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IBGIA, THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER 29, W%
He Her Hen Escaped internal In.
JnrleO n**|ll Terribly Burned
AWottb# Face*
Anini, Dee. 28.—[Special.]—Frit*
Aryan, who ru so terribly burned Mon
day uigbl at Olarkiten, li doing aa well
And June r* Futon Well, utter Cult*
tug Hie Own Threat.
Macox, Ga., Deeember 28.—[Special.]
In Worth county, on Monday night, a
negro named Seed murdered hie wife
and alz children, and then committed
auieide by jumping down a well, haring
drat nnaocceasfttlly tried to cut bin
own throat.
Another dispatch locates this horrible
tragedy In tee county, s*/a that Reed
urea in a bad humor ail day Sunday, and
was constantly handling a dirk or knife.
A boy who lived with the family said
’ that after dark Bead pretended to bo,
sick, and cent him after a doctor. The
boy ran, and it was several hours befora
he returned, accompanied by a phyal-
c an. They were astonished to' find the
house s smouldering ruin, While the
stench from the roasted corpses was nn-
I endurable. Not much could be done in
the way of investigation until daylight,
I when about fifty neighbors were drawn
I together. The bloody knife was found
beside the well.
M might he expected nuder the circum
stances., lie was kept under the influ
ence ff tgtitos last night, and rested well
His phyai ian thinks ha may have eaoap- j
ed inhalation of ths hot smoke from’the
burning fire bail, and if such is the esse
Sate, telneiae net V. C.I.I
H K. NICHOLSON,
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caption Of his mother, now in New York
farlowing literary pursuits, (
Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, the boy’s mother,
has left Now York and is oxpeoted to ar
rive in Atlanta at 12:20 to-morrow on tho
Air-Line road.
Raisins, etc., etc., for
SERIOUS FUN-
A Negro' Youth Flourishes u Pistol
Over a Cttlueuta Head and Fires
One Shat.
Atlanta, Deo. 28.—[Special.]—0u*
W. Alien, e negro youth about 18 years
of ege, was srraigned in the Recorder’s
court this morning for nn assault with
IntsnttokUI.
Monday morning Allen filled bimsolf
up with high license whiskey and getting
a pistol made things lively sn Welle
street, "i Mr. Ledford Humphries, sn el
derly whits man, cams along just as
Allan was shooting his pistol into tho sir,
and remonstrated with him. The negro
becamdVdfious and swore he'would shoot
Mr, Humphries’ body.as full of holes as
a salva. This threat was {racked up by
a shot find over Mr. Humphries’ head.
The Recorder remarked that Allen’s
Christmas fun whs of a very sellout ns.
tun, snd entered n fine of120,75 and re
quired ths prisinsr to giro a 8100 bond
to answer in a higher court for pointing
TRY A SACK OK
NIPTUNL” FLOOR,
W. M. PITTMAN’S.
It wa, evident that
Reed nut Have cut hit victim’s throats,
seven in number, aa they slept, and then
■et the house on fin. In the well
Reed’s body was found. A frightful
gash was on bis throat, which must
have been inflicted just ss be jumped
into the well.
THE BEST IN THE CITY.
Talmadge . & Brightwell,
WEBB & CRAWFORD,
H*«dqn«rtora lor
Atlanta, Deo. 28.—[Special.]— Refer-
log to the death of the Emperor of Ger
many Dr. Schuman remarked:
188oT Of course "Hie country ves there
end the people won then, but the title
Emperor had cessed. Thq.lsst Em
pemr -wav tbs Emperor Ferdinand, of
Austria.
Ths war with Napoleon in 1800, re
sulted lu the dissolution of tho empire,
Tho late Emperor was the younger
brother of tho. former Mug of Prussia,
snd ths son of Frederick William III,
a id Quean Louisa. Whan Napoleon
overran Prussia, ho had to flee with his
mother. He was for a longtime Prince
of Prueeis, snd as bis elder brother had
no heir*, he was conceded to be tbs suc
cessor. In 1818, whou there was a rev
olutionary move meat, ths king was weak
and the Prioce was very firm, and urea
of the opinion that the people had to b*
suppressed anyhow to be kept in order.
In consequence of that then was a good
dial of trouble in Berlin, Ha bad treated
ths people to grape-ihoh *nd wo nssd to
Athens, Ga.
HASELTON’S
HOLIDAY TRADE.
in a higher court for pointing
a pistol at another person.
