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THE ATHENS BANNER TUESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 26, 1890.
BLACK-BALLED.
“OUR EMORY’S” ‘‘DEAR MATT”
GETS THE ATHENS
POST-OFFICE.
nuck of that He
Deliver «b0 B«od»-L«l the Wan.
n maker Boycott Proceed.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 20—[Spe-
eiiil]—Mat Davis’ appointment went to
t i„, Wliiteliouse at 1 o’clock yesterday.
Mrs. T.. M. Lyle's (oi Athens), nom
inal ion was made out, but withdrawn*
:iml Davis’ substituted on account of
tin* ileniands of Ruck.
Tit is is authentic.
jlev. Mr. Lyle and others will call on
Mr. Harrison as soon as be returns to
try to bead of Matt Davis’ appointment,
but it is n t thought they oan succeed.
READ IN THE SENATE.
DU. CARLTON’S BILL GOES TO THE UPPER
BOUSE.
Washington, Feb. 21.—[Speeial.]—
Tlio Carlton bill, organizing the North
eastern court circuit, was read in the
senate this morning and referred to the
judiciary committee.
A SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
a nail causes the death of a lady in
DALTON.
Dalton, Ga., Feb. 21'.—[Special/|—
Via. W. K. Greer happened to a shock
in'* accident tho other day, which rc-
e!l | l0) | in ber death. She stepped upon
a nail protruding from apiece of plank,
the piece of iron passing through the
Mile of her shoe, entering the foot and
making an ugly wound. This resulted
in hlood poisoning and lock-jaw, death
quickly ensuing.
1IE WENT TO SLEEP,
and will bbtuied fob manslaughter
resulting from his carelessness.
Atlanta, Feb. 21.—[Special]—John
liohlii, an ex-conductor on the Georgia
Pacific railroad, was arrested this after
noon, at one o’clock, on a charge of
voluntary manslaughter. Dobbs, while
acting as a conductor, was the cause of
nil accident which resulted in the death
of William W. Berry, an engineer on
the same road. The case is rather a
novel one. and the trial of Dobbs,
which will tako place in Alabama, wili
ho watched with much interest.
WINTER RESORT IN THE DESERT
INVALIDS GOING TO THE EDGE OF THE
SAHARA FOR THERMAL BATHS
AND A CHANGE OF AIK.
Paris, Feb 21.—[Special]—The latest
novelty in North Africa is a winter re
sort at Biskra, which is in the southern
part of Algeria, on the edge of the Sa
hara deaera. Until recently Biskta was
nothing but a barren waste, hut, bv
means of artesian wells, it has been
turned into a garden spot, and 110,000
palm trees, yielding a large crop of
dates, arc now flourishing there. It is
found that the thermal waters, brought
from 2,000 to 2,500 feet beneath the sur
face. are efticacious for certain classes
of invalids, and that the dry, warm cli
mate is also beneficial to many who find
it necessary to shim the Northern win
ter.
BRAYE SCHOOLGIRLS.
SAVE THEMSELVES FR M MAD FLAMES BY
CLIMBING DOWN A BELL ROPK.
Austin, Tex., Feb. 20.—]Special]—
1 he burning of Coronal Young Ladies’
Institute, at San Marcos, 30 miles south
of here, came near being one of the
most horrible holocausts ever known in
this country. The only thin* that pre
vented a blood curdline horror was the
fact that the hell rope hung within
reach of tho startled, terrified and
shrinking girls, GO of whom occupied
the seeondstory of the building, one of
the finest in the South.
It was 3 o’clock in the morning when
the cry of fire rang out and echoed
against the banks of San Marcos River.
When discovered the whole lower story
was in flames, which swept lip the only
stairway by which escape was possible
to the outside. The hissing flames
warned the young ladies in the third
story thatja firery death was ;near unless
some way of escape was found. Not a
moment was to be lost, and there was
not time to look around for articles of
attire laid aside previous to retiring.
The frightened girls in dishabille, and
with d sheveled hair rushed to the win
dows. Smoke was rolling up from the
basement. Beneath them some ten
feet was the roof of a lower portion of
the bidding, and within reach swuug
tlie hell rope. There was a monieuts’s
hesitation, but fire and death were be
hind them. Out they went* one by one,
their white night clothes fluttering in
the cool gulf breeze, ami the climbed
down the rope to the ground just as the
flames had|lickcd their red tongues into
the windows of their apartmeiits.
THE {LOUISIANA LOTTERY.
FIVE YEARS YET SECURE FOR THE LOT-
. TKRY.
Now Orleans, Feb. 21.—[Special]—
The recent effort to secure a lottery
charter in North Dakota lias had timer
feet of filling the press of tliis country
with much niisinforniotion. Among
other tilings it lias been said that the
Louisiana Lottery, knowing that it
was impossible to secure an extension
of its charter in Louisiana, had deter
mined to make preparations to with
draw fr m tlie State, and for that rea
son had sought to secure a charter else
where. Few people in Louisiaua who
have watched the current of events
thought for a moment that the lottery
company had the slightest idea of aban
doning the State They regarded the
attempt to secure a charter in Dakota
only as a means to get better terms
here, and as a provision against a pos
sible failure to secure a renewal of the
franchise
It has also been charged that the Lou-
isiana|Lottery Comp, ny will now try to
buy an extension of us charter through
the State Legis luture ami will offer to
retire the State debt of $12,000,005) for
a twenty-live year s lease of corporate
life.
