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BANNEWATCRNAN, ATHENS. GEORGIA.
A SICK PET.
A thcn8 Clerk Capture* a Foie Cat.
wan in ono of our largest
t ,lo<»le house* found a nice little pet
.,r
i it looked like it would make
l»r
the hack yard of his boarding
ml picked it up. He brought it
i,, his place of business. A dog
*'* i4 rush for the nice little pet, and
*' lt |„.,-amc known to all the by.
that our young friend had cap-
hnnk It will be several days
voting man scan go visiting,
now l as him tied out in ths
.0. ami if h 3 don't purify soon
lr v burying him alive. An
odor had a narrow escape.
t*c
r.Tvl-0
hotel closed.
,ard House was closed yester-
• foreclosure of a mortgage
ohb l.ampkin, executor of
ipkin, deceased, ('apt. Cli
me in the hotel business for a
years, and has the reputation
a lirst-class house, and the
olilut will miss him. Capt.
ded yet what business be
lie w ill tcmain at the hotel
-ale of the property.
..1 .1
>1 II M
SALE Of fuofLHlY.
iitv sold his beautiful rosi-
Milh dge avenue to I'rof. Char
ter ‘orty-fivo hundred dollars,
of the handsomest residences
M.hen.
.tsOTHEit EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
f.-.lve-' ay night, at 10:50 o'clock, a
is: -hock w as felt in this city that
i Minion s and lamps, hut was of
r. itoiaiiou. The signal set vice pre-
, i tin* return of the earthquake sev-
1 1 i.r- before the shock was felt, and
iini i of ottr citizens sat up to ex-
DEATHOF HR3. RUFUS K. REAVES.
On the first ihs£. Mrs. Anna Heaves,
wife of our esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr,
R. K. Reaves, of Athens, died at the
home or her mother, Mrs. Isaac Powell,
near High Shoal*, Walton county, <Ul
She hid been long afflicted With ner
vous derangements and antferod intense
ly for several years, but death lias for
ever terminated all her sorrows and her
pain, and she has entered into that Test
that remaincth unto the people of God.
It was the writer’s privilege to have
known the father and mother of the de
ceased before their marriage, and Anna
from her girlhood, and, therefore, is jus
tified in speaking as he does in this obit-‘
uary, in the language of truth ana sober
ness. Her father, honest and candid,
lived on earth a blameless life, and
passed away with a conscience void of
offense toward God and man—her
inothei a true woman, in whose charac
ter was beautifully blended tlie Christian
virtues, who yet 1 tyres. It is no marvel
that u.ider their training, the deceased
developed into a woman of extraordi
nary frankness and candor, as guileless
as a child, and yet as firm in the. asser
tion of principle a.ui as bold in its de
fense as the martyrs whose ashes attest
ed their devotion to principle and their
fealty to their God. Never have I known
a woman whose character was more
transparent. To a stranger her utter
ances might at first appear abrupt and
wanting in.that^suaviter in modo'* which
worldly prudence teaches, hut the stump
of truth and her evident desire to do
good to all< embellished the language
and insured esteem. They who knew
her best, loved her most. In her charac
ter were concentrat d the conscientious
ness of her father and the womanly
virtues of her mother, forming a char
ter though perhaps leas brilliant than
hlhh OF FulGilT.
Z.catrr Lies From an Earth
quakv Shock.
: ed to record tin* death of
u Lester, which sad event
I at {< o’clock on Wednesday
Li> ladv had been sick fur some
l at
hut Ih
deal!
hastened h
it caused by the earl
had taken place jus
d ; .l doubtless hasten
he bereaved family u
. .1. A BAD KUMAWAT- „
While Mr Ross Crane And his wife
were going .out to High Shoals to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Reaves, the horse*
attached to hit carriage became fright
ened going down the hill near High
of
Augusta, Ga, 8ept 2.—[Special.]
_ _ The midnight shock last night drove
Shoals and threw Mr. Crane and his Charleston people out of doors, and tents
wife out of the carriage. Mr. Crane re- l-were spread all over public squares. For
ceived a severe cut on the hack of the
head. Mrs. Crane was not hurt badly,
he carriage was torn to pieces.
SPLENDID PROPERTY.
Prof. Cbarlionsier is a. vertising his
magnificent residence, corner Jackson
and Strong streets, for sale. This is one
of the most cinvenient homes in our
city. This is a rare chance for some new
citizen togetsettled.
DEATHS IN THE CITY.
Mrs. Aaron, an aged'lady living in
East Athens, died this week, as also a
little son of Mr. E. L. Dottcry. The lit
tle fellow, had typhoid fever. There is
but little sickness now in the city.
FROM LEX1HOTON.
Our esieemed friend Mr. Hamilton
McWhorter, of Lexington, was in the
city yesterday, looking splendidly. He
says there is no doubt about his town
having a railroad at no distant day, as
$5,U00 have been subscribed by the peo;
ple.
PROF. RUTHERFORD'S LOSS.
Besides his other loss, I’rof. Ruther-
erford had destroyed a great many
family portraits and other fine paintings,
that it will be impossible to replace. A
quantity of fancy work by the ladies was
also burned. We do not suppose that
$5,(XIO would reimburse this gentleman
for his loss.
two Jays and* nights of horror women
end children have camped out It is im
possible to give any estimate of the loss
of life aud property in Charleston. For
two days and nights people have done
nothing bat huddle on the squares.
Small detailed relief parties are going to
dig out dead from the debris or succor
the wounded. First systematized effort
to get at the fact is now being made.
The list of the dead recognised was re
ported this a. m, and at this time foots
up sixteen, and search has only com
menced. List of wounded will go into
the hundreds. About seven-eights of the
houses and public buildings in Charleston
either damaged or wrecked; the historic
St. Michael and St Philip’s ari so badly
wrecked that it is feared they will have
to be taken down. The waves from
9.55 Tuesday night have been coming
about once every five or six hours. There
have been none for about twelve hours,
and hopes are entertained that the hor
ror is about over. Orangeburg people
have flocked to Columbia in alarm. Loss
in Charleston three million dollars. To
day slight tremors have been felt in Au
gusta, but alarm is subsiding. People
in the city and on Sand Hills still sleep
in tents on lawn. Wonderful develop
ment is settling down of hun
dred acres of sand lots and scrub oaks
between Augusta and sand hills. Lands
has sunk several feet and objects in the
city before undiscerned from the hill are
now plainly seen. The question is, has
this ground fallen, ot has the city been
elevated. The Revenue Cutter is carry
ing government aid, and hss been dis
patched to Charleston from Wilmington.
The worst is now over and the people
are repairing damages. P. A. S.
HARROW ESCAPE.
