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TOO HORRIBLB TO RELATE.
i Scandal la Hl£h Social Ulo-lFop-
liar Young Book-keeper Arrested
for tbe Hein of His Sixteea-
r-old niece. r
Ito i glaring tctiuUl U afloat Id
May*viIW.
It ia the same old stoiy. of man’s in
humanity sad woman's vtifkMw, and
lu iiusuation in tbia iaat#aoa ia horri-
imtMg of tbe parties
and their close relationship to each
«**er- Yj tjt A V \ { [ /
From Am piry fact that the erring
part Ware member* -of one of ttie beat
families in Up town of, Maysville ve
forbear from' giving their name* to
afield tiaaao from tie condemnation of
aeritiebing public.
.On Tuaaday.but a beautiful young
girl Juat arrived at the innocent age of
sweet aiJctnen. and who belongs to as
respected* family as lives in tbe town
of Maysville, went to an official in that
place and swore out a warrant for a
certain young man.of the town charg
ing him .with the blackest sin known to
mankind’* catalogue of *in«—seduction
ana bastardy. The young man i*
kook •keeper for tbe largest firm in
MaysvMIe and has hitherto been known
a* one of tbe moat moral yonng men to
b6 found in tbe land.
The officer wa* surprised beyond
n- >(■« warrant _ . obedient
to iu command*, proceeded to arreat
inn forthwith.
eei»r, perhaps,
. it these proceedings,
he evince*} little uneasiueik
at Or situation Into which lie hud so
suddenly beenlauncffad. Wo was about
to be imprisoned but unrftr a bound of
♦MOM was again set at liberty. and
here flipmat ted rest* until; ten days
lienee when the Case will come up for
trisl snd the erriug young man will be
AND SIDEWALKS.
fin Alans *ia< ■ Oiktr Hews,
called upon to pay tho punishment of
hi* inhuman wcrlw* and atone for the
rutooi the ivnooent girl, which he ha*
•o effectually accomplished.
Tli«Uwi> lias many good and influen
tial friends in Mayaville and the sur
rounding country who are greatly
etpmlomllia'wUr, and there .was
bift Hide; arable .in gaining the $600
bond upon which be is now at liberty.
DMtt navBLATtoya
man,!
Beyond tho arrest of the guilty
ruin of the pretty sixteo
girl iu questML .
brings to light the'
d nature of the
who knew him. Tho story
ia tpo horrible to publish bens snd now,
buli**lfett IfTls asfoilows:
Five months ago, or perhaps, a little
longer time, the girl blooming in the
beauty aud innocence ef youth came to
ETHjssfsSfSs
apace with age. Her grand-mother was
the mother of her seducer, thus making
The crisis
hor relationship to him that or niece,
lie alto lived in the house of his moth-
*r. When the girl had been in tbe
house but a short time the young un
cle began to regard her with an eye of
last perhaps, half mingled with love,
lie was especially kind to b<
and showed many ovid
than an uncle’s affection
came at last.
BHK STOOPS TO FOLLY.
The young man began bis seductive
overtures to his pretty niece about four
mon hs ago. The girl tells with tears
of bitter shame and reSaohe how her
nnele coaxed her to yield to them, and
b»w she hesitated upon the brink of
everlasting ruin and disgrace until,
Anally overeo mo.by his entreaties, I
she stooped to folly and realized too late
the betrayal of her better self The
• liapter.bctwr en this add the arrest of
the young man is replete .with* crime
too horrible to relate, here;and now.
When the girl found that she was
•eucentiente. She was horrified and dis
mayed. She finally decided to have
her betrayer arrested to atone for his
crime which has been done as stated
above.
■WHO Til KY ARE.
1 here were not two more respected
persons in Mi.ysville than those involv
ed in this scandal. The man belongs
to a good family, and has by his sobrie
ty and diligence worked himself u
A* Electric Fias Alarm ststbi
A proposal will soon be submitted to
tbe council to establish a sys etu of
electric Are alarms. Every chy in tbe
South tbe siae of Athens has a system.
Why can’t we have one also?
Will oo Home.—Mr. Mathews,of tbe
University, will go borne today and
spend some Ume in Hartwell on ae-
eonnt of weak eyes. Ha has lately bad
an attack of measles.
Fiobtjng ox THE Stef-xt.—Tommie
Johnson, a negro boy, was arrested last
night by Chief Oliver and locked up.
lie was lighting with two other bo;
In front of McDowell’s store when tL.
officers approached. Hit companions
Yooro Fnssoxaaa.—Yesterday after
noon policeman Culp pulle*
vary young prisoners. They were two
little coons about seven or eight yean
of age, and were found brutally as
saulting each other in a desperate fight
They gave their names as “Catfish’
and “Doc,”
Th* Colb Weather.—!Now Is the
time for killing bogs and saving meat.
