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H
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WIIAT HAS BEEN GOING OX IK
OUR SOCIAL CIRCLES
RECENTLY.
Athena society hu been decidedly
qnlet during the post week and a* we
cow# to chronicle the social evenu in
our eity during the past <ew dan, we
tads eswpamtruly easy took Man
as. Our city was so fell of life before
‘ i the aew year there
OVER THE CITY.
ECIIOES FROM THE STREETS
AND SIDEWALKS.
An AcefemSal*-A Petition for Lights ©a
—mr SCUM W. A. Pledgor laded
President of fee Afro-American
A COBBHAH Drama.—Act 1.
lb there! Is the dog there?
Act. 2. She—You bet! Bette
get!
recently
has been
nyof our
With the
m
on from our slater cities, social
ns will become dcidedly
our society people will And
to occupy their minds.
**•
Griffith last eve
* few friend.
—. — her lovely
on Milled re avenue. This tee was, ss
are all of MimGriffetb’s entertainments,
a most charming affair, and was greet*
ly enjoyed by the fsrored guests. Those
present were Miss Tyler, Miss Griffefe,
Capt. A. C. Willeoxon and Ur. J. C.
e*e
If Im Eugenia hperr, of] Macon, who
baa been visiting tee family of Mr. T
H. Dealing in this city, left e day or
so are for Atlanta on a visit to her
cousin, Miae Annie Spoor, by whom .be
wit: be tendered s'delightful reception
during tbe present week. Mire Speer
. bona of tbe most charming and popu
lar ;ms| iadlos that ever visited in cur
city. •
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Tiie social olrcbs of Athens will be
enlivened in tbe near fnture by a splen
did entertainment to be given by fee
Sena Soucl chib. It will be in fee na
ture of * fancy drees ball end wi'l be
one of tire moat splendid affairs ever
known here. The exeontlve commit
tee of fee clnb are now aranging the
details of the snUirtainsaent end invita
tions will be out in the next few days.
V
’ A society event of no ordinary mo
ment Is fee marrhue of Mr. Sylvan us
Morris, of this city, to Mias Annie Lau
rie Lewis, of Charlottesville, Vs. Cards
are out for this happy event, which oc
curs in Christ's church at Charlottes
ville on January 2Uth, at 2 o’clock, P.
M. Mr. Morris is too well known in our
city to necessitate in advance any fur
ther statement of this delightful event.
Suffice it to say that fee bride lie has
chosen is a young lady well-suited to
the brilliancy of mind and fee noble
ness of character which lie possesses.
She will tic warmly welcomed here, and
will l>e A charming addition to our sociid
circles. A large party will go from
Athens to attend the cersmony,
*,*
The appearance of Mrs. Scott Siildens
in one cit y on January 24th in her role
of dramauo reader is an event of no lit
tle importance among our society peo
ple. Shu is one of the most gifted wo
men in the world, and wherever She
goes she is the recipient of numerous
social attentions. It is certain that she
will be warmly received here.
***
The entertainment given at fee resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stanley
on Pulaski street on Friday night was
attended by a large number of young
people, and was certainly one of fee
most enjoyable affairs erer|given in
Athens. The popular host ami hostess
were untiring In their efforts to enter
tain their numerous guests and their
success in so doing was attested by
tbe unanimous opinion of all nresent.
The'evening was spent in card playing
and dancing, and it was not until a late
hour feat fee merry party separated.
*•*
Misa Llxaie Barrow has been on a
visit to-Augusta during fee past week.
The popularity of our Athens belles in
the Fountain City is a source of no
little uneasiness among our young men.
IN MEMORIAL
The Phi-Kappas Meat to Honor the Mem
ory of Henry Grady.
Yasterday morning on the University
campus, fee Dcuiosthenian Society
united with tbe Phi-Kappas in doing
honor to the memory of one of the
greatest men whose names appear upon
tiie roll# of the Phi-Kappa Society—Mr.
Henry W. Grady. The beautiful Phi-
Kappa hall was crowded at the ap
pointed hour by fee University bovs,
and the exercises throughout were
characterized by a^ftefe of feeling
rarely witnessed in a similar gathering.
The exerc scs were opened with the
reading of the resolutions adopted by
the Society upon the death "Of Mr.
Grady. These were read by Mr. M. C.
Edwards, Jr., of Cuthbert, Ga., who
accompanied them with a few beautiful
and touching remarks. The rest of the
exercises consisted of addresses by the
following well-known young gentlemen
of tho University: Mr. 3. Clarke
Hayes, af Athens; llr. Talley, of Val
dosta ; Mr. Eugene R. Black, of Atlanta:
Mr. Alfred Newel], of Milledgeville,
‘ and Capt. A. C. Willeoxon, of Xewnan.
