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THE ATHENS BANNER: ATHENS, GEORGIA, JANUARY 23, 1890.
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THE SOUTH CAROLINA FARMERS.
The farmers of South Caroli
na have announced their determina
tion to hold a convention of their own
and nominate for every office candi
dates in full sympathy with the ag
ricultural interests. This, we think,
is a very dangerous move, and wc
hope that no such dictatorial and
arbitrary steps will be undertaken.
It will never do for the white people
of the Palmetto state to divide, for
it can only result in again bringing
the negro into prominence and
power. It seems to us that the far
mers ought to have enough strength
in Carolina—as they have in Georgia
—to control the politics of that State.
By sticking to the democratic party
they can liaVo their every interest,
protected, and at the same time pre
serve the political unity of the white
voters, so essential to the peace, wel
fare and safety of their state. It will
never do for any one class of people
—it matters not how strong they
xnay be or justthcircause—to assume
to themselves the sole control of
affairs. Minorities also have rights,
and arc entitled to representation;
and more especially so when the mi
norities are so closely alligned with
and friendly to the agricultural in
terests, as are all classes in the
South. It is to the interest of
the Carolina farmers to make a/f
many friends as possible, instead of
driving them off, as any such step as
now threatened certainly will do.
Every intelligent ^American citizen
demands to have a voice in shaping
the politics of his couutry.
CLEARING SIDEWALKS.
Our city fathers acted wisely ami
with conservatism in their settle
ment of the sidewalk troubles.
Mayor Brown simply did his duty
iu enforcing the ordinance removing
merchandise from our streets; for it
is folly for a city to enact laws un
less they are put in practice—and
the best way to repeal an obnoxious
regulation is to enforce it. It is both
an eyesore and a nuisance to pedes
trians to have the principal side
walks blockaded with merchandise
AT'A
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AGED IN BLOOD
title Old Man of the Batignolles.
EMILE GABGRIAU.
and passageways barricaded by
people buying goods. But. there is j
a limit to all things, and our mer
chants should be ailowed to exhibit
samples of their stocks r>n the side
walks, so that they do not interfere
with passage, or the articles display
ed are not of any offensive or objec
tionable character. Two or three
feet adjoining the stores will not
annoy pedestriau9, and prove bene
ficial to our merchants. Besides, it
looks more like business to see the
streets of a city lined with goods;
and Athens has reached that stage
where she must get out of lier old
fogy ways.
Tiie Banner has added a “Chil-
ron’s Department” to its already
ell-filled columns, and will make
this a special feature of our paper.
It is edited by one of Athens’ most
talented and ponnlar young ladies.
SETTLING OFF THt NECROES
The Turnerville correspondent of
the Toccoa News is a brick—and a
gold brick at that. Ho gets oil’ some
of the best and moat original pro
ductions that appear in the Georgia
papers. He satisfactorily settles
the negro question by meeting in
convention and enacting the follow-
The people of Georgia will learn
with sincere regret that Alaj. Camp
bell Wallace, the chairman of the
State Road Commission, has decid
ed to resign his position and retire
to private life.
If Senator Ingalls will come down
South and make his shot-gun-aud-
torch speech to the negroes, he will
discover that lynch law is not alto
gether confined to black incendiaries
nd outlaws.
lDg :
From and after the passage of this act,
all persons who are of African blood, uml
all persons who are in anyway mixed up
■willi negroes, either by marriage or blood
kin or otherwise, and all white men under
the age c-f 150 years who are the fathers of
negro children, shall be gathered tip and
colonized in the State of Dutcbtown,Teun ,
a Stale located in the United States, and
set apart for said race of people.
Be it further enacted that all full blood
negroes shall be entitled to 50 ncies of said
land and a sixteen-year-old mule free; al
half breeds shall be entitled to 25 acres
and a blind horse.
lie it lurlher enacted that all white men
who are the fathers of nmb.no children
shall he entitled to thirty-nice lashes
their bare backs and be slaves for the ne
groes for the next -100 years, and shall In
forced to make brick fo the negioes and
furnish their own straw same as the Jews
had to make brick for old man Pharaoh in
Egypt. And be it further enacted that it
any one of these aforesaid white men ever
be Caught outside of the State of Dutch
town, Tenn., they shall he branded in the
forehead with the following letters, “N.
D.” which means Negroes Daddy, and for
the second offense made into sausage and
sent North not salted. Be it further en
acted that all laws militating against this
act is hereby repealed.” From this act we
will soon find out who are the negroes
who must be separated and that soot.; so
pack lip all that comes under the act; tor
to Ducntown you must go, and you had
better take all you Lave along with you
for it may be a long time before Moses
conies after you.
THE FUTURE OF COTTON.
Ten years from today farm lands
in this section will be a more valua
ble possession than all the mauu-
fuctoiies, mines and railroads that
can be built. The demand for the
great Southern staple is increasing
most rapidly, and the supply is
inadequate to consumption. Last
year the largest cotton yield ever
knows was made, and still the
supply is shorL As a consequence
for the first time in years our farmer
received a living price for their crop,
and the prospect is that next year
will witness a still further advance.
But do not let this hope induce our
farmers to retain to the ohl order of
things and depend on raising cotton
to buy farm supplies. They now
have their heads above water, and
must keep them so. With your cribs
and barns filled with home-raised
grain and forage you can bid
defiance to trusts and combinations
but when you are forced to sell you
cotton for what it will bring, you
will soon find yourself again
deluged. Let the Alliance investi
gate this matter, and urge their
members to combine and make their
farms self-sustaining.
Tiie Banner editor will book visit
in person Oconee, Jackson and oth
er counties in this section and let
the world know the prosperity of the
planters and the inducements they
can offer.
