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,4-The Alliance Wed-
Kit lilt—Tiio Democ-
I*’ , tariff Reform,
ON
thE COMING show-
. Iran i ns nesirer each day
^ to loom up in sight
ever witness-
ferf.h. South.
H i,usv one with the
m ,*'i'h,-i r office presented a
all hands mafl-
iiid premium lists to
wQir»nt*rw«» every quar-
•JSstrle*. More than twen-
r i rf liiwe circulars advocat-
of the Athens Fair
fel from the Banner Job
iE’dirretors are mailing them
* i-oflice in tins part of the
I ihry are nl-o sending out
u * v «ry town and are having
f * . ,‘| and scattered broad
?jiirroiinding country The
uwell advertised.
Zrn in the meantime are
,Trv arrangement possible to
N^tJ,the «'reai crowds that are
jja the classic city during the
1'urybodv who are in a po-
ITrfctive’hoarders during that
• miiic.-tcd to give their names
’ 7j tt( . e on Public Comfort, so
thtm ill their task of entertain-
Lflowds. Athens is a hospitable
inrun-carted people and these
sofear that the liosts’of visitors
m[ »ecoiiimodations while in
ir The directors will see to it
Lfued of Athens entering the
jllVdcomfortable quarters while
hit in Athens. The Fair grounds will
assume the appearance of a bit' inline
village, with the wigwams pitched all
over the place.
' The public speaking will draw thotte-
ands of Domocms to the grounds.
Thfe Alliance day will lie the greacest
•f all and Athens can hardly hold the
Visitors that will come.
“Pawnee Bill” will electrify the «p ec -
am/rifle sho(iing ]aShing perfor,uan ues
After the Alliance wedding the eou-
ples will be tendered a grand reception
by Julius Cohen* Co. at their store
and the public wili be invited to call
and extend congratulations.
The directors are as busy as bees,work-
ing up the Fair.
The day that Congressmen Carlisle
and Breckenbridge address Georgians
in Athens will be the greatest day the
Democracy has known for many a year.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
The Greatest Event of Its Kind in
Georgia-*- A Day for the
Alliance ai.d the Democracy
— Public Speaking.
■t "lnt it promises to be, the
“occasion Athens lias yet seen.
tiik democracy
* ona gieat big boom. Every
wtiii tm.rgia who can nossibly
u niett ( arlisle ami Breeken-
Pi the great leaders of Southern
M*; should be here. The
these distiag iished South-
be lessons of wisdom that
r, *h great enthusiasm,and
ti^ciples of truth and patriotism
uiuiefi down from sire to son
J^wious yet unborn. It will be
ll »y for Georgia Democrats
"we.'sedinthis secUop.
ft. „ . TBE amusements
“ Fair
illisnw'lay, Thursday, will be
nin-t of the entire week, and the
[s»]]l pride themselves on the
wofevery feature of the day.
the alliance wedding
| itself draw multitudes of Alli-
ittand farmers from every see-
ltwill !«• the liit of the day and
{hH that is being manifested in
ftiare cf the Fair by the mer-
iti Athens, goes to show that it
using idea of all others about the
ijsho'v.
ibriiial mstmnes are now- being
»d will be rich and elegant in
i,though made of common cotton
Ikii/e’s /nmsseau will be present*-
tWlive and enterprising lirm, J u-
tto Co., ami is now being
xtteir fashionable dress .making
at. This popular firm is not-
Mghuut the State for their hand-
pah and good taste, so that the
bride may expect to see a hand-
mtn swnii'ing her at the Fair.
itHume will be made of nice cot-
png, manufactured especially
purpose. The dress will have a
t»<> yards in length and will be
itly trimmed in cotton plush to
at .-ilk plush. A bouquet of
tfdton bolls as a substitute for
bWains will be carrieil by the
while a beautiful ileeey bridal
ipped by a wn-atb of cotton bolls
*‘i this exquisite costume,
greoiu's wedding suit will be a
Mr. J. A. Dalton Accidentally Plugged
in the Leg by a Little Negro.
Yesterday about noonMr. J. A. Dal-
tqj|. who lives in the country near
Athens, came into the city with a load
of cotton seed and had entered Mr. C.
D. McKie’s warehouse. While stand
ing behind the door he noticed a little
negro boy near fooling with a pistol.
Before Mr. Dalton realized the fact the
weapou suddenly went off, doubtless
accidentally, the ball taking eSecc in
Mr. Dalton’s thigh, inflicting a flesh
wound. So soon as the little coon dis
covered that he had shot a man be took
to his heels aud ran up the street before
nis identity could be discovered. Mr.
