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WEEKLY BANNER.-W/ATCHM^AN ^ TUESDAY APRIL 1886.
* A BROKEN ARM.
Arthur Pittman’s horse ran away with
him Wednesday night and broke his arm.
BOUGHT A LOT.
Mr. John Ihrd sold a lot to the Hoard
of Education. Thu lot is on fiantt street
and Hendricks avenue ami is a splendid
location for the school.
CHASING A CONVICT.
A SAD CASE.
A son of Mr. Harris Malcom, of Oco
nee, a youth about is years of u\re, with*
outai.v apparent cause went raving cra
zy a few days ago, and will to-day be
sent to the asvluni.
“LITCUEN."
T his is the name of a new disease,
spreading all over the country adjacent
to Athens, and is like the old fashioned
itch, only a much wor.se form of the dis-
ible allliction.
THE RAIN FALL.
•am that Prof. Charbonnier says
-Hfinches of rain fell from
evening until Wednesday inorn-
i 1 —the heaviest fall of water he has
| ever known in Athens.
XNEGUES WET
April
N1*.\\ .> IN llPIKi’.
vet befo
pohhc s
;pl-n,.
A DAMAGE SUIT.
N\ e learn that Mr. Martin, clerk for
!t. It. I.. Moss, at Tallulah, has entered
mt a-aiiist Mr. W. 1». Young, formerly
f the Tallelah Hotel, for ^10,(NJU dain-
g-s foj slander.
COHEN S TAILORING DEPARTMENT.
dr. Julius Cohen has already sent out
•r 1<X> suits of clothing from his tailor-
department and has 7f> suits now on
id to make up. He has the best tail-
in the country at work.
THE CEORGIA MIDLAND.
C- i i Mhi >. March .'ll.—Major Greene,
ciuet engineer of the Georgia Midland,
i' turm-d from New York to-day. and re
ports that under the contract the road is
to be completed by May 1, 18*7. The
contractor is 1*. 1\Hickson, of New York.
Dick Stokes Attempts to Escape from the
Chain-Gang.
Washington Chrwnicle.
Hick Stokes will be remembered as a
dangerous negro, who was sent to the
chain-gang for six years for an attempt
to murder Mr. Hooker, near Danburg.
Hick is now at the convict farm of Mr.
James M. Smith, in Oglethorpe county,
near Winterville. One day this week
Dick was at work in the blacksmith
shop, about 12 o’clock, inside of the
stockade, and managed to slip out unob
served. As soon as bis absence was dis
covered, the track dogs, which were sev
eral miles otf, were sent for. and before
they arrived Dick had been gone about
two hours. The hounds were put on
the track and the chase commenced at
once. Dick is a fleet runner, and when
the dogs overtook him it was near Dul
lard’s ferry, on Hroad river, about twen
ty miles from where he started, and
about sunset. A negro trusty named
Dick Young, who was armed with a shot
gun. was the first one of the pursuers to
come near him, but Dick refused to stop,
and Young shot him in the back. As the
shot were small, Stokes kept on, and
very soon another one of the guards, a
whiteman, armed with a pistol, came up
and ordered Dick to surrender. Stokes
paid no attention to the order, but kept
running. The guard fired and the ball
struck Dick in the fleshy part of the
thigh, and disabled him. The party
reached the camp late at night, and
Stokes was found to be very lame. The
dogs never lost the track from first to
last, and the negro trusty kept near them
throughout the race.
A FEARFUL FLOOD.
GREAT DAMAGE TO BRIDGES AND
CHOPS ABOUSD ATHENS.
THE ATHENS POST-OFFICE.
A TRESTLE GONE
brills of tllr trr tlr t
tin
■rigors are t
band car.
bridge
main line near
id. are washed
wnsferred from
with but little
DEATH OF AN i
Mr. lb J. Parks,
r.h •: * to the Hai
u hi - l.«*nie near 11
-unity. o„ last Tu.
hern a subscriber
Watchman for tiltv
/LD SUBSCRIBER.
i*ne of the oldest sub
tler-Watchman, died
>schton, in Jackson
sdav. Mr. Parks had
to the banner and
•odd years.
ha.
A DETECTIVE
Mates detect
lily looking after some per-
>’• be en drawing pensions af- !
• deed. iTeiu W’ll proba-
Capt. Barnett Takes Charge--Everything
Working Nicely.
Yesterday Capt. \V. H. Burnett took
charge of the Athens post-office, with his
new corps of assistants—Mr. H. C. Lati
mer, in charge of financial department;
Miss Lottie* Haudrup, at delivery win
dow; and Mr. Hugh Howe, as mail clerk.
Capt. Beusse, the retiring money clerk,
bad everything in readiness and turned
a clear balance sheet over to the new ad
ministration, that receipted him. Madi
son Davis was very kind in assistin'
Capt. Burnett to start the business, and
gave him all the aid and information
his power. The new officials bad but
little trouble in getting the “hanj
the office, as Mr. I .utiiner is an old
ami experienced post-office man. Th
have been no changes yet made in tin
arrangement of the office, but th
postmaster will have it thoroughly over
hauled and remodeled. Capt. Burnett
s M-mod to be at bom.*, and r. large num-
The Late Rains Produce a Flood—The Paper
Mill Bridge Gone and Athens Quarantin
ed Against Fowler's—A Bridge ln^Athene
Saved With Di41culty--Loss at the Fac
tory Mill—Land Washed and Guano and
Com Destroyed, etc.
The heavy rains since Sunday night
have raised the rivers and other streams
to such an extent that the damage
in this section is very great. There were
very few country people in Athens yes
terday, and our reports from the ditfer-
ent countie® are meagre.
THE 1‘APEli MILL BMDGE.
This bridge, which is the only connec
tion between Clarke and Oconee, was
washed away, and it will be some time
before the < iconee county people can get
to Athens without going several miles
out of their way. Permission has already
been asked of the Ordinary of Clarke
county to run a boat, so as .to give parties
who want to visit Fowler’s a chance to
get their morning dram. The boat will
probably be started this morning.
THE LOWER BRIDGE.
The Lower bridge, in Athens, on the
street leading to the old Georgia depot,
wasinashaky condition, and the city
hands were sent down to prevent it from
washing away by tyeing ropes to the
bridge and fastening them to trees on
the bank. This bridge will probably
stand the flood, unless one of the bridges
above it should give way and wash the
timbers down against the lower bridge.
