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THE NEW FACTORY.
ABOUT TBS'THOUSAND DOLLARS
ALREADY RAISED.
COL.CnARBONNIER GIVES THE
STATISTICS OF THE
WEATHER.
Th« bltrfrkf of Albrn* Bbow. I>
l.lberall)—The rmttmty a Urrat
l.rHinMl-Tkf *’ltr will
bo Cumwi.
Ttic plan* for building » furniture
factory iu Allien* arc meeting success
ami encouragement.
iu convocation with Mr. A. K. 8U>-
p*i*-n, ol Atlanta, wlio Has the under-
ink in;’ in charge, a JIaxnM reporter
learned yesterday that about ten or
iwrlT. thousand dollar.' had been prom
ised for the building of the factory and
timl this waa nearly half of tbo amount
necessary. 'Hie capital stock of the
Furniture Factory Company will be
$15,1)00, and a provision wilt be embodied
Im Uiii«liiirl$r grrntiog power to in
crease ibe capital stock to $100,000 if
‘necenaary or desired.
Mr. Stepbeu .aid that lie thought
therewould be no trouble iu raising
tbo remaining capital der-ired when tiie
people of Athens realize the tiller need
•f a furniture factory here and what a
S end invest nient it would lie. He says
i* the intention of the company to
tun aagood a factory as can be found
I Id* aide of-Chattanooga, and that lie
could easily do it with the capital stock
namml* Hr. Stephen bus just put up a
liiclory at Georgetown, S. C., and says
ilia doing mii excellent business.
"As a general thing, do these furni
ture factories pay on investmentV’"
asked llm reporter.
"There is not a furniture factory in
the South today,” be replied, “that is
paying Ices than twenty per cent., and
many of them more than that. -There
is not one of them able to supply the
demand. Those in the South are al
ways from sixty to ninety days behind
orders, and are rushed to keep even this
close up with their demands. Athens
has a golden opportunity in this matter.
Besides being a profitable investment
that will pay from twenty to twenty-
live pel cent, on the money invested,
the furniture factory will be a valuable
industry. It will give employment to
a taint titty bands anil will impart about
live hundred dollars in salaries per
week into the trade and business of
Athens.”
Mr. Stephen lias entered into the
undertaking with an earnestness that
can hot. fall short of success, and the cit
izens of Athens could not do betterthan
to oneotlrage hint in the movement
lid is a skilled factory' builder and
knows tjie business by heart. He says
that lie lus com*to Athena with the
determination of doing all in Ids power
for- it- uinluililiug. The furniture
factory, wilM>e a great industry added
to our various enterprises. He will
< infinnc to canvass the city for the
capital stock, and aosouu ns it has been
,raised a charter will be applied for.
. Let every citizen subscribe liberally
to the acock and show to the world that
Athens’ enterprise is not yet dead.
BARE COINS.
Coin; of tne United State* Possessing a
Numismatic Value.
- GOI-J-4W P< Wight, ms to 1S04; $0
or Imlf eagle, 1705 lo 1834; $3,1873, ISl’S,
1876; P- ol), 1796 to 1831 (large head;
small bead very common;) $1, 1803 to
1872, 1375 io 1877, anil any date, $1.05,
Silver—Dollars, 1734 to 1707, 1801,
noil, 1803, IH04, 1830, 1838, 1839,1851,
1852, 1854, 1855, 1850, 1857, 1858; half
dollars, 1734 lo IS02, 1815, 1830, with 50
cents; the one with 50c no value; 1852,
1853, no arrow beads at side of date, or
rays <>n reverse around eagle; 1801 half
dollar coined by tiie Confederate States
and so inscribed: quarter dollars, 1730,
1S01, 1823, 1827,1853, no arrow beads at
tide of date nor raws on reverse; 20c,
1877. 1878; ]0e., 1730 to 1811.1822, 1S40;
5c, 1731 to 1802, 1840 ; 5c, 1734 to 1802
1810; 3c, 1803 to 1873.
Copper—1 ecut, 1733, 1799, 1804,1809
1811.
Nickel—1 cent, 185C, flying eagle
1857, 1858' no value.
Copper—Half cent, 1733 to 1802, 1811
1831, 1830. 1840 to 1848, 1852; 5 cent
nickel. 1877; 3 cent nickel, 1877; 2 cent
copper, 1873
• V nitcil States coins prior to 1820 in
perfect condition have a value above
: tlM! face.
Do not clean or polish up any coin,
*■ as it detracts from their value.
S. 11. A H. Chapman,
Numismatists and Antiquaries, 1,348
Pine street, Philadelphia.
The Naxtanm Jllaiaa.
yrranm far
Tiler S-Mipare With Thaw
far Hr»|r«nPM-T»a
Wtllkrr Far. CM.
far Ta-S.f,
(’oaring Knirrui.arrb-A Mar
Law Mte-nr Uill Gnuljr Back
—Biker llraraflalrrnt.
