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jmo Jones
lime
JANE JONES.
keeps a-wliisperin to mo all the
•Why don’t you make It a rule
vour lessons an work hard an learn
. never lie absent from school?
^"wnlier.Uc story of EHl.u Burritt.
i n, lie dumb up to tlio top.
' nil,- knowledge 'at he ever had
C< nowrdn the bbuksmithin shop.”
. . I,.„e> site honestly said It was so.
J ‘ r ' e Meblie he did. I dunno.
vvhat's a-keepin me’way from the top
' ■ bavin no blaOksmilhin shop.
I shouted, ‘Don’t back on top j
I thought thev e>nnlHr,'t
•Course,
jj n ot never I
the said ‘at Ben Franklin was awfully poor,
, u n o’ ambition an brains,
.®“ tX-d philosophy all ’is hull life.
* » „ e What he got for his pains.
«« brought electricity out of the sky
Willi a kite an the llghtnin an key.
’ . , K 0 „ i„ him more’n any one else
For 1 all the bright lights ’at we see.
. ' Join s she actually said It was so.
Mrbhehedid. I dunno.
vy-nrso what’s allers been hlnderin me
£ not bavin any kite, lightnln or key.
, j on e 9 said Columbus was out at the knees
* When he first tliought up his big scheme,
in all o’ the Spaniards an Italians, too.
Tin y laughed an just said ’twas a dream. *
But uuecs Isabella she listen’d to him
An pawned all her jewels o’ worth
An bought’m the Santa Marier an said,
"Go hunt up the rest of the earth.”
J»ne Jones she honestly said it was SO.
Jlebbe lie did, I dunno.
Vonrse. thut may all be, but you must allow
they ain’t any land to discover just now.
* —lieu King in Southern Magazine.
LITTLE CHERUB.
of the sea.
of me,’ as I thought they couldn’t see
me in the darkness. 2 ...
“The ship drew near®” - -.or, the
? apt . ain te&MLT z“® starboard
^and. -ad gathered at the
starb 9 « 6- .„nd as the ship passed me
they , i.l ,ines and bnoys to me and
shouted to me to keep- up heart. I was
once within half a fathom of the star
board rail when a sea swept me forward
and clear around the bow on -the port
side. I was away astern in the darkness
before the ship could be stopped, and I
almost lost hope again. But I kept sing
ing out and could hear the voice of the
captain and the cheers of the men com
ing down on the wind.
“The captain couldn’t see me, but he
took my bearings from the sonnd of my
voice by a star, and coming around he
steamed down toward me, and going
around me came up on my starboard. I
was full of salt water and so played out
and cold that I hadn’t much strength
left when I saw all the men gathered
along the port rail waiting to save me.
The mate threw a life buoy and aline,
and I caught it and put it on. I caught
another line, too, fearing the first one
might be carried away, and that’s all I
remember clearly until I heard all the
men cheering, tip to then I thought I
was still in the s^a.”
The captain was in his cabin taking
his tea, as he puts it, when a man rushed
to the top of the companion way and-
Snrelv never was there mere gallant shouted, “Man overboard, sirl” The
tkipp- r than Captain William Innes of captain had just poised a piece of meat
the rakish freighter British Prince, and t on his fork and was about to put it in
never hardier boatswain than Charles L. bis mouth. Some skippers might have
ATHENS, GA-, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 13,1894-
—- - - •
They Have the English Troops
in a Comer.
A BELIEF EXPEDITION SENT OUT.
EAIIR0AD_ TALK
As indulged In by the Cleveland Pro-
Lastadius. The skipper is from New-
castle-on-Tyne and has followed the sea
83 years, or 9ince he was 16 years old.
He has a fine brown beard, and the re
sonant voice that comes through it might
be heard above the strongest gale that
ever thrummed on the British Prince’s
rigging. The boatswain is a young
Swede, who has suffered shipwreck more
than once. But the captain and all the
ship’s company never thought of him as
a foreigner, hut as a fellow Bailorman
with a big heart.
The British Prince when laden has less
freeboard than the common freighter
from Mediterranean ports. So when she
breasts the wintry seas she sometimes
buries her fo’castle head in the ferment.
She had a rough voyage from Gibraltar,
and her coal got ao low in the bunkers
that Captain Innes decided to put in to
St. Michael, in the Azores, for a fresh
supply. There he found stancher steam
ships than his that had lost lifeboats aud
headgear and had many inches of water
in their holds.
