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Lett Athene In the Welle at the Fed.
ernt AtmyllU lncouliltnt tie
rlee-llle Qucetiannhle Operations
•t Late—A .Suspicious Character
Who Meade Watching.
A month or to ago a wiry looking ne
gro walked into oar office and madehim'
self known to-thc reporters as the “Iter.
Shcdrick Taylor, a returned erengelist
General Taylor of this city, and prided
himself on the fact that ho had been well
raised.
lie was densely ignorant of the coun
tries he said he had visited. He knew
little or nothing of the people or their
ways, their relation with others, their
pecularities, ect. He could not remem
ber the port from which he sailed, the
name of the ship that carried him, and
was ignorant of almost every thing about
the voyage, except one or two small mat
ters that every landsman knows. He
said a missionary society of Philadelphia
employed him at a big salary, but that
he was independent as he owned a large
plantation in Northwest Georgia.
Shcdrack was a wise man in his day
ami generation. As soon as he struck
the city he b» gan to ingratiate himself
into favor with the press. He gave the
Banner-Watchman advertisements to
publish, subscribed to the paper, and
promised a big patronage when he .-old
bis land. He paid us daiiy visits during
the period he was advertising in the pa
per, and while nis conversation was
neither interesting nor instructive, hi>
money was as good as anybody's, and to
do him credit his account on our book>
is evenly balanced. One day be asked
for a testimonial and we gave it to him.
and truthfully stated that in all our rela
turn with him we found him a man of his
word.
Shedrack was a Baptist the day he ar
rived here, but all bis religious allilia-
lions since his visit to Athens have been
w ith the Methodists. His Baptist breth-
ern will have nothing to do with him.
and his Methodist fnends have grown
weary of his slab* stones, and have tireu
of his senseless chatter, Ugly stones a>
week or so ago began to circulate about
him, ami Shedrack prematurely rushed
into print and published a card vowing
his destruction to his slanderers. I h«
card was inserted at regular auvertisiii-
rates.
A prominent colored man, a member o
the same church and a funner slave el
tieieral la\Kd, udu us me otluU da} a
lot ol rdied’rui k s . isioi.v. He said that
Shedrark an i two brothers Wer • pur
chased by General fa} h»r in ihailesloi
a lew years oelore ihe war—that thex
were coiu.iton lift i nanus, a d after llu
war or after Suer.nan's march to the sea,
Mitdiack went oil in the wake ot the
Federal army. His History since then
is known uni} to himself, and recent de
velopments show that Miedrack is not a
truthful historian.
Some day* ago Shedrack walked into
the store ol ex-alderman Coleman and
asked to see a walcli. He was shown a
gold one which look his fancy, and In-
said he would buy it. Mr. Coleman
would not let him have it on credit, and
Shedrack asked that it oe kept for mm
naming a day on winch lie would call fui
it. He persuaded Mr. Coleman to loan
him in the meanwhile a watch to use.
The watch and >hedrack weiilaway, am.
at last Mr. Coleman grew somewhat
alarmed and sent him word to come am.
return the watch. Shedrack walked in
to I he store the next day and handed
the watch wrapped up in paper to tin
merchant. He supposing it to be ail
»»...» piaced it in li»e show case without
removing •ne paper l'hat night or tin-
next day a young while man came into
the store and offered to sell Mr. Coleman
the identical watch he had loaned Shc d-
rucK. When Mr. Coleman went to the
show-case and removed the paper from
the watch Shedrack had returned he
discovered that the evangelist had given
him in place of the watch borrowed a
worthless ticker not worth a dollar
The young white man who had the watch
said he had swapped with Shedrack Tay
lor and had given him three dollars t»
boot. Mr. Coleman explained the facts
to the young man and regained posses
sion of his watch.' Tho police were no
tified and it is probable that Shediack
will have a hearing at an early day be
fore ins honor J udge Cobb.
Shedrack's misdeeds are becoming
numerous as tl»«* reports are compiled in
this office. He has it seems, gotten into tin
•»eiu ot Coleman s ! nnce Avenue store;
he has secure I goods by false represenla-
10ns from Herndon at I.all’erty's
land, he bought a watch from Wilkie
Collins and pawned it to Caroline Thom
«> lur his board. He bought aa organ
ruin Toomer *V HazelU>n, and at tin*
place tried to work utr the testimonal the
Banner-W at cum an had given him as a
security.
Shedrack is no doubt a fraud and
cheat, and notwithstanding his calling
ami his attainments, he has not been an
example to nis people. He has been
teaching school here since arriving, amt
no science is too far advanced for him—
we doubt very much if he can read, ami
we can not very well see how he has
managed to hoodwink his associate in
structors in the colored school out in
South Athens.
He has a mania for watches and organs.
It would be hard to tell how many tick
ers and organs he has traded for since his
stay in this city. For several weeks he
has been looking for a draft from Atlanta
but up to the time of going to press noth
ing has been heard from it.
We are almost certain that Shedrack
Taylor has never been beyond the limits
of the United States. Notwithstanding
his assertions we believe his African trip
is all a myth. If he went there he must
have been drunk all the while, for he
knows nothing about the voyage, the
country or the people. He actually
pleads lorgetfulness as to the boat being
a sailing vessel or a steamer that carried
him over. We warn our people to toy
shyly with Shedrack, ami would sug
gest to our police force that his move
ments be watched. We publicly revoke
the testimonal we have given him be
cause of the inconsistent conduct of the
past few days. We understand that
Shedrack has had several sight drafts on
the Gate City National Bank for amounts
varying from $350 to $100 written In
different people. No one has ever heard
of these drafts being cashed, but they
were vary serviceable to She irack, for
he showed them ar.mnd ami no doubt
impressed his financial standing upon all
who saw them.
When last seen Shedrack was making
long strides out Jackson Street and it is
not yet known that he stopped with
in the city limits.
nee.
bv ab**ut fif'e-e
About two hi
tin own out of un
still raging and Superintendent Lang’s*
residence is in gr .at danger of burning.
Tho wind is blowing strongly in that*
direction. It is favorable to the ware
houses a"d they may i,., be Inst.
The Southern Muul in* n nee Com
P* n y loses about four thousand dollars
by this fire. A telegram wa.*k*received
BtOODItOUNDS AT BAY. J
LATEST NEWS FROM THE SEAT OF
WAR.
In llot Pursuit of the Harmony
(■rove Burglur-»Athen» Send* u
Commander for the 1’p Country
.Vlllitiu—Famine Stare* the People
in the Face.
Col. T. W. Rucker returned from a
trip up the North-Eastern yesterday, and
gives a thrilling accountof the pursuit of
the barefooted burglar.
Col. Rucker says that the whole pop
ulation of Harmony Grove and Banks
county are in arms—having deserted
home, fireside and business pursuits, to
;o in quest of the fleeing outlaw. This
army numbers fifteen hundred strong,
under the immediate command of Capt.
Cran < River,who to add to the importance
>f the occasion, is sporting his gilt hat
band. FalstafPs army is a well discip
lined, armed and uniformed body of
terans compared with this regiment ot
patriotic volunteers. Every age, sex
■tnd condition is represented in the ranks,
and they are armed with everything
from a pair of pot-hooks to the old dou
ble-barrelled cannon borrowed of Ath-
Gwing to the large body it is slow
work marching, as they only make an
average of two miles per day; but
the burglar is a very accommodating
fellow, and always sends word back
where he spends the night, and what
course he will take that day, so as not to
leave his pursuers too far in the rear.
The track taken by this army is like the
inarch of the Kansas grasshopper—noth
ing to eat is left. Not even a rabbit i>
found, for the ferocious blo«*«.
hounds are especially active in pursuit »t
-legged animals. At night, when
this jegion goes into camp, Capt. < diver
puts out sentinels, lest the burglar re
turns and surprises and captures bis pur
suers. This is the greatest danger that
hreatens this devoted band of heroes.
