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WEEKLY’ bAKNEfc-WAfCtiMAN TUESDAY MAY .886.
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wdlgofav beyond
^ported- A prominerit
<avs it will reach
tifiv thousand dollars.
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. ,,f\uv :>th, at the res-
l rl ,les mother, by the
Mr. G. 11. Thrasher,
, married to Miss
Mor,
•»u county.
association.
th.-North Geor-
. .. llolmo'S Association will
P ' ...[in. commencing on the
aI i roniinuing until the
’’ .1. Jarrell, of Athens, is
j' t ef tt‘ e Association.
t> r*rfKOrKlATION.
: i ’ appropriating money
. ii.-one- riser front Scull
* nr«r,i» railroad bridge
; . iipuse. It is a big thing
*" (,'thatsection.
|rt£ WILLIS COTTAGE.
(il y|arr-ti "s. ISsMS.—Dear Dr.
aceks lielore 1 begat
DeiciUlave," 1 had been
,,l deal from my gunts,
... i,i inv moiitli, a ibing
1 tried several rente-
,i avail. Then 1 resorted
preparation- and found
pile elate "I my throat was
jn igingby my ovnexper-
, tins month wash very
1 most heartily and con
e , : | t io public attention
I iwg to remain most
iM.lr. w A I.ipseotnb,D.D
| U a ^
COTTON DYING.
n lUa.k, of Oglethorpe,
. . a wr* at ileal of the cotton
• •■..rtie-rs are now replanting
:j r ,i,.es not know whether
•. ji g:tril*nt:il»le to had seed or
«
l*-lec-ta-lave.
vtsrn..- 4• itl» a had taste in
* |f st.. brush vonr teeth
... ? -..i morning, with a soft
h ,|r ,rtl "ilh Deleclalave,
i„. nrali/e any aridity ill tlie
t.-nr mouth sweet and
i . 1'rnggists.
VERY SUSPICIOUS.
.: f.-lmn. whose reputation
. . , . -tahli^hed, will be-
•*\ •> it..* Atlanta Working
i.f I.ahor organ. Has
!>• with Hr. Felton’s
va. PiUhS.
u * |mceded by a
i * * k, loms and
■ . causing the
■. - - ' me affection
ifv'ih..ring organs,
i' o' indigest on are
m easiness of the
!»k»* iH-rsphu-
. \ery disagreeable
j w.irni, as a common
• •••■•!.:ig mil Itching
t .• applicati«>i
v. which
ft* atlccted. absorli*
al lying ttie intense
:.g .* i*frmanent cure.
:•»Ti l)r. Bosanko
I :a, O. Sold by E. »S
\ Arnold.
* u : AT the depots.
A»*w. Reporter Wana.ra Armui In
81 1 Search of Nsws Items.
.v'T" 01 much freight to deliv*;
• , c ' er * i * 4re "°l so busy as du-
nng the fall and winter season, it is
coal and pleasant down there—a gentle
oraaae blowing all the time from up the
Ooonee river. The guano warehouses
«*e all clos'd, and the large boilers or
the compress are cooling off until anoth
er crop Is made.
• little more lively. Tho compress at
this place has a few more bales to mash
before it closes for the season. The Oil
mill is shut up and will not be open un
til next season. The Elevator Mills, one
of the live industries of Athens, arc run
ning on full time, and large quantities of
meal and stock food are daily ground and
furnished to the merchants of Athens and
*nd down the North-Eastern and Georgia
roads. On the opposite side of the rail
road from the depot is where the large
shop of McGinty's is situated, and it is
worth a trip, even during this hot weath
er, to go through the immense concern
and see the different pieces of machinery
»t work. Mr. Dock l'ridgeon has charge
of the large planing machine, and can
dress 15.WJO feetof lumber ina day. The
side track from the North-Eastern runs
up to the door of the shop, and the lum
ber is unloaded convenient to the differ
ent machines. Mr. McGinty says he
saved $1.15 on drayage alone on one lot
of lumber. There is on the yard over
two hundred thousand feet of lumber,
brought from different saw mills along
the line of the North-Eastern. The sec
ond story of the shop is used for making
sash, doors and blinds, and a large num
ber of hands arc kept constantly employ
ed and quantities of these goods are used
in Athens and shipped to different parts
or the country. Mr. McGinty hss not
all his machinery in position as yet, and
when it is the shop will be worth visiting.
BILE BEANSI
The quickest time on record! Neural-
gia of the worst tvpe, cured by one dose
of SMITH’S BILE BEANS In from one
to lour hours, as many who have tried
it can testify. It does seem strange that
sensible people will suffer with ibis
terrible disease when speedy relief can
surely be found in this simple safe and
inexpensiv remedy. 25 cents. For sale by
all druggists and ilealers id medlcide, or
sentauywbere on receipt of price in
Btamps.
EDITOR KNOWLES-
INTERVIEW WITH THE EDITOR! Of
THE HOME JOURNAL.
Greene Has Already Cordon'* Be alp Dan
gling In the Air, and le How Reaching for
Bean Reese’* Flaxen Locke—Backers
From all over the District and Files of
Letters Protesting Against Reese's Re-
Election.'
Editor W.A. Knowles, of the Greenes-
boro Home Journal, who hss been run-
Ati^ North-E.lern depot things .re ^
THE KNIGHTS OK LABOR.
:-EACB TKF.ES
THE AUTHOR.
'■ ’vit tin- Mulberry corres-
'■tie .heksoii Herald, who st-
e ,-*ii'hJ*ry of Col. Candler bc-
“* If .uson prulsne langu-.je, is e
a: hlr who teat-bee school Jn the
lr ■ ri,e article created quite a sen
na ic
The Athene Delegation at High Shoals and
the Result of the Visit.
A High Shoals correspondent in the
W alton News gives the following de
scription of s visit of a delegation of
Athens Knights to that point to establish
a lodge:
Tlie Knights of Labor from Athens
were out here in full force, Saturday
night. Speeches were made iiy Messrs.
Bennett, l’ridgeon, Lowry and Black (the
niartyr(?)).
I tiearil none of their speeches, hut am
of j informed by a number of parties who did
that little information was given as to
tlie object and good of the organization;
that the speakers were divided among
themselves, and frequently contradicted
eacli other. Their object in meeting
here was to organizo a lodge. About
twenty-four subscribed and some seemed
enthusiastic for a charter till Monday
night, when President John IV. llinton
i called together the heads of families of
nun that peach j all the operatives in his factory, and ad
dressed them on the siibbjectof the labor
| question. He made thecrowning speech
j of the season, and just at the time when
it was most needed. One with which
every enc who heard him was delighted.
Sorry your reporter was denied the
pleasure of attending. Many who were
inclined to join the K. of L. previous to
this have given out the Idea altogether,
in that they feel now convinced that no
good will accrue from it We Sincerely
trust that our townsmen may be influ
enced by the gentle admonition of Mr.
llinton. and not take a step that they
will hereafter regret.
Oconee and
one. without any ap
• ',ri- nurseries are in
-trued. The leaves
‘"llowed by the ipeedy
Cur# . r sick Headacbe.
