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important
en) ents Regarding the Defeat of
Hami> n ,n 1864 ’
ipklphia July 8.—In a leading
feeSlcHl "Lincoln audHaudiu,-
,, :a ke8 the following import-
regarding the defeat of
ATHENS BANNER : TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1891
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SALOON MEN FINED.
Romo Uquof Dealers Catch It Heavy.
July S.—[Special]. There
Bomb, Qa.,
has been a deep feeling 1 orTnterest^in
Rome for the past two weeks over the
trial of whiskey men (or selling to mi
nors. 6
fUi telU«
(or the uominatioD for
0>
V#l (r
V,
^nresident in
V' 1 , trut . that Hamlin, an entirely
. tviathle vice president and a
J \vith peculiar claims upon the
aWicau party, was rejected as vice
. i,y the Republican convention
U tP jiiiict 1 a .southern man in that
.^.,1 it is equally true that it
' . .V,,! and could not have been done
v ' l*i,i ut Lincoln opposed it. So
, ".^tvidug it, Lincoln discreetly
in 'l i|’‘ i,i,l:ed earnestly desired it.
' hensif was a delegate at large
jV» r; 11
Pfiiusvlvania in the Baltimore
b® 1 0 f I8f4. and in response to
t * T *" n ; itioii from the president to visit
the eve of the meeting
IllV '
..-birgti'ii on
,iv a couierence was had in
.'.in gravely urged the nomi-
*'*T rf'joi-nson for vice president. It
»»" ]v j n deference to Lincoln’s
riavictions as to the national
*** .ioual necessities which de-
1 Juhnsou’s nomination for the
! that the writer’s vote
,,t'against Hauilin, and other
,''v|v;ai'ia delegates were influenced
, ' ime action by the confidential
of Lincoln’s wishes.
T oiui’-ld not bo assumed that Lin-
a, A ambitious to play the role of
uuisu r or that he was perfid-
r“;, ,,. lV . His i>osition was not only
* n the greatest delicacy in politics,
wbcvms loaded with responsibilities
eh all former presidents had been
1 His one supreme desire was
a ^(oration of the Union, and he
**
Ijyh isOIK)
vp'-lvilv have surrendered his own
* ' - 'and even his life could ho
Py 1iv have restored the dissevered
' The one great shadow that hung
r \ s i, n and his power was the sec-
j,,vl Heir cter of the ruling party and
j,.. laiwniuuiK
It weakened his arm
. ;i ^ peaiv; it strengtliened European
‘-!j..',]ity to the cause of the Union and
1,-tt the south without ever a silver
iniwtU'the dark cloud of subjugation,
'i.o.coln firmly be ieved that thonomi-
Johnson, an old Democratic
n-ado-n, ■senator who had lx?en aggres-
lov.-ii to the Union—and who was
^,'’a t 'military governor of his rebil-
a but restored state—would not
fdis-retiooalise the party and the
Wnmrat. but would chill and curb
jiiti-llmou sentiment of Englaud
i Pr.iait, and inspire the friends of
Union in those countries to see a
southern statesman come in
m i roiiipiorwl insurgent state to the
ad office of the republic. Such were
jmliik sincere convictions and suck
f.jaest arguments in favor of the
i&ii:ion of Johnson in 1804, and hut
ii LsikiiIiTs convictions on the subject
auk would have been renominated
•isiiir ivded to the presidency instead
Johnson.*
’ll is r.isy, in the clear light of the
m. to say that the nomination of
twin wk.s a grave misfortune, and to
nslM# on tin* countless evils which
til have been averted, but the one
wo was most devoted to the en-
ur.l nation, and who could best
■ f the sober necessities of the
a- i- lieved that it was not only wise
; an imperious uee-.t to take a vice
siJviit from (he south, and that is
l lluuaibid ilainliu was not reuomi-
bsoi.”
Nothing has occurred in the city for a
]? n S thoroughly arouse pub*
lie interest. Every barkeeper in the
city was indicted in one or more cases
and there was a total of seventv-flve
c isesoD the docket.
All but three or four of these have
been disposed of on verdicts, or pleas of
guilty, were entered in forty-one cases
Judge Meyerbardt had named this
morning as the time to pass sentence in
the whisky cases, and the court house
was well filled with interested specta
tors. After a few plain preliminary re
marks the Jndge fixed the fines as fol
lows :
».^ nk Sa Vttloski, 16 eases, total fines
ylyOw
James Wyatt, threecase, $150; R. G.
