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•ucceod in his great enterprise, and he,
nert summer'brad* 'will* be*rt'work
breaking dirt toward* Knoxville.
UU also abort fettled that the Georgia
midland must come te Athens. Ceiom.
-fllretdy two roads to AtUntft,
INTERTIEW WITH HON
R. K-REAVES- jg|S
A Terrible Bipteitea Taken Place
Follewed »r a Skewer el Brtcke
Hi Iren which Pell late the
Street—Alter Three Heere Hard
Fighting the Plaaiee are ttared-
lilnt ot the Bafterere.
Nxw Voxg, Jan. 80.—[Special.]—
Broadway was visited at 5:35 o’clock
this a. m,by the most fierce and disas
trous fire that has occurred in that great
thoroughfare for fifteen years. In one
and a half hours, despite the sending out
of Dr. Jtaiite be held next Sunday.
Atlanta,Jsn.30.—(Special.]—J. 6.
Carlisle telegraphs thatit will be Im
possible on account of physical condi
tion te fill bis Georgia engagements.
tarHea suited.
Fas. 30^—[Special.]—An so
rted on the Michigan South-
. iy which four freight hands
Jest their liras.
-——•—— '
Ifesrre Black Lilt.
Atlanta, jJairi. .80.—[8peoiaL]-The
first negro to'geton the black list was
put on this taornlnfr
PER80NAL NOTES.
Cow peas at J, 8. King A Co’s.
Feathers 1 M 1
gN* want another. The Georgia
Midland is not now paying expenses, and
¥ho Had a Talk With B
Brown, of Baltimore.
is the place for it to come, and we hi
that before next folk arrangements
be perfected to extend the road jto
City.
A gentleman from Athena was in Gal
rilTe last week, where ho met Col. i
and oth' '* *
Dahtonei
the subj
Athena and Jefferaon and Gainesville
■M Dahlonega,^ and running through
Bins Ridge"monntama! ”Th7«"wiu be“I
city,
A gentleman fro
ville iaatwcck,
“■* p»_
he found them enthuaed on
tha gap betwaen
and Gainesville
Cbicaqo,
eldentisrep
oi a general call for fire apparatus, four
immense baaiueas houses were destroy
ed and others aeriously damaged. Th
total loss is estimated at f1,600,000. The
DEALERS IN
t™in. fronCour city to th. heart of tile
Blue Ridge mountains. This will he A
great road for Athens, and can .be .very
cheaply completed. It will insure to us
what mountain trade wo onos had, and
lost, and make Athens again the great
mart for the Northeast Georgia moua-
tains,
That ail these rosds will eventually
and speedily be built to Athena, no rea
soning man can doubt. It it Just us nat
ural fer them to come here as water
flow* down |hilU Indeed we hare in
Athens the nucleus of a gnat city and it
'“’■“Tea our erery citisen to gat
and help start the whaeis of
fin started in Roberta on ft Kaufaan’e
■ton and spread with gnat rapidity.
The flame* mads rapid progress, eating
their key to thereof in a few minutes
and driving the fin ladders on to adjoin
ing buildings for safety. They saw that
the structun was doomed, and immedi
ately ^turned their attention
to snirohnding property. While the
fin wts at Its -height a terrible ex
plosion occurred, followed by a shower
of bricks and inn, which fall into tbs
street. Assistant Foreman Reilly waa
caught under the bulk of this falling de.
bris and fatally hurt Chief Shay had a
namw escape. A piece of iron weigh
ing at least onehundni and fifty pounds
fell at hit feet Sevenl chiefs of battal
ion^ who ware staoding anund him, had
a narrow escapo fnm failing missies. A
number of firemen, hotrever, received
trifling injuries. The explosion sent the
sparks high in tbs sir, and they fell in
ehowen on adjoining property while‘the
flames horned finer this before. Soon
No. 457 began to burn. At 8 o’clock
thic building was amass of flames from
cellar to roof, and the upper floors of
545 wen burning, but the flames had
been checked, at 643 and in the nar
of the burning building, which an num
bered 117,118, 122 and 124 Mercer
street.
At 8 o’clock, after three houn’ hard
fighting, the fire was under eontrol. The
.firms who lose by the fin an ttfolloWs;
Ne 545 Broadway, Robertson A Kauff
man, trimmings; P K Wilson, laces;
Sten, Falk A Co, clothing; H Kaomer,
linings. Ne 647 Broadway, F Bianchi,
feathers and flowen. Nos 649 and 651, :
Henry Rogers, fancy goods; J L .Libby
Je Co, clothing; Veith A Nelson, fancy
goods; C A Yost, clothing; Malar, Lin.
son A Co, clothing; No 556 Broadway, J
Erekowski and Ernest, clothing; Mitch- (
ellftPyrad, clothing; Louis Meager, im- \
porter.
THE FISHERIES TBOIIBLK. <
Non. R. K. ReaVea visited Macon With
View of leaning something definite ia
regard to the settlement of the Maetk
and Covington niinad troubles, and on
his return home was- yesterday inten
viewed by a Behner-Watchman reporter.
