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I 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. __—i — 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.