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BANNER- WATCHMaN.ATHENS. gEORoI A m OUR RIVER. . [ke Water Power of the Oconee AND iW TRIBUTARIES. ,s ISTF.UESTIXG AND TALE ABLE ' PAPER . ;U r.oai the ’teuMi teams oftho Unlt- 1 jd states. rill nltovc-, liio railroad the Oconee .•(•ive.** large tributary, the Aps- . from the west. Three miles at Willis' ferry, there is said to , , , m id\ shoal, hut of no consequence , a,-xt power worth mentioning sbein, s. ,11 shoal, ' miles northwest of ilreenesboro, r> miles from Maxej’s t'e llv ,i railroad point, (on the Athens prtn 'h of the lieorgia railroad), 12 mi es Maeison, a:id about 13 miles above • olroad bridge. U is used by the , i i. iory aim grist infll of tile 1’oW- anufai'turing company. The dam i ami alone, 3UI feet long ai d ,. I (ugh, and was i,ir.lt about the l-.'. Having never been carried ii |i,m,ia tlie water for about ai mi an average widtli of 2' K i foot. , it a race ",00 or 4<Ht ;*.*et long lea T s fsetory, where the ill is It) feet, mil, runs 3,200 tpi lies, and is ti,milled with a s arc ly of water; i is obliged to stop sotirely during ..two mbs on account of baez No steam-power is used. , no.\t stioal, and the last of impor- tins stream, is Harnett's or .s miles lielow Alliens, ami the shoal on the river. It is popularly ... ,1 that the fall amounts to 6U I,., t a iiini, a distance of three-fourths ol i, ,. I visited the place, and although u ,j U- lo make any accurate observa- some rough measurements with a j, . „, t love, rather inclined me to belie 0 t .1 die ligure is too high, and that -h, •'I feel would be tunic] the truth. Not ail of this fall, however, is easily a*suable, on acco.ot of the character ol n- hanks, which are steep on l.odi sides ,, tho lower half of the silo. I. .'.till, |„ sl a full of 2.) feel foul . be . ailly i. lidded available, with room l..r ImiiIU- i.igs on the left bi.ik. i lie bed of the .tivam is rock, an I at the head a natural USUI extends exluvly across, diagonally down stream, from Vue left bank to the right, at,,I, therefore, not just favoiahle i» liirmng tne water to toe tell hank. Over Hus lodge occurs the muss rapid tall, aiooun.i.ig U> 2> feel in about 3U> yards. I lie lest of tile fall wotihl lie leryxIillicuU lo utilize I'ully by cunaling, ihoilgn n pruoably could in some way be Tin 1 the shoal, am, It n-i si IlSeif I Ills . I ten leel w nle ul deep, and 111.' banks are low aim ,. |j, uirt'.ilio liesl.el U.e river riss i or i leet, while liiree-l'ourllia of a 1T led, ami on the ,dy ever over .1 or 4 is at present utilized, ailiii.ligil it ll lias been proposed to es- 10. hstia cotton factory to 're. It is one ii,e linest silt s in Ibis part of the stale. I'.,.,. ■- .il.ltiig stone is found in the iin- i.„ ,ii.de oeiinty, tlie climate is licallby, oi.ii il is said that a branch road could, »id.out lunch d tiiculty, he run from the . or.la railroad. I he next t.lbutary w orth naming is l,e Appalacliee river, which lias its , on, es iii liwinnett county, whence it 11, » s soiilheasl, and joins the Dconec pi-i a I,,,, • tlie railroid bridge. Itfc length i, a straight line is 54 miles; by the riv er s i miles or over. It drains an area of ahout .V si square miles, receiving as its pr.in',pal tributary llardlahor creek, from vh* west* which drains aholit 17.1 square in I, s. Data regarding its llow or fu 1 c mid not he oh I in id. Tho rainfdl i n l, ,,, hasin is about 47 inches—11 in spring :: in summer, !• lit autumn, and 14 in a i'ii, r. The stream is quito inaccessible, as the map will show. The following m, me powers in their order as the river i. ascended: About a mile and a half above the rail road there is said to be a small sboal, not ii-.,!. and probably of no value. Four i„,l. s fm tber up if Reid's mill, not now used, the available fall being stated at 7 or > feet, and perhaps moie. The null was burned during the war, but the great er part Ilf tlie dam, which was of rock, and I ,.r 5 feet high, is still there, though „ut of repair. This site is 4 miles below the muntil of llardlabor creek, and 2 miles from Buokhead, the nearest railroad d. p„t. Disowned by Mr. W. M.-Mc- \\ horter. Estimates of the llow are lia- l.le to considerable uncertainty, as re marked in the caso of Little river, but 1 would estimate tho How and power at tins place as in the table on page 149. Ten miles up the river, snd above the mouth of llardlahor creek, is Fur.ow’s griat mill, where a fall of 8 feet anil 3i I horse ponr are used. The dam is of wood, 8011 feet long, 5 feet high, and hacks the water dm) yards. The bead race is ISO feet long. The drainage area above is about dll) square miles. Tho drainage area above this shoal is about 300 square miles. ( have based my estimates of power foi the-river prin cipally on the above data regarding the factory as famished byaDr. Powell, the president of the oompsny.. Although no of so much interest here, I subjoin a ta ble. Taking 85 horse power net as the power, with a fall of at feet during the low season of dry year>, or assuming the efficiency of the motor to be 75 per cent, and the gross power 100 horse power, the power per foot fsll is 5 horse power. Above ihis shoal comes a site not uti lized, said to have a fall of 15 or 20 feet; but no information could be obtained re garding it. Five miles shove High Shoals is Snow's grist mill, with a full of 10 or 12 feet and a dam ol about the same height: and further up the stream are other small grist mills, but they arc not worthy of special mention. The Appalacliee has one tributary- worth naming, viz: llardlahor creek, from the west, which drains 173 square miles. It is, however, not a good stream fur water power, ifnd has only one site worth mentioning, about 3 miles from its mouth, and just above where Sandy Creek joins it. This site was formerly used, and the available fall is stated at 10 feel; but the power is small, ami the fall subject to bcing./liminislicd by back wa ter from the Appalacliee. The stream is sluggish ami without power above this. Sandy creek, a tributary of llardlahor creek, drains about 72 square uiiles,nnd is said to have a shoal about 2 miles long, on which there were formerly 1 mills, but now only one remains, this sboal is only 8 miles from Madison. Tlie Oconee river is formed by the union of the North and Middle forks a few miles below tho city of Athens. I remains to describe these two streams The North fork' rises in Hall county, and Hows through Jackson and Clarke coun ties, its length in a straight line being about 43 miles, and its drainage area 433 square miles. It Hows directly by the city of Athens, the most important place in the vicinity. The tabic of declivity on page 145 will show that the stream has quite a rapid fall. There are, however, few mills on il, and few sites were brought to my notice. 