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THE DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES POPPING
UP AROUND ATHENS.
Aa XV»y tbs City l« Building Up—'Tbs
KmsDrrsml Vlgoroux Mill* and Factories
BapplylMff the Boms MSrket
Country AronnG—A flood Sign
Future. ,
, Tht Banker-Watchman has already
mentioned, the revival, of smaller indus
tries in Athens, and insisted upon uicir
importance to the people.
A large cotton center attracts money
and guarantees trade, hut the best and
surest way to build up a town is to plant
smaller diversified industries throughout
the city, guaranteeing a supply of food
and fabric products for home consump*
tion, making a people self-sustaining, and
attracting labor and population, while
giving remunerative return to cap
ital.
Athens, besides the larger factories
and foundries whose output is well
known and whose cloth, and iron, and
wood work are shipped to every part of
the South, has also a number of smaller
industries which are steadily growing
anti which are being added to, year after
year.
Among those we may notice Crawford
A* Webb’s candy factory; llurke's picture
framing establishment; the ice works:
Edge A* Dorsey’s mattress factory; the
carriage shops of Klein A Martin and of
Burnce Bros.; Bloomfield's pottery
work*; Allen & Hadaway harness and
saddle factony; Klevartor Mills; Taylor
Bros', meal mill; McElhanny’s oil works,
the two cotton compresses; Uobinson’i
marble yard; McGinty A Co’s, planing
mill; Brumby’s tan yard: the bobbin
mill; l>r. Lyndon’s pinning mill; the bot
tling works and others not now recalled.
Besides these a new tannery is now
spoken of by Messrs. Allen A Hadaway.
A cheap furniture establishment for mak
ing chairs and tables is talked of, and the
new brick yard of Mr. A. C. Bucker is
liow bung prepared.
ItOTTl.INO WORKS.
A B.-W. reporter went down on Foun
dry street, yesterday morning to see if
the bottling works were getting ready
for business. We found Mr. Cobb, the
proprietor, to he a very affable gentle
man, and one who perfectly understands
his business. The machinery is all new
and of the latest and best make. Mr.
Cobb informed us that with an assistant
he can turn out two hundred dozen hot*
tl.-sjof delicious soda and sarsaparilla eve
ry day. The only reason the machine
ry is not at work now is on account of
getting bottles. Mr. Cobb has ordered a
large lot from the glass works at Phila
delphia. but they cannot commence mak
ing them until the first of September.
Mr.* Cobl is well pleased with Ath
ens and thinks the prospect good for him
to furnish the surrounding counties with
a pleasant beverage for the summci
months. He will also he prepared to
charge the soda fountains for the drug
stores of our city.
i rusm i;k >tant*factory.
Messrs. Edge A Dorsey say they ha
he«*n contemplating putting up a furni
ture factory for some time,and will put
it up as soon as the new railroads now
budding to Athens.are a fixed fact. They
propose to put up a great many different
kinds of furniture that are now shipped
from the west. There is no reason why
it should not be a paying business, as w
uet lumber here ns cheap as tin
West, and of the best quality.
TIIK MATTItKsS FACTORY.
Messrs. Edge A Dorsey have a larg
number of bands at work making cotton
and straw mattresses, and turn out about
tin. en or twenty per tlnv. They find
leadv sale for these mattresses, as they
are made by experienced workmen anti
have a reputation that cannot he equalled.
COMPRESS.
We went down to see Mr. A. C. Buck
er at the compress, to inquire after the
outlook for compressing cotton this sea
son. Mr. Bucker was out at the
' brickyard lately started, and is. making
large quantities of brick for the Athens
market. The compress is in good con
dition, everything being put away from
last season in neat style, and the com
press is ready to start as soon as the
lleecy staple comes in.
Willi* MAM FACTORY.
There is another enterprise in Atlien:
that at a glance would seem to he a very
small business, but it is much larger than
one would suppose. It is that of making
whips. Messrs. B. 11. Allen A Co. have
connected with their largo harness shop
a whip manufactory, and they sell them
in large quantities. Mr. Allen infonn
us that he sold to one firm in Louisville
Ky\, only a few days ago, one hundrei
and fifty dozen long whips. '1 his firm
supplies all of Northeast ami Middl
tieorgia with them.
CHICKEN EXHIBIT-
Talk Willi Athena* (ircat Fancler--Wll
Make a Fine Kxhiblt at Piedmont a id X
K, (>eorgia Fair*.
J udge Cobb is the acknowledged chick-
fancier of Northeast Georgia and any
thing he says about chickensHs consider
ed law. A reporter met him yesterda v~ and
nquired after the health of his chickens
and how he was getting on sdlinc
them?
Judge Cobb informed him that h'* was
now eating nothing but dollar chickens
and they were something good—a great
leal better than the average circuit rider
he wanders through the cou itrv.
Large, fatWyandottes arc sweet and juicy
and when nicely boiled are fit dishes for
king. The Judge does not kill his
finest chickens, but only those that do
not come up in feather and form to lhe
requirements of the Standatd of E xcel
lence. He is not selling any chickens at
present as the market does not open un-
lnte in the fall. When the market
•ens Judge Cobb will have a large lot
fine wyandottes and other fowls as
er cackled or crew in a barn yard.
Judge has done a splendid business
eggs and has shipped a large nu iiber
all parts of the South and has received
;ood prices.
Will you make an exhibit at the dif
ferent fairs?” we asked.
Yes, 1 shall carry a large number of
y chickens to the Piedmont Fair, as I
think that will be one of the best placos
exhibit them. There will he people
nd breeds from all parts of the South
nd North, and the chickens raised in the
outh will find the*best sale. I shall
have a fine exhibit at the Northeast
•orgia Fair and one, I think, that our
ity will feel proud of. The chicken bus*
' < growing and we must kee t » up
ith the times.”
M-& C- ROAD.
NEW HOTEL-
The- l'ro»|M>rt» Itriglitrn--<'»|iitnlUt» I-smk
liiK For a Miitohlr Fluor to lluil«l--Tlio
ami I'm-* for an Ample ami llaml-
Mime llulldlnc.
The Banner-Watchman has for some
time been advocating the building of
new hotel in our city, and from what we
can learn there are good prospects of
first-class hotel being built in the near
future. The Dorsey lot on Broad street
seems to he the best and most
available place for the new hotel. It is
well located and would pay a good inter
est on the investment from the hi
ning. We learn that capitalists hav
been looking through the lot to see if it
would do for the hotel, and that the ten
ant in possession has been notified
vacate before the year is out. There
more in it than mere talk, and hefor
many months we hope to see a hotel
built on the Dorsej* hill, that will be an
honor to Athens.
The need for a fine, large hotel ha:
been felt in Athens for a long time. The
city is singularly lacking in this particu
lar. Besides a stiff tide of business the
year round, from drummers and business
men, there are times of the year, during
fairs, commencements and other seasons
when the town i9 overcrowded and
thing that we now have can accommo
date the crowd at these times.
Nothing in the world gives the city
better name with visitors and the trav
oiling public than a line hotel. Peopl
get their impressions of a town from
such accommodations as they receive
No one doubts that Atlanta owes much
of its impetus to the Kimball House,
and that many a man resolved to settle in
Atlanta, after having been eased and en
tertained upon the hair cushions
ami beveled mirrors of that famous hos
udrie.
A fine hotel in Athens would repay
the builder aiyl keeper. In old ^itne
when private residences were large and
wealth and hospitality went hand in
hand, the need of hotels, even during
seasons of crowds, conventions and com
menceuients, was not so great. But
since then, the town has grown and pri
vato houses are not so open nor so liber
ally supplied as before. We have awa
kened, with the rest of the world, to
business methods, and people coming to
Athens are willing to pay for what they
get, and should be as well 'entertained
as possible. The best reception that
can he accorded toj strangers jis a good
hotel, and such accommodations make up
the most refined and satisfactory hospi
tality after all.