The picnic which was held in the
■ighborhood of Professor Hutherford’s
some others, yet safer,, purer and nobler, j home was enjoyed immensely by all
who attended, but came very near re
sulting in something serious. Abont an
making an impress inclines ihlejin time:
and blessed to others in eternity. j
We ask not for her dying utterances; I hour after the refreshments were served
they may mislead. We know her life, several complained of feeling sick and
By that we will he judged in the day of faint, and in ten minutes more every
•ternity, and we fearlessly commit to young lady in the party was very ill,
THFD001D tin.
The Wrecks Between Au
gusta and Charleston.
TIE SCENES TO CHARLESTON.
Gloom and Terror ol the
Stricken City«
Tin Tm Story of i Night’s Disaster.
THE PEOPLE HOMELESS.TERROB-
STRICKEN AND DESPERATE.
Henry Grady in CouiitnUon.
Charleston, S. C„ Sept. 2,—
More Earthquake Shocks.
IN SUMMERVILLE. BUT DO NOT
EXTEND TO CHARLESTON.
iithv
: li.-il.a not ft—I it.
Fra..kirn • Uon<c
■ «;:ut , ‘.,u:ikf *1».>«
liuGlc-t jar, :
iil.T until so
the Judge of all the earth, who will do
right, the future destiny of the deceased.
Sleep on, dear Anna, enjoy thy rest,
Knjov thy Saviour and thy God,
Till we, from toil and sin released,
dun up with joy the shining road.
->ih
it wa.» fount
1 lO Ml. 1 hill
.11110 Fee h r.
.1 st ul«. 11.
ligh Shoal *,«
> an hone.Nt
my friends i
f his death,
hunt a motile
o.ilv two yt
lie
i'..r them, it l:
lG. tr mother died.
■ 1 Warehouse Company
\. i vr>terday the first hale of the
inili.n it ]i. ll was grown hy Mr.
I 1 wards, one of Uglethoape’s most
■ ..ful and prosperous young far-
i; was c aused strict low ciid-
:. and sold to **.i
PKOF WHIT£’S VIEWS.
Baktimokk, Sep. 1.—To the editor of
the Constitution: The primary cause is
the slow, constant cooling of the earth’s
•rust which is unequal in different rocks.
Coequal rontracCon causes the rocks to
he di>plaeed, and slide over each other
at gn at depths. The centre of the dis-
j i.irhancc of the present earthquake is
| prol.ahly a displacement or rr?nt sev-
| er.il miles l»elow the surface extend-
ing approximately from Columbia to
! lialeigh. The greatest disturlmnce is
not always over the “centre. Charleston
is the scene of greatest disturbance
Earthquakes are not apt to l»e frequent
along the Atlantic coast. More shocks
are not to he apprehended. Tltore is no
connection with volcanic action. The
atmosphere, the sun or the moon have no
direct connection with it.
II. 1. Univeisity of Georgia.
caused, they think, from eating cream
which had remained in the freezer too
long.
A SAD DEATH.
Orarge Blossoms Entwined With Cypress
Wreaths.
WHITE HUD AFP WATER GUYSERf.
Everything Quieting Rapidly in
tr. ugusta.
MK. 'H O. ASH.
Tins gentleman, who is one of the
<v*>i(oji jiomi in iho South, is asso-
:»tcd with Messrs O’Farrell .V Hodgson
1 tl.. purchase of the Leaves waaehouse.
■id \\ill have charge of the cotton de-
ar’imuit. What Mr. Ash don't know
fleecy staple is not worth
nd his host of friends through-
ction w .11 be glad to know
now in business on bis own
lie is a solid and reliable man.
ut tlx
PUBLIC SCHOOL FIXTURES.
Mr. C. A. Sendder lias the contract to
furnish clocks for our public schools,
,1.11. Uucker for I and lias purchased a dozen splendid
time pieces, that are now on display in
his store. Mr. K. \V. Burke has the
school books. They are Barnes’ series,
ami beautifully printed and well gotten
up. For Iho first threo months they
will be sold at a reduced price, ana old
books will be taken in exchange at half
price. After that time the regular price
will be charged, t^at is quite reasonable.
A few short weeks ago “two hearts
that beat as one” stood at the marriage
altar aud plighted their trotfi. ■ Hope
whispered a long and happy life;butGod
moves in a mysterious way. As the
sun arose in his beauty on Saturday
the l :f e of lb’s lovely bride and cherish
ed one was fast ebbing away, and e r e
the busy him and bustle of the day was
heard, the pure and gentle spirit of Mrs.
Ewing Branson had w ; nged its flight to
an immortal clime; to an endless day of
sunshine and love. For three weeks
had this gentle spirit been a sufferer
from that dread disease, typhoid fever.
Although a stranger in our city, many
hearts went up in silent and earnest
prayer that God would spare her life
but He hath given the life which tri
umphs over the grave’s cold shade.
“These 'PTere alllictions not from the duitarlee.
Hut oflen-tiraes celestial benedictions assume
this dark disguise.”
To her sorrowing husband we offer
our heartfelt sympathies, and may we
be allowed to add that
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 3.—[Special.]
Slight earthquake shocks are reported in
Summerville, S. C., to-day, but do not
extend to Charleston and are not felt in
Augusta. Feeling is more assuring ev
erywhere. Work in Charleston is con
fined to relieving the distressed and
burying the dead. The damage here is
greater even than yet stated, and unless
the injured buildings are promptly re
paired wind or rain would add untold
suffering. The Secretary of War is for
warding tents to Charleston. Blue and
white mud and water guvsers are
spouting from fissures near Charleston,
indicating volcanic influence. Sympa
thetic expressions and offers of aid soothe
the affrighted people there. Augusta is
growing rapidly quiet, while the report
about Sand Hills was exaggerated, cut
ting down trees probably causing better
view of city, which was attributed to
volcanic elevation. ‘Rumors that U. S.
Arsenal will lie sold and aban ioned by
government as repairs cost too much.
The damage to the monuments in the
cemetery here is considerable—even
the city of the dead not escaping tho
ruthless jar. P. A. S.
HARMONY GROV1 HAPPENINGS.
CROP FROSPECT.
• in ws from all parts ol Northeast
:i;» is good for the prospect of a
rot ton crop A farmer in the city
rtlay says that cotton is doing l»ct-
r the past twenty days than he ever
it before. The fruit is well formed
‘aches to the top o[ the stalk. There
*een no shedding of ferns, and it
ever stopped growing a day. The
>ect is indeed bright and it will not
ry long before the fleecy staple will
ining in large quantities.
“She, perchance, with seraphic smiles and gold
en harp Id hand.
Wilt come the first to welcome him to an Em
manuel land.”
A LIGHTNING STROKE.
EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS.
Private advice* from the Athens part}
now in Europe state that they will sail
from I.iverpool for home in a t’unarder
on the i»th of the month. Mrs. Lips
comb, and Miss Rutherford the accom
plished and popular principals -of the
Lucy I’obb Institute, will reopen that
school immediately on their return
The many friends of these ladies and of
the school will be gratified to know that
the prospect for an increased and gen
erous patronage is exceedingly good*
THE PRINCETON STnlhE.