Hackney, one case, $100; Charles Stan
ley, one case, $50;Carran& Scott, three
cas»s, $25i); Hugh Given, two cases
$150;J B. Cam belle, three cases, $250;
Frank Graham, one case, $100; H. G.
Stoffregen, seven cases. $425; Deal
Bros., four cases $400.
In every instance the charge was
selling whisky, wine or beer to a minor.
Domestic and Forolgn and of General
Interest.
Secretary Foster has issued to cus
toms collectors instructions regarding
action under the new copyright law.
M. Pe S? a i 1351 '“-•‘fc’Pted an invitation to
t“ e Worlds fair and named Spencer
rcatt as her honorary commissioner.
At Dublin ten; thousand Nationalists
marched in procession from Castle Mar
tyr toKilleagh and unveiled a memorial
“oss on the grave of Timothy Daly, the
reman martyr.
,.A picnic party of twelve’ persons
S;®*? S° l one ^ at a picnic at Altus, near
Ark. Dr. B. C. Cochran,
-v-Zigler, MissLippertof Ozark, ana
Miss Mitchell of Clarksville, are at the
point of death.
Senor Romero, the Mexican minister,
when shown the San Francisco dispatch
to the effect that Mexico was ripe for a
against the government of Presi
dent Diaz, said the telegram was wholly
sensational and absolutely untrue.
TWO
Fight a
NEW ORLEANS EDITORS
Duel with ltaplera, Aetna the
Louisiana Line.
New Orleans, July 8.—A party from
this city crossed the Tnnm«a line and
fought a duel with rapiers. The princi
pals were L. P. Bouby, editor of
L'Orleams, and A. S. Carruthers, editor
of The Mascot.
Present besides the principals were
Messrs. BiLstein, Heidemann, Serres,
and Judge Bnisson, Drs. DcGrange and
David. Each party had a pair of ra
piers. Bouby won the toss for weapons
and selected his own; time was called,
and the deal commenced.
During the encounter Carruthers was
cut below the eye, and notwithstanding
the manifest desire of the two combat
ants to continue the fight, the doctors
and seconds decided unanimously that
honor was satisfied, and that the two
adversaries had given sufficient proof of
their courage and dignity. Suhsequent-
1}’ a reconciliation took place on the field
of honor.
The trouble between the duelists grew
out of articles published in their re
spective papers.
Near Snnnyside, In A, a station fifteen
miles east of Danville, a man, on whore
>on was found a letter addressed to
J. George in care of Insane hospital,
tlirew himself in front of the midnight
passenger train and was instantly hillari.
A Newport, R. L, special says: W.
Vanderbilt’s yacht Alva rescued the
crow of the schooner Wake, which was
discovered off Brenton reefs in a sink
ing condition. Shortly after the men
were taken off the schooner disappeared
in the waters of the channel.
At East Hampton, Mass., the Willis-
ton Mills corporation filed a voluntary
petition in insolvency because of an at-
; amhinent for $40,000 placed on the mills.
The corporation is twenty-five years old.
Its present capital .is $350,000. The
present assets and liabilities are not
stated.
-.A Fort Morgan, Colo., special says:
Mrs. Hans Yeueon, a Dane, and her 14-
year-old boy Louis, were drowned in
the Little Beaver creek. The boy went
w bathing and struck a wash-out. His
mother came to his rescue and stood on
the bank trying to save him, when it
caved in and she was drowned.
>irc!:i Legislature in Session.
| Ailin' ia, July 6.—'The legislature has
: in :he x-.ssitm which was adjourned
r iiisi mil The senate met promptly
i-i regular hour and was called to
-• ?r«i cut Mitchell, who made
lUid au! .i;ijiroj)ri:;te address. Prayer
■ufirred by Rev. Julia Jones, D. D.,
•Pkui. Tin* roll was called and all
Vie senators answered to their names
*|it O’.u'al^ of the Eighth district,
mu‘1,1 ;i, e Forty-second, and Zachery
. IWlv-fourth. These senators
L“daiaeu by sickness of themselves
MllililS.
|t|>3ikcr Hmveil called the house to
. \' ll “ *‘ short speech, aud after
r-' T "> Mr - it'ides the cnaplain, the
(awn. proiceded to business.
l'.raulUid ,u ixulli.
