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horrible accident occurred at Uarkston,
a email county a te abont ten milea from
Atlanta, laat night.
About 7:30 o’clock Friu Bryan, thir
teen or fourteen yean of age, a eon of
Mrs Mary E. Bryan, made preparation
to have a display of fireworks. With a
lot of aky rocket*, Roman candles, crack*
era, etc^ he went into tha front yard of
the place at which ho is living, and in
half an hour hia materials had been ex-
haunted, except a huge fireball that had
been laid by to doso the diaplay with.
The ball was very large and was eon-
* alructcd of cotton wrapped aimrnd
wooden hoops, and the whole dipped in
turpentine end tar. Such balls make, a
brilliant light and are set afire and
thrown into the air by a person wearing
thick gloves.
Young Bryan had prepared tha ball
and it was somewhat loosely construct
ed. He picked It up and touched a
match to it. In a second the ball was
enveloped in flames and the boy quickly
tossed it into the air. Something kept it
:from going tery high into the air, and he
-was under it to catch it for the purpose
of again tossing it op.
Ai the flaming ball of fire fell it struck
young Bryan an the head and parted.
His bead was enveloped in a sheet of
flame and in this .terrible agony the little
i fellow attempted to tear the bi
pBtwjumMwi _
screams brought * 'number of persons
with whom he lived into the yard, and
| they also attempted to remove the fiatn-
inr circle; but the hoops cenld not be
polled over his hen 1 and-w.-s t riarn down
and bis head buried in the aand. In this
I way the flames were finally extinguish
ed.
The boy was found horribly burned,
and physicians were immediately s-int.
Opiates were used, and the suffering
child relieved as much as possible. Ii
was found that his face was scorched
and blistered, his hair was nearly all
.burned Iroui hia head, his eyes perma
nently injured, and he had inhaled tlie
hot smoke and flames.
This morning the child was so much
worse that his physicians decided he
could not recover, and his mother, who
is New York, was telegraphed to eome
at once.
1
AVERY CURIOU? CASE-
A tlsn Suddenly Find* Himself at
Home after he liad ttueonsclously
Wandered Orel the Country.
Cuuaoi, Dec. -7.—[Special.J-I-ein
Idas Haunt, a Centre street merchant,
vhodmp-.i- aie.l s un • time ago, and as
mysteriously uppeared nfier having been
gived up for dead, was .oteniewed yes
terday and gave an account of his strange
experience.. lie says he drew |'.M on
>’ov. 28th.to pay his employees, and re
members no more until last Thursday,
wlo n be lourd himself walking in s
Hi once street, lie suppose! he was
somewhere in Chicago, hut so-"- learned
that he was in New Orleans. Uc foti“d
himself weariful a new silk )i»t
with a flstriliTe dealer's stamp on it.
ami their was a card of s Jacksonville,
Fl*.. hotel in his po.-ket. H? supposes
that he must have been in those cities,
hut remembers nothing of it, Ashe had
$700 left out of $0UU, he does not think
he muIdJ’Wuhai a very riotous time,
lie is in good health, and was not
acinus of any pain or unusual senrati .r,s
-w hile wandering.
THE POPE'STnSTRUCTIONS-
Tltey Arouse a Feeling of Indigna
tion nnd Defiance in Ireland.
Los Dos, Dec. 27.—[Special.)—The
atateuient that the Pope has instrncted
the Irish prelates visiting Rome to oh
starve the policy of corciliation toward
the English government in their own con
duct and the directions to thair aubordi
A NEGRO MURDERS HIS WHOLE FAMILY
OF SEVEN.
And Jumps Into* Well, after Cutt
ing Ills Own Throat.
Macon, Gt., December 28.—[Special.)
In Worth county, on Monday night, a
negro named Reed murdered his wife
and aix children, and then committed
suicide by jumping down a well, having
first unsuccessfully tried to cut h a
own throat.
Another dispatch locates (his horrible
tragedy iii Uc county, aaya that Reed
was in a'bad hdmor all day Sunday, and
waa constantly handling a dirk or knife.
A boy who lived with the family said
that after dark Reed protended to be
sick, and sent him after a doctor. The
boy ran, and it was several hours before
he returned, accompanied by a phyai-
c an. They were fktonished to find the
houseSAmouldering ruin, while the ..
stench from the roested corpses wss un- kgjtetween.thehneo tMtsUt,
Tg-'-sntiy T ill !■ ipHis »HHhHINTCtrtrtihedWWy
_a • ■ ■ .r • i!t a »: -La" oftil MVtian in nnp niranfa' nnr
investigation until dayligbC
when abjutlfifty neighbors were drawn
together. The bloody knife was found
b-side the well. It wat evident that
Ree I must have cut his victim's throat-,
seven in number, a* they slept, and then
act the ' house on fire. In the well
Reed's body waa found. A frightful
gash was on his throat, which must
have been inflicted just as he jumped
into the well
And the Right Ltf Is so Badly
Crashed that it lias to be Ampu
tated.
Atlanta, Dec. 29.—(Special.—This
morning (about fifteen minutes before
twelve o’clock a little girl was ser ou ly
injured by s train of cars in the Georgia
Pacific yard.
Lon Jessie Alford, 12 years old, with
a playmate about the same age, went to
the Georgia Pacific shops, and when re
turning home found a long line of friegl-t
cars across the route. The other little girl
crawled under the cars, and the Alford
child attempted to do the same when a
switch engine shoved a car against the
train, moving it with a sudden jolt. The
girl waa knocked down and the wheels
of one of the cars passed over her right
The Dead Emperor,
A telegram was received in Atheua
late yesterday evening, stating that tbe
Emperor of Germany waa dead. Colton
declined six points and closed very weak.
Atlanta, Dec. 28.—[Special.]—Refer-
ing to the death of tlie Emperor of Ger
many Dr. Schuinan remarked:
'•The empire had ceased to exist in
I88U; Of course tbe country was there
ami the people Were there, but the title
■f Emperor had ceased. The last Km
purer wa- the Emperor Ferdinand, o'
Austria.
Tha war with Napoleon in 1800, re
sulted in the dissolution of tha empire.
The late Emperor was the younger
brother of the former king of Prussia,
and the son of Frederick William III,
and Queen Louisa. When Napoleon
overran Prussia, he had to flee with his
mother, lie was tor a longtime Prince
of Prussia, and as his elder brother had
no heirs, he waa conceded to be the suc
cessor. In 1818, when there was a rev
olutionary movement, the king waa weak
and the Prince was very firm, and was
of the opinion tlist the people liad to be
suppressed anyboW to be kept in order.
In consequence of that there was s good
deal of trouble in Berlin, lie had treated
the people to grape shot, and we used to
cell him the gripe-shot Prince. But af-
lerwards, by bis patriotism and by his
noble behavioral! along since he ascend
ad the throne, he has been highly es
teemed by the Germans, and while he
was in and after 1818, considerably
hated, be is now the most beloved snd
ti e most popular Prince on tbe globe,
tie uaed to appear at a certain hour in
the morning at a certain window in the
palace, and there the people would wait
lor him every morning and wouid cheer
him. particularly when be had been sick
or had been absent for some time
If he had lived he wonld have been 91
years old on the 22.1 of March next yoar.
lie ascended ihe throne in 1861 and as
sumed the title of emperor in 1871
After <be French war had been nearly-
finished the Germsn princes and the
German people wanted him to assume
Right of War for a Itailrond to
Skirt tbe Pacific Coast.
Et. Paso, Texas, Dec.29 —[Spccial.]-
Wm. H. McW od, a San Francisco espi- ,
FRIGHTFUL EFFECTS OF
MEAN V/HtSKY-
A Heartrend Rg Tragedy From Oookepoad
District, OglethorpsOo only—On© Maa
Dead and Two Having Maniacs.
