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ATHENS, GA. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1891.-8 PAGES.
VOL. 59-NO. 86
Y*sTt«
.pay was
TllK Democrats now na
the worst day of all.
have a smooth
. lhe schools of Athens are pros-
At'- oM r.:. never prospered before.
^ast^everp
arc men and men, but never
man with audacity like
There i
^(THOMAS B. RKEP.
wn ^ ABD want8to
.“xhersex. This is wrong, dear
ri .vwTsnsod free coinage seem to
"been forgotten in the excitement
lTer the last daysjrf congress.
T HE rain yesterday was such as
^arly washed away the mud from Ato
ms’ streets.
T ai weather maps from the war de
triment ihdicate no change in the
eeatber for the near future.
It has been left for an Alliance legis
lature to endow the State University.
Vow, wait and see.
*
Ton Reed will he put on the com
mittee on ventilation in the democratic
congress.
St cii weather as this is seriously in
terfering with the farmers iu the prep
aration of their lands for planting corn.
Thk census was a fraud and every
thing else that came under the guidance
of the republican emigres aDd a repub
lican president.
^ ■ —
Thk Geological board and the Geo
logical bureau so to speak have made
peace between themselves and things
art very quiet both in the board and
bureau. \ cry quiet.
Hon. Andrew J. Conn will do the
state a great juslice if he does succeed
in securing a means of sending a great
exhibit to the world's fair.
That was nothing but speaking out
In meeting when the Democrats voted
against the resolution of thanks to Czar
Rent). It was fair if it w as not Cits
loin ary.
According to the law enacted by the
city council, if a dog tears away his
muzzle for a minute only, and comes
Id the range of a policeman’s pistol he
shall be shot in cold blood.
If this prove true, the cold weather of the Industrial Home, and it ought
has beeo a Godsend to the Southern I to receive the hearty support and as
States, coming especially when it I sistance of every business man in the
did come. city.
Further than this, the cold has I The indomitable energy of the wo*
killed the germs of disease that have men who have under their guidance
been lurking around over the lower the affairs of the Industrial Home
country safe in the warmth of the has been proved to the people of
mild winter. The good done in this Athens more than once before,and the
way is incalculable. truly wonderful successes that they
Perhaps the only disadvantage the have achieved are a sufficient evi-
weather has brought is that befog I dence that the coming entertainment
for the most part rainy and wet, the will be all that it coold be.
farmers have not been allowed to ac- I These women are prompted in their
complish much towards preparing untiring labor for the poor of Ath<*
their lands for spring planting. It cos by the noblest of impulses and
IS HE THE MAN?
V. T. REEVES ARRESTED FOR
SHOOTING DICK SAULTER AND.
WIFE.
going to knock me on the head. They ]
I tried to get me to go to Cobbham hut
II refused as soon as a friend told me [
what they had said.
“Finally I decided to slip' away from I
| them and did so, with a negro named
UNCLE REMUS TALKS. | ALL1ANCEMAN GORDON-
WILLIAM HENRY. HIS GRANDSON. THE FAMOUS SENATOR A MEM
GETS INTO TROUBLE. | BER OFTHAT FAMOUS l£>Dv!
The Evidence Against Him Is Pretty Reid * Both of us % went to Caroline I Plantation Talk as It ib Talked oh The Initiation Was Secret-Cordon is
Strong But he Tells What Seems
Straight Tale—What he. Says.
will soot be the season for the plant- sorely theirs is a task that deserves JgSjjJJ* “ d h ® “ D ° W *“
ing of corn and the lands should have more friendly recognition from the
already been pat in good condition merchants than it has received hith
The work has been orto. It i. the aim of tlm women J V. T. Reeves ia a young mao, ap,».
for the sowing,
ionsly retarded.
has brought much to be thankful for, I °°w used by the Home. Until this I anil curly aud his moustache light, he
and little, very little to regret. Let can be done they desire to fit up their has light blue eyes that look at you
us be contented. | building more creditably. To do I ^uarely when he talks.
this they piopose to have an enter
tainment in the near future that will
be a source of revenue for the Indus-
CLEVELAND AND FREE COINAGE.
It is true that Mr. Cleveland has
brought criticism upon himself for I jj ome
UU anliQiree co i“*8 e viewe ; il » That entertainment will be such
tiuethat free coinage of silver is
going to be urged as a plank in the
platform of the next democratic plat
form in ’92 ; and it may be true that
such a plank will be nailed firmly
into that platform ; but it does not
necessarily follow that Mr. Cleveland I capitalist alike,
will not be the man to stand upon it
after all. | GEORGIA PEOPLE.