Those who bare not done so before on
account of the weather will seise this
opportunity to kill their bogs and put
away their meat for tbe year. It Is an
acceptable change to the sunny and un
seasonable weather that we have bad
heretofore, and every one greets it with
gladness.
Ha Wears a Smile.—Collector L V.
Murray will not be as hard on the moon
shiners who may come in his way in tl o
next week or two. The truth Is, his
heart Is softened and bis miud fully oc
cupied by tho presence of u little visitor"
at his. home. To use tbe customary
Phraseology, “it weighs eleven pounds
and is a boy.” We are pleased to learn
that ■ both mother and son are doing
well, and that’s the reason why Mr.
Murray will wear a smile on bis face
lo-day am! be open to congratulations
from his numerous friends.
The. Stab of Bethlehem.—To per
sons who put faith in predictions of
ill
coming mirachs, the following di«-
I fW™® Vimna may be of interest:
Within a short time the Star of Betle-
hrm will be visible, making its seventh
appearance since the birth of Christ.
It comes once in every 216 yean, and
is of wondrous brilliance for the space
of three weeks. Then is wanes and dis
appears after seventeen months. It
will be a sixth star added to the Ave
Axed stars in the constellation of Casai-
opela, while it remains in sight.
Malicious Mischief.—Yesterday
, Mr. W. Richardson drove into the city
M ■SS?i , t ls v ,1 Jan V uion , near Athcn » * nd a word of
jqtlWMMflll ■BtfWmJpsatid a post near he bad st
lacksmith shop on Washington
When he went for it again af
ter shopping through the town, he
found that his turnout bad been taken
away. He at once gave the matter to
the police, and Messrs. Kelly and
Goodrum set out-on horse back in
search of the would-be * thief. Mean
time two, negroes, George McIntosh and
“Fiddler Diek” drove up in the cart,
put it back in place, and skipped tbe
ranbi
police. It is supposed to be simply
case of malicious mischief.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
Miss Sallie Campbell entertained a
few friends at ber home last evening.
Mr. Jake Stern is Visiting Augusta.
■ ...n , nm Mr - Albert H. Church, of Haselton A
her at first ®°rier’s, 19 of T °n a business trip.
jK - — 1 nig* Daisy Myers is attending the
carnival festivities in Augusta.
Mrs. Andrew Price, of Farmington,
is visiting relatives in the city.
Messrs. W. H., and J. W. Morton, of
Oconee county, are in the city.
Mist Kate Mitchell is visiting rela
tives in Augusta.
Mrs. Isaac Lowe has returned from
Augusts.
Mr. Guy C. Hamilton has been on a
visit to Columbia county.
Mr. W. H. Williams, of Greensboro,
was in tbe city yesterday.
Mr. Mac McCree, of Oconee county,
was in the city yesterday.
Mr. Lucius Pitner, of Jackson county,
wo* welcomed in the city yesterday.
Miss KUaDobbsentcrtaineda number
of friends last evening.
Mr. Hugh Rowe has la grippe.
Mr. Dan Lumpkin has recovered from
his recent illness.
Mr. Fred Bain has returned from a
trip to Augusta.
RECKLESS ROBBERS.
They an Growing Bela in the
City’s Streets.
FURTHER FACTS ABOUT FOOT
PADS.
If. GMQft M«U Followd to fits Gitl
If ti Baiun Ptrty-Mf. Hat
dock YiteM bj Twle-
gnes-fte Betas Grav
ing Monotonous.
It is growing monotonous.
The recent aocounts of the Buwss
about the work of sand-baggers and
foot-pads ia Athens are followed by
others still, that have just come to light.
It happened on upper Broad street
only a few nights since.
Mr. George MeU had been down *r| rtffTri PHUta#*
the University bank posting hlsBook* up a splendid praeti
oatilalmter hour than usual. He bad *
started home snd reached the crossing
on Broad street by the corner of Mr.
George Thomas’ residence. A negro
was observed walking slowly acros»>the
street and seemed te make it conven
ient to meet Mr; MeU at tjje corner. He
said In a rather loud voice w* he passed
Howdy Bees,” and wfIked slowly on.
Mr. MeU who was walking quite rapid
ly paid but little attention to him only
glaucipg aside in bis face as be pKssed.
followed bt the negro.
Mr. MeU had up to this tiine enter
ined no suspicions about the ne;
that he had passed, and in fact
and looked back to And the same negro
that bad passed him so leisurely had
taken up hi* own.rapid gait,aud followed
him, he began to opeu his eyes. He
walked a good many paces with tho
sound of the negro’s root-steps respond
ing to his own, when he thought be
fore he got into the dark hollow on
Broad street it was time to call * bait,
tie did so, and ordered' the - negro—to
pass. He was obeyed.
