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■VOL VI j ! ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBERS, 1885. . L.\Ji;xmf>xt<n»iTA fxy,n. fMTrTOi ' moa *KOAi!s>fcrd*jfl)-U I . M . Eelker.'of High Shoals, lec iLtca Forbids thA lfa.vnr and nnnnrll • . m i _ .7 j I Ju^c Ictci Forbids th« Ntyor and Connell i n to see us Tuesday, and says his , ... of Attrns from ousntln. tb. Railroad )iu , e village has subscribed Ijj.QOO died yesterday fi C, “ tr!Ut ' for the Athgns & Columbus' load, Mrs. II. L. C .Vesterilay Judge Estes forward- and that tflEauU be largely nug- horoeio-day fron cd the, papers to Athens, sustaining inented from Wg country,?*; *' * ” **•-*-™j tlieinj inciion of James Camak et —>--» > ■ ! t al. vs the.pity Council of Athens, , ' i * “*' wrather,J\ | to restrain that body from exchang- The mornings arc getting quite Prof. “ Woodfin leaves for his ing the extension ol the North- cool, and firesare : not uncoinforta-. Greene county farm to-morrow. Eastern railroad to Clayton, With ble. An early frostjs. pred|fcted by Capt. C. G. Talnadge returned the R. & Lf. syndicate, lor a new by tveatherprop) ago ie sudden Lfrom New York yesterday, has given <* X; C. Hampton leaves for New TRAVttUHQ REvnrk* if ^CaptW^D. O’Farrcll returned TRAVttUHOBimtt. iV homola.t night from the falls. Greenest Corner Nicholson and j[. R..K. Reaves have returned from ** New York,both gentlemen looking ewatiy Improved by their trip. Mr. Harry Phinizy yesterday re ceive j the-handsomest desk in Ath- yndicate, lor . liqe jo tu|> the Georgia road at some point at nr between Social • Circle nearly e and Madison. The city council will meet next Monday high?, tthcamapw _ .. ^ that busty will decide, whether or i The big GospeLj^lt not they will carry the case to fljj* boro will be nflqgil supreme conrt. The verdict is . not a surprise to our people, ak it’ vm generally accented that the decis " mi ’ SOCIETY AND PERSONAL. Mr. B. O. W. Rose’s little child > Irom teething. Cranford will return from Atlanta. Mrs. High and Mrs. George are still in our city. They are two ion would be that rendered. its in that county and t: ons meetings continu is owned (irecnesboro. ; '•"** A TERRIBLE NIGHTMARE. How as Athens mmiuiuonlit Awoke Only 1 Too Boon. Meeting a prohibition friend yes terday, we asked him to explain that look of desperation and dejec tion upon his usually genial face. “Last night,” he replied, “I went through one of the most dreadful and disappointing experiences in the history of nightmares, or day horses, either, as to that. You know, before prohibition went into effect I used to take on a brick load every afternoon about atindowif, but decided that it was all nonsense about a man drinking, and so Was . beguiled into voting the piohibi tion ticket, thinking that I’d never miss the liquor when the bats run dry. But in less than 24 hours I realized ni y mistake. A regular simoon of dryness, you know, swept over the town, and a powder l.orn soon got to be a regular water- gourd compared tb me. Occasion ally I would happen to catch a drink on the fly, but there contin ued an unsatisfied yearning in my innards that felt like the desert of Sahara. I tried hot coffee, ginger tea and other like liquid hallucina ting sub-titute*, hut they only acted like adding fresh fuel to the funeral pyre that X had. helped to build around the bier of King Alcohol During my waking hours I was haunted by vis'oris ot past druqks, and at night my dreams were preg nant with mirages of foaming beer, foiirfingerdrinks and like Nurtures. But when I placed the sparkling cup to my lips, the contents, would turn to ashes—or rather, cold -water. 1 have chewed up every cork I could And lying, l> around the former saloon aland*/ hi and at last was reduced to the,xtire necessity of investing in an old beer keg that I might masticate its staves. 