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OVER THE CITY. XCHOK8 FROM THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. —A iNMltakM PMr-Tk.C1U A Rnmtiu Pony.—Mr. 8*ro Banter bought Little Era, one of the Mule poniee >h*t did «o man/ trick* la Prof Bristol's bone ihow, and baa taught it mao/ new trick*. Mr. Man* ter says it baa more aetae than an/ poo/ he ever •« nr. VtLMiu Contributions.—Deke the Cigarette man, of Durham, N. C., Lovell A Buffington, Covington. K. Y., H. B. Maatera, New York Cit/, ami the Athene Publiahing Company have all made valuable contribution* to the Clarke Rlflea’ fair. Send in /out ron- trlbetiooa at once and abow your pa- Him Lxila XcMamah.—It waa Mira Leila McMahan, daughter of C*pt. J. J.C. McMahan, that took Ihellrat price in Mra. Alex. Davison’s muaic class, end not Mba flattie Morris aa previous ly stated. Mias Morris took second ( rice, which is a great honor when the standard ot the class is considered. Qom Pick.—Mr. John Pruitt, son of MaJ. W. B. Pruitt, is quite sick. John sa bright, loveable little fellow, and every one i egrets to learn of his 8®oak Famine.—Ther* waa not over 100 pounds of grauolrt*] eugarfin Ath- ■ ana yesterday, and the result was that anffiar began to sell hgh about dark. L-itj In the day when the lack of su gar was iliMxiv.rmi . e .end incruiauis telegraphed for a supply and this morn ing the sugar supply is all right. Mb. Dudley Youngblood.—The many friends of Mr Dudley Young* blood will regret to learn that he is confined to Ids room with a severe cold, lie h>q*s to be able to resume bis stud ies in a few days. It is Time 10 A or.—It is time for the city couucil to sake some steps to es- taldlsh a Ore alarm system would involve a vary small cost and majLrbe the saeans of saving thousand* of del* tors' worth of property. It is time to •Ct, gentlemen, and the sooner you do so the better it will be. .Lanin to Mkkt.—A large number of lediee will meet at the New Opera house Monday* morning t> take steps in re gard to the Clarke Hides’ fair which has been placed under their manage ment. If energy and perseverance counts for anything, the fair will now certainly be a success. Thk Lexington Terminal. — This road la doing an immense business both in freight and passenger traffic. Presi dent IT. McWhorter says the Terminal ia doing a business of $60 per day, and carried one load of guano fast week, the freight on which was $36. The road promises to pav a handsome dividend to the stockholders, and is already more than paying expenses. A Great Business.—The factories of Athens have never moved with a more rapid revolution to the din of busy in dustry than now. They have all done a great business this season and are still behind with their orders. Most of the mills have secured enough cotton to tun them through the summer, and they will continue to receive orders and supply them with aa. good a pro duct as that of any Southern mill. Athens lias reason to be proud of her factories. Ditixx Service.—'There will be di vine service Sunday, January 26, at the Missiuh Chapel of the Catholic church, tills city. Tiio service will begin at 10:30 a m., mud a large congregation ia invited. On Monday, January 27th the holycommunion wifi be held at the i Mission Chapel. A Good Pafeb.—Editor Christy, of the Clarksville Advertiser, is iu the city with his hosts of friends. Mr. Christy is a former citisen of Athens and ia always wchotned in the city by his old friends and acquaintances. He represents one of the best weeklies^in the State and oupmerchants would do well to patronise his paper. Athens claims Habersham aa her territoiy, and much of our trade comes from this good old section of country. Anxious vox a Railroad.—C. D. Smith, of Franklin, passed through Clayton on his way to lallulah Fads, where he goes to enquire of Judge Thomas if his, (Thoms*’) Company still contemplates the building of a railroad from Tallulah through por tions of Georgia and North Carolina via Franklin to Knoxville, Tenn., and if the Judge replies in the negative, to further learn of him whether he de- siros longer to hold on ta his right-of- way through North Carolina. The Rev. C. D. says that the people of this coun ty have become thoroughly aroused and are strictly in earnest on the sub ject of a railroad, if they can not get one from Tallulah Falls they want it from somewhere else, and that before they all die of old age. Held a Mass Meeting.—The Uni vanity boys yosterday held a in am meeting on the campus to take some action on a fund fer the Grady monu ment and the Davis family. The meet ing was presided over by Mr D. S. Sanford and was largely attended. It was decided to raise a urge sum to be equa'ly divided between the two funds above named. A committee was ap pointed,ensistingof a number from each class in college, with Hr. Sandford iu chairman, to solicit subscriptions among the boys. This committee will immediately go to work, and there is no donbt that a large amount for those two funds will bo forwarded in tbe next few days. Tnn C. & M. on a Boon.