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WEEKLY BANNER-WATCHMAN, TUESDAY^ FgBgjJARY mj i886
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T. Jj. GANTT,
A GENUINE SENSATION
The suits ordered in W asliington
against the Hell Telephone Compa
nv to test the validity ol the patent
granted them, raised a hue and cry
aga list Attorney General Garland
who was charged with owning
stock in the Tan Electric Company,
a rival institution. The suit was
jir«t instituted bv Solicitor General
Goode, in the Department of Jus
tice, and nlwn the matter at the
suggestion ol the President, was
referred to the Interior Depart
ment, the liell combination turned
their guns upon Secretary Lamar.
Reports Hum Washington say that
millions of dollars were involved,
and every influence that could he
su aoested was brought to bear.
That agents of this powerful ring
did r.ot scruple at thebiibery of of
ficials surrounding Mr. Lamar, a
mere cop) ist having been offered
glo.ooo fur an advance copy ol the
Secretary's opinion. In the mean
time the newspaper war upon the
Attorney General had ceased or
fallen off to desultory firing. The
Commissioner of Patents agreed
with Secretary Lamar, finally, that
the original action in the case was
light. Then the war opened anew,
Mr. Lamar and Mr. Goode coming
in for a share of the general attack.
Of coutsc Mr. Lamar never had any
Tan Electric stock, hut that stock
had vealiv nothing tod* with the
Hell case. It was used against Mr.
Garland simply because it was at
hand and served as a plausible in
sinuation. No such handle was
available as to Mr. Lamar, and so
the ring attacks his honesty point
blank.
This is a brief summary of the
case to the present time. Rut this
is not all, says a Washington cor-
respondent. "It is well known
heie that the poweiful combination
interested in the Hell patent have
boldly gone into the public field to
drive out of the Cabinet both
Messrs. Garland and Lamar. They
say they will compel the President
to reconstruct his Cabinet so tar as
Garland and Lamar are concerned.
This scheme is unquestionably the
biggest contract and most audacious
job ever undertaken by an unscru
pulous monopoly. For weeks past
the agents of the Bell combination
have haunted the departments and
Newspaper Row, willing to spend
money for information and material
and to hire assaults upo* the At
torncy General or the Secretary of
the Interior. Tneir operations are
too bold and too outrageous not to
attract attention. They have
listed in the cause every stockhold-
Taiif to nave paid $5,000 cold casn
tor a single article in a New York
paper.”
THE PRESIDENT TALKS ABOUT HIS POLICY.
In an interview with a correspon
dent of the Boston Herald, the
President talks very freely about bis
policy with respect to the offices.
He says that there was no misun
derstanding as to what his policy
would be before his election, and
he fails to see any reason for a mis
understanding now. He has not,
he says, changed his policy—he has
simply carried it out to the letter.
He declares that he shall take no
step backward. The policy that he
has been pursuing with regard to
the offices he intends to pursue to
the end. In the course of the inter
view he said: "My purpo.-e was
announced at the beginning ot my
administration* 1 meant then to
adhere to it. 1 have never chang
HEBEAT THE GAME.
Fat Western Innocence that. Eastern Sharp
ers Couldn't Hatch.
Bill Kye’, Experiesco.
‘‘Did you go into the side show?”
1 asked a countryman, at Greeley,
Colorado.
‘■No, sir. I studied the oil paint
ings on the outside, but I didn't go
in, I met a handsome young man
there near the sideshow who
seesned to take an interest in me.
There was a lottery along with the
show, and he wanted me to throw
for him.”
‘•Capper probably?”
‘•Perhaps >0; anyhow he gave me
a dollar and told me to go and throw
for him.’’
‘•Why didn't he throw for him-
seitr
‘Oh, he said the lottery men
knew him and wouldn’t Jet him
throw.”
••Of course the same old story. He
RAISING HIS FATHER.
edit. Ido not mean to change h saw you were a greeny, and got you
to thiow for mm. He stood in with
in the future. If 1 had not meant
•o adhere to my policy it would
have been foolish in me to begin in
it. 1 should have escaped
much in refusing to begin
it. It is not at ail pleasant
for me to disappoint, and I fear
sometimes to of! end my party
friends. Nothing but a sense of
duty has brought me to this step.
Why run allthis risk, a«d incur this
hard feeling, only in the end to re
treat? It seems to me it would
have been as impolitic as it is
wrong. No; I have tiied to be
true to my own pledges and the
pledges of my party. We both
promised to divorce the offices ol
the country from being used for
patty service. I have held to ray
piomise, and I mean to hold to it
What I understand by civil service
reform, as I am carrying it out, is
that tire office holders shall be di
vorced from politics while they fill
their positions under this govern
ment. That rule I have meent to
stand by. My removals from office,
such as are made, are made for
cause. It would be absurd lor me
to undertake to give the country my
reasons in all cases, because it would
be impracticable. Where I have
removed a Republican for political
reasons or for any other reasons, 1
would apply the same rule to my
own party.”
COTTON AND WHITE LABOR.
The Montezuma (Ga.) Record,
in its last issue, mentions as a sig
nificant fact that more than half ot
last year's cotton crop was produc
ed by white labor, and thinks that
this has a very important bearing on
the tuture of the negro. Itisdoubt-
ful, however, if more than half the
ciop was so raisjd, since in th*
greater portion of the cotton belt
negro labor yet predominates large
ly, and the main dependence for
tire cultivation and picking of the
crop is that race. Still the Record,
in the main is right, for it is certain
that sf very large proportion of the
crop was produced by white labor,
and it is worthy of note that in
those sections of the South where
the game, so that you drew a big
prize for the capper, ci eated a big
excitement and you and the crowd
sailed in and lost all the money you
had. PH bet he was a man with a
velvet coat, and mustache died a
deep black, and waxed as sharp as
a cambric needle,”
‘•Yes. that’a his description to a
dot. 1 wonder if he really did do
that a purpose?”
