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WEEKLY BANNER-WATCHMAN TUESDAY MAY i836.
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1 7 " m.-I » gentleman who is
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J •" , rif Athena.
I.-*"’*’, , fl both the Georgia Mid-
' M ,.-o„ roada, and the only
‘" l "„ under discuaaion, and that
>' nn ° , s whether the Georgia
Tup the Macon road,or will
' K T-. Va. * Ga. and the R.
■ 'J lh , pro; -'ed line from Ath-
1 , buiMinp this so-called Ma-on
' 15 roa,!. and will it terminate
' »S claimed
j 1S being constructed hy cer-
w , 0 f (be North, who control
i»i ron its line, and it is their
”1 f more the print factories down
" W . hs „'no idea that the road will
1 ineton. and Athens from
iwavs been its projected
s.,-h
. N.,r:h->j>
i think, then, that we have a good
, i(v to secure the Georgia Mid-
[ . assuredly. Celutnhus docs not
„ 0 t„ \ ilanta. and there is no
. 1,,-e than Athens for it to termi-
*lt will either tap the Macon road
iiTrnient point, or meet it at the
road, and both compares use
.'it to he huill by the U. A D. from
There is a contract
rhicti the 11. A I). road
Su ]j a -ouihern link from Athens
■ on a-» certain number of miles of
^called Macon A Covington road
i,bud. l lie money for both en-
has been subscribed,”
How about Knoxville .'"
A’lu-n tli. se two roada reach Athens
. -xt ui"Ve will be to till the gap be-
LrraTallulah fall- and Knoxvilte. This
-r.bd western connection will then
1. ami it will make Athens a
•Ii..w about the Augusta A Chattanoo-
roa<l ’
-1 have but little faith in it. If Au-
. , want- a cheap western connection,
that will do her as much good as
M t'liallanooga, why not build to
'- non. after the guageof the road to
. cos. and then by filling a link of
,i- or fifteen miles lap the Nortli-
..yrti, a- soon as the Knoxville exten-
n 1, decided on. 1 feel no doubt but
t Athens will now get the Knoxville
i. a id it will lie in operation long be
lli.. rliatlatiooga line is built.”
Mo you think it would injure the
me— of Athens for the A. A C. road
s.i a tew miles to our east, and cross
N. K. at or above Harmony Grove?”
1 rrla.iilv do. I see by your paper
r- a ceri.un prominent stockholder
i<- Georgia road differs with me, but I
.. o r through Ins argument. It would
- oiily injure the business of the
rgm rood to have another line to Au-
: i-t i pass through Athens, as it would
nde the southern freights of our city,
-re is where the shoe pinches.
.: our gs'lant little city is in no dan-
r. I he railroad outlook was never
. ;liior, and before foil our people may
..ilidenlly look to see dirt broken on at
■ oil two important railroads into Ath-
GOKllO.N ANNOTM'KS.
St Did Not Walt Until the Trip Waa Over
Gen. Gordon has, according to the pro-
jrauuue, announced himself a candidate
fir Governor. It wasa little unexpected,
o. it was supposed that he would wait
tr.til lie had finished his trip with lion,
etferson Davis and get back to Atlanta.
The people are not surprised at this an
ti unccmeiit, as it has been looked for.
In the special to the Constitution the
fo owing appears:
Savannah, Ga., May 6.—It appears to
t* settled beyond doubt that General
John It. Gordon will be a candidate for
governor before the democratic conven
tion. He said to a friend to-day in the
Screven house; “The pressure from all
parts of the state urging me to run is so
ctext that I do not tee how 1 can resist
it. ami In sides some things have been
Mill since my resignation and some un
warrantable flings made about my invi
tation to participate in the memorial ex
ercises at Montgomery, that cause me to
feel »ery little like resisting what appears
to be a popular desire. 1 am anxious to
meet my people face to face. 1 have nev
er dishonored them, and they have never
failed to honor me.”
This conversation was repeated to your
correspondent to-dey. He sought Gen
eral Gordon, and it was confirmed from
his own lips. The General further said:
"1 will announce my name as a candi
date for the democratic nomination for
governor, and give the reasons that move
me to this course when I return to my
home in DeKa b.”
“In the meantime,” he added, “if you
want to print the news you may
aay that I will be a candidate before the
democratic convention if I live, and I in
tend to meet my people face to face
ofi-n as 1 can get to thorn and whenever I
can get to them.”
The Democrats of Clarks Count; lead Dele-
***** to the Gubernatorial Convention.
_ A good number of the representative
citixens of Clarke county met at the ope
ra house yesterday to nominate delegates
to the gubernatorial convention. Judge
8. M. Herrington was chosen as chair
man and \Y. L. Wood secretary. Senator
l’ope Barrow was requested to state the
object of the meeting. Senator Barrow
said that the meeting was called to select
delegate to nominate a governor and state
house officers, and moved to appoint a
committee of five to aelect delegates, and
that the committee report back their
names to the convention for ratification.
The chairman appointed Messrs. Pope
Barrow, G. D. Thomas, H. Bcusse, A. h.
Hull and T. W. Rucker. The committee
retired to name the delegates. While
the committee were out, Col. S. C. Dobbs
moved that Judge A. L. Mitchell and
Hon. R. B. Russell address the meeting.
Judge Mitchell made but a few remarks,
and it did not take a short hand reporter
to report it. Hon. R. B. Russell also made
but few remarks The committee then
returned and reported the following del-
gates: T L Gantt, D C Oliver, A J Cobb,
J H Rucker, W B Thomas, Charles Stern,
T X Lester, S M Herrington, A L Mit
chell, W L Wood, A Coleman, C G Tal-
madge, M B McGinty, J R White. Mr.
A I. Hull moved that Messrs Pope Bar-
row, O D Thomas and 11 Beusse be added.
The motion was adopted.
Solicitor General Brown moved that
At D O'Farrell, E H Dorsey and W B
Burnett be added to the listof delegates.
The motion was adopted.
James O’FaiTell moved that E T
Brown, R li Russell and G H Vaneev be
added. Adopted.
Before the motion was put to ratify the
action of the committee, Mr. Russell
moved to postpone the meetingindefinite-
ly and supported his motion in a short
speech.
Mr. Barrows arose to a point of order,
that the only question to be voted on was
the report of the committee. The point
was sustained by the chairman.
Mr. Heard moved to lay the report of
the committee on the table, which mo
tion was voted down.
The vote was then taken on the motion
of Mr. Russell to postpone indefinitely,
and on the call for a division, the motion
to postpone was lost. After a great deal
of discussion in regard to instructing the
delegates, the meeting adjourned with
out giving instructions.
All In the Line of Mature.
There is nothing in the line of magic
or mystery about that wonderful and
(sipuiur medicine, Parker’s Tonic. It
is simply the best and most scientific
co'iihioafton possible of the essential
principles of those vegetable curatives
which act powerfully and directly on
Hie stomach, liver, kidneys and blood.