There is, as far as I can learn, no
such proposition to be made. The
Legislature is absolutely jiowerless in
the matter. Tlie people of Louisiana
alone can extend the lottery
charter. The lottery was chartered in
1S0H and its franchise does not expire
until 185*5. In 1875) the Legislature, In
the exercise <>f its police power, abol
ished the lottery, but before the legis
lative act went into effect a constitu
tional convention met. The lottery
question was taken up in that body,
and a majority of the members held
that tlie legislature act was unconstitu
tional, inasmuch as it vioated a e
tract.
LEFT HER HOME.
MRS. L. BERTL1NG WANDERS
AWAY FROM HER HOME.
A PREACHER ASSASSINATED.
STEAM THE THING.
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT—I*OWEK
FOR IIKAVY ORDINANCE.
New York, Fob. 20.—[Special]—It is
said that M. Belleville, the inventor of
tin- Belleville tubulous boiler, has suc
ceeded in adapting his steam generator
to the furnishing of a propellent for
heavy orduanve guns in Leu of powder,
air or electricity. M Bellville lia«
found that Ids boiler will supply steam
in sufficient quantities and the required
in-tnnt of time to a degree that will
give a five hundred pound projei-
til« ovor four times the velocity obtaiu-
>ibi* in the present pneumatic gun.
THE CRUSADERS.
THIRTEEN WOMBS AND TWO MBS ARREST
ED AT SFICK AKDSV1LLB.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 20— [Special]
—A special to the Times from Spick-
ardsville, Mo , says: “Constable Fran
cis. to whom was intrusted the duty'of
serving the warrant* upon the Cru
saders, charging them with malicious
destruction of property, performed his
task today. He met with no apposition,
tin; ladies having determined to submit
quietly to their martyrdom, as they call
it. Thirteen ladies and three men were
arrested. A11 gave bond in the suin of
titty dollars each for appearance before
*•1 "slice next Friday, when their pre
liminary examination will occur at Ls-
Hirop. That evont will be made the oc
casion or a great demonstration by the
ladies, who will parade the streets with
banriuie and transparencies.”
Hanged in Birmingham.
Birmingham. Ala., Feb. 21.—[Spe
cial ]—Gilbert Lowe, colored, was hang
ed here to-day at 12:30 o’clock for com
plicity in the murder pf John W. Mead
ows, a Mineral railroad section foreman,
l he drop fell at the hour named, and
L°we was pronounced dead in four min
utes. He walked up the scaffold in a
orave manner, and declared his inno
cence. n e was hanged on the same
gallows on which Hawes will be exe-
euted on the last day of this month
There was No Qnornm.
Jackson, Miss.. Feb. 21.—[Special.
1 he memorial tu favor of the repeal
or tho fifteenth amendment was voted
mi in the house yesterday, tlie result be-
thirty nays and twenty year,but
mere being no quorum the matter will
vouic up again.
Shot While Singing a Hymn.
Richmond, Ind., Feb. 20.—[Special]
Tf® from Lebanon says last
gut while a prayer meeting was in
U r "*. re « the house of Col. W. W.
•indnH, five miles from there, and
me a hymn was being sung, some un-
Person shot and mortally hurt
'l™ - Bandall. a son-in-law is suspect-
SHOT DEAD AT ELLORENCE.
THE FATE OF A WORTHLESS FELLOW,
WHO INSULTED OTHER PEOPLE’S
* WIVES.
Orangeburg, Feb. 21.—[Special]—
George Collier, a young man who keeps
a bar at Ellorence, came up here this
morning ami surrendered himself to the
sheriff, saying that he bad shot and
killed a white man yesterday afternoon
Ellorence, named Will Lindsay.
From Collier’s version of the allair tlie
killing is said by every one to be per
fectly justifiable.
It appears that Lindsay, who was a
man of very little character, went to a
neighbor’s residence anil grossly in
sulted the lady of the house. The lady
picked up a big stick and ran him out
of the house. The scoundrel then went
over to Collier’s house, and ns there
was no one home hut Mrs. Collier he
offered tho same insult to that lady and
’forced her into a room in the house
Mrs, Collier screamed for lie!paud some
one ran oil' for her husband. As Mr
Collier came up Lindsay was about to
run off, when he was sliotby the former
and iustantly killed.
THE WORK OF FIENDS.
BED-RIDDEN SEPTUAGENARIAN ASSAULT
ED AND OUTRAGED.
Emmetsburg, Io., Feb, 20.—[Special]
—William Cullom and Joe Steils were
today bound over in the sum of $10,000
each for a fiendish assault on Mr*.
James Moore. The victim is a poor la
dy, past 75 years of age, and is crippled
and confined to her bed with a fever
sore. The villains Sunday night broke
into her room, outraged and left her in
a critical condition. The ire of citizens
was aroused to such an extent lynch
was threatened, hut law was allowed to
take its course. Nothing short of im
prison ment for life will be tolerated.
