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ATHENS BANNER TUESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 8, 1891
THIEVES!
THIEVES!
THAT'
THR eK
g t# ailnft
. tH E W4Y TO WRlfE UP
*TH£ SITUATIONS.
CAUGHT YESTERDAY.
Money
From all Classes of
PeoP>e and Taking Clothes and
Valuables—The Police are
After Them.
It m»y
j, B t it i* inore
in
THE ELECTION
IS OVER AND THE NEW OFFICERS |
ARE ELECTED.
AN AVERAGE VOiii POLLED.
There Was Some Scratching Pone In ]
the First Ward—More Interest
Than Usual Manifested.
did
V be tlie result of hard times,
than likely the result of
.mrAl meabae 38,
D ‘‘ „, n8 is generally noted for her
rslitv , and in truth she is a most
"jS recently there has broken outs
* hr epidemic of thievery, and it
K * . u if everything is unsafe if left
"Twcul'l take columns to tell of all
the little things stolen day by day
Athens, yet it goes on.
* Yesterday a eouple of negroes
^daringand quick work
Tom uawkins, a negro boy, had sold
bile of cotton at the warehouse of
* r ?. Moss & Rowland, and was
coming away for there. He stopped a
! „ minutes in a crowd of negroes, one
was Burt Miller. Burt soon
Ut the crowd and Hawkins soon miss-
^ t e n dollars of his money. He sworn
cu!;i warrant for Burt and Sherifl
tvi t soon had him behind the bars.
Turner Mitchell, a long, slim mulat
soon come to the polite and reported
,, a<e of exactly the same nature.
He had sold a bale of cotton for twen-
ty seV en dollars and was back at his
wagon.
W hile lie sat there talking to a negro
Mme ,l John Atkins, the proposition
wa , nude to go off and play a game of
cards. He refused, and John left bim
An empty pocket was at once discover
ed, Mitchell reported Atkins to Officers
Keliey and Culp, who tracked him to a
h,.i,on Thomas street and put tin
nippers or him. He, too, was put in
the ju*.
Sheriff Wier also arrested a negro
ntn „ ,l George Yerby who some tim>
since robbed Robert Hunter of a amal
sum of money.
And it dosen’t stop there. It is of »•
varied and abundant nature.
It reaches out and embraces coats,
pants, dr. sses, hats, cooking utensils,
cod. wood, medicine,rabbits, cats, dogs,
boots, or any thing that has any value
attached to it.
The commonest trick of late is foi
darkey to goto a man’s house am
tell > i> wife that her hu-.baud has sent
fir his pants or his overcoat. In tbi-
nihi ner several things have been stolei
recently.
The police are at work in the matte-
of ferreting out these thieves, and
when they are caught the juries of
Clarke county will fix them up in roy-
al style.
There are a great many loafing vaga
bonds who have no visible means of
support, and who resort to stealing to
unU-a livelihood.
The penitentiary is the place for
such, and diey’ll get there sooner
lsii-r.
The election passed off quietly Wednes
day in Athens.
And the democratic nominees went
in as a matter of course.
It was thought that there w< u’d be a
very slim vote polled, but as it turned
out nearly fifty per cent, of the vote
polled last Wednesday wa? polled yes
terday.
The total vote polled wag three hun
dred and one.
The candidates had a few carriages
out and brought out the voters
to the polls in some !nsm ces.
In the Pirst ward there were one hun
dred and twenty-five votes polled. At
this ward £here was some scratching
Mr. Tuck’s Wme and the substitution
Mr. Browh’shwtsad.
This was confined to a verv. very few
voters, however, an ! Mr. Tu.-’-t came
oat with one hundred and twenty votes,
only five having been scratched. Capl.
Farrell received the full number of
votes.
In the Second, the democratic nomi
nees, Messrs. Tuck and Gordin*,receiv
ed sixty-thee straight votes.
In the Third, the nominees, Messrs
Tack and Cohen received sixty-two
votes.
In the Fouith,fifty-one votes were
polled, all being for the nominees.
The ticket elected was the one nomi
nated last Wednesday an I the compost
tion of the Mayor an t Council foi 1892
as follows:
Mayor—H.,C Tack.
