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ATHENS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1889.
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PERSONS AND THINGS,
CAL
GASSir PUT UP WTO SMALL
packages.
good
ItT A. Jenter has on band 10
jestnd moles cheap lor cosh.
are gl*d state Judge Cobb who
• sick is rapidly recover-
been quite
,i, s Kellie Wright, of GainesvilK is
Col.
aro
* jf lS . II. D. Stanley at the Com-
Tw I Pike will probably be in
c«.-
•*g district “ 4
soma of the Athens preachers
ikine objections to Mrs. Cleveland be-
se 6oe waltzes. .
rs j' k. Storey, of Greenesboro,
is'in the city on a visit to her s;s-
Mrs. W. A. Burns,
be emigrants who went west from
ltson and' Banks counties, are anx-
to get back to old Georgia.
r v H. Riddleny is now a full
«d justice of the peace of New
fn district, Jackson county,
tck Hunt, a Deputy U. S. Marshal,
■sted some parties for selling whisky
efferson during court week,
anks county furnishes a sensation—
oung lsdy runs away and goes West,
bably to grow up with the country,
apt. E. C. Cox is the oldest conduc-
on the road. lie is a pleasant and
,ble gentleman and makes no ent wiec
rs. J. II. Nickerson and Miss E. E
ip, of Calais, Maine, are visiting our
ular young townsman, Mr. 1. 11
kerson.
Georgia Teachers' Association
QUANTITY OP IDLE MONEY IN NEW
YORK.
Judge W. B. Thomas says that it is
remarkable the amount of money virtu-
allv lying idle in Neiv "York seeking in-
vestment. During a recent visit the.re
Judge Thomas called on a physician who
has been, teaching a system to cultivate
the memory, and he told him that he
ad $450,000 invested in a security com
pany, on which he was receiving but
1-2 percent, interest per annum. The
same is tvuo of a great many others.
Money never commands mnrethan &% in
New York, and gilt edge security never
has to pay that much. There is no
trouble in inducing capital to seek more
profitable fields if the owners can be con
vinced that the proposed investment is
safe. During the Lext ten years millions
of this unproductive wealth will be
spent in developing the matchless
sources of Northeast Georgia.
The
1 hold its annual meeting in the city
if week in May. About three hu idred
egatcc will attend.
Uessrs. 0 Farrell and Jankower are
ey receiving and placing their stock of
niture. They will have one ot the
st stocks in Georgia
bin h.ir thickened, baldness cured
giay hair made to return to its youth
color by the use of Hall’s Yege
e Sicilian Hair llenewer.
en. Whack Baily has dismissed his
ces, and will not go to Samoa. . lie
s the little island is not worth a load
hot or a thimble full of blood,
iss Nezzio Wood, of Harmony
ve, one of the most pleasant and
;iive young ladies in North Georgia
isitime the family of Mr. L G. ’ Alien
he new ilaptist church, which
BEliLE BOYD AMBUSHED.
ASSASSINATED BY UNKNOWN PARTIES ing down over his shoulders. There was I .pQ jjpj COMPLETED WITHIN
Jim Starr, Latest Hnrt>and of the Famou
Confederate Spy, In Hot Pursuit of Her
Murderer*—Career of tfce Noted Wo
man on the Battlefield, the Stage
and as a Highway Robber.
Syrup ot tig’s
Is Nature’s own true laxative. It is
the most easily taken and most effec
tive remedy known to Cleanse the
System when Bilious or Costive; to
dispel Headaches, Colds, and Fevers,
to Cure Habitual Constipation, Indi-
i jestion, Piles, etc. Manufactured only
by the California Fig Syrup Company;
San Francisco, Cal. T
For sale by Wade & Sledge,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Cotton Seed Meal for sale in small
and large quantities, at McGinty & Hun-
nicutt's. 2-9-w4l
BEATING THE MARSHAL.
in this city when the telegram announc
ing her death was received. He is a tall,
well formed Indian, with long hair fall-
ATHENS & KNOXVILLE.
