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• • MriBtsmr lYOR brown, HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS TO THE COUNCIL He Vim Ik* P«rta| of tfc« TCrrrta and IDs l«rM( rt%*o«-A »tr«i* yipS'- • «i. ~d Palm* M> yor Brown’* inaugural rpeech 1*- Um Wr' - % i council yesterday wa* lull of wisdom and timely suggestion*. May- O Blown showed the right *|>irit inrouglioul, ami those who heard hi* speech setting forth hi* "plann of pro mpting the city’* welfare, can but at test the fact that the affair* of Athens aroafe in his hamis. Mayor Brown’s Kpenb waa in suontunre a*follows: Gentlemen of the Council: We who are to sRMiine the resjionsi- blc; task of carrying on the munici pal government for the next two yearn, will do well to pause for a moment up on this the threshold of our undertak ing, to consider the duties imposed up on mr; and the way in which we can fearlessly, conservatively and practi cally meet them. « '.The administration of municipal gov ernment, ordinarily, is of more direct consequence to the inhabitants of our town* and cities than the administra tion of national or state affairs. The latter are necessarily of a general nat ure, regulating the interests of Urge ooinmunitiea and the entire body po litic. In view of our powers and responsi bilities, it is necessary for me to iim C resa upon this body of representative usiness non of Athens, that we are now entering u;»on perhaps tho most important epoch of our city’s history, and its future progress and prosperity, oriu future stagnation and retrogres sion will depend largely upon the course adopted by us fbd the support we receive from our fellow citizens. Athens is today suffering nigh unto death for the lack of public spirit. Cnee infuse this vitalizing essence into our municipality, and the town wii) blossom like the rose. With union of action wo can secure new factorier, new capital, new citi zens; without it, we shall fail to secure, or at. least to retain either. Would we could impress upon ev jry citi- sa this thin truth, that the prosperity id growth of a town means the pros- == msOKAL AND SOCIAL perlty and grouth of the pocket book Of every industrious citizen of that town. If you retard or dwarf your mu nicipal growth. Mini yojir citizen of inrsns has weli nigh gained his finan cial status, and your citizen without means, no matter how frugal or indus trious, will never he other than a finan cial ruut. N The Mayor then spoke about the needs of onr city and had this to say About sew« r*: “Whenever sewers are laid,-it should be done by tho most opproved and sci entific method. TJie experience of other cities in this and other states, in having to take up defective sewers, and replace them with others properly cuneirueted,-should lie warning tons that whenever we do this work it . should be done well. This can only be • done, of course, if wo keep the frao- cbjke, by issuing bonds, and whenever it is submitted (o the people, doubtless many tl our worthy citizens will op pose it ; But all we can do is to appeal .to the intelligence and good sense of our people, asking that the question be considered in its < utirety ami in a spir it of fairness and soberness, If this is done, I feel confidout that bonds will be voted. We are not overburdened with taxes nor loaded dowu with bonded debts. Our taxable property in the year just closed was iu round figures, $4,000,000, and our annual increase for a number ber of years lias been over $100,000. Up on this as our capital, it would lie a sur prise to outsiders to know that our to tal N-- jhskb •T'-rjlJ fflpc fg§p ti< mmm bonoan debts now, Is only $82,500, while under the constitution we could legally issue bonds to the amount or $320,000. And the $82,500, most iff which is running at the high rate of interest of 8 per cent •is being rapidly refunded and paid oil. Of the $100,WH) railroad bonds issued ip, we have already paid $(53,000, and . tliis' without any heavy tax upon the v citizens. But in case of sewers for the business portion of the town at least, under the S ian contemplated by our worthy pre- ecessors, it is estimated that they can be laid without any final cosi to the city,the plan being to charge rental for all connections with the sewers which it is thought will be sufficient to pny the interest on the bonds, and furnish a sinking fund to relieve them as they fall due, and right here I would remark, parties have telegraphed; within the last few days to kuow it the city is pre pared to receive propositions for the U: J ‘ _ t of sewers early for the