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A MOTHER'S PKAEFUIj t’RIMP-' ?
Mrs. J. D. Ashton, the wife of Col. J
]). Ashton, being Tery anxious to go to
Mi.hvny to catch the Central tra n, asked
to l*e allowed to take the lumber train of
Thompson «fc Co. She was told ft
w as very uncomfortable riding, but to
ake herself as comfortable as possible
»ml she was welcome to ride. They
:u \ er carry passengers.
I he car on which Mrs. Ashton rode
loaded with very heavy timbers—-
io.i long for one car and consequently
ran across two. After going a shortdis-
7, t the cars became uncoupled, and a
, v y piece of timber struck her upon
thr bead, from the effects of which she
e only received the sad news at a
late hour, too lato to get full par*
irs. The sympathy of all their
U go out to Col. Ashton in this
- d atllictijn.—Augusta Chron icle
BEE CULT CRB.
Apiarist Telia Ua All About the “L.Ula
Busy Bee."
other night we were coming up
on a street car, and Policeman
i.» r Moon was the only other pas*
:er aboard. As Mr. Moon is author-
on bees, we drew him out on the
<vt and gained the following infor-
\ .
•1 have one hive of genuine Italian
«•*. he remarked, "and fifteen hives
:i ero«s botwoen the Italian and the
brown bee. You cannot tell the
,* from the thsroughhre l«, except
•they have twoyeilow stripes across
!• ». k iiiMead of three. This cross is
l*o>t combination honey and
iil< bee that we have, a* tney com-
e the best quilities of the two breeds.
Iuli.tn bee is brisker and more in
ti nms than the old stye ones, and
ring a longer bill can suck the clove
.•ms, which the others cannot do.
• way you get into the stock is to
V an Italian qiict n, and then find and
i the native queen and place the for*
ner in her place. In sixty days’ time
u will have a full swarm of Italian
•*, and every brown one will be dead,
u see thut the life of a bee is just
itvdavs, and they are breeding and
dvi
: olf all the time. It takes a bee s
c*gs jiiNt -1 days to hatch, the same as a
hen’e * gg. Then to ^et half breeds, 1
b ive bought me a drone trap, that 1 set
in • rout of the hive. The drones come
out between 12 ami - o’clock in the day,
and I have caught as many as half a pint
of them in a -ingle evening. There are
swarm- with a half gallon of drones in
them. You see the drones impregnate
the queen s eggs, and she lays on an av
erage of > *> a day. When you destroy
the native drones the Italians enter the
hivt and thus v.odnce a mongrel breed
of bees. 1 bee raising pay ? Yes, bet
tor than anything else for the money iu-
\cst* ;! and the trouble. I this season
- .1-1 $25 worth of honey from a single
hive. A bee will neverswarni until the
luxe gets overcrowded. 1 have large
hives that have not swarmed for years.
All they want is elbow rqoin. I've had
t • feed my bees the past two months, at
I.M-i the young swarms, allhough the
earth was covered with flowers. You
see there has been a great deal of rain,
and a bee cannot collect honey while
vegetation is moist. I feed them on a
good grade of sugar, boi’ed in water, so
as to form a syrup, that 1 place in old » ;, i
cans or other small veesels, at nigh* Ik
front of their hives, with little pieces o
light wood that will float placed on it lor
the bees to stand on. A single swarm
will carry away a dollar's worth of su
g ir in a single night if you will give it to
them.”
A.THENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JTJJLTY 20, 1886.
VOL XXXI
INDIGNANT OCONEE.
TJm Ordinary bquiM W Rasim—Eli
Oondaet Smouecd by a Public Metis*
*f ttSClUsams.
THE GEORGIA MIDLAND RAILROAD.
t’oi.rmiu’s, Ga., duly 10.—The con
tract for twenty thousand cross-ties for
the Georgia Midland and Gulf railroad
ha- just been awarded. This completes
t! e order for cross-ties. Several cars
and mi.terial to be used in the construc
tion of the road are now en route. Twen
ty miles of the grading is almost com
plete. and track laying is to begin in
August.
(Il k RAILROAD PROSPECTS.
Watkinsvillk, Ga., July 10th, 188G.
A mass meeting, composed of representa
tive citizens of Oconee county, was held
in the court house this evening at 4
o’clock, p. m. Rev. J. V. M. Morris was
called to the chair, and J. P. McRce re
quested to act as secretary. The obje ;t o
me meeting \jas stated, and the follow-
ing preamble and resolutions were in
troduced, and unanimously adopted.
W herons, an election was held on the
^Oth day of May, last, under the general
Local Option Act, approved Sept. IHth
188;>, to determine whether or not spirit
uous liquors should be sold within the
limits of Oconee county; and whereas,
said election resulted in favor of prohibi
tion by a majority forty-two (42) votes;
and whereas,B. K. Thrasher, Ordinary of
Raid county, contrary to the spirit and in
tent of law, and ignoring the will of the
people, refused and still does refuse, to
declare the resultof said election; there*
ore
Resolved, by the people of said coun-
y of Oconee, that it is the intention of the
General Local Option Act, under* which
said election was held, that the declara
tion of the result should follow immedi
ately after the consolidation of the re
turns, and that the said B. E. Thrasher,
Ordinary as aforesaid, has no discretion
in the matter, and has transcended his
authority in withholding said declara
tion, and has failed to discharge his duty
as required by law, and that it his im
perative duty to declare said result with
out further delay, and he is expressly
requested so to do.
Resolved, further, That the conduct
of the said B. E. Thrasher, Ordinary, in
arbitrarily withholding said result, is in
the highest degree reprehensible and in
excusable and deserves the condemnation
of every right thinking man.
Resolved, further, That the said B. E.
Thrasher, Ordinary, is requested to re
sign his office, that the duties of said of
fice may he discharged by some man
who will he law abiding, and carry out
the true intent of the law, and have a
proper regard for the voice of the peo
ple. .
Resolved further. That the conduct of
said B. E. Thrasher, Ordinary, is so
strange and unaccountable, that it is the
impression that some undue influences
have been brought to bear pecuniarily or
otherwise.
On motion, the foregoing preamable
a id resolutions were ordered to be for
warded to the Athens Banner-Watclunan
and the Athens Chronicle, with the re
quest that they publish their.
•T. V. M. Morris, Chairman.
L i*. M l: x. Secretary. •
PROHIBITION In OCONEE.
THE MACON AN1) ATHENS BOA*.
Madison All Aglow Over the Railroad Move
ment.
