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PERSONAL PRATTLE.
Caught on I Col. E. T. Brown was in the Gate
tha nr Testerdsj. City y esterday.
: Mrl- George Murrell is, .receiving. Prof. Woodfin has been quite sick
'."“orders ior' "Prison
Life.’!-
been
graded out as far as Calvin Parr s,
.. on Milledge avenue. :*;-ti “J
'An Ocohe’e mail‘will, apply for a
1 patent On ventilating; factories. Z]
The cold weather . has , frozen
nearly all the apples in Atheny.
since tfee'^tyt'.'.^lNPVUliPURHV
Hodgson Bros, have rcceiyjejl
three thousand more bales of cotton
; ' up.to; the.pfaent ,time thah they dfff
the same time fait year. '
-.- 4 tlOW IN tV AT KIM IV ILLS. • ]
tAik'Shiriia^ hfirjiHtionegtji^s:
gotimo a difficulty ^Watfipfeille
a Vyiti-.. .1^,1.. 1 1 • •
' aremnd'Athens ar^ running ; on fdlf'
time, and every thing is prosperous.
There is work enough for alrif
good wa^ea— 1 (,i .
•' •**t*2P*4* FSStlValS.
i Great preparations: are ‘ being
made for u celebration of the holi
days in Athens: All of our churches |
will KaveChristmas trees, and there
i‘ will be dances anil parties every
night.
’ ;j BUYING BOSSES.
, Messrs. Brewer and Dead wyler,
of Elbert, were in Athens yesterday
to purchase horses aid mules. They
are a pair of wt^ole-souicd gentle-
men, and we are glad.to have them.
^ with us.
A LIBERAL PBOFOSirtON.
A gentleman;who owns one ot
the finest plantations in Ogletliorpn
r .— county, eontaiuiug. 1,000 acre*, says
if any one will pay linn a lair valu
ation on the biiUlfogVo i the place
" #*. IT e *nun a deed to
/AAtilgsaafm£ : - I g ttffiKa “7
U I*" EOBTHBEM VISIT0B8.
V ' - Several of the ©h- farmer* who
* Visited Greene county butigTft farm*
but they Jewedb wner«
to-- a vcpjj t .'Jow-: figura.
y v/iners are expected to return .hmi
’41 WttMth* 'th'-y have places under
Consideration. as ->
< OUB STBEET8.
It i ?ii:< sted nr.Vt yet* put a
v first .1 t>»* e vit »f«*r ir> cKai'/A
’ ""jwi««?:*?Mi’\ hy.yth/-,ij
ed '•^•alff'tnsries.lv. Tne gra e->
"I 1 * bVI*C -.Vl-*! loSh' to .Vive
future litigition a id tro ib'e
. xyviifijt¥*;'■
Editor B.i irrt'.Watc on *n: I. serf
that, iiairj v-<n'(g«t irinr i, u.ing
• used rn inir _nre-t rai'r >aih A*t
you a.vare of ilia L'flTife,t it will
* be total de tiii^io.i t • j**ti cle-s and
bring ih.jUt til iniWtawd"oil g«r suit*
l|f.in*i the c*t ? Th'f matter should
be loo :ed lot i b tor- •( i» too Jate.
A IUP/LZ.
Mendc 1 Md*ris,at Horacr Cian-
ford's r.ilHe. Won ihe beautiful mu-
•leaf toilet Case, valued at $10. mid it
only cost him 30 cent*. Simon
J Michael won a $15 case and Twee
dy & Co« a stylovraph'c pen.
TBBT DULL.
There were a g.eat many people
; in tjwrt y.e-teiduy, but little Cotton
Was brought in, a* farmers will not
I sell at the Sow price.The e*c«s*ive
P*in» have hadlvHtalned tne. grades,
and hence but few good baleVare
now told. . " " 1
••tag would."
This famous pt*v will be put upon
oor boards Best Monday night, and
it ii one of the best snows on the
. road. Manager Cranlord is gi.ving
our citizens some fine entertainment*
now. •. *; ■
THE SfEEET BAILBOAP.
The bad weather and rain, is hard
■Olv on our street railrn.nl. Not Otlly
-1 s, work has been suspended, bill the
.. holes, dug. for CfOttrfies have been
fi^d up again; and it will ;req U i*e
considerable expense to get them
| npTtl^JfXday*;
' It Is po'vr a"VVeU .uttled feet that
the fraternities of the Univeraity
'-‘ wifi ruue an annual next year. The
meeting of the fraternities held
t./Monday afternoon virtually decided
to issue it' A committee was *p-
« »-pointed to select in appropriate
y. name ior the annual. A committee
wii also appointed to get ettimatee
of the probable coat. It it thought
that 500 will be a sufficient number nuuiuti
to issue. VV’e predict with a proper paper,,
response ftom the Alumni of the
University the annual will be a
vast success.
with a throat affection.