franchise and without anv cost to. tho city. Ti.N entire question I commend to the imr mediate, careful and earnest considera tion of this council. Here Mayor Brown took up a discus sion of the plans for keeping our streets in neat repair. He showed most clear ly that paved streets would more than save their cost in » very few years ahd ' ! urged the advisabi ity of adoptingtbem. He spoke at length on this question as —he deemed it one of the most impor tant of all the questions that confront- ,tlie council. - - His entire speech was characterized by sound sense and substantial argu ment*. It showed an enterprisingspir- - it such as is necessary to meet the cri sis that has lately come to Athens. We have quoted the above portions of his speech ss valuable pointers for onr citi zens, which should be considered with due deliberation. - A NEGLECTED \sTBEET. 1 & J nts of Barber Street Complain to the Council. There is a very groat deal of just com plaint now being made by the residents on Barber street, that they have hitb- wen ne ? ,e * :t «l by the Council in distribution of oity advantages. There, is not a water plug o\i the street, i it is one of the most important i the city’s suburbs. The resl- would. be at the mercy of the Mr. Gay Hamilton has returned from a business trip to Columbia County. Mr, Wilson Morrison has returned from a visit to Nashville, Tenn. Mr. W. E. Ware, of MsysviUe, is reg istered at the Commercial. Mr. J. W. Arnold, of South America, is visiting friends in the city. Mr. F. S. Merchant, at Atlanta, is registered at tfnvComineacial Mr Earnest Andrews, of Borne, is registered at the Commervial- Hon. G. W. McDown, of Indianapo lis, is in the city. Mr. W. M. Tolbert, of Atlanta, is in the city. Mr. W. A. Robinson, of Atlanta, re turned home today. Mr. C.C. Cram, of Baltimoore, fa reg istered at the Commercial. V. E. (Franklin, of Bullock county, hag returned to the Uuiversity Mr. R. L. Moore, of Savannah, has returned to the University. Miss Mamie Lovell, of Savannah, will not return to the Lucy Cobb. Mr. C. W. Morrison has returned from a visit to Nashville, Tenn. Misses Maud and Claude Fu11ilove,of Oconee, will re-enter the Home School Miss lna Dillard, of Lexington, is visiting friends in the city. Mr. T. R. R. Cobb' returned yesterday from a trip to Atlanta. City-Attorney Andrew T. Cobb is hack from a visit to Americus. Mr. M. W. Garhutt, of Emanuel county, is back at the University. Mr.Z.Clnrke Hayes has returned from a visit to relatives in Lexington. Mr. Albert Foster, a popular young man of Madison, was in the city yester day on a visit. Mr. W. W. Gordon, Jr., of Savannah, will not return to the University Law School for a week or more. .Mr. Yancey Harris is expected back in our city today after a very pleasant visit to relatives in Augusta. The O. B. German club will give an entertainment the early pars of - this month. Mr Will Reaves returned yesterday to Madison after a short visit to friends in the city. M r. Fred Lewis, of Atlanta, a promi nent Sophomore, returned to the Uni versity last night. Messrs. Anton Wright and Sam Cas- sels are expected back at the University today front ThontssviUe. Messrs. C. K. Russell, Reuben Lanier and W. R. King returned to the Uni versity :«st iicght. Prof. A. L. Franklin has returned to this city after a very pleasant visit to the “old folks at home” in Covington. Mr. John William Barnett is back in ourcity again after a visit to Atlanta and other poiuts. Mr. Adam Boggs has been visiting his uncle, Mr. Charles Alexander, in Washington, Go., for the last few days.' Professor Wilcox has returned to the city after a short visit to relatives in Montgomery, Ala. Miss Lizzie Bacon has returned to the city after a pleasant visit to rela tives in Oglethorpe. Messrr. J. E. [Sawson and W. T Mos ley, of Atlanta, are registered at the Commercial. Mr. John Hinton will leave today to resume his studies at the Atlanta Medi cal College. Mrs. Noble, after a visit ts relative* in Atlanta, returned yesterday to her homo in the Classic City. Mr. W A. Kennon will return to lay to his home in Brunswick, after a visit to relatives in the city. Mr. Charles Cohen, of Montj Alabama, is visiting friends city. Mrs. |Eiigene Evcrette returned to Covington this morning after a short visit to relatives in the city. - Messrs. S. J. Tribble , of Carnesville, and J,T Bennett, of Camilla, have re turned to the Uuiversity. Messrs. H. S. Sims, F. H. Post and G. K. Vason, of Madison, arrived in the eity to witness Si Perkins Tuesday evening. Mr. Robert Bradberry returns