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message read. „|l)KI«T*0 BIBB’S EVE THE coiintbv, December C“!" *$;. iw" m-tes a ml foreign govern- " .redicts that good results the Internationa. Con- Jfrei 11 ** Chinese question he says: 0# " , r supreme interests demand *■"" -ln-ion of a laboring element jp f X !vi.erienee lias shown to be in- l ' |il \'ii) t‘ with our social life, all -onipass this imperative need •ii eompanied with a reeogui- aim of those strangers now I0 humane and just treat- ,,-| ie present state of affairs in t,. the Samoan Islands is en- P‘ i i’"' , Tiie treaty made at Berlin riTbraiited to the Senate for its tions which have r.nsen 1,11 , past few days between irritant and the United States 6 n '. yance or in course of amicable 111 * A just and acceptable en- '■ ;!ot Of the list of offenses for KK extradition may be claimed and ,,V 1S most desirable between this and Great Britain. protection will he given railroad it teroffs in Peru, i frlendlv adjustment has been con- pinated regarding the Nicaraugua “purfriendly intercourse with Brazil A HANDSOME HOTEL. BY Slant ry Proper ,.-suffered no interuption through her -volution. The aggregate receipts " " sources for the year were EOUR PRACTICAL PI.ANW tvn.cn IT CAW be iVci ct. t . Necessity is th. mother or l„v en - Never was this old and trite more truly verified th ,n in Se caw *S the new hotel for Athens. It no^lrani pires that the long felt need of a new and better hotel in the Classic Cit? s about to be supplied, and Athens will have a hotel superior to any that can be found in all the cities Its size in the bouthern States. We speak definitely about a new hotel for matters have come to such matu rity tow-ards its erection that no one can longerdoubt the fact that it will certainly *. e b K 1 '-V,- lhare are now f0,,r Plans for the building of a new hotel in Athens, all of which are tangible and could be made successful, were it necessary to push them through* One of them will surely be the means of securiug the ho tel. They are as follows: First. A number of capitalists are row negotiating with Mr. J. G. M. Ed wards, proprietor of the Clavton House to purchase his hotel. Upon the spot they propose to erect a building to cost $50,000 and furnish it in an elejant manner. Their intention is to build a little gem of a hotel for Athens and have it run in a most elegant manner SIDEWALK ECHOES. WHAT IS TRANSPIRING DAILY ON THE STKETSOF ATHENS. Nkw Crossings.—Street Commission er Barnett is continueing the good work of putting down new crossings on every principle street in Athens, lhesc crossings are made of granite rocks ground up, and packed into the sidewalk,- thus making a convenient and lasting crossing. Plowing up Cotton.—Mr. Tom Hud son was in the city yesterday. He says he gathered all the cotton he wanted and then plowed in a good crop of un opened bolls, so as to sow the land in wheat. Mr. Hudson depends on grass for his wouey crop, and only raises cotton for pin money. The Corner in Corn.—Speculators have made a corner in corn, and will advance the price to $1 per bushel, it is saul. This does not affect Georgia farm ers in the slightest degree, as they have not only enough corn to last them next year, but some to spare. This is cer tainly a happy state of affairs. A Fine Crop Year.—Judge Nichol- They have the money to back them, so son . 8a y s be is now nearly 74 years old, we learn, andean make their plans sue- an ‘ “ever kuew so fine a crop year as Every manner of crop hit, and A HORRIBLE STORY. THE SAD FATE OFA DEAF AND DUMB NEGRO BOY. Special to Th > Banner. acgcsta, Ga., December 3.—Dutch Howard, a deaf and dumb negro boy who has been employed about the city for some years as a herder of cows on the commons, met with a horrible death in Warren county yesterday- He went oft’ from the place with a'Mr. Musgrove, a horse drover, some weeks ago and having been separated from him on yesterday, strayed into the yard of a citizen there and was shot down and instantly killed. The gentleman who did the shooting is of course greatly distressed concern ing the accident and explains the mat ter in this way, seeing some strange person in his yard and suspecting that robbing was,'the motive, he bailed -him and receiving no answer he shot him down not knowing that to the poor mute knowledge of sound and the pow er of speech were alike wanting. REPUBLICANS ROWING. nerioil were $281,1*96,615.