I’he precaution is a most timely one, foi
:he burglar never camps exceeding three
idles ahead of them. At one place* this le
gion of honor found where the fellow hail
ft a piece of his coat-tail sticking to a
thorn hush, and this trophy' created as
ouch enthusiasm as the capture of a
king’s standard by a hostile army. Mr.
iucker further tells us that all hope ol
naking a crop this year in that section
abandoned, for there is no one left at
home to till the soil, and the burglar
seems determined to keep up his hide
ind seek game all the summer. When
Col. Smith gets back his “blood hounds”
he will have a pair of the best trained
rabbit dogs in the country. The hanks
County Guards have been reorganized,
and Capt. Tom Neil has placed the
Banksville Grange under arms.
Later.—The latest news from Banks
ounty is that Capt. Oliver has a prayer
neeting every night in his camp. This
band of devoted heroes fully realize the
Unger that surrounds them, should that
burglar turn and attack them.
LAST OF THE BURGLAR.
THE ADVANCE ANI> RETREAT OF
A HEROIC HOST.
Closing Chapter of the Harmony
(■rose lliirglury—A Surround; a
Stampede and a (ilad Surprise--
Tl»e Fate of the Oiae*Kyed Outluw
and Hi* Diillunt Pursuer*.
A MOTHER a TffiRSIt** 1
Burial of Mr*. Talmadfr from the
Presbyterian Church Ye*terday
Horning— 1 Touching Discourse of
Dr. Lane—A Large Congregation.
Yesterday morning a lar ;e congrega
tion gathered in the Presby erian church
to pay the last tribute of respect to Mrs.
William A. Talmadge. The body wa-
placed in front of the channel, reposin
in a rosewood casket, beautifully deco
rated with white flowers. Pendant fmn
the side were floral letters of the word
Mother.*’ There were am mg the con
gregation a number of w nn person-*
friends of deceased, who had known her
in family relations and in the churcii:
there were a large number of youngei
people, some of whom had not known
the dead lady, but whose respect for th
living members of the famil v led them l<
mingle with her friends and relatives o
this sad occasion.
The services at the churc i were con '
ducted by Dr. C. W, Lane. I he worth
of the hymn were sung:
How firm s foundation, ye sain a the I.
The twenty-third Psalm urasread; the.
followed:
‘Jesus, Lover of My So I '•
exquisitely rendered by the • >oir The
passages and hymns were «• ial fav.
ites with the deceased.
The text was taken from 'Ire fir-i v»-» -
of the .‘18th chapter of Isaia “ >et tn
house in order, for thou s et *ue
not live,”
Dr. IJine feelingly allude t c
that fourteen months ago th . j».
of the departed lady had be «il:
a..d borne to the cemeter
ords of the text were rca 1 , n.
the request of Mr. Talmadg
repeated. It was a war
person, whether young or
their houses in order and 1 > •
soul's salvation.
Dr. Lane stated that wh • ,.i . . c
to the bedside of Mrs. Talui : a.,
spoken of the value which s • In-
garnered in Heaven when o !•>-.• .«• t *>
had been called away bef • -h
was simply relating her own -x
Dr. Lane said that this good lady, al
though troubled in her latte i
physical infirmity, was pun. uai n. .*ei
place in prayer meeting and ii i~.*l». no
t relcss in her ministrations «t* - i.A
and afflicted. When the st* *k>* «»! t r-
alysis came, her pastor has -ned t • iiei
bedside again and in respon to we.ds
of Christian comfort she ha . pn ssed . i
hand. Dr. Lane drew abea iiful pictur*
of the life of Mrs. Talmadge. anti his ap
peal to the grandchildren w ioso conver
sion she had expressed the wish to In
to see, was very touching.
The body was followed t> the gr v
by a large concourse of f iends. Tin
four children of Mrs. Tal nudge, tw
sons and two daughters, w re foll*?we«
by the grandchildren. A la ge nuinbe*
of family servants walked '*eliind th*
family and assisted in payin respect t«
the dead which was acco ded by all
classes and ages to the d parted lady
Verily, a “Mother in Israel” has departe
tUtTOOVEB HAND.
It occurred six years ago, in 1881, and
at the Chateau Monplaisir, near Virchow.
How?
Ah, well; no one knew.
A bright spring morning; tfle little pa
vilion at tlia end of the garden where
Vladimir Dejnek pursued his art; sculp
tor's tools scattered about; the sunshine
streaming across his white face and mak
ing more than terrible his open, glazed
eyes; a bin! sitting singing on his icy j
band; the bk.ck. round mark al>ont his
throat: the half finished statue of Memory
in the moiot clay; the open casement and
the carefully closed door.
That was all.
Yet no—you ask if there was no clew?
Two.
Little* ones.
And yet one greater than the other.
The deep imprints ofc .two hands—a
right hand and a left—in the wet clay of
the young artist’s List work.
The ri* lit hand was that of nn aristo
crat: the long, slender anil tapered
fingers, the hollow, narrow palm, even
the impress of the oval nail tips lay there
cle ::r.v cut ia the gray clay.
‘1»: • 1 ft ivas the hand of n vulgarian,
bm-.t . . j: .ha, with short, thick fingers,
tlu r :*•• v. ide tips sinking deep.
'1* ■ " *ii* close lieside each other.
j friends.
: n as close in their rela-
• j. .i u: tiiity may be, for together, it
they had murdered Vladimir
t.»:a had those two hands l>e-
a ceaseless question, which no
• * v *rs could reply to.
nTi.i.c hand detectives. anato-
I»erls decided was the hand
• > uall. soft, sensitive palm,
ihe object it met to sup-
. *. ..ad yei leaving its indelible
. . • . • * - .vromplice’s hand—for
r *i « t-.o lui.^ucrat was taken for the
Vo- r and tne vulgarian the hireling—
• i • *.i*'ht to he that of a youth, terri-
. ui hu share of the crime, bis strong
-*ts i.aviug sunk deeply into thestatuo
yilMD BKADl.\(i.
Several Ladle* in .viadUon Po**e»s
(he Wonderful (ilff.
A gentleman from the town of Madi
son, in speaking of J. Randall Brown, the
mind reader, tells us that there are several
ladies in his place who possess that gift,
and one of them to the extent almost
equal to Mr. Brown. The lady is the wife
of a prominent citizen, and sue does not
wish her name given publicity, but she
does not object to giving private exhibi
tions of her powers, and frequently does
so at gathering in that little city. She
herself does not know the seciet of the
wonderful gift, but says that she believes
it to be the exercise of a more powerful
mind over her’s, and she unconsciously
follows its guidance. The lady is very
proficient in the hiding test, and can at
once walk to the spot where any article
is secreted, provided she be permitted to
grasp the hand of the person that con
cealed it Her actions are similar to
those of Prof Brown, and in fact she
seems to be controlled by the samo mys
terious power. This lady is a very high
ly nervous temperament, and her only
objection to giving displays of her power
,■ is that she incompletely prostrated for
gone time afterwards.
The Woukded Burolar.—A Gaines
ville letter to the Atlanta Journal, in
speaking of the Harmony Grove burglar,
says; “Your reporter visited the jail to
day (Sunday), and found him less de
spondent than at any rime since his cip-
ture. He ssys be rested much better
last night, getting several hours sleep
and feeling much better to-day. Dr.
Kimbrough, his attending physician,
says his wound is healing tneely, and| it
will only require a little time for him to
recover. He is a young man, rather
handsome, and seems to bo intelligent
pnd well educated,”
Capt. Oliver reached borne, yesterday,
and was at once surrounded by a crowd
of anxious friends, to hear the latest
news from the seat of war in Bank;
The Captain refused to he interviewed by
a reporter, but we obtained the followin;
story through a proxy:
Last Sunday the burglar sent back
word to his pursuers that lie wanted to
go to church that day, and take a fish on
Monday morning, so he proposed :i
uistice, which was accepted, as the pur
suing host were well nigh broke dow'n.
