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WASHINGTON J^EWS.
SENATOR BROWN SPEAKING ON THE
TARIFF—MORGAN TO REPLY.
Killinateof Wnjor li—©.»!>'• Lrtlo^A Bill
BjJtdpSImR.
Washington,Jsn. 9.—{Special.]—Hon j
Joseph E Brown will 'Mirer !”s tariff:
gp.-ech to-day in the senate. -t is mar. j
asonpt ami some thou 'a ds o! copies'
are already on the road to Ocnrgin. 8*--i-
ator Morgan, of Alabama, will reply.
The Bacon letter has pent rated no
anxiety he**, hot or t‘> • comrary it is
to dMfcrtmblic opinion!9P
th* tiSiffatK • -•
Representative Stewirt will introdnce
a bill to day providing for the appo nt-
ment of a revenue comm».sr*»on»*r in each
county, forbidding arrest* by nnrshals
and others without a warrant, and pr«»-
viding a penalty for illegal at rests and
illegal seizures and destruction of prop
erty.
GEORGIA LEADS-
Our Concreaamen Take F.r*t ltunk at the
Capital*
WaSIUSOtov, Jan. 9.—(Special )—I
believe all the lleorgia tuemb.-rs except
Mr. Carlton are very well >atistied will-
their committee appointments. I have
not been able to meet Mr. Carlton since
he was placed but I am informed that lu
feels quite positive that the speak**i
might have provided more liberally for
him. Georgia fa red as well or better
than any of the Southern States in the
committee deal. Mr. Blount has con
trol of his old committee arid Mr. Crisp
gets one as good. Mr. Clements will he
required to sec what there is good, had
and indifferent in civil service reform,
and Mr. Candler will control, as far as
may be practical the house educational
committee in the interest of tha Blair
bill. This gives the state four absolute
chairmanships, vnd Mr. Turner’s ap
pointment on the committee of ways and
means is counted as good as another. In
looking over the lists it will he observed
that Mr. Norwood fared well in gel*ing
a position on the committee of appropri
ations and Judge Stewart has fallen heir
to the exact honors surrendered by his
predecessor, Mr. Hammond, Summad
up, Mr. Carlisle’s compliments to Geor
gia are very substantial and very pro-
nounc.
ULllTOVS 1UIEAK.
K'iw Wives Sake il too warm for the
l*ol> KutniM.
-[*•.
’—The
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY
GAINESVILLE SENSATION.
HANGED MGiON-
The Prolila Exultant and Che Antis Snr-
I>rifted—Many Fall to Vote—Everybody '
Satisfied and Reaolved to Bar the Fix-
trance to the Whisky Shops for Two Tears
at Least.
Great interest wta felt in the prohibi
tion contest in Oglethorpe. Both side*
have claimed a majority atdifferent times
and many were not satisfi Id until the
retuns were given in and the votes
ounted last night.
The voting was not heavy, many ne
groes failing to go to the polls. One gen
tleman tells us that he had eight colored
voters on his place who seemed to take
little or no interest in the matter, and
were working quietly when he left home
yesterday morning. He supposes, of
course, that they did not go to the polls.
Tne vote by districts is %s follows:
Lexin. ton, dry, 78; wet, 37.
Crawford, dry, 87; wet, 3.
Falling Creek, dry, 53; wet, 16.
Beavcrdam, dry, 71; wet, 25,
Bowling Green, dry, 59; wet, 15.
Simpson, dry, 92; wet, 70.
0 >os<*pond, dry, 44; wet, 15. *-
Grove Creek, dry, 51; wet, 64.
Glade, drv, 66; wet, 18.
Wolfskin, dry, 49; wet, 14.
Three precincts had n.jt sent in re
turns, hut they will not make any change
*n the general result. The prohibition
majority is about 350. It is said by those
who know, to have been the quietest
••lection e ver held in the county. In
s* me of the districts, no ably Lexington
»nd Crawford, almost every negro voted
"dry. * Falling Creek district, in the
la>t election, gave a good wet majority
‘ his time she goes 37 dry. Hurrah for
Falling Creek district, and three cheers
’’or old Oglethorpe!!!
THE BLAIR BILL-
The IMuruti
wit. oil at-
Atlanta, J *mur
6*h Mrs. iiurioh a|
day. The vase w;.:
tendance ot wives aid witnesses, hu
lien Burton corcludn . *hat *» \%ns **n
more than Le could lace skipped (in
country ll»s bond whs declared for
felted. His whereabouts is no* y»
known. Detectives a».u hail ills hav
been seiu out to look tor i>urlon, and if |
fauna he will he reai.ested. ( 1. el j
Counolly stated to :lu* reporter that Mr.*.
Burton So. 2 says Benjamin has re d.—j
ter-J a vow to m-rry twenty-five t. nc>
un.i this is » tact In* has nrol-uhty
B*r»rte4 to bm Alive m
Around Uia Old Hunts.
Gainesville, Jan. 10.—[Special.]—It
is alleged here that Tillman C. J. Jus
tice, the moonshiner who was hanged in
November for the murder of an informer,
was cat down while still breathing and
allowed to escape, and that he is now
alive and well.
THE RATE CONVENTION. !.
A WORD FROM MR- RANDALL-
He Will 0,fMi Ik* Bqol •> Ik*
Ball., n iKgu.
New Yoke, Jan. 10.—[Special.]—A
special to th. Herald from Washington,
say*: “A report has been Tery widely
circulated orer the country that Ur.
llandall would rote for th. republicans
to repeal and to modify -the sugar dnty.
Ur. Randall, who talked with him on tne
matter, authorized him to positively con
tradict tbU.statement Ur. Randall saya
there is nM a particle of troth in. He
t**ardsOte *ogar doty
revenue duty, and will op]
sitions for its repeal* 1
SHOT AT THROUGH A WINDOW-
Unknown Parties Fire Into the Res
idence of major E. B. l&lrlte.
Atlanta, Jan. lQi—| Special.]—Last
night about Half past seven o’clock,
whi(e Major E. B. Kirke, assistant Uni
ted States quarter master, was sitting in
his bed room it his residence, corner of
Cox and Peachtree streets, unknown
parties tired several shots opposite the
house on Cox street.
Major Kirke ran to the window and
heard three or four men retreating, but
was unable to recognize any of them.
One shot struck a pane of glass, pas ed
through an i imbedded itself in a sewing
machine. But for the machine, which
was by the window, the hall would prob-
ablj* have struck Major Kirke.
HOMICIDE AT CHATTANOOGA-
One nan Kills Another il* a Fight
Over Settlement.
ChattaSoooa, Tenn, Jan. 10- Spe*
th** oi.
he ha* n
gttS ll.t
•renin: el no to p.
n*. With th** rta
r.t he ioti ' before I
DECLIl
A Committee ot ihe Gruu«l Jury to
liiveatisuic illegal Voting.
Atlanta, Jan. 9.—[Special.]—Dr.
Amos Fox and Mr. Frank Hancock, of
ihejury ami Mr. John Davis, a citizen,
appointed by the Grand Jury to investi
gate the alleged fraudulent voting at the
recent prohibition election decline to act.
