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1 .tragedy y«*ter-
afuratefl ixiaiT of
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John Marble*, »
I mi nil, walked
raw ford
front
tin* to a Mr. Johnson
_ > calue out. The negro
.„J an axe under bl» arm and w«i
standing near Mr. Crawford. Mr. Craw
ford stepped aiida and la dolor to he
•lrflMrT#&XH b<nQl> to' the hand* of
•me encehaed and
Mr. CnjwfmitoldliiuAoniofoon and
ret ont Miihunrdjr. * * i ' J- J
The flood Rates of the darkey** wrath
KM immediately openetl upon Mr. Crawford
and vented tlmmaelve* upon him In
curves and oath*. Mr. Crawford knew
the darker wa* half witted and paid no
1 attention to him. About this time Ur.
I!::: Iren came out of the atore with
,J ■" Ifllfijfl, and walking up to
Itrusk him a blow. Mubles
n Bmdcen,
in his eyes
Mr. Era
se In great dan
ger, and not being. armed, ran swiftly
towanla Clayton street The negro foi
l-wed and wa* gaining rapidly on
Mr. Bradeen.
just In front of Miss Rora Von Der
Lletli’s tin- infuriated negro raised his
ax • #v$rdfl* hptuhaiid brought it down
with laiment'o fo«eu. If it hail struck
Mr<l:r.idi«n ft would Imre killed him
inst-ntiy. It missed Ids h ad about six
inches, and buried itself about three
itiohes in the brick sidewalk.
This put a little more distance be-
twefllMlnfBradeen and his maddened
puipich nut .still the chase continued.
Tk<7n*fro'CMrHted for blood, and in a
swiff pace continued to run for his in
tended victim.
Sf. Crawford wa* not inactire all this
time,. He knew the negro wss crazy
•ml uypf fWiMponsible. and feared
frit result from bis efforts.
NuPjlMCYdr ffari was handy with which
to atop the mailman, and seizing shriek
he hurl*<V!t with all ids strength at him.
It did noURkmfdin jquurely, hut struck
a glauciiqc liuR on /he side of the head
and brought tboblood. Tho negro then
burled a rock at Mr. Bradeen, striking
him on the arm, .andin Dieting quite a
painful bruise. As he rounded the cor
ner' toward*!the i 1 post-office, Messrs.
Charley O’Fafrell and Tom Humdeutt
grasped the <ucc, ami tussled with him
for the mattery. It was quit®- difficult
fai take his deadly weapon away from
O’ Farroll^uMifsflnger very severely
in disarming the uegro. 'ho police
arrived upon the scene at this juncture,
and took charge of the crazy would-be-
inurdercr, anil took him to the cala
boose.
lie resist d arrest with all his might,
hut soon, rested in the cage at the g <nrd
house..-i ■, • ■
Mr. llnalean was quite ont of breath,
and his arm was badly swollen,but oth
ers Iseheavus uninjured.The negro was
bleeding, freely from a cut in the side of
the torn*,made by tfie brick thrown by
The excitement was Intense Along the
I i of the.’ disturbance. The ladl.as
•cone of the disturbance t no iaui.es
all*gdt Inside the stores, And the men
hurried around td stop the murderous
inigUtipii of the lunatic. Happily no
li |,WH taken, although it looked like
it would he necessary at one time to
kill the negro to stop his devilish pur-
llfc&Ws ‘has otui tiino been adjudged
iu^UiiV-iuid-iuu Always manifested a
i and unhinged nature. He cut off
a negro's foot in Athens, some few
i of h[* fits of madness,
efl after closely by the
prni
Somefloif "htir efthtens believe that
tins negro is rooSk knave than fool, and
bis derangement is assumed to give ex
cuse to his bloodthiratF hature. - This
should be investigated.
a bemakkIblereooyEry.
Two Hen Stricken by Lightning Recover
from the Stroke.
Dr-. E. S. Lyndon gives ns the follow
ing cases of suffering from a stroke of
lighting which occured during the war,
and they go to show chat even. light-,
ning is not always sure death:
In the summer of ’64 two soldiers
were lying on the ground in their tent,
near Petersburg, Va. They were fac
ing each other, one resting on his right
side, the other on Ids left. They were
both struck on the head by lightning.
The current ran across the face and
breast and out where the hips rested on
the ground, leaving a bum from one to
six indies wide, and tearing the flesh
fearfully where it escaped. The wounds
were precisely alike—oiiiy in one it
went from right to left and in the other
from lett to right. One man had on a
thick, old. fashioned home-made wool
hat. f Ttu- lightning cut a smooth, round
hole the size of a buckshot through it.
Loth men were brought to the S. C.
Hospital, Petersburg, Va., inanuncon
scious condition, and remained so for
ten or twelve days. When conscious
ness was restored,- they said the last
thing they remembered was lying in
their teut talking during the rain.
