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ATHENd, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1889. tABELLE PARIS. ATHENIANS WAN- »gg»« THE0LDWO “ D ’ p> ,,,■ ®aris in Fin® W6ather 'll'' riue Skies—-Wonderful ,nd Ir " ie ci Paris and Gnavel S’-^Aiher Point 8 of Interest ’ q U ;’ Friends Abroad. 1’ahis, August 11th. received \Vi‘ froi’» «!»!>« Ui liinv V‘vt-51 in Yniir .. <51 j your letter Paris very, very y.-tion in regard to ’■ often I Saave been K*irr i.-l r-iK- ■veii to ra e notes, and at uialt too tiivd to attempt ^Vstraiskten : ". v aceownts and un* <u „. ; i ‘ rea< l my BiHEe in the -mi- things that I luw® seen Bj 1 " U ' '■ ‘--ait timl that ,t&le ex- have contributed ■aril mg ,»f ill rl,il " yrMuiling of its truth a fnliv than ever, how 1 n alir.- i ^el«' ■reountm on Ganih«*:ta?s monument, a* plainly— more impressively— (and | can far more easily) in the grofipe of five warble figures that adorn the front, than from the long French epitaph on the sides. Speaking of Venus of Milo I find in the formation of head and features a striking resemhlimce.to Gerald Green. I am oa salt, water again—English channel, or rather harbor at Dieppe— in a few minutes l take leave of France. Glad as I will he to get home I begin to retrace my steps in that direction'with many regrets, lam leaving so much tlui£ I might study and learn to mv last ing benefit, f I fear the passage to -New Ua-ven will lie .rough, and 1 have not yet fallen in love with seasickness—however the sun rises on the darkest night. I wish you could look around «en the passengers, the harbors, the white cliffs, «o oddly turreteil, the cathedral and erucifikcttjie latter life size) iver- looking] the Voters, and the old' iSort; yes, and at aim the same old fellow a little thiii but in good health and spirits. iti livi There ^;iir wi i>y ;i ilufc liWiilb-' 11 ■flifliiy on- Kii.i:tfb' *' i>k«i*P ' ,U! ' In STORY OF A PITCHER. A STRANGE TALE THAT HR. J.B. TOOMBS TELLS. :m-l g in a God-serv- >re a few places of v. that close on Sunday. 'that i lie fact is adver- jjr,j displayed for the ben&- Tliu soldiers know uoj anil sewer work goes , verv man plies liis trade, ; nmaive of flic command die djbbath. the observance of the eaiitifuJ. The street cars ill business ceases’ even i 1 drug stores (with few 1. and there is an Lauded safely in England, good-bjo. J. I>. Mobs. olid run vsfaurar.lt tlf'jiiict a:iil dignity that makes the l, r , w :n truly lull lowed, jl', Smieli seem a sober, religious, aJ j v people. Their business hours jvuiiiversully .-hort, bin as all follow ■ jl Hu one business’s sutlers; he advantage of others in suin' i 1 Ill'Vi •II' of for. cen such splen- c Hash as in rfcot- sciiihle the people; a.e rood conditioned,' tre- iii: and move with a steady dig- id power that seem irresistablc. • in j’ iris ilic people (work peo- ■I.;..and, most of the cab , iiavc a run down appearance, as ^ i l : in our party described van look like they had slept in he',..- lie.- night before.” hiiy \u». king hoars and no Sim- :'.ien iiieia. Of course climate, .•^'"--aj.hy of the county have it bearing on the physical na- •ut i tiiiiik morality and religion The, weather tine. j‘ild tin is i * wiriest 'not ihiSWffllff thi« 1IV,u- from ail average of about degrees day or night, until •h a it fell a liltle. 1 can- duim* tin; French for drink- are wine, for although the cool, it leaves a very • mouth, and I am told i' to the system. Georgia have tlie best preachers aud the best net with any where. I mu- celebrated divines, > to my humble judgment, • -‘ i n.on.' you dear home -•'ling to every Sunday, can "f them. ow -a_\'. a fellow that stays 1 his life don’t know how p’eet-iatv hi- home—that he is too in.' buiiding (o see it in good per due. \mv you know l have always Nund iippreeiated my lluU o ! ‘ tbii distance has Nib and park finds—h., Empire Unrounded it all with an r " "1 warmth, I- fail 's Heard taccordii.i Ur, who <■ f with any i'mf. Ban-, louse all i home. But not made a of the old house and not transformed the good •"dale into an Utopia—it atmos- love and happiness, • '•"only fully realized when I n,! “‘.'ndf out-idc of it. •m-ii'iw ihc effect of this whole trip jJT 1 . 10 •“•'ike me regret' deeply ■ ">t opportunity in college, home, " and social life—regret that I I fol, "' ve 'l my life work—not ■ riish too common with | U “ :i> » olteM “in the eager pursuit io>f tearing the fiesli with l-fuHv bu [ f < f ietl 3G , sensibly, 11 I had stud- lil-’. , reiK )' "* ,en in college, to my ■ u. '. 