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NIGHT’S BLAZE.
‘ " ~
lAS T night on
prince avenue
UPPER
nururd, a COU-
pidtraMc ■*»•"•
. ,| lC u boiit eleven o’clock.
&*nUMW? performance, t*
: lK ,rm to ring and with the ory
%, crowd just returning from
3**
bouse
hastened toward the
portion of our city, where a
bhBe was to ho seen onthe hori-
1 Upon reaching the
o( the conflagration, it
[ (an d that two homes wav
i ojjp. Q no of these wjU occupied
i j K. Walls as a K F,H,ral Uier '
f ‘ store and the other by Mr.
Patterson, a carpenter in this
The lire originated in the roof
• litter house whence the spark*
(be store occupied by Mr.
yttfce time of the fire Mr.
was away from home and
,(fa* in Jug Tavern so that nil
Lontcnts of the house were de-
Mr. Walls was more fortu-
"witli the assistance of a number
h Carolina Paper Has to Say
About Them.
The Asheville Citizen cdntiibutes an
interesting-naragrnnh in the 1 ife sketch
of; the late Henry Woodlin Grady.
This section of .North Carolina, says
i ho Citizen, had oeculiar interest in thi-
r 'atoo gild fortunes of Henry W Gradv.
His antecedents fix him as of Buncombe
!iuet» i g$.. We can go n<£»ther Back on
ous cotmties formed out of its territory,
was sheriff of the county; a mau of vigi>
orousmlnd, genial temper ; popular
mcntterV'.aftd conspicuous among a
race of mem remarkable for independ
ent^ of character and energy of action,
who OPnipcsed the early population of
the Section. . His son, W. S. Grady, who
'via the father of Henry W. Grady, Sr.,
•married u Miss Woodfin,- aunt of Nich
olas W. Wood fin, one of the most re*
markable men intellectually this coun
try has produced. Mr. W. S.. Grady
mpved to Cherokee county after the
Indian title was extinguished, we pre
sume, and settled at Tonotla, on Valley
river, where he ieniaincd until about
1846, when lie removed to Athens, Ga.,
whei-e his distinguished sori'was horn.
Mr. W. S. Grady engaged in mercantile
pursuit* with great energy and sagacity,
and accumulated a large fortune for
those times. His love for North Caro
lina never abated; and when the war
broke put lie established himself at
Fort Hembree,
ini!'
in Clay county, and
‘7 ~V\,. anoMftit to save a raised a very large company. The
? j, e ;was enabled to save a (.Georgia Hue was only a few miles off,
rtien of bis stock. * ; S ■ ^ as in full sight, and the company con
tained a large number of Georgians,
some South Carolinians, - the reimunder
being men of Clay, Cherokee and Macon
counties. The company was mustered
‘into service as Company: G, W. S.
Grady, captain, of the Twenty-fifth
regiment, of which Thomas L. Cling-
Hian wu3 colonel. - Capt. Grady was
subsequently promoted for good conduct
and was killed in one of ,tlie oattes
.before Petersburg,
kpor
I at about *500 and his loss
foottt *200. There was seme do-
L fire companies, in reaching
onflairation, owing to the tardi
ly giving tho alarm, and tliebuild-
,; c both totally destroyed, tile
Ktsof the department being yajua-
w tly in preventing the spread of
lillitw • ♦ • ».
Ith of the houses burned were sit-
on Upper Prince Avenue, n.ur
L au.l were next to the residence
Yrs. Boss Crane, by whom they
[owned. The two bouss were to-
r valued at about $1,200, and there
| ao insurance, so far as could be
[j. it will thus be seen that with
ns incurred by Messrs Wall and
|t?on, the total loss cannot fall
i below $2,000.
tfirc was one of the largest seen in
sin some time, and was attended
huge crowd.
its’ an ill wind,” etc.
ager Voss, of the street car line,
1 considerable enterprise ih*av-
iiumber of ears in waiting to trans-
L\k crowds down town after the
Re was liberally patronized and
LbaUy the only one that made any
(by the tire.
himmioNK SERVICE INJURED.
fat of the effects of the fire last night
|to seriously impair the telephony
! of Athens for the next few days.