ON HIS BRIDAL NIGHT.
A"4 In not Heard Prom Since—Her
Sadden Dieapperance and Prolong
ed A3»euce a Seounllon,—Uua
It Saiddrf
Mrs. L. Bertling cannot he found!
The news was revealed yesterday by
Mr. Bertling, licr husband, who has
been looking for her ever since last Sat
urday eveuiug.
It was a startling sensation.
Those who read in last Sunday’s Ban
ner an account of a woman‘{mysteri
ously disappearing from her home in
Athens are familiar with the facts in
the case. She has not yet been found
and tlie excitement caused by her pro
longed abseuce is naming high. The
matter is shrouded in complex myste
ries, some of which are horrible to con
template.
SBE LEAVES BOME.
Mrs. Bertling is the wife of Mr. L.
Bertling, who lives on the suburbs of
Athens. She has for some time past
shown faint signs of being slightly de
ranged, and has on more than one oc
casion endeavored to leave home, seem
ingly with no fixed purpose or aim,sim
ply to gratify a desire to ramble out
a’oue. She has ou every occasion of
this kind been kept back by Mr. Bert
ling, who employed a woman to stay in
the house for no other purpose than to
watch over Mrs. Bertling. Things
went along smoothly until last Satur
day evening. It was late in tlie after
noon when the woman’s attendant fell
asleep, that Mrs. Bertling slipped
quietly from the house and wandered
parts unknown. She has never beeu
seen sinoe!
SEARCHING FOR HRR.
Imincdiatly upon learning that his
ife had gone from home, Mr. Bert
ling set out in search of her. Since
that time he has spared no pains or ef*
torts to fiud her. He has been all over
this section <>f the State, and has not
discovered a clue that would lead to her
hereabouts. The police have ull been
informed about the woman’s sudden
disappearance but can find nothing of
iier whereabouts arouud Athens. The
strangest part of the whole story is that
she has not even been seen or heard
from since her sudden disappearance
last Saturday. This whole section of
Georgia echoes no response to the in
quiries of the Banner’s first aceouut
and Mr. Bertling has almost given up
hopeless dispair in searching for his
wandering wife.
was rr suicide?
There can be do definite conjecture
made about Mrs. Bertlings absence, of
course, for not enough is known of her
wanderings. The fact that she has
never been seen or heard from leads
many to ask could it have been sui
cide that keeps her away? A most hor
rible conjecture it is to contemplate,
hut it is one that rises unbidden in the
minds of many who knew her.
Mr. Bertling hopes to hear more en
couraging news to-day. The Banner
will watch its exchanges eagerly for an
account of her capture.
FELL WITH A CRASH.
The Shelves In Mlehael Bros.’ Store Fall
With Great Damage to the Stock
It was a sensation I
The thundering noise in Michael’s
new building caused crowds to flock to
the scens.
On the second floor the shelves lay
across the counters, with dry goods,
notions, millinery goods, etc., ull lying
pell-mell upon-the floor. The rich odor
of cologne filled the room with its per
fume. Broken glass, and every variety
of dry goods and notions were mixed,
and- it waa a scene of ruin.
The shelves had not been securely
fastened to the wall, and being ladened
with a full line of goods, had fallen.
Mr. W. P. Vonderau, the popular
drummer of the firm, was behind the
counters arranging his sample cases,
and heard the sudden cracking of the
shelves. He ran ont just in time to es
cape instant death, for the heavy
boulder fell with a deadly crash. The
milliners had also just left the counters,
where they had been showing some
goods to Mrs. E. R. Hodgson. A few
moments sooner, and they would all
have been buried beneath the debris.
The amount of goods on the shelves
were to the extent of $5,000, aud Mr.
Michael estimates his loss at $1,000. He
will claim damages from Mrs. E. P.
Bishop, to whom the building belongs.
Dr. Lyndon was the contractor, and
said to a Banner reporter that the
shelves did not properly belong to the
contract. He says he simply put them
up from the timber ef some old shelves
after his contract was finished for build
ing the house.
SUDDEN AND SAD DEATH AT BRAXNEUD
THE OTHER NIGHT.
Brainerd, Feb. 21.—(Special.) — On
Wednesday eveng Miss Lillie Deane, of
this city, was married to J. Buirncr,
The ceremony was performed about
o’clock, and after spending the evening
in a pleasant manner with relatives ami
other guests the couple retired. About
half an hour later the bride ran down
the stairs excitedly and said that her
husband was either dead or had fainted
Investigation proved that Mr. Buliner
was deail. I^aath was caused by heart
Uis-a-e. Fr. Buliner was from Flesli-
ei ton, Ontario, and was a prominent
young man there, who was popular and
wealthy.
TRIED TO BURN OUT.
He Was'banged for Murder.
P*nm., Feb. 20—{Special]
j "• Hopkins was hanged here
A*..? mor , n,a * lor tlie mnrder of his wife
f.'^i'^er-in-Uw last September. The
xna P ,f e 1 at *0 05, but the rope broke
*!*■ _ t,le man was again fastened np.
funy^Msig** th ®" dna P fe11 Bucce * J '
The World’s Fair
I,* 1 * Y °»J. Feb. 20.—The Mr Mil
JOHN DAYTON TRYING TO GET OCT
JAIL, BUT FAILS.
