded to Mrs.
Achey at Dayton, Ohio. Her little
daughter had some money to in
vest, and $5,000 of her money was
sent to C. W Munnerlyn, to whom
the Savages had given unreserved
power ot attorney.
He had agreed to pay Mr. Bar
ker $Soo commission, which was
done. The first year’s interest was
due December 19, 1882. and was
promptly paid. Since 1882 the in
terest has not been paid. When
steps were taken to enforce the
payment the Savages set up the
plea of forfeiture on the giound of
usury. In their defense in court
yesterday the additional plea was
made by the defendant that they
never received any of the money.
The legal rate of Interest being 8
per cent., the defendants claim that
the $700 which Mr. Baker received
was a usurious charge. Barker tes
tified that he did not act as the
agent of the Ohio parties, and that
they did not receive any part of the
$Soo which was the commission
paid him by Munnerlyn. The lat
ter testified that he did not under
stand Barker to be the agent of the
Acheys, and he stated that he lost
all the money speculating in rail
road stocks.
Judgment was rendered in favor
of the plaintiff for $1,000 principal,
$1,293 interest, $529 attorneys’ fees,
and all costs. The plaintiff was rep
resented by Messrs.Mynatt & How
ell, of Atlanta, and the defendants
by Mr. Miller, of Augusta.
Mr. Barker stated that the case
was a test one, and has been watch
ed with much interest by capitalists
outside of the state who have mon
ey to invest.— Savannah News.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
ALL NIGHT IN A WELL.
The Experience of a Darker Who Wai Load
ed up With Liquor.
On Saturday night last Louis
Worrill had an experience which
he is not likely to forget soon. He
was drunk, and made such a fuss in
the neighborhood where he lives
that the town marshal was sent for.
Louis did not want to be locked up,
and went to the woods back of the
colored Baptist church. As he was
stumbled along in the dark he en
countered an open well in the
Smithicks field, and fell into it. The
well is between twenty and thirty
feet deep, and as it was dry and
warm at the bottom, Louis did not
realize where he was until he had
,lept off his drunkenness. Heawoke
during the night and thought he
was in the calaboose. He got up,
and encountering one side of the
well, imagined that he had fallen
into a deep guljy. He turned
around and as he soon struck the
other side of the well it soon flashed
over his mind that he was in a deep
well and that as no one knew where
he was he would die thore unless he
made some effort to get out. He
wanted to holloa, but knew he was
too far away from any house to be
heard. He then went to work and
with his hands dug out little steps
in the side of the well and began
slowly to ascend. When about half
way up he slipped and fell back
again. He then pulled off his boots
and commenced again, and worked
until 9 o’clock Sunday, morning
before he reached the top and res
cued himselt from his perilous posi
tion. With the exception of wear
ing off his finger nails in scratching
out he was uninjured and it is per
haps useless to add that he war duly
sober.—Lumpkin Independent
Guano....
No guano
Noguaoo..
Acid..—
No acid
Result ot a Fertilizer Test.
Mr. R. H.Fargarson.oneof our
argest aud most successful farm
ers, decided this year to test the
efficacy of certain standard brands
ot guauo which he used ou his
farm. He laid off six rows of cot
ton of equal length, using guano
on every other row. He has it
picked, separated aud weighed
and furnishes the following as the
result:
mtsT test. Seed Cotton
....* «»»«»».........,wii$,iifl^tba
IW.
SECOND TEST.
.» lba.
7KH*.
T1I1KD TEST.
From the above it will be seen
that the unfertilized laud yielded
as much as that upon which ferti
lizers were used. Mr. Fargoson
spends between six and seven hun
dred dollars annually for commer
cial fertilizers, and, though he
cultivates his land c'TefuIly and
systematically (as everybody
kuows who is familiar with his
modeoi farming), yet says
hasn’t paid him a cent in the past
three years.—McDonough News.
Boycotting has assumed so much
importance in business matters that
Bradstreet’s agents are instructed
to hear labor leaders and employers
in all cases of boycotting, and to re
port against whom and tor what
reason boycotting is undertaken
also, .the organization or body en<
gaged in it, and ita duration and re
sult of it.
TBs Press Dispatches of Yesterday Reduced
Into a Nutshell.
Florence, Ala., has voted for pro
hibition.
In New Jersey an oid lady died
from laughter.
A cross beam fell in New York,
killing four men.
Joel Early was hanged at Wil
liamsburg, Ky., for murder.
Three negroes were hangec at
Gatesville, N, C., for burglarizing a
country store.
