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H feu 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. • «•* 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; _ | - >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. M-MS a