Hiawassee, Ga. February 20.—[Spe-
0 | H l]_john Davton, who was confined
in jail here about a week ago for steal
ing a grindiiig8tone, tried te escape
yesterday by burning a hole through
the floor and t!. *n scratching out. He
was discovered before he got the hole
large enough to get Jiimself tlirouglu
There was considerable excitement
throughout the town. The jail was so
full of smoke that no one conhi enter,
and it appeared that the whole jail waa
on tire. When the prisoner found out
that be had been discovered he extin
guished the fire with some quilts, and
■aid that it must have caught when be
was asleep,
REV. JOHN n. LANCE’S TBRBIBLB FATS
NEAR BLAIKSVILLB.
Blairsvillr, Ga., Feb. 20—[Special]
—Tlie coroner’s jury empanelled toin-
3 Hire into the violent death of Rev.
obn H. Lance, the murdered Methodist
minister, have reported a verdict, ana
have laid the terrible crime at the door
of “Thomas Swain and other parties to
us, here empanelled, unknown.” Swain
is under arrest, awaiting commitment
trial.
IT WAS A BLOODY DEED.
The depd was an atrociously bloody
one. It is supposed the attack on Mr.
Lanoe was made on Sunday evening,
while he was on his way home Iron!
church. The body was found in a creek
near by with the throat cut from ear to
ear, aud tho face slightly bruised in
some places.
rr was a revenue reporting.
There was no evidence of robbery, as
nothiug had been removed from the
murdered man’s pockets or person.
The canse of the assassination is sup
posed to be revenue reporting, though
this theory has not as yet been estab
lished. There is much excitement over
the tragedy.
ALMOST A WAR.
THE UNITED STATES AT ONR TIMS ANTI
CIPATING A CONTEST WITU THE
BRITISH LION.
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 21.—[Special.]—
npetUing of a stir in tbe United States
and Canada has followed the publica
tion in the Sunday Commercial of the
speech the night before of ex-Governor
Foraker, in which that official stated
some state secrets, showing that daring
the fisheries dispute between the states
and Canada, Adjutant-General Drum
took precautions to ascertain how many
troops the states could raise.
A circular letter making this inquiry
was addressed to the governors of the
different states. It was asked how many
troops and in what condition could each
state mass on the Canadian frontier on
two months’ notice. Governor Foraker
says the letter went to all the governors,
and that replies were received from
each; and that the showing made did
not d* vqlop a well-equipped national
guard.
Canada doesn’t like the affair. At
Washington its importance was hooted
but now Foraker brings genuine proof
of the fu< t that the United States anti
cipated an attack and did not calculate
on being surprised by showing the offi
cial documents which go to prove that
the matter was an earnest one all
arouud.
A WIFE MURDERER CAUGHT.
WALTON COUNTY.
A BANNER MAN NOTES ITS PRO
GRESS AND PROSPERITY.
HE IS FOUND IN A SMOKB HOUSH TAKING
A MEAL OF RAW MEAT.
Reading, Pa., Feb. 21.—[Special.]—
Harry Lebo, who murderod his wife on
Wednesday evening last and indirectly
caused the death ]of his father-iu-law,
Daniel D. Fisher, who died from fright
and excitement, was captured near
Robersonia, and is now in jail. He had
been hiding in the woods and in barns.
Last night lie was in the barn of lletiry
Baker, and early this morning he was
seen to go into the smoke house for the
purpose, probably, of warning himself
and feeding on the raw meats hanging
there to be cured. Mr. Baker at once
sent word to Constable Sohe, who has
tened to the smokehouse, and finding
Lebo, demanded bis surrender.
Lebo replied that ho would die first,
and as the officer attempted to seize
him he pulled a pistol and shot himself
in the head without inflicting a mortal
wound. He was taken to Reading.
Lebo is much emaciated and had
evidently had little to eat for several
days. The pistol with which he shot
himself was the one with which he
killed his wife.
A LADY SUICIDES.
MRS. JABES LAYON CUTS HER THROAT
FROM BAR TO EAR.
Matstillh, Ky., Feb. 21.—[Special.]
Mrs. James Layon, "daughter of Lewis
Bramel, suicided at Millwood last night
by cutting her throat with a razor from
ear to ear. Slio and her husband were
not living happily together. He was
away from homo at a party at the time.
TRUST IN FARM IMPLEMENTS.
MANUFACTURERS OF AGRICULTURAL
HARDWARE FORM A COMBINATION
TO FORCE UP PRICKS.
Utica, N. Y., Feb. 20.—[Special]—
At a meeting held here today the for
mation of a combination of manu
facturers of agricultural and horti
cultural implements was effected by
the organization of a corporation to je
known as the Central Steel Goods Com
pany. The capital stock is $1,000,000.
The articles of incorporation were filed
today with the Secretary of State and
the capital tax paid in.
ABOVE THE HEART.
N«wi Item* Collected at the County Site,
and Sent Back la the Banner—Scenea
of Coart Week in RIoaroe. _
Mr. Walker, an old and highly re
spected citizen of Monroe, who was par
tially paralized a few days siuce, is irn-
pioving.
