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N0 W AN ASSURED SUCCESS.
^ n'aw Board of Directors
and Athens OivenThreo
Members.
T UC cONtRWf TO GRADE BETWEE N
HONTICELLO AND ATHENS AWARDED.
WORK TO BEGIN AT ONOE.
TtlC stockholder* of theCoringlon and
N1 , r „n railroad held an important meet-
. »t their office, corner Cotton avenue
| m i Cherry Street, yesterday. The fol-
txjard of directors were elected:
Strain lirecn, Douglass Green, H M
llt-rinan, •! II Swcctser and A C Palmer,
lurk; W 11 Thomas and C G Tal-
Athens; IVm H Ross and N H
•is, Macon; B W Frobol, Atlanta; J
, v. Monticello.
following officers were then elect-
11 M Herman, president.
I; \v Krohel, vice-president and gen-
-rul manager.
\ c I'aimer, secretary and treasurer.
| l,i-principal office of the company
,-hanged from Cojington to Macon.
An order was taken to push forward
,l„ road to completion as rapidly as poa-
I’lo- branch road from Monticello to
via Madison was authorized, and
» -ik will begin on it at once.
Authority was a so given to extend th
, , - mill in the direction of the Flor-
,1 ;| lme. The surveying corps are now
s,-veral miles on their way and will pro
ceed rapidly.
Imports from all the departments of
iii road were satisfactory and highly en-
cniragmg, and the stockholders express-
e,t themselves as highly gratified at the
energy with which the work was being
inducted.
The following is the personnel of the
directory:
Douglass Green is a banker and is a
member of the hanking lirni of (ircen ft
llatenian, New York, lie is a native of
Savannah.
Norvin Green is well known through
out the entire country as president of ho
Western Union Telegraph Company.
d 11 Sweeter is senior member of the
firm of Suveter, Pembroke ft Co., whole
sale dry goods dealers. New York.
\V I! Thomas is a leading husinea
man of Athens, ami is well known
throughout the Suite.
0 Ci. Tuhnadge is a prominent business
inan of Athens.
* \ K Harris is of the law firm of la ill
A Harris, Macon.
.lohn C. Key is a lawyer and a proini
■ i, ut citizen of Monticello.
It.'W. Frobei has been connected with
the road as chief engineer since its first
inception, and the energy with which he
pushed forward the work stamps him as
an able and skillful railroad man.
William II Boss is too well known as
one id Macon's most substantial citizens
to require any introduction here.
A C Palmer, of Now York, has long
h en connected with the New Y ork Cen-
nl and is experienced in railroad mat
ter-. lie was for ten years general pas
n.-nr agent and assistant treasurer of
the t'ayuga i ail road. Mr. Palmer inar-
ri d a daughter of Hon. Chauncey. Vib-
liard, for many years general superinten
dent of the Cenlfttl system.
II M Herman, of New York, is a
prominent lawyet and business man of
that city.
The Telegraph learns that Col. E C
Maclien takes the contract to build the
Athens branch, and his indomitable
pluck and energy is the best assurance
that the work will he completed in the
shortest time possible.—Telegraph.
In this connection it is tirnoer to state
that at the next monthly meeting of the
l'.oard, Mr. A II Hodgson will he put on
a- a director.
BACK DOWNORFHUr;
THAT IS THE PROPOSITION TO
MADE TO MEXICO.
XVI.
A.THElSrS f GEOEGHAy^XJEBBAY, A.TJG-UST lO, 1886-
A CHILD FOUND.
A Straus* White Child round In Xadlaoa
County.
On Thuraday evening Mr. Berry Whit
worth, who lives between Athens and
Danielsville, about five miles from the
latter place, heard a child crying at a
creek near his house, and on going there
found a little white boy, about four years
old clad in white pants and waist with
turn-down collar. The little fellow
could give no account of himself, save
that his brother was named Johnnie.
From the rambling remarks oftho little
fellow it seems that he and his family
were travelling, and ciossed a great deal
of high water, and that his father was
drowned. The child is a stranger in that
settlement,and no one knows to whom he
belongs. He must be from a distance, as
all the children in that neighborhood are
known. The little fellow said he had
eaten breakfast. It is certainly mysteri
ous.
THE AUGUSTA AND
XOOGA.
CHATTA-
JOHN COFFEE.
The Lula Mmrderer, <un Lurking in tt*
Mountains—Streug
A few days ago, while at Lula, wo in
quired into the particulars of the killing
of the revenue officer, Merritt, by John
Coffee. Moonshining had nothing to do
with the trouble between the jtwo men,
but a lewd woman was at the bottom of
the affair. It seems that Merritt was try
ing to supplant Coffee with a woman
that he was on intimate termi with, and
in the heat of jealousy and passion ho
led his rival out and shot him. That
story about an illicit still is allmoonshine.
John Coffee has never been 20 miles
from Lula since the killing, being con
cealed in the mountains, and is surround
ed and protected by friends. Only a few
days ago he was seen at Longview, and
makes his home with a family not far
distant from Lula, The revenue officers
made frequent raids in search of him,
but Coffee’s friends always warn him in
time to escape. He gees heavily armed
and says he will never be taken alive
He is a desperate and fearless man, and
THE AUGUTTA MILLS.
Mr youara sayath. JhaOWUl Be Built. hU , neiaies know it ' Spies h „„ bcen
The Route to B* Selected. Meeting Tee- *
A BUSINESS BOOM.
ter day at Danleltvllle.
Mr. YVin. Pollard, of the projected Au
gusta ft Chattanooga railroad, was in the
city Monday, and was Tory hopeful of the
success of thatcnterpri.se. He says the
road will not pass through Athens unless
a very heavy subscription is raised, as it
is preferred to carry it to the east of us.
It will enter Madison county near Eber-
hart’s mill, jiass through Brooklyn, and
an air-line will not leave Danielsville
more than a mile and a half to the left,
although the prospects are that the road
will go directly through that town. It
will cross the North-Ksstern at Har
mony Grove, and that enterprising town
hssa lready subscribed $25,000 of the
$30,000 required. Madison county has
yet to raise $8,000, and it was thought
that the requisite amount would be sub
scribed at the meeting hold in Daniels
ville yesterday. We learn that there is
not much prospect now of the road being
built through to Chattanooga, but it will
probably stop at Gainesville for the pres
ent, st least. When the time comes.
Athens will get to work and capture this
road, as she did the Macon ft Covington.
