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It ftppciTS vhzt on Friday the negro
man, .n cumi'cny with a nogro woman,
visuteU a hillside near the town of Bras-
and in plain vjo- of thj people,
well. snd in plain via- of the people,
including the sell col children, w.is
guilty ol 4 gross immorality.
Afterwards, when reproached for hia
conduct, the negTO said that “ho didn't"
“re*<i^« what-thVjy'tfcoWglrtaW.tit.-
JEFFERPON.
ATHENS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MOBTOO, AUGUST -23, 1808.
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CHARLES SCUL^EE.
BROAD STREET.
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SUC JE'JSO:t3 TO »ALD.VIN& FLUUIN
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Athens, Georaia
The Athens Boo kStpre.
We bare made n special purchase of
£5,00 O
Black Books which we are selling at New Yoik Prices.
We hava a full line of
WPER BAGS; ’ - -
Ami offer in competition with Atlanta prices.
Blank Books Made to Order
Books, Stationeiy and Fancy Coeds at Lowest Prices.
D.W.MeGREGOR & CO.
(Successors to F. \V. Burke & Co.)
Booksellers and Stationers, Athens Ga.
lylO-llin
PERSONS AND "TIMES, j
LOCAL GO SSI l’ PUT UP INTO SMALL
PACKAGES
l.«* Movement* of Your Fiicui* Crle.ly ,
Clitnnlt'lod, u U>U an OthecB-iUers of
lotorcftt to You mid Thom—A Choice J,
Kprliiklloir «»f the* Attic Knit of Society,
F;csh cheese at W.M.Pib.man’s, tf.
Col. Tom Mosley, of D-nuLvill*, is in
Iho city.
Prof. Campbell willsprn«l this week
st Tallulah.
Mis* Julia Moss returned from Tal
lulah yesterday.
Hu.h *
‘boys’’ Sunday.
Mi-*5 Rubio Thurmand, of Oglethorpe,
\* visiting Miss Ida Schallar.
Everybody is smoking the Yellow La
bel cigar. Sold by A. G. Elder.
A new lot of tin top jolly tumblers
just received at J. H. Hu'/in*.
There will he several important c^scs
called next week at Daublsvitle court.
Xoservioe in the city Sunday night
copt at Oconee street ehurvh.
Mr. Rabun McAlpiu, of Winterville,
is in ihe oity yesterday.
A nip *lo is beidg put on tho Moore
building in tho campus.
The public schools open the 3d ir.-
s ei.d u£iiie IVjiU Septeta >er.
Mr. House is painting foui« board signs
for 1). NY. McGregor A* Co. and others.
Any oi.q wanting a three gallon cow
call on C. W. Cooper at livery stahle.
Mr. W. M. Howland went down the
euigia road yesterday cn business.
The jury commissioners meet to-day
tsk*- firal action in the revision of the
Sa-urdny—A Fine Gama
i o! a.iU.
9
s, CA .jAeg! 27, IS **3.
• l -rbc^e on Sitiirday wn^a gr.'.n<t
^^>e :rly hour of nine the
hills ol our Kpre-liko villa were teeming
1 with pllgrimJBbn route to the fe^iva
i spot. VisitA'came In from all direc-
i tions, and w^ided their way to join the
crowd, till, ti>« sun had Teached his
meridian; tht*(uuhcrn hill was alive
with happy‘Pole
'The day mss pleasantly spent with
th£ usual jjgtt-door amusement, viz:
down the hills and
* and roughs, while some
undisturbed quiet. of a
wvotrrisge.
B inost pleas
ing
1 o’ch .
the wgjjpfof delightfully seasoned
lands ofllvvry conceivable kind. After
having*(w»i>?ughly satisfied their sharp
ened appeths and turned their backs
upon the lables, the crowd left un
touched eight or ten of in«» forty carcas
ses which Mind been prcpaied fur tho
•> t i m. LU is always her want, High
Fhoals didfibersetf credit in providing
for the intihitude.
At 1 ..’efbek >harp a in at oh game of
lust? bad was played by the High Shoals
boys ug:>i#d the Bra.sWwll nine. Great
interest wa^ manifes/ed by the fiknls
of b *th Rid**p, until the mue bqys got
k> f»r an«Sj. * High Shoals was reioic-
ing irmn- nseiy at her success, when lo
the visiting nine leofcme desperate, re
newed thaur strength and came bravely
up on liiediat. Shout upQn shout came
from the j^Bras well side as they proudly
gained upon “our boys." The game
KING LYNCH.
