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Isolation, misery, ruin.
.viVllKONKSS THAT HAS FOL-
RIxEU niK.illKATSTHlKK.
and Brown Fortun««-Man,
“ ” and Children who Followed Mai-
1
jlH‘
■ York Sun.
July 31.—“Oh, sir. foi
my
ivcll
,1 I'!
t»ke my hu
again. He meant no
wher, lie struek^aml hr is al
oni c>f h>* tniml now when hi
■ ■ « tii ii lie was led away into
| 0 r he had no Icelings but
~ t when ihe strike was order
'll he never lifted his hjnd 1
,, t the load while the strike
,, init stayed at home peace-
\Ve have four children, and
, w ill become ot us if you don’.
' I .1,11 hack, find knows. W\
. t -,i badly punished alreadt
wl.at was done, and ifyou wi».
, hack you will never fin-
i.iithful man to you throug..
K and thin.”
V mietinies expressed
,l ;v sometimes hinted at, some-
.. ., ft to he ititcrred fiom the
1. at an appeal was made, ye’
in evei v one of these hnn-
. it supplications the fact that
- ,,00 men and nearly 10,000
involved in the late great
are sutlering greatly was
,1c clear. With the exception of
. ..11 ii pari of the system in eas-
, T v is this sutlering seemed to
e.eiywhere on me line ui thi-
,, s, .teiii of railways. In Nc-
..a, at O iiaha. to some extent in
.. n K msav wliete the differ
h .incues <*f the line ext -ml like
■ r.s no n the hand at Kansas
i t mm shout Missouri, in cen
’ a nl southern Texas, up across
y.i ,sa», and hack again into Mis-
iioin all the locations on ihi
, m .a amt n.iles of this «y>t -in—
aicite-st under one manageme t
Ins c mi try. and piobahly ill lilt-
, Id—'live come he-t* applua-
is and Hit sc in tic ■ 1* ns of-uff,r-
11 seeme.i h 1. tha tile -tor
■ e gieat strike was iicouph t
11:1 t ei fleet ol
- ,.n 1 then lain
Th it the Mi*-«n
ti -n. after a sira •
with gie •! odd- ;
sta’t, had at erco'
inidahle sit ke ev
United State-, w
111011 knowledge,
strike upon the c
ces, it - road he I
was generally 1
ot net side of tile
up
it hi
■ t .id.
1 eels
t th«
nmvii. Hit the
t irv, that which
ur or live th-u
and men who struck have to *bow
- a result of ti.it act. could only 1 e
htaine I by going where they were
nd learning from < ;i*--<ul oh>e: va-
•11 mid impiiry. In.it has now
veil done t.y your co*respondent.
,| with results which we will now
Iiiice.-d to set forth,
a.-oil- 01 T1IE (ill U XT !’. I’UIKK.
1’ 1st—Ot the lint,-Six nun re I
tone land unskilled workmen in
<• employ of Hie Mi-otni Pacific
...ten when Malt 11 lr ms 01 ere I
he-t ike, le-s than two hundred
liaie heei'l aken hack, while t ie pi 1 -
c - left vacant hv the sir kers have
nearly all been tilled by compete it
men who have bee 1 cal ed from all I
, a l ol t le countV by It.is oppO'tu- |
: . , toi e nplovmei'.t.
The suller.ng entailed by the
strike u ■ n the employes is n it Vet
i taal ex'remity for food and she 1 -
,e — tnnugh in mil IV cases this dan*
vi impends—but is due to anxiety,
despair, mortification, humiliation,
tin eeriiinty that families must be,
temporarily at least, broken up,
w hile tile heads ol them go tortli to
seek employment; the 1 >ss of httle
n me-mat had been bought and
partly paid for with the savings from
I tu* wa ;es received; the giving up
of - no l school pr.vilegos, which the
clutdre 1 have e ijoyed in all these
rad wav towns, and the necessity of
acce rling employment wherever it
, i’e I .11 a much le-s ra t ol wages
tha 1 the Missouri l’acinc corpora
tion ha ! been paving. Tne e tilings
ate stal ing the late stiikers in the
la.es in nd the-e towns.
Timihy — Ma in Irons is practi-
i.T i- a wanderer, almost an outcast,
and could hardly venture with sale-
ii ,11 some places where a few
wicks ago lie ruled men like the
,-„„i,n:i .Tier ot an army. Tne im-
timonials showing competency and
good cha a.tc’, ,amc to him. lie
would have hud •<> difficulty in pul
ing skilled men at c.cry bench,
forge a id lathe, in fitting the paint
•hups a id carpenter sh >ps in every
awn where the comnany had
works, from Omaha to Galveston
■lid trom St. Louis to Wiclma, with
mst as good workmc r as had quit-
eJ those places; and of tr.ickmo 1
■ nd other unskilled laborers, there
was even a gieiter supply ready to
40 t 1 work.
THE SAI) STORY OK A ST.UKKR
••I was ma-Tic.l last sunrme said
1 young car builder. “I’ve got to
separate this summer from my wife
ind baby. I had saved uptf ^oo a id
vas giw.g to get a little house.
Wc’te eating tna r money up now.”
And so they went on, a chance re
nark here, a b.tt r imprecation of
Martin Irons there, and oftenergri n
.until silence One man told his
companions that he could stand any-
-hing but his wife’s patient but sail
.na luer. Hut they all agreed that
hey had been misled into striking
At l’arsons, while there was the
same evidence ot anxiety and hu
miliation, there was also mo-eofbit
erness toward the authorit es rhan
jlscwherc This may be due to the
act that this town was practically
under martial law, a id these me 1
stood all that time face to lace with
the bayonets of Kansas militia Vet,
notwithsta uiing '.his bitterness, the
neu the e do tioi atte npt to excuse
heinxclvcs, and, as elsewbe'e, ad-
i.it th .t the st ike was a foolish, un
reasonable act. 1 hea'd a conversa
tion lietwte 1 two skill d mecltan-
tes here which indicates how all
ihese men now leel. Tney were
car builders, good workmen, who
ire now living on their tav ng-, and
wlio look witn gloomy tcelings into
the futme.
One, a middle-age ’ mail who ba I
icen in the employ of the company
.incur its former as well as present
Management, said: “When I think
ut my prospect-, and what they
night be it it ha I nut been tor this
-trike, it seems a- though 1 snould
go Cta/.i. I know, and you know—
in hi- companion—"that it has al
ways been the policy ot
this company to pro note the
.ueti 1 tiad as good a chance of
■lecoming a miisUr mechanic on this
division as any man could vvi-h. 1
» a-almost certain of prom01 ion
n \t 1 .m, but . shad never tie .1 mis-
lev mechanic now here or .my where
clie.” The mail seemed 11 lie mu
lct- to re-train bis emotion, and he
suddenly stopped and walked rap-
uav a way, evidently that be migut
Conceal :t. •
| > "Wti.it he says is ti de.” said the
uliitr, “and 1 wouldn’t wonder .1 11
liroae his hean.”
So sire t was the anxi
THE AUGUSTA. STRIKE/
EVEUYTHIFG ,:UIET01T;iE CANAL
VICTORIOUS.
Pawder’y Wanted—Citisens Trying to
Hake a Solution of tne Trouble.
