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PROHIBITION.' / x <~i i y*s INTERVIEW WITH A PttOMQJENT Liquor drumhf.r. nohlBltlon Now Working Its Own Way— wonderful Decraase In tha Sale of Wbl>- k«T All Over Mm State—Tne People Rap idly Sobering Up—Effect on the Buelnete Of AUanta—Georgia Fait Verging on a "Dry state-Tne Honor Tax in Florida. ' W e' j if BAN ■WATCHMAN. WEEKLY EDITION. I# ,il/sB NO. XVI ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1886. VOL. XXXI GAINESVILLE LETTER. Yesterday we met a drummer for on«‘ «f the largest liqiior houses in the >outhe who had just returned from a bus iness trip over Georgia and through Honda, and we asked him what effect had the prohibition movement on the li quor traffic. •Til tell you,” he replied, “that so far as < ieorgia is concerned the whisky busi ness is dead past resurrection, and other states are fast falling into line. I have been selling liquor all my life, and it U the only way I have of making a living, hut it is needless to deny the fact that the prohibition movement has wrought a wonderful change in the people, so far as whisky-drinking is concerned. I hare lately been to Atlanta, Columbus, Ma con, Augusta and Savannah, and of course my business required that I visit all the saloon men. With a single excep tion, Snyder, of J, ngusta. who still re tains his trade, I B und the liquor dealers blue and disheartened, and they report a decrease in sales of from ‘25 to 50 per cent. I do not believe there is much more than one-half the liquor sold in Atlanta now as this time last year. Now it j'- ems reasonable to suppose that when the counties around you go ‘dry,’ that you will gel their trade, and your sales will he proportionately increased.. But such i> no: the case. Every county that adopt-prohibition inflicts a new stab «»n the liquor business all over Georgia. You ask me why U this? Why, fcimply be- caiix the moral sentiment of the people is opposed to liquor drinking, and it is causing thousands to .-top. Even in li quor counties, men who have been drink ing all their lives have quit short off. It i.' getting to he u discredit to be seen to enter a bar-room, and gradually th practice i.- abandoned. I tell you, as a liquor man. that prohibition bus done great things for Georgia, and if there was not another election held, that the grow ing sentiment of the people will gradual ly drive liquor out of the state. The whisky dealers all over Georgia are dis- heart» ned and demoralized, and are pre pared for the worst. They know and feel that their occupation is gone. How about the jug trade? It is greatly over-i estimated. A drummer couldn't make expenses going to the dry counties and taking orders for liquor. I tell you the people are not drinking, and there is no demand for it. !t used to be the cus tom that the first thing a visitor did w hen he reached Atlanta and registered, w as to hunt the bar-room. Not one in ten now* thinks of drinking, and often you can enter a crowd at the Kimball Hou.-'* and ask a*dozen men before you can find one to drink with.” “What effect will prohibition have on Atlanta?” “It will kill the place, and has already given it a fatal stab. There are hun dreds of vacant houses all over the city und rents have declined fearfully. Bus iness is worse than 1 ever knew it. The people are divided and embittered, and that unity of action which built up At lanta is forever destroyed. Don't you sec the cEy can't raise $100,000 to build the Georgia Midland? The reason of this is the liquor men are holding off. 1 know of one firm that sub scribed $5,000 to that road, but when Atlanta voted dry they reduced the amount to $500. The Gate City is in a bad fix, and when the trouble once be gins, you will bear the bouses pop like a canebrake on tire. Am I certain that rents are declining? Let me give you one illustration: Ex-Marshal Fitzsim mons has a beautiful place on Peachtree street, in one of the most fashionable portions of the city, that in 1881 rented f.*r$l«*> per month, last year at $75. and this year was rented at public outcry for $-17.50. I tell you, prohibition lias saved the drunkard, but it has killed Atlanta.” “lias Florida prohibition?” we asked. “Partially so, through high taxation. The -tate and county tax there for sell ing liquor is $500 a year, and then before you can open a bar-room you must first get a petition signed by two-thirds of the voters u$thin three miles of where you expect to locate. In Jacksonville and other cities where the Yankee tourists most do congregate, liquor saloons are as P : ck as leaves in Valambrosa. But Florida is going the same way as Geor gia, for there is no telling where this temperance wave will stop. What am I going to do? ! don’t know as yet—turn colporteur, l suppose.” Gaixxsviixb, Ga., Feb. 24.—Court in Gainesville will probably adjounf to day. There has been only one case of any importance tried this week. It was the State vs. Holcomb, charged with as sault with intent to murder, upon one Ilartridge. It seems from the evidence brought out in the trial, that Hartridge was thought to be too intimate with the family of Holcomb. Holcomb shot Hart ridge, but not fatally. He was prose cuted, bnt the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The contest over the prohibition elec tion in Gainesville and Hall county is getting lively. Both sides arc working, but the prohibitionists are gaining ground daily. The liquor men are not as san guine as they were a week ago. A large and rery enthusiastic meeting was held in ti e court house Tuesday night. Judge Gibson, of Crawford, addressed the audi ence. and made the liquor men tremble. Hci-5 a warm advocate of the temperance cau.«e, and did the prohibitionists great goon. Giinesville has a great deal of wagon trad* from the mountains. If the nar row-gauge was extended from Jefferson to Athens it would benefit the latter place, and pay well. This little road is loaded down with freight every day. The Gainesville fire company has a new engine—a steamer, and it's a daisy. It is a third-class machine, and cost $2,- 500. The boys are proud of her. NO DEMAND FOR WHISKY. A gentleman of Athens says that he the other day had a talk with Mr. Fowler, who runs a bar-room just over tlie Oco nee line and supplies Athens with liquor, and Mr. F. tells him that while before Christmas ho sold a great doal of whis ky and made money, since the new year set in that his trade has dwindled down to nothing, and it seems that the people have all of a sudden quit drinking. He is now scarcely making expenses, and says it looks like the business will quit him. This same report comes from all over the state. AS WRY OF THIS SEA. A HORRIBLE SHfrW