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SMITH & CO.
th
r ONE PRICE
hoe store
0[HY PAIR BJARANTuED
i1i1 ,i 1 iii Si. & College, Ave.
. juts in Athens.
7 0ii tly new build-
lNti S TO BE ERECTED.
ijinnnmiil Hooiu Ilover-
iiijr Over llu* City.
, fiC£^ TBUSINESS BbOCKSAND
handsome RESIDENCES
I J, Ii««* _ronline Spring and
Minnnvr.
THE CRIMES ACT.
ITS APPLICATION INI F.NIiLAAD A,i ETPLOSIOS IN A VICTORIA, B,
nCXOINCED. | C..COLI.IEUV.
* 1 »y. AA'hich It is Furrd Filly Lives Have
Some Conservatives Are Expected to Unite Been Lost.
In Censuring Balfour. Victoria, B. C., Jan. 25.—[Special.]
Lonoos, Jan. 24—| Special.]—A cood ! A ? ex ‘ ,losion occurred in No. 5 pit, Wil-
many conservatives condemn the action ' nm -'" n collieries, yesterday morning,
of the government in stretching the ia- ' , u P wa ^s of fifty lives have been
risdiction of the crimes act. or any part , \ A who was standing oue hun
sk P * . (I rt.fl vnrilfl from tko s.U - s tL. a* . .
IN THE C1TT COURT BOON THIS
BIORNING.
Colonel Goodwin Attacked for Remarks
About CoaimunlBts—An Indignant.
JuJge — “Order In Court**—“to
Jail With Him**—A Scene.
Atlanta, Ga.’Jan! 24.—Special.
B. Gooi’
n.d.'
M,-r-. Hi
• «.f talk now in our city
, .'mure that is hovering over
I, 1,„ l.i'fii discovered that
1 n ar houses enough to ac-
. new inhabitants who
.\v here, or stores sufficient
„ ;lrt . an.vi >us to do business
.mminercial metropolis of
..riia. Alliens to day has a
„f i equal to that of any
i;u , and we feel that we risk
i 11’ 1 lint in five year.,
, . i-ition will he more than
With cotton receipts this
1 lion sand bales; with
,, 1. in iniifaetiiring enterprises
mills 401114 up; with the
railroad lin-s now bains
, i- \i|i.-ns, 1 nd last, hut fai
in iiia’ii t cen free school
•, r e 11 .lion il adv intagos
, • ,; 1 hiv (.oner that can keep
,i;. i,..w hoviring ov, r the
, 1. in is aie daily being re
- in fr on arties not only
., ii il.. r M tes, asking the
. :M i.ere and s'ating lha:
, I.. invest. 1 Inly a few
\|| I. e I'.tvry refused an
. isli f >r ins property
, 1 1 .1 .cksi.n streets. Mr.
, ■ w..old ink" nothing
•or an 1 was not even
: 'fill ;,iice. The bid-
-• 1 1 111 in nf ample
I. 01 ;ht this prop
;. 1 .111 i_v the present
. ..a i'll" cite a mag-
• .re i>i .ok. We trust
. . will i i t find some
•ii wi'l suit him.
l'liini'.y and Homer
ys since, paid Mr. It.
i;,, : „.| : 1 V.UH for the small build
...r ,.r 1 'Ih'-'e ateiiue and Clavto*
... ,-.1; 1 t»v Mr. I.i.tie as a con
1 is tiie inlenlion of these
•t’terfin- •' 11114 genlleineii to tear on
. : _ i ni is now on this property
! its stead one of the hand
at ern structures in our city
M allot tin- 1 dost improve—
j .-.e 1 e heated ihronjliout by steam
1 : I. • a lovely 1 tile store on the
[... i 1 the two upper stories
r , . into ollices. Mr. llolntan,
- 1 the lot on Clayton street.
. ", - ,v Thomas’ warehouse, for
we learn, extend his stable
1 Cn d .:kc; street front and sell otf
r I t. on Clayton stieet. This
ii make 4il edge’city property, and
r n--\' summer it will doubtless be
.!; 11;. into handsome stores. We learn
it tin properly owners on the oppo-
:? side of Clayton street also intend
nitiiMg. besides these the Y. M. C.
.nil soon break dirt on their magnifi-
■; new htl.ldingcorner ot I.umkpin'and
If. lit streets, the first sftry of which
V.i I,.- made into stores. On the oppo
at rortier from this, where the Hen -
l, t .,,;i residence now stands, it is said
fu',Messrs, Phinizy and Nicholson will
la .t large fire proof cotton warehouse
ki.-rag half of the square that will be
fo:i t r business by next fall, Be-
lij r , our city will prohaly erect
li- Mining summer, a puhiic building
’,reili.-ers that will cost not less than
I. 1 ll.cn again our new hotel
ireject is talked about in earnest now,
nd wt feel pretty safe in predicting that
,.\t fall will see Athens with a fifty
h listed dollar hotel. It will either
tel.mli ..it the (lalloway lot on Clayton
•.reel or on the Herrington lot on Col-
'tre avenue hill. This latter cite is one
if ilia mat beautiful and commanding in
lie city, and at me same time only one
slock removed from our business cen
»t. l iein this cite a grand view of the
Slue Ridge mountains can he had. A
itstiiiii...lions hotel erected here would
. t i ll he c liven ei t for transients
■!.t c..n!.l he kept full the entire sum
in-two!, tourists from the low country.
Tie-, ate only a few of the business
rt.ierpris s that will undoubtedly be
r. ii,;.’, ■■ 1 m time for the next fall trade.
!■ private residences a large number
til. !> 1 1 contracted for and as soon as I
ti.r weather permits the sound of the
hw at, 1 hammer will he heard in every
I ni ii of the Classic City. The largo
la's I'lar ic'etistic to Athens will be cut
t.; a 1 . \. r, d with handsome cottages
• r pal end residences. There is an ac
: 1 an.I unprecedented demand for real
o;.Ue . nr city, ami no place in the
'uitli 11pi1.il Is a finer field for invest
ft- t. A cenilcmau who is in a posi*
t '.;■)>.■ | ,-i,d, remarked to .1 Banner-
" c, 1 a.m reporter yesterday that by
f \' ’mist,1,as he expected to see a
' i of a million dollars expended in
•it 1 ..'.- 'i i.ew buildings.(From the pres*
.k before tts we do nut believe
It'<--t mate an exaggeration.
HE F.lOWS~OUT THE CAS-
' fuiiiorv 11,1,1, l'r.,111 Towns County Leave*
0" < .. 1 . i,,,i„4 h, His Boom all Night.
" ' ", 1.lav night last a tell heavy
:; t*ly dressed roonlryman en-
I I .01 merciiil Hotel, and asked
star.0,1. Mr. Jessie Allen handed
l.iiti a p. n w tiieh he quickly took and
j down his name, which we sup-
1'tios. and his home, “Towns County,”
H ire was nothing about the gentle-
ttc.ti s actions which would suggest that
he at all green, though his appear-
lace w as yrev.lv against him.