11 is probable that the great er part of the fall occurs ill tlie upper parts, before the stream is large enough lobe of much value for power. Tlie first shoal is sometimes known as Smith's, and is less than a mile above the unction of the two forks; but according to all accounts the fall is small and the power not valuable. The next power is at the factory- of the Georgia Manufucturii^ Company, where the fall is 2b feet ill a distance of one and a half miles or thereabout, file dam is of wood and stone, but built in a rather pe culiar way. A stone datn of triangular or trapezoidal section is first carried entire ly across the stream, and on top a wooden sill is laid; while on the bottom and on the up stream side a second sill (mud sill) is also laid, both extending from bank to bank. On these two sills the planking is laid, sloping thus upward and down stream and projecting down stream be yond the almost vertical face of the stone dnui. This dam of the Georgia factory is 300 feet long and lOfeet high, and was built in 184b. The foundation is solid rook, and tlie pond is about a mile long ar.d 150 feet wide. A race HOO yards long, leads to the factory, where the fall is 20 feet, using 150 horse power, which can he obtained at all times, but with no waste during working hours in the dry season, liese data give a net capacity of 7* # horse power per foot, or, say. 10 horse power gross per foot, during tlie low sea son of ordinary, oi, perhaps of dry years, corresponding to 0.20 cubic feet per sec ond per square mile of drainagqarea. have taken this as referring to dry years, because it Is lo he expected that thi flow of this stream is more regular than that of the other tributaries of the Deonee thus far considered, since the raiafall is both larger and more favorably distribu ted, being as follows, spring, 15; sum iner, 45; autumn, 10; winter, 16; year, I'lie shoal referred lo is one quarter of a mile above the' mill, and ia a batter site t ian the one where the mill is located. The fall is said to be about 14 feet in 250 i arils, and a dam 4 feel high could prob ably be built, giving a total availablefal ,.f IS feet. The bed is rock, and the bunks steep and rocky at t’ie upper end of the shoal. It is to ha remarked that tin-Appalacliee' exhibits the same phe nomenon—of filling up with sand—that ha- already been referred to at length in tin'case of the tributaries of tho llroad river in South Carolina. -At Forlow’a mill the fall was formerly 12 feet, lint is now reduced to 8. The ahoal just re fined to has never been used. It is own- vi 1 by C M. Kurlow, of Madison. i ne nevt power is 5 or G miles above ai Price's mill, agristand saw mill, using a fall of 18 feet and 25 horse power, the dam being 4'., feet high, and the race 225 fi-. t long. The owner states that by car rying the race 100 feet farther down the Mi'eam a fall of 20 feet would be obtain ed,ami by going further still even more could be used, the shoal being a half mile long The shoal is, tio doubt, a fine one. Hie next power is 4 miles above Price’s, ut High Sli lals, situated 14 miles from Athens and 18 from' Madison. The stream is said lo fall about ,55 feet in 300 or Aral yards, but the principal part nf til* fall occurs in the lower half of this distance. The fall is Utilized by the cotton facto rythe New High Shoals Manufacturing Company, ami by a grist mill and a cotton gin. The i*eu of the stream iaaolid rock, the banks High and difficult to canal, and the width nf the stream 200 to 400 feet. T he cot ton factory dam is located about the mid dle cf the shoal, and is of wood, straight acioss ihestr. urn, 400 feet long and 5 or fret high, lni.lt in 1873 at a cost of $500, and backing thu water only one or two hundred yards. ’I'lie race is 200 feet long, the f.’,il 20f. i t, and the power 100 horse power, which- can 1m secured da'- ring 11' 4 mutJhs .i - \ rule, and 76 hone power fin lln-'icmaiidng time, there being no wa-’e i i HiPriiiyl while running. Juot ‘bore the | H ,nd is . fill of 4 or 5 feet, used far run iii, i , w hile just below the factury ■ i a pr -I mill with no data, a W nden In n -ale." 120 feet long and a l.lof2> I.- I'nt»-i.iug4 pairof stones, this .mil there is a fall,not used. This factory is a mile above tlie junc tion of tne two forks. Above this power comes a .-mall shoal, where it is said that a fall of 0 feet could he obtained, known as the Lumpkin but it is probably not of much conse quence. The next important power is the Ath ens cotton factory, at Athens, about 4 or 5 miles above the junction of the two forks. The datn is constructed like that at the Georgia factory, and is 30U feet >ong and 10 feet high. It was built 1847, and would perhaps cost $5,000. The foundation is solid rock. The race is only a few feet in length and the fall 12 feet, and 180 horse-power is used. Opposite the factory, on the east hank, is a grist-mill, with a race about 330 feet long and a fall of 13 feet, with 80 horse power. The total power used is there fore 210 horse-power; but this cannot be obtained all the time, and the grist-mill is sometimes stopped in dry weather to allow the factory to use all the power. Still, I was informed that the factory could not he run at fall capacity more than about 10 months of the year, the power during the rest of the time being considerably less, even by drawing down the water at night in the pond (which is 3 miles long and 100 to 150 feet wide) to a certain extent, the (Victory being run 11 hours a day. These data give the power in the low season at somewhere in tlie neighborhood of 8 or 10 horse power per foot fall gross, and as Ilia data from the Georgia factory arc the more reliable, on account o' the fact that in this esse it is impossible to say to wliat extent the water is drawn down in the pond, I tqko the figures used in the pre- ious table, which five for 12 feet fall powers of. respectively, 90,110, 850 and 137 horse-power for the natural flow of the stream, and in ordinary years, of course, about 170 horse-power. The datn of this factory was partially wash ed away by a freshet in tlie spring of 1881. There is no power on the stream lor 12 or 13 miles above the Athens factory, the next power being at Hums’ mill) n aw Hood’s mill, where the foil is 10 feet, with a dam 9 feet high, the power not being of much importance. The next shoal is Hurricane shoal, in Jackson county, 10 or 17 miles above Athens, when the fall is 28 feet * in a short distance, and the location is said to be safe. The power, if used at all, only used to run a small grist-mill, with a few pair of stones. As nawrly os 1 could locate the place, the drainage area above it is about 230 square miles, the rainfall being the same os already given. This site is conveniently located about 3 miles from the North-Eastern railroad aid Clarke counties, to join the latter stream, Its length in a straight line is about 40 miles, and it drains a total area of 407 square miles, receiving os its prin cipal trihutari a Mulberry fork, draining 97 square miles, snd Barber’s creek draining 74 square miles. The fall of the stream I am unable to state, but it probably docs not differ much from that f the North fork, which it resembles in all respects. If anything, the hitter is more rapid, the Middle Ocuitte being said to have many low, flat and rich bot- 'om-lands along its bonks, and to be rath- er sluggish in many places. The flrst shoal on the stream is known ai the Simalton shoal, and is a mile 'or so from the mouth, but the fall ig small, and of no value for manufacturing. The next is the Princeton factory (cotton), 2 miles from the mouth and 3 miles from Athens, which is the nearest railroad point. The da:u is similar to those already described on the North fork, and is 320 feet long, 9 feet higl, and was rebuilt in 1880 at a cost of about 