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The appropriation of $800 for- repairs on the Executive Mansion was agreed to The following ‘items were also agreed Contingent fund, $8,000. * • *» " Printing fund, $8,000. salary of Commissioner of Agricul ture, $2,000. Salary of clerk of commissioner of ag riculture, $1,200: Stationery for General Assembly, $718.75. Incidental expenses of the General Assembly, $1001 Printing apd advertising for the Hail- road Commission, $500. The appropriations for continuing the work on the new capilol were agreed to. Mr. Howell moved to fix the salary of the clerk of the Railroad Commission at $l,50riand spoke in favor of his motion. Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, Mr. Arnheim, of Dougherty, and Mr. Gordon, of Chat ham. also spoke in favpr of the increase. Mr. Glenn, Of A'Uittleld, Mr.. Henry, of Chattooga, ami Mr. Simmons, of Suin- trr. opposed the motion, which was lost by a vo.e of 57 to.98. The salary was then fixed at the present figure of $1,200 per annum. All the items of the bill having been Considered the bill was oil a motion of Mr. Gordon of Challiao. placed upon its passage—yets 140, nays 0. On motion fMr. Uorder. of Chatham, the hill p escribing the powers and duties of the commissioners of pilotage was t - ken up and certain amendments made bv the Senate were concurred in. I’nder the call of the roll for new bus iness Mr. Adams of Elbert introduced a bill allowing, manned soldiers to draw; annually: of the amount allowed them every three years. Mr. Woil of'Fulton introduced hills amending the mad laws of Fulton county and makltitr operative the stock law. By M'. Bray, of Fulton, a bill to re creating a JWKbtfiaUaHflL crealihfe hoard of commissioners of roads and revenues. foy_ DeKalh omstlrn, »£t providing for a ftapTOid a sec ond repealing •cojprtof Doug ond time. _ On motion the "rejtorV Of tKe railroad committee recommending Ihe"passage of the bill to incorporate the Atlanta, Mis sissippi A Atlantic railroad company was taken up and the bill .was ready* third timo and passed^ wjti^ ipitaih amend- ments reedmmended .by the - committee by vote of 31 to'o7 On' motip'n of Mr Vorthcutt tho hill wai at once transmit ted to the House. . ’ j The President announced the follow ing special committee from the Senate to act with a like committee from the House under resolution to consider, judicial'cir cuits and the necessity for changing the same: Brunswick circuit, Mr Brantly; Chattahoochee circuit, Mr Butler, East ern circuit Mr Wright of the 1st; North eastern circuit Mr Ritchie; Oconee cir cuit Mr. Roberts; Rome circuit Mr Dean; Coweta circuit Air James; Stone Moun tain circuit Mr Wood. On motion of Mr James Senate adjourned. HOUSE FROCKEDINaS. Atlanta, Nov. 20.—[Special.j At 10; o'clock the House was called to order by Speaker hit tie and prayer was offered by Rev. W. R ; Branham, chaplain. After the calling of the roll and read ing journal, Mr. Weil, of Fulton, ob tained ^unanimous consent to take up and concur in the Senate albeijdmont to the lull to incorporate the Atlanta & HswkinsriUe Railroad Co. The Senate amendment was concurred in. It refer red to the method of electing directors. The following new bills wert) intro duced : By Mr. Ray, of Dooly, a bill to incor porate the Atlantic, Birmingham ft Great Western 1!. R. Co. 'Jhe.proposed line is to go from west boundry of Troup county to Brunswick aind onto Birming ham. *7:1 wfkJL By Air. Little, of - Talbot, a bill to amend the charter of Talboiton, so as to reqiri 0 applicants for liquor Jlicenses to obtain the consent of twastlffrdp .of all the inhabitants of the town male and female. . ' ‘ ‘ >?■ ?£ By Mr. Pickett, of Woth,.a bill to se- _ t. ., - ’ Jr “ convicts Of this r thc iuro better control of I state.. TbeTilll provid that u Ions: that they bow haveii than one. gallon, find fo pokes. ' ' •- : — . President Davidson: war j of absence Tor a few days 6 than a ten 1 other pnr- ited leave important gAOVL * AND ALEXMDiBR. ‘ motion Hr. Peek the pended for the reading of bil titAe, and the bill abolishing court of Douglas county ’ ted by a vote of 34—0; Iso bill creating Board of commiss ioners of Roads and Revenues for Roar lav County was read a third time and to-t gether with certain amendments recoin-. mended by the committee was passed by vote of 34—0. On motion, bills wen taken up and regd the second time as follows: A bill to provide for the rocordipg of ftaio mortgages. A bilL'providing game law for Rffing- hain couqty. A bill providing for the registration, of voters in Effingham county. A bill amending section 4583 of the Code defining the crime of incest . • A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon so as to allow the issuance of bonds for the building of a market hpnse.ia.. Mr. Jackson, chairman on part of Sen ate of the joint committee appointed to visit State University and ascertain what repairs are needed, reported that the com mittee found the dormitory in a very bad condition and that almost the entire woodwork, sssh, ceilings, etc., would have to be removed and new ones substi tuted, and the committee recommended the appropriation of $5,000 for the work and they thought this amount barely suf ficient Report referred to finance com mittee. ' A message from the House was receiv ed announcing the passage of the general appropriation bill by'the House and their concurrence in certain amendments by the Senate to the House bill creating commissioners of pilotage. On motion the general appropriation bill was taken up, read the first time and re ferred to the finance committee. Air. Lewis of t k e 19th district was granted leave of absence for to : morrow. The committee on enrollment reported that the act creating commisioners of pilotage had.been duly enrolled. On motion Mr. Powell the senate welit into executive session to consider the sealed message of the Govonor. Tho message was the appointment of James S. \Vatson to be Judge of the county court.of his county, vice Judge W. H. Kimbrough, resigned, for the term of four years from August 24th 1884. On motion the senate adjourned until tc-worrow jjL 10 o,clock a. m. quire the judge of the superior court to expiration or. forfeiture of the present sentence criminals convicted in said court j l e *8e, the_ governor shall separate the to tin- e.iain jang of Fulton county’. male and female convicts, the ablu-bod- ied and weak, and to put the convicts to By Mr. Berry, of Gilmore, a bill to work manufacturing fertilizers. provide payment for summoned tails jn rvrs, also to establish the Kllijay tele phone company. ’ Jtv Mr. Smith, of Gwinnett, a bill to 4l ow the poor children of Georgia to en- jqj tile privileges of the public schools equally with the rich. tSBy Mr. Duggan, of Hancock, a bill to attend section 4536 of Cole of 1882, also to. mend section 4541. " tBy Mr. Russell, of Clarke, a resolution Also, a bill declaring the national bank system a faitiire and raising a joint com mittee to prepare an address to the"l rep resentatives and senators from Georgia in congress, asking" that they use Their influence to secure a state banking svs- lem based on real estate. Referred to committee On the irbtteof thc'repTrtllic.'’ On motion of Mr. Ham, of Hall, the rules were suspended, and the bill to nq.. ,d an act"establishing a city court fox the county of trail." > Hr. Festbereton, chairman of coimnit- teeon privileges and: elections, reported providing for the appointment of a joint - n t] lt , c . iSl , „f thr contested election from committee to inquire into the business of the General Assembly and report upon the advisability of coutinuing the session longer than forty days. liy Air. Preston, of Jnper, bill* to amend sections 8283 and 3568 of the Code of 1882. ■ lty Air. Way, of Liberty, a bill declar ing slander or oral defamation a crime and providing a penalties. * By Air. Crawford, of Alclntosh, a hill to provide fora board of Physicians to issue licenses to practitioners of medicine in this State. By Mr. Bcsner, of Alonroe, a bill to qmend section 3039 of the Code of 1882. ,By Mr. McCord, of Richmond, a bill, to carry into effect paragraph 1, section Glynn in favor of Mr. Smith, the sitting member, against .Blue, colored, on test-. The report was " nnanimouily adopted. - Air. Reed, of the.special committee tq visit the Uniwraity. reported in fagar Of appropriating $5,000 for yepairs-to the dormitories?