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ATHENS BANNER TUESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 15, 1891
JN0 . H- INMAN TALKS
ahoUT THE RICHMOND & DAN*
A VILLE RAILROAD.
IT MAY GO UP.
Th0 Georgia Carolina & Nort^orn
pushing Forward—What About
The Augusta Knoxville.
\ .special correspondent to the At
lanta Journal interviews Mr. John H.
l n ,nan as follows.
• I'lu appointment by the Btockhol-
1,.,-i of the committee of able financiers
‘ aid the company in perfecting the
plan for the permanent adjustment
‘ f its Hairs did not indicate any belief
on tii' ir part, or on the part of the
nresi'iit management, that the Terminal
(initially, or tlie system of roads it con-
are overwhelmingly involved.
•tin the contrary, as shown in the an
nual report, the J'eimiual company
owes no floating debt whatever, and
real embarrassment in the situation
•irises from the fact that the railroad
companies have not been able to sell
ti,cir securities at satisfactory prices to
meet their engagement*.
• There is ao disguising the fact that
,he prices of our securities indicate a
preat want of confidence in the situa-
iion. It must be apparent to any un
prejudiced person that the most impor
tant work before the company is to se
nt r.' a thorough restoration of public
cmiildence. 1 can readily understand
that all of those who bad hoped to sea
tin- Terminal system disintegrated feel
disgruntled by the appointment of the
committee, but those whose only object
is ti> build it up and put it up and put
j upon a sou uil financial fooling should
look with pleasure to the aid and co op
eration of such men as the stockholders
have appointed.
- I In-committee has elected Mr. E.
Xewn n chairman, and will, I presume,
proceed at once to the work in hand.
In Inc. they have already begun work,
mill have asked for some accounts, fig-
nies. etc., which are now being pre
pared for them. 1 have nothing fur
ther to say on the subject.”
The Georgia, Carolina and Nortbon
railroad Amoving on to Atlanta.
The president’s office is now in that
city, and the grading is being pushed
forward to the very gates of the
town.
The tracklaying is moving most rap
idly, and the road will soon be fully
equipped and running between Athens
and Lawrenceville. The wor«c has been
carried on most successfully by Chief
Engineer Temple, and it is confessedly
one of the best built railroads in the
Southern States.
No, what about the Augusta and
Chattanooga?
Thi- railroad would link the finest
see: ions of the South together. It
would tie a groat hoora for Athens.
Keip your eye on it. It is a cer-
tainty. ,
OUR MR. CRISP-
WHAT THE WORLD THINKS
THE SPEAKER.
OF
MANY OPINIONS.
Utterances From the Press of the
Country Gathered In Brief-
Some Very Entertaining
Reading It Is.
DR* STEAQLY DEAD
A GOOD
MAN GONE
FOREVER.
TO REST
A USEFUL LIFE GONE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?
w A .1 ester has 50,000 Oranges for
Christmas, 100 Bunches Banavas, 6,000
t’l enanuts, 5 000 pounds Fancy Candy,
r>uno pounds Nuts, 150 boxes Raisins,
Inn turrets of Apples, 20 barrels Malaga
(■rapes 500 pounds variety Grapes, 200
box • Firecrackers, large lot of Can
non Crackers, sky Rockets, "Reman
Candles, Torpedoes, etc.
I!" is offering to the wholesale and
retui trade special prices.
CONFERENCE AT CARTERSVILLE.
Church Folks Meet to Discuss Mat
ters In General.
Caktk; .svillk, Ga., Dec. 12 —[Spe
cial, j—This morning Dr. J. B. Barbee
mad an appeal before tbe conference in
favor of an efficient colportage.
K v. T it. McCarty, a transfer from
tin North Alabama conference, wasin-
trm need to the conference.
W .s Stephen?, J R Speck, W L Sin
gh ton, M S Williams, B H Trammell.
