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THE ATHENS BANNER TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY n, 1890.
HORIBLE TRAGEDY.
']\ITIEE MEMBERS OF SECRE
TARY TRACY’S FAMILY.
LYING DEAD.
THE VICTIMS OF A TERRIBLE CON-
FLAGATION-
KiTirlnrj’“ Wife Daughter nurt a
Ilnrurd le Dcaih in llie Nn-
llon.-tl Capitol—Washing
ton in Mhoclted.
Washington, Feb. 3.—[Special.]—
^ivs. Tracy, wife of Secretary Tracy,
Tracy, bis youngest daughter, and
.j.iM pliinc, a French maid in the Tracy
lamilv, as ft result of a lire in Secretary
Tracy’ 8, house t-is morning, now lie
ilrad* Secretary Tracy is in a stupor,
filtering from suflocation. Mrs. Wil-
mcriling, the eldest daughter of Secre-
un v Tracy, is in a semi-unconscious
condition, suffering from a sprained
„,i,t and soreness. Miss Aliee--Wil-
inei'ding, thirteen years of age, Secreta
ry Tracy’s granddaughter, is suffering
from nervous prostration and shock.
T11K F1RK FIRST SEEN.
It was about 7 o’clock this morning
v hen t e llames were seen issueing from
tl„i w indow and roof of Secretary Tra-
, v s handsome residence, No. 1C34, I
g.rcct northwest.
The nigliborhood had not yot awak-
cin'd, and all around was still. Soon
tlic front door of the mansion was
opened and two^male servants were
tu rn to amerge and run for their lives.
Wurcs, robed in white, then appearod
a t tin- windows. The lire gained head
line rapidly, and although the fire de-
p.'irtinciit responded promptly, tho resi-
dcncc was ciivclopod in llames when
tlirv arrived.
AIV1KKSKI) BY THE SMOKE.
Secretary and Mrs. Tracy occupied a
hack room in tho second story. Mrs.
Tiacv, it. is thought, was first awakened
|, v ilic suffocating smoke.
Secretary Tracy was, at the time, it
i. thought, unconscious, and Mrs Tra-
cv, with heroic devotion, attempted to
drag the inanimated body of the secre
tary to the window. In this alio partly
succeeded. Half dazed and blinded by
the smoke, she opened the window, and
just ns the firemen
ladder to rescue '
walk.
SUE IlAI) I RAPED TO DEATH.
Her body was picked up with severe
internal injuries and a broken leg. Hlie
was taken to a neighboring house and
without recovering consciousness, died
within an hour. The ladder which
would have saved Mrs. Tracy’s life,
had she waited but a brief moment be
fore leaping to the sidevralke. was soon
placed under the window, and strong
hands lifted the body of Secretary
Tracy through it and carried him to
the sidewalk.
THE SECRETARY SAVED.
it'ii were putting up a
her, leaped to the side-
A Famous Suit Settled.
London, February 3.—Mr. Parnell’s
suit against the Times for libel has been
settled by the payment of £5,000.
Choked to Death.
Cherokek, Ga., Feb. 3.—[Special.]—
Mr. \V. A. Green’s little two-year-old
baby hjjs diod very suddenly from the
attempted administration of a capule.
Tho baby choked to death in about livo
minutes.
Shot by His Friend.
San Francisco, Feb. 4.—[Special]—
Mark M. Ilerr, formerly assistant ser
geant at arms of the United States house
of representatives, wins shot and killed
CARLTON AND WANAMAKER.
The Postmaster-General Wouldn’t Go
To the Classic City.
Representative Carlton tells in the
Macon Telegraph an interesting story
about an interview he had with Post
master-General Wanamakcr about the
Athens, Ga., postefhee. Accompanied
by Senator Colquitt, Mr. Carlton called
to ask that a negro should not l>e ap
pointed postmaster at Athens, meaning,
of course. Matt Davis, represented by
Boss Buck and the rest of the Georgia
republicans, except Judge EmorySpeer.
Carlton did nost of the talking. He
hero last nigh. by Jack tV
man whom
years.
he had befriended for
An Epidemic in Texas.
GAINK.SVILI.1I, Tex., Feb. 3.—[Spe
cial.]—News reached here yesterday
from the Belcher district, twenty miles
west of here, that the meningitis epi
demic, which _ broke out there a week
ago, is spreading with alarming rapid
ity. More than thirty fiersons have
died duriug the week, and many others
are beyond hope of recovery.
Against Food Adulteration.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 3.—[Special.]—
A bill was presented in the Legislature
to-day setting forth that whereas the
adulteration of food has grown to sueh
a serious evil, causing tho loss of health,
life and property, that the mining and
grinding of barytes be prohibited by
law, and that a tine of one hundred
dollars be imposed for eacli violation of
the same.
