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ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 18S9.
(}\$ WORKS SOLD.
-HEM them the contract
u^Vbel'ectrig lights.
, p j; a binson.of At.f nta, the Pur-
K * Thorough Syswm of Eiec-
,tt,!e LUhtstoBeE.tabU S h«d-llr.
,r '* got> BSOn ’* plaR8 ‘
have changed hands.
r5 '5r A- Robinson.M Atlanta, with
has honght out the
together with the con-
I , - furnishing the city with gas
r Ut five years. The contract
k; »•«« ko,, * i,t
f jjjuson »».l hi( tom p a»7.
r ' . i]c was m ule yesterday, and so
^ s ;tho trade was made a Bannkii
,. r r sought an interview with Mr.
,„.u to ascertain his plans of es-
j-iimpthe electric lights.
| ,j response to our queries he said:
neil.? ir - I have purchased th« en-
works and intend to take, up
,contract from today of funishingthe
. vwitii lights. I have associated with
-everal gentlemen whose names I
not to give. The price I paid
L,!* con:rats mid gas works, while
[ secret, 1 had rather not
THE G., C. & N. HOAD.
Tie Entire Line to Be Completed by
June 1, 1890.
Special to the Banner
L uiox, |N, t'., Sept. 13.—Your cor
respondent visited the camp of Capt.
A. B. Fortune, of the Georgia, Caro
lina and Jyfrthern Railroad, this week,
and found him pushing the work rapid
ly. Capt. Fortune told your corres
pondent that he Was working on the
deepest cut from Chester to Clinton, it
being forty-three feet deep, across the
public road, near Dr. P. P, Butler’s,
west of Fish Dam. He also said the
road would be ready for the rails by
February 1, 1890, and that trains would
be running from Monroe, X. C., to At
lanta, Ga., by June 1,1S90.
[ ..What idieut th<
k-etric .lights
establishment of
” asked the re-
THE THREATENED DUEL I mcnt begSin *° t * ,e and | pear A'ill consider you have backed
1-1 nervous listeners believed it to be a j down from the fight. If this site don’t
sort of telephonic echoing of the hos- I suit you, . I will
tile shots fired by their blood-thirsty j sun up to-morrow
BETWEEN COL. BLUSTER AND HR HIT-
E to HARD.
Account of the Affair Wired The Banner
by the Bungtown Snorter—Origin of
the Trouble—The Field of Honor-
Intense Excitement—Ami
cable Adjustment.
.■fl„ work has already commenced,”
J Mr. lM'inson, “and will he pushed
through to completion. I cannot
aT M t,en they will be ready for service,
dt I Lave commenced the work today
Li nye been over the city and laid
|« mr diagram of where the 'lights are
Lbe planted. I will take the same con-
Luspublished in yeur paper with
t council proceedings several days
lyo. :,U(1 will furnish thirty full arc
; to the city. As soon as possible
|l uiU put down the plant and will turn
[the electric lights on vour city in less
|time than you w ill think,I am sure.”
Mr. W. A Robinson is associated with
laNortbern electric factory and is in a
Ipujiliun to have the work of putting
Idunii the electric plant here very speed
ier am! afnr the most improved plans.
I He says hewill give Achens the best
I rights to be found and will meet such
miimrageimmt they give him in a prop
er war. lie will run the lights to ben-
etit ail parties, and expects to receive a
A LITTLE OR NOTHING,
The University Bill Appropriation
Amended from $50,000 to $15,000.
special toThe Banner.
Atlanta, Sept. 13.—As soon as the
special order, the Felton educational
bill, was called, the house went into
committee of the whole.
Mr. McDonald, of Ware, offered to
amend by making the appropriation
$20,000 instead of $35,000. He made a
speech in favor of his amendment.
Mr. Foute, of Bartow, here ottered to
amend hv making the appropriation
$15,000 instead of $35,080.
Mr. McDonald accepted this amend
ment. It is the institution of the state,
and he would always support any
measure looking to its maintenance.
He did not want tbe state institution
to go down.