< M Verde)I, and L B Coggin made
their reports and were elected to elder’s
orders
1‘urks 1* Manning, Joseph £ Durran,
•h« I E Coney, Isaac C West, Robert P
Nhtd, John W Gober, John Turner,
W.dlaoe H Kenneliy, A J Hutchinson,
Kijay I* l’aden, James A Parks,
H ughes, Mark I* McGee, Benj. D Cook,
Hiram 1) Hutchinson, and J C Ed
uiHudson were elected local deacons
The following were elected elders:
Albcrtus W Smith, William Still-
wiT, James L Ivey.
The csedentials of M. F. Kinard, of
tin- Congregational Methodist ebureb,
and Robert H. Bullock, from ibeBap-
ibt church were recognized
l>r. (J. Cope Smith, professor in the
theological department of Vanderbuilt
Puiversity, was introduced to tbe con-
lerer.ee.
Prof. It. W. Smith, president of La-
G rang,. F emale college, made rrepert
<»f the college, and the report was re-
erred to;fie educational committee.
This has been the-most prosperous year
ot its existence.
The probability is that, in spite of
himself, the forces of reaction which
won his victory for him by methods
thatmay be passed over for the present,
which cannot be ignored, will hold
him down to that *'’conservatism”
which means an arrest of the forward
movement of the party and a facing
backward upon vital issues —St. Louis
Republic.
It is not to be denied that tbe elec
tion ol Mr. Crisp indicates that the or
ganization of the democratic party as
it is represented in the house is not
favorable to a campaign next year on
the8ingl« issue of tariff reform and
economical administration, or to the
nomination of a candidate who would
present that issue to the country.—New
York Times.
As an indication of action by the ma
jority in Congress on the tariff question
it means nothing. Mills is an extrem
ist, it is true, but Judge Crisp voted for
tbe bill of which Mills was the author
in the Fiftieth Qongr<-.ss, and his
speeches in Ohio in the recent campaign
showed him to be a radical revenue tar
iff man.—Cleveland Trader.
The precise significance of tbe elec
tion of Speaker Crisp with respect to
the future policy of the democratic side
of the house is difficult of determina
tion. Broadly speaking it may be said
that bis el-ciiori amounts to a repudia
tion of tbe extreme free trade views of
Mr. Mills.—Detroit Tribune.
The western democracy, which did
not support him in his candidacy, will
nevertheless give Mr. Crisp the fullest
and fairest show in the word; but it
will insist, as it has insisted for years,
that the tariff must be reformed and
that economy be exercised in the pub
lic expenditures.—Indianapolis Senti
nel.
It is a triumph for the enemies of
Cleveland, and apparently retires that
gentleman from serious consideration
a presidential possibility. It is a
victory for the elements represented by
Arthur Gorman, Governor Hill, Calvin
Brice, Tammany and the New York
Sun.—Cincinnatti Commercial Gazette.
The gentlemen who are calling Spea
ker Crisp an out and-out free coinage
man convict themselves of wofnl igno
rance. A very recent speech of Mr
Crisp shows that he does not entertain
such views, but recognizes that tbe
tariff is the issue next yearMilwaukee
Journal.
Mr. Crisp’s speech, in returning
thanks for the nomination, shows that
in the over-shadowing question of tariff
reform he is iuline with with the sen
timent of tbe party. That question
will be kept to the front and there will
he no backward steps.—Detroit Free
Press.
The choice is significant of the domi
nance of a prudent spirit in the great
democratic majority. It stamps that
majority at the outlet as one worthy of
the great trust committed by the people
to the democratic party.—New York
world.
It i? possible that the democrats might
have done as well by the election of
some oiher man than Crisp to tbe speak
ership, but it is clear that they could
not ha\e done better au-i might have
done much worse.—Philadelphia
Times.
After a prolonged struggle Mr. Crisp
has defeated Mr. Mills, and Mj. Cleve
land and his supporters are left out in
the cold. If democratic testimony is to
be accepted, the result is a victory for
protections—Indianapolis Journal.
Mr, Crisp is serving his fifth term in
Congress, and is a strong man, a
thorough democrat and au excellent
parliamentarian. His choice will be
satisfactory both to ihc party and to the
people —Cincinnati Enquirer.