Hie Captain, Ins legion and his blood
hounds went in camp near Longview,
while the one-eyed burglar halted less
than two miles from them. Scouts were
sent out to gather in provisions, and also
• o keep an eye on the enemy to see that
ne toted fair. The commander spent the
interval in drilling and disciplining his
•inny, in the event that a battle took
place, or the burglar attempted to sur
round or surprise thorn, At ten o’clock
Monday the truce was to be declared at
an end. All went well until this hour,
when with one accord the onward inarch
again began. The tin cans wer** beat,
the blood hounds bayed, the plow gear
on the cavalry rattled, while at tho head
of this gallant body of men rode* the
Captain in all the glory that his blue uni
form and gilt hat band could bequeath.
The spectacle was enough to strike tei-
ror to a burglar with two eyes, much
less a one-eyed culprit. But a short dis
tance was made by nightfall—only one
mile and a half— and at sundown the ar
my pitched its camp on the same ground
occupied the previous night by the hos
tile host of one, as was shown by the
chalk marks on the trees and fences. It
was well known that the burglar was
but a short distance off, and could plain
ly see their camp fires from his lair.
The guards were doubled, the blood
hounds unchained, and the cainp sank
into a feverish rest. But that bold, bad
burglar had laid a trap to defeat and dis
comfort his enemies. He first enticed
the blood hounds ofl* on a cold trail by
dragging a rabbit skin around the camp.
He next deliberately set to work and
surrounded the army, after driv
ing in tho pickets. Resistance
then was worse than useless. How
could an undisciplined army like that
one Capt. Oliver commanded hope to
measure swords with a skilled burglar,
with one eye and a scar on his lip! The
situation was desperate. It was only a
question of whether the entire army sur
render unconditionally to the foe that
encompassed t.iein, or that by diapers
ing, such remnants of the command be
saved as could escape on the blind side
of the burglar, and by returning to Har
mony Grove, then reorganize and begin
sort of guerrilla warfare against the
enemy, like Kirby Smith proposed with
his Trans Mississippi army after the sur
render. Capt. Oliver called a council of
war, and he found this latter suggestion
met a hearty approval. Like a brave
and heroic General, he set the example
to his men by being the first to break
through the line and retreat. It was
like a drove of sheep following a leader.
The retreat became a fiight—a route—a
stampede—and the road from Longview
to Harmony Grove was lined with the
fleeing troops. All the camp equipments
and ammunition were left behind, to be
the spoils of the burglar. At last Har
mony Giove was reached, and a hasty
set of breastworks thrown up on the out
skirts of the town, in case the one-eyed
enemy should pursue them. These
brave men had determined to sell their
lives as dearly as possible, and perish in
sight of their homes and firesides before
turning the unprotected stores of the
Grove over to the mercy of the burglar.
But a happy relief here reached them.
The news arrived that the burglar was
not in pursuit of them—that he had nat
enticed away the blood hounds or
even surrounded their camp. It was all
a false alarm. While they were stam-
edin’g toward Harmony Grove tha enemy
iad boarded a freight train at Longview,
and by that time had shaken the red
clay <n Georgia from his heels. But
Captain Oliver firmly believes that the
burglar did have his camp surrounded
near Longview, and says the only thing
that saved himself and his men was the
fact that the burglar had only one eye,
that enabled them to escape by getting
on his blind side, and his (the Captain’s)
great presence of mind. He boldly
Berts that had the enemy possessed two
orbs of vision, Athens would to-day be
called upon to ransom its Chief of Polico,
and Harmony Grove and Banks ^punty
be mourning the capture of hundreds of
its bravest and best citizens. The Cap
tain also repudiates the report that these
bloodhounds were enticed off that tern*
ble night by a neighbor’s flock of sheep,
51KS. WH. A. TAL.H ADUE.
Dentil of a G«od Lady Well-Known
in Alheu*, Sunday Ai|gl*t*
Sunday night at 9:30 o’clock, Mrs. Wil
liam A. Talmadge, who was stricken with
paralysis a week before, b cuthed he*
last, at her home in this city. A devote*,
mother, a kind neighbor, an earnest an*,
practical Christian, with an ♦* *r ever op* i:
to the cry of want, she lived many year-
a consistent member of the IVesbyteriai
Church, and died in the full issuranco of
faith. She bore many bodily infirmitie-
with cheerful patience, till s ie heard th*
Master’s voice saying, **frien 1, come ui
higher.” Then, without a fe tr she fell
asleep in J Jsus.
Thafune.ral services from the Presby
terian church this morning at i« n o’clock.
M rs. Talmadge leaves four • hiblren lo
mourn her loss. They are -tnion? C e
best known and most highly esteemed
members of our community. She was in
the 85th year of her age.
“Well done, thou good * *d f.dthful
servant!”
The Blooi> Hounds.—Mr .»••■-
ray tells a B.-W. reporter th M
is mistaken about the hound *. r
of Col. Smith only trailing r
they were set on the track o
ami trailed him for five mile
as he ever saw dogs run. Th n
too dry to track the burglar, . i
dogs would start otf afresh a s •
they struck a point where
was the least damp. Mr. Mu * \ -
lias no doubt but that the bu r
caught, as he is about broken
the men and dogs are still in
of him. One night the men a*»d i .
glar slept only two miles a;>tr
rams have been sent all over *1 *
try describing the fellow, so
take a train without being rec ni/.
captured. He avoids the high ay-
goes through the woods and i»** ? •«
i\ -I.*
ill b*.
The Meanest 1 iiievery.—Dining lie
past week a gentleman in At «*v < ~ a
poor, old, decrepit negro .mu,, wl .> is
half-bent with age and scare •« *• aSu to
hobble along, a wagon load o chip:., and
the old man, after working h ill «h*
afternoon, managed to ge »**tu to
lot on which he lived by ni fall. Go
ing into his room he rested f r an hour,
and upon going to his ch • pile to get
some fuel for his fire he foun s that near
ly all of his chips had mysten >usly -
appeared. Some vagrant h i-l watc
him in his work, and while t ie old man
man was resting from his, stole them.
Wales Wynton’s Fortune.—Yester*
day Geo. C. Miles was in the Chronicb
office, and after business, in ’alking, h*
mentioned the investment* made by
Wales Wynton last your. Wynton in
vested about $4,200 of his an l his moth
er’s money in real estate. Mr. Mile:
made the trades and says thu he could
now sell the property for $1 >.000. Th*
friends of Mr. Wynton wi 1 b** i:lad t-
know that his foresight h s made hi.*
mother comfortable .— Birmingham
Chronicle.
The Macon & Athens.—The good
news reaches us that dirt is b^ing move*!
right along on the new railr a b* low
Madison, and the contractors re largely
swelling their squads of hand The pay
ing off of obligations by the r lro •<! has
iHfused new hope and new li into
ryone. In about six wreks it is esti
mated that the graders will be prepared
to move this side of Madison, when the
road will be pushed to coinpl n . s fast
as possible.
Mad Dogs.—The good peo 1 • in som*
sections of Madison county ar ■ said to hi
fearfully torn up over the ma i d *g s*-n
sation, and it is sure death for a c.inine i
come within range of their ui>s *v <
never knew the mad dog ex- n n» t
break out so early. We are g l
that Mayor Hodgson is takin x i
efforts to enforce the dog or imam *
Athens.
Benefited by the Well.—Mr. Roy
Stokely, of Crawford, went d *wn to •
electric well last Wednesday *
matism in his arm. He rem «i
days and has not felt the pain «•
Mr. Amason, the tax collect)
tborpe, is arranging to go .*n.
learn that Mrs. Stokely may *, e a i i
to the shaft for neuralgia.
i.: ;. \ l.uliinir Dejnek nny enemies?
A’-. 'Veil: u**no that nny one knew, hut
v.A.-n .* man is young, anient, impas-
s**ee.uv. lovable, may lie not have enemies
ve'l as friends? Easily,
i *J love nny one?
l*h, jvs. yes; love is not nn idle word; it
ii.e xvork of many not yet invented.
And xx'as he loved?
Truly.
By whom?
Ah, who knows.
lla<l he a model*
Yes. She ceased coming a fortnight
before.
And who was she?
Oil, xvell, a young, tall woman, wrapped
always, even it this line weather.
