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HIGH SHOALS IS LEFT.
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Determined to Have bit Road Running
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A NORTHEAST OIOH1A MOON*
Old
• are generally very illiterate, few being
able to write therr names, end theirqt
manner of speech, mystifies and ami
Kvcr since the Macon and Covington
road was diverted to Athena there has
beeu warm and active competition be
tween the High Shoals and Farmington
routes. The survey via Faruungto.i
gave the shortest and best route but
lligh Shoals could control the most
money and business. After the settle
ment of the late troubles and by the
backing ol Hanker Brown the road was
put on a secure footing. The citizens of
lligh Shots at once went actively to
work to divert the road by that point.
Their argument succeeded in inducing
Colonel Maehen to make a survey via
the Shoals and a corpse of engineers
were set to work. According to their re
port an excellent route was found until
the crossing of the Appalachee river near
or at the mouth of Jacks creek was
reached where they ran into an embank
ment that required a long cut, of at least
forty feet deep to put the road on the
level of the bridge across the river. Of
course this rendered the route impracti
cable and the corps were withdrawn last
Friday and arrangements were made to
push grading on the Farmington and
Watkinsville route.
The citizens of lligh Shoals, however,
are not at all satisfied with the way they
have been treated and asserted that Col.
Maehen never had any idea of building
by their town hut was holding out to
them false hopes. In proof
ol this it is said that while the surveyors
were running the High Shoals line con
tracts were actively being given out and
signed for grading via Farmington.
(.'apt John W. 11 niton, manager of the
ldigh Shoals factory, was in the city on
yesterday, and stated that so far from
there being any difficulty about crossing
the river at the mouth of Jack's creek,
that the surveyor showed us as fine a
line as could fit- had, and a five foot cut
would have pul the road on a dead level
after crossing the Appalachee. Capt.
Hinton further says that when his people
discovered that they had been deceived
and left out in the cold by Col. Maehen
that they at once started a subscription
list to build a road from lligh Shoals to
Monroe, aim in a few moments $111,001)
was subscribed. It is estimated that
$2iJ,tMi will build and equip the road
that it runs on a natnial ridge the entire
distance, which amount can be easily se
cured.
We trust however, that Col. Maehen
will succeed in making arrangements to
satisfy the good people of High Shoals,
ami also give them :i railroad. It is propos
ed that with the assistance of Athens,
lligh Mioals build a short line to tap
the M. .V C., at Farmington, which will
do all their business. A small engine
can lie used or temporarily horse power
to piopel the cars.
1 he contracts for completing tbs grad
ing of the road from Madison to Alheni
are rapidly being given out, and in the
course ol the next ten days the whole
line w ill he covered with men at once.
Messrs. Martin and l'orter, who have
been grading a road into Birmingham,
Ala., have taken the contract to grade
four miles beginning near Georgia Facto
ry on Mr. John K. Whitt’s land and ex-
tehding two miles each way. The other
two miles between Athens and
the end of the work have been left to
Messrs. Hampton A llradeen, who will
commence grading in a few days. Both the
other parties have signed agreements to
have their contracts completed and read-
dy for crossties and iron inside of 90
days. Messrs l’owell A Davenport
will begin work where they left off 8
miles this side of Madison. Mr. Jim
l'rice, of Oconee, we learn, has taken a
contract near Fannington, and has pur
chased!;) mules to begin work with. Oth
er small contractors^ will be scattered
along the route.
Meiers. Martin A l’orter yesterday
broke the first dirt on this side of the
Oconee river, and say that they will
hare their contract completed inside of
ID days, this is some of the roughest
wtrk on the survey. They have pitch
ed their tents on Mr. White’s land and
yesterday had a team of waeons in Ath
ens hauling out to their camps limber
fot building purposes, prov sums,
wl.eelhatrows, picks, shovels, etc. They
are ottering $1 a day for hands and ne
groes are Hocking to the fun all over
the county. It is estimated that within
the next fortnight between one and tw*
thousand hands will be moving dirt be
tween Athens and Madison. It will not
he many weeks before the G.. C. A N,
road will begin to let out contracts and
the- demand for labor will still increase.
This is going to make it hard with far
mers, who not being able to pay prices
given by railroaders, arc apt to find their
crops next summer in the grass. They
had better prepare for this in time.
Of course there is now not a shadow
of doubt about Athens getting at least two
new railroads and there is an excellent
prospectof dirt also being broken on the
Georgia Midland and Jefferson roads be
fore the summer is past.
TO THE MEMORY OF DR. MELL.
The TfDR)voiilan Society of the Lucy Cobb
1 intitule Hold* a Memorial Meeting
On yesterday afternoon at two o’clock,
the regular monthly meeting of the Ten-
nvsoman society was held in the Seney-
Ktovall chapel. The minutes of the pre
ceding meeting were read by Miss Tar-
water, the Secretary, in which that day
had been set apart by the society as a
memorial meeting of the late lamented
Chancellor 1*. 11. Mell.
The exercises were opened by a song,
“He’s Gone,” by double trio,
after which Miss Watt delivered a most
beauulul and touching tribute to
the memory of the late chancellor.
The duet, “Some Sweet day," i>y Miss
es Annie Smith and llaidee lloutzahn
was most pathetic and appropriate.
The much beloved Pr. A. A. I.ipscomb
then read the hymn “Parting and Meet
ing ” after which M ifs l’owell rendered
most feelingly the song, “One Sweetly
Solemn Thought.”
The quotations by Misses Inman,
Brand, llowell, Hurncwell, I.ynah,
Smith, lloutzahn, Hull and Cook were
very beautiful and appropriate.
The exercises closed with a chorus,
• After the Night Pawneth the Morrow.”
The meeting was most gracefully pro
sided over by Miss Maude Barker, of At
lanta. Several invited guests ar.d patron*
of the school were present, who were
very much impressed with the exercises,
I' Capt W. H. Haygaod. of the MiUei'ey-
ville Light infantry has reeigi—-
Vf. It Morrison is a candif
in case
Macon
No. & Whitehall Street, ,
Atlanta, Ua., February 25 1888.
In rumbling through the execu
tive department, your correspond
ent found the following interesting
historical document
Executive Department Milledge-
vtlle, Ga., February 20, 1862.—To
the Mechanics of Georgia: The
late reverses which have attended
our arms show the absolute neces
sity of renewed energy and deter
mination on our part. We are left
to choose between freedom at the
end of a desperate and heroic strug
gle and submission to tyranny, fol
lowed by the most abject and de-
graded slavery to which a patriotic
and generous people were ever ex-
f osed. Surely we cannot hesitate,
independence or death should be
the watchword and reply of every
free-born son of the South. Our
enemies have vastly superior num
bers and greatly the advantage in
the quantity and quality of their
arms. Including those, however
which have been and will be impor
ted in spite of the blockade, we have
guns enough in the Conlederacy to
arm a very large force, but not
enough for all the troops which
have been end must be called to the
tield. What shall be done in this
emergency? 1 answer, use the
"Georgia 1’ike,” with six feet staff
and side knife, eighteen inches blade,
.veighing about three pounds. Let
every army have a large reserve
armed with a good pike, and a long
Heavy side knife, to be brough'
upon the field, with a shout tor
victory when the contending lorces
are much exhausted, or when the
time comes lor the charge of bayo
acts. When the advancing column
comes within reach of the balls le.