Dr. Fox said, "when the grand jury ad
journed, their work was finished an i
their term of office closed. They coul i
appoint committees and investigate as
much as they wished as long as the jury
was empaneled; bnt the moment they
adjourned they became as private citi
zens.
tnal Subsidy n Very Dead
iMin* in t!»e Kmne.
• s.Jan. 9.—The able and
i»*t. who * r e laboring so dil
!*• passage of the Blair edo-
• I JiNuihution rubsidy are
for table f ante of mind this
i.- of them ask.-d a in • robe
ati*'iiul coininiif'*- of the
win’ll the «• •*nmi*. , fe pro-
•et, . rgstiize ami consider j o a | )—Dew Owens cf the largest cupi
1 he. niemVr sa: x that he j »al:st in the city, was shot three times by
. out l-a.l heard that iheie • j. j>. Barnes, formerly of the shoe t ; ra»
\'Ay be a moltin'* held !*« j «>f Bvrnes A Nix, at 11 o’clock thi* »norn-
Mr.rcV. A look of stun- ing. Thre; :,alls entered the body of
n:xd conp! *te consternzti *ti Owens, each producing a mortal
• »«' r ■ of the questioner, j wound. Owens bought out the interest
•*F, v God. y.oi don’t mean of Barnes in the shoe business six weeks
ago. and the (rouble arose over a settle-
wont between the two men. Owens cut
Barnes b .dly with a knife during the
quarrel. Owens formerly lived at Le
banon, Ohio.
SI.
ATTENDANCE OF DELEGATES
TO-DAY.
T* Pit. ike Bailroad. lo Adapt a
3ae Cent Bale for Travel Sonth.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 10—[Spe-
cal.]—Over 100 delegates arrived in the
city this morning, to attend the rate con
vention, which meets in this city to-day.
The object of the convention is to ap
point committees to watt on the officers
of the various railroads to induce th m
to make a rate of one cent per mile to
all southern points for the next three
months. Nearly every city in the South
has gent representatives to the couven
tioa.
Bax tig XIalch.
Atlanta, Jan. 10.—(Special.)—In
the wrestling match between Muhler
tod Greek George on Monday night, the
former won the purse, but it is announc
ed that he has been bantered for another
bout, to take place within two weeks,
In the wrestle Greek George’s foot was
seriously injured. Duncan C. I’.nss and
Chao. Walsh ha7e arrived and will chal-
lenge Muhler and Greek .Geofg* to
wrestle. There will.likely be a' sword
content on horseback us well. In this
contest the contestants re mounted on
strong horses, and at the sound of the
bugle both men ride to the centre of the
grounds, salute and then retire to their
corners. At the next blast spurs ar
put to the horses, and as the contest
ants pass at full gallop, they make a
vicious sweep at cacti other with their
flashing swords. The man who suc
ceeds in hitting the body of bis oppo
nent secures the first point.
All movements must be made from
the horse in a galop, and should either
fail te gallop his steed a point shall lie
awarded against him.
A I.lbrl Suit.
AFTER THE COMPAICN-
A Negro Sue. for Mora "Sugar" lint Find.
Non*.
Atlanta, Jan. 9.—[Special.]—II. W'.
White, brought suit against Mr. Mickle-
berry, in Justice Landrum's court th;s
morning. 11c claimed that he had been
promised $50 to work for the antis, but
bad received only $25. Micklcberry
produced a receipt for $10 “in full,” and
the case was dismissed.
Buried Alive.
Cn a franc a, N. Y. Jan. 9.—[Special.]
A number of Italians and mules were
buried in the aqueduct at cut cighi.
which was broken into by the l’ocaici
river eariy this morning. The water in
flowing into the cut at a rapid rate, an 1
some two hundred laborers are busil v
engaged in trying to stop the flow. The
acqueduct is nearly filled with water tlie
eqtirc length. All the Italian laborer-
and mules that were in the.acqueduct at
the time, below cut S, are believed to
have been drowned. A large quantity of
rocks and timber was washed down int.
the acqueduct by escaping water. All
the wheelbarrows, Italian ahantics, cen
tre-cars, blacksmith shops, etc., along
thu acqueduct in the vicinity of cut
eight have been swept into me aque
duct.
j. i.r •■.'immltee ;s not going to
. in 1\ ’•riitiy ur M- rch.no you?”
i,.ea.. I i say thaUli* com
■ ml. ivi” iuec» thru soon. I sitnpiy
,. *i it 'o si;, ili.i I heard tire cm.iuitl-i
i ght in" t in February or M trc , bnt I
oi ss Hint meeting will only be prrlimi-
, ii y. I think that the meeting of the
ominittee to consider the IMair blanket
mil lie held the last Thursday in June.”
Tins answer paralyzed the Blair man
turn full minute, which he consumed in
s’aring vacantly at the committeeman,
lie finally recovered his speech suffi
ciently to say:
"Well, if that don,l beatli—I, I'll be
■I—d ”
The member, in te ling your corres
pondent at oi t it. said: "J never saw a
man so completely upset in my I'ft.”
"Well seriously, what are you going to
do ith the bill?” 1 asked.
"rfhy, consiJer it.”
“When?” • e*:
“Sometime in May or June, ir we are
not to* busy."—Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
FHii.AiiEt.ruiA. Jan. 10 — (Special) —
M. P. Handy, of the New York W nTi.
formerly of the Daily- News of this cit\.
ve-sterday brought suit in - Lire cour* of
-Oiumon Fleas No. 1 of this city fi r libel
against the Central News Company.
Counsellor Shakes'i-are, who represents
Mr. Haudv. said that so im- he hud only
had thi t irsued, and it -a as not yet |
decided a, tvhst figure tiairiges would]
be laid, a3 a settlement of il.eilnini iia-i j
not yet been prt-psred* This a-"io:> of j
Mr. Hand is part of procedure lev
pijbli . ion of a par.ig-aph ir. '!
Tii ■ Point to b- oIseufSedlhf
Ati-anta, Jm. IL—[Special]—Next
Tuesday an important usury case will
be tried in the United States court. It
is that of the Near England Mortgage Se
curity Company vs. the administrator* of
Daniel G. Gunn, of Morgan county.
The amyont involved is $11,000 prin
cipal, and interest for three years,
amounting to $2,640, with attorneys' fees
amounting to $374.
Ait rrey for the plaintiff, W. E. Sim
mons.
For the defendant. Judge George Hill—
yer, of Atlanta; Calvin George, of Madi
son: Lewis Brothers, of Greenesboru,
and some others.
President Chas. L. Flint, or the New
E; gland Mortgage Company, is here as a
witness. He goes oat of the city to day,
but will return l'* the trial of the case.
This case invol res the points on which
Judge Newman and Judge Speer have
differed, and the progreasof the trial will
be watched with interesL
These oans were negotiated through
several go betweens, who took their
commissions out of the money loaned be
fore it reached borrower. Judge Speer
hcl Js that these go betweens are agents
of the lender, and t|e : r commission* add
ed to the 8 per cent, discQiuUJaken out of
the loan by the origmarfender, make a
usurous rate of interest.
The Supreme court of Georgia in a de
cision holds that those go-betweens are
not agents of the lender, but are indepen
dent brokers to whom the borrower pays
a commission for negotiating the loan.