We cannot afford to let it pass to our
east, cutting off all that territory.
set on his trail to locate him, but thus
far their efforts have been in vain. The
only way to capture John Coffee is to
“get the drop on him." Otherwise it
will cost many lives.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
A Street Car Buna Into aBngcy.
Yesterday morning as a street car was
gliding smoothly down Miliedge avenue,
Mrs. K. M. Smith, who was taking a
morning’s ride, undertook to cross the
street railroad as the car was aproach-
ing. The driver of the car tried his ut
most to stop it before it struck the buggy
of Mrs. Smith, but it was impossible
do so. Wesraglad to say the accident
was not a serious one. The blow came
very near overturning the buggy, which
of course caused Mrs. S. to be very
much frightened. Her horse, however,
p roved a gentle one, and did not take
fright and run, as a great many horses
would have done." It was surely S. nar
row escape.
Citton Cccdi apldly Kialng—A Fine Out
look (or the Fall 'trade.
We were yesterday shown a letter
from a prominent young dry goods mer-
c-lunt, who is now in New York buying a
fall -lock for his house, in which he
states that white goods have advanced
cent per yard in the past week, and
tie- market is quite stiff. ’Hie shoe man-
ufaeturers have refused to receive any
more orders until they have filled those
sow on hand. In fact, there is a big
honm in all manner of merchandise, and
there will be a decided advance in the
price of fall goods. This is a healthy
si.aii, »nd shows that the country is in a
prosperous condition.
A TEXES RANGER.
We yesterday had the pleasure of
meeting Mr. Mark Pitman, who has been
teaching school at Longview, Texas.
He is looking splendidly, and is delight
ed with the Lone Star state. Prof. Pit
man says he has collected from $2,000 to
$,2,700 a year from his school, hut has
given it up, and will go to merchandising
at Milner, a new town on the Texas Pa
cific road, in the extreme western por
tion of the state, and that has a big fu
ture ahead, drawing trade from 175
miles in every direction. The place now
has only 500 inhabitants, but is destined
to he a trading point of considerable im
portance. Plenty of good water can be
had by digging wells, although no stream
is near.
MADISON COUNTY.
Daniel Defeat! Scott by a Majority of SI
Ontof a Vote of 785.
Tuesday was an interesting time in
Danielsville, as that day had bcen set
apart to decide whether Y’oung Daniel or
Hon. Jeff Scott should represent that
district in the senate. The friends of
both candidates were out in force, and a
large vote polled. The meeting wa>
conducted in the friendliest spirit, and
everything passed off nicely. When the
vote was counted out, out of a poll of
785 Hon. Y’oung Daniel defeated his an
tagonist by a majority of 51. Both can
didates wore able men and iron-ribbed
democrats. The excitement over the
election took all the interest out of the
railroad meeting.
SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY’.
Then is no settlement of the mill trou
m ss yet .The Augusts factory has
remained shut down for the past three
weeks, and yesterday ., th e Sibley Mil
closed, having no more work for
the mill operatives.
No assistance has been received by the
strikers frpm the national headquarters
of the Knights of Labor a* yet
TUB KINO MILL.
The directors of the King Mill held s
meeting yesterday, and Jit was learned
that the wages wonld be allowed to .re
main at the advance, notwithstanding the
fact that it was plain that the factory
could not stand the raise. The mill is
working well and thin will be welcome
to the operatives, whe bavo been on the
anxious bench for the past week.
CONFEKKNCB.
At the request of the operatives of the
mills, Hon. Patrick Walsh and Fred T.
Lockhart had an interview with Presi
dent Sibley, to see if matters could not
be so arranged that the operatives could
go back to work. They held a confer
ence with President Phinizy on yester
day, and the gentlemen will meet again
on Monday.—Chronicle.
.gnu* MISSIXG.
Mr. Mark CkttHiw'i wherssbsmi* s
Mystery Yet-HaRa# Doabtlees SuleMed
9f Bnviiig. ’■ 1 ' -
.It is |*$t $0 day* ta-day siueeMark
h eatham, the 5ktRem carpenter, disap
peared, and'.although • hi* family and
f tie nit have used-every • rertion in their
power, his whereabout a is etill veiled to
lyitetyv. It .was st o»« time thought
hat k had gone to his sister* a above
Jefferson, aad his son went there, to
lean that he had not bef* at bar house
ia seven years. The aissiNg man has
frequently of Mf* threatened n
himself, aad his friends were aware
the tagt. that his mind was not right.
Mr. Cheatham had his life insured for
$2,000, aad to aeeure this it will be nec
essary to prove his death by recovering
the dead body, liis sous will probably
offer a reward for the finding of the
i. They are confident that the fa-
ther had drowned himself in their rirer,
and thinks hit body has caught under
something that keeps it from rising to
the surface. A suitable reward will set
eople to hunting for tha s ame.
FASHIONS FOB FAIR WOMAN.
A DESPERATE FIGHT..
THE OCONEE TROUBLE.
A gentleman from Watkinsvillc says
that Judge Thrasher will carry his case
up to the supreme court, which will de
lay the enforcement of prohibition in
conee until next January. He had no
idea of declaring the result wet, as was
reported, as that would be but playing
ti to the bands of the prohibitionists. ■
THE M. SC. ROAdT
As stated in a special of Saturday, the
Macon and Covington railroad held an
important meeting which virtually settles
the matter as far as Athens is concerned.
he road will be built to Athens instead
"f Covington, at that point connecting
with the Richmond and Danville syndi
cate. giving Macon three outlets orth,
East snd West It is claimed by the
friends of President Livingston that
•hose who subscribed, relying on the
tend s being built to Covington, will
have just cause in withdrawing their
subscriptions. Even if this is resorted
to. it will not effect the road in the least,
si sufficient funds arc already pledged
by the new officers.—Macon letter in
Augusta Chronicle.
We have authentic information that
certain colored men in Athens, who
claim to be leaders among their people,
are organizing with a view of defeating
the issuing of bonds to secure the School
of Technology for this city. The color
ed people are not asked to give one dol-
1 ir of their money, for every cent taken
from them is given to their own schools.