PIXWALL. OFF AS- A Night of Terror—A Brave Little Woman— Seel Eer Husband and Child Washed Away—Hurting a Baby In a.Btorm—Flrea on Shore to Keep Off Wild Beasta—Res cued at Last. Nassau (S. P.) Guardian. The following account of the wreck of the barque Lynton, of Liverpool, which was wrecked last month during a hurricane off As- pinwall, or Colon, a town in Co lumbia, is told by the mate, Mr. G. F. Johnston: “At 7:30 the ill-fated vessel struck and huge waves, seem ingly mountain high,broke ovei her. She quickly began to settle down, and all hopes ot safety were over. I rushed to the captain’s cabin, and told Mrs. Lingard to get the chil dren ready, as the ship was going down. She snatched her infant to her breast, and while the cabin was quickly Riling with water, the cap tain caught up Lucy, and we all made for the mizzen rigging. For some time we held on in that peril ous position, the seas breaking over us nil the while. Lucy clung to the captain, and Mrs. Lingard QDITTINO A BAD HABIT. Tlie editor of this paper was an invet erate smoker until his late illness, and was never, unless eating or asleep, with out a cigar or pipe in his mouth. Since his sickness he has no taste for tobacco, and thinks he is entirely cured of the hahit. M'SUTt DOTS. When the Suta Fe road was first sug gested. it was luuught to he altogether impractical, hut since its completion it has become one of the most beneficial and neeessari roads in the county. Too much praise and too raafly thanks cannot be given to the advocater. The marriage contract between Mr. George McLeroy and Miss Anna Osborn, was consummated last Sunday morning by Hev. W. A. Overton. There were quite a number of friends of both the bride and groom present to congratulate the happy couple in their divine union. Mr. S. T. Denton has purchased the va cant lot west of the academy lot, and will at an early day erect a convenient and beautiful cottage thereon. It was at first thought that he would build on his river plantation, but it being too much of a private place for him he decided on a more public home. C. B. D. LAKE SIDE, CLARKE COUNTY. A MAMMOTH FRAUD. Excursionists From Ohio Who want to Set tle In Georgia. Cartersville Courant. A level headed Bartow citizen said he had been amused, provoked and disgusted to see how the State of Georgia had been imposed upon by “Ohio farmers coming to settle among us.” “Did they quarter on you?” asked the scribe. Not much, for I smelt a mice some weeks ago. I kinder got sus picious when theie was so much hospitality, banqueting and riding around called for—free, gratis called for nothing. Business is business, and if I was to go to Ohio to buy land, I should he suspicious of a crowd that jumped up so smart to show me all the land they had, and was so willing to sell it that they would be willing to board half a regiment to get a chance at my money. Why bless your soul dear Courant, one of my neighbors killed a turkey, stuffed one of the excur sionists so full of good things that he grunted when heclimed into the buggy, to be repaid after this fash- A GUASVTY SIliHT^ PROHIBITION GRAPE SHOT. A Graveyard Washed Away by the Missou ri River—The Corpses of small Pox Vic tims Floating Down the Stream in Their Coffins—The Inhabitants Along the Bantu Considerably Excited. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 23.—As a result of an ice gorge, the channel in the Missuri river is cutting away the Southern portion ot an island opposite the city, on which are lo cated the pest house and the small pox hospital. There were a large number of graves on the island, the greater number of which were washed away and the bodies floated off down the river in their coffins. There is considerable excitement along the banks. The officials, however, say that there is little dan* fier ot future infection irom the corpses. There have been no inter ments in that place within the year. The city water supply is drawn from Kaw river. The only persons living on the island are one small pox pa tient and his nurse. They are not in any danger from flood at present. The floating coffins presented a very ghastly sight. ion: "If you had this sort of land DEATH FROM NATURAL CAUSES. Lexinqton, Ga., Feb. 22.—Coroner J. U. Jlaggs was called to hold an inquest over the dead body of Willis Hutchison, olored, yesterday. Willis was found by Mr. iloward Hays, a few miles from his home in the big road. The old man was very aged, and after summoning a jury of inquest and hearing the evidence, nine to the. decision that his death was from natural causes. SAVING APPLES. Mr. .T.M. Booth, of .lackson county, raised a great many shockley apples. lie kept them from freezing during the late cold spell by hanking them uplikepota- toes and covering them with dirt and grass. M r. Booth says he never heard of anyone saving apples this way liefore, and only tried it as an experiment. He will bank all of his apples in dirt next! Mr. John It. White paid us a flying visit on Friday last. We notice the mud-hole just this side of Mr. W. It. Tuck's is almost impassa ble. We hope the proper authorities will lake this matter in hand and have it macadamized or laid with poles. We al so think if the proper ones were to see Mr. John W. Nicholson in regard to changing the road on the west side of Shoal creek, so that instead of going straight up the hill to have it go around one way or the other, he would do so. The Sahbath school at “Corinth" church is in a flourishing condition, un der the superintendency of Mr. W. H. Morton. Josiaii. BOUGHT OUT. Mr. Arthur Long has purchased the drug store of Long & Co. Mr. Arthur Long has been in the drug business in our city for a number of years, and welcome him hack to his old stand. Dr. Charlie Long, we learn, will move hack to N'ewnan. He has made many friends in Athens, who wish him all the success possible. THE PASTOR OBJECTED. A colored hrothcrinone of the colored churches in Athens wanted to buy a gui tar. hut the pastor objected, on the ground that a guitar was nothing more than a high-toned banjo, and that a ben jo was the devil's own instrument. OUR NEW POST-MASTER. The senate, without opposition, has confirmed Capt. Burnett's appointment as postmaster at Athens, and he will take charge of the office as soon as the papers were forwarded. He has his bondsmen all ready. Capt. B. as yet has not settled upon his assistants, hut he has numer ous applicants, from both gentlemen and ladies, some from other states. The of fice only lscks shout f400 of being made a second-class office, when it will be more valuable. The government will then furnish another clerk, and also pay rent*. Capt. Burnett says he thinks he will goon bring it up to that