J udge Newman holds that the decision of
- he Supreme Court of Georgia should
control his court in the construction of a
local statute
It has been said that Georgia farmers
ate mortgaged in this way to the amount
of six or eight millions, and as real estate
of three times'the value is required, from
$18.0taj,UUO to $20,000,000 worth of farm
property in Georgia is held under these
mortgages.
It is probable that the case will not
stop short of the United States supreme
court.
THE ’PROSPECTS of a lively ses
sion-some OF THE LEADERS^
Bills, of Texas, and the Tariff—Hoar He
Works, Looks and Talk.—Memory of
Statesmen—Something About Washing
ton Dinner.—tVuem'a Impuilenee.
[Special Correspondence.!
Washington, Jan. 5.—Congress con
vened yesterday, and there is a general
feeling among the members that the fan
of the session Is to begin at once. The
action of the president on the tariff and
the radical position taken by the "tariff
for revenue only” element of the Demo
cratic party, have roused all tiio pug
nacity that exists in the souls of the Re
publicans. As far as can be learned at
this writing, we arc to have war to the
knife between the two parties, and each
will gain every point it can between now
THE GREAT ACTORS.
Topics task w .-k.
have been bronghl
ihe American Ne»
News Co. The su
is for publication, n
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"■--.tost the
i] di.se a.
A TRIAL PROGRESSING-
lu W lilrh the Murderer’s Plea to
Hi. Bight to Kill Confederates
ut Pleu.urr.
I.orisvii.i.E, Ky., Jan. 11.—(Special)—
trial of Logan Sigmund for the murder of
VYm. Higginbotham in 1861. was begun
at Mt. Vernon, Ky., yesterday. Higgin
botham was riding along the road, it is
said, hurrahing for Jeff Davis, when Sig
mund shot him from a doorway. Sig
mund was extradited from Missouri in
1*85, and tried in 1886, the jury disa
greeing. The defence is that he was a
federal soldier, and had a right to do the
shooting. The G. A. B. are helping him
defend the case.
WORK OF THE CRAND JURY-
*«.pr utid j
Ian. 9.—
slilrt.i Carnot.
THE BILL WITHDRAWN.
Atlanta, Jan. 10.—[Special.]—The
bill for the appointment of a receiver for
the DeLoach Bros., which was filed in
the office of Judge Strong, the clerk of
the court, on Saturcay, was this morn
ing withdrawn. A meeting of all par
ties interested was held last evening
and a settlement was reached, when the
Winship Bros, decided to withdraw the
bill, which was done this morning.
, Latest From Caagress.
Washington, D. C, Jsn. 10.—[Spe
cial.]—The speaker of the House ea-
nounoed the eppointment of Messrs.
Wheeler, of Alabama, and Phelps, of New
Jersey, as members of the board of re
gents of the Smithsonian Institute. Mr.
Burns, of Missouri, from the committee
on appropriations, reported the urgent
deficiency bill, and it was referred to the
committee of the whole. The call of
States not completed yesterday, for the
introduction of hilla, was resumiad imme
diately after the morning's business..
The deficiency appropriation bill,' re
ported to the House to-day, is one inci
dents the failure of the bill .of last year,
making appropriation for deficiencies fhr
1887 and years before. Seven! of th*
items in last year’s bill are omitted, no
tably $500,000 onxccount of the post-
office deficiency, and $260,000 on ac
count of the naval deficiency. The item
last year appropriating $27,000 for print
ing silver certificates and legal tender
notes is increased to $49,800. The bill
appropristes in all the sum of $2,951,300,
as dgainst $4,275,028. as agreed upon by
the conference committee last year.
ON THE B ACK LIST-
Three Fersoua More IVlinw Toddle* Hm
Uecu <’ut Off.
■ papal cuily.-Mei
pe an AUlugrsph le
the Utter '
in.y
hope Ilia- ihe good leUlions n
between brnnee am* Pope Lee
made the basis oi a concordat ta il
long cor linue. Tile I’. jie :!. : jil;
pressed Ins highest ts'ecm foi I
and President r -n t ami hi< r-
fer Count Behaine.
A tlu<1|;mrnl thr Frcucli tdt
PAKIH. Ian. 9—(S| cD-The
»aUf oimoe.ee to <!»y r n ■ da
ment n tile case ot Coo pool coin
aceii el ihe Fu nr' cat. e company
ju. gun/' order* the In’ er cum pa
contain* to :he ro* • *• • s «•! il.o
ment with ihe An. % t-ncan c
ny to |»av a!! coats •** ■ coinj**»ls
to pay a certain arnmn • of oaiua^
day lor each day’s delay*.
Number of True Billa Found and for What
Offense*
Atlanta, Jan. 11.—[Special ]—The
jrrand jury, which has ju**t adjourned,
rerntnenevd work o the first Monday of
St ptensh r, and held Ihe fort ’intil Janu
ary 6«h During the four months a great
tnativ s-siiions were held.
I he t*»ul number of indictment* made
by th;* jury was 1883 Of th»» number
bn w«-re for felonies and 98 for misde-
meam*rs. About twenty-five cases were
ii.ves’igated in which nc true bills were
f**und.
Atlanta, Jan. 11.—[Special.]-
morning Chief Connolly added
-Thi**
Cooth & Hiirrvtt’i Advance Aeent Arrive*
in the City.
Atlanta, J o, 11—[Special]—Mr.
; ioseph Levy, tlie principal agent for tlie
] ifoctii Jr iJurrett coin’iin aior, enivel in
j Allnut, last nig-., ( e lUJlx (i n.1 rise
| it rickets this evening, after he consult.,
with another agent.
Mr. Levy nU"’ that Booth A. Barrett
woo'd appear .ere on Friilay sn.t batur-
ilay, the 2>>th ar.u 21nt of litis month. On
Snurrfay there will ho a matinee. On
f'ldiiy ni’/ht “Otiielln, the Moor
of Venice,” will ba given.
!r lio- th will play lagn, ami
Mr Bairett will appear ms Othello. On
lay night Jiilins Oiesar will he lire*
seiited. Mr Barrett will play Cassius
Mil Mr Iiootli will appear as Brutus. At
ih" matinee on Saturday, I!minl-i will be
play. Mr Booth will appraras llam-
wtth the mouth of an orator.
Abe Hewitt will Also be missed in this
discussion, but the south will furnish new
bruins in the person of Brcekenridge, of
xxL of Georgia, and
then 'a 'Afijch
among the new members.
Tom Beed does a deal of stud ying whk*
no one erer hears of, and. that big, round,
fat head of his is pretty well packed
already. He has been reading pn tha
tariff,.and his memory is like wax to re
ceive and marble to retain. He'lives at
the Hamilton house, and though he does
not pretend to be as much of a specialist
on protection as Judge Kelley, he will
lead the fight, though Kelley may nomi
nally direct it.
Kelley grows more wonderful every day,
and one of the most extraordinary things
about him is, to me, his memory. He is
an example of a man who has madealong
success ot public life without being able
to remember either a face or.a name. He
can remember men’s voices, but not their
features, and he can tell, while sittlDg in
the baroer’s chair, who Is speaking by the
accents of the speaker's voice, though he
could not tell the name of the man, per
haps, if he saw him on the floor. H* once
l
! let ind Mr Barrett will piny Laertes.