* Referred to finance com mittee. By Mr. Glenn, of Whitfield, two hills to amend the road laws of Whitfield county A,memorial in favor of normal instfc house FBocEEpncas. Ati anta. Dec. 1.—[Special.] At 10 o’clock tho House was called to order by Speaker Little, and prayer was offered by Chaplain Branham. Mr Olive of Oglethorpe moved to re consider the action of the House in pass ing a hill to incorporate the Georgia Fire Insurance company of LaGrange. He said the MU limited the liability of the stockholders so closely that it did not "sufficiently protect the policy holders. Mr. Pittman, of Troupe, introducer of the bill that it should be the policy of the State to encourage home insurance companies. He thought the incorpora tors under this bill were worth $!i00",000 a- d their liability under the bill ia am ple to protect all poUcv holders, Mr Olive thought the line should be drawn closely on such acts of incorpo rations. The people have the right to look to the Legislature for protection in this mat cr, and the Legislature should he very careful how it granted charters. . Air. Felton, of Bibb, thought the hill should be reconsidered. The law re quires insurance companies chartered by Georgia to make deposits with treasurer before they can do business in the State, but does not require home companies to make this deposit because it presumes they must have ample assets and perfect li bility before they can secure a charter from th” state. The company seeks achar- j tqr when it proposes to pay in only $20,000 ; before begining to do business. It should Kentucky Knergr Trmn»W«t««» *■> Georgia—Yfsit ta a'MsMl Faras-e v AVlint,Hie Red Hills and Gullies a» OldtlarkVtnirWo—Gotten, Grain, Hay end smt-Ossdsn and Caa- -reuionce—Around the House. v Having a leisure ‘afternoon lately; We decide to spend it with o'ir genial friend Mr. AV. S. Holman. You may talk about your Georgia and old Virginia welcomes, but they cannot be moTe cordial or warm hearted than extended by this ex-Ken tuckian. Eight years ago Mr. Holman purchased a little farm Must be\ond the Rock College and on the outskirts of Athens, that" was lifcrally “too poor to sprout peas.” The soil had been washed from the.fields long years ago, and even around the honse there were gullies deep enough to bufy a horse. It was a beautiful and convenient site, however, and Mr.'Holnian Well knew that he could in trine restore tho land to its prestine fertility.. Hew. well he succeeded, a visit to this model farm will to-day show, and convince you “that the old adage is true when it say* “there is-more in the man than there-ia iuthe land.’ 1 ,, To-day Mr. Holman has a farm of over 300 acres of as fine land as Georgia can boast He kept improving his fields and buying up little tracts of lqnd around him as it was thrown on the mar ket and adding to his possessions. In front of and around his house ore seen fields of grasses of various kinds—some of which he mows and others pastures— all growing to perfection. Virginia clo ver, blue and orchard grass are as suc cessfully raised by Air. Holman, as in Kentucky. Land .which a few years ago presented barren hiiisideteand unsightly gullies now produce ldxtiriant crops of hay, or furnish pasturage for Air. Hol man’s fine herd of Jerseys. This gen tleman is also experimenting with the Texas bluegrass, and he prouuunccs it a success. A small patch that he planted is now several inches high ar.d green and flourishing, having grown through all the drought and cold. This grass will give a winter pasturage for stoclc—a long-felt want in this section. But it is not grass alone that Mr. Hol man, raises to such perfection, hut ho is equally "successful with all the other crops incident to this section. He show ed us one field from which he gathered this year a hale and a half of cotton peril ere and his croppers averaged three-lourths o£a- hale per aepe, and they cul tivated, too. land; that had uol been as yet hrongjit up tq tliq high state of fer tility as that worked by the proprietor himself. V And yet farmers pronounce the cotton crop a failure! From Holman's crop, it don’t seem to hethe fault of the seasons. This gentleman has tine stands of oats and rye, sowed before and after the rain. He plants rye for green foo l in,preference to Itarloy, as it is just as nutntious,and does not require suchrich land. AVe noticed in the fields great shocks of corn, cut with stalk and fodder and stacked up ready to use when need ed. Mr. H. says it is never stolen from hint, and will keep for iwo years. It is He Kentucky »::v Of “housing” corn, thoiman has killed enough meat to -run his farm, and has over-TaX) bushels of corn Still on hand! How dors this state ment sonnd’for an old worn-out ridge plantation? \Ve noticed great stacks of wheat and oat straw aVidAfr. Holman ex plained that it was as good food for mules and cattle as the impacted hay that Georgia farmers pay"$l per 100 for. They throw away every year just as good “roughness” as they mortgage their farms to buy. There is no need of a farmer in Middle Georgia buying anything to run, his farm with, for all he needs can be grown just as well here as anywhere on the globe. What Southern fanners should be taught is management and to save what they have made. In Air. Holman's horse lot we noticed a great boiler fitted in a furnace and under a shed. This was filled with cotton Seed, with a few peas mixed iit,and boiled into a slop. This gentleman explained that he fed both liis cattle and hogs on this, and it is fatten ing and nutritious. To several bushels THE APPOSING CANDIDATES IN ’THE CENTRAL FIGHT. The Platform And the Principle* of Each Han—The Blacks of stack and private Holding*—Sketching tke Pottcy of Fnttare management .—Wilt tke Stock Ban up to-170 and 200 V ■ v • . , ?' , Tho papers and the people ore. full of the great Central Railroad contest We present below the views of Capt Raoul and General Alexander as embodied in an interview and a letter. CAtr. Raoul tntebviewkd. [N»w York World.J Southern railroads and matters per taining to them are of wide interest just now, and tire"The completion of ihe rail- road termin'!! deal has directed public at tention to that section of the country. A subject that has been much discussed of late, and which has been Written exten sively about in the presa, is the" struggle going on. for the control of the Central railroad of Georgia at the ensuing elec tion-on: Ahe-lst of January.» What is known as the Alexander syndicate have proclaimed that they have obtained the control and hold the balance of power through Mrs. Hottie Green, whose prox ies they have. On the other hand the friends of the present administration of the road claim tnat’thia is not so, and that the old officers and hoard of di rectors will he re-elected. AIt. William G. Raoul, the president of the road, is in this city at the Victoria Hotel. Aleeting him yesterday in tho lobby of the hotel a reporter of the world asked him if he 'would sav anything concerning the con- <l,4vuv«-k ref Itic rnnil ^Woil ^ Hp PAdIiPiI NIGHT IN WATKINSVILLE. WHAT A FLYING VISIT TO THE TOWN REVEALED. tuto instruction for teachers in this f P 1 ! ’" fv * e f St ^400,000. 