01 . s heart’s desire. I could e * ia ve acquired a fair know- . Uy o of it during my short .j’) 1 1 l>ad even studied up on 'oik /"'• U . IK ‘^ for a month or two t ,. " 1, air iug home, it would have 1 n'-nu benefit; as it is, I can get err u-.,i i , ’ 1 ^ r ’ ar »d often prefer risking ih t • " l : ‘ n umlor?t hnding, to the '• ls dealt out here under the eli 'V^ nSrI sh * of .'J 11 . " ouid get a great deal 1 lla » trip. i Ieis H 0lll ,. • ■ well fitted for it, of br.'iij HVe ni:u * e profitable in liis ’ ‘H the ^liaenUv ■ 1 am not sufficiently caLtou business to ques- “ ci i.' ' 11 '' ’ i lovv ®ver if I can invh ai T >ltL,ait J’ ils Loudon, I will •J ligand do my best. Uf fc j ] or engineering and archi- rofif SCcn a great deal and hope ^ UlJ,i; 01 \F * l Truiv ,1° sur passed my cxpecta- ii,;. i 1 le coltl senseless marble n,aa e i almost, cum WITH OPIATES. A Sick Kan •••iav.es Kls 3ed at the Daad Hours of Nlshtand Wsnlers Wild ly Through the Streets of Athens. Yesterday morning about daylight policeman MeKie found Mr: Ben Wil liams of Princeton factory roaming though the streets of Cobbham in Ins night clothing. Mr. MeKie recognized him, and knowing him to have been sick for some time carried his home at once. He has been given opiates repeatedly of late to warrant him sleep and rest- fulness, and it has had more than its desired effects. Several gentlemen had been sitting lip in attendance ori Mr. Williams night before last, and when they hail fallen asleep after midnight, their patient crazed with the effects of an over dose of opium civ.pt out of bad arid wandcx&l all over Athens in an insensible con dition. He was seen in the back yard of Mr. John Talmadge’s residence very .early in the morning by the cook who. was terribly frightened at his wild appear ance. He was fatally out of his mind when Mr. MeKie carried him home yesterday but has partially recovered his senses since then. b.icTto’thimcells. r.enry Koek Have Their Coioraitial Trial and are Sent ( ba^k (,o Jail. tYesterday was a busy day at the court house. T he oceasion was the committal trial of Charlie Lester and Henry Bullock, the Winterviiie murderers, before jus tice Fuller. The case was begun promptly at ten o’clock and lasted until late in the af ternoon. The evidence was abundant and had to be gone through w ill) thus necessi tating a long and*tedious hearing. Many witnesses were brought up by the State, but the defense put forth note at all, retaining them.for the su perior court. Judge George C. Thomas was attor ney for Sttae aiul Col. K. T. Brown for defense. After a thorough investigation and lengthy speeches were made on both sides the trial was ended and J udge Evans ordered the prisoners to he sent back to their cells in toe county jail to await a hearing at the Superior Court. The court house was packed with colored folks interested in tlie trial of the two alleged murderers. A Dirty Trick. A few- weeks ago a communication was handed into our office by Mr. L. D. Puckett, purporting to be original,with the request that it he published. As we were not in need of the article at that time it was laid aside. Last week, however, running short of other copy, we concluded to use it, though we saw no particular merit in it. With deep regret and to our great mortifica tion, we have found out since that by reading it in a certain way a coarse and obscene sentence could be made of it; hut this was not discovered until the edition had gone out and it*w«s too late to suppress it, which would certainly have been done had it been in our power to do so. Mr. Puckett disclaims any intention of imposing od us, and says lie was not cognizant of the fact that the article contained anything impure or unsuited to the columns of a decent publication. We have every reason to belive,however that he did or else he like ourselves imposed on by some evil minded aud designing person, and has induced by that person fix it for the press in such a way as to carry out and evil de sign on the editors of the paper and offer an insult to our entire co mmu nity. * We think we have caught on to the true inwardness of the dirty trick, and to speak, to that the parties implicated will in due ™ioi I>UlSaie Avith hm^ life I time be exposed; lor,we are not/doiie “• can read the story 1 with it yet.