1 he railroad problem is at last settled
satisfactorily to our beautiful ai d grow
mg eitv. The papers have all been sign
* 1, and it is now a settled fact that the ! some other point, the Col. was asked if
Interview With Col. Machen In Montlctllo.
Jasper County News.
Col. Machen, the original projector o
the C. and M. R. R., with Col. Fr bel
chief engineer, and the engineering
corps, arrived in our town, Tuesday
evening, to the real joy of our citizens.
The survey of the line from this place to
Athens, via Shady Dale and Madison
was commenced yesterday morning and
will make quick time on to Athens. Col
Machen was serenaded at the Meriweth
er house with sweet music, both vocal
and instrumeutal, much to the delight of
the Col. Indeed, we concluded that he
felt captured, and was really glad of it.
Col. Machen was asked how his road
was getting on, and when the trains
would reach Monticello? He replied
that "the road is being built with expedi
tion. We have had some unavoidable de
lays, but the legal difficultie
seemed to be happily ended, and that h®
knew nothing now to prevent the rails
being laid to Monticello by or before
the first of Sept.”
From rumors and reports about a
change of the route from Covington to
Sapon thatJodf* B. S. Tfcraabtr Bad Do-
clartd tne Remit ol the Lato Election for
Whisky.
A report waa in circulation yesterday
that B. E. Thrasher, Ordinary of Oco
nee county, whom a meeting of the citi
zens of Oconee had so bitterly denounc
ed for refusing to declare the result of
their prohibition election, had; in his in
dignation over the meeting, issued his
proclamation that the county had given
majority of seven for .liquor. The Ban
ner-Watchman is the official organ of
Oeeoer, and as no such proclamation
had b? 3fi sent us, we have no confidence
an thr : .‘port, for to become legal it
would ms, nave to be published for 28
days in the official gazette cf the county.
Besides, if Judge Thrasher is really in
sympathy with the liquor men, and
wants to stave ofT prohibition, he would
he very foolish to declare the result for
liquor, as it would at onee take the mat
ter from his control and place it in the
hands of Judge Hutchins, who would
appoint a hoard to make a new count,
and the court then declare the result.
To assist the liquor men, the ordinary of
Oconee must hold his proclamation
back, and hc can thus be able to'stave ofT
he operation of the law possibly five or
six months, or even longer. We have no
confidence in the report that the result
had been declared for liquor.
THE REVIVAL.
dream of our business men will be real-
i/«• *l most glowingly. The grading work
has begun, and it will not be long before
tli- force will turn dirt in the heart of
the city. We are not authorized to give
the details, more than to stat* that the
old road-bed between Madison andGrif-
fin will be used, and all the requirements
of the people in power have been gener
ously met by Madison.
The road will run from Macon through
Madison to Athens, where it will con
nect with the Richmond A Danville, and
the same bed will run straight through
to 4'olnmbus, thus giving to Madison
through lines to the West and coast.
Madison will have two new roads, and
tin* future is enzouraging in the extreme.
1 lu re is already a perceptible activity in.
r til estate, and there is no property for
'»le except at greatly increased prices.
There is no city in Georgia more luck
ily situated than Madison. We are 08
miles* from AtlantA 103 miles from Au-
guxta and about 00 miles from Macon, a
►:«f»- distance from all the large cities.
Added to this, we are surrounded by the
must fertile country in the state—the
'. ry heart of the great cotton belt, and in
a f»" years there will be found here one
of the liveliest marts in Georgia.
It is natural that these circumstances
OH our citizens with well-founded hope
and enthusiasm. Everybody is full of
deep-felt hope, ana the future is radiant
indeed. rJadisan will yet be the live-
lie-t town in Georgia, and deserves it all.
—M adisonian.
the road was not going to Covington. He
replied, "W e are aiming now to push for
w ard as rapidly as possible to a connec
tion with the R. and D. road at Athens.’’
He was then asked if Covington had
not raised a handsome subscription to
carry this road via that place? and he on
ly replied that “he had not seen it.”
He was then asked if he was going by
Madison or Social Circle? and he said,
“the city of Athens, besides a liberal
subscription, has agreed to get us the
right of way, and the route will be de
termined after deeds of right of way have
been secured. We will go by either
Social Circle or Madison, and the people
along the route can determine that for
themselves. Wc will survey both routes,
but we prefer having the right of way
Settled beforehand.” *
And this is the shape in which the
Colonel pots this enterprise, and all may
see from the foregoing what the Col. is
expecting to be done. Colonel Machen
is a railroad man, full of enterprise, and
means honest business in an honest,
open way. His purpose is neither to de
ceive or be deceived, and if we pursue
the same line of conduct towards him
the people through the heart of our
grand old State will hail him as a bene-,
factor.
*IV. i; Mdtin; on .Sunday Night.
On Sunday nisrht last the largest con
course of people ever assembled in the
city of Athens, at one place, for worship,
was under the compress shed. Every
part of the city was represented, while
wagons and vehicles of every kind
brought people from miles around, and
all available space under and near the
vast shed was occupied by this im
mense mass of humanity. A heavy rain
had fallen in the afternoon, which tend
ed to moderate the sultry August atmos
phere, and at night the cooling breezes
reminded one of the first approach of
spring, and rendered it extremely pleas
ant to sit and listen to the sweet songs.
Rev. Simon Peter Richardson preached
a very impressive sermon, tak
ing as his subject the Idealising of Na
than, by obeying the commands o! Eli
sha and bathing seven times in the Jor
dan. He described this scene very viv
idly and applied it to seekers after reli
gion, and urged upon them perseverance
lest they fall by the wayside. He made
several home-thrusts during his talk,
which he illustrated in a manner which
could he easily understood. He wa~
very severe on dances, and warned
Christians and those seeking it to be
ware of ball rooms, and cited th e hop to
take place in Athens on Tuesday night
as not a fit place for Christians to be,
and remarked that “a great University,
the pride of a state, having a hop and
a sermon was all mere bosh;’’ and ap
pealed to the stud nts^ to- not counte
nance it, and that if they had made any
engagements to break them olf at once.
He said that some people were opposed
t.» protracted meetings, and made a test
by asking all who were converted at re
vival meetings to held up their hands,
and about four hundred hands were in
stantly raised, and when the contra pro
position was put only four were raised.
