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i5 AD SOUTHERN PICTURE.
The Petition Presented the Board of Trus.
toe* onl rtdnj- last.
il,Jp tlle Board of Trustees of
sembi^rTaV* Gtor « i ’ 1 - in «»ion as-
W. .l AtheD8 » KeK 17 ’ Gentlemeo:
r,f> ‘“.common council of the city of
ua bv th b *'' n f h * d ° Ur C1 ‘y Presented to
need of h g °^ citixens of tbe pressing
theled * P , ubl \ c ,nstitution Of charity for
r k “ ed,Ca, r“ d8Urgic “ ‘reatntent of the
vironm° r ,° f A ! h . ens » nd Bs immediate en
lee * nd h * v,n e received a giaran-
teeen the part of our beat local physi
uans andI surgeons of their professional
«tnWr S b fre * ° f charg0 in the event of the
establishment of a city hospitable, and
in the absence of any other suitable >'uild-
ng for that purpose, respectfully peti.
ion y our honorable body to pass such a
resolution as in your opinion may seem
adequate, looking toward the appropria
tion of the building known as ltock Col
lege, now virtually unused, for a term of
years, to be used as a public hospitable
In makingthis suggestion we feeljusti
16 j. n . s *y ,n g that the number and abject
condition of the poor of Athens is great
beyond the appreciation of those who
have not come officially in contact with
them, and that if it be your plcasnre to
favorably consider our request it will
bo readily possible transform many
who aro now living in helpless conditions
at the mercy of occasional charities, into
useful, self-supporting men, women and
children.
\\ e beg leave to add, in conclusion,
, that a number of good citizens have
nd oeen consumed I promised their active support of meas-
im.nv cases. I ores looking to the establishment of a
K.til in llic Me flouitr.”
Tl ,r I**"*
^ ,e country, it is
i ih%i :i numWrof the l»ri*e houses
t*v wt slihy planters in slavery
£ iwn over to the negroes, who
• halls where they were once
• r ',t \Vuli the reduced circum-
< t feur southern farmers they do
‘ r t tv* mail the expense of furnish*
ll ‘„j , jiiiu* up large houses, and so
» v *. • ., ii, ration that has come on
f Oj/war are building smaller cot-
j’,.I mi long as the old home will
; x \ lV r cutfee with his numerous
'* r :4 p.l dogs make it their abode.
• «i-l tt* see somo of those mag-
;,i tvuntrj mansions that were
\, lP abiding place of luxuriant,
Y'.' and refinement now put to such a
1 UM*. It would richly seem an an-
^ rV-1 charity to apply the torch
tSririle'uneil walls. Some of these
Vare three or more stories high
* vi the past still clinging around
n j’n the way of an occasioned orna-
".*j t r , .- r >hrubbery that hasescap-
n hnatin? and desoliting axe of
I he gardens however have
A '«I*re 1. ami the rich soil that once
•ucc-l v-Mahl-s and choice flowers
u>ed to grow cotton. In many
’ t he negro quarters and outbuildings
,* ;>h i and the ground that once
, fn ,d with life and activity is now uti-
_« ;' o! - -fi tj ji.-i’ehes” for the ambitious
. , r uld mansion is a sad and
,.o,t,•! * ck. Its pinr.zas and porch
fu< I in
%1 ,h .\> disappeared from the win-
t> i:.:»ey<. nuilt on trie outside
:i« iU' the "Id custom, are
, r. ■:* ‘ ‘ - 1,1 pieces or have sue-
..,-•11" t;,< elements aud have fallen
h ,i|. iitlie ground, Often even a
f n-e Itself has tumbled to
ir *»: i'h -Tv'-t of he building threat
i*p the ghost at the d< mand
r-! * -11 • • 1 bla>t As we stated
yard where once luxuri
: t vi V.l manner of ornamental
• . il ov.-rs that were tendered
; . lt . *, !i . i hands of our Southern
: .vV> luiiM il by an occasional
„■}••« of boxwood, an ornn-
, :r • .• *imlisuirbed in some out-
wav «'.*r:n r, a bttle bunch of
v * Hi >. r 1 mg’s-finger, or other
«* ■ i - that ienaci«>usl v contends
• w *rh the rank weed and
A but *■o long as a piece of the
i > t,>g« thor the negfoinhab-
• % not abide here through
V . II. »ti v e hut we a is* inclined
: j-finality is solely diie to
' .m i collect bis Brewooi)
* • th«- dismantled ruoms than
r tue country you see a large
dismantled old farm
v ..re indeed a sad picture
AmORRISLE mistake.
.h|ki. of llaniett. Who Killed HU
«!»t*-r l' *«h an OvonliiMi of Mor|»hine
ithv \erue of ln»alilty.
* dnys since, as has been publish
‘ ; er, an old and well known
no: darnett, Ga., while attend*
' tail'd. Mrs. Chapman, wife of
; rt . gen» ^ that place, together
•a *tVi r physician, gave her through
.*• two capsules containing live
f 'u *rphine, instead of <iuinine, as
■r.'leu. The two medicines were
exactly alike, and l)r. Cooper’s
vas a most natural one, in view
t that he had broken himself
irsing his daughter. After giv
t'hapman the morpHne, her fa-
r* 1. When the other physician,
i» sitting up with her, discovered
-•** was something wrong with his
ijhil called Dr. Cooper,it was then,
v.hcr’s horror, found that he had
morphine for quinine, Kvery ef-
tt' made to arouse Mrs. Chapman,
remained in a stupefied condi*
.1 death ensued.
ooper’s condition was pitiable in-
irA he was prostrated with grief
mi>take. So far from time
r ; hi^ grief, it only adds fresh bor-
' mind, and he is now reported
the verge of insanity and it is
•m he will lose his mind.
1 ; • r moved from Powelton,Ga.,
tii his daughter, who had only
about a year ago, and to whom
ivVv/. ( ily attached. 11a has the
y < f every one in his great trou-
it is one of those unfoitunate
* by which he is the principal
l>r. ('coper ranks high in his
tr. and his act is attributed to
that I:.* was himself broken
m nursing bis daughter and his
\v^trm was shattered. Mrs.
t* might have died nuyway, for
in a 'cry low condition, and it
bv that tbe overdose
rphi.if nly served to make
This thought, however,
* v * to the half-crazed father, who
kmiM-lf as being his daugh-
COL. HUMBER’S LOSSES-
* (4«r of 1 rmibl«*M not Coining SiiiRle
S|»i«*A.
‘•I’. Humber, now of Milledge-
‘ ur l’-'-" «f Putnam county, is one
•m known and most popular gen-
»u . i .iiies to Athens, and being
our citizens th
hospital fund for the suitable furnishing
the Hock College building pro
vided if be attainable through
your aid for hospital purposes. In the
event that the desire of your petitioners
granted to the hospital can in a measure
be made self sustaining, via: through tho
institution of a school tor nurses so much
demand even among the affluent.
And again through the entertainment of
patients from a distance, who would be
required to pay a stipulated sum for
treatment ami board, which would be
added to the generol hospital fund.
In cnnclus on it is considered that the
plans are feasible and alone lack your
assent to the perfection of a charity
which will grace alike in the city of
Athens and your hearts.
A. 11. Hodgson, Mayor.
W. D. tiritf’th, Alderman 3rd Ward.
M . B. McGinty, Alderman 3rd Ward.