ICiutnirrit. N. 0., July 8.—Two dis-
women of Kinston, N. C.,
HUliuilnfr, white, and Mary Conner,
hcaiue involved in a difficulty.
i ‘ n death to the latter,
woman went to the white
and was, by her pushed
‘ door, which was some dis-
frum ihu grournL The fall re-
i in ik*th several hours later. The
Woiuiui was arrested and lodged
Town Election.
to *- u A. Ga., July 8.—The election
^.iror and couucilmen has been
ur ^i’-, i V * « r “»t being elected
LuJ® H ; Reynolds, f!&. Morse,
“! d J * T - King were elected
■ '■ they are all representative
"’hwuL* 8 lQuri dripal affairs are
THE FIGHT GROWING BITTER.
Democnta In OhJo Warming Vp
Over Their. Favorites.
Cincinnati, July 8.—As the time ap
proaches for the Democratic state con
vention, the fight between Campbell
and anti-Campbell men grows more
bitter. The farmers are forcing the
fighting, and at the present time seem
to have very much the best of it. They
captured the big delegation from Starke
county, although it was thought that
the Neul men would win there.
An effort is being made now to bring
ont Hou. John A. McMahon, one of the
most popular Democrats in the state
ns a candidate, but the Campbell men
will not listen to anything but the nom
ination of their man.
Most of the counties will elect their
delegates next Saturday. It will then
be possible to determine fully whether
or not the opposition to Campbell has
iny chonce. Of the twenty-eight coun
ties Which have chosen delegates,
twenty-one have instructed forCamp-
liell, three have declared for Neal, three
are divided and one has two delegations.
TO HONOR CLEVELAND.
AlMaaehusotta PI • lining a Public Recep
tion to the Ex-Fresldent.
Boston, July 8.—A public reception
to eaft’resident Cleveland is now being
planned by the Democrats of Massa
chusetts. At Democratic headquarters
there assembled Josiab Quincy, chair
man of the executive committee; John
L. Nichols, Sr., of the Young Men’s
Democratic dub; Jobu W. Corcoran,of
Clinton; H. W. Swift, of Boston, chair
man of the finance committee of th*
Democratic state committee, and Colo
nel J. W. Conenry, of the governor’s
staff.
The meeting was held for the purpose
of arranging the reception for an early
date, and a circular will be sent out by
Mr. Quiuqy to the prominent Democrats
asking tlieir co-operation.
A LIVELY COURT EPISODE.
u Robber.
Our. T«., July 8.-Marshal
' lum Honey Grove, came hers
Perry, who left that
fold by Wheeler, alias
W J ) , * eBr Windoin, Fer-
’ ^Ud Wheeler of $237.
ffut jet been apprehended.
I >7 for
Kuur i’ernom, Killed. f
' dll ly 8.—A dispatch from
the west riding of York',
i uA shaft at a colliery
* ea * w «h the result that
>otw ,^Hled outright aud
^nously wounded.
1 at OUR WORLD'S FAIR.
! l^' bltWln be, It Is Said, aci
L V ° us feature of the Show.
Con-
tkrsdi-ro July 8,1891—Mr.
Ttlinii ’ United States CodbuI
W j, ,a - 8aid recently:
iater e«t shown here
J vis'bfi exhibit ion. I have per-
"'Bin.^ d > auiny oI thft moet desir-
n«fii. , I 0 1 8e » ln thi » and
»*e »nll 5 l!l', ,uced them to consent
*;h,u * X ^ hlt - There is noapa-
t®* only a dread
” dfchii^ complication or Cus-
. “*’ n c .® a y arise to delay tbe
<io u . ,® xbib| t8. The people here
**v th., **• reprerented. I can
abrld*, S. - a Prominent* feature of
ita «hibfi r °T f h 1893 . wUl be tllc
with ilrV, 1 nave also comnm-
Wictiftn 9°P® n,ar officers under
Kf. 3 °i this office, and the
'tern*n, C ?i era * y favorable to a
,roul
At an Inquiry About one Woman’s
Sanity Another one Storms the
Court Room.