Yesterday the town of Lexington waa
fever of excitement over tbe report
talist, has returned from the City of of * bnrnble affair it. Goosepond district,
Mexico, with papers for one of the larg-1 in ‘ he lower P»rt of Oglethorpe county,
est concessions eve - granted by the This is a thickly settled sectioned until
American government. The concession ! I* 16 ? e!lrsbore * veryunsavory reputation
and carried to her parents’home on Ma
rietta street; opposite the Georgia Pacific
Railroad shops, and physician! sum
moned. Drs. Roy, Harris and Gaston
waited upoi tbe child and found that it
waa necessary to amputate the leg below
the knee, and the operation was per
formed at once. Up to the time of being
put under the influence of opia'es lb-
little gill was conscious and moaned pit-
eouily for somebody to relieve her suf
ferings.
The unfortunate child is a d uzhter
•f Mr. James Alford, who works in the
railroad shops. Site is a bright pretty
girl, and is much loved bv those who
know her. The physicians think that
with proper nursing her life will be
spared.
WOOLFOLK FINDS CONSOLATION.
In the ministrations ol a Negro
Preacher Who Visits Him.
Atlanta, Dec. 28 —(Special ]—Tom
Woolfolfc. the condemned insn. at
whose trial the spectators cried out
“Hang him. hang him,” and for
whom the public seems to have little
sympathy, it taking comfort from the
ministrations of an humble col .red
preacher.
Rev. Frank Joseph preached at the
county jail on last Sunday aftrinion.
He has been preaching there for some
lime, and says he has found it an audi
ence exceedingly hard to move, bnt this
time as he preached from the text.
••Blessed are the merciful, for they sbntl
obtain mercy." he saw that his word,
were having their effect.
Usually Joseph has found Bibles an l
hymn hooks among the prisoners, but inis
time he could find neither, lie had not
brought his own Bible and was at a loss
to krow where to find one.
Just then Tom Woolfolk, who liad be
fore been sullen and tincoinmumralive,
called Joseph to his cell door and lent
him a Bible and hymn book. “Alter 1
returned them to him,” said Joseph,- “I
asked him h >w he was getting along.
He said that he was getting along very
w II; that he waa looking to G..J and
trusting to God. Hi said that he ’would
be all right in a few daya. I don’t know
what he meant by iL He aaid he was
well pleased with my sermon, and ask -d
me to be snre and come back again, and
said that he wanted to talk to me.
I promised him that I would come back
in a few days, and that is all that pass
ed.” ( 1
SWAPPED FORA MULE-'
is the right of way for a railroad to com
mence at Tepin, Stale of Jalisco, and run
northwest to M .xatlan on the coast in
the State < f Simlva, thence northwest
through that State, touching a number
of important cities, to connect with the
Southern Pacific road at Yum., A. T.
1 ho new line will be somewhat circular,
forming a belt line that will tap one of
the largest and richest mining regions in
tbe-world, getting at all the ore on. the
Pacific slopejff the Sterna, \la-lrps. which.
a long distance on Burros.
Work is to begin in May, nnd it will re
quire three or four years for completion
TO DECIDE MONDAY NIGHT.
Another Hatch L*ter—(imk George Goes
to Meet Duncan C. Ross.
Atlanta, Dec. 29.—[Special.] -It has
been agreed that the decisive bout to de
cide the match of Tuesday night will oc
cur lietween Mu.’ilcr amt Greek George
on next Mou lay night. Another match
in cateh-as-catch-can, best two out of
three, will bo contested to the fi-.isli ou
another night next week. The catch a-;-
catch-can will be fur some sum of mon
ey.
Greek George left Atlanta this morn
ing for Savannah, where lie goes to wres
tle .vith Duncan 0. Boss. Tue match
wilt probably come off Saturday night.
The match in catch-as-ctieh-ean be
tween Mublerai. t Greek Go rge next
week will be one of intense interest, as
this style is usually far more. soiling and
more quickly decided than Greco-Ro
man.
A BIG BREACH IN THE K- OF L-
Ten Thousand Member*. Leave it
Rather Than Obey the Order to
Strike.
Philadelphia. Pa., !)*c. 29—[Spe
cial.]—l.-'cal Assembly No. lOiio, K. of
L-, comprising all the me i i. :h:s e.i’y
engaged in passenger service on tile
Reading Railroad, including telegraph
operators, an.i numbering lti.tMj men.
lias suTendciod r.s charter and disband
ed. They preferred to leave the order
rather than obey the order to strike,
which t h i y expected to receive.
St Minister
Vile
Elisabethtown, 111., Dec.29.—[Spu-
ciil.]—Rev. l)r. <». \V. Stevens was ar
retted and brought to town yesterday,
charged with committing abortion upon
the person of Mrs. Sarah Cook, and
causing her death by the operation. He
is an eloquent preacher of the gospel and
deceased was a widow and prominent
member of his church.
■rial! Prosecutions.
London* Dee. 29.— [Special, j—The
continuance of the govrrnmcnPs policy
of arresting editors of Irish newspapers
publishing reports of league meetings,
has aroused a feeling of indignation
among those who have ail along be
lieved that the course of the Irish sucre-
being largely populated by negroes* It
was thei e the first settlement of this part
of Georgia was made. Such old revolu
tionary veterans as Ex Gov. Mathew* lo
cating there after the war with the moth
er country. Upon the demise of these
old citizens anew race oj people took
possession of the laud, and for years be
fore the late war, some pretty tough
stories w re told nbout this district.
But Intel some citizens tj
up-qratl* Butfegtr deajjfc5 boys there
sttU con tine tuTajj^M^Pdram and the
liquor n u coasiaraM^Kis district one
of their stroi.gholdij^tod in spile of
prohibition a large quantity of the sr
dent continued to ba imported there It
is even said that for some time since *•
moonshine stiff, has been operated in the
swamps of Broad river, and Deputy Col
lector Gantt has been working hard to
unearth the same, hut without avail.
With the Christmas holidays an unu
sually large amount of liquor was im
ported into Goosepond, coming from
Washington and M-.dison county, sever
al negroes running regular blind tiger
lairs. On Monday last one of these ne
groes went to a bar-room in Madison
county not far from Ihe Oglethorpe line
and invested in a jug of liquor. Re
turning home he divided the same, sett
ing some to Mr. Webb Norman, who
moved to Ogletho pea couple of years*go
from Wilkes and tlie remainder to Mr.
Henry Clay Smith. Mr. Smith without
tasting the liquor carried his portion
tion home to make into an egg-nog. Af
ter hi* departure Norinan took a stiff
drink of the spirits as did the ne
gro Irom who he porch-.sed it In a few
minutes alter swallowing the stuff Nor
man was stricken with something like
paialysis and in lift en l-v-oles was a
corpse, The negiflJSiSJmtoi f -roving
maniac and begin U -ring his hair and
lecenlir.g his flesh, and endeavored to
destroy ionise’,f. aii. C’-y Smith, as he
had contemplated, in >d< !iV« liquor into
-.n egg-nog and partook of il:e same. He
at once went deranged, ,.k< the negro,
tore his .air from his head by the hand
ful, and finally breaking loose from his
friends who tried to detain h in, rushed
against a convenient fence, striking
rail wita his head and knocking himself
senseless. At last reports both Smith
ami tlie negro w .re in a precarious con-
■ lion, but it is thought their lives will
l>e saved.