Mr. Reaves waa ia high spirits, and a tat
od that there wea not now a particle of
doubt that the railroad from Macon
would be speedily completed to Athens
and that by the fintef June next the
can would reech our city. This gen
tleman rode from Griffin on the same
seat with Mr. Brown, the great banker,
and had a long and moat satisfactory in
terview with him.
It will be remembered that the
Brown Brothers, who an among the
wealthiest banken in the world, and
handle more money yearly than
even the Rosthehilds, have signed an
agreement with Col. Machen, by which
they an to take the bonds on this road
US fast as the iron is laid.
,J. 8- King A Co
Timothy hay at S, 0. Dobb’e..
Best groceries kW. M. Pittman’s.
Pun fruit Jellies, at J. B. King A
e.’s.
Mr. Tim Barnard, of St. Louis, is ia
Athens,Georgia
to work, I * L ! r 1
progress. There is not a finer business
point in the 8outh to-day than Athena
ia in tha city.
. Mr. W. B. Power, of Harmony Guava,
lain the city.
Tha Jacksonville fever has quitted
down ooatldttkUy.
. Jerneybutter can always ha found at
J. a K&g A Co-’s.
Mias Claudia Thompson, of Lexington,
is visiting in $• city.
Mn. Minneapolis, (a visiting
relatives in thveity.
. Mt Ausel ggfraiyof Harmony Grove,
or n city with a brighter future ahead.
To-Night at the Mew Open Hence.
To be t eueheaaful minstrel nowadays
a man muat possess many accomplish
ments, as well as innate humor. Few
burnt cork artista on the stage to-day art
the equal ef Geo Wilaon, of "Waits Me
Again” fame, who ia supported by a
earefuljy selected company. These
merry-makers will inaugurate their car
nival at the opera house to night. The
managers have departed from the eld
order of things this yetr, and have en
deavored to make the entertainment ia
original as possible. With this end in
view, a novel new first part has been ar<
ranged. Instead of the usual semi circle
olio, the performance will be opened
with a garden or lawn party; This ia
followed by a grand panorama of the
sights seen by George Wilaon and Luke
Schoolcraft from their perilous position
•n the olnuda in tha "World’s Balloon.”
The new “Adonla"'tlug iwstld to be the
The Largest and Best Selected Stock of
Mr. Brown
t stated to Mr. Reaves that he bad signed
! all the papers to thia effect, end that
Col. Machen would in future have no
trouble in getting whatever money he
needed to carry to success bis great en-
I terpriae.
L In reply-to our inquliy Mr. Reaves,
Ikatated that the work of grading between
■Madison and Athens would probably
[TAommenco at one*. Probably thisjweek
hfs there was nothing'in the way now
I and it waa the earnest desire or Col.
EMachen, to complete the road
Bom Macon to Athens as so a
las possible. In six weeks the
fears will probably be running into Madi.
I son. It ia desired to put at least 1,000
I bauds at work on this road. Mr. T. W.
Bowell, as also Messrs Hampton A Bra-
Bean will resume the work they have
■ft and (here will be no father financial
Baubles to interfere with them. Tom
Bampton says be can put 300 -hands at
Ever Been in Athens, it will pay yon to
before baying t
hit of the season, the coitomeg used bo
ing exact fec-similea of those worn by
Harry Dixie in his great New York suc
cess, "Adonis.” The alter-piece is said
to be the funniest thing ever put on the
stage, and fa a burlesque muaicale called
"The Grand Opera.” While the enter
tainment will be funny, it will be free
from alt coarse and objectionable fea
tures.
O’Farrell A Hodgson’s store it mads
ileaaant by the singing of a largo nnm-
icr of canary birds.
. Mr. Henry Walker, of Menrae, wko
has boon spendings ft# days in Athena,
baa returned bom*.
War tales are at a discount at th* dif
ferent courts. They have been boycot
ted by th* young lawyers.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs Josh
ua Hutobina ia vary aiek at her resi
dence an Lumpkin a tract.
Misses Upson and Daisy Talmadg* re
tained yesterday from a fair days bright
ening their friands ia Lexington.
Mill Maggie Kendrick, a charming
; r oung lady from Atlanta, ia visiting Mis
. f B Maddox, on College avenue.
People in Cobbham are eomplaiaing
Have Moved their Mammoth|Stock(ot J!,
FURNITURE
rork to-morrow on the road, and is an
ions to do so.
Yesterday the old contractors ware to
From Deupree Block to
Nw Satlalecterr lolnll.a Ia 11(11.
New York, Jan. 30.—[SpedaLJ^-Ths
Dominion Cabinet held u meeting on
Saturday to isonsidsr reports rxoolvad
from the Canadian commissioner attend
ing the Washington convention. As
matters now stand before the eommia-
sion, the Dominion government fear
that a satisfactory settlement of the ex
isting trouble ia beyond possibility; they
only hope that tha eouvantion may lead
to some basis of settlement of lutura
trouble* and mere intimate relation* be
tween the two countries.
about tha milk wagons. They claim
that th* atock haa been watered.