Strickland, clerk for Mr. Mclvie, says
he heard the report of a pistol and saw
a little negro dashiug up the street at a
2:40 gait. Mr. Dalton limped into the
store and climbed in his wagon without
expressing any opinion about the shoot
ing. The wouud was not serious, as
the ball escaped ihe bone. It was not
known where Mr. Dalton drove to.
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.
Tlie Mayor’s Race Promises to be Ex
citing.
It was thought by all of the white
voters of Athens that Dr. Lyndon’s call
fora vote on the mayor’s and council
iuju's election in the city would be
settler, but such is not tlie case, and we
now have before us an independent can
dictate, who is into stay and will work
bard for bis election. *The gentleman
is uot opp sed to primaries, hut is not
willing ift his' chances with
those who have iweady announced, as
they have got the start ou him, and he
is going to leave his chances with the
people and'let them say whether he
shall be mayor or not. This indepen
dent candidate is not unknown to the
voters of Athens, and it is Skiff, the
jeweler, who don’t care a cent for your
vote unless y6u are in favor of a eitv
clock. Lie is running on this issue, and
if you want a city clock, Diamond spee
taejes, or first-class jewelry vote for
Shift.
NEGRO ALLIANCES.
he Athens Fair ijjl Furnish
Fnn for the Farmers and
Their Friends. - ’
IN ONE VAST PANORAMA.
A Sample of Bagging that Will Solve the
Whole Question. • '
A gentleman:from North Carolina
showed The Banner-yesterday -a new
variety of bagging which has lately
been made and* winch will in due time,
•we think,settle t11e whole bagging ques
tion in the Sou tit.
The specimen was made frotn the
bark.of the cotton stalk and was in'many
respects very similar in tjel«urtp;«6> fee-
real jute. ’ : '
; Tlre gfentleman iiiformed us that it
had grown to be very popular among
the farmers of i lie tar heel state, and
that for every intent and- purpose it
was equally as strong and ••substantial
as jute, if;not,iporesq.r ..He.' said .that
a machine WM "eqn invented which
strips the’stalk-of the'bark, aild this
machine cqntggtad by.every farmer as
•It v. ill be made by Lucas*
fc. fashionable merchant tailors I
They will present the
*uli an elegant full dress suit of
A Large Number Being Organized in
Oconee County.
Mr. B. E. Overby tells us that tlie
negroes in Oconee county are organ
izing a great many alliances of their
own, and some of the whites are seri
ously considering the question of
whether it would not be better to take
t style, made entirely of cotton I the blacks in hand themselves, than let
• -liese gentlemen are artistic some outsiders control them. Let them
particular line, and we f«*el safe organize their colored alliances, and
"ding that the happy Alliance work under the same rules as the white
"riN be faultlessly attired. lodges. Mr. Overby says the negroes
I* i ll-of this city are showing can be easily controlled, and by the
Mrie-t in the coming Fair more farmers taking them in hand can work
J»r« every day, and are uniting them.for mutual good. They have not
T directors with hearty zest to the same pass words and manner of in-
itiation as the white alliances, but is
chartered by one of the Western
branches, now united with' the alliance
movement. The Oconee negroes are
not making any threats, and no trouble
is conteih plated unless they get uuder
the control of some unscrupulous white
demagogues or politicians.
BENEDICT-COATES-
Accounts of the Wedding Given by
Different Journals.
We notice in our northern exchanges
many elaborate accounts of the recent
nuptials of Mr. J. A. Benedict, of
. . i Athens, to Miss Mamie Coates, of Bal-
Nte mu- 6 P rofitat >l e .and in- timore, and wish we had space tore-
"“ n 00 4 produce them for the readers of The
■ Banner.
« ti.u v • - ,- „ - ® The Sun and American, of Baltimore,
, r 'J■h® add t? 6 gave very handsome accounts of the
WE n i-u * lea8ar * of the wedding. while the New York Herald,
. mat wdl throng here, has | ^ Boston Herald and the Philadelphia
Times had detailed accounts telegraph
ed them by their Baltimore correspond
dents.
