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Hotel. These two gentlemen got into n
hooted dispute in regard to the speed of
iheir respective horses, they running
rival stables. There were a number of
gentlemen standing around, but they
paid little attention to the dispute. A
B.-W. reporter was present, and his at
tention was first attracted by hearing
Mr. Murray remark:
‘•I’ll bet you one thousand dollars you
can't beat me a ten mile race.”
Mr. Heaves remarked that “I’ll bet
yon $1U0 that my horse can beat yours
the best three in five, and with this he
took his seat in a chair on the sidewalk,
leaning back against the hotel wall be
tween the entrance and the side door to
Mr. Hauser’s cigar store. Mr. Murray'
was standing on the edge of the sidewalk
about 8 feet distance from Mr. IteaTes
Heaves leaned back in his chair and prop
ped his feet on the rounds and smiled as
he was talking. _
Mr. Murray replied to Mr. Heaves’
last remark: “I'll bet you can’t beat me
aix out of ten. In fact, I doubt if you
have any race horse of your own. You
have got an old animal there that I don’t
even know belongs to you—think it is
Holman's."
Heaves’ face Hushed at this remark
and he said: “Any man who says that
is Holman's horse tells a damn lie.”
Murray said: “Boh Heaves, do you
intend to say that I tell n damn lie?”
“1 say that any man who says that 1
have got Holman's horse tells a damn
lie.”
Murray remarked, “You won’t call nit
a damn lie. Boh Heaves.” At this there
was an interval, ami M urray tiptoed and
pointing at Heaves with his linger, said:
“You won't call me a damn liar. I wisl
you would, l!ot> Heaves. You ares
damn coward.”
At this Mr. Heaves sprang fromhi>
chair and struck at Murray’s face, J>m
the reporter could not toll in iho con
fusion whether be struck him or not
The men suddenly clinched. In nn in
stant the report of a piste;
was heard hut the men continue!
struggling. in a moment there wa»
another shot, the combatants fighting all
along. At this time several gcnllemci
rustic 1 out to seperale then: and seize*
upon Heaves, while others took hold f
Murray. Heaves remarked that, "he ha.-
killed in-, hoys. I.ct me get to bin
and I can whip him a fair fight yet.'
Ah oil this time tiie third shot was tired,
when Mr. .1. \V. Kchols wrested the pis
tol from Mr. Mm ray's hands. At this
time all was confusion. There was a
rush of people around the combatants
and they were seperated by the crowd.
Very few had any idea that Mr. Heaves
was shot He was taken by friends to
Dr. Kush’s drug store, when it was found
that the hall had entered the right bieast
just almve and to the right of the stom
ach, and passep directly through the liv
er, lodging just below the right scapular,
lfe turned deathly pale and sulTered
great agony., Dr. Lowry was called in
to lee Mr. Heaves, and after making an
' exa jsinatioit) stafod that h* 4 jr*a .^danger
ously wounded, and he saw no chance
for bit recovery. Mr. Reavea was called
upon to make s statement as to how the
armculty started. Drs. Benedict and
Lyndon had by this timo arrived,when it
was auggested by Mr. U. W. Grady that
an anti-mortem statement be taken. Sir.
T. \V. Rucker stated that Mr. Heaves
would have to be informed of his condi
tion to make the statement effective.
Drs. Benedict and Lyndon told Mr.
Heaves that his wound was fatal, and he
would have to die. He was suffering at
the time excruciating agony, and ex
claimed, “Oh, God, it is mighty hard to
die tliis way. 1 have been killed for no
thing. Murray and I were
at the door of the Commercial hotel.
I had just hired a horse and buggy to a
gentleman. Murray made fun of my
■took and said that all the stock I had
been hiring belonged to some one else. I
denied this. We then had a conversa
tion about racing, each of us praising our
horses. Murray charged tlut my trotter
belonged to somebody else, and that 1
had no horses'. I stated that anybody
who said that the horses did not belong
to me was a liar. I remained sitting,
leaning back against the wall. Murray
was standing about six feet away, on the
edge of the pavement. Murray said:
*l)o you call me a liar?* 1 answered as
before. Murray then said: ‘You don’t
dare call roc a liar, Bob Heaves. I just
wish you would. You are a damn cow
ard.’ At this I got up from my chair
and started ton ards him. lie commenc
ed to shoot at ue. We clinched and
fought, he shooting at me three shots.
Which one killed me 1 do not know. 1
had no weapon cf any kind on my per
son. Murray had threatened niy life
before this.”
A litter was secured and Mr. Heaves
was conveyed to his home on Strong
street, only about fifty yards from the
residence of Mr. Murray. The scene at
the bpssewfcT indeed touching. The
young wife, wbo is a child injears, threw
herself oil the bed where her dying hus
band lay, and said, “Oh my poor hus
band!” and vnr.it bitterly. Mr. Heaves
paid that he wi.s mortally wounded and
could only live a little while. There
was not a dry eye in the house, and the
wounded mar suffered the greatest
agony, and rolled from side to side in his
bed, and the physicians could give no
relief. Besides the physicians already
named above, Drs. Gerdine and Binns
of Wlkea county, were calledin the
coniultation and stated that there were
po hopes for his recovery.
Directly followering the shooting
Murray rushed through the hotel and
through Ta)madge Bros’ store to the Vin-
•jent house. From there he went out
the back way to the river. Crossed the
pppet bridge sod took up the river.
H. was on foot Steps have
been taken to apprehend Mr. Murray,
pa the probability it that Mr. Reavea
Kill not live until morning. The pistol
was turned over to Policeman Moon, and
is a 44 calibre Smith A Wesson make.
'“Mr. Murray’s friends say that at the
proper time be will return to the ciij
and give himselfup when the excite-
uient hru. died away.
The above account of the difficulty,
was written under dictation of several
disinterested parties, who witnessed the
difficulty from beginning to end. It is
not the intention of our paper to do any
one an injustice,.but we feel it onr duty as
public journalists to givo an unvarnished
statement of the matter. It is indeed
an unfortunate affair, which is regretted
who lost his only child a short time
ttince. The tragedy is indeed a severe
blow toiroth families, and they all have
the sympathies of the entire city.
Latest.—Just before going to press
we learn that Mr. Heaves is still alive
bnt suffering intense agony.
FURTHER PARTICULAR'S OF TUESDAY'S
TRAGEDY-
The unfortunate difficulty on Tuesday
afternoon, which resulted in the serious
wounding of Mr. R. L. Reaves, cas-
regret over our entire city
Even strangers in our city
who did not know either party, expressed
great concern over the fate of Mr.
Heaves.
Until 12 o'clock Tuesday night, ti.<
wounded man rolled and pitched upon
his bed in apparently great agon . Un
one side of him sat hiR young w le; ui.
the other his brother Willie, woo it.
turn tried to sooth his p tin am.
calm the excitement under which hi
was laboring. Mr. Heaves wou. i pul
his wife’s head upon his breast an t cinq
it there for a longtime. He praye i -uni- *
estjy and unceasingly, acknow. i.Jgtii.
his sins and asking to be given ti ue foi
repentance. Ue continually refe red l.
the difficulty be had with Mr. Muni
and even in his delirium said he w s noi
to blame and did all that a brav * nu
could do to avoid the trouble, I in
wound in his breast dyed critn( m Li
underclothing and had even slaine i th.
handkerchief with which tiro wif i leu
derly wiped the perspiration fr • o in,
brow. It was one of the saddest —•cue.
we have ever witnessed, and ther wa.-
not a dry eye in lire room. Aboil P,
o’clock Mr. Heaves fell into a tr.uble.
slumber and rested until about 5 o' dock,
hot his sleep was a fitful one an I fre
quently broken.
Yesterday morning the hall war r.
moved and proved to l>e a .18 calibre. It
was not so near the skin as was at first
supposed. The operation was a v-n
painful one and Mr. Heaves seeme i l.
sutler a great deal during its per o n.
ince. He soon rallied, however, and
full into another slumber, which x .
comparatively tranquil. Dr. Ben- ii
says that an investigation of liver wo .mb
shows that 04 per cent, die, which >v>.