The man who wants to double his cap
ital and hand his name down to posterity
should erect a fine, spacious hotel in
Athens.
A Campmketing Ground.—This is
institution which Athens ought to have
and we hope will have in the near fu
ture. The land could be purchased four
or live miles from Athens for a mini
mum, and our Methodist friends would
nearly all erect tents. Augusta and
other places have one, and Athens should
also be classed with campmeeting towns.
Athena has as many good Methodists,
and if some one would take the lead
thd matter, it would meet with favor
Campmectings are old Southern insti
tutions, and should be encouraged,
they do great good.
Wooden Legged Doo.—Mr. Bose, the
watchman at the Georgia depot, has
fine yard dog that assists him in guard
ing the depot, and is very valuable. This
dog got one of his legs cut off by the
cars a year or two ago, and Mr. Rose
making him a leg out of wood and
leather, that he thinks will answer every
purpose.
('apt. A. B. Bradeen, one of the con
tractors on this road, has been in tin
ty several days, hut returned to lib
«mp yesterday. Capt. Bradeen say>
has not as yet received oue dollir fm
lis work, hut Col. Frobel promts •J t*
ay thojn off to-day. Col. Smith and
lr.T. C. Hampton went to Macon U*t
reek and had a business talk with Col
robel. We learn that he showed them
til of his papers and prospects for get-
ing money, as also a dispatch front Jol.
ost, stating that the money had oecn
irwarded. These gentlemen ret irnei.
loiue perfectly satisfied. Some «iela\
as occasioned by washing a vaya
ridge on the railroad this side of Mon-
icello, but hands are now at work re
aring it, and as soon as this is done the
rk of laying iron will be p
pidly forward. The railroad is payin'.
11 the hands in its own employ
roptly, and it is only the contrmror-
ho arc kept hack. Capt. Bradeen says
bout three miles have been grade t
de of the Georgia road, and he ha-
hadow of doubt but that it will be
ompleted in due time to Athens.
>ad owes Mr. Toon Powell about $15,OX)
ut that gentleman does not seem to he
all uneasy about getting his'mo »ej
THE INSIDE OF ATLANTA.
The Invi-Htli'iitlon of theCovtct Ca i»i».
Atlanta, Aug. 21.—Some time has
lapsed since the last meeting of the
pecial committee which has had in ham.
he work of investigating the convict
;ystein and the charges which linv*
-een made of irregularities and abuses
the various camps. The investigation
overed a great deal of ground, an i tin
vtder.ee, much of which is reporter
tenographicallv, made up a bulky vot-
tne. All this has been carefully re-ex
amined by a sub-committee charge 1 will,
irafting the report. This report is look-
1 for with interest in many quarters, m-
is expected to use some very vigorous
nglish in commenting on the (level-
pmer.ts which grew out of what uugii*
e termed a rigid ami searching in mir>
is not anticipated, either, th.ttlu
ommittee in making its report wiil deal
any great extent in whitewash, an ar-
tcle heretofore used with some lnerali
f in penitentiary investigation. It \>
robahlc that the report will co ne ii
une time this week. I have bee i in—
>rined by Mr. Schofield, of B bb, :=
ember of the committee and acting a*
ecretarj% that the report is co nplet
1, signed and ready to be submit ed t«
be House. As the reformatory prison
bill will be called up again this week,
be report will come in at a very oppov
unc and appropriate time.
BUILDING UP ATHENS.
A FINE MEETING OF THE OPERA HOUSE
ASSOCIATION.
The Entire Iwoe of Honda Taken at Home—
A Strong Mark of Confidence and Local
Enteri»riae--The Opera llonae to be Com.
pleted Out and Out by November lat-The
New Store* -The Young Men at work.
A Banner-Watchman reporter yester
day called on Mr. Wm. Fleming, secre
tary of the Athens Building Co., and
asked him what the association did at its
meeting, Monday night?
“Well, the meeting,” replied Mr.
Fleming, ‘‘was held to ratify by the
stockholders what had been done toward
the building,and to make arrangements for
pushing the work. The bonds have all
been placed and everything is now ready
for work.”
When will the buildings be complet
ed?” . ..
The foundations have been laid for
the blocks of stores on Clayton street,
and the walls have commenced going up,
and by January 1st, 1888 they will be
ready to be occupied. The opera house
s being put up very rapidly and by No
vember 1st the doors will be thrown
open.”
What will be the height of the struc
ture?”
“The stores will he three stories high,
and as the ceilings are tall, the block
w ill he the highest on Clayton streeet.
The whole building will be uniform, and
Dr. Carlton and Mr. McGinty will also
build their stores like the others.”
“Have you any occupants yet? *
“tine or two parties have spoken for
the stores, but as we were not certain
when the possession could be given,
have made no contract. It is probable
that wholesale merchanLs will move on
(/’layton street, while Broad street will
continue to be tne retail part of the
the financial arrangements.
It is now understood that at the meet
ing the entire issue, forty bonds of five
hundred dollars each, and bearing seven
per cent, interest, were spoken for, and
vili he taken, probably among the mem
bers of this Association. Two members
•f this Association took $8,000 each and
» New York friend of one of the direc
tors wrote out and ordered thre
-hares of the stocl*. So far, twelve thou
sand dollars worth of stock has been
paid in and $20,000 worth of bonds se
cured. r l his will insure the completion
»r the opera house, and by Nov. 1st,
.ine, cozy dramatic hall, decorated in
tigb taste, with ample heating facilities,
vill he secured for Athens.
WHAT ATHENS NEEDS-
A city park.
An artesian well.
A first class hotel.
A city clock and city hall.
A good lire alarm system.
A first-class system of sewers.
A union-passenger depot.
A complete system of electric lights.
'•’he city connected with Jefferson by
rail.
t he streets and sidewalks at once re
paired.
Our citizens to stand by home enter-
AU the old kerosene lamps abolished
immediately.
At least a dozen capitalists to settle
imong/t us.
The sanitary condition looked into
with a jealous eye.
To extend the right hand of fellowship
o all worthy new-comers.
The unsighly buildings torn down and
iew ones erected in their places.
'The roads leading into the city put in
;«>od condition before the fall trade
•pens.
A 8-column daily paper, containing the
press dispatches, which she would have
n the Banner-Watc hman if its citizens
vould only render that substantial
• liiiagcint-nt which is necessary to such
in enterprise.
THE FIRST BALE.
MAKING HATS.
Ine of the Lost Eiit«n ,rlMM of the South.
It is not generally known, hut it is n
ict that hats were made in large quanti-
in Jackson county before the wai
hey were made out of wool, ami out
oou woven hat made in Jackson county
vould last a man during his naturtl life
\1 r. (>1 Heese, now night watchman of th
ieorgia depot, was one of the most expert
nal makers in the county. Mr. Kces»
ays that there were three large h it fac-
o’ries in the county before the war aim
that McClesky’s factory, near Jeff.*rson,
1 out from 75 to 1U0 hats per (la\.
which rerailed at $1.25 apiece, an 1 sob.
►y the wholesale at from l*0c la $1
These hats contained from 5 to 7 ounce?
of lamb's woo) and would never w -arout
Mr. Beese thinks that such an in :ustn
would pay now if properly runwi h fir-
•lass machinery. As Athens is On the
ncrease let us by all means have a hat
actorv.
Franc is Lewis.—Several years ago.
•rancis Lewis or Frances Chep ta, a.
