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1 (11 t (i t ^ (U ) ' '/(■ \ '(It L£f- 1 fffil ■' f /k Ck/v Z’ c^"‘ CbtS»onlbtrn banner J. a\ ’WA.TZHVEUVl.iA.JNr, enopitiKii'n. IIAT1XOF A1 >VKltTIHINO Adverti wni.nl* will Ho i iitorted attlio roltt of Otn> ]>■ i 1 1 jr jwr Inch for tlio tirat inwrilon, «ud Fifty Cents for esch a.HIUIuu.l insertion. CONTRACT RATES: a One Inch « Vi I \ u> J ft Oil * 7 SO,110 Ml Two Inches... I'"' C «> 7 0# 10 00 1* 0» Three Inch.*,... 7 is> » so 12 Jo 00 Poor Inches ... ! 0 IS' S (Hi 10(10 lit 00) iS.00 cnnsrli i Column 7 So 10 00 12 So' 20 00] 32 00 lull Column... lo («• IS on 20 no non- so no one Column | IS 00. 23 00 121 UUi SO 00, 00 00 Northeastern Eailroad. ScFRRIN TEWUBNT 9 OrFlCK, I Alliens, Cm., Sept. 1st, 1881. f uni niter Friday, Sent. 2nd, 1SS1, iruius . rood will run ns follows: NO. 1. NO. 8. Leave Athens. 8:50 a m 1 8:20' p in Arrive nt u in | 5:58 p in Arrive lit Atlanta li':85 n in | 12:05 p m . _ _ N o_ 2. NO. 4. 1-eavn Atlanta 4:00 a m I 8:15 p m Arrive at Lula 6:42 a in 6:59 p in Arrive nt Athens 12:uO m | 9:10 pm out!) mi t n TIffi CHEAPEST PAPER IN GEORGIA^-fl flffij I { i^l't 4 YEAR—IN* ADVANCE. : XA.X. liJLV. J>± W' LA . Volume LXV. ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1881. Number 45. Train* No. ‘2 ami 3 run daily except Sunday Train No. 1 on Monday* anti Tl»ur*da>*, an«l lrain No. 4 on Wcdne*dny* ami Saturday* only. All train* connect closely at 7-ulu with pa*- ***ni'er train* l»oth eaat and west on Kichmond A Danville Railroad. Ticket* on *alc at Athens to all points. U. K. BERNARD, Acting bup’t. W. J. HOUSTON t»en. 1 ‘us*, una Ticket Agent. Pjfi« K «Wuii Georgia Kail Road Company *1^~i ite*S8pi i SiriiijSBBWi I■ Commencing Sun day .Sept. 4th the following IWcuger Schedule will opperate on this road: Leave ATHENS 9.80 am 7 00 p m Leave Wintervillc... 10.06 an 7 31 p j m Leave Lexington ...........10^50 am 8 15 p nt Leave Antioch 11.17 am 8 44 p in Leave Maxeva 11.34 am 8 59 pm » cave AVootiville 12.10 a m 9 4o p n Arrive Union Point '2.30 a m 10 00 p m Arrive Atlanta 5.45 pm. 5 00» in Arrive at Washington 2.55 pm Arrive at Millcdgevilla.... 4.49 pm Arriva Macon 6.45 pm Arrive Augusta 4 06 p m 6 30 a m Leave Augusta 10 30 am 5 SJ p ui L-ave Macon 7 10am * cave Mtllcdgcville 9.05 am *. Liave Washington 11.30 am i .Cave Atlanta.. 8.30 am 8 3t£p m Leave Union Point ..12.39 pm 5 00ara Arrive Woodvillo 2.10 pm 5 20 a m Arrive Maxeva 2.46pm 5 56 a m Arrive Antioch 3.o3 pm 6 13 a m Arrive Lexington 3.30 pm 6 40 a in Arrive Winlerville 4.14 pm 7 24 a in Arrive Athena 4.50 pm 8 00 a ui Trains run{daily—no connection to or from Washington on Sumlava. K. R. DORSEY, (Jen., Pa**., Agt. Richmond & Danville R.R. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. VT» On and after June 5th, 1881, Passenger Train Service on the Atlanta ami Charlotte Au-Line di- v i*1..n of this road willl** a* follows : C. .. 6:30 p. . .. 7:45 p. i .. 9:06 p. i i.- ..F - 8:11 a. in .. 7:15 p. m ...10:16 p. . 9:20 a. in - 8:40 p. in ...11.25 p. v’le IILKP.5A a. ui -10:20 p. in ... 1:00 a THOMPSON & HEINDEL, Dealer* in Every Description oi Building Material S upplies . 310 Jackson Street, MTQtTSTA, etc®.. WINDOW GLASS. The largest aud best assoned atock Glass in the city. PUTTY. In bulk,'also in boxes of 1 top> lb*. White Lccd auti Zinc. Strictly Pure, made by the Kentucky Lead and OoU Co., which we guarantee a* good as the neat. Also the well known Nassau White Lead and ini ported French Zinc. Prepared Paint . The Celebrated Paint, made bv Wadsworth, Martiuez A Ixingman, which we know to be good. Brushes. A.full line of Paint and Whitewash Brushes. “THIRTY-EIGHT.” “Halt! who goes there ?” TLe sentry stands At challenge by the White ^ouse gate: “Frienda of the post!” “What number—halt V' Cornea this sad answer—“Thirty^elght.” From California we hare oome, From evety sorrowing Southern State— From Callfonia, Jersey, Maine, To watch lTm—we, the thirty-eight.” Pass, friends of post!” The sentry stands With arms at port, while those who late Were deadly foes, go by the guard, With streaming eyes—the Thirty-eight No discord now—no North, no South, Hand- clasped, heads bowed, they sit and wait, That sleepless picket around the walls— The watching States—the Thirtyseight; Colors. A large and assorted stock ol Colors in Oil, Also, Dry Colors Varnishes. Wlute Demur, Coach, Copal, Furniture, Japan Asphaltuui, dec. *• Sparfun’n K -12:14 |*. i. ..11:40 i> in ... ±11 a. m " tiustoiiia ..L .. 2:36 p. iu •„ 2:13 a. in ... 4:31 a. in “ Cliurlotte.M .. 3:35 j>. n .. 3:15 a. in ... 5:35 a. ui U S. Mail N Y Exp’s U S F’t M'i Westward. No. 42. | No. 4*. No. 50. .’vrt’irlotte M ..12 30 p. it -12:43 a. iu ...12:33 a. in •• <s.-Mionia..L ~ -7 i>. n .. 1:43 ». n ... 1:17 a. m “ spartan’;? K .. 3:50 p. u .. 4:06 a. n ... 3:12 a. in “ (in’riiv'le II .. 6:07 J>. li .. 5:18 a. m ... 4:24 a. m .. 1.51 |». 1L . 7 (>2 a. u ... 5:47 a. m •• Y<M-rua....F .. >-:01 |>. ir .. 8:15 a. in ... 6:53 it. m • Lulu. -F. ^ 9.16 |*. ii - 9:31 a. n ... a. in ..It :38 l». n -10:54 a. n ... »22 a. in \rriv.» A llama .12:05 a. n ..12:20 p n. ...10:35 a. in s Accommodation, No.21.—Leave At- . in. Arrive at Suwanee (D) 7:08 p. w. < Accommodation, No. 22.