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ATHENS* GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 8, 1890. VOLLVIIL NO 33. PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. OVER THE CITY Mr. F. A, William want over to Kl- berton yesterday on busineM. Mr. Jmm Conor, of MayatviUe, woo the city yesterday. Mr*. Aea Thornton U visiting rela> tires in Elberton. Mr. Tom Foddrill, of Oconee, wu in the city yesterday. Mr. B. C. Arnold is visiting bis pa rents in Sooth Carolina. NEW WAREHOUSES. atiiexs streets blockaded WITH COTTON. Tks rsssdtf War Wish the Van m Vacs That She Wanhee.a. HaM the C.itaa at Athens la over-stocked with cotton. This fact has been demonstrated lately by the trouble that has existed between tbe cotton men and the citv council. Some time ago an ordinance waa passed by the council requiring all cot ton placed on tbe street, to be removed within a limited time, and ordering the police to fine those warehouse men who persisted in patting their cotton in tbe atieets. The motive that prompted the council to pass this ordinance woe that the blockading of the streets with cot ton was not only au Inconvenience to wagons and vehicles but also endangered tbe neighboring bouses with the risk of being burned at any lime. The in- suranre agents threatened to increase their charges and the question assumed an important phase. Itkasheeu impossible, however, for some of tbe warehouse men to remove all of their cotton from the streets, nnd i oiiHeqocutly a number of linos have been imposed. K. L. Mo«s A Co. seeiu to have suffered more from the ordi nance than any ot- era, as they have handled uu immense quantity of cotton this season. Yesterday Mr. R. L. Moss, represent ing the firm, apiasared before a called session of the council ami made an ap peal against, tbe ordinance that was parsed requiring the removal of the cotton from the streets. Mr. Moss stated that it was utterly impossible for ids firm to keep the streets absolutely clear of cotton around his warehouse as the shipping of cotton that constantly f 'oes on demanded the placing of cotton n front of the warehouse until it «-ouhl be removed. lie said his firm had been forced to rent a lnrgo vacant lot upon which to store cotton, and that even with this and his warehouse he could not store the staple us rapidly as it enme In. The fact is just this. Athens needs twice the warehouse room that it now has, and must have it before the next season. The council has i rranged with the warehouse men to In them pU' cotton on their own fronts provided it does not remain there more than six hours, and this will allow them ample privileges to ship llic coton of this sea son, hut the agreement only applies to this season and will expire by tbe first of April. Tbe warehouse men would have built other warehouses last fall but for the fact that the movement of the. A iiance in ti nt direction made them dubious about the necessity of doing so. The building of the Alliance ware house led them to think that they would leave no more cotton than their present warehouses would hold. Next fall there will he several ware houses built in Athens. Mr. R. L. Moss says his firm will need twice the room they now have and will have to build another wareltonae or else go out of tbe business All of this goes to show what an enormous cotton business is carried on inonreity. There is no city in the S> uth tile' si/.e of Athens that has such a business. The warehouse men handle cotton more cheaply in Athens titan any other Georgia city is one reason for this, ami they pay ns much for the staple as any inland market. Sixty-five cents per bale is all the commission merchants of Athens ask for handling cotton while those in Augusta and other cities charge one dollar and fifty cents per hale. Alliens may congratulate itself on the mammoth business it tins done this year, but in doing so let tho warehouse men prepare for the next season. I.et them build more warehouses this sum. mer. YESTERDAY’S SALES. A Largo Number of ;Lolo for Handsome Priees. Yesterday there was a number of sales at the court-house. Besides being MheritTs sales day, a great many ad miniatrntor’s and 'guardian sales were made Sheriff Wier began the auction at ten O’clock promptly, with a large number of bidders present. The following is a list of the sales: The Mitchell home place was sold to Mr. John Booth for $5,575, containing twenty-six acres of land. Another lot of the Mitchell property, lying hack of the home place on Barber street, .was sold to W. 8. Holman for $1,505. There are twelve acres in the lor U visiting rels- of Oconee, was in is visiting bispa- Mr. Luther Dozier and bride will ar rive in the eitjr today from Nashville. Hon. W. C. Birch more, of Smithso- nia, was in the city yesterday. Col- J. W. Tiller, of the Glade, was i« tho city yesterday. Mr. N. E. Rhodes, Athens’ “boss” drummer, is doing a fine business. Misses Sallia and Bessie Cohen have