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INS GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1880.
Sei
progress of thi
G.,C. **■
[jufejois End Grading
Steadily
pros Athens.
ij RAIL bodght.
Mr A. L.
fitfc with
of th# Company
^Unbounded S«®oe»
R o»d-Monthly Ex-
Amount to $45,-
0, Which Tells a
T »le of R«P‘ d
progress.
Hull,
-Ho
Nil*
if
Ljt reports from tl>e Geoagia,
t Northern railroad are grat
ae extreme. A Banner re-
; Mr A. L Hull Secretary
“ .'afthe company yester-
lil what progress was being
lllejmuliiig of the road. <
L , aid Mr. Hull, “the work is
rapidly and successfully
Uld well wish, and far ^tter
expected. The grading
hamls have made wonderful
sisiart they have been at work
new fifteen miles this side
The force has lately been
.imltlie expenses p?r month
1 sent yesterday $45,000 to
iexpenses for the mouth of Scp-r
r, which will serve to show you
liiire on what large scale the
■being carried on. The expenses
tiberwill doubtless be increased
jtlwn this as the hands are
Isaslantly increased. The au-
^have determined to push the
lb with speed, and at the
tnteof pi'C" r ess it can not be
i grading, will be com-
ortune, of crowded depots, b isy manv
actories, and many otl>er enterprise
•ccuring from this great trunk line
•onneeting the markets of tlie North
East with the fertile valleys of tlie grt. t
Southwest.
Let every Athenian greet the G., C.
£ N. wir,h good cheer, and with - a
hearty “All Hail !”
A BARBER S BUCK.
doing!
are the engineers
a Banner reporter,
fare moving ehead with their
i same rapid stride as the
jforce, and are giving thorough
ionin every particular. They
eyed the route from Chester
e, South Caro'ina, and are
■hing on to the Savannah river,
fviilcontinue their work on the
tsiJe.aml will not be long in
: Athens. So .soon as this is
»additional grading force will
and tfie surveyors will be fol-
p*i.v by the grading.”
"tHE RAILS ALI. BOUGHT.
taathorities have made a ten-
• the purchase of the rails,” said
i “for they managed to secure
ntamount of steel rails for the
June from Monroe, N. C. to At-
p.,at $27 per ton, and sim* e
6, * ie price has risen to $32 pe •
* Wa wire step ou the part of
^lmt to buy them when he did
!s& ved the road a very great
fw doing,
said Mr. Hull, everything
management of the G.,C.& N.
l ®°5t satisfactory to all parties
> and, looking back over the
eendone, we hare but
[ u ^t, and much—very much
Ifcr”
^ Xp AR.U.LliLKD progress. ;
** review the progress that
J ® ! “k 0,1 our new road we are
surprised at the success tha
Oan Taliaferro, a Well Known Tinsorlal
Artist, on the Road to Fortune.
All the Athenians know Dan Talia
ferro, the colored barber who did busi
ness in this city and afterwards moved
to Jacksonville, Fla., and married. Dan
was a polite and respectful man, and
had the good will of our people, who
will be glad to know that lie will tooa
come in possession of a handsome for
tune, estimated at about $100,000, or
perhaps more.
Uis story is a strange one. On Dan’s
removal to the Land of Flowers he me
i colored girl of Key West, and after
i brief courtship the pair were in ‘Tried.
It now seems that the proinlc- t blood •>!
Castile flows in the veins of this octo
roon, for she is a lineal descendant
from a Spanish General who commanded
troops in St. Augustine when it was
under the dominion of that country.
This old General was a great rue, and
becoming attached to a mulatto girl, a
descendant of the Minorcans, and raised
i fcunily of children by her. On his
. earh-bed he repented of his hiisun^aud
left these children his entire landed
property in Florida, including 30,000
acres, much of it lying in the principal
cities of that State. A portion vf tin-
ground on which the Ponce de Leon
Hotel stands was purchased from the
heirs, while they still own valuable
possessions a'1 over that city, as also in
Key West, Tampa, Tallahassee and
other places. This property has never
been devided,being controlled by an old
aunt to Dan’s wife, who lives in fine
style at St. Augustine, and was recog
nized as the head of the family. There
are now only seventeen heirs to this vast
property, and as they are all of age,
have demanded that a division be made,
arrangments for which are now in pro
gress. The best lawyers in |he State
are employed. There is no question of
doubt about the title to thi* property ■
and not an acre is in dispute. When
Florida was apld by Spain to the United
S:ates, there was a clause in the trade
by which this government was pledged
to protect the titles of Spaniards who
iiad private landed interests.Uuder this
clause does Dan’s wife come iu.