But there neither is, nor will lie, any
successful imitation of it. It is all the
time curing those who had despaired of
ever getting well. For yourself, your
wife and children.
A PATENT BASE BALL CLUB.
The foundry and factory boys have or
ganized abase ball club that will revo
lutionize the manner of catching and
pitching. The pitcher has a stick stuck
up in the ground at his place. The ball
is put on this stick, and by touching a
little spring it is sent with lightning rap
idity to the liatman. The consequence
is that the ball is never hit by the bat
man, white the catcher behind has also a
patent clamper within his hands, ami
never misses a ball. They have a pro
fessional pitcher, Mr. Snber Dixie, and in
about two weeks will take the field
against the world. It is said by expert
base hallists to be a great improvement
in the game.
OUR SUNDAY CHAT.
A GALLANT SOLDIER TELLS HIS
WAR EXPERIENCE.
low It Fetli to Enter Battle--"Bomb
Ague”..Two Heroic soldiers Laughing
Amid Dancer—A Comical 81f ht on a Bat.
tlefleld—A Narrow Escape from Death-,
outer Incidents of the Late War.
A few evenings since we chanced, to
gether with Chartio Baldwin and Ed.
and just on the other side squatted a
Yankee on his knee with a bead on me
on me. I could see down the barrel of
his musket, and gave up myself as lost
***
“Just at this instant, a Federal officer
tapped the soldier on the shoulder and
remarked,'Don’tshoot that man!' I sa
luted my preserver, he returning the
same, and galloped down an embank
ment that lost me to the view of the
Smith, to drift into an old soldier's ! Federals. But for the interference of
Thro* plesatire aurt palace* lbougb we may rots
fie n ever *o bumble there** no piece like home
For there on the bun au our t*OZ IlHINT atauda.
We lake ibe.weet mixture asain in our hamls
We clean*, teeth an 1 gum* in 11 oe. fragrant foam
We make our breath pure. Thara’a no place like
host*.
Go Where Yor Will,
You’ll find SOZODONT in vogue. Peo
ple have thrown away their tooth-
powders and washes, and placed this
odorilcrou preservative ot the teeth on
the toilet table in their place. It keeps
the teeth in splendid order, and spices
the breath.
Xothingbut a broken bank is unmend-
able by Spalding’s Glue.
SOMETHING IN A NAME.
A large number of the citizens of Wal
ton county, near High Shoals, have been
trying to get a post office. The petition
was sent up first with s large number of
petitions, and asked that the office lie
named Goldenville. This name was ob
jected to by the post-office department,
and the name of Charleston was then
sent. This, too, was objected to. Then
the names’of Hugh, Bonner. Etna, Yancey
and Sock were sent to the department,
and all were thrown out, and now the
petitioners have exhausted all the names
they can think of and are still without a
post-office. They propose to offer a pre
mium to some one to suggest a name ac
ceptable to the powers that be.
A FRIEND'S ADVICE.
If I.srry Gantt will listen to the advice
of a sincere friend and an old physician,
*no himself has been an invalid for the
put ten pears, he will leave all editorial,
financial management of his paper severe
ly alone, and his way to Thomasville or
some other town in Southwest Georgia,
»hd remain in perfect quiet far several
months. Ilcoweaittohis family, himself
»nd his party to heed this advice. He is
too active and and influential an editorial
laborer te sacrifice himself in an effort to
work, when he is totally disqualified as
,“ physically. If we were financially
•file, we would gladly accompany him
and take the same needed rest. But he
**» young man, whilst we have passed
our three score years, consequently his
t'te is more worthy of being prolonged
than ours.—Madisonian.
Hour lungs do not heal faster than
»re now doing we shall certainly act
on Dr. Illackburu'a advice. Wc were
fast improving until yesterday morning,
when we had another slight hemorrhage.
It is nothing serious, however, and we
Imp* a few warm days will abolish the
trouble.
PROHIBITION IN OCONEE.
The prohibitionists in Oconee are or-
EMizing and are bound to carry the
Munty. The whisky men held a meet-
,n E » l Fayne’a, near Watkinaville, and
* re working hard to secure the colored
*ote. The prohibitionists art not making
a fight against individuals, as some of the
whisky men think, but are making war
whisky. The men who sell whisky
10 °«—» are all clover and good citixens.
UTERKLU.
ffesrtswsss
a. Lyndon and G. W. Rush.
Excitement In Texas:
Great excitement has been caused In
the vicinity of Paris, Tex., by the
remarkable recov-ry of Mr. J. E. Corley,
who was so helpless he could not turn
in bed, or raise Ills head; everybody
said he was dying of Consumption. A
trial bottle of I>r. King's New Disco
very was sent him. Finding relief, he
Imught a large bottle and a box of Dr.
King’s New Life Pills; by the time he
had taken two hexes of Pills and two
l-oitles of the Discovery, he was well and
had gained in flesh thirty-six pounds.
Trial Bottles of this Great Discover
for Consumption free at Long and Co.'
SENATORIAL.
Sheriff Overby says that Oconee coun
ty lays no claim to the state senator this
time, but concedes it to Rockdale, and
will support sny good man the county
puts forward. This is Clarke's position
also, but our people are decidedly partial
te McCauley.
Cure for lok Headache.
For prool that Dr. Gunn's Liver Pill*
cures Sick Headache, ask v ur Druggist
fora free trial package. Only one Tor a
dose. Regular size boxes, 25 cents. Sold
by E. S. Lyndon and G. W. Rush.
Farmers and Mechanics.
Save money and Doctor bills. Relieve
yonr Mothers, Wives and Slstera by a
timely purchase of Dr. Rosanko’s Cough
and Lung Syrup, the beat known remedy
for Coughs, Colds, Croup and Bronchial
affections. Relieves Children of Croup
in one night; rosy save you hundreds
of dollars. Price 50 cents and $1.00.
Samolefree. Sold by E. 8. Lyndon and
G. W. Rush.
OUR PUBLIC HOADS.
We trust that Judge Jackson will act
on the recommendation of the grand jury,
and put the county convicts to work on
our highways. They are in a wretched
fix, and we want to see them worked .by
a regular force of hands under a civil en
gineer, who knows bow to avoid hills and
lay off grades.
office, and after a rambling discussion of
some little time the conversation turned
on war times, and by a series of ques
tions, our host unlimbered himself as
follows:
***
“You ask if a man is afraid on entering
battle? Of course it is a very serious mat
ter, and eTen the bravest soldier, until
the excitement of the conflict makes him
forget his danger, feels and appreciates
the risk he is about to enter. But after
a man receives the first volley, and he es
capes unharmed, he argues that it is not
so bad as he thought, and as the firing
increases he becomes recklessly cour
ageous, and gives not a thought to his
danger. It is very trying on a soldier,
however, to be exposed to fire and not
allowed to return it He has then noth
ing to do but think over his situation,
and it requires a steady nerve to un
flinchingly face the leaden rain.