Mr. Heaves about 30 percent, to sur in .
Mr. Bill Jones, who was shot on the de
pot hill about 15 years ago, was wuund-
cd exactly the same as Mr, Heaves, i,.
ingerod many days and finally dieu
ilr. Heaves, however, lias a strong' con
stitution to sustain him. He is in pci
feel health and has every cars that .ue..
ical skill and kind friends cun bestow.
Thursday night parties were started
out in every direction in search of Mr.
Murray, and the whole country is being
>coured for him. It was reported tlm
id was seen going up tire North-Eastern
railroad before day yesterday. An en
due was secured and fired up and a
party, headed by Chief Oliver, of the
Athens police force, hoarded it and start
ed in quest of Inin. The ln.-
-top was made at Centre, six miles shore
Athens, and authentic news was lie.r.
of Mr. Murray. lie had readied that
,11)1111 about half un hour before, accom
panied by two friend.”, one in a buggy
with him and the oilier on horseback.
Here Mr. Murray mounted a horse and
oastened on alone. Cnpt. Oliver, with a
posse, started in pursuit of him. and it is
bought that he will he overtaken. The
mgine continued on to Harmony Grove,
out no news could he had of Mr. Mur
ray, and the locomotive returned to Atti
cns. It was thought that Mr. Murrai
would stop ah Harmony Grove.
Other parties went down the Georgii
road on horses, hut returned yesterday
without making any disro very.
The friends ot the wound,
ed man are . using every endeavor
to capture Mr. Murray. Mr. Murray’s
friends are as true to him as steel, but
ire very reticent. They ask that the
public do not hastily form an opinion
iguinst Mr. Murray, whicli is a just and
reasonable request, as the matter will be
investigated by the courts.
Mr. Toni Bailey, father-in-law to Mr.
Murray, and one of the best and most re
spected citizens of Athens was met yes
terday by a B.-W. reporter, and asked if
lie had anything to say in Mr. Murray's
K'half. lie stated that from what he
could learn our account of the difficulty
was a fair and impartial one; that at the
proper time Mr. Murray would deliver
himself up to the officers of the law, for
he had nothing to fear, and could prove
befoic a jury of 12 upright men that he
was entirely justifiable in what he did.
tie said that Mr. Murray was not Hying
from justice and would have surrender-
id himself at once, but on the advice of
vis friends he decided it best to remain in
concealment until the excitement had
died out and the crowd left the city. Ue
could be surrendered at any time. Mr.
Bailey further stated that tho unfortunate
shooting in front of the hotel was but the
termination of a long series of provoca
tions from Mr. Heaves, and it can be
proved that he for some timg has carried
a pistol with the avowed intention of
shooting Mr. Murray. Ho says there
are unpleasant matters behind this diffi
culty that will be brought out and at the
proper time Mr. Murray will be entirely
vindicated.
Mr. Bailey, we learn, yesterday re
tained several of our leading lawyers for
the defense of M r. M urray.
Mr. J. 11. Heaves, the father of the
wounded roan, was at the Oconee White
Sulphur Springs ot the time of the
shooting. At 8 o'clock he received a
telegram informing iiiin of the difficulty,
hut it was too late for him to reach the
train for Athens that night. He arrived
on the noon train yesterday.
Charges were preferred against
Policeman Moon, that he did
not use proper diligence in
arresting Mr. Murray. Aldermen Gantt
and Smith, of the police committee, in
vested the chtTgcs last evening, in the
council chamber, that was packed with
spectators. A large number of witnesses
were examined and the case carefully and
thoroughly investigated. There was no
evidence to show that officer Moan failed
to use every effort in his power to arrest
Mr. Murray. Tho charges were dis
missed.
Latest.—The news reached Athens
last night that Capt Oliver passed
through Msysville but a short distance
behind Ms-. Murray and would doubtless
over take him. We do not know wheth
er it is authentic or not
Mr. Heaves was resting quietiy the
hour we go to press and his friends are
hopeful of his recovery.
EVOLUTION.
The Faculty Ceoitems Home Parts of a Grad
uate's Speech—Hl» Appeal to tho Truateee,
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Glen
Waters, one of the honor grad
uates of this class, ap-pealed
to the Board of Trustees for per
mission to deliver the speech which he
had written, but from which on Monday
be was told he must omit certain passa
ges bearing upon evolution. The faculty
had condemned two paragraphs under
the law which forbids any reference to
politics or religion upon the college
stage. Mr. Waters was told that if he
insisted upon inserting these passages
his diploma would bo withheld.
The board af trustees returned the
speech to Mr. Waters with a'copy of the
law governing the faculty in - the case.
Mr. Waters is a worthy and talented
young gentleman from Atlanta, has
taken a fine stand in his class, and it is
hoped there will be no further trouble.
Db. Cabter’s Card.—It is the goneral
mpression that Dr. Westmoreland should
notice in some manner the card of Dr. W.
D. Carter, of Winterville. Dr. Carter is
a gentleman, and a physcian who stands
high in bis profession, and he cannot be
ignored under the Code of Honor. This
section of the state aro anxiously looking
to see what will be done in the matter,
for of course Dr. Westmoreland will not
ignore it.
Fapot leuue of Mr. Kacott Brawn on Sunday
Nlxht-Aaraultcd While Walking With a
VlaiUac Young Lady-Mo Causa Given for
the Assault.
On Sunrity ni»ht last Mr. Escott
Brown, a quiet and popular^-young man
who lives in Hast Athens, was returning
home from church with a young lady
from Atlanta—a cousin of young Brown’s,
who was on a visit to the family. The
youn? couple bad crossed the river and
were half way up the steep hill, when
without warning Home one hurled a large
stone at Mr. Brown, it* missile striking
him on the side of the bead with such
f'Tce as to raise a large lump. It did not
knock him down, however. The assailed
party at once turned around, to see some
one that he took to be a negro man mak-
• »g oft'as fast as his legs could carry
him. lie is not entirely satisfied, how-
ever, that it is a negro, but he judged so
-Vmn the dress and inauner of the man as
re rapidly lied. Brown did not pursue
ni.* assailant, as he did not think it advi>
■able to leave his fair.charge, so the lol-
•w made good his escape. The assault
had . evidently been carefully
planned, f»»r* the two ' street
lamps in that neighborhood had
•veil exlingtiishcd, doubtless by the
party who committed the assault, to bel
li* disgu se himself, and enable him to
u in sum mat« whatever he had in view
vilhaut being seen. Mr. Brown was
.estetday seen by a B.-W. reporter, as
dso ins father, who is clerking for
dessrs Muddrey A* Jones. Mr. Brown
iiysTie hiaivn vi efe^uy; or riv.*l- in
••ve that he knows of. In fact, the as-
»ult could not have possibly been
irompted by je ilousy, for the young lady
»4* was with is a total stranger in the
;»tv. The senior Mr. drown says he be-
lu?vi*s it was the part of a most dastardly
scheme, anil the perpetrator, on failing
•«> knock down bi> son, got frightened
»nd ran of!* before he concluded it.
'Hie outrage was at Alice reported to
• lie police, and officer Culp was detailed
to investigate the same. Xo clue is had
i il.ejterpi tratoras yet.
BOARD OFTRUSTEES-
The ••Flehl Day** Granted the Boy a—Amend
injj the Old Duelling Law.
Yesterday morning the board con
vened. Tjie committee on laws and
(•'Cipline :ep »rtcd. in favor of granting
itie request of the University Athletic
issociation to set apart the first Monday
4 May as a holiday, the day to be ob-
t rvt*il as “Field Day” in the exhibition
•i athletic sports. This rfport was unan-
non<ly adopted by the Board, and Field
>iv b*»»* •• issrd into the calendar of the
University.
