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ATLANTA.GA.* Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, SILVERWARE, JEWELRY, CANES, ETC., ETC. STILSON, 53 Whitehall St. Melons on Ice! AT DONEHOO’S FtaMlMel 9 EAST ALABAMA ST. Telephone 266. t DODSON'S BOOK BINDEB9 and PRINTING OFFICE, No.M Broad Street. BLANK BOOKS>o* Bankers, Merchants, Insurance and Railroad men at New Yom Prices. All work guaranteed aau isfactory or no charge. Head* quarters lor Railroad and Coot* rnerclal Prinlinu. New Flour and Feed Store! WM. DEMPSTER, 176 Marietta Street, Offers great inducement# to purchasers of FLOUR, MEAL, CORN, OATS, HAY and STOCK FEED. Wholesale and retail orders solicited. • Mixed Feed a Specialty, Fair Weather. WksniNUTON, July 23.—Indications for Geor gia to-day: Fair weather, stationary tempera ture. BAST AIIAMA DOTS. Happenings of the Week as Ncraped Up by a Capitolite. Bosche A Donahue, painters, 10 Marietta. E. W. McNeal A Co., decorators and design ers, sell wall-paper and picture rods. Call on them at 52 S. Broad st. New map of Atlanta jvst out. Price 25c. For aale by John M. Miller, 31 Marietta street. A fine business opportunity is offered a young man in our “P. 0." column. Sennd orders for Pretzels to Blietn A Leyh, Vienna Pretzel Bakery, the largest in the South, at 143 W. Peters street, Atlanta, Ga. Free delivery to all parts of the city. Mr. John Herndon is back again. Miss Deigh Everett is seriously ill. Mr. John Whatley, from Social Circle, is in Atlanta. The ladies of Berean church will give an ice cream festival Monday night. Mr. Jas. Chosewood is still quite low. He doesn’t seem to improve any. Those who once visited the cemetery on afternoons now turn their attention toward the Grant Park. To-night the young men’s club will gather at Berean church to hear Rev. Wm. Shaw lecture on George Stephenson. Since prohibition has gone into effect this part of town is remarkably qniet, but business is not the least retarded. In the rumor of the death of Henry Burrell, yesterday, it was reported that Charley Smith, the former coupler, was killed. This frightened these people muot>. Miss Mollie O’Donnel, from Jeffersonville, In diana, who is visiting with Mrs. Dr. Couch and others, to Alabama will return to Atlanta soon. Mr. Will Duffy, who has been to Birmingham for the last few months, has returned to Atlanta and reports everything lively in and below Birmingham. Mrs. Blanche Roughton is visiting friends and relatives in Ellenwood for the last week. Her brief stay there will no doubt be a pleasant one, yet her friends will be glad to see her back. One of the strongest Knights of Labor As semblies in Atlanta is the one that meets every Monday night, on Decatur; street, corner of Bell. The house is always full each meeting night, and the assembly has a number of wide awake men connected with it. The city convicts have been at work on the streets in this part of the city for some time and if the citizens will remain patient a while long er it is likely that most of the old rough places will be in a respectable condition. It is hoped that they will strike the Boulevard before leav ing this part of town. For goodness sake read Thorn’s ad. Ice Ueld Melon*. If you want ice cold melons, fresh butter,pure milk, or first-class groceries, call on Kuhn Bros., 82 Peachtree street. Telephone 795. FINE CARRIAGES FORHIRE AT ’ REDUCED RATES. We keep already hitched up at the Kimball House and our Stables Fine Turnouts that can be hired by the hour or longer time. Call and see for yourselves. Chambers & Co., COR. HUNTER AND FORSYTH STS. THB EVENING CAPITOL: ATLANTA, GUL FRIDAY. JULY 23, 1886 CI I'Y NEWS. Afternoon Itema Boiled Down From Thia tlornlnj’v Paper. The Atlanta Artillery Company has already twentyvfive names on the lists. Enrollment lists can be found with Dr. Amos Fox, Captain W. W. Grant and Mr. John W. Bishop and with the Secretary of State. Special Revenue Agents Chasrnan and Col quitt, with Deputy Colector Chisholm raided an illicit