re-entered tbe Lucy Cobh. Mi« Maggie Taimadge will re-enter •diool, Mr. J. C. Blasingamc, of Zebulon, has returned to the University. Mr. T. C. Pulliam, of Cohen’s “Paris Store,” is in the clinches of la Grippe. Mayor Brown held bis first court yes terday. Mr. Pryor Mynatt, of Atlanta, has returned to the University. Mr. Robert Gantt has returned to the Freshman elsss in the University. Mr. I«aac I .owe weut to Greenes boro on a business trip yesterday. Miss Eva Richter, of Madison, is vis iting friends in the city. Messrs. James Lyle and James Marne, of Ucouee, were in the city yesterday The “Germania” will soon give an other one of their delightful balls. Miss Minnie Boley left yesterday for a visit to friends in Madison. Mr. J. Alexander will soon resume business in the stand now occupied br A. Coleman. Mr. Ed. Dorsey is in the city again with his numerous friends, after a trip over the State. • Dr. E. S. Billons has been quite sick recently, and has been confined to his home in Watkiiisville. Mr. T. R. It. Cobb is doing a good le gal practice now. He is an able young attorney. Mr. Myer Myers, a former Broad street merchant, has accepted a position with Myers A Co., on College avenue. Tbe many friends of Miss Ella Dobbs be pleased to learn that she has entirely •covered from herreceut illness. “She,” tbe famous play to be pre sented at the opera house, is said to be supi>orted by an excellent company. Little Miss Lotta Fay Rhodes, ouo of our prettiest and sweetest little girls, is visiting her grandparents, Mr. audMrs. J. W. Bearden, of Madison. Dr. W. A. Carlton has growing in his garden a large quantity of strawberries ill full ripeness. This is something un usual for this season of the year. Col. W. R. Snelson and family returne to Texas today, after a short visit to relatives in Clarke and Jackson coun ties. Messrs. Newt. Rhodes. J. C. C. Mc Mahan. Tom B. Lumpkin nod Thomas Fleming are down the Georgia road on a business trip. Misses Minnie Knlvaritisid and Ra chael Morris will soon leave for Boston Conservator , where they will complete their musical edm aiion. MissesKalra- rinski and Morris have readied a high degree of perfection for ladies so young FROM THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. A Imam n Pin-Pkl Kappa Memorial Ax AcconrLisHKD Musician.—Pro- frasor J. W. Magi 1 who is in Athens engaged in the orgwiization of a brass band, is one of the finest carnet players ever seen in Athens. He will make Athens his future home. On a Raid.—Deputy Collector I. V. Murray and Marshal Arnold arc ex pected to return this evening with a number of moonshiners. These eeutle- men are efficient officers and reflect credit on their division. Almost a Fire.—Last night Mr. N. F. Con I on, who boards at ;Mr. J. P. Fears, went up stairs and lound the whole of the closet in a blaze. With great presence of mind he set to work to extinguish the flames before they could spread, at the same time incur ring a number of serious and 'painful burns. Had it not been for the timely discovery made by Mr. Conlon, one of the most serious fires in the history of the city would have been the result. Mkmorial Exercise* - On Saturday morning the Phi Kappa society at the University will hold memorial exer cises in honor of Mr. Ileury W. Grady. The speakers will be Messrs. Talley of Valdosta; Eugene Biack of Atlanta; M. C. Edwards of Randolph county; A. C. Willeoxon of Newnau, and Z. C. Hayes of Athens. A Pleas ast P art v .—One of the most pleasant entertainments of the season took place at the residence of Mr. Dave Gann, complimentary to Miss Lizzie Gann, last evening. Refreshments werejserved during the evening to the numerous young people present. A de lightful time was experienced. A Nkw Invention,—Alderman Doot- sou has a very neat little invention in the form of a band tension regulator for use in cotton mills. Mr. Dootson has applied for a patent through Mr. L. Schevenell Jaiid will no doubt obtain a good sum for it The Macon News —No livelier paper comes to our office than the Macon Evening News. Mr. W. F. Combs has made the News to Macon what the Ban ner is to Athens. The recent industrial issue is anionunient to Manager Combs’ enterprise. A New Orchestra Clcb.—Mr. nenry Carlton and a number of young .gentle men in Cobbliaiu have organized an or chestra and will begu lcaway the long winter nights with music. Professor Kessler lias charge of the club and will bring them up to a high degree of effi ciency. Religious Notice.