W. A. McDowell, Alderman 2nd Ward.
Win. Dootson, Aldermrn 1st Ward.
\\ . McKinnon, Alderman lst # Ward.
Alderman Barrow was not seen, but
we feel safe in saying that he would
have signed and heartily endorsed the
petition.
Besides the council, a number of prom
inent cirzens signed the above, but as
com pa* vely few were seen, owing to
the s’.n.. ess of the time, we dc not ap
pend their names for fear of leaving tbe
impression that it is not universally en
dorsed, as is true.
PRIDE OF ATHENS.
An Appeal to the Citizen*
tending the L C. 1
to Aftftlflt in Kx-
lluildiug.
THE ELECTRIC MOUND.
MR GANTT VISITS HILLMAN AND DE
SCRIBES THE PLACE-
drummers who had come down with
from Washington, to walk.
It was only the 30th day of last De
cember, that a stock company composed
of Messrs. Howell and Grady of the At
lanta Constitution; J. A. Benson, mer- 8 P en ^ Sunday. This class of travellers
chant; F. H. Colley aid W. M. Sims, knoy appreciate a good hotel, and
Kvery citizen of Athens feels a just
pride in the Lucy Cobb Institute and is
anxious to see it flourish and expand as
much as possible. Named in memory of
a mostlovely daughter of one of the most
distinguished faiuiles in Georgia, and
bearing a reputation throughout the
.State as one of the flrst seminaries of the
South, the people of Athens have every
inducement to promote its advancement.
From a scant attendance a few years
ago, it is to-day overflowing with both
boarding and day scholars,which are lim
ited in r.umberby the capacity for , „ t , - .- -
entertainment. It is one of the only ' H* has more than once caught carp from
schools in the South that has to adver- 1 I liver, weighing sixteen^ pounds,
tise months in advance that no more ap
A Bit of Slollntain Scenery Transplanted
Middle <;eorgia—Wonderful Stariee About
Game and Fish—He Goes to the Electric.
Shaft a Skeptic as to Its Medicinal Virtues
But lie turns a Convert—A Lengthy De
scription of the Meand, the Shaft and the
Hotel—The Improvements Already Made
and Those in Prospect—Wonderfal and
Miraculous Cares Effected by Natural
Electtlclty and the Water—A Great Fa
tore for Hillman Predicted.
Athvss, G*., Feb. 21, 1888.— Editor
Banner-Watchman: Last week, during a
canvass of my division, I found myself in
Taliaferro county, but a few miles dis
tant from the famous Electric shaft, and
as the shades of night weTe falling, de
cided that I would find lodging, and also
gratify my curiosity, by visiting this new
found health resort, llillsman's shaft is
a little off the dirt road between Craw*
fordville and Washington, and as I was
travelling in my buggy, I thought it
would be quite an easy task to *‘take in”
this gre t wonder of the world. But I
soon found myself mistaken. From an
elevated spot on the read I had a glimpse
through the woods of a large white house
setting upon a young mountain, some
mile or so distant, and this I instinctive
ly knew to he the hotel at Hillman. 1
dre ve on and on and on, expecting at
each turn in the road to discover the
hotel before me; butl was sadly disap-
dointed. After travelling for some time,
I drove up to a bouse for tbe purpose of
making inquiries, and to my disappoint
ment learned that 1 had passed Hillman
nearly three miles back, and should have
taken a side road that led through an
old field to reach it. Not caring to re
trace my journey, I abandoned the idea
of visiting the Electric Shaft, driving on
to an old gentleman’s house. Mr J 1*
Moore, who lived about a mile from Hay-
town, I put up for the night.
There was one thing, however, I no
ticed with surprise. Here in almost the
heart of Middle Georgia a little slice of
mountain scenery has been apparently
carved by the Creator of our Universe
from out the Blue Kidge range and trans
planted in old Taliaferro. The county
lias that wild and romantic appearance
characteristic of our mountainous re
gions. The hills are numerous and pre
cipitous and covered over with crystal
rocks and pebbles. The desolating axe
of civilization has made slight inroads
here, and you see on every hand broad
stretches of original forest. Even many
of the bottom lands are uncleared, and
the streams that ripple through them are
that ch ar and sparkling water you only
see in our upper counties. This little
arcadian oasis, too, enjoys other advant
ages besides its grand and beautiful
scenery. Little River encircles it on the
east, and this stream, as also its tributa
rie r oounds in fine fish, while the for
ests are filled with game. 1 found Mr
Moore, my host for the night, quite a lov
er of sport, and in proof of his success
with game, we had for supper a fine
wild turkey gobbler killed the day be
fore. Mr. Moore says that there is a
good deal of game around the Hillman
Shaft—turkeys, squirrels, partridges,
o’possuins, coons, foxes, etc., and the
er is well stocked with
of a few years ago broke nearly
carp ponds in that section, and their
occupants were washed into the streams.
He says the carp breeds well in running
water, and as a consequence ihe rivers
and creeks are now splendidly stocked
The Electric Mound House is getting
to be a great report for commercial tour
isms, and if a drummer is caught on Sat
urday ngbt within a radius of 50 miles
from Hillman, he is sure to go there to
plications can be accepted. The accom
plished principal is desirous of extending
the bearding capacity of the school and
makes, in to-day's issue, an appeal*to the
public to take stock, so that six rooms
can be added to be ready for next ses
sion. There are a number of gentlemen
in Athens who will be glad of an oppor
tunity of having an interest in this most
flourishing school, and there will doubt
less be no trouble in raising sufficient
money to make all the additions uecessa-
ry. It is a public institution under the
control of a capable Board of Trus
tees, and every dollar subscribed toward
its extension will inure to the individu
al and public welfare.
OUT OF EXISTENCE.
A Cyclone Strike* an Illinois Town—Over
One Hundred l*er»on* Killed.
Mt. Vernon, Ill., was strnek by a cy
clone, Sunday, virtually destroying the
town and a number of lives were lost and
many injured. A dispatch from Kvans-
ville, Ind., says that 111 to 50 were kill
ed. The cyclone struck Mt. Vernon at
4:35 Sunday evening from the North
west, sweeping around in a half circle,
and leveling half of the town. The re
mainder of the place caught tire and
ceuld not be controlled. Above the roar
of the wind could be heard the groans of
the dying. Reports from the country
say that the cyclone swept the country
for miles around.
A pathetic incident of the disaster is
the fact that the operator at Mount Ver
non and of the Louisville and Nashville
and he has never eaten a finer fish. The
carp raised in running water is as far su
perior to those that exist in ponds as is
the mountain trout to the mudeat. In
speaking of wild turkeys, Sir. Moore
tells me that he has frequently killed as
many as five and six at a single shot.
This plentitude of game and fish around
the Hillman Shaft is doubtless attributa
ble to the fact that owing to the broken
and rugged character of the soil, the for
est timber has been left undisturbed. It
is certainly a new and attractive field for
sportsmen, and this fact will add greatly
to the popularity ol the Electric Shaft.
The good people living around Hill
man have unbounded faith and hope in
the Electric Mound, and never tire of
speaking of the great things it is accom
plishing. 1 hadn't got well seated at
Mr. Moore's before he introduced the
subject, and in substantiation of his
praise showed me his hand and arm
that had been drawn for two years with
rheumatism, so that he) could not move
his fingers. Alter remaining in the
electric room for about ten hours. Mr.