A Morth Carolina Uurdsr.r Escapes.
Charlott, N. C., January 3.—[Spe
cial ]—A special from Greensboro to
night says that I.ige Moore, colored,
who was to have been-hanged next Fri
day for tho murder of Laura Hiott. es
caped from jsil to-day. He procured
an iron bar with which he opened his
cell, and then fastened in the jailer,
who was at work on the gallows on the
third floor. The jailor raised an alarm,
but did not attract attention till Moore
had made good his escape.
Conflagration in Columbus.
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 3.—[Special]—
A Are in the dye house of the Eagle &
Phoenix mills did forty thousand dol
lars damage in the destruction of indi
go and other dye stufls used in the pro
cess of dyeing, etc., this morning.
The lire originated among a lot of
loose cotton in one room of tho dye
house.
The flretnen had a hard fight, but
suppressed the flames after the third
floor had been destroyed.
No operatives were injured. The in
surance is $120,000.
asked
as postmaster at
Athens'would make trouble between
the races. The postmaster - general
asked him whom he would suggest for
postmaster at A then.
Mr. Carlton suggested Mr. Beusse.
“His appointment is out of the ques
tion,”. said the postmaster-general.
Mr.Carlton then suggested Mr. Swift.
*‘Is he a republican'?” asked the post
master general.
“Yes,” said Mr Carlton.
“Did he vote for Harrison?*
the postmaster-general.
“1 presume so,” said Mr. Carlton.
“Doyou know that he did?” persist
ed the postmaster-general.
“No,” said Mr. Carlton. “I don’t
know that he did, but I presume so.”
“Well,” said the postmaster general,
“I think a man who recommends a can
didate as a republican ought to know
that fact.”
“Well, I don’t know it,” said Mr.
Carlton. “If you want to be sure of
that you’ll have to go Athens to find
out.”
“I go to Athens?” said the postmas
ter-general. “Why, it would be as
much as a northern republican’s life is
worth to go down there now. I would
not go there. I doubt if it would bo
safe for me to do so.”
“You have no warrant for saying so.
Better men than you have been there
and returned safe and rejoicing,” said
Mr. Carlton.
Mr. Carlton might hare said morn,
but Mr. Colquitt terminated the inter
view and hurried him aw$y. *•
Matt Davis will be postmaster at
Athens.
FOUND A WIFE BY HYPNOTISM.
Mr. Tracy was at limt thought to be
dead, but. it was discovered that a
small spark of life yet remained. He
was removed to the residence of Mr.
Bancroft Davis, near by, and at 11
iiYInck was reported as improving,
(Imi.gli at that time be had not gained
roii-ciousucaa, and was of course una-
u arc of the death of his wife and
daughter.
A TKRKIULH FATR.
Mis* Tracy, the secretary’s unmar
ried daughter, occupied the third story,
front room, and met it fate that was ter-
liiiio to behold. The lady could be seen
at tin- window in the light that dicker
ed in between the blinding smoke and
lhuiies, clad in a white robe, her hands
in ■ he attitude of prayer and her face
u,.lifted to heaven. The flamus grad
ually hemmed her in, and she flnallv
Hank to tin* floor, only to he rccogniz d
by her charred remains. The French
in aid, Josephine, met a similar fate in
an adjoining room, where her charred
and blacked remains were jound.
THHOTIIHltS IN T11K HOU8H.
Mrs. Wilmerding, Secrotary Tracy’s
married daughter, and her daughter,
Mi** Alice, occupied the second story
front room on the same floor with Secre
tary mid M rs. Trrcy, Both she and her
daughter jumped from the window to
the gi Ail- terrace below, and while the
shock to both was severe, neither re
ceived, «o far as is now apparent, any
serious injury.
T11R INJURIES IIKCMVHD.
Mr*. Wilmerding had her right wrist
badly sprained. She is lying hysterical
and in a half dazed condition, but is
rapidly improving under medical treat
ment.
M is* Alice is suffering from her shock.
With Mrs. Tracy and Miss Traey aud
Mr*. Col. Coppinger,Secretary Blaine’s
daughter, all lying dead, Secretary Tra
cy is seriously ill and his health is per
manently impaired.
SIIKOUDHD in gloom.
Government circles today ara cn-
h hroiided in sadness and gloom. Pres
ide m Harrison, as soon as he heard of
'be calamity, sent assistance from the
executive mansion to aid the bereaved
family *ml followed himself to inquire
what AHRistaneo bo could render. The
members of tho babinet with whom the
secretary was very popular were among
the first call.