THE G, 0- & N.
THERE WAS NO DISTURBANCE
IN GREENSBORO FRIDAY
NIGHT? *35m3'
The Survey Completed to Atlanta—Some
Notes About the Road.
The survey of the G., C. & N. have
reached Atlanta, and the Constitution
has this to say: 1 ‘ . ■'
“The preliminary survey Of the Geor
gia, Chrolina* A Northern - has been
completed to Atlanta.
The line passes near Decatur, hut
dyes not touch the town, aud cuts the
city limits about the -Air-Line shops.
The route from Atlicus is by way of
Jug Tavern and Lawrenceville.
The location of the depot fs fixed at
Lawrenceville. Work will be resumed
again in a few days at J ug Tavern.
The distance from Jug Tavern'to
Lawrenceville is eighteen miles, and
twenty-eight from Lawrenceville to
Atlanta. *
“I shouldn’t he surprised,” said one
of the surveying party, yesterday, “if
grading ou this end of the line were to
begin at once.”
“From wbat point?”
“Well, possibly from Lawrenceville.
That line could be completed and run
as a local road without waiting on the
northern connection. Such a road
would pay well, and the people along
the liue want it badly. That, however,
An Idle f*t»ry Ktnrtci'l by Nome One
Will* Nothing Better to Bo.
It was reported in Athens yesterday
that there, had beefi a liot'iri Greensboro'
oui Friday night, and that six negroes
had been ■ killed. J It was not known
how the report started, hut certainly it
was whispered about thecitv, and there.
Was considerable anxiety among piaiiy
of our people who have relatives and
friends there. The recent disturbance*
at Jesup* and other towns in the State,
had put our people on the quivive, and
as soon as the report reached • the city,
thbre was talk of sending the Clarke
Rifles down to aid the people of Greens
boro in case dl further trouble. It
seems, however, that the riot failed to
materialize. The Banner yesterday
sent the following telegram to the
Greensboro News-Herald:
“Was there a riot in Greensboro last
night? Answer immediately.
Banner.”
About sunset, the following answer
was received from the editor of the
News-Herald:
“To the Banner—
Greensboro, Dec. 28.—No riot here.
None has been apprehended. City has
ever been free from street fights.
W. A. Knowles.”
It is to be hoped that
tho Christmas fights which. have
characterized the cities of our- state for
the past few days will he ended with
the close of the present week, and that
a peaceful New Year will }ie entered
upon next Wednesday.
A BRILLIANT WEDDING.
i the call of fire, Mr. H. C. Con- & mere supposition.”
manager of the Exchange, in re- / “H*w long before the Georgia, Caro
le to an inquiry,raised the window
til some one on the street below
a the Are was. In so doing; a
ifell down, striking in Its descent
nil ’phone. The office caught on
lit was extinguished without dara-
Ihc only serious damage was
[done to the head ’phone.. The
Ms received will make it JmpoRsI-
[for Mr. Conway to give the public
i service as he has done hereto-
wtil a new ’phone arrives which
in about two days. Be there-
nqoests his patrons to be patient
the Central office does not in the
»o or three days make as prompt
ttioa as is its.custom, it must be
"1 to this unfortunate accident.
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A RIFLED SHANTY.
fhople Noar Bowman Don’t Like
a Barroom.
pf-RTOji, Dec. 27.—John Gloer,
peeps a barroom in Madison coun-
P* miles North of Bowman, is fh
PP") fand mourns the loss of his
PS and stock of whiskeys, cigars,
PS beer etc.
Pm been keeping a bar-room in a
P* and furnishing liquor to the
F-a of the farmers in the vicinity,
I tlie latter—or some one else—re-
I aud when he went to open np
Pesuay morning, a strange sight
Fusion.
Nnd where once his prosperous
I'm had stood a pile of logs, barrel
' ^ses, broken bottles and a de-
oiler—they fiery liquid, all of
nan been used to fertilize the
j m tho vicinity. His bouse had
rn <lown log for log, and his to-
lri l could not be absolutely
pi was iLrown in every direc-
p a ten acre field.