The addresses were all characterized by
lioauty and depth of thought, and
breathed throughout the love which tbe
University boys bore Mr. Grady. It
was indeed one of tho saddest meetings
ever held on the campus.
The resolutions adopted by the Phi-
Kappas will be published in the Ban
NKU on Tuesday. Among other things
" ... . a ^ c-
Mb. Johx R. Coofrr.—This gentle
man is now hard at work pre paring his
addrasa as anniversariau of th- Demos
thenian society of tncUniwr itv. Mr.
Cooper bone of fee most brilliant or
ators in fee University and Ub need-*
baa to say hbaddreas will be good.
The Auctionxxb’s Sale.—'Yester
day tho public ub of A. O. Lyndon’s
store store on Cbyton street began. A
great many bkMen were peasant, and
fee eales were lively all day. It u said
feat good prices were paid. A vast
quantity of stoves and tinware fern Bold.
Almost a Fie*.—'There cane near
being a fire of considerable size in tbe
composing rooms of fee Burnt yes
terday afternoon. The floor of one of
fee back rooms was discovered to be
sblase bat fee flames were extinguished
before any damage was done.
Shot Through the Lao.—Friday
night near fee North Eastern depot Jim
Robinson was shot through fee leg by
another negro who was playing with a
pistol. The ball entered the negro’s
thigh, but only Indicted a flesh wound,
from which he will shortly recover.
A Petition.—The residents on Bar
ber street are circulating a petition on
that street and will submit it to fee
council at fee next session appealing
for better lights on that street. We
belbvo the coudcII or tbe light commit
tee will take the matter in hand and
give it tbe favorable consideration which
it justly demands.
At the Home School.—Dr. J. W.
Spencer treated tbe pupils of fee Home
School to adeligfatful series of magic
lantern views of Switzerland on Thurs
day night. Dr. Spencer’s lectures are
.uppliuientetl by handsome illustrations
which adds greatly to them.
A Talented Young Authoress.—
Mias Woodbery, of Augusta, now en
gaged in a course of study in the Lucy
Cobb Institute, has developed a re
markable literary talent and gives
promise of a brilliant future in literary
permits. Her pen is well known to fee
leaders of tho Augusta Chronicle.
Mbs. Scott-Siddons.—The brilliant
reputation which this lady has achieved
as an elocutionist ia really well de
served. The name she bears is more
over one that ia immortal, for It is the
name of fee mightiest female genius
that ever adorned the British stage, and
this is
identified with fee muse of tragedy..
st the New
the Society decided to purchase
tare of their
in the kali.
FASHION’S MIRROR.
SOME OF THE LATEST STYLES
WORN BY ATHENS MEN.
AShntTalk wltb a PuUoubie Tall
er—'Tfce Pi err style Dreae Sait—
There are no Kxlravngaat
Dade. la Athena.
It was In a fashionable tailoring es
tablishment feat a Bab mot reporter
chanced to pall yesterday and at this
season of fee year one cannot drop into
a Beam totareetiig or easy retreat.
This is Its naonfe when dame fashion H
at beg beat, when swthetic fancy is at
its zenith and when tailors and drees-
makerslxre busiest. In your teisuie.y
walk into one of these establishments
yon will find fee counters heaped {with
new patterns, fee desks Maned wife
art Journals, and tbe walls beenteously
decorated wife fashion plates- which for
dudish airs and flashy color cannot be
outri vailed by a prince’s dream of fin
ery nor by fee harmonious blending of
a rainbow's variegated hues.
It is just feat season of tbe year when
fee very last winter styles are out, and
when fee spring fashions are beginning
to make their appearance,and et feM pe
riod, a reporters mission to a tailor’s
shop is appropriate.
A new sty'-e of dress snikti out—just
out into fee world of fashion tor aocep-
... — - adverse
little
It Is lia
ble to re rota lionise things in fee fash-
ionable world and for this reason de
mands a minute description.
The material represented for tbejcoai
is a dark bine, undressed worsted; for
fee vest, an embroidered white silk,and
for the trousers a lavender casaiinere.
The lengths for the coat are, for a man
of average beigbLffvo feet eight inches,
181-3 and 38. The front of the ooat
has a regular shovel-roll, And-fee only
diference is that below fee roll they are
cut away a trifle more. The lapels are
cut wife a wide V. Tho collar ia cov
ered wife silk, quilted very fine, and
fee cuffs are about four inches deep,
and are of tbe same material. The vest is
double breasted, has a well curved
creese, toward fee bottom, and has a
plain rolling collar. It has three but
tons on a side. Tbe trousers average
eighteen inches at the knee though the
swellest of fee swell prefer eighteen and
shall inches. At the bottom the;
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>D FOR
CATE CITY.
IAT WENT ON IN THAT RUSH
ING TOWN YESTERDAY.
