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KTLANTA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8.
Brevities.
cilcaso has £0,000 Idle voitaae-
•Ilaet so swfnl happy when the hints begin to
W-newdilly.
The Dae d'Aumale Is thought to be the richest and
Ssckicst men In France.
The railway from Bombay to Madras, in ladle, has
been completed.
The rumor of the defalcation of one of the Boths-
Sbilds at Vienna is bogus.
There were 514 deaths, 454 birth*, 186 marriages and
EO Still births in Sew York last week.
iri— stcernngambah, a Hindoo lady, baa been
NeUroing lectures on female education in
abdras.
It Is a neat fact that the average of heavy bank de
faulters for 1373 la exactly one a week.
That the coming winter wilt be one of revere cold
3s indicated by the thinness of hair on new blacking
ftrnabes.
Crowds dally witch the work of rebuilding the
grand Column Vendome In Farit, which progresses
aapidiy- ( ,
The national fomdllDg hopltal at Hovcow, Russia,
X flvc miliioh-i a year, and has in Its core 10,000
i 4.* l '
Mr. and Mrs. Father Hyacinthe are now the esteem,
•d parents of a fine baby—a Hyacinthe bod, as it
rims the world away.
The All-Line Bonte.
General Haupt, general manager of the
direct lines between Atlanta and Richmond
was asked, fays the Enquirer, by the Senate
Committee, in the coarse of his examination,
to state his views “in regard to the policy of
consolidation, and whether the effect was to
increase or reduce rates. The answer was
very decidedly in favor of consolidation, and
very «««««., ^ ui v UUDU u V . BW)MV - ,£Sr ° ur Oglethorpe correspondent, “Pas-
various illustrations of its beneficial effects sen S e /« mentions the pleasing fact that the
A private in th* army recontly scut • letter to his
sweetheart; closing with, ‘’May Heaven cherish and
keep yon from yours truly John Smith.”
The Seneca Foils ladies are singing about "the
moth-eaten bustle, the old iron bustle, the cloth-eat
en bustle that hang on so well.”
Thomas F. Bldgcly, ones a member of General
Grant’a stair, was sentenced to three years in the
State prison for burglary at Boston, Thursday.
David Styles got through being the oldest man in
the Northwest at Dnbnqne, the other day, aged 107
Tears and 4 months.
Hobart Browning says that Qalvlnl is the best liv
ing actor. Dickens said something of that sort
abontFoehtcr.bat his opinion was not endorsed by
the public virtuoso generally.
•T always knew that John's love was unremitting, 1
safd a gentleman friend to a lady who complained
that her husband bad not sent her any money since
his absence from home. -
Iowa has a smaller per capita of State debt than any
other State to the Hnlon, except Dcleware, which has
none, and only New Jersey, Michigan and Delaware
levy leas taxes in proportion to population.
There are $£0,000,000 in the savings banks of Cali
fornia, and giving the population of all ages and
■exes, this would give a net capital to each individual
of something o(ver $31.
A lady writes that she wants music “with senti
mental words that almost silently flow from a depth
of concealed sorrow, revealing a pad heart's tendereet
emotion In a tone that would melt an iceberg and
crumble adamant to du*i.”
The London Times states that the demand for
sthoolmlsiresses Laa greatly increased In England
aisoe the passage of the elementary education act In
MW. The mlstresj gets from £74 to £80 a year for
fl?e days of five or tlx hours each In a week, with six
weeks vacation daring the year.
It is estimated that there are at least 20,000 working
girts out of employment In New York at the present
time, aa one of the results of the depression of all
kinds of business, and especla'ly such kinds of bu*i
ness at straw ecwiog, artificial flour making, and the
lighter descriptions of printing office work.
Says the Rutland (Vt.) Herald : “At the time of the
lata lira here, a lady, whose house was suppos’d to be
in danger, hurriedly dressed hereelf, ran ont, and in
quire! of some lady friends who were standing on the
sidewalk In' froat of ths house: 'Is my back
hair on straight 7* The ruling passion strong in
fright.”