- HE THOUGHT IT WAS OVER.
Mr. Mell nowl
BESOTS*
ten rid of the negro
more peaceful thoughts. He,, had
passed the darkest shadow of the hol-
J.ow and had forgotten the little occur
rence which a moment ag
his suspieiohs, when sudi
the same approaching foot-si
ing in his ears, and looking back saw
the same burly negro tracking him
like a dog and drawing nearer with
each step. Mr. MeU again stopped and
commanded the negro to pass him just
as he had done before, seetaing not at
all aroused or suspicious as to his
salt. Tbe
—
An I
Dr. 1
anditl
where be i
procure a i
IN ATLANTA.
lot
which
In the
WHAT WENT ON IN THE GATE
CITY YESTERDAY.
Baptist Church Into tNe Courts
* ‘ -Other M*
Interest.
medical
the Kentuck
ie, the Louisville Mel
Atlanta Medical Col-
Laboratory of New
1 certificates from the
lyclinlc, the New York
School and Hospital | and
orhoids.
a general practice, Dr.
te especial attention to
thedisMsesof women and hemorhoids,
.nes will doubtless buila
practice. He is one of
che.finest physicians in the South, and
it is jndecd fortunate for Athens that
to locate in
will at once take
the leading physicians
make Athens the Mec-
humsuity. Besides his
ician and surgeon, Dr.
the Doctor i
our city. Dr. 1
his place at
of Georgia, i
{Mur ? ur
skill as
Gose 4 an educated and polished gen
tleman, anil With his estimable lady is
quite an addition to the society of the
Classic City.
In conversation with a Banner man,
Dr. Goss spoke of some interesting sur-
gical oneratious-be had witnessed in
fork. There was one man d«-
void of a nose, and was anxious to have
‘orij this Seformity replaced. The surgeon
;!i _ . » n i . . took <>ne ° r th® patient’s fingers, and
fl V n^ ®°i a >L after removing the najl split the skin so
iose si
searrifyingtSeplace so that tbe flesh
would unite. The finger was then fas
tened twitrptece with-plaster of Paris.
K n about three .weeks the wound had
ealfd and tHm flesh united, when the
linger wasseverved and a good looking
nose fashioned from it. The patient
had his deformity cured at the sac-
?sr.«ssssr
straighten bow-legs. The bones are
made great strides of late years, aud tbe
quiet wonderful operations are p
formed.
Of late years the robbing of graves to
procure, subjects for the dissecting
rooms, has been abandoned, as finder the
laws of New York and several other
States all the unclaimed dead in the
hospitals are riven to the medical - col- .
leges, which abundantly supplies the
demand.
li or suspicious as to ins pur-
iSEsasr incite-
aside in the darkest
mi diligence worked himself up to
a position of trust and responsibility
with the largest firm iu Uaysville. He
is a member of tlie Baptist church and
a teacher in its Sunday School. His
life has been marked by*his steady hab
it* and good moral character. The
story of 1ii» crime has come like a
thunderbolt to his hosts of friends and
relatives, all of whom are among the
best people iu the county.
The girl bcing a member of the same
family was also iu a high social stand
ing in Maysville. She is only sixteen
year* old, is pretty and attractive in
conversation. Her disgrace is regret
ted by all. It is to be hoped that fur
ther developments will somewhat light
en the weight of guilt on the two par
ties, and allay the intense excitement
that is now prevalent in Maysville over
A Frightful Deed.
Savannah, Ga.. Jan. 14.—[Spe
cial.}—Last night Bill Branuon. a pa
tient of the Florida insane Hospital,
broke in doors adjoining'his room and
nttaeteil. three other patients, David
Davidson, Samuel Thaekery aud B. C.
Bellinger and choked them to death."
Brannon acknowledged committing the
frightful deed aud says he had tto it
Justice Spear held an inquest and re
turned a verdict in accordance with
the tacts. No blame is attached to the
asylum management, the insecurity of
the .building being responsible for the
affair.
A number of wagons bearing spp'es
•to. came down from tbe mountain
ana* ywtfrdsy.
Mr. Louis Bradeen has returned from
a business trip down the Georgia rail-
road. - ; , n, ;
Mr. A. E. Beusse is down with
la grippe.
Capt. J. E. Rltch, of Jefferson, was
in the city yesterday.
Mr. C. W. Hood, of Harmony Grove,
was in the city yesterday.
Mr. J. H. Pittard, of Winterville, re
turned home yesterday.
Miss Dora Raine will arrive in this
city next week from Atlanta, on a visit.