“Well tell us all about it. It does
me good to hear a blamed fool tell
how he lost his money. Don’t you
see that your ark ward wars and ru
ral greenness struck him the first
thing, and you not only threw away
your own money hut two or three
hundred other wappy-jawed peli
cans saw you draw a big prize and
thought it was yours, and they de
posited what little change they had,
and everything was lovely.”
j “Well, I’ll tel! you how it was;it’U
do you goed, and save other young
1 men in the future, \ ou see this
capper as you call him, gave me a
$1 bill to throw for him, and 1 put
it in ray pocket to along with the $1
bill that father gave me. I always
carry my money in .the right hand
vest pocket. I sailed up 10 tiie game
as big as old Jumbo, himself, and
put a dollar into the game. As you
say, I diawed a big pile. $23 and a
silver cup. The man offered me $5
for the cup and I took it. Then it
flashed over my mind that 1 might
have got my dollar and the other
fellow’s mixed so 1 says to the pro
prietor, I will now invest-* dollar tor
the gent.”
“Thereupon I took out the other
dollar, and I'll be eternally chastised
if 1 didn’t draw a brass locket worth
about two bits a bushel,”
I didn't say anything lor a long
time. Then I asked him how the
capper acted when he got his brass
locket.
“Well he seemed pained and
grieved about something, and he
asked me if I hadn’t tune to go
away and talk it over by ourselves,
but he had a kind of cruel insincere
look in his eye, and 1 said no. I be-
believe I didn't care to, and I was a
poor conversationalist anyhow, and
so 1 went away and left him look
ing at his brass locket and kicking
holes in the ground and using pro
fane language.
“Afterwards 1 saw him talking to
the proprietor of the lottery and 1
feel somehow that they had lost con
fidence in me. I heard them speak
of me in a jeering tone of voice, and
one said as I passed by: “There
goes the meek-eved rural convict
now, and he used a horrid oath at
Why itr. Bunder Hu to Perform a Sad
paternal Duty.
Detroit F*ee Tress.
“I like to shpeak my mind a few
times,” said Mr. Dander as he en
tered the Central station ycstei-
day.
“Well, go ahead,” replied Ser-
gent Martin.
• I |goes in an auction shtore dis
morninv, to see it 1 can find some
bargains in saloon tumblers. My
son Shake he goes Tong, too. Dot
Shake he knows all ’bout dar latest
style in peer glasses, unt nobody can
sheat him. When we goes in dtr
auctioneer he puts up a great pig
oil painting and gries oudt:
“ ‘Now how mooch to shtart dis
fine Lnscape. It vhas wort two
hundred do;la s,und who will shtart
him at twenty'?’
“Vhefl, Shake he vhas a great
poy toleel sorry for peor folks. He
doan’ like to see some mans come
here from New York und loose so
much money ash dot all at vonce,
unh he says to me:
*• ‘Fadder, make him vone bid of
forty dollars. Dot bleases him and
dont hurt you.’
“I make dot bid mit a loud voice,
und dot New Yoik rnan shmiles
und |»ws und vhas glad. Ponty
soon somepody bids feefty. Dot
makes me a leetle madt, und I goes
oop to sixty. Den somepody pids
seventy, und I goes oop to eiglify.
Pootv queek somepody says ninety,
und I siiump up to one hunderd. I
look around to.ask Shake if I goes
any more, but I doan’ see him, und
dot picture man gries oodt:
“ ‘Once twice three times,
und sold to Carl Dunber, who has
der piggest bargian ever vhas!”
“Vhell, dot made me almost faint
avhay, und I try to run out door,
Somepody grabs and dut pic-
tuic man says der law vhas on his
side und 1 must pony oop He lim.1-
Tv le'.s me off if I pay him ten dollars
: lor his trouble, und he called oud:
‘“Dot man who bid ninety doll its
1 ca 1 tnk
I 001.’
“Sergent who vhas dot m in?”
•T dout kn >w.’’
“Vhel, it vhas my son Shake. He
shtands by der door und raises der
bids ot his own fadder to get him
in a scrape! He gets me in all dot
tlioiriqe to have some fun, Ser
ge r.t?”
“Well.”
“If some polecemans pns.-es my
door unt beers groans und shrieks
und yells tell him not to come in.
I hat some solemn dooty to perform
on dat hoy Shake. If 1 dont shtop
him now he bleaks down a gal
lows und doan’ live oudt halt liis
days!”
The P.ooms Furnished—An Attra*]
Fairly Started.
Some months ago a few young men
realizing the necessity of a Aoungj Wens’
Christian Association in Athens, -«Iet«r
mined to furnish a suitable place to hold
their meetings, and also to put in such
inducements as would attract young men
to their rooms and induce them to join
the association, which was gotten up for
their benefit and moral and spiritual ad
vancement. Recognizing the fact that
young men in general have more than a
spiritual element in their nature, they de
termined to provide such attractions to
their rooms as are harmless in their na
ture, thereby inducing young men to fre
quent the place, with a hope of bonetit-
ting them morally and spiritually. The
two spacious rooms over Mandevillc’s
store, on Broad street, were selected on
account of their central location,; and
these rooms have been entirely remodel
ed, handsomely papered and neatly car
peted and furnished. A handsome up
right piano has been put in to use in tho
devotional services and entertainments,
and a thoroughly equipped reading room
has been furnished, where all the stan
dard periodicals will he found, including
the leading daily papers ami a religious
paper of each denomination represented
in the association. Other attractions will
be added as the demands .are made and
the funds of the association will permit.