A PAPER SUED.
A SEQUEL TD THE WARRENTON KILL-
>* ING.
Dr. James Gamak, of Athens Enters Grind
na! anl 0am aga Suits Against the
Atlanta Constitution oil Ac
count cf KrufTey’s Pub
lic-ti.n;.
A BIG COTTON CROP-
#
A i Ofelethorre Farmer Will Make Twenty
Bales to the Plow. ,
B Deadwylcr. E. R. Hodgson, John II
lninan Hugh, T. Inman, T. M. Logan,
'Vic. J. Morton, R. Nickerson, J. Nick-
er-on, J, M. Orr, R. K. Reaves, Geo. S.
'gT'» Enmnll 'for ZnZ\‘ bit f 0 "- ®- '‘’“Imadge.Jame, White, G.
II. \ancey.
Stained
in every particular,
N
, * w * u 'Giin three brief months
ia!! assumed such definite
m Inore Gian half the route
ik., teen niile# graded, all the
and on hand, and with
W , 6 n?l 'essary capital in
j r 8 with all this hav-
«finD !lnJ llone in the dullest
to rei^* Uln,ner ’ ilt tll at—we have
^heG°c r ? e v Unparalleled
» C - & N. We ven-
r tlwtn or°Hd was ever so
•cessfuily managed in
m is the Borgia,
Wvo^ 01 ’, and We con -
w/® fflLer 01 owr new road
>ir ipuiation tf the
H*|r
p ^eVonT* t0 belieTe from
f t,le road. imH
that
1 toad, and the
tt ‘e G., O. & N.
running order
‘ * y »:ab»s time,
8wiU *•»« the
er P a st "dreams of
—It is rumored that the Farmer s Al
liance has declared a boycott against a
large Athens house because it sold new
jute bagging.
Hon. Pat. Walsh, of the Augusta
Chronicle, will attend our Fnir, and
receive a warm welcome from the
Classic City.
—Mr. Erhardt says that goods are sold
at such a short profit iu Germany that
merchants charge their customers with
the postage (2}£c) on every letter they
write them.
—We would call the attention of
some two-for-a-niekel citizen, who de
sires to get a damage suit against Ath
ens, that there is an excellent hole near
Mr. Miwlecviit’s residence, in which he
can break his leg.
—Dr. 1. II.Goss, of Fort Lamar, Mad
ison county, is now in New York at the
New York Post Graduate Mediealc
and Hospital, where he is taking special
courses in surgery, diseases of women,
eye, ear, nose and throat. Dr. Goss will
perfectTiimself in these diseases, and
will return to Georgia well equipped in
all branches of the medical profession.
—We learn that the Lexington Ter
minal railroad is doing a splendid busi-
n«*ss and making regular schedules.
—The Allianeemen are said to have a
forfeit of $25 per day from the contrac
tors on their warehouse after the 10th
of last month.
—Tub Banner Job Office has just re
ceived a lot of new type and the fastest
press in Georgia, and is turning out
some beautiful work.
—About half the cotton covered bales
now coming in are bound with ten ties.
Several Allianeemen yesterday thanked
The Banner for its suggestion.
—Mr. Alex Nabors has rented the
restaurant priviledges at our fair.
—Nearly all the farmers scbscribe
for the Banner before leaving town.
It is said that the Athens merchants
pay clerks better salaries than any city
in Georgia.
—Another large planing mill and
building contractor will locate in Ath-
—An Atlanta firm is thinking about
e*tablising a branch furniture house
in our city.
—Mrs. Witcher, a popular lady of
O ^lethorpe county, spent last night in
t iti city and attended the theatre.
—The Alliencemen are all hrpj v
over the idea of whipping the jute tru^t
w th ten ties per bale.