—Gainesville Eagle. A Women Killed by Lightning Years Ago White Drawing Water Near Aiken, S~ C., and Her Pitcher Still Stands on the Post Where She L<3t It. Mr, J. B. Toomer, yesterday told Tar k Baxxeu the following? story, ihat is as singular as it is interesting: About five miles fn»m Aiken, S. CL, on tlie Charleston dart road, ami in sight of the railway, is a little place that was first clmsfcened “Pole Oar,” but afterwards changed to Momiuon&n- ey, the French for /hat odorous littie animal. Many years agoay^iing woman caase with iter pitcher todaaw a bucket -c*f water from a well^it Montmorency, aud sat the vessel on a stetne post that some of the railroad men had moved there. While drawing the water a fiash of lightning came, that virdek tlie chain to which the well bucket was attached and tlie woman was killed in her tracks. ller remains were removed,. but the pitcher was left just where the dead girl had set it. To this day the pitcher remains in the same place, and so far from being removed it is said that no living hand has ever touched it save its owner’s, although near the side'of the public road. But the most wonderful thing is the superstition attached to this pitcher. There is an Indescribable influence sur- sounding it that prevents its touch. Hundreds of people have gone with the firm determination of lifting the pitcher hut when they approach it a strange repugnance comes over them, and they hurriedly depart without carrying out the object of their visit. One night a bully in the neighbor hood, while under the influence of whisky, made a l»et with some friends that he would go and bring them back the pitcher. He left to do so, but soon returned ;ps pale as a sheet and ernpty handeil. “Boys,”he remarked,“no pel sou alive can lay hands on that pitcher, and I wouldn't attempt it again for the whole of Aiken county.” He refused to tell his experience, and said he .would not talk about the matter. Other parties have gone to see it, but meet with the i'iimc repulsive feelings. So soon as they would step off a lew feet the sen sation would leave them. Parties have frequently amused themselves throwing stones at tho pitcher . and when almost v<> their reueh. tjD». mWil •• seemed, to glide ar'Oiff.Tttmem.. Mr. Toomer 'teflft us that the other day when he passed this spot with his wd'e he got out and tried his marksmanship with brickbats, ami w hile a pret ty accurate thrower, he met with no success—that he had as well try to knock down a sunbeam with a rock. Mr. Toomer further stated that he had been passing tills pitcher for years, and always found it in the same place on the post. Before reaching it lie would firmly make up his mind to remove the vessel, but when he ap proached it he experienced the same repugnance to touching it as an uncan ny object. The old well from wich the dead girl was drawing water lias long been filled up, and no signs of it remains. Mr. Toomer is au entirely reliable geaitleman. THE HAXKSV1IXE ORANGE. A Talk With tfio President of an Old and Strong Farmers Organization. This week a Bannhb representative was in Homer, and had an interesting talk with Col. Tom Neal, President of the Banksvilie Grange. This Grange and Tuk Baxxkk have always been friends, for we recognize the fact that a more worthy association of farmers were never banded together. Its mem ber are all good, sensible men, and have the interest of the farmers and the country near at heart. Col. Neal is as much opposed ns any one to the jute bagging trust, hut says his Grange will not expel a member for using it, if lie thinks best. He says it .is a private matter in which the Grange has no concern to meddle. He also says that they do not meddle with politics, but each member votes free and untrammelled for the man he thinks wiH best administer the govern ment. llis Grange, Col. Veal said, was getting along in good shape. We asked him if the Grange would follow the recommendation of the Alliance to hold their cotton for 12,Vo cents. He said if his members were able to hold their crops they would do so, but they recognized the fact that their debts must be {promptly met, it matters not at what personal sacrifice. They have bought supples at a low, price, and to i keep up their credit must pay all bills the day the are dne The Gratfge is making ho war against any class of men, but attending to their own business and working for