Mr. Foute moved to rise and ask
leave to sit again. Carried.
The further consideration of this bill
has been postponed until next Monday
EDUCATE THE POOR.
The Key Note of Debate Today. Child
ren of Georgia Ask for Bread.
Special to The Banuer.
Atlanta, Sept. 12.—The special
order, Dr. Feltou’s educational bill
was taken up in the house this morning
On motion-of Mr. Fleming, the com
mittee of the whole rose and asked leave
to sit again.
The bill to grant to females the pnvi
leges enjoyed at the university and
branch colleges by mule students wai
favorably reported.
The senate referred the house substi
tute for the Hall resolutions calling
Special to the Banner.
Bcxgtowx, Ga., September 12.—For
several days past this peaceful, yet en
terprising city has been wracked with
excitement over a threatened afl'air of
honor between Col. Billious Bluster
and the Hon. John Henry Hitcmhard,
and in spite of the fact that the police
and sheriff had been sworn to secrecy
—until their services were required to
step forward and vindicate the majesty
of the law—the news of the prospective
duel got out.
The trouble originated in an article
that Hon. John Henry llitomhard had
written in theBungtown Snorter on the
cultivation of the cabbage, in which
communication frequeut allusions were
made to the “cabbage head.” Directly
underneath this agricultural treatise on
a popular vegetable, the Snorter editor
had inserted a personal notice about
the return of Col. Bluster from a visit
to a neighoring town. This gentleman
construed Mr. Hitemhard’s articles a
personal reflection upon his cranium,
and at once wrote a note demanding a
full aud ample retraction of the offen
sive remarks. This the gifted and gal-
ant author refused to do, when the
correspondence was continued through
friends of the billingerents, and a for
mal request made by Col. Bluster that
his insulter meet him beyond the con
fines of the State, where the corres
pondence might he continued. But
right here a new trouble arose. The
challenged party claimed the right to
name the time, place and weapons, and
snggested Sand Bar Ferry near Augus
ta,. as the place; nine o’clock that
night as the hour for the fatal encoun
ter: Joe Brown pikes as the weapons,
and ten paces the distance. Col. Blus
ter’s friends explained to the Hon.
Hitemhard the utter impossibility of
reaching that point in the time named,
and also that the nights were so dark
that a second was about as apt to be
pierced by one of these javelins as the
antagonists. But Mr. Hitemhard was
inexorable, and swore that since the
difficulty was forced upon him be in
teutendud to have blood before it was
through—unless he was arrested.
Col. Bluster denied the l ight of Mr.
Hitemhard to name the place of rueet-
ng, but consented to the weapons se
lected, only suggesting that fifteen
townsmen.
The Bungtown Snorter, with its
usual enterprise, was bound to “get
there, Eli.” The office was left in sole
charge of a tramp printer, the editor
meet rou at
either ^n the
Indian Territory or on some desert is
land off the coast of Florida.”
To this demand the answer was flash-
| ed back:
“The hour is up. I shall wait here
having managed to slip off on the same I fifteen minutes longer and then if you
train with Mr. Hitemhard, while he had fail to meet me I shall leave, as I do not
instructed his devil to follow the Blus- propose to have Snelson, of Meriweth-
ter party, at any cost and deager. This I er, attacking inc for being absent from
vigilant young imp—not being armed my post of duty.”
and equipped with a free pass—at once This ended the correspondence. The
set to work and chartered a locomotive I next trains that left Augusta and Go-
and train attached—on which Bluster J pher Tank carried back to Bungtown
and his second had taken passage—pay- I the blood-thirsty gentlemen,
ing for the same by passing wood to the I But this did not settle matters, for the
fireman. 1 duel was still the sole topic of con versa-
Mr. Hitemhard wore a look of de- I tion. The papers were filled with all
termined courage, that showed he meant I kind of sensational rumor#. One time
business. He was accompanied by his J Bluster was shot through the brain, fol-
second, Capt. Jack Kipper, and Dr. lowed by the report of the wounding
Fatchirnup. and old disciple of Escula- of Hitemhard. But as the principals
pius who had officiated at the advent of I were over 900 miles apart on an air-
half the population of Bungtown. line, and their only weapon# the famous
“Do you think that the craven Blus- Joe Brown pike, public anxiety soon
ter wiil dare to meet me at the rendez-1 gave way to reason, and was somewhat
vous?” he-asked of his friend Ripper.