The Operatives Resume Work and No -Fur
ther Troucle Threatened.
Since the resignation of Mr. Dean the
trouble at Princeton is settled and all
hands are again at work. A B.-W. re
porter interviewed an operative from
this factory who was in the city yester
day, and he says there will he no more j
trouble, as the hands have no fur
ther complaints to make. Our infor
mant says Mr. Dean was partial, and
Oiowed favoritism too plainly. It was
Ins duty to look after the looms amt
k* op them in repair, and sometimes hands.
" til he idle a day waiting for him to do
this work. At other times he told them
t«» go on—that the loom was all right,
and they would have their cloth crossed
•n.d receive no pay for it; that there are
n -w over yards thus condemned
on hand.
CAPT. A. D. CLINARD.
The former proprietor of the' (Jinard
House, says he will not leave Athens,
but wants to rent a convenient house and
still run a small hotel and boarding
house. The furniture in the hotel will
soon be sold at public outcry.
PAYING THE FIDDLER
John Austin, col., who kicked up such
a row last Sunday, has paid his fine of
•f 15 by mortgaging his house and lot to
Madison Davis. The superior court has
yet to deal with this case in October,
and John will doubtless be assessed an
other installment. \*t.
Narrow Escape at Bethlehem Camp
Ground.
The Rev. Simon Peter Richardson has
been preaching at Bethlehem, in Walton
county, and from him we learn of a
strange freak of the electric fluid. While
service was going on and the stand was
filled with people,a cloud arose and light
ning flashed .in every direction. The
lightning struck a large oak tree in the
encampment, and a lady with her child
was sitting about twelve feet distant; but
the only effect the lightning had on her
was to singe the hair. The oak was split
from top to bottom. The name of the
lady was Mrs. Timmons. It was a mira
cle that it did not kill Mrs. T. and the
baby. An umbrella was twisted out of
the hands .of a young man standing near
the arbor.
THE REAVES WAREHOUSE GO.
THK STRONG KST TEAM OF BUSI
NESS MEN IN THE STATE.
Their Fire-Proof Warehouse—Able to Han
dle All the Cotton That Comes to Athens
—Preparing for Business.
BA.NIKLSVILLK.
New, Note* From a Lively NclghDorlnc
"Town.
lUsiKi.svii.r.K, Sept. 1.—[Special.]
The beautiful, accomplished ami chann-
m.’ Miss Addle Montgomery, grand
daughter of our big farmer, Capt J. N.
Montgomery, of Fort Lamar, was mar
ried mi Saturday night to I’rof. Lee Wil
liams, of Franklin county. You sec it
"|>s a runaway match. Among Mi*s
Addin’* many admirers, rumor says the
relatives inclined towards a certain no-
hi. young merchant in a neighboring
county, and an engagement was made
l»r that couple to he married in October
'i. vt. But Miss Addie's affections all
the while ran out toward the l*rofessor,
ami they determined they would bejuar"
tied before October. Sii an opportnnit y
" as sought, and while the Captain was
»" ay from home it was decided to con 1
‘ hide the matter. The plan waa totave
a candy snatching at Mr. Lloyd Brooks’
u » Saturday night, and have all the
young folks there to avoid suspicion. Mr.
■‘"hard Miller, a mutual friend, was to
evil f . in., i .t.i:.. ._.i l . —v.
A WIPE WHIPFER IN TROUBLE.
Jim Stanford, a n.-gro in the employ
of Mr. Mcliinty, and who was arrested
for whipping his wife, was this week
turned over to Mr. \V. 0. Cromer, of
Abbeville,. S. 0., where he was want, d
for stealing cotton. Stanford was reared
in Elbert county, hut lias been living n
Alliens for some time.
JAIL BIRDS.
There are now three prisoners in oqr
jail, v i*: Whitehead, Emma Elder, con
victed ofhi’Tglary, and Walker Johnson,
charged with assault and battery—
knocking a negro on the head on Mr.
Brittain’s place. The wounded man is
all right again, and was down town this
week.
NICE NEW GOODS. v_ ■*
Mr. A. Coleman is opening a beautiful
line of goods, including dry good* »nd
notions, jewelry, watches, tin and erfek-
oryware, etc., and has marked prices
way down. I to not buy without giving
rantera to save
him a call, ns lie guarantees to save you
from 25 to 50 per cent, in prices, lie
has made a fearful slaughter in crockery,
glassware and lamps, and his beautiful
goods are going like hot cakes. He has
some solid gold and plated^eweliy,
bought at noctifn, tlit tie is telling at
less than half the usual price. Mr. Cole
man’s stock is beautiful and varied. Be
sure and stop And see hia new good*.
for Miss Addie and see her ti> the
candy nulling. A trunk had to be car:
r ’“'l. and mast be gotten out without
being seen hy Miss Addie'a mother. . So
K fore starting-to the party, while Misa
Ad.lie was playing for Mr. Wilder, “In
'he sweet hy and by,,’ on the organ, he
stole her trunk, and then quietly ,tho
couple started for the full. Tbe>e»t '
short. They ■ had a big time Ini a
happy. It is suggested that many young
ladies will now learn to
sweet hy and by.'
AN EARTHQUABE STORY.
They tell the following joke on Coro
ner Ah. 1’itner; When the earthquake
first came Ab. thought it some one shak
ing his blinds and yelled out, “Who in
the h— 1 is that fooling with ray blinds,
out there?” At this instant bis eye
caught sight of the bed and other furni
ture in the room shaking, and turhing
pale behind the gills penitently remark
ed: “Oh, Lord, I didn’t mean to say
thsti>ad word!. It wds lust] afslip of the
itofgjieji’ j f }
Mr. Bailey’e mill pond,' near Jones'
Cl *l"'l, was drawn off yesterday, and
®ore than 200 people were there catch
es flab, .. . j j f, il dt
You <
ung f A CONTEST. '
-the’ i. Ike ’prohibitionists of Oconee county,
wp learn, wijl contest (he 4 ec * s ‘ on of Mr.
Thrasher,' the OrdinSrjl ,, lbii it the
right move, aud by January, next ihe
county will be “dry.” Mr. Woodis, of
Watkinsuille, was in the city Thursday,
and says Edmond Thrasher is incapable
The lease of the three magnificent
fire-proof warehouses of Mr. B. K.
Heaves, together with the adjacent cot
ton yards and the good will of the busi
ness, is one of the most important trans
actions ever made in Athens. Messrs.
A. II. Hodgson, W. J>. 0‘Farrell and W.
C. Ash, with Mr. David Jankwerat the
hooks, comprise the new house, and a
glance at this array of names is all that
is necessary to insure the farmers and
merchants of Northeast and Middle
Georgia that one of .lie most solid and
hest firms in the state will now have
charge of this popular business. Mr.
