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E. L SMITH &C0.
T HE ONE PRICE
SHOE STORE
£YERY PAIR GUARANTEED 1
f,r. Clayton Si. & College, Ave.
^IIUnTH' li CARLTON. RIDDLED WITH SHOT.
< 0 rr.N USTTM WHEREIN HE Dig-
CU SSES THE TARIFF,
PROBABLY FATAL RESULT OF
QUARREL OVER AN OLD MULE.
Terribly Shet la the Head
and Face by Jim Shaw, at the Arnold
Place la Oglethorpe-Bli Eye. Complete
ly Blown Oat.
There wet a bed shooting scrape on
Ur. Nat Arnold’s plantation in Ogle
thorpe on Saturday night, in which a ne
gro named Monroe Pope came oat second
best, receiving such injuries es cannot
fail to prove fatal.
The facts are as follows: Pope is a
renter on the Arnold place, as is also a
white man named Jim Shaw. Somemis-
tclf Squarely With The Pretl-
J,,, aed The Sentiment of Georgia. A
M ,te« •' nl * Cantpo 1 *® Speeches la
wfcleh He Advocated a Reduction of The
n „.ot nigh Tariff.
JMTOR BannM-WaTCiuus: Having
wc ,rtlr reeciecd letters from my Con-
£,„iohal district, astounding me with
.7, intimation, "that there was probably
misunderstanding in certain por-
V,., the district,as to my views and
„«iion on the tariff question,” 1 begthe
of malting answer thereto
J> R n:h the columns of your most valu-
|b!c p*P cr *
TDt there should be the slightest mis-
standing on the part of my conati-
or any portion of them, as to my
and position on this question,,
to me strange indeed, when I had
opposed they were as well known and
,/dtruoed at home, as they are here in
Congress.
Ifsuch misunderstanding does really
,t«uin, 1 can only account for it by rea-
jj, of the fact, that last December, the
Washington cerrespondent of the Atlanta
joiiitution in a conversation with me,
rrDu'e to the President’a message, mis-
'ilrrstood my remarks, and quoted me
f .,nj m a letter to that paper. But
then his attention was called to it, he
( .th promptness and characteristic fair-
ttsa wrote another letter setting me
jhl htfore the public. In addition to
J:>, il.e Washington correspondent of
tor Augusta Evening News, who beard
pt conversation alluded to, wrote once
K twice to that paper giving my true and
K erect position on the tariff question,
B/ing, substantially, “that I fully and
tr'.husiasucally endorsed the Presidents'
unsige, and was in full sympathy and
teconl with Senator Colquitt in his po-
ti'ion upon the tariff.*’
This would seem to have been sufficient
to tet me right on this question, and what
Hikes it stranger still, is the fact, that in
■^Congressional canvass, every utter-
litt I made relative to the tariff was
eiactlv on this same line. Craving par-
in fur this seeming immodesty, 1 will
you of a rather remarkable coinci-
incn that obtained with me last Novem-
!*r a year ago. 1 was at that time at-
n ing an sojourned Urm of the Supe-
r court at Walkinstille in Oconee
inly, and while there, Ihe good people
.hat county called on me lor a speech.
'- speaking to tbeiw on that oc- not desire any trouble, but' Pope, on be
m oil 1 touched upon the tariff, giving - - • • •
Itq'hll views pretty fully.
| 'Him 1 had finished, the Hon. Pope
I. V.t, of Athens, who was with me,
Ivoiind enough to congratulate me,
Jwv.og. “that he was glad that we were
liuctly together on the tariff, adding
I list he fully endorsed the views 1 had
■presented in regard to the effect of the
I prsrnt high and protective tariff upon
I Dr forming interest of the country.”
Some week or two afterwards, when
?rr.iJent Cleveland had sent in hit mes
|u;r to the second term of tho 49th Con-
lprrss, Mr. Barrow met me and asked,
I jokingly of course) “if 1 had not been
I served with advance aheeta of the Pres-
liJett's message?” “No,” said I, and not
luring read the message, asked why he
I aide such an inquiry? “Well,” said Mr.
I Harrow,“your views on the tariff, aa pre-
I inlcd at Oconee court aome two weeks
lqv are fully in accord with tho Pres-
liidt's message in advance."
TVs coincidence was so strikingly re
I EirtiUt, that in an editorial which ap
Iprt4 in the Banner-Watchman after-
commenting upon my tariff views
I u presented in my Oconee speech, men.
I tun was nisde of this singular coinci'
I dent.
This, however, was hardly more singu
I lir or striking than what obtained as to
Irnator Colquitt and myself. Never
I hiving had any conversation with him
In the tariff question,! certainly was de
ll','hied, when listening to his speech, last
II. miner, delivered before the Interstates'
1 firum Association which had met in
1 Atlanta, he took the very same position
laid announced the very same views upon
■ the tariff, that I had in my Oconee apeech
I md in a speech made by me at Sparta,
I Hancock county, the October proceeding.
| In conclusion, 1 will only ajjd that I
[hue always been charged with being a
I sin of strong convictions, and bold
I ’rough to stand by my convictions, and
| 1 may be permitted to lay so, I believe
I that is true of me. Certainly I never
1 »is accused of riding the fence, of being
| :»o sided, or of being of doubtful posi-
|'.on upon any question appertaining to
|thi true interest of my people and my
I country.
H. H Carlton.
THE DANBURG LYNCHING. AS WE EXPECTED!!
FURTHER PARTICULARS AS TO THE
TERRIBLE AFFAIR.
GEORGIA ENDORSES CLEVELAND
AND HIS MESSAGE.
Dan Sale Met An Awful Death at The
Hand* of An Outraged Populace By Rea-
•on of HU Diabolical Crime Upon A
Mott Esteemed Young Lady—A Warning
To All Demons Who May Commit Their
Horror* in Peace-Loving And Moral Old
Wilke*.
In yesterday’s edition, the Banner-
A Splendid Delegation to St, LonU Chosen
—The Meeting Harmoniou*—A Large
Crowd la Attendance—Everything Gone
Quietly and Swimmingly.
understanding had occurred between Watchman had a special staling that a
Shaw and Pope over the treatment of an I . .« rr . „ . , . .
old mule. Just whst the precise details ncgro by the nwne of Din S * le b * d beeD
of the trouble «re could not be gleaned lynched near Danburg, for a criminal as-
K haw^s j^irdon^Sato rday°nigh*"jimt be° “ ult U P ,D » y° ur S Ud J 8ch ° o1 tcichcr *
fore sun-down, and Shaw ordered him I Misa Smith. Our Washington corres-
out Pope lefused to obey this order, • , . ,
and things between the two men assum- P° nd « nt furnishes us the following sd-
ed a livelier turn than ever. Oaths and I ditional particulars of the affair:—
abusive epithets flew thick and fast, and
Shaw sent for his gun. Ban Sale, the negro hoy, was employ-
Pope refused to leave the yard even I ed by the family of Miss Smith upon
when the gun arrived. Shaw according- I whom he attempted rape. He entered
ly fired, and Pope was terribly wounded I tbe house through a window at night,
in the face. The gun was loaded with Miss Sailie Smith felt something touch
small shot, no fewer than seventeen of I her bed, and told her mother she thought
which are said to have lodged in Pope’s there were rats in the room. Her moth-
brain. Both the* negro’s eyea were shot I er told her to strike a match, which she
out, and the man's injuries are such as I did, but she failed to see the hoy as he
to warrant the conclusion that the shoot- then crouching down by the side of
ing must have been done at very short I Miss Smith got up over the end
range. I of the bed and lit a lamp. On seeing the
We are informed that Pope was still 1 boy* the ladies in the house, who had
alive yesterday morning, which is rather I then assembled, screamed, and left the
extraordinary from the fact of his brain I room, the boy following right after them
having been perforated. Instances of I to make his escape,
this kind are very few. Only last year, I Miss Smith noticed a large black
in a neighboring county, a negro woman 1 patch on one side of the hoy’s pants, by
had her brain smashed by a chair in the I which means it was that she identified
hands of her husband, and small portions I the negro next day.
