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THE BANNER ATHENS, GEORGIA, AUg. G, SS9 RILLED THE FATHER. W omuled tlie Son, and Is Hlmsc’f In significantly Wounded. McRak. Ga., July 2D.—An unfor tunate <l;?Ho«Hy occurred here Satur day, wl.ii h resulted in. the death of M’v Wash Lancaster. He, his son Wright and E. A. McRae met, Saturday ami attempted to kill each, other a-- t't mpniv’' ’ f settlin'^ at» old time i, ml. McRae used a pistol. Lancaster was shot t\v>ce, and died soon after. Wright Lancaster was shot through the calf of the log and painfully hurt. McRae re ceived one knife wound In the right side, but is not seriously hurt. A Mem Shot By H's Wife. Fire. Norfolk; Ya., July 29.—Yesterday morning the residences of W. J. Cason, J. P. Britt, Robert Webb, A. L. Gwinn and James Chapman, ou Marshall aven ue, Brambleton, were burned; loss $10, 000. No wat-r could be obtained by the fire department. The Post-Ofioe Change. Atlanta, Ga., July * 7 9.—-The Atlanta post-office will pass from the hands of the democratic party on Thursday evening into the hands of the -republi cans. t General Lewis has made^his bond, it has been accepted and he will take charge of the office Thursday evening so as to be ready lor business on Friday morning, the 1st of August., Cruelty lu Australia. London, July 29.—The society for the protection of aborigines in Austra lia make public some startling facts concerningta2 treatment of their spe- cia r wards by the whites there. In a letter*fiom a newly discovered gold field correspondent of the society, he says: “Ou arriving at Roeburn we saw- gangs of unfortunate aborigines chain ed to wheel barrows with the bullocks’ chains, making roadsters of them. The effect of Hie chains may he imagined in a climate where stones get so hot that they cannot be handled. ANOTHER FOUNDRY. A BIG NEW ENTERPRISE FOR ATHENS. The Lyndon Manufacturing Company to Begin Work cn Their Foundry and Machine Works August 1st. On Thursday next the Lyndon Man ufacturing Company will begin to break dirt on there new- Foundry and Ma lt?; e Works, to be located on the south west corner of their plaining mill lot, near the upper bridge. It is desired to have the shops in operation January Ist, next. The company will buy the bestf and latest improved machinery. One large engine and boiler will run both the machine shops and plaining mill. Dr. Lyndon’s brother will move to Athens and take charge of the busi ness. This is a big ihing for Athens, and is bound to be a success. A Sad Death in Danielsville Daxiklsvillk, July 29.—Mrs. Jennie G rifletli died very suddenly last night of dropsy of the heart. She lived only about one hour after she was taken. She leaves a husband and seven chiidren and a host of friends to mourn her loss. The death roll of our communi ty is becoming alarming, and it seems that all the sickness proves fatal. Mrs. G. T. Johnson, of Quitman, Ga., is expected to visit our town soon. Two Persons Killed. West BowersvttLE, Ga., July 29.— The Union says: It is reported that two persons were killed Wednesday at Anderson vi lie. A negro man, in making his escape with a stolen horse, was overtaken and shot three times by the owner of the horse. The other was a white boy, who was thrown from a sporting machine end had his neck broken. A Noted Builder Dead. Farmington, Me., July 29.—Daniel Beedy died this morning, aged 77years He had been a noted civil engineer and bridge builder. He built the first steam flourmill in St. Louts, and various large flour and quartz mills in New Mexico, California and other western states, besides a huge number of bridg es. The Savannah River. Special to The Banner. Augusta, Ga., July 29.—The Savan nah river is sixteen feet high, and is not rising. The rains have been of a local char acter, and no greater rise is expected. Only slight rains are reported from the up-country. There are no fears cf damage here. Crops are not uflected yet. A Very Common Case. Richmond, Va., July 29.—John A Connerly, iron worker, yesterday cut the throat of his wife with a razor and then killed himself with the same weapon. Mrs. Connerly will recove •. She had been separated Lorn him for some time. AFamous Lice Tamer Bead . London, July 29.—A telegram from Presburg, in Hungary, announces the death at Lausehutz, near there, of Count Anton Eszterhasy, the famous lion tamer, at the age of 09. Murderous Assault. Atlanta, Ga., Ju’y 29.