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/;• .. :i , v ■ ■ 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 |,t ■lit, i in erlook l‘l- 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. - il. . ’ 1 . <-‘i 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 - ^ m. : ./V;'