'J here was partial paralysis in the low
er extremities. Both men recovered
sufficiently to travel and were fur
loughed anil went homo. They were
from South Carolina, and should either
of them see this the writer would be
glad to hear from them.
? llurMtBjr Grere Items*
' Harmony Ghovk, Jan 27.—[Special]
-f-The merchants hero are preparing
for a very largo guano trade this year,
A good many farmers arc In the-Grove
today purchasing supplies, preparatory
to making another big crop,
One ot the Banner's typos made a
very laughable error in setting up my
lastTletter. Instead of saving that Drs
Hubbard A Harden had “secretly” dis
solved copartnership, it should have
read “recently” dissolved, etc.
We are pained to chronicle the death
of Col. and Mrs. W. YV. Stark’s little
infant on Saturday night. The funeral
took place yesterday afternoon at four
o’clock, at our town cemetery, and was
attended by a large eqpeour-e of friends
and relatives of the grief-stricken pa
rents.
THE NEGRO.
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nS l*cfc *« Ua*rqy.
probl
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o:r ,
lens t" a BaXNEe man asked a lead-
tig farmer of this section recently.
r, It is a very grave and serious ques
tion,” be replied, “and the more letudy
it the more perplexed I get. 1 cannot
eee that the negro has made any strides
forward since emancipation. The little
smattering of education that bis
skull leu in does not improve him es a
citizen, and only tends to bring out and
develop his kont qualities. Let a ne
gro stumble through his spelling book,
and in hi* imagination he b a states-
maa and a leader. He inveeto hie first
earnings in a blue cotton umbrella, a
long linen duster and a hymn book,and
starts out preaching. The next thing
you bear of him he has got into some
devilment and is sent to a convict
camp to complete bis training. 1 see
these newly-fledged preachers pass my
house every day. I can tell them at a
glance, and it don’t take a Solomon
either, to predict their ultimate doom.
The negro is getting harder to control
and more intolerant and Insolent in his
demands every year. I notice it among
my hands. This race b fall of self-con
fidence, and you can pick ont the black
est anil most ignorant nigger on my
farm and he would unhesitatingly un
dertake a contract to engineer a train
across the continent or pilot a steam
ship to Europe. Of course he would
have a smash-up before you could turn
around, but that would not deter him
from tno next day accepting another
job equally as difficult. The negro b
lijce a parrot—lie is only an imitator,
and never originated an idea. If he will
submit to be guided by the superior
brain of the white man, it would be all
right; but this he won’t do, and insists
on placing his judgment in opposition
to that of his superiors. A negro will
nover accumulate anything as long os
the world stands Occasionally you
And one oo well by listening to the guid
ance of a white mau until he pays for a
mule or a little tract of land; but so
soon as this goal is reached be casts off
bis friend and adviser, attempts to run
business according to his own ideas,and
60CU looses what he has accumulated. A
negro can’t stand prosperity, and so
long as he has a dollar in his packet
feels as rich and independent as Van
derbilt, and scorns to work. To get any
thing out of one you must keep him
poor and dependent. As an illustration
of this, I will recount my experience:
I once hired an old man and his family.
He was in debt to his former employer
and I paid bun out, with the distinct
undcrstanling that he must be guided
bv mv advice. The old man was indus
trious, having several sqm and daughters
large enough to M>rk itithe Held, did
ill. In a fexv years I had him clear of
debt, he owned two mnlcs and plenty of
bacon and corn to run him a year. Be
sides he had over $700 in cash coming to
him from his cotton crop, which I paid
over, as be was anxious to handle the
money. With such a start a white man
would have done well; but not so witli
the nigger. The natural instincts came
out. aud from being Uie best set of
workers on my place, the family got to
be the most trifling. I talked to them,
but to no avail. They Were always go
ing to start to break up land the next
day, but that day never came. They
gave parties and kept the house full of
negroes all-the time; the whole latnily
were ever on the road to Athens, and
came back loaded with tin pans, red
calico, button shoes,and a hundred oth
er useless extravagances. I knew what
the end wouKl be and waited patiently.
The first of February the old woman
came to me, looking mighty sheepish.
After some hesitancy she asked me to
let them have a little meal and bacon,as
they had wasted their year’s provis
ions, spent their money and mortgaged
their iun*es. She explained that licr
husband wss ashamed to face me, after
disregarding the good advice I gave
him. It was time enough to prepare for
a crop and they did very well after
that. This is only one instance, bat
it is a true illustration of the n«$ro as a
manager, and applies to the whole race.
I have studied the nigger like I would
a book, and cau read him as plainly.
Give one an inch and he’ll take an ell.
