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About noou
a white country-
• Hum and Tu-n-
ilt in tho head with
Minor Lee, a negro
imlth.'on Marietta Unit.
U a serious one, but not
in town tills morning
■melons. A slioe
i- tior-e and he went to l.ec'a
i shop and ordered him to put
ruck ldm in the head
tool used by black-
torses. The assaul-
not yet been caught
the wound is fatal.
S’ADA EXCITED.
Government Asked for
War Ships.
fonts, July 81,—A special tothe
: “A meeting of Mho cabiuvt
‘ to-day (Tuesday) to discuss
of the Black Diamond by
[State s revenue cutter Rush,
brief dispatch was received
: that tbc vessel bait, been
70 miles from the nearest land,
maud will at once be made bn the
British government tor two war vessels
to proceed to Behting sea, to look after
and protect Canadian vtaaels from
I'nite : itcs cutters. 1
Why is it that moat alTof the drays,
oal yard and factory wagons in Ath
ens are K
there it no other wagon tha 11 stand
lie h cavy,rct'gh work but
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A CARD, '
To »U Owners of Vehicles.
There nre a great many people in
ly Clarke, Oglethorpe, Oconee, Madison,
imir after she was taken, and Jackson anil other surrounding
a husband and seven cblidren counties having in past years used one
of friends to mourn her I of the old Hodgson make of wagons or
death rottof our communl-1 ■'“Kg 1 ”, that wlij aay tliat they would
.lug alarming, and it seems ”» her W u ‘ ore ,or » w “/ on , or
buggy than they liave to pay for the
,, I cheap wagons and buggies that arc sold
I . Johnson,ofyultman,Oa., |, 10W ^ ty ,* „ tl „ } . wrtaln tBSt
* they would get one as good as the old
Hodgson make.
We wish tosay to all who have tued
the old Hodgson, work and to the pub
lic that we can furnish yon wagons and
buggies, that we will garuutee to 1>e as
good as the old Hodgson work, and as
cheap as you can buy Eastern or West
ern or any other kind of work.
We carry a good assortment of bug
gies and wagons on hand, which we
propoeeto sell as cheap an yon can buy
of anyone else In tlie Shite.
Respectfully, Ki.kis A Martin,
d-lt-w-tf. Athens, Ga.
eusw-wmSSif^
The I'nion aajrkt It is reported that
two persons were killed Wednesday at
A ii'hTsonvJlle.
inn, In making ids escape
vlth a stolen horse/ was overtaken and
hot three times by the owner of tbo
lorse.
The oilier was a white boy, who was
1 from a sporting machine and
neck broken.
Mill.IMA lll.l'l 1II.K A NS
S.ij in. y W III It 1111 I III. i- I v-Colife,!.-
rule Generals 011 Tlit-lr State
Ticket.
ItiriiuoNn, Va., July 31.—A mem
ber of General Mahone's state executlvo
committee to-day expressed the opinion
Unit that the ticket to lie Humiliated hy
till- Virginia Republican convention)
which is to meet In Norfolk on August
20th, will be composed of the ex-Con-
federnto Generals—Genoral Mahoue,
for governor; General Wyatt M. Elliott,
of Appomattox county, for lieutenant-
governor, ami General James A. Walk
er, commander of Stonewall Jackson's
Id brigade, for attornoy-gonrral.
Members of the state committee re-
err.'d to claim to hare seen a letter re
cently written hy Ocueral James A.
Walker to General Maliono, in which
the wx-commander of old Stonownll'a
brigade expresses his rcadlnc-s to do all
lie could to nltl In the election of a pro
tective tariff ticket in Virginia this
year. As is well known, Generul
Walker heretofore always seted with
the ltemocrntsTn local as well as nation
al contests. If he^lacc*himself in ac
cord with the Republicans this year, It
will causa somo surprise to Genera
Walker’s frlenils.
" A Good OnsT '
Mr. John l’atiuan, one of our promt-
rnl citizen', says tliat bt once had a
turkey hen laying near his house, and
that lie took out the eggs as fast as she
laid them. He put n white door knob
iu tlio nr,t which fooled the turkey, as
she thought tlie door kuoli was an egg.
