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SOUTHERN BANNER: JANUARY 15, IS?S. A Real Spanish Tragedy. A Crime Which Will I rx)t|MH*>i Harder* [New York Word.] All Madrid has Iwet* tslRinir for the past week of a terrible crime recent 1\ perpetrated in the tin untains of tlie Maestrazqo in Valencia. The Maes* trazgo is a primitive region mid the little village of Chert, in the district of San Mateo, is one of its most prim* itive spots. Near this village dwells, or rather dwelt, among oilier simple and well to-do families «t the same rank in life, a family by the n Hue of Bel, inhabiting a modest, substantial farm hou<e, which has been for sever al genera'ions in the possessions of the race, cultivating a go-id acreage of giain land and rai-iug cattle. The heads of the family were Joachin Bel and his wife, aged annul, sixty, and with them lived their three sons, two grandsons and a house servant, a man. The people of the Maestratgo are a pious folk, and at four in the morning ou a recent Sunday the whole family set out to attend early mass at Chert in the good old-fashioned way, Joachim Bel riding on one horse with his wiie, two of bis sous. Baptist end Joachim, following him, with the two little grandsons nicely packed into a ham* per and swung at the side of Baptist’s horse, and the servant, Andrew Nos, trotting meekly in the rear on a mule. The third son was left at home to keep the house. As the little troop were jogging quietly on they’ were suddenly halted at a sharp turn in the mountain road by a hearse voice thundering out in the fact, that the shepherd's stnlFof v <iung Bel should have made it unnec essary to put the cumhrous machinery of Spanish justice in motion for the chastiseme it of the murderer. Through the Heart. ' hr lileh anil llrantirol Wlfr of SI ijror Huffman, nf Hast St. 1-ouW, Dim by Her Own Hand. mSS MEATS. J. J. Head iW, F. Hood, CotUIKB FcUSOTtY AM, OcOXIE StRKMb. FRESH BEEF, MUTTON, FORK,and SAU- **JN,( Fresh and Bologna Sausage). Our -So licitor i* always on the street»rcadv to supply the wants of the citizens of Atlieus. Please trive us your orders and we will guarantee per- iect sntlsfuetioi.. The highest market prices paid for Bcaves, Sheep, Goats and Hogs. jnne20.li86.ly. J. J. HEAD & 00. [St Louis Enquirer.] St. Louis, December 24.—Lp.m uiulit, about, ten o’clock, Mrs Anna Bowman, wife of J. B. Bowman, Mayor of East .Si. Louis, and one of the weal'hi st citizens of St. Clair county. III., committed suicide For some unexplained reason, the affair was kept quiet, and the public knew nothing ol it until a late hour to-day. It appears from the statement of Mayor Bowman that in the early part o. the evenintr his wife had been out visiting, and returned home about nine o’clock. While going up tin st"ps. the lady dropped a heavy ob ject from Iter bosom, and her husband asked her what it was. She replied it was a pistol, hastily picking it up again and proceeding into the house. Bowman thought she was joking about the pistol, and felt in no man* ner alarmed. Mrs B. proceeded to her room, and shortly thereafter her husband states be heard a heavy -outnl, as if a window sash had fallen, though he did not hear the report of a pistol. Hurrying to the room, lie saw his wife falling back upon the bead, gasping for breath, and the pistol in her right hand. The ball entered an inch above the heart and produced immediate death. A physi- . cian was summoned, but, of conr.se, the familiar and formidable cry of all,., , , _ .. .... ' the poor woman was beyond aid. What could be the motive for such Spanish robber? on the highway, "Jiocit a tiara /” (Down in the dust!”) They all looked up in con sternation, and saw among the bushes above the road the uncanny face of a distant kinsman of the family, one Gabriel Bel by Beltran, a notorious scoundrel, about thirty years old, known in the country sides as “ El Pincho,” or “ thorn in the side,’’ who had recently served out a term in the prison of Terragona and paid a heavy fine for an assault, with intent to kill committed on one of the younger Bels. The fellow was armed with a revolver ■ and a dagger, and the unhappy farm- i ers, being entirely defenseless, were forced to halt and dismount El Pincho came down towards them, calling out that he meant to kill them all. With a shot he brought the old man to the ground, and rushing upon the others struck down the wife and the servant in rapid suc cession with his loti", sharp dagger. The two sons fled for their lives, pursued by the murderer. One of them fell, struck