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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 eeeooooseoeeooeoosooaoooooeseoesn “MOTHERS’* FRIEND” To Young Mothers • Hakes Ohild Birth Easy. • Shortens Labor, | Lessens Pain, g Endorsed by the Leading Physicians, o Book to "Mother* 1 '*tnailod FREE. o BRADF1ELD REGULATOR CO. q ATLANTA, GA. g SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. GOING TO CALIFORNIA. A Minister’s Cure. A minister and his little boy cured of OUSTINATB SKIN DISEASES BY THE CCTI- cura Remedies. Prai-es them in the PULPIT, HOME, AND IN THE STREET. Cured by Cuticura. 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 ing nicely. Instead of a coating of soahe ho 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, (Rev.) O. M. MAKNING, Box 28, Acworih, Ga. ’ WORTH A GUINEA A BOX.” PAINLESS-—EFFECTUAL. FORA DISORDERED LIVER! Taken as directed these famous Pills* will prove marvellous restoratives to all enfeebled by- the above or kindred 25 Cents a Box, but generally recognized In England and, in fact throughout the world to be “worth a guinea a box,” for the reason that they IF1X£ CURE a wide range of eom- plaints, and that they have saved to many ' j U ® er * ra D°t j^wely one but many guineas, ! Of all druggists. Price 2S cents a box. Ncw VqrkJ>eppt,J365 Canal St. Oucicura Remedies Are in truth the greatest skin cures, blood pu rifiers, and humor remedies of modern times. Sold everywhere. Price. Cuticura, tOc : Soap, 2 c.; Resolvent, 41. prepared by the Fotthb ubbo and Chemical CoBPORATioN, Boston iy 8en<l for "How to Lure -kli> Diseases,” 61 pages, SO illustrations, and 100 testimonials. PIHPLRS, black- heads,red, rough, chapped and 1 oliy skin, cured by Cuticura Soap. OLD FOLKS’ PAINS. Full of comfort tor all Pah)?, In flammation, and Weakness of tho Aged Is 1 he Cuti- ura Antl-paln Plas- t-r, tho Hint and only pain-killing ■ strengtheningipiaster. >ew, instan taneous, and infaldblp. 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. TALMAGE & BRIGHTWELL HARDWARE. 13 ES. Clayton Street, 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.