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BANNER'WATCHMAN, ATrtSNb, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING/MARClT j?, 1SS6.
m :
Job Tueir from Colombia to ProTMeaee
at zCtrptt.
PromtktNrv YorkTrikoar,
Boston, March 6.—“Do I remem
her any incidents of the Under
ground railroad that haven't got into
print?” aaid an old abolitionist and
slave rescuer the other night in re
sponse to a question. “Well, there
if one story'that I don't remember
r, tah*ve been ipAhq book* or-tbe pa-
i ,6 P er ‘- /n ' s 59- iu« Jn the btiflftof
! llie agitation, S-;—/our agent at
i. Columbia,S. C., had occasion to
deuce, R. I., by the underground.
Job bad sheltered a runaway in hi*
i cabin and had bfc'en betrayed by
1 - anoi hep-negro. He learned the sit-
— “ ' u .* a “%*! , ,‘bcjLme. into Columbia in
the middle or tne m a i,» T|,ere was
no hope ot concealing him._ o..
fftSfcsM ja.qaw.meaas
of abipment that he bad never tried.
This was his opportunity to try it.
•j Wjf^gm^ear grit,etr^j^rbh
**$TT got out a large coffin that he.
ha<rfcei>t fdr the ^emergency, And
, jnto thit be put poorjob, and with
Hint a quantity of crackers, cheese,
dried meat and a rubber bag full ot
water. A few gimlet hole* admit
ted air. On the first train in the
morning Job Yancey- went off*, ship
ped as a corpse to a chosen address
in Providence.- Trainmen were
generally fret peclful bf<tfie rfesdin'
those days, anu Job traveled com-
iime, barring ibe iiuura
sionally lay on some
H|£ &eV«>8ibg South
ern sun. Trsvel was slow, snd
sometimes the trestment was a lit
tle rough. Job alter a day or to
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
The Baltimore M. E. Conference
has adjourned ' p
The hostile Apaches now desire
to tut render unconditionally.
“For fence” tickets gave a district
in Carinll county the stock Jaw.
A order was issued from the war
department retiring Major General
Pope.
Mr*. Burney, near Rome, Ga.,
aged 6o years, wst burned to a crisp
by a fire in her yard.
Alt of the employes in the tailor
shops in Danville, Vs, are on a
striae for higher wages.
The President lies nominated Mr.
Trenholm, of Charleston, to be
comptrpiler of tjie currency.
A Clear Skin
Is only a * part of beauty;
but it isa part Every lady
may have it; at least, what
looks like it Magnolia
Balm both freshens and
beautifies.
“f. R. It," ol the Augusta Citron-
iclr, still UK. Ultra glasses in view
ing the situa’ion from Washington.
West Virginia is now reported lost
to the democrats.
speecl
ate, on tne rjgjjt of the senate to de
manil ihu,opening of the president’s
private map hag, was below medi
ocrity, and shots * to what straits the
reponlicans'hsve been driven.
Atlanta,’ March 16.—The ques
t ! on is now being agitated as to
whether or not under the prohibi
tion law ease, the Cspitel City club
can continue afier fuly 1st to fur
nish its members liquors.
WANTED,
A Good Housekeeper
To call and see Maddrey A Jones’
nnvcltte* for relieving the drudgery of
every day life j- n
began to get exceedingly lame with
the Confinement and pressure, his
Married, in the tower pattpf the
county, Mr. Jim Christian, it wid
ower of fdrty.oAd the father of three
children, to Miss Lou Pass,-a blush
ing blonde of 16 summers.