Hr. Jamas C.unak. a well known citi
zen of Athens, lias employed several of
the able a lawyers in Georgia, headed
by T. W. Rucker, Esq., and filed two
suits against the Atlanta Constitution—
a crimiiia’ suit for libel at Warrenton,
and a civil suit for damages in Atlanta.
The grounds of this prosecution is
that Mr. E. C. Brnffye, a Constitution
reporter, iu writing up an account of
the killing of Mr. Cody by Major ife-
G*egor, saw fit, in his thirst for sensa
tional news, to go out of his way to cast
Very grave and serious insinuations
against a highly respectable widowed
lady of Warrenton, a relative of Dr.
Camak. This gentleman has most prop
erly taken upon himself an investiga
tion of the matter, Iful find that there
is no ground whatever for coupling the
lady’s name with this unfortunate
affair in the manner in which it was
done. Her connection witli the two
men was purely of a business nature,
and nothing was aver said or done
tint could possibly reflect upon her
character lo the slightest manner. This
will lie established when the case comes
ip L>r trial. While it is true that the
trouble between the two men owes its
Or:g: i to soma money truuaction in
which toe lady was interests 1, she whs
innocent of designedly causing the rup
ture that culminated in blood-shed. In
fact, this unfortunate widow lost heav
ily, as bar confidence was taken advan
tage of and basely abused. She has
never placed herself in a position to
cause or
her entire deportment was that of a vir
tuous and aultured lady who felt her
self unable to manage her intricate fi
nancial affiirs, and most naturally
asked the assistance of a kinsman and
neighbor, in whom she had the most
implicit and unbounded confidence—lit
tle imagining, at the time, that her
money would prove an apple of discord.
When the trial comes up, and all the
facts in the case are brought out. the
public will see that so far from this lady
meriting censure, tha she should be au
object of the deepest sympathy from
all true and* brave, men and pure ar.d
Christian women. Not only has she
experienced a heavy pecuniary loss by
her guileless confidence, but what is
dearer to woman than money or life—
her good name—has been most outra
geously and unjustly assailed. She is
only the innocent victim of a bloody
sned, and is about as great a sufierer as
the widow of tne slain Cody.
When Dr. Camak first read the sen
sational account of the bloody affair,
his indignation knew no ; bounds, and
his intention was to hunt up Mr. Eruf-
fey and seek personal redress. The
Doctor’s two brave little sons begged
their father to let them see the slander
er of their kindswoman and administer
chastisement to him. At the advice of
friends, however, it was decided * to
seek redress through the courts, which
wi 1 be done. Dr. Camak, however,
wrote a very bitter letter to Mr. Bruf-
fev, iu which lie branded lmu with
everything that was low and vile. He
has not as yet received an answer.
We have no idea that the. proprietors
of the Constitution had any knowledge
of the character of this article until it
appeared in print, for we know them
to be too high-minded gentlemen to
permit the use of their paper to slander
a pure and unfortunate lady. We hope
that some satisfactory settlement will
be made by which the suits will be
stopped and the name of this lady vin
dicated. The parties bringing the
slander suits do not desire the money
that may be awarded, but only the vin
dication of the lady assailed. This can
be done, we think, without result to the
courts.
Some farmers yet contend that they
will inuke only an average cotton crop
th‘* year; but there is no longir dis
guising the gffod news that the warm
-lud splendid weather we are having is
gveatly increasing the yield of the flee-
jy sarnie, and this section gives proiu-
i e of gathering as large a crop as made
since tlie war. Farmers are hard at
work preparing their cotton for market
and many of them have their sheds and
even piazzas heaped with bales. The
prospect is that a booming business will
i»e done-commencing iu November, for
thus far*most of the cotton is stored in
warehouses, and only enough sold to
pay guinno notes and for pocket
change.*"
Mr. Ed Martin, a successful planter
•f Oglethorpe county, has a three-mule
wages crop and says he has already gnth
< r *d ten bales to the mule and will make
as many more.
IiMLROAD OFFICERS.
The Northeastern Railroad Co. Elects
Officers.
