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HOSE, PUMPS, RAMS,
wiNd-mills:
IRON RAILINGS,
WROUGHT CAST
AND SEWER PIPES.
KXGINK AVOUK AND llKAnSGOODS
86 And 33 Clayton St„ Athens* G:».
ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESPAY MORNING, AUGUST IS, 1888.
OUR NEIGHBOf
PERSONS AND THINGS.
THE DREADED PLAGUE.
YELLOW FEVER CONTINUES 1TB
RAVAGES IN FLORIDA.
■AATeltctics.
M.Miiinxv OBOVX,
UAnxovY Gaora, Aug. 14.—Profa.
Bon-i and Wan ara on a via.t to thu ltor.
rha UoTamenta of Tone/Friends Briefly
Chronicled, m Well as Other Hatters ef
Interest to You and Them—A Choice
Bpr^pkllna of the Attic Salt of Society.
CHARLES SCUDDEK.
jACSsoaviLUL Fla- August 14.—The
latest intelligence fram Tampa la that
than ara four aaapieiooa oaaca of illneu
than, and thru casaa of pillow favor lo
tho homo when Mr, Waterman died last
month.
Then la a eaaa at Flint Clip, and at
Our town la vorp dull at this timo as
so rainp ol onr young people aro off on
ploaaon trips. ' . ^*4§f9PSgl
-isrrxaaoa.
Jirraaaoa, Aug. 14. — Our Grand
Jure has been confronted ell tho week
with the question whether or not Jack-
ton will ban a Conntp Court. A large
number of our people lap have it. It la
the opinion efraanp that we cannot get
along well without it; bat the Grand
. Jury will do tho beat they know how
about it. They ought to know what tha
county noodt.
Mias Hortenae Candler, dsoghtor of
Congnaamen Candler, it visiting her
many friends in Jefferson this week, and
by her captivating manners has added
many to the already largo number of
eupportars of the one-eyed bop of Hg-
eon Roost. Candler will hare a walk
over.
WATXIKeVIM.S.
Watkiusvilli, Ang. 14.— The engine
on Iho C. and M. road rolled into Win-
torvillo for the first time peaterdap
morning. Tho track is kid to Carl
Overby’s house, and tha otrs have gone
back for more iron. Now for tho bar-
becue. Let ua .have it bp all meant
at once.
Mite Cura Heater, of Salem, was so
unfortunate ee to ohoot accidentally a
ponng lady "acquaintance of the same
piece, a Miss Bent. Tho.woond ia
aot considered eerions.
Mr. Z. B. Middlebrooka had his annn-
al barbecue on Saturday last. It goes
wi hint saying saving that til who were
pr*»en t enjoyed hit hospitality lo
tha folia
Mrs. James Middlebrooka, Sr., with
her daughter, Miss Minnie, ia still at
Wtlton Springe, very mnch improved
by she water and enjoying their euy.
Mr. Nicholes Overby, from Meridian,
Mias., is on a visit to bis nUtivre hare.
He is an old railroader, being at present
on the Alabama Centre.', the Southwest
terminus of the East Tennessee system.
His many friends here welcome him
with pleasure.
f tho now stores on Clayton
being fitted np for the how Arm
tGrango. Tho side walk and
sheet In front of this block should be
put in better condition.
Road the notice of the new Building
A Loan Aaaooiation. Attend tha moot
log and taka a took if yon want to lave
moggy and her* a homo of pour own.
Judge Evans presides at hia Justice’s
Court with tho troatait dignity. The
Jadgo k inexorable on ths tide of jue-
musio in tho silo.
Mr. Jae. 1). Price, of Oconee county
SUCCESSORS .TO BALDWIN & FLEMING.
was in tho city yesterday.
Mrs. Toombs DnBosa ia at Oconee
White Sulphur.
Mr. A. F. Henley Is attending the
State Agricultural convention.
Mr. 0. Hauser U off for a short vaca
tion to Atkin and Chautauqua.