P. J. Moran has been writing up
Jackson county. Pea Jay is one of
the best writer^ we have in the
south. 'His letters are always bright
and-interesting.
Tom Gilhani, of 'Lexington, was
-in the-city yesterday.
Squire Nabors was iq the city'
fobbing around yeaterday. - *
A trio ol our old friends, Messrs
^McWhorters and Pittsrd. of Ogle
thorpe, were iiitto see us yesterday!
n AVS’Vesterday had a call froth Mr.
H. J. Guinea, agent of that splendid
paper, the Augusta Chronicle.
. Mr. E. 1. " Smith left, for Atlanta
yesterday to meet-his wife, who has
beCn spending tome time in Rome.
■ Our esteemed friend Df. R,
Willinghatft, Of; Lexington, ji
iaet-.nigtit hr the city. -
i The street railroad is laying iron
ptt Clsyton street.
22“'- BUNNINO tm blockade! a
A lady living near Athens' wfls
engaged during the war rhnning
the blockade from Pontotoc county,
Mississippi, to Memphis. She
would take a wagon, with a yoke
of orfen hitched to it, and carry two 1
bales ol cotton to Memphis and s^|I
it for one dollar per pound in green
backs. She would invest the green
backs in goods that were not con
sidered contraband, and bring them
back in the Confederate lines and
3ell the goods for a big price. This
lady’s description ol her running
the bldckade is very interesting.
On one occasion she was coming
tio 11 Memphis with a large lot of
g?od«, and the most of them were
considered contraband and liable
to seizure by the Yankee soldiers.
She drove up to the guard who
had to examine the goods,, and at
once saw that the Lieutenant was a
Mason, and the lady, having taken
a degree in Masonry, made herself
known to the iafficer and he imme
diately pissed her ohd the goods
through the lines.
IflLN A3 HAHLET,
At Deupm's Opera Boas* To-Nlzbt.
With cultured men and women,
Stlnkespeare’a playa are evvea new
study. The pulpit quotes them
and they are the text book of Eng
lish literature in the schools. At
this time Rev. Dr. Lipscomb is en
gaged in a series of lecture* on these
plays before the senior class ol
Lucy Cobb Institute. Of all these
plays none is more popular than
Hamlet the "Melancholy Dane.”
Mtln as Hamlet, the Constitution ol
Dec. S has this to say:
Those who attended the perform
ance of "Hamlet” last night were
most sgreelMy surprised. It is
very seldom that a better actor than
Mr. Miln appears, on our boards.
Gifted with an unusually musical
voice, with an attractive stage pres
ence, and, above All, with thedivine
lire oi genius, he presented a most
artistic interpretation of the “mad
Dane.” The writer lias seen Booth,
Kean, Rossi, S tivini and Irving in
tbit role, and Mr. Miln will notsuf-
fer in comparison with any of these.
In the fifth scene of act III, .in his
interview with the queen, Mr. Miln
displayed to the best his histrionic
abilities. :
li-aH .<1 BALE OP
'I On Dec. 17th, stiff oVIock, will
be sold some of the best real estate
in the city. For particulars apply
to J. S. Williford, real es^ste agent.
; )ls al BIO BOO.
George Malcom, of Oconee coun
ty; comes to the front win a pig
weighing 5*7 J-Z pounds. ' OConee
and Banks can beat thp state raising
h0gS ' . '-'i?' -
■u* -<ttv A beduotion” II;.
Tht railroads have, with their nni-
form courtesy,'.through Dr. 'Mell,
granted the students of the Univer
sity a reduced rate of four cents per
mile for the round trip, so that they
may take in their homes during
1 ItfiaioilTioN Bxroxz tm wab.
Mr. Pitfard, an old gentfapan ot
Wilkes, tells us --that before the wa
a man named Overby made a rai
for Governor on the, temperance i
sue, but only received, about 10,000
votes in the state. He .was a brilliant
speaker and stumped Georgia.
i" -1 Bp canstmu. Tit • i \
The Laclede car cojDpany, qf - St.
Louis, wrote Mr. Snodgrass ye*ter-
day ; that , tlje piirs would be here
ready to run by Christmas, aid
probably two or three days by fore
that time. The irons are all {Here
except one ear. at*d the ’ work ; pro
gressing rapidly. , , ■ 1 ,„ ] jQf
•i • -v,. j pF
M£O«0 in.Ui'BELS. . j £^-1
The very small boys of Athens
have organized a minstrel show
under the name.of the "Big Six.”