XKOltO SCSl’EXDKD l'ROM A
■TRESTLE AT BRASWELL.
OUR NEIGHBORS.
NuciKi'l* of News From UcMikot Corrrs
ponUenl* at .Various i’olnt* Near Our
City.
lluiulm rfj—Juy GonltlG
Gordon ltcit«r—A Koy
hAlMtXY GROVE.
Harmony Gi:cve, Aug., 27.—Mr.
(I F-nloi
l'r»ather CreatT* » S«*u«ation — Major Thomas Styar returned home yesterday
Camming* found Dead in III* lie I— nice ] from a shoit trip to Bowman, Gt., where
Nominated In Atlanta—-Kernor nml Crow. ’ * * ....
det in Forsyth for the Lower IIousc .
cep!“"I the
•h Mr. R.
d. cf Macon,
M. A. Lips-
Mr. Charles 1. M*1I hi t
p. firivt; cf waichouse inn
L. Mow.
Cob John C. Hutherfv
is visiting h s sister Mrs.
comb.
The Yellow Label cij/nr is certainly
taking the lead. Found only at A. G.
Elders.
IValera should send in their oriers at
once to A. G. Elder f«r Y ellow Label
ciga^-t.
Dr. and Mrs. L. II. Cli**rhannier went
up to Qone« White Sulphur springs
yesterday.
Mr. Joo Carltoh was in the city yes
terday. He says cotton is opening very
rapidly. ,
* Dr. A. A. Lipscomb delivered a fine
sermon at the Baptist church Sunday
morning.
The Misses Morton ire spending a
while with Mrs. \V. I*. Welch at Geor
gia Factory.
The Covington A Macon runs right
about a hundred yards from! tho station,
and the telegraph operator and night-
watchman went out to see what was
the matter.
When they got to the end of the tres
tle they were met by several panics,
who told them they could not go any
farther, saying:
“This is our business and it WilDbe*
attended tq all righu’ 1 : /
> he lynchers were a mixed crowd of
whito men and negroes.
1\ hen they had gotten well out on
‘he high trestle the lynchers tied a rope
around the negroe’s neck and threw_hiin
over, Li wa* left hanging, until Sun
day morning, when tho body was cut
j down.
I Braswell is a litile settlement in the
hills at the tunnel on the E. T. V. & G.
railroad, six iuilos north of Dallas and
forty-two wiles from Atlanta.
a \ourni;rL pbeacubu.
^Atlanta, Aug.,' 27.—W. Edward Ling,
a youth of lb years, created quite a seu-
sation by a sermon 'delivered Sunday
night at L ist Point. His striking char
visit- I icteristicis h s earne stness
Idle text was a portion of the nint K
DrsJjH ■ H. Hall ami II. C. Orr repre-1 verse of the third chapter of Genesis:
& f nud i fcens at the b&rbccue. I 4 *^ here aTt thou?"
M's^l lamie Hester, of Monroe, is vis- [ dhe speaker said those were the tirst
i:irg MnL Pink Price. j words Clod fiver spoko to man. Ho was
llssf 3 Ary Lou Middlebrooks, of Far- ; addressintr Adam in the garden of E len
mington aia spending tho week with after the devil had tempted Kvo and she
Miss M$i0 Frazer.
nd' d i ifb High Shoals 41 and liras
elf 35.- 'ftjesc games are exceedingly in-
•rc singer hen the umpiieis allowed to
ign sulteino in his spher**. Contenuons
•c oxtKhcc,and should not bo in-
alg -d ih.
Mrs TIC L. Harris, of Atlanta,
g fii tn&i Here,
Mam is Douglass.
Mr. Blaine Growing Ihuliih.
One thing th;i* was frequently man-
tiohWH&TiIlo Mr. Blaine was in New
york was the English attire he wore.
With a trifle higher collar and a more
resplendent cravat, he could pass for a
dude. He wore a brown pot hat with a
Land a little browner than tho hat. His
had partaker, of the forbidden fruit and
gave it to Adam to eat. Adam had sined.
He had not obeyed God’s commands.
When Adam was hiding from his maker,
tho voice of God in the garden wrs heard
and ho said: “Where art thou?” And
God is atkiog every one of us who have
sinned, “Whore art thouT’
into business
ho contemplates going
soon.
Messrs J. H. Gunnells, W. B.*Powers,
W. T. Stapler, have gone on a pleasure
and business trip combined to Cincinnati,
Niagara Falls, Baltimrjre and New York.
They will bo absent about two weeks.