[• it lb. Gunn’s Liver Pil’s
c H .uiaelie, isk your Drug-
i :r..il |.,u sa;»." Only one
. Krgu.srsixe hexes, 25 vents.
Iks i.vnilon, nrnt Arnold A
H<m Excellent.
Auiiie, rii rI ot 1’olice, Knox
n writes: “ My family and !
rfle sr.es of your most excellent
I'r King’s New Discovery for
*. | l;l ving found it to bo all
iclaim for it, desire to testify to
M, friends to whom I have
-tt'isled it. jnaise it at every op-
I*r. King’s New Discovery
sumption is guaranteed to clire
’• 1 eBronchitis. Asthma,
* every affection of Throat,
““sou i...ug8.' Trial Bottles Free at
- :■!> tig S cue. Large Size $1.00.
1-IMD T10ERS AND 8TILL8.
tleman tctls ug that Smith is only
* regular den of blind tigers who
* habit of selling whisky in and
*-d Athens, and that they have a
l > -till in operation up Sandy
lhe same should he st once
Farmers and Mechanics.
‘ Honey ami Doctor Gills. Relieve
’ '1,ti.ers, Wives and Sisters by a
7 I’ur. Im-eof Dr Bnganko’s Cough
r u "z syrup, the best known remedy
!i\ Colds, Croup and Bronchial
’• ' » Relieves Children of Croup.
’ nil!hi; mav save you hundreds of
I’rice '50 cents and $1.00.
-i rfree. Sold by Drs. Lyndon, and
’ 5 Arnold.
AU In the Line of Nature.
There is nothing in the line of magic
or mystery about that wonderful and
popular medicine, Parker’s Tonic. It
is simply the best and most scientific
combination possible of tlie essential
principles of those vegetable curatives
which act powerfully and directly 'em
the stomach, liver, kidneys and blood.
But there neither is, nor will be, 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.
was at once started out on his track,
with instructions to bring Knowles into
our sanctum dead or alive. Our com
mand was fulfilled, and after welcoming
our handsome young friend we turned
ourself into an interrogation point and
went for him thusly:
“How does Greene stand on the guber
natorial question? Under which flag,
Bezonian? Speak or die!"
“Greene is enthusiastically for Bacon,
and will send Bacon delegates, it matters
not whether by primary election or cau
cus. We are as unchangeable as the
laws of the Medes and the Persians. I
have traveled over the state consider
ably of late, and find Bacon overwhelm
ingly on top.”
“1 see you are firing weekly broad
sides into Congressman Reese. Do you
think that he will be defeated for re-
election'?”
“Mr. Reese can easily he defeated if
any good man will consent to make the
race against him. I have not tried to get
up s candidate, but will cheerfully sup
port any acceptable opponent. I think
Pope Barrow, Judge Reese, of Washing
ton, Judge Turner, of Putnam, and I can
name a dozen other gentlemen in our
district, could easily carry more than
enough counties to nominate them if they
entered the race. I shall, however, op
pose Mr. Reese and show up his official
record, w hether he has opposition or not
I have a half bushel of letters, from every
part of the district,-many of them con
taining the strongest evidence and rea
sons why Mr. lieese should not he re
turned to congress, and each week I will
give the readers of the Home Jouraal a
dose of them.”
“Do you think the opposition very
wide-spread?”
“I know it is. Why, Reese cannot
carry Morgan county, and there is but
one business man in Madison who will
support him. I have no war to make on
Mr. Blackburn, and hope that he will he
confirmed, hut the dictatorial manner in
which our congressman has treated the
applications of other gentlemen is outra
geous. Take every appointment made
by Mr. Reese throughout the district,
and you will see that he has solely re
warded the rich and influential, and
completely ignored the poor. He has
pandered to politicians to get their influ
ence, and when the people send him a
petition it is pigeon-holed and never
heard of. I have complaints from
other post-office appointments de
sides Madison and Greenesboro. Didn't
he appoint a rich merchant postmaster in
Klberton who was not even an applicant
for the place, and who gave it to a minor?
As to neglect of duty. 1 will site but one
instance. He failed to recommend any
one for postal clerk on the N. K. road,
and Candler stepped in and got a man
from his district”
“1 understand that your postmaster at
Greenesboro is a one-legged soldier, and
one of the most popular and deserving
men in the county.”
“He is a one-legged soldier, but Mr.
Thornton, so far from being poor, is well
oflj and not only has the Ordinary’s of
fice, but discharges other official duties
that bring him in a handsome revenue.
There arc other men much more needy
than Mr. Thornton, but then they have
not the political influence, and this is
what Reese aims at. I have no fight to
make on our new postmaster, for he will
fill the office acceptably.”
LIBERIA AND THE NEGRO.
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.
WILKES COUNTY.
[Chronic 1 *.]
The M&gruder mine and plantation
will be aold on the first Tuesday in July.
Mr. Wm. Paschel is dead.
A mad-dog attacked a negro on Judge
Hardeman's lot
Newt. XicholU arrived in Washington
on Friday from the convict camp of Jo
seph E. lirown, having been pardoned.
Gen. Heard has had to have wire net
ting put over the tops of his chimneys to
keep the swallows from going down them.
Mr. Ed. Carlton and Mr. Friendman
have leased the Tatham mine and stamp
mill in McDuffie county, and are em
ploying about ten hands.
Drs. Hill, Andrews and Rinns met at
the house of Mr. J. H. Cosby on last
Thursday for the purpose of cutting a
tumor from his wife’s breast, but upon
examination they decided not to perform
the operation.
It has been reported that Mr. Dudley
DuBose intends to leave Wilkes county
after a year or two. Mr. DuBose has
invested largely in Wilkes county land,
and has bought the residence of Gen.
Toombs as a home for life. He has not
the slightest idea of leaving the county.
[Gazette.]
We learn that Dr. H. C. Edmunds and
Mr. Charlie Garrett have agreed to con
solidate the hotel business at Elbertom,
and will run the Globe in copartnership.
The Garrett House will be closed aftaor
this week. t ^
Ten years ago lands were worth' *Tr©m
two to three dollars peT acre in the up
per part of this county, but since ,the
Elbcrton railroad has been built through
that section, none of it can be bought for
less than ten dollars, and on sale 4*y
MADI80N COUNTY.
[Monitor 1
The board of canvassers for subscrip
tions to the A. & C. railro-.J have suc
ceeded in raising about $21,IMF
We learn that on Tuesday morning
U* 8. Deputy Marshal Carter slipped up
on an illicit still in full blast, on the op
posite side of Broad river, in this county,
about three-quarters of a mile below
Daniel’s ferry. He also arrestc.i Ti. J.
Wilson and John Christian, both white,
whom ho found there at work, aud took
them and the still off with him.
Gen. John B. Gordon, of Florida, has
announced his intention of becoming s
candidate for Governor of Georgia at the
election next fall. Shades of Crawford
and Troup! has it come to this?—that
the grand old “Empire State of the
South” cannot afford suitable material
for a Governor from among her own citi
zens, but is forced to cal! upon Florida
to loan her a candidate?
