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ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING K0YEMBER7|f I893
sessi0n mCL the extra
reacrv ation in Nebraska.
went~hunting.
Cleveland and Gresham Took a Tarn
Shooting Squirrela. I
WAmaxpN, Nov. 4. -r-President
Cleveland celebrated ^adjournment of
congress by going squirrel shooting,
“ecretary Gresham went with him.
Both Secretary Lament and Secretary
SrtS.Jir 8 1x01,0 their de-
vl^, ant h" «o»®
to New York, and Hr. Herbert ia boar
moving into hirtiew home. ■ ^7
Erector aTthe Mint Phston has is
sued a statement that the actual ro-
°^*«® of silver dollars has
hnt the miatshave
to restune
SHKteftt.aS' — “
Homblower Rejected.
Washington, Nov. 4.—The senate ad
journed without confirming the nomina
tion of Mr. Hornblower to be justice of
Uxe supreme oonrt. This failure to con-
fixm has the effect of a rejection. The
praadent will, therefore, be compelled
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
MAKING GEORGIA LAWS,
Work of tiie Lt gUlaturd for the Good of
the Country.
Atlanta, Nov. 2.—In the house, a
resolution was adopted commending the
action of the Georgia State Fair and
Telegraphic Sparks and Other Items fgj
for Banner Headers.
—At a fire near Eastman, Ga , a negro
named Crawford Davis was burned to
destb.
—The sports of Jacksonville, Fla.,
are raistng & fund to secure the Cor-
bett-Mitchell prize fight in that city.
—Tomorrow is the time set for the &S
trial of Pendergrast, the murderer of
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago.
—At Roanoke, Va., J. P. Melhoru
was killed by Police Officer Gee while
resisting arrest.
—In the cotton movement of the past
week, it is shown that the 2,000,000
mark has been passed.
—Gov. Bob Taylor Is on a lecturing
tour. His ticket reads, “Paradise of
Fools—Admit One.”
—The extra session of Congress, hav
ing adjourned, there Is now i short
breathing spell until the regular ses
sion opens in December.
—It is said that President Cleveland
will take a two or three day’s hunt,
now that the extra session has co me to
an end.
—President Cleveland has issued his
proclamation, setting apart Thursday,
Nov. 30tb, as a National Thanksgiving
Day.
—In the Home for the Aged near
Raleigh, N. C., Mary Page, eged 104,
and Hsriett Mordecai, aged 101, died on
Friday.
—John M. Salter, of SandersvUle, ac
cidentally shot his sister, Miss Patsy,
; on Thursday. She is dangerously
wounded.
—James H. Taylor plead guilty to
. the charge of having embezzled $1,800
, from the government. He was com
mitted to thp United States Circuit
Court at New Orleans in the sum of
« 12,500.
—Unknown robbers killed Matthew
' Aker son and hie wife, .living near
, Weeping Water, Neb. They also
wounded a son.
| —Mrs. Etta Sample, of Louisville,
son with
AND THE BLACK AND CRIMSON
GOES DOWN.
THE SCORE W 28 TO 0
Rough Placing at First—The
University Team Out
classed—Some Small
Scraps.
THE MAI2f OBJECT.
Augusta Exposition in inviting the presi
dent of the United States, the president
of the senate and the speaker of the
house to attend the coining exposition in
Augusta, an{l expressing a wish that the
Invitation \yould be accepted.
The resolution was at once transmit
ted to the senate, after Mr. Fleming had.
made a short speech of explanation.
The house bill introduced by Mr.
Freeman, of Troup county, to authorize
attorneys and agents to swear to the
beet “of their knowledge and bafief”on
money demands which they are seeking
to collect, was passed.
The senate promptly adopted the house
resolution reciting the fact •sat the Au
gusta exposition, had invited President
Cleveland and bis cabinet to visit the
exposition, and urged the president to
accept.