In his enthusiasm to get sinners to go to
the altar he remarked, “This is the only
sure way to get saved, anil all of you
know it is your duty to come, and
would were you not afraid you would
be laughed at. I tell you, there are
people in tl is town who are too proud
to come up here and ask to he saved, but
would, if they could get the key of
heaven, slip stealthily in, and in the dead
hour of midnight, like a thief actually
steal religion from the shining courts
above.” During the entire discourse the
audience listened with wrapt attention,
and not a sound was heard save the
chatter of the beetle and the ceaseless
roar of the Oconee dam; and when the
speaker had finished all seemed loth that
he should stop. Large numbers went
to the altar for prayer. The ministers
are laboring untiringly, and great good
is being done.
MADE ONE. j
The residence of Capt. Henry Benue,
was the scene on last evening, of one o
those hippy events in which one of our
young business men and charming young
ladies were the central figures. The oc
casion being the marriage of Mr. W. F*
Dorsey to Miss Cassie Beusse, at 8%
o’clock in the presence of a number of in
vited friends, the impressive ceremony
was performed by Rev. C. W.- Lane, and
the happy pair started oa their journev
in life together. The bride is well
known in Athens as a most exemplary
young lady, and one well calculated to
augment the happiness of him who was
so fortunate as to win her affections.
1 he groom is one of our most energetic
young business men anp we congratulate
him on this in our opinion, the best ven
ture he has eter made. After the cere
mony a handsome collation was served
and the evening passed merrily away.
The fair bride was the recipient of a
number of handsome presents, and the
happy cbuple start life under the most
favorable auspices, and with the kindest
wishes of a host of friends, among which
hbe Banner-Watchman does not wish to
e c n: 1 ).*j 1 the
RESOLUTIONS
A MUTINOUS CAMP.
ThAConvlcts at Cola City Refuse to Work.
The principal keeper of tho peniten
tiary was notified yesterday that the
convicts at the Dade coal mine had mu
tined. Gov. McUautel was notified and
immediately despatched the principal
keeper to the mutinous camp: After ar
riving there he sent the following dis-
paioh:
Cole City, Ga., July 1,1.—To Gov
ernor H. D. McDaniel: Convicts still in
rebellion. About one hundred and
GORDON’S FORTUNE.
Adopted by the Carlton Club of Morgan.
Madison, Ga., July 12th. 18&D.—The
Central Carlton Club of Morgan county,
met at their club roon* in Madison at 8
p. m., pursuant to u call of the chairman
for the purpose of selecting delegates
to the congressioual convention of the
8th district, which convenes in Athens,
Ga., July 20th,- 1880. according to the
people’s decision at the primary July
10th.
On motion, the following gentleman
were appointed delegates. Hon. Calvin
George, J. W. Bearden, Dr. A Z. An
drews, l)r. T. P. Gibb’s, W. P. Wallace,
A. M. Lacti, G. X. Wagnor, John L.
Wood, Isaac Walker, and John lvnott.
On motion, the delegates were in
structed to cast the vote of Morgan coun
ty for the Hon. II. II. Carlton, and to use
all legitimate means to secure liis nomi
nation by the convention.
On motion the delegates were authori
zed to appoint their own alternates. On
motion Hon Calvin George was elected
chairman of the delegation.
The following resolutions were unan-
mously adopted.
Whereas the difference in the popula
tion of the several counties composed
of this district with two or three excep
tions is comparatively small and
Whereas the democratic vote of the
seven smaller counties “is largely in ex
cess of the five "larger counties” there
fore, be it
Resolved 1st, That it is the sense of
this meeting, that the propositions con
tained in the resolutions offered by the
Hon. Ira Yanduzer at the re
cent meeting of the democratic executive
convention of the 8th congressional dis
trict, which sought to change the basis
of representation of the several counties
in said district by giving to the seven
smaller counties three votes and to the
five larger counties four votes in the dis
trict convention was just and fair to all
the counties, was strictly consistent
with democratic usage and custom, and
more nearly approximates the correct
basis of representation than any other
measure that could have been devised,
without having direct reference to the
relative strength of the democratic vote
in the several counties, and it is
iti-ijlvei, 21, That it is the sense of
this meeting that in justice to the sever
al counties, the said resolution should
have been adopted by said committee
as originally proposed without amend
ment.
Resolved, 3, That this meeting ap
proves the action of the said democratic
executive committee in changing the ba
sis of representation of the several coun
ties comprising the district in the propor
tion of 3 to 5 4 as fairer and more just
than the basis of representation which
originally prevailed, in the proportion of
two to four. And it is the sense of this
meeting that said executive committee
was vested with full power and* author
ity to make such change, and that it is
one of the duties of said committee to fix
the basis of representation, and that the
action of the committee in this matter is
in conformity with the usages of the
party, and is therefore valid and binding.
1 he following resolutions were unan
imously adopted.
Resolved, That the thanks of the Carl
ton Club of Morgan county arc hereby
tendered to the valuable democratic pa
pers, the Athens Banner-Watchman and
the Greenesboro Home Journal, for the
assistance rendered in^ the^rccent cam
paign in this county.
Resolved, That the Central Carlton
Club of Morgan county sends congratu-
BUNSAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
The folio winging is the programme of
the" Sunday school qonrention of the 8a-
repta association, to be held at Oconee
church, five miles from llaysville, on
the 27th and 28th inst:
TUESDAY, A. M.
10:30—Prayers and singing.
11—Introductory sermon by Rev J F
Chtfney.
11:45—Appointment of committees on
credentials.
TUESDAY P M.
I— Read letters and organize.
2:30—Verbal reports from Sunday
schools.
4—Prayer and songs.
WEDNESDAY A M.
9—Prayers for Sunday schools.
!):30—Should every church hare a
Sunday school ? If so, why ?—0 B I>
win.
9:50—How may churches be aroused
to the importance of Sunday schools?—
W C Howard.
10:1<j—Singing.
10:15—Effect of pastors'for and against
Sunday schools—Rev J F Catlett.
10.40—Ought others? than children be
pupils in Sunday schools—J J Strick
land.
II— Singing.
11:05—Parental responsibility for
child training—Rev W F Stark.
11:42—Do Sunday schools relieve pa
rental responsibility? Rev W T M
Brock.
WEDNESDAY P SI.
1— Singing.
1:10—Objections to Sunday schools
stated and answered—Rev W R J Hard-
i»an.
1:30—Sunday school literature—of
what should it consist*—R S Blackwell.
1.45—History of Sunday schools in
the Sareptaassociation.—SC O’Kelley.
2— Singing.
2:10—Difficulties in the way of oper
ating Sunday schools anil how to over
come them.—Rov A J Kelly.
30—Exhortations to Sunday school
workers—E LSish.
2:50—Singing.
3— Miscellaneous business.*
J. G. Gibson, Pres. con.
SAM JONES EXCITED.