—The services of the week of prayer, this afternoon at 4 o’clock, at the 1st Methodist church, will be prayers for school teachers for the young. We are requested to ex tend invitation to all teachers and stu dents in the city to be present All the schools are invited. POLICE COURT. A house and lot belonging to the es tate of B. J. Parr on Baxter street was sold at administrator’s sale to John Weir for $1,407 50. Another lot belonging to the same estate lying near the Bobbin mills and containing 18 acres, was sold to A. K. Luuikin aud T. P, Oliver for$173. At B. H. Parr’s guardian sale the fol lowing lots were sold: One lot 100x300 was sold to N. R. Tilt -u for $400; one lot same sixe to N. R. Tilten |for $170; one lot same size to C Stern for $161; one to John Russell for $140; one to C. Stern for $155; one to C. Stem for $170. The land of Jas. A. Kent was sold under of a mortgage fl. fa. for $580. The laud lice near Winterville, and con tains one hundred and sixteen acres. Mr. H. C. Tuck wa* tbe bidder. All of the sales were characterized by lively biddiug and were exciting con tests for real-estate. How Mayor Brown Desit with theOffenders Yesterday. The council chamber was crowded at Mayor Brown’s court yesterday af ternoon. A large docket was before the court, and Mayor Brown increased the city’s wealth by adding more than fifty dol lars to the treasury in fines. The case of the city vs. Dock Strick land was postponed on account of the defendant’s attorney being absent, and the case of J. B. Smith, who is the oth er party charged with being in a row with Dock, was also continued. Thecase against Minerva Williams showed that she had been selling whis ky on Jsckson street, but after a bear ing was discharged. The case of the city vs. Ned Lester, charged with disorderly conduct, was postponed owing to the absence of wit nesses. Wyly Strickland, Tom Haw kins, Wm. Smith and J. Thomas Heard were tbe witnesses absent, and were each fined ten dollars for contempt to the court. Tbe case of the city vs. Cornelia Al- mon, charged with disorderly conduct, was postponed owing to the absence of witness, Martha Huff, who was fined ten dollars for not appearing, Christopher Harvey, charged with using profane language was fined ten dollars or twenty days on the streets. A New Fire Company.—There is a very great need of another fire compa ny in'Atliens. Cobbhain should by all means have a company located in that part of the city, and it is said that an effort will be made to organize one in the near future. A Rainbow out ov Date.—Yesterday morning while the sun was shining ra diantly and hardly a cloud was to be seen, a beautiful rainbow was witness ed by a number of citizens on Clayton street in the western horizon. It was singular sight, and excited quite a good ileal of comment among those who saw it. Only a small mist cloud served as a baek ground for the bow. Surely this is strange weather. Princeton’s Bote Factory. — We learn that the rope factory is lieing put in order out at Princeton, and that these mills will soon be ready to supply the city nnd Northeast Georgia with the best kind of rope. This is quite an enterprise for old Princeton, which by the way is. one of the oldest factories in the State. MINOR ITEMS. Brief Hews from our Reporter*' Hots Book The wire that is used by the Athens Electric Light Company is said to be the best insulated wire to be found. Mr. Robinsou says there is no danger of calamities with such wires. Tlie grippe still holds a number of Athenians in their beds. The Weekly Banner has received a number of compliments since the'im provements have been made upon it The wholesale merchants of Athens say they have never done so good business as now. The latest news from the grading forco of the G., C. and N. is to tbe ef fect that rapid progress is being made in this direction. The cotton receipts in Athens will reach SO,000 bales before tbe season is over. Sickness Will Follow.—It is pre dicted by sortie of the doctors that there will be a great deal of sickness all over the country, in consequence of the warm winter we are now witnessing. It is quite probable that yellow fever will again break out in Florida and many other scourges invade the Sunny South. It fs to be hoped that we will yet have some cold weather to kill out tbe germs of disease in tbe South. THE CITY SCHOOLS An Enigma Whiot Shows the Interest of the Young People in tho Schools. A little girl who attends the city schools has given us the religious enig ma below for publication. Besides be ing an interesting puzzle it serves to show how deeply interested iu our schools tbe children are This is one of tbe gremtest successes of our schools, and is worthy of note by the following puzzle. The initials of tbe answers to the questions spell the name of the su perintendent of the city schools. 1. Who stoodwithout at the sepulchre and wept as she looked inf St. John XX-II. 3. Who eras the fifth child of Benja min? 1st Chron. XIU-3. 8. And David went up from thence and dwelt in strongholds at what place? let SamXXll 1-29 4. What is the seventh book ,of the New Testament. 5. Who was the ather of Zevor? 1st Sam. IX1-. 6. Who Eras the son of Shoba* ? 1st Chron. IV-3. 7. There was a certain disciple at Damascus. What was his name? The Acts. 1X-10. 