(50; and «<>*» underneath, and will 1 . ,v„ 0 „,UMir 1 s. including f.he Athens with as good a hotel as gin. ^Xhe ordinary expenditures for the mne period wer Z iotai expenditures, including the K* fund, were $329,589,929.25. recommend a revision of our tariff • *hntli in its administrative features ind in the schedules. The need of the r i< generally conceded, and an E5*»t ..pon the evil, and incon- *" i enc e* to be remedied and the best Lhnds for their correction will proh ibit not be difficult. Uniformity of valuation nt all our ports is essential, .n.l ell'ec ive measures should be taken olroreit. It is equally desirable th,t mictions effecting rates and clas- v]tic'it*o !S should be promptly decided. He recommends the removal of the Ux on Tobacco, and upon spirits used in the arts and manufactories. There lias been a decrease of $114,- 109 729 in national bank notes. iie advocates the use of silver in our currency. Recommends an improve ment in onr coast defenses. The improvements of our important river- and harbors should be promoted hr the necessary appropriations. In referring to the assault on Judge Fid,I recommends that more definite pmvi-ions he made for the protection c( Federal officers and witnesses. Re- comuwmL the establishment of in termediate appellate courts to assist the the -uiprenie courts. Recommends that the salaries cf all district judges be in- cre.H-i d to five hundred dollars. Asks congress to consider the ques tion of restraining trusts and speaks of their danger. Recommeuds a revision if onr nationalization laws. The enactment of a national bank rupt law is desirable, h avors a more rapid postal service. ( alls attention to the improved con dition of onr navy. Notes tin.* progress and improvement made by the Indians, and touches upon this question at length. - Recommends that provision be made for the settlement of land claims. Re commends more and increased pensions to union soldiers Speaks of the urgent need of congres sional legislation for the better protec tion of railroad employes. Endorses the establishment of the agricultural department. Speaks of the efficiency of the civil service commission. Considers the education of the masses of the gravest national importance. Considerable space is devoted to the negro question. Speaks of the wrongs imposed upon them in the suppression of their votes in certain sections. He earnestly invokes the attention of congress to the consideration of sticn measures, within its well defined con stitutional powers, as will secure to all our people a free exercise of the right of suffrage and every other right under the constitution and laws of the United States. The power to take the whole direction and control of the election of the members of the house of representa tives is eleivriy given to the general government. A partial and qualified supervision of these elections is now provided for by law, and in my opinion this law may be so strengthened and extended as * to secure, on the whole, letter results than can he attained by a law taking all the processes of such electiou into federal control. The col ored man should be protected in all of his relations to the federal government whether as litigant, juror or witness, in our courts, as an elector for members of congress, or as a peaceful traveler upon our interstate railways, Tire message closes with a recommen- o»tion that the United States should encourage, by subsidy, a merchant ms- r, ne that would-equal that of th© first powers of the world. cessful in a short time The second scheme is something like this, judging from a rumor that was afloat on the streets yesterday: Two well known citizens of Athens-gentle- men whose enterprise was never ques tioned—arc quietly at work, hoping to secure a disirable lot in the center of the business part of the city on which they will build an immense structure, covering half of a large block with furnish cart be found anywhere in this section of the South. The third plan comes from Col E. C. Machen of railroad fame, who has come to be called “Magic Machen” on ac count of his indomitable en erp i-e It is this; Col. Machen says that if the citi zens of Athens will pay him $20,000 for his land in Athens which he bought near the old Botanical Gardens for the purpose of building the C. & M. depot, he will accept it as a full