Yesterday was the second day of
the lock-out, and the situation re
mains unchanged. What w ill be
the ontcome of the lockout and
strike’it is bard for one to conjec
ture. The operatives of the mills
all remained around expecting tu be
pai 1 ott, and they were paid at
THE ENTERPRISE AND ALGERNON
yesterday morning. Paymaster
Wardtaw went up and paid otF ev
ery operative at the Enterprise in
full to date. The force at this mill,
under tbe able management of bu-
periaten lent Lynch, is one of the
b.-st organized set of operatives in
the Soucn.
THE ALGERNON
operatives were paid yesterday a r -
ternonn by Super.Htendent Wood
ward.
THE SIULEY
will pay ofTail their operatives in
fall to date this alternoon at three
©clock, we are informed. Tire
King will pay off as soon as their
pay roll can be made out. Quite a
number ot the operatives will reave
tor the country as soou as the
ceive their pay.
POWDERLY WANTED.
There is a general desire on the
part tf tne operat.ves to see Pow-
deny; and they would like him to
come and see the situation and
know what his decisiou would De.
Not only does the desire exist
among the operatives that Mr.
l’uwucily should come to Augusta,
but the mill Presidents have ex
pressed the desire that be would
come and look into the situation.
A prominent citizen said in the
course ot conversation yesterday:
1 taink Mayor May ought to tele
graph and request Mr. l'owderiy
to come. If he don’t, why a com
mittee ol citizens ought to do it.
This, said the citizen, is not a ques
tion in which only the operatives
and the mill President- are interes
ted, but it is a matter tti wlrch ev
ery citizen is deeply concern! d, ami
1, lor one, will l>e willing iogito
work wi ll a committee, C graph
an 1 request the presence ot Mi.
Powderiv ami, in short, d>. every
and anything that lies 1.1 :: y power
t 1 remedy tins gieu Iroub.c.
HE HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO.
A prominent leaner ci the
Knignts of Labor ;was Swen amt
when i sited if Mr. Powdeily woul.t
he heic, mod it is haid to tell, lie
was w ineii to the day the notice
was p. sted, a.id thed iy ' f the lock
out 1 e was telegraphed to. 1 can
not say whether he will come or
e'y ond de- j , luti i,ut il he- docs not be will stnJ
Oil
Mens Takes the School.
$35,000. in Bonds to Be
Given to Educate Our
Boys to Make a
Living.
History of Soma of Our Imported Dogr.-A
How and profitable Industry— ’thcrua
Money in If’-Wdlrrees That Lay
Royalty In ttro shade.
No Chance to Contest the Election.
ATHENS ON THE ROID TO PROSPERITY
DESPITE TI1E IEFFOKTB OF THE
HL'JATEh BONDHOLDERS. THE
TECHNOLOGICAL SCHOOL
MORE RA1I.R -AllS *ND WE WILL BE
, HAPPY.
I 1 tie employes ot that divis-j a member of the Executive Houd
•on o the ro.t'l upon wh ch Fort! w p 0 will act in his stea l. The
Word! and Dallas arc situated, that ’
t ICV
recently fcent then
..man to Mr. K
with him 11 t ike tne
ivhen the answer came back that
M r. Kei rigan could not dq so, many
ot t le men are said to have received
Knights of Labor who are locked
master j out nave a right to demand from the
tvrigan to plead . general body that they be careJ for
icm back. And j u .,[i| rhe matter is investigated.
• A DISPATCH FOR POWDKIU.Y. ' t
While tila reporter was busily
engage 1 talking to a member of the
he intelligence so hardly that the j l^xecutive Committee he hrard a
When 1
tear, came to their eyes,
met some ol these men it tee tied as
though their energv and ambition
had been half paralyzed by tne
shock of the reahzition of the eon-
sequences of the strike to them. So,
too, in Texarkana,
and ldebuto. Anx ety tor the tu
till e, and the sense of mortification
and humiliation that they
messenger from the Western Union
| Telegraph Compary itiquiiing lor
| i'owdeily. Tne Chronicle reporter
I soon joined the leegrapli ruessen
i “er 111 his diligent search far the
, (jiand Master Workman. Hut no-
Little Rock j w | lc . re was the great Powderly to
be found, the messenger and rc-
; porter giving up the search. Mr.
powdealy dm not arrive last night
should !
have been, a- they express it, duped j on t i le c. i’e A. train, and is not
and misled into r foolish, senselc
str.ke, are the most apparent results
of that strike all through the
Southwest system.
The mechanic who on $} a day
was able to provide for his family
and save something lor iatciest and
to appH to the principal cannot do
soon' a day. There are very
manv ot the late e nployes who re-
cc ve 1 fro n $3.50 to $4 a day who
are now woraing lor Iron) $to to
$14 a week. The painters, carpen
ters, and woodworkers have been
in mo* t cases able to secure tempo
rarv employment at lo* rater in St
Louis, but already notice- of foie-
] closure have been serve I on some
of the strike's who have failed to
I pay their interest and it is not easy
{ to SCI? how the majority of these
I little householders will be able to
their property. Hut in St.
n August 1, notwithst Hiding the
rumor caused by the receipt ot a
reat trlegram for Mr. Powderly.
a citizen's movement.
A citizen’s movement is on foot
to endeavor to arringe the present
troubles. What this movement
will am >unt to is very difficult to
s.ay, and what methods or plans
this committee will adopt, is also
difficult to fore ell. But all whose
interest is in Augusta are deeply in
terested in this matter, and are anx
ious for a settlement of the troubles
which threaten the business interest
of our city.
A DEMAND AT THE KING.
One ot the discharged operatives
of the King Mill received a tele
gram from El-as, May & Co., of
Atlanta, offering him a situation.
He applied on Wednesday to thd
Superintendent for his pay, which
he Superintendent refused to give
him until the regular time
Yester-
prec.itions with which he denounc- I s ivc .
I I the president of the ra lway sys- i I j0u is, perhaps, a majority ol them
•mi lay Gould, have reacted upon can keep their families witn them. ----- . - , f .
himself and the men whom he ruled ] I,, the small railroad tjwns like Se- day ne called at the ollkc ot the
" s Hak of hrm a. he once- urge I i P.rsons, Texarkana, Little | m.U and stated to the Super.nten-
i-i.-m to speak of Mr. G mid. i Rock, or its railroad suburbacro.s | deal that if he did not get his pay
Fourthly—The Knights o: Labor ' the ,,ver, an.l DeSoto, these men jand lost the profiered situation m
organization has pract.cally ceased can ,l 0 nothing but go away and j consequence, h
Ut exist among the employe* ot the j kave their families behind until they | mill for damage*,
ould hold the
The money was
The election yesterday, to vote $35,-
(XX) in bends to the Technical School,
provided it be located in Athens, was
held. The polls were opened at 1) o’clock
at each one of the polling precincts, in
the ditferent wards, and for some time
the voters came in very slowly. The
idea had gone forth that it took 052 votes
to carry the election in favor of bonds,
and those who had no particular interest
in the welfare and prosperity of the city
concluded that to stay away from the
polls would defeat the issue of bonds.