J. G. Gibson a prominent pastor
act signed by Brown Bros, it was
leted (bat the road ba built via
inyville. Mr. Reeve* says h 1
ng of such an arrangement,
hand it it the intention
en to aqrvey * roq te vie H|gl
ningat* little ilec; :
y called Philadelphia
of the
his home in Crawford yoatorday.
Th* two new cottagee of Mrt Bein’*,
on Market street, ere nearly finished.
They have been put up in a vary abort
tim*. •
Tha gvmnailum fer th* pbystoal cul
ture of the young men will be aa attrac
tive and important feature in th* Y M C
A building.
Hava you inbieribed all that you feel
able to do to the Y M 0 A building?
Think of tha importune* of th* matter
and aet stone*.
Free educational elaeeea at night, for
deserving young men, *UI be a promi
nent feature of the Y M G A when they
Remember our place and govet'n yourself * c cordingly.
decjdftwtm.
, on the
of Cal,
—-t- - -f -i - - .— * —j jh Shoals
beginning at* little t lace in Morgan
lounty cfliel Philadelphia
Thera it great interact felt emeng
he rural section* of Oconee for- this
bed, bat-doubtless (he most practicable
nut* and the largest subscription liet
MU capture th* pries. Oconee has net
raw a railroad, end the building of this
ine, it mettars not When it go**, will
Freetly increase the wealth .on popala-
Ion of that eplendid little eotinty.
W* see in an interview .with Mr.
irown, published in the Atlanta Con-
titution, that that geatlaman moat posi-
■unlaa HMIen Cross the Berio
■eal Take » Frnsslan Captive.
Berlin, Jan. 29.—[Special.]—Baaahui
aeldiera fishing near th* border eras*
the frontier, and «“ belpg ordered by
two Prussian garndarms to re-cross, lira
o,q the Prussians, wauuding one of them.
Relesaiag th* wonnded men, they ar
rested the othar Prnasian, who resisted,
thorn. .
Eively atatea that the Georgia, Carolina
Kid Northern railraed will be built via
\Athen*, and to eonneet with this gnat
Amtem was bis reason for investing so
largely in th* Moeoa road. This decla
ration from Mr. Brown, who ia in a po
sition to know what haris talking qboqt,
g»rd to th* G, 0. A K. Thatthie gra*t
trnnk line will b* speedily built to our
city, there ie not a shadow of doubt
Capt. Benaae tells ua that engineer* an
now locating tha rout* from th* Sevan-
aah river to Athena; which will finish up
their work, leaving nothing to ho done
but to let out the eoutraet* end put on
the eottiDintnta. ,
In the P lMt issue of th* Franklin (N.
C.) Prats, we see that Judge W. B.
Thome* ha* written a vera satisfactory
letter to th* editors or that paper, ia
whlebht tnnounoe* his datermination
to fill th* gap between Tallulah Falla
sad knogTilpaa **on •» Po**»bl*. Judge
muss EEKSmSEa
CLAYTON STREET.
Immediately after th* press of busi
ness th* right me* are going t* work to
build our 125,000hotel end th* narrow
gauge to Jefferaon.
Oae of th* most beautiful floral offer
ings at Dr Mell’a funeral waa a large
•tar, eovend with ohoice flowers, pre
sented by the 8 A E fraternity.
Prof Y B Clifton has bran very busy
for th* peat weak copying and enlarging
and took bin with
The CRMtaw Claim- 4
Cnioaoo, Jaa. 30.—{Special.]—The
Chaotaw Indian* claim tbat th* govern,
meat owes them $3,600,000 for lands
and improvemanta thay gav* up in Ala
bama and Miatiaaippl when they wen
moved farther west. It ha* Man allow
ed by Congress more than one*. About
pictures. Prof OUftoa ia coniMand one
of th* finest photographers in the State.
Every pobUo-spirited eitiatn who has
th* iatarest of oer young men at heart
should be at the meettag at the YM 0
•dy and end it.
Texaaa Ranra*.—Th* Athena dale
cation who started for th*Lon*8‘ar
State » few wdtke ago; have returned
home. They report everything eeld tad
dasolato in Tern, and say from bence-
* " *- will remain
tffteegtjpkta
hair the money waa pledged to lawyers
and other middle men, but at a re
cant meeting *f the tribe legisla
tion obnoxious to their lawyer* waa pass
ed so they bar* beau obstructing th*
Thai Mil A
just received;at
Mttb, W« WejeWU*
pf the 8«t
Vkrv Ill^-W* regret to
Mr.Ed. Sanford ie vora ill nth
ing house on Hancock evenu
, Atlanta, Jen, ».—(8p*otafcJ-J. G.
Thrower has sworn ont* warrant charg
ing C. D. Barker with criminal libel.
in Athene, and a gen-