them move in double-quick tim ,
and rush with terrible impetuosity
into the lines of the enemy. Han
to hand the pike has vastly the ad
vantage of the bayonet, and those
having the bayonet, which is itse f
but a crooked pike with shorter
staff, must retreat before it. Whe
the retreat commenced let the pu
suit be rapid and if the enemy thro <
down their guns, and are likely to
out run us, if need be, throw dow..
the pike and keep close at th;ir
heels with the knife till each m >■•
has hewn down at least one of .<><
adversaries. Had five thousand re
serves thus armed and well train....
to the use of these terrible weapo is.
been brought to change at Hit
proper time, who can say that the
victory would not have been o irs
at Fort Donalson. But it was prob
ably important that 1 state here tnc
use to be made of that which 1
wish you to manulacture. I htva
already a considerable number ol
pikes and knives, but I desire w.th
in the next month ten thousznd
more of each. I mnst have thim;
and appeal to you as one 01 the
most patriotic classes of our fellow
citizens to make them for me im
mediately.
1 trust every mechanic who has
tiie means of turning them out rap
idly, and the owner of every ma
chine shop in this State, will at once
lay aside as far as possible all othci
business and appropriate a month
or two to the relief of the country
in this emergency. Each workman
who has the means of turning them
out in large numbers with out delay
will be supplied with a proper pat
tern by application to the ordinance
office at Milledgeville. Appealing
to you patriotism as a class, and to
your interest as citizens whose all
is at stake in the great contest in
which we are engaged, I ask an im
mediate response. In ancient times,
that nation, it is said, usually exten
ded its conquest farthest whose,
arms were shortest.
Long range guns some times tail
0 fire,and waste a hundred balls to
one that takes effect; but the short
range pike and the tenibl.- kniie
(as they can be almost in a moment)
wielded by a stalwart patriot arms
never fail to fire and never waste a
single load. I am very respecting
your iellow-citizen,
Joseph E. Brown.
1888 A LUCKY YEAR
hese 'mountaineer's
Not Only Good in Poker, but Is Good
in Astrology Also
If you have the blues cheer up.
Perhaps it has never occurred to
you that years with three eights in
them are lucky years. T ley don’t
come often, only once in a thous
and years, but it is a lucky person
who lives to see one of them
There is an old Chaldean supersti
tion that a year with three eights is
one of unlimited blessings. None
but lucky stars are in the ascendan
cy, fields blossom with abundant
harvests, the cattle are lowing on a
thousand hills, shepherds lead their
flock through green pastures and
by still waters and business enter
prises prosper, every thing you touch
turns to gold, want xnd famine
skulk into their hiding places until
these days of universal prosperity
are over.
Pestilenca seals his lips and no
foul breath poisons and atmosphere,
mirth holds high carnival and for
twelve moons sorrow and sighing
shall flee away. Those who have
faith in this ancient superstition will
derive additional comfort from the
construction of the figures in this
year. Ihete are three of a kind
and a one spot. It is not the best
arrangement of the figurative sym
bolization that could be made, yet
it is better than any-thing that will
be done in the next thousand years.
ALL LET.
billy Day* to Cloa* th. Gap Hand, and
Team* In Damaad
In this issue S. 9. Eaton,a railroad
contractor at Watkinarill. announces
that he will pay $3.50 a day for teams
i,Hl$r.".forhand‘- Mr. Eaton has a 11
miles contract and will pu.b it through
in (X) dr.ys. The road has all been con
tracted for, Hampton and h r »d«n taking
the first three miles
Martino. Mr Eaton 11 and Mr. ioon
Powell the ballance to Madison. The
contractors are going to work at once and
finish the road,
Child Burnt—Mr. Fred Dawson, lir
inr six miles below Athens on the line of
Oglethope and Clarke, had the misfor
tune Of Using a little three year old sen
Yesterday afternoon. The mother waa
Jff some distance washing and in some
way tha child caught on fire and burned
to death »‘g h ‘ of his mother. It is
supposed that the child cangb on fira m
the house and in its utter confusion ran
in tha direction in which he suppo^d
hie mother waa at work.
—Wm. II. Gray of Chicago, has
been in Richmond several days,
closing negotiations for the pur
chase of the Libby prison, for the
purpos of removing it to Chicago
has turned over to the real estate
agent having the property in hand
$5,825, being the amount oi the first
payment, or one-fourth of the pur
chase money. The deed of transfer
will be signed Monday.
The contest for the solicitorship of
the Athensicircuit will be hotly con-
eated by A. L Mitchell, E. T. Brown
and Hon. R. B Russell,all of Athens.
We have no interest in the matter
but somehow out good will goes
with Mr. Russeli. He is well
wnrthv.—Elbcrton Leader.
—Corn planting is about over,
with our farmers. The acreage is
greatly increased over last year, and
with a full ctop of oats and corn,
with cotton and watermelons also,
our people contemplate prosperous
vestv—albany advertiser
Liniment
A MaabM Wealth In tke Shat* of Bed
Qnllta—Hard Werkad W.raei and
Ksngk Fare—Adrantnrca at tbe Supper
Table—The Sleeping Arrangements, etc.
Mr. Editor, did yon ever visit one of
thue humble little homes in Northeast
Q orgia, thst nestles at the foot of some
spar of the Blae Ridge?
I do not refer to one of the prosper
ous farm houses yon often see on the
raadaide, where summer tourists are
w int to spend the day or night; bnt I
m-an for yon to leave the public high
way, and following one of those trails
hist led directly over a mountain ridge
and carry you to s little settlement thst
seems entirely cut off from the outside
world.
During my recent trip through White
ainnty I had occasion to spend the
nignt at one of these rude homes, and
rill endeavor, for the entertainment of
the Banner-Watchman readers to draw a
pen portrait of it. I do, in my descrip
’ion, refer to'one of the wretched
little hats of one roam, where hanger
md misery guard the door; b-tt to the
abode of s mountaineer of average mesne
and thrift.
The house stands in a clearing "f
some tea or fifteen or twenty acres
comprising a narrow strip of h'ttii 1
land on the banks of a ’title stream o
branch, while the res. of the culiivah'11
.-round gently slopes upon the inouutaii
-ide. The house is built of logs, tin
cracks either stopped with mortar made
f clay or by split boards nailed ov, 1
i hem. There are generally two r00111-
n the house, and the one 1 ain about t
lescribe had a rude porch in front use
»s a storage place for agrirultnr*’
implements; ns also a saddle an 1 bridle
A winding path of about fifty yards car
ries you to a bold spring, from whirl
the family brought their water for do
mestic purposes.
You summons the lord of this manor
the gate by a load “halloa.” Ho i» gen
rally found in the house or around the
premises attending (o some minor duties
The stranger is kindly received and sel
doin ret used shelter and entertainment
Shortly after I had dismounted and seen
my horse attended to, two pale, s ckly
looking women came to the gate each
driving a little bull calf attached to a
plow. They seemed thoroughly wearied
.ut and touched my sympathy. They
were dressed in cloth s| tin and woven by
their own hands. 1 heir heads were pro
ected by old fashioned sun-bonnets, and
their shoes badly worn. l’retty soon
they wire joined by a young mountain
eer, apparently about 25 years old, with
»n axe on his shoulder. He was six feel
tall, a remarkably handsome man, ami
proved to he the husband of on • of the
women, while the older was his mother.