distillery in Jasper county and arrested Brown Newby, who was the proprietor of the still. Two white women raised a terrible row last night on Decatur street, between Collins and Decatur streets, and were arrested. The offi cers had to force an entrance into the house by breaking open a window. Both women were drunk and had lots of beer and whisky on hand. The Board of Education met last night in the Superintendent’s office. Present —Messrs. Low ry, Roach, Hemphill, Glenn, Moran, Blanchard, Rawson, Beattie and Hillyer. The main busi ness was the consideration of the Committee on Text Books. It was resolved to employ Profes sor Burbanks as Professor of Music, at a salary of SI,OOO. It was recommended that Jobamot's Physiology be added to the course of stury as a ready. Mr. P. J. Moran was the only one to vote against it. He claimed that it was not right to further stir up the prohibition quest ion, and objected to the display of physiological illus trations before small children. A discussion took place on the question of geographies, and the matter was referred back to the committee. The meeting then adjourned. For the Capitol. BET US HEAMtV TOGE I IIEH. Has I.oral Option Henefitted Atlanta. I believe this was the intent and purpose of the law; if it. had been anything else, the cham pions of the cause would have said so. Having accomplished their purpose, they no doubt are now prepared to prove to the world that the con summation is a glorious success and a lasting benefit materially as well as morraly, to our great and growing city. It has occurred to me that perhaps this question, like all others, has two sides, and hence open to discussion, but the opportunity was never given me to discuss it through the columns of our able newspapers, until yesterday evening, when you kindly threw open your hospitable doors, and generously in vited us io. You promised to give me a bear ing, and all you wanted was my name, “not for publication, of course,’’ but as an earnest faith. 1 gladly avail myself of your voluntary invi tation, and will, with your permission, give you my ideas on the subject ot prohibitory laws in general, and prospective workings of our local option laws, as far as our own loved city is concerned. 1 shall make it a point to avoid abusing your hospitality by any unkind animadversion on the motives of those who differ with me, and who have had every facility which a moral press could oiler to give their views on this vital question, but guided by the experience off the past, will calmly and dispassionately endeavor to show that all coercive or sumptuary prohib itory laws never have and never will prohibit, so long as liquors are made, and so long as man has not arrived at that stage of perfection to which he is not likely tJ attain so long as hu manity remains bin human. Maine bus had a prohibitory law for nearly thirty-live years, and yet liquor can be obtained anywhere in the State. “Il is high time some thing should be done to put down the liquor traffic,” was the language of the present pro hibition candidate in accepting his nomination. Suggestive words. At their recent prohibition convention loud complaints were uttered be cause the local authorities failed to enforce the law, one of the delegates asserting that in a town of 5,000 inhabitants there forty saloons in Kill blast, and all this after thirty years at tempted enforcement of a prohibitory law. Do my friends on the other side of the question ex pect anything better from the free people of At lanta. 1 willingly concede to them sincerity and pu rity of motive, but in all kindness beg permis sion to suggest that they will find, if they have not already found, that men in Georgia are con stituted very much alter the same fashion of men in Maine, and that when they feel their pergonal rights encroached upon they will, like men in Maine, assert their manhood by defying or at least evading a law which is to them ob noxious. All the tines that an impartial recorder can impose, will not prevent violations of an im practicable law, and this is to my mind simply the result of pass'ng a law without having a moral sentiment behind it sufficient strong to compel its enforcement. But to the point, lest my article becomes te dious. It is of the present and prospective ef fects of our local option experiment, I started out to speak and not of Maine. 