Moore tells me that he was completely
cured and he used his fingers as easily
as any one could do.
While he was talking a lady from Au
gusta, who was boarding with him came
into the room and asked Mr. Moore to
give her a glass of tho Hillman water,
that he kept in a five gallon demijohn.
This lady then went on to explain to me
that about two weeks ago she had come
to Hillman from Augusta at the advice
of her physician, Dr. l)ugas. She said
that for years she had been a great suf
ferer from nervousness and a disease pe
culiar to woman. He health had given
'in! interest and sympathy ! wire, whose name is Yearwood, has an 1 entirely away and she became so weak
-f I,.- troubles. Col Humber us 1 unde, » ul 't nnd cousin dead in the rums, | and her system so shattered that she
HM f„ ur years experienced a cat- 1 ard tllc P°° r Mow, with heart bursting could scarcely walk across the room,
f im-furiunes that arc rarelv met with grief, is sitting manfully at his post She had taken all manner of medicine,
J „r e — Ur.L- ....ill li Viol whatever upon her.
ngle individual,
remembered that first a cy-
lus-nl mer ills farm in Tutnam
• demolishing his residence and
‘• : '-c-atid indicting personal in-
'■i'"n tlie Colonel himself that
,r ’s ing fatal. He set to work
a: 'J rebuilt. To have his house
irnvoii by fire resulting in the
the building and its con-
14 a -everc stroke.
Car the cunliuous rains de-
a*' "’the crops on his fine hot
lv Then to complete his trou-
tl iodsof last summer carried
tine sot of mills, that he had
« a cost of $8,000, besides dc-
5 ? >11 ol his corn and cotton on
*■ l»nd«, which crops had been
I'nd laid by. In the last four years
IWnsual lossess foot up $23,000.
$ H niuher.howevor,bears this h«ro-
1,‘t'J these repeated calamities have
jen a single smHe from his pleas-
Oeorgia does not boast a truer
man than R. C. Humber, and
'llv hope that now the tide will
t his favor and that he may soon
|o tic,re than he has lost.
I'alchinan. It be-
lo add six or eight
; ie Lucy Cobb Institute
r; "the-; so the boarding capacity
* :, -er yt must be reduced,
r l ''‘ ‘ hj- a>- architect that $5,000
f l for this purpose,
j money ■ ju S t bo collected and tho
Raided =vTore the opening of the
1 .' our paper I wish to mako
m*! to the citizens of Athens for
punt. Kvery subscriber of $100
f'> stuckbolderin the Institute.
pUs - 1" meet with encouragement
* c, h. 1 aui, yours respectfully,
M. Ruthirfoud.
1 Dirt A pvancino.—Prices of
.■*!" are advancing in every quar-
pmtns. 'pbis was most striking-
dialed by the recent sale of tbe
»rd house for $8,000. A num-
'ears »g 0 the entire lot from Tel*
'"" More up to Lumpkin street,-
had nothing but a residence
“ought by Mr. L. J. Lampkin
at public out-cry. How e
. J* v 'th the same bouse on it
E VS.UU0.
of duty. Fonr men in Evans' bank were
imprisoned in the ruins of the building
and burned to death. Their cries of pain
and death were agonizing in the extreme,
hut nothing could reach them. Their
names could not be obtained.
The Chicago Times' 1 a. m, bulletin
from Mount Vernon says: “The fires
are now under control and guards are on
duty over the goods. Nothing that the
limited resources at hand could provide
has been neglected. Unearthly quiet is
over the place, and only occasional
groans of the dying and the broad truck
made desolate by the cyclone tell of the
terrible catastrophe.
NEWS FLIES*
until it had no effect whatever upon her.
As a last resort, and at the advice of her
doctor, she came to Hillman. Not having
means to board at the hotel and pay the
fees for entering the shaft she came to
j lawyers: Captain W. G. Cade, farmer;
In A. L. Hillman, the discoverer of the
Shaft; and Joe W. White, the indefati
gable traveling agent of the Georgia road,
purchased the electric mound and began
its improvement On the 9th of Jan
uary their first guest registered at the
hotel. Since that time, about 300 names
are enrolled. But even in this short
space of time wonders have been accom-
?iV*v ed ‘ n * be way of improvements.
With such a man as Jas. A. Benson at
the head of the company its success wss
assured from the beginning- He is lib
eral enterprising and possesses superior
business qualifications. Mr. Benson is
bringing to bear onj Hillman these hap
py combinations, and you sooton every
hand their great results.
A broad avenue is being opened from
the station to the hotel. The entire dis
tance is an incline, but when the Eles-
tnc Mound proper is reached, the ascent
is very steep. Both sides of the avenue
up to the front of the Mound are bor
dered with a beautifnl pine grove, an at
traction that proves so popular to the
Northern visitors in the South. This
will be thinned out andimade into s park
and prove a valuable acquisition to the
resort. The Electric Mound itself is
covered with a growth of original forest
timber. The hotel sits upon its sum
mit and so commanding is the site, that
you can readily see, without the use of a
glass, the towers of Washington,! Craw*
fordville and other places. 1 had no
idea that there was such a bit of scenery
in Middle Georgia as is here found. It
seems to have been signed and specially
created as the site for a great health or
pleasure resort.
Our party did not stop to enter the ho
tel, but as darkness was setting in we
walked down at once to tbe electric
shafts that arc excavated at the foot of the
mound, immediately under the hotel.
The descent was a very abrupt (almost
perpendicular) one until a winding path
was cut that circles about the hill,
which makes a walk to the shafts a com
paratively easy undertaking. The shafts
are three in number, divided by pati-
tions and hewn from the living alum
rocks. In size they are each about
twelve by twenty feet Over these shafts
are built a comfortable house, furnished
with seats and heated by a stove. A
descent of twelve steps carries you into
the shafts. Like the upper room, they
arc fbrnished with twelve benches, and
arc rendered as comfortable and attract
ive as possible. They are well ventila
ted, and were neither disagreeably damp
nor cold. In the corner of each shaft
there is a little pump to force water from
the spring. As I explained, this shaft
is excaYated from the side of the mound
so that it is only the back part that is
walled with the solid rock. The other
walls are made with the rock taken oat
in excavating the shafts; but the removal
of this rock from its native bed does not
in the slightest degree seem to impair its
electric influences or weaken its mineral
properties. aSeveral parties told me that
the made walls gave forth the same elec
tric shock as did the unbroken rock. It
is further said that by pounding up a
small portion of this alum stone and
plac.ng it in a jug of waterit has the
, etc., m.u t..r « .*- beneficial influences as water taken
fish. The flood j d ™ ct , fr0 ' n ‘ h ® »Pnng in the shaft,
nearly all the” , 1 ente rcd the shaft I found several
ladies and gentlemen who had beea
spending a part of the day there for the
benefit of their health. It was also my
happy, good fortune to meet there CapL
Lvan 1*. Howell, editor of the Constitu
tion, who was on his first visit to Hill
man, and he came there to personally
investigate the Dew dircovery before giv
ing it the endorsement of his paper. To
a unit I found these ladies and gentle
men great believers in the virtues of the
Electric Shafts, and some of them gave
most startling experiences. One lady
from Chicago described a shock, and
stated that the sensation was most de
lightful. She said that she had been
an invalid for years, hut was already
greatly benefitted. and she believed that
the electric shaft would affect her entire
cure. At the time of my visit there were
over twenty guesL* registered at the ho
tel, and every one I conversed with was
unrestrained in praise of the electric
shaft.