Aldermen 1st. ward—vv. F. Dorsey,
W. D. O’Farrell.
Aldermen 2nd. ward—-I X Booth,
John Gerdine.
Aldermen 3rd. ward—C. G. Tal-
madge, Julius Cohen.
Aldermen^dth. ward—A. H H • tgson,
1.1. Smith.
The new Mayor and Council wilt take
their offices the first of January.
TO GO AWAY.
GOVERNOR HOGG
HIS TALK WITH A DELEGATION OF
COLORED MINISTERS.
THE GRE\T MISSION.
The Governor of Texas Receives A
Committee of Preachers of the
Colored Methodist Confer
ence at his Office-
Extracts From
His Brief
Address.
lttie Julia Stovall Will Live in Augus
ta.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 2d.—[Sp*ei il.]—
Julia Eloise Stovall will be the ward
of Mrs. Stewart Pbinizy, of A ugusta
All litigation over the child has end
ed.
A YOUNG LADY’S DEATH.
Miss Mattie Meadow, of OanlelavIHe,
■s Dead.
Tuesday night at the home of her fa
ther, Mr. I. J. Meadow, of Danielsville,
Mi<- Mattie Meadow passed away.
I-nr some time she had been ill with
piieiimnuia and all that oareful atten-
ti"ii and loving hands could do was
tio'il'.
But the dread disease could not be
cli.-ekid: the angel reaper came and
gathered in the lovely flower.
Mi s Meadow was nineteen years of
age; young, beautiful; with all the
graces of young Christian womanhood
Beloved by all who came into asso
ciation with her, she will he missed
from her accustomed place among her
many friends and acquaintances.
The funeral exercises occur today in
D&nielsville.
Miss Meadow was a sister of Mr
Toombs Meadow and Mrs- John W
Williams of this city.
A Wonder Worker
Mr. Frank Huffman, a young man of
Burlington, Ohio, states that he bad
been, under the care of two prominent
physicians, and used their treatment
until he was not able to get around
They pronounced his case to be Con
sumption and incurable. He was
Persuaded to try Dr. King’s New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds and at that time was not able to
walk across the street without resting,
He found, before he bad used half of
hollar bottle, that he was much better _
he continued to use it and is to-day
enjoying good health. If you have any
Throat, Lung or Chest Trouble try it.
guarantee satisfaction. 10c. trial
\\
bottle, at J. Crawford i Co’s.
Bh.l Xye In Athkns.—The famous
Bill Xye will be at the Opera house in
this city on the evening of Deo. 9th..
and theatre goers have a treat in store,
Danlfii Brower, the Agent*
Lima, O., Dec. 8.—Several months
•ifo Daniel Brower, a fruit tree agent,
^presenting the firm of Snyder Bros.
01 Cridersville, came here for the pur
ine of soliciting orders for the firm.
After several weeks’ sojourn he returned
to Cridersville and turned in his orders
for a large amount of trees, etc., and
received bis commission, which amount
ed to about $390, and disappeared. When
the time for delivery came it was found
that all of the » were fictitious*
the majority of them being tlux'
dead persons and evidently taken from
tooiabstones. The grand jury inaiete.1
Brower, and Sheriff O’Neilllocated him
Austin, Dec. 2.—Bishop Grant and a
committee of eight prominent preach
ers of the Colored Methodist confer
ence called on Governor Hogg at his
office in the capitoL
The governor, in a brief address, said
among other things
'You colored people do very well, ex
cept when you go into politics. When
you do that you generally have some
mean white man to stir yon up and get
you into trouble.
Governor Hogg referred to the peace
able and praiseworthy conduct of the
negroes dnring the four years of the
war when the white men were in the
army and their homes and families an
protected; when the negroes had the
opportunity to pillage, burn and de
stroy, bnt did none of these things.
The governor said that in his own coun
ty, daring the war, there was not a case
of incendiarism. The negro had main
tained his fidelity to the whites till the
proclamation of emancipation.
The governor alluded to the lynching
of a negro in Cass connty and to his en
deavor to pat down mob law in Texas
[applause by the oommrtteej. and said
he wonld do his part as governor of the
state to protect their race in their lives,
liberty and property. [Applause.] Gov
ernor Hogg counseled the colored people
to lay aside race prejudice, which the
intelligent men of both races ought to
educate the people against,
A colored preacher, recently from
Pennsylvania, replied to the governor,
saying there ought to he no antipathy
felt by the negro against the white m
and that they ougnt to have the white
man’s confidence.