liquidation of his claims against the city for right of way,and will build a hotel in Atheni at a cost of $75,0000. The fourth plan originated with Mr. Voss, our enterprising and energetic street car man. Mr. Voss has been ne- ? >tiutiug with some capitalists in New ork about the matter and finds there will be no trouble in building the new hotel with their assistance. He says that the Street Car Company will enter the undertaking with $2,000, and will do all in its power to secure the build ing. He is sanguine of success with his scheme and says the hotel can be built on short notice in this way. All of these means of securing a new hotel for Athens are feasible and ex cellent plans. We know that one of them will be pursued, and feel safe in this. _ ^ _ the late season threatens to keep onr farmers picking cotton until time to prepare the next crop. We have heard of several planters who will make from 20 to 25 bales to the plow. Rev. H. H. Parks.—The appoint- 1 ment of Mjr. Parks as Presiding Elder for the Athens Circuit gives - universal satisfaction. He was located in our city soon after the war, and made many friends here. While in Athens Mr. Parks met with a sad bereavement. One of his little sons was drowned while bathing in the Oconee river. Telegraph Service.—Athens is now a city of sufficient importance to have the telegraph office kept open at least until midnight, and a petition will be sent to the superintendent to this effect. There is no reason why it should not be granted. When this is done The Banner will arrange at once for a first- class special service. The City Court.—Yesterday Judge Howell Cobb convene l a special term of the City court for the trial of tne case of the State vs. Henry Tolbert, charged with vagrancy and also with pointing a pistol at another. The de fendants’ attorney, Col. E. T. Brown, demanded a trial by jury, and the case was postponed until the next session of the Clarke Superior court. Increasing Consumption.—Mr. Mur rell tells us that the Alliance will not stop with its victory over jute baggin but declare war against all manner of goods sacked in jute. The farmers will next year, in all probability, refuse to will greatly increase the use of the sta ple, and would be a wise step on the part of cotton growers. predicting that Athens will have a new > Buy grain, goods, or any manner of and excellent hotel before the winter is goods, unless wrapped in cotton. This over. It is understood among the agi- “ ‘ tators of the plans that there will be no conflict among them in building the hotel. The parties that take up' the matter first with the means of giving Athens a good hotel will receive the hearty co-operation of the other parties as they arc all working for the good of Athens, and desire nothing more than to see the needed hotel built. At any rate the new hotel project is under good headway, and the interest of capitalists has been directed to it. The undertaking may he confidently put down in your note book as a dead certainty. A UNIFORM TIME. Cotton Bagging.—As the season ad vanees the white bales get thicker, and it really seems that four-fifths of the cot ton now received is covered with the sta pie. Even second-hand jute goes lag ging. Next year a jute-covered bale will be a curiosity, we predict. Most of the bales are bound with nine and ten ties It is now acknowledged that the jnte trust has lost heavily in their attem; to rob the farmer, and will make over tures to the Alliance convention now assembled in St. Louis. Uncle Sam’s Ebony Office-Holders at Outs. A gentleman who is behind the scenes, tells The Banner that a nice little row is sprouting in the republican camp in Atheus. There have not been near offices enough to go around among the faithful, and the outs are now trying to oust the ins, while the:e is no lovefeast even among the lucky few. The prospect now* is that there will soon be a’,regular Kilkenny cat fight among President Harrison’s followers in Athens, wlieu several democrats who were ousted to make places for negroes will be reinstated. To add to the trouble, the miserable mail service has stirred up Superintend ent Terrell, and he says unless there is an improvement several of the present incumbents must step down and out to make room for better and more compe tent men. Complaints about the miscarriage of mail matter are loud and deep, until evenThe partisan