The seriate amended the house resolu
tion fixing the time for Dr.' Boggs to ad
dress the legislature from 11 a.in. onNov.
8 4 to 8 o’clock p. m. i
Bills Fend In the Senate.
The tall introduced by Senator Clay
providing that hereafter all bangings
shall be private, was passed.
iv* Marked a Revo-
- T of This Conn.
The Chinese
lasted.
Nov. 4.—The session of
e long memorable for
the bill providing for
, purchasing clans© of
tf ing act of 1890, known
ac t. The extraordinary
,1 for the purpose of ao-
rejicil, and the other
;li,A was merely inci-
11 reached the senate af-
.ouse on Ang. 28, and
1 by the senate nntO
The great game of football between
the “Techs” and the University
boys was played yesterday and the
black and crimson of the University
went down before the white and gol 1-
The attendance from Atlanta was
about one hundred and the city gave
she University, boys good backing by
.he presence of hundreds of citizens.
Several ladies from Atlanta wore tie
colors of the “Techs” while numbers
of Athens’ fairest daughters donned
the colors of the University.
Ttere was little or no betting on the
game. W hat little there was gave odds
on the “Techs” as it was stated that
several men on the team were not mem
bers of the Technological school, bat
had been matriculated from all over
Atlanta for tlus special occasion. This
provides. in effect, for theoes-
icfifce purchase and coinage of
usd nay be said to mark a revo-
Jj. the'financial history of the
pr While the records show that it
“Jjhonse bill which became a law,
Ifcjdy technical, as the senate sub-
pi] t measure or us own, and the
Lgapud the substitute.
|jb2 of next greatest importance to
|lt pa: bill, which passed both honeee
pjg-ess. is the bill extending the
lit which Chinese laborers can reg-
r J.&: the Chinese act, known as
Atlanta for tlus special occasion,
was the case where one man was a Bur
geon at McPherson’s barracks in the
service of the U.S.
Interest was intense when the game
started. ' The umpire waa Mr. Nourse,
chosen by the ‘‘Techs’^’ the referee, Mr.
BowdrsPhinizy, chosen by the Univer
sity boys.
The teams lined np as follows:
TTNTVEBSJTY. POSITIONS. “TXCHS.”
Wriglay, , LefiEud. Raoul.
Warren, Left Tackle- Werner.
Black, Lef * Guard. Wood.
Sail mar, C= atre. Spain.
Thor mi r. B V Guild. Forest.
Smufa, Hu. • Tackle. Nourse.
Fne*s, ** Rif ..t End. MaRse.
Baiter, f Qri,.f 1 B-ck Kimball.
Shackleford^ Ldt Half Back, Whitney.
Brown, & R gat Half Back, Hunter.
Brown, H. Full Back. HowelL
The University won the ball on the
toss and started out with a flying wedge
going five yards. Then Snackleford
went around the right end for twenty-
five yards amidst tremendous cheering.
The “Techs” then commenced their
playing and in fact the only play they
executed well. It was bucking the cen
tre. Here their extra weight told ef
fectively. Two, five, six ten yards over
and over or the same play until
Wood carried the ball beyond the line
and toadied down. Howell then
kicked goal. Score 6 to 0 in favor of
Techs.
The same game was played effective
ly again and after a series of backlog
centre, Nourse touched down, and
to them.
TO WRECK EL CID.
TUo Brazilian Admiral May Have Trouble
Getting Oat to Sea.
New York, Nov. 2.—There is reason
to believe, if the rumors in circulation
are true, that the friends in this city of
Adndral MeHo, leader of the Brazilian
rebels, are preparing to give loyal Ad
miral Mauitz a surprise when the steamer
SGid attempts to. leave this part an
Nov. 12, equipped as one of President
Pinxoto’s cruisers.
Although it is denied br the firm of
M. Morgan, that within the past few
FreaMentM Approval*.