SHOCKED BHTOXD MBASURK.
1 bey wore all shocked beyond measure
at the calamity,and placed ihelr respec
tive houses at the disposal of die af
flicted family. Owing to the terrible
calamity it is thought that the presi
dent will abandon ha trip to Now York
this afternoon.
LATHR.
A man servant is also missing, and
bis body may be among the ruins.
At last accounts Secretary Tracy was
in a eritieal condition.
M asuisgtox, February 4.—The
crowds about the flre-wreckod bouse ef
‘ « c jetary Tracy became so dense yes
terday that a guard of blu-coatod ma-
t inrs hau to be marched thither to hold
the people in check. Last night they
guarded tho premises and this morning
they are still on duty.
I1H WILL RHCOVBK.
Secretary Tracy will recover.
An Editor Horsewhipped.
Birmingham, Ala., February 3.—
Leonard Button, manager of the Sun
day Critic, was severely horsewhipped
last night by MacCoimell Shelley, a
society swell and son of Charles M.
Shelley, who was auditor of the treas
ury during President Cleveland’s ad
ministration
The Critic published an account of a
drunkon debauch in which Shelley re
cently participated. Burton drew* bis
revolver, but before he could use it
Shelley and his brother bad him covered
with their pistols. All parties were
arrested.
Negro Eiulgraust.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 3.—[Spe
cial.]—A special train with one thou
sand negro emigrant* on board arrived
here yesterday over the Georgia Cen
tral railroad.
The negroes arc en route from South
Carolina to Louisiana and Texas.
They were packed in cars like sarines
in a box. None of them seemed to know
where they were going or what they
would do when they reached their des
tination.
They seemed to trust everything to
the agents who had them in charge, and
seemed astounded when the suggestion
was made to them that tho agents might
not be honest men.
Tables Turned on ingulls.
Washington, Feb. 3.—[Special ]—
In his speech before the United States
Senate, Senator Hampton turned the ta
bles on Senator Ingalls by quoting the
following from a letter published in
the Atlanta Constitution aud signed
J. J. Ingalls:” “Unless history is a
false teacher it is not possible for two
distinct races, not homogeneous, to
exist on terms of political equality un
der the same government. One or the
other uinst go to the wall.” Senator
Hamptou ought not to be so hard on Mr.
Ingalls. Ingalls’s speech was made for
the special purpose of ascertaining how
gulible the American people are.
Train Plunges into a Bank.
Lncastbu, N. H., Feb. 3.—[Special]—
A sad aud frightful accident occurred
on t*e Kilkenny Lumber Company’s
railroad, six miles east of Lancaster. A
train with 12 lengths of timber, was
coming from Kilkenny, and, breaking
apart on a steep grade, the engineer
endeavored to keep out of the way of
tho rear section. When rounding t
curve, tho engine left tlie track, plung
ing into the bank with great velocity,
burying the engineer and brakeuian m
the debris, tlie fireman saving him
self by jumping. When assistance
arrived, the engineer, L- F. Crouch of
Haverhill, was found dead, his head
having been split open and his body
fearfully burued by escaping steam.
The fireman, William Balch, and
brakeman, George Gonys, miraculous
ly esoapod with their lives, being badly
burned. The engine was a total wreck,
tlie tender having turned a com
plete somersault. Several cars were
smashed and the track toi n up for sever
al rods. No one appears to have been
at fault, excepting that an old engine
was given Crouch in the place of the
regular machine, which was in the
shop for repairs, and the road was in
bad condition.
Now He Asks the Courts to Give Him
a Dlvorce-
PiTTSBUito, Feb. 3.—[Special.]—
Leonard M. Everett, a mining engineer,
formerly of this city, is about to apply
for a divorce. Ilia wife was Miss
Florence L. Norton of London, Eng
land. They were married under re
markable circumstances. Early in 1887,
while in Colerado, Everett experiment-
with “self-hypnotization.” The
tests were severe and tlie visions start
ling. The figure ef a young woman ap
peared repeatedly. So vivid were his
impressions that Everett, who was an
amateur artist, made a sketch of the
youag woman in water colors, and up
on returning to Pittsburg had a num
ber of photographs printed. He had
become possed of the Idea that the wo
man existed somehow in the flesh, and
for the purpose of discovering her had
the photographs exhibited.
There was no result, however,
and he went to Loudon on mining
business. There had three photograps
of the woman exhibited in different
sections of the metropolis. One day
he was astonished to recive a note from
Florence Laford Norton asking him
where he had got her picture. The
pair met. Everett told his story, and in
June, 1887, they were inrrrieu. They
ante to America and took a residence
in Alleghany. Mrs. Everett developed
such a jealous disposition and bad tem
per that when she told her husband
she thought of returniug to London he
he did not object. She had been gone
the two years necessary to make deser
tion the grounds for a divorce, and
Everett will secure a formal separation.