Introductions among this class are un
known, and if you wish to know a man
or a woman's name, you are at perfec;
liberty to gratify your curiosty by asking
them the question.
I was as kindly received and treated
as hospitably as their means allowed.
On entering the door of the houae 1
found myself stunned for au instant by
receiving a severe blow upon the fore
head. 1 then discovered—what 1 after
wards found to be a custom among moun
taincers—that in cutting the door, at least
one more log should have been taken out;
and|onlesa you humbly bowed your head
you arc reminded of the incivility by
a bump on the forehead.
In spite of the fact that the mountains
abound in wood, you very seldom find a
good fire. The wood don’t born as
readily as the growth of middle Georgia,
aud when hauL-d up H is left exposed
to the rain until .ready for ate. There is
a scarcity of chairs in mostall the moan-
tain houses, there generally being only
enough for the adult members of the
family. The visitor, however, is given
the most comfortable scat, while the
family find accommodation on the beds
and boxes in the room. The wealth of
mountaineer seems to rest in bed
quilts, and you see these coverings piled
up in the cornet cf the room as high as
your head. When these people have
superfluous money, instead of investing
it in stocks or bonis they go to the near
est store and purchase calico, with
which to make more quilts When one
of the girls marry, this is her principal
dowry. You find the room filled with
beds, and they are stuck everywhere it
is possible to place one. Their liter*
lure is of the crudest kind, consist
ing of several Grier’s almanacs, dating
bsck a number of years, and perhaps
two or three odd volumes of old novels
or a well thumbed school book. They
are never read, however, for when 1
opened one or two of the books, I found
on a shelf in the room, they were cov
ered with a thick coat of dusL The
room is decidedly uncomfortable. There
are numerous cracks in the floor and
wall, through which the keen wind
whistles.
The meals are prepared in the other
rooms at an open fireplace, where is also
kept the loom and spiuning wheel. You
are given a seat at the table, but the
chair you occupy ia so low that your plate
is about on a level with your chin,
and eating is a decidedly disagreeable
undertaking. You are given a greasy
old kuife, with one side of the handle
broken off and a fork with a single
prong. Your plate ist he old-otyle blue
rimmed crockery, with a dirty crack
nearly through iL, The table cloth has
been stained yellow with the numerous
meals eiten upon it since the last wish
day, and it is stiff enough to stand alone
on its corners. Fried hog’s meat, float
ing in gresse, is invariably served, and
this is passed to you in the skillet, from
which you are expected to help your
self. The piece of corn bread is also
passed by hand, and as it is several
inches thick aad cooked very hard, it
requires a pretty strong grip of the fin
gers to break it If von are giren coffee it
is nothing but weakened water.. If there
is butter on the table, it is a white pethy
stuff. While you are are eating two or
three children, who are engaged in sop
ping out the frying pan, get into a fight
in which the head of the house and the
old lady is pretty apt to take a hand be
fore peace is restored.
When bedtime comes one of the beds
in tbejroem is pointed out as year place
of repose. Perhaps there are several fe
males in the room,and you ef course wait
fer them to retire before disrobing for the
night. You will, however, find yeurtelf
disappointed. No more attention it paid
to yonr presence by these women than
were yon a log of wood, and they will
keep their scats by the fire, smoking and
dipping snaff. When yon have retired
they will go to sleep in another bed in
the same room, and perhaps not removed
two feet from the one you occupy. Even
when there are two rooms to a house, au
the beds will freqnsntly bo placed in one
apartment, to be occupied by the entire
family and their guests.
A mountain bed, howevsr, is far from
being a downy conch of ease. The ticks
are staffed with straw or shocks, that
have collected into lumps as hard as pine
knots. Pillows are seldom used, but
w ten yon find ona it U like resting your
bead on a rock. The qmlU are kept
more for an ornament than use, and yon
wake up in the night shivering with, an
icy gust of win coming through a crack
in the wall about ona level with your
e next morning on asking yonr bill
yen will find the invariable charge to be,
it matters not whst was you fare «r ac-
commodatiuns—25 cents for each meal,
bed and horse feed. .
The mountaineer cares very|UUle about
what the onisid* world ia doiag, and yon
may tell one a piece of news six months
aad Jf they;were taught habits of iodaa-
tiyiad thrift aad proporiy educated
would mslta a superior class of citizens.
£Of coarse m this description I refer only
to the rudest class of innabitants of our
mountain counties—those who form the
typical moonshiner. It is indeed an in
teresting aad instructive study to visit
the homes of these people and see how
they live. ,
BACK FROM FLORIDA-
Ntu Athens Delegation Returns From the
' Land of Flowers.
Judge Howell <fohb, Messrs F. Phini-
zyand R. H. Reaves hsve returned from
an excursion to Florida; aud these gentle
men express themselves as delighted
with their trip. They took in St Au
gustine and of couraestnpped at the Ponce
de Leon Hotel. Mr. Reaves says that
this is the finest hotel on our continent
if not io the world and he would not at
tempt to describe its grandeur unless his
a ord be donbted. An idea can be form
ed of it when we state that it is a small
house Compared with Many hotels the
building and furniture cost as much as
the entire assessed vslue of the city of
Athens including buildings, merchandise,
personal effects and also the bonds and
ihe money held by our citizens One
ms dle-pie-e atone cost $25,000, andsev
-n hundred chairs in the building cost
$17,(SJ() Everything ab-mt the house
*n-l furniture is band made from the tin
est materiel and the costliest designs.
Board ranges from $6 10 $50 per day. ac
c -r-bng to the room you occupy but
>he table is supplied with not only every
thing that the niarkeLs of America but
the world affords. A drummer who
stopped at the Ponce de Leon told
'hat be had occasion to order an early
breakfast before the bill of fare was pre
pared. He asked the waller what they
had?
“Urder anything you want sir.'
the reply; “we have everything.”
The drummer said he gave an order for
the most improbable dishes, including
fresh bear steak. Disorder was filled
promptly and accurately.
Among the gue 1 at this hotel is Mrs.
Weslinghou.se wi e of the inventor of the
air brake, whose income is $5,000 per
day. Shepiysatlhe I’once de Loon
$700 a day board and keeps a pair of
oorses hired at the livery stable for
which she pays $20 a day whether she
uses them or not. This lady’s entire ex
p use* at St Augustine are said to be
$1,000 per day.
The capiuli-t who huilt this hotel said
he had more money than he knew what
10 do with, an 1 took this opportunity of
pending it lie does not expect any in
terest on his investment but will be sat
sfied if his hotel pays running expen
Tke Atlanta "papers have had an
interview with one of Jasper's com
rades’grand daughters.
The stakes for the fight between Sul
livan and Mitchell have been deposited
Mitchell won the toss and will select
the battle ground.
Twenty-five engineers have arrived
from the Reading road, in Chicago, and
are in charge of Pinkerton’s detectives to
take the place of the strikers.
Judge E. B. Turner, of the United
States court for the western district of
Texas, is at the point of death. His
sickness is Bright's disease.