15,000, having been constructed origi nally about 40 years ago. The founda tion and abutments are of rock, and the pond is 2 miles long, with an average width of 150 feet. The length of the head-race is 300 yards, and it is 20 feet widi and 2 to 3 feet deep. The fall at the factory is 20 feet, and llA) horse-power is used, and can be obtained all the time, with a waste of water at all seasons. The wheels are stopped by high water sev eral days in the year, and sometimes two weeks or more in all. The freshets on the stream are quite severe, and in 1880 there were several very Urge ones—the largest since the “Harrison freshet” of ^Jay, 1840. In April, 1880, the water rose 27 feet at the factory, and was 7 feet over the dam, overflowing the canal, and causing a stoppage of work for six days. In 187!)the licad-gates and canal banks were washed out during a freshet, and tlie factory was stopped for one month. The next power is Jennings’ grist-mill, 3 miles above, where the fall is 8,>j feet, with a dam 4 feet high. The power util- ized is very small. McKlroy’s mill is the next power, 1)., miles above, and 4 miles from Athens. The fall is 13 feet, with a dam 8 feet high and a race JtjO feet long. The mill runs pair of stones, and can be run all the year. The power available can he ap proximated to as above, there b.ing no tributaries of importance between this place and the factory. The next power is at TalUssee falls, 8 or’.) miles from Athens, and about 4 miles above McKlroy’s mill. This shoal is 1,- 2<AJ yards long, and the totaf fall is stated to be 51 feet. Hart of this fall was at one time used by a cotton factory, but now o'dy by a grist-mill, located at about (he entre of the shoal, with a wing-dam, a race 3tA) yards long, and a fall of 14 feet The whole fall of the shoal could with out difficulty be utilized, but in two parts—the upper part being used on the left bank, and the lower on the right. There was formerly a saw-mill on the right bank near the foot of the shoal. Tnebed of the stream is rock, gravel and bowlders, and its width is from 150 to 200 feet. Above this shoal there are said tt'i e large powers on the stream, although nhcre are some sites where grist-mills might be located, and some nulls in oper- ion. (>f the tributaries to the Middle Oco nee, the first is ltarber’s creek, which enters below the Princeton factory from tin* west, draining 74 square miles. Half a mile from its mouth is the Pio neer paper-mill,'using a tall of 20 feet and 120 horse-power, which can be ob tained during nine months, while for tlie rest of the year only 80 horse-power can lie obtained. Steam-power to the extent of So horse-power is used all the time, and 80 horse power during three months. Three miles from the mouth is an unutilized power known as Epps’ shoal, the fall being stated at 24 feet in IA)yards, ell available. Four m les above is a third site, not used at present, the fall being stated at 20 feet in 300 yards. Mulberry fork, which enters the Mid dle Dconec above Tallassee falls, drains !>7 square miles, and has same .shoals, used and idle, on the main stream and tributaries, many of which might doubt- lass be ntilized v ith advantage, affording good powers, though small. CAPT. BITCH’S STATEMENT. Corrections Hade la Our R-port of Hls Itil- flculty With Smith. ' CapL J. E. Bitch was in town yester day, and requests that we make the fol lowing correction in our report of his dif ficulty with Mr. Tom Sam Smith, in Jef ferson, which we freely do, as our infor mation was third handed, and of course liable to errors: Capt. Bitch says that himself and Mr. Telford, of Bonks county, were standing talking in the hall of the court-house, when Smith came up and stated that he understood that Ritch had been circulat ing lies on him. Capt. Bitch told Smith that he did not want to have any conver sation with him whatever, and walked off. Smith then stated in the presence of others thst he would cut his (Bitch’s) d—d throat. Bitch went to the hotel and from thence to the court-honse. Smith overtook Ritch’s son, Johnnie, at the court-house steps, and asked him where his father was. .He had his knife in hand. He said to Johnnie, “I have not anything against you, but I want to know where your father is.” Capt. Ritch was standing on the steps, leading up stairs, and heard this conversation. Johnnie replied to Mr. Smith, “You are drinking, and don’t try to have any dif ficulty with fa'her.” Smith flourished his knife across Johnnie’s breast and said he could whip him and his father both. Capt. Ritch walked down off the steps and picked up an axe handle that was standing behind the door. As he did so Smith advanced, with his open knife in hand. Ritch drew back the axe handle to strike, but some one in the rear caught the bludgeon, and pulled Bitch back. At this instant Smith struck at Ritch with his knife and cut his coat Bitch jerked the stick loose from the party behind him, and as Smith made the second lick with his knife Ritch struck it with the stick, and broke the knife, its jaw lodging in his (Bitch's) coat pocket. Johnnie Ritch caught Smith and threw him. Smith cut ting at the boy at the time with his bro ken knife. Ritch struck Smith two or three licks, hut was so pressed by the crowd that he did not hurt him much The knife was not broken in the door, as stated, but by the stick. The parties were then separated. The grand jury found no true bills against either Capt. Ritch or his son, but one against Smith. These are the facts that were given in before the Mayor’s court, in Jefferson. THE RAILROADS. MACON ASH ATHENS ROAD. STREET WORK. Facts ConcexnUuc tbecovlngtaa and Macon —Branch UMm and the Extension to Florida. flaaatltation. When Mr. E. G. Macheu, the builder ' of the Covington and Macon ralroad. projected Bis enterprise;' ho said that ii would be of very great importance ii Georgia. It seems that he knew wbat he was talking about. The line from Macon north will have two termini, one at Covington and one at Athens. From illedgerille a branch will be construct ed to some point in Jones or Jispei county. Another will be constructed from Jonesboro. Still another w.Ii Ik constructed from Eatontoq. The branch from Ealontott wilt tap tl e main lineatMonticello. Citizens of I’ut nam and Jasper counties have subscrib ed thirty thousand dollars. THE AMOUNT UKyLIllKU by Mr. Machen to secure' the construc tion of the branch, and the contracts have been signed. This result was brought about mainly by the exertions of lion. J. T. Dennis, of Putnam county, and Mr. Charles D. Leonard, mayor of Ea- tonton. It assures to Katontou the means of coming out of the bottle she has been confined in so long, and will doubtless cause her to take on new life. Besides these branch lines, prepara tions are now in progress to exteud the main line into Florida. Surveyors are already in the field, working south from Macon, and it is claimed that the exten sion will be completed inside of eigh teen months. WHAT WILL ATLANTA do? The Constitution is prepared t o that she will reap a large part of the benefits to accrue the building of the Covington and Macon and its branches. Whenever it is finally decided just what territory the road is to occupy, Atlanta will send out a line to tap'the road at a point from which every part of the terri tory may be contrrlled. In the meantime thu people in the Covington and Macon territory may con gratulate themselves upon the prospect of being brought in closer connection with Atlanta. In a few months Eaton- ton may empty herself into Atlanta in three hours’ time, and Munticelloiuay do a like thing in two hours. ATHENS PRESBYTERY. Commissioner Stanley FUllng In and Grad- Ins Oconee street. Since the city of Athens was in its sw,.