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PLOSION ON A TUG.
rinlVN >\ \TKRSTHESCENE
M THF ACCIDENT.
M , Hrlirtnl lo lx - Fatally In
v,iur Mlraraloni E|ifii-A
~,r i if** in lirwniillf'* .lall—
\olM of Interest In Cifnnjla and
, from Greenville. Meriwether
Juno Si, mk: “Lw YVednewlay
ll vent a,- u-ii.il lo ihi* jail
n<*r> unattended. Tti< r* wa
. ..nfined 11 (sin the chaiye of
..<1 nover ihowi any signs nf
.if Mil intent. and oonsetiucnlly
rmeixis with IlK' nut of tin*
nil- 0 this particular moni
\| .avit went in lo pat the food in
negro toM him to open
•,.l mate in a* he had a
-how him. Maffett, not
i> danger upon the |>art of
unee threw o|ien the door
No sooner ha.i he crossed tin*
• it** negm hit him a crushing
h*ad wdh an iron bar. which
Led ont of the window and kept
• rm-ath his !ed clothing. Before
19r10asness.however.hc wrencli
n the nctm'-hjnih and returnefl
ih • (noble forre. fracturing his
they both fell prostrate to the
as-istance arrived they found
a very -even* scalp wound and
-hull fractured in three places,
n.m last accounts, was dying, and
, ■ r>.r- intense excitement |i.
r> in Warren county is tor sale.
. :. l. .nng an anti-whi-kv |iolioy.
-•reel. * oliimhu-. i- lieing macad-
T - > reported as looking hale
... : a- hilleil on sandy creek
s•• • ■ were|wmm4 in Atlanta
■re- w.ll closest li o'clock during
:.a unii-ita! amount of sickness in
•r sai.s.ns closed their doom iu lal
,nl. ero|is are lamming and Ihe
-i selling ou the-treetsof A inert -
>: i r nwehet.
nf been sobl in l*errv this week
,r per bushel.
. i Athenian- will Imy summer
i, the • "untains.
X 'olf was tlie first newspaiier
-hod in Dalton.
.l.iu men around Ilawkinsvilh*
tnnpally for mules.
■' .tr tiaw, a prominent citizen of
t* t . die<t last Saturday.
* " sa>s Kllierton is verv proud
..infi ami lire company.
r-l cvecutiou occurred in Is*;.
I for a—aulting a w hue girl.
i...n10n. mother of the editors
r. diisl in Tallmtton a few days
- ri. the eldest sou of i .ongress
his arm broken by a fall >un
. .in n-slmred ai Macon to
prtsf.nmewt for murdering Itut
\ olunteers start on their West
ay They will take almut forty
. , .-t lucmlwnt.
li. man of Macon has recently
* j; jb.OML bequeathed hv an aunt
died North.
U- : •..-tistt hurvh is lieing organized
\ new bnililing for Ihe elmrch
- >a !e in progress of construct ion.
< claim- that Atlanta has in
•tv than 12.tW0 in population during
'.-ar—taking the figures of the
A. ill of this year to do the grad
ing Tavern aud Monrue. The
- completed all the way through
-d |.pwtattoo of Whitfield county
W hue mates. I.tai; females.
:.*3. I olored males, :2>: females,
s . >. j. Grand total, 3.505.
...in ■ ailed “Little ltill Jordan,” of
• tv. has l*eu arrested and lodged
Newton, charged with a heinous
-l to- fiuirteen-.tear-olddaughter.
* * bridge will soon la* tin* que*-
• mrens cennty. The |mll- will la*
mri and every oae will have anopportn
. .rdinghL- citoice one way or the
t Mudditi savs that on Mf. Wil
i'* place a mail buzzard, seeming
-in-, made fight at Mr. Stanley's
V dime of odd lead quirted the
>n Puidic l.ilirary Directors have
•.ivean evctir-ion to Atlanta uu
. June iB. for Uu* benefit of the
. to reciprocate the visit of the At
niy last week
vp hand- are gradiug the A. K. and
-••ad. and additional hands are Is-ing
to this force as fast as they can lie
Three mib*s of the road are ready
cross-ties ami iron.
ItavVin-i illr */.'/, B ais that .fames
l-~ on of Up—tow coaniv, Ksl In- purse.
ig kW. white in Ilawkiusville last
ami the same was found by Mr. J.lrnlui
ui"B(d to its owner,
it. A. Savage, of Raker county, died
and at the time of her death was a
te la*gt<*n of Honor at Newton.
• in-nre| for Ihufti. The monev was
• r hn-baud on last Saturday.
„.lav little t arrie Harris, ten rears
uci{ eighty-four verse- from the
■ unger -i-ter. Essie, nine rears
.ting fifty-two verses, at Frog ‘Pond
' hi Mil. all of which they had eom
nciaory during the week".
Crams brothers, of Hamilton, raised
watermelon vine 1,70 u feet long,
h they gathered over 4uo pounds of
Tin* line wa measured, aud the
vouched tor byJ. If. C. t arr, said
able ajrentleman as Harris countv
Mr. i>atnr' church, on Wheat
A unt*. >uutly, a collectum was
:.n'h amounted to (1.059 T 5. This
- the largest collection ever made
a colored church in Atlanta,
■lieeted is to be used in building
egeon Wheat street,
impression in Augusta is that
•• .(•ectal election next week will
. fat or of the abolition of the l*o
-- on. Much feeling is manifested
The I “resident of the conunis
j cant denies that the police
mm is. ion cost any more than
>uncil.
is -’ot rnal says: “On Monday
Reynolds, with a scythe Idade
ruder, was riding a liiule to his
town, w hen said mule became
ussing train and threw Mr.
i*e ground. falling With his neck
iade. Fortunately he was not
ut his tight hand received a pain
v- • • , V- : "VI !•-,
.si jesterday returns from the
Iri-h i sit a toes shipped last week
Five .ix lmrrels lo tted ten dol
in'* arrived in had condition
lie to pav freight on them, but
. hnnfred and twentysflve
. t ;i on hi t- bees, she is not de
dent of the Board of Educa
. nd county has not i lied the
.:>• attending the public
I in' allow them to tie alssent
'' -i v nations now in progress.snch
•:ii ihe i tuldrvn from receiving
• anl. which loss will com]M>l
rn t.. tne same grade the next
1 tte\ beld at the last.
c''i to savs: “We learn that
< aptam Whitsitt's saw-mil),
m from Ringgold, exploded
moon with terrific force
Ui.mge. t harles Bayless, the
VV alter I-ainhcrt. the' sawyer,
r .li injnrtsl, but neither fatally
’ ■ as badly wrecked. It is not
t * -u .lilt'd the explosion."
. " >de is the largest sheep raiser in
t>. Notwithstanding he has
tort unate in losing his sheen
-t winter, he has now on hand.
> ■- n t wo ami three hundred head
ti a. lie has also on hand and
five hundred pounds of clear
.-.in'* shearing, for which he
/ S cents jiourid.
• rs from Wiseonain have been in
i ;eiu4vely at Bainbridgv. Two
-of the |>arty bought the fair
: tlierc. and will proceed at once
re saw mill, barrel manufactory.
jjT - ‘i-s'r. -ash and blind factory, etc.
hev will cut a canal. Him the
-h. and dredge out the bayou
i above the fairgrounds
_ r logs (or the saw mill.
nWowtnr says: “Last Friday
.. G. Peavy came to Vienna in
• sgnn. aSd. as he started out of
* ’ • hi.rse ami w agon on the street.
* - Man l‘..rter in the vehicle, holding
wa, horse lieearae frightenel at
i was hanging near by, and ran
v. -are, < ante in contact with a plank
Ts*. • • forty feet of it completely down.
<V i.r,mg the wagon, emptying Miss
. ral sacks of nour, chairs, hwiacs
m. 11 M small l.nndle*. on the ground.
-haft, ibe singletree, the har
u. -dishing things generally. The
ar.wi fell over the lady but for
■ ine out with ontv one cheek
she held on to the reins bravely
.. ' inmeti oTer.”
s at N. wnjLß of th*
Ncwnan Guard*. who were
’-orgta regiment of the volunteer
'tierwaid* in the Twelfth Oeor
. . thirtv-seven men responded to
>*- *•’ Twenty-three will attend the
R ~ | ,|>t regiment at New
gL t****** on Um Inturth day of July.
, *rtrenpwit|( this company in the
o. regiment, twenty-one were
* ng the war, thirtv-four were
u T ' B ‘> flrtrs-a did of disease, making a
T. ifc ,.'” , ’ B *J.r more than one-half. In
rganiratin— -luring the w.-ir
Vi t . their company rose to the
v, . I tenant ' Colonels four
“•*e t aptmlna, one Adju-
Savannah morning news
tant, fifteen Lieutenants and three Assistant
surgeon-. Major .1. W. Anderson, of the old
first Georgia regiment, presided over the
meeting.