Captain Howoli told me that he had
come to Hillman a skeptic, but had seen
and heard enough to convince him thet
Mr. Hillman had made a vouderful dis
covery, and that there was really great
virtue in both the electric influences of
the shaft and its water. Captain Howell
went on to say that he did not believe a
visit to the pit would cure every case of
rheumatism, but was convinced that it
would either cure or greatly benefit a
large majority of such patients.
It is not only rheumatism lor which
the electric resort is a panacea, but it
has also been discovered to beneficial for
dyspepsia, kidney diseases, insomnia, loss
of appetite, all diseases peculiar to wo
men, nervous prostration, over indul
gence in alcoholic stimulants, over-taxed
mental faculties and general debility.
I only remained in the shaft a few
minutes and did not even try to receive
a shock. A drummer Irons Baltimore,
who was with me, stated that he almost
instantaneously, tin entering, received a
perceptible shock. It is said that any
one can, in a very short time, have his
system charged with electricity by fol-
lowing the directions, which is to bathe
the hands in water from the spring, and
while dripying wot press them against
the walls, while doing io, he can either
stand up or set dow i on one of the
benches. The water i: a very pleasant
the factof their laying over at Hillman
is the strongest indorsemen the house
could receive.
I had no faith vrhate 1 er in the virtares
of the Electric Shaft until I visited ill-
man in person and investigated it for my-
elf. Like Capt. Howell, I am convert-
sd. I believe that any unprejudiced
eerson, who will visit the Electric
pound and converse with the patients
hat he finds there, will acknowledge
that there are some wonderful medicinal
secrets stored in its rock and water. I
also conversed with the conductor on tbe
Washington Branch, who .1 found to
be an intelligent and well posted
gentleman and he told me of the large
number of people he has seen come to
Hillman en crutches and racked with
pain, who returned home sound and well.
Had this electric shaft been a humbug,
the fact would have been discovered and
exposed long ere this.
Instead its fame continues te spread
and its popularity to increase. Patients
bare come there from distant States and
there is not e esse on record where they
did not claim to be benefitted.
The rates at the hotel have been fixed
at $2 per day and $10 per week admission
to the electric shafts $1, which gives
privileges for the wholejday. These terms
ere mederate, considering the accom
modations given. I believe that the Hill
man shaft will pi ove one of the most
valuable investments in Georgia. Al
ready there has been offers made for
sale. The company owns about
300 acres of land, including the entire
mound. This mound, too, appears to be
one of Nature’s store houses for electrici
ty, as it is filled with a yellowish rock
that gives forth to the touch electric
shocks. It is not thought that this elec
trie store extends beyond the mound, as
it has net been found anywhere else.
Besides its medical advantages the ho
tel at Hillman will supply a long felt
want in that section our State by giving
the people a mostdelightful resort almost
at their doors. Where the can go either
in summer or winter and experience a
season of enjoyment. I predict that in a
very short time the patronage of the
electric mound will necessitate the build
ing cf other and larger hotels and that
it will not only be the great resort for
Georgians, but also a tarrying place for
From Florida. The invalid,
Northern tourist to and
the pleasure seeker and the sprortsman
will find attractions mrouud the Electric
Mound.
T. L. G.
Mr. Mooer’s and contented herseir with I dr ' nk and .» ets once upon the kidueys
regularly drinking and bathing in the »" d ''Ppeme. In two hours after par-
An Advertisement III The Banner-Watch
man Gets a Iteply Before the Ink Uric*
on the Paper.
Sunday morning we made a two line
notice of a K. A. badge having been found.
Bright and early Monday morning we
read a postal from Greensboro claiming
the badge.
We can beat this. Sometime ago in
discussing the question of advertising in
the Banner-Watchman with a promi-
nenl merchant he said, that a small ad
vertisement that had been inserted in our
paper was met by queries from New
York to San Francisco, from Alaska te
Patagonia. The fact of tho business is
no paper published in a city no
larger than Athens is so much quoted or
scatters its news further than the Ban
ner-Watchman. One at a time, gentle
men.
ThkSos Helps tjik Father.—Satur
day the patent medicino vender struck
Mr. John Richards over the head with
his buggy whip Mr. Richards’ son,
hearing of the treatment received by his
father, came up town Saturday night and
interviewed the patent medicine man in
no friendly manner. When the inter
view ended the medicine man had a
black eye.a torn scalp and was otherwise
badly disfigured.
Another Factory.—The proprietors
of the Georgia Factory have had an engi
neer at their place examining the power,
and he finds plenty of water power to
run another factory, and before another
season opens we msy look for a largo
factory et the Georgia.
rang Liniment
water that was brought every few days
from the pit. This lady tells me that the
effect has been magical and marvelous
From the day she began using the water
her health began to improve and to-day
she is a well woman and expects to re
turn soon to her home. She says her
nervousness is cured, she sleeps soundly
at night, has a good appetite, and is able
to do as much work as she ever did.
For years she had been a helpless inva
lid and two weeks ago had to be hf* e d
from the vehicle into the house. That
night several other parties from the
neighborhood dropped in to see Mr.
Moore, and their entire conversation was
about the wonders the Electric Shaft
were accomplishing. These parties
seemed to vie with each other in describ
ing the cures that had been wrought.
The next day 1 drove on to Washing
ton, which was twelve miles distant, and
it is no wonder that my curiosity about
the Electric Shaft was at white heat.
On my arrival at Washington I found
about as much enthusiasm there over
the pit as aiound it. Among the first men
1 met was that merchant prince and w hole
gouled gentleman, Mr. James A- Benson,
who ispresident of the Hillman Electric
Health Resort Company. When Mr.
Benson had learned that I had passed so
near the shaft and failed to visit it, he in-
sisted that I return with him that after
noon on the train and spend at least one
night at Hillman. His request was
hcratily aeconded by Hon. Frank H.
Colley, another member of the company.
As the train did not leave nntil five
o’clock and the next day was Sunday I
decided to accept the invitation. -
Hillman Shaft is thirteen miles dis
tant from Washington, immediately on
the branch railroad. After a pleasant
ride of something over a half hour jar
train stopped at a pretty 1,ul ® ® Ut ‘*
christened Hillman, in honor of Mr. An
drew Hillman, the discoverer of the
Shaft We found here a com
fortable carriage (or the ®°" T y‘
ance of guests to the hotel, but as the
weather was delightfu I preferred^.th
Messrs, Benson, Colley and several
GENERAL NEWS.
St Valentine’s day is but slightly ob-
serred in New Y'ork City. No more
than 25,000 valentines were delivered in
that city.
It is said by one who knows that “the
whole State of Georgia is now hunting
on Blackbeard Island.”
Jeff Lowe, the negro who murdered
Henry C. Smith, of Darien, will be hung
at Pensacola on the 28th inst., next Tues-
kay week.
Easter comes en the first day of April
this year.
A farmer in McIntosh connty recently
brought iu a year old pig that weighed
201 pounds when dressed.
