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VUtJUSTA AND OIIA^LF-STON DIS
TURBED yesterday.
BiimMln** «» live O'clock..
l>in>lcriHS Miiikrn wn iu fluir.
lc«ion-X*M)’ I'clghlcncd In Au-
u il.lo»th< l.ubor Trouble—Nruba
„lid KiilfblM m Avar.
A Ft, USTA, OCpt. 21, (Special).
I’ht re was a perceptible shocK
01' cathiaale nl live o’clock this
m. .1 iiiilii Kit in this city, but nobody
v, much frightened and no d.iir.-
i, reported.
Tne people in Charleston were
},,,. 1 y tightened, but there was no
■ ,ry beyond falling plastering
1 aking walls, which in the
[■lit condition are dangerous any
'Tin* l.ntior 1 roubles.
._.’,-.ts and quarrels between
.his of Labor and Scabs who
■corking in their pi ices, are rc-
. 1 daily, and the Ri eor.lcr fined
1 io <'ay. The working force
e Augu'ti Factory is daily in-
sing. An operative was stop
by a ciowit t .vo nights ago, bill
the aid of a cocked pist >1 he
naJed them to let him go.
At l.miBley.
President \V. C Siolcy is out in
i , ird denying the report of Master
U oikman Muyna die, that there
.s suit ring at Lmgley on ae
on! oi 1 ic hie iking of the dam.
I'm- o’jcr..lives receive 1 loitrteen
her 11 h. and
of the dam no
p.,y
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who
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of ill
irte i
that money
WALTON COUNTY.
The News From Jug Tavern and the Neigh
borhood.
Jog Tavern, Ga. Sept. 21.—
[Special.]—Mr. A. M. Hailey d ied
yesterday. He had been art inva
lid a long time and suffered much.
He was once the mail carrier from
this place to Athens.
Rev. Miller Willis is still here.
Mr. Arthur Long, of Athens, at
tends church here on Sundays.
w.
A Tire.
Atlanta, Sept. 22.—[Special.]
A small (mine house on West Har
ris street burned today about noon.
No insurance. It was occupied by-
negro families. Loss one thousand
dollars.
WKKilN’S WARMMI.
HE PREDICTS A TkltKlliLE DIsXUR-
ItAXCE FOR THE29TH.
THE SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY. LEXINGT JN BUILDING UP-
He Declares That Atlanta Will be tn the
Line of danger, and that Macor. Will be
Kulned--Florlda Probably to bo Swept
Under the Sea--Preliminary Symptoms,
etc.
New York, St member 21 —The
11 >wing special, primed in the
t v.« •
A I I. A s
<1.111l»t
(Special. ] ( no da n
I In aid ihis mornir.g created consul
erabl- comment here. Scient sts
here sav it is ^uess work on the
part of Wiggins:
•Ottawa, Ont., Septewber 20—
l*rcf. E. Stone Wiggins, of the me
teorological bureau says that the 2cjth
inst., will wit ress one ot the most
terrific subterranean upheavals ever
known on this continent. Inas
much as Dr. Wiggins torctol 1 the
Charleston earthquake, bis predic-
• ion is regarded a** w orthy of weight.
He said this evening:
‘It is certain that an earthquake
will visit the southern states on the
2/<h of this month. The disturbance
will cross the Ar’antic and oroba-
bly affect south Europe. There is
lViet W. Alex -
l,>dav at hi' home
'••me kidney dis
ol I newspaper
1 his connection
from ar
In the issue of the Atlanta Con
stitution of the 19th of September,
two articles appear in reference to
the Technological School and its lo
cation. The shorter ol the two arti
cles is as follows:
We all agree that the establish
ment and ma ntenance of the Tech
nological school is the most impor
tant educational experiment Geor
gia has made in the past twenty
years. It is essential, tnerefore, that
no mistake should be made by the
trustees of this school An error
that might be corrected in an es
tablished enterprise would be fatal
in this. The matter of l ocation pre
sents the only issue- that is open
just now. This should be settled
only after the fullest investigation,
and then in perfectly impartial
spirit.
We must all agree in the spirit of
this article, as also in that of tho
second article, so far as it refers to
the benefits to be confeired on the
State at Urge by the judicious loca
tion of the school. Hut with its ad
vocacv of Atlanta as the proper lo
cation, and with the fling at the
State University and the Agricul
tural Col ege, some disagreement
ma) be fairly urged. It is urged
that the great need ot the school
will be students, and as Atlanta is
the largest of the places competing,
it is theiefore suppose t that -be
would furnish most students Now,
w hile no school can be s iid to fulfill
its purposes without students, ye:
the proper organization and equip
meat of ;he school in all essentials
of its course, as well as in subjects
relating to its special objects, i-j^till
mole important. The aim should
be to make the school so attractive
by thoroughness and efficiency in
it' special meins of instruction, as
well as in all subjects pertamirg to
those special meats, as to clr^w pat-
| ronage from the whole State.
Though Atkinia might furnish (it
the school were placed there) a
A New Lease of Life Taken On By
tlie Old Town.
Mr. W. A. Latimer, of Levington, was
in the city, yesterday, and a B.-W. re
porter tackled him for news from Ogle
thorpe. »
U A* bocin has at last struck the old
town of Lexington,” was the reply, “and
we are going to have a big city, too, be
fore very long. Mr. George Brooks has
built a neat bridk glass-front store on
the corner so long disfigured by a half-
filled cellar, and Mr. Koane has demol
ished the the old dingy wooden build
ing occupied by Mr. Paul, and will erect
two nice stores on the site. Mrs. Wil
lingham will also build a two-story
brick business block on the corner next
to Arnold & Stewart's. There are other
substantial improvements talked of in
Lexington, but besides our fine new
court-house, now receiving the finishing
touches, these are the principal ones.
The people of Lexington are highly
elated over the outlook for the future.*'
“How about your railroad?”
“Think we will get that also. In fact,
the gentlemen at the head of the enter
prise know no such word as fail. Our
town will soon reach sutfic : ent impor
tance to secure railway connection with
the outside world, and then that granite
quarry will make it a paying investment
from the start. Look at the little San-
dersville road, only three miles long, and
it pays a bigger dividend than any rail
road in Georgia! Lexington will be just
important a place as Sandcrsville, and
besides, we have the advantage of that
stone quarry, and J tell you there are
miHions in it.”
We are clad to hear of such cood
nows from our old town, and see nothing
to prevent the brightest dreams of tho
good people of the place being realized.
COLDER WINTERS.
PERSONAL AND MINOR ITEMS.
Dr. and Mrs. 1* R- Mcll, have returned
from North Carolina.
Mr. Dorsey’s hew omnibus will arrive
in a few days.
We understand that work on the new
Ojiera House will begin very soon.
It is suggested to establish a cliair of
journalism in the State University.
Dr. l’ottcr, editor of the Christian Ad
vocate, is paid a&larv of if2,000 a year.
Capt. Carlton las been suffering with
neuralgia for some time.