Wo regret to learn of the continued
illness of Prof. W. H. Bocock.
Col. Burnett, of Ashville, N. C., fa
ther of our esteemed fellow-citizen,
Capt. W. B. Burnett, is iu the city.
Mrs. Ed Johnson entertained a few
friends at her home, on Thomas street,
last evening.
Mr. W. S. Grady continues to im
prove, and will visit Atlanta in a few
days. -*-’*• T "1/ v.
Hon. Pope Barrow returned yester
day from a business trip down the Geor
gia railroad.
Gen. Boke walked over the city yes
terday, and was struck with its pro
gressive appearance. He has returned
to Monroe, N. C.
The many friends of Mr. Fay and
Miss Temp Cruidup, of Cleveland, Ten
nessee, will regret to learn of their re
turn home. During their stay in this
city, Mr. Cruidup and sister have made
many friends, who anticipate with
pleasure their return next year.
Even if tbe negro had gone by and
shown up no more Mr; M< 11 would
have believed that nothing more thqh a
casuality h.d happened, but the: end,
was not here. When the same negro
overtook Mr. Hell again he was con-
vinced that foul play waa brewing and
that the negro was after robbing him.
Ho said nothing though and didrnot at
tempt to demand an explanation from
the villain whose mysterious pursuit'
had aroused his suspiuions and cs
him to grow'alarmed. He
and consequently thought
not to open an attack
on the negro, or to call « bait in' bte
mad career. He was certain that the
legro had pursued him with the deter
mination to rob him, thinking perhaps
that his position at the University bant
was a sufficient evidence that he car
ried his pockets tuU of mopey. Mr.
Mell continued hiarapid walk home
ward and was followed almost to his
own gate by the unkuown negro. He
did not recognize the Rian. -
MR. HADDOCK FOLLOWED.
Mr. Haddock who keeps a store on
Prince avanue opposite the Home
School has recently experienced an in
cident very similar to thatjust recount-
A few nights since he counted up
'Inch had accumulated in
mer Home Destroyed by
Fire Fiend. -
CAPT. TANDY’S HOUSE BURNED-
M Handsome fix
th’
Capt. Goodlqe Yancey returned yes
terday from i rvisit to his plantation
and summ&r home near Clarkesville,
and_brought the pews .of his serious joss
Capt. Yancey had been up to his
place Tor several days looking after
some of his business affairs there, and
thus chanced to be in the house at. the
time of'thfi fire. He says be went to
his room night before last leaving in
structions to be awakened in time for
the train to Athens.
Whan he was called the next morning
t at three o’clock he thought it was time
nrArS for.him to get up for bis train, but he
ou D nt ^ best Wtt8 goon called the second time and
be house. was on fire, and unless
■ r ’' i be caught in the
i hal
Atlanta, Jan. 16—{Special]—The
Seventh Baptist church was in court
this evening.
The Seventh Baptist wa*once In Wal
ter R. Dale’s pastoral charge. It is not
in his charge now, and tbe circum
stance* under which be m removed
brought tbe Seventh Baptist church
into court.
t* has been published, tbe members
of tbe Seventh Baptist hade conference,
and. by a vote of seven to six, Dale was
made to step down aid out. Among
the six members who were for retaining
Dale was Mr. T. M. Cowan.
After the decision of the church was
made public, Mr. Cowan wrote a card
in the Journal, in which he published a
list of the seven aoti-Dale members and
referred to them in an offensive man
ner. > . , .
Mr. Cowan was arrested last week on
a warrant charging him with libel,
sworn out by Mrs. Lizzie Flournoy, one
of the seven anti-Dale church members
referred to by Mr. Cowan in bis card
which Was published in the Journal.
Cowan was taken before Judge Horton,
tbe Beliwood justice, ana Messrs.
Speairs & Roan were on band to defend
him. The ease was taken out of Judge
Horton’s court, as the Judge was
charged with having been mixed up
with the row himself. The papers were
transferred to Judge Owen’s court and
this morning aet as a time for hearing
the case.
At 0:30 the case was called.
Hie defendant’s attorneys moked that
the case be dismissed, and the judge
dismissed it for want of prosecution.
Just as he made the last stroke of thd
>en upon the order, Mr. Rarrettaprom-
nent anti-Dale man, rushed in and
said:
“The prosecutrix is coming!”
“You are too late,” replied the judge.
“Then we will just take the case to
thd grand jury,” said Mr. Barrett.
The Dales and anti-Dales began to
leave the courthouse. A lady member
of the ebureh, belonging to the Dale
faction, said she thought there ought to
be prayers before dispersing.
Mrs. Flournoy will go before the
fraud jury and try to get Mr. Cowan
ndictod for libel, and it . is probable
that some of the members of the Sev
enth Baptist will be mixed up in the
courts for several months to come.