—About noou to-day Phil Elliott, a white country man who li^s on the Mason and Tti-n er’s ferry rtfid was hit in the head with a piece of iron by Minor Lee, a negro blacksmith, on Marietta street. The wound is a serious one, but not necessarily fatal. Elliott drove in town this morning with a load of watermelons. A shoe came off his horse and he went to Lee’s blacksmith shop and ordered him to put it on. Lee at once struck him in the head with the iron tool used by black smith’s in shoeing horses. The assaul ter then fled and has not yet been caught It is not thought the wound is fatal. CANADA EXCITED. VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS Say They Will Run Three ex-Confede- rate Generals on Their State Ticket. Richmond, Va., July 31.—A mem ber of General Mahone’s state executive committee to-day expressed theopicion that that the ticket to be nominated by the Virginia Republican convention* which is to meet in Norfolk on August 20th. will he composed of the ex-Con- federate Generals—General Mahone, for governor; General Wyatt M. Elliott, of Appomattox county, for lieutenant- governor, and General James A. Walk er, commander of Stoaewall Jackson's old brigade, for attornoy-general. Members of the state committee re ferred to claim to have seen a letter re cently written by General James A. Wa’ker to General Mahone. in which the ex-commander of old Stonewali’s beigade expresses bis readiness to do all l>e could to aid in the election of a pro tective tariff ticket in Virginia this year. As is well known, Gene it 1 Walker heretofore always acted with the Democrats in local as well as nation al contests. If he places himself in a ;- cord with the Republicans this year, it will cause some surprise to Genera Walker’s friends. KO ENCAMPMENT. Several Companies Decline to Come to Athens. The Banner is in receipt of a letter from Lieut. Col. W. F. Jones, of the 9th Georgia Volunteers, in which he states that the encampment will not take place, as was ordered. The El bert Light Infanrry, the Piedmont Rifles and the Greene Rifles have noti fied him of their inability to attend, and he has been forced to recall his orders, as the Conyers Volunteers are the only company he can count on. Cob Jones is deeply mortified at the action of his command for not notifying him earlier of their failure to come io Athens, and regrets very much to cause the citizens disappointment con cerning the encampment, lie exerted himself to make it a grand success, and it is not his fault that the encampment has fallen through. The cause of the companies not com ing is alleged to be their inability to de fray their expenses here. A CARD. To All Owners of Vehicles. There are a great many people in Clarke, Oglethorpe, Oconee, Madison, and Jackson and other surrounding counties having in past years used one of the old Hodgson make of wagons or buggies, that will say that they would rather pay $25 more for a wagon or buggy than they have to pay for the cheap wagons and buggies that are sold now days, if they were certain that they would get one as good as the old Hodgson make. We wish to say to all who have used the old Hodgson, work and to the pub lic that we can furnish you wagons and buggies, that we will garuntee to be as good as the old Hodgson work, and as cheap as you can buy Eastern or West ern or any other kind of work. We carry a good assortment of bug gies and wagons on hand, which we propose to sell as cheap as you can buy of anyone else in the State. Respectfully, Klein & Martin, d-lt-w-tf. Athens, Ga. A Good One. Mr. John Patman, one of our promi nent citizens, says that he once had a turkey hen laying near his house, and that he took out the eggs as fast as she laid them. He put a white door knob in the nest which fooled the turkey, as she thought the door knob was an egg. The turkey laid seven eggs and went to setting. The door knob was still left in the nest, and when the turkey hatched she came off with a brood of eight young turkeys. Mr. Patman is confident that the door knob was hatch ed as well as the eggs. ATHENS ADVERTISED. A Handsomely Illustrated Article to be published in the Manufacturer’s. Record. The citizens of Athens have arranged with Mr. Eugene Speer, who has been in our midst several days in the inter est of the Manufacturer’s Record to have a two page article written on the advantages, the needs and possibilities