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G-i^f cj: AW*. Cv^M SiiczL. . DAILY EDITION. VOL b ATHENS GEORGIA FRIDAY MORflNG, JULY 24,1885 274 GEN. GHANTr)EAD!l vill *” ,ob ” il ^ thispeat ^ ,nk li?e He PiiK.sc* Away Without a Struggle, The Remain* Will Probsi- bly be Buried m Wash ington. Atlanta, Ga., Tnlv 33.—Gen. Ulyaaet R. Grant «!»•?«! lbi« morning at Mount McGregor, five minutes aftei eight o'clock. Ilis demise had been momentarily expected forsev- eral days, and his family were all gathered around the couch of the old hero. He passed away without a struggle, and just before his death asked for water, which was given him. His remains will probably be interred in Washington. The whole country is wrapped in gloom at the sad tidings, and telegrams of sym pathy are pouring in to the bereaved family from all countries. Gen. Grant's wife and children r.re al most del rious from grief, ar.d re fuse to he comforted. to the south and let it force the western connection. There R * better chance jpf the Athens & Co lumbus road forcing this former line than the extension of the N. E. to Clayton doing to. The city of Athens at ont time came within $10,000 of purchasing the Mary ville road, but the trade fell through owing to certain parties in Augus ta, interested in the project, hacking out . ;• 1 he Third Georgia. We return thanks to Col. Clai borne Snead for an invitation to at tend the reunion ot the id Georgia regiment, tabe&eW M N&yneeboao on the 29th anti 30th insta. Fine Vegetables. An old colored gardcnei for Mrs. E. P. Bishop, of this city, ygaierday handed us the largest tomato and sweet potatoe we have seen this year. The potatoe weighed exactly one pound. Mrs. B. is certainly a model gardener. Wheat Burned. Mr Terrell Cochran, of Wilmus district, in Banks county, had a stack of wheat burned on Monday, containing 60 odd bushels of grain. The fire caught from the thresh engine, just as they were making preparations to thresh out the wheat The Fruit Crop. We have seen no good peaches yet, and the general report is that th • crop will l»e small and insignifi cant. Apples and pears are all Watermelons are abundant, but sin dl in size and lacking flavor. A SCHOOLOF TECHNOLOGY- MORE ABOUT RAILROADS. M A PI SOS KCOHKI A SOT HEJl FOIST, ASP UOIJM OLT TWO A I.TEES'A T1 VES TO AT HESS. THE IS'Jl’SCTJOSISTS JIA VE SO HOPE OF WIXSISa. HUT "SLY FHlHT/XO nut pe la r. The railroad excitement gathered Jresh force ycstcidaj, upon the turn of PiCsideut Pope Barrow and Mr. E. K. llodgson from an ins tigating tour to Madison. These gentlemen report that little city in a fever of excitement, and deter mined on building a roa.i in some direction, to get lioin beneath the grasp o.f the Cential syndicate. They say they greatly prefer going to Athens, hut if our city turns its hack upon them that they will build 10 the south an independent line and tap the E. T., Va. & lia. at Jackson, in Butts county, that will give them the same advantages that they would have by connecting with the R. & D. To this end, four gentlemen of Madison liuve pur chased the rond-bed ajid charter of the Madis' n, Monticello & Griffin road, and with a cash subscription of $100,000, will offer it to the E. T., Va. & G*., provided that company will equip them a line. The people of Madi*on .mean business, and know no such word as tail. They also propose to turn this money and road-bed ovet to the R. & D.,’ pro vided that line extends to them. It is well argued that a line from Mad ison to Jackson will deprive Ath ens of every dollar's worth of trade and every hale of cotton she now gets from Madison, and our people will then he forced, in self defense, to build the A, & M. road from their own pockets or lose a big slice of business. It this is done, it gives Madison three competing lines, and will indeed make her the great mart of this section, and sap Athens as dry as a bone. These new devel opments are opening the eyes of our people, and they scarcely know which way to turn. Madison’s claims took a big hound yesterday, and several of its bitterest opponents have now fallen into line. We are reliably informed that the gentlemen who filed that injunction against the city council have no hope of success, but all they want is to delay the consummation of the trade until the question can bo thoroughly sifted. Our people are still badly divided, hut we feel assured that they will unite on a plan that they think will be*t ad vance the interests and prosperity of our little city. We learn that Messrs. R L Bloomfield. Talmadge Bros., Hodgson Bros., O’Farrell & Hodgson, R. Nickerson and E. I. Smith, all prominent and