This news was brought to Lexington
l y Mr. Matthews, a thoroughly reliable
gentleman, and the people say there is
no doubt about its truth. The same
news was prevalent at Crawford and
other points in the county. The negro,
who sold tliis liquor, while vn lating the
la w indirectly, was innocent of its poi
sonous prop Ttions or ho would not
have partaken of the q*me. The real
criminal is the bar-keeper who sold it,
who is a tn-n of considerable means, and
ranks well in his county, but we with
hold Ins r me until something more def-
finitely known, too Wie be done
gravs injury.-S^ptrtliis atory
‘ is doubt-
who
Seeing an old negro' woman on Thomas
street with a sack ou her arm, down in
tbe gutter raking up a lot of waste corn,
the reporter accosted her and asked after
her business.
“1 am simply gathering up a good liv
ing from what you peopte throw away.
I have picked up trash cotton around on
the street and carried it home and wash-
edit nut, and have already sold two
good bales of cotton and got the money
for it. This is no small amount for me
to make in a season. 1 have fattened
two large hogs off ol the waste corn snd
wetermclon rinds snd other things
thrown on the streets, snd have now two
more that I expect to have ready for
market by spring. I sold,” said the rag
picker, as she made a diye for a blade ot
fodder, “the most or the two hogs killed,
but kept enough to do itta through - the
winter. I live,” aaid the old woman "a
great deal better than people who seem
ingly do a larger business than I do.”
“Do you ever find any money in your
rounds?”
“1 picked up a ten dollar bill, not long
since, near the Insuranc - office, and no
man can guess how happy I was. 1
went and paid my house rent and doc
tor's bill at once 1 very often pick up
small amounts, but nothing larger than
a ten cent piece.”
The old woman saw a lock of cotton
blowing across the street, and cutting
her sentence ir. the middle went for it,
picking up every blade of fodder and
other thiuga that came iu her way.
THOMAS’ TURN.
Time to Recreation.
What little reputation I have as an
author was fairly won while X was a
hard working and successful lawyer. On
the other band, my literary work never
interfered in the least with my law prac
tice. I Iook upon a well set method of
Row m Finnish Malden Came to ho a
Female Doctor of Philosophy.
Frauleini Bohr’s •‘Record of Woman's
Efforts” gives an interesting account of
the struggles of a jioor Finnish girl, who, ^
in the teeth of every privation and diffi- | working as timehief secret of tutxeei in
Everything I.ovcly nnd the Goose Hangs,
Etc.
Hearing that Judge W. B. Thomas
had arrived in the city, a reporter of the
B.-W. collected himself (being a little
scattered after taking a holiday) and
found the Judge just ready to step
aboard tho street carat Bud<-’s corner.
“Stop the street car until 1 cm inter
view Judge Thomas,” said the reporter
to the street car conductor.
The street car immediately came to a
halt, hut the Judge wanted his Christmas
dinner too bad to give us much informa
tion.
“Everything is lovely,” he said, “and
Athens is on the top round. Things are
in a swing l*otli with the Knoxville con
nection and the Macon & Athens. It is
bard to keep a laboring man down, and I
won't be downed. 1 think the prospect
is bright for Athens, and not many
months will elapse before the products
from the mountains will come flowing
into our city.”
The street car driver called time, and
the Judge left us with the firm belief
that Athens is on the rise.
culty, has achieved thodistmetion, unique
in her country, of a diploma as the first
female doctor of philosophy. Irene Al-
strom, as she tended her father’s cattle in
the land “of a thousand lakes,” dreamed
and pondered over all tlie marvels of
science and learning which seemed for
ever a sealed book to her poverty and
ignorance. Yenning to lie wise, yet
seeing no hope in a gray life of toil and
struggle, at last slic prayed to die, that
she might reach a sphere wlicro her crav
ings would be satisfied!
A humane pastor, divining her long
ing, senther to a good school, where she
passed as fourth among forty-six young
work in earnest here, often Kitiirg up all
night, thiuking over tlie day's tasks,
while her companions slept all around
her, and afterward when as a day pupil
she had to provide her own meals, she
sometimes went to tho classes fasting,
save for tho fresh snow she picked up and
ate on the way, for her father was totally
ruined, and she must soon leave school
and begin earning. For a while she
bravely suppressed her longings, and
submitted to the drudgery of teaching,
yet never losing sight of tlie goal she liad
long had at heart—her matriculation.
At last, having saved $C0. with the
scantiest of luggage she journeyed to
Helsingfors, and in defiance of opi>osition,
chiefly'feminine, Irene prepared for her
ordeal. She paid her lodging in advance
for the whole winter ($15). and invested
in four loaves of the hard round rye biscuit
of Scandinavia and Finland, which keeps
many montlis, dividing them methodi
cally so that she had a piece for each day
till Christmas. In the depth of winter
she worked without a fire, at a tempera
ture of 80 dogs. Celsius. A kind profes
sor taught her Latin, moved by her as
surance that unless she learned it she
could neither live content nor die happy.
Her progress was most rapid; she matri
culated, taught again awhile for the
sake of her family, renowned her own
studies, took a brilliant degree, and at
last, recognized by her nation for what
she is, tho dauntless pioneer of women’s
progress, she now* lives honored and ap
preciated, still educating her brothers,
still thirsting insatiably after truth.—
Demorest’a Monthly.
A MYSTERIOUS SHOT-
A Lady Killed While Sitting by Her Fire
side.
Fortunes in Story Papers.
At the end of forty hard years’ work,
at the age of C4, Bonner retires from act
ive business with a fortune of several
million dollars. He is surrounded by all
the luxuries of life. In his stable he baa
the peerless-Maud S., Dexter, the king of
the turf, tlie famous Ranis, and tlie mag
nificent Edwin Forrest. In his stock
farm at Tarrytown be has the finest ani
mals in the world.
And this immense fortune Was made
out of a weekly story.paper! It is enough
to take a matter of fact man’s breath
away, but the next thing to a gold mine
is a paper filled with popular fiction.
Bonner is not the only man who has grown
rich in his line of business. Moses A.
uart "of ^° w » another poor printer, i
this dtv, about nine o’clock this morn
ing. Mrs. Moore, u.fe of Arthur C.,., The Munro brotliel8j two yonng
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 20.—A sad
ChriHfiuai tragedy was enacted on Arse-1 ,n “ no 01
nal Hill, a fashionable residence part ofj .“
lty, about mne o'clock this morn ; *
Mrs. Moore, wife of Arthur C.!.,
Moore, a prominent lawyer, was sitting .LritaXSSS
by the fire in her dining room, holding York some years ago with almost noth-
WUCn a J n — Tim. .rttnm.n-n.1 1.1 iaTiinfr r-Vio-in
any undertaking, provided the native
•bility to succeed be granted. I believe
in the moral influence and vitalizing
force of playing. A man or a woman
needs play—recreation—or whatever is
the opposite of work. I have always
found time for outdoor sports and have
been the- gainer from them in every
sense. It is s morbid view of life which
wotild show that in order to succeed one
must'work all the year round. Play is
profitable if held within tho bounds pre
scribed by good judgment.
I have frequently lost “business” in
my profession by being absent from my
office when a client called, but it has not
jnjfiq rae poorer watochadL On the con
trary, I have gone right on getting to
gether a comfortable little fortune, de
spite the clients I have lost, and I am glad
whenever I think about the pleasure I
had at my outdoor recreation while some
some needier or more money loving law
yer was getting a few cases at my ex-
N?nse. To some people it may sound
ike romance when I say that for nine
years past I have spent on an average
three months of each year in outdoor re
creation, at the same time successfully
practicing law and pursuing literary
work with sufficient returns to make
a very comfortable bank account. Mean
time I have been cheerful, in good health
and at all times glad to be alive. What
is the secret? Steady habits, promptness
in meeting every obligation in law or lit
erature, and a conscientious reliance upon
the value of painstaking labor.—Maurice
Thompson.