Col. L. n. Ciiarbonnier over at the
Moore building keeps up with the
weather both winter and summer. To
him and his instruments of endless va
riety the citizens of Athens must look
for the statistics of the weather, and a
Banner reporter called on him yester
day to get the exact slate of things as
shown by Ids weather instruments.
The following figures will be interest
ing for our readers: For Tuesday the
maximum temperature w*» 69, min
imum 40, the rain fall ll-l(J0of an inch.
For the month of December a remark
able weather rejiort has been made as
follows: Maximum temperature 72, 01,15
minimum 2d, mean temperature 55,
rain fall 03-100 of an inch. During the
month tliero was ice only on two days,
and frost on three days. This report
snows a wonderfully w arm December,
as the maximum mean teinpr . .iture for
live years past dtiriug Decei ilicr is 69,
which is 14 points lower *'.,an the past
month, and the minimum 15, which is
11 points lower than the minimum for
last month. The mean rain fa : l for De
cember during the past five years
is 4 inches anil 65-100 of an inch
while that of the last mouth is
only 63-100 of an inch. The mean
number of cloudy Jays for five years
during December is 12. The number
for the last month is only two.
All of these figures go to show that
last month lias been the warmest as
well as dryest month of December Ath
ens has seen for many a year. It has
been made up of the strangest weather
of any December for more than ten
years.
TUB CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Of course the cause of this singular
month is not known, and can not be
surmised by the weather uien. Uol.
Ciiarbonnier dees not pretend to ac
count for it. He said be knew noth
ing about the singular weather further
than had been shown by his instru
ments, and said if anything had gone
wrong with tiie the world it bad not
yet been known to the scientific world.
There ''as been a great deal said re
cently in the news papers about the
Gulf stream having probably changed
its course and that it will in the future
come to tomb our northeastern
coast broadside, but this while
possible is hardly probable.
It is the only reason giveu
yet or suggested to account for our mild
winter.
WEATHER FORECASTS.
The war department’s Weather record
from Augusta seut out ft renort yester
day predicting a cold wave for Augusts,
but as none was predicted for At anta.
or any other point in Georgia, there
was b it little faith put in the report.
Later developments show, however,
that the tbcrmjnneter W$JlJa!l Considera
bly within the next twenty-four hours.
To-day will be clear, and somewhat
colder In Athens than yesterday, with a
western wind blowing briskly.
Mr. Fn«*x P. Grat.—Mr. Frank
Gray, the efficient traveling agent of
the ‘Atlanta Journal was in the city yes
terday, and paid our office a pleasant
call. Mr. Gray represents one of the
best newspapers in the South and is
mon-over a clever gentleman He is
doing good work for tiie Journal.
Jack Sailors
the case of Jack
every one is familiar,
fore justice Fuller,
pened since Monday
was withdrawn, ho
>f the girl, with
charged with el
A Little Bi
ton, the pastor of
has been so ill for
ported better yi
expected to live
A Pleasant Sociable.—A pleasant | Ids many friends
only
TIIE CITY PARK.
P
little sociable was given at the resi- covery may be
denceof Mr. J. A. Gareb»Jil hist even- days
ing,complimentary toMisscs Bessie :ird
Jessie Garebold. ' A delightful time Back from Til
was experienced by the numerous Grady, an old A
young i>eople who were present. brother of the lal
returned to Athens
lanta. He reach'
.—Yesterday
with which
brought be
ing been post-
11 ir prosecution
r. by the father
to Bailors was
. J. W. Blan
ch* pel. who
days, was re-
He was not
it night, but
: that his re
matter of a few
A Handsome Law Office.—Lump- | , .
kin & Burnett have rented four rooms ?£*? * rom 3
.—Mr. IV. s.
and the only
enry W. Grady,
night from At-
dty a day or so
here he has been
ntlie Franklin building and will have *' T | n E ■ n< *t!lhs. He is warmly
me of the must handsome law offices 'Y e loomed back to enr city by hi* rela
in Athens. Mr. E. P, Upshaw will
make his office with the firnrand will
act in tiie capacity of striker for cheui.
fives and friends here. Mo young man
was better known here a few years ago
; and hi * ' - '
than Will Grady,
Itis h o;
hand today in the
come.
hundreds of the
The Athenaeum.—Cards areo ni for
anehtertniiimciitnt the Athcmvum to
be given complimentary to Mr. and
Mrs James Hamilton Friday evening. „„
One of the most elegant att'airs of the I Mi*s Blanche?
season is expected.
ae gras
p of joyous wel.
Entertainment“ikitioirr.—A delight
ful entertainment Nfill be given tonight
t - Jcotnb, at her beau
tiful home on Millswge avenue, compli
mentary to a select number of friends.
