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_ RAILROAD NEWS.
RETURN OF JUDGE W. B. THOMAS
FROM NEW YORK.
The Macon A Athena Rond-All Oh-
■tarlfi toll* Completion Removed
Theti., C. * X. Frtinitet-Iwo
Engineering Corps Between Ath
ens and Atlanta.
Judge W. B. Thomas, who hen been
In New York for several days looking
after Athena’ interest in the Macon &
Covington road, has returned home, and
waa yesterday metby a Bsxkkb-Watch
man reporter.
"What ia the outlook for the railroad?’
wo asked of the J udge.
“The outlook is all that Athens can
ask,” waa the r. ply, “and in four or five
months the grading will he finished
through from Macon to this city. W hile
in New York Usaw all the
contract^ and.
miHft tfl |H
* tion. The money la In hank to grade,
iron and equip it, and the sooner the road
ia completed the better pleased will be
Col. Machcn.”
“llow about that injunction?’
“It isn't worth the snap of my finger.
But it has no effect whatever on the
completion of the road, for the court has
authorised the paving out of money to
the contractors as fast as work is done,
which is the only point that interests
Athens. That litigation is a little fam
ily trouble between Machen and certain
parties interested in the road, but it can
not possible hare any effect on the build
ing of the road. 1 tell you, the money
is in hand not only to build from Macon
to Athens, hut al-o from Montieello to
Griffin, (ia. In plenty of lime for next
fall's business the ears will be running
through. The people of Athens, ami
others interested, can rest content.’’
“Will you return to New 1->rk soon?"
“Yes; will probably go b.ick to-mor
row or next day, as I have some impor
tant public business to look after there.
I have something else on foot as impor
tant to our city as the Maeon railroad,
but am not readv yet to make it public.’.
ATHENS, G^EOUGhlA, TUESDAY, JANUAEY 25, 1887
THE FOUNDRY BURNED.
IS IT GLANDERS!
A FEARFUL TIME ON TUESDAY
NIGHT.
Thousand Dollars-Tlie Foundry
Temporarily Stopped.
Yesterday morning, between 12 and
1 o’clock, Mr. Homer Thornton, who
cleans off the engines on the Georgia
railroad when they reach Athens, was at
work in the round house, when dancing
up he saw a bright light in the direction
of the foundry. He knew at a glance
that there was a lire, and hastening to
the depot notified Mr. Ol. Itose, night
DR. W. H. ROSE, OF WASHINGTON.
CITY IN ATHENE.
~"}S - ■
HrSuiipecti the Cause off Death off
the fitreet Car Stock—Waiting for
Cloaer Examination and BKore
Convincing Evidence—What lie
Say* of the DUeaae.
Yesterday noon I)r. W. H. Rose, the
veterinary surgeon of the Department of
Agriculture at Washington, arrived in
Athens over the Richmond and Danville
Railroad. He was met by Mayor A. H.
Hodgson, and during the afternoon was
taken out to the camp of the diseased
stock, hack of Dr. Linton’s, and made an
atcb, who telephoned the tidings to the j investigation. He visited the stables
tation house, while Mr. Thornton rang w h ere tHis stock had been confined, at
•he alarm from the Oconee sire* t church ( i> 0 rsey’s Hill, and afterwards consulted
hell. Mr. John McKie, policeman, went seV eral parties who had noted the sytnp-
to wake up Mr.Thomas llailey, agent of - • * ”
the foundry, hut found that gentleman
Mr. Tom Stanley has returned from a
ri le through the coun'ry with Major
Morrison, who is examining the route
ffor the G, iV N r »al. fhey passed
through McNutt. S.y Mr. Bob tinffeth s
store, and leaving .lug Tavern to the
h ft, will go through Lojrai. ville. Mr
nl.y
ail line tour,
tlection one 1
cellent route
til fie Yell n
• ghho l.oo
or th
allow •«,
t* other
d from
An
*d, in the
am. wlien
th--
road runs,
lanta Sam
nth
>•1 in Ath-
uh
Atiotl
will Marl out fr«
Athens s.|i»id
and that city,
work as rapidly
ta end of th- rv>
work begins tot
1 at O’ • e t ike the fiel-t
laid tents, and begin a
i,-r c.irps of eng ncer-
:ii Atlanta ami meet tli
half way between here
l i> desiii d to do the
is possible. '1 he Atlan-
d will he finished before
ard th Savannah river.
THE GLANDERS.
Dr. W. El. IIom’
i*roiiouiirr% (lie
liismsr Among ilie Mrcet Car
llur-»e«. liu: Mi)h There is l.itlle
l)nii;rri>i an f.|»»drn»ie-The Ma«
hle% l o ite Itemed and llor»e«
U»J
>i.
tngt'i
returned to Wash-
sterdav afternoon. He
d tli*
nals
sterdav
of them. Afte
dug up the bodies of IW
splitting the nosrs down from the eye,
he found the pimples and incipient ulcers
m the nostril, as also th-* rugged blood
hrui--s—indicating a combination of
glanders and far
had already been aroused and was dress
ing himself. Soon the alarm became
general, and the tire boils were all ring
ing with the exception of the Presbyte
rian bell, th-* rope to which had been
tied up so high that it could not be
reached.
The night was hitter cold, and every
thing was frozen hard. Our citizens and
the Bremen were snug in bed, an-1 it
was trying to leave their warm couches
at such an hour to turn out in the cold.
But in an incredible short lime our ga -
hint firemen were astir, and hastening
toward the engine houses. The Pioneer
hose reel s<|tiad, the company of boys
iecently organized, was the llrst on the
around and did gallant service. Quickly
loll-.wed the other white companies, hut
the colored troops did not light as nobly
a- usual, and only one company (the
Relief) turned out. The oilier colored
firemen seemed to have been frozen in
bed. Superintendent Duchette, of the
water works, was at his post as usual,
and the whistle of his engine promptly
• nsweied the ala< hi hells The pumps
w-ie at -nice set to work, and a bold
stream of water given. This vigilance on
the part of (’apt. I Bichette saved the to
ld destruction of this valuable property
and y- sterdav his praises were in every
one’s mouth.
In the meantime the lire had gained
rapid headway, and was sweeping
through the building. It had caught in
the engine room, and burning upward,
ignited in the pattern room over th.*
machinery department, where it found
abundant fuel to feed upon. Even when
our firemen reached the scene of confla
gration it was dangerous to enter the
hiyMing, for the floor overhead was in
a blazei and the shafting and heavy
pieces ol '..n Mahle to fall at any time.
But never was a fire bet
ter managed or did our boys
do more gallant or effecive
rvice. There was not that crowd pres
tems of the animals. He talked with
several citizens, hut so far has just com
menced his work.
“1 strongly suspect glanders,” Dr. Rose
remarked yesterday afternoon, although
I am not yet able to confirm that belief.
I piefer to be more certain, before giv
ing a positive opinion.”
••Doctor, what are glanders?” th
B.-W. asked.
“Glanders is a highly contagious dis
ease. There is some difference of opin
ion about its being infectious. It is com
municated by direct contact between
animals or by the equipu ent of animals.
The disease many he communicated by
harness or bits, or even by men atending
the animnls. It is a blood disease, affect
ing the glan »s of the body, internal or
external. The infallible sign is an ulcer
in the nose, an enlargement of glands
under the jaw, and in many instances
this is attached to the hone.”
RAILROAD NOTES
ABOUT THE TRUNK LINES.ANJ>,
-a - OOMPANlgS. ,
The 1uM4t miitlMBa •» Benda An.
Iherlned—The Macon tc C.Tllflon
—1. the Kerf oik and tt'rilern Raw j Mack lew Eetmtefe*
Bottled Vp V ®*e-
Yesterda-
^S WORK.
SPORTING AND ATHLETIC.
VET DONE TO
Sack Idleness Antaf Handa-Tfae
TIIE MACON AND COVINGTON.
Macon, Ga., Jan. 17.—The Macon and
Covington railroad, which figured so ex
tensively in legislative caucuses and halls
an 1 in various courts of the State, is pro
ceeding with its work toward Madison,
thence to Athens. It has thirty-five
miles of good road-bed now and trains
are running with utmost safety.