AN EXPLANATION.
In our Thursday's issue the following
local appeared: “Mr. Isham Pittard was
cured of catarrh by the Certain Catarrh
Cure. This is a great medicine.”
This statement was made to us by a
member of the C. 0. C. Co., which we
thought was sufficient, but in a spirit of
right and justice to all, we feel called upon
to give the following letter from Mr. l’it-
tard to the public:
Wintebvillk, G«., May 12.188G—Dear
Sirs: Last fall I obtained one hot' le of
Certain Catarrh Cure, the results of
which have been remarkable. Fornear-
twelve months prior to that time it was
impossible to breathe through my left
nostril.
Commencing with an ordlnarv cold
SENSATIONS OF HANGING. | GORDON AT AMER1CUS.
A New Mexico Man s Experience at the
Hands of a Mob. i
SYNOPSIS OK HIS SPEECH.
Theodore Baker, a New Mexico SmallEushuslaam-Itis senatorial Kealg-
my condition continued to grow worse
last a tract of of land in that section sold | until I experienced many of oi tlie dread
for $1B.50 per acre. This shows what j symptoms of Catarrh. Paintul sensa
railroads will do. tions through the head; serious affee
On Wednesday of last week.W,, C.
Wheelis, of Oglethorpe connty, was
brought before the court upon the charge
of larceny from the house—taking a sack
of flour on the Saturday before from the
store of Swift Bros. He was found guilty
and sentenced to pay a fine of ten dollars
and costs, all of which amounted to
about $19. On account of his being a
poor man and having a wife and three
children, the people made up the money
and paid it.
WALTON COUNTY.
[News.]
Miss Ola Thrasher has discontinued
her school at Jug Tavern and returned
to her home in Watkinsville.
Mrs. Sallie Long, wife of J. D. Long,
of Logansville, died a few days ago.
Judge Walker has a Spanish dollur
made in 1318. It is rusty and worn biat
the marks on it are distinct. The Judj;e
got it out of the hank at Athens.
We are sorry to hear of the death of
Mrs. Sarah Williams. She died on the 21st
of April. She lived st High Shoals for 25
years and was on a visit to her daughter
in Jackson county, where she was taken
sick with fever and for eight days suffer
ed greatly.
Alice Crew, a colored girl, was bap
tized in the tanyard pool a few weeks
ago with a number of other converts, and
since then has become crazy. She is
probably demented on the subject of reli
gion. She was placed in jail a few days
but was released on Saturday.
HART COUNTY.
A PROPOSAL.
■ ivy in Athens says if Clarke coun-
' *'■ »oi. t,*cV liquor, that he will pay
’i license, provided only two
> in ihe county. He will alto
' ti llrna.l street, without a screen,
‘ '•q.irate door for the whites
‘ ’' “ v- Another party propose* to
”'"'I' raiiexclusive liquor license,
y t Aa Ole citizen Speaks.
'*■ Norris, an old resident ol
ini., ti, ttl |, e pee n badly
Kulnev Complaint for *
u *" ! ' ,Var “ and with Eczema for
»* times could scarcely
•i’ 11 1ritrtl many remedies with*
; ““fi* he began taking Electric
a 'l v i’.inling his hands and feet
Arnica Salve. This
“’’"riled Dim great relief and
,i' ■ k ’,? feommends ElectriO Bitters
'• vo'. , '* ith Kidney Coro*
: '■’■-‘i * Blood Purifier. Sold
r, sun
EhOOM CORN./; .
,rm ' r ' °f Oconee will experiment
!, n » good deal of broom corn
'1 e advise them to go slow,
i u,t »* much trouble to cure
: "'n for market as tobacco, and
t ' lou know »> what stage to cut it,
J * ’** T ,HI *' to prepare the crop, it
* * ''L*ar loss.
GE0RQIA RAILROAD STOCKHOLDERS.
The following board was elected:
President—C. 11. l’hinizy.
Directors—M P Stovall, J S Hamilton,
Stephens Thomas, Josiali Sibley, George
Hillyer, John Davison, 'V M Reese, J A
Billups, H D McDaniel, IIII Hickman,
N L Hutchins, J H Alexander, Ferdinand
Phinizy, D N Speer, A W Calhoun, Thos
W Coskery.
MR EPFS IMPROVING.
Mr. Patrick Epps, who was knocked
down Saturday by a negro hoy, is fast
improving. Several report* have been
afloat that he was dead, but they are all
false. Mr. Epps was not so well Mon
day morning, having talked too much the
day previev.?, but he is now steadily on
the imprsve. Dr. Itrown, his attending
physician, says that Mr. E. will he well
in a few days. Tho stick with which the
negro hit Mr. Epps was brought into our
office yesterday, with blood splotches on
it, and is a piece of white oak 22 inches
long, weighing two pounds and ten oun-
ces.
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.
There aeems to be some opposition to
Hon. Seaborn Reese in Hsrt and Frank
lin, and also m Elbert, hut Elbert will
likely send up Rees* delegates. In the
other two counties mentioned it seems
doubtful. The chairman of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of Elbert
ceunty has called the committee to meet
next Friday. It is more than probable
that primary elections will be held in the
militia districts to arrive at tlie wishes of
the people.—Klberton Letter in Augusta
Chronicle.
AN OKIUINAL IDEA.
T. \V. Rucker, Esq,, is one of the most
original thinkers in Georgia, and he can
clothe his thoughts in language so ex
pressive as to completely cover the
grbu'nd. Yesterday, in speaking of a
certain prominent Georgia journalist, Mr.
Rucker remarked, “That men is so utter
ly corrupt, both in mind and thought,
that if he discovered a single pure or
true sentiment in his heart, he would
feel like s healthy person who had found
a cancer on his body.”
Tk# u C * Us 1 arnica I
in lhe Y>
SALVE.
the Wi'i-lil for Cuts,
... *"*»• Ulcers, Sail Rheum,
‘•ilblain, J; l ’ tlt ' r . Chapped Hands,
'-■n,, porn#, and all Skin Eiupt-
Dy r WjBi J’V®' tl . v * , 5 r cures Piles, or no
l* rV ’i ‘uiilLu 11 ** K»»ranteed to give
{^ ri,T r> Uo »- or money refunded.
Per box- . For sale by
.:0 • 1 •
dwcrawtord.
% Uiu;/ rfl t 1 ' 1 w “ in ‘.° wn j* ster -
be wilBtie coming
tl** can,, r ' underneath, and rent
1,8 * r *nted on the site
“°r*. k J Mr. Da„ ArnoM’a
A KIND INVITATION
We return thanks to our esteemed
friend, Mr. L. H. O. Martin, of Elbert,
county, for an invitation to attend their
big annual fish on the 19th and spend
some time with them and recuperate.
We are not able yet to riak the trip, but
know it would be a delightiul occasion
There are not a mere hospitable set of
people on earth than the citiaens of o!d
Elbert.