(Idling clothes Oconee street, leading from the Lower bridge to Dorsey’s tri angular block, has been a sink hole for the street appropriations. Thousands of dollars have been expended on it, but the first washing rain carries off the work and deposits it at the bottom of the factory pond. Oconee street is one of the most important arteries leading to the commercial heart of Athens, for all of that valuable Oglethorpe trade must pass over it. But tho right man has tackled this street now, and together with some good work Tom Stanley is bringing into play scientific skill. He has this week the street force at work here, and is making of this thoroughfare one of the best in Athens, and it will also, when he is done with it, be one of the prettiest. There will be a gradual grade leading from the bridge to the top of the hill, and so rounded that as fast as the rain falls it passes off into the side drains. Beneath will be several inches of rock, but the top dirt smooth and hard pressed. The unsightly sidewalks, on inbankmeiiLs high above the middle of the street, will be graded down and a nice terrace cut for each l.o se. With two exceptions, all the property owners have consented to this, as it will greatly improve the looks of their homes. The residents will have no need of fences, a..d if they would all agree to abo ish them, this will then be one of the pret tiest and most attractive streets in Ath ens. Mr. Stanley’s expenses are now about $500 per month for his street forep. He will come out within the appropria tion. Proceedings of the Meeting Held at Eebron Church, in Franklin County. This body, which extends over sixteen counties in Northeast Georgia, he d its semi-annual session at Hebron church in Franklin county last week; attended to various matters of business, and I a preaching twice a day, with a baske din ner between. Large md attentive audi ences were present. The church organ- zat ion there is ninety years old. On Sabbath morning, a new, commodi ous and beautiful church edifice, recent' ly completed, was dedicated An im- mense assembly, much larger than the house could hold, was on the grounds Dr. Lane, of our city, preached the dedi calory sermon. The present pastor of the chuich. Rev. G. M. Cart edge, has been its pastor tor thirty.four years. Much good seed were sown and some additions to the church were made. El berton, April 20tli, 1887, ~} 3 p. in., was chosen fer the next meeting of the l’res- byterv. The community took good care of visitors and delegates, treating them to a thoughtful and bounteous hospi tality. CAME TOO LATE. An Invitation to Partake of a Barbecue To-Day in Oconee. Mr. 1 L. Ga"’t: You are respectfully invited a.id urged to attend a barbecue to be given at Cochran’s store, Oconee county, next Saturday, the 7th inst. We have invited Hon. H. H. Carlton, and hope you will urge him to come also. We saw one of your reporters at Watkins- villc court last week. He said he was out on a foraging trip to get a good square meal or two. Now, we think it is your time to forage some, anil wo sincerely hope yep will be with us, and we will have a good time.* If you do not come we will bo badly disappointed. There will be a big crowd from the adjoining unities. “Herein come and fail not,' under penalty of losing a goed barbecue dinner. L. L. Famiirocuh, L. B. N. Cochran, T. W. Powell, Committee on Invitation. August 5th, 1888. Oconee County Whisky Men File a Petition Contesting the Election. The Oconee county prohibitionists will be astonished when they learn the fact that a petition of 140 good and re spectable citizens of that county, and among the number several who voted for prohibition, have filed a petition with the Ordinary, contesting the late prohibi tion election. Mr. Thrasher is now in Jefferson looking after carrying the late mandamus case to the supreme court, and while there this petition was filed. Ordinary Thrasher will now be compel led to withhold his declaration until the contest is settled, which will probably take some time. Oconee will in all prob ability remain wet for awhile, at least. k Relo A Ol tint'll leet ' TO GO TO THE FALLS. Mr. Tobe Murray left for Tallulah falls yesterday, and will take charge of a livery stable for Mr. James Reaves, who has sent a lot of stock up there. REVISING THE JURY BOXES. The Jury Commissisncrs have com pleted their work revising the jury boxes, and are now having a list -prepar-* ed. There ore about 150 names in the grand jury box, all whites, Shd 476 in traverse jury box. including four colored men, viz: Madison Davis, George Davis, Sam McQueen and Tom Jackson. There were only 450 names in the old box. and ii said to be a very good power. Above this there are-other shoals some of them utilized to run small grist- mills; hut regarding them I have no data, and as the stream is email it is needless to specify them. This part of the state hot a healthy and salubrious climate, and offers many inducements to manufactu rers. Its water-powers- will doubtless bo developed before long. Tho Middle Oconee, or Middle fork, takes its rise in Hall c aunty, and, like OH TO KNOXVILLE. A gentleman in a position to know,says that dirt will be broken on the gap be- tVeen Tallulah Falls and Knoxville, Tenn., next year, snd by 1888 the trains wiU be tunning through from Athens to thst point. The money is ready to build and equipt this road. The engineers of the M. A A-, road ore expected here every day. They ore now between Athens and Madison. THE OOOilBE MATTER. Judge Lyle, of Wotkinsville, was in the city yesterday, and stated, we learn, that Mr. Thrasher would at once declare the resnlt of the prohibition election in Oconee ns “dry." The result most be declared before a" contest can be mode. t* I: : >, i’ I.; FOR THE LEGISLATURE. We learn that Mr. Ire Vanduzer U so licitcd to become a candidate for the leg islature from^Hart county. He will make an excellent member, and his county certainly owes him a debt of gratitude. OCONEE ECHOES. FINE RAINS AND OllOll CltorS—rOt.lTICS— RAILROAD PROS! EOT*—BI.OODK! STOCK— IMPROVEMENTS, ETC. Oconee Countv, Any. '4.