1 have worn out a new pair of shoe* every two weeks hunting up some fellow who had h jug-bid out, and I here publicly announce that my vote is tor sale to the candidate in the future who sets Ym up. Talk about patriotism! What is that , to a man who hasn’t had a drink jin eleven long days? But to proceed with my narrative: Last night X went to bed unusually dry, and soon after falling asleep found myself (in dreams, ol course,) looking for a drink. The first man 1 tackled was Col. Blank, who at or.ee remarked: “Hello, old fellow! I have just Rot in a case of IS-a-gallon . liquor. Won’t you come and join me?” Af ter a little hesitation I replied that I sometimesdid take a nip, and ij was just about this time of day, too. He conducted me into his office, unlock ed a little cuddy anil took out a bottle of old rye with about, two drinks gone. I piled up the glass brimming full, and was just lifting it to my lips when the thought flashed across my-mind that perhaps it tjrv, another of those visionary dreams that had haunted me so of late,'1 I was in no humor to be disappoint-' cd, and rememberpluching myself to see il I was really awake. . f dis covered that I was spd’yrSs just ready to gulp down the fluid when my wife areiued me with ajearful box on the side of the head, and a. demand to know what I meant by pinching her arm- Had she just kept quiet two seconds -longer I, would have had that drink down, and I believe It woqld have dogi me just as muck goed-aa U»e wmon HEW CITIZENS. -Mr., Jarrell is now,io.quest of a residence for Mr. Frank L. Little of Sparta, who wishes’ to move I his (aatyy to, Athens for the purpose OT educating his children., -Tim will be an appreciated- addition' tb our population. ' ' : .' I CONVALESCENT. We were glad.to see Judgellow ell Cobb on the street, yesterday, alter a long c'ontinemynt -to his bed with a deranged liver. ; Every one loves a-id honors the Judge, an-j no man in Athens has more or-yvarAier triends. • «>, i ■■ "ELUERTOS AS A BEET MARKET, j Mr. John Franklin, of ElMrrlorr, was in to see 11s yesterday, and re ports that he isiloinga finehjisi- ness with his beef market. He llas not lost a dollar by bad debts, and says the he*t md cleverest people in the world reside within the confines of old Elbert. * ffS1 Mr.J.E. Maddox has n any lessons’in crayon pah he can now make a good picture from a photograph Mattox iQTOjtt*^. Dr. A. C^M^eV^j^W. e*. perimenting with dynamite tiext balloons, containing dynamltfe, when they reach a suffi, de, igni I* electrii „ _ Bbndey'donner,'.*V desperado yt)u (hot by officers m Indiana. V* ■> THE COTTON CROP. Old farmers say that all bloqm* up to the 15th of September will make white cotton. This being the case there is plenty of time fbr a wonderful comc-out in the yield. The August crop is gone, hut we have yet the early bolls to supple ment with the late yield, OUT POPULATION INCREASING, i Nearly every dwelling in Athens' is now occupied, and there is *, great demand for desirable houses. Every day -some one comes into, our office to be directed to a house for rent. Our vacant, stores are r'ast being filled, and,'in'- fact! Ath ens is on'the biggest kind of a 'A hundyeft neiw\yidences, location*! will* from five to eight rooms, can be readily rented at a good price. ' T TgB PRICE OPCOTTON. It--is the general'' imprtssfon among men who;k'ndythat ’cotton Will .not get below y cents the pijes- ent season, as the’crop Won’t much exceed that of last year. The flo^dci and caterpillar . have, done great damage in . thd^south and wist; while the ary .weather has seriously Injured the, prbspeqt through the middle. : belt. We predict that -6,500^000 bales will cover the crop. AN ARTESUH WELL. We had an interesting converse tion with Col.‘ ll R»url,tl l who has charge of the ’Atlanta-artesian well, and he' 1 tbll« l ' e* ! that there wilibe but littla' trouble in getting a flow of water hi'Athens. He say* (hi Atlanta well wilibe a success bet- sooth for drinking purposes, as it is the. purestysfid, Whhi*»t, 'H#,is ’a. scientific and interesting gentleman.- >^.»»sj*s . j ..t I ’/i m.1 : VxiTHBUTWf.OATCB. . ^ \ M A young man want into Jijck (McGdg*fi> ifKfca/ktT Kpy Gaines, a fiw dayssince, and bet Jack j that the " bottle or staking the cork out.- fa^k could riot see how this Coble be’donej and’tbie' stiked wore buj uptanda bottle of picklet produced, upon .Wbich the young man afdre- said quietly pushed the Cork into' jj. W. J. Davenport, of Ogle- Qse, was in the city yesterday. PLUMBMO AND 0A8 FiniNO. M. H. Malon & Co. have adver tised the business of plumbing, gas and steam fitting. They are dealer* in engine supplies, pipe fittings, steam and water guages, whistles, hydraulic 'rnms, etc. They have, none hut first class workmen in iheir employ’and all work done by this enterprising firm is guarantied to. give sHii-lachon Mr. Malon. the senior member uf the firm, is a line worKman. ami has been em ployed at liie plumbing business for n number of years in our- city, and wiH not leive a job until everything is put : n the best condition. Mr