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wmi m m li — — *l — 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.