—The Cov ington & Macon is on a great boom. Five new depots are to be built in Ma con, and the equipment of lire road, as regards motive power, will soon be doubled. It is now suggested that the name Covington <fc Macon be changed, and the suggestion will doubtless be taken up by the officials. The proper name for the road is Macon A Athens, and the change will doubtless be made at the next session of the Georgia Le gislature. FBOr.FKAKKUB- Ha Talks with a Bosons* Abawt HU BssKr- Baffin. The report (bat Prof. A. L. ITarklbs would resign bis pooitiou in the Uni versity, caused a Ban wan reporter to seek an interview with him o..eereiag the truth of tbe runtor. Prof Frv- -lin could not be fonnd on Wednesday and tbe statement that appeared yo*'"*-.l*y waa from information from th- ''han- cellor. Yesterday Prof. Franklin was foond, and salt! to tbe reporter that he bad al ready submitted his resignat on to tbe trustee* through HaJ. Lamar Cobb. He wild that bis raslgiiatiots jri:! take effect tho first of February, and ha will at once begin the study of law at Jackson, Georgia, having been offered a place in the office of a prominent attorney in that town. There is a law in this collage that re quires' professors to notify the trustees six months previous to their resignation that they will resign. Prof. Franklin, however, la not under a contract of this naure with tbs trustees. His resigna tion has been considered mud accepted by tbe Prudential Committee, and his successor wilt he appointed. Already a number of aspirants are spoken of, and it is highly probable that the Pru dential Committee will select some young man in Athens to fill the place at least until June, as it lias been the custom to elect a graduate of the Uni versity to this position. OIIK CITY FATHERS. They Hast In Called Session and Dlssoss Important Msutures. Council Chambxb, Athens, Ga , Jan. 23, 1890, 4 o'clock p. m A called meeting of Council was held this evening Present: His Honor Mayor Brown, and Aldermen Myers, Dootson, McDow-11, Booth and Pitner. I he Mayor stated that the meeting had been called for the purpose of con sidering petitions of the merchants in regard to using sidewalks to displa* their goods; also to consider petition of the authorities of the C. A M. railroad to open a new street near tbeir depot. A petition, signed by a large number of merchants, was then read, asking Council to change or amend Section IBs of the City Ordinances, so aa to allow them to make such a display of their goods on the sidewalks in front of theii place* of business as will not interfere with or impede the travel of the public. Alderman MeDowell moved that tbe Mayor appoint a special committee of three to investigate and consider the petition of the merchants; ascertain how much space on the different walks can be appropriated for this purpose, and report back to Council tomorrow evening at 4 o’clock p. m. Committee: McDowell, Myers and Pitner. The petition ot the C. A M. road was referred to the Street Committee to in vestigate and report back to Council to morrow evening. The Chairman of Committee on Lights stated that the electric lights were row ready for use, and the Gas Company desired Council to inspect and accept same at as earlier day as possible. Tbe Committee on Lights was instructed to examine the lights, and ascertain whether or not they came up to the contract; also, to indicate the gas lights that should be discontinued. Council then adjourned, to meet to morrow evening at 4 o’clock. W. A. Gillxlakd, Clerk. JOINS THE CHUROH. The Faei Olm Rise ta Ustssatel R.t pans Akasl His Health. Washington, January 24.—{Special] —Some comment was caused today by tho news that- Samuel J. Randall and Mrs. Randall bad just been admitted to membership in the Metropolitan Pres byterian Church. The announcement was made yesterday from the pulpit of tbe chureh by tbe Jttev. Dr. Chester, the pastor. Mr. Randall was bap tized at bis house last Tuesday. Mrs. Randall was admitted to the church by letter. Those who had been predict ing Mr. Randall’a withdrawal from public life have s- ized upon this action as a confirmation of their dismal opin ion. The truth is, however, that Mr. Randall has been steadily improving in health and strength since last fall. At tbe end of last summer’s most heated period Ur Randall was not as well or as strong aa he had been in tbs spring. This was a discouraging fact which alarmed bis friends. Since that time, however, he has consented to ac cept the decree of Ids physicians that the onlv way for him to recover his health is to remain quietly at home un til his malady has disappeared. • Last year Mr, Randall, like other men of strong will, believed that he could conquer his sickness