Flanigen, the junior, has been con nected with the gas works here for several years and understands all about plumbing and gas fitting. See their advertisement in the daily and weekly Banner-Watchman, and if there is anything needed in their line send to their office on Clayton street and it will be promptly at tended' to. LOCAL CHIPS., THE TEN CENT LETTER DELIVERY. On the first of October the sys tem of delivering certain letters im mediately upon the arrival of the mails, night or day, will be inaugu rated in Athens. There are in Geor gia five other cities, viz: Savannah, Macon, Columbus Augusta and Atlanta, which will enjoy this bene fit between the hours of 7 a. m. and 12 midnight In order to secure the immediate delivery of a letter in any of these cities, the sender ,muBt attach thereto .a special stamp of the value of i ten cents. In the post-offices in these “immediate de- liWryf’ cities small- boys are em ployed for the purpose of deliver ing the lectors, ana they are paid eight cents fbr the delivery of each letter uuiii tKey have ''delivered a sufficient- number of letters to amount to I30 per month. When a bov has earned-$30 his pay ceases ' pffbe balance-of the month, and ie golrirnment get* the benefit of thq excess. WALTON COUNTT. pur young friend Allen Arnold, Esq., U *ri applicant for the Solioi- torship.ot Walton county, the pres* e'nt irfeumbent, Mr. Blalock, having been recommended by the grand jury for’Judge of the County Court. Mr. Arnold Is a model He young man in every respect. He has the ability, the .experience and riiUMdd to fearlessly an-1 faith- ^ ,,in th\d e i w *hh e -t' u c c i"B e H , 2j * hei*tkrdoghi#8W*i CM- B prfl ftrePtrt grelF pleasure to see the ? afloa-H. H. Carltob’s Jifcadtifu residence ia nearing completion, and will be the handsomest' and most able'home in Ndrthfcast Qeor. ornairoi^/ i VfilfiH wainscottinj three towerifurmounting the bullc and a skating rink forthe'bi lowi the. lovei trike and *016 farm attached is undergo hjgb n' jUJI est state of.cultiyatipn/an'd tbrifiiiest crop we ever •ajr/|inow #ybwing on it. Capt CarltbitesiwITso turn his attention--to: stock raising, and has built a large silo. ■ -Vj* . / SUSPENDED. Mr. JU.‘Glower, an Atlanta po liceman, who once did business in Athens, has been suspended from the force for staying too long at his skating plln' "From the wli qs rsia®, it the suiTOundin, great 1 pk Governor appoint him. ' A lFLEriDID DENTIST. Dr. E. S. Billups has all the work he can do, and his office Is slways crowded with custqmers. He ia one pf the'finest dentists in Geor gia, and a cleverer man never lived. We are glad to hear of his success, and heartily commend him to our readers if they want a first-class job of work.done in hi* line. HONORIXU AN ATHENIAN. he meeting of official agricultu- hemists in Washington is .-pre- over by Professor H,, C. jOf Georgia. Oine of the topics discussed is the adulteration ffpftd. for which it i* claimed that tion is noeded. It is a matter ch' the health of the people ctm'ceriaed,and is of the first im- portanceyjH cSfb his Wit* Putting Psissa la Ms leap. South Braintrbb, Mass., Aug. 31.—Yesterday Alden H. Holbrook caught his wife in the act of pouring Paris gieen into the pork stew that was to form his dinner. The police were notified, and areinvestigating the cate. Mrs. Holbrook acknowl edges the fact, but says the only did it in fun. The couple have not lived happily together. ■null Itsms That a Rsporter Caufht on the Fly Yesterday. Mr. J. S. Baughn, of Oglethorpe, •eld a part of his farm at $8 per •tore cash. Mrs. S. D. Mitchell has one of the finest selection of flowers in Athens. Madison and Morgan courts both convene next Monday. Blumenthal & Hirschfield have 150,000 cigars and a magnificent stock ef fancy goods. As soon as the legislature ad journs Mr. Russell Will go to work on the street railway. What has become of Athens’ free school bill in the legislature? ' Hadaway isrelling a great many buggies and wagons. nk Price has 140 tons of ehti lage in his silo. Dr. Lyndon lost a very fine Jersey cow. The Hodgson Bros, is one of the livest and most reliable houses In the south. One of Colemsn’s clerks will get married in a few days. Only a few of our citizens are working their sidewalks. Young paitridges are numerous and will be ready for the sportsmen in a short while. We hear ih> furihci compilin'!