1 Hi* Vn« thnpfiin ftlHi 14, article 7 of tho Constitutitution by passed. State containing many sigatures was" read on motion of Air. Duggan, of Han cock, and referred to the committee oil education. On inqtion of Air. Pittman of Troupe the hill to incorporate the Georgia Fire Insurance Company of LaGrange was ta ken up under a suspension of the rules, proriding for a sinking fund of which the Governor and Treasurer of the State shall ho ex-officio commissioners. One By Mr. Birchmore, of Oglethorpe—A bill to amend the registration law of Oglethorpe county. By Air. Olive, of Oglethorpe, a hill hundred thousand dollars per annum ! prescribing when the public-laws shall shall be devoted to this-sinking fund and the commissioners shall apply it to the go into effect, and fixing same at BJ days after he'ng approved. Also,-a bill to require plaintiffs in di- purchase and cancellation of bonds of j vorce suits to deposit costs in advance. 1 ~ - “ " -’" ckens, a -to dis til e State maturing, andin years in which | By Mr. Tate, of Pickens, a no bonds mature provide for the ase of corporate the Atlante and A shrill* rail- .... , . , , ,, , road coiniianv, tne capital stotx to be a the fund in other channels by the com- ' nlj<w do J, Al * a|Hl wor r k to begin when missioncrs. haK shall have-been subscribed. The liy Mr. Little (tho Speaker), of Mus- ! bill provides for a line from Atlanta to roe, a hill to amend the act incorporat- | the ^wHrt3aTolimi ling iff Hahan county. Columbus A Fluid, .tail-I . Aorgsr.^ co gee, ing the game lairs for Pulaski > road Company, changing the name to j “ By Mi^WaUf&j' ofbill to the Columbus and Southern Railroad , prevent "contracts' for future tlcUvery igal! his Ion of kut- company, and for other purposes. * The House then adjourned. SENATE PBOCXKD1NOS. The Senate was called to order at 10 o'clock by President pro tempore, Prin gle and prayer was offered by Chaplain Jones. After roll call and the reading of the of the journal, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Smith, of the 10th on ac count of sickness, to Mr. Smith of the 21st, for the day and to the committee on penitentiary for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, to visit the convict camps in North Georgia Mr. Dean, chairman of the special ju diciary committee, reported in favor of 'the bill lo create a board of commission ers of roads and revenues for DeKalb county. Mr. rringle, from the committee on rules, reported "a resolution recommend ing the printing of the State Constitution in the manual of rules now being pub lished, as the members constantly had need of references to the Constitution. Report agreed to. Mr. Northcutt introduced a bill, which waa read the first time, amending section 3739 of the code so as to impose upon the claimant the burden of proof in claim eases. v Hf, Hawkes, chairman Of the commit tee on Railroads, reported in favor of the passage of the bill incorporating the Georgia, Carolina and Nothern Raiload, -mad Mr. Janiee-moved that tke rules be suspended end the bill be taken up, reed the third time end placed upon its i motion prevailed and the , yea* 32, nays 1 t of Mr Northcut, the Sen ate took up the report of the railroad committee reoommending the passage of which are purely speculative. By Mr Lamar, of Richmond—^A,bill to require pkrties to. haVe lived "two years in_Georgia before they 'can sue for di vorce in this S’ate.- . Also a bill to emend section %lo8 of the Code. Also a. bill to .declare' v«j,- house and elevator receipts and bills of lading negotiable. • . Also a bill to flx the.Bdaries of Supreme Conirt and Superior Court judges, limiting the former to four and the latter to three thousand dollars. Also a bill providing for a stenographer in the Supreme Court. By Mr AIcCoril, of Richmond-—A bill to incorporate the Augusta & Chattanoo ga Railroad & Banking Company. The Speaker announced the following members from the House upon the joint committee to examine i ito the question of changing the present Judicial circuits: Alessrs Felton, of Bibb, Tate, Weil, Foute, Humphreys of Brooks, Watts, Burner, Du Bose, Stevens, Russell of 1 Clarke, Lamar, Arnheim, Gamble and Preston. . By Air Stewart, of Rockdale—A reso lution r oquiring the treasurer to hold the Marietta & North Georgia. Railroad bonds owned by the State uftiTthc* cott- clusion of the present invei Mr. FeathcrtoD, of Floyd, opposed the motion to reconsider. He saw no danger in, the act and thought ample security was afforded policy holders. Air. Lamar of Richmond opposed the motion to reconsider. H» thought the bill gave ample security. Air. Arnheim; of Dougherty thought the bill ought to be reconsidered. He thought all such companies should have ample capital. ' The motin to reconsider prevailed. Message from the Govenor was read upon the subject of the convict lease re commending the establishment of expe rimental farms to be worsed by convicts. Upon motion of Air. Rawls, the portion of the message referring to the manufac ture of fertilizers was referred to the committee en Agriculture, and the posi tion relative to the penitentiary system was ou motion of Air. McCord, of Rich mond.' Referred to the committee on penitentiary. ' Air. Calvin, of Richmond, offered a resolution that the present session bo prolonged beyond the constitutional for ty as long as public business may de mand, and on his request the resolution was laid upon the table. A motion by Mr. AV heeler, of AValker, to fix the hour of meeting at 8 a. ul, in stead of 10, was defeated after a spirited debate, by a vote of 57 yeas to 71 nays. " By Air. DuBose, of Wilkes, a bill to incorporate the Washington & Elbcrton railroad. Adjourned to 10 a. m- Thursday. The Sengte was called to order at 10 o'clock President pro tem Pringle in the chair, and-prayer was offered by Rev. John Jones, Chaplain. After roll call and the reading ot the journal, Mr. De Janette under a suspen sion of the rules introduced a bill to nt- Aso a bill to incorporate the RaGtange A VA'estem railroEd company.: By Mr Rankin, of Thom»A^-'A bill “to . mM __p < incorporate the Tliomasville,-Florida andj ttrt-ttM" ^ efttem Railroad company, * ^ 2 of Stewi tho bill Hat ncorporating the Atlanta and incoi sville railroad company. The i read the titM* time and as amended, yeaa 27—nay* 0. The amendment providing that’ the di rectors named in the bill skidl holdover until the annual meeting of tho Stock holders of the road. Mr Dean, chairman of ihe special Ju diciary committee reported favorably up- , tht"—jegac ’ i dts t .t>- - xaHffinMftAv' ii. 2i. it v; it V;" vv-7 By Mr-Wafts, amend the law governing tHawat the public printing. Adjourned. SENATE PROCEEDINGS. " The 8enate' was -called to orde? atelO o'clock, President pro tim Pringle in the' chair. After prayer by the chaplain, an reading of -tye jCvrqjg.tte Doorkt cr announced a nor? and secret sealed'meisag# ecutive session. Senaotr James, Chairmann tiary cqmmittee, introduced t, _ adding Senator .Douglas* to. Ole commit- teeantPonitcntiary. -'llii! resolution pre vailed. Mr Pripgle, chairman commi Temperance, reported in favor of .ageby.substitute' of bill manner of granting license of spirituous liquors as contaii tion HI 1 .) of the Code, so as to give Oi naries and county commissioners same discretioniin granting or tqfus- ■ entiaidired In SENATE PBOCEEMSUS.- ify and confirm to the Macon ft Coving ton Railroad company the right to mace certain extensions and , branches and to amend the charter of slid road. . _ _ By Mr. Powell a bill was introduced clothing the Comptroller General of the State with the office and power "of""Insu rance Commissioner. - Refurred ta ’ mittoe. on finance. 