by determination. His fre- S ucnt appearances in his seat at the louse were nothing but the result of the exercises of will power. He is now better able to be in his seat than he was then, but he has consented to wait un til expert medical opinion pronounces him tit for active duty. Hr. Randall is cheerful, his mind is active, and he fol lows every detail of the proceedings of the House with the keenest interest. ■ Adam Foiepangh Dead. Philadelphia, January 23—[Spe cial]—Adam Forepaugh, sr, the veter an showman, died at his residence in this city shortly before midnight, of pneumonia, superinduced by tbe grip. Mr. Forepaugh was 68 years of age. He leaves a widow and one son, Adam Forepaugh, jr. \ V A Brvkaa Norfolk Bank. Washington, D. C., Jan. 23.—[Spe cial.]—The comptroller of currency has declared a sixth dividend of five per cent, in favor of creditors of the Ex change National bank of Norfolk, Va., making in all65 percent, on claims E hi, amounting to $2,892,210. The failed in April,1885. Fire In Boston. , Boston, Jan. 23.—[Special.]—A Arc started at midnight last night in Paui’s block, occupied by firms mostly in the wool working trade, and in two hours, before gotten under control, destroyed $125,000 worth of property. — A Presidential Nomination. IVAsnxxGTON, January 23.—[Special] —The president today s ent te the sen ate the nomination of Rj N. Bush to be collector of customs at George town, S. C. Capt. Willie Thomas ii the city on business, Capt. Welch ot White Hall was in the city yesterday on business. Prof. G. C. Bond Is a victim of the grip. Mr. A. L. Smith ot Jackson was in the city yesterday. Mias Eflie Parker, of White Plains is on a visit to her brother in this city. Mr. C. J. McCarthy, a Clarke county farmer was in town yesterday, Captain W. W. Thomas has gone to Florida for a short visit. Mayor Brown returned yesterday from a visit to relatives in Gainesville. Mrs. Dr. W. A. Carleton ia in Macon on a visit. Mr. and Mra. Billnps Phinizy are ex pected home to-morrow from a short visit to Florida. Pistol shooting at night in the vicin ity of Cobbhsm u becoming very popu lar again. Quite a number of Athenians will at tend the Valentine ball in Augusu next month Messrs. J M. Dean and N. B. Davis, two promislug Clarke county farmers, were in the city yesterday. Mr. T. W. Barnett tbe efficient street commissioner has bean a sufferer from the grip for several days. Xr. B. H. Stovall a prosperous Mor gan county farmer a nd Mr. J. W.Duke of Oconee are in the city. The famous Patti Rosa is now pf-iy- ing 'jo crowded houses in Georgia and will greet tbe Athens amusement lov ers on tbe first of February. Mr. Pryor L. Mynatt, Jr., of the Uni varsity Law class, leaves to-day for Atlanta to attend the Emma Abbott performance in that city. Mr. Newton Low ranee a rising young railroad man has returned from Gaines ville where hr attended tne nuptials of hia cousin Miss Minnie Brown and Mr. Wm. Henderson. Mrs. E. R. Hodgson has returned from Baltimore. She was accompanied by Mrs. Robert Hodgson who will make her futare home in the Classic City, to the delight of her many friends here. Mr. J. D. McCurdy who has recently aoeepted a very important position in Mr. John Arnold’s, establishment is winning the praise of every one for hte courteous manners to everyone. Mr. Arnold may consider himself fertunate in securing the services of such a val uable clerk. Miss Sarah Hardwick who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. B A. Stovall on Milledge avenue, leaves to-iuorrow morning for her home in Augusta Miss Hardwick has made a nuralicrof admir ers during her stay in our city who will be glad to learn that she will return daring the University commencement BROWN-HENDERSON. A Happy Weddlnsiln Gainesville Wednes day. A wedding occurred on Wednesday last in which Athens is deeply inter ested,the bride being well known and' much admired by m&uy friends in this city. It was the marriage ‘of Miss’Mary Brown to Mr. William Henderson, of Atlanta, whicn took place at the resi dence of tbe bride’s father. ' It was quite a brilliant and happy marriage, andanumberof friends were present from Atfiinta, Gainesville and Athens. Tee attendants ware Mr. Newton Lawrence, of Athens, and Miss Mon tine Sanders, of Gainesville; Mr. R. B. Clarke, of Atlanta, and Miss F. Hoyt, of Madison; Mr. M. C. Brown, ol Gainesville, and Mis Minute Penderson, of Atlanta; Mr. R. Steele, of Atlanta, and Miss Clara Garrison, of Gaines ville. The groom is one of Atlanta’s rising ronng business men, Lav ny for a oum- >er of years been connected with the firm of J. P. Stephens & Co. He is a young man of many rare qualifications, and will doubtless succeed. The bride is.one.of Gainesville’s fair est ane most estimable young ladies She is a daughter of Mr. W. H. Bro wn, of that place, and a aster of Mayor Brown, of Athens. Her character is marked with many noble traits and she te loved by all who know her- Athens sends up hearty congratulations to the happy couple, COTTON G0is DP. A Shortage la the Crop Causes the Staple to Grow Suddenly Precious. The cotton men were all astir yester day. Cotton carted its tail and jumped higher than it has been known to do this season. It rose within a few hours a quarter of a cent, and middling brought 101-8 late yesterday after noon. This is decidedly higher than cotton has been this year, and tbe cot ton men were in a great state of excite ment over tbe sudden rise. ‘.