Now, if they see fit to vote with the en
emies of our free schools and defeat an
enterprise that will do as much as this
School of Technology for Athens, the
whites will reciprocate and defeat any
further appropri ations or aid to our pub
lic school system. It will take a two-
thirds vote to issue further bonds to as
sist our free schools, snd if the blacks of
Athens s defeat this School of Technology
they will never get another dollar, for
the very men who did so much to get
free schojls for Athens will then go
against them. Free schools would nev
er have been established in Athens but
for the aid that the Banner-Watchman
and the business men of our city gave
the movement, and it now lies in our
power to strangle or cripple them . The
colored peodle have been given an equal
share of the taxes pud for this purpose,
by the whites, a fine academy will be
erected for them, and it will be a very
poor way to show their appreciation now
to antagonize the very mm who did so
much for them. We say in all candor
to our colored people, that if you want
to to destroy the free school system of
Athens even before it is inaugurated,
just go to work and keep the whites from
getting the School of Technology. Yonr
free schools won’t be worth a cent with
out their aid and encouragement, and
this will be withdrawn when you get to
fighting them.
Mr: Tom Sam smith and Cast. i. X. XI
■Itch In Jefferson;
On Tuesday, during the session of
court in Jefferson, a fight occurred be
tween Mr. Tom Sam Smith and CapL J.
E. Hitch. It is thought the difficulty
originated about a raid same revenue of
ficers made last week on a still run by
Mr. Smith, when they captured 600 gab
Ions of beer belonging to him. The two
gentlemen were in the hall of the court
house, beside the grand jury room, when
in a heated discussion Capt. Ritch ac
cused Smith of saying or doing some
thing, that the latter branded as a d—d
lie. Smith then left and went down
stairs intofcth* hall. Bitch’s son “foll
owed him, and the conversation was
renewed. CapL Bitch came down after
wards, with an axe handle in bis band,
and knocked Smith down with iL He
struck Smith four licks after he
knocked down. Smith sprang to hia
feet, and drawing a knife, made a furious
attack on Ritch, first striking him on the
shoulder and cutting clear through the
lining of his coat down to the pit *f hia
stomach. At the second lick he struck
Bitch en the shoulder again, when the
knife blade broke as also the backspring.
He then knocked Bitch down, when the
belligerents were separated. Smith
broke loose from the parties who held
him and attacked young Ritch, pushing
him up against the wall. Capt. Ritch
was not hurt by the knife, having^ on a
thick coat, that saved hit life. But far
this Jie would have been fearfully carr
ed up. The breaking of the knife blade
also saved him a second time. Smith
was then arrested and carried before
Judge Hutchins, and gave bond for hia
appearance yesterday morning. He then
went before the grand jury and got a true
bill against CapL Ritch and his son for
assault with intent to murder.
We give the particulars just as. they
were related to us by a gentleman whe
got them from an eye witness to the
struggle.
Since writing the above we learn that
Mr. Smith was a member of the Presbjr-
terian church, in which CapL Ritch wai
an elder, and had been turned out, and
it was about this that the trouble origi
nated. Smith had made threats that he
had set aside that day to kill Jerry Ritch,
and would certainly have done so but in
striking at him with his knife the blade
struck the door and broke off the jaws,
which prevented it from doing the exe
cution intended. It was a deadly weapon,
Ritch got the best of Smith, as he knock'
ed hint down with an axe handle that he
found in the court house hall. The
matter is regreted by the friends of both
gentlemen.
THR GEORGIA MIDLAND.
The outlook for the future prosperity
of Columbus grows brighter day by day.
In a little over two weeks from to-day-
track laying on the Georgia Midland and
Gulf railroad will begin. The'grading
has been about completed for twenty
odd miles. Between fifteen and twenty-
thousand cross-ties are now lying along
side the Southwestern rq*d ready to be
transported to the city when needed,
and five or six thousand will come up
from the Mobile and Girard road. Huge
stacks of them are now at Seale awaiting
orders for shipnienL The surveying
party is actively engaged in ascertaining
the best and most practical route for the
extension of the Columbus snd Western
road to Birmingham. As soon as this
is obtained the line will be located and
construction begun immediately.—En
quirer-Sun.
A WONDERFUL MAN.
SETTLED AT LAST.
The city counril has at last settled the
K» s troubles by taking the lighting of the
riri'et lamps from Mr. C. D. Flanigen
»ti'l giving them into the hands of four
lamplighters elected by council and su-
|» rintended by the Chief of Police. If
any further complaints are made, let
il'i tn l>e to Capt. Oliver, and he will see
tln in rectified. We hope that our citi-
*"i s will promptly report any trouble
*"!' til* street lights, for it is the inten-
uf council to have them kept in good
rde
THE ONION POINT AND WHITE PLAINS
ROAD.
Uviojj Point, Ga., August 2.—The
Modi holders of the Union Point snd
" ll ' u ‘ Plains railroad met in secret ses-
s "’ n *«-dsy. Nothing definite could b
learned, but it is rumored on the streets
tonight that a full force of hands wil
* here in a few days to commence
Wor ''—Constitution.
ANOTHER MERCHANT.
Mr. W. M. Walls, of Stone Mountain,
will move to Athens next winter and
open a fancy grocery store at the stand
now occupied by A. Coleman, on Broad
streeL He will also buy a small cottage
and settle here. There are a great many
inquirers tor business openings in Ath
ens.
THE SHERIFF OS JACESON.
There are already eight candidates for
sheriff in Jacksan county, and others
are ripening. The secret of there being
such a scramble for this office is said to
be that the Gordon men had promised
some fellow in nearly every district in
the county to support him for sheriff, and
they took it in dead earnesL
LESS COTTON.
There is certainly a less area in cotton
planted this year than since the war, and
it i* a good sign. We know of several
prominent fanners who have not a seed
plante 1, and the little patches around the
towns usually devoted to cotton are now
planted in other crops. Grass culture is
fast superseding the fleecy staple.
A PUBLIC FOUNTAIN.
It is now proposed to put in a fountain
»t the intersection of Broad street snd
ollcge avenue, to he used for the vratar-
'“S of stock. The contract with the wa-
r works company calls for fountains
tec of charge, and it will be much cheap-
* T ttl,n Paying the charges for the two
opening* now now used by the city.
••ATHENS BRANCH OF M. ft 0."
The road from Monticello to Athena is
called the Athens Branch of the Macon
ft Covington road from the fact that tha
charter calls for the building of a rail
road froth Macon to Covington, and the
change of rente is operating under an
ether charter. It will be the main line.
OCONEE POLITICS.
A prominent gentleman from Watkins-
ville, in reply to an inquiry, said:
“Frank Griffelh will be our next repre-
sentative if be makes the race, bat I
doubt if he is a candidate or will be.”
“How'about ,’;-n Lyle?” “Ob, I hear it
reported that he intends to move out of
the oounty. 1 have no idea: that he will
be in the race.”