Col. Frobell, the general manager,
says: “E very thing will l e rapidly push
ed to completion. The many impedi,
ments put in our way will retard us to
some extent, but the road will be com
plated by May 1.” The engines, passen
ger and box cars are neat and attractive.
The completion of this road will be of
great benefit to Macon, as the merchants
will then be in direct communication
with Madison and Athens.
Yesterday there came into our office
a level-headed and successful farmer from
an adjoining county, and we asked that
* ‘ ill i ***"*"'
ent to confuse or incoinu
they fought the flames c
fully. They soon succe
their progress, and in an
space of time had them s
deed speaks volumes in
ciency of our fire depart
nie the
oily and skil
led in stopping
incredible short
ibdued. It in-
ivor of the efli-
lent that at a
niinued Dr. Bose,
•‘might have been in these animals for
along time;or t might have been de
veloped and aggravated by hard work
and exposure.** He believed the dis-
.•av, however, was pronounced.
Dr. Rose recommended the k .rning
olathe staldes: the removal ot the manure
and the isolation of all stock for 1*0 days.
late hour, on such an unfavorable night,
it succeeded in so quickly subduing such
a serious conflagration after gaining so
much headway. The loss will not ex
ceed $:.,U»>, and but for the gallant st-r
vice of our tire brigade, Mr. Bailey says
it would have been fully >. There
is an insurance policy of $12,U0n on the
foundry that will fully cover
the loss. A vi-it * to the
foundry yesterday d.sclosed a frightful
wreck. The flames have cleaned out
vhich hi
, bee
Aim
Vposed to
* car staid
the
l.M.ig, Dr. IW
iiptom* of tins
n mends th;.t
rooms, and the upp
rebuilt. Mr. KWha
-r. lo-t all of lii< io..ls.
caught is not positive
lie
rond-
\ it In
It the
n» - pl:u
half tli
al nn
* of st »>ck
pi od that
n imburs-
L-cted ani-
omts like
again
the bar-
one dollar a head were paid
•io compensation at all was a
Dr Hose recommended th
nes« of th • horses and mules now suffer
ing, be destroyed or washed thoroughly
with soap, and that particular attention
h pa*d to t ie direction in which the
drainage fio u the stabl
ani- 1 several of the
floors must he
the patt *rn m ik
llow the lire
known, but ii is
the boiler. It is thought that some 1
t-r that ha«l fallen on top of it took ti
and was communicated to the hou
Hie floor did not catch, for some tr:.
near the boiler was not burned.
This foundry was built in ls'si. and
IS.'-:; was totally h-u • v- dbv lire, on
the walls 1 ft standing. It was at or
rebuilt, and since that tune this is t
otdv lire mat has t.rok- n -oil. D i- o
of tile most valuable
Athens, and ha- al<
dividenc to th»* st- ckholecr-.
One of the best \.inkers at tl
ofp.
“Farcy is a kindred disease. It is a
breaking out of large lumps ov« r the
body mi the •tender parts of the skin.
These lumps open, discharge matter and
blood and are slow to heal.”
“From what I hear ol the history of
the disease among the street car horses
in Athens, I am nclined to believe it an
acute attack of both farcy and glanders.
I have not yet noted the ulcers, howev
er, and without the appearance of ulcer
in the nose, it is impossible to pronounce
the disease glanders.”
Dr Rose is a small man who talks
with emphasis and yet seems to be cau
tious in his inspection and opinion, lie
is an expert in diseases of cattle and is
sent out hv the Department at Wash
ington to note the appearance of epidem
ics as reported. He says that an animal
may not show symptoms of glanders
and yet transmit it to others. He gave
an instance where a favorite in a North
ern stable had been carefully watched
through an epidemic and was apparently
well. The stable had been infected,
sick horses killed, but the disease con
tinued *to spread. it was not until the
old stager which had remained in his
stall, apparently sound through the epi
demic, had been slain, that new horses
were free f mil the disen.se.
One or two parties who had examined
the diseased horses in Athens reported
that there were traces of blood in the
nose.
Dr. Rose did not know but that this
might have proceeded from lung rup
ture, but he was led strongly to suspect
glanders from what he had
heard rather than what he had
seen. The disease might develop
in 21 hours or it * might be two
months. Some animals are more sus
ceptible than others. Horses that have
once been affected or those that have
been with them are never safe.
Dr. Rose w.is asked whether stock
th »t drank from th** same branch might,
he a flee ted?
lie sain that the saliva or manure
mi.'ht transmit the disease, though usu
ally actual contact wus necessary. He
said if this disease was glanders he
would judge that the chance for conta
gion had already been given.
II * would recommend the destruction
of the street car stables and the burning
of the hoards, if convinced that this
trouble was glanders. It was usual to
disinfect with w;
im r> ury, hut hen* was a ground floor
and there was no telling how deep the
urine had penetrated. The manure
sh’*u d he sprinkled with chlorate of
THE SCOOP.
The scoop leaves the Norfolk and
Western bottled up at Bristol, and al
ready an order has been issued that all
freight from the s «uth and west should
be sent via Morristown and Asheville,
instead ef Bristol, as heretofore. The
Norfolk and Western, it is thought^ will
unite with the Baltimore and Ohio to
build a new line through Erst Tennessee
to make southern and western connec
tions at Chattanooga, and will hasten the
building of the Tennessee Midlaud from
Bristol to Memphis, Tennessee, a line
diagonally through the State. The ef-
I feet of the scoop will also be to cause
| the immediate extension of the Memphis
and Charleston from Stevenson to Chat
tanooga. The headquarters of the new
system will b • removed to some centrally
locat 'd city, and considerable shops built
there. Augusta, Atlanta or Macon will
be selected.
Till* RICHMOND TERMINAL DEAL.
New York, January 17.—The Rich
mond and \\ est Point Terminal director
•net to- *ay ami authorzed the issue of
$1-1,000,000 in exchange for outstanding
Richmond and Danville stock. The bal
ance is to he given to the Bryce-Thomas
party in connection with the sale of the
majority of tin* first preferreed stock and
fio.ooo shares of east Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad. This stock con
trols the railroad for five years, after
which time the control is vested in the
second preferred stock. Meetings be
tween the officers of the different railroads
interested continue to be held in the
offices of the Hast Tennessee. Vice-Pres
ident Bryce, of that company, states that
no agreement has yet been deoided upon.
An issue of $8,5tJ0,(X)t collateral trust
bonds was also authorized by the Rich
mond -and West Point Terminal directors,
of which will he used in pay
ing for the East Tennessee preferred, and
the balance for retiring the floating debt
PERSONAL AND MINOR ITEMS.
Neither Eloerton or Hartwell has a
Jewish citizen.
Tobacco culture in this section proves
a first-class fraud.
There are only two prisoners now in
the Clarke county jail.
Both the measles and whooping cough
are in Elberton.
Col. John T. Grant, of Atlanta, well
known in Athens, is dead.
groes left
there was
. Mr. Tb
it did must good.
* and g<*t the
p.»- :
• win
ck the
ell. boi.k-ke
lie was asked if he thong
danger of the spread of the disease?
Dr. Rose said lie saw no r* ason why
it 'hould. Every precaution had been i ments after the stream
taken and the owner ami the authorities before they succumbed
had acted wisely in killing the Hock as I Eater
soon a> it was attacked. The animals had I M-. Leonard Schevei
been removed from contact with other 1 at the Foundry, was in our office
stock, without which positively no sick- ! evening, and says hands arc alr«* «d
ness could be communicated. This was j woik cleaning out t l> e. qmlding, and they
not an inf* etious disease. It was not in hope by next Monday, if not sooner, V
the air. Parties coming here had noth- | he in op-ration n^ain. 'They did nol
ing to fear. • lose an instant. No stock was burned
Mr. W. S. Holman was scon by the It is impossible to tell how hadlv the
East week a crowd
Frauulin county for Te:
'The railroad hands the other side of
Madison are moving right along.
The farmers* club in Oconee is as big a
thing as the lianksville Grange.
Several parties arouml Athens are do
ing away with their carp ponds.