Mexican, came to Athens and mar ied ai
Id colored woman, Nancy Walker, win
kept a restaurant on Jackson street
Francis and Nancy seemed to liv • b u»
pily together most of the time, but octa-
sionally he would get drunk and
would have to pay him out of the cula
boose. Fraucis, after several years,
grew tired of his dusky spous ano
painted to her in glowing terms a fortune
that he had in Mexico, and after a giea
deal of persuasion, Nancy mortgaged ;
piece of property she had an 1 guv
Francis the money. He had no . beet,
heard from until recently. His Mexicin
fortune turned out a myth, and he is now
in New Orleans^cooking for a te i ceni
restaurant.
A Big Camf-Mketino.—Jackso i coun
ty is having a big camp-meeting at
Woods grounds. From an Athe is par
ty who took in the meeting, Sund »y, we
learn that there were at least seven hun
dred people present, and much interes
was manifested. The eating was ver>
good, and the basket spread was ill that
a man wanted. The people had assem*
bled from adjoining towns, and Jefferson,
Harmony Grove and Gainesville were
well represented, besides the other
places in the county. This party re
turned Sunday night, and they sty thi
day was well spent and was much enjoy
ed. One party from Athens stayed uvei
Sunday night and thought thoy might
stay on until the middle of the week,
War Over a Bar Room.—The good
people liviog in the neighborhood ol
Moore’s Grove church have got about
all the bar rooms in their neighborhood
that they want at the present writing,
and have published the caption of a bill
that they propose to introduce in the
Legislature in the next thirty days, that
no spirituous or malt liquors shall be
sold within three miles of the church.
This has roused some of the whisky men
who were thinking of opening a bar room
in that neighborhood, and they propose
to fight the bill to the bitter end There
will be petitions and counter petitions
Sotten up for and against it
Carried to Gainesville.—Policeman
Pickerel, of Gainesville, came down yes
terday after John Edwards L»ony and
Carrie Boyles who had been arrested on
a dispatch received from Gainesville.
The parties arrested had warrants against
them for some little infringement against
the laws of the State. ;
JUDGE THOMAS TALKS-
Judge Thomas returned from a picas-
re and business trip yesterday, and was
nmediately hunted up by a Banser-
Vatuiman reporter.
-How is the railroad getting on,” we
sked.
“Everything is lovely,” said the ener
getic Judge, “and the road will be built.
have been perfecting iny charters
hrough North Carolina, and have just
ucceedeil in getting everything in ship-
liape. I started in to build the road and
»ave never made up my mind to fail.
There is nothing new to tell you about
he road at present, except that the pros
pect is bright ”
The Judge is looking the picture of
eaUh, and is in good trim for the win
ter campaign.
MR- W. M. HAYES, OF OGLETHORPE,
COMES IN FIRST THIS YEAR.
A Lively Tilt Among the Cotton Buyer*--
Start* at Ten and Goe* to Eleven —Classed
Strict Low Middling and Weighs Four
Hundred and Eighteen Founds—Bought
by the Braves Warehouse Company.
Yesterday morning much excitement
was created in cotton circles by the ar
rival of a new bale of cotton. Athens
has been looking for the first hale for
some time, and when it appeared on our
streets yesterday it was viewed as acurij
osity. Mr. W. M. Hayes, of Oglethorpe,
is the first bale man this year. He said
that two or three parties in his county
were trying to get the first cotton, and
on Monday he hired a big lot of hands
and picked out enough for a bale. Early
yesterday morning he had his cotton
ginned and packed, and as soon as loaded
came right on to Athens. Mr. Hayes
lives eighteen miles from our city, in
one of the best portions of Oglethorpe,
and he says cotton is far advanced in his
section, and that he has more cotton
open, and could easily have gotten out a
much larger quantity. He stopped bis
wagon in front of O’Farrell & Hodgson’s
store, and, takifig' * sun
around, as is usual with the farmenarhen
be comes with cotton to Athens. Mr.
Hayes started out with a bid of ten cents.
The Henderson Warehouse made this
bid as a starter. Rufe Reaves saw ten
cents and raised him a chip, which
amounted to an eighth. Mr. Hayes was
under obligations to go back to the Hen
derson Warehouse, and back he went in
double-quick time. Prince Hodgson
pulled the sample to pieces
jain and declared it strict
low middling, and saw Mr. Reaves 10 1 8
and pulled up his chips to lO’.j. About
this time the buying became interesting,
and everybody thought that Mr, Hayes
would get 15 cents for his cotton. After
Mr. Hodgson had made his hid of 10 1 ,.,
Hayes came back down the street to give
Mr. Reaves another chance. Mr. R.,
who is one of the most cool and calcu
lating men in the city, examined the
sample and asked Mr. Hayes what would
buy it? This was a poser on Hayes, as
he did not want to price his cotton, but
wanted the buyers to run it up on each
other.
You have tried the market,” said Mr.
Reaves, “and now what will buy the
cotton?”
‘Eleven cents,” said Hayes.
l ,Drive it around to the warehouse,”
said Mr. Reaves, and the trade was closed.
The hale was delivered to the Reaves
Warehouse Co., and sold by them for
eleven cents. The bale was classed
strict low middling by the cottom sain
piers of the city and weighed 418
pounds.
SECOND RALE.
Pittard & Co., of Winterville, shipped
the second bale of cotton to the Heaves
v\ areliouse Comnany yesterday eveninj
THE C-, C- & N.
How Work In l’roRn-iwiiiit on the EaHtern
End of tlie Line.
Maj. J. S. Morrison, Chief Engineer of
the Georgia, Carolina and Northern rail
road, has just returned from a trip over
the eastern end of the line. He reports
everything moving along as fast as pos
sible. No serious damage has been sus
tained from the recent Hoods. On the
line between Chester and Monroe work
is proceeding very satisfactorily. Six
ontracts have been let, and this will be
graded by the first of January. As soon
as the contractors are through here they
will be given work this side of Chester,
as the road is located as far as Clinton.
It is the purpose of the road to carry on
the grading this side of Chester as socn
as thty finish on the side towards^ Mon
roe.
Two locomotives have been ordered,
but the machine works are so busy they
will not he ready before the first of the
year. The road will, however, not wait
for these engines, but hire some to he
put on by November. At this time the
construction force will commence laying
the track, and everything pushed right
ahead. Plans aie now being made for
the box cars, and as soon as they are de
cided upon orders will be given for
them.
On this end the surveys are finished,
and Major Morrison will leave for
the camp between here and Atlanta the
last of the week to get the estimates,
when the road will be located. One
corps of thr surveyors will soon be put
on the line between here and the Savan
nah river, and a splendid route is expect
ed to be gotten on this part of the road.
There will be no trouble about the grad
ing, as several contractors have already
spoken for work. The company never
likes to give over five iniles*to one man,
but if a man works a big force a larger
contract will he given.
The road has been very successful in
securing the right of way. Mr. Henry
Beusse has done some fine work getting
the deeds between here and Atlanta. The
eastern end has been as fortunate and
with very few exceptions, secured the
right of way from Chester to Monroe,
and for quite a distance betweon Clinton
and Chester. The farmers in the Caro-
linas are as anxious for the route as we
are in Georgia and readily give the right
of way. The people are placing more
confidence in the G C & N every day;
in fact, they have so much that they think
RIDING THROUGH OCONEE.
ATRIP FROM WATKINSVIU-E TO WAT
SON’S SPRINGS. JJF
Description of a Jaunt to tbe Now Popi
llcsort—Scenes and Incidents
Way- A Racy and Descriptive
Watkixsville, Aug. 24.—[Si.