Did the skitue resemble her?
Yes—ah! to l»e sure the face of Memory
was a blank; it had possibly not satisfied
Vladimir Dejnek. and that very morning,
very likely, he had obliterated it.
Could the model l>e found?
Nicholas, Paul and Katinka, the ser
vants of the dead man, thought that she
could.
Where?
At Yirchoxv, i f course.
Was she found?
Ah, no.
And was there any one else?
To l>e sure; the new model! How
strange that they hail not thought of her
lx-fore!
And she?
Yi.uiig, beautiful: oh! with eyes like the
reindeer’s ami long liair like the ripe silk
of the corn, and a mouth as soft as fungus
in tlu* spring.
Ami her hands?
Well, xvell; that was too much.
Nicholas, Paul and Katinka shook their
heads and murmured their prayers.
Yes. yes, she had hands truly—because
Katinka had seen Vladimir I)ejnek’s large,
green, shining, jeweled ring sparkling on
the new model’s linger only the day be
fore.
And where was she? a— - •
Oh, at Yirchoxv; where else?
Was she found?
No.
So Vladimir Dejnek’s relations settled
them?elves into a stunned calm, and took
po .-ession of his projicrty quite naturally,
after sending many thousands of rubles
in vain attempts to discover his mur
derers.
Not a trace of either women could be
had. and presently Chateau Monplaisir
I to the light laughter of the pretty
m i of the last tenant and the inuocent
prat: ;j i f her children.
i’i j .vllfon was torn down, anil in it*
Fica* .t«.harming fountain played in the
wan i weather a Jot high in the air.
r i i:-.‘ sculptor’s tools were buried—and
the unfinished, faceless statue of Mnemos-
yv.-.
v. ell. Vladimir Dejnek had a friend—
Ix*:.:i Ati ..idi. Tlic.-c two men had loved
* ic i ot ier ns men do once in a while, very
truly, xcry deeply and tenderly, ami I van
An>.:!*ii bi-jrgcd of the relatives of Vladi
mir Dejnek that they would give him the
sta'ue of Memory left unfinished in the
studio.
Tin / gladly assented.
IIo took it nxvay and had it liaked and
pai.ued and glrzed, and kept it always
sin i*l ng with r* long, dark cloth over it in
the dr.:xving room of his apartment in
Mo,cow.
And he swore, could he but ever meet
or find the owner of either of those hands,
he would avenge the death of Vladimir
Dejnek.
******
Ivan Ansahli was the son of a southern
father—lie had passions, poxvers, capabili
ties all of the most accentuated descrip
tion.
He was a mnn of about forty years of
age, a man of force and of intelligence; a
little vain, but perhaps not too much so.
lie had had his successes; lie had been
loved in fact; he had had innumerable
'‘affairs of the heart.”
And here is a jxaradox: Amid all these
‘‘affairs of the heart” he had ever sought
without fuming it—love!
He had indeed txx o characters; with the
one he amused himself by mocking the
whole world, and with the other?—well,
he reserved the other, and very possibly
consoled himself with tlic absurd idea that
the day might come when he should show
it entirely to—some one.
Ivan Ausnldi had those melancholy yot
always brilliant eyes, which forever seem
to seek.
And xvhat do they seek?
It is not for me to say.
lie had traveled all over the earth look
ing always—for what?
Fame? Riches?
Heaven knows! And perhaps he him
self, in flic depths of his soul, knew also.
At Iccst he was very well nxvare that
he had B ver yet found that thing which
he sought.
He thought often of his friend Vladimir
“Oh, to them,
tliat they could never melt—but what do
you think of me?”
“Too much to dare, to utter it*”
“Impossible.”
“I assure you”
“Will you then permit me to lie your
interpreter?” Roxanilra Smirnoff says,
with a little smile just breaking the frozen
pink arch of her mouth.
Ivan bowed, looking at her with that
comprehensive glance which a man never
gives to but one woman in his lifetime.
“You arc kind to permit it!” The smile
breaks into a little low ripple cf cool
laughter, more Intoxicating to him who
listened than would have been the most
luscious mirth of the reddest lips of his
own south land.
“Well—yon think—here is a woman
who has been loved, as brothers, friends,
lover’s love, by men of talent, strength—
in brief, by men—and not to be Dved in
some fashion is for her a new sensation,
from which she will not draw back—no-
rat her will she extend to this novelty the
right hand of welcome; she is charmed
with it! That is what you say to your
self, Ix'an Ansaldi, and you are correct. I
wish nothing so much as that you shall
like me—not more than that—with that I
am content.”
“And I am not.”
Mme. Smirnoff shrugs her snowy
shoulders.
“No. Oh, byHepven!”.cries bounder
his breath. "WT«it a woman you ere!” -
“What kind ofl&oinaif, then, am I?”
“I do not know—I do not knoxv—the
kind of xvoman that is at once a man’s in
spiration r.nd his despair—I can think of
only txvo xvords of Dante’s when I look at
you.”
“And those are?”
“The eternal pearl.”
“Your Italian said it of the moon.”
“Yes, and I borrow it for yon—for,
should sin dye yon os deep a red os those
roses yonder—should crime blacken you
as somberly as look our starless nights—
still you would to me shine forever white,
immaculate, spotless; you puzzle, you ir
ritate, you entrance me!”
Roxamlra Smirnoff shudders and Ivan
stoops to gather her fur cape over her.
•*Whv did you think of that?”
“What?”
“8 i n—a nd—crime?’ *
The music, a friend’s voice,-these things
recall Ivan to an ordinary view of the sit-
uatii
“Ah.”
Tx'im An*-ldi raised his eyes for the first
time since :;he came into the room. They
were full of blood and looked at her.
“You do not want to go yet?”
“No.”
“Very well.”
He staggered across the room and out of
ihe door, and down the three staircases
and out into the street and across it, and i
looking at the shadow of Roxandra Smir-
uoir at the candle lighted window of his
own home, Ivan shot himself through the
heart.
The murder cf Vladimir Dejnek was
reused.—New York Mercury.
THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT IN THE I YESTESO Y’J,
HAYMAPK.iT RIOT |
Dejnek; the idea of vengeance slept within
him, but did not die.
Kx’en to-night, when just about to start
for a lm.ll at the English ambassador’s,
Ivan, brushing past the statue, pulled
aside the dark clpth and stuck his fore
finger into the ' little aristocratic place
molded in the clay—and then with an oath
he drew it out, aud, drenching his hand in
eau de cologne, left the room quickly.
It was a brilliant ball—this one to which
he went.
And he met her there.
When his restless, melancholy eyes fell
upon her face they became happy. When
his ironical lips spoke to her kisses seemed
to hover on their crimson fullness—and
when he felt the silken sxveep of her robes
upon bis sleeve his swarthy face liecaine
pale.
Explain it?
he says. “You must pardon
tell you the truth, I stumbled
over a memento of a friend of mine who
was murdered as I came out to-night, and
its influence must be haunting me.”
“Ami should such mementos rise be
tween you and me?” murmurs she in
voice whose melted musicalness was more
like perfume to his senses than sound.
“Between us,” corrects Iran. “No—
and yet, my country?*, pn are brutally su
perstitious, and I am one of them.”
“How?” she asks dazedly.
“Well,” Ivan Ansaldi leans over the
high back of Mme. Smirnoff’s chair, his
arms folded, his eyes bent upon the fair
face upturned to question his.
“Well, we love each other; that is the
truth, is' it not?”
“Yes;” she breathes heavily under the
velvet of her bodice.
“It is a great thing—it is the thing I
have looked for all my life.”
“Aud I,” Roxur*}ra murmurs.
“You All my eyes, my soul, my senses,
my heart and brain. I must tell it to
ybu!”
A little crimson oolor creeps into her
parted lips; a little fleck of pink blood
tinges the white of her cheek.
“And,” Ivan says slowly and painfully,
“there is something else that I must say
to you also. Do not deny me, do not ev*
look at ine—it is fate, and with that it
lx\st not to disagree. I say to you good-
He leaves her.