standard SALS OF A PATENT. We learn that Dr. Hunnicntt paid Mr. Lawson $4,000 for the right of his cotton basket, and will press it* sale by next season. This is a splendid invention, and if properly worked, a fortune can be made out of it. Dr. H. has also the right to ten counties for the Georgia fence, and will goon put a man on the road to dispose of the territory for him. There is generally not much money in patent rights, but Dr. nunnicutt has two things that the people will have. PROO IN EER ABM. There is a negro girl in Athena who claima that she has a frog in her arm that travels up and down her arm from her wrist to her shoulder. She aays that another woman conjured her when she Wasjronng, and the frog 1 has been in her •**» ever since. - -v ' ■ ' TO TRY JOURNALISM. Messrs. Rufe and Tom Christy, so we learn, will soon begin the publication of a paper at Franklin, X. C., Tom already having resigned his position with Cran ford St Davis. They have great hopes in the future of Franklin, that we trust will he fully realized. NEW POST OFFICES. The old office at Osceola between Mc Nutt and Jug Tavern, has been opened again, and a new office called Elder be tween NVatkinsvillc and High Shoals has been established. This will be a great help to the people of Oconee. DIE TO WIN. One of the iron clad notes taken bjr the Athens merchants was presented to farmer to sign, and after reading it over carefully, he said that the only way to get out of paying the note was to die. STILL WEARING TEE GRAY. Yesterday along, lank-looking coun tryman came to the city wearing an offi - cer’s suit of Confederate gray. It brought back the days of old to the soldiers who followed Lee and Jackson. GOOD COTTON. Mr. J. A. Seegar, of Harmony Grove, picked, 5,011 pounds of seed cotton off two acres, besides plowing in about three hnndred pounds. SURVEYING THE GROUND. Mr. McGinty has bought land just above the oil mills, at the S. E. depot, to build his shops. He has nine acres, and Work will begin to-day. The land ie opposite the Elevator Mills. bravely held her babe to her hreast. The barque then began to break up. We seemed to be buried in a boii- ing. seething mass of broken water, and the rain still pelted down lu- riously. At about II p. m. the vessel turned right over, and we were all quickly immersed in the sea. Every one succeeded in catch ing hold of the keel garboard streak, and strenuous efloits were made with hands and teeth to tear up the planks to obtain a bettor hold. Not a word not a cry or shriek did the captain's wife utter. She held on to the wreck with one hand, and with the other she pressed the child to her bosom. I was clinging close to her, and for the purpose ot giving her a little support I held her round the waist. The storm raged on, if possible worse than ever; the water went over us again and again, al most stifling us. At about one o’clock the boy Ilall began to com plain of the cold, and Mrs. Lingard put his hands into his bosom to warm them, at the same time clasp ing the child Hilda to her naked breast. The weary night, which seemed more like a year, dragged on. Now and again, as the waves allowed us, we could see two large fires on shore, which the natives keep on (or the purpose of frighten ing wild animals away. With the water breaking over us, we were becoming numb with cold, our clothes weie being torn ofl, and our bodies were being cut and bruised. At about four o'clock, a. m., a fear ful sea broke over us, tearing from the wreck the boy Hall and one of the sailors named Johnson, who never rose again. At length morn ing dawned; and on shore, between 200 and 300 yards away we could hear the people shouting. But on account of the heavy seas no assis tance could be rendered us. Bit by bit the vessel broke up, and as the day wore on Norberg was swept away. With her hair streaming in I the wind, the cap'ain’s wife still clung for lile to the wreck. Thf.- captain, who appeared to be ver y much exhausted, still held on wi'.h Lucy in his arms. The child beg an to cry, and, with tears running do wn her cheeks, she uttered the pi tiful request, ‘Papa, papa, give me a drink.’ A lew hours rolled on with out apparently any hope of rc.-scue. The captain then held up Lt icy in his arms, and, with a cry of de spair, exclaimed, ‘Save my little ones! Ob, try and save my darlin-g chil dren!' These weie the last words he uttered, for shortly alter he sank down alongside of us, com pletely worn out. It is impo-sibl e to de scribe the agony we sufferer). Hun gry and thirsty almost to madness, our limbs cut and bleeding, and be numbed with cold, we still clung to the remaining planks. Never a word of complaint was heard from the captain’s wife. She gave her child all the protection she could, and re peatedly pressed her breast to give the infant food. A little later anoth er gigantic wave broke upon us as we all lay huddled together, and carried away Lucy, the carpenter, and one of the sailors fiom our sight, it was but the work of a second. All seemed now over. Mrs. Lin gard, turning to me, said, ‘Mr. Johnstoa, my darling husband and child are gone. Wno’s to be next? A French barque had also gone down not far from us, all hands of which, we afterward learned, were saved. During the whole of the dreadful night the ship’s hell had been tolling, as it had been swung backwards and forwards by the wind and waves. The sound of the bell as it reached us across the water rang like a horrible death knell in our ear*. We were quite resigned to our fate. We fullv ex pected never to see the daylight on earth again, never to behold the fa ces of those we loved. Day at length dawned, hut with nothing but death staring us in the face. The storm still continued with unabated fury. I heard the captain’s wife faintly say, ‘No hopes, Mr. John ston?’ ‘No; no hopes,’ I re plied. A few hours of terrible suf fering passed. We had then been about thirty-eight hours on the wreck, when suddenly we saw a boat pulling off to wards us. A feeling of hope sprang up in our breast. One moment we saw her on top of the wave,and ihe next moment she disappeared; but on she came, buffeting with the bil lows. The boat drew near to us, and was again and again buried from us by the waves. At last she managed to get alongside, and a gallant fellow jumped over on the planks and made fast a rope to the wreck. ‘Jump for your lives,’ he said,: The captain’s wife said it would be no use being in the boat— it could not live lfi such a sea. Tbe boat filled with water and I sprang into the sea and succeeded >r catching hold ot the oars. On e wave came and buriad me up- I held ray breath and still fonght for life. I rose again, and exerted my self to get to the shore. I again sank, and the rolling waves b fought me to the surface. Twice I sank and had given myself up for lost when two natives rushed into the water with ropes, and hauled me ashore naked and bleeding. 