of the brain came away. This woman, I The boy was about 18 years old, of
however, is alive and hearty to-day. 1 rather infirm mind, although the coro-
According to a medical authority another I ner’s jury agreed from the testimony
woman, in Boston, Mass., once ran an I that he had sufficient sense to berespon-
iron bar through her head, from temple I sihle. The young lady is highly respected
to temple, and yet recovered. I here and has a tine school in the neigh-
From what we have been able to as- borhood.
certain in regard to Pope’s case, howev-1 The boy was hanged to a tree just on
er, the probabilities are that ho is dead. I the side of the public road. The hangs-
Shaw is still on the Arnold place; and I man’s rope was a plow line. He was
will, so is said, he able to justify the riddled with some 15 to 20 bullets,
shooting, Last Sunday he had been^ brought to
Latee—Since writing the above, our 1 1 commitment trial before h, D. Beard
Crawford correspondent sends us the fol- the Justice of the district, and was com-
lowing additional particulars. It seems mined and turned over to C. M. Mahoney,
that Shaw had impounded Pope’s mule. I the constable, to he brought to Wasning-
foi doing which the negro went to Shaw’s on Monday. But on Sunday night
house and commenced cursing him in twenty-five masked men demanded him
the presence of his family. Shaw did I *nd took him out and swung him.
not desire any trouble, but Pope, on he- The coroner’s jury consisted of Tom
ing ordered from the premises, picked I Heard, John Bunch, John W neatly,
up an axe and rushed towards tho white I John H. Walton, C. L. Waltou, 1). II.
man. It was then that Shaw called his I Standard, J. T. Mahoney, Jerry Quin,
gun into requisition. Pope was still 1 Geo. Wolf, AV- S. L««.ne, as t oreman; Dr,
alive at the time of our correspondent’s I Jm. A. Lane Coroner,
dispatch yesterday afternoon, and Shaw I The verdict was that the hoy cam3 to
had surrendered to Sheriff Maxwell and his death by hanging and shooting from
given bond for his appearance when unknown parties.
called upon. I There is no county in the State whose
Pope has the reputation of being a I moral tone is higher than that of \\ ilkes.
hard character, and has been insolent to I Her people are of no blood-thirsty bent-
the whites before. The general verdict on the other hand they are of the moat
THE WIND THEIR STEED.
DAUGHTERS OF EVE.
, Dar-
Carl and Carlotta Slyer* Propose
Ing Plan.
Professor Carl El Myers and his wife,
Carlotta. of Mohawk. N. V.. who are well
Wbat the Kew»p:*per* Say About Famous
Ones of the Fair Sex.
Lady Colin CaiuplxU was offered
known balloonists, now think they hue, ^’9°,° fo T tw ° lectu ™ *“ A, ' ,er “^
” “ . . 1 , 1 ,, I which, on the advice ol Matthew Arnold,
got the currents of the upper air so woll ^ doclinwl
CARL E. MYERS.
is that be has got his just deserts,
ATHEISTS IN ATHENS.
most law-abiding, and peacable, as every
one knowt.
The terrible judgment upon Dan
Sale has, therefore, fallen simply as an
example and as a future safe-guard.
The negro’s body was left suspended
from Sunday night to noon on Monday,
when it was turned over to friends and
was buried.
Miss Smith was 8* excited over the
1I1KD rKOM HYDROPHOBIA.
|0lil Man B.11 Siicc.mb. From th. Rite, of
s Mad lion Inillctrd a Month Since.
n ur readers may remember that about
11 niomh .go, whilst an old negro named
I kill was w orking in a field near Oraw-
I fold, he was attacked by a savage bull
-vf, which severely bit hint. Two or
I tk.rr. days after this the old man came
Alkcnr and exhibited his wounds to
I >«'mi people here. He was terribly
| tom on ore wrist.
'Ihe wounds had healed, and the old
I was apparently doing well, until
a few days ago, when he commenced to
[ exhibit a horror of water. It was thus
’’■deni that symptoms of hydrophobia
I were setting in, and these rapidly de-
’eioped until it became necessary for the
l ufety of his neighbors, to hare the poor
| f’lluw tied.
Although apparently conscious up to
within two hours of his desth on Situr-
dij nigh’, he fuamed st the motit'i and
mapped at everybody who approached
It is said that suffocation from
| *«insulation of foam in hit throat
the immediate cause of his death.
. The affair caused the greatest sensation
io the neighborhood, and largo crowds
o'people flocked to eee the poor old
•offerer. All that medical akill could do
tor him was done: The deceased was
••idently an inoffensive, infirm eld negro,
| jod ever since he was bitten seemed to
•oink that he would fall a Victim id by
orophobia. - 1 f ' 1 *’
PJ«J of . Broken Heart,
“ijig” Bode ia jtnown to neafly evefT
woiqan apd phtld ip Atfepna; cc-
•oquently it will not be amiss for th<
lo know that “Nig" has daparted and
f°oe where all good doga go. The strange
part of “Nig’a” demise ie that be died of
* broken heart. Mr. C. Bode, the ba.
had a bob tail cat to which “Nig”
very much attached; many a romp
did the two have together. About three
*”ka ago the bob-tailed cat made her
••it from this vale of teen. After her
death “Nig” hunted everywhere for her,
»od as he could not find her became
disconsolate and could not be comforted.
His appetite failed him, and though tiie
most choice v*ands were put before him,
■•wet all to bo purpose. He oould not
be induced to eat The night before last
“Nig” pasted in his checks, and was laid
on the cooling board to rest from the
troubles of thta world. “Nlg’e” owner
f«ele confident that he died of n broken
h’art, caused by the death of the bob
tailed cat “Nig was n little bench-legged
See; but oould whip every dog of hta
•ue in town. . A, • * •*
An 1 Invitation to Such, If any Exist* to
Glvo Publicity to tkelr Imaginary Boo
to Humanity.
Bawner-Watchhan: The “card’' of
“Correspondent Constitution” published I matter that hemorrhage of the lungs en-
In your Sunday issue, impresses mo that | sued. She ia now better, however,
the position of the correspondent waa not I The lynching took place in spite of the
fairly stated, when the *view8’ of the I most strenuous efforts on the part of
ministers and others were solicited by 1 Bailiff Charley Mahoney to prevent it.
you. I had not seen the original article, I All is now as quiet as if nothing bad
1 simply judged from the question asked I happened.
me, that the original charge was, that 1 But the well known reputation of Old
“Athena was becoming Atheistic,” and I Wilkes, for its protection of all females—
not whether there are atheists in the city I especially of white ladies—against all of-
nor whether there is an organisation of fenders had perforce to be vindicated.