.lie. ».». ..tuiltce n’so amended the rules
*f the government of the old Franklin
ad lege, as fixed by the “Sena! us Aca
ifioicus.” The obi law was tiiat an-
• lutirnt convicted of sending or accepting
challenge to light a duel, or bearing
u< h :» challenge, or in any way aiding o
betting such a du^l, should be exp lied
v the faenitv. The words ‘Tonvicte '*
of* are strieken out by the committee
nd (tie lotto* mg words nrcadileU at the
nd of the section: “And any student so
xpelled should not be recalled, except
y a You* ot' the Board of Trustees.” So
Hat ilte law as aiueudeit requirers that
ny ‘Student semliVig or accepting acbal
lenge” etc., “shall l>e expelled by tho
hculty and shall not he recalleil except
• v a vote • f the board of trustees.” 'The
•hi law under which the faculty was
cas working was framed in 1853, and
.•ally required a student to be “convici-
d * in court before he could be expelled,
tcnee the amendment.
There were no vacancies in the list of
t id
MCancy. - *
SOPHOMORE SPEECHES.
The lloya Make a Fine Appearance on the
HtJigf Yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon a Urge audience
tiled the chapel in spite of warm weather.
The Sophomores contested for the
neilal, and the “Sophs” always draw.
Ir. T. II. R. Cobb, of Athens, made a
picndid speech—“Spartacus to the
iladiators.” His manner was impas-
•ioned. It is voice thrill ing and sonorous
iml his delivery exci.llent. Many have
potted Mr. Cobb lor the first medal,
dr. Collier, oT Albany, made a good
ipeecli on Chatham’s “America.” «1. B.
'ooper, of Logansville, gave Black’s cel-
jUnited eulogy of Hill. It was a robust,
it' rugged, piece of eloquence, and pro-
iuced a fine effect. Mr.T. R. Crawford,
•f Lincoln, gave a calm and graeefuj ren-
iition of “The Transformation,” by Gov,
Taylor. B. F. Maddox, of Atlanta, pro*
iuced a fine impression with Grady's
-elebrated New Kngland banquet speech.
•1. J McKee, of Lexington, was compos
d ami pathetic over Breckenridge’s
•eatitiful pension speech. VV. 'V. Mar
in’s conception of i'rentiss’ speech was,
iood. B. A. Stovall, Jr., of Athens,
made a fine impression with Phillips'
Vuterica. The strong and balanced sen
fences of this famous speech were finely
irought out, and thmspeech was an ex-
.client one. J. P. Upshaw, of Social
lircle, delivered a capital pie<^e: “Shall
•ur lain els wither?” A. C.VVilcoxon, of
S'ewnan, is one of the most graceful and
inisbed speakers of his class. His ex
ract from & Hill was roundly appUud<
: 1.
HENRY W-GRADY-
The Classic City indeed feels honored
by the presence or the gifted gentleman
whose name heads this article. Athens
has given to the world many illustrious
men, whose names will survive in the
grateful memory of their appreciative
countrymen os long as history, but in
none does she feel a more commendable
prirle than Henry Grady, whos* fame
■tprung into existence like a meteor, and
has become a fixed planet in the field of
literature. Henry Grady possesses
warm, genial nature that wins the
hearts of the people, while he charms
them with his talent. He even visited
the North and captivated our Ute ene
mies, after first piercing the armor of
prejudice against the Souti that has so
long encased them. No one will or can
truthfully deny the fact thet Henry W.
Grady, hy bis brilliant intellect and mag*
netic manner, has done more to bring
about an era of good feeling between the
two sections of our common country
than any man who has lived since the
war. Can there be a higher or grander
achievement than this? It is needless to
welcome Grady tc Athens, for he is now
upon his native heath, and eveTy hand
that it grasps will bid him by its hearty
pressure,thrice welcome.
THE MACON A ATHENS.
How Work la Progrewlng On Oar Now
THE SONS OF “OLD FRANKLIN” GATH* Ambutop
ERED IN SESSION- A futile snatch at 'wind
Annual Meeting of the Amailu Society-— Ey rushing gale and seeing waves heard mock-
Election of Officers, Orator* and Trustee*
1 swift engulfing
A breathless
fall . z
With strangling pressure on the chest and heart
* sppstl;
A slow, slow rising through the afi enclosing deep
Until onoe ipore la felt the night wind in Its sweep.
The straggle of npuny arm against the waves
While despair in its sudden'coming madness
▲ thought of home and loved ones, age bowed
mother, wife,
A gasp—and curling crested waves have dosed
the strife.
-C. & Williams.
- Endowing In n New Fifty Thousand Dol
lar Professorship.
The alumni society of the State Uni
versity held one of the largest and mast
in eresting meetings yesterday cnornipg
it has held in years. At 9:30 President
J. A. Billups called the society to. order
and announced that the election bf offi
cers was in order. The- following were
elected:
President—J. A. Billups.
1st Vice Pres t—D. A. Vason.
3d “ “ ^Julias L. Brown.
3d “ “ —P.W. Meldrim.
Sec’y and Treas—D. C. Barrow.
Orator for 1888—Emory Speer.
Alternates, A. U. Lawton, jr , C. M.
Candler. *
The election of a trustee was next in
order. There had beeu considerable in
terest shown iu this matter, the friends
of Messrs. R. B. Russell, of Athens, and
Burton Smith, of Atlanta, presenting
their names for consideration. Mr. Rus
sell is of the class of : 79, and Mr. Smith,
of *82. Both had a strong following and
ft warm friendly tilt between Athens and
Atlanta impended. Mr. Button Smitl
arose in his place in meeting nnd ncmi
natod Mr. Russell. This 1 andsome and
magoanim us action produced great .ap
plause. Mr. Smith stared that his name
hail been presented to till the vacancy
tansed by the election of
Mr. A. L. Hull. Yesterday
morning opposition had developed which
he was told whs not personal, but arose
from the fact that there were already a
Urge number qf trustees on tho_ board
from Atlanta. Rather than have thU
issue forced to a conclusion, arraving
cities and creating a division among the
friends of the University, he preferred to
secure harmony hy withdrawing his own
name. He thought the love of its alumni
should be for tiie University, first, last
and always. Mr. Russell's friends nom
inated hiiu as a man amply fitted for the
place, and he accepte 1 him as a suitable
candidate, ami would cheerfully support
hi in for trustee.
Mr Smith’s remarks were received
with gr»-at applause. He spoke with an
air of manliness ami sincerity which won
him friends. .
Mr. C. Z. McCord, of Augusta, second
ed the nomination of Mr. Bussell. He
ha l watched his course in the Legisla
ture, and could say that nu man had
done more to advance the material pros-^
perity or protect the interest of this col
lege. lie had labored faithfully and well
in her behalf, and hail show n a loyal
heart ami a noble purpose always, in her
behalf.
The election of Mr. Russell was then
made unanimous amid great applause,
a high tribute to his record
as legislator, alumnus and friend
of the college. Air. Russell
though support! d warmly iu A hens
drew a good following from a’! over the
State. The argument was made that At
lanta hud already ten members in the
board, and that representation should be
distributed in other sections. That if
any town should have a preponder nice
on the toar | h>uld be the place wh»*ie
the college located, to insure a strong
local board for government in case of
necessity. At the same time,the men
who backed Mr. Russell ottered to sup
port any lunhiic or south Georgia man
who might be available, and Mr. Russell
offered to give way to such a candidate.
As between Athens and Atlanta, they
claimed that the former place should
have the member. Mr. Sn.:th had warm
friends in Athens, and the opposition did
not once assume a personal
made new frienda by his
After me election me eTOcee.li^q tool.'-, V 1 - 'i.-Lmd uy dress
n re a and i-iiiiiUAi isttc idiase. nlrehfSff- fiunL sL acA • vir::r.ic‘ dr.twd:.^
cing the general harmony 01 the into Eltie Keel's keeping
aion. i forever.
