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SMITH & CO OP THE ist Maker. «* ’ >& ' . =2 — im: ATHENS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY. JA 1Y 22, 1889 1 & 1BE PRICE CO. Cor OUR NEIGHBORS. DANIEL8VILL®. .jeisville, Jan. 14.—The High opened this morning under the aanegement of Miss Ella Smith, the iplished and experienced princi- Tooinbs Meadows opened his in the Ware neighborhood this mg; six miles from here. iMollie Meadows’ school, near pened this morning. Lois Wick life, of Bowman, has jd home after a short visit to in our midst. . Mr. Evans preached an interest- We noticed one of the B.-W.’sboys in town on Sunday. Perhaps some feminine attraction for him exists here. Miss Ada Holbrook, one of Franklin county’s most attractive young ladies, is with us now. She comes to take a course of music and is stopping at Mr.G. W. X). Harber’s. HARMONY GROVE. Harmony Grove, Jan. 16.—Mr. Har rison 'Williams, of Madison county, has moved to town, and now occupies his handsome new residence on Railroad street. Miss Ellie Stark, an accomplished young lady of Apple Valley, is now a student of Prof. Walker’s high school. The young people bad a mammoth imon to a good congregation here candy pulling last night at the residence Jay at the Methodist church •J. J. Strickland, and family, wf, spent Saturday and Saturday here. gunners, Caritbers, Simmons, lows, Russell, and others, killed »t a hundred rabbits Saturdav. Ianiei.svili.e, Ga., Jar. 16.—Mr. David is having a handsome cot- ■ erecttd just this side of Pockatali Jourt ground, Madam rumor says he is soon going to take unto him- a better-half. Ir. Steiffcr, the mail carrier between jand Athens,is one of the most punc- 1, as well as clever and accommodat- ' men in Uncle Sam’s employ lis’s Ella Smith, of Jefferson, opened ! Dank lsvilie high school yesterday, twenty-five scholars in attendance, lis is a splendid opening, and the pros cts for the school were never ighter. ; Real estate in Madison county is >ming. Mr. W. F. Gresham to-day ight eleven and a half acres of land ftm Mr. W. Grimes, miles from rn with very common improvements, six hundred and sixty dollars. Mr. im^s tbeD went four and a quarter les beldw town, and gave Mr. John fley Porterfield nine hundred dollars his tract of fifty-three acres. )r. Geo. C. Daniel’s gray horse died It night of blind staggers, bis other |rse having died last week from the ie cause, supposed to be produced by ^ding on damaged corn. [r. George Patten, the drover from orth Carolina, is here on bis annual ir with a drove of mules. IM iss Mattie Mattox, who has ten quite sick with pneumonia recently, are glad to state is rapidly improv of Mrs. E. G. Sanders. They all en- of | joyed it immensely. Harmony Grove enjoys the presence of a photographer, who will remain for some time. A representative of the Rev. Thad Pickett, has been in town looking up evi dence, with an eye to contest the elec tion of Hon. A. D. Candler. He is on cold trail, and might as well return home. The people of the 9th district are satisfied with organized democ racy. Mrs. Bohannon will keep the Bohan non house this year, and will endeavor to please her customers in all respects as heretofore. Mrs. Barber took charge of the Cen tral hotel on the 1st inst., and will keep it up to the standard during the year. Our little town is still receiving cot ton at the rate of about 20 bales per day. The farmers fell worse behind w’ith merchants here the past year than has been their custom heretofore, but will manage to make amends by anofber fall, as they nearly all seem to be in earnest about cutting down expenses. The Farmers Alliance is getting in shape for guano and supplies. Several committees from different counties have been in our town during the past few days. Onr town is better provided than it has ever been in the way of a school. Prof. Walker who is assisted by Miss Sallie Barbei has a fine school of abont 60 pupils at the academy, and they are giving satisfaction to our people. Prof. Walker is a graduate of the State Uni versity class of ’87, and will soon have a reputalion equal to the best in the State. Miss Barber was a teacher teacher in the Martin Institute, at Jeffer- H Smith, a prominent last year, end has an exoellent rep- nt of Jeffersoi, has been atation as a teacher ’esinour town recently. Mr. J.H. Gunnels is the' boss horse Jo are sorry to report Dr. R. P. Sor- trader of this section all the boys call ir. Wm. bong merchant siting relatives in our town |l’s condition no better. Editor W. B. Loehr, of tbe Monitor, Jis recently become quite expert with hammer and saw. He is building iself a small cottage in the eastern ^rt of tbe town. Danielsvili.e, Jan. It.