Governor Hogg replied, saying the
state was dominated by the Democratic
party which had eqnallv divided the
school fund with the negro when it had
the power to do otherwise.
Addressing the Pennsylvania preach
er, the governor said: "When yon go
back north tell your people that th
people of Massachusetts first brough.
African slaves to America. Slavery
was a godsend and emancipation was a
godsend, because,” as the governor be
lieved, "these two events will eventn
ally result in the enlightenment of
Africa, which can be done by the negro
himself better than by the white man
The governor counselled the colored
rate of the sonth to send all its surplus
educated young men to the dark conti
nent. That he believed was the great
mission of the southern negro
To Hang for Burglary,
Charlotte. N. C., Dec. 2.—Alfred
Davis the negro now confined in the
Mecklenburg county jail under sen
tence of death for burglarizing the res
idence of Mr. John W. Wardswortn,
gets a few days’ respite. Judge Meares
sentenced him to be hanged on Dec. 3.
His lawyers got up a petition asking
Governor l_olt to commute the death
present to represent Mis Brantley, and I sentence to imprisonment for life. This
Mr W. K. Miller, of August*, *ud I Governor Holt firmly declined not to
Judge John T. Peudlet i to represent I ,jo. g e Wi tented, though, to give the
Mrs. Pbinizy. I burglar a ’espite. Sheriff Smith re-
Messrs. Hoke and Bar *n **mi h were -
MUSIC.
On, take the lute thla brooding nour for me—
Die golden late, the hollow crying lute—
Nor call me even with thine eyes; be mute.
And touch the string*: yea, toneb them ten
derly;
Touch thorn and dream, till all thine heart in
thee
Grow great and passionate and sad and wild.
Thou on me, too, as on thine heart, O child.
The marvelous light, the stress divine shall
be,
And 1 shall see, as with enchanted eyes.
The unveiled vision of this world name by,'
Battles and griefs, and storms and phanta
sies.
The gleaming joy, the ever seething fire.
The hero’s trinmph and the martyr's cry.
The pain, the madness, the unsearched de
sire.
—A. Lampman in Century.
THE LABRADOR PIRATE.
Judge Hopkins award***.
Mrs. Pbinizy, and a qm v r
whether or not the decisis < t
diate effect, and two cubes*
■d to
as to
imme-
corpnB
cases would probably be the result, one
by Deputy Sheriff Barnes to get pos
session of the child, and the other by
Mrs. Pbinizy to take the child from
Mrs. Brantley. The fl'-t case was to
come before Judge Lowndes Calhoun
and the other before Ju>lg- Wt stinore
land.
This morning at nin<- ’.-lock there,
were two gatherings in - v -e ordinary’s
office.
Messrs. Hoke and Bu on Smith were
of the opinion that under r.l • agreement
it was best to proceed no fu-iher with
the case.
After a conference that b>*>te«l about
two hours, a compromise * as * ff eted
aud signed by ali part s me ested.
That compromise was as Ivili.e.s:
Georgia, Fulton oouny—This agree
ment between Mrs. Nita S B utley
and Thomas P. Stovall, pa- 1 - of the
first part, and Mrs. Marion < Puinizy,
l »rty of the teoond part, wit - a tb the
following facts: . „
First—Mrs. Marion C. P hhzv shall
be appointed guardian of J im E Stov
all in pursuance of the jnd " •-nt of
Judge John L. Hopkins; the >ceed-
ings in the court of ord; of ilr sup
erior court of Fulton cou v snail be dis
missed, and the appeal in Richmond
iperior court shall be di mia-ed.
Second—Mrs. Erantle” and'Mr Stov
all sballretain the child -nicil J. >uarj
1st, 1892, they agreeing'hat au< shall
be in Augusta, tne bom. of Mrs Phin-
izy, on that day.
Third—Mrs. Pbinizy agrees that the |
child shall make a visit of reasonable
length to Mrs. Barntley during each of
her vacations; Mrs. Brantley shall have
the right to visit Juiia at any time.