eare of the republi can henchmen are opening to the fact that a great outrage is being perpetra ted in the South. Sometimes it takes lays for a letter or paper to reach its destination, when the point is not 20 miles distant. Yaluable letters are con stantly miscarried, and checks never reach their destination. One merchant in Athens says his credit has already been injured by the checks he sent his creditors being lost or stolen in the mails. A lot of ignorant and incompetent negroes now act as postal agents, to make room for which good white offi cers were removed. THE APPOINTMENTS. WHERE THE BISHOP SENT THE DIFFERENT PREACHERS. North Atlanta District.—W F Gleno, P E; First chttrch, H. C. Morrison; Payne’s, J a Bryan: Merritts Avenue, C A Evans, IS Hop - - kins; Grace, B H Sasneti; Hendrix Mission, M D Smith, Edge wood, A W Quillian, J B Smith, sun ; Fulton Circuit, J F Balls; Mariet ta P. M. Kybnra; Cobb Circuit, J D Milton; Woodstock, W F Colley; Etowah, W J Wood; Hickory Flat Mission, supplied by J H John son; Canton, C K Patino; Walesca, R. F. Rakes; bougiasvillc, H L Crumley; Winston Mission, S Leake; Villa Rica, S R Belli; Tala- poosa, M S Williams; Buchanan, L D Coggin; Hickory Level, J M Sewell; Edgewood Acad emy, J R Mayson. South Atlanta District.—T F Pierce, P E; Trinity, J W Heidt; Walker Street, J R Kine: St. Paul’s, M L Underwood; Park Street, J W Lee; Asburr, W P Smith; Pierce Mission, W S Stevens: Capitol Avenue, J M Tomlin; East Point, H L Embry; Bolton, John Speir, B F Payne sup., Palmetto and Fairburn, J. E Angland, L P Keesn, sup.; Palmetto circuit F P Brown; Jonesboro, W T Irvine, Fayettevtlle, G W Thomas; Hampton, W J Cotter; Morrow station, W T Keucher, McDonough, J W Stipe; Locust Grove, to be supplied. Editor Wesleyan Advocate, W H Potter. Athens District.—H H Parks, P E; First Church, W D Anderson; Oconee Street, H M Quillian; Factory Mission, C A Conway; Ath ens Circuit, I M Blanton; Watkiusville, A B Reese; Wiuterville, W F Smith; Lexington. E A Gray; Greensboro, E K Aiken; Greene Cii- cuit, JVM Morris; White Plains, C S Owens; Norwood, R A Seale; Washington, J F Mixon: Jefferson, W P Rivers; Harmony Grove, G W Duval; Jeffeisou Mission, S D Evans. Augusta District.—W P Loveioy, P E; St John’s, W W Wadsworth; St James, R J Big- hum; Asbnry, W D Shea; St Luke’s, J B jklleu; Broad Street Mission, S Shaw; Richmond, A S Adams; Grovetowu, A Harris; Appling, J A Reynolds; Harlem, G W Criner, W E Shackle ford, sup.; Warreuton, J H Mashburn, Thomas J T Richardson; Mesena, J T Davis; On verton, W T Caldwell; Sparta, A W Williams; Han cock, BEL limmons; Milledgeville,. J M White, Baldwin, J J Ansley, South Baldwin supplied by J L Ivey; Chaplain to Asylum, T H Gibson. Blue Ridge District.—M J Coofer, P E, Clay ton Circuit supplied oy W T Hunnicutt; Towns County Mission, C C Spence; Blairsville Cir cuit, T C Hughes and a supply; Morganton Mission, C C Fleming; Gaddistown, supplied by I C Ceutcher; EUijay Mission, J N Myers; Jas per Mission, D M Edwards; Cherokee Circuit, J F Tyson; Young L G Harris College C C Spence, president. Dalton District.—A G Worley, P E. Dalton, R W Bigbam, Dalton Circuit, E M Stanton; Spring Place, F R Smith; Cohutta Circuit to be supplied; Calhoun and Adairsville, L P Winter, Fairmount, H W Morris; Subligna, F Walton; LaFayette, J L Perryman; Summer ville, J T Lowe; McLeoore’s Cove, W C Dun lap; Ringgold, J R Speck; Resaca and Tilt .n, N H Mathews; Kingston, J M Lowery; Pine Log, W T Hamby; Floyd Springs, D C Brown; Whitfield, B H Green. Fiberton District.—J H Baxter, P E; Elber-1 ton, H J Adams; Bethlehem, B P Allen and SEVEN LIVES LOST. A HEATER SETS FI RE TO A POOR LY CONSTRUCTED BAKER SHOP. ^ Philadelphia,Pa., Dec. 4..[Special.] Seven lives were lost yesterday morn ing ip a fire at Second and Huntington streets,which caused a pecuniary lossof about $4,000. This time the firemen es caped, but two families .were almost wiped out and motherless children of both are left behind. An over-heated beater in the cellar of a miserably con structed baker shop set fire to the raft- • ers. W ith all means of escape shut off by reason of the faulty plan, one woman was smothered to death, five children died from smoke and flames,and anoth er woman in jumping from the second- story window received injuries that re sulted iu death a few hours later. The four men in the building escaped witt* their