Win. C. Asli, who has entire control of
the receiving and selling of cotton, is
young in ycars,but when it comes to judg
ing the fleecy staple he is as old as Methu
sclah. Mr. Ash has been with Mr. Heaves
for fifteen years, and he is recognized as
one of the best cotton men in the south,
Mr. David Jankower will be in charge of
the books, and in this line he has few
equals and no superior. Month after
month ho has never been known to
make an error of a nickle in his ac
counts. Thc.-i with the wide business
experience of Messrs. A. H. Hodgson
and W. D: O’Farrell, who will lend their
personal aid and labors, it is needless to
prelict for the Kemves Warehouse Co. a
grand success from the start. The cot 1
ton business is the most important fea
ture of Athens’ commerce, and
it is of great importance
that cotton be ’ consigned to
men of experience, integrity and judg
ment, and the new firm certainty com
bines all of these requisites. They wil
do a general warehouse and commission
business, making liberal advances on con
signments, and are also prepared to fur
nish their patrons with averything in
the line of farm supplies and groceries 1
Connected with this business are their
large fire-proof warehouses, capable of
storing 15,000 bales of option atone time,
and closely covered to as to protect the
bales from the weather. They are con
veniently arranged with doors and plat
forms and large enclosed yards adjacent;
Owing to being constructed in compart
ments, with iron connecting doors, unu
sually low rate* of, insurance are given
iitiAHA ——ii-L '.bfe do’not sup-
Harmony Grove Sept 4. —A
cold wave has struck our town in
earnest and winter clothing is now
in demand.
Col. Wm. H. Simpkins returned
last night from Gainesville, where
he had gone to attend to legal bus
iness.
Mr. Geo. Woodfin, one of the
happiest and most Jovial boy* in the
employ ol the N. E. R. R., paid ns
a short visit yesterday evening.
George has the vim and* energy in
him that are sure to make him suc
ceed,and weexoect to see him some
day the railroad king of the South.
Messrs. W. A. Quillian and W.
B. Wagnon of our town made a
dying visit to the Classic City last
Friday. They reporta pleasant time,
but everything quiet and dull in
Athens.
Tom McElhannon, our worthy
and efficient high Sheriff, was in
the Grove yesterday, shaklng.hands
with his many friends. Tom has
made a good sherifT and we hope
to see him re elected by a big mi
jority.-
Prof. Hunter and his charming
daughters pasted through our town
this morning. The Prot. has beep
reelected Principal of Martin Insti
tute at Jefferson for tlie ensuing
year and will certainly keep it up
‘to its usual high standard ot excel
lence. We wish him the most abun
dant success.
Our town experienced another se
vere earthquake shock last night
about half past ten. This shock did
not last long, but was equally as se
vere as any we have yet experienc
ed. The ’quake is now the all-ab
sorbing topic of conversation
among all classes of our people, and
no little lear is expressed by sever-
' of them in reference to a repi
tition of the shocks of Tuesday
night. The citizens of Harmony
Grove freely express their sympa
thy for the sufferers in Charlston
in this their hour of trials and trib*
ulations.
Corning frO|n Mrs. Yonderlieth.
can got scu)>pornonga fresh every of the acts charged against him. and that
he is right in his decision.
pose there is a more complete set
warebpuses in the South, and certainly
a stranger, more honorable and compe
tent firm of cotton men does not exist.
The farmers and merchants of this sec
tion, in shipping their cotton, should by
all means consign it to the “Reaves Ware
house CoV and they will receive the
highest market price, and be honorably
and squarely dealt by.
A TERRIBLE CRIME
Wife Outraged by Four Keu in The
Presence of Her Husband
Buchanan,Ga., August 31.—A
most brutal outrage Was committed
near Tallapoosa. Mr.Wallace and
bis children -were sick; and
rome of the neighbors were sitting
up with them. Four men came up
and threw stones through the win
dows and shot through the door
twice, frightening the men away.
They then battered the door down
and blew out the light. Three of
them held Mr. Wallace while the
fourth outraged the wife in the pres
ence of her sick husband and chil
dren. Each of the four men outraged
her thus. One of the gnilty parties
has been arrested and put in jail.
Tlie sheriff was requested to put
him in the cage, but he begged
them not to put him in there with
Norris, the murderer. Some one
said: “Yes, pjt him in there, and
put a hoe in the I cage,” as Norris
was an expert in killing people with
hoes. There is considerable excite
ment over the affair.
A CRAZY NEGRO.
A Coland Tsaebsr Gets Crazy an Rallgloa.
Bread street was alive with excitement
yesterdaf morning, caused by the wild
ravings and antics of a young colored
man turned J. B. Raney, who it a grad
uate of t}ie Lincoln University, of Ches
ter, Pa, and who has been teaching
school at Barnett’s Chapel, pear Win ter-
ville, Ga. He walked the street all
night, raving like a mad-msn, and yes
terday morning was taken in hand by
the police and lodged in Ihe calaboose.
He at once threw himself on the floor,
that he began to pound with his heels,
giving utterance to the most tragic out
bursts. Raney went deranged abont
two weeks ago on religion, and for some
time hss been as crzzyxs a March hare.
He has a good face, and makes no belig-
};i-rent demonstratrations. He will be
be sent to the asylum.
Seed barley and rye at O’FaneU,
llodgson A Co’s.
Out in tne country Irom Augusta
the signs of the earthquake were
not abated. Even the negro cabins
had lost their occupants, and pica-
ninnies On mattressess spread under
the big trees were abundant*. The
first signs of the convulsions that
were writ on the earth nkere found
at Langley mills. There a remark
able scene was unfolded; Langley
pond was a bare waste. Several
hundred acres ot pond area were
bare, the pools being filled with op
eratives and country people catch
ing fish. On the near shore a ho
tel of pine bushes bad been extem
porized and heaps of pan fish, corn
dodgers and vinegar sauce made a
menu that filled all out of doors
with an appetising odor.
THE EARTH WRENCHED ASUNDER.
The Langley pond, the pride of
this section, was gone, and the for
est for a half mile below looked as
if a cyclone had torn through them
This dam cost $50,000. It was
about 400 feet across, and two car
riages could have driven abreast
easily over its top. The sides were
properly sloped and sodded. The
earthquake had wrenched this enor
mous structure rignt and left. Great
cracks, converging nowhere, but
apparently made in caprice, disfig
ured the approaches. ltwasthrough
such cracks as these that the water
made its way and swept the dam
out of existence. These fissures
were not made by the earth sink
ing, but by it being wrenched vio
lently apart
Both sides of the fissures were
usually level. Into one of these
giant cracks a pole was lowered
without reaching the bottom. A
hundred feet away from the pond
the solid earth was wrenched into
fissures that had no perceptible
drift of shape or direction. There
had been no eruption and no extra
neous under sand wss found in the
cracks. It was simply as if some
tremendous power had torn the
earth apart, cutting the cracks
clean and definite. The largest
crack was, perhaps, two feet across
and bottomless as far as appearance
could reach.
t::e terror in the Country.