Early 1 evl morning a gentleman who
O'-ciij.i.-.l an adjoining room was awaken-
t Q g by the sickening odor of gas, and
t't.T breakfast he made his complaint to
'he porter who quickly investigated the
r uiuryinan's room and found the gas
Jtt turned on full. The countryman had
I** 1 /*** an early train that morning, but
“ p “*<1 remarked before going that this
II r down here was’nt as sweet as the
mountain air of Towns county, # The raa
in his roam was very small, and this
prohahly saved his life. The whole Ho-
M was jierfumed and it is generally be-
• !f vd that the Towns county guest blew
out the gas.
thereof, to operate in England, and de
nounco the arrest of Mr. Cox, in London,
as an outrage. Although these gentle
men believe the efficacy of the coercion
means is bringing order out of chaos in
Ireland, they are not *disposed to lend
themselves to any high>handed proceed
ings which it does not distinctly sanction
ed it is more than likely that Balfour
will be compelled to lace censure at the
hands of his friends, as well as the do-
nunciation of the Parnellites at the open
ing of parliament.
THE TIE IS BROKEN
Which Bound Their Llvei Toffethcr.
Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 23.—[Special.]
To-day was divorce day in the civ.l
branch of the superior court. A motly
crowd of women was in the hallway be
tween the two courts. There were
among them young women whose pale
faces and hallow eyes told but too plainly
how deeply the disappointment in their
short married lives was preying upon
them. There were others among them
whose races were lit up with genuine
pleasure at the prospect of an early sep
aration from husbands who were only
such in name.
I here were v omen who had grown
callous to harsh treatment.
There were some twenty five or more
women in the lot, some in ra<*s and some
m velvet, some w ith straw hats and
some with bonnets, some with fur lined
cloaks, and s jme with thin and ragged
shawls. There were young women, old
women, blonde women, brunette women,
gray women, white women, yellow wo
men. black women and blue women, of
dl sizes and styles of beauty, all anxious
tor divorces.
There are now* ready for trial about
two hundred divorce cases, many new
ones and a large number coming over
from the spring term, 1887, of the court.
The law requires that two separate
verdicts, each at different terms of the
court, snail be obtained before a lota-
separation shall be granted*
THE FISHERIES QUESTION-!
The l!ri!i%!» <'oi»iui»%ioner Think*
Commercial I nion in Hie Only sul-
vation.
New York, Jan. 23.—[Special]—The
Sun’s Halifax special says that an inter
view with lion. J. W. Longley, attorney
;eneral of Nova Scotia, expressed his
doubt that the fisheries negotiations
wou d be successful. The Canadian
comtni-sioners could hardly recede from
their proposition taken in advance, which
was backed by Canadian public opinion.
He intimated that Mr. Chamberlain was
more inclined to act in the interest of
England than of Canada. He regards a
commercial union between Canada and
the states as the only satisfactory
settlement of the pending difficulties.
dred yards from the pit at the time, stat
ed that when the explosion occurred a
dense mass of smoke and dust shot into
the air.
The noise which accompenied the ex
plosion was similar to the report of a
large cannon. An investigation showed
that the fan house had been destroyed,
as well as the wood work in the shaft!
i he fan house was quickly repaired and
the fan started. The shaft timbers were
so badly damaged that the cages could
not he u«ed, but pulleys aud ropes were
immediately prepared for the work of
rescue. By this means 103 men out of
100 in the mine were saved. It is feared
the others arc dead.
A YOUNG GIRL. DRUNK.
A DiMgrnceful Sight Witnessed on the
Streets Yenterday Afternoon.
Atlanta, Jan. 24.—[Special.]—Yes
terday afternoon * about half-past four
o’clock a young white girl was found
drunk and asleep upon the sidewalk on
Decatur street, near Duller. She was
decently clad, and there was something
in her appearance that showed that she
did not belong to that class who fre
quented the bar-rooms and the police
station.
She was taken to police headquarter
and placed in the Captain’s room. In
the police court this morning she plead
ed guilty, giving her name as Maggie
\\ ilson. This was not supposed to be
the gill’s real name, but she refused to
make any statement that would reveal
who she really was. She was not known
by any of the policemen. The recorder
imposed a fine of one dollar, and said he
was sorry to have to do lha;
The girl was not more than sixteen
years of age, and her delicate, refined
features indicated that her former sur
roundings had not been such as- to lead
her into the life she had chosen.
ItOriill ON RATS
C’rovcs lo be I-retly Itorglk on a Do.
zca People*Alio.
Chester. IV, Jan. 24.—[Special.]—
fieorge I., Horning, a butcher ul 2d and
Darker streets, filled a pan of scrapple
with “Hough on Hats” Saturday, and
j placed it in the ice box, for tho purpose
of making wholesale slaughter of the
rodent infesting his place. He forgot to
tell his tna about the dortored pan, and
one of his agents, Newell Carr, took the
scrapple along with him on his regular
rounds. Yesterday a dozen people who
had eaten of the poivoned meats were
prostrated, several of them dangerously
ill.
Goodwin was
A FIGHT BETWEEN THRtE MEN,
All of Whom Are Supposed to Have
Received Bortal Wound*.
Mii.LTowtf, Ind., Jan. 23.—[Special.]
At Knglish, Saturday evening, B.ll
Moore, Mr. Cummingt and a farmer
named Ilrown, all of whom had been
drinking heavily, became engaged in a
quarrel in Jack Wright’s store. Moore
crushed Drown’s head with a pick han
dle, and was shot in the groin by Cum
mings. A sixteen-year-old son of Moore
then shot Cuinmines in the back. Drown
is reported to be dying, and it is not
thought probable that Cummings or
Moore can recover.
Seed Wkcal for Kunna. Farmer..
Wichita, Kan., Jan. 23.—[Special.]—
A prominent railroad official stated yes
terday that the Atchison, Topeka and San
ta Fe R. R. Co. intended purchasing 100,-
000 bushels of seed wheat and sending it
out into the Western counties of Kansas
more especially into the southwestern
part of the State, where farmers have
suffered most from last year’s failure of
crops. The company will take notes of
farmers for the purchase price, due in
one year, at three per cent., and will
charge nothing for transportation. It
thought that the Missouri l’acitic
the same. In 1880 the same scheme was
tried and fountl to be reasonably suc
cessful.
ITtltc Itcluru*.
Gainesville, Jan. 24—[Special.]—
Joel Coffee s distillery, near Lula, was
found to he operated so that part of the
whisky escaped before reaching the cis
tern room, through an opening made in
the pipe and caught in a barrel conceal
ed beneath the floor of the distillery.
This property will probably he confis
cated by the government. New steel
rails arc now being laid on the North
eastern rahToau; * -•■uni. u.«.
The lint field uud McCoy Vnndetta.
C it at Letts hero, Kv., Jan. 24.—[Spe
cial.]—The war of extermination
between the Hatfields and
McCoys is s;ill going on in wild West
Virginia. Un last Saturday, in a fight,
one on each side was woundod, and
Dempsey of the Hatfield gang, while
wounded, had his head blown off by one
of the McCoy gang, though he begged
piteously for his life.
