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Ballard & Atkinson, Proprietors. Harlem Happenings WHAT IS BRING DONE IN AND AROUND HARLEM. ■QUIBS CAUGHT ON THE FLY BY SENTINEL REPORTERS —NEWS OF THE COUNTY CON BENSED. _ —The conversation for ' the past week—earthquakes. —The earthquake has shaken the ’ bottom out of prices at A. L. Hatcher A Co’s. —Dr. I. S. Hopkins, President Emory College, visited his brother here this week. —Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Hatcher spent several days at Tallulah Falls last week. —Quite a number are still exceed ingly nervous yet as regards the earthquake. —R. R. snuff, $4.75 gross. Tobacco sc. plug. Potash sc. ball. 25 lb. sacks flour 50c. At A. L. Hatcher & Co’s. —The recent earthquakes seems to have had a very happy effect in some directions. —Quite an interesting'meeting has been in progress at the Baptist Church for the past week. —Choice Victoria flour $4 50 per bbl. at Peeples’ central business t house. —Mr. Samuel Hardy is carrying the mail now to and from Appling, ( vice Mr. P. E. Hobbs, who is disabled ( at this time. —Mrs. J. T. Bostic and her little ( daughter returned on yesterday to , her home in Augusta after spending the summer in the “Sylvan City.” ] —The tax books are now in the ( hands of Collector Hardy. Any one wishing to "pay their taxes this early 1 will find him ready to wait upon ( them. < —Mrs. C. E. Benton and her love- i ly sister Miss Hundley, of Warrenton, 1 are on a visit at the hospitable home of Capt W. L. Benton in this county. —Some of our young men in going out calling, provide themselves with 1 an improved Smith & Wessen to use in case they are assailed by an earth- , quake. —We learn the bridge across Kio- ; kee creek, at Appling, gave way Sun day last under the accumulated weight of hundreds of darkies who had gathered thereon to witness the administration of the ordinance of baptism. —Dr. Geo. Paterson is again in our town. Any one wishing work in his line, done with neatness and dispatch should confer with him at once. Work first class, material used of the finest quality, and last but not least, terms moderate. —No medicine placed before the public for so short a time has been more generally praised than Pitt's Carminative. It has been truthfully called a panacea for diseases of the . stomach and bowels. When you have tried it you will be convinced. Sold by your Druggists —We hear of several who lost sight entirely (for a time) of the good wife and dear little children, showing in a great measure how selfish men are. And there are others who are brave, yes, very brave, and but for the wife who was nervous, excited and rest less, they would have slept as soundly as if no such thing as an earthquake bad ever occurred. —Times without number has the world paid tribute to a mother’s devotion. Further evidence of her love for her children is the fact that she appreciates White’s Cream Vermi- , fuge the great remedy for worms Good mothers know its value, and use it promptly when they observe symptoms of worms, thereby restoring their children to perfect health THE COLUMBIA SENTINEL —Our iuvincible Me. interrogated a Lincoln darkey as to whether he ; prayed during the recent shock, to ' which the gable son replied that he ' didn’t have time. The claims to merit of Tabler’s ' Buckeye Pile Ointment will not fade away in the light of candid experi ■ ment, for it is the only remedy that I will afford permanent relief for piles. Many who have applied vainly to I physicians for relief, have found it only in Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Oint ment. Now you have the ilame of the greatest pile remedy. —Miss Zena E. Cook, one of the most accomplished and highly re spected belles of Harlem, Ga, is visit ing the family of Conductor R. P. Dodge, ou Frazier sheet. Miss Cook has a number of admirers in this’eity, who wish her visit here a most pleasant and lengthy one.—Atlanta CapitoL Many a person is starving with a full table before tlier.i. Appetite gone! Am bition gone! Life a burden! I Whatis the matter? The Liver has ceased to do its proper work. The life channel are clogged. Poisonous thuds are thrown back into the blo< d, which should be throw’ll out. SMITH'S BILE BEANS will surely .stimulate the live, to do its work well, and headache, sal lowness and bad breath w ill flee away. Price, 25 cents per bottle. All druggists. —Harlem has a new enterprise in the way of butter making. Mr. J. W. Me. says Mr. C. is churner while he deposits the ingredients, furnished by our genial townsman, Mr. O. H. The result of the trial out of a pint of milk furnished by Mr. W. S. L., was a piece of butter about the size of a hen egg, of which none of the party were disposed to test the quality, and