ViCf FROM HARMONY
&MONT Gflofe, M_ .
railroad meeting was held in Strickland's
hall last night, and a cONimitte* of nine
weMSggitotnd to get ,up a big barbecue
here on the 22d inst Maj‘
**• * in'
ing. ; ,:T. A-Key * Soajathe style of it
A Conversation Overheard by a Reporter
at the Mineral Spring.
Thursday night, a reporter of the Ban
ner-Watchman, feeling tired from a hard
day's work, concluded he- would take a
stroll, and by the light of the moon,
wended his way to our favorite resort—
the mineral spring—and upon arriving
there he discerned a party of four or five
colored men engaged in a low conversa
tion, which only attracted his attention
for a moment, but in a short while this
low conversation was transformed into
an animated discussion on the subject of
colonization of the negroes of this coun
try in Liberia. One of the party who fa
vored it remarked:
“I’ll tell yer, dc only salvation fer de
cullud man is ter go ter Liberia, where
he kin hah his own way an’ do his own
rulin'.”
At this remark another of the party,
who, by his language, convinced the re
porter that in intelligence he was at least a
head and shoulders shove the common
run of his race, said:
“Don’t be deluded that way. The fan
ciful pictures now before your eyes are
only to delude, for if you get there, you
will find that instead of the land flowing
with milk and honey, and corn growin
upon every tree, you will find i land
poor, and that labor, the hardest kind of
labor, too, will be required to make
enough to keep soul and body together.
As to ruling, it was never destined that
our race should rule,not even themselves.
Let me tell you, the best thing for you
and the balance of our race to do, is to
remain contentedly where we are. Amer
ica is the best country on the face of the
globe for the colored man; the south’
with its fertile fields—the natural home
of the negro—where he can always be
assured of plenty to eat and wear, is the
best place in this country, and if 1 had my
choice the nearer I get to Athens the hap
pier I would feel.”
“But,” remarked the former speaker,
ef we don't go now, in less dan fo’ years
we will all be driv away, an’ I’d ruther
go now’n be druv.”
“No such thing si this will ever hap
pen if the colored man will just attend
to his own business, get this idea of rule
out of hii* head, and seek only for the,
moral and financial advancement of our
race. This is the main thing for us to
do now. Talk shout emigrating! Why
it is foolishness, and it grieves me to see
that my race are so simple as to contem
plate the idea for a moment, after hav
ing aeen it tested. They emigrated to
the western part of this country, and
we hear of them dying of starvation
or sending for money to bring them back,
but when they go to Liberia it is the
last you hear of them—not eren being
consoled with the thought that they diea
of atarrstion. , ’
fSun.l
The contest stands thus:
ATLANTA, jp? £RF“GKORGIA-
We regret to chronicle the Heath of
Mrs. Rucker Brown, of this county, on
the 9th instant, after an illness of several
months.
The Atlanta Capitol puts the Sun down,
in alist of papers “Against Gordon.” Nott
particularly Gordon. Gordon is merely
the deer stalkers’ red rag. Put us don-ie
For Bacon.”
Supreme Dictator John B. Gordon,
from his castle near Atlanta, dictates to
the counties how they shall select dele -
gates to the state convention. Cheek!
Is there not the shadow of a threat em •
bodied in his dictation?
Gen. Gordon intimates that he ha t
been induced to become a candidate fo>r
Governor by spontaneous solicitation s
tion of the bearing; greatly impaired
taste, smell, etc., all these and more I
suffered. One bottle of your medicine
corrected every deficiency, and I take
pleasure in testifying, with many others
thati} is the best catarrli reme ly known
For sore throat it “beats tlie world.’
I awoke oue night last winter with
alarming pains in tlie throat, and sensa
tions of choking. A gargle with “Cer
tain Catarrh Cure” instantly relieved
and speedily cured it. It is a blessing
to humanity. Yours truly,
lsItAM H. PlTTAKll.
THE OLD RELIABLE BENSON.
I wish to call the attention of the
people of North East Georgia to the faet
that I have recently purchased the rigid
of the Steadman Top for Buggies or any
Leather of Uubher Top, vehicles I will
have a sample top soon, and then 1 will
take great pleasure in showing and ex
plaining the same to all aiy old customers,
and they are numerous, and as many new
one’s as liesire to see and get tlie best
Buggy Top now on the market. The top
will be got up in my shop, under my
own supervision, and therefore I can
fully recomnend it as simply first class
in every respect. Iam besides niiikin
the famous Benson Wagon, one ami two
Iborse. I have void in the last three
sreeks four of my own make of buggies.
And now comes the best part of it.
Namely, they wereiall sold in North East
Georgia. New any ene that don’t know
the old man Benson hail better go and
make his acquaintance and see how it is
that the people all buy the Benson
Wagons and Buggies. The explanation
is, they know the old man's work is the
best in the market. Been in Athens 25
years, come along my friends.
LETTER FROM OCONEE.’
man who was recently hangeil by a
mob, but was rescued und cut down
before life was extinct, gives this
account of his experience lou news
paper correspondent:
"A little tuither on we came to a
telegraph pole. From the crossbar
swung a new rope. On one end
was a big slip noose. They led me
under the rope. I tried to stoop
down and pull iny bools off', as I
had promised my folks I would not
die with my boots on, but before I
could do it the noose was thrown
over my head, and I was jerked otT
my leet. My senses left me a mo
ment, and then I waked up in what
seemed to be another world. As I
tecollect now,' the sensation was
tha. everything about ine had mul
tiplied a great many times. It seem
ed that my live executioners had
grown in number until there were
thousands. I saw what seemed to
be a multitude of animals of all
shapes and sizes. Then things
changed and I was in great pain.
I became conscious that I was hang-
ing by the neck, and that the knot
ol the rope had slipped around un
der my chin. My hands were
losely tied, and I jerked them loose
and tried to catch the rope above
me. Someone caught me by the
feet just then and gave me a jerk.
It seemed like a bright flash of
lightning passed in front of my
eyes. It was followed by a terri
ble pain up and down and across
my back, and I could feel my legs
jerk and diaw up. Then there
was a blank, and I knew nothing
more until n o'clock next day.
“My hist recollection was being
in the court room, and saying:
•Who cut me down?’ There was
a terrible ringing in my ears, like
the beating ot gongs. I recogniz
ed no one. The pain in my bac k
continued. Moments ot uncon
xciousness followed during several
days, and 1 have very little recol
lection of the journey here. Even
atter I had been locked up in this
prison for a long time I saw double.
Dr. Smyington, the prison pbysi
cian, looked like two persons. I
was still troubled with spells of to
tal forgetfulness. Sometimes
seemed 1 didn’t know who 1 was.
nation—The Railroad Commission- -At
tacks tbe Macon Telegraph.
Amkkicus, Ga., May id—Gen.
Gordon addressed an audience of
hve or six hundred here to-day.
The meetirg had been well advtr-
ii*ed. There was not an extra
amount of enthusiasm manifested.