'1 lie main trouble was organization
Those who were in favor of issuing
bonds did not know wbeie to work or
how t» work. A few car.ia^es were em
ployed by some of our enterprising cili-
z *ns, who felt that the good of the city
of Athens demanded it. The most of
the carriages spent the greater part cf
their time in the shade, as the merchants
who were quietly resting in the rear of
their stores claimed thnfr they were too
busy to go to the polls. At 11 o’clock
only about one hundred votes had been
polled. This did not discourage the
friends of tho Technological School, and
they looked forward to dinner time when
everybody would turn out and vote.
There was not much of a disposition to
vote against the issue of bonds, and only
a few had the nerve to come squarely to
the front and vote “No Bonds.” At the
3d ward two votes were polled against
bonds by two prominent citizens. In
the 1st ward there was one vote polled
by a man who had lived in the eity all of
his life. The colored portion of the city
said they were in favor of bonds, but the
most of them were conspicuous in stay
ing away. It is thought by some
that the principal cause of their
absence was the almighty dollar, which
is generally such a powerful factor in
elections.
They were talked to by the citizens
who were interested, and shown the ad
vantages to arise from this school, and
went up and voted for b>nds without
money or price, thus showing that they
only had to be showa what was the best
interest of our city, and they wculd
stand by us. Too much praise cannot be
given the colored people lor assisting this
great enterprise. Late in the evening it
was rumored on the street that it only
took a few votes to get the requisite
number, and thon the workers went to
work in earnest, and every nook
and corner of Athens was
searched for men who had not voted.
Carriages went through the street in a
run with orders to get back with voters
before the polls were closed and the fol
lowing is the result from each ward:
1st ward.—For Bonds, 230; No Bonds.
10.
2d ward—For Bonds, 141; No Bonds 3.
3d ward—For Bonds, 1GG; No Bonds, 4.
4th ward—For Bonds, 123; No Bonds, 5.
Total—For Bonds, C*GQ; No Bonds, 22.
Missouri Vacitic system
Of course had tUe Missouri P;
find work. VThere
them in the*-e place*
no work for paid.
Til Fa BOOM OF CENTKAL’S STOCK.
At Parsons,
managers followed the usual course j an attempt was made to start a co-
which employe have adopted after
great strikes and taken’back all or a
majority ot the strikers there would
have been no such story as is now
to be told- But for specia> reason*,
winch Mr. lloxie. the lir,t vi e
operative . store; in Sedalia there
was some t dk ol org inizing a co-
o pc-alive wag in factory, and Bi-
Sol > some t*elvc of the »ate em
ployes have begun a co-opeia ive
poke and hub factory.
Everything is remarkably quiet
around all the mills, and l{om ap
pearances one would imagine it
were Sunday, and ; "not t lat nearly
our thousand operatives were idle
n the vicinity.
But tnese
pr
ir-iilcnt.anil actual ran iajcr of llie j a .„l SO me other individual struggles
j>e
system’, and Mr. Kerrigan, the gen-
,-ral superintendent, regarded as im-
ative, it was decided early in the
ke that whatever happene I the
old employes were not t > he taken
hack. Thete existed no grudge or
passion toward these men, and mere
was no personal hostility except to
ward a lew of the leaders. But the
stuke was the second disturbance
with n a year. Tne employees were
alini st without exception member-
of an organization controlled, a'
least in the Southwest the railw. y
managers believed, by dishonest,
unscrupulous, self-seeking, men.
These men the employes obeyed
without remonstrance, lire prop
erly, the business and the credit ol
the Missouri Pacific system were in
constant danger, so the managers
believe J, as long as they were in po
sit.on ;.t a word of command to crip
ple tlie system and injure its busi
ness. Mr. lloxie argued that the
men had not acted in good laitli, for
they had (ailed to live up to the
agreemc it made the year belore,
when dilVerences arose between the
em plover sand the managers. VV ith
out a word of warning, without the
utterance of complaint, without even
a hint that there was dissatisfaction
either with -wages, time or work,
the men struck, confessedly because
another employe on another railway,
which the Missouri Pacific did not
control, had been discharged. Mr.
lloxie and Mr. Kerrigan saw at
once the formidable nature ot the
Knights of Labor organization.
They had seen it grow with misgiv
ings even belore tne striV e, but could
ste no way to check what they re
gardedas baleful influences. But
wnen the strike came, Mr. Hoxie case -
summoned Mr. Kerrigan apd simply
said to him:
“Can men, competent men, be
found to take these men’s places?’
“More than that,” replied Mr.
Kerrigan, who is a man of lew
words.
“Lm ploy them, and remember
that our opportunity has come to
break down this ot ganization, which
menace us as long as its ex ' sl *
among our people and ia controlled
by the men who will certainly con s
tool it.”
Mr, Kerrigan had no very difficult
task in securing competent men,
Business was duff. Skilled mechan
ics all over the country were out of
Work. Applications by hundreds,
many ot them accompanied by tes
akc a living in their old homes | and the situation is
What is Said About It on tho street—A
Bear Movenftnt.
Savanna
The reasons for the continued advance
in Oentral railroad stock are as numer-
The operatives seem firm, deter- j ous and as unsatisfactory as ever. By
"" putting together what is said to be well
authenticated sales so far reported,
mined and resigned. The mill
Presidents arc as determined as eve
show the desperation of these men.
They know tney mu-t g> away
sooner or later, and that their wive,
f om yesterday.
unchanged 1 there has been about 3500 shares sold
nearly all of which, it is reported, have
and children must get along as well i / ^ orJ | lanl L; nco | n commanded a
as possible until good foi tune comes c )m p an y which was mustered int>
again, if it ever does. Many o tie the United States service byjeffer-
women are heroically preparing 1 * s , n Uavis, then second lieutenant
of dragoons. 11 is experience in
support the lanily until that time
comes. They expect in many cases
to board th
men who have taken
Lincoln's Drill. I been sent north, a small portion, about
During the Black Hawk' war j 3UU shares, to Baltimore, and the re
mainderto New York. There isa wide
spread impression that the brokers in
this city, Augusta and Charleston are
manipulating the boom, but if they are, it
.iiciiss | appears that they are moving in a very
was so humorous , , . , . , ., ,
drilling his men
, , , that it furnished him, when he was . .
their husbands’places, and thus eke | Dres - Idtnt with some of thc most it appears, is being ti
out a support. Already in Sedalia, ’ mus i ne stories. | kers in .New York
Parsons, Desoto, and some other
places are to be seen at the family
table the faces of men who have ta
ken the place quitted by the hus
band in the shop, while he has gone
away and is wandering about the
country hunting tor work.
roundabout way. Stock in large blocks,
transferred to bro-
amusing stories. I “** ■■■ v*" 5 " * urk and P aid for by
One day, as he was marching I checks on banks in that city.
MEXICAN MATTliKS.
Cutting Again la Court—-He Still Appeals
to hi* Government for ^taitatance—Sec
retary Bayard s Opinion.
El Paso, August 12—Cutting
Was again taken trom his prison
and dragged before judge Castane
da's court. He was merely told
that the appeal taken in his case by
the lawyer who had been appointed
for him, would be tried by the su
preme couit of the State ot Chihu
ahua in a few days and he was
asked if he desired to have an at
torney take care of his interests be
fore that court. He replied as he
has always done before, that he lelt
his case entirely in the hands of the
American government. He wis
thereupon taken back to prison.