—LeaveSu- 15:40 s. m. Arrive at Atlanta 8:00 a ui CONNECTIONS. A wiili arriving iruins of Georgia Central and A. A W. 1*. Railroads It « iili arriving train* of Georgia Central, A. A W. 1*. and W. t a. Railroads. l’ with arriving train* of Georgia Rail Road. P with I-awreuceviUa Branch lo and from Law* reiieeville, <ia. K with Northeastern Railroad of Georgia to and from Athens, (ia. Fwith Elbe rtou Air-Lino to aud from Elherton, Georgia. !• with C4duintda and Greenville to and lroiu Col- uiuhia and Charleston, 8. C. 11 with Columbia and Greenville to and from Col umbia and Charleston, S. C. K with Spartanburg and Ashvilie, and Sparten- l.nrg, Union and Columbia to and from Hen derson aud Auhville, aud Alston and Colum- Ida. 1. with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Guage to and from India* and Chester. M with C. C. A A- C. C.—R. A D. and A.T.i O. for all point* West, North and East. Pullman Sleeping Car Service on trains Nos. 47 and 4H, daily, without change, between Atlanta aud New York. A. POPE, 11 General Passenger A vent. Cincinnati Southern Rail’y J<eave Athena via Northeastern R. R 4.40 a. •• •• “ •* ...... 3.50 p. •* “ “ Georgia Railroad 8.46 a. m •• •• “ •• “ 7.00 p. •• Union Depot Atlanta. 8.00a. m •• *♦ •• •• 2.60p. m “ Dalton m .. m «12.1& p. m •• •• 6.40 p. in Arrive Koyce Cincinnati Jc 1.20 p. in •• •* 7.55 p. m IA O. AND M. R. R. .. J... 7.20 p. ia 7.45 a. in 7.^0 p. VIA VANDALIA LIN*. Leave Plum Street Dt'pot. MMm — 7.02 p. •• •• •• 8.00 a. 10 Arrive St. Louis - 8.00 p. in *• *• b.l5p. in VIA I. AND ST. L. R. R. LKAYK CINCINNATI Dnto (». A M. Dejmt •• O. A M. “ Arrive St. Louis Kalsomine. Oil. Linseod Oil, Raw and Boiled. Builders’ Hardware. A large variety of Lock*,* Kim and Mortice lx>ck* t Surface and Mortice Blind Hinges, All size* and styles of Door Butt*, Inside Blind Butts (brass and iron,) A tine line of Padlocks, Yale Store Door Lock*, Y'ale Night Latches, Screws in any quantity and every size. And everything you want in the llurdwure line. Doors, Sasli and Blinds. The largest stock in Augusta, at bottom figures. Send for price list. BALUSTERS, BRACKETS AM) MANTLES, And almost anything that can be made out of wood, we are prepared to make it. Yellow Pine Lumber. q any quantity, rough or dressed. We paol ana deliver all of our goods free of charge. Thompson &, Heindel ►b!5. 310 JAC KSON STREET. SOME RAILROAD SUGGESTIONS. NEK AND SECOND-HAND MACHINERY. THRESHERS, DORSE - POWERS, FAN MILLS, COTTON PRESSES separators, Jet Pumps, 8aw Mills with Screw or Ratchet Head Blocks. 1 4 H. P. Bookwolter portable engine in good order. 1 8 H. P. Wood. Tuber & Morse portable en gine in good order. 1 10 H. P. Washington Iron Works portable engine in good order. 1 10 II. P. Sturbuck Bros, portable engine in good older. 1 4 II. P. Stationary engine in good order. 1 80 inch Georgia water wheel in good order. 1 17 1-2 inch Jus. Letfel wheel in good order. 1 15 ii.ch Eclipse wheel good as new. 110 inch Thos. Leffel wheel. 1 Johnson Smutter, new. 1 4 Spindle Drill. 2 16 inch Iron Lathe* 6 ft shears. 1 40 inch Fan Blower. Shafting, Gearing, Pulleys, etc. ATHENS FOUNDRY & MACHINE WORKS, Athens, Georgia. via kokomo.3 Leave G. H. A D. Depot 7.30 p.m • C. H. A V. Depot ... 7.40a. m Arrive Chicago - 7.10a. in VIA RKK LINK. 9.15 p. m . 6.45 a. in VIA N. V. r. ANDO. K. K. Ijmivh CL H. A D. Depot T, T, . 9.20 p. ra •• oi. U. A D. Depot. - .12.40 p. in . 6.50 a. m VIA PENNSYLVANIA K. K. 8.30 p. in 8.00 p. m 6.35 n. tu “ Washington — .... . 7.52 p. iu . 9.W a. n» •' Philadelphia — . 6.45 a. in . 7.35 a. in Leave * “ 1 r VIA U. AND O. R. R. ) Si ret-1 Depot.........*. 7.20 p. m •• •• •• ’• ............»9 15 a. m Arrive Parkersburg 1.50a. ui * Cuiulxirlaud...... 9.18 a. in •• Harper’* Ferry 12.19 p. ui •• •• 4.36 a. n. 1.55 p. ui 6.30 a. m 3.05 p. 111 Washington Baltimore.......... Pnilsdclphia ......... New York...” A Lecture to Young Men 011 the Loss of MANHOOD A lx-cture on the Nature. Treatment, and Radical cur# of Seminal Weakness, or Sperma torrhoea, indue.-d by Self-Abuse, luvoluntary Emissions, impotency. Nervous Debility, ana Impediments 10 Marriage generally: Consnmra* ' ' •’ . P- - md Pbisicttl CULVER- ‘Green Book,* etc. The world-renowned author, in this admira ble Lecture, clearly proves from his own expe riencc that the awful conaeauenoes of Self-Abuse may be effectually removed without dangerous surgical opeiatious, bougie*, instruments, rings, or cordials; p inting out a mode of cure at once certnn and effectual, by w hich every sufft-rcr, no matter what hia condition may be, may cure hitn»elf cheaply, privately and radically. ^TTliis Lecture will prove a boon to thous ands and thousands. Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address post-paid, on receipt of six cents or two postage stamps. Ws have also a sure curs for Tap* Worm. Address. THE CULVER WELL MEDICAL CO Ann St. lNew York. N. Y* i*. O. b*x, 4586 mch4-629 R ... M ». 1.15 p. n .... 9.20 p. u 4.00 p. n IA CANADA SOUTHKRN RAILWAY. Leave O.H.4U. Depot 9.20 p. C. Hv A D. •* 2.45 p. m Arrive New Yurk.....»......»» .....—10.p. m «• “ ..»..10.00 p. m VIA ORRAT WKSTKHN RAILWAY. Lvuwe C. H. AD. Depot... 9.20 p. m •• C. 11. A D. 2.45 p.m Arrive New York «..^*.^.«.10.00 p. m Leave Atlanta 12 p. m. Sleeper open at 9 p. m.. giving opportunity to raw over entire line of roatf iu Jay tiuie. For further information address Ji. M. CUTTING 11AM,!