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BANNER-WATCHJaN, ATHENS, GEORGIA, SDAY MORNIN OA UGUSi , 1888. -THE MEXICaNAFFAIR, SO SEW DKVKl.OPMe.NTS. OmtUxc Tl liks a* Will M tiiwmM o*ui* txni riK ' W Atm noton, Aa/c. 10,—Noth inf sew ha* dtreloood today r.l. live to the CuILuecaic. •• Major Genoral John G. Wither, ippearmce and introduction into 4W«ft Point graduate, who served socieir ot'• young ladr who bea •, with diatinctioo In the confederate arenr, and it now in the employ of the Indian bareau, glee* intereating detail*of the- aocial and political atatua in Mexico. Speaking ul the rxiating troublea and other outrage by the Mexican*, be aaid: “Several yeara.reaidcace in Mexico enaliln me to date with conviction that there i* not a Country in the whole of Chrlatendom wher# the admlni* - . Iratioo ot criminal justice. ia so cor rupt, inhuman eAd inefficient aa in the Male* of Mexico. “There ia no auch lifeguard ' person*! liberty • In Mexico a» the • ...Jarrit of habeas corpua, or anythi-1 cor.rcaponding with it,ao that a pri» • oner, once in the dutchea of the - law, ia wholly at the mercy of the - judge in the caae, who may orde-t <-• the trial the day alter hi* arrest, 01 May keep him in prison for years , without trial. In all capital cs.es, , or, in trials for aetioua oBemci, the ■ record of the cat* has to be sent up totbeeupremecourt for review and ; tMMiaiM or reversal. Here agafa ib* unfortunate prisoner tails into thi band* of another act of hun- gry ‘judges, and unless he can pay . earlier consideration, hi. ' atMfk} not be reacbtS in twelvr .indntbs, . “Among the working classes there Is not .ape man in ten that will not . steal, ajgjd among the officials, in eluding the judges on the bench, there is,not oue in tilty who does not take bribes. El PAao, Aug. to.—During the afternoon Editor Cutting was called ' before .the court and notified that he find been granted en appeal to the supreme court of Chihuahua, and ..that the lawyer who had been offi- . cully assigned to hls defensc had forwarded tha necessary paiieta in . the case. He also fears that he wit, be assassinated aa soon as lie leavrs Paso dsl Norte, and the Mcxicun. thill give as an cxcuae that he tried to escape. It is learned that Cutting >*nt the follewing telegram to Gov arnor Ireland last evtaing: “As a citizen of the state of Texas . Iu|l of yon tbo protection that or friend* ftaiure me you can, and nil extend to me." " This advice wet sent against the must urgent advice ot Consul Brig ham, and It ia the first time that Cutting lux failed lo follow implicit ly the suggestions ol thecousul.who think* that at the present juacture dispatches are ill-advised. The citizen* of El Paso yesterday formed three volunteer companies to protect tbit city and guard i’ • against surjoi-dfroin tha other side. Paso del Norte is loll of Mexicans, eo'd rumors are ia circulation that ■ are are comings Cnttmgia stul.i jail, and tie tim> lor conveying him toChihuahua h o nut been mad# public. In the ab sence Ol,spy Washington narvs this morning, the relative iuternat-on.il complications cans# great anxiety / uassaibbtino ravrinx wan. Minima*. Tax., Aug. to.— Kriandx vf Governor Ireland here art Jubilant ovar the indorsement ol hie policy by tfaestates, andlhe city is full of excitement in lavor of the United States taking a decided stand against Mexico. There could be one thousand meu raised here fora Mexican war. At a mass meeting last night resolutions were passed favoring an immediate war with Mexico. . 