Susie Duna.vay and her sister Mary,
who have created so much excitement
in Atlanta, have been turned loose by
Chief Connelly, tha earnest solicita
tion of their mother.
Horace Murray, of Kalamazoo, was
jesterday found gui'ty of criminal as
sault upon the nine-year old daughter of
his uncle, and sentenced by Judge Buck
to fifty years in the Jackson prison.
Eighteen of the twenty-five prisoners
confined in the parish jail, in Shreveport,
La, made their escape this morning.
AU of them could have escaped, as. all
the cells are broken opcu, but those who
remained preferred to do so.
Edgar Haney, a newspaper and peri
odical vender on the Norfolk and South
ern railroad, was found dead in the
streets of Berkeley, Va. Evidence is
convincing that he has been robbed and
murdered.
A cipher telegraphic dispatch, misin
terpreted as it is claimed by a telegraph
operator, has caused the financial cm-
barra-sment of Frank J Primrose, a
wool merchant of Front and Arch streets.
Philadelphia, who has sued the Western
Union t-legraph company for $100,000
At Clinton. Kv„ Sam Price, a while
man, who killed the sheriff, and . Bill
(teams, colored, who shot a farmer
named Jackson, who caught Reams in
the act of robbing a hen roost on Sa' -
urdav night, were taken out of the jail
by a mob of fifty masked men and
hanged.
K. :•). Ward, who has been in Phila
delphia for the past few days, has exam
ined and engaged forty-seven ergineers
and eighty tin men Io go to Chicago for
r*r,K
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DAME NATURE’S DOINGS.
Hie famous Goodwin sands in fall
itish channel are disappearing. They.
JCanb'
signs of generally breaking tip.
Off tha Lizard coast, in Cornwall, a
freak of nature has' been rediscovered
which may have something to do with
the name of that part of the coast. In
the live rock is a picture cf a gigantic
serpent, coil after coil reaching down to
the sea, just above the surface of which
the scaly head and even the eyes can be
seen.
The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune tells of a
fruit grower in that vicinity who has a
tree on which is full ripe fruit, last Feb
ruary's crop, half ripe fruit of May and
June, some not quite so ripe of July and
August, a September crop, and now the
tree is covered with blossoms, making in
all five crops of oranges and blossoms on
one tree.
H. F. Gardner, of Orange, CaL. would
not take a good round sum for the rose
bush that grows by his front door. It is
a climber of the white La Marque variety.
The main stem Is fifty-six feet teng. and
in one place nineteen and a half inches
in diameter, and the bush covers the en
tire front of the house, a surface of 884
square feeL
Says a Chattanooga letter: “Acurious
phenomenon is attracting wide attention
in this section of th* south. There have
been an unusual number of crows about
for a few days. Whole flocks of hun
dreds have been acting strangely and
have allowed people to approach and
seize them. Examination shows that all
are blind, bnt otherwise perfectly sound.
The same thing was noticed three years
ago, when tens of thousands died of
starvation. No explanation is given. 1 ’
Imagine, if you can, a frozen fog driven
with the velocity of a hurricane. The
air so full of minute frozen particles
which strike your face like pin heads
fired from a musket that you cannot see
twenty feet ahead, and all this in an at
mosphere from 20 to 50 degs. below
zero, and you can then form as clear an
idea of a blizzard as you’ll ever caro to
get Its blinding, bewildering effect is
first felt. The intense cold brings at first
the pain of freezing, then numbness, then
stupor, then a sense of blissful sleep and
close upon its heels—death.
ri- PERSONAL MENTION. ~ ‘
Herbert Spencer is well again and at
work developing hi3 scheme of sympa-
be rean, is
with a costly yacht
,000 dogs. ' J. ";
Yhe'Tfcv. Howard Crosby would abol
ish all the normal schools because so few
graduates become teachers.
M. Carnot says that any Frenchman
who wbukt declare war against Germany
while Moltke and Bismarck are alive
ought to be shot
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton is winter
ing in England with her daughter, Mrs.
Blatch. She finds England colder in
manner than in weather.
Charles Stewart Parnell frequently ap
pears in Rotten row, Hyde park, Lon
don, mounted on a big bay horse and
wrapped in an enormous ulster.
Ah Lin Sin, the richest Chinaman in
San Francisco, is a millionaire, and there
is a Chinaman in Laporte, Cal., whose
fortune is reckoned at $8,000,000.
On account of his poor health M. Pas
teur wants to resign the perpetual secre
taryship pf the French Academy, of Sci
ences, but the other members will not let
him do 60.
The !Suasian sculptor Opekucshin has
jiat coinmenced a statue to form part of
a monument to be erected in the Krem-
Ba ty : the czar to his father’s memory.
The complete cost is to be at least
$000,000.
Queen Victoria has sent Mrs. Morell
Mackenzie an Indian shawl. The queen
•ays that Sir Morcll’s attendance on her
son-in-law, the crown prince of Ger
many, must often separate him from
Mrs. Mackenzie. She therefore sends
the famous physician’s wife a shawl os a
sort of comforter, so to speak, in Sir
Morcll’s absence.
GENERAL NEWS.
- c, “*f 0Q i» e Kellogf Is suffering from
bronchitis, complicated whooping cough.
Flower thieves have been raiding some
of the beautiful yards of Atlanta. The
police have been notified.
A public meeting has been held in
Boston fur tbe purpose of raising money
lor the colored University of Atlanta.
The Exchange bauk of Cannon City,
m * de , * n assignment. Assets,
$122,000. Liabilities $144,50.
The Morton House in New York was
burning yesterday afternoon. The
Union Square Theatre is threatened.
Robert Neil, who murdered Prison
Guard John Rutledge, of Toronto Cen
tral Prison, was hanged at 9:05 o’clock.
The January statement of the Central
railroad system shows a net increase of
$90000 orer the same period of last
year.
The House committee on qiilitary af-
foirs, agreed to farorably report on the
bill which grants an honorable discharge
to telegraph operators who served in the
I ite war.
By Bail to Alaska.
The great project of building a railway
.... across Siberia, now being pushed to com-
8«*rvice on the Chicago, Burlington an* | pietion by the Russian governments
Quincy road. The men are from various strongly holds out tho idea that in the
points along the IL-ading line, and are,. Tcr y nc . ar future a great iron belt from
for the most part, those who went on the | this side of the world will meet it half
strike in December . way. and travel by land from tho new
Notices have been posted in Chicago world to the old will have been accom-
at all the leading points notifiing th.' I plished. Great railway corporations are
sink, rs that unless they apply for work now seriously looking into this, as it
by no .n today tnev nay consider oeems, stupendous project, but in reality
themselves discharged from tie not as great an undertaking as eastern
■Wendell Phillips, in going on his winter
lecture tours, always took with him a
large canvas txtg,into which he put himself
feet foremost, and then tied the strings
of the bag around his neck. The protec
tion afforded by this air tight inclosuro
was necessary, ho used to say, to avoid
getting a fatal chill between the damp
sheets of the average country hotel.
The widow of the late Mayne Reid, the
widely known and popular novelist, is
engaged in writing his life, and will bo
much aided in her interesting work if
favored with any letters written by him
to friends in the United States, and such
reminiscences of his life and adventures
here, before and after tho Mexican wax.
