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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.