1ELEGRAPHIC SPARKS Catting feste that ho will bo a sastiuxted by the Mexicans. A meeting will be held In Waynesboro Friday flight to organ, ixe a volunteer military company, Mil Thursday Hon. W. L. Peek ad ft uggests joined should was nominated Tor state senator for the twritty-seventh senatorial dis trict ' - Professor Leon, the men who “akin* the cat" on a light rope, hat takeo up hi* headquarters at^Great's Park, in Atllnta The fercciees vampire bat is with him. The Chicago Herald that Mri. Cleveland bavin toe church, Mr. Clevelam join the democratic party. Rev. Edwin U. Weed,lateof An- gus's, will .he contecia ed Bi bop ot Florida in Jackaonvi.:o to mar row. . Jackson, Miss, Aug. t»—The election to-day in this cite ga- e 3 >o majority against prohibition, but the county waa carried by the prohihi tiealats by 800 majority. Cincinnati, Aug. to.—Ex-Gov eraor John W. Stexenson, of Ken tucky, died thi* morning nt hi* re*- idenca nt Covington, allot a ahcit iilncu, «*etl 73jre«r». A nugget weighing ihirty-icveu Mund> and valued at $7,000 wa» found »o a drift mint oe»r Sbrra City, CiU leceotly. TWtit OM.of i*• - Urge»t»pect«eoi#W found in thf »UU. ; J£bn) . BLUK on AM BOUIIBOXS SHOCKED. AM Alltfed Octoroon Introduced lata Arts* tocratlc Xontaekf Otrelct. Louitvu.M, Aug. 1.—A*«ocicty oenaation which hat convuNed the little Blue Gra«r t »wn of Veraail'e* and the ptovincially aristocratic county of Wodrlford has ju»t i««U» ed Louisville. It it the Jesuit of the claimed, the unmistakable marks of an octoroon. Two years ago, Mist Susie, daugh ter of Mr». William Hart, a rich v% ido w of the highest social status | who lives in a castle on o<ie of the fittest estates in the famous Blue Gia*» land, attended a fashionable boarding school in New York. lies room mate was a girl from Albany, .N. Y., and the warmest sort ot a school gid attachment quickly sprang up between them. Soon, however, it was whispered that the tteaunful Albanian was an octoroon. But this did not lessen the attach ment of the high bred Kentucky girl for her new friend. Soon after this the Ilatts went abroad and met the r Ibany girlund her wealthy father in Paris. Mrs. Ilart lound h m an intelligent gen- tit man and his daughter a beautiful and highly accomplished young lady, showing little evidence of a taint in her blood. Mrs. Hart also became warmly attached to the young ladv, and joined Miss Susie in an invitation to visit Kentucky. About three weeks ago the North ern girl arris c i and the Harts in troduced her into society- Many ol the Woodford county people weie already aware ol the school sCUndal. and were juick to dt*"cver the lair Albanian’s identity wit* (lie school gill octoroon. The ‘•best’' |'?"p!e of Woodford county arc Kentuckian* with the Bourbon streak, and neither the good breed- ng, the niodcNiy, nor the many ac complishment of the beautiful young vikitor could reconcile them to the (act that she was believed to be an octoro n—that there was “nigger” blood in her veins. But the people of Louisville nre more liberal in their view*, and have not joined in the sttiptutes that the provincialists ot the bio.: prana country have deaped upon the H-tris and their liieud. !n die meantime the visitor re mains .it Spring Hill and has been kindly received by many of the best people. This perhaps is due to their curiosity and to their desire not to offend the Harts, who are the sOkial lenders of that place. It is raid, however, that two ma licious persons attempted to Lave two mulatto housemaids call upon the young lady, but the housemaids were too well bred to essay the in sult to Mrs. Ilart, and declined an ofTer of $5 apiece to do it, The visitor is a charming girl, with a rich complexion and beauti ful dark brown hair and eyes. She is sufficiently accomplished to make a striking impression in any society. Her age is abo^ twenty* It is said the it well known in Albany. KMitiKT COUNTV Mis. L. Y. A. Blackwell and daughter, Mis. Hodges, of Athens, ate 111 Kiheibin. Mr. J. G. Sanders spent Isst week n