The British Prince made good weather
of it from the Azores until she was about
480 miles east of Sandy Hook. A gale
came howling out or the southwest,
combing up seas that, in the picturesque
language of the skipper, looked lake
“granite cliffs.” Darkness was just set
ting in. The cook wanted some fresh
water and, like most cooks, being a
landsman and somewhat timid, he asked
the boatswain to get it for him. The
pump of the fresh water tank is on the
main deck under the forecastle head. Is
was hazardous to attempt to get at it
while the seas were boiling as they were,
hut water must be had, and a sailorman
and Boatswain Lastadius determined to
get it. The sailorman got a bucket, and
running forward dodged under tha fore
castle head. Boatswain Lastadius went
out on the flying bridge to take the buck
et from the sailorman when the chance
offered—that is, when there was little
probability of a sea coming immediately
aboard forward.
Tho flying bridge is a board walk with
a rope railing run between 2 inch iron
stanchions, connecting the fo’castle head
with the forward part of the hurricane
deck. The main deck is seven feet, be
low. The boatswain intended to reach
down, grab the bucket and run aft along
the flying bridge to the hurricane deck,
leaving the sailorman under the shelter
of the fo’castle head to take another
chance between seas.
“I had just got ready,” said the boat
swain, "to take the bucket, when the
shipgave a plunge. Hooked up, and the o
over the port bow I saw such such a 6. v
as I hope I may never see again. I knew
it was coming aboard, and I knew I had
ao chance to get out of its way. If I ran
aft, I thought, it would pick me up be
fore I'got off the bridge aud carry me
away. So I thought the best thing to do
was to make fast to a stanchion of the
flying bridge. So I wound my arms and
1*88 around it, hngged as hard as I knew
how and lowered my head to take the sea.
“Everything seemed to give way when
sea hit me. I might just as well
have caught hold of a .rope yarn as that
stanchion. I thought it was all up with
me and the British Prince until I found
myself on the crest of a wave striking
out for the ship, which was riding as if
she had shipped only a bucketful. 1
•truck the water maybe five fathoms off
the starboard bow. I saw the form of
the second officer—Thomas Jones—ou
the bridge as I swept along the ship’s
®de. He grabbed a lifebnoy from the
••ck, and I saw it come sailing toward
oe. It was a good shot, or I might net l »
telling about it now. The buoy almost
thiged my head. I grabbed it and forced
n over my shoulders and under my arms.
“As I was swept aft along the star
ry™ side of the ship I saw Captain
“nee running forward. He saw me,
r 0 ’* or he shouted: 'Keep up a stout
“art. We’ll save you if we can.’ But
, getting very dark, and I was three
lengths astern before anything
wnia be done aboard the ship. My heart
h I gave myself up for lost. 1
— out for tho ship, birt
ien I saw her going ahead I stopped al 1
«iort to save myself. But it takes a lore
► 10 6to P and reverse engines, and
'far/me 011 1 EaW til0 backing to-
“T heart bound, and I
teal™ Wlt ^ “y might and tried to
WiirA,headway against tho seas,
ch sometimes tamed mo over and
back r Was afraid that the ship would
*tcV«.s SaiD£ i t me ’ an ^ ^at I would be
fc y her propeller and
tbs'mJLn'k 1 hy the blades. I saw
whirling in the air when- nas noi ueeu «
!«!figs® into the trough sums 186S.-Loodoa World.
serenely finished the meal. But Captain
Innes got up the companion way aud on
deck as if his own son were the man
who was overboard. He dimly saw the.
boatswain sweeping astern. As he passed
the engine room on his way to the bridge
he shouted to the engineer, “Stand by
to stop those engines.”
Then he flew to the bridge and laid his
right hand on the “telegraph.”
“Stop and reverse” were flashed to the
engine room, and the captain’s voice
rang out, “All hands to starboard with
lines and bnoys!” All hands were there
even before the summons came.
“Our only hope in saving him lay in
picking him np with the ship,” Said the
captain, “for no boat could live in the
sea that was running. I have seldom
seen anything like it. The gale was so
high that it combed down the crests, and
all the water we shipped was solid green.