The young men who have undertaken
the furnishing of the rooms have done;
their work thoroughly, and have through
the kind assistance of interested friends,
given the association a good start. There
is much interest manifested in the suc
cess of the association, which will he as
sured. if the institution is properly sus
tained in Athens, which, from indica
tions, we think will lie the case. The
association will have a meeting on to
morrow night, to which all who are mem
bers, or desire to become connected with
the association as active, sustaining or
|T-ophcE.
Say aril does not
post-master will f
l for Athens to- ^
A- THE A*.
If the death of Mrs.
£pfay t|ie matter, a ne^
jflositUNsly fc. appoint
nmrrow. As Capt. Burnett has an al
mo$t»olid backing by the Georgia con-
•— gresfmen it is conceded that he will be
the winning wan v The President posi
tively stated that he would make a
change on the 8th. This is official. It
would have been done before but for th©
affliction in Secretary Bayhrd’s family.
THE STOCK LAW IN JACKSON.
Jackson county is now virtually a
stock law county. Four districts in the
county now have it in operation and are
well pleased with it. There are two
more petitions before the ordinary,, call
ing for an election at an early date. The
districts' that have adopted the law are
tearing away, fences, making pastures
and planting the hedgerows in corn or
cotton.
THE LE CONTE PEAR.
Mr. "Edwards is meeting with much
success in the sale of the celebrated Le
Conte pear trees, which be advertises
with us... Columns have been written in
our southern papers regarding this won
derful pear, and a large industry has
sprung up in Georgia raising and ship
ping this pear to northern markets. We
advise all who have a place to put a few
of these trees to try them as the fruit is
universally pronounced very fine.
A GUANO FACTORY.
We understand that an English mechan
ical engineer, frgni Charleston, has been
in Athens several days, making an esti
mate on the price of machinery for a guano
factory to be located at the North-Eastern
depot. A joint stock company of capital
ists will build the factory. The intend to
start with a capital of $30,000, backed by
unlimited surplus fund. This enterprise
will certainly be carried through.
full stock of
trail*,
Drugs, Patent Medicines, Colognes,
Extracts, and in fact everything to be found in a City Drug tore. Trusses and
Braces of every descriptions $ I up. Fine Stand Lamps, only §1, regular
price, $2. At the New Drug Store you will find nothing but
New Goods. - No Old Stock on Hand,
Every one will find it to their interest to call at the New Drug Store and get prices before buying. T ru , t-
,ng the public will give me a liberal sharge of patronage, I ana, respectfuy,
der picture. Let turn come j associate members, are earnestly request-
ed to be present. The rooms will be
formally opened to the public during the
coining week. Ladies can become auxil
iary members of the association without
the payment of dues, and are invited to
take an interest in this important work
and assist the young men by their influ
ence and presence on sjjch occasions as
the association may desire. We echo
the sentiment of every one who has the
good interests of the community at heart,
in wishing the V. M. C. A. God speed in
the work they have begun*
FREAKS OF THE TYPE.
In our last account of proceedings of
Oconee court the following appeared:
‘Mas. White, cashier, vs. J. C. Wilkins,
M. lb McGintv and 1>. H. Malcoljui, gar
nishees. Verdict against Malcolm for
$2,050.” This should have been twenty
dollars and fifty cents. The absence of
the decimal point made the amount en
tirely different. Mr. Malcolm requests
us to state this fact, as a publication of
the fact that a verdict of two thousand
and fifty doljars had been rendered, has
caused him some trouble. We regret
that the error has caused any confusion,
and cheerfully make the correction.
A CANDY PULLING.
Torn Hampton gave a candy pulling at
his new home on Lumpkin street, Fri
day evening. A large number of his
friends werd present, and the occasion
was one of enjoyment and pleasure.
Snow in the Indian Territory is
two feet deep and still falling.
RESITEI) BV BUZZARDS.
the cotton are* has of late years ^ j ’ -me time «
liegiocs *ic- wi„jrcx^Ir 1 -Vs"ijiniTce; coincidence there would havetfeen
nothing to mar the enjoyment of
the occasion.”
UEOKGIA IN CONGRESS.
Representative Candler introduc
ed in the house yesterday a bill to
prevent the contraction of currency.
It presides that whenever the cir
culation of any National bank is
surrendered, in whole or in part,
and is not taken up by other Na
tional banks within thirty days, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall is-
sue an equivalent amount of Treas-
ury notes. These notes shall lie de
posited in tlie Treasury and paid
out as moneys kept for the dis
charge of tlie obligations of the
government. They shall be receiv
able lor salaries and dues to the gov
ern merit; shall be a legal tender be
tween National banks, and for all
dues to National banks and shall
be redeemable in coin. Coin held
in the Treasury at the date of the
passage of this act for redemption
of legal tender notes shall also he
applicable to the redemption of the
notes hereby authorized, and such
coiifteservc may he increased from
time to time by adding thereto other
sums from payments made to the
Treasurer in the discretion of the
Secretary of the Treasury; provided,
however, the whole amount of the
coin reserve shall never exceed 30
per cent, of the whole amount of
legal tender and Treasury notes out-
standing, nor fall below 25 percent,
of that amount. The true intent ol
'be bill is declared to be to provide
that the volume of p iper currency
outstanding, exclusive ol gold and
silver certificates, shall not fall be
low trie amount now fixed by law.