FEARFUL FREAKS.
SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES AND
SCORCHED BY VOLCANOES.
lie Jump* tie Reporter* and Explain. HI.
ftnltlon on th. Tobacco Question.
St. Paul; Minn , July 9—This
was, without exception, ihe greatest
day ever known at Rea Rock. It
is estimated that there were not
less than 10,000 persons inside the
4'uuntls. By 10 o'clock the im
mense pavilion, capable ot seating
5 000 people, was packed to its ut
most capacity, the seats being
crowded and every inch of avail
able space being taken.
The afternoon service was held
at 2:;$->. me pavilion being ctowded
to sutfocatinn. After the opening
sony, Mr. Jones stepped to the front
of ti.c pl.iiorm and said: -I want
the attention of you reporters over
there; 1 want to say to this congre
gate n, and to all America, that 1
• in not le-ponsible lor the headlines
in ihe paper, nor lor the reports ol
my • emmns. I’ve no reflections to
i.st upon these reporters. Tbsy
are
VEItY N ICE YOUNG MEN', •
but they can’t rtpoit my sermons
s 1 deliver them. They, no doubt,
iy .0 do their duty to the best ol
h'ir ability, hut tiieir repoits are
uece>stiily gaibl-.d. They pick out
fl s. ntence he-e and there. I am
not responsib’e for what they write.
Now, these St. Paul and Minne
■ pulls papers report ill: as saying:
‘It’s no nioieharm to chew tobacco
Hew Zealand converted Into a Mass of Mud
and Piers Lava—Earthquake shnee. Fol
low In Quick Soccesslon--Desolatlon and
Despair.
San FnANCisco. July 12th —
Further details of eail.quakes in
New Zealand state that the most
violent disturbances were felt in
the neighborhood of Rotona. The
severity of the shocks led many of
the people to believe that the world
would sink into the sea. The sen
sation experienced is said to have
been fearful beyond description.
Immediately after the first shock
the inhabitants rushed fiantically in
all directions. When the second
shock came the entire country fo
miles around was lit up by the vol
cano, which had suddenly burst
into activity. Ttw scene was as
grand as it was awful. Huge vol
umes of smoke, illuminated with
flames, simultanao-jsly burst forth
from a range of mountains over 60
miles in length, and above the
smoke could be seen huge masses
of fire, resembling meteors rushing
through the sky. The natives who
had escaped death, gathered in
groupes, and, filled with abject ter
ror, held religious services, but
when another shock wouid cause
the earth to tremble they would
fall with their faces to the ground,
quivering with fear. As soon as
the news af the fearful occurrence
was received at Ruckland a gov
ernment agent made immediate
preparations to go to the relief ot
the suffering. Wagons were char
tered and filled with provisions
and clothes. Johnson, the govern
ment agent, on his arrival at Roto
na sent back the tallowing account:
The scene among the mountains as
viewed from the Wairoa road
is terribly grand Flashes of light
ning, peals of thunder and shocks
of earthquakes are incessant, while
dust is falling an heavy showers. In
addition to these conveniences the
roads throughout the entire country
are covered with sevetal leet ofblue
clay mud ejected from the volca
noes. All vegetation is destroyed
and the aspect of the country is en
tirely changed. Blue lake and Lake
Rotakakahi have been transformed
into mud baths. The outlet of the
n Gt oigia Ilian to pick your teeth.”
Now, 1 never said any such thing.
Whal 1 did say was, that ihe peo
ple ol Georgia tegaided chewing
no more si:i than picking their
teeth.
1 am t such a fool as t6 undertake
10 say what God thinks. Now, all
you fellows who think I didn’t ure
God in my stutem. nt. stand up. [A
good many stood up.J You who
think L iliu say se, s|a d up. [There
was quite a show of hands and ihe
reporters got up on the tables.] Ah!
I know you fellows think so (look
ing at the repoiters.) Now, I want
:o say again that I am not respon
sible lor any leports 01 my sermons
that ain’t taken in short-hand. God
bless the editors and reporters, and
enable them to come into His king
dom.”
The Chicago Inter-Ocean’s spe
cial reported Mr. [ones as s'aying
in his sermon the day before.
The good old sisters used to tel!
me if Fd give tip chewin’ tobacco
I’d go right to heaven. Bless your
heart, I’ve had more hard things
said about me since 1 quit chewing
than I ever did before. The use of
tobacco is not a moral question.
Why, it’s no more harm in the sight
of God to ehew tobacco in Georgia
than it is to pick your teeth. The
best man I ever knew chewed to
bacco, and the biggest raseal never
touched it. A man can’t be a gen
tleman and chew tobacco, but he
can be a Christian and chew it. I
know, lor I’ve tried it. They ask
me why l don’t preach against to
bacco. I haven’t got that iow
down yet. There are so many
things I see that are worse. I can’t
lower myself to the plane where I’ll
denounce tobacco. I’heie is nega
tive goodness and positive right
eousness Of the two charaaters, I
prefer the positive. Now, I’d rath
er be a good church member and
get oft" on a big old diunk occa
sionally, than be one of those lei—
lows who is never good on any
thing.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
Four suicides beemred in New
York, Monday. < -
The Orangemen hud a quiet cel
ebration last Monday.
Another attempt is on foot to in
vade Oklaha homer,Kan*
England’s strong drink bill for
1SS5 was over $600,000,000.
The eight-hour men are all re
turning to ten hours’ work.
The Knights of Labor in Illinois
are kicking against negro miners.
Just think of Western Texas,
here it has not rained lor fourteen
months.
The delegates from Chatham
county are uninstructed, but favor
able to Bacon.
Trains will run through for the
first time from Spartanburg to
Asheville, on Wednesday.
Domestic troubles caused a Port
land (Oregon) barber to poison
himself and child yesterday.
A rattlesnake recently killed five
cavalry horses in the Lnited States
stables at Fort Keogh, Montana.
Senator Mohoncis very adverse
Hiring from public life.
Baldwin county sends Bacon del
egates.
Tohn W Bidwell, a clothing mer-
ahant of Philadelphia, was drowned
while bathing.
If you want to rent a house, buy a
lot or insure your life call on W. If.
Griifeth Iteal Kslate & Insurance Agent.
Thos. M. Daly, a train hand on
the E. T. & Va. road was crused to
death in Atlanta.
Steve Renfroe, the notorious
Sumter county, Ala., outlaw and
desperado has been lynched.
.It is thought that home rule of
some sort will be granted to Ireland
yet.