He leaves the house of his friend blind
ly, aud, not stooping to enter a carriage,
rushes across the city to his own house.
As he enters the drawing room the dark
cloth covering the statue of Memory clings
to his rough surtout. With a mutte
exclamation he threw himself upon the
lounge.
He vaguely heard the bells ring out the
hours—two, three. He listened to n dog
| bark to ‘the street,, the dull sound rf.car
riage wheels gijAtiug^> *he ice; voices; a
lull; footsteps—some one without; some
one admitted by a sleepy servant.
Ansaldi neither turned his head nor
opened his eyes.
Presently he felt upon his brow a touch,
cool as the fall of dew upon the parched
earth.
He did not stir, save that a shudder of
incalculable pain thrilled him from croxvn
to heel.
“It is I!” murmurs the voice of Roxau-
dra Slmirnoff.
“I know it,” he replies, still without
moving.
“Shull aught come between us now—
now, when for you I have risked every
thing? Answer me yes or no—do not
move, and then 1 go—already I am here
too long.”
With a motion of exquisite deference, so
tender as to lx? well nigh idolatrous, Ivan
Ansaldi took into his the white hand ot
Roxandra Smirnoff and, rising, he raised
it to liis lips. A kiss softer and sxveeter
than incense he gave it, and then his eyes
fell upon the ungloved hand of the woman
he loved—her right hand
With a cry of terror—a cry like that
which comes from the throat of some
wounded wild beast—he sprang hack and
flung her from him.
“What is it? Ivan, what is it?” Rox
andra Smirnoff stands erect in the full
flare of the many candles.
“What is it?” echoes tho man. “Who
arc you? what are yoC? Let me look at
you! let me look at you!”
He reaches forward and takes her head
roughly between his palms.
“So you—” Ivan catches at her other
hand and drops it with a motion of horror.
“You arc both of them!”
“What? what?”
“Oh. nerer mind—I—” he wipes the
great drops from his face, and sits doxvn
on the sofa, burying his face out of sight.
“Oh, losavens!” cries she, “nothingcan
come between us now—what was it?—that
thought—again?”
“Yes,” he replies simply.
“Tell me all about it, and that will
end it.”
“Will it?”
“Yes. You are fanciful, superstitious,
and I? I am here—and”
“Yes. Very well”
“Noxv tell me?”
“Tol>e sure. My friend—he was mur
dered; he was an artist, a sculptor, ami
they found him one morning strangled in
his studio; no enemies, no theft; nothing
but simply death. He had two models' ’
“Yes.” Roxandra Smirnoff pants as
she listens.
“One of them a tall lady who hail ceased
coming a fortnight before his murder, the
other beautiful, young, who was seen
with him the day previous”
“Yes?” she breathes heavily.
“Well, that is all.^
“That is all?**
“Yes.”
“And they never found out?”
“They never found out.”
“Well, what do you think of it?”
“He was my friend.”
“Ah—yes Well, of course,
Ol R RAILROAD EDITION.
A Word With the Kiiikinc** .Hon off
At ben*.
intend to go to great expense to
issue our big railroad edition— to get
paper creditable alike to Athei s
and its people. We want a sheet of re
ferenced Illustrative of ilie advantages of-
d bv our city a' dsect ; on—somethin*;
that can be tiled axvay and be of service
to come. This will be a s**|.ara'e
jap* r from our regular daily and week-
y editions. To make it what we would
like and design, xve must have not only
the assistance, but the hearty suppert of
lie. people of Athens, and especially our
business men ami manufacturing ele-
This paper will be issued solel y
for the purpose of advertising Athens
and the country immediately tributary
to our city, and the .-ntire ten thousand
pies be placed where they will do most
Hid. First, we xvant to flood the fresh
territory that the nexv roads will open
up to us xxilli them, and also place them
in the hands of capitalists and others in
he North xvlio are now looking to the
South for investment and homes. The
•yes of cap talistsare noxv directed to the
■'outh, ami xve feel that xx hilc other Geor-
:i and xlabaina citi* s are being deluged
• uh golden showers, that Athens
not lo-e an opportunity to get
ier-hare. We can offer just as many
t*>vantages is Kouic or Decatur. While
ive have not their coal and iron, we .pos-
oss other advant ges not enjojed by
these points, that only need to be adver-
I ai.ii made known to start Athens
. boo’u. We shall devote one page
:i> paper to a map, showing the lo-
»n of our city, w ith its wat«*r powers,
railroads, fanning lands, manufac
tories, etc. \\ e will also have other en-
rprises ami prominent citizens illustrat-
I 'I’he issue will cost us something
like $.>00.. This expense we do not feel
able to bear personally, and neither do
we believe that Athens will ask it. To
meet this outlay, we was t our every pub
lic-spirited citizen to assist us to a cer
tain extent. We xx*ant advertisements of
all the business houses and manufactures
in the city, aud, in fact, wo intend to
make the p per an encyclopaedia of our
city fid its surroundings. We are noxv
having the preparatory work done on
this great p iper, ami as soon as all is set
tled will call on our citizens for their
•ii 1. We trust and believe tint not one
wiil r* fuse to lend some aid to an enter
prise that is so 1 adly needed to advertise
Athens.
Is Visiting Atlanta, and a Capital Reporter : I ATERT FROM VHE CH iSE.
Gets Him to Talk a Ll tie. i
[A.U.U Capitol ] "* P °*“ ** 111 Aft “ th » a ° bb « *»
Mr. C. W. Whitney and wife are in
the city.
Mr. Whitney is a member of the Chi
cago police force, and was shot in the fa
uious llaymarket riot, that occurred May
4th, 188G, and tho instigators of which,
the anarchists, will soon be hanged.
Mr. Whitney was desperately w'ouud-
ed, and caine to Athens in December last
for the benefit of his health. He is much
improved, and is now on his way back to
Chicago, where he will be assigned to
inside work in the police department, as
he will never be able to do active ser
vice again.
A Capitol reporter met Mr. Whitney
this morning, and asked:
“You were shot in the famous Hay-
market riot, were you not?”
“Yes, sir, I was wounded in four
places; but I was not shot; I was struck
ith
(’OR 1*0RATL LI.VIITS.
Thai’s I lie Way it Strike* Vie.
Editors Banner-Watchman: '[’belit
tle d**gs in the suburbs have been bark
ing for many years past, but the wise and
mighty city authorities failed to catch
tin* sounds as they were wafted on the
breezes. Noxv, ho xve ver, the deep-toned
note of a blood hound is heard mutter
ing in the distance, and one of the
‘wisest and most conservative” of these
c : ty fathers is set “musing” by the un-
familiar sound. Muse on, and as j-ou
muse, let me amuse you with a few sug
gestions. Xoamouutof musing, how
ever deep it may be, will ever make the
existent state of taxation just. On the
oilier hand, .should ihe corporate limits
be contracted half a mile, the people
within that radius would be worse otf
than before, because they would then be
denied the free privileges of the city
schools. (See rules for city schools.)
No xx*, why couldn't this compromise be
mad**? All taxes, except those belong
ing o the school fund, to be expended
upon the streets of that disputed half
mile. Blue coats and brass buttons,
water works, gas and tire engines can be
dispensed w ith; they are n**t absolutely
necessary *o the happiness of those liv
ing within that bone of contention. But
good streets and passable sidewalks are
essential, and xve ought to have them.
I doi-’t knoxv how much the taxes col-
ieeted xvithin this half mile amount to;
!*ut 1 do know* that if this revenue were
faithfully expended on the streets of just
that section for a few years, that the
change in their condition would be as
tonishing beyond astonishment, and
xvould probably rouse even our “inuser”
from his reverie. Tiien, you see, at the
*-nd of a few years, that boom which is
quietly griping old Athens, will be ready
t*» send brass buttons, gas, Ac., to the
very end of that half mile, and it is just
as well to have good streets ready to re
ceive them. E. A.
four pieces of the dynamite bomb
which the anarchists had thrown. 1 had
been ordered to the place to disperse the
uiob, and before I expected any real dan
ger the explosion occurred, and I was
struck iti three places on my legs and on
my chest. The last wound was consid
ered very dangerous, and I lay at the
point of death for many w eeks. During
my convalescence I must have drank up
one thousand dollars worth of wine. It
xvas all that would keep me alive. By
the way, you all have a dry town here?”