of our growing city. The article will be’ handsomely illustrated with fine cuts of many of the finest buildings, en terprises, and residences of the city, and will be written in a clear and unexagerated manner. It is hard to realize the great advantages to gained from such an article in such a journal as the Manufacturer’s Record. It will place xVthens along with the most pro gressive cities of the South and will at tract the attention of capitalists, who are seeking to find profitable invest ments in Southern industries. There is no country or section of country on earth-just now that is attracting so much amazement in progress and industrial developments as is the Sunny South, and’capitnlists and manufacturers aver y where are beginning to put their might and money in the South with telling ef fect. Athens needs capital, and when it conies with the addition of an energetic population from the North, it is doub ly acceptable. The citizens have rea son to congratulate themselves on the wisdom of this step to advertise Athens, and they can safely rely on the money thus invested as bread upon the waters. THECR0PS. THE BLUE RIDGE AND ATLANTIC The British Government Asked for War Ships. New York, July 31.—A special to the Sun says: “A meeting of the cabinet was called to-day (Tuesday) to discuss the seizure of the Black Diamond by the United States revenue cutter Rush. To-night a brief dispatch was received announcing that the vessel had been seized 70 miles from the nearest land. A demand will at once be made on the British government for two war vessels to proceed to Behring sea, to look after and protect Canadian vessels from United States cutters. Why is it that most all of the drays, oal yard and factory wagons in Ath- •. , & Martin’s make, because ' wagon that will stand work but them. d-lt-w-tf. „ .i The Finest Prospect Ever Known In Geor gia. The Banner editor has just returned from an extended trip with the Grady party, and says he never in his life saw sucli crop prospects. The whole coun try is smiling with the prospects of plenty. He saw corn on thin upland,that nev er before made more than ten bushels per acre even the best of years,that will yield from eighteen to thirty bushels. If no calamity overtakes the crops El bert county will make enough grain to last her two if not three years. Corn on bottom land looks like a cane brake. Of late years the fanners have lost their low ground crops, and so planted a double supply. Both crops have hit, and in consequence promises that Georgia will be able to sell corn in stead of buying it. These bounteous crops are not confined to Elbert, but the same reports reach us from all sections of Georgia and Carolina. Cotton Is as fine as the land can produce. There has been plenty of moisture in the earth to keep it growing. It is taking on an immense crop of fruit, and we hear no complaints of the squares shedding. In fact, every crop seems to have hit this year, and next fall we may confi dently look for a big business and plen ty of money afloat. Is there any one else .in Northeast Georgia that gives as good a guarantee on the.’f buggies a id wagons as Klein & Martir. w-tf. Judge Thomas Arranging to Complete His Road to Knoxville. A Banner reporter met Capt. G. II Yancey, yesterday, and the conversa tion turned on Northeast Georgia. Capt. Yancey stated that the coun try around Tallulah Falls was taking on a big boom, and that the people were at last realizing the great advantages they possess in minerals, soil, climate and scenery. A stock company is now being or ganized at Turnersville to develop that place, and it is said an iron furnace will be built there. The fiuest magnetic ore is found in that section, arid a vein passes directly through Capt. Yancey’s land. Before the war an iron furnace was operated at the Logue mills, near Clarkesville, but for some cause the en terprise was abandoned. The iron made here was equal to the best from Sweden. Tallulah Falls is rapidly building up, and is this season crowded with visitors. Judge W. B. Thomas has just completed a beautiful residence near the depot that is furnished with hot and cold wa ter, electric bells and other modern con veniences. Judge Thomas entertains his friends in princely style, and is do ing a great deal to build up and devel op Tallulah. Capt. Yancey says he entertains no doubt about Judge Thomas completing his road