Tlie turkey laid seven eggs and went
to setting. Tlie door knob waa atill
left In the nest, ami when the turkey
hatched she came olf with n brood of
eight yqmig turkeys. Mr. I’atiiian is
confident tliat tlie door knob wan hatch
ed at well as the egg*.
THECKOK.
The Finest Frotpsst Ivor Known la Oeor-
Eta. •
Tint Baxxki editor lias Just returned
from an extended trip witli the Uraily
party,.and says he never in his life saw
such crop prospects. Tlie whole coun
try Is smiling with the prospects of
plenty.
He saw corn on thin upland,that nev
er before made more than teu bushels
per acre even tlie best of years,that will
yield from eighteen to thirty bushels.
H no calamity overtakes the crops Kl-
bort county will make enough grain to
last her two If not three years.
Corn on bottom land looks like a cane
brake. Of late yeara the farmers haw
lost their low ground crops, and so
planted a double supply. Both crops
have lilt, and In consequence promises
that Georgia will be able to sellcorn in
stead of buying it. These bounteous
crops are not courtned to Elbert, but the
tame reports reach tis from ail sections
of Georgia and Carolina. Cotton la as
fine as the land can produce. There
lias been plenty of moisture in the
earth to keep it growing. (t
Is taking on an immensa crop of
fruit, and we hear uo complaints of the
squares shedding.
In fact, every crop seems to have hit
this yeer, and next fall we may confi
dently look fore big buainees and plen
ty of money afloat.
Ia there any one eL-e in Northeast
Georgia that, gives as good a guarantee
on their buggies a id wagon's as Klein
A Mart!". w-tf.
ATHENS ADVERTISED,
A handsomely Illustrated Article to be
published In the Manufaeturer's.
Record. , wS
The citizens of Athens have arranged
with Mr. Eugene Spoor, who has beer
In our midst several days in tha inter
est of the Manufaeturer's Record to
hare a two page article written on the
advantages, the needs end possibilities
of our growing city. The article will
be, handsomely illustrated with fine
cuts of many of tlie flnest buildings,en
terprises, and residences of the city,
ami will be wrltteu- in a clear and
unexagerated manner. It la hard to
realize the great advantages to gained
from such an article iu such a journal
at ths Manufacturer's Record. It will
place Athens along with tho most pro
gressive cities of the South and will at
tract the attention of capitalists, who
arte seeking to And profltable Invest
ments in Southern Industries. There
Is no country or lection of country on
earth Just now that Is attracting so much
amazement in progress and Industrial
developments at ta the Sunuy South,
andjcapltalista and mannfaettirersevery
where are beginning to pnt their might
and money In tho South with telling ef
fect.
Athens needs capital, and when it
comeAvlth the addition of an energetic
population from the North, it is doub
ly acceptable. The citizens have rea
son to congratulate themselves on the
wisdom of this step to advertise Athens,,
and they can safely rely on the money
thus invested ns bread upon tho waters
THE BLUE BIDGE AND ATLANTIC
Judge Thomas Arranging to Complsta His
Read to Knoxville.
A Baxxkb reporter met Capt. G. H
Yancey, yesterday, and the conversa
tion turned on Northeast Georgia
Capt. Yancey stated tliat the coun
try around Tallulah Falla waa taking
on a big boom, and that the people were
at last realizing tlie great advantages
they possess in minerals, soil, climate
ami scenery.
A stock company Is now being or
ganized at Turnersvllle to develop that
place, and It ia said an iron furnace will
lie built there. Tlie lines! magnetic ore
It found in that section, and a vein
passes directly through Capt. Yancey’s
land. Before the war an iron furnace
was operated at tlie I.ogue mills, near
Clarkvsrlile, but for some cause the en
terprise was abandoned. The iron made
here was equal to the best from Sweden.
Tallulah Falla is rapidly building up.
and Is this season crowded with visitors.
Judge W. n. Thomas lias Just completed
a beautiful residence near the depot
tliat Is furnished with hot and cold wa
ter, electric bells and other modern con
veniences. Judge Thomas entertains
ids friends In princely style, and is do
ing a great deal to build up and devel
op Tallulah.
Capt. Yancey saya he entertains no
doubt about Judge Thomas completing
his road to Knoxville; thst he can get
the money <I»j, but is looking out j
for the protection of hie own interests.