Mr. Walker and Alias Rider were
ecently married in Habersham
county. With these two ways of
locomotions they should manage to
navigate through the world very
comfortably.
Our country has certainly come to
a nice pass when a United States
Senator advises arson and assassina
tion from the floor of congress
What a howl would be raised iu the
North if a Southern Senator endors
ed the Chicago Auarckists and coun
selled such a policy!
The Fertilizer Business.— Mr.
Item ltemsen, of Augusta, one of its
most prominent fertilizer agents is
here. Mr. jltemsen says there will
be more guano used this spring than
ever before, and that already the sales
have been immense all over the coun
try. He has sold a great deal in this
ection of the Suites and says there is
a great demand all over the .South.
An Affatu.e Ggnti.eman.—Mr. John
L. Ashton, the general business mana
ger of Patti Rosa, paid our office a call
yesterday. He is a clever young gen
tlcman and represents decidedly the
best little commedienne in the theatri
cal world. Patti Rosa is a general favo
rite in Athens, and as her next date
happens to coincide with a wedding in
high life that will bring many visitors
from other cities, the charming little
actress will doubtless be greeted with
a full and select house.
A Clerk’ii Lnck.
Samuel Baker, a clerk in one of onr
principal jewelry stores and living at
Bush'street, is in luck. At the
last drawing of the Louisiana State Lot
tery Company ho found himself sud
denly possessed of the snug sum of
$15,(M>0 lie having purchased a coupon
of ticket No. 93, which drew the capital
prize of $300,000.—San Francisco (Cal.)
Call, November 30.
The Alliance articles from the pen
of Mr. Geo. T. Murrell are receiving
a great many compliments, and arc
eagerly read by every one. Mr.
Murrell is one of the clearest head
ed men in Georgia, and his weekly
letters are pregnant with sound
sense and good advice. He will
hereafter devote several columns in
our Sunday edition and Weekly to
the Farmers’ Alliance.
■ A North Carolina farmer fed to his
hogs some pistol cartridges mixed
with their corn, and was saved the
trouble of whetting his butcher
knife.
The Verdict Unanimous.
W. D. Tult, Druggist, Uipcua, Ind., tostifibe
f can recommend Electric BitUrs hi iha best
remedy. Every bottle sold Iiurgiven refiuf t >
every case. One man took six bottles, and was
cured of Rheumatism of two years standing.”
Abraham Hare, Druggist, BelWille Ohio,
affirms: “The best selling medicine I have
ever bundled in my 20 years’ experience it El
ectric -Bitters,” Thousands of others has added
their testimony, so that the verdict is unan
imous that Electric Bitters do core all diseases
of Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only a half dollar
a bottle at John Crawford Co. or L' 1). Sledge
Co. Wholesale and Retail Druggists.
Boston had another $300,000 boot and shoe
fire yesterday.
Ayer’s Hair Vigor improves the beautv of
5 b: ‘
the hair and promotes its growth. It pevents
the accumulation ot dandruff,cleanses the sculp
and restores a natural color to gray hair. Have
yon received Ayer's Almauac for th
lie new year.
You hardly realize that it is medicine, when
taking Carter’s Little Lirer Pill: they are very
small; no bad effects; all troubles from torpid
liver are relieved by their use.
At ltBt, winter is gettinga little back-bone
Laxador is largely used as a corrective for
liver und blood affections, os well as for those
of the bowels and stomach. Druggists sell it
for 25 cents.
surely give i
Advice To Mothers.
Mn^Winriow’s Soothing Syrup should al-
. itfiing.
ways be need for children teething. It soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays all pain
cores wind colic and is the best remedy for
diarrhoea twenty fire cents a bottle,
The shock was the ruder because so
unexpected.
It was Impossible to describe our as
tonishment.
What! While we were there trying to
find proofs of Monistrol’s innocence, ho
was confessing his guilt.
M. "MV.liinet was the first to regain hia
composure.
He hastily raised his fingers from- his
snuff-box to bis liose five or six times,
and, advancing to the policeman, said:
“You are' mistaken, or are deceiving
ns; there's no half-way course.’!
“I assure you, Monsieur Mecbinet”
“Silence! Either you have mis under
stood what Monistrol said, or you are
intoxicated by the hope of astounding us
by telling us that the affair is settled.”
The policeman, hitherto humble and
respectful, now rebelled. '■
“Excuse me,” he interrupted. “I’m
neither a fool nor a liar, and I know what
I’m talking about.”
The discussion was verging so near a
quarrel that the magistrate thought it
his duty to interfere. -
“Keep your temper, Monsieur MecUi-
net,” said he, “and wait till you have all
the information before yon form, an
opinion.”
Then turning to the policeman, he con
tinued: :
“And you, my friend, toll us what you
know, and the reasons for your confi
dence.”
Thus supported, the policeman crushed
M. Mecbinet with a sarcastic glance, and
displaying a very perceptible touch of
conceit, Began:
“Well, then, this Is the state of affairs.
The magistrate aud commissary hera
present ordered us, Inspector Goulard,
my colleague, Poltiu, and myself, to
arrest the man named Monist rol, dealer
in imitation jewelry, living at No. 75 Rue
Vivienne, the aforesaid Monistrol being
. accused of the murder of his uncle.”
“That is correct," said the commissary
in an undertone.
“Thereupon,” continued the policeman,
“we took a /were and droveto the address.
On our arrival we found Monsieur Monis
trol in his buck shop, just about to sit
down to dinner with hia wife, a remark
ably beautiful ivociaa twenty-five or
thirty years old.
“On seeing us all three enter In a row,
my gentleman started up. ‘What do you
want? - he asked. Goulard instantly drew
out the warrant and answered, ‘1 arrest
yon in the name of the law!’ ”
M. Meoalnet seemed to be on thorns.
“Couldn’t you hurry a little?" he said to
the policeman.