There arc three noticeable buildings
in Monroe, the Walton hotel, the court
house aud the livery stables of Mr. J.
H. Felker. These buildings will com
pare very favorably with similar build
ings in any of the larger cities.
Court week in Monroe usually draws
an immense crowd, and there was a dis
appointed gathering when it became
known that Judge Hutchins was too
unwell to preside Monday. He arrived
Tuesday at noon, however, and opened
the court. The. criminal docket will be
taken up next week.
Walton is not numbered with the
prohibition counties of the State, and in
Walton there are yet a large number of
good citizens who believe in the inde
pendent democratic doctrine.
There was not a great amount of
liquor drinking going on; but many of
the professional iiorse traders appeared
to be much more under the influence of
the ardent than they really were.
Monroe is doing a fine business, and
everything indicates prosperity. The
merchants and professional men arc
courteous and accommodating. One of
the popular young men of the place is
Capt. Geo. M. Napier, proprietor of tlio
Walton News, lie is not only a good
newspaper man, but is a rising young
lawyer and stenographer for the West
ern circuit.
Two rival attractions, the patent med
icine man and his blind inan who per
formed on the aceordeon, and the trav
eling dry goods store, entertained tlie
crowds one minute, ajul pocketed their
small change the next. This is an age
of bosh, and all kinds of devices are en
tered into to catch the mighty dollar.
At the station at Social Circle we no
ticed in the evening, a person slowly
passing around the cars aud observing
everything closely. We soon learned
that the railroads had now found it nec
essary to employ a night-watchman at
all the stations. The stealage from the
cava had grown to such proportions that
it became necessary for the railroads to
protect themselves in this way.
Mr. E. K. Lumpkin and bolieitor Rus
sell were tiie only Athens lawyers in
attendance, and Mr. Lumpkin came
home Weducsday night, being too un
well to remain over.
Horse-selling and horse-trading are
the principal factors in attracting the
people at the court*. There is quite a
difference between the two vocations.
The professional horse-traders rarely
ever possess an animal that is at all
sound, and all that is wanted is a small
booty, while those engaged in selling
horses and mules, carry line stock. Mr.
Jim Caritliers and Mr. J. Z. Cooper, of
our city, were selling some line ani
mals. Mr. Caritliers is one of the most
popular men in this county,and he made
many sales.
We noticed a gentleman on the streets
with a subscri; tion list. After a day’s
work a glimpse at this list was obtained,
and it stated that the bearer was a wor
thy object of charity, having broken
his leg ami being un&bie to work. The
list showed that lie had secured only 05
cents. Looking out for number one is
the order of tlie day.
The Banner is very popular in Wal
ton, and is rapidly gaining ground.
Tlie ageuts put in some good work this
week.
The post office is in charge of a lady,
who is one of the most efficient in the
service. Wc notice that in all the vil
lages and smaller towns, it is customary
to employ ladies in the post office.
They always give satisfaction.
HOUSEKEEPERS, ATTENTION!
On account of my health, I have been
compelled to abandon my plan of auc
tion sales as advertised, and I now offer
my cutire stock at cost, and I mean just
what 1 say. when I use the term eost.
My goods will be marked in plain fig
ures, and at cost, aud all are iuvited to
call and seenre good goods at cost. A
rare chance! To assist me in closing
out my large stock, I have secured the
services of Mr. J. W. Brown, an old
crockery man, and long connected with
the stove and tin trade of the town.
Come soon, and secure bargains in
China, tea, dinner, and toilet sets;
plain white aud decorat* d granite
goods; fancy, cut and plain glassware;
tin and wooden ware; hanging, stand
and lamps; and a full line of house
keeping goods.
R. B. Hartsfield,
Athens, Feb. 17, ’90. Assignee.
febl83t
NEWS BY WIBE.
Deluny Stark, Jr., traveling sales
man fora Louisville house, started to a
barber shop in that city several days
ago, and lias never returned. Three
months ago he was married.
Mrs Harry Hall, wife of a prominent
liquor dealer at St. Louis, Mo., poisoned
her girl baby to-night, and then at
tempted suicide. Tlie child is dead, and
the mother is not expected to live.
The New York Evening Post charges
Governor Hill with bartering the vote
of New York to Harrison for the gov-
enorship.
Wake Dickens, of Oregon, killed his
brother because lie had taken his wife*
to a ball.
Joseph Damhanner, aged 5)6, died at
Owensboro, Ky., leaving 40 grandchil
dren.
A vonng girl of Wheeling, W. Va.,
died of neglect, caused by her faith-
cure pareuts failing to call in a physi
cian.
Paul Hill, of Lathrop, Pa., was
fleeced of $2,700 by spiritualists, who
claimed fhvt they were collecting money
for Jesus Christ, who was in need of a
large sura.
The remains of a white ch Id was
rooted up by a hog near Frankfort,
Ky.
Mrs. Barnett, of Racine, Wis., lias
finished her twenty-one days’ fast, to
cure dyspepsia. She is iu good health,
and has suffered but little.
Senator Colquitt announces his in
tension to vote for the Biair education
al bill.
30,000 negroes have left North Caro
lina within the last few months. The
planters have made it so warm for the
emigration agents that they have quit
work for this season.