The press agent', a little lellcw about
the size of a ball of potash, called at
the Bannei-Watchman office yfi*-
terday to have tickets printed for
their first performance, which takes
place next Saturday flight, ill an
old out-house on Thomas street.
The price of admission is five cents.
2 ii TBS CONTEST IN QBEENE.
From a gentleman from Greene
county, we yesterday learned that
the prohibition contest is waxing
very warm, and both, sides are
thoroughly organized. It is thought
that the county will go for prohibi
tion by between 100 and zoo ma
jority. The registration taw will
save the prohibitionista.
■ THE TEXAS EXDOWKKKT. a IP
Delegates from throughout this
section were yesterday In Green
ville, S. C.,.holding a convention to
consider the chances of receiving
something from the Texas
Mutual Endowment Association. It
is thought that a small sum' will be
recovered, but we think thii a
mighty good time to. withdraw from
the cootCetli J C kUj
OBOWMO WEAKSR.
Gen. Robert Toombs is rapidly
, growing weaker, and his death may
By expected at-any moment, (-i 51 '
£m l!?
• ,^jte Banner-Watchman has done
spleatBA. work m, the interest ot
Athena, and deserves full apprecia
tion by, Ker_ people.—Augusta
Chronicle.
IN STRIOTY FIRST OLAMQOOOS1
Jast Received in Every Depai-traent, atthe Shoe- Store
eznsireqxe ».ViH»n-..n»a»d? i- pas - ’** " T’!/
■0# r - ”'
Mond
TBs dtp Court.
City Court convenes -fia
nday next, the 21 it inst. There,
will be but little business. The! rea
son assigned for tbit state ot affairs
it because Clarke is .a prohibition
county. • •,*, • j j*
OOTTOM AMD T00JSB*. 'J|b
Gen. Toomhs says he wishes
there wss not hut,one cotton aeedi
in the world,Wa he had that down
wATKiMaviLLE pounci.
The May or’s election of Watkittt-
vlile- is'causing nearly as much
la ni
AIHBEWD ONE.
The mountain wagon* have had
'a picnic in Athens tor the past two
weeks. Dr. Lyndon, who always
hat an eye to a good place to put an
advertisement, has been giving each
one ot the wagoner* 50 cents to al
low him to paint Turkish Liniment
on each side of their wagon cover*.
Mr. Henry Palmer ha* been kept
busy lettering them. One of the
mountaineers, wijo had brought in
a load of apple*, readily agreed to
have hi* covet painted, and after
Mr. Palmer had put on-aU the fin
ishing touches, the fellow drove
around on Clayton street, turned
tbe>cover over, and got another
man to drive the wagon back in
front of Dr. Lyndon’* drug store
and btd it painted again, making a
dollar on one cover. He uys the
Athenians are very sharp, but they
could not get away with him.
Cotton Receipts.
The stock of cotton is Augusta is
nearly a0,000 bales more than last
year, same time. Tha stocks at all
i nterior town* are 100,000 bales
heavier than this week of i884,.bav
ing increased nearly 50,000 bales
during the week. The receipt* at
the same towns have , been 3,705
bales lets than this- tame week last
year, and since September 1 the re
ceipts at all the towns are 286,278
bales more than for the same time
in 1884.
Tfia Itf*.
The contested prohibition elec,
lion case is still under legal surveil-
ance in Atlanta. The - prohibition
ist* have made the important con
cession that the clauae of the local
option ‘ bill ‘which , discriminated
against wines made jo other states
for Georgia wine is unconstiful'
al. A decision will probsbl
rendered to-day. '
A PINE DELITEBT WAOOM.
. Klein ft Marlin have jast turned
out for Mr. G. H. Hulaie, one of
the neatest delivery wagon* ever
built in this ,place. It is a c
and well proportioned job.
who have use for such wi
would do welt to examine
see for themselves the style' and
quality of the work that these gen
tlemen build. Mr. Hulme acted m: there are
wisely In placing his orders' with an'
these gentlemen, for the attraction 4 *
of the wagon is an advertisement to.
his business. MrietHi aterb
STOKBLY A BOWL AMU.
Mr. J. J. -C. McMahan having
sold out his stock of goods in Cra w
ford to Mr. S. H.Stokely, that gen
tleman has gone Into business with
Mr. Pete'Rowland, and' the busi
ness will be continued under the
firm name ol Stokely ft Rowland.
OUBYOBD'a MOMTBLT.
Mr. H. L. Cranford, the artistic
job printer, has just issued the initial
uf a iieauiifui eigni p*)_
, with ihe above caption,
alt work that agues Jfn
office, it it a gem cl
, 1 OETYUa BEADY.