When I backed the ship down to the
bo’s’n, I saw him struggling bravely in
the seas. He had the life buoy that the
second officer threw to him under bis
arms, and his body was well out of wa
ter. I determined to save him if he
could hold out until I could fetch him
alongside. We missed him the first time,
and he was carried forward around the
bow to ithe port side. He kept np a lusty
shouting, and we answered back.
“We were going ahead a bit, when be
was whirled around to starboard, and as
the night had well set in, and I could not
see half a ship’s length away, we soon
lost him. But I turned on the bridge
aud got the bearing of his voice by a
Btar, and I kept that star in sight when 1
put the helm hard a-starboard and bore
down in the direction of the star. We
had lost bis voice altogether, but as we
steamed toward the star we heard it
faintly over the rush of the wind and the
swash of the seas. We caught sight of
him too late to pick him up- as we
steamed past, so we came up with the
wind again, with the bo’s’n on our port
hand.
We steamed slowly, so the men
ranged along the port rail, each with a
line or a buoy, had a chance at him. I
knew by the cheer that went np that he
was saved, and I felt like cheering my
self. He was just half an hour in the
water, and if he hadn’t been a plucky
man he would be there now. The poor
fellow didn’t know he was safe for a min
ute or so after he was hauled aboard. He
clung to the rail so tightly that the men
bad to break bis grip. He shook with
tho cold like a leaf. I took him below
and gave him three glasses of brandy
and some hot coffee. Then the steward
rubbed him down with whisky, and he
was good for work next morning.”—Ex
change.
Showman Monk Pelted With Fruit.
A religions riot in miniature has taken
place at Nantes. Some Catholic youths
were passing through a fair when they
caught sight of a booth labeled “Sanc
tum Sanctorum.” Tho showman was
-dressed in the rough robes and cowl of a
Capuchin monk and prof eased to show
inside several relics or curiosities,, in
cluding the apple which tempted Eve
and the whale which swallowed Jonah.
The youths, who wereaboutSOO strong,
called on the profane Barnnm to desist
from his mockeries, but be only re
doubled his patter and directed more at
tention to his show. A neighboring
orange merchant had to bear the conse
quences of all this, for his stand was pil
laged by the Catholics, who pelted the
showman with the fruit of the Hesperides
until he bad to retreat inside what he
had really to use as a sanctuary for his
own protection. The police then came
up and charged the rioters, who wanted
to wreak more effective vengeance on
the insnlter of religion.—Paris Corre
spondent.
A Famous Wine.
The Emperor William’s present to
Prince Bismarck consisted of a dozen
bottles of the famous Steinberg cabinet
of the great comet year, which is the
finest and rarest winj in the imperial
cellars and remarkable'both for its fra
grance and for its strength. The gift is
worthy of the occasion, for all such wine
is absolutely priceless, and it is prob
ably only to be fonnd in the cellars of
the emperor and of the Duke of Luxem
burg, except for any stray bottles which
may yet be hidden away in a few coun
try houses. The old Emperor William
sent half a dozen bottles of the same
wine as a present to the qneen in 1887,
and it was brought over by the Em
peror Frederick, then crown prince,
himself. Fine Rhenish wines get more
and more scarce every year, for there
has not been a really first rate vintage
Those Arbos Fought tike Madmen and of
the Handfhl of British Troops Twenty-
Seven of the Number Were Butchered
Before They Got Into the Stockade
Where They Axe Now Surrounded.
London, March 10.—The India office
has a dispatch from the earl of Elgin,
vice roy and governor general of India,
confirming the reports of the disaster to
the British column under the oommand
of Captain Maxwell. The dispatch says
that on Feb. 27 a large party of tribes
men made an attack upon a detachment
of Captain Maxwell’s guards composed
of native troops and British officers at
Bordak.
The attack was almost a complete
surprise, and the ensuing fight was brief
and one-sided. The guards fought un
der cover as long as possible, but were
aoon surrounded by the Abors, who out
numbered them five to one, and 27 of
the British party were virtually butch
ered. The lines of communication with
the British column had been broken but
it is known that a party of 80 men of
Captain Maxwell’s command are be
sieged in the stockade at Membo, by an
almost overwhelming force of tribes
men.
A detachment of 230 men has been
sent to the relief of the beleagnred party,
bat as yet no information has been re
ceived that the relief party has reached
its destination. It is believed that this
party will have some hard fighting to do
on its own account before its arrival at
Membo. Three hundred additional na
tive troops have been summoned into ac
tive service and these will be immedi
ately sent to the assistance of the Membo
relief detachment.