‘What te tbe cause of so sadden* a rise?” asked a Banner reporter of Capt. J. H. Rucker. 71 1 ; “Short crops is tbe alleged cause. There may be some little speculation behind it all. though the proper- and chief cause is the met that tbe cotton crop will fall short of the estimation by at least a quarter of a million bales. The crop will be shout 7,300.000 bales which te more than for a number of year# past; and still thehupply 14 shor ter than the demand. This accounts for tbe rise. The world today wants more cotton than has been rateed. What the result will be can easily be foretold. The South will become rich, our lands will increase-in value, and our farmers will get full value for their ooAon. U.ntold riches are hovering over the Southern States to be realized in tbe near future.” Cotton will continue at a high price no doubt this season. There, is a great deal still In the warehouses of Athens ThePoPsNot Dead. London, Jan. 23.—[Special.]—Cardi nal Manning dentes the rumor of the pope’s death. WARRENTON SHOOTING. Mr. Ashley Howell Shoots Marshat Ed Cody. ;, Wabhenton, January 23.—[Special] —An exciting shooting ailair occurred here today at 11 o’clock. At that hour Asblv Howell, a well- known young man, and Town Marshal Ed Cody became involved In a diffi culty. Howell shot Cody in the hip produc ing a wound that is not considered se rious. A by-stander named Shelton was ak so wounded in the right shoulder. Cody is a cousin of Buffalo Bill, and is not only an exceedingly brave man, hut . is one of the handsomest raeu ip Georgia, ; FvSiTLj j Ay ON THE STAIRS. MR. JOSEPH B. WILSON FOUND DEAD IN THK CONSTITU TION BUILDING. by some of the Wilson, now News Atlanta, Jan. 22.—[SpedaS’.}—Short ly after noon today a man was foond dead in the narrow atnirway in the Con stitution building. He was lying doubted up on a small platform at a bend in the stairway lead ing from the composing room on the ton floor of tbe building te rim roof. He waa soon identiffi printers as Mr. Joseph . , of Columbus, Ga.. but whose home was formerly iu GaJnesvilte Mr. Wilson wsa telegraph editor of the Columbus Enquirer-Son, and al though at one time he was given to drinking whiskey, a grant, deal, he had reformed and waa doing especially Some daya ago b# left Coiambus to visit his friends in Gmiuasvilte. Early this week he came to Atlanta on his war back to Columbus, and stopped over for a while. In some way he was Induced to take a drink of whisky, and the old appetite returned. He kept drinking and was evidently on a continued spree. Late Tuesday evening he was in the Constitution’s composing, room; and yesterday afternoon on# of the printers saw him sleeping on the stairs, where he was fouud, apparently under the influence of whisky. He was not seen any more until found dead on the steps to-day. „ Dr. Avary, the coroner, was notified shortly after the body was found, and Wnl hold an inquest this afternoon. Mr. Wilson was shout thirty-three years «f age and an unmarried man. Hia father, Jonn T. Wilson, is the tax receiver of Hall county and a prominent citizen of Gainesville. His mother and two of his brothers also live iu Gaines ville. He waa a relative of ex-postmas ter W. T. B. Wilson, of this city. He has other relatives living in the eity. Mr. Wilson was, besides a newspaper man, a practical printer. His parents were telegraphed the in telligence of his death,* and an answer is expected this afternoon. ■ — ~a‘ boy preacher. j Talk about your boy preachers, the smallest boy preacher out is Jimmie. W. Cook, of Carroll county. He, although hut thirteen years olJ,' has been preaching for two years. Jimmie is very small, pale-faced lad of quiet manner, weight, CO pounds. He har already preached one-sermon at tbe Fourth Presbyterian church, and j preaches to-night at Berean church, near the piano factory. He has preached in all more than fifty sermons. He is stopping with 1 L Nel- >ou, and will probably be ia Atlanta several days longer. . A NEGRO KILLED. A negro met a tragic death on the Georgia railroad this morning. lie was a..boy abbot te-venteen years old. Ha boarded No. 13, an Atlauta bound freight train, at Madison. It is supposed shat he was either clinring to the trucks or was riding on the bumpers. Just before the train reached Alcovy station,' the negro-was run 'over and killed. It fa