Following are the officers of the North
Eastern Railroad Elected by the Com
pany at the election held on Wednes
day I6th: ' \
FOR PRESIDENT
Pope Barrow.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
IT. K. Reaves.
For Directors If. Bcusse, A. K.
C .ihls. T. J, Carr, Julius Cohen, Geo.
A. LIFE TIME SENTENCE
IS GIVEN TO DENNIS TAYEOR OF
. DALTON,
For the Murder of Senator Field Lost
June,
Dalton, Oct. 18.—The case of the Stale
against Dennis Taylor, charged with
the murder of Senator Sam Field, was
given to the jury at ten o’clock last
night.
The plea of defense was insanity, and
evidence was introduced to show that
Taylor had been sent to the assylum
three years ago by Senator Field.
Evidence was introduced on the part
of the State to show that Taylor had es
caped and come back borne, saying that
he only wanted to go there to see what
sort of place the assylum was. It. was
proven that Taylor had Hated perfectly
sane ever since his return home, ami
had been heard to say that he -would
kill Mr. Field as certain as he ever tried
to whip him.
The jury this morning brought iu a
verdict of guilty of tilt fir#.t degree, but
recommended the priosner to the the
mercy of the court.
Judge Milner sentenced Taylor to
serve out the balance of his natural life
in the penitiary.
A MURDERER DIES IN JAIL.
his
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES-
President Harrison and hie son Rus
sell, are concerned in the hold attempt
to steal the state of, 4iontar.a from the
Democrat*.
' ■
Two men were saml-bagged and rob
bed in New York. They died from their
wounds.
Virginia Democrats are certainly in,
nard luck. Ex-Senator ltiddlebergev has
joined them.
There is danger of a famine amoog
Dakota farmers on account of crop f; ii-
ure caused by droath.
The drassod-bcef law pasted by the
Indiana Legislature has been declared*
unconatitutional by a County Judge for
.he third time.
Death of Cicero Arnold.
The news reached Athens yesterday
evening that Mr. Cicero Arnold, form
erly a policeman of Athens, was dead.
He left Athens several months since
and had been making his home in
Southwest Georgia. Mr. Arnold was a
gallant Confederate soldier and as
braw* a man as ever lived.
Down In Columbia.
Mr. C, B. Daniel, the county survey
or of Clarke county, has Just returned
from Columbia county, where he has
been surveying the Hamilton property.
M r. Daniel gives a glowing account of
Columbia, and says that the finest crops
he ever saw grow is in that couuty, and
that the people of the county gives a
welcome to all strangers, and that there
is more pretty girls to the square inch
than any county in the State.
He Killed His Son-In-Law and
Motive is a Mystery,
Chaleston, S. C. Oct. 18.—John T.
Lyon, of Abbeville county, who mur
dered D. L. Mabrey, in May last, died
in jail to-day. The court which wss to
try him was in session.
The crime occurred iu May last.
The murderer was a native of the State'
and about 62 years old. His victim
was only 26 years old. The murderer
was the stepfather of the wife of the
murdered man. On the morning of
the murder Mabrey had to pass Lyon’s
place of business. When nearly in
front of the to wa academy, Lyon emerg
ed from the building, cocked lus gun,
and, covering Mabrey with it, asked
him if he wanted to fight. Mabrej’ said
nothing. Lyon drew his gun down on
him. Mabrey said he was a damned
coward if he shot, and Tie shot. Ma
brey staggered and fell, asking Lyon
not toshoothim again, a*he was dead.
Lj r on shot him again, and holding his
gun down passed near the dying man,
entered a residence near by. Later
he went to the wife of , his vtctirn to
break the news of her husband’s death
The motive for the crime will proba
bly never be revealed. Nuiuberles.-
newspaper reporters have tried to fer
ret it out, but without success.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
THE ATHENS FACTORY.
A Large Stoeknolier Wants It Moved to
Barnett Shoals.
Dr. James Camak, one of the largest
stockh dders iu the Athens Manufac
turing Company, says at their next
meeting he will advocate the removal of
the entire plant to Barnett Shoals. His
reason for this is that there are so nianj’
damage suits against the factory by
persons owning land up Sandy creek
and the river,.that it is a heavy expense
on the company to defend them.