lives. Gustave Gross, who forty-eight horns ago was the happy and prosperous bak er at the fatal corner,is now a widower, and but one of his four bright children is living. The fire robbed him of his wife, his oldest boy, just reaching an age to become a help to his father; his baby girl and his youngest boy. His little 6-year-t>ld Freda alone is left to him. The only consolation that can come -to him is that afforded by the in nocent prattle of his little, motherless girl. Joseph Britner is more unfortunate yet. His wife is.dead and two of her children are with her. His four sur viving children are being tenderly car ed foi by kind neighbors. With his wife and two of his children suddenly taken from him and he placed on a pain-rack ed bed, his condition is truly pitiable and pathetic. MARRIED His" WIFE AGAIN- Noble, The Millionaire, Divorced and Ee- Wedded in a Month. New Yoke, Dec. 4.—[Special.]—Wil liam Noble, the millionaire owner of the Grenoble flats in Fifty-seventh street,has married his wife again. They were divorced last July, and for about two weeks he was a single man. Then the couple had a second wedding in Vir ginia. Telling the tale of his domestic woe leading to the divorce which was grant ed in July last, he said he had discover ed his wife’s overfondness for a certain musician, Carl Konig, employed by him to amuse the summei residents of f w _ _ his Ashbury Park Hotel. ’Their friend supplyby J M Wall; Bowman, GT King, J T i ship became t le talk oj the guests, and Curtis, sup.; Hartwell, W^M Winn, W T Nor- J culminated wheu she made a pretended . j 'attempt to commit suicide by taking a KILLED BY HIS FATHER. MOVING TIE COTTON. Bte Mayor Issues an Order that Cotton Must be Taken Off the Streets, lire complaint made by the lnsur- ance agents that the merchants were tedangering their stores by blockading , le streets with cotton hales has had •ts effect. Yesterday Mayor Hunnicutt sent out * n 0r< ler instructing the cotton men to remove every bale from the streets un- 5 fcr «ne of $250. Obedient to the mayor’s order, the cotton men began at " R ee to have their cotton taken to the wtnpresses or their warehouses. There sufficient warehouse room in Athens I®”® 1 ® the cotton that is brought here, a< ? neef °rth the cotton men will be repelled to place the staple in its Proper place, and not blockade the Noiirr ^ as they have s r ° wn ^ a M ** se step on the part of 'ayor Hunnicutt, as there were many a »g<‘rs brought on by filling the 8tf <*ts with cotton. Athens Should Adopt a Standard Time. Prominent among the needs of Athens is a standard and uniform time, _ The situation as it now stands is in convenient, annoying and unprofitable to every citizen, and to every visitor that comes to Athens.^ The railroads have their time at vaiiance; the city has its time; the college runs by its own time piece, and every jeweler claims the right to set his clocks ac cording to a certain time. The Covington & Macon and _ the Georgia railroads have the Central time, the city has its time a half hour slower than this, and the North Eastern Rail road has its time, which is a half hour faster than the city time. This is a puzzling state of affairs, and causes much inconvenience to the business men of Athens and to the visitors that come to our city. A man will come tc Athens on the Georgia road and make an appointment with a business man at a certain hour. By a conflict; of the times he will be a half hour late at his engagement, and the business, however important, will be left undone. A ml thus it goes. Business is re tarded, appointments of a social nature are not met, and general confusion re- SU The city should adopt some uniform time, say the Central time, which Atlanta has adopted, and wtdeh the Georgia and Covington & Macon Rail roads run by. This would be a great improvement, for on^two 8 three times we would have only two, central and North Eastern, which is one hour faster than central. We offer the suggestion as a valuable pointer, and hope it will be acted upon. NEGRO STOREKEEPERS. A Disgraceful Infliction on Oar Govern ment Distillers. A negro named Clark has been ap- EMysarggi. Athens, and we learn that the-white el Salk of Lands.