Mr. J. C. Wallace, one of Jackson
county’s most progressive fanners, sold
fj e first bale of new cotton hero last
eriday morning to Messrs Gunnells,
Rower & Co. The bale weighed 413
ound*,. ci$sse<^ ^“low middling *nd
Crawford, Aug. 27.—Lovngton is
greatly agitated over building a Railroad
to Craw lord. They ha*e near four thou
sand dollars subscribed and the survey
or started the survey today. The people
seetn to he in earnest, and say the rail
road 7s"a cerfalnty.
Mr. W. A. North who has been visit
ing M. II. Arnold left for his homo in
Hampton this morning.
* W. A. Short, of Athens, spent Sunday
in our town.
Dr. Gibson preached two splendid ser
mons at the baptist church yesterday,
llis text in ihc evening was rather a nov
el on*. it was an expression of Saul’s;
“I In. vo played the fool.” Wo think he
impressed his entire audience with the
fact that thhy had all played the fool.
Ilis trocsers were a big check, which
locked dilferent according to tho .light
and angle. Over varnished shoes he
r. i had otiecked outgaiters of the same cloth
through the old cistern on the Oconee I as ^out-rs. lie was more fashions-
biy dressed than Walker Blaine, his son.
HAMBUK0 ABLAZE.
Hamburg. Germany, Aug. 27.—A tire
„ . , started this morning in Sloinwarde, the i
cost was an English cut-away, low cot 8aa thcrn part ot thu city . Tho fit— 1
to show the shirt and a curled gold slu 1. •• • -
WE CONSIDER OUR
Prescription
Pep nr ini e p t
Tint Most Impoktant Part of Or it HuaixFAs.
U> iliRpenar nothing but pure HBUGS nr «1 <.ur r»atr.; s ran rest assured that any pre
acription they nay brtngto ns will t»c carefully and a-curst :y compounded I
WADE SLEDGE
Claj ton Street. .... Athens, Ga.
ALWAYS KEEPTHEM IN YOUR HOUSE.
Brynh’s Relief for Cholerr, Cholera Morbus au;i Dysenteiy.
Dr. Durham's Vegetable Liver Pills the best pill made.
Dr.Briggs Blackberry Cordial, for teething children, cures Diarrhtca
and all bowel, affections:
Dr. Parker’s Cough Syiup for coughs and colds.
Skin Cura or Crawford’s Jic/.ema VVasht fur all skin diseases, a spe
cific for heat. Get a bottle for the bah;,
Crawford's Tooth Powder, the beat made and perfectly harmless.
SON mV SOUTH COLOGNE, Fragrant and lasting.
YUM YUM,the most elegant toilet powder on the marker. Warrant
ed absolutely pure,does not alfict toe eves and leaves die skin smooth.
»Ye ,re proprietors and manutact trers of all the above articles and we
guirantee each and every one of the n to give utrfert satisfaction:
Try them and be conyineeJ.
John Crawford & (o.,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist? and Manufacturing Chemisls,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
street school lot.
A runaway horse cai
ex ulement in the vicit
yesterday afternoon.
Mr. J. I). Tweedy wil! move his fami
ly to Madison this week where he will
live in the fin are.
It is rnmored that ano.her very strong
candidate will be in the Held for clerk of
the court in a few days.
J. R. Carter, tho one-lecged unfortu
nate in the county jail sent a note to
Maj. Cobb yesterday asking for a Bible.
I>r. H. C. White left yesterday for
Asheville, where he will join Mrs. White.
They will return after a w eek’s stay at
Battery Rark.
Are tou weak and we;iry, overworked
and tired? Hood’s Sanuparilla • is just
the trtciciic to purify yoy
■d some litile - -Philadelphia Times,
k* of Cobbham !
No Time to Soothe Her Own Baby.
Nurse (to fashionable mother).— Tho
V abv is very restless, ma'am. 1 can’t do
I-nything with her.
F. M.—She’s tcethmg, I huppose.
N.—Yes’n;. I think if you was to take
her in your arms a Little while it might
soothe her. «
F. M,—J? Impossible. I haven’t time
to spare. 1 am just making ready to at
tend a meeting of the Society for the !*re-
vention of Cruel.y to Animals. Give
baby some of Dr. Rigger’s Huckleberry
Cordial.
A FULL Li-viS OF
■;S.HOES>
Fall and Winter Styles.