F.ul Knlliond Accident— Scant.
Mill', speeehe.—The Joar.nl sad
the CtutUmUos-Other Hews.
Atlanta, Jan. 18—{Special}—'There
was a fatal accident on fee Georgia Pa
cific railroad this morning at 4:30
William W. Berry was
$5S£i2£ «r>
been hurt.
Last nij -1
JHssl
A. G..
The
holiday
Hiss!
her rose
Mr C. T. Ht
Miss Mattie Meadows,
has entered fee Ho4j«i
_ies has recovered from
illness. * '
The Northeastern mail was on
yesterday.
The stock of Mr. A. O. Lyndon v.as
being auctioned off yesterday. ^
Several young ladies of fee Home
School have lagripi-e.
Mr. Bob Arnold, of Lexington, was
in tiie city yesterday.
Mr. Jepthx Atkinson, of Morgan
comity, spent yesterday in the city.
Mr. Samuel HarrU. of Oconee county,
was welcomed in tbe city yesterday.
■ Rev. E. G. Murftih, of Winu-rTille,
spent yesterday in the city.
Mr. Thomas Reed attended a Justice
court in Jackson county yesterday.
Sheriff B.E.Overiiy, of Watkinsviile,
spent yesterday in the city.
Mr. E. Bud Howell is suffering with
neuralgia.- 1 ' l--:. ”
The military fair is progressing fa
vorably. . .
Editor Gantt ia spending today in
Oglethorpe.
Pofi Wilson,-* otBpoed driver, was „ . ... -
yesterday miiutad5f fliwil-flvodoikiita HAS.
mid fnr iHsnrriprfar flrivintf. CtUSfiW tO death 88 116 *tOOu at 018 post
ING TERMS OF FEDERAL
COURT HERE a W
ABLY REPORTED. -
ULTON’S RACE Wj
LL COLORED
A DM 1 1 IK1 > ro Til E WHITE
FOLKS’ SCHOOL.
’■ - ■
a-grand daughter of tho great
> (Sarah Siddons.) who lias been
Mrs. Siddons will ^appear at
Opera House one night only, Jan. 24.
Plxdqkb Elected.—At fee meeting
of fee Afro-American league in Chica-
I (0 a day or so since, W. A. Pledger, of
1 M orgia, was elected president of tbe
lcugne. Tho Chieago papers contain
highly complimentary notices of the
colored editor. Truly ‘‘a' prophet is
not without honor save in his own
country."
Sorrells A Surra.—In this issue of
the Banner appears fee advertisement
of this live new| firm. Their business
baa been very good, indeed, since they
opened up a few weeks ago. The pre
scription department has Dean crowded
and will continue ao as the prescrip
tions are carefully and accurately com-
n r.ded by Mr. Smith, an experienced
ggist, well-knowned to our people.
Tbe firm proposes to do an immense
jobbing trade, and the merchants in the
surrounding counties will do well to
consult them before buying. Dr. Sor-
reliS is a new comer, and is a clever and
popular gentleman and we predict for
i ;he new Ann great success.
minorItems.
Brief Hews Notes Taken From onr Repor
ter’s Hole Books.
A good deal of fun was created on
road street yesterday afternoon by tho
ludicrous attempts of a darkey to nde a
Texas pony.
The McGinty song is getting to be a
chestnut.
A large crowd of passengers arrived
on the Georgia train yesterday after
noon. .• - • i
Trade was excellent wife the mer
chants yesterday.
The horse show seems to be doing a
good business.
The Insurance and Building Loan
Associations do a good business in
Athens. ■
rhe Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tun-*
nel, the project of “Brick" PomeroyJ
is really being cut through the main
range of the Rocky Mountains, sixty
miles due west from Denver. It will
shorten railway distance 25G miles be
tween Denver and Salt Lake City.
More than 4,COO persons are now finan
cially interested in the enterprise. The
Tunnel will be five miles long and 4,400
feet below the top of Gray’* Peek. The
company enters the year I860 entirely
free from] floatingdebt, all its hills paid
tom they
seventeen inches and are finished with
a spring; they have a side seam which
Is often finished wife a stripe of a dark
er shade.
This style of dress suit though it is
altogether at variance with the old;reg
ulated “swallow-tail'’ coat, is a beauti
ful one and bids fair to make its way
into the fashions of tho most fashiona
ble. Of course tbe only regulated style
of dress suit which has been with us
since revolutionary days, is ;flrnily es
tablished and will continue to stay un
til we are dead and buried. But already
men of high social standing In this well
as other countries have begun wearing
thejstyle just described and it will soon
make its appearance in olassic Athens,
for as tbe tailor said to the reporter the
young men ot Athens are never behind
in fashions? procession. . -.v^.