WHO LEFT NO CLUE
Special to the New York World,
Fort Smith,Ark.,Feb. 5.—A telegram
from Eop&nla received here to-night con
firms last night's despatch that Belle
Starr, better known as Belle Bond, had
been fhot by unknown parties, who fired
upon her from ambush, and left no clue
The murder took place Sunday night, on
the Choctaw side of the Canadian rivers,
near her house. Searching parties of
mounted Indian police are scouring the
neighborhood, but thus far without sue
cess. Her husband, James Starr, who
was summoned by telegraph from this
city, announced before leaving that he
would kill the man who shot bis with, no
matter who he was.The neighborhood of
Eufaula is greatly excited over the deed
Notwithstanding the criminal notoriety
of the woman,she left many Iriends,who
have determined to avenge her death
Belle Boyd was born at Mariinshurg,
now in West Virginia, in 1846, and lived
there until 186 l.IIer father was a merch
ant, her mother a handsome woman, of
good family, and the girl’s associations
and eduction excellent.
had blood in his eye when be beard the
news. Witbont delay he saddled his
horse, provided himself with a quart of
whiskey and struck out on the run for
home, saying somebody was going to
suffer.
Belle Starr has figured in the United
St-tes Court here on several occasions,
and was once sent to the penitentiary
for selling whiskey in the Choctaw Na
tion. Dressed in men’s clothes,riding in
a good saddle and arfted with a brace of
formidable pistols,she has raided, carous
ed and participated in every known form
of outlawry prevalent in the Nation. She
rode at a pace and with a grace that knew
no equal, shot with great skill, and with
it all she was a well educated and accom
plished woman. Many citizens of Fort
Smith have beard her play on the piano,
and she was generally recognized as
thoroughly well posted in various other
accomplishments. She has one daught
er named Pearl Younger, a beautiful girl
possessing her mother’s fire and her
robber father’s reckless disposition.
TWO YEARS.
ITS GREAT ADVANTAGE TO ATHENS,
PLACING US 130 MILES NEARER
THE WEST THAN WE NOW ARE,
30 MILES NEARER THAN AT
LANTA—BRIGHT PROSPECTS
FOR OUR GROWING CITY.
J. C. Tolson’a Good Luck,
Learning that J. C. Tolson,
g erected at Crawford, will he one of
prettiest in Oglethorpe countv. It
modern architect, and built of
k.
little Henry Gladys avc springing up
vt r the country. Mr. Grady will
i to buy cups by the gross. He is
ected to send one to each child nam-
for him.
!iss Dora Wilhite, of Apple Valley,
been the city some davs canvass-
for the Bible Conipanion. She has
with encouraging su:cess. She is a
hi and pretty canvasser,
ards nreont for the marriage of Mr.
Key Milner, of Birmingham, Ala.,
Miss Ellen Bishop, of Athens, on
rsday night next, at the residence of
A. Bishop, on Jackson street.
P. Moore, formerly editor of the
ns wick .Journal, and Yal Starnes, a
her of the Augusta bar, have pur-
ed the Madisonian, published at
ison, and will take charge of that
r today.
this issue appers a pcem from Mr.
. Adams, of Wilkes county, written
e announcement of bis having drawn
B-W. prize Domestic sewing tna-
e. Mr. Adams is not married. Ilis
ces are enhanced,
niel McKenzie, our new Ordinary,
Comptroller General W. A. W right
both wounded on the same battle-
and on the same day. Since his
ion as Ordinary McKenzie has re
d a very warm letter of congratula-
in which the Comptroller General
s to their war time experiences and
es some cf their battlefield trials
anklin County Tribune.