7 , Mr. Hawkes, chairman Gen’l Judicial ry committee reported in faTor of pas- of cotton seed he put about one cow-peas. To color and flavor ter he feeds nis cows on beets, having a large patch of them. They keep sound in the ground all winter, and they pro duced just as nice milk and butter as clover in the spring. Air. Holman has -a la-go herd of beau tiful Jerseys, and will run a dairy faTm. In the grove on the elevatton across thB road, some ,300 yards from his honse, he will establish hi> dairy, which will be under charge of Air. Shackelford. Water will bo forced from his well by a wind mill, and everything kept as clean and neat as possible. And speaking of wind mills, reminds us that Air. Holman has one of the best-wc ever.saw. it works like a charm. He has a tank huilt of rock and cemented—the only one we ever heart of and a splendid arrange ment. From this water is carried all through his, house and cow lots, into his boiler room, openings for ■ sprinkling in both his front and back yards. A pipe is then passed through his cook stove, and thus both hot and cold water are in, the kitchen, hath and bed-rooms, in fact, we never saw a nicer conveni ence. The entire outfit—wind-mill and all—Air. Holman tells us did not cost more than _ $250. ,The mill will pump 1,200 gallons per hour, and his well is inftthaustihle. - Mr: Holman is greatly improving his premises—having wisely first brought his land up-rand willnext build a handsome residence, tearing away his presenthouse. He has just buiil a granite kitchen, apd all that he construct^ :8 of a most enduring nature. He tells tis that a" stone, house can be built as cheap as wood; wlien the rock is convenient. Our friend indeed hOs a helpmeet in his estimable, lady, and doubtless to her good management around the house is bis success in part due. Besides being a superior house keeper, Mrs. Holman is a lady 6f refinement and" education, be ing a graduate of the Danyille, Ky, Fe male College. They have an interesting family.of little daughters, and we doubt if there is a happiermr more prosperous household in Clarke county. We have Written of Mrrilolmaa'6 farm at length to khow our people what "can be done on the worn-out fields of Xorth- east Georgia, ind that .there is npt only agricultural lifo, but mo-ey, iu the old lul|] yet Wl£t this Kentucky farmer dition of his road. “Well,” he replied, “1 have nothing special to say on that point. The annual report of the com pany for the past year has just been is sued and gives a clear idea of it? affairs.” “How is it as to the report of the con test for the control of the road?” “Lua4ef4tand,” he said, “that there is to he a contest.” “What are the issues involved?” “1 know of no issues management or policy. Certainly there iY none avowed. The present management is" conceded to be honest, and I believe; fairly capable. The question at issue, so far as I can dis cern it, is whether the management shall continue to be what may be termed a Georgia management or become what may "l*e properly designated a New York management?” “Is the majority of the stock held in Georgia that they are entitled,to keep it a Georgia management?"’ “Ves, the majority is owned in Geor gia. The balance, which is a minority, is wideiy scattered.” “Is the stock held in large blocks?” “No. There are only two interests representing any considerable block. A large majority of tho stock js owned by holders of 500 shares or less. A consid erable portion is owned by holders of fifty shares. A surprising amount of it is owned in ten share lots and less. There arc over. 20,000 stockholders in the company.” “When is your annual election and what do you ihink tn- chances are of the success of your opponents?” “The election will be held on the first Monday January. I feel no apprehen sion as tj.to the result.” “Y'our opponents claim to own a ma jority of the stock?” - “Yes, i have heard that they make Such: a claim, but 1 know that it is aot so.” “They claim to have the Hettie Green stock. Does not that settle the ques tion?” - » • . , . .- . “Tty "no means. - It is ,trne the Green stock gave the balance of power four years ago, but circumstances have changed very much, so that stock will not again play so important a part.” “Can’t they buy the stock required?” “Th"y may do so, of course, hut they must first find seilcis. I scarcely be lieve a sufficient amount can be drawn upon the market for that purpose, except at prices altogether out of reach. I think it would be jafe to say that more than half of the stock of the company is Owned by people who have held it through nil the fluctuations of the com pany’s fortunes. Much of it is owned by women, minors, estates and charitable institutions. ’ These people hold their securities as investments. They form the conser retire clement of the company, *nd can always be relied upon to cast their vote to perpetuate a conservative management, such as the company has prospered under since it was chartered, more Ilian fifty years ago. Air. ltaoul left for Savannah last night. aage qf-biU to.amend 4600 of the code in reference to - wrongftilNale*of udfilglfeeil * * " " lto £ personality, and against passago of bill to %m«A&JIC!>tiOu 4583. > . By Mr, Dean—A bill to'pAvide ' spe; was re ^HomrvidCs. By Mr. Havrices—A bill to amend ;ion 1809 so as to‘provide for LETTER FROM GEN. ALEXANDER. .baa accomplished can bo repeated by any Bother man who has'judgment and indus try at his.. back. Mr. Holman bad npt only succeeded- in bringing his land up - to its present huge state of fertility, but ■mode bis "faming operations.pay him at the sime time. * * MARRIAG- IN WALTON. Lore Forging silken Bends In neighboring fo doo 1809 so as to * provide' * for appoint ed hf judge of 8nperior Court of guar dian without bond under certain* eondi- ■ Senate bill providing for the teaching f physiology and hygiene in. pul-' ; - -chools with special reference to c‘ of stimulants,-narcotics, etc. upon hi system, was read the second time. Liquor found la the Mlllf Room. [Macon Telecrspb 1 Itlaxta, November 29.—Capl ire found in the room of tho HiU" n .champagne bottle full of the ean whisky’ mid a "white i- - tl-- <1 full of alcohol diluted with a iquid and flavored. If the artes an well ran pure whisky, and every hydrant In town flowed it, it would be inflinitoly bettek far lAtbata then the present re gn of aggaric, domestic fire-water and dfiu- ted alcohol—-the brain-crazing »i dealing triplet devils of prohibitioi fanaticism cried “Havoc!” and let on the ill-fated town. JugTaY^rn, Julia Pruitt, Morgan wilt Creek chuflch n On tha 17th .i took place at the C. Jackson. The — W.T. Hamer; or Ai Jackson,' of this ' Jackson, of tjiis j mondson,’ of ilaxeys. heavy, nun which poured rents at the time, quitea.c end relatives witnessed the ceremonies. Collections have been . exceeding!' good Up to date. About twelve hutidr-i bales "of cotton have been sold hero jhi reason, and some to come m yet Many of the faraqra say that tbyy4Jt k . T ?. °(^ id-meat enough to run them next year. : Tho? grounds .for contest of Speaker Carlisle’s-seat iff tha fiftieth Congress of th*xUui ted States have beep - prepared and were rignod-laat uight by Geo. H. Tsirs - i The following letter was received from Gen. Alexander by a gentleman in Sa vannah, on Thursday: New Yore, Nov. 22, 1886.—Dear-Sir: In reply to the inquiries as to roy posi tion and views 1 would say—l am not prepared to say I am a ‘candidate,” but J liave consented to serve if elected by iny fiiends—and they are certainly pre paring to make the race if, when the time comes, they have assurance of ef fective support. If they do not they will probably abandon it—I don't know. 1 notice efforts in the press to prejudice myself and friends by rumors, that if I am elected the road will he managed, qot - iu the interest of Savannah or of Georgia, but for some foreign city or cor poration. AYitb reference to that I have only this to say: If I am elected I will manage tne road in the interests of the stock. 