This factory company owns a great
deal of valuable property in our,city,that
can be cut upa nd sold for good prices.
Other manufacturing enterprises would
soon be started up in the buildings from
which the machinery w as taken. At
Barnett Shoals city taxes and other ex
penses would be saved, while the water
power is unlimited, being the fourth
largest in America. We have no idea,
however, that Dr. Camak’s proposition
will he carried out, as he is the only
stockholder we have seen who fayors it.
The new tanyard is getting into
shape and it will soon he in operation.
A mole-spot on the forehead indicat
es a person who is treacherous and un
tidy; on the chin, promises riches; on
the'nose, promises large journeys; on
the ankle of man, bespeaks modesty; on
the ankle of a woman, tellsof a coura
geous heart: on the friendship of the dls-
tingttised; on the left temple signifies
disaster. 2. In America, white spots on
the nail are con-idered luey. In gen
eral, a white spot on the thumb nail
promises a present; on the index finger,
a friend; on the long finger, a foe; on
the ring finger, a sweetheart, ou the lit
tle finger, a journey to go.
Homer Items.
Siicc'al to the Danner
Homer, Oct. 17.—Mis3 Decie Ste
phens has returned from Atlanta.
Ordinary Hill is having the court
house re-covered and some other re
pairs which add to its appearance.
Dr. Y. D. Lockhart has just complet
ed a handsome office near his dwelling
house.
Col. P. M. Edwards has purchased
one-half interest in the big stalk of cot
ton, but says he could only count two
hundred and fifty bolls on it.
Some of our professional men com
plain of being run to death with busi
ness, and say they will have to have an
other horse and a partner.
It is said the reason the Grand Jury
failed to return any bills against liquor
dealers, at the last term of the court
was when it was announced that all in
terested should retire, a quorum was
not left, therefore no business could be
transacted on that line.
August Arehambult Discovered to be
Alive as he Was Being Lowered
Into the Grave,
Timber Bodm at Hiawaasee,
HiAWAS3KE,Ga.,October IS.—A great
many land owners of the mountain
country are at present very much exci
ted over their timber. A northern com
pany has several agents over the coun
try who are buying up all the timber
that the people will sell to them, and
are paying a very good prifce.
There is some talk of them floating it
down Hiwassee river to Murphy during
high water.
Queen Natale’s Firmness.
Belgrade, October 17.-Ex-Queen
Natalie was informed yesterday, on be
half of the regency and government,
that unless she accepts the conditions
proposed she will he debarred from see
ing her son again. She declared that
she would never accept the conditions.
New Yorl, Oct. 18.—A Montreal
special to the Herald says: August
Arehambult, a farmer of Coaticooke, a
town near Montreal, narrowly escaped
being buried alive yesterday. Arebarn-
bult, who is well off, had been seriously
ill for some weeks with supposed ty
phoid fever. Friday night he began
to sink rapidly and early Saturday all
signs of life ceased and pronounced him
dead. The usual wake was held, and
yesterday being fixed upon for burying
the supposed deceased, the remains
were taken to the village church and
afterwards to the graveyard. The
friends of tlrn former were gathered
around the graye into which the cofiin
was being lowered, when all were star
tled by hearing a groan from it. The
coffin was at once burst open, wheu it
was found that Arehambult was alive,
although was very weak the two phy
sicians who were called have hope of
completely restoring him to health.
AtTustin, Col., yeeterday, Mrs Effie
I. Schill murdered her two children and
tried to kill herself. Her divorced hus-
bumFs attempt to secure tlie custody of
?’>e children waa the cause of the trag
edy.
Paul McBride, a* St.Louis lawyer
shot and killed Frank Loftea. Ho was
drunk at the time.
Jamea G. B!«iao, Jr., yesterday con
fessed judgment in the 5few York Su
preme Court for $326.50, in favor of Dr %
Foster C.Fuller.' The action was brought
:o secure pavuient for professional ser
vices rendered young Blaine’s wife and
child.
The fight between Union and non-
undertakers and livery- stable keepers
of St. Louis has resulted in the forma-,
tion of the Anti-Trust Casket and Cof
fin Company.