The main portion ol the speech was
devoted to the Macon Telegraph,
and his frequent allusions to that
paper became tiresome. He said
that every man and every cause
which had been opposed by the
Telegraph had been successful, and
cited the cases of Blount, McDaniel
and Stephens. He denied that he
was brought out by the Atlanta ring,
and said that he did not hve in At
lanta, and had not a dollar’s inter
est in Atlanta. He was supported
by Gov.J. M. Smith. Dr. H. V. M.
Miller, Judge Van Epps, Pat Cal
houn, C. M. Keyser, the McBrides,
Col. Hulsey, Thos. Glenn, Hoke
Smith, Dr. Amos O. Fox, Dr. Spal
ding, Dupont Guerry and Judge
Blantord—all of whom had been
strong opponents to the Atlanta
ring.
In regard to his resignation of his
United States senators hip, he said
he resigned because be thought he
had accomplished his mission. The
Governor appointed his successor
without any consultation with him.
There was a time when he did not
resign, and that was in 1S61 to iS6q.
He wanted to, but could not. He
also referred to the time when he
stood almost alone in the United
States senate as a representative of
the Southern states, and his ser
vices in securing the political inde
pendence of South Carolina.
On the subject of the Railroad
Commission he said he had a re
cord—made long before he had
TELEGRAPH!!) SPARKS.
Bacon spoke Wednesday night at
Montezuma. Ga.
The switchmen's strike at Indian
apolis is a failure.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Baiiihriflge, Ga., will soon have
water-works.
A piocese has been patented for
making paper pulp i'lom the relnse
A New Haven boycotter was j of htiiled cotton seed.
lined and costs
Ex-President Davis is not seri |
ously ill.
The last of the militia have beer,
drawn from East St. Louis.
The number of brick to be u*cit
in the construction of tho Georgii.
St ’te Capitol is 16,000.000.
The Constitution publishes an in
terview with Dr. Felton in which
Mr. Jenks, of the Interior depart-1 he states he will not enter politic
ment, and Mr. Hazen, of the Post- 1 thisytar.
office department, are to resign
A negro assaulted Rev. W. C.
Hall and wife, of Henrico county,
Va., but was driven off”.
The Reading, Pa., cigar makers
An incident of the Atlanta to—do
was the loss of $150 by Col Weston,
of Albany, the treasurer of the Press
association. He was robbed.
About 17,000 acres of land in
have closed shops and thrown 800 j Wayne county aie claimed by a
hands out of employment.
New York company, and there are
Gen. Gordon says he will accept I <7 to 20 families living upon it, some
Major Bacon’s challenge to meet j claiming under alleged titles of long
him on the stump.
Gwinnett county wantsjudge N.
standing.
The Press Association will meet
L. Hutchins for Governor. If | next year in Valdosta, and anexcur-
enough county candidates can be j will be made to Cuba by the body,
brought out Bacon may be defeated. \ The association has now a well-till-
A cyclone passed through Illi- I ed exchequer and free transporta-
nois, Indiana and Ohio, doing great 1 tionYwill he provided by common
injury to property and several per- 1 fund.
The evidence in the trial of Rev
of the people from all parts of the stati 1,
but in order that tbe people may spon -
tane with more spontanity than they a t
present spontane, he will stump the stati r
and whoop up the spontaneousness;
wherewithal they spontane.
GREENECOUNTY.
[Home Journal aud Herald ]
Mr. E. T. McJunken and Miss Jessie-.
Dolvin are married.
The young ladies of this place are try -
ing to organize a chopping cotton club t
Thirteen have already joined and on e:jMr. Editor, it is a great piece of iinpu
Enthmslastlc for Bacon.
Editor Banaer-Watchman: Hurrah
for Bacon! Your editorial on the candi
dacy of Gor don for Governor was one of
the best that you ever have written, and
that is saying a great deal, for you have
never written a poor one. 1
have heard a great many-old soldiers ex
press themselves in regard to Gordon,
and they areall ofthe opinion that he
has already keen suitably rewarded for
his gallantry as a soldier, and liiat it is
time to reward others. It is .a very
strange thing to aCi of us why (fairdon
could not support his family on a ifivc
thousand dollar salary as United fftaaes
senator, and is so willing to try it on three
thousand as Governor of GeorgiA The
truth of the whole matter is, that tlie
Atlanta ring was about to he “busted,”
and after making every effort to defeat
Bacon (who will not he dictated to by
them) they were forced to import Gor
don from Florida, who had already re
signed the office which was the highest
giftofthepeople,and hoped Ly hitching
him on to Jeff Davis to stir ap rite old
soldier feeling and thereby seeur# Ixis
nomination for Governor. But iiu «ur
-section at least, it tea failure. S11 fact.
FLORA MTL1MSEY1SH.
The ; oung woman in an entire
suit of scarlet may he well red but
not necessarily very intellectual.
A new wrinkle is the little satchel
worn with a strap so as to come di
rectly under the elbow of the left
arm
Big hats, wasp-like waists and
Jumbe bustle make the average wo
man on tlie streets ail absurd cari-
catute.
Illustrations of the “nudity craze"
are to coutinue through the sum
mer in light, thin dresses for even
ing wear.
They do not call them veils any
more, but “complexion protectors”
A bit of gauze coveres a multitude
of blemishes.
A popular wrap is that ot the close
fitting cloak of thin material with a
cape and buttons that suggest
Oeedmor targets.
Small while Derby hats are to be
worn hv the girls of the period in
connection with the more or less
tailor-made walking suits.
Some of the new sunshades in
stripes are an unpleasant reminder
of the material ot which Sing Sing
inmates suits are made.
Hats with cock’s feathers running
up to a point in iront convince drum
majors tint imitation, after all, is the
sincerest flattery.
Never before has the use of cos-
metice been so general as now
Twenty-five years ago an artifioia
complexion branded a woman.
date for governor. “In a speech
delivered while I was in the senate
you will find that my voice was
raised against the oppression of
corporations. In the commercial
convention held in Atlanta I laid
down the proposition that in all
contests betweeu the corporations
and the people 1 was with the peo
ple. The liberties and rights ot the
people cannot be preserved without
a commission must have all the
powers ot oui present commission.
Mr. Bacon says he is for a com
mission, but he has just found it out.
I have had my convictions for fif
teen years and have stood by them.”
He made a proposition to Mr. Ba
con to submit their claims to the
people by means of primary elec
tions. Mr. Bacon had seen fit to
refuse this proposition, “thereby
saying that he prelerred to use the
machinery of caucuses and court
sons were killed.
The quadrennial conference of ] James G. Armstrong has been print-
the Methodist church, south, in ses- ! ed, and the bound copies are now
sion at Richmond, will elect four j awaiting the orders of Bishop Beck
with. The volumes consists of 30S
pages, and is bound in paper.
Twelve hundred copies were print
ed.
Macon, Ga., May 10.—A. F.
Warnke, of I. B. English & Co.,
warehousemen, in answer to a ques
tion, said to-day: “From what I
can hear tlie crop reports are very
discouraging, especially cotton,
which has failed to come up, render
ing a second planting necessary.