"Off for Watson’s Spring,” cried ont fi
young men last Thursday evening
three o’clock, as they left the town, of
(Vatkinsville. The afternoon was a lit
tle cloudy, which broke some of the T&ys
of the sun, and our drive to Scull Shoals
was quite pleasant, for the roads bad
just been put in good order—better than
they are usually worked, and in addition
to the well worked roads, there is
ing that adds so much pleasnre
passer-by as fine fields of cotto:
corn, which we never saw finer 01
road before. Land thathad never
cotton higher than half-leg, is now
high and well fruited. Beaching
Shoals, we were disappointed in nr
ing the flat, which we had hi
ready to convey people across t)ie
Our next chance was to try the gi
ment fiat, but Capt. Thompson s
was against orders. Although he ^Irks
andgotM^TOD0ft0rm|care
of our horses for us, whlcn nc kindly
agreed to do. It was then dark, but we
were determined to revh the spring that
night, so we went bark to the river,
found a negro with a narrow, leaky bat-
teau, and persuaded him to carry us over,
lie said he would do so if we would sit
very erect and steady in the boat, for it
was narrow and five men would likely
dip it. unless we were very careful. We
siezed this, the first opportunity of cross
ing the river, and at the same time heed
ed strictly the darkey's warning, not to
twist about or lean over, and when seat
ed in the host we wit * so still and erect
you would have thought we were a set
of marble statues. The darkey was row
ing across tlie river. It was dark and he
was not careful in selecting a nice place
to land us. In fact, it seemed that he
could not have found a muddier place.
Twenty-five cents made him glad, and
we were too, for we had reached the
Greene county hank of the Oconee. At
this time we began to feel good
until we had gone a few steps,
and then into the mud and
weeds we went for three hundred
yards before reaching dry ground, and
this was a hill three or four hundred foet
high, and almost perpendicular, "with
WOOD’S CAMP-MEETING.
A Long - Establish**! Meeting Plaee
-What Woe Sold and Done by tlie People
there the Last Few flays.
One of the most noted camp meeting
places in Northeast Ga. is Wood's Camp
ground, situated in the northwest portion
of Jackson county.^ It is located in a
large woodland, about’ nine miles from
Jug Tavern and live from Hoschton.
One bundled yards from the arbor is a
beautiful spring; the water is cold, clear
as crystal and considered the finest in
that part of the country. Fifteen years
ago Mr. Wood donated this tract for a
camp-meeting, aud since then it has been
one of the best kept grounds in this sec
tion. The forest in which it was located
contains about seventy-five acres of
timber that cannot be equaled in North
east Georgia. White oak and hickory-
form a large portion of the wood,atid there
is hardly a stump on the place.
The meeting just ended at this place
has been one of special interest. The
usual number of tenters were not on
hand this year, bnt those present enter
tained the visitors with the best that the
country afforded. This section is noted
for the cordial hospitality of its people
who certainly sustained this reputation
'nring the past few days. Not more
TOWNS AROUND US.
Planting Mulberry Trees.—Col.
'ames M. Smith, of Oglethorpe, is plant-
uc a great deal of land in ever blooming
nulberries. and says he will go exten-
ively into tho business. Col. Smith
-ays the mulberry makes the most en
luring posts and cross-ties known, and
. also a tree of most rapid growth, lie
(links that cross-tie timber is getting so
ar,-e that it will have to be cultivated, '“"j 1 "'? ,,!lv 1 e i i0 “» cn .‘."« lne >’ ln '" K
of land planted in tl,e . re . ,s no 1 ecd l j ,r 1 w !’, rk,n = 80 mach .
■ — as it is certain to be built.
tnd says that one (u'r
rces suitable for this purpose’ will pay
•etter thin cotton or anything else you
an grow.
Tiie Jefferson IUiluoad.—Our citi-
.ens are anxious that some steps be tak-
n towards building the Jefferson rail-
■ iad. We confidently believe that if
•nme enterprising man will devote a Hi
de time to tills enterprise that the road
can and will speedily bo built. Who
.vill lake hold of it? This road will be
a good feeder to Athens, and if $15,000
in cash is raised it can bo built.
Selling WnisKv.—During the absence
.if Deputy Collector Gantt from the city
last Friday, a wagon loaded with whisky
.topped in the street near the water
rorks, and, it is said, sold out two bar
rels by the quart and gallon before leav-
ng. The whisky wagons, however, are
retting very shy now, and only come
into town when they find tbe officers are
out of the city.
Athens Dirt.—About three years ago
.lr. W. S. Whaley purchased the Kittle
•ot, on Prince avenue, of Messrs. Orr &
lunter, for $2,250, these gentlemenhav-
ng a few months before paid $1,600 for
• tic property. A few days ago Dr. Wha-
!ey refused an offer of $3,500 for the
.dace. Athens real estate is on a quiet
.ut steady boom.
A Handsome Block.—Mr. Bloomfield’s
lew buildings, on Clayton street, will
lave by far the handsomest fronts in the
.-ity. The new post-office is particularly
ittractive. The walls of tho row of
-lores on the opposite side of the street
ire also rapidly going up now. A great
deal of improvements are going on in
diis section of our city.
Monticello and the Railroad.—We
see from the last issue of the Monticello
l in.es, that this enterprising town is not
.eing benefited by the railroad as the
people expected. The Times urges the
merchants of Monticello to arouse them
selves or the railroad will serve to drain
trade from them, instead of bringing it
to the place.
Tire Old Cemetery.—The old ceme
tery is fast going to decay, and in a few
years it will hardly be known that it was
ever used as a burying ground. . There
are a great many of the best people of
\lhens buried here, and it should have
some attention, if not from the city, from
those who have friends buried here.
Rkpairsd the Damages. — Clarke
county has repaired all the damage done
to tbe bridges by the late fiooda, except
the Paper Mill bridge, and that wBl soon
be ready to crosa.
Ovkhhy’s Saihilk—it II. Allen & Co
arc just finishing up a fine saddle fur
Sheriff Overby, of Oconee. They search
ed all the markets in this country to get
a tree large enough, and finally had to
send to Kuropa for ono that would fit
the heavy sheriff. When finished arid
strapped on one of his little Indian po
nies, it will cover it completely except
its legs.
The School Lot.—A great many peo
ple in Athens do not know the size of
our school lot, on account of the fence
on the northwest side. The lot has sev
eral feet beyond this fence, which runs
east and west, and will give a much
larger play ground for the scholars.
When this partition is moved it will
look much better.
Brass Band.—A movement is on foot
to organize a brass band for Athens. It
is said that the workmen that Mr. Allen
had employed in Buford, and moved here
with him, are all first-class performers
on brass-band instruments and in con
nection with some of our home talent,
will proceed at once to organize a
band for the enjoyment of pur citizens,
Cotton Pickisg.—Cotton is opening
very rapidly, and soon the fields will be
white with the fleecy staple. Some of
the farmers have already commenced
picking. There are very few idle color
ed people in town, as all who were out
of employment have repaired to the cot
ton fields.
The Banner-Watchman Railroad
Issue.—We have a number of copies of
our railroad issue left over, which we
will distribute at the Piedmont and State
fairs. This will be a splendid opportuni
ty for advertising the advantages of Ath
A Popular Pastor.—Rev. Mr. Owens,
of Oconee street church, is one of the
most popular ministers ever stationed in
Athena, and he is doing a great deal of
good. He is admired alike by both saint
and sinner. ~
Trade Closed.—Messrs. Booth Bro*,
closed the trade with Mr. Tom Bailey
for the wooden building on Jackson
street, next to the Banner-Watchman
office. They will at once put up a bean
tiful brick building on the lot.