Dr. Ed. D. N’ewjon offered a resolu-1 I got nn introduction to Mrs. Reid; I
lion reciting, that the centennial date of 1 got an introduction to her lovely daugh-
actual organization of the college would for. Armed with a targe book of Italian
be 1831, and asking a committee to raise - views, I sat down beside the tatter. No
$50,000 to endow a chair of physiology ! longer was the evening dull and slow; no
and hygiene and physical culture. ! longer were books of views a mockery
This resolution was warmly supported and an insult. Wo looked at the views
by Dr. Newton in an enthusiastic speech together. I explained them to her. Sho
also by Col. li. O. Yancey. i glanced at mo ou* of her shy, pansy blue
Maj. J. J. Gresham moved that the 1 eyes; she smiled and showed the loveliest
chair be called the “centennial professor- of teeth; sho said the views were “very
sbipof physical culture.” With the uu-. tine and most interesting.” Shealsosaid:
derstanding that none of tiie nppropria-) *'Thruik you very much for showing them
tions should be available until $30,000 to me, "its I reluctantly closed the volume,
were raised, he would subscribe $1,000. ! I don't know that she said much more
This announcement was greated with ap-; thau that. When no one was speaking
plause. Messrs. Harry Jackson and.' to tar site sat quite still, her mittened
Henry W. Grady followed with similar. folded—«o refreshingly calm and
subscriptions under like conditions. Af-! quiet! so fair and innocent—in her simple
ter considerable discussion the endow- ! bl “ck velvet frock, with white frills at the
ment of a centennial chair was decided throat and elbows—so different from tho
upon, but the exact nature of the chair ■ ordinary drawing room, belies, who must
was left to be determined hereafter. I u^ 18 tating tlieir lips to show
Gov. Girlon. who was present, was !‘ ow and: red they are, and flash-
calledon and made briefly his acknowl- i “B and ^show how
edgments. The o iety th„n adjonrned targe and l.ngl(t they are; ogimg gnn
to listen to the speech of Mr. Sylvanus «“"?■ "
Morris. J
i course of true
in my case, not'only did not run su
but did not seem inclined to run at
On one occasion, in a frantic endeavor „ . - . - „ -
to earn Miss Reid’s gratitude and friend- , unoonscious of the gaze fd-
diip, I spent one of my none too plentiful lov ™ 1 S her every movement so intensely.
| sovereigns on a couple of tickets for a Hel i “Sr waa to me - •‘Lud now she
grand concert at St. James’ halL at • was “ ndm l down ' tracing with more
which M. Ladislaus do Thraskkeys, the method in tho sand-tracing letters there,
great Polish nianist- was to nlav nod it would seem. I was too tar off even
to guess at wiiat she was writing,
but why did a sudden thrill
run through mo as I watched
ELFIE.
It was last Christmas that I . first met
and fell in love with Eltie; it was last
Christmas that my devoted humble ad
miration of women in general changed in
(me moment into love, devoted, htrmblo
and unutterable, far woman—or rather,
girl—in particular.,
I met her at a party at our vicar's,
whither I had escorted my mother'apd
sister. . Thesc.vicahqg* parties aiwyearly
affairs, to which the prominent, long es
tablished members of Dr. Ridgway’s
flock;arc invited; and they border on the
Stirtmwabh'. I arrived at a.little past
7 with my mother nnd sister, who had
both Leen dressed and aching to begone
for three-quarters- of an hour. There
were the usual signs of Christmas fes
tivity inside the vicarage: “A Peaceful
Christmas” was inscribed over tho draw
ing room door, in red paper letters, run
ning all down at one corner; a bunch of
green hanging from the halt lamp;
“Welcome,” in holly leaves, on a white
ground, lower down the hail; "A Happy
New Year!” in’letters that began very
large and ended a good deal smaller, run
ning up beside the staircase.
Miss Ridgway greeted us kindly, but as
from a great height, and supplied us with
refreshment Passing across the hall we
were met by the younger Miss Ridgway,
Miss Lottie.
”1 can’t think how it is you come to
our dreadful parties,” said Miss Lottie to
me, in low, confidential tones, as she
accompanied us into tiie drawing room.
‘They are perfectly unbearable, and
dreadfully dull! I can’t imagine what
papa .means by being so stupid.”
The evening dragged on for a quarter
of an hour or so.' Miss Ridgway played
a fugue, the like of which for difficulty
and ugliness was never heard; Miss Lot
tie Eang n ballad, “I Only Ask Thy Heart
and Home,” and a shy young man, of
apupletic appearance, put his life in im
minent peril over tho high notes in Gou
nod’s -Nazareth.”
- 1 was standing near a group of doomed
creatures, who were fitting tlieir aching
cyc&Jo stereoscopes, and talking in whis
pers of the views thus obtained, when the
drawing room door was thrown open and
the t visitors arrived —a delicate, re
fined looking, middle aged lady; entering
behind her Came tho embodiment of all
my vaguo dreams of the beautiful, a
Lrigl.t creature of fancy in human form,
ft virion, a—pshaw! I beg pardon of tho
practical—taliind her entered ? tall, fair
girl of eighteen, whose delicate skin and
ilicit, cully, golden hair were most be
comingly set off by a ptain, black velvet
gown.
“Here’s Mrs. Reid at last!” said Lot
tie Ridgway, who was still beside me,
"They’re /new parishioners, the Reids,
We asked the professor, too; but his wife
says lie never goes to parties—awful old
man! I suppose yon think Elfie Reid
pretty? and so she is, or would be if sho
were not so. shy and quiet I do liko a
girl to have a little sparkle!”
Hut I had no longer any ears for Miss
Loftic's confidences; T had no longer any
THE CROPS.
The Prospects Never So Bright os Now—
■test TOo Bwly, However, to Brag,
Prom every section of the state comes 1 on by love develops to a wonderful ex-
struggUng, grimacing, and, in
their ridiculous consciousness of beauty,
going nlniost os near spoiling that beauty
as even tlieir rivals oould’wisht
Such was my,first meeting with Elfie.
In tho webfes that followed I set all my
Ingenuity to work—and ingenuity urged
the cheering news that never within the tent—to improve my acquaintance with
memory of the oiliest inhabitant has tl>o Reid family. I haunted the neigh-
there been such a magnificent prospect borhood of tlieir house. On one or two
for an abundant harvest Prom the sea cccesions I had the good fortuno to en-
coast of Georgia to the peaks of the Illuc counter Mis. Reid and her daughter in
Ridge the whole couutry is verdant with their own square,.and my slavish dovo*
the finest growing crops that ever glad- 4ion on these meetings was at length ro-
dened the eve of tiie farmer. Every 1 warded by the elder lady’s telling me in
manner of ceres! produced in this section languidly agreeabletones that she was
is growing in the most luxuriant manner ’ ‘ ,at Lome every Thursday evemne, I
There never was such a cotton cr<i» thought then, to my joy, that surely here
known. The plant began to tak i u „ was a n^M txmd to a speedy and success-
squares about 30 days earlier than usual, i *"* «>“rtih , P- But after attending as
and the seasons Iisvo just hit right to Eo ‘. d 8 cv ? mn S»
great Polish pianist, was to play, and
Mine- Acciacatura, of the Italian opera,
waste sing. These tickets l bore to the
Reids’ house, having concoted a strange
romance about my being connected with
musical celebrities in order that I might
net .appear, to have bought them. I
found: .Mrs. Reid at home, and she ac
cepted tile tickets for herself and daughter
with alactrity. A day or two later,
meeting both ladies out walking, and
venturing to “hope the concert had been
enjoyable, it transpired that Elfie had
been detained at home that evening by
her papa, who wanted some copying
work done. My hard earned sovereign
had bocn spent, it seemed, on providing
an evening's amusement for Mrs. Reid
and tho prodigy!
Week after woek. month after month,
I went on loving Elfie. Spring, early
summer, passed. With August como
my animal, holiday. Should I go far the
walking tour I had planned? I was
uncertain, until one hot day, meeting
Alfred Reid in the street, and simu
lating friendship for him, ho let drop
tiie following remarks; “No more
school for / eight weeks! Hooray!
Wo.'ro ail off to Toftburn to-morrow—
except po, and he's going to Cairo
with Professor Mummery!” My holiday
destination was decided on in that mo
ment, I, too, would go to Toftburn.
There, in tho unconventional atmosphere
of a seaside resort; there, with countless
opportunities of meeting, surely—surely
—would my courtship progress as it had
never done in London.