.H'Earry’ti Triumph.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 24.—[Special]—J.
J. McGarry, who was master workman
of the Knights of Labor assembly, which
included the Missouri l’acific shopmen
hcre*at the time of the great southwes
tern strike, recovere i $1G,0U0 damages
yesterday against the Missouri Pacific
company for prosecuting him in connec
tion with the strike.
—Colonel John
speaking.
In the City court room a jury sat
listening to the eloquence of the
gifted lawyer, who was pleading for
the city of Atlanta in a damage suit
brought by George Y. Madison for
$5,000 for personal injuries.
The speaker was reaching a cli
max in a brilliant flight of oratory
and these words echoed througli
the court room:
“Aye, gentleman ot the jury,
there are men who. with a com
munistic spirit, believe the city
treasury should be opened wide at
the bidding of any man. Thank
God, in this^ country of inde
pendence and freedom, communism
has not and never will throddle the
powers of government.”
There came a pause, and a mid
dle-aged man, with a beacon nose,
who occupied a seat in the peanut
gallery, jumped to his feet and trag
ically exclaimed, a la Booth-Barrettt
‘•By Heavens, I'll protect my
principles and my country.”
The judge was on his feet and the
sound of the gavel rang through the
couit room.
The bailifls yelled, “order in
court.”
Colonel John B. Goodwin caught
his breath, and the jurymen looked
like they wantefl to adjourn.
Down from the peanut gallery
rushed the man with the beacon
nose, and springing over the railing
he faced Colonel Goodwin and
yel'ed out like a madman.
“You can’t do it! By the eternal
Gods, you can’t do it!” Wherever
I am I'll protect my principles and
dear old England, me mother coun
try. May my tongue be palsied and
all the furies of heli wither and
scorch my body if I fail to protect
my principles and my country when
any man dares to speak against
them. I tell you that—.”
“Out with that man to jail,’’com
manded the judge, who was now
fully awake to the situation.
And Bailifls S. D. Abernathy and
T. P Kimberly caught the protecto
of his country and principles b
the coat collar and yanked him ou
of the court room, out into the
streets, and in a few minutes turned
him over to the tender mercies of
Jailer Poole, who will keep him
locked up until he gets sober
enough to show why he should
not be fined for contempt of court.
The man gave his name as Henty
Greene, and he was drunk, very
drunk.
“You see,” he said to the jailor,
I don’t mind where you put me, I
consider it an honor to be locked
up for my principles and n.y coun
try.”
When the man had been removed
from the court house and order
again'“factored. Colonel Goodwin
took a drink'O? water and proceeded
with his speech—but some of the
fi r e had died out, and there were
no more brilliant fights of oratory—
so those say who heard it.
SHE WANTS NOT PROTECTION BUT A
FREE MARKET-
An Apt Reply to an Ill-Advised Sngzntion
—Secretary Rodgers Sets Forth the Plat-
forrf oT Southern Farmers-Let Those
Who Try to Obstruct the March or Re
form Read Their Boom in These Well
Put Words.
Fraudulent Invoices.
New York, Jan. 24.—[Special.]—The
rivuuu. *-- a, firm who are accused by Collector Ma-
l’acific wili do ' gone of making false invoices of French
woolens, ami defrauding the government
out of about $20,200, are Chas. Darry &
Co., 454 Dronme street.
A Plucky Woman.
SnKi.BYVH.Li, Ind. Jan. 23. —[Special.]
The wife of Rev. Wesley Meeks, the man
who was taken out of his house and se-
verily whipped by a mob the other
night for laziness, has evidently a good
deal more pluck than he has, for she has
armed herself and hung outside her
house a placard signed by herself, in
which she declares that her husband
shall not do a lick of work before next
Knights of tie
Presidential Nominations.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 24.—[Spe
cial J—The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate to-day: Post
masters, Duena Vista Wood, Rock Hill,
S. C.; Jacob W. F. Little, West Point,
Ga.
The [New York Tribune has been
flooding the country with circulars ad
dressed to agricultural societies, far
rners’ clubs and granges, setting forth
the imaginary advantages of a protective
tariff to the agricultural interests and re
questing suggestions as to how farm pro
ducts may be better “protected.” One
of these circulars was sent to the Han
cock County Farmers’ Club. We pub
lish the reply which was sent to the
Tribune by Mr. S. D. Rogers, the secre
tary of the club. It is excellent reading,
and we hope the Tribune will give its
readers the benefit of it:
Sparta, Ga, Jan. 20.—Henry Hall,
Esq, Business Superintendent New
York Tribune—Sir: Our cl-b (The
Hancock Farmers) is in receipt of your
circular letter of January 14th, setting
forth the necessity of speedy tariff sc
ion by congress in the interest of Amer
ican farmers, truck raisers and fruit
growers. Also, we received along with
said circular a schedule of import duties
upon many such articles as farmers pro
duce.
The county, Hancock, named for the
patriot, John Hancock, the first signer of
the declaration of independence, a man
who loved freedom and hated tyrants
the world over, won. by the efforts of our
club, the first premium ($1,000) for the
best display of farm products at our
State fair in'October One of the most
beautiful designs in our display bore this
description: “Tariff Reform the Farmer’s
Hope.” On each side of the base, in
letters of golden grain, were the names
of tariff reformers, viz: Northern (uresi-
ident state agricultural society,) Davis,
Gordon and Cleveland. This elicited
great admiration and favorable continent.
A picture of our exhibit will he for
warded you, postage free on receipt of
one dollar and fifty cents. This is sug
gested as an offset to your solicitation of
purchasers for the Tribune Almanac.
With such a record as wo made, un
der such a motto, we c- ulil never get
our consent to go lief re the American
people in the contemptible attitude of
beggars to congress for protection, so-
called. Our people want real protec
tion, that which enables its to go into
the markets of the world and make our
sales and purchases with the least pos
sible taxation compatible with our obli
gations to the government that protects
U3. This we cannot have with the pres-
entvimpire tariff', that cotnpells us to sell
our products, principally cotton, at
prices fixed in Liverpool, but prohibits
us from going or sending there to make
our purchases.
We are neither clamous nor desirous
to have prohibitive duties imposed upon
farm products, since that would benefit
American farmers hut little and do much
harm to our friends, the American pub
lic in general’ If the fruit and truck
growers near the seacoast towns where
you claim so much of such stuff is dump
ed on the American market, fail to grow
a sufficiency of these things for their
patrons they have no just cause of com
plaint if the deficiency is imported.
The president has demonstrated to the
satisfaction of all right-minded persons
who have given any thought to his mes
sage, that a high protective tayijf is
'■flu
Going to Work.—The manufacturers
of the Michigan beer have about settled
all of their troubles and have opened
again on Jackson street Mr. Lamar
an energetic young man and it is hard to
keep him down.
Second Sight.—-There is a lady in
Athens 84 years of age who has recently
recoved her eyesight and says she can
see now as well as when she was sixteen
years of age. She does all kinds of fancy
needle work and has no use for specta
cles.
