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EDITORIAL COMMENT. In an explosion at Paris 300 mi ners were buried alive. Ii the Dr. McDuw murder trial at Charleston fhe seven negro jur ors wore for acquittal. Crops are reported line in Ala bama and Mississippi. Especially is the fruit crop of these sections said lo he the finest, for ten years. 1 dsfressmg is the late of Johns town The recent rains rushed in .and Washed away the temporary bridges—doing other damage. The president and W ana maker are moving 4th class postmasters with a high and not lenient hand. It is said some of file p. m's, are kicking harder than a young mule. In the Lynchburg, Va, wreck on the Norfolk & Western Railroad near Thaxfon. 2nd. insb, a number here wounded and killed. The scene of the burning wreck was one indescribable. Atlanta enjoyed a “shirt war” last week, which caused the down tail of the fabric to the glory ot the purchasers. The rebellion of. prices was between the firms of High and the Ryan Bros. Shirts sold for tour cents a piece. From our exchanges if will be seen news is scarce. Even the dull ness can be seen in the Washington letters. This classic city of the Kingdom seems to be napping; ap pointment of office is the only no ticeable boom in business. ex-President Cleveland had a narrow escape at Sandwich, Mass., 3rd, inst., while out riding with Col. Jeiferson. Their horses be came frightened—ran ofi. throwing Cleveland and Jefferson out of the carriage, slightly injuring them, and tearing the vehicle ail to pieces. . The Charleston jurors have not only proven tnemselves n ttorious in freeing McDow, Hut have found themselves equal to the emergency in another case—that of Mungen maier. Such verdicts are a curse to civilization, tlie peace and digni ty of the country, and an imposi tion to the laws of the land. The increase of Crime. According to Mr. Wines, the great authority on prison statistics, we had in 1850 only 290 imprisoned criminals to a million population, but in ISSO fve had 1,169 to the nail lion. Mr* Wmc-s predicts that tke census of 1890 will show a further increase. Now, what is the cause of this in crease? There is less liquor used in proportion to population than there was la 1850. Education lias made wonderful strides. Churches and ot her Christianizing and civil izing influences have been actively at work. It is very strange. The optimists say that we are growing better. The statistics prove that we are growing worse. What is the explanation? Clearly we can not charge our in crease of crime to the liquor evil er to ignorance, btCanse those cvii.i are not fee, n tno with cur population. We can not hold infidelity responsible' unless we take the position that n any of onr churches have departed from the right path, and are churches only in name. Mr. Wine’s figures are enough to make the thoughtful paU'e. If ui per oeutage of crime L to quadruple every thirty year*, what will he tb< status of this nation a few general iom hence’; — [C oil st it ti' > on. Parson Duncan, residing near Newton, Ala., eloped with a Miss Baldree a few days ago. About ten days previous to Ihe elopement he had buried his wife, and is known to have bought strychnine and morphine. The last heard from the twain they were looting it in the direction ot Florida. The 3rd, iust., at Waycross, as Sheriff Henderson went lo teed his prisoners, three of them were at Ihe entrance. As soon as the door was opened they seized him and fried to get his pistol from his belt, but failed. In the meantime, two escaped, but were captured a mile outside of the town. In tha scuffle the sheriff knocked one down and shot another in the head The State School Fund. Hon. Wm. 11. Felton ofCarters ville, will introduce, during the next session of fhe legislature, a bill to dispose of the rental of the slate road. The entire proceeds of the Wes tern and Atlantic railroad are to be appropriated to the schools of the state, one-half to the common schools, and one half to (he colleg es and university. It is estimated that the state road will rent for 830,000 a month, *or $360,000 a year, and the appropriations to the various schools should he as fol lows/ To common schools siss,- 000; for higher education and ex perimental station college $21,600; technological school, $21,600; girls industrial school, 21,600/ ten branch colleges (1 for each con gressional district) $54,000; univer sity’s new chairs, eic,, $30,000; to tal SIBO,OOO. The entire rental of the state road should be,appropriated to the education of the common people— lo the general school fund. The university has been supported by taxation, and if reports are true, the discipline and general work of the college ?re not commendable. Ten branch colleges—one in each congressional district—to be supported by the state, as auxili aries to the university, is more than the people are ready to undertake. Private colleges and denomination al schools are building up all over the state, and they should be fos tered and encouraged by educating the poor boys and girls of the land in the elementary branches, A comparison of the condition of the public school system with that of the university, will con vince any fair mind that the com mon schools need liberal appropri ations; they need building up in ev ery nook and corner of the state. Why then frame a bill to appropri ate half to the university