The wedding was indeed a brilliant
one and was the crowning event in Bal
timore society of the season. Every
feature of the occasion passed off pleas-
A
i are add-
'itcmwi will throng he
*hr°W ,an<i the directors i
w matures each day.
mother wedding.
ts to'lL tlle coa Pl®8 announce them-1
married at the Fair with
cere mo nie8> Mr. C. W. Bald-
groom iiToglethorDe*coun-1 1,1,1 in :l i“"st elegant manner. A
”aS mj*. -
Ky ,o r e8 t h wiU ^ in AtK^extlPO^^W* hearty ^gratulations^on
“fitted"
iii:
ens next I
purpose of having their
i on them. Messrs. Lucas
,l° r the grooms** 1 ?- ISpi weddin »
'**«»& ADSSS , * 8B " ld
OTES op the pair.
NfcrliA wil1 furnish the
^ple «t to be worn by
bniv* Anianc * wccWiug.
eSt show will he a great
their return to the Classic City after
their trip through the West.
Senator Colquitt.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 1.—Sena
tor Colquitt was in Washington Wed
nesday, and signed a level contract for
a house on New Jersey avenue, south
east, near the capitol.- The house is
large and roomy, and is elegantly fur
nished.
The Athens Fair will be a hummer.
It will be the greatest event in Geor
gia for the year 1889.
It will be a inost appropriate occa
sion, for rejoicing and thauksgivin
over the bounties of the most fruitful
year ever seen in the South.
The peoplo will come each day by
the thousands, for it will be a people’s
Fair. It will be a Fair for each and
every class of men in the South, in that
it will be protitable, instructive and
amusing to everybody that attends it.
Not a fortnight remains before the
gala week begins, and on November 12,
the Fair gates will be thrown open to
the crowds of visitors who will pour in-
•Jo Athens by the thousand on that day
Tuesday, November 12th, will be the
greatest day Athens lias seen for years,
for it will herald the greatest and gay
est week ever known to the Classic City
The merchants should by ail meaiis
close thrjir stores on that day, and turn
out en masse to tha Fair Grounds to
give the guests a cordial greeting. They
can easily, and with but little loss,close
their shops at 12 o’clock and let tlieir
clerks go out to the grounds and carry
their families, to give the fair a grand
send off. The Athens merchants are
surely as hospitable and as public-spir
ited as those of Atlanta and Mac-on,who
have closed up tlieir business on the
opening days of their - respective fairs,
and gone forth to show their pride in
their cities by their presence and en
couragement of the fairs. Athens mer
chants should do likewise. Wc believe
they will do likewise, for they have al
ready' shown that they are deeply en
thused at the prospects of the fair.
The attrac ions of the fair increase in
wonderful numbers day by' day, and
the directors are doing the whole busi-
ne»s up brown. They will makeAlliance
Day the greatest day Georgia has seen
for'many years, and will have the 'lea
ders of Southern Democracy here to
meet faee to face tlie loyal and patriot
tic citizens of Georgia, and discuss with
them the great questions of the day in
national politics. What a grand reun
ion it will be when Carlisle and Breck-
enridge shay meet the multitudes of
Georgians from every section of the
State, and speak to them about the liv
ing issues of the day! What a day of
rejoicing! Wliat a triumphant day for
the Democracy of the South!
The buildings ou the fair grounds
will be draped profusely in cotton bag
ging on Allliance day, and flags will
wave from the roof in gorgeous array
during the entire week. The grounds
will be handsomely <kcurated through
out with cotton bagging and hunting of
red, white and blue, and will be in lit
array for the thousands of farmers wbo
will rally to the Aliiant e’s muster to
meet the great statesmen and speakers
from all parts of the Southern States
that will he present.
The Alliance wedding will be .among
the chief attractions of the day, and tlie
happy couples will be the favorite
toasts of the thousands. The costumes
for the brides and grooms arc to be rich
and elegantly made up. The firm of
J. S. King & Co. will furnish the cot
ton bagging for the costumes, and the
firm of J ulius Cohen & Co. have alrea
dy agreed to make the bride’s bridal
dress. It will be fitted up in a most
beautiful manner, and will be finished
off according to the latest styles and
trimmed with beautiful silk and rib
bons. The groom’s suit will be made
by Luc*as & McDuffie, and.will be an
elegant wedding suit. It will be fitted
on the groom and will he unique and
pretty m every detail.
The marriage ceremonies will he con
ducted by Rev. J. R. Bernard, of Ath
ens, and the weddings will, be watched
by thousands of spectators.
ItThe Alliancemen will score a great
day at the Athens Flir on Thursday,
and the city will hardly hold the great
crowds that are expected to be present
on that day.