Now. The Banner has always been
an advocate of the free coinage of | s“ m'ltaJdS
Maj. J. B. Gumming, of Augusta. He
was in the city attening court this
week.—Madisonian.
A/'ikns can easily find capitalists to
buy up her bonds if she decides to float
them. The Classic City has always
paid its debts promptly and the capital
ills have their eyes on her already.
Thomas’ and spent the night there.
“I paid the bill for both of us.
“That is a plaim and truthful state
ment of where I was Monday night and
a brutal | how anybody can say I was anywhere
else I don’t see.”
HOW THE CASE STANDS.
A Bankbb representative late in the
night called upon every person Beeves
had mentiond and found that his tale
the Southern Farms—A Good Btort |
of the Old Man.
Now an Alllanceman In Name as
Well as Principle.
Arrested and jailed.
Charged with attempting
marder.
Charged with shooting B. R. Saulter,
an old man and his aged wife.
Charged with robbing a store-keeper
of$280. }
All these charges have been brought I had been fairly straight.
Advanced Proof from Constitution.
“Mias Sally,” said Uncle Remus, as he
came around the corner of the bouse, lead
ing William Henry, his grand-son, by the
coat collar, “is Mane John gone down
town >i;f”
“Long ago,” arid the lady. “Why, its
after eizht o'clock.”
“Now, ain’t dat too bad!" exclaimed Un
cle Remus. “I bleeze ter see Mane John,
build a more spacious and a,more
rently about twenty-five or thirty years
old, rather a fair looking man. His |
There are about two hours though I but ef 1 starts down town wid dish yer
unaccounted for. The life of the pris-1 y« u “B Yilyun, dey’ll take »im away fum
oner may hang on the way he disposes 3?~t'Sri«5i?de
of that time. | »j m D0W —£ de8 knows dey is. Dey er
He was at Heard’s about 10 o’clock p. I bleeze ter be atter ’im."
m., and came to Caroline Thomas’ after I William Henry was the picture of des-
j i - r — | old, ratner a lair loosing man. xiis i —» . All he could do was to wliimner
All in all, however, the weather comfortable building than the one face is round and ruddy, his hair black 12 m., presumably about 1 o’clock a. m. K nd cry, “Don’t let ’em git me, daddy-
silver, and when the democratic con
vention of ’92 meets it will be found
that we will still be urging Ibis I
principle as a part of the party’s
platform. We shall strive to see it |
adopted by the convention.
He runs a blind tiger on the Elberton
road a few yards outside of the city
limits.
He is not married.
THE CHASOE AGAINST HIM.
Last Monday night B. B. Saulter, an
as will furnish enjoyment for every I old man, was shot down in bis store, his
body who attends. It |certainly wife was shot too.
He was robbed of $280 as well.
His assailants were two men, negroes,
or white men well blacked.
They were not adepts at their work
but did it well and disappeared after
| the crime was committed as completely
though the earth had swallowed
them up.
There seemed to be no evidence
against any one who was known and it
looked as though the authors of the
crime would remain unknown for
I ever.
THE DETECTIVE STEPS IN.
A detective was on the track though.
Between these hours he could have I
gone to Saulter’s, committed the crime |
and come back.
Where was he?
Upon the answer to that question
great deal depends.
His alibi is almost perfect if he can |
fill in what promises to be a fatal gap,
he will be safe.
If he cannot 1
don’t let ’em git me.
“What is the matter with the ohild?”
asked the lady.
‘You call ’im chile, Mias Sally?” ex
claimed Unde Remus. “He older in sin
dan ole man Methnselmn. Miss Sally,
yon don’t know nothin’ ’tall ’bout dat nig
ger. He’s rank pizen. He des got
enough er de new issue nigger In ’im fer
ter sen’ im’ fum de callaboose ter de chain-
;, en fum de chain-gang ter de gallus.”
Atlanta, Ga., March 7.—Senator John
B. Cordon ie now a ffnil-fiotignrl Ailing
He was initiated into thr myeter-
k* M the order last Friday night. The
i took place at the Alliance hal,
at Mayeen’e crossing in DcKalb oeuntp.
The hail vras crowded with members <tf
thn Alliance and a few prominent vfetit-
«*• Governor Northen was to bane
bean present, bat he was anavoidatfiy
I by an engagement made anew
ttoae ago that cnM not be broken.