The Chihuahua authorities continue
to ignore entirely the diplomatic en
tanglements resulting from this
across a field with a front of twenty
men, he came to a gateway through
which it was necessary to pass.
-1 could not for the life of me,”
said he, in narrating the anecdote,
“remember the proper word of
command for getting my company
endwise, so that it coul4 not get
through the gate. But as wc came
near it, I shouted,—
There was an attempt yesterday to
force the market down by offering sever
al lots of It 10 shares' at a slight reduction
frm ruling figures, but the offerings
were so readily taken that the hear
movement stopped. There appears to
he, however, with all the strength the
stock has displayed, an opinion among
operators that it cannot keep up, as a
The company is dismissed for well-known broker ofl’ered to deliver 500
two minutes, when it will fall in shares at 90 by Oct 1 or forfeit $500,
again on the other side ol the gate. I and no onq took him up,
v—*u1
—Youth’s Companion.
The situation appears to be beyond the
comprehension of many of our most lev
el-headed business men, except on the
hypothesis that there ia really a move
ment on foot to buy up a controlling in-
Cleveland, O., Aug. 11.—At
Conneaut, Ohio, to-day, Mrs. Stour,
wife of Berry Stout, went to the
river to wash, taking her three chil-.
dren with her. One of the little terest in the stoek, e.tlier an ‘lie interest
ones fell into the water, and in the of some other railroad or for the pur-
effort to rescue it the mother and pose of changing thejnanageinent
all the children were drowned. The MOLE THIEF CAPTURED,
bodies were found close together in j Thursday morning Marshal T. N
six feet of w ater.
Cholera of the most violent n
lure among the French troops ai
Tonquin.
Washington, August 12.—Sec-
re’ary Bayard said today he now
felt confident that the Cutting mat
ter would be amicably adjusted be
fore long. As the Secretary has
steadily maintained that Cutting
must be released, his language is
onstrued to mean that he atsuran
cs of concessions from Mexico.
MILL BURNED.
Mr. W. B. Norman suffered a
severe loss on Wednesday night by
having his mill burned. It was a
very hnc flouring mill and wast es
timated to be worth 86,00°. This is
a very heavy loss to Mr. Norman.
—Washington Chronicle.
Mi
THE HILLS OF GEORGIA.
Mr. A. T. Briglitwell, of Maxeyls, ^ ^ __ ^
tills us of a piece of ground which I Messrs. Martin, had been stolen by Ar-
Hanie and Mr. John Martin, of this city
left here in search of a man named NVm
Armor, who a day or two before had tra
ded a fine mule to Messrs. Martin &
Bon for an inferior one, receiving $30 to
boot; these gentlemen having ascer
tained that the mule traded to the
has containing three acres, which will 1 ^ ^ # relative named Taylor Armor,
have produce!, when the last cro P. of Banks county, and that a reward of
harvested, a crop of excellent a y. ^ k I dollars was offered for the mule and
I thief. With that energy that charscter-
would bring, at Athens prices, the hand-
some sum of $200. How is this for 1.. 0Qr worthy chief of police and Mr.
pointer. King Cotton had better tumble | MtJtilu they rwle rapidly to the home of
when Gtn. Green acts this way.
ULAD TIDINGS.
It ia said that George I. Seney, the
Martin, they rode rapidly
Armor, arriving there jnst before day
Friday morning. lt_ took bnt little
. . . , «_ 1 trouble to grin entrance to the house,
northern tapi ^lnn.tinvs to several ! where they found their man asleep in
made such pnocelydon.tioas to severe! ^ ^ find hinuelf
Georgia insti u on*, recovered I ' ron P’P of Hanie, and although being
fromW* reverac* and has paid all his In- “ d s ‘ 0Qt > he offered considerable
dThtedncss dollar for dollar. Georguns | b “‘ ™ _? 00 _” overpowered
There was’no insurance on the. debtedness aoll " 1 " r l ' u ‘‘*// 1 /”‘p ro s. 1 and taken to Homer and locked op
milL Origin ol the fire not known, will heartily rejoice m Mr. Senoy s pres- j iau _ GlineaTiUc ^
■ - -A- --vL .-—-.re ' .-' t -.
Athin has long b:en not d fork *
fi ©stock of every description, and w.
have imported cows, horses, lings : nd
even chickens, of the finest nreeds at d
registered; but it was not unlit recently
that some of our enterprising citizens
have gone into the business of raising
fine dogs for sale, and the investmo it
has proved so profitable that from this
hitherto unknown source the revenue of
the city wil be considerably aii&aicnted,
There is more money .in breeding and
selling fine dogs than even horses or
cattle. To give an illustration, tl ere
Is one gentlcrann in Athena who last
ycoV sold $500 worth of puppies from
one female, and he has now orders ahead
for all that he can breed. New Found-
land and Pug pups bring from $10 to $2o
each, St Bernard's from $25 to $50,
and pointers and setters from $25 to $50.
They are worth twice this sum at the
North. Great pains are Liken with
these dogs, and they are looked after and
^tiarded as carefully as so much gold.
When sick, their owners will sit up at
night with and physic tho same as a hu
man being. To properly advertise acri
encourage this new business, we havl
wri tten up the pedigrees of afew of the
blooded dogs of Athens, and if any are
omitted it is an oversight on our part
that wc will be glad to remedy when our
attention has been called to it. V e are
indebted to Mr. A. A. McDufllafor much
of this information, a .d as he was the
first man to introduce into Athens the
raising imported dogs for market, and is
thorouehly posted on the subject, our
report can be confidently relied on
For non-sporting dogs Mr. A. A. Mc
Duffie’s kennel stands at the head. He
raises fine dogs for his pleasure and
makes them pay their way as they go.
A few years ago he desired a thorough
bred New Foundland dog for a compan
ion and protector for his little boy ai.d
wrote to many Northern and \\ estern
kennel men and found he could not pur
chase a pure Newfoundland pupsii
weeks old for less than $30 or $•»», or a
St Bernard for $5° to $75, so the idea
suggested itself if they could get such
prices there he might make some money
by raising them in this country where
taxes, license, office rent and land is a
matter of no consideration comparatively
speaking, and from time to time he has
bought fine stock, until now he has a full
collection of the finest non-sporting dogs
in the land, and is sending pups nil over
Georgia at far less than half the price
charged elsewhere.
' His kennel is headed by a magnificent
St. Bernard female, “Flukli.” valued al
$1,000, sired by champion Bonavard,
(Kng. record 117:58) winner of forty pri
zes in Kngland and imported from Swit
zerland to America by K. Ii. Hearn, Pas
saic, N. J. “Fluhli” was bought by Mr.
McDuffie last Febr tary, and lie lias her
now in New York' being mated to W. W.
Tucker’s champion “Apollo.” 'J lie fin
est smooth-coated St. Bernard in Ameri
ca imported March 1880, ;from Switzer
land and recognized as tin finest dog of
his class there, and .^ince his arrival in
America has wen first prize at the follow
ing shows- Pittsburg, New Haven, New
ark, Boston, Hartford.' besides all “spe
cials.” Theon. (A. K. 11. 94) is the dam
of “Fluhli” and was imported by Chc-
quasset kennels. Her height 27!i indi
es and weighs 110 pounds. From her
first litter Mr Mel), expects to sell al; the
dogs and keep the females, as no better
stock can be gotten to raise from.