The Wild West Show will amuse the
people w’ith such entertainment as is
not often seen in this section of the
South. Pawnee Bill will find a cordial
welcome awaiting him and his baud of
warriors when they come to Athens,
and they will be received with thun
dering applause from the grand stand
when they give their performances of
western customs and daring feats be
fore the eager gaze of the scores of
spectators.
The other amusements that have been
engaged by the directors, too numerous
to mention, will add to the enjoyment
of the Fair, and there will in fact and
reality be more genuine enjoyment
be had at our Fair than any that has
After the bark lias
bfcsentto the fac-
lade into bagging of
trohble. The bag-
ly costs four cents
yard is full two
it only cd^t
been strip
tories and ea
rope with but
ging thus made
per yard andf
pounds.
The best part about it is the profit- to
the farmer it n^kesof the eotton stalks,
which have'never yet been found useful
in any way whatever. From one acre
of cotton, We are to:d, Sufficient bag
ging can be made from the stalks to
pack five acres of cotton. The bark is
gathered from the staik after the crop is
gathered and the stalks begin to die.
We believe that this has been' the
g-eatest discovery yet in the way of
.furthering the interests of the Farmer s
Alliance,for we think itsettles forever
the jute bugging contest. The bagging
is as good and probably better than jute
and in every test yet made it has proved
successful in the extreme and perfect
ly satisfactory both to the farmer the
shipper and the compress men
A bagging that fills each and every
purpose of jute satisfactorily and eosts
but four cents per yard is certain to. be
come the ruling cover for cotton, and if
this new cotton stalk bagging takes
hold of the farimms we venture to pre
dict that in less than five years there
ill not be a piece of jute bagging in
the country large enough to make a
saddle blanket.
r.--k ■ ; -A
For Tariff Reform and South
ern Democracy.
(✓•mgressmea John G. Carlisle andAV
■P. C. Breckenridge Invited to Onr
, Fair—Prominent Georgians will 1
Honor the Day with their
ALL HAIL
Presence.
TO THE
GUESTS.
HONORED
Athens Ahead of Georeia Cities with Its
Public Schools.
One important feature of progressive
school work in these days is music scien
tifically taught. . Do many of our peo
ple know that Athens lias one of the
few systems of city schools in- the
South that recognize the importance of
thoroughly governing all pupils in
music?
\\ lien the publishers of the National
Music Course sent their talented agent,
Prof. Bill, iuft&tiie State of Georgia,
IJxe foiMid AtherffF almost ul'one in the.
use of his system which is unanimous
ly voted among school wen the bestex-
taut, without a peer in fact. Prof.
Biil has been doing missionary work in
the schools of Georgia for some months
drilling teachers and scholars thorough
ly, successfully and scientifically.
Yesterday it was the good fortune of
the writer to listen to a drill in the
Washington Street School and the
amount of music, part singing, that was
gotten out of the children was simply
amazing. Sopranos, altos and basses
sang their parts intelligently, giving a
volume of harmony that was surprising,
when the age of the singers was con
sidered. The National Music Series is
a success, and Mr. Branson is to be
congratulated upon having secured so
able an expounder as Prof. Bill un
doubtedly is, to start the teachers on
the right way.
ceusiiiSTtheIiocks
cannot H
The railroads Avill offer amazingly
low rates, so that every man, woman
and child can come and spend several
days of mirth, merriment, and fun
our Fair. They deserye it after a long
year of weary work, and can have
because they were never blessed with
more abundant harvest.
MUSIC IN?THE SCHOOLS.
Street Commissioner Barnett Putting In
the Crossings.
Commissioner Barnett is continuing
the good work of putting the streets of
Athens in splendid chape and is now en
gaged Jin putting down fifty crossings
throughout the city, which the council
ordered to be placed.
For this purpose he has brought out
the city’s rock crusher, aud is busy each
day below the city mills, in East Ath
ens, grinding up rocks to place on the
crossings.
Mr. Wilkinson, who has charge of
the machine, informs us that he has
ground out more than three hundred
and fifty wagon loads of crocks on the
machine, and that ft works like a charm.
He says that tnis ground rock is'asgood
as anything in the world for making
crossings, and says it makes good hah
lasts for railroads and street car lines.
The crossings which are being put
down are in good time,and have become
necessities recently. {Most of them are
on Milledge and Prince avenues.
A DISGRACEFUL CASE-
An Atliens Blind Tiger Makes ft Little Boy
Beastly Drank.