London, July 8.—A court of inquiry
has for some time been taking testimony
with the view of determining the Btate
of mind of Mrs. Cathcart, a Stafford
shire lady of means. Mrs. Cathcart has
oeen confined ln the Hockhampton
Asylum, but it is claimed that she
not insane and is able to manage her
own affairs. Dating the examination
of a witness this morning an excited
woman suddenly rushed to tbe front of
Ibe court, wildly whirling an umbrella
over her head, and shouted :—
“Protect the woman; she has been
foully treated. So have L Protect her
you English jurymen.”
The woman continued screaming and
shouting so that the witness under ex
amination, 'Mr. Cathcart, the plaintiff
in the case, was badly frightened. The
excited woman noticing bis scared ap
pearance, tried to strike him over the
jicaiauuv) v* no
Dead with her umbrella.
Finally the Commissioner in Lunacy
oidered the woman to be removed from
the court room. Several policemen
tried to obey tbe Commissioner’s or
der, but the woman resisted so stub
bornly that the police offioers bad to
carry her, struggling and screaming
biting and kicking, out of the coutt
room
CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES,
! :
Tt.UTH SHALL TRIUMPH.
Messrs. Flint & Co., New York, have
received a cable from the Rio Janeiro
house, stating that the Brazilian cabinet
has been reorganized with Lucena as
minister of the treasury. The appoint
ment of Lucena, who was minuter of
agriculture to the portfolio of the treas
ury is received with universal satisfac
tion.
Corn merchants at St. Petersburg
have taken advantage of the scarcity of
rye to create a "corner” in that com
modity. "Cornering” is illegal, but can
be pursued with impunity by bribing
officials. The famine is so serious that
The Qrashdanim' thanks the German
chancellor for instituting a prohibitive
tariff which prohibits the export of
grain from Russia.
Acting Secretary of State Wharton,
declined to talk about the formal de
clination of the Chinese government to
receive ex-Senator Blair as United States
minister to that country. He said, how
ever, that he would like to have it known
that Mr. Blair has . drawn bat one
month’s salary, which the law allows
since his appointment, and he is not, as
erroneously reported, drawing a salary
now as minister to China.
The hope ot truth ktoits atronEer day by day.
1 hear *i>y soul of man around mi* WHktajl.
Like a stxi. ila trwuso (utters breaking,
And nuii'ing up to heaven its sunlit spray;
Tossing huge v'julinejits in scornful play.
And r; tLsning them with din of grinding thun
der
That makes old emptinesses stare in wonder;
The memory of a glory past away
Lingers in every heart, as in the shell
Resound* the bygone freedom of the sea.
And every hour new signs of promise tell
That the great soul ahull once again be free.
For high and yet more high the mnrruureswell
Of inward strife for truth and liberty.
-James Russell Lowell.
A TALE OF A KEY.
At Washington, Acting Secretary Net-
tleton directed that S. C. Osborn of New
York city, be paid $150 for work done
in in onning on Henry Metz of Palo,
Ills., for violating the alien contract
labor law. The case was tried in the
courts aud Mr. Metz was fined $1,000.
Tbe law provides that the informer shall
receive 15 per cent, of the judgment re
covered. Mr. Osborn is the first roan
under the law to receive his proportion
as informer.
Eighteen Mormon missionaries have
sailed from New York, for Liverpool.
These missionaries were selected by
Wilfred Woodruff, head of the Mor
mons in Utah, from among the farmers,
carpenters and other trades. They will
visit Englaud, Ireland, Scotland and
Germany, preaching in tbe small towns
and villages. Their expenses are borne
by tbe Mormon church, and their ob
ject is to make converts to that church.
They will remain abroad two years.
At Berlin, Dr. Leidig has raised a
sensation by accruing Professor Berg-
rnann and Dr. Hahn of experimenting
with cancer inoculations since 1887 on
hospital patients without their knowl
edge or consent. Drs. Bergmann and
Hahn admit the truth of the charge, but
they claim that ill every case the pa-
tiout has been past recovery. They add
as an excuse that it is necessary to se
lect human beings for experiment, as
the lower animals are unsuitable.
The Pine Hill, Ala., Alliance has
adopted resolutions boycotting coffee
until the article can be bought at "1*~
ing prices. ” The resoluti n was past
at the meeting of the Alliance last week
and eacu member present voted in the
affirmative when the question was pat.