to Montgomery, Alabama this morning after a short visit to relatives in the city. Mr. C, W. Baine, an old Athens boy, is again with his friends after an ab sence of two years in Montgomery, Alabama Messrs. Green Johnson. Walter Park, F. E Calloway and Dudley Young blood have returned to the Universi ty. Hr. Thomas Thornton, of LaG range, who attended the University last year, will go to Cornell University in ‘New York uext tall for a two years course. Ur. Victor Smith, who is almost as well known here as in Atlanta, has been visiting in Washington during the past week. Miss Cora Wise, of Shreveport, La., has returned to the L. C. I. after a vis it to Mrs. Charles E. Erwin in Wash ington, Ga. Mr. Will Grambling, of Charleston. S. C., has returned to the University. He was accompanied by two young gentlemen who will enter college. Messrs Preston S. Arkwright, E. F. Lovell, Jr. and J. M. Thomas returned to the University from Savannah yes terday. Mr. James Tweedy, of Madison, Was in the city yesterday morning, turned to Madison ea the C. A road- Mr D. O Smith, the popular stenog rapher of Barrow & Thomas has pur chased a residence on College avenue and will make Athens bis furore home. Mr.and Mrs. Smith have mado many friends durintftheir stay in the eity anil will be warmly welcomed as residents by Athenians It is with pleasure that we are en abled! to announce that Mis* Anna Coates, of Baltimore, will visit Dr. and Mrs. H. C. White this month. She visits friends In Savannah first and will thence come to the Classic City. She is one of the prime favorites in our city. Another pleasant even tin the social line is the entertainment to be given by the Athemeum complimentary to Mr, and Mrs. James Hamilton. This wni OVER THE CITY. ECHOES FROM THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. A Charh.xg EjmtitTArsiixxT.—The R.P. club will give .one of their delight fnl_entertahiB*ents daring January. It Id at the beautiful ’ on Fn- society event of importance, ns am all the entertain ments given by this club, iui entertainments aunng jsiiu win probably be held at the 1 residence of Dr Eph' Brumby' laski street and will be a societ Turn Rinats* Fair.—The fair to be given by the Clarke Rifles, the first week of February, is now an assured success. The people should consider wbst»'necessity a militaiy company is to Athens, and give the Rifles their hearty support. A Coming Marriage.—Cards will soon be ont for the marriage of Miss Gussie Marks, of Athens, to Mr. Clins. Joseph, of Chicago. The marriage will take place in the synagogue, on Jackson street, on the 29th of January. It Will Open To-dat.— This morn ing the college bell will ring out once more calling the college boys back to the campus, their cherished home. Tho session will open with about twenty- five new students from all over Georgia and some from other States. -The All’s Well that Ends Well.- new year began with a gloomy day. Cold drenching rains fell all the day and the Northeast gale was anything but cheery. It is to be hoped that a bad beginning will have a good end ing- A Season fob Reform. — Yesterday was a day of reformation. Resolution* were made which though, of course they will be broken soon or late They u ill nevertheless do good while they last. But the whole city has entered upon the new year with.reform. Read the council proceedings aud Mayor Brown’s speech, and you will see that reform is stamped all over Athens’ mu nicipal affairs. Tn* Atlanta Journal. — The Holi day Souvenir sent out by the Atlanta Journal to its patrons or friends is a marvel of neatness and beauty. The souvenir is a handsome pamphlet with gilt binding, and shows a small fac simile copy of the Journal. We con gratulate this enterprising sheet upon so unique a souvenir. A Glass Factory.—Capitalists from another city have fixed their eyes upon Athens as an excellent location for glass works, and it is highly probable that a glass factory will be built here iu tile near future. This reminds us that our city would seem to he regarded more favorably by outside capitalists than by those within our limits. Why do the citizens of Athons depend upon alien capital to upbuild their own city ? Do You nerd Job Work ?