8. Who came unto Jeans by night and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes about an hundred pounds weight? St.John, XIX-3!). * 9. Then Phillip went down to what eityand preached Christ unto them? The Acts, V1II-5. 10. Who was the son of Shemiah? 1st Chron. 1X-16. 11. What is the first verse of tbe twenty-ninth chapter of 1st Sam. ? Estell Boots. I»amui OF VOBS IUDOIWAT.— &S‘!sr. , r£ ccntiy committed suicide, was in the city yesterday, and stated that it wa» a mistake about Ids son being underlie influence of whisky at the time of the commission of his rash- act. He was not even drinking, as both his si.ter. Mrs. McGahce and Hon. H. N. Carith- eia E-ill testify. The young man ap peared iu a very despondent humor, aud his miml was doubtless affected. He had kiod and devoted pareuU, who are plunged into the deepest grief and have tbe sympathy of the entire coun ty. John told Mr. McGahee that he intended to kill himself, but no one had any idea that be would carry out tbe r.tsh threat. Some think that he accidentally shot himself while hand ling the weapon, as there wpa no cause whatever for his taking his own life. Installation or Officers.—The of ficers of Williams Lodge, I. O.O. Y . were installed last uigtit by Grand Master K. B. Uuasell, assisted by Dis trict Deputy W. J. Garebohl, and other Past Grands of the Lodge. This Ixxlge is iu a flourishing condition, and is gaiuisg ground all 1 the time. The fol- tewing are the officers: J B. Gardner, 8. Forester, V. G.; Joe B. Matltet, R.8.; O. C. Gibson, P. 8.; l>. UeatHMLTreasurer; Geo. C.T Trustee. Htir. II. C. Tuck, the N. G., wzh be ‘ the sitting P ast for the term. Deserved Promotion.—Mr. Ed. H. Dorsey has been given the territory tlmt was formerly allotted to M r. Johu II. Hughes in the clothing buries* by the New York firm for which he trav eled. Mr. Dorsey is an excellent busi ness man, and having been in this line of business for some lime, is thoroughly e-'inpcteiit to fill the position to which he has been promoted wth satisfaction to his firm. We congratulate him upon his promotion. A Growing Tobacco Plant.—Dr. J. C> Orr brought to the Banner office yesterday u tobacco plant which In- found growing in opeu air most luxu riantly. Tobacco is a very tender plant and to see it growing fresh and green in mid-wiuter here in Athens, is a sight never beheld by our oldest citizeus be fore. Thb University Battalion.—The University battalion is rapidly reach ing a very high degree of efficiency un der Col. C. M. SnelHMg and his numer ous aides. The only thing now needed is a prison for the confinement of de linquents, and this feature of the'Uni versity will be complete. A New Kind or Party.—A Euro- jiean Serenade party took place at the residence of Mr. 8. Fuukenstoin, compli mentary to Mias Lillie Fu. kenstein, last evening. Card. play lug and other pleasures were iudulged in to a lat hour, when the party commenced their serenading tour to different houses in the city, where they dispersed sweet music. Refreshments were served freely on the route, anti a most enjoyable time was experienced. Athens has f• r the jmst few months '-ecu visiting in the old worl< ; am: f om Grenada, at which place sue has re cently been, she has written several very interesting letters to friends here, accompanied by photographs of scenes around the Alhambra taken by herself. She says that the natural beauties of Spain have not been exaggerated but that the Inhabitants are a most worth less people. She is now enjoying the scenes in Paris. ANOTHER NEW BUILDING- Mayor Brawn will Build on His Lot a Handsome Building. Mayor E. T. Brown will build a hand some three-story building on his lot iminediatelv beyond tbe new Carlton building, on Jackson street, iu the near future. H« intends to rent the whole building out, as there is a ready demand for offices in the city now. The first floor will be divided into eight offices, the second story into a number of bed rooms, and the third will be fitted up handsomely for a daneing hall. All of these will find a ready rental, and tho investment will doubtless prove good one. Every one enn but commend this enterprising step of Mayor Brown, and might well follow bis example. Athena In Augusta. The Augusta Evening News of Fri day which, as usual, reached our sanc tum promptly, contains several society notes relative to young people in our city. Among these, we note the follow- Bklgian Blocks.—There is a more now being made by a number of enter prising citizens along Thomas street between Mr. McKie’s corner and Broad street to have Belgian blocks put down. This is a move in the right direction and should be carried out. Many of owr streets should be repaired in like manner. The Christian Chcrch—A commit tee of ladies were out yesterday solicit ing small contributions to liquidate the debt of $700 on the Christian church. They have raised $300, and the remain der will be easily subscribed. This is a noble cause and every citizen of Athens should give something. Tbe congrega tion is small and our good people should list them in paying for their temple of worship. The Weather.