Abolish th. Hangman’s Noon,
I think the day is not far distant when
the hangman's noose will be done away
with. There are so many things attend
ant on a hanging that are not humane.
Ihe horrors of the human mind when
contemplating such a death have been
portrayed in “The Execution,” in the
“Ingoldsby Legends,” better, perhaps,
than Victor Hugo’s interpretation; yet
neither of them could describe that worst
if all men’s failings—moral fear.
Regardless of the stolid features when
the death warrant is being read, there is
no indication of the awful mental drama
going on in the brain. It must of nature
be the agony of agonies. The neck
twinges and the flesh feels the noo6e long
oefore it is adjusted. The knot that is
to knock into instantaneous insensibility
tlie scaffold’s victim hatters away at the
-av until every muscle ot the neck is
itretched to the tension of steel springs;
the veins, like wliipcords, are dilated
with rushing blood that fires the brain
with the lividness of 100 hells; while
standing on the; trap a man must die a
dozen deaths before tlie life spark ex
pires when tlie hemp is stretched. I say
that this death ia not humane. As I
view it, electricity should be' used and
the criminal shocked to death. This is
not only instantaneous, but it could be
administered at an unguarded moment
to the felon. He should never know
wiie.- he was to die, and therefore lie
would not be living in that horrid con
templation of a set day. I think the time
is not far distant when tliis method of
execution will be adopted.—Governor
Johnson in Globe-Demceirat.
her little daughter in tier arms,
pistol ball came crushing through the
window and struck her just in front of
the left ear, probably lodgyi£ .oa _ the
stirred up a feeling of indignation a*
well as a spirit of defiance in the bosoms
of Irish Catholics To tbe presence in
Roma of tha Duke of Norfolk ia also
ascrihod the issuance of the instructions
by some, while others incline to the be
lief that the cause of the papal action lien
deeper than the Cetholio duke’s mere
presence at the Vatican.
A MAN FROZEN TO DEATH
While Galag From Math riuharf
tm Bridgeport, Tana.
t’liATTANOOQA, Tcnn., Dec, 27.—(8pe
• elal.)— A report from 8outh Pittsburg
says that John Hillwelt, aged 6U, was
frozen Sunday night while going from
: Sc’tlh Pittsburg to Bridgeport. It is
. supposed he became blinded by the
. storm, lost hi* way, and was frozen to
. death near th* house of a friend.
A Flgtlt
Dovxa. N. J, Dec. 27.—[Special.]—A
- party of forty or fifty Hungarian miners
- employed at Htbernk, eight miles from
here, celebrated Christmas by getting
drunk, and the result was s desperate
.fight among themselves, in which stones
• qluba, shovels and knives were freely
meed. Five men were stabbed, snd one
•of them, Andrew Meyer, was cut so
badly that be ie dying. The local con
stable has asked for help from here to
make arrests.
A NEGRO SHOT DEAD
While Trying to Board a Freight
Train In Illinois.
Caibo, 111., Dec. 27.—[Special I—A
frieghi conductor rhot and killed a negro
named Fayette Moms, at a small station
iu Johnson county, Sunday night. Tbe
negro attempted to hoard the train fur
Mound city, to spent! Christmas. Be
was refused passage by the conductor
on the ground that a freight train did-
not carry pssaeuger*. Ue ’.hen drew s
pistol and attempted to force hia • ay, but
tho conductor ess loo quick for him, and
shot him dead.
but by the erection of that throne _
wa s firmly united* He has s son, the
Crown Prince Frederick Nicholas Wil
liam, s grandson, Prince William, and
a treat grandson. The crown prince,
wa* born in 1839; and his son is about
twenty-eight year*, old.”
From this it will be seen that in the
event of the death of the crown prince,
who has an ugly growth in hie throat
which has been call cancer, Prince Wil
liam, s young man of 28, will become
emperor of Germany.
FRITZ BRYAN’SCONDITION.
He Par Have Escaped Internal la.
Jnrlea Though Terribly Burned
Abont the Friee.
Atlanta, Dec. 28.—[Special.]—Frit*
Bryan, who was so terribly burned Mon
day night at Clarkston, is doing as well
as might be expected under the circum
stances. He waa kept under the influ
ence of opiates last night, and rested well
His physician thinks be may have escap
ed inhalation of the hot smoke from the
burning fin ball, and if sufch is the case
his injuries may not be fatal.
Tbe boys face and hands are horribly
burned,-snd tbe sight of oh* eye is total
ly destroyed, while the other is greatly
impaired. He has been attending school
at Oxford, and waa on a viait to hia fami
ly, who live at Clarkston, with the ex
ception of his mother, now in New Yoik
fo lowing literary pursuits.
Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, the boy’s mother,
has left New York and is expected to ar-
- rive in Atlanta at 12:20 to-morrow on the
Air-Line road.
SERIOUS FUN-
I
SHOOTING A DRUNKEN MAN-
ladlgaatlou Asalaai IhsOtPsee Who ghee
Him.
Wkston, W. Va_, Dec. 27.—[Special]--
Constable Henry Moore deliberately shot
and killed Samuel Muller at NichoKa
court house last evening. Muller was
platedj.nde^.jreglta
the officer, tehiaea to with him to
jsil. A scuffle ensued in which the offi
cer lost bis temper, snd drswing his ie.
volver. shot Mailer through the heed.
There ia great excitement over th* kill
ing, snd the indignation against Moore
may lead to summary vengeance by
fnenda of the dead man.
Another BrutalPrlta Ftsbt.
Boston, -Dec. 27.—[Special.]—Dan
-Flynn, of Providence, end George Con
note, of Chicago, fought sixteen rounds
yesterday afternoon at s point twsnty
miles from Boston. The fight wit for
•SOU s side, with two ooneo gloves.
Es*h auto weighed 138 pounds. Con
nors had the best of the fight through-
•ub Flynn ie so badly hurt that he may
not recover.
A Negro Youth Flourishes a Pistol
Over a Citizen’* Read and Fires
One Shot.
Atlanta, Dec. 28.—[Special.]—Gus
W. Allenj a negro youth about 18 years
of age. was arraigned in tha Recorder's
court this morning for an assault with
intent to kill.
Monday morning Allen filled hinftelf
up with high license whiskey and getting
a pistol msito things . lively on Wells
treat. Mr. Ledford Humphries, an el
derly white man, came along just as
Allen was shooting his pistol into the air,
and remonstrated with him. The negro
became furious and ewore he would shoot
Mr. Humphries’ body as full of holes as
a seive. This threat waa backed up by
a shot fired over Mr. Humphries' head.
The Recorder remarked that Alien’*
CUnstmasTun^raa^TTvery arftOUS'nA-
ture, and entered i fine of 320.75 and re
qnfred tbe pnsiner to give a $100 bond
to utwif in a higher court for pointing
• pistol at another person.
A FEMALE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
lies Phoebe
that She will be the Independent
Prohibition Candidate
A Colored Sergeant .SI ordered.
Omaha, Neb, Dee. ^7.—fSpecial.]—
Wm. Vance, First 8ergmnt of Troop F,
Ninth Cavalry, (00hired) stationed at
Fort Robinson, was shot and instantly
hilled Sunday evening, while riding from
Crawford to Fort RobiMon. The mur-
-derar ie unknown, but as Vance was a
strict disciplinarian, it is suspected that
bom* private who had been reprimanded
or punished, murdered the officer in
venge.
Editors Fight.