People from the country often send
diseased chickens to Athens to sell.
Jim Henton, of Polk county, is most
pleasantly living vw'ith his eighth wife.
Mr. J. 11. Dorsey Jshows the most coin-
l hi-chlorate of j mendable pluck under his misfortunes.
Cien. \V. P». lla/.en, chief signal officer,
U. S. A., died at Washington of diabetes.
There is not one-naif the whisky drink
ing there was in Athens before Christ-
1 stock should | xuas *
Our merchants are still overrun with
ntry for clerk-
he sit down and tell os all he knew about
the crop outlook and farm work.
“Weil,” was the Teplr, “there is but
little to tell, for I never knew the farm
ers so backward about preparing for a
crop as this year. Here it is the middle
of January, and not the first step has
been taken toward farming, except
scratching in a few oats before Christmas
and sowing a very small area in wheat.
The oats are all about killed, I believe,
and so far as my observation goes there
has not been enough wheat planted to do
much good, even if we have a good year
for it, which from all signs I believe will
be the case. You see we had a very
dry fall, and farmers did not get their
land ready in time. We ought now to
be getting land ready to sow a good crop
of spring oata, for of late years they are
the surest crop. Rye is also a splendid
thing, but few fanners give it much at
tention. I had as soon neglect planting
corn as rye. It is as good as barley to
feed green, and besides, if cut while in
the bloom, makes » haj r ~*T
don’t require rlc«* landyjStefc togrowit
“How are the negroeft working?’
“They are getting more trifling each
year, and to tell you the truth, the aver
age white trash that we hire for wages
are even less account than the darkey.
It is pull Dick pull Devil between the
two. Both are trying to get all they can
out of we farmers, and give as little in
return as possible. We don’t actually
John Allcock, the famous old-time Jockey,
<T' died last week at Louisville, Ky., aged &
Wit
~ Who won the English Derby in
1870, died on shipboard while being brought
to thfa <»untry.
Entries for tho Kentucky Derby and sev
eral other important turf events closed lost
Saturday.
There is no truth in the publislied state
ment that Tommy Warren axui Isaac Weir,
the “Belfast Spider,” have been matched.
Charles Daly, the crack 8t. Louis pugilist,
was knocked out of time in tho t hirty-eecond
rou'id by Billy Moyer, of Streeter, iils. The
fight occurred at Rockford.
George Perkins and Goorgo Bubear are in
active training for their raco for tho cham
pionship of England, which will bo rowed on
the Tyne course, England, Feb. 7.
It is quite likely that Denuy Kelleher will
bear from Jack Fogarty, tho **Clipi>cr, r ere
long, as tho latter’s injured knuckles arc fast
getting into their wonted condition.
One hundred and eighty-six horses entered
the 2:30 (or under) class during tho past year.
Of these seventy-nine were jiacers, and ten of
these side-wheelers succeeded In getting marks
under 2:20. #
The alleged models of tho projiosed Scotch
cutter Thistle, which were published by a
Boston paper and copied by others, aro pro
nounced by those in position to know un
worthy of notice.
Jack Dempsey having arrived east,' and
hacUo Mitchell .being expected herq within
few weeks, it is not by any means unlikely
that a mooting may bo arranged between tho
men, if the Britisher is willing.
A fight to a finish between Tommy Barnes
and Tommy Daufortli, the featherweights, iu
tho near future, is among tho probabilities.
A prominent Now York sporting man has
•greed to offer a purse of $.*»«K) to tho winner.
Jem Smith, th© nominal champion of Eng
land, iscxjiectcd to sail for this country with
in a couple of months. Charlie Wall, tho
get six months of honest work out of , cllampion , n ia<|k.wri-
them s year. The farm hands have done
nothing since crops were gathered but
frolic, tisit and hang around fires. I
don't see a rod of ditch cut, a fence cor-
;ht,
him for tho purpose of testin;
with Jack Dempsey.
Jake Kilrain, th© “Old Reliable,” is after
Dominick MeCaffry, and will either make
ner* cleaned out or a wheelbarrow of . him fight or squeaL Meanvvhilo it
manure saved. I live in a stock law conn-nounced that Kilrain and Joe Lannon have
ty, and once thought that when hands affair* agreed to meet, although tho dato bus
didn’t have rails to split perhaps that. no *' definitely given,
they would go to work and improve the | Henry YV. Grady, of Tho Atlanta Constitu-
lands: but far from it They use the t* 011 * "hose speech at tho New England din-
titue once devoted to fence building to ner niado such a hit, is an ardent udmjj-er of
loafing, and 1 don’t see that it makes a tho natio,ml He is connected in some
particle of difference. YVhy, this time V'Vi 1 ^ 1 'ii’'.?' 11 ic b
of year we ought to have our fields and ** Mron tM * *• t,,n
bottom lands cleared off and ditched
ready to start the plows; but as I said,
not a lick has been struck.”
“What will he the outcome of all this?”
RAILROAD NEWS.
ARE ALL THE GEORGIA SYSTEMS
CONSOLIDATED?
Tb. Central and the Richmond and
Danville—Fooltionw of Auguata,
Afhenv and Atlanta—Great Specu
lative Scheme of Comb tiling
Hoad* and Wateriug Stock.
“What is the railroad situation now?’
The Banner-Watchman asked this of
an experienced railroad men yesterday,
“The situation, as near as I can judge,
is about this: The Richmond and Dan
ville Railroad people ar© masters of the
situation. The Terminal Cotndany,
which owns that railroad, seems to own
or control everything else. It has now
bought up the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia Railroad system, and
so falls another competing line into its
grasp.”
“What are its relations to the Central
Railroad?”
“Well, Buford, Brice and Thomas are
large owners ;n the Central, and 1 should
say that the terminal people with Gen.
Alexander, can control the Central and do
control it. The friends of one system
are friends and owners of the other, and
the combination seems to be more or less
perfect?”
“llow does this affect Athens?*
“Not appreciably as I can sec. There
has won th© championship of tho Southern
leaguo two years in succession.
Sullivan’s two engagements for this month,
with Pat Killed and Patsey Cardiff, will of
cours© result in conqiarative victories for
. . , , John L., i. ©. he will succeed in besting his
*\\ hv, the outcome is already on us. man. He will almost certainly knock Car-
It is bankruptcy to the termers and star- diflp ou t f although it is not at ull probable that
vation to the negrOOs. You had an arti- ho will serve Killen in tho same manner.
c ^ e ini the BaNVEb-U ^.uiiMAN the other Charlie Mitchell, “Adonis,” who will shortly
day that hit the nail square on the head, return to this country, intends to hunt up tho
and was the truth, the >vhole truth and best featherweight and lightweight pugilists
nothing but the truth. The farmers of England and bring them over hero with
have mortgaged their lands to feed a lot him. Who the featherweight will l*e re-
of thriftless, lazy negroes, who have act- mains to l*e seen, but Jimmy Carney is
ually eaten them out of house and home, morally certain to be the light weight selected.
The credit of the farmer is gone, while 1 Edward Haitian proj>oses to induce Teenier,
thenegros are flocking to the towns and Ih** and Ten Eyck to accompany him to
cities. It seems to me that nothing will Australia next summer, so as to be able to
learn our people a lesson but for the ma ^ ie aquatics boom in th© -Island Conti-
lands to change hands and the negroes to ? ent \ D»e drawback:to IHnlan s proposed
he allowed to suffer for a year. There “ hn ..mt-1. w.u. Ouu.l.mr, for
ts another thing. We have too many fo,f,-,t of “ * ,,lu 18 lUrt:uly
eaters for the number of workers. We xr .
„ .... ,1 . T. M. Malone, the Australian sprinter, upon
can stand support ng you editors, the tha „ th of Khose Knvi 1 acmi J of
I resellers, lawyers, tradesmen and mid- tho country, Low, Jlye£, Haro- Fredericks
die men who handla our crop?^ but go cn ,i Harry Hutchens determined to pay him
over our farms, and 3011 will see one ne- a visit, lias now virtually refused to arrange
gro min and perhaps his son, working a match with Hutchens, claiming thnt he has
not exceeding six months in the year, retired and is consequently in no conuiti^n to
and dependent on their labor is a lazy run.
1 ife and two half-grown daughters anil Arthur Chamt>ers, having to nil nppear-
seiue half dozen children attending nnces frightened off Jn. k McAuliffo, the
school. Even with industry and good champion lightweight, has begun to crow
management these two men cannot keep considerably. Arthur was a little premature,
so many mouths filled, and what can be ho-cver, as Harry Oilmoro, the plucky little
hoped when idle half their time? The Canadian lias posted a forfeit for a fight to a
Soils needs more workers and leas con- «hmh w,tb Chan.ten,, who, by thc way, says
„ that the new lightweight lighters are not
suinera. . \ . . nearly as good as those of tho old school
J ,,lir phrtu/o a wither gloomy McAuliffo evidently means business, uwi ’ 4 5
one •’ , ,/ his admirers ar© willing to put up $2,500 100 *
“Acs: but a true one, nevertheless, him, it seems that Chambers can have no ex-
and any farmer will tell you that I have cum for refusing to ratify a match,
not overdrawn the picture. There is no
is no move towards consolidation and
probably will not he.”
“Will there b9 an increase in freight
rates?”
“I do not think so. But of course it
would be better for the growing busi
ness of this town that the two roads
should remain more perfectly compet
ing systems; it would make each more
anxious to hid for business and more
likely to give favorable rates to our
merchants and better accommodations to
traflic and to travel.”
“So far as this is concerned, Augusta
■md Atlanta arc in the same boat with
Athens, The Carolina system of the
Georgia Central has been a close rival of
the Richmond and Danville system in
that neighborhood, drawing to Augusta
and Savannah the trade which was con
trolled for Richmond and Norfolk. Then
in Atlanta the Georgia Central, the East
Tennessee and Danville were separate
systems. You see now they arc practi
cally one, if tny view is correct and At
lanta has hut one outlet—the Western
and Atlantic Railroad.’i
“You may console yourself, however,
with one reflection* Athens will have
in any event, under the terms of the
terms of the lease of the Northeastern
to* the Richmond and Danville, the
same freight in Eastern rates as Atlanta
and in Western rates as Augusta.
SCENES AT THE BANK.
PATHETIC 8KIHT8 WITNESSED AT A
BOtyERY 8AVINGS INSTITUTION.
TragadlM Enacted la the Struggle of Sav
ing Mites for DeposltmA Curious As
sortment of Penou la Liao Early
Monday Morning.
The diseased a
* isolated for days. Dr. Rose thought;
ie middle membrane of the nose should ! applications from the
• watched and a dark, rough edge sdiips.
ould confirm the suspicion of glanders j Mr. To Hudson, in the c untry,
Banner-Watchman Lst evening and de
dared that outside of this one set of
horses and mules, there was no sickness
among stock in town. There were fewer
sick horses than he had ever known, and
all the Rtabie men give the same opinion.
Then von think there is no danger?
“None in the world. To show you
what my faith is, 1 have just ordered out
a new lot of stock to be shipped to-day.
There is not a single sick horse in niy
Stable."
East evening the City Council order: 1
the destruction of the stables u>ed by
the car horses, and that a rigid quaran
tine he maintained against the surviving
animals.
I Any disease, pneumonia or debility, may
‘P'*r • run into glanders. Some authorities
lO’-t claim that it is spontaneous.
I ii«*re are other causes, such as poor
treatment and insufficient protection.
Still in some large stables there are more
or loss glanders all the time.
Ho was asked wh t course should be
tak**n by other parties in town owning
stock not yet affected?
“Let nature take its course,” he said.
“If it develops, you will know how to
act. To nurse it might he to deepen the
mystery and only prolong its breaking
to- out.”
Dr. Rose says thnt a glanderod horse
is never safe, even if it should g**t appa
rently wt 11. It is never safe to use them.
ID proposed to dig up some of the horses
that had hern buried and examine their
heads, and, if practicable, their bodies.
I Glanders attacked mules more violently
LET ATHENS FILL TIIE RAILROAD than horses, and this has been true in
GARS TO 1)A 11 LON KG A. j this instance.
machinery is dniuajed, or how tin* fir?
originated. Mr. McGinty will to-day
begin to put down the floor. The en
gine is not thought te be hurt, hut even
if it is there are other engines in the yard
that can be used. Yesterday 1
.ners were notified to send their order
tight along, as the ib lay will only
only be temporary. The extent of the
loss is not known.
A WISE SUGGESTION.
adding to and greatly improving his
j house.
; There is a bigger railroad boom hov-
1 ering over Athens than any yet made
| public.
I Gen. Gordon was married at the resi-
! dence of the father of Sheriff Overby, of
I (_icon.ee.
j The Knights of Labor were badly
beaten in Savannah. Mr. Lester was
elected mayor.
Gov. Gordon has made our friend Mr.
T. M. Swift, of Elberton, a Lieutenant
Colonel on his staff.
Farmers are buying very economically
this year, and cutting down expenses
wherever they can.
Mr. J. II. Dorsey bought a pair of fine
blacks from Mr. Joe Carlton, at $280, to
work to the omnibus.
Mr. Russell's new bank will soon add
a quarter of a million to the banking cap-
THE lASH FOR A THIEF-
> What Surh it Koad Would Do for I %
| —Cutting Into Atlnutu** Territory
| —Only H.» Milru to Build.
! Daiiloneua, .Ian. 15.— Editors Ban-
M%a
Ills
Mr. Dorsey attributes the trouble in : •**! of Athens,
his stables to a recent lot of Broncho j Mrs. Butler, who was so badly burned
ponies which he bought from San Anto- i yesterday at the Check factory, is about
ni», Texas. Before they were broken j 70 years old.
they became diseased; four are now dead j Mr. U. D. Stokely is now a member of
Rowland & Co.,
Yesterday we reported the capture of
a negr • boy named .enry Harris, son of
Ike Harris who stole a saddle from Mr.
Hendon, a fanner who was on a vis’t to
Athens. This hoy is a professional thief,
hut owing to his extreme youth, the law
did not reach him. But (.’apt. Oliver de
nied that he would try a new remedy
j nek-W atciiman: 1 he building of the and two more are sick. They commenced • the firm of Stokely,
I railroad from Athens to Jefferson sug- to droop and finally to dischtrge from j Crawford.
use in our people, like a pursued ostrich,
sticking their beads in the sand and im
agining themselves safe. Hard times are
ART AND ARTISTS.
The “Dore gallery” will bo opened soon in
us, and, I am afraid, unless we change Boston,
our way of doing, worse are behind. Elihu Veddcr will give an exhibition of his
There is notone farmer in a hundred paintings in Boston this year,
who has made any clear money the past A fife size portrait of Lord Randolph
three years, and not one in five who is Churchill is lieing painted for the Coiu»titu-
as well off as he was three years ago. tion club of Louden, to bo placed beside one
This is true, and do we need any fur- Beaconstkld.
ther argument that we must revolution-1 CoL Fred Grant has a small painting in a
ize our plan of doing business? There is *>lt frame, one of a series painted by hi*
no disguising the fact that the coun try is tether. It represents a group of Indians and
in a bad fix, and it is only hard work shows considerable skill,
and the most rigid economy that can pull Francois Bonvin, tho genre painter, has be-
us thaough. We must all pull together come blind, after painting for forty years. A
and let everybody cut down expenses as committee of Parisian artist* propose to ar-
much as passible. M-rchsnts must be range « sale of art work, to make a fund for
content with less profits, professionals ‘"h ,
with less fees, hands with less wages,' T ^ fa evidently flourishins In Salt
farmers with fewer luxuries, yes, am A paper_ there reeenUy had_ ten
... . *71- columns filled with tho record of the local
even preachers wiU> reduced salaries. ttuilio8 in archito . tur0i ond
Every man must bear his part of the pa^ng
burthen, and then we can hope to pull, Antoino Bra ^ ur th „ p ,
eture restorer, who
through. It is the only thing that will ^mly die.! at Cologne, left Ills collection of
save us. Enxqrgptnevjjjcaiu. law.. Al- pictures, vuluod at 400,000 francs, to tho mu-
'ow no drones te settle on your land, cut scum of his native town, Lille. Th© common
out your crops according to your pocket- council of tho town voted Brasseur a public
book, and then, by all means, make your funeral.
farms as near self-sustaining as possible, j Mr. Chase, tho artist, is very absent niind-
There is plenty of money in terming in ed. On© day two or three ladies visited his
Georgia by good management, but a man studio iu New York and looked at his new
wou d bankrupt himself in the Garden pictures. When they had gone ho said to a
of Eden if he had to work fr * niggers brother artist who was in the room: “It seems
K. A II. OFFICIALS IN ATHENS.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. E. Berkeley,
superintendent of the R. & 1). Railroad
in Atlanta, arrived in Athens,
accompanied by Mr. L. L.
McCleskv, general freight agent. They
came over to consult with Messrs. Bar-
row and Thomas, their attorneys, upon
some matters of detail. They were seen
by the Banner-Watchman and asked
about the reported deals and scoops.
Mr. Berkeley answered that he knew
nothing of the matter. The local officers
were the last to hear of these things ex
cept what they read. He did not be
lieve that these scoops in any event would
interfere with the different departments,
and the details of the management were
not concerned in these large operations.
“There is one thing, however,” said
Mr. Berkeley, “you may be sure of. No
matter how many combinations may en
sue it is scarcely the policy of roads to
“bottle up” any business point. It is the
policy of the Richmond atiu. Danville
Railroad to haul as much to Athens as
possible.” 1
STUPENDOUS SCHEME. j
Th*$ Wall* Street Daily iivrws, refesving*
to the recent deals in Southern railroads,
says; “We are enabled to give the very
latest and most authentic story in regard
to the West Point Terminal negotiations.
It can be relied upon as true, for the in
siders say it is. The East Tennessee
will he extended northwards, and absorb
the Norfolk and Western; the latter,
rhen certain extensions have been com
pleted, will absorb the West Point Ter
minal.”
This, in turn, will absorb the Georgia
Central, and then a new company will
be formed on a grand scale, which will
absorb all the companies. Stock of the
N. & W. will b® exchanged for the East
Tennessee in tne proportion of two for
one, and the latter will he exchanged for
Georgia Central in the proportion of
three for two: but holders of the latter
stock will have the privilege of sub
scribing pro rata on their holdings fo
the Terminal stock in the proportions of
two for three, with the right to exchange
it afterwards into stock of the new com
pany in proportions yet to be agreed
upon. Negotiations to this end are still
proceeding. Meantime the stock market
will be worked for all it is worth.”
ami grow cotton and buy supplies at
credit prices.”
CURIOUS FACTS.
the nose, 'file
... . Y en j The demand for residences in Athens
w«c picked out by the authority and c , ntinu , s . tllt . rfc an . lm .K-s.rable
ests the importance of completing th
line through to Dablonega—a distance .....
of C5 miles from Athens. Ibis would after arbitration Mr Dorsey was allowed J r,!!*
$K> apiece for them
larg
restore to Athens
counties north of * atm*svi
beer, lost to her by reason
struction of the Air-Line
merchants of this section.
trade fro
:* which has 1
of the con-'
road. The
tit.
A man in Dcadwood, D. T., ha* married
bis mother-in-law.
A Pullman car that left San Baraardino,
Cal., recently, 'had oeventeen baby passen
gers.
A man in Astoria has painted the backs of
all his chickens a bright red iu order that he
may reclaim them if they go astray.
A chart of the heavens made about COO B.
to nie I have seen one of those ladies some
where lief jre, the small one, rather pretty.”
“Why, don’t you rememberf* n turned his
friend, “that’s the girl you were engaged to
before you went to Holland.”
SOME LITERARY ENGLISHWOMEN.
Florence Maryatt is a very tall woman
with a masculine face and a line figure. She
talks rapidly and likes to hear a good anec
dote.
Miss Fortesrue Harrison, the author of
“For One Mail's Pleasure,” is a blonde, with
a uiocly shaped head uml smaller hand* and
Further development* are anxiously ! We bear of another man below Ath- | C., in which 1,4G0 stars aro correctly inserted feet than most Englishwomen.
awaited.
it
cub’d that he would trv a new remedy \ :
this time, anil going to the father of the wou '.'* |' rpft r All "' ns AuRusta
thief, told him that if he would give his I ^ »' l,r, : c, rome
Iu
Aon a severe whipping in his presence
lie would not prosecute the case,
ike readily consented, ami Monday night,
at the station house, in the presence of
Uapt. Oliver, Policemen Moon and Hill,
lie administered wit 1 an old fireman’s
belt fifty lashes to the young moke, and
they were well laid on, too. I he hoy’s
screams were fearful, hut Ike did not
hold up until the officers told him they
were satisfied with the chastisement.
This was an excellent compromise of the
case, and we hope to see it repeated in
other instances. Petty larceny is getting
to he quite common in Athens, and the
whipping post will put an end to it.
Atlanta has for fifteen years or more |
regarded this section of Georgia as her
exclusive property, so much so that sin
ens who went to turn over in bed and
broke his arm.
No Hi>cegcimiion. j There are no quails in this part of
The following paragraph from the Georgia—only partridges. The quail is
Athens (Ga.) Watchman of January 15, : tue larger bird.
is sent to us l»y a South Carolinian living j c*pt. J. lice Ehvrhsrt, of Madison
is one of the curiosities of the largest library
In the world at Paris.
at that place
Dr. Steifer, of Greenville, S. C., who
A Yofno Tntr.F.—Will Harris, aged
about eleven years, son of Isaac Harris,
col., *tole a saddle yesterday from a horse
and tried to sell it to Mr. Dsn Mahoney
for 6() cents. Mahoney was satisfied
that the saddle was stolen, and turned
Will over to the police. This little moke
it an incorrigible thief, and has been fre
quently arrested for petty larceny, but
came clear on account of his extreme
▼outh. The saddle belonged to Mr.
llenaon, who lives about six miles from
Athens, in Ci»rke county. Last winter
he had an overcoat stolen from his wagon
in this city. The mule from which the
saddle was taken was tied on Clayton
street, rear of Dorsey’s stables. The
thief should be given at least one hundred
iashes. There is no hope of saving him.
.ias always declined to encourage our j ; us t moved here for the purpose of
railroad efluirts, but puts her money into 1 educating his children, says that the in
sections whose trade was doubtful. In termarriage of the lower class of whites
proof of this fact, I learn that after many * w jn, negroesfis a common occurrence in
efforts by our citizens and others, the J South Carolina, and nobody thinks any-
lmstness men of Atlanta subscribed only I thing of it . Miscegenation is allowed
$1U0 to the Gainesville and HablenegaJ lin( j ( , r nielawsoltliatState,anditthreat-
read, while at the same tune as much as ' ns to pro a U ce a mongrel popula ion.
$4,<»00 **mA subscribed to the Hartwell is certainly a horrible disclosure.”
railroad. Hartwell could go to Athens, J There is not even a grain of truth in
Augusts, Anderson, S. (.., as well as to | t j le foregoing statement. 'I he intennar-
Atlanta, but Dablonega and this section | ri;| ^ re of w i l j les with negroes in South
can, without a road, go only to Atlanta Carolina is an extreme yrare occurrence.
Our business men wish to return to their Sueh intermarriage is prohibited by
former markets, and our miners will go 1 lau% aml besides, “is utterly 1 ull and
A Superstition.—There was a belief
among the people of ye olden time that
if you built a new house and finished
it, the owner would not live long; but if
you left any part thereof uncompleted
you would live until it waa done. Gov.
\Vilson Lumpkin is said to have had this
superstition, and when he constructed
the rock house on the hill overlooking
the cemetery he left one window unfin
ished, And it so remains until to-day.
We learn that this is not the only old
had tbia
to Athens for machinery if they have
direct route.
Mostof our Eastern freights now come
via Charleston and Augusta. The Geor
gia railroad has now a chance to enter
the territory hitherto claimed by the K.
& D. railroad.