to Knoxville; that he can get the money any day, but is looking out for the protection of his own interests. He expects a party to visit him shortly, and feels no Joubt but that arrange ments will be made to complete the road. The building of this line will enable Athens to lay down manufacturing coal at $2 per ton, and be of great benefit to our city in everv way. We have great faith in this new road. Polk G. Johnson, a leading lawyer of Clarksville, and one of the best known 1 men in Tennessee, died in New York. IN FOUNTAIN OF FLAMES MARTIN EARNS Sl.OOD BY FLUNG ING INTO A BURNING PIL LAR OF GAS. Hundreds Watch His Daring Feat ai>. Despair of His Escape—He Stopped the Daily Waste of Eleven Mil lion Feet of Gas—What Cool Courage and a Cold Chisel Accomplished in a Hot Place. DANIEL PRAM Ruthnen, 'Ont., July 29.—Three weeks ago iast^ Tuesday the Ruthven Gas Well was set on fin*. It is slippered that the incendiary was some disg.un tLdlaboue . The cap over the top of the pine was so fixed that the escaping gas rushed out directly towards ti e ground and made safe approach to it impossible. The xoar of the gas rushing out could be heard in Kingsville, three miles away. Local mechanics found it impossible to remove the cap. Each one gave it up after the first trial. The heat was simply unendurable and grew worse every day. Gas experts i'lOin Ohio were called to the scene, but they, too, gave it up. The ground around the well be*ame baked and when work men tried to cool it with a stream f -orn a fire engine the water exhaled in a cloud of steam b-ifore it had fairly struck the ground. All idea of cooling off the ground was given up. The owners of the well offered $1,000 to any one who would remove the cap. William H. Marvin, a mining expert who had some acquaintance with natu ral gas, undertook the job. He tried several schemes for removing the cap by a long lever, but they all failed for the reason that his lever would melt away under the fierce heat as soon as he got near enough to work. He determined to go near enough to the well to cut off the cap. He made a suit of asbestos that was unique in its way and 3 r et proved successful after a little tinkering. The first attempt was a signal failure. In his next trial he wore a pair of rnbber boots, and inside of these he thrust his feet wound in dampened rags. Outside of these lie put a heavy covering of asbestos. His coat of asbestos was was cone-shaped. His arms stuck out through two holes in flic cone and were ^wound in several thicknesses cf wet cloth,which was cov ered with a heavy coating of asbestos. His contrivance for cutting the pipe consisted of a long and very sharp chis el, fastened at right angles to an iron staff. In approaching the well he slid the cone along the ground, seeing his way through a glass set in the front. His assistant was robed like himself,and carried a long iron bar on which was fastened a small hammer. Two hundred people saw the daring men approach to the flame, and as Mar vin disappeared in its circle a shudder swept over the onlookers. There were not a half dozen in the crowd who ex pected to see Marvin come out alive but in a minute—it seemed like an age— they.saw the edge of the chisel resting up against the pipe, just below the cap. Almost breathlessly they watched the assistant make a stroke at the chisel in a clumsy kind of a way. He did not hit it. The second trial was more success ful; he hit the chisel squarely but ligl^- ly. The cone in the ring of fire waver ed, and a cry of“He’s burned to death!” went up on all sides, The cone moved again, the chisel fell and the people could see that Marvin was coming out. Every body thought that he had given up in sheer despair;but not so. He had come out of the fire to get rest and air. He was nearly suffocated. His assist ant lost no time in getting away from the fearful heat. When the cone was lifted off he was a sight to behold. His face was scarlet and his eyes potruded like door knobs. He was half roasted and it took him two hours to recover. Then he pluckily de termined to try it over. He had his cone thoroughly drenched and he fixed up another chisel, saying, as the cone was put over him, that he would succeed or never come out alive. Again the hammer and the ehisel were brought into play, and little by little the people began to see that the man’s skill and pluck would win. All at once the roar of the