- tlirve I The combination has a splendid com
more names to his binck list, il l Me- 1 ... *
Aik.
Connell, A M Almond, Charle:
The necessary descriptions acc
the no’ices to the saloon keepers, and it
will be a hard matter for the black-listed
persons to get a dr»ni. This uinkes four
names on the black list up to date.
POLITICAL NOTES-
Washington, Jan. 11.—[Special.] —
Congress is painfully inert Mid lias been
since the re-assembly, but it is probable
that a campaign of hot talk will besin
thia week, as any number of old smooth
bores and some heavier guns are known
to be loaded.
Among the Georgia people Senator
Browu’s speech, the recent Bacon letter
and the taiiff travail of the esteemed At
lanta Constitution, are subjects of pleas
ant every day comment
It is my opinion (and I want it to
be accepted as an humble one) that no
tariff measure, either direct or compro
mise will come out of this congress. If
Mr. Randall and his cohort agree to set
their faces against the prospective com
mittee bill the whole scheme of tariff re
form will most likely fall through. Any
observing person can note the erystali-
zation of feeling now going on, and the
true reformers are already beginning to
declare that they will never allow a mi
nority cabal in their own ranks to legis
late for the party as a whole. When
congress first came here for a silting it
looked as if the factions would certa nly
unite dh some scheme by which a modi
cum of the excise income and a large
share of the customs income would be
extinguished, but this expectation is fad
ing. 1 think the best informed members
now look lo a relegation of the subject
to the people, and tariff reform may be
booked as the living issue over vhich
the two great political parties wilt do
battle this fall.”
| pany of 35 artists, and has just closed a
11 two weeks’engagement at the Academy
pat.led | v f Music in New York. The price of
Pwllc e Commlmoorra.
Atlanta, Jan. 10—[Special.]—The
board of police commissioners met last
night,with Chairman English and Messrs
Martin jand Brotherton present. Cap
tain C-*>uch explained the escape of
Sumby, the barber, who stabbed a boot-
black; Chief Conolly was instructed to I In speaking to Mr. Blount, I Mk**d,
make a case against Captain Mercer for “Can the paity safely go to the hunting-
the tickets will be less than $5.
A Centenuarian Graadaou of John
La Fayette, Tnd., Jan. 11.—[Special.]
Micager Hancock, living near Mono, Ind.,
celebrated the one hundredth anniver
sary of his birth Monday. Mr. Hancock
is a grandson of John Hancock, signer of
the declaration of independence, and was
bo*n in Delaware. ^ -^*
Had to Move.
Atlanta, Jan, 11.—(Special.)—Mr.
U. 11, Johnstone, a druggist at 105 West
Peters street, was the other day request
ed to sign a petition for a bar-room to
open next door to him. Declining to do
so, the agent, of Mr. Rhode Hill who
owns the property, told him he v ould
either have to sign the petition or pay
$40 instend of $25 rent. He declined
both and decided to move.
Th
I l 1
A I.nrs*> Uotel Burnt.
hen, lnci.. Jan, 11.— [Special.]—
ulian House, the feccnd hotel in
>i/.e in the city, was burned at midnight,
rile tire caught in the oil room. There
is a strong suspicion of incendiarism ex-
i’he guests, to the number of
thirty
clot lit
« r fortv, escaped in their night
, and .i is .. «*d several perished,
s with other property destroyed,
.4ted at $70,UUO.
»against Captain
striking a prisoner; the i hief reports 6,-
138 arrests for the past year, 5,160 city
cases • nd 978 state cases. The pay roll
of 1887 was $63,324.05. Before adjourn
ing the board unanimom** express ,
themselves in favor of selling the pres
ent police headquarters a.. building
new one- and will so report to the gen
eral council.
A Great Irrifatita Project*
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 11.—[Special]
A movement is on foot in Western Texas
and Southern New Mexico to secure fed
eral aid, if possible, in building a mon
ster irrigating canal from two hundred to
two hundred and thirty miles lone, for
the purpose of reclaiming vast tracts of
land that are now arid wastes.
Vessel and Crew Probably Lost.
Philadelphia, Jan. 11.—(Special.)—
The steamer Viola, thirty-three days out
from Elba for this port, is feared to have
been loss with her crew of thirty-eight
men.
MILLS AND A NEW YORK MEMBER,
and the nominating conventions. The Re
publicans have opened a big headquarters
here, and they pay. I venture, at least
$300 a month for their rooms. They have
taken* the whole house which was form
erly occupied by the Chinese legation, and
they have plastered its walls with photo
graphs and portraits of their most noted
leaders. The Democrats are doing no less
work, and a number of quiet councils
have been held, and the wires have been
laid which reach to the uttermost parts of
the United States.
In the meantime, it seems as tboagb
the tariff is the thing, anil the selection of
Roger Q. Mills as chairman of the ways
and means committee has been one of the
happiest thoughts Carlisle ever had. The
speaker of the house is a very good judge
of men, und lie knows Mr. Mills from a
long acquaintance in public life. The
tw*o have been together for a decade, and
their relations have been such that one
might almost say of the other that ‘‘lie
was the half of his soul.” Mills has more
of the characteristics of a leader than Mor
rison. He is tall, straight and big chested.
The distance between the top button of
his high vest and tlie small of his back is
longer than the width of the shoulders of
the ordinary man, and he lias a biceps,
which, if put into training, would knock
down an ox. He is a lighter, too, and
goes into this congressional struggle with
a brain trained to warfare. He was the
head of the Anti-Prohibition party in
Texas last fall, and lie led his party to
victory. He is a successful man, aud one
who inspires confidence. lie is true ns
steel, and lie sticks to his friends and loves
them. Notwithstanding his long con
gressiouul career, he is only moderately
well to do, and the house which ho had
bought at liis home in Texas years ago,
just before he was elected to congress, has
never been occupied by him.
I took a stood look at him as he stood in
the house today. His fists were on liis el
bows aud his eyes were traveling over his
followers on the Democratic side of the
chamber. One of the New York mem
bers was talking to him, aud I doubt not
the question was as to whether Mills
could hold his forces in order. He did
not appear to be alarmed, and his rosy
face shone with good humor. He does
not lose his head easily, and he is pos
sessed of the demon of work. Ho is a
student, too, and ho tells me he is not an
extremist on tariff questions. He says
his belief is the same as that of the lead
ing political economists of today, and that
the same views are taught in all the col
leges. He has, during his congressional
life, worked for ends rather than means,
aud does not contend for trifles. He is
ready for anything that will bringabonta
reduction of the tariff and the surplus,
and, as far as I can learn, his mind is a
broad one. He has a very bright wifeand
a number of gifted children, some of
whom are grown up and married. He
lives at Corsicana, Tex., and, like most
congressmen from his state, thinks there
Is none other like it in the Union.
IlftnliCII
il Arrekt*
Poultry autl Urnrh Show*
Atlanta Dec. 9.—(Special.)—A large
number oithe choicest varieties of fowls
is on exhibition and great interest is
manifested. Preparation is making for
3(X) fancy dogs that will be put on exhi
bition. Mr. Grady is especially fond of
the pigeon department, and thinks by
their careful breeding their plumage
mas be made to represent anything from
a checker board to a rain bow.