which was finally deposited on Mam street, report says to undergo a post mortem examination. —There are remedies, and remedies but no preparation has ever been compounded to equal White’s Cream Vermifuge as a worm medicine. It is absolutely pure, safe, simple and efficacious and no mother who has ever tried it but pronounces it not ouly a success but the only worm medicine that postively accomplishes all that is claimed for it. Geo- F. Lamback. We direct special attention to the card of the Lamback Candy Manu facturing Company of Augusta, Ga., to be found in our columns of to-day. They make stick candy a specialty. Don't fail to consult this enterprising gentleman before making your pur chases. His means and facilities are ample, and superior inducements are offered to secure your patronage. — Provide yourself with a copy of the Sentinel and wend your way to 620 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. Another Death on the Rail- On Wednesday night of last week a negro, Jeff Calhoun, of Augusta, was detected stealing a ride to Au gusta on the fast train. When de tected it seems his first impulse was to jump from the train, then running at the rate of 35 or 40 miles per hour. The train hand tried to dissuade him, but jump he would and with fatal re sults, killing him almost instantly, near the 13 mile post. The verdict of the jury of inquest, W. J. Heggie, foreman, is in accordance with the facts above enumerated, attaching no blame upon the authorities of the road for the death of the unfortunate man. Phinizy & C». The house occupied by the firm i whose name stands at the head of this I article, is a new standard fire proof i building, erected by themselves, at No. 12 Jackson Street, and has a storage capacity for storing six thou sand bales, the largest of any single warehouse in Augusta. There facili ties for sampling, weighing and sell ing are proportionally superior, and i together with the extended experience, the thorough knowledge of the cotton business and the sagacious following of the market, gives them superior advantages in handling the staple with the best possible returns. Liberal advances are made on cotton consign ed to them, and they guarantee promptness, fairness and satisfaction. I Give them a trial “Wisdom, Justice and Moderation." HARLEM, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, ISSG. Augusta District—Ft»urlh Ruunl Below will be found a list of ap pointments of quarterly conferences: September. Grovetown—Reed's Mill, 11th and 12th. Baldwin, 18th and 19th. Milledgeville, 25th and 26th. OCTOBER. Culverton—Rock Mills, 2nd and 3rd. Hancock —Reynold's Chapel, 9th and 10th. Sparta, 16th and 17th. Norwood, 23rd and 24th. Richmond, 30th and 31st. NOVEMBER. Thomson, 6th and 7th. Warrenton, 13th and 14th. Appling, 20tb and 21st. Appointments for quarterly con ferences in Augusta churches to be published hereafter. Grovetown vs. Thomson. The above named clubs crossed bats in the diamond of the latter on Thursday August 26th, with Grove town at the bat, the first three innings were exceptionally veil played result ing in three goose eggs for latter and two for the former. During the re mainder of the game some costly errors were made allowing both clubs to score which otherwise would not have been done. Space forbids our giving a detailed account of the game and the brilliant playing on both sides, but we will ask to be excused and only speak of the unparalelled base running of Messrs. Jack and Will Norvell. The decision of the umpire, Mr. R. W. Hunt, of Augusta, was im partial, giving satisfaction and reflect ing credit upon him. The liest feel ing prevailed throughout, and all are satisfied that it was an evening well spout. AVfciot 1111 Cl Ofiiy ilif batting work for Columbia, and Hill and Langston for McDuffie. Were it not that the season is so far advanced, in all probability these clubs would meet again and we would suggest Harlem as a suitable place to play two games and decide the champion ship. The game resulted in victory for Grovetown by a score of 16 to 10. The Sentinel was present and kept the score. ON THE FLY. Fonda, N. Y., August 25, 1886. Editors Sentinel: Many new attractions have been added to the upper portion of Central Park since my last visit, notably, that of the obelisk or Cleopatra’s needle as it was called and described in the geography of our school boy days. This immense column of solid granite as it stood on the plain of Egypt has ever been considered one of the won ders of the world. The Kedive pre sented it to our government, without the remotest idea that an attempt would be made to remove it. He felt as secure in making this bequist ns we would in presenting him with Stone Mountain. But he coin ted without bis