It was reported at one time that the
Middle bridge, on the street leading to
the ('heck factory, was about to go, but
we afterwards learned that there was no
truth in the report.
THE CITY MILL
lias been badly damaged by the flood
and is full of water, sacks of flour and
drowned rats. The Dorsey Bros, had
left a large quantity oT flour in the mill
when they sold out. This is all ruined,
and the sacks are floating around in the
water. There is said to be more rats in
this mill than any other place in Athens,
ami the water rushing in drowned a large
number of the rodents.
IN THE corKTRY.
Mr. Geo. Murrell informs us that the
lands are badly damaged. The up-land
corn is washed up and the guano render
ed worthless, as it has been washed from
the ground. Mr. M. says the damage to
the farmers cannot be estimated. They
are already behind with their crops, and
r j this rain will put them still further be
hind.
IT.it,d Stati*
his friends called
congratulate him «
th.
°i
THE PAPER MILL BRIDGE
iMiverv
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in
erlook
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any racing
n.U
it it i- doubtful it hi* get
DON T LIKE THE NAME
LC * ION r.L/LRSLD.
Tin
st-olfir
trouble at
it on the nani'
r:t> objected to <
ill.l ll<tr
. Ih. n
for pro
light o
They 1 i vs t
viHo'" whirl
of its being too long,
it Charleston, which
to. and now they iiai
of Hugh, which will probably l>e granted.
court 1
i ilnr
I 1>W inheritance. Th.
< bridge < *<"ne little mistake
washed | Off.
partially >’'- 1 < nr .-Uiz. ns of
.•an 1.0 replaced 1
Toolitor thu lit- I THE SPRING RACES
ieiigers across the j The directors will not hav«
i one end of the j ; it the fair grounds this spring, but a
kt, r - j walking match and inspection of the fire
R V P£ j companies will come otf in May. It has
r Frank White- j ,,ot Y ct heen determined what day the
l ing near the line 1 " diking match and inspection will take
v.-nt to a negro’s l^ ar **, hut for the benefit of those who
’ expect to enter the three hours go-as-you-
pleas * walking match, a letter addressed
to Mr. W. F. Dorsey will receive prompt
attention, and particulars given. The
match will be open to all the adjoining
counties, and a good prize offered. Oco
nee already has a man in training, that
will do his best to come out ahead. Jack-
son county is yet to be heard from, but
from her former record Jackson will
enter two that will be hard to beat.
There will be two entries from each
county, and a gala time is expected. Mr.
t out the name 1
ruble da:
GIXTY S BRICK YARD
x feet under water,
r washed away, and
ge done to the brick.
A large
consid-
il!K
\RS
pairs will havi^to be made about the
abutments of several of the bridges, but
the tax-pavers hare cause for rejoicing
thatthe loss eras no greater than it is.
The psper mill bridge will be built just
as soon as Judge Jackson can confer
with the commissioners of Oconee coun
ty, which will be next Tuesday, as that
is their regular day for meeting. In the
meantime a flat has been put on, and is
now in operation. Travel on this road
will not be further impeded. About ten
feet of the far end of Xewt.m’s bridge,
on the upper Athens and Harmony
Grove road, five miles from Athens, was
tom from its fastenings, and floated
around, but did not get entirely elf. This
will be replaced at once. ’1 heu
Barnett’s bridge, about seven miles down
the Oconee, was washed away entirely.
Clarke county, however, lias only one-
eighth interest in this bridge, and our
part of the cost in replacing it will be
verv small. Judge Jackson ia doing
everything that man can do to put the
roads andbridges in passable condition,
and we think all will be well in a very
short while. Clarke has certainly been
fortunate.
IIKOKUIA FACTORY Bllll.OK.
Mr. John White came in early yestcr
day morning and reported a portion of
the bridge at the Georgia factory was
washed away late dV ednestlay night.
This was caused by timber accumulating
above the bridge, as the water hud gone
down considerably. Mr. White says it
can be repaired at a cost not exceeding
one hundred dollars. He lias the con
tract, and will have it in good condition
in a few days.
SIGHISO FOR FOWLER’S.
A gentleman says he passed the pa
per mill yesterday, and saw live fellows
sitting on a log, with jugs between their
legs, waiting for the flat to be launched,
so as they could crossover to Fowler’s.
The blockade will be raised to-day. Yes
terday parties were crossing the frince-
ton bridge.
OCONEE COUNTY.
Epps’ bridge, on line of Clarke and
Oconee, was washed away: also Mal-
coiu’s bridge, across Barber's creek, in
Oconee, and it is also reported that the
High Shoals bridge is gone. The water
house to Carither's old mill is washed
away. The damage to farm lands is great.
A SAW MILL 1’NllKR WATER.
Mr. James Watson, who has a saw
mill on the river, below Simonton's
bridge, Tuesday morning, found only the
smockc-stack sticking above the water,
lie had moved his lumber out of reach
of the flood. Not much damage was
done.
THE MAY FRESHET.
fnelc Nat. Richardson says thatthe
North Oconee was three feet higher
than during the May freshet in 1810, but
the South fork was not so high.
A MAN IN AN ICKBLOCK.
Be Is Frozen Up Completely, But la Finally
Thawed Out.
LaCrossb, Wis., March 29.—
Peter Applebv, a druggist of this
city, quarreled with his wife. In a
lit of passion he dashed out of the
house after hurling a glass jar at her
head. He was seen running in the
direction of the LaCrosse river, and
nothing being beard ot him for
three weets Mrs. Appleby publicly
announced that her husband hud
committed suicide by drowning.
She at once became engaged to Au
gust Tiara, a youth who assisted
Appleby in his drug store.
Willie Christmas and Timothy
Joines, two lads, were playing on
the banks of the river this morning
when they spied a big block of ice
floating 15 or 20 feet from shore.
The ice was unusually clear. The
lads noticed a black object inside of
it. ' Their curiosity was aroused.
Taking a boat they rowed to it, and
throwing a rope around it they
towed it to land. Then they saw
that the black object was the figure
of a man. The ice had formed a
loot thick all around him from the
top of his head to the soles of his
feet.