It seems to beat certainty that we are
to get the Klberton road at last.
Cotton is opening very fast, but far
mers ate slow about selling.
The police yesterday pulled a disor
derly house in Brooklyn. •
Mr. R. L. Bloc infield has just return
ed from a trip North Jnd West.
I’inc wood is delivered in Athens at
from $1.30 to $2 per cord.
There are two hew legislative candi
dates announced.jn Ovonee.
l’artridges a i abundant this year,
and now larga^jlBgh to kill. *
People in Charleston still walk in the
middle of the street to avoid falling roofs.
There is already a charter for a ruil-
road from Athens to Klberton.
The President has issued a commis
sion to Wn. T. Martin to be postmaster
at Madison, Ga.
Mr. Dorsi .
slreet railroad, will hav
running in a few dc
Mr. Fro
tion with Hodgson Bros., and will travel
SOME QUESTIONS ASKED.
Mr. Murrell Calls On Mr. 'Russell
for u few Answers Before the
People. ' *
Editor Banner.Watchman:—
Mr. Russell has misquoted and
Oua F^ik.—Mr. Holman says a num
ber of the stock breeders' in Kentucky
will visit our fair and bring with them
some fine stock. The directors will have
a meeting today, and then get to work
to make the association a success.
IT WASNT A METEOR
But u Startling Report Overhead
and What Caused It.
Accident os tiik N. E. Railroad.—
. , . * _ , tavviiFOit t tun aw. rt, uaiiiI.ua
misrepre-ented me in the different I Yesterday when the 12.50 train
districts and neighborhoods of the
county on some questions? and to
»ave him further trouble. anJ me
further annoyance in the correc
tion ol them, if you will permit me
the use of your columns! I will an-
swer.tbe questions aud ask him to
declare himself at the same time.
He has persistently lugged in
“the fense” and “the prohibition”
issues and since he has used them
in tne still, hunting process,and once
upon the stump, when I had no op
portunity to reply and set myself
right before the people. 1 ask that
he will come up like a man and an
swer them in the same manner and
with the same candor that I shall
do in this article.
I voted .for “no fence..”
“How did you vote?”
“I voted lor prohibition.”
“How did you votej”
“I anr a. prohibitionist to day.”
“What are you?'*
“I have furnished no money for
[.whiskey, or cigars, or promised to
nperintcf'dent of the j do so; none of my friends have done
all four cars sa ti )a t I have any knowledge of.”
"Have you?"
Lucas has secured a post- ( The report is rife that I have said
that i!' elected I would bring, the
ut ;
>’« ar
•1\ W
rputation was
pondent, and
A” are > till
io i of Geor-
America until the 29H1. Then tli
eartl quake's foicc will move from
east to west, on a parallel of a few
degrees south ol Chailr>ton. If
Charleston is visited this time it can
only he on that day.’
Being asked as to the parallel of
l.it tade on which the disturbance
would take place he replied that the
activity would he confined to the
thquake in | large class of students, that fi
\Y lilt I Stripping «li«* Comiiry of 'i'iin*
Imt is Doiiig for the Climate.
Mr. George Palmer met us yesterday
aud remarked:
“l>o you notice these two new houses
j that Mr. Phinizy is putting up with
I double weatherboahling on the Pittard
lot? Well, they are the bust built houses
I have yet seen erected in Athens, and
we'll all have to adopt that style of con
struction if our winters keep getting
colder.”
our climate changing?" we asked,
is, most assuredly. I remember
forty years ago the winters in Athens
were so‘mild that it was not even neces
sary to wear overcoats, and 1 have gone
through the whole season
with moderately light cloth
ing: hut now each succeeding year
we have to purchase heavier apparel,
and it seems that before many years we
must go dad in regular Arctic apparel.”
j - - ----1 - - , ~ . “Hj>w do you account for it?”
30th parallel ol latitude, and would the Technological School, d placed j “Denudin'* tin* country of timber,
extend from ocean to ocean. The j at Athens—in fret we do not know j Forests are fast disappearing, and there
shocks would al-o a fleet San Ftar.- 1 exactly what the writer means, or ! is no obstruction to l»r<*ak oil'the chilling
alone might exclude those fr.
parts of the Sta'e. and
ih- I
the
'her
the
school be onlv of local ati 1 .
We may well douht too w
Atlanta has “five or six tirrn
population ol Macon, or “even
more times” the manufactures ol
Athens; but let that pass.
We are at a loss to know how
University could overshadow
•_ n . I cisco and the Pacific slope. North ' whether he himself knows his own
^ | 01 para lei thirty the disturbance will j meaning. We s tppose it consists
UPtRATlVlS GOING TO W^RK. | he meteorological and will consist of: mainly in the supposed “snubbing’’
a terrihic storm—in fact avast hurri: j o r the students of this school, if e$-
cane. This will be especially se- j taMished in Athens, by the Univer-
vere in the gulf cf St. Lawrance and Mty students. This is a blow aimed
the eastern provinces. If any sm-dl ' at Athens “below the belt” and not
craft was caught, they would hardly ! worthy of the writer.
mountain blasts fioin us
BOTTOM CORN.
A>
j \Y 11 rranl* l« l»«* l**H«*d.
i a. Sept. 20.—[Special.]
I Mi \ -two operatives went to work
II i,l tv in the Augusta Factory
of them be
% Total Failn
and
Ki
Mr. Tom Hudson says that the corn
crops on the < >conee river and Sandy
If he knows creek are a total failure—he never knew
operatives \ escape; but such a warning has been ' anything of the University, he must | a greater. Mr. Hudson says lie planted
n ' ori ‘ ’ given them that they would hardly ! know lha
for this Sterling house. ! fences back in the county. This*is
It D.1 the genet* yre;be .on thot the , as fa ,. e t j veracity as the originator
As’hl* ear ! of it is P. principle. •
^The I'ilherton merchnnts are saiii not n-JV' 1 , 1 « a «^ 5 " a Card **°
to be overly anxious about building a ye»r.s« K o that ,f I had remained in
railroad to Athens. . • I !lu , r ,c<i that wollld havc made
The Klberton railroad will pus Jug \ of '*>
Tavern. The people there are enthused
at the prospect.
The University of Georgia will re-open
on October Gth. An increased attend
ance is looked for.
We learn that enough money lias been
subscribed to build a bridge over the
river at the mouth of Sandy creek.
Mr. J. T. Waterman has sold out the
Griflin Sun ami will move away from
that city.
The employes of the Kaglc & l*lm;nix
mills have sent 12 to the Charleston
that a fair minded people .could
judge fairly between us. Now is
the time to prove his words before
an hone<t and generous people. If
I am elected it shall he by the free
and untrammeled vote uf my fellow
citizens. Gkokgk T. Mckkkll.
operatives moving.
about one mile from towrt, one of tho ec
centrics of the engine brake, causing the
train to be delayed about an £uur. The
train came tn with only one driving
wheel working. •
Latkh.—Yesterday tho candidates
met in Oconee and several made speech
es. Hon. Weldon Price has re-announe-
ed and Mr. Gordon again entered the
arena. Judge James It. Lyle also spoke
but is not as yef announced.