—The Ban ner job ofllcfc starts with Hie new year with everything that is necessary to do as good job work as could be desired. A new lot of type has been received and with as good job presses as can he found we are better prepared than ever before to fill orders for the best kind of iob work. Send in your orders to our ob department. itgomery iu the Th* Committees’ Reports. — The showing that Athens has made the past year by the council’s reports in this is sue is a good one., Any one who reads the report of the treasurer and the chairman of the finance committee can but acknowledge the rapid increase of wealth and population our city has made. The reports of the courts too, show that Athens has had a yesr of peace, comparatively speaking. Put in Its Proper Place.—The handsome iron front of the new Banner building was put in its place yesterday, and shows off to fine advantage. It is a beautiful front, and the building will, when completed, be one of the hand somest in the city. The work is being carried on as fast as the weather will permit, and the building will soon be ready for the refining touch of the pa int er’s brush. Flowers are Blooming.—The au tumn weather has been so mild and beautiful, that the flower yards of Athens have lost but little of their flo ral beauty even now in mid-winter. Chrysanthemums are still in bloom, aud geraniums have bloomed incessantly all the winter. In the woods, dandelions and wild violets are in full blossom, and the fact is, that we have had spring ever since •‘September’s blast turned red the forest’s leaf.” Speer-Silvky.—The marriage of Mr. W. A. Speer to Miss Kate Silvey, in Atlanta this month, is a social event in which Athens feels considerable in terest. Mr. Speer attended the Univer sity for some years, and while here, was one of the most prominent men in col lege. Among those who have been in vited to act as attendants upon that pleasant occasion is Mr. C. F. Rice, who will be remembered as having beeu his most intimate friend while at the University. — Gi Thom; failed bn ' ' V' r, of Macon, have I. Su-inheimer of Atlanta, have foM?w In 1-S3 iu Georgia »S# Mle« of new railway: were bnilt Up to date $13,039,45 has been sub- r process fori »introduced. scribed to the Col. W.H. Willis,of Macon county, died of appoplexy. A rich vein of silver has boon found ■ in Catoosa county. Marietta is to have a one hundred thousand dollar hotel. Applications of census enumerators are pouring in by the hundreds. Col. E. X>. Graham, a distinguished lawyr of Carterayilie, is dead. A four-year-old child was shot and kilted by John Griggs, in Atlanta. There are 17a liquor dealers in Sa vannah. -- The trained seil show has been levied on by the sheriff of Fulton county. John Ware and Cope captured a loan of blockade whiskey and three men from Unioa county. Henry Adams, 'a Lumpkin county moonshiner, went to jail rather than take an oath. -> J. M. Edwards, of Catoosa, was rol/fjixl of two hundred dollars by a high wayman. There came near being, a riot at Leary, the negro* resisting an arrest of a drunken man. The contract for building the Georgia Southirn Railroad to Thomasville has been awarded. : ' The Georgia Teachers excursion to Cuba report a delightful and interesting time. oJtan Sykes, a young farmer of Bryan county, was almost cut' to pieces at a ball by John and Howell Glisson. Gen. Alexander, of the Central R. I:., does not believe the report' that Pert Royal has been sold to an English syn dicate. **• Dr. J. W. Sherrod, of Montgomery county, is dangerously low from taking a dose of iode through mistake for par egoric. > There is a man in Atlanta who was cured of the rheumatism by being bur ied in the ground up to his neck for forty-eight hours. George James the negro who assaulted Mr. aud Mrs. Holtowdil, of Savannah, was sentenced to pay a fine of one hun dred dollars. Wni. Parnell, a tramp from Raleigh, N. C., was terribly mangled while at tempting to crawl under a freight car In the Central Railroad yard in At lanta; Mrs. J. W. Ryan, of-Jesup, proposes to bring suit against the Western Union Telegraph Company, alleging that an operator at that place gave a private message of hers to the press. Hon. G. W. Gustin, of Macon, has tendered his resignation as Judge. He returns to the practice of his profession in partnership wiih Dupont Guerry aadJussph U. ihtll. A* 4- ... Joseph Rulf, the negro arrested in Macon and vho declares that he has killed seven men, was carried back to Crau fordviUe to answer for setting fire to that town. A crowd of 23 negroes went to the residence of Mr. E, C. Vandiver, in Franklin county, for the purpose of robbing him, but on learning that the | money. A has been Hon. ter. Florida has a crop ready for the market. A stable anil ten flue horses were burned in Baltimore. The public debt has ihereased largely the past year. Mr. Parnell says he wishes the O’Shea divorce suit settled at once. The 