It is thought that the State fair this
fall will be the finest ever held. “In or
der to advertise the fair thoroughly, the
society will send a car, kindly furnished
by the Central railroad throughout the
North and West, containing a small ex
hibit of the mineral, agricultural, wood
and other resources of Georgia. Every
county desiring immigration, or the resi
dents of these counties having lands for
sale, will be invited to put some of the
exhibits of the products of those counties
and lauds in this car, and inthis manner
show to the people of the North and
West seeking homes and investments in
the South, what^tind of a country we real
ly have and what advantages are|offered.
The car will not only advertise the Fair,
but will be a great benefit to the entire
State.”
The Dairy Maids Carnival, of Augusta
booked for first week iu March has beeu
postponed.
Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonds, an Irish
M. P., is to lecture in Augusta next
month.
Mr. Blount has introduced a bill to
increase the salaries of fourth class post-
offices.
The State Convention of the Y\ M. C.
A. will meet in Macon in April.
The Jacksonville Times-Union says
that Col. Geo. W. Scott, of Atlanta, who
was the democratic candidate for gover
nor of Florida in 18C8, and was counted
out as Governor Gordon was in Georgia,
has in connection with other gentlemen,
come in to possession of phosphate beds
in the Peace river district of Florida,
which are richer than the famous phos
phate beds of South Carolina.
The Hendrick’s monument fund
amounts to $16,665.
Michigan is to have a homo for dis
charged convicts.
The Standard Oil men of Russia are
the two Noble brothers, who are said to
be worth $ 4,1 WO,000,000. Their income
is greater than the Czar's.
“Gallop and Hurry” are two partners
ef an enterprising New York firm.
Now comes a statement from Minne
apolis which shows that while on May 1,
1884, there were 535 saloons in that
city, on July 1, 1887, after the passage
by the Legislature of the measure pro
viding for a $1,000 license fee, only 230
dealers took out licenses.
§rrs of good reading.
Items and Paragraphs of Interest Clipped
from tho Various Exchanges.
Florida has begun ■ the shipment of
strawberries to the northern market.
The international committee for put
ting down gambling at Monte Carlo is
now very active.
A consignment of 010,060 saLtqp ova,
collected from the principal Scotch rivets,
was sent recently to New Zealand.
Santa Cruz, Cal., lias witnessed the
novel Bigh* of men standing in the snow
and picking grapes in a vineyard.
The French chamber of deputies has
approved a bill to utilize the sewage of
Paris for fertilizing the valley of the
Seine.
Uncle Sam collected $82,000 in duties
on a single consignment of opium which
was received by a San Francisco firm
from llong Kong a few days ago.
The fii st solitaire diamonds owned in
■Washington are said to bo those in tbe
earrings of Mrs. Lzuighome, a Virginia
lady whose husband made a great fortune
in tobacco.
It is estimated that in the last tea years
North Carolina has expended $3,000,000
for commercial fertilizers, wliile the
value of the crops has been only $13,-
000,000.
Parties of sportsmen residing in th6
vicinity of Washington, Pa., Had a great
rat hunt recently and at its close countAl
up 6,460 tails as trophies of their success.
The British National Temperance so
ciety has, somewhat awkwardly, been
made the legatee for $1,200 by tlie will
of a deceased wine merchant, the money
to be given as prizes for the best three
essays on total abstinence.
A London firm has received an cider
for a number of war balloons from the
Russian government. Each balloon will
be provided with a.car to accommodate
six man, and will cost $2,6C4. They will
be made of fireproof nic J -® ve *.
_ , ' -«ere ne
The people of Ex'-'b etween .. are going
to celebrate io.nere was no nft IbUi anni
versary of Vb jfake it as easy f*®'* town,
and have all oa n .” When thi ow made.
These include % th9 beat doctofalling it
by the Homo of ^ben the street in, md-
Sandusky City, hem all the trms be
lieve that cleanrlinefee the old fo^xilincss
and daily make a tfl the hymn lection,
armed with soap, wateF prefer styi towel.
Anv youngster found w Never si hands
or face is compelled to suS in the w,cnib
bing before the whole schotmile as
A pressed glass tumbler -.Ruches
tall with a capacity of eighty , ° ' the
largest in existence, was D 5j, in
Rochester a few days ago. A( ° nial
press was constructed to shape thc^lss,
and glass_workers regard it os n»uci e ’ a
masterpiece in its line os the great a™ c*
gun cast at Pittsburg recently.
At Bucyrus, O., a women sold four
rolls of butter to a firm of grocers. The
latter laid the butter away in the cellar,
and later on sold it, with another lot, to
a shipper. The shipper in cutting tho
stuff up found that the four rolls were
not butter, but tlie most ordinary kind
of mashed potatoes. She had molded
the potatoes, frozen the rolls and smeared
them with butter to give them a genuine
appearance. •
BY TELEGRAPH.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
How His Birthday is Being Celebrated in
Atlanta To-Day.
Atlanta, February 22.—There are
many opinions to-day regarding George
Wasbidgtou.
There are 5,500 children enjoying a
rest front their books on account of tbe
fact that Washington had a birthday just
like ether folks.
The grand parade among the local mil
itary, in honor of Washington s soldiery
accomplishments has been postponed on
account of the weather. George was
evidently a heavy financier, as all the
banks are closed in his honor.
He was not much of a mercantile man
or the merchants would shew mare ap
preciation of his greatness.
George was not much of a ward poli
tician either for the'city officers are all
wide open just the same as if George had
never lived. He was a national poli
tician and his birthday is being cele
brated all orer the United titries to
day.
Fetaifnl Explosion.
Bbixth, Minn., February 22.—This
morning at 7-15 an explosion of dyna
mite occurred in a rock cut on Fourth
street Eighteen men were injured.
Eight are now in a hospital. One died
upon reaching the hospital, and others
cannot live through the day. Men and
rocks were hurled many feet by the
shock. The explosion was caused by
some cartridges fired last Saturday that
had not exploded, and the men resumed
work about them. A few taps on the
drill served to set off the unexploded
cartridges, with results as stated.
A Hoy Killed.
Atlanta, February 22.—Yesterday
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, a colored boy
died in Dr. Westmoreland’s office.
About aoon Sam Turner was driving
two Texas ponies on Hunter street,
when on eof them slipped the bridle and
ran away. The little fellow was unable
to control the team, and as they dashed
around a corner he wss thrown out, tbe
wheels of the vehicle passing over the
boys head and body, and caused death
soon after.
Charged His Wife With Stsattwg. ' |
Atlanta, February 22.—Yesterday
afternoon Joe Murphy, colored, met his
wife on the street and charged her with
stealing fifteen dollars of his money. She
denied the charge and a mw followed
Patrolman Ryan arrested both persons,
and in the police court this morning Joe
was fined $3.75, and tbe case against bis
wife dismissed. Joe confessed to the
court that he had found the money and
had accused his better half wrongfully.
The Committee Investigating.
Shenandoah, Pa., February 22.--The
congressional committee continues to
investigate the Reading strike troubles
by hearing from witnesses relative to
the company’s refusing to re-employ all
its old hands with excuse that “they had
no work for them.” She Reading col
lieries are idle to-day observing Wash
ington’s birthday. Miners insist that
company stand up to agreement.
William Steinway Elected.
Washington, Feb. 22.—The National
Democratic Convention met at Willard’s
hotel to-day with Barnum in the chair.