Mo: e Than a Millionaire, Bat as “Plain as
an Old Shoe"-An Athenian Whose Income
i* *10,000 a Month.
“Who is the richest man in Athens?”
we yesterday asked of a gentleman who
is posted on sUch matters.
“Ferdinand Phinizy, by a big major
ity,” was the reply.
“Is he worth half a million?”
“Nearer two millions. Ten years ago
he bad $GOO.OOO in stocks and bonds, be
sides his other vast possessions, and his
wealth is accumulating very fa?L His
income now 1 know to be $10,(XX)
month, and as Mr. Phinizy lives a plain
life fora man of his wealth, he does not
begin to spend iL Besides, he is one of
the best bnsiness men in Ueorgia, and
makes a great deal by trading. A short
time since, on an investment of $10,000
he doubled his money in less than a
year.”
“How does he invest his surplus cash?”
“I’ll venture the assertion that he has
now arranged in his mind where he shall
place every dollar for the next six
months. He never lets his money lay
idle, but has always a place ready to
hand to place iL Mr. Phinisy has the
most wonderful financial brain of any
man I ever knew. Why, he will work a
hundred hands, and never keep a memo
randum book. He will let them have
change as they need it, and at the end of
the month, when he comes to settle, tell
each man exactly what he was paid
and when he got iL He never forgets
anything, and if he owes you a nickel in
a settlement will remember it snd pay it
to you. Mr. Phinizy is very plain in
his habits, and if the poorest man in
Georgia should come to his home he will
treat him with just as much courtesy
and honor as he weald the President of
the United States. He makes no dis
tinction in persons. One man to him is
just as good as another, so he is honest
and truthful. Mr. Phinizy, too, ia
charitable man, bathe never makes
display of his gifts. What he does is in
a quieL unostentatious manner. He it
of great determination, and will not
put his money into anything unless be
is given n controlling voice. If it
not for him the North-Eastern railroad
would never have been builL It was
hia money aad influence that made this
road aanecess. Mr. Phinisy is certainly
a ^onderful man, and some day, when
the spirit moves him, be will, with his
vast wealth, leave in some great enter
prise a lasting monument to his memory
in’Athens.”
PREMIUMLIST
HYDROPHOBIA.
Just as everybody was begii •.
congr atulato themselves that th< ,
■tad-dogs was abont at an end, anu the
prowling cur ceased to be a terror, the
horrible intelligence comet that they are
again extant, and the number increased
en-fold. Only a few weeks ago, we
learn, a mad-dog, foaeainr and frothing
at tha month, ayd snapp at everything
that mads a noise near hi tut -’e bis ap
pearance on the premise* i Mi Marion
Williams, jost across the « ‘ark- line
and dashed immediately in > a pen of
hi5 hogs, and bit five uf them n a twink
ling. The dog was then hunted and
killed, bat it is' 000 known how many
other nnimala were bitten before this.
A week or so after being bitten,
begs, showed evident signs, of hydro
phobia, and as fast as tba symptoms
.ppeared «£, these animals, ‘hey
would at once - be killed, and list
Saturday the last one of.five fine hogs
was killed on this account. ,
It was reported In, Athens yesterday
that just below Winterville, in Ogle
thorpe county, a rabid deg’ made its ap
pearance, and bit fifteen er-twenty ether
doge, and the whole county is excited
over the matter. The rattlesnake or
X in are sought and killed, now let
J. suffer the name fate, or force the
owners to muzzle the prowling peats.
Violet is much worn with gray.
Frazzled short hair is not good
form.
Dude collars for young todies are
hip her than ever.
All the grays this fall are to be
tinged with green.
.Butter yellow is a favorite shade
with brown this season.
Leather color can be worn with
almost any combination.
Grenadines have designs embroi
dered by hand in floss silk.
Rock crystal is in higtofavor for
pins, pendants and lockets.
Ginghams are made up with ac
cessories ol heavy cotton lace.
* •Parasol* now correspond to the
bonnet in color and trimming.
. Wild bachelor’s button, in a fash-
■onable flower for • millinery pur-
ponce. •„
Wtide corduroy makes a very
;irr tty vest to wear with stuff cos
tumes. i
Artificial fruits are much used in
tl> e decoretion of garden hats.
lailor made dresses of white!"
P’3JJ e . * re being worn this summer.
1 his summer all the browns are
to shade to yellow rather than red.
' bilk gloves have chenille figures
in bright colors embroidered on the
arm.
Cashmere, camel’s hair, serge and
surah are used for traveling cos
tumes.
Sash pins and slides are made
an eighth of a yard wipe. They
era dainty for children. \
Geranium red, Ophelia purple and
almond green are the hues which
find many admirers.
Invisible net, point d’esprit and
hair line gauze are used for veils
with bonnets and hbts.
Mull fischuea in blue or gray are
■knotted about the throat when dust
renders traveling troublesome.
White wool ulsters, lined with
satin and trimmed with deep red,
are novelties.
Sapphires and diamonds are well
combined in the many clasps, slides
and buckles worn this season.
The damask for table use at sum
mer luncheons and informal teas is
of light tints, either pink, blue or
yray.
Rhine stones have fallen irom
their recent high favor, and are now
used to decorate photograph frames.
DANIELSVILLE DOINGS.
politics, and asiLaoAns—a rao-
TKACTHD MKBTISO—PSasONAL, BTC,
Danielsvillb, Aug. U.^The nomina
tion {or senator hr the 30th aeaaterisl
district here to-day resulted as follows:
Y. A. Daniel, 4i8; T. J. Scott, 397; acat-
tering, 7; Daniel’s majority, 51.
Col. W. J. Pollard was hare aad did
some good work fop tho Augusta ft Chat
tanooga railroad.
After the balloting was over a railroad
meeting was held in the court house
and some live business men interested ia
The President continues to veto
pension bills.
Typhoid lever is ’ epidemic in
Pittsunrg; Pa.
The entire state democratic ticket
was elected in Alabama.
The Orangemen created another
bloody riot in Belfast.
Congress will adjourn Wednes
day or Thursday.
Mrs. Cleveland has joined Ur.
Sunderland’s church.
Brysuth, August i.—Abbe
Liszt died at miduigbt.
Forty-two shoe tactorie* have'
shut down in Mmasachusets.
Over eleven thousand Mormons
have come to America in five years.
A Bohemian in Chicago raises
und keeps dogs for his family fond.
A prize figbt in Wales resulted in
the deatn ol one of the combatants.