Two days later I found myself occupy
ing a parlor and bedroom in Ocean Ter
race, Toftburn by tho Sea. I was a little
low the first evening, as I ate a chop and
looked round tiie room—a little parlor in
which I seemed to have lodged at every
seaside place I had ever visited. Oa the
wails were the trial of Lord William
Russell, and Archbishop Laud’s hands
coming out of a grating to bless Stafford
on the latter’s way to execution—two
prints that 1 have never yet been able to
escape from in lodgings. There was a
cliiffonniere with looking glass in the
doors—faulty looking glass, that gave you
deformed legs and feet as you walked
past it On tho mantel piece was a
tawdry gilt clock; a gilt Cupid leaned
over tiie top to find out tiie time, but
never did find it out, for tho clock had
stopped. These tilings weighed upon my
spirits, not too high before, and I cried in
despair: “Oh, Elfie! Elfie! I sluill never
win you!”
Tofthnm by the Sea is a gay and
much frequented watering place, and
presents precisely tiie same attrac
tions as some dozens of its compeers.
Find-people lodged there, in all the large,
white houses and clean, bright squares
along the front, and they swarmed every
where, their various grown up sons and
daughters, in the gayest and coolest of
summer attire, doing a vast amount of
spooning. Turn where I might in my
rambles—in tho shade of the sailing boats
drawn up on the beach, in the ref resiling
coolness of tho landing place beneath tho
pier head, where the water heaved in
emerald green hillocks among tiie stairs
and rafters—I stumbled upon a striped
tenni3 jacket making love to a spotted
mftslin, and beat a hasty and envious re
treat.
For tho first week I was in high spirits.
I met Elfie continually, sometimes with
her mother, sometimes with the prodigy.
J gazed at her; I walked with her, ; Oh,
her; lirfiit~TF It i Tipi pit ** woi hastily ^
drawn away. I spent hard cash upon
tiie prodigy in the form of rows, sails,
and trips per excursion steamer, .and
earned from him, I think, some regard.
But Elfie was not to lie won.
I knew that my darling was shy; but I
began to think she must be indifferent as
well; and my heart grow heavier day by
day.'
To add to my misery, the two Miss
Ridgways and their reverend father ap
peared at Toftburn. Miss Lottie seemed
to consider me her natural and proper
cavalier for the period of her stay, while
Miss Ridgway attached herself to Mrs.
Reid and Eltie, nnd. armed with a large
volume, entitled “Objects of the English
Seashore,” read aloud to them through
out the working day. Toftburn, on or
dinary summer days, is lively enough.
But who shall do justice to its feverish
liveliness, its delirious gnyety, on a bank
holiday! How siiall I attempt to describe
a first Monday in August at that attrac
tive place, when every half liourly train
from London discharged its hundreds into
tho already crowded sheets. I was in
but poor spirita that day, it Is trye; but I
found some consolation in watching the
holiday pranks of my kind. From tho
top of the west cliff, as I leaned ov«r tho
roil gloomily observant, the whole pano
rama of seething life was below me,
under a blazing August sun.
“Alas! alas, my brothers!” I said;
“The happiness you seek so painfully does
not exist! How much wiser to lean here
on tliis railing, ns I do, quietly, with your
pulso normal, and own that life is a
mournful puzzle scarce worth the solv-
There are now nearly 300 hands at
work grading between this city and Vad-
ison, and they are moving dirt right
along. The nearest squad is within sev
enteen miles of us, but before many
works dirt will bo broken within the
lne irporate limits of our city. Many
farmers have applied to Mr. Powell for
grading contracts, and he'is sub-letting
short sections of the road as fast as En
gineer Roberts can grade them. In a
few days a B.-W. reporter and Capt.
Talmadgo will trie & trip through the
country to Ma'l-oon, that our people may
know just how everything is progress
ing. We learn that iron is being laid
between Honticello and Madison'at a
speed of three-quarters of a mile per
d *7- '
A Coxddotob’s Pets.—Capt Hutch'
ins, who has charge of the fast train on
Athena branch, has two tame jay birds
inn cage that he keeps banging up in the
smoking car, end he says that one - o
them tings as sweetly as a’ nightengale.
The Captain also raises tame chickens in
his car.
make it grow and develop. Five weeks
more of occasional showers will insure
the largest cotton ;rop . ever known in
this section of Georgia. Gorn is just as
fine as the earth cu i grow, both on bot
toms and up-lands. Early placted corn
is now made, and in three woeks the
great bulk of this crop will be insured.
We never saw such a luxuriant growth
of peas, potatoes, melons and all manner
of crops. In fact, our farmers have in
deed cause to be thankful, for never was
the outlook for so abundant harvest more
promising.
The question is, however, will the
seasons continue? Now is a most crit
ical period with the farmer, for a few
weeks’drought will blight the fine pros
pects. We hope, however, that the
reins will continue, for all signs foretell
thet they will. We cannot have too
much rain now, if the streams only keep
within their banks.
THEC*C*«.N-
Monroe’s Outlook to Get the Itallraed Im-
fproving.
Walton Nona. *
Monroe seems to have a better chance
for the 6,C. 4 N. than at any time here
tofore. .
And Logansville now counts upon -it
with reasonable certainty.
It ia reported that two of the engineers
of the new read were discharged for the
report made relative to the crossing' at
Simms’ bridge—that owing to the condi-
turn of the banks a crossing could not
be effected at that point—and a survey
is to be made to cross at Treadwell’s
bridge, not far from Carithers’ store. If
this be true, the line will necessarily pass
nearer Monroe than first contemplated
via tiie air-line, and the proper subscrip
tion ought to bring it by the town.
Besides, if the railroad is being built
to haul freight and passengars and to
make money, it would bo sheer non-
senso to go within a fow miles of this
place and not go by it Monroe virtually
keeps up the G, J &S., and in self-
protection, it seems the new road would
como this way...
From Logv jsville direct comes the
news that a satisfactory route has been
selected in the direction of Stono Moun
tain.
MinniAOE In Oolethoupe. Mr. A. W
Wilkins, of Oglethorpe, was married yes-
, terday to Miss Nettie Dillard.
as I i!:‘.rc«l, I found myself no further on
tbe rood to I nippiness; Elfie was so quiet, 1
so shy, «• reserved! I never got more
than half a dozen words with her the
whole evening.
The only otlier member of the family
was a prodigy ’boy of 12, who attended
pne of the city schools, and whose gilt
pnd calf bound prizes glittered on every
shelf and table in the home drawing
room. This boy, Alfred by name, pos
sessed an appaling and uncanny store of
information an almost every subject
He was a constant terror to the young
grown up visitors to the house, being
addicted to poeo them with questions; re
marks on recondite subjects, allusions to
remote and little known occurrences,
and then watcli the effect on his victim
with a searching and malignant'eye;
indeed, I have seen mare than one man
of imposing presence, and well advanced
in years, quad before tho imp, as, hands
in knickerbocker pockets, he has taken
up its position by him far purposes of
discuasioiL 1
I fear I played a mean part with re
gard to this boy. for,, with a supreme
effort, I tried to hide the burning hatred
I fell for him. I even laid myself out to
win his friendship, listening with bland
interest, as he informed me that he in
tended to get a scholarship to Cambridge
by and by.
“If I’m not senior wrangler and first
Smith’s prizeman when I’m 2} you may
write fool on my forehead!"
All this I listened to with apparent in
terest. and was base enough to ask tho
dreadf ul child what profession ho should
chooso when college days were done.
“Profession? Haven't decided yet.
All the proressians will be open to me, of
course, but I shan't decide in a hurry.
Father rather inclines toward the church;
but mi tiiank wait- I won’t be a parson,
Besides, oy tho time I'm a man mosF
Jikely tiiero'U be no state church. Mother
thinks I should shine at tho bar, but of
course a woman’s opinion's worth noth
ing, What I should choose, for my own
part, I think would be pubiio life—some
thing in diplomacy—some official post
where I should have a chance of being
prime minister by and by,”
For Elfie’s swoet sake didlputup with
tiie perorations of this intolerable urchin.