Washington, Nrfr. 4.—The president
has signed the New York World’s Fair
winners’ expoeab . •"11, and the MU env
veping the battl- Hlionis aUthe
Fritz,” which is said to be one of the most delightf al entertainments upon
the road. “Friend Fri z” is a free translation, of the great Cimedie Fran-
caise success,*L’ami Fritz,” with a musical setting by Julian Edwards^
who is said to have composed some of the prettiest music that one can im
agine. The .story is one of love pure and simple, framed by a realistic
9tage setting. Its effects are gained by every other means than those
termed “theatric.” The play and p’ayeip take the theater-goer as far
away from the theater as the ordinary play brings him into it.
The effects are so many, so carefhlly studied and natural that he has
John Chinaman Allowed More
Washington, Nov. 4.—The prudent
has signed the trill extending &$ rix
months the time in which the tiflkuito
can register under the Geary lavQ
A Bl» Lumber lire.
Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 2.
saw mill just east of Dixon, $K, f)
miles east of this city, was destriQK by
fire during the night. The firfinierill
to the lumber piles, extending onAmghth
of a mile, and a conflagration followed.
The loss is $800,000.
in Francisco; another
Ictriin lyu* in Oklahoma ter-
ifte tu eommute their home-
and tbe third relates to
listieoffic') of the commissioners
H&trict of Columbia.
in addition to those
fjkwate has . __
psfKi out., passed 14 house bills,
ue important of these being house
killed her seven-year-old
morphine, bat failed in the attempt on
her own life.
—Secretary Carlyle has ordered the
mints at Philadelphia and New Or
leans to coin seignorag e into standard
(diver dollars.
—The Senate adjourned without con
firming the nomination of Mr. Horn-
blower tu be Justice of the Supreme
Court. This amounts to a rejection.
Arthur Bethea, a white man, shot
and killed Press Bowen, a negro at
Marion, S. C., on Thursday. Tha negro
drew a pistol on Bethea.
—The indications are that vihere will
be an extensive strike East Ten
nessee lines, in a few days. A Knox
ville dispatbb says there will be trou-
ble.
—A man named General Kennedy has
confessed to the muider of night opera
tor, Lowery at Shell Mound, Tenn.
He and his cousin John K ennedy com-
—At Oliphant, Ark , at ten Colock
on Thursday night, seven masked rob
bers held up the train. The oonauotor,
J. P. McNally, opened fire on the rob-
bers and tried to protect his train. He
was shot and instantly killed. The ex
press car was then looted and the pas
sengers were all robbed. The robbers'
made their escape, but bloodhounds
have been put on their track.
—It is said that the President is in
clined to appoint Senator Ransom, of
North Carolina, to the oirc nit judgeship
made vacant by the .death of Judge
Bond, bat that the Senator prefers to
remain in the Senate.
Dan & Co., report the business con-
ditioa more hopeful, and the tone of
trade more confident. Bradstreet re
ports an improved tone in financial cir
cles, and the growth of confidence of
merchants In the ontlook.
an illusion, as the effect is gained through genuine realities. There is
rsal soop brought npon the table that sets up volumes of savary steam,
real country tobacco is wafted from the weitzel wood pipes, and the rays
of the sinking sun as it colors the face of Fritz Kobns and the odd fea
tures of his companions, yellow, crimson and purple in its fading glows, is
nature itself. '11 _
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And in the farm yard scene, the real hay with its pleasant odor, the
old well from which “Snzel” draws real water, and the real cherries
“Frit z” plucks from the tree are some of the little touches that carry the
auditor among the people whose happiness and guUelessness he is witness
ing and oauses him to wonder at the simplicity of the mechanism which
baa gone to make this result.
General admission 75s, Reserved seats 100, Balcony 50j, Gallery 25c
Ik 1. for th- rt^»eal of the porchae-
itaase cf the Sherman act. The
■ho* bill- passed by the senate re-
Mikak in tne Sioux Indian reser-
bbb Nebraska and South Dakota,
tbft&ed Braws courts in Idaho
Tput and South Dakota, to the
and New Jersev bridge, to
pu iwwue cotters for the 'great
Harmony Grovb, Ga., November
4th.—[Special.]—Dr. L. G. Hardman
made a flying visit to Maysville this
morning on professional business.
