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——- Abaci lately Pure. & : wm - wm. m THE ATHENS Daily BANNER 1890. — HIS LAST I GENERAL NEWS. GEORGIA NEWS. Mr. Davis Proves the Confederaoj- Less Cruel than the Union. T he Khedive' of Egypt has bat one wile. Mr. Joel Chandler Harris will succeed Mr. Grady as editor of the Constitution. The sheriff of Fulton county has seised a Pullman car for taxes. Coagressman Crisp is very sick in Washington. Gov. Gordon will address the Alliance in Valdosta on Jan. 15. Mr. John P. Williford and Miss Nora Morrison were married in Columbus. The original castle of Blue Beard has been discovered in France. A female lawyer has applied for ad mission to the bar of New Hamnshire. mission to the bar of New Hampshire. The crop of canned tomatoes is short this year. A reward of $5,000 has been offered for Silcott, the Washington defaulter. If a man wants to live to a good old age, he should get on the pension roll. JOB Twiggs, the wonnded negro noter of ugusta, is dead. Augusta, is dead. Brunswick will have sewers. The Boatright hotel, just completed Tliis powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wbolsomeness- More economical than the ordinary kind, and cannot be sold in competi tion with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate pow ders. Sold only in cans. Royal Bak- ing Powder Co., 106 Wall St.j l • BLANK BO OKS. With the beginning of a New Year, mer chants start off with a new clean set of Books. My stock embraces everything that can be desired in quantity; VARIETY. QUALITY. One of the lastessays from the pen of Jefferson Davis was on Andersonville and other war-prisons. It wag written last summer for the North American Review; but, in consequence of what Mr. Davis characterized as the mutila tion ofhisTeply to hord Hoicsley. by the editor of the Review, he withdrew it fiom that periodical and gave it to Belford’s Magazine, in the January number of which the first parto!! it ap- pears. It if. a remarkable paper, and will attract wide attention. Believing, as Mr. Davis without a doubt did believe, that he, personally, and the Confederacy, as a community, were not responsible for the needless sufferings and mortality of prisoners at Andersonville, it is natural that he should have written with earnestness and warmth, even if without bitterness, in defence of his own record and his people. The facts that he introduces In his paper divide themselves into three groups: Tlie first group are designed to show, while no attempt is made to deny the existence of great and needless suf ferings, yet that they were not owing to any fault of the Confederate author ities, and that, contrary to the common belief at the North, neither the suffer ing nor the mortality, among tlie Fed eral captured soldiers in Confederate prisons, were so great as the sufferings and mortality among Confederate pris oners in Federal prisons, In demonstrating and defending the truth of this last statement Mr. Davis says: “It must he conceded that the North ern States are more generally healthy than tho Southern Then, with equal means and care in providing for the prisoners, it follows that the rate of mortality should have been as the salu brity of the country. It may be pre sumed that all were “on duty’-’ when, captured, and the avarage of tlie wound ed among the prisoners about the same; therefore that all were in a condition to be benefitted by the JrestJ and proper treatment in a favorable locality'. YVliat was the result? According to the ports of tlie United States War Depart ment, the relative numbers of prison ers and death were in round numbers; United States prisoners held by the Confederacy ' 270,000 Confederate prisoners held by United States 220,000 United States prisoners died in Confederate hands 21,000 Confederate States prisoners Died ir UnitedStates bands.. 26,000 “From this it appears that the con federates, with excess of SO,000 prison ers,Jliad 4,000 fewer deaths. This should not have been the case if the means of providing foT them had been equal: but, in every material respect—in food, in clothing, in slieltor, in medicine, in sur gical instruments, and all which free commerce contributes—tlie North had greatty to advantage. Only' one ele ment remains to account lor the differ ence—care for tlie defenceless; and this, in the depth of our destitution, never ceased, as tlie world will appreciate whenever impartial history shall ren der the justice which contemporary prejustiec and passion have denied.” Mr. Davis insists that the needless suffering at Andersonville was caused by the inhuman refusal of the' Federal Government to exchange prisoner and declaring medicines contraband of war, even after it knew that the Con federate Government was unprovided with food enough or medicines to care properly for thi; prisoners in its hands. “It was not starvation,” he writes,“but acclimation, unsuitable diet, and de