1 was, taken to a French doctor’s house. The boat,which was washed ashore, was got ready for another attempt at,rescue. This time her crew suc ceeded in saving the captain’s wife, child, the steward, and two sailors named. Christopher and Everses. Alf were taken to the doctor’s house, and our wants were attend in Ohio and you had our sort you would give one acre fora thousand of it. Why my good fellow I won der you dent starve.” Now that was a nice return lor hospitality— free buggy rides snd free tickets to this country—was it not. One ol them said: ‘It your land is so pro ductive, so healthy and so everlast ingly better than any outside the garden of Eden, why in the king dom do you want to sell it all out to us?’ ” STRANDED FILLlBUSTERERf. Twenty of the A'leged Honduras Troops in a Plight on Turk Island. New York, Feb. 20—The intel ligence bi ought to this port yester day by the steamer Clyde lhai twenty alleged fiillibustets from ihetourth ward had landed atTurk’s island fiom the steamer San Domin go, failed to pioduce any sensation here. Had they landed in the vi cinity ot a well-stocked hen-roost the thing would have had a more war-like aspect, and the chickens would have been the sufferers. On Turk’s isla nd salt mills and salt mines are abundant, but scarcely anything else that will help to sus tain life is to be found. Unless the filibusters can subsist on salt, it will go hard w iththem. They wil? not join Gen. Delgado’s army in Hon duras, br cause *he journey is too long by many hundreds ol miles for the ordir iary swimmer. Ex-Presi- dent So to, who is said to have an eye on ITonduras, still views their sorry pi ight with unconcern from his pala ce on Flth avenue. The dis patch a gent of the Clyde steamship company said this morning: “The landing of these men on Turk’s island penniless proves the correct ness ol the view I express ed whe n the wild rumor of the sail ing of a military expedition in the San Domingo was started. Instead ol going to make war on Central , Americans, the poor fellows must I rely for the necessaries of life on negroes who work in the salt mines. They have neither money, food nor clothing, and it is superfluous to say they have no ammunition or arms. Some vessels land at the island to take on laborers to work the cargo. There is no business there except the salt industry, and unless they find work at that and have tbe con stitution to stand it, which is very doubtful, they will be glad to ship on the first vessel that comes along no matter where sbe may be bound.” SEARCHING FOR FREEMAN. Elberton Citizens Object to Having Their Houses Ransacked. CONNECTICUT SHADOWS. TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS. Elberton, Feb. zo.—Consider able excitement was created here last night by D. C. McCrosky, of Toccoa, who arrived with a war rant, issued by the coroner of Hab ersham county, and an appointment as deputy sheriff made by the coro ner, attempted to search the dwel ling houses of some of our citizens tor Fred Freeman, charged with the murder of young Mauldin in Toccoa. He had searched the house of Mr. J. E. Brewer, who is the brother-in-law of young Freeman, and then, with a posse, proceeded to search the house of Mr. J. C. Swearengen. Mr. bwearengen, doubting NlcCrosky’s authority, ob jected to the search. McCrosky then tried to get a search warrant for the house, but as the law did not authorize such warrant to issue for persons he tailed in this. He then sued out a new criminal warrant for Freeman and placed it in the hands of Sheriff Alexander, who entered and searched Mr. Swear- engen’s house without opposition, but tailed to find the young man or any evidence that be had been iere. A warrant for trespass was then sued out for McCrosky and he was arrested by Sheriff Alexander, and demanding indictment, was requir ed to give bond in the sum ot one hundred dollars tor his appearance at the next term of the superior court, which he succeeded in doing about 4 o’clock this morning. Extracts Prom Sam Jones' speech at Mll- ledgevllie. Conatilutlen. I have nothing against any one. I disclaim any unkindness toward the liquor men. One wished this morning that when that loose mule ran across the street he would mjet Sam Jones aftd he would kick his brains out Well, I had rather be mule-kicked than saloon-kicked. I had rather stand behind a mule than in front of you, it you are a saloon keeper. Nothing but an evil man will engage in the sale of liquor. In Chattanooga I said that nothing but AN INFERNAL SCOUNDREL would sell liquor and nothing but an infernal fool would drink it They cursed me on the streets next day—cursed me to my face, behind my back, don’t you see? 1 told them that il they would go with me to the home of that poor woman down yonder in an obscure part of the city, and let me ask her of her trou ble, she would say: “Yes, I mar ried an industrious, hard-working young man, and we did well until he began to cometo yoursaloon and buy liquor, and now he is in the state penitentiary of Tennessee!” And then, if I were to put my ear close down to her side, I would hear the blood dripping from that heart —drip, drip, drip! You, my colored friends, they tell you about keeping up the sale of iiquor, so that you may not be deprived of your liberty. Do you notice that while you are dressed in rags THAT SALOON KEEPER has on good clothes, and lives in a fine house? Well, if you were to go and ask that man, “Boss, where Uid you get all those fine clothes,” he would reply, if he spoke right, ‘Got them from you, you black rascal.” When I was preaching prohibi tion in Cobb county, there came an old darkey to the little town, he rip Bwrerln*z of th* Poor nimtrated by a Temperance Family—Twenty Years in tbe Garret. New Haven, Feb. 20.—It would hardly seem possible that in a civi lized country there could be as much suffering among the poorer classes as has been lately developed in New Haven. Dr. C. B. Adams, the state agent of the Connecticut Humane Society, found one case which gives an idea of many others. In an old, abandoned freight car body, near Oyster Point, not far from this city, a man named Buckingham found shelter, with six motherless children, the oldest not more than 10 years old. Five were boys and one a girl. The squalor, filth and poverty were ter rible to behold, as the children lay on a heap of rags, called a bed, and their clothing was utterly inade- quate for their needs. Bucking- ham has been able to get but little employment and could get no one to care for the children. Some char itable ladies heard of the case, vis ited the place and tried to have the boys attend Sunday school. As they did not an attempt was made FIRE IN WILMINGTON. The North Carolina Seaport Devasted Sun day. Wilmington, N. C.,— Feb 21.