—The farmers making good use of their time iring the fine weather before the rain esterday. PIowb weie going, oats fere being put in and the lands broken They were working with good leer, and seemed not at all discouraged the past poor crops and low prices. ! Dr. R. P. Sorrells is improving, t Dr. I. H. Goss, who has been con> nd to bis bed for several weeks, by a him “Uncle John” when they want to get up a trade. Our tow n officers for. 1889 will organ ize on 21st inst. We are expecting great things this year in the way of im provements. They are a splendid lot of young men, and will no doubt acquit themselves with honor, to the close of their term. Harmony, Grove, Jan. 19.—Mr. J. A. Seegar, of Bowman, Ga., who was recent ly a prominent citizen of our town has brought suit against Mr. E. D. White- head. one of our best citizens, for $1,000 damage. The damage claimed bj Mr. Seegar is for tbe machinery that was blown up and utterly demolised by the ivere attack of rheumatism, is up, and I explosion of an engine nearly three •11 . 1 • f IT IT I • .. « 1 AMA fPItA Sn n*«11 r«Anl, it. P. Daniel says all must show visible means oi support. CRAWFORD. Crawford, Ga., Jan, 16.—There was a large crowd assembled in the Baptist church in Lexington last night to wit ness the marriage of W. H. Deadwyler and Miss Alice Smith. The ceremony was performed by Dr. J. G. Gibson. We extend congratulations to the happy pair, and wish -them success and happi ness through life. Mrs. Sarah Lumpkin is dangerously sick with pneumonia at her home in Lexington and is not expected to live. Mr. R. J. Tuck, of Oglethorpe and Miss Nona Gresham, of Wilkes, were married yesterday evening. We wish them a happy and prosperous journey through life. Crawford, Jan. 17. — Mrs. Sarah Lumpkin, the mother of Judge Sam Lumpkin, died in Lexirgton last night at If past ten o’clock after a short illnesa of pneumonia. Crawford, Jan. 19.—Messrs McMa han & Wilkins, dealers in general mer chandise,of our town,tnade an assignment to J. F. Cheney to-day for the benefit of their creditors. They say they will be able to pay every dollar that they owe. JCG*TAVEBN. Jug Tavern, Ga., Jan. 16.—The elec tion for mayor to fill the vacancy caused the resignation of A. A. Camp passed off quietly today, giving the honor to W. H. Kimbell by an unanimous vole. Two neatly dressed young men calling themselves Purcell, have been here about a week. They are strangers with out any visible occupation, and look rather suspicious. Jug Tavern, Ga., Jan. 18.—News has just reached here that two young men named Parker and McMillan, near Cedar BilL were out hunting, and McMillan shot Parker accidently. The whole load of shot entered jus head at short range lie was not dead when last heard from. While working around an engine at Mr. Moses Dillard’s saw mill, Mr. Wil lie Sturdivant ‘was badly scalded on the arm and side by escaping steam and water. He lives near here and is pain fully hurt, so as to prevent his working for some time. CARNE8VILLE. Cabnesvtlle,Ga,Jan. 15.—The Reg ister has been removed from this place to West Bowersville, and will be Edited and published by Ezra Bowers. This place will have a new sheet to morrow morning, issued from the old Register office. It will be tbe Weekly Tribune, and will have on its staff J. S. Dortch, E. F. McGowan and A. N. King, of this place. Casper Weaver Is a Fortunate German. Born in Hessen,in 1832,landed at New York in 1856, lived in Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 years, moved to George town, Ky., where he joined tbe Confed erate army and became a soldier of John Morgan, serving through the settlement of the question of secession. After the war he came to Waverly, Lafayette County, Mo., where he resides. A few weeks since he drew in the November drawing uf the Louisiana State Lottery,by which he has come in possession of one-fourth of one-twentieth of the capital prize of $300,000, being the comfortable sum of $3,750.