Mi. Hlount in the house yester
day introduced a bill to compel any
vessel of the United States before
clearance to receive such mails as
the United States officers may offer
and to properly carry the same
under a penalty ot not being enti
tled to privileges granted to Amer
ican vessels.
The Washington cot respondent
of the Philadelphia Times writes
that there was a rumor current
Sunday night that Secretary Bay
ard would shortly lesign his place
in President Cleveland's cabinet.
This determination, it is said, had
been reached several days ago,
when it became apparent that Mrs.
Bayard must die. The secretary
was on the point of tendering his
resignation on the sudden dea>h of
his daugter, but was asked not to by
personal friends and by the kind at
tentions of the President. The Sec-
tetary was very fond of his chil
dren and ot his wife, whose illness
has been long and trying. He is a
very sensitive man and has been
worried somewhat by constant pub
lic criticism. This itself, however,
would not have seriously affected
him, but in connection with his
family afflictions it served to add
perceptibly to bis burdens.
Mr. Candler’s bill to prevent con
traction of the currency is consider*
ed one of great moment and is ex-
•citing much comment
and the cultivation of the soil by
whites is the main reliance. T his is
the case in Virginia and North
Carolina, where cotton is much
more extensively cultivated than in
ante-bellum days, and it is specially
so in the newly developed cotton
sections of Texas, which state alone
already raises a crop one-quarter as
large as the largest made in the
whole South before the war (1859- r J in
60), and each year is adding im- ■ ‘
menseiy to her yield. In fact,
thinkers predict that in a few years
the four states of Louisiana, Missis
sippi, Arkansas and Texas will
themselves produce cotton enough
for the wants of the world, and pos
sessing extraordinary advantages,
can produce the staple at prices that
will effectually prevent competition
In consequence the other states,
known now and heretofore as cot
ton states, will have to devote them
selves chiefly to manufactures
grain, and the development of their
mineral resources and other indus
tries.
HART COUNTY.
[Sun.)
A worthy farmer informs us that
lawless parties have been pulling
down fences at night in his neigh
borhood.
Mr. II. B. Andrews,of Elberton
has located in Hartwre’.l and will
wagon and buggy repair
We learn that Miss Emma Wilson
will teach a class in music in Bow-
ersville and assist Prof. Bobo in the
High School.
It is said that the Elberton Air-
Line will be changed to a broad-
gague next summer.
A patteau in which were Mr. W.
T. Brownlee, of Elbert county and
two {colored men capsized in the
Savannah River one day last week.
The colored men were drowned
Mr. Biowniee swam two hundred
yards to the shore. He was
very much exhausted, but has re
covered.
The New Orleaus exposition will
be kept open untii May. The
ceipts thus far have been rather
small, which is accounted for by
the lightness «f travel generally.
The cultivation of cotton in Cali
fornia bids fair to become one of
the remunerative and rapidly in
creasing crops of that wonderfully
productive state.
The late advertising agent of the
Constitution told the reporter that
the Kimball hotel paid t u e paper,
by contract, about $700 yearly (or
publishing its arrivals.
The change of gauge in the
Southern railroads will he made on
May 31st and June 1st, 1SS6, and is
estimated will cost about $750,000.
Mrs. Ycseult Dudley is stiil in
the asylum, anil O’Donovan Rossa
Fragments.
Capitol.
One of Atlanta's drummers visited
a drv town near Carrolton last week
Whilst there lie met up with a curi
ous little incident concerning closed
bar-rooms. He passed a bar-room;
it was closed, seemingly tight and
fast, the windows and doois being
nailed down, fust outside of the
door was a tree with the branch bent
downward. Underneath, at the
foot of the tree, was a large stone.
Later on the drummer passed by
again. This time the bending bough
supported a jug, filled, I suppose
with the pretty red fluid—not pare-
j^jjThe stone is the money dra w-
ju8*j0under the contents of the
jug •.placed. What a strange bar,
to he sure! We are sure Atlanta
will not have one ot that style after
July.
ALMOST A SERIOUS FIRE.
The chimney burning at Jud^e Geo.
C. Thomas’ Friday evening, came very
near being a serious affair. The flames
ran out of the chimney a long distance,
and had it not been for the timely arriv-
A Fox Hunter Falls Into a Well and How
lie Escapes.
A gentleman who lives in the
ea-tcni part of this county leils one
of those stories that lew people will
believe “without seeing it.” lie
says that he was out fox hunting
and when the chase was at the
height of its excitement his horse
ran into an old well thirty feet deep.
The horse was instantly killed by
the fall, but the rider was unhurt.
The walls of the well had caved in
at the bottom a distance of three or
four feet, and the gentleman says
thie prevented getting out by dig
ging footholds. Realizing his situ-
ation he begin to call for help at
the top of his voice, but no as-is-
tance came. He was compelled to
remain in the well all night, and
from the dead carcass of the horse
was anything b it pleasant, ar.d he
noticed that buzzards were soaring
over the spot. Finally the buz
zards began to alight in the well,
and it was tiler, a bright idea struck
him. He decided to catch the buz
zards by the leg as they came down
until he got a sufficient number to
cirry him out. That, he did, and
when he caught as many as his
hands would hold, he “shewed” at
them and thej- flew up, carrying
him out of the well. •
But still the fox hunter was in a
dilemma. The buzzards flew up
so rapidly that he could not turn
loose when he reached the topi
without tailing back in the well.