The insurrectionary and striking
negroes at Tates, La., have returned
to work.
George W. Alexander was buried
alive at Ashville, N. C., by a caving
sewer.
Two little colored children fell
from a loot log and were drowned
at Pond Springs, Ga.
A conspiracy against the govern
ment of Hayti has been unearthed.
An outbreak is feared.
A verdict for demages of $240,-
000 lias been awarded the Western
Union Telegraph line in New York.
RIOT AT A CIRCUS.
Sidney Davis, colored, was taken
from the court room at Morgan,,
Tex., yesttrday, while being tried
for rape, and lynched.
Preston, Ga., July 10.—Light
ning struck and Killed Mr. J. N.
Walker, a bright and promising
young man of this county, late yes
terday evening.
MORE RAILROAD NEWS.
THE GRIFFIN AND MONTICELLO
ROUTE.
The Terms of the Enterprise All Agreed
On—Thomas P. Branch, of Augusta, the
Moving spirit—Orlffln’a Future as a
Railroad Centre.
Griffin Daily Sun: Considerable
interest was manifested in Griffin
yesterday upon reading in the Sun
an a-.inounnement that Griffin would
soon have another railroad connec
tion via Jackson and Monticello,
with the great Richmond and Dan
ville railroad system. The news
was so good that many doubted the
truth of the story. We are enable
to-day to lay additional facts before
our readers, which will confirm the
reports all ready published and
place the matter beyond all doubt.
It is known to our people that
when the building of the Georgia
Midland railroad was first agitated,
Major Thos. P. Branch, of Augusta,
otic ol the best financiers and livest
men in the State, pm chased the
road bed and franchises of the
Griffin, Monticello and Madison
While cattle by the thousands
have been dying in Western Texas
because ot prodigious drouth, Geor
gia and South Carolina cows have
luxuriated on the best pastures ever
♦known. Western Texas would
have welcamed a “remorseless
drown.”
latter lake is blocked up. The iu .«. f - ■ „ u . .
bridges which cross the lower rnd HailroadCompanv. Hehas been
are covered with mud. Nea.ly „„ steadily engaged in working up a
..... . v ■ . 1 nliin for Him trier nf thw rn-wl
the buildings that I have noticed are I P lan ,or ** reb “ i ‘ d! . ng .°. f the r ? aU
twenty refuse to come out of building.
Fear will have to shoot three or four be
fore they surrender. No chance for ***' ons to friends throughout the coun
crushed in by the falling mud. At I «or»e*eral months, and has at last
this place Snow’s temperance hall ! P erlec,ed 0,1 n? ce8 ? ar y arrange-
- ’■ ...... . ments to secime its immediate re-
and the two •prjnciosl hotels, as are 1 ... „ .. . „
nearly all the other buildings in the publishment. Major Blanch w:ll
Sals of Florida Railroad Interests Gen
uine.
A gentlgman who ison intimate terms
with lien. John B. Gordon, and who met
1“ New York just before he came
I-a.-R to Georgia and announced for Gov-
• ruor. ssys there is no doubt about the
'"■ii'-ml's bona tide sale of his railroad
interests in Florida. Hc is to receive
4. -»>.1»■ 1—1200,000 were paid to him
i»*h iu hand and $500,000 on the first of
August nest. This information we con-
i- Uer authentic.
CARRYING CHE MAIL.
W. A. Collier carrioa the mail os his
back from Hogansville, N. C., to Catur-
gsjay, a distance of 'JO and a half miles,
scross three mountsins. He secures for
this sixty cents a trip, making $1.20 per
week and $t!2.40 a year. It is a very
good thing to carry the mail, but the
government should increase the pay on
his line. .
MRS. RUTHERFORD'S COkN.
Mrs. I’rof. Rutherford has expended
f"Howing amount on her acre of corn:
I’hosphste, $7.50; cotton seed meal,
*''■ H loads stable manure, $21; salt and
•do s, $1.25—total amount expended on
* tr '- $-t >.75. There are stalks of corn
»nil eight cars, and one hill haa two
* ** »ith eleven ears.
A LIVE DRUMMER.
»r. John Brooks, agent for the B.B.B.
111 Lemon Elixir, is in the city. Mr.
roo s has just returned from t trip out
,v *® t ’ w,ier * had a splendid trade for
‘“Me popular madidnaa.
A BRIDOE BROKE IN.
An engine separator and a yokeof
oxen fell through the hridge on the Ap-
palachce, near H. A. Carithers’ store, a
few days ago. The arch gave way while
the engine was going over and precipi
tated the whole concern into the river.
There was not much damage done, only
to the machinery.
them to get out. Say they will die be
fore they come out John R. Towers.
The Gpvernor immediately ordered
the Gate City Guards to hold themselves
in readiness to go to Colo City to assist
in quelling the mutiny, and telegraphed
Col. Towers to know if he needed them.
Col. Towers informed Gov. McDaniel
that it was not necessary, as the guard
was strong enough to hold the situation
and keep them from escaping. The mu
tineers are mostly negroes who were put
in for a long term, and have frequently
given trouble before. There is nothing
definite as to what course will bo pur
sued, only to 'starve them out, which
will be done in a short time. Gov. Mc
Daniel wanted to send a battery of artil
lery to intimidate the mutineers and
bring them to terms, but could not find
an organixed artillery company in the
state. The Gate City Guards is the onlv
military company that has on hand *n
supply of ammunition.
HOkE AGAIN.
Mr. Jas. T, Comer and his bride have
arrived at home after an extended trip
to the northern cities and Niagara, and
are domiciled at their new residence in
Cobbham. Our young friend Comer is
one of Athens’ staunchest young busi
ness men, and we wish him and his
young wife a life of unalloyed happiness
DONE HOME.
Oor friend John Cnwford is on a visit
to hia home in North Georgia. John’s
actions have been suspicious of late, and
thare is a great deal of speculation as to
the real object of his visit. We are in
jost the humor to ohroniole another
brilliant social event.
ty whose aid and co-operation brought
about the result at the primary on July
10th. ‘
On motion a copy of the proceedings
of this meeting was ordered to be trans
mitted to the Banner-AVntchmon and the
Home Journal for publication.
On motion the club adjourned sine die.
J. W. Beakdex, Chairman.
Thomas Hamuoxu, Secretary. *
A WARRANT FOR BROWN.
A warrant has been received by the
marshal of the District of Columbia for
the arrest of Fred S. Brown, of the Cin
cinnati Enquirer. The warrant is based
on an indictment found by the grand jury
of the United States district court at
Macon, and is for the ofTense of sending
obscene matter through the mails. Fred
Brown, it will be remembered, is the
man who caused so much trouble a year
or two ago by writing a scandalous letter
to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
FOR SALE.