The lads summoned assistance.
The ice was lifted out of the river
and taken to a neighboring hotel,
where it was placed near a hot
stove. It rapidly melted away, ex
posing the body of a man inside.
One ol the waiters recognized him
as Druggist Appleby. After he had
completely melted out of the ice,
restoratives were applied. In a
short while he bad recovered enough
to ask questions. When told the
date of the month he said he must
have been frozen up 3 weeks. He
says that he rushed down to the
LaCrosse rived to commit suicide.
He rushed into the water,but it was
sochilly that he climbed back. Then
recollecting he had a phial of lau
danum in his pocket he drank the
conten's and lay dowp by the river
to sleep the sleep of death. The
LaCrosse must have overflowed and
icceeded a number of times, thus
causing the ice to form around him.
Finally a block floated down stresm
with Appleby in the middle of it.
When his wife heard of it she
consented to give up the young
clerk, forgive her husband and take
him back.
DESTROYING WORK.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
A Remarkable Cats of Boycottlnf.
From a Washington Lettor.
When the season first opened
here there was great promise ot V a“’s underwater
buildmg. Never tn the history of
Washington have so many plans
A part of Richmond, Va., is sub
merged.
Half the city ot Charlestown, W.
THE GREAT FLOOD.
Hi him;
i'll-, and
■in tin
•1 <>P.
t th
name
lioltlrll-
i ('count
t called
■Lj cried
r.lin irv will d-uUr : lie
id* matter
1 Lein the
.lifted anti
in* to town
Whitehal l
none il. tic
aiv aU hand
.1 u^-Hie I.; -1 1
; MOUNTAIN.
•t >1-1.t:
tor than
sradual-
M.nkin-
. SALE OF PAPER.
The last issue of the Harmony Grove
Signal contains the valedictory of C. K.
Atkinson, the editor, he having sold his
interest to Mr. 11. S, Cheney. Mr. C. is a
li\eand progressive man, anti we have no
doubt will manage the helm of the
Signal with success to himself and pat
ron*
Mat!
Fortauaid Discovery.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICE.
n Davi*. since leaving the post*
i*, has opened a real estate ami intel-
ice office, up-stairs in the old Watch-
office. An intelligence office has
been needed in Athens, where any
who wants a cook, house-girl, driver
iv other kind of help can, by going
is office ami registering, find employ-
t. It i> a good institution anti ought
* patronized.
Dr. K > .V a |i
ike]
ATLANTA AND PROHIBITION.
* learn from a reliable source that
robibitionists ami liquor men in At
ari- about making a compromise,
hifh hi^'n license will be adopted
W. F. Dorsey will give all necessary in
formation to those who wish to enter.
The railroads will give excursion rates,
anti a large crowd is expected.
FRANKLIN COUNTY DOTS.
The militia districts of this county held
stock law elections last Saturday. The
returns came in Monday and were con
solidated by the ordinary. In one the
stock law carried, and the other a new
election was ordered from some mis
understanding about the order of the
court ordering the election.
Col. S. 1*. Thurmond, the veteran of
the Western circuit) is a regular attend
ant at our eourt. He made a humorous
speech before a jury to-day, in which he
kept the entire court room in laughter
while he was addressing the jury. His
ideas about the way country people live
and their style of transacting business
are very fine, and no man in Georgia can
paint them in a more home-like way. II<
read about half a chapter Old Testa
ment scriptures and made a fine compari
son between characters in the Bible and
those in the court room.
id of
prli
•d b’
'H.e 1*
both
gislature
sides to
w olec-
Thorcj> hardly a cellar in Athens that
is not flooded with water, and it will take
some time to get them cleaned out.
THE MAILS.
Th'-re liaye been no mails from
ielsvilh* and other places on the star
route lines for two days, and none are
going out.
l'l* THK. ROAD.
From the < hdinary and Sheriff of Banks
county we b arn that nearly all the
bridges on the Grove and Hudson rivers
have been washed away. Sims’ bridge
and two bridges on J. W. Pruitt’s plan
tation left their moorings.
CAlll* RONDS r.rokk LOOSE.
A little negro came into Athens with
a four pound leather carp that he had
found in a gully, supposed to have come
from Mr. Dorsey's pond.
LARGE CROWDS.
There was a constant stream of people
going down to the river yesterday to see
the waters, as they rushed in maddening
fury to the sea, and some of the oldest in
habitants of Athens say that the river
never reached so high before.
SHI T DOWN.
The Athens factory has been shut
down on account of the high waters.
Just above the factory dam the river
was a quarter of a mile wide, and cover
ing up all the springs near the factory.
'I'llere has been no damage to houses
along the banks of the stream. The
river has been steadily rising since Mon
day morning, and up to late last night
the volume of water was still on the in
crease.
r ft.
SAVING FI.OATIN
When the river was at its highest, the
| waters poured through the second story
j of the mill at the Athens factory, and
Dan-| sack after sack of flour was carried
through the window's and into the stream
below. Parties, seeing this, .secured
boats and saved a good deal of it. The
flour was only wet about two inches
around the sack, the balance beiug per
fectly /try.
CHICKENS DROWNED.
A great many chickens were drowned
by the flood. One gentleman tells us
that on Tuesday night he heard an un
usual noise in his cellar, where his wood
is kept, and upon inquiring the cause
found several of his chickens floating
around on a raft in tw*o foot water, look
ing the picture of ship-wrecked sailors.
Some were rescued, while others were
drowned.
MADISON COUNTY.
The only bridge we can hear of being
washed away in the Free State is the one
at Thompson's mill, that has only been
built about twt*lve months and was a
plendid structure. Great damage, how
ever, is reported to lands, fences, etc.
THURSDAY’S NEWS.
in- t Ik
ok 11.
IMPbRTED DOGS.
Mr. A. A. McDuffie yesterday receivj
d per express a pair of very fine Xew-
’For the j foumilanddogs, the bitch weighing 1 23
, pounds, that he added to his kennel. He
rnard bitch and
>sting him $ltH)
h before their eyes are open. Mr.
I ( McDuffie has now a fine pair of pugs,
ut on Frida v j : ‘ r ‘* all imported and have a long
1 pedigree. The St. Bernards weigh 2«K)
The express on
j has also ordered a St. Ih
dread 1 Uvo l ,u IT it!S ' lhe latter <
may,
ft v thr *e Fridays. There .