***
“There is no sensation more inspiring
than preparation for battle. The move
ments of the troops, the neighing of
the horses—rattling, of artillery—wav
ing standards—the music—the guns of
the pickets—all serve to bring into play
the grandest emotions of the heart. I
have often thought, ‘Perhaps this will
be my last battle;” but 1 always have so
much to do arranging my men and guns
that 1 soon forget all danger. When
once engaged in the fight, of course there
is no time for any thought except the
work before you.
V
“Bomb ague” is a well-known ailment
in the army, and some of the bravest sol
diers had it at their first battle. I knew
one man that had to he tied on his horse
to make him face bullets, but after re
ceiving the first fire and getting a slight
wound, there was not a more valliant
soldier in the service. But there
are men, natural cowards, and they
never could be cured. They just cannot
help it
V
“The most recklessly brave man I ever
knew was Motes, the Atlanta photog
rapher. He knew not the meaning of
the word fear, and it seems a mystery
that he was not killed a thousand times.
I remember at Dam No. 1 we had one of
the hottest fights 1 ever saw, and ray bat
tery had received charge after charge
from the Yankees, until the dead were
piled in great heaps before us. The en
emy came right up to the guns, and we
fought them hand to hand. 1 killed
sixteen at one fire by turning a gun
down the trench that was filled with the
Y' ankees.
*»*
“During a lull in the fighting. Motes
and I. were sitting behind the battery,
surrounded by the dead and dying, sop-
ping'some bacon grease out of a frying pan
being nearly starved and having cooked
our meal on the spot. The battery was
supported hy a regiment of infantry, and
just as we were in the middle of our
ineal the Federals made another charge,
came over the guns, a.id the regiment
supporting us lied in confusion. Motes’
sword had been shot in two, but with
out a moment's hesitation he seized the
frying-pan, waved it aloft, and with it
rallied the retreating men, brought them
back and recaptured the guns. He was
saturated with the bacon grease during
the fight and presented a most comical
figure.
•*•
Motes seemed to hear a charmed life,
and boasted that the Yankee bullet had
not been moulded to touch his skin. At
the battle of Sharpsburg, one of the hot
test fights of the war, Motes came to me,
his arm dangling hy his side and covered
with blood, and exclaimed, ‘Captain
Carlton! what do you think? The infer
nal scoundrels have shot me!’ I order
ed him to the rear, but it seems he did
not go, but continued at his post In a
few minutes 1 heard, ‘CapL Carlton!
what do you think? Them infernal Yan
kees have shot me again? 1 This time
Motes was badly wounded in the hip,
and I had him taken to the rear on e
caison; but I afterwards found the brave
fellow stretched out on the ground, as
pale as death and covered with blood,
waving his hand and hurrahing for the
Confederates.
*.*
Frank Pop*, of Oglethorpe county,
wae another of the bravest men in our
army, and he was as*cool and deliberate
in the heat of battle as you see him on
the street- At one fight, when the Y’an-
kees charged his guns and a hand-to-
hand conflict ensued in the trenches,
CapL Pope tried to borrow a musket,
but failing to get ones seixed A hand-spike
that was lying near, and with it brained
two or three of the enemy. He was as
modest and retiring in manner ms he was
brave in battle.
*.*
Often during the heat of battle, when
blood was flowing like water and the
passions of men wrought up to the high
est pitch of excitement, some amusing
incident would occur, and I have often
stopped amid a hail of lead and iron to
almost convulae my aides with laughter
at a ridiculous met or comical aight of
some soldier.
that chivalrous enemy I would not to
day be talking to yon.”
AN APPEAL TO THE WOMEN
OCONEE
OF
We, a committee appointed by the
Watkinaville Woman's Temperance
C nion, most earnestly beg each and ev
ery one of you to do all in your power to
influence your husbands, brothers, sons,
friends and neighbors to vote for prohi
bition. That whisky is a great evil needs
no argument “Let the people open their
eyes and look about them. In what
town are there not victims to this pesti
lence? In what family arc there not
taints of this leprosy? The miseries that
come out of strong drink cannot be ex-
preesed in figures. Disease, pauperism
murder, lust hunger, cold, nakedness,
dishonor, broken hearts and blighted
lives,”—these are the results of the whis
ky traffic. Who is safe? But the hope
of relief is at hand. Prompt and right
action will save us. Do not underesti
mate thempower of your influence. Love
is omniscent; it will find a way to save.
If not the present victims,' the coming
generation. Shall we save a whole for
est in sparing one seed? Save the man
in the boy. Let the whirlwind uproot:
the grown tree, if it can! Save the seed,
from the north wind. So let the grown,
man. face out fate. Spare the man seed!
in youth.”
. Miss Kat* Ashford,
Mrs. Woodis,
Mrs. Overrt.
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.
ELBERT COUNTY.
[Leader J
The house of J. E. * IS. S. Brewer
is disolved.
On September 1st the firm of Swift
Bros., will be disolved.
Lincoln county holds 20,00® acre* of
land as a bid for the A. A C. road to tra
verse her borders.
H. A. Barnwell, having bought out Mr.
John Franklin, will continue in the beef
market business at the same stand.
The Elberton Methodist Sunday school
will have an excursion from Elberton to
Bowersville on the E. A. road on the
third Saturday, 15 inst
A letter from Gen. C. A. Evans, Vice-
President of the A. A C. road, was read
at Lin cointon last week, saying there was
confidence, almost to a certaintv, that a
speedy completion of the project was a
foregone conclusion.
rees e?s reply.
INTERVIEWING A BRONCHO COW.
What Can Be Done.
By trying again and keeping up
courage manv things seemingly impossi
ble may be attained. Hundreds of hope
less cases of Kidney and Liver Complaint
have been cured by Electric Ritters,
after everything else had beeD tried in
vain. So don’t think there is no cure foi.-
you, but try Electric Bitters. There its
no medicine so safe, so pure and so
perfect a Blood Purifier, Electric Bitters
will cure Dyspepsia, Diabetes and all
Diseases of the Kidneys, Inva.uable in
affections of Stomach and Liver, am I
overcome all Urinary Difficulties Large
Bottles only 50 cts. at lxing and Co.
JACKSON COUNTY.
[Herald.]
Died, of typhoid fever, Richard D-, the
5-year-old son of Mr. A. R- McDonald.
Mr U G Gibbs, of Center, formerly of
this place, died on last Sunday of dropsy.
The 15th day of June is the time set
for the turning over of the new Institute
building to the Building Committee to
the Trustees, at which time there will be
appropriate ceremonies, etc.