— A disastrous fire occurred in the businers portion of this city this af - ternoon. the loss from which will probably exceed one million dollars. The lire originated on tbe river steamer Bladen, cotton laden, which set fire to wharf and the sheds of the Clyde line steamships. A high wind was blowing at the time, and the fire spread rapidly, sweeping ped out an oath, and swore, “I am going to carry two hundred votes for whisky to-morrow.” That night that old negro got drunk and lay down in a bar-room and died, and I think the sympathizing saloonist raised fifty cents, by general sub scription, for his benefit. [Loud applause.] The cry is that it will deprive poor folks and the colored people of the privilege of getting drunk. That is just the class that I want to see get to heaven. They get so lit tle in this world, I want them to reap the benefit of heaven. If THESE OLD RICH DEVILS want to import it, guzzle it down and goto hell, let them go. We want to put legs on these jugs and demijohns and run them out of here Here are these bar-keepers living in purple and fine linen and faring sumptuously every day, and you poor negtoes go from the saloon by the way ol the coutt house to the chain-gang. That’s the route. [Cries of “Dat’s de troof.”] There is a complaint that you can’t get a little for medical use. I have not tasted, touched nor handled a drop in nine years, and I am as healthy a man as you ever looked in the face. If there is anything I hate it is a little qjjack of a doctor With half a box of pills and a gallon of whisky going around to doctor all to send the children to Tyler City Home for Destitute Children. This St. Louis street car liner, are to be boycotted. Two railroad men were killed by the train at Chattanooga, Sunday. A new Chinese bill, to get rid of the Celestials, has been framed. The Chinese residents were driv en out of Oregon City. A general local option bill has passed the Virginia senate. Eighteen persons were injured in a railroad accident near Rochester, N. Y. Four men were drowned while trying to cross the river at Harris burg, Pa. The Pennsylvania coke workers’ strike has ended in a victory for the the father resented, and the matter was brought into the city court. A lawyer took the case up for him and intimated that the charitable ladies were trying to deprive Buck ingham ot his children because he did not send them to Sunday school. Buckingham never squandered his money on drink and made every cent count for the children, .whom he loved. Little Minnie, the girl, said she wanted to stay with her pa, and acted in court as if she fear ed that he would be would be taken from her. Judge Deming adjourn ed the case for three weeks, and asked the ladies to continue their charity. Charles Hale, who lives in South Meridan, had a large Newfound land dog that he had owned many Mr. Beecher had his stolen watch returned*to him by the thief, upon his paying Stoo. A Pittsburg, Pa., infant is claim ed by two women, its parentage being in doubt. The wife and nephew of John Higgins, murdered at Charleroix, Mich., confessed the crime. It is thought that it was cowboys, and not Apaches, who killed the eight sheepherders in New Mexico. They threaten to destroy the iron mines in France with dynamite unless wages are increased. Great distress exists at the Eber- ville, Pa., collieries. Many families are on the verge ot starvation. Sam Jones made a temperance speech in Milledgeville, Saturday, and they gave him a rousing re ception. Mr. R.J. McAflee, of Knoxville, Tenn., went deranged and escaped to the woods. When found he was in a starving condition. In Aroustock county, Me., an old man 70 years old, named Martin, killed his wife with an axe, and then committed suicide. A young couple, first cousins, who married in spite of civil and relig ious law, have been ex-communi cated at Youngstown, Ohio. The business men of Richmond met and denounced boycotting, and says it is an offense punishable by the laws of the land. years and prized highly. A Ger man took a fancy to the dog and bought it from Hale, with the un derstanding that he was to return the skin stuffed when the dog died. Hale had a few days ago received the stufled dog, which was a mar vel of the taxidermist’s art It then transpired that the German had killed the dog and had eaten it cooked in various ways. He said that he was used to it and relished the meat very much, and that he would like to get another dog on the same terms. Boiled dog and saeur kraut he particularly admired. THE INCARCERATED FARMER'S DAUGHTER. Further light has been shed on the case ot the caged woman at Wapping, which shows it to be equal to any on record. Twenty years ago the daughter of Hiram Grant, ... ■ „„ then a beautiful girl, was lured c nl ,>Jl rn rn .A from her home, led astray and fell Southern railroad pitched GEORGIA NEWS. - ill Robert Thompson, of Effinghi county, recently, killed 8400 pouj !?WI» ■ ..!.a - - Farmers come from Florida, se| •ftty-flve miles to Valdosta for suj piles. , .it&rui ... •;.'<? ,tb'.- The lumber is being hauled build the colored female college : tween Lexington and Crawford. B The Eagle & Phoenix mill, of Cc« lumbus, it is said, consumes mor ' cotton than any mill in America. James B. King, an Elbert count] convict, has escaped from the Dadf coal mines. A reward of $125 ha| been offered for him. At Pateville, Dooly county, Mi Elijah Pate, a substantial and pros! perous farmer, aged 74 years.^mar- ried Miss Bailey, a maiden of fifteet summers. The negro who carried the mailjj between Mt. Vernon and McVille.l whose throat was cut recently, has. not yet recovered. The mail bag'.| was considerably hacked up. Fred Kessler, of Guyton, bought' a hive ot bees in 1859. It was an old hire then, and he has robbed it: for the past twenty-seven years, and ] tne bees are still living and appa rently as well as ever. Th: cattle men in Bryan county lost heavily during the recent cold snap. The cattle going in on tbe ice in search of water fell, and not being able to get up, died wherff j they fell. Mr. Jonathan Williams, of Hara!