Judge W. W. Stark returned home
Thursday from a visit to the Gate City.
Mrs. H. O. Williford has one of the
most beautiful flower yards in our little
city. Mrs. Williford is a great lover
of flowers and has some of the finest
varieties of flowers ever seen in the
Grove.
Mr. L. L. Stephenson and his gang
of brick masons came back this week to
finish np the brick work on our factory.
After tbe brick work is completed the
carpenters, with Mr. Chas. T. Barber
as foreman, will rush the wood work to
an early completion. Soon the music
of the spindles will be heard in our
town.
Dr. W. B. Hardman’s residence on
Pine street is now nearing completion.
The wood work has all been finished
without a drop of non falling upon it.
The painters and plasterers are now
busily engaged putting the finishing
touches upon it. This house will con
tain 9 or 10 rooms, and when finished
will be one of the handsomest residen-
cea on this popular new street.
Rev. W. B. Branham will preaohaiq
farewell sermon at the Methodist
churoh here on tomorrow (Snnday)
November 5. This makes the second
yevr he has served his flock at this
place and his many warm friends and
admirers are loth to see him depart for
If the wishes of the peo-
fdzra, to tbe yierease of officers of
irst detailed, ft colleges, to the ex-
■n of tfco Chinese exclusion act, and
kalis of a private character.
Bsscnato also passed four joint reeo-
oruriiiated in that body
111 which orisriuated in the bouse.
•~J rac of tuc senate resolutions of
I®*** is the one which provides for
(Rsst.'Ui.u of a hall of records in
fcron. whxh also passed the
Of the house bills which paased
those warty of uote are:
ga KUrin; to tho Mormon property
KfLake City; that providing for the
of SO.iJOO additional copies of
•“Bpeudium of the eleventh census;
f t® removal of ocean derelects,
foe conferring < * ” "
LIQUOR LITIGATION.
Charleston, Nov. 2.—A petition wqs
filed in the United States oonrt in behalf
of certain citizens of Charleston and Au
gusta. asking the oonrt to order the re
ceiver of the South Carolina railroad to
transport certain packages of bqpr and
whisky to the agent of the road in Au
gusta for transportation and delivery to
consignees in this state.
Under the dispensary law no Hquor
can be brought Into the state except that
THE EXAMINATION.
stuff &hd & few runs around the end
and Wood again touched down and
Howeli kicked goal. Score 18 toO.
About this time the first half was
called 1 and the players rested for a
while/
. SXCOND HALF.
Whan they faced each other again,
Phinizy was umpire and Nourse was
referee.
The Techs, had the balL Howell ran
aronnd tbe right end for 18 yards, and
after a.while the Techs, had pushed on
12 yards farther. The University boys
got the ball and by a series of move
ments
Yesterday the U. 8- Civil Service Ex
amination Waa Held.
Yesterday morning at 9 o’clock the
United States' Civil Service examina
tion was held at the Washington Street
school building. This was held for the
purpose of giving those a chance, who
desired it, for the position of carriers at
this place. There were about a dozen
who presented themselves for examina
tion and of course they will not know
for a few days who will be the lucky
contestants.
Mr. P. B. Bunn, of Washington, D.
C , and Mr. H. J Rowe, of the Athens
post office, conducted the examination.
Although the present carriers have
gave perfect satisfaction this examina
tion is required by the Postal laws.
Mr. Bunn will leave at an early date
fir his home in Washington, D. C.,
and then the examination papers will
b; rated and Bent back.
wia doping on the back of a alow mov-
ing.pal/rev, was overtaken in Wayne
'county by. the girl’* fattier and severely
whipped." The stem parent then took
his daughter home.