grim hetth grew irksome, but it was
when the loud ihoutr and laughter
ol his own kind died away around
hint, and when that and the sicken-
Hig-chilt cante over him-when they
dumped him one night on the atone
(loor of a cold baggage room toine-
.. where tgld him that be was in the
North, (hat he began to suffer. The
mere coasciousncss that he was in
tbt North might have buoyed him
up, however. If It had not been
onedresdful circumstance:
“There was a sort of faint gieam
around him that told it was day,
and he matt have been in New
York, for he says that he had been
carried scrota tome water by the
sensation of vising snd falling that
he had felt. He had felt himself
rattled along in a wagon, too, and
the wagon bad brought up in a
place where he had heard the clatter
and the roar of trains again. His
coffin.was dragged violently out of
the twsgtn, and drhen his bearers
put him down they stood the coffin
* »ptin«t fit* tMll-r-on its head. Job
and would die, but be dared not
shout for .help! ; That would mean
discovery, a delivery to his owners,
; and worse than death. Better die
there; even it horrible death from
torture, than be carried bsck to bis
master's plantation. He clung to
—j»H«tcriulu>tion. bntat Iftftjthls. ,
weakened sen tea giveaway. His jy”*;
consciousness, after minutes of ago—
The body of L. G. Dewitt, who
fell from the. ice mound at Niagara
Fall*, a syeek ago Sunday, apd lodg-
ed on the ice below, was secured
Tuesday morning After several dava
' * ‘ ‘ thr - ‘ •
labor in cutting through the ice.
The steamers Nacoochee, from
Ncsf York, aiid the Wm. Crane,
from Baltimore, were in collision mi
the river below Savannah, Wed
nesday afteriuiuiuL The Nacoochee**
main-rail aiid'unperdeck waterway
was broken. The Crane was only
•lightly damaged.
The two-third . vote by which Mr.
Blar.d was permitted to nasi" ih«
days on which the silver question
should be "disposed of, shows that
the goldbug* have no standing in
the house of representatives. The
coinage oftsilver will continue for the
luturo as in the pafb
Atlanta, March 16.—A mem
ber of St. Phillip’a • church said to
me this morning: “You can state
that St. Phillip's chutch is all right;
that a meeting of the pew holders
will be held on the S6th of April to
elect a new vestry, and pretty soon
thereafter a new minister will be
called.”
Mills dob villb, March i6.~
Eatonion train; wjsi almost complete-
ly'wrecked abdut 5:30 o'clock this
afternoon, at the 183 mile post, by
wheel of on# of 1 the freight cars
jumping the track. Seven freight
cars, nearly all the freight, aud the
track for fifty yards is a complete
f" The englneand tender was
broke loose. The passenger coach
An Active Young Mon
the new* that .Maddrey 4
Juu** have an elegant stork of usefnl
ucd ornamental mods on hand which
they are selling cheap. ..
A Middle Aged Marw
To learn before be fs'too old thatltje
economy to burWhawyahr wife wants,
Maddrey A Jones have nisnrof them
thin-*,
A Neat Young Lady
To keen liisfttlng to bet Pa that Mad-
drey Jones have lots of things which
Mamma la obliged to havy.
A Smart Boy
To tell Ills Vn that “life's too short* to
monkey with^ old faebfbfcd .thing*
BASKS COUSTY SEWS.
Hombr, Ga., March 16.—Court
convened in Homer Monday morn
ing, with His Honor Judge Estes on
the bench. The morning was al
most consumed in charging the
grand jury and getting the court
fully organized. When thia had
been none the case of Mary Dailey
vs. IV. C. Coker, suit on a note, was
tried. The jury lound a verdict ol
If win ‘
wo cases were begun) but
owing to'the lack of sdme evidence
orflaw they weft postponed until
next court. • Banks court is very
welt atten ded. Quite a large Cro wd
was in attendance both on-Monday
and Tuesday. The bar is especially
well represented. Among those
Ismiamv C. w.„„l ,r. around tlmrhouse when Middrey A
J-nxiNOTON, Us., March to.— Jones van furin-h tlielaU-.-t luuisni-
eiines id. a low price.
murolilC.lm
PARTNER WANTED.
In a useful and paying Invention, one
hundred per cent guaranteed. Apply to
ft. A. Willbai.ks, Paperville, Ot..’ or as
thla office. march 17.^t-
Men are often heanl saying that their
HSpir.itloH* ary high, *»•!*■- «*v**ry M!Q m tl»*v
eough their noses go towards die earth,
with indications that they will folio#
them soon, unless they are wise enough
to take Ur. Bull's Cough Syrup in time.