Florida'.
Tavares has a co-operative restaurant.
Milk is 15 cents per quart at Cedar Key.
An apiary has been started at Key West.
J bt l ity was incorporated on the sth
Kustis, Orange countv, is to have a news
iaper.
An ice ear is lining run between Sanford and
Orlando, making til-weekly trips.
A steam mail service will lie established l>e
tween Apalaehieola and St. Mark’s.
Eggs are 30 cents per dozen at I)e Land and
Jacksonville, and only 8 cents at Tallahassee.
A move is on font, at Hrooksville, to organ
ize a stock company to erect a large male and
female college.
The Right Rev. John Freeman Young,
Bishop of Florida, will visit Emanuel Church,
" elaka, on Sunday, June 10th.
Then* are thirty-five prisoners in the Duval
county jail. Five of these are white and seven
are women. One is a murderer.
A party of Cincinnatians have bought 5,000
acres in Florida, known as the Apopka Moun
tains, and will build a $ 100,000 hotel there.
Judging front receipts at Key West thus
far. over fifty thousand dozen pine-apples
w ill be shipped North from the port of Kev
" est this year. t
John Williams, a colored man in the employ
oi 11. A. Tanner, of lie Land, got drunk one
day last weelr, fell off his untie and was run
over and killed.
The Sumterville 7Yi/s* says W. W. Cassady
i- making contracts with’ parties in Sumter
county to exchange land for stock in General
Gordon's railroad.
Granville Burke, who last year lived at
hllaville, shot and killed a mau by tlie name
of Madison, near New Brand ford in Suwannee
county, some time last week.
\t ater in Lake Jesup is getting very low,
there living only about three feet at the month
of the canal. Rain i- greatly needed not only
for the lienctit of navigation’lmt for crops.
1 hiring the past season, commencing in No
vember. IXSi, and iu April. 18*3. 10S.3WJ sacks
and 576 barrels, aggregating 11,342 tons or
guano, were shipped from Pensacola to differ
ent parts of the country.
K. McLaughlin, D. Kagan, t. . Collius and
>. R. Carter, of Jacksonville, are the incorpo
raturs of anew railroad to run from Jackson
ville to Enterprise. It will be known as the
>t. John's River llailwav, and will lie about
140 miles in length.
V. R. t arter, charged with the murder of
the late J. YV. Griflin, at Orlando, has
•*en found guilty of murder in the first de
gree. It is thought that the case will be car
ried to the Supreme Court liefore it is finally
disposed of. This is the second time this case
ha- been tried, the jury having made a mis
trial liefore.
While Mr. Tharp, of Greenville, was absent
from home a few nights ago, his house was
burned and his wife, who wa- his second one,
was missing. It is now surmised that she stole
sso from a rilled trunk which was saved from
the fire, fired the house to conceal her crime,
and eloped to Texas with an unknown man,
riding iu a buggy. Mr. Tharp’s sou is safe
witli liis father.
The Putnam County Journal has the follow
ing: “The steamer Twilight was sunk at'the
old wharf at Georgetown last Friday. The
waves from the Dugan, which was passing,
caused the Twilight to lie forced against the
-pilesof the dock, one of them.breaking a hole
in her hull. She sank in nine feet of water.
Workmen are now engaged on her and it ts
supposed she will lie raised soon.”
On Wednesday evenimr a serious, if not
fatal, accident happened on the tug Athlete
near Eernandina. she was towing a large
vessel in, and when near the fort the walking
beam suddenly gave way. This was followed
ly the blowing out of the top and afterwards
the bottom cylinder head. Captain Sara De
net te was blown through one partition wall
into the wheel house and lodged in what is
know n as the “A" frame on the outside of the
wheel house. He was seriously if not fatally
injured. The engineer, William Bowman,
ran into the engine room to shut off the
-team, and was also badly scalded alumt the
face and arms. Captain Parsons, who was
on board at the time, and all of the crew (ex
cept the cook) Jumped overbdard, and were
rescued by the vessel’s boats. The cook at
tempted to get through a small hole in the
guanls aud got hung, and remained so until
the crew went back on board and pulled him
out. The damages are lietween $3,000 and
*4,000.
HOT WORDS IN THF COMMONS.
Lord Randolph Churchill Resurrects the
Egyptian War Wrangle.
London, .June B. —A stormy debate
arose in the House of Commons to-day on
a niofTon to recommit the Lord XVolselev
and Huron A Ices ter annuity bills for the
puriMise of commuting the proposed pen
sions for lump sums of money.
Sir Wilford Lawson (Radical; and Lord
Randolph Churchill (Conservative) op
i>osed the motion. Tht* latter alleged that
an inquiry into the Egyptian war was
first necessary. The origin of the war lie
said was disgraceful, not glorious, as the
government's puppet, the Khedive, was
the real author of'the massacres at Alex
dria.
Sir start'ord Northcote, Conservative,
supported the government. The opposi
tion to the grants he characterized as
shabby. The present occasion, he said,
was not suitable for raising a question as
to the policy of the war. lie declined to
Ik* led by Lord Randolph Churchill, and
he hoped that the house would not lie in
duced by tlie noble Lord to accept a posi
tion degrading to its honor.
Premier Gladstone declares that Lord
Randolph Churchill's allegation in regard
to the Khedive was entirely at variance
with all the evidence in the hands of the
government.
Lord Randolph Churchill promised to
give proofs of his statement if the govern
ment would grant a proper inquiry.
CROOK'S ENCAMPMENT.
The General Reported to tie Only Thirty
Mites from Nacorl.
Ch ic ago, J une B.—A Tombstone special
by courier from Mexico relates that Gen
eral Crook is encamped thirty miles north
east of Nacori. from which point he is
sending scouts out in all directions. Up
to the time of the departure of the cou
rier he had been unsuccessful in
discovering any signs of the
Indians. Captain Casona’s company
of Xlexican regulars have left Oposur,
Sonora, to join Gen. Crook. They num
ber one hundred and fifty men- If Gen.
Crook accomplishes anything it must lie
bv June 20, as the rainy season will
have then set in, and the streams in the
mountains will be so swollen as to pre
vent passage by troops. Gen. Crook’s
present camp is on the spot where Col.
Garcia had liis tight with the Indians
April 20.
Tbe First General to Die.
Tennillk, Ga., dune B.—ln reference
to the first Confederate General killed dur
ing the war lietween the States l>oth Gen,
Early and your correspondent, Chatham,
are mistaken. The first Confederate Gen
eral killed was Den. Robert S. Garnett, of
Virginia. He was in command of the
Confederate forces in Northwestern Vir
ginia, and was forced to retreat before the
•Teatly superior foree of Gen. McClellan,
and while making a stand at Carrick’s
Ford, on the Cheat river, in order to ena
ble the baggage and ambulance train to
■ret a start, he was killed near the river on
the 14thof July, 1361- W. C. M.
Turkish Reverses in Albania.
C ati. a ho, Dalmatia, June B.—A force
of 3W Turkish regulars which was march
ing to Sipeanit, was attacked and murder
ed on the Ist instant by a body of \ ottis.
Accounts have l>een receiedJtere that
sanguinarv fighting took place on the
second and thinl of this month in Albania
between a foree of Turkish troops under
the command of Assym Pasha and a body
of t'astratis. The Turks are reported to
have lost 1,300 men and the Castratis 500.
Am English Dispatch Steamer Tost.
London, June s.—Her Majesty’s dis
iiatch steamer Lively has stranded near
Stormaway, and is a total wreck. "he
loss is £150,000.
High Licenses In Illinois.
SpitixGHEi.i*, 111., June B.—The high
license bill passed the House to-day hv a
vote of TO to 55, and will no doubt pass
the Senate.
Burned to Death.
* Troy, X. Y., June During a fire in
some barus at East chazy this morning a
father and son nametl Cushing were
burned to death.
Prussia and the Vatican.
Home. June B.—An article punished in
U Monitor de Rome is ronsulered as
proving clearly that' atica ” £***;„'
fii>d with the new church bill of 1 rttssta.
An Oarsman Drowned.
Poughkeepsie, June B.— William
Stevens, the once noted oarsman, was
found drowned to-day, it was accidental.
When you sutler from dyspepsia, heart
burn malarial affections, kidney disease,
liver complaint, and other wasting dis
eases. When vou wish to enrich the blood
and purify the system generally. When
Jou wish to remove all feeling of weakness
weariness, lack of energy, trv a bottle of
Brown’s Iron Bitters and see bow greatl)
it will benefit vou. It surpasses all known
remedies'asaii enrieher of the bloodand
a perfect regulator of the various Hodilv
functions. Ask your druggist.
STEVENSON’S EXPIATION.
A TRAGIC SCENE ON THE LAW
RENCEVILIjE GIBBET.