In Troupe county, W. A. Heard,
aged iS, married Miss Hogg, aged
l 3- „
Columbui,Miss., voted in lavor
of liquor.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
The street car drivers and con
ductors of Pittsburg, Pa., have
struck.
There will be no appointment to
till Judge McKay’s place till De
cember.
At Pottsville, Pa., a boiler ex
ploded in a shop, killing and wound
ing 15 men.
llte democracy of Morgan decid
ed to have no nomination for repre
sentative.
Tuesday, snow fell at Rome, N.
Y., and there was frost on Mt.
Washington, 'N. H.
Blount was renominated for con-
S ress by the convention of the 6th
ii
Rev. YV. F. Stark is conducting a pro
tracted meeting hero. Thera were bap
tised in tha Baptist church here Sunday
the following: Messrs. James 0. Daniel
and John H. Huff,'and Misses Emma
ltoore, Lula White and Sorrow.
TROUBLE IN THE FAMILY.
Mr. Carithers, who rans a store and
wagon yard at the forks of the road near
the Carr place, came into tawn yesterday
and asked for a policeman to protect
himself snd his property from his wife^
who had taken possession of the prem-
ises and run him out of his place ef bus
iness. Mr. McKie was sent over to pro;
tect Carithers from ’his better half.
BOUGHT A r JAM.
Mr. John Franklin, whd has been run;
ning a batcher shop in Elb'erton, has sold
out his business to Mr. Barnwell and
bought ■ small farm above Moore’S Grovk
church. *
or the Noitheast OeorctaralAasoclatlas
New Ready.
Messrs. Cranford ft Davis have just
issued the premium list of the second
annual exhibition of the N. E. Ga. Fair
Association, to be held in Athens, Ga.,
November 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and
13th, 1885. The prizes offered are all
in cash and quite handsome, embracing
every line of industry. Among domestic
articles are $10 prizes each for the fol
lowing articles: Best calico patchwork
quilt; best linen or cotton shirt made by
hand; best display of growing flowers.
Liberal premiums are also offered for all
manner of fruiL $10 is offered for the
best display of vegetables; $5 each best
display of canned fruit, pickles, jellies
and bread. Handsome cash prizes are
given for all kinds of field products. For
display of factory goods diplomas are
awarded. Special attention is given to
poultry. In horses and mules generous
cash prices are offered. For agricultu
ral implements diplomas are offered. In
fact everything that can be raised or
produced on the farm or by the hand of
men and wowen ia remembered in tha
premium list, but especial attention given
to fine stock of all kinds. Blooded cat
tle and bones will be an especial feature
at this fair. The first day there will be
a running nee of half mile heats for 9^0.
The second day trotting races for $25 and
$75. The third day a trotting nee for
$200. The fourth day a mile heat Tor
$50. The fair will be a grand eaccaaa,
and tha premium list is die most extefi
sive ever issued.
THE CROPS.
Corn is suffering for rain, although k
geod crop has been ’ttojto on upland-r-
more than tost year.' Cotton on re
land is flu, but it is very poor whei
th* soil is grey. We heard' a.farmer
front the lower-edge ef Clarke
this .week that he knew of plenty cotton
that would not make a bale to 500 acres,
ii r.:
refurnYd.'
Mr. W. J. Jones, who has been eat-
ployed on the Banner-Watchman office
for-the past several yean, but who,
couple of months ago, left on a trip io
Charleston, to take peaseesisn of a entig
little fortune, left him Ujr his mother, to
connection with setae >tojakbles. return
ed home yesterday, having secured his
-property without a particle of trouble.
The money when deposited by the mot!
er 18 year* ago, for the benefit of h<
son was quite small, bnt the interest
accumulated until it became a handtoi
offensive Bathing Fasklons.
Bathers at Ocean Grove and As-
bury Park are catching hard knocks
from the correspondents all around.
Says a writer in the Albany Jour
nal:
“There it a conglomeration of
sexes in the water at Ocean Grove
that is a feature ol the place. The
young men and the young women
go down to the sea together and
match into surf hand in hand or
arm in arm. It is a rule with few
exceptions. They spend much time
in the water holding on to one an
other; yee, and in lolling on the
asnd lor an hour or so afterwards,
in was not convinced of the deco
rum and strict propriety of every
thing Methodist, 1 would not hesi
tate to say that I think it the most
lax and improper place on the
American coast. Where the pa
tents of the young people are, or
what they are thinking of, is more
than I can imagine! “Pretty is that
iretty does” is a homely old saying,
tut a good many ol these girls
piove that the proverb won’t stand
upsetting so as to read: “Pretty
does that pretty is." I heard of a
strange thing the first day I was
there. A bevy of raw country
iris from somewhere in the pine
brests came on an excursion. They
wanted to bathe, but they declared
they would not appear in the suit*
they saw all the other women
wearing. They wanted it under
stood that they would never dare to
look at their faces in a glass again if
they were .ever seen in such immod
ett attire. So what in patience’s
name do you suppose they did?
They went down the beach to R
one of them was acquainted,
and presently reappeared clothed
from head to feet in liuen wrappers;
They thought it unnecessary to
have anything under those gar
ment*.- In that garb they took the
Water." - Fortunately for them, it
happened fbat there were not more
than twenty men and boys at that
part of ■ the beach, but the whole
twenty ran after them, laughing and
hooting at them when they emerged'
from the water, with those paperr
like wrappers sticking to then}
like so many suits of adhesive plat
ter. Some of them looked very
much like artiste’ models, and some
looked more like tattooed listers oi
the Greek, who-ttavels with Bar-
num, and who-e body resembles
an animated section ol a frescoed
Wall.”
ELBERT COUNTY.
copn
BACK AT WORK.
THE SIBLKY NILL STBIXX KXDKD AND XVX-
BTTHJNO WORKING SMOOTULT.
The Sihley Mill strikers went bock to
work thin morning under the old terms
sad wages and everything is working'
smoothly again. The strike has never
been approved by Master . Workman
Msynerdie snd the executive committee
oftho Knight* of Labor, and, the strikers' -
have been advised all along to go back. ; £*”1 *7-
Operatives in the King Mill are in good P
spirits over the continuation of the recent
adraape and are working with a will,
here to no change in the affiaira of the.
Augusta factory. The company will
probably take advantage of the
to ele raid the raceway hanks and
ehinery, as the city proposes to elevate
tho canal banks.—Augusta New*.
[Gazette]
The Banner-Watchman
•bout* hsJf column «t local iten|i
from the Gazette, for which it givi •
’the Lender credit. It was a mietal e
of the printer, who keeps the nami *
of both papers standing.