P.ichardson’8 article in this issue
e read with interest. It is written
tyle peculiar to the Doctor and is
f terse phrases and true philoso
While we differ with him on some
points he makes, yet we recognize
1 under-current of thought, and
ig in everything he says. From
ed experience his naturally active
has acquired extensive informer
Uncle Dick Statam, the horse swap
per is known to every man, woman and
child in the surrounding counties. As
a horse swapper Uncle Dick has
equal on this continent. He has been
known to go to court riding a stick, and
came home with a good horse, bridle and
saddle. He was at Monroe court sometime
ago, and swapped anti he got nearly
afoot, but he had tho boot that he had
rece ived on his different trades in bis
pocket. Uncle Dick did not know
what to do with the hoi so that he ■ had
on hand, and concluded to let the town
of Monroe have him and keep him
Uncle Dick mounted his steed and rode
on the sidewalk, and only had to wait a
short.time until the marshall appeared
and arrested Uncle Dick for riding; on
the sidewalks He tried to beg 'oft' as he
had no money, bat the marshal was per
sistent, and informed Uncle Dick that
he would have to takehiin or his horse
for the fine. The old man, with a tear in
his eye, at last agreed that if he would let
him have his bridle and saddle, that the
marshal might take the hoTse until he
could go home and get the money. The
horse was kept until the bill ran up to
six dollars, and was put up at public
sale for the cost. There was no one
wanting the horse, and he was thrown
hack on the town. The .clerk of the
town of Monroe has never yet balanced
up his books, and there is still a ball-
auce on account of one horse not sold.
to the neighboring town of Winchester,
after war had been declared, this dash
ing young horsewoman heard of Federal
movements which threatened her ‘‘be
loved South,’* as she called it. She*gal-
loped by night to Stonewall Jackson and
told him what she knew. From that time
she was “attached” to the Stonewall
Brigade with more or less regularity.She
rode acioss the battlefield of Front Royal
and carried" to Jackson despatches which
sent l.ini in pursuit of Banks. She had
already become the pet and pride of the
Southern army.
She soon became known as “Belle
Bojd,theJfamous rtbel spy ."At that time
she was a girl of strong aquiline features,
coal-black eyes and hair, a magnificent
figure and the physical strength and
elasticity of an Amazon. Martinsburg
was most of the time within the Union
lines, and Belle Boyd’s secret Fervice
was if much value to the Southern com
mandars. On a particularly daring ex
pedition Bhe was captured and sent
of the
firm Bros., shoe and clothing
dealers. of this city, held a
lucky ticket in the December drawing of
the Louisiana State Lottery,a TimesNews
reporter called at his store last Monday
to learn the facts. In reply to our ques
tion Mr. Tolson said: “Yes sir, I held a
During a visit I lucky ticket in the December drawing. 1
have just returned from New Orleans,
were I went to get the money, I receiv
ed three hills, two $1,000 and one $500,
$2,500 in actual cash.” The reporter
asked how much heinvested.Mr.Tolson’s
reply was, “I spent $10 for ten one for
tieth tickets. One of the tickets
No. 43,085 drew $100,000, and
my part amounted to $2,500
He said he would continue in business at
the same stand where they lead big driv
es in shirts, clothing, etc. Mr. Tols->n is
a happy man over his L ck. He certain
ly ought'to feel very good on winning
such a big amount of money these hard
t mes.—Gadsden (Ala-)Times Newt,Jan.
17.
Judge Bailly Thomas tells ns that he
has about perfected arrangements for the
extension of his road from Tallulah
Falls to Knoxville. He has 135 miles of
road to build, and feels satisfied that car
will he running from Cornelia to Knox
ville within two years. He has made
arrangements with a construction com
pany, which agrees to take the road and
complete the grading within tw'elve
months, so soon as the contract, which
Judge Thom: s is now perfecting with
Northern capitalists, is signed.
The Judge says he would have built
the road long ago, but for having bis
his hands full of other matter. Only re
cently he has devoted himself to inter
esting capital in his road. With the as
sistance of the people along the line, and
the capital Judge Thomas can command
in New York, the Athens & Knoxville
will be built.
The road w'ill establish Athens as the
leading distributing point in Georgia.
This may sound overdrawn, hut it is a
fact. It will place us some 25 miles
nearer the West than Atlanta, and 130
miles nearer than we are to-day. Al
ready we compete successfully with At
lanta, on common territory, in Western
goods, and with the shorter distance to
the West, our merchants will be able to
ship goods into Atlanta’s very gates.