“Yes; Atlanta is called a dry town.”
“And she is very dry, too, I can tell
you. Why, I walked two miles yester
day trying to get a little whisky, as I
needed it to brace me np, for I am still
weak, and I couldn’t get a drop for love
or money. I, for one, can testify that
prohibition prohibits in Atlanta.”
THE HAYMAHKKT RIOT.
“How many men were killed in the
llaymarket riot?” asked tho reporter
“Only one was killed outright, but
seven others died from their wounds.
The total number of wounded was 67,
and some of these are maimed for life.”
“We don’t have dynamiters in Atlan
ta,” remarked the scribe.
“No; and you should be thankful for
it. 1 wouldn’t mind policing in Atlanta
very much; yeti reckon the boys get in
close quarters here sometimes, just as
they do everywhere. You see there is a
tough element in Chicago, ps the city
catches all the tramps and rogues that
main about the country. The reason of
this is because so many railroads centre
in Chicago.”
“There is not much pleasure connect
ed with policing in Chicago?”
“Well, in some departments the boys
have a comparatively easy time, but
many of us carry our lives in our hands,
and we knr w it.”
Mr. Whitney is thirty years of age and
quite a fine specimen «f physical man
hood. He will probably leave Atlanta
o-night.
County; ▲ Description.
Harmony Grove, March 20.—[Special]
The posse that left here early Saturday
morning in pursuit of the escaped bur
glar, returned yesterday afternoon, tired
and travel-stained, minus the burglar.
They traced the fugitive from justice all
through the upper edge of Banks county,
and finally lost trail of him about one
mile this side of Longview, on the R. &
D. R. R. It is supposed that he boarded
the north going freight train on Satur
day night, and is now beyond the reach
of pursuit. The following is an accurate
description of the burglar, as given us by
a gentleman who occupied the same room
with him while the “crook” was pros
pecting in Athens: A dark complected
man, between 35 and 40 years old, weigh
ing about 140 pounds. His left eye is
out and there is a large scar just below
the eye. He has dark hair, somewhat
gray on the temples. He has a slight
Irish brogue, and also Irish features. He
seems to be w'ell educated and W’ell in
formed on current events.
the
SOLICITING SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Tlio (■., ('• «V Committee Tlixing
With the People*
Yesterday Mayor Hodgson and Cash
ier Hull, <»f the University Bank, were
out on the streets for a few hours solicit
ing subscriptions for the G., C. & N. rail
road. These gentlemen were not as suc-
ces.-ful as they anticipated. Several
merchants xvlio do a large business in
the surrounding country and city gave
exceedingly small amounts—amounts
that xvmi *1 hardly do credit to a small
r* tail dealer; while oil the other hand
small merchants who do purely a I oca
trad**, were very libeial in their sub
scription-. Our merchants, if they wish
to see the toad built, nm>t makeup their
minds to subscribe liherajly* There are
large films in this city whose trade will
he benefited largely by the road. In
fact, the benefit they will derive from the
road xvould justify a ten thousand dollar
subscription '1 he committee is by no
uu ur.s discouraged, though it is rather
worried by the illiberality it has met
with. It proposes to make a new start
and it is to be hoped that our people will
come up liberally. Only a small sum is
asked from Athens, and it will be a great
blow tc the city if this sum is not col
heted.
‘‘DI.ATII OF TKIL WORLDS”
51r. Peter Culp Discourse* Scientif<
icalljr.
Dear Banner-Watchman: In Bill
Arp’s letter from Florida he says he
heard Professor Proctor lecture on the
“death of worlds.” Arp says that Proc
tor is one of the greatest astronomers
extant, and he proves that worlds die
like men and animals and trees and all
thrt is created. I see nothing unreason
able in that.
All forms of matter are undergoing
changes either by slow or rapid progress.
The matter has its form changed but it
is not destroyed. If matter cannot be
destroyed it is reasonable that our spirits
or souls cannot. We shall not all sleep
hut we shall all be changed. Suppose
we all die and the world dies what then ?
That omnipotent hand which created it
once can again create a new heaven and
a new earth in which dwell rightous
ness. We often weep and mourn at the
death of our dear frie nds but they are
not annihilated. Their b 'dies decay and
return to the elements of which they
we-e made, but at the last trumpet the
dead shall be raised incorrnption, and
this mortal put on immortality. Now if
we go through this process, it seems rea
sonable that the earth may go through a
process of death and recreation that will
not detract from it, but perhaps make it
a place adapted to the occupancy of
higher grade of being than now inhabit
i*. This is mere speculation with me,
but there is nothing terrific in the con
templ&tion of such an event. If we obey
God implicitly we will work out our sal-
v tioi with fear and trembling, and will
form such characters as will fit us for
that sphere of life which God has pro
posed we shall fill. There we shall be
happy and God glorified, but we can
not reasonably expect to realize that bles
sed and happy condition unless we do
our part of the work. Raul said “he that
w ould not work should not eat.’
The yoke is easy and the burden is
light, and this testimony is from an un
disputed source. 1 emphasize it, that the
pointing of the needle to the poles is not
more true. In the path of duty is hap
piness, out of it misery, and no one is
more conizant of this than your unwor
thy correspondonL But if men die and
animals and vegetables and the world
dies, God our creator and boftntiful ben
efactor lives interminable, and we read
of Christ whom the heavens must
GRESHAUVILI.il.
Looking Into tbe Practicability of Navigat
ing the Oconee.
Greshamvii.LE, March 30.—[Special.]
Editors Banner-Watchman: We are not
withont anxiety down this way in refer
ence to steamboat navigation on the
Oconee river. Congress has made an
appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars
to clear all obstructions in the river,
and a United States engineer has ex
plored the river to Milledgeville, and re
ported it practicable and available for all
commercial purposes; and why in the
name of common sense do we wait, like
Macauber, for earthquakes to cease be
fore going to work and utilizing our op
portunities? What has become of the
force that commenced work and was
frezen out by the severltp of the winter?
Are thpy not thawed and ready to go # to
work? If they are do send them along
and let us hear the sweet melody of the
steamboat whistle. This enterprise will
develop a rich country. The lands on
either side of the river are rich and the
Fontenoy mlLl reamnag the largest and
best cotton mills in the state, and rre now-
standing ready to resume her spindles,
and revive the memory of auld lang
syne, and echo prosperity to its ow ners
and the country around. This factory
alone can afford merchandize enough to
keep the steamers afloat, to say nothing
of the plantation supplies—cotton, hay,
corn, peas and stock transportation. But
just what we want now is for all papers
favorable to our utilizing this enterprise
to put their shoulders to the matter and
boom among the civilized nations of the
earth. We are about to build a six
thousand dollar bridge over the
Oco.iee river, and would like to knoxv
how high to build |it to escape the smoke
stacks of steamers before we build. Any
information will be much appreciated.
R. J. Daw son.
ielsvii.lk," March 28.—[Special.]
Dick Colbert’s dog went mad and attack
ed him, tearing his clothes, but failing to
break the skin. One of his chiV en was
similarly attacked, and another xvas hit-
ten by the same dog. Dick killed the
dog and sta ted for a mad stone. The
child shows no signs of hydrophobia as
yet.
Real estate is so high in .ind around
Danielsville that there is talk of moving
the town to where lots can be had at rea
sonable prices. Some liberal donations
are reported as ready to be made to »he
A. C. R. R. to locate the depot 1 or 2
miles from toxvn, and in the event these
lands are accepted and the nexv court
house, which will probably be built soon,
he nut at this nexv town, the present
Danielsville would be worth hut little.
Quite a large class in painting and
drawing will perhaps be organized this
xveek in our high school, under tho in
struction of the accomplished and popu
lar assistant, Miss Lois Wickliffc.