Prse Mr. Gloer is very mad, and
at nil cost he will findlthe men
Plated his bar-room.
Rve not learned whether he will
[%u up or not.
r i* the nearest bnrfroom to El-
r«of our thirsty inhabitants
P‘we “knocked up.”
A Great F ow of Gas.
RES. Dak., Dec. 27.—[Spe
r K® 8 * ,as been discovered
E*: Aud is the strongest
l the state, and itsquauty
C;„ j. ri »e discovery was madV
‘V s digging fof water. The
L. 7 " rea1 - that it carries san»'
feet into the air. This
Hi n.i5 , . sCOv . er y °f the'kind maVl*
r L ak °ta within sixty days. •
lina & Northern will he complete from
Monroe to Atlanta?”
.“Not more than a year,” was the
prompt reply.
'The Gwinnett county Herald says,
speaking of the early completion of the
road:
“It will run< at lpasi thirty miles in
the county, and. tjiere will be spent for
labor and material between two hun
dred and fifty-tojthree hundred.thou
sand dollars. This will he cash distrib
uted along! the line, and will give steady
employment to hundreds of hands.
There will he at lfeash three depots in
the cfounty. where business will be*
built-up and the taxable property large
ly increased in value. This will givo
us such increased’facilities for transpor
tion and good markets, that every
neighborhood will feel the benefits.
Lawrenceville will be * the principal
town between Athens and Atlanta.”
A GH1USTMAS WEDMSG.
An Old Colored Woman Drops Dead in Judge
t Cobb’s Yard. ■>:
Yesterday morning while Aunt Caro
line Davis was attending to her menial
duties at Judge Howell Cobb’s she sud
denly fell dead While walking from the
house to the kitoben.
A coroner’s inquest was immediate!^
held. A verdict rendered alleging the
cause of her death as heart disease. It
was testified that she had been a sufferer
from heart disease for many years.
Auitt Caroline has been a useful and
ttiisted darkey, aud was a servant of
Dr. John H. Newton in antebellum
Jays. She was sixty years old at the
dine of her death,'and left three child
ren, one of whom is Sam Davis, the
colored editor of Athens.
For the past ftt'W years she has 'been a
servant of Judge Howell Cobb’s, and
noted to all who knew her for her
trustworthiness. She was one of the
few antebellum darkies that now are
alive in Athens.
A ROPE FACTORY.
The Princeton Mills will Have One Annex
ed.
The management at.Princeton Facto
ry are making preparations to establish
a rope factory in connection with the
mills, and will ope$ up this new enter
prise for Athena in a most flourishing
style.
The machinery for the rope factory
has all been ordered and will be receiv
ed in a few days. By the 15th of Janu
ary the machinery will all be placed in
the building and ready to commence its
work.
This enterprise will doubtless prove a
great success, and will be quite an ad
dition tothesmnll industries of Athens.
It will supply all the rope and cotton
cords that might be needed in this
whole section of the state, and will un
questionably pay a handsome dividend
to the stockholders.
•EPIC0RUS AND BACCHUS
OR RATHER BACCHUS AND EPI
CURUS PRESIDE OVER A
DELIGHTFUL EVENING.
Rare- Entertainment Done Up
Great Style.
In
An evening Of rate pleasure was that
Which was spent Thursday night by a
number 6f Athens’ ~best known and
most popular citizens. It was aU enter
tainment in* which joy .was uhallOyed
and pleasure flowed freely. It truly re-
alized the Expression, “A feast of rea
son and a flow of soul,” and it was not
until a latd hour that the party adjourn
ed. The entertainment was worked up
by Col, Charlie Baldwin, ahd was com
plimentary to a number of bis best
friends, among whom were Congress
man Carlton, Mayor-elect Brown, Col.
W. B. Burnett, Capt. G. H. Yanciey,
Mr. W. D. O’Farrell, Mr. J. T. Voss,
Mr. W. S. Holman, Mr Julius Cohen,
Mr. E. I. Smith, Mr. John Crawford,
Mr. T. Larry Gantt and Mr. Sylvanus
Morris.
