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Th* Hoty of a Boprlon which Den AI
moot To* Lot*.
Some one tec.ll* this scene ■*
Harper’s Ferry in 1865 for the bene
fit of a Pitt'bnrg Dispatch corret
pomlent. Two Irishmen, John
Shea end Michael Doane, had been
sentenced to be shot for desertion.
There was considerable leeimg in
favor of the men. It waa in the
time of big bounties, arid the two
young men had enlisted lor some
thing like ft,000 apiece. In a lew
days they were both missing and
were not caught for'three or (our
weeks. They wet0 drunk and
their money was about gone. The
truth of the matter was that it was
no case of wjlful desertion. The
men bad got on-a drunk aud had
never sobered up tnough to realize
their position. They were badly
fro;m«aj'd ^and-were attended by
two priests. I can remembei the
place well. They were marched
up on a little hill on a level plateau,
and the soldiers thrown into three
sides of a hollow square. The two
men, accompanied hy their ptiests
and preceded by the band playing
the dead march, were marched
around the inside of this square and
stopped nearly iu the centre, by the
tide of their open coffins. The
priests were in earnest conversr^.
tion with them, and the minutes
rolled by till they grew
into an hour. Twelve o'clock
came, and Gen. Stevenson
gave orders for the priests to
leave the men. Very reluctantly
they did so, prolonging their leave
taking upon one pretext and an
other at long as they could. Every
thing was at last made ready, atiu
it was only a matter ot seconds be
tween the men and eternity, when
the General’s orderly rode up
swinging hit hat and yelling at the
top of his voice. It was * reprieve
from Lincoln.
‘-It seems that the priests had tel
egraphed the President the night
before, asking lor a reprieve nnd
stating that there were mitigating
circumstances. Lincoln, who was
always looking for an excu-e to save
a man's tile, reprieved them. Gen
eral Stevenson’s headquarter* were
nearly a mile from where we were,
and the telegraph office w as at his
headquarters. Ue had left a mount
ed orderly there with instructions
to rush through any dispatch that
came. Nothing came until a few
minutes before in, nnd the ordcili
dashed away, lie had to go up n
steep hill, nearly half a mile long.
When Ire reus lied the top his horse
was ba-Jly winded, and could Irani
lygo. He met a cinzen on a good
horse, aud wirho.it any eeremonv,
pulled the gentle man down and
mounted lire fresh animal. Half a
minute's delay we uld have been the
last of Mes.rs. Duane and Shea.
A strnr ge part of the story is yet
to come, some three years after
ward I met an old telegraph opera
tor in Oswego, lie was in VVath-
ington in tile winter of ’64 and ’65.
We gut to talking over war matters,
and 1 to .ml that he remembered
the case 1 have told you about. He
was in charge ol the wile leading
to llarpei’s l-'crry. He had heard
of the two men to lie executed
there through the operator. They
had diacussed the matter over the
wires Consequently he remember
ed lire case well. Upon the morn
ing of the execution at 10 o’clock,
thedispa'ch reprieving the men
was handed him to send out. He
lurried to hit desk, and what was
his horror to find that Ire couldn't
work the wire. A storm was in
progress, or something else was the
matter. At any tale the wite would
not work. There was no other way
ol 'caching Harper’s Ferry. The
dispatch he didn't get off until just
before n, hut, as it happened, in
good tinrs; hut he told nre it was
an experiente Ire would never tor-
f ;et. It was a pretty close shave
or the two Irishmen, ami 1 don’t
believe they ever forgot the incident
either."
DIM* PARTY.
». rh t r< : will be a * dime party at
Mrs. John W. Nicholson’* to-night.
Refreshment* will be served after
the concert. All are earnestly ft-.
quested to attend.
ATHENS' REAt'tSTAT*. : , t ;;„„.
Capt.Williford informs« us that
while real estate in '.'Athens tiiver
has been flat, that there it 1 now W de
mand, and a good, deal of inquiry
in regard thereto, and that* prices
will coon begin to advancer 1:1
AS BUSY CHAPEL. i I
Rev. Amicus Williams, Whbjhaa'
beenapending a' conple’ofweeks
with hit father-in-law-, t>r. IftpSS
has been holding a series of meet-'
lag* at Anbury Chapel. - We learn
that the altar is crowded, and great
interest manifested.
I Mr. Jester’s h»s
A littlq,
baeri.quite.vick? : '.