The style of collar thafte^Ee ah'fait"
tbiug just now is made by the E A W.
company and is of a medium height,
slightly opened in front. It is pretty
and will take with fee most fastidious.
Cravats will be worn wide this spring.
A style of four-in-hands from three to
three and a half inches broad will be the
fashionable tie aud they will appear in
every imaginable color, defying the
beauty of nature’s flower-fields in.their
delicate shades and tints.
Three button cut away coats are still
a favorite coat for’street wear, and are
made either in diagonals or else in
plaids of many shades. Sacks are very
popular. The doable breasted sack is
made from cheviots and rough worsteds,
black and blue being fee colors most
generally used.
Veits for any suit except full dress
are opened moderately low, and have
a notched collar.
Hats are of fee same round, and low-
crowned Fifth avenue Derby style and
are quite nobby.
Trousers are striped still except in
ease a plaid coat and vest are worn,
when the trousers musty match. Striped
trousers are worn chiefly with diagonals
now.
“How has business been this winter?"
asked fee reporter.
“Business has been good and if fee
cold weather lasts it promises to be ex
cellent. The young men of Athens sre
never stiuted in clothes and they get
the best and latest thing out every time.
While there are no dudes or extrava
gant fops in Athens, all of the young
men dress well and appear as fashiona
ble as those of any other city."
pic- iroe iroxni uoaungueot, au us mils paid
tore of their great alumnus, to be huug and work going ahead day and nightin
•_ .< both ends of the tunnel. By the use of
modern machinery from six to ten feet
headway is gained every day. More
than 250 veins of gold and silver will be
crossed by the tunnel, and its mineral
rights alone will be worth millions. At
the late election Pomeroy was elected
President, and given the entire man
agement for ten years. The company
has money sufficient to carry on its
work, and is taking rank among the
greatest enterprises of the country. To
those who care to know it, a large de
scriptive illustrated pamphlet will be
sent free. Address, Mark M. Pomeroy,
President, 234 Broadway New York
CiW- .
IT WILL PAY YOU.
Go toD., L. A S.’s this week. They
are going to offer rare bargains in win
ter goods.
If you need a dress go to D., L. A S.
Monday. They are going to slaughter
all winter dress goods in order to make
room for their big spring stock.
Won’t Pack Up.
We are not going to pack up any
Cloaks, so come this week. We will
take your offer. D., L. A S.
Black Goods.
New lot black Dress Goods ju3t re
ceived at D., L. A S.
Winter Goods.
Davison, Lowe A Shepherd are sell
ing off their entire stock of winter
goods. Now is your time to buy.
Beautiful Glcghams.
New lot of beautiful ginghams at D.,
It. A 8.
Julius Cohen & Co.
The leaders and controllers
of prices. Go there this
week.
A MINISTERIAL MUDDLE.
No Justices of the Feaea.
■Pierre, 8. D., Jin. 18—[Specul]—-An
important measure came before] the
senate yesterday, which designs to do
away with the office of justiee of the
peace, and substitute a district attorney
and county commissioners as a tribunal
before which all criminal suits should
be brought for preliminary hearing,
A Baptist Preaehcr Rise* to Remark that
ths Press has Sons Him an Injustice.
Some time ago the Banner, as well os
most every other Southern journal gave
an account of a little difficulty that oc
curred in a]Flcmingsburg (Ky.) church
during the week of prayer. It was a
most ludicrous account'that was sent
over tho wires, and said that while the
Presbyterian miniscer was praying he
was interrupted by tho Baptist minister
who difered with him in his views
about certain points in the Presbyte
rian used. The Presbyterian minister
answered him while still praying and
words ledjto further words until finally
a light was imminent. The congrega
tion crowded around and stopped the
twojquarreling preachers. Such at least
were the reports that went out to tho
press. Rev. Mr. R. -M. Grabb rises to
remark that such accounts are proved
to be false by the following facts:
1. The pastor of the Baptist church
was 35 pules away from Fiemingburg
at the time the quarrel is said to have
taken place.
2. The pastor of the Baptist churc-h
could have but little objection to the ex
cellent Presbyterian preacher’s confes
sion of faith and certainly would prove
himself more decent thon to Jshow such
objection at a union prayer meeting.
3. The three evenings the Baptist
pastor spent in the meetings were most
pleasant and harmonious.
A great deal of excitement has been
stirred up in tiie newspaper reports,and
in the ministerial circles of the f'Outh
it Uhs amounted to quite a sensation, to
say- tbe ieast of it,
■•ytsivH* —siuhh
! reported as haring
the regular passenger on
Pacific left the Union depot
\head of it was another
train containing two or three
julnd wit neiivo emigrants.
At Riverside, the freight had orders
to side track lor the passengers. The
first section of the passenger train
passed in safety, and the conductor and
engineer of the freight must have
thought that that was all there was to
come. Anyway, when the aeo ud sec
tion or regular passenger came thunder
ing along, fee freight had pulled out
and was on fee main track, moving
slowly towards Birmingham.