1 will endeavor to make the stock valuable and to keep eaoh stock holder in r oVmed of its value and thus en able him to realize the interest from it, if hqTs forced to borrow or desires to real ize on his investment I believe in the stock and my lapffly have been very large holders of it for over forty years. It only requires a management which helioses in it to be believed in by the .public and to stand among the best se curities in the United States, instead of being kicked about at 55 and 65 os it was- up to four months ago. To talk about management “in the interest of Savannah” is all twaddle to stockholders who have been allowed to suffer such depreciation of their property’ while the management and their relatives and friends intrench themselves in their in side positions and defend them hy cries of “Georgia” and “Savannah.” And to any man familiar with railroad manage ment it is double distilled twaddle. For ’no matter who may own or control the property, it cannot be run profitably ex cept in the joint and mutual interest of itself and every city upon its line. It is “built that way,” and it would be cheap, or to take it up—tracks, bridges and sta tions—and move it rather than run any other way. Any sensible railroad man will tell you that this does not admit of an argument, and the public who are not stockholders hays as little to fear from any change whieh will .better the stock as the stockholders themselves. Pros perous roads, make prosperous communi ties (look how the Baltimore and Ohio has made Baltimore, transposing it from a provincial town to a great commercial port) and render, better service at lower rates than poor ones. My railway man agement in Georgia can be easily shown to have been as popular with the com munity »s it was profitable to my stock holders, at a time When the Central was UOtoriously unpopular. I cannot go into —re details ip the limits of a letter, but I hope is enough, to one who knows Las much as you do of Central history ’ - « present situation. | wiU be for stockholders and °b]y. 1 believe the stock than it has brought for % .... hove I can prove it. by re- I have put my own money in it mthat, faith, - and.'no city or town in Gjorgia has any cause to fear harm from my success. Yours, truly, E. P. Alexander. A Black and Dreary Tiaw-IhS Jag- Toting Brigade from Fowler*— Visible Effect* eta Ball read Boom —Tke People of Oconee—In tke gall—Talk • Wltk • Timmons and Wkltekead—A Hospitable Gentle man and One ef No tare’s Parma—A China Wedding—Personal, etc. The staid old town of Watkinsville bos’ ever been noted for its open-handed hospitality, and fortunate indeed is the visitor who falls into the haeds of its clever people. So on Tuesday eve ning last, when Mr. and Mrs. Bedford Langford decided to celebrate the twen tieth anniversary of their marriage by a “China Wedding,” and the Banneb- Watchman received on invite to be present, we of course accepted. Sheriff Earl Overby chanced to be in town that afternoon, and seated behind his pair of black ponies, the intervening raven tai'es were soon traversed. At this sea son there is nothing very attractive in a ride through the country, as the fields are bleak and bare, and even the reliev ing sight of plowed fields and interven ing stretches of growng small grain are missing, owing to the prolonged dry spell." We never saw the country look so completely stripped and desolate as now. Farmers, however, have taken ad vantage of the pleasant spell and are putting in both wheat and oats, we learn, but we saw not a single plow running between Watkinsville and Athens. Every few hundred yards we met some dusky citizen, either in a buggy, on horseback or afoot, transporting jugs of whisky from Fowler’s, to supply the thirsty citizens of Athens. Jug toting has grown into quite a business, ana some half a dozen negroes in Athens make a good living Out of it The amount of liquor sold by Mr. Fowler is reported to be enormous, and one hundred gallons per day is not considered anything un usual. A gentleman who has frequent occasion to pass his bar-room says he has counted as many as a dozen barrels in frpnt of the door emptied on a single Saturday. Mr. Fowler has the most profitable business of any man in North- east Georgia, and more clear money. Watkinsville is taking on a new lease on lire, and already are visible on every hand the enlivening effects of even the talk of a railroad. You see evidences of improvement on every hand, and prop erty has advanced wonderfully in price. Messrs. McRee ft Son, who are now completing a i.ew store-house, we are told paRat the rates of $3,500 per acre fer their lot. This firm will soon open a fine stock. of goods here. Messrs. Harris ft Foddrill have also improved their store-house and are doing a nice business. Dr. Wood Arnold has pur chased the store room under Odd Fel lows' bail, and is doing a good trade in the drug line. He was also building up an excellent practice, but owing to an attack of rheumatism will have to aban don his profession. Dr. Armstead is an other Oglethorpe boy who has located in Watkinsville, and is prospering. The Doctor last Sunday united with the church, and is highly spoken of by the citizens. Besides the improvements in business houses, private residences sre being remodeled and the premises gen erally fixed up. The citizens of the town anxiously in quired about the railroad. We learn that the surveying corps have no^yet reached Oconee, but after reaching near the river have retraced their steps and are working on the lower or Salem route. There seems to be a disposition on the part of the men who have this road in hand to “piddle away” time, and it is very trying on the hopes and confidence of Die people interested. The general impression is that when dirt is broken this side of Madison, then, and sot till then, will Oconee feel assured of a rail road. There are a class of people, how. ever, who have a most abiding confidence in the railroad, and they are proving their faith hy building new stores al ready along its probable line. We are told that£there are over thirty country stores now in Oconee county. The mer chants of Watkinsville do not think that tho railroad will help the trade of the place, but rather prove a detriment to their business by carrying or dividing up between the new towns that will spring up. The road will, however, advance the property in Wat kinsville and farm lands in the county. Mr. Tom Booth tells us that land in Oco nee is cheaper than in any county in his section. There are no very rich men in Oconee, hut it is also remarkably free from pau pers. Mr. Tom Booth is her wealthiest citizen, being worth, we are told, about $75,000, every cent of which was mode by his own hands. He it one of the most solid and reliable men we ever knew, and the people have tha most un bounded confidence in and respect for him. The inhabitants of this county seem to have struck that happy medium between riches and poverty, and are what you may dominate good livers They are comparatively free from debt, have good homes and own fine stock, and most of tho planters make their farms self-sustaining. The men are loyal, true and democrats to the core. The ladies are renowned for their beauty, and make the best wives in the world. In a drive through Oconee you see most rosy- cheeked girls on the globe. It is also prolific county for'chiidren, and nearly every household boasts a swarm of cheer ful little ones. After reaching Watkinsville and chat ting a short time with the clever county officers, we accompanied Shi-riff Overby to the jail, as it was supper time for the prisoners. It is an old fashioned struc ture, built long before the war, but in ex cellent repair. Its walls are constructed of two log pens, made of great trees hewn fiat and dove-tailed together, one built Within the other. Between these two houses are upright pine poles, stood on end, and tho space filled with them, In the event that a prisoner succeeded A WO.VIA S BARGAIN. ing of the repairs to the jail, he said if anyoiM would famish him with acouple of horse-shoe nuts and the sheriff prom ise not to pursue him, that he would be at liberty before daylight next morning. Only the other day Mr. Overby detected that he had been tampering with -the lock to his shackles, and he has ruined t so that the chains will have to be cut j A ^" ‘h*t, the quiet sense from hia limbs. The sheriff sets that ttedeUns 