1 Mr. L. A. Johnson brought a li;;
zsrd to town tbe-otber xtov -othu b
had two tail*. '
• The trustees of the Elberton Mis e
Academy elected Prof. Jones, < t
T aGrange^’ •* principal of tin f
bool for another year.
-The completion of the Savanna h
Valley railroad will be celebrate d
at Anderson, S. C, on the iztb di y
of August, by.* grand basket picn c
'dinner,' with numerous speech a
beforehand.
Farmers repqrt that as a gener d
thing the crops are clean and get -
eral green has been conquered, i
We can only get showers of ran
iL “"“ nrr needed, the cotti 0
crop will be much better than mokt
people -.thonght it ever could be
lew weeks ago.
We learn from our worthy tax r :-
ceiver, Col. Tom Hester, that the in
crease in taxable ’property for tfc»*
I r
EOOS-TRAORDINART.
Mr. Joe Langford, ef Oconee, yester
day ate sa egg for breakfast with three
yelks in it This ia something’we nevi
heard of before.
Thirty-twp men, are now enrolled i*
Athens to assist Texefin the event pf »
with Mexico, and .thoyjwill Nlqrt at
moment’s notice. CapLt Oh TVS,:
Chief of Police, is organizer ofUterdS
They arq all pieked man- -
A then
r- I warw
eel* mo
er Chief
Ipany.
aoout $170,0000.
& '
year
- On* of the delegates to the rece it
convention In Atlanta, saya that be i-
mesa men there told him that bui h-
nee* never wa$. s j dull there as it
present,'and that there are at torn*
■strict, held in Macon.
■Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,
vented hit spleen against the South
in an abusive speech.
Four little children, ranging in
age from 5 to 12 years, wei e drown
ed while bathing in Iowa.
Williams, republican, was elected
by the California legislatare as Sen
ator Miller’s successor.
J. H. Dudley was shet and killed
in Lowndes county, Ga., by Arthur
Haint, over a political difficulty.
Two men were killed in Balti
more by breathing the foul air in a
well.
President Clevelai d has- signed
the oleomargarine bill, and it is now
a tow.
A fast mail between Atlantic
porrs and Cuba has been estab
lished.
There is a ship with yellow lever
aboard quarantined, at New Oi
lcans.
A base ball umpire in Philadel
phia was motibed, but defended
himself with a drawn pistol.
The governor of Newfoundland
says the report* of starvation in
Labrador are absolutely unfounded.
E. A. Glover, a young man of
Montgomery, Aia., suicided on ac
count of a wicked woman’s wiles*
John Tosney, convicted of traud-
uiently counting ballots in Cine n-
nati, has been sentenced to three
yean in the penitentiary.
One hnndred fad eighty-five new
cases and thirty-eight deaths from
cholera in Italy, Monday.
' John Bonie, postmaster at Sebas
tian, Indian River, Fla., was mur
dered in his office.' Robbery.
EuThe four story brick block, on
ed.taw street, Baltimore, was burn-
L jss, $5,30); full iasurance.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 2.—The Ma
con base ball club disbanded. This
ends forever base ball in Macon.
Congressman Henry R. Harris,
of Georgia, will be married to Mist
Kate Moses, of Washingto.n City.
Judge T. J. Simmons it a candi
date for the judgeship of the North
ern district, made vacant by the
death of Judge McKay.
Atlanta, Aug. 2.—It has been
fully developed that there will be
no apposition to Gen. Gordon’s
candidacy for Governor by inde
pendents or republicans.
Jsmes O. Schell, ot Atlanta, was
killed by the cars at Chattanooga.
James O. Dobbins was crushed to
death by the train at Central, S. C.
At * picnic at Brookfield, Mo,
man killed two constables at one
blow with an axe for arresting his
brother who -was selling lemonade
without authority.
Fourteen stone cutters who were
at work on the new state capitol in
Atlanta struck because . Messrs.
Miler & Horn, the contractors, re
fused to discharge the foreman,
whose conduct has been obnoxious
to the stone cutters.
TBs Covtaftoa ana Maeon.
It was - announced ten days or
more .ago that Col. Livingston had
resigned the presidency of the Cov
ington and Macon road. A few
days after he told the Constitution
that he had. resigned, bnt the direc
tors had refined to accept bis resig
nation. In, the next issue of the
GonMitation the directors published
• card denying that they had de
clined to accept the Colonel’s tesig-
nation. U is said in Macon that
th*pr sfok mmm rupturr between
the company fcnd the president, and
that the directors charge him with
bad faith to the company. Wt
r e assured that Col. Livingston
has no further connection whatev
er with the road, and it is reported
that he’hn*'turned upon it and is
seeking to prejudice people against
it. Whatever may be bit position
nr attitude toward the road, we are
THE ALABAMA, WONDER
STRANGE STORY OF MOLUE PEN-
KINGTON.
Tit* CUM-Wondtr of Hort&wmt Alabama
—An Unlettered 01x1 and Almost a
Dwarf—Dead far an Hoar and Domes to
Ufa—Witt a lUrvelouiTstofydf Heaven
and the Ancelae-Sh* Expound*' scrip
ture Like * Preacher—The country
Wild—She 1* Believed to ha a Prophet;
Special to the Montfomery Advertiser.
Columbus, Miss.. August 2.—
Twenty-eight miles northeast from
here, ia the little-village of Vernon,
in Lamar county, Alabama, lives
Mollie Pennington, a girl thirteen'
years of age, who is creating the
most intense excitement in that
community. Your correspondent
had an interview with her yester
day. Mollie was taken with
spasms early in the spring, which
continued, at intervals, until about a
month ago, when she one day pre
dicted that at a certain hour and
day she would “go away,” but that
she would come, back after being
_ gone one hour. On the d*y pre-
1—J dieted she was taken worse and
Dr. Burns was sent for, and while
he was in the room she, to all ap
pearances, died. No. pulse or
)reathing could be detected. She
remained ia this condition just one
hour and then came to life and be
gan talking in a most wonderful
manner, saying that she had been to
Heaven and had seen God and the
angels. She is almost a dwarf,
weighing probably fifty pounds.'
Her parents are very poor and she
has never been taught her letters,
Xnd only heard three sermons, but
has always been a remarkably good
child. She expounds any verse of
Scripture that is read to her in a
truly wonderful manner. Upon
being asked what Heaven was like,
she said:
“It is a very bright place and
beautiful, and the streets are gold.”