1 have so frequently been met with the reply from the sanguine kind of prohibitionist, to my questions about the unusual dullness of trade in our city, “Its a general stagnation all over the country.” Well, ’bat may be so, but when 1 go along our business streets and count scores and scores of “For Rent" cards on many of the very best business houses, the answer to my querry come in quite different tones. They are mute replies, but convey a meaning nevertheless. They tel me that at least tlfty of those bouses have been made vacant by the destruction of a branch of trade which, like the parts of a mechanism formed a part of the perfect whole of our muni cipal macninery. They speak of twenty thou sand dollars worth of fixtures made valueless except for kindling wood. They speak of hun dreds of men thrown out of employment, of owners and lessee* being forced to leave the city of their choice, to seek new bonus else where, of families separated, of men impover ished, of sad partings from old associations, of discomforts ana sacrifices: in abort, those silent monitors tell in unmistakable tones, that some thing which should not have occurred, has come O'er our beautiful Gate City. 1 shall avoid exaggeration and | ut the proba ble loss to properly holders by deprecation in rentals at the modest sum of say $30,000 for the year. 1 mean of course such property as was used by liquor dealers and add to this loss the additional assessment on real estate made necessary by destroying ing that branch of trade, and ask in all serious ness where is the compensating advantages to come from? The moral phaze of this prohibition question is a beautiful one to contemplate, and who would not rejoice to see the whole world pure; and holy too, for that matter? But we are all living m this mundance sphere yet, and have the cold stern fact staring us in the face, that something else besides moralizing is necessary. We have the battle of lite to tight and must do our part while here below, and the best way to make matters pleasant is io bear and forbear and endeavor to lead our fellow-beings by a good example and by moral suasion, in the paths of virtue when we find them go ng astray and not by force or coersion. Atlanta has received a terrible blow by adopt ing the latter course, and time will prove it. The strict enforcement of a good license sys tem, would have accomplished all that is aimed at by this local option law and nobody would have been injured either in person or property or|by great depression under which sne is groaning. Yours in the interest of Atlanta. J. J. S. July 21, 1886. STOCKHUI.UEKS' MEETING Os the Atlanta and West Point Rail road. This morning at 10 o’clock the Atlanta and West Point railroad officials all gathered in the city for the purpose of bolding their annual meeting. At 10:30 o’clock the train carrying the stockholders arrived and the board of directors assembled in secret session in their office at the Georgia railroad and held until after 12 o’clock. They would not allow any one except those in terested in the road to enter the room. This afternoon the stockholders hold an inter esting meeting, when the condition of the road will be told. Quite a large number of strangers are in the city, having come in partly on the ex cursion from Columbus last night. It don’t take a professional detective to catch on to Carlton A bon’s low cash prices. • LODGE LORE. IMP. O. B. M. The Comancbes kindled a council fire last aleep and had a large attendance. After the regular routine business had been transacted, the tribe selected Mr. W. H. Hafer to represent them at the next session of the Supreme Lodge to be held