To make him contented and useful he
must be kept in subjection. He is now
fast breaking loose from the control of
the whites, and what will be hia ulti
mate doom it is impossible for me to
predict, They are now preparing for a
grapple with the white race, and the
argument they use to one another is:
IVe are too ignorant to cope with the
white mrfn, but let us educate'our chil
dren and train them np to assert their
rights and take a leading place in the
government of this country. And the
rising generation is even more unfitted
fsr this task than their parents, who
were trained by whites and taught obe
dience. The negro at heart is not
friendly to the white man, and looks
upon him with bitter hatred and dis
trust. He always antagonizes him
when an opportunity prevents itself,
and will blindly follow any scoundrel
who will pander to his prejudices. I
believe that a conflict ef races is inev
itable, and the longer it ia delayed the
worse for the country. The Anglo-
Saxon must assert and maintain his
supremacy, and this can only be done
by a bloody lesson to the blacks. When
that day comes I have no fear but that
we will have the best people of the
North on our side, for blood is thicker
than water. But where the perplexing
problem comes in is. Where can the
South get labor to take the place of the
negro? A general exodus of these peo^
pie would bankrupt the country, os our
chief source of wealth lies in farming
lands, and no crops could be made
during the long period between the
shifting of labor. I tell you, this negro
question is a serious matter, and the
more 1 think of it the greater I am per
plexed. The white people of the south
will never submit to the domination
of tlic African, and its going to be
trouble to keep this race in subjection.
They arc increasing mucli faster than
the whites, which the school population
In any country will show. To illus
trate: A white girl generally waits
until she is about twenty years of age
before she marries, nnd the unmarried
leading virtuous lives, do not add to the
population of our country. But not so
with the blacks. _ By the time their
women reach their teens they often
have children, and in too many cases
they do not think it pecessary to call
in the intervention of ti
officer authorised by law to tie the
nuptial knot. I believe a correct cen
sus of the relative increase in
the white and negro population
the last decade will show an increase of
at least 25 per cent, in favor of the lat
ter. And there is no oae in signing the
•natter. When the negroes overwhelm
ingly predominate ho will control poli
tics. 1 was once in Washington coun
ty, Miss., where they elected every ©f-
So long as be can vote he will he
baristn, and like his ancestors in Africa,
toon be worshipping turtles and toting
snakes The only safety and hope for
the South is for the white race to ooo-
trol our government at all hazards.”
This gentleman hat broad Maas, and
is one of the best inormed farmers in
in Georgia, who has controlled thous
ands of bands, and can be considered as
authority on the negro. His words are
deserving of serious consideration.
HR MORDECAI EDWARDS,
Of Oslothorp* County, at Death’s Doer.
The sad tidings reached Athens last
nigt.t that Mr. Monlecai Edwards, of
Oglethorpe county, was very low, and
his death was momentarily expected.
Mr. Edwards is one of the oldest,
most honored and beloved of Ogle
thorpe’s citizens, and his dangerous
conditions cast a pale of gloom over
Athena, where be is so well known anil
highly esteemed. He is one of the best
and purest men we ever knew and bis
deatti would be a calamity to our State.
Mr. Edwards wss one of the charter
members of the Georgia Railroad, and
ever a leader in all enterprises calculat
ed to build up bis section and advance
the purity aud morality of his people
Several mouths ago Mr. Edward’s was
stricken with paralysis and has since
been confined to his room. His soil,
Mr. Jas. M. Edwards, one of the lead
ing railroad managers of the South,was
telegraphed for and is now at his fath
er’s bedside.
“Uncle Mordecai” was one of the
earliest, warmest faiemls the editor of
this paper had when he started in busi
ness and, in bis serious sicknses wc feel
for him a filial love and affection.
A DEAD CHILD
Pound on CoUes* Avenue Sunday Evening
A dead child aud no clue to its par
ents.
That was the fact that confronted a
coroner’s jury yesterday in Athens.
Late Sunday afternoon three small ne
gro boys were playing in a yard on Col
lege Avenue, near the intersection of
Dougherty street, when they discover
ed something entirely new to them, and
the nature of which they could not toll.
At any rate they became frightened
and running into the house of Flora
YVingefield, a nezro woman who lived
on the lot, told her what they had seen,
tilie wept with them to the alacc, and a
horrible discovery was mode. Thereon
tiie ground, uncovered and with no ap
parent effort at concealment was the
body of a child. The police were noti
fied and they made investigation of the
matter, turning it over to the coroner
yesterday morning. The evidence be
fore the coroner’s jury was of a some
what conflicting nature, and served to
fix the guilt of the child’s death upon
no one.
Dr. Powers examined it and found
that it was about a four months foetus,
and that from all appearances it was a
white male child. The evidence of sev
eral negroes was taken which served no
purpose in the case. As to who the
cruel mother of the dead infant is, it
could not be determined. It had mos:
probably been carried t-iere from the
place of its birth and dumped ont on
the premises of another.
Whether investigation will stop here
cannot be said. The verdict of the cor
oners jury was returned by the fore
man, Mr. W. A. Jester, and was to the
effect that the death of the child resul
ted from causes unknown to the jury.
AFTER THEIR DINNERS-
The Collage Dormitory Closed and the
Boys Hunting Board.