The road passes through the coal fieids
of Tennessee, and in the patter of coal
Every Laay
Own Physician.—A Lady who
jany years suffered from Uterine
Mes.—Falling, Displacements, Leu
.and Irregularities, finally found
lies which completely cubed her.
r adycan take the remedies, and
1 cure herself without the aid of
Jean: The Recipes with full direc-
and advice securely sealed sent
| to any sufferer. Address Mbs: M
ibie,252 So. 10th St, Philadelphia
*ame this paper. JuneSwm.
MONEY TO LOAN.
I improved plantation property, in
knd Madison counties, at 8 per cent.
TO uUK HEADERS*
Malaria or Ague Surely.Cured I
In this broad assertion, we speak not
falsely, but state postively, that these
and all miasmatic poisions, can ho radi
cally driven from the system, and a per
manent cure guaranteed. Thousands of
chronic cases, whose testimonials bear
evidence, have been cured by our infal
lible remedy, which contains neither qui
nine, arsenic, or anything injurious
Full treatment free by old physician of
highest standing, also trial remedy sent
on receipt of address, to AS AHEL MED
ICAL BUREAU, 29). Broadway, N. Y
may31dlv.
600 tons guano, for sale by McGinty.
k HuunicutL Call and see them before
buying. 2-9-w4t.
WHISKY DEALERS KICKING.
There wore two or .three manufactur
ers and dealers in whisky in Athens
yesterday, and they aro getting ready to
make war on the blind tigers. They
say that they buy high wines and with
a little red pepper and a few plugs of to
bacco, make all the whisky used in Ath
ens. The whisky dealers in Madison
county can’t sell their mountain corn on
account of these blind tigers.
The well known strengthening pro
perties of Iron, combined with other
tonics and a most perfect nervine, are
found in Carter’s Iron Pills, which
strengthen the nerves and body, and im
prove the blood and complexion.
The undersigned have entered into
co-partnership under the firm name of
J. S. King & Co., for the purpose of con
ducting a business in staple and fancy
groceries. We offer our services to the
public, feeling thpt we are especially
prepared in this line of business to ren
der efficient and satisfactory service. By
observing rules of proper economy and
working ourselves, assisted by a corps
of polite and attentive clerks, we hope
for reasonable success. Soliciting a por
tion of the public patronage, we remain
Very respectfully, J. S. King
d&w2t J. M. Hodgson
anum, in sums of $300 and upwards
)le in installments. Apply at the
I of Henby C. Tuck,
-Cm
Attorney- at-Law.
Athens, Ga,
! mules for sale. Call and see them,
“Sinty & iiunnicutt. 2-9-w4l.
READY TO GO TO WASHINGTON.
Atlanta, Feb.9.—The Georgia cadets
one of the local colored military compa-
panies, have secured quarters in Wash
ington for the inauguration. Mr. H
Kimball and several others have pre
seuted the company with checks.
Washington. Here she became quite as
much of a favorite with some of the young
Federal officers and with some Congress
men as she had already been with the
soldiers and public men of the South.
She hesitated at nothing to make a stroke
for the Confederacy. She, who had, by
her wiles and smiles, captured so many
Union secrets, was at last a prisoner her
self.
After remaining some time in the old
Capital Prison in charge of William P.
Wood, she was exchanged for the cele
brated Col. Michael Corcoran,of the Irish
Brigade, who had been a Confederatoo
prisoner since first Bull Run. After Get
tysburg she was taken prisoner, court-
martialled and ordered shot; but her
sentence was commuted t(T"banisbment
in the South. Soon afterwards Jefferson
Davis sent her with important despatch
es to Great Britain. She sailed from
Wilmington, N. C., May 4. 1864. The
vessel was captured, and the adventuress
taken to Boston, court-martialled and
a second time ordered shot. President
Lincoln commuted Her punishment to
banishment.
She soon afterwards crossed the ocean
and created a great sensation, when Aug.
25,1864, she married her captor, Lieut.
S. W. Hardinge, iu London. Her husb
and lived only a few months, and the
young widow made her debut on the
stage in England. The war over, she re
tired to private life. Subsequent to her
second husband’s death, about seven
years ago,she started out as a lecturer as
a means of maintaining ber three children,
two of whom ate in a convent. Soon after
wards she married her third husband,Mr.