Mr. R. signified his opinion that
Bluster would be there.
“What,sir, is the police force of Bung
town doing? Do we not pay taxes to
be protected ? The blood-thirsty mis
creants! They certainly will not let
him escape! I, however, will die in my
tracks before submitting to arrest. Per
haps Bluster is even now on this train.
I shall conceal myself under the scat,
until 1 am safe from the clutches of
these minions of the law.”
In due reason the duelling party
reached Augusta safely, and Mr. Hitera-
hard was 'dragged from his place of con
cealment. As he stepped from the
coach, there stood a blue-coated police
man. But the gallant gentleman did
not fliuch. With nerves of iron and a
courage unexampled, l.e boldly stepped
up to this officer and said:
“Sir, with me truth is a twin sister to
valor. I cannot tell a lie. My name is
Hitemhsird, from Bungtown.”
The policeman returned this informa
tion with a stare.
“Sir,” the duelist continued, “I am
now on my way to the field of honor,
and ask that y ou do not stand between
me and the vindication of my good
name.” '
allayed.
On the return of the principals to
Bungtown, a committee of friends got
together and agreed on the following
compromise, which was signed by both
parties:
Col. Bluster and Mr. Hitemhard
having left to this committee a settle
ment of the differences between them,
and after a careful investigation of the
issues at stake between these gentle
men, we find:
1. That Mr. Hitemhard should ac
knowledge that in his reference to cab
bage beads in his article published in
the Bungtown Snorter on the 7th inst.,
that he was only referring to vegetable
FAVORING THE FAIR-
THE ALLIANCEMEN WILL MOST/
PROBABLY TAKE HOLD.
Success Awaitl rg 1 cm if 11 cy Po—A
;TaIk with Mr. G. E. Heard, of the Al
liance—He Favors the Idea of
a Fair.
Mr. G. E. Heard is a prominent AI-
lianceman.
He called on The Banner yesterday,
and spoke most heartily in favor of the
Alliance fair. He said he was confident
that the Alliancemen could make a very
great success of the fair, and he sin
cerely hoped the organization would
take hold of of it at once, and said they
would have a meeting soon, at which
the fair would be discussed. Mr. Heard
is on the l ight track.
The farmers will consult their own
interest to hold the fair. No one will
reap fuller benefit from an Alliance fair
than the Alliance itself. This is ob
vious.
There is one thing that seems to ’ e
in the way of the farmers holding the
fair. They say they have enough on
hand already, and can’t afford to as
sume further responsibilities. This is
an erroneous idea, however, as can
easily be shown. The fair wiil be r.o
burden on the farmers at all, since tho
expense of holding it has been reduced
io a mere trifle. The grounds can be
obtained free of charge, aud the only
expense is the printing of premium lists
and the distribution of them. If the
farmers are too busy with their farms
let them employ one or two men from
the Alliance or elsewhere, who can d -
vote sufficient time to working up
of the lair. Let them pay these agents
cabbage heads, ‘and had no reference »reasonable price for their service, and
;r»*i many private contracts for elec- \ upon the lessees of the \V estern and At
lantic railroad to present their claims,
to the committee on the W estern and
Atlantic railroad.
trie lights in addition to the city’s eon-
| irac'. and this he will most probably
do.
The citizens of Athens should, and
dum.fless will, encourage the establish
ment of :h# elec trie plant by a most
K!*r;! patronage. All kinds of electric
light.-will be furnished, both the full
»rc anil|the candescent lights.
Mr.‘Robinson will return to his home
Atlanta today, hut willJJ set to work
11 once on putting in the electric pTant.
