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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 >v'P' tin oak hoi who Angu The imply a;. rent g t it coni- • lo-er. The l no property, th.e woik they olving for il in i m t 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- ,