Vacant lots on Hill St. Cobb SL
Lumpkin St. Prince Avenue, Milledge
Avenue, Grace St Ware SL Broat St
Extenaion, and lots on the river E.-t-
near N. E. R. R. depot, at prices ranging
from $100 to $3,000 owing to sire lo
cality. For particulars caU on W: D.
Griffcth Real flatate & Loan Broker.
Coat ot a Strike.
J. S. Delay, a prominent Knight
of Labor, who acted as secre
tary ot the joint committee of nit
trict Assemblies 101 and 17 during
the strike on the Gould Southwest
system, is in St. Louis. He has
been traveling through Texas with
Master Workman T. B. McGnire,
of New York, during the past
month, disbursing money for the
General Executive Board of
Knights, and alleviating distress
caused by the strike. He says the
cost of the Gould system strike to
the General Board was $100,000 and
in loss of wages to the strikers $1,-
000,000, .These figures, he said,
were official. The cost of the strike
to the railroad company bad been
placed at $3,500,000 by Attorney
Portis and Superintendent Kerri
gan. The gene ral board has closed
up all the business connected with
the late strike and it is not likely
that any more money will be
disbursed to the district assemblies.
C. A. Hall, w hose discharge was
instrumental in causing the trouble,
ia still residing in Marshall, Tex.
He is out of -work and being taken
care of, together with the balance
of the boys In his situation.
town, are completely wrecked. The
house occupied by Mrs. Hazard and
her taniily were borne down by the
weight ot the debris. Mrs. Hazard
wa-: dug out alive, but four of her
chi dren were dead. Hazard is
missing. Detailed reports of the
foreign residents at other
ports who were killed have
not yet been received. The captain
of the steamship Southein Cross,
which arrived at Ruckland on the
18th, reports having felt at sea the
effe-:t of the disturbances. On the
morning of June 10th, the day fol
lowing the earthquakes, he experi
enced a downfall of dust. From 5
to 10 a. m. there was complete
darkness and balls of fire continu
ally played around the masthead.
A terrible gale sprang up and car
ried all hi* canvass away before it
could be taken in. The men were
unable to stand the blinding show
ers ot dust, and the vessel put about
and stood away to the north, but it
was not until eleven o’clock of the
day following that the dust was left
behind. Reports show that earth
quakes prevailed at all points in
New Zealand during the same pe
riod.
The people of the town of Ashe
ville, N. C., became indignant
when they learned that the presi
dent had vetoed the bill tor a pub
lic building at that place, and re
called invitations that had been sen
to Mr. Cleveland to pay them a visit
Shenandoah, Pa.,July to.—Ac
cording to the large bills displayed
throughout the town announcing
the appearance of Hurlburt & Hunt
ing’s circus here last uight, they ar
rived in town yesterday and gave a
street exhibition of their trained
horses. The town was crowded
and after the parade all went to the
grounds to await the opening of
the show. The large tent was soon
filled and about twelve hundred had
assembled outside. Among them
were many roughs, whose appear
ance is generally n signal for a dis
turbance.
About S o’clock, just before the
performance began, the crowd out
side determined either to get inside
free of charge ■ or break up the cir
cus. They pressed close to the
main entrance, and with a yeil
forced the guards away and rushed
into the ring, chasing the dogs tint
were performing off the chains
which they occupied. Great ex
citement prevailed, but the police
succeeded in driving some of them
back and restoring peace. The
performance, however, went on,
when the hoodlums again attacked
the tent and cut the ropes, allowing
the canvas, which was very large,
to swing around like the sail of a
vessel. The spectators were panic
stricken and made a rush for the
door, but the cutting of ropes was
continued.
Manager Hulburt, realizing the
situation, hurriedly jumped from
the ring with a revolver in hand
and faced the mob. He said he
was prepared to defend his property
even at the sacrifice of his life. “It
you come here to destroy this can
vas,” he shouted, “now is your time
to begin.” This was greeted with
yells and hisses, after which he an
nounced his inability to go on with
the performance. The crowd now
became desperate and attacked
right and left, while the police force,
consisting of specials and regulars,
to the number of filty, headed by'
the Chief Burgess, tried to surround
the mob and make arrests. The
latter were prepared and poured a
volley of stones into the police,
knocking the Chief Burgess down
with a stone and beating the other
officers. A number of prisoners,
however, were captured, but the
crowd, in every case, released their
companions and drove the police
away.
The attention of the police was
mainly directed to the immense
crowd who were trying to get out
side through the main entrance,
which had been blockaded by the
canvas, which subsequently fell.
Tne jam was tearful, and many
were injured by being crushed and
knocked down ia their endeavors
to get out. The mob continued to
stone the crowd, and finally engag
ed in a hand to hand encounter,
during the progress of which the
circus men escapped with then
horses to the mountain and came
back over a roundabout way, giv
ing it as a positive
A reward of 150 is to-day offered
for Charles Williams, who Killed
treter Campbell in Sumter county.
The situation at the Augusta Fae
ry is unchanged fro m our report
Sunday’s paper. The strikers
nd the mill officers are both deter
mined.
Jas. Smith and W. A. Gooch, two
young men.ot Wake county, N. C.,
have been sentenced to death for the
murder of John Cheatham, a Ra-
eigh merchant, last year.
A very destrnctive wind and hail
storm passed over the section of
country around Kankakee and Dix
on, Ills., Sunday. Houses were
torn to pieces, crops destroyed and
several people killed.
The Republican party of Massa
chusetts met yesterday and daclared
its uncompromising antagonism to
liquor saloons, and that the question
of-constitutional prohibition should
be submitted to the people.
White Wright, Texas, July 10.
puma, which has been infcst-
Sh» MurJers Her Two CMiaien and
KHlr. herself. Ogjj
INDIAN A lML^S, 1N D., T U t v
The Journal’s special from P_... T
ton, Gibson county, says that a nor- .