Affairs In Nicaragua.
New York, March 10.—Captain
Crowell of the steamer Premier, has ar
rived here from Bluefields and states
that a large number of the inhabitants
of Blnefieds are leaving town owing to
the recent change of government. This
town formerly belonged to the Mosquito ,
reservation opt' previous to the sailing j
of the Premier the Nicaraguan standard ’
had been hoisted and the adjacent coun
try became Nicaraguan territory. The
British!man of war Cleopatra,which was
cabled from Colon had landed a force of
80 men and officers at Blnefields, bad
not arrived Np to time of the Premier’s
tailing.
The British Destroy a Town* ^
Bathurst, March 10.—The British
warships under command of Admiral
Bedford shelled first in the vicinity of
Goujor, and when the enemy was sup
posed to have been driven out 200 blue
jackets and marines landed and marched
upon the town which they fonnd de
serted. Gonjor was set fire to and
burned to the ground. Chief Fodisilah
is supposed to be at Saruriang, upon
which place the soldiers of the West In
dia regiment are marching. The war
against Chief Fodisilah is practically
ended.
Fetal Accident to a Member.
London, March 10.—James Theobald,
Conservative member of parliament for
the Bomford division of Essex, was so
seriously injured while boarding a rail
way train here that he died in a few
hours. Theobold was in the act of en
tering the carriage when the train start
ed and he missed his footing and fell.
He was terribly crashed by tbe moving
carriages. He was conveyed to the hos
pital and sank rapidly.
Brasilian Babels Boated.
New York, March 10.—A Herald
special from Montevideo says: The Her
ald correspondent in Bio de Janeiro
•ends word that dispatches have been
received confirming the reports pre
viously cabled of a battle near Sarandia.
The rebels were routed with great loss.
More than 400 were killed, including
many officers
The Busio-German Treaty*
Berlin, March 10.—In the reichstag
the Bussian-German commercial treaty
was reported, and Dr. Hasse, the
National Liberal leader, advocated its
immediate passage through its second
There is more rail road talk again.
“Talk is cheap” it is said, bat it al
ways takes more or les3 to oarry tbrongh
any enterprise. It takes talk to get
money,and money is a necessary element
in building railroads.
If we could only get the people of
Athens and Knoxville to Bee the point
as clearly as we. and other fiaanoiers of
White coonty, and excite their interest
to a degree comparable to that of tbe
people living here, and if they could be
induced to pat their money into the en
terprise as readUy as the people here,
who have no money, will give timber,
rights of way and labor, the fifty miles
of road that would connect these two
places, would soon be built.
Yes, fifty miles of road, starting
from Lola, would conn with the M &
N. G., at Notla, or ota carer point,
and give a direct line bet veen A them
and Knoxville. This line would meat
a great deal to Athens—cheaper coal,
cheaper rates, increased passenger
traffic, Increased freight traffic, better
shipping faciltias, and numerous other
benefits whiob always coma with new
enterprises. To Knoxville it would
mean almost as*much, and to the world
it would open a section of country, ricb
in hundreds of natural resources. Tbe
very heart of the mountains would be
pierced, and along the track, new in
dustries would spring up almost like
magic.
A quarry would be opened, whiob
could*snpply granite of finest quality
to bnild a dozen cities as big as
N Y.
The finest body of hard timber that
now exists in the United States, would
be opened, and fsotr riea would start np
on the spot, utilizing the splendid
water power, and a million horse pow
er of which, is going to waste. Nol
only White, and the other countie;
through whioh the road would pass,
would feel its quickening influence.
bntthi8 whole section of tbe state would
be more prosperous on its account.
I
Finance Committee at Work
on the Tariff BilL
GOVERNMENT FINANCES BETTER.
STOPPED ON JTflE HIGHWAY-
Mr. I.uther Webb’s Adventure Near
Atnena.
A few nights since as Mr. Luther
Webb wi s returning from a trip to
n&nielsville be had a right exciting ad
venture.
It was rather early in the night, and
the scene of the meeting was on the
Danielaville road about five miles from
tbe city.
Suddenly a negro sprang in front of
Mr. Webb and demanded that he bait.