OeL J. O. Waddell, president
agriMdUnal society, and Col. S.
Brad well, stale school oocnra iseiet
were among the prominent man pucceaL
Alter the initiation. which was eC
oenree secret, Gen. Gordon made one «f
his ectempocaneeus speeches, which was
1 to the echo. It was a eon-
sweat ito speech, and came direct ban
the heart of this great man who is so
weil laved by Georgiaua. *<-L he*.
He declared that the objects and
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
ought for this reason and for the
worthy cause which it is intended
receive a liberal patronage from mer
chant, business man, laborer, and
Mr.. Tom Tuttom, of Wlntervllle,
Shoots Himself With a Pistol.
News of a very frightful accident
down at Winterville reached Athens
yesterday.
It seems that while Mr. Tom Tuttom
was oiling a double acting revolver to
put it away in its case the pistol acci
dentally went off, the ball passing Tbto Wik&Ztf to
“But what has he been doing?” the lady I , . ,
ii.quired, with some interest She hadn't l.B* felt peefectly at home among
seen Uncle Remus so tborodghly wrought I . »®d pledged himself to
op io many a long day.
“I declar* ter gracious, Miss 8ally,” said
the old man with emphasis, “ 'twixt what
l koowa, en dat wbat I 'spicious, I could
set right flat on de groun' here an' take up
yo time fer mighty nigh a whole week
tellin’ you 'dont de doin’s er dish yer nig
ger. I done teed all kinder niggers eu
durin’ er my day en lime, but dis is d,
moe’ outdoinest, owdacions nigger wbat 1
aver is come 'croes. Slraignten up here
you wall-eyed Afflkint fo’ I jump on you
Nunnally.—A writer in the Chris
tian Index regrets to say that Dr. Nun
nally has not had the co-operation from
the Mercer college faculty he should
have had. They, instead of aiding him,
through Mr. Tuttom’s leg below the
knee inflicting a very painful wound.
Doctor Carter and Dr. Thurmond
were called in and dressed the wound.
The bone was badly Bhatterred by the
ball, and while it is not thought preba
ihe shrinking and penitent William Henry.
“Turn him loose and stop jerking him
around,” said the lady. Can’t you tell me
»kat he has done?” The serious, almost
severe, tone of the lady subdued Uncle
Remus's violence somewhat.
“Well, you know, Mlsi Sally, when dat
He was working quietly and slowly I ble at present, amputation may be nec-1 %£!tfSm&Vbr£ awaj“fum tohoS I 2?**£*&*■
.A — I i M a.1 .... 1 I W ! . - . . . .• _ I mATt that tlia A llmnna krori enonverf Mm
* all that was in his power to better
toe esodiUoa of the men who epeof
their Kvee in toiling on the farm.
President J. R. Mayson said that bo
had known Gen. Gordon from has boy
hoed, and be fie rod that Senator Gorton
would be trae to the cardinal priasiptas
of the Alliance cause. He oongratodotod
the Alliance upon having each a member
as Bnator Gordon, who was in a poao-
tkm to render so much service to the
toiling masses of America.
Vice President H. M. Smith oongrato-
latod the cause upon the accession of
such a member. He had known Gen.
Gordon for years and bo felt that he
would prove a great champion for Che
Alliance cause.
Got J. O. Waddell was the next
speaker. He said that he knew Gen.
Gordon to be a man on whom the farm-
But we shall not cry Cleveland out I have been incliued to antagonize. It
. . ■ ... ,, , - _ does not take a miscroscope to see this
ot the party like some so-called dem by a c i 08e observer. Certainly it is not
ocratic papers just because he is op- I Dr.Nunnally’s fault.
posed to the free coinage of silver in
his own personal opinion.
When the platform is made, then
will be time enough to test Mr
Cleveland’s devotion to the party
Hemphill.—Col. and Mrs. Wm. A.
Broughton will attend the china wed
ding of Mayor W. A. Hemphill and lady,
of Atlanta^ on next Saturday night. It
will be one of the grandest entertain
ments of the season.
Glessner.—When Georgia creates
Baseball fever is again taking holil
of Georgia and it seems that a State
lfAgue is sure to be organized this year.
Athens. Rome, Atlanta, Columbus, Ma
con, Augusta and Savannah are talking
the matter over
“Canada watts reciprocity and
wants it Bail,” says a Georgia weekly
“ami though we have not been reading
the papers of late and don’t care to take
•ides one way or another no'uow, we
reckon she ought to have it.”