8. Bridges. You wilt love me? Ah, I know As men love—no better, dear. Woi ship? Yes, a month or so. Tenderness? Perhaps a year. Of I sion; careless care, irom ms limbs. Tne snenii savs that VJI wreiuw % Timmons has borne up splendidly, and A »*the calm indifference he never saw him hacked but once, and | that was when That all married lovers wear. i, . .. k® ^7'^, iron |Blame you, dearest? Not stall, collar around hu neck. “I am no 7Ti. _L" bumb brute.” he remarked, thatj . . , - • „ if you will tore off that link, I will£.1- [rt&dSi emnly promise not try to get away. This As Fate made you, so you stand; i Fate made you, go $ou fall, For below Love’s high demand. office removed it, bat it was not long be- j Yet how strange is Love’s deep law! fore the prisoner was at his old trices I can look you through and through, again. On being reproached, with his Tracing plainly nature’s flaw In the heart she gave to yon; bod faith, Timmons replied: “I did not I promise you that I would stay in this! jail until eternity. I made no attempt to | Knowing all my heart must stake, get away until after court, and All the danger, all the fear. recommitted.” The collar was not put I And yet glad, even so, to make back on his neck. Timmons is rathet- a good looking man, with not a bad face, and we doubt if be is perfectly sane. At night Whitehead is locked up in the cellwith Timmons. He is a plain, illit erate customer, not very bright, and seems to bear his imprisonment well. Both the men asked after Mr. Charlie Baldwin, of Athens, who had visited the jail and made a forcible and favorable impression on the prisoners. We spent the night with Sheriff Over-, by, who it one of the biggest hearted and wholesoled men we ever knew, while This, my losing bargain, dear! OUR COTTON MARKET. WHAT JUDGE W. B. THOMAS SAYS ABOUT IT. Ahead of Every inland City in Geor- Kia—In Spite of a Short Crap, Our Receipt* Will Greatly Exceed East Vear—Athens Cotton 91111* Buying Their .Stock* at the Gate* of Au gusta# Mrs. 0. is one of the most accomplish# 11 B " Thnmas y estcr - .nff hrilli.nl 1.8i». „„ h.H ih. I <“?>£? remarked to us: “Why don’t you wnte more about and brilliant ladies we ever had the pleasure of meeting. Mr. Overby has lately built a pretty new house, and we do not suppose there is a better kept house in the county, either. Oux friend certainly has a treasure in his wife. Mr.. • , . . . Overby ha. also a model farm of eighty “ d th ,f P eo .P le « e beginning to re acres adjoining, and we never saw a finer al,zc lt " Ex * m,ne the rece, P ts of AUan " Athens as a cotton market?” “What more can we say?” “There is everything to write about We have the best cotton market in Geor- cropof 'old-field pines than he is grow-|^,. 1 }‘ c , on ,nd A^sta compared ing on it Overby is experimenting J" h iast year, and you w.U see a great th! raising of brismisedgi and rabbits, ff lng °* 0" the other hand, Athens but his U5d is not as yet rich enough ^ mere than ten thousand bales ahead, make the former crop a success He “ dwe »‘ 11 8® beyond last year. It is says he has also small sassafras bushes, " 1 J? 11 8 cotton . cro P and is also experimenting with dog fen? wlU , be Ter / shoI > and increased re- nel, that he pronounces a very finlsum- ^‘P* 3 " 0 dra ™ fr0 ' u , s " ctl °" s tb “, have mer crop. Such planters as Karl Overby P c before shipped here. And do you are doing a great deal to encourage the know that Athens marketed natural growth on onr land. I Georgia?” “ y y m After tea we had the pleasure of meet- “What, more than Atlanta?’ ingMre. James Lyie anti her two aerom- “ Y es; 1 mean that more cotton was phshed daughters and were entertained brought here and the money changed with some delightful music, Botb ■ hands in our city. An Atlanta dealer will the young ladies have fine voicer, while buy t6n thousand bales say at West Mrs. L has kept up her music in spite of h. oin m nd it is shipped direct to Ncw the cares of a family This is very rare, York, yet the sale is credited to that for after marriage a lady generally casts cit}% when in fact the cotton never reach- her piano aside. Mrs. Lyle performs those ea Atlanta. Every bale the Athens beautiful old pieces, ‘ Annie Laune,” j scorcs ; s a bona fide sale, and the money “Way Down upon the S’wannee River,” j* p S i d out here. This is an important etc., that appeals direct to the heart. The fact( that is not generally known. So modern songs can’t compare in sweetness you see [ am not exaggerating when I to these old pieces. Mrs. Lyle is a sister make th e statement that we have the to our esteemed frtend, Col. W. J. Mor- best cotton market in Georgia.” ton, and we never spent a more delight- “ How do you account for this? . ful hour than in her society \Y e are “Well, our cotton men own their own glad to learn that Judge Lyle contem-1 warehouses and compresses and Athens plates removing to Athens. . Such a fam- ; s the cheapest place to live in Georgia, ily would indeed he an acquisition to our \v c have as good freight rates as any population and society. town, plenty of capital and our dealers Nine o’clock found the hospitable I are all economical, working men, satis- rooms of Mr. Langiord filled with the I tied with small profits. These things friends and well-wishers of the. gentle-1 conspire to let us pay more for cotton, man and his estimable lady, and the host I and the farmers and shippers of course stood at the door and gave each guest seek the best market to sell. Do you one of those cordial welcomes that he I know that one of our factory owners known so well how to bestow. It has buys every hale of cotton he uses in been many a day since we saw so many Thomson, right at the gates of Augusta? lovely girls, chivalrous yound men and It is true, and he saves money by it, too. happy-faced matrons gathered together. I Athens is the best market in the State to Mr. and Mrs. L. turned their honse over I sell your cotton in, hut it is an expensive to their friends, and the valves of pleas-1 place to buy the staple. I do not ure were thrown wide opeq. A splendid know of a city in the South that has a supper was spread, and the table beauti- bigger future than Athens. In five years fully decorated. After the company had I expect to see our population doubled, lartaken of the bounteous repast spread I We are in the heart of the cotton belt, >efore them, there was enough left for as I and each year sees our territory extend- many more. The presents were numer- ing.” ous and handsome, for no man living has 1 more warm friends than Bed Langford, and his worthy, lady. The clock had struck the hous of 12 before gay party had adjourned, and then not before eat ing out the host and hostess and wishing that they might live to celebrate their diamond wedding. cutting a hole in slog, the poles will keep droppin^downandfillthe space securely again. There is weatherboarding on the ouaide. This ia the old-time way of building jails, but there is none more se cure. A dozen prisoners will escape from one of these modern structures of plank and iron to one from, the log and polo buildings. The entrance to the jail is through huge double locked doors of that wood and iron, that seems to ns strong enough to resist the fare# of Roman battering ram. Yon then enter passage. There ore two rooms to the j.il, an upper one that is very well lighted ana ventilated, and used in old times for a debtor's prison. The lower room is a.dark and dismal dungeon, al most equaling tha Black Hole of Calcutta, where the doors sre closed, even at mid day. You can’t see an inch before your face, and the qnly ventilation oomes from a little aperture overhead that easts a dim my of light. It is indeed torture to a person to be kept confined here, al though Mr, Overby tells ns that the pu- pils of tbe eye will at length grow ac customed to the darkness, and he once had a negro who was confined there a long time who could thread a needle. Only the mpat desperate