William Steiaway, piano manufacturer,
of New York, was elected memberof the
committee to fill vacancy caused by the
death of H. O. Thompson. The meeting
was held with closed doors.
Fun Over an Cmbrctla.
Atlanta, Feb. 22.—A young man by
the name of J. S. Galamoro appeared be
fore Justice Turner this morning to take
out a warrant for Robert Browning. Gal-
lamore says he loaned Browning an um
brella to take a girl home in the rain and
he didn’t return it, though be sent for it
several times.
Best Make. •
MOST POP' -
Mustang Liniment
taking of a few glasses you will eat a
better tneal than in months Jand relish,
too, whatever is set before you.
After a tborou;h inspection of the
Shafts our party returned to the hotel.
Spread out at tbe bottom of the mound,
and belonging to the company, is a
broad belt of valley land, through which
a pretty little creek ripples. A part ef
this valley has been cultivated, but a
number of acres next to the shalt are
still growing beech, maple and other
swamp trees. All the undergrowth has
been cut out and a lemonade stand
erected in the middle of the grove. Mr.
Benson will bare a dancing platform
built here, and it will be a great pleasure
ground during the Eummer. A race track
is to be made where the valley has been
cleared, and will be me of the best in
the State. The Electric Mound Com
pany are all enterynsing and liberal gen
tlemen. and intend to spare no expense
to make Hillman the great Georgia re
sort for health and pleasure. Nature
has been most lavirh in her favors, and
a skilled landscape 'gardeners will be
employed to beautify the gronnds.
The hotel is a commodious, two-story
building, paintsd white, with a broad pi
azza and spacious halls. The rooms are
wall-established, comfortable and richly
furnished. There is nothing aheddy
about this hotel. You see nice marble
top furniture aud good carpets in every
room. Tbe hotel is in charge of Mr.
B. F. Brown, a gentleman of large expe
rience, acquired in some of the most fa
vorably known hotelsjn this country. Es
is running it for the company, and has
been instructed not to spare meney in
getting up a good table and giving his
guests satisfaction. The dining room is
as neat as a pin, and the table is wall
furnished with nicely prepared food.
The servants are polite and attentive. 1
was impressed with the quiet and order
which prevails around this hotel, both
during the day and night. All the
guests seemed to understand that there
were invalids in the house who should
not be disturbed, and while they enjoyed
themselves there was no unnecessary
noise or cofusien.
Tbe President Eu-ltoutr.
Savannah, Ga., February 22.—Presi
dent Cleveland and paity arrived in Sav
annah at 8:30 this morning. They were
met at the depot by.R. E. Lester and a re
ception committee of prominent citizens.
The artillery fired a salute on the arrival
of the train, After shaking hands with
about twenty city officials and leading
citizens, bis party was put iu carriages
and driven around tbe city. Mayor Les
ter and Captain Robert Fallagant, chair
man of the reception committee, occu
pied seats in the carriage with the Presi
dent and Mrs. Cleveland. The rest of
the party followed in (carriages, with the
cavalry acting ss escort Five thousand
people cheered as they drore off.
The day was misty, but the president
rode most of the time with uncovered
head. The streets were lined. The car
riages started ofl in a fast trot and drove
rapidly tbrengh the principal streets.
The drive was eight miles long, and was
made in fifty minutes. The president’s
carriage wss drawn by four white horses
Henses slang the route were elaborately
decorated. The president literally Vdid”
Savannah in an hour, and in sixty-four
minutes after he arrived he was on board
the Newport again, and was rolling out,
bound far Jacksonville.
After the president left there was a
parade of military and civic procession,
and the statue to Sergeant William Jas
per was unveiled. Governor Gordon do
livered the oration. The festival contin
ues to-morrow and Friday.
Mr. Cleveland will stop at Charleston
Saturday mqrning, returning.
The Medical Society of New
York State last year hunted down
eighty-five illegal medical practi
tioners, who were humbugging ig
norant people out oi their money.
Ten of the swindlers were sent to
prison, and from the other seventy-
five fines amounting to $6,ooo were
collected.
There are twenty-one national
banks in Georgia.
Ca.thea.rt Banquet ted.
Atlantic Citt, N.J., Feb. 21.—Jas
Albert Cuthcart, champion pedestrian
wasbanquetted here last night, the may
or presiding.
A Grand Parade.
Atlanta, February 21.—There is to
be a gr-nd military parade to-morrow,
Washington’s birthday’ if the weather
permits.
Tbe Knight*. Fair.
Atlanta, February 22.—The Knights
of the Golden Etgle of this city have de
termined to have a fair, commencing on
tbe first Monday in April. A committee
has been appointed to call upon tho citi
zens ef this place in its behalf.
On to the Snb-Troplcot.
Philadelphia, Pa., February 22.—
The Pennsylvania railroad company af
ter the 26th inst. will run special Pul-
man qestibm, cars between New York.
Philadelphia aad Jacksonville to accom
modate the immense travel to Florida.
A Horrible Crime.
Omaha, Neb., February 22.—An em
ployment agent, named Frank Gross,
was arrested yesterday afternoon,
I charged with the heinous crime of pre-
I curing young girls for houses of prosti
tution.
*S,000 Railed.
Cuattanoooa, Feb. 21.—Five thou
sand dollars has been raised among the
business men with which te advertise
the city.
Tlie a. , hev ' s ’n,;J£lU?Ard.
There is, as it see ...^ v.anr.'<futur4."fton
to be drawn from all this hon«Mincreu Y
ence, and that is the folly of settling rjr« , 'gio confirms the report that there was a
A Great .Hun Dying.
Washinoton. D. C. Feb. 21.—Mr. W.
W. Co-coran has been unconscious for
tho past 24 hours and is slowly passing
away.
Doctors Disagree.
Vienna, February 21.—A special from
SanJRamo states that Dr. Morrell McKen-
wild country, especially en bleak plains,
however cheap the land may be, without
assured means of providing decent shel
ter, fuel and provisions for more than the
immediate future. The representations
of land agents and other considerations
have induced many to take up western
lands without means, on the chance that
the success of the first crop would enable
them to provide adequately for their
families. This is gambling in human
life.
Some ten years ago there was a phe
nomenal wheat crop in Kansas, and the
next season thousands of immigrants
poured in, almost destitute, hoping for
an immediate return from wheat. Many
burrowed in dugouts on dry land, where
the kick of water predestined them to
failure. The crop of that year filled.
Th# immigrants found themselves likely
to freeze anc starve on the prairies, and
they were finally rescued by charitable
intervention. A few weeks since there
was a scarcity of coal in Kansas and Ne
braska, and those who were compelled to
live from hand to mouth suffered severely.
The chances of had crops and trying
weather should he clearly understood by
those who meditate settlement upon rail
road or government land in the north
west and they should be able to provide
against contingencies which are usually
underestimated by persons interested in
promoting sales.—Frank Leslie's.
New Faahlon in Bookbinding.
Boston lias a new fashion in bookbind
ing; the cotbrs of the volumes in targe
R*ts- are varied. One of the leading hind
ers has just finished a set of Dickens for
a private library in sixteen different coir
ore. “Each novel/' says Arlo Bates,
“was bound in an individual hue, the
only duplication occurring where a tale
came in two volumes. Red, brown,
orange, light and dark blue, bmon,
fawn, maroon, brown and black were
among the tints chosen, and with each
went a harmonious gold line English
paper. The effect of this fashion is very
pretty, and even brilliant. It is used to
)reak the uniformity of a score of vol
umes in a single tone,”—New York
Tribune.