A Mikplured Switch*
Carrollton, Mo., January 9.—[Spe
cial.]—The west bound freight on the
Chicago, Santa Fe «V California railroad
was wrecked ot the east end of the
Yards, in this city, yesterday morning
Charles Conerts, a fireman, was instantly
killed, and Charles Thompson, ongineer
leeived injuries from which he died
yesterday afternoon. The accident was
caused by a misplaced sv itch.
Spurgeon** startling OUcloaure.
New York, Jan. 9.—[Special ]—A
London special to the Herald says: “lo
a sermon to men only yesterday, Mr.
Sprrgeon gave some startling sta
tistics. There are in London 80,000 pro
feaaional Pbrynes, 600,000 practical
drunkards, 6,000 public houses, and
4,000 clubs for tempting young men.
Loaf In a Typhoon*
San Francisco, Jan. 9,—[Special.]—
he steamer Rio do Janeiro, from Japan
and China, brings the particulars of the
wreck of the British steamer Vortergen,
with the loss of twenty lives, in a typhoon
in tha China sea.
The survivors reached Hong Kong on
December 9.
Muscat.ne. Iowa, San. 9.—[Special.]
Tins community has been shocked by
the arre*t of Thee. Grosseim, a German
American citizen and a property holder
of Muscatine, aged 56, father of a re
spected family. He is charged with en
ticing to his place of business for im
moral purposes girls of 10 to 12 years of
age, daughters of prominent citizens.
T Le Irish Prosecution*.
London. Jan. 10.—[Special.]- Unless
there should be a cessation of the gov
ernment’s prosecutions of the Irish edi
tors and members of parliament, either
through the conclusion of the executive
that sufficient punishment had been in*
dieted for offenses of not very grave
character, or the arrival of the Irish lead,
era at a decision that the govenment can
stand the unequal contest longer than
they can, the representatives in the
house of commons at the opening of
parliament.will he much smaller than it
has been for many years.
A Republican For Lamir.
Wasutmgton, D. C., Jan. 9.—[Special.]
In a published letter this morning, Sena
tor Stewart, (republican) of Nevada
gives his reason why he will vote for Mr,
Lamar’s confirmation.
Mustang Liniment
HICTIC4N aroWANoTlNIXINTiii *rattto Pius,
)U SuUi, ClUB Baum u4 *U imuauxMk
VI a il y Conductor. Dl.mixed.
San Antonio, Tex., Jannxry 9.—
[Special.]—A wholesale dismissal
of passenger and freight con
ductors on the Southern Pa
cific railroad is now going on. It is re
ported that the dismissals are the result
of reports made bj the spotters who
were sent over the rosd.
A Widow Sued (or Breach of Prom
ise.
StiELRTTiLt.E, Ind., Jan. 9.—Jacob
Dragar has sued Mrs. Mary Wofford,
young widow, for breach of promise ta
marry him. Dragar spent on her sotne
$3,000 in anticipation of marrying him.
After she got the money she refused
him.
A Crew Be.cued.
New York, Jan, 9.—[Special.]—The
bark Mary K. Campbell arrived here yes
terday, having on board Captain Clintion
and crew of six men, who were recned
from the sinking schooner JosephF.Bar-
ker, January 2, in latitud* 37.54. This
sohooner sailed from Hampton roads
December 27.
Ben. Terry Very 111.
N*w York, Jan. 9.—[Special.]—The
Sun’s Washington special says that
Gen. A. H. Terry is hopelessly ill of
Bright's disease. We will probably ask
to be retired, and there will be * contest
between Gen. Crook and Gen. Miles for
hia place at Major General.
Aid Asked for as Strike.
N*w Yore, Jan. 10.—[Special.]—The
cigar makers’ union has issued an ' ap
peal to fellow workmen throughout tne
country for aid in maintaining the strike
C*viagt*n*a Big Enterprise.
Covington, Jan. 10.—[Special.]—It is
understood here that a number ot Atlan
ta capitalists, including Got. Gordon and
the Inmans, will organise * company
designed to manufacture cotton seed oil,
guauo and soap, and put up a cotton
compress in our city.
They propose to capitalize the compa
ny at $600,000—I15U.OOO cash capital to
be paid at once.
They ask us to subscribe $50,000 of
this amount, and agree to subscribe
$100,000 themselves.
with the piesidential policy as its slu^
the reply was, "It ran, and no party
could wish for a broader anil firmer plat
form upon which to s ake 'is success,”
rartoe Take, to t'ligkt With »!: I
Sixth V.lfe.
Atlanta, Jan. 11.—[f.ppciul ]—Noth- j
ingrelub.e has yet been he.trd o’ Benja- I
min Burton, tlie man ■ f many wive... It I
was .epur’.eil in tlie city tills morning
tha he WRS.--.-n crossing ti-i Ciixttalmr !
cbee river yestem y in a naties j. ar.ii j
with him nis sixth wife, v ,*• -in he ■
h*d married since leaving Atlar.'a. !
Mrs. Buit'm number five s;iii beiiev s !
her husbano, in whom si.e now has an
undivided one-sixth interest, to bo in
noeent, tnd thinks he will return to At
lanta. Her father, however, is using ]
every effo t to have the bigamist brought
back to the city. Burton is probably
heading for Utah.
Another Train Bsbhery.
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 11.— [Special.]—
The Mexican Central passenger train,
due here this morning, was held up
last even ng, forty miles south of El Faso,
by train robbers. The robbers were
Americans and were armed to the teeth.
They robbed the express car, getting
quite a sum of money.
The Campbell-Arbuckle Cue.
Naw York. Jsn. 10.—(Special.)—The
jury in the Campbell-Arbuckle breach
of promise case whi h has been in court
four days, to-day awarded the plaintiff
$45,000.
A Defeat (ar the frovwrnment.
Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 11.—[Special.]
1. e most important election wa3 held
yestenl v, resulting in the utter rout of
the government s candidate.
A MODEL DAIRY FARM.
What an kiitcrp rising Oconee Lady is Do
ing
One of the neatest and mo3t sncccs ful j
dairy farms in hissection of the State is j
operated near High ShoaD. byJMrs. Fink |
Price. Mr. Price is employed in the
factory sto. , qi ng tl.e entire raanage-
me-itof tne c ,ws tahi-i wife. Tnis lady
ii js fifty odd head of cr.’.lle, mostly Jer-
of the finest strains, and makes
JUDGE KELLY AND CHARLIE MURRAY.
Mills will l>o much aided in his fight by
Sum Cox. and Cox lias never felt better,
lie Is building one of the finest houses in
Washington that you will find anywhere
in the country. Its design is unique, and
many Turkish features have been intro
duced into its various rooms. It is of
butler for m -rket. Tlie product of her I brick, stone and copper, anil its walls aro
dairy is as rich a yellow as virgin gold, finished in delicate tints and gold. Tho
A Victim t* Bdlglaas Mania.
Dettok, Ohio, Jan. 10.—[Special. I—
Emily Lewis, aged forty years, left her
home yesterday morning, drassedDnly in
her night clothes, and jumped into the
canal. A rescue being attempted, the
restated and managed to drown herself
in spite of every effort together on
shore. Heligioua excitement is thought
to have deranged her mind.
Chicago Market.
