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RELIGION IN GlUCEXJCSKOIN). Th*M»*»s» Blown Down Sunday--Exclt ■ toil 8c*sen and duurscter .of‘the I«4>, vtc. : \ »• From a gentleman of Greenes boio, G*., we fekrri lhata great re- 1 {Jhancel|i , lfgiou* meetingisin progress in that «h’ town, and the large'ten* — EuS -* '** services ate held,' wii ing cap-city ;;■ * of t; crowded. There • o- 'mln - ister in attendance who is a - 'j<frt o f self-made rditfon of Sam Jones,»a I his di-courses are on (he same, ct ■ dtr as fhe great Georgia evangejin , only ihj-reis an eyidrut attempted imitation that'destroys the force his remaika. lie is very sere^ ball,, tlu-atie*, social entertainments. ' of all kinds, and every manner of female adornment, and hia line Of argument seems to be thatlt 'Jt.. Bit. sier for a camel to eteep thi the eye of a needle than a girl bangs, beau-catehers, jewelry, powj-' der or rouge upon her face, or who. uses cologne, to enter the Kingdoiij of heaven. He is very abusiv. against liquor sellers, and, in fnqi hews right and left. Using mapy qf Sam Jones' expressions. Sunday h hard nin set iu just »s service was about closing, when one of the min isters aiose and said it was sent by the Almighty in ‘order thaf 'some poison might have a chance to he converted before going home. Jusji at this in-tanl a fearful gum of wind came and lifted one si<le of the tent up, and it threatened to fall in upon' the heads of the devoted band. Thf greatest consternation prevailed, and report says the preacher who had fust attributed the rain ' Id 'the work tf God, was the first - to get out, and had nearly reached the creek before headed by some of hit brethren. At last all danger was aveited, and quiet reigned .again. We have always been opposed to those sensational revivals,and think they do the cause of religion more »«*>'* A*Mf oftuKKi M TalrPadgh Broi. yekterday redelv- ed 150 bsrrels-ilof .mdlataes, and it (a good, day , lor molasses -either.. nttihj*gj-ts r 1 harm than good. ghastly freight. A dead negro was shipped io Madison last week, and none of Mi friends had money to bury him. Hik body remained In the depot about two days, much to the nti'ioyaitcy of the freight agent, who was .at a lost to know wbnt disposition , to make of it. It was perishable freight, a Get strongly attested, bi the disagreeable odor arising, from the box containing tbs remains; but the rule governing the disposition of perishable freight could not by applied to this 'particular case, ak humanity revolted at trsfiic in dead bodies, and in Addition. the" cent- modi tv wps thoroughly unmat ket- able. After si.me delay the hodi was turned over to ihe dead many friends, and buried at the expen of the county. ' YM ] Miss Maud Uroun, of Auburi 1, Ala, left for home yesterday. ^Mf^Mrs.Ai’D.. Smith, who have been spending some time InwmrauJ 1 /fywsia TWkkbs Emily and Anna lljukuilo 1 are viaiting Capt. and Mrs. G. £ , v at Clafkjs|yili*»^ V. nd, Col... Atkinson, Grovel* ‘ yesterd . GoL*2V - Mni. Charles H. Phini- zy have returned fiom an exteade Utf af l»Utwnsy{ l and ■ fnm" ArOTlBISjL.. apt. G. H. Yamcay«-jiuiw.. city. ■«’* 1 1* in yavynue. t .' iTHot j. yah udgb Y. L. G. Harris and'family items That a Roiwtsr Caufht on y w the Fly Yesterday. r ^Greene county is now tustling with the. prohibition question. The Athens Chronicle is making large additions to its subscription list. ^.-.j Work on the Athens fair grounds is progressing rapidly. /Pink Morton now*wants to open a billiard saloon on Wall street. A large party from Athens kpflAgs REPORT ,'jfBrigBJfci,- I >. /. 