For her sweet sake did I make my ap
pearance at so many of their Thursday
eveningsJfliat even the professor began to
know ^ho I was. But I made no way
! kicked at books with her.
that sunshade's paint vforking so busily?
Why did I rise, my recent resolve for
gotten, nnd with heart throbbing and eyes
staring—in fact, feeling like nothing but
a great thumping heart and a great' star
ing eye—approach silently .even stealthily,
the spot where she stood?
Sho had completed it, whatever it was
she. had written. She was looking at it
now. Quick! quick! a little foot was
already extended to erase it! Silently,
stealthily, still unguessed at, I covered the
few yards that were all now intervening
between us. ' It was a name she had
written there—a Christian name and sur
name. , Whole? oh, whose? She was still
looking at them, thinkmg herself in per
fect solitude. And now I had reached
her. I looked over her shoulder. ‘And
the name in the sand—oh, joy! joy! joy!
it was mine!
• 4
Ten minutes later I am walking along
the beach with my darling on-my arm,
and she knows I have loved her since first
I mot her, and I know that she was only
shy, not cold; and that her dear heart is
given mo in exchange for iry own.
Twilight is falling on Toftburn sea.
The prodigy is busy out in tbe shallows,
oblivious of us. The light 3 are com
ing out on the pier, the band is, fit
fully audible. A gay crowd is pouring
on to find an evening’s amusement. We
will not go among them, my own sweet
heart and I. Lights and music and a
gay, chattering crowd are not for us,
who, hand in hand, have just entered
fairyland.
Slowly we stroll ^along the quiet sands.
At our feet breaks a calm, silvery even
ing sea, with a soft murmur, only less
unchanging and eternal than our love.—
J. Garvey in Home Chimes.
French People In the West.
The number of French people in the
western hemisphere is 344,000, divided
chiefly os follows: United States, 106,072;
Mexico, i.5,000; Hayti, 13,000; Chili,
8,314; Argentine Republic, 153,000; Uru
guay, 14,375; Brazil, 0,106.
Two colored women wore the first per
sons to start a Sunday school in New
York city. 1
DR. MELL’S RESIGNATION.
The* Uni \-erstty Chancellor Writes n Letter
Which the Trustees Induce llim to With
draw.
Yesterday morning quite a sensation
was created on the campus when it was
heard that Chancellor P. H. Mell hail
tendered his resignation to the hoard of
trustees. There were a number of con
flicting reports, and inquiry developed
the fact that Dr. Mell had actually' writ
ten such a letter, which had been read
before the board. That body were great
ly surprised, and viewed the very men
tion of such a course on tiie part of Dr.
Mell with great regret. They promptly
appointed a committee consisting of Hon.
N. J. Hammond, Hon. J. B. Gordon and
lion. H. D. McDaniel to confer with Dr.
Mell and ask him.to withdraw his letter.
The committee at two o’clock returned
to the board and reported as follows:
“Wc believe that the resignation of
Chancellor Mell was tendered by him
.under a misujylerstaqd^ig^ to-wit: that
Hr*
-,-ursons to uffiririfrfl£» tiuiver-.
Sty. This board declare that they meant
no such condemnation; that they believe
that under the law of 1853 his permit
ting the parties engaged in that affair to
return to the University was right; that
the board meant only to declare a new
rule of conduct for the future in such
cases. Therefore,
Resolved, That a copy of the above
be sent to l)r. Mell, and that he be re
quested to withdraw his letter of resig
nation.”
Unanimously adopted.
We are glad to state that this resolu
tion was accepted by' Dr. Mell, who with
drew his resignation.
The Banner-Watchman yesterday
morning explained the action of the
board of trustees in reference to duelling.
Under tiie old law a student convicted of
sending or accepting a challenge, or aid
ing or abetting a duel was to be expelled
by- the faculty. The trustees on Mon
day* last struck out the words which re
quired “conviction” ofthisoffense before
oxpuision, and addSd that “no student
so expelled shall he recalled except by a
vote of the board of trustees.” It was
upon this last action that Dr. Mell’s let
ter was based. He construed it to be
censure of his action in recalling Messrs.
Cobb and Chisholm in May. The reso
lution of the board above given endorses
Dr. Mell’s course in full, acting as he
did, under the old taw of If 53. , _’ ~:
It is pleasant is it not? to stand aloof
from tho crowd, a Ia Cliilde Harold, and
muse upon tlieir folly tlius!J
I was in this frame of mind when my
last evening in Toftburn arrived. Iliad
been in a very bad temper all (lay. In
tho morning I had lieeu entrapped into an
expedition to Toftburn glen, three miles
away, with the Ridgways. \Vo had gone
I in a wagonette, with some friends of
theirs recently como down to Toftburn.
I (I had Kuppotied tho Reids would be going
when I accepted the invitation.)
In exploring tho glen, Miss Ridgway
talked of nothing but tho “fauna and
flora of the neighborhood.” Miss Lottie
would linger belaud the rest of tho party
land look sentimental. Aqil Dr. Ridgway I
got in a passion at lunch, and let tlio girls
have it straight, because, in taking an
enormous bite of his first sandwich, ho
found to his sorrow that it had a triple
sharq of mustard.
Even the intcllectnnl EHza shook in her
shoos at the wrath in the vicar’s red face
and streaming eyes.'
Returned from tills unsought jaunt, I
strolled along the beach. It was a warm
August evening. Tho sun hmi set, but
the western sea beneath which he had
dipped his burning face in hopes to cool
it, was still all crimson) the eastern sea
was cold ondsilver gray, flouring onward,
onward to me as I Btood and watched it,
a few bars of grey cloud lying abovo its.
horizon. The sands were almost deserted, I
The children and their nurses who formed
the chief beach population, were gone
away. The pier, the parade, and the
aquarium claimed all the evening world
of Toftburn,
Round me were the sand heaps, towers, I
and eastlee which the children bad reared]
po busily during the day, doomed to be
obliterated by the evening tide. Seated
at the foot of the cjiff, in a quiet
spot, where the cliffs ran out at . either
side and cut me off flrom all the
world, I gave way to melancholy.
Suddenly, round the projecting cliffs to
.my right, a toll, slim figure in white ap
peared and strolled slowly along the sands
by tho margin of tho sea, looking out
.over tho silvery expanse of water—my
beautiful, my beloved, 111V Elfie, who, I
feared, was never to bo inine! Far out
in the shallow water I was also aware of
tho prodigy, condescending to bend his
mighty soul to so childish and hum:n a
sport as wading and fishing with a largo
net far possitJe marine monsters.
“I will not go to her," I said; “I will
leave her in peaoe. She does not guess
what loving eyes are watching her.
Darling, I only tcese you with my -pres
ence. Tho love you did not want and
never guessed at eliall not be confessed to.
you—you would only he distressed. But
if I live a century,I 6lmll never live if
down. Ob, my fittlo girlt if you could
have cared for me!—if I might even
have dared to tell you all ypu aro to mol"
JurT
Major M. A Pati»»” zave!^,
nisp’ace a grsndjjie hjeue yesterday. In
vuiicipation of this ferriVuev worked
harder And more •thterfully, knowing
that when tho promised event occurred
the Major would kill the mutton and
have it prepared in the regular eld time
manner. Just to see ths Major at home
with his amible family, and see his man
ner of farming will convince you that the
cherished old times are kept fresh in mem-
ory still. All of tho choicest fruits and
vegetables are to be found there; and
poultry, pigs and Iambs keep their tables
woH supplied with choice viands. The
Major has no trouble in controling his
laboi^rs. They understand him and know
that he must be “boss,” and will not leave
him to go to any one else. No one loves
to see them enjoy themselves ostler than
he does. He says that when he sows
wheat he puts in peas on the same ground,
and, when the wheat is cut off, the peas
begin to grow, and now they can be seen
growing in his fields better than if they
had been cultivated. He says hogs and
horses can pasture on then without hurt
ing their grotrtii, but cows will eat them
down. There «re living within hearing
of a horn blown at his house 117 negyo
children of School ago, all embraced in 17
families. The Major is a whole host in
himself, and never fails to make those
who visit his home feel that it is good to
be there. He lives in House’s district,
Jackson county, about four miles from
here. In that neighborhood it is still dry,
while good rains havo fallen all around
us. Among other prosperous farmers in
that vicinity may be mentioned, J B
O’Shields, Joe Collins, D I‘ Camp, D A
Camp and H J Cox, most af whom ‘ take
the Banner-Watchman. W.