Tho days of the famous bony expi«s3 are about to
be revived by the managorwof the Philadelphia Pnb-
lic Record, who proposo to have their paper in Wil-
goingion by 6:30 o’clock a ji‘. McMullen & Seal have
been engaged, and with a good horss and a light
-wagon wlUlcivo Philadelphia with the papers at 2V
o'clock every morning, and drive to Wilmington.
Augusta Chronicle : The two Georgia ladies, Mrs.
Gampbelland Mr*. Chambers, an account of whose
marvellous good fortune in falling heir to an estate of
twelve millions of dollars in France we published
sometime since, sailed from Charleston yesterday for
Europe, In company with an old citizen and promin
ent lawyer o' this city, to claim their inheritance.
Wc wish them the utmost success.
The Bath Onnty (Ky.) Nows makes the statement
that it takes exartlySU pounds of flesh and blood,
ihlrly-two yards of drew material, ninety-seven yards
Ot yellow ribbon, tw«.vu pounds of cotton, twenty,
fourcofueeof the News, sixteen feet of horse hair,
thirty-taro ounces or flan’-, two boxes of red paint,
had a bottle or Bight blooming cereui to prepare
tho average morffcain girl Tor church.
The sodden cold aiap, says the Beess Hirer
Reveille, of Nevada, seems to be tough on the Indians.
They toddle eround the euoet corners like cattV'
sacking shelter from the wind, and shlrcriugly draw
their blankeis around their noblo forms. The embryo
'unrest whose sole aitire cons-stsof a ahirt vrllh tne
lower portion carried away, don’t seem to relish the
andden Change; and when their mothers arouse them
to perform their matutinal ablutions they wall
mournful rehearsal of tho death-song of their tribe-
Robert Slxbury died on the 291 lust, in the town of
Leary, Jefferson county, New York, at theage of 110
years and 7 months. Mr. Slxbury had acquired a great
imputation as a hunter on John Brown's tract In north
ern New York, where he had slain over 2,200 deer.
When post eighty years of age he met with an acci
dent which necessitated the amputation of one of Ids
legs, and be assisted the Country doctor to perform
the operation without stacking. The [funeral was
attended by several of Itr.'Sixbury’fl children between
eighty and ninety years of age.
The London correspondent of tho Cincinnati Com.
merdal, describing the "vast procession” which fol
lowed the remains of the artist Ltnseer to tho grave,
aay»: •'There were ladies following the heirae, but
wo woman cams op as a mourner near the coffin. At
least I saw none, though I looked carefully. Sir E.
Landseer was never married, but there are some who
knew him who could recognize in a certain ‘Spirit’
Which he once painted, hovering near a fountain, the
tmreaiized dream—the melancholy disappointment of
a life which made him, to the last, an isolated man
and a sorrowful mao. Though the great sought his
.society, they rarely enjoyed it. The thick-set, gray-
Laired man, with his lion-like! visage, hid a soul of
■deep tenderness, which now, for the first time, rests
in pesos from a life that wes great in its bitterness
in its successes.”
'E3&“ Hr. Jefferson Davis is again able
leave his room. His illness lasted tlirongh
several weeks, at one time assuming a
serious phase. He ba3 now, however,
jecovercd, although his face and phisique
dii!SI5 the great suffering through which
has passed. His family is with him in Lou-
isvHijMnd it is understood that he will start
lorSorope some time during the winter, ‘
log them with him.
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To Subscribers and Agents.
Occasionally a subscriber sends his sub
scription for 1874, who is in arrears. Of
course we cannot send cards to any who do
not pay up’arrearages.
Our agents will please writejto us for in
structions and terms on the distribution plan.
were stated. Gen. Hahone was credited with
large reductions of Tates as the result of the
consolidation of the lines' under his manage
ment It was also stated that when the
Pennsylvania railroad was operated a3 a
broken line, owned hy different parties be
tween Philadelphia and Pittsburg, the num
ber of tons carried per annum in both di
rections was less than 150,000 tons, and the
cost of transportation exceeded two cents
per ton per mile. Now, under consolidated
management, the volume of tonnage has in
creased to over eight million of tons, the
average charge for all classes of freight is
less than a cent and a half per ton per mile,
and the cost of movement about nine mills.
