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OUR ATLANTA LETTER. REVIEW OF TilK GUBERNATORIAL SITUATION. UcDaniel lu test Bis Old Mends ssd Made lew Ones—Simmons Judicial Elec tioneering Tour Has Cooked Bis Goosey lac on To-Day Hal tho ''Drop” on Alltlie [Special Curre.pon4.nce Benner-Wetthmen.] Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 16.—Editor Ban ner-Watchman: To-day I will attempt to comply with my promise to giro yon a brief review of the gubernatorial cam- * paign, as it appears to ono who has care fully watched the manmurering of the • candidates, and the drift of public senti ment, as manifested by the utterances of leading politicians from various parts of the state, who pay their semi-occasional ‘pilgrimage to Atlanta. * I do not think there is any possible chance for Got. McDaniel. In shaping bis appointments he has ignored that 'little handful of friends who, by thoir persistence, forced his nomination upon the convention, etnl has sought to build up a stronger following from the opposi tion ranks. This policy never has and never wiji^in. I have lately talked to leading gentlemen from Clarke, Putnam and other counties that sent UcDaniel dologates, and they are exceedingly bit ter against him. In fact, I doubt if the ~ Governor will carry a single county thal supported him when he was first nomi nated, except his own, Walton.- Then again, thoro is some doubt about hisclligi'uility on the minds of the people, and this drawback, if nothing else, will defeat him. But no Execu tive that Georgia ever had will retire with a cleaner record than Uenry D. UcDaniel. His administration has boon spotless, and ho has managed the affiars *of state with marked ability and judg ment. Judge Simmons is ono of the beet electioneered 1 over saw, but he has carried it most too far, and 1 think has literally worked li be a sad reflection on the business men of Atlsnta to be bulldozed into working against a paper that has done as much to build up their city as has tho Constitution, Gats City. UP IN COBBHAM. self out of harness. The press of tho slate is now handling him without gloves for using his office for electioneering purposes, nnd most deservedly so, too. Personally I lain a street railroad has dona a great deal of friend to Judge Simmons, hut ho is the last man in tho slate 1 would vote for, after he has so disgracefully drag ged the Judicial ermine into the ces- pool of polities. The poople of Georgia oannot afford to elect Judge Simmons Governor, as it would be a public en dorsement of apractice that degrades our state offices and would put a premium on tho practice of using public position for peraonal gain. It is conceded that Simmon is more popular in Bibb coun ty than llaeon, anil will probably control its delegation; hut he will not get much of a support elsewhere. Judge Simmons has lost half of his strength in tho last thirty days, since the press began Ua war on him. Von will naturally ask, then, who is tho coming roan? To-day it is O. A. Bacon, and I believe that he will hold his own until tho convention meets, and. that he will bo nominated on tho first ballot. For more than n year the tide has boon turning in the direction of Bacon, until lately it gathered into a per fect wave. Qua Bacon has been on tho anxious seat n tong time, and then he has always accepted defeat in inch a gen tlemanly and patriotic manner, that in stead of being weakened, bo came, out of each convention stronger than be entered it. There la neither blot nor blemish on Baotm’a public or private record. • He has always boon true to his state, his party and hit friends, and would not deign to stoop or wire.pnll to gather in tboprUo he so much covetes. Gns Bacon is every inch n gentleman, and if elected Governor will make a superior officer. Fulton county is his, and, in fsct,bohaatwo-thiidsofth» state now -in Us grasp. There ia but one man that pan defeat Bacon—H. H. Carlton, of your city. If Capt. 0. enters the ran be will cut a big road into Bacon's best territory, without injuring the olher candidates. Ckpt Carlton is a very strong man, too. If bo declared himselfa candidate, and made a canvass of tho state, ho could be nomi nated and elected without the slightest trouble. . But there is one thing the people of Georgia will never submit to again, and thatia fora minority candidate to control a convention, as was the case with Me- DanteL It is an outrage on public sen timent, and antagonistic to the spirit of our government, which is that the i jority shall rule. Tho boycott against the Constitution seems to be on the wane, as its advertis ing patronage is on the increase. Wm. H. Dougherty.,and two- or three other small advertisers