It was emphatically - and truly a
Christmas entertainment—one that was
surely enjoyed and which had not a sin
gle feature to detract from the even flow
of pleasure. Were such evenings more
frequent, life would ceaSe to be a bur
den to many, and this old world would
become an abiding place of pleasure and
joy. Comments, however, are unnec
essary. The menu speaks for itself,
and the sentiments which followed were
Inspirations’drawn from the enjoyment
of such viands as even the most ardent
epicureans and bacchanalians of old
would have been forced to stop and
taste.
A STORY OF LUCY COBB-
A Talented Pest-Graduate Student of That
Institution Writes Interesting y of a .
Little Incident.
g Folks
the fo 1 -
ineideiu
Institute. It
itli interest by
Mr, Van Deadwyler, of Athens, Marries
Miss Lena Tidwell, of North Carolina.
On Christmas day at Tusqnettb, North
Carolina, Miss Lena Tidwell, of that
place, was married to Mr. Van Dead-
wyler, formerly of Athens, but whose
future home will be MaysvilIe,.Ga.
This was a wedding in which Athens
is deeply interested, the gioom being
well known and highly esteemed by
every citizen here. He was formerly a
member of the firm of Holinnn & Dead-
wyjer, and has accumulated quite a
snug little sum during his experience
in the live stock trade. Mr. Deadwyler
is a young man of many rare qualifica
tions, and his friends are numbered by
the score. The bride is one of North
Carolina’s fairest daughters, and is ac
complished and pretty.
The happy young couple will arrive
at Mayjrfille on the 31st of January, and
will be welcomed to their future home
by scores of hearty congratulations
from numerous friends.
The Banner sends up its congratula
tions toMaysville, voicing the senti
ments of many Athenians.
Col. W. F. Jones Leads Miss Gussie Oglesby
to the Altar.
The Banner records with pleasure
the marriage of Col. W. F. Jones, of
Gumming, Ga., and Miss Gnssie
Oglesby, of Elberton, which happy
event oeonrred at the bride’s home in
Elberton on Wednesday, December
18th.
Col. Jones is President of Piedmont
College, Cittumings, Ga., and a former
resident of E berton, where he ha>
a host of friends. He is Colonel of the
9th Batalion Georgia Volunteers and
was recently re-appointed by Gov. Gor
don oil the Military Advisory Board of
Georgia. He is a cultivated gentleman
anda splendid scholar.
He is the officer who'examined the
Clarke Rifles, of Athens, some months
ago and admitted them* to the militia of
the State. While here he won many
warm friends in Athens whose interest
in him is an abiding one.
Speakiug of the bride and the wed
ding the Elberton Star very neatly
says:
“Miss Oglesby, all our people know,
and most unhesitatingly love. No one
in Elberton is more popular and several
seasons ago a gold medal was bestowed
upon her as “Belle of Elberton.” Her
beauty and charming manners have
won their way to the hearts of our peo
ple and she is regarded as one of the
‘fairest i floWera that, urtr i graced oar
Granite City. - ;
The more* than*happy couple left on
the one o’clock train, sifter a delicious
repast and many: heartfelt congratula
tions.
The presents were numerous and Very
handsome. Among them were a hand
some silver tea service’, by Mr. Oglesby;
silver fruit stand, : Mrs. D. P. Oglesby.;
set of silver spoons, Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Brewer; oil painting,-Misses Annie Joe
Head,and Tommie Oglesby; handsome
plush toilet case, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo
White; silver butter dish, Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Seidell; silver castors, Capt. W.
H. Cobb; nut bowl, Dr. Jeff Davis:
sugar spoon, Mi& Aatffc Oglesby; work
basket, Miss Lena and John G. Oglesby.
The well wishes of the community go
with, this couple, united under such
auspicious circumstances.”
The bride is also well known and ad-
mired.in Athens also. Bhe is a niece
of Mrs. Myers Calloway and Mr. Geo.