But the latter, as if he had not heard
the remark, continued in the same quiet
tone—
“I have arrested several individuals in
my life, but 1 never saw any one so dis
composed as this man. ‘You are joking,
or have made a mistake,’ shid he.' ‘No,
wo haven’t made any mistake.’ ‘But
why do you arrest me?’ Goulard shrugged
his shoulders.
“ ‘Don’t act like a child,’ said he. ‘Your
uncle—the body is found, find there are
overwhelming proofs against you.’
“Oh! the rascal. He tottered, and at
last fell into a chair, sobbing and stam
mering some reply which it was impos
sible to understand.
“Seeing this, Goulard shook him bythe
collar of his coat, saying—
“ ‘The shortest way is to confess every
thing.’
“I‘Ie looked at us with a bewildered ex
pression, and muttered—
“ ‘Well, I’ll confess everything.’ ”
“Well managed, Goulard,” said the
commissary approvingly. —-
The policeman was triumphant.
“The point in question was to make nd
disturbance in the ahop,” he continued.
“We had been ordered to avoid causing
any gossip, and the loungers were already
assembling. Goulard seized the prisoner
by the arm, exclaiming: ’Come, start; we
are expected at the prefecture!’ Monis
trol managed to stand on his trembling
limbs, and in the tone of a man who is
plucking up hie courage, said, ‘Lee its
go.’
“We thought the worst, was over, but
we hadn’t reckoned npon the wife.
“ Up to that moment she hid remained
In an arm-chair as If faintidg, without
uttering a word, or seeming to under
stand what was passing. But whtin she
saw that we were really taking her hus
band away, she started up like an angry
lioness and threw herself before the
door, crying, ‘ You shall not pass I’
Upon my word, she was magnificent;
but Goulard has seen a great many
people. ‘Come, come, my good woman,’
said he, ‘don’t interfere with us; you
shall have your husband again.’
“Far from making way for us, she
dung still more convulsively to the door,
awearingthat her husband was innocent;
dedaring that if he were taken to prison
sh« would follow him; sometimes threat
ening us and overwhelming us with
curses, sometimes pleading with us in the
sweetest tones.
“ Then, when she realized that nothing
would prevent us from doing our duty,
she moved away from tho door, and.
throwing herself into her husband’s
arms: ‘Oh 1 my dearest,’ she moaned, ‘is
it possible you can be accused of a crime,
you—you 1 Tell these men you are in
nocent.’
“ We were all touched; but he, mote
callous than any of us, had the cruelty
to push his poor wife away, so brutally
that she fell like a lump in a corner of
the shop.
"Fortunately this was the end. '
"The wife had fainted. We took ad
vantage of the opportunity to pack the
husband into the fiacre we had brought.
“ Pack is the right word, for he had be
come like a lifeless thing; he could no
longer stand and had to be carried. To
forget nothing, I must add that his dog,
a sort of black pug, actually tried to
jump into the carriage with us, and we
had the greatest difficulty in getting rid
of it.
“ On the way, as was right, Goulard
tried to divert our prisoner’s thoughts
and make him tali. But it was im
possible to get a word out of his mouth.
Not until we reached the prefecture did
he seem to recover his senses. When he
was safely and duly Installed in one of
the ‘close-confinement’ cells he threw
himself full length on the bed, repeating.
‘What have I done, oh, God! what have
I done f* _ .. - - — .
-' ni..i moment Goulard ep«
nrofiehed him for the second time. ‘So,’
said he, ‘you confess that yon are
guilty?’ ‘Yes, yes,’ replied Monis
trol, and then added, in a hoarse voice
‘pray- let me alone!’
“We did so, taking care, however, to
station an attendant at the grating of
the cell, to watch lest the fellow should
attempt, to commit, suicide.
“Goulard and I’oltiu remained there, and I
cjtineh re.”
“That report is exact,” mutt-reed tfio r-om-
gjlsfcary of police; couldu t he
more so.”
This was also the magistrate’s opinion,
for he muttered:
“How can there be a doubt of Monis
trol’s guilt after that?”
I was confounded, yet my convictions
were improbable. I even opened my lips
to hazard an objection, when M. Mech-
inct anticipated me.
“ All this is very fine!” he exclaimed.
“ Only, if'we Admit that Monistrol is the
assassin; we are also forced to admit that
he wrote liis Dame there on tho floor—
and, zounds, jfs hard—”
“ Stop!” 'Interrupted the commissary of
police; “since the criminal confesses,
what is the use of troubling ourselves
about a circumstance that will be ex
plained?”
But my neighbor’s remark had once
more aroused the 'magistrate’s doubts.
So, without pronouncing any opinion, he
said:
“I am going to the prefecture; I want
to question Monistrol this very evening.”
And after having told the commissary
of police to carefully execute all the for
malities required by the law and wait for
tho physicians summoned to make a post
mortem examination of the body, he went
away, followed by hia clerk and the
one fault. He naa too muen regara lor
the fair sex. I often said to him, ‘Aren’t
you ashamed of yourself at your ace?’
But nobody is perfect, and we can under
stand this in an old perfumer, who had a
great many favors in his life.”
A smile flitted over the face of thestout
concicrgc, but nothing could make M.
Mechinet unbend.
“Did Monsieur Pigoreau receive many
visitors?” he asked.
“Very few. I rarely saw any one come
to see him except his nephew, Monsieur
Monistrol, who dined with him every
Sunday at Pere Lathuile’s.”
“And on what terms were the uncle
and nephew?”
“They were like hand and glove.”
“Did they never liavo any disputes?*’
“Never, except that they were always
squabbling about Madamo Clara.”
“Who is this Madame Clara?”