— Fine rain on 2d and Jd inst. Crcjisarean average, only failure on bottom land. Oconee has run aground, it seems, for a candidate to represent her in the next general assembly. There is nota man in the field. If there is anything in ta'k, we certain ly will have a railroad soon from Madi son to Athens, via Salem. Dr. Price says if they will come by Farmington he wil guarantee to High Shoals a road down grade to the depot, and on a dead level back to the factory. Mr. E. F. Anderson snd family are on a few days’ visit to their farm in Oco nee Mr. Anderson has some very fine stock on this farm—Hamiltonian horses and Holstein and Jersey cattle. Pastu re were never before finer at this season of the year. Mr. J. Elder will soon have the church completed at Antioch. llr. T. J .Thrasher has his saw mill in full blast nesr Salem. Tbe gtuvrylp* Corpa Busy at Work toe. * lag tbe Route; * > ” *•' 'ne urveying corps of the Macon and Athens read are iu the city, busily en gaged. in locating thu route Of the read, i’imy arrived in Madison 7 hursday, and •re camped about' two miles from the city. Yesterday they were engaged in get ting a route through tho city. -The route on whieh they are at work, is along the bed of the Georgia reed, which it is prob able they wilt follow lor three miles, '•.lien turn to the left on the way to Ath ens. Work will be pushed very rapidly, aid it is thought they will reach Athens s short time. The lower route seems the most favorable, and the rood will probably fellow the old survey in the main. This will take thein by Salem and Watkiusville, in Oconee county. Engineer Roberts is laid up for a tew ays, in consequence of sickness, bu( will soon be himself again. In the meantime, his men will be employed in locating. , Uur people, to a min, are highly en- mused over the prospects of a new rood Madison-, and it is to be hoped that iiothing will be done to hinder the route. I'.ic right of way is very important, and loan, who has the interest of himself or his county at heart, should refuse to tender the right of way through his lainls. 'i fie people along the Social Cir cle route are anxious for the road, and will donate the right of way without any trouble. Two or three obstinate citizens may defeat the enterprise by re fusing to make this grant, and we appeal toad citizens of Morgan and Uconee to act as one man, and see that nothing is done to hinder the project. They can not allbrd to throw such obstacles in thu way of this read. It will cause un- necossa. y delay and may finally defeat the re... Cspt C. G. Taliuadge, one' of the di rectors of the road, is in the city, and will follow the corps through to Athens, with blank deeds conveying the right of way. He is heartily in sympathy wdh the route, and alvi-ays has been, and we commend him to the people along the route as a friend, whoso counsel they will do well to heed. Madison gives a cordial welcome to this untiring friend md will never forget his many efforts in her behalf. He is as true as steel, pos sesses indomitable energy and pluck, and to him is largely due our success. He will be with us several days. In this connection it will not be out af place to again refer to tho great good that has been done this road and the Madison route, by J udge IV. B. Thomas, of Ath ens, one of the most public spirited men i<> Georgia. It was tlie indefatigable Ubois of this gentleman that turned this road from Covington to Athens, put a much praise cannot he given him. Mad- sou will always feel near these gentle men, who have been friends indeed.*— Madisonian. RIDDLED WITH BULLET$ A HORRIBLE CRIME IN RICHMOND COUNTY. AHtgro Boy Outness on Bltht-Year-oid Child—A Mob Captures tbe Bute, Who Confesses Bis Crime—Ho Is fakss to tbe Woods by tbe Mob and Shit to Dea’.h. Augusta, G«., Aug. 4.—Some four or five day* ago a negro, named Henry Davit, outraged the person SEN' ITOR PEAK. Tbs Convention at Monroe Nominates a Senator by Acclamation—Proceedings of tbe Heetli g. Pursuant to a call of the chairman Of the democratic executive com mittee cf the 17thsenatorial district, the delegates met in Monroe at 11 o'clock on Thursday; Col. George Silrnan, the chairman, called the meeting to order, and, .on motion, of the daughter of a prominent and I !• C. Barton, ol Rockdale,-was elec AT WORK. Hands Put to Work on tho A. ft H. Road Between Montlcello ft Athens. Sja Del to Been r-\Vatcbm*n. Madison, Ga., Aug. 7.—Seven hun- •Ired hand! put to work between Monti- cello and Madison. Messrs. Taliuadge and Elder are securing the right of way between Madison and Athens. 'I he peo pie are jubilant. P. 01.1) BETHANY. WASHINGTON ITEMS. CotulitutloQ. Ex-Senator Pope Barrow cal cd on the Presiaent to-day and told him that Rail road Commissioner Alexander Erwin was the man lor the Federal judgeship, made vacant by the death of Judge Mc Coy. Mrs. John B. Gordon was in the gal- leries of the senate and house to-day, and was the recipient of distinguished attention. Judge Sam Lumpkin, who has been here on a visit of pleasure for several says, left to-night fur home. Work for the Centennial—Some Now Fea tures. Several days ago we published an ac count of the exercises to be held at Beth any church, in Greene county, during their centennial meeting. There are some ether special features w t.a will give: An old sermon preached by Dr mins in the church, in 1823, will b d. It is at present in possession of Rev . *.r. John Jones. A fac-simile copy of the “League and Covenaut” of Stotland will he shown, after which Rev. Mr. Browne will de liver an address upon it This old document brought on war with England, which gave, not only to thst country, but to this also, both civil and religious liberty. A history of the church will be given by Prof. \V. E. Reynolds, which will be of interest, as it will carry us back to the early days of our country. The first services will he a sermon by Rev. Mr. Doak, on the evening of Aug. 12th. This centennial occasion should be a matter of interest and pride to people outside of the community in which it is to be held. Let us make their interest our interest; their success our success. In one word, let us regard this centen nial as our centennial. All are invited to attend, as .ample preparation is being made to accommo date every one who is so disposed. esteemed* citizen o'f Richmond county. By threat* against the life of bis eight-year-old victim ol his lust, the victim secured her silence and managed to effect h : s escapa before his crime became known. When the child tearfully told her downhearted and grief-stricken parents of the crying and HELLISH DEED OF THE BRUTE, the facts concerning the crime be came knoWL in the neighborhood. The scene of tbe crime wus near Double Branches, about eight miles from Augusta. The father of the child, Who ia doing business in Au« gusts, swore out a warrant in Au gusta for the arrest of the negro, and the authorities here having knowledge that Davis was in the employ of a Mr. Thompson, at Perkins, in Screven county, a sta tion on the Central railroad line, dispatched Officer Calvin Seago to arrest the miscreant and bring him back to this city. Monday the officer proceeded to Screven county, and placing Davis under arrest, started on the return trip to Augusta. At four o’clock thin morning as the train, having on oard the officer and criminal, reached McBean’s, a wood station o > the Central road, THE TRAIN WAS BOARDED by a score of men weajing white masks, who, by threats and intimi dation, forced the prisoner from the officer. The conductor and train crew hurried to the assistance oi Mr. Seago, but being convinced that resistance to the twenty un known men, who were armed to the teeth, was useless, they submit ted-to tne inevitable and the crying and shrieking wretch was dragged from the coaen, thrown inta a wag on near at hand and driven hurried ly into the surrounding woods, »he lynching party following hurriedly. Djring the dragging of the mi*cre- ml from the c vach *even\ persons were seen o fire at him, but no ball is known to nave struck him. The feeling against him was so strong hat it was feared he would