Matter of this character will be promptly
forwarded to Mrs. Reid if sent to Col.
Donn Piatt, Mac-o-chee, O.
THE ATHENS EFFERSON.
Strong Probability of tho Two Places bring
I*ultetl by Iron Bands.
Yesterday a loading business tnsn of
Athens met a B.-W. repnrtsr and re-
rked.
’Don’t you know that there is a good
chance for Athens getting another rail
road?”
Yes;” the scribe replied, “there is an
excellent chance of the Classic City be
coming the railroad hub of Georgia* but
to what new road do you refer?”
“The Athens A Jefferson,” was the re-
lily. “1 firmly believe that before naxt
all this line will be built and the cars
n operation. Jefferson is now enthused
ou the subject, and 1 learn that her citi
zens have gone to work in earnest, and
are subscribing J iberaHd. Athens stands
ready to lend them a helping hand, and
as soon as onr people are convinced that
there is any way of getting thi* road
equipped and operated, they will do their
full share. I learn that Capt, C. Tal-
tnadge, who has always been a strong
friend to the Jefferson railaoad project,
says he will be one of twenty men to give
a thousand dollars towards building the
road. Athens is highly favorable to this
enterprise, and if tbe right man will take
the lead 1 believe that in ten days time
money enough can be raised in this city
and Jefferson to grade and cross- lie the
road. The first thing to be done is to
get a promise from the Gs. R. K- that
they will put down the iron and operate
it io conn, ction with the (J. J. A S. road.
This will not require any cash outlay on
the put of that corporation, for the eld
iron now being taken up on the Athens
branch will answer every purpose, and
the rolling stock and cars thst go to J effer-
son can ba brought on to Athens. I be
lieve thst with the influence of such citi
sens as Col Stevens Thomts and Mr.
Ferdinand Phinizy, that Major Greene
can be prevailed upon to agree to this
proposition. There is one thing certain,
Athens must help to build this road or
she will virtually lose the trade of Jef
ferson.”
company's employ There is no report | The country that will thoBO of u* United States,
that anv considerabl_* number have coin necessarily have to bo crossed in west
plied with th.* order. British Columbia mid central Alaska is
At Wichita Falls Texas. Deputy U. S. 019 fnSld 2 ° a9 **
Marshal E W. Johnson and Frank | ^ wou , d> undoubtedly, in its
James, stockman, had an altercation nQrth 8trike ^ heaihvilter8 of tha
Monday night about 11 o c ock at the Yukon river, then keep down the mighty
Bender House in which Johnson was Btream to within 100 miles of the coast,
shot re the right arm, inflicting a painful at or near Niilato, where it would leav*
wound, Janies was shot through the the river, and running nearly west would
head and killed. Johnson was arrested terminate at Cap* Prince of Wales, with-
and wns tried in cou-t yesterday. in about fifty statute miles of the Siberian
A commotion was Treated at McVille coast. Very little difficulty, except, per-
Saturday, by the discovery of two Minn liaps, in crossing the ranges at tho head
tigers and a tight in which tbe mayor waters of the Yukon, would be appre-
becom-s involved. A Mr. Osman and hended from deep anows in winter. The
son caine there three months ago from climate along tho Yukon is dry, and but
Kansas City for their health, and the veryfittle snowfalls there—from eigh-
old man got on a spree a few days ago teen inches to perhaps two feet in depth,
and the son reported Everett and Blake I Extreme cold, from 70 to 80 degs. be-
' low zero, only prevails about two months
in midwinter, and this would be the
greatest drawback to winter travel. Im
mense forests skirt the route nearly to
We understand that the original sur
vey for the Macon and Covington road
necessitating a tunnel beginning on
Broad street, and coming out at I)r.
Orr's lot, has beeu abandoned, and next
weekCapL Roberts will run another line
that will be substituted for this one.
The new survey will pass up the O.co-
nee river, through Mr. F. W. Lucas’ lot
and tap tho G.. C. & N. road near the
Athens Factory, and probably use the
same dep.-t as that road. It is under
stood that the G., C. A F., and M. A C.
roads will be operated in connection
with each other. This latter line, we
think, trill be much better than the one
first surveyed.
A Candid Acknowledgment
Extrut Iron a letter of fir. fi. Atkinson
Btloam S, rinca Ark.
“I know that man} phyicians are
very much prejudiced against dl
proprietary medicints, aud I think
sometimes foollishly so. I how •
ever, willing to acknwledge merit
wherever it is deserved. I have pres
ertbed Simmons Liver reguulator,
and have given it a prcity thorough
trial, myself, and think it deserves all
tne praise it receives. I have watch
ed its use for the last fi.e vtars and
do not know of a more popular med
icire. My patients praise it very
highly and it gives good results
wherever it is used.
Camille Peixotto, the thirteen
year old daughter of H Peixotto,
wealthy Israelite and strict abhercr
to the Jewish religion, ofColumba
S. C. eloped with W. E. McCartha,
a young gentile.
When the parents of the girl heard
of the afisir, which, they deamed
a most terrible and unpardonable
crime, they became wild with grief
and rage.
The mother left her home to seek
and take vengence npon the couple
but they bad left the city.
The father prepared for the burial
of his daughter. Her bed and the
house was draped in mourning, and
the burial ceremony was conducted,
the parents and Jewish acquain
tance of the girl mourn her as dead
This is the second occurrence of this
kind in Columbia within six months.
The amputation of Mr W. L. Mahon
ey’a leg was done yesterday at noon
Drs. Gerdine, Lowranco and Dozier wit-
nessed the epention, which was per
formed by Dr. Von Donhoff. The con
dition requiring it waa destructive dis
ease of the small bones entering into tbe
formation of the instep and ankle-
joint and was caused by inflammatory
rheumatism. The patent, despite his
esteem* weakened condition Mood tha
operation well, and it ia hoped will
make a speedy recovery.
Good of Fruit.—This cold spell will
keep the frnit trees from blooming out
until late in the spring. The warm
weather had already caused the bnda to
commence swelling, and it would not
have boen many days before they would
have been ready for the frost
the men selling him the whisky.
THE ROUTE CHANCED.
Manufacture of Plated Ware.
Mr. Monaghan, United States consul
at Mannheim, recently paid a visit to the
city of Pforzheim, in Baden, with a view
to seeing how German jewelers excelled
He found
the methods of production very similar,
except that the German has the advan
tage of being provided with a very excel
lent technical school, in which children
intended for employment in the jewelry
shops receive a thorough theoretical
training long before they see the inside
of a factory. Instruction here is prac
tically free, the manufacturers paying
about eight shillings a year for the pupils
whom they intend to employ.
The manufacture of plated ware and
plate is growing. Thick copper and sil
ver plates are prepared with a perfectly
smooth regular surface. French Louis
d’ors are cut up and melted, run off into
plates, rubbed, filed and roled out to the
size of the receiving plate, attached to
latter by means of somo special secret
chemical preparation, put in clamps, and
then put into a very hot fire of charcoall
Here, under the trained eye of the fur
nace watcher, the metal remains until
Norman Lawshe, son of Col. Pete
Lawfche, abet himself through the head
if 12:20 tc-day, with a parlor rifle, in-
ilicting a fftsl wound. Csose, losses in
and speculations in Birmingham.