— to »♦>
The New York World will send
man to Athens soon to write up the
town provided the eity shows a willing-
• Ms to defray the excuses of such an
artie’e. Come, now, city fathers since
you have passed a dog law that will
make the city conspicuous give a little
more attention to advertising your city
8ata the McDuffie Journal: The re^
markable decline in the price of cotton
for the last few weeks has astonished
everybody. August cotton has gone
down to 8 85. a fall unprecedented in
the history of cotton futures. About a
month ago when August cotton declined
to 9.32 it was thought that it would not
go much if any lower, but it is still de
clining, for the crop of the present
»c»‘on was an enoimous one, much of
which was held back by the farmers
during the first of the season, and has
recently been thrown upon the market.
The New York Herald thus sum-
trE-izea tha work of the Fifty-first Con
gress :
More than one thousand million dol-
In exact figures the appropria
tions of the Republican Congress foot
JJP 11,009,270.471. Uncle Sam will be a
piuper July ^ 1892. On that day there
J, ** a deficiency in the United
» &te t treasury of fOS.OSO, 688. Availa
e.un-plus in the United States treasury
iMt night, $18,(508,046 51. Available
rplus m the United States treasury
te «‘ght, 18,931,217.31.
Uuse— Pensions.
He is a strong man in his party and the office of state immigratiou comrais
il he i. willing to ee.ve le.der aed I ^i^” for^th^'place," Maj'°lv\L’
will pledge himself to the party’s | Glessner, of Americus.
platform he will certainly lead the
democracy of this country on to a
iriumpbaut victory in 92.
NORTHEN AND NOBLE.
The Banner thoroughly concurs
with the Columbus Enquirer-Sun in
what it says about the conference be
tween Governor Northen and Secre
tary Noble. And this is wbat it
says :
“ If the establishment of a State
colored university in Georgia is in-
Branham.—Editor Branham, of
Rome, says Rome has not bowled be
cause Macon got the encampment site
but because of those mysterious condi
tions.
but very surely
Yesterday evening he arrested Beeves
and put him in jail. The evidence
against him is very damaging.
And B. O. W. Rose is the man who
did the detective work.
the detectives story.
| “How did I happen to think of
Reeves? Well, it was this way.
“I heard a few things here and there
putting them all together I could hard
ly help lighting on the right man,
whom I am pretty sure is Beeves. I
have been working night and day,
riding hard and walking fast. I can
tell you it is not an easy thing to do, to
essary before the wound heals. I Dat bin mo’ dan a fortnight ago. I tnck
Mr. Tuttom has hosts of friends who dat boy out dar te’r side er Wes’ Een’, out
hope to see him recover at an early dar Baxter krep a dairy, en
y | f got ’im in dar. Mr. Baxter say be look
like he’s a likely boy, en ha say he'll take
day.
The sales last week at the Ten Cent
Store were immense. Ask your neigh-1
bor about the low prices at the Ten
Cent Store. Everything must go at |
cost.
UP IN HARMONY GROVE.
’un in en gin ’im a sbowin’—much on ac- 1
c mnt er knowin’ me so long ez on ac
count er waatin’ de boy.
“Wellum; dat sorter sot me up. Dey
wuz land dar whar he could plow an hoe,
en room enough out dar fer ’im ter l'ain
mo’ sense in a weak dan what he kin Tarn
in deze yer nigger schools in sev’m year.
He had ere’y thing ter his ban’—ash-cake
en dnmpiin's ter eat, en pot-licker, en but
termilk ter drink. I com off en lef ’im
dar; an it make me feel mighty proud dat
he wuz dar.
1 look like de place wnz made ter fit
im. I wuz gwine ’long ’cross town, en 1
bear some body boiler at me, en dar wuz
SOMETHING TO LAUQH AT.
An all-round remdy—pills,—Phila
delphia Inquirer.
“That was a crack shot,” said th*
boy as he difigured the show-window
with a pebble.—Washington Post.
It is not a good time to read the Bi
ble while your wife is out in the rain
cutting stove-wood.—The Ram’s Horn.