At Raleigh, N. C., a negro killed
a white man for dunning him for
25 cents. •
The regulators whipped a white
man in Fairfield caunty, S. C., for
living with a negro woman.
In Tennessee one man cleaved the
skull ot another for taunting him
with being thrown in a wrestling
match.
The 49th congress has convened.
John Sherman was elected President
of the Senate and Carlisle speaker
of the House.
Atlanta, Dec. 7.—Mr. Patrick
Lynch, a well known contractor,
died here at his home, No. 10 West
Simpson street, this morning.
Atlanta, Dec. 7.—Mr. L. B.
Henry, who filled the position of
telegraph operator, postmaster and
agent of the Georgia Pacific road at
Chattanooga, was arrested by Sher
iff Perkerson to-day for shortage.
Yesterday Henry told Manager Sage
that he was about $1,000 behind.
Mr. Sage and Sheriff Perkerson
went out to-day on an engine and
examined his books. Henry was
found to be about $1,200 short.
Mr. Sam Jemison, of Macon, is
much better.
The Savannah prohibitionists
have gone to work in earnest.
Mayor R. H. May, of Augusta, is
married to Mrs. Alice Crumpton.
W. D. Kellet, deputy revenue
marshal, was killed on Lookout
mountain Sunday night, it is sup
posed by moonshiners.
The democratic party is in fine
trim tor the present session of con
gress, while the republicans are Bplit
with jealousies and dissensions.
Sam Holmes, a white man near
Lawiencevllle, Ga., has been arrest
ed for beating a negro boy over the
head with a poker and then trying
to throw him in the fire.
A bold stream of water has at
last been struck in the Atlanta arte
sian well, and the flow is sufficient
to give every man, woman and child
in the city three gallons apiece per
day.
The contested prohibition election
in Atlanta has been postponed for
a hearing until next Saturday. The
prohibitionists have engaged all the
prominent lawyers in Georgia.
Judge W. A. Hawkins says he will
win the day for the liquor men for a
$50,000 fee.
Joaquin Miller Intenlews the President.
In one of his letters to the Chi
cago Times, Joaquin Miller says:
“President Cleveland is a plain man,
almost homely. He never could
have been good looking at best, and
now that he is very bald and no
longer young, there is no beauty of
either torm or face to speak of. Of
course he is a different figure and
form from that of Mr. Lincoln; but
I should say that in his way he is as
plain as ever was Mr. Lincoln in
his way, and fully as awkward. He
A JAIL DELIVERY.
Six Prisoners In tbs Warrenton Jail Escape
—Two Recaptured Alter a Fight.
Warrenton, Ga., Dec. 6.—Quite
a sensation was caused here this
morning, when it became known
that the six prisoners confined in
our jail had broken out. It was
first discovered by some parties who
saw a rope hanging from an upper
window, and they, thinking that
something must be wrong, notified
our sheriff, Mr. T. N. Shurley, at
once. As soon as he came down an
nvestigation was made, and it was
found that they had forced the bars
in one of the windows with an axe
and chisel and made good their
escape. Some outside party must
have given them aid, as there was
nothing in the jail with which they
could have broken out. Late this
afternoon some men came in town
bringing two of the escaped priso
ners, whom they had found about
six miles from town. A negro
found them hiding in the woods,
and knowing who they were, told
these men where they were, and
they, organizing a party, went in
pursuit of them. \Vhen found they
refused to surrender, but, after sev
eral shots had taken effect, two
gave themselves up. The others
escaped. Every effort will be made
to capture the remaining four.
A CO-OPERATIVE FAILURE.
The Mutual Self-Endowment and Benevo
lent Association Goes Under.
Fort Worth, Tex, Dec. 5.—The
Mutual Self-Endowment and Be-
nevelent Association of America,
with headquarters in this city, and
division office* at Greenville, S. C,
and San Francisco, Cal., ba* sus
pended payment. Three garnish
ments have been issued hereby
members of the association, one for
the recovery of the amount of dues
aiifl assessments paid, and the other
two for the collection ot mature
coupons. No one has been made
wealthy by the'failure, but huudreds
ol poor people have been made
poorer. Julien Field, postmaster
here, is president oi the association.
The organization has collected over
$1,000,000 and now has $14,000 on
hand. A loss of confidence on the
part of members caused the stoppage
of payment of assessments, and this,
in turn, caused the suspension of
payment on coupons.
The state is getting along finely
with the collection of the taxes.
