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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-