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EDITORIAL COMMENT, i Speaker Reed ought to in quire what ex Speaker Blaine thinks about his rulings. The lattvJeh Davis contin ues to receive lny.li tribute Rom the press. Cleveland, White county, is living in hope of a railroad in the near future. Ditto llorncr, Banks bounty. New York democrats dt cl are that Gov. Hill will r.ot be a candidate for the presidency in 1890. As yet there are no candi dates out for congress in this district. Is it not lime some body wa3 coming to the front? Gov. Gordon’s private secre tary, N. 0. Barnett, died a few diys’ ago. Col. Cook has been appointed in his place. if awes’ attorney is now ask r a commutation to life im manent for him. Gov. Seay v ' badly interfere. Ii is said that the whisky trust has di solved partnership. The whisky ring, however, is still doing business at the old stand. The fact that Editor Hal stead still slicks to Foraker, shows that there is still anoth er link in the sausage. “The debates in congress now-a-days,” says the Boston Herald, “do not lack a certain cgispness.” Quite true. It is the Georgia touch. It appears that Atlanta leads the matrimonial procession. To all those yearnful souls who yearned in vain, they have now a chance. Col. Gantt of the Banner and Mr. Johnson of tiie Oconee Enterprise, have had a little difference recently, through their papers in reference to Solictor Russell. The president continues to make appointments with an unceasing hand, lie may wind up with Mat Davis in the Ath ens’post office. li‘he does it will be a great slur to Athens. The Boston herald alludes to prominent mulatoes as “pro. fessionul negroes. 5 ' r l here seems to V>s a technical term for everything in these days of scientific research. A few days hack in Cincin nati, a dog carried a human skull into his master’s home. The detectives are much exer cised over the case, and are working it up. Secretary Tracy’s wife and daughter were burned to death with his residence in Washing ton, a few days’ ago. The sec retary was badly burned him self, and may die. The business inen of Toccoa are liberally patronizing the CarnesvilleTribune. This is the means of drawing trade. The life of your business is in the colum., of the newspaper. The •■■.rizeus are preparing to boy■ t Wannaraaker's dry goods '. i>l clothing establish ment ’hiladelphia, if the negro Davis, is appointed to the ns post office. Con:' -man Dibble of South ( ina, has a bill pro- Vi ■, g . - second vice presi ] is intended to give pi r Vor>. core time to look ill;- ' ' -00111? j ij . . Aim, Feh. 2. The post office here and the de pot were broken into Friday light. About two dollars was: taken from the post office and soaia crockery out of the depot and the mail sack cut open, but j notiiing was taken from it. Sir. Harrison got out from u.ider the hat the other day, smiled, and recognized Brazil, lie might have given the same performance a month or more i ago, but no doubt he had to re ■ hearse tiie whole business. Gilbert Lowe, the negro mur derer of Jim Meadows, was j i hanged in Birmingham, 11th, inst. This same scaffold will doom Dick Hawes the 28th, if a commutation is not granted by the governor. Kilrain fought another prize fight in New Orleans the 2nd. inst. His antagonist was a young Frenchman named Felix i Vacqueline. After three rounds ■ Kilrain was declared the win ner. The wager was a thous I and dollars a side. Reed is becoming quiet and congress is getting down to business. Still the democrats are not at all satisfied with the proceedings of the past few days. They feel that Heed has insulted and mistreated them. They feel that he lias violated the rules of the house to satis fy the personal wrath of him self and party. Nicholasville, Ky., Jan. 31. —The liev. Stephen Noland died suddenly yesterday, lie was an evangelist, and claimed that ho had divine visitations from Jesus Christ, who appear ed to him in bodily form three times, lie gave a full account over his signature in his news paper, the Central Methodist, the meetings, and described the conversations in full. Many members of the church, the M. E. church south, so reverd him to the last that they believed to doubt his story was impiety. New York, Jan. 31.—About 1 o’clock Monday afternoon, Howard Potter of the crew of Island Beach Saving Station, was on the beach and saw com jng towards him from the south east what he supposed was some lumber from a schooner wrecked south of the station On closer view he discovered it was a sea serpent. The head appeared to be like a pig fish, or sea robin, and about sixty or seventy feet long. There was a large lump on its back. It went to the north slowly like a snake. It was seen about one hundred yards from the beach. It came in over the Kara and went out again. It was seen by four of the crew, and they will vouch for it. Near Knoxville, Tenn., a few days ago, while some parties were out duck hunting on the Wataga river, they found a bar rel Boating in the stream,,xln the barrel was seated a hri&lit eyed three or four year.old ba by boy. The following in scription were pnihed to the little fellow's clothing: On one side bearing the name “Willie” and on the other, “My little boy; we now part forever. Tis the work of fate, though the road you are to travel seems perilous, to mine it is no com parison, You "will never know me or nothing about your birth. But, should you safely reach your journey’s end, console Yourself with these words,‘i was horn honorably.’ May God bless you forever. Good bye. i “Mother.” Our Late Secretary of State, j The death oft! e Hon. X. 0. ■ Barnett, Georgia’s secretary of state, while not altogether un expected, will come to our readers wRh a shock this morn ing. Mr. Barnett had held the state’s commission longer than any of his contemporaries. Its was also the oldest of them all. He was full of honor and full of years at a time when some of our middle aged statesmen were just en tering public life. Through more than one generation and numerous administrations lie was reflected to the office of secretary of state, and, as a rule, without opposition. In youth and old age the venerable secretary preserved the same traits and character istics. Duty was his guiding star, and he gave the same painstaking attention to the smallest details that he gave to the most important matters. While his system w?.s the very essence of method, it was sing ularly free from anything like red tapeism. The humblest citizen writing from a back county received as prompt and thorough service as a high of llcial commanding influence. These qualities were soon re cognized. Parties and politi cians wrangled, and peace and war alternated, but it soon came to be an understood fact that the secretary was not to be disturbed. He had no ene mies and anything like serious opposition to him would have sealed any political candidate’s fate. The life of such a man shows that it is possible to serve the state in high official station, and yet remain so far above the atmosphere of ordinary politicians that the barbed shafts of envy and detraction are never aimed at a mark so lofty, so far beyond their reach. Secretary Barnett was a model man, as well as a mod el official. He had a heart of gold, and the hundreds of young men aided and encour aged by hitn will sincerely mourn the death of their best friend, while the people of the ! commonwealth will deeply sym ; pathize with the afflicted fami ly of Georgia’s oldest and best loved public servant. A grand old man—a gentle man of the old school—the great hearted friend of the peo pie—all this and a hundred fold more, will be said of Na than C. Barnett.—[Constitu tion. AVllsliiiiiiton LBlter. Fiorn the Journal’s Correspondent. Washington, Feb. 3.—The last week in the House was the most turbulent in many years. For the amount of con fusion and bitterness indulged in, there was comparatively little personal feeling develop ed, and Speaker Reed is prob ably as popular among his democratic colleagues as he ev er was, and that is saying con siderable. The result was to all effects decided Thursday, when the Speaker’s iron will prevailed, and the question of whether or not members who are present and silent can be counted as voting, was settled, for the present, in the affirma tivo. Though on Friday the democrats were able to fight off the consideration •ot t lie question taking up the first election case, for over four hours, yet the acknowledg ment of defeat had to come* On Saturday the battle had eased down to a skirmish and Ihe lire was spi’iliess. The galleries were comparatively e npty. The result is certainly a vio t ry for Speaker Reed, but it was one expected by the most experienced men on both sides of the house. It establishes a fact that was notorious before, and that is that Speaker Reed is a man of remarkable perse verance and unvarying good combined with an iron will. In his manner the Count Fosco was sever more urbano, of course, there is one thing that detracts from his victory and that is that the democrats did not put up the best light possi ble. Mr. Carlisle had propos ed taking a stand purely upon parliamentary law and fight ing the speaker without confu sion, but he found himself un able to control his forces and bedlam ensued. The so-called “impassioned orators” took the bit between their teeth and ran away, and impassioned or ators is of about as much use in a debate on purely parliamen tary questions as he is before the United States Supreme Court. Throughout the week the democrats missed one man and lie is Samuel J. Randall. He iiad written Mr. Carlislo to stand firm, but he could not give Mr. Carlisle his cunning, his force and his knowledge of parliamentary law. No man now living in this country has all these qualifications so high ly developed. In short the democrats were unable to use their full force unitedly-. But though temporarily de feated the democrats have de termined to stand together and to dispute the ground inch by inch until the republicans are compelled to present rules for the guidance of the house. In this effort, so long as it remains legitimate in its conduct, the democrats will meet with a large amount of sympathy from business men throughout the country who desire to see legislation actually in motion. In the meantime the republi cans are to-day making strenu. ous efforts to secure a quorum of their own members in the houso to dispose of the pending election cases. Saturday’s rate showed a strength of 163, or two less than a quorum. In the morning Mr. O’Donnell turned up audit was thought that, with the vote of the spea ker, the party in pow’er would have the necessary 165. It was discovered to their sorrow, however, that Representative Neidringhaus, the gentleman with the strange and wonder ful biography in the Congres sional Record, had slipped off to New York. He was tele graphed for. Meanwhile, Mr. Rockwell of Massachusetts, sent word, that although he was ill he would come if abso lutely necessary. The other absentees are Wilber of New York, whose severe illness places his attendance out of the question, and Mr. Caswell, whose wife died on Friday, but who will, nevertheless be here tc-morrow. BargainsForLacLies, I Will Close Out My Entire Stock Of Ladies’ Cloaks, Dolmans Etc AT FIFTY CENTS ON THE DOLLAR, FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS I. A. Madden, MAYSVILLE, GA. Rush’s Drug Store. At Crawford’s Old Stand, Clayton Street, Athens, Georgia. Wholesale and Kelail Dealer ia Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes and Combs. in great rariety. gjgy’Phyßicians preseriptiona carefully dispensed. Athens Music House 112 Clayton Street, Next Door to Postoffice, Athens, Georgia. Haselton & Dozier, Proprietrs. J . . D. p. Haseltou, Tbos. H. Dozier, 1870,-Foar Car Loads Cooking Stoves and Kanges HaTe been-ISSO. ordered to Commence the season with by E. E Jones, THE LEADING STOVE Bealer oi SorianM ‘ Mr prices can not be beat! 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