Mr. Flanigcn, who has formerly had
charge of the gas works,deserves credit
iial much gratitude from the citizens
"1 Athens for the securing of the elec
hie lights, and for the sale of the gas
Wot ks and contracts. He has furnished
Wiens with an excellent gas service
'tt'.ev he took charge of the contract
1,1,1 has sold out to a company that is
“i"!r thoroughly competent to manip-
“hhi die electric lighting of the city
! *iaii lie, owing to their experience in
’his lino of business. Mr. Flunigen
" ill enter some other business in which
!' e XV 'H u>e his capital and labor as he
l: ; lone in the past for the upbuilding
<*f Athens.
THE WIND AND TIDi
HIE DANNER'S JOB OFFICE.
Timing Out Some BeautifulWork-Newly
Equipped In Every Way.
" *•' ur <t pleased to note the success of
0, ir job office lately.
^ e have been compelled to furnish
11!< Apartment with thorough equip-
J 111111 ' t0 supply the demands of our
herons, and are now prepared to do
1 l * nicest work possible on short no
tice.
' e have lately engaged the services
" Mr. F. A. Williams, formerly with
Mw J° b office of M r. H. L. Cranford,
•‘j‘u he win i n the futures have control
the Ba.nxkr job office.
t „ e have purchased a fine lot of new
a,1( l new presses, and will run our
department with the latest and
improved methods and styles of
m Printing.
oh * are Prepared to fill any and all
l! ‘at may he sent us and guaran-
' lll0l ough satisfaction in the work.
Destruction at the Sea Side Re
sorts.
Special to the Banner.
Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 12.—In a
number of places the ocean has swept
through to the river from North Long
Branch to Sandy Hook, and at least
three cottages have keeled over.
A number of dead bodies have been
seen floating in the surf. This indicates
several marine disasters.
Norfolk, Ya„ September 12.—It is
reported that Nagshead hotel, off Roan
oke island, North Carolina, was blown
down Tuesday night, and a ^number of
persons killed.
■Washington,Sept. 12.—Some'anxiety
was felt regarding the safety of the new
steel cruiser, Atlanta. She left New
York Monday for Newport. This is a
run of ten hours.
Two Officials Drowned.
Caxton, Ill., September 12.—T. P
Gilwieks, grand keeper of records and
seals of the grand lodge Knights of Py
thias of Missouri, and Paul Pittman
deputy circuit clerk of Mason county
Illinois, were drowned at Copperas
creek lock on the Illinois river, ten
miles from this city, Tuesday. They
were fishing and the boat upset.
“Colonel,” said the attending qhy
sieian, “you are badly hurt, and an ~
•Mif.iiinn is necessary. To enable
am
you
putation is necessary . . ,
to bear the shock I have decided to ad
inister a small hypodermic injection
the newly-discovered elixir
of
exclaimed the
“Caroline,
Kentuckian imperiously, waving the
doctor aside, “hand me that black flask
that’s in the cupboard.”
The new rolling mill at Rome, Ga
is turning out ten tons of cotton ties
. ° _ . . *a 211 Artnm
fiav JLt this rate it will make enough
to band one-twelfth of the cotton crop,
and by running nigh t and da * ‘L™/
supply one-sixth of the whole demand
whatever to Col. Bluster’s cranium.
2. That Col. Bluster should apolo
gize to Mr. Hitemhard for his allusions
to his head as a gourd.
3. We decide that both gentlemen
should equally hear the expenses of the
liquor necessary to start the tide of good
will and friendship to ebbing again.
This adjustment wassighned by both
parties and peace again reigns in War
saw.
Next.
The Alliance Fair is bound to he a
The policeman’s only reply was for J great success. The farmers are enthused | profit of several thousand dollars for the
this will be all the expense connected
with the fair at all.
Now, what will the receipts be? If
the fair is well worked up there is no
reason why there won’t be from three,
to five thousand people here, and the
gate receipts] will run up to several
thousand dollars, while the privileges
of exhibit,of racing,of side shows, etc.,
will place the total receipts vastly above
the expenditures.
This certainly does not look like hav
ing much on hand in giving the fair.