The terror that prevails through
this section is suggested by the fol
lowing incident:
The Knights of Labor at the
mills were holding a meeting la-t
night in a small one-story building.
A light shock was felt while they
were in session. The stampede
was so violent that a'knight named
Williams was trampled on and had
his arm and leg broken.
THE DESERTED VILLAGE.
Summerville is certainly a deser
ted village. We continued to meet
negroes hurrying along the track
with more uneasy haste than they
ever tan before their masters’
hounds. We are note approaching
the fated village. The streets ale
empty except at just the point the
engine stops. The remarkable
phases of Summerville's convulsion
are the flowing fissures and holes,
and the twisted railroad tracks.
The flowing holes arc simply round
or oblong holes, from which streams
of saod and water run unceasingly.
The sand is not at all clayey. .It is
whitish powdered rock, and ap-
] rears to have been freshly ground.
Occasionally 'it chokes tne flow of
water, when the water pulls forth,
clearing the obstruction away. The
water itself is brackish, tepid and
has a distinct tairte ef sulphur.
Where it runs and sinks Into the
[round it leaves a stain that is more
ike iron. The water flows from
many of the long fissures with
which the streets are seamed, but
others are dry. The holes and fiss
ures followed the shock, appearing
at random. They did not, howev
er, flow freely until some hours af
ter the shock had passed. 1
ANOTHER RAILROAD,WRECK.
The tracks of the -railroad here
wete twisted in tfiishape dfan^S.”
The iron bars were bent is if they
had been heated. They were usu
ally not detached from'the ties^but
the whole track was zigzagged.
Occasionally the bars had an up
turn. The ends were lilted high in
the air. This was done apparently
instantly. The night passenger run-
nibg into the misplaced tracks was
wrecked, both the engineer and
fireman being killed.
A SOUND tAKR'THUNDRR.
A Mr. Law ton ’ of the shock
at Summerville:
“When I woke up, I was cover
ed with plaster, and the house was
straining and reeling After the
shock there ws, a roaring lor lull a
half hour. It was exactly as if a
continuous roll ol thunder rvas con
fined immediately under thesurtrcc
of the earth. It was as loud as or
dinary thunder and without rnflec
tion. This roaring was not heard
in Charleston. The shock threw
lamps out of their hangings, broke
almost every piece of crookety in
the city, and destroyed every cfcim-'
ney. Many houses were levelled,
and nearly every house disabled.”
DRINKING EARTHQUAKE WATER
At this place your correspondent
drank his first earthquake water.
It came from a fissure vrhicb had
thrown up a car load of .bluish
mud, very sticky and cohesive.
The water tasted of sulffnnr and
iron, bat not disagreeably so. At
this place we saw the first house
that had been leveled by the shock.
It was a country double house, and
had killed a woman and child when
it fell. . It was tumbled in a heap,
just as a heap'of chips ^shaken flat.
CREEPING ALONG Tft&>i7GH THE
WOODS.
It it now dark!
The engine that should hsve*had
us in Charleston at 2 o’clock, is
picking its way slowly along.
.Camp fires blaze in the woods
Homes are deserted and silent, and
their inhabitants flitting about the
fires. People ip-the woqds remind
one of war times. Out engine has
just been thrown sharply to the
right and t hen to the left, and a
aph line man, who was sitting
on the tender, thrown to the ground
and severely.injured. ~ On stoppini 1
we learn that a sharp shock hat I
passed. The track is three feet out
of gear to the right, and left in an
“S” shape. A trackman reports a
shock half an hour *go, accompa
nied with an explosion which open
ed the ground lor a space ot six
feet, and threw a stream of water
fifteen feet high. The engine it
crawling along, and the outbound
passenger train has just passed us
at a snail’s pace. We can feel con
stant inequalities in the track, ris
ing and sinking and swaying. As
we pass by the fissures of flowing
water which almost line the track
we detect them by the smell of sul
phur, even before we see the wattr
glistening. Truly, we a'e in the
midst of earthquakes. A . feeling
of depression and awe has seized
n the party of traveler* that
an the trip so gaily, and will
not be thrown oil. O'teii for a
hundred feet the engine reels as it
it were a boat, and
so ws go into charleston!
The first sight that struck us on
entering waa-a long line of cars,
crowded to suffocation with people
who were tn for the night. The
first sound was religious singing
proceeding from each of the cars.
Tne first impression made on us by
Charleston was that it was a disor
derly city, the sidewalks and streets
being piled with brick and debris.
The second impression was that it
was a slightly tipsy city, a house
here and there being out of plumb,
and Itaning affectionately against
its neighbor, or propped on a stick.
The third impression was that it
wa« • camp. Citadel Green and
every park or breathing place was
covered with tents, under which
could be seen people packed like
sardines.
SCENES INJUR CITY.
The streets were full ot people
hurrying to and fro with baggage
andJbed|clothes, always walking in
the middle of the street. At every
hand we met mothers carrying ba
bies, fathers carrying bed clothes
apd children carrying theih»elves
and seeking the tents, theparks or
the walls, A sinister effect was
produced by the fact that there was
not a light in the second story ot
any budding. On the first Moor it
was usually dark. Above the first
floor invariably so.
Hie Wrecked City.
Charleston the Scene of the
Wildest Excitement*.
A C1TT SLOTHED IN
Partial List of the Dead
andDyiiig;
Incidents of the Terrible Visitor Else
where.
A black pall bangs over the once
fair city of Charleston. The most
doleful lamentations fill the mid
night air. Mothers are mourning
for their lost offsprings, and will not
be comforted because they are not.
To add still more to the weight of
gloom, the city is almost in total
darknoss, owing to the failure of
the gat works to afford a requisite
supply. The various thorough
fares are converted into camping
grounds for those who are too ter*
rifled to risk their lives overnight in
their houses. More terror is added
to the situation by frequently re
peated earthquake shocks. The
city is almost depopulated. Buildings
which it was believed, withstood
the shocks, are now giving way and
tottering to the ground. It is sta
ted that about 180 persons have
been either.killed or mortally woun
ded, 80 per cent of these, being ne
groes. It is said that 410 less than
six have died irom fright.
All the hospitals are crowded to
their utmost capacity with the sick
and wounded, there being not
enough trained nurses to attend to
them. Medicines and provisions
are getting scarce because store-
1 keepers are afraid to open their
THE MACON AND COVINGTON.
BUitNtD TO m
a mortal blow to the city. L places of business.
The final impression, alter a two Thousands flock to the Tele
graph offices, trying to communi-
hours’ ride, was that a mortal blow
had been struck the brave old city,
and that she wasstaggering on to
ward a very desperate future. The
pile of debris in front of the brick
buildings was unbroken, indicating
that none had escaped. Many im
mense buildings had crumbled and
fallen, such as the store of William
Bird, which is a total wreck. I
have talked with many people, and
have caught the discussion in
crowds. Abandoned, the Pavillion
hotel is empty.