—Tuesday about noon a warm, drizzling rain set in, and vie may now look for a spell of bad weath er. We have had no winter as yet, and it is very much feared by weather prophets that a late.. frost will follow L badly injuring the crops.. This has been the case whenever there has been an open, warm winter. The New Tax Law.—In yesterday Banner as to the new tax law providing f .r a collection of 7 per cent, interest on tax executions after Dec. 20th, ’89, it was stated that the law only applied S ate and county taxes. This state ment was wrong, as the law applies t» municipal taxes as well. The bill wa< introduced into the legislature at the last session by our representative H. C. Tuck The law bas been duly adver tised by the tax collector and is of lull force and effect. TELEGRAPHIC. 1IE WAS TOO NEAR THE GIRLS. So the Colored Ma c Stndtate Bceaae* Jealous and Hazed Hina. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 1—{Special.] - Clarke University, the leading colored >eat of lexrniug in Georgia, is torn up by a question of social equality. A young white man. a grandson of the matron of the girls’ dormitory, is the cause of the trouble which culiiiinaicd teen years of age, and for the benefit of bis health he urns been spending the winter here. He lias baeu occupying quarters in tbe girls’ dormitory, and a* he is good-looking the colored male students did not take Idudly to him. During the past two months, caucuses have been held by the male students iu which Underhill and the girls’ dormi tory were the themes of discussion. Delegation after delegation called upon President Hickman and requested the removal of tbe white boy from the dor- mkory Dr. Hickman has r.teadily re fused, saying Underhill was suffering from consumption. - The denouncement occurred on Christmas night when the students en gaged in a holiday festival in the col lege hall. Adjoiuing this hall is the music room. During the festival Un derbill entered with one of tho white teachers and passed through to the mu sic room, which was unoccupied. Several .students followed him. Under hill requested the negro students.to re turn to the main hall which he said had been turned over to them for the occa sion, while tlie music hall would . be occupied by the whites, meaning him self and tbe lady accompanying him. “You are living in the College, why should yourefuse to associate with us?” asked otic of the students. “Living in the building and associa ting with you are different things,” was the answer. * Then you had better get out. We are not used to being snublied by the white people here.” A hot discussion ensued, and the next day President Hickman was again re quested by the students to remove Un derhill. but he refused. New Year’s ere the windows of the dormitory where Underhill was quar ter! *1 were smashed in with rooks, pis tols wi re fired through the window- and doors and a general liuir-rals’ng time was had. Dr. Hickman placed the matter in the hands of detectives, and four of the students were arrested, but afterwards discharged. Yesterday, however, one of the four W. A. Sam uels. was rearrested while competing fora teacher’s place in tlie examiuatiou at the Courthouse, charged with carry ing concealed weapons and being im plicated in the rumpus. He was plac ed under bond.1 There is great excite ment among the students, but Under hill still remains in his quarters in the girls’ dormitory. , A SCHOOL TEACHER ARRESTED. In EvRG(up>x-RiAf*HAr>^FMinklittwfi -■ TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS. A little boy in Brooklyn, N. Y. has mad* dozen* of attempt* to hill hi* baby stater of whom he is Jealous. Snow is from ten to fifteen fret deep around Ogden, Utah. Mrs Hannah 8outhworth b sinking and her condition is very critical. T. N. Capman, a Newark, N.J. miser, disinherited his wife and daugh ter and left his estate of $150000 to his married niece. The family « f Girard Gregory were poisoned bv a servant putting arsenic in their coffee. Mr. Andrew Young, author of tin famous hymn, “There U a happy land,” died iu Ediugburg, Scotland. It b said that needless y alarming report* are sent out shout tlie illness of Judge Kelly and Mr Raudall. Goorge F. Date, of Wilmington, Del., arm* arreted $ r killing an old col- his emei Jon and haeThim oredhermit and robbing him of $500 I hap^u te fc^voT The G. I. C. club scored a grand suc cess with their first german. It was S ven at tbe residence’of Col. W. N. ercier, on lower Greene street, Iasi night, and was participated in by about twenty-five couples. The occasion was a happy oue, and will be long remem bered by those present. The dance was led by Mr. Percy Burnm and Miss Bar- row, of Athens. Some of the figures were very pretty.” In regard to the visitors in Augusta during tlie holidays, tlie News says: “Think of a score of visiting young ladies in Augusta for the holidays! Richmond was represented by one of the most gifted and charming young la dies of the Old Dominion in the person of Miss Webb. Washington sent a re gal beauty in Miss Pope, Waynesboro sent two charmers in Misses Routzahn and Gresham, Athens a trio of graces in Misses Meta Cbarbodnier, Lizzie Bar- row and Annie Crawford. Among the noteworthy and most pop ular gentlemeu from a distance who were seen on the New Year rounds were Messrs. Guy Hamilton and Jim Me 1 !, two clever young Athenians.” On a Charge' of False Swearing to' Muke a Little Money* Dallas, Ga., Jan. 7—(Special).