With Crisp in the chair, and with
Mills, Springer and Mc.Millin to meet
Reed’s bancson the floor, the democrat
ic side will he equipped at all points for
tbetprudent conduct of public business.
—Kansas City Times.
Crisp is without doubt tbe best par
liamentarian the democrats have in the
new house. Hie leadership of the mi
nority in the last Congn ss demonstrat
ed his consummate tact and general
ship.—Minneapolis Times.
Altogether, bis election is not much
to be regrettek. It is, in a sense, a vic
tory for tbe anti-Clevelaud crowd, and
that is the worst than can be said.—St.
Lonis Chronicle.
And now that tbe contest is over,
there should be no Crisp men and Mill*
men among the democrats in the house,
but both wings flat together.—New
York Sun.
The general feeling is that the choice
is a good one. Judge Crisp will make
A Brief Sketch of His Life-The Fun
eral Today at 2 o’clock—A Large
Number of His Friends
Will Come.
Total Visible Cotton Supply.
N kw Yoi.k, Dec. 12.—[Special.]—The
t >t-il visible supply of cotton for tbe
is 4,21*7,621 bales, of which 3,
SII,; ,J21 is American, against 3,186,225,
and 2,604,025 respect!vely last year.
Receipts at all interior towns, 212,440
Receipts from plantations, 828, ~
Crop m sight 5,396,614.
all
hat a pity it is that his faoe is
pimpleB;
Ht ’d be very fine looking if ’twasn’fc
for that,”
• s aid pretty Miss Vere, with a smile at
tin* dimples
Hc.tlccU'.d from under tbe nobby spring
hat-
As she looked at beiraelf in the glass,
softly sighing.
That she hail for the young man a ten-
der regard,
There wasn’t the least need of denying—
for every one knew iL “His beauty is
KILLED HER SON-
A MOTHER’S AWFUL CRIME DONE
THROUGH COVETOUSNESS.
THE MURDERESS DIES.
good one. «*UUgei nap "ill
an ideal speaker, clear headed, even
temp- red and courteous.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The democratic party presents a unit
ed front, and can congratulate itseir
upon a wise selection for speaker of the
present Congress.—St. Paul Globe.
It is to be hoped that Mr. Crisp will
keep out of all entangling alliances
with so called ‘ protection” democrats
and free silver crauks.—Peora Herald
Judge Crisp may be just as good i
free trader as Colonel Mills, but the
mug-rump brethren will not be con
vinced of this fact.—Boston Traveller.
His election-means that the policy
and not the principle will rule the dem
ocia-ic conduct' from now till the elec
tion.—Quincy Whig,
The democrats of tbe bouse have cer
tainly made a good beginning.—Louis
ville Courier Journal.
Dr. Steadley is dead I
Such news it was thatjwas told on the
street early yesterday morning, and
with it spread the sorrow and grief that
came with tbe loss of a good man.
It was rather a surprise—a sorrowful
astonishment.
The friends of Dr. Steadley were un
prepared to believe be was dead, almost
as much so as they were unwilling to
believe it.
Although be bas been quite sick for a
long time his condition bad ceased to
be alarming and bis friends were left to
believe that he would slowly but grad
ually recover.
He died yesterday morning at a quar.
ter before five o’clock, surrounded by
bis loving wife and fond children.
▲ BRIEF SKETCH OF BIS LIFE
Dr. W. B. Steedly was born in Mid
way, S. C. in 1857.
He was forty one years old.
He was a bright boy and showed an
inclination when quite young to enter
tbe medical profession. He went to
tbe medical College in Au
gusta for a while
and afterwards went North to attend
a college of more extensive facilities.
He practiced medicine at his old
home, Midway, in South Carolina, for
a good number of years, and won
golden opinions among the people who
became bis patrons and clientage.
Many a time be would drive in a buggy
incessantly day and- night, attending
patients in the country around Midway,
sleeping in the buggy while a negro
boy drove him from place to place.
The climate was cursed with malaria,
and Dr. Steedly’s health soon began to
fail.
HE C AMK TO ATHENS.
Then he oame to Athens three years
ago.