persons," how ever, are kept here during the day. i the. upper room was confined tehead, .charged the with murder, and. Timmons, the modem Monte Christo, was fastened by an Immense chain to the floor of the -dark dungeon below. Mr. Overby showed the worn done by the man in his attempt to escape, and it seems in credible that with Such erude tools ho cut great iron bars and hinges. It oost the county about one hundred dollars to repair the injury that he did to the jul. Thoebe, the sre numerous, pages of legal cap p; sjr The allegations ires forty-five re'eito them or of the Oblate Fathers ced that no Knight of Labor .owed to partake of the sacrar Timmons seemed|to be remarkably cheer- in nis condition, and oon- He was wrapped, up in •oi wrapped up in ’n m the middle ful for a man versed freely. blankets, and lying down in of the. floor, hut sat up when we came in. Timmons remarked that if the Sher iff would give him a light and some pa per that he wonld write oat his history for ‘ r the Banner-Watchman. In speak- GORDON’S FORTUNE- Onr Governor Poor, But Honest. We recently met a gentleman who is on the most intimate terms with Gov. Gordon, and asked him what had become of those millions that the Governor had Great Crowds of poople View to Anions Wnom la Robert Hill’s Tfce Impressive Ceremony at th* i [S1.COD Telag'.rb ) Atlafta, November 27.—The of Tony ond Bob Hill wore removed f the room on Broad street to the raker's establishment of Swift ft 1 night and placed in two handsome lie cases. . ‘ A,large number of people viewed remains this 'morning, and through the hous a crowd of curious people were gathered about the- entrance. The face of Tony Hill wore a most natural exprss- ion Ho seemed to be sleeping, and .t was hard for people.who had known h m in life to realize that he wasdead. Bob s face, however, looked swollen, discolored snd highly unnatural. • It was hardly re cognizable. e: Among the persona who passed in to take a last look at the dead brothers Mis* " juglas, of this city, to whom h is said Robert Hill was engaged to bo mar- ried. She was accompanied by her mote- 1} or. Toe young lady stood for some time tpj inotioulcss as a statue and gazed upon l . the face of her dead lover, then placed a late rose upon bis breast and turned from i the sad scene. Reaching" the sidewalk she suddenly staggered and would have I S fallen to the ground but for the timely . 8 aid of Messrs. Frank Killburn and Wil lie Rhodes, who caught and assisted her into a carriage. She had fainted dead away. She was driven riipidly to the [ house of her father on Garnett street, ’.ll where she was at once placed in bed. It IK was a long time before she could be ro- ' S^H vived. The funeral of the Hill brothers took place this afternoon at half-past 2 o’clock at the Second Baptist church, corner of Washington and Mitchell street. . jAj Ixing before the appointed hour tho church was completely filled with peo ple. The gallery was filled with colored people, and many whites were also com pelled to seek seats there. ( The services were conducted by_ tlto Rev. Virgil Norcross, pastor of the “ ’ Baptist Church of this city. _ After reading a portion of scrip 1 ’’' ^ opened up an impressive prayer. 1 . . He then made some brief remarks, tak ing as his taxt this line from the Bible: Despise not the Ohostunings of the Lord.” The divine had a most dellicate office to perform, but he acquitted himself with great good sense. He spoke of the calamity which had befallen the family of the deceased with out once giveing utterance to anything which might grate harshly on the sensi- bility of family, friends or kinsmen, after which he dwelt upon the awfnl occur rence as a solemn admonition to tho young ’ men of Atlanta- employing the great les son which he drew from it in a peculiarly appropriate manner. His sentences dn the uncertainty of life as here -exempli fied, ami the sureness of death, and the dreadful reality of the life to come, were beautiful, and said with such deep feel ing as to cause many weeping eyes in the large assembly. “But after all,” said he, “those two coffins speak to you more eloquently of all these things than conld human tongue. The sence as the great congregation moved into the streets was in the highest degree impressive. The people as with one impnlse passed on the outside, almost blocking up the street as the following pall-bearers slow ly moved from the church’ bearing the two coffins which,they placed in the two hearses drawn up before the door; Messrs. Ben Iiiil, Tom P. Westmoreland Gus Long, Hooper Alexander, George Thorns^ Henry Garrett, Guy Smith, Hinton Wrigh, Jnlin Courtney, Terry Tow.na.'^x J' soph Wiley, J. A. Burns, Henry Dai*x^ son, Doctor Frank Holland, Recorder Jeines Anderson and Justice Henry Tan ner. Following close upon the pall-bearers came the father of the dead brothers. Col. Pike Hill, suported by. his nephew, Mr. Daniel Hill, of Forsyth, and Mr. John N. Conley. A more pathetic pic ture than the aged and.heart-broken faih- or .with his silver hair, feeble frame, streaming cheeks and choking, sobs as he followed the dear dead forms of his on ly children—has never been witnessed anywhere. The condition of the stricken mother was such that she could not be present. Her feelings may po-ibly be imagined, but never can be depicted. The long procession moved slowly to Oakland cemetery where, in tho family vault, the mortal part of Bob and Tony Hill was forever laid to rest This visit to Watkinsville, though brief, 01 t . no . 8e «•»*>ions root roe woven as one of the most pleasant we have m ^ T e -°." t ™ ,road8 , ever made. It gave ns an opportunity of I Jxl was t * ie re P'y’ meeting the noble matrons and charming for Te - r ^ p< J° r young ladies of that village, and we made | m _ & ™? dhas ““ it to Athens many very delightful’ acquaintances. T J “> U 7 e on ’ That railroad trade all fell So*; Sszs I “""i.r; s; mentioned is indeed gratifying. We shall' csn on what " e has- He is very gener- ingmviUtions to visit the town »S^[ w0 J uld l iVe to see Gov. Gordon rich, for UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS. no man would spend his money in a more princely manner. Mrs. Gordon and her daughter are beautiful and ac- The Committee’s Report on Repairs Will I complished ladies The old opponents Probably bs Granted. I of Gen. Gordon are all coming round, and „ he has won the respect and admiration Atlanta, Dec. 1. [Special.] The re-1 0 f every one j[ e ; g going to make a commendation of the visitiug committee a splendid Chief Magistrate? for an appropriation of $5,000 to repair the dormitories at Athens will he urged hy the members of the committee to speedy passage. This appropriation is distinct, of course, from the annual ap propriation of $8,000, and Senator Jack- BIRMINGHAM. NEW CITIZENS. Athens an Attractive Place for Cap italist* and Business 9Ien. Athens is an attractive place just now t for new citizens, and hardly a day passes son! in making tho.report to the Senate, I ’f it ^ out “ ldditio . n to the r » nka ° r res*- . j a j # . dents. Three or four new stores have said the amount asked for by the com- been recently opened under the impetU8 mittee was barely sufficient for the 1 8 f our growing business and commercial [Atlanta Coniiitntlon.] As to Birmingham, one tires of writing of its wonders, The Hon. T. W. Rucker, late of Athens, says he discovereda new industry in Birmingham on hia prospect ing visit. “I went to the post office to inquire for - my mail. 1 found a string of from fifty to one hundred men tailing away from the general delivery box, each man taking his turn patiently. A friend said to me, “You can’t afford to wait half an hour, let m« buy you a place in the line.” Ho touched a little negro boy who was near the head of the procession and asked what he would take for his place. “Fif teen cents,’ the boy relied. I paid it and took his place. He ran to the rear of the line and started