Besides the above he has other fine St.
Bernard’s rough coats, prominent among
which is a male and female from ditferent
mothers sired by champion Merchant
Prince, (Kng. record 14742) imported by
K. il. Moore, Melrose, Mass., cost in Kng
land 800 lbs., stands 34 inches at the
shoulders, and weighs 200 lbs. He is
the largest dog in America, andseconl
largest in the world. A dog by name
Phinlimmon being the largest. He is
now owned in Kngland and sold last year
for 3,000 lbs. Phinlinimon's grand sire
champion Bayard is the sire of Merchant
Prince.
Besides the above noble dogs (for a St
Bernard dog is the noblest dog on earth)
Mr. McD. has perhaps the largest pair of (
Newfoundlands ever brought South, and
last and least he has an exquisite pair of
English pugs, the cleanest and most af
fectionate dog in the world.
Mrs. Prof. White owns a beautiful Ital
ian grey hound.
Miss Hamilton owns a very largo New
foundland, a present from her friend and
relative U. S. Judge Emory Speer.
Mr. A. S. Mandevillc owns a pure re
triever.
Messrs. Lucas * Richardson own a
pretty Newfoundliml.
Mr. Horace Uareliold owns a full blood
sky terrier.
In field dogs Dr. IL I. Hampton stands
head.
To Messrs. I.avcraek and Llewellyn
are the breeders of English setters of to
day chielly indebted for the degree of
perfection to which this breed has reach-
1, they having bred them in absolute
urity for OTer a hundred years. For
years this breed has carried off a large
majority of the prizes in tlie field con-
ests. Dr. R. I. Hampton has a small
kennel, combining the blood of nearly
all of the most noted dogs of this breed,
which have figured so prominently in
the field trials since their inauguration.
He has a remarkably fine specimen in
Belle Boyd, whose sire, Gladstone, has
sired more prize winners than any other
dog in the world. Mr. Bryson, of Mem
phis, Tcnn., refused $11X1X11 for him at
8% years old, the offer lieing made by
Mr. P. LoriUard.ll.ille 1 J1 u, X its
Claxton, a grand field dog, was sired bj a
Guy Mannering (from the first pair of
pure imported Laverocks owned in this
country). Gjy ctai u< the addition
distinction of being winner of 1st at the
centennial bench show, and special for
the best English setter in the show.
Kate’s dam, Flash, was also imported
by Mr. Raymond, of New York, the
owner of Guy’s parents. This long line
of blue blood makes Belle quite an aris
tocrat, if pedigree goes for anything. Be.
sides, her field performance does full
justice to her breeding. Her half brother
UUdstone'fi Boy, made the most bril
liant derby record of any puppy that
er lived. The D ictor has tw 1 of
Belle’s puppies, now 16 months old,
sired by Count Noble (owned by Mr.
Wilson, of Pittsburg, Ps.) Some con
sider Count quitq the equal of Gladstone,
but if not, he certriniy holds him a good
second as a sire of field dogs. These
youngsters, in their last season’s work,
gave ample evidence of the wonderful
capabilities of this most -wonderful breed
of dogs. They are entered in both der-
byaofthe present year, and if they
should fulfil the promise of youth, will
doubtless he able to hold their own in
any company. Their speed, style, endu
rance and sagacity cannot be appreciated
until seen. They possess 76 per cent
of the blood ol the phenomenal Gath
who made ihe .-rond -xt free-for-all- rec
ord of any dog in the world.
Belle lias again been mated with the
Count, and, judg ng from the past, some
thing very fine may be expected from
the outcome.
The Doctor’s kennel arrangements are
very near perfection. The kennel is
9.20 feet, divided by a latti
ced partitior, one room of which
is used for invalids or pup
pies, opening into a nursery yard—a
small enclosure within the main kennel
yard—which is a beautiful oak and hick-
ory grove, covering nearly a half acre,
l enc’.xi It/t w i/t 1 w ,-j fus* C
feet high, that forms an effectual barrier
to prowling orrabid dogs.
Lr. Swop Billups owns a fine Gordon
DISTURBING THE^ASHES OF A
PAST GENERATION
MEXICAN WAttBlOKS.
T) MAKE ROOM FOR THE EDUCATION OF'
THE CutLDKEX uV TO-DAY.
Ooening Rowsol Graves in the
ALIGHT THAT MAKES ONE SICK A
HEART.
The day after our city fathers hail re
setter, named Black Bess. She was sent I considered their action in locating the
List ot th* Names of th« Volunteers Raised
in our OltF.-
Tho full iwing is tho roll of the Athe
nians who have volunteered to assist
Texas in the event of a war with Mexico
The members of the company are nv J
"7 nested tomeet s’ the council chan.be y
to-night, Tor the purpose of perfecting an 1
organization:
R K Reaves, James O’Farrell, H L
Cranford, A. Coleman, Jqs M Hodgson,
J Neb Smith, W McKinnon, E R Hodg
son, Hope Hull, tlugh Prater, J no M
Booth, WmHaudrup, Bedford Langford,
J N Williamson, E G Lee, W F Dorsey
H C Tuck, T T M Brooks, T P Oliver, T
R Edwards, W H Hodgson, C F Streck-
fus«, C D Vincent, T P Vincent/A H
Hodgson, King Marks, Lee C Mathews,
E I Smith, C W Baldwin, T P Stanley,
a full black and tan
broke and trained
Tam Tam was sold when
or $100, and afterwards bought by Mr.
Brown, for $230. The dam, Sallie, by
champion France Ex Zitta, both im
ported.
Mr. Frank Rhodes owns a fine Llew
ellyn setter, Grover, sire Shot, Ex Peg
gies Kate, she by James Jammerou’s
’ye, imported.
Sheriff John Wier has a fine pointer,
Sane, pedigree good, but lost in moving.
the mm iFfiip.
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Public Sentiment Still Aroused.
SECRETARY BAYARD REPLIES TO
liOV. IRELAND.
EXtl E 1ENTIN EL
cuttln'i Faara— Tha Mxlcan’s Think
they Can Whip the United States
And not Half Try,
to him while a pup by his friend C. F. 1 public school building for the whites on
Brown, of Columbus, and Mr. Brown the hill rear of the North-Eastern depot, '»
wrote him she was sired by Tam Tam, and decided to build in the old cemetery. A ^ rr°ti°j’
an Gordon, imported! a large gang of workmen at once began ’ = b
by Vick, of St Louis, excavating for the foundation of the ‘ ’ e > D M Wilson,
l when six weeks old | house. The only thing to be arid in fa-| w o-r-u.-aT.. “rAf*??---
vor of the first site selected was that tt.
was'equally inconvenient and inaccessi-
^ Pledger, W SjChandler, H H Oraw-
ford, M Jankowar, Jno W Wier, P G Gil-
ble to every portion of our city, white * '\*°**' 0 K Coffins, H H
the new location is convenient st least to John Peple, John Bird, D Cran
the first ward. . We were iu favor of 1 01iTar ’ T U Riddli °S. !■*><= D>we.
building near the centre ol the city, but
1 suitable lot could not be found. Short
ly after the hands began their work, the
JEFFERSON LETTER.