The entertainment will he in the nature
of a seven o’clock basket tea, a novel
and interesting style of entertaining
learned by the fair young hostess on her
Dn. Dozier and Bmdk.—Dr. Luth
er Dozier and bride arrived in the city
last evening on a visit to relatives. The
Banner unites with a host of otiiers in . _
wishing ;the happy young couple a Snroprantourlx<t summer. It issafe;to
long and happy life. *»y that the entertainment willlbe one of
the most charmingly uuiquo ever known
Bound Over—Tobc Hnyflled and H n l **is city
bis associate Carolina Smith were tried I - _ »- _ _
yesterday before Judge Fuller and Honoror IIknkr Git a ®
were lmund over to appear a Superior | V-'llJJ*
court. They are charged with burglar- “ " ”” “*
izing a house in East Athens.
Has the Influenza.—A beautiful
Maltese kitten on Prince avenue has a
had case of the influenza. The poor
little thing appears to be iu constant
agony, and shows all the symptoms
shown by |>eople. On account of the
case being so extraordinary, the fami- 11 "Jv, “ . s P
ly physician has tiie case in treatment. I ana Deorgiau.
the University will hold memorial ex
ercises in honor of Henry Grady at
their hall on Clayton street. It will be
remembered that Mr. Grady was a char
ter member of this chapter, and was
greatly beloved by all of its members.
The Athens alumni, as well as the act
ive members of tiie chapter, will he
C resent to take part in these services of
i
onor to this peerless orator, journalist,
The Clarke Rifles Fair.—Lieuten
ant Hughes and Sergeants Briggs and
Edwards were appointed as canvas rs
for tee Rifles Fair to lie giveu in Fe.bru-
PEUSONAL AND SOCIAL.
_ Mr James Price was in the city yes-
ary. Any contributions that would he I terday from Farmington,
bench,iul in any way to the Rifles will Mr. John D. Little will mako the
he thankfully received by the canvas- University Pandora a great success
era. Now is the time for the citizens to
AX EMERY WHEEL AT THE
GEORGIA RAXGE AND STOVE
WORKS DID HIE DEED.
Accident to a Yoons
Bog.
Atlanta
laud, Me., is authority for the
inenr that about 6,000 tons of terra alba
were recently iuijiorted through the
port of New Yolk alone. The only mu-
tor 'terra clba in any quantity is iu the
aditl eration o' candies; and when these
two tacts are put together they become
very significant. The sulwtanee is min
eral, utterly insoluble in the saliva or
the gastric juice, and the result of eat
ing candies adulterated cannot be oth
erwise than excessively injurious. The
deviiishness of the u-m of «tich stuff In
i-andira is all the greater for tbe fact
that most of the candies that are adul
terated with it arc used by children of
tender years. The extent to which It ex
ists in certain candieamay by surmised
byan iiicidi*nt;wliifh occurred with in. the
experience of the editor of tiie National
Druggist. A wholesale grocery house
of Bt. Louis made a claim against the
Boutli Shore Line for damages done a
was grinding exploded. c.-ush- certain let of lozenges manufactured by
Tu the entire left side a Boston house, and shipped in barrels
Atlanta, Jan. 8.—[Special].— X ter
rible accident occurred at the Georgia
range aud stove works at 11 o’clock to
day.
The victim, was Frank Davis, a six
teen-year-old white boy.
The entire machinery of the works
was in motion, and each man at his
post of duty, when suddenly the emery
wheel at which Frank Davis
ing Tu the entire left side
of tbe face and skull, causing instant
death. As quckily as possible the entire
working force rushed to the unfortu
nate ad, intent on rendering the as
sistance suggested by appaUedthumaui-
tv, but it was too' late, lie was beyond
the reach of human aid.
When a reporter reached him lie was
stretched on his back with a handker
chief thrown over his face, which,
when removed, displayed a ghastly
wound in the face aud head. His en
tire left face and forehead was crushed
in’ showing the brain. The sight was
sickening, showing clearly that death
was instantaneous.
His poor, widowed mother was at
once apprized of the sad fate of her old
est son and tiie distress of the poor wo
man was heartrending. Strong men
were moved to tears, wb-n alic, frantic
with grief, rushed to the side of her
dead boy, imploring those around her
lo help her in her sad misfortune.
Frank Davis was an indcstrious, no
ble-hearted hoy, loved liy his fellow-
employers. lie wa« a great help to his
widowed mother who has three small
children, the eldesta girl of 13 years, to
support.
The Georgia Range and Stove com
pany shutdown immediately, and every
employer was in gloom over the sad oo
curretice. - -
IX A HEAT OF PASSION.
open their hearts and purses.
Commissioner Burbanks.—We learn
timt a petition is in circulation to dis
place Major Burbanks as United States
Commissioner at Athens, but we have
no idea it will succeed, as be is an effi
cient and popular otlicer, and a belter
man for tbe place cannot be found.
The Major’s friends are requested not to
.Miss Ida Schailef, who has been quite
sick, is much improved.
Mr. Isaac Lowe returned from
Greencsboro yesterday.