Gold In Corea.
There is a great store of gold as well
as of coal in Corea, but an entire lack of
proper mechanical devices for mining.
The production of gold last year was
$5,000,000. The main object of the
Cerean embassy to this government is
understood to be to interest the citizens
of this country in the development ef
Corean resources.—Frank Leslie's.
dissension among physicians attending
th# Creo-n Prince.
>TT *
A B.H.r rr.plodM.
Nkw Orleans, -i-v 21.—A boil
er in a shingle niffi nflP’i.'jaPYHlktiU. 130
milts from here, exploded yestei
killing two white men, one negro and s'
riously injuring 13 others. Less, $10,-
000. Cause unknown.
A Fall to Death.
Tiffin, Ohio, February 22.—E. Linn,
of Newark, Ohio, fell with® scaffold at
the Evangelical church, at 10 o’clock to
day, a distance of fifty feet, resulting in
his death. Two other men had just left
tbe scaffold before the accident.
The Treaty Discussed.
New York, Feb. 22.—The Herald
says of the fisheries treaty: “It seems to
us to remedy all the just grievances of
our fishermen.” The Tribune says: “It
is a feeble and incoherent compromise.”
Holiday Observed.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 22.—Wash
ington’s birthday is being generally ob
served as a legal holiday. Government
departments are closed. Weather fine
and streets crowded.
” OF LADIES.
They Couldn't Deceive Iter A Mascot in
| the White Home,
At 12 o’clock Mrs. Cleveland lias
been in the habit this year ot com
ing down and shaking hands with
whatsover persons were waiting.
Yesterday she returned fiom a drive
with her very pretty guest, Miss
Willard, five minutes before
noon and when she came
down stairs again coming
through the door precisely as the
President does for his ti o’clock lev
ees, she found 500 people there,
mostly women. She began the hand
shaking at once, passing the people
into the red corridor with great rap
idity. But the women were un
manageable, or unwomanageable,
rather. They did not want to shake
hands and be whisked out; they
wanted to stand and stand and look
and look, and exchange comments
about Mrs. Cleveland’s looks and
dress. She wore the black silk dress
in which she had been driving, and
had added only a diamond-headed
pin to her coifiure and fastened her
high collar with a clover leaf in dia
monds. In shorter time than it takes
to wiite this the women and the few
men present were passed out, but
they simply returned to the East
Room by another door and cooly
presented themselves again and
again. Mrs. Cleveland’s quick
eye soon detected the imposition,
and when the crowd began quad
rupling the performance she laugh
ingly retreated.—Washington (D.
C.) Republican
Not since the days of Martha
Washington has the wife of a Pres
ident been such a universal favorite,
and her popularity is not confined
to the men. She is a favorite with
women. Her beauty, grace and
charming manner captivate all who
come into contact with her. A cur
sory glance over the papers of any
date will reveal some pleasant allu
sions to her. The little town where
she spent a few weeks last summer
is now more prosperous than it ev
er was on account of her visit, and
while the residents do not exactly
worship the ground she walked on
they value it much higher than they
did. The young ladies who visit
her, it is asserted, marry or become
engaged soon after doing so. It has
jpeen noticed that Washington has
lately enjoyed an epidemic of mar
riages, and now the cause is ex
plained The President has rightly
been called a lucky man. Ilis
greatest luck was in securing Mrs.
Cleveland fora wife. She seems to
be a genuine “mascot.”—Savannah
News
B.e. Needed in Dakota.
At a recent convention ot bee keepers,
>ne speaker said: “1 was in Dakota tho
fast season at a place where there were
no bees. Pumpkin anil squash Tines
were growing luxuriantly, but there were
no pumpkins or squashes. I transferred-
some of the pollen, and in this way
pumpkins and squashes were secured. ’ ’—
Hew York Sun.
/taught iu nachlnary.
East Point, Ga-, February 21.—Wil
liam rshall, a mechanic, was seriously,
per* aps fatally injured, by becoming en
tangled in machinery at the Atlanta
jtuame factory this morning.
A Presbyterian College.
Atlanta, Febrnary 21.—Mr. J. A.
Aasley writes a letter to the Evening
Journal advocating the establishing of a
Presbyterian college at some suitable
place in Georgia. He asks for expres
sions on the subject from his brethren.
Truck. Returned-
New York, Feh. 21.—Sixty trucks
with freight for the government ware
house were compelled to return to the
piera (yesterday on account of the en
forcement {of the eight hour law, by
which the hands quit work promptly at
4 o clock.
An Unrelenting Mother.
Shohokie, Pa., Feb. 21.—Thomas Or
man, an employe on the Reading Rail
road, was crushed to death yesterday be
tween two cars, His mother was so en
raged with her son for having taken a
striker’s place that she refused to see
him during his dying moments.
A Crew Rescued.
Philadelphia, Feb. 21.—The schooner
Tulane, which sailed from the Satilla
river, Georgia, on Feb. 8, for New York,
with a cargo of lumber sprung a leak on
the 13th inst. and was abandoned. The
British bark Crown Jewell, from Oran,
Africa, for Philadelphia passed and took
on board the master andjerew, landing at
Delaware breakwater yesterday.
The Aula Rnrglar.
Atlanta, Feb. 2L—It is supposed
that John Clark, who was arrested while
attempting to enter a store on Peachtree
Sunday morning is the man who bur-
;larizcd Mr. C. W, Asbury’s store at
Lula three weeks ogo, as the pistol found
on him corresronds to the one described
by Mr. Asbury, He will be sent to Lula
at once.
A Girl Leavei Home.
Atlanta, February 21.—Miss Ella
Pace, a young lady of sixteen, who disap
peared from her home in Macon, taking
an extra bat and a few articles or clothing
with her, has been found in Atlanta, and
is lodged safely at the home of Mrs.
Tucker awaiting directions from her pa
rents.
A million Drowned.
It is said that not less than oue
million people were drowned by
the terrible floods in the Hoang-Ho
River, which overwhelmed several
thousand Chinese villages in Oc
tober last. The fact that this appal
ling tragedy has not profoundly
moved all Christendom shows how
little we know of tbe.lives, the suf
ferings and joys of people who are
not closely connected with us by
ties ot interest and affinity. Still this
very calamity shows that widely re
moved parts of thejworld are'draw
ing nearer together. This same
river thirty-six years ago involved
China in a calamity of equally teri-
ble proportion and so great was then
our* ignorance of that country and
its affairs that five years elapsed be
fore attention was called to the dis
aster in this country and Europe.
The river cut for itself a new bed
far north of its previous course and
seven years after the disaster £u
ropean geographers were talking of
the lost Hoang'Ho River and won
dering what bad become of it. At
the present rate of progress we may
expect in time to see the daily news
of China laid on our breakfast table
along with the other news of the
world.
Mustang Linimsnt
fsvwauy
Mustang UBimen!
Cut tn Death.
Clayton, Ga, Feb. 21.—On the 18th
inst Thos. Fountain and Will Ledbetter
became involved in a drunken quarrel,
when Ledbetter drew a knife and cut
Fountain several times. His wounds
are bleeding internally and it is thought
he will die.
Clevelnnd Club.