Homer Dots.
HOURS, Feb. 3.—[Special.]—Mr. Da
vidson, who claims to be the mouth
piece of the party in the ninth Congress-
sional District, or “Union-Labor” par
ty, sent from Hall and Lumpkin coun-
t'es. spoke to a large crowd at the court
honse Saturday, on the subject of polit
ies! reform. He sought the co-operation
of the Farmers Alliance, blit he was
treated as a “wolf in sheeps clothing.”
He was thought by some to be a scout
for, would be Thadcus. Pickett, Con
For greasman from the “bloody-nmth.” A
? 0v ®ral hours on'rcsterday he liovoreil few questions were put by some of the
••■tivin'U li e and death, but he is better boys during his discourse, which to Hus
giis morning. He will be moved to tho ; time is unanswered. After the speaker
" r ll,tu house today, in the east room
the white house, directly under tho
K a crystal clisn-lolier, rest the cof-
‘•ii* containing the remains of the Sec
retary g wife and daughter.
COVERED with black.
I he caskets are covered with blaok
y®! vet and long leaf palms and lilies
jest on the lids. It is thought that tho
be temporarily placed in a
atti«A ,or ® wntl * th ® weretary is able to
Wteod to the funeral.
BURIED ALIVE.
Frightful Accident at a {Coal Shaft In
Pennsylvania.
'WTlkksbarkh, Peb. 8.—[Special]—
An explosion occurred intbe Notting
ham shaft of tho Lehigh and Wilkes-
barre Coal Company in No. 5 plane this
morning. All the men at woik were
seriously injured. It has been learned
that in addition to the casualties al
ready reported having occurred at the
Nettingham shaft today, five , men are
imprisoned in the mine and'the re is lit
tle hope of them beingtnken out alive.
At the time when the fall of yoek took
place Johh Dunston, tlie fire boss, was
on his way from tho fifth to the sixth
lift, carrying his naked lamp. This, it
is said, fired a body of gas which ex
ploded with great force, shattering the
gangways and breaking the timbers,
causing large quantities'of roof rock
and coal to fall. The debris closed the
outlet for tho miners who were in the
iuterior of the mine making the repairs] -
eatombing Jehu Crossin, David J.
Williams, John Davis, Edward Morris
and an unknown man, though ft is
firmly believed that they are all dead-'
The Nottingham shaft which,was the
greatest antliacite coal mine in the
world, is nearly a total wreck It had
at one time an output of 3000 tons
day and netted the Lehigh andWilkes-
barre Coal Company $600,000 profit last
year.
BACK FROM BRAZIL.
A MONSTROUS MOTHER.
She Attempts to Murder her Child.
Rokk, Ga.. Feb. 3.—[Special.]—At
noon, when the north-bound train on
the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus?
railroad arrived at Kramer, a negro
woman, apparently about twenty years
of age, with a small child in her arms,
was among the passeugers who boarded
the train at that station. She took a
seat on the right baud side of tlie car
and raised tho window. When Con
ductor Moody was taking up tickets,
just after the train had pulled out of
Kramer, ho noticed the small child in
the woman’s arms, ain 1 he also noticed
the careles way in which the young
mother cared for the child.
This woman was the only passesger
in the second-clas3 car except a colored
train hand. When the train was about
nine miles north of Kramer the woman,
so the train hand said, asked niin to go
into the first class car and purchase
some apples for her. He went, and as he
was returniug he saw something., fall
from the window, but did not pay any
attention to it at the time. J ust after
the train hand delivered the apples to
the woman, Conductor Moody entered
tlie ear, and when lie came near the
woman he noticed that the child was
missiug, and asked the woman:
“What have you done with that child
you had just a few minutes ago?”
Tlie woman was so terrified by this
time she could scarcely speak. She
said in reply;
“I don’t know. I guess it is in this
shawl.” At the same time picking up
the shawl.
‘You have pitched that baby out the
window,” said Conductor Moody.
“No, I didn’t, I guess it jumped
out,” roplied the woman.
The train was immediately stopped
and backed to the spot where the train
hand saw something fall. After a search
of a fewminutee the child was found at
the foot of the embankment, with its
head covered with blood and badly
bruised.
After the ohild, tnoro dead than alive,
had been put on the train, its murder
ous mother did not waut to take charge
of it.
At Young’s station, the woman’s des
tination, she got from the train with
the child, which aho was so sure, only
a few minutes before, that she had put
out of her way.