The Last Farewells—A Night of Lnrest
Nerving for •tlie Ordeal—Marched
trom the Jail—A Melo-dramatic llar
angue—Bold to the Last—A Torturous
Strangulation.
Lawrenckvii.i.e. June B.— Elbert XL
Stevenson was publicly banged here
day in the presence of 8,000 spectators for
the murder of his aunt in August, 1881.
The gibbet was erected in an open field
half a mile distant from the jaii, and so
situated as to aflord advantageous accom
modation for fully 20,000 spectators.
hile to-day’s throng did not cover every
available standing place, it was neverthe
less one of the largest ever present at any
Georgia execution. Two facts question
less had great influence in collecting the
throng. One is that Stevenson was the first
white man who had paid the death pen
alty in Gwinnett county in forty years.
Stevenson’s relatives and more intimate
friends took their farewell yesterday after
noon. The only time that tlie scene was ient
a tinge of the pathetic was when the
doomed man parted with his sister, whose
love for her brother was constant when
all the world seemed to have turned
against him. Both wept copiously.
He lost all control of himself. She
was* frantic and almost convulsive.
They were the first and only
tears which Stevenson had shed since his
arrest and imprisonment. His wife did
not visit him. Wiien her absence was re
marked it was explained that the enor
mity of her husband's crime had alien
ated her affection. After his sister's depar
ture the murderer regained his com
posure, and donned his old air of indiffer
ence to his fate. He talked freely with
the visitors w ho were admitted to the jail
and found time during the dav to write
several letters—“tarewells” as he called
them—to his friends. Throughout his
conversation it was noticeable, however
that he studiously avoided any reference
to his crime. At supper time he ate
heartily, but could not conceal the nei>
vousness which was slowlv but surely
overmastering his determination as
daylight gave place to the dark
ness of night. At 10 o’clock his con
dition was truly pitiable. From time to
time he appeared startled, and a horror
stricken expression chased serenity from
his face. During the whole night he con
tinued restless, and w hen he slept moaned
and tossed almost incessantly. The death
watch narrates the hours as heartrending.
Stevenson got but three hours of this un
refreshing sleep during the whole night,
remaining reclining but wide awake
during most or the rest of the time. At
the first peep of dawn he was astir in his
cell, and dressed himself w ith scrupulous
care in a suit of Confederate grey. Bv
breakfast time he had quieted his nerves,
and when the meal was served eat with the
avidity of apparent hunger. At an early
hour a crowd gathered without the jail
and stood patient sentries awaiting the
prisoner’s removal. From time to time
Stevenson conversed with the
throng through the iron bars of
his cell window. The sight
of so many people seemed to inspire him
with new ambition to die without flinch
ing, and from !l o’clock out his demeanor
was jocose and intended to convey the
impression that he rather gloried in his
late than otherwise. At 11 o’clock Rev.
Wm. Winn and Mr. Reid were admitted
to the prisoner’s cell, where they spent
the time until 12 o’clock in prayer, exhor
tation and singing. Shortly liefore noon a
guard of sixty men drew up in front of
the entrance to the jail, and held the
curious crowd in bounds. A few
minutes later Stevenson appeared on
the threshold escorted by the Sheriff and
his deputy. A few steps took them to a
carriage which was in waiting to convey
them to the gallows, Stevenson was
cool and unconcerned and walked w ith a
braggadocio swagger, which evidently
“took” with some of the crowd.
Before the coachman gave the word Ste
venson turned to the crowd, and with a
satirical curl playing around his month,
harangued saying: “You will, see
will see a sight to-day never seen before.
Put down your umbrellas so that all can
see me.”
A crowd through which the guard had
to fairly push their way, followed and
preceded the conveyance to the gallows.
Fully 500 white women were noticeable in
the crush, not to mention the swarm
of uegresses. During the drive
the prisoner regaled his fol
lowers with a song, which seemed
to ive greatly appreciated, some giving
vent to their enjoyment by joining in the
tune and others by vociferous plaudits,
lie betrayed no trepidation while mount
ing- the gtblvet. and once upon it, sat down
with one foot on the trap, while with
his hands he playfully dangled
the hempen rope which he knew was so
soon to play so important a part in his
death. Now' and then as he espied a fa
miliar face in the crowd he called the
person by name and bandied expressions
with him. Many asked him if he was
guilty, but he answered equivocally.
His farewell speech was an ineo’herent
jumble of rambling words spoken with
out apparent aim and evidently for the
purpose of prolonging the spectacle. Dur
ing the whole of his mummery, however,
he did not forget himself sufficiently
to make the slightest allusion to the crime
for which he was to die. Even when the
black cap was put on his coolness did not
desert him, and he stood without emotion.
Hosts of his friends in the crowd shouted
good-bye to him and urged him to
admit or deny his guilt, but he stoically
refused to say either yes or no. After
the singing of a song and a prayer by the
Rev. Mr. Winn, Stevenson was notified
that he had but three minutes to live, and
again urged to make a confession, but
he still refused to admit or deny,
although even urged with tears.
He had just commenced to ex.
liort again when the trap fell at
1:07 o’clock, and his words were cut
short by his terrible plunge into eternity.
The fall failed to break his neck, and
death did not ensue until fully twenty min
utes had elapsed. The convulsive clutch
ing of the hands and the relaxa
tion of the muscles tohl the most dis
tant spectator that Elbert Steven
son was dead, and a terrible crime, as
far as possible, expiated. It was fully
fortv minutes ivefore the body was
cut'down, but throughout the whole of
that time the crowd stood with
their bulging eyes riveted on the
corpse, surmounted by the hideous black
cap, as though spell-bound. When the
remains were finally lowered they were
taken in charge by an uncle of the dead
man, his wife having refused to receive
them. They will be interred in the same
church yard where Hoe tho woman lie
murdered and her little son.
STEVENSON’S FATAL PASSION.
Tlie Story of tlie Melancholy Romance
Which Ended in Murder and Hanging.
It is doubtful whether tlie pages of
crime furnish a more melancholy ro
mance than that which found its closing
chapter in Elltert Stevenson’s death on
the gibbet to-dav. The aunt whom lie
murdered was left a widow in 1869 with
one son of only a few years. The mother
was still young and of fascinating beauty.
The bov was a flaxen-haired little
fellow who was the pet of all the neigh
borhood. His mother’s estate, left by
her husband ,consisted of a small but fer
tile* farm on the outskirts of Lawrence
ville where, by the way, all the princi
nals implicated in the tragedy had spent
their lives from birth. In 1870 the comely
widow employed her husband’s nephew,
Elbert M. Stevenson, the murderer, to
work her farm. He was at that time
twenty-one years ot age. Soon after his em
ployment he developed a mad infatuation
f or his fair kinswoman which could brook
no rival. The aunt noticed it, but
thought it no more than the passing in
fatuation of vouth. Such, however, was
not the case'with Stevenson; and grow
ing bold in his wooing, lie finally made a
proiiosition of marriage. Learning that
the nuptials could not be legalized,
he told his aunt that she should
never marry another, vowing that
Ce would kill her before
hp would permit the solemnization of the
nuptials. Stevenson himself, however,
sought consolation in marrying. He did
not forget his love for his aunt, however,
and after having lived with his wife for a
tune proposed to his relative that they flee
the countrv together. She refused to listen
to his proposals time and time again, and
finallv beeaine engaged to another man
Tlbc°"w “\£B&
JLrs? s*srs
.email who*, love be could Mrt who On.
dav when the tamilv w as .
stealthily entered the house of b brother
in-law and stole his rifle. At a distant
country store be procured a supply of
ammunition. Armed and nerved tor the
terrible crime he patiently abided a
favorable season for its perpetration.
Monday August 15, 1881, had been set
apart by the honest yeomanrv of
the peaceful little * hamlet as
the day for preparing the neighboring
camp meeting ground for the annual re
vival. On the morning of that day Ste
venson smuggled his gun to a favorable
thicket, and after telling his family that
he was going with the rest of the then to
the camp ground, left the house. As
quickly as possible he made his way by a
circuitous route to the vicinity of "liis
aunt’s house and ambushed himself to
await a favorable time for her
assassination. She was working in the
yard at the time, and little dreamed
i °f the awful doom hanging over her. All
of a sudden Stevenson sprang from his
hiding place with his gun in hand and
approached her. Frightened by the dan
| gerous gleam in his eves, she gave a
scream, which brought "her little son to
her side. Stevenson had disappeared in
; the woods before the lad caught sight of
him. and the mother, thinking that she
might possibly have been frightened with
out good cause, said nothing to the
boy abotit the cause of her fright, putting
his query off with a trifling excuse. In a
1 few minutes the little fellow went to a
j distant part of the farm, and the mother
entered the kitchen in the rear of her
: house and engaged in making prepara
, tions tor dinner. Stevenson crept up
behind a smoke house and assured him-
I self that his gun was in readiness. Then
j advancing suddenly he. stood iu the
open doorway of the kitchen. The
woman saw his shadow on
the floor, and as she raised to turn
around Stevenson tired. The ball plough
ed through the skin on her back and
lodged in tlie wall. Before she could
raise herself the assassin tired again, the
ball cutting her back bone nearly iu two,
severing the marrow and leaving pieces
of the poisonous lead lodged among the
fragmenis of shattered bone. Like a
hideous maniac, fiendish with frenzy,
Stevenson tired a third time, and seut’a
bullet right through the doomed woman’s
body. The ball entered from the left side,
made its exit on the right, struck the
wall and rebounded back, falling to the
floor with a sickening thud. With a
quick movement the murderer pressed
the rifle against his shoulder for a fourth
time, and, pulling the trigger with a nerv
ous clutch, sent a final bullet through
his bleeding victim’s writhing body.