The familiar beUfof the Yahoo Hall
failed to send forth its joyous peals to
the hungry students yesterday, and
the boys were seen hurrying kero and
there to get something to eat from res
taurant or hotel as best they might.
And this was the reason. Sunday
night at the supper table, it is said, a
great deal of buscuit throwing aud gen
eral disorder was indulged in by the
boys, which offended Mr. otillwell, the
boarding house keceper, an* he came
quickly to the conclusion that be would
be compelled to vacate. He has com
plained for some time that the sudents
were disorderly and gave him much
trouble, and that te could not consent
to stay there unless they behaved bet
ter. Sunday night fixed a firm deter
mination to this effect in his mind, and
yesterday be informed the faculty that
he could no longer manage Yahoo*
Hall.
He took an inventory of his goods
yesterday morning, and told the boys
to look somewhere else for board.
It soon became apparent to them that
he meant business, and they began to
look ont for their dinners and a place
whereon to rest their heads. Chancel
lor Boggs says that itjs his earnest de
sire that the boys should remain at the
dormitory if they so desire, bat if they
do, they must conduct themselves in an
orderly manner.
A Card of Thanks.
The great and unwearied kindness of
many friends in Athens, of young men
of the Y. M. C. A., to my husband, Mr.
Albert Grans, and to the family, during
his last illness and after his departure,
prompts me to express my gratitude for
kindness so great anil unceasing.
Though he has slept beneath the clay
for several months, my giateful appre
ciation of their sympathy, and help
fulness of so many friends is unabated.
My warmest thanks to them all.
Mbs. N, L. Gbans
Our New Nioiit Editor.—Mr. Jesse
T. Gantt, late of the Elbexton Star, has
been appointed night editor on the
Athens Bannkr, and will take entire
charge of the paper at sunset every
evening. Mr. Gantt is very young to
assume this responsible position but lie
has had considerable experience in jour
nalism. Those who have news items
will please telephone him or send word
to the BaXRES office up to two o’clock,
when the forms will be closed, unless
something unusual transpires.
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A SAD SUICIDE.
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J. F. GEER, PENFtELD’8 POST
MASTER, PUTSA BULLET
IN HIS OWN HEAD.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS- GRIMES IS RUNNING.
WORKINGMINES.
B**Bwtt*tk*CWw« Hb Bus Ait
-HeLeam ■ Win ud Tfcrte
Suit ChlMms.
A considerable sensation was caused
in Athens yesterday by the announce
ment of the suicide ot Mr. J. F. Geer, a
respected citizen and present postmaster
of Penfield, up the Athens branobof
the Georgia Railroad.
He was before hi* appointment a*
postmaster a proiperom merchant, and
from what we can learn was not embar
rassed by financial difficulties.
The following telegram was received
last night st Tu BaXgka office giving
full particulars of the tragedy:
Woody ilia, Ga., Jan. 27.—Jas. F.
Geer, Jr., recently appointed post-
Penfield, committed culc
Sunday morning, 2Ctk-fasti, by shoot
ing himself with a ,*pi»toi, the bell
entering behind right ear and coming
out at left side of month, cutting th*
jugular, vein. It is supposed that death
was instantaneous. He left Us home
in the morning, telling his wife be
would spend the day with bis parents
who live IX miles in. the country, he
taking a footh path through the fields.
When shout one mile from town he
left the path soma fifty yards to commit
the awful deed, where bis body wss
found about eight o’clock Sunday uight,
with the fatal pistol yet in his hand.
He leaves a young wife and twe or
three small children and a host of
friends to mourn his tragic death. He
has been in bad health for some time
and it is inferred that life bad become
burdensome. No other cause is known
why he committed the rash act. He
stood wall in community aud was
highly esteemed by all as a Christian
gentleman. D.
THE LIQUOR BUSINESS.
DIGGING FOR GOLD IN WHITE
t COUNTY.
Owf* •■* Csthws Pi«s*rtlM—
Important Mmansi. What Are
Raw oa F*«t—Cleorsla News
Rotr*.
Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 27.—[Special)
—An important oonsoHdatioo of min
ing interests in White county is on
the tapis. On Monday last, the Hon.
John Simons, vice-president of the
First National Bank, of Charleston, S.
Sad Ending of those Engaged In the
Traffle.