Farmers tell us that more acreage i*
being planted in cotton than ever.”
Some time ago Mr. J. \V. Weav
er. ot Chattahoochee county had a
difficulty with a negro in the neigh
borhood. The negto was arrested
and sent to the chain gang for as
sault and battery. The negioes of
the vicinity became indignant, and
with one accord agree.! r.ot to work
for Mr. V. eaver. A gentleman from
the country tells us that Mj. Weav
er is unable to get hands to work
iiis crop, and that tlie neighbors
have been helping him out by giv
ing him a day’s work as occasion
new bishops on Tuesday next
There have been terrible electric I
disturbances in the West. Bridges j
were demolished, houses . razed, ;
streams swollen, growing grain de
stroyed and some lossof life.
The brick masons at Providence,
R. I., have returned to ten hours, as
the labor excitement had stopped
the investment ot a million dollars
in new buildings.
Reports of damage from the se
vere storm of Wednesday, contin
ues to come in. It seems to have
covered the western and middle
states very generally.
The powers are now informing
King George, at Athens, that the
ever thought of becoming a candi- little Greece spot on the map of Eu
rope must not make itself too con
spicuous, or it will lie wiped out.
Robert Gates, an Aiken hoy who
attends school in Augusta, was ac
cidentally struck by a train in the
South Carolina railroad yard and
received injuries lrom which he
died.
Mr. Davis will not attend the ex
ercises at Mobile for the benefit of permits.
the Bernines monumental fund, as j
expected. He is suffering with fe-
James Smith, of Rome, has quite
a collection of Indian relics obtained
ver, and his physicians advise him . at Freeman’s,on the Rome railroad,
to remain quiet for awhile. j One of the most important is an I11-
Biiunswick,Ga., May 13.—The ; dian pipe, which looks as new as if
jury, in the case of tlie state versus | just laid away, and a faint oiler of
Willie Miller, a hoy about 17 years i tobacco still remains. There is also
old, charged with murder, return- j a piece of watcli that was found
ed a verdict of guilty, recommend- buried near an Indian skull. It is
ing imprisonment for life. I probable that an an Indian robbed
The Baptist Convention preserv- 1 some white man of the watch,which
ed a conservative position on the | he broke up and made tinklets out
liquor question. While upholding j of. Of the other things there was
the temperance work, the Mont- | any number of spear and arrow
house rings to submitting his claims | gomery convention did not commit ‘ heads, a battle ax, Indian vessel I
married lady.
A little boy near this city came nea
fence in Gordon to ask the people of
r Georgia for anything, after his re gna
hanging himselflast Monday, while play - Now, I defy any man to prove
ing “hang.” He wa&fortunately discov .'Nmhen his opponent Majer A. O. flacoti
- A Generous Proposition.
We are credibly informed that the
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Gs., propose
to cure any of tbe following complaints
for one-third ’
wing col
1 money *nq in poe-h
1 by anyjlafowjt «?«f
~ ' ' Bkln
to them for n book filled with tho amet
wonderi ni cases on record, majjed fr«e
to any address;
ered in rime to he cut down before life*
was extinct.
We regret to record the partial paraly
sis of Mr. Green U. Thompson at his:
home last week, whereby one side gencr -
ally was affected and his power of speec. h
sadly impaired-
JACKSON COUNTY.
[herald.]
The exhibition of Randolph high school
will come off on the 21st inst
There will be a picnic at Fittman’s mill,
in Madison county, on the fifth Saturday
in this month.
A sleight of band show invaded the
town last week, hut did not sell a single
ticket. It met with the same success aft
Center.
During the rendition of “Ten Nights
in a Bar Room,” on Friday night, in Har
mony Grove, one of the audience, Mr. R-
S. Cheney, was struck with a bottle, bwt
not seriously injured. ‘-.I
We havo men still hunting Bud West,
who burglarized the store of Sell & Lett
several weeks ago. While we are in fa
vor of hunting for those who steal, ire
are not in faTor of sending men after
them who are drunk, and doing as Wd or
worse than the burglar. Friday wight
they went to Bill Boanltnd’s liowse and
bursted the door down. They then went
ta the widow Nelson's, and after shoot
ing et her dog in her yard, went in the
hsoase and cursed in the'presenee of wo
men end children. Then tkoy proceed
ed on to old men West's, and!fixed sever
al shots into his house,.bactly missing
two of his girls.
ELBERT COICKEY.
ILeUer.J;
Mr. T. J. Warren, jr, is dead.
■ la Klberton the aentiiaeBt deems ta be
strong for Becoal \
^v.J.W. Rob*rt*,of tai**fo % i, w
third consul to J efleraon Davis? u T • 1
'Sixteen thousand dollars were distrib
uted among the heirs of tbe Richard
iartoa estatlja Rlbtrtou on last Friday.
John P. jShaaana, Be*, left oa fast
leaday morning for Washiagtoo City,
ts tho position of clerk ot
the co:
poet office
over failed to prove txue to every truvt:
a statesman, soldier end gentleman. Ma
jor Bacon is Gordon’s equal, lie.lid* he
citizen of Georgia and free from mil
political rings and cliques—fur these
reasons we shall ever pray for his iiouii
THE TIN PEDDLER’S DREAM.
New York Sun.
It was only 12 or 14 yeais ago that
a queer thing happened near Medina
O. A tin peddler who was driving
a wagon for a firm in Cleveland,
was taken sick one day in summer,
as he was driving on the highway,
and he sought shelter in a farm
house. He had a run of fever for
seven or eight days, and when abie
to get out again he said to the own
er of the farm:
“1 am satisfied there is a sum of
money buried on your farm. I have
seen the spot several times in my
dreams.”
“Gu,” replied the farmer, “if you
can nnu' any treasure here you are
welcome to it.”
“IIow much will you take to
waive all claims?” persisted theped-
dler.
“Five dollars worth of milk pans.”
“If you will go to tlie city and get
a lawyer to draw up the papers in
due form I will give you $25 in
cash.”
Tne larmer tried to laugh the
peddler out of his notion, but the
man was so earnest in wishing to
buy all rights to what he might find
that a paper was drawned up, the
#25 paid over and the peddler told
to go ahead. He replied that he
was in no hurry, and mounted his
wagon and drove home,but in about
a foitnight he returned with a hotse
and wagon and a companion. Giv
ing notice that he had come to claim
to the people.” He then alluded
to the action of Clarke county,
where forty-one men got together
and appointed half of their number
as delegates. He wanted the peo
ple to vote, and if they defeated
him well and good; but he would
stand by it, even if defeated by
such a man as Bacon. Mr. Bacon
will rue his reply to my proposition
before the campaign is over.”
In regard to the lease ofthe State
road he ridiculed the idea that he
and Joe Brown would steal it. He
had had an opportunity of enrich
ing himself in the first lease of the
road but he had refused to embrace
it.
In reference to the charge jhat
he had sought to use the visit of ex-
President Davis to advance his per
sonal interest as a candidate, he de-
niod the charge and said that he had
sought to disarm criticism by leav
ing the party at Atlanta.