They say they will no longer pay 25 and
30 cents a pound for coffee, but will go
without it. They argue that it can be
sold us cheap now as it was five or six
ago, when ten pounds could be
;ht for $1.
Hayes at a Banquet.
Omaha, Neb., July 8.—A banquet was
given at the Omaha dub in honor of
General Rutherford B. Hayes, com
mander-in-chief of the Loyal Legion of
the United States, by the Nebraska
commandery. Major Paddock, com
mander of the Nebraska division, open
ed in a speech, and Lieutenant Hawood
dilivered a welcome to the guest of the
evening. General Haves responded at
length. He outlined the history of the
order and spoke of the past as indicating
its future. He eschewed any political
reference, and confined his remarks en
tirely to the Loyal Legion. He paid a
glowing tribute to Lincoln.
Death at a Da
On the wall of an “Old Curiosity
Shop.” Belgrade street, above Frankford
road, bangs a key made of iron % foot in
length, and the wards rusted up. it fitly
represents the old time belief that the
best guarantee for security against
thieves was a big lock and a key like a
sledge hammer, bat this rusty iron has a
history, and is associated with a record
of human passions, hopes and frailties
that once guided and controlled the lives
of several people.
There was a time when the Delaware
front above Callowhill street was beau
tiful with fine shrubbery, and men in
the boat and spar yards worked under
the shade of big willows whose long
branches trailed in the water. This was
especially the case at Grayley’s timber
yard. The old brick house on the hn.nL
of the river was covered with ivy and
shadowed by a small grove of elms,
made musical in spring. by the whistle
of the blackbirds and martins. Here
lived Martin Bentz with his wife and
daughter. He was Mr. Grayley’s man
aging man—kept his books, paid the
hands and sold the timber. The office
was in a corner room in the house, and
to the wall was built the safa It didn’t
pretend to be fireproof, but both old
Gray lay and his clerk believed that all
the burglars to the state could not get
into it, and every night he locked the
door with serious mien and much delib
eration. and then banded the key to
Martin, who kept it till next morning.
To one of our modern artists it would
be a pleasant hoar's work to open the old
strong box with a keyhole that yon coaid
pat Sour three fingers in; but these were
primitive days, and old Martin felt safe
as long as the key was in his possession.
Bentz was a German by birth, but his
wife American, bred and born in Fish-
town. Although the couple were not
always accordant in opinion, on one sub
ject they agreed, and that was about the
beanty and excellence of their daughter
Mabel, and parental judgments are often
fallible, but there could be no question
to Mabel Bentz’s merits. She was not
only a good daughter but a very beauti
ful girl No race ln America produces
more lovely women than the German
Americans, and there could be no better
illustration of this than Martin Bentz’s
daughter.
She was not much liked by tbe neigh
boring girls, rs they were rather a rough
lot to those days, much given to promts
coons dances that generally ended to a
free fight among their admirers, so
MabeL by avoiding them, got the credit
of being proud. She was assistant in a
millinery store on Second street, and
was never without an escort home, but
very few were permitted to come to the
house, and the girl herself was circum
spect and as yet indifferent to the ad
vances of any of her male acquaintances.
She had two persistent suitors, both
young men, one—George Graham—was
a boat builder, a fair, manly fellow, and
an excellent mechanic, bnt be was not
handsome, and. whiiea favorite with the
old man, Mrs. Bentz had a very pro
nounced dislike for him.
The other. Peter Daily, was a very
showy yonng man. ostensibly a plumber,
bnt he was seldom known to work; and
yet he wore good clothes and always
seemed to have plenty v of money. He
was rather good looking, but there was
a shifty expression in bis hard, gray eyes
that was not prepossessing; bnt he was
Mm. Bentz’s favorite.