It is easy to gain a great reputation
definitely delayed, the colored people I for truthfulness by always speaking ill
will be indebted to the g. o. p. for the ot yourself.-Indianapolis Journal,
m. . I There are about ten years in the best
circumstance. The action of t>It*' l man’s lif e in wbicli he l 0Ve s women
legislature in providing for such an ter than woman.—Achisou Globe.
institution was based, in a large mea- The merchant may knowr nothing of
.. j . . . the pugilist, but he has daily struggles
sur6 9 on the expected receipt of tb© I with the price-fighter.—Boston Cou-
Federal agricultural appropriation. I tier
What Is Transpiring In Our Neighbor
ing City,
Harmony Grove, March 7.—[Spe
cial.]—’Squire Rube McGinnis, of Po-
cataligo, was in town yesterday.
Col. P. M. Edwards, a prominent at-
to catch a man or even “spot” a man I torney and editor of Homer, Ga., passed I WHiiam Henry a^drivin~ de milk ~ waggin”
when a crime is apparently shrouded I through the Grove yesterday morning I £ uy ter myse’f dst he done fix sbo.
mystery. It takes a great deal of en route for Athens. j £ went along dis away twetdis Homin’—
bard work “and Mr. Bose stroked bi Mr. Morgan L. Chandler, the mer-1 en dar de town nigger Showed off agin’.
chant prince of Grove Level, Ga., was
in our town yesterday on business,
Mr. B. S. Bohannon has recently
completed the painting of the interior
of the Methodist church at this place.
Mrs. Prof. J. H. Walker is visiting
that the Alliance bad secured him.
as a member.
OaL S. D. Brad well, state school oorrv-
; said that he wae rejoiced to
gtoe the right hand of fellowship to a
whom do had always esteemed aaa
brother Alliance men.
After tlae meeting adjourned. Senator
Gordon received the congratulations of
ovary member present.
A StTlUo Settled.
Joliet, HL, March 7.—The employes
of the steel raids have accepted the
propeetMiuu of the money?meet m regard
to wage*. It is open a chdtng scale,
based apea the prices paid last yean.
the noth ballot toe Democrats
in is Wroots legislature, for toe first
tfaso, awrod io adjourn.
HOPE FOR1BRS. MAYBRICKi
beard meditatively.
THE EVIDENCE AGAINST REEVES,
“To state the evidence correctly and
concisely 1 will talk in short sentences,
he continued. “Here is it.”
“Reeves once worked for Fowler,
who keeps a bar a short distance from
He flung all de fat la de fler, en I wish ter
de Lord he’d a jumpt in after it. Stan’ up |
dar, ear, en tell yo Min Sally what you
tol’ me, ef you got de face ter do it, en 11
know you is, kase yon er town nigger,
bora en bred."
“Tell me about It, William Henry,” said I
her auut, Mrs. Dr. R. R. Halden, of the I the lady, in a tone at once kind aod reas-
Gate City. I soring. “I hope yon haven’t killed' any-
Mr. Crogan Shankle has been teach- j bodv ”
A Claim to be Made That Judge Ste
vens Was Insane When he Heard
Her Case.
London, March 6.—[Special.]—Jus
tice Stevens continues to give evidence
of insanity. His proceedings on the
bench are, to say the least, erratic. His
condition gives the friends of Mrs. May-
Sauiters, he was familiar with Saulters I ing this week in the place of Mfss Liz-| “No’m I aioL Daddy done got me | brick, especially her mother, the Bar-
way of keeping money in his house ^"unt of’the^lln^o^Ltr m”her°. n fSb’app^n ’long^^mtty Roque, hope that Mrs. May-
best “Saulter was shot Monday night. Farmers reDOrt their work fix it up on me. 1 done hurled a white {brick will be released from prison be-
bet- I Reeves has told a supposed friend that I account of the recent rains m** 1 ’ 8 filin’ 8 ! I speck Mr Baxter milk | fore the termination of her term. Mrs
I a _ii al.a -La I . ^ . .« • _ I wfiuirin done fill briika. hut dt* Tanrd knows I i s—1_ i*. :n t —u j -
This fund was to be prorated be
tween the whites and blacks in the
prep >rtion that, in the wisdom of the
Stale authorities, seemed fair and
equitable. While the proposed di
be was out all that night.
“Saulter was shot by a full faced,
well dressed man. Reeves fills the
description.
“The man who shot Saulter wore a
red cravat; again Reeves fills the bill,
“The man who did the.shooting wore
a gold breast pin, not a scarf pin; again
Reeves fills the bill.
Fair Client: And is this what you
call a deed? Real Estate Lawyer: Yes.