From tho Moat Reliable Manufacturers now In Stock at thei
K ^‘ rk Store
children, who require a gentle, yet effec
tive laxative.
la is u.'t Th« Excellent qualltlfi
blood in J fHjgktful liquid fruit remedy
give you Btrunghu ' * Syrup ofFigi, commend to.UwhoHuf
c ,, , r , ... , , , I for from Habitual Constipation, Indigo^.
Mr. Dave Jacks will have charge of , ionj etc . B e ; ng in li ,uid form and
Capt uocKcr’K comprew 10 Madison, j pleasing to the taste, harmless in its na-
IIo has a )uut recovered from his recent j ture, stnr.gthemrg as well as cleansing
attack or bone felon. j n p rf perties, it is easily taken by old
Miss Sophie Schallcrhns returned from ! young.and is truly beneficialr iis cf-
a visit to Greensboro, where she'has j feCts, and therefore, iho favorite family
been visiting Miss Cora Am Armor, one I remedy, especially with the ladies and
of her pupils of last year.
CnpL J. H. Rucker’s Wiirehouse is go
ing up rapidly and will bo _ finished in a
few weeks. More warehouse room is
perhapslhe greatest need of Athens.
The cnpalo on the Moore building
will be used as a weather report rtation.
It will be tho^mghly equipped ,with a
fine set of instruments.
Every citizen of Athe is should use
very means in his power lo ibetify the
false reports as to Athens’ health. Ours
is as healthy a city as there is in Geor
gia.
Mr. Chas. B. Griffeth is a partner in
the Henderson Warehouse Co. Tlie'r
card'reads Hodgson Bros. & Griffeh.
Success to the yourg member and th*
Aim,
spread rapidly, and warehouses and otfc- j dation.
er buildings lor a quarter of a mile on
Ji.FFLRf Ox, Aug., 20.—Garey K«Hby,
son of Ruv. A. J. Kelley, one of the
stock raist-rs of our county, was break
ing a pair of young mules on Saturday
last and came very r.^ar being killed.
The mules threw him out of the wagon
and dragged him some distance. lie is
now considered out of danger.
Rev.Mr. McGarrity preached a fine
sermon at the Methodist church yester
day, and was followed by Rev. Mr.
Aiken, on Sunday nigh-,. On Tunday
ne xt a protracted meeting will commence
at tho Methodist church, and we hope
that much good may arise from it
Miss Sal lie Barber will arrive on the
nine o’clock train to-night and be ready
lo take charge of her department at the
Institute, on the 5th of September.
1'rof. tilenn expects a larger school thau
usual during the full term.
Mrs. Wales Smith, of Athens, has been
in town several days.
All Jefferson, needs to make her a
summer resort is proper hotel accommo-
quarter
the river side are on lire. Shippin^
tho docks has mostly pulled out, but
several vessels have been destroyed. The
efforts of ’.lie firemen are confined to
preventing the spread of tho thiu;
houses ou I he terraces above the
aide. The loss of propeity on the decks
and among the seippingi is immense.
JUG TAVERN.
Jug Tavern, Aug. 26*—Through igno-
i»r.\ » in ms red.
A.i.anta. Aug-. 27.—Maj. J. J. Cum
mings a railroad contractor on tho Least
Tennessee roak was found dead in his
bed this morning.
He was very intemperate, and has
been on several protracted sprces'&ince
May last. About two weeks ago he be
gan to drink heavily, and continued on a
spree until his dean..
> A RICH MINE.
IaitrKKNiNu, Mich., Aug. 27.—Satur
day night, from tho working of the
Michigan gol 1 company,the richest gold-
bearing quartz was brought into tho of
fice here. One of the officials of tho
company says there is 135 pounds of it.
From other sources it is stated that there
is 275 pounds. It carries free gold in
large quantities, and is valued by relia
ble assayers as worth $10,(JU0 to .$15,030
a ton.
ranee of the law, persons frequently- send
written messages inclosed in books or
iver I other merchandise putting on only post
age enough fofBrd class matter. Tim
was done by a person near here without
knowing there was a penalty therefor,
and the matter was reported to the post-
office department. An inspector was
sent to see hint and upon payment of ten
dollars the case was settled.
Only two persons from here were in
Athens the day of the foot race, and one
of them had too much business to at
tend to for him to see the race. l)r.
Wiley Bush says he was busy all that
day at home preparing a supply of Burn
Specific to fill orders.
Business will soon open up as cotton
comes in. Our business men are sadly
disappointed in their hopes of getting
railroad connection with cheap rates to
Athens ere the present crop was ready
for market. They arc thinking seriously
of trying Madison as that city' is prepar
ing to handle cotton on a large scale, and
is offering inducements for oar patron-
The Dram alb. Season.