Atlanta, February 2L—A Cleveland
elub has been formed among the yoqng
men with 235 members. Cleveland’s
tariff reform policy was endorsed and
the following slate fixed up:
For State Senator—Clark Howell, jr.
For State Representatives—Fulton
Colville and James O’Neil.
For Mayor—Walter R. Brown.
For Alderman—Stephen A. Ryan.
Fer Councilman 1st ward—A L Waldo.
A Student Dies.
Milledoeville, Ga. February 20.—
iethone Jones, a pupil of the M. G. M.
A., College, died in this city this morn-
ng oi hydrophobia. He was bitten last
October and little trouble was anticipa-
ox ted as it was not certain that the dog
that bit him bad hydrophobia.
Friday night he attended a sociable
and no symptoms were seen until Satur
day morning, since which time he has
grown steadily worse and this morning
he died.
Direct Taxes.
Washinoton, Feb. 22.—Tho judiciary
committee have reported to refund to the
several States the direct tax paid by them
respectively.
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ABOUT WOOLFOLK.
lected.
Washington's Birthday,—The press
of business for the last month has been
so great that our merchants could not
afford to observe this legal holiday as it
should have been. Tho public schools,
Lucy Cobb Institute, Home School and
University of Georgia gave holiday, and
the pupils enjoyed themselves in a quiet
way. Davis’ cornet band made things
lively on the campes in themoraing. and
many of our crack shots spent the day in
the woods. When we get our paved
streets and free delivery system, we will
tiy and do better by our first President’s
birthday.
London, February 22-—A special
from Killarney states that summonses
that had been issued for new3 agents
charged with selling papers containing
reports of suppressed branches of the
League have been withdrawn. Colonel
Kjng says that the government will push
no more prosecutions.
Mr Corcoran Dying.
Washinoton. D. C.,February 22.—Mr
Corcoran grows weaker hourly.
Batter Burn Llbbj Prison to Atlx...
A Richmond (Va.) dispatch prin
ted in the New York Sun yester
day says: The Mayor on Friday re
ceived the following letter, dated
Philadelphia, in reference to the pro
posed sale and removal of Libby
Prison to Chicago:
Sir: As I rode to my office this
morning I read in The Piuladkl-
phy Record of a Chicago scheme
to remove Libby Prison to that city
for a public show. It fairly horri
fied. me tor a moment. I lost a
father and two brothers in Virgin-
ia, and have been striving for twenty
-three years nearly to bury the war
in oblivion, which is impossible
while a Republican politician fives
to wave the bloody shirt. Why,
this would perpetuate in the North
all the animosity ot the war. And
what can the people of Richmond be
thinking about to permit it, or even
harbor the thought for a moment?
Better bjrn the building 10 ashes
than for a few paltry dollars allow
it to' stand in a Northern city-a
standing shame on the fair fame of
the South. Excuse me for address
ing you. I do not even know your
name; but I trust you will respond
to my sincere desire that your peo
ple will not consider any such vile
scheme, no matter under what spe
cious plea it may be hidden . I
am, sir, with great respect, your
obedient servant,
James H. Workman.
Late Captain Company H, Sixth
Pennsylvania Cavalry(Rush.s Lan
cers).
JEFFERSON.
Jefferson, February 22.—Our far
mers report a large crop on' small grain
sowed and looking well. Onr farmers
are all self-aostaioing and go on tbe
principle of living at home and boarding
at the same place. '
Al ready a .large amount of Jackson
county corn has been offered for sale
here. ,
Out Grand Jury presentments that
will^ppear injtho county paper this week
will ask the next Legislature to re-elect
Col K T Brown, Sol-citor General of this
circuit He has made an excellent offi
cer and our good people want him to
continue in office.
The increase in attendance at the Mar
tin Institute has caused tho trustees to
W Gl! 81 ”* I© call a new teacher.
Miss Leila Richardson, of Athaas is the
desire ef our people.
Tbe total losses by tbe recent coal
miners strike in Pennsylvania is es
timated at $3,620,000. The loss of
the miners has been $1,400,-
He is Yet Anxious to Keoap*'.
When Woolfolk was removed from
the narrow cell which he occupied
alone, and from which he had some
little chance of escape had the jailer
dropped his vigilance, it was,thought
that he would abandon all hope of
escape. He was placed in the large
cage where more than a dozen pair
of eyes were upon all his movements
where the best steel and hardened
Won confined him, and where he
j locks;
but it seemed that tlY
died within him.
A day or so ago Mr. J. F. Stro-
berg was in the jail repairing some
water pipes. Watching his oppor
tunity Tom sliped Mr. Stroberg a
letter ora note, in which he offered
him $500 cash if he would furnish
him a chisel and saw. He said in
his letter that Mr.Stroberg could tie
them on the end of a stick and thrust
them through the window for him.
Mr. Stroberg paid no attention to
the first letter, and Tom gave him
the second letter, which was in effect
that which was in the first. The^
letters were turned over to jailer
Birdsong, who gave them to Judge
Gustin.
Thursday last a lettet forTom was
received at the jail and was opened
according to jail rules. It was a let
ter dated at Savannah, saying that
he would never see another Sunday,
to make his peace with God, and
that he would be hanged by a mob
on Friday night. The jailer hesita
ted a long time before giving the
letter to Tom. He knew it meant
nothing except the writing of some
crank, but it was Tom’s letter, and
he finally allowed him to have it.
Tom read it and asked Mr. Stroberg
to give it to Captain Rutherford, his
counsel, which was done. This let
ter was received after the two notes
offering $500 for the tools were
written.
Sheriff Wcscott and Jailer Bird-
sor.g did not feel in the least uneasy
as to the threat in the Savannah
letter.
A GEORGIA FARMER.
Th* Wonderful Production of a Pulaski
County Farm.
From the Hawkinavillc Dispatch.
J. J. Kinchen, of Hawkinsville
during the past year, ran five plows
and made 106 bales of cotton, avera
ging 530 pounds per bale; 1,600
bushels of corn, 1,000 bushels of po
tatoes and an abundant supply of
fodder and other provender. In ad
dition to tbe above extraordinary
crop Mr. Kinchen saved 4,000
pounds of pork.
The working of the new high-li-
cense law in Pennsylvania, which
is now going into operation, will be
an interesting and instructive study.
In many respects it is the most strin
gent measure of the kind which has
been enacted in any State. Its most
restrictive provision is that requir
ing each applicant for a license to
have two reputable freeholders of
his ward or township go on his
bond for $2,000 each, and such bonds
men must be owners of unencum
bered real estate worth at least $2,
000, and must not be engaged in the
manufacture of liquor. No man can
be bondsman for more than one ap
plicant. The chief effect of this re
quirement has been, of course, to
prevent the brewers from taking
out large numbers of licenses in li
quor dealers’ names. The result is
that in Philadelphia, where under
the old law there were about 6,000
liquor saloons, there have been only
3 4 2 3 applications filed for licenses,
and at least 1,000 of these will either
be withdrawn or abandoned because
the bondsmen cannot qualify under
the law. Philadelphia is likely t«
start on her high-license experiment,
therefore, with her saloons reduced'
from 6,000 to about 2,500, according
to official estimates. In the cities of
Pittsburg and Alleghany, which
are both in the same county, there
have been only 1,350 applications
for licenses, against 3,000' under
the old law; and so on through the
State.
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