He became a partner with Dr.
Carlton, of this city and
such excellent service as a doctor that
he built up a handsome patronage.
About two years ago be began prac
ticing with an office to himself. Ho
has made a wonderful record and a
splendid reputation here as a practic
ing physiciau.
One of bis characteristics was bis
kind-hearted generosity. He was ever
ready to help a friend, and had as few
enemies as any professional man, per
haps, ever had. Everybody loved Dr.-
Steed ly.
ms SICKNESS.
Several weeks ago Dr. Steedly was
seized with fever, which continued for
long time, developing iuflamation of
tne stomach.
Typhoid fever resulted and
became a very
sich man.
Dr, Petrie, his partner in practice
and Dr. Pope attended him in his illness
and did everything in their power to
stay .the grasp of death, but with no
avail.
The immediate cause of his death was
paralysis of the laryngal muscles,
which stopped his breathing power.
Dr. Steedly leaves a wife and four
ohildreu to mourn his death. His
children are Mrs. E. G. Walthal, Misse?
Meta and Georgia Steedly and Mr. Ben
Steedly.
Dr. Steedly had insured bis life foi
$10,000.
THE FUNKUAB TODAY.
The funeral will take place today
from the house _on Broad street at 2
o’clock.
The funeral servioes will be conducted
by Rev. L. R. Gwaltney, pastor of the
F rst Baptist church.
It goes without saying that a large
attendance will show tbe great sorrow
that prevails at his death, and that very
many friends will gather to pay him
their last tribute of respect.
A Hungarian Peasant Leaves His
Country for America And Amasses
a Little Fortune—He Returns
Home and Is Recognized
by His Father and Slain
By His Mother.
Vienna, Deo. 12. —A tragedy unpar
alleled in atrocity is reported from
Wieselburg, a town of Hungary,
twenty-one miles from Presburg. Six
teen years ago the son of a poor peas
ant living in the county of which
Wieselburg is the capital went to
America. There by industry be grad
ually saved About $3,000 in American
money. Resolving to return to his
father’s home, the son on his way
changed his money into the compact
forms of English sovereigns, of which
he had 600. It was late when he ar
rived at his father's house. He did not
immediately make himself known, but
asked hospitality as a stranger. The
mother was not there at the moment,
but the father recognized his son
through tbe disguise of years and em
braced him.
The son, being weary, retired to rest,
after telling his father of the little for
tune he hau brought home with him.
His son had the money in a bag near
his bed. The father did not tell the
mother when she came home who the
stranger was, resolving to wait until
morning and the son reveal himself to
the joy and surprise of his mother.
The latter got up during the night and
examined the stranger’s baggage and
finding the gold—a larger sum than she
had ever dreamed ot—determined to
possess it. The husband and father
slept on. The mother stealthily got a
knife and cut the throat of the stranger,
killing him instantly. Then she took
the gold and hid it. When the father
awoke he found his son in a pool of
blood on the bed. His cry of anguish
and horror aroused the wife, who had
expected to find her husband a ready
accomplice in concealing the crime for
the sake of the money. The father
gasped out who the victim was. With
one cry the murderess reeled and fell
dead.
MOLTEN LEAD POURED INTO
NEGRO WOMAN’S EAR.
A CHILD INJUREfl.
The Fiend That did the Terrible Crime
Is" Unenown—He Came In the
Dead Hour of Night Mother
and Child Were In the
Arms of Sleep and
Left no Traces.
dal from Vicksburg, Miss., says;
The wife and infant child of
Albert Coleman, colored, have been
victims of a most diabolical outrage.
She and her child were asleep when
some unknown person entered and
pouerd moulten lead in her ear and
spattered a large portion on the child.
The woman’s ear was burned out and
the physician’s think she cannot live.
The child was terribly burned and may
not recover.
be
News for-Enel* Sam.
Denver, Dec. 12.— A prominent cattlo
raiser of Wyoming while here recently
said to a reporter; "The trustees of tho
Northern Wyoming control the hand
ling of mail on the star routes, and are
te the habit of intercepting tbe letters
ior every one knew IL “His Deauty is • in tne *- =
marred by the frightful red blotches all j 0 f 3 tockmen. One owner, residing m
ov-.r his lace. 1 wonder If he couldn’t
<ake something to cleanse Ms blood, and
drive them away? ’ ..