Three Great Trunk Lines Now
Making For Our City.
THE G., C. & N^ AND If. & C.
ROADS ARE ASSURED CER
TAINTIES.
The Macon* Athens.—Engineer L.
W. Roberts was in the city Sunday, and
says he will have the . road running to
Madison in two months, and will go to
work 11 once on the road between Ath
ens and Madison. The difficulties have
about all been settled and Athens will
have all the railroads she can stand.
A Sad Death-—Mrs. Alex. Richards,
of this city died yesterday morning at
her residence in East Athens. Her
death was very sudden, and a severe
shock to her husband and friends. Mrs.
Richards had only been married a year,and
leaves a husbind and] child to mourn he
loss. Site will be buried in Oconee cem
etery.
A Bio Land Sale.—On Saturday last
Mr. E. T. Drown bought of Messrs Bil
lups Phinizy and Arthur Griffith their
portion) of the Buena Vista farm, for*
merly owneuby the late John W. Nich
olson. Mr. Brown is a firm believer in
n big wte in Athens dirt, and has lately
bouglu some very valuable lands near
the city
Brass Band.—The young mechanics
of our city have made a move in the
right direction and organized a brass
band. There are nine members alread
«nd it will be increased to 12 or 15. A1
of the members are young men of good
musical talent, and will employ a good
teacher and go to practicing at once.
We hope our citizens will give them the
proper encouragement.
STRONG PROBABILITIES OF ALSO
CAPTVRING THE GEORGIA
HIDLANO.
CREAT NEWS FOR HIGH SHOALS.
Siie Deserves the Medal.—The
plucky and level-headed Nebraska school
ma’am, who tied her thirteen schollars
together, and with the string around her
own waist guided the flock of little ones
in safety three quarters of a mile through
a blinding hlizzatd to a farm-house, do-
serves the Medal of the life-saving so
ciety.
Bound for Watkinsville.—Messrs.
E. K. Lumpkin, Geo. 1. Thomas and W.
B. Burnett are in Watkinsville, attend
ing Oconee superior court. Messrs. A.
S. Cobb Henry Tack, A. V. Henley,
Geo, D. Thomas an l several otheis will
he present later oa. Thus it seems that
Athens is well represented in Watkins
ville this week. Court will be held in
the new Baptist church.
Barnett’s Shoals We are glad to
know that this valuahL-water power is
in a fait way of being developed and we
predict that the day is not far distant
when the hanks of the Oconee at this
plate will be alive with
manufactories. If all the
power here was utilized it would turn
every cotton mill in Georgia Mr. Bloom
field has recently purchased I V) acres of
land adjoining these shoals that gives
him full cofttrol of this splendid proper
ty-
Demand for Coubham Propeett.—
Since the boom in Athens real estate has
set in the lovely heights of Cobbham are
becoming still more popular, and lots on
-.’ii -,r- >, Milledge avenue are in great demand.
publ.tccur.se nota blessing* fh.t*tw ? s ^ Ieman te „ 9 u3th ° tho has had
destgne<nfiroen'?tH-tt)!jr - me proprietors V, ly a dozen offers from part ies to buy a
* i ““ pSSSn-etWsAurfc IffiUd upon. Prop
Itrnth of u Basuwsy Wife.
Pkouia, 111., Jan. 24.—[Special].—The
woman found frozen here yester-
^ . . . - r .. „v- • 1 „r it... day is indentified as Mrs. J. W. Wes-
sprtng, and that if the Knights of the : > Montreal who forsook her husband
Switch” pay them another v.stt Children end ran away u, St. Louis
will meet with a warm reception. j ^ ^ yJ)ars a „ u
An Old Settler Jltnrhed. j Dealt, ol lion. J. T. Allen.
Bismarck, Dak., Jan. 23.—[Special ]— Austin, Texas, Jan. 24—[Special.]—
Yesterday morning W. P. Moffett, one of n 1(! Uott. Joint T. Allen, ex-State treas-
’• 1 ' urcr, died yesterday, aged 80. He be
queathed $300,000 to the city for an in-
the older Dakota settlers, was assaulted
in his house by J. Griffin, a drunken
saloonkeeper. Griffin entered the office ; dustrial school for boys.
when no one was near, and after asking j •
few questions knocked Moffett do»n, j A murderer’s Bealls,
jumped on him and struck him four , I’ittshuko, Pa., Jan. 24 —[Special.] —
times with his pistol upon the • ].y nV urd Coffee, murderer, died this
NOISY BLACKS.
Three of Mr. J. H. Carlton’* Hands Make
Disturbance and are Locked Up.
Tuesday three of Mr. J. H. Carl
ton’s hands who came up from his
Powell & Davenport farm with his
teams the day before, unable to re
turn home on account of the weath
er and bad roads concluded that
they would celebrate their visit to
the c ty by a round of disortlly con
duct and general disturbance. They
began at the house of an old negro
woman living behind Col. Dalt
Mitchell’s old place by knocking
down the door, breaking up the fur
niture and tearing things up gener
ally. Notice was soon given to the
authorities and going out the police
found Verge Upshire, Cody Peek
and Irvin Wiliiams formerly of
Athens gloriously drunk and in
prime order for the lock up. On
the approach ol the police the dark
ies scampered but soon returned
armed with rocks, defying with in
solent words our corps of officers.
J\o sooner were they in reach than
they were caught and carried to
the jail where they were made safe
Mr. Carlton was in the city at the
time and hearing of the trouble
ahd investigated it and on the ne
groes pleading guilty he paid a fine
of $6 25 each, and the blacks were
set free to return and cool oflf on
Mr. Carlton’s big farmt They had
as well take example from this bit
ol experience, their next round may
go harder with them.
of protected industries, and not the mass
of farmers, laborers and artisans. He
shows that of the seventeen and a half
million laborers, only about three million
art engaged in industries that arc pro
tected
The message is not “unfriendly” to the
farming interests you claim it to be.
He seatns to be for the people; against
the y -olected plunderers! “And by
that ’■•’ll conquer!”
As - .armor, if he could only buy
his implements duty free, and his cloth
ing, family supplies and comforts at
greatly reduced duty rates, he could fur
nish all provisions consumed by the
American people and export vastly more
than they now do. Then agriculture
would flourish to an unknown and aston
ishing degree, which it can never attain
by the present high tariff methods. Re
spectfully yours, S. D. Rogers,
Secretary Hancock County Farmers’
Club.
FLORIDA MILK.
No town in Georgia will enjoy better
railroad advantages than Athens will
soon boast
The Macon & Covington road has at
last had all of its troubles settled, and a
large force'of hands are now at work this
side of Monticello, laying iron and build
ing bridges to extend the road at once te
Madison. This little city reached, it
will take but a few months to complete
the grading to Athens, There is not
shadow of doubt now about this road be
ing built, for Col. Machen has the money
in hand to complete it, but even had he
failed some other company would have
finished the road, as there has been too
much money spent on it to stop at Mon
ticello. The Macon & Covington will
be independent of any of the great syn-_
dicates that control the railroads of our
State. It is now said that this road will
be built via High Shoals, where it will
connect with the Georgia Midland and
from which point both lines will use one
track into Athens.