A Bio Divide—Theodore Stewart, a
bar-keeper in New York, divided his
sales on the 24th of last December among
his employers. He gave them every
thing he sold on that day, which amount-
cd to $10,829.14. They had a good big
_ divide.
rpenaicuiar, 'w
stumps, grass and cotcon"^6 - nuerftre
with our climbing. When the top of the
young Greene county moun
tain was reached, wo knew no more
which way to go than a hat; but we were
all blessed with good lungs, and sqnt up
a yell which alarmed the whole neigh
borhood. An old darkey answered us,
and wc told him we were coming, to fear
not; but before we reached the old ne
gro’s house he set the dogs on us, and
we had to talk right nicely to convince
him we were not going to harm him. He
soon gave us direction to tlie public road
that leads to the wonderful spring—the
elixir of life. By following the old dar
key’s direction we soon found the big
road, but then it seemed we were about
two miles away, from the distance we
traveled before reaching Seab Miller’s
house, who is in charge of the spring.
Capt. Miller received us cordially, and
assigned us rooms, furnished with plen
ty of soap and water, which were used
freely before we were fit to appear in
company. It was after usual supper
time, and .10 o’clock, but Capt. M. pre
pared us a splendid supper, and never
did four mortals enjoy it better. When
we had finished eating we were escorted
- ~ boro string
music. The
guests were composed oTabout fifty
nice ladies and gentlemen as I ever had the
pleasure of meeting. Those who wished
spent the evening in tripping the light
fantastic toe in the latest style of dance,
while others amused themselves talk
ing. Among those at the hop and visit
ing the spring are Misses Mamie Aurt, of
Maxeys, Miss Blanche Wilson, of Bards-
town, Mrs Ida Kvan.s, of Atlanta; Misses
Mollie, Pearl and Rosa Stephens, Miss
Lizzie Hunt and Mr Gladden Hunt, of
Maxeys; Mr John Mell and Miss Sallie
Fleming, of Athens; Mr. Sara Morgan, of
Dallas, Texas; Miss Mattie Caloway and
Miss Jimmie Deadwyler, of Lexington;
Prof Sanford and family, of Crawford-
ville; Dr Freeman, of Rome, and others,
whose names and places of residence we
failed to get Mr. Sanford was the man
ager of an entertainment on Friday night
in the way of music, recitations and
dramas, that was quite a treat
She certainly knows how to
entertain an audience. Mis? Annie
Raugford deperveo special memtion for
furnishing splendid music and also for
recitation Misses Blanche Wilson, Ma
mie Hunt and Kellie Mason acted their
parts well. Capt. T^jLMiller owls a’fine
mansion and oan woUaocommodate fif
teen or twenty visitors, and in addition
to this he owns half a dozen cottages,
Capt. M. keeps a splendid table and
knows how 10 make you have a nice time.
The mineral spring is three hundred
yards from his house, and the water is a
fine apetizer and a good digester, and if
an invalid fails to be benefited by this
place he is a gone case. We failed to
learn the minerals in this Wfttur, but can
vouch for its mpdioinal properties. A|1
this spring needs is » (ine hotel to wako
it one of the finest resorts in the South.
The spring is at tho foot of a beautiful
slope, and the hill above is shaded with
some of the finest forests wo ever saw,
which keeps the spot cool tho entire day.
The gentle wost breeze that blows from
uoross the Oconee river, which is hardly
ha f a mile away, relieves the visitor from
laUitude and tho sweltering heat of the
summer. This place is destined some
day to be a popular resort for the pleas
ure seeker and invalid.
Cohresi’ondext.
II-Humber 'of tenters. If an
Increase docs not take place the camp
ground may be abandoned next season.
When Mr. Wood gave the land it was
upon the condition that it should be al
ways used ns a camp ground, or that it
should revert to bis estate. This is one
of the most convenient situations to be
had, and it is hoped by the people in
that vicinity that it can he kept up.
The meeting which ended Tuesday
night was largely attended. Prominent
citizens of Jug Tavern, IIo„schton and
Jefferson were present, and a good rep
resentation from all the county. Gaines
ville, and Madison and Walton counties
sent quite a number. A delegation went
up from Athens, among whom were Mr.
S. M. Hunter, Mr. R. L. Moss and Mr.
W. A. Jester, all of whom took a promi
nent part in the services. On Saturday,
Sunday and Monday the audience was
very large. Five services were held
each day, at eight a. m., twelve in., three
p. m., seven p. m. and eight p. tu. The
singing was one of the best features of
the meeting. The services of Mr. .1. F.
Hendrix, the blind singer of Newnan,
Ga., were secured. He most ably led
the hymns. His solos on several occa
sions brought tears to the cy<*s of many.
Mr. W. A. Jester, of our city, assisted
very much during the week, and led the
singing several times.
The meeting was in charge of Rev. A.
G. Worley, Presiding Klder of the Gaines
ville district. He was assisted by Rev.
E. B. Reese, of Jug Tavern circuit and
pastor of Wood’s church, which is situ
ated near the grounds; Rev. J. M. Low-
rey, of Jefferson;-Rev. Elias Bend, of
Monroe; Rev. John Boring, of
Jug Tavern; Rev. J aioes Perry
man, of Hoschton; Rev. J. T.
Letzen, of'Norcross, and by the delega
tion front Athens. Much interest was
felt and quite a religious awakening took
place Sunday and Monday. The meet
ing on Monday night was one of unusual
interest, the members being thoroughly
aroused, and the old time Methodist
shout could he heard loud and long far
into tbe night.
On Monday, during a love feast, when
persons were giving their experience
quite a discussion arose between Rev. A.
G. Worley and Rev. K. B. Reese. Mr.
Worley does not believe in holiness and
the second blessing, while Mr. Reese
does, and was telling his own experience
when the discussion started. The argu
ment waxed earnest for some time, when
it was concluded by each pastor making
a statement that he would refer it to the
North Georgia conference. m .
Wc regret to learn that there is some
probability of this camp-ground being
abandoned. If this should come about
of course the property will go to the^
heirs of Mr. Wood. Much good and
pleasure have have been aerived from
the meetings at this place and wc would
regret to see it given up,and trust thejeit-
izens in the neighborhood will succeed
in reviving the interest, and not let such
a splendid camp-meeting gro un d go
down.
LATEST REPORTS FROM OUR FRIENDS
AND NEIGHBORS.
HARMONY GROVE.
Harmony Grove, Aug. 24.--[Special.J
Watermelons are both plentiful and cheap
in the Grove now.
Col John P Tuggle, one of the most
popular commercial tourists on the road,
is in the Grove thia morning shaking
hands with his many friends.
5larshal Bray is doing some good work
upon our streets now, and they will soon
compare favorably with the streets of
any town in the State.
The Merchants’ Protective Union is
now stirring up delinquent debtors right
sharply. Our merchants who have bad
debts to collect find that the “M P U”
offers unusual facilities for the collec
tion of claims on the easiest, quickest
and surest way possible.
The arrival of the first bale of cotton
is expected here every day. Our mer
chants have already made preparations
for a big fall trade, and the arrival of the
first bale will open the business season.
Harmony Grove, Aug. 22.—[Special.]
Ex-Judge Alex Erwin passed up the
road yesterday.
terday^much to the re&ret of^fijpT many
Mr and Mrs Perkins, of the Gate City,
are visiting Mr S H Shankie, on Railroad
street,
Our town was well represented at
Wood’s camp-meeting yesterday.
Misses Fannie Barber,Ida Bohannon and
Lola Johnson, and Messrs. L B Johnson,
A M Stark and W P Harden attended
the camp meeting and all report a very
pleasant time.
Harmony Grove also sent down a large
delegation to the protracted meeting at
Black’s creek. This meeting is under
the auspices of Rev J F Goode, of our
town, and has been productive of much
good.
BeaLong, col. was bitten on the heel
by a highland moccasin, this morning,
while hauling fails. At this writing he
is suffering a great deal, hut his attend
ing physician is doing all Uo can to re
store him.