—Yesterday there were several lois of land sold at admin istrator’s sale before the court house door. Three lots belonging to the estate of William Nabors, deceased, lying on the suburbs of Wiuterville were sold to Mr. W. I Tuck, for $40, One of the lots brought $20 and each of the other two $10. A tract of land containing eighty-two acres belonging to Mrs. Louisa Vv urm, and lying immediately beyond Rock College, were sold to Mr. Robert Laven der for $1010.00 John Tugar Crushes His Son’s Skull and Attempts to Burn His Body. Lima, Ohio, Dec3—John Tugar, a tramp, a native of Switzerland, yester day killed his son John, who was tramp ing with him, and placed his body in re, which he had built of logs and brush, to burn it up. He then was over come with remorse, and attempted to kill himself by shooting, but will re cover. A farmer boys, near Celina, tUiboyeFSTthe man, and carried the news to that town, and officer c were soon on tha ground. Tugar was not dangerously hurt by the shot t and said he had sent his boy out to get s onie- thing to eat but he was not successful. This caused him to fly into a passion and he pickad up a stick of wood, strik ing the boy over the bead with it, crushing his skull, and causing his death. He then became freightened and placed the body on the fire, where it was consumed. Tugar is a man of about fifty years of age, and claims La- Grange as his place of residence. SINGLE ONLY A WEEK. mam sup ; Koyston and Mission, Ford McRee, supply by W A Cooper; Lavonia, A D Echols; Caruesviile, R U O England; Toccoa, C A Jam ison; Clarksville and Mission, C M Yerdel and H M Stirgier; Belton and Mission, J H Little; Homer. T O Ro ie; Danielsville and Mission, W M D Bond and B H Trammell; Broad River A J Hughes; Little River, J A Timmerman; Lincolnton, J W G Watkins. Gainesville District,-J T Gibson, P E; Gainesville, J W Roberts, Gainesvi le Circuit, A A Tilley, Hull Circuit, C PMarchman; Flow ery Branch, W W Oslin, Lawrenceville, M H Edwards; Gwinuette, H M Newton; Monroe, C V Weathers; Jug Tavern, N E McBrayen Nor- jas, W F Robeson, Alpharetta, T J Ed- large potion ot sugar and wator. After wards, he said, he ordered her to leave his house. “Why,” he exclaimed, with tears iu his eyas. “I can never live with this woman again. I would be ashamed to be seen on the streets with her. I could get material foi twenty different di vorces if I only cared. She can never come near my children again.” But about the middle of August last Mr. Noble bad business which called . . him South to Red Sulphur Springs,Vir- wards.and a supply, S H Braswell; Cummiug, j ginia. Thither he went. IBut not alone. W G Hanson ana a supp y supernumerary, G | for a hand8om e little'woman, dressed in W. Farr; Suellville, supplied by George Brand; Cleveland and Mission, J L Ware and W L Singleton; Lumpkin Mission supplied by A F Norton; Bablonega, W B Dillard, G. Hughes apply; Dawsonville, T S Edwards. Grittin Di trict—S P Richardson, Judge Thurman’s Daughter, Just Di vorced, Marries a Clerk. Special to Banner. Sandikgo, Cal., December 1.—MiBs Marie P. Thurman was married last night to Mr. Thomas S. Gifford, and to day everybody in town is talking about Griffin, H S Bradley; Milner, B Sanders, R Rogers, sup: Orchard Hill, W C Fox; Zebulon 8 R England; Barnesville; J B Johnstone; Up son Mission, E T Hendrick; The Rock, J B Holland; Thomaston, T A Seals; Cultoden, T H Timmons; Forsyth, J C Davidson, Forsyth circuit, W A Dodge, Jackson, M H Dillard. Flovilla, JJN Kenny; West Monroe, O B Quillian; Senoia, J M Bowden; Turin, R P Mar- tyn; Concord Mission, A B Pope;. LaGrange District -W F Cook, P E; La- Grange, A J Jarrell; West Point, J R Parker; Troup, T D Cantrell; Houston, J S Embry; Ho- gansvilie, W T Bell, Whitesville and Mission ary, J H Eakes; Greeceville and Trinity, F G Hughes; Meriwether, J S L Safington: . Wood bury, E O H Wood; Grantsville, W W Brins field; Franklin, A Lester; Bowden, H L Ed- mondson;Roopvilie and Missionary, J W Baily, Newnan, C C Cary; North Coweta, J S Askew; Carrolton, W K Foote; Whitesburg W H Speer, P A Heard, Sup.; LaGrange Female College, H M Smith, Professor. Rome District.—A C Thomas, P E; First Church, W F Quillian; Second Chtrch, B F Fraser; Forrestville, T J Christian and sui for a handsome little'woman, dressed in a drab trravelling suit, accompanied him. It was bis divorced wife, Eliza beth Noble. Numerous telegrams and messages had been sent to him during their estrangement and they soon found their way to his heart. M’CARTHYAND NOUN TO MEET* Bookmakers 'Willing to Back the En glishman Against the Champion. Special to the Banner. New York, Dec. 3.