the best interest, of its members. • i High heeled shoes are no 'modern invention; they go back to the earliest Henryjand the top piece was often no bigger than a shilling shaped like a heart. THE MYSTERY SOLVED. The Child Foand'in Watkinsville Thought to be a Negro Boy. Sheriff Overby, of Oconee county, was in the city j esterdav aud stated that the Watkinsville mystery is about unravelled. The corpse found in the woods near Watkiiisvilie, and was pronounced a white gill by ail wlie examined it, is doubtles- the deformed son of a negro man. in Oconee county, named Freeland Daniel, who lives near-Shady Dale, at which place the corpse was interred. Mr. Joe Dickens, who Jives dear Union huroli, is confident that lie made the ’coffin,'and accurately described the two kinds of wood—pine bottom aud popu lar top—of which it was made. He also described the hlaek covering ior the coffin, which was also his work, aud exactly answers tlie description of the coffin found. Mrs. Dickens says she made ihc white gown in which the corpse was buried, and which caused the finders to mistake it for a girl. It teems that the dead hoy had a de formity about the head, that greatly puzzled the attending physicians, and it is thought that some seeker after medical information stole the corpse from the grave r and after making the examination reinterred the body where found. It has been proposed to open the grave at Shady Dale, which will settle the question, but flip negroes appear too superstitions to do sO. HIE OLDEST S0B8CHIBER. JEKYLL AND HYDE. Taking: the Banner for Fifty Years—Kind Words for Our Paper. “ Here’s a dollar,” said Col. John W. Pruitt to a representative of the Tun Baxxeb, “ which pays me up to next March.” 1 have been a subscriber to your paper for over fifty years ; when I went to Athens to buy my wedding suit 1 subscribed for the paper, and have continued it since that time and always managed to keep my subscrip tion paid up in advance. I know that the life, of a newspaperman has its up's and down’s, and unless their subscribers pay up promptly that they feel badly about it. i enjoy reading your paper, nan jv‘-‘ willingtjj pay feryi so that you wot -i look so A- when’ passing jarouud. 1 am now up in the seventies, and have had a great deal to do' with the politics of this county, but the politics of to- diiy.are not what it was in the days of the Cobbs, and I have nothing to do with them. I have been a* life-long Democrat and an admirer and supporter of the Cobbs and Toombs. “You can always count on me as a subscriber to vour paper, and L think it lias done a great deal in breaking down independentisni and radicalism in this section.'’ The Report Said to Be True, A gentleman tells us that the reported outrage by a negro on a little white girl in a lower county is certainly true, and there is a good deal of indignation among the people on acceunt of the fel low escaping punishment for liis hellish crime. The negro has left the settle ment, but was not even arrested. We shall investigate this report further. It is the duty of the authorities to look into, this matter aud bring the guilty -party to punishment, if they find that such a crime has been committed or even at tempted. It will never do to smother up such cases. Such silence only en courages a repetition of the offense, and gives no protection to the women and little girls of our country. ~~ RUN OFF. ' The Train on the Blue Ridge & Atlantic Takes aStride. We learn from a passenger on Judge Thoma’s Railroad, from Connelia to Tallulah, that a run-off occurred yes terday morning a few miles from Clarksville, on the down train, in which one of the prssenger coaches was dumped down au ^embankment, but fortunately n* one was hurt except conductor Garrison, who is thought to seriously injured. The passengers were badly shaken up. The damage to the road is considerable. HON. TOM WATSON. He Opens Tlie Congressional Cam paign. Special to the Danner. Thomson, August 31—To-day Thomas E. Watson fired the first gun i-i the coming campaign of tlie tenth congres sional district. It was loaded* with bomb-shells. A crowd from several counties, such as assembles only to a mammoth barbecue, .were in range, and the result of the dis charge was astonishing. MB. DUTCEETT IN CONNETICUT, MB. DAVIS IN CHATTANOOGA. A Citizen of East New London, Conn. With a Grown Up Family, a Citizen of Chattanooga, Enjoying