^ Gcn’l Southern Agent, Atlanta. E. P. WILSON, Gen 1 ! 1'aaaVr and Tick’t Ag’t, Cincinnati* % J. BURNEY. Traveling Agent, Atlanta H. H • CARLTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ATHEN8, GA. O FFICE on Broad street, up atain). Entrance next door above Long’s Drug Store. Will attend promptly to ull buaineaa entrusted to ha iaar. ett The Editor, Away From Home, Discourseth - of Vartous Things. Atlanta is a wonderful city. This statement is neither new nor alarms iug. Its freshness was worn off years a"o, and it baa been said so much that it is 'looked upon as a matter or course; you expect to hear it just in the same way that you expect to hear a remark about the weather, and yon would as soon expect to dispute or to marvel at the one as the other. In the neighborhood of a July noon, you expect the people you meet to say : “A very warm day,” and you can’t dispute it. So it is with the statement that begins this epistle. You expect to hear it said, you hear it, and you aro too sensis ble and too well convinced ot its truth, to either deny or doubt. I have iieard farmers say of their corn after a needed rain: “You can iie awake at night and hear it grow.’’ Atlanta is just that way; you cau lie awake at night and hear it grow. A statement was recently made that there are 4,000 houses being built in Atlantx I did not believe it—either because I thought the statement inn probable, or because my mind re-i lused to take in the idea ot lour thousand houseB all at once. 1 don’t know that I believe it now, but would take less argument to convince me now than it would have done two days ago; for I took a ride around the city yesterday. I did not go all over the city, nor did I attempt to count the houses in process of erec tion; but I saw them until I got tired of looking at lumber aud lime aud brick. They are of ’all sorts, sizes, shapes, colors and conditions. There must be a constant influx ot people to the city or this everlasting building would stop. In one part of the city the growth is striking in more ways than one. I reler to the end of Peachtree street. There are one or two score of new residences out there that are elegant beyond my descriptive powers. While they are not as lino as the dwellings of the wealthier classes in the large cities of the north, they are tho hand- somest we have seen in this section. They are all of modern styles; there is great variety in them, and the eye is charmed with ever-changing beauty, as it looks from oue to another. Among them—not one of the cost liest, but still very elegant and hand some—is that of Henry W. Grady. I mention this with peculiar pleasure because Henry is an old Athens boy, and because he deserves all the good fortune that will ever fall to bis lot. Many of the Banner readers will re member him, a saucy boy, whose mind was as bright as his eyes, and the brilliant flashes of both attracted all who knew him. He began life with a fortune. He sood spent it and had nothing, but his face never lost its cherry smile; and though Misfor tune had flung him and held him down on his hack, he laughed at the grim old fellow till he drove him away. Adversity bi ought the test of his lals ents, and he soon won fame, and with it came fortune. Hu is a prince among newspaper writers, and to-day ranks with the most brilliant correspondent- in America, Rut I have got off the track, you will say. No, I haven’t; for I had no track ; and besides, from the growth of Atlanta to tho growth ot Henry Grady, is but a step. But I have written enough, whether I have said much or not J. T. W. T> A DDL 1 r\—Thoaniuids «rgr»Ti .robbed of Southern Mutual Insurance Comp'y, A/THELTS, GEORGIA. YOUNO U. O. HARRIS, President STEVENS THOMAS, S.rr»terj. Grow Autte, April 1, 1877, . • $79f,5St 61 Resident Director.. Youse L. a. Bauua, Jims H. Mrwtor, Dr. Urxrt Hull, Alrir P- Urabiro, Col. Bobrbx Tmoxai. L»r2s*wiv Strvbrs Thomas Kliscr L. Nkwtom, Fbrdihaxb Frfixizr Dr. J. A. HuxxictfTT Jour W. Nicuomox ires are their victim.: live* prolonged, happiness and health restored by the use of the great GERMAN INVIGORATOR, Which podtively and permanently cares Impo* tcncy (caused by excesses of any kind). Semin al Weakness, and all diseases that follow as a sequence of Self-Abuse, as loss of enemy, los memory, universal lassitude, pain in the back diamneas of vision, premature old acre, and many other diseases that lead to insoMty or consump tion and a premature grave. Send for circulart. with testimonials free by mail. The INVIGORATOR is sold at $1 per box, or eix boxes for #5, by all druggists, or will be sent free by mail, securely oealeo, on receipt -a*—i •— addressing. F. J. CHENEY, Druggists, of price, by» dressing. 