20,000striking miners in Belgium are starving. Montana republicans are systemati cally proceeding to steal two senators. Ex-treasurer Burse of Louisians; is mining in Honduras. President Harrison and Gen. Alger are said to be very jealous of each other. Another nihilist plot against the czar has been discovered in St. Petersburg. Extensive discoveries of phosphate has Jjeeu made in Marion county, Fla. A-Terre Haute, Ind., boy went crazy from smoking cigarettes and blew his brains out. Two men were crushod to death by a pair of defective) scales falling on them in Toronto. Twenty-four lives were, lost in the burning of an Industrial school at Westlmll, Eng. Congressman Mills made a ringing speech before the tariff reformers in Boston, on Tuesday. There was a collision of railroad trains at 'Kokomo, 1ml., aud several persons were killed. Mrs. Jeffersoq Davis will presently go to Kansas toxive with ber married daughter. In Paris, cab faros are regulated by a little machine that records the dis tance travelled. The first buffaloes were imported to Australia in 1829, and now there are great herds of them. After July 1, tho nationnl flag and ur.ion jack of the navy will consist of a rectangular arrangement of 32 stars. Four boys were* burned alive while playing under a sand bank at Jackson, Tenn. Nearly 100 persons were injnred by the falling of a platform at a bull fight in the City of Mexico. Miss Lucy Wamble, a school teacher at Goldsborq, N. C., suicided whilo in sane. The police of Leavenworth. Kan., re fused to permit milk punch to be served at a banquet given Judge Brewer. Tho Faith Healers at Lovington, Til., stole two young girls fropi their homes. There came near being a not. A Chicago Judge has decided that the Western Union must show their tele grams. S. J. Wilkerson, a son of wealthy parents in Baltimore, attempted sui cide while crazed with whisky. .. Tho Chicago police rescued a woman while she was being hanged By her husband. Richmond* Va., shows an assessment of city property aggregating $52,095,- 002. Mrs. William Weyrick* of Missis sippi, eloped with a stranger and took twelve hundred dollars of her husband’s E REBUKED THE CHOIR ——— A Minister of an Auburn, N Y. Church Sefnsrs to-b# Disturbed. New Yobk, Jsu.’ 1.—[Special-]—A j v special to the Tribune from Auburn, N- Y., says: When the congregation or the First Presbyterian chnrch Jof this city was seen coming from the chnrch at 11:30 o’clock this morning, half an hour after the morning service began, many wondered at the ’cause; Those who were in the church speedily ex plained" the matter. The pastor, the Rev, Wra. H. Hub bard, had publicly rebuked the mem bers of the choir for laughing and oth erwise misbehaving themselves while the service was in progress, and when they continued their frivolity, he sud denly paused in his sermon, glanced to ward the choir gallery, where the sing ers were amusing themsems, and ab ruptly dismissed the congregation. The membership of this church inoludes some of the wealthiest people in the city, aud the incident has caused a sen sation. bouse was guarded did not make the attempt. The three young white men, Canthan, Matthews and Brown, charged with the murder of Pink Lawrence (colored) at Karnesville on the night of the 25th, are safely lodged in jail at Zebulon, Ga. Old man Jim Bone has made a full conressiou of killing Woodward. The jury returned a verdict that old man Bone did the deed, and was guilty of murder, and that James H. Bone, Mrs. J. C. Bone and Mrs. Sallie A. Buck- alew were accessories before the fact, and that Jessie Bone and Busbec were accessories after the fact. Bone says he kilted Woodward to avenge tils daughter Jessie’s honor. -MINOR ITEMS. Brief News Taken from onr Beporter*s Note Book. Athens mud is proverbially inevita ble A good deal of cotton and a number of country people were in the city yes terday. Contracts for the new year are in‘or der, and yesterday witnessed full many a one iu Athens. The strange coal miners of Pittsburg have bought all the masks in the city to hide their features when they com mit lawless acts. Spurgeon, the eminent English di vine, is suffering from rheumatism, that has entered his throat aud threatens to destroy his magnificent voice. Judge Gresham says that the stand-, urd of excellence iu the legal profession is not as high as it was twenty-five years ago. Jim Carlisle, while on his way home from Ochlocknee, Saturday, was taken from the public road by uuknown par ties and terrlbiy whipped. Two horses were killed and the driver knocked senseless iu Chattanooga by running into a broken telephone wire that was crossed by an electric wire. T. W. Corkey delivered a lecture in Banham, Texas, in which he said that Christ’s life was repeated in that of Mr. Davis. No oath ever soiled his lips. The orange trees of Charleston are bearing a second crop. The roses are in bloom. Strawberries are ripening, and even the fig trees are budding for the third time this year. the Michael bu ■I p’ ■ildi mg. The students are coming back by the car load. He re- M. Rail- Oub Religious Department.