spondency, which were the potent agent3 of disease and death.” Mrs. Robert Ray Hamilton will op pose a divorce from her husband. They arc now making cloth and paper of corn husks, A blizzard and cold wind out West. The report of there being yellow lo ver at Jacksonville, Fla., is denied Mark Twain’s income is said to be $80,000 a year. at Bremen, Ga., is burned. Carter, Gresham A Co., of Social Cir cle, are closed out. The Jesup trouble is over, but the town is still patrolled at night. It is proposed to erect the new Grady There is a painting in New York that I monument in the Capitol ground, cost $3,000 an inch. I The new street railway in Americus An organized band of horse thieves is | Is completed, committing depredations around Nash- Peach trees are blooming in Atlanta. TT ,' .. , „ I A cannon cracker nearly put out the John Doughty, of Eastport, Me., I eye of Miss Charlotte Thompson, of At- w anted to marry his mother-in-law, but lanta. was refused a license. Stanley, the famous African explorer, was a deserter from the Confederate army. 'lennessee farmers lost a great deal of pork killed during the cold weather in November. Russia lias ordered the telephone re moved from all public places,Jas they with powder, Dr. J. B. Ross, of Fort Valley, had a narrow escape from being gored to death by a cow. Strawberries are ripe around Fort Valley, and they are sold at 50 cents per quart.. A little son of Dr. R. B. Hall, of Macon, was badly hurt while playing LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS. are considered a danger to the State. While out squirrel hunting, Ben Sum- Job n.T. Gibbs, of Boston, Mass., ac-1 mere, Jr., of Gibson, shot’himself in ciuciitally killed himself while hunting I the band, necessitating amputation, in Beaufort county, S. C. I qvo litt]e children of Rosa Sheffield 1 here are only two Jewish seminaries I were burned with the house on Christ- in America, and many pulpits are va- I mas night. They set the building on cant for the want of ministers. | fire with poppers. Harmon and Joseph Glisson, brothers CARDS. A plan has been discovered by which women may preserve their semblance of youth and beauty until they die of old age. There are ten daily papers in the City of Mexico, but they pay little attention to news. Their combined circulation is only 10,000 copies. Tlie town of Aci Reale in Sicily was | shaken by an earthquake Saturday. Several houses collapsed, and many' persons were buried beneath the ruins. Tlie five Barnard murderers, who killed six men and were pardoned by Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, are again on the war-path. Frank Gillette, a prominent republi can Scute senator of Kansas, has been accepting bribes from insurance compa- ] nies. of Bryan county, set upon John Sikes and literally cut him to pieces with knives. A-ILsTID LOTOS PRICES. Inspection Invited. D.l. McGregor, ATHENS BOOK-STORE. CARTER'S llTTLE IVER PIUS. Col. John C. Boone, grandson of the There is said to be a scarcity of help in the cotton mills in Columbus at present. This is caused by the recent erection of new mills. Through Pullman cars now go through on the Georgia Southern road This road was built by Athenians and is one of the best lines in the South. An investigation of the killing of Mr. Woodward, in Atlanta, goes to show that he was shot by an old man named J. C. Bone, and robbery was the object Sanr Jones will preach in New Or leans from Jan. 5 to Feb. 5, and the railroads give half-fare rates to attend his meeting. Anna Bush, a-white woman living on PROGRAMMES, ANNOUNCEMENTS INVITATIONS pioneer, Daniel Boone, is living, friend-1 the outskirts of Griffin, was shot incite less and needy, near Sulphur Springs, I left side. She knows the name of her ArKl * assailant, but refuses to tell it. Fannie Bryant, the negro woman of ] William Skelton, the negro who was Birmingham, Ala, mixed up with Dick I cut at Columbus ou Christmas day by a Hawes, has gone to the penitentiary to serve out a life sentence. young Kemp, named Holland _ white man emp, died Friday. Brewer, the Jesup outlaw, is be lieved to be hiding in the Okefenokcc swamp. It will take a princely re ward to effect bis capture. Queen Victoria’s crown, kept with I °, n 9^ r '^ ma9 eTe ,’ her royal regalia under strong <mard I Be vine (colored) was on her way , -i... " v . I tn phnrnh- in onmnnnv 1 A new morning and evening paper is U» be started this week at Birmingham, Ala., to be called “The News,” with a capital of $100,000, other roy: at the old tower and worn only oiTstate I to ® , ! ur ^U’ ,n company witn ner uncle occasions, is worth $600,000, metal I a,,( * brother, she was shot and killed by .i j ^ i 1 some unknown nerson. Go to W. L. Henley’s for your gro ceries of all kinds. lie keeps on hand tlie choicest and most complete line of groceries, canned goods, pickles, green T’uit, chickens, eggs, and in fact every thing you want at • home. His