“In answer to questions as to rates of trans
portation and the effect of consolidation upon
Southern railroads, the witness stated that the
Pennsylvania railroad policy of develop
ing business and reducing rates would be car
ried out so far and so fast as circumstances
would permit; that, in fact, he had verbal
instruction to this effect as general man
ager of the Piedmont Air-Line. So far
as he represented the interests of the Penn
sylvania railroad company, that, in a conver
sation with the President, J. Edgar Thomp
son, this gentleman expressed the opinion
that the rates charged on Southern railroads
were too high, and that the resources of the
country should be studied with a view to
their development and rates reduced where
practicable.
"As to the actual rates now charged on
Southern railroads they were much high
er than in the North, owing to various
causes, such as breaks of gauge, tran
shipments, separate organizations, and,
a consequence, supernumerary offi
cials, all of which increased local charges,
but did not affect through rates, as
such rates were fixed by competing lines.
But the principal causes of high rates in
the South were sparse population, limit-
ad capital, and industries not diversi
fied. To attract capital and population to
the Piedmont Air-Line was an object to
which the attention of the management was
particularly directed. Unless the volume of
business could be increased by reducing rates,
it would be suicidal to place them very low,
as expenses and interest coaid not be paid,
and companies would become bankrupt
“These statements of General Haupt we
consider of much interest and importance,
as indicating the policy of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company in the management of the
line of roads between Richmond and Atlanta,
so soon as the present impediment to trans
portation in North Carolina from breaks of
guages shall have been removed. It will be
to the interest of this company also to pro
mote immigration, for which its extended
agencies, steamship lines, and connections in
Earope will afford unnsal facilities.”
Two Roman Authors.
Maude, a Life Drama,” is the title of a
novel which will soon appear, written by
Mrs Fannie Hood, of Rome. Georgia’s roll
of authors is rapidly lengthening—“Maude”
being the third story of the current year.
The new book is a tale of American society.
A correspondent of the Rome Commercial,
who bas read the manuscript, thinks the story
is a little too severe on the clergy, and will
incur the sharp words of many critics; *
in spite of all the critics, be says, the t
will be read. , ;
The other book is a new volume % oul 1
popular humorist, “Bill Arp,” who has thus
collected a number of his inimitable papers
od a variety of subjects. The most comical
of comic pictures, by Matt. O’Brian, of Au-
S ista, illustrate the handsome volume.
verybody in Georgia reads Bill Arp’s pro
ductions, and for that reason our readers do
not need to be told what they are like. Phil
lips & Crew have it, and if any one has
caught the blues from these hat a times, he
can easily disperse them by buying and read
ing the “Peace Papers.” It is a sovereign
remedy for that complaint.
The Yellow Fever In Bainbridge.
It appears that the fever in Bainbridgehas
not been as terrible as the public has beenled
to believe by the excited news received from
that town within the past four or five days.
Dr. Charlton, of Savannah, who was in Bain-
bridge as late as Friday evening last, in at
tendance upon the sick, says that the tele
graphic di-patches from that town have
been exaggerations, and thinks that since the
fever broke out there two weeks ago, there
have been about ten deaths resulting from it
At the time of his departure, Friday evening,
he ssys the disease had evidently abated
very much, and was thought to be under
complete control.
A special dispatch from Bainbridge to the
Savannah News, under date of the 26tb,
states that there had been no deaths within
the previous twenty-four hours; and that
there had been, at no time, as bad been
stated, twenty-five cases of fever, nor half
that number, in the worst stage of that
disease; also, that no one bad left the city
save the women and children, who were
partially removed as a precautionary measure.
Says the same dispatch: “ There are not
now over eight cases in town, and all are
doing well save one—a Mrs. Painter. Thus
far every person attacked has been sick for
weeks andmonths with chills and fever. No
perfectly healthy person has yet been at
tacked. 1 '
sound condition of Atlanta’s banks which en
abled them to go through the panic without
an hour of suspension, has vastly advanced
their credit and standing throughout the
State.
C5F” The War Department has received a
dispatch from Fort Jefferson, Florida, giving
an account of ^severe hurricane there on the
6th Inst Nineteen beef cattle were washed
to sea and drowned; the cattle yard dam
aged and the slaughter house stable under
mined, roofs were carried away and win
dows broken and many rooms were flooded,
doing great damage to clothing and stores
and making necessary the removal of the sick.