up again. This it a reg ular industry. Negro boys gets placo in the line and hold it until some impatient stranger buys them out. A place near the box is worth a quarter; a little”*' 1 ' thur down fifteen cents, and near^ 6 ’ tail only five centt. The boys m£.. : from a dollar to two dollars a day.” . ^ Mr. Rucker bought him a residence ,100. I asked him work. The necessity for keeping up the col lege buildings should not need argument before intelligent property owners, it is hoped there will he no impediment irtance. immers declare that Athens ja now is the most attractive place to the nporti Drun I in Georgia, and is one of the most pro- “d I gressive young cities in the South. Mr.J.J. C. McMahan, of Urawford, thrown in the way of the passage of the I W *N reach here in a few days and will en- appropriation asked for. The report 0 f UjS c in , thc d ^ g^s businesa with one .ul a. ®ur largest and strongest houses. Mr. the committee states that the repairs are McM ,han would be an “addition to any necessary to render the dormitories hab- town, and his presence here is one of the itable, -and preserve the health of the I best evidences that we are on the high students. road to business development, as his fine .. .. 1 abilities will be one of the best aids arguments as these the | thereto. Mr. McMahan has rented the house of Before such watch-dogs of the treasury will pro! ably allow the sum of $5,000 asked, though it I Mrs. Lipscomb, opposite to Mrs. Jno. \V. will bo a severe strain upon their nerves-1 An important message.was sent in by here r wil ° h W h T a f amil y 4nd has opened tis the Governor today in reference to the gtore 0 f dry goo ds and groceries on convict system. I Broad street, corner of Wall, just below The House hods spirited debate upon I Cranford & Davis. Mr. Lowery is a the charter of th. Fir. Insurance comp.- |jX, ^fcomThere 're”tJd ny of LaGrange to-day. Mr. J. R. Crane’s house on Pulaski street RAILROAD NEWS. CLUVERIUS’ FINAL APPEAL The New Railroad to Athens—Ceor- Ria, Carolina and Northern -What the People Think of the Raoui | The Doomed Man Will Pret’nt a Special Statement to the Qortrnor. Richmond, Va., Nov. 27.—Thomas Ji Cluverius. who is in the City Jail sen- -The Washington Chronicle says: The I tence to be hanged on December. 10 for corporators of tne Georgia, Carolina and I the murder of his cousin, Fannie Lillian Northern to run hy way of Abbeville, I Madison, this morning declined to give Elberton and Athens to Atlanta will hold l out the statement which he intimated a meeting in Athens, December 9th, f r I yesterday he would prepare, accounting the purpose of effecting a permanent or-1 for himself on the night of the crime, ganisation. This line asks but, $75,0001 “Whatever statement I may make,” in Georgia, in subscription and the right I said the prisonor, “will be made to the of way from the Savannah river in El- Gevemor, and must be obtained from bert county to the city of Atlanta. At-1 him.” As usual, Cluverius was very lantais expected to subscribe $25,000,1 uncommunicative to to-day. His counsel Athens $2o,000, and the line of the road I will have nothing to say about the pro in the country a distance of more than I posed statement, and the doomed man ii one hondred. miles, and including the I following that example, town of Elberton. the" balance. This is I On the day Cluverius was arrested lor the most liberal offer ever made to the I the murder he declared to the officer in yeople of sny section of Georgia to Se-1 whose custody he was that on the night core a railroad. The amount of money I the crime was committed he waa at the asked for con be raised in a week’s I Academy of Music, and he attempted to time. • I produce a witness who would swear that The Georgia, Carotins and Northern I he saw him there. Any statement the asks for no more than enough money to 1 doomed man may now make, if it does i friendly to the | not harmonize with these declare enterprise, million dollars"dei show that our people are friendly to the I not harmonize with these declarations, ini has three I will not help bis case. "It has been gos- . . ank to be I siped about for some weeks that Cluver- used as a building ftynd, and will com- liuson the night of the murder was in mence operations as soon as the details I company which would embarrass him are arranged. The ' tine baa already I and others if he confessed hia movements, been surveyed from Ihe Savannah river j It ia understood that Cluverius’state- to Monroe, N. C. and surveyors are now I ment will be submitted to the Governor at work in Elbert county. The corporators of this favorable to a Wi road are very I Washington connection, I some time next week. , James G. Carmichael has notified Hon. and are anxious that we ahall.builda Thoa. W. Grimes that he will contest _—i r-u * i cx.„xi_ I .t- cun!-., - _ road to Elberton, and establish friendly I his seat in the Fiftieth congress. Car- relations with their road.. They" are so I michzel was the independent candidate friendly that they will give us suhstan-1 in this district and received only 300 tial assistance, if wo need it—in fact, votes. No importance is attached to his .«.! » has -*— 1 — 1 —“—* —'—* this assurance has already been, given. | notice of contest. lUgl lot 100x150 for $2, where it was located? ‘Way out in the woods,” he said; “and full of ’possums. I bet there ia a bushel of ’possums onit this very night.” I asked Mr. Rucker how long he had been at Birmingham before he-Aster- mined to make it his home. >- “I hadn’t gotten from the depot,” said he, “before I determined to spend the rest of my life there.” Mr. lt acker says he asked Colonel ' Handley if he did not think the price of real estate would drop. It is one of Col onel Uanly’s peculiarities that he will never talk about B-rhangham real estate until he gets on a corner and takes his hat off. He needs room, air and rever ence when be approaches the subject “Drop," he says, “why it has hardly started up yet It is going up, up, up, til it reaches the stars. It ain’t hate* high yet as land on Wall street in New York. It has got plenty of margin for growth.” Colonel Hanly sold a man $2fi0,000 worth of “’possum” prqnerty iu Birming ham at the rate of $175afront foot, and then offered to bet him a thousand dol lars that in twelve months he cpuld-notJ find two mules in Birmingham thittcould pull the profits on a level street, measured in Silver dollars. ’ '* Six Hundred Skeletons in tho Hoof* 7 [From the SL James Gazette.] ■ Sincce the annexation of Nice to in 1870, the former Dominicen has been used as a millitary bakery 1 , few days age it became necessary to e„ amine the roof, and the architect was horrified to find in the garret about six hundred ekeletons flung pell mell. Mid- ical experts declare that they must have been buried at least three or four centu- ines agu It appears that when Nice was occupied by the French troops in 1792 the monk* were expelled from tho build, ing’ and the church of St Dominick was converted , into a national bakers; and it is supposed that in carrying out the transformation the graves in the floor of the church were emptied of their con tents, which were transferred to the e* r - ret and flung there in heaps. Most of ■ persons interred in that church must have been members of noble families of Province or the neighboring districts Who possessed the privihgs of a place of interment within the church “forever ” The majority of the skeletons were ot women; probably among them was the skeleton of the Dnches of Savoy, who is konwn to have been buried m that ehure" All these remains have been buried i, one of the cemi teries of the town. “ It seems to bo generally- settled the Legislature will adjourn in a time and complete its work in 8-unmar, other Legislatures have done. It mooted question whether such actio; constitutional, but its repeated nnu. has made it a cu.tom, and custom higlior law than thf* con ■ x: