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Bee holding 75' per-
■on’s OQ extraordinary occasions, though
.1 now (oqd/ idyafif Ihfe two bund red th
man that had crowded in. In the course
of ten minutes I had elbowed my way
through real estate agents, speculators
and visitors, and putting a peculiar-look
ing scrawl that began with a 0 and end
ed with a wavy line on the register, I
remarked to the bejewelled clerk that I
should like to be shown to my room at
onci. The clerk smiled blandly and re
marked, “There is not a bed to be had.
sir. * I tried the Florence Hotel, and a
similar crowd, a similar clerk with simi
lar diamond and reply to u
my rooms greeted me t *en
jay way to another hash
^was told* there that the las
been given ta “this gen
“This gentleman here” i
from the wilds of Marion
hnif was long and stringy,
low, and his appearance uncomfortable
I think he had never seen :
thanTlUville before, but it
chance, and I asked if 1 mij
bed that night. After loo
fully over from head to fao
me questions, th* answi
which embraced a compreh
ry of myself and ancestors
■ for
ided
and
just
re.”
mer
llis
>WJ|
mlv
his
arc
ing
II of
sto-
:en-
erutions back, he made some indistinct
reiuaiks about a “bad i
too careful,” looked at i
minute, picked his teeth fo
said he reckoned he could
on- night. So you see h<
men are getting rich. Tlu
unusual going on here now
exposition, no convention *
the kind to draw a crowi
boom that is sure to come,
estate and make more forti
yet struck, but *till tne lm
are overflowing.
Where do all th-so people c
and what is th ir uusue ss her
rally one of th- lir-t ques i o s
eS. * I h a c u
aitel
ling
tl.j|», has ha.
tales told ah
peels preseu
all classes,
quick 1 v foun
ello
Land futti
»:.d from
d their ws
, s and pro-
th It people of
11 quarters have
here, some to
-onmt and speculate,
gr.tify theircuriosi-
ill find the stories
about Rninn gham are not overdrawn.
The lahorn g man find* work of some
kind and resolve- to stick to Birming
ham: the spectator invests thrice as
much ns he Jir-t it tended; the “It ok«*r
But •
ound hi
ekly impressed with
. and t'ut 1
Tthw
groat-
Tht Sl*yer of Ed Royal, who Escaped From
tho Chair Gang, Scooped In—The Con-
vict Tells a Thrilling story-How He Vi as
Captured—Will He He Pardoned?
f Atlanta Comti mion ]
Either to-day or to-morrow. Governor
Gordon will be visited by a party of
citizens of Athens, who wiil present a
petition jor the free pardon of W. L.
Seagraves, the slaver of Ed Royal.
“Buck” Seagraves, as he is familiarly
called by bis friends, was tried for the
murder-of Royal. He was convicted of
manslaughter, and the Judge sentenced
him to serve twelve years in the chain-
gang-
“Is there not a reward outstanding for
the arrest bf Seagaaves,” asked a Con
stitution reporter of one of the State
house officials lust night
“Yes, there is,” was' the reply, “and
Mr. Wilson is clearly entitled to it.”
A number of the convict's friends are
in the city for the purpose of securing
his pardon if possible. They have a
numerously signed petition, which they
will forthwith place in the governor's
hands. This petition contains the names
of the most of the jurors that tried the
case, of the lawyers engaged on the part
of the prosecution, of prominent county
officials and many highly respectable and
influential citizens of Athens.
At the time of his arrest Seagraves
was living quietly on a farm in Madison
couuty tilling the soil and trying to
make an honest living, llis wife was
with him and his hearthstone was surroun
ded by hisdrattling little children, all un-
cohm-ious of their father's disgrace. He
was very popular and was regarded by
liis neighbors as an honest, industrious
man. Many of these neighbors will
>ign their names to the petition.
The slayer «>t uoyal does not appear to
he a hardened criminal. His counte
nance is frank and honest. Those who
have known him from boyhood, declare
that he is as true a man as ever lived ;
that lie was never kn wn to do a mean
or cowardly thing. They say he was
•-razed with drink when he c »uimittt d
the deed, and that, while the courts have
held him to ho responsible for his rash
act, yet, a humane governor may not
judge with equal severity. They are
confident of obtaining a pardon from
Governor Gordon.
NOT THE RIVER, BUT THE COUN
TY JUST BEYOND. .. . < <
HIGH SHOAlS FACTORY.
Uriel Description of Tliis Important
F.nterpriKe.
Riding down to the Shoals we were
beautv
npha
mode
fitv,
far
like Wall
side
and i
-lor.i s . f-re
. -u ,1.1- “Mag
todeihighh colored. The poor;
f to-day has h big bank account
Birmingham has
et, without Wall
Everybody has
!v has lost' But
h w long this is going to last, nobody
can s»y. A boom comes, real estate goes
\v iy up, and everybody declares that it
cannot possibly go a point ..igher, yet let
another boom come, and the former
prices ate comparatively nothing. Oi
course this kind of thing has got to end
tome time, hut when will that be is the
question, and will real estate stand firm
on its last prices or drop flat? is another
consideration tint men still ponder over.
Be this ns it may, Birmingham is destin
ed to he one of tin? greatest cities of the
South, and that before very long. Tin-
town is prosperous, every business is
coining money, it is growing remarkably
fast in every way. It is the place for
the capitalist, and the working man as
well; the young business or professional
man does not have the heavy competi
tion with eld and established firms that
he tinds in old and established towns, but
finds in Birmimrham a place where en-
ergy, push and sound judgment has a
just and speedy reward.
The name “Boomingham” has been
applied to Birmingh >m, but this is a mis
nomer, and the remarkable growth of
Birmingham is not so wonderful after all,
when we stop a moment and consider
what she has to cause such rapid devel
opment. There are in and around Bir
mingham eleven furnaces in active oper
ation and fourteen more in process of con-
urpnsed to find so many nice little
thickly strewn in picturesque
er the hills in every direction.
We were still more surprised on hearing
from President Hinton that High Shoals
claims over sm inhabitants and has four
stores besides the one owned by the com
pany. Mr. Hinton showed us all through
the mills, where hundreds of busy fin
gers were engaged in putting king cotton
in shape to serve the people, in the way
of chocks, plaids, shirting, yarns, etc.
There* are eighty looms in operation, ami
the company gives employment to more
than -00 hands, including the store and
warehouse. The pay roll of mill hands
alone is $2.5m per month. They have a
large store for the accommodation of
their hands and the general public
This company manipulates over 1,800
hales of cotton per annum Every dol
lar of it is Southern capital, most of it
owned by parties within .”»0 miles from
the mill. Officers of the company are J.
W. Hinton, Pros.; J. W. Rod well. Sec.;
J. W. Blair, Sup. mills; J. B. Hattaway.
W. P. Price and J. F. Hester are clerks
in the store.—Madisonian.
Must Pall Down the IElimls—
Judffe HuichlnN Remler« His De
cision In tile Election Content In
Favor of Prohibition.
The long fight against liquor in Oco
nee is over and the county is dry.
The election was held on the 20th ef
last May. Prohibition received the ma
jority of the ballots cast, but the Ordi
nary, Hon. B. E. Thrasher, delayed the
formal announcement of the Tesult until
a mandamus was issued to compel him
to declare the result of the vote. In the
meantime a petition had been Hied by
the anti-prohibitionists asking the Ordi
nary to look into the case and pass upon
the legality of Salem and Farmington
districts. That officer did so and threw
out the disputed districts, declaring the
result “wet,” or against prohibition.
Counsel for prohibitionists Jhen insti
tuted proceedings for contempt against
the ordinary; constwing the Judge's de
cision t# have been a.n order to the Ordi
nary to declare the result according to
the face of the returns as first made up.
Judge Hutchins last August, however,
dismissed these proceedings, stating
that liis order was merely to make the
Ordinary declare the result one way or
the other, not to influence his verdict.
The prohibitionists through counsel
thenjjgave notice of contest and the case
came up for hearing at this term of
Oconee court. It was argued on Mon
day by Messrs. Barrow & Thomas for
the prohibitionists and Messrs. E. K.
Lumpkin and W. B. Burnett for the
antis.
Judge Hutchins reviewed the evi
dence late Monday night and declared
the county dry. This decision will take
effect on the first o r March. The liquor
men will appeal to the supreme court.
THE OFFICIAL OUDKIt OF COIRT.
"I*'
r law:
in this cor.tost 1-elng suLmittetl
> the Court hr the la’tie* on an agr< ed na e-
imitof facts, wi’hont th-Intition f a jury,
ft-*r cor.sid. ring ihetvLlenc- and the «?*»■-
i"nts«f counnol. it is considered, or.Iure t tttkd
Iju Igrd tiy the court that the action of the Or-
dumrv b • overrul* d, and it is fur'her c tasidered.
9 General A«-
op’er-.d aid ml judg'd th
tion held May 20lh, ’.sort. In the com
u.iier the p/ovl ions o the art ol t
servhly sppiovt-d .-wp\ IS h ih$5, known
•‘oener *1 .jnc .1 Option l i-j 10 Law.’’ resil
r m joii'j- of fortT-seree v 17> votes
SI.’ It i- urtner ordertd that this judgment
puh'Uhrd tn teiuis cf the la“*.
.n ihe Superior court ol (‘conoi* County. Jar.u-
ry term, IM7. >’. L IICTC HI NS.
Jud ;e S. C., W. C.
c.Mirt, this Jsn. 31, lsc7.
a of Oconee Su-
ORGANIZED FARMERS.
breast wound had completely healed up.
A .cursory examination as to What sited
the rapidily declining msn was nude by
By. J. B. Murphy: It developed the fact
that a particle of the casting of the bomb
bfd passed through the breast-bone op
posite about midway between the second
and third ribs, had deflected slightly to
The Destructive Power of Dyne, the left, and was then resting an eight of
mlte-.Interea.ling Description of a inch „r?h.
TALK WITH ONE OF THE VICTIMS
OF THE CHICAGO DYNAMITERS.
WIIAT THE OCONEE AGRICULTU
RAL CLUB IS DOING.
A SINGULAR SPECTACLE
Drwprrnfr C’i
mid .
While in Watikn.-ville, a gentleman
informed us of a terrible fight that he
witnessed between a game rooster of the
Shawl-neck variety and a hawk. The
rooster was sitting on the fence, quietly
watching his numerous piogeny and giv
ing vent to his feelings in clarion notes,
when a blue-tailed chicken hawk made a
dash for one of the little chicks. The
hawk had hardly gotten the little one
safe in his talons befa
for him in true game
a desperate fight ensued. The hawk
held on to the little chicken and the
rooster plied his heels d* ep into the flesh
of the hawk. The cock made such
vigorous attack on th
to h t the little chickt
The Prof itw in Paying C'nwh for Sup
plier - Helping tine Another—Pre
mium Crop*—The Two Clubs in
bohlien.
Watkinsville, Ga., Jan. 20—[Special.]
— Last night I had a most interesting and
instructive talk with Mr. Bilik Elder,
secretary of the Oconee Agricultural
Club, that convenes twice a week at Go
shen, in lower Ooconee county. This
dug is one of the oldest in Georgia, hav
ing been organized sixteen years, but
only the past three years has it been
brought to the success it now enjoys.
The members are the creme de la creme
of the farmers of that section, Onty
men of reliability and standing a r e ad
mitted, and they are required to conform
strictly to the rules laid down. Years
ago there was a split in the club, and
about half the members withdrew and
formed a new organization, but there is
no bitterness or antagonism felt. The
cause of the division was the adoption of
a new constitution, to which certain of
the members objected. It seems that it
was resolved that the club should bor
row money to supply its members as a
body. To do this, each member was re-
the rooster went ! quired to mortgage to the clubland worth
liicken style, and double the amount of money that he
ia Hawk
Interesting; Descrlpti
Famous Surgical Operation.
For several weeks there has been
boarding at the Commercial Hotel in
Athens officer Charles Whitney, of the
Chicago police force, together with his
wife. Mr. Whitney is one of the men
who was so seriously wounded by the
dynamite bomb thrown by the socialists
of Chicago during the llaymarket riot,
the 4th of May, 1886. Mr. Whitney is
a handsome man, and talks.quite freely.
He is travelling South for the benefit of
his health, being pensioned by the city
of Chicago, and finding- Athens a quiet
and desirable place, decided to stop here
until the middle of March. Mr. Whit
ney wears his badge, and has* also cre
dentials showing his standing as a po-
iceman. 4L_ ■«.«*
Yesterday a B.-W. reporter met Mr.
Whitney on Broad street and drew him
out in conversation. We asked what
will be the doom of the condemed Soci
alists, now lying in the Chicago jail.
“They will certainly be executed,”
was the reply. “You know they have
appealed to the supreme court and will
have a hearing in March; but even in
the possible event of a reversal of
the judgment of the low
er court that condemned them to
death, they will never be permitted to
leave Cook county jail alive, unless it be
to go to the gallows. If no one
else interfered, the Chicago police force
would will rise to a man and wreak a
summary vengeance on the fiends. Why,
we had as well burn down Chicago at
once, as to turn loose these men.”
“Are there many Socialists in
Chicago?”
“They are fully ten thousand strong,
for I have seen nearly as many as that
number collected at one of their gather
ings. And they are not confined, either,
to Chicago, but are spread
ing all over the country. I’ll wager
there are fifty or one hundred even in
your Southern city of Chattanooga. It
is a dangerous organization, that appeals
to the worsts promptings of the heart.
They are a lazy, incendiary set, who
won’t work themselves, but want to con
fiscate and divide up the accumulations
of others. They have no religion and hold
in contempt the most sacred ties. The
Socialists area cowardly ere v, too, and
will scatter like a covey of birds before
fire. Herr Most, their head man, tells
them that their leaders must not run any
risk, but when they fan into existence a
riot or any manner of trouble, to get out
of the way as fast as possible and leave
to the masses the consequences. This i:
just what they do. By the most inflam
matory and outrageous harrangues the
passions of the ignorant masses are
aroused, and when the fighting commen
ces,these men will spring into a buggy
and get out of the way as fast as possi -
hie. I once saw a big meeting of them
in front of the mammoth dry goods store
of Field, Leitner & Co., that covers an
entire blocic and is ten or eleven st >ries
high. The leader was harranguing the
mob from a wagon, and pointing to the
building he told them that there was
over one million dollars worth of goods
in it, all claimed by two or three men,
when in (act it was as much their’s as
the men who claimed it. The speaker
urged them to batter down the windows
and doors and help themselves. But the
mob decided discretion was the better
part ol valor, and while they would yell
and threaten,.made no. aggressive raoveJ
ment; and it was well for the_a. too, that
they did not storm the building, as they
would have met a warm reception.
There were about a dozen steam boilers
in the house, and to each was attached a
piece of hose. That mob would have
been resisted by streams of scalding wa
nt inch from the covering of the heart—
the pericardium. At every heart bqst the
poisonous metal was being drawn nearer
that organ. It was literally eating its way
into Officer Whitney’s heart. Dr. Har-
phy hurridly summoned Dr. E. W. Lee,
and the delicate task of boaring a hole
through Whitney’s breast-bone, ss with
an auger, begun. The policeman was
pat under the influence of either. Tak
ing a trephine capable of cbisseling a hole
five-eighths of an inch in diameter, Dr
Murphy began bis work. It took just
eighty minutes to cut a hole through the
breast-bone, which at this juncture was
nearly an inch thick. The buttonsbsped
opening readily disclosed to view the
piece of shell, which was deftly fished out
with the aid of a pair of tweezers. Al
ready it had imhedd^ itself in the fatty
outer coating of the heart. It was a con
ical-shaped piece of metal, composed of
copper, zinc and leadin about equal parts.
Had Dr. Murphy not acted promptly in
the matter the probabilities are that at
this writing Officer Whitney would have
been the ninth on the list of deceased vic
tims of the 4th of May ’’
might wish to borrow. Tins land must
be free from encumbrances of every
kind. The money was to be secured
from the University Hank, and the note
hawk that it had [ endorsed by every member of the club,
co after the fi-ht 1 Oertain parties refused to become respon-
had lasted a short while ami tprn his at- I -dhle for other debts and
t. ntion to his m >re formidable adversary. • fused to subscribe to the new constitu-
strnction. Those in operation employ I Then came a struggle for life, and the *i°n. They withdrew and formed a club
toster came off victorious, killing
| me hawk on the spot. The rooster re-
so ceived a very had cut on the hack of his
! head anil under the wings, hut left the
i field well satisfied with his work.
OCONEE OURT-
12,f»UO men constantly. Perhaps the
only really remarkable thing about Bir
mingham, is that people have been
long in realizing what exceptional re
sources this section is blessed with. It
is only natural that a town sh uld have
phenomenal growth when it is suddenly j
discovered that it is in the centre of one
of the richest coal fields known. It has I
been estimated that with a daily out ut 1
of HUM) tons, there is coal enough in |
this region to last 100,UX) years. So j ' vG ' v Sl,n
there is practically no such thins as ex- O’Dillon, Jr, S D Hardigree, David
htutsling the fields of Mabama. There H«'f S'' B Jackson, B P Gregory, sr.
ar*» really mountains of both coal and ” ” Branch, J L McRee, A H Morton, S
iron around Birmingham. The red hem-.: H Thrasher.Jas Frazer, sr, Jas M Mayne,
atite ore, which is the most valuable iron I s w Lea, II E Jackson, T S W illiamson,
ore, is found in New York in seams two j L A Moon, (, il Ashford, 1* rank Jackson,
feet in thickness, in Pennsylvania the H Edwards, \\ A Marshall, J H Lowe,
seams are four feet thick, in Tennessee , O \\ Jackson, A < Osborn, V C
seven to eight, and in Alabama twenty- I Hayes, H C Parrish, 1 N Epps,
five. Now, considering the fact that this | hhavkrse jury oiiawx.
) is in such quantities, and can he load- 1 J G i ooper, I) S Thomas W B Wjllianis,
GRAND JURORS.
T II Daniel, Oscar F Johnson, S R
T T Chandler, J
that is known as No. 2. Each lodge
numbers about forty members, but at
every meeting applications are made fa-
admission.
M r Elder tells us of a great many
splendid rules adopted by the club.
In the first place,, if a member fails to
pay his just debts he is expelled. They
do not hire hands that have been in the
employ of a brother member unless the
negro brings a letter of recommendation.
Pots are made up every year for the
largest yields of the various crops. Last
year Mr. George \V. Cook took the prize
by raising 1,833 pounds of seed cotton
on an acre of land. Several other mem
bers mad' as h*gh as 1,500 pounds.
They also borrowed from the University
Bank, .$2,400, and by paying cash for the
poods saved over $800 on the lowest
A MODEL HOME ON PRINCE AVE
NUE.
FROM WATKINSVILLE.
A BATCH OF INTERESTING ITEMS
FROM OCONEE’S CAPITAL.
A Clue, to flic Incendiaries—Tlie
Prohibition Decinipii-lYhitehead’K
It*lca«e— -Tij-paitjus Again at
Watkinsvillk, Feb. 2.—[Special.]—
We have at last a clue to the fiends who
burned our town, or at least indisputable
evidence that the fire on the night of the
9th ult. was the work of incendiaries to
conceal robbery. This morning a negro
man named Bob Davis, a blacksmith,
while strolling around Mr. Bed Lang
ford’s lot, discovered in a fence corner
Dr. Wood Arnold’s case of surgical in
struments that nc left in his store the
night of the fire, and were supposed to
have been burned with the building.
The burglars evidently thought the case
contained money, ar.d had opened it
vrith a chisel, but finding only the in
struments cast it aside. The instru
ments were a very fine set and as bright
as the day they were bought, ulthough
exposed so long to the weather. It ha<
been suspected that our fire was the
work of incendiaries, and this furnishes
proof of the fact. There is certainly an
organized band of burglars and incendi
aries in Oconee couuty, and our people
are talking about organizing a vigilance
committee to hunt them out. There is a
strong suspicion as to . who the guilty
parties are, but the evidence is not
strong enough as yet to authorize an
arrest.
There is a wide difference of opinion
as to when prohibition goes into effect
in Oconee cdnnty, since the decision of
Judge Hutchins. Some of the best
lawyers afiinn that it takes effect imme
diately, and any one selling liquor after
the publication of the proclamation vio
lates the law. The liquor tn.-n, howev
er, have interpieted it tl at prohibit o i
goes into effect after 28 days, and they
have still the bar-rooms open and are
selling as of yore. 1 do not suppose
any indictments will be made, as the
time will soon roll around, and it stems
fair that the liquor tfcaler^ should be
given time to closa out ‘
; fiigbt^ I ,
free he spent wiln Sheri.^ -Overby, and
was too happy to eat either supper or
breakfast His wife was not with him
when the verdict was rendered. He is
now at Mrs. Milligan’s, his wife’s moth
ers. There is great dissatisfaction at
Trenching and Tile Draining—How
to Secure a Soil Five Feet in Depth
•A New and Valuable Idea for Our
Gardenen, etc.
E. K. Lumpkin, Esq„ is one of the
best and most successful gardeners in
the state, as well as a first-class lawyer.
He owns a beautiful home on Prince ave
nue. and has surrounded himself and
family with all the conveniences and
comforts of life. He has just completed
a hot house, the same heated by a small
coal stove, and entered by a door leading
from sitting room, where Mrs. Lumpkin
can have all the enjoyment of the luxury
of blooming plants even in the bleakest
weather. Mr. Lumpkin has placed an
electric bell in every room i i his house,
so that the servants can be summoned
without trouble. But the most impor
tant feature of this gentleman’s home is
his garden, of which we started to tett.
He has completely revolutionized gar
dening in Athens, and our people will
watch his experiment with great interest.
To begin with, Mr. Lumpkin selects a
bed and on one side next to a walk cuts a
ditch 3 feet deep by 3 broad. The soil
and clay taken from this he places in a
walk. *»Vhen this trench is completed,
another of the same size is started ad
joining it. The top soil is carefully
laid to itself in a walk. Then in the bot
tom of the first trench is placed several
inches of litter—weeds, old shoes, chips,
or in fact any manner of trash that can
be collected. This layer is then covered
by clay, taken from the second trench.
Then conies another layer of trash aud
another of clay, and so on, until the nec
essary depth is reached in the second
trench. Then begins another and an
other trench, until the otli«T side of the
bed is reached. Into this last
trench the clay and soil taken from
the first excavation is placed. The bed
is raised one and a half or two feet
higher than it was before, and a soil
given nearly five feet deep. The layers
of trash soon *ot, and roots of vegetables
will reach clear to the bottom of the
trench and thus find nourishment even in
the dryest weather. It may not rain a
drop in a twelve month, yet Mr. Lump
kin will luxuriantly grow vegetables at
all seasons. His garden can't be effect
ed by drought. At the bottom of each
bed, some three or four feet apart, he
places tiles, leading out into the roads,
so as to draw off superfluous water. On
his garden Mr. Lumpkin has placed sev
eral hundred loads of stable manure. He
has two-thirds of an acre thus prepared,
and will have his entire garden ready
by spring. It will cost him some $200
or more. Mr. Lumpkin partially got
this iuea from reading books on garden
ing and partially from his own mind.
There is no doubt about its being a suc
cess. The trenching wi 1 endure for
ages, and always furnish a loose and rich
soil.
GAINESVILLE'S FUTURE.
SEVERAL NEW ENTERPRISES FOR
THE LITTLE CITY.
“Weitvard th# star of Empire Takes Its
Way."
Kansas, City, Mo., Jan. 29.—[Special
Correspondence Banner Watchman.]
Kansas City, the growing metropolis
A TOURIST'S ACCOUNT OF A TRIP
FROM DUMFRIES TO AYR. '
the West, is located on the west bank of I ^ Nation of Anglomaniacs—Change of
_ the verdict in our county, fsr the law-
ter s efore which no human being could abiding people cannot see on w hat
long stand.” j ground he was acquitted. The best that
“ How about the llaymarket riot?” j could have been expected was a reconi-
waa asked. • mendation to mercy. There was not a
“The place where the riot occurred is particle of evidence to disprove the fact
on the site of the old hay that Whitehead wavlaid Hardeman and
market, from which the lo- shot him down in cold blood. I under-
cality derives its name. It is about stand that even Judge Hutchins is out-
twice as wide as Broad street there, raged at the verdict, and pronounces it a
It was half past ten when the trouble
curred. The police were stationed right
across on an opposite corner, and we had
been kept under arms for hours, momen
tarily expecting trouble. The Socialists
had grown very insolent and threatening,
and seemed to think that the city gov
ernment was afraid of their power. The
pcakers were delivering the most outra-
farce on justice.
Timmons has been at his old games
again. The other morning Sheriff Over
by entered his cell and found where the
jail lock had been scratched and tamper
ed with. On asking Timmons how he
had done it, the prisoner answeied that
the only instrument he used was a piece
of oyster cam Mr. Overby did not be-
geous speeches, counsellin the use of lieve this story, and so told him. Tim
dynamite and advising the use of the m ons then confessed that he used a
torch and assassination to gain their end. knife, given him by one of the town’s
At last the meeting became unendurable, J prisoners who had been locked up dur
um! we were ordered to march forth and j n g court week for drunkenness*, and
disperse it. There was a great deal of
jeering and threats when we left the bar
racks, interspersed with cries of 'Death
to the police,’ etc. The speakers were
standing in a wagon in the middle of the
square, while a dense mass of human
beings surrounded them on all sides.
There was every evidences of trouble,
but of course we did not waver, but
charged into the crowd. It was then
that the dynamite bomb was thrown. It
did not come from the vngon, but the
sidewalk. Some one yelled, ‘Look out!
there comes a bomb!’ and I glanced up
n, J !> Ja
8U0 pounds
1 on the cars at a cost of Jo to 60 cents ; Geo \Y Robin
per ton, and that coal can be delivered ; tew Hardigree, G W Williams, (H S) White’s formula, as follow
at ’he furnaces for $ 1.B> a ton, it is no S (’ Branch, J W Vllgood, C C Wallace, I of cotton seed, 1,000 pounds acid and
wonder that Birmingham has won the .1 H Spratlin, J A Wilson, M Jack Robi- 200 younds kanit. Mr. Elder says this
epithet, “Magic Gity,” and that she is son, J N Osborn, W B Cash. Enoch II | gives even better results than the best
expanding, growing and developing at Branch* Charter Knott, J W Duke, M C ! fertilizer they can buy. The club only
time prices. The note was promptly an ^ saw ^ ie deadly missile coming di
met when due. They made a splendid I Teeily towards me, but I thought it one
uano, equal to the best sold, at a cost | big cannon crackers. It fell in
\V Bar- I of only flT per ton. They used l’rof. i al > out threi: fc «‘ of ani > exploded as
/ii l’v ! in,:.... r i.. .. . r. n r. cult soon it touched the crrountl. with a
ch a rate that people call her growth a : Griffith, Silas Stewart, 1) R Mitrrah, Al-
h»oin. Real estate and stocks get on a; bert Fambrough, .1 I? Duster, D J Wil-
boom occasionally, but the city doesn't ; loughby, Sami. J Fielding, A W Stewart,
—it simply grows. It would be tiresome j Thomas Aouse, W B Laugford. Q 1*
and useless to summarize the business i Lovin, Joe Jackson, II Q Winn, Sam A
of the city—a good instance will be suf- Elder, J W Oliver, 1) S Hardigree, J J
ilciont. Let this instance be the First | Johnson, Lorenzo Dow Harris.
National Bank, of Birmingham, which is
the leading bank of the city During the DAMAGE SUITS*
first six months of last year the deposits j
increased $800,000 over those of the cor- | The Xorth.EaMern and Gaincwville
responding period of ’85, and during the ] and Jug Tavern It. It. Xlu%t Aimver.
last six months $1,000,000 over the last) The North-Earstem R. R. we learn
six months of the preceding year. Other | will have a suit for damages against it
branches ef business have been equally
as prosperous and the increase of busi
ness this year, from the present outlook,
will be double that of last. G. N. W.
GREENWOOD-
A New Town in Oconee—IU Pro#.
pect», rtc.
Greenwood is the name of the new
town lately started at the cross-roads be
tween Watkinsville and Farmington, by
Messrs. Press Elder and Guy Hodgson,
of our city. Greenwood was named in
honor of the little daughter of Mr. Press
Elder. It is not a very la**ge city at
present, having only sprung into exist
ence in the last two months; but it bids
fair, under the push and vim of Elder
and Hodgson, to be one of the best trad
ing points between Athens and Madison.
The Macon & Athens R. R. passes by the
place, and it is backed by a good country
for milea around. Mr. Press Elder is
building a nice residence, and others
speak of settling at Greenwood as soon
as the'Tailroad ia located. There istinly
one drawback to this beautifully located
town, and it may serve to stop the tide
cf emigration in that direction. Th*»
trouble is Guy Hodgson and his bugle.
He wakes up at all times of the night,
and the first thing is to get a tin bugle
about twenty feet long, puts the muzzle
out of the window and w’akes the echoes
for mileR around. Guy Hodgson and his
bugle are making themselves known in
Greenwood. Greenwood is destined to
be a large town, and the Banner
Watchman wishes our young friends
Elder and Hodgson all the success pos
Bible. i
for the simple sum of ten thousand Hol
lars for injuring the hand of Mr. Bud
Barnett of Harmony Grove. Mr. B.
was baggage master on the road and at
tempted to couple a car when his hand
was mashed, injuring him for life.
Messrs. Brcwn and Lumpkin have
been retained for Mr. Barnett. We also
learn that Col. W. L Pike, of Jefferson,
will commence suit far damages against
the Gainesville, Jefferson & Jug Tavern
R. R. for bis recent fall at Gainesville.
admits to membership parties v hose
principal business is farming. This is
done to keep out interlopers. At each
meeting the members discuss some se
lected topic and interchange views. At
the next meeting the subject will be,
“what shall we do to be saved—as
farmers?”
I have promised soon to visit this
club and will then give our readers a
fuller account of its workings.
going up stairs handed the same to the
sheriff. He also divulged the name of
the man who furnished him with this
instrument, to effect his>escape. It is a
misdemeanor, and theVptirty will get
himself into trouble.
The grand jury gave a solid endorse
ment to the Banner-Watchman by or
dering their presentments pub
lished therein, instead of the paper, that
will shortly be published here; and I
w ill state that a strong effort was made
to defeat the move. We are all very
proud* of the B.-W., and here is an en
dorsement from the highest authority in
our county.
WATKINSVILLE COURT.
Tiuuuon* Gom up for Four Year«-
Tlic Prohibition Case.
Watkinsville, Jan. 31.—[Special.]
Judge Hutchins sentenced Timmons to
four years in the penitentiary. Judge
George C. Thomas filed an application for
a new trial. 4
THE PROHIBITION CASE.
The case w*as called at Oconee- court
yesterday, and will probably last until
to-day. All the grounds for the case
were dismissed except the two as to the
legality of Farmington and Salem dis
trict. '
BOUND OVER.
Mr. Dick Medlin, formerly of the Jack-
son Herald, thinks of moving to Wash
ington City.
The Hudikon County Diatillera Car
ried on to Atlanta.
Mr. C. L. Beusse returned from
Gainesville, yesterday, where he had
been carried with the distillers who had
been caught making whisky in Madison
county. Mr. Beusse informs us that
Haggard and Patterson were sent to At
lanta by the United States commissioner
in default of a three hundred dollar
bond.
Death ok Mrs. Weil.—Six weeks ago
we announced the death of young Ro
bert Weil, who was called to an early
grave after a long and painful illness,
lie left a young w’lfe and three small
children. Yesterday afternoon the fami
ly fallowed Mrs. Robert Weil to her last
resting place. She died Monday night,
closely following her young husband to
the tomb. The deep sympathy ol his
friends are with Mr. P. Weil who has
buried one after another of a large and
beloved family. Bright" faces are still
left around his hearth stone, however,
ahd these, wre trust, will comfort him and
remind him oi those who are gone.
The Macon & Athens.—Mr. Roberts,
engineer on the M. A* A. road, has com
pleted his second survey into Athens,
and tells us that he has found an excel
lent route. There is but little change
from the first survey. Mr. Roberts will
return to Monticello, and superintend
the completion of the grading below
Madison. It will be finished up in
about six weeks. Mr. Roberts express
ed confidence in the completion of the
road.
The Surveyors.—The woods and fields
around Athens are full of men and in
struments, surveying new railroads. In
fact, some of the fields are stuck so full
of grading stakes that farmers can’t break
up land without plowing up the founda
tion of a railroad. The hopes of our
people are several degrees above fever
heat
A regular London fog hovered over
Athens yesterday morning. You could
not see a !*ouse fifty yards ahead of your
eyes.
Our Country Friends.—People from
the country need have no fear about
bringing their stock into Athens, for all
vestige of the disease has passed, and
outside of the street car mules, not a
case of the disease is reported. Several
fanners leave their teams on the out
skirts of the city and walk in. This is
an unnecessary precaution. •
oon it touched the ground, with a
deadening report. I felt myself struck
in the breast, and for a few seconds was
stupefied; but soon rallied and did not
think anything serious of the wound.
We then began to fire into the excited
crowd, and 1 discharged sixteen shots. I
put every one where I thought it would
do most good, and saw a half dozen dead
men right in front of me when the mob
broke and ran. In an incredible- short
space of time the police had the street to
themselves. I never saw people scatter
so fast. I still did not feel any serious
effects of my wound, and helped to
carry into the station house the dead
and dying men around me. It was then
that 1 looked at my bosom and found it
saturated with blood. I wasjliierally pep
pered all over with the contents of the
dynamite bomb, but the most serious
wound was in my left breast, right over
the heart. There was taken from it sev
eral pieces of copper and other poisonous
metals. The bomb was somewhat larger
than my fist, and bits of all kind of
metal placed in it. There is where the
danger comes in. A inan may be shot
by a bullet, but if it don’t penetrate
some vital part he can live with it still
in his flesh; but ; f a particle of the con
tents of a dynamite bomb no larger than
a pin's head enters the flesh it must be
found and and taken out. Only one man
was killed outright by that bomb, but
eight have since died from the effects of
their wounds,and another is not expected
to live, so I see from the Inter-Ocean. I
expect I am the only man in the world
who ever saw his own heart beat.”
The following is an account of the op
eration, taken from the Chicago Inter-
Ocean:
“Officer Chas. Whitney,one of the vic
tims of the dynamite bomb, was yester
day the subject of one of the most radical
and extreme operations known to scien
tific surgery, Whitney, on the night of
the Haymarket riot, besides receiving oth
er injuries, had a gash cut in the breast
by disconnected particles of the exploded
bomb. He was taken to the hospital and
made such favorable progress that within
a month he was transferred to his home
at No. 429 Ropey street Here, too, he
made rapid strides, and at one time it was
supposed that he had completely recover
ed. About two weeks ago, however, a
sudden and very ominous relapse set in,
and the policeman’s life has since by
turns been given up and despaired of.
Yesterday an operation was preformed
imnn Kitn i|*LamIw I*. iL « L!.
OUR ROaDS TO FLORIDA.
How They Ar« Goiuc Ahead Willi
Their Work- The Athena Urauch.
Messrs. W. B. Sparks, H. J. Lamar,
Jr., and W. W. Collins left list night for
New Yoik in response to a telegram
from Mr. Jett* I^an**, who went on a few
days ago.
In reply to the question as to what
was being done by his company, Mr.
Sparks said yesterday that his mission
to New York was to close some negotia
tions that had been pending with some
English capitalists. On his return,
w hich would be early next week, a large
force of hands would be put to work,
contracts for supplies let out, and the
road built as soon as pesa*$fe. lie felt
confident he said, that the real hard
work of the road would begin within a
week.
The Covington and Macon extension
will also he pushed forward. Col. Fro-
bel received a letter last night fr< m
President Green saying that the road
would now go on without delay. As to
the upper portion of the road sufficient
iron was now on the way to extend the
track to Little river, beyond Monticello;
in Morgan county. Everything points
to a large amount of work being done,
and to the early completion of the road.
—Macon Telegraph.
upon him. Three times only in the his
tory of surgical jurisprudence in this coun
try has a like measure been resorted to.
In both these cases the patient left the op
The Town on the Verge of a Manu
facturing Doom—What Build* Up
a Place About Her ltailroad*—The
Augusta dc Chattanooga.
Mr. Lallatte, the head of the Georgia
Odd Fellows, and one of Gainesville's
leading and most solid citizens, gave us a
pleasant call yesterday morning. Mr.
LaHatte expressed high hopes for the
future of the Mountain City.
..now: ^organizing *! loan ist*
building association,” he remarked, “and
have 500 shares of stock taken. There
are several stockholders from Gainesville
in one of your Athens associations, that
has made more than one loan lately in
our town. So we decided to organize
one of our own, and will soon have the
books open. We want 1,000 shares taken
first, however, ’t hen we want to have a
cotton factory, and from the character of
the gentlemen at the lifad of the enter
prise, I feel no fear of failure. There is,
also talk of big shoe manufactory,
backed by abundant capital. All three
of these enterprises are lookeil upon as
about se tied. Our match factory has
started up again last week, under the
management of Col Dupree, and his
name is a guarantee of its success. The
machinery is all working nicely, and
Gainesville intends to supply Georgia
with matches. We can compete with
any Northern company, and make just as
good matches.”
“How about your railroads?” we asked.
“There is some talk about the Augusta
& Chattanooga, and it will probably be
built. Bnt our people place most reli
ance on the road from Decatur, Ala., via
Rome, Ga., to Gainesville, and that will
«ventnally go to Knoxville. This road is
already being graded over in Alabama,
and 1 believe it will reach us before the
Augusta & Chattanooga, and I am sure
will do more for Gainesville. The truth
is, we are rather'uncertain about that A.
& C. road. There is doubt about its doing
us any great amount of good. That
Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern, be
sides getting us through Ireight rates,
has not added a dollar to the trade of
Gainesville. On the other hand, it has
taken business from us to Atlanta. It is
a fact that the road hauls cotton within
ten miles from our town to Augusta just
as cheap as it will bring the same to
Gainesville. Our people are now paying
interet on $50,0U0 in b ihds voted the
road, and they are given nothing in re
turn. What guarantee have we that the
Augusta & Chattanooga will not do the
same thing? I think, however, that the
road will prove beneficial to us if it is
xtended to Chattanooga, by giving
a route to the Wes r , but then if we get
the Rome road, that has also a line to.
Cincinnati, we won't need it But our
people are no ways gloomy. We feel that
we have the location for a fine trading
point, and our people are full of industry
and enterprise.
the Missouri river, at its confluence with
the Kansas or Kan, in the extreme wes
tern portion of the State of Missouri.
One would see from its location that it is
the geographical centre of the Missis
sippi-Missouri basin and of the North
American continent
The immediate dominion of Kansas
City is the great Southwest—Kan-as
Missouri aud Texas. This vast region
is preeminently the great producer of
Indian corn, and might properly be term
ed the Egypt of America. Less than a
half century ago, a wilderness stretched
unbroken where Kansas CMy now sits
enthroned on more than its seven hills,
and the empire of corn has been transfer*
rod from the banks of the * historic Nile
to those of the less poetic Kan.
When the history of cities to the east
and west of us is taken into considera
tion, Kansas City is found in the fore
most ranks, so faf as natural progress in
wealth is concerned. Eastern capitalists
have come to recognize the fact that for
safe investments there is not a better
city in the land. The population of Kan
sas City is at present 150,000, and is
steadily increasing.
Owing to the fact that the population
is on an increase, real estate has consid
erably advanced in value. Property in
the business portions of the city cannot
be touched for less than $1,000 per foot
and for residence lots one has to pay
from $100 to $200 per foot.
Kansas City property offers to-day a
bi tter and safer basis of value than at
any previous period of her history.
Resting as that value does upon a solid
and permanent prosperity, there is no
reason why large and small investers
cannot make money on real estate.
The transportation facilities of Kansas
City will show that they are not surpass
ed by those of any other city in the
world, and that considering the bound
less resources of the tributary country,
no other point presents greater attrac
tions to manufacturers and those whp
convert these articles Irom their natural
states to the uses of man. In the first
place, there is that original channel of
transportation, the Missouri river. It is
navigable far over 2,000 miles to the
northwest, through a growing country of
natural resources. Again, there are four
teen great and distinct lines of railway,
which, with their numerous branches
and affiliating roads form a perfect net
workover the surrounding country for
hundreds of miles in evei y direction,
making it all tributary iu the closest de
gree to Kansas City.
Besides the above, a number of lines
are being added toiler system, projecting
in different directions. The internal trans
portation facilities of the city are also of
a superior order. An elevated railway
of seven miles lengtu is in successful
operation, and many miles of cable and
electric street railways are completed,
besides any number of horse car lines.
Cable road stock is the best paying prop
erty in the city, the company being able
to pay dollar for dollar.
Kansas City can safely challenge com
parison with any other city with respect
to desirability of the climate, fertility of
the soil of the surrounding country, and
wealth of resources of the tributary sec
tions in almost everything that is 'found
with ; n the bosom of the earth, or that
grows upou its surface. With such con
ditions existing, how myiting is the field
Jiiyuhiih tail i—rfaiftalurati of al
most every kind. >
When nature spread her prairies and
planted her forests; when she deposited
her minerals and grooved out her river
courses, she fashioned a.spot here, which,
in the fullness of time, under the endur
ing conditions of modern commerce and
of Christian Anglo-Saxon civilization,
should become a place, which, for abid
ing importance will he equalled by few
and surpassed by none.
The things that now are, great as
though they he, are as nothing to the
things that are to come, and her present
population, as compared with the future
peoples that shall crowd her expanded
borders, is but “the first low wash of
waves, where soon shall roll a human
sea.”
Accent—A Land When Everything ia
Kept In Order—Robert Borns* Cottage.
The Big Hello Room.
Wju r rouble Comes
(Atlanta Conuitir.l <u.)
Dan,” said Grover, “have you noli
fied all the cabinet about the next meet
ing?”
“I have, sir.”
“And will all the members be present?’
“Yes, all, sir, except Mr. Whitney.”
“And why not him?”
“Well, sir, the baby, you know, and
he’s beon kept up lots this* week mixing
paregoric and singing lullabies.”
“Well, Dan, we must excuse him. We
must be lenient with the unfortunate, for
thf re's no telling when triable will.ever-
take us.” JWp, *.
Our Water WoaKs.-rWe learn that
Mr. Howell, of New York, has bought
the bonds of the Athensv water works,
and has now entire control .of the prop
erty. The works were bonded for $75,-
000, and $35,000owned thereon to out*
side parties. They could be now bu3t
for $60,000.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES-
The trouble between labor and capita
appears to he general. The strikes in
New York are reaching threatening pro
portions. It will require cool judgment
to bri lge the danger.
The wreck on the Virginia Midland
railroad has cut oil* railroad communica
tion between Danville and the North by
that line. Twenty-four freight cars and
an engine are piled up in a mass of ru
ins near Chatham, and trains cannot pass
for several days. The loss is estimate.!
■t ftrjinm All Lamia
Death Yesterday.—Yesterday after
noon, after lingering several days be
tween life and death, little Joe Burnett
breathed his last and passed into that
bright beyond. The little sufferer was
attacked last week with pneumonia,
which increased in violence and proved
too deadly to be shaken off. All (hat
love and sympathy and good nursing
could bring were his. Around his pillow
were ministering friends ana fond prayers
of parents. At last, worn out by suffer
ing, the little fellow sank to sleep. He
was the secoud son of our popular and
warm hearted friend, Capt W. B. Bur
nett, and was about eight years of age.
He was a bright, sunny tempered boy,
full o r promise, and his loss will be
keenly felt in the family circle. May
God, in his sympathy and love, attend
the afflicted family and soften the terri
ble blow.
at $50,000. All hands were more or less
injured. Ed Martin, brakeman, from
Albermaie county, was buried beneath
the wreck. His body was found to-day.
Dr. Malt Alexander committed suicide
in Knoxville by taking five grains of
morphine. He was one of the leading
physicians of Knoxville, but had recent
ly been dissipated. He left a note say
ing, “I die with malice toward none. I
go to hell. Tell my son to go to heaven.
Dr. Alexander was a member of the
board of examing surgeons of the pen
sion department.
The republican senators are uneasy at
the situation of the colored people in
regard to the rejection of Matthews.
The republicans of the senate, who vot
ed to confirm Matthews, maintain that a
mistake was made in rejecting him.
Raymond Belinont, son of August
Belmont, the weU-known banker, shot
himself at 1 o'clock Monday morning
and died in a few minutes after the bul
let entered his brain. The bullet pass
ed clear through the skull, entering the
right side of the head and coming out of
the left. A night watchman with him at
the time says the shooting was accident
al, but the coroner said all indications
point to suicide.
The President has approvod the Mexi-
ican Pension bill.
The estimated public debt statement
shows a decrease ol^about $9,000,000 in
the debt since Januiry 1. Receipts
during January were $28,700,0000. being
about $4,000,000 more than for the re
ceipts for the same month last year.
The accent began slowly to change os we
swept north. By the time we were bundled
out of our beautiful red velvet coupe at Car
lisle it had hardened very perceptibly. When
we had landed in Liverpool the effect of
hearing the Engish accent everywhere was
peculiar. Coming fresh from the land where
ft is a matter Of derision for the small wits,
an+even the native English who employ it
are suspected of affectation, a whole nation
seemed to be struck with on attack of Anglo
mania. But it was more curious still topMr
the toft English give way before “
gales of the north, and ph
Mjr boot-by hour, till at. ^ ^ f
it was thick enough fo tell ns that we were
in Scotland.
We were in tho land of Bums—for at
Dumfries his monuments begin—and the
mere mention of his name seta tho Scotch
tongues a-waggiug. Bums died at Dum
fries, and there is a beautiful monument to
his memory in tho yard of St. Michael’s.
Bnt though Dumfries claimed him at his
death, Ayr claimed him at liis birth, and
Ayr is forty miles away—a very consider
able distance in Scotland. So long a jour
ney involved another change of train, for
though Ayr is known the world over in let
ters, from a railroad point of view it is an
obscure, place. So wo were whirled to the
market town of Kilmarnock, to catch tho
little branch railway. Our beautiful red
velvot coupe hod degenerated to gray cor
duroy at Carlisle, and at Kilmarnock we Lad
another drop to blue felt.
There is scarcely a man from Dumfries to
Ayr who cannot recite you almost every
poem that Burns ever wrote, and the tiniest
lad or lass will point out to you the braes of
Ballochmyle, tho castle of Montgomery, or
tho banks o’ Doon, and tell you which one
of Bobbie Burns’ many sweethearts lived
there.
EVERYTHING IN ,ORDER.
Everything seems to bo in order in Scot
land, especially in the west countrec. We
went through miles of swelling land where
the fields were newly plowed, and every
furrow was as straight as an arrow. The
hedges were as trim as in England. There
was not a blade of culivated grass awry, and
the humble, simple little cottages, plain to
the last degree, all alike and without one
single attempt at architectural ornament,
were each and all as clean, well kept and
freeh as a good housewife's dresser. Even
tho moors at the edge of the horizon, not yet
purple with tlie August heat, lookeil trim
and swept, and anything but wild.
The train pulled up with a little Rnort
about 3 in the afternoon, and we found our
selves at Ayr. Another change of accent.
The man of Ayr sjieaks as differently from
the man of Dumfriesshire as Dumfriesshire
is different from the man of Carlisle.
One does not wonder so much that Bobby
Burns became a poet when one gets into his
pretty, fresh, green little country. It is the
most inspiring little land in the world, with
its tricksy skies, its blue moors, its moist
greenness and its world of traditions. One
looks at the hardy jieasanb* toiling in the
fields, and it all seems very poetical indeed.
One can easily pick a “Highland Mary” ora
“bonny Jean” from among those large
limbed peasant women at a distance, since
distance ’tis that lends enchantment to the
view.
But the wonder of it all, the marvel of
this peasant poet’s soul only conies home to
you as you bend your head to enter the door
of liis lowly dwelling, his cottage hut—no
name could be too simple for its simplicity.
As you pass through the inevitable turnstile
you find that it has but the two rooins of
every Scotch peasant’s home, “but the
boose” and “ben the boose.” “Ben the
hoose” is what the old time Yankees twed. to
caUrtbe keepia' reum. “Bui tht tfrWVia'
where all the living seems to be done.) For
the mother's short bed with its cottoA cur
tains stands in one corner, the tall, old eight-
day clock stands silent at its foot, as if, hav
ing ticked at the death and birth of Bobbie
Burns, it had done its life work and stopped.
For these old Scotch clocks never wear out.
There was a well filled dresser in another cor
ner, and from tho crane in the great open
fireplace some black pots still huug. There
were some old tables and chairs which Bobbie
had mutilated with his own unconscious
poet’s hand, and the sinking stone floor
was the same over which his baby feet tod
dled long before any one could know of his
divine gift.
THE BIO RELIC ROOM.
The big relic room is filled with mementos
of Burns, many of them so slight that only
the most loving hand would have collected
them, for what mementos could there be in
the short and simple annals of a i>easant’s
life? Being a poet, liis manuscripts are his
chief relics, and many of them are here
under glass. There are quantities of poems
to Burns, many of them—tho best of them,
indeed—by American poets. Srangely
enough, the poem by Fitz Greene H&llcck—
one of the best Burns poems ever written,
though it seems to be an unfamiliar one—is
not in the collection. The chairs occupied
by Tam O’Shanter and Souter Johnny upon
that melancholy occasion when they “boozed
at the nappy,” occupy a raised dais at the
end of the room, and no one less immortal
than this worthy twain has ever been allowed
to occupy them since these gentlemen passed
into verse.
The cottage keeper, a shrewd, rosy Scotch
man, with as merry an eye as ever twinkled,
finding us on enthusiastic group, read “Tam
O’Shanter” to us from the original manu
script. How deliciously it sounded, rolling
freshly from the lips of a native Scotchman
there upon its very own ground and with
tho very own handwriting of the poet before
our eyes, with Alloway and the banks o’
Doon just oht the window, and all the pretty
country that lie enchanted rising up around
us. He had a turn for humor, our Scotch
reader, and when he came to those jiassages
which in these days would be called Swin-
burneian, but in those days were only Bum-
ian, he rolled his merry eyes drolly, to see if,
being but stupid Americans, wo took the
point.—“Betsy B.” in The Argonaut.
of Athens, . ... .
Iu staling up the estate of tho Iato F.
L. Upson, some of our farmers are put .
to sumo trouble to raise money to take
up their notes.
Mrs. J. W. Clarke of Augusta is visit
ing her sister. Mrs. E. D. Stokeley.
Our guano factqry is in full blast,
making ten tons of guano a day. Messrs.
Stokeley and Eowland snd Smith Bros,
will take the entire product of the mill.
Chawfoko, Feb. 2.—[Special.] Yes
terday being the first Tuesday, there was
a good crowd in Lexington, and the fact
that the county bonds, ‘M in number, of
one thousand dollars each, to pay for the
new court house, were advertised for
sale, brought out our monied men. The
bonds bear interest at the rate of 6 per
cent, ;payable semi-annually. The first
orie will be paid off in 18U2, and one each
year thereafter until they are all paid.
The first five were bought by J. T. M
Haircatpar, No. 6 by E. Swan at pari >
Nps^&a^lOJilKJL,apw«r4jtaC,
I4,0o0, No. U bv.J.T.M. Haire for *<--*■ _
Howard for *3.135, Nos. 13, 16 and If by
John White, of Athens, for $3,180, No
18 by H. McWhorter for$1,005, Nos. 19
and 20 by W. M. lloward for $3,130,
which shows satisfactory prices, and that
the people arc willing to invest in Ogle
thorpe’s securities.
A gentleman fro.n Jackson county
came down to scoop in our bonds below
par—but he didn’t.
Several mules and horses were sold at
public outcry yesterday at very low
prices.
George Echols, colored, had the mis
fortune to lose his smoke house by tire
yesterday, at a loss of four hundred
pounds of meat and a barrel of flour.
Vir THE ( OI STHV.
- Defective Bonds.—The low requires
that the official bonds of tax collectors
and tax receivers forwarded to the
Comptroller-General should have the
seal of the ordinary attached. Nearly
all of the bonds so far forwarded have
been defective in this respect and have
been returned. For instance, out of
seventeen bonds received one day only
seven exhibited the seal of the Ordi
nary.
Bbidoe Fell In.—The bridge across
the nee at E. C. Vandiver’s gin in Frank
lin eouniy, felt in with U. W. Hemphill’s
traction engine a few days ago. No
damage was sustained except the ex-
.pense and delay in getting the engine out
of the race.
Thb Stolen Engine.—Mr. O. M
Stone, of Augusta, the gentleman from
whom W. W. Jackson,of Jackson coun
ty, obtained the’ traction engine that was
An Appeoa cuino Makbufa.—Inrita- captured in Carnesrtt'.o a few daya ago.
.ions are out for Mr. Ceorge M. Brown, He sold the engine and saw mill to J. W.
son of Senator Joseph E: Brown, to Min
Corrie Hoyt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
S. B. Hoyt The marriage will occur at
the Central Presbyterian church on the
eration table for the grave. Whitney’s evening of the 10th at 8:30 o’clock.
Baty.
Hahkbsuam County, Ga., Jan. *31.
[Special.] A gentleman from Green
ville, S. v., is in Cornelia, with a view of
establishing a tannery there.
Collector J. B. Strong has been engag
ed for the past 60 days chopping ud il
licit stills. FF o P >■
Mr. P. J. Shore, well known in Athens,
speaks of erecting a spoke, handle and
barrel factory at Cornelia.
There are Ihrec Stores in Cornelia, and
they arc all doing a good business. This
place was formerly Itabun G«p Junction,
and is destined to be one of the best bus-
tpess points in Northeast Georgia.
An attempt was made by an incendi
ary to burn the house of Mr. R. G. Wil
son, « merchant of Tugalo. Abed was
half consumed when the fire was discov
ered.
Mr. H.Ii.O wen, who lias been doing
some marble work in Toccoa, met with a
serious loss Sunday night. llis house
in Liberty, S. C., was blown down by
wind and completely ruined.
A representative of the Wrought Iron
Range Co. called upon a gentleman s few
days ago for a settlement of his note for
$65, (the price of tho Wrought Iron
Range stove) and accepted a discount and
offset of about $25.
\
A BI DGET F110X1 BANKS.
Mom Kit, Ga., Jan. 29.—[Special.] Yes
terday the remains of Mrs. Kstes and
Mrs. Forbes were exhumed. They had
been quietly resting in the old Homer
graveyard about 30 years. When the
graves were opened only a few decayed
bones were found, which were interred
in the Presbyterian cemetery.
Mr. C. A. Meeks has a flourishing
school at Berlin, one n.ile from this place. ' 1
Mrs. Margie Morris is quite sick. Hope
she will be well soon.