He expects 1 party to visit him shortly,
and feels uo doubt but that arrange
ments will be made to complete the road.
Hie building of this line will enable
Athens to Isy down manufacturing coal
at per ton, and be of great beneflt to
our city la overr way.
We have great faith In this new toad.
Polk G. Johnson, a loading lawyer of
Clarksville, and one of tho boat known
men la Tennessee, died In New Tork.
'JT££
Rimixkx, C
weeks
It the incendiary was'ainno di.g
d laborer. Tlie cap o
| ground s^d nuMle seftTa
impossible Tlie toar of the gas rushinj
out could Imi heard in Kingsville, thro
miles away. Local mechanics found It
impossible to remove the cap. Each
one (are it up after the first trial. The
beat was simply unendurable and grew
worse every day. Gas experts from
Ohio were called to tbe scene, but they,
too, gave it up. The ground around
the well betaine baked and when work
men tried to cool it with a stream from
a fire engine tlie water exhaled in a cloud
of steam before it had fairly struck the
ground. All idea of eoollug off the
ground was given up.
The owners of the well offered f 1,000
to anyone who would remove the cep.
William H. Marvin, a mining expert
who Irad some acquaintance with natu-
ralgas, undertook Hie Job. He tried
several scheme* for removing the cap
by a long lever, but they alt failed for
tbo reason tliat bis lever
would melt away under tlie tierce heal
as soon aa he got near enough to work
He determined to go near enough to
the well to cut olf the cap. He made a
suit of asbestos that was unique in its
way and yet proved successful after a
little tinkering. The ffr.t attempt was
a signal failure. In his next trial he
wore • pair of rubber boots, and Inside
of these lie thrust his feet wound in
dampened rags. Outside of these lie put
a heavy covering ofc asbestos. Hiseoat
of asbestos was was cone-shaped. His
arms stuck out through two holes in
tbe cone and were {wound in several
thicknesses of wet cloth,whieli was cov
ered with a heavy coating of asbestos.
His contrivance for cutting the pips 1
consisted of a long and very sharp chis
el, fastened at right angles to sn iron
staff. In approaching the well he slid
the cone along the ground, seeing his
way through a glass set lit the front.
UisMsistant was robed like Itimself,ami
carried a long iron liar on which was
fastened a small hammer.
Two hundred people saw Hie daring
men approach to tho flame, and as Mar
vin disappeared in Its circle a shudder
swept over tlie onlookors. There were
not a halt dozen In the crowd who ex
pected to sco Marvin come out alive but
inamiuute—it seemed like an age—
they saw the edge of the chisel resting
up against the pipe, just below the cap.
Almost breathlessly they watched the
assistant make a stroke at tlie chisel in
a clumsy kind of a way. He did not hit
it. The second trial waa more success
ful; he bit the Chisel squarely but light
ly. The cone iu tlie ring of lire waver
ed, and aery oflie’i burned to death !"
went up on ail sides, 'Die cone moved
again, the chisel fell and the people
could see that Marvin was coming out.
Every body thought that be hud given
up in sliver despair;but not so. He bad
come out of tlie lire to get rc-t and air.
Ue was nearly suffocate,'1. Ills assist
ant lost uo time In getting away from
the fearful heat.
When tlie couc was If ted off he was a
•Ight to Iiehold. His face was scarlet
and hit eyes potruded like door knobs.
He was half roasted and it took him two
hours to retorrr. Then he pltickily de
termined to try It over
lie had hlacone thoroughly drenched
and lie tlxed up another.cliisel, saying,
as the cone was put over him, tliat lie
would succeed or never come out alive
Again the hammer and tlie chisel were
brought Into play, and little by little
tlie iieopic began to sec tliat tlie man’s
skill aud pluck would w in. All at once
tbe roar of the well obauged Into a
shrill whistle, and the cap was blown n
hundred feet upward, while Marvin's
eons stood at the foot of the 1 > 11mo.
tionless. It was some minutes before
it moved, am’, tlie people thought again
that lie had perished in his attempt. He
was badly scorched, but not htirt oth
erwise. Tbe thing waa a success and
Marvin had earned liisf 1,(03.