W# fail to see anything but a clear
aces would probably be better, unless
the pike hands were not over two feet
long, lie assured his friends that he
would perish in his tracks, but insisted
that Hitemhard should also remain at
his post. Col. Bluster objected to Car
olina as the place of meeting—giving as
his reason that he had no free pass over
any railroad leading into that State
but insisted that the fight take place at
Goober Tank in Alabama.
All day fruitless efforts were made to
reconcile .tho differences about ;the
scene of battle between the two gentle
men, but without avail. The good peo
ple of Bungtown were kept in a fever
of excitement. Extra police weie
sworn in, and Col. Bluster was arrested
and placed under official survillance.
The Hon. Hitemhard could not be
found.
Gov. Gordon was telegraphed to send
troops to preserve the peace between
duelists, and he wired back: “Hold the
fort, for I coming!’
But when two brave men are thirst
ing for each other’s gore, and their
brains seething volcanoes of angry
passion, you had as well try to chain
the lightning’s flash.
About dark Col. Bluster managed to
escape his guard, and sent a note to Col
Hitemhard that read, “Meet nm at
Gopher Tank in Alabama. I shall wait
there fifteen minutes for you.”
To this missive Mr. Hitemhard re
turned the answer, “I leave at once for
Sand Bar Ferry, in South Carolina
where I shall accord you all the satis
faction you demand.”
The next news that the citizens of
Bungtown heard was that tbe duelists
had left for the field of battle, and with
breathless anxiety they awaited news of
the conflict. The Mayor had drained
the city treasury of its last niekle send
ing out telegrams—from Alaska to Pat
agonia—giving a description of the be.
ligerent, gentlemen and asking that
they be arrested. He had even gone
the extremity of convening his coun
him to move on.
The expression on the lion. Mr.
Hitemhard’s face was a study. Calling
his friend to his side he said :
“Ripper, did you not tell me Mayor
Sickemon had seut telegrams all over
the country ordering the arrest of my-
sely and Bluster? 1 believe that he has
put that money in his own pocket and
only transmitted dummies. If I ever
live to get to Bungtown again I’ll defeat
him for re-election or bankrupt myself.”
Ripper—who was in truth anxious to
immortalize himself by officiating in an
affair of honor—congratulated Hitem
hard on the lucky escape of their party,
and soon had his principal in a close
carriage and conveyed to Sand Bar
Ferry.
on the subject.
There can cer-
The greatest danger that a duelist runs
these days is that he might be killed by
an electric current while receiving a
telegram from his adversary.
The best conservator of place is a first-
class military company. Their pres
ence in a town lias kept down many
difficulties.
theni-
bv all
It is the duty of the Southern press
to allay any excitement among the
blacks, and let them feel that their
rights will be protected so long as they
Mr. Hitemhard was very serious, and j are in the right
seemed wrapped in deep thonght as he
cil to issue town bonds to carry -pn the
glorious wo"k of peace. The telegraph
office was besieged by an anxious mul
titude, and every time the little instru-
lVe believe the Legislature will vote
the State University a liberal appropri
ation, and make it the leading institu
tion ofleaming in the South.
nervously felt the edge of the missile of
death that he carried in his hand.
The party had scarcely landed when
the wheels of a vehicle was heard com
ing down the road aud a eall made for
the ferryman.
‘Can that be the Bluster party?”
asked the principal. “Ripper, I feel a
presentment that I shall fall in this en
counter.. It is said that all brave men
hav# such presentments just before
death. Therefore I want to make a
dying request of you. You surely can
not refuse the last wishes of a man
standing on the brink of the grave?”
Ripper gave his promise and asked to
hear the sad message.
The negro Alliances in Oglethorpe
eounty deny that they are organizing to
secure an increase in wages. They are
already getting as much profit out of the
crops as the men who own the land and
stock.
Alliance in the fair,
tainly be no loss.
The farmers should interest
selves in this move, and should
means have the Alliance fair.