^Mr-riom BurriK' whet has been
quite aiclc, la improving tapir
‘."Mri Ed Smith uml w uV. of Greene
county,-sirwMt -through the city
yesterday, oh ihVTr way to Madison
county, to speqd A atime with Mr.
JACKSON STREET.
The sidewalks and street on
south Jackson street are in a wretch
ed condition, there being holes in
the sidewalks which are calculated
to break the limbs of some one
these nights, and cause u large
damage suit to the city. Lef this
matter at once be attended to.
WHITE AND TELLOW.
The white and yellow flag* float
ed to the breeze yesterday. This
indicates that there will be local
rains and tower temperature. We
would like to see the temperature
moderate a little, anil a shower now
nnd then would do fall turnips good
—d not injure cotton.
A EEtOHT ONE.
In conversation with a pcr.cn the
other day, a remark was made that
a sudden our friend, in childish ^ drawback to ppo^brUon in
tub aniupr a pit*.
Since Bud Fill..ws n tided the
public that he h is a pet Ir. g, John
Wier, the efficient sheriff, comes up
with a frog that inhabit* his dining
room, and catche* all the flies that
make their appearance. Sberiri
Wier keeps a neat many pets in
the jail, which he takes especial
care of, but hi* frog receives all ot
the dainties that fall from the table.
Sheriff Wier ia one of the kindest
hearted men in the world, and will
not allow hi* pet frog molested.
Bud Fellows will challenge Sherifl
Wier lor a bopping race between
their two pet frogs.
THE ELEVATOR KILLS.
Mr. Smith tells na that the busi
ness season of thia enterprise is juat
doting, and will Jiot open until
aboutthe first of December, when
the grain crop will begin to come
in. They did an immen»e basinets
the last season.
OH, FOB A COOLING DRAUGHT.
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
have come and gone, nnd rota
pound of ice could be. had. We
learn that the machinery at the ice
factory got out of gear Saturday
night, and therefore were unable to
make ice enough to supply the de
mand. 1 '
Lonb, living
onUAtretery street, are quiteislek
with 'lever. !
•Messes. Wm. Patrick and Chfa.
lewclt/'fwo.of. Batiks.best farmers,
went in-the city yesterday.
; Mr; Juid Mr*. F. ,\Y.tuii*, will
return froovthe Falls to-day.
Judge'Fuller left- for "Clarksville
yesterday.
Prof. I lagan hat just finished a
flue picture of Captain Vincent,
'who went off as Captain of the
Clarke county rifle*.
Capt G. U. Yancey, who .is
spending the heated term on hit
farm !n Habersham county, waa in
the city'yesterday.
Dr. Most and Mr. Dunaton, of
Hat mony Grove, were in the city
yesterday.
Zeke Edge it suffering with neu
ralgia.
Col. Dobbs it stopping at the
Continental Hotel, in New York.
Cousin Anr.ie Barnes, of the
small Items That a Reportsr Caaibt on
th* Fly Yesttrday.
Capt. Bradcen is making tome
much needed improvements .on
Thomas street, near Cooper’s stable.
The ward politicians nave com
menced “setting up" to lemonades,
i There waa a large barbecue * in
Oconee county yesterday. Several
parties from Athena attended.
There will be a change in a bull
ness firm in Athena tbis week.
There is lest sickness in Athens
now than has been known for
Ipngtime.
A great many fish are being
caught out of the Middle Oconee.
Lowe & Co i-w* a room on Jack
son street to reuL
- Zeke Edge has just purchased a
fine bammerlets gun. Zeke ex
pects to kill birds and sell furniture
thia fall.
Business was very dull yesterday,
but our merchants say it will begin
to revive by the first ol September.
The people in Cobbham and the
balance of our citizens want the
street railroad, and want it bad.
Our mechanics have kept- better
employed thia year than for many
years past, which indicates that bur
city ia in the front rank of progress.
The drays were busy yesterday
delivering goods to our merchants,
v(ho are laying in a larger stock than
ever before.
There is no news about the rail
Acanthus, is engraving the falls of road. The excitement baa subsided,
Tallulah and Toccea. land the prospects are that Athens
Mr. Ed Sanford , has returned 1 will still pursue the even tenor of
ANHOST A BLAZE.
Monday evening, while the Hope
steamer was parading on Broad
street, a spark of fire from the en:
ginc tell on Michael Bros.’ sign and
set it on fire, but the. timely
aid ot some parries * wifli 4 'the
use of their sprinkling hose,'- it was
soon extinguished with but slight
damage.