-' son county, has saved enough ma nure from two cows to manure three acres of cotton land well. He says he would not take $40 for the ma nure he saved from two cows the past year. Eatontoh Messenger: John At- len bought a mule for six dollars and sold it to Will Griffin for cents. Seab Lawrence bought it for 35 cents and sold it to Walker McDade for $1. Walker bought a bridle and went after it, but when he found the mule it was dead. A Chinese mandarim interested in a large importing firm at San Francisco was refused permission to land, and returned to China. The steamer City ot Mexico and its crew of filibusters arrived at Key West under charge of a prize crew. away the business houses on Water DR. MYRTLE’S BAD CONDUCT. Marrying a Widow and Tben Running Away With Her 16-Year-Old Daughter. Vincennes, Ind., Feb. 21.—Dr. R. E. Myrtle, formerly of Indianap olis, but for several months a prac titioner at Centre Point, Ciay coun ty, has just astonished his friends and paved his way to the state prison. He is about 40 years old, and at Indianapolis he married Mrs. Burke just before removing to Cen tre Point. Mrs. Burke had a charm ing daughter, Pearl, about 16 years old. His attentions were turned criminally to the girl, and when she became aware of her condition the Doctor proposed an elopement, tc which she assented. The girl had bean frequently absent, teaching music, and the Doctor made a plea of business engagement, by which Mrs Myrtle was pievented from suspecting wrong till they had been gone ten days. Then she put de tectives on the trail- The Doctor’s finances ran low, and hejwent from place to [plaae till at last he hired as a iarm hand near Patoka. with the young girl as his wife doing service in his employer’s family. There the Sheriff of Clay county arrested him yesterday. street for three blocks, and many valuable residents on Fourth and Second streets. Among the build ings destroyed were the Firth Meth odist churth, the office of the Atlan- tic coast line, the freight depot of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta and the Wilmington and Weldon railroads, the Champion compress, two large grain mills and saw mill, and the offices and ware houses ot A. Sprunt &■ Co, Worth & Worth, Kirchner & Calder Bros., S. P. Thotler & Co., and others. The steamer River Queen and schooner Holmes weie burned. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. creation. If you are a doctor and A Lover's Quarrel Results In A Young Lady Taking Laudanum. Dahlonkga, Ga., Feb. 20.—Our quiet little town was furnished with a genuine sensation yesterday. Miss Ann Teague, a young woman living with her brother-ir.-law attempted suicide by taking- iaudanum. The family had gone to dinner, and they noticed that Miss Teague was not present whereupon Mrs. Swarson, her sister, went to her room to noti fy her that dinner -,vas going on and to her surprise lound her lying on the bed weeping and mourning. A glance at the table explained all, for there was an empty one-ounce vial labelled “Laudoum,” also a note far her sister- The contents of note have not been made public,but enough is known to justify the statement that the rash act was the can’t get along without whisky, the quicker you are all in the chain gang the better. In opening this meeting I noticed the good songs and the prayer of fered. Did you ever see a man with the red ticket praying? In Cobb county the ballots were print ed to read “for whisky,” “against whisky.” Now the man who is not a cousin or brother of a saloon keep er, who will take one of those tick ets “for whisky,” and go and vote it, is about eleven-tenths dog. All the animal jn him is on top,making ten- tenths, and what little human is in him has turned to dog, making the other tenth We have tried it sufficiently in out town. We have suffered worse than any where. When the sale was voted down, they still ran “blind ti gers,” and the result has been—dy namite. And if I wanted to beat the roll call for dynamiters 1 would go through the saloons. When the election was approaching they threatened to bring out their old rusty pistols to bulldoze us with. But we told them that if they were going to try that they had better bring out their best weapons, for they would find us ready. You may get the first shot, but God bless you, we will FEED THE BUZZARDS ON YOU. Some don’t like that. They say the Lord’s army ought to be a peaceable army. Well, so it ought. I haven't had but two fights since I’ve been preaching, and by the grace of God I will not have anoth- into dissolute company. Her fath er was stern, unyielding and fanat ically regular in the observance of his religious duties. He prayed over the matter and in the fervor of his religious zeal con ceived it his duty to shut her out from the company not only of her licentious companions, but all the world beside. He found her and brought her home, and ever since she has been confined in a garret of the old fashioned (arm house in which she was barn. Hiram Grant died a few years ago, but the family have been carrying out his wishes as strictly as possible, and thus for a score of years, in the most uncom fortable quarters, without proper clothing, light or warmth, has the unfortunate creature been kept. State Ageat Thrall says she is in a terrible condition, but proper steps are to be taken to rescue her from her living tomb, and to make her as comfot table as a shattered con stitution, diseased mentally and an emaciated body can be made. The case is a remarkable one, and there Is no doubt that Hiram Grant’s last days were embittered not only by the thought that his darling daugh ter had brought disgrace upon him and her family, but by the suffering he had compelled her to undergo in consequence. No nun was more rigidly kept in seclusion behind con vent walls, and no one suffered more than the poor girl, who lost her mind during the dreary days she was incarcerated in the living tomb. CHECKING ON THE CZAR. result of a lover’s quarrel. A mes- „ senger was dispatched for Dr Jones | er it I can outrun the fellow. If True to Hir Color*. Calhoun (Ga.) Times. Mrs. W. L. Whitman, of Ring- gold, Ga., has a $50 bill of Confed erate money, which has an interest ing hisjory. Near the close of the late war, when Gen. Grant was in Ringgold, he and hi* stalT spent a night at Mr. Whitman’s, and when he was about to leave he put Mrs. Whitman’s faith in the Con-.federacy to a test. He was to pay $30 tor his entertrinment, and in the pres ence ol his staff and others be heid in one hand a fifty dollar bill of greenbacks.and in the other a simi lar bill of Confederate money- which was at the time almost worthless,and told her to take her choice. With out a moment’s hesitation she took ttve latter. This exhibition of loy alty to the lost cause was greeted vjith applause by some and with •derisive laughter by others. Mrs. Whitman declares that her choice would have been the same had there been a thousand dollars in gold at stake. who promptly responded, and after administering antidotes and by continued efforts, restored the un fortunate woman to partial concious- ness at about 4 o’clock this morn ing. She is yet in a critical condi tion. MURDERED BY HIS DAUGHTER. lij A Negro Wench For Sue. The Ulster county Gazette, pub lished at Kingston, N. Y., in 1800, contains the account of the death and funeral obsequies of General Washington, and is preserved for that reason. Judging from what it has to say, his funeral must have been a tame affair compared with that of Grant, Hendricks or Han cock. While looltingover this old paper we found the following blood-curd ling advertisement: “FOR SALE A STOUT, ACTIVE, HEALTHY, NEGRO • WENCII. “Any one inclined to purchase, may .know the particulars by ap- P j r <^N > SCHOMNMAKER, JR. . At Rochester. Nov. jfJJ 1799.” «38W(ftS^ri<A6l MV v,.