Atheists. That such information as the I
correspondent speaks of having been giv-1 fire laddies.
en to him was given I have no doubt.
That he has given it publicity, I do not I Where They are Going—What They are Do-
regret; that he'has been misunderstood, 1 ins _ Mo Annual Parade—The Interest
do regret And I further regret that
these gentleman who have thus banded 5
together for the purpose of studying 1 Athens has been distinguished for the
Atheistic literature, have determined to 1 past twenty years for her volunteer fire
keep in**the dark,”and work under cover, department. Every tournament they
as if their atheism is something they are have entered brought them victory, and
ashamed of, or the consequences of I it became a common saying that if any of
which they have reason to dread. the Athens companies were to attend,
The “correspondent” further, and very that they wonld se ll first choice in the
satisfactorily explains himself in the At- pools. Tho gallant Pioneers never came
lanta Constitution of Sunday’s issue and home from a tournament in Augusta,
gives some additional information re- I Home, or Macon that they did n t come
gardingthis “branch society”of Atheists, well loaded with silverware, which was
The informant, we are told, refused to put up as prizes. The glory, however,
give any names, said the society’s object of the fire department seems to have
is “social pleasure and mental improve- I departed since the Pioneers have got
ment, and that it wished no notoriety”.. horses for their trucks, and all the inem-
and that there are a few ladies who svm- I bers can ride. The Babcock, which was
pathize with the movement,but that they 1 always consideied the most efficient at a
are not members of the society. The in- fire, has been sold, and none of the old-
formant further declared that these Athe-1 time interest is felt,
ists “had no desire to foist their views But Chief Mason is doing his b.‘st to
on others, nor to proselyte believers in get the boys livened up; and meeting
other doctrines,” and finally tbit they him yesterday, a reporter inquired after
**have moral lav for their highest cede.” 1 the prospect for the summer campaign.
There was only one thing lacking to Chief Mason says that Bloomfield No.
make all this satisfactory--he ought to 4 will go to Anderson, S. C., and that No.
have told how many there are in the atl»- 5 think ol going yei. The last named
eistic society. This gentleman’s “verac- havn’t decided. The rates are very
ity” being vouched for by the correspon- cheap, only $2.36 ihe round trip, ami
dent, we have no right to deny that such it is more than probable that they will
a society does exist in Athens, nor is go.
Athens exceptional in this respect. None ef the companies, so far, have
The point I want to make here is ihis: I decided to go to Americas, rates to that
by does the society wish to proselyte place being $6.40, and it is rather too far
Atlanta, May 9, 10 p. m.—[Special
to the Banner-Watcuman.]—The Con
vention met at 12 o’clock.
Hon. Hoke Smith was elected chair*
man of the Convention, a proceeding
which the Banner-Watchman has from
the first persistently urged.
The attendance was large beyond ex
pectation.
President Cleveland’s message was
unanimously endorsed.
The delegates to St. Louis from the
Eighth Georgia Congressional District
are:
Col. T. W. Rucker, of Athens, and So
licitor General William M. Howard, of
Oglethorpe.
From the State at large the delegates
chosen are:
Hon. Pope Barrow, A. H. Cox, Solici
tor General F. G. Dubignon, Washington
Dessau.
The convention adjourned at 6 p. m.
sine die.
The crowd was enthusiastic for the
President and Tariff Reform.
Everything is quiet, in spite of the gen
eral rejoicing.
Senator Colquitt is here, and is re
ceiving overwhelming congratulations.
The Clarke county delegation had as
chairman Mr. E. II. Dorsey, the resolu
tion appointing him being unanimous and
very complimentarily worded.
Col. John C. Dell, of Sylvania, was one
of the delegates from the First District*
The alternates from the Eighth Dis
trict are R. D. Yow, of Franklin, and W.
D. Barker, of Morgan.
He Don’t Want It.
Colunous, Ohio, May 9.—[Special to
the Banner-Watchman.]—Senator Thur
man, “the grandest Homan of them all,”
denies that he has any aspirations to the
Vice-Presidency. He says he can’t be
Csesar, so lie won’t be anybody.
mapped oat that they can crocs the cent!
nent either way at will, and propose to
prove it by going aerially to San Francisco
and back. Of course tbe scheme has been
repeatedly tried, the most sensational In
stance being that of the late Professor
John Wise, who traveled 1,900 miles in
twelve hours, but
not in the direc
tion he wanted to
go. Since that ex
perience the ac
cepted opinion has
been that the air
currents oould not
be calculated in
advance, and that
once launched in;
space the aeronaut*
must go as the
wind listeth; but
•’Carlotta" Myers
Insists on the contrary, and she and her
husband intend to try their system soon
She has made many voyages, in which
she landed almost where sho would, and
mnint.ninR that by noting the direction of
tho currents as she rises through them
she ran choso her level and go where she
will.
Professor Myers has made ascensions in
twelve states and Canada, and with the
data thus obtained he proposes to take a
scries of day flights, stopping each night
at designated cities to resupply with gas
If his calculations prove correct ho will
then make on© unbroken eastward jour
uty from San Francisco to New York,
after which he will try an over-ocean voy
age His opinion is. however, that the
currents above the ocean run on a very
different system from those above the
land, and that as yet we know practically
nothing about them. He has his great
balloon in course of construction and will
take his eastward flight early this year
His kWife, “Car
lotta," has had
many exciting cx
pericnces. includ
ing one trip with
natural gas. taken
direct from the
tube in Franklin.
Po. Her husband
had a few day
previously made
tho first ascension
ever made with
natural gas._ On
first rising she
was in danger, be
fore getting clear of tho buildings; but once
afloat, she says, “in the broad stream of
air the balloon rose rapidly, but flew more
swiftly northwestward, while below us
the wilderness of tins and oil derricks
faded rapidly away. Soon I was
City, Titusville and Tideout, as 1 varied
my course." Through a defect In the
workings of the valve she rose to a height
of 20.000 feet before she could turn to de
scend. and made 90 miles in 90 minutes,
most of the time at a height of fournuics!
Once when she made an ascension, clad
in spangles, and with guaze wings on he
shoulders, she came down In a backwoods
locality, and was very shortly surrounded
by a crowd of gaping negroes, who. seem,
the guaze wings, imagined she was some
sort of an angel, and began at once to
offer the most extravagant adoration
Five fluids have now been used for In
flating balloons. First was the hot air.
used by the Montgolfier brothers a century
ago; then hydrogen, soon after used by
M. Cliariis; then carbonetted hydrogen or
coal gas. first used by tho noted British
aeronaut. Green; then naphtha or water
gas, in common use for a long time; and
finally natural gas. as introduced by
“Carlotta" and Prof. Meyers.
The most fearless rider in the capital
Is Miss French, the daughter of Repre
sentative French, of Connecticut, who
rides a very spirited horse and sits her
saddle with grace and composure.