be kill ed at the depot in the presence of the ladies, who-, half clad, had rush ed from the sleeping cats to learn the canse of the uproar. One lady fainted during the eactement Having secured the negro the parry hurried him about a quarter of a mile from the depot here. He was asked if he was awate of the crime with which he was charged. Pite ously wailing, and begging in the name of God and all that was holy, he repijed in the affirmative and confessed his guilt. This seem ed the signal. Immediately a sin gle rifle shot rang out, and Davis’ body seemed to quiver, as having received a death wound, but before the swaying body felt to the ground, twenty well aimed shots riddled the body with holes. And tbe firing and pitiful cries of the doomed boy having ceased, nothing further was heard save the tramp ofhorses’ feet, as the lynchers separated and de parted from the scene. Whence they had come or whither they had qone no one knows. Not a sur mise as to their identity is indulged in. The execution took place be fore the train left the station. The body was left where it tell. Coroner Piquet goes down to morrow to hold an inquest. While people here generally cry down lynch law, not a voice of white or colored has been raised in condem nation of the lynching. The brute deserved a more violent death. His victim will hardly recover from her injuries. led permanent chairman of the con ventioc, and W. B. Pruitt, of Clarke, secretary. The roll of the counties was call ed, and the following named dele gates responded as the names of the counties were called: Newton—J.W. Swords, J. E. McConnell. Clarke-W. B. Pruitt. Oconee-J. N. Sheats, A. H. Jackson. Rockdale—J. C. Barton, M. D. Irwin, R. H. Cameron, G. W. Glea- ton. FlkeJ t0n-J E ‘ Nunnalljr ’ J’ IL MARK B. CHEATHAM. Nothing has been heard from the miss ing carpenter, and to-day his sons offer a reward of |50 for the recovery of their father's body. They are confident that he has committed suicide by drowning in the Oconee river. THE 0C0N3B RIVER. We have no apology to offer for con suming so much of our spade to-day with- the report of the powers on our river taken from the census report It is aif inportant paper snd a good advertise ment for oursection. money nuur. Collectors report that they never knew money so scarce as this month, and even the best men let their bills remain un paid until next month. Trade, however, will begin to pick up by the 1st of Sep tember, so “suffering days will soon be over.” SIMoNTON BRIDGE. CapL John White was in the city yes terday, and says he will, in a few dsys, begin the wood work on the Sitnonton bridge. The middle tier, in the centre of the stream, was successfully built, as the water was exactly at the right stage. This will be one of the bestbniltbridg in the county. THE CROPS. Capt. John White says crops are not at good as last year. Upland coin, where worked, is fine, but bottoms gen* orally a failure. Cotton has come out wonderfully in the last few days, and at it has not stopped growing, is taking on fruit very fosL In two weeks this crop can be either made, or ruined. 1 RAILROAD NEWS* . Engineer Robvrts was in the city yes terday. He left his squad between this place and Mopticella, busily engaged in selecting a ronte for tbe gndirs. Work has commenced on tho read from MontieeUo to Athens, and the Mad ison route has been selected. Fifteen hundred hands wiU be throwing dirt on this road in a few days. All work has been suspended on the Covington route. IN JAIL. Courtney Beql, col., formerly of Ath ens, is in the Atlanta jail for larceny after trust Courtney once owned con siderable property in Athens, that he made out of the Yankee soldiers, but it soon all went by bad management id Ua uUall. On Wednesday of Jack so A court the se of Duka et ai vs. Duke et si, bil[ of interpleader, was tried by JndgeN. L. Hutchins.The bill in this case was addressed to Hon. N. L. Hutchins, the father of the present judge. His doabt : ful if a like instance has ever occurred in Georgia. , .. A DISCOVERT, Fraa the Beading Dally Eagle. Onions inhaled cause sleep, rest snd repose. The soldie. on his- march snd the exhausted iron worker get great strength from eating.thc onion. Tie a fresh onion aroqnd the neck and bruise it to make its odor thorough, and you secure sound sleep from its nightly inha lation. . Daniel R. Cltmeb, Ex-Mayor of Reading, Ya. SAMUEL J. TI* DEAD The chairman, after the namet of the de egates had been enrolleJ, an nounced the object of the meeting and stated that nominations were in order. Mr. Nunnally, of Walton, put in nomination the name of W. L. Peak, of the county of Rockdale, and af ter a fetv well timed remarks the nomination was seconded by J. 11. Felkcr and moved that he be nomi nated by acclamation. The motion was put and Hon. W. L. Peak, of Rockdale county,' was nominated oy acclamation to represent the,27th senatorial district. Capt. McConnell movej that a commit.ee of three be appointed lo draft suitable resolutions in regard to those who had heretofore repre- | scaled the 27th senatorial district. The chairman appointed on this committee Messrs. McConnell, Glcaton and Jackson, who retired to one of the jury rooms, and after a lengthy stay brought in the lollow ing report: We, the convention of the 27th senatorial district, take the liberty of saying that the people feel high ly complimented in having furnish ed to the state senate such men as Gov. H. L). McDaniel, Hon. L. F. Livingston, the present head of the agricultural into est, and the II011. H. H Carlton, the present nominee ol the democratic party of the 8th congressional district. In H. D. McDaniel, this district has furnished to the people of the state the peer of all, and in many particulars, the best governor Georgia ever had. In the hands of Hon. L. F. Liv ingston, the farmers of Georgia es pccially, and all the people, felt that their every interest was safe while he was a member of the senate ano that they were rcpiesented by man of marked ability, and we hould feel proud that he is now a the head of the agricultural interest, which is the most important inter est of the slate. We, as a people, should again feci highly complimented in having lur nished the last president of the sen ate, and also the present nominee oi the democratic party, for congress in the eighth congressional district, in the person of the Hon. H. H. Carl Washington, Aug; 6.—The Record of the present congress fills S.fiqo printed pages, not including ndexes and appendix. This ex ceeds by about fifteen hundred pages the Record of any piecedir.g session oi congress. ' St. Louis, Aug. 6.—A dispatch from Topeka reports that a cyclone struck tbe town of Hanlant! last night and demolished twenty hous es, and did great damage to grow, ing crops. Sixteen cars were blown from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe tracks, and telegraph wires were prostrated for two miles west of the town. The extent of the damage has not been learned, but the dispatch stated that no one, so far as known, had been seriouiy in jured. The storm reached other towns in the vicinity of Hartland, and the wires being down, its effects cannot be learned. 