— Pinkie. O, Spain, a neatly dressed mu latto girl, ueurly white,' was arrested here last right and lacked up in jail on a charge of false swearing. The girl is from Atlanta, where her father is a well to do blacksmith. She is a graduate of one of the At lanta colored colleges, aud obtained a position of nublic school teacher in Paulding county last July. When the three months, July. Au gust and September ha ' expired,’Pinkie sent in her account, amounting to $151.- 92. to County School Commissioner L. M. Washington, lie began inquiring into tbe matte:' and found tha the par ents of twelve or fifteen of the scliolar* Pink e claimed to have taught said their children had never been to her school. Last uiglit the girl, accompanied by her father, came to Dallas to collect her money. Mr. Washington told her to come over to the court house. She did so, accompanied by her father The Sher iff wag also there, and on presenting the account to her, Pinkie took on an oath that it was correct. Mr. Washington required her to sign the oath, witnessed by the sheriff, and then to her consternation, instead of receiving her money, she was arrested and locked in jail. This morning a warrant was sworn out against her, and she will most pro bably begiven a trial thi9 week. The Russian Mission. Wa8hinoion, Jan. 7.—[Special]—It announced to-night that Senators Cameron and Quay ofJPennaylvania, as well as all the Republican Congress men from that State, have united in recommending to tbe President and Secretary of State the appointment of C. C. Harrison, tlie rich sugar refiner of Philadelphia, as Minister to Russia. This does not insure Mr. Harrison’s ap pointment. by any means, but this unity among tbe Pennsylvanians is re markable enough to be significant. Two foreign missions have already been conferred upon citizens of Philadelphia —tbe Brazillian mission upon R. bert J: Adams and tlie mission to Greece and Rotimania upon CoL A. Louden Snow den. Mr. Harrison, bis friends are just now anxious to have it understood, is not a relative of the family of the Pres ident. The firm of sugar refiners to which Mr. Harrison belongs does not belong to the Sugar Trust. Mr. Harri son is wealthy, of high social standing, and a trustee of tlie Uuiversityof Penn sylvania. that he had saved. Mrs. Annie Smith, of Ch<s er county. North Carolina, had a negro named Alfred Brown arrested. Mrs. Smith charges that Brown “hooilooed” lift with a medicine which she supposed would bring back her husband, from whom she is separated. Instead, the p At ion rendered her physically aud mentally helpless, and while In this condition Brown criminally assauUec her. There was a law suit about a dog in Philadelphia when the dog was intro duced into court as a witness to pick- out its real master. Eli Falettc Kiuihal who fought for the Texas republic under Sam Hamil ton died in poverty at Hartford, Conn. Near Wabash, Indiana, John Bruy laid his gun down while he looked into a hollow log when the weapon was dis charged, wounding the young man under the arm. It is difficult to get enough horses in New York to haul off the victims of fa Grippe. A New York carpenter who was dis abled from work *hot himself. Iu an attic of a Waterhnry, Conn, house an aged woman took possession of an old bed in it, when the landlord went to evict the intruder. She jumped from the sky light and was killed. No one can identify her, anti how she got there is a mystery. Th»re seems to he a good prospect of a war between England and Portugal. The American warships have arrived at Glbralta. Miss Alice Jackman, a St. Louis heir ess, has been abducted twlee iu the last six weeks Last Sunday while stand ing in the street she was seized and dragged into a carriage and drove off. Her whereabouts is not known. The present supply of ice in New York will give out next mouth. Mrs. John P. ltoss, of New York, *old her dead husband to a doctor for $1000 aud is now suing him for the ■ueney. The Chicago police arrested over one hundred gamhlur.s last Saturday night. The Kansas farmers are burning oorn for fuel anil it is cheaper than coal. Corn is north 15 cents per bushel and coal from $4 to $3 per ton. A quarrel among Chinese at Denver, Colorado, develops the fact that a beau- fnl white girl purchased by a tiumbci of Celestials iu San Francisco lor $1,500. has been held in captivity for