A Basher reported yesterday met a
gentleman from Greensboro, Ga., who
in course of conversation said:
“Do you know that there seems to be
s streak of iU luck foVewing every man
who engages la the liquor business? I
am not a fanatic, who looks upon sel
ling whiskey as an ungodly and awful
calling; but 1 have a superstition about
it, and would not run n bar-room if I
tmoBwtiMnwfoffl a speedy for
tune. I suppose, however, that in* dis
sipation and ruination of nearly every
man engaged in the traffic is caused by
the handling of the stuff, and they soon
become themselves drunkard—and no
one can drink whiskey aud properly
attend to busines. Joseph Hall was
ordinary of Greene county for about
forty years and he once toid me
that be kept a list of every man to
whom he sold a liquor license, and
without a single exception, th.*iy either
died of drink or became absolute pau
pers. There is not a single exception,
and his list embraced a great number,
I have forgotten how many. Some of
them were prosperous aud well-to-do
when they entered tins business, and
for a time made money very fast; but
their doom soouer or later overtook
them and their end was a most misera
ble one. Yon may take the history of
liquor-sellers in any country, and I be
lieve on investigation will show as sad
a record as iu Greene county. Occa
sionally a man will quit the business in
time to- save himself: but if he only
sticks to it long enough inevitable doom
will catch him. 1 am not even a pro
hibitionist,” continued our informant,
“for 1 do not see that it does any good;
but since the people will have liquor,
1 want some one else to supply ft. I
would not follow the business for
worlds.”
CLARKE RIFLES’FAIR.
Win Be Held in Esster Week aud Will Be
'a Grand Success.
The arrangements for the Clarke
Rides’ fair hare all been perfected, and
the outlook for its brilliant success is
most promising. It was to have been
held in a few days, but it has been de
cided to hold it in Easter week, aud by
devoting several weeks to its prepara
tion, it is expected to present before
the people of Athens one of the most
enjoyable fairs ever held in their midst.
A large number of ladies interested in
the movment met at the opera house
yesterday afternoon for the purpose of
organizing and preparing for the fair.
Mrs. Prof. H. C. White was elected
president, and Mrs. G. H. Yancy, vice
president; Mrs. Wyatt Owens, secre
tary, and Miss Tillie Moten, treasurer.
An executive committee was appoint
ed consisting of Mrs. W. W. Thomas,
chairman; Mrs. John Benedict, Mrs.
J. H. Fleming, Mrs. C. D. Flanigen,
Mrs. Cbas. Sterne, Mrs. J. S. Hamil
ton, Jr., Mrs. H. L. Crawford, Mrs. H.
N, Wilcox, Miss Jennie Smith, and
Miss Moliie Dobbs.
This committee will inset at the resi
dence of Mrs. Prof. H. C. White next
Friday morning at 10:30 o’clock for the
purpose of appointing other commit
tees and arra-ging for the work of the
ladies’ department. Each lady pres
ent agreed to make two present* of fan
cy work to the fair. The meeting wss
full of enthusiasm, and a lively interest
in the success of the fair was manifest
ed.
n*lel Arrival*.
Comubrciax Hotki. :
J F Johnson, Louisville; J H Finnell.
New Orleans; CS Kingsbury, WH
ET Jersey, Wm
Griffeth, D L Gregory, ET Jersey,Wm
J Walker, J P Xuggfe, Frank D Grey,
W J Long, Atlanta; Sam B Kennedy.
Chattanooga; A W-Griesby, Nashville;
H Wilcoxin, G L Alexander, W D El
lis, BL Maymud, City; R J McKeidin,
Philadelphia; J K Wright, Augusta; J
W Bishop, Birmingham.
Clayton House:
diaries A Caldwell, Macon; L H
Stokeley, Crawford; Geo L Cairns.
Cincinnati;W J McNutt,Knoxville; W
W Jordon, Harmony Grove [J W Stan
ley, Cincinnati*
Lamb J JHuistone, the
or, arrived iu this city from
ton, to keep an appointment with Mr.
John Martin, managing director of the
St George Gold Mining Company of
London, England, and fir. H. H. Dean,
at the offices of Messrs. Pelly A Dean,
attorneys.
tils object of the meetinu
was to discuss the terms on which a
consolidation of the properties owned
by the two companies could be effected.
The position of the St. George mines,
ou the bead waters of the Chattahoo
chee river, together with the valuable
water rights, mining privileges and
rich gold-bearing property, gives it a
commanding position in the district
On ’.he other hand, the Calhoun com
pany owns the well known and val
uable Lumsdcn, Edenton, Allison, Vest
and Perdue properties, and controls the
White-Mayes and the Union Gold
Gravel company’s properties, besides
VALUABLE WATER RIGHTS
on the Nacoochee river. We understand
a fair proposal for consolidation was
made by the representatives of the
Bathorn company to Mr. M*rtin as
representing the St. George coiupauy,
and that the proposal was cabled to
London the same afternoon. Negotia
tions are still pending, with, we be
lieve, every prospect of a successful
termination. Should such a combina
tion be effected, splendid results are
sure to follow. The united properties
would far surpass anything of a like
character in the South. The proposed
capitalization of the new company is
$2,500,000.
OCONEE SUPERIOR COURT.
Judge N. Jj. Hutchins Calls the Court to
Cider.
Watktsnille, Ga., Jan. 27.—[Spe-
-cial.]—The Superior court of Oconee
county was commenced here to-day,
His Honor, Judge N. L. Hutchins, on
the bench. The most of the day was
taken up in arranging the dockets, and
ail the pr -linvnariis necessary to the
transaction of business. It will be diffi-
euit to finish tho bu iness pf the court
this week. On the civil docket is quite
an interesting damage case of T. W.