Jzffebsox, Ga., Aug. 11.—Editor Ban
newsspreadlike wildfire over the city I ner-Watchman: The time and attention
m
THE M. & A. ROAD. ;
that graves were being opened by the of the court was occupied last week with
same, aud human bones exposed to the the civil docket, and a great deal of busi-
curious gaze of the public. A B.-W. ness vas transacted up to Saturday
reporter at once visited the scene, and j night. A great many old land coses
RETURN OFCAPT.TALMADGEFROM | found it just as rumor had reported. The were called and disposed of satisfactorily
THE LINK OF SURVEY.
the Right of Way Secured From Hadlson
to the Appalachee—Marching Through
Oconee--Over One Thousand 1 ands
Breaking Dirt Thla side of Hontlc .no.
(’apt. C. G. Talmadgc, with Mr. i’res.
Elder, lias been in Morgan county secur
ing deeds to a right of way between Mad
ison and the Appalachee river, returned
home, Thursday evening, and yesterday
morning a B.-W. reporter caught the cap
tain on the fly for an interview:
“Yes,” lie replied to our inquiry, “I
had considerable trouble getting a right
of way from some land-owners, but I
have now deeds for 100 feet to the Macon
A Athens road, reaching from Madison to
the Appalachee river, all signed, scaled
and delivered. It is strange, but men
ho were enthusiastic for the railroad,
and subscribed money to it, would lies!
Late when approacheu to permit the road
to pass through their proporty. We will
cross the Appalachee about half a mile
shove Furlow’s mill, at a good point and
it is easy to get down to the stream and
out again. 1 suppose the engineering
corps are now at Farmington, and wil
ho in Athens some time next week. The
sickness of Mr. Roberts put double duty
on his crowd, and delayed matters sonn.
tie was at his post again yesterday, and
t will be smooth sailing until Watkine-
ville is reached, when we will strike the
hills nnd streams again. Rut a good civil
engineer can find a comparatively good
route for a railroad where an untrained
man cannot see a wagon road. We have
a splendid route from Madison to the
Appalachee, and cross but one stream.
By making the distance a little longer
we avoid two of the creeks and swam) s
just this side of Madison, and one bridge
will answer. The road will run over
some tine farming country, and I tell
you, the people are all enthused over the
prospect of getting the railroad. I was
overburthened with kindness both in
Madison and from the country people
on the line, and it was almost a quarrel
every night as to who 1 should stop with.
The right of way in Oconee? Oh,
will hv no trouble about that, and I can
finish the work 11" in two days. Before
(ite selected for the building i* near the to the lawyers, at least, if not to their
centre of the old cemetery, on Jackson I clients. Most of these cases, however,
street, and a spot where there are no I were very small ones, involving gener»
tombstones, but a number of unmarked ally nat more than lOor 15 acres of laud,
-raves, now only deposed by sunken I The criminal docket was called Mon-
ilaccs in the earth. da Y morning, and will occupy the atten
This spot was an Indiau burying tion of the judge and bar until Wedncs-
-round even before the whites settled da . v night There were several cases
lerc, and the dust of two races of peo- d «cketed against the evil doers of Jack-
pie now mingle in the same soil. Our I son c *unty that hare been heard and
•West citizens eannot give any account disposed of during tho present week
if when this grave-yard was started, and | The most important case tried thus far
City of Mexico, via Galvoston, Au
gust 11.—Public sentiment here regard
ing tho Cutting case is still aroused, ow
ing largely to the threats ofwar from tho
state of Texas, and there is general un
easiness lest Internationa! troublos may
arise from an unauthorized invasion of
Mexican soil.
El Paso del Nobtf., Aug. 11.—The
reporter went to the prison, end with
some difficulty gained admittance. Cut
ting sat by the window, his head resting ■
on his arm, the picture of despondency
“What’s up?” asked the reporter.
“They are going to take me to Chihuag
hna to-night,” said Cutting. ”
“How do yon know?”
“I havo ways of getting information,"
said Cutting, “that I aannot tell you, be
cause if you publish it tho underground
wire would be cut. This information
has always proved trustworthy in the
past, and it will now. I am to be takon
to Chihuahua to-night Do you know
what they are going to do with mo when
they get me to Chihnahna? They are go
ing to 'murder me and then give out that
(havo escaped and am in hiding. Ifyou
hear that I have escaped don't believe it
until you see me safe on the American
side, and even then I suppose the gov-
ico~ ' S;
there are a number of tombstones bear-
ng dates of sixty years and more back.
This cemetery once embraced all that
land now occupied by the campus, as
nisi Jackson street and the adjacent
louses. The street hands while at work
requently excavate human bones, and
was the case of the State vs. L. S. Fur-
gurson, for horse stealing. Messrs. E.
T. Brawn and It. L. J. Smith appeared
foi the state, and J. B. Silman and H. L.
Brock for the defendant. The case was
called Tuesday morning, both sides an
nouncing ready, and th* trial proceeded.
only a few years ago’ after a washing After the state had introduced all of its
rain, wo saw an exposed gkeletou in a 1 testimony and closed, the case was so
-ully. The houses on the campus are cleap that the counsel for defendant
ouilt on gr .ves, and the gardens the I agreed for the state to take a verdict of
professors work fertilized by the ashes | guilty without argument This was the
of a generation long since dead. The I most important case tried at this term of
cemetery once extended down through I court, tho others being mainly misde-
.troad street,*and you cannot remove any
if the dirton these grounds without ex
posing human bonos or breaking into a
grave. When the new cemetery was
ope-ied a number of our citiaens remox-
meanors and other similar offenses.
After the criminal docket has been
finished up, the certiorari and appeal
I docket will be taken up, and occupy the
court until it adjourns, which will prob-
jit thereto the remains of their Iriends | “My he on Friday or Saturday next.
iu'l relatives, but a number still sleep) Th* usually quiet town of Jefferson
lencath imposing ahd enduring shafts of kas been stirred up fjom centre to cir-
granite, but in a desolate and neglected euniference by the arrest and return of
spot. In reading the epitaphs on many I Jins Smith, the noted, but handsome
of the monuments we found the names horse thief from Jackson county.
ofdistihguishcd Athenians, honored and will be remembered that Jim Smith was
revered in the memory of the present | tfi ed *ud convicted at August term of
generations.