—Waverly (Mo.) Times, Dec. 6. PERS( LOCAL GOSSIP PUT UP INTO SMALL PACKAGES. Jill soon leave for New York, to attend Bother course of lectures, though be i already one of tbe finest and most iccessfol physicians in Northeast eorgia. I Col. R. L. J. Smith bas been snffer- Bg with tonsilitis, and is not able to be it. Mayesville, Jan. 17.—Messrs. Stand Jge, Brown and Merritt, attended Mil -*s justice court yesterday. Jeff Atkins speaks of putting up a lusic store. He says he will order renty car loads of violins, and have lem here ready for sale in a few days. The Jbstice of Peace’s court will be eld on the Jackson side of onr town to- lorrqir. A great deal of business is on id. Danielsyille, Jan. 18.—The many iends of Dr. R. P. Sorrels will be glad learn that he is improving. ['We are pained to chronicle the severe JnesB of Sirs. Col. John Gordon, who is with fever. Cols. David W. Meadows and Berry T. loseley have dissolved co-partnership years ago. The incident is still fresh in the minds of our people on account of its fatal results. Ben Whitehead, son of the . defendant, and one of the best young men we ever knew, was torn to atoms, and when his body was gathered together was-almost beyond recognition. Two of his brothers were badly braised and burnt, hot not fatally, while one or two others were braised. The engine was blown about one hundred yards. The case when presented in all of its features (which we haven’t the space to mention)will he an interesting one. Mr. Seegar will he represented by Messrs. Barrow and Thomas. Mr. Whitehead will be ably represented. JEFFERSON. Jefferson, Ga., Jan. 15.—The Martin Institute entered the second week of the spring term with a large increase of pu pils. Miss Kittie Cleague, of Knoxville Tenn., who gave such excellent satisfac tion in the musical department in ’88, will retnrn to-night. Judge H. W. Bell has been quite sick for the last four or five days. Jefferson, Ga., Jan, 16.—Your cor- the practice of law. CoL* Meadows I respondent had the pleasure of meeting tains the business of the firm, and Hon. J. N. Twitty, who has recently so theiHormer law office. .A great many horses hav« died in this Jicinity recently from blind staggers, Bused, it is supposed by eating dam been appointed on the committee to lo cate the experiment Station, and he says that he accepts the positition without choice or preference in his mind, and if redeem, "" ’ “ I Athens presents the best inducements in..,.' . i . , . .... J he will vote for Athens. He looks upon J™!!! P f„” a .. he , d ^?r e 1 “ t m * ht > °[\ this station as being established for the S‘M"rr°K! *?V°” ? f I ?I P>*« •hat will do the agricultural i terests of the Elate the most good. pf this pHee'but now of Athens. harmony grove. Harmony Grove, Jan. 15.—Mr. J. D. larnett has moved into his new resi ence on Railroad street. Messrs. Tom Owen and John Ariel, for in- Jefferson, Ga., Jan. 18.—F. L. Pen dergrass’s store was broken into last night, and a lot cf flour and shoes were stolen. Editor Ross had the same mis fortune. Some one broke into his housp .wo'prcminent citizens of Banks county, in broad daylight, while Mrs. Ross was “ <v t • I out visiting. The city council will en force the vagrant law rigidly from now on. Jefferson,Jan. 19.—Our people began the crusade against vagrants on yester day.. Dill Witt, col., was arrested and carried before Justice A. J. Bell, who bound him over to the Superior Court, iliere is considerable excitement over it by the colored gents, but marshal W. Jeft for Louisiana this morning. Miss Agnes Hogan has opened afiour- shing school in town. Messrs. Haselton, Tom Nickerson and lewt Rhodes, of Athena, were with us ssterday Lr. N. M. Truitt and family, of Wash Jton, Ga., arc on a visit to friends in ‘ Grove NIGGERS BEHIND. Cep’en On De Railroad, So Dey Kin Be Mashed Forst. Amid wreck and disaster, often-times the most amusing incidents