1 ■*;Rev. Dr. Arnfktfong hsjjl returned to-Atlanta and denies the truth of Ithfc report recently circulatedabout him in Cincinnati. Ilislrien,Is claim Itiia case jqtlffU'akgq.jdeufity. j w A-ifEAoti^L orhot:’’ ■’* Mr; Harry Phinixy hak tilted up thetChrouicle office- in the hand- ynert-ah^nfiltMkig^yte. iO beautifully paiutuA, and furnished Ihtoughi-ut,.. with a^ry couvem ence for the transaction of business, Mr. Phinizy has-lapaper- file of his oWn-design, that is certainly a great convenience-’ j - ' . cy dfess ball at New There is nothing doing in police ciiclesnow. McQueen & Durham's new bar ber shop is doing a finb business. • The game laws in Clarke county will expire Oct. 1st. Collections were the dullest yes terday, ip the bjitory of Athens. Athens, hay already received a oposition to 1 build the street rail- l&FraTik Wadsworth died from the effectsof too much laudanum taken for otl.er medicine. Joseph Anderson, a prominent church negro, was arrested oii the charge ol arson of his own house. Henry Phillips, who shot himself five weeks ago, died from the ' ef fects of the wound. The: ball ‘ was found in his left kidney. • ■ . Julius Besrte, who resides ■ three miles from the city, left the city Saturday and was found dead in hi* buggy on iu arrival at home. He was holding the reins firmly in his hands. His death was from hefirt -disease. r illiam Wirt Clayton, son of mss A. Clayton, died Saturday it 1 • • anche Hill, a noted courtesan was severely wounded on the heat Sunday night by an unknown white man. Edge& Dorsey will toon begii ‘ of fur- to advertise their fine stock niture. O-The'street lamps are in e wretch ed . qonditition, the globes being viry filthy.. Report says another bar-room will be Started up in Madison coun ty, on the Clarke line. The. Chronicle’* new business office-!* kept as neat as a pin. An effort will be made to put the gallon liquot license hack in Athens. It will be the middle qf Oc’ober before money begins to circulate FROM NORTH GEORGIA. . . Ratal.Fsrsonal sa* OsntrslHtwi From IV)Inf > / iWHifch warMuR-fitf report and departures. (Were.--many aad speedy,iutil toms out that there was no auch fever there, and scoies are r#-Mirnm<r.T|>» U»«iiU „r ii,„. resort Wak ntiyer better, and no one need fear-to go'there. Hi “ THE Ilf JUNCTION CASE. Athens. He has not as yet render ed a decision, that is earnestly look ed for by ! bolti sides; ‘--The eirpress office is constantly watched for the xr,.u . RinuaiMO THE FOLICE FORCE. There is some opposition ttf W- ducing the police force, on the ground - that council has no. right to discharge the men, as they Went employed for a full year, unle: charges were brought against the The City Attorney has given It hia opinion that the city cannot held liable. It would certainly li like child’s play for our city 1 when to enact an ordinance at OofmeeJ- ing and rescind it the next. Thejy should thoroughly understand If sub ject before taking final action and then hold the fort nem. it ds >t be look A SHORT COTTOH CROP. Farmer* do not bring asgldwlrlg accounts of the cottotfcrop as -we would like. They soy the dryapijll has cut off tfie promised yield fro 11 one-third to one-balf, and although the weed looks wall, ibt.Aiigbkl fine cotton crop is cutonC balfshokl to what was promised six iwee y ago. The be# crops ar| tip>v 0 the dty streaks of last summer. TH»nvfifl&T»0 COMMITTEE- . Thursday the vestry of St. Hi 1 Up’s church held a^neetlnfcand ai >• pointed a committee of three-toi o toCincinnati,investigatethefcharg is and see whatwas to'be done. ThJ% committee toft that night Thi* committee left —mwulm Brr^ [j i ifWMUsJife might hkWbten jw* cfwuMami dined, to sail anyth mg with rct^- S ce tbhis Wletyd 1 “ til be appeal V bk - When he.rw*«d Sbocrectory * ' ' HOME AGAIN. * W “Wremr^d frod, Greenesboro yesterday, and will remain iiytAlCllh||rtiin!M Saturday. - He is dohqpa'fiiNnulde-lt Greenes- bqro,,but-wouid.be