Mr. Tom I.nmpkin has returned from
a business trip down tbe Georgia road.
Miss Daniel, of Augusta, has return
ed to tbe Home School.
Mrs. Franela Fontaine is expected in
sign any paper with this end in view, this city in .- "re, days on a visit.
He ha* no idea of resigning, as we ftaru Mr. Waiter'll liealley wfif feiurif
has been reported. | 50on p, tbe law- class from his home in
. Americas.
The Zeta Cnis.—It is rumored that
An Alabama Woman Shoots Iler Hus
band Twice.
Birminoiiam.Ala., Jan. 8—[Special,]
—A sensational domestic tragedy was
enactod at Bessemer, twelve miles dis
tant, yesterday. William Rapleo, a ho
tel-keeper, was shot twice and badly
wour.ded by his wife. Raplee had been
drinking, and when he reached home
talked very naughtily to his wife. Mrs.
Raplee finally lost her temper, and,
snatching a pistol fired twice. Raplee
has one hall in bis shoulder and anoth
er in hi* hack. As soon a* she saw w’mt
she had done, Mrs. Raplee repented,
and begged that she lie sllowcd to nurse
her husband, hut lie objected, sating be
was afraid of her. Mrs Riplee is pros
trated over her action, and says if her
, , , , ■ Mr. Syivattus Morris lias been absent
the college hoys have boc-u haying from the city for several days on legal
some fun with the new comers since | business.
CURRY WASN’T KILLED.
A Sensational Report About an old student
corrected.
Who does not remember the genial
Frank Curry who was a member of the
Law school at the University three
years ago? He was known to every
citizen and was the most popular fellow
in college. The boys all loved him for
his cheerful disposition, his clever jokes
and his many faculties of making friends
wherever he was thrown.
Some days ago a report was sent out
by tiie reporters in Birmingham that
Frank Guriy had been killed in that
city by a freight train running o\'cr
him, andstatpd that he had a letter of
recognition ’in his pocket from Mr.
Gradv- at the time of his death. This
report. waa-published in the Bannku as
well'us tfcq Atlanta Constitution.
Mr. f>.„ JI. Arnold, who is a family
connection of Mr. - urrv, informs us
tliat tluvreport unfounded and says that
Mr. Ourry-ls still alive. He nays that
his brother went to Birmingham imme
diately upon learning of ..Curry’s death
and found that there was no truth in the
report.
This will lie learned with gratifica
tion by his inauy friends iu Athens.
There was rtever a more genial nor
more popular student at the University
than Frank Curry.
Tho Decision of tbe Street Railway Com
pany Postponed
For some time past *n offer lias been
lieforo the Street Railway company con
cerning the oa-.-k.
The offer was make by the city coun
cil to Mr. Voss, that if his coiupauy
would take ten acres of the Lilly lands
and improve tiie grounds suitably for
a park the city would give the laud
free of charge. Mr. Voss asked to be
allowed until the 15th of January to
confer with the Street Railway Com
pany beforo giving an answer. He lias
not been able to lay the matter before
his company for a full discussion yet,
and has asked for more time to con
sider. He was met by a Banner repor
ter yesterday and asked about the plans
of the company.
Mr. Voss said: “I am not prepared
to say just now what ihe company will
do ' ' '-**
that
them an answer to their proposition. I
ha^-e declined the otter made by the
parties inter*-ted in the Linton land, as
the locality was not convenient to us.”
"Do you think your company will
accept the oiler made by the city ?”
1 have not heard enough from my
associates to make any reply. 1 am in-
lined to think, however, that we will
either dec ine the offer or make one
ourselves to the Park committee, which
will be a somewhat modified from their
offer.”
the new year began. The Zeta Chi
fraternity has taken in several novitiate
applicants for membership. Beit said
to the credit of tho boys, however,
ha/.ying in its severest degrees has be-,
come a thing of the past iu tiie Univer- | probably enter the
sity.
Dr. Steedly has moved into the office
formerly occupied by Col. E. T. Brown
on College avenue.
Ml Henry W. Grady, of Atlanta,will
University soon.
Mr. D. P. Ilaselton will return to
day from Charleston, where . he baa
Prohibition Tonic-In the last mayor’s been visiting his father’s family,
court a case was brought against Mr. ,, „ „ ,
Alex Nabors, who runs a restaurant on . ^ r - Hamilton will leave in a
Jackson street, for selling Intoxicating few da J s for Columb,a on ku «-
beverages. The case was continued, ness -
however, owing to the absence of Prof Mr. Harry Smith has been installed
H. C. White, who was an important as a salesman behind tho counters of
witness for tiie city, as he had been giv- Haselton & Dozier’s music store,
en some of the beverage to analyze. The Chancellor Boggs, of the University,
case will come before the next Mayor’s is out again from a severe attack of La
court. I Grippe.