occur. Judge Lyle tells of such anonejduring the recent wreck on the Covington and Macon. There were 47 negroes aboard, and as is well known, their coach was derailed, and they were considerably mixed up on the embankment. After the scare bad subsided, an old gray head stepped out on the platform and remarked. “Dar now, niggers frone off, white folks safe, strange white ' folks don’t pnt niggers afore cep’en on de railroad, so dey can be mashed up furst, case ef accident.” The. old darky’s perception was pret ty quick. Ringing Noises In the ears, sometimes a xoaring buz zing sonnd are caused by catarrh,that is exceedingly disagreeable and a very com mon disease. Loss of smell or hearing also result from catarrh. Hood’s Sarsa parilla, the great blood purifier, is peculiarly successful remedy for this disease, which it cures by purifying the blood. If you suffer from catarrh, try Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the peculiar med icine. DR. HAWTHORNE WILL RESIGN. HE WILL GO TO ALABAMA IN FEBRUARY "as a COLLEGE PFESIDENT. Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, pastor of the First Baptist church of Atlanta, will resign. He will preach his farewell sermon in February, and wilt then go to Alabama where he will be president of the board having in control the Baptist college of Alabama—Howard college—which will be located at Flore ace. Dr. Hawthorne’s sa 1 ary will be $o, 000. He will not be president of the college, but president of the board con troliing the college, and will devete him self to building up the institution.— Journal. Mrs. Gerdine and son left Tuesday for a visit to relatives in Mississippi. Miss Carrie Smith, of this city, is vis iting relatives in Oglethorpe county.. •Mrs. Howell Cobb, we ore serry to learn, is very sick at her home in the city. . Miss Mary Russell, of Athens, is vis iting her friend, Miss Glover, in At lanta. Mrs. 0. A. Harper, of Elberton, is visiting the family of Mrs. J. P. Thur mond. Mr. Frank Edwards, one of Ogle-1 tborpe’s brag.planters, was in the city Friday. Miss Lula Crawford bas just returned from a visit to friends in Columbus and Atlanta. Every mail carries alarge lot of money from this section to the Louisiana State Lottery. Mr. Hencb Beusse shipped Friday to Washington City three fine game chickens. Judge W. M. Ash, one of the repre sentative citizens of Banks, was in the city Tuesday. The new administrxtiou proposes to rule out low-neck dresses. This is sad, but it is reform.. Mr. F. M. Hughes has returned from Gainesville, where he has been on pro fessional business. Miss Ada Resenburg, of Augusta, is spending some time with her friend, Miss Morris, on Hancock avenue. Mr. A. A. McDuffie shipped one of his fine St. Bernard pups Thursday to Mr. C. H. Hay, at Marshaltown, Tex, After a most delightful visit to rela tives in Augusta, Miss Meta Charbon- nier returned home yesterday at noon. Mr. C. A. Rowland, formerly with Hodgson Bros., will continue business with Hodgson & King ou Broad street. Mr. R. H. Kinnebrew was over from Danielsville Friday. He says bills for collection are plentiful, money scarce. Jefferson Davis addressed a large num ber of citizens at Vicksburg, Miss., on Monday, without alluding to politics. Mr. White, who transfers tbe mail from the depots to tbe post-offices, has purchased a new wagon for his busi ness. Mrc.^Jdhn Talmadge has the finest green house in the city, as well as one of thb best collections of plants in the State.' A number of blind tiger cases, which were to have been tried at this term of the city court,have been postponed until March. Mrs. Sallie Willbanks and children from ArKansas, arrived yesterday on a visit to her parents, Capt. and Mrs. D. Cran Oliver. Miss Minnie Brown, of Gainesville, who is well known in this city, is on a visit to her friends, Miss Laura Garrison, in Gillesville. Tom Jackson, tbe colored tailor, who will be a missionary to Africa, says that it will be some time yet before he leaves this country. Miss Jennie Gordon, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. John Booth, of this city, has returned to her home in Harmony Grove. Capt. Plunkett, conductor on the mail train on the