I walked through this town by
the light of the fire of '61, and the
doma-^e is twenty times greater
now than then. I have spent the
day examining, and I have seen but
one brick house, George Williams’
new house, that is not injured. The
city is so unsettled and cracked that
it will be necessary to tear the houses
down and rebuild them. You can
find no words to fitly dcs. ribe the
situation.”
The situation in Charleston has
been better to-dav than up toward
Summerville. . Only one slight
shock has been felt. That came
about 6:40, and create-! little ex
citement*' A puzzling thing here
is the ca-ting up of blue mud
through the fissures in the sand.
The gray sand par[s and discloses
a ciack. Through this the lava
like mud ooses up until it is piled
in orderly lines from one to two feet
above the fissure, making a strange
contrast and effect |f There is an
undercuricnt of despair in all that
is said aud done. The people are
dazed and full of uncertainty. No
one estimates the damage or dis
cusses the fut re. The main ques
tion is, “Where is it safest to sleep
to-night ?” I think the investiga
tions of two days have deepened the
sense of damage to the buildings.
It is doubtful if there is a store or
residence in the city that its owner
feels safe in, omitting any fear of fu
ture shocks. There ore pallid faces
on all sides, the exhaustion and ten
sion of the past two days and nights
intensifying the pallor while it qui
ets' the tumult
Captain George W. Lamar, who
has been appointed postmAter of
this city, called on Postmaster
Wilson, who is now in the office,
and demanded the office. Mr. La
mar said: “I have orders here to
receive the papers and property be
longing to the office, for which I
give you these receipts. I demand
the office, and I shall act as post
master ol Savannah.''
I shall stay in until put out,”
responded Col. Wilson, and he ad
ded, “1 refuse to accept the re
ceipts.” '
“I have been duly appointed
postmaster,” said Capt. Lamar,
“and I consider you by courtesy
only a visitor in this office.”
“I do not yield my rights. You
must put me out.” was the reply
'You must use .farce stronger than
am.”
Col Wilson still holds the office
He says he Las done nothing
wrong and the presiJent has no
authority to remove him. Both
parties have lawyers, and further
developments are expected later to
day.
“YOU MUST PUT HE OUT.”
Republican Postmaster Refuses to Glvt
Place toa Democrat.
Savannah, Ga., September i.—
La
UNION POINT TO WHITE PLAINS,
The New Road Pro tress lng Rapidly to
Completion.
CeaatlWUon.
Captain Harry Hill, president of
the Union Point and White Plains
railroad, reached the city last night,
after a (few days’ stay with the con
tractors along the line of the new
road- He reports the work pro
gressing very rapidly *nd says that
trains will be in operation within
the next sixty days.
Already, four miles ol the road"
has been graded, and the work is
progressing at the rate ot two miles
ier week. Cross-ties for the whole
in* have been cut. The contrac
tors, Messfs. Buckhalter& Twiggs,
ol Augusta, are working two hun
died hands on the road, and the
work is being donejn the most
completemanner.
The peoplp of White Plains' are
enthusiastic over the prospect of
railroad connection, and are confi
dent that it will be of incalculable
benefit to their town. They' say
that thd business of tbeir town
fllnnn will nnv MMntM of thp
alone frill pay the expenses of .the
road.
The road, will be fifteen mile*
ng, and goes through one of the
best counties in Georgia. lit* Will
probably be pushed through to Ea-
tonton.
END OF THEE GBENE CONTEST.
Levis Nominated; v
Grebnesboro, Sep. 4.—[Special.] Pn
msry today. For the senate, at Greenes-
boro, Lewis 120; McWhorter, 71; Union
cate with friends and relatives, bnt
this is impossible as the wires are
down.
As regards the railroad accidents
between Charleston and Augusta,
it is thought that they were caused
either by a misplacing ol the rails
by the convulsions ot the earth or
that they were submerged and
displaced by the rush of water.
After the first severe shock fires
broke out in different parts of the
city, which were soon gotten under
control by the efficient firemen, who
worked with unceasing labors until
day broke. It is impossible to esti
mace, atjhis time, the losses of per
sons or property. It is thought,
however, that at least three-fourths
of the city will have to be entirely
re-built if the houses are to be in
habited.
HOUSES CRASHING AT MIDNIGHT,
11:45 P- m —Kepeated shocks of
earthquakes of a mild character are
passing to the west of the city. A
rumbling noise can be heard dis
tinctly here, but no disturbances
are felt. The whole population is
awake, and the colored folks are en
gaged in religious exercises. Among
the whites hones are generally en
tertained that the crisis is over. It
will be understood how impossible
it is to furnish figures, when it is
understood that ail the streets are
blockaded and travel through the
debris Is impossible, except with
great difficulty and apparent peri).
At this moment another rather
severe shock has just passed over
the city, shaking down several
houses.
On James and Sullivan’s island,
the shock was severe, but little
injury was done and no fives lost.
In many places fissures in the earth
can be seen, Irom which issue cold
water, mud and sand.
At Mount Pleaaant it is contend
ed that there was a twist or turn in
the motion ot the earthquake, and
that it did not simply have an undu
lating motion. Articles of furniture
have been found which are turned
partly around, in addition to the
visible effects of a simple wave mo
tion.
Below we give a list of the killed
and wonnded in Charleston.
LIST OP KILLED.
Dr. R. Alexander,
Ainsly Robinson,
M. J. Flync,
Susan Middleton, col., and anoth-
colored woman unknown.
A son of Police Lieutant Hewitt,
Anna Harris, col.,
Charles Albrecht.
DANpEROUSLY WOUNDED,
Mrs. Williams,
Mrs. Robt Martin, "
M. J. Lynch,
Mr. Hammond,
J. C. E. Richardson,
Edmund Liveley, of Richmond,
Va.
The gable end of a house fell on
two men on King street, one of tne
men being killed instantly, and the
other was dangerously wounded.
There are a great many more dead
and wounded, the names of whom
cannot be obtained.
BAR*?HQyAKE SHOCKS ELSEWHERE
Columbia, S. C., ccpt. ist—
There were sixteen distinct shock*
from earthquake here last night, and
p to five o’clock this morning,
he first shock was fearful and hou
ses were shaken as though made of
pasteboard. It seemed as if every
thing must topple. The rumbling
in the earth was loud and horrifying
in the extreme. Clocks stopped,
bells were-rungand damage done to
some buildings, principally by' the
toppling of chimneys. Two rooms
in the governor’* mansion.. were
wrecked. There were a number of
cases of nervous prostration and
doctors were in demand for fright
ened people.
Savannah, September i.—
Three distinct shocks have been
felt here since middight The last
occurred at 3:40 a. m. All the
shocks were of short duration, and
not violent. The people are still
greatly excited and are silting out
in the streets and squares, or crowd
ing around the telegraph and news 1
paper offices. No word can be ob
tained Irom Charleston.' The gen
eral impression is that the city has
suffered seriously.