Upwards "ire buzzards flew with
their human freight, and the lox
hunter began to despair of his life
alter all. When about one hundred
yards above the ground theloxhun-
ler was just about to let go and fall,
when he was struck with another
brigdt idea. He decided to loose
one buzzard at a time until his
weight would pull them downward.
Acting upon this clan lie was soon
landed safely upon the ground.
The gentleman who tells the
story, tells it in all seriousness, and
as though he actually believes it
true, but it will be a colder day than
any we had during the recent bliz
zard before he can get anybody else
to believe it.—Columbus Enquirer
Edison, the electric man, is to be
married to Miss Mina Miller, of
Akron, Ohio.
G. W. RUSH
wilkes county.
A TRAINED HORSE.
A countryman was in Athens yesterday
with a horse that pretended to he sick.
The horse was lying down, rolling and
tumbling, and seemed to be suffering in
tense pain. The countryman went fora
doctor, brought him to tile scene, and
asked what must he do for the animal,
and gave die“•otlWfryiiiafi'“a 1 pr^Sl’WjJliUtr
for a quart of whisky. The said country
man got the whisky, put it in liis pocket,
went back and got the liorse up and went
galloping off, saying that he and his
horse had duped the prohibitionists.
SALE OF PROPERTY.
Mr. W. 1). Griffeth has sold two brick
stores on South street, to Mr. M. It.’ Mc-
(iinty. The sale was completed to-day,
and a good price paid for them. These
stores are both splendid pieces of prop
erty. Capt. 11. Nickerson has sold a half
acre lot on South street to Hr. McGinty.
Mr. M. will at once erect two handsome
two-story brick buildings thereou. lie
expects to use them for storing windows,
sashes, blinds, etc. When these stores
are built they will add greatly to the ap
pearance of that street.
using iuhauoo.
A prominent physician recently re
cently remarked to us, in speaking of to*
banco chewing, that he knew a lawyer
once who, after being an inveterate
chewer for years, all of a sudden quit
the practice, liis mind at once seemed
toAVeaken, and he found it impossible to
prepare a case. He consulted his phy
sician, who advised that he at once re
sume the use of tobacco, hut in modera
tion. This he did, and his faculty at
once returned.
A Kind Word
The health of Editor Gantt is, tho liomc
Journal deeply regrets to announce, not
such as to encourage the hopes of his
multitude of admirers and friends. lie
has suffered persistent hemorrhage's, and
consequent debilitation! but a buoyant
ature and balanced faculties have pre-
Samuel Williams and liis wife
were burned to death in their home
at Trenton village. N. Y.
Coffin Farr, aged fifty-nine years,
of Gloucester. Mass., committed su
icide in his henhouse by hanging.
A rabid dog in Parsons, Kans.,
bit sever*] persons, young and old,
a few horses and many dogs before
it was killed.
‘ A family, ot five persons, living
three miles from McGregor, Iowa,
were burned to death in theirdwell-
ing while asleep.
A stove in St. Louis, filled with a
quantity of coal oil. exploded, injur-
ingsix railroad hands seriously. An
enemy to the men poured the oil
cown the s'ove pipe.
Dennis W. Dildd was hanged in
Prescott, Arizona, Friday, for the
murder of a deputy sheriff. He
was suspece 1 of many murders,
and was a desperado.
[Gazette.]
Mr. R. O. Barksdale is having a
large warehouse erected at the de-
pot.
Mr. Cooper Pope estimates bis
loss in seed oats and planting, by
the late freeze, at ovef one thousand
dollars.
Capt. Whit Johnson, of Ogle
thorpe, lias moved into our commu
nity to take charge of Harry Hill’s
farm. The Captain is well known
heie and his many social and other
estimable qualities will make him a
great addition to our midst.
Larrv Gantt is still improving,
though he is still confined to his bed.
His many admirers in this part of
any work on bis paper, though the
vim of Gantt stili courses through
the columns of the Banner-Watch
man, and it is being kept up to its
igh standard remarkably well.
Mr. John Cade reports the total
estiuction ot one of his cotton
boats on the Savannah river one
y last week. The boat was load
ed with forty bales of cotton and
on its way to Augusta. In
passing over some shoals where
the current was very strong, the
boat struck a rock that split it com
pletely in two in an instant. There
were seven hands .on board and
hey had to swim for their lives.
Other boats were procured as
quickly as possible, anti after a live
ly chase down the river, all the cot
ton was recovered; but it was very
wet and greatly damage d.
THE LUXURY OF A TELEPHONE.
Visitors to the opera house at the
opera on Friday night, were very curious
to know what was the meaning of that
transmitter fastened to the side of the
stage, with a wire running through the
auditorium. “I wonder where it goes j served him, probably, from immediate err
Fl«MQre Uronndt of the French.
Almost every reader will be aware already
that the TJois de Boulogne is the resort of all
Parisians who can afford to keep carriages
many thousands of the middle and working
classes. Theartly appreciate the wisdom of
setting apart a gjeat space of Ja',id for public
recreation, the noise and crowding ot city
life make such places necessary, and if thejf
were not firmly protected now, the future
would be entirely deprived of them; but I
can only si.y that the Bois de Boulogne has
aver seemed «o me delightful.: Any country
lane that winds about among fields and
crosses a stream here and there, now hiding
itself in a dell, now affording a view from a
little eminence, suits my taste far better than
well-kept carriage drives between dense,
monotonous groves of green.
The Bojs de Boulogne is one of these places
in which a lover of real landscape feels him
self to be most a prisoner. The very per
fection with which it is kept is enough to
make him long for a little uncared for
nature. It is difficult to imagine any more
tiresome form of recreation than that of a
wealthy Frenchman, who has himself drag
ged along those miles and miles of road past
millions of trees that always seem the same.