Chicago, Jan. 10.—[Special.]—Wheat
opened January, 77c. Corn, January,
48?£c. Oats, May, 34?£. Pork, May.
$15.57Lard, $7.65. Short ribs, Febru-
ary, $7.87>£.
Zinc for the French Government.
St. Lodis. Jan. 10.—[Special.]—The
French government has purchased very
largely here of zinc, to have it on hand
for manufacturing brass field pieces.
- Bnrtan Still nt Large.
Atlanta, Jan. 10.—iSpeci*l.]—Polyg-
amist Ben Burton is still at large. Mrs,
Burton. No. 6, still believes him inno
cent, and thinks the pqlice scared him
off. Her father is not so confident as to
the innocence of his son-inlaw, bnt ia
more anxious to see him, aa he was his
bondsman. He says he will produce
him within six weeks.
Jones S*aa( *a the Tawiff at Least.
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 9.—[Special.]—
Ez-8enator Jones, of Florida, has pub
lished in a local paper his view* on th*
tariff. H* praises President Cleveland**
.iniment
' UNEKEtT. tor Has
w aw vis7 ever and* f.
A Murderer
’ Vincennes, Ind., Jan. 10.—[Special.]
Uacey Warren, the murderer, escaped
from the Southern prison last night by
overpowering the guards.
Stable* end Horae* Bnrned.
Detroit, Mich., January 9.—[Spe
cial.!—At eleven o’clock last night the
stables of the Detroit Omnibus Compa
ny, together with twenty-five horses,
war* burned.
W irJtESBASRE, l’a-, Jan. 11.—(Special)
Ario Pardee, ol Hoyleton, began ejecting
hi* striking miners yesterday.
and tlie flavor is so delicious that it has
a state reputation. Mrs. Price has silos
tilted with ensilage and cattle fed o t this
thrive as in the spring and th is feed adds
greatly to the batter. Messrs. Hampton
& Crawford buy all the butter made by
Mrs. Price and a few day* since they
sent a package to Savannah to one of
the leading grocers tb$re that they might
test that market The dealer wrote back
that it was the finest lot of batter he
had ever seen, and there was a perfect
scramble among his customers for it
The best thing about Mrs. Price’s dsiry
is thst it is kept as clean as a parlor,
the tins being burnished like silver.
This lady superintends everything in
person, from milking to moulding of
the batter. We refer to the success of
this dairy, to show what energy and
good management can accomplish in
Georgia, and that there are roads to for-
frieze of one Is made up of Arabic charac
ters, and Mr. Cox tells mo that the words
represented mean "Allah, tlie light of tho
world.” Sam Cox is thrifty. Hcismade
up of bones, brains and nerves, and nil
tbeso work like a Corliss engine run by
one of tho big gas wells at Findley. The
only difference ts, that Cox makes less
nofse, and lie docs not appear to bo wor
ried. IIo turns out more work than any
other man In congress, and his every
stroke tells. He is perfectly nt home on
tariff questions, and ho will be invalua
ble as an aid to his party. Mrs. Cox was
a Zanesville, O., girl, and sho is an heir
ess. Cox, tbongh he makes a great deal
himself, has no hesitancy in allowing hia
wife to use her own pin money, and 1
really lielicve he would borrow from her in
case of an emergency. The two, how
ever, are happy together, and Mrs. Cox
iB tho perfection of a statesman’s wife, in
that she saves her husband from worry.
Sam Randall, with ids usual nbiqui-
told me that when be was a schoolboy he
hated to be appointed monitor, for the
reason that he was never able to point out
a culprit who pinched his fellow, and that
he was whipped for letting whispering go
on under his eyes. "It was no fault of
mine,” said he, "for the boys would not
bo whispering when the teacher looked at
them and I could not remember their
names well enough to tell who they
were.”
Not long ago Kelley met Charlie Mur
ray, who was for years a correspondei
The Philadelphia Times. The two
had many talks together, and Murray
supposed that Kelley of courso knew his
name. He did not, however, and one day
I introduced Murray to Kelley, and the
judge said: "Why, is your name Mur
ray? I have known you a long time, and
the fact that I did not remember you re
calls a story. A little boy, of the class
known as Young America, was having
his first day at school. Tho sedate, sober
teacher had taken him np before the
blackboard on which was printed a small
letter ‘a.’ ‘That, my boy,’ said the
teacher, ‘is tho letter “a,” • and he looked
down to hear the child pronounce it.
Young America, however, stepped back
with a look of surprise, and, with his
hands in his pockets, yelled out:*
“ ‘Why, is that darned little thing “a?’
I’ve knowed him for a year, but I never
knowed Ills name before!’ ”
And with this Judge Kelley looked
down upon Murray. The judge is over
six feet tall, and Murray stands low In
the fives. He did not take offense, how
ever, and he joined in the laugh that went
up in flic crowd which stood round about.
I saw a curious sceno at the White
IIouso yesterday. Tom Reed, with
Derby hat on his head, was standing in
the vestibule chatting with Chief Justice
Waite and Jedge Waxem, of Wayback.
Waxem hod just come out of the Bine
room, where he had been shaking hands
with the president. His collar was as
high os that of Henry Clay, and it hneged
his big bead, making it look like that of
John tho Baptist on a charger. He bad a
bill in bis hand ns usual, and oat of his
rear pocket hung a red handkerchief with
white polka dots upon it, and I doubt not
that he talked to Mrs. Cleveland with
out knowing that he had a caudal append
age. Reed was just ready to depart,
and Waite was going for his hat, when
Waxem stepped up and began to talk of
the changes which congress should make
in the supreme court, and ho had the
sublime assurance to ask Judge Waite
bo did not think a justice of the soopreme
conrt could git along ns well on $5,000 i
on $10,000 a year?” Waite, who has
good deal of hnmor in his nature, not
withstanding his dignity and blue blood,
looked at him with a quizzical smile, and
I noticed that his eyes traveled from
Waxem’s oiled boots to his well greased
crown, and that ho evidently looked upon
him ns a curious specimen of the Way-
back congressman.
Feasts G. Carpenter.
AN IMPORTANT RUMOR-
A Thread Mill to Be Established Near High
Shoals.
It is currently reported that Coats, the
great spool cotton manufacturer, is now
making arrangements to establish a mill
near High Shoals factory and the people
living around there have confidence
the report. A few weeks since a capi
talist living near Athens purchased sev
eral shares of a valuable water power
not far above the factory dam, and the
story goes that he was an agent of
Coats. There is quite a boom in prop
erty there and the people believe that
there is a big future ahead for their
town. Last year there were only three
stores at High Shoals, but this year sev
en will be opeded.
Messrs. Lowe & Lannius have dissolv
ed, each gentleman going into business
on his own account, Mr. Frazierand
Mr. Cook will also do business there. It
is confidently expected that the Macon
Sc Athens road will be built by this
place. Mr. It. K. Reaves, of Athens, has
been tendered the Presidency of the
road, and it is said that he will accept.
It is a well-known fact that this gentle
man has large interests there, and there
is reason to believe that the position
tendered him means an adoption of the
High Shoals route.
i How mroy people, bo are gnffBri
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you may bo interested :
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HARMONY CROVE-
Harmony Grove, Jan. 11.—[Special.]