If this is true, it will make High
Shoals one of the most important busi
ness points between Athens and Macon.
It will be remembered that it was the
original design of the Ueorgia Midland
to como to Athens, a delegation from
our city going to Columbus, Ga., and
there pledging the people of that place
that we would meet them at McDonough
on the E. T., Va. & Ga. road. Colum
bus faitHfully carried out her part of the
contract and has completed her end of
the road to the designated point. Ath
ens, however, did nothing more than
hold a few windy meetings and let the
Georgia Midland project fall through.
As a consequence, Columbus is no
better off than before the road was built
the GeorgiaMidland being bottled up at
the mercy of rival roads. As a natural
consequence, this line is not nearly pay
ing expenses and meeting the interest on
its funds. In its deperate straights it il
reported that overtures were made to sel
this roadto the E. T., Va. & Ga. R. R.
but that great line declined to purchase
it. Hence it is absolutely necessary that
the Georgia Midland should extended to
some point where it can connect with
some through line a rival to the roads
centering at Columbus. A thens is by
far the most desirable point for this road
to tap, and we have now good authority
for stating that negotiations are pending
to extend this road to our city, via, Mon
roe and High Shoals, from both of which
points it will get liberal snhscriptions.As
the Georgia Midland and the Macon and
Covington road can never be rivals it
would be a desirable piece of economy
for them to useone track incommon from
High Shoals to Athens. It is impossible
to estimate the yRatgti advantage these
two roads wq
A Strange Accident at the Police Station—
Ltqnor With Dynamite In It.
Atlanta, Jan. 25.—[Special.]—
.A strange accident occurred at po
lice headquarters last night about
11 o’clock.
Yesterday afternoon a negro was
arrested for being drunk and a
quart bottle of corn whisky was
taken from him and placed on the
mantel-piece, near the desk of the
station house keeper.
A few minutes before 11 o’clock
Station-house Keeper Wright, Mr.
Rapp and Patrolman Parish were
sitting around the fire, when a
loud report came from the mantel
piece, followed by a shower of
whisky and broken glass.
The bottle of corn liquor had ex
ploded. The noise sounded like
the explos-on of a cannon cracker,
and as bits of the glass bottle were
thrown in every direction, the men
had been in some danger of being
hurt
“There was dynamite in that
whisky and that’s all there is about
it,” remarked Patrolman Parish, as
he wiped the whisky from his
coat.
The owner of the whisy called
for it this morning, and he didn't
tarry in the stationhouse vely long
Jefferson Jan- 24.—[Special]—
The constant rain during this
month has caused business to be
very dull here, but the energetic
men like James £. Randolph and
several more have taken the in
terest of 1 the town at heart and are
determined to have the store houses
ready for the men who want them.
Despite the weather the saw and
hummer has been going all the
time.
Professor Glenn, with a compe
tent corpse of assistants, will open
the spring term at the Institute to
morrow with a good attendance.
Our court officers are about ready
for the judge, and as usual, he will
find a full docket here.
NEW REGULATIONS ABOUT REWARDS
Petition From County Authorities and
Affidavit From Sheriff.
Attanta, Ga., January 25.
Special.—The Governor this morn
ing issued the following order:
“Executive Department,
State of Georgia,
Atlanta, Ga., January 25, 1888.,
To assist the Executive in the ex
ercises of the discretion vested in
him by law to offer rewards for the
capture of fugitives from justice, it
erty in this portion ol our V‘‘T .‘ 3 advanc- prospeej-gf our c ; ty capturing the
ing in price very rapidly. piJS- •WSS'cheer ng.
CABNESV1LLE.
Carnesvillb, Jan. 21.—Wilburn
Black, of Hart conrttv, and Miss Mattie
Parks, of Bold Spring, were happily wed
ded at the residence of the bride’s father
last night, and the bride and grocm pass
ed through herc to-day, en route to their
future home in Hart county.
Senatorial candidates are on the look
out. Hon \v R Little, Dr TO Under
wood, Hon Jas A Harrison, Col P P
Proffitt, Dr S W Lester and P H- Dowers
are spoken of.
Wednesday night was the coldest one
for this yea-. The mercury wont down
very rapidly.
Thomas l^cese, a worthy Confederate
soldier and totally blind, has drawn his
annuity of $100.
OCONEE NOTES-
Gf.oRiitANS Arroair—Georgia
p-pr-setued at the court of Vienna by
'lari’ noble and winning ladies during
'lie royal reception of Thursday night,
“f*. Lawton, the wife of the American
minister, is the daughterof the late Adam
Alexander, and is one of the most ac-
vonqilished of a remarkable family. Her
niece, Mias Gilmer, the daughter of the
late General Gilmer, of Savannah, ia one
°i the most brilliant ladiea of the South.
America is well upheld in the brilliant
art and musical centre of Europo.—Au-
gusu Chronicle,
Tut Goon or Advertising.—Mr. Jeff
-IcClesky the popular and fighting con-
,I ''<dor on the Northeastern railroad lost
• setter puppy and came in the Bannkb-
’’ATrnu>N office and paid for
• notice and offered a liberal reward for
'he return. The puppy meat have heard
nf the notice for she met Conductor Mc-
ciesky at the Bank corner after leaving
*he office. Jeff believes in advertising
Moffett’s skull was thick and saved his
life although he was severely injured.
A Notional Bank Suspended.
Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 23.—| Special.]—
The First National Bank of this city has
suspended.
Presidential Nominations.
Wathinoton, Jan. 23.—[Special.] —
The President has sent the following
nominations to the senate; Postmaster—
John W. Ross, at Washington, I). C.; J
H. Curry, at Nashville, Tenn. John
Blair Hoge, of the district of Columbia,
to be attorney of the United Sta es for the
District of Columbia; Marshall McDonald
of the Discrict of Columbia, to be com
missioner of pensions.
Bootb A Barrett.
Atlanta, Jan. 23.—[Special.]—The
receipts during their engagements were
$7 690.60, divided as follows: First night
*2,719; matinee, $2,006.50; Saturday
night, $2,965.
morning at 6:10 o’clock, from the effect
of his self-inflicted wounds last Wednes
day- |
A Large Deficit.
New York, Jan. 25.—(Special.)—Dis
patches from Winnepeg, published this
morning, declared that the deficit in the
accounts of the late government is now
found to reach over half a million dol
lars.
f'xow Bound.—Two of the freight can
c »nte in Sunday via the Georgia road
covered with snow. Thia shows that
the West has bad a blizzard.
An Early Horning Banging.
New York, Jan, 23.—[Special.]-
Daniel Driscoll, leader of the gang who
murdered Bessie Garrity, was hanged in
the Tombs prison yard at 7:24 a. m. to-
d»y-
Lass of Sheep by the Bliaaard.