Danielsville March 30.—[Special.!—
Mrs. E. A. Daniel has sold to B. N. Rus
sell txvo acres of land near Danielsville,
for two hundred dollars. She is offered
$50 per acre for nine acres more, but has
not sold as yet.
Mr. D. t. \\ bite has an estrav mule,
iron gry, about 5 years old, medium size,
which the owner can get by paying ex
penses and proving property. It went
to Mr. Benton's on the 26th inst.
Special.]—
Tiik Street Fountains.—If the city
intends to put up fountains on the street,
let us have something creditable. The
little basins ended are nothing hut wa
JEI'FLR.SO* mays.
Jefferson, March 28.
Sheri If McElhannou receiv*
day to come after the the burglar »t
Gainesville who broke into Mr. Hood s
store, or lie would be let loose. 1 know
proper steps will be taken to keep bit...
Our jail is not considered safe, but wo
will see that be is nicely kept until Au
gust court, when our jiistlv popular so
licitor, Col. K.T. Drown, will see that he
ins safe quarters after August.
Our folks want you to send tbe Das-
nf.r-Watchman by Harm- ov Grove, as
gets here fifteen hours earlier.
J KKtEiisoN, March .‘lo.-
Clarkshoro to Jackson is tin
once fainour Dive Points to New York,or
Brooklyn to Athens. H. re is centered
sutneof lite very worst of our population
and the best citizens of lit.- district are
refusing to serve on tho jury at tbe jus
tice's court, and ihe whole "thing will lie
-[Special.]-
presented to the ne.u grand ju
we can tret the grand l»<*unc eii
tnct xve will have a county th_.
»11 be proud of. lYohibition will j
ncein Ularkesboro.
The friends of (’apt. Coke and
Talmadge sympathize with them i
lossof their excellent nn th r. !
hotter than the writer, knew of her
Christian chaarcter, ami her life xx
doubt shortened by her faithful *
at the bedside of her friends who i
her attention.
George Hodgson in with us to-d:
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WI.NTFRVILLE MAYS
Winteroille, March 28.—[Special.]—
Both the Methodist and Baptist
churches at this place will be completed
for service this week. They are both
spacious and handsome buildings, and
reflects great credit upon our town and
community, and especially the respective
contractors.
There is some talk of building a town
hall in Winterville. This is one thing
our town greatly needs, and no doubt
when some of our enterprising business
men think of the matter it will soon be
built.
Wm. Winfrey, a negra boy living on
Mrs. Winter’s plantation, some distance
below town, secured a pair of shoes on
last Thursday from the firm of J. H. & J.
T. Pittard by slight of hand. The shoes
were soon missed after the negroe left
town, and Mr. Quiller Pittard went im
mediately in pursuit of the thief. He
found him wearing the shoes, to>k him
in custody, b ought him back to town,
from where he was carried to Esquire
Wesley Carter’s, for trial. The evidence
of theft being obvious, he was sent to
Lexington jail for safe keeping until
court.
Hon. James M. Smith had a large shel
ter blown down several days ago, under
which was a tine pha?ton, buggies and
other valuable property, which made the
loss considerable.
WATKimiLLE WAIFS.
Watkinsville, March 28.—[Special.]
—Judge Y. L. G. Harris and Maj. Stanley
rode over yesterday to call on Uncle Cal
vin Johnson and Dr. Billups. Uncle
Calvin is much better the past few days,
and Dr Billups is stirring around but not
able to attend to business yet.
Capt. W. W. Thomas is in town this
evening with the Commissioners, prepar
ing a plan for the new court house. Capt.
Thomas is a fine architect and our Com
missioners have acted xvisely in engage-
ing his services for drawing the plans for
the court house.
. Th e model for our new court house,
ceive until the restitution of all things. | drawn bv Capt. W. W. Thomas, is i
When cold and black Winter has spread | pretty and will be a credit to our county,
FKAXKLI* COIMV.
C A un Es vii.i.k. March [Special. 1 —
Judge Hutchins ami Solicitor-General E
T Brown organized our superior court
this morning. George L (’arson xvas
chosen foreman of the grand jury, and
the business of the court was it once
begun. Owing to ihe obser.ee of Judge
A S Erwin in attendance upon the su
preme court, several very important
cases were passed over to come up at the
last of the docket.
HoTi. A 0 McOurry is also in attend
ance upon the supreme court and will
not be here until the latter part of the
week.
The case of Messrs. Bucket A Co vs.
Taylor Bros, is set for trial Wednesday ,
and xvill be the most important- case
tried. .
There is a iarge amount of business
before the court.
The attendance of attorneys upon the
court is not so large as usual, but it is
thought they will arrive to-inorrow to
make up the apparent deficienev.
Mr H K Wright, of MaMorysvillc,
is visiting his brother, Mr J. W. \\’r
of this place.
Tne jockeys will bo out Tuesday
Wednesday in full force, as this place is
headquarters for jockeys in Northeast
Georgia.
There will be only one felony case at
this term of court.
Carnesville has nice street limps, and
at night time p.esen ,s a city like appear
ance.
Carnesville, March 20.—[Special.]—
W. J. Moulder, whose illness was men
tioned in the B.-W., died Thursday night
last. His arm, on which the cancer was,
was so swollen that it xvas as large as his
body, and the coffin in which lie
buried was twice as large as a common
sized one.
The Lannia Grange, in this count}’, is
the largest o ie in this section, as it has
250 members.
'I’he Carnesville mail noxv connects at
Martin with the morning train on the K.
A. L. R. R., which is a great convenience
and gives us the fuil benefit of a daily
mail.
(ia,
ight,
and
baxksyilli: gh yx.e.
young, beautiful woman mtmleml’ him | I’ 0 " 1 '' f " r 8,oc I 1 D * n ' 1 «rc!,«rdlv tit
from jealousy of the t*ll woman—that is j ‘°r this purpose. By spending a feu
plain.
hundred dollars we can have handsome
her frozen mantle over this beautiful
esrth which wc inhabit, it looks very
much like a dead world, but Winter runs
its course a d disappears and the beauti
ful Spring is ushered in with gay and
splendid flowers, and the green pastures
supply the place of snow end ice, .nd
the birds .re carroling their elegant
notes in the green and fascinating forest
and creek sw.mps where I when a boy
could spend hours fishing and listening
to the notes that seemed then, and still
seem Heaven inspired; such a picture
would not look much like, dead world.
If it dies, the Christain God never dies,
the Christain soul his fsith and his hope
never dies, they may ebb and flow but
never die. Arp said that Professor Proc
tor had once been an infidel, but was now
a confident believer in Ged and immor
tality. Your very humble servant has
been at the threshold of infidelity, but
ucver arrived at a full disbelief of Gods
Word. I am as ever your friend,
Puteh Cui.r.
You think so?” The oyeballs of Ivun | fuuntainz-^sotiietliing that will be pleas-
Ansaldi, under his swollen lids, glittered
like those of a shot tiger.
“Oh, yes. 1 *
“I do not."
He rose.
“Rosandra, I wont to ahow yon some
thing—it is the memento of my detul
friend, which I told you was a bod omen
coming between my thoughts of you.”
ing to the eye and also a convenience for
stock. 'I’he city litis a right to use water
for this durposc free of charge, and so let
us erect something that will not he as
ridiculous as- the little stjuirters now
playing on College avenue.
at out ef
t yes win*
tality
He did not attempt even to explain it to
himself. He said simply: “It is she; at
last; at last;" and he was very content.
Mme. Roxandra Smirnoff was hardly
beautiful—nor yet very young, being per
haps SO and of that extreme fairness which
conveys to the casual thinker the idea of
I a passionless and colorless nature.
| Ah! who knew better than Ivan An-
I aaldi that it was the fire within her soul
] that lial burned the face, the lips, the
shoulders of Roxandra Smirnoff into such
! a trans[«rency of whiteness* Who knew
better than he the pale gold of her hair,
j and the paler blue of her large eyes, hid a
volcano of sensitive feeling under their
fair exterior?