Mme. Janauschek’s name is pro
nounced in three or four different ways,
but her own way is a» though the name
were spelled “Yan-ow shek.** with each
syllable plainly soundcii. and the accent
upon the first.
Mrs. Annie Besant. the well known
English radical thinker and lecturer, ia
described by a correspondent who re
cently saw her as a well proportioned
lady of medium height and upright bear
ing. with a face of somewhat masculine
[cut. every line in it indicating determiua-
Uncle Sam’s New Navy Beginning
to Take Form.
TORKTOViN AND VESUVIUS.
“CARLOTTA" MYERS.
Another Dying Emperor.
New York, May 9 [Special to the Ban
ner-Watchman].-A telegram from Brazil,
via London, says the Emperor Dom Pe
dro is so seriously ill, that he cannot re
cover.
A Slight Repulse.
New York, May 9.—[Special to the
Banner-Watchman.]—Governor Hill has
vetoed the Crosby high license bill.
The Prohibitionists consider this a slight
repulse.
A Fatal Cloud-Burst.
Wichita. Kansas, May 7.—A cloud
burst at Maize, fifteen miles west of here
yesterday, swept a house and its oc
cupants into the Arkansas river. Four
lives were thus lost,and many horses and
cattle were drowned. The phenomenon
was accompanied by a terrible roaring
noise. Vcry heavy rains are prevailing
throughout the West.
Why u . .. ,
believers in other doctrines?” for the mountain boys to go in siiuumir.
jj ow are they going to “perfect the The Bloomfield* will no doubt cover
forms oflsw end morality” by keeping themselves with glory in Anderson, as
in the dark, snd noi attempting in a fair they are made of the right material, and
and honorabto way to get a following to will go in training to bring back the first
their no creed? What can they do with- I prize. , ,
out “public demonstration” of some sort? | There will be no annual parade in our
How are they going to free the poor city—nothing but an inspection of the
Christian dupes from "dogma and super- companies. This is not as it should be,
siition” by hiding theinaeivea away from but the Athena fire department, which
contact and obseAation? Now,if Athe- 1 -* •*“ *-
ism is better than Christianity, why not
out with it like men, like lovers of hu
manity, like men whose giganuc
minds, having grasped and solved the
masteries of the universe, see distinctly
the falsity of Christianity, and the truth
ef Atheism! Come, gentlemen, i f there
is anything better for us, and which you
have to give, pray let us have it. we
only want to dee whkt you have to offer
and forin 6ur own"opinion W to the rela
tive inertta of Atheism Wild Christianity,
from ybnt ataid-point of Atheism.
“ As 1 said in mt hrevioua totd«, J
- - - * J --e or twd hatt;
tfip
eludes, and when the informant said that
the society “haa moral law for its highest
code,” it only indicated that the “socie
ty” was composed of thoaghtlesa juYenue
'innocents.” who although come toman's
estate so tar am years are concerned, .had
bean badly taught the elementary pr
dples of Atheism. Latins just hint to
this ‘merchant’ Atheist, that Alhaism
has not, knows nothing of, moral law.
Persona who will Ulk that way show
that as to Atheism, they sre in
the tad-pole state. When the tail
drops off, through the Spencerian process
of evolution, perhsps they will know
■just ss tho frog knows mors, than
tho tad-polo.
J. C. D.
s old citizen Hy-
1ft Klaotrie jjlnll'fbfc nil haahotn. ft
£• hope of owing the TheumatUml
I «L Naaoo, two weeks age, oould not
Pot en his cost, but now he is-entirely
I •Bed. Mr. Venae epeoks ia th* high-
«t terms of this wonderful shaft.
Mustang Liniment Mu
ixs&rvsshs
Let Mr.-Tuck Answer.
Editor Bannib-Watchman : Clarke
did not propound hie query to en anony
mous writer, but to Mr. Henry a Jock
in person. I repeat; will-' Mr. Tuck
nlease atand'Up and anawer thv question
trier his own nswn; no* eYssirriyi as hah
beeh ddne bygone who assutnerf the su-
tharitv but clearly and unmistakably'
•W'e abide n nominaUon b£th. Deo
ociaU of Clarke County?” Thi* to n
stands at the head of tho volunteer de
partment of Georgia, have one day in
the near future to show themselves snd
their mschines. There is nothing like
this to keep up interest in our firemen.
We vote tor a holiday and a general
parade of the companies.
CEDAK CREEK.
Ckdar Cbiek, Jackson county, May
Capt. T. C. Williams, our last rep
resentative, has bean here electioneering
for a second term. ‘
Wifey C. Howard, a candidate for the
Senate in the 33rd, waa at Jug Tavern
shaking panda wjth the hoy*.
Hr. fioah Cash, who represented our
county in tho legislature, has Announced
himself in the Jackson Heiald.
Col. J. B. Silmon is a probable candi-
^AUofourboys are organized Demo
crats, snd stsnd subject to the primary
election in July. n ™
Most of our people read the n. w
and are well pleased with it. C.
A Nejrro Lynched.
Washington, Ga, May 7.—[Special
to tho Banner. Watchman]—Dan Sale,
negro of somewhat unsound mind, was
lynched near Danburg last night, for as-
ssulting Miss Smith, s school teac her
there. Sale confessed his guilt.
To-day's Convention.
Atlanta, May 7.—[Special to the
Banner-Watchman.[—Politics are at fe
ver heat here to-night. The town is full
of delegates. Senator Colquitt is here
also.
Net So Well.
Berlin, May 17.—The Emperor has
had. a relapse, sad is [n a serious coudi
tion.
A New Mode
In one of our neighboring counties
which borders on the Air Lin# railroad,
there ia a new method just instituted for
electioneering. One of the candidates
had built a house but had failed to hang
the doors to all the rooms. A neighbor
whose vote be was anxious to secure
had also built a house, but had failed to
have enough doors made for hto dwell
ing. So he came over and borrowed the
candidate's door and has failed to return
1L The man can’t afford to ask for the
return ofthedooT until after the election .
Meanwhile the wind to whistling throngh
his mountain cottage.'
He Did Botb? Thank Yo^l
% groat many patrons in Elbtrt and it hit
always shown a disposition to
county. Wo hope Mr. Pope enjovod
stay and advanced the interest of his ]
per ss well.”
Dr. C. R. Ajjnew.
In tlie death of Dr C. R. Agnew,
New York, the medical profession loses
one of its best known members. Dr
Agnew waa born in New York In 1830
After receiving a
private school ed
ucation he entered
Columbia college
and was gradu
ated in 1849.
studied medicine
with Dr. J. Kear
ney Rodgers, for
many years sur
geon of the New
York hospital. lie
attended the reg
ular course of lec
tures In the Col- DK c *• agxew.
legif of Physicians and Surgeons, serving
also in the New York Liobpitul After
being graduated from tho medical school
in 1853 Dr Agnew practiced for a year
on tho shores of Laku Superior, now the
town of Houghton, and then a small
mining town Ho then returned to New
York, and being offered the appointment
surgeon of tho Eye and Ear infirmary,
he went to Europe to complete his studies
Dr Agnew returned to America in 1855.
and married tho following year. Ho held
the position as surgeon to the New York
Ear and Eye infirmary until April, 18G4.
when his duties on tho United States san
itary commission compelled him to resign
In 1858 Governor Edwin D. Morgan ap
pointed Dr. Agnew to be sugeon general
of New York, cad at the outbreak of tho
rebellion Governor Morgan appointed him
medical director of the State Volunteer
hospital, lu this position he performed
most efficient service. For a long timo ho
had charge of tho important trust of ok
tainiug for the regiments passing through
New York state tothese^t of war their
medical supplies. Do also did remarkable
work on the sanitary commission. Since
thoso memorable war days ho has been
engaged i:i the practice of his profession
In Now A^rk.