—Dr. C. W. Lane, one of Athens’ leading and 1 most beloved ministers, has kindly con sented to edit “The Religious Depart ment” of the Sunday and Weekly Ban ner. He will prepare a numferof orig inal articles for his space. This u ill be an interesting and instructive feature of our paper, and donbtless result iu good. Dr. Lane is opposed to Sunday publications, but decides that so long as they are issued, and the people will read them, that they should be furnished with literature of a character to turn their thoughts in a more serious direc tion. We highly appreciate his yaiuable assistance, and will earnestly strive to keep every, department of The Banner free from objectionable articles. ' — The OmCER’s Reports.—Owing to s laclref space we failed to publish in this issue the reports of the city officers made liefore Council yesterday, We will publish them to-morrow. Mr. Gilleland is an excellent city officer. He has been clerk of the coun cil for s number of years. The women of Athens cannot be ex celled for their beneficent work, by those of any other Southern city. The Industrial Home starts out upon the new year with the encouragement of a most successful year just past. The new hotel is the next thing f or the people of Athens to have, and so soon as their business affairs for the new year are straight let them set to work aud build it. The eity taxes from the drays last year amounted to over six hundred dollars. The bad weather has come to stay no doubt. It is just the weather to scatter theintluenza. ■** -The Odd Fellow., Clarice Lodge I. O. O. F; held an en thusiastic meeting last night. It being election of officers for the ensuing term, the following were elected: C. O. Adams, N G. R. B, Harper, V. G. . . J.N. Herring, Sr. and Wl11 »>e T. M. Brooks, ltec. Sec R. R. Hipkins, Pr. Sec. ms i ■■■ : ■ • ‘ ■ abu-ik.vf The Germania. An elegant ball took place at the rooms of the Germania club Tuesday eveniug. The ball was given complimentary to the visiting young ladies, and was par ticipated in by tbe following couples: Miss Rosa Schiudler, of Atlanta, and Mr. Jake Stern. Miss Pearl Itosenfleld, of Augusta, and Mr. Sol Flatau. Miss Lillie Funkenstein aud Mr. Lee Flatau. Miss Eayton Morris anti Mr. M. B. Scblesinger of Atlanta. Miss Yetta Phillips and Mr. Sam Funkenstein. Miss M. Phillips and Mqfdecai Marks. Miss Daisy Myers and Morris Jan- koiver. . _ Miss J. Dornhlatv and H. Cohen. Miss Sarah Stern and Jules Dorn- blatt. In Berkeley county, S. C., Mr. Julius Taylor was killed and Mr. Welch badly injured. They tried to fire a piece of pipe charged with powder, and it ex ploded. * In*Darlington county, S. C., ayoun/ man named Windham stabbed toi heart and killed a negro, Robt. Uon who persisted in getting into the wag! he wai driving when ordered not to do so. An interesting case is reported from Jersey City, where Charles W. Bligh has been convicted of bigamy. He bad obtained a divorce from his first wife in Chicako, but Illinoisjlaws are not recog nized in New Jersey. A test was mUde yesterday of the elec trical machine purchased by the State of New York for patting murderers to death. A horse was killed in less than half a minute, and without the animal struggling. LaGrippe has actually killed between 200and 300 persons during the year just closed in Europe, and has laid low some 300,000 fresh victims. One estimate places tbe total number of present vic tims at 1,250,000. Trie longest distance over which con versation by telephone is daily made is between Portland, Me., and Buffalo, N. Y , about 750 miles. There are more than 170,000 miles of telephone wire in operation in the United States, over which 1,055,000 messages are sent daily. About 300,000 telephones are in use iu this country. rescued by atti and members e the most Intel great risk. Twot «jcapes by sliding They reached the Ssmeboye, emt set by the t manner. school exhibited j peatedly dashed t__ turning each time * amimate form of some school contained in all < THE WAR ON THE TRUST. Cotton Coven for Cotton Verona Jute Covers—The Alliance Holding Its Own. Charleston, S. C., Jan. 1.