represen tative business men and vitally in terested In the prosperity o£. Alli ens, are now in favor ot accepting the proposition made the R. & D. by council and let that company se lect its own route. All hope of a through line to Knoxville is given up, and the only chance of filling the gap be tween Tallulah Falla and Mavy- Death of a Young Lady. Miss Rivers, a daughter of Mr. J. Rivers, who lives just outside of e city, died Wednesday night last. ileijfuneral was preached at the B iptist church, and her remains in* teried in Oconee cemetery yester day afternoon. Railroad Travel. Travel on the North-Eastern rail road for the past month has been very good. People from South and Southeast Georgia in search of the many summer resorts of’ Northeast Georgia pass over this popular te The Georgia road is also •g a fin»* passenger business. Prohibition is Gainesville The plan lately in vogue in Gaines ville, of allowing drug stores to sell liqnorupon the certificate of a phy sician has proven a delusion. Drum mers played around the city with whole books of certificates. One d 11 g store took in 350 liquor pre scriptions in twenty seven days. The Fence Contest Judge Jackson is still sick And the contested fence election in Clarke county will not be tried to morrow, as Dr. Pope says the Judge will not be able to go out for four days. As the lawyers will be absent at Oco nee court next week another delay must be granted. Tk« Nacoochee Gold Mina. Mr. Otis Childs came down from the mountains yesterday, bringing in a fine lot of gold dust and nug gets taken from their Nacoochee mine the past few days. A very rich vein has been struck, and tliere is every prospect for this property paving handsomely. Mr. Childs will leave in a few days to spend awhile at his home in Massachu setts. A Athens feels a vital interest in the bill now pending before the legisla ture to establish a School of Tech nology in Georgia, as there is but little doubt about its being located in our midst We have already the nucleus for such an institution in connection with the University, and it would require but a small sum, comparatively, to start it op. There is nothing more necessary for the advancement and development of our state than educated artisans. While a classical education is all right in its place, this does not open enough avenues for our young men. What we need is skilled mechanics of all kinds—the very class of men that we are forced now to import from the North. A graduate at college has but two avenues open to him—the law and the school house. He is unfitted for anything else, and as a consequence these professions are now overcrowded and receive fresh recruits at every commencement. Besides the apparatus connected with the State University and which can be used iu a School of Technology, there are located in Athens every clftss of manufactories, the doors of which will be thrown open to the students. ^ Our little city has already produced | Athens a big sum to keep up, and a number of self-made men, now *- filling lucrative and responsible po sitions in the mechanical world, and if they only had the superior advantages that will be offered by this proposed institution, their ad vance would doubtless have been greater and the number increased. Below is a list of mechanics who graduated from the Athens Foundry and Machine works, with the places they now fill: Thos. Bailey, (machinist) agent, superintendent and stockholder of the Athens Foundry and Machine Works. Alonzo Iler, (moulder) foreman Chattanooga Pipe Works, with a capacity ot 600 tons daily. John Blackman, (machinist) fore man machinist Georgia Pacific R R. shop. Richard Mealor, (moulder) fore man and part owner Montgomery Iron Works. J. H. Mealor, (moulder) foreman moulder Athens Foundry and Ma chine Works. Johnson Garwood, (moulder) for merly foreman Winshiplron Works and then proprietor of foundry. Chas. Iler, (machinist) foreman E. T., V. & Ga. R. K. shop. Chas. Mason, (pattern maker) foreman pattern maker at Van Win kle’s, in Atlanta. H. F. Galloway, (machinist) en gineer G. t J. & S. R. R. Lewis Bailey, (pattern maker) pattern maker Athens Foundry and Machine Works. Others working at their several trades, or in good positions. LOCAL CHIPS. Mr. Isham Pittard and family will summer at Franklin, N. C. Dr. Bertling’s marriage was quite a surprise to his many friends in Athens. The Banner-Watchman is now being complimented on all hands. The* Buffalo Express calls the southern revivalist, the Rev. Sam Jone, *the cracker Talmage.” Two Atlanta churches use the re vised edition of the Bible. The total yield of Georgia mines is now about $35,000 a month, or $400,000 a year in gold bullion. ■ ThtMparty accused of seduction will hot be prosecuted by the girl’s friends v Coal will b« cheaper in Athens this year than ever before. Whisky is giving out in Athens, and none can be had. The Hope company loaned the Champions their hose reel to carry to Macon. The railroad excitement in Ath ens was at fever heat again yester day. t The Pioneer paper mill is now doing a splendid business. . # AU of our manufactories are now run at their full capacity. A lot of decayed fish were con demned this week. The police are now working up a big case. Some detectives from Atlanta will soon raid the “Three Corner Out laws” jn an upper county. The old street sprinkler has cost it is still worthless. To-morrow the stock law agony will be finally decided in Clarke county. Mrs. R. N. Snead is still very sick. We sincerely trust she may soon have a change for the better. There are several believers in the faith cuie in Athens. Dr. H. T. Gatchell returhned yes terday from a trip to Washington City. Mr. Bob Hale has been quite sick for several days. Mr. E. T. Brown, of Athens, so licitor-general of the Western cir- cui%d* in4he city. Mr. Brown \ one of the youngest solicitors in the state, but during the six months he has served he has established h> self as one the most efficient His work is spoken of by tne bench and bar of his circuit in the highest terms.—Constitution. Mrs. Vess is seriously sick, we learn. There is a great deal of sickness on Baldwin street. The white flag was wet again, yesterday. Dr. W. M. Wil.linghwn and Mr. M. H. Arnold, of Crawford, spent yesterday in the city, The J uly shapes in Fine Milan Straw Hats at the Fash ionable Millinery store. MICHAEL BROS, A. new line of Tinsel Slippers for ladies, considered the greatest novelty for beauty and style, at MICHAEL BROS’ 150 pieces White Lawn for commencement trade at reduced prices, just opened. Full line of pink blue and tinned •* LAWNS AT 5 CENTS AT MICHAEL BROS’. 256 Pounds Fruit, Toma toes,&e. FOR ONE DOLLAR The Mayer’s Office * The following gentlemen are spo ken of in connection with the May- May oralty for next year: * Capt. C, G. Talmadge, Mr. Wi L Wood, Major Lamar Cobh. Dr. E. S. Lyndon and Capt. R. Nickerson. We trust that our citizens will centre on a good ticket, and then go to work and see that the candidates are elected. Home Again. Yesterday the 5:30 pi. m. train on the Georgia road brought hack our colored firemen. They * report a pleasant trip, and seem in fine, spir its, although they- did not capture any prizes except in the foot race. They marched up town headed by a brass band, and had two bfltraers thrown to the breeze. Some of the firemen report bid treatment at the haads of their Macon brethren. We will give an interview on the sub ject to morrow. A Baby Shoo ai Hew Holland. Messrs. Calloway and Camp,ot Gainesville, arc making arrange ments to have a baby show in a few weeks, offering to the finest baby a prize. No squeaker over 3 years old will be allowed to con{eut, and no one under S years of age will be permitted to vote. Competent jud ge* will be selected, and pools will be sold as soon as the details are ar ranged. There will hesitant thirty of die midnight disturber*, qo exhi bition, and a lively time is esgfccted. Pecan Cultura. We clip the following letter from the Conyers Solid South: Mr. A. C. Daniel, of Crawford, Ga., an enthusiastic cultivator ot the pecan, has a bearing grove, and in 1SS3, from one tree, he sole bushels oi nuts in Athens, Ga., for forty-five dollars. He usually gets five dollars per bushel. Iu the same county at Winterville, there are bearing trees from which the owner receives quite a nice income. There are doubtless many such trees scattered over the south, but these are sufficient to convince me that large profits may be derived from the pecan, and it is my inten tion to plant a grove next fall. If I had five hundred trees like Mr, Daniels, I would not exchange them for the finest orange grove in Florida. My advice to all is to plant a grove at once. The young trees will not cost much, and in a few years they will prove to be the most profitable investment ever made.’ f CARD FROM PRE8I0ENTBARROW. Church Traablssia Galnesuille. The Methodists about Gainesville have been holding a series of holi ness meetings of late, and consider able religious excitement has result ed. Some of the brethren have been so extreme in their fervor^thatjbere is some apprehension of a schism in the church. Many do not accept the holiness doctrine, or believe in the alleged faith cures which have been announced up, there. ; It is sta ted that quite jutumber^df theMeth odist church in g >od standing have announced their intention of quit ting the church oil this account, and a number have already jactually •withdrawn and connected them selves with other churches in the I community. 