It will be at least two weeks before
Marvin resumes his wonted appearance.
Ills are terribly awollen and hit
eyebrows and whiskers arc entirely
burned off. The ground about the well
is still so hot that no one can . walk on
it, and it will take three or four daya to
cool it off. Marvin’s great feat Is said
to be the first successful event of tlie
kind on record.
An Ice Trust Formed.
Au-cisl to flat Banner
8j vakkah, Ga., August 1.—'The ice
companies of the coast cities'have form
ed a trust for the purpose of controlling
the manufacture and sale of ice. Five
companiee are in the trust already:
Gage A Lyon’s Ice company, Mobile;
Avondale Ice company, Birmingham;
Charleston, S. C., Ice Manufacturing
company; Brunswick, Ga., ice compa
ny and Gorie company.
Best Buggies and Wagons for the Money in Athens
FUJLtl/ IzUOa BBIfTmi’.
T. M(M«)ino & Son.
THEO. MARKWALTER’S
STEAM
Marble and Granite Works.
. BROAD STREET, Near Lower Market AUGUSTA, GA.
Marble tfarlc. Daaestie and Inerted, at low Prices
Georgia A Sooth Carolina Granite Monuments made a Specialty,
A lwf« MlwtW.onUrM.aa4Gn.lt. Wsrk alvara ea hand, ready ter It-.:-.-::. at.-; .It-; . t
Parties Desiring Monuments or Work Apply to ANDRff ROSS
At Athens Ckmktxry. ‘
Foundry
ATHENS,
AND
MACHINE WORKS,
GEORGA
Manufacturers of Iron and Brass
Castings, Mill and Machinery
Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers and
Baxes, Cotton Presses, Cane
Mills abd Evaporators, Cotton
Seed Crashers and Circular Saw
Mills.
[parwe sell the Atlas- Steam Engine, Injectors,.Tet Pump
Valves,' Piping anti Steam P<« kings, Water Wheels and
Beiting Cloth. Wo have competent mill-rights and will
send them out and erect mills anywhere in the country
can furnish estimates.
Write to ue or call and seo ua for anything you may need about your
Grist Mill or Gin. Address
ATHENS FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS,
Athens. Georgia:
J Y. Garithers
& Co.,
Dealers In
Buggies,
Carriages,
Road Carts
and Wagons.
The
W. Dav
lumbus and Hiram
Buggies a Specialty.
All other makes kept con
stantly on hand.
Office at Johnson & Moore’s
No. 11 Clayton Warehouse
011 Washington street.
>NTED FOfl
CMC AT
WA.2% STOUT
sup
lagli’s Del
BOOK, wlth-4’
assy mtfaia-
book throagboal the Southern 8UUm this ~s«
OILmu'iXbl" Many jearaLam ju" d a
tha thrilling mm hartla ntfluM of the
deed* of Tatar of Ike Confadsimto MUtr. rot
(li* laUrast, by ItaM who foaght with A.fcby,
Sturt, John*ton. iHinpifl, Jachaco aud Lo«l
ta the comm fur which they ao dr.pe.aujy ai. 1
bravalj bottled. wtU sever grow lew. It!#
thrilling atory picture* not alooajey and sorrow,
oad o loro awooUy told, bail* dll«l with hbtorio
laetdoata of tho mat ooataat between tbe Booth
oad tko North. Hm b a book fbr tho old 1
tho greatest Civil War ovor k
kit mm coapaigM. oad toll 1
Chieftain* door to Uo monot
jmltaOmH
UmT.Mdritro, That It mar bo wtthla
tko roaoh of ovary oao. It ta paUlabed at Uivxxrw
wwirW, hoait a iAaayu»ocMii TotCTnt.
SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION.
Aa the demand tar this ou raroaxra woeu
rtta km btm ml ^jnUI ata^Tfllbihrp.
and application* for agtnelea Tery atuasroo*. all
who d«lro to act aa Agoata abould wrtu for Urns
sad quickly sbeura cfccioa Of territory.
a. W. DILLINGHAM, PubUaker, •
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE ro "
GENTLEMEN,
»3 SHOE FOR LADIES.
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W. C.'& B. N. SNEAD,
ATHENS
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