187* Summit St, 'Toledo, Ohio. Sole Agent for the United States. R. T. Brumby <& Co n Sole Agents, Athens. inaxlod&w Notice. N OTICE is hereby given to all persons having demands against Iaaae Wilkeraon, late of Clarke county, Ga., accessed, to present them to me pro perly made out within the time prescribed by law, and ali person* indebted to said deceased are noti tied to make immediate payment to ma. 8. M. HERRINGTON, Adm’r July 21,1881. Of Isaac Wilkeraon, deceased. julj'26-wCt. Printer's foe £2.30. The first wife of Marvin, alias Morton, etc., the polygamist and forger, thinks he must have been crazy. Probably ho was; wholly sane man would marry fourteen women. It has been pro posed to try him by a jury of women, •s a means of giving him justice, but the Providence Press suggest that he would probably marry the whole jury and be unanimously acquitted. Latest advices from Arizona Ter ritory report that the massacre of troops by the Indians was not near so heavy as at first indicated. A dis patch has been received from Gen Carr himself and he says that Capt. Hentlg and eight or teu men were all that were killed aud a few wounded. The legislature has agreed to bold two long sessions a day and adjourn on the 23rd. This is well. It will stop the 91,200 9 day at least. As it occurs to us Athens is allow ing some very fine chances to slip through her fingers which will never be so favorable again.^These chances in volve not only the growth of the city, but if neglected, the retention of her present status as the market ot this sec- tiou. Briefly stated,our idea is this. If the city would take hold with a will and secure the road to Jefferson by the time the Gainesville and Jug Tavern route is finished, and at the same time pat in operation a scheme to build » road to Monroe at the earliest practi' cable time, she would have the qui tion of railroads on the west ' t south sides - of the city and satisfactorily. She could thus control the situation. The trade from Walton, Oconee, Jackson and Gwinnett would not only be retained, but would be largely in creased. The road to Jug Tavern would stop there, as we firmly believe, and never go any further, unless it should eventually be extended west ward. For the present however, we think it could be stopped right there, whatever may be the present intention of the G. J. «& S. directors. These views seem to us entirely reasonable and to have nothing chi merical about them. Railroad men are eminently practical and railroads are built with a view to profit, not for spite or experiment. Now as we uns derutaud it, Gainesville is seeking con nection with the Georgia road and has been promised an endorsement of the railroad’s bonds as soon as this con nection is made. Suppose the road between Athens and Jefferson is built right away, would not the connection be accom plished ? Then suppose Athens has some practical plans on foot for build ing the road to Monroe as soon as a fitting time shall come, would not the desire of Gainesville to connect at Social Circle be lurther advanced and the necessity of the road between Jug^Tavern and Monroe be obviated ? We leave it to the judgement of fair minded men if the projtosilions we make are not feasible. They will be come all the more so if Athens will open consultation with Monroe and assure that town ot an honest inten tion to build the connecting road. The only thing in the way of the plan wo suggest, that occurs to our minds, that the road between Gainesville and the Georgia main Hue would not be narrow guage all the way. This is a small matter however. It would not be narrow guage if it went from Jug Tavern to Monroe, as the Walton road is broad guage, and the transfer from one road to another might as well take place at Athens as at Mon roe or any point on the Georgia main line, for that matter. Having presented these views and they are not new, we cannot see why Athens will not enter heartily into them and secure for herself a position that will place her above all contin gencies. It is not for any want of ability. Twenty thousand dollars now to grade the Jefferson road and as much more after awhile to grade the Monroe road will accomplish the ends we propose. And yet, will the business men and property owners of Athens sit idle and seemed dazed by the suggestion of such a sum as this ? No, it is just a want of union of sen liment among the people, a lack ot disposition to move, to forego present profits for a little while in order to secure larger gains in the future. Ob. that we had power to stir our people lo a realization of the importance of the situation, ^is true these are not all. There is a road though Madi son to Bowersville to be looked after, and altogether the magnitude of the undertaking seems to appal the minds of those most interested so thal they will do nothing. We would that some activity aud deep interest could be in' fused into our people on these sub jects. The subjoined extract is from the Walton News aud shows that the peo ple at Monroe are hopeful and alive to the situation. What is more, they are treating with Gainesville and pre paring to subscribe to the road be tween their towu and Jug Tavern It they should build that road, and Col. Cole were to extend his road to Social Circle, what a pickle Athens would be in. ' Be of good cheer, Monroe is sure to have railroads and plenty of them. The editor of the News had two cons versations last Wednesday with Col. £. W. Cole, the great railroad king. In those conversations Col. Cole used two or three different times the fol lowing words: 'Don’t be uneasy; I am going to build right to your town. I am coming there with a line of road just as soon as I get my main lines built.’’ The main Hues referred to were the roads now under con tract, which will be built by next July. Colonel Cole has never been known to say a thing he did not ac complish, and we believe that the first day of September, 1882, will find a large force of bands building a road from Moniicello to Social Circle and from Monroe to Athens. prater for the president. Dr. Talmage’s Explanation of the Patient’s Improreaent. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. Council Chamber, Athens, Ga.. ] Dr. Talmage spoke yesterday of the President’s improved condition, and •aid : ■‘“At no time in onr lives have we ever had more indisputable evidence of the fact that Goa honors prayer. Men who had not prayed for forty years bent the knee when they heard this news that the President had been ; and other men, who did not iv that they were praying, cried spare him!' and when the sick was better ,said Thank God!’ r everybody had given up, God ie to the rescue. It is admitted on hands that the surgeons have done ir very best, but after all their skill id G*d stepped in, and to Him belongs all the glory. Seven weeks ago the President would have died hut for prayer. And I demand that hereafter you shall acknowledge pray er as an important factor in national prosperity. On Saturdays the Presi dent has suffered the greatest depress sions, as if God were calling on the nation to pray for him on Sunday when they assembled. '* On Monday the President has been more comfort able. But if the President should die, you say, wouldn’t the prayer be a failure? Ah, no; that’s where the faith of the Christian comes in. We mean by prayer to ask for what is best. If the Pi esident should die it would be for the best. God is always good, and God is always right. Then let America, the first continent in order ot creation, as scientific men claim, be also first in loyalty and consecration to God. When God’s ear is deaf and His eye blind and Iiis hand is clench ed in denial, then stop praying, and not until then. Did you notice that just when the skeptics and infidels of this country thought they had con vinced us that there was no God, and that there was no use iu praying, the nation was called on to pray ? “Another great use of this national calamity is the reyelaliou of womanly self-sacrifice, courage, endurance, and faith in God. It’s the domestic side ot this affliction that is especially in • teresting. It was no easy thing to be a successor to Mrs. Hayes, but Mrs. Garfield’s name with hers will go down side by side in history as those of two queens. This faith and constancy of Mrs. Garfield only show what women are capable of. “Another reflection is that people are disgusted with this constant use of firearms. If a man doubts your veracity, shoot him; if he insults you, shoot him; and it’s bang! bang! bang! all around us. I wish that the figure of this Washington assassin, goiug about with a revolver aud practising at a mark, in order that he might bring down our President ail the more surely, might lie a warning to our young men and disgust them with the habit of carrying a pistol. Armed police, Sheriffs, and frontier officers, sworn to execute the law, are well enough; but citizens, snap your sword canes and fling away your revolvers. You have no better weapons than the two which God gave,; two honest fists, and they’re easily loaded. He who goes about with a pistol to defeud himself with is a coward; and if you are afraid to go down the streets un armed, then you’d better get your grandmother to go along with you and take her knitting needles. The pistol is the meanest weapon that is made; it is compact and portable murder. A sword is a manly weapon because he who uses it must expose hini8elt lo his adversary’s blade. The pistol is a snake; I’d as soon carry a toad in my pocket. It’s a curious fact that they who carry pistols are a quick-tempered, sharp, gunpowdery, and explosive set of people. Away with pistols! Let Charles Guiteau and John Wilkes Booth have all the honor of assassination. “If the President recovers he will have three years in which to scourge the seven devils of this American Government, and to bury the putrid carcass of Mormonism, which is a stench in the nostrils of all nations. We have had two classes of Presi dents, one class having courage, but with no moral disposition; another class having a moral disposition but, no courage. Garfield has both cour age and moral disposition, and if he gets well let political corruptiou look ont. Many who prayed for his re covery will be sorry that he recover ed. He will he a thunderbolt in the right haqd of God against the wick edness of this country.” Prayers for the president were offered in all the cities of Georgia and in most of the other states Tuesday, her progress and missed the boat A “Live” Alabama Town. Special to the Nashville American. Birmingham, September 3.