The real amusement of such a Frenchman is
to criticise people and equipages; but he
might enjoy equal facilities for such a men
tal occupation on a chair in the Champs
Elyseos.—Philip Gilbert Hamerton.
The Fight Over Chewing Gam.
Two medical journals are fighting over
chewing gum. One thinks it preserves the
teeth, develops the gums, and should lie
encouraged; the other points out the injurious
druught ujHin the salivary glands and
digestive orpins, and its crushing effect upon
female loveliness.
FIRE I
On acclunl of the damage by fire we will sell all damaged 'golds
REDUCTION
of 40 to 50 per cent. The commercial nnd notthe intrinsic value, there
fore we can say we offer you BARG AIJNS in Glassware, Crockery
Table Cutlery. Baskets, Plated w re, such as Castors, Spoons, Knivei
Forks and a great many other plated goods, Wooden ware, includm.
Buckets, Brooms, Seives, Trays, Tubs, Coffee Mills, Rolling P.ns, etc
will be so'd at a Reduction of 10 lo 50 percent. In Fancy Vases, Tuhtt
Setts, Chamber setts, Cups and Saucers and a great variety of F tnC v
Goods, slightly damaged, We vrill ofter at from :oo to 25 per cent, re.
the state feel very much relieved I duction 2, 3and 3 light chandeliers at cost and less than cost Th,
about him. lie is not able to do [ wholesale as well as retail trade on Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Kero
sene and Machine Oil, and Lime is respectfully solicited. Remember
now is your time
J. H. HUGGINS
HODGSON BROS.
Desire to call attention to their larfre assortment of
TOBACOS.
THE CELEBRATED
ADEi*lNA PATTI, *ne t ioux»ire**,8ays
of Solon Palmer’s Perfumes, Toile t Soaps and oth
Tot vet Articles: “I unhesitatingly pronounce
i*m superior to any 1 ever used.’ Principal
Ity.u 374 and 876 Pearl Now Y ork.
You ask me to write of my Asrling's mouth.
As sweet as the breeze from f-be spicy south,
\Vbicb 1 ,.hMie» with sighs ! tom orange groves
You ask me to write of her teeth and her gums
Ye« ask roe to write~but rosily I won't;
Tis enough that she uses SQZODOKT.
On the ToUea Tables
of the be*u monde, that delightful health fn
elbtir. SOZODONT, istlwnys found. There is
Tolhim; comparable to it for render ng the teeth
potless, and preventing the-lr decay. Those who
i«e it exhale fragrance when they open their
mouths.
Is justly popular.
ECZEMA
And Every Species of Itching amd
Burning Diseases Cuiied by Cuticura.
itching snd burning, instantly reliered by a
warm bath With < utieura Soap, an i a single ap
plication of Uuticura, the great Skin Cure This
repeated daily, with two or three doses of Cut!
cur ► Resolvent, the New Blood Purifier, to keep
t e blood cool, the perspiration pure and unirrt-
te.ting, the bowels open, the User and kidneys
active, wi’lapeedilv cure Eczema. Tetter. Riut
worm. Psoriasis. Lichen. p ruritus. Scald Heaa.
Dandruff, and every sj ecles of Itching. Seals aua
Pimply Humors of the >calp and fckin. wbeu the
best physicians and all known remedies fail.
Will McDonald, 2545 Rearbon St.. Chicago,
gratefully acknowledges a cure Rrtema. or
Salt Khenm. <<n head, neck, face, arms aud legs
tor seventeen years; n-1 able to walk except on
hards and knees 'or one year ; notable to help
i for eight years ; tried hundreds of rerae-
lies; doctors pronounced h is case hopeless;
mautntiy cured by Cuticura HesoW m tb
purifier) internally, and Cuticura and cuticura
oap tthe great skin cures) externally.
National Banks In Exlitence.
On tho first, day qf last month there were
in this country 2,700 national* banka—the
largest number since the passage of the
national hank law of 1S£R. Of the 3,400
tanks started under tliis latk only 105 have
failed.—Exchange.
go:
to,” was the expression indulged in all |
over the house. It was finally whisper
'd around that Mr. \V. B. Thomas had it
put in for the convenience of his wife,
whose health would not permit her vis
iting the opera house, and who was desi
rous? of hearing the Mikado. The neces
sity of a telephone has been already es
tablished. This new use of the little
wonder in Athens has made it* a luxury
indeed.
is still busy patriotically handing ! al of the firemen his house would have
around the hat.
Ten men are in jail in Nash
ville, Tenn., lor the murder of one
man. One of them will turn stale’s
evidence.
A colored Methodist preache-
in Chattanooga, is in trouble, en
deavoring to entice one of his flock
awav. the daughter ot one ofhis
membe^.
Savannah, February —June
Simmons, an aged colored woman,
was found lying dead on Bull
street, near Liberty, late last night.
She was on her way home in the
suburbs, when she fell to the ground
and expired.
Lincoln, Neb., February 5.—
The bodies of a man, woman and
six children were lound frozen stiff
on tht; prairie near Oberlin, Kans.,
yesterday. They are supposed to
be a man named Kemmon and his
family, who started in an emigrant
wagon for Oberlin just before the
recent blizzard, and have not since
been heard from.
burned.
London, February 5.—The Ital
ian bark Sileio, which sailed from
Pensacola December iSth. for Liv
erpool, has put into Falmouth.