Mrs. Henry Betuse left yesterday for
“ wtulf 4a fwSanrls 4a flaiaaawllla
bee, pat seasons all hk decisions with
Iho utmost mercy.
Dr. Rosenborg leaves' on a buainsaa
trip up tha Northeaatern this morning.
Thai Rosenberg Spectacle company ia
prepared to do a large wholesale bneineae
and will succeed. >
The rain Sunday did eonaidarabk
damage to our streets, Commissioner
Mowaaya that heavy rooks wore taken
np bodily and waahad together in low
pkevs.
Dr. Lyndon, with Ur. Dare Kenney
thin mtniffinff rnnlnwlna it AaSiww a
a visit to friends in Gainesville.
Mr. Jnn. M. Stokely, of Crawford, was
in tho city yesterday. ’ .
n Secure your ticket for the exention to
THX ODD VXttOWl AT OAlKSSVILLl.
GaiauviLLx, G*., Ang. 14.—At a
looting if tho grand encampmoot of
oorgk, I. 0.0. F, the following grand
Kaave aaaa aL.t.J .
Tallulah on Angust 25th.
August cotton fnturoa jumpped np 20
u bit managing contractor, M; doing
•plondid contracting buainesa.* Ho wi
make amngemonte to make hia ow
brick another aeaaon.
points yesterday.
Hr. W. M. Rowland returned from
TaUniah Falk yesterday,
W. II. FuUer end family leave this
Griffin, Ga ’
Wm. M. Pittman, grand senior warden,
Athena, Ga.
John Aaher, grand jnnior warden, Grif
fin, Ga.
^Jaaso Zinyon, grand marshal, Atlanta,
^ John G. Dalis, graad ecrib*, Macon,
M. G. Gramling, grand troisnrer, At
lanta, Ga.
Preparations on a vary big seal* hare
been made for tha entertainment of the
rkiting members.
morning for GkrkeriUe.
If our 150,000 hotel wu ready for via
tors it would be full now. ,
Mr*. Flanigen returned Monday ow
ning from a delightful trip North.
Ton warrants were issued Monday lor
Athens, Georgia
raicauTioHS at vrarcaoes.
WavotOss, August 14. — Work on the
hoepiul near this pkee her been started,
and Wtycross will prepare to take care
of refugees if any should he taken sisk.
There is no fererhere now. A elation
for fumigation of tho meile has been es
tablished three miles below here. Other
u. X. uarucm
the tax collector
‘r-
DEALERS IN
The Athens Book Store.
We have imulo a special purchase of 2,000 Blank Books, all sis^s and
rulings, wliicli wo arc selling at New York prices.
We have a full line of Paper Bags and offer in competition with Atlan
ta prices Blank Books made to order.
Books, Stationery and Fancy Goods at Lowest Prices.
D.W.MeGREGOR & CO.
(Successors to E. W. Burke & Co.)
Book Sellers and Stationers. Athens Ga.
jnlylO-Gra
WE CONSIDER OUR
Prescription
Depa,rtrrjei]t
Tub Most Important Part of Our Business,
We dispense nothing but pure fresh DRUGS and onr patrons can rest assured that any pr
script Ion they may bring to iu will be carefully and accurately compounded.
WADE & SLEDGE
• -Clayton Street,
• Athens, Ga.
A FULL LINE OF
-SHOE Si-
, IN—
Spring and Summer Styles,
From the Most Reliable Manufacturers now tn Stock at the!
On© Price Shoe Store
wE. I. SMITH & C()
ALWAYS KEEPTHEM IN YOUR HOUSE.
Mr. Lari Overby, tha popular ahoriff
of Oconto county, apontyealerday in the
city.
There ia a lady in tha city who ia the
beneficiary of a $60,000 Ufa inaurance
policy.
Complaints aro made about tho lack of
attention paid tho lighting of larapa on
Barber atreal.
Tha race for Jnatice of tho Pete,
promises to bo vary exciting. There ore
throe candidates in the field with Several
wards to hear from.