DANIELSVILLE.
Danielsvii.le, Aug. 24.—[Special,]—
Considerable interest is manifested in the
protracted meeting at the Methodist
church now in progress here. Eighteen
have joined since and including Sunday.
The meeting will continue until Friday
night, when many more are expected to
join.
Mrs Story, of Greenesbojo, who paid
a short visit to relatives here has return
ed to her home, and Miss Clara Daniel,
her charming niece, of our village, ac
companied her on a visit.
Miss Minnie McNorton, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs J J Strickland,
has returned to her home near Law-
renceville.
Rev Geo Smith and Mr Jas S King, of
Athens, are working in the protracted
meeting here.
JEFFERSON.
Jefferson, August 24.—[Special.]—
Larry Gantt and Collector Hunt made a
raid to-day over our county and they re
port no illicit distilling going on. Mr G
says our county is all right.
Our jail pets will leave to-day for
Jas M Smith’s farm. It will go hard
with Ayers, who has never done farm
work.
The colored district meeting meets
here this year, and the delegates come in
on every train. Over one hundred are
expected.
John Seymore and sister, of Rowdy,
spent the night in Jefferson on their way
home from camp.meeting. They are
stopping at the Hansom House.
Fox Galloway will leave to-day to
spend his vacation with the “old folks”
at Athens. We all hope he will have a
good time.
Ed Matthews, Tom Shackleford and
Ed Williamson leave for the mountaines
tnis morning, They will have a good
time—they are built that way.
Jefferson, Aug. 23.—[Special.]—Col
Larry Gantt and son arrived in our town
yesterday at noon. Mr G was on hi;
ELBERTON.
Elbertox, July 20.—[Special.]—Paul
Edwards, formerly a typo of this place,
who is now with the Knoxville Tribune,
is visiting relatives and friends in the
city.
Miss Agnes Carter, who has been
spending several weeks in Jefferson, re
turned home yesterday.
A revival is going oti in the Baptist
church this week.
Elberton male high school will open
this week.
Rev Luke Johnson, of Oxford, preach
ed two fine sermons in the Methodist
church, Sunday.
Turner 9c Brewer are building a brick
siahle on McIntosh street.
HOMER*
Homer, Aug. 23.—[Special.]—A largv*
crowd is expected here next Thursday,
as it is celebration day.
Prayer meeting at the Baptist church
last Sunday night.
Col J C Mason is still alive, hut it is
thought he will only last a few more
days.
Prof R C Alexander, one of our prom
inent citizens, is on our streets to-day,
and reports everything lovely up the
Hudson.
^The fleecy staple has begun to make
- Could Carry a Cow.
One of the most remarkable instances
of physical training that I ever knew oc
curred in Pike county. There was a
farmer who was a friend of mine near
Hollonville, who owned a very fine cow
which had a most promising heifer calf.
The cow died while the calf was very
young, and the - calf, os the saying goes,
had to bo raised by hand, and of course
as tlie farmer’s wife “took a hand” in
its nurture and admonition, when the
heifer grew to maturity “she was a
daisy.” But let me go back to the sub
ject of physical training. While the
poor little orphan heifer was passing
through the first stages of grief for the
irreparable loss of her kind and tender
mother, she would seek sympathy from
every source, and early every morning
when my farmer friend would rise to
feed liia stock tho little orphan would
meet him at the door as ho came out and
rub up against him and hold up her little
black nose to be caressed, and the far
mer, touched by these demonstrations of
affection and being a kind hearted
man, overflowed with sympathy for tho
motherless calf, and with tears in his
eyes he took it up under his arm and car-
ried'it with him to the lot and fed the
stock, and then would carry tho enlt
back to the house.
In the meantime the farmer's wife had
prepared food for tlie <5tlf, anjl then
would feed it. Every morning this was
repeated until it IxNNiino a confirmed
habit of the farmer to carry tho calf to
the lot and then back to tho house to be
fed, and it became a part of tho calf's
existence, and it would not eat at all
without this treatment. And thus it
went on; years passed, and the heifer
grew to be a laige cow, weighing 800
pounds, and her growth was so gradual
that it was imperceptible to the fanner,
as he had accustomed himself to carry
the- daily increasing weight, and it had
never occurred to him that there was any
more effort necessary to carry the fuil
grown cow than there was to carry her a
little, motherless, orphan heifer. Yet,
strenge to say, that if the farmer was
called on to raise a weight of 200 peunds
he could not do it, but an 800 pound cow
was an easy load, simply because his
physical training was in that Une.—Cor.
Griffin (Ga.) News.
Curious Iljr.terical E|itdamir.
A curious outbreak of convulsionist
mania, analogous to those which occurred
from time.to time chmng tho middle
ages, has shown itself at Agosta, in the
province of Rome.
For some weeks past the country peo
ple have been laboring under the delusion
that the district is under tlie immediate
government of the evil one, and before
retiring to rest they carefully place on
the threshold tho broom and the .salt,
whicl^are credited with the power of
keeping off evil spirits. Many of the
way to Gainesville. lie had several j younger women have epileptiform at-
hours to lie over here, which he spent tacks, during which they utter piercing
Hack Fitosi Cami mkkting.—Quite a
gay party passed through our city yes
terday on their return from Wood's
camp ground. The vehicle contained
Misses Lula, Georgia and Mattie Sey
mour, of Dowdy, who were accompanied
bo Misses 1’itinann, of Thomasville, and
Gith'lann, of Jackson county, who will
visit them. Tney were under the care
of Mr. l'ux Galloway, an old Athens boy,
now of Gainesville, which insures a
pleasant trip for all. The Misses Sey
more are considered the belles of this
delightful little town in Madison.
A Goon Iuka.—The election for May
or has been a dreaded time with the best
citizens of Athens, when the street
corner politicians and mean whisky had
full sway. It is proposed now to change
the municipal law so as to make tho term
of office of the Mayor two ycais instead
of one as formerly. This has many ud-
vantagcs.and a mayor is scarcely hi t iled
in his office before his successor is elect-
ed- Councliiuou have two year, and
why should not the Mayor?
pleasantly with his many friends.
The Athens delegation are still at the
camp meeting doing much good.
Wood's camp meeting was largoly at
tended, and among tho Christian work
ers I was glad to meet .Messrs. Moss,
Hunter, J H Reaves andi'Jester, of Ath
ens. They seem to be fully enlisted in
the army of the Lord.
Holder, tho anti-church Yankee
preacher, I loam, slandered our Metho
dist church here, last week, in Gaines
ville, for receiving a legacy from Capt
W D Martin, on account of his being an
jnfidel. I • have talked with some
of our old citizeas, and they say that
Capt Martin was a man who loved the
church and her people, and while he
never joined the church, he was always
a liberal contributor to church matters,
and I suppose if there had been a Pres
byterian church here at that time he
would have joined it, as that was his
choice.
Among the hoys from Athens we had
Newton Lewrance, Deloney Sledge, Row
land, John llitch, and perhaps others.
All seemed to have a good time.