Will Not Rhbdild.—We learn that
Prof. Rutherford will not rebuild his
residence that was destroyed, but board
down town. He has reu:ed the land to
Mr. Heard for next year, and r.ot sold it.
Inferior Meal.—The cheap Western
meal, some of which is sold in Athens,
is scared? fit for stock food. It 's.badly
ground and made of inferior corn. The
meal from our home mills is far supe
rior to this imported stuff.
Tiie Meat Market.—The attempt
made by Armour A (Jo. to bull the meat
market has broken, and from 8}.J cents
it yesterday declined to 7K, and before
30 days it will go down probably 1 1 L
cents more. Brokers say that the pros
pect is that provisions would be cheaper
this'Winter than ever hefore.
The N ew Mill.—Mr. IL N. Taylor
is now out West, looking after tho pur
chase of machinery for his new grist
mill to be erected at the Georgia depot.
The contract to erect the building has
been gives to Mr. McGinty. This mill
will probably betequipped with rollers
to crush the gram, instead of stones, the,
old style of making meal.
Mr. Toot Lester was in tho city yester
day, and gave us the following thrilling
experience:
“The other night I wes sitting down
stairs in my .house, thinking of earth
quakes, cyclones and other new-fang
led and deadly visitors, when aU or a
sudden I heard jt deafening thud over
head like a blast I have read of mete
oric rocks falLng from tho skies, but
have nover seen one; so I made up my
mind that a boulder about the size of
Stone Mountain had fallen in y back
>ard. Other parties in the house also
icard the sound, and wo walked all
around the house looking for the celes
tial gravel, but could not even find tho
hole.whcre it had entered the ground.
Tho next day I went over to my planta
tion, seven miles distant, and asked the
niggers there if they had heard any re
port in the air the night before. Well,
every hide and hoof of them swore that
they heard the sound distinctly, and
thought it Judgment Day coming. They
described the sound so naturally that I
was, more .fully convinced than ever
that a meteoric stone of great size had
burst to pieces somewhere in the
neighborhood and I had kept an eye
skinned looking for it all day. The next
day I had occasion to go up stairs, when
the mystery was unveiled. About three
leet of plastering had broken off from
the ceiling and fell to the floor, causing
the noise that T had heard. Now, 1
don’t know whether those darkeys on
my farm told a hare- facet 1 lie, or did the
noise of that falling plastering really
reach seven miles. 1 haven’t fully
made up my mind on the subject as
et.”
The K. of L. Vote—A party who
overheard the vote of the lodge of K. of
L. in Athens, to decide their candidate
for the legislature, says the vote stood:
Lowry, fif>; Russell, 5; Tucker, 30. This
was a joint session of both the white
and eoioied Knights. The colored peo
ple afterwards met and decided to run
Tucker ics the nogroe’s ticket.
The Augusta Hands Leaving the Factory
Tenements.
hat all classes are largely rep- ' his crop seven times, and land that has
-day.
r .-stssory w arrants are Being is-
mic.I tins week, ami all the idle op-
ciui.ves will be turned out of the
factory h(>ii«e«.
Itii's in Jail.
Atlanta, Sept. 20—[Special.]
1 >.,1. While, lhe colored minister
who was unrated and hound over
mi the charge of forging; the signa
ture and collecting the money on a
po-’-otlice order belonging to tli-
i li) (i IV, died in the Fulton county
i i fioin a congestive chill.
Ho remains were carried
t" Confers onGeorgia lasf train to-
produced from Into lit) bushels per acre,
will this year make only a few nubbins
at best, while a great deal of it was en
tirely drenched out; that all the corn he
will make.this year will cost him .$10 per
hey would hardly
• tr ker*. Another Luge lorct; j b e out. The storm would be pre-J resented in its schools, and that as
pee'ed to commence work on J ceeded in Ontario, Quebec, the j as liitle of such ‘snubbing’ exists
marantine provinces and New Eng- | among them as at any school in the
land by strong northwest winds on I Union. There need be.and there
the 26th and 27th. The 28th .will 1 woftid be none of this “snubbing” I bushel. From the mouth of Sandv
be fine—the lull that precedes the I of the Technological students, I creek to its source, at Harmony Grove,
storm. The disturbance will be ter- | since the instruction would throw j not as much corn will be made as Mr.
ri tic
tjh
disturbance.
alike affected The distruction to j gains respect. 1 here are no purer j havc always maJe corn to
property would be something tern- | democrats than boys, .he dlustra ( seI , wiU scarcely g Ct th ' c : r seed back,
hie. Jacksonville. I'la., Macon and tion given of tne so-called merger | lim the np i ands overbalance any short-
Atlanla.NewOrleans,Baton Rouge, of the Agricultural college in the comings in the bottoms. There was
! Houston, San Antonio aud Galvcs- ' University might answer some pur- j never such corn crops known as the
ton would be more or less damaged. I pose of argument, if true; but it is j poor ridges wilt produce this year, and
He predicted that New Orleans,J not true; there is no merger. The I along tho Nowhere road, remarkably
Macon and Monde would be ruined Agricultural studentsof the Univtr- 1 dl 'n land, the yield will be enormous,
as these cities were right in the sity pursue a course marked out for ! THE MACON & ATHENS-
path of the subterranean and mete- : them, and this course is the same in !
orological phenomena. many subjects as that prescribed Work I'rneri-ssintr itnpidiy. and
When l’rotessor Wiggins was (for the University students. It I Everythin* «nu Solid Busin,
asked to what cause he attributed j is worthy of note that these sub- * Rev. J. W. Burke, ol' Macon, was in
this terrible submarine upheaval, ] jects are identical with those set | our office yesterday, and we asked him
he replied that it was produced by i down in the courses in the “new I in regard to the Macon & Athens road,
j a shifting of the eaith’s center of and separate college in Alabama ” “It is certain to be built, ’was the rc-
They are making a hot fight on II \V.
J. Haul in tire legislative contest in Halt
county.
Messrs. W. It. Thomas, G. G Tai-
madge and \Y. L. Wood are spoken ol by
their friends in collection with the next
mayoralty.
Rev. J. F. Cheney has rinsed an in
teresting meeting at Cloud's Creek
Baptist church, Oglethorpe county, in
which he baptized 411 converts.
Capt. Bernard lias returned from the
Appidachee Baptist association, held in
Monroe. He reports a large attendance
ard au interesting session.
Mr. I'oniatowski, about the first of
October, will leave for Knoxville, Tenn.,
to take charge ol a large Jersey farm
there.
jfo get a stand of turnips sow cotton
seed with them. T|ie cotton copies up
and shades the plants until they are
large enougli not to be killed by the
warm weather.
The trouble with the chestnut licit ar-
-Friim ilii A'uoi»ta # «'hrouirlc.