The locomotive of the passenger
struck fee rear end of tbe freight wife
terrible force, and crashed tmougli tbe
caboose and a box car.
and cost for disorderik driving.
Mr. Bosbysbeil :2mT Prof. H. H.
Smith again treated their rriemls to a
banjo concert yeste^ay afternoon. -
Mrs. A. G. Rider entertained a few
friends at her home on Meigu street
Friday evening. • =
Misses Lillie Cheney and if abed Seay,
of Rome, Ga., will visit -Mrs. Frank
Cheney, on Hancunc avenue, in the
near future.
Mr. W. H. Yarborough, a prominent
citizen of Blairsviilc, was in the.city
yesterday. ’ t
Mr. M. K. Layton has returned from
are a business trip down the Georgia rail
road.
Mr. L. Z. Welsoh, of Jackson county ,
has accepted a position wife Jackson A
Vincent, on Clayton street.
Miss Minnie Fontaine, of the Home
School, speaks of visitiug her home iu
the near future. >
Miss Tiny Hunter entertained a few
friends at her home on Meigs street last
evening.
Mr. S. H. Shackleford, one of Clarke
county’s most prosperous farmers, was
in fee city yesterday,
Miss
you:
corned in the city yesterday
Hr. W. H. Sireaton, a prosperous
Clarke county farmer, was in tiie city
yesterday.
- Mr. DUK of AfeufiaSH^ecjJmgiueM
trip to Athens, has ‘returned to the
Gate City.
There will be a profusion ef orango
blossoms blooming in fee Classic City
next week.
Misses Norma Marks and Gussie
Wolf, two- popular and charming
Athens belles, nave returned from a
visit to Atlanta.
Excavations for the Lyndon Iron
Works have been completed, and the
Works will commence business about
tbe 25th of February.
Mr. Tobe Murray has almost recov
ered from the .painful effects of being
struck in the eye by some unknown
missile.
The friends ot Hiss Minnie Watson
will regret to learn of her departure for
her home in'Anderson, S. C. During
her short stay iu the city, Miss Watson
has made many friends who anticipate
with much pleasure her visit next year.
uio uuj ycaicrunj* •
digs Lizzie Winter, An accomplished
mg lady of Wiutarville, was wel-
ued in the city yesterday.
Julius Cohen & Co.
The leaders and controllers
of prices. Go there this
week
THE BROTHER IN BLACK.
How He Fareii at tbe Home ot President
Harrison.
Indianapolis, Ind., January 18.—
Special}—Gabriel Jones, col., has made
>ond and qualified as deputy collector
of internal revenue for this district, and
there is ended for the present one of the
bitterest fights ever made on a negro
who aspired to office.
The appointment w»3 made most re
luctantly, and when it became known
that the white applicant for the place
bad “been shelved for a nigger,” the
indignation in Harrison’s home was un
bounded. There was kicking and growl
ing on every hand.
Another feature cropped out when
Gabriel attempted to make his bond.
Not a republican in Indianapolis would
go on his bond because they didn’t want
a negro in the place. Some wealthy
colored men here, however, managed to
get his bond made.
Something Handsome.
The new sign over the drugstore of
R.T. Brumby & Co. is something hand
some. The sign reads “Established in
1870, Oldest Drug Store in the City.”
This shows that this business has been
in ita present condition and under its
pre-ent management for the last twen-
tv years. The purity of the drugs u.-ed
liere has caused the prescription busi
ness to continually increase, and this is
the only drug house in tbe city where a
graduate ot pharmacy is employed. In
addition to the r large stock o'f goods,
here, as in all first-class establishments.
Mr. Brumby lias a cumber of proprie
tary preparations, which are among the
best offered for sale, his liniment being
the very best ever offered for sale in
Athens. Dr. Eph Brumby tells'us that
va vsuvj y wvsuiuK auu » *. * fiRCu lCYCl
his band. Ho was killed outaght.
The negro fireman on the passenger
engine was seriously hurt, aud the fire
man on the freight bad his leg r**> feed.
It was reported in Atlanta that some
of the passengers were seriously in
jured. The officials on this end of the
road conld give no particulars of the
accident.
The dead and wounded were taken to
Birmingham
Engineei Berry lived in Atlanta, at
No. 71 We«t Simpson street, and leaves
wife and three children, lie was
about 45 years of age, aud was always
regarded as one or the steadiest and
most reliable engineers in the city. His
remaius will be brought to Atlanta for
interment.
^ A BODT FOUND.
The body of a well-dresse l strang r
in an advanced stage of decomposition
was found in the Chattahoochee river
near Bolton yesterday afternoon.