SWAPPED FORA MULE-
Haw Cat. Bab Ingereolt Was Ex.
changed as a Prisaaer.
Rev. T. T, Eaton, a prominent Baptist
minister of Louisville, tells a good story
about Bedford 1 Forest, the “vriuard. of
the aaddle,” and Col. Bob Ingersoll that
haa neverappeared in public print.
TheXtory )• aa follows:
Forrest captured Ingerscli in one of
hla* fights, io which ha carried out his
famous taotica of “gitting thar fust, with
and tha redoubtable
Oranges, Applet, Cocoanuts, Cur-
Tanta, Cilrau. Raisins, Prunes,
Nuts of all Kirda.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Pianos, Organs,
Guitars, Banjos, Violins, Accor-
.daunt. Mandolin*, Harmonic**,
and *11 kind* of Mualcal Merchtn-
dlea. She t Music and Noveti'ee,
Set- thrGrm Roller Organ. Plays
Ever seen . in Athens, it
Before bi
la thacltr. Tn an* out of our emm Bonr
Siro tad be situ 4 wtib it. Oar
awest Rea* VW ar '• c va* so io be theti.it
Han* at Uosr la 111* city, nave brand ar Baa.
Dried Boot sod RraaVart Bmoi.
Tha had moment of French Caadr avar
offered to tha trade of Athena.
WEBB & CRAWFORD,
the moat men;
’colonel” was as blatant •• usual with
bia blasphemous utterances sgainat
Christianity. Forrest gave the infidel a
good aouad cussing, for in thotu days the
gallant general was very profane though
niter the war became pious and dted a
consistent member of the Presbyterian
church. Finally tha general said:
“I’ve got no uae on earth far such n
d—n prisoner and would be glad if I
ooildaschange Mm for a mule."
Ingersoll hsard of the speech, and cigar
to gala bia liberty,, stol a mule to For
rest sod told him ha accepted hie propo
sition. Tha exchange was made Aid im-
Sf’o lures. Only $600.
call him tho gripe-shot Prince. But af
terwards, by bia patriotism sad by hit
nobis behavior all along since ha Iteend-
ed the throne, ho hes bean highly ts-
tsimsd by tho Germans, and wbila ha
waa in and altar 1818, considerably
bated, ha fa now the most belorad and
ti e most popular Prince on tho globe.
-to DON’T FAIL TO CALL ON o:
Ho used to appear at a certain hotff in
ths morning at a certain window in tho
palace, and thoro tbs people would wait
(or him artry morning snd would cheer
bln. particularly when be had bean sick
or, had baenabaeDt far some time.
If ha had lived ht would hsvu been 91
GIFT BOOKS, BOOKS IN SETS, JUVENI1
-io SELLING AT COST. o.
years old on tho 22d of March naxt year.
Ha aicandsd tha tbrons in 1851 and ns-
•anted the title 0! emperor in 1871.
After the French war had beta nearly
finished ths German princes and ths
German people wanted him to assume
ths title sf Emperor, snd to trout anew
tha tbrons of the German Empire. Tbs
German nation bad bean loosely united,
but bjr the erection of that throat again
we a firmly united. Ha has a son, thu
Crown rrince Frederick Nicholas Wil
liam, a grandson, Prineo .William, and
a great grandson. -Tho crown prince,
waa born in 1839, and his eon It about
twenty-eight years old.”
From this It will bo assn that fa the
event of the death of ths crown prince,
who has sn ugly growth tn his throat
which has ban call cancer, Prineo Wil
liam, a young man of. 28, : will bocomt
emperor of Gsrtnany.
EVERY THING GOOD TO
FANCY
A FEMALE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
Him rkstt* Cousins Assasenr
Ikattkewllllt »?W Independent
Prohibition Candidate.
St. Louis, Mo, Doe. 28.—[Special.]—
Miss Phoebe Consint has announced that
lbs will bo the independent prohibition
ouadidato toe governor tn tho coming
campaign. Miaa Conaina recanUy tarn-
tad tha oflaa of marshal of [he eastern
district of.Mtssoori which aha success-
folly manegud for several months altar
the death ef >ar father.
A Verdict ol Insanity. ,
, Chicauo, HL, Dae.. 28.—(8p*eia1.)—
The coroner’s jury yesterday found that
Mrs. Ida MeCanlly, who kill*4 h«r but-
FINE