Mrs. Phiaizy expresses hers* f a» g»Id
that this shall occur. Mrs Brantley
shall be apprised of any ‘ickness of
Julia at any time. Juli-i - hall have
the rigth to correep-. d freely
Fourth—Rights as Jre-i ved bi Mrs.
Bran’ ley to send to J ulia uy money that
may be received from Ju - ’*1- h>-r. Ii
Julia’s father shall retu - o Georgia
his right to the custody • go toian-
ship of the child is in no
by this agreement or th- s i-p
of Mrs. Pbinizy. This p;
because of the parties
ceived a telegram from Raleigh stating
that Governs r Holt had decided to give
Dawns a respite to Friday, Dec. 18, and
that the proper papers had been for
warded by mail. When told the news
Dawns said he was "mighty glad of it."
The Ladies Ware Mistakes.
Jackson, Mich., Dec. 8.—The ladies of
the Woman’s Christian Temperance
Uuien of Hanover. Jackson county, had
the idea that William Bowerman was
dispensing real lager beer from his soft
drinks emporium. He was arrested
and brought before Juatioe Bur
gess, charged with violating the
liquor law. Eight women, members
of the temperance union, were in oourt
and found out that the strongest bever
age that Bowerman had been selling was
hop beer. It was adjudged that there
was no cause for action.
ffhen Baby was stek, we gave her Castorla.
When she was a Child, she cried for Csstorta
When sfae became Miss, she clung to Castorla
VtMoSbehat JMren. she gave themCasterit
ffected
tment
crii- drawn
Ken t, have an
CALVIN S. BRICE.
| Connty Treasurer Holman Sues Him for
His Taxes.
Lima, O., Dec. 2.—County Treasurer
I Edward Holman entered suit against
Calvin S. Brice for unpaid taxes. Brice
earnest desire to promote tqe happiness here the other day, as he has done
of Julia, and because ^t'-y ^ | a t regular intervals ever since he bad
<»n Julia’s
>m* -ding
avoid further appearan <
part in oourt under any
December 2nd, 1891.
Marion C. Phi-izt,
NitaS- Bkantlkt,
Thos. P. Stovall.,Jb.
senatorial aspirations, and Holman im
mediately commenced suit against the
senator. The petition filed reads as fol
lows : That defendant, Calvin S. Brice,
Btands lawfully charged upon the last
w L Calhoun, Ordinary Fu tou Co., duplicate of Allen connty with taxes in
n. the sum of $1,500,145, that said taxes
1 have become delinquent; that the same
-..MHrRitMrs I amount, with penalties thereon, are
electric Blue . now due and wholly unpaid. The plain
This remedy Is become- so well kn0 ^ n tiff prays judgment against said de-
and popular wvHHgW&ur™ nl.on. fendant for 8um of $1,500,145, with
All who have wrti Electr o B»ttf isaing tne costs of writ*,
same son* ot praise.A purcr iuedicuie dtee I *"■
not exist and i; i 9 rtUHrantecd to do all lhat
»d. Electric Bitters will cure an
of the Liver and Kidneys, will rc-
m„ve Pimples. B.dls, gall Ri.eum and otu-
arafitciiionse iused by impu Mooti.—
Will drive Malaria from the sya-einand
nrevent as well as cure all M daria fevers.
For-jure of Hea-iache, .Constipation and
Indigestion try Electric Bntew—Entire sat-
Was Well Pleased.—Mr. Frederick
Warue was well pleased with bis visit to
Ath-ns this time. Ho had a splendid
audience, save a good show, and wil
I robably return to Athens again nex-.
eason.
Bucklen’s Arnica saive.
The best salve in the world for cuts.
For years the deep and tortuous and
great bays op the Labrador coast afforded
a safe haven to bloodthirsty pirates and
rovers of the seas, who, driven by hot
pursuit from more frequented waters,
repaired to this northern shore to mend
their shattered vessels. Here, daring
the short summer, they recovered from
their wounds; here, too, they secreted
their booty; here, perchance, the long
songht treasure of Captain Kidd may be
hidden. Who can tell what secrets are'
held forever in the recesses of these
wavebeaten and rockbound shores?