One hundred thousand dollars will be re
quired to put quarters, barracks and store
houses in good repair and make the fort
habitable for troops.
ES^The investigation of what is general
ly called tho Beecher scaDdol has commenced
in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. It is con
ducted under charges preferred against The
odore Tilton and H. C. Bowen for alleged
glanders of their pastor. Mr. Tilton has
filed a demurrer, in the shape of a letter ad
dressed to the Plymouth Church committee,
saying that inasmuch as he has not been a
member of that church for the past four
years, he does not feel in duty bound to obey
their citation to appear before them, and
therefore respectfully declines to answer the
charges made against him in the Beecher-
Bowen scandal
never Hear a it Tliunder.
We heard a good joke from Texas the
other day, which was more amusing as it was
told than wc can make it in print. A plan
ter had taken a great deal of pains in gath
ering two bales of cotton, and a drop of rain
had never fallen on either of them. They
were of exactly the same grade, and without
the slightest difference in any respect. He
carried them to Sherman. A cotton buyer
sampled them both and offered the highest
market price for one bale, “but,” said he to
the planter, “the other bale looks a little
stormy.” The planter discerning the object
of the buyer, exclaimed, “Why, that cotton
hu never heard it thunder!”
Key. Dr. I®. £• IHunsey .
For some weeks rtunors concerning this
great and distinguished divine of the M. E.
Church South, have been going the rounds
of the press, designating him as a common
drunkard and a fallen man. Dr. Munsey is
one of the finest pulpit orators in the coun
try—one who has led a blameless life, and
made himself a tower of strength among the
people of his church. In consequence of
great nervous prostration and being threat
ened three several times with paralysis,
his physician advised the use of stimulants
which has proved beneficial to his impaired
health.
A great active mind like Dr. Munnsey’s
often shatters the nervous system, especially
when the brain is overworked as is often the
case in such instances. This circumstance of
his having been compelled to resort to stimu
lants temporarily, has afforded the opportu
nity to slanderers to traduce his good name
and to make it necessary for Dr. M. to pub
lish a letter of defense.
The doctor says he is not a homeless and
houseless wanderer as has been represented
that he has clothing and friends, and that he
is not in a state of penury, nor dependent
upon the contributions of any one; that he
is notinsane, but hopes to resumehis labors in
the itinerancy in a short while. He presents
in his letter sufficient testimony in the shape
of certificates tq set at rest the villainous
slanders that heffia been perpetrated upon bis
good name and)* fame, and says be can fill a
whole newspaper edition with like testimony.
It is a shame that the. honor and ministe-
ral integrity of so good a man should be
traduced by the foul tongue of slander; and
be who would be guilty of such slander ought
to reap the execration of all honest men.
Tbe Boarding of Currency.
Before the panic money was a drag in the
financial centers; it went a-begging at low
rates. Every dollar of that money is, to-day,
in the country. No other land indulges in
our particular issues of paper; they are only
current in this country, and there is as much
here to-day as there was in the early days of
September, when everything was apparently
lovely, whew there certainly was an abundant
supply of currency for business purposes.
There is now a terrible want of currency all
the way from Maine to Texas—a want of itin
New York and Chicago, in Richmond and
Charleston, in. Atlanta and New Orleans.
This want increases, rather than diminishes.
Well may the sufferers ask, what has become
of the money ?
The New York Bulletin claims to have
clear and satisfactory evidence that the
hoarding policy i3 very general among the
fanners in the counties of that State border
ing on the Hudson River, in Long Island,
New Jersey, and in Pennsylvania During
the last six weeks the farmers of those sections
have carried their produce to New York
Philadelphia and other markets, receiving no
inconsiderable amount of money therefor,
and it has been ascertained beyond a doubt
that much of that money has been bid away
in old stockings, tin boxes and inaccessible
bureau drawers. It does not comeback
through the country stores and local banks.
Those that had money in the banks during
the suspension paid their debts in checks, if
they paid them at all, and kept their green-
hontra in tVioir Virooolion* nnnl.-nf
Are Wc Safe !
No purer water flows, no purer air blows
than nature gives to the people of Atlanta.