Dr. Jaa. A. Price, one of tho moet
prominent pkntera of Oconee county,
was in the city yesterday.
Why can't the Northeaatern train wait
at Lute for an hoar and make connection
with the G o’clock train from Atlanta?
Conductor J. L. McCleaky rays ha has
sold a good many tickets for ths Tallulah
Falla excursion on August 25.
Mr. T. H. Dozier was called to Ogle
thorpe yesterday to tho bediido of Mi
Dozier who was taken quite ill.
The present cotton year will place our
receipts at about 90,(XX) ■ balee. Next
year we must hare 100,000.
Tha Man con A Covington is moving
into Athens. Th# whiztla blew yez-
t-rday in Watkiniville.
Judge and Mrs-Howard Van Eppe and
family, of Atlanta are the gneate of Col.
and Mrs. Htorans Thomas.
lion. Pope Barrow spent yesterday in
_ *. ■ ineas before
Jefferson, attending to boeiness
the court etill in aeuion there.
Bryah’t Relief for Cholera, Cholera Morbus and Dysentery.
Dr. Durham's Vegeta*?!; Liver Pitta thebeat pill made.
Dr.Brigg* Blackberry Cordial, for teething children, cures Diarrhoea,
k' all bowel affections:
'. Parker’s Cough Sytup for 'coughs andc olds,
kin Cora or Crawford’s Eczema Wash; for all akin diseases, a ape-
~ for beat. Get a bottle for the bab],
Crawford’s Tooth Powder, the beat made and perfectly harmless.
UN NY SOUTH COLOGNE, Fragrant and lastiug.
fUM YUM,tha moat elegant toilet powder on the market Warrant’
absolutely pare,does not effect the eyes and ieavea'.the akin amootb.
. We are proprietors and manolacturera of all the above articles and w
turantee eacn and every one of them to give oerfect satisfaction:
Try them and be convinced.
John Crawford Sc
Wholesale and.Rctail Druggists and Manufacturing ChJmilta,
ATHENS, .GEORGIA.
Mias Blanche Lipscomb, alter a pleas
ant visit te TaUniah, returned home
yeeterday.
Mr. and Mr*. E. I. Smith, after spend
ing a month at Tug.lo, returned on tha
Northeastern yesterday,
8pecia! Attorney^Bylranus Morris, of
lha R and D. road, relumed yesterday
te the city, after a abort business trip.
A certain young lady of Athena ia said
te wash her fzoe in water-melon rinds
to beautify her complexion.
Dr. Lockhart, of Birmingham, for
merly of MUIadgarilie, is visiting rela
tives in the city.
Work on J. H. Rocker's warehouse
ia progrsiiing rapidly, and will b« ready
for hoary cotton receipts.
Mrs. Wm. Lockett, Mha India Hunter
and Hatter Ban Banter paaaed through
the city yaaterday an route to Jtffen
Julius Cohen A Go are receiving and
marking their tremendous inlay of goods
for the fall trade. They are lire man
and are seliiog goodj way up into the
hundreds of thousands.
Since tho indisputable testimony of
oornhyaiciana at to tho health rf Athens
’« hear no men falsehoods on tha sub-
Athene ia ona of tho haalthleat
Georgia.
its. Seudder leaves in a fow
Now York to boy a heary
v Mr v Seudder
id than ever be-
The outlook for
r brighter.
There will be a meeting of the stock
holders of the Mutual building and loan
astooiation of Americas, Wednesday, to
recciee tho charter, adopt a constitution
and by-laws,' and aloct a board of Sevan
directors to serve for one year.
in tho change of schedule which ia
soon to bo made on tha Richmond &
Dan villa railroad, why can’t tha North
eastern train wa>t at Lute for tha six
o’clock train from Atlanta. It would be
a great convenience, and wa treat tha
company will see it at we do.
Mr. Tim Barnard, an old Athens boy,
ranks high among railroad men, and has
a fine position. He at’ll cherishes’ the
fondest recollections of his old home,
and can be counted on to see that Athena
has the best facilities whenever in hia
power to affect them.