- U A Horrible Tragedy Reported Prom the Wilds of Tennessee. Pulaski, Feb. 20, 1SS6—News was received here this afternoon of a most horrible murder on Big Creek, in Lawrence county, beyond Marcella Falls, and twenty miles northwest of this place. In a family fight, an,old man named Burt Griggs was killed by bis daughters. The elder knocked her father down with a shovel and the other stabbed him with a butcher knife. Griggs was rather thriftless and given to drink. He was raised near Lynnnville,Giles county, where he is well known The daughters are said to be under arrest Lexington, Ky., Feb. 22.—A special from Winchester, Ky, says: At noon to-day a powder explosion occurred in the grocery store ot Mary Wiles. The clerk was in the act ot weighing some powder from a can when a man standing near the counter struck a match to light a cigar. _ A spark ignited the pow der, which exploded with terrible violence. The house was wrecked and eight persons were severely wounded. James Hopper aud Will Murray are dying and others will die. The man who struck the match escaped unhurt. Mary Wiles and two others were hurt. The house took fire but the flames were soon extinguished. any man don’t like what I say about it, let him go outside the corpora tion and wait till I come—he had H. H. Honore, Colonel Fred Grant's father-in-law, who was very rich before the Chicago fire, lost most of his money thereby, and for a time had difficulty in meeting his ordinary expenses. Having accor ding to report overdrawn his account $2,500 at one of the hanks the cash ier asked him towards the close of the year to make it good. The ex millionaire vowed he couldn’t give a check on anybody. Said the officer: “We want it mainly tor the benefit of the bookkeeper, so we can bal- better carry about two weeks rations William Walter, a veteran of two wars *tw the wearer of the Iron Cross of Russia and other medals committed suicide at Prosperity, S. Cf. with him, though. And again, 6ome say, “I found whisky when I came, and I want to leave it here when I die. Yes, you’ll hear them talk that,way. Well, you found rattlesnakes here (laughingly)—do you want to leave rattlesnakes when you die? You found chaingangs, do you want them here because you found them here. There were liars and bad men here—do you want to leave them here. No, it is just like a great many other arguments. It is absurd. I shall never touch another drop as long as I live, and if the doctor says I must take it or die, I’ll tell my wife to GET MY SHROUD READY. The barkeepers may do with me as they like. Yes, you may cut my head off, hut I’ll be in heaven before you can get back to your saloon The most disgusting sight to me is to see a barkeeper going to the polls with about twenty or thirty negroes behind him that he has bought like sheep. Don’t you go and sell yourselves like sheep, my colored friends. Vote to stop the sale of the stuff, for it has been the curse of your race. The great crowd rose as one man and the wildest cheers rent the air, and as they resumed their seats, the orator retired. Mr. J. M. Qox, of Mitchell coun ty, has recently recently received letters patent for a very valuable invention for an attachment to cot ton gins, which will make him a handsome fortune. The invention consists of an attachment, which is readily adjustable to cotton gins of any make, which renders the firing of cotton from matches, or friction from the ribs and saws, practically impossible in the process of gin ning. GENERAL NEWS. A party of five at Gieen Cove, Fla., bagged 243 ducks. The lining of a Chicago man’s coffin was made to mstch his whis kers. A somnambulist who leaped from the Canada into a snow bank, and sustained no injury An ex-fireman of Pittsburg, dis couraged through poverty and lack of employment, killed his wife and mortally wounded himself. Judge Clark, of Atlanta, enjoins Mrs. Weaver from removing or otherwise interfering with the body of Pierce, the Texas horse trader. A negro desperado in Wiikes county took Sheriff Calloway’s gun from him, and made that officer step back while he escaped to the swamps. At Allentown, Pa., three persons have trichinosis and one died, and at Akren, O., nine in one family are suffering from the same terrible dis ease. , Paris, Feb. 22.—Nine hundred convicts in Central Prison, at Thouars, revolted and mastered the guards. A force of troops succeed ed in suppressing the outbreak. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 22.— The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West railroad was formally opened between this city and Sanford to day. At Homer, Ill., C. J. Sears, aged 80 years, had a discussion with his wife on religion. The next day he brutally murdered her with a hand saw. Uxbridge, Mass., boasts ot a pair of steers that have a trotting record of 3 :oS. The footman and coachman of certain tamily in England wear green wigs when they go to court. As many as 2S5 love letters are offered in evidence in a breach of promise suit now before an Indiana court. Fitzjohn Porter’s friends count on six majority in the senate for the . bill to restore him to th: army ros-! ter. A recent prize fight near New Orleans was given to the whipped man because it was alleged his op ponent bit him. What astonishes the Pension Bu reau is that there are now on the rolls the names of 17,212 women, widows of soldiers of the war of 1S12. Crockery coffins are proposed by Philadelphia inventor. His idea is to glaze them, thus making a tight and imperishable receptacle, the object being to protect underground water currents from pollution. Dr. S. D. Rambo, of Brazil, is now in Bluffton with the home folks, after an absence of ten years. Dating that time he has been re markably successful with his pro- fe sion, accumulating the snug little sum of $50,000. A St. Louis doctor is credited with having cut off the tails of two lizzards and united the animals by 8,000 more miners in Pennsylva nia threaten to strike unless wages are incteased 10 per cent. There are fresh strikes all over the coun try. ance.” “I’ll draw on the Czar of Blair’s educational bill is likely to pass congress, but the President will probably veto it, being, with Senator Morgan and Speaker Car lisle, opposed to the bill. Butler Mahone, son of Senator Mahone, will be tried in the crim inal court, in Washington, on the 15th ot next month, for assault and battery with intent to kill. sewing the stumps together, thus j making a species of Siamese twins, The object of the experiment was to ascertain if blood could be trans fused by this method. Several citizens of New Haven with worthy forethought, have had their graves dug and tombstones erected. The graves are stoned up and sealed over, to protect them fiom the weather, and the stones are all lettered, except the date of death. Henrietta, Tex., Feb. 20.