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r THEM. & 1. HOED “T~ 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