Mr. Webb threw his hand to his pocket
as though he would eboot, and said,
“Yon scoundrel, get out of the win
stantiy, or 1 will blow your brains
out.”
This frightened the negro and he de
clared that he meant no harm, and
broke into a ran, leaving Mr. Webb,
who felt considerably relieved at tbe
turn tbe sfiair had taken, as he had no
thing with which to defend himself.
Mr. Webb had a considerable sum of
money in bis pocket, and If tbe negro
bad carried out his original intention
of robbery, would have made a good
haul.
•tags.
News from Honolulu.
BanFrangisoo, March 10.—The steam
er Australia arrived from Honolulu at
7:30 a. m., bringing advices to the 8d
Instant,
Glneinnati’e Choice for Mayor.
Cincinnati, March 10.—Isaac J. Mil
ler has been nominated for mayor by
the Democrats assembled in convention
at Horticultural hall. The first ballot
resulted as follows: Isaac J. Miller, 284;
Cass Hopple, 115; James J. Faran, 34.
An Kx-Conriet Kills Hit Wife.
Columbus, March 10.—George Fitz
almmons, an ex-convict, living at Leon
ard avenue and Twenty-first street,
■tabbed his wife with a butcher knife,
killing her. instantly. He has not yet
been arrested.
Gladstone Still Improves.
London, March 10.—Mr. Gladstone
passed a good night and is much better
A Cheap Blank Cartridge.
Berlin, March 10.—A tailor named
Dowe, residing at Mannheim, has sub
mitted to tbe war office a blank cartridge
of his own-invention, the cost of which
is only three pfenings. It is estimated
that the adoption of Dowe’s cartridge
will reduce the expense of the annnal
military maneuvers by 7,000,000 marks.
To Kill the Prince.
Yokohama, March 10.—Advices re
ceived from Corea tell of the discovery
of a conspiracy to kill Prince L. Tchok,
heir to tbe Corean throne, together with
all of the king’s ministers and many
other dignitaries. Dispatches say that
npwards of 1,000 persons have been
grrsated in oouaectioj with the plot.
Secretary Herbert Gives His Beauon* for
Making the United States Forces Subject
to the Orders of Commissioner Blount in
Honolulu and They Are: Because His
Commander-in-Chief Said So.
Washington, March 10.—The finance
committee of the senate met at 10:30 a.
m. with all the members present but Mr.
Sherman and Mr. McPherson, the
latter having been called to New
York on account of the serious
illness of his brother. It is the
intention of the committee to remain
in session a greater part of the day and
make as much headway as possible, the
democrats being desirous of reporting
he tariff hill to the senate Tuesday
morning if possible. The Republicans
say this can hardly be done, as that
the short time allowed would not give
them sufficient opportunity to go over
the bill in detail.
After an informal discussion of the
bill without oven reading a single sched
ule the committee adjourned until Mon
day morning.
Secretary Herbert Makes Answer.
Secretary Herbert has made response
to the Boutelle resolution adopted by the
house, calling on him to state his author
ity for issuing instructions placing the
armed naval forces of the United States
and tho use of its ensign under the or
ders and-control t>f Special commission
er Blount at Honolulu March 11, 1893.
The substance of the answer is that
action was necessary to prevent a con
flict of authority, and tiat the secreta
ry’s authority for issuin ; the order was
the president — commauder-in-chief of
the United. States army and navy. A
number of precedents for this action are
cited.
Government Finances.
Government recefpts for the first third
of the mouth of March show a decided
improvement, the aggregate being $9,-
250,000. Internal revenae receipts con
tinue to show heavy increases, and so
far have aggregated $4,600,000.
All indications point to a greater in
crease for the balance of tbe month as
large quantities! of whisky are being
taken oat of bond to avoid the payment
of the increased whiskey tax provided
ini the tariff bill. Expeditures aggre
gate $11,000,000, of which $5,500,000
goes to the acconnt of pensions.
In the House.
Washington, March 10.—The speaker
laid before the house the reply of Secre
tary Herbert to Mr. Boutelle’s resolu
tion calling for information as to his atfe
thority for placing the commander of
the naval forces at Honolulu under or
ders of Mr.- Blount.
The house then resumed the consid
eration of the District of Columbia ap
propriation bill.
A DAY OFF.
$100 A YEAR
A
TOO MANY STRANGERS.
Honolulu Does Not Understand What
They Are There For.