“Monsieur Monistrol’s wife, a magnifi
cent creature. Monsieur Antenor couldn’t
bear her. He said his nephew loved her
too much, that she led him by the nose
and made him see everything as she
wished. Ho declared that she didn’t love
her husband, that she felt above her bttsi-
Irilurited Blood Poisom*
How many people there are whose distress
from sores, aches, pains and eruptive tenden
cies are due to inherited blood poison. Bad
blood passes from parent to child, and it there-
for“ if. the duty of husband and wite to keep
(heir blood pure. This is easily accomplished
bv a timely use of B. B. B. [Botanic Blood
Balm 1-Send to Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, for
book of most convincing proof.
James Biil. Atlanta, G«., writes: “My two
soos were afflicted with blood poison, which
doctors said was hereditary. They both broke
c tin sores end eruptions which B. B. B.
nroirj-tlv conttolled and finally cured com
pletely. ' _ . _
Hr» S. M. Williams, Sandy, Texas, writes:
-•Jiv three poor afflicted children, who inher
ited blood poison, liavc improved rapidly after
tnveofB. U B. It is a Godsend,”
ft. Wilson, Glen Alpine Station, N. C.
•Vo. IS, 18-'5, writes: “Bone and blood poison
fh-ced me to have my leg amputated, and on
I Th .. a:np there Came a large ulcer, which
• - r -'.v worse ewrv day until doctors gave me
up to die 1 only weighed 120 pounds when I
began to take B. B. B., and >2 bottles increas
edtoy weight to ISO pounds and made me
sound well. I never knew what good health was
before.
, ®3 nl , t y «te. i s
Chute an***
Gann & Reaves.
VS.
The Northeastern Railroad,
Co.The Richmond A Danville
Railroad Co. The Richmond A
West i’oiut Terminal Rail wav
A Warehouse Company, null
the central Trust Company u r i
New York. j
I t appeal ing to the court that two of the a.
fendanto in the above stated case to-wir- ri*'
Richsuond and West Point Terminal Rffiir®
and Warhouse C- mpauy, of New York-are nTS*
resident ©orporatio..* without the Mate *
'a. It further appearing that tha mLJ’i
county has made a return of noa ret i«
ventus as to them. It is therefore ordered th*
said defendants be and appear in person or i»
attorney at tho next term of the Superior (Li
of Clarke county, Georgia, to be held on off
rll 1890, then and thrre ,?
second Monday In April
published' UmI
times a month for four months, before said term
of court, iu.rhe Weekly Banker, a naw*u«re!.
publidied in said county of Clarke, snd thli
thereupon service of said bill and subown,
shall be considered as fully perfected on saM
ila'pniluntid A fc allamhHW. "
policeman p-ho had come to tell us of the ness, and would end by doing something
success of the arrest. foolish. Madame Clara and her uncle
“If these doctors only don’t keep us were at loggerheads last year. She wanted
waiting too long I” grumbled the com- the old man to lend Monsieur Monistrola
missary, who was thinking of his dinner. ! hundred thousand francs to buy tho stock
Neither M. Mechinet nor I answered, of a jeweler in the Palais Royal But, lie
We remained standing face to face, evi
dently haunted by the same idea.
“Perhaps the old man wrote It after
Rll,” murmured my neighbor.
“ With his left Land ? Is that possible?
Without considering that the poor man’s
death must have been instantaneous?”
“Are you sure of it?”
“ From the nature of his wound I would
take my'oath upon it. But some doctors
are coming who will tell you whether I
am right or wrong.”
M. Mechinet tormented his nose in a
perfect frenzy of excitement.
“ Perhaps there is really some mystery
in it,” said he.
“ Inquiries must be made again. Well,
let’s make t hem; and tohegin let us ques
tion the concierge.”
And running to the staircase, he leaned
over the railing, calling:
“ConciergeI Concierge! Come up here
for a few minutes, if you please.”
RICHES-
I; you di sire them no nse fooling away
time on things that don’t pay : but send $1.00
at once for a magniliceut outfit of our Great
Nt vv Stanley Book. It book aud terms are not
salistactorv we will refund your money. No
risk. No capital , etded. Both ludies and
gentlemen employed. Don’t lose time
writing. “Step in while.the waters are troub-
i t d.” Days are worth dollars. Address,
B. E. JOHNSON A GO.,
1 r09 Main St., Richmond, Va.
Dec. 2S-d-lmo.
defendants. At chambers.
This Dec. 12. 1899 N. L. HUTCHINSJu,i«
W.B. BURNETT, **
T. W. RUCK Kit.
J. U. LUMPKIN,
E. K. LUMPKIN,
Attorneys for Complainants
A true extract from the minutes of ■ Urke s’n.
perior Court. C. D. VINEknt.
This Dee. 24 1889.
W Dec 17-April 1’flO.
Clerk.
Petit! n to Ertahlfsh
) P
? Lost Deed in Clarke ttu-
J p.rior Court, Oct. Term '89
FOR *AT.E.
Good house ami ml ou corner of Strong
und Lumpkin streets. Gall and see
right away,
Shackleford & Hath away,
Real Estate Agents.
Bailey Williams,
V8
Ella Bell Et. al
L OST DEED front Lucy Bell, decerned, to B*t.
ley Witliani-ondate. Sept. 19th iS*3,wituerere
by S. M. llen-lngton and John 1. Huggins, Clerk
superior Court Clarke County conveying tho
lower end of the lot of land owned and re.idort
on by said Lucy Bell at time of her death, l>
Athene, Clarke County, Georgia, oontamiu*
one-f ouvth of an acre, more or less. ®
Il bring represented to the cou t tliat xald
Ella Bell resides witl out the limits of this
State, it is ordered that she be served w-tb th«
rule nl si by puli is-ing tne same in some puR
ric Gazette of this St te for the epace of tliiee
mon bs before the next term of said e urt.