EXPOSITION OFFICERS. /
The directors of the Piedmont Expo
sition meet this afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Thbe committee on officers will
TOLD TO G
ANDTHEYGOT. SOI
CLAIMANTS IN C,
COUNTY “TOTE THE
MAIL.”
jYHL
T THE CAPITAL.
r HAT IS TRANSPIRING A MON
THE NATION’S LAW MAKKRfi
T.r*a Applicant
31 rpart
A Pretty Hard Story on the People of
that County-Mr. Peek Is not
Enthusiastic over Their
Mr. A* K. Rcwuie a
F*rthe AUrei Pm( Ofllc
•C the Shsratait
The Far heal Fiafcealea U
ttftWo
•m
Brunswick, Jan. IS.—{Special]—The
Mate papers have already published the
Cm! that westorn aen are laying claim
to large tracts of land in Camden
comity, and had gone there tolacate
their property.
Mr. Peck, one of tbe claimants, has
returned from hi# Jaunt.
He was teen by a Brunswick Times
reporter last night, apd the old gentle-
man was looking, exceedingly wan and
pale. When questioned about his trip
to Camden, Mr. Peck said:
“Oh, never let me hear 'the name of
Camden again. I feel as I had escaped
a most horrible death and if I live to
board the train to-night and ride safely
oat ot Southern Georgia I shall feel
exceedingly thankful and greatly re
lieved.” .
A TOUGH EXPERIENCE.
“Why did yon have a tough experi
ence in Camden t” questioned tho re
porter.
“Tough doesn’t expnes it. Why,
nun, if I had OTeu intimated, that I
had cometo c i a i m my fond those people
would hare cut me and fed me To the
hogs. You don’t know how bitter they
feel against anybody who visits the
county with even a shadow of a claim.
They’ve been troubled so mneh. they
suspect st rangers the first time they lay
eyes on them.”
' SUBROUNDED BT FARMERS.’
“What did they do to you when yon
went over?”
“Well, ft was like this: Mr. Brown
and I reached Camden about noon last
Monday. In the meantime, I showed
Mr. Broun my claims to about 88,000
am-es in the county, and I told him I
expected him to point out these lands
to re-survey them. We took dinner
with a good old substantial farmer, and
induced him. to go along with us.
Pretty soon he discovered what we
were up to, and the old fellow got too
wrathy to see. Be immediately left us
and carried the news to several neigh
bors, end in less than an hour Mr;*
Brown and I were, surrounded by at
lA*er • k.lf Al. _ -rTf J .
least a half dozen of the citizens and . _
one of them wanted to know who I improper establishment of a monopoly
Washington, D C., Jan. 16.—[Spe
cial.]—Tho Athens poet office still
hangs fire, but the prospect now'is that
A. E. Beusse will be appointed. He is
strongly endorsed by Congressman
Carlton, and it is also said that Senator
Colqniit will give hinilii-i support. CoL
Buck ia here in the interest of Matt
Davis, but will throw Milfibnoos to
Betuae rather thru let joflgn 8f«r
name the appointee. Buck ia very bit-
ter against “our enemy”*ovei a linle
financial transaction between .them,
used his influence to defeat
him at every appointment. President
Harrison is adverse to appointing ne-
grqea to .important plaoes, where they
come in obnoxious contact with tho
whites; and Postmaster-General Wan-
namakcr, being a clear headed business
man, is anxious to fill every plaoe with
men who win reflect .'credit upon his
administration. Matt Davis’s illiteraS
oy and utter unfitness for tho nlace he
seeks, is a strong card against him. Tho
Postmaster-General is in possession of
doouineuta that it is jhought will defeat
Davis. Newsome never had a particle
of showing for the ofllee. Bis claims
are not even considered. It is tho im
pression that this appointment will not
ie made for some time yet. Those be
hind the scene, say that the position of >
po«tinaster was never officially tendered
to Dr. X. W. Speer, Mid that telegram
waa only sent .to let him rest easy, as .
his name had been prominently men
tioned In ootinecdon with the office.
Emory Speer has no influence
with the administration when
be comes in conflict with Buck. Last
night there was a conference held be
tween certain conflicting elements, but
we could not learn what was done.
A communication was received at tho ^
treasury department today from the
Occidental Fur and Trading company,
Soft Francisco in regard to the Alas-
seal fisheries. They charge that
present lease has resulted in the
was and what I bad come for.
ADVISED TO LEAVE.