Before many weeks are gone our now
Opera House will be open and the pub
lic wil! be enjoying some of the rare
theatrical treats now being prepared by
Manager Cranford. He has aheady
booked a number of first-class attrac
tions. and by the middle o! September
will have his slate full. The public
may expec: a gay season «t the opera.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
The beU Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores.Ulcers, Salt Kbeutt),Fe
ver Sores, Tetter, Gbanp**«l Hand*,Chil
Main- Corns, and all Skin Eruptions*
and po-itiveh* cures PlleS, N or no pay re
quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect
, , . quire!, it isguaranteeu to givepertect
Mr. hobert Castleb?rg, formerly i .v;ti* fact ion, or money refunded. Price
Athens, was expected in the city fist ^5 cents per box.
night. Mr. Castleberg is traveling in
the interest of the Atlanta Taper Com
pany.
Mr. John BoncJict wifi do a broker
age business this iMI. He leaves Fri
day for the West to establish business
For sale by John Crawford & Co.
Wholesale and Retail Druggist.
He Claim* Ihe Quarry.
The clerk of council has received a
, letter stating that parties are at work on
relations with the leading firms in • the rock quarry that was purchased by
Chicago and other markets. the city of Athens some years ago near
Hon. Young Daniel and son, John, Lithonia. They claim that th« title of
were in the city yesterday. Mu John j the city is not good. Mr. John Moss
Daniel has accepted a position with ' will go over to the quarry and look into
llirschfield & Blnmenthnl, where he the matter.
wilKbe during the winter. | —■
Col. Merton is down from Haywood They make one feel as though life
White Sulphur to attend the meeting of was worth living. Take one of Carter's
the jury commissioners. He will return Little Liver Fills after eating; it will
in a few days and with hitrfaiuUj will be relieve dyspepsia, aid digestion, give
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 27.—The returns
of Saturday’s primary have been consol-
i lat?d and Mr. Frank Rice announced as
the nominee for Senator from the thirty-
first district, Mr. Rice’s majority was
505. A primary to elect legislative can
didate is fixed for September 12th.
BERNER AND CT.OWDKB.
Forsyth, Ga. Aug., 27.—K. G. Berner
and J. G. Crowder were elected in Satur
day’s primary for representatives. The
present prohibition law for Monroe coun
ty was sustained.
abtent sevml weeks longer.
ton, sad.vigor to the system.
GOV. G0R1MJN UKTTKR.
Atlanta, Os., Aug. 27.—Governor j
i to Sal w
terday evening to spend a few days, lie
• much belter and v ill bo able to intro
duce Mr. Grady Tuesday night.
The Athens correspondent cf tho At-.
lanta Constitution did not make any
charges against Mr, John Moss as Street
Commissioner. , He gave it as a rumor.
Get rid of that tired lealing as quick
as possible. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla,
which gi ves strength, a good appetite,
and health.
Mori* Win*.
Wo desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling Dr. King’s
New Discovery for Consumption, Dr.
King’s New Life Tills, Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have nev
er L-utll d remedies that sell r«s well, or
that have given such universal satisfac
tion. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time, and .vo stand ready to
refund the purchaso price, if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies he ve won their great populari
ty purely on their merits. John Craw
ford & Co’s Druggists.
Boycotting.
Some of the young men of the city are
proposing to boycott Dr. Rush’s soda
ATI u^ouwu SUICIDES. fiuntain. Sunday evening several young
. j men were xn tho store and were some-
1 iiiLADELi’iiiA, la, Aug. hx-bep- w hit boisterous, and Dr. Rush informed
jeeemaiive John Mctoll ugh, » K»n'-' them tbut they must got out. The
nent republican politician of this city, j ap „ men ot m: , d 0 , pr Dr. Rash’s
committed suicide by shooting hiiuseli , or j el . are now organixihg a boycott
through the head at his residence in this , n( , a j nsl him.
city early this morning. j -1 — -
JAY GOULD TALKS. f
Sahatoga, N. Y., Aug. 27.—Gould was
ewed before leaving here Satur
day. lie said he anticipated a good sea
son for railroads on account of good
crops. “1 apprehend no serious injury
to the business’ interest!) of the country,
no matter which political party wins,”
was Mr. Gould’s answer to a question
on that point.
Mr. Gus Vonderlitb, an old .Athens
hoy is in the city. Mr. Vonderlitb has
been living in Augusta for several years’.
Capt. G. II. Yancy has returned from
a trip to the mountains.
. Wm