Co'. Ham McWhorter, one of Ogle-
The Weather Reports.—The Ban- thorpe’s most genial attorneys, was in
nkr has made arrangements with Col. | the city yesterday,
Xo Apples—The fruit merchants of
our city have not had any first-class
apples on hand for nearly two weeks.
The cause of the scarcity of this de
lightful fruit is the shortness of tbe
Jag Tnrrrn Topic*.
Jco Tavern, Jan. 8.—The new town
council is Dr. J. C. DeLoberriere.
Mayor; R. L. Carithers, N J. Kell,
J. M. Tackaon, Z. F, Jackson, C- unci
Dr. G. W. Debaperriere, Clerk; C. W
Harris, Treasurer, and H. D. Jackson.
Marshal.
* Tim surveying party of the G., C.&
N. railro .d arrived here yesterday, loca
rille.
L. H. Charbonnier, of the University,
, . ... to publish each day the weather re
. 1 have told the park commiUcc I ports for Athens. We will give also
at by the 25th of January I will give the weather forecasts for each d
day as
obtained from the weather bureau at
Augusta, which Col Charbonnier ,*c-
Mr. John C. Stevens, a leading mer
chant of Sandy Cross, was in the city
yesterday,
Mr. Sandy Rucker has been quite
sick for some time, but is steadily im-
ceives each day. This will be quite in- proving now.
tcresting and useful to our readers, no Mr. W. W. Gordon, Jr., returned to
doubt. I the University yesterday, after a visit
to his home iii Savannah.
over that line. The general agent of
of the line procured some of the "loz
enges” and brought them to tiie writer
for examination. The result of our in
vestigation showed them to consist al
most entirely of terra alba, ..bound to
gether with a little gelatin or gum (wc
have forgotten which). Further inves
tigation developed the fact that they
werc simply blocks or forms to be used
in preparing cheap lozeuges, tbe meth
od of use belug simply to immerse them
for a few moments in syrups flavored
with peppermint, wintergreen, etc.
Tho agent, armed * ith these facts, re
fused to pay any damages, and the con
cern, rather thanjrisk the exposure; in
cident upon a law suit, dropped tin-
claim.—[National Druggiat.
A TERRIBLE CRIME.
A Tale of Atrocity from Monroe County.
Mr. Robert Peters. Ucsien and
B»bb*d.
Forsyth, Jau. 8.—(Special)— 1 Tin
Monroe Advertiser of this week con
tains the following particulars of an
atrocious criinu in this county :
“Early on Monday morning of last
week, Mr. Mike Peters, living in the
western part of the county, was found
on his bed in a semi-conscious state,
with a huge gash in tbe head
The nature of the gash indicated that
it was Hindi with tho sharp edge of *
hatchet, tins skull being fractured.
he couldn’t explain.
When aroused to consciousness, Mr
Peters could give no account of how
the wound was inflicted upon Ids head.
butgstated that on retiring the night
before, lui had about his person 882.75,
looming
....
Lewis Kueth, a 15-year-old Atkerson,
Kao., boy. shot himself with a pistol
w fil* i “ “ ' *
because hK sweetheart, aged 13, pre
fer: ed the company of another boy.
The life of Jefferson Davie will be
completed and published this year.
Waitnamaker has appointed au ex-
convict postmaster at a city tu Kcu-
A 15-year-old girl of Mr. AtcH Parka,
of Smith county, • eon,, eloped with
a man her fat' er had hired.
Grand Master Workman Powderly ia
very sick at Trenton.
A Pennsylvania justice flood two
men $20 each for fox hunting.
Brazil will increase the oxport duty
on coffee 4 per cent.
There was a light between
and Indians in New Moxluo, and —
. i s:
Indian was killed.
England Is getting ready to force
Portugal to terms or will declare war,
A remnant of the famous te
Jupiter has been discovered iu !
Postmastei-Geheral Wnnnanu
get about $500,004 by the silk 1
case decided in favor of the
The pay of ectisus supervisor* will te
per
increased' from $500 to $1,000.
An unknown man studded in the
Tremnut house in Washington City, ,
The Hiawatha, Kan., hotel was bann
ed. The guests escaped by jumping
from wiudows. A dozen were more 'or
less injured by the flame* aud jumping.
One train killed four men at Jobu$-
town, Punn.
Alice Jackman, of St. Louis, rah
away from home and Hod about being
abducted. Tho desire fot notoriety In
spired her spirit.
There are suggestive reports from
Washington that the Republicans of tlio
House will attempt to revolutionize the
rules of that body today, riding rough
shod over all precedent and decency,
and ramming through rules by which a
small minority will constitute a quo
rum, thus preparing the way for t.lm
partisan legislation whioh they have in
view.
TURNED THE TABLES OX HIM.
and gave the size of each hill and each
piece of silver.
When the injury done Mr. Peters was
discovered, this money was missing and
as not to be found, and also a common
ateh.