Yest rday morning at an early
hour the neighborhood of the Au
gusta Factory wore an unwonted
air of activity. . The loeked-out op
eratives, who for the last two
months had occupied the factory
dwellings tree of rent, had been
served with notices 1o quit VV'ai-
lants, seventy-eight in number,
were sworn out Saturday by the
Board of Directors of tne factory,
through Col. C. II. I’hinizy, Piesi-
dent, and served by a constable.
The operatives, recognizing the
legal right of the officials, submit
gracefully to the decree. Numer
ous instances of sentimental reluc
tance are recorded. Those who
had been in these quarters for over
twenty years, and had grown gray
under these roof trees, most feel
ingly depreciated the circumstances
that necessitated their leaving their
old homes.
The Knights of Labor have, it is
rungement is, as the At'anta < apitol I understood, rented a number of
sa ys, that a number of idiots are using |. cott! , ges near thft Toll Gate, which
have all been filled by the evicted
Henry Hobbs, coloren, shot liim-
il; pi-dav while fooling with a pis-
t.-l ^ _
Tint white plains 110A11. 1 giavity, and that this disp'.uAment j The Land Scrip Fund has added to U- v ' " an, l that, too, as fast as men and
r,esuie.d Harry 11,11 says the , would be brought about by a con- | the apparatus of the University, but i “®“rncv“ w UieUd,'and he telTmc
suspension of work on the Union I j h a * "ot added ‘“^.^“jpment of j they have plenty of money to build and
md While Plains Railroad is j satehtes, one being tne visible : it otherwise. 1 he Moore Building j equip it anil meet their Trills promptly.
. ... and the other the invisidle moon. I with all its conveniences and appli- j The little trouble sometime back was
>mly temporary and the t oau Wl11 j The latter .s a discovery ot Dr. ances for work.is the gift of the city with the contractors, and not the road,
so.m be pushed to completion. | Wiggins. lie did not agree with of Athens, and , the schools of the j They have now the road-bed graded
HARMONY GROVE.
I ""S' “b f w,v OV..W.O U. I.IV , - .. ... o
; the opinion enunciated by Sir Wil University furnish nearly ail the in- ‘ n ‘*»rly to Madison, and will probably
| liam Dawson at the recent meeting j stiuction which *is required by the , 10lo ®" week.^ Tin
lot the British association at Bit- i courses of all the Agricultural co l_ ! hands will then begin between Athens
' . . -I- ...» « and that point, lour people should
Kew. Note, Front Our Lively Nelsbbor up j mingnam that the cause was to be ! leges and for that feasor, have so j j 1 ™, ^feara about this railroad, for it
theN. E.R. R. | attributed to a contraction of that ; largely economized the land scrip is on a sure foundation> It will bj of
Harmony Grove, Sept. 21.— | P arl ot, the^earth s surlacc which j fund. , j great benefit to your city. All the
14* • 1 1 \n amusing little ^ orms oi Atlantic j But all this is beside the question. 1 freight and travel from Southwest Geor-
l “ ^ c * ' 1 * .. ] There would be no earthquake in j What we want is the best school gia will go via Athens for the North.”
sen tile took place here - lon * ; Canada, but there would he prob-| for the money, a school too not to |
day morning early, which ably a tremor in the province of' benefit one place in the State, but |
A THIEF CAUGHT.
will probably result in a prosccu- I Qiebec. The disturbance would j the whole State. Given a thoiough-j Hoy Who st<
tion before the next grand jury. I commense until 2 o’clock in the j ly equipped Technological School, 1 i-t
State tt Fine 4*old Watch
o Hauled t’p.
. f Mr W (j I dfternoon. There might be tremors ! with proper buildings,^ proper in- j On the night of Aug. 20th Mr. Jos. M.
\nout two wteKs *1^, . • * until midnight. lie should not be structors, and such a course of in-j Hodgson's residence was entered by
ircen moved his family to Marietta, I surprized if several new volcanoes j struction as will train mind and j some one and a fine gold watch taken
, u d left about 2 acres of upland i should burst out in Central and hand, and we need not fear for i therefrom. The thief was traced up and
com which was not dry enough to South America. j Students. They will he sure t»> found to he a negro named Sant D.vis,
W. II. Smith, president of the come, and come from the whole hvingnn Mr. D. C. lattersons place.
aStro-meteiologic.il association of State. , On jester,lay Mr. 1 atterson brought
, • ■*. X \r- 11 ri,- 1^1 i *1111 | him into town and gave him up to Mr.
Oanada agrees with Wiggins. lie. This school, when established. | Hodeson. to whom he confessed his
says the shock will be proceeded by is to be turned over to the Trustees
a he ivy storm in the north west,and of the University, whose duty it
them who don’t know a chestnut from
an egg in its dotage.
The prediction of earthquakes l»y
either Wiggins or 1'eVoe is farcical.
They cannot he foretold, and as 1’rbf.
White says, “the man who predicts an
earthquake writes himself an ass.”
We learn from good authority thai.‘h2
contract for the grading of the Augusta
A* Chattanooga railroad between here
aud Augusta will he let in thirty day’s.—
Gainesville Sun.
The mineral spring near the North-
Eastern depot needs cleaning out badly.
The water is sought for by hundreds of
people in Athens, and the spring should
he kept in good condition.
W.< A. Pledger, recently retired from
Collector, of the port of Atlanta, is
seeking an appointment as minister res
ident to the port of Liberia, West Afri
ca, and lias secured very strong indors
ers from the South. Quite a number of
Southern Senators and Congressmen are
urging him for tho place.
The Macon Telegraph's Atlanta cor
respondent says that Friday night it was
believed that the laudanum was taken
by Mr. George Long with suicidal intent,
and that a love affair was at the bottom
of the matter* Today Long says that
this is not so. Hwstates that lie took the
laulanum for the purpose of getting a
good night’s rest from its effects.* •
Yesterday afternoon Miss Millie Kutli-
erford, Miss Ellen Mcll, and Misses La
mar and Bessie Butherford returned to
Athens, after a three months’ absence in
Europe. They sailed from Liverpool
•n ihe 9th, reached New York by the
steamer Republic on Saturday. They
received an ovation at the hands of fam
ilies and friends yesterday.
at her. Mr. J. A. Seegar had at
ic time a suit pending in our jus
tice Cqurt against Given, and after
the lapse of the 4 days after judg
ment, pointed out this corn, which
h id been garnered by W. II. Simp
kins. The corn was inclosed
inside of a large barn and the en
trance door locked. On Monday
morning while Simpkins was get-
tirg his horse to go to Banks court,
the haililV stepped up to make the
lrvy on the corn. Simpkins held
the constable who is a small eeiy
looking fellow, while he comman
ded a negro to lock the door. Thus
t remains except that the constable
has put an extra chain and lock on
tne outside door. Nkho.
Knights. Many are moving out in
Canaan—only a short distance from
the mill and their old, homes. . The
warrants extend until Wednesday,
and by that time the various rows
w’iil be deserted soon by those who
have gone back to work. Affairs
wiihin the mill are the same as usu
al, with a few accessions to the
number last reporied on duty.