He heard wbat. she said about his
looks. It hurt his feelings, but hi
i ouldn’t deny she told the truth. H«
Remembered a friendwMPf face used to
hsd as bis It had become smooth
“Simply hyVfSflhad t> n brought a,. 'U.
KtooviPry.’' l:i, ' rt l 8 c G r°eply Salvation OB»
“Take tbat, anil I’ll warrafM . j earth for pain,
get rid of your pimple*.”
Ho did so.
Hi*i facf* became healthy and clear,
Axd next w.ek he’ll be married
prevV MUs Vere.
Cheyenne, has not heard from his fore
man direct for months. In another
wse, an owner who Uvea on the ranch
iToompolled to visit the railroad quite
often He never hears from home white
away except through letters to a third
persom Letteri are opened at thesmall
offices." __
Keep vour eyes open; 25 cents buys
— tbe greatest cure on
Tourists to Yellowstone Park nex
• Tight encounter a northwestern
wBMake alo^ey are wise men they
Feeble and capricious appetites are
best regulated by the use of Ayer’s Ca
thartic Pills. They do not debilitate, by
excessive stimulation; but cause the
stomach, liver, and bowels to perform
fcoeir functions properly. As an after-
dinner pill, they are unequaled.
DISGRACEFUL SCENE.
letery—A Duel
Dr Buiii Cough ° l tbe fam0UB
A Dispute In n French Cel
to Follow.
Paris, Deo. lb.—A most disgraceful
scene occurred at the cemotery in which
a large number of tbe victims of the
disaster at Puits De La Manufacture at
St. Etienne were interred Tuesday.
M. Douvreleur, the vice cliairman of
the St. Etienne colliery and owner of
the mine where tbe disaster occurred,
and M. Gierodct Moyer, of St Etienne,
became involved in a dispute, which it
is surmised had reference to the respon
sibility for tbe accident, and tbe lan
guage used was simply disgraceful.
Gierodet thought himself insulted, chal
lenged Douvreleur, who accepted the
challenge, and preparations are being
made for a duel.
A .Foot Outlined In Blood.
Crittenden, Pa., Dec. 10.—Tho people
of the little hamlet of Milton'S Cross
Roods, lying some ten or twelve miles
north of this place, are frantic over
mysterious and ghostly occurrence of
nightly frequency. There is a print of a
foot outlined in blood, which has been
found recently in evexy house in the
village. Sometime* this mysteriow, sign
ia discovered on the porch, sometimes in
the kitchen, agate in the parlor, and
even in the bed room. No sound nor
other phenomenon accompanies it, and
whoever or whatever it is that leaves
the mark aomee and goes
A Daring Dash for Liberty.
Denver, Dee. 12. — The notorious
Mike Ryan made an attempt to escape
from the connty jaiL Ryan Is now
nnder sentence to serve five years in
the penitentiary for drugging and rob
bing a countryman of 15,00b, and wm
in jail in default of $3,000 bonds await
ing the decision of the court ou his mo
tion for a new trial. Ryan was taken
into court by Deputy Sheriff Cummings
to hear Jndge Bentley deny bis motion.
Ryan’s wife was present and wept bit
terly. Ryan was taken to the Judge’s
chambers, there he requested Deputy
Sam Phillips, to whom Cummings had
surrendered him, to go in and talk to
his wife and tell her not to cry. Phil
lips did so, and while eo engaged Ryan
walked oat of the room, jumped into
Tim Connor’s baggy, which for some
unexplained cause was standing at tbe
door, and drove away. Officers were
soon after him, and after an hour’s
chase Ryan was captured near the sub
urban town of Arvada. Connors was
Ryan’s partner, and was also indicted
for the robbery, bat is now out on bail.