“Are there any trees or rivers
there?” was asked.
“Of course not," she replied, as if
surprised at the question.
Turning to Revelations, 22d
chapter, we read the first and sec
ond verses:
And he showed me a river ot
water of life, bright as crystal, pro
ceeding out of the Throne of God
and of the Lamb, in the midst ot
the street thereof. And on this
side oi the river and on that was
the tree of Life, bearing twelve
manner of fruits, yielding its fruit
every month; and the leaves of the
tree were for the healing of the na
tions.” ‘
That,’’ said she, “means that the
river of life is the love of God that
flows out forever, and the tree of
life is God himself. Angels are all
one size, for the spirit is not like
our bodies. Yes, I knew people
there. I saw my little sister, who
Nied when she was two years old,
and recognized her. I did not talk
to any one, but was singing, and
God was talking to me. Angels
have the same form as we have but
are not flesh. They are spirits.”
She claims that she was met at
the gates of Heaven by Jesus and
irough the twelve gates, that
God made her well and sent her
back to earth to proclaim Hi* word.
She is in good health, and talks
natarally on all subjects; has never
been sick at all since she came
back from Heaven, and her sudde*
restoration to health alone is mar
vellous.
_ Rev. Thos. Springfield, the Bap
tist minister of Vernon, has con
versed with her on Scripture time
and again, and says he considers
her a prophet sent from God. She
has been to several large meetings
since, and talks in public in such a
manner as to astonish every one
who heats her. She has “gone
away" as she always expresses it
several times and always foretells,
the time and hour, how long she
will be absent, and as soon as she
returns to consciousness begins to
talk of God and heaven. She says
she has no idea what she is going
to say until the time comes and then
she speaks with terrible earnestness
and power and says God tells her
what to say.
Hundreds of people are going to
see her. Her parents are botp pi
ous people and members of the
Baptist Church. She lives on her
lather’S'tarm, three miles from Ver
non. ' Some strong minded men be
lieve in her inspiration thoroughly
and flock to hear every word she ut
ters, while others declare that there
is nothing supernatural about her.
In the meantime Vernon is the cen
tre of attraction and this modern
wqpder the all absorbing topic of
conversation for miles around.
Inteusa Excitement. in Washington Over
tho Mexican Outrages. Secretary Bayard
Bars Cutting Must lie Unconditionally
Released. Congress to Take np the Mat-
ter. Etc. -;'3|
Washington, Aug. a*—Wach-
ington is considerably stirred up
over the threatened trouble with'
Mexico. Up to to-day compara
tively little attention had been paid
to the matter in Washington, but on
a sudden it has become the absorb
ing sensation of the hour, and is on
everybody’s mind to-night Lite
this afternoon the situation was free
ly discussed by-senatora and mem
bers in conversation at the capito.l
To-night the hotel lobbies are
crowded wj,th people of every class
who are anxiously inquiring for the
latest new* from the Mexican bor
der. The feeling here is
DECIDEDLY WARLIKE.
If Washington is a good ther
mometer the American blood is up,
and is determined to endure no in
solence or equivocation from Mex
ico.
I saw Secretary Bayard to-night.
He briefly reviewed the history of
the oresent trouble, and said Jthat
Signor Romero, the Mexican min
ister at Washington,* had promised-
him on July 21st that Cutting should
be released. The secretary had
made a formal demand for his re
lease through General Jackson on
th* 19th. As the Mexican authori
ties give no evidence that they in
tend to release Cutting, but on the
contrary show every disposition to
assert the'ir claim to the right to try
him under their extra territorial
statute, Mr. Bayard resolved to lay
the matter before congress. He
transmitted the correspondence on
the case to the house this after
noon, but it arrived just as the house
was adjourning.
Mr. Bayard says emphatically
that nothing but the unconditional
release of Cutting will satisfy the
state department. He gave this as
surance to Congressmen Lanham
and Crain, of Texas, who called on
him this afternoon. It is said that
Signor Romero endeavored to pre
vent the sending of the correspond
ence to congress, in the hope that
his government would heed his ad
vice and release Cutting without
any further trouble. Mr. Bayard
grew tired of waiting on Mexico,
and resolved to take immediate and
decided action. Some one spoke
to him aday or two ago concerning
Cutting’s bad reputation, and he
replied: .
“That has nothing to do with the
case. He is an American citizea
and he must be released.”
It congress shows the same spir
it as Mr. Bayard, Mexico will
have to
BACK DOWN OR FIGHT.
The foreign affairs committee of
the house, which had adjourned for
the session, will be convened under
a special call to-morrow to consider
the correspondence transmitted by
Secretary Bayard. The matter
will probably come up in the house
soon after it assembles to-morrow.
At the Mexican legation a much
more conciliatory spirit exists than
that which is said to prevail at the 1
Mexican capital and among the
border rufliians on the other side of
the Rio Grande. Signor Romero
has done everything he can to bring
his home government to its senses,
but his prudent counsel seems to
have had little effect The events
ot to-morrow may go a long way
towardsdetetming .whether there
will be war or not. ' F. H. R.
I
A DARING BOBBERY.
Msakeh Men Intimidate a Family and Car
ry Off a safe Coatalntns $6,000.
McVille. Ga., July 31.—News
has just reached your con eapondent
of a daring robbery committed
last Tuesday night, about thirty
miles over in Montgomery county.
The facts are about as follows:
Mr. Clam Moseley is an old miser,
who lives in a remote corner of
the county, and has been conceded
to have considerable money. Last
>»
Atlanta, August 3.—T. Pierce
Weaver, as he ia thought to be, is
»hi
still here. His wile, who resides in
Indianapolis, wt o has been tele
graphed tor, sends a dispatch to her
lawyers in Atlanta to day that ahe
will be here to-morrow.
Washington, Aug. 2.—The
senate ha* confirmed the nomina
tion of Fit* John Porter to be col
onel of the atmy of the retired fist.
The bodies of all the victims of
the Saiah Craig yacht disaster,
near Long Branch, N. J„ have been
recovered and carried back to Phil
adelphia for buriel.
Washington, Aui
ig. a.—Among
the clerks dismissed from the Pat
ent Office Saturday was Miss Alice
E. McKelpan, a grand-daughter of
President Thomas Jefferson.