When ex-Senator Conkling was taken
HI, on April 5, Dr. Agnew was called to
treat him. As tho case was so serious, ho
called In Dr. Barker and Dr. Sands, and
expected to take part In the operation
which lengthened Mr. Conkllng’s life sev
eral days, but his own illness prevented
his being present.
tion and resolute pun?ose. Her voice,
however, ia plea.-s.tnt and well modulated,
and her manner is gentle.
Mrs. George W. Childs is a frequent
and cordially welcome guest at Atlantic
City- A correspondent at that resort
says that Mrs. Childs possesses one of the
finest collections of jewels to t>e seen,
though aa a matter of fact sho wears, as
a rule, very few and simple jewels. Sho
fjosaesses, among other things, a rare
East Indian gem that seldom gets beyond
the borders of that land, and of which
there are very few specimens in America.
A great portion of the latter part of
Miss Alcott's life was s)>ent with her sis
ter and nephews and nieces at Nouquitt,
a town ou the west shore of Buzzard's
bay. It was here that the sculptor.
Waiter Ricketson, an intimate friend of
the family, made the medallion of Miss
Alcott not long before she died. A pho
tograph of this medallion is one of tho
best pictures to be had of her. When
her sister saw tho has relief for the first
time tho tears came to her eyes and sho
said, “That is ray Loy.’ r
Tho present German empress is tho
fifth English princess who has held that
rank. Tho others were: Edgvth. daugh
ter of Eld ward the Elder, wife of Otto
I; Gunhild, daughter of Knut, wife of
Henry III, of Germany; Matilda, tlio,
link between the Norman and Dlantagenet
dynasties, wife of Henry V, of Germany,
and Lsaljella, daughter of King John,
wife of Frederick U, *the wonder of tho
world. Tho last named princess was a
direct ancestor of tho late prince consort
of England, and. therefore, of the present
German empress.
• Florence Kelley-Wisclmewtsy, Iho
daughter of Judge Kelley, of Pennsyl
vania, who married a Russian student
abroad, is ono of the closest observers of
tho condition of the working women of
New York,and one of the best informed as
regards their condition and prospects.
Sho docs a good deal of newspaper and
other literary work in that city, is a clear
thinker and has a better faculty of putting
things on (taper than her father. Elio is
a fine looking, vigorous young woman,
with an unusually attractive face.
Harriet Beecher Stowe is failing. Her
memory grows daily more treacherous.
She is much of the time her old self, con
versing on all tho topics in which she is
interested vith great intelligence and
fluency But ’.hero are intervals, not
infrequent, luring which she forgets the
names >f friends, loses track of her own
business xmcerns and cannot sj-eak ac
curately the events )f tho past. In
some >f these forgetful intervals she haa
denied ill icquaintance with people
whom *he s known *o ielignt to honor
md x'caFioned no little temporary em-
barraosmmt thereby
A fragile locking woman, tall, slight,
with a graceful, yielding, wdiowy figure,
ihadows under her eyes and ghosts look
ing out >f ‘hem, ittracted some little at
tention landing in front of a glowing
mass lark pansies in a florist’s window
a lay >r -wo since. None of the passers
had 3*er seen quite such an embodiment
of he oa*lid. the wistful, the s-pirituello.
Ev?ry*x>dy turned to look a second time
it theiarje »yes. the tad curves of the
face, 'he nelaneholy mouth that looked
as if. should .t smile. »t would light up
‘.he wnoie vuntenance gloriously By
and by .t did itn.ie and cordially, at a
littie cnii 1 who ran up to look at the
pH ho. is ‘oo The w >mar. was beautiful.
Nobody recognized the quiet figure, but
it was *bac v a writer whose name is
signed to *>«..* of tne strongest verse of
the day—Edith Thom us. w ho nas recently
made Njw Y >rk aer oermanent horne.?^
They Were Recently Launched at Phila
delphia, and They Are Here Pictured
and Described—Th© Former Ii) a Gun
boat and the Latter a Dynamite Cruiser.
Tho United States is at lost in a condi
tion at w'hlcli patriots can rejoice, and,
with the recent launching of six new
vessels, it may bo said that Uncle Sam’s
reproach for deficiency in naval armament
is beginning to .disappear.:
The four now cruisers-rDo!phin, At
lanta. Boston and Chicago—built under
tho contracts with the late John Ronch,
are uow upon tho sea. and on April 28, at
tho ship yard of Cramp & Sons, Philadel
phia, were launched the gunboat Yorktown
TIIE VESUVIUS.
and that striklvg novelty in naval work,
tho dynamite cruiser Vesuvius. As this
last. If a success, will greatly revolution
ize naval warfare, a full description is of
interest.
♦ **
Tho Vesuvius is an unarmored ship,
with machinery below tho water lino, 240
feet long, with a knife blado bow and
6tern and a body like a thick cigar. It Is
but 20 feet wide and 14 feet deep, with a
menu draught of 9 feet. Tho sides aro
crowned with a very light- railing of gal
vanized iron, which gives it tho appear-
nnco of a pleasure boat, and it is designed
not to staud and take shot, but to fire and
run away Indeed, in certain contin
gencies.’ it must Ik> guarded by an iron
clad, behind which it can tako refugo
till ready to bring its guns to bear. Still
more novel is the arrangement by which
the three dynamite guns aro fastened in
tho bow, and cannot bo turned; so the
vessel itself must bo pointed at tho object
to t ake aim.
Tho dynamite guns look like immense
reflecting telescopes, being 55 feet long,
ami projecting far out from tho forecastle
deck. Tho breeches aro finuly fastened
to tbo bottom of tho vessol, and around
them aro thirty-six pipes, each 25 feet
lot' g and 10 inches in diameter, into which
the compressed air is forced to charge tho
guns The compressor brings this air to
a pressure of 2,000 pounds to tho square
inch, and by its force the dynamite shells,
weighing 000 pounds, can bo sent two
miles. As tho vessel’s engines can give It
a speed of twenty miles an hour—its
eity arise. Tho admiralty are so pleased
with tho new design that they will super
sede with it all the old torpedo boats; and,
of course, other nations must follow suit.
And by tbo timo we got 1W?U supplied all
around with torpedoes, torpedo boats,
dynamiters, and other gunboats, wo may
reasonably expect that some genius will
invent something that will render all
these useless, and then wo shall all begin
again at tho beginning. But the great
point to the United States is that these
now gunboats can rang© tho ocean and de-
Etroy.mercbant ships so easily that any
commercial nation will think long before
going tojwar with the great Republic.
THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE. 3
Melville W. Fuller Nominated by Presi
dent Cleveland.