, .1.1 I pounds when z
• in tin ; year that have \ 1
of the moon
. and thelong-
ie vear each
.IL .
Lai
A NOTH Lit 30 A. .
»uu pal.i
re's* no specific .'or pain like Salvation
Price 2f> cents ;i bottle.
VDF.l.lN \ I*A iTl,
NOT SO BLACK AS PAINTED.
• Brown, who is reported as hav-
i ing had a **> n ::innag«*" with his church
j m ar Antioch, >avs the affair has been
[.of-- 1 CTr '.-- , ’ r3T, - , l !(> ,,s « as the only difficulty
was between the officers of the church
about bis salary. They wore to give
him $*<*, and only paid $30, while his
railroad fare was $24. Lake say s he set
tled the matter by giving the church the
$nO due him, and has entered the mis
sionary field.
Toilet .''imps i
iiaiinKlj prwuouuc'
r York
TiieCl.ii
'll!'Wdllfoi
nose indicates
red nose and
the m ed of a
i Syrup.
HARTWELL AND ATHENS.
lhe Abbeville, Elberton and Athens
papers are talking up a projected railroad
to run from Athens, Ga., to Abbeville,
S. with the view of the extension ul
timately to Atlanta on one end ami Mon-
N. on the other. The proper in
ducements would bring the road through
JI.\rtwell instead of Klherton. If An
derson, S. C., had her interests in view
she would handicap this scheme by bav
in;.: a road built from that city through
Hartwell and Athens to Atlanta, with a
northern extension «p through North
Carolina, thus making that city * a rail
road centre. With the Air-Lino on one
side and the road from Abbeville to At
lanta on the other, Anderson would be
placed at a decided disadvantage. The
wise men of that city should *Tteep . a
weather eye open and cast an anohor to
Die windward ii, die’‘iiiason. In the
• OMtHtall! jttper rzilrozdj-trznzport
CURB FUR FILES.
Files arc frequently preceded by a
sense of weight iu the back, loins and
lower part of the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some affection
of the kidn* ys or neighboring organs.
At times, symptom of indigestion are
present, flatulency, uneasiness of the
>toinacu, etc. A ipoisture like perspira
tion. producing a a very disagreeable
itching, alter getting warm, as a common
attendant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Filesyieid at once to the application e*
Dr. Bo»:trko*s Fife Remedy, which acts
directly upon the parts affected. absorb
ing the Tumors, allaying the intense
lu lling, and effecting a permanent cure.
Trice 50 cents. Address The Dr. Rosanko
Medicine Co., Piqua, O. Sold by E. S.
Lyndon and G. W. Rush.
the pair of New Fonndlaiids
from Massachusetts.
HUNTING FOR GOLD.
Col. Alfonso England started out yes
terday morning to prospect for gold in
the vicinity of Athens. He had a frying
pan with the handle broken off, and if
there is any gold in Clarke county he will
he certain to find it. Mr. K. is an old
California miner, and has been so close to
a fortune that he could almost feel it.
He will prospect in all the streams around
Athens, ami if there is any gold the pub
lic will know it.
WAS IT CANCER?
I have been taking B. a B. for six or
seven weeks for something like cancer
on my neck, «nd I would not take one
thousand dollars ior th* benefit recived.
I had previously’ tried various so-
called blood remedies, butB. B B. is
the best, the quickest and the ch apest
blood purifier I ever used. Liefer to any
merchant of Griffin, Ga* J.H. Barnes,
Griffin, Ga. ^
‘‘Adam the goodlieat luan of men
*iuce born,” still could
exactly enviable, for when be tilled the
ground in the dewy tWUthtend caught
JACKSON COUNTY BRIDGES.
The flood raged fearfully in Jackson
county. King s and Chandler's bridges
on North Oconee river arc swept away,
and Shockley’s and McKlhannon's brid
ges on Middle Oconee are gone. Shock
ley’s bridge had just been finished and
cost the county $328. The damage to
the bridges in Jackson is very great. The
lands are badly washed and the farmers
are thrown back considerably.
TO THE CHAIN GANG.
The sheriff of Banks county brought
down two prisoners sentenced at the last
term of Banks superior court, for Powell
Sc Davenport’s camp. They were sen
tenced for six months, for interfering
w ith a little poor beef that belonged to
other parties. Banks county should
have a chain-gang, as she only gets $4 a
month for the county convicts.
Old citizens say that this flood is the
highest since August, 1852. Then the
streams were as full us this time. A stu
dent was drowned at that freshet, near
the lower bridge. He swam across with
his hoots on and started back, and when
half way went under and was drowned
It is estimated that $ 111.IYK' will not
cover the damage done in Clarke county
by the high waters.
The roads should be worked at once as
they are left in a bad fix.
The trestle on the North-F. as tern that
spans Linton’s meadow creek is over-
i flowed. The water was all over the
i track there yesterday.
! A good many ducks were killed on the
! river during the two days.
! It will cost the county something to re-
I pair tile upper bridge
on the sides is gone.
| A cow was found on top of a fence yes
terday, where the water had washed her.
j She was pulled in on dry land.,
I Mitchell's bridge, on Middle Oconee,
stemmed the tide, and is safe from the
flood. It was thought for awhile that it
would go. In one hour's time the water
in that stream fell three feet.
Wages’ bridge, about six miles north
east of Athens, washed away on Tues
day night.
King’s and Chandler's bridges, in
Jackson county, were washed away Tues
day night by the heavy rains. A good deal
of damage to farmers in fences, and lands
washed is represented from that county.
The overflow will be the making of
Tom Hudson’s hay crop.
A good deal of floating lumber was
caught on the river.
A water spout was seen on Strong
street, Tuesday evening
Some geese were drowned during the
hard rain Tuesday night.
Large gullies have been washed in
some of our best sidewalks.
Some inmates of a house on the river
were aroused from their slumbers, Tues
day night by water overflowing the room.
They moved out speedily.
The upper bridge was tied yesterday
morning with strong ropes on each side.
Judge Jackson ordered it to be done.
Old inhabitants say that the Oconee
river was higher than the* May Freshet,
ferty years ago.