A negro, from certain circumstances,
as arrested, but the evidence brought
out failed to fasten the crime upon
him.
much feeling om it.
The future inaj yet develop further
facts in the ease,-und it Is Imped it will.
in a wreck some time since aud recov
ered $7,000 damages.
A NOVEL WEDDING.
covered hia net earnings for tho year,
There is much indignation over the
alfiiir, and the law officers are on the
hunt in earnest.
The Spirit of Thomas Starr King Said
- To Have Performed the
Ceremony.
San Francisco, Jan. 8.—[Special]—
A Spiritualist proceeding out of the or
dinary run took ptuee at the Metropoli
tan Temple last night, ill which A. S.
Cleveland and Mrs. Louise Beatty were
married,as the medium said, by tiie
spirit of Thomas Starr King. Two
thousand people gathered to witness
the ceremony, und listened attentively
to Mrs. J. j! Whitney, who, arrayed in
a costly C'istumo decked with diamonds,
proclaimed herself a minister invested
with all 'necessary authority to tie a
binding matrimonial knot. She claimed
to speak only as Starr King’s spirit dic
tated, and, after repeating the nsnal
Unitarian service, pronounced the
couple man and wife.
COLUMBU8 IS SNEEZIXG.
A Handsome Law Office.—Messrs.
, , , . . • i Mr. W. H. Quart*rman, of Liberty
Lumpkin <fc Burnett are having tlioir colM ,ty, it meratier of the class of ’88,
law office greatly enlarged and hand- has entered the Uni vet sity law school,
somelv fitted up. They will have two I ...
new rooms added at their present office j ^ r -„Vi „/ WnPtlSt hi* ».i
and will have four rooms in :ull, which oc f ,n ‘ ,,e . H,, ®VmLrli u' l £ L^i
will connect with each other. Hand- * llts *® Uono ° f
glass [fronts will be put in the our !“° 8t br,Ui * nt men ' ,
front rooms. {Altogether it will be one Miss Emma Lou Tichenor, a eharm-
of the handsomest offices to he found in inR young lady of Atlanta, will visit
tiie Classic City. friends and relatives in this city this
week.
A. O. Lyndon Assionment.—The | Mr. T. D. Biggs, of Elbcrton, passed
jossibility of getting good apples has
>een a cause for regret with many of
onr people, with whom tiie apple is a
favorite fruit.
SUIT AGAINST AUGUSTA.
Columbia County Wants $5,000 Dam
ages.
Augusta, Jan. 8.—(Special).—Col-
The Lowell of the Sonth has the Grip by
Good Majority.
Columsus, Ga., Jan. 8.—[Special.]
The influenza has taken a firm hold
here and is rapidly spreading, accord'
ing to information gleaned from gentle
men in a position to know.
sixty cases.
The announcement in the Ledger yes
terday afternoon that there was as much
a* sixty cases of the epidamic here was
a surprise even to a resident physician,
until tbe doctors got to comparing
notes.
THE DOCTORS BUST.
Tiie doctors are kept busy attending
to it and it is at present spreading. A11
kinds of remedies for its prevention and
cure are being tried by the jicople of
the city. Thera are no very serious
esses
assignee. Mr John L. Moore has lately I Hon . K . Reaves left yesterday af-
been appointed to the office, and as I t^moon for Augusta, to be present at
soon as the creditors are all heard from lbe meeting of the C. and M. directors,
the stock will.be closed out. Mr. Lyn- I which took place that city last
don’s assets are $1,680, and his liabili- HIir ht.
ties something over two thousand dol 1 h
lars.
ppe love
ting from Lawrenceville. A slight
change in the line WM made in this
last survey, which is more satisfactory
(while ago.
r a long and
Bterday. She
'lady, and her
i n severe loss to
?arf*vj> : as fSfuQtwi ‘gw*?
unibiii county has commenced suit
against the city of Augusta for $5,000,
being, itis claimed by the authorities of
that county, the ainouut due by the
city of Augusta for taxes on tiie canal
locks which are inColninbia county and
on that portion of the canal lyingin the
same county.
NEVER COLECTBD BEFORE.
This levy is, no doubt, a serious an
noyance to the good people of Augusta.
They have never before, so far as can
now be recalled, been called upon so
summarily for the payment of taxes to
Columbia county on this valuable prop
erty.
Formal notification of the levy was
served on the mayor and council dur
ing the last session of tiie Augusta city
council by the sheriff of Columbia
county. There is no doubt that a com
promise will be effected and expensive
litigation between the parties to the
affair avoided.
a shining mark, and
Mr. J. H. Stone is out on the road
establishing agencies for the Weekly
Banner. We are working for 10,000
uew subscribers, and give the best and
newsiest paper in America.
Mr. A. K. Stephens, of Atlanta, has
been working up the furniture factory
An Important Cask.—Messrs T. W.