—Per haps the greatest tight between ani mals known to mankind was one that occurred in our city this afternoon at Iceland Park, where about 3,000 peo ple assembled «o witness a fight be tween two bull dogs and a genuine wild cat, captured near town last Sat urday- At 6 o’clock the mayor turned the three combatants loose, and the bloody fight commenced. After twenty minutes fighting the wild cat won the victory by putting the eyes ot both dogs out, So great was the excitement that nearly every business man in town closed up and was on hand to witness the scene. The cat weighed 47 1-2 pounds, and the own ers challenge any dog in the South for a stake of 81,000. Why Stu: Couldn’t Go Any Faster. New York Snn. In the bustle attending the de parture ot a boat from the iron pier at Coney Island eu Monday evening, while the strong-voiced young men were calling out; “AH aboard,” a very fat woman approached, her red dened face bedewed with perspiration Although it was evident she was making the best speed she could, the young men shouted to her to hurry up or she would miss the boat. She suddenly stopped and said: I am hurrying up all I-can. I guess if you weighed 325 potinds and was laced as tight as I am, you couldn’t get along any faster either.’ Then she resowed Sept 5th, 1881, 5 o’clock p. m. j The regular monthly meeting of council was held this evening, present his honor mayor Beusse, and aldermen Palmer, Wood, Hemerick, Yancey, Morton, Lampkin and Talmadge. The minutes of the last regular and called meetings of council weie read and confirmed. ' ‘ petitions *’ Of J B Toomer asking council to pro hibit the school boys from playing on corner of College avenue and Dough erty streets, as it had become a nui sance to the residents near that point. Referred to the mayor.,,. Of A S Dorsey asking • council to extend the street running by Geo. Wortham’s house to intersect with a street running from upper ^bridge to check factory. Referred to street committee to investigate and report back to council. Alderman Morton, chairman of street committee reported adverse on petition to open a street from upper bridge to Sandy creek and favorable on petition to open a street from Pu laski street to the new passenger de pot proposed to be built by the North east railroad. On motion of alderman Yancey the report was received and adopted. The monthly reports of the treas urer, chief of police, lamplighters and clerk of market were read and re ceived. The clerk of market asked council to purchase a new pair of scales for the market house. Referred to com mittee on market to investigate and report back to council. The fullowing ordinance introduced by alderman Morton was adopted : Be it ordained, that from and after the passage of this ordinance, it shall not be lawful for a hackman, omnibus uriver, clerk, agent, solicitor, or any one else in the employ of any livery stable, omnibus, or hack Hue, when at either of the railroad depots or any other point or place for receiving pas sengers within the corporate limits of the city of Athens, to go upon the platforms or into the cars, or to leave his hack, carriage, omnibus or other vehicle for the purpose ot soliciting passengers, aud anyone violating the provisions of this ordinance slia'l upon trial and conviction he fined in a sum noi less than five dollars nor exceed ing fifty dollars. The following ordinance introduced by alderman Yancey was adopted: Be it ordained, that from and after the passage of this ordinance, it shall not be lawtul for anyone to post bills, posters, advertisements, circulars, show or circus papers, hand bills or anything of the kind which legiti mately or regularly belongs under the head of bill posting without first ob taining a license from the clerk of council, provided nothing herein cons tained shall be construed to interfere with the posting of the usual legal advertisements, public notices of the city or county, and provided further that this ordinance shall not be con strued to abridge the rights of any individual citizen to post such bills, hand bills, or notices as shall apply strictly or directly to his own individ ual business. Be it further ordained, that the li cense for bill posting, shell be, for six months,five dollars,tor twelve months, ten dollars. R. H. Lampkin applied for ten pin ally license to be used in rear of his bar on Wall street. On motion of alderman MortOD ten pin alley license was fixed the same as billiards license, viz $15 per annum. Mr Lampkin was then granted the license. The city attorney called the at tention of council to the ordinance on street tax and and suggested certain changes in the ordinance, which on motion of alderman Morton he was directed to make in the new ordi nances now being codified. Alderman Wood called tho atten tion of council to the necessity of grading down Broad street at a point opposite store of A S Dorsey, and moved that-the matter be referred to to the street committee to investigate and report back to council, adopted. The street commissioner asked that the price allowed for feeding the city mule, be increased to $15 each, per month. On motion of alderman Yancey the matter was referred to a committee ot three with power to act. Commit tee, Yancey, Talmadge, Lampkin, The petitions in regard to throwing cotton on the streets were then brought up and fully dicussed. by the members of council and Mr J H Rucker. Alderman Lampkin moved that the ordinance stand as it is at pres ent. ’• •- ! Alderman Morton to amend by re pealing the amendment to the orig inal ordinance. Alderman Lairpkiu then moved to amend the motion of alderman Mor ton by submitting the question to vote of tho. citizens. : Alderman Yancey made the point that* the resolution and amendments were out of order as there was no .original,matter in the first ,motion < i The Mayor decided the point well take* and ruled tho motion and mend meats out of order. Alderman Yancey then offered the following which was adopted: *Resolve(l, That the amendment to the 326 section of the published or dinances passed Oct. 4th 1875, be amended so as to read as follows: ‘That merchants and cotton buyers shall be allowed to weigh cotton on the streets or edge of side walk in front of their places ot business, and shall have twenty-four hours to re move the same, provided all cotton shall be so placed as to leave eight feet oi the side walk clear of obstruc tion, aud shall not occupy more space ot the side walk or street than iti necessary to accommodate one row of cotton.’’ The following bills were ordered to be filed: J K Huggins, 19.55 and 19.35; J13 Hosey, 21.15; J T Waterman, 30.94J; Athens Manufac turing company 7.96; D C Hurley, 49.30; J C Wilkins, 59.75. Council adjourned. W. A. Gilleland, Clerk. OUK OCONEE LETTER. Dear Banner :—On Friday last Mr. Joseph White, brother-in-law ol Air. II. S. Anderson, died in Alacon. Air. White was a young man aud en joyed the confidence and respect of all who knew him. He was absent from hor.e with an engineering com pany. The announcement of his death was a sad one to his many friends aud acquaintances here. Air. Henry S. Auderson received a telegram on Thursday, and hurried to the sick room of bis kinsman, but reached it just iu time to see him die. How sad it is to see a young man in the full strength and vigor of manhood die, aud what a terrible warning it is to tne young that at an hour they least expect they may be called in the pres ence of their God to answer tor their stewardship here. “Be ye also ready for at an hour ye thick not, the Son ot man cometh.” Watkiusville is unusually quiet at this writing owing mainly to the fact that the “Advance” is now enjoying the hospitality of Laura City, alias Jug Tavern. The object ot the “Ad vance’s” visit is to make that people a rousing speech on the Jug Tavern railroad. Doubtless the effort will be a good one, as the orator is a man of ability and a fine speaker. Since this let-er was commenced 1 have iust heard that Mr. Henry S. Anderson is very ill, and that his re covery is extremely doubtful. We hope that he is not as sick as reported to us, and that he will soon he quite well. Mr. Anderson is well known to the people of Athens, and is held by them in high esteem. The bill before the Georgia legisla ture in regard to arranging the calen dar of the courts in the western cir cuit provides that the superior courts ot Oconee county shall be held in May and November, which change is almost unanimously objected to by the farm ers of the county. Many of our best citizens have written to our represen tatives aud senators in the circuit, pleading With them to defeat if they can so much of the biil as relates to a change in Oconee county. The time of holding the courts now in this county are the 4th Aiondays in Jan uary and July, the most leisure weeks in the year to the farmers. We hope there will be no change for Oconee county. “ Oconee. A METROPOLITAN JOURNAL. S|tJ|jrat|OT$itraitr J . 'J?. WATBRMA.N, PROPRIETOR. tiie alleged parlor. .A wide-spread nuisance with which the people have been struggling ever since America cast loose from En gland and trimmed her own sails, is that unlit tomb commonly denomi nated a parlor. If a house has but thrfo toOms'in it, one is net aside tor a parlor, if the family has to dine un der a shed. Various guesses have been made as to the necessity of a par lor, but no one has ever solved the conundrum. As a matter of histoiy, it is the drawing room on a small scale, and a poor imitation at that. It is the receptacle for gloomy old pic tures, a sombre array of furniture, a melancholy light, an expensive car pet and a lot of useless trinkets. We had lorgetten to mention the album. No parlor is complete without an al bum in which to store away pictures of relatives in unbecoming and an cient costumes. As we remarked, no man has ever yet discovered the necessity for the parlor, or why it is that ninety people out of a hundred derote 20 per cent of their space to useless solitude and large sums of money to an investment that brings no return, unless the freezing out of guests in winter and sw eating them out iu summer just before dinner can be called a return. The real cause of the parlor, when the matter is thor ough sifted, will bo found to exist in laziness. It is becaase people will not keep their sitting rooms tidied up and neat, parlors continue * to exist. The very room that should bo thrown open to the breezes in summer, and lit by cheer ful fires in winter—the room that should resound with the laughter of children, and the evening chorus of voices in sweet accord—the room where flowers should shed their per fume and the family circle be com. pleted, is made almost an unknown country. And the family roostr around in some illy furnished aad ill kept room, to support the parlor, and wonder that the sons hunt up merrior places and more comfort. Of course it a man can afford a sitting room and a parlor also, he has as much right to do it as he bos to run up an eight foot square cupola and put two hundred dollars’ worth ot windows in it, or to put a looking glass in a horse’s tail. But if he can afford but one let him cut the parlor’s throat and throw the bide to the children to romp on. The only chill we ever had was in a par lor, and we never enter one of the gloomy caverns where, at times, you can’t tell the chandelier from the time o’ day without feeling an echoing shudder start up from the past.