—Several well- known bookmakers who saw the Cal McCarthy and Mike Nolan mill on Wednesday night think that Nolan can. whip McCarthy, and they are willing to back him against the Jerseyman for $1,000 a side. They said they would make it $2.5000 a side at the Lynch- Flaherty fight, but when McCarthy’s backer offered to double them and make is $5,000 a side and make the match on the spot, they dropped their price to $1,000, and very likely a match will be made this week. Good judges of fighters who saw the the wedding/ The bride is the Baugh- gK^ftsm^ go Wednesday night say that it is their G. Thurman, and ter . c ’ aTe Spring Circuit, CJaokson; Cedar-1 opinion that Nolan can give McCarthy a Compresses Must be Changed.—Mr. George T. Murrell, president of the County Alliance said to a Banner re porter that all compresses throughout the United States will have to be chang ed next year, owing to the change of the size of cotton b-tles, which the Al liance proposes to institute. The com press business will almost be done away with, a- the baits will be much smaller than heretofore, weighing about 125 pounds. The Alliance will take the matter in consideration at the St. Louis meeting. Mr. Murrell says the Alli ance in this vicinity is highly in favor ot the proposed change. Hamilton McWhorter, Esq.—This eminent young lawyer of Lexington, has done as much as any man who ever lived in Oglethorpe to build up and de velop his ^county. To his efforts are mostly due the handsome new court house, the stock law, Lexington’s rail road and many other Important enter prises. Mr. McWhorter is one of the braniest young men in Georgia,and his success at the bar has been almost with out precedent. His county town and people owe him a great debt of grati tude, for to his bright mind and clear judgment are due, m a large measure, their great success and prosperity. ter of Judge Allen figured conspicuously last week' in a divorce case in which a decree was issued in the Sandiego Superior Court severing the bonds which united her with Lieut. Wm, S. Cowles, of the United Ststes Navy, now Commander of the Despatch. Since the divorce the .bride has insisted on being called Miss Thurman. It is said that she had been engaged to Gifford for several months. Gifford is several years her junior and is agent at Tia Juana for Aguirre & Dowell, the Mexican bank ers. He ia Spanish born but of English parents, fUstilleries will also be shortly displac- 2 with nezroes. These gentlemen are iustlv indignant, and threaten to close clown their still ’if they must have the their whiskey carried by ne groes,* in w hose honesty they have no C °WP (ton’ot think it will be healthy for ne»ro government officers to go over to ss?«!?»: i “ ti,e city. He is wise. The Alliance in Oconee.—Col. B. E. Oyerby, a leading Allianceman of Oconee, was in the city yesterday, v and says the farmers in his county are all bitterly opposed to Col. Livingston’s proposition to unite with the Knights of Labor. He says if the coalition takes place they are hound to admit any negro Knight to an Alliance meet ing, and if the Knights of Labcr go on a strike or get into trouble that the farmers will have to take money from their pockets to assist them. Mr. Overby says the Alliance has done great things for the farmers already, as this vear they were able to buy goods on long time cheaper than they ever did before-for cash. MOONSHINERS CAPTURED. j, The Notorious Willis Rose and Several of His Companions Under Arrest. Special to The Burner. Somerset, Ky., Dec 3.—General Deputy Collector F. H. Hawkins and J. H. Chrissthas, of Louisville, with a posse and six guards, started Monday for a raid in Rockcastle and Jackson counties. They destroyed five distille ries, captured ten barrels of apple brandy and returned here last night with Willis Rose, the notorious moon shiner, who for many years has been able to repulse every posse that has at tempted his capture. He was arrested after his Winchester was empted at the officers and he had been badly wounded in the right arm. Deputy Marshal Bates received a slight wound in the leg and his horse was badly shot during the engagement with the moonshiners. The prisoners are the toughest looking spe cimens of humanity that ever entered our jail. A FEARFUL-EXPLOSION. On y Twenty Out of Ninety Fassengers Escaped Death. Special to the Banner. San Francisco, Dec. 2.