Tire Union Meetinu —For the
week the services of the Union me.
has been held in the llnphst church,
attendance has been ve y goml, ..special- j
iy at the evening service, and the people
aro most seriously inclined. The pas-1
tors are very much encouraged in their!
work, and are confident that go id is being
accomplished. Rev. Simon Peter Rich
ardson gave another stirring sermon
Tuesday night. Yesterday the congre
gation was greeted by Rev. C. S. Owen,
of Oconee street church.
p st j NKCOOCHEc.
ting i Nacoochee, August 23.—[Special.]—
The; Mrs 1, E Harrow and children, who
. East Athens.— rhis part of the city
is situated on the east side of the Oconee
river, and is one of the pleasantest places
to live in the city. The old pine fields
have all been cat down and nice cottages
have been fiuilE Th*““i..*i08 are not
bothered with the troubles of the out
side world to any great degree, and live
quietly in a little world of their own. If
tbe water works fail to keep up the
proper amount of pressure it does not
disturb them in the least. They have
water of their own, which is as pure and
fresh as ever rippled from a mountain
rill. If the fire engines should not get
to a fire on time, the denizens of East
Athens sit quietly by their firesides and
listen at the quarrels of the firemen from
their retreat. The sight of s policeman
in East Athens generally puts the inhab
itants on the quivive, and they look oat
of their doors and windowsjand inquire
what are the cojia after. Efst Athens is
a pleasant place to visit, and our city
fathers should give tbe pceple of that
part of the city all they as If for.
A New BKsnrejtci.—{The building
spirit continues to increast in our city,
and new houses are springing up on all
sides. It was only the eper day that
reported a model hoi
Pulaski street, and now
:ted to be put up on
is house will be on
next to Ur. Geo. D. Thoi
erected by Mr. Geo. _ _ . _
McGinty * Hunnic.utt havo tho plans,
and are preparing to make a hid on it.
This home will be an ornament to Ath
ens and improvo that part of Prince ave
nue very much. ■
Hurt is a Scuffle.—Ou* friend Bill
Hodgson is the most unfortunate man in
America. If there is any chance forget-
ting an arm knocked out of placo or a
finger broken he is always on hand. Yes
terday ho was scuffling with Jim Price,
of Oconee, and his bead came in con
tact with the edgo_ of a tobacco box,
which took out a piece about the size of
a dollar.
The Mule Trade.—The dealers in
mules and horses are preparing for the
largest trade in mules, and Athens will
be a wholesale as well as retail market.
Holman & Deadwyler will keep a large
number on hand to supply the trade,
while Gann & Murray and J. Z. Cooper
& Son will be in the field during the sea
son. Fine horses will be kept constantly
on hand, and if mules or horses are
wanted, this city is the place to come to
for them.
A Natural Mistake.—Dr. Renedict
has a box at hit office, next to the post-
office, for notes, and a good many people
think it the place to mvit letters, and in
stead of putting them in the post-offica
box, drop them inthere. Dr. Benedict
very kindly corrects this mistake and
mails them at the right place.
Bufford Depopulated.—The little
town of Bufford, on the Air Line Rail
road has been nearly depopulated. There
has been forty people moved from
there to Athens, and several more are
going to come. The trains will quit
stoppiug there if there is another such a
movement.
Spinning Tops.—The small Athens
boy must always have a hobby of some
kind. Last week hoops were all the rage,
until they made several horses run
away, and a stop was put to hoop rolling.
Their hobby now is spinning tops. This
has got to he about as bad a nuisance as
the hoops.
Admitted to the Bab.— Mr. Sanders
McDaniel, son of Governor McDaniel,
was admitted tp the bar at Walton court,
last week. fir. McDaniel is a graduate
of the .University of Georgia, and took a
good stand io his class. We predict a
brUliaut future for the young man.
Bbass Band.—Mr, K H. Allen is going
to reorganize bis brass bend that he had
whileKving in Buford. Athene needs a
brass band, and one would pay well.
Quite a large number of students are
expected at the University this term.
qvve spending some time at Mr. Greer’s
hotel, returned to Savannah a few days
since.
Mr. Adair and brother, from Atlanta,
passed through the Valley yesterday, en
route for Tallulah Falls. They are fa
mous equestrians, and rode the whole
distance, 130 miles.
Mrs Thompson and grandson, of Ma
con and Mrs Becketand five children, of
Savannah, arrived at the Inglewood ho
tel last week.
Mr Jacques, from Philadelphia has
been in the Valley looking after and buy
ing mining property.
JUG TAVERN
Juo Tavern, Aug. 23.—[Special.]—
Mr. Jack Jackson, of Athens, was hero
the other day. He engaged in conversa
tion with one of our talkative citizens
and before. Hope it did not prove seri
ous.
Col John Clack says that he supposes
that the railroad surveyors are inexperi
enced in farming as they cut open a lot
of* pumpkins, supposing them to be
melons.
Mr Wm R Segars, one ofour jonne
merchants, was married on last Sunday
morning to Miss Ada House, a charming
young lady ol this place.
Alter a week’s illness, Mr Benjamin
H Hodges died yesterday about noon.
He was a worthy young man, and had
many friends who sympathize with his
bereaved relatives. His remains were
interred at Bethabara church, Oconee
county, ne died of typhoid fever,
CRAWFORD.
Crawford, Aug. 23.—[Special.]—Mre
W L Bryant, who lives below Lexing
ton, is very sick.
J ohn Tuggle, one of the cleverest gen
tlemen and drummers from Atlanta, was
here yesterday, selling tobacco and Jer
sey hogs.
Rumor says that tho wedding bells
will ring in Lexington in the near future,
at which time a prominent
shrieks and are violently convulsed. So
serious had the condition of tilings be
come that the syndic of Agosta found it
necessary to inform the prefect, who sent
detachments of soldiers into the distriet
in order to calm tbe apprehensions of the
inhabitants.
As a natural consequence of this con
dition of mental perturbation the coun
try Is overrun with quacks, who claim to
possess the only infalliklo remedy for tlie
seizures. One of these nostrums, the
vender of which was making a rich har
vest from its sale, was found on analysis
to consist of earth, snuff and borax.
Thre medical men who were comm is-_
sioned to investigate the cauqc and nature
of this extraordinary‘affecrion came to
the conclusion that it waa an epidemic of
hysteria.
They examined a number of the suffer
ers, mostly young women, seme of whom
were alleged to have vomited naiie,
horseshoes and other equally indigestible
substances, while ethers barked like dogs.
Several of them were removed to Rome
for treatment in tlie hospitals there, and
measures have been taken to check the
spread of the mischief.
In a milder degree this contagious form
of hysteria is not infrequent, especially
in places where ignorance and supersti
tion favor manifestations of nervous dis
order. The worst excesses of popular
outbreaks, like the French revolution,
have'been attributed to similar influences
and with every ap]>e&rance of justice.—
British Medical Journal.
The socialists hsve denounced Henry
eorge and his party.
Fourteen new cases' bF cholera in
Malta and two deaths.
The villiage of Degraff, Ohio hfifi been
nearly destroyed by fire.
Only one new case and one death of
yellow fever is reported from Key West
The cholera is raging in Naples; 30
new cases and 15 deaths in three days.
Commissioner Dodge hap come to the
conclusion that the tobacco men are
right.
President Cleveland will attend tho
centennial in Philadelphia on September
The meeting of the National prohibi
tion party has been postponed until No
vember :k)th.
A tan'k of the Standard Oil caught fire
at Nashville, and a $100,(XX) fire was the
coil sequence.
The steamship New Orleans has re
ceived a shock of earthquake 50 miles
off Charleston.
New syrup has been received in New
Ytwk from Louisiana. This is the ear
liest on record.
Mrs.Sarah Jackson, once the mistress
of the White House, died at the Hermi
tage near Nashville.
The Philadelphia Enquirer says
Prince Ferdinand got there, but his next
trouble wiH bo to stay there.
•. A kea . v y. rll ' n storm is reported from
the streets had to be ptuafyad mhCT* *b» t
Hon. Washington Bartlett, Governor
of California, is very ill and little hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
The City of Savannah passed through
a terrible storm off Cape Hatteras,Friday
night, which lasted for ten hours. No
loss of life.
Two csa&pcd convicts have been cap
tured in Louisville, and will bo returned
to Nashville, Tenn., where several years
are still due by both.