If was Martin’s custom to bang the
safe key over the mantelpiece, and it
seemed to give him much pleasure to Bit
and watch it He was given to moderate
potations, and at times was boastful and
indiscreet in speech One Friday night
the family were assembled in their one
sitting room, and both Graham and
Daily were present Martin was telling
of a big sale of timber iie had made for
Mr. Grayley, and bow the price, some
$2,500, had been paid in that day Daily’s
eyes looked more furtive than ever, and
MabeL glancing over her sewing,
thought how mean his expression was
at times, but the talk became general,
and Daily soon left
Next evening he was again a visitor,
bringing with him a friend, a tall, thin,
showily dressed man; he had also
brought Martin a bottle of brandy. This
was opened and the old man became
quite conviviaL Suddenly a tremen
dous crash was heard outsida The .en
tire party made a rush for the door, all
but Daily’s thin friend He, quick as a
cat, mounted a chair, and taking down
the safe key substituted another, in looks
much the same. The others came back
in a few moments; it was only a pile of
spars that had fallen—no doubt the
work of the bad boys that infested the
wharfs. Daily and his friend went
away and George Graham came in, and
was soon deeply engaged in conversa
tion with MabeL . As was the custom,
the parents withdrew, and George be
gan to explain to Mabel his improving
prospects and his desire that she should
become his wife. The gifl’s tempera-
his face. As I live, it is Philip Daily,
the scoundreL What have you got In
your hand'T
George looked.
“Why, it is surely the safe bey.”.
Martin was amazed. The genuine was
certainly in its accustomed place in the
house' and yet the safe had .been opened.
Comparison of tbe two at once made tbe
plan of the robbery manifest—the key to
Graham’s hands had been the means of
bringing Daily to justice and he went to
jail with a very sore head. Graham re
newed his suit, but Mrs. Bentz bad evi
dently resolved that,he should not marry
her daughter, and Mabel had not force
if character enough to act independent
.y; so George, bidding them all goodby
left, and next daj they heard that he
bad shipped on a vessel bound for India
Mabel mourned his absence, and, as is
if ten the case, fonnd that she loved him
more than she had imagined, bnt three
years passed away and no word came
from her old lover.
Martin Bentz’s health began to fail
znd his wife thought that it was time for
ber daughter to marry. Mr. Grayley
bad a nephew named Sands, who worked
•round the place, and he had been pay
ing Mabel tnnch attention, and finally
spoke to ber mother, and after much
persuasion and some secret tears the
girl accepted him and they were mar
ried. Sands was not a bad fellow, bnt
he was utterly feeble in character, and
after four years of dull and spiritless
married life Mabel found herself a child
less widow. Her father was dead, and
when her mother spoke of hor marrying
again Mabel said, with unusual firm
ness; “Mother, your interference broke
up my life, and 1 will not allow it to in
fluence me again. Don’t speak to me
about these matters, as you only give me
pain.”
George Graham had prospered as a
sailor, and one day he came to Philadel
phia. captain of a magnificent clipper
ship. He had cargo consigned to a firm
on Delaware avenne. and went to their
counting bouse and was very politely re
ceived. Captains were bigger people
then than now. Glancing around he saw
hanging on the wall a large key. Mem
ory at once recalled the house in the
boatyard and his lost sweetheart “Yon
are looking at that key,” said one of the
partners: “well, that belonged to an
ancle of mine named Grayley. It has a
history, and when the old house was
torn down I kept this as a memento.”
Graham was silent for a moment and
then asked. “Do you know anything of
the family that lived to your ancle’s
house?”
“The Bentzesl Oh, yes, my uncle left
old Martin’s widow $100 a year as long
as she lives. We pay it to her. Her
widowed daughter. Mrs. Sands, a very
pretty and good woman, comes for it,
and, by the by. it’s due today, and here
she comes. Do you know her?”
Graham was strongly moved. He met
her at tbe door and said. “Mabel, do yon
remember me?”
Poor girl! She stared at him for a
moment and then burst into tears. “Oh.
yes, George. 1 remember you well”
The sequel needs no telling. Captain
Graham made bnt one more voyage and
then married his early love Old Mrs
Bentz. fortunately, died soon afterward
The old key bad - been a talisman and
it bung In the dingy office with a tag on
telling from whence it came, nntil a new
generation came to, and then it was
thrown in the rubbish, and now hangs
battered, rusty and forlorn on the wall
of a rag shop.—Philadelphia Press.
dent'occurred at McDonald, Washing-
Washingion, Pa., July 8. An inci- ment was placid and rather cold, and
while she liked Graham she was not in
ton county, in which a young girl named i the least stirred by passion, so she
I Ho
THE CROPS SAVED.
Heart of
Margaret O’Hara lost her life. A num
ber of young folks were holding a dance
at McDonald and bad the platform
lighted by coal-oil lamps, hung above
^he beads of the dancers. One of the
lamps became detached, and falling at
tbe feet of Miss O’Hara, exploded, from
P' 8 * living accomplish-
” 111 w iMiwd no more,
The Rains Bring Joy to the
\ the Farmer.