court, 1885, for horse stealing, and was
When tho reporter reached the ground sentenced to 6 years in the chain-gang,
ae found long trenches dug for the l’ ho following week after his sentence,
foundation of the building, while here ind before he was taken to the peniten
tnd there among the red earth excavat
ed the black, rich spots showed where a
tiary, he made good his escape from jail,
and has been a fugitive from justice ever
grave had been struck. Tha since i until bis capture in Atlanta last
.rones had been gathered together | ^eturday. His account of his adven-
lud thrown into a sunken grave near I tu ies sounds like a romance. After cs-
by, and when the work is finished they ca P in 8 from jail he hid under the Moth-
will be covered in one common mound. | od *sf church, near by, until after the hue
Many of the bodies had been buried so I and cr y 0 ' ,cr bis’ escape had ceased. He
there I long that the bones crumbled at the lh en quietly wanded his way to the house
touch, while others were souad. We of a relative, about two milts from town,
ear tiling ed together the remains 0 f where he spent the night He then went
I left Madison Mrs. Bart Oglesby gave me 1, women and children. From iu b» ck bis old settiement in Chandler’s
me deeds for two miles through her place, great thickness there was evidently the d > 8trict i where he remained safely hid
0 4 I 1 .1 a*. • 1 lion flirav fn* *avn ah iliHAA
and 1 have already promises from nearly * ‘ull of a negro, as also the skeleton of d e“ »w*y for two or three weeks, until
every one necessary. ! do not think the | •* “ a “ who must have been a giant in | ‘fterthe exettement ‘‘tending his escape
will pass directly through Wat
kinsville, but to the left of the town
iliojt distance going, and enter Claikt I was it once sought out for an inter
ourtty through Capt. John White's land. I Tl0W *
fife. Mr. Dave Kenney had charge of had somewhat abated. He then put on
the hands employed in excavating, and j * bold front, went to Atlanta and joined
the United States army, in which he
soon attained .‘he rank of Captain, and
This is only a surmise on my part, how-1 “W# have opened,” he remarked, dou b‘less havegone much higher
* * r 7 I . * / . *-'V 1 if hu hlri nnf hnnn (licnnrn.nil A fin*
if he had not been discovered. After
joining the army on Sept 5th, 1885, he
was ordered to Pensacola, Fla., where he
His
command was then ordered back to At
lanta, where he has been until his arrest
last week. When arrested he was
over.” I “some fifteen or twenty graves, hut none
What progress is being made toward I of them were marked. AVe opened one
grading. Captain?” I grave where two bodies were buried on.
“There are about one thousand hands I top of each other, the last skeleton being [ ,
now at work this side of Monticello, and only a couple of feet from the surface.
b \ Saturday there will be at least fifteen 1’hc graves are so old that all signs of a
hundred at work. The negroes arc pour-1 coffin have disappeared, and only a few ......
ing in from every direction in search of I decaying hones and black earth toll I ' es f T e m 4 6 uniform of a Captain of
work, and all good men find ready em-1 where the dead once slept In some of|. e wholly denied all
the graves we found nothing. I opened
one grave of a little child, only three feet
long, hewn out of a solid rock. Did
find any hones? Not a sign of any*
Titis will be a very
tion, as we must
ployinenL They have ten milea already
raded, and arc moving ab jut very fast I
The old bed of the AL A M. road has |
been bought and will be utilized.”
A
eminent would give me up if Mexico"
should ask for my extradition. 1
“Cutting said this bitterly. He does
not believe the government is doing
right in thus exposing him to murder.
“If 1 go down to Chihuahua,” he said
Morosely, “I will never get hack alive,
and I must cor fess I don’t take much
pleasure in the idcaof being slaughtered?
in cold blood, without a chance to de
fend myself.”
Cutting has given up all hope of tho
federal government interfering in (
behalf, but seems to have a ray of hope
that Texas will do something for him.
Fort Woa.TR, Tox. Aug. 11 —George
W. Martel and W. C. Carro’l arrived ifi
the city to-day from El Pa s >, having
left that place Saturday night. Mr.
Martel is a citizen of New cxico, and is
on his way North. Mr. Carroll is an old
locomotive engineer, and well-known to
railrord men in the southwest. The
reporter asked of Mr. Carroll:
“Are there many people in El Paso
now?” ~ ,t
“The town is full of them. Ameri
cans are flocking there from Old Mexico
being afraid to remain in the interior,
where the excitement is fully as great as
great as it is on the border.”
“Are Americans safe in Mexico?"
“To those who are there ’I would say
get out; to those who are not there I
would say keep out.”
, “How are the Mexicans conducting
themselves?”
“Insolently and arrogantly- j -They
have a thorough , contempt for Ameri-.
iesns, and think that they can whip the
United States and not half try.”
SECBKTABY BAYAIlD REPLIES TO (UJVERNOB
IRELAND'S LETTER.
Austin, Texas, Aug. IL—Governor
m
I
i
KKACIIIaU out.
knowledge of th* crime of which he was
charged, and his inidentity with the party
convicted, but, as soon as. the nipp«ra
closed over his hands, he gare himself
, , . up as lost and made s clean breast of . it
™ teT'wtL” of I fully ““feeing his identity with the
go to the be tom
Mr. J. H. Dirsey Buy. Oat the CU,.lc Ctty to get to the solid clay. It “ 1fr ° m ^
street RaUway, as Also the Omnltra. and | . u „ «... | He was brought here on the 9 o’clock
Baggage Line-What He Will Do.
Learning yesterday that Mr. J. n.
Dorsey, superintendent of our street rail-
will cost the city much more than tol. ... . ,
. i ... .a ... , , train Monday night, under the escort of
have bmlt at the first site selected.” ■
for the children will be made, unless the
wav had bought out the ’bus line, a re-1 ' , -
n ay, imu > remainder of-the cemetery is used for
porter sought out that gentleman to learn
tlie truth about the matter.
this purpose. Now that the city has
, , .... , . . taken possession of this sacred spot of
“Yes,” was the reply, “I have closed a J ... , .. . .. .f
... „ , „ ground, we think tt best that the re-
..1...Ul. tlncsru I nnnnr Mill. Itoivoc 1 0
mains of all tho dead be carefully remov-
. . . .. , , I an Atlanta policeman, and was placed in
Wc do n*t see where the play ground . , . ....
r 3 ' the iron cage in our county jail, where
he will be very apt to remain until the
arrival of the penitentiary guards to take
him to the Dade coal mines. More anon
Robert Lee.
Ireland has received no answer to his
letter to Secretary Bayard, which, exclu
sive of mere formal preliminaries, says:
“So far as relates to this great crime of
the Mexican officials or citizens, all pos
sible diligence has been and will con
tinue to be used by this department and
the United States minister at Mexico to
canse prompt and thorough investigation
to be made by authorities of that coun
try, with a view of bringing to juitico
under the laws of that country , all per
sons within that jurisdiction connected
with and answerable for this treacherous
and crnel murder of Francisco Itasures.
I observe that it is stated in tho public
jflants that Rasures was not naturalized,
but had merely declared his intention of '•
becoming a citizen of the United States.
This, however, has no bearing on tho
present aspect of the case, for as a resi
dent qf Texas Basures was entitled to
file protection of thS taw while within
its jurisdiction, and the due observance
of the requirements of, tha^ extradition - *
treaty atthe hands pf thoso"to whom its
execution is expressly confided. I hav-
•*-e honor to be your obedient servant,
T.F.bATAkn." ’ S
Governor Ireland replied, -reiteratin'
the demand of his previous letter.
trade with Messrs. Cooper and Reaves
for the omnibus and baggage line, nnd
have already taken charge. I have not
decided as yet what 1 will do, but will
at once have the vehicles all put in good
repairand will then fix my arrangements
to suit the convenience of the traveling
public. I will take charge of the ’bus
line in person, and meet every train
You sec 1 was forced to this purchase
trom the inconvenience caused the pat
rons of the street railway by breaking
schedules to meet the trains. This will
all be remedied now, and in a few days 1
will have everything working like
charm."
ed, at the city's expense, to the new
POLITICS Ul OGLETHORPE.