supposed that he lost his balance and felhbetween the cars. He was fearfully mangled. The negro’s parents live at Madison, and a coffin was brought to Alcovy station from Madison this morning. The remains will be carried to Mad ison on the'fast train this afternoon. snoRTiruMS. A. C. H. Kopff, of Sumter, South Carolina, committed suicide about 7:3o o'clock last night, in Hollis' saloon, TO Marietta street. He entered the saloon shortly after 7 o’clock, and sahdown by the fire. Soon % pistol Allot Was heard and he was found lying on the floor with a bul let hole in his temple and a smoking pistol in his hand. Despondency is supposed to have been the cause of his self-destruction. This morning a negro named Ed. Rogers, was tried for insanity before Ordinary Calhoun and ordered sent to the asylum. State school commissioner Hook is >reparing to call a meeting of the state ward of education for one day next week to devise some means of meeting tbe case of a teacher who wishes to teach but who failed to be at the cfxamination and could notfihow that he was absent from a providential cause. The agricultural department i« pre paring the first fertilizer bulletin,show- ng the analysis of all. brands of these goods analyzed up to ds(p- The bulle tin will be given to the printer this af ternoon and to the publlo next week. Adiutant General Kell has received and accepted the resignation of Captain Williuns Price, commander, of the du- Bignon volunteers, Milledgeville. This morning the remains of little Marian Magnus, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Mag nus, of Selma, Alabama, ware brought to Atlanta for interment i The little child died in Salem yester day of congestion of the brain. A DESERTED BABY Causes the Arrest or a ltan and Woman In AnV,Gi, . Cordklb, JaU. 23 —(Special.)—A man and woman were detained here to-day by tbe policeon the strength of a tele gram from Arabi, charging the couple with trying to desert their child. The man gave the name of Ham and claimed not to know tbe woman. Ham left- the child wrli« a Mr. Mc Kenzie, sajring he had' taken the child to .take care of it while its mother was in Florida, but that ho had no way of taking care of it- II am then joined tho woman at the station and both boarded the first train coming this way. A gentleman of this city adopted the child and Ham and the woman were turned loose. Augusta Rioters Imliced. Augusta, January 23.—[Special. J— The grand jury indicted three white men and half a dozen negroes today for complicity in the rioting in Augusta on Cb rut mas day, and made a general pre sentment indorsing an ordinaneo now before the city council prohibiting- tho sale of liquor and closing all saloons on Christmas day. THE PICTURES OF THE EX- SPE AKERS THAT ADORN THE capitol at Washington. Horn. Rswdirstt.lto tal> energies t» k*M iPktsisbtoki rwsiltm, Washington, D. C., Jaa 23.—[Spe cial]—Among the portraits of ex-speak ers that hang in the members’ lobby ot tbe House of Representatives Is one of Howell Cobb, the only Georgian, 1 be. Here, who has ever been elected to that exalted position. This picture L a good likeness of the dead statesman, aa be appeared many yean ago—rerembllnj somewhat the steel engraving of Xr Cobb in Avery's History ot Georgia In 1867, congress made a liberal appro priation for the portraits of ex-speskeis who had served up to that date, and ha* since appropriated various sums to se cure the portrait* of speakers who have served since that date. Xr. Cobb's pic ture was painted, as provided for in the Act of 1806, and paid for out of that ap propriation. Xr. Cobb was .a very young man when he was elected to this nigh office. He was boro in 1815, and in 1818, he was the presiding officer of the House. He was tint elected to con gress in 1842,1 believe, and afterwards was returned for three terms. His dis trict, under the provisions of the ap portionment hosed on the sixth census, was the sixth, and Athens was then its political center, as it te now the polit ical center of the eighth. It was at the beginning of his test term in the Slot congress, that this high honor was con ferred upon him and his State. Ho bad supported Xr. Folk’s Mexican war measures vehemently; be had voted against Mr. Taylor in'favor of Mr.Cass, and when be found himself in the speaker’s chair, he found liimself polit ically in opposition to its administra tion. His brilliant record aa a parlia mentarian is sti)l fresh in the minds of the public here and in Georgia. «-HoweH~ Cobb was" the second of his name to serve Georgia iu congress. Thomas W. Cobb, of Columbia county, 1 his .'kinsman and a captain in the con tinental army, represented the State in the lower House for three terms, from 1817 to 1824. and afterwards in the Sen ate from 1824 to 1828. fie.afterwards became a judge of .the circuit o-urt, and died at Greensboro. Judge Cobb wM a. lawyer of eminent'ability, and