0 Editor Banner-Watchman: In the report of *he interview with me published in your paper of this morning, occurs the statement that there was an agreement among owners of railread property to build no more until the iaw. regulating the commission was amended What I intended to say was that the owners of railroad property have, without exception, so far as know, come to the conclusion, that they cannot afford to invest further in Georgia unless that law is modi fled. I know of no agreement, how ever, among them to this effect. As to the course to be pursued by the Terminal company in case of failure to agree with Athens, I am not advised. The deternvnition. if any has been reached, has: not been announced tome, but with these exceptions I think you have given our conversation correct ly. I am glad to see your paper taking the position that a reasonable amendment of the act creating the commission is de sirable, and I think the people agree with you. I don’t think any thought ful man would advocate the entire abolition of the commission, and I am sure no just man will insist that its present powers ought to be per petuated. Very Resp’y, Pope’Barrow. THE BEST THING YET. SEE HOW TO PRESERVE EXPENSE IN BUYNG FRUIT JARS: USE STONE OR ANY YOU HAVE- One Dollar Package of the American Fruit’Preserving Powder and Liquid will do it American Fruit Preserving Powder and Liquid, Will effectually allay or prevent fermentation, and preserve all kinds of Fruit, Juices, Syrups, Sauces, Marmalades or Compotes of Fruit, S piced Fruits, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Cider, etc L one dollar package will preserve 25G pounds of Fruit, Tomatoes, etc. It will preserve two barrels of Cider. It will keep us still cider in barrels. The pre- erved Fruit, etc., may be kept the year round, or for years, in glass, earthen or toneware jars ot any size, simply corked with a common cork, or with strong paper, or oil cloth tied over the top, or they may be kept in woollen kegs and barrels. No need to keep tne vessels air-tight. The frnit, vegetables, etc., may l>c used or removed from large vessels as wauted from time to time during weeks or months. E. B BENSON, Wholesale Agent, Hartwell, Ga. For Sale by LONG A CO., Athens, Ga. mayOtf TALMADGE BROS Respectfully invite all when in need of choice Gro- eries and Provisions, to examine their magnificent stock before buying. Come and see, and you will not re gret it, 74 & 76 CLAYTON ST The Fall Coarts. Oconee court begins next Mon day, bat there is Tittle important business te transact, except the trial otone murderer. Judge Hutchins will leave Lawrenceville next Sat urday for Oconee court. He . will be almost constantly engaged until October. J. N. SMITH &C0. GRAIN DEALERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ELEVATOR MILLS. Special attention given to Storage and Custom Grinding OFFICE AT MOSS & TH0MAS ! WAREHOUSE ATHENS MARBLE WORKS A. R- ROBERTSON; MANUEACTURER AND IMPORTER OF Italian, Scotch and American Granite and, Monuments i have lately cone to 1 mat expeai* to procar* a tot of the ine* 14ttMfrapalc.Desto*a of Far elr. and American artist*, the ftneat la the world. Also a large stock of beaotifnlly finished m on- time, its and Tombstone* In ay yard, ready ter toll nag. Tho* wishing to paichnse Monuments will do well to call ami toe these b-snifal dcslgu* ut the latest improved art. I ca-not be 1 eld by any oue In the basinets. I a net A. R. ROBERTSON, Athens, Gea* • Pittsburg, Pit., Jul> 22.-»—Chafes Kaening, draughtsman, and Freder ick Rich, machinist, fought a duel in ; Mcnsbale’s Hollow this mortfin/.* Two shots were exchanged At fhe first fire neither party wax hit. At the second shot Kaening teceived 2 , ball in his right side inflicting a. probably fatal wound. 1 CE Rtf A IN CATARR1I CURE is a vegetable ap cificfnr Catarrh in its various forms and stages, Ulc-er sued Sc.-e Throat and all Inflammatory Diseases. Tb only safe, convenient, economical and sure remedy known. No expensive and dangerous apparatus requir ed for its us**. It oures wlierajitliers (ail to give relief. Cali or write for circular giving testimonials and full information. Price one dollar per bottle; six liottles or mo* v at the rate of ten dollars per dozen. Manufae- :nrcd by 3 C. CO. ATHENS, GA. For sale in Athen* by Jno. Crawford A Co., Whole, fale and Retail Druggists, Clayton St., opposite P.O.