Crawiordville was visited by a disas
trous conflagration Monday, which re
duced to ashes and blackened ruins an
entire block of buildingn in the center of
the town,
Col. Jonathan Norcross, of Atlanta,
will attempt to get the county commis
sioners to appropriate |200,(XX) for Ful
ton county in aid of the Atlanta and Sel
ma railroad.
William Means, late President of the
Metropolitan bank, of Cincinnati, appear
ed before Judge Saye and pleaded not
guilty to the indictment, which charges
him with misappropriation of funds.
H I Kimball says that the application
for the charter for the Refrigerating Can
Structure Company would be filed at
once and the corporators would be a
number of the leading men of Atlanta.
Hinton P. Wright and Trank P, Walk
er, two lawyers of Atlanta, had adificul-
ty about a habeas corpus case, some
rough words passed and the code duello
will be resorted to.
Two railroad agents who have been
drumming up colored emigrants for Ar
kansa., about Newberry and Hampton,
S. C , were ordered by tho citizens to
leave or subject themselves to harsh
treat nent. They left.
HIGH MIOALS.
Quite a happy mirriage occurred ! ■=#
evening at the residence of Mrs KUoq •
Butler, on Broad street. Mr J G OglS-iK
Treo, of GteQikf;ooumy r waa-wrrj .j to*
Miea i£lix«foeth Butler, of th* nHce.
The bride looked beautiful *.n her \ire*s
•f fleecy white; the groom was all smile*
as was his want to be. Tho ^atte da ; s
were Mr lI VV Mcciiin aud Ali-s I* c;e> a
>isk, MrJ M Ferguson and Miss Maitie
Butler, The house was crowded to
iqer flowing with expectant friends.
While the people were anxiously
•waiting the arrival of the mim-icr Mr.
I L Moon, during the moments of huh-
’mb and confusion of the crowd, the mi l
le sleepers of the building gave way,
1 crash, and down came the floor, guest*
tnd all. As a matter of course the wo
men shrieked, the children cried, trie
nen groaned, almost immediately, order
as restored, the excited crou d lowing
been informed that no harm was done to
snv person, and the merry chit-clmt of
the|marriage]occasion was resumed. Va: y
Heads ot the happy coupie wi*h then.
1 long life of uninterrupted bliss.
It is about decided that the Macon A
Covington road will not come *l»y tln>|
place, Col. Maehen having bought Mr.
foon pQwell’s consent to takt' it tlu- low
er rout^ via Farmington. Now Mr. l’ow l
promises to build us a road from High
Shoals to Monroe, direct, provided the
people w ill lend hun their nssi>tanc?.
Already several thousand dtdlars have
been raised towards building it, aud our
townsmen are determined to have this
road. President llinton leaves this
week for Monroe and Atlanta to solirit
subscription for this road. The people
are wild with railroad onthusnsm, and
will not bo quieted till they get u road.
llAK.VKOlN V GlCOVi:.
Harmony Groyk, Feb. 2'.*.—’Squire
Kubanks, a prominent citizen of Banks
county, was in the Grove yesterday.
Mr. Frank Mize, a large planter of
Banks county, was in the Grove to day
on business.
Mr. Press Pomeroy, our popular pho
tographer, was out with his cameo this
morning taking photographic view* of
our town.
We are glad to report M r. Seegar's
improvement and that he hopes to be out
soon.
The Harmony Grove bra>> hand give
another entertainment in Strickland's
Hall last night. The entertainment con
sisted ef several “minstrel gags** th**n
the four following tunny farces, “Thu
Unhappy Pair,” “Rooms to I. •». ' “Tne
Quack Doctor” and “Uncle Jell’,” all of
which were interspersed with some •*.\-
cellent music. The band now thinks of
going to Jug Tavern soon to give some
entcrainments there.
Harmony Grove, Feb. 28.—One of
,, . . I Mr U It Burgess’ little boys was threw
Vj*.”* lelton^Jr., of Bibb, will ^be^a | by a mule which he was tiding, Sundu
_ * * * afternoon, and the radius in his rigl
Candidate for Solicitor-General of the
circuit. Mr. Felton made a most excel
lent record in the last Legislature, and
would fill well any office whieh he
might desire.
Steel was made ’in Birmingham Mon-
ilay by the Henderson steel works, be
ing the flrsr steel ever made from Bir
mingham ore. This marks a new de
velopment of the South. One ton of
steel was produced with three bushels of
coal.
&The shutting down of Edgar Thomp
son’s furnace of Pittsburg, Pa., on ac
count of the strike will reduce the pro
duction of pig iron over one thousand
tons per day. At present the firm has
$600,000 worth of pig iron in stock.
A dispatch from Warsaw says a panic
was caused in a Jewish synagogue re
cently by a false alarm of fire and that
in the struggle to escape four women
were killed and sixteen other persons
! njured.
The engagement of Miss Annie Reid to
Mr, Walter H. Rhett has been announc
ed. Miss Reid is one of the most attrac
tive yfttinf ladies of Georgia, as well as
the coast, and about midway down the kttlo excres^ncre or bnbbltags along the
A^.natanx^ironttoK.k.r Yukon are probably tho gkatest ooA ,
-Brit®* would l!£“.jLJ? 4
n. m ltfaout. Tunnel tap all the coast settlements and therich : onegf tftemgat jopalaa. Mr. Rhett is
mineral section* of the interior. With I ."KS,'^*
such a fmrcoun^beforethem,it wm
be wonderful, indeed, in this enlightened moky Ute •££?«?!
seventy-five feet in length. This is then
tempered or annealed over flaming gas
jets, after which it is rubbed, cut into
■trips, and sent to the stampers, where it
is pressed into various designs, is then
cut and trimmed, and, after various
manipulations, comes into the salesroom
ready for the markets of the world.—
Bt James’ Gazette.
and progressive age, if work has not
commenced on such a line within a very
short time. —Jnneau Free Frees.
Shoe. In Ancient ZHstory.
The word “shoe” occurs thirty-one
times in the English version of the Bible.
•‘A man plucked off his shoe and gave it
to his neighbor, and this was a testimony
in Israel” (Ruth iv, 7). “Over Edom
will I cast out my shoe” (Psalm lx, 8).
These passages evidently refer to an
established symbolical use of the shoe in
transferring or taking possession of prop
erty. “Loosening the latchets” of shoes
Turkish and Russian Baths.
A Turkish or Russian bath is cleansing
and healthy and one of the best means
for improving the complexion and soft
ening the akin. New York women have
CoLOBznOnn Fellows.—The colored
Odd Fellows of Athens are one of the
strongest and wealthiest negro s.cietie3
the city, and are now trying to raise
money for the purpose of erecting a
lodge. IVe learn that they offered Mr.
John Bird $1,5U0 for the lot fcorner of
Broad and Lumpkin streets, but that
gentleman declined to sell. It is their
Intention to erect a handsome two story
brick building.
A Lono Wats Otv.—Sometime ego
the Banner-Watchman published a
piece about the “Pasfion Play” as acted
by a lot of negroes in Athens. The
piece was copied by a German paper in
tremen, in the German laugusge, and a
friend of Mr. A. H. Pape sent it to him
yesterday from the foreign shore. Tbe
Banner-Watchman reaches alt the na
tions ef the earth.