ADVIUKTO auTIIUM.
N«s. Wtxnow't SoonuXo gvsoe rhnoia *1
ways bs sk4 for ehtMnia tertbliur. It soodiM
nentiji. wnus tat sum*. slurs siipsu. cures
wtsdoollc, snd Is ills bsst rctaMp tor alsrrhtss.
■Twenty-tv* cents s bottls. lystdAwiy
well represented. Among those
behind the railing we notice Messrs.
Pike, Siltnsn, Pittman,' Hill abd
are also several attorney* from
Gainesville, hr Harmony. Grove,
Carnesville, and ' perhaps others.
Solicitor General Browft Is the only
attorney from Athens: u ■■ ••
The political pot is begihVting to
boil somewhat nt‘ the 'old Ninth.
Col, Candler hat many followers In
Banks) who want to send him to
congress as long kk he will ; have it.
He ha* a strong* following in his
native county, and Banks Will no
doubt send Candler delegates.
Judge Estes is shaking band*
with his legitfn of friends, and
wouldn’t caW if the people' tjtoiild
send him to represent-them. Bill
Pike, of Jefferson, bas’hosmall fob
" in
——
Did you Sup- .
pose Mustang Liniment only good
for bones? - It is for inflamma
tion of all flesh.
COTTON MARKET.
ircb IT, J886.
te.A 9 to 9 1-8
R.to r
Low Middling...U',8 1-4 to
Good Oidinsrv T S-4 to
Strict Low Middling...
We quote market quiet but cteady.
New York Kuturiselcted firm.
April 9 13-14. June 34-35.
Middling... .I. 1-8
Klmu!
1 - v. Tb>GBK4T BKMKOy. pi
IBOSADAUB Is s great remedy fur
Berofula, and alt taints and - tfissssss' at
lb# Bloud.lt U well known;to; Phy«i-
feine, enrlcKlng tfie blood and 'bulldloz
up the system- Bead the followingt-l
bare oufcrorl37 year* with Liver Com-
!
for s iloelor, and htf atteuded me BBS
months. Hettid he could tld uie not
| butene bottle of R08ADALI8 du
■■ good than all she modicum the
doctors ever gave me.
Mooro’s Creek. Y. c.
£« ToTItS
Doaoll7i *Ud m Poarl Rt. NYork.
. “Adam the goodliest man of men
sitice born,” still could not be called
exactly envlab'o, for when ho tilled the
ground in the dewy twilight and caught
a sharp tonirii of rheuniatis-n, ho had no
Salvation Oil fo.-his cure, and no twenty,
five cent* to try It.
No other merliclae it so reliable as
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for the euro of
colds, coughs, snd all derangements ot
the respiratory organ* tending toward
consumption. It affords sure relief for
tne Mtnmmtlc and con*umotion, even In
advanced stages of disease.
fiMflRan ft t/hvitdSSlMd T *"+*'*
new.founa frjcuds weiu using th'sj? ' * ' '
best endeavor* to restorebim. In
a few tlsy* he was able to step out
into theworld ink homo,in a chosen
FBBD D0D0LAS8.
Thsdrtatut Uvtag Cslorsd Ksa-Wbst B*
lays About rroblMtlos.
T. A. Sykks, Esq., of Tennessee
Dear Sit—You have my heart;
Godspeed in any and every well
directed and earnest effort yen may
be ablate make to banish the dam
ning ctirte ot intemperance front
the hearths and hpipesql the.color-
where. For a long time I refus
10 commit myself to the doctrine
ifrfpMt i*—nfoM— <-*—tf—
ting drinks, because I thought it
^^^A^rch 16.—Mr.
M. LLsCount, who had been in
AtfktfM jail serving out a sentence
fur violating thq ipterpgl revenue
laws, returned home on the 7th in
stant. He was completely parslvz.
ed in his limbs, and was perfectly
young wire, lb at-
him frei
helpless. His
tempting to-lift him frsm the bed to
a chair, ruptured a blood vessel anfl
died on the following Tuesday.