A- J. McLendon, sheriff, and several
dtizebs of Shelby county, Tennessee,
Whose indictment grew out of thejynch-
ing of Lf» Walker, a negro, will not be
tried. After exhausting a venire of 500
men wiflwut securing a single juror, the
attorney general nolle pressed the cases.
MUton L. Worthey, of Westbrook,
Me., iptin jail charged with forcing his
attentions on Miss Laura Dana, daugh
ter of his employer, a wealthy manufac
turer. He courted her at the point of a
revolver, and she escaped from him only
after she had promised to write him a
. of diplomas upon
• ins through the board
ptotal of senate bills and joint res-
gws and of house bills and joint res-
P® ill told is only 42.
4h* Home Makes a Record. —
has l--en introduced in the
P’to session 4,390 bills and 87 joint
PtSfliu. Of this entire number 166
farted from committees and
I** passed the house. Most of those
^ p.i-sci are of local interest
®kc:x:j where they apply and
. 3 Parsed to meet some necessity
^S 16 of these have be-
auiby favorable action in the
receiving the president’s ap-
ih,a„ are yet in committee or
of the senate.
hnve become laws the
•**1*11 importance orignating in
1,0*^ r file silver purehase repeal, is
U S^fbill. This passed the hoose
^ the senate Nov. 2, A joint
tact to donating an abandoned
. 10 tne Grand Army encamn*
K-to U hold a.t Pittsburg in 18»t
te»oiution which be-
I' r °'idea for an international
for the marking and removal
the scean. One of a num-
l» /^iations paased tenders
L^^Wgments of the United
Emus fur ?8 n governments who
in tbe World’s Fair at Chi-
r-^tom to the Mormon
Eft/v- •‘di. property that has been
S3lg2* ,°1 since 1S87, and
of voters on the
Ehiv*®'-?' fStaboma. Another an-
Ma, ■ of Wisconsin to place
Sfe^ as ^ ,50f ForeMarqimtte.
the board of corn-
can be brought into the state exc
which has the brand of the state
easy on it. Tbe petitioners claim that it
is unconstitutional and that the state has
no right to deprive a eitirifa of his rights
in order to foster a monopoly of the trade
in whisky.
A rule was issued directing Receiver
Chamberlain to answer and inviting the
gar at tho 'hear-
for Nov. 9.
tog, wl
BRUNSWICK’S FEVER.
Refugees Must Stay Away or Buffer Bear-
‘ turtle back”
gained .twenty or thirty yards.
Then E. Brown was kicked in the
head by komeof the Tech, players and
had to retire, McCutohen taking his
place. They lost the ball however, and
the Techs, by a series of good plays
touched down on ran of Howell and
Howell failed to kick goal. Score 22
to 0.
Then the University boys got on
their mettle and made several advances.
Shackelford went around the right end
and was tackled. Umpire gave Uni
versity boys twenty yards on foul
tackle. Shackelford bucked tbe centre
and went! over the line Brown kicked
goal., Score 22 to 6.
Tne Techs then by a repetition of
heir oldj-meof bucking centre made
aaother’fibucb dawn by Weed and- a
goal was kicked by HowelL Score 28
to 6. -'
Before another point was scored the
game was ended.
There was some pretty rongfa playing
on the part of the Tech
team at the beginning and towards the
end some one on the outside hit Wood
Theie were several little
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 4.—The situa
tion remains unchanged, with a small
I new
increase in the last few days of
The weather continues warm,
with ate thermometer standing at 76
summer heat. No prospects Of Croat
yet.
The board df health report 12 new
cases—five whites and seven colored;
Tbe guards have been, warned net to
let refugees return, as some have been
other fields,
pie of Harmony Grove are of any weight
with conference, ha will be returned
here for another ysar.
Miss Ida Callcway, one of Athens’
most accomplish®! daughters, left for
Maysville this weak, after spending a
few days in the Grove very pleasantly
with her friend Miss Lilly Montgom
ery.