Powell, et. al.. vs. James Frazier.
Powell sues for $2,500 damages, which
be avers he has sustained by a dam
erected by Frazer a short distance
above High Shoals factory. This cose
involves titles and reservations as far
back as the fifties, and will be fought
stubbornly by both sides. The plaiutifls
are represented by ex-Governor H. D.
McDaniel, of Monroe, while the de
fendant is represented by Messrs. An
drew J. Cobb, aud E. T. Brown, of
Athens..
On the crininal docket are two mur
der case;, both defendants being ne
groes. One of the murders was com
mitted a short while smee at Farming-
ton, and the other a few weeks ago at
High Shoals.
Quite a number of visit : ng lawyers are
present attending court.
Hade a Fortune Hunting Cat’s-Eyes.
San Francisco, Jan. 27.—[Special.]
—A Ceylon paper, received by to-day’s
China steamer, gives an account of the
largest cat’s-cye of which there is any
record by a digger at Galle, Coylon. It
weiglrn nearly seven pounds. The find
er was a man who had been very poor.
A few months ago, however, his dig
ging for gems was awarded by finding a
cat’s-eye which he sold for $5,000. Soon
after he dug up another, for which he
realized $10,000, and then his run of
lack reached a climax when he unearth
ed his large stone, which is described
as of perfect lustre. He had been of
fered £19,000 by a syndicate of local
dealers, but has refused, as he declares
he can cut the gem into forty stones,
each of which will bring £1,000. A
short time ago he found a larger cat’s-
eye than this big one, but the ray was
imperfect, so it is not more than one-
quarter as valuable. His total findings
in one-half year, at the lowest esti
mates, will reach $150,000.
Death Caused by a Dr. am.
Glens, Falls, Jan. 27.—[Special.]—
Frank A. Paddock, s prominent lawyer
of this place, died on Wednesday last,
aged 62 years. His death was the re
sult of a singular hallucination. Thrfee
ears ago, while Mr. Paddock was at
is country seat in Delhi, Delaware
county, he one dav read Rider Hag
gard’s romance “Allan Quartermain.”
The incidents narrated in the,book
made sneb a vivid impressiop.-upon his
imagination that that - night he dream
ed that be was in the sea swimming
away from reptiles. He thought he
saw bis brother standing on a rock,
stretching out bis arms to save him,
and imagined that he had to dive to
save himself from sonic approaching
monster. So real was the dream that
he rose to his feet and dived out of bed,
striking his bead on the door with such
force as to cause severe injury. Paral
ysis subsequently set in as the result of
it, and although he returned to the
practice of the law later, he never ful
ly recovered from the nervous shock
occasioned by bis dream, and to which
his death is directly traceable.
Mr. Paddock was a graduate of Un
ion College, of the class of ’47. He was
one of the earliest members of thi Un
ion League Club, and at the time of his
death was a member of the Committee
on Political Reform. He was also a
member of the Bar Association and
Chairman of its Judiciary Committee.
He leaves a widow, two sons, and two
daughters. Tne remains will be inter-
red at Delhi. £*!
TnE Schools Photographed.—An
itinerant artist yesterday photographed
eanh grade of the public school in
Athens iu the yard of the school build
ing. The chubby faces of tils children
arc shown up splendidly.
A bill to prohibit the aala ® r SjK**
rettes to minora was tabled iu the Ken
tucky house.
▲ Kansas City manager has sued
Maggie Mitchell for breach of contract.
He wants $5,000 damages.
Wesley McNara, of Gabatha, Kas.,
who waa bitten ou the finger iu a street
fight with s stranger, whose supposed
name is Gilbert Jones, died from hy
drophobia.
Covington and Louisville will be
united by a new railroad system, reduc
ing the distance between Louisville and
Cincinnati thirty miles.
An earthquake at Bollfort Lake, Ten
nessee, is reported.
live men were killed in a railroad
oollison at Camp Hiil, Ala.
Nelly Bly reached the end of her
globe encircling trip at New York In 72
days, 6 hours and eleven minutes.
Acurious ease of a girl who has been
sleeping nine days and cannot be arous
ed, Is reported at West Fort, Ho.
A rumor of hog cholera in Kansas has
caused the Mexican government to
quarantine against American pork.
People for mile* around Comby, ind.,
ore expected to turn out on the 30th
instant, for the purpose of killing a
panther that is terroiiziug the commu
nity.
There is said to be a three-months’-
old colored baby at Hopkinsville, Ky. t
that cau talk plainly..
Wm. Stewart, an escaped convict
from Bibb county, was shot by a negro
while attempting, to rob his house.
There are hundreds of people sitting
in farm houses going mad from want,
near Huron, Ohio.
AFFAIRS IN THE NATIONAL
Capitol yesterday.
i Government Exhibit at the Next
Piedmont-Bills Introduced—
Candler Talks of the Next
Race tat the Ninth.