She leaves two children, one being
two years old and the other six
months.
A Narrow Escape.
Mr. W. T. Head, wholivesabout
nine mile* from. Modisnp,on
returning home Sunday, came near
having a serious accident, which
endangered hit life. While cross
ing Ssndy creek, instead of cross
ing over on the bridge, he conclud
ed to lord the creek, and as* be. got
about half way across, his horse
Noone stepped in a hole, throwing him
out, tils feet cstchipg in between
the spokes of the wheel, ihUs 'fc
ing his head in the water, wh....
would have resulted in his drown
ing had it not been for the timely
asaistanoe of Mr. Sam Booth and
Rev. J. rf. Bran, who happened to
be returning from Philadelphia
church, where they had been at
tending preaching.
iruises.
board.
prohibi
Seci
tect ill—
,‘»i •gainst yellow fever, cholera or any
to go this length;-But the Weight
in the other scale. Is iiTerwhelming '
Wile, children and society are mote
than the miserable auoetite of the
solutely Pure.
, t ^ iMNMifiis, lion ••
ig«llM •nilugrr klMf; and cannot W
ompetition with the miitilude of *
, BbaalWh#
^AtUANTA, March
Mormon and John Spe
(.—ifsrk
pencer were
arrested Iasi December for selling
illicit whisky in Qartersvillr ^
tersville is a dry town, au
where liquor is sold ii
are known as blind ti
room where the liqiiSk is
Wtp'SFbSl.
lowing, and is especially popular
Banks. He, too, wbfdd like to 'wear
congressiitoSl honors, and would
gracefully Wear them, ton. There
are perhaps other* who'would like
to be congressmen, bat tfe guess
their day Is B-coming, 1 " '
The Banner-Wafchman bein, *
the county organ of Banks, 0
course is very popular. It i* read
by every family in the iounty, 1 and
Is as much sought sft^r by fbe citi
zens of Bank* as an-umbrella ;, on 4
rainy day.' They say that they can
never forget the great aerviee Edi
tor Gantt and the Banner-Watch
man did them In the Spcer-Csn
dler campaign. Tour correspond
ent is adding Dew subscribers to the
already large subscription list In this
section.'
We are stopping'With Mr. T. F.
Hilt, the efficient ordinary of the
county, and a perfect gentleman.
He has taken us in hand, and say*
we shan’t want for anything.
Straw hats 'are being worn in
Homer.
Measles are very prevalent All
Over Banks county.' There"!# one*
family 'all down with them, and ft
is .thought one will die.
* 'Monday' evening' Judge Estes
sentenced A young man named
Wiie'fof sit months in the chain-
gang or pay A fine Of $25 and all
cost for carrying concesled weap
ons, He plead guilty to the charge;
Patterson, <h< man who is Charg
ed with an assault with inteiit to
murder Ibis wife, js here at court.
He says lie ^ 1* .going to settle the
case or stand his trial. His bond
for f j,000 has heed .forfeited.. He
j* not. a bad looking man by any
means, and seems -to be about 25
years old. Patterson appears to be
very penitent; , : ;
There are two negro boy* in fail,
arc aged i3»nd 15 years, and stole
they animal in. jbe lower edge of
the county, but «pre captured near
LuUl-... j*,..,.,
V Mordsr Nssr BtMrtoa.- ■-
ElbertoN', Gs^ Msrch 16.—Guy
Brown was killed by Granville
Simpson yesterday afternoon about
elyht mlles' ftom 1 Elbertbn: The
J.ll.WALKSB
As Enlsrprisfag, ItStlaMs Haws,
JamgA Oo., can of ways tie relied upon,
upt only to carry in .stuck the hear of
everything, hut to sacure the Acifnny for
such articles s* hsro ivell known [merit,
snd are pdpu lar with the people, thereby
Sustaining the reputation of being al
ways enterprising, aiul ever reliable.
Hsvlug seen red the Agency for the cele
brated Dr. King's Mew Dlecovery for
Consumption, will sell it on s positive
guarantee. It will surely euro any and
every affection of Throat, Lunge and
Chest, and to allow our confidence, we
hi rite you. to call am! get a Trial Bottle
Free. „ ,, w
SOCIETY WAS SHOCKED.