Om.ETiioiu*K Politics.—The three
legislative candidates in Oglcthorp<
county met in Pope’s grove last Saturday
and presented their respective claims, it
was one of the most dignified and gen
tlemanly political contests ever made,
and the best of order and feeling pre
vails. Each candidate acquitted himself
most creditably, and the support seemed
pretty equally divided. Mr. Birchmore
got off a good thing in saying that the
greatest danger of defeat to lum was the
fact that hi? found Messrs. Olive and
Mathews related to nearly every voter
in the county, and if all of their kin stuck
to them he dul not see where his sup
port was to come from,
Anxounckmknts.—Mr. A. IV Bearing
today announces himself as a candidate
for County Treasurer. Mr. Dcarinj
has filled this place creditably once he
fore and is a good and safe man.
Mr. II. H. Linton oilers for re-elec
tion as Tax Collector. Mr. Linton has
made one of the best officers in Georgia,
and the peojde of Clarke county* know
that they risK nothing in trusting their
money in his hands.
FI.IIFHY COUNTY M’.XVS.
•‘I AM THE MAN.”
An interesting revival is now be
ing held at the M. E. church in
Elberton.
George C. Grogan, Esq., is a
c md : date for Mayor.
We learn Aat it is probable that
there will be a negro candidate for
the legislature from Ilart county.
Judge Lumpkin was quite sick
on Friday and Saturday of last
week, but continued to discharge
his duties until court adjourned on
S iturJay. He left for Haitwell on
Sunday morning, still sick.
The Grand Jury found thirty-lour
true hills list week and we learn
that most of them were for viola
tions of the prohibition law. The
comt did not get through with
more than one-half of the civil busi
ness, and there is criminal business
enough on the dockets to keep the
court busy tor about two weeks.
Oconee Politics.—The legislative
race in Oconee is. fearfully mixed. Mr
Gordon has withdrawn, but both the
Messrs. GrilFeth are in the field, while
it is reported that Hon. Weldon Price
has re-entered the arena, this time to
stick. If he again withdraws Jud
Jamfts It. Lyle will take up the gauntlet,
if he does not do so any way. Politics
are fearfully muddled, hut our inform
ant says Hon. Frank P. Gritfeth holds
the long end of the political swingletree,
Colored Free Schools.—Informa
tion has reached the city authorities
that a number of negroes, some overagt
and ethers living without the incorpor
ate limits, are attending our free schools
They havc no right to do so, and unlesa
these things are watched our public
schools will be'badlv crippled. A close
examination will he * made into the at
tendance at these schools, and those ini
postors driven foith.
(ICOXEK Ull .vrt -POLITICK.
rough neither on the Atlantic
coast. 1 le looksjto see greit tiam-
egc done in the d istnet named.
TIIK RICHMOND COXVKSTIOX.
Harmony Ghove, Sept iSth.—
1 Special.]—Cotton is beginning to
tor.ie in now, nnd our merchants
an getting teady for business with
a vim.
Mr. J.M. Rhodes a clever Bap
tist ol our town, went to work on
Sunday morning not long ago think
ing it was Saturday; he soon dig-
ed his mistake and quickly
and prepared for
Cov
w *m home
church.
Mivtjoiie Wood, who has spent
'he past summer in Carnesvilleis at
home again.
Mi. T. W. Neal, of Franklin
county is with Messrs. Gunnels,
Power & Co., again.
Mis. id, Bohannon left lor Hart-
* e >! this week, where she will
*l>*nd 3 or 4 week.
There will he very lirtlc opposi-
, n 10 our regular nominated can-
0| dates for tlie legislature. .
Mr ' W. B. Barnett, one of our
icest young men has secured *
'•nation on one of the North-Eaa-
trains.
ne 8 ro who was shot by our
‘{VI '* getting wcllwith the ball
>n him.
w. c. Ilood is Building a hand-
residence about a halt mile
0rn town on' the Jefferson road.
choii
Conference of tbe Kata its of Labor soon to
bo bold.
Wot Wo i
Grand Master Workman l’ow- |
derly, in an extended interview with
a correspondent at Sciunton one
day this week, had much to say on
the present condition of Labor, and
about the object ot the coming con
vention a» Richmond. This body,
Mr. Powderly says, will befriended
by one thousand delegates, who
will represent one million Knights
of Labor. These, he says are not a
menace to trades unions, although
none but Knights will havc a voice
in the convention. No anaichist
flag will ever float in a Knight of
Labor procession, or be unfurled on
a Knight of Labor assembly.
But the great object of the con
vention he states in these brief
terms: Its principal work will be to,
effect such legislation ms will byng
industrial people in doer relations
such as will gather bau assemblies
that are now isolated, under State
jurisdiction. The convention will
take ipcoal ground on strikes, and
instruct assemblies not to go out
unless at last resort. Tbe boycott
hould not be unless necessary.
The ballot after all is the great wea
pon. The million men who are
Knights ol Labor arc today study
ing the science of government.
They, in turn, will be teachers
of other millions; and if the
parties to-day do not heed
the handwriting on the wall,
and make laws for the
American people, the millions so
instructed can form a party thal
will heed the rights of the people
of this country.
will Be to manage it. If other
tilings were equal, there could be
no place more suitable than that
which is alieady the centre of the
educational forces of the State, and
where this board ’s compelled to
meet for educational purposes every
| bear.
MQRF SHOCKS-
ButJSltght W aves in charerston and Vicin
ity.
Charleltox, Sept. 20th.—On
Sunday about 90’clock, a. m., there
was a plainly audih'c explosion,
which was unaccompanied by the
usual trembling of the earth. At
11 o’clock Sunday night there was
a tremor which as the people have
become accustomed to such mani
festations. caused little comment.
At 2 o’clock this morning thete
was anothsr slight shock of the
same character. Detonations and
tremors are now at very long inter
vals and are unheeded except by the
most timorous.
The situation in Charleston is
brighter and more cheering, a fact
which is latgely due-to the favora
ble weather and escape from the
threatened West India hurricane.
The death list from the effect of ex
posure is 49 as against 79 in the pre
vious week. Thete is still a scarci
ty of skilled bricklayers and plas
terers, and wages are at earthquake
prices. The fright caused by the
old shocks is generally subsiding,
and refugees are returning to the
city.
tlicft. He says lie was induced to steal
tho watch by a negro named liarrv
Matthews, alias Harry Church. He will
be delivered over to the authorities. Mr.
llodgson got his watch from the party
to whom the negro had traded it. It was
a welcome return.
•A STRANGE THEFT.
A bold theft was committed in Oconee
county r^few nights ago. A thief enter
ed the premises of Judge R. M. Jackson,
in WatkinsviHe, and made a most unu
sual and damaging lift. There was under
the shed in the carriage house a new
buggy, for which the Judge had just paid
1135. This buggy was robbed' of its
cushions, whip, harness and wheels,
leaving the body arid axles resting on
the ground.