host. American tac, and perseverance can do almost anything. Capt Corring invented and built the necessary machinery and carried the monster pile in one solid mass to the sea where he had a large vessel built expressly for the occasion and pit it aboard, and brought it safely to New York. Six years ago when there I saw the vessel come in with the heavi st piece of stone ever transport ed across the Atlantic. It was hailed to its present site with one hundred horses, which with the aid of powerful blocks and pulleys was able to exirt a power equal to 1,000 horses wlich was necessary to move it. The lase or pedestal on which it stands is luilt of blocks of marble taken from oie of the Egyptian pyramids. I next visited the Cathedral, lup posed to be the finest structure in the world. This is on Fourth Avaiue and cost many millions of dollars It is always open and enter when you may you will find a goodly nunber engaged in solemn devotions. Al though this is a Catholic institutioi I i could but feel that there was a heavm ly atmosphere surrounding me, to ee iso many in silent,, earnest prayir, some constantly coming in, otters silently and reverently departing. I could hardly keep from stealing >ff from the rest of the party and in sone secluded corner breath forth a prajer to God for his protecting care and'or the privilege of that heavenly expri ence. I noticed the whole party vas deeply impressed and all seemed to be wraped in meditation. I Another night, was spent in the cool ; shades of a mansion on Jersey heights i and ihe next day 1 stepped on board the Mary Powell, said to be the fastest boat in the world, and took my leave of New York fora hundred mile ride up the river. An hours sail brings us alongside and in full view of River side Park. The tomb of the great soldier Grant is pointed out to the eager passengers. It is situated on a bluff overlooking the Hudson and guarded by a detail of soldiers. Hero of many a hard fought battle surround ed by his gallant Generals and thou sands of brave soldiers. But the last great enemy must be met single hand ed and alone. The battle is long, the struggle hard, but at last the old s Idier is unhorsed, vanquished, dead. He sleeps on yonder hill until the last great revelle is sounded. We glide swiftly on. The river is thickly dotted with all manner of craft whose white sails are spread to the brisk evening breeze. The two •rreatest and longest railroads in the world, skirt either shore. Their long trains drawn by monster iron horses are seen darting now through a tun nel under a mountain spur, next over a frightful trestle across an arm of the river that reaches far out between the hills. Every level spot contains a town or village and each hilltop the villa of some millionaire. We reach the narrows after sundown or in the “gloaming of the evening.” Hera our further progress seems entirely cut off by the highlands or mountain spurs that jut out over the river. The threaiing brow of old ‘storm king’ con fronts us as we wind our way around his base. Our ship is provided with a powerful electric light, the electri city being generated by a motor in the hold of the vessel. The light is of such power that objects can be dis tinctly seen for two miles ahead. But lor tins light it would be impossible to manage a vessel of this size through the narrows at night. The speed is slackened very much along hero ow ing to the short turns in the river. A few miles above it widens out and on the Ji ill to our right the city of Pough keepsie with its towering electric lightsis brought to view. A few moments more and the ponderous engines are reversed and we slide gracefully and noiselessly to the dock. And friends were here also to meet us. They had even brought the Ger man servant gin along to welcome us, and in the confusion 1 mistook her for one of my pretty neices. I soon discovered she talked Dutch but ahe had learned to kiss iu first class English. A few blocks up the hillside brought us toDellvoe Avenue. A lovely brick cottage here was to be our abiding place for the next four days. Next day was spent at Eastman Business College where yooug men are put through a thorough course of training. The Professors are the most compe tent and the college equipments the most complete perhaps of any insiilu tion of the kind in the country. Poughkeepsie Ims also reached a world wide renown ns being the seat of Vassar College, that wonderful place where women tire converted into men. at least as regards business capacities. They enter at, (be front door of the left wing, bashful,tamper ing lassies yet in their teens, and emerge .Tom the great front poich of the right wing full fledged doctors, lawyers, artists, electricians and as tronomers, rea !y to compete in all