hlbcrtun. He it making arrange ment* t j move back to this place. Crops have been doing finely for the past two weeks, and the pros pect tor a cotton crop continues to get brighter. The farmers are in b» tter spirits. Prof. W. J. Noyes itjon a visit t relatives and friends in Cedartow where his family prcccJed him some time ago. ^ Mr. W. C Petty, of S. C., was in Elberton a few days ago looking around with the view of locating v e lor the put pose ot buying cot ton. He represents the house of uinan, Swan & Co., of New York, and if he does come, will make the coitun market lively. One day last week there was a tiange dug ca ne to town, and from his actions was supposed to be mad A negro boy commenced shootihg si the dog With a pistol and one 01 the »h( ts accidentally struck auothcr tile negso boy in the jaw, fractur ing the jaw bone. The wound is a very painful oue, but is not suppos ed to be dangerous. The dog was killed. Red river, in Texas, hrs risen twenty feet, but what the country wants is lor the Rio Grsnde to rise. increasing Cholera seems to be some pails of Italy. T. e business of Chicago it said be serioiisly effected by the labor >ub!*s. (t is rumored thst Gen. Black, It snow* I on Wednesday last at R -me, NT, and the weather -4* said to be txt c nely Cold for this season of the year. Ga'vcston haa received one hun- dredjsud thiiuen bales of cotton of th-* new crop in one day. Verity, tbv opening of the business season is nui far away. „ • I PJIOHIBITIUX IN FLUE ETON. If prohibition is to be judged by its operation in Elberjon it ia not a success. Its best friends there ad mit that the law is very hard to en force, and a member ol the town council, who is a leading prohibi- liuuisl is not at all hopeful of any practical benefit to the temperance came from prohibition as at present administered. An appeal was made to the List superior court by a party who had been lined for selling li quor by the council and the appeal was successful, Judge Lumpkin holding that the jury hud no juris diction in the case. The town council admits that under the decis ion of the court it has no jurisdic tion in the matter, and the member alluded, to is afraid now that the juries will not convict. In the meantime liquor is sold every day in town, and the prohibitionists are despondent. Perhaps a longer ex perience with the 'aw may show better results fto-n it* operotion, but at pie-ent it is almo-t a farce.— Washn gton Chronicle. I’rohii/ tionjis a success in Elbert, so the good People ot that county tell us. There is not one-tenth the liquor dr.nkingand drunkenness as bcfoie the county went “dry.” AGO.SY OF BEING 8CALTKD. A sick and sorry looking speci men of humtnity stepped from the passenger train last night anil climb ed into a Waiting wagon and was driven to the country. 11 is name was Samuel Neff. He is a m m of about 30 years of age, and hi* pa rents reside in Pine Creek. Young Neff is just home from Arizona, w here he has been prospecting in the mines and acting »• n scout or. the hunt lor Indians. Unfoi tunate- ly for him, he found the murderous red devils and they almost made mince meat of him. One day while riding through a canon he was shot through the shoulder and fell from his hoise. His assailants, finding that he was not dead, toiturcd him outrageously. They cut gashes in liis face and ni» over his body, ap plied fire to his feet and hand*, and ended their brutality by scalping him. - lie suffered untold agon* him.