She experienced very heavy
weather during which Captain Ben-
venute and mate were drowned,
and tfre wheel, one boat and bul
warks were srpashpd,
Tb Fortunes!No. 19]St. Charles Street.
Yesterday, at noon, a reporter for the
Picayune met in the reception room oj
The Louisiana State Lottery Company's
office Mr. Leon Morthe, the well known
proprietor of No. 19 St. Charles street.
He hiM called to transact a little business
and taking out his pocket-book he displ
ayed a lottery ticket, which was stamped
69,255, one-tenth of the First Capital
in Dec. 15th Drawing-one tenth of
1150,000 for one dollar.—N. 0. Pica
yune, Dec. 19.
WORKING AT NIGHT.
The Princeton factory is new doin;
night work, tilling orders. It is a pretty
sight to look at tho bvilding when it is
lighted on a dark night.
You Can Hava It.
“My <?ear; what would 1 give to have
your hair?” is often said by middle-aged
ladies to young ones. Madam, you may
have jiistsuco hair Parker’s Hair Balsam
will give it 10 you. It will stop your hair
from falling oil, restore the orh/ian! color
and make it long, thick, soft und glossy.
You need not stand helplessly envy
ing the girlr. The Balsam is not oily,
not a dye, but is an elegant dressing, and
is especially recommended for itfcleuuli
ness and pnritv,
LOAN ASSOCIATION.
Yesterday was the installment Satur
day for the Athens Building and Loan
Association. There are between seven
and eight hundred shares taken in this
association.
The Widows* Pension bill did
not receive 11 single Georgia Tote in
the hotlse.
ALL H^NDS SICK.
Maj. Pruitt was confined to his home
by sickness, and the regular force of the
Banner-Watchman was demoralized
somewhat, on yesterday, but we never
give-up the ship as long as there is a man
on deck. The Banner has friends
who will make her flap whether
or no. Mr. Gantt is much better, hut
not able to attend to any of his duties
yet. We make no apology for the ap
pearance of our paper, as we are doing
the best we know* how under the circum
stances.
The journalism of our section eauill
spare his talents, his pen and his intlu-
nce even for a day.—Greensboro Home
Journal.
~ AT fT ALREADY. .
We notice in the last issue of the
Washington Gazette, several little squibs
evidently aimed at the new paper, the
Chronicle. ’Twas ever thus. We look
for a pen and ink skirmish at an early
day. Aoth papers are edited by nice gen
tlemen, and there is no necessity for
strife. Wilkes county cannot support
but one organ, and the strongest w’ill
survive.
THE WHITEHEAD CASE.
It is the counsel of Whitehead that the
citizens of Oconee couuty raised $140
for, consisting of Messrs. Uucker and
George C. Thomas, instead of Capt. Bar-
row, although that gentleman is employ
ed in the case. »
Thr Sign* ITaed in Mathematic*.
The signs "plus" and “minus,” it is said,
were llrst used by Christopher Rudolph
about 1*15. Tho sign “equals” was first em
ployed by Hotart Record® in 1557, because,
said he, “no 2 thyngeecanbe moor® equalle.”
—Chicago Herald.
One of the Old-Time Customs.
The practice of saluting ladies with a kiss
was once very general. The celebrated
“kissing comfits” were sugar plums, once
extensively used by fashionable people to
make their breath sweet.
Licorice Produced in Mlnaourl.
It appears that licorice has been raised to
Home extent in central Missouri for nearly
thirty years. Its production, however, has
never been profitable.
Common prairie grass is turned into paper
at Quincy, Mo., a mill having been estab
lished there for that purpose.
Theodore Roosevelt says that the bite of
skunks in Kansas and Nebraska product
hydrophobia.
TO COMMENCE.
The finals of the college boys will be
gin Monday morning and last for a month.
This is the hardest pull for the boys, and
they will go to studying in dead earnest.
Court douse door ou fir*t Tutvd*.. in March,
& Yi »‘*reR, more or l«s». being the Uud of ^airah
J. ’'uD. deceased joining lands of T, T.
J. C. John-on and E. !>, Fulton. Terms
cash
fdb).30d. L. W DOWNS, Executor.
nl IP* cornu _
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TOBACCO
Chas. Houghton, Esq., Lawyer. 28 fit«te
..Boston, r>‘ports tv ca-euf Ecxvma under his
observation for ten yoar.s, which covered the pa-
bodv and limbs, and to which all kn )v-n
method* of treat n cut had been app led without
benefit, which waa completely cured solely by
Cuticura Remedies, leaving a clean and
Mr. John Thiel, Wilke l barre t Fa , writes.
I have Miffored fram Salt Rheum tor over eight
years, at timt'a'o bad that 1 could not attend to
tnv l utunesa ioi weeks at a lima Three boxes of
6*uti« ura and fanr bottles KeMiiventbave entire
ly cured me of this dreadful disease.”
Physicians Prescribe Them.-I have
nothing but the highest praise for the rv suits oh-
iaim'd irom yourCuiicura Ketnediea, of which
I have sold more than ol al oti ers of the kind,
MONRO BOND, M. D.
2500 N. Broad Su, Philadelphia, Fa.
seld by all dnunttat*. Price* /'utieura 60 eta
Resolvent $1.00; Soap 55ets. Prepared by the
Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston, Mass,
Send for Pamphlet.
T>F \ TT’IFY the Complexion and Skin by
DJuA U nalng the Cuticura Soap.
Rheumatic, Neuralgic. Scia
tic. Sudden, Sharp and Nervous
Pains absolutely annihilated by the
Cuticura Anti-Pain Plaster, a p*rf.-ct
autidote to pain and iufiatnmati ’n.