Why? Fair Client: It locks more
like words.—New York Sun.
Somebody says that nobody can tell
what they don’t know, but the world is
full of people who do a great deal of
vision of the fund is not inconsistenl | tr y in 8 in that direction.—Ram’s Horn. I satc hel full of silver and a pistol; be
Baglcy: Did you never have a horror I no t do a big business. Where did
?e^m n e^t U er i rli^ i nUdI e ii ; ttje t while I silver come from and then when
in Philadelphia.—Brooklyn Life
“Mr. Tawker is a brilliant controver
which Saulter was shot,
and bad weather generally,
The sale of crockery, glass and tin
ware will continue at the Ten Cent
Store next week, the same as
Everything mnst be sold
make' room for the dry goods that are
coming in.
waggio done all broke, but de Lord knows |
it want me done It myse’f.”
» >.<a
“Tell me abont it,” said the lady.
'Wellam, Mr. Baxter, he ax me kin
last week drive de milk waggin, an’ I say yasser, 1
speck I kin, ci-ppin de mule run’d away,
. ♦»»n’ dey want nobodycnnld drive a mole
dey want nobody c«i
whilst he rnnnin’ away.
FOR THE CONTESTEE
THE WEATHER ON THE FARM.
Inere never was even in the memr.
or y of the irrepressible oldest citizen
*uch a long continued spell of bad
feather as the month? of January,
ebruary and March have brought
forth.
of the winter that we have had
>n the Piedmont section of the South-
ern seems to have been con -
uentrated and confined within the
narrow limits of the past six weeks.
n there has been some genuine
Winter l, 0 . Snow, sleet, rain, and
riving winds from the east aod the
northwest have brought cold weatb-
r < freezing over the sunny South
1 1 8 thick crust of ice,and it verily
that it all is not done with yet
bv »ny means.
l ° ^ ,e ‘ l *‘‘‘ 1 l be cold weath-
tre nee d be no alarm. It came
to kill the fruit crop, so
ruit growers say, but on the
8 tary was just in the nick of time
lh * bloo,ns fr <>“ the trees
lifet bb)88om with more
y iB * seasonable period.
with the provisions of the act ol
congress, it has not commended itselt
to Secretary Noble, one of the emis
saries of Harrison’s administration,
who, unfortunately has control ot
the matter. Secretary Noble is no
toriously pig-headed, and, having
decided that this fund should be dit.
vided to suit him, without reference
to the Georgia view, he cannot be
turned from bis position. He is fully
aware that the establishment of the
colored university depends npon this
land, and hangs now npon bis official
action.
And Governor Northen will abide
his own decision in the premises.
He has dropped the correspondence
with Noble satisfied that there* is
Beeves was seen Wednesday with a | The Election Case from Morgan Coun
ty Decided
Atlanta, Ga., March 5.—[Special.]
The Governor today decided the con
B the silver come irom ana tnen wnen The Governor today decided the con- switch bis tail an' go on. Look like 11 yesterda]
I you think that the pistol he had Wed- I Seated election case from Morgan coun-1 “ tv * r hav ® *°, much fan—-up dai I Q reen> a
- nesday is exactly the same kind of a ty in favor of p at Burney, the contes- f ’ R “ 10 h ° d * oulty arc
sialist.” “He is an intolerant bigot.” I pistol with wmen oauner was »luv, i tee>
You think so?” “Of course I do. He u bave an other link in the chain. I Three precincts were thrown out. .
never agrees with me in anytnmg. — llW , t>„ pv „ h was heinir carried to I wi»i, tio/i a ftf I wuz bekase wecome out sooner, er wher-
Cape Cod Item. When Reeves was being earned to two of these High had a majority of I it8 ^^e iia so cloudy, but ’fo’ we ,
First Broker: What has become of the jail, he said, speaking of two men forty-six, in one Burney had a majority j g 0 t ter whar de street Umps wuz 11 with an axe in his hand. Baringer drew
that messenger boy of yours ? He is I whom he refused to name, ‘If they don’t I of seven. High’s majority as returned (couldn’t see de mule’s tail, en de fog dee I his rifle and shot him between the eyes,
T—i big chunks. We I kniing him instantly.