Another very destructive flood visited
the Jug Tavern section on last Wednes
day night doing an immense amount of
damadge to the farmers and mill men.
One wing of Mr W D Jackson's dam was
torn out. Mr W D Sims, of Ben S mith’s
district Gwinnett ’county has lost his
dam. The most of bottom land has been
planted, some the second time, but it is
all to do over. Some of the land is torn
up in ditches and gullies so that it will
"have to lie out From the outlook now,
It seems that the farmers can’t make near
a crop this year.
HART COUNTY.
KNOCKED IN THE HEAD.
On his way to Athens Saturday, Mr.
Pat Epps, while ersssing MitohelPs
bridge, found it full of negro picnicers.
Mr. Epps asked them to give way and
let him cross, hut they would not do it
He attempted to cross and a negro
knocked him in the head with a piece of
scantling. 11c was very badly hurt
ATLANTA MOUTHS OPEN.
Six months ago we had no demand for
B. It. B., but now our retail demand is
such that we are forced to buy in gross
ots. We attributo the rapid and enor
mous demand to the comparative size
price ot B. B. B. (being large bottles for
)1) and its positive merit. It sells well
and gives ourcustomersentire satifaction
Our sales have increased 500 percent,
within afew months. Jacobs’Pharmacy
per Fred. B. Palmer, M. D.
CHANGING OUAOE.
The cross ties on the right side of the
Georgia railroad between Atlanta and
Augusta have been spiked, pre[»ratory
to the change of guage on June first.
Forty men to each ten miles of track j
will make the change. No trains will j
run on that day.
[San.]
Rev N Z Glenn is still quite sick.
The people in this community are pay
ing a ridiculous price for the St Louis
range stoves—$65,00.
The Savannah Valley railroad will be
completed to Lowndesvillc by the 15th
of May, and the event will be celebrated
by a grand picnic.
Mr Tom Roy while at work in the
woodson Wednesday was bitten hy a
tick under the arm. He pulled the tick
1 dose, and in a few moments turned death
ly sick and the whole surface of his body
turned red and became swollen. His
eyes were puffed and swollen also.
The Hartwell ACentral scheme is boom
ing right along. Our people are a unit in
fav or of it and are very hopeful. At least
$20,000 already in sight and the first
meeting not yet called. The road will be
built and don’t let that escape your re
tentive faculties.
GREENECOUNTY.
Miraculons Escape.
• W. Reed,druggist, of Winchester,
Ind., writes: “One of my customer-,
Mrs. Louisa Pike, Bartonia. Randolph
Co., Ind., wasa long sufferer with Con
sumption, and was given up to die by
her physicians. She heard of Dr.
King’s New Discovery forConsumption,
and began buying it of me. In six
months'time she walked to this city, a
distance of six miles, and is now so-
much Improved she has quit using it-
She feels she owes her life to it.” Free-
Trial Bottles at 1/uig A Co’s., Drug Store
FINE STRAWBERRIES.
Mr. Wm. Spencer, of Jackson county,
was in the city yesterday with. 100
quarts of strawberries raised in his gar
den. Mr. Spencer has the finest variety
in the South.
(Uomtf Joe mat and Herald ]
Protracted meeting will begin at Union
Point next Sunday.
Not much faith is pat in the report
that the convicts to grade the Union i'oin;
and White Plains Railroad will reach the
Point Wednesday.
Col J S Davison shot what is thought
to be an eagle last Saturday. It measured
five feet sixinches from tip to tip. Its
beak and trions together, with its size
and plumage indicate a species of the bird
tribe seldom if ever seen in this country.
The Hunt Journal this week greets
its great and incresing number of read
ers with twelve pages and a supplement
being sixteen pages in all, which contains
matter of public interest that engross the
newspaper of today. This is the largest
edition as to circulation as well as to the
number of columns of printed matter,
namely, osf. iii'ndbxd and twelve col
umns, ever issued by a paper of this
class.
Oox Congreaaman Answers a Complaining
Constituent.
The last issue ft' the Greensboro
Home Journal contains a column
editorial and a leoghthy exposure of
Mr. Keese, denourcatory of our
Congressman lor refusing to file the
petition of Mr. Furlow lor postmas
ter at Madi-on, Ga , from which we
extract the following:
A-Si-onas It. was definitely known
that Mr. Cleveland was elected
Piesiiient, Mr. E. A. Furlow pre
sented a petition to be appointed
postmaster at Mnilisou; Ga. Mr.
Furlow ii represented by our coirea-
ponde nee to have been a Democjat
all his lile, to be peculiarly fitted hy
past experience for the postmarter-
ship, and he was indorsed for relec-
tiou by a large proportion of the
Democrats of Morgan county.
“Knowing that Mr Reese had assur
ed several prominent gentlemen of
Madison that a certain other appli
cant would not receive hit support,”
Mr. Furlow inclosed his petition to
Mr. Reese, requesting him to pres
ent it. No answer was received to
this request. On learning that Mr.
Blackburn had been nominated for
the position, Mr. Furlow com
municated with the Postoffice De
partment, with the following result,
his [Mr. Furlow’s]!etter being dated
more than oneyear after his applica
tion had been placed in the custody
of Congressman Reese:
Post Office Department,
ffice First Assistant P. M. Gkx'l,
Washington, D. C., March 15,1886.—
Sir: Your communication of the 13th
inst, inquiring whether a petition reco
mending you for Postmaster at Madison,
Gm., has been received at this office. In
reply 1 beg leave to state that no such
petition was received. Very respect
fully, A. E. Stevenson.
First Ass’t P. M. Gen’l.
To E. A. Furlow, Madison, Ga.
On receipt of the above extraor
dinary response from the Post Office
Department, Mr. Furlow renewed
his application direct to President
Cleveland. The petition was sup
plemented hy another from the citi
zens of Morgan county.
Meanwhile the applicant [Mr.
Furlow] wrote to Congressman
Reese requesting that bis applica
tion be returned to him, This was
not done, nor was any notice taken
of the request.
Failing in all efforts to obtain the
attention of a public servant who in
his official capacity was being ad
dressed in the name of a majority ol
his paity on a matter vital to the
local concerns of a community in
the Congressional district which he
was supposed to “represent,” the
Chairman of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee of Morgan county
wrote to Congre6smrn Reese for
some explanation ol these unparal
leled circunstances. Here is the
reply of that official who is presum
ed to been elected to serve the con
stituency ef an American Congres-
gressional district and it was ad
dressed to a citizen on whom it de
volved to question the said Can
gressman on a subject of public im
port. And this was the very first
response which had been vouebstf-
ed by the “representative”
germane to the specific matter on
which he had been written to at di-
iverse times and, dates as we have
seen. Here it is:
House ok Representatives—Wash
ington, D. C-, MArch 23, 1886—T. P.