An Honest Colored Man.
Previous to the war a colored man
who is now living in Norfolk, and
then a slave, purchased his freedom
from his owner agreeing to give $i,-
300 for the chattel property. When
the emancipation proclamation
was isued the former slave had paid
$Soo of his indebtedness, and since
that time, by his daily labor, he had
accumulated dollar after dollar, and
paid over to his former OA-ner the
remaining $500, and now is a free
man indeed. The sense of honor
in his mind was stronger than the
law of the United States by which
he was manumitted, and he set an
example foiled by few. His name,
which deserves to Vie recorded
every where, is John Billups, •
Which Extends From Virginia to Louisiana
—Synopsis of the Damago Done 01 <r the
Country.
LaGranck, Ga., March 31.—
Distressing news has reached us
from West Point. Fully a thous
and people have sought refuge from
their homes in the river bottoms,
which are in water five feet higher
than past freshets. The icsidences
and every stoic are from five to
eight feet in water. The loss is near
two hundred thousand dollars.
Columbus, March 31.—The
Chattahoochee reached the highest
point ever known this morning.
The water stood three feet deep in
the Eagle & Phui.iix mills and the
Lowell warehouse, the Alstan and
Alabama warehouses. The Co
lumbus iron works and the gas
works were also flooded, and the
city is without gaslight to-night.
Rome, Ga., March 31 —There is
four feet of water in the Western
Union telegraph office, and the town
is submerged.
Augusta, Ga, March 31.—The
river at 1:20 marked thirty-two one
inch, and rising six inches an hour.
Upper Ellis street is flooded with
back water.
Gainesville, Ga., March 31.—
The railroad bricige on the Mulber
ry river was washed away yester
day, and there was some washouts
on the Jefferson branch. No trains
have gone out on the Gainesville,
Jefferson and Southern raihoad for
two days.
Besides the above principal points
news comes of immense damage to
bridges and crops all over Georgia
and also in Tennesse, Alabama, Mis
sissippi and Louisiana.
been laid for the construction ot
new houses. Up to the present
time there is no building begun of
any importance. The reason of the
delay is the decision of the labor
organization here that eight hours
shall constitute a day’s work. The
builders are waiting to see if some
sort of compromise cannot be ar
ranged, as such a schedule of hours
for a day’s work will add fully 20
per cent, to the cost Of building.
If this rule is adhered to not over
one-half of the houses that were
planned for this year will be built
Some of the contractors hope to
get around the vexed question by
hiring men to work tor them by
the hour. One of the most remark
able exhibitions of the authority
and the power ot the laboi organi
zations was shown here last week.
Last fall Mr. Warder, a manufac
turer of agricultural implements at
Springfield, O., came here to live.
He has made a large fortune,
and intends in tlie future to
make Washington his home. He
occupied this winter ex-Senator
Windom’s house, the same house
which was occupied by the Blaine
family last year. During the win
ter he bought him a large lot in the
vicinity of Sixteenth, on K street.
He intended to build a house which
would cost at least $ 100,000. His
plans were all made and the work
was begun several days ago. Now
the work is stepped and he cannot
get a single workman to lay a brick
upon his house. It appears that
when he was a manufacturer in
Springfield he became engaged in
a conflict with the Knightsof Labor.
He was boycotted and the boycott
has never been raised. Last week
the Knights of Labor here received
word from Springfield, O., concern
ing Mr. Warder, and upon receipt
of that information issued orders to
all workmen in the district direct
ing them not to work for him. The
result is that he cannot employ a
single bricklayer. As he is a very
determined and a wealthy man he
will certainly succeed in building
his house, but it will be in the face
of the greatest difficulty. Mr. War
der is a man engaged in business
and has come to Washington for
the purpose of investing his proper
ty. He thinks well of real estate
here and would probably build a
number ot houses. He pays .the
wages demanded by the labor or
ganizations and has sought in no
way to employ non-union men. His
work here would employ a large
number of men during the season.
Yet because of the quarrel had by
him with tlie labor organizations in
the past all members of the labor
organizations are forbidden to work
lor him at any price.
There it no change in Secretary
Manning’s condition.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Forty-eight Weileyan girls were
sick at one time last week.
A petition to hold a prohibition
election in Macon county is being
circulated. .
There is no great improvement
in Secretary Manning’s condition.
Geronimo, with twenty other In
dians and some squaws, escaped.
The strikes and labor agitations
over the country are gradually sub
siding.
There is great suffering from the
flood ir. Alabama, and a number of
people were drowned.
Tones Johnson, col., made an un
successful attempt to burn his way
out of the Hartwell. Ga., jail.
The loss by the Key West, Fla.,
fire is $1,500,000. Five thousand
persons thrown out of employment.
The Czar has started to Crimea,
and the railroad route over which
he passes haj been guarded by 100,-
000 men.
The labor arbitration bill is still
under consideration in the house.
The bill for the admission of Wash
ington Territory is up in the senate.
The Eastern’war cloud again as
sumes an ominous aspect. Bulga
ria and Greece are obstinate, Turkey
undecided, and England and the
other great powers uneasy.
Paris, April i.—Dispatches from
Annam report fresh massacres at
the CStholic missions in the provin
ces of Quang Birig. The number
of victims is said to be 442.
At Oglethorpe convict camp
there are 102 convicts, with six
cases of sickness, four primary and
two chronic. Two of these ar e
quite sick, the rest convalescent.
The valleys of Virginia are now
the scenes of floods, such as have
wrought such destruction in Geor
gia. The rivers and small streams
exceed all past high water marks.
An affidavit charging Judge 11
K. McCay with lunacy was filed in
the office of the ordinary yesterday
afternoon at four o’clock. The affi
davit was made by Col. Geo. T. Fry
an attorney of Atlanta.
Last Tuesday, according to the
observations of the weather bureau
an unprecedented event occurred
There was not a section of the Uni
ted States which was not visited
with rein. Not a ray of sunshin
was seen on the continent.
The Star (ays the Georgia Mid
land is coming to Covington via
Griffin and Locust Grove.
THE SEW FI ZZLE.
C?
Ill
.g~E
will sta.nd by him.
Walton County Will Stand by Clarke's Fa
vorite Son, the Gallant Carlton.