The receipts to date for this year
are more than $80,000 over the re
ceipts for the corresponding date
of. last year. The receipts so far
have been upwards of $250,00a
The capital tax will net about $150,-
000. About a fifth of the total tax
ha< been paid.
is a short man, comparatively, and
his hands are simply huge. The
complexion of his face is coarse and
sallow. But his eye is keen and
clear. He does not stare at you
But he takes you in at a glance with
sudden precision, and you feel that
he sees through you and under
stands you in that one glance from
your boot-soles up to the last strag
gling hair on the top of your head.
He has a tremendously strong face;
it s simply powerful. It is a face
that says imperiously and instantly,
‘No foolishness,’ and you feel as if
you want to get away from before
it. Here is my first interview,
which I dotted down a few minutes
after:
“‘Mr. President, I—I—I want
Capt. Hoxie to be returned to Wash
ington so as to complete our water
works.’
“ ‘Captain Hoxie,’ answered the
President, instantly, ‘is subject to
the orders of the Secretary of War,’
and he looked at me as if to say,
‘And you know it’ Yes, I knew I
had come to the wrong place and
was boring the President and both
ering for nothing, much as I had
the matter at heart. So I gave up
that subject and started on another
equally as important.
“ ‘Mr. President, one thing more
I hear you are going to remove
Commissioner Edmunds, the head
of our Commissioners for Washing
ton, and—I—I ’
■The President looked hard
me and said, promptly: ‘You have
heard that? Well, I nave not heard
of it, and as I will have to hear of it
before he is removed, you can rest
easy on that score for the present.’
“By this time I felt that I had not
the slightest business with tbePres<
ident, and so fell in with the band
of shorn sheep that was passing on
and out of the corral by another
door. I doubt if any of us felt
quite as big as when we went in.
had one conviction, however, lodg
ed very solidly in my mind, and it
was to the effect that, from the con
cise and swift way iu which he dis
posed of me and those who went in
with me, there is not going to be
much foolishness about the White
House while he is there. Thi* man,
Grover Cleveland—and he gives
you the impression that he does not
really care whether or no—is Presi
dent of every inch ot these United
States. And I venture to write
down as one of my very few proph
ecies, that be will be President of
these United States for about seven
years and a quarter to come.”
Mr. Wm. Reed, a good citizen of
YMlil
voters are to
tried in Hancock-courity,, ,
It is said that a Baptist preach if
of Alpharetta bet and ; lost '$l5 at u
circus the other day. •€ ■ !i*®0
Monroe elected a prohibition mu
nicipal ticket It is believed that
all Forsyth will go dry in April.- .
There are in the state 83 dry
counties and 54 wet Others are
to vote on the question soon.
Sam Jones is having a lively time
in St. Louis. He has dubbed Gov
ernor Marmaduke' an “old swill
tub.”
A party ot seven or eight emi-
rants, from Heard county, left on
’uesday for Texas. They were
mainly aged people.
James Pittman, of Randolph
county, who shot and killed a ne
gro woman last summer, has betn
adjudged an idiot
Dr. Thoaaas had a Plymouth
Rock rooster named Hendricks that
died on the same day on which
the Vice-President died.—Eaton-
ton Messenger. * '■
R. A. Hancock was arrested
Wednesday on a warrant charging
him with wife-beating. He was
brought to the city by Sheriff Hils-
man and posse, but escaped a trial
by his father-in-law withdrawing
his prosecution.—Madisonian.
Miles Orton’s ciicus came to grief
"at Dalton. After the performance
here last Friday the circus men
struck for non-payment of wages,
claiming that some $3,000 back pay
was due them, and refused to con
tinue work unless they were paid. •
A partridge with plumage as
white as the driven snow, with the
exception of half-dozen feathers on
the head, was killed by a young man
named Dave Horn, near Outlaws
Bridge, in Irwin county.
In conversation with some of the
best citizens of Quitman, we find
they much deplore the burning of
the colored college. The town has
donated ten acres of land, in a suita
ble location, to the American Mis-
sionaty society as a site for the re
building of the college.
The dead baby found in the trash-
cart at Atlanta proved to have been
a specimen preserved in alcohol by
Drs. Westmoreland and Howell.
The jar broke, the alcohol spilled,
the specimen was ruined, and the
office boy was told to cast it out.
The coroner instructed the doctors
to bury it. *
Rome is now by law entitled to
the special delivery of letters.
There are but two dry counties in
the Second congressional district.
Hog cholera of a fatal type has
broken out in the Elberton section.