Washington, D.C, Jan. 27.—’Hpe-
ciai J-Mr. C. A. Collier, vioe-jpre2dS£
and general manager of the Piedmont
Exposition company for 1890, has ap-
plied for a government exhibit at the
fobs held in Atiauu this
TheappHcation is made through Con-
of
Raised a Stick to Strike the King.
Athens, Jan. 27.—(Special.)—The]
King of Greece, walking in the street
saw a man thrashing a little boy. In
dignant at the outrage, his Majesty in
sisted that the man should release the
ltd. The man shook his fist at the un
known person and raised his stick toj
strike him. The King knocked him
down on the spot, called the police,
and revealing his identity, ordered the
man to be taken to the police station,
aud there beaten with the same stick
and released.
A Tragedy of the Florida Coast.
Punta Gouda, Fla., Jan. 27.—[Spe
cial ]—A report was received last night
that Buck Matthews was found dead on
an ialand'Sbout Cape Salele, with two
bullet holes in his head and a bloody
hatchet near him. Within a quarter of
a mile his partner was found dead,
with his head split open with a hatchet.
Their boat was on the beach bottom ud,
and a quantity of bird plumes and alli
gator heads were scattered about. It
it supposed that iu a quarrel Matthews
struck bis partner with a hatchet, and
in return he was shot, both dyi-g on
the island. Matthews made his head
quarters here, and was a reckless and
daring fellow. For the past year he
has lived iu the wilds of the Ever
glades. ' ** »
Wine Drinking Advocated In the Pul-
pit.
Washington. Pa, Jan. 27.—[Spe
cial.]— This thriving town of 7,000 or
8,000 people is witiiout a licensed sa
loon. Probably in no section of west
ern Pennsylvania is there a more robust
temperance sentiment. That is why
the Rev. R. R Cayley of Trinity llall,
a Protestant Episcopal institution of
learning, has created a grea* deal o> ex
citement by statements which he made
from the pulpit of the Episcopal church
here hut Sunday evening.
Mr. Cayley said in substance that
there was nothing wrong in drinking
wine, and advocated its use. The mem
bers of the congregation are great tem
perance people, and these remarks agi
tated them considerably. A leading
member arose and said that the state
ments were not borne out in the Bible
The matter was, however, finally quiet
ed down for the time, bu the feeling
has since again broken out, and it is
the principal topic on the streets to-day.
Many hints have been given the gen
tleman to leave the town, but he inti
mates that nothing can move him.
A Reporter Falls Into s Mine Air
Hole.
Shahokix, Jan. 27—[Special.]—W.
L. Shindle. a reporter for the Dispatch,
had a thrilling experience this mowing.
Shindle, accompanied by J. F. House
of the Eiqgle, started across the moun
tains to bnnt up a prize fight, as that
way was the shortest route to t ie farm
where the local pugalistic lights were
to meet. The two men were walking
along side by side, when Shindle sud
denly disappeared from view. His
companion was horrified to find that he
had fallen into a mine air hole. Had
not the large storm coat worn by Shin
dle caught on the ledg»s of rock he
would have fallen into the mine below.
As it was, he was fifteen feet below the
surface. House went to the nearest
farm bouse and secured a clothes line,
with which he rescued Shindle, whe
had almost given up in despair.
Found a Robber’s Cave.
Fort Smith, Ark., Jan 27. .
cial.]—A veritable robber’s cave
been found in the mountain fastness of
the Flint district in the Cherokee Na
tion, and the robbers themselves are
now behind the bars ef the United
States jail in this city. Country stores
and Post Offices along the border have
been plundered fer a year and many
persons have been robbed on the pub
lic highways of tho Cherokee Nation.
All efforts to identify or capture the
robbers failed. A hunter accidently
found a care in the monntains
on last Tuesday and was surprised
to find it well supplied with a variety
of goods and miscellaneous supplies,
guns, saddles, firearms, and the like.
He saw at one he had stumbled upon
a robber’s cave, and so reported to the
authorities. The place was searched
and nearly three waggon loads of stolen
goods found, among them a quantity of
postage stamps and a tliousan i decks of
cards. A party, which was placed at
the cavt on guard, captured Gordon
Stanford and Lewis Maddox when .they
came to the rendezvous. Both are
young white men. who stood well in
the community where they live, and
were not suspected.
Sullivan’s Fight With the Negro.
New York, Jan. 27.—[Special]—Pe
ter Jackson, the colored pugilist, ttlio
arrived here yesterday on board the
Adriatic, is in splendid cond ition, and
expresses the hope that he will very
soon meet Sullivan in the ring. He will
accept any terms which the California
1 Atbie'ic club may offer.
exposition
Th« appl
gressman Stewart, whowiU take’care
it, and endeavor to bring about sompl
auoe with the request. It is p rob ah
that the only difficulty will be that of
transportation,
An appropriation may b * n cessary to
wiu
.^.snlntinr. IMkah~
the freighting ef I
grimes will again bun.