A Distrssilne Klshap that B«f»U a Toung
Lady In a Boll Boom. '
Washington, March 7.—Wash
ington society has again been shock
ed, and again the shocking process
took place at Mrs. Secretary Whit
ney’s. , A young lady, tit# daughter
of a General, was one of the many
guests at Mrs. Whitney’s peculiarly
select ha'.! last evening. . The young
ress,
. „. fis* B’s
cant upper front part of it, be-
1 hoiribly disarranged and' ex
lady, Mis* Ulank, wore a low cut
dress, of couise, though, report says
it was,def lower than ' many others
present. Well, finally, in the |
wbhl of fhe dance, Mist
the scant 1
camel _
posed a portfon of her "flesh which
was supposed to be partially cov
ered. The Worst uf ft*’WM that
Miss BUnk was not awaie of the
disarrAngeihent, and passed about
among the guests wholly oblivious
ofpt Finally a kind companion in
formed her and the retired in con- m
fusion fpr ..repairs,. This incident *
fblly dedionstrgted'the point at
which society; should be. shocked.
There it a point to which it it per-
"nitlv proper lo go astd lowness of
. ie dress, but a half inch lower is
shocking, All of which illustrates
Wonderful Caret. fhe delicdcy of taste that U necetta-
W. D: Hoyt & Od, Wholesale and Re- , io ,b *. rnsnagemenfc.oIsJow-
tsil Druggisteof Borne, Os., say: We neck evening dress, anCtho proper
hsvs been telling Dr. Kings New Dis- place «t whifctPt* drf»f.lW4ir
eovsry, Electric Bitter* and Bucklen’s ifr.'T!^'" I
Arnica Salve for two years. Have never CABISO Tftfc DK. ABHSTEOXO.
handled remedies that sell ** well, or —- •'
giro such universal satisfsetion. There A Bostdemo* Ranted, Furalsksd sndTtndor-
htrcbccn some wonderful cureseffected t fj rk«»fK) W
by these medicines In this city. Several ar- \r t. r
eases of pronounced Consumption have Atlanta, Ga., March to.
been ontiroly cored by uso ofa few bof- ftfthdt of Dr. Armstrong among
ties of Dr. King’s New Discovery, taken the congregation of St. Phillip’s
in connection with = Electric Bitters We are jStill staodiug up to him in eve-
guarantee them always 8old by Long & Co. ry way. A lew days ago at a meet
ing of the vestry a committee was
appointed to call upon him and
make a tender of any pew in the
sufferer from Rheumatism, nift-ciliig bot b e . hurc h {re 9 of charge, for *a - long A
siiouiiiers to ancii an extent time tu-mid time a* they see fit to use it. Since
not pul on my coat without help. Tho then the ladies 01 the congregation.
bottles 01 B. B. B. effected - - - ’
BOTH HANDS UP.
. Mkivnan, Ga., June 4,1885.
For over two years J liuvu be«i>
use ol seven I
Wads worth aud ail mcrbhantsofNewiiau
, 1 'Jacob 6roxcLr.11.
SHB 1SN0T dsad provisions. The house was'placed
It has been reported that I was d»ad— at hia disposal to-day, and
fonrjear* I bsvobeen row Dr. Armstrong will lakt^”y»i^|
-r u u -r-u _ *1*
mt f i T . L * * J™ 10 * uren
afflicted with a severe ease of Blood 0 r KU |T AM »
Poison, Rheumatism, and Neuralgia <> r h, » new home.
chargedwUh stealing anoxen. They
ville, who
•di
escaped.
1 mms&te
ngwM aanrirm a knife: a
Id, and a
for Gram
They were,
w *•» yet come
.1 h :n
v . ';’TT.■-V*’*"- 1 - —■ .
•/ . -“WHAT'I THX MATTER SIT
j|'hinv4 Yon are nnt looking well. “Onoth-
sell and leaves hia money on the ta” °?[f * ‘slight cold.” in two day#
Li. “ after the above conversation “fit” was
vary sick with pneumonia. Hsdhefirsl
taken; dose of Smith’s Bits Bonus !
inurclis.^t.