PROHIBITION.
It was asked U* yesterday: “Do
you thinks that prohibition prohib
its in Athens?” “You should think
so,” we replied. “Take for instance,
the police courta, where in the his
tory of our county, even from its
infancy, have you seen' so few ar
rests, or so 1 tie meanness done as
Inis been in Athens since prohibition
went into effect? - Then cast your
eye around and. see the -liquor, tip
pers?-who/heretofore, were seen on
the streets drunk every Saturday
afternoon, and you will see that they
are better clothed. There are some
classes ol our population that will
linvo whiskey, btit they cannot get
it in Athens, and hence have to send
oft'for if. T VV e rpfqr to those that
that man ‘Tammany Hail' is some
pumpkin on speaking himself.”
This reminds us of the “intellectual
young Georgian” who never knew
tiierc was such a man as Alek
Stephens.
THSOOTTOH SEED OIL KILL.
This flew industry, onepfAth ens’
enterprises, is fast iiea^ne comple
tion. The painting-is:'bow being
done, the finishing touches' put 011
the buildings, and by the time that
cottou begins to come in will be
ready for operation. This mill will
increase the price ol cotton seed,
and will be of considerable. benefit
to our farmers.
es sit-
other
counties. Negroes are kept busy
going backward nnd forward to
these placet for whiskey, and some
of our working men visit them fre
quently. It it earnestly hoped that
these counties will at an early day,
clothe themifclves in the raiment of
total prohibition.
ME. BURBOTS' BURIAL.
Yesterday afternoon the remains
of Mr. Burruat were followed to the
tomb by a large concourse of sorrow
ing friends and rcJatjve*. Mr. Bur-
ruts bad been in bur citjftor nbt.it-
three years, "and had hyhjs upright
ness, gathered aroum) him n large
number of lriends, with whom, we
deeply sympathize in their bereave
ment. We learn that hit sister, who
was very devoted, and watched over
him with the tenderest devotion,
during his illness, was prostrated by
the blow. ■*'kff*.
TESTING THE
Assistant Chief of the
partment, C. W. Bald;
with the steamer Mi
testing the new koae recjptiy
chased by the city-touncil fc ....
fire department. The steamer, uri
der the management of Mr. ^tcKin
non, put on the iargeitliead of steam
that it has ever had beldre and faitly
leaped from the earth, a* Me. run
her up. The bote stood the teat
and the Athens fire departmental*
now well equipped with good hose,
first claat reels and firemen who are
willing to work.
THE EOCX|BOUNU WOMAN.
A great many . people went out
nday, to
from the tails.
Mr. G. H. Hope, a former resi
dent of tbis city, was in town yes-
teiJa
Allfells by those littlq dogg*
ftitecrjilsf acWsr the line- ’
TIIE COTTONCROP.
TheiWt drought tha
_ . . , _ , »t now per
vade., throughout the country, ha*
and is working serious damage to
the cutton crop. From the tele
graphic reports to Bradstreets, it
will lie suen that the weed is with
ering and the squares and bolls are
dropping off, even when nearly mt~-
lured. Owing to these reports the
price advanced yesterday. A gen-
tletnawfrbm Jackson county tells us
that this is the cade in bis section,
and that'ft shower now would be of
inestimable benefit to thia crop; that
a two Weeks drqaght at this time
would cut i.t.*hbrt aMe*st one-half,
aS there’hai’been' to -much rain
during the spring and summer, that
the.stalk could.not stand the hot
sun near as well as if there had been
only a small amount of rain during
tht earlier months. -
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Mr.
r VI V-
k Dan, who, some time
tome wiles of hit attorney wet kept
— ‘ ' ** - m ijw
Putol thy lockup,[waryesterda
•rested. . Justice Evicts, with an eye
single jtb|hl*,eqaf«;;-pad him placed
in durance vile, there- to remain
•mnPi.u#" u
i.4a—- >-
..... STILL IUFFEBZHO.
The little ton of Mr. Edward J.
Hickey, of Augusta, who was se
verely bitten by a flog out In East
Athens tome weak* ago, ia (till suf
fering fronf the Wounds. Mr.
Hickev wasin Athens yesterday.
The bite was very severe; the dog
liavioK iMMrV * large,«Me out of
his
Monday, to see the great pheno.
mens of stones falling, through the
house at the woman om Mr. Math-
etars’ place, and watched with all
their eye* Irom sun up to sun iJoY.n
and have yet to ace swingle rads,- . -^r- -
fall The negroes are very #d<h town will soon be Wjf.-jmppliyd.
id aav the Athens cannot be beatTorfine cat-
.HAISIN0.