It was the intention of the mother to
throw tier child off as the train was
crossing a high trestle, so that the fall
would cause instant death, but she
threw it off too soon, and it only fell
down an embankment, about ten feet
Cindy McDaniel was the woman’s
name. She was a young unmarried
woman, and her idea was to throw the
child off to get it out of her way.
It is not known whether she was ar
rested yesterday or not, but she will be
arrested and lodged in jail to answer
for tlie murderous deed.
The child was just alive at a late
hour last night. It cannot livo
THE R. & D.
HE WAS A GIRL.
The Singular Adventures of a Male
Imperson at Or.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 4.—[Spe
cial]—Or.lccrGo’idsborough of the twen
ty-second district, at 1:15 o’clock this
morning, arrested, as he supposed, a
boy of about 15 years of age whom he
found in the waiting shud at Ridge Av
enue station, on the Pennsylvania road.
The boy was apparently half dead from
fatigue and exposure, and-as he could
give no satisfactory account of himself
he was taken by the officer to the po-
lico station at Park and Lehigh avenues
and locked up. The prisoner was ar
raigned for a hearing befere Magistrate
Neall on the charge of vagrancy and
gave the name of Henry De Almi, and
the age of 15 years. During the hear
ing the sex of the prisoner was suspect
ed and the magistrate asked Harry if
he was not a girl. The question was
met with a decided denial. Lieutenant
Wolf, however, was sot satisfied with
tlie auswer and took the prisoner
to a cell where, in the presence of the
janitress, the lieutenant sharply ques-
tiened the accused, who broke down
completely and confessed that she was
a girl, her right name being Georgie
Boswell; that she was nineteen years of
age, and formerly lived at Denver,Col.,
where her pareuts died about three
years ago.
She was born, she said, at Bath, Me.
Since her parents’ death she has been
connected with a traveling theatrical
troupe, which recently became straud-
ed at Toledo, Q. From a fragment of an
amusement bill the troupe was doubt
less a variety company. On the bill
among the names was “MUb Georgia dc
Altni, the wonderful male impersona
tor.”
She stated to Lieut. Wolf that While
the company was playing at Toledo the
theatre was burned and the members of
the company lost all their wardrobes.
All that she saved was the suit of male
attire with which she was clothes when
arrested. After the fire she succeeded
beating her way on freight and eoal
trains from Toledo to New York and
was on her way to Baltimore, where she
claimed to have a brother living. From
the besmirched condition of her face
and clothing, it was evident that she
had rather a tough experience of rail
way travels
After her sex had been acknowledged
ieut. Wolf sent her to the Central Sta
tion where she was given to tho charge
of the matron until her case cau be in
vestigated by tho detectives.
0*nuc
Gobbles up Another Road—The A. G.
& S. this lime.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 4.—[Special]—
The repoitfroin Sandorsville, to which
the Journal’s telegram of inquiry to Au
gusta of this morning alludes, is sub
stantiated here. Th« Richmond and
Danville railroad company lias socured
control of the Augusta, Gibson and
Sandersville road, though the transfer,
nor the manner of it, had not been
made public here, and has not been
generally known at either end of the
line.
The Augusta, Gibson and Sanders
ville railroad is a narrow gauge, with
terminal points in SanJersuille, Wash
ington county, and Augusta, touching
Gibson in Glasscock county and open
ing up the Augusta market some of
the finest undeveloped property in the
State. R. M. Mitchell, wiio had been
instrumental in building it, has been its
president and general manager of the
line. It was completed to SanderBvillo
over a year ago. . ,
The road was very successful at first
and was soon put on a paying basis.
Some months ago, Augusta and Savan
nah brokers were known to be buying
in the stock, and it was hinted that
there was a movenent on foot to get
control of the road. . The road was, it
was thought, being sought for New
York parties, not connected with the
Richmond Terminal syndicate.
Nearly all the roads neutering in Au
gusta are now in control of the syndi
cate, the Augusta and Knoxville, with
their feeders, the Greenville and Lau-
teus, tlie Laurens and Spartanburg add
rhe Savannah Valley, tbe Port Royal
.End Augusta; the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusts, the Augusta and Savan
nah (Central), the Georgia; leaving
the three Cs and the. South Carolina
only out. w
The sale of the narrow gauge was se
cretly made to the Tennessee through
Inman, Swan A Co., of New York, and
was accomplished but a short while ago.
It will bo built to Florida and greatly
improved. Nen •rolling stock will be
provided and tlie gauge made standard.
had been standing some three hours,at
tempting to satisfy his inquiries, *• ver-
al oi the boys rose to their feet and
claimed the floor, aud cries went up
from every direction “down in front,os-
der,” “shoot in your die stuff,” while
several down stairs sent up the Indian
whoop in such deafening tones that the
tbing burs tod like an Oklahoma mass
meeting, and tbe verdict was: “We,the
citizens of Banks agree to leave the
gentleman where we found Mm.”