Atlanta, Dec. 27.—[Special.J—Editor
■ John T. Graves and ex-Kditor Lowery,
of Rome, had a fight iu Rome yeaterdey,
because of an editorial “obituary” Graves
wrote about Lowery’s dead “Bulletin.’
No damage except to Graves' umbrella,
•which was broken in the “brush.”
Mustang Liniment
wrxtcAN muhtanTujgmxiit. /w«k« ta«
Jhuatolu the f*rv Jtoe/ Wautartal! Tar nil
minister of Louisville, tells.* good atory
about Bedford Forest, the- “wizzsrd of
the saddle,” and Col. Bob fngcrsoll that
has never appeared in public print.
The story is as follows:
Forrest cap a red Ingerooll in one of
his fights, in which he carried out his
famous tactics of “gitting thar fust, with
the most men;” and the redoubtable
‘ colonel” was as blatant as usual with
bis blasphemous utterances against
Christianity. Forrest gave the infidel a
good suund cussing, fur in those days the
gallant general was very profane though
after the war became pious and died a
consistent member of the Presbyterian
church. . Finally tbe general said:
~I’ve got no nse on earth for such a
d—n prisoner and would be glad if 1
could exchange him for a mule.”
Ingerooll beard of the speech, and e*ger
to gain his liberty, sent a mule to For
rest and told him he a cepted his propo
sition. The exchange was made and im
mediately after gaining his freedom, In-
gersoll left the army and closed hia
“brilliant” military career.
Capital City Notes.
Ati.lasta, Dee. 28 —[Special.•]Rev. H
I). D. Htraton, late patter of the Central
Caplin! church of this city, leaves Atlan
ta to day with his tamily for Marian,
All., where he will reside in the future.
A negro with his head bandaged, his
face covered with clodded blood and his
right arm in a sling, it among the occu
pants of tl-.e city prison this morning.
The negro g vrs his name as Bill Speer,
and lie is a victim of a row at a negro
dance.
Last night about 11 o’clock cries of
murder.” “help me,” “save me,” etc,
were heard in a ro m over Lynch’s bor-
room.at the corner of Whitehall and
Mitchell streets.
Policemen rushed to [the rescue and j its position as a reform party
found a man at the top of the stairway |
covered wi'.li blood and begging somebo
dy to save him. His wife, he eaid had
beat him with a stick and then shoved
linn into the hall and locked the room
d ior. The policemen arrested both and
carried them to the etation house.
■us his plan of prevention to the end.
Trouble .tmnn; die K. off P.
Philadelphia, Dec. 29.—[Special.]—
The Knights of Pythias in tliis city and
state are excited over a dispute between
the supreme lodge of the United States
and the grand lodge of Pennsylvania,
which threatens to be carried into the
courts beforeit is settled. The grand
lodge of Pennsylvania claims the right of
self-government for itself and its lodges,
but this is denied by the supreme
lodge.
A Smuggling Ship Seized.
lXSErEo, Man., Dec. 30.—[Special.]
Th ship Ida Wilson has been seized by
Canadian custom officers opposite San
Juan island. Three hundred sheep and
other stock were seized. It was charged
that smuggling has l.een systematically
practiced in this locality.
hat effect;
tht Tohikition
Ogl ^rorpe on the^
ains to ba seen,
re already at work trying to make capi-
i 1 of tlie same, while the liquor men are
1 .eeting the arguments by saying that if
t cy had bar-rooms back again there
1 ould be no occasion for the peoole send-
i g off fur such vile stuff, as they could
get good and pure liquor at their doors,
sold by entirely responsible men.
The Banner-Watchman will endeavor
to get at the true facts in this case, and
hnpe to be able to give them to our
readers to-morrow.
FOWLER’S FRAY.
to .locate iL Mrs. Moorels,/in a critical
condition, and may not survive the nighL
It has not been ascertained whether the
shot was accidental or was fired deliber
ately by some drunken person upon the
street.
’•JjW money, in fiction, but -that', thopeoptef <
Tbe Sore-Headed Tribune.
New York, Dec. 29.—[Special.]—The
Tribune’s Washington correspondent ac
cuses .Secretary Kndicott of in ending to
destroy a portion of tlie Confederate war
records, and likens liis course -to that of
the President concerning tho t attle flags
A Sian Francisco failure.
San Francisco, Gal., Dec. 29—[Spe
cial.]—Geo. W. Meade & Co., one of the
largest fruit exporting firms of the Pa
cific coast, tins assigned without prefer
ences. The firm has shipped fully £2.-
000,000 worth of fruit East this year.
The Republlcnt-s tui>l Proliibltlou,
DstSoit, Miclt., Dec.29 —[Special.]—
Senator Palmer yesterday declared that
the Republican party must come out in
favc" of prohibition if it wants to retain
A Victim to Cocaine.
New York. Dee.. 28—[Special.]—Dr.
Bradley, a Chicago physician, who lost
an extensive practice and became a phys
ical, mental and moral wreck through
the use of cocaine, is now at -the home
for intemperate* in Madison avenue,
where he waa given shelter. His case
hat atetted-at* Br ra ^nfflrohg medi
cal men here.
Heary George makes a Convert.
Boston, Mass., Dec. 28.—[Special.]—
Rev. O. T. Gifford, th* most prominent
Baptist cltrgymsn in New England, has
come out as an advocate of the anti por-
dty doctrine of Henry George.
A Great Strike Ended.
U» fec^hlanio^’iikt
b9ar «?“ morning, nnd the men returned
IT gOV
cmmpafciL Mtsa Cousins recently vacs’
ted the office of marshal of th* eastern
district of llistonri which sho success
fully managed for several months liter
the death of AerljUher.
Beaton’* Tariff Beform Club.
Boston, Mass., Dec,' 27.—[Special.]—
Th« tariff reform glob, of this city »ill
-give • banqhet it* Hotof- Hiwtfiftj
Thursday night, at which prominent
men from all over the . country are ox
pectrd to apeak. It to believed that- the
banquet trill be utilized u t
booming President Cleveland’!
duction view*.
. A Verdict at Ineaalty,
t .
Chicago, IU, Dee. 28.—(Special.)—
The coroner's jury yesterday found that
Km. Ida McCanlly, who killed her hns
band because he was intimate erith anoth
er woman, was insane at the time she-
committed the deed.
ChaUeage for the American’e Cap. -
New Yore, Dec. 27.—[Special’)— ri-
vate letters received yesterday at the
New York Yvcht Club contained infor
mation that a challenge for.the America’s
cop is on its wty over from England.
Ir is understood that the challenging
yacht la the cutter Irex.
LINIMlVr, for Mas and
• dl—i-lrg ever make.
to 1 work lo-day.
Canada’s Alova- Grvernor.
London, Dec. 29.—[Special.]—The
Manchester Courier stales that Lord
Stanley, of Preston (Colonel Frederick
Arthur Stanley, K. C. B .) is appointed
the governor generalship of Canada.
Lerd Landsdeivnc Renounced.
Ottawa, Dec. 29.—[Special.]—Sever
al placards have been plac-d around the
city denouncing Lord Laadsdowne in the
vilest terms, and calling, for his arrest
It is thought to be the work of a crank.
Dipllieria and Typhoid Fever.
Ottawa. ,Ont, Dec. 29.— [Special.]—
Diptheria and -yplioid fever are prevail
ing to an alarming extent in this section
ol the Dominion.
Senator Vortices to Defend.
Indianapolis, Dec. 29 —[Special ]—
Senator Vorhees has volunteered to de
fend the Democratic politicians charged
with tho forging of a tally sheet-
Small-Pox in San loancieco.
New York, Dec. 29.—[Special.]—
Tbe Herald s special from San Francia-
co says that a smallpox epidemic in that
city is feated. The Chinese quarter is
infested with the disease.