are tho only business men wh? have withdrawn their patron age firpm th» paper at the demand of the Knights of Labor. The boycott will never work in Georgia. It would Inde-d ABUs cn th» Street Car--Improvements Oolng On. Yesterday morning, by invitation from 8upt Dorsey, of the Classic .City street railroad company, wo took a ride up to the terminus on Milledge avenue. The back is in fine condition, and the little fcxas mules pull the ear very rapidly. They are getting fat, and are the very for a street car or light farming. The ears make very close connection and pass each other every 16 minutes at the switches. Tho street oar atablea are lo cated in the rear of Mr. Coleman’s store, and are very convenient The atreot can are certainly a.blessing to the young ladies going to school at the Institute, and moat all of them ride to school every morning. The road is nearly completed. Supt Dorsey will, in a short time, com- mince building the track to tho fair grounds, so as to be ready for picnics and base ball matches in the spring. There will be several fine games played there this summer, and one or two clubs of tho Southern league will plsy hero. Supt Dorsey js very well satisfied with his * , and thinks that travel on tho lino ntinue to increase. There are ito a number of improvements going on ig the line. Macon Johnson has made some improvements on his lot in r. now Cratio's aver house ii nearing completion, and will be, when finished, one of tho handsomest. residences in Cobbham. The house of Mrs. Hughes, on Mil- ledge avenue, will be completed shortly, and is a beautiful residence. . ~ Capt Welch will 'build a fine hous 0 on hia lot next to Col. Dotring's. All along tlie lino can be seen now fonces, stable?, cow houses and various other improvements. Every tiling is in a nourishing condi tion, and it is a settled fact that tho good for Cobbham. A QUERY. A Lady Wants to Know About tho Athena rost-offlee. Mr. Gantt: Please inform a constant reader of your valuable paper what is re- uired or a lady clerk in a post-office. Iss any one applied for the place yet? Feb. 16th, 1886. [It will require at least two lady clerks to discharge the duties of the of fice. As to what their duties will be depends on the place they oeenpy. The mail mast be made up and distributed, stamps erased, and it will also be nsces- sary for aome one to stand at the deliv ery and give out letters and papers. We presume the financial department will be under charge of the postmaster. Any lady with ordinary intelligence can soon learn her duties. There are aoveral ap plicants, but no sale, -ton has as yet boon made.—Ed. B.-W.] WANTS BOBBY BAD. ^ D. Fitzgerald, the Irishman that came from' Chicago to marry an Atlanta girl, end waa rejected on account of his un gainly appearance, threatens to sut the Banner- Watchman for damages because it copied an article from the Augusta’ Chronicle, describing his ippearapeo. We think the pen portrait a very accurate one, and so will a jury whan they an this fellow Fitsgerald. Wo say to him, go ahead with your suit, and yon will find n little honest work' an easier way for Chicago Irishmen to make n living in the South than sueing every gentleman for damages who don’t declare yon an Apol lo. This la the same fellow that wanted to sue Col. Smith for damages for dis charging him. We suppose he will also try his hand on the Augusts Chronicle. If Fitsgerald continues this gums he will get something to sue for sura enough. THE RAILROAD MUDDLE BABDOBIAH JOXBI. Randall in Augusta Chronicle: “It seems that when Rev. 8am Jones was at Charleston he made some ugly and un just remarks about Mayor Courtenay. Capt Ed. Willis afterwards came with s message from the preacher to the Mayor, asking that public functionary to come nnd hear him. “Bear back to Mr. Jones," ssidthe Mayor, “this reply: Wheql want to go.te * circus, I shall aeok it un der a tent and not in a religions taber- A BAD OVtTOHEX. One of tho little Texas males walked into the back doorof.Colemsn's up-town store a few days ago. Joe Kenney, Cole man’s clerk, did notlike the looks of such a customer, but the question with Joe was how to get rid of him. Joe says ho will taka a black bear rather than a Texas mule. . a ' -J » _Va, Bae tbt Central syndicate and the Rich mond and Danville iiatft a Trade? Tho report that the R. & D. road has purchased the Gainesville, Jefferson tc Southern, taken in connection with the statement that tho R. A D., in considera tion of being released from the Clayton extension of the North-Eastern, will build to Macon instead of Columbus, looks to us very much like a trade between these great rival syndicates, by which the Georgia will give up