Wondrous traditions are told of hidden
wealth on Labrador, and that these are
not all old men’s tales this true story of
Manning may convince the reader:
Toward the cloee of the Eighteenth
century a Scotchman named Maiming*
settled on the Labrador coast, and alone
and nnaided followed the rough and
precarions calling of a fisherman. At
the cloee of each season lie visited New
foundland to dispose of his catch to the
English traders, bay his stock of provi
sions and then retnm to his lonely dwell
ing to pass the long and dreary winter.
For several years he led this life, till by
his economy having amassed a few hun
dred dollars a great longing seized him
to see his native land. Accordingly he
crossed the Atlantic, and daring the
round of visits to his Scotch friends he
met a bonnie lass, whom he persuaded
to share his Labrador home. Fitting
out a small vessel or schooner, he set
sail for America with his young bride
and a crew of hardy settlers and their
families. This was in the year 1806.
Bnt after twelvemonths of industry at
Labrador Manning grew restless and
persuaded the most active and daring
spirits in those parts to join him in a
new project. Toward the latter part of
October, 1307, he placed his effects on
board his vessel and quietly slipped out
of the harbor, determining to lead a life
of piracy. All his old habits of thrift
and industry seemed to have left him, a
very demon of adventure seemed to have
driven out bis better feelings and wiped
out all natural affection, for with heart
less cruelty he basely deserted his wife
and young child. A stranger in a strange
land, far from home and kindred, the
fate of the unfortunate woman is not
known; most probably she did not sur
vive her cruel treatment long.
On the coast there is now a small set
tlement called Mutton Bay or Meccatina
Harbor, and about a mile east of this
settlement is a deep inlet called by the
French “L’Anse aux Morta” or Bay of
the Dead. This bay is screened alike
from the fury of the sea and the obser
vation of passing vessels by a small
island which is easily mistaken for the
mainland. Under the ragged and frown
ing cliffs which overhang the Bay of the
Dead, so called because an old burying
ground was tljpre, Manning and his
companions landed. Securely sheltered,
there they perfected their plans for a life
of piracy and bloodshed: and in trnth
no spot could be more admirably adapt
ed for such a conclave.
The coarse taken then by vessels on
their way to Quebec from Europe was
through the Straits of Belle Isle, close
to the north shore of the St. Lawrence,
and just outside of the island behind
which Manning and his crew lay in hid
ing. At that date a packet was sent ont
annually by the British government
with the pay of the forces stationed in
Canada on board. Manning knew this
only too well, and was on the lookont
for the vessel. Unsuspicious of danger,
she neared the island, when Manning
with his ship darted suddenly from his
place of hiding and swooped down upon
her. She fell an easy prey. Her unfor
tunate captain and crew were butchered,
the treasure removed, the vessel scat-
tied, and no trace of the fonl deed left
At Quebec the overdne ship was anxious
ly looked for, but hope died ont at last,
and it was thought that she bad suc
cumbed to the fury of the Atlantic. The
following year another packet was sent
ont, and she shared the fate of her pre
decessor.
The loss of two vessels and their crews
in such a short time aroused suspicion,
and a third was sent ont, but with her a
man-of-war. All went well till the
vicinity of the Bay of the Dead was
reached, when, the man-of-war having
fallen far astern, the pirate schooner
darted ont, quickly captured the packet,
secured the treasure, and destroyed all
the crew with one exception. This was
a negro, whom Manning wished to keep
for a servant. This man, hoping to pro
pitiate his captor, told him that the
man-of-war was cloee behind them. The
news so alarmed the pirate that he beat
a precipitate retreat to the island. That
night another dread crime was added to
the long list already committed by the
bloodthirsty wretch. Fearing discovery,
and believing in the adage that dead
men tell no tales, he changed his mind
about the negro. He resolved to bury
his treasure, and, under cover of a blind
ing storm, while the thunder rolled and
the lightning, cleft the sky, he collected
his ill gotten gains into five small casks.
With the assistance of the negro he
placed them in as many holes dng in the
old burying ground of the Bay of the
Dead. Having accomplished this he
suddenly sprang on the unfortunate ne
gro and plunged a knife into his heart.
As the life blood slowly ebbed away he
twisted the limp form of his victim
around the central cask. At this dread
passage ana neaaing to warn
treat. Sail was quickly set, aud the
schooner escaped through the eastern
outlet. The storm of the previous night
Still raged wild and fierce. The sea was
lashod to fury- The waves rau high,
striking the vessel with resistless force,
throwing her on a sunken reef. With
despairing shrieks and prayers to the
God whose laws they had outraged, hei
wretched crew were launched into eter
nity. All were thought to have per
ished.