-r.idc muioer and stiicide ’Was c n-
mined on a larm about five mile. .
northeast ot that place abou: 8 j
o’clock this morning. Asa Tu. jV-n,
with liis wife Theresa Turpin, with
tour children, two 01 them oy a for— ’
mer wife, lived in a small frame
house near what is-known as Sev
ern’s Bridge. Mr.Turpinisuyoung
farmer in moderate circumstances,
and has always provided well
his family, and to all outward aps-^Hj
pearance the family was a contente®^
one. This morning, in ter the family^
had eaten breakfast and Mr. Turpia’hj
ht-.d gone to his work, about a quaref-;
te: of a mile away, and the oldest,; ,
stepdaughter had been sent bladkV/ ^
berrying, Mrs. Turpin told thef- -’y
youngest stepdaughter to carry
some slop to the hogs. Mrs. Turpin
then took a razor and almost severed
her 7-year-old daughter’s head frdtn
her body and placed the body ott'a ,
bed. She then took her 1-year-oldJl]
child and hanged it until she thought ' !
t was dead, and placed the bo{ly ,
in the bed with the other. Shethen'j-’'
wJent to the barn, and, climb-ng ini’ta'^
the hay loft, hanged herself 6vm“ .y
one of the rafters. The little step- ~
daughter came back from her er— '
rand, and finding the bodies of the
children in the bed gave the alarnv
The youngest child when found still . '(
showed signs of life. Mrs. Turpin
left a letter, in which she stated
that no one was to blame for the
deed but herself; that her husband' '.
had always treated her well and' ;‘J
provided well for the family; that,
the devil had been after her for two
months, and that she was unable to
get away from him; that for the;
[last two weeks she had been plan- -
ning the deed, and had finally work
ed herself up to committing it. She . 'v uj
closed by asking her husband 'to i *
forgive her and place his trust in
Jesus. She also gave directions for
the buna! of the bodies.
Raining Turtles In Washington. : 'y
A private letter from a popular *
and highly respectable member of
the Sanderville bar, contains tw*
interesting items from Washington,
county. The letter says: —
“On Tuesday last Southwest-of , ^Vj
Sandersville hung a very heavy and- ’
threatening cloud, which bore every
indication ot a cyclone. On Wedr
nesday morning' early I went to
Laurens county, snd passed wherp
the cloud burned. All the rains, '••vi
and it seems to have fallen in tor- it
rents, fell on a space not exceeding ! , S
a half acre. (The place is one- , .',t
quarter of a mile from the Widow. -J
Williamson’s in the piney woods, ’ “I
and miles from a pond or" branch.) • "J
Wc stopped to look at the washes, , Z
etc., and in the middle of the public -<S
road in the sand we counted forty* f ‘I
three soft—shell turtles and striped
head tarrapins, all of which would
nearly average in size as large as
the bottom ol a peck measure. -My.
question is how come them them,
unless a water spout dropped them
there?”
A Black Vtlllan -Lost.”
A letter contains the following
item, and the suggestive word >
"lost” leaves no doubt that when
the negro is found it will be seen •
that he was interviewed by judge
Lynch:
"You know old Mrs. Oliver, of
Johnson county? Well, the negro '!
ooy. Ulavton, from over home, went ’]
to her house on Friday night and
bout way, giv- told her that her daughter was dy- •
declaration they ing, and that her son-in—'aw sent
never met such a gang in a civilized I him to tell her to come to her at. . ■
Community'. A number of detec- I once. The old lady, believing eve-
lives and local officers started out! ry word of the lie, told him that no
' one was home except herself, tut
that she would come so soon as she
could lock up . the house, where
upon Clayton sprang into her room
and assaulted her. She cried lusti
ly for help and the negro, failed in
his attempt, ran away. He was
pursued by the crowd and captured,
and they started to WrightsviUe
with him, but. soon came back and
reported that they had ‘lost’ him.”—
Augusta Chronicle.
early this morning to arrest about
twenty-five persons on whom sus
picion rested, but discovered that
they had fled during the night,
leaving no trace of there where
abouts.
Chief Burgess was struck on the
head three times with stones and
seriously injured, while his brother
officers in many cases shared the
same fate..
iFvi’
SAM JONES’ GEMS.
leave Augusta Monday morning
foi New York to sign the papers,
all preliminaries having been pre
viously arranged, and all ennditious
being complied with. Hands will
be at once put upon" the route and
it is thonght that the. ears will be in
Griffin in time to move the cotton
crop this winter. ‘ “
The road will be running from
Macon to Monticello by the fiist ot
August. Two new large baldwin
coal burner engines have just been
received in Macon for the road, and
a new, subs'antial iron bridge is be
ing constructed over the Ocmulgee
at Macon. The route is being laid
with the best 561b., steel rails, and
will he first class in every respect.
Gieat piaise is due Major Branch
for his interest in behalf of Grffin
and Jackson, as his indomitable en
ergy is what has secured for us th
shot test and best routes to the
Eastern markets, as well as other
vafi
ing the neighborhood of Pilot
Grove for several weeks, yesterday
tore to pieces and devoured the one
year-uld child of a family living on
Durns’ tract. Nothing was left of
the child by the bea t but the flesh
less bones. This puma has been
seen several times this summer in
north Texas.
Union Point, Ga. July 10—A
gold mine has been discovered on
the Newsom place, one and a half
miles from here, the ore from the
vein of which assays forty dollars
per ton, and the surface ore assay
ing sixteen dollars per ton. This
mine is located in a hill lying near
the south prong of Little river, and
it is believed that the whole hill is
a uyp, ■
By the way, there is a new collo
quial slang in our Philadelphia poli
tics. “There goes a gyp,” said a
prominent but defeated aspirant for
city office the other day. “What’s a
gyp?’’ was asked. “Why, a fellow
that professes to be for you, takes
your gilts and turns in on election
day and works his division ’agin’
you.”—Correspondent P.ttsbur-*
Gazette.
uable connection south and north.
At Jackson it «(Ul connect noith
and south with East Tentieesee; at
Monticello, with the Macon and
Athens, southward to Macon; as
Madison with the Georgia Road,
eastward to Augusta and Charles
ton, at Athens with the Richmond
and Danville svstem northward and
eastward. Ail praise to Major
Branch, Griffin’s noble friend!
White miners to the num her of
zoo went to the mine* at Grape
creek, III., and forced the negroes
o le ave.
Ex-Aide rman Jaehne has gained
eleven pormda in weight since first _ _ .
the legal -minions forced him into I ^ Chicago boarding house fire
deed vervl ?® Veral were injured by
north aivd south.
durance -vile. This is indeed very from second .
consoling; to other aldermen in the I dowfc S Rats overturned a Tamp'on —“-* 1 insufficient pay,
*■ * ' 1 he floor c .using tqe fire,
full of the precious metal, and the
mine is of immense value.
A soldier attempted suicide in
Rome, Jyesterday, and among his
effects was found a paper declaring
that he had been designated by a se
cret society to kill the king, but that
he preferred death rather than do as
instructed. He would not betray
the society.