Deadwyler’of this city and has hosts of
friends here who are interested in her
wedding.
’The Banner voices the sentiments of
of numerous friends of both parties in
wishing the happy couple a long life of
happiness and success.
The Gate City.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 2S.—[Special.l—
Mr. James F.Woodward, who.was mys
teriously shot night before last, is ex
tremely low and is not expected to live
through the day.
The Evening Journal upon the basis
of the school attendance estimates that
Atlanta’s population next year will be
90,000.
Judge W. T. Newman of the Uunited
States’ Court is spoken of as a successo;
‘o Mr. H. W. Grady on the board of cd
ucation.
IT WAS LOADED-
The Pistol that Patman and Mathews
Played With.
Another tragic death of a negro out
at the Mathews place, beyond Fowler’s,
comes to us.
. It was the same old story of the child
who didn’t know the gun was loaded.
Last Christmas night at a frolic given
at a negro house on Mr. Mathews’ place,
two negroes, Patman and Mathews,
went out of the house and began to ex
amine a pistol which Patman had in his
pocket. It was a ne«r pistol of which
Patman was very proud, and he wanted
to show its modus operaudi to his com
panion, Mathews. While they were
looking at the shining revolver which
glittered brightly in the moonlight it
suddenly went off, and landed its dead
ly contents in the heart of Mathews.
The wounded man lay sick and al
most dying from his wounds until yes
terday /-when he died.
Patman came to Athens yesterday foi
a coffin in which to bury Mathews.
There was no witness to the unfortu
nate accident, but no one regards Pat
man suspiciously. It was only an acci
dent, or perhaps carelessness which h
too often termed an accident. .
Smith is Out on Bond.—Henry
Smith, the young man recently arrested
for attempted forgery, is out on a two
hundred dollar-bond for his appearance
for trial at thei next regular session of
court. *-■ i
.Smith still affirms his innocence, and
threatens to .make it warm, for his ac
cusers for his recent indignities.
Stringing the Electric Wires.—
Yesterday Manager Robinson had a
large number of hands at work string
ing the electric 'wires over the city.
The Wires now span the whole of Prince
avenue, and most of the principal streets
down town. They will all be up in a
few days, and the lamps will be bang.
The'Iights will be in full blaze by the
appointed time.
Cold Wester • Quarters.—Lieut.
Hodgson, of the United States Navy,
who is a son. of Mrs. Aim Hodgson of
this city has artfer a long cruise carried
his vessel to an Alaskan coast, and will
make his winter quarters in that cold
region of the north. He writes some
most interesting narratives of life in
Alaska.
Colored Firemen’s Convention.—
The convention of the colored firemen of
Georgia assembled yesterday morning
in the court bouse. A large crowd was
present, including delegates from Ma
con, Americus, Augusta, Savannah and
other.Georgia cities. The purpose of
the convention is to discuss the general
interests of the firemen in this state and
to determine where the next tourna-
ment will be held. The convention re
mained in session most of the morning
and during the afternoon took in the
city, examining the various points of
interest. Last night the visitors were
entertained with a sumptuous banquet
over the store of Mr. E. E. Jones. They
resnme their deliberations this morn-,
ing when the location of the next tour
nament will be determined. Most of
the visitors will leave the city this af
ternoon.
A Painful Accident.—Mr. George
Pulliam, while returning home in a
wagon from Elberton last Tuesday,
happened to a most painful accident.
His mules becoming frightened ran
away; and Mr. Pulliam, while attempt^
ing to stop them, got his left thumb
caught in the lines, and it was pulled
entirely off, breaking the bone, and
while not bruising it, it seemed as if a
string had been wound around it and
tightened until it cut the bone in two.
His thumb could not be replaced. Mr.
Pulliam suffered untold agonies until
he reached Dr. Stovall’s office and had
it dressed. The wounded man showed
a remarkable courage throughout the
entire operation.—Elberton Star.
An Attempted Forgery.—R. L,
Moss & Co. yesterday issued a warrant
through Justice Fuller for;the arrest of
Henry Y. Smith, of Crawford, chaiged
with the forgery of a cotton receipt
with intent to defraud.
