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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1881
Page
2
The THechily Banner reports lively political debate across Georgia and Virginia. It covers proposed laws on pistols, a Northeastern circuit judge election, new capitol plans, and public sentiment on Atlanta’s growth, labor unrest, and statewide development, with notes on officials, ratings, and local incidents.
Five men already hanged in Pennsylvania for an insurance murder. the Lycoming county death of Joseph Miller, age 74, is examined for life-insurance links totaling about 40,000 with a 2,000 beneficiary, relying on stomach analysis. A teen fire accident near Rome and other local fires prompt warnings as literary references drift away and the Griffin Sun column closes.
In a biting railing against a grant issued circular from penitentiary camp No. 3, the writer ridicules the emphasis on hot house plants and annuals as a supposed reform tool. He mocks the reach of sentimentalism, condemns corporal punishment, and calls out the slow pace of reform while invoking a fable of a king and a frightened subject to underscore fear versus love.
A young man named Gibson, acquitted as insane, was ordered sent to the Norristown asylum. He has used morphia for sixteen years and injects doses to relieve pain, carrying a small injecting apparatus and papers of his life. His arm shows many punctures and his body bears marks of abuse. He claimed seven wives in Salt Lake City and a long education. The judge deemed him a proper patient for the asylum and he was driven away.
In Darlington County South Carolina a group of twenty white men resting under an oak were struck by a sudden electrical bolt. J M Mazingo Rufus Mazingo Willie Waters and John B Gatlin died. Twelve others were injured as tools lay nearby and rain followed the storm.
In a satirical scene the Czar doubles guards at the palace gate as a captain reports vigilance including a telescope watcher and a lightning rod man. Subtext hints at conspiracies, loyal watchmen, and a late reply from St. Ignac of Kownow while the Czar retires to his couch.
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