Laredo, Tex., Jan. 23.—[Special.]—
Returns from outlaying wool districts
a how considerable loss among sheep by
the late blizzard.
A *5,000 Verdict Against the New
York Times.
Saratooa, N. Y., Jan. 24.—[Special.]
The jury in the Holmes vs. New Y ork
Times case, this morning brought in a
verdict for plaintiff of $5,000. Holmes
M the Saratoga undertaker who embalm
ed General Grant’a body and sued the
Times for libel.
A Protest From Wool Bleu.
Indian Arons, Ind., Jan. 25,—[SpcJ
eial.]—The Indiana wool growers’ con
vention met here yesterday and con
demned the proposition to place wool on
the free list.
Nnm Jones at Kansas City, Ha.
Kansas Citv, Jsn. 25.—[SpecislJ—
Ssm Jones, the revivalist, spoke “To
Men Only” here this afternoon. The at
tendance was 0,000 and the collecUon
lor Jones’ personal benefit amounted to
3 500. He spoke to-night to an audience
of 7,000
A Strike Averted.
Chicago, Jan. 25.—[Special.] The
Chicago carpenters’ union received a re
port from its committee last night, giving
the result of a conference with a com
mittee of boss carpenters. The demand
forthirty-gve cents an hour and eight
hours work from April first was virtual
ly conceded by the bosses, and 't 's ex-
pected that the strike will be averted.
- A Marriage Under ProtecUsa.
Louisville, Ky, Jan. 25.—[Special.]
Frank Enslinger and Anna Schneidtr
were married in St Mary's Catholic
church at New Albwiy joterday under
protection of the city
policeman. A great crowd
as Mrs. Schneider, » n , orph “!i.T„
claimed that Enslinger had wronged her,
had threatened to attend the wedding
and make a scene.
The court this week at Watkinsville
was rather slitnly attended and very few
cases tried.
Most of the Athens lawyers returnrd
from Watkinsville yesterday. —
Dr- Sv ep Billups raises as fine celery
in his garden as can be bought from the
N orthwest.
Dr. Spence Durham will go to Atlanta
soon to have his eyes operated on.
Dr. Bob Hutchinson is very ill at his
home in Watkinsville.
There is nothing being done towards
building the court house. It is to be
finished by the last of July.
Dr. Billups has some of the finest
game chickens in the South. He has
ately shipped some to Canada.
Croquet is the fashionable game with
the ladies in Watkinsville.
Mr. J. H. Carlton passed through
Watkinsville yesterday with a wagon
team en route to hia farm at the Powell
& Davenport place.
The weather was too bad this week
for the horse-swappers. They are wait
ing for Jackson court.
Gov. McDaniel was attending court
this week.
A Description of the Lacteal Fluid Upon
Which the Athens Tourists Were Re
galed.
Florida, like Texas, that numbers its
herds of cattle by tens of thousands, has
to depead upon the ingenuity oT man for
its supply of milk, or the fruit of the
cocoanut tree. While the palace hotels
that dot the “Land of Flowers” set be
fore their guests every luxury that the
markets of the world can afford, ono
thing they lack, and [that is a genuine
article of milk. The average Florida
oow furnishes from three to seven drops
of bluish water and it takes a very large
herd to produce enough milk to go into
a single cup of coffee, but the hotels here
struck upon a sort of substitute that an
swers every purpose of pure, unwatered
Jersey milk, and the unsophisticated
boarders are wont to swallow it without
question. This decoction is formed from
a white, chemically prepared powder
that is a total stranger to the udder of the
cow, but contains all the ingredients that
a scientific analysis show to be in a gen
uine article of sweet milk.
When a guest at one of these Florida
hotels orders a glass of milk, the waiter
politely responds “yes, sir,” steps into
the serving room, fills a glass with pure
water, dips from a paper a spoonful of a
chalk-like powder, which he proceeds to
stir in the water, thus producing a fluid
that would deceive suy dairyman unless
he looked for the trade mark of a pure
article of milk, namely the impress of a
cow’s foot on its surface. Our Athens
friends, during their tour through Flor
ida. partook largely and heartily of this
boverage, and it is said that Dr. Hunni-
cutt, who should be authority on the
subject, having once owned the finest
J ersey farm in the South, pronounced it
the best article of milk he had seen since
leaving home. The Doctor did net dis
cover the truth until after he had crossed
the Florida borders, when, it is said, he
was taken suddenly sick on board the
cars.
that the bill recommended by oar city
council to assess the property owners a
portion of the cost of improving streets
did not pass the Legislature, as we could
this year make Milledge avenue one of
(he most delightful thoroughfares in the
city.
A STUDENTS*CLUB HOUSE-
An Important Enterprise Inaugurated by
tHe Collegiate*.
We learn that the students of the State
Univsrsity have decided to build in this
city a handsome club house to cost
twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars,
to be erected on some site convenient to
the campus. Several locations have been
proposed, but the most suitable one un
der consideration is the lot corner of
Broad and Lumpkin streets, owned by
Mr. John Bird. The committee having
the location of this building in hand
has secured from Mr. Bird the option on
this piece of property for a short time.
This club room is designed as a place
of pleasure and recreation for the stu
dents. It will be equipped with a gym
nasium, billiard tables, a library, bath
rooms and- other attachments. There
will also be a large ball room in which
the students can give their fraternity
balls during commencement.
The Athens hoys are the inaugurators
of this enterprise, and it is certainly a de
serving one that sbonld receive the aid
and countenance of our enterprising cit
izens. The students have certainly, for
a long time needed a building of this
kind—a house of their own—and it wil
add greatly to the popularity of the
University. We hope the pro
ject will not be permittedto fall
hrough, but be carried to a suc
cessful completion. A better site could
not he selected than the lot owned by
Mr. Bird.
Keno Nat Gambling.
New Oreeans, Jan. 25.—(Special.)—
The grand jury has decided that Keno is
not gambling within the meaning of the
statute.
Sprague’s j«
by fire this
, Jpei j
jewelry store was destroyed
morning. Loss. $225,000.
LULA.
Lula, Ga., January 25.—Special
—Joe Coffee was arrested this
morning and his registered distillery
torn up by revenue officers. Un
lawful crookedness was the cause.
Everywhere yon go, yon are certain to
hear of the wonderfu virtues of Dr.
Bull's Baby Syrup. Ul druggists sell it
25 cents s bottle.
HARMONY GROVE.
Harmony Grove, January 25.-
Squiie Tom Neal, a prominent
farmer of Banks county, was in the
Grove yesterday on business:
Major R. L. Hardman has had
the sidewalk in front of the drug
store and post office substantially
mecadamized.
There is some talk now among
the lovers of baseball in our town
of organizing a crack team here in
the spring. If such a club is organ
ized here it will undoubtedly be a
good one, for the Grove never does
anything by halves.
The Harmony Grove brass band
has made wonderful improvement
lately under the tutorship ot Ptof.
T. W. Magill, of Due West, S. C.
Prof. Magill is a splendid musician
and under his skillful training our
band has become one of the best
n Northeast Georgia. Success to it.