<. et. soth 1x89. N. L Hutchins,
E. T. Brown. Jouee.
wsm Attorney for Pe It oner.
■ ■V
CHAPTER V.
While waiting for the concierge, M.
Mechinet proceeded to make a rapid and
close examination of the scene of the
crime. j
The lock of the door leading into the ;
apartment was what principally occupied
hls attention. It was uninjured, and tho j
key turned in it without the slightest
difficulty' This circumstance entirely
precluded the idea that a stranger had
entered at night by the aid of false keys.
On ray part, mechanically, or rather
inspired by the astonishing instinct that
had been revealed in me, I picked up the
cork half covered with green wax which
I bail seen on the floor.
It had been used, and the wax portion
still showed tho marks of the corkscrew;
but in the other end was a deep notch,
evidently produced by some sharp instru
ment.
Suspecting the importance of my dis
covery, I imparted it to M. Mechinet,
who could not restrain an exclamation of
pleasure.
“At last,” be cried, “we have a clue.
This cork was dropped here by the assas
sin. It was fastend on the point of tho
weapon he used. Inference: the instru
ment of murder is a poniard, fastened
into a handle, aud not'a knife that shuts.
With this cork I am sure of finding the
criminal, whoever be may bet”
The commissary of police was finishing
hia work in the bed-chamber, and M.
Mechinet. and I remained in the drawing-
room, when we were interrupted by the
sound of panting breath.
Almost instantly the stout woman
•whom I had seen in the vestibule harang- :
uing amidst the lodgers appeared.
It was the concicrgc, redder, if possible, |
than when we arrived.
“ What can I do for you, monsieur?” !
she asked M. Mechinet.
“ Sit down, madame,” he replied. I
“But, monsieur, I have some people
below.”
“ They will wait for you. I tell you to i
sit down.”
Nonplussed by
obeyed. Then, nxing his little gray oyes
upon her:
“I need certain information,” ho
began, “and I am going to question you.
In your own interest I advise you to
answer without evasion. In the first
place, what is tho name of the poor old
man who has been murdered?”
“His name was Pigoreau, monsieur,
but he was best known by the name of
Antenor, which he had formerly borne
because it was better suited to his busi
ness.” *
“ Has he lived In this house long?”
“For eight years.”
“ Where did he-live before?”
“ In the Rue Richelieu, where he had
his shop—for he was a hairdresser, and
made his fortune in the business.”
“So he was considered a rich man?”
“I’ve heard his niece say he hadn’t less
than a million.”
This matter could be easily decided,
since an inventory had been made of the
old man’s papers.
“Now,” continued M. Mechinet. “What
sort of a man was this Monsieur Pigoreau
or AnteUor?”
: “Oh,the best of men,monsieur,” replied
the concierge. “He was very eccentric
and as miserly as possible, but not a bit
proud. And so comical, too! One could
have listened to him all night when he
was in tho right mood. He knewaumany
stories. Just think! an old hairdresser,
who, as he said, had arranged tho hair of
the handsomest women in Paris.”
“How did he.live?”
“Like everybody else. Like everybody
who has an income, I mean, and yet is
careful of money.”
“Can you give me any particulars?”
“Oh, yes, seeing that I had charge of
his housekeeping. And it gave me very
little. trouble, for be did almost every
thing—sweeping, dusting and polishing
—himself. It was his hobby. Then,every
day of his life, when the clock struck
* wrjvi-, T*u»ok him « cup. ouuc Lie
Hu dran.k.it, swallowed a g ass of wau-r
directly after, and that was bis bieakfeast.
Then he dref seel, and this eccupied neatly
two hours, for, he was mure* coquettish
aud particular about his pen-on than a
bride. As soon as he was dr» sseJ he went
out lo walk. At six o’clock he dined at a
boardinsiThpu'e kept by the Deinoisi lies
Comet, Rude delaPaix. After dinner he went
to the Cafe Guorhois to drink his co-Tee. and at
e'qven o'clock caino home and >vent
‘ poor eld man had
refused, declaring that they might do
what they chose with his fortune after
his death, but until then, having made it
he meant to keep it and enjoy it.”
I thought AL Mechinet was going to
dwell upon this circumstauce, which
seemed to me very important. No; I
vainly made signs; he continued:
“I have still to learn by whom thecrime
was discovered.”
“By me, monsieur, by me!” wailed tho
concierge. “Oh, it is terrible! Imagine
me, when the clock struck twelve to-day
coming upstairs as usual to give Pero
Antenor his chocolate. As I attend to
the housekeeping, I have a key to the
door. I open it, I enter, and what do I
see? Oh, merciful heaven I” and she began
to utter piercing shrieks.
“This grief shows your kind heart,
madame,” said M. Mechinet, gravely.
“Only, as I am In a hurry, try to control
it. What did you think when you saw
your lodger murdered?” <■
“I said to whoever cared to hear, ‘It’s
his nephew, the wretch, who dealt the
blow to secure the inheritance.’ ”
“What gave you this certainty? To ac
cuse a man of so great a crime is to thrust
him upon the scaffold.”
“Nay, Monsieur, who 61se oould it he?
Monsieur Monistrol came to see his uncle
yesterday evening, and when he went out
it was nearly midnight. Besides,though he
always speaks to me,he said nothing when
he came or went away. And from that mo
ment till the one when I discovered every
thing, no one, I am sure, went up to Monr
sieur Antenor’s room.”
I confess that this testimony bewildered
me.
Still a tyro, I shonld not have thonght
I of pursuing the examination. Fortu-
, nately M. Mechinet’s experience was
preat, and he was thoroughly skilled in
the difficult art of drawing the whole
i truth from witnesses,
j “So, madame,” he continued, “you are
certain that Monistrol came here yester
day evening?”
j “Certain.”
i “You saw him distinctly? recognized
him?”