Maybrick, it will be remembered, was
a year or so ago convicted of pois
oning her husband. She was given a
life sentence. The claim will now be
made that Judge Stevens was not in
Mr. Baxter say | soun d mind when he sat on the bench
all right, an’ de fust tnoroia’ er two be I to try the case, and by this means it is
went’long wid me. De mule wuz done | hoped to obtain either a pardon, com-.
trained. Time he struck town, he know I
de way he oughter go, an’ eve’y time he | mutatl °n of sentence or a retrial.
stop, <tar wuz de place ter ring de boll, an’ I He Killed His Neighbor,
de folks would come out an’git de milk, I ...
an’time de mule ’ud hear me hang del Montgomery, March 6.—[Special.]—
JI mud jin’ cup back on de can, he’d des I M. T. Baringer, liviDg near Greenville
* I switch his tail an’ go on. Look like 11 yesterday shot and killed' William
tenant on his farm. The diffl-
ely. | uuity arose between the two men over
“Well, dis mornin’when we start out, I the right or way in passing each other
In I it wnz plum dark. I dnoner wberrer it I j n the public road. Green got ont of
I wuz bekase we come out sooner, er wher-1.. , „ .
of | u . u. „ im I his wagon and started toward Baringer
slower than death. Second Broker: I m j n( j £ w m bring some one else into it.’ I was twenty-four. So the change gave I rolled aroun’ in great b
I overtook M . fri . na , Bureeyo ^ ori ,S5i?5f
AT LAST.
chunks.
mos’ done, and
, . . J bimely we got to de 'place whar dey’s a
who it was 1 won’t say, when the I a commission as treasurer in favor of I great big fat cook, an’ she come ont an’
I shooting was mentioned, and he was I Morgan was issued today. J got her milk an* weal back growlin’ like
The Extension of the Georgia Mid-1 laughingly accused of being one of the
land Is a Certainty. I men w ho committed the crime, 'No, I
Athens should he happy. I didn’t shoot him but I feel d d sore
Because the Georgia Midland is com-1 0 y e r it and would hate like h—11 to tell
ing sure. what I do know about it.’
There is no doubt of it. Itisacer-I “There is my case and 1 think.it is a
tainty. I strong one, don’t you?”
Athens has cause to be happy. I what reeves says,
The Midland is one of the most impor- | ^ night & Banner wporter went
the county jail and saw Reaves and this
is what he said:
she always do.
“Den it look like I bear somebody talk
in' on de yuther side de waggin, an* 1
'roan' an’ dar I see a white mao holdin* up
a tin pitcher er amupin’. I ax him how
Antagonism on the Stage.
Lima, Ohio, March 6.—[Special] —
Warfare has been commenced by the
I Ministers' association against the stage,
and at a mass meeting held last night
resolutions were passed denouncing the
nothing further to be accomplished tant roads imaginable for the city,
by it. Thus the matter will end, for I It means wealth and prosperity for
the present. Georgia will not get our merchants.
“ r . . . .. _ .... It means everything for the town,
the agricultural appropriation dur- 1 following telegram received late
ing the present republican adminis- lMt night exp i a ins itself:
Iration, unless Noble abandons his I Atlanta, Ga., March 7.—[Special.-
present position, or the Georgia legs there is no doubt of the extension of | "J^Vb12rin«£ bJt where ww“l?
i.i.tiiM mof-fa Ilia torma. Neither I the Georgia Midland to Athens. I have | you
“Monday evening I came to town
It will pay merchants handling this
line of goods to call and see tne low
prices at the Ten Cent Store. They
can buy them twenty*five per cent . .....
cheaper than they can get them else-I mnch'he want, an’it look to me like he I stage as being immoral and requesting
where. [say he want a quart. So 1 d rawed de I a fj the church members to refuse to at*
milk an’ retched over an’ poured it in de
MAKING RUM FROM MOLASSES- I ** ““ W “ h0ldin ’ “
United States Officials Make a Raid “Wellum.datar white man jump up
on Stills in Florida. j an’down out dar in de road and squaD
„ ., „ . _ ra __ 1 des like Bumpin’ n’er hurting him. 1,
Montgomery, Ala., March 5. [Spe- I foot bim right eloete, an’ I seed 1 done
cial].—A party of United States officials I poured de whole quart er milk in one ei
tend theatres and kindred amusemnets
and exert themselves to keep others
away.
THE HEAVIEST OF THE SEASON
man than myself when arrested on this
charge.