Twenty years passed, a new genera
tion grew up, and the story of Manning
and his exploits was well nigh forgotten.
Then, as now, trading vessels from Nova
Scotia frequented the coast to supply the
scattered settlements with the necessa
ries of life, receiving in return furs and
fish.
in the year 1830 the captain of one of
these vessels happened to be in an inn in
Halifax bilking over his summer voy
ages. while smoking a pipe with a friend.
They observed that an old man, sitting ■
at a table near them sipping his whisky
and water slowly, appeared highly inter
ested in their conversation.
When Captain Black left the inn the
old man followed him into the street and
eagerly questioned him abont the Labra
dor coast. Before they parted he made
the captain promise to take him to the
Bay of the Dead the following spring.
Captain Black had harbored there once
during a great storm. In the Bpring,
when the warm rays of the son had
loosed the icy barriers of the coast, Cap
tain Black, mindful of his promise,
sought the mysterious old man, bnt
found him dying of fever. Amid the
ravings of delirium the astonished and
horror stricken captain was told a tale
of murder, bloodshed and robbery on the
high seas, and of the hidden treasure of
the Bay of the Dead.
Manning (for the dyvig man was none
other than the notorious ex-pirate), with
blasphemous curses foretold death and
destruction to any one who shonld at
tempt to secure the ill gotten wealth.
In a paroxysm of fear and despair he
died unrepentant, unabsolved. The
captain was too bold a man to be deter
red from seeking the treasure by a dying
man’s corse, so he immediately set sail
for the Bay of the Dead.
The weather being foggy and the coast
dangerous, he approached with the ut
most caution. Within a few hundred
yards of the coveted goal, the burying
ground, a strange faintness came over
him, his limbs refused to bear him.
Eager to secure the treasure, which had
from long brooding become his sole ob
ject in life, he with a great effort drag
ged himself to the bow of the vessel.
At that moment the ominous words,
“Death, death, death!” sounded in his
startled ears.
A mortal fear overop-ead him, and he
had barely sufficient strength to order
the crew to pat about. The sailors,
wondering at the slmnge conduct of
their captain, obeyed jnst in time to pre
vent striking a sunken reef. Among the
crew of Captain Black’s vessel on this
occasion was a lad of some thirteen years
or age. Ricketts by name. The captain
had made rather a pet of this boy, and
during the long voyage had related to
him the story of Manning. Thirty
years passed, and no farther attempt
was made to wrest the wealth from its
ghostly keeper. In the year 1860 Rick
etts, then in middle age and living in
the United States, was a haunted man.
In dreams and in his waking hoars the
apparition of Manning followed him,
urging him to go to the Bay of the Dead
and secure the treasure. Old inhabitants
of the coast say that in that year (1860)
a strange vessel flying tne American flag
sailed into the harbor of the Bay of the
Dead. The captain whose name was
Ricketts, hired a fishing boat, and while
ostensibly engaged in fishing operations
spent a great pait of his time in explor
ing the shore and digging. After a
month spent in this mysterious way he
departed, returning, however, the fol
lowing summer.
Again he was watched, and from the
burial ground at the Bay of the Dead
was seen to unearth a large wooden box
or cask, which he carried off with him.
Again, so late as 1880, a strange Amer
ican vessel paid mysterions visits to the
bay. Their object was and is a subject
of endless conjecture among the fisher-
folk.
There are now many graves at the Bay
of the Dead, and the good people of the
coast, with their great respect for the
dead, disturb them not to search for hid
den treasures.
•It cannot be asserted positively that
the treasure of Manning has been torn
from its hiding place and the spirit of
the murdered negro released from bis
long and faithful vigil. Bnt it is a sore
and certain fact that a dweller under the
cliffs of the bay has of late, without ap
parent effort, become very wealthy, and
rumor hints of treasure trove. Snch is
the story of Manning as related by a na
tive of that bleak and desolate coast, and
though the mellowing hand of time has
thrown a halo of romance over the pic
turesque Bay of the Dead and the deeds
done there, the main facts are well es
tablished.—Maud Ogilby in Boston
Transcript.