The im|ireosion that, with Oov. Mc
Daniel out of the rac-. Bacon anil Sim
mons would have the gubernatorial field
to themselves was erroneous and delu
sive. Numerous -probabilities havearis-
en,and the outlook is complicated. An
exciting and memorable political cam
paign awaits the state this fall. Walton’s
All of the plank I people are very conservative, and are say-
in- little about the gubernatorial outlook.
Should lion. 11. II. Carlton enter the 1
Walton would no doubt stand
him, and to Olarku county, her sister
and friend. Next to Carlton, should
Gen. John li. Gordon seek the contest,
lie would have a strong following in Wal
ton. The soldier element is yet a grand
and mighty element, and Gordon can
rally it with one word.—Walton News.
THE SKELETON FOUND.
It will be remembered that some weeks
since the skeleton of a human being was
dug up by road workers near the paper
mill, in Clarke county. Yesterday
we were shown a piece of the skull
which is well preserved and quite thick.
A physician who examined th» sam*
pronounced itthe skull ot « negro. As
no burial ground was near this place, the
skeleton must have belonged to a mur
dered man.
THE HARPER HOOKED,
J. B. Eberhart, of Madison, had a ne
gro boy employed who found that work
on the farm had commenced in good
earnest and thought he would try some
other county and leave his contract to
some one else. The boy was a good
musician and played the harp from the
going down of the sun to the rising. As
soon as he left Mr. Eberhart wrote to a
friend up the North-Eastern and told
him if he saw a negro playing a harp all
the time to arrest him and in five min
utes after the letter was received the boy
was arrested and brought to Athens, He
promised Mr. Eberhart that if lie would
not send him to the chain gang that ho
might hit a hundred with a paddle and no
complaint would be mule.
The 13-14-15 puzzle has been su
perceded by one that is useful, en
tertaining and brain bewilding- It
is called the Gordonia and is lonned
thus:
1— D W W A \V O II A B H
2— 1 O I SOTDTTW
3— W O A A A T E N I I
4— T S DNTHIAAE
- T T NTUWTDH
I A E S F L I N U
L N J C A D t* O C
O Hi E O VV Y P E
R VV E D I O I A E
N SCTLGHEA
To use it, ask some person to ex
press secretly in writing a wish to
be answered by the Gordonia. This
you write down, and proceding hor
izontally from left to right, as in
reading, around to the first letter
chosen write down every fifth letter
chosen, taking each line collectively
until the letter first selected is reach
ed, which is not again to be used
But a little mark over the first letter
you reach and use from the topline
When all the letteis have been writ
ten. begin to form the sentence from
thejiiiubie of letters by star.ing with
the one which has the maik over it;
write the sentence from and pass it
to rive w isher, who must at the same
time pass you the paper containing
the wish.
Suppose a man wishes for com
plete happiness'and selects the letter
C, the filth letter on the seventh
line. Tracing it out under the rules
we obtain as an answer “who wait-
eth succeedeth.”
Suppose the wish is for speedy
affluence, and the letter S, and sec
ond on the fourth line be selected.
The answer is, “who does it will do
wrong.”
Another. Suppose the wish is
that Gordon will win in the guber
natorial race, and the lettar W. the
third on the first Hue be chosen.
The answer worked out is, “Wait
and attain your wish.”
A DASTARDLY DEED.
Attempt to Murder Mr. WLlllo Walton.
Washington Chronicle.
On Tuesday night a most dastard
ly attempt was made to murder Mr.
Willie Walton. Mr. Walton lives
at Maxwell’s mill,and when he went
out to feed his horses about dark he
saw a man at the back of his lot. He
went hack to his house and taking
his gun went near to where he saw
the man standing. When nearly to
the spot the party fired at him, at a
distance of about ten paces. Mr.
Walton returned the fire at once and
W.vYcross, April 1.—Last night
the store of Cason & Miller was
broken open and the safe cracked
Four thousand dollars in money was
taken and notes, bills, deeds, etc
making a total of $5,000. The store
was entered at the rear and a hole
drilled into the iron safe between
the dial and handle, cutting the iron
in half
Augusta, Ga., April t.—The up
country rains had their effect on the
river here this morning to the extent
of flooding a portion of the town.
Westot Campbell and north of
Broad, the ground and first floors
are now under water, and the resi
dents are obliged to use boats to
leave and enter their houses.
The contractors for grading the
Covington and Macon railroad will
soon have 3,000 hands employed on
the work. They are fairly making
the dirt fly.
It is dangerous to eat partridges
after a protracted snow, as they
cannot find anything to eat and are
compelled to subsist on poisonous
berries.
A Georgia murderer escaped pun- '
ishment because the indictment
charged that he shot his victim in
the left shoulder, when the proof
was that it was in the right shoul
der.
A man has written a letter to Sam
Jones saying that a debtor is trying
to beat him out of $450. He tells
Sam that if he (Jones) will preach
that $450 out ot the debtor he can
have $100 of it.
An energetic colored preacher in
Cobb county makes each member
of his congregation responsible tor
a definite amount of his salary, and
when they have no money to give
him, he makes them work on his
farm until they pay off their debt.
The man or paper that intimates
that the Madisonian is controlled by
ex-Gov. Bullock, simply because its
senior editor, who is a zealous
churchman, haJ the manhood to
protest against Bishop Beckwith’s
refusal to grant Dr. Armstrong a
new trial, simply lies.—Madisonian.
A short time since since a party
of New Yorkers, who came South
with T- H. Inman, visited the At
lanta University and heard the pu
pils sing the old plantation songs.
One of the visitors presented l'resi-
dent Chase a check t»r $1,000, an
other for $150 and a third for $50.
Saturday night a gentleman who
passed through Macon on his wav
to Florida attracted some attention
at the restaurant at the depot ot the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia railroad. He ate no supper, but
swallowed five glasses of milk one
after the other. He said that he
had not eaten a mouthful of food in
(our years, owing to the nature of a
disease with which he was afflicted.
He was nevertheless strong and
fat, weighing perhaps 160 pounds. _
GENERAL NEWS.
The senate is now acting upon the
application of two territories—
Montana and Washington—for ad
mission into the union of states.
The previous action upon the appli
cation of Arizona makes three ter-
hearing something move, fired the ritories now claiming the privilege
second barrel in the same direction.
