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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: i*l if it *li 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 J-.fiu .■1! ■Jfitli.- .out j.t join 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. ( .A /