White excavatiug for a building in
‘ i a silver
MR-S-H. STOKELY BEAD-
He ranted Away on Wednesday Night—
HU Death Mourned by Many.
Mr. S. H. Stokely, of near Crawford,
Ga., died on Wednesday night at his
home in Oglethorpe.
He had been suffering some time with
disease, and his death was expected to
come soon or late. His remains were
interred yesterday in the family burial
ground near Crawford.
Mr. Stokely wa« a inan known and'
beloved by many Irieuds in this section
of Georgia. He waa a pious and devout
member 6f the Baptist church, and was
a man of strong religious character.
He was a self-made man, having started
with but little possessions iu worldly
goods. At his death he was —excepting
Col. Smith—the richest man in Ogle-
tliorpo county, his estate being valued
at $1U0,000. His wealth consisted chiefly
in lands and he owned farma all over
Oglethorpe county. He left no will
after him, and was often heard to say
that the luws of the State were a suffi
cient will to govern the dispensation of
his estate. His wife and two sons will
receive au equal division of bis wealth.
Many friends and relatives all over
this part of Georgia mourn the death of
Mr. Stokely.
Sixteen Persons Drowned.
London, Feb. 20—[Special]—The
passenger steamer Coral Queen, from
Gothenburg, has been sunk off the
River Sees in a collision With the Rot
terdam steamer Brinie. It is reported
that sixteen persons on the Coral Queen
were drowned.
JENNIE TILLMAN, COLORED, SHOT BY
SOME PERSON UNKNOWN.
Griffin, Ga., Feb. 20.—Some un
known persos attempted to assasinate
Jennie Tillman, a young colored girl,
while she was returning from church,
night before l*st.
The bullet struck her above the heart,
but the wound is not considered dan
gerous.
An Inhuman Mothar.
Madison, Ind., February 20.—[Spe
cial.]—The citizens of Trimble county,
Kentucky, are excited by the cold
blooded murder by a mother of her
child. Mrs. William Richmond sever
al months sinoe deserted her husband
and young babe, and’fled with another
man. Although the husband made
every effort te find his wayward wife it
was without avail, until this week she
suddenly returned, stealthily entered
the house in the absence of her hus
band, and administered poison to the
child, who died after suffering terrible
agony. The husband is almost wild
with grief. He offers $135 reward, all
he is worth, for the capture of the mur
deress.
Last of Two criminals.
Philadelphia, Feb. 20.—(Special)—
The condemned murderers, Jacob S.
Schoop and Thomas J. Cole, were exe
cuted in the Moyamensing prison this
morning in the presence of the proper
ly accredited persons permitted to visit
the last dread chapter in the history of
the two terrible criminals. Schoop was
hADged for butchering his partner, An
ton Schilling, in December, 1888, and
Cole for killing his friend, McAlister,
in July, 1888. At 10:04 the trap was
sprung, amt both men dropped, having
a fall of about six feet. After banging
twenty minutes the bodies were cut
down.
A Libel for Divorce.
Lula, Ga., Feb. 20.—[Special.] —
Through liisattorney, J. H. Sheffeld,
chief of Donehoo’s restaurant in Atlan
ta, has filed a suit in Hall countv fur
divorce from histwife, J. G. Sheffeld
A lengthy bill of allegations was made
DISSOLUTION.
The firm of Lucas & Benedict is this
day dissolved by mutual consent, J. A.
Benedict retiring. F. B. Lucas assumes
all liabilities, and will collect all out
standing accounts due tlie firm.
F. B. Lucas,
J. A. Benedict.
In retiring from the firm of Lucas &
Benedict, 1 desire to say to our patrons
aud correspondents that I appreciate
the confidence reposed in the old firm,
and bespeak for the new one a contin
uance of same. J. A. Benedict.
F. B. Lueas, formerly of Lucas &
Benedict, and I. G. Swift, formerly of
Swift Bros.. Elberton, Ga., have this
day entered into a copartnership for the
purpose of conducting a brokerage,
warehouse and commission business.
With ample capital and increased facili
ties in every way, they solicit your con
signments, and will make liberal ad
vnnees on same. F. B. Lucas,
Feb. 17,1890. I. G. Swift.
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She . Barked Like a Dog.—Mary
McCoy is a negro woman who lives in
East Athens, near “Harper’s Cut.
Last Friday she was taken sick and
grew worse until Tuesday, when she
suddenly began barking like a dog. She
has been barking incessantly ever siuce,
and appears to be iu a half delirious
condition. She sees snakes and mon
keys in frightful array, and harks fran
tically all the time.
LIGHTNING AT ITS WORK.
A YOUNG MAN AND BIS HORSE KILLED,
AND A LADY HURT.
Hamden, Ohio., Feb. 21.—[Special.
Last night during a heavy thunder
storm, Sanders Buckley and his cousin
Miss' Letita] Buckley, while returning
from a visit to one of their neighbors
near Cambriar station, were struck by
lightning. The young man aud the
horse which he was driving were in
stnntly killed. The youug lady who
was riding by the side of her cousin,
sustained injuries from which she may
not recover, one of her arms being par
alyzed,
Birmingham, Ala., an infant in
ooffin was discovered hy workmen
The barn of Martha Bell, a worthy
colored worn am, was burned near Adams
Station, Tenn., .together with nearly
4.000 pounds of tobacco. The oabin of
Mat Bone, colored,near the same place,
was fired, and he was filled with slugs
from a gun as he left his door.