—(Special) —Persistence in any cause is to be ad mired, but when the cause is a good one admiration rises to -a height far above ordinary. During the past; two months very little has been said about the Jute Trust and cotton bagging. The cotton men have ceased to fear trouble across the water, and the plant er, irrespective of tare or no tare, has to the best of bis ability tabooed the product of the trust, and has stuck close by Alliance bagging where he could get it, aud when the supply at Ms town was exhausted has used sheet- Tho Washington, Jan. President’s new year red today. He was ai Ing by Mrs. McKee and o', the cabinet with their rt ception began at elevei the White House was bemtifully a ted with flowers. Amt called were tho members matic corps, the Pan grers, the judiciary and both congress. It took exactly two the president to shake hands crowd of visitors which was than usual. Afterthe tion, Vice-President Mortort wife received a number of guests. ||p? Child Uurdsr Near Bethany. ing. Decatur, 111., Jan. 1.—[Special.]— This morning tbe body of an infant 8 months old was found in the Okavf Riv er, near Bethany, in Moultrie county, twenty miles south of Decatur, on the Peoria, Decatur and E vansviUe Rail way, and The discovery has awakened much Interest As yet the child ffiur- der has not been fastened upon any body. The coroner bos charge of. the oase, and will probe the mystery assist ed by the sheriff of the county .Vi*!. r - mm A glance at the drays on the street, at ’lie cotton in the compress sheds or ware houses, will show ttiat there has been no very great diminution of the amount of Alliance cotton used, and despite the fact that so much ap prehension was caused by its use ■ .11 the early . part of the season, ne harm to anyone has yet resulted. The shippers have had no cotton refused on tho other side of the water, and while some has bad to be recovered, the eases were not morq numerous than ordinarially occur with jute. The indications are that the Alliance is “laying low” for the trust and as soon as the season of 1890 begins, the farmers will knock a hole in it as big as a barn door, and like MeGinty it will go “down to the bottom of the well,dressed iu its best’iwit of clothes.” Leaving Barnwell. , ; , Charleston, January 1st, 18(g!.e— [Special]—The negroes continue much excited aver the recent lynching; ’ A county and state meeting have each been called, when tbe-negroes will take action as to their future course, great many negroes are leaving Bare- well county, and it seems, that they will all emigrate sn the course of the next few days. ; i IODINE FOR PARAGORIC. C ritlcal Condition of Dr. J. TV. Sherrod, of Lothalr. Macon, Ga,, January 1.—[Special.]—. Nows has just reached here of the crit ical condition of Mr..#. W. Stem. J, of Lotliair, Montgomery county, resulting from taking, by mistake, iodine for paregoric, he swollowing the entire contents of a large phial. He was suffering terribly. Other physicians were called to his assistance, but the iodine was doing its work, Causing intense coughing and the ex pectoration of clotted blood. Every thing possible is being being done for him. The mistake that may cost the life of this gentleman is deplored (by all who have become acquainted with the par ticulars of the sad occurrence. He was very low when heard from last. Big County Fair. Sander8v:lle, Ga., January 1.— (Special)—The Washington County Ag ricultural Club meets here to-morrow to elect officers and transact other bus iness. a> It is understood that among the bus iness will be a movement to organize a grand agricultural fair for next fall. It is tne purpose to make tbe fair the very best of its kind that Georgia has ever seen, displaying prominently the advantages of this part of the state for stock-raising. THE AUGUSTA MILLS. They Are Not Affected by the New Law. Augusta,Ga., Jan. I—[Special.]—The eleven hour law does not affect the Au gusta cotton mills, which have aU al ready worked only eleven hours a day, ir sixty-six hours a week. Five day8 in a week the operatives work eleven houre and twenty min utes and on Saturdays nine hours and twenty minute, thus giving the hands several hours on Saturday evening in which to do shopping. Hawever, they average sixty-six hours each week. The system is perfect ly satisfactory to all concerned, and tbe enforcement. of tbe law recently passed by the legislature will make no change here. Hotel Arrivals. At tiib Clayton House.