Mr Dudley Chandler, a prominent citi
zen of the Free State, is in our little me
tropolis this morning.
We are pained to chronicle the illness
of Miss Ids Bohannon, who has been suf
fering several days with a very severe
cold. Her physician fears it may turn
into pneumonia.
Bal colds are quite prevalent in this
community now, and a great many of our
people are complaining of them.
Our municipal election is being held
to-day in Hardman & Co’s store. There
is no contest fjr any of the offices, and
all the nominees will be elected withoat
apposition.
’Squire W J Burgess, of Banks coun
ty, was in the Grove yesterday morning,
i Mr W C Hood is having hia barn, just
in the rear of Hardman & Co’s store, torn
down this morning.
Dr Andrew Stapler, a prominent and
prosperous young physician of Homer,
s in town to-day on bnsiaess.
Up to last Monday evening Prof
Walker had enrolled 48 scholars, and
several new ones will enter school this
week. Tho Professor is an excellent
teacher and is sore to make a big success
out of his schooL
' accupy the sata
farm was opene
Grant and Alexander,]
and put in most thorottg
wards Col. Smith bought air iaterestin
the lease and upon the death of Mr.
Grant, had the farm sold ,the property
being bought by Messrs Powell A Daven
port. These gentleman continued to
work the place with county convicts;
but owing to droughts Hoods an i other
misfortunes aro said to have, lost money
largely, a'though both of these gentlemen
are excellent farmers.
The Scull Sh-.als factory is just
across the liver frout this place is also
the famous Waiacn mineral springs, that
is becoming such a popular summer re- ,
soit of late years. There is no doubt
but that under Mr. Oprltoq’s .manage
ment this property will be made to pay
well.
We have not learned where Messrs.
Powell St Davenport will move, but wo
presume that they will continue the bus-
inass of railroad building in winch Mr.
Powell is engaged. There is not a pair .of
cleverer gentlemen in the Stale and wo'
wish them succeis in what ever they un
dertake.
Bitten by a had Dog.
Jcq Tavern, Gs., Jan. 9.—[Special.]—*
Mr. W, A. Sanders was badly bitten on
the hand by a mad dog this morning as
he was coming into town. The dog had
just passed through town without attrac
ting much attention except biting a little
dog that happened to bo in the way.
Upon meeting him, Mr. Sanders did not
know he was mad until attacked and
having nothing to defend himself with
be was bition. He came on and had his
wound dressed by Dr. Sanders, but he
is in great dangar in consequence of the
wound. The dog was traced from near
Jefferson by the damage he did to other
dogs along the way and was travelling at
a rapid rate.
tune open to our farmers wives that tousness, is one of the leading figures in
many of them have overlooked, Mr.
Price says that hia lady makes more
money from his cows than he ever could
from his corn and cotton crops.
A BIRTHDAY DINNER-
A Magnificent Feast Otvcn to two Well
Known Gentlemen of I hia Section.
List Tneaday was the 61st birthday of
Mr. Isaac Lowe, of Athens, and the 72
of Dr. Price, o( Oconee county.
Mr. Pink Price, a son of the Doctor, mar
ried Mr. Lowe’s daughter and to cele
brate this doable birthday this hospitable
yonng couple%ave th^r parenta a dining.
Several friends of the family were also
present The dinner was certainly a fine
one, and prepMed -in’ a tpanneu
peculiar to Mrs. Price, xhoi3 icuof the
best housekeepers in the Sthtf.b-' Every
thing that the country produced or the
thing that the country pn
market afforded was heW
board in the greatest prof
being crowned by (
blsr and samurai'
hog killing fixing
NEGRO LABOR.
Continued Complaint* That Farmers Can’t
Get Bands.
Mustang Liniment Mu
MEXICAN MUSTANJ LINIMENT, spotted vigor- I KEX1C,
eaatr b(M* Ui Swine*/, Wiau Gain a So-ir BweZct ' bekeptl*
all coteries, and be formed part of a ca
rious sandwich at Senator McPherson’s
dinner not long ago. He sat on the same
side of the table as Speaker Carlisle, and
the two were separated by the long form
of Senator Slierninn. Sherman said that
he was put there to keep the peace, and
he was indeed the butter which made the
two slices of Democratic bread move
easily upon each other. There was no
load talking or acrimonious discussion,
and from the jokes that were bandied,
and the taffy that was greedily sucked,
one would not have supposed that any
thing but tho friendliest relations existed
between the two great leaders.
Henry Cabot Lodge is ono of the new
members from Massachusetts, and he is
looktd upon as a strong addition to the
Republican side in tariff discussion. He
la a bright eyed yonng fellow and not bad
lo&king, but his brain is more noted than
his beauty, anti his studies of the tariff
have been made in connection with exten
sive biographical research. He wrote a
life of Alexander Hamilton, and he has
written a biography of Daniel Webster
Jot the “American Statesmen Serlea,” and
when he takes the floor his tongue will
drop tariff and financial facts as that ot
the good little girl in the fairy tale
dropped pearls or as the bod little girl’s
dropped toads. It is a pity that we have
not Frank Hurd here to answer him, for
Hard has the Cobden club’s arguments at
his tongue’s end and he la a «Ut»«m»n
From every section of the surrounding
country news continues to reach ns that
the negroes are deserting the farmers by
the hundreds and flocking to the towns
and cities, and that farmers are left with
out hands to work their crops. A large
majority of them have not a single negro
hand for another year. Hands positively
refuse to contract for another year. Even
those who continue to linger in thecoun-
try are still taking “Christmas." Where
the majority of the negroes have gone no
one can tell. Like birds of passage, they
seem to vanish in the night, leaving no
trace behind them. One gentleman tells
us that every hand on his place quietly
left without giving him warning, and he
has no more idea where they have gone
than the man in the moo a. What is the
cause of this exodas among our ’ colored
population we do not-know, antes* it be
that unusually good crops have been
made this year, and it is an established
fact that a darkey is as independent aa a
wood-sawyer so long aa h* has a peck of
A Woman's Discovery.
“Another wonder!ul discovery has
been made and that too by a ladv in this
county. Disease fastened iti clutchet-
upon her and for seven years ohe with
stood its severest te-ts, but her vital or
gans were undermined and death
seemed emminent. For three months
Bhe coughed incessantly and conld not
sleep. Bhe bought of us a bottle of Dr.
King’s New Discovery forGonsump ion
and was so much relieved on taking first
dose that she slept all night and with
one bottle has been miracnlouslv cured.
Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz.” Thus
write W. C. Hamrick & Co., of Shelby,
N. C.—Get a free trial bottle at
A. B, LONG & CO’S. Drug Store
CAKNESVILLE.
Carnesville, Jan. 9.—[Special.]—At
an election held here Saturday for muni
cipal officers J B Parks was elected m'ay-
or, H M Freeman, D W Brooks and J P
Adair, were elected councilmen.
The auditors court to-morrow will
bring Col W I Pike to town. The court
will be in session a day or two.
Larkin Williams, a well known citizen
of Flintsville districts, was panlized Fri
day last and is now in a very precarious
condition, and it is thought that be will
not survive the shock.
At a party at the residence of B
Payne, on Wednesday night last, Miss
Jane Payne was in good health when the
party commenced and before its close
wta a corpse. Her death was very sad
den and entirely unexpected.