“Mach Atlo About Nothin-"—No Killing
and Nobody Hart Badly.
The news Tuesday night made it ap
pear that there had been a bloody mur
der committed at Fowler’s bar-room,
and report* come in thick and fast about
the Killing. Not getting the particulars
the Bankkr-Watcuman only printed a
short notice and awaited for further in
formation. Yesterday we learned that
the difficulty did not amount to much:
that Mr. Fowler had a difficulty and was
perfectly justifiable in protecting hia
business. Jack ToltBrt, a wlrite' man,
living near Athens, bad gone out to Mad
ison and took on a full load of whisky,
and inclined to be troublesome
wanted to raise a difficulty with some of
Mr. Fowler's customers. Mr. Fowler
expostulated with him, but to no pur-
pose sad finally had to put him out of
the house. This greatly enraged Tol
bert, end he made fight, when a light
weight struck him on tbe held. This
did not stop him, and an old chop ax*
was brought into requisition and a lighl
blow wih the flat side of the axe quieted
tin, and made him a sober and a better
man.' Mr. Fowler greatly regrets the
difficulty, but says he will keep an or
derly house an-J be will protect a peace
able and quiet customer at all hazards.
The last heard from Tolbert he was able
to be out and attend to his business
only a ittle sure from the few licks re
ceived.
A Grand Occasion.-—Col. Joe Baughn’a
party in Oglethorpe county was the
event of the year. U6 had more gpeata
than he could entertain, and at night
some of th* boys had to roost on poles
stuck out of the windows. The CoL
cooked up his whole yaw's rations to
feed the multitude besides several' stray
fowls that report says belonged to his
neighbors. Joe vrss in his. glory. He
attempted to cot the pigeon-ering, but
fortunately lit on his head and no damage
wss done. He is now having a regular
round of festivities in the country, but
his friends are apprehensive that there
will be suffering times around Wesley
chapel, when tne holidays frolics sro
over, as Col. Baughn’s larder looks like
it had been struck by s streak of hungry
lightning.
A Choir Hia;
Shot If a Cla
, ______ , Indianapolis, Dec. 27.—[Special.]—
John Huddleson, class leader, yesterday
s tariff tt- s hot J. M. Walker, a choir singer in hit
church, for undue' familiarity with hia
wife.
HI* Remains Passed Through.
Atlanta, Dec. • 29.—[SreciaL]—Mr.
Edward W. Platt's remains passed
through Atlanta to-day, en route to Lex
ington, G*., for interment. He died very
suddenly about thq./irst insL, at Los
Angeles, California..
Mustang Liniment
KEHCAX NUNTANa LnrilfraT cere* an sltinentf
uflt*,iu»4, Vllaj au.1 Catxxa. Oulwonl DvAtmAaL
Brooklyn, N. Y , Dec. 27.—[Special.]
Rev. Lyman Abbott has been selected as
pastor of Plymouth Church, at the same
salary as that paid Mr. Beecher.
The Athens Merchants.—Our city
has a right to be proud of her merchants
the most of them are young men and are
all in a prosperous condition. As a well
informed man (.said to the Bannee-
Watcuuan Monday, there is not a shaky
merchant in'the city. Thejr all have
good credit at the Mnks and,, stand o.k.
with the commercial world. .
Death of Au.ro Moon.—Allio Moon,
the little son of Mr. John Moon, who
was killed several yemih ago by Sikes,
died on Saturday evening with spinal
meoen'gitis. Ailie was a bright little
boy, and we extend our sympathy to the
bereaved mother and friends.
Christmas Dinner.—A Christmas din
neris not as big a thin; as a* Thanksgiv
ing dinner. The average Athenian whose
pocketbook will stand it generally mana
ges to have a turkey with a few other
delecacies. Plum puddings are rarely
ever seen and a saddle of Venison to »
thing of the past egg-nog too has played
out and rye whiskey with occasionally a
bottle of beer to about all the Athenians
have, to wash their Christmas dinner
down with. Those that can’t afford
turkey goto Jester’s and make their
Christmas dinner on stewed oysters.
Skiff Pbesents.—Skiff. Hie jewelor
made gla 1 the hearts of the editors, pro
prietors, foreman, typos, business mana
ger, carvers, pressman and devil, yester
day by sendingesch and everyone a pres-.
enL They were all handsome gifts and
appreciated by all who received -them.
By a rising vote of the whole force
thanks were voted fS^SEiriq-xbW jew
eler." Maj he live long and sell jewelry
enough to make him as rich as he wants
to be.
On our fourth, page tc-day will be
found* stnkingand instructive 'illustra
tion of the comparative worth of the
various kinds of baking powders now in
the market.
Bsaurs ui ail uiiaialrioi
Mustang Linimen
MEXICAN MUSTANd LINIMENT, ApollM y!
r t- death to Swlauey, Wind Ualla A
lolled vigor-
bor. 11*0**.
They commenced publishing cheap
novels and story papers, and soon became
millionaires, with lino town and country
ksfili
since leaving Atlanta] until now. Wa
have just returned fronrSL John’s (Kpis-o -
copal) church, where we heard the Bish
op. The music was grand, full orches
tra, choir, choirister.boys. I thought
tho instruments rather loud, but it would
be apt, I think, to-strike any old metho-
dist that way. We have had a great deal
ofraimbutithasnot interfered in the
least .with our, injoyment A special
alvaper wss given our party in Atlanta
by the E. T., V. 4G.R.R. s..d Mr. El-
lis, the wide awake passenger agent, has
made every thing ready and- pleasant
ahead of ns.
It wa* raining Hard on Friday night
when we left Atlantasafely stowed away
m onr berths we knew but little and
cared leas for the storm outside. But
the train men bad a nice time of it as we
learned next morning.
We reached Brunswicx aevenl hours
late, bn account ot the storm. Mr. Ellis
had wired ahead of onr coming and the
boat wat .ed for us. Miss Basaline Prince
ipet and join us there and is a charming
addition to our party; -. Steaming down
the sound:and past Jekyllslaqd* lovely
spot of land three miles by eight in di
mension, and owned' by a Now York
club whcsaregtocking it with all kinds of
game a»d have ejected a mag-.ificir.t club
house; it promtsas to be a most charming
and dsfrghttuk’-fkwiatet resort ' for
its owners. Further south we touched
on the inside of Cumberland Island,
and therefore did not see tbe splendid
beach and surf that makes it so attract
ive to the people iu our section who are
fond of the sea shore in tho summer
time. On the lowor end of this island is
Dungenness, the palatial home of the
rich Condeigy’s;of iron fame.
, We found a royal breakfast awaiting
us on the boat, and being late, our party
enjoyed it immensely.
Reaching Fernandina about 3 o’clock,
the ladies took a carriage and drove
around the city. The male contingent
strolled around’ eating oranges and look
ing for aligators, for we had now reached
the Land of flowers. A special train
waa furnished us here also without solic
itation on our part, and in a little while
we were in Jacksonville, tho city of ho
tels, and the great winter resort of the
people of the United States. We are at
the Everett Hotel, and a most delightful
stopping place. It is capable of accom
modating five hundred guests with ease,
and if all fare as well as we it is
no wonder that its name and fame ex
tends all over the Union. To-day being
Xmas day, a magnificent dinnor was
given us, in honor of the occasion. My
pen fails here; as my appetite failed me
at the close of onr sumptuous feast- 1
send you a menu that speaks for itself.
To-morrow wo go to 8b Augustine,
-famed for itslhistorie interest and ancient
institutions, of which I will write you
later. We will return here to-morrow
night, and Tuesday we take in the Sl
Johns river, one of the most attractive, I
am told in the world, and reach Sanford
Wednesday, when we will be in the heart
of Florida, and tbe great orange groves.