He Has Been Absent Fourteen Years—
Observations In the New Republic.
Dr. Sam Rambo, after an abseacoof
fourteen years in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, is
back on a visit to relatives in the Ogle
thorpe section of the State.
It is quite intercs'ing to bear him
talk of South America. He says.the
revolution of government in Brazil will
work wonders for that country. While
at present it is under military rule, yet
this is only the initiative in the estab
lishment of a permanent republic.
He says the profits derived from the
rosewood and caoutchouc trees are enor
mous.
HOW MONKBTS ARE. CAPTURED.
The manner of capturing the monkey
is a novel one. While he does not be
lieve that the human race evolved from
ibis little creature,as Mr. Darwin would
have us beli-ve, yet tUey show evidence
of affection for one another, and this
ha« led to their capture.
For -nstance, if a showman wants to
secure several like monkeys, be go s
into tbe woods, and first finding the pa
triarch of the tribe, shoots^iiin, and. the
rest of his d-scendents. through’ the tics
of family affection, will iuunediat y de
scend and take hpld of him and not let
loose. Then they are easily captured.
BARNETT'S SUCCESSOR.
KILLED BY RATS.
An Infant at Kansas City Gnawed to
Death by Rodents.
Kansas Crry, Mo, Feb. 3.—[Spe
cial]—The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nathaniel Beeves, living in a baseraeut
at the corner of Third and Cherry
streets, died to-day from wounds in
dieted upon it by rats sometime during
last night. About 3 o'clock this morn
ing Mrs. Beeves was awakened. by the
infant’s cries. She discovered the
child’s condition and took it to Dr.
Hodges, who described, tbe woudds as
follows: Tbe nose was eaten entire!
off; horrible wounds appeared on botl
cheek bones; the scalp had been torn
away from the top of the head down
to the ears and tbe skull bad boen
gnawed through in one place so that
the brains were exposed. . The. child
lived only a few hours after it received
its injuries.
Who Will Be Georgia's Secretary of
State.
General Phil Cook, of Americus, will
be Col. N. C. Barnett's successor in
tbe office of secretary of state. This
announcement is made' from authority
of Governor Gordon, although tho ap
pointment has not been made yet.
COL. BARNETT DEAD.
Georgia’s Honored Secretary of State
is no More.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 3.—[Special.]—
Colonel N. C. Barnett, Georgia’s vet
eran secretary of statc f Is dead] Ho
passed peacefully away yesterday after
noon at his residence on Jones street,
after a brief illness.
Col. Barnett is weff-known : iii Athens
and lived for a number of years in Wat-
kiuBville. He has mauy friends and
relatives here who inoau bis loss.
His wife was Miss Margaret J. Mor
ton, of Clarke county, and his mother
was a sister of Win. H. Crawford.
In a saloon .row at Centraldtj, fN
Sheriff' Dillin, a colored woman, named
Carrie Drug, aud seriously wounded a
second man. He was wounded himself
in tho affray.
States Government Endorsed by the heads of the Great Universities
M Public Food Analysts, as the Strongest, Purest and most Healthful. Dr. Price’s Cream
aafcmg Powder does not contain Ammonia, LlmeorAlura. Dr. Price’s Delicious FlavorinrEx.
tracts, vanilla, I^exnon, Orange, Almond, Rose, etc., do not contain Poisonous Oils or Chemlcali*
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., New York. Chicago- St. Louis.
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Louisiana State Lottery Comp’y
TIIE DREADFUL AVALANCHE.
Awful Calamity Succeeds Calamity at
Sierra City, Nev.
8an Fhancisco, Cal., Feb. 4.—[Spe
cial]—This dispatch was carried over
tlie mountains by courageous snow-
shoers :
Sierra City, Jan. 23.—This place has
again been visited by misfortuno and
casualities. So many snow slides have
occurred during the past week that the
entire community is paralyzed with
foar aad terror, and the feeling of
alarm is becoming more and more in
tensified as people awaken to the full
realization of impending danger and
death which threatens every moment.
“He who waits for death dies twice”
is the experience of many who cannot
escape the horrors of the snow-bound
prison. Nine victims have been claim
ed thus far by the horrible snow, the
lost being buried in great avalanches
which came bown from tlie mountain
so quickly that there was no ehance for
escape. Friday evening the most gi
gantic avalanche ever known since the
days when Sierra City consisted of an
log cabin, tenanted by a solitary
miner, descended with incredible ve
locity from the head of the ravine,' de
molishing everything in its path.