The merchants are ready aud waiting
co hear from the Alliance. They all
stand highly in favor of the fair and say
they will take an unusual interest in it
because it’s a Farmer’s Alliance fair.
The fair would place the merchants
and farmers close together. It would
give occasion for their interests and
pursuits to be studied together. The
Allianee-woul.l be f urthered and more
substantially established in their real
standpoint and would be seen in its
most favorable aspect.
Evc-rry reason should cause the 11-
liance to take hold of the fair.
No fear at all need he entertained for
a moment of any loss of time or money
in the undertaking.
An Alliance fair means succcess.
THE GRAND JURY
Will Indict the East Point Whippers,
and Mr. Ed. Bruffey May go to Jail.
Special to the Banner.
Mayor Glenn, of Atlanta, with his I Atlanta, Sept. 13.—The investiga-
usual enterprise, will establish a duel- tion of the East Point whipping by the
ling ground in Grant Park. It will grand jury grows interesting,
furnish an innocent yet exciting sport It is said, and the information seems
for visitors. His Honor contends that the to be reliable, that four well-known At-
uinpire in a baseball game runs a far lantians will be indicted for “riot,” and
greater risk than the average Georgia several other young men will be charged
duelist. | with assault and battery, s
Arrests may follow this afternoon.
This morning Mr. E. C. Bruffey, the
well k,nown reporter, was before the
grand jury for tbe second tifne. When
he cam# out your correspondent asked
him about the investigate n.
John T. Henderson,
Commissioner A griculture.
L. F. Livingston, President
Georgia Farmers Alliance#
UNPRECEDENTED AT
The University of Georgia ‘will openf
up on Wednesday with the largest
Georgia is filled with old political
hacks who are wearing euckle-bnrrs in
“Jack, I know you are a friend of I their hair, with the hope of getting on
mine—or I would not have chosen you the good side of the Alliance. The boys
to act for me in this delicate affair. Mr say when these fellows try to ride them
dying request is that if it b# Col. Bins- into office that they will buck w orse
ter and his party crossing the river to j than Texas ponies
have me arrested!”
But happily this last resort was un- I A verdict of death from tight lacing
necessary, ft was only a delegation of comes from a Birmingham jury, ex
reporters who were trailing the figlitist. | Pi esse d as a verdict “Death from pres-
Mr. Hitemhard’s unquestioned cour
age seemed to receive a fresh impetus
upon,tliis discovery. His bearing was
firm, yet dignified, and he even con
sented to let Ripper send the following
telegram to Col. Bluster at Gopher
Tank:
“1 am on the field of battle waiting
for you.”
To this Col. Bluster replied:
“So ami. I shall w r ait o”e hour lon
ger for you. and if you do not meet me,
will return to Bungtown and denounce
you as a coward.”
To this threat Hitemhard wired back:
“I shall wait at Sand Bar Ferry, un
til sundown, and then if you fail to ap-
sure round the waist.” The subject
w as a servant girl who died after a
frig it, and her death was attributed by 1 number of students slie has had” for
the medical witness to the fact that she many years. Every train is bringing
was laced too tightly to enable her to to Athens large numbers of students,
stand any sudden emotion. Shejwas 1 # j|d by Wednesday* the campus will
a notorious tight lacer not only ar the once more resound to the mirtlifulness;
waist. Her collar fitted so closely that am i jolly laugh of the college boys,
it was impossible to loosen it at the Up to this time over thirty boys have
critical moment. Under her corsets arrived, which compared with former
she wore a tightly buckled belt.—Chica- years, shows an unprecedented* ntt.nn!-
go Herald. lance. Of tlii^ number nearly half
new* boys, and laore are coming.
Last year on the Saturday, preceding
the Wednesday when college opened
only seven hoys had arrived.
Seven against thirty is how it stands.
Who says th« University is not on a
boom?
Court will adjourn at Lawreneeville
tomorrow*. The grand jury have found
about eighty true bills, and are now en
gaged on the murder case ; where Mr,
Pearce w as called from his house and
shot until killed. Gwinnett will have
an adjourned terra of court.