In one of fee dead man’s pockets was
found a piece of the Journal of Decem
ber, but tbe date had been lorn off.
A portion of the wrapper from a bot
tle of Fond's Extract was also found in
another pocket. There were also found
in liio pockets a handkerchief on which
were the initials J. C. A., and a fine
new white handle pocket knife.
The fact of the dead man having in
his pocket a portion ot the Journal, and
ter scrap, indicates that no wtwfroao
Atlanta a d probably a student at one
of the medical colleges here.
Coroner Avary was telegraphed for
at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and
shortly afterward received a telephone
message asking him to come to Bolton
at once.
He was sick la»t night, however, and
could not go until to-day. He went up
on .fee Marietta accommodation at 11
o’clock and will begin an inquest this
afternoon.
BIN HILL’S SPEECHES.
It is expected that during this sum
mer Mr. B. H. Hill, Jr., will issues
volume of eight hundred or a thousand
pages, containing tbe speeches of his
fat'er.
Senator Hill was a commanding fig
ure in the most turbulent and exciting
period of the country’s history. His
utterances were the utterances of a
statesman as well as an orator. To give
his brilliant words permanent form is
to do the world a service. The oniy re
gret is that the work has been delayed.
The appearance of tbe book will be
bailed wife delight.
A HEATED BIVALBT.
The irreparable loss which the Con
stitution sustained in the death of Mr.
Grady is well known to every one. It
was he who gave that paper the pres
tige which it still bolds and made it
tiie acknowledged leader of journalism
in the 8outh. Since Mr. Grady’s
death, the Evening Journal under its
present enterprising management has
been making very conspicous improve
ments and it is regarded as an avowed
intention to usurp to some extent tbe
S ower which the morning paper here
as had for many years. The Journal
has doubled its size, has greatly in
creased its telegraphic service anil today
is sending out by far the best paper
has ever pnplished. As an offset 10 the
superb issue of the Constitution last
Sunday, it came out this afternoon in
twelve pa.es full to the brim with the
brightest of literary and news matter.
The rivalry between fee two papers is
generally remarked here, and the pub
lic certainly enjoy it as it is giving At
lanta the two best papers in ner histo
ry.
The Masons arc to have a splendid
temple iu this city.
1,000 Masons here.
The Board of Health have decided
feat the slaughter pens recently taken
in by the extension of the city limits
will have to he removed.
Jessie Bone is lonesome in the Fulton
county jail. This morning ner mother
and her aunt, Mrs. Buckalew, and her
little brother, Lem, were turned loose
by an order from Judge Richard Clark.
Since her imprisonment Jessie has
fretted a great deal, and she has said
several times:
“I’a has done owned up that he did
the killing, and I don’t see what they
want to keep me locked up for in a nas
ty cell. It’s pa’s funeral and not mine
Olhev Rewa -p i. » im e hoar fro*
Waabiacton City.
WaSHtNOTOH, D. C., Jan. 18—
[Sped#]}—Congressman Carlton’a bill
for holding terms af the federal oiiurt
at Athens came out of fee committee
yasterday wife it- big bine Mkl of ap
proval, and ia safely on the calendar.
This is a very important measure for
Athens, and if it becomes a law that
on a federal
building to be authorized by this con
gress or fee next 7.
Tbe appropriations for federal build
ings of this nature are always very
liberal, and consequently if the bill
passes, as it will in all probability do,
Athens will have a sploudid public
building. Tbe selection of Athens as
fee plaoe for holding federal court will
moreover cause it to be the center of
tred^ of the whale of Noifliwt Geor
gia, as people from every portion of
that section of State will go to Athens
to attend court. In securing the favor*
able recommendation of the bill, Dr.
Carlton has doue a gnat thing for the
people of Athens.
TH* VOTING FRAUDS. j &&
Tbe special committee to investigate
the ballot box forgery ont in Ohio is la
session hard by where I am writing
this telegram. Mason, of Chicago, is
chairman, and Turner, of Georgia, is a
prominent figure. . V i ’
Ex-Governor Foraker is on the stand
this morning, and has a seat next to
Mr. Turner aronnd the big committee
table. He is a handsome fellow, and
his testimony is given hr a straightfor
ward, manly way.
Messrs. Carlisle
protested against the presuitation of
the house rules ns they came from the
republican committee, and unless they
are mollified a vigorous minority re
port will be filed.
From tbe balloting in the house on
fee committees report relative to tin-
location of fee world’s fair in 1S92, it is
dqqmnstnitodthat Chicago la slightly
the favorite, with New York a good
second. St. Louis and -'Washington
have no show save as compromise
points.
John M. Duff has been commissioned
KUtmaster at Tifton, Ga., by Clarkson,
lis official guillotine did another big
day’s work yesterday.
Georgia republica ns are very quiet.