President Cleveland has * samed a sue.
cessor to tho lato Chief Justice Walto, ol
the United States supremo court,
Melville Weston Fuller, of Chicago, the
nominee, is a man of Co. and was horn in
Augusta, Me. >
His father was Frederick A. Fuller, his
mother Catherine Martin, daughter ot
Chief Justice
Nathan Weston.
Melvillo W. was
graduated at Bow-
doin in tho class
of 1SJ3, E. J.
Phelps, minister
to England, being
a classmato. Mr.
Fuller began tho
study of law ia
tho office of his
u n e 1 o, George Mlxni.LK w. fclleb.
Melvillo Weston, at Bangor. After at
tending lectures in the law department oi
tlnrvard university ho began the practice
of his profession lu Augusta in 18oG.
Wldlo waiting for clients ho acted aa
editor of Tiie Ago. Somo timo later he
went to Chicago, and there ho soon had a
lucrativo practico. In 1801 ho was elected
a member of the stato constitutional con
vention. In 1802 ho was chosen to the
Illinois legislature, and. although a Demo
crat, running each timo In a strong Ito
publican district, ho was victorious by
largo majorities. Ho was a delegate t«
tho Democratic national conventions ol
1SG1, 1872, 1870, and 1SS0. In 1SG0 he
was selected by tho citizens to deliver the
address of wclcomo to Stephen A. Douglas,
of whom ho was an ardent admirer.
E, I. SMITH & CO.
KkEPr ALL
Styles of Shoes,
OF THE
Best Make.
MARRIAGE BELLS.
Theosophliti at Chicago.
Tho Tlieosophists of America havo re
cently held a convention in Chicago, and
wo licro present group portraits -of some
of tho more prominent delegates thereto.
.4 Ritt PUr'» •»» China.
Ald.et £v try livscap^r V»m Aus-
tra;U nos so aliening *» iay tbo at tin
rabbit f.e n flut *o.ony And now
comes x iurt'ltr vail from 'hina, rating
a tong»r **»v.ch threatens -mat zmpiri.
\ r-xvn au/n->*r Th,* ?<*kin Gazette
contains * avmorai *» :r.e emperor from
the governor CT-^aasutai stating that,
owing to :he appearance ot swarms of
rats, it has tvvn found necessary x alter
tne fo»il.*f o( zne government courier
service in three if the >vtal station* in
the Khuikha retrion r. ?uter Mongolia.
For two vear* past -.he pa<stumge ot
districts in question turn suffered severely
from the ravages ot tlu*se vermin, and
last year nearly every blade of grass was
eater* up. The w bole cuuutrv has been
honeycombed with their burrows,
horse# and camels are m s famishing
6tate, ami there if no means of keeping
them alive. The burro we arc a sou ice of
grc.at danger to the mounted couriers,
and the want of foiagt* render? it impos
sible to maintain a supply ot animals for
the service.—Scientific American.
The l*o|>c*• Triple ( ronn.
Thepo|*esdid not always wear tho tlireo
crown tiara At first they wore an ordi
nary ruilcr with one crown around it,
then a second was add:*d to it. and then
a third, when it took the name of iriregno
(three kingdoms). This explains why
sometimes the simple miter is used and
sometimes oi.Hod ih*. irucgno*—Catholic
News.
LAUNCH OF THE YORKTOWN.
shapo being calculated for speed—it is
plain that tho destroyer can “shoot and
run.” like the militia captain of the old
story. Tho engines aro toward tho stern,
triple expansion machines developing 8,300
horse power, to both run tho vessel and
compress tho air.
The guns aro tho kind invented by
Lieut. Zalinski, of the navy, recently
tested with great success; and ono of
them can throw a 900 pound projectile.
Tho vessel contains apartments for its
complement of officers and men, and tho
designers aro confident it will provo indeed
the “Destroyer of tho Seas,”
Along with tho dynamite cruiser was
launched tho Yorktown, or Gunboat No.
1, os sho was first called—a steel cruiser
of 1,700 tons displacement, length be
tween perpendiculars 230 feet, draught
13 feet forward and 15 feet aft, and
breadth 36 feet. Sho has a poop and top
gallant forecastle, with open dock be
tween Her engines are triple expansion,
2,200 horso power with natural
draught and 3,300 with forced draught,
giving a speed of seventeen knots per
hour. Tlio engines aro in separate water
tight compartments, and tho coal is in
bunkers around them to give protection.
Tho machinery, magazines and steering
gear are covered by a three-eighths inch
water tight steel deck, which is In tho
form a turtle back, curving down at tho
sides and at tho bow and stem, while tho
Trown of it is but littlo abovo tho water
lino Above and below this deck are
water tight bulkheads, dividing the ship
into many water tight compartments,
all of which can bo drained by tho
powerful pumps and ventilated by tho
blowers. An armored tower stands on
tbo forecastlo deck, protected by 24nch
6t<*d plates and provided with speaking
tubt*s and telegraphs by which tho cap-
AFTERTKX YEARS
Mr. J. M. Norton is Reunited to Ml** Lucy
Hull.
It to jast ten yean ego that Mr. J. M.
Norton and hto wife, formerly Miss Lucy
Hell, of Cnwford, come to the conclu
sion that their dispositions were of die*
simitar bent, and accordingly agreed to
part. In other wordi, they were di
vorced from one another.
Mr. Norton, who is well known in
Athens, went to Texarkana, Texas, and
made money. Misa Lncy Hall repaired
to the home of her parents. Fate seemed
propitious in healing the differences be
tween the separated couple. Their sen-
timents grew identical. A correspond-
ence was reopened; This led to another
engagement, and this resulted [in a re*
anion.
At the residence of Mr. P. A. Moore,
on Oconee street, Mr. J. M. Norton wa»
yesterday afternoon again united
to Miss Lncy Hall, amid the congrata-
lations of admiring and sympathizing
Wends. Rev. C. D. Campbell performed
fhe ceremony. • “
The bride a^fi bridegroom [eft last
night for 'WtnUrvilie.of which place Mr.
Norton to now a prominent oitizen.
Unwarranted Liberty.
Two ladies who live neighbors on
Trumbull avenue have never called on
each other because, as they both movid
there at the same time, they could never
decide which one was to make the firs
call.
For the same reason they have never
spoken to each other, but have waited
to be formally introduced. A few days
ago there arose a slight disturbance be
tween the children of the two families,
and the least ceremonioua of A the two
ladies took this occasion to step over to
her neighbor’s veranda and offer an olive
branch of peace.
“I am sorry that my little girl should
have annoyed yours. She acknowledges
that she was in the wrong. I will see
that it does not happen again.”
The other Udy started icily through
her gold eye-glasses’ and, turning to the
nurse girl at her side, inquired in her
most supercilious tones: 1
“Is she spfeakirig to me?”;
The £irl Repeated what had been said
to her mistress.
“Tdll her' I accept tl*e qpology,’* said
that lady t^dghtifo snd. turning, she
Tfithdpew to the house.—-Detroit Free
Press.
H. S. OLCOTT.
PROF. ELLIOTT COCE3. WILLIAM Q. JUDGE.
DIETZ. BLAVATSKY.