Characteristic Passages From the Evanxel-
lsfs Sermon at Ch&utanqua.
Lakewood, N. Y., July 7.—Rev.
Sam P. Jones lectured in the am
phitheatre on the Chautanqua As
sembly grounds to-day to an im
mense audience. He chose for his
text the ninth verse, third chapter,
first epistle general of St.John. He
dwelt upon ths lives of tne church
members of to-day and attacked the
social -unusements and pleasures of
the American people.
Among the gems and bright say
ings that fell fiom the lips of the
noted evangelist during his address
were the following:
When I get to heaven with my
crown and harp I don’t care about
heavenly recognition, i am all
fixed. We want a little more heaven
here in New York and on the earth
m
m
Wilts Girl Elopes with a Negro Who
Abandons his Wife.
.Monticello (Fla.,) Conetitution.
Early last Sunday morning a
negro man named Simeon Hodge
made his appearance at the home
of Anthony Clay, colored, in this
town, accompanied b*y Miss Had
dock, a white girl, aged about 16
years. They were ridding in a
an( l a trunk was attached
thereto. They remained only a few
minutes, the man telling Anthony
Clay, iu response to his inquiry as '
to what he was doing with the
white girl, that her mother had ene
gaged him to carry her away, as she
had been indiscreet, and that h-
was then en route to Tallahassee:
The journey was continued in that
direction, and about noon a party of
men, white and colored, from the
northern portion of the county, put
in an appearance, and it was dis-
If we go home and concecrate
ourselves and obey the ten com- covered they were in pursuit ot the
™at “l * WB nee ° n S ° V ‘ ne2r ° and h ' s feraale chew.-
I never saw a boy proud of his
father, but that his father was
ashamed of him.
The stock of men, like horses
should be improved. In some parts
of the country we are run dow n
pretty low.
Is thete any harm in dancing?
Dance all you want fo, for where
you are going ir will be too warm
to dance. Play cards day and night,
for cards won’t stand fire down there,
unless you get asbestos cards.
Where there is love of sin of any
description', there is no salvation in
that soul.
Salvation isdeliverence from guilt
ot sin and love of sin. I used to
dance, bnt never was idiot enough
to play cards. You can’t find a lu -
natic asylum in America, unless you
find a deck of cards in nearly every
They
amuse them.elves
The negroes having been making
quite a fuss about prohibition, claim
ing that it was directed at them, and
was a scheme to let the white man
get all the liquor he wants and shut
off the negro. In order to appease
the brother in black the Big Bonan
za saloon to day put in a counter
lor his exclusive benefit
Latest Development la FroUbltlon.
. The Kimball House bar comes to
the front with the latest develop
ment in the prohibition—or rather
whisky selling question. The beer
drinkers were confronted with the
statement that they could get their
uart of betr as usual, but could not
rink it in the bar as heretofore.
The glasses have been removed
from the counter, and no whisky or
beer bought by the quart can be
drank in either room. The bar still
furnishes lemonade and other tem-
perato drinks on draught, but beer
and whisky drinkers must carry
their flask or pitcher to their rooms
and will not be supplied .with
glasses at the bar.
The Lonsdale company’s cotton
mill, at Ashton, has shut down in
consequence of a strike, 28 spinners
locking out 500 employes. The
and the discharge of an overseer
forincompetency.
Small-pox of a very malignant
type has broken out at Santiago,
Cbilj. The disease, which is epi
demic and becoming worse every
day, proves fatal in 70 per cent of
the persons attacked.
with cards because they are idiots.
The camps ot soldiers and battle
fields are always covered with cards.
When God Almighty’s church
moves out of camp to battle she will
throw away her cards too. -
Sanctified people, who are all
holiness; are like those stalks of corn
that are devoid of everything but
the tassel. God save us from being
all tassel. I feed my horse on corn,
not tassels. Holiness means whole
someness; one hundred cents on
the dollar.
It you want your daughter to be
an idiot; teaeh her to dance. Then
marry her off to a ball-room buck or
dude, and settle them in the coun
try where none of your friends will
see them.
You women send your daughters
to some hook nosed Frenchman to
learn manners. I have a contempt
for dancing masters J can’t express.
I’d sooner my daughter would get
rattlesnake bit than society bit. The
onlv good in society is to pack off
dodes on you for sons-in-law. Out
of the world is out of fashion, .but
I’d sooner be dead than in society.
Society is » bloody, deceitful old
wretch. I’m not down on dudes
especially, * ’ ' ‘
negro and his female charge.
It appears that the negro Simeon
Hodge was employed on the plan
ration of Mr. Haddock, a well-to-do
farmer residing over the State line
in Georgia, where healso had domi
ciled a wife. Miss Haddock, by
some stiange freak, perhaps, be- *,
came infatuated with the inan, re
sulting in the elopement of the two.
The fellow borrowed a buggy in •
the name of his brother from Alex.
Abram and appropriated a horse
belonging to his father, and either
Saturday night or very early Sun
day morning, securing the girl and
her effects, the ill-mated couple
started on their perilous journey, as/
already stated, and on reaching
Monticello stopped at the hou$e efr
Anthony Clay. From thence,'it
has been ascertained, they proceeded
towards Tallahassee, as it has been
learned they passed through Lloyd’s
at about 9 a.m.
The pursuers, as alrcadv state*
for
we manufacture
him well. God help us to protect
* hildi ’ ^
oar homes and children.
The pursuers, as already stated,
.-ached here about noon, and, aftc r
short delay, they divided apd
went in different direction}—one
party (and among them the brother
of Simeon Iiodge who desired to
recover his lather’s horse) going to
wards Tallahassee. At this writing ‘
(Tuesday) they have not returned)
but it is hoped the parties will be
overtaken and meet with merited
punishment
The girl had her trunk attached
to the rear ol the buggy, contain
ing clothing, etc., and it is stated
she had appropriated $100 belong
ing to her father before leaving.
Her negro companion was also '
well supplied with funds, and
ried a gold watch which belonged
to his wife.
We place no credence in the
statement made by Simeon Hodge
to Anthony Clay that the mother .„
of the girl is an inhuman monster
and had arranged for her flight with "
the negro. The story is too mon-
strous for belief. Thegirl is young
attended school the present year,
and probably, being Isolated to a’ Hi
great extent from companionship
of her own color, fell a victim to
the black scoundrel’s scheming
and we sincerely trust that wh.*ri
captured the courts of the country
will never be called upon to inves
tigate the case.