THE ASHLEY RIVER CABLE BROKEN
It is supposed that the cable ur
der Ashley river is broken. At Ty
bee island, at the mouth of the Sa 1
vannah river, the lenses in the light
bouse . were destroyed. The peo
ple on the island telephoned to this
city that they' are in a state ot ter
ror. There can be no communica
tion with the mainland until day
light, and all the inhabitant* are as
sembled on the highland. The is
land was swept by tidal wave in
August, 1881, and people tear
similar disaster now.
The telephone message to the
News irom Tybee station, at four
o’clock this morning, stated that the
people were stilt gathered on the
beach. A ' relief train bas been
Re Casse for Alarm-Tht Road will bs
Built and Flinty of Honey to Bnlldlt:
judge W. B. Thomas the'head
cetiter of the Macon and Athens
Road, in our city, has just returned
rom Atlanta, and on being ap
proached b% a representative of tnt
B.-W. says' that there is no cause
whatever for alarm about the Ma
con and Athens K. &., and referred
us to the interview in the Consti
tution which puts an entirely new
(ace to the business.
Yesterday Mr. W. B. Thomas
said to 1. Constitution reporter con
cerning an article in yesterday’s pa
per:
“In reference to the statement
that the work on the Covington
and Macon road is progressing
slowly, I desire to say that the gra
ding has been completed to within
two miles of Shadydale, between
Monticello.and Madison. I expec
ted the track to reach Monticello by
the 10th of the month. Concern
ing the suits I know nothing except
that up to the time Mr. Machen
was here a week ago there was not
» dollar due that had not been
> *paid. Money had been ad
vanced to every contractor over
and above the estimates. Cash ha's
been paid for everything—rails, en
gines and everything else. I have
personally inspected the checks
marked paid. About the steel
rails I may say that about i,obo
tons of steel rails have been receiv
ed, 400 tons coming by the East
Tennessee from* Brunswick and the
rest by the Brunswick and West
ern. As to the statement that the
Esst Tennessee has bought the
road I will state that there is no
truth in the report. Of the state
meats about the Richmond & Dan
ville, I will state that I was one of
the parties that made the arrange
ment with the Richmond & Dan
ville for tBe part that it is to have in
building the road, and the contract
is entirely regardless of the Savan
nah, Dublin and Western. The
agreement is in satisfaction ol an
old contract with the city of Athens
touching the extension of the North-
Eastern. In reference to the ‘ne vs-
_ ■FARMER,
The Beautiful Home of
Prof, Rutherford, in |pH
Ashes.
MA ROW ESG&PE OF THE FAMILY.
THE OLD STORY. OF THE BAT AND
MATCH BEHEAK8ED. r,
Lou of Everything In tboBolMing—Th*
Insurance.
paper war’ of Col. Livingston, I
will say thut the Colonel has sold
his interest in the road and been
paid for it. He owns no interest in
the road whatever.”
A CARD.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept i, 1886.—
Editors Constitution: Below I state
a lew facts about the Covington
and Macon railroad: The attach
meat alluded to did cause some de
lay in the payments to contractors
on the Covington and Macon rail
road for their July estimates. Since
that time the July estimates have
been all paid. As the contrzctor
for the most important piece of
work on the road—the Ocmulgee
bridge—I desire to say in justice to
those who control the work, that I
have been paid more money up to
date than the estimates of the engi
neers called for. The contractor
for the track laying, Mr. Holmes,
told me on yesterday he was laying
track and had all necessary mate
rial; that in a few days he would
have his machine for laying track
and that he would then lay one
mile of track a day. The road has
a large amount of rails, fastenings
and spikes on band. This I know,
all materia! for the road passes
over my temporary work at the
liver. Railt have been shipped via
Brunswick, some to go by East
Tennessee, Virginia and Geoigi*: plainly seen up town, but it was some
railroad, and others to go by the j time before the flames could be located.
Brunswick and Western railroad, tt was at first thought to be Princeton
Pointy Lewis, 38: McWhorter, X8;1Yood
ville, Lewis, 46; McWhorter.' 79. It
thought Lewis will be elected by 100
majority, forXJreenehbojo is not count
ed. WooqgpK Parks, 74; Stovall, 80
Smith, 41; Adams, 49; Union Point,
Parks, 33; Stovall, 39; Smith, 26; Adams
41. Indications point to nomination
Parks and Stovall. B.
Port Royal and Savannah. From
observation, it'teems that every
thing is to-day in better shape than
any time heretore for a rapid com
pletion of the Covington and Ma
con railroad.
The contractor, to whom the
work between Madison and Ath
ens has been let. informed me on
Monday that be was Then on his
way to get the grading on that part
of the line started. Why certain
persons who have no interest in the
enterprise should seek on all occa
sions to circulate reports calculated
prejudice the public is more than
can understand. Yours, truly,
Grant Wilkins.
BELLE PLAINS IOWa, NEAELY
WASHED AWAY.
Water Spouting From the around, sixteen
Inches In Diameter, Hundreds of root In
the air—Two Large Slvsra Formed—
Washed Away and
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the post office at Athens,
Ga, advertised Sept. 6th, 1886:
Blutobarer, Thomas; Conyera, Bessie
Cox, Bob Savon; Cox, John; Childers,
S. P; Cooper, Bill; Davis; Daniel, Avo;
Graham, C W; Hill, Esq; Mason, R D.
Moore, Dina; New[~ "Amy; Pomeroy,
Demag, E; Richardson, O P; Summer-
era, Wm; Tberwood, W. H; Smith; T
L; Taylor, Mary Broker; Thomas, Em
ma; Tiller, Laura.,
W, B. Burnett, Postmaster.
Yesterday morning our citizens were •
shocked to learn that tiie beautiful house «
of Prof. Williams Rutherford, on Milledge
avenue, had been burned to' ; the ground
during the night The work of the
flames eras so quick 1 and rapid that even
neighbors living within a few hundred
yards of the place did not know of the -
calamity until they awoke in. the morn
ing.and saw the sentinel chimney*
guarding the smoking ruin*. The .fire
started at about 2:20. in the ntorning and.. ,
caught between the upper ceiling and
the roof. The incendiaryjwaa evidently
a rat, gnawing at a match, as there 'had
been no fire in this part of the house. ‘
Misses Blanche- Lipscomb and Katie
Rutherford were sleeping ih an upper
room, and Prof. Rnthesford and wife in
their chamber down stairs, at the rear of
the house. Tho young ladies were the
first to discover the flsmes, after they
had blazed through the roof and show
ers of sparks began to fall on the floor
and stairs. The ladies at once
realized their danger, but showed the
greatest coolness. They did not have
time to dress, but throwing sheets around
them, began the escape. Upon reaching
the head of the stairs, they found- threo
of the steps afire, catting off their es
cape. j Above their heads rosred the
rapidly incressing flames, while cinders
and blazing fagots fell thick and fast -
around them. But the two brave young
girls did not stop long in hesitation.