Homer] Ga., Feb. 1.—[Special.] Ou
last Saturday Mr. Milton Pitman, ayoung
ro/inji-xina-xbont n^i alwmrlWftfr^ '
w»* instantly killed, while working at a
grist mill, by a piece of plaster of Paris
Hying from the rock and striking him in
the face. At the same time Mr. Ben
Murray was seriously hurt. The hoop
around the rock hurst and struck him on
th<- back. He will probably die.
T- J. Clements has sold out his entire
stock of merchandise at cost, anil will
start in a few Ccys-lp Chattanooga, Tenn.
where he has a clerkhkiu ready for h 1 ^.
We regret very much tos-Ac with Mr.
C. ami his wifa ' W
C. ami his wife.
Homer, Feb. 2d.—[Spq^ud.] The Or
dinary is having a stockade built a* the
Paupers’ Home, in this county, for the
purpose of keeping the unruly paupers
Mr. P. A. Waters is having a hand
some residence erected on his farm, about
a quarter of a mile from this place.
Miss Laura Smith, of Hall county, is
visiting Iriends and relatives in this place.
Dr. V. 1>. Lockhart is having his front
yard enclosed, which will add greatly to
the looks of his place.
iraysville o.\ A BOO.II.
Fifteenth Army Corps Badge.
Gen. Logan was res]»onsible for the adop
tion of the “cartridge box and forty rounds”
as tho badge of tho Fifteenth army corps.
At tho battle of Missionary Ridg© the
Eleventh and Twelfth corps had adopted
badges, the former a crescent and the latter
a star. A member of one of these corps sar
castically inquired of oil Irishman belonging
to the Fifteenth corps: “Say, Paddy, where
is our corps badge?” The Irishman replied,
slapping his cartridge box: “There, bo jabers
is me badge, with forty rounds in it.”
Logan heard of it, and by an order formally
promulgated ordered the adoption of tho
cartridge box marked forty rounds as the
badge of his corps.—Philadelphia Times. 1
Maysviu.k Ga., Feb. 1.—[Specia'-l
The firm of Madden A* Murphy, of Gaia* 3 "
ville, have decided to move their
mense stock of goods to Maysville. I
Madden spent several years
and located here wfc m»SwmiSBIenced
business. Mr. Murphy, who has for
seventeen years been with D. H. Dough
erty, of Atlanta, has recently connected
himself with Mr. I. A. Madden. Both
being men of experience and energy,
they are bound to succeed. We heartily
welcome them.
Messrs. Comer & Carr-have decided-'
to build a large brick store, which will
be completed by fall. This will add much
to the beauty of our town and is a proof
of the success with which these gentle
men have met in business.
We bear That Carr & Bacon will, in all
probability, erect a nice store room on
the other side of tlie railroad, near their
old stand.
Maysville, at present, has three
churches about complete and a good
school, with Prof. J. L. Caldwell as prin
cipal, assisted by Miss Eula Deadwyler,
daughter of our enterprising Capt. G. E.
Deadwyler, who lives near this place.
Mrs. James T. Comer, of Athens, is
here on a visit.
Mrs. Quillian, of Atlanta, his beeri'
spending a few days at her father’s, W.
J. Comer, of this place.
To clean furniture: One pint linseed oil,
one pint vinegar, one-half pint vrine or al
cohol.
Ctlector Crenshaw Reversed.
IMscon Telegraph.]
Atlanta, Jan 31.—December 26th,
last. Collector Crenshaw seized ten tubs
of butter, the property of W. B. Sanders,
an Atlanta grocer, on the ground that it
was oleomargarine, was not stamped, and
the taxes had not been paid as provided
in the new law. Before the seixure the
collector submitted samples of the but
ter to Prof- H. C. White, tho State chem
ist, for analysis, l’rof. White declared
that the stuff was butterine or oleoinar-
gerine, and contained but a small per
centage of butter. Mr. Sanders, the
grocer, was sa isfied with the test, and
made no objection to tho seizure. When
he communicated the facts to P. Moran
& Co., the Chicago house who sold him
the butter, they kicked against Collector
Crenshaw’s action, and appealed the mat
ter to the commissioner at Washington.
By his instructions Collector Crenshaw
forwarded samples of the butter, wtyjjh
captain Burke AppcalB for Help.
ATLANTA,January 31.—Captain Burke,
of the Gate City Guard, is now appeal
ing to the people of Atlanta through the
pub ic prints, to subscribe money to aid
his company in making the trip to Europe.
This scheme is not at all popular, and the
public are not coming down very lavishly
with the du«t The people fail to see how
they will be benefited by putting up mon
ey to help the Guard, on a junketing tour
of the continent.
The Federal Court.
Atlanta, Jan. 31.—In 1884 Mrs. Mary
Ann Dean brought suit against the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad Company
for $25,000 damages, for the death of her
husband, a conductor on the road, who
lost his life in an accident. The case
was tried that year and the road won a.
verdict. A motion was made for a new
trial, and was argued last month. To
day Judge Newman rendered a decision
overruling the motion.
were analyzed by the department chem
ist at Washington, and by Prof. D. Wes
son and Prof. J. H. Long, Chicago Chem
ists. They pronounced it pure butter, a
trifle old perhaps, and a lilt e mixed, but
all the same normal butter. The com
missioner has instructed the collector to
release the property from seizure.
Paintul Accident.—Yesterday a lit
tle school girl, Mamie Shelver, broke
her leg by falling on a rock in frontof H.
K. Nicholson’s store, on Thomas street.
Mr. C. D. Flanigen will move into
Prof. White’s house this week, and occu- She was taken home and received prompt
py it daring the owner’s stay in Europe medical treatment.
In Ulabkesville Jail.—Mr. Justice,
the murderer of Mr. J. B. Goddard of
Towns county, has been taken lo Clarkes-
ville jail. He is accused of burning
Coffee's house and barn in Rabun county.
He is a notorious character, and has at
several times threatened the life of his
wife. He is counted a dangerous man
by all who know him.
JEFFl'EIISON [JOTTINGS.
Jkffekson, Ga., Jan. 30.—[Special.]—
Judge M. M. Pittman, besides being a
good lawyer, is doing a good deal to ad
vance the agricultural interests of our
county. He showed me to-day flour
■nado from kalfir corn that he says will
make one hundred bushels per acre that
compares favorable with our second-class
Hour, and you can raise one hundred
oushels pcracre, rain or no rain.
Jefferson, Ga., Jan. 31.—[Special.]
The onlv horse of Mrs. Sarah Atkins,
who lives on the road leading from here
to Gainesville, was stolen by unknown
parties last night. The horse is about 10
or 11 years old, black, wilh white spot
in forehead, the right oyc out, somewhat
brown about the flanks, heavy built pony
horse, carries his head low, weighs about
1,000 pounds, with white spot in fore
head about the size of the palm of a
man’s hand. The horse has been tracked
to this place, and is going in the direc
tion of Athens. There is a posse of
neighbors in pursuit The lady is poor
and unable to pay any reward.
FROM UNION POINT.
Tua Sick Houses.—Our citizens are
now convinced that there was nothing
like glanders among the horses of Ath
ens. The sickgtock are all well, and
outride of Mr. Dorsey’s mules, not an
other case is repo'.ted. It was a big
scare about nothing. The sick auimals
will soon be at work again.
Union 1’oint, Feb. 2—[Special.]—Six
States and Territories were represented
at the hotel here one day this week.
Mr. G. U. Martin, the hois of the ms- .
son gang for the Ga., R. R. died at Litho-
nia last Sunday morning. Mr. Martin
was well known in Ala., as well as irK ’
Georgia, as a splendid workman and frith- * -
(hi empioye.
Our youfig people will have a Valen
tine partv or a dance at this hotel for the
14th, with Mr. and Hrl. J. H. Hart as
host and hostess. These entertainments
are just as pleasant and nice as they can
be, and are always succcesful.
I"
Bbkoval or Tonsils.—Dr. Benedict
removed both tonsils from Mr. J. T.
Jones a few days ago. They were so *
much enlarged as-to make speaking and '
awallowingdifficult. Mr, Jones is recoT* >
erinp rapidly. . «
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