No arrests have been made, but suspi
cion points to a negro, who may be ar
rested. The wheels were found shortly
after where they had been rolled otf and
abandoned.
«;«• 11 • J nc k son tin* Owner of tin*
ing ValUe in Ailuiaia.
Yesterday morning Mr. Joseph, abas
“Gen. Jackson,” a well-known portable*
Israelite of Athens, came into our otlicc
and announced that he was the proud
proprietor of the valise left in the hands
of an Atlanta policeman. The “Gener
al” says ho was not drunk, as the article
stated, but had been for several months
in a hospital in that city, suffering with
his old wounds received in the war, and
could not have drank liquor even were
it given him. lie had gone into a barber
shop at the Kimball to get a shave, and
gave his valise to a negro to carry to
Capt. Couch, gate-keeper at the Union
depot The darkey gave it to a Hag man,
and so the owner could not find u when
he left. “Gen. Jackson” was badly
mangled during the war, being wounded
in both hands, both legs and tho head.
At Green Castle, Pa.*, the Yankees be
gan to shoot and ktll the wounded Con
federate prisoners, and the , “General”
escaped.from an ambulance and mount
ing a mule got away with both hands in
slings and one leg shattered. He says
tqat State Treasurer Bob Hardeman
will endorse this."
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
WALTO, C OI NTY.
The laying of track on tho Georgia
Midland has reached a point six miles
north of Columbus.
Jug Tavern, Sept. 17th.—
The first bale of cotton was
brought in to-day by Rev. H. N,
Rainy and sold to Smith & Carith-
ers at S t-2 cents. It weighed 415
pounds.
Mrs. J. H. Smith and Mr. John
L. Harris, who have been quite sick,
are both improving. W.
.
SOCIAL EQUALITY.
A Xian I.Cru.tird and tfladc ln.cn.
Miblc at the X.E. Depot.
Yesterday as Mr. John Allgood was
backing his dray up to the platform, one
ol the front wheels ran upon the street
railway track, causing the wagon to tilt
This tilt threw Allgood off the dray, End
a hale of goods, upon which he was sit
ting, weighing ICO pounds, fell upon
him, knocking him senseless for the
space of fire minutes. It was thought at
first that he would not live, but restora
tives were given him and he returned to
consciousness'in a few minutes. He was
then carried across the river to his bro-
er-in-Iaw's house. It is to be hoped thst
he bss sustained no internal injury.
He Got Well.—Mr. George Long,
the'engineer in the Constitution build
ing who swallowed laudanum Friday
night and waa found in a critical condi
tion , hag recovered from the effects of
the drug and was outon tne street late
Saturday afternoon. 'Mr. Long asserts
most positively, that he did not take the
laudanum with any intention of killing
himself, but that he took it because he
was restless and unable to sleep. He
had.lto'idea that he was swallowing so
much of it! His friends will be pleased
to know that suicidal ideas wero not in
. Mr. Long’s head. . / '
A White Woman From tbe North
Triesn New Role In Athens.
For some weeks there has been a
well-dressed white woman, hailing from
Yankeedom somewhere, who has been
boarding in private’ white families, but
her associates 'are chosen entirely
from our colored population. She has
frequently been seen taking buggy rides
with negro men, and seems to prefer
their company to her own color. She
met at the house where she boards
Editor Banner-VVatciiman:—
Please al’ow me space in your wor
thy columns to set myself right be
fore my friends. On last Saturday
I alliwed my name to be with
drawn as a candidate f <r represen
tative of tilts, county, and it was
said tha: it was an understanding
with Mr. F. P. Gtiffeth heft’e. or
that I was afiaid to risk my friends,
and that I was afraid of the others
who had come out. So I ask my
friends to pardon me for the scare,
ifit was a scare. I tell them that I
am a candidate till the last day,
which is the election day, and beg
them to work 'for me as they have
done. E. P. Goudo%.
AxoTtiF.it Richmond.—John Mack,
Jr., says if Abe Tucker accepts the nom
ination of the colored Knights of Labor,
that he will coinc out as an independent
colored candidate, and thinks his chances
are good for sweeping the field. The
colored Knights are indignant that not a
white member of the order would vote
for the colored candidate.
Our Legislative Candidates.—Mr.
Murrell and Dr. Lowry met at Moore &
Elder’s store, on yesterday, and inter
changed a few pleasant words, all in tlie
best spirit. Mr. Murrell says he will
not interfere with any of Mr. Russell’s
opponents, but intends to tote his own
skillet. Dr. Lowry says he will not
join in any debate, nor spend a cent of
money to secure his elcctien. Mr. Mur
rell made him the same promise. Mr.
Russell was not in the city.
The U. P. A" \V. P. Road.—We learn
that Harry Hill has resigned the Presi-
dencyofihe Union Point and White
Plains railroad, and a new company will
be formed and the road pushed to com
pletion. Mr. Hill is one of the most
energetic young men in the state, and we
regret lliathc declined to hold on to an
enterprise that lie has brought so near
to completion.
A Religious Revival.—A most inter
esting religious revival has been in
progress at Center church, nrfar Max
ey’s, and deep feeling was manifested,
ltcv. J. W. Burke, of■ Macoa, has been
preaching for several days, and the peo
ple are charmed with him. Last Sun
day he delivered a Sunday school ad
dress that was highly complimented.
Mr. llurkc is one of the best men *
Georgia.
1
THE TWENTY-SIXTH.
Another Earthquake Predicted.
De Voe predicts that anoaher and much
heavier earthquake shock will be felt on
this continent on the 20th day- of this
month, which will be next Suuday. He
bases his predictions upon data which
he has ohtained concerning the state of
the atmosphere and the moon’s phases
during the recent seismic disturbances,
he asserts, that earthquakes and storms
invariably go together, the latter being
the promoting cause of the former, and
of course preceding them. This conti
nent ha$ been repeatedly of late months,
isited by storms and cyclones, displac-
ig a portion of the atmosphere and di
minishing the external pressure in that
locality. The internal pressure, the
volcanic forces at work within the earth,
seek vent wherever the external pres
sure is least, resulting in^an eartnquake.
He attributes all storms to the move
ments of. the moon.’ He endorses the
theory that the ebb and flow of the tides
produced by the moon, which is
nothing hut attraction and repulsion
The moon causes the storm, and then
lifts the atmospheric waves. The pres
sure in the earth’s crust has a dimin
ished pressure trom without to contend
with, and an upheaval follows. Such is
a synopsis of Prof. De Voe’s prophecy
and the theory upon which he bases it,
which we give to our readers without
comment.
THE NEW RAILROAD.
Till' Grorzla, Carolina and North
rrn Hallway Company to be Char,
tcred.