High, and made Detroit her home,
During her marriage to Col.Hammond
in 1880-81, who was then acting as trav
elling salesman, Belle Boyd lived on
North Thirteenth street, in Philadelphia.
She gave some readings at St. George’s
Hall. At that time the eldest of her lit
tle girls was about thirteen years old.
Subsequently she vent to live in Texas,
where she married successively Col.
Younger, Sam Starr and Jim Starr. Sev
eral years ago she shot at and wounded
a man there whom she charged with im
proper relations with her daughter.
Belle Boyd,as she always preferred to
be called, had hankerings after an act
ress left, and in 1867 made her first ap
pearance on the American- stage with
Ben De Bar. After that she starred two
seasons, but without much success. She
abandoned the stage for the lecture
bureau, but reappeared on the hoards
four or five years ago as Daisy Brown in
“The Professor.” She was a bold and
dashing, rather than a beautiful woman,
and her chief accomplishment was per
fect mastery of a horse.
For some years she has lived in the
Choctaw Nation,and has frequently been
in Fort Smith on business and as
witness at the United States Court. Af
ter the death of her husband, Cole Young
er, in Missouri she married Sam Starr
and lived with him in the .Choctaw Nat
ion. AVith ber husband,she was in Fort
Smith about three years ago and the two
left for home in the evening, but on the
way home Starr was killed by an old en
emy named West.
Soon afterwards she married her late
husband’s cousin, James Starr, who was
READY FOR BUSINESS.
Jester had a smile on his countenance
last night, as he returned from the horse-'
swapping ground on Jackson street.
Why do you wear such a smile?”
to as^etf-aTep&rter, who had just swallow
ed a dozen of Jester's best Norfolk oys
ters.
“Swapped horses four times today,got
a pocket knife, three dollars and a Wal
tham watch to-boot, and better horses
than I started in with. This is what
makes me feel good. I have often re
turned at night with only a pocket knife
to-,boot, but I am doing better now. See
this ticker—some one will give me a
horse for it.”
Jester is always happy when be has a
ten dollar horse to swap on.
alone will save Athens thousands every
year, and infinitely enhance our adtan
tages as a manufacturing center.
In Athens taxes are lighter than in other
cities, rents are lower, and ou» mer
chants and manufacturers will have ad
vantages over 8ny city in Georgia. Coal
which now costs $6 per ton can he laid,
do Am in Athens for $1 when Judge
Thomas’ road istuilt, and the’ cheaper
rades of manufacturing coal can be bad
‘or $3. We are decidedly of the opin
ion that Judge Thomas’ road will do
moio for Athens than any road that has
been or will bs bnilthere, and it is most
gratifying to know that he feels assured
of its early completion. The best wishes
of Athens go with Judge Thomas, who
is as full of enterprise and life as of
yore.
W. A. Jester has on hand 10
horses and mules cheap for cash.
good
COULDN’T SPELL.
The best one heard lately comes from
Oconee. A committee was appointed
by the Grand Jury to examine Sheriff
Overby’s books, to see if his charges
were right on keeping the prisoners,
The Sheriff is allowed a small sum for
turning the key on each prisoner, as he
goes in the jail and comes out. In his
1>Qok he charged “turnkey” 50 cents.
The committee saw the charge and pro
nounced it turkey. This caused the
committee to put on their Studying caps,
and wonder if the Sheriff was feeding
the prisoners on turkeys. They soon
found on the hooks on the 17th of Jan
uary “turnkey” 50 cents, and the 18th
when the prison was released they
would again find turnkey 50 cents,which
they mistook for turkey. They thought
that they had discovered the cause of
Sheriff Overby’s wealth, and that he was
eating turkeys and charging them to the
county. After it was explained the
committee wanted the whole business
hushed up, hut it accidentally leaked
out and it is now dangerous to say “tur
key” to any member of the committee
who examined the books.
The blood.