- about the stock law. Will Scarbiuug’, of Greene* bore, has gone into raising white rabbits. ■ A large delegation leave for New Holland springs to-day, to a:» tend tl.e->’rand ball. The 1. e rains have helped out the cotton crop wonder! illy. There is a great deal ol capital in vested in game chickens and poin ter dogs. There appears to be an epidemic of toothache end rheumatism in Athens. The windows of some of our stores need washing badly. There is a ten cents store war raging. Don’t fail to attend the giand ball at New Holland to-night. The Madison springs are still popular with our oid citizens, and they say it is the finest-water in .Georgia. Our boarding houses are deanlng up, in anticipation of college open ing. A few bales of new cotton come in every day. Had Him on Hie Hip. A certain grass widower in town had to pay nimself out of trouble yesterday, and it was his 9-year-old son that “worked the racket” on him. Young America thought he discovered that hia father’s atten tions to a certain pretty young lady were altogether too marked, end threatened to write to bis mamma about it. Pater families undertook to reason with his boy and finally resoited to ridicule to difsuade him from carrying out his threat, but it was no go. Young America was sharp enough to see that be had struck a good thing—something that he could use to make the old man “come down,” and he was de termined to work it for all it was worth. Finding that he would have to buy the boy ofT, the father, like any other prudent grass wid ower would have done under like circumstances; changed his tactics and entered into nego tiations which soon resulted in a trade. A certain amount of money was paid down, and other considera tions were promised for 'the near future. That boy has struck a good thing, and evidently knows it. It may cost bis father the price ol a pony before the return 01 the absent wife and mother. NO 8H0DI ” ■ - . 1 ARE NOWOPEIINU TUB fitRGESr, UIIEVPHXT AMU ri.1F.ST STOCK OF boots&shIes crer put upon the Athens market We bought illroct from tho leading jnanufactavtra, and Ml/ ircih goodii mudo to order tbo (•roaont scuim. There ban been a rnarkod decline lu these goode, and we shall give our patrons tue mil benefit of tho reduction. Ever?thing gold by ui !■ warrant ed fo be ju«L eg represented, aud we refer to oar patrons in the past for enilontcment. Do notbny wlthoat giving tiiia trial, and we will give you better goods at rock-bottom prices. To eouatr? bants we will dupllcito any market In the south and save freights. BALDWIN <?’ FLEMING, Deupree Block, Athens, Ga. m'• MADDREY & JONES. heap Tinware Don’t Scare Us! We Keep it for Sale as Cheap as Anybody, but advise you to buy Something That WILL. LAST I I . ‘ An li A report was brought to town on Thursday morning to the effect that r child, aged about nine bad died on Mr. C, T. McKenzie’s place, about a mile from town, under most suspi cious circumstances. After the death of the child en investigation showed that its right forearm and wrist were brok en, and its left shoulder horribly beaten, bruised and swollen. The general opinion is that the child was murdered, and every circumstance points to the mother e* the perpe trator of the black and inhuman deed for the purpose of ridding her self of its care. The mother, -Milly Scott, 1* a strolling vaga bond, going from place to p[ace and remaining as long as -she is al lowed, but cannot be induced to work under any circumstances. A short time ago she, in the -presence of witnesses, threw the child at tho root of a tree 011 the roadside and left it, swearing that she would kill it The child was taken up by those in company .with her, who finally induced her to take it back. The bill to put the election of i udges and Solicitor* back into the ands of the Governor waa defeated. LOOK FOR THE STAMP ON EVERY PIECE. Our Stock of STOVES end GRATES was never larger and never Cheaper. SEE OUR ELEGANT DISPLAY. MADDREY & JONES, teletroo* No <M Broad »tr-. 6t* M mufaciory, wart and shipping rooms Soutaitroet. on* u •ft^ldAwlf^ q n account of the extra lage cotton crop Bsgging i and Ties are advanc ing. We have now enroute and at the factories Ten Carloads of thj Best and heaviest ARROW TIES. Twenty car loads of genuine All Jute BAGGING, all weights. Send in yonr orders at once and get ad vantage of goods bought before the advance. We will not be undersold.' HODGSON BROS R. A. PATTERSON & CO’S. CELEBRATJ SHELUR The most popular brand of Chewing Tobacco in the South. TALMA DG£ BROTHERS, AGENTS, >*kg7d.Vu 1 m ljg| ATHENS, GA usi