HisKoney- moon--Two Currents of Lite With a Prison Cell as Their Confluence. All the Athenians remember Joe Duchett, who had charge of the water works in this city. He lived here for several years, with his family, and made friends and built up a good credit. Dueliett seemed to get along well with his wife, and nothing ever occurred to make the public think them unhap py. Mrs. Duehitt was ladylike in her manners and seemed devoted to her husband. They were constantly to gether, and slie spent a good portion of her time with him at his work. But one morning Duchett came up missing, when it was learned that he owed a great many hills in the city. In fact, he had strained his si-edit to the utmost capacity, and wheu-his creditors •began to press him, settled tlie matter by leaving for,parts unknown. His family said they had no idea of his whereabouts. Mr. J. JI. Dorsey was employed to ferret him out, but th:#t gentleman lost track of the fugitive at Savannah. Nothing more was heard of him until this week, when the Chattanoo ga Sunday Times came out with the fol lowing article : John Duchett alias Jos. Davis was ar rested yesterday on a telegram and let ter from the authorities of Ease New London, Gonu-, charging him with big amy. The arrest was made hv Chief of Police Aus'Or? and Duchett was taken to the city jail. Duchett is a good looking man of about forty-five years of age, with iron grey hair and dresses well. When ar rested he made no attempt to deny liis identity and fully admitted his crime, although not seeming to realize the enor mity of the offense. He talked freely to a Times repoter with an air,of hones ty and sincerity very much in his favor. He has a horror of his Connecticut wife but is lavish in liis praises of his Chatta- noaga wife, liis sole regret seeming to be that she would suffer from his dis grace. The story can best be told in his own words, in answer to inquires he said: “I was married to my lawful wife twenty-one years ago .la Uouncetl-mt and lived with her nearly twenty years. I have three children by her, aged fif teen, seventeen and nineteen years re spectively. During the twenty years of my married life I have not liven happily with my wife. Intact I would rather be in jail thau with her at home. She has made my life wretched, and no one will ever know what 1 have suffered at her hands. If it was not lor the wo man whuu 1 married here, I would rather be in jail than at lioilfe as I have said. I an engineer by profession, and about five years ago l came South an i lived in Athens,-(fa., where I had a posi tion, paying me Sf-1per month. Through my wife i lost my position three years ago and came to Chat tanoo ga, and! worked for the City Water company. 1 laid the mains through the Forest Hill cemetery. 1 had sent my family back to Connecticut. When my work here was finished I went home, and came hack here a year ago and worked for the gas company. I was married July 21, 1833, to Miss Annie C. Cobbs, of Seottsboro, Alabama, who was visiting at St. Elmo. 1 had come back South to get rid of my wife and went by the name of Davis. 1 hardly know why I married again, of course I kuew it was a misdemeanor, and I ex*- peeted to be arrested for it hut I thought that in this way l would get rid of my lawful wife and that 1 could live it out and he happy afterwards. I lived here some weeks and then went back to Con necticut where I lived with my wife,- expecting to be arrested and tried there but this was not done and I returned to Chattanooga three weeks ago last Wed nesday. Why did I-uot get a divorce? I had no chance in Connecticut, my wife is a cousin of the turnkey, who is a son-in-law of the sheriff, and they could use enough influence to prevent it, the divorce laws of that state being pretty strict.” At this period Chief Kilgore appreached and said that a vis itor wanted to see Davis or Duchett and the prisoner asked who it was, ex plaining, “My wife has some brothers who might come in and pop me over.” The chief of police promised to protect him. As the reporter was about to leave the prisoner exclaimed: “Please don’t bring my wife here. She has enough troubles to bear, and a better woman never lived.” Upon inquiry it was learned that Miss Cobb is of good family and sus tains a character beyond reproach or even the breath of suspicion. Sue has the fullest sympathy of ail who know her present trouble, for she eannot he