Mr. Grimes has expressed his deter
mination to again make the raoe for
"ingress in his district.
The prospective candidate*in his dis
trict are Atkinson, Freeman and Smith,
of Coweta, German, of Tolbert. Judge
Harris, of Campbell, and II. B. Harris,
Meriwether. It is not definite that any
Of these gentlemen w»| allow their
names to go into the pot,bat they lmro
been memtioned as suitable penous for
a congressional seat.
BILLS INTRODUCED,
■ Amongjthe bills introduced in the houso
to-day was the following t
By Mr. Barnes, of Georgia, making .
the United States arsenal at Augusta,
Ga., an arsenal of manufacture, con
struction and repair; also, to refund
the cotton tax; also, for improvement
of Savannah river.
CONSULS NOMINATED TO-DAT.
The President taMlsy sent the follow
ing consullar nominations to the sen
ate: Louis Gottschslk, of Cali fort ia, to
be U. 8, consul at Stuttgart; John T.
Winter, of Illinois, U. 8. consul at
Mannheim; Richard Guenther, of Wis
consin, U. & consul general at City of
Mexico; Thos. McDermott, of Tennes
see, U. S. consul at St. Thomas, West
Indies; George W. Pepper, of Ohio, U.
S. consul at Milan.
Mr. Candler, representing the ninth
district of Georgia, will net he a candi
date for re-election to congress. His
determination as to this is fixed. He
does not hesitate to say that be thinks
he could be renominated and rc-clected
if he would signify to his people that
be again desired the office, but ne does
not want it and will not ask for it.
In speaking of possible successors to
his seat, he says: “Of course Judge
Brown’s name has been mentioned, and
there are others. Smith of Gwinnett
has been spoken of, and so has Peeples
and Wynn, of the same county, And
Tate of Piekena. Any one of theso
would do as well here as I—maybe bet
ter—and out of the list I presume some
one can be selected who will give satis
faction to the ntiro district.”
“Will Judge Hutchins or Judge
Wellborn or Colonel Pike be in the
race?”
“No, I think not. I can speak cor-
tainly for one—Judge Wellborn—he
will not be a candidate except for re-
election to hia present place as judge.
as to Judge Hutching I do not know
positively,hut I think he will not at
tempt it.” _ (
MAT DAVIS TO GET IT.
Bill Pledger in Washington Advoca
ting Mat Davis for the
Athens 1’ostofflco.
Washington, January 27—Colonel
Bill Pledger and his Alaska overcoat
are still in Washington. This morning
lie visited the treasury department and
got fourth auditor lynch,and the two
went down to see Brother Wan masker,
of thepoetoffice department in the in
terest of Mat Davis. Pledger says
Davi8willbe appointed postmaster at
Athens in two or three days. Action
on the matter has been postponed two
or three days for the purpose of await
ing the arrival of Book. This was the
result of the interview with Wannama-
ker. Buck. Pledger says, is for Da
vis. Buesse has not given up the fight
and is still hopeful, but I think he will
get left. '
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
A L. and C. Train Wrecked and two
Men Killed—Many Injured.
Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 27.—(Spe
cial.)—A train on the Louisville and
Chicago read wasjditched eleven miles
north of this city, this morning. Four
passengers were burned to death, end
many injured. The train wrecked vras
the morning express from Chicago, due
lere at 8:30 o’clock. The train was well
filled with passengers. Conductor Angle
was badly,though not fatally hurt. The
tender of the engine j umped the track as
the train crossed a long trestle over
Wilkins’ creek. The engine and bag
gage car passed over safely. The dav
coach and sleeper went into the ditch
and were burned. The killea are:
Mrs. Eubanks, burned; two children of
D. S. Oldham, of Sheridan, burned to
death; an unknown man, who died veiy
soon after being rescued; Mrs. Lizzie
Fitzpatrick, of Indianapolis, missing
and supposed to be dead.
Another $100,000 Fire.
Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. 27.—[Spe
cial]—A destructive fire broke out this
morning at Kittery navy yard in the
boiler room of the building occupied by
the construction and repair department
as machine and iron shops. The fire
soon extended into the machine shop,
destroying both buildings and contents.
Loss $ioo,ooo.
Buried in a Snow Slide
Downielyillk, Cal., Jan. 27.—[Spe
cial.]—A house at Logansville ten miles
from here, was buried by a snow slide
during a storm yesterday, and two of
it* inmates killed. Fear prevails in Si
erra City of another slide. Many fami
lies have abandoned their homes and
taken refuge in the lower tunnel of
Butte mine. Two houses there are al
ready reported to have been crushed in
by slides. A Chinaman started from
Sierra City to his cabin, about a mile
distant, hut lost his way in th* deep
snow and perished.
Miss Newman, a well-known lady,
and little Marie Eddy, of Atlanta, died
yesterday.
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