extreme fancy fiour is given to be the finest in the city, a trial will convince you of this fact. He has also a choice lot of honey,.send and get sonie.before it is all gone. gems and decorations included The negroes of §outh Carolina have issued an address protesting against the Barnwell lynching. They had bet ter protest against so many outrageous crimes being committed by their race. J. R. Johnson, of Chattanooga, who at’empted an outrage on a little girl belonging to his Sunday school class, was ordered to leave the city on Satur day, and left at once. Jester has shad, oysters, Malaga grapes, bananas, oranges, Ac. Fob Rent—One nicely furnish’d room. Apply at Banner oiliee. janldlw “A Happy New Year!” will be heard very often today; sometimes, when nothing is meant; hut Skiff, tlie jew eler, is in earnest in wishing all his friends and customers a happy New Year. Begin the new year aright by viewing his diamond spectacles, and buying what you want in his line from- Skiff, the jeweler. A Wandering Arab and a Spanish Truckman Win $20,000. Two tickets sold in this city for tlie October drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery, drew big- prizes.. The lucky ticket holders were llausa Mohammed, one of the Arabian jugglers, and An thony Someriva, who docs tho trucking of Hawley & Hoops, confectioners, 271 Mulberry street. Mohammed held one- twentieth of ticket 71.323, drawing sec ond capital prize of $100,000. The tick et held by Someriva was number 63, 856, and drew one-twentieth of the first capital prize of $300,000. The money came through Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express.—New York DailyNews, No vember 0th. jauld&jan!7w CURE Sick Hradacbsand reliem all the troaUlea bid- dent to i1 bilioca state of the system, such as DlaJmr*, Nausea. Drowaineaa. Dlstreaa after eating, Pain in the bide, Ac. while their most remar! table success baa been shown in curing ,. i Caster's Lntu Liver Pitta valuable In Constipation, curing they also correct all disorders of stomach. the liver and regulate the bowels. late th if they HEAD I be almost priceless to those ■ from this dlstr-estng complaint: lately their goodness does not end , those who once try them will find ‘WtssssawKfsss “ r dl sick bead SICK only cored Sven if m who but CHE that here Is where Our piQi core if ■make and do One tie action t SB cents; by mail. m BLANK BOOKS. Merchants and business men will do well to call be fore purchasing aud examine our large and well assorted stock of Blank Books, which we will offer at bottom prices tor the next 30 days. Davis Garebold. 11 Broad St. dec. 29-dlw-w2t A Texas undertaker, in examining a car load of new coffins he had received, found a dead body in one of the caskets. Tlie corpse is thought to have been placed there in transit. Mrs. Wm. North, a pauper of Curran, Ill., diod three times before she was buried, and camo to life again. Her friends are fearful that she was at last buried alive, although there was every appearance of death. A pocket typewriter is shortly to he offered to the British public. The re tail price will be under 10 shillings. It measures 3>g inches by 3 inches, and weighs about four ounces. Though so small, it is not a mere toy. Thomas B. Allen, of Fleamington, W. oldes' Va., claims that he was the oldest sol dier that rerved in the late war. He was over 70 years of age when he en listed. ne is now 98 years old, and served under Wellington at Waterloo. State’s Attorney Longenecker, of Chicago, says he has secured consider able evidence against four or five ocher tnen who were suspected of complicity in the Cronin murder conspiracy, and that he might before long take steps to kav; them indicted and brought to trial. He declines to mention their names. A twenty ponnd watermelon, twenty inches long, was discovered by some boys growing in a vacant lot in Mobile, Ala., Christmas day. The boys plucked the melon, and, on being split open, it was found to be ripe and luscious, and they proceeded to devour it with avid ity.* MONEY AT SIX PER CENT. Albert L. Mitchell, LAWYER. Loan, Broker and Insurance Agent. No. 35, Clayton st., ATHENS, GEORGIA. Will give prompt attention to all legal bus! neaa. Will insure your properly in first-class . Companies against loss by fire. Will negotiate loans on farm lands running G years at C per cent per annum, payable in whole, or part, at anytime. Come and see me. Albert L. Mitchell. During her last tour in South Amer ica, Mme. Patti either received $5,000 at each performance with a per centage of the gross receipts, or $6,000, in round numbers, per night. On her present tour, she will receive more than $5,000 for each performance. For thirty per formances in Buenos Ayres, she re ceived the grand total of $180,000. Tho two new States of North and South Dakota are, according to official reports, bankrnpt in their finances, and apparently unable to meet the obliga tions of