“I gave him my name and told him I
had merely come to find some laud,
which I owned in the county, and, that
I intended to sell my claims as soon as
a survey could be made. No sooner did
I finish making the explanation than
the spokesman for the crowd cried out;
“That’s a brother to old Primrose, who
came here abont forty years ago to
cheat us out of.a house and home.” I
ager,<v >
' The report
t be t
to the exclusion of all legitimate com
panies, and that the annual catch of
100,000 seal is sold in Euglaaud, to the
greatest prejudice of American dealers
der the present law for several reasons,
the principal of which is that the law
has failed of its purpose, And because of
the consequent loss to tin
say that the besti
ment would be sul
government should retain absolute con-
the government.
' of the
if the
doubtlessb
of the committed will
unanimously adopted.
insisted that they were mistaken and „
that I intended them no harm. At that trol of the islands and.the fur seal flsh-
juocture - the - crowd drew off to one cries. In this way their preparation
aide and held a whisfered consultation. tton-WoUld be saved to American labor.
Pretty soon they came back and told
ms it wasn’t healthy for me in Camden,
and advised me to
route out of the corn
Washington Items.
Washington. Ga. Jan. 16.—[Spe-
ial.]—The election for mayor aud coun
cil of Washington passed off quietly on
Monday. Mr. C. W. Sims was elected
mayor, and Messrs G. E. Lyndon, won’t do to fool with those
y for me in Camden,
» take the nearest
county limits,”
BROWN IN DANGBR.
“And you took their advice?”
“Weil, I-thought they meant every
word of it, and [made haste to take the
first boat for Brunswick. I tell
Boyce Ficklen, R. O. Barksdale and W.
M. Hill were elected councilman.',
Mr. R. Toombs Du Bose is: getting
ready to publish a Farmer’s Alliance
, ournal at Washington, says the Chron
icle. — -
ed.
his change, w , _
his money drawera.and putting it in a
and with the money in
his hand started home. It was rath
er late, and his path* was along a dark
sidewalk. For this reason Mr. Had
dock took his Tevohrer from a-nhelf and
carried it in his band for fear of an at
tack. He had nbt walked very Jar in
thirway carrying the bag of silver in
one liand aud the pistol in the other,
before two negroes walked np behind
him. They kept at a reasonable dis
tance behind him or ho would.have,
thornght they meant to rob him, for'
they followed him so determinedly, it
seemed probable that-such were their
intentions. Mr. Haddock entered his
house without being attacked! which
perhaps is due to the fact t hat he o
ried his pistol ready cocked and
finger on the tri*
When he we;
flames Looking out in the hall he saw
the red glare of fire and smelt the dense
smoke which toid him he was in danger.
Grasping his shoes and trousers he
managed to make a hasty escape from
the burning house, bat saved only two
chairs which he graspei as he ran
through the hall.
The cost, of the house was about $3000
and was covered by insurance for
$2,000. There was about $1200 worth of
furniture in the house which was cov
ered by about $390 insurance, thus
making the absolute and total loss
about $2,000.
The origin of the fire was at tbe comb
of the-roof where the chimney poises
out, add ibis supposed that the shingles
the root Caught from a spark from
A RUNAWAY TEAM.
. S. Ktogft Co.’s Delivery Wagon Team
Serious of the Horse Show, Gave One
of Their Own.
Runaway teams are fast becoming
chestnut in Athens now, and the one
which occurred yesterday, though a
dangerous and frightful proceeding to
county people. I wouldn’t
there for half the county. 1
“What became of Mr.
surveyor?”
him
with
ILyou.it
Camden
go back
Brown, the
be enacted on
busy
the chimne;
saved.
The outhouses were
PAH) FIREMEN.
Chief Dorsey Says We Will Hare Them.
' Within Twelve Months.
“The Athens volunteer fire depart
ment will soon be a thing of the past.”
So says Chief W. F. Dorsey. “It has
got to^the point where we must have a
■KS
ent, and we
re propose
one more grand jubilee about
September and then throw up'the
sponge to the professionals.
his
posed with!
“Oh no.
will be.kep
companies- be dis-
■SmS {
iced np in time to see a .negro’,?
! outside peering in through the
money on atabl
glanced
i
glass. - He says he knows who tlTe par
ties were.
All of these accounts of the work of
foot-pads, in Athens is sufficient to
serve as a valuable pointer to parties
'snMFpass down and up town at night.
It can not be doubted that highwaymen
are lurking in the dark corners of the
city nightly for booty.
HISFATHERON THE DISSECTING
*T table.
A Yonng Man Discovers His Parent’s
Body In a Medical College.
Cincinnati, Jan. 30.—{Special.}—A
sensation was created in Cincinnati
College of Medicine yesterday, by
young man named John Daly. Just as
a class in waiting was gathered about
the body of an old man on the dissect
ing table, Daly recognized tlie remains
as those of his father. He threw him
self on the body, exclaiming:
" My poor father!”