A acntlemau from Oglethorpe remark
cemetery and re-interred there. It is j ed 1° u * yesterday that politics were at
not right that the graves of the dead he
made a romping place for school chil-
ever heat in that county. There are
three candidates in the field for the leg-
dren. It will harden their little hearts I islature, viz: Hon. IL B. Matthews, J. T.
and train them up without aproper rev- I Glive, Esq, aud Mr. W. C. Birchmorc.
erence forthc dead. Now that the city Mr - J - W - • rar ‘ e11 decliues to enter the
has appropriated this property all evir I race. 11 is difficult now to say which ot
donees of its past use should be obliter- 1 these three gentlemen will be left, as the
ated. I contest will be close.
A FOOT RACE.
On the 5th of next month there will I
STILL THEY COMr.
We have reliable information from one
be a foot race of 204 jards between Fred j 0 f the parties interested, that a company
Johnson, col, of Athens, against two of I 0 f energetic and enterprising gentlemen
“How about the report that you have | ‘l) e fleetest Tunners in Augusta, for $1001 0 | this city will immediately start a shoe
a side. Fred is now the champion o | factory ia Athens, commensurate with
the demands of the trade of this section,
GONE TO KENTUCKY. 1 With this end in view, they-will pur
Mr. W. S. Holman leaves in a few days ch “® the P Unt of Ur - Woodis, of Wat-
d ing a very satisfactory busines^ and I I f or Kentucky, and he will soon have in kinaville, and will remove it to Athens,
bought out tbo street railway?”
“It is true. I have purchased the | Georgia,
property from Mr. Snodgrass, and I am
now solely interested in it. The road is
have money already in bank to meet the m „k et » splendid lot of horses and
interest oil my bonds. I intend to equip I mules. Mr. Holman ia authority on
it with additional cars, and so fix my 1 stock in this section, for he never mis-
schedulcs that a party on the line can I represents an animal.
take out his watch and tell to the minute
when a car will be along. It is a new
enterprise, and it takes time to bring it
to perfection. 1 feel assured that in the
course of two or throe weeks I will have
it working like a charm.”
“How about those extensions?”
“They will he made as soon as I am
able. I have the croas-ties already
bought and paid for to go, to the fur
grounds, and will have the cars ruaaing
to the gato in time for next exhiMtion. If
the property-owners interested will sub
scribe $6001 will at once extend the
road to Prof. Rutheriord’s corner. It
will not pay me now to do so at my indi
vidual cost, as the additional patronage
will not guarantee the outlay. But the
people of Athen* may rest assured of one
thing—1 expect to put every dollar
make on the street railway* and extend
and improve the line just as fast as I am
able.
WORMS IN YUZOAB.
Dr. Lypdon tells ua that two-thirds of
or more of the vinegar sold is fall of
hideous worms, that can be seen by.a
magnifying glass. -Pure vinegar should
not havo them. The Doctor always' ex.
aminoifiampls of vinegar haying.
A FAITH DOCTOR.
There is a man over in East Athens
who claims to cure eveiy imaginable dis
ease by fsith. For all case* he has but
one medicine—the laying on of hia hands.
He never charges a person more than
two or three dollars for his medical as
sistance. HU motto is, “no cure no pay.”
A COLORED PAIR.
Madison Davis is now getting np a
fair for the colored people of Northeast
Georgia, and will de held in Athens the
latter part of next November. Thirty-
odd counties will be represented, and let
ters will be sent out calling the attention
of the colored people to the matter.
THE RACE IN JACKSON. '
The legislative racp in Jackson coun
ty ia getting warm, and every day new
candidate* are entering the field. We
learn that Mr. T. E. Key, of Harmony
Grove, has entered the race in the' last
few days. Mr. Key U a gentleman of
,tho old school, and Jackson county will
reflect credit on herself by nominating
Mr. Key for the house of representa
tives. Mr. K. Ua useful mao. and we
hope to see him choxen by our sister
county.
THE N. E. GA. FAIR.
where they will manufacture. an exten
sive line of brogans and shoes suitable
for the trade of thU vicinity. It is
well-known fact that a good coarse
shoe, suitable for this trade, U not man
ufactured North, and this company pro
poses to supply a long felt want and
keep some capital at home. Such in
dustries as these will keep things alive,
and we wUh the enterprise its full meas
ure of success. They propose to keep
competent salesmen on the road, and
manufacture to the extent of the de
mand they have for their goods. One of
the interested parties will soon leave for
the North, where he will purchase the
Utest improved machinery for the suc
cessful manufacture of the goods which
ffiay propose to make.
THE RHOZYILLB ROAD.
In 1836 a railroad convention toss
held in Knoxville, Tens, with a view of
building a road, to Charloston, S. C.
J. C. Calhoun was present, and advoca
ted the line from Knoxville via Rabun
Gap . and on to Cincinnati. Sixteen
utiles, from Knoxville to Marysville, and
eighteen miles, from Tallulah to Rabun
Gap junction, have been built; and the
uture prospects for the completion of
the entire line are bright
Interesting Meeting of tbe stockholder*
Last Evening.
In response to the call of the President,
the stockholders of the N. E. Georgia Fair
Association, convened in annual meeting
at 10 a. m.
President Yancey being absent, A. L.
Hull was called to the chair and H. H.
Linton was requested to act as Secretary.
The report of the Secretary was read,
and adopted.
On motion of W. S. Holman, tho by-
aws of the association were' so changed
as to provide for' holding tho annual
meeting hereafter, on the sooond - Mon
day in January, instead of in October.
Under the above mentioned change,
all of the old officers having resigned, ,
the asssciation proceeded to the election
of officers to fill the vacancies so occa
sioned, and the following gentlemen ■
were elected for the term ending Jan.
10th, i887. ‘
President—-W. B. Thomas.
Vice-President—'W. H. Jones, Jr.
Secretary—W. D. Griffeth. '
Assistant Secretary—8. Morris. ' '
Treasurer—S..M. Herrington.
Executive Committee—W. B. Thomas
W. U. Jones, Jr, A. H. Hodgson, W. S.
Holman, Charles Stern, Geo. E. Dead-
wyler, A. L. Hull.
The following resolution was unani
mously adopted:. '
That.il is the aense of this meeting that t
the fair groups, and buildings ba ton- ;
dered to the colored people for the pur
pose of tiieir holdings fair, at such time
and upon such terms as may bo agreed
upon by tho proper officers of the .asso
ciation. ’ “ t ' ; v J
There being* no .further jrasiffoss’ tho JS
meeting the atjoiirnv ’ •' -
Wanted—1.0UOott.lacks a Iilevator
MilL . . . ’I
SUPPLEMENT TO LIST OF MEXIC a
&I0BS.
J. IL Reaves,, J. F. Williams, L.
Subir, J; J. Minster, J. L. Ritch, ]
Joseph.
4.
building boom.
Mr. M.B.McGinty informs us that tlie
lumber is now being hauled tq build one
of our publio school buildings; i^Mqi-
on Monday he will begin HieVrecuon
v l alqj ai' Rucker’s houses
u Cobbham.