He closed with an appeal to the
people to return to the fundament
al principles of the governmant and
break up the rings and cliques.
itself upon prohibition. j heating maize, and many curiously
Madkiu, May 13.—A terrible 1 carved pieces of stone,
hurricane has just swept across the 1 Americus Republican : “Some
midst oi Spain. In this cily 7°i night since. Will Bryant, of Lee
persons are known to have been
stantly killed and 200 others have
been seriously injured.
The reports from all parts of the
state indicate serious damage to the
oat and wheat crops Tlie long
drouth now prevalent has proven
disastrous. Fruit, however, while
not as heavy as last year, promises
to he plentiful.
Jefierson Davis has been confin
ed to his room since his return to
Beauvoir, suffering from prostra
tion induced by the late exciting
scenes through which he has
passed
county, heard a commotion among
his dogs, and seizing a pistol he hur
ried to tiie scene. On his arrival he
found the dogs badly whipped, but
his appearance gave them fresh
courage aud they went for a strange
annual that was apparently a little
larger than either oi the dogs. They
were quickly whipped hack atul
Will ti red at it;thething then rushed
on him, and he tried to shoot again,
hut the pistol tailed, and in an in
stant his hand was terribly lacerated
by the beast. The dogs ran in again
and the beast ran them oil’, and as it
leaped the fence was followed by
Augusta, Ga., May 12.—In open another shut from the pistol of Mr.
THE CLERK ANDTHE HEIRESS.
He Coadn’t Marry Her Very .Well Beeauee
He Was a Girl.
A singular story comes from the
province of Limburg, on the Dutch
frontier. The owner of a large man
ufactory, who had married young
and was left a widower,had an only
daughter, to whom all the most de
sirable young men in the neighbor
hood were paying attention. Her
father noticed that she treated them
all with indiference and showed
preference for a young clerk of his,
an orphan, with no means but his
salary. As he had always given
satisfaction in the performance o*
his duties, and was exceedingly well
conducted, the father, pursuaded he
would never raise his eyes to his
daughter, who evidently was sincer
ly attached to him, made up his
mind to broach the matter to him.
What was his surprise when the
young clerk, alter much hesitation,
told him he would only be too happy
to regard the young lady as a sister
but he could not marry her because
he was not a man but a young wo
man in disguise—a disguise she had
adopted when left an orphan in or
der to get a more lucrative situation.
The conclusion is that, instead of
marrying the daughter, she is the
wife of the farther.—Chicago
Herald.
court to-daythe solemn death sen
tence was pronounced on l’reston
Valentine for the murder of Watch
man Vails. The execution, contra
ry to expection, will he in private.
He will hang on July 2J, in the
county jail yard.
Augusta, May 12.—The annual
meeting of the Augusta & Chatta
nooga road was held here to-day.
She is still on the boom. The can
vassing committees handed in flat
tering reports, and arrangements
are making to have the friends of
the road from twenty counties to
meet here on May 27.
Bartow county has made arrange
ments to send a solid gubernatorial
delegation for Dr. Felton. The
Doctor himself is aware of it, and
he is proud ol it, whether he re
ceives the nomination or not. Cher
okee, Floyd and Cobb counties are
also solid for Dr. Felton.
Eastman, May 11.—The first po
litical convention in Dodge will be
B. Previous to visiting his place,
it had whipped out all the dogs for
a neighber a short distance oil.”
GENERAL NEWS.
reasons we shall over pray lor ms noun- , , • „
ination. Our people w ould like to honor j ^ yard) and be
Hon. H. H. Carlton with our votes for - -
congress from this district, believing that
no man is better qualified than In
Prohibition is on a boom and it is
thought that it will be carried by a hand
some majority.
Bad stands of cotton and [herd times
is all the cry. Yours as ever,
OrcJTK.
Martin Irons,the ex-Knight of La
bor, is going to lecture.
In one year there has hen a de
crease of 56S saloons in Texas.
A Bangor man dropped dead
while beating his wife.
l’rof. Eaton, of Yale, thinks it was
a quince that Eve ate instead ol an
apple.
Statistics show that out of S47
duels in France since 1S70, hut one
has resulted in death and S in
serious injuries.
The tower of London has been
reopened to visitors after having
been closed,lor more than a year on
account of the dynamite plot.
Mr. John W. Gill, of Pekin III.,
proposes to present to the State the
cork leg which Santa Anna left 39
PLANTING CORN.
THE FIRST DISCOURSE.
Gordon Can't Stand the Music. <
Ukssburo, Ga., May 14.—Mr. Bacon
and General Gordon had a joint dison.-s-
on here to-day. Gen. Gordon opened
in athree-querter-of-an-hour speech, ro-
puatiag his Americus speech. Mr. Ba—
com followed in an hour-aird-a-qnarter
SJ teech. General Gordon had quarter of
an. hour to close. When he had u««d‘
tbiat he asked for more time, which was
giranted on condition that Mr. Bacon be
allowed time to reply to what Mr. Gor
don might say in his extra time, to which
Ur. Gotdea agreed. When the General
concluded he and his friends left the
ceeetiag. This action of General Gor-
d'.on’s has undoubtedly made friends for
Ifr. Bacon, whose adherents confidently
expect to carry the county to-morrow.
fore the hole was three feet deep
unearthed a small stone jug, tightly
corked. It was broken on the grass
plat and there among the fragments
was$j.ooo in gold and silver coins.
None of the pieces had been coined
within less than 15 years, and the
ihen owner of the place had occu
pied it ior nine years, and knew no
one. had buried the jug there mean
while. f
The- peddler said that a very tall,
dark complexioued man, hav
ing a scar on his forehead and a
limp hr. his gait, had repeatedly
come t,o his dreams and pointed out
the spot. The description exactly
answered that of a hard case who
had been in the county jail for horse
stealing and who had subsequently
died in the jail at Cqlumbu*. How
ever; the pedler had been so carefu
to purchase all rights in advance
arid had walked, to direct!" *- ‘ u -
treasure,that the offi;ers of
made up their minds to investigate
him. His .find w,a* seized and his
recordTdolct’dTfp,"hut "when nothing
could be shown against him he got
possession of his treasure and use J
it to buy an interest in the house he
worked for*,yj ;
day for the WAumro (match.
The eralking match which is to occur
at the fair grounds, J aiy 4 th, will be very
interesting. It is proposed that the match
last two hours from three to five in tlie
afternoon. Cox, of Oconee, erill be in
the raoe and will have a great many back
ers. *. . on" *'
ICtTUTO READY FOE TXSCSASQE.
; T We engines were bnnaght iaen the
Georgia read yesterday to be in .readiness
for th* thange of gauge on the load—the
[Little Kell which palled the acoommoda-
tfihrVaih.ffom BgbnrfMeMtalif to Mtan
ta'and No. 48. The engines •were uuload
ed ao«yj$qd«fiet*iid>irfllto*k* the■ first
( trip after J[he gauge its chantgad.
Why sacrifice Him?
, Mi^opTelegraph.