. The crops had begun to suffer from
the excessive drought and the termers
were beginning to look blue over the night in the most terrible agony,
prospects. ” ~~
But the clouds emptied the welcome
rain upon the parohed fields, and the
corn and cotton are looking healthier
aud fresher.
The rain came in a good season, and
the farmers are now happy.
The rains were not very heavy but
they saved many a dollar to the farmer.
answered calmly that it would not be
right for her to accept without her
mother’s consent, and here she stopped.
“Oh, my! George, there is some one to
the office! Til call father.”
Graham stole to the door, and saw
through the office window a faint gleam
Haunts of Toadflsh.
The toadfish of America usually haunts
the crevices of rocks, where it lave its
eggs; but there is now on view in the
tiqaarinm of the United States fish com
mission at Washington an ordinary jug,
to which one of these curious fish has
made its home. The jug was picked np
from the bottom of Great Harbor,
Wood’s Holi, Mass., wit if a mole toad
fish inside and a quantity of spawn ad
hering to tbe walls. Toadfish have also
been fonnd at home in old boots, pieces
of draiutile and bottomless beer bottles
In the aquarium at Washington there
are stern battles for the freehold of these
tenements, bnt tbe fish in possession is
generally able to hold its own.—Phila
delphia Ledger.
What American Hen Cannot Do.
’‘There is one thing,” says a lady just
home from abroad, “which can never be
learned by an American gentleman. No
matter how many years of practice in
foreign courts he may get, he can never
be graceful while kissing a lady’s hand.
He feels it necessary to keep his dignity
and his upright position, and he is al
ways in a hurry. He seizes her fingers,
gallantly dashes them to his lipe, and if
ho happens to be six feet tall and she
short her sleeve and dress may be com
pelled to part company.”—New York
Recorder.
The large Cooke locomotive works, at
Paterson, X J., employing 1,000 men,
will close down in a few days, owing to
dullness in business. Nearly all of the
hands will be discharged at once.
The London Standard’s Berlin corres
pondent says that Count von Munster
las caused a denial to be published that
the late Emperor William had never in
tended to dismiss Prince Bismarck.
Secretary Rusk says the result of the
pork inspection at Chicago has been
very sati~.iaci.ory. The proportion of
•nmitlp found affected is less than ex?
pec ted, and he believes less exists than
n the hogs of any other country.
Montt, the Chilian congressional en
voy at Washington, received a dispatch
from Senor Errazuriz, minister of for
eign affairs at Iqnique, stating that the
congressional army has occupied Huas»
co, and that the army of Balmaceda has
fled. ' i
The London Baptist association has
passed resolutions regretting the bacca
rat revelations, and saying that the
Prince of Wales, instead of being the
leader of immoral forces, shonld be tbe
leader and inspiration of the moral
forces of tbe empire.
Many Jews are arriving in Palestine—
from two to three hundred families
weekly. They are entirely destitute,
and the distress among them is terrible.
Bread is very dear. Typhus and scar
latina are raging in Jerusalem, and a
general pestilence is feared.
Cloud Photography.
A great deal of remarkable data,
which is of immense value in the prepa
ration of weather forecasts, has been
compiled from an investigation of cload
photographs. The range of observations
extended from clouds floating less than
one add a half miles high in air moving
at seven miles an hour, to nine miles
above tbe ground in gales blowing sixty-
five miles an hour, while the surface
wind was only a gentle breeze of five
miles an hour.—New York Telegram.
Degenerating.
She—From present indications, what
do yon think will be the moet notable
thing about the drama of the future?
He—The absence of an audienoe.—
Harper’s Bazar.
SOMETHING TO LAUGH AT.
Satan is busiest when other people
which her clothes caught fire, and she : c f fight He did not hesitate, but going
was soon enveloped in flames. The ! aroan( j the house pushed open the door
flames wore soon extinguished, but too
late to save her lifeV*. she died that ^ the office. Three men were in front
The party now with Miss Rutlierfofd
in Europe are spending several days iu
Borne.
are resting.—Washington Star
Saxony imposes a tax on cats- This
is something new in the fee line —
Lowell Courier.
Generous highwaymen are good box
ers. for it is give and take with them.'