her little artery that leads into the H.AD’i territory, and in consideration for which this latter road will abandon tho idea of building to Co lumbus, but will connect at the Georgia with the Macon road, that is conceded to he under the control of the Central syn dicate. If’thls bo true, all fear of a rival trading point to Athena whore the road crossos the Georgia can he abandoned, as both line* will be under ono manage ment We would be glad to sea both of these reports verified. A gentleman in this city, interested in the msttyf, wrote to New York to find if Livingston got his money than to build ths Macon A Cov ington road, and tho reply came that he had not been furniahed a cent from that city. Ho ia doubtless backed by the Central syndicate that ia furnishing him with means. Everything ia robed in mystery, and yon can get at nothing au thentic. - SAWING BONES. Bogan A Lyndon Doing a Thriving Business la surgery. There haa hardly been a half dozen surgical operations performed in * year in Athena, until Hogan & Lyndon put an advertisement in the Banner-Watchman. Since they have commenced to advertise they are getting more fingers, hands and legs to saw off than they can attend to. The reporter visited Dr. Hogan's office yesterday, and found him covered with blood from recent operations. Rachael Sims, an old negro woman, was sitting in a rocking chair under the influence of ether, administered to her to have a An ger token off that had boon pierced by a noodle. Tho Anger was token off and I terrible looking ..l.joot. A- littlo boy from Princeton factory had his fin ger badly mashed by the machinery at the factory, and had to have it taken off. Dr. Hogan also performed tho operation of opening the club foot of s white child, and thinks that he has done the child some good, and that it will bo enabled to walk without much difficulty. TBB TOCCOA BORDER. The CamesviUe Register thus very sensibly argues about the horrible trag edy in Toocoa. Wo oannot believe that young Freeman committed the crime, al though the ovtdoneo ia against him. How can yon explain this argument by the register: “It is most improbable, that a planned murder and robbejy should have boon committed in broad day light, in full view of many houses. It is difficult to conceive tho object of carrying the body into town Instead of concealing it, or al lowing it to remain whore it fell. It is altogether improbable that s hog should have torn the head from the body. It Could not have-been dona without drag ging the body about if dono at oil, end the body had not been dragged, and there waa nothing to indicate that it had been moved n hair’s breadth from where it at first laid. It would have boon impossible for dogs or hogs to strip the entire head and face of all flesh as clean ly ns it was done—certainly impossible for them to have dona, without getting it scratched and soiled. Hence wo con clude that the mystery has not been solved.’’ ALL THE LATEST STYLES (mail Items That a Reporter Caught on tho Fly Yesterday Henry Beusse, Jr., has charge of the IN BTRIOTY FIRST OLABBUOODB i Y. M. G. A. rooms now. The pony that Pink Prico bought of the circus is dead. The Athens cotton seed oil mill makes twelve barrels of oil a day. The wagon yards have done n poor buaineas this season. Turkey gobblers are now allowed to roam at will on Jackson street. Secretary Manning has made a call for $10,000,000. Was it a jack pot? An Athens mother quilts shot in her boys’ pants, to break them from wearing ou t their knees. ptr & Hunter have 800 cords of oak, hickory and pine wood for sale. See advertisement. Thera is n lady in Athens who kept stUl one minute to havo her picture tak en. This is tho first esse on record. An old epicure says he has been able to buy no good tea since tho war. Ho used to pay $1.50 per pound, and the tea was worth It, too. The Washington Cronicle says there ato a half dosen merchants in Harmony Grove who sell in excess of $60,000 worth of goods par annum. Dr. Charlie Long haa a lot of cord wood that he wants cut All who wish to out moat apply at once at hls store on Broad street. Old Unele Ned, tho colored gentleman that laid dewn tho ohovel and the hoo, has expired, or at least ho is not nowin this community. Tito main object in life of tho small boys of Athens is to see who can smoko the largest number of cigarettes and read the greatest number of dime novels. There are fewer old maids in Athena than any other city in the South. The University of Ga. is situated in the little dty beside the blue Ooonee lathe cause. The surveyors of the Georgia Midland are now surveying a route from Double Cabins to McDonough, via Stillwell's bridge, but it is 'probable the