Gibbs: Sir—Had you lived in Mergan
county longer, you would h»re known
me too well to have ventured to write
your two impertinent letters. You would
have learned that I have never shirked
an honest and fearless discharge of every
doty, whether private, professional or
political. Always assuming whatever
responsibility, be it of a PERSONAL or
political character, that attached to the
same. With this I dismiss you.
Seabon Seese.
“When I was young.” said Bill
Nyr, “and used to roam nrouml
over the country, gathering water
melons in the dark ot the moon, I
used to think I could milk anybody’s
cow, but I do not think so now. I
do not milk a cow now unless the
sign is right and it has not been
right for a good many yeara.
“The last cow I tried to milk was
a common cow, born in obscurity;
kind of self-made cow. I remem
ber her brow was low, but she
wore her tail high and she was
haughty, oh, so haughty!
“I made a commonplace remark
to her. one that is used in the very
best of society, one that need not
have given offense anywhere. I
said ’so,’ and she ‘soed.’ Then I
told her to ‘histe,’ and she ‘histed.’
But I thought she overdid it. She
put too much expression in it
“Just then I heard something
crash through the window ot the
barn and fall with a doll, sickening
thud on the outside. The neigh
bors came to see what it was that
caused ail the noise. They found I
had done it in getting through the
window.
I asked the neighbors if the barn
was still standing. They said it
was. Then I asked if the cow was
injured much. They said she seem
ed to be quite robust Then I re
quested them to go in and calm
the cow a little, and to see if they
could get my plug hat off her horns.
,“1 am buying all my milk now
of a milkman. I select a gentle
milkman who will not kick, and F
feel as though I could trust him
Then, if he feels as though he could
trust me, it is all right.”
He Wanted a Fertlon of Hle Money.
“Iz dis yer de place whar de
jedgeer do United States cote libs?
Well, boss, ef you’ll gimme time
kin sorter splanify de marter to you,
so’se youk'n see what Ise a drivin’
atter. Ef I don’t disremember
wus a wukkin las September on
wanaer dose yer trussels er de Eas
Tennessee rode. Wun day de boss
man tuk an saunt me out ter de
eend er de wuks, an dar wuz wun
crosstie layin dar lukin des az in
nercent az a young rabbit, an I
went long walkin mitey peart, twell
I steb ober on dat same crosstie,
wen de yuther eend riz up an de
nex news I node me an de crosstie
wuz mixt up togedder a layin V>ng
de side er de ribber.
I got de wust er de drap, fer my
iaig wuz brok long bout de knee, an
atter I got well I tuk an sot in ter
aue de rale rode. I sued em fer er
thousan dollers, an I noes Ise
gwineter git it, fer warr.’t my
Iaig brok? Now I’se cummin ter
de pint. De ole ’oman hez been
mity poly wid de rooniatics an’ dc
toofake, an two er der chillun is
down wid de measlets, rashuns a
pitten mity low at my house, an so
I’se cum out yer ter git er order
fum you to Mr. Fink fer ten dol
lars on what de jury’s gwine ter gin
me. I need’s it moren’ll 1 will wen
I gits it all. I can't git it? How
cum? Niggers doon’ stand no show-
in’ longer dese yere rich white fokes
nohow. A white man gits his fin
ger knocked outen jint an’dey gibs
him big money fer it, but w’en er
nigget gits his Iaig brok doan’
Wanter let him git ten dollars on it.
I dunno what dis world’s er cum
min ter nohow.—Atlanta Capital.
BILE BEANS!
The quickest, time on record! Neural
gia of the worst type, cured by one dose
of SMITH’S BILE BEANS In from one
to tour hours, as many who have tried
it can testify. It does seem strange that
sensible people will suffer with this
terrible disease when speedy relief can
surely be found in this simple safe and
inexpensiv remedy. 25 cents. For sale by
all druggists and dealers id mcdichle, or
sentaoywhere on receipt of price in
stamps.
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
The ladies’ committee of the Christian
church, the past week, raised $.'120—Mr.
F. Phinizy giving $100 and Judge Harris
$50. The church yet lacks $1,400 to pay
off its debts and finish up the bailding,
and our citizens should readily subscribe
All Sorts of
huts and many sorts of ails of
man and beast need -a cooling
lotion. Mustang Liniment.
“I remember at one of our Virginis
fights tohavc occasion topass fromone por
tion of the field to another, and discover
ed, behind a large poplar, one fellow hug-
ging the tree and reading aloud the Bible,
while his companion was on his knees,
‘cooning’up to his friend’s back, putting
up a moat humble prayer. I drew my
sword and ordered the two cowards to
the front and thus broke up a most pen
itent meeting. The figure cut by these
two men was so ridiculously amusing
that I had to laugh whenever the scene
recurred tome.
V
“But the safest place in battle foreman
is his post of duty. It is a singular fact
that the coward and skulker is generally
killed before the soldier that seems fear
less of danger. I have seen men stand
on breastworks, with bullets and shells
whistling all around them, while others
hiding in bomb-proofs excavated under
the embankment were killed.
V
“Which was the closest place I ever
was in? yon ask. It is hard to aay.
Yankee officer once saved my life,
together with a companion, was sent by
Gen. Lee to locate a bridge the Federals
occupying one aide of the river and oar
troops the other. I rode into the bot
toms, where grew a luxuriant crop of
rag-weeds higher than my head on horse
back, and without knowing it passed
through our picket-line. Suddenly
heard my friend say, ‘Look out, Cap
tain!’ and taming my head to the right,
found that I was on the bonk of the river
—a stream not wider than Broad atreet—
W. D. Grifleth has for sale a new
four room cottage on Baxter ist.,
near Lumpkin; lot 99x356 feet, good
well, stable, etc. Price $1,000. Also
an unimproved lot, adjoining—99X-
304 feet, for $200; or will sell ;the
whole for eleven hundred dollars.
Terms reasonable.
Also, a store house; size 25x40
feet, and a blacksmith and wood
shop, situated at the junction of the
public roads in east Athens. The
trade from six counties passes on
this road and this is the only shop
for six or seven miles; a good line
of trade already established at the
sfn i - «• - *• -h- -t
increased. Will sell for two thou-1 n,h,l,8ts ’ fen,,n8 ,nd d y n » m >‘-
ADTICB TO 30THKits.
Mu. WistLow’a Soothing strut nhonld al
ay* be need (or children teething. It soothe*
me - - -■ ell pein. core
lor diarrhoea
ijSUdvlT
SIMONTON BRIDGE.
Mr. Hambrick, the man to build the
pillars of Simonton’s bridge, was in Wat-
kinsville last Tuesday, getting ready to
commence on the pillars Monday week.
We learn uncle Nat Richardson has giTen
the bond and will build the bridge.
A RELIABLE ARTICLE.