Statehood. The schools and some other institutions of South Dakota will have to be closed, and it is said that Governor Mellette’s estimate of a deficiency of $156,000 in North Dakota falls 6hort of the actual deficit. There were altogether about 300 dis tinct epidemics of influenza in Europe between 1510, when the disease was first noted at Malta, and 1850. In 1729, the whole of Europe suffered severely. According to statistics published by the Novoe Vremya, the disease caused 908 deaths in London in one week, and in Vienna, 60,000 persons were affected. In 1737 and 1743 there were father out breaks, and the deaths in one week i London amounted to 1,000. In 1775, domestic animals were first attacked 1 it. In 1782, 40,000 persons fell ill of in St. Petersburg in twenty-four hi In St. Petersburg, quinine is no- served out daily to tbe troops, mix< with vodka. some unknown person. Marion J. Verdery has been author ized by the Southern Society of New York to prepare a memorial volume de voted to the life and work of the late Henry W. Grady One drbter in Covington lost $1,700 worth of stock from pneumonia. Tbe stock was shipped from Senville, Tenn. It is feared that pleur-pneumenia has made its appearance in Newton county. The loss of the Atlanta Constit atiou is nothing compared with the loos the South feels in the death of Grady. A newspaper loses only an editor.” The world has lost a man.—New Orleans Picayune. Quiet now reigns in Jesup. A house evacuated by negroes was burned, being set on fire by i dog overturning a lamp. The whites arp doing all in their power to relieve and! pacify the negroes who remain amoqg them. William Slaughter was found in one of the publiq streets of Calhoun Friday morning with a broken jaw and a se rious wound in the back of his head. He is unablt to give any account of who gave him hfe wounds, or where he re ceived the injuries. Tbe late Henry W. Grady is said to have first med the phrase, “The young Napoleon <f finance,” in the Atlanta Constitution He applied it to Victor Newcomb, the young president of the Louisville and Nashvil' pany. i It is sail that-Port Royal, S. C., has been sold tj> an English syndicate, who will put ona line of steamships to Eu rope, ana complete tbe Augusta & Chattanocpa railroad, bring it through Athens, jn ork will soon begin on this line and i 8 completion hastened. New Y rk Herald: A monument is to be bi ilt to tbe eloquent and big hearted Irady. Col. Shepard an nounces editorially that he will con tribute live hundred dollars if he is al lowed to write the inscriptions. In order tujallay the instant fears of the public hfe promises that they “shall be such as Fill insult no one and may ben efit all yho read them." A small negro boy living on the place of MrsJPryor G. Veazey, in Warren county ^deliberately chopped to death a three-npnths-old brother left in his charge! When the mother, who was absent;at the time, came home_ and found per dead babe, she was horrified. The bky, still desperately mad, told bis moths- that he bad done the deed, and that 1$ intended killing tbe other the first epportunity, and wben he grew olderoe would kill her. The age of the vounf- murderer prevents the law ' 1 bold of him. John J. Hefferman, for whose er two of tbe negroes of tbe eight ed at Barnwell, S. C., were slain lynt in mob the other night, was a Geor- ty, being well known in Augusta tlnnta. Young Martin, tbe young linated at Martin’s. S. Fresh peas at Galloway, Lambert j Co’s. No. 1 mess mackerel at Gallov Lambert & Co’s. Mince meat at Galloway, Lamber “Co’s. Jellies and preserves in five buckets at Galloway, Lambert & mpn assassinated at whose supposed murderers were lynched at tbe time, was also own in Atlanta and throughout Both young men bad ac- _uired snug property through industry and energy. Monday night a fiendish attempt was made to murder Mrs. Mary A. Knowles, a highly respected widow of Macon She was sitting in her room reading, when suddenly she was started by the loud report Of a pistol near by, and she beard the bullet whistle right by her bead and lodge in the side of the wall opposite. The room also fillisd with smoke. Investigation showed that some one had climbed up .ou a fence near Mrs. Knowles’s window and fired through the window at her. New Year Callsrs—Will do well to call at Skiff’s, the jeweler, and get something nice for their sweethearts before making their calls. We think wo are prepare 0RPLA1N WORK more to the notion of most people, than anybody within one hundred miles of us. Everything about THE OFFICE IS can be. We have in or to come in immediately, but if we cannot suit you, wc can use the wires and the Express, to obtain just what you want. As to stylo of printing, our Mr. CHRISTY can use his own or adopt yours as yon think bs3t. Our JOB OFFICE is an important.-feature of our business, and we mean to push it thoroughly. We want your work. . GOOD ; ■/ jsfPiSWSE . wore ffslSKHEsI