Gov. Gordon signedthe liousebill pro
viding for a system of county taxation
»if railroads so lhat it can be put in ope
ration at once. . * y
A detective named Odon, of Georgia
was robbed of $50,000 and killed .an.
1 exas.
.—Miss Minnie Hall, a wealthy young
l idyof New York, was arrested for
passing a worthless eheckon the Mur->
ray Hill hotel.
—Lizzie Wilson, a young girl in New
York, was crazed with grief because-
her baby has been given away, and at
tempted suicide by jumping in North
river.
—Montgomery, Ala., is going to make
a display of Southern products, begin
ning Nov. 5. and Oct. 22, 23 and 24
Knoxville, Tenn., will have a trades
display.
A family quarrel in New York ended
in Mrs. Lizzie O’Brieu taking her baby’
and leaping in the air shaft of a. tene
ment house. Both were instantly
killed.
—The mother of J. M. Wl. Codv, who
was Killed last week by Maj. McGregor,
died in Atlauta last Wednesday.
—Mr. Wm M. Bateman, an enthusi
astic young AUiancemau of Washington^
county, N. C. was married, both the
both the bride and groom being dress
ed in cotton bagging. Gifts were show
ered on the young couple.
Horace Sebring, a youth of Behring
Springs, Mich., tried to poison his en
tire family to inherit the estate.
At a meeting of the Negro Demo
cratic State committee of Tennessee,'
held at Nashville last night, resolutions
were adopted declaring that a division
of the black vote would do the negroes
of the South and North more good tha w
anythiug else; that the' educated and
business negroes of the South are doings
better, Two to one, than those of the
North; that the wealth of the South
ern negroes is due to the chance given-
them 1 by the whites; aud that the best
thing that the Southern negro can do!
is to cease his political war npon his
white neighbors. - r
TOOSHARPTOBECAUfiHT.
After Swindling a Sucker Two Monte
Men Elude Arrest.
Kansas City, Oct. 16.—An exciting
scene was witnessed by the passengers
in the chair car of the early morning
Wabash train frem St. Louis this morn
ing. Albert Helt, from Moherly, Mo.,
on his way to Seattle, W. T., and hav
ing on his person a large amount of
money,was swindled out of $200 by three
card monte men. When the swindlers
attempted to leave the train one of the
passengers interposed and, pretending
to be an officer, placed one of them un
der arrest. In the excitement that en
sued the monte men escaped. Mr. Holt
saw the situation by that time, and bor
rowing a revolver, gave chase. He suc
ceeded in capturing ene of them, and
morched him backjto the train at the
point of the revolver. At the next sta
tion, Ran lolph, Mo.,the prisonerju np-
ed suddenly to his feet and, keepiug tin
excited passengers at bay with a pistol,
jumped off the car just as the train wa*
mo zing off.
Mr. R. E.'L. Schumbrecht, a break-
man on an E. Tenn. train, was knock
ed from the top of a car and killed.
BOYCOTTED BY THI ALLIANCE.
of The
The Misfortune of the City
Spartans.
Spartanburg, S. C. October 18.— :
Whoreas we, the members of the
Farmers’ Alliance, representing 234
bales of eottoa, which was properly i
radedbyan experienced member of
the Alliance, long in the business, and
offered for sale in the Spartanburg [
Marker yesterday and 4 to-day firmly be
lieving from all we can learn and from
all indications that there is a deliberate
attempt among the cetton buyers and
cotton mills to eripple our Order and
to defeat our co-operative plan of grad
ing and selling our own cotton; there ;
fore be it
Resolved’ That we take our cotton one
of this market and sell it in some other
market, and recommend that' members *
of the Alliance hereafter, as far as
possible, keep their cotton away from
Spartanburg market
Tory Organs icejoleeing.
London,October 18,-Tory organs are
making the most of the recent scandal
from Chicago, about the .“fixing” of
jurors for the Cronin trial, without
waiting for any proof oi the truth of the
assertions made.
Another Mine Horror.
Lond:n, Oct. 17.—An explosion oc
curred in the Lientile colliery at Long-
ton, Staffordshire, at an early hour this
morning. There were seveuty men in
the pit at the time, and of these only
eleven are known to have survived.