San Francisco, March 10.—The
Australian which has just arrived here,
in six days from Honolulu, brings the
following Hawaiian advices of March 3:
Every steamer that has arrived here
during the last two months has brought
a number of steerage passengers who
have seemed to have no visible means of
support, and give no reason for coming
to the island.
This has occurred so often, and Hono
lulu is becoming so overrun wi!h these
strangers that the idea has become
prevalent that they have come in the in
terest of ex-queen’. It has been reported
to tbe government on seemingly good ■
authority that the agents of Liluokalani
have been recruiting men in both the
United States and British Colombia,
principally tho latter for some time.
The government refused to believe
■nch a minor, but of late suspicion has
been aroused and active steps have been
taken to nip in the bud any plot that the
Royalists may be having of restoring the
qneen by force*
Governor CForrell in Washington.
Washington. March 10.—Governor
Charles O’Farrell, of Virginia, has
reached Washington from Richmond
and will remain in the city several days.
In tbe afternoon he visited the capital
and was-warmly greeted on the floor of
the house by his old associates from
whom he parted last November. Gov
ernor O’Farrell says the Virginia _ navy
will be strengthened and. her oyster
grounds protected from incursion from
whatever quarter it may come.
American Product* Proscribed.
St. Petersburg, March 10.—The gov
ernment has issued a permit providing
that no restrictions be placed upon th«
importation of foreign fruits, plants an.
vegetables coming to the international
exposition. But the permit makes ex
ception in the case of American vine,
and potatoes.
It Used to Be Judge Dubose’s Job.
Nashville, March 10. — Governor
Turney has appointed L. T. Cooper
criminal court judge of Shelby county to
succeed T. M. Scruggs, resigned. Judgo
Scruggs was appointed to succeed Du
bose, who was impeached last year.
Ban Down by a Car.
Denver, March 10.—Mrs. Sol Wert-
heim, wife of the secretary of the Hy
man Importing company, of this city,
was ran down hy an electric car on
Curtis street and killed. The car waw
running along at a very rapid rate.
Dias Preparing III* Message.
City of Mexico, March 10.—Presi
dent Diaz is busy preparing his message,
which will be presented to the national
congress upon tlie convening of the
spring session on April 1.
Ratliffe Indicted for Murder.
Kosciusko, Miss., March 10.—Tin
grand jury now in session returned i
bill of indictment against Rev. W. P
Ratliffe for the murder of S. A. Jackson.
|the news is brief.
Telegraphic Sparks and Other Items
v for Banner Readers. ,
COLLEGE BASEBALL
An Interesting Schedule Made Out
The college boys will interest tbe
people this year with some good base
ball.
Tbe class teams have been organized
with good material and a schedule of
games arranged.
The following is the schedule of tbe
oIbbs baseball gimes as arranged by
tbe captains of the several teams:
Tuesday, April 3rd., Juniors vs.
Sophs.
Thursday, April 5th., Lawyers vs
Fresh.
Saturday, April 7th., Seniors vb
Juniors.
Tuesday, April 10th., Sophs, va.
Fresh.
Thursday, April 12th., Seniors vs.
Lawyers. -
Saturday, April d4th., Juniors vs
Fre3h.
Tuesday, April 17th., Seniors
Sophs.
Thursday, April 19th., Juniors vs*
Lawyers. .
Saturday, April 21st., Seniors vs.
Fresh.
Tuesday, April 24th, Sopbs. vs.
Lawyers.
A PUZZLE INDEED
Is The Solution of The Drainage Ques
tion.
The solution of the drainage ques
tion is a puzzle indeed.
There are many citizens whose lots
are so small as to prevent them scatter
ing the waste water over the ground
and they have no place to put it.
They are private consumers of tin
water furnished by the .city and under
the ordinance rein’ ing to the discharge
of water on the streets they will have to
cease to use the water works of the
city.
At the same time it is imperatively
necessary in order to protect the health
of the city that tbe ordinance in this re
gard be enforced strictly.
The only solution suggested to avoid
all trouble in this regard is to sewer the
thickly settled portions of the city.
The BreckinritTgo Trial Gives Place to the
Motion Docket.
Washington, March 10.—Being mo
tion day in the court, the Pollard-Breck-
inridge trial had to give place to thoso
proceedings, and both sides had a rest.
It will be resumed with renewed vigor
with the beginning of the week.'