— Macon Telegraph. REV. SAM JONES. Tiie Atlanta Constitution came to us yesterday iu all the splendor oi a new outfit from top to toe, its form changed from a four page to an eight page sheet, and its arrangement equal to the finest newspapers of the coun try. The type are all new and each page sparkles in clear print and live reading matter. The pages are cut too, and iastened at the backs which obviates the usual objection to eight page papers. This last stride in an upward direction by the Constitution entitles the paper to the name metro politan and places it abreast of the best newspapers in the largo cities of the North. This splendid enterprise on the part of tiie Constitution pro prietors will be appreciated and will tell in its increased prosperity which it so much deserves. extend hear ty congratulations. Hr.Makes>,Woiuan]JIad ataJSpalilius County Camp Meeting. ^ j Griffin Snn. «* ' I Rev. Sam Jones has, within the past few years, won forhimselt a fame as a preacher that is not confined even to the boundaries of the Slate. Air. Jones is an original, bold and vivid thinker, and he tells everything just as it appears to him, and would not varnish a tale to please the best dea con of his church. The fact is, Air Jones is hyperbolistic frequently in his discussions. The other day out at Mt Zion camp meeting Mr. Jones was preaching one of his center-striking, nail-driving sermons, and he started out by giving the male portion of his congregation a kind of insight to their meanness, and abusing them for not being belter men. Among bis hearers who en joyed that portion ot his sermon so immensely was a lady, (one of the regular church-going sort who Air. Jones strikes so awfully hard some times) and she emphasized her ap proval of the manner in which the preacher was handling the men by telling her nearest neighbor that he was serving them just right, they de served it, and k that he was the best preacher in the world, and so on—all with much gusto. Mr. Jones finished his remarks to the men by-and-by, and turned to the ladies, when fol lowed some solid facts, and the truths of his remarks struck the lady so hard that she first said, with uneasiness. Air. Jones was mistaken; and, as the language grew stronger, she said the preacher was not nice—he Mas a brute, and, when she could no longer stand it' said she would never forgive him, the square-headed, ugly and rough man—and pranced out from the arbor, the maddest woman ever seen in Spalding county. Mr. Jones strikes some shoulder hits sometimes, and the best of us do not escape his wit, wisdom and irony. ‘Is that a yatch ?’ was asked of a long, guant codder who was lounging about the wharf, and we pointed to a steam vessel coming in. ‘No,’ was the reply. ‘Is that a yatclit?’ pointing to another sort c( craft that might be a yatcht. ‘No, that ain’t no yot, nuttier,’ was the answer. ‘Well, what is a yacht ?’ was the next inquiry. 'Wot’s a yot ?’ said the fish erman. ‘Woll, you get any sort of craft you pleases, and fill her up with liquor and suegyars, and git yer frens on board and have a lively old time— and that’s a yot-’ Tiie Jennie Cramer case has found a counterpart in Virginia, in which the victim is a young widow of about 36 years of age, named Mrs. B. M. Harvey. She lived near West Point, Va., aud started from her home in a buggy with a cousin named Slaver, to go to West Point, twelve miles, and there take a train tor Richmond. She has not been heard from and Slater explains that she left him balf a mile from the depot to walk the lest of the way. She was seen on the road with Slater. There was a river to cioas but the negro ferryman says he never saw her. The railroad conductors say she never boarded, their trains and al together her disappearance . is most mysterious. ====== They say that Daniel is just rout ing Cameron, the readjuster, in Vir- . giuia, horse, foot and dragoon, and will carry the state by 30,0002 major •ty- n Her Luck. Norristown Herald* A young lady who weut fishing jesterday morning says she had ‘splendid luck.” She got a boy to put the bait on her hook as soon as she got to the river, and she fished four hours without having to take a nasty worm in her fingers to renew the bait. She didn’t get a bite, but that was a secondary matter. Congressman Cox writes ot the Norwegians: 'We sue no beggary, no poor houses or jaiis; we hear of no crimes or violence. No locks are needed upon doors. Drunkenness is rare. They love music and flowers, and are devoted to their laith and their familiea They are never idle. Even the girls are knitting, while attending sheep and cows.’ ; Not Much. Brooklyn Argus. “Gesticulation,’’^says the eminent aotor, Lawrence Barrett, “is fast bes coming a lost art.” Ob, it is, Mr. Barrett, ia it ? Just you get sight of a man standing behind his wife and motioning to the friend who is simply giving something away. lie that does good for good’s sake seeks neither praise nor reward, though sore of both at last,