An insane man at Dedham, Mass.,
murdered his three-year-old child be
cause he liked to go to funerals.
C’lias. E. Warner, of Acron, Ohio,
fell from a 4-story wiudow and is still
alive.
Sarah Bernhart has taken the part
of the Virgin Alary iu tho Passion
Play, at Parris.
Mrs. Edward Randull was assassina
ted at a prayer meeting near Lebanon,
Ind.
A Chicago minister named Streclifus
was arrested on the charge of insulting
you ng gi rls on the street.
Sixty hoarding-school girls escaped
from a burning building in Texas by
means of a bell-rope.
At Erie, Pa., a young lady was burned
with vitrol and her lover shot an uu
known miscreants.
Walter Jones, the agent, has been ar
rested, charged with robbing the Wells-
Fargo express at Brownwood, Tex.
The remains of President Garfled are
said to have been removed four years
ago to an obscure vault at Cleveland,
for security from grave robbers.
The pension appropriation for the
next fiscal year, reported to the House,
calls for $98,427,401.
Miss Emma Fisher, in answer to
summons, went to the front door of her
home in Erie, when an unknown man
threw oil of vitrol in her face.&Herfac-
epted lover, Dennis McCarthy, started
n pursuit of the miscreant and was
hot and wounded.
Tlie sca’.p of Katie Eaegler, which
was torn off'by the machinery in a fac
tory at Manheim, has been replaced,
and an attempt will be made to heal it to
the cranium,
Asher Benner, of Bethlehem, aged 21,
and some companions were chased off a
fast freight train on which they were
stealing a ride at Allentown, and Ben
ner was killed iustantly.
Mrs. Mary Keeler has sued Mrs. Sa
rah J. Hassett in New York for $50,000
damages in alienating the affections of
her husband.
A sane man was confined in a
lunatic asylum for 20 years, at Seattle,
Wash.
Plielix Kamps, of West Virginia, will
be hanged March 7th. for lulling his
two children.
The suit of Mrs. Abner Dan forth,
against Grace Reformed Church, of Ak
ron, O., for $50,000 damages for slan
der, resulted iu a verdict iu favor of the
Church.
Chas. S. Dale, of St. Lonis, is charged
with murdering his wife to get the In
surance on her life.
Elison Mounts, who was the murder
er hanged the other day at Pikerville,
Ky., asks that he be executed in his
shirt sleeves, with bis pants tucked in
his boots. His request was granted.
The South Dakota farmers say they
must have helpor starve. 500,000 bush
els of seed wheat is necessary for them
to plant their crops.
A bill has been passed that will place
the city of Hamilton,Ohio,under Demo
cratic coutroL
Nortli Dakota has adopted the Aus
tralian ballot system.
At a funeral in New York city, sever
al grave diggers were thrown into the
grave and injured, while lowering the
coffin.
Some careless quarrymen in New Jer
sey left a dynamite cartridge in a room,
which exploded and wrecked the room.
A colliery explosion occurred in
France. It is not known how many
lives were lost, but already 34 bodies
have been recovered.
The democrats in the Ohio legislature
are feeding the republicans out of a
“Speaker Reed” spoon.
„ J. J. McCoy, of Russellville, Ky.,
was caught in machinery and sawed to
pieces.
The Nashville,Tennessee,negroes will
soon begin the publication of a Demo
cratic paper.
A negro woman at Georgetown, Ky.,
died from fright at a train of care.
A New England company will build
a railroad through the Holy I.and to
Damascus.
Mr. Powderly, the Knight of
chief, telle a pitiful story of the su»-«
raring miners in the Pennsylvania coal
regions. Men nnd women starve them
selves that their children may have a
bite to eat, and fathers walk the streets
all night that they may not hear tlio
pitious request for bread.
There isa gloomy outlook on the
Panama 'Isthmus, everybody being
bankrupt.
The Governor of Virginia has signed
the bill to prevent tlie sale of unwhole
some meat in that state. This bill is
directly aimed at Western meats.
P. T. Barnuni claims to own among
other musical curiosities tho biggest
lyre ever made. We trust this is no re
flection on his gentlemanly advertising
agent.
Near Knoxeille, Tenn., a little boy
• ho had been out where the farm hands
»ore shearing sheep wanted to carry
the shears. They were given to him
and he fell, ■ the shears piercing his
heart.
The Kentucky legislature has deci
ded to indefinitely extend its session.
The limit is sixty days.
Block Brothers, (proprietors of the
Mail Pouch” tobacco factory at
Wheeling, W. Va., who were charged
with swindling the government out of
$50,000, have satisfied the government
elaim.
The report of an American captive
among the Canadian Blackfeet Indians
will be thoroughly investigated.
It is probable the charter of tlie
Frankfort,Ky.,Lottery will be revoked.
An investigation is now in progross.