* Finally he fell into a faint, and upon awakening lie found hi self being kindly cared for in miner's cabin. The miner had pick ed him up and carried him a long distance on horseback. Neff sul- f red weeks of excruciating pain and raved with a fever, and as soon as he was able to travel he took the road foi home. A repoiter asked Neff how it felt to have his hair lifted. “It is a dreadful sensation,” he said. “One thinks, as the skin is being torn from the skull, that his feet are coming right up through his boJy to the top of hit head. Oh, it if terr ble. It is to painful th«t you cannot utter a cry; thousands ot stars dance before your eyes. You imagine red-hot needles are Halting in and out of your flesh, and you clasp your h^udsHo closely that iiie linger nails cut into t ie llcMl. I would rather be run thro gh a th-eshing machine, ground up in a w e mill or thrown under a lo com.dive than to ever undergo such ’mother ordeal. It makes me shud der to think ol the tottures I have gone through with, and I never ward to look upon the face of an other Indian.” * “Do many persons survive the operation?” interrupted the re porter. 4 No; I have only hear}! of two or three melt besides myself win have lost their hair by the scnlping-knilc and then live to tell of it. ‘•Do you tnink the hsir will ever grow out agriu?” “Oh, no; I shall always have a bald spot up theic. Thc*skin w ANNOUNCEMENTS. «* TJX COLLECTOR. I X.rrtj MBO.M. mjHtt, MlMtHOrTu CollMlof of Clark. e*.ntr, a&a MX th< MW; ~K.rt.ftta tours. lfilKUd.I pltaf. n; kIMo tarot.up lust .o.^ta ti.ud a.kloi th. offlr. a smc.ii, ..I ib. rapt. .Ill .... *».« cotu. lo ranot Um IruK npoted In na. J. W. LONO. A WOMAN’S GALLANT EXPLOIT. Xanax emus sttboXuxofH«r(rexUf«— Tk. Details Olr*a la Particular. Montrkal, Aug. 7.—George Green, a merchant of thi. city, with hia daughter and an engineer, left Morrisburg Park, on the St. Law rence, yesterday morning, in hit small ateam launch, for Lachine. They appear to have luat their bear ing., haviug paaaed that place, and were steaming directly into the rnpida, when the veatel struck ont of the submerged piers of the new railroad biidge, ju.t above the rap id., and sank. Thetriuwerc throw, inta the water. The engineer suc ceeded in gaining one ol the pier.. Mr. Green, being unable to twim, sunk, but came to the surface, when he was seized by his daughter, who id h strong and vigorous swimmer. The brave girl had a fearful battle with the swilt current, and just sue ceeded in gaining shore, almost ex hausted, in time to escape being carried over the rapids. When picked up, she and her father were insensible. florsford’s Bread Preparation THE BEST BAKING POWDER IN THE WORLD! process, th* only procsss that produce* a bakln? Ia made by Prof, ffors'ord'. powder of any nutritive value, nutrition* and strong : phosphate* required by th pot up t torn i ff for a space* ol tour inches square, and I’m afraid will never heal cntirel). Even if it dues heal over the bare place w ill always be so painlul tint I cannot touch it. I keep my head tied up in cotton and sweet oil. You can see that my beauty has been entirely marred. These frightful gashe* across ir.y face will go with me to th%grave.” —Chicago (Cal.) Chronicle. Edward Bundy, colored, was hanged at Sp irUnburg for the mur Her ol Annie Hickman, in March, 1*885. In a coliisiuii between two freight trains on the Clies.ipeuke and Ohio, four persons were killed and sev eral family injuieo. Mr. Hinton Wrignt, wno Vccc.it ly wtote the governor of* Texas of fering the services of a company ol men horn Atlanta, received a reply from him tiiii* morning, thanking him lor the offer, and stating that the coir munication had been filed for future reference. Queen Victoria is said to emphat ically assert the divine power of kings when she walks. Her nose then goes nn her chin, ol course, inclining at the same angle, and her general manner being that ot a wo man who hasn't a peer in the work.) Atlanta, Aug. ia—lt has been decided tcMcarry an aitrs an wattr pipe into the union depot for the benefit of the traveling