Where Cheapness Benefits.
In ready made cloaks and dresses for
women there has developed recently an
enormous business, and the cheapness of
the product has not only given employ
ment to new handB, but has enabled
women to dress better than ever for a
given amount of money, and to wear
garments of style and finish hitherto un
attainable by many of them.—New York
Sam
in Indfanapol
tad retained
re he arrested him
tively cure s piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satis
faction or money refunded. Price 2r
cents per box.
For sale by John Crawford A Co.,
1 Christmas Go^ds.—The
are getting in some
hris'm.s eo-v’s, and they
elegant display of them. Wholesale aid retail druggist*.
Caetoria*
oinent the old Scottish superstitions na-
are asserted itself, and he believed that
the “wraith” of the negro would keep
gnard over the treasure, preventing any
adventurous outsider from unearthing it.
He then heaped np the earth over the
five casks in the form of graves, judging
that no French habitant, whose rever
ence for the dead is proveroial, would
molest them, and at each apparent
grr.7e he placed a stone, to carry out the
illusion.
At dawn the pirate sentinels saw the
man-of-war sailing through the western
■— •-••*■** * - their To-
Going to Woke,—The workmen have
gone to work on the new stables of Mr
W. A. Jester on Clayton street opposite
the Y M C. A. buildin ?.
RECEIVER’S SALE.
The undersigned as Re
ceiver of the assets of E. S
Edge is now selling at the
store No. 321 Broad, street
Athens, Ca., a full and desir
able stock of Furniture anc
Undertaker’s outfit. Come
one, come all. All kinds of
Fed Room suits, Chairs
Wardrobes and other desira
ble kinds of Furniture. The
stock must be sold at once
and at the very lowest prices
Do not delay as it may be all
sold before you come.
John W. Wier, Receiver.
321 Broad St„ Athens, Ua.
NEWS DISPATCHES CONDENSED.
An Epitome of Happening* from Ever?
Section.
The smallpox t-pidamic on the coast
of Georgia is oa the wane.
The new issue of the Windorn $2 sil
ver certificates htuPbegnn.
The Chicago Times has started a pres
idential boom for General Nelson A.
Miles with a page of history of his life.
Sir Alexander Campbell, lieutenant
governor of Ontario, Canada, has beeu
stricken by paralysis and is in a critical
condition.
Francisco Hernandez, who robbed
the paymaster of the eleventh battal
ion of the Mexican army, in Chihuahua,
will be shot.
A Bordentown, N. J., special says:
John Parnell, a brother of the late
Charles Stewart Parnell, arrived at Old
Ironsides from West Point, Ga. He
and his mother sail for Ireland.
The eight women on the Illinois
World’s Fair board have decided to ac
cept invitations to go to any part of the
state to deliver addresses in the interest,
the proposed exhibit by Illinois
women.
A special from New York says that
Ex-Presideut Grover Cleveland, accom
unit'd by Mrs. Cleveland and Baby
nth, left the city for a Jersey winter
resort. The period of their absence is
not known.
At Philadelphia, Chris Magee of
Pittsburg, said that the Pennsylvania
delegation to Minneapolis would be for
Blaine. Blaine could have the nomina
tion if he wanted it, and the indications
are that lie is in the field.
A St. Loni3 special says: It has ju°t
been discovered by the Corcordia Pub
lishing company, printers of religions
books, that Martin C. Barthel and Mar
tin H. Barthel, father and son, two of
its most trusted employes, are short in
their accounts.
A Braddock, Pa., special says that
Mrs. Mary McVeagh, who has been
fasting for 148 days,- has died. Mrs.
McVeagh has been suffering with a
cancer in her mouth and has been sub
sisting on bnttermilk, wine and lauda
num. She was 68 years of age.
The New York Chamber of Commerce
will send a delegation to the approach
ing session of the legislature, to urge a
liberal World’s Fair appropriation. John
Boyd Thatcher, one of the New York
commissioners, thinks there is no doubt
that an appropriation of not less than
$300,000 will b-i made.
The London Times in its financial ar
ticle says tiiat the report that Russia is
buying silver is true, but only enough
will be bought to provide a new subsid
iary coinage to replace the nickel .alloy
known as billon. The fairly large
amount required for this purpose, the
Times adds, will be purchased in in
stalments.