—H H. Steagill, charged with incest with his own daughter and murder ing ber child, was taken from jail by a mob and hanged. Ruasia, if you like,” remarked Hon ore, “though he or anybody worth anything is indebted to me. “He’ll do; its only for form’s sake you know.” The check was drawn and hap pened to go through the regular course ot collection. When it leach ed St. Petersburg it was nearly cov ered with stamps, endorsements and seals, and was finally presented to the Emperor. He declared he had no recollection of H. H. Honore; but tben as he was an American he presumed it was all right, and order ed it paid. The drawee did not hear of this until a year after, and then said he had no idea his credit was so good in Russia. But the next time he would draw on Julius Cssar. VALUED HIS LIFE AT TEH CENTS. At Salt Lake, U. S. District At torney Dickson was attacked.by three men, two of them sons of Cannon, the Mormon leader, but was not seriausly hurt. The men were arrested. London, Feb. ax.—To-day the Socialists marched from all parts of London and massed 50,000 strong in Hyde park. There were speeches but no rioting, and the police dis persed the crowd. Weaver, ol Indianapolis, Could Write. Atlanta, Feb. 22.—A letter was received in this city to-day from Indianapolis, which says that the undertaker, Weaver, from that place, was very short-sighted, and that “whenever he wrote, he had to hold his eyes close to the paper.” It will be remembered that it was in .evidence here that J. Wood* Pierce, of Texas, could not w rite. This is another unexpected point in the Texan widow’s favor. > • An Old Han Saved From Drowning Rewards His Rezcuer, New Haven, Conn., Feb. 21.— Silas Blakeslee is an old man living at North Farms, in the town of Wal lingford. A day or- two ago he went out for a walk along a slip pery path, when he tell into a deep ditch. The ditch was nearly filled with water, which was rising rap idly The water was nearly up to his neck and be was unable to help himself. Tbe old man’s situation was becoming critical when a man came along and pulled him out and assisted him to his residence. The old man felt very kindly toward his preserver, and in the fullness of his gratitude'generously rewarded him with the sum of ten cents. OOUHTRY*PRODUCE. The market is weU stocked with coun try produce. Butter is selling at from 20 to 25 cents; grown chickens, 20 to 25 cents; frying size, 15 to 20 cents; eggs, to 15 cents, Paris, Feb. 22.—It is reported that a plot exists to unite Spain and Portugal under the Duke of Bra- ganza, and to overthrow the present regency in Spain, the Duke of Montpensier heading the intrigue Ashland, Pa., Feb. 22.—John Weber, aged 21 years, drank a quart of whisky in a saloon last night, after which he crawled into an abandoped tenement house to sleep, and was found dead this morning. Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 22.—In all the Roman Catholic churches here yesterday a mandamant was read from the Bishop of Ottawa de nouncing the Knights of Labor, the telegraph operators’ union and all secret societies. An Albuquerque, New Mexico, editor, who expected a gang of lynchers to come for him about the middle of the nig.it, took himself to the cellar, leaviug a pet grizzly bear in his place in bed. The lynch ers didn’t bring anj- lights, but made a plucky attempt to get the bear out and lynch it, but gave it up atter three of them had lost an eye apiece, two had suffered the loss of thumbs chewed off, and the other six were more or less deprived of skin. That man now has a reputa tion as a fighter, and the bear didn’t mind the work one bit. % Jay Gould started in life in New York twenty years ago without a cent in his pocket. He was about to be expelled from the little room he had rented, and as he was una ble to pay foi it, and as a last re source he went and related his mis fortune to one of his neighbors, a shirtmaker, who took pity on him and lent him $100. East St. Louis, Ill., Feb. 20.— Henry Thielan, a farmer living at Casseville’s, yesterday stepped into a planing mill and sat down on the raised counter covering a buzz saw, which was not running at the time. While sitting conversing with some friends the saw started, and a few ; moments afterwards the counter moved to its customary position.'! The saw flashed up through a slit in j the counter and cut Thielan in two. ; He died instantly. Marion Hawkins, a saw mill la borer, and Arllis Kedel, student at the academy in West Farmington, Ohio, were each held in $10,000 bail on the charge of placing a dy namite cartridge under Hawley’s saloon, Cleveland, Ohio, which blew up at one o’clock. There is great excitement In town. The widow of Henke, (who was killed while playing with the Atlan ta* last season, claim* that she hat never yet received the proceeds of tho game played for her benefit and threatens to sue for the amount. During the late heavy snow a family tradingboat on tbe Mississip pi was tied up at a lonely place on the Arkansas side for the night. The Boat was occupied by the own er, a man named Young, and hit wife. Not dreaming of danger, they retired to their cabin after sup per and went to sleep. About midnight they were awakened by two ruffians who broke into the cabin. The intruders ordered the Youngs to leave the boat. The frightened couple begged that they might be allowed to dress, but this was refused, and they went ashore barefooted in their thin night clothes. It was dark and stormy' aax) every pathway was obliterated by the snow. The two wandered aimlessly about suffering intense agony. Aday or two later their frozen bodies were found. The two men who took possession of the it have been cap tured «tod are in jail at Osceola. Sevan . ad .i.fcivoi »1,o : . j-vi ;*> 1 -■ -■ • vf at! - /' -, ii-’t* f.iayT i mm KhNHmEI