They have thus far kept the city safe from
all epidemics. Cholera and yellow fever
have raged on every side, but not a case has
ever arisen in our midst. During neighbor
ing epidemics, individuals bearing the fatal
poison have come here and died here, and
yet the poison was not transmitted. Still
are we safe? Does not the history of the
present yellow fever pestilence contain a
lesson that all towns should heed?
Galveston, New Orleans and Mobile have
each bad sporadic cases of the fever, and yet
all of them escaped aa epidemic. Why?
They are well drained; they were put in a
thorough sanitary condition on tne approach
of the hot season. . They have comprehen
sive systems of sewerage. That is the whole
story in a nutshell. The seed of the disease
was carried to them and it found no con
genial soil, no uncleanliness, in which to ger
minate and hear the deadly fruit Remem
ber that the three cities named are in the
hottest portion of the country, and are more
exposed to the dangers of yellow fever than
any other three cities in the land.
How fared tt with other towns? In
Shreveport there is no under drainage. A
case of fever was imported; and out of a
population of about 4,C00 remaining in the
city, 700 have gone to their last home—an
appalling mortality of seventeen and a half
percent. The local journals assert, as the
lesson of their terrible afflictions, the neces
sity of perfect sewerage and cleanliness.
And well they may.
The sad story of Memphis is replete with
the same lesson. It has no system of sew
erage worthy the name. It has many sunken
localities, like the depopnlated Happy Hoi
low, which reeked with the accumulated
filth of months. Never, says the Appeal,
was city in such a condition of unprepared
ness. Its streets and alleys were intolerably
filthy, and all the drainage is on the surface.
What is the result? Two thousand of her
citizens pay the awful penalty of
municipal neglect with their lives. Twenty
per cent of her resident population die be
cause there {are no conduits, no water to
carry off the filth of a crowded population.
No wonder the Avalanche doubly leads its
demands that the question of issuing a half
million of dollars in city bonds to perfect a
system of sewerage, be submitted to the
people.
Bryan, Calvert and all the other towns of
interior Texas, which are now being devas
tated, tell the same story. They are railroad
towns, built of wood, with rotting plank side
walks, and without a shadow of a sewer.
Is there not a lesson in all this for all
towns, for even Atlanta ? We are naturally
healthy to a remarkable degree, but so are
some of the elevated but afflicted towns of
interior Texas. The latter are desolated
while the exposed but cleanly ports of the
Gulf escape unharmed. Atlanta may not be
visited for many years by an epidemic, but it
assuredly will come sooner or later, if we
continue to violate the laws of nature. The
city is rapidly thickening and enlarging; its
soil i3 becoming more and more saturated
with decomposing animal substances, and tbe
water we drink is in the same degree becom
ing less pure and healthful. The limes are
horjil, lilt they are a deal harder In the un
happy* towns that have been desolated for
the want of pure water and a comprehensive
system of sewerage.
THE FIRE FIEND IS AMUR
Ten Business Houses Destroyed—Loss
in Buildings and Goods $120,100—
Covered by Insurance
$50,275.
From the Americas Republican, October 23th.]
The fire was discovered about 7i o’clock
p. 3i., in the building occupied by I. J. Hud
son as a grocery. Tbe cause is unknown. The
air current drove the flames across the street
eastward from Furlow & Crocker’s house to
the building of Felder & Son. This house in
flames the whole block eastward was ex
posed. The Fire Companies were promptly
on tbe ground; but owing to tbe carelessness
of a negro dropping tbe suction hose into tbe
cistern the engine was useless for an hour or
more. It was eventually recovered and the
engine brought to bear on the fire by which
it was controlled.
This morning reveals the desolation of the
fire fiend. Goods are scattered in confusion
on our streets. Many have changed proprie
tory relations. This might have been great
ly prevented had there been a well disciplined
military company to have guarded them.
The sad event calls for sympathy to the suf
ferers, who were illy prepared for their ruin-
ous losses.
The losses in buildings fall on J. B. Ross &
Co., Macon; James Stewart, S. S. Boon and
C. W. Felder & Son.
The following persons are among the
The Memphis Fund.
Dr. M. A. Shackelford, of Hogansville,
sends us $12 75 for the Memphis and Shreve
port sufferers. This amount was raised by
the citizens of that town on Sunday last
while at Church, and sent with the request
that the amount be sent to the place needing
help tbe moat, or divide it at onr own option.