was the author of many political essays. As many as three ex-speakers of the fyuae. have seats on the floor in.this congress—Carlisle and Randall on the deraocratio sidy, and Nathaniel F. Banks of Ad majority. QeneoU Banks te the oldest of - tbe trio. A small man, with white hair and white military nrous- taclie. lie first came to congress in 1852 on a coalition democratic and kttiW-uotJring ticket. He was % demo crat, but ton after went over to the republicans. ' In 1854, at the beginning of 1 hw second term, he. was chosen speaker. It is said of General Banks that he was a “bobbin’ boy” in a Mas sachusetts mill sarly in life, and his success' has .been attended by energy and indomitable will. He has a seat just to Speaker Reed’s left, but takes no active part in tbe proceedings. Some of the portraits added of late to Uite collection oLeX-speakers are very handsome art specimens The one of Mr. Randall, notably, is very fine, and sols Mr. Carlisle’s and'Mr. Keifers’ of unsavory memory, and Michael Kerr’s, a roan whose untimely death was a grievous loss to the democratic party. Irtthcf ehl hall of reprasentative-^-now called statuary troll—is the collection of roirble and bronze statuary supplied by tho several states, And forming nlttK gether a, magnificent gallery^jf those whose yoices were once near’d and whose influences Once predominated in the na tion’s councils. Georgia has no repre sent* tivehere—her pedestals are ten ant! sm;—although ane -Was one' of the original thirteen colonies whose patri otic efforts made this. great govern ment a possibility and a reality. Some yesrq ago, if. I mistake not, her, .legis lature, in a spirit of patriotic zeal, de termined to ml these niches in statuary hall, and g resolution was offered ana agreed to and and the subjeots chosen, but no appropriation was made for tbe work.. . Out erher abundant riches and from her long list.of distinguished dead it would J 8eem J that the means and'the subjects could he had to add her quota toGgtegiyjfy |pfepdld and impressive t . THE LATEST NSWA. t -i.Vi Judge Stewart managed to call up bi^DGJUtBQUftTjr flyring ’g session and.advocated its passage in a well-delivered speech. The house lis tened attentively, and it a vote could have been had the measure would have- passed. Several amendments w«te offered to the bill. Clunie, of California, amend ed it by providing for throe penitentia ries—the. third one to-be built west of ttefoekks v V> A Second amendment was ' adopted, which prohibits-the introduction «of machinery into the prisons; alt the work must be dona by hand. The bill was displaced for tho day by another order. :'i Col. Bill Pledger is a guest at Perry Carson’s Philadelphia house, on Grand avenue. • He wears a Chinchilla overcoat with Alaska fur on the collar, and sleeves, and copies of the - Inter-Ocean with the colonel’s- convention speech . protade from its big pickets. 1 Col Bill Harris, of Worth, has fltea an application to be supervisor of cen sus for the Albany district- Senator Colquitt and Mr. Turner went k Superintend-nt Porter yesterday, in Col. Harris’ behalf. If the place is given to other than a republican, Col Harris will be the man. Judge Crisp was busy on the floor this morning circulating a call for a democratic caucus to take some action ai.d formulate some plan of opposition to the repnblican program to unseat democratic members. Carlisle, Breck- enridge and other leading men attach ed their names just a moment ago. n»lel Arrivals. Clayton House: M W Almsnd, Phils; FS Merchant, Atlanta; N i Cherry, James R Short, Baltimore ;’S R Harwell, Shady Dale; J Morris, Ga. Commercial Hotel: M C Nichol son, J H Mcllcynolds, E V Green, New York;GM Porter, Nashville; GeoE Luin, Montgomery, G W Frtehofer, In dianapolis; C J Haden. M C Carroway, Atlrota; T P Fleming, C H Ferris, Augusta; Wm Rasmers, Baltimore; N R Ross, Washington ;S G McLendon, Thomas villa. • IIjB; . The opera house will be well heated tonight so that none ueed fear, of being cola. .t*s! — g* Bm Dsssst lfc» M>»« Cork, tes* Dsnsl Sims ta KaaUAs Ml* t rios*. Das Moinbs, la., January 23.—[Spe- -•ia ]—There has just bran placed in the utentimry st n .ntoia probably the youngest convict ever glveu a life sen tance in tbe United Slates. This nev wearer of prison stripe* « only a few days past twelve years 11 age. aud the crime of which he was. convicted was the murder of bis father. He had alto murdered his stepmother, but (he charge of killing his lather was tried first and convicliou and sentence fol lowed. Tbe boy’s name is John Wesley' El ms, and his parents lived on a farm in Clayton county. There were four in tbe family, the father, Jehu Elkins, the boy’s stepmother,. Hattie, the boy John and an infant daughter. On tho morning of July 17, test,one of U|e near est neighbors noticed John driving by in the buggy w ith him. They asked where he was going, and he