“Oh, excuse me; I didn’t see his’ face.
He passed very quickly, trying to hide
himself, like the wretch he is, and the
corridor is dimly lighted.”
I I started at this reply, the importance
of which was incalculable, and advanced
j towards the concierge.
“If that is so,” I cried, “how dare yon
assert that you recognized Monsieur Mo-
j nistrol?”
: She eyed me from head to foot, and,
j smiling sarcastically, answered:
I “If I didn’t see the master’s face, I saw
[ the dog’s muzzle. As I always pet it, it
j came into my room, and I was just going
| te give it a mutton bone, when its master
whistled for it.”
I looked at M. Mechinet, anxious to
know what be thought of these answers,
but his face faithfully kept the secret of
his impressions.
He merely added:
“What kind of a dog is Monsieur Mon
istrol’s?”
“A pug, perfectly black, with a white
spot over its ear. They call it Pinto.”
M. Mechinet arose.
“Yon can go,” he said to the concierge;
"tuy mind is made up.” ,
And when she had gone—
“It scents to me impossible,” said he,
“that the nephew is not the criminal.”
Meantime the doctors had come; and
ivlien they had finished the post-mortem
examination their conclusion was:
“Monsieur Pigoreau’s death was cer
tainly instantaneous. So it was not he
who traced the five letters Mortis which
tve had seen on tho floor, near the corpse.”
I had not been mistaken.
“But if it wasn’t he,” cried M. Mechi
net, “who was it?”
“Monistrol? Nobody will ever get that
through my brain.”
And the commissary of police,delighted
to be able to go to his dinner at last,
rallied him on his perplexities—absurd
perplexities, Bince Monistrol had con
fessed.
“Perhaps I am only a fool,” he an
swered; “the future will decide. And
meantime, my dear Monsieur Godeuil,
come to tho prefecture with me.”
EacMorris Arnica Salve.
Tire best Salve in the wmld for Cuts,
Biuibct, Sure-, U cert, Salt Iiheum. Fever,
.knves, Teller, Gnapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, nod r.ll Skin Eruptions and pos
itively cures Piles, or no pay required. Il
is guatunited to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 Cents per
box. For sxU- by John Odd* ford A Co.,
and L. D. bledue & Co., WLoi.vnle and
Retail Druggists.
For latrn- back, side or chtsi, ux» Sbi'oh’s
Piaster. Price 25 cents. For sale by
John Crawfoid & Co.
CROUP, WHOOPING COUGH and
Bronchitis immediately relieved by Sto-
ioh’s Cure. For sale by John Crawford &
Co. ^
list you
e.HlLOH'S VITALlZIili
herd for Constipation, Lo** of Appetite,
Dizziness, xed all symptoms of Dyspepsia.
Pi ice 10 ami 75 cunts per bottle. For sale
by John Crawford it C<>.
SHILOH’S COUGH and Consumption
Cure is sold by us on * guarantee. It cures
Consumption. For ar.le by John Crawford
it Co.
LUCY HINTON IS t^UEEN OF THE
TOBACCO WORLD.
Taintadge Bros.’ are headquarters and
factory agents for T, C. Williams & Co.’*
Lucy Hinton, Muttaponi, Jsy Bird and
Panther ;ob»ecos. They arc always t••lia
ble, uniform, ami best on earth, for prices
at which they are sold. Try them.
lct-ftm
The best razors and the best pocket-
knives, at the lowest prices', at Talmave &
Uriel)* wells. dec7tf
Ai)MINISTKATOlt S SALE.
Bv vbtue of an order of th« Court of Ordln..
ry of Clarke County, Georgia, will lie » 0 W be
fire the c urt house door In Athen i u
county <>n the first Tuesday in March oext. be
tween the iegat hours of sale, the following'
prnpei ty to wit. The vacant lot situated un
tsetnortheast cot ner of Hull and Wray street* | n
said county and city of Athens, sold *„ » Uo
property of the estate of F. A. ],ip»coiub, d»-
ce.-Kcd, for disuibutlou. This 25th of Jhutu> T
18.0. _ M. A. Lii'Scokb, “
j'..7-5tw lAtimrx,
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
Bv virtue of an order from the tonrtofOr-
di are of (Jiaike County, will be sold before the
court lioubO door In Athens. Georgia, ou the
first Tuesday iu varch next, between the IctraJ
hour* of rale, the following tract of land lying
in the county of Walton in said Ms to, *„]
lrnAWII -ill r lire “I! HBtlAr UrllBronn VI'll
known aw ilio “Gunter place,” whereou’tVtf
liam Jennings now reside*, containing
acres more or less, sold as the property orRnb-
ert Jennings deceased, for dinrtomkm. This
January 2:'tlil&a0. T. D. Jenkixoh.
j2.-*.tvy Surviving nxr.
' EOBG1A CLARKE COUNTY.—Oruika*v i i
GVr VICE, jANfABY 2iTH. 18‘J«. W C. Ofr h»»
applied for letters or ududni*tration ou the t<-
tc.te or J. G. 41cLester,dectaocu. This 1* there-
fore to notify all concerned, to tile their ejec
tions. if any they have, on or before the tint
Mondaydn .March next, l*c letter* will then ho
gianted *ai(l applicant as applied for.
S. M. HERRINGTON,
j27-f»tw. Oruinnrj,
G eorgia clarke county.—aukkiai,
\V D. uriffetli administrator of IheoUlt
of Margaret hay, late of said county deceased,
h»M applied to me in terms of the law loWiiis-
mis*c>! snd discharged fi oni said administration.