The Fatal ■* Thirteenth.**
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 13.—A
young woman named Barbara Mail-
houser, who died in this city a few days
ago, was a victim of the thirteenth su
perstition. A short time before her fa
tal illness she attended an evening par
ty at which there were thirteen people
present. Afterward, when she became
ill with typhoid fever, though not seri
ously ill, she recalled the party of thir
teen, told her mother and the physician
of it, said that she was the first to no
tice the presence of the fatal number,
and that, therefore, she was the one of
the thirteen to die. Thereafter the phy
sician’s remedies did not avail, and the
onug woman, giving np all effort to
ive, soon died.
•BTi gay Gould’s Messenger Bobbed.
New York. Dec. 12.—Jay Gould’s
messenger boy, while whistling "Mag
gie Murphy’s Home,"had his pocket
picked of 1,414 shares of Missouri Pa
cific stock. Tbe lad knows nothing
about who it was that got them.
THE ONE-HOSS SHAY.
The peculiar feature of the “one-boss
shay” was, |that it was “built m such a
wonderful way” that it had no “weak
est part.” The “weakest part” of a
woman is invariably her back, and “fe
male weaknesses” are only too common
With the use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite
Prescription, this may be avoided, anti
women may be comparatively as strong
as their brothers. Prolapsus, inflamma
tion, ulcera’ion, periodical pains, leu-
corrhea, dragging-down sensations, de
bilitv, nervousness, sleeplessness, de
epondency, are only a fjw of the symp
toms of weakness of the female organs
which the “Favorite Prescription” is
warranted to remove.
Two Children Cremated.
BcLLKFONTE.Penn., Dec. 12. The
idenoe of George Ammerman, at Port
Matilda, waa burned, and two of Mr
children were cremated. 19 is pre
turned that the fire was caused by the
children, who were left alone.
CONDENSED NEWS
DISPATCHES’
ess
What Is Going on In Various Parts of
the World.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec 12 —[Special ]—
Terminal stock bas probably reached
its lowest ebb. The tide turned yester
day, and there was an advance of two
points in the stock. The directors have
decided not to issue any new bonds.
London Dec. 12.-[Special.]—Eng-
gland is in iminent danger of a war with
Russia Fear of such a conflict has
been increased by the recent, conflict on
the Pamir frontier between Russia and
English troops. England will probably
idS'stupon a settlement of the Pamir
question.
New York, Dec. 12.—[Special.]—A
newspaper reporter has traced the iden-
titvof the man who threw the bomb at
Russell Sage, with that of Henry L.
Norcross, a Boston broker. This was
accomplished by taking a niece of the
man’s clothing and finding out who sold
him the suit.
OUTRAGEOUS-
Harmony Grove Happenings.
STEVE RYAN.
Harmony Or vf, Ga., Dec 12 —
[Special J -Mr. Bud Beusst*, represent-
*ug one of Athens’ big wholesale
houses, ia in the Grove today.
Messrs. Neal Chandler and Sam Wil
son, two of Madison County’s most
prosperous planters, am in town today
trading
Mr. J. J. Shepherd, a big Banks
Conn I y boy, has returned from a short
sojourn in the “wild, woollv west ” He
says tbe “old roil hills of G. - rgia” are
good enough for him hereafter.
Our town is being billed today for
Barber’s Minstrels and Phenomenal
Boy Band which will appear before the
footlights at College Hall on the nights
of Dec 24th, and 25th. This is un-
8t. Louis, Dec. 18.-A Republic spe-' ?®" bted, y ,? ne ot . tb ® test minstrel
, . , 1 troupeson the road and it will certain
ly be greeted by a largo house here.
Banting Knohan with n Horsswhlfi.
Columbus, Ind., Dec. 18.—About a
month ago A. E. Kaehan and wife, just
married, came here from Cincinnati, he
taking a position as hostler for Dr. Mo
Leod and she as kitchen maid. Kachan
was a dime museum man, and had
eloped with his wife, a highly respecta
ble ladp, and married against the wish
of her parents. He is known as the hu
man tiger, cast iron stomach, eats glass
and tacks and swallows knife blades; is
double jointed and wonderfully elastic,
and has fought two prize fights. Kae
han has created a sensation by stealing
away from her home the 16-year-old
daughter of Wright Champion, whom
be had been meeting clandestinely. The
young girl, Mabel, was overtaken, cap
tured and brought back home in tears,
and now the girl’s father is hunting
Kaehan with a horsewhip and Mrs.