Some very damaging testimony was
brought out iu the testimony of Colonel
Moore, chief of police, who testified that
on May 13, 1893, Colonel Breckinridge
came into his office, closely followed by
Miss Pollard. Colonel Breckinridge said
that Miss Pollard had threatened his
life unless he named a day for their
marriage. Colonel Breckinridge named
May 31. Moore had taken notes of the
interview, which notes he read.
On May 17, in witness’ office, Colonel
Breckinridge had told him that the lady
was pregnant through her relations with
him; that she was going to New York
to prepare for the event, and that he in
tended to marry her. “He asked me to
witness his determination. We three
clasped hands. It was an impressive
scene,” said the major. He had notes
of this interview also, Which he read.
One of the best knov n physicians of
the city, Dr. N. S. Lincoln, testified that
Colonel Breckinridge bad brought Miss
Pollard to him in May, 1893, represent
ing that she needed attention, as she was
unreasonable, jealous and exceedingly
nervous.
JFire in lloim MteacU
Homestead, Pa., March 10.—A fire
here destroyed Waltoa’s hotels Grove &
Trexler’s general store, Edward Cronin’s
furniture store and Bagley’a steam laun-
’ dry. The fire started in the building
v8 occupied by Grove &Trexler and spread
so rapidly that the hotel guests were
compelled to leave the building -in their
night clothes. It is supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary. J. B.
Jones, a fireman, was dangerously
burned while trying to force his way in
to the hotel. The loss was $50,000.
Another Kxplosion In Paris.
Paris, March 10.—An infernal ma
chine exploded under the bed of a work
ingman who had an apartment in
house ih the Colombo quarter. The
workman and his landlady were ar
rested and the prisoners made conflict
ing 'explanations ns to the presence of
the bomb under the bed. The man says
he was not iu his room at' the time o',
the explosion, and disclaimed all knowl
edge of the m'< ' in».
ATTENTION, BLACKSMITH !
From this time on we will keep on
hand for .sale the Celebrated Etna
Blacksmith Coal. The only coal
sold in this country that is suitable
for blacksmith! ng. Oan furnish yen
any quantity from one bushel to a
car load. Call on or seud to us when
in need of smith coal.
Respectfully,
KLEIN & MARTIN.
A Faper Consollda ion.
Roanoke, Va., March 10.—The Even
ing World has purchased and at sorbed
the Roanoke Daily Record with the
? lant and all its fixtures. This gives
’he World the afternoon field in this
section. Its combined circulation now
makes it one of the strongest afternoon
papers in Virginia.. The World is a
member of the Southern Afternoon Press
bureau.
Nomination Means Election.
Knoxville, March 10.—In tho Re
publican convention at Morristown, in
the first district, W. C. Anderson was
nominated for congress on the one hun
dred and forty-fourth ballot to succeed
A. A. Taylor, who was not a candidate.
The nomination is equivalent to an elec
tion.
Something; Pretty to Play For.
Pittsburg, March 10.—It is learned
that W. C. Temple, of this city, has of
fered the National league the $500 cup
to be contested for by.clubs in the or
ganization. Mr. Temple was a former
president of the Pittsburg club, aud is a
great baseball enthusiast.
Colonel Britton Gu« Bond.
Dallas, March 10.—Colonel A M
Britton, president of the First National
bank of Vernon, has been released from
jail, his friends having succeeded in
making bond in the sum oif $20,000. His
trial takes place at the next term
court.
—Potter Palmer is seriously”ill with
the grip. ,
—The Indiana, the great battleship,
made a most satisfactory trial trip.
—The Central has paid $36,200 to
the state for taxes' for 1891 and 1892,
— BenMcNeal, while crazed from
habitual nae of morphine, shot his fath
er at Spring Place the other day.
—The house of Rev W. B. Graham at
Macon was straok by lightning aud al
most destroyed the other dav.
—C. B. Smith’s oigar factory at Bir-
mington, N.Y., was burned Thursday
morning.
—The Fort Worth Gazette has been
sold to S. R Williams, of Nashville, at
receiver’s sale for $15,000.
—Hunter, Clarke & Jacob, brokers, of
New Yorkrhave failed as a result of the
rise in Amerio&n sugar.
—The British naval ’ commander re
commends that all vessels leave Rio un
til the yellow fever scourge is over.