Mr. Charles E. Boynton, of this city, sends
us a note with $20 enclosed; $5 from Mrs. W.
A. Rawson; $5 from Miss Susie Rawson; $5
from Mrs. C. M. Boynton, and $5 from Chas.
E. Boynton for the Memphis sufferers.
Another lady of this city sends ns three
dollars for the same purpose.
The Constitution Memphis relief fund
now foots up :
Received yesterday $ 35 75
Previously acknowledged 933 05
Total to date $973 80
Verily, is it not more blesied to give than
to receive, when the calls of charity are so
loud as in the case of the Memphis sufferers?
Sg^*The Cincinnati Times gives the follow
ing figures as the result of the votes for
Governor:
Allen, Democrat 214,603
Noyes, Radical 313,847
Stewart, Protectionist 10.040
Collins, Third Parly ... 9,9)1
ggp The Knoxville Press and Herald an
nounces a resumption of silver specie. It
says: “Already in Knoxville the setail dealers
are receiving the small silver coins in payment
of purchases made by the country {people,
who are forced by the stringency of tba paper
money to empty out their hoarded coins from
old stockings and odd crevices. As Horace
Greeley used to say, the way to bring about
resumption is to resume.”
backs in their breeches’ pocket.
There is no reason to believe that the action
of the farmers named is exceptional. The
agricultural classes have lost confidence, they
are full of suspicion,—all of which is very
natural in a time like tbe present, and yet it
is very foolish in reality. We should have
faith in one another, for we will stand or fall
together. Every farmer that keeps ten dollars
mors oat of general circulation than be needs,
helps to produce the same results that are ac
complished by a lock-up of money by
the banks. The acts in the two
c&se3 are the same . in principle
and effects. We of the South feel a full
share of the effects of this hoarding process.
Cotton is going down because the currency
which is in the country is hid away. In the
end, the produceis will see that they are cut
ting their own throats; in the en >, they will
regain that degree of faith which underlies
commercial affairs and a healthful pros
perity.
Let us not, in Georgia, aid the depreciation
of our great staple by such a senseless course
of action. Keep every bit of money busy
and active; pay off all debts as fast as pos
sible, and believe that your well-intentioned
neighbors are as honest as yourselves.
Halifax, October 23. — The schooner
Maud, with all hands, is reported lost at Isle
Lamont
Grand Dlatritmtion of Handsome
Presents bv 'tbe Atlanta Constitu
tion.
Here are exceedingly kind and mo3t e m-
phatic words from a high source. Says the
Rome (Ga.) Daily Commercial:
The grand scheme of the Atlanta Con
stitution in giving away to its subscribers
the sum of $12,000 in a list of five thousand
presents is attracting attention, not only in
Georgia, of whose rights it has ever been a
brave defender against Radical corruption,
venality and oppression, but from the entire
South whose cause it has ever upheld and
battled for.
The Constitution is a representative
newspaper of our section and deserves the
hearties-encomiums of its friends. The edi
torial and business management is m able
bands, and its editorials generally reflect the
sentiment of the people.
The twelve thousand dollar scheme is no
lottery—it is simply and purely a distribution
of 5,000 presents, ranging in value from
$3,700 downward to subscribers who pay
for The Daily Constitution oneyear in ad
vance. The paper is worth the money.
Messrs. W. A- Hemphill & Co., the proprie
tors, assure os that the scheme will be carried
out in good faith, and have pledged their
honor that the distribution shall take place
at the time advertised. Full particulars will
appear la their advertisement in a day or
two.
THE MODOC CAPTIVES.
Cheyenne, October 29.—The Modoc cap
tives passed here yesterday en route to Fort
McPherson, where they will he quartered
instead of at Fort DarnsselL
C.W. Felder & Son, dry goods and gro
cery merchants. Loss in bniiding and goods
$34,000. Insured for $18,000.
I. J. Hudson, grocery and dry goods,
Loss $7,000. Insured $4,000. A. B. Sewell,
harness shop, entire material destroyed.
Loss not known.
T. H. Tinsley, jewelry establishment. Loss
in watches and material, 1,500. No insur
ance.