There are therefore to eiie Hnd notify all con
cerned to sh-.w cause at the regular term of the
rmnf-nf Driliii'iPt* In lift in und 1«>P
A gigantic cigarette frnst has boon
No doubt it ’vil. be well puffed-
form ed
Couttof Ordinary to bo held in and lor said
conn y i-n the first Monday hi May next wbj
*urh iii£charge should not he granted. .
Given under my hand aud official signature.
This 21st day of January- ltcx).
S. M. IlERklNGTON, Ordinary.
j27-ot:ce-a-m-for3m
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE,
A xvoni mi’s. Disco very
“Another wonderful discovery has been made
n: : d that too by a lady in this county. L'enense
fustt-nod its dutches upon her and for seven
years she vvitl.-sood its severest test*, hut. her
vital organ w re undermined and death seemed
imminent. Fn- three months she coughed in* I
cessantly und could not sleep. Him bought
of us a bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumpti u und « as tmeh relieved taking
first dose that she slept all night and with one
bottle lias bcon miraculously cured. Her name
is Mrs Luther Lutz.” Thus write to W. 0
Hamriek Co., of Mbelby, N. 0.—Get a free trial
boule at John Crawford Co., or L. b. Sledge
Co , Wholesale and Retail Durggists.
pEORGfA CLARKE COUNTY.—Will bevold
VJ at i he court house door In the elty of Athens,
County aforemtid, on the first Tm-Sitay in Marrk
lino, \\ itldn he legal liouia of sale, the follow -
lug property to wit. Due house aud lot on Ocouei
-treet. Known as tiie Sarah P. Seay Lot, out
share Georgia Railroad and ItanUugl.o.'sstock,
ton shares or Athens Manufacturing Go. Hock,
said property belonging to the state of Sarah
When politics hum in Ohio.’tis to the tune of
a miilion-air.
Now the Emperor of Austria wants to abdi
cate Next,
hcay, ialc of said county deceased. Teruu
ra*h. R. 41. MoALlTN. Administrator.
j f 5t\V
V LORO l.i, CLARKE COU.VfY—To tub Sr-
(j pkkiob.'Courtop'said Coitntt—.Thepe-
Whcn the eyes become w.ak or the lids in
flamed and sore, a disordered system or a scro
fulous condition of the blood is indicated, for
which Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is lhe best remedy.
It invigorates and vitalizas the blood and expel
ail humors.
CLAKE SHERIFFS SALE
rXT ili, fie sold before tli- Court house door in
\V Athens, Ua., between the legal hours of
titiou of John ft. White, Joun A. llunniciitt,
Billups Bhin zy, \V. D. Griffelh, J. Morten.
W. S. Hoi man, H. If. Carlton, .lulu
1 illy, M. Myers, F. M. Hughe* and Sfyt-r
Stern, respectfully shows tuat they de«irt
a charter incorporating them, aud »urh
other p.-rr-on* as mny hereafter be asso
ciated with them ami their surcea*ors, as a body
politic snd corporate uuder the name aud style
of “The Athens Land Company,” with right
and power under their corporate name and style
to contract and hocentracied with, to *ue sn>t
he -lied, plead and !>c impleaded, in any Hour: of
Law oi Equity in this State; to have "ami uja t
common seal, and the samo to alter at plr%*ui«,
and with full power and authority to acqu'W,
bnv, lease, hold, improve, rent, sell, aim diqxre
of "both real estate and personal property; to
adopt suitable Const'tution amt lty-Laws for lit
conduct and government of th»ir business, sit
generally to do anything in connection with of
In furtherance of''their lmskneM »* hereinafter
setfo-tli, not in coiiti ct with I lie law* of t»
United Stale.: or of the State of Georgia.
The huslne** of *aid ■ then* Land I'oinpWJ
shall he to purchase or otherwise acquire, im
prove, rent, hold, and *011 and convey sir h loti
or tracts of land In said State and count*, um
sale, on hr first Monday In Lurch ihe fol
lowing property to wit: au unoivided one third
interest In a lot l the city of Atuem,containing m'whmm in naid state " Ts raid Company a*f
about one-eighth °i an acre, more or loss bon* a- £”' n ' v " v de , ir e * * n . u> that end yett
ed north, south and east ky property of R. K. ti „r»» the rieht ’mill mover In their e*r-
Heaves, and w st by Thomas sireet being the
which is situated the one story
lot. upon which is situated ihe one
1 r c< building with basement, known
•Hie Athens Laundry. Said In
terest levlou on as the property of
the, estate of Jonathan Hampton, deceased, by
vi tae of a Ufa front Clarke Superior Court, in
favor oi it. Nickerson, against T. 0. Hampton
and T. C Hampton Eie utor of Jona han
Hampton. This January 2.>tli, ifflie.
Gtw JOftNW. VV1ER, Sheriff.
i F.OUGlA CLARKE COUNTY.—ORDINARY’S
G F.i _
office jani aty 25th 1890. Anna GoaN
administratrix of Nancy H. Gean deceased, has
applied for leave to sell the land of said de
ceased, thiR is therefore to notify all concerned
to tile their objections if any they have on or be
fore the first alondav in Muitfii noxt, else leave
will then lie granted" sa d applicant as applied
for. S.M. HERRINGTON,
j2T-5t«r Ordinary.
f'i
VJT ItY’S OFFCB, JANUARY 25 H, 1890.—Jero-
niiali Johnson, Lx- cutor of Allen IL Johnson,
deceased, has applied for leave to sell the land
of said deceased. Thin is therefore to notify alt
concerned to file their objections, if any they
have, on or befo c the first Monday in March
next, else leave will then be granted said appli
cant as applied fi r.
StwGSSEi a M. IIERIINGTON, Ordinary.