On leaving Calhoun a few days
ago, Orton’s circus company stole
the Presbyterian church bell. .
The West Point Press mentions
three instances of snakes coucealed
in cabbages, one which was cooked
before its presence was detected.
Miss Stella Smyth, ot Augusta,
formed 1,149 words out of the letters
contained in the word blacksmith,
and won a doll for her brightness.
The other day a man wanted to
bet that half dozen men could not
be found in Waycross who knew
which was the fourth command
ment. On passing the question
around it was answered in ten_ dif
ferent ways and only one was right.
As an inducement to delinquent
subscribers to wipe out their scores,
Editor Burr, of the Fort Valley Mir
ror, proposes to show them how to
fatten hogs on sawdust. Hogs can
also be fattened on a plank floor or
on the ground or on anything else
as well.
Jim Miller, of Waycross, has a
fine young mare named Nellie. He
reports one of her exploits thus: “I
went out to feed Nellie and when I
got to the barn door the key was
missing; and thinking it was at the
house I called some of the children
to bring it. To my surprise my nag
came trotting up with it in her
mouth.”
Capt. West Murphy,' 4 chief clerk
to Mr. Renfroe when he was Treas
urer of Georgia, has been appointed
to a position in the State Agricul
tural Department to succeed Col. T.
C. Howard, who resigned to go to
Washington City as Secretary to
Senator Colquitt. The salary in
the Agricultural Department is
$1,200 per annum.
A young man was standing talk
ing to his mother at Rockmart on
the day of the show and put his
hand into his coat pocket whea an
explosion took place in his pocket at
once. The young man drew his
hand from his pocket and found
that his thumb and middle fingers
were shot off and a slight fracture
was made in his side. He claimed
that he did not know what made
the report or how he came to be
shot as be was.
The present House ot represen
tatives numbers 325 members, ot
of whom the republicans, giving
them one greenbacker, will have
141, and the democrats, all Green
back democrats with the regulars,
1S5—a democratic majority . of. 43
Nineteen state delegations have
democratic majorities; sixteen have
republican msjoiities; and Connecti
cut, New York and Illinois are
equally divided. In the senate, the
republicans will have eight majority
and nineteen states; the democrats,
fifteen; while Indiana, Nevada, New
Jersey and Ohio have each one re
publican and one democratic sena
tor. The present house hat a larger
proportion of new members than
any preceding one for some years
past; but among the new represen
tatives are several men of ability
who will prove quite at useful leg
islators as those whom they succeed 1
GENERAL news.
President Cleveland is worth
about $100,000.
It is rumored that Mahone will
take charge of another railroad.
Brooklyn and Chicago are both
growing rapidly. Brooklyn now
claims 665,000 inhabitants, and Chi
cago 660,000.
’ig iron has advanced $1 per ton
at all iron points. That indicates
the return of solid prosperity. Iron
is a pretty good business baremeter.
A Berlin surgeon lately took out
a quantity of dead bone from a man’s
arm. Immediately afterward he
amputated the leg of another man
for an injury. Then he took a large
piece of bone from the amputated
leg and put it in the place of th^
dead bone of the arm. The bone
became firmly attached, and so the
sutgeoon made a very successful
operation.
A Georgia man has a hen that is
thirty years old.
Paris is less populous by 115,000
than it was four years ago.
The South Carolina Legislature
last week refused to pass a general
local option bill.
Neal Cleveland, a nephe w to the
President, h*s been appointed to it
revenue gaugership at Cleveland,
Ohio.
George Wolf, a farmer of Mel
rose, near Lonsinbnrg, New York,
recently sold his wife to Augustus
Han, his hired man, for $2.50.
A Chicago doctor finds himself
in trouble. In filling upaderfth
certificate he inadvertently wrote
his own name iii the space where
the cause of the death is specified;
A convention of the heirs of the
eight hundred million dollar^ Law-
rence-Townley estate in England
are in session in St. Louis to devise
means for securing the alleged fbp.
tune. . “ ' 1
Wm. B. Astor has been spending
some ot his loose change in Florida.
Rumor has it that he has just pa?4
$400,000 for the jack <a>nville, Hith-
fax and St. Augustiue railroad-' 1 ' 1 '
William Bender, of Cincinnati;
recently threw into a fire $40,000
in government bonds. He haJ
been drinking heavily and
some of his ' relative: were aftti*
his wealth. \ / ' “ ir, ,°
The petrified skeleton of a whale
over 30 feet long has been discov
ered by ah officer of the coast ‘siir:
vey on a range of mountains in
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