Kaehan with a rolling pin.
Dnring Street Bobbery.
Louisville, Dec. 12.—According to
the story related by Homer Wells,
assistant cashier in the local freight
office of the Ohio and Mississippi in
this city, a most daring street robliery
occurred here. Mr. Wells relates that
at 5:80 o’clock p. m. he placed $790 in a
sack and started to the Adams Express
office to remit the money, which he
placed in his outside pocket. At the
corner of Fifteenth and Main, in a
principal neighborhood, he stopped to
wait for a oar. A man roshed np,
snatched the money package from
Wells’ pocket and fled southward,
Wells in pursuit. At the corner of
Sixteenth street a tall confederate
grabbed Wells and held him nntil the
first man was out of sight and then dis-
ppeared in tbe Bnrronnding darkness,
o one saw the robbery, and Wells re
ported the above acconnt to the ant.hor-
ties. There is as yet no clew to any
robbers.
Bridge Swindlers.
San Antonio, Dec. 12.—The arrest of
Fred Weinangle, agent of the Wiscon
sin Bridge company, upon an indict*
ment charging him with conspiracy
against trade, created much surprise
here, but there was a sensation when
tbe fact became public that fifteen
other agents of the different bridge
companies of the country have been in
dicted upon the same charge and will
Soon be arrested. It is alleged that they
Joined a trust, and, in collusion with
ths Berlin Bridge company, put up the
contract price of the bridges recently
constructed here from $17,000 to $49,-
000, and that they all shared in the
profits derived by the swindling pro
He May Spend His Christmas Out of
Jail.
Atlanta, Ga., Drc. 12.—[Spichth]—
Monday, December 21st, is the day on
which Judge Marshal J. Clarke will
hear the case of Stephen A. Ryan.
The case came up t-his morning at a
bar meeting on a motion by Captain Al
bert Cox to put tho Ryan matter at the
head of the call dccket.
Judge Clarke, in deciding the matter,
said:
“This case has been on docket since
July last and hasn’t any high claim for
precedence by the court. It will be heard
on Monday, December 21st.”
This will give Mr. Ryan a chance, if
be is liberated, of spending the Christ
mas holidays outside a prison cell.
An Old Clarke County Boy One of the
Number.
At the Methodist Conference now in
session at Cartersville, on Friday Bishop
Hay good gave a talk announcing tbnc
the following would be transferred to
California. They are noble, wide
awake young men: Duncan M Ed
wards, John J N Kenny, J F Davis, B
H Green, A A Tilly, J F Tyson and H
Branham. He then said he needed
$2,500 to help them to California, and
to start them to work in that field.
Over $22,600 \ as raised.
Rev J J N Kenney, one of the minis
ters volunteering to go to the Golden
State, is an old Clarke county boy, and
is wellknown in Athens. He’is one of
the most tAlented young preachers in
the Conference, and Clarke county is
proud of him, and wishes for him
abundantsuecess in the new field of
labor.
A Terjiflc Explosion.
Pittsburg, Dec. 12.—A terrific explo
sion of hot metal occurred at Lucy fur-
nace, fatally burning Joseph Mardello
and Frank Gorrello and seriously injur
ing Peter Hidikey, Leonard Beck and
Patrick McKenn. A large number of
others who were at work at the time
had narrow escapes, several lieing
slightly burned. The explosion was
coaaei by a drop of cold water falling
from a waste pipe into a ladle of inoul-.
«n metal which the men were ivmov-
i ng from tbe furnace. The bodies of
llardello and Garrello were burned al
most to a crisp and their faces were un-
recognizrble. Their sufferings were
awful, and when on their way to the
hospital in an ambulance they begged
the attendants to kill them and end
their misery. The mill was not dam
aged.