blamed even remotely. It is a most peculiar case. From the statement of Duteliett himself, it ap pears that after living with his wile for twenty years he saw no way of getting rid ol' her except by-serving a term in the penitentiary for bigamy; that he then expected to serve his term in Con necticut; that liis wife then would se cure a divorce: that he could then con ceal the real facts from his, Tennessee wife ' that he could conic hack arid that his second mar-riage would in some way be made valid. Dutchett'Mll have a heaving to-day and will he tried in this county. Duteliett, in the course of conversa tion with a ’l imes reporter yesterday, expressed his belief that he would be convicted and fined, evidently not reali zing that liis offense is one punishable by imprisonment in the State peniten tiary, and not by a mere fine. It is a case of double life seldom found. In East New London lie was Mr. Duteliett with a grown up family, while in Chattanooga he was Mr. 1 Da vis, enjoying his honeymoon. He did not desert his Connecticut wife, but frhm nisown statement, migrated be- tvveoa E:ut New London and Chatta- uoogit. DrciiExr’s tkial. *’*' From the Chattanooga Evening News ' we learn of Joe DuetieU’s commitment trial. The paper says: A man who is evidently about 50 years old, tall, well formed and rather handsome, with black eyes, and hair of the same col -r, stood before the bar this morning in Mayor Jfiukliu’s court. Davis was arrested Saturday night on- a telegram from Connecticut charging . him with bigamy. In court this morning he confessed? his guilt. He was bound over to the circuit court for trial. When Mayor Nicklin had told him tlie result of the investigation the pris oner said he had hut one request to make—that was that he he carried to Connecticut for trial. Since coining to Chattanooga Davis alias Dutehette, has been employed l>y^„ water works and gas company. PLAY BALL. Athens and the “Fop euJ G-ots” Cross Bats at the Fair Grounds. The game at the Fair Grounds yester day was a good one. The game was called promptly at 3:35 o’clock by Umpire Buck Adams. Athens Mil Reaves and Va on for its battery, and Mr. 11. H. Dorsey acted as scorer. Mr. J. E. Criffeth pitched for the Pop arid Goes, and' Struck out six men, while fifteen retired from the hat before the matchless curves of Mr. Vasou. The game was lull of interest, and many rounds of applause rang out from the grand stand at the good play s made hv both sides. At the close of the ninth inning the Pop and Goes bad made four rounds, while the Athens team had scored eight. A number of citizens were present, and enjoyed the game in tlie extreme. Mr. Yason’s pitching was liie toast of all. DOWN WITH THE JUTE. This is the Santencs Pronounced Yy the Merchants as "Well as the FaiuSei's and Alliance Wen. The jute’s death knell is sounded. The merchants of Athens are deter mined on this point as resolutely as the farmers, and will aid in their boycot of the Jute Bagging Trust. The cotton men have all agreed to encourage the farmers in their war against tlie trust and have agreed to pay the planters ten cents additional per hundred for tlieir cotton packed in cotton bagging. They do this simply for the encourage ment of the use of cotton bagging, and will continue to help the farmers out until the warfare is over aud the jute trust.is conquered. There are only a few farmers who have declared their intentions to use the jute bagging, and for these Messrs O’Farrell & Ash had a number of hands stitching together old bagging yester day to prevent the necessity of buying new bagging from the trust. Everybody is united against jute and it is thrown over hoard. Jute Blind Tigers. Factors or country merchants who sell jute now are almost in the fix of the man who sells whiskey in a prohi- tion town. The purchaser has got to know the pass wood, give the proper wink and establish liis right-tactile mer chant’s confidence before lie can be shown into the cellar, or in the dark room where the jute is stored. It is a regular blind tiger.—Augusta Chroni- Cle ‘ <81 Boycotting. The- Alliance men in the different counties are notifying the public gins that if they use jute bagging they will he boycotted, and the fanners will not patronize a gin nslnp; jute bagging. The most of the owners of gihs tell the Alliance men that they will give them cotton bagging if they want it, <U ute bagging if thev want it.