Is the source of health; therefore, to
keep well, purify the blood by taking
Hood’s Sarsaparilla. This medicine is
peculiarly designed to act upon the blood,
and through that upon all the organs and
tissues of the body. It has a specific ac
tion also, upon the secretions and excre
tions, and assists nature to expel from
the system scrofula, humors, impure
parttcles, and effete matter through the
lungs, liver, bowels, kidneys, and skin.
It effectually aids weak, impaiied, and
debilitated organs. A trial will convince
you that it does possess peculiar curative
powers.
COMMENCEMENT SERMON.
W. A. Jester has on hand 10 good
horses and mules cheap for cash.
To Be DeUvered By the Rev. R. T. Barett,
of Atlanta,
Chancellor Boggs has invited Rev,
Robert S. Barrett, rector of St. Luke’s
church in Atlanta, to deliver the co
mencement sermon. The commence
ment will be held in June rather than
J uly as heretofore.
Rev. Mr. Barrett has accepted Dr,
Bogg’s invitation, and will deliver the
sermon. He is an able and most enter
taining speaker, and while he has no eg
pecial claim tb oratory, in the common
acceptation of that term, yet he is truly
eloquent, if the power to entertain and
to convince he called eloquence.
INDIAN RELICS.
ATHENS COTTON MARKET.
Office of Banner-Watchman.
Athens, Ga., Feb. 9, 1889.
Market—Firm.
Strict Good Middling
Strict Middling
Good Middling
Middling.
Strict Low Middling,
Low Middling,
Strict Good Ordinary
Good Ordinary
Ordinary
Stains
Tinges
10X—
10—
9 X-
9 x-
9M-
9 %—
m to 8)4
iy, to 8
IX to 8X
9 to 9>.<
Bill Hearn, one of the progressive men
of Walton connty, was in the city yes
terday, and is always a welcome visi
tors. He is the father of thirteen hoys.
Mr. Hearn is the possessor of a genuine
Indian tomahawk, that was found on one
of the battle fields of Walton county.
Bill Hearn promises to give the toma
hawk to the B.-W. We will keep it to
scalp delinquent subscribers.
There is living in the southern
portion of Baldwin county a widow
lady who is the mother of seven
daughters, hut has no sons. She owns
some land upon which she and her
daughters manage to raise a small
crop. Last year one of the daughters
went to the woods with an axe aqd
cut out and made ai plow stock, fas
tened on a plow, and with a little
steer plowed the entire crop, making
seven bales of cotton and a consider
able amount of vegetables.
A YANKEE BULLET.
Mr. T. D. Jennings brought to our of
fice yesterday a Yankee ballet, that he
found embedded in a tree in front of his
house. When Stoneman’s raid passed
.through Watkinsville and on to Jug
Tavern they captured Mr. George Jar
rell. The raiders fired several shots at
Mr. Jarrell before capturing him. He
was carried to Camp Chase, 0 , where he
died. Mr. Jennings is certain that the
pistol bullet taken from the tree was one
of the shots fired by the raiders of Mr.
Jarrell.
BLIND TIGERS IN JACKSON.
An old prohibitionist in Jackson coun
ty says that the blind tigers ate running
the county. They can be f<
cross road with a bottle rea<
Money to Lend
On Best Terms and at Lowest
Bates.
We are prepared to lend Money in
sums to suit borrowers in Clarke,Oconee,
Jackson and Franklin. Time, from 2 to
5 years. * Iktebest (7%) seven per cent
BUSSELL S HUSHES,
ANNUALLY.
No. XI Cl
(In Oarii
ayton Street, Athens, Ga.
•ithers & Talmadge’a new building.)
lilR &
DEALERS IN
A good supply of well broke Mules
and Horses always on hand. Call be
fore purchasing at the Btahles on
Thomas street.
HQLEMAN & DEADWYLER.
R. L. J. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Will practice in Jackson, Banks, Madison,
Franklin and adjacent counties, and also in the
Supreme and Foderal courts of the Ftata
Will give special attention to collections and
make prompt returns-
Pies! Piles! Itching Piles.'
oms—Moisture; intense i
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