and offer the remainder as a bait? The state road was built by the poor people in hard times, and if it is to be rent ed out, we say turn every cent, of the rental into the state treasury for the education of the poor boys and girls of the state at home. Tui tion is free at the university aliva dy, and if poor people were able to board their children away from home, they might obtain fhe bene fits of the university as it is, bin they are not able to bear the ex- pense, Besides all this, it is not certain that the Slate University will remain at Athens. Already ihe technological department is lo cated at Atlanta. The medical de partment is at Augusta, and it is only a university in name. In time the whole college will be moved to Atlanta. Therefore, we deem it un wise to make further appropria tions to this '‘one-horse” college. Wasliingion better. [From the Journal's Correspondent.] Washington, July 1, 1889 —Tha books of th government are closed an nu*lly on June 30, and this year the date was looked torward to with un usual interest. The office seekers about the hotel corridors spoke confidently of the changes that would take place “before July 1, anyhow.” Despite prediction to the contrary, the weighty day has cotne aad gone, and the num ber of departmental changes have been surprisingly few. The dischargee were far lees numerous than even at the eloso of the first fiscal year of Air. Cleveland's administration. To say that the office seeker is hot ie to put it too mildly, he is wild, and he is not cheered by reading the long lists of new diplomats appointed. “Pie,” to the average office-seeker, ie to be found in appointment of offices in this conn trv and he is not to be contuted by tbe appointment of some wealthy gentle man with his hair parted in the mid dle to be envoy extraordinary and miß ister excruciatingly te the court of Yar boo. The regular oftioe seeker sniffs at the other fellow’s appearance and snorts at his alleged republicanism. Pre*. Harrison who baa had a pair of eye teeth cut, so far as the hungry are concerned, anticipated the onslaught of June 30, by quietly stealing away to Baltimore during the morning hours with the ostensible purpose of bringing homo Mrs. Harrison. Thp agriraltoral department since it has been raised to the dignity of hav ing a representative in the cabinet is more than ever before, the recipient of the attentions of cranky people every where, who imagine that the govern ment could issue enough money to make all the people rich and that the government that would stock fish ponds could not, logmally, refuse to stock farms. The mail received by the agricultural department contain* daily a thousand odd requests. Every one has heard of the c< ngressmaa, who during the last session, a let ter from a blundering constituent read mg, “Please send me the agricultaral department.” And the congressman was not a bit surprised, hut said that he had often expected that it wou’d come to this: he had been asked for the department in detail and now he was not astonished to be required to furnish the whole thing. Anithis re niteu a! errror of this bneolie corres pondent is out distanced by peal of hundreds of people. A man near mansfield, Ohio, mod estly takes the cake. He write*, ‘‘l wish yon would send rae at once, de livered to Mansfield, rair sf heroes, two mules, a yoke of oxen, three Ald erney cows and a spring wagon and a sulky plow. Also some seed. I sup pose there are other things yoa giye away, but I won’t bother yon now. I will see Sen. Sherman when I go to town, if he is to heme. Ho ia a great friend of mine. During the election be told roe i could have everything ia fhe agricultaral department if I want ed it.” The intelligent voter is a ersa ture of curious mental construction. But Your Shoes FROM E. I. Smith. &Comp’ny And Save Money, Athens ~t ' ~ni —nrnmmnr—■■—— b—— mmm ■—— ■■ i ■ iiimw— ■■ i ■ ■hiiiiwiib i v*".,* .. . j. >*..*_-* j> -n *wuantiMM Consult Your interests by Buying your DRUGS AMD MEDICINES FROM Wads And Slcdg’s, ATHENS, < GEORGIA. We sell at tha lowest possible price, and gura nt.ee every article to bo abso lutely Pure. Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. Remember tbe name and place.—WADE <fe SLEDGE, Druggists and Pharmacists. Between Hodgson Bros., and Talmadge Bros,, Clayton Street, lo A j tsj S3 ra tszua* Athens Music House, 112 Clayton Street, Next Door to Postoffiop, Athens, Georgia. Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors. aA A- , \ o vjwvCoAk auA kto-wcu, Violins, and all kinds of musical instru ments on hand and for sale at greatly le nient. Special rates to churches aud schools. Picture frames on hand or made to order at short not ce. A full and com * ’ jleta stock of Artists’ Material for dravv __ Jinsr and painting in oil and water colms. 0 D. P. iiaseltoo, Thus. H. Dozier. m BOSSES) lew Bpa vs Mone x SavcDi We Sell Goods to Compete With Any House in tha Country. Merchants Can Buy Blank Books, School Books, Paper Bags, Wrapping Paper, Twine and Stationery of Every Description From us at N. Y. Prices MCGREGOR. & ROBERTSON (Burke’s Old Stand,) ATHENS, GEORGIA. E. E- JONES! *r Stock. Larger Than Ever! Stoves! Stoves! hr M —Stoves Bought by Car-Loads!— ife| And Priees That are Bound to Attract Jones’ Standa’d tinware. Koofing, Guttering and Jot-Wcrk. Call or Write for Prices. E. E. Jones, 209 B’oad St. ATHENS