Several dwelling houses, the Butts
ore house near No. 9 tunnel and the
county bridge were entirely wrecked.
Many people have been sleeping in No. 9
tunnel since Friday night, and every
effort has been made to make it com
fortable as possible. Stoves and bed
ding have been placed in position, and
the place has not lacked for occupants
at any time. A rescue party went after
the victims, digging them out at tbe
risk of another slide.
Sad is the day here. It is impossible
to get away from the snow-bound pris
ons. Tlie roads are blockaded, the
wires are down, provisions are scarce
and everybody lives in momentary peril
of death by deadly avalanches.
A PLUCKY LANDLADY.
Incorporated by tbe Legislature In 1S68 for
Educational anil Charitable purposes, and Its
franchise made a part of tho present State Con
stitution, In 1879, by an overwhelming popular
vote. , „ ,
Its GRAND MAMMOTH DRAWINGS
tako place Semi-Annually, June and!Dcccmbcr,
and its GRAND SINGLE NUMBEfc DRAW
INGS taVoplaco In each of tho other ten montha
of the year, and are all drawn In public, at the
Academy of Musle, New Orleans, La.
FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS
For Integrity of its Drawings and
prompt Payment of Prizes.
Attested as Follows:
“We do hereby certify that we supervise the
arrangements for all the Monthly and Seral-An-
ual Drawings of the Louisiana State Lottery
Company, and In person manage and control
the Drawings themselves, and that the same nr*
conducted with honesty, fairness and In good
faith toward all parties, and we authorize the
Company to use this certificate, with fac-clnillca
of our signatures attached In its advertise
tnnnte.”
She Takes Out Bock Dues from a Run
away Boarder With a Rawhide.
New York, Feb. 4.—[Special]—Mrs.
Minnie Strauss, a widow, who keeps
boarders at 203 Mulberry street, New
ark, could not collect $9 from Henry
Myer, who left her in arears for bbanl
aud on Saturday evening she concluded
take the amount from his hide. Going
to Delaney’s factory where he is em
ployed. she entered and, Singling him
out from the blackened workmen, she
attacked him savagely with a rawhide
whip which she had hidden in the folds
of her dress. Her victim fell over a
] file of steel in his efforts to get away
from her, and Anally escaped through a
back door. He then held the door un
til she got tired of trying to'follow him.
He had promised to pay back board in
instalments of 25 cents a week after
leaving her house, but he failed to keep
up the payments.
CATS AS FERTILIZERS.
Commissioners.
We the undersigned banks and bankers will
pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana State Lot
teries which may be presented at our counters
R. M. WALMSLEY. Pres. Louisiana Nat. Bank.
UX, Pres. State National Bank.
Nr Pres. New Orleans National Bank,
pres. Union National Bank.
GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING.
At the Acadamy of Music, Now Orleans, Tues
day, February. 11, ISM.
Capital Prize $,300,000.
100,00Q Tickets at $20 ‘Each; Kalres $10;
Quarters $5; Tenths $2’ Twentieths $1.
% LISTS OF PRIZES.
1 PRIZE OF 8300,000 Is 8300,000
l PRIZE OF 100,000 Is 100,000
1 PRIZE OF 50,0001s 50,000
1 PRIZE OF 25,0001s 25,000
S PRIZES OF 10,000 are 20,000
S PRIZES OF 5,000 arc 23,000
25 PRIZES OF 1,000 are 25,000
100 PRIZES OF 500 arc 60,000
200 PRIZES OF 300 are CO,600
500 PRIZES OF 200 are 100,000
APROXIMATION PP.IZES.
100 Prizes of 8500 ore 50,000
10S Prizes of 8300 are 30,000
100 Prizes oi 8200 are 20,000
TWO NUMBER TERMINALS
999 Prizes of 8100 are 99,900
999 Prizes of 8100 arc 90,900
1,184 Prizes Amounting to 81,051,000
Note.—Tickets drawing Capical Prizes are
not entitled to terminal Prize*.
AGEHTS WANTED.
GRANT & WILLCOX,
FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS.
Insure desirable country property. Call on
them or write them.
213 E. CLAYTON STREET, ATHENS, GEO.
Jan. 21—tf.
NO MORE EYE-GLASSES
KOBE
WEAK
EYES.
MITCHELL’S
Eye-Salve
A Certain, Sofa, and Effective Remedy for
SORE, WEAK, & INFLAMED EYES,
Producing Long-Sightedness, & Restor
ing the Sight of the Old. .j£
Ctires Tear Drop3, Granulations, Stye ^
Tumors, Red Eyes, Matted Eye LaaheS,
AID ISODUCIIG QUICK RKMCT HD PEESiSEIT CCU.
