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r r ' /— WEEKLY 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.