Qf ORGI*, CLARKE COUNTY.—ORDINA-
»ni .
hxs applied for leave to sell the land of
tioners pray the right ami pow er in their *
pomte name, and iu their capacity as a coiix>n-
tion, to buy and lea.re, and to rent und MU, nd
convey through the proper officers, anil !«*■
cartlance wltn the 11v.1aw.io1 said corporation
any *uc.li tra. tr or lots of land, improved or un-
Improved, as they may acquire, and u|*>u .«! .
terms as to said Company may *e«m hen!; »
accept, any donations of land or any other pr>i*
ertv which may at any time lie made lo
Company, and to mate any contract* for <
division, laying off. improvement anil »»■•“ |
any of the property of said Company, real"
porvonal; to borrow such money as jaldtew |
paoy mR v need for the improvement of lie pr-’F
ertv, «n<l to secure payment of theeame by now ,
or bonds, or bonds secured'by mortgage #* 1 ” ,
properly, res' or persona'; and to negotiate<■ ,
sale of any notes or mortgages itemed by ™ ■
Company, or taken by it in payment <» *■' ;
debts due paid Company. Iu the liiipr«veni»* j
of Its property, to buy, hold and own ;
any street railwav now chartered or hew«ri
to be chartered "by the General Aoeeinbly jj
Georgia, aud which may be operated >n*» ,
State and county, oi- to own aud operate a*”
of hacks or other voliiclCH for the tran«p«v
tion of passengers subject to the approVAlo* ;
corporate authorities of tho city of Aw* ;
said State. , .
* nd generally, that they may do suentt i
in the conduct of tueir business aR m;
corllict with the laws of this State anaw t
United States, and that a natural person B [
do in the premires. .....
The officers of said Company shall be a in’]:
dent. Secretary and Treasurer, and four
. . «ary uent, »ecrciarv ann AitMtsuinr,
nil .Black, Guardian of Emma Dor. Benton, nrs; anil all papers, of whatever unmeor n»'
‘ aaid whether contracts,'evidences of west, or "J
IlaS cippilcCI IOr UN4V “ IU III" IMIHI '*1 aillll nUcltlcr COilMACwt UVlUCuCto Ul Y ."'ll
minor, 'i his is tlie/t lore to notify all concerned \ andhonds for title for laud u* Wutl ^
[TO RE CONTINUED. |
to bed.
The
A Modem Abraham.
Moxtickllo, 111., Jan. 25.--[Special.
—Daniel Haas ol" t.'erro Gordo .was de
clared insane by Jvul^c Huston’s court
today, lie says God directed him 10
kill his family and oiler them a sacri
fice. He sharpened up a largo butcher
knife to make the sacrifice with, but
•was taken in by the officers before bo
accomplished his work and placed in
the Platt county jail.
tq.ftle thali qbjectio-s if any they have, on or
before the first vo,,dav in Mtirck next, else
lea • e will be granted said applicant as applied
for.
5tw S.M HEftRINGTxN, Ordinary.
lx whom rr vay CONOR N: Andrew J. -
Cobb, Administrator of Mary Ann Cobb, de
ceased hash, due form applied to the under
signed for leave to sell the lands l.-elonging to
the estate of iffd deceased and said applica
tion will we'heard on Jie first Monday in March
next. Tliis 15th day of Ja u ry. 1890.
.HERRINGT
28 WU
S.M. HERRINGTON, Or-1 ary.
Hr. A, It. Robcrtaon.
One of the prettiest marble yards in
Georgia is tiiat of our clever marble
dealer, Mr. A. It. Robertson. He is
thoroughly posted as to the demands of
his business anil keeps everything to be
found in the best establishments in his
line. He is also a skillful workman,
and gives satisfaction not only in the
work, but his prices are as low a.s one
could ask, and he is getting a splendid
patronage hot only in Athens, but from
all the surrounding counties. We re
spectfully call your atten;iofi to his
carff in the weekly Banner.
Mr Stanley is not yet out of dauger,
still keep banqimting him.
They
Who enn toretell a sudden brntse ou tho leg
of a favorite! Keep Salvation Oil for the stablo.
The early bird catches the worm, and some
times a bud cold, which however does no in
justice to the old proverb, for with the aid of
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup, colds are of no conse
quence. Price 25c.
puny, riinll be signed by the I re»i«'6»‘jjk
oounter-signod by the Secretoiy and i rwB 1
of Raid Company.
The capital stock of said Companv s; j, ( l
one hundred -.housand dollars, which
divided into shares of flity dollar*
privilege of ini-reSslng the ijime to two ntt* ft ,f
and fiftv thousand dollar*. Yout petition*i ^1
tliernhow that the anm of ten thousand a a
has been actually paid in in cash. . .—| o'-!
Said Company desire* to have it*prlncip« A
fico and transact It* hu.inees lu th* e mjjij
Athens, va Id Mate and county, aud tu*» —,^8
in he incorporated forthe term of J !
with privilege of renewal according Wnl
Wherefore, your petitioner* pray **“ ,ys
be granted by tho Court lncorpot» un * fl
aforesaid in terms of the law. „ T „ ur3, I
RUSSELL & BUGROV
jan28w5t Petitioner* Attoiw '
Do r.ot suffer from rick headache »® ^
longer. It is uot necessary. Carter* .jj
Liver Pills will CHre yen. Do*e, f"*, * *
Small price. Small dose. Small pm-
A R. ROBERTSON,
MARBLE and GRANITE WOR6
Monuments and Tomb-Stones, Cradle Tombs, Statuary,
A LARGE STOCK OF FINISHED GRANITE AND MARBLE MONUH®‘ 8>
on hand nady for lettering. Also, a large stock of Beautiful Lithographic *
select from.
tfan/ZS-ly,
Correspondence Solicited.
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