It is again our painful province to r.> - -
coni a serious accident at the AtliontyS
Foundry, thatit is fearful will result in
the death of Mr. E. L. Dottery, a. ma~.?F
chinist who hag been in the service of * ;
this company for forty years or more. •
Yesterday morning, about 7 o’clock,
Mr. Dottery was grinding a circular saw, >?*
belonging to Mr. Joo McWhorter, of An-' a
tioch, at tho emery wheel. His son
Henry, a youth aged about 18 years, was -
at work beside him on tho other wheol,
and Mr. George Mcadotrcroft was em
ployed buta Tew steps at his back. The
wheel,,which hasacapacity of3,000 res
olutions a minute^ was making only L-
572 'revolutions, which was unusually
slow speed. Only two teeth had been
ground when it appears that the saw got
hung on the wheel, and it flew in two
pieces, one-half flying up and striking ■
the ceiling, while the other piece was
thrown back, striking the senior Mr.
Dottery over the right eye and crushing r
in his skull as also the eye-ball. The
piece then’glanced and passed between
the legs of Mr Meadowcroft, who .was -
stooping over, looking for a pencil .
on the ground that he had drop- 0 8
ped. Of course the blow knocked Ur.
Dottery os flat as if he had been struck
by an axe. His son was tnoroughly'
frightened and ran around tho shop
screaming at the top of his voice. Sev
eral workmen who were near (it hand •
rushed to the wonnded man’s assist- V
ance, but when reached he was speech
less and insensible. He soon ^recovered - -
his voice to beg that some one remove
the weight from his forehead that was
crushing in his brain. The wounded
man was tenderly carried to his home
on Foundry street, but a few doors from
the works, and Dr. Hogan sent for. In
the meantime other messengers were dis
patched for Drs. Benedict and Lowery,
and in a short time all of these physi
cians were on hand, doing everything in
their power to relieve the suffering man.
He was given stimulants freoly, and an
examination of the wound made. It tyas
found that the skull was crushed above
the right eye, and the ball also driven in
so that it would h.ve to be removed.
Several pieces of the skull were taken
out, which operation gave the patient
the most acute pain, as manifested by
his screams of agony. It was a most ter
rible sight. The injured man was con
scious, but the physicians said he was
liable to go off at any moment. It was
decided by the physicians to perform the
operation at 9:30 o’clock. They pro
nounced Mr. Dottery’s condition critical,
but the wound not necessarily fatal.
Mr. Dottery is about C>0 years old, and
has eight living children, six by his last
wife. He was a hard working ma^ and
a fine machinist. The accident was one
of those unfortunate occurrences that no
manufactory is exempt from, and no
blame can be attached to any one. Tbe
wheel was running at a slow rate of,
speed, and every precaution possible
taken to insure safety.
At 9.30, the hour appointed
for performing the operation, Drs. Bene
dict, Hogan, Carlton and Lowery were
present. Mr. ltottery was placed under
tho influence of morphine, and rendered
unconscious. His right eye, which was
badly shattered, was first taken out and
then an examination made as to the con
dition of the skull. The wound was
found to be worse than at first thought,
s or about two inches around tho
kull was shattered, and the brain torn
loose from the bone. Several pieces of
bone were removed, that required an
oneration of about two hours. The pa
tient was left in a very precarious au
dition, and another consultation of the
physicians called for t o'clock in the af
ternoon.
Notice is given in today’s paper that
application will be made in the next
General Assembly for an act to incorpo
rate the Georgia, Carolina & Northern
Railway Company. This is what has
been known'as the Greenwood & Abbe
ville extension, and is thus characterized
in full and official title by this compre
hensive name. The road will bass
through the counties of Fulton, DeKalb,
Gwinnett, Walton, Rockdale, Oconee,
Clarke, Jackson, Oglethorpe and Elbert.
This railroad seems to b« generally
accepted as the most promising line we
now have heading this way. Our peo
pie are taking great interest in it.
A Banner-Watchhan reporter asked
an Athens citizen what would be expect
ed of Clarke county to secure this line?
“Fifty thousand dollars.”
“Can it he secured?”
“Certainly it can. Did not our county
subscribe thirty thousand dollars for a
railroad which went one way in the di
rection of this road. Here is a line ex
tending east and west. I believe we can
easily raise the needed amount.”
The notice for application for charter
is signed by It. F. Hoke, Raleigh', N. C.;
L. W. Perrin, Abbeville, S. C., and
Hoke Smith, Atlanta, Ga.
Late last night the injured man was
doing as well as could be hoped. If in-
fiaraation does not set in he may live.
If he survives twenty-four hours with
intlamation he still may recover.
FRANK HUMPHRIES’ CONFESSION.
A COLORED CANDIDATE.
Be Tells Hit Wife That Ho Did the Deed for
Which He Will Haag.
MlI.LEDf KVILLK, Sept. *21.
Frank Humphries’ wife came to
town today to bid her husband a
last farewell. The parting was a
vfery sad one. He confessed to his
wife the killing of the two ladies,
in the presence qf Sheriff Ennis.
His wife then asked him if Ella
spoke after he shot her. He said-
“Yes.” He fell by her side, and
she said: “Frank, go away, let me
alone.” He says he was crazy at
the time, and if it had beenltis wife
instead of Ella, he thinks he would
have killed her. He told his wife
he hoped she would meet him tn
heaven; that he was prepared to
meet his Maker. He will hang
next Friday, the 24th inst. The
hanging will be private.
Abe Tucker Pat Forward by theCol.
orrd K. of I.. of Clarke County for
the Iscgitilatureo
The news was afloat on the street, yes
terday, that the negroes of Athens "had
met and nominated Abe Tucker, a col
ored man of this city, as their candidate
for the legislature, and would do all in
their power to secure his election. Tho
meeting seemed to have been secret, as
we could learn nothing authentic.
Tucker is a man of good education and
unusual intelligence, and has great influ
ence over his people. That he has a
good chance for success cannot be de
nied. There are hut a few votes differ
ence between the whito and colored
population of this city, and there are now
three white candidates in the field. This
will certainly give the negroes the bal
ance of power, and if they choose to ex
ercise it by uniting and sending a mem
ber of their own race to the legislature
they can easily do so. This is the dan
ger we have long predicted from a scrub
race. There is yet time for the whites
to meet and nominate a candidate, but if
they fail to do this Tucker will in all
probability bo the winning horse.
FBOJI FRANKLIN COUNTY.
A Highway Robbery.—The other
day Mrs. Doster, a lady from the coun
try, came to town with sonic butter for
sale. She had occasion to enter a store
on Lumpkin street, and asked a negro
man to hold her horse. Before trans
acting her business Mrs. D. remember
ed that she left a satchel containing 111
in her buggy, and started back to get it
She found the negro in the act of empty
ing the same, and when he saw her
grabbod the money and ran off. Up to
this time neither tbe negro nor the mon
ey have been heard from.