Tlio society was founded in Now York,
in 1873, by Mme: B1 a vat-sky, with tho co
operation of Col. IL S. Olcott. Mme.
Blavatsky is now at tho head of the branch
of the Thcosophical society, which she es
tablished in London. Sho has been suc
ceeded in America by Professor Elliott
Cones, wflo Js president of tho society.
Among tho early members bf tho group
of which tho society was originally com
posed was Linda Dietz, the actress. She
was at that timo a favorite with the public,
and was playing at tho Union Square
theatre. She has since retired from tlio
stage, and has disappeared from public
view. Then there was Mr. W. Q. Judge,
a native bf tho Emerald Islo, who is now
the secretary of the society. Uo has had
chargo of Mme. Blavatsky!s business
affairs for many years. All tho branches
of tho society were represented, twenty-
two in number, at the Chicago convention.
It appeared from tho records that there
are now* in tho United States about COO
enrolled members, and several thousands
secretly affiliated.
AN INTERESTING SOCIETY EVENT IN
ATHENS.
Mr. Hugh X. lViilcox United In Bond* of
Holy Matrimony With 311m Mary K.
Nicholson—A Condensed Sketch by an
Eye ‘Witness of tlio Happy Ceremony.
Last night the first Methodist church
was the scene of the society event of the
season, the occasion being the marriage
of Miss .Mary Kennor Nicholson, to Mr.
Hugh N. Will cox, son of Piofrssor Will-
cox of this city. .
The church was handsomely decora
ted with flowers, and the pyi imids of can
dles shedding soft light over tho floral
arches presented a picturesque scene,
which it wou’d bo inpoisiblo for us to
describe.
The railing around the altar was cov
ered with roses ard vines, and at etch
end stood a hnrgc floral a-ch, ornamented
with a row of cxndlc.i. At tlio end of
the middle aisle, and directly in front of
the altar, stood a canopy of white flow
ers with numerous rows of lights, while
from the center hung a largo mar
riage bell of white roses.
At an early hour the church was
crowded to its utmost capacity, and at
eight o’clock promptly, tho strains of
Mendelson's wedding march, pealing
forth from tho organ, announced
a tho arrival of tho wedding party,
l who entered tho church in tho following
order:
Tho nshers, Messrs. W. L. Clay, T, R.
It. Cobb, Charley Scudder and George
Lucas, took their stand on each side of
the pulpit. Then came Mr. B. F. Uarde-
man with Mr. Cecil Willcox, Miss Mai/
X. Cobb with Miss Sallio Harris, each
couple separating at the altar, and taking
the : r stand. Each lady joined the pro
ceeding gentleman. Then followed Mr.
John Benedict and Mr. G. It. Nicholso l,
Miss Lamar ltutherfo-d and M» r s Daisy
Willcox, Mr. John Daniel with Mr. M. G.
Nicholson, M ; ss Mary Bussell, and Leila
Cha idler, Mr. Harry Willcox and Mr.
W. M. Rowland, Miss Blanche Willson
and Miss IJMy Moss.
Xc:;t came tho groom with his best
man, Prof. Charles M. Strahan.
These were followed by four littlo
flower girls—Misses Julia Nicholson,
Mary Ilunircutt, Alley Eve and Lucy
1 N ans; and then came the bride leaning
upon the arm of her brother Mr. H. K*
Nicholson. At the altar Miss Nicholson
vas joined by the groom.
Rev. W. S. Anderson in a beautiful
manrer. read the Methodist marriage
ceremony, and at the plighting of their
troth the coUplo was pronounced man
and wife.
The p .rty then left the church, each
young lady joining a gentleman under
the canopy outside tho entrance to the
aisle, and proceeded down tho aisle.
The party repaired to tho * residence of
the briee’s mother where a small recep
tion was held.
Only the attendant.<and relatives were
piesent
Miss Nicholson is a daughter of tho
late John W. Nicholson, and is ono of
the most lovable and attractive young
ladies in our city. Athens congratulat s
li rself that she will still reside uuder
our classic shades, and dispense tbo
sweet cb rities of life.
Mr. Willcox, being tho son of Prof. C.
P. Willcox of tbe University of Georgia,
will unq<iestioi«bly figure prominently
in the busiue. $ circles of Athens.
The Banner-Watchman desires to join
and o\tend to the happy couple its best
‘sites.
mi. and Mrs. Willcox leave this morn-
g for an extended visit North.
J \
1
Tho most progressive official In Chins
is undoubtedly tho governor of Formosa.
On Chinese New Year’s day his “Yamen”
in Taipak-fu was illuminated by tho elec
tric light, and it is his intention to havo
tho wholo city lighted by electricity as
soon os it may bo possible*—New York
World.
PARAGRAPHS OF INTEREST.
RuitU’t Convict 11 on to*.
Siberia, as a place of exile, is shortly
destined to become a thing of tho past.
The Russian government, acting upon
Uie advice of the governors ot Irkutsk
and Amor* has Redded to keep its pris
oners in large convict houses, instead of
sending them to Siberia.—Frank Leslie’s.
A CLOSE SUAVE.
All Sort* of Items Clipped by tho “Scl*-
sor* and Paste” Editor.
Dynamos are being run by windmills.
Three eighty-one ton guns by Itrupp
have been delivered at the Dardanelles.
There aro 200 men in Cincinnati who
carry an aggregate life insurance of $10,-
000,000.
A hig oak tree was recently felled in
Pike county, Missouri. It made 429
fence posts and 9 cords of wood.
Translators of French works aro so
plenty that $100 now pays for tho trans
lation
The first whistle of the cotton factory
at GainetYUl* was beard in October last,
end on April lit, at which time the
stockholders held a meeting, s diridend
of oxer 12 per cent
An Accident That Might Have Laid The
BannerAVatchman Office in Rain*.
Wednesday afternoon, about 2 o’clock
the Banner-Watchman otllco had a nar
row escape from a destruction by fire.
The colored porter had, in the morn
ing, burned a collection of waste paper—
spring poems, political essays, etc.—in
the grate of the printing office. These
evidently smouldered, and the fire com
municated from them to an adjacent
trunk of files, by means of a narrow
strip of rubbish. On the top of and by
the side of the trank were several artic
les of clothing which were more or less
burned, together with several mail
sacks.
If the acute noses of the “boys”
the printing office had not detected
something wrong, in a few minutes the
place would have been in flames. It was
a harrow shave, ihough‘fortunately noth
ing bqt the mail-bags and the aforesaid
clothing was iiyured.
Sandersville has been partially de
stroyed by fire. One hundred thousand
dollars will not cover the loss. The
fire eriginated in a email grocery store
on Harris street, and running back to
Haines street, destroyed several residen
eea aa wall aa stores.
Tne Georgia road has made tb* re
turn for 1888 of its property to the Comp
troller General. The total amount is $2,-
539,596. The income for the year end
ing May lis given at 11,514,272, expenses
$957,645, leaving 656,627 net income to
be taxed at H of 1 per cent
Albany to to have a big art and floral
frur.
NEW UHTTISn TOKI'EIJO BOAT,
tatr. can communicate with tho engineers
ami men at the gims and control tho whole
thing in battle. Tbe Yorktown carries
400 tons of coal, enongb to sail from 2,500
to 10,000 miles, according to tho rate of
a pood desired, as it is a principle of etuam
making for speed abovo eight knots per
hour, each added knot requires more coal
than any preceding.