Here is one version of the transr o
tion:
H. T. Thornton, of Crawford, a few
months ago sent Smith with, as he says,
five bales. - Only three bales reached
Moss & Co. and Smith carried back
money for the three bales, having evi
dently disposed of the remaining two
for his own benefit.
Yesterday Smith was again in town
to sell two bales of cotton, ami, to cov
er his fraudulous dealings, forged a
weighers receipt for three bales more
than he had sold.
This is Smith’s story as told to a re
porter at the jail yesterday morning:
“All I know is the number of bales
I carried to Moss. I never looked on
the receipt at all and I am innocent
that’s all.”
While Smith was relating his story
CORDIALS.
Gibson’s Old Monogram,
J. H. Cutter’s Vintage, 1864,
Bell of Nelson,
W. H. McBoyton, Col. Cole’s
Celebrated Hollerin Gin.
FIRST ROUND.
Mobile Plants on Half Shelf,' U!
SECOND COURSE.
’Possum Tail Soupe,
’Simmon Beer.
THIRD COURSE.
Oconeee Mud-cat,
A La Moore Brandy,
Daniel Spring Water.
FOURTH COURSE.
3 year-old turkey, stuffed oysters.
Country sausage—hand-made.
Chitterlings, Georgia style.
’Possum and ’taters.
Cordials are repeated with this course.
FIFTH COURSE.
Burnt almonds. Confectioneries.
Branch Water.
SIXTH COURSE.
The Atlanta
col um
low in
of! life
will n
many All
“It may ..
folks who write
ab)out
t*o our
Institute.
" Luu
brfatnro with
is the youngesi
ers. Sunday two
eighth birthday, and
eeks ago was her
we girls and all
the teachers determined it should be is
happy day for her; so we busied our
selves all the 'week making prettjr doll
things and buying presents to surprise
her with.
Nearly every girl in the house bought
something for her, and every single
teacher remembered her with some lit
tle gift. Kventhecpok, “Aunt Rena,”
was interested in making our “baby”
happy. She baked her ^ beautiful cake
ard put her name in the middle of it.
The presents were all, arranged in the
long dining room near the place at the'
table where little Mary , Ella sits, and
if the cousins could ■ have peeped in
just before the bell rang for breakfast,
they would have thought that Santa
Claus had come before Christmas.
There were beautiful dolls and doll fur
niture ; doll hats and caps and sacques,
candies, cakes and fruits, and every
thing that could make a dear little heart
happy. ;■ >
\V lien the big bell rang for breakfast
we all hastened down to see dear little
Mary Elle’s surprise when she beheld
all the lovely things prepared for her.
I ^ish you could have seen her when
the vision of loveliness first dawned on
her sight. : What a beautiful picture of
surprise she made! What simplicity f
What- happines i V It was all natural,
because •
her 1
ids and snouted for joy, and
then as she would look attach separate
gift she would run to the generous do- ,
nors and throw her little arms around
their necks and thank them over and
over again.
Little Mary Elle’s mother is dead,
but she has two -older sisters at Lucy
Cobb, and they were just delighted to
see their baby* sister made. so happy.
It was? a * Mag-stbi-be-ienfemberecL Sab
bath with us, for baby .fingers had
touched the (ihOrds-that bind out hearts
together, and we closed the day with a
service of song in oifr Seney-Stovall
‘ God 1
Oranges.
May Pops.
Bananas.
Grapes.
W inter Whortleberry.
SEVENTH COURSE.
Coffee. Burnt brandy,
Edam cheese. . Crackers.
EIGHTH COURSE.
Tutt’s Liver PiflB. Water.
’* Water.
Horn H. H. Carlton—Who cares for
Congress now?
W. B. Burnett—What are we here
for? ^ ,
Capt. G. H. Yancey—Ready, aim,
fire! ...£> . ■ .
Col. E.T. Brown—How sharper than
a serpent’s thanks to have a toothless
child.
W. D. O’Farrell—I’m all wool and a
yard wide.