Juo Tavern, July 12.—[Special.]-
For some timo the people of Chandler’s
district, Jackson county, have been dis-,
turbed by the ravages of some strange
animai, and various reportSvof iLs appear
ance, the size of its tracks, its color, and
the manner in which it would lacerate
the dogs when attacked by them. ■ It was
reported only the other day that it had
killed a negro child, but this report was
without foandation, and shows how cred
ulous people are.
The negroes are so stirred up that they
sleep with doors and windows fastened,
the hottest nights that come. You can
not get one of them to go out at night,
and one actually brough his guirto town
last Saturday to keep off the “wolf,” ns
they call iL One man saw it about noon
in his yard, and described it as being
some smaller-than a dag with head like n
coon, and when discovered sneaked off
to the woods. Another saw it in his
-yard at night, in the act of climbing to
the hen roost, and shot at it from the
window while his wife raised the sash
for him.
Othors havo seen its tracks and say
that they are unlike those common to this
country, being somewhat like tho prints
of a dog’s foot, yet not the same size.
The claws sink deed in the ground and
may be traced on firm soil. From var*
ious reports this strange beast may be
described as having sharp claws, pointed
nose with ears projecting forward, brown
color, biifshy tail, long body slightly ele
vated over the fore shoulder, and visits
different houses every night driving off
the dogs. It seems to have a particular
aversion to little dogs as may be seen by
tho manner in which it breaks their jaws
and makes them howl. Nobody seems
willing to encounter him iu his lair.
Cannot some one posted in xoology give
some light on the subject and name this
animal? Some of the best citizens in the
district express it as their opinion that
there is surely such an animal as de-
scribeAepaming at large.
pro*
by a large nun
dress the grsat railroad mo
becun at this place oa the 20th.” Wa 1
that he will accept and make for ua such
a speech as will givo the Carnesville K. IL
a boom that will push its completion.
H EoNelms, of Hartwell, was here to-
.fcy; #
Caunrsvillr, July 12.—[Special.]—
Red Hollow district held a stock law
election yesterday,-and went for stock
law by a majority of 19 votes. .
The school at Franklin Institute will
close Friday next, with an exhibition
Monday night next - ,
At Martin, while the stock law elec
tion was going on, John Brock, Wm T-
Brock and T R Rhodes cut up a general
row, and tried to intimidate voters by
cursing and carousing at the polls. They
insulted the managers oi the election, and
time after time asked Wm A Mitchell, J
P, out to fight After a long time, and
a ter having beenjjthoroughly abused by
, .them, he came out, when one ,of them as
saulted hiiu with, a stick, which blow
was warded off by I W Randall. The
row they cut up, from sH- accounts,' wm
a most disgraceful thing, and' will pro
bably be investigated at the next term
ef the superior court.
The union Sunday school of this plsce
will wave a $15 banner at the celebration
July 30.
The Banks county Sunday school con
vention will bo held here.
Deputy Marshal Cape, of Gainesville,
passed through here last Saturday,visit
ing friends near this place.
Ethel Owen, daughter of E D Owen,
was bitten by a snake on yesterday, but
not seriously.
M’NUTT.
McNutt, July 12.—[Special.]—On
yesterday, a few minvtea before 12
o’clock, Mrs D A Daniel passed fTOm life
into eternity. She had been a great auf>
feror and bore her afflictions with agreat
deal of Christian fortitude, and when
she saw her earthly end. she quietiy re
signed and passed off peacefully. Dur
ing her lifetime she was a devout Chris
tian, a good,mother and kind wife.
. All of the different departments of the
literary school are now well'regulated,
and working under every auspices of
success, and shows that it only required
a want of patronage to leap from lethar
gy to lfterery action in which much good
will be soon shewn.
The Sunday school celebration was
quite a success. .A Mr. Cooper, a colle
gian of the University was invited to ad
dress the Sunday school, which lie did
in a very creditable manner, bnt certain
ly went back on some of his collegiate
friends when he told the audience that
they were quite mathematically igno
rant.
HOMER-
Homer, July 13.—[Specta 1 .]—Hits
Emma Perkins, a charming young lady
.from Grove Level, is visiting frienda in
this place.
Some of the members of the Baptist
church ract this morning and are now at
work on tho church.
Mr C F Meeks has a splendid school
at Berlin, one mile from here.
As we have no school in Homer Jncw
would be a good time for some one to
make up one.
HARMONY GROVE.
Harmony Gbove, July 11.—[Special.].
Dr E F Adair is new receiving tatters
of inquiry "from all parts of the United
States in regard to the celebrated hat
protector, which ho has just had p- \t-
; The Doctor ha*
tataatl
Wnat Becameofa MlUti _
Tho Extraordinary G^knd 'Drawing
(tiie 2U5tti monthly) of the LoUtaiana
State Lottery took pi ice at New v Or-
lcans, La., on Tuesday—always Tues
day—June 14th, 1SS7. The occasion bad
i.n unusual interest from the magnitude
of the prizes in value. $300,OoO was the
First Capital Prize, sold in twentieths
of $15,000 each, at $1 each, was won by
No. 52,749; one went to Theo. Flugma-
cher and Wm. Wende), and one to Wm.
Ketnpler, all of New Y’ork City, paid
through Adams Express Co.; two to
Mrs F. V. Wasserman of Omaha, Neb,,
paid through Pacific Express Co.; one
to Annie Chandler of Clifton villa, Mias.;
one to L. M. Reinack, through Klaus &
Bro., botli were paid through First
National Bank of Meridian, Miss.; one
to Jas. H. Raymond & Co., of Austin,’
Tex.; one to City National Bank anil
one to National Exchange Bank, both of
Dailas, Texas; one to A, J. Traits, N.
\V. cor. Oih and “ L” SL, Sail Francisco,
Cal.; one was paid 111 person to I*. J.
Mooney, No. 420 Ursnline St., and one
to Chas. E. Denn.s, Exposition Boule
vard and Preston Sts., both of New Or
leans, La. TheSecond Prize was $100,-
000, won by No. 21,658, also sold in
twentieths at $1 each, one to S. Levy,
No. 140 E. lOtli St, Clticago, III.; one to
John Kyle of Buffalo, N. Y„ paid
through Adams Express; one. paid to
Casco National Bank of Portland, Me.,
through Mavcriek National Bank of
Boston, Mass; one to Frank Armstrong,
tli rough R. Truman, A Ron Bank,Afton,
Iowa ; one to John G. Ltebel of 1919
Peaeli St., Erie, Pa.; one to Snyder,
' Wells & Co,, Gates, Tenn.: one to J. C.
Curry, Prop, of Tivoli Garden, Main
St., Memphis, Tenn.. one to a depositor
in the Louisiana National Bank of New
Orleans, La.; one to J, B. Boyd, San'
Diego. Cal., paid through Wells, Fargo
Jk Co.; one to Geo. Miller, No. 1324
Howth St., San Fraucikcc, Cal.,
through Anglo-Callfornian Bank, Lim
ited ; ontato Wells, Fargo a Co., of San
FrancisCP, Cal. Third Capital was won
by No, 10,186: it was not sold. .No.
34,0)8 drew th« Fourth Capital Prize of
$25,000; It was also sold in twentieths at
$leacb. One to A. B. Clark, Boston,
paid through International Trust Co. of
B isron, Mass.; one to B. J. Tulltap, also
of Boston, Mass., paid ,througl^T(','ams
Express Co ; one to .Tijm MifRcitsond
.express eu.
and John McKenna of
one to First National li.Cj^XSni Jose,
Cal.; 0110 to Joliu L. Sjeelmaiiv No. ,62
South SC, New York (Jify; one lu R. G.