Hunting His Heirs.—Mr. J. D. Polk,
General Land Agent of San Augustine,
Texasi is writing to find some of the
heirs of James Calk, who went to Texas
number of years ago and was killed
with Col. Travis at the Alamo in 1835.
It is thought that Calk lived near Grove
Hill, in Madison county. The heirs had
better correspond with Mr. Pope.
(Luke iii, 16) and “bearing the shoes” i become very fond of these baths, and
(Matthew ill, 2) are alluded to as marks | rf take at Icast OQ,
of inferiority. In the east the shore are ^ week throughout the year, corn-
removed as a mark of respect. God smd fag J p town froi a neighboring resort
to Moses from the burning bush: “Put a^the 8^,,. Th£e is no more
off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the artful way of getting ri d of the hot-
place whereon thou Blandest is holy trethoura of the lEy than to pass them
ground (Exodus m 5). Today an (n a *Raraian both. Somo women bathe
Onental takes off his shoes when enter- to got fat, and some to get thin, and
mg his church, but keeps on his head- they all succeed in attaining their object
gear The Hebrews took great interest ^ ^ tathi ^ are rubbed With
to tho ornamentation of their shoes. . ^1^ ^ preference to alcohol, or with
Solomon exclaims: “How beautiful are *wcet oil, that being the most fashion-
able ungent at present. It is the correct
thing to use on the face at night, after
having bathed it in^very hot water, as
the surest destroyer of wriakles. And
those who care for neither vaseline nor
llow beautiful are
thy feet with shore, O prince's daugh
ter!” (Songs viL 1). Elaborately worked
sandals aro still much affected to the
east.
An old writer—Bend Boudoto—main
tains that God when giving Adam skins ^ tate 0 wn perfumes to the bath.
Clayton Street.—We learn that the
public spirited property owners on Clay
ton street are anxious and ready to pay
their pro-rata part towards putting down
Belgians blocks whenever our City fath
era say the word. We hope our coun
cil will take some definite steps towards
sewering and paving our business
streets.
Property Advancing.—From a gen
tleman from Watkinsville we learn that
real estate ia on a boom since the rail-
road contractors have moved there
Mr. Eaton bought out the store of Mr
Oscar Anderson and employed him to
take charge of his commissary.
Presbyterian Parsonage.—The Pres
byterian church of this place baa pur
chased the residence of Mr. Lucas, now
occupied by Mr. J. G. M. Edwards, and
will use it for their parsonage. This is
a handsome and convenient place, and is
welt worth the price paid for it—$4,500.
Paying the Wounded.—Aaron Jos
eph, more familiarly known as General
Jackson, has been paid twenty-fire dol
lars pension as a wounded soldier. Geo.
Jackson deserves the pension as he was
a gallant soldier end was badly wound
ed.
Bainu Onus.—In this issue appears
the advertisement of Mr. John Scroggins,
of Banks county, two and one half miles
north or. Harmony Grove. He notifies
the public that-hv- has a fine whisky on
hand. Send him an order if you want
the pure mountain dew.
Farmers Will Catch It.—The high
price paid by the railroad contractors
will make a hard ship to the termers, es
they will want to goto the railroad to
get work. ,
of beasts for clothing gave him shore of
the same matter. Pliny says that
Tycliius, of Boeotia, was the first who
made shoes. Xenophon tells us that the
10,000 Greeks who were with him to tho
great retreat were compelled, “for the
want of shoes,” to cover their feet with
skins, which caused them great incon
venience.—Philadelphia Times.
Erolatlon of the Diamond.
Carbon has now been yielded by me
teorites to three stages of development
Uncrystallized graphite has long been
known as a constituent of meteoric irons
and stones, and graphite crystals were
recently found to a meteoric iron from
and are rubbed down with them.—The
Argonaut.
She Insulted the Emp*:
A little girl of Metz, 14 years old,
named Louise Fuchs, has just been con
demned to eight days’ imprisonment for
having insulted the emperor of Germany,
the iimult consisted to writing a private
letter to one of her little friends, to which
there was something disrespectful to his
majesty. Such sentences are said to be
quite common to Alsace-Lorraine.—Chi
cago News.
Homs for Discharged Prlsonei
, By a joint resolution of the New
western Australia, while the report has Hampshire legislature $5,000 have been
just been made that small diamond cor- ; appropriated to the W. C. T. U. of the
putolre have been obtained from a me
teoric stone which fell to Russia in 1880.
It is suggested that these discoveries may
point out flie road to tho artificial pro
duction of the diamond.—Frank Leslie’*
Will Not be a Candidate.—It is re
ported that Judge Sam Lumpkin, of
Lexington, will not be a.candidate for
the supreme bench, but will offer for
re-election as Judge of the Northern
circuit We do not think there would
be the slightest doubt about Judge
Lumpkin’s election to the supreme
bench if he desired the office.
Athens Cotton Receipts.—Awhile
bank it was thought thst the cotton re
ceipts this season would not exceed
85,000, * which was considered a big
thing, but lately cotton men have pu t
up their sights and some of them go as
high as 95.000 bales. This is certainly a
wonderfal showing for oar city.
Tbe Cold Spell.—Tho cold snip of
the past few days will retard the fruit
trees, that were shout blooming out, and
K rtaaps save us speach crop. This has
en one of the mildest winters in the
recollection of the Oldest inhabitants,
but we may yet have some severe
weather.
Suit fob Damages.—Yesterday
Messro'Lumpkin & Barnett filed a soil
to the 8npenor Gout for ItyOOO detnegos
of Hayes against Meyer Stern for break
ing hia arm in a fight some time since.
This case will be very interesting ana
Will take some time to try it.
A Bto Haul.—Yesterday James M.
Smith sent seventy-five wagons to Win-
terville loaded with cotton sad. carried
back a load of acid phosphate.
Kate for the purpose of founding a home
for discharged prisoners and other un
fortunate women who may need the re-
Itrain to and moral support of a reforma
tory home.—Frank Leslie's.
SOUND BUSINESS MAXIMa
Action is really tbe life of businea
Use every means to hold on to your
home trade.
Always keep your designs and business
from the knowledge of others.
Great bargains can only he secured to
any market by being on the spot.
It is easy to sell goods if they are well
suited to your trade and bought right.
Avoid litigation as mush as possible,
for lawyers and costs eat op the principal.
Have the courage to discharge a debt
while you have the money to your pocket
The man who borrows money and
then borrows trouble is in sheol sure
arm was broken.
A regular blizzard lias struck ou
town ind gone into winter qu triers Inn
The wind blew a hurricane all mgli
Sunday night, accompanied bv a lig .
fall of snow. Yesterday morning w
had inure snow and wind, but neitlii
dill any damage.
I.ast Saturday night, the Ham ui
Grove brass band g iva very < nj'iyub!
entertainment at S.rickland Hall, 'i'i
entertainment consi.-ted of a few fuun
farces.
I'liurs-
_ swyer
Both are receiving the hearty congratu
lations of many friends.—Constitution.
Miss Del Carter, of Lumpkin, posesses
a curious memento of the workmanship
of old times. It is a beautiful seashell
with the Lord’s prayer nicely engraved
upon it in Roman characters. This
shell she received from her great grand
mother. It has been in the family more
han fifty years.