Rev. Dr. S. J. McPherson of Chicago,
at the instance of a number of associ
ates prominent in religious circles, will
correspond with individuals and soci
eties in the various denominations with
a view of having a conference of dele
gates from all parts of the country to
arrange for a religious exhibit at the
World’s Fair.
A Clarksburg, W. Va.. special says
that O. D. Matheny of Mineral Spriugs,
attempted to pour powder from a bottle
luto a lighted pipe "just to see what it
would do. ” He saw, bnt he sees no
more, as the bottle exploded, tearing
his haud and arm badly and burning
his face and eyes so severely he may
possibly lose his sight.
At Ottnmwa, la. Miss Ora Heady,
the affianced of Earl Sylvester, killed in
the Charlton wreck, created a sensation
by swooning at her lover’s grave. They
were to have been married. A strange
coincidence is that while her brother
and her lover’s sister were being mar
ried at Guthrie Centre, a telegram was
handed them announcing Sylvester’s
death.
Dubuque, la., special says that a
member of the firm of Olkeaheimer &
Co., earthenware importers who went
to Germany a year ago for the purpose,
has discovered the secret of the white
enamelling of pottery hitherto known
only in that country and will locate an
establishment here, the first in the
United States. These goodB now bear
a duty of 80 per cent., as they came in
competition with the slate-colored en
amelling made in the east.
The Turning Point
With many s man la «nme trivial act. ami a mere
recommendation of some friend to try S. 8. S.
has saved the lives of bandied*.
Speaking a good wont for H. S. 8. Is natural, for
wherever It haa been tried there have always been
good results.
* Blood Fotsomao,
Caecerop toe Ski*.
Ulceus and Soxss.
All Sxjx Diseasss.
A treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
beb on application.
Ihruggiuta Sett It.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO..
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga,
a. d WhUacyaXatx
It* cored at homo with
ont otUn. Book of_pu»
tlculars sent FREE.
B.M.WOOLLEV.1UX
- - u Whitehall tu.
JOHN L. ARNOLD, JR
Has the Largest Stock of
Paints, Lead and Oil 1
PAINT BRUSHES
—AND—
*V A RNT.SHES
That has ever been kept in Athens.
See me before yon buy, for it will be to
your interest. I will save you your
money and give yon the best goods that
are manufactured. Give me a call.
Yours, truly,
JOHN* L. OTGSsD,
MO. 205 BROAD ST, ATHENS, GA.
,rll 81 -4av
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'or information and free Handbook write to
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whose blood is ih an impure condition,
due to Menstrual Irregularities, are
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P. P. P., Prickly Ash, Poke Root, and
Potassium, the greatest cure known for
all diseases of tne
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SAVANNAH, - , - GEORGIA.
McCURRY & PROFFITT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
ATHENS, GA.
General law practice. Office over Windsor
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THE ELECTROPOISE
applicable to treatment op all
Clironic Diseases,
When the Indications are not strictly
Surgical.
Nervous Affections,
Such as Neuralgia, Insomnia, Partial
Paralysis, Nervous Prostration, Anss-
mic conditions that do not- respond to
ordinary tonics, Torpid Liver, Spleen
or Kidneys, Pelvic troubles of women,
Functional troubles of heart, Dropsy,
Milkleg. Impoverished Blood, Chronic
Hemorrhages all yield to its tonic influ
ences and persistent use. By the skilled
use of Electropoise, Acute Rheumatism
and Malarial fever are rendered harm
less or aborted. All the weak points in
the system are helped—even incipient
consumption has been cured. The
power of opinrn acu aicohol over the
system are often subdued by the re
storative influence of this instrument.
No shock or unpleasant sensation of
any kind received in its proper use. It
is not liable to- be abased or to get out
of order. Its good effects are man
ifested on patients in longer or shorter
time, according to chronieity of the case
and susceptibility of the individual.
The “Pocket” poise can be used at
home by purchaser. Price $25. Ths
larger or “Wall” poise is better adapted
to office practice. Price $50. A book
of instructions with each instrument.
W. S. Whaley, Al. D.
defcv. Agent. Athens, Ga.
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