Athens might in a short time, by this
means, be connected with the great iron
and coal region of Alabama, as the t’ar-
tersvillc extension of the East A W«*st
road ought to tap the (iainesv lle A
Dablonega road about half way between
these two points—say at Leather's Ford,
on the Chcstatee river, at which point
there are fine locations and water power
for mills, factories, Ac. By all means let
Athens and Dablonega co-operate in this
matter. We hope the editors of th©
Banner-Watchman will help on the
movement. W. A. C.
bouse in Athens whose owner
J0U
r
Frozen to Death.—Saturday a white
man in Madison county named Walt
Simmons, got drunk at a bar-room, and
was found that evening on the roadside
below Newtown, by a negro, nearly fro
zen to death. Some gentlemen, after
working on him for some time, could do
nothing toward his resuscitation, and
placing the man in a wagon sent him
home. He died Sunday night. His
death was caused by mean liquor and
exposure to the cold.
void, and of no ‘effect.* ” Whites
intermarry with colored persons, or col
ored persons who marry with whites, are
guilty of misdemeanor, the penalty on
conviction being a fine of not less than
$5n<),*or imprisonment for not less than
twelve months, or oth. The same pen
alties apply to any clergyman, magistrate
or other person who knowingly and wil
fully unites in the bonds of matrimony
any persons of the different races enu
merated.
lie Watchman will see from this
simple statement that the disclosure
which is naturally deemed so horrible is
nothing but a “mare’s i.est.” Miscege
nation is strictly prohibited in South
Carolina, and convictions for violation of
the law have been had. Moreover, there
is a stiong disposition to take summary
measures in dealing with offences of this
kind.—News & Courier.
Home-Made Win*—We learn that
Mr. Bishop, who lives near the Paper
Mill, last year made 000 gallons of grape
wine, for which he finds a readv sale.
One lady in Athens made (30 gallons
from one vine, and did not use up near
all the fruit Mr. Vonderlieth has a
rocky hillside in Athens planted in scup-
pernonga that will some day be warth a
fortune te him.
county, says he has given up the idea of
moving to Athens.
It is not safe to water horses in the
puh ic trougns until the matter of glan
ders has been settled.
Dr. 11. P. Gatchell, formerly of Athens,
is now living in Marietta, and has devel
oped into a philosopher.
We learn that the R. A 1). road is bit
terly opposed to any extension of the
North-Eastern to Knoxville.
Dr. Rose says that stock were not
enough exposed in Mr. Dorsey’s stables
to give them the glanders.
Mr. Bloomfield does not charge his
factory operatives a cent’s rent for pas
turage. This is certainly kind.
The combination In tween the Central
and the R. A D. syndicates not only bot
tles up Athens, but Atlanta ah*
Rev. Mr. Anderson, of the First M. E.
church, has completely won the hearts
amt confidence of the people already.
But In tie farm wot k has as yet been
done toward the next crop. The hands
waste th ir time shivering around fires.
There is serious complaint in Athena
from countrymen about their wagons be
ing robbed. The police should look into
this.
A journalist was in Athena this week,
and speaks of starting a paper either, at
Crawford or Harmony Grove, by next
spring.
Mrs. L. J. Rampley, of Hartwell, owna
the gold pen that was used in signing the
secession, ordinance of Georgia, January
19th, 1861.
Capt. J. B. Eberhart, of Madison coun*
tv, was in to see U3 yesterday. He aaya
the cotton crop turned out better than at
one time expected.
The Charleston News A Courier aska
if Dr. Steifer did not come from Abbe
ville, S. C., and is the man who demon
strated the fact that a nigger’s akin ia
tanable.
Mrs. Staunard, tho author of “Bootle’s
Baby.” Is described us looking for the
Perhaps one of the tmallest men now living world like a dear, fat, good natural baby,
is James Hoag, of Cedar Springs, Mich. He Sh# nbovo Medium height, round, plump
is forty-five inches in height, weighs seventy- J°Ry-
six pounds, and is 73 yean old. | Mr*. Alexander, who wrote “Tho Wooing
An old elm new OtUw* which was • °V * *
famous landmark of the early settlers o( La “ 0 *7 ^ ur l,r0 . u S h , t d .“»" OTer
Sail, county, WOs bbwa-down recently. It tempta. Bho l.os a simple, .mdly expres.
was six feet in diameter and mors than 150, hke a housekeeper than
years old.
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
VlrK. Butler, nt tlie Check Factory
Fatally Burned.
Yesterday morning, about 7 o’clock,
the clang of the fire hells was heard, and,
iti an instant the city was in a commo
tion. The wind was blowing in fearful
gusts, and we never saw worse time fora
fire to get out. But soon the bells
stopped ringing. Investigation of the
’cause of the alarm showed tl at there had
been a fire, but a human being, and not
a building fed the flames.
It seems that Mrs. Butler, an industri
ous widow who lived in the Rock Row,
belonging to the Check Factory, was in
front of a wood fire preparing breakfast,
when the flames caught her dress. They
had taken a firm hold on the cotton gar
ment before the victim discovered that
he was afire. She made a few frantic
| a writer of books.
A Burlington, Ia., man has a piece of wood
cut from the center of a small hickory tree
which shows the white heart of the hickory
and the shape of a dark heart within. The
white forms a complete picture of a calf's
bead on one side and a rabbit on the other.
Although Carlyle devoted all the energies
of his life in battling against shams, it is not
ed that his old house in Chelsea is occupied
by a quack doctor, and that the tablet to his
memory has been placed on the wrong house.
This might be called the irony of fate.
They have a curious way of reserving seats
in Mexican theatres. Tho reserved seats are
marked on a diagram by small holes in which
are placed wooden pegs. The buyers of a
reserved seat gets one of these pegs, which he
hands to the usher, who, incredible as it may
seem, knows immediately the seat designated
by the size and color of the peg.
A Proposition.—Dr. Catnak suggests
that Oconee county give back to Mor
gan the slice that once belonged to that
county, but was cut off and added to
Clarke, and then come hack to the bosom
of her old Mother, who will give the
prodigal a warm greeting. We would be
delighted to have the gallant county of
Oconee united to Clarke, but we know
that her people will never consent to
give up their independence.
SENATORS WITH LITERARY TASTES.
Senator Brown Is a good Baptist and likes
to write religious articles for the Baptist
papew.
Senator Blair often contributes articles to
topics.
Senator Ingalls takes great pains to make
his eontribuh^sQuUractive, and seldom re*
fuses a publisheFi fequfcst for his views.
Senator Dawes is veey food of writing, and
nothing delights him more than a request for
an article on Indian affairs, of which be is
weO informed.
Senator Edmunds writes briefly and for
cibly. He Is not fond of writing, bat occa*
lionally a publisher induces him testate his
views on some topic.
Senator Wade Hampton, although food of
writing, cannot be said .to be successful as
rushed from the house, out into the
yard. The poor woman’s screams at
once brought to her rescue a number of
the factory opratives, who were at hand
and the burning garments were torn
from her body, but not soon enough,
however, top revent serious injury. Mrs.
Butler was frightfoliy burued, and be
sides, it is thought that she swallowed
some of the flames, in which event there
is no chance for her life. Dr. Benedict
was at once sent for, and did all in his
power to relieve the sufferings of his
patient, which were excruciating.
M rs. Butler is a deserving and indus
trious widow. She has several children,
but they are all grown. She has the
ympathies of all her friends in her
affliction.
High Shoals.—Last week the direc
tors of the High Shoals factory met and
elected a young man named John llod-
we’l as book-keeper, and Mr. J. B. Had-
away as assistant. M . Hadaway had
been book-keeper at the factory siace
1845, but he was too old to longer un
dertake the arduous and increased busi
ness of book-keeping. He is paid
small salary by the company to look
over the books.
A Railroad Corner.—The Richmond
and Danville deal comers the Norfolk
and Western at Bristol. This road must
“get out of the pocket” or be content
with local trade. As there are no more
roads to buy it must build. As the
Pennsylvania Central and Baltimore and
Ohio are also said to be anxious to get
into tho Southern country, they, too,
must commence constructing. The
scoop ia believed to be the death blow
to the French Broad road.
By common consent, not less than by
necessity, Monday Is made the busy day.
Then the bulk of the deposits are made.