public. Tnc water could hardly be placed where il would be more appreciated than in tne depot. Capt. R. W. Anuiews, of Sum ter, S. C., who i* ninety years old, and is making a pilgrimage on foot applied at police headquarters, in Washington, yesterday, for trank- poit.ition on the cars. He says he would wa'k, but his money hail given out. He had a little dog with him. Preparations are being made to blow ip Stone Mountain. A shaft So lett deep will be drilled in the side. In this sliatt 14,000 pounds of giant powder is to be pluced and iheshallt then tilled with stone and cement. The powder is t> be ig nited from a galvanic battery. When the huge blast goes off, a young eaithqiuke Will be le t in t tat vicinity and fr.igmc.1ts of %t>nc nay he hurlc l tor miles. They ex pect to loosen up a hu »h pile of granite, however. A Land Slide Earthquake. Mr. J. M. Hurley ami a friend were out squirrel minting a few doy* ago in the hills, when they witnessed spmeihing more like an earthquake than anything else, fhey first heard a deep, rumbling noise, saw the ground crack open, smoke rise through the aptrture, and then suddenly a large piece of giound covering twenty or thirty yards slowly sand into • deep gul- ley, carrying huge trees with It. The ground was not uuusjally iret. and the presence of gas was very perceptin'.e. Mr. Hurley describes it as one of the most remarkable oc currences that he has ever seen.*— Lumpkin Independent. M Fall d Winter W OUR STOCK OF fill m winter suitings, overcoats mj own specialties icr th« ensuing <*aaon will be mrd/ for in*p hH’o » by 1 BPfKVfHH de lrovory hr ully t> >ta .* th it it * thi "Jr rottr “ lo V * Most ComqleU Eieibit for Variety, Eite.it ad Gsjiral Enilim Eiar OffanJ "•* 1 ‘ * *'* t halt any other |oath r. It is retromma natal by m :<*nt pli; sieUt a. It contains in cream tartar, all m, ir an .*:» u tcr;.tion whatev >r. Put up in bottle*. Every to/.le w r int; \ For sale by all deden. Cook lt*>ok Frea. RcmVd < h.'mic&l Works, Providence R. I. GRIFFITH & WELL. INSURANCE AGENTS. Represent Lest Companies and insure desirable pio ptrtj in Athens tind vicinity on most favorable terms List cv Compaxikm. Georgia Home Homo of New York Phtenix of Hartford Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Com puny of North Anu-rirn. North Rrlt(■!* *ed Mercan:;!* Sew York Underwriters Germania of Now York Merchant* of New Jersey Atlanta Ilo.n-. (Ph.vh dividends l*. pollry 1 oltlcm.) LONG TKU.W POLICIES ISSUED ON NOTE PLAN. OFFICE AT 15ANK 0" THE UNIVERSITY jrtnlfi.ll.. * Axsvrs. I 760,000 7,200,IV,8 . 4,240.701 . 14.800,005 . 0.007.2JA . 1,313.714 . 3,605,877 . 2,631,783 . 1,180,004 - 249,318,* HODGSON BROS ;WII0LKSALK.AND RETAIL Grocers. Cigars & Tobacco A Specialty. Ilea l-iuartero forO*v)| Floor, Corn, lay, Oats, Bran, Heal,loat, aea • • Ttr A C T?4/s C-4^ O TEAS, Etc., Etc. N "Z 68, and 64, Cl«yt in St, \ihen« THREE iLLS WWWVIMI I SWIFTS SPECinC.il 11886 s s s s s s s s • nsx.p A 0EH T UET * S.S.S. AN INTERESTING TREATISE ON RLOOO AND SKIN DIXIA»I« SENT rSEE TO ALL APPLICANTS. IT SHOULD IE READ BY EVERYBODY. ADDRESS THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, OA. wm HAMPTON & WEBB |MAKUiUC:DRKBBOP;ALL K1 It06 OP C A NDY 1IADP OUT GF|PUftg SUGAR tick Candy a Specialty, C ocoanut, Peanut, Bart&Talf PliMlltMlMluaf t -airti’A in I order a for aa «p t * A M } Ml , Max ask yon to re er?e voir ord *n u e amine tho emne. Very fr^ly y.Hir-', Iiraaitl y »u hav» in o:»p»rtunlt;. t FERRIS & SON. Merchant Tailir. aid iDnf* Fiiralaihijfl •>I*. »•-* if * * />f »i jrill f->? rvaent uain y*Mirc : ty with*•»•%>: »:♦ un »' i|n- •* .url: • >%* l'-i pt* •» epiem «n J A »/ or Lre with which we iivy bif I v. I .*>ttiv»pv«» u*l at- eutlon. J. N. 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