replied that he waa going toMr.Outcalt’s, near' Edge wood, as his father and stepmother had been murdered the night before. He was told to stop with the neighbor and did so. Au investigation followed, and it was found that the lad's fattier and stepmother were dead, the former having been shot and the latte r having been beaten to death with a club.j A coroner’s request was held. The lad’s coolness after discovering the crime attracted some attention ana detectives watched him and soon be was arrested-and lodged, in Elkader itil. About a week nltcr.i is arrest he made the following confession: * * min wanted to leave home for long time. I once ran away, hut father brought me home. Two or three* days before July 16.1 begau. planning to kill my parents, and when I came in from milking on the night pf the mtthter 1 went to the granary, got the club and ilace,I It on a chair in my room.' About I o'clock in the morning 1 got up and went out of doors ant) looked .all around. 1 saw no one, and 1 then went into hiy parents’bedroom and saw they were asleep. I went back.to my room, took the nfle from the . wall', where father always hiing it, Went back to th<*ir room, put the tnuzr.le within about tWJ feet of father’s faceand fired. “I ran back to my room,' threw the gun on tile bed, grabbed the club, from the chair near the door, ran hack to their door and saw that mother Lad jumped out of bed upon the floor aud was stooping over as if to light a. lamp. I struck heron the head with the club. She kind of, sprawled backward-upon tbe bed and 1 struck her several times more until 1 was sure she was dead. Then father kind of groaned, and I struck him once or twit e to he sure he was dead. After I was sure they were dead I lit the lamp and tbuk it to my room and Ihpn went back and took the i-aby from the bed, Ltook off its bloody clothes aud dressed it and quieted it. Then I started to lead the fide, but after gettibg powder in tlie gun I couldn’t find the bullets and other things I thought I was fooling arohnd there too long, and went to tbe back door and knocked the powder out of the gun by the door step, and Jlook the elub and threw it out in • the weeds. 1 hitched up the old horse, took the bar. by and drove down’'by Porter’s and they stopped me.?’ . At no time since his arrest has the lad expressed.the least sorrow for his future work and i net fed imperative., tetry and has never 1 viuced or hi* du preferences and bofore-the tioaapvic them for a t oonnsel Hostel A NARROW ESC APIS. rod manly way i search aud prayer . his duty iu theinst'trl to regard at provider. events which have see mod to all to t toward retaining him in his oreu- calling, and that Providetiod seemed I emphasize, his doubts by hundred* of tetters from fr’ * * " tog many fervent cunstiaos, urging him to continue in the line of hts pres ent, work as being the field of his great est usefulnessopeuing to himby-thodU “•ft" 1 #* toawu. Me stated that Witt! Man to|be .halted by tbeteraatt and Urn detion of wfe’sawas his present calHiig. He submitted tho issue frankly to the presbytery and asked their judgment, counsel and prayer, pledging himself ‘to do' tito right os it should be mode plain to him, and consecrating himself uuder any. elr- eutnstunoeS to God and hti SdlotfwC™ Later —After hearing his statement the Presbytery, after lull diseusaioq, concurred inthe view that the dreum- •tanstauces just now surrounding Mr. Graves ftU y justified him in, waiting for farther direction In this vital matter and assured him of iu sympathy and Pipyer. MAYSVILLE MENTION. m<| Brief Ni'ws Noies^ From a Flourishing . Cotton 10 l-lp.- , Ret uipts to date 3.Q0(b i,.nt AlaysviUe is on a boom. Real estate is active and lias uu up ward tendency. ■ T .jhnbi . vi^V^ ‘ s * 8ea °Ite grippe iu. town and Measles raging, a goodly number of eases m Kjwn, in tho tountry around toe town they are quite numerous. Whole families in some instances being down, interfering with farm Work considerably, .Married on the 19th, instant,Miss Mollio Sisk to Mr, S. TV Lord, Roy. D. D. Holland officiating. . • Married oil the 19th, Instant, Mlfs E»a Weeks to Mr J. T.’Butlcr.’ ReT D. D. Holland officiating. Married on tbe 23rd, instant, Mias I^lia Dunnalioo, ot Jackson county & £ lr L R ,\ a \ a ’ imi ’ of MaysTiBe* Rev.W, pushed ahead with vigor. When com pleted Mr. Cox will fill it with a largo and seleetodetockofdriiga;- eomplrte ttf every detail. Dr. T, G. Underwood will preside over the prescription eouu- ,in the election on stock, law or fence; on the 22nd instant, in Anderson " r ' irEF Hiss . Biy Comes Near L sing Her Life on Her Trip Eastward. Gallup, N. M-, Jan; 23.—[Special.]