in Detroit. K. OF G. M. Pride of Atlanta Lodge did not meet last night, but will meet regularly every Thursday evening hereafter. i. o. o. F. Capitol lodge met last night. A full attend ance was had. Only regular routine business transacted. The lodge is nourishing. Barnes lodge meets to-night. Brothers, come out and you will do your duty and pass a pleasant evening. K. AND L. OF H. Crystal Lodge 1140 held a full and interesting meeting last evening at their hall, corner of Alabama and Broad streets. The lodge is in a most excellent condition. j K. OF L. Eureka Carpenter Assembly meets to-night, and it is expected that every member will be on band. THE SAILORS COMOLATION. One night came on a hurricane, 'I he Bea wan mountains rolling. When Barney Bunding turned bis quid, And said to Billy Bowling: “A strong nor-wester’s blowing, Bill; Hark ! d »n’t ye hear it ro r now ? JA) rd help ’em, howl pities all Unhappy folks on shore now 1 “Foolhardy chaps who live in town, What danger they are all in, And now are quaking in their beds, For fear the roof should fall in; Poor creatures, how they envies us, And wishes. I’v* a notion, For our good luck in such a storm, To be upon the ocean. “But as tor them who’re out all day On business from their houses. And late at night are coming home To cheer the babes and spouses; While you and I, Bill, on the deck Are comfortably lying, My eyes ! what tiles and chimney pots About their heads are flying! “And very often have we heard How men are killed and undone, By overturns of carriages. By thieves, and fires in London. We know what risks ail landsmen run, From noblemen to tailors; Then, Bill, let uk thank Providence That you and I are sailors 1” —Charles Dirdin. One of the first men to appreciate the dangers attending the every day occupations and sur roundings of humanity, would seem to have been the sailor whom Dirdin has immortalized in the well known lines which we print above. Like many better informed men now, be failed to “appreciate his own hazard,” while alive to that of others; had he lived in the present dav, or had the FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, of New York, been in existence in hij time, no doubt he would have made an en terprising and successful solicitor for accident 'insurance. Accidents constantly happen. You cannot pick up a paper but it has an account of one or more accidents and there is not a man bat whom at the trilling cost should be prepared. W. T. Crenshaw, the agent of the Fidelity and Casuality Company, of New York, tells us that his company has recently reduced the rates for the best class of risks and that they are now $7.00 cheaper than any other company. Their rates as now fixed are: SIO,OOO and $50.00 per week, $36.00 per year. $ 7,500 “ $37.50 “ “ $27.00 « “ $ 5,000 “ $25.00 “ “ SIB.OO “ “ $ 2,500 “ $12.50 “ “ $ 0.00 •< “ Mr. Crenshaw’s office is 2% Marietta. Buy th© Fowler Spring Bed. Clotting Ont. For the next 30 days I will close cut my stock of summer clothing at tremendous low prices. Alex. Kreisle, O. K. Clothing House, 30 Whitekali street. Atlanta Water Works. The water from the artesian well has been ; turned on to thirty-five hydrants. water is pure and free to all. It is to the interest of everyone that the hydrants be kept in perfect order for the reasons, that if found out of order the water must be cut oft* until the hydrant is repaired, and repairs cost money (your money), and occasions the digging up of the street in most cases. It is earnestly requested that the police and citizens generally take it upon them selves to prevent mischievous boys and others from playing with the hydrants and allowing the water to run to waste. W. G. Richards, Sup’t W. Wks. NEWEST AND LATEST Styles Picture Fraires made to order. Sam Walker, 2% Marietta street. For (lie Next 30 Days I will close out my entire stock of clothing at rediculous lov prices. Alex. Kreisle, O. K. Clothing House, 30 Whitehall street. A New Coat. The cottage of Mr. Frank Ryan, on Crew street, has adorned a new coat of paint. The painting was executed by thfse skilled knights of the brush, Messrs. Potts and Hadley. The trimmings of this cottage are beautiful, and any une can see that the above named gentlemen are fully up to their business. Mer’s Coiijli Bitters *or coughs, colds, tia and all bronchii ‘’.