Several days since, so Deputy Collec
tor Murray tells us, a mother living
over in East Athens sent for him and
complained that her little boy, a mere
child, had come home in *a state of
beastly intoxication, and for a time she
feared that the effects of the liquor
would be the death of the little fellow.
On getting sober, the child told her that
a merchant doing business near by had
given him whisky, aud insisted on his
drinking as much as he did. The lady
stated that the man ran a blind tiger in
his store and wanted fo know if there
wasn’t a way to .punish him through
the revenue laws. Mr. Murray took
the case in hand, and hopes to secure
enough evidence to convict the fellow.
Lynching is too good for such a crea^
ture. Tne State laws can and will se
verely pnnisli such cases, and they will
This party will he prosecuted at the
next term of our court. There is no
crime lower or meaner than to fnmish
a little hoy with AYhiskey.
The Athens Fair will he more than a
Fair.
‘ It will be a great occasion in the po
litical history of Georgia and the South
ern Democracy. ~
An invitation to Congressmen John
G. Carlisle and W. P. C. Breekenridge,
of Kentucky, has keen telegraphed
these noted leaders of the Democracy,
and their acceptation is confidently ex
pected. Every reason for this belief
has been given, and it may be safely
put down as a certainty that these gen
tlemen will be honored guests of Ath
ens during the Fair. The directors will
convert the Fair into a vast meeting of
Georgia’s democrats, and it will be a
great day, indeed,for not only the Em
pire State, but tor this eutire section of
the Sunnj' South.
Invitations have been telegraphed
also to the following . Congressmen in
Georgia to couic and be present at the
royal reception which Athens will give
to these, her prouiuent guests: Hon
Rufus E. Lester, from the First Dis
trict, Hon. H. G. Turner, from the
Second, Hon. C. F. Crisp, from the
Third, Hon. Jas. U. Blount, from the
Fourth, Hon. John D. Stewart, from
the Fifth, Hon. Thomas W. Grimes,
from the Sixth, Hon. J. D. Clements,
from the Seventh, Hon. A. O. Candler,
from the Ninth, Hon. Geo. T. Barnes,
from the Tenth, and Senators Colquitt
and Brown. All of these will come to
Athene, and will join us in according a
hospitable welcome to our distinguish
ed visitors, and in making their visit a
great day for the Southern Democracy
Congressman Carlton, together with
two other Congressmen of Georgia will
meet in Atlanta and go to Kentucky; to-
escort these leaders of the Democracy
to Georgia, and at some suitable point
in this State all the . Congressmen will
meet the Kentucky party and accom
pany them to Athens.
Every democrat in Georgia and in this
section of the South will come to Ath
ens on this momentous day, and every
man, woman and child that holds the
Democratic principles near and dear to
their hearts will flock here to pay
just tribute of respect to the greates
Democrats in the South to-day, and will
accord them a cordial southern welcome
with rousing good cheer.
There are no greater statesmen in
the Sunny South than Congressmen
Carlisle and Breekenridge, of Ken
tucky—no nobler defenders of their
country’s best interests, and no braver
or more valiant workers for the pros
perity of our common country. Their
ability as statesmen and thsir match
less eloquence have alike been recog
nized and admired by the South’s bit
terest enemies in the halls of our na
tional congress, and their efforts for
tariff reform have not only endeared
them to every loyal and patriotic heart
in the South, but have elevated them
with the most renowned statesmen the
world ever knew.
Their presence in Athens will be felt
all over Georgia, for their names are
familiar sounds to the peop le of every
class throughout the State. Their
speeches on the Fair Grounds will he
heard by thousands who will ceme for
no other purpose than to hear their dis
cussions of the great tariff aeform .and
other questions which confront the
South with equal magnitude at this pe
riod of its history.
It will be a grand occasion for Geor
gia and the Democracy of the South
Cheer after cheer will rend the air at
each sentence of wisdom and political
philosophy that falls from the lips of
these great statesmen. The prominent
men of Georgia will honor the occa
sion with their presence, including
Gov. Gordon, Gen. Livmgton, Hon. W.
A, Northern, and hos ts of others. The
honest yeomanry will do honor to the
day by turning out in mammoth num
bers to see and hear the greatest states
men that have been born since the days
of Clay. Calhoun and Webster.
Everybody will come, and it will be
a red-letter day in the history of Athens
of Georgia and of the entire Sunny
South.