He then called to a boy to bring
him another gun, and when the boy
arrived he commenced walking
around to make further discoveries.
He soon saw an object lying flat on
the ground and supposed it to he
the man he had killed. The negro
boy was greatly excited,and putting
the gun against the man’s body wan
ted to shoot him again. Mr. Wal
ton decided that it was useless to
shoot a man who was already dead,
and ordered the boy to go after
matches. Finding that the negro
was afraid to go, he went himself,
and the boy followed him. When
he returned the dead man was
of representation in congress.
Brussels, April 1.—The work-.
men in the Mariemont collieries
have struck. An unsuccessful at
tempt was made by some of the
men last night to blow up the man-
ager’s^house with dynamite. There
has been fighting at Mangretort and
Bessoix between strikers and troops.
Many men on both sides were
wounded.
gone.
Mr. Walton is a peaceable man,
and does not understand the cause
for this attempt to murder him.
Boblnion Crusoe's Island.
The island of Juar Fernandez,
upon which Alexander Selkirk, the
prototype of Robinson Crusoe,
spent his four solitary years, has
never since been inhabited until
twelve years ago, when the present
Governor Rodt settled upon it with
a small colony. Rodt is a Switzer.
In 1866 he fought for Austria
against the Prussians, and in 1S70
for France. After the defeat of the
French he emigrated to Chili and
made himself useful to the govern
ment, at whose invitation he under
took the colonization of Robinson
Crusoe’s lonely island. Here he
has resided for the last twelve years
as Governor and judge. Most of
the settlers over whom he presides
are German and Swiss. Nearly all
the vegetation of the temperate
zone thrives upon Juan Fernandez.
Atlanta, April 1.—The grand
jury this morning found a true bill
against Dr. E. H. Green upon the
indictment charging him with hav
ing performed an abortion upon
Miss Julia Locke. They also found
bills against a number of Kimball
House poker players. The grand
jurors then adjourned till Tuesday.
Mr. O’Neill, chairman of the
committee on labor, has introduced
a bill in the house to settle disputes
of labor by arbitration. The recep
tion which the bill met does not au-
guer well for its success. It pro
vides for a board of arbitration, but
furnishes the board with no power
to enforce its decision.
FRIDAY’S NEWS.
OUR BRIDUKS.
Notwithstanding the unprecedented
floods of the past few days the damage
done to* the bridges of Clarke county, ia
small, compared to that of adjoining
counties. With the exception of the
paper mill bridge, which was a structure
of very inferior design, and which was
owned jointly by Clarke and Oconee
counties, our bridges are now in almost
a* good condition as before the neent
THE GREAT COMMONER.
Msjor Lamar Cobb has in his office a
photograph of Hon. A. H. Stephens, tak
en long before the war, when possessed
of all his powers to their fullest capaei
ty. Mr. Stephens is sitting with legs
crossed and the bottom of both feet rest
ing flat upon the floor, a position peculiar
to Mr. Stephens, and that no one else
we ever heard of could occupy. Try it
and see.
THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER.
MaysviUe, on the North-Eastern rail
road, was the scene of a bloody tragedy
Friday night, A negro named Johnson
had only been married a few months be
foretrouble arose in the family, and his
wife quit him. He went Friday night to
get her to return, and upon her refusing
he cat her throat. The woman is not
dead,' but from the nature of the wound
Jtcavy rains ,Qf course pome slight A* * ** she will die.
ARMSTRONG’S ELOQUENCE.
Wants Social Equality.
Atlanta, Ga., March 31.—Some
days ago the white ministers made
arrangements to have Moody and
Saakey, the revivalists, come here
for three or four days. Ift making
up their programme they set aside
two meetings for the colored people
exclusively and gave the negroes to
understand thattbey could not come
into the white folks’ meeting. At
this the colored clergymen took of
fence and announced that they
would not attend the meetings nor
have anything to do with the great
revivals. Many of the church
members declared themselves freely
against the proceedings, and unless
the white ministers make some over
tures to the colored brethren, there
will be no colored people at the spe
cial meetings set apart for the ne
groes. Theie is every probability
that the whites will make the neces
sary concessions, but the affair is
creating no end of talk.
A Belief that His Lecture Here Will Net Him
$8,000
Atlanta, Ga., March 20.—Dr.
Armstiong will enter the lecture
field. This is an asured fact. He
has been petitioned by more than
3,000 people to do so. More than
100 people have volunteered to take
from 50 to 100 tickets as $1 each, to
be used by their families and none
to be given away. The proprietor
of the opera house has tendered it
free of charge and takes 100 tickets.
Dr. Armstrong has not announced
his subject, but the lecture will take
place within the next 10 days. The
Doctor will go from here to Rich
mond and thence to Wheeling and
Cincinnati. He will realize $5,000
by his lecture here. He is anxious
to meet the people of Richmond,
Wheeling and Cincinnati.
A white man disguised has been
personating Blind Tom in Pennsyl
vania. He gave several entertain
ments to immense audiences, but a
theatre manager at Johnstown saw
through his burnt cork and refused
to open the house, although nearly
every, reserved seat had been sold
Covington, April 1.—The talk
of the town is a letter recently re
ceded by Editor J. W. Anderson,
of the Covington Star, threatening
to blow up his storehouse on Public
square with dynamite, in which
there are a number of merchants
carrying on business of various
kinds, it he allowed a certain groce
ry keeper to carry on business in
his establishment.
What Is Blander 1
An exchange heads an article,
What is slander?” It is the offal
ol society on which the buzzards
feed; it is the currency of the cor
rupt, (who desire to drag others
down to their level, and besmirch
the world with their foul breath; it
is the light loam that seethes up
from the depths of hell to blacken
reputation and destroy character.
Those who deal in it are worse
than thieves and meaner than mur
derers. <- They ace the Cains of so
ciety, who slip up behind their
brethren and murder them una
wares.
Covington, April 1.—Philip
Barker, a horse drover from Haber
sham county, to-day while attempt
ing to cross Alcova river near Mc-
Guirth’s bridge, which is now en
tirely submerged by high water,
was swept from his horse and both
horse and rider were lost in the
stream. Newton has lost thirteen
river bridges caused by the late rain
storm. J. W. Bosworth’s store,
near Island Shoals, was carried off
yesterday by the South river with
the entire contents. His flour and
grist mills are said to have six feet
of water on the first floor. This is
a great loss to farmers.