The firing was done with marvelous ra
pidity, and before Mrs. Stevenson could
gain an upright position she fell back
ward to the floor, with the lower half of
her body completely paralyzed. As she
fell her large sun bonnet fell off, and with
her last despairing glance she recognized
her assassin as he turned to flee front the
yard.
The firing was heard a long way off,
and a crowd quickly gathered around the
house. Before she died, which occurred
eight weeks after the shooting, she ex
jiosed the identity of her assassin. When
caught he coolly denied tlie shooting, and
though lynching was confidently expected,
escaped such a fate and went to trial.
There were two prominent features inci
dent to the trial, tine was the unsuc
cessful attempt to shoulder the crime on
the murdered woman’s little son. The
other was Stevenson’s assertion that an
improper intimacy had existed be
tweoen his aunt and himself
for years, The only effect
of these ruses, however, was
to embitter public feeling against him.
The jury was unanimous for conviction
on the first ballot. When brought up for
sentence Stevenson raved like a maniac
and it took several men to hold him. When
asked if he had anything to say for him
self he stood like a mute, gazing with a
fixed stare at the ceiling. He was to
have expiated his crime on the 11th ot last
May, but Governor Boynton, who was
just about to retire, corfimuted the sen
tence to to-day,June B,in orderthatGover
nor McDaniel might pass upon the case.
The present Governor a week or two ago
reported that he could find no grounds for
interfering in the prisoner's behalf.
FLORIDA'S SHIP CAN A 1,.
Hardly a Doubt but that It Will be
Energetically Pushed.
New York, June 8, —\ meeting of the
Florida Ship Canal and Transit Company
was held here to-day, It was presided
over by Hon. John C. Brown, of Tennes
see, Highly eueouraging reports were
made by the various committees, and
the feeling of confidence in the suc
cess of the enterprise was very marked,
Gen, Charles P. Stone, Chief Engineer,
was present. He stated that he had ex
amined fully the reports of the previous
engineers, and entertained no doubt of
the f easibility of constructing a tide water
ship canal across the peninsula of Florida.
He also stated that his assistant engi
neer, A. F. Hill, is already on the ground
in Florida, and that the actual work of
the survey will begin immediately. The
survey will be completed in about six
weeks, and as soon as the exaet route of
the canal is determined upon the contract
will he let and the work will Ik* pushed
with all possible vigor. It is
thought that work will begin by Sep
tember next, General Stone has had
large experience in Egypt in connection
with the Suez canal. Leading capitalists
in this country and England ure eager to
furnish the funds required for the con
struction of the canal. It is well under
stood here that the canal will have the
backing and friendly co-operation of the
great Texas and Arkansas system of
roads, with connections ramifying
throughout the Southwest and extending
to the Pacific. Gen. Stone expects to be
in Florida in two weeks.
PIERCED BY A RIVAL’S BULLET.
Two Yirginia l'oliti• inn* Figlit a Fatal
Duel on Horseback.
New York, June B.—A special dis-i
patch from Richmond, Va„ says that a
roadside duel took place near Patrick
Court House yesterday, between Sheriff -
Donckley, a Democrat recently elected,
and NY. T. Waller, his opponent.
NValler, it is believed, was mor
tally wounded. Both were on horse
back, riding down the mountain side,
when NValler espied his enemy and gave
notice of his intention to open tire. He
tired the first shot and Donckley returned
the fire. At the third round Donckley’s
horse fell dead. The tight continued until
NValler fell from his horse, pierced bv a
ball from his adversary’s pistol.
NO LOVE FOR DE LESSEPS.
The English Director* of tlie Suez Canal
Aroused,
London, June B—The commission ap
pointed at a meeting of influential ship
owners here on the project for the con
wtruotion of another canal across the
Isthmus of Suez, met and resolved to pro
ceed vigorously with the work, especially
as the statements made by the Count pe
Lesseps at the meeting of the Suez Canal
Company in Paris recently are regarded
as most unsatisfactory. The assumption
of M. De Lesseps that harmony existslie
t ween himself anil the English directors
is strongly disapproved.
A Little Girl Outraged.
New York, June B.—A few days ago
two children of Joseph Mott, of Glen
Cove, L. 1., while playing in the woods
vvery accosted by an unknown man. He
sent the l>oy on an errand.- and then rav
ished the little girl, using a knife the
lietter to accomplish his purpose. When
the boy returned his sister was lying
unconscious on the ground. She ‘was
taken home, where site lingered in great
agony until yesterday, when she died. No
arrests have’been made as yet.
China’s War Signal.
Paris, June B.—Only in the event of
France attempting to establishing water
communication between Tonqufn and
Yun Nan will China abandon her passive
attitude and close her ports against the
Trench.
Toulon, June 8. —Six thousand men are
in readiness to embark for Tonquin it
their services are needed.
A County Treasurer 815.000 Short.
Harrington, Ixd., June B.—Lawson
E. Me Kinney .Treasurer of Monroe county,
is $15,000 short in his accounts. H'is
bondsmen have-to make good SII,OOO.
Stock speculation was the cause.
Snow in Colorado.
Denver, June B.—A heavy snow storm
has been in progress since morning.
After They Went Fishing.
• They didn’t catch many fish, * although
they had a great deal of fun and got them
selves wet all over when the log they had
lieeu sitting on rolled over a#d dropped
them into the water. The biggest catch
ot the day was the severe cold they caught
from not being properly dried when they
came out. A summer cold is quite as
dangerous as one in winter, but Perry
Davis' Pain Killer is the sovereign reme
dy in case of either.
SAVANNAH. SATURDAY. JUNE !), 1883.
NO HOPE FOR PLEASANT.
HIS BOND AGAIN IN THE SOLICI
TOR’S HANDS.
Its Rejection a Foregone Conclusion—
Wimberly Still to the Fore—A Motion
Submitted in the Bigelow-Mason Case
—Union Pacific Directors Appointed.
Washington', June B.—Pleasant's bond
was to-day referred to the Solicitor of
the Treasury. There went with it the
adverse report of District Attorney Dar
nell and all tlie other papers relative to
it, which have heretofore been mentioned
in the News. Judging from them and
front the expressions of the Internal Reve
nue Bureau officials and the Secretary
of the Treasury, there is no doubt but
that the bond, which, as heretofore stated,
is the same old rejected instrument, will
lie again rejected. Its reference to the
Solicitor of the Treasury seems to lie
a mere form. The report upon it will be
made by that official to-morrow. The in
dications still strongly point to Wimberly
as Pleasant’s successor.
The suit to recover |B,OOO counsel fees
brought by .Mr. Bigelow, the attorney of
this city, against Bettie E. Mason, the
wife of Sergeant Mason, who is now
serving out a sentence of imprisonment
for attempting to shoot Guiteau, came up
to-day on a motion to dissolve the order
restraining Mrs. Mason from using the
money collected for her some time ago lij
public subscriptions. Among the papers
submitted by Mrs. Mason’s counsel was a
letter from the counsel for Mr. Bigelow,
offering in behalf of his client to relin
quish all claims for SSOO. The ease was
submitted without argument.
President Arthur has appointed the fol
lowing government directors for the Union
Pacific Railroad Company: Isaac H.
Brombley of Connecticut, George G.
Haven of New York, Watson Parish of
Nebraska, Col. Gate Hoyt of New York,
and Arthur L. Conger of Ohio.
THE RATE COMMITTEE.
Another Fruitless Session Held at tlie
State Capital.
Atlanta, June 8. —The Rate Committee
of the Southern Steamship and Railway
Association closed its session this after
noon. The committee heard from repre
sentatives of merchants and the Board of
Trade in regard to more favorable freight
rates for Atlanta, but failed to agree on
any reduction. The matter now goes to
the Executive Committee of the Associa
tion for their consideration and action.
The Atlanta committee consisted of
Messrs. B. E. Crane, G. T. Dodd, J. G.