The father’s name was Carroll Daly.
He was of dissolute habits, and died
without his relatives’ knowing any
thing of his whereabouts. They saw
the death notice, however, and made
inquiry, with above result. Tlie hospi
tal authorities at once surrendered the
body to the son.
The volunteer machines
up to serve as a kind of re-
» the paid boys when things get
mu not Tor them.” •
“How much will it cost to establish
a fruit deportment ?.”
“At the least estimate I think it will
cost about $8,000 per annum and $6,000
to get started—to buy new machines,
etc.”
The history of the Athens fire depart-
menthasbeen a briUiantoho.TheP.oneer
llook and Ladder company was organ
ized nearly 25years ago by Capt. Henry
Beusse, and has hold the championship
of the State for over ten years.
The Hope Company Was organized
before tlie war and lias held the State
championship several times.
The Bloomfields were organized
about 5 years ago and have had a bril
liant record, holding a position as third
best in the State,
Tlie colored companies have had a no
less brilliant - record, and have held the
championshin numbers of times.
While Athens welcomes a paid de
partment, it parts with sincere regret
from thelnoble volunteers who have so
long watched over the safety of their
homes.
An electric fire bell -is also needed—
similar to the one in use in Augusta,
Ga., to sound the alarm to the people
„ streets of a
growing city, was, by the force of habit,
classed a small matter by tbe average
Athenian. J. 3. King & Co.’s new de
livery wagon and its dashing team were
the principal actors in tbe scene, and
becoming frightened at the band of
Prof. Bristol’s horses, they flew as if
by common consent. After a brief and
frantic run up Broad, College avenue
and Clayton streets, the wagon fell over
one pf the horses, and there was a gen
eral mixture of potatoes, lard buckets,
delivery wagon and horse flesh. The
horse came out on top, with only a
sprained ankle to tell that he had such
a harrow escape from instant death.
No injury was done to the wagon, and
all the goods were recovered mostly.
'A Good Show.—The Banner regrets
that the lateness of th-.- hour prevents a
more extended endorsement of the show
at the opera house last night. It was
without doubt, one of the most inter
esting exhibitions ever seen here, and
our citizens will lose something good if
they do not take advantage of the op-
>ortunity of seeing it to-night. Prof.
Iristol’s horses are wonderful animals
and they display on every hand a sagac
ity and knowingness almost human.
The large audience which was present
was intensely amused and delighted
with the various evidences of training
which the horses showed, and the long
irogram, which was carried out to the
etter, was enjoyable from "
end. Let every
He was in jeopardy when I last saw
i. They thought ho waa in league
h me to defraud them, and I
wouldn’t be at all snrprised if he pays
the penalty with his neck.”
THE EFFECT IN EUROPE
Of Our Ways and Means Tariff Discus
sions.
London, Jan: 15.—[Special.]—The
testimony before the congressional com
mittee of Ways and Means is followed
with a great interest by European man-
ufactureis. A slight increase of the tar
iff on many lines of goods means the
cessation of exportation; and of wit
nesses that the duties should bo made
higher, fills continental jobbers and
manufacturers with consternation.
They say; and probably with truth,that
owing to the strict interpretation ot
the laws by the United States consuls
in Europe, and endless squabbles about
invoices, their business has been great
ly damaged, and any additional burden
placed upon it would prove ruinous to
them.
English exporters are more philoso
phical, having generally larger capital
and growing outlets for their goods in
the coloniers; but tin plate workers are
somewhat concerned over the reported
richness of tin mines in Dakota and the
possibility of losing their best market.
Bohemian makers of buttons and oth
er small wares, and German manufac
turers of ladies’ wraps and cheap opti
cal good* have some dim idea that the
high tariff imposed by the United
States areadopted partially as a meas
ure of retribution for the exclusion of
ome Amer ican food products from
hose countr ies, and have proposed to
heir govern ments a relaxation of such
saws^rVi'/YcWk a
A Doctor Shoots Three Men.
Macon, Mo. ; Jan. lG.—[Special.]—
Dr. J. T. Norris shot three persons in
, L . -.... ~ the streets of Macon this afternoon,
and mSTchildren'. It fc a show that E P e .A 9 physician and druggist, and
able from beginning to
Athenian go to night
ve Bingham, of Penn
sylvania, has a bill before tbe bonse
whose purpose is to reclassify railroad
postal, -clerks intosevenMusses with
salaries running- frhm $800 to $1,800
dollars per annum. ’
The Sherman anti-trust bill has been
reported from the finance committee.