— Nellie Bly passed- -here Iasi -night • on s speetel train runningat tho rate of over fifty miles an hour. Three miles east of this place track repairers were ■Re placing the stridgera on a bridge over A deep canyon. The rails were in place; bv.t'tbey were merely laid upon the bridge, and ytepe helt up by jack strews.' The men at work heard the special train- coming, and tried to flag it, .down but IT WAS TOO LATE. The engine and car went thundering toward the yawning -ravine. .The wheels passed safely over the . rails, so swiftly was tbe'tram going. The escape te mirscnlons one, arid the section men who- witnessed the tram flash past on its straw-1 ike structure, regard the escape as one of the most marvelous in railway history. Ills thought the globe-trotter .will arrive iu New York Sunday morning ® trict, Banks county, stock law triumph ed by 11 votes, a, gain of 33 votes over last election, There is some excitement manifested. It wm ‘ chumea "by~tbs “fence men’.’, that Whiskey wm uoefl to ; influence votes, and that “stock law* men,” or large land owners, caused tbeir teoautt to vote for' stock tew by thrrats,.etc., i I( . f There are seven candidates for jus tice ot the peace to flu. the vacancy of that office in Anderson. (465) district,; Banks couuty, caused by' tlie resigna tion of Mr. W. S. Long. ' • ; ‘ ‘*‘*1 Owing to.< the buildingJboqtn to our: town and the demand for.lumber. Mess. C. T. Bacdn add J, T. White have ptit-1 N chased and. Jiave in operation planing and flooring mills, rip tews, etc., and; iuriHlRus dtheriihiicHinety'joda.' The* plsining mill, fills a long felt want. -—• VTInterville Notts. 'Wmtrbvjllk, Ga., Jon. 23.—{Spe cial]—Our town lias, hogs and are feast', ing on the good things that follow. "Mr. T. S. Nethvin.killed one tliat- weighed 357 pounds net. J. R. Haynes is erecting, his livery stables. ■ J. B. Winter and family leave for At-, lauta tomorrow; their Mtirt-e'baihe*. ' B. T. More haa- bfedn - appointed agent for .tbe Georgia railroad at this place to fill the vacancy caused by J. R„Win ter's leaving. ,His many friends regret to see him leave, hut wish him success in his new business venture. , ,tt .. Mr, Ups Noell, one of Clarke coun ty’s, best farmers, was- in. town .today with two bales of cotton which he sold to McAlpto & Co.. for, Ifl 1-2. . He says he has sever al hales ,at bomeyet. «i-h more of pur farmers were aa well situ ated ■ , ■’/ u, r .ii .. ha! Winterville has two goqtl schools—, the Baptist school built and organized by Rev. W. H. Coile, who.-is principal of the school. He opened Monday with 41 scholars, . Professor Atkisson, prin cipal of the union school, lias 56 schol ars. It is hoped we » U1 have one large union school in the near f Jture, , ' .V "a.-'f..:! .. ■' BOX An Old Story of the Far West. The fearful snow storm on thaUirion Pacific road now prevailing recalls the tragie fate of Dontier and his party, fifty in nil; who perished to the snow at a point seven miles from Cascade. Donner Lake now marks the spot. Don- ner’s party were emigrants crossing the Sierras in the olden days. They became f’noW-hoiihdk.nd ate all thei stock,'and everything in their camp that was eatable/ "after which thpv killed a:ul devoured two Indian-, who wandered in, ami later they fed upon eech other. Ouly one man survived to tell t^ie horrible story. sd at our public gins since Christmas. Hogan street of our. town has been/ Era William, and each one is called Bill f l^s friends, and all,reside on the, le same side of the street contiguous > each other, j i * I Jt i? rumored that one of our leading capitalists will in the future build a hriek block, and will establish a bank ' with a large capital. • * Col. Howell C. Standridse, one of our leadingattomeys and an eloquent Bap tist divtocv/has accepted the call from: the f.hnrnh nf fir/tnd June ■ tion City,Colorado,and will take his de parture for that fcity the first of Febru ary. Warsaw, it ONER THE OHIO. A Nt-gio Returns Evil For Good By ( Murdoriag; His Host. PaIducAh, Jan. 23.—(Special.)—An atrocious murder was committed last' ight, .on the other side of the Ohio. • iver, about half way between this, port hnd Metropolis.. A colored man named - Louis Nickellstopped at the farm-liouso of -Nicholas Arning and asked for lodg ing and supper. This was granted him. , bater ori^ Nickel] and Arning went out n the yard, when the former assaulted the latter, stabbing him several times and then bra ning him with an axe. There was no one present but Mrs. Ar- f niug, who sayv her husbapd murdered, . but does' not know any reason for it. Officers arc in pursuit of the mur- flerer. i. : -,v, jin;;-";;'.- !£KMl JuiiitM** Dakota’s Ceyseri * Woonsocket, S. Dak., Jan. 2L—' [Special.]—Tho artesian-well contractor lm thrown up his contract and gone, leaving the well throwing a big stream and the last twenty five feetdnlled, bat without the tubing that the contract" calls for. He says it is a practical im possibility to tuber it. The water keeps spouting and the lake grows larger and — I The young ladies of the Lucy Cobh aid Home School will attend the reci tals of Mrs. Scott-Siddous,