“Howe my home and my family
and am forced to neglect one and
do injustice to the other so long as I
remain im public life.”—Gen. Gor
don’s interview with C. H. W in
Atlanta'Cinstitution May 26th lbbo.
■This was .what General Gordon
said a few d*vs after he had resign-
edTfil comriilsklOn-ai’Udittd State*
iSenatdr. If-e* .wasttrue then that
“public life” to him involved the
sacrifice named, why is it that with
all ol his experience as a public man
leading up to such conclusion, be
should again seek to thrust himself
on a people whose highest honors
he'laid down in obedience to a duty
he owed his home and family?
Whatthe Editor of the Walton News Saw
In South Georgia.
Ingoing towarJ the lower part of
the State we observed that some of
the farmer were trying a new way
of planting corn. In seveial fields
he corn was planted in rows about
wenty-t wo inches apart with a mid-
dleoften feet and upward according
to the land. One farmer tried it as an
experiment because he liked thethe-
oiy. An old Alabama planter had
told him that it was the way to plan
corn, that you could take a sweep
and with one furrow dirt both rows
to perfection. Then the two rows
very soon shade all the ground be
tween and cause it to retain the
moisture much longer than by the
old way. With a smoothing harrow
the middles can be thoroughly culti
vated. The idea is a sensible one,
ann we trust some of our enterpris
ing farmeis will give it a trial.
About tbe Knights of Labor.
Having an Athens negro named
Ike for n.y driver on a ride of thirty
miles one day last week, I was sur
prised to learn that he was a knight
and asKed him why he had not join
ed, “WeU, Boss, de Siety takes
Democrats as well as Republicans,
an’ I want to know how dey will do,
when we come to elect the next pres
dent. Dey all is spected to work to
gether now and if dey gwine to split
up when de lection comes and every
man go wid bit own party, I jest as
well keep out of it now. 1 spects to
vote the Republican ticket myself,
and I don’t believe in mixind up
parties no how. Den another thing
boss, I get five dollars a week for
driving dis team and if I strike, de
knights will soon get tired payin’
me ray wages. No sir, I druther boss
my own business.”—Washington
Chronicle.
held on Saturday next at the court- , years aj , Q on lhe battle lield of Cerw
house, for the purpose of selecting Gordo
gubernatorial and congressional del- ' g TC ’
egates The county will go for Rubv
Bacon for Governor and McArthur |
for congress.
Knoxville, Tenn.. boasts of a wo
man with a beard fourteen inches
long, and they say it is a grand sight
to see the hiraute appendage wild
ly flopping about in tne soft Sonth-
ern breezes when she is communing
with her husband regarding some
of his little failings.
Gainesville, Ga., May 12.—EJ
Atkinson, colored, stole the fine
mare of Jno. A. Smith, in this city,
last night. He was followed by
Marshal Hanie and Jno. II. Martin
and overtaken with the mare, but
refuseJ to surrendei, when they
fired upon him, seriously wounding
him. This brought him down and
he now rests in jail to answer said
charge.
Columbus, Ga., Mav 12—Y'es-
terday afternoon at Woodbury, in
Meriwether county, lames Cart
wright shot and killed Bud Johnson.
They were sitting on a fence talk
ing when, without warning, Cart
wright says that he was toid by
God to kill Johnson. He has been
under a religious craze for several
days, and public opinion is divided
as to his insanity. He is now in
jail at Greenville.
Augusta, Ga., May 13.—Mr.
Eley, a butcher, who was afflicted
with cancer of the face, suicided
this afternoon about 3 o’clock. lie
had left his home at 1 o’clock, tell
ing his son he was going
for a walk. He walked to the riv
er, and tieing one end of a rope
around his boJy and the other end
to a tree, and then taking his cane
and sticking it into the bank and
hanging his hat upon it, he jumped
into the river, and drowned him
self. He was discovered bv Sar-
geant Kelly at a quarter past 3
o’clock.
Hamilton, O., May 10.—Satur
day evening Geo. II. Weiglc a
young mechanic, and Annie Blrke-
ly, to whom he was engageu to he
married, took a boat aud went out
for a row on the reservoir yester
day. Thep were lound floating
around the lake in the boat and
both dead, Miss Blakely having
been shot through the head and
through the breast, and Weigel
shot through the head. It was ev
ident that he had done the shoot
ing. Unrequited love is supposed
to have bean the cause of the deed
Stohv oi a North Carolina
Mr. Daniel Sedfurd found
a ruby in Clay county and sold it for
815, It next sold for $3000 and then
tor $6,000 and a lapidary was the
next purchaser. After working on
it awhile he sold the same fur $10,-
000.
Hathaway a snake charmer at
Cole’s circus, was bitten by a large
anaconda during the performance
at St. Eouis last week, and is said to
he fatally hurt. The reptile one of
the hugest of its kind, was coiled
around its performer’s body at the
time, and the attack was witnessed
by the audience. The fangs pene
trated the unloTlunite man's head
near the temple. A number of
pronvnent physicians in attendance
on the medical convention examined
the case.
A resident of Minesota, who has
seen several severe tornadoes,
says that their most peculiar feature
is the singular sucking movement.
Buildings are sucked up into the
clouds entire, and come down soon
in Iragmcnts. After the gre.it Roch
ester tornado a farmer twelve miles
from the town found an uninjured
marble top table on h s field.
Another found a very large sheep
that had come down from no one
knew where,and had been deposited
in his yard unhurt. The Minnesota
man further said that he had seen a
hoard into which wheat straws hail
been driven until they stuck through
on the other side. Also he saw a
plank driven through a big tree and
a piece of pine moulding driven
through a small butternut tree.
A COOKING CLUB.
Tlie ladies around Dowdy, Madison
county, have formed a cooking club, that
meets at alternate houses once a month,
and have a contest as to which can pre
pare the nicest dishes. The editor of this
paper has been extended an invitation U
visit the club, and he will certainly do
so, and he a candidate for .1 udge.
OLD MONEY.
Mr. Carson has a seventy dollar 1^11 of
continental money that was issued to his
grandfather for services as a soldier in
the revolutionary war.
FIFTY YEARS AGO AND NOW.
Fifty years ago it required a whole
week to make the trip from Toccoa to El-
berton’and hack. Now we can go and
return in as many hours. Then there
were only seven houses ' on tho route.
Now there are seven towns and one hun
dred and fifty settlements.—Elbcrton
Mirror.
THE AUGUSTA AND CHATTAN0R0A RAIL
ROAD.
Elsewhere we publish a notice sent
out by the projectors of the above enter
prise. All parties interested should h
on hand at the Augusta meeting. A then .
is deeply concerned in this road if it is to ■
he built. It will never do for this rail
road to go by our right or ten miles cast
of us. It occurs to us that the railroad
could not afford to leave such an impor
tant shipping point oil'of its way, where
by deflecting a little it would have tlie
city of'Athens on its line. There, how-
lever, seems to be little disposition on the
P^rt of the A. & C. people to investigate
the claims of our city pn her future ben
efit to tlie road.