Fleecy Staple Notes—The War on theJtrtli
Trust. ;
i The streets of Athens are lined witli"[
cotton bales, while every warehouse Js*
filled to overflowing.'' Eveu the side *
streets are being barricaded. - 1
The Alliance committee from Elbert
county that visited Athens last Satiir- f "
day, say they will in a few days load
ond hundred wagons with cotton and
drive across the country to our city.
6ur merchants, would lie glad to have
this cotten, but Elbcrton is oiie .of the ’ -
best markets iu Geergia, aud will
doubtless give the Alliance tlie top of-.,. f
the market for their cotton. • 'f ii •*
! A farmer, brought, in some jute cov
ered 1 bales the other da v with ten ties
each. This project won’t work‘*worth
a' cent, and he was made to remove four
of the ties. . '
Some of the farmers now place six
ties around the bale aud four across tlie**
ends. This is an excellent idea, for it-*
better holds the eotton, and also pre
vents theiii from cutting the cloth from ’
the heads of the Dales.
Since the adoption of the ten ties plan
todefeat the jute trust, more than half
the cotton ooraing into Athens is wrap
ped in cotton bagging. Not more than •
one bale in 79 is covered with new
jute.
The Alliancemen of Elbert county
won’t use even second-hand jute. They
buy some Dundee baggie, but mostly
cotton. Only one farmer has bought
new jute, and a boyco. was declared
against a firm that it ,wag thought lie- ■ ‘
was -interested iiu It wa-fouiul to bo.
a mistake however and the boy cot was
lifted.
Most of the Alliancemen w ith whom
we have talked are not favorable to put
ting tlieir cotton up in pockets,,
although it is said to be adopted.. .
In India, where Jute is grown, all
the cotton is packed in bagging made
from the stable. Why is it that Eng
land wants to force jute bagging on the
South and not also upon her own' prov
ince? Cotton bagging will hereafter
be the covering for bales. Tlie Alli
ance is determined on this. There is
just as much fairness to say what kind
of paper a merchant shall wrap his
goods in as to dictate to farmers the
manner of covering they must use for
their bales.*^ . - ;
The farmer makes one gain py using \
ten ties—the buyer can’t sample so deep.-
It is a mistaken idea, however, that he
retaiu- these samples and re-packs them
and sells them. They are trimmed up
and go with the bales to the last pur
chaser. He only gets the “trimmings”
clear, that don’t pay for the time as
sumed in preparing them.
The Athens merchants do not niake
any reduction for extra ties or cotton
covered bales. The plan originated in
our city and Mr. Geo. T. Murrell was
the first man in Georgia to adopt it and
arrange liis press to use them. We
have tlie best eotton market in Georgia,'
and our receipts this year will exceed
100,000 bales it is though.
FIRE PROOF BAGGING.
ANew Chemical Process to BeApplied
in the Covering of Cotton,
In course of conversation at Cornell
University Edward Atkinson, the Bos
ton economist, stated that a New Eng
land genius has recently discovered a
cheap method of dissolving zinc by com
bining it with hydrogen, and producing
a solution called zinc-water. This liquid
if applied to certain woods, wrhite wood,
makes it absolutely fire proof, and at a
low cost. Mr. Atkinson regards this
discovery as one of the most important
of the age, and one that will surely rev
olutionize insurance, as well as.JJim-
mensely decrease the loss by fire. The
invention is kept secret for the present.
Only one foreigner—Sir Lyon Playfair,
the English scientistr—knows of it. He
corroborates all that is claimed for the
invention, and says that the inventor ia
a bungling chemist, but that he has a
faculty of blundering into the choicest
secrets^in nature’s laboratory. As soon
as patents are perfected and capital i;
terested zinc-water will be an article oi
commerce. ^
SOLD FOR 83,000.
Capt.
Beossc Sells His House and Lot to
the C. & M. R. R.
Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea for Dyspepsia.
The lot belonging to Capt. Beusse r
which was recently damaged by the pas
sage of the Covington & Macon^Railroaxl
through it has recently been bought by
the Railroad Company ^or $3,000
Capt. Beusp.e had on a previous occa
sion been ^offered a handsome price for
the lot, but had declined to sell it until
the damage whs incurred as stated above.
He had brought suit against the rail
road for damages but has withdrawn
the suit since the sale of his house and
lot. . ' •/;
The Anniston Evening News says'
that “they hav« organized a ‘Sand
Trust’ in Birminham. The combine has
raised the price of sand from 80 cents tex
$1.25 per yard. They are a ‘gritty’ set
of fellows over there.”