Col Locke is calmly waiting for the
senate to do him a good turn and then
he will not stand on the order of his
going.
T1IK NATIONAL PRISON.
Judge Stewart’s prison bill may be
taken up to-day. The speaker and Mr.
McKinley both assured him that the"’
NpaMNMMffJtS pap- -Ige,
The measure provides for two na
tional jails or penitentiaries, one to be
located north and the other south of
tbe 39th degree of latitude.
Each prison U to cost half a million,
and one hundred thousand dollars will
be given to each for equipment. ’ No
prisoner sentenced for less than a year
will be admitted and only government
ipplies will be manufactured.
Judge Stewart wasjcloseted with At
torney-General Miller this morning and
had a long conversation wife him about
this mattter.
Julius Cohen & Co.
The leaders and controllers
of prices. Go there this
week.
A C*«n’« HallBg ,-lrl Bt a Held A p-
F**l—A vs*»l IlMrdV Prcn-
itiar Prrili»M(BI.
From gAjjtt Louis Giolx'—Democrat,
weelip the following account ofl
negro’s attempt to force their chihir
into fee w idte school.- of Illinois. It
is “cry ei '.crtaiuiug reading for our
Southern i sopie.
“At the drat recess ilio white cl
oren turned upon the colored children
snd liustleil them #ut of the inclomre,
the colorei parent- having stone tome
supposing their victory won. That day
aud night witnessed many an informal
indignation meeting iu Saiu,but - trange-
ly enough, the negroes did not take de
cisive action until Friday. By that
time their declared intention to make
another determined effort at the doors
of the white school had become thor
oughly advertised throughout upper
Alton, and the lower town a* well, ami
i.iany eiiiums were oil hand t» see the
i-sue joined. So were the local oon-
ttables.. There was a sprinkling of
white riffraff there, too, and they seem
ed almost spoiling for a broil.
It was a motly lot that came out of
Salu addition that morning. Two or
three hundred negroes, from six to six
ty years of age. Herein the exodus, and
there was no doartli of stalwart young
bucks, who use a razor as handily as
rid-y do a pair of dice, and both more
dexterously tbau a spade. In the list
of candidates for the admission to tho
•filloo 1 were several married women,
from twenty-two to thirty years old.
These, of course, wore beyond school
age, and could uot claim admission to
any public seliool. The column was
stopped at tiie school door by tho posso
of constables, who placed their refusal
to admit them ou the ground that such
mixed crowds could not be allowed
within the school yard, and by the ex
ercise of great firmness they forced all
tiie inf
The ladies of Atlanta are boycotting
the firm of R. H. Macy <& Co., in New
lie intends not only to keep up liis bus- j York, on account of their viliification
iness tolls present high standard, bat { of.the Soafe by displaying a panorama
he intends that it shall grow and keep
apace with our growing city. He cor
dially invibs all his friends to come and
see him, and he will treat them as clev
erly as heretofore, and sell feim only
the purest and best articles.
To be Buried in Athens.
This morning Mrs. J. D. Kirkwood
died at 65 Curran street. Tite body
will he taken to Athens to-inqrrow
morning, where it wiii be buried.
in their New York show windows that
implied brutality on the part of the
South toward her late slaves.
Mayor Glenn says that 1890 will be
the most prosperous in the history of
Atlanta.
Julius Cohen & Co.
The leaders and controllers
Go there this
itruders outside the inc.osure, ex-
cent about twenty-live, who said they
and Randall have were there to attend school. It was
while tins informal process in eject
ment was being carried out that the re
lations of the opposing factions becaino
strained to the last degree. Some of
tho colored men made threatening mo
tion-, as if to draw weapons from their
pockets, but none were actually shown.
Prof. PoweJl stated yesterday that it
was his solemn conviction that the ex
hibition of a single weapon in the hands
of a colored man at the time the posse
was clearing tho school yard would
have been followed .by the most despe
rate and bloody riot ever known in Al
ton. As it was, the Constables limited
themselves to a hurried search of tho
jersons of several of the young negro
lucks, but fonndno weapons forbidden
by law to bfc concealed about tbe person.
The negroes say that one, Oliver Lowe,
a white citzcn, placed the muzzle of a
revolver against the breast of a colored
youth named Hamilton, who is seven
teen years old, while the latter was be
ing searched, bnt this was flatly denied
yesterday by reputable white citizens
who saw the searching. No one pre
tends to deny, however, that dozens of
white men carried loaded weapons
where they could be reached with tho
least possible waste of time, and this
statement docs uot apply exclusively to
the white hoodlum population of UDpsr
Alton, but is intended to include some
of the heaviest taxpayers and promi
nent business men of the town.