—The dedication of the Chickamauga
and Chattanooga national park has been
postponed to September, 1S95. '
—Gov. Foster, of Louisians, appoint
ed Congressman N. C. Blanohard to
succeed Senator White, resigned.
—The Denison. (Tex.) cotton mill,
which cost $500,000, was Bold for $30,-
000. It'had never been operated.
—The contract for the rebuilding of
'.be Tybee railroad b&s been signed and
a large force of hands put to work.
—A negro supposed to be Jim Ken-
driok, one of those'who escaped from
the Thom&aville jail, was arrested at
Americus. '*
—Latest new& from Hawaii is to the
effect that an annexation p^rty has been
organized'with a well-defined general
platform.
—Gov. Levelling has asked for the
resignation of Jno F. WiUets president,
of the Kansas board of pardons. An
other war among Populists is expected.
—Steve Ryan, the merchant prince of
Atlanta, is going into business in Sa
vannah. He proposes to erect a large
building in that city.
—The Canadian government has
agreed to co-operate with the United
Statea in suppressing the operations of
the Honduras lottery, formerly the
Louisiana lottery.
—Justice White is one of the largest
individual sugar planters in Louisiana.
Last year more than 3,009,000 pounds
of sugar were manufactured on his
plantation, *
—The liquor dealers oi Augusta have
petitioned council for later hours at
night, and the petition is the subject of
much criticism. The Herald advises
the liquor dealers, as the best thing
they can do, to withdraw the petition
forthwith.
—There is sime complaint in Maoon
about the absence of members of the
board of public works, whose presenoe
is needed in negotiations pending with
contractors for the building of a system
of sewerage to c >sb $200,009. The con
tractors are waiting in Macon. Two
of the board are absent in New York,
and the remaining member refuses to
aot in their absence.
Ban Over and Killed.
Bristol, Tenn., March 10.—JohnHen-
dersou was ran over and instantly killed
hy the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia train No. 6, as it pulled in to
the yard here. His neck was broken
and skull fractured.
Killed by Lishtnlnjt.
Cher aw, S. C. t March 10.—Charity
Goldplate, a negress living on Dr. Mo
Kay’s place near here, was struck hy
lightning while sitting in her bgose, and
instantly killed.
Weather Forecast.
Washington, March 10.—Forecast till
8 p. m., Sunday. For North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia—Generally
fair, variable winds becoming southerly.
Florida and Alabama generally fair,
with variable winds. Mississippi, fair,
winds becoming southwesterly.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE
Rehoboth, Ga., Jan 12, 1894—This
is to notify the public that the firm of
Robertson & Altman have dissolved.
W. B, Robertson.
We hear it reported that plans and
specifications are being made oat for a
splendid new hotel on one of the most
eligible lots in the city. This prospect
is in the hands of one of our wide
awake citizens who is able to carry out
his plans.
SKIFF’S ONCE A. WEEK TALK
Out of the three hundred and twenty-
eight thousand divorces granted in the
United States during the last twenty
years, three hundred and sixteen thous
and were granted at tbe request of
wives. What does all this mean that
so large a majority of wives apply and
obtain a divorce from their husbands?
It means that marriages, especially by
tbe young women, are. too hastily con
tracted without due consideration, be
coming unevenly yoked together, pat
ting one in mind of a male and steer
working together and never evenly. We
have more than once .looked with pity
upon a bright, smart, intelligent young
lady marrying a poor specimen of a
mao, and of no prlnuiple3 with snoh a
one, the honeymoon soon ends. Such a
girl better en 1 her days in a. cotton
field It is a pity,but a fact, that som»
girls will marry without thought of
the future and of the present, but to get
married is their desire, only to regret it
in the fntnre. Ah, my dear girls,
look well to this mitriminlal business
before you take that step Ask your
mother, your friends, and take their
advice if you ®ant to avoid a divorq»
and live happy. Wa know but »»/
few men, if we ware a young woman,
that we would marry for his weight H
gold. We would like to tell the young
women of Athens what kind of a man
to marry, and what kind soyo marry,
but there are so many widowers and
other class of men ready to marry, am
afraid I might offend some-of them and
lose the sale of the engagement and
wedding ring. It is best to use a little
oadtion these dull times, and secure
what trade we can. Skiff, the jewel
ers’ prices are way down at the foot of
the ladder, "