Oglesby, Louis Gholstin, D. M. Bain, G.
AV. Akers, S. Everedt and Wallace Mc-
Pherson. Major Crane spoke for the com
mittee, and showed that Atlanta was
placed at great disadvantage by the pres
ent arrangement of freight rates. The
committee asked that the rates he regu
lated by mileage and volume of business,
or by some just and proper standard. At
lanta now stands at the head of the list ol
Georgia cities for high rates, and the mer
chants ask for an equitable revision. Re
marks were also made by Louis Gholstin
on the same line with Mr, Crane.
Captain G. A. Whitehead goes home
to-night. The Rate Committee met
in the office of Commissioner Virgil Pow
ers, Chairman, and the following gen
eral freight agents were present: E. P.
Wilson, Cincinnati Southern; G. A.
Whitehead, Central; J. XL Brown, NVest
ern and Atlantic; J, R. Ogden, East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia; 8. B. Pick
ens, South Corolina: J. XL Culp, Louis
ville and Nashville, and R. D. Carpenter,
ot the Associated lines, Besides these
there were attending the meeting, Col
onel TANARUS, 11. Carter, the arbitrator of
the association; R. A, Anderson,
Superintendent; J, L. Dickey and XV.
11. Plane, of the Western and Atlantic;
11. ColUeran, Alabama and Great South
ern; XV. S. St, George, Cincinnati South
ern; J. L, Taylor, Savannah, Florida and
XVostern; J. J. Griffin, East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia; S. C. Barnuni.
Richmond and Danville; J. A, Sams,Lou
isville and Nashville; Mr, XV a I lace, of tlie
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis; B.
Brown, Pensacola and Atlantic; D. YV.-
Appier, Central; T>. Cardwell, Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta; J. 11. Drake,
Richmond and Danville; C. A. Sindall,
Secretary, and Xlilo 8.. Freeman, clearing
house agent of the association.
Judge Branham having granted anew
trial in the case of the State vs. tlie Bank
of Rome, Attorney General Anderson will
carry the case to the Supreme Court on a
writ'of error. Certain parties in Rome
seem determined to keep the State from
receiving the amount due her, but Xlr.
Anderson is equally as determined to
spare no effort to save the Treasury from
loss by the failure of this bank.
Telegrams received from Judge Martin
J. Crawford, in Columbus, report him
some better. He lias lieen removed to his
son’s house, and his recovery is now
hoped for.
“Jim” Stevens, a young negro from
near Bartlesville, was run over in the
XVestern and Atlantic Railroad yard
about midnight and had his left foot
mashed. The leg was amputated just
below the knee.
MERRICK FINISHES.
A Verdict of Guilty Demanded in Vimli
eation of tlie Country’s Honor.
Washington, June B.— ln the star
route eases to-day Mr. Merrick, after
summing up and reviewing the evidence
not previously commented upon, con
cluded his argument by demanding from
the jury a verdict of guilty against
all of the defendants—not a ver
dict based on sympathies, but
on the facts and evidence
and law. He demanded this verdict in
behalf of tlie people of the United States,
whose public treasury these defendants
had robbed. He demanded the verdict in
vindication of the official trusts that the de
fendants had disregarded, of the laws of
tlie land which they had spurned with
contempt. He demanded a verdict in
vindication of tlie trutli and l\pnor
and virtue of the American
people, which these men had stained and
blackened, by a verdict of guilty, that
injury to virtue and truth and' honor
might be redeemed, and that too by a jurv
taken from the people, showing their ap
preciation of virtue outraged and honor
disregarded. Mr. Merrick thanked the
court and the jury for their patient atten
tion and took his seat.
An attempt at applause was checked
by the court, who asked if both sides were
prepared to submit their prayers. After
a short discussion tlie counsel on both
sides agreed to submit tlie prayers in
season to secure their publication in the
no:v:t ieaue of tlio Rpr.nrrt, and tlio court
adjourned until Monday.
The Finish at Ascot Heath.
London, June B.—This was the last day
of the meeting at Ascot Heath. The race
for the Alexandra plate was won by
Faugbaballagh. Wallenstein came in se
cond and Credo third. Hagiosepe also
ran.
The race for tlie Wordingbam stakes
handicap was won by Despair, with Horn
pipe second and Tyndrum third. There
were sixteen starters, including Lord
lard’s Aranza.
The race lor the Hardwick stakes was
won by Tristam, with Lorillard’s Iroquois
second. Shrewsbury third.
The Windsor Castle stakes for two-year
olds was won by Eastern Emperor, with
Cormill second and Brest third.
New York, June s.—This was the first
day oP the Brighton Beach races. The
events resulted as follows:
First UXCe —Three-quarters of a mile.
Unknown was first, Hickory Jim second,
and Harry Mann third. Time was 1:20.
Second Race—One and a quarter
miles. Babcock was first, Camillus
second, and Monk third. The time was
2:17%.
Third Race— One mile. Juliet was
firet, Doubtful second and Allanake third.
The time was 1:50.
Fourth Race—One mile. Centennial
was first. Little Kate second and Charley
Gorham third. The time was 1:49‘4.
Fifth Race— Hurdle race; one and
one-quarter miles.JimMcGowan wasfirst;
Proud Dick second and Bally third. The
time was 2:30%.
Cleveland, 0., June B.—Flora Belle
won the free-for-all-pacing races to-day,
with Gem second and Fuller third. The
ltest time was 2:13%.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief signal observer,
Washington, D. C., Junes.—lndications
for Saturday:
In the South Atlantic States, local
rains, slightly warmer southeast to south
west winds, and stationary or lower ba
rometer.
*Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound strengthens the stomach and kid
neys and aids digestion.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Topics Which arc Most Talked About
by Atlantans.
Atlanta, June 7.— The item in the
Georgia news column in regard to Asa
Gunn, has one important error. He was
convicted, but through the zeal of his at
torney, Frank 1,. Haralson, Esq., he was
granted anew trial and acquitted. The
conviction was a farce. The same lawyer
is now defending the newly discovered
murderers t 7- 1 of tin* DeFoor family, and
is confident of being able to prove their
innocence. The whole affair is wrapped
in mystery, and may never lie made clear
to the public eye.
Capt. John Frey, who has liis headquar
ters in Atlanta, has become a terror to
crooked postal clerks and officials. He is
in charge of the Detective Service of the
Post Office Department in this part of tlie
South, and has been remarkably success
ful in his operations. He is shrewd, fear
less and prompt of action, and the postal
thief of any grade that escapes his clutches
is a sharp one indeed. With a fine corps
ot assistants he covers Georgia and her
sister States, and does pis best to protect
the public* iu the safe transmission of
their valuables bv mail. He deserves the
confidence and support of business men
ill his too often thankless and unpleasant
work.
As I telegraphed several days ago.
Major W. H. Smyth was made the suci-es
sor to Assistant Postmaster Nall, but lie
required some little time in which to close
up his business matters at the Dade coal
mine. This necessitated the appointment
of Xlr. Charley Toller as temporary as
sistant, as he lias been Nall’s right hand
man for several years, and his integrity,
ability and worth have been fully tested.
Young Taller is the only son of the late
Sir Knight XV. H. Taller, whose comrades
in Palestine Oommandery will he glad to
know that the only one to keep alive the
family name lias passed safely through
many temptations and won the confi
dence and esteem of his employer and the
public he so well serves.
The complaint iu regard to the low sal
ary of Judges is not well founded, in one
sense. No vacancy goes begging for an
incumbent, nor is it necessary to fill the
place with a second-class man. The Su
preme Court bench has never been better
filled during my observation, aud with
Hutchins, Simmons, Lawson, Clark, Ham
mond, Carswell, Xlershou, Roney, Adams
and others on the Superior Court bench,
it is useless to talk about low salaries
driving good men out of judicial places.
Lawyers who claim to have a yeariv prac
tice worth SIO,OOO, eagerly seek Superior
Court Judgeships. Ido not sav the sala
ries are not too low, but I do assert that
plenty of good men are always readv to
fill vacancies at present prices.
As 1 write a thunder storm is prevail
ing, and from my office w indow I see the
folly of one-horse sewers in a two-horse
city. The water has overflowed several
street corner crossings and pedestrians
are compelled to go a block out of the wav
in order to get across ihe street.
Major J. XV. Warren, much to the relief
of his friends, is in town to-dav, and
shows scarcely any evidences of the slight
attack of paralysis that came upon him a
tew days ago. It will, how 7 ever, require
considerable prudence on his part to ward
off' a more serious attack in the near fu-
ture.