While the United States navy is employ
ing its constructive talents on destructive
gunboats. Great Britain is devoting her
naval energies just at present to the per-
footing of torpedoes and torpedo boats.
There ore fifty such boats In the British
navy; but the admiralty a year ago pro-
nounced them unsafe, uncomfortable end
of little or no uso in a rough, sea, and in
vited proposals for a new class free from
the existing defects. The result bos been
a boat of novel designs constructed by
Messrs. Yarrow $ Co. Their first boat
was lately exhibited In the Thames, and
ia officially declared a success. It is CO
feet long. 8 toot and 6 Inches In beam,
end can make seventeen knots on boor
with its (nil load. The rapidity and ease
with which the boat to turned, its capacity
for tho roughest sea and the ease with
which'it to steered, fill the admiralty’s
want-
The machinery consists of a locomotive
boiler amd triple expansion engines—all
protected, os to the steering apparatus.
A revolving torpedo gun to fixod aft, from
which a torpedo can be ejected at on angle
while the boat to going at fall speed, a
great Improvement on the firing from the
bow, by which the speed of the boat was
suddenly chocked, greatly increasing the
liability to be hit by the enemy’s guns.
A email Kordonfeldt gun to also mounted,
so that the croft con be made,'to that ex-
tent. a.anink-firine gunboat lf„the npcca-
Mustang Liniment
.tion of any new French novel.
A London dealer in orchids employs
sixteen collectors in South America,
Africa, Asia and the Pacific islands.
The.class of *85 of Yule holds its trien
nial this year, and has no boy to receive
the class cup. This is said lo be unpre
cedented.
People who make royal marriages havo
already arranged one between tho heir
of tlio Italian crown and tho third
daughter of the German emperqr.
Tlio trousseau of the Viscountesse
Rouge was so magnificent that it
publicly exhibited in Paris. It is said to
bo tho most bouutiiul over made.
On her trial trip the Reina Regente,
the new Spanish warship, which has ju&t
left tho hands of her English builders,
developed a speed of twenty-one kn
Out in India it is “the man or tho
tiger,” but tho man got ahead of i!ie
tiger last year. Hunters killed 1,400
tigers, and tigers killed only 1,000 men.
Tho Parisians aro so dissatisfied with
tho weight of the English high hat that
their hatters havo invented a silk hat
weighing littlo more than an ounce and
a half.
During the first threo months of this
year 5,000 more immigrants arrived at
New York than in the same timo last
year. There were 28,945 arrivals in
March.
It is said that tho best paid colored
woman in Georgia is tbo one who cooks
for the Capital City club of Atlanta. Sho
gets $1,500 a year and has a $1,000 as-
bistant.
sugar refining company, with
$5,000k 000 capital, has been started to
VP© Mr. Henry Friend's new method of
refining by electricity. Tho cost will bo
about seventy-five cents a ton.
There is a regular boom in sparring at
Harvard this year, and more slugging
haa been done than ever before. Fully
400 students are boxing regularly, and
some are very handy with their fists.
The bursting of a creosote tank at the
freight yard of the Atidland railway, at
Carlisle, England, allowed a quantity of
the creosote to run into a small stream
which is a tributary to tho river Eden,
and it poisoned tons of fish, including
salmon and trout.
Since the removal of the tax on match
e*, the Atlanta Match Factory has dou*
bled its business. Thia shows the state^
ment that the reduction of the taxon
necessanes will paralyze industries tp bti
a cracked chestnut. - ■ ■ > - ■
JkFFBRsoK, Ga., May 7th.—Tho Be
publican mass meeting was held her-
Saturday. Very much to the regre
of all the colored people, tho lion. Madio
son Davis, of Clarko county, failed to
meet with them. There seems to bo
two factions in tho party, ono led by
’rof. Simmons, a school teacher who haa
recently come here, and the ether by
App Horton. It was frequently tho caso
that two motions and ono orator would
be on the lloor at the same time, and
ono member exclaimed: “Show me a
negro who lias aiiy sense and I will go
with him.”
Wes Mcrk, one of our best farmers,
will be the Alliance candidate for tbo
Legislature from this county.
Mrs. Dr. J. IS. l’endergrass and Mrs.
Guss Clark (nee Alice Hunter,) will vis-
Athens to-day.
Jefferson, Ga., May 8.—After read
ing tho notice in Sunday’s Banner-
Watchman 1 met Judge Bell, our ordina
ry, and asked him in regard to the
' eiuons’ ostate, you recently mentioned,
lie says that it is all nonsense; that there
is no estate in his hands at all, and so
the “near relations of Cooper’s Lemons”
need not employ lawyers to represent
them in the matter.
Judge Bell, as ;treasurer of Martin In
stitute, and Libert Askew as trustee of
tho M. E. church, will leavo to-day to
attend the Georgia llailroad convention
which meets in Augusta to-morrow.
Messrs. Hill, Silmau and Hancock also
leave on the G. J. &S. K. C. for Atlanta,
to attend tho convention there.
Mr. IVcs Merk and Dr. X. B. Cash
seem to bo tlio favorito candidates for
the House. A. A. B.
JEl'l'EUSOV.
Democratic Notice.
As Chairman of the Democratic Exe
cutive committee of Clarko county, I
hereby appoint the following gentlemen
as members of committee from their re
spective militia districts:
Bradberry—T.l). Jennings.
Kenney—John It. Nichols.
linckbranch—J. T. l’ittard.
Sandy Creek—Wm. Yerby.
I’urvers—W. W. l’uryer.
Georgia Factory—John 11. White.
And respectfully request them to
meet .Saturday the I2th at the council
chamber of city of Athens at II o'clock,
a. w. Business of importance.
C. G. Talmage.
Chairman Democratic Executive Com
mittee.
DAXIKLSVIIXE.
Davif-lsvili.e, May 7th.—Mrs. Hugh
Hardman is dead and was buried'yes
terday.
Littlo Norma Strickland has been
quito sick with pneumonia, but is im
proving.
Kcv. Gibson Campbell preached an ex
cellent sermon to a large audience here
yesterday.
The Baptists have raised sufficient
money to put their new church,in con
dition to be used.
Mr. Samuel Daniel has returned from
Greensboro where ho has bconin school.
Mrs. Story, of Greensboro, is visiting
Mrs. Daniel:
Most Investigate.
Tho grand jnry should, at their next
session, look well after those parties who
are falsely packing cotton. There are
various ways of defrauding the huyeri.
One of these is putting en an unnecessa
ry amount of bagging. This should all be
looked into, and the parties punished.
The shipments from Athens have been
injured considerably by parties 'who ato
seeking to defraud the buyers by every
device. This, to a very important: mat
ter. . . • J , f
A negro man, who lives ■ near Means—
rilie, Pike county, was suspected of eh:
attempt to rape, and on Tuesday night a
party of masked men, went to his house
and took ;him out to mob him-/ They'
shot both ears off and broke hi* right:
aim, then to^ him for dead, but ho was -
found and cared fcr; before Kfo was ex-
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