BUCIIWALD—HOFF
United By the Beautiful Ceremony of the
Hebrew Church.
The friends of the contracting parties
have been busily engaged decorat
ing the synagogue and making all neces
sary arrangements for the beautiful mar
riage ceremony which took place last
evening at 7:30, uniting Mr. E. Buck-
wald, late of Augusta, and Miss Hoff, of
this city, in holy matrimony.
Ten couples attended and were dress
ed elegantly and looked splendidly. The
bridesmaids were: Misses Rachael Mor
ris, Lillie Funkenstein, city; Misses
Lippfield and Ida Pragu, Auguste:
Misses Sophia Stern, Nora Stern, H.
Dormblat, M Phillips, Y Phillips, Pasie
Myers, city. Groomsmen, S. Funkei-
stein, S Buchwald, Savannah, A Joel, J
Dormbl&tt, M G Michael, Chas, Morris,
Kd. Cohen. M. Jankower, S. Flautau.
The who bride was handsomelydressed in
cream satin, never looked better. After
the ceremony, the bridal party, with in
vited guests repaired to the Odd Fel
lows' Hall, where dancin g was engaged
in until a late hour. A sumptuous re
past was spread and the evening was
throughout most enjoyable and success
fuL
Tor# Brides ta One License;
Under the head o f “Married Again]
the Waynesboro TrneCitizen gives this
curious item:
“In alluding to the marriage of Mr. J.
H. Ivey to Miss Walton, some time since,
we mentioned the fact that Mr. Ivey the
day before had bought a license for his
marriage to another lady, but In' the
meanwhile meeting Miss Walton, he
agreed to travel the journey of ljfe with
her. 9othey were married, using the
same license by erasing [the name of his
first choice. Upon Mr. Ivey'e authority
we state that he has obtained another
license and has been married again by
the Rev. J. J. Hyman. Mr. Ivey has
also compromised the suit for damages
brought by the lady to whom he was
first engaged.”
More than a thousand hands are now
at work grading the Georgia, Carolina &
Northern road on the upper end of the
fine and by early spring the whole line
of survey through to Atlanta will be dot
ted with squads of hands moving dirt.
Iron is now being laid on the upper end
of this line and the present week grading
will commence this side of Chester.
Every foot of this road has been located
except the gap from Athens to the Savan
nah river and engineers are now finishing
up this work.
It will probably be spring before dirt
is broken immediately around our city,
but General Hoke has changed his plans
will throw his main force on the upper
end ofthejine and complete tho road as.he
comes. This is ' done to
control the traffic of the country
in the interest of the lines with which
the G., C. & N. connect. Considerably
over $150,000 has already been spent on
this road, and it has yet a half million
dollars to its credit in the Bank. Not a
bond has been sold, however, or the
subscribers called upon for a dollar. The
quiet and business-like was in which
Gen. Hoke and his subordinates have
proceeded, inspires confidence and re
spect in the enterprise. There is not
now a particle of doubt but that this
road will be built and in less than two
years time it will be in operation from
Monroe, N. 0., to Atlanta, Ga. Athens
will be the most important city on the
line of this road, and as a natural conse
quence, it will do a great deal for us.
The road will pass |a!most through
the heart of our city, about on a level
with Foundry street, and add greatly to
the convenience of many of our leading
enterprises by bringing transportation
right to their doers. It is fair to predict
that the G., C. & N. will add nearly fifty
thousand bales of cotton yearly to our
receipts and a commensurate amount of
other business.
Judge W. B. Thomas and his friends
are confident that the extension from
Tallulah falls to Knoxvillee will be
speedily completed. That Judge Thom
as has confidence in his enterprise it is
simply necessary to state that he has
spent out of his own pocket $G,000 in
cash in compromising the litigation with
the minority stockholders of the North
eastern railroad. It really seems to us
that did Judge Thomas entertain any
doubts about the success of his scheme,
he would not have risked so much of
his private fortune. Every one con
cedes the vital importance to Athens of
this short fine to Knoxville. It will do
nearly as much towards building up our
city as the completion of all the other
projected roads combined. It will ena
ble Athens to lay coal down at
$2.50 per ton, which means
increased manufactories of all kinds.
The people of North Carolina, where this
road will pass are enthused, and pledged
Judge Thomas the most liberal support.
We consider the prospect for the com
pletion of this great liae exceedingly
good* Judge Thomas is brim full of en-
ergy, perseverance and enterprise, and is
the right man to carry such a great end
to a successful termination. He is as
sisted by Hon. H. H. Carlton, our pres
ent Congressman.
And last, but far from least, let us not
forget the little narrow guage to Jeffer
ton. A prominent business matt of this
city remarked to us the other day that
Jefferson was carrying hei cotton to
and hauling her goods from Athens, and
vronld have to build this road in self de
fense. Our citizens will doubtless lend
their aid far this line, while short in
length, will prove a splendid feeder to
the commerce of the Classic City.
It is seen from the above that there is
now a most excellent chance ef Athens
within the next two years capturing five
more railroads reaching out in every di-
ruction, and pouring into the laps of our
merchants the trade and products of not
only a large portion of Georgia, bnt also
of North and South Carolina. Is it not
perfectly plain, then, that the future of
our city is indeed bright? and are we
sanguine in predicting that the next na
tional census will see our population far
over 1880?
Ordered, That from and after this
date no reward will be offered un
der the iSth section of the code for
any fugitive charged with felony
unless a petition from the county
judge, county commissioner [or or
dinary of the county from vffhich
he has fled asking the proclamation
of such reward, is filed in this office
accompanied by the affidavit of the
sheriff" of the county, or his lawful
deputy, stating that a process
charging such fugitive with a felony
has been placed in his .hands, and
that he has made prompt effort to
execute such process, and after dil-
ent search has not been able to
find such fugitive in the county.
John B. Gordon,
By the Governor:
Jas. T. NrsiiET, Sec. Ex. Dep’t.
A BRIDE'S DEATH.
Hr* Ira Smith, of Powell Station,
Posse* Away Last Night.
Powell Station, Jan. 25.—
[Special.]—One of the saddest
events which has ever transpired
in this community was the death of
Mrs. Ira Smith, which occured at 1
o’clock last night.
Just one month and ten days since
Miss I.ula Stipes, of Palmetto, was
married to Mr. Ira Smith, of this
place, a well known young man and
' jphew of Dr. C. E. Smith, of
NewnSlrtiy^BBi
II Alt HON V GROVE.
Harmony Grove, Jan. 23.—[Special.]
Frof J H Walker made a short visit to
Athens on Friday and Saturday.
Miss Bessie Johnson, one of Daniels-
ville’s most popular young ladies, spent a
few days last week with friends in our
town.
Justice’s court convened at Nicholson
last Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. Our
local bar was represented by Cols W W
Stark and RL J Smith.
A large number of the literary and
society people of our little city met at the
residence ofMrandM*s A O Williford
last Friday evening, for the purpose of
reorganizing the Mozart-Bryrfnt Circle.