HAPPILY WEDDED,
by the firm. Both members of the firm
will collect and receipt for all demands
due.
Five years ago today, tbe undersigned
formed a compartnership for the prac
tice of law, in the city of. Athen*, fo-
the term of five years; the time for
which said partnership waa formed
having expired and the undersigned
having both mntnaliy agreed there to,
did this day declare a dissolution of the
said partnership.
Each will conti nne the practice of
law, and may be found in their old of
fices. We recommend each other to the
confidence of the public.
In the absence of either of us the
other will represent him in any new
business intended for him.
Cko. C. Th-mas.
J. J. Strictland.
Mr. H. M- Ramsey and Miss Mabel C.
Pledger the Contracting Parties.
On Sunday night at the residence of
the bride’s parents in East Athene, Mr.
H. M. Kimiey and Miss Mabel C.
Pledger were united in the holy bosds
of matrimony, Rav. E. D. Stone offici
ating.
These young people start out under
bright auspices for a prosperous and
happy life. The fair young bride is a
young lady possessed of many lovable
traits of character, and is a universal
favorite among her friends, while the
groom is a popnlar young mechanic.
The Banner unites with their many
friends in wishing for them uninter
rupted happiness.
The Hidden Hand Com
pany, who appears at the
Opera House Saturday night,
November 11th, are making a
specialty of the Hidden Hand
a play made popular by tho
Cora Van Tassel Company, is
said to surpass any who ever
produced this Fine Comedy,
. j-.. p
on the head,
attempted scraps on ths grounds be
tween different parties. Altogether,
however, the game was about as quiet
and even as a foot ball game could be.
The University boys played good
ball hut were outweighted. There was
also Borne complaint oif umpire Nourse’s
rulings in first half.
The boy,i will keep on practicing and
will give Vanderbilt a rub when they
meet them.
the characters m which is tne stwaa or
Turkey, represented as an old meatawn
in the pursuit of female slaves.. The
ambassador withdrew from the toeater
in high dudgeon and at orite sent a pro
test to Lord Roseberrv, the foreign rnm-
ister and to the lord chamberlain,the lat
ter b& censor of [davs. Apologies
were tendered and the lord chamberlain
Sd a peremptory order that the bur
lesque. be suppressed unless the charac
ter .of the sultan was eliminated.
—
A Man of Mature Age Hur*.
Kn-oxvili.f., Tenn., Nov. 4.—Isaac
Wise, an old man of mature agp.-was
__ street bv a hor^B and
sssaWSt wWS
POSITIVE SALE
Of Valuable Property In Elberton.
qreMfiRSfesl' Georgia.
On the first Tuesday in December,
1S93, l will sell to the* highest bidder
*• » Pay cierks to members of
^ a-d repairetothe Fcrdthsa-
hiit m WAhington. A joint
former, laws in Ok-
- -'baa i , town atw unrUWU*
Sf st ”I t mnrites, wSpanylflL
^Jjoiat resolutions provided for
yytnoratiQ:) of the one hundredth
7*1? of th? laying of tbe corner
hie capita building in Waah-
joint resolution provided for
LjJ®* of Mileage of senators and
•tild mother made available
'•^nations Of the last congress
Those who witness this
performance can rest assured
that they will see one of the
finest performances of the
season. Mr. Morrison is one
of the greatest actors of the
day, and is to Faust what
.Booth was to Hamlet.
20 lots in Elberton, on Cary, Violet and
Oik streets. Also 3 lots on Oliver
street Property to be sold on the
premises.
This is a positive sale—no by bidders.
Terms, tne-half cash, balance Oct.
1st, 1894. Purchaser to pay for pa pen.
Wm. H. Cart, Bowrmr, Ga,
Dedication.—We learn from the
Oconee Enterprise that the new Methr-
dlst church in Watkinsvelle will be
dedicated on the second Sunday in this
noatit by Bishop Hey good.