route by Locust Grove will bo selected. Q.'A. Ward, of Coffee county, who for x years was clerk of tho superior court of that county, has entered tho Georgia Univerajty at Athena, Ga^ as a law stu dent Quite a sen>jntlon waa created by n ne gro womaq, falling in » fit >[ the Lney Cobb Wednesday. It was thought st first that she was dead, but ahe finally revived and was carried home. Jnst Received in Every Department, at the Shoo Store Broad Street, Athens, Ga. No Such Stock of BOOTS&SHOES Ever seen in Athens Before, All the Latest Styles in Ladies’and Misses’Shoes BALDWIN & FLEMING. GRIFFITH & WELL, INSURANCE AGENTS. Represent best Companies and insure desirable pro perty in Athens and vicinity on most favorable terms Assiers. .$ 750,00# . 7,200,058 . <,249,760 .. 14.500,000 0,087,235 .. 3,313,714 3,505,877 . 2,633,783 1,100,084 -■!£ .« List of CottrASixs. Georgia Home Home of New York Phoenix of Hartford Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company of North America. North British and Mercantile.... ... New York Underwriters Germania of New York Merchant!) of New Jersey .■ Atlanta Home (rays diviu«ui<!e to policy holders./ XOTHIBAR'S a RAVE. -In the little town of Sharon, seyi the Washington Chronicle, is ths grave ef n young Irishman, who, with n Catholic priest, waa drowned between Athens and Lexington. The following is the in. scription on his tombstone: Methuen H. Motxibsx, Aged 85 years. A Faithful Irishman. “How many fond hope* lie buried here.” It is seldom that a more expressive sentiment is found than this one. WEITBBT1AET BATTERS. Col. Junes M. Smith, of Oglethorpe, one of the lessee! of convict labor, has recently completed some improvements at his camp, in the shape of n new stock ade and building, which place it among tho best In the state. - ‘ There were only two deaths among the convicts daring the month ef Janu ary. one at the coal mines and one on thef Oglethorpe camp. The health of the convicts la reported aa excellent at the present time, despite the severe cold weather daring January. DSJCOBTBEBUM ABBIVBBSART. Ths anniversary exercisss of tbs Dem- osthenfan society of the University occur to day at l0:30 a. nu, in the college chap el in the campus. E. T. Whatley, ’86, of Newnan, delivers ths anniversary ad dress. The public ore respectfully in vited to attend. ■ ’r rET Irakis. AtMaxeyswo saw Bob Giilism'a rat tlesnakes which he has kept inn common wooden box for two years, without food. They are now torpid and have every ap pearance of being deed. Hr. Gilliam has u great fancy for snakes.—Washington Chronicle. ITRBTCBIBa A LITTLE. Bsv. Sam Jonas ia certainly given to stretching when tho occasion occurs. - Hs said in one of his sermons in Cincinnati that bo would rather bo five hundred old maids shut up In a room by himself than to be the wife of one drunkard. Rev. Bam most bo n little off or he must not haven heavy weight mother-in-law with several good active sister-in-laws who are old maids. Sam ia having too much of n good time to appreciate the ilia of life. SOCIETY AND PERSONAL. Mr. Frank Upson, of Lexington, has entered the law class of the University. Mr. A. D. Lipscomb, of Clarkesville, son of ex-ChanetUor Lipscomb, is in tho City, visiting his father. WARTS TO nOW. Rev. Dr. Lane has receivsd n letter from HUledgeville asking about the workings of prohibition in Clarke. It has certainly done no harm, and if it has dono no harm it must have done some good. COHUTTIE RETORTED. The building committee of the Board of Education have reported their obser vations to the city council. It is no w in the hands of the council to lot out the contracts and have the work done. ETCTET.ISS MOOTINQ. ' t-Muie hunters out on Mrs. Compton’s place came very near hitting Mrs. Comp ton with a bullet. It passed within an inch of her head. JanlSdly. STOCK FEED Made from the very best grain---give it a trial. COTTON SEED MEAL, Splendid for Cattle and Indispensible to the Farmer as a Guano. OFARRELL & HODGSON Jaaivdlaa FOR CATARRH In nil its Stages, nnd SORE THROAT In every Form, the CERTAIN CATARRH CURE; and the Surtit Quickest reurndv known. Purely Vegetable. Manufactured by 30. OO., Athena, U Price, $1 per bottle; Qbottles $5 twin by Jno. Crew lord Co., wholesale and recall Druggists, Athens,<K Information furnished. —LJ J. N. SMITH & CO., GRAIN DEALERS AND MILLERS m LONG TERM POLICIES ISSUED ON NOTE PLAN. OFFICE AT BANK OF THE UNIVERSITY. TEXAS RUST PR00F0ATS GENUINE. FOR SALE CHEAP. "MCE , Jains OLLEGE TIME! SS0T3D [ND MERICANAND ERWARE W1SS WATCHES CUDDER’S. FINE STATIONERY Books, Eancy Goods. Everything in General Station ery. A Fine Stock of PICTURE FRA Mouldings, Etc. Oudeus Phomptly Attended E. W. BUR