1 _ Secretary Bayard says he will in sist on the release of Cutting, wheth er congress does or not. Wash Barfield, col., while clean ing out a well at Hampton,Ga., had his skull crushed in by his son let ting a bucket he wls drawing up fall back on it The st'iking stone cutters in At lanta charge that patched work has been put on the new capitol. Senator Colquitt is pressing Cap tain Newman for the federal judge ship, with the Grady wing close at his back. Senator Brown desires the appointment of his brother. Judge Jim brown, and orders have been sent to Georgia to work up for him such endorsements and testi monials as may be necessary. Portland, Me., Aug. 4.—By the upsetting of a boat in the harbor this alternoon, seven persons were drowned. People on the wing are now find ing ont something about the nature of mankind. When a man or wo man goes onasummer vacation, the tnr.eT life is more apt to appear on the sur ace than at any other time. Your tradesman, professional man and society lady are compelled at home to wear masks, more or less. They are polite and kind on com pulsion—otherwise the callers to trade and the callers to exchange sociability will fall of!. But away from home ' these rc traints ana compulsions arc gone, and what a transformation! The selfish, piggish, vulgar-souled man is identified in a crowd in a moment, and his femi nine congener is known at a glance. Under the semblance of the man are seen the nature and instincts of the hog. But pass on. The next one you meet bat risen into the higher life. It may be the smallest token in the world—a glance, a smile, an a'titude even, that reveals the true gentleman and the true lady, who find the pleasure ol life in the gra’ifica ion ol emotions of a kindly and generous soul. THF. VEXF.KABLiu STATESMEN PBACEEULLY PASSES AWAY His Death Occurs at Onyttoas Thu Morn- lsg-TDs End Peaceful and Quiet-Con grestlonal Action—TUe Freildeut Sanaa aKsttaisil Uiiiliiu. New York, A tj. 4:—bunuelj.- Tilden died at his honie in Grey stone, New York, at 8:45 a. m. to-day. Mr. Tilden had oeen in feeble health for some time, yet his sudden demise this morning was entirely unexpected. The end was peaceful anilquieL The immediate cause of death was failure of the heart, following' an acote attack of diarrhoet and nausea. There were present, at the time Mr. Tilden’s niece. Miss Gould,' and Doctors Charles £. Simonds and Samuel Swift.* - x Paralysis and the bodily infirmi ties incident to old age haa reduced. Mr. Tilden to a mere skeleton, and Tbe Appropriation BUls. The following are the items for Georgia in the river and harbor bill as it went to the President: Savannah, 1150,000; Brunswick, $22,500; Cu nber and sound, $112,- 000. R v rs— Altamaha, $20,000; Chat tahoochee, $20,000; Coosa, $45,000; Flint, $70,000, of which $55,000 is to be expended between Albany and Montezuirfa, and $15,000 below Albany; Ocmutgee, $7,500 Oconee, $9,000, of which $1,500 is to be ex pended between Scull Shoals and railroad bridge; Jhomley marsh, $t7, 475; Savannah river, below Augusta, $15,000, making a total of $43*M75 ,or Georg a. hisiastdays were marked by ex- treme iceblen’es. The routine" ol his daily file for a year past, at his beauiit*i residence. oathe HiMMon, ■HE iJ the North fsrk, flows through Jackson —Madisonian. BERMUDA GRASS. Just as our fanners had learfled’the great value of the much-abased Bermu da, aa enemy has corneal ing that threat ens its extinction,' and the day is not for distant.when this valuable grass willbe- a thing of the post. The Lespedexa, a clover-like weed that appeared in Geor gia with the surrender—and; that is said to grow only in conquered countries—has completely taken our fields, and kills ont the Bermuda whenever it Comes in contact with this grass. The Lespedexa is an excellent food for- stock, hutno ■ equal to Bermuda. better than the madstone. A man in Meriwether county, Ga^ sev eral weeks ago, was bitten by a mad dog,' and no other remedies being at hand, the wound was bathed with Turkish Lini- iment A cure wss perfected snd'all fear of hydrophobia has. passed.,.'The Turkish Liniment is manufactured . by Br. E. S Lyndon, of Athens, and isfa st upplanting ths Mustang aod .all; ;»Vs: er'makes. \ The- ladies of Athens are on the war- pfth against Capt. Oliver for inducing their hnsbands to. volunteer' to go to Mexico. was about aa foilowa: He usually awoke in the morning about 4:30 An electric bell at the bead, ol tbe bed summoned his valet, who gave nim his medicine, which he took a» regulatly as he did hia food. Af- erward he wonld be about until 8 hi lock, seemingly dozing, though when his valet, thinking him asleep, ■pproachedthe. bed, he found hia bright eyes open and watching him If be felt well he was assisted.down to a 9 o'clock breakfast, which usu ally consisted of milk and some rich broth. Ow.ng to paralysis Mr. nideh was unable to close his lips, and his mouth was continually open. His right'. * hand, from. the.same eause, was nearly useless, trembling all the time. He bad got even the povyer to raise U to his mouth. His left hand was but slightly afiei ted by the stroke of paralysis and he had the partial use of it. In eating he used hia left hand to hold up his lower jaw. His laithful companion, Miss Anna Gould,.who is a sister of the Wife of Mr. Henry Tilden placed to bis mouth every particle of food he ate - Tha Rom Cutters’ Struts. Atlanta, Aug. 4.—The stone cutter* who struck at the capitoh are leaving the city and returning to their homes in Cincinnati. To-day they shipped their tool chests and a quantity of baggage. The contrac tors having giveif them to under stand that they need look for any more work on the- building, forces them to leave Atlanta in search of other work. It is not likely thst much delay will be caused by the strike, as a good supply of stone a to go into the capitol is on and. before this ia used new workmen will be secured to take the places of tbe strikers. The con tractors here sav that Miles & Horn «iU find no difficulty in getting all the men that they want, and that a new force will no doubt be at work on the capitol in ten days ton, all of whieh is respectfully sub ranted, ' The report of the committee was received with cheers by the con vention. On motion of Mr. A. H. Jackson, J Oconee, each county nam id a man to serve on the executive com mittee for the next two years: Clarke, C. G. Talmadge; New ton.J. P. Sims; Oconee, R. M Jackson; Rockdale, D. N. Hudson Walton, G. C. Silrnan, J. M. Gresh am. G. C. Silrnan was appointed tern jiorary chairman of the committee until the committee met and elected a permanent chairman. The following delegates were ap- appointed to notify Hon. W. L. Peek of his nomination: J. H. Fel- ker, J. E. McConnell, G. W. Glea- ton. The papers of the district were requested to publish the proceed ings of the convention. Tbe convention then adjourned sine die. Mr. John Wansley’s buggy was stolen from the Hartwell camp ground last Sunday night The candidates lor Mayor of the Law and Order League, at DeSoto, Mo., an organization formed to put down the strikers, were elected by a vote of three to one. ^ A preacher was murdered at Sioux City, Iowa, becanse he was n leader in the prosecution of saloon keepers. Hundreds of nominations have been confirmed by the senate, among them those of Dupont Guerry; W. F. Andrews, for postmaster at Washington, Ga., and Wm. T. Mor gan, at Madison, Ga. A riot occurred in Boston in which a number