Alfred Hines, a negro train hand on
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia railroad was seriously injured at
dowells Station three miles from Atlan
ta, on the Georgia Pacific road. A
broken azel threw the train from the
track and the negro jumped from the
top of the running train to the ground.
Hia leg and arm were broken.
Mr. and Mrs. William Witherington,
husband and wife, near Naylor, Lowndes
county, died last Sunday. Their son,
John Witherington 21 years old, died on
Thursday last, and their daughter, Mrs.
Santerfelt, is not expected to live, and
two of the younger children are lying
quite ill. They were all sick with the
fever of the same type, and it was
doubtless from some local cause.
Rumors of the opening of new hotels
here and changes in existing one are now
rife in our community. We have no
been able to learn the precise status of
the matter, but think we hazzard nothing
in promising summer visitors more aud
better hotel accommodations the coming
season than we have had heretofore.—
Clarkesville Advertiser.
olonel E. B. C. Cash, the l&mous duel
ist and “fire-eatei,” who killed Colonel
William M. Shannon, a prominent law
yer, in a duel in August. 1880. and who
subsequently, for ten days, defied the
entire power of the state to arrest him,
died at his home in Chesterfield county,
Saturday, of paralysis, aged (16 years.
It is the opinion of Mr. Candler that
the tariff discussion will occupy six
weeks and that beside the passage ef
small bills and the annual appropriation
measures, nothing else will be accom
plished this session. Mr. Candler is not
as hopeful of getting through a good
tariff measures as many others. In his
judgment, speaking as a member ol Con
gress and not as chairman of the educa
tion committee, no education bill will
pass the House which would be likely
to pass the Senate, and he also thinks
that no such bill will be reported.
Thomas Watson, living three miles
from Hollow Rock, Tennessee, was
awakened about ten o’clock Wednesday
night, and to his horror, found the house
nearly consumed by fire. He, in excite
ment awoke the childrea in the room with
him, told tbem to make their eacape
through a window that was on fire, and
thinking of his son in the other room,
opened the ball door to rescue him,
when the flames rushed in tne door, and
he rushed through the flames in the hall
to arouse bis son, and he was so horribly
burnt from bead to foot that he died at 10
o’clock yeaterday Tbe grown daughter
is so badly burned that she is expected
to die at any moment. The next daugh
ter had her face, handa and feet badly
burned.
(AnMisi li.i.r..
Caunksvili.e, February '-'7.
tie Kesler, wife of John Keslt
ed to commit suicide at Tocci
day last, by taking an overdose of mor
phine. She took the drug, and, hilt f.-r
the aid of Drs. Mclunken and Davis she
would have doubtless accomplished iu-r
intention and died from the cll'ects. She
is one of the nicest young women of the
country, but married a drunken husband
and has become reckless and despur ite
and thought it would be better to be
dead than alive with a drunkard as a
roumjtniqo._. Her husband is a fallen
preacher TT? wSRnRpffiTpreacher their*
a Methodist preacher, and then a gamb
ler and drunkard which is a very bad
mixture.
ElzBEIITOY.
Ki.berton, February 2‘>.—The
L ’ or Ps
of engineers on the G., C. & X, It. R. are
surveying near Ktberton and the town is
enthusiastic over the road.
The work on the new Methodist church
is progressing finely. Tbe subscription
of $10,000 will have to be increased.
Politics are lively, John P Shannon a
successful and popular lawyer will be
opposed by Mr Otner Harper, a promi
nent planter, for the Senate.
For the lower house Hon. Phil W
Davis, Mr Joseph II Rucker and Mr
Thos A Candler are among the most
prominently spoken of.
The county officers will offer for re-
election and will all be opposed winch
ensures a warm campaign.
JEt’EllltSOV
Jefferson, Feb. 28.—This is no snawe
story: Mr. \V. K. Venable, whj lives
about one mile from here, has a breed of
dags called the crowing dogs. They
go to roost with and rise with the chick
ens, and as soon as day begins to come
they crow with the chickens. Mr.
Venable hopes to receive large amounts
from this breed of dogs, and as he says
they are cheaper than chickens, ho
hopes to have a good trade in this line,
I)r. J. R. Pendergrass proposed to ea-
dorse the crowing part of the story.
The cold wave has about froze out the
news.
Elegant Cars.-The English
arc at last beginning to build palace
private cars, that in elegance com
pare favorably with the magnificent
coaches of American railroad kings.
The speciel car budt py the Soutn-
eastern Railway of England for the
Prince ot Wales, and in which his
Royal Highn cis starteil for tho South
of France on last Fiidav, is men e
that fifty feet long anti lias a hand
somely iurnished saloon study titled
up with carefully sellecied books
two bed-rooms, a dressing-room
and a bath-room. One bed room is
upholstered in old gold silk, is light
ed py electrici'y, and has exquisitely
painted panels aud a very thick vel
vet carpet. The I’rince never tails
to express his grief at the change
which he is obliged to make in
France, giving up this luxurious
way of traveling for a compitart-
ment in one of the misnamed
trains of luxury that takes one to the
South.
Prefer email profits and certain re
turns to large profits and uncertain een-
' Difficulties. Ore thieves, often disap
pear at a glance; therefore always face a
difficulty. . —
punctuality to money matters leads to
prosperity aikt confidence and the basis
of credit.
* In baying, study carefully the wants
ot your trade End buy with that end al
ways in view.
The man who minds his own business
and constantly attends to it has all his
time employed, oili
Come to this market as often as pos
sible, so as to secure special bargains as
they are offered. ,
Illicit Distilling.—We are glad to
know that the business of moonshining
n this section baa been pretty effectually
broken up by Deputy Collector Gantt
If there aro any illicit distilleries now in
operation in bis division he is not aware
of the fact The moonshiners fi,d
that it is foolish to antagonize
the United States government and
are wisely seeking safer and more legit
imate aoocations. Even fhe Free State,
we learn, has given up blockading.
The E!«jnt.—Tho orowd who went out
rabbit hunting Monday came home load
ed with game and very tired. They
bagged 61 • rabbits, and every hunter
claims that he killed the largest num
ber,
Liniment
To Visit Hii.lman.—The Electric
Shaft has lately received quite a boom
in Athens, and a large excursion party of
Athenians is now organizing to piv it a
visit and remain several days. Not only
the halt, the lame and the dyspeptics
will visit this health resort, but a party
of Ni nrods and turkey hunters will also
go and try their hands on the game
around Hillman. Jack Jackson has been
elected Captain of this latter squad,
while Col.C. \V. Baldwin will head the
invalids. Col. B. imagines that Randall
Brown's.’possuui suppers havo given him
a slight touch of dyspepsia.
A Free Trader.—Hon. R. B. Russell,
who for three terms represented Clarke
county in the Legislature, not only ad
vocates a repeal of the internal revenue
taxes, but is an out and out free-trader.
He favors the removal of all tariff du
ties, and says let the general government
be supported by direct taxation. Mr.
Russell says the condition of our labor
ing populatiou cannot possibly bo worst
ed by free trade, as they aro now barely
paid enough to sustain life. There ia
nodoubtabou tMr.Kussell ^always being
a strong friend to our .working people.
Muslang Liniment