A monument has been unveiled in
Mexico to Cuanhotomuc, tho last of the
Aztec emperors. A speech was made in
the Aztec language.
It is thought the English steamship
Madrid lias gone down. Nothing has
been beard from her since sho sailed
from Norfolk, June 10th.
The Peruvian cabinet is in trouble.
The minister of Laciendts, in Lima, has
tendered his resignation, and it is said
tlie rest of the cabinet will resign.
A dead man has been found on the
South Carotin t railroad track near Au
gusta. Murder is supposed to have been
committed, and the body placed on the
track to avoid detection.
A Chicagoan, in behalf of 50,000 peo
ple of British birth hi Chicago, pre
sented a congratulatory jubilee address
to Queen Victoria, and the Queen person
ally responded.
The citizens of Montgomery are still
in quest of Dukes, the incendiary negro
editor. Colored editors are getting to he
objects of interest.
War with the Utes has commenced in
earnest. The United States troops arc
on the way to Meeker, and the Indians
are reinforcing. A lively time is antici
pated,
A special from Valentine, Neb., says:
Feny White, the negro who brutally
assaulted Mrs. Hoffman, was captured
yesterday. He was taken out of jail by
a determined party of men and hung.
Two freight.engines on the Chesa
peake and Ohio Railroad collided Mon
day night. The engineers were hurt by
jumpiHg. Fire broke out just after the
collision, and 15 cars of merchandise
was destroyed.
A sad accident happened on the
Thames during a regatta in London. A
large number of spectators were knock
'd off a hay barge and about seven
teen drowned. The water was only
three feet deep, but the mud underneath
was eight.
A yoang man who went to the war
with th* Fifthteenth Ohio regiment has
]ust turned up in Kansas, wk* was given
op Cor lost. He was wawndtd at Chica-
mauga. and from then t* th* Chicago
lire is blank to him, never bsiag able to
locate hi* home. He has a tamily and is
doing well in Kansas.
Monday night Mrs. Miles Warner, an
Anderson, S. t-\ lady, shot Mose Lynch,
who came to ker house in the absence of
her husbaad and demanded oentain pa
pers. Tbe negro threatened to eut hor
throat if she refused. She went in, and
instead of the papers, appeared with a
»l.*t gun and gave the negro the con
tents.
There's Something In that Boy.
A funny sight the other afternoon was
a little urcltin about 10 years old, wlio,
having sold all h» pupers for the day,
took out of a 6acliel swung qcross bis
shoulders a clean blue and white shirt,
which, after washing his face and hands
and drying them on the soiled shirt, he
proceeded to put on. Then he brushed
his trousers and boots, lavished his hair
with a brush carried in the sachet, and,
having dusted his- hat and replaced it
upon his head, he really did look much
improved. Then he danced a hornpipe.
He next proceeded to dine on tlie curb
stone, spreading out thereon a piece of
paper, two Ham sandwiches, a piece ot
gingerbread and a slice of watcrinelon.
After this fine repast he washed it down
with water from the Jerry McAuley
fountain. And then come, to me, the
most remarkable part of the whole-pro
ceeding. He actually stooped down to
the lower boon, intended for dogs and
cats, and prdbeeded to wash the. soiled
checked shirt he had previously worn. It
wazrtluly rinsed, wrung out add hung up
oh the iron sailing eurfounding the flower
garden to dry. All this time I sat in a
bailding directly opposite, awaiting my
turn to ceine at my dentist's, who told
me afterwhrdrtbat the small boy was a
daily frequenter of the fountain, and lie
didn't believe the lad liad any other
home.—Springfield Union.
oxington's
P'
alt
fairest daughters.
Lou O’Farrell and Tom Martin passed
here this morning on a country trip in
the interest of Hodgson Bros.
NIOHOLSON.
NicnoLBON, Aug. 24.—[Special.]—Rev
Henry Branford, one of the oldest MetU-
odist preachers, died ncafr here on the
2Uth inst.
We had a fme rain here yesterday—
the first we have had since the late flood.
Crops are fine, notwithstandhig the ip
preeedeoted reins.
. CLARKSVILLE-
Ci.AiHtsviLLK, Aug. 22.—[Special.]—
Mr I. C Edwards, ot this place, has a
iialf dollar in bis possession that was
made in JT81, being IOC years old. The
can onntains the following: Carolus III,
Del. Gratia, 178L llispan et foil, Rex, 2
G B F V.
Rev I, A Simpson preached an inter
esting sermon yesterday morning.
The annual Baptist association wil
ooavene on next Tuesday at Bethlehem,
o*e mile from .town.
The first drove of eattle of the season
passed through town this morning.
(ftiarcl the Bridges.
Atlanta, Aug. 21.—Mr. Olive, of
(Iglcthorpe, has introducod in the House
of Representatives a bill requiring all
railroads to employ and keep z watchman
it every railroad bridge and trestle,
whose duty it shall be to inak* a careful
eispection before the arrival of every
irain carrying passengers. The measure
•l as suggested by the recc»t Chatsworth
lisaster, and is designed to prevent such
needless and awful sacrifice of human
life. Whether or not th* previsions of
'he bill are perfect, it merits seriouscon-
-ideration.
It has been suggested casually that
■ uah an enactment would station numer
ous watchmen along the line of the Wes
tern and Atlantic Railroad and possibly
prevent the lessees of the road from at
wst running down and wrecking its
many bridges.
flr. Ihiwthorn. vs. "Anxious Bnqnlrer.
Afton. Va., Augusta20.—((special.)—
My reply to “Anxious Inquirer’s" sec-
md malicious and cowardly attempt to
deceive the public will be forwarded in a
fow days. J. B. Hawthorne.
A New English Game.
A new game called ringool has come
into favor in England this summer, and
forma an addition to tennis.at garden
parties and fashionable outdoor gather
ings. The game requires two goals in
the shape of nets, grass hoops and^ticks.
The Koop is thrown to and fro between
the playeis, the thrower scoring one
point each time that he succeeds in send
ing the hoop past his opponqpnt'into the
goaL This the other player tries to pre
vent by catching the hoop on one or both
of his qticks, and if hA is successful ha
throws it'bock at his opponent, in order,
if poatpble, to gefit into his goal.—Cni.
cago Times.
There is an old colored mail i* taw*
who makes a good living by cuttibg the
grass from the front yards of our citi
zens and selling the same for hay.
The need for a horse rack is more ap
parent, as the farmers are coming into
Our qity everyday in large numbers
No Thieving.—Th* sneak thieves,
chicken thieves and garden thieves have
ill become disgusted and left Athens.
Only a few weeks ago they were making
nightly raids on chicken coops, and re
wards of ten dollars were frequently of
fered for favorite gobblers. Scarcely a
night passed by that some garden was
nut laid waste by these petty thieves.
They have left, and it is a rare thing to
hear of a fine plymouth rock being pull
ed from the roosL
Bat Hunting.—This is the season for
huH bat hunting and every even-
the reverberations of guns can be
heard on the outskirts of our city. The
sportsmen number about two to one
bird and when a bat cornea over, about
five or six empty their guns, and the
bat generally continues his flight- Yery
few are killed, and the hnnters attribute
it to the scareety of game and not lack of
skill.
Damage Suits.—It is rumored that
there will be til d to the next term of the
court three suits for damages against the
city of Athens for injury to persons and
property. The suits will bo for about
two thousand dollars each.
Resigned.—We learn that Mr. Greer,
postal clerk on the Northeastern rail-
read, has resigned his position. There
will be qnite a number of applicants lor
his place. *
The butchers are deserting the old
market house, and soon it will bs
without a tenant except the rats and col
ored fire companies. Why not tear it
devVh and let the other improvements go-
up?
Market street will soon be one ef thre
handsomest thoroughfare* is the eity.