Work will be commenced toldsy
on the roomt of the Y. M. C.; A.,
and pushed forward to ad early
completion. The looms will be
neatly furni-hed throughout, ,vith
no attempt at elegance, but the
condfort and.enjoyment of the mem
bers and visitors will be constantly
looked alter. The public will be
notified when the roomt will. 1 -
ready and cordially invite Wts t<
privileges. Ths
met with genero<— wemaw rrmimm
and will 1
excitement as the late contest-fin
Athens. Messrs.'J. T. Anderson
and,C- H. Ashford! are the candi-’
dates, and it is gelling quite,liielV
• Vitrri 'Mfi/TZsit! >
John ;iwl' Payne, of--"Oconee
county, has made ah apslgfimentlbi
the benefit ol his creditors. Mr.'G.-'
p. Cook, the asstgnee,’ ’will fettle'
with the creditors on the 23d inst..
He says that he thinks that helwif
be able to pay 80 cents oh tne do]
ar ‘ .. ■!
FREE SCHOOLS.
Prof. A. M. Scudder says he : has
no doubt but that our public school
system will add 25 per cent, to the
population of Athens, and that prop,
erty will advance proportionately.
Those who have not houses or their
own should lose no time in buj “
before the advance takes place.
WEDDIHO INOOONEE.
' Tb-day 1 Wr.'Jamei Prlcb, ohf of
the most'pfooiinent young men in
Oconee, will lead to the altar Miss
Leila Wilton, of Walkinsvilfe. MM
Wilson is o.ne ot the mosf charming
young ladles ot the coupty, and we
congratulate our young friend on
capturing such « prize. ■'* (
HI ■ AN* ABTESIAN WELL.
Now that, the Atlanta artesian
well is an assumed success, Athens
« uld consider the ; idea ol bavin
, too. It it thought that it wi
Ctbut,|iiief»jyjt *,
risei within a few feet of the sur
face. An artesion well - will give
our city a-big froom. ;
MO MORE CLOSIMOUP.
We are glad to kriow that Maic
Joseph’s troubles are at last finally
settled, ond-no more litigation is ex.
pected. We learn that some of the
creditors received S5 cents on the
doHar, which is considered a good
settlement. This thing of'closing
up stores and telling goods at cott is
a hardship on other merchadtj. who
must make’s profit to do business.
. ' ami B0LD1HQ COTTON. I
Unless cotron advances in price
soon it will result in-serious loss to
a number of country' merchants,
yrho are holding large lots. Our
warehouses and adjacent streets are
already filled with bales, and blit lit
tle it being told. There is no probr
ability of aii increase in price soon.
The banks insist on some of this
cotton being turned loose before
yrearori?;
-IT WOULDN’T *«■«» ;
The Y. M: Cr -Ai tfred ; to rent
Lampkin’s old bar-room for their
hall,so as to ,turn a plow-.hare into
a pninmg-huok,“buethe rent w»|—
mote thaw they frit aetlmrized to
pay. We hope the day is not far
distant wheiJX ffiis association. will
be able to elect« fine bedding of
Ire^^y- btljjar^ tables
;n-pin allay-in it. x
.—iissssm-
Mr. Pink Price was in the city yes
terday to purchase a bridal present
for bta-bi other, Jim Prfte. Pink
took a bnsintss view about giving a
present He bought* set ;of solid
silver spoons, a« he thought hit
brother would have mere use for
apbcMUMB-anythihgelse.’
■OUMBDIMA
..iO
. lo?y-
Kfef seeiin Athens Before 9 All
to call attention to their '.large, assortment of
,,, ,. ..b an,,., TOBBCCQS,". ni- .aollKm.td,
s We,clain there-i^ nO:bettej - ,for i the
m.oncy.itrflJijt lfciaib Mt u ^ »a.m\
Also e< me of onr Favdritd ?ranfl^;fdr Vhiclf we
are Solo rgentn. Give us a call and be Convinced.
■■■aswMfJMfaMUMa —.1 L njjLai—'wh—
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DR. PARKERS CELEBRATED ‘
For Coughs, Colds andi i\li‘ ^mflnary^' and Brpn.chial
Troubles; Try a bottle, pricQjSft cents. Fieparod And
: os!»'// •—.•'■'S0LD'BY’ = »‘>C-J.n;^2roq.«« M
Wholesale and
Retail, Druggibta
■ATHENS; l OAav 1
fist I aw Ln* fcslisl m
'and SeedBmen,
to
GRAIN DEALERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, .
|LE#fOR MIg.3j
Special .attention given to-Storage and Custom Grinding
OFFICE AT MOSS & THOMAS’ WAREHOUSE
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REDUCTION IN THE PRIC]
OF SKATES! V!
ATHM^jOA.
o cries ovaa max. zoaawa.
1
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deco-
sfrring
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