Georgia railroad, is off for a short vacation. Capt L. N. Hatcher will take his place. A gentleman was in the city yester day from Bowman, Ga., selling burgular proof window latches, invented by a citizen of that place. Capt. Jas. White says, if cotton goes up and everybody sells' and pays up, the banks will bave plenty, of money, other wise it will be tight. A full meeting of the Board of Trus tees is looked for on the 22nd instant. Questions of grave concern to the Uni versity will be discussed. • Sam Davis, colored, lost his mail book on Broad street last Saturday night. Any information as to its whereabouts will be appreciated by him. A kind lady in the city is preparing a bundle of clothing &c., for poor Mrs. Watkins, whose destitute circumstances were noted in a recent issue. The citizens of upper Oconee are mak ing an effort to establish a post office at Mr. D. B. Jackson, just half way- be tween there and Jug Tavern, Senator and Mrs. A. O. Harper, who have spent some time in the city, gnests of Mrs. fe. P. Thurmond, returned to their home, in Elbert, Friday. The cadets-of the University are wait ing and watching for the arrival of their new guns. They will be the latest im proved Springfield repeating rifles. Quite a number of boys have failed to stand the entrance examination of the University this term. Raise the stand ard and the University will improve. Mr. S. Raphael is making ready to open his tailoring establishment under the Commercial, next to Hauser’s, Mr. Raphael is justly a favorite cutter in this section. Everybody is of the opinion that the experiment station should be located in Athens. We trust the friends of the University will be in Atlanta on Feb. 4, the day the commission meets. Several Athenians have commenced planning their summer trips to watering ~ " places. A pleasant party will bo or- I ganized to make travels through North- j east Georgia by private conveyance. Mr. Ed Lampkin, one of the most prosperous young planters of this coun ty* payed the B-W. a call Saturday. Mr. Lampkin reports everything quiet in his section, and the farmers aliiance .on a big boom, W. A. Jester is investing all of his surplus cash in small farms. He rents them to good parties for so much Cotton and has nothing to do with furnishing supplies. He says it pays a good per cent, on the investment. A fine cow belonging to Judge Erwin fell in an old well in Cobbham Tuesday morning. Her bellowing attracted the attention of the neighbors, who got sev eral negro men to pull her out. Tbe cow walked off apparently unhurt. Prof. — says that some of the University faculty meetings are inter spersed with gems of wit, as a number of the professors are very happy at re partee and a joke. Of course this is only occasionally and after business has been transacted. Comparatively little wagon cotton is coming in just now, though the receipts Tuesday were about 200 bales. Mr. Will Orr says he thinks there is very little left in the country, though in parts j of Oconee the farmers ’are holding con siderable quantities. Mr. Blanton H. Noble will hereafter be found in a neat office over Talmadge & Brightwell’s hardware establishment on Clayton street. Mr. Noble will be admitted to the bar at Oconee Superior Court the 4th Monday in this month, and will thereafter be a pleading barris ter. OE STORE EVERY PAIR GUiRJHTEED Clayton Si, & College, Ave UJ * o lr* W 02 £ w THE BUILDING AND LOAN. Some two hundred shares in tbe new building and loan association will be taken in Elberton. John P. Shannon, Esq., will be the local attorney. -No better investment can be made. ANOTHER BLACK EYE. Judge Speer Hands Down Another Im portant Ruling. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 16.