glad to stU Out ' Jiis liquor business- and. engage in ' Seme other avocation. There never lived a ffuer b'r better man than Mr. Lowe, and MaJHeri^aiWqum., bered by the icore^Jfe |» incapa ble of a dishoncrable act/and is re spected b^^dfhqJWftW him. ; «W HOODS. Mr. JtA.Mullaneis now open ing dga.oLthe.finest stocks 'of (all goods ever brought to Athens. All of his salesmen are busy, and his store presents all the. colors of the ■mlinbow! Mr. MuUam has built up an enviable reputation in our dtr, .by. bis courteous and honorable bearing, and has the confidence and good (vllioCevery one. He keeps the bear hr goods, irrid his customers are from oiir leading citizens. .^‘ffiWORY OH OOfinXE. Tfie Jeknft powder was none ot( erthatrihr' Ianious Peruvian bark, : : 'rtiCde it we 1 ill know from the baiVf of the ChititiidUrtredJso-cnlled ' C Chin- ’s cure in*i6tS from i clef Ihe “bsrk-ot-barl:*," as its India 'name sign iffei-'toW notice; andji bletothe Mif that for yedfs he hai been arf -mtodtsive bhi;Wer of tobac co, but a few weeks b*fdre his death ” ' - - “* himsslf of the tobacco habit by dm 1 laved. dnd assort- zi Atlanta by trom th- fiMfie 1C and sph .not keep i,i. Fresh butter, juiif . ; , fresh eggs brough condact his honesty - and V * kt > > e «^* I 7 one who d- compdled pletcly ov»^9fisMed With griei — \tlanta Cor- Savannah News. btar coin, advertisement The Holine-s band is now hold ing forth at New Holland, Ed. Calloway it on the mourner’s bench. “ the was many triends. ' , TBS GREAT FARMER. - Col. Jim Smith ordered yesterday, througn'the Athens Foundry and Machine Works, a ioo-horse power engine. Mr. Smith will shortly add a cotton seed oil mill to hi* already extensive milling operations. DEATH IH WATEIHSVILLE. Mrs. Albon Wilson, sister of Mr. W. S! Holman, died at her home in ShFmHjip knggjM^Md her bereaved ryistives^iave ourdee^estsympetny. PROPERTY-SALE. ' Joseph -Fleming' has pur- JUdge Erwin’s house, Oppo- 1 Institute, and will have the ' put in thorough" repair. and Gainesvillr, Aug. 31.—I atten ded Forsyth superior court, at Cum- ming, last week, Judge Brown pre siding. Considerable business was trsnsac'ed. Two negroes ware convicted of burglary; and one white man, James Fatson, for selling, the titles to land which were forged. The esse which attracted the most attention was the state vs. Rev. A- M, Stringer, of this place, chaiged with distutbing s< rvices. The trou ble grew out of appointments. Stringe, is a sort of a free-lor-all, gb-as-you please preacher,a kind of a congregationalist free thinker. The trouble occurred at Big Creek Methodist church. Stringer had been denied the right to preach in that church or on the church prop erty hy the trustees, but he sent an appointment to preach, and with it the message that he would fill it if he had to wade through blood up to his knees. The day arrived and Stringer appeared. The Methodist people were holding Sunday school in their building, and-hsd locked the sehoo! house, which isbuilton their propel ty against Stringer. Alter Sunday school the Methodists began R&mwgti n fri«H l fepfiif^Wml had ■ small congregation outside, said in a high tone ofvoice: "Gome op brethren and hear the true gos pel preached without money or without price. I was not born in the fl*t woods to be scared out by cats.” He then began to ting ana carried his followers, about a dozen, just fifty yards from the 'church door, and began to preach in such a tone and manner as to absolutely breakup the Methodist meeting. The Methodists indicted bins, and A FLXASAXT CALL. '-The Banner- Watchmen yesterday iad the honor of a visit from Misses tVhsley ind' Freeman, formerly of Charleston; - We are always glad to have a-call from the ladies, and will with pleasure explain the mys teries of tbe.art preservative. CHRISTUM AJIOOIATIOE. i, Good Templars Hall, Monday Night, Aug. v—Met at 7ftfcl<«k ; called W. Reynolds Secretoiy. , l yrith prayer by . Oliver, Short addresses from Rev. D. C. Oliver,S.M. Hunter, A. Bishop, Dr. James Lumpkin, E-. E. Jones com m i tution and by-laws, oong Men’s Christian jfa*^**^ < * -J “ mslMwlMAd for adoption or rejection next Monday night.' Adop I Meeting adjourned. J ^' T; M. Lumpkin, President C, W.Reynolds, Secretary. ..J An RltphABt Loom. Philadelphia, Aug. 31.