<x*jies. Acts on the liver and ontains no opium. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Prepared only bv the FISCH KR COUGH BITTERS CO., Office 264 Iterator street. Atlanta. Ga. For sale, a small lot of Dunlap and Stetson Hats to jobbers or retailers at 15 per cent less than New York cost, at No. 15 Peachtree street. Tremendous Slauir later In ready-made clothing for Children, Boys and men’s for the next 30 davs, at the O. K. Cloth ing House, 30 Whitehall street. Situation and inveitiuent. A young man wishing to get a situation and having aome money to invest can learn of one by reading our P. C. column or calling on E. M. Roberts A Co. CONTRACTORS, BUILDERS AND MERCHANTS. You can save money by buy ing your Grates, Tiles. Slate. Iron and Wood Mantel, of Hunnicutt & Bellingrath. Read Thorn’s Grocery “ad.” and save money. IFor Preserving Fruit. ■ Granite. Iron and Porcelain lined I Preserving Kettles; also. Tin Cans K for putting up Fruit. ■ HUNNICUTT A BELLINGRATH. I Art. J. T. Willis teaches the most excellent sys tem of Crayon drawing sand painting in oil. Terms reasonable, and competion defied. Send in votir orders and he will call at your residence and exhibt his samples. Office 361 W est Peters street. Orders by mail preferred. I Always His Best OF ALL KINDS OF Family Groceries, Produce Provisions, and the Celebrated Diamond Patent Flour Everything nice and Chean B. F. ALLEN, 201 E. Hunter Street. XACHRY BROS.. MILLERS Our Fancy Bolted Meal is drawing the trade. Buy it and try it and your customers will have no other. Our Graham Flour is made fresh to order. Stock and Cattle deal ers will save money in many ways by calling tor our Germ Meal mix ed with Ground Oats. We have exclusive sale for the Minnesota Celebrated “ SILVER KING” Flour. Ask your grocer for it. Every sack guaranteed equal to best made and no chances on giving it a trial. Be sure you call for Zachry Bros. Bolted Meal and “ Silver King” Flour. TELEPHONE 331. Instantaneous Phototrraiibs. I DORMAN, 56% WHITEHALL ST. (Over M. Rich & Bros.’ dry goods store.) Prices Reduced. ALL WORK WARRANTED. Children’s pictures taken in ONE SECOND. Copies of all kinds of pictures, all sizes, and colored in oil, water or crayon, at reduced prices. Family groups taken in front of your residence. Views of residences, stores, etc., a specialty. Call at the gallery, or mail us a postal, and we will show you samples of our work at your residence. Our motto —First-class pictures at cheap prices. Give us a trial. View* of Atlanta for sale. B ESTABLISHED 1860. A. ERGENZINGER, MANUFACTURER OF Awnings, JMosqiiito Nets, Tents, and Bedding. UPHOLSTERING DONE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.; Strictly first-class work at low prices for cash. 12 E. HUNTER STREET. JAMES A. ANDERSON & CO. A CHANCE FOR ALL. OUR ENTIRE STOCK —OF— Cassimere and Worsted Suits —FOR— Menißoys'&Children AT COST. We have too many Boys’ and Children Suits and we are de termined to sell them. It is custom*'y to wait until the season is over before reducing prices, but we have determined to give our customers the advantage when they need the goods. James A. Anderson & Co., 41 WHITEHALL ST. P. P. P. Ob Tod 1U Majority Vote! THE PEOPLE Have Decided By a majority vote that as I 3 ’ iX \ a candidate for popu- | 1 Jar favor Perfect Pastry Patent Flour Is ahead of all others. /k. r W' It is a Popular Candi- gpagßSwtt W /Zjfos date because it is Reliable, Pure, and of Great Excel- IIU lence. Housewives who one try S it find that it makes such *> ji [ j delicious Pastry. Biscuits, /Mr W Light Rolls and Cakes that j Wk '‘*=43’ /a/ they will have no other. II m\ W Kept by all first-class Grocers of the city. I I , U . . I Im 1 ■ S' ' 'ft Il I III> JrSdFf-r f — tgr. -J The Ladder of Popylaritj--Pi Pi Pi a Success MONEY DOUBLY SAVED As prohibition will save m»-ny people many dollars, so i will save many dollars to all who desire to save, by buying your gro< eries of me. Read my pricesand call: Meal, 15c; Side meat, Dove Hams, 12c; Besfc Lard, 9c; new Mackerel, kit. 50c; Eggs, Best Butter, 20c; Best Rice, 7c; Good Rice, 5c ; Stareh, sc; sc; Grits, 2c; Best Green Coffee, Bebt Parched Coffee, 15c; Lady Peas, quart, sc; White Beans, quart, sc f One Spoon Powder, lb, 20c; Snuff, per lb, 65c; Can Peaches, Salt, per lb, 1c; Candy, 10c Best N. O. Syrup, 40c; Honey 1 sell Patent Flour at 75c; Good Flour, 70c; Good Flour, 65c; Hav, best, 90c; Bran, 90c. Chickens, Fggs and Butter, Fruit Jars, Tinware, Glassware and all sorts of Spices, Pickles, Jellies, Preserve 4 at prices so all can live. Come One, Come All. Yours, truly, E. SI LL 1 VAN, 71 Chapel st., cor. Stonewall* CHARLES C. THORN, 118 Whitehall Street. Until the expiration of my license (September 23, 1886,) I will sell my Stock of Family Wines and Liquors at extremely low prices and advise those* wishing to supply themselves with PURE and UNADULTERATED I GOODS, to give me a call. I have in Stock only old and pure Goods. Will seU only first-class brands, of which the following are a few: Genuine Old Baker Rye. Old Imperial Cabinet Rye. Gibson’s Old Cabinet. Paul Jones XXXX Monongahala. Gibson’s Rip Van Winkle Rye. Old Schuylkill Pure Malt Whisky. Old Standard Rye. Pure Copper Distilled Cherokee County Corn Whisky. Imported Cognac Brandy and Imported Port and Sherry Wines. Kentucky Pure Rye Whisky, Worth $1.25, for 76 cents. Will sell by the quart or gallon. Cool Beer by th a quart. Bottled Beer on Ice. Orders sent from a distance will receive prompt attention. Be sure and give me a call before buying. I will give 4 cts apiece for fuH Quart Flint Bottles. CHAS. C. THORN, 118 Whitehall. Gt. O. WILLIAMS & BRO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, BRICK, LIME AND .HAIR’ And Anything Else You Need in the Way of building Material. It will be to your interest to get their prices before making your purchase. Office and Yard 234 Marietta Street. Telephone 388 U| NO TRAP ! NO BAIT I I advertise them. NO I CUT ON HAMS TO CATCH YOU ON FLOUR, but everything sold at the very closest I prices. Come and see, if prices don’t suit, don’t buy. Read this list: Meal 17Xc> I Side Meat Dove Hams, 12c, best Lard 9c, New Mackerel, kit, 50c, Eggs 12%c, best | Butter 20c, best Rice 7c, good Rice sc, Starch sc, Soda sc, Grits 2c, best Green Coffee, 12> 2 c, best Parched Coffee 15c, Lady Peas, quart, sc, White Beans, quart, sc, One Spoon Powder, lb, 20c, spuf& per lb, 65c, Can Peaches 12}£c, Salt, per lb, Ic. Candy, per lb, 10c, b» st Syrup 50c. I sell Patent Flour at 7ff»cts- Good Flour 70c, Good Flour 65c, Hay, best. 90c, Bran 90c. Chickens, Eggs and Butter, Fruit Jars, Tinware* Glassware, and all sorts of Spices, Pickles, Jellies, Preserves at prices so all can live. Come one, come all. Yours truly, S. W. SULLIVAN, Cor. Thurman and Mangum Sts. BARGAIN HUNTERS FOR— Furniture and Carpets Will find our Stvles the latest, our Stock ample, and our prices always as low as any reliable house. Both FUB» NITURE and CARPETS have advanced recently, but our prices will nbt be until vur present stuck is exhausted. Mattings In great variety and at greatly reduced prices. We call special attention to OUR OWN MAKE ot PARLOR SUITS and LOUNGES. Our styles and prices ar* in keeping a ith the LATEST and LOWEST—East or West. When in need of such goods, be sure and call on. ANDREW. J. MILLER, Big 44 Peachtree St. Gate City Ice Company, ATLANTA, GA. Ice Vault and Office, corner ot Wall and Pryor streets WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Ice made from pure well water. Factory at the old Union stock yard. I “The Best Made!” • BBY AIR REFRIGERATORS. I MADE TO ORDER ANY SIZE. MONCRIEF BROS. & W, R. JESTER, 90 S. Broad and 25 F .luntib.