Uad ;
A short 1
one ot
ed HU Teeth.
j a man was taken to
hospitals suffering intense
llAltmW GROVE.
Harmony Grove, Dec. 27.—[Special.]
The Harmony Grove Brass Band gave a
very enjoyable musical and dramatic en
tertainment here last night, at Strick
land’s hill. The following programme
was given:
Harlequin Polka, Band
Josie Quickstep, Band
Black Hills Quickstep, Band
“Down by the Sea,” Drama
Prince Royal Quickstep, Band
Waltz Song Quickstep, Band
“C. 8.” Quickstep, Band
“A Drop Too Much, Farce
The Blizzard Gallop, Band
The acting was good and the music
splendid, and every one enjoyed them
selves very much indeed.' 'A large and
appreciative audience greeted the band'
last evening, and it is to be hoped that
there.’
this country are the greatest stoty readers
in the world.—Atlanta Constitution.
LIQUOR IN ATLANTA.
From a gentleman who his juat re
turned frem Atlauts, we learn that there
s regular reign of drunkenness in that
city, and that king alcuhol is - holding
‘ jh carnival. Our informant states
that shortly after embarking from the
train he began to meet drunken men, and
the further he penetrated the thicker
they became, He said that it appeared
to him that twenty-five per cent- of the
male populalioa of the city were under
the influence of liquor. There was an
indiscriminate mass of both whites and
blacks, and an overwhelming majority
to th.- latter race were filled to the throt
tle with enthusiasm and liquor. Tbe
good people of Atlanta stand aghast S'
the spectacle and some of the strongest
liquor advocates now assert that if tho
election were to be held over again that
they would champion the cause of pro-
hibition, for they did not dream that the
voting back of liquor would bring about
such a state of affaire. There is a tegu
lar throng of men around tbe bar rooms,
and you often have to wait an hour or
more to he served. At the Kimball bar
only whites are allowed, but at the
Markham a sort of social equality sched
ule seems to be run. as white and black
seem to mingle treely there. Under the
ordinances of Atlanta no liquor is allow-
od to be sold on Xmas or any other pub
lic holiday observed by tbe state, city or
general government; but on Monday
ast, in spite of the fset that the bar
rooms were closed the number of drunk-
men seetned undiminished. The
newspapers of Atlanta are suppressing a
great many of the facts and only publish
what they a 1 * obliged.to. _.
THECoC-AN.R- R-
For a Child'. Cold.
This being the season for hard colds, 1
must tell you how X keep them pretty
well at bay. When a child sneezes, say
ing he can’t breathe through his “dose,"
I toast him at tho fire. Not only tho feet,
but th6 spinal colume, is well warmed.
Then ho must persist in smelling from
the ammonia bottle till he has no difficul
ty in breathing, the ammonia having
penetrated the air passages, causing more
sneezing and a copious catarrhal dis
charge. Then, before tucking up in a
warm bed, I give him from three to five
drops of camphor on a little sugar, with
all tho water desired as a drink. I
thought my ammonia cure for a cold was
wholly original till a friend tol4 me of
curing her catarrh of several years' stand
ing with its use, merely inhaling very
freely of it both night nnd morning. Its
pungent odor I have found very benefi
cial when suffering from an attack of
tic-doaloureux.—Fanny Fanshaw.
Th. Oaoifflt Surrey Completed and the En-
fitalMStoaf Corp* Transferred to Virginia.
We learn that one of the engineers has
gone from Athena to Virginia, where be
will be set iCVork surveying a line to
liqi th* G:, C. ft N, road at Monroe, N.
island pass through Virginia. The
route has about been settled from At
lanta to the Savannah river, and the
corps of engineers now at work between
Athens' and Elberton can' make any
changes necessary. We learn that Gen.
Hoke has decided to push the work at
the Carolina end of the line, instead of
grading at both ends. His' reason for
doing this to said to be that be may con
trol the business as fast as tbe iron is
put down, in th* interest of the roads
that will connect with this line on the
north. The G., C. ft N. ia now a settled
fact, and it to confidently expected that
within 18 months, at furthest, the entire
line will be in operation. Athens will
ba Ha principal city, nnd it is fair to pre
dict that within five years we will - nave
a population of 25,000. Treasurer Hall
■ays that this road has never been ‘ on
firmer financial footing than it is now,
and there in not the slightest danger of
the project (alhng through, of of Gen.
Hoke’s selling out to any other company.
Msuied.—Mr. Calhoun Bain, of.Bir-
mingham, Ala., was’ Married yesterdky
evening to Miss Mittto Oliver, daughter
of T. P. Oliver, BoV. C. W.’Latoe officiat
ing. The happy cbnpte left on the North
eastern for Birmingham.
The I
eight arrests on Christmas eve, wl
the police of Athens hsd nothing to. do
-but doze by the station hotuaflrq. There
is certainly a difference between wet and
. d T'
‘ If the mayor and .council want their
names handed down to posterity let
them force every property owner to.put
t irood aidewiik m front of bis store
onses and dwellings. TM pedestrians
will’call them bMfctM*
Uinter Frits’. Courage.
Dr. Morell Mackenzie has a high opin
ion of Unser Fritz’s courage. Ho per
sonally broke the news to tho unfortunate
prince that his throat trouble wa* the
result of malignant cancer. “It was re
ceived; with the most perfect calmnees, ’ ’
says Mackenzie. “The prince, after an
instant ot ailence, put out his hand with
hia usual winning smile, and, grasping
mine, eaid: ’1 have been lately fearing
something of this sort. I thank you. Sir
Morell, for being so frank with me.’ At
dinner that evening he was the mast
cheerful of the party. In all my long
experience I have never seen a man bear
himself under similar circumstances witlt
such unaffected heroism.”—New York
World.
Commander of the Rangers.
Ice* Hall, who commanded the famous
Texas rangers organized by the governor
of the Lone Star state to put down law
lessness, lias been in Washington recently.
He to a toll man, with auburn hair, a
tawny.. mustache and steel blue ayes.
He is ctataidered the bravest man in
Texas. He says;. “I did my duty to tha
state, on^ restored tiie -majesty of tlie law
in. rather tough localities. - life and
wopeity are now safe in Tens: I am
mown throughout tho state and I have
just fighting reputation enough left so
that people lot me alone.” It will be ob
served that, like uB other brave men, he
is extremely modest.—New York Work).
A polar bear recently orought to San
Francioco is treated to a bath of ice
water every half hour to make him feel
at home.
THE ENGINE’S WORK-
him what
pain. “Why, I
plate and four false teeth
while asleep Ut® other night,” waa the
answer. Tho v ’ , Jjqtient was put upon,
liquid food and uH .the examinations
made by the medieoe failed'to locate the
wallowed article. The man’s sufferings
were lessened considerably and as a test
it was decided to give him a little piece
of beefsteak. This was done and the
poor patient was writhing in agony as
toon as he had swallowed a mouthful
•Oh, my God!” he exclaimed, “this is
killing met I know I shall die!” and nu
merous other such speeches.
Hie physicians and nurses could hardly
keep him in bed, he suffered so much.
Again he broke forth in exclamations.
Tliis time he said: “Oh, how I suffer!
[ can feel the teeth tearing my stomach
ipart! Oh—” he did not finish until a
nurse opened a telegram from hia wife.
[tread: “Found teeth under bed.” The
suffering man, who hod swallowed those
teeth, got up and dressed, paid his bill
and left tlie hospital without a word.
This is only an illustration of what imag
ination will do.—Buffalo Express.
Winter Retort, of Europe.