Also, equally efficacious when used In otb.r
maladies, such ns Ulcers, Fever Sore*.
Tumor., Halt Rheum, Barns, Pile*, or
wherever inflammation exists, StMTCitBXiVB
BAJOVtS may bo used to advantage.
Sold by all Drugglata at 25 Cents. J
SEND FOR OUR CATALOGUEand PRICES
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BROWN'S IRON BITTERS '
Indigestion, Biliousness, Dyspepsia, Mala
ria, Nervousness, and General Debility. Physi
cians recommend it. All dealers sell It. Genuine
has trade mark and crossed red lines oa wrapper.
or Club Rates or any further informa
tion desired, write legibly to the undersigned,
clearly statifig yonr residence, with state, coun
ty, street and number. More rapid return mai
delivery will be assured by your enclosing an
Envelope bearing your full address.
IMPORTANT-
Address M. A. DAUPHIN,
.. . <• • ■ Now Orleans, La,
orM. a. vaur*i», ,,
Washington, r». c., ’ *
By ordinarv letter, containing: Money Orfleit
issued by all mxpress Companies, New York
Exchange Draft or Postal Notes.
Address RBgfcteTed Letters/- ,,
• Containing Currency to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
Nsw Orleans, La.
Remember that the payment ot Prize* 1»
GUARANTEED BY FOUR NATIONAL
BANKS of New Orleans, and the tickets are
signed' by the President of an Institution whose
chartered rights,are recognized in the highest
Court*; therefore,^beware of any Imitation* or
anoaymou* schemes.
One dollar Is the price of the smallest part or
fraction of a ticket Issued by us In any drawing.
Anything in our name ofifered for less than a
dollar la a swindle. wedJtaun-d-w.
HOW?
“Can the world know a man has a good
thing unless he advertises the possession
of it.”—Vanderbilt.
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WRITE US
Thousands of Feline Mummies Are
Dxported From Egypt
London, Feb. 4.—[Special]—An Eng
lish firm dealing in nitrates, guano
and other fertitizers has secured a con
signment from Egypt of many thou
sand mummies of cats which were
buried in ancient tombs as sacred ani
mals. These mummies arC said to be,
when ground to powder, the best fer
tilizers in the world, even better than
nitrate.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 1st—[bpecittl]—
An exciting race was had at Piedmont
Park yesterday afternoon between
“Gainesville” and“ Atlanta,’’tworaces.
It is said that over $1,000 changed hands,
Gainesville winning the race.
Oh Sunday afternoon, little Bertha
Henderson, the daughter of Mr,, John,
Henderson, had a narrow eScabe from
death. A feather bed In one of the back
windows bad been placed there to
The child was playing aroUnd thh jroqt
when she jumped on the feather bed. lt
slid rapidly out of the window
floated to the ground with the li
girl
irl. She happened to be on top, and
her weight kept her on the bed- T’he
soft feather- prevented her from being
injured:. v
The friends of Mr. Charlie Peck will
regret' to learn of hit sudden death, ou
the streets of Augusta, early this morn
ing.
., i pr<
Mendham, N. Y., has been arrestbd
upon the suspicion of beating bis wife
to death.
FOB DYSPEPSIA
•, Use Bmwn’s imo Bitters. . , ■,
Physicians recommend it.
All dealers keep it. 81.00 per bottle. Genuine
hu trade-mark and crossed red lines on wrapper.
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OILS.
VARNISHES.
PAINT BRUSHES
Or anything you want in the
PAINTING LINE.
Or if you want
house or sigh paistqig;
Call and see uoe, Broad Street,
second door below Naviqual Bank.
ARNOLD
[jwherever you live, and
we will ship you a
fine instrument on 25
Days’ Test Trial in
your own home.
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Until you have tested and app rovetW.,0* freight
both ways if instrument fails to > J>- in cither
style, price or quality. Our* thSlwY, your* only
to give bur and luU_tcst, and buy if fully pleated.
40,000 Southern Homes
Supplied by us since 1II70 on this TEST TRIAL.
PLAN, lint introduced in tHc South by in* Fair*
est method of sale possible, and a great benefit to
thoce at a distance who cannot visit our ware-rooms
ALL RISK SAVED
ments made, that will stand the moet severe and
comprehensive tests, we do not fear to send them out
on trial and let them stand solely on their merits:
All we ask is the privilege of shipping on SDH
proval. No suit, no pay. Our freights if we fiU,
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Discounts from makers price*. Alt compe.
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P 4 ”*- Easyinsullimenu. Every inducement that
any fair dealing house can offer.
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