Gov. Fleming, of West Virginia will
honor requisitions from Kentucky for
Hartfield’s gang,and these outlaws; it is
expected, will soon be in the hands of
Justice.
The Congressional district of Ohio are
to he redivided by the Democratic Leg
islature this year, so that fifteen Demo
crats and only six Republicans may be
elected to Congress next fall.
No aetion will be taken on the mur
der of Deputy United States Marshal
Sanders, in Florida, until President
Harrison returns to Washington from
Pittsburg. It is likely that the Federal
court district in which the outrage oc
curred will be abolished, and cases tried
at more popular and law-abiding
places.
The wife of a prominent politician at
McKeesport, Pa., and her daughter
were arrested for shoplifting. Five
thousand dollars’ worth of goods were
discovered.
Thomas A. Brashears, of Brashears
Station, of the Cliesapeako and Ohio
railroad, in Kentucky, was beaten te
death by Gus Sullivan and his son,
Samuel C.
HIS OWN CONFESSION.
A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY SENTENCED
TO THREE YEAR’S IMPRISONMENT
FOR MUttDEU.
Littlb Rock, Feb. 21,—[Special.]—
Eddie Stewart was placed in State’s
prison last night. He is only sixteen.
He was convicted on his own confession
of the murder of R. E^Qpborne, in the
Circuit Court of AshLf,;^ county, last
week, and received a Tiiircc years’ sen
tence. Osborne was taking a drove of
horses across the country from Shreve
port, La., and employed the boy, who
killed him while camped on the Bejou,
near Portland, Ark. The young mur
derer robbed his victim of three or four
hundred dollars, nearly ail of which
sum was found on him when lie was ar
rested.
YOUTHFUL GLADIATORS.
A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY ENDS A BABY FIGHT
PROBABLY IN A FATAL MANNER.
Wheeling, W. Va, Feb. 19.—[Spe
cial.]—At Alderson, Monroe county, a
five-year-old boy named Jewell, engag
ed in a fight with a little colored girl
named Smith. The girl .was beating
the little boy badly, when his seven-
year-old brother rushed in and stabbed
her with a knife. The wound is be
lieved to be fatal.
HOW THEY WORKED IT.
Mrs. Lyle Would Have Been Given the
Athena Post Office but fer Buck
and Wanam&ker.
Mrs. Lyle, the lady who came so near
ge'ting the Athens post office is the wife
of Mr. Lee Lyle, formerly of Athens,
and is a most estimable lady. She
would have filled the position most
creditably, and it is a matter of univer
sal regret that she did not get the ap
pointment. Mrs. Lyle had many rela
tives in Virginia, who by their endeav
ors in her behalf, brought a strong
influence to bear upon the President.
Mr. Harrison wonld nave given her the
office, but for the strong-protest of Boss
Buck and Mr. Wanamaker. Af er tho
President had decided to send iu her
name to the Senate for confirmation.
Buck and Wannamaker went to him
and insisted that it would kill bis
chanoes in Georgia in the next cam
paign. They showed that by appoint
ing Matt Davis he would carry a solid
republican delegation from Georgia.
This is the way they worked it, aud
their game was successful.
Matt Davis got the plum.
A Postal Card Swindle.—There
seems to be a general complaint about
tho shortage in the contract for print
ing the government postal cards. The
New York postmaster states to a repor
ter for the World; “We have had con
siderable trouble of late through repeat
ed complaints of shortage in these pack
ages ef twenty-five. Unless the short-
is discovered in the presence of the
clerk selling them, we cannot refund
or replace the missing cards. The only
rule we can follow is the one observed
in banks. Errors cannot be corrected
after the packages are carried away,
for it would be a dangerous precedent
to establish, and the manufacturer
would resist the reductions that mu3t
be in his accounts. *There have been a
great many complaints regarding the
quality of the material used, and I un
derstand that the matter is being inves
tigated at Washington. It sometimes
happens that the printed sheets are not
properly dried after being printed, so
that the official lettering has beeu trans
ferred to the reverse side of the cards.”
A mulatto in Maryland cut his wife’s
throat and then killed himself:
Dyptheria is wiping out whole fami-
ties at Easton, Penn.
A pretty Syracuse, N. J.,girl escaped
f**om school and went to Cincinnati,
where she was having a fine time when
arrested by the police.
Mrs. Lipencott, wife of the Atlantic
City Imtel-keeper, who forged her hus
band’s name to checks, lost $150,000 in
stock gambling.
A Philadelphia showman-gave an ex
hibition to an audience of only two
persons.
A little girl at a school in Hillstille,
Mich., attempted suicide by taking
paris .green.
Calledonths Banner.—In relating
the incidents of his trip to Athens, tho
editor of the Elberton Star says: “We
called at the Bannkr office and found
Larry Gantt at nis post, as cool as a cu
cumber amid the excitement with
which the town was filled. The hot
fight against Wanamaker in which he
is engaged, seems to have bad no other
effect on him than ajslight deepending of
the lines around the corners of his
mouth, and a little firmer set to bis lips,
than heretofore. Of his efficient co-la-31
borers we met only T. Rein Crawford
and Mr. J. T. Gantt. The Banner’s^
new office isa tnreo story builuing aud
iseneofthe handsomest structures iu
the oity.
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