immoral purposes. She was taken away from them, ami they have just begun habeas corpus proceedings to reclaim her. Sin- only fourteen years old and a striking beautv. Hotel Arrival*. Clayton House: Samuel G Stoney, Charleston. Commercial Hotel: J Clarence Simmons, Louisville, Ky; Geo Siugleton, Texas; W Hunter, Sa vannah; Frank D Gray, Agent Atlanta Journal; CE McPhail, Atlanta; O H Arnold, Jr, Machen, Ga; F R Smith City. The negroes around Dublin, Ga., are preparing to leave on account of the Jesup trouble. dColonel Wilbur F. Kelsey, a young awyer of Cochrane, and editor of the Pulaski Recorder, was found dead from dissipation. There was a difficulty in Atlanta be tween young Coker aud Tom Felder. Mr. Coker afterwards mode aa uncon ditional apology. Its Legalliy T.sted In the Superior Court Yesterday. Atlanta, Jan. 7 —[Special.]—There was an interesting case in Judge Mar shall J. Clark’s court yesterday after noon. in which the legality of a slave marriage was one of the points at issue. » Perry Keith, col., was suing for the recovery of some propeity. Austin Keith, a well-known negro in Atlanta, died about ten or twelve years ago aud left no will. He owned con siderable real estate and made some verhal wishes as to wbat should be done with it. A part of it went to Perry Keitb, a sou by a slave marriage, and the rest to a second wife, also married in slave ry Jrffi Jefferson, Ga., Jan. 7.—His Honor, Judge Bell’s court was in session on yesterday and transacted considerable business. ’I oday is the legal sale day and wc notii-e parties here from severs places aroi.n 1 to bid on Jackson i om 1y real estate, which is on a r* giiar boon. Among tbe citizens who have recently moved to Jefiersou we have failed t mention Col. P. G. Thompson, one ol the authors of Thompson & Selmon’ Form book, who after living all aroitnu has selected Jefferson as tbe best plac< to cast his lot. Mr. John Brooks and his bride hat- been here for several days much to tl> delight of his triends. Both the Athens hotels have recently invested in new registers. Master Keith Conwav yesterday had tbe misfortune to run a nail in his loo for some distance, and as a consequence waa quite unwell last night. . M THE NATION 4 ?, CAPITOL. the Latest Pre>u i„c Sretof OurOe eral Government. Washington, J au . t -jh-,... ^ republican whol,iTu?Vb“lte V hU »».ure to sympathize with and ezrivjk ■« i.. u4 PteV** l i with ami strive to break the fall of a ** iy demtH - r * t - I have Miowieug* uf one cam DarticulArlv*- ,e 1» vain to tbe rivil service commission to redrew’ hh wrongs He applied evorywfc«£ anti L1mi"£ WUW '‘° m,brt hiteanUgire .iJti'hU *l f hisc *" B * he lias "f*? —tewvort to ameliorate ham^hi w^wtatorf know of bis case parweiat iuu^mv prepared to extend that not?whoITm^*; ** l ** ^Publican of i ^eTfish^. 4 prompto hiia to do an 4* or Rl» members ate all St over *f* Wcrod themselvw 4DOUC over the city in nn uniieiiel iv ir « l,lcy h v° ,lveU ~ t,ie 1$" hoU ‘ h '' hut only ,* e **r?' ^risp. Blount and Barnes are hoarding at the hotels now. Messrs. . I ur,,ur . Oriiues aud Letter X” duir,'" ,i , _ —Mr. Candler !s i: most as far. They are all iu private houses, and so is Ju-igo Stewart, who is nearer, however, to hi*old hotel uuar- ters and within convenient distance of the Capitol. Dr. Carlton, alono of tho members,-will keep hoiwb ftn<j he may go ou Capitol hill, uot far from where Senator Colquitt has a beam if ul home. Nearly every »ne has a touch of la Grippe malady. 1 *aw Speaker Reed on the Avenue yesterday. He has It, anil lie wore a scowl that reminded people of a Coney Island photograph. The work of the belieadiug demo crats goes steadily on in all the depart ments. There are only two Georgia da- ‘ mocrats left iu office who hold higher positions than those that are classified— Col. E W. Best, of Macon, and Col. 1. Roddy Sneed, Savannah. 'The former is employed in the law office of the de partment of the interior, and the latter is a chief of division under General lto- ■iccrans, the register of the treasury. Not long ago Colonel Best was reduced and Ins pay curtailed, and when Mr. Harrison finds a man to take General Roseerans’ place it is quite likely that Col. Sneed will have to wulk tho plank. Under the Cleveland administration no Georgia republicans were fired, so far as I know, from tbe department ser vice. There are many of them hero to- tlay who left unsavory records at home, hut they managed somehow to retain tlirir places. Au old gentleman named Sturgie, from about Coliimbns, was the single individual among them who shifted Ids position and pay. He had a division in the offiee of tlie first auditor of the treasury, and was redttcod and given an $1,800 clerkship. A NOCTURNAL OUTRAGE.' The Abduction of Negroes In North Carolina. At New Dock, Staten Island, a man as taken out of a caving after being mprisoned for eigi-t hours. A SLAVE MARRIAGE. This second wife deeded her proper ty to Jane Jones and her children. Perry recently brought suit to recov er the property owned by tlie Jones on the ground that bis father’s marriage to the second wife was not a marriage by law, but they simply lived together as slaves frequently aid. This morning the jury brought in a verdict for the defendants, which deci sion established the validity of tbe so- ealled slave marriage. RACE RIOT ON A TRAIN. White and Black Soldiers Have a Des perate Encounter. Kansas City, Mo. Jan. 7.