They sprang over the burning stairs and
made their way to the lower floor, with
slightly burned feet Had they awoke
two minntes later they would have been
burned alive. They at once aroused
their grandparents, and they also escaped
with only their night clothing. The
house was of wood and burned like tin
der. Mrs. Rutherford was greatly ex-.
cited, and her condition prevented her
husband from saving articles that ho
otherwise might have done. Before a.
lew neighbors could arrive the building
was completely wrapped in flames, and
it was dangerous to try and enter it.
Some colored men, however, did man
age to make their way into the bed
room and get a few clothes, as also saved
a sideboard and some silverware left on
the supper table. Everything else in .
the house was totally destroyed, includ
ing all the handsome furniture, clothing
of the family, a splendid library, two
pianos—one presented by Col. John
Rutherford, of Macon, to his daughters,
and left here—and, in facl, the accumula
tions of this family ever since their mar
ried life. Outside of the * few pieces of
silverware, $50 will cover everything '
saved by the family. Prof. B. had not even
a hat left yesterday morning to Wear.
He had one suit of clothing,.and that
was all. Mr*. Rutherford and the young
ladies were no better off, Thu-, fire was
AN ARTESIAN BURST.
Chicago, September 1.—A dis
patch was received at the city hall
this afternoon from the mayor of
Belle Plain, Iowa, which atated that
an artesian well, 6 inches in diam
eter, hurst when a depth of 180
feet had been reached m boring
and instantly a volume of water
was forced into the air to a distance
of several hundred feet. This gra
dually increased in size and volume
until a stream of wa'ter fully 16 in
ches in diameter was formed, and
the onward force of thi* stream is
equal io the power of powder or dy
namite.
water in huge volumes
is spouting high in the air and the
supply seems inexhaustible. Two
gigantic rivers have been formed b-
this phenomenal water burst, whid
are running through the town at
tho rate of twelve miles an hour and
carrying everything before them.
Houses and lives arc* threatened by
this peculiar, freak of nature and
citizens are appalled at their im
pending danger, which, at present,
they are powerless .5 overcome,
finding it impossible to divert this
damaging flood. -An attempt was
made to nsert sixteen inch boiler
iron tubes into the well, bnt these
were .instantly blown out and
forced high into the air. Finding
this plan useless, the terrified peo
ple attempted to fill up the aper
ture through which this tetrible
s eyser was spouting it* deluge,
fifteen carloads of stone were emp
tied into the well, but these were
forced upward at (though propelled
by the force of giant powder.
factory. It was only when Mrs. Carlton
telephoned to the station-house from
Cloverhunt that the true location was
known. The Babcock and the Relief
hose reel at once hastened to the scene
bnt they arrived too late to do any good,
The only water was in a well- in the
burning building, and that could not be
reached. The residence cost Prof. Ruth
erford $4,000 to bnild it, and waa one of
the most convenient and best ( arranged
an the city. But the loss of the furniture,
library and clothing.of the family wilt
far e xceed the cost of the bnilding. The
house 'rag insured with Messrs. Griffeth
A MeU for $2,500,: and the furniture
for $300, but ’ the old people
did not know of this provision nntil after
the fire. Mrs. Rutherford Waa not a be
liever in fire insurance, and persuaded
her huibaad to diacontiuue this expense;
but her daughters, without, letting any
one know of it, kept up the policy, Prof.
Rutherford, with this money, will at
once rebuild on the same site, which is
one of the prettiest ih the city. The un
fortunate family-have the deepest sym
pathy of all our people in their great
loss.
A SLANDER NAILED.
ATHENS CERTAIN OF THE MACON
RAILROAD.
WHAT OOL. MACHEN SAYS.
A COMPLIMENT.
• Several gentlemen remarked to ns
yesterday that Mr. Pleasant A. Stovall’s
special dispatch flrem Augusta' waa the
moat satisfactory they have seen; that it
gave them all the news in a few words,
and they knew it could be relied on.
WALTON COUNTY POLITICS.
Monroe, Ga, Sept 2d.—On the first
Tuesday in August the democratic exec
utive committee of Walton county met
and decided to hold primary elections to
nominate candidates for the legislature-
On Saturday last the committee met
again and revoked the order declaring
primary elections, leaving the gap down
for all who desired to become candidates.
It is reported that there are seven in the
field. There is a ticket being fixed up
to run two negroes for the office, . They
held a meeting at Social Circle last night
to nominate tbeir candidates. A.
THE CROP PROSPECT.
Naw York, Sept. 3.—[Special.] The
Covington A Macon road does not owe a
dollar to anybody. At contractor I am
prepared to pay everything due any sub
contractor on usual pay day—15th. I
have made largb advances to some al
ready. ,I pay cash for everything.
E, C. Machen. .
STILL QUAKING.
Athens Visited by Another Eartbquak*
Shock, Friday Elfht.
On‘Friday-night; about 10 o’clock,
quite a severe earthquake shock was
felt in this city, bat Dot near so Before
or prolonged as the first- . The writer
Wm awoke from a sound sleep by the
trembling earth] and it was felt all over
the city., , Several; persons complained
of a depressing effect for some time after
it h%d passed, and as if it was v difficult
to breathe freely. The guests at the
Commercial Hotel felt it even in the
Indeed have our people cause to
be thankful for the bounteous har
vest promised. Every crop is abun
dant, and tb« prospect now is that,
we will h.a ve the largest yield
known since the war. At one time
this summer the outlook was gloomy'
mdred; but the generous rains came
and not only saved the: withering'
vegetation, but multiplied it several
fold. Corn, cotton* grass, peas, po-
tatoes, and, in fact, all manner of’
crops indigenous to tbi$ section, are
as fine as the land can grow, and if
w# have a moderately late.frost the,
fine cotton crop will help to, lift
many a farmer out of debt. This
immediate section of Georgia is pe
culiarly blessed, for reports from
other part* of this and neighboring
•tales are far from flattering. Texas
and the West have suffered, fear-
iully, and the cotton crop will nec-
essarify be cut short. The mer
chants of Athens have boughtheav-
*(y ot fall.and winter goods, and al-
ready can they see the signs ot a
fine business in the large wholesale
orders from rural merchants. In
deed has Athens and our section
cause to be grateful.to the Giver of
all good.
Black-Jack Logan appears iito
have lost his boom for the Presi
dency, but‘no public mania the
(Jn : .bn can excel him as an expecto-
ratbr. loitni > * a»U “re'dMvftfXfiH
pn
in Elbert county. From three tp
five candidates are out tor the Lee-
uommcrcuu nuusi hhi w e»cu iu uie „| A . M >
third story, hut did not manifest much 1 ‘Mature, and as many more tor
feM .. 1 Sheriff and other county officaa.