down by a pistol shot, the other, a lad of seventeen, succeeded in reaching his home and rousing the brother who had been left there. The two, snatching up the only weapons at hand, a shepherd’s hook and a ra zor, rushsed out to meet the assassin, a desperate act is involved in deep mystery, as Mis. Bowman was appa rently happy, and had all the luxu ries -he could wisV. It is a fact, however, that she was formerly the wifo of Alfred Becker, from whom she was divorced shortly before ber marriage to Mayor Bowman, and there may have been a skeletou con nected with her past history that drove her to melancholy. To-day there were rumors of previous quar rels between her and husbaud, Mayor Bowman, but there docs iu»L scciu to be any foundation for these, and the Mayor says their relations were as happy as they could be between man and wife. Site was about twenty- nine yeais of age, and very beautiful. Only an hour before her suicide site was in the midst of a gay, social company, and her manners were unu sually vivacious. The deed was done with an Allen revolver, and must have been executed deliberately, as she had unfastened the bosom of her dress, so there would be no obstruc tion to the death-dealing bullet. A Bund Man in a Coal Mine.— A curious fact came out at an inquest held recently at Wigan, England, on the body of a man employed in a coal whom they almost immediately en- j niine in the neighborhood, who was countered and with whom they had a ' killed by the fall of a roof in the pit desperate contest 1 he youngest Bel The deceased, it was stated, wai was shot, though not fatally, but his brother, having succeeded in striking blind or nearly so, and on the surface could see objects at a tew' yards <‘is- down LI 1 incho with^ the shepherd’s I tance. There are it seems, numbers hook, with a second blow dispatched of blind men employed in the mines him as he was trying to rise. The two j i„ the district. The deceased, who brothers pressed on to the scene of the : WaS chiefly occupied in drawing as attack, where, in the sad gray light ol j being the easiest labor, bad been the early morning, a hideous spectacle awaited them. The elder Bel was working lor six years in the pit, and it was well known that he was*blind. stone dead. He had falien forward j [„ the same pit there is another blind on his hands and knees, and the mar derer had struck him twice with his dagger after shooting hint. Their mother was lying desperately wounded at a short distance from her husband The bodies of the elder son and the servant had been rolled by the assassin down a ravine at the roadside. The wind had risen and was howling dis mally through the forests. As soon as the story could bo conveyed to the authorities a picket of the Guardia Civil, the efficient rural police of Spain, went out. The elder son and the servant were found still alive, and the latter, it is thought, may recover. The two little grandchildren were car ried a long way off by the frightened, horse, but were eventually recovered safe and sound. Of course the whole neighborhood is iu a great commotion ; but some consolation seems to be found man A remarkable feature in the case is that the deceased, notwith standing his blindness, used a Davy lamp, and it appears lhai such is the practice of other blind men who work in collieries, though, as the Coroner remarked, it was not easy to under stand for what purpose the lamps are thus carried by the b'in*l miners. It was doubtful whether the accident which caused the death of the de ceased could have been avoided, even supposing that lie had his eyesight, and the jury therefore returned a verdict of accidental death. —It was a Boston man who went home early in the morning, and, meet ing the sad, reproachful eyes of his wife, apologized, “ My darling, I think you’ll be sorry for this when you git sbober. IMLAERBIjEI A. R. ROBEEtTSOXT, Dealers Monuments A Nl) TOMB STONES, CRADLE TOOMBS, J\. Marble anti Granite Box Toombs. A Great Reduction in Prices. Specimen* of Work always on band mid for sale. Prices and design* furnished on application at the Marble Yard, adj<*iuin<! Reaves & Nich olson’s cotton warehouse, Athens, Ga. jnne20-tf. Kentucky Horses and Mules j ^ Look on)! On or about the tsrii of Septein- ! * brr, I wilt be in the market witli a tin* lot ot BAEGAIUS XXT New and Second-handed Articles. 14 il. P. Port. Engine, Book waiter, good order. 1 12 It. P. Fort. Engine, Wood & Man. I 6 II. 1*. Port. Eng., bat little used. 1 40 II. P. Stationery Engine. 