It declares all arrangements, trusts or
combinations made with a view, or
which tend to prevent full and free
competition in the importation, trans
portations, or sole of articles imported
into tbe United States, or in the pro
duction, manufacture, or sale of articles
of domestic growth or production, to be
.unlawful and void as against public
policy. Authority is given any person
injured by the trust arrangement to sue
in United States courts and recover
twice the amount of damages sustained
with tike costs of the'suits.' Any 'per
son entering into any such trust as an
officer, agent or Stockholder, or In any
capacity whatever, is declared guilty
of a misdemeanor, and liable to a flao
of not more than $10,000, or imprison
ment in the penitentiary not exceeding
five years, or both.
A statement has been sent to the sen
ate showing the annual salary of army
officers placed on the retired list be
tween March 31,1889, and December
31 last, to be $173,475.
A bill introduced by Senator Harris
today authorizes the Postmaster-Gen
eral to extend the free delivery system
to all places having 1,000 population.
The Secretary or State recently re
ferred to the Secretary of the Treasury
a communication from Mr. P. G. Mar
tinez of Philadelphia, inquiring wheth
er any duty would be imposed on light
ning bugs to be brought from Cuba,
with the expectation of doing business
with them. There is a provision in the
tariff act prescribing a duty on bees,
birds and live fish, but lightning bugs
have never been thought of as an arti
cle of commerce. It is said the hugs
are intended as ornaments for ladies
dresses. The Cuban bug is especially
large and luminous.
_ The house committee on invalid pen
sions has authorized a favorable report
on the Morrill bill extending the pro
visions of the act removing the disabii-
ity of those who, having participated
in the rebellion, have since its termina
tion enlisted in the array and become
disabled, to all who subsequently to
their participation iu the rebellion en
listed in the navy or marine corps, anu
incurred disability therein.
■
and little children. It is a show that is
in every respect interesting and com-
Prof. Bocock, of the University, has
been unable to meet his class for the
last few da} 8 on account of a slight
sickness,
in every re:
mendable.
Mr. Allie_ Beusse seems to be a fa
vored applicant for the Athens post-
office at Washington.
notel Arrival*.
Commercial Hotel:—Ed Lieber-
tnan, Joe Hirsh, H R Colloway, Drew
Wade, John D Bradford, Warren Boyd,
Atlanta; J W Little, Nashville; JH
Dobson, Bjilto; Wm Lemon, Cincinna
ti; GE Di.lard, Washington; John D
Young, J Hoffstadt, Louisville; -R K
Pharr, N Y; R D Stokely, E T Shur-
rick, Ga; I CVanduzer, Hartwell,Ga.
ClaytoxHouseFADille, Atlanta;
Henry Snider, A A Thompson, Frank
fort, Ind; John C Patrick, Boston;
Chus May, Cincinnati; Thomas Amis,
Anon, Ga; W P Farming, Centreville,
Ga; A G Craig, C & M R R.
Minos pi* will keep * man awake loDgee than
• guilty eoueeienc*.
he 3hot Dr. W. G. Larrenbee through
the right shoulder and leg, S.M. Wig
gins through the groin, and Deputy
Sheriff Poison through the body. Poi
son’s wound is believed to be fatal.
The trouble occurred over a bill
which Dr. Norris claimed Dr. Lanabee
owed for drugs. Dr. Norris says; “I
presented the bill to him to-day on the
street, and he denied receiving some of
the articles. Later he came in the
drug store and said I ought to charge
the drugs to the people he bought
them for. I told him that the man
who would make such a proposition
was dishonest, and ordered him to
leave the store. He armed himself and
returned. He called me out, and then
drew a revolver and began firing at
me. 1 "
A Mythical Person—Emin Pash: Why this
fnas about a man who does not exist? There’s no
M in “Pasha.
vent* him from going too far.
Under the Wheels.
Emerson, Ga., Jan. 16.—[Special.]—
At McGuire’s crossing, two miles above
here, night before last, Mr. Steve Un
derwood was struck by the Rome ac
commodation and instantly killed.
He aud a Mr. Steadman attempted to
flag the train down, but were not seen
by the engineer. As the locotaotivo
neared them, they attempted to cross
to the other side of the track.
Mr. Steadman crossed the track safe
ly, but- Mr. Underwood was struck
down and killed. The jury of inquest
found that “deceased came to his death
by being struck by a train.”
JTcffcrsM J»«i*l*.
Jbfferson, Ga., Jan. 15.—Judge n.
W. Bell and J. L. Williamson visited
the Classic City on yesterday.
Judge Bill having sold his lovely
suburban home to Mr. King, of Frank***®
lin county, Ga.. for the handsome price
of seven thousand dollaro, is moving tc
town this week.
Col. W. T. Bennett, our efficient clerk
of the Superior court, has purchased q
third interest in tbe Jefferson mill,