—
Mrs. T. A. A
Is Uow n-rrlrhip
As announced before, the BASNxa-
Watciiuam will coma out with six col-
utnne of the latest dispatches about Sep
tember 1st If it does not pay immedi
ately onr patrons will appreciate tbs en
terprise and aid na in furnishing a paper
that will do credit to our city. Wo wilt
keep it op, and don’t yon forgot it
l’rot. Campbell, of Maryland. the
cently elected professor of Biology, ia at
tha Commercial. Prof. Campbell ia a
young man of about thirty, and has
apant tha put stvan rears at John Hop
kins University, tha latter three yean
of which ha has devoted to hia spec'al-
ly. Ha will bo a decided acquisition t<
onr faculty.
Control illations,
Ur. Max Joseph will tail from Bre
men today, and reach Athens about 5th
pros. Yesterday ha aunt tha following
cablegram:
Beaus, Auu. 14m,
Min Panlina Marks
Congratulations.
Max Jossru.
Tha 14ib is Miaa Marta’ birthday.
For lot Tea, Hun Kee Tn ia the fin
est ia th* World—Job neon Bin*. if.
The Beet Method.
Tha moat agreeable as wall aa tfc* moet
effective aeethod of dispelling Headache,
Colds, and Favor, or eleanziug tha sys
tem ia by takings fow doses of the pleat
ant California liquid fruit remad
Mr. Newton Lawrence ia able to be
oat, though he ia not entirely relieved
of rheumatism. Ua still carries hia arm
in a sling.
Mr. George D. Thomas leit for a trip
orer tho Richmond * Danville road yea-
terdajr, in company with Superintendent
Bishop Weed hat gone io Plant CitT
and Jacksonville. He is undismayed by
reports of yellow reverend goes where
duty calls.
Tha building committee of the Y. M.
C. A. will hare a meeting today or to
morrow and pass upon the plsns and
award a contract.
Mr. Prince Uodgaon ia promising him- ...
•elf to handle ZOfXX.) bales of «Sttn this iwtgta. i
of Figs It acta gtnliy{yaV~ai&tireij£
atrengthsung tha organs upon which It
acta, so that regular habit ‘ *
a L Manufactured only l
nia Fig Byrup Company,
CaL Fur sale by %
& Sledge,
wholesale and retail druggists, Athens,
Georgia. -we--. -
Mr. Weldon Price i
i Price report! crops
through the section he ha* trarsled
during tha peat week. He aeys Mr. Jot
Carton baa a 100 acre field ef cotton ia
which a hand canid gather ISO pounds a
day. So the fleecy king will toon to
rolling into our streets to to told, wa
trust, at paying prices
There are many forms of nervous de-i
debi r’inmentfist yield to the use off
Car era Iron ills. Those who are tr tab
l'd with nervous weakness, night
id try the:
Savaxnaii. Aug., 14.—Sarannah has
established the strictest quarantine regu
lations poseible. The refugees will to
kept out if close watching can do it.
Snrgoon General Hamilton, who wa»
hero yeeterday, said Jacksonville's neigh,
bora would not have the fever if they
woold keep the refugees out. Dr. Hamil
ton has gone back to Washiogton.
Gainesvim.*, Aug, 14.—The city of
Qainoarillo is crowded with refugee!
from Jacksonville and other Florida,
towns. Errry train brings its crowd.
Thor# is e welcome for ell.
Gaiuisviua, Ga, Ang. 14.—[Special]
—Hon. AlleniD. Candler was te-day
unanimously renominated to Congress
from tho 9th district amid the greatest
enthusiasm.
Tallulah Fails, Angust 12.-
' ithetr
Dear
trunk key all
aB of you—W* received
right yesterday.
Mr. Taylor, who was lajurad by tha
railroad ten" days ago, died yaaterday
morning and will to batted 20 milts
below here this morning.