well changed into a shrill whistle, and the cap was blown a hundred feet upward, while Marvin’s cone stood at the foot of the pipe mo tionless. It was some minutes before it moved, and the people thought again that he had perished in his attempt. He was badly scorched, but not hurt oth erwise. The thing was a success and Marvin had earned his $1,COD. It will be at least two weeks before Marvin resumes his wonted appearance. His lips are terribly swollen and his eyebrows and whiskers are entirely burned off. The ground about the well is still so hot that no one can .walk on it, and it will take three or four days to cool it off. Marvin’s great feat is said to be the first successful event of the kind on record. \ An Ice Trust Formed. Special to The Banner Savannah, Ga., August 1.—The ice companies of the coast cities have form ed a trust for the purpose of controlling the manufacture and sale of ice. Five companies are in the trust already: Gage & Lyon’s ice company, Mobile; Avondale Ice company, Birmingham; Charleston, S. C., Ice Manufacturing company; Brunswick, Ga., ice compa ny andGorie company. M ARKW ALTER’*? GTE 1 A A/T M O Best Buggies and Wagons for the Money;? FULL LINE BELTING, T * Fleming & A THEN ‘ GA. THEO. STEAM Marble and Granite BROAD STREET, Near Lower Market. AUGUST\ Marble Work, Domestic and Imported, at low Pr Georgia & South Carolina Granite Monuments made a Specialty A large selection of Marble and Granite Work always on hand, ready ier lettering. Parties Desiring Monuments or Work Apply to At Athens Cemetery. Athens : -AND- Found; MACHINE WORKS, ATHENS. WoRGd Manufacturers of Iron and Castings, Mill and Machaaji Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers J Baxes, Cotton Presses, Cta! ; Mills and Evaporators, Cott*| Seed Crushers and Circular Sul Mills. [|py We sell the Atlas Steam Engine, Injectors, Jet Pump Va l ves, Piping and Steam Packings, Water Wheels and Belting Cloth. We have competent mill-rights and nil send them out and erect mills anywhere in the country| can furnish estimates. Write to us or call and see us for anything you may Deed about job] Grist Mill or Gin. Address ATHENS FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS, Athens. Georgia: J Y. Barites & Bo., Dealers In Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts and Wagons. tGENTS wAHTiojoam WAR BTORT The Columbus and Hiram W. Davis Buggies a Specialty. All other makes kept con stantly on hand. Office at Johnson & Moore's No. 11 Clayton Warehouse on Washington street. I Piso’s Biuedt yon Catabbh gives Immediate rellet Catarrhal virus to soon expelled from the sys tem, and the diseased action of toe rass sssss? 18 repiaced by The dose to small. One package contains a sufficient quantity for a long treatment. CATARRH A Cold in the Head fa relieved by an application of Piso’s remedy for Catarrh. The comfort to be got gS» & cS** way 18 wortb Easy and pleasant to use. Price, 50 cents. Sold by druggists or sent by mail. 66 E. T. Hazelickb Warren. Fa. I BEST _ STEEL Woven Wire Fencing ■ >Wire Rope Selvage iJohnEtltnCxte This torffliM historic itcsj, which huW . cut rfor which tW 'hubeenradi; great dMWrt 11 now ItewjiSi BUBSOaiUOJ BOOK, *i“ masy nup* c*Bt i»«'» tioii. Thereto B#v« r eei» ‘ 'SWF' more pop“j!j book throughout toe Southern Stake or Kao lx’sNest.” Many,ti the thrilling scenes herein deeds of valor of the Confederate * ^ the interest, by those wbo fonght wi m Stuart Johnston. Besuregsrd. Jeotoe® “ in the cause for which they deep* ^ bravely battled, will never grow*^^ thrilling story pictures not Uonejoy ^ and a love sweetly told, but ie Med^ incidents of toe greet contort betw**^ „ and toe North. Here is a b 0 ®* * Confederate, to recall to bimthevivid the greatest Civil Wsr ever known.» ^ his own campaigns, end toll him of « fk , Chieftains, dear to the memory of every W °” Burry™!Eagle’s Nest ’’ wffl £ In everySouthernhome. the reach of every one, it to puhUrt^ ***** PBioior $3, though a naaoxH^^^iflcm BUimmtl ILLUSTBiTXD rt® SOLD ONLY BY 8088021^°% As the demand for Wtt *oh«* has been ont °f P nn< "umeroo*. * X3SSgXZZSSSSB*»gg and aoickly secure choice of *•*" e. wTMHJNOHatt 33 West 23d 8t.« W. L. DOUCLA* S3 SHOE i:8o J.50 POLICE CALF SHOE* !l:iS SkVSI® •*& w».00 and 81.75 ..Thrice arc not Fraudulent when niv name Bro ckton - oa bottom. JIM. uo A ISO A. MftrkekStetf CMos^o, JXU ^ ITaDtA/vv - FOR SALE to J .