For enterprise, push, and a desire to
get such goods as will give the trade
satisfaction E. S. Lyndon, and Rush A
Arnold the drnggists leads all compe
tition for Dr. Bosanko's Cough anil
Lung Symp, because it is the * her
Medicine ou the market, for Conghs,
Colds, Croup and Primary Consump
tion. Price 50 cents and $1.00.
Samples free
A ROUSING MEETING.
The prohibitionists of Watkinsville
and Oconee county held an enthusiastic
meeting Saturday evening. They organ
ized for the battle on the 20th, and are
confident of victory.
CURE FOR FILES.
Piles are frequently preceded by a
sense of weight iu the back, loina and
lower part, of the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose be has some affection
of the kidneys or neighboring organs.
At times, symptoms of indigestion are
present, flatulency, uneasiness of the
stomach, etc. A moisture like perspira
tion, producing a a very disagreeable
Itching, alter getting warm, as a common
attendant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Pilesyield at once to the application of
Dr. Boearko’s Pifc Remedy, which acts
directly upon the parts affected, absorb
ing the Tumors, allaying the intense
itching, and effecting a permanent care.
Price 50 cents. Address The Dr. Bosanko
Medicine Co., Piqna, O. Sold by B. S
Lyndon and Bush & Arnold.
PURCHASED A LOT.
The council has purchased a lot on
Baxter street for the colored puMic
school. The lot contains three acres, and
was purchased from CapL G. H. Yancey.
WAS IT CAHCBBT
I have been taking B. B. B. {o' six or
seven weeks for something like cancer
on my neck, and I would not take one
thousand dollars for tha benefit recivpd.
REAL ESTATE ITEMS.
UNCLE PETER CULP’S REMARKS.
Dear Banner-Watchman :—I am not
much of an alarmist, but as I said in a
former article I see more trouble ahead
than has fallen to our lot since 1861, but
it will not do to cower under it We must
meet it like men in a firm, law-abiding
and conservative spirit, and see that
justice shall be meted out to all, and the
laws enforced with moderation. The re
cent riots in Chicago is clear proof to my
mind that wc shall have to change our
policy in regard to the importation of the
dregs of society from Europe and Asia.
$t’e have plenty of the African race, and
ticy are infinitely superior in every
qnality that constitutes good citizens to
the scum of Europe that has been turned
in eti us since the war closed. We find
the mob that made such incendiary de
monstrations on the 3rd and 4th inst,
composed of Danes, Poles, Bohemians,
Irish and Germans. No doubt they are
Endorses Cleveland.
Frederick Douglass, who lectur
ed here during the week on his “Re
collections of Slavery,” said, among
other things, that he did not ap
prove of emigration tor his race.
The negro could never go anv
place where he could not find white
people. He thinks, by the way,
that President Cleveland is a very
brave man. Said he recently in a
letter to a friend: “While in office
the President treated me as he
treated other office-holders in the
District. He was brave enough to
invite Mrs. Douglass and myself to
his receptions, thus rebuking the
timidity—I will not say cowaidice
or prejudice—of his predecessor.
Whatever else Mr. Cleveland may
be, he is not a snob and he is not a
coward.” Douglass further said
that he was a republican, and would
do all he could to elect a republi
can president in iSSS, but he hon
ored manliness wherever he found
it, and he found it in the present oc
cupant ot the White House.—Ran
dall’s Washington Letter.
THE SCHOOL-BOYS’ DEMAND.
Minneapolis Urchins Present a Petition to
Tbeir TeacHer.
When the teacher iu room No. 7
oi Primrose school surveyed the
pupils beiore her, at 9 oclock last
Monday morning, she was surprised
to find that the 24 hoys who were
wont to show up with shiny faces in
their acustomeil seats, there were
but two present. One was a lame
lioy, who came under care of a big
sister iu the principals room, and
the other the good hoy of the school.
Looking into the school-yard she
found it empty, and upon inquiry
could learn nothing ot the missing
scholars, except they had
not been seen that morn
ing in * the neighborhood
Greatly wondering at the singnlar
disappearance of her boys, and re
solving to ascertain the cause at
noon, the teacher marshaled her de
pleted Hock as best she could, and
the lessons for the day were begun
in due form, though with considera
ble conjecture from both the teacher
and the pupils present as to the
whereabouts of the missing youths.
At 10 o’clock a faint knock was
heard at the school-room door, and
upon opening it the teacher recog
nized one of her schollars in the
person of Mr. Jack Featherhead,
aged ten, who, although a trifle pale,
yet was bravely decorated
with a large rosette
the left lappel on his coat and a
long feather (evidently taken trom
a duster) streaming Iroin his hat
band. Mr. Featherhead made no
remarks,|but strode with great dig
nity into the school-room and with
a bow presented a folded document
showing on its exterior a number of
diminutive finger marks,and further
distinguished by a band of bright
blue ribbon which went entirely
around the document, being held in
place by large in egular blotches of
sealing wax of the kind generally
used in canning tomatoes.
Upon breaking the seal the Id-
lowing document was disclosed to
the astonished eyes of the school
mistress;
9x9 - Si
4—« = 3
General Assembly-
No. 1.
Nites of Labort
April 12, 1SS6.
Miss Anna Annderson
Teacher
Room 7
Primrose School
Fifth Ward
Minneapolis
Hennepin County,
Minnesota.
United States
Ot America
World
Respected Miss:
We the undersined having this
day met in Workman Tommy
Stevens’ barn, have organized our-
selfes into a orgarnnisashun for mu
tual ade and proteeshun, to be
known as General Assembly No I
Nites of Laber—and have sworn to
be faithful to our cause and to each
other. Our motto it is “One Licked
awl Licked, and 1 out awl out.”
Wc have this day passed the follow
ing resolutes and bound to stand hy
them:
Whereas, Nobody aint never saw
no school without its got skollars.
Therefore, The skollars make the
school and ort to have their say in
regards to the same.
Whereas, theare ain’t no sense in
grammer, especially the foolish new
grammer we are studdying, ’ceptin
tellers going to be a skool teacher
which we aint.
Therefore, Do we hereby sware
we wont studdy no more in gram-
er, nor recite, nor take no kind of
foolishness about it.
Whereas the days is so short now
that when we’re let out we don’t
have no time tor fun—specially
when a feller’s kept in late to cor
rect his work.
Therefore, We want to quit at 2
oclock.—Minneapolis Tribune.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS. Eft
OPPOSES CANDLER.
sand dollars; one half cash, balance
on time.
Also, an undivided half interest
in one acre lot. situated on Prince
avenue, near Mr. J. E. TalmadgeV
residence; a spring on this lot. Will
sell for $40 cash.
Also, ten lots on Lumpkin street,
being the grove in front ot the Gov,
Lumpkin place. Size of the lots
104 teet; front three quarters of an
acre deep. Price one hundred dol
lars each.