The bank doors are opened at 5 A. M.,
and are not closed until 7 P. M. The first
few stragglers are firemen, whose engines
are waiting for water and fueL They
draw their pay late on Saturday evening,
hoard it over Sunday and put it away the
first thing on Monday. What temptations
some of them must resist in that thirty-
four or thirty-five hours I Among these
early comers a woman appears, thinly
clad, hanging on the arm of her young
husband, whose slouchy look and shuf
fling gait are infallible signs that he is
traveling the wrong road to reach pros
perity and happiness. Perhaps they have
a baby-at the place they call home, and
she has left it that she may come here
with her wayward partner to sec their pit
tance put beyond tho immediate reach of
tho grog shop. How she must have
schemed and planned all day Sunday to
keep her good man by her side, away from
temptation, where she could play the
watchdog over their miserable treasure
until it was in the hands of other guard
ians! If the restless man wanted to go
upon the street she threw on her shawl
and went with him; if he insisted on hav
ing a dram she took a pitcher and got him
beer with her own hands, and persuaded
him to drink it in his room. Not for an
instant did she lose sight of him. Nobody
knows what stratagems such wives use to
save their husbands and their children
and—last of all—themselves, from going
to the dogs. And can Sunday be a day of
rest to them with such breakers ahead ?
Why would it not be better if Friday were
made pay day, so that these people could
put away their earnings without this dan
gerous holding over for thirty odd hours f
Or why not open the savings banks on
Sunday? Has either plan been tried in
this city t
As day comes on and tho city begins to
wake up, the stragglers into the bank give
way to a procession. A curious assortment
of i»ersons forms the line that, beginning
at the grated window marked “Receiving
Teller,” stretches down the length of tho
oflice, curves to the left, In the form of a
horseshoe, and doubling back extends be
yond the starting point into the lobby
from whicli it i9 fed. This lobby reminds
one of the hopper in an old fashioned
country grist mill. With their blue bank
books in hand the people crowd into the
small place, twisting in and out, through
and between, pushing and squeezing this
way and that way, elbowing their neigh
bors, and Anally catching on to the line
of march in precisely the same manner
as the corn in the hopper finds its way
to the jaws of the millstones. Glance at
the line as it slowly pays out of the hop
per and flies by the grated window. See
the olil woman, now nervously fumbling
in the pocket of her too shiny alpaca
dress for a few coins to make up the
dollar she has come to deposit. Savings
of a week! Yesterday she went without
dinner and fire rather than rob herself of
one penny. She must have worn that
remnant of a bonnet for ten years, judging
by its looks. Her shoes—you couldn't call
them shoes; they are patches of old leather
sewn together somewhat in the shape of
shoes. Stockings? Why you can see the
skin of her foot through the broad seam.
‘ *Ono—two—three—four—five—one dol
lar; all right,” says the teller. He makc9
a few figures in her book and hands it
back to her. The little, slender figure is
unceremoniously pushed on by the revolv
ing unwinding process going on in the
hopper, and the next person in line appears
face to face with the teller.
Next comes on a woman of middle age,
once short, a blonde, fresh and fair; now
still short, but faded and wrinkled. She
has the lack-luster eye so common in per
sons who belong in what may surely be
called, even in democratic America, the
an eyi fromyhteh all
Ii©i*©»£ lii4rpfotfrT-loug»tea<r>lojb*-friiuliaa-| pyadawbai
seen better days; she married beneath her
and her husband dragged her down. Too
late now to rise, woman. Your life is
wrecked. Nothing to live for but death.
But for whom is she laying up that money?
She gives the teller some notes and he
counts them out, $0. The hopper grinds
on, she is forced aside and disappears in
the street.
The next person In the line Is a young
girl, evidently sent by her mother to
make a deposit. She gives no indication
of the circumstances of her family, though
any one may see by her untidy dress that
her mother, be she comfortable or needy,
is a careless sort of person who doesn’t
believe in the next thing to godliness.
Behind the girl is a man whom you
would take to be a miser, simply because
of his repulsive appearance. He is about
five feet four inches, and carries between
his shoulder blades a hump that dwarfs
and stoops him, causes his neck to seem
much shorter than it i3, and pushes his
head forward to an angle of 45 degs., so
that it is not easy for him to raise his
eyes to look straight before him. Ho car
ries a walking stick, and you may easily
imagine that, his room in some Houston
street garret is the abode of cats, and
snakes, and a crow or two, in whose com
panionship he finds what he imagines is
sublunary happiness. But if a miser
he is of a new breed, for who ever heard
of one of the old kind keeping his money
in a liank? He deposits $30 and moves on.
Behind him is a poor fellow who has
been doing the work of Sisyphus for
twenty years. He has the poor man’s mis
fortune—a big family—and whenever his
bank account begins to grow ono of the
“childers” needs tho doctor, and suddenly
the money is all gone. Then he begins
over again, with tho same result, and so it
goes on, year after year. “If I can only
get a start,” is his refrain to the ceaseless
song of his disappointments. Next comes
a young mother, leading her little girl by
tho hand, and smiling at the child’s
pranks. There must bo sunshine in her
home. Her industrious husband, too busy
to come to the bank, makes her the
chancellor of the exchequer. To-day she
adds $10 to their steadily increasing fund
and joyfully goes her way. About four
persons in ten who pass tho receiving tel
ler seem to care little for life in the ab
stract. the other six appear contented and
reasonably happy. If there is any one
thing calculated to produce a feeling of
supremo satisfaction in man it is a grow-
Munielpal Affairs—An Interesting Law
, _ Suit-Personal, etc.
r.. jTO T T ? v *' , V* n * 1T —[S'PocW-] Mis.
Uara Johnson Jim opened her nchool at
ra^aeademy with rery flattering pros-
Miss Leila Richardson, of Athena, ia
expected soon to re-open her school
hen.
Capt II. Xaumann has pone np near
Lanier’s store to teach this year.
Col. A. L. Barge will teach at Chria-
turn Chapel.
Mr. Hirain I\ Stanton leaves us this
ne Mr.
week to go into business near 1
Mack Wills speak* Of going with him.
Mrs. ( . \V. Harris ia at home after a
retracted Tisit to her parents in Oconee,
■he has been a sufferer from rheumatism
for some time, but is much improved.
, V. e » re anxiously -waiting the arrival
Of Maj. Mormon and party to view this,
the most practical and valuable route 1
through which the G. C. & N R. R. could
pass.
Ihose who will control our municipal
affairs this year arc. Dr. W. H. Mitchell
mayor, Z. F. Stanton. .J. H. Kilpore. Dr!
, „ „ , Kilgore, Dr.
•I. C. DeLapcrriere and D. Y. Hodges,
alderman; Dr. J. J. Boring clerk, Z. F.
Jack ton marshal, X. J. Kelley treasurer.
The mayor’s salary is $25 per annum,
and the aldermen get $10 each. The
marshal receives $175. It cost the tax
payers 7-10 of 1 per cent, to run the
town last year, leaving something over
$100 in the treasury to begin this year.
A case between the city council of Jug
Tavern and Joseph Clark ami A. T. Da
vis was tried in Cut Off district court
last Saturday, which being of an impor-
tant character, deserves mention in this
connection.
Messrs. Clarke and Davis had a negrr
Jnn Wheeler, in their employ whom tin r
had paid out of the chain-gang. Jim
was arrested by the marshal for violating
a town ordnance and in payment of fin*
and costs these gentlemen gave their
note. Upon grounds of illegality, pay
ment of the note was refused, and they
were sued by council >n Cut Off court.
The town was represented by Col. A. H.'
Fisher, and defendants by Col. Allen j]
Arnold, of Monroe.
Defendants claimed that the incorpora
tion of Jug Tavern was illegal, owing to
tiie fact that due notice cf application for
charter was not given before the caartcr
was granted by the legislature, and there
fore the incorporation was illegal, and
enforcement of payment of any debt
contracted unlawful, 'i he case was de
cided in favor of defendants. This de
cision if sustained in higher courts, and
tiie opportunity will probably occur, wiil
no doubt give rise to other complications
in future, and the sooner it is brought
about the better for us. Right now, we
are on tho eve of fresh impetus being
given to every bra. of industry, and
our social relations, as well as business
interests will be jeopardized by an un
stable constitution to rest on.