these branches and quite successfully too with (lie most brilliant men of the day. It requires many long months of patient study and much self denial, but when they receive their diploma’s and come forth, they come not as the bashful dependent g>rls as seen ayear or two before at the old homestead, tapping a little fancy air on the piano or purcliance making a pair of rick rack sleeves, but they now come fully equipped for life’s struggle. They start off with a firm step, with an air of independence and self reliance and a mind stored with knowledge of which they may feel proud knowing too that the world will love to honor and respect them. Many of these noble women are to-day living moun ments to the memory of good old Matthew Vassar who built and so generously endowed this college. He spent one million dollars, over half was used in putting up the buildings and beautifying the ground, and the balance as an endowment fund. The interest to be used in case ix is not self sustaining. He lived to see it started off on its good work. This year they have about 300 girls study ing hard to fit themselves (or future usefulness ami to do their part in , making die world happier and better. I spent the whole day there, was shown through the different, depart ( ments in the main building. Then an hour was spent, in the museum.— Another large building used uh an ait galery containing some of the finest paintings ami sculpture in the world The observatory was next visited where we find all the most improved apparatus for studying the heavens, another hour was spent here, gazing at. the stars and looking at. the maps and other papers that throw so much light on the charming study of as tronomy’. The grounds are kept in the most perfect stale. Everything abounds that, can please the eye, and the enchantment is such that. I was reluctant to leave. The next day was spent at the rooms of the Y. M. C. A. The very gentlemanly and Christian secretary took so much pains to show me around through the lecture rooms, the reading room, gymnasium and the swimming baths which are all so at tractive that a young man can spend his leisure hours here and find plenty of amusement or exercise, and the best books and papers (all the latest.) Comfortable easy’ chairs ami assur ance that he is a welcome visitor, My visit hero wound up with a Sunday School picnic, fine music, pretty chil dren with handsome sisters and in teresting mothers (most of the fathers stayed at homo.) Baskets loaded with good things all conspired to make me happy and the four days spent in the lovely city of Poughkeepsie will ever be a green spot on my memory. I leave to-morrow for the Mohawk Valley anfl the green hills of my na tive heath. 11. A. C. AUGUSTA LETTER. HIE EARTHQUAKE THE EFFECTS AND CAUSES THE STRIKE, SITUATION AND OUTLOOK. On the night of August 31st, while everything and everybody were in fancied security, and no one dreamed of the terrible ordeal through which they were destined to pass, Augusta was visited with a terrible earthquake. The first shock came about a quarter of ten o’clock, and started slowly but very perceptibly. As the seconds flew on, the shock grew heavier, until at last the earthand houses were rock ing and shaking like the waters of a mighty sea. Then followed the twelve or thirteen other shocks of that, terrible night. The shocks have since come irregularly and to-night—now as I write one has just passed. The peo ple as a general rule have camped in the middle of the streets, afraid even to go in and get changes of clothes. If I grow to be as old uh Methusela, the memory of the horror of that night wi 1 never ba eradicated fom my memory. It is as indellibly im pressed there ns if with letters of fire. It has caused many persons to think what they have been, what they have done in the past and repent. The churches in the city have held ser vices every night and are now hold ing. Large numbers have united with them. The people have not gotten over their scare yet. As long us the shocks continue they will not. This very night many arc on the streets hoping and praying against what seems io be the inevitable the hand of fate. It is thought the danger has passed, but the continuation causes people to give up and lose faith in any such assertions. The only damage resulting, was in the breakage of crockery and glass ware, marble statuary and chimneys, Ac. The loss will amount to several thousand dollars, but we are thankful to have gotten off'so easy. Our loss compared to our sister “the City by the Sea” is insignificant. Augusta has given her substantial aid, ami still continues to do so, and Charleston deserves it. She has passed through storm, cyclone, tidal waves, war and pestilence but managed to keep her head