J. T. Voss—The inule a type of pro
gress.
W. S. Holman—A horse, a horse, my
kingdom for a horse.
Jule Cohen—I’m a Quaker, but don’t
give it away.
E. I. Smith—Ne sutor ultra trepidam.
John Crawford—Vermifuge a dis
grace to civilization.
T. L. Gantt—I said in my haste all
men are liars.
Sylvanus Morris—Yon Cassius, hath
a lean and hungry look.
C. W. Baldwin—Let the wide world
wag as it will.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.
’Sfhe House of Capt. H. R. Bernard Almost
Entered by Thieves.,
Friday night about eleven o’clock an
entry into the house of Mr. H. R. Ber
nard was attempted just about the time
that the fire bells begau to ring. At
that time a member of Mr, Bernard s
family heard a noise at the front part
of the house, and going thither found
some one trying to force his way in
through the front-door by means of a
crow-bar which was placed under it.
At the sound of voices on the inside
the would-be burglar desisted, howev
er, and fled before it could be determin
ed who he was. As a rule, burglars and
he was great affected and* frequently . ™ , - A4 ,
broke down. I sneak-thieves are rare in Athens, and
The question is, who is the guilty it is for this reason.that wie report ol^an
oart 1
t.ef
Smith or Thornton,
icts as stated to us.
We give
attempted burglary in our city is wor
thy of remark.
having
else happy. We sung several quar
tettes and beautiful hymns, and would
you believe it, dear little Mary Elle
sang in a quartette of little girls ?
’ Athens, Ga. Minnie.
Choked by a Pieoe of Turkey.
Allentown,December 29—There was
to have been a family gatl e. ing at the
home of Pinckney Lowe, who is boss of
the Philadelphia and Read'mg Railroad
round-house in this, city, today.
His wife, who was 62 years of age,
had about completed roasting a turkey
and removed it from the oven. In or
der to see whether it uvas properly
cooked she cut off ajiiece.of meat and
ate it. In swallowing it it became
lodged in her throat, and when two of
her daughters a few moments later
were attracted by a peculiar noise to the
kitchen they fouhd their mother chok-.,
ingtodeath.
‘ They pounded her violently on the
back and dislodged the meat, but then
followed profuse ~ hemorrhages and
death resulted in half an hour, tj U SC
Things are Quiet.
. Jesup, Ga., December’28.—[Special]—
At 10 o’clock the postmaster received a
negro letterfrom Savannah, saying that
one thousand able men had resolved to
stop the outrages, and if the whipping
of women was not stopped they Would *
strike the town like wild fire. The let
ter was not signed, and was in a dis
guised hand. It is regarded as an idle
threat,, but Savannah will be tele
graphed to watch the negroes. •* ;•[ . \ i
. Six dead are accounted for, and two
wounded.
At 10 o’clock a large number of ne
groes, who ran off when the trouble oc
curred, returned to town. Another lot
of fifty negroes came in to go to work
on a turpentine-farm. Each one wore
a flag in his hat, to show that he came
not on a warlike mission., They were
not molested.
Enforcing the Cigarette Law.
Thomasvillb, Ga , Dec. 29.—[Spe
cial]—Thomas superior court adjourn
ed Saturday. Judge Hansell ruled
that clerks in stores selling cigarettes to
minois after positive instructions from
the proprietors not to do so, are liable
to punishment for the offense, hence
several young men of this city are in
trouble. Two proprietors plead guilty
to violations of this law personally. A
Bhinaman storekeeper was spared pun
ishment for breaking the cigarette law
several days after its passage by virtue
of the statute allowing three days for
every hundred miles the new law has
to travel from the capital after its en
actment to make it operative.
—to ■ • «t»
* Another Disastrous Wreck,
Cincinnati, December 29.—[Special.]
—A telegram to the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad says:
“There was a terrible wreck on the
Chesapeake and Ohio, near White Sul
phur, West Virginia, at 7 o’elock this
morning. Five passengers and as many
employes were killed and as many in
jured. The accident was caused by a
broken axle.