After the meeting was called to order
the following officers were elected: Pres
ident, l’rof J H Walker; Vice-President^
Mrs It L J Smith; Secretary, Miss Fan
nie Barber; Assistant Secretary, Miss
Mamie Cox: Treasurer, Col W W Stark.
The object of the Mozart-Bryant Circle
is mental improvement and social culture,
and we confidently predict for it a long
and presperous existence.
JEFFERSON.
Jefferson, Jan. 23.—Our merchants
do not take kindly to Mayor Hodgson’s
interview published in your paper last
week. While it is true that Athens has
got the cotton it was by accident. Last
year our merchants had mauc their St
rageraents with Athens factors for there
summer money and could not do any
thing but ship cotton as per contract,
but it is a known fact that Gainesville
paid better prices than Athens all the
season. Mr. Palmer, of the firm of Pal
mer & Smith says you can do much bet
ter in New York classification, than you
can in Athens, and by next season
Gainesville will have a compress andean
buy all the cotton of this section,
and ship direct to New York, and our
merchants favor shipments to Gainesville
I would regret to see Athens loose her
trade, but Jefferson mustdo her best to
have railroad transportation to have any
weight with the Athens people. Such
interviews as have been held with the
Mayor have a tendency to hurt Athens.
For a short time joy “and uS^p.
r.ess alone dwelt in the home of the
newly married pair, but-the young
bride was stricken with typhoid
fever, and alter a short illness died
last night. Her husband is well
nigh heart broken by, the crushing
blow, and has the sympathy of a
large number of friends who mourn
with him the untimely death of his
beautiful bride.
JEFFERKON.
Jefferson, January 25.—Quite
a crowd of students came on yes
terday to attend school the present
term. Among them I was glad to
meet Mr. Sikes, of Oconee, the
Shephard boys, of Banks, and Mr.
Sm[th, ot Madison. No town in
the State presents better school ad
vantages than Jefferson, aud we
will have over 200 studeuts the
present term,. Miss Sallie Barber,
of the classical, and Mrs. Clark, of
the musical department, are quar
tered with Mr. T. H. Niblock, and
-school will open to-day with a full
faculty.
Huh Fleming, of Athens, was
here yesterday and did a good bu
siness with our merchants.
The G. J. & S. R. R. is doing a
fine business handling freight and
our town will double her business
in 1SS8.
A Convention of the DUtillers of GeorgUk*
Proposed.
The manufacture of corn whisky is
getting to be quite a business around
Athens. The distillers have no regular
price for their goods, no two men charg
ing the same. Every distiller claims
that his liquor is the best as an excuse
for asking more than his competitor.
The highest price paid for corn whisky
by the barrel is $1.75 per gallon and the
lowest $1.50. This is for hand made
goods. Steam made liquor brings $1.35
$1.41. At the present price of corn a
distiller who sells bis liquor for $1.50
can only make his slops clear, there be
ing not one cent of profit on the whisky
itself. It i9 proposed now to call a con
vention of the government distillers of
this section of Georgia to convene in
Athens some time shortly for tho pur
pose of formulating some plan by which
prices can be equalized and a large.' mar
gin of profit given the distiller. It is not
thought that any ono will refuse to join
the meeting as it is called for mutual in
terest; the distillers will also confer to
gether as to what they must do to best
promote their interest. An effort will be
made to get the body to pledge itself to
lend its aid and influence towards put
ting down and suppressing the ruinous
competition by illicit distillers. Such a
convention would doubtless be highly
beneficial and our city would like to have
(he distillcrsrs meet here.
CARNESVILLE.
Caunesville, ]an 25.—Will M.
Harrison, a University student, is
residing t.ear Bold Spring, in this
county, where he is engaged in
teaching and agriculture, he has
materially aided in organizing a de
bating society at Spring Vale
Acadeany, where some of the finest
and best talent is brought out to
debate. His speeches in the society
are highly credible to him
he isa natural logician and 1
fine talker and takes to poli
tics like a duck to water. He will
make his mark in this unfriendly
world yet.
The'mud is immense, it is just
simply unfathomable here.
Personal.
Mr. N. H. Frohllchateln, of Mobile,
Ala., writes: I tako great pleasure in
recommending D*. King’s New Discov
ery for Consumption, having used it for
a severe attack of Bronchitis andC*.-
tarrh. It gave me nstant relief and entire
ly cured me and I have not been afflicted
since, 1 also beg to suite that I had tried
other remedies with no good result.
Have also used Electric Bit tars and Dr.
King’s New Life Pills, both of which I
can recommend.
Dr. Klng.s New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds, is sold on
a nosittive guarantee.
Trial bottles tree at A, B. Lose. & Co’s
Drug Store,
The Verdict Unanimous.
W. V. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind.,
testifies: “I can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every
case. One man took six bottles, and
was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years
standing.” Abiaham Hare, druggist,
Bellville, Ohio, affirms: “ The best sell
ing medicine I hare ever handled In
my 20 years’ experience, Is Electric Bit
ters.” Thousands of others have added
their testimony, so that the verdict Is
unanimous that Electric Bitters do enra
all diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or
Blocd. Only half dollars bottle at
A. B- LONG Sc CO’S. Drug Store.
Advice to Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
sbonld always be used for children teeth
ing. It soothes the child, softens the
gum^ alleys all pain, cures /rind colic
and is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
Twenty-five cents a bottle.
IIABHONY GROVE.
Harmony Grove, January 24.—
[Special.]—Captain C. E. Cox has
had a telegraph wife put up be
tween his house end residence on
Railroad street.
We are glad to chronicle the
recovery of Miss Ida Bohanan - "
now from a very severe attack of l, _
whooping cough.
Mrs. S. M. Shankle is having the
old store house, formerly occupied
by the late S. M. Shankle, torn
down and moved away. This was
one of the first buildings erected in
our town, and when it has been re
moved another land mark will have
disappeared.
Our merchants are all quite busy
now preparing for the Spring trade
and all are expect to doa larger bu
siness than ever. No town in the
State can boast'of a more prosper
ous or enterprising set of merchants
than ojrs.
CRAWFORD.
Crawford, Ga., January 24. —
[Special.]—Married to-day at 11
o’clock at the residence of the
bride’s father, Dr. Phillip Bradfotd
and Miss Mattie Watkins, Rev.J.
F. Cheney officiating. Dr. Brad
ford is a prominent physician and
stands high in his profession in our
county, and we congratulate him in
forming a partnership with Miss
Mattie, who is a model young ladv
and is one of Oglethorpe’”-s’
estjewels. • ( 1
Our town is besieged evet^
with the gay and festive drum®
and our hotel man wears a broad
smile.
Notwithstanding the bad weather •
our merchants are having’s good /
trade. '*
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Chicago Market.
Chicago, Jan. 25.—[Special]—Wheat
opened February, 76o. Corn, February
47%e. Oats, May, 33^c. Pork, May,
$14.27. Lard, February, $7.55 Short
ribs Marsh, $7.62J<f.
Mustang Liniment