After tho ejectment of the non-eligi-
bles, Principal Powell admitted about
twenty-five of the applicants for admis
sion to the school into his private office,
and for awhile he attempted, in a con-
cientious manner to examine them for
admission to all but tbe three lowest
grades. His office iB so small, however,
feat there was not breathing space for
a crowd of that size and character, and
the boss schoolmaster, though a man in
vigorous health, soon became deathly
sick, and had to adjourn the inquiry.
He promised, however, to wait upon
the colored people at their own school
whenever they should notify him that
they had candidates ready for,examina-
to the five upper grades.
Tiie threats of violence still continu
ing to come from Salu addition, Princi
pal Powell on Saturdav night applied to
the Town Council of Upper Alton for a
guard of special officers to assist in
maintaining order about the school in
closure. Six reputable citizens were
appointed, and were instructed by the
council not to permit any group of
groWnJpersons of any race andjeither sex
to loiter about the approaches to the
school yard or in the street iu front of
it, This order they obeyed yesterday
to the letter, and sent all* loiterers
away as fast as they appeared. Colored
children were permitted to enter the
school yard, but they were met at tho
door by the Principal, who refused to
admit them until they had passed ex
amination m the district of their resi
dence. This is in strict conformity
with the statute of Illinois, which' per
mits school boards to establish such reg
ulations for the government of their
districts as they may deem proper, only
providing that nothing shall be dona
to prevent the full and equal enjoyment
ot school privileges they furnish, by
every person of school age under their
jurisdiction. When Prof. Powell re
fused the colored children admission
yesterday they marched back to their
own subdivision, but not to their
school.
Thus stands the race war at this writ
ing. The colored people have settled
down, apparently, into a submission to
the superior strength and numbers of
the whites, and they created not the
least disturbance yesterday, and they
say they will be satisfied with no other
ultimate settlement than that which in
volves the admission of their children
on equal terms and without special con
ditions to the new school house built by
the whites. The latter are even more
outspoken in opposition to this pro
gramme. The School Board consists of
three Republicans and two Demo
crats.
DOWN ON ENGLAND.
Western Europe Don’t Like Hir Treat-
ment of Portugal. English
Merchants Boycotted.
London, Jan. 18.—[Special]—The
western nations of Europe have at last
one subject upon which they can agree,
and their newspapers are unanimous in
abasing England for bullying Portu
gal. Whether this .is duo to
surviving sympathy among Latin na
tions, or because it is a safe sub
ject to dilate upon now that England
has gained her point in Africa, is not
apparent. It was to be expected that
mobs of Portugese cities would make
some frothy demonstrations, but the
Spanish and even French papers have
echoed the cry of “Bully!" and “Pi
rate!" in a surprising manner, and a
majority of the Italian journals only
refrain from joining them at the request
of the government. The Briton is not
unusually a sensitive being, snd the
S meral feeling is voiced by the Daily
ews, which compares thefulminations
of the Portuguese, Spanish and French
press to the “chattering apes.”
Lisbon, . Jan. 18—[Special]—'1 he
boycotting of the English trade in this
city is becoming a very serious matter.
Many English firms have been com
pelled to close their doors in conse-
quence of the boycott.
Portuguese merchants are concealin,.
their English coal contracts in all di
rections, and theispirit of ostracism is
spreading everywhere. The consign
ees of one cargo of coal refused to un
load it, thereby raising^ legal question
of some mement.
Walker Blaine Burled.
Washington, Jan. 18.—[Special.—
The funeral of Walker Blaine took
place this morning. A large number
of friends of the Blaine family, mem
bers of the diplomatic corps aud people
in official life attended the funeral. A
private funeral ceremony was held at
the home of Secretary Elaine, on La-
Fayette Square, at 10:30 a. m. The
president and Mrs. Harrison, all the
members of the cabinet, E. W. Halford,
several members of the diplomatic corps
and some intimate friends of the family
attended the services, which were con
ducted by Rev. Dr. Hamlin, pastor of
the Church of the Covenant.
At the conclusion of the private ser
vices the remains were taken to the
Cliurch.of the Covenant, followed by the
family and friends in carriages. After
the simple but impressive funeral ser
vice of the Presbyterian church the re
mains were again placed in the hearse
and, followed by a large procession,
were taken to Oak Hill cemetery,
Georgetown, where the interment took
| place.
An Obliging Ledger Keeper.-
Toronto, Jan. 18.—[Special]—It was
reported here yesterday that a leading
city bank had lost |100,000 by the crook
edness of some of its clerks. This was
exaggerated, for it was afterwards as-
ceriained that the bank is out $40,000
through clerical irregularities. Owing
to the carelessness of Accountant
Moftatt, Ledger-Keeper Harry Brown’s
books were not regularly balanced, and
that young man allowed customers to
overdraw to the extent mentioned.
Brown has disappeared and his wife
does not know when he will return. It
is not known wbe.her or not Browtt
got any of fee money.
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