Gov. XlcDaniel is now giving the
Trezevant claim matter his careful at
tention, and if there is anything that has
been left undone in the' matter to pro
mote its collection, he will act promptly
and prudently. Gov. Boynton took
action after the decision was made against
the payment of the amount of the claim,
and it is now uncertain what further
steps, if any, can be taken. Senator
Brow n also made a strong appeal to the
authorities at Washington in behalf of
the prompt payment of the monev, and
the injustice of attempting to' apply
it to Georgia’s supposed indebtedness to
the Federal Government.
Excursion tickets are being sold by the
XVestern and Atlantic Railroad to the
Great National Exposition of Railway
Appliances at Chicago, which is attract
ing much attention from railroad men
and mechanics generally. Georgia is pro
lific in railway inventions, especially car
couplers.
Your correspondent has this week seen
some fine peaches from Xlrs. T. J. Smith's
orchard at Oconee, on the Central Rail
road, that were large, handsome and fine
flavored. It is a mistake to suppose that
XVest Point and Griffin have all the finest
peaeli orchards in the State. Washington
county has for several years occupied a
prominent rank among the best peach
growing sections of Georgia.
Some unfavorable comments are being
made upon the continued reappointment
of certain persons as members of the
Board of Visitors to the State University,
some having served six or eight years in
succession. It is claimed that a new
board ought to lie appointed each vear,
otherwise the board becomes a close cor
poration, and no improvements can be
secured to the institution. The work of
the Board of Visitors of one year ought to
lie reviewed by an entirely different board
tlie following year, and Gov. McDaniel
will no doubt inaugurate this reform in
his next appointments, as it can then be
done without personal prejudice to any
gentleman.
The real estate boom in Atlanta has run
into a lively warfare between the Post-
Appeal and the real estate speculators,
and to-day the contest lias reached fever
heat. I look for some startling develop
ments to-morrow, as one feature of the
contest has this morning assumed a per
sonal bearing. Still the belfo of the real
estate auctioneers are heard on every cor
ner, where free rides are offered to the
sale of gilt edge property, with iced lem
onade and other refreshments. The fact
is patent that no ordinary calamity can
repress the ardor and enterprise of At
lanta real estate dealers. They see mil
lions in her “precious dirt,” anil nothing
can daunt them in their unwearied efforts
to give purchasers a chance to share in
this mine of untold wealth.
Xlr. Joseph XI. Brown, the liberal and
progressive General Freight Agent of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, has issued
in pamphlet form a “ Watermelon Tariff"
from Atlanta, which contains much valu
able information for fruit and truck grow
ers. One valuable feature is a list of
Northern and XVestern fruit dealers and
commission merchants. Then conies a
list of Southern vegetable and fruit grow
ers, and also shippers. Every truck
farmer and fruit grower in Georgia should
send for a copy of this timely publication.
Xlr. Charles E. Harman is the General
Soliciting Agent for Ihe traffic in truck
and fruit. Chatham.
Imprisoned l>y Covetous Relatives.
New York, June B. —Lewis F. Sloat
has begun action against District Attor
ney McKeon, James F. Roberts, a clerk
in his office, Thomas Brennan, Commis
sioner of Charities and Correction, and
Warden Lawrence Dunphy, of the Dart’s
island Almshouse, to recover ifloo,ooo
damages for alleged conspiracy against
him and false flhprisonment. The plain
tiff is a brother-in-law of McKeon, by
whose influence he says he was kidnapped
and confined on Hart’s Island since July,
1870, in order to enable Mr. McKeon to
get control ot the estate of the plaintiff's
father, of which the plaintiff was the ex
ecutor
Love of the Shamrock.
Dublin, June B.— The trials of the mur
der conspirators, Kingston and Gibney,
have been postponed. They were admitted
to bail. The prisoner Pool was to-day
acquitted on the charge of conspiracy to
murder, and was immediately rearrested
on a charge of murdering Kennv in Seville
place.
Home, June B.— The idea that the Vati
can has any misgivings in regard to the
wisdom of issuing a Papal manifesto on
Irish affairs, isWspelled by the fact that
the propaganda are preparing to reprint
five acts of the present Pontificate rela
tive to Ireland for circulation among the
Irish Bishops and clergy.
Flowers for Sleeping Heroes.
Petersburg, \ a., June B.—Memorial
day was observed here to-day by a sus
pension of business and a parade by the
Petersburg Artillery. The latter fired a
salute from Memorial Hill, at Blandford
Cemetery, where an address was deliv
ered by Rev. John E. Edwards. The
singing of hymns followed, after which
the graves of soldiers were decorated
with flowers. A large assemblage par
ticipated in the exercises.
Start of the Macon Volunteers.
Macon, Ga., June B. —The Macon Vol
unteers, under Captain Carnes, accom
panied by several citizens, left to-night
for their trip through the Northwest. The
route includes Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
Chicago, Rockford, Springfield, St. Louis,
Memphis and Chattanooga.
The Warlike Albanians.
Cattabo, June B.— The Turks defeated
the Molissoris, and the latter are in full
retreat. Several villages are in flames.
Mr. Thos. Allen, Savannah, Ga., says:
“I was cured of dvspepsia of many years
standing by using'Brown’s Iron Bitters.”
FIELDS’RICH XVITH TRUCK
.TACK PLANE GUIDES THE READ
ERS OVER THE ACRES.
Houston County the Sceue of His
Longest Tramp—^Watermelons anil the
Profits of their Raisers—Melons More
in Favor—Peaches anil Irish Potatoes
Second.
Perry, Ga., June 7.—Tlie “truck
crop,” as some have denominated
the wonderful activity in the culti
\ ation of vegetables and fruit, has reach
ed far out into the interior, and many are
the anticipated fortunes to come out of
this business. Not being a victim of this
hallucination, if such it lie. but an honest
inquirer after the facts in the premises, I
have visited tlie following places, most all
of which are in Houston county, during
the present week. The first point was
PERRY.
| This is the county site of Houston, and
is almut forty miles from Macon. It is
connected by a branch road with the
(southwestern at Fort Valley, a distance
of twelve miles. It would' be difficult
to find in the State a county with a greater
variety of soil than Houston. It has its
pine region, its oak and hickorv lands, its
lime belt, and sand hill sections, its high
and its low lands. Every variety of veg
etable, of irtiit, of cereal, and of plant
finds a suitable soil. Iu ante-Oelluio tiavs
this was one of the richest cotton sections
in the State. Since the war the same cot
ton cultivation has been attempted, until
many ot tlie finest plantations of the olden
time have become wrecked and ruined.
In late years the people have turned over
anew leaf. The first move was to banish
whisky from the countv. This was ac
complished after a fearful struggle. Then
other blessings followed. The stock law
was adopted, and following soon after the
idea of diversified farming took posses
sion of the people and with best results.
Last year Xlr. B. F. Avant, having
stronger faith in watermelon culture than
most ot his neighbors, made an experi
ment in an old, worn out field near Perrv.
There were about 100 acres in the field, it
had been abandoned, and could mot have
been sold for one dollar per acre. Xlr.
Avant rented it at a nominal price, and
planted It in watermelons. After paying
all expenses of cultivation and rent, he
had as clear cash profit SI,OOO in his
pocket. Colonel C. C. Duncan planted
largely ol watermelons last year, and
made handsome profits, but to what ex
tent I was unable to learn.
The success of last year induced the or
ganization of a “Truck Farmers’ Associa
tion, ’ with Colonel Duncan as President,
with over thirty members. The result
has been a wonderful increase of
acreage. The following will give some
idea of the extent. XVatermelons, 525
acres; Irish potatoes, 45cucumbers,
12; snap beans, 2; tomatoes, canta
loupes, iij 4j, onions, %of an acre, making
a total oi 590J4 acres. Quite a number of
orchards are also reported with heavilv
ladened trees.
Up to the 4th instant the melons were
looking splendidly, and the fruit very
promising. The potato crop was cut
short by the drought and then being dug
and prepared for market. The fruit bail
not been as satisfactory as anticipated,
although the crop will prove remu
nerative. This can be made one of the
greatest and most profitable crops in tlie
South. There had been shipped, mostly
to Cincinnati, up to the 4th instant,
bushels of potatoes and 100 crates of
apples, the apples being more clear money
than any other kind of fruit because they
stand shipment better.
The first car load of watermelons will
be shipped from Perry on the 20th of June,
and they claim that it will require ten
cars a day for three weeks during July to
meet the demand at that point.
fort valley.
This is the largest shipping point in the
county, being at the junction of South
western, Columbus and the Perry rail
roads. The truck business at this point
has just opened this year in good earnest,
and the acreage is nearly 400 acres, and
embraces peaches, watermelons and Irish
potatoes.
XVatermelons—T. O. Skellie 130 acres;
F. C. Houser 50; J.H. Corbitt 20; Har
dison & Bayne 16; Jacob Conor 15; Chas.