2 8 inch x 3G feet Cylinder Boilers, with front. I 0 II. P., Schofield patent, Portable, new. 1 Ecli'we Water \\ bee., g *od order. I LefTcle Water Wheel 4 Tvler Water Wheels, now running. Gearing -Shafting, Pulleys, etejr*. One IS ins. x 14 ins. Caue Mill, horizontal, good as new. Horse Powers, Threshers, Fan Mills, Cane Mills, Evajiorators, at the ATHENS FOCXWRY A MACHINE WORKS.^ june2e-lin. MARTIN JNSTITUTE. POSTPOUBMEHT! Fall Tenuof 1877, Will open on the 29th of August. The price of Board, with Tuition in the highest class, will he about $52, according to Dividend. KgfSend for Circular to ,1. W. GLENN, Principal, or J. E RANDOLPH, Secretary ol Board. sept4-4w. FOR SALE. F*" O NE GOOD PHAETON, WITH POLE AND Shafts complete, in perfect order. Also one good Buggy, new, and comptatSR*- Cheap for cash. J- ft. HUGGINS, oC-tl' No, 7 Broad street. a. b.. ircrxs’s Rue Whiskyand Brandy. Parties desiring to purchase, by wholesale, pure Brandy or Whisky, will And it to their in- , with horses and mules. All in want, can find me at Gann & Reave:*’ stable. septl 1 tf. W. S. HOLM A N. r lur, i in <j ,, wiu a • — v pipes through which the G. St DiHUf Whisky and Brandy are dist./lod, unmadeof-wood. Every gallon warranted pure. Address, G. R. DUKE, Agent, dee.Vtf Jefferson, Ga. Notice T We have sold out our entire stock of Hard ware to T. Flemish «te Son, who will carry ou the business at the old stand, Dupree Building. Thankful for past favors, wo hope tho same liberality will be extended to our successors. Very Respectful I c. BELL A- CO. and BELL, FLEMING & CO. By strict attention to business and low prices we hui>e to share a good portion of your trade Respectfully, T. kLkming & son, oct23tf. , Successors toJKcll .fc Co. Athens Wool Factory. I am now turning out daily a large quantity of Rolls iu the best of style. ’ Having secured the services of a No. 1 Carder, I am bettor than ever prepared to give satisfaction to nil. Bring on your wool. All carding done ou short no tice. Also, a good lot of w>*ol bats kept on hand. 1ILDGE FOWLER, Foot of Broad Street, oct9-tf. Athens, Ga. PLANTERS’'HOTEL, -A-"U G-TX3T-A-, G-^V. The Leading Hotel of the City. Noted for its cleanliness, and the excellence • of its table. RATES—$3 00 PER DAY. The Proprietor solicits from the citizens of Athens n continuance of that liberal patronage they have heretofore given him. £3. F. BSOWiT, octlft lm.Proprietor. CITY MILLS. Having made arrangements for a steady a: rival , of pure Kentucky and Tennessee Wheat, I guarantee to the public the following brands of Hour, equal or superior to anv in the market, at corresponding prices: Snow Flake, White Rcse, Family, Double Extra, Graham Flour, Bolted Meal, Unbolted Meal, Grits, Horse Fred, Cow Feed, Chicken Feed, etc., etc. Shorts and Bran. Orfera left at i. C. Wilkin’ Will beatUmled to. .^ Ca i h P? id f ? r £>od WHEAT and CORN l mill. Public grinding promptlyfottendcd to. a«u.J- C ' KEMP & CO. W. B..COX. W. E. HILL. JO-1. THOMPSON, JT. COX.JI 1LL & THOM PSON. Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and domestic liquors jc,, No 29 PEACHTREE ST., ATLANTA GA. And Distillers r t tl - Stone .vloiritair 1 ’om Whiske' octl-5-lj - ART HTTK. EViHT . Practical Watchmaker. H AS removed to his old stand at the Acta Drug Stare, where he will be glad to see lib* customers, old and new, woo wish fine work dm e on Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry All work warranted. feb2'»-.iin ARTHUR EVANS. Important to Cotton Planters. We In ve oil hand a large lot of first-class Cotton Gins, made up in the best style and ot good material, which we will sell at the lowest market prices. All planters wishing to buy a cheap and good Gin, will find it to their interest to correspond with us, as we menu business to suit the times. We have over twenty years’ experience in the Muntn'actory of Glue. W rite for prices, terms, etc., and we feel cer tain we can satisfy you. By ordering direct from us and giving satis- tlietory reference, you can thereby save your selves Agent’* Commission. J. D. k H. T. It OlH.tCK, ulj'24-lm. Cranford,illc. ha. The Kennesaw Gazette, A Monthly Paper, Publisncd at ■ ATLANTA, G- ^ . Devoted to Railroad interests, Literature Wit and Humor. Fifty cents a year. Cliromo to every subscriber. Address KENNESAW GAZETTE, mch27-tt Atlauta, Ga. ISiarxgs ILXaxlsS* Kxchange? Saloon COLLEGE AVENUE. 