—] this moroing a large elephant j^hnSSing'd^ri/iSnrSS tent, wished aronnd the inclosure 3P3K) Great excitement ensued, being increased by the cries of the other hiijmalk. The employes rqn out, calling for the police, but the r, latrei;,declined to assist in'the effort at recapture. A young man named John Kimberline, a resident ot Al- tsons, Pp., was picked up by the elephant and hurled a long distance, receiving serious injuries. Eventu ally a force of workmen secured the fractious beast. NO SHODDY STOCK! AMI ROW bhuns THE li tttUK J T, GHEAPEtT ADD FIRBST STOCK «P thtn f!r« our yatroas the mil b !»we refer to our vatroutM the put for enaorteioeet. Do not buy A T i?*Jn ? we Roods at roc It - botum p rices. • To aeunlrr merebaata we will dnpllctto aujr market la tho south and aave freights. capi* BALDWIN £ FLEMING, " Deupree Block, Athens, Ga. MADDREY & JONES. Don’t Scare Us! We Keep it for Sale as Cheap as Anybody, but advise you to buy Something That WILL LAST! I recommended him to the mercy of the coart. FUTURE TRANSPORTATION. paper Ttslns Will Be the Ultimate MbUos or the Railroad FreMsni. , While at New Holland last week we bad the pleasure Of converting with a very scientific and -leetnea gentleman, who was fulljrposted op all the new inventions oi the age.* In discussing rapid trmsit,' he said that serial navigation was impracti- cable, and he did not look in that direction for quick trztUporUtloD; but, in lest than a decade, - distance would be annibiUted at the speed oi a hundred-miles per hour, and it would be on terra firma, too. There would be paper trains, paper en- 'net and paper nils, thus greatly jhtening the weight of rolling stock ana enabling the full power of steam to be brought into play. Our Informant said thfst paper car wheels are now coming into general use, aad arena entire success. A com pany in New York is noyp experi menting with-* full train of CMM) and an engine, as also, rails, 1 made entirely of paper, and they have met with great success. Cooking stoves are being manufactured of laterial, which is a satisfactory ace that it will alio answer for a locomotive. Snch a road would be much safer than those now in use, and would have every advan tage over the present passenger lines. The only drawback we tee to this suggestion'll that science has demonstrated that .a speed a li ttle over 60 miles an hour is impractica ble and dangerous, owing to the re* siatancc of Hie atmosphere. If rap- id transit is ever solved, it will be through electricity and paenmatic tubes. Montgomery, Ala., _ Near Georgians, two white me* were watching for a negro who had offended them. They e»pied a mu latto named John Henry Smoker, mistook him for tbeir ed him with a scant)! A son of Gen. O. O, Howard 1 culed ia Oregon. look For the stamp on every piece. Our Stock of STOVES and GRATES was never larger and never Cheaper. COME AND SEE 00R ELEGANT DISPLAY. MADDREY & JONES, On eccount of the extra logo cotton crop Bagging and Ties are advanc- ng. ' We have now enroute an Jat the factories Ten Carloads of tht Best and heaviest ........ ,>j •’ ARROW TIES. Twenty car 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 hot be undersold. J *“£££' HODGSON BROS R. A. PATTERSON & CO’S. CELEBRATED s