Moreover, she was dressed in white,
| with pearls and crystals and diamonds
sparkling on her bosom and tho upper
Revenue CarTunxs.—Yeste'day morn- : parts of her arms—Indeed, she looked like
ing Deputy* Marshal Carter brought in nu Icicle, as some one said.
Willis Arnold, of Madison oounty, who
ia charged with working in an unregis
Blind Tioeks.—We trust
Scient police will keep thei
open in regard to the illioitsa'eof whizky
in Athens. The business is 11 r t ar
ried on in a round-about wiv toevtdi
the law. There is no justice in rm i.ing
out licensed bar-rooms to le t *ew met
sell on the sly. Several ca-s-s will hi
ready for the next grand jury.
Well—shall we explain their immor- | f aceles8 statue of Memory; he took the
two hands of Roxandra Smirnoff and
pushed them into tbe impressions they
had made in that clay four years before.
They fitted exactly.
She drew them away; she looked at
them—her two oddly different hands—
she crouched and wavered, and sank, an
incoherent heap, at his feet,
. For a time—some seconds seem like
eternities—there waajio sound save the
tinkle of the dock,-aid theg 'ln the hush-
Base Ball.—-Dn April loth, at
“Yes, show it me." She places within | the fair grounds, a big game of baseball
proposed. The Clayton street nine
challenges the Broad street nine to meet
day.
his her hand.
Ivan took it. With one stride he crossed
the room; he tore the mask cloth from the
tered distillery. He waived examination
and was committed to jail.—Constitution.
Ivan heard them say it as they passed;
he smiled.
"Madam, did you hear?”
"Yet .” she answered.
"And"
there came the pitiful sound of a strong
man’s aobe.
Sho crept over to him where be sat, her
long hair, tangled with displaced jewels,
trailing about her.
“Well, youlovome, Ivan Ansold!?’’
"Yes, yes, yes!" he answers stupidly.
"So did he, until she came and stole
his heart from me; That was It."
“Hosbl"
"Yes,”
"What would give yon happiness?"
“To ho"
"Well, yea—there, nevermind; go home,
go home."
them on the above named day. Bill
Bhutan will pitch and Jackson will
catch for the Clayton street nine with C.
B. Veronee as short stop. Radioed
fare to the grounds and through the
gates only 15 cents
Lectuke on. Evolution.—Yesterday
afternoon Brofessor Harry C. White at
the request of a large numberof students
delivered hi* lecture on “evolution." In
addition to a large audience of students,
there were quite a number of
town people present. Tho leoture was
In the Brofcssor’s best style and was
highly enjoyed by those present.
Tiie Eltton Land Co.—In 18T9, stock
in the Elyten Land Co., of Birniiagham,
Ala., sold for $17 per share. To day it
quoted at $.1,400. It will pay BOO per
cent for the next five years.
J
put down Belgian blocks instead of ma-
cadam.-
and an ornament to Watkinsville.
Oconee negroes have the Birmingham
fever.
Watkinsville, March 29.—[Special.]
Mr. Stillman, a young man from Missis
sippi, is in town.
The boys are building a boat to navi
gate the waters of the Oconee river.
From the plans and bosses that got up
the enterprise, we supposed they had
gotten the contract and had commenced
to build the line of steamers spoken of
from l’ortsmouth to Norfolk, by the hack
ers of the 0., C. & N. R. R. Wc think,
however, the ship buildors would do
well to consult the builders of this boat
and get some new ideas about navigation.
A negro got too mcch of Ridgeway
aboard the other day, and with a heavy
club smashed his stove and every piece
of furniture he had in his house. He
said he was sick and wanted no such fur
niture in his house.
UOtlEB HITS.
A Faculty Meetino—The University
faculty held a meeting Tuesday after-
noou. It was thought that the recent
duel would have been the subject of dis
cussion, but it was not mentioned. Some
days ago the faculty considered the mat
ter and no doubt made up their minds
what it would do. The professors are
retricent, and declare that the titno has
not arrived yet for their decision to he
made public.
An Old Bible.—D.-. M. G. Little, of
Crawford, has a Bible that was printed
in tbe reign of Queen Anne. It is still in
a good state of preservation, and all of
the leaves are intact. It ia a very valua
ble curiosity, ard is said would sell for
$500 in New York. It is printed in old
style type, and oontains the services of
the Church of England. The book was
printed about the year 1700.
Died tbom His Wounds.—Frank Har
deman, the little son of James H. Harde
man, who was so badly hurt by being
thrown from a mule, died lrom his
wounds yesterday evening. He suffered
greatly, and never spoke from the time
lie was hurt up to bia death.
Rko Jacket.—My Hambletonian stal
lion, Red Jacket, will be at J. H. Reaves’
stable on the 29th of Marcn, and on the
ninth day thereafter. Barties desiring
to breed, or to see the horse, can do so
by calling at J. H. Reaves’ stable.
’ J. D. Puce.
ie. March
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Banksville Gii.
[Special]—(lur Gr
Three voun
Saturday and more
Farmers are w
work, and are using
heretofore.
A good deal of siekno
now.
Tiie Saldmth School at . citron Church
ill have a picnic in March. We have
a fine school.
villi the
freely i
cticn
Hosier, March 20.—[Special.]—Supe
rior court closed this morning at 10
o’clock. The Hill and Deason arson case
was put off until the 3d Monday in Sep
tember next, on account of the absence
of Col. Marler.
Win. MoDonald, of Maysville, will
move ta our city soon.
Leo Griffin, colored, was sentenced to
six years in the chain-gang, for the kill
ing of A. Martin, colored.
Brof A C Meeks has discontinued his
school at Berlin and is now pulling the
bell cord over a mule’s back. Mr.
Meeks is an energetic and go-ahead fel
low.
Homer, March 30.—[Special.]—H. W.
Chambers, of this city, is going to school
in Mount Airy, Ga.
J. C. Conley, one of our prominent
citiiens, will be tried for lunacy to-day.
Mr. C. was nut noticed to be out of his
miud until last Sunday night
We were happy to grasp the hand of
our old friend \v. T. Cochran on yester
day.
Mr. Ed Sumpter, of Maysville, is vis
iting his father, William Sumpter, of .this
place.
WEST POINT FL4ME8.
West Point, Gr., Mardh 28.—[Speci
al.]—Fire broke out to-night at 7 o’clock
in the West Point Mfg Co’s Mills, four
and a half miles below the town. The
fire originated in the wheel house; cause
unknown. The building will he totally
tmchoi.no> m:\vs.
Nicholson, March 30.—[Special.]—
This place is extremely dull. Stores are
closed most of the tune: ami everythin*;,
except th? surrounding farms, seems de
serted. The measles, having lun their
course, are abating.
BgThe astronomical signs iudicatean un
usually late spring. Look out for more
cold waves and ice ami killing frosts un
til the middle of April. Those hav ; ng
orchards should build fires in them at
night, to protect tbe young fruit from
freezing.
The thermometer at sunrise yesterday
was 20 to 30 degrees, which is loxver than
usual at this time of the year.
YIAYNYII.LF. .11 ATT I’. US.
Maysvii.i.e, March .'M.—[Special.]—
The cold weather continues, tire fruit is
all killed, and every vestige of green is
obliterated from the earth.
A little colored child was burned to
death here yesterday.
The farmers are looking blue over the
present stage of the weather.
J. W. Merritt, Ksq., took a flying trip
to Harmony Grove to-day on legal busi
ness.
Mr. J. W. Saville, a wide-awake young
farmer of Banks county, spent yesterday
with us.
Report off n Brntal Ylurdcr in Rank*
County*
Gainesv’ih.k, Ga., March 29.—From
Banks county comes the story of a mur
der of grejt brutality. Andrew Craw
ford, colored, was seized at midnight by
four white men, dispossessed of his mon
ey and valuables aud severely chastised.'
At that time a negro, Richard Ray ap
peared upon the scene, when a quarrel
ensued between him and Crawford. The
white men then again seized their victim
and held him, while they ordered Ray
to shoot him. Three shots were fired,
one of which entered Crawford’s body
below his heart.
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