Fine Liquors.—TLoso ot oitr readers
in need of pure liquors of any kind
would do well to send their orders to
Messrs. Lowe & Co., Greenesboro, Ga.,
as they will be certain to get only tho
ma h de r i d tY’r U n . d PU^Y.Sd bes't Do not poison
that she >1 ways made it a rule to call on £ our gystem ^ adultar atcd whisky,
when you can buy *p' ure and first-class
both her colored and white neighbors,
and that the most delightful company
she has met was among the black peo
ple of Athens; that she considered a ne
gro in every respect as good as a white
person. We are surprised that any de
cent white family in our city would al
low such a creature to board with them,
and also acy colored family with self-
respect should associate' with such
scrapings of the North. Social equality
is not tolerated in Georgia, and tho soon
er this adventuress realizes tho fact the
better for her.
The Banner is indebted to Mr. A. P.
Henley for prompt and accurate court
reports.
goods from a thoroughly reliable house
at the price of inferior liquor. Mr. Isaac
Lowe is too well known in Athens to
need any endorsement from us. The
people know that in buying from him
they will get spirits just as they come
from the still. He lias a large stock of
the best rye and com whisky;, domestic
tnd imported brandies and wines of all
kinds.
Country Produce Market.—Chick
ens are worth from 5 to d for <1;
15c; sweot potatoes 75c - nor br
Judgment Day.—The night that I’.-of.
Rutherford's house was burned some
darkeys were sitting up with a corpse in
East Athens. They had been already
frightened over the earthquake of a few
nights previous, and decided that Judg
ment Day had come surely enough. Their
screams and prayers were fearful to
bear, and it was not until the cause of
the blaze was explained to them that
their fears were allayed.
Georgia State Fair.—We have re;
Ceivcd the premium list of • tlie Georgia
State Fair of the present year, which
begins 15th of October and lasts two
woeks. Ten thouSanb dollars in cash
premiums are offered. Many new and
interesting features and amusements
will he added to the fair this yeao. The
State Agricultural society has bestirred
itself to make this year’s fair a fine
work, and it will be. •
A Negro I.egislatine Candidate.—
We learn that Arthur Davenport, a ne
gro living near the Glade, in Oglethorpe
county, is in the field for the legislature,
and is now at work trying to'Organize
his people. It was reported in the city
yesterday that tlie democracy of the
county would meet to-day and seelf
something could not be done to with
draw one of the three white candidates.
This will not be' necessary, as Daven
port has not aghost of a chance to- bo
elected. ‘ The registration law “cooks
his goose.”
' Athens’ Hourr*.—Barrett, the
great Augusta drug roau, who is now on
a visit to our.city, remarked yesterday.
“I notice that all the houses in Athens
have a dead, dingy look, showing that a
cheap and inferior grade ’ of' paint has
been Used. This is poor economy. A
good quality of paint don’t c< St much
more, and will cot only greatly outlast
at but hold a bright and clear appearance
long after tho cheap paint has faded.
cabbage 3 to 4 cents per pound; Irish j The b :st pumt is the Atlantic white lead,
potatoes f 1 per bushel. No turnips as - ! mixed with zinc. It is economy in the
yet in market. long run,’
Rev. Jerry Hectorn, a Baptist
minister, died in Franklin county.
The Tugalo association convened
at Poplar Springs church on Thurs
day.
Rev. Charles Holder, of Greenes
boro,, preach e some very interest
ing sermons n Carnesville last
week.
The Franklin county musical
convention will convene at Zidon
church, six miles west of Royston,
on Friday before the first Sunday
in October, 1S86.
Married, on the 19th inst., Mr.
Thomas Mi*e and Miss Fannie O.
Williams.
FOR PARTS UNKNOWN.
A Negro Attempts to Kill Hr. R. TV,
Taylor.
Gainesville, Ga., Sept 20 J. G.
Garner, a hack driver for Colonel II. P.
Farrow, of l’orter springs, shot at Mr. It.
W. Taylor, proprietor of the Arlington
Hotel, at 8 o'clock tonight, using a 38
calibre revolver. Mr. Taylor had eject
ed Garner from the front room of the
hotel, and was returning to the office
when Garner shot. The ball went be
tween Taylor's legs into a column of the
arcade, then glanced, going into the
wash-board and on into the dining room.
Garner left at once on fast time for-parts
unknown.
Surgical Operations on Stock.—Dr.
Merritt, the veterinary surgeon, certain
ly understands his business, • and his
class in Athens was delighted with what
I they learned. Thsg are all loud in
praise of the Doctor, and his lectures.
While in this city he performed a-num
ber of interesting operations on stock,
and they wero all successful. Ho re
moved a cancer wart as largo as a man’s
hat from a mule for Mr. J. H. Dorsey, as
also a wen from its jaw, besides working
on horses for all manner of diseases. Dr.
Merritt will probably return to Athens,
when ho can easily get up another vofy
dass.
arge class.
THE VOTE RECANVASSED.
Prohibition Hives n Bigger Roost in
Oconee County.
Yesterday morning the three commis
sioners appointed by the court to make
recount of the vote cast at the prohibi-
bition election in Oconee county last
May, met and entered upon their work.
Early in the afternoon the count was
completed and 4 majority of 47 for pro
hibition was announced. Last May tho
count was returned as 42 for prohibi
tion.
This count now goes upon the record,
and will be submitted at the January
term of OcotfCe Superior Court.
MARTIN IRONS IN CUSTODY.
His Bondsmen Yield Him Up to tbs Law
For Safe Keeping.
St. Louts, September 20—'Mar
tin Irons, the leader of the Knights
of Labor strike on the Missouri
Pacific last spring, was arrested in
Kansas City last night, and will be
brought to this city to answer to
charges found against him in the
ijtidictment for complicity in tap-
ping the private telegraph -vires
running into Vice-President Hox*
ie’s residence. Owing to the recent
ill behavior of the master workman,
his-bondsmen have withdrawn from
his bond, and he will be kept under
arrest until his case is tried.
Cooking Ranges.—The wagoners who
traveled through tho country selling
cooking ranges for about two prices, did
a fine business in this section. They
sold to negroes on time who actually
did not have $5 .worth of furniture in
their cabins, and also to white families
not much batter off. Any regular deal
er would have sold a much better range
at half the price. Just as certain as yon
buy of these drummers through the
country you will i«et swindled.
The Klberton Railroad.—There is a
fine prospect of. this road being built,* .
and as soon as a charter is secured a
business proposition will be submitted
to our people, and if they respond w ith
tho proper spirit dirt will at once be
broken. The names of .the parties at
the back of this enterprise do not as yet
wish their names kpown, bat they are
reliable and solid men, who mean busi
ness.
Politics in Oglethorpe.—The ne
groes of Oglethorpe county have put up
a candidate for tho legislature, and will
support the negro David from Madison
county for tho senate. They give as a
reason for their coarse that the whites
ignore them in' the primaries. They sav
that they don’t expect to elect their tuan
this time, but will have ouc a full ticket
for county officers, when tlioy think they
will be successful.
Public Fountains.—-Alderman Smith
has proposals for public fountains, that
aro very reasonable, and at their next
meeting our city fathers will doubtless
order at least two put up. They will
not cost more than $75 each, and will be
not only a convenience for watering Meek,,
hut also an ornament to our streets- ,