—Yokahama advices state that the boiler of a passen ger launch plying between Foochow and Sharp Peak, exploded en October 10th, and out of ninety passengers on board only twenty escaped alive,. great deal harder and longer fight than he did then. McCarthy is happy at the prospect of another fight so soon, and he is confident that he can whip Nolan in less time than be did before. His friends will back him to their last cent, and if the boomkakers want to they can make the match for $13,000 a side as easily as they can for a thousand. McCarthy has just returned from. Athens Georgia where he had a spar- ringmatclijvmh Jack Dempsey’s brother Martin Dempsey. HANDSOME NEW RESIDENCES. Messrs. Reaves and Stern Will Build oa the Carlton Lots. We learn that Mr, R. K. Reaves wilt bu Id a row of beautiful residences on Washinton strefet upon the lots he re cently purchased at the sale of the Carlton property, and will rent them to parties desiring nice homes ip Ath ens. We learn also that Mr. C. Stern will build some pretty houses upon his por tion of the lots on the same street, and will rent them. This is one of the best localities in Athens, and after Messrs Reaves and Stern have beauti fied it with handsome residences it wilT vie successfully with any portion of Milledge avenue. for a new trial. If no respite is grant- The houses will be in the central ed he will he executed by means of part of the business portion of the citv electricity. The new brick building in and will find ready disposal whether which the execution will take place —’ “ will be completed by Saturday next. The electrie chair in which McElvaine will sit will be erccted|in the centre of the room. The dynamos, two in number, have a combined capacity of 2,000 volts. The wire used will be strung from the roof down the walls of the building and connected with the chair. town, J B Robins, J T Norris, superintendent; Rockmar, G J Orr, R H Jones, sup;. Po’k, Miss J A Sewell; Dallas Circuit, W t Austin; East Paulding Miss., to be supplied; Panlding, supplied by M T Burt, Powder Springs, F S Hudson; Corttrsville, H J Ellis; Acworth,J M Owens, Austell, C L Patillo; Piedmont High School, E W Ballenger; agent Orphans’ Home, S P Jones. Oxford District.—G W Yarborough, P E; Oxford, M H Eakes, W ACandler Covington, W H LaPrade, W A Parks, supernumerary; litw- berne, W R Branham, Jr^ So.iul Circle. R R Johnson,Shady Date, O A Thrower: Monticello, O C Simmons; Eatonton,D J Myricx; East Put nam, W T Hamilton; West Putnam^ E Rosser; Clinton, E R Cook; Madison, W L Wooten; Morgan, W Dunbar; Rutledge and mission, 8 W Rogers; Conyers, J L Moon; Lithonia, G K Quillian; Decatur, L G Johnson; Clarkston cir cuit, W A Farris; Emory College, W A Cand ler, M Calloway, J S Moore, and J Magatb; Wesleyan College, C Dowman; Logansville, W M Arnold; Ocmulgee mission, supplied by W A King; missionary to the Hebrews, J M«- gath. Transferred.—A G Haygood to North Ala bama Confeience; Jere Rose to Northwest Texas Conference: C Keener to Louisaina Conference, M A Phillips to South Georgia Conference. Waiting for the Deqth Shock. Special to the Banner. New York, Dec. 3.—Charles McEl vaine, the condemned murderer of the Brooklyn grocer, Luca, has only about two weeks longer to live unless his law yer obtains a respite pending an appeal they be offered to rent or for sale. PARNELL’S SECLUSION. His Disappearance Causing Anxio to His Friends. Special to The Banner. London, December 3.—The St. James Gazette says that Mr. Parnell disap peared several weeks ago and since then has not been heard from. His where- 1. abouts is a mystery and his prolonged - absence causes much trouble to his ad- Result Of a Trivial Quarrel. Eeminence, Ky.,Dec 3—(Special)—A misunderstanding growing out of a triv- turns an ial matter between Tom Horan, white, herents. The Gazette says that though and Brock Underwood, colored, at New | it has been Mr. Parnell’s custom to oc casionally seclude himself his period of retirement has this time been longer than usual. He has even failed to keep a number of important engagements, among which was one to meet Mr. Gladstone. Castle, resulted in the death of (he latter and the serious wounding of tlid former, The two men grappled when Horan pul led his pistol and shot the negro, who had a knife. The negro died. Horan’s throat was cut.