3 The best Cincinnal'.i Lager Beer, Cigars and all kinds oi Liquors sold cheap decllMy. FCK CASH. CAS2S FOB. WOOL, —OK— CLOTII FOR WOOL. The Athens Manufacturing Company are now making a much larger variety of Woolen Goods than ever before, and propose to Exchange them for Wool, believing it to bo more to the interest of the Planter to Exebango the Wool for Cloth, rather than have it Carded and Spun at home. Call for Samples and Terms ot Exchange. E. L. BLOOMFIELD, Agent, may 19. 1875-29-* f Miss C. Potts, Fashionable Dessmaker, (Over University Bank.) Sroacl S-fcree-fc, iL-tixens, Ga. Would respoelfitllv intorin the Ladies and her triends generally. of Athens and vicinity, that sue is now prepared to do Dressmaking In the Neatest and most fashionable styles. With her experience in the business, she feels sure ot giving satisfaction. may it, 1?"5—98-tf. CHARLES P. STUBBS, (Successor to Groover, Stubbs & Co.,) cotton factor —AND— General Commission Merchant, AGENT, FOR THE Quitman Factory Yarns, 94 BAY STREET, Savannah, (Georgia. Bagging, Ties, Rope and oilier supplies fur nished. Also, liberal cash advances made on consignments for sale or shipment to Liverpool or Northern ports. Mr. A. A. WInn, Cashier and Correspondent of the late firm of Groover, Stubbs it Co., has an interest in lie bus-ucss. aug21-tt'. nSLACKSMITIl IN G. Having rented tho Blacksmith Shop so long occupied by the late William P. Talmadgc end employed competent workmen from the North, I am prepared to do any and all work iu the KlaclssrcLi-Uh. ULixxe at the shortest notice and at the lowest prices oi any shop in the city. 1 have a Skilled. Ea.go--fcool ZaCalxer and make specialty of Axes, Mill Picks, Mat tocks, Picks, Garden Hoes and tools of all des cription and of tho finest temper. wagons and buggies Ironed and Repaired, Tire Shrunk, Etc. Plows of all kinds made and repaired at low prices. Also First Class Horsa-Shoeing done by a northern shoer, Trotting Plates, Concave Shoeing Etc., in a manner unsurpassed by any. All new work warranted and satisfac tion guaranteed. Guns and Pistols repaired. John M. Bassett. irirch20-1y. V f ltd. Oil tv! iAtffhn -'T Atlanta and Augusta Undersold. TIH*. *5 til A KNLOUS SI Ol K OF i, . 'ivAuiuiivq wmup AND WAGONS, OK THK OLD RELIABLE FIRM OF HODGSON BROS MARKED DOWN. PRICES B 2 MLY HBLTTCED. We have On band the l argest S’ltlCK FOETH OF BALTIMORE, and it must and will ii* sold without delay. Good Btigg es, IioLGbON JIAKr. lcr 1 ©RE ©eitftflts. The Celebrated Hodgson Wagon, the fcert Known’tdl over the State for tl-eir durability and strength, and are beveud question t! . \\ AGON'S ever sold in this section of the Country. Parties wishing, any seit of • j Vehicles are respectfully invited to look through oar stock. ALLWOIK GUARANTEED. BEPsimiMG Item Wqkk •A SPECIALTY.” Skilled and*Finished Workmen in Every Department. Speeial attention will be given to REPAIR V. i IK. :.iti e stale of prices in this bi» Have been reduced tully one-lcurth. No LoTCll v.cik ulkvvcd in cur si op—all First-*-!ass| WORK AND AT BOTTOM PRICES. jnlyS-iim micb planters’ Hotel, A XT G U STA, G EORGIA. OTIES-W HFL 1£1LPaTC3tEMENT. 2sta*tes deduced to per Say. HAYING LEASED THIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL, I enter upon its management l»y Reducing Rales, and asking ot the Travel ing Public, especially my friends of Carolina and Georgia, a continu aiiec of that liberal support they have always given it. 23. F*. BROWN, ian2C-.)tn _ fOKMEL.'.Y OF C1IAP.1-EKT0N, PROrRlETdll. notice. A fter this date, county adver tisemeuts wliicli have heretofore been pub lished in this, paper, will hereafter tic published in the Sun, a Gazette published in Hartwell, Hart county, Ga. . F. C.STF.P1IENSON, Ordinary, ang 99.tf. Hart county. Ga WOOL CARDING. The undersigned, having newly fitted up his Carder, near Harmony Grove, is now prepared to card Wool in a very superior manner. He will furnish oil, etc., and card at 10 cents per pound. Wool left anywhere at Harmony Grove will bo taken to the carder and returned free of charge. Country produce taken in pay merit for carding. R. C. WILHITE. octl6-lm. W. T. RICHARDS & SON. ; • BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS, jW HOLES ALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN STAND A "R I) AN® SCHOOL BOOHS. MICELLANEOUS BOOKS. BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY, ENVELOPES, FOOLSCAP, LETTER. AND NOTE PAPER. Jj’ancy Parer in Ecxes, Fancy Goods, Etc., 263 Broad Street, AUGTJTTA, GA JjJP’Croqnct, Base Bidls and Bats, at the Lowest Market Pric'es. J OB WORK OF ALL P ESCRIP- tion pfittly done at thi.* offi § . J OB V tion r, r.eatlv clone at this office. J acriplittu dune at thi* office