—Judge Speer gave the Central railroad another black eye to-day. At the opening of the United States court he rendered a brief decision in the case of Langdon against the Central Railroad and Bank ing company, T. P. Branch and others, overruling the demurrer to the plain tiff’s bill, and adhering to the original^ ruling, in which he held that The sale of- the Savannah, Dublin and Western abort line franchise to Gen. E. P. Alexander for the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia is void because it is in conflict with the constitution of the state. Alexander said after the Termi nal company bought the block of stock from the Georgia company, the decision did not di-tnrb the Central, as it had no present use for the franchise. The only thing that he seemed to be interested in was whether tbe sale having been de clared void, he would get back the mon*. ey he had paid for the franchise. TO BREAK THE COMBINE. The Terminal Deal Will Courts. go into the Atlanta, Jan. 17.—The recent quiet that has 1 pervaded the State in reference to the operations of the Richmond Ter minal Company seems to have been far from indicating that all tbe minority stockholders of the Central were acquies cent. It is understood that the war will soon open up in the courts. Tt is had on the most reliable infor mation that a bill will be hied within the next ten days by certain stockholders of the Central railroad seeking to break tbe control now held over the road by the Terminal company. The attorneys of these complaining stockholders bave determined, for good and sufficient reasons as it appears to them, to bring the suit in the United States couit. The bill will be filed in tbe Sonthern district and Judge Speer will be called to decide the merits of this great public question. Judge Speer’s recent discision in tbe Savannah, Dublin and Western case has inspired these complainants with great confidence, and from my knowledge of their resources a battle of the giants is in prospect,—Telegraph. AFTER THEM. Mr. Duncan, from Franklin county, was in the city yesterday, after one of the negroes implicated in the attempt to murder old man Atkinson.* The negro got on the train at Harmony Grove, and came toward this city. The people of Franklin county are very much excited, and they are determined to capture the whole party. The Deacon’s Dilemma. “Can you tell me,” inquired the an xious-looking man of the bank cashier, “if there is any way of disposing of plugged nickels?” “Certainly,” replied the cashier, facetiously. “You can drop them into the contribution-box at church. Any deacon will take them. He can’t well help himself.” “Yes, sir.” said the anxious-looking man; “I know that. I’m a church deacon. I have half a bushel of them I would like to dispose of.” 5 Boom house and two acre lot. crib and cow house: also line fruit trees, in Winterville, Ga, aud In 200 yards of the depot on Bailroad Street. This piece of property is in good rop$r and rents for $125.00 Price f l.aoo, one half cash balance in 12 months at 8 percent interest 3 Boom house Ui East Athens, in good repair and well located a i be bought for $300. 1 -tore bouse on extension of is oad Street ia E st •‘thens Can be bought cheap place. This place is well improved with an 8 room dwelling, barn, stables, carriage house, poultry house and f-otton house; within one half mile of a school and church and in 300 yards oi ; theo. &M Bailroad. Price $1200, one halt cash balance hi 12 months at 8 per cent interest; 1A Acres of land 8 in a high state of cultivar _LU tion, 2 in woods, some fine fruit trees and a 3 room dwelling on tbe place and within smiles of Athens for $300. Q A17 Acres of splendid land, within 2 miles of C\J 1 the post office of Athens, on the road leading out to Watkinsville. It has a 6-room dwelling, stables and other houses used on a. farm. If has also 2 tenant houses 150 acres of the laud in a high state of cultivation the balance in old field pines and originalforests. This place has also a fine orchard on It. 3 Boom house and half acre lot on Oconee? street for $650, TO RENT. 6 BOOM HOUSE AND L\EGE LOT ON Dougherty street. 4 Horse farm, in 6 miles of Athens, good la* d, in high state of cultivation, a good dwelling, barn and several tenant nouses, can b e rentt d very cheap for 1889. A Iso a 6 horse farm with some splendid river ■“r bottom land, in 2 ml es of Athens, with all the barns and tenant houses sufficient to run a farm this size, for 1889, J.T ANDERSON. B. E. A. iiii immm Horses DEALERS IN A good supply of well broke Mules and Horses always on hand. Call be- purchasing at the stable; cn. Thomas street. HO L£?¥2A!tf & DEADWYl-SFi