HeUerman. Louisville, paid through
Third National Bank Of Ixmisville, Ky.; children,
one to a depositor in tho New Orleans * Miss Mollie ' Meadow
is morning
on a business trip.
John W Jarrell is nursing a pet car
buncle on tiie back of his neck.
The drummers are on the war path
again, and our hotel is doing a fine busi
ness.
Mr. A W Wilkins and Miss Nettie
Dillard were married at the residence ot
Robt. Tuck, by Dr. J. G. Gibson, yester
day at 1 o’clock. The happy couple left
at once for Tailutah Falls. They will re
turn in a few_days and give a reception at
their home Friday night. May prosper
ity and happiness attend them through
life.
Eugene Harris, representing S T Cole
man & Co., of Maaon, was in our town to
day.
The walls of Arnold, Maxwell & Co’s
new store arc rapidly going up, and when
finished will be one of the best stores
in the country.
Crawfoimi, July 11.—[Special.]—Mrs
A. Witcher, of the Slade, is visiting the
family of T. T. Herndon.
J L Jarrell tendered his resignation as
mayor to council yesterday, which was
accepted aud R A McMahan was elected
to fill the vaeancy.
Mrs H W Grady, who has been vieit-
ing friends in Lexington, joined her hus-
bamktiere yesterday, and went up to
Athens.
Mrs Arthur Haige left this morning for
New Fort, Tennessee to visit her daugh
ter.
Prof. T. B. Moss left: this morning for
Knoxville, Tenn., on a visit to his daugh-
Mr. Jbssie Armistead had the misfor
tune to have his arm brokan this morn
ing. We have not heard the particulars,
bnt it was successfully set by Drs. Geo.
and Gray Little.
We have talked to a great many of our
people, both white and black, and every
one express themselves as satisfied with
the punishment that was visited upon
Ross Griffeth by the vigilants Saturday
night
WATKINSVILLE.
Watkinsvii.le, July 13.—[Special]—
Mr R A Oslin and wife are on a bridal
tour, and are stopping with friends and
relatives here.
Mr. Cicero Tuck, ef Alabama, is on a
visit to his sister, Mrs. Guss Lengfellow,
of this place.
Dr.-B. E. Adderson, of Mozgan, spent
last night in watkinsville. *
UncleJJerry Foddrili requested before
he died that he be laid on his left side in
his coffin, that no souvenir bo put in the
lid or in the box lid, but that they be
put on without fastening them. His
friends complied with his request
We had a very heavy rain Sunday
evening in the lower part of the county.
Watkinsville, July 12.—[Special.]—
Miss Jackson,^if Watson’s Springs, is
visiting this place.
Miss Emma Anderson, of Farmington,
and Miss Hattie Durham, of Goshen, arc
visiting Watkinsville..
We think Mr Humphries is ' engaged
in a good cause looking after the welmre
of dumb brutes. We would like for him
to visit this county, not that we think
any one needs prosecution for cruelty to
their stock, but it would make some of
the darkies feed a little better and . ride
less on Sunday. As a general thisg tbe
citisena of this county are lovers of fine
stock- and pride themselves in keeping
that kind.
John Marshall was out. eleven days
and threshed tbirty-fivo hundred bushels
of wheat.
DANIELSVILLE •
Daniei.svh.le, July 12.—[Special.]—
Gov. Gordon’s message is considered wise
and timely.
Two ooffins were sold hero Sunday for
Mr Levi Tolbert’s and Mr. Bruce's little
one to a depositor in the New Orleans
National Bank, at.New Orleans La,;
one toG. R, Goldheck, Manor, Texas,
etc., etc. The scheme embraced 3,13ti
prizes, amounting to $1,653,000 and
while the .further details are Interesting
10 man; Investors, any information can
be had on- an application to M. A,
Dauphin, New Orleans, La. Tho next
occurrence of a similar nature will be
on Tuesday, AUgu3t 9th, 1887,
The crowd of darkoya in town was
much smaller this year than usual.
opened her
school Monday morning with a good at
tendance.
The wheelmen from Hartwell passing
throngh here from the tournament at
Athens, home put our people in the no-
tien for bicycles. Old men, young men
and little boys are vowing they’ll have a
bicycle.
Messrs Geo. Lucas and Noman Sharp,
two live young men of Athens are here,
each in 4he interest of his wide awake
business house.
factare and sale of hia
at tins place, and will- appoint * no rab-
agents and sell no territory. All lattera
must be addressed to him hare.
CLARKSVILLE.
Clarksville, July 12.—[Special.]—
The funeral services of eight colored peo
ple were preached at church in the wes
tern portion of-thia coaoty yesterday.
David Watkins, one of Franklin’s solid
citizens, died a few dayu since, and was
buried at the family burying ground near .
his residence. He had accumulated * :
nice fortune, and died posseaaed of tome
of the finest terming lands in the county
D*W Brooks and lady left hero this
morning to visit relatives and friends in
Jug Tavern and Harmony Grove.
Capt T A Little, of Harmony Grove,
and his bride are in our town among hit
relativas and friends.
JEFFERSON.
Jkffkrson, July 13.—(Bpeeial.]—Hon
A D Candler, accom ponied by Misses
Genie and Dora Candler, aro in the city.
Col. Candler and Mr J N Ross will ad
dress the flkVmers of Dry Pond on agri- .
culture to-day at a picnic given by the
farmer’s club.
Miss India Hunter, the accomplished
daughter of Prof. B. T. Hunter, accom
panied by Miss Cade Sparks, of Rome,
will visit Relatives in Elberton next week.
, BROWN-M.'TCHELL-
Xuplials of h Popular Younr Georgian With
*' an Ohio Lady, Last Brewing.
At Norwalk, Ohio, last evening, at the
residence of the bride’s father, Mr. II. S.
Mitchell, Mr. E. T. Brown, ef Athens,
Solicitor General of the Western circuit, i
was married to Mias Maymo Mitchell.
Mr. Brown was accompanied by Mr.
Walter R. Brown, of Atlanta. The bride •
and groom will take a short trip throngh
the WesL and will reach Athens abont
the 22d of July, when they will ocoapy
their lovely now home on Prince avenue.
Mr. Brown’s friends are as numerous as
his acquaintances, and his charming
bride has many admirers in Athens, who
will welcome her to tbe city. Mist
Mitchell is the only child ot .Mr. H. 8.
Mitchell, of Norwalk, one of. the oldest
and best* families of that town. Mr.
Brown is one of the State’s best officers
and one of Athens’ most popular men.
AN AUTHORIZED STATEMENT
From tke Family and Friends of Kr. I. ▼.
Murray, of This City.
The family of Mr. I. V. Murray au
thorize us to say that at the proper time
Mr. Murray will be produced, and will
he ready for commitment trial whenever
that may be called. They declare that
had they been able to communicate with
him at the time of the shooting, they'
wouid have detained him in the city. It
is believed it was his intention to stay,
but that he yielded to the counsel of a
few friends, who advised hia to escape
for the presenL
TbUstaMmentwemakeby authority
and by special request
AN EDITOR’S ESCAPE- \
Hr. Bro listen, of tlio Kadlsontan, Escape* v >
Falling Iron,
Editor Brobston, tbe talested young
editor of the Madisonian, is in the city
in attendance on oommenoement. is
ins first visit to Athens, and he is de-
ligiited'with the place. My. Brobston
hail a narrow escape the other day. He,
with a friend, rode out to Mr. Powell’*
camp, on the Macon tc. Athena toad,
where the hands were at work clearing
off the right of way. A targe tzee that
was being cut down suddenly feU, strik
ing the buggy and wrecking it and slight
ly hurting the gentleman with Mr.Brob-
s'ton, wire himself escaped by jumping
out of the way.
Maj. Hendon’s Fdnsbal—The re
mains of Maj, J. W. Hendon were yester
day carried to Oconee county, 12 mile*
distant from Athens, and interred in the
family burial ground, on Mrs Jackson’s
place. Maj. Hendon was an houset, pure-
hearted gentleman, and if he leaves sn
enemy in tho world we do not know it-
He wM be sadly misted by s targe cool*
of friends.