Chunn 20; C. E. Dasher 10; IY. X'ischer 10;
A. S. Greene 5, aud R. L. Brazewell 12.
Xlr. XVarren Harris is the only one cul
tivating Irish potatoes for market. He
has 55 acres under cultivation, but has
not sent any to market yet. The crop is
greatly damaged by the Xlav drought, be
ing greatly reduced in volume, as well as
the potatoes being reduced in size. The
price has lieen depressed by the selling of
futures in the XVestern markets. In Cin
cinnati, for June delivery, they are sup
plied at $2 25 per barrel. These prices
cannot hold, as the crop is much shorter
than at first supposed.
Mr. T. O. Skellie is the largest fruit ship
per. Up to the sth inst. he had shipped
over 500 crates of early peaches to the
X\ r est and Northwest markets. For his
earliest shipments he received $0 per
bushel, and his general average will be
about $2 50 per bushel. He has a splendid
crop of fruit, and his orchard will yield a
haudsome profit. He is the foremost man
in the truck business at this point.
At this point they expect to make good
marketable melons, or a car load on two
acres. The average cost will not exceed
5 cents per melon. Irish potatoes will
yield 20 barrels to the acre, with a cost of
$25 per acre. Potato ground must be
manured highly to make the yield profit
able. The land about Fort X allcr is
among the best tanning lands in the State.
There is published at this point the Georgia
Truck tanner, by Byington & Bayne. 1
am under obligations to Mr. Bavne for
courtesies while here.
MARSH ALLVILLR.
This village is located on the edge of
Xlaeon county, in a fine agricultural re
gion. However, this is the shipping
point of “XVillow Lake Nursery,” the
largest fruit orchard in Southwest Geor
gia, which is located in Houston coun
ty, ,five miles from Marshallville. This
elegant fruit farm is owned by Mr. S. 11.
Humph, one of the most progressive
young men of Georgia. His peaches have
a national reputation, and are eagerly
sought after in all the large cities of the
North, and they always bring higher
prices than front any other point in the
State. He has been engaged in fruit
shipping several years, and has steadily
improved his varieties, and secured the
best shipping fruits. His first crop of
early peaches has been shipped, and he
has realized from $5 to sls per bushel.
He commences next week to ship the
second crop, which are much larger in
size and of better flavor, They will fol
low the regular crop, from 140 acres of
orchard. In connection with this or
chard he has 60 acres as a nursery, from
which he is constantly augmenting his
orchard aereage. Up to the sth inst, he
had shipped something over 600 crates <sf
Alexander early peaches. He regards this
the best variety for early shipments. He
has ten acres in strawberries for which he
has been realizing 10 cents per quart. He
experimented on one acre in strawberries
to see what could lie made on it. He has
gathered and marketed 1,100 quarts up to
date, receiving on an average 10 cents per
quart, or sllO per acre. They were of the
Wilson variety, w hich he claims to be the
best shippers. He has a number of box
refrigerators in which he ships his ber
ries. During the recent cold snap he
shipped a lot of berries to Baltimore and
they were five days in transit, but were
received in good order and sold for 17
cents ]>er quart. He is now engaged in
shipping his wild goose plum crop, which
is one of the most profitable crops be
raises, receiving about $lO per bushel.
His great need is a shelter near the rail
road track to protect the fruit from rain,
lie pays to the Southern Express Com
pany and Central Railroad over $3,000 per
year for freight, and thinks that he is en
titled to some consideration from the rail
road as to accommodations.
He has erected a large evaporator, and
as soon as the shipping season is over he
evaporates his fruit and finds a ready sale
for all that he can supply. He has a large
three-story building in which he manu
factures crates arid all other necessary
appliances for shipping, in which he does
his packing and other work.
POWERSVILI.E.
This is the principal wood and water
station between Macon and Fort Valley
on the Southwestern Railroad. It is
hacked up on the Houston side by one of
the most fertile farming sections. The
lands in the immediate neighborhood are
finely adapted to fruit growing. There
are some good orchards and some splen
did fruit raised here. The watermelon is
the chief truck crop this year. Warren &
Warren have 70 acres;'Thomas Burden
20; Benjamin Chunn 20; J. H. M. Cliatt
10; A. O. Cliatt 10; Al. Cliatt 10, making
in all 140 acres. The vines are lookimr
healthy and vigorous, and a fine yield is
anticipated.
BYRON.
This is a neat little village on the South
western Road, 17 ihiles from Macon. There
are some fine farms in the neighborhood,
and some of the best crops of grain have
been raised in this neighborhood that have
ever been gathered in the countv. Quite
a number of peaches are shipped'from this
point, but their principal toick crop is
watermelons, with the following acreage*
• - 1 -- 25 acres: Jasper Evans,
30; Dr. Haskins, 20; Calhoun and XX’or
sham, 12; Jesse XValton 12: John XValton,
10; Richardson and XX'alton, 15; Dr. Rich
ardson, 20; J. XI. Heard, 20; E. XV. Jack
son, 5: A. Jackson, 5; Joseph Barnes, 10*
John Harper, 10; Benjamin Collier, 5, and
about 20 acres in smaller patches by va
rious persons. The land here is' pe
culiarly adapted to tlie cultiva
tion of the melon, and this
crop can be made the most profitable crop
of the year by proper attention. Tlie esti
mated cost up to the shipping point is
from six to eight dollars per acre, and one
acre will produce 450 marketable melons.
SKAGO.
This is a station ten niile9 from Macon,
on the Southwestern. The post office is
called XValden, and is located in Bibb
county. It is the shipping point for Rut
land district, and embraces the area ly
ing between Echeconnee and Tobeofkee
creeks. The major part of it is not regard
ed as good cotton land, but it is peculiar
ly adapted to truck farming. Last year
was the first season that they entered
upon shipping watermelons 'on anv
thing like a large scale. The crop
proved valuable, and the Seago melon
has won a reputation in the XVest, and
esiieclally in Chicago, that places it the
very first in the market. They do not
ship a melon from this point whiuh
weighs tinder 15 pounds. This year the
people have gone into it more largely than
ever. They have planted over 1,000 acres
in melons this year, and have about H>
acres in canteloupes. They have shipped
300 crates of early peaches,' and will have
about 500 bushels of Irish potatoes to
ship.
Colonel L. XL Felton, of Marshallville,
has about 15 acres in watermelons in
Xlacon county, about 40 miles lielow the
city of Xlacon.
I have now given, in as a condensed
form as I could, the truck crops and ship
ments on the Southwestern road for forty
miles, most of the points lieing in Hous
ton county.
THE RESULT.
The acreage in the aggregate seems
large, but the profits cannot be as accu
rately ascertained. Xlany are doomed to
disappointment and failure; in fact, in
some places failure is evident now. Un
der the excitement of the moment manv
have rushed into the business without the
slightest knowledge as to cultivation or
handling the crop. This knowledge is
hard to obtain in any other way than by
experience, and experience is a dear
teacher. Hence I expect many to become
thoroughly disgusted, and denounce the
whole business as a fraud liefore the ex
piration of the season. Nevertheless hun
dreds will succeed, and demonstrate the
fact that this truck farming is the salva
tion of Hie farmers of South and South
west GWrgia. There are as many fail
ures in cultivating cotton as there will be
in truck farming, and men ought not to be
discouraged at the first experiment.
A DIFFICULT PROBLEM.
One of the most difficult questions con
nected with the whole business is that of
transportation. The truck business re
quires prompt and rapid transit. In or
der to supply this will require no little
effort upon the part of the railroads. In
the lower part of the State the question
has been practically settled. There must
not only be rapid transit, but in order to
make profit, there must lie special rates.
I find in consulting the Central Road au
thorities, that they are preparing to meet
every demand for moving the crops ot the
present year. They will have facilities
>oth as to cars and motive power, to move
everything placed along their line. As to
rates, I have not been informed,
yet I know it is the desire of many
of the officers of the road to give
very liberal rates, in order to encourage
the truck business. This would certainly
be a streak of wisdom upon the part of the
authorities, for if this year’s experience
is successful, the volume of business in
the line will almost be doubled next year.
As this business increases there is a de
mand for other industries. Crate and
box making will he an immense affair,
and along with the evaporating of fruit will
come the canning establishment,* all of
which will increase the amount of freights
over the roads. On the other side of the
question, many people forget tlie difficul
ties in moving perishable goods. It takes
twice the labor and trouble to move a car
load of watermelons than it does a ear
load of cotton or brick, and it cannot be
expected that the railroads can handle
both at the same price.
Tlius far in this section the express
company have moved all the early peaches
at a cost of the producer of $3 50 oer
hundred to New York. In the next two
weeks the volume of shipments will tie
more than they can handle. A few re
frigerator cars are promised, hut few in
dividuals are prepared at present to ship
a car-load of peaches at a time. However,
this is a question which must adjust itself
as the season advances.
There are several other points connected
with this question which must he omitted
for the present. This article is too long
ready. Jack Plane.