“It is true that I was out all night,
Monday, by out I mean away from my
, „ , «... ih... ■ Diace of business, but where was I? I
slature meets liis terms. Neither the Georgia Midland to Athens. I have
change is very probable. It may re- 8 gentleman who has been for
* several days in consultation with a rep-
main in this attitude until the next re8<>BtatiTe of John Robinson. He
administration, which will be demo- g8J>> tbat wbjle not aut h 0 rized to give
cratic, when the Government approo Ljiedetails, he is free to say that there , „... „ .. .
priatioD »iU be ordered p-d over .« „ d OT b, .iee .re- Cev ^ ‘X p^e hSWSISS.1
the Governor of Georgia. In the | rogton via High ShoaU to Atnen. “After I got there I wanted to stay I Store next week. Be sure and call early
meantime the negro college will pro- I Dr £. kw slusskr.—The many friends I but they persuaded me to come back I am * g8t tbe °* tbe ^a^Coleman.
h fl hlv waiL unless the legislature, at of Dr. Lew Slusser in Athens and this saying we would have some oysters. I
y - rlorvirlpa in n^o-1 8eC ^' on Georgia are glad to see I allowed my self to be persuaded and
the summer session, decides to p.o-1 back among them once more. Dr. Slus-I *
“There was never a more suprised from Georgia, Florida and Alabama, deze herev«ar trumpets what deff folks I Snow Falling In Boston and Through-
is
they
with two men, it
necessary to say who
l won’t tell their names.
“I stayed with them some time and
we all went back to my place
have just completed a raid through
West Florida, resulting in the capture
and destruction of twenty-six illicit
stills engaged in the manufacture of
rum from molasses, the seizure of sev
eral lots of illicit rum, and the arrest of
thirty prisoners. The raid occupied ton
not I days, and is the most thorough ever
were, | ma dein that section.
sticks in der yens."
Here the lady laughed so heartily tbat I
it was sometime before William Henry
could go on.
“Yrssum. He capered about out dar in I
de rood, and he tuck a notion dat I done
it on a purrypoM. He dacced tords de |
waggin an’ made a grab fer me, but I li<
out in de roan, au’ de mule trotted off, an'
I come on an’ tole daddy, an’ daddv be I
ray its da ruination er de wort* fer ter I
pour fresh milk in a year trumpet, an' I
out the New England States.
Boston, March 5.—[Special.]—Snow
began falling here early yesterday
morning and continued all day, accom
panied most of the time by a high
wind.
From twelve to fourteen inches fell,
the largest fall of the winter.
There has been but little delay to
I speck it is, kaze Iaint never bear er any- j traffic.
body else doing IL”
“Cose you kin laugh, Misa Bally,” said j
Uncl« Remus In a dejected tone, “but
I ’taint no laughin' mattei wldme an* wid
dish yer mizerbul nigger here”
' Fiddlesticks!" exclaimed the lady. I
“There’s no barm done. Send William
| Henry back to Mr. Baxter. Tell him bow
it all was, sad tell him I'll take milk from
Robt. Toombs DgBose.—Rev. Bobt.
vide for it directly oot of the 8UM I I ^ ..or p> ..dlrM u, .J P^“ M °^h!?r.f£dg7ni.“l^ id. If Wlllla. Heo., I. goioel
[■natives of lhe Free State. He lett | b „, tpe, had no money I uS^SSS'S "-iSSimP exclaimed Cod. Eemna, on-
"’Ain’t dey no harm done,
treasury, which is far from probable. I
THE LADIES’ BAZAAR*
S^Kat timebSV^romroen^ph^ and COD,dn ’ t get them on credit. i ^ any(rteodR in Athens who knew him | thusiastically.
S^^n the Stateof Ohio Hrwi^ ii "Th«“ we went to Heards. While we | bo well and admired him so much while | Miss Sally?”
, !i»in D in Athens several daysiriW*afte I were there these two men went outside I a s uden' at the old University will be | “Not the slightest,” add the lady.
That is a most praiseworthy ef- journey through the Land of I and were heard to say that they were df«gbted at this opportunity to hear| -“WelU thank God fer daL Come
fort the ladies are making io behalf Flowers. li* preach, bi»erbojl
From various parts of New Ham-
shire, Mainer and Vermont a heavy
snow-fall is reported, which has badly
blocked the roads and rendered travel
almost impossible in some places.
They Shot Their Officers.
Buenos Aybks, March 5.—[Special].
—Advices received from Chili state
that three battallions and the fourth
regiment of government troops, sta
tioned near Fisauga, have shot their
officers and declared themselves in favor
Of the revolutionists, __ .