—W. Flem ing, City; G, W. B^ngton Ga.; Ed ward Pearson, New York; W, W. Hul- bert, Atlanta; B. B. Harwell, Shady Dale; H. M. Strozier, Clarkesvillc, Ga. At the Commercial.—H. R. Elliott, S. C. Mo. The six beautiful lots, 100x200 feet to be sold at the court house are only a few steps from street car line.' Jan2-5t One of the six beautifuUlots to be sold next Tu€sday air court tfeuse, legal hours of'sale, has a house, good orchard, &c. on it. . - Jan2-5t be given early in January and will be Miss Norma Marks aad Mr. narry Miller. 1 Refreshments'were served during the Price’s [Butter —Messrs. Lowe & Elder have secured tbe exclusive sale of tbe Price butter iu Athens aud will be able in the future to supply tbeir customenrwith pure Jersey butter in large quantities. Messrs. Lowe <fc Ei der are indeed fortunate to secure this coveted privilege , for no butter is bet tor known aud has a wider sale than the Price butter. It is made from the finest' strains of Jerseys, and Mrs. Price supervises it herself. 2-3 ■— t She” will be the next attraction at In tho Gate City. . Atlanta, Jan. 1.—[Special]—Ex- Mayor JohnTyler Cooper is pronounced. worse by his physicians today.. The impression seems to prevail bore that Nottingham, of Macon, will su'c-' ceed Gustin on the Superior' Court bench. 'VI, The eleven hour law for labor in cot ton and woolen mills goes into effect ^ througnout the state today. Dom Pedro's Allowance, London, Jan. 1.—Special.]—'The ^la- con tinuanjje of the allowance voted to Dom Pedro upon his expatriation is -re garded hero as an indication Of t he ro- publicis weakness. For the Suffering Kansans. Wichita, Kan., Jan. 1.—[Special-]— A train of eighteen cars left here last night for the suffering districts-ir. Ste vens and Morton and IhMigmau. coun ties; They are loaded with clothing and food, consisting of-flour, meal. and groceries. • • ■ -iii i 1 1 r Si? 1 White Hen in Jail. ■' Baknesvilijs. Ga , Jan. 1.—[Special] —Three young men, Messrs. Cantham, Matthews ana Bro wn, are held in jail at Zebulon. '' They are r~ier arrest f?r the hilling of Pink LawA»Lce, colored, Christmas night. • , They seeml not , at all worried over their imprisonment, and are confident of coming out aU right; gjsga (Mis m evening and every one experienced a the opera house. “She” will aDDear delightful time, on January 10th. Don’t say you cannot And you a lot to build pn when six beautiful lots will be sold at the court house on n£xt Tuesday to highest bidder. The lots front on Baxter street 100 ft, running back 200 feet. Only *a few steps from street car line. Come and buy one.- • A good investment for some one if they buv one or more of the six beauti ful lots that will be sold to highest bid der ut court house on next Married rir >1 ston.—Mr. J. W, BetinetS, of JeSuip, was married bn Tnesdav night roMisg'Gcrtrude Prince, of Johnston. The groom will be re-' metiibered as having graduated in law from the University last year* ?Hs early marriage goes to show the en couraging possibBitiea of the legal pro fession. . r- • ; ].;• I-Bl FALLING FROM BALLOONS,; The Proport cn of Accidents to Successful | Ascents. . . [Prof. R. H. Thurston in January Fo rum.] f ' -vNxs*''; -..VS The proportion of balloon accidnatf to successful-descents has, on the whole, however, been-probably smaller tiitlx should have been anticipated. Blawh- ard, tho first to take up ballooning a* a vocation, died in his bed in 1809, afur having made sixty-six descents without accident. Many ascents have bpen made in tho cause of science; and the names of Green, who made over 1,400 ascents; of John Wise, Who made the distance from St. Louis, Mo., to Jeffer son county, N. Y., 1,200. miles, in 29 hours; of Gay Lussac and Biot, who in 1804, made a most valuable series of meteorological anil phyical observa tions at the height of 19,000 feet; of Glaisner, who rose to 37,000 feet with the aeronaut Cox well: and especially, recently, of the brothers Tissander— all these are familiar to.every one. ln'1794 the balloon was used for mili tary purposes by General Jourdon, who secured continued observation of the Austrian movements, and thus gained the battle of Fleury. The French are al- so reported to have w id the same method" in the battle if Solferino. A balloon corps was organized by Gen. McClellan at r,he outbreak {of our qwn civil war, 1881; anil the use of balloons —- -"-of the regular and daily riieans ling information of the move- of,the enemy. During the siege _ is the jballoon became the only means of sending despatches out of the Ofainhe 1 ' Paris, over lost;. Hi 11 '-Vi •'