The great winter resorts of Europe for
those in search of mild weather are to be
found in the south of France and Italy,
including Sicily. The principal places
where good hotels, cozy villas and the
comforts of life are to be found are Biar
ritz and Pau (the first on the seacoast,
the second in the Pyrenees), Hyeres,
Cannes, Nice and Mentone, m France,
and San Remo, in Italy, all on the Medi
terranean between Marseilles and Genoa.
At these places good comfortable quarters,
good society, good shope and ablo phy
sicians may be found, with many more
diversions and pleasures than can be liad
at the winter resorts in our own country.
For persons in health, and for tho6e in
delicate health without any settled lung
or throat trouble, for such as desire or
require an open air life in a tr.fid winter
climate, they all offer attractions and
comforts greater as a whole than any I
have ever found elsewhere; but, like all
climatic resorts, they have their objec-
tionable features when presented for the
abode of consumptives, which should
neither be unknown nor forgotten.—Will
iam Smith Brown in Harper's Magazine.
The Gentry of Formosa.
The resurvey of Formosa discloses the
fact that much of the land is held in
seigniories or manors. The early Chinese
pet,ty squatters had no titles for the land
appropriated from the savages, and as
soon as it was cnRivated the powerful
gentry applied tor wholesale-government
grants, which thus placed them in a posi
tion to treat the cultivators as tenants at
will.—Chicago News.
HON. JAS- M. SMITH-
A Negro Killed Below Crawford—The En
gineer Not to Blame.
The train on the Athens Branch killed
a negro who Hired on Mr. Arnold's
place, in Oglethorpe county. Th* ne
gro’s name is. Paul Battice, and from
hi« actions mtist have been drank. The
first; the engineer saw ef him be was
running in front of the engine nnd trying
to best it to tbe crossing. The engineer
blew his whistle and put on brakes, but
the negro paid no attention to it and cou-
tinued running toward the crossing;
which was only n short distance from
where M got on the track. It was im
possible for the engineer to take up, snd
tha engine struck the negro with faU
'force, knocking him shout 16 feet snd
killing him almost instantly. The train
wss stopped as soon ar. possible, but
when toe conductor and train hands got
fo him he was dead-. The negro’s re
mains were brought to Crawford, nnd
the coroner notified. An inquest wss
hsld last night-
Wby don t you try Carter's Little Liver
Pills ? They are s positive core for sick
headache, and all the His produced by
die rdered-ii.tr. Only one pill a dose.
. MEXICAN KCSTANO
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The Cray Made Tht. Year by Georgia’.
Greatest Farmer.
We are reliably informed that this
year CoL Smith, of Oglethorpe, made
L600 bales of cotton, which brought him
upward of $00,000. Besides this he has
sold about $16,000 worth of cotton seed
oil and between $25,000 and $30,000
worth of fertilizers. He has raised
about enough grain to supply his im
mense farm and slaughtered several
hundred head of hogs. Besides this in
come Chi- Smith’s rents from his lands
will be in the neighborhood of $20,000.
Ho has now applied for a charter and in
tends building a railroad of his own from
Pleasant Hill, tbe name of his farm, to
tap the Georgia Bailroad, about a mile be
low Wintervill#. We learn that ho has
msde arrangements for hU iron and roll
ing stock and early next year will put
hia convicts to work grading the road.
CoL Smith starred life - after the war
with less tbsn $300 and parties who arc
acquainted with his affairs say that he is
to-day worth not leas than a quarter of
a million dollars.
Ti?fkebmcx of OriNioN.—Mossrs. G.
W, Smith andO. H. Arnold, of Lexing
ton, say that they are of the opinion that
Oglethorpe will give three hundred for'
prohibition. There- it a difference of
opinion among the prominent men of tho
county. The count will telL
ig a'succe'ss'as the one last evening.'
JEFFERSON. '
Jefferson, Dec... 27.—[Special.]—Oor
dramatic club played to-night and gave
a rare treat in the grand temperance
drama “The Social Glas, or Victims of
the Bottle.’’ The principal character or
victim was John V. Ross, and it needless
to say that he filled the role well. The
acting of J. N. Twitty, R. B. Maxwell,
W. H. Smith, J. C. Turner, J- C. Ben
nett, was more like setors than amateurs;
and Miss Mira Thompson, as Eva Thorn-
ley; Miss Ada McElhnnnon, as Nettie
Xctlleby; Lizzie Dickson, as Miss Far
ley, was well rendered, and as to the
acting of Miss Ada McElhannon I have
never seen it surpassed anywhere. Her
conception of the character was fine, and
acting perfectly natural, and after seeing
her perfect acting, no cne can be sur
prised that she is considered to bo the
reigning belie of Jefferson society. In
the farce, “I’m not Mcself at all,” Ar
thur McElhannon, \V. L. Hancock, Callie
Watson and Beulah Williamson did well.
There were at least six or seven hun
dred present, and everybody is happy.
Jefferson, Dec. 29.—[Special.]—
Christmas 1887 is about over here, and
our folks are mapping out the program
for 1888, and the usual resolution that
“I will not sell goods on credit,” is being
made by the average merchant, to be
broken by Feb. 1st, 1888. What a fine
and prosperous State we could havo if
December and January resolutions could
be enforced?
Our new preacher will be in to-nigbt.
Two sweet little girls, Lucy Hancock
and May Askew, went out yesterday
and collected a nice purse, with which
they purchased the preacher a nice tur
key, flour, etc, for his Christmas dinner.
Mr Iko Austin and wife will give the
young folks a nice party at their home
to-night, and on the first he will plsce in
possession of his elegant residence Char
lie Thompson, a former typo of your
paper, who has purchased it as a perma
nent home for his mother and sisters.
Charlie will be here to night. Jefferson
is very proud of him.
The B-W. hss a weakness for turning
out great men! Ed.
CARN ES VI LEE.
Cabnesville, Dec. 26.—[Specials.—
Tho holidays have besn unusually lively
so far. The long line of pleasant occa-
-ion still booked. A turkey dinner at the
home of Mrs McEntire, was a moat enjoy
able affair, the family and about a dozen
invited guest assembled about 3 o’clock
and acquitted themselves very hand
somely.' Miss Minnie McEntire was the
-idtaired-srfell admirer* and'tBteRtMMd—
her guest most pleasantly.
There will be a quilting to-morrow at
Hebron chureh for tbe benefit of the Rev
Groves H. Cartledge, a large crowd is
expected and a most pleasant tim.e is
looked far.
S. J. Tribble, of the University, is bate
among his friends and relatives and is
having a nice timf, he speaks in high
terms of the Classic City and the Unni-
versity.
The gobbler that gobbleth nov will
soon be numbered among the past, more
turkeys have been eaten her* than ever
before '
LEXINGTON.
Lexington, Dec. 29.—[SpeciaL]—Th*
young people enjoyed a sociable at the
residence of Hr J T Arnold yesterday
evening. Another one will be give* at
Mr G H Letter's to-night
Misses Maud and Moselle Tjary, from
above Crawford, are spending a lew day*
with'Mrs JT Arnold.
Masters Bob and Jesse Gantt, of Ath
ens, are spending the holidays with Mr
J 8 Banghn.
Miss Alice Smith spent two days in
Rairdstown this week with Mi»r JHand
Young. . ' ■.
ROSIER.
Boxer, Dec. 29.—[8peci»l ]—Tho Ma
sonic-dinner givon by the lodge in Ho
mer was a success. A Very large crowd
was in attendance.- Tho.Harmony Grove
lodge was represented. .
There was a grand dance gtton at
Judge T F Hill’s, last night -
Tho Bushvill-: literary dub was well
represented at the dance. '
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