Rucker and Frank Upson, of this city,
have been employed by the caveators
in tho case of the relatives of Mrs Su-
sen M Wray against Judge Samuel
Lumpkin, of Lexington. It will be re- I for Athens during the past few days,
meinbered that Mrs. Wray, who had I He says he is hopeful of securing the
lost her mind, willed Judge Lumpkin capital stock.
her property, disinheriting her inline- M Jiln Ri.lgeway.of Oconee county,
dmte relatives who were lu very needy who WM injured last summer by the
circumstances. 1 he case will P r ® bab *> explosion of a fruit still, was in tbeeity
be tried inOglethorpe county, and some He savs his health has not
nch developments are expected. | go gince -^e accident.
m-fjjnff, _
therefore sets its victims at work pol
ishing their noses.
A Valuable, Gift.—Mr. Andrew J. I H*«*i Arrival*.
Cobb has presented tbe University of Commercial:—H II Starr, Ga; A R
Georgia with a very interesting and I Anderson, agent Bristol’s^ Educated
valuable gift. It is a handsome leather Horse Show; W W. Chace, New York
box containing tiie component parts of R E Maun, Madison; A W Crook
the Atlantic cable, which are extreme- shanks, Atlanta; S S Pardue, Geo. C
ly interesting to study, as they give Robinson, Augusta; Hamilton Me
every detail in manufacture of the wire Whorter, Lexington,
that connects the new and the old Clayton House:—C W Munnerlvii
world. The parts of the wire were I Baltimore; W H Robertson, Ga; G'W
token from the eable many years ago, I Ryington, q- e Owens, Atlanta; B II
and were given to Hon. Howell Cobb, N oble, City; B S Walker, Monroe; C
who was at that time secretary of State D Tlndson, LsGrange;Wm. Hazlehurst,
by the Atlantic cab’e company. Prof. Mil ,^ u; W L McCarty, Jefferson.
Andrew J'. Cobb gave the valuable box i
to tiie University and it is now in the
Physical laboratory.
See Julins Cohen & Co.’s bargain
counters!
HIS SALARY WAS CUT.
And he Declined tu; Favor the City
Furthor With His Services.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 8—[Special.]—
Judge Dunbar has handed in his resig
nation as recorder of the city of Au
gusta. He declined to serve in that
capacity for the salary sec aside for the
recorder.
His former salary iiad been $1,200.
but since the spirit of retrenchment has
gotten hold of Augusta, it has been cut
down to $500. Judge Dunbar decline*
to serve fur this amount and has, as
stated, resigned.
To further carry out the policy of re
trenchment, offices have been abolish
ed and other salaries severely cut. The
mayor’s salary has been cut $500, leaV'
ing his compensation now $3,000. Au
gusta is determined to live within her
income hereafter.
Poisoned tbe WholeFami'y.
- Pittsburg, Jan. 8.—[Special.]—Ed
ward Church, son of Woodford Church
a farmer living near Hnntington. W,
Va., became angry at his father yes
terday and today went to Guyaiidotte
where lie purchased a'liox of Rough on.
Rats, which lie put in the family flour
barrel. The whole family except the
boy ate heartily of biscuits made of
the flour aud a 13-year old girl died and
the father and two other children are
dangerously ill. Young Church; who
is but 17,1
JUDGE PORTER KLNG.
Gentleman Wall Known Here, Dies Last
Week in Atlanta. *
Last' Friday night, Judge Porter
King, of Alabama, died iu Atlanta, af
ter a serious illness. lie was known by
many here, his second wife having been
Miss Lumpkin; thus making linn tiie
brother-in-law of Dr. Lumpkin and
Mrs. '1 R. U. Cobh, both of tills eity.
Many friends here will regret to learn
of his sad aud almost untimely death.
Judge King was one of the most emi
nent men and jurists of Alabama, of
which State he was a native, lie grad
uated at eighteen at the University of
Alabama, and went thence to tiie legis
lature; und afterwards responding to
tiie dread call of war, was conspicuous
for his gallantry as Captain of the Ma
riou Light Infantry. Returning from
the war he engaged in the active pur
suit of liis profession, until some years
ago when he was compelled, by il.
health, to adopt a farmer’s life. Judge
King was a prominent man in church,
as well as ill other affairs. He was a
member of the Baptist church, and was
President of the Board of Trustees of
Jtidson Institute, as well as Vice Presi-
dcut of the Florence educational com
pany. He was a member of the Knights
Templar, and esteemed the Order second
only to his church. In his death, Ala
bama loses a prominent citizen, the
South a valiant champion, and the
church of God a firm aud consistent ad
herent.
A Minstrel Troupo Vindicates IU Hon
or. nud Sings fur tho Judgr.
Spit ing field, ill., Jau. 8.—[Special.]
