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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1891
Page
4
Athens residents urged to hire counsel to petition the Georgia Railroad Commission for safer track and rolling stock on the Northeastern line. The piece also surveys national politics, silver coinage support, and calls for balanced Civil War history in Georgia schools.
The Dallas Morning News surveys the Chili dispute noting favorable reports for the insurgents and the tension between the president and a majority of representatives. The piece suggests the people align with the representatives as a resumption approaches.
A brief editorial proclaims slavery as ended in the South with Appomattox and urges reflection on the nation’s moral reckoning. The passage critiques lingering ignorance while urging civic duty.
Lucas County firm of F J Carney & Co promises one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J Cheney swears he is senior partner, notes 6 December 1886. Claims cure works internally on blood and mucous membranes.
An extra freight train blocked the line about four miles from Athens after a car derailed from under a train, delaying the passenger run until 8:30 this morning. The incident marks the fourth wreck on the line in two weeks, prompting calls to inspect track conditions and ensure safer operations.
John L. Sullivan, world champion, reportedly knocked out in the first round by Townsend a Georgia railroad train hand aboard the Augusta to Macon run. The incident occurred amid Sullivan’s South tour with an acting company after a boozy stretch in Augusta. Townsend defended order on the car until the train arrived at its next stop.
The body of William Huff was found in the Oconee River on Sunday after a search by friends and relatives. Coroner Ab Pitner and a jury ruled the death as drowning. Huff, a planner with Lyre don’s mals a, was raised in the river and will be buried tomorrow.
Theodore Spinning, 52, New York native and Franklin Publishing House employee, was found dead in his Whitehall Street room near noon. He suffered bronchitis or consumption, which is given as the cause. The coroner will inquest this afternoon. he left no known survivor. His life was insured for $3,000 with the Odd Fellows.
A Black boy, Charles Springer, loses a hand while igniting dynamite to raise a drowned man to the surface. The missing body of William Huff remains unfound as officers pursue Roe in a city case amid rumors of further disappearance and pursuit.
The G C N railroad project in Athens pushes ahead with bridge pier construction using Lexington granite. One pier nearly finished and others soon under way. Foundations dug and final cut to connect with Macon and Covington nearly complete. Stone masons, masons, and engines bustle as the new line nears completion.
News from Athens details a fatal clash on Mr. Branch’s farm near Watkinsville. Two black men played cards when a dispute led to one striking the other with a paddle and the victim’s skull was crushed. The killer fled and remains at large.
In Rome Georgia today stockholders of the Fort Payne and Eastern railroad gather to form a regular organization and plan for early construction. Nine miles are already finished a corps of engineers will be sent to the field and work pushed as quickly as possible. All two million dollars in capital will be represented in a businesslike session.
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