[MROU^LABK^Tot'BTr—Wtm»
Utmmggdiai^HsJmlnntrairlx 11. h
..-’in lerim el tbc Un l.iit
Inuu t.ld AdmloisIraUnn. .hr.-o uio
*JW ssstrst mo rtfulsr uru of tne *rim? of
*» »*■ b«i4".u a tftt
wno, during all hit trouble, have
been his strongest Supporters, ^
rented a residence, furnished jt and
provided Ihe^ same with yyeer't
Znimt
My flesh shrank sway, " my 'tnuw'loa j«ct of building him a ne
seemed to dry up and from Into' little >* at, » nein^ favorably disc
kaou went swollen aud painful snd all and it is believed 4bat the reduisito
S*B. Tl have ro0ne ^ Mn
pounds of flesli, nod am now os sound 11a
any woman.
Bill* Dowwaway, Atlanta Ga. REIGN OF TERROR IN TEXAS.
Fsoplt Afraid to Call TBrir Ionia TBelr
Own—IBs Knfthts of Labor Hold tno Up
per Haad-Pouoninr Drinking Watsr.
flfi&yV CLARKE COUNTr.-WtlWM..
UTtotowf . Nsaeton. sdailnlnnUir »r Ellis
A. Hearts , lew ol Mid oosuty dKe«Md, sp.
pljwuypa or A<llich*r|0 from uld •dmlniitri.
Use, Tb <m trs ihorerom to sue esd edmoaUb
of t pcM^ottt n ’rn?iin“»u?i'^ e ™ *°« r rv with, lex,
‘’ui.s? 7 '5 cl1 The Knights of Labor have the up-
“/-•‘“S’ajdofctst .I^wro,'ThUME “a." P er hand here. Boarding houses
, A. p, HENLEY, o. o. C. ,nd hotels wlficfc accofnm.,daie the
men who take the place of sirii
ate boycotted
xccofi
> place of striieis
Even the buichers
relore’to*ell them me it. /Allthin
tol^^s»^W^rna.~Ms , SgKMtg ’••■“v- Yet the sentiment of the
uf. e °P ,e thu rt.^a^ but
^^rtfmy^^“rsro" M Tod",“; : he bu ‘liit»*,nirn ,re sftsidot the
BoaoiA, banks oouNTY.-wm be sold of drinking water refused to sell to
— 4bs Oeutt tis*M doer el mm him and ' '
it Tacsdsy Is Artll next. withUi
*; *S(J ue Mfaajag laopsrty SCCUlW 1
the rich
go .two mi(es to
laudiord.jone of
deiedhim
to . vacate his hotire.
poison w-na thrown info
ble. If he hat Intimated that ht
wants a pthtar quart, lie fim
bean) bat
have beau aunty eared
without harm. • A cold is
they pjeaded not guilty end went to
trial. The jury found both guilty.
Each was sentenced to fiv^ piontbil
cm
lurely cu
Bilo Beans will lelleve .• co?d *iulckcr
than any other remedy, a*Jtrelteveb
’ tho congested part at once.. For sale by
■ all medicine dealers. Fries, 25c. per
bottle. ‘ m
T. -Kill ocONES
.VSTci-i-
U>smII*4w Mfrr
■MS raw
■fcOUNTI-.-iviIl bo roll! M
tylnap'U text. .1 iliooun
ISSfesvs'Sd
flwf 1
rSalhaUM M At M I
Wfissw mj has* tad msI,
dSBMBBwsi avT I
arfhu. A B. THRASHER, Onlls*ry %
IHmtSU3!l
'tSHSSrSa
lesaaaag
■“■■bye. w.
>flftr flt* acre* ol Usd. lo aald countr.
wWoriMdi Of TImu IhxKh, J. p. W.:
TtPf-?k" 0 Jofcn C * J *i>QBOO «ud K.
•treks «. W. DOWNS, Eucntor,