Texas Siftiugs. *
All tt.e watering places—soda water
ing places—in the city are well patron
ized.—New Orleans Picayune.
A man is never so sure that his rights
are being infringed upon as when his
wife gets sick.—Atchison Globe.
The married man is making fairly
good progress when he is able to hold
his own.—Union County Standard.
iinon him •=, “““ rouoweu. iuey wero eviueuir Accounted For —“Bridget, this chair
S lv bTr thiS've.dng. P i & making for a boat at the end of the s covered with dust.” “Yessum. No-
A bulletin issued at half past seven, 'wharf, but the hindmost stumbled and body s sat. m it lately. Puck.
n. m., says: Mr. Spurgeon is slightly feU, and as he sprang np Graham gave conscie { 1 ce
v ’ k.-~. „ v.i . i-:* I to gal] the sinner real hard till after he
has been tound out.—Galveston News.
Spurge :n Slightly Better.
London, July 8.—The Rev. Charles
ef the open safa Graham gave a shout
and dashed at them. He was active and
powerful, but a blow on the head stopped
him fo$ a moment, and he saw the rob-
■ ben escape through the end window.
Spurgeen passed a restless and critical j[e grasped something that lay on the
nurhi . P ivsifinns ftTft in pnnst.flnf nf. . _ ® *
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The Irish Roman Catholic bishops, at
the’meeting held at Dublin, reaffirmed
their foi ner declaration that Parnell is
JOHN L. ARNOLD, JR.
Has the Largest Stock of
Paints, Lead and Oil,
PAINT BRUSHES
—AND—
VARNISHES
anfit to be the leader of the Irish people; ( rpr..., . ,
that he is unworthy of the confidence of I been kept
confidence of
in Athens. See
the -Roman Catholics, and call upon F°® youbuy, for it will be to your
Irishmen to repudiate him. I *0161681. I will save you your money
. . . ...— you your money
J and give you the best goods that are
datamarca, as announced on Thursday
last, when the provincial government
was overthrown and a provisional gov
ernment estuolished, - ha. been snppres-
ad, and the regular provincial govern
ment has been re-established in power.
The president has appointed the fol
lowing named postmasters at offices
which were recently raised to the presi
dential class: M. G. Hall, at Cordele,
Ga.; Mi' * EllaN. Henry, at Elberton,
Ga.; W. C. :>haw, at Aarriman, Twin.;
J. P. Edmondson, at Maryvile, Tenn.;
EL H. Gilbert, at Bnena Vista, Va.
Secretary liusk has made the follow
ing appointments in the weather bureau
service: Cleveland Abbe, reappointed
professor of meteorology; H. A. Hasen
of Connecticut, Thomas Russell of Mich
igan. and C. F. Marven of Ohio, meteor
ologists; E. L. Bngbee superintendent
of telegraph lines, and J. J. Robinson
chief telegraph operator.
Privnto Briscoe, of the Clarke Rifles,
was badly burned in the face during a
sham battle at Chickamauga.
Yours, truly,
JOHN L. ARNOLD,
AO. 205 BROAD ST., ATHENS, GA.
April SI—d<fcw.
j • “ ,JI v . ’ ’ LAKI ' h county ordinary s OI-
, Ace July 7th, 1891. Whe reas, an election was
held on the 2nd day of July, 1891, in said county,
in accordance with the pi ovlsions of section V;
of an Act entitled an Act to submit to the leirai
voters oi tl-e county or Clarke, the question or
proiiibitingthcsaleof all spirituous, malt and
vinous liquors in said county, approved Decem
ber, 18, l»r4. Ami whereas the managers of raid
election have reported tho result to me, and
upon era xtnation of their report, it appears
that there were nine handled and ten (910)
votes polled for “Prohibition,-’ and elg t hun
dred and ninety-nine (S9») votes polled for “ so
i rohiUtion,” sho ■ lug a majority of eleven (U)
votes for prohibition.
Thor-fore I. S M, Herrington, Ordinary of
... ‘ - -suit of
said counry d > hereby declare that the resu-
said election shows that a majority of the legal
voters havo voted for prohibition, and that the
provisions of the above recited act are of force
in said county. 1 further order and direct, that
this older be recorded-on the minutes of the
Court of Ordinary and be- published one. time in
each of the county papei
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