of persons were injured. No particulars were re- eived. R. R. Henry was yesterday nom inated for congress in the 9th con gressional district of Virginia. The democrats carried the muni cipal election yesterday it, Ports mouth, N. H., electing every city officer but one alderman. ^ The democratic convention of South Carolina has nominated Col. John Peter Richardson for govern or. The nominee is the present Secretary of State and an eminent public man. The President will not leave on . his summer trip till week after next TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS. Asiatic cholera is reported to have appeared in Wisconsin. Congress has adjourned, alter a session of nearly eight months. Senator Colquitt accompanied the President to Yonkers, N. Y., to attend the funeral of Mr. Tilden. John Coffee, the murderer of Revenne Officer Merritt, ia said to be still lurking in the mountains near Tallulah. The.e are thirtty-two separate taxes on wheat in M exteo from the time it leaves the field until it reach es the miller. The New England colleges are gradually losing their patronage, and witn one or two exceptions thev are degenerating into purely local institutions. The Queen’* visit to Liverpool cost tnstacity $63,000. We know of a m: n who entertained three queens and it cost him a good deal, but not quite $60,000. Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 6. A lady named Miss Bartlett, while crossing the railroad track at Clifton Forge this morning, was struck by a passenger train and killed. The body was cut in two. Fort Smith, Aug. 6.—Kit Rest, a quarter-breed Cherokee, was hanged here »o-day for the murder oijonathau Dowes, a white man, at Dechateau, Indian Territory, the zotb of last December. Elbeetgn. Ga., Aug. 6.—A small negro boy was shot through the cheek by a pistol in the hands of another small negro boy, in Elber- ton yesterday. The wound is very painlul, but perhaps not dangerous. The boy that did the shooting claims that he was trying to shoot a mad dog, when the other boy passed in front of him, and aaya he couldn’t afford to miss*a shot at a mad dog on account or a small negro boy. Cutting, the Texas editor, haa a last been brought to trial and con victed of violating the laws of Mex- icr. The judge has fifteen days in which to pass sentence. I the mean time, Secretary Bavatd will confer with the Mexican authorities on the matter, and will, doubtless, make daily a formal demand for Cutting’* release. Mr. W. G. Brady, of GlascohV county, announces himself as a can didate for the state senate in opposition to Hon. John S. David son. He claims that the recent senatorial convention ignored Glass cock’s claims under the rotrtion plan, and calls upon all democrats to help nim. Chicago, Aug. 4.—The fact r announced in local papers that the Trades.Unions, Knights of Labot Unions and all German and Bohe. mian labor organizations are abou to enter the political field in earnest Col. S. Murphy, commissioner’s clerk in the Agricultural deparL ment, surrenders his desk in the of fice and goes to Coluinba*. where he will be inspector of fertilizer^- Mr. W. S. DcWolf, of Columbus, who has held the office of inspector of Fertilizers there Likes Col. Mor phy’s clerk in the departments E ght hundrel mea in the Batj> pacxing house at the Union stowk yards, Chicago, quit work to empha size their rctusal to retarn to the en hour working days. Tbe President has approved the river and harbor bill. The printing house of Dunlap & Cohen, of Atlanta, has assigned. About thirty Georgia lawyers are in the contest forithe vacant district judgship at Atlanta. Cutting is still in jail, and the Greasers arc langhtngin their sleeve while plucking the tail feathers of the American eagle. An election on the whisky issue will take place in Brooks county on the 17th. The recent decisive vic tories against the prohibitionists in Thomas and Lowndes counties will have the effect, it is believed, of do Tearing the prohibitionists in Brooks also. • Hop. Henry G. Turner has J*e cured 4 majority of the delegates 4o the convention of the second congressional district. This sccuies his re-nomination and ic-clection The delegates as elected stand- Turner 20; Guerry 12, Mitchell 4, and Jones 2. Douglass county gave Stcwait 300 majority. The vote in the dis trict uow stands: Fulton 6 for Hammond; Spalding 2, Clayton 3, Douglass 2—total 6, for Stewart. There are 30 votes in the conven tion. Laportb, Ind., Aug. 5.—Higday Fostick last night shot and killed his wile and then killed himself. The couple have not lived together for several years. They met last night, at the request of Mrs. Fos tick, who wished to secure her hus band’s signature to some papers connected with proceedings for di vorce. Milledgevillb, Ga., Aug. 5.— The. case-of Frank Humphries, charged with the murder of Mistas Carrie Raines and Ella Humphries, was called to-day. Colouel Rob ert Whitfield and Hon. Seaborn Reese appeared for tbe prosecution. . udge Sanford and Colonel Grieve Were for the defense. Out of seven I s The recent commencement of South Carolina’s military academy, the famous “Old Citadel,” was a bri liant affair and waa largely ai- 1 tnMMai^^CltgrHyton wat thronged with visitors during the occasion. The fact that the. graduating class was the first since the war, made the commencement specially inter eating. The re.-turation of this su perb military school to its former sphere of usefulness w.ill be fclidly hailed not only by Carolinians, but by thousands throughout the South. The striking stone cutters at the capitol building arc still idle, g Belfast, Aug. 6.—The city a to-day placarded with a proclama tion bv the mayor forbidding un lawful assemblages in the streets, threatening all who attempt to form them and all who participate in them with arrest, and calling on all law abiding citizens to assist the police in suppressing disorder wher ever it may occur in the city. While 500 workmen were going home this evening • a bottle wa thrown among them from a win dow. The workmen retaliated with iron bolts, and a lurious tumult en sued. Police and soldiers hastencj to the scene and charged the riotesd but without dispersing them. The police then fired upon the crowd, severely wound several persons. panels a jury wasobtaiued, and the case proceeded to trial. The difference between the mor al courage of whites and blacks was lately illustrated in Bartow county. A white lady, seeing a colored woman in danger of losing her life from the attack of a mad cow, took part and attracted tbe animal's attention. The cow then V turned upon tne white lady, while the colored worn an had no idea of reciprocating the service, but fled from the field. Sbnbca, S. C., Aug. 5.—Red- mond, the notorious mountaineer and illicit distiller, spent last night at tbe Coleman hotel here, en route to Walhalla, where he is engaged with the Beimann distillery in t :e manufacture oi a new brand of whis ky called “Redmond’s Mojnshine.”^ii He is suffering from consumption, contraced ia the Albany, New York, stite prison, from which he was pardoned about one year ago. One lung is almost entirely gone, and his voice very much impaired - He is quiet and retiring in manner, and dresses very plainly, hut neat. Gov. McDaniel is not, and will not be, a candidate for the United State* judg cs hip.