Go to Jesters for Cranberries. Cur
rants, Citron, Dates, Figs, etc ,etc.
Haws bom Mexico.
f City of Mexico, Dec. IK—There has
teen and is at present, much rioting
going on Topachila. It Is due to the
dissatisfaction of the people with tbe
government. Troops are held in read
iness to proceed to tbe scene of the dis
orders whenever the government may
deem it necessary.
In order to relieve the famine to the
State of Durango the government is
purchasing com in tho United States.
An agent named Samudio, employed
on the Mexican Central railroad, has
disappeared. He is said to be a de
faulter to a large amount. It is thought
th»± be fled to tbe United States.
Fighting In Honduras.
New York, Dec. 12.—The Herald’s
Ban Salvador advices say the latest
news from Honduras is quite alarming.
A battle is now reported as being in
progress between tbe revolutionists and
the forces of Governor Vasques. Bon
illa has been proclaimed president by
the revolutionists. President Rxeta of
6an Salvador, is maintaining a strict
neutrality between the contending
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For about thirteen years I have been troubled
with ecsema or some other cutaiiOuna disease
which all remedies failed to cure, nearing of
the Cuticura Remedies, I resolved to give
them a trial. Hollowed the directions careiully,
and it affords me much pleasure to my that be
fore using two i oxes of the Concur Ajour cakes
of Clticuka. soap, and one bottle of Cutjoura
Resolvent, I was entirely cuied. In addition
to my own case, my baby boy, then about five
months old, was sufferi -g with what 1 supposed
to be the same disease as mine, to such an ex
tent that his hea-1 was coated over with a solid
scab, fr- m which there was a constant flow of
pus which was sickening to look upon, besides
two large tumor-llke kernel - ou the back of his
head. Thanks to jo-w wonderful i:utioura
Remedies, his scalp is perfectly well, and the
kernels have been scattered so that there is only
one Uttle place by his left ear, and that Is hear
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has a fine coat of hair much better than that
destroyed by the disease. I would that the
whole world of sufferers from skin and blood
diseases knew the value of your Cutioc ha Rem
edies as I do They are worth ten times the
price at '.which they are sold. I have never
used any other toilet soap in my house since I
bought the first cake of yonr Cctiouba Soap.
II would be inhuman, as well as ungrateful,
should I Ml to speak well of and recommend
them to •verv sufferer. I have spoken of them
and shall continue to speak of them from the
pulpit, in the house, and in the streets. Praying
that you may live long, and de others tho same
amount of good you have done me and my
cMId, I remain, vours gratefnllv,
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Dec. 2—dwed&sat.wly.SorSp n.n.r.m.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDIT -Ed.
All persons having demands against the estate
of George E. Heard, deceased, aro hereby no
tified to lender in their demands to tho under
signed, and all persons indebted to ssld estate,
m e required to make immediate payment. De-
ma-ds 10 be rendered to N G. Long, Executor,
Llberton. Ga.
N. G. LONG, Kx’r.
c. C. HEARD, Kx’x.
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AGENTS FOR
Clipper Plows,
Hampton Plows,
Clark’s Cutaway Harrows.
These Messenger Boys were sent out to make sf
delivery of Catalogues, and told to hurry. This idea so excited'
them that they got all mixed up and don’t know which isi
which. They want you to pick them out and put them in their
proper order, so as to show the name of a leading piano. |
Here is a hint. The catalogues tell all about the famous
SOFT-STOP and other patented improvements. For further
information come and see
HASELTON * DOZIER,
\
Athens; Ga.
{.fpt t—if
Drafts, Checks, hUtes and
other business forms for sale
ftf the Banner job office*
Buv From the Man With the Best Ropntatioi
O. 3T. KOHLRUbS,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
MARBLE AND eRANITE,
MCNUMENTS, HEADSTONES,
COPINGS, STATUES, ETC.
The ’■tatues of Dr. Irvine, Mrs, McCoy, Mrs. Carwile and Miss Timber lake
own, and are sufficient evidence of good work, at as reasonable
Oor. Washington and Ellis Sts.,--
Moh.S—wly.