—(Special.) -As a rapid transit train from Leaven-' worth, crowded with soldiers who bad been spending tbe afternoon in town, was nearing Fort Leavenport last night Harrison Smith, of Troop L., Ninth Cavalry (colored), became engaged in a quarrel with a white so dier and was knocked down. Several other colored soldiers started to Smith’s rescue with nives and razors. The white soldiers joined their companion and a regular pitched battle occurred. Heavy iron nspidors were used with more or less •fleet and other available weapons were resorted to. When the train reached the lepot tlie combatant scattered, leaving two negro soldiers sadly wounded on the floor. They were taken to the hos pital. Eight window lights in the car were broken ami every cu*pid'>r was miss ing. It was impossible to obtain the name* of the combatants. New York, Jan. 7—A Columbia (S. C.) special says: .An outrage which m now the subject of controversy between the authorities of South and North Car olina is reported from Spartanburg county, South Carolina, near the North Carolina line. A Spartanburg corres pondent tells the*tory as follows: Early a tlie summer an old colored woman and her daughter, Mary M’ilkcrson, the mother of six oi seven children, came to this country and was engaged to work on the place of J. J. Caldwell, near Fair Forest. They were very poor, and it isjsaid.had been a.ehhrgejupon the parish in Rutherford county, North Carolina, where the oldest son, 12 years did, was bound <-ut by tbe commission ers to Nearton Miller. The mother, with one daughter, it is said, returned to North Carolina, went to Miller’s and took - her sou, against the protests of Mrs Miller. She then brought the bor to this county. Some time in May last Newton Miller and two other white men came to this county and proceeded to Fair Forest. They went to Mr. Cald well’s place at dark, proceeded to tho colored woman’s house, broke down the door, and created a great {disturbance. T*he old woman aud her daughter were knocked down with a gun, and then tbe women aud children were carried to the road. The cries of the negroes aroused tbe neighbors, and a number of the people came out to learn the cause of the disturbance; but the assailants were armed with guns and pistols,and halted all who tried to approach |;hem. Mary Wilkerson, her daughter, und son were then placed in a wagon, aud the party drove rapidly away. To the piteous cries of <be mother for her children one of the party said: “Yes, I’ll make you cry more pitifully than that when I get . you in Rutherford jail to-morrow.” The negroes were driven some fifteen or twentv miles across tlie line, the boy being taken back to Miller’s custody, and Mary Wilkerson and her daughter lodged in jail at Rutherford, where they were kept gome six months before 'being brought to trial. The mother and daughteifwere convi-ted of assault, and given tbe alternative of six months more in jail or of leaving tbe State. They, of eourse, chose the latter, and returned to Spartanburg to join the rest of tbe family. The matter has been re ferred to tbe Governor and the Attor ney General, who are now investigating it. A demand will doubtless be made upon tbe Governor of North Carolina for tbe apprehension and delivery to the authorities of this State of the per petrators of the outrage. WERE REaDY FOR FIGHT. But 3,000 Railroad Men Were Pre vented By an Injunction. Bridu :roiiT, Conn., Jan. 7—[Spe cial ]—A serious clash between the two gre it railroads, of this State has begun over the rights and ownership of prop erty in this city. Upwards of 3,000 men of the two roads were ready to strike the first blow at 0 this evening, but a letaporary injunction has pre vented serious trouble. ■ IlnppeateK*. Homer, Jan. 0.—P. F. M. Furr and W. F. Morris, leading fanners of Banks county, returned from Atlanta today with a lot of fine mules. Miss Adecie Stephens returned from the Classic City yesterday, after a pleasant Christmas spent with relatives and friends. Col. W.L. Yelford, of Gainesville, is in town today on legal business. ' The last bar-room in Banks county went out last Tuesday upon the three mile incorporation laws taking Mr. J. M. Johnson says be has berries half grown at his house. Messrs. Ira and Vannie Hill i hunting last week and found a row’s nest with two eggs. They the hen sparrow seemed troubled w scared oft, as if she were setting, which Otiucu vai, am aa caiv. ootu is a singular occurrence this they ear. 01 ;-v;.