Also, that comfortable six-room
dwelling and lot, formerly occupied
by ex-Mayor Dorsey, situated in
east Athens, near the residence of
Miss Florida Carr. The lot con
tains one acre; has two good wells,
a large stable, with 22 stalls; good
servants’ house, dry well, chicken
house and the richest garden spot
in town. Will sell cheap.
Also, a new three-room cottage,
with cook room attached; situated
on Lumpkin avenue, near Brown
ing street. Lot contains half an
acre; has a good servants’ room,
stable and buggy house; never fail
ing well; young orchard and a beau
tiful flower yard. Will sell for
$1,000 and make terms easy.
Also, the twelve room dwelling
and lot, situated on the corner of
Hancock avenue and Church street.
This place is in good repair and
will be sold at a bargain. Price
$2,250, and terms will be made to
suit purchaser. Adjoining .this lot,
next to the residence ot Mr. b. M.
Hunter, is a beautiful bailding site,
which will be sold very law.
Also, eight or ten residence lots,
ofl the Fellow*’ property. Will
cut to suit purchaser to front on ei<
ther Hancock avenue or Church
street. Prices very low.
Also, a two acre lot, situated ort
Prince avenue, oearly opposite the
residence oTDr. Wade- Thisisthe
only really desirable building lot,
era, for they threw bombs amongst the
police before the police liad made any
demonstration only their appearance.
Now I do not believe in despotic oppres
sion. I believe in men who are able to
govern themselves, and if they will not
do it and obey the constitution and laws
of the United States, then I am one of
those who are willing to try to enforce
the laws, as well as obey them. I thought
the SL Louis affair was bs$ esuugh, but
the last Chicago riot heats all. Now, I
do net believe this deviltry originates
with our native citizens, but with the
foreign “thugs” who have been shipped
here to get rid of them. If our govern
ment don’t draw her reigns a
little tighter, an absolute despotism
will be inevitable very soon to protect
the lives ef our nativeB. I am not scared,
but I think it is the duty of our govern
ment to protect its citizens securely in
the peaceable possession of life, liberty
and property, otherwise it is not per
forming its entire doty. The reason we
get along here without those riots is, that
our population is composed of Ameri
cans almost entirely, and while we have
a few “thugs,” the masses are law-abid
ing, hence give no trouble. They shake
things up a little, but not more than is
necessary to produce a normal condition-
Mr. Beecher says “stagnation is death,
and agitation is healthy.” A little mov
ing of the waters may be well enough,
but I am opposed to all such movements
as those which have been going on in the
Southwest of late. I hope it may all end
well, but at present the whole thing
looks dark. Very truly youra,
Peter Culp.
R. 8.—This day 50 years ago I was in
Augusta, Ga.—rode horseback from
Union Point They were grading the
Georgia railroad from Augusta to Union
Point at that time. I was then living
with my present wife, and none but u*
A Correspondent In Jackson Herald Says
He It a Sinful Man.
There are three reasons why Col.
Candler should not be renominated
for our Representative in our next
convention of the Ninth. 1st. Two
terms is long enough for oue man to
represent the people, without we
had no other man able to do it. 2nd
He uses profane language. I don’t
propose to seal the office to a man
who takes the name of the Lord in
vain. 3rd. He laid his finger on the
head of the editor of the Gainesville
Eagle and he became dumb when
issue was tried in Gainesville (cr
whiskey or no whiskey. If Col
Candler and his’.Eagle had used their
influence for prohibition, before
when the vote was taken, the devil
would not be spewing his hellish
liquors through our happy country
of which we feel the eflect even
here, and the Eagle would not be
put to the trouble of advertising
Dick Castlebury’s parlor bar, with
plenty of whiskey at two dollars
per gallon, with always good order.
Such a thing, in my judgement can-
net be.—Mulberry Dots in Jackson
Herald.
eu.jraa.1. urauww euiiuing *oi, know < 0 . a tnd sorrows that we have
unimproved, on ,that fashionable . ,. , .... .
Street Will sell ..ilone. fer experieoced,yet I would be willing to
street. Will sell or exchange for
improved city property. ■!
I have for sale farms of all sizes
«nd prices in Clarice, Jackson, Oco
nee, Madison, Greene and Ogle
thorpe counties. Any one wishing
to invest in good paying property
will do well to call on
YV. D. GRIFFETH,
/ Real Estate Agent.
_ The pickpockets did n good bos-
I had previously tried various**' in ess in Savannah this week,
cafledblood remedies, but B.B. B. to] Judge Turner, of Jefferson county,
the best, the quickest sod the cheapest {lost one thousand dollars W
blood purifier I ever used. I refer to «w I
merchant oTGriffin, Ga* J. H. Barnes I A yo
Griffin, Ga. | farmeti
young bride eloped with her
sen lover in Birmingham. ■** f
experienced, yet
pass threngh the same ordeal, but never
*t—ll. The thought revives sad but
pleasant memories. May God bless all
our friends with s similar experience.
P. C.
Two Southern Belles.
Montgomery Special.
Miss Davis is a beauty, and she
gazed upon the scene with an ap-
f earance of wonder and curiosity
t was all new to her. She was
born in the Richmond‘white house,'
and has spent most of her life
abroad, and so these things have
diflerent and lesser signiflcance to
her. By her tide sat Miss Gordon
acknowledgeto be the most beautiful
young woman in the south. No
poet’s dream of feminine perfection
could exceed the real flesh and
blood loveliness of Miss Gordon,
mention this as one of the features
of the occasion, but if the reader
would get an idea of the appear
ence ol this young southern belle
let him read the description ot “La
dy Branksmei” by the “Duchess,”
and help out his ideas with the
“Clara Vere De Vere” of Tenny
son.
ill A lUILDHtOBOOM.
There are net lass than a half dozen
flnatonekbaildiags to go up in Athens
the coming summer and a large number
of new residences are being contracted
for. Every carpenter in the city is busy,
and before many weeks tha bricklayers
also’ will best work.
A Railroad Trad*.
The C. & A. and the C. & G. rail
roads and all their branches were
leased last week to the Richmond
and Danville company for a period
of ninety nine years. The terms of
the leases are that the Richmond
and Danville company will pay the
interest, fixed charges and all run
ning expenses, and pay to the
stockholders all the net earnings
The Richmond and Danville will
put both these roads and their
branches in the best running con
dition, and will operate them so
direct connection will be made
with the great west. Steel rails
will be laid on these roads when
they change the guage, which will
be about the first of June.
“IS THAT YOU JEFF?”
Mr. Davis Meets a Namssaks at the Drill
Grounds.
Among the pleasant incidents
connected with the visit of Mr.