Miss Fannie Adderhold left here yes
terday evening enroute to Gainesville,
where she takes her place in the Semi
nary.
Gives prompt and permanent relief in
barns, scalds, chilblains, venomous stings
bites, cuts and wounds of every des
cription.
It is invaluable in scarlet fever, diph
theris, small-pox, cholera, yellow, typrus,
'*■—hoid and other fevers.
?or sick-rooms, to prevent the spread
of contagion, it is the best disinfectant
known.
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, of Ga.
Darbys Prophylactic Fluid is an article
of little cost, bnt great value. Its dom
estic as well as medicinal uses are num
erous while its specialties are most won
derful . No head of a.family should ever
be without it.
The M. Sc C, Baii.road.—Nearly six
months ago the Covington and Macon
rsad went into the hands of the receiv
ers, and almost everything necessarily
stopped except the running of cars, but
again the road is getting in shape, and
will doubtless be pushed on to Athens.
The creditors have turned out the law
yers who were also attorneys for other
roads, and consequently were opposed to
the building of the M. & C. A proposi
tion by the creditors was made to Colo
nel Macher, and accepted, and every
thing will be finally settled on the 30th
of this month. In the meantime, the
material with which to complete the
road, has been turned over to Captain L.
W. Robert and work will be commenced
mmediately, and in a short time the en-
;ino will be puffing on its way to Shady
Dale. Everything at present appears
hopeful.—Monticello Times.
Odr Black Population.—The city is
overflowing with half-starved degroes,
while farmers find it almost impossible
to hire hands to cultivave their lands.
There is a perfect influx of negroes into
Athens. For many of these people there
is no work to do, and they must either
steal or starve. Our citizens are over
run with applicants, one gentleman har
ing over twenty calls from negro men in
single morning, seeking something to
do You can have them at your own
prices. No encourogement should bo
given to these people to move to the
city, for their proper place is in the
country. Every shanty in Athens has
been rented. The cause of this immi
gration is that tl.e n-groes mar take bold
of the free school system of Athens and
get their children educated withoat cost
to themselves. Tho board of education
should look inta this matter and see tbat
our citizens are not imposed upon.
Macon a Covinc.to*.—We are glad to
state,and we know the people of Macon
will rejoice with us, that flip tain W. L.
Robert has been instructed to renew
work on the Macon and Covington road,
he will commence operations on Monday
orning with a large force ef hands, and
pnsh the ro-d to completion.
The largest contractors under Fast and
Ingersoll have expressed their will
ingness and purpose to resume work un
der the Machen management.
It has also been decided to erects tele
graph line from Macon to Montecillo
and to build it along the entire route as
rapidly as the road is constructed.
All the indications point to a very rap
id comp etion of the road and under the
arrangements now being effected, alt
difficulties will disappear os the mist of
the morn ng before the rising sun.—Ma
con News.
meal in his hoas* and a dollar 1 ^ hia
pocket The ontlook for farm labor
this year is darkly, deeply, beautifully
blue,
Bartholdi's Status of “ Liberty Enlighten-
us th* World"
will be a reminder of personal liberty
for ages to come. On just aa sure a foun
dation has Dr Pierce's k Golden Medical
Discovery ” been placed, and il will stand
through the cyoles of time aa a monu
ment to the physical emancipation of
thousands, who by its nse bare been
relieved from consumption, consumptive
night-swests, bronchitis,-coughs, spitting
of blo*d, weak- lungs, and other throat
and long affections.
Mustang Liniment
jtKXICAN MUSTAV&LnragpwconqumiSrArm.
UNCLE JOHNSON DYING-
Drops Speechless and le Reported to be
Dying-
Yesterday a colored man living ap in
Cobbham was reported as having drop
ped dead. On repair ng to the scene
our reporter found that old Uncle John
son; a worthy old colored man and a
noted gardener, living on Mr. Dalton
Mitchell’s place, was suddenly taken
with dropsy, white out on the street,
and had fallen to the ground apparently
dead. Ha was removed to bis home,
and medical aid summoned. Johnson ia-
an old family servant and belonged to
das Franklin. He U well i
Sub-Tropical Exposition.—We hear
that quite a number of citizens will visit
Florida during tbe Sub-Tropical Expo
sition at Jacksonville. It is a favorable
occasion to visit the land-that is becom
ing more popular every day. If all is
true that some claim Florida will before
loDg be one of the largest and most pop
ulous of the Southern State. Were wo
called upon for advice we should incline
to change the old song to “Go South
young man.” There is a very mistaken
idea about tbe climate of Florida. The
sea breeze and the equal length of day
and night counteract the effect of the
nearness to the equator and th* Stat*
has delightful climate.
Judoe Thomas' Railroad.—Parties
who aro behind the scenes say tbat there
is no possible doubt that Judge Thomas
will succeed in completing his railroad
to Knoxville. To show Judge Thomas’
confidence in the enterprise, it is only
necessary to stat* that he has already
paid $6,000 in cash out of his own pock
et towards buying off the claims of tho
minority stockholders. This road, when
finished, will be of incalculable benefit
to Athens, and will pat us on equal foot
ing with any city in the South.
Getting Readt.—A gentleman in
Athens has received a notification from
the Secretary of the State Prohibition
Convention, for him to meet the commit
tee in Atlanta, next Saturday, for th*
purpose of electing a chairman in place
of Col. Hobbs, and also to select dele
gates to the convention to nominate a
candidate for FresidenL The convention
will meet ih Indianapolis, June 6th. St
Johns made such a poor race before
that they will probably put out a stronger
man. •
The Weather.—We are certainly
having a remarkable January. Th*
weather has been almost like spring,
and several gardeners have been encour
aged to begin gardening. Such early
venetables as onions, peas, lettuce, beets
cabbage and tnrnips have been planted,
We are under the impression that this
lalor has been thrown away.
Our Population.—A gentleman who
is in a pcsition to koow, says he will
wager every dollar he has that if a cen
sus of Athens is taken it will be found
that we have a population of over 10,000
By all means oar city fathers should
have a census taken, for it would insure
os a delivery of letters and add greatly
to the importance of Athens.
Money nt Hat.—Mr. G. M. Bacon,
juat over 1
the Dougherty line, in Mitchell,
known and highly thought of by the beat | saved about thirteen tons of well cured
people of our city. hay last summer, for which he gets $15
per ton. This hay was cot from a melon
patch of about fifteen acre*. He says
that there is meney in hay, and that h*
expects to cut and cure from twentr-flv*
to thirty'tons thia year.—Albany News.
Queer Letter.—Judge Erwin.has re
ceived a letter of inquiry from »n Ala
bama doctor, asking, among other ques
tions, what onr physicians charge for *
call. We would suggest that th* reply
be tbat it depends npon the hoar and
length of visit. Athens seem* to be p*p-
olar with physicians.
Bane* County Grange.—A delega
tion of the Banks County Grange 'went
down to Adgnsta yesterday. They rep
resent one of th* best granges in Geor
gia, and they are no doubt in search of
close figures on various artioles of mer
chandise and general farm supplies.
The Northeastern railroad has pat on
a first class coach, to be run between
Athena ami Lula, for th* accommodation
of increased passenger business.
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