THE TREATY WITH TURKEY.
Discrimination Against American Pro
ducts Threatened.
Constantinople, June B.— The Porte
recently informed General Wallace, the
United States Minister, that the commer
cial treaty between Turkey and America
would terminate March 13th, 1884. The
Turkish tariff expired on the same date
during the present year. After the ter
mination of the treaty, the importation
of all American meats, lard and similar
Products will be prohibited. The Porte
as virtually increased the duties on
spirits by compelling their storage at
Smyrna. It also maintains its demand
relative to the storage of petroleum.
No American delegate will be appointed
to negotiate with Turkey concerning
the new tariff, although the appoint
ment of one has been twice requested.
Gen. Wallace has protested that the
above measures are arbitrary, and claims
that American goods, under the treaty of
1830, are entitled to the most favo’ ed na
tional treatment. In relation to the pro
test of Gen. Wallace, it may be said that
the Porte was desirous of making a
new tariff on the basis of an 8 per cent,
ad valorem duty, but the powers objected
on the ground that the tariff was not al
terable until the expiration of the com
mercial treaty. The Porte pointed out
that this was impracticable, as the treat
ies expired on various dates. Almost all
the Ambassadors recognized the validity
of this argument, and consented to ap
point delegates to effect an arrangement
of the tariff.
The relations between the Sultan and
Gen. Wallace continue Iriendly. The
former has ordered the payment of all
private claims of Americans on Turkey,
and claims amounting in the aggregate to
£38,000, have already been paid.
Churches Fraternizing.
Albany, N. Y., June B.—At the session
of the General Synod of the Dutch Re
formed Church to-day Rev. Dr. 11. M.
White, the delegate representing the
Presbyterian Church, South, expressed a
wish for the hearty co-operation of this
body, and detailed the work of the South
ern chnrch which has made great pro
gress, during the past year especially, in
the field of colored missions. Dr. Duryea,
President of the Synod, welcomed Dr.
White and assured’ him that fraternal
love for the Southern Presbyterian Church
bad never relaxed.
A Corpse Plowed Up.
Little Bock, June B.— While a field in
the vicinity of Monticello was being
plowed yesterday the body of a man was
unearthed, which has been identified as
that of Carl Williams, a negro, who dis
appeared three years ago. His wife sub
sequently married William Johnston, and
it is new learned that Johnston killed
Williams, cut off his head and buried his
remains, his wife being present at the
time. Both of the accused have been ar
rested.
.Suing for Polk's Alleged Profits,
Nashville, Tknn., June B.—lt is un
derstood here that suit will tie brought in
a day or two against the estate of Thomas
O’Connor involving $104,000. the alleged
profit of a joint speculation between
O’Connor and ex-Treasurer Polk in Ten
nessee bonds. The State sues to recover
the defaulting Treasurer’s share of the
profits.
Cape Cod’s Ship Canal Company.
Boston, June B.—The Senate has
passed a bill incorporating the Cape Cod
Ship Canal Company with a capital of
$5,000,000.
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THE ILLINOIS MIXES.
Blootl or Rreatl the Motto of the Work
men— From Belleville to Colliergvillo
COO Strong—Rescue or Intimidation
their Object—The Battle Not Yet Pre
cipitated.
St. Lons, June 8.-—lnformation La*
-l*£en received here that a band of 30ft
striking miners left Belleville. 111., yes
terday, bearing a banner having ‘‘Bread
or Blood” inscribed on it in bold letters.
Nolsxly seemed to know their destination
or what their particular mission was, but
various theories soon got into circula
tion, and one of them was that the strikers
had gone to Pinckney ville to liberate the
miners who were pi acts 1 in jail
there yesterday in detault ot bail
for misconduct. Another was that they
had gone to Collinsville where the Abbey
and other machine mines are situated.
The latter theory is probably correct.
Dispatches had been received there that a
demonstration would probably l>e made
at the Abbey mines or the Collinsville
pitts this morning, but \yhether it
would be hostile or merely a quiet con
ference with the machine'workers is not
known. All the men engaged in the
mines are well armed with revolvers and
double-barrelled guns, and are said to be
under orders to fire on any advancing
party who Jay hands on them or any ol'
the mining propertv. It is thought that
the party will be about <3OO strong when
they arrive at Collinsville.
Boston, June B.—The Bridge Woolen
Company, at Uxbridge, is about to shut
down its mills indefinitely. A part of the
works have been stopped lor some time for
repairs. The few mills now running will
shut down as soon as the stock can be
run out. Hinsdale Brothers, wbo employ
between 400 and 500 hands in two mills,
notified their employes that until further
notice the mills will run only three days
per week. It is reported that one or
two of the smaller mills will follow this
course.
Cincinnati, June 8. —All the iron mills
in this vicinity will be running by Mon
day next.
Concessions for Russians.
St. Petersburg, June B.— Count Tol
stoi, Minister of the Interior, has leeu
instructed to draft a law giving greater
liberty in regard to change of domicile.
The collection of the poll tax from the
poorest portion of the peasantry will en
tirely cease from January 1 next, and
the tax to be collected from the remainder
of the people will be reduced by one half.
Berlin, June B.—Advices have been
received here that a meeting of thirty
Nihilists was held in St. Petersburg last
week, which the police endeavored to
surprise. The Nihilists had received
warning, however, and fled, taking witli
them a printing press and type. This in
cident, it is said, prevented the appear
ance of a prepared number of the Nihilist
paper, The Will of the Peojrte, and only a
small special edition was issued.
Wool Growers ami the Tariff.
San Antonio, Texas, June B.— The
State Wool Growers’ Convention yester
day passed a resolution condemning the
doctrine of tariff for reve
nue only, and strongly recom
mending that the next Congress lie
petitioned to repeal the unjust laws af
fecting the wool industry of the United
States, and asking the united co-operation
of all the organizations throughout the
country to that end.
Doomed to Hang.
White Plains, N. Y., June B.—Theo
dore Hoffman was to-day found guilty of
the murder of a Hebrew peddler named
Ziefe Marks, and was sentenced to be
hanged July 27.
New York, June 8. — Edward Hovey,
who shot and killed his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Fannie Vermilvea, lias been sentenced to
lie banged on the 27th of July next.
Exploded l>y Lightning.
Scutari, June B.—A powder magazine*
was struck by lightning to-day and a ire
mendouß explosion followed, by which
many persons were killed.
Newburgh, N. Y., June B.—Laflin A
Rand's powder mills exploded to-day,
killing one man and causing damage
amounting to several thousand dollars.
Footliglit Favorites.
New York, June B.— The first annual
meeting of the Actors Fund Society was
held to-day at AVallack’s Theatre.’ The
receipts for the year were $57,382, and the
expenditures about $14,000. A propo
sition to establish an actors exchange
was favorably received. Lester Will lack
was elected President and Wm. Hender
son and A. M. Palmer Vice Presidents.
Cuban Affairs.
Madrid, June B.—lt is officially an
nounced that the law prohibiting the
landing of free negroes in Cuba, except
on the payment of SI,OOO, has been re
pealed. In the Chamber of Deputies a
member from Cuba withdrew bis proposal
to include a portion of the Cuban budget
in the Spanish budget.
Major Wasson’s Trial.
Galveston, June B.—ln the Wasson
court martial to-day several witnesses
testified that they had always held Was
son in high esteem, and the court ad
journed to wait the arrival of other wit
nesses. .
The Week's Failures.
New Yoke, June B.—The business fail
ures throughout the country during the
past seven days reported to R. G. Dun
& Co.’s, mercantile agency are 173 against
151 last week.
An American Brig at Cuban Auction.
Havana, June B.—The American brig
Nettie, recently seized at Cienfuegos for
alleged violation of the Cuban customs
rules, will be sold for the account of the
Cuban treasury.
Fire Insurance Men to Meet.
Atlanta, June B.—The Southeastern
Tariff Association of fire insurance men
will hold their next annual meeting at
Asheville, N. C., on July is.
Turkish Sentences Annulled.
Constantinople, June B.— The Court
of Appeals annulled the sentences recent
ly imposed on a number of members of
a secret society at Erzeroum.
An Easel Deserted.
Louisville, June B.—Clarence Boyd,
the young artist, who was shot by his
brother-in-law. Dr. Barnes, Wednesday,
died to-day.
Clie*s in London.
London, June B.—ln the chess tourna
ment to-day Blackburn and Noa played a
drawn game. Steinitz and English lieat
Sellman and Mortimer.
Loml in tlie Flame*.
Bristol, Pa., June B.—The Clark In
sulated Electric Wire Works burned to
day. The loss is $50,000 and the insurance
$20,000.
Wlinblpdou Apt Not to Be Visited.
New York, June B.—Unless the sub
scriptions are more generous no interna
tional rifle team will go to Wimbledon.
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