above the water, until this great disaster overtook her. She still clings to the old boat and will push bravely on. According to the statement of Prof McGhee, the U. S. Geologist, the earth is nine hundred and fifty thousand miles in circumference and has an undercoating of rock several hundred miles thick and on this the same amount of earth. He says thousands of years this rock has been preparing to tilt and at last tilted last week caus ing the shocks by the sliding of the earth down the inclined plane, caused I by the tjJ.Gng of t'ue rock-. He claims Terms, $1 A Year, In Advance. one end of this immense body ofroclq —the end which tilted—caught un derneath Charleston and if it had not; done so, we would all have been in the sea. That the catching of the rocK beneath Charleston causes the continued heavy shocks there. He further says this will not occur again in a thousand or more years, but that the present shaking may continue for a year. 1 do not profess to know any thing about earthquakes, cyclones or, anything of that kind, so I give the above statement for what it is worth, j His statements iupreas me very much. It has at least, an ail of probability* Some irresponsible parties go from door to door saying to the frightened women and children that we will have the hardest shock of all to-night, and those people who hear it, believe all that is said implicitly. These persons should bo jailed us soon as they are caught. They aro cranks of the first watef and are a cause of danger in any community. Our pilice authori ties should take this matter in hand, as they noted so nobly during the shocks. • The strike continues. That is, not the strike, but the lockout It is rumored that an early settlement will be made, as Council has authorised the Mayor to look into the matter and appoint a Committee of three, one to look after the interests of the Mill men, one for the laboring people and the Mayor to net us Chairman of the Committee nnd referee. This step is decisive and should not be allowed to Ing. The Committee can by judicious measures bring about the settlement of this aggravated trouble and they should be careful to look to the interests of both parties. All kind of rumors are afloat in reference to the matter, but hardly any of them aro credited. The great reason why these troubles have not been settled, is, there has been too much clawing and quarreling and foolish talking going on. The parties by their idle talk tail to come together. Neither side will concede the slightest thing ami it would appear just on first blush, a dogged determination on b>th sides to bite their nose off to spite their face. If a spirit of mutual concession and desire to arrange everything would pervade the delibe rations of the contending j air ties the troubles would soon be settled. There is no news here on account of the earthquake, further than earthquake news. The trade is practically dead for the next week at least. I am endeavoring to prepare a letter for next weeks issue on “Augusta as a railroad center, as a cotton market, her improvements and Augusta ns a representative city.” Hope your people have fully recover ed from the shocks. David. Renting. Editoi.h Sentinel: Politically speaking, wo nre renting, n rent, too, that in relished; highly ap preciated rent that we would have for at leant five yearn to come. Number Six ought to be satisfied, and in j>cr hapn, as she has from Senate down, all the candidates elect. Something rather remarkable that all the county ofliccrs, together with upper and lower house hail from Number Six. It is reasonable to suppose that dif ferences of opinion amounted in some instances to evil thoughts, such is hu man nature, ami is no crime if ban ished J his is easily done if we will meditate a little on our surroundings and more especially on “.Love your neighbor as yourself.” Let us strike hands in friendship and good humor edly travel on together. The excite ment is over, and if any of you while canvassing killed a dog, replace the canine. Didn’t exactly kill our Brown low, but excessive barking has chang ed his voice from stentorian to a “You—«nn’L hardly-hear-him. ” Our community has been discussing the probable origin of the recent earth shocks for a week, but of course we arc as yet in the dark us to the origin of these wonderfully fearful phenome • na. My grandmother remembers the earthquake of 1811. She was then 7 years old and says the shocks contin ued for five days, as many some days as three shocks, but none heavier than the slightest commotion we have ex perienced this time. G. A. H. St Louis Dispatch: Let no hasty man conclude that the cross-roads delegate is a “chump" simply because Im swallows a cooling draught from, the finger-bowl. VOL IV, NO. 49.