Laatnichtwehadatop in the dining
room, and Just as the train came io we
sent effa good tuny fin works, such as
Roman eiadlaa, sky -roeksta, spinning
wheels and ona balloon. Betides, Mr.
Schofield pvt all th* children a box of
■tad popper*. Fin works aro taut off
acta, so that regular habit* may to form- every Saturday and Wednesday nights,
Manufactured only by tha Califor- and Jut as the train cones In red sad
lg Syrup Company, San Francisco, ‘
reen lights an burnt, which light* ap
ha hotel and grounds vary prettily.
taken in at the'Cliff Houae.
Miaa Li vie Cobb, Mrs. Howell Cobb,
Miaa Mary Erwin, tad *0BM others earn*
tea Vary Ere
'Jtotoday.
Wa an all v
vary wall, and having a
glorious tints; but our ptsasure kess
one thief—that b not bnving you til
Now I have n favor to ask of sister.
It te this, that some time when she is
don town to select n birthday present
for msmma and bring it up with you
when you come. Let it co»t anything
under 75 cents. Justus your own teste
citing it
To-day at 12 m. the Congressional
convention of ths 8th district will meet
in the council chamber to nominal* a
Congressman. As te well known our
district embraces ths twslrs counties of
Wilkes, Oglethorpe, Hancock, Putnam,
Greene, Morgav, Clarke, Elbert, Frank
lin, Hart, Oconee and Madiaon. Th*
fire firet named counties are entitled to
four votee in the convention, the re-
meinder to two. Among tho delegates
in the oily era Messrs G. B. Lumpkin,
W. Maxwell, J. M. - Stokely, W. T.
Witcher for Oglethorpe; J. W. Chapman
and It. T. l)uRose by prosy fur Wilkes;
J. K. Csrlton, L. B. Willis and W. F.
Armor for Greene; B. F. Cemp for
Franklin; J. F. Payne for Madison; oth
er deleptea will come In this morning.
Tho conrention will to perfectly k-r-
moniouaand the Hon.H.B.Carlton will to
renominated without oppoeition. Al
though It has been published that Frank
lin county instructed tor deleptea to
cut a rota for Hon. Bamnel Barnett, it te
known that Mr. Barnett’s health ia such
as prevents hie entering the race.
The delegates from Franklin an strong
Carlton men, and th* rote of th* eonnty
will to cast for Carlton. Whan Messrs.
Camp and Bowers were elected as dete
nte* it was known that thay war* strong
Carlton Iran, and th* instruction (iron
Ihtm after the adjournment of th* meet- *
log it not considered binding, and they
fovi assured that thay will reflect th*
matimeat of th* people of Fraaklio in
rotirg for Carlton. The delegates from
Hart an aot on th* ground, but should
they offer soy opposition it will to so
mild as not to hart any appreciable ef-
feet upon th* conrention. The little
county wilt no doubt join with tho larp
majority of tho district, and re-nominst*
Mr. Carlton by acclamation.
TV Fair.
Mr. Jalfua Cohan, rico-Prosident of
th* NorthstsUrn Georgia Fair associa
tion, and acting president, stye that we
will tor* the tost Fair ever held in
Athens. As soon a* ha gets his husi-
aaaa arranged Mr. Coton will go actively
to wort ia th* interest of tho fair. Three
sow directors wilt bo chosen to fill
tho vacancy on th* board, and ail
indications point to a great many ex-
bibi’t,;tnd a largo attendance. The
Basse*-Watcuhah will be unremitting
in advertising and working for the Fair
through its columns and in penon.
We'll ham a Fair and a hura one at
that.
Many of our merchants will make
handsome displays and the fair hands of
the ladies of Athens and surrounding
country are now engaged in fancy work
I and workofart which lend tab grate
EJ'tta
Well, J will say good bye now. aa it is I ln< l attritions to all cf our fairs
dy dinner time. Writ* aeon to vour i ran ne'er succeed without th* assistance
brother, W. L. M. * of the ladies.