Several of our citizen*, are now
lavestiagAO Boa chicken*, bad our
excited over the matteri and say the Athens cannotbe beylTopfine
Lord gave her warning some two fie, hor*es, eoW* fad chickens,
weeks ago, and told her that the . gnioiout"services.
e’WdsatsfigW! vSgst&xs&tA Sr
My of the nun who froze to,-the mixtion, at the Old School Baptlat
rock when he went fishing on Sun- church In Atbenvon Saturday and
day. * Sunday, 29th and 30th of this month.
her way*.
A merchant said to us yesterday:
“I have received a large invoiceof
Mack pepper, and found it half
peas.” We expressed pur indigo*
tion at one of our citizens being im.
posed upon in such a manner, when
he showed us the box, an the label
of which was the word “Pepper."
Wc immediately abused him and
left
The amendment to the-prohibition
bill was not stated correctly yester
day. It will he found correct in
this issue.
Uncle Dick Sauiter brought in,
soihe fin* fish yesterday.
Hirschfield & Blumenthai are get
ting in a fine stock of goods.
W. H. Jones brought in a bale of
cotton yesterday evening.
The market reports of the Banner-
Watchman will be kept all right
tbis season, and can be relied on,
as it will be corrected daily by the
best cotton man in the city.
Bode has quit keeping ice. He
has made e foitune and retired.
About fifty negroes went out to
see the rock falling at the Matthews
place on Monday. They returned
disgusted.
King Marks is hard at work. t
Cohen’s Paris store was closed
yesterday on account ot the death
of Mr. Burruss.
BAGGING
/Mi
ADVANCING
<5’n account of the extra lage cotton crop Bagging and Ties aro advanc
ing. We have now enrouto and at the factories Ten Carloads of the
Best and heaviest
ARROW TIES.
Twenty ear loads of genuine All Jute BAGGING,
all weights. Send in your orders at once and get ad
vantage of goods bought before the advance. We will
not be undersold.
HODGSON BROS
COAL!
UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST. I WILL SELL
Best Coal Creek ....
Poplar Creek - -
Glen Mary - - -
Terms Cash on Delivery of Coal.
Delivered at your house. Large quantities at lower prices. Send
your order by postal card, or leave it at Compress Coal Yard.
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W. B. THOMAS,
Athens, Georgia.
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LETTER FROM APPLE VALLEY.
Applb Valley, Ga. Aug. *5th.—
Dear Banner Watchman:—I have
juit returned Irom Tallulah Falls,
and will try to give you a very brief
account of my visit, and of wbat I
saw and heard while there. I
found everything to be pleasant at
the Falla. I stopped at Young’s
Hotel, there I found everything as
trice and comfortable as couldbe.
There are about two hundred guests
at thia house. We left Harmony
Grove at 6 p. in, on Saturday, ar
rived at Lula about 8 o’clock
where we partook of a delightful
snpper, We reached Tallulah
Falla about to o’clock. I cannot
tell you everything that occurred
while I waa there. But I will tell
you thi* much. Dr. Mark WUIing-
ham, of Oglathorpe can snore Iona,
er than any man I ever saw in my
life. Larry Gantt has always told
me that the room which I occupied
(No. 3b) was haunted. Well t am
not superstitious at all, but the Dr 1 *,
room waa next door te mine; and
when hd began that loud snoring I
begun at I thought to realise the
fact that I was being visited by one
o(.Uncle Larry’s ghosts, but upon
inquiry I found that Jit waa only
Nature baa certainly displayed
her work* grandly at Tallulah
Falls. On Sunday afternoon I waa
invited by a friend to ge upon
Hickorynut Mountain with him.
Feeling tliatl had placed myaelf- in
the hands.ofe number one guide,
we proceeded to ascend the moun
tain, but we had not gone far before
we both were well nigh exhausted.
However, we tunnaged to retorn
from the mountain without any se
rious accident happening to us.
When we reached the hotel we
beard that the Rev. Mr. Brown of
Atlanta, would deliver a sermon in
the hotel thtt night. So of course
I heard that, but I can’t tell what
become of my friend G. I know
that he did not hear the sermod.
.-Crops don’t look at cl", flourish
ing from Maysville to Tallulah,
they seem to be weeding rain very
badly.
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