—Some days ago uiiu-h excitement 'was
caused on a railroad train between Keo
kuk and Jacksonville by the complaint
ol a traveling man, who asserted that
1000 had been stolen from him while ho
was on the sleeper. The MoCalie A
Young troupe of minstrels were fellow
passengers, and the traveling man at
once accused them of being concerned
in the the t. They made an indignant
protest, but, unfortunately, a bill waa
found under a seat where two or three
the compauy had bits playing po
ker, and the traveling man claimed
that he recognized tbe money as his. As
n Tosoh', the whole i-ompnnv- were de
tained here for an examination, a search
warrant having boon granted.. ,
Luckily tiie facts came nut upon in
vestigation, and the burnt i ork people
are now the lieroos of the town. Tint
truth seemed to be that the favellng
man had cither spent or gHWldod rile
money, which belonged to the house iio
represented, and hi* cry of theft was to
divert suspicion from himself. At the
hearing the judge released the mem
bers of the minstrel hand, who recipro
cated by singing “Tho court house In
the skies” at the request of the justice.
At night they gave a show to a packod
house. The travelling man is under
arrest, charged with blackmail, and tiie
manager of tho miustrels has entered
suit against the county for $20,000dam-
ages, which he claims resulted from the
detention and tho wide publicity of the
arrest. ______
Harmony Grove Items.
AFTER TIIE GAMBLER8.
A Kansas City Woman After the Mon
ey Lost by Her Husband.
Kansas Crry.Mo., Jau.8.—[Special ]
Suits aggregating $22,000 have been
brought against five proprietors of
gambling houses in Kansas City, Kau.,
I,y Mrs. Laura Preriuan, whose hus
band, she says, lost $12,000 in these
houses at playing faro, l'he $2,000 ad'
ded in each ease to the amount of moil
ey said to have been lose is in the way
of damages. In her petition Mrs. Prer-
inan avers that tho money her husband
wagered and lost belonged to her and
was given him to increase ills business
and invest for her in real estate.
WHIPPED BY WHITE CAPS.
Joel Brown Leaves His Wifr and Pays
the Penalty In a Lively Manner.
Chattanooga, Jan. 8.—(Special) —
Last Tuesday Joel M. Brown, of Day-
ton, Ten«., separated from his wife,
tho separation being cansed by a noto^
rious woman with whom Brown was
infatuated. Saturday five masked men
went to tho house where Brown and
tiie woman were staying, anil whipped
them both at most to death. Today
Brown returned to Dayton and effected
ft reconciliation with his wife. He states
that there were five men dressed In
women’s clothes, and that they first
started $o destroy the house by cutting
it down with an axe. Brown ran out
in a woman’s garb, and waseaugbtand
whipped unmercifully. The ‘‘white-
cappers” then went into tho house aud
whipped the woman.
Harmony Grove, Ga., Jau 8^
cial.j—Mr. Albert Stark, a prominent
business man of Texas, is spending a
few da vs with his many friends in our
town.
Our new school building is rapidly
nearing completion and it 1b thought
that it will be ready for occupancy by
next Monday, ,
Apropos, our most excellent school--,
opened last Monday with an attend
ance or seventy five pupils, and this
number will bo greatly increased when
the new school building is completed.
With its superb corps of trained
teachers, its ample accommodations Tor
all who come, our school is destined to
become the most popular and potent
one north of the Classic City, Mr, J.
J. Sheppard and Mr. H. 1*. Herring
and wife of Banks county have moved
to town this week for the purpose of
sending their children to our most ex
cellent school. These are the latest ar
rivals, several others having moved
here before Xmas.
Jelferun Jdliast.
Jefferson, Jan. 8.—(Special).—The
mother of our townsman, Mr. Ike
Austin,* died near Jug Tavern yester
day, and will be buried- to-day at the
Vi •> rimuin SImltViD V9
church near 4lr. Green Smiths.”
Jackson county dirt brought good
-ices on sale day. Dr. W. B. J. llar-
priees on sale day.
deman bought the Wood* Jackson
lands. Among the crowd that attended
the sale was Mr. C. W. Hood and Dr.
G.Hardeman, of Harmony. Grove,
Mr. Johu Brooks, of Atlanta, has
been spending tiie Xmas holidays with,
the old folks at home, and his bride is ,
well pleased with our people, and wo.
hope to have her often with our people.
Mr. IraJHudson, the new teacher,has
moved in here, and our people like
him.
THE RULE OF THREE, ’
A Trio of Birmingham Negro** Murder
a Companion.
Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 8.—[Special]
—Will Black, a negro, was found m
some woods, near North Birmingham,
vesterday. There was a hole in the
back of '■!« head s and hi* body showed
evidences of having been dragged
distance. Surry Dozier, Walsh
and Josh Martin, three negroes,
arrested for the murder. Befo
Coroner today, each of the thr
knowedges that one pistol hall tl
work, hut each lays the murder o
of the other two. They Re 1 "’--
that after Black was killed
dragged him oi.t of the roai
»y. All went to their homes and
the murder was not discovered imtil the
next evening, Sunday. AU of the three
arrested have been commuted to ja-l,
nni