Davis to the Drill grounds yester
day afternoon was the introduction
to him by Mr. Cromer, Mr. Jeffer
son Davis Stewart, of Covington,
Georgia. Mr. Stewart handed the
::-President the following letter;
Richmond, Va., July 21,1863.
Mr. J. L. Stewart, Conyers, Ga:
My Dear Sir: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 20tli ult, informing me of the birth of
a son in your old age, and of the fact that
you have given him my name.
Please accept assurances of my sense
of the compliments you have made me,
and of my hopes for a bright and happy
future for the little boy, who will, 1 trust
do honor to his parents and his country.
With the best wishes for you and your
family, I am respectfully and truly your
fellow citizen, Jefferson Davis.
When Mr. Davis read the letter
his coutenance lighted up and he
said, “Is that you, Jeff?” and grasped
the young man heartily by the hand
and enjoyed a pleasant conversation
with him. Mr. Stewart came all
the way to Savannah to see Mr.
Davis and to show him the letter.
CLUVERIUS TO HANG.
The Virginia Supreme Court Affirms the
Judgment.
Richmond, Va., May 6.—The
supreme court of Virginia to-day
rendered a decision in the case of
T. J. Cluverius, convicted in the
hustings court ot this city of the
murder on March 13th, 1SS5, of
Minnie Lillian Madison. The case
is notoriously known as the reser
voir mutder mystery. The judg
ment of the lower court was fully
sustained—eight bills of exception,
filed by prisoner's counsel, being
elaborately discussed and succes
sively overruled.
The opinion was delivered by
Judge Fauntleroy, the court stand
ing four to one in favor of sustain
ing the judgment ot the lower
court, fudge Hinton dissented,
being in iavor of a new trial. Clu
verius will surely hang unless ex
ecutive clemency interposes. The
first time fixed for his execution
having lonir since passed by, he
will have to be brought before the
hustings court for re sentence.
A Pipe Line for Beer.
The latest enterprise that Jersey
City has on hand is called the “Pipe
Line Beer Distributing Atsocia-
tion.” The company, which has
issued $3000,000 worth of stock,
intends to place pipes in every
street in the city, and supply the
beer shops with their staple article
of trade. Meters, similar to water
meters, will be provided tor each
consumer, and the amount ol beer
used will be measured by these in-
struments. It is claimed that this
manner of distributing will do away
with all the trucking, etc., and that
there will be no danger of any
dealer getting out of the beverage.
—N. Y. Star.
A bald eagle was killed at Kings
ton, Ga.
F. M. Realey was elected Mayor
ofLaGrange. Ga.
Tauipa, Fla., had a $50,000 lire
Thursday night.
Valentine lias been lound guilty
by an Augusta jury.
A milk white >nake has been seen
near Douglassville.
JHenry Hyron shot Jim Lathan in
Birmingham, Ala.
The Ohio state senate committee
have arrived in Chattanooga.
The lawyers are working hard to
save Cluverius from hanging.
All legislation to carry into effect
the Mexican treaty is a failure.
A successful revival meeting has
been going on in Sumpter, S. C.
The vestry of St. Phillips church
will extend it call to the Rev. Byron
Holly, of Darien.
The meeting of Irish sympathiz
ers in New York was a grand suc
cess.
There has been a severe cyclone
near Chattanooga which did great
damage.
A prominent citizen of Macon is
shadowed by detectives- He has
defaulted lor ten thousand dollars.
A negro was taken from jail at
Canton, Miss., and hanged for an
attempt to commit s criminal out
rage upon a white lady.
Tobe Jackson was arrested at
Cartersville. He is now in Fulton
county jail and looks as happy as a
lark.
Moxkcb, Ga., Mhy 5.—Mr. John
P. W. Clegg had the misfortune to
have his dwelling and contents
burned yesterday.
Charleston, S. C., May 5.—A
negro, aged 19, was lynched near
Camden last night for an assqult
upon an aged lady. -*vSi$
The calendar has been nearly
cleared of Presidential nominations.
They are being disposed of one by
one.
Montezuma, Ga., May 5—Ma
con county gives 250 majority for
the wet ticket. The election will
be contested. The contest was
warm and exciting.
Gen. Gordon is engaged in tell-
ng his friends in Savannah that he
candidate for Governor, and
that public announcement of his
candidacy will soon be made.
Marshallville, May 5.—In
the election held here to day 209
votes were polled. Ot this num
ber only three were cast for the sale
of whisky.
One of the attractions of last
week at Lumpkin was the wonder
ful frog-boy, a monstrosity with the
body of a negro boy and legs like a
frog.
The first time court was ever held
in Lumpkin without whisky being
on sale was during last week, and
it is agreed on ali sides to be a great
improvement on the wet regime.
There was a large railroad meet
ing held in the court-house at El
berton on the 6th, in the interest of
a road from the North Carolina line
by way of Columbia, Abbeville,
Elberton and Athens to Atlanta.
At Rome, Tuesday aft noon,
Walton Jones, an eld gentleman
about 75 years of age, was thrown
from the East Tennessee track and
received injuries from which he
may die.
New York, May 5.—Seventeen
members of the Bohemian Baker’s
Union, who were engaged in boy
cotting Mrs. Landgraft, were ar
rested early this morning by the
police and locked up.
Monroe, Ga., May 5.—Mary
Stew, a colored girl, is a raving ma
niac trom religious excitement.
She joined the church a few days
ago during a revival and has been
totally deranged ever since. Eflorts
are being made to get her into the
asylum.
Asheville, N. C., May 6—Tel
egraphic advices have reached here
to-day from the neighboring tow’n
of Hendersonville, to the effect that
Louis Kilgore, colored, who was to
have been hanged to-morrow at
that place for the murder oi Matt
Henderson, last fall, has been re
spited by Governor Scales, until
Friday the 20th inst.
Berrien county is excited over an
elopement case. The hero of the
escapade sent his wife back to her
mother and then took an unknown
trip with the wife of a neighbor, in
cluding her two children. An in
dignation meeting has been held
and money collected to hunt the
fugitives down.
Gainesville, Ga., May 5.—The
Baptist seminery is about broken
up lor this session. Sometime since
roseola broke out among the youug
ladies, and later measles. They
could not stand so much at once,
so about thirty of them packed
their trunks and left for their
homes. Negotiations are going on
to secure a good president lor next
year to take the place lately filled
by Dr. Wilkes.
Washington, D. C., May 5.—
Opinions differ as to Mr. Davis’" re
ception. The republicans and many
democrats feel confident that the
next house is to be politically chang
ed, but many other democrats insist
that their party will carry in spite
of Jeff Davis, Cleveland and the
tarifl tinkers. Mr. Cleveland is in
luck. In case of disaster he can
blame the South and make Jeff
Davis a scapegoat. Mr. Barnes
says Mr. Cleveland may invite all
the bachelor congressmen to be hi<
groomsmen.
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W. D. Griffktu.
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