Saw, original, infallible. At druggists.
febldAwlna.
A
thetr homes; fascinating
#mployment;no lllustritlocs to buy; work can
be sent by mail (distance no objection $6 to S|
_.... w apai ....
Stephen C. Smith, late oi said county, doceased,
the twelve months support and household fur
nitureto which by law Mr..Arminda Smith,
widow of said deceased and her five minor chil
dren. Elizabeth, John, Luella, Beta, and Bobeit
B. Smith, are entitled, havo made their report to
me w hich Tepori is now of file in my office. These
are therefore to cite and admonish all concerned
to show causa at my office on the 10th day of
March next, why said support and household
lurnlture as appraised and set apart should n, t be
granted to aaid widow and children Given
under my hand at my offloethla ist dayofFch.
ruary 1886 <
fcb9 50d, T. P. HILL, Ordinary.
J^OTICE Ti
estate o^Joha N. Prickett. lata of Bankacotinti
deceased, are hereby notified to render in thef
demands to the undersigned according to law
* " * bted to ■
G W. PRICKRTT. and
d. s. mcwhorteb
Adrar's. ol 'John N, Prickett, dec'
THE CL1HGMAH TOBACCO OIHTHEHT
m _ _
THE CLINGMAN TOBACCO CAKE
: >f of Insects. AcInucSSuysaBlooJlrriUrioaand
ImUmm^tion from whatever pause, price 2d cm
‘ THE CUHBHAH TOBACCO PIASTER
, Notice to Tresspasers
All persona are warned against either fishing
hunting or in any manner trespassing on anv o
my lands, under the extreme penalty of the law
MRS. CARL0TTA SMITH.
JESSED 4N1EL, Agent.
THE GEM .
“WIRE PICKET FENCE,
Wifant aii actlvfe man in Athens and other
towns and ceuntioa In the South to make *hia
fence, we fhrniah the Gem Fence, Loom. Picket
Pointer Fence streichhr afid Wtte Cutters tot*
9116.00, and make no cbaige lor farm,,city <
c juntv rights. Onr machine is eesitv operated 1».
one man or two boys, and makes the nest Wire
picket fefice,vmd makes it faster and in larger
variety of style and lem th, than any other.
Pickets connot be extracted from oar fence, and
wa warrant it the.cheapest and strongs t. most
durable, ornamental and portable L-nce for
fora*;, yaida.. tewae, pastures etc., e?ar invent-
ed. We guarfintea protection in territory to
parch .sera of outfits, and pay them a.TlbeftP
S-S5T %£« *
We clain there i.s no better for the
money. Try it.
7
CEDAR GROVE
Also some of our Favorite Brands lor Avhicli wa
are Sole agents. Give us a call and be Convinced.
HOME COMFORT
WROUGHT IRON RANGE.
My agents are how.canvassing counties in the v jeluitv oi Atlu ns, and farm »rs will save »■ op-
rtunity to examiue this celebrated , 1 •
COOKING APPARATUS.
Below will be found some of tre certificates from parties iu tbc two large caunties of Wnbicf-
toa and Wilkes, who have bought these Ranges.
S. C. HOAlv, Superintendent.
WILKES COUNTY.
This is to certify th?fwc hsve each bought a Home Comfort Wrought Iron Itanv’e ar.d »r»
pleased to say that It gives entire satisfaction; we think it superior m every Tesi»ect to soy m-i inn
stove we have ever u»“d : Mix T V Shipp. Mm'DJ Vdatus, W T Hudson, Mrs (i U Massey. Mn
Wm Fouchc, Mrs M M Walton F H Cooper, Mrs A J Pharr, >*rs C E Florence. Miss I.iw> wyst.
Mrs J E Bur lett, Mrs A F Wanaley, Mrs W a Tatum. B L Bmiih, Mrs J H Gresham. Mr. .Vj
Harris, James Car’, yon. Mra W L Wooitea. N L McMekio, Mrs c A S'aePp. rl, Mrs L 1 Shank Mr*
C f ho mas, M rs T J crave*, Mrs J N McKe.kin. John J Sheppard, A R Burden, Mrs M Gulley, Mn£
J'Logsn. Mts Hose Hall. Mra B D Butler, Mn J J CraTtoo, Mr» L J munei, a V McMekin, Mr>CA
Standard, Mra J LBurde;:, E ilraujK UG W Buidett.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Mr»E S smith, James F Smith. Mrs M V Mason, ^ Van Uritle. RG iLindsev. Z '"l^art M SOt.
Mrs F. (i Williams. Win F Vanin! W H Hart, S T M<UF, e. J R bo ig, s, i » Webb.»’ o Aodras, k D.
CM Franklin, M G Wood, Sr. singleton Hot d, KJ McCoy. R S Boh i right Dis* M Jarkion. ki*J
Moliie McCoy Ella LPearson, W II Avsut, TO Brooks, . stues R Cox. W K Hall, S Pnnct, Mi»h
Bur^amy, William Jones. William uato, m W Hall. TH D.iwns, Jum-s Webster. Mrs J.ckf-on. JT
Aoiason, MrsM M Turner, Mrs ♦*’ F Rato. Ella » Nc'vmome, M t« Uorion, Mn H H Wicker. J l>
M M Mathis. A A Morrison, Mrs B Tanner, M W Mil's. Limy dnu Dye, Bryant Watkins. 1. P Bedd-
lugfield, David Baiivy, T it omiln.T J Madden. Daniel JVevr. jtolVvU.
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