If our charter is invulnerable to tech
nicalities of the law which gave it to us,
welland good; if not, let its justification
he made perfect so that no errors may
occur in future. \\\
CLUVEHIUS IS NO MORE.
[Robs Bulletin ]
1. J. Cluverius, the alleged murderer
of Lillian Madison, paid the death penal
ty at Richmond yesterday.
As th evidence was ‘altogether cir
cumstantial and he protested his in-
uocence with so much enrm stness that
many people yet think that Cluverius was
not guilty.
Discussion is now too late to affect the
fate of the unfortunate victim, but the
public dissatisfaction may he tempered hv
considering a few facts which go to con-
fiirin the decision and vindicate the ac-
tton of the courts.
Cluverius had warm friends and as able
counsel as Virginia could furnish.
His case was prepared patiently, care
fully, skillfully: nothing was omitted,
nothing overdone, nothing left behind,
every thing brought up that could give
the least prospect of Requital.
The court and jurors saw what rend
ers cannot see. They saw not only the
testimony but’the manner and motive of
the testimony.
f I he wisdom of the law permits no
criminal to be convicted except upon the
statements of a confronting witness.
Readers are not, therefore prepared to sit
in judgment upon the merits of this
trial.
ruderoa,»•:^«9*a>g n £an<>
age of Christeneffora ?ho«t4MhLQ,."N(cases
where great abilities and strong influ -
encesare wielded in behalf of the accus
ed pliant pity too often takes the place of
stern justice and nothing therefore but
the clearest proof of guilt could have
consigned Cluverius to the gallows.
The Supreme Court thought so, the
members of the Legislature thought so
and the governor, with all the eloquence
of lawyers and all the plaintive pleadings
of a mother was reluctantly forced to en
tertain the same opinion.
He gives facts of an alibi which facts
would have resulted in an acquitall and
vet he furnished no good reason why
they were not proven on the trial or at
least brought forward in arrest of judg-
inefit.
Those facts, established even after the
trial had reached its last resort, would
have induced some measure of executive
clemency. No person doubt this, no per
son can doubt it.
merciful public read the alibi and
believed it, a just Go\ener in vcf igation
the alibi, with all the lights turned on,
and found it untrue.
In the last days of his wretched life,
Cluverius often asserted his innocence
and he repeated the assertion yesterday
as he stood uuder the very wing of the
dark death angel.
But never has he been reported as say
ing: “I did not kill Lillian Madison.”
Never. A persuaded conciepcc-Jttig^U
havo dictated the words, “I am innocent,”
while the unuttered guilt was charged
only fo the wild passions that mastered
the offending arm, or he may ever have
tortured himself into the belief that there
was innocence in'the killing of a ruined
blighted woman, whosj hopes were gone*
efforts to extinguish the flames, but fail-
. .. ,ti r i, , ,| Bupremu sausiiicuoii iu uiuu »v w n jjivw-
mg became thoroughly frightened and I inj L bank accouut; ^ there ought to be a
n "* “ larger proportion of happy persons about
tho receiving teller of a bonk—a safe bank
—than anjVhere else. For that reason It
Is not a proper place to get a correct Idea
of the condition of humanity, for many
miserable thousands In every community
never darken a bank door.—New York
Tribune.
ELBERT IOIVTV.
Os* Million Dollars.—On tho first
* of January, 1887, stock to the amount of
r ne million d illars was issued to the
2Th2t“wta I proprietors of the Atlanta Constitution
— of Us articles Ss published be bay* 100 or 1 18 u WM «stimated that the paper P»»d a
aod distribute* IW* interest on that sum. This is the
I biggest newspaper boom in the South.
LATER AND FULLER ACCOUNT.
M rs. Butler, an old lady living with
her family opposite the Check Factory was
standing near an open fire when
she discovered that her dress was ablaze.
She was by lietself in the house. As
quick as thought rhe rushed out of doors
to go to the river but before she had got
ten out of the yard was enveloped
in flames from her clothing. Frantic
with pain and fright, she began tearing
them from her, and when first seen was
sitting on the frozen ground trying to
pull off her stocking—all that was left
on her. Dr. Benedict was at once sum
moned and reached there in about fif
teen minutes. By this lime Mrs. But
ler had been placed in bed. She was
suffering great agony and was shivering
with cold. II was found that she was
literally blistered all over and some
places the burn extends through the skin.
Below the waist there is not a portion of
the skin which is not destroyed, and
abase, all is burned except a portion of
the right side and the armB. Her left
hand is badly burned. The task of
dressing those wounds was an arduous
one but when finished she was
resting fairly well under the influence of
an opiate. From such an injury it is hard
ly possible to expect but one tcrm : na-
tion—death! Dr. "Benedict says that
there * chance for her recovery.
[ incite. ]
Mr. J. O. Sanders has been quite sick
for the last two weeks with inflammatory
rheumatism.
The Methodist church at this place
has about four hundred members, and
the Sunday school numbers [about
275 scholars.
Mr. James M. Cosby has invented an
attachment for a sewing machine which
cnablca a lady to run it by hand, when
desirable, and which also makes it run
much lighter by foot
It is thought that the stock of the K1
burton Air-Line Itailroad will be worth
fifty cents in the dollar as soon as the
company makes a showing as to the re
ceipts and expenditures, and this, it is
expected, will be done in a short time.
t
whose wine of life was on the lees.
Be the reasons what they may, Cluvo-
rius is not reported as having said either
ill articulo mortis or at any oilier time
since his conviction, that he did not take
the life of Lillian Madison and such a state
ment from him has been invited by sev
eral opportunities.
Enough. Cluverius was a young man
of intelligent and promise and many com
mendable qualities.
If he gave his birthright for a moment of
criminal and vindictive gratiflication. let
us remember that with poor humanity the
thunders of tiie mightiest throne are less
powerful than the whispers of the petti-
st passio.i.
“The tempest in its blackest form
Is beauty to the bosom's storm.”
FASHION jjOTES.
Children's coats and frocks are as of
ten made with full gathered us plaited
skirts.
The toque, a cap-shaped hat without a
brim, is brought into notice, and bids
fair to he a success.
Legal Batosm.—A colored brother
came to town a few days ago to consult
a lawyer as to the validity of his baptism.
He said when ha was baptised the weath
er was very cold and the preacher not
being very well, deputised two deacons
to take him down iqto the water and dip
him, while the preacher remained on the
bank and repeated the ceremony. He
had been told by some white man that he
had not properly been baptised, and he
wanted to see a lawyer to find out wheth
er it was legal or not—Elbertcn Ga
zette.
Open embroidery is used by some
dressmakers on wool frocks that arc
trimmed with hands of fur.
Pale blue and rose pink cashmere,
trimmed with moss green plush, make
pretty party frocks for young ladies.
To make the tailor suit of cloth light
and comfortable, the best tailors use silk
for the foundation of the entire costume.
Glossy beaver hats are worn by young
ladies with dressy afternoon toilets, as
well as with Jailor-made suits in tho
morning.
The wearing of wool materials on all
Mbs. Butleb Dies.—On Tuesday
night Mrs. Butler, who was so very se
verely burned that day, breathed her
last, after suffering intense sgonieB all
day. With the exception of one place
on her left side, her whole body was a
blister. She was buried yesterday. It
was a horrible accident
occasions by children has greatly dimin-
their ‘
islied the use of silken suits for their best
frocks.
Velvet bonnetsarc worn this season with
cloth and fancy woolen suits, especially
when velvet or velveteen forms part of
the costume.
Bold color combinations, such as sky
blue and mauve scarlet and pale blue,
heliotrope and orange, are made to fra
ternize in late French evening toilets.
Broadcloth in all the day colors, with
astrschan medallions of contrasting timts,
is used for panels for dresses of plain
cloth. Flouncings to correaponed are
also employed.
Velvet underskirts; both of silk velvet,
corduroy and velveteen, are again in
highest fashion. This first skirt. is now
not necessarily chosen of the same color
as the rest of the costumes,
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