Atlanta, March 31.—News
reaches this city this evening of a
cyclone which struck the dwell
ing of Mr. James Howell,
three miles below Stone
Mountain, late yesterday afternoon.
The family, consisting of Mr. How
ell, his wife, two daughters and
three sons, were in the building, a
small frame Louse. It was disman
tled. The eldest son was killed, his
chest having been mashed in by
falling timbers. Mr. James How
ell, the father, had an arm broken
and was badly mashed up, but not
killed. The other members ot the
family were all seriously but not
dangerously hurt.
It is said .that Albert Pulitzer is
about to marry Mrs. Frank Leslie.
There are fully $ 1 ,ooo,oco,ooo
worth of diamonds owned in the
United States.
Texas lias about eight persons to
the square mile, and ninety-three
acres for every one of her popula
tion.
One haul of a Potomac seine last
Friday at “the Gums” fishery yield
ed 400 bushels of rock, perch, her
ring and shad.
Land in Connecticut upon which
pine trees were planted a lew years
ago is now worth $100 an acres for
its timber.
In a trap baited with a live goose
a farmer in Harnett county, North
Carolina, recently captured a bald
eagle, whose wings measured ten
feet from tip to tip.
It is again stated that General
Booth is about to send a large de
tachment of the Salvation Army
into the Southern states. It is pro
posed to work among the negroes,
i^Wade Hampton, of South Caro
lina, was once offered the position
ot Commissioner ot the Louisiana
State Lottery at a salary of $10,000
a year, but he declined flatly and in
pretty vigorous terms.
Mr. Powderly, in his secret circu
lar, made public the other day, said
the Knights of Labor were 300,000
strong. The public supposed be
fore this announcement that the
knights numbered perhaps J 1,000,-
000 .j
It is proposed to introduce Chi
nese laborers in Maine, who can be
had at $3 per week, to take the
place of American workmen who
get $2 per day in a certain line of
manufacture, the Chinamen to be
obtained from San Francisco.
J. T. Wofford, ot Fort Mason,
Florida, has a feature of truck farm
ing on his place that will doubtless
command much attention in the
near future. A year ago Mr. Wof
ford successfully attempted the cul
tivation of tomatoes in the piney
woods between the trees. The
protection thus afforded the plants
has induced the gentleman to con
tinue what he no longer deems an
experiment. To-day he has about
ten acres of plants right in the
woods, in full bloom, with every
prospect of a good crop, and, of
course, an early one. Several other
gentlemen are cultivating in the
neighborhood of twenty acres in
Mr. Wofford’s vicinity in the same
manner.
Although some people do not
have much faith in propagation of
fish the large increase in the number
ol shad caught in the streams of
Carolina this season demonstrates
very conclusively that the National
and State Fish Commission nave
done good and effective work.
CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD.
It was reported on the streets yester
day that John Wier, the sheriff, would
have opposition, and that a candidate was
already in the field. It will be a long
race to ran until next January.
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KIDNAPPED HIS NIECE.
Mr. Goolsby, of Oglethorpe, passed
through Athens yesterday with Willis
Maddox, who had not ouly violated his
contract with Mr. Goolsby, but had kid
napped a girl, said to be Willis’ niece.
He was securely handcqffed and will be
put to work on the farm. The farmers
of Oglethorpe are determined to break
up the way the negroes have of running
off after having made a contract
ATHENS DIRT.
Mr. M. B. McGinty yesterday pur
chased four acres of land from Col. W.
J. Morton, near the N. E. railroad depot,
withoutany improvements on it for four
teen hundred and fifty dollars. The
land adjoins where Mr. McGinty is
building his shops.
TO MOTE.
Mr. J. H. Dorsey wiU move into town
as soon as he can get a suitable house.
His business demands that he bo nearer
Wit.
ATTEND TO IT NOW.
Many suffering people drag themselves
about with failing strength, fceiiugihat
they are steadily sinking into the grave,
when hy using Parker’s Tonic they
would Hud a cure commencing with the
first dose, and vitality and strength
surely coming back to tncm. “ I am *13
years old; have heen sick nearly all my
life, and ought to know something abont
medicine by this time. X have used\
Parker’s Tonic freely for more than a
year, and consider it the bent remedy I
have ever known. In fact, I now find
no other medicine necessary. For weak
ness, debility, rheumatism, and that dis
tressing all-goneness and pain from
which I suffered so long, It has no equal.
I do not see how any one can afford to
do without so valuable a medicine.”—
Mrs. Hattie X. Graves, Cor. East and
Front streets. Providence. R. I. I’ar-
ker’s Tonic prepared by Hiscox & Co.,
X. Y,, sold by all Druggists in large bot-
aprill.St.
ties at one dollar.
CAPTUBED A THIEF.
Hr. M. B. McGinty had a fine gun
stolen from his house several months
ago. The police have been watching out
for the gun since it was stolen, and Fri
day night they found it in the possession
of Wm. Wright, colored, who is now in
jail.
“Another good man gone wrong," re
marked the ticket agent, as a clerical look
ing gentleman boarded an outgoing train,
and was whisked off in an opposite
direction from that which he wanted to
take.
Burlesque Actress: “Have you any
black silk tights?" “No, nadame, but
we have other colors.” 15. A.: “I mnst
have black. My husband died recently,
and I’m wearing mourning.”
Brown (confirmed old bachelor, to
Jones, embryo bcnedici): “Why don’t Ij
ever come and see you now? Why,
what’s the good ? whenever I might hap
pen to call, yon’ro certain shuro to be ‘en
gaged!’ ”
Mr. Col deash: “Well, little Essie, aren’t
you going to kiss your uncle?” Esale
(ago 7): “No indeed I’m not.” Mr. C.:
“Why not little darling?” Essie: “Be
cause there’s your wife looking on, and
I don’t want to maka trouble in the fam-i
>iy-
A farmer onee called his cow “Yephyr.
was such such an amicable hophyr.
When the farmer drew near, .!>
She kicked off hia ear;-. ”
And now the farmer’s much
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