Dr. W. J. Heard, a prominent
physician of Nashville, Ga., attempt
ed to outrage-a young married lady.
iy GOL Maclien it backed by large
resources and that they mean butt
ness. Such being the case no dr trac
tor caniajurethe great work the/
have undertaken in Georgia. CoL
gentlemen of
great energ
He comes from, a line of honor
Southerners, and Is engaged in tbf
greatest railroad schema of this de
cade. We helieve.be will succeed,
and thereby build a monument to
the sagacity and energy of himself
and associate*.
I ' f
New Yohr, Aug. 3.—While
Robbins’s circua was on Ihe
outrage-a young
He was bound over in $1,000 boni .
but skipped the country. He has a
family.
i way
tbit morning from Manor to Sag
Harbor, Long Island, via the Long
Island railroad, a large elephant in°
car with two camels attacked tl
Utter, killing them both. The Iceei
er, who attempted to quiet die ele
phant, was driven from, the car,
narrowly escaping with hit life.
The noise made by the elephant
excited the lions and tigers to sui “
extent that they attempted
to
one thousand houses in the city for • 1 to
reator sale, and that rents have ‘he.r cages, ahd a telr-
Wt^oced one half. ’ f 25! uproar P reva,led for
frir'iM
Columbia. S. C.. August £—
The Culbreath murder esse was
called to-dav in the Edgefield court.
After a brief argument the jndgie
granted* continuance of the esse
till the next term of the court The
thirty odd defendants are out on
bail
Toe excitement in Washington
over the Mexican trouble was not
quite so high last night as on the
previous night The house com
mittee on foreign relations had the
metier under discussion vesterday,
and will report to-day. Meanwhile,
the Texans saem to he ready arid
ahx oue to cross the Rio Grande.
The senate rejected the nomina
tion of Matthews, the colored ma'n
of Albany. N. Y.. to be recorder of
deeds, District of Coiumbia.
The man who was killed in th
Georgia Pacific aceident at the sev
enteen-mile tank in - December last,
was was J. Woods Tierce, the Tex
as stock man. J. Pierce Weaver
the Indianapolis man, is now in At*
lanta.
EXCHANGING A WIFE.
Charlotte, N. C. t July 26.—A
novel case has just been brought to
light here In -the criminal court.
Seven years ago, in Union county,
Alfred Godfrey and wife were liv
ing together as happily at wedded
couples should. Rufus L. Porter
and his sister Susan were their
nearest neighbors. Visits were fre
quent, and as time roiled by God
frey became enamored ot the love r
ly Susan, and Porter found that he
was dead in love with Mrs, God
frey. All parties soon discovered
the state of affairs, and in order to
consummate their arrangements a
removal was made into Mecklen
burg county. So soon as the par
ties were fairly domiciled a trade
was made, and Godfrey took Miss
Susans to wife and Porter took
Mrs. Godfrey. To prevent detec
tion the two couples lived in the
same house. For four years these
relations existed. Everything mov
ed on peacefully and quietly. The
wives kept the house and the ex
changed husband and lover tended
the farm. The two women were
contented and were not disturbed
by jealousy. By some means the
manner of living was detected, and
last week a warrant was issued and
the parties were arrested. Enough
evidence waa procured to establish
a prims facie case, and bond to the
criminal court waa required. While
in search of bail Godfrey and Tor-
ter escaped. The two women were
brought to this place and gave bail,
and will be tried at the ne:Ct term.
Miss Porter stated that Godfrey
gave her brother, Mrs. Godfrey and
a peck of peas to “boot” for her
Susananna.
Tuesday night, about 11 o'clock,’a
crowd of men, all disguised with
false feces, drove, up to the house
and commanded the family to re
tire, under threats that if any show*-
ed their faces before day they
would instantly be killed. Of
course, the family, being helpless,
were easily intimidated, and retired
as comraa'nded, and were all
locked inside of the house by
the robbers, who proceeded at once
to a small office adjoining the
dwelling, where Mr. Mosely’s Iron
safe was kept, in which his money
was deposited. With axes and
hammers they forced the office
door open, and four of the bur
glars lifted the safe into a wagon,
while a fifth man held a light
ed lamp, and then drove rapidly
away.
In a few' hours a posse was in
pursuit and tracked the wagon
down near Long Pond, a distance
of about twenty-three miles, to
Tobe Mozo’s house, where they
found the wagon.
Mozo has been arrested, together
with three negroes.
The safe contained about $6,000
jn cash and about the same amount
in good negotiable papers, together
with all Mr. Moseiy’s land papers.
In justice to Mr. Mozo, the wri
ter can hardly believe him connect
ed with such an outrageous crime,
as we have known him from in
fancy. It ia more than probable
that the wagon was stolen from Mr.
Mozo for the purpose ot making it,
appear that it was he who commit-
the deed, as the mule that drew ,
„ J u *» 3 — D .
Sheriff C. C. Green, who, • short
time ago, was appointed receiver ot
the liquor saioon of Floyd & Smith,
on Peachtree street, opposite the
National Hotel, $old ■ the furniture
and fixtures of the saloon at the
court house this morning. The en
tire outfit brought only $150.
Three handsome walnut sideboards,
with cut glass mirrors that cost a
yew ag« $150, sold for $56.25. j
the wagon was stolen from Mr. N .
Gibbs a few nights before.
The safe had not been found
last account*.
Origin nr /ostler Joe;
A young Englishman, now trav
eling in this country, gives the fol
lowing story as the origin of Sim’s
poem, “’Ostler Joe,” wh „
much talked of a few weeks ago:
“Tho heroine ol that much discuss
ed poem was Mrs. Rousby, the
English actress, and Sims, in "writ
ing his verse, merely chronicled her
story and surrounded it with a halo
of romance. Mrs. Rousby was a
woman, ol extraordinary beautv,
and the will be remembered as hav
ing visited America, playing; in
“Twixt Axe .and Crown,” which
Tom Taylor wrote for her. She
was talented, too,but, alas! she was
dissipated, and intemperance wove
her windingssheefc Let her be
spoken of with charity; perhaps she
was more sinned against than sin
ning. At all events, “’Ostler Joe”
is her story. The first copy to reach
this country was a manuscript that
Sims gave to Henry E. Abbey. Ab-
bey gave it to Jennie Harold, an ac
tress, who ufed to be popular in
Boston, a sister of Lizzie and Donald
Harold. Then Ed. Buckney ob
tained a copy of the manuscript and
recited it, drawing tears to the eves
ol his hearers, including himself.
This was belore the piece appeared
in the London Times, and of course
prior to the discovery that it w-a so
wicked as to cause the bluk'n ot
shame to inanfle the shoulder bladenfl
of ladies in Washington society