S. Anthony & Son,'furniture and crookery
establishment. Stock on hand between
$12,000 and $15,000; insured, $4,000. Stock
considerably damaged.
Estate of A. B. Addison, confectionery.
Loss between $2,500 and $3,000. No insu
rance.
Chas. E. Crocker, dry goods house. Loss
$4,000. Insurance $2,000.
John E. Sullivan, jeweler. Lo3S about
$500. No insurance.
L. B. Frank, merchandize. Stock on hand,
about $15,00(1; insnred for $5,000. Loss in
damaged goods not known.
R. C. Black, boot and shoe store; Loss
not known. Goods reifloved from store.
Miss Kate King, millinery. Goods re
moved. Loss not known.
J. Greenwood, Clothing Establishment
Goods removed from house. Loss about
$5,000. Insured for $2,00C.
Granterry & Barlow, Dry Goods Mer
chants. Loss in damaged goods by water,
about $2,000.
Most of the furniture of both Masonic
Lodges were damaged. Loss estimated about
$1,000. The books, seals and jewelry, were
among the articles saved.
Forlow & Brother, General Agents. Loss
in cotton gins, safes, etc., $3,000. No insu
rance.
Mrs. L. N. Buchanan, millinery. Loss not
known.
A. J. Purseley, Agent, a number of Wheel
er & "Wilson Sewing Machines, to the amount
of $1,500; no insurance.
The following is a correct list of the parties
insured:
A. B Sewell, insured merchandise $ 2,500
J. L Hudson, insured merchandise. 4,000
C. E. Oroker, insured merchandise- 2,000
J. B. Ross, insnred house 3,575
Felder & Son, insnred goods 14,000
Felder & Son, insnred house ,....1 4,000
Anthony & Son, insnred merchandise 6,000
Follow & Bra. insnred merchadise 500
R. A. Brown, insured house 4,CO J
L. B. Frank, insnred merchandise. 6,000
B. O. Black, insnred merchandise 4,500
Kate K'ng, insnred merchandise 1,200
LAirrrv.
The death of Senator Bruton is regarded
here as a public calamity, especially to Bain-
bridge—for to him, more than to any other
of her citizens, is she indebted for her promi
nence as one of the first towns of the State,
and her present prosperity.
Very few persons attended hisburial, upon
which occasion no prayers were said, as there
are no ministers in the place, save one who
is very unwell.
Mr. Bruton’s life was insured to the
amount of twenty thousand dollars in two
companies.
DIFFICULTY OF BURYING THE DEAD.
If the death rate increases, there will be
some difficulty in burying the dead, as there
axe very few persons who will trust them
selves within gunshot of a corpse.
STAGNATION IN BUSINESS.
Commercially, Bainbridge is dead; and un
less the fever is speedily abated, our losses
will be incalculable.
Mr. J. R. Graves, the Western Union Tele
graph operator here, has stood faithfully to
his post; and when his duties would allow
him,'he gave his services to the sick.
I will inform you fully as to the situation
by mail to-morrow. B. E. R.
THE STATE FAIR.
SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE IN AT
TENDANCE.
FINE DISPLAY OF STOCK A#D THE
RACES.
HAIGHT’S
CIRCUS ON
GROUND.
THE FAIR
A GRAND CONCERT TO-NIGHT.
special to Tbe Constitution.
$50,275
BY TELEGRAPH
TO TEE ATLANTA CONSTnUTION.
Macon, October 29,1873.
A grand turnout to-day at the Fair. Seven
thousand people present upon the grounds.
A splendid day.
There was a fine display of stock upon
the grounds to-day, there being eleven stal
lions entered.
Jim Hills, belonging to Walters, sired tjf
Albion, out of Betsy Gatewood, by imported
Sovereign, took the prize.
the baces.
John Morris’ Basil Duke won the three
hundred dollar prize in the race of horses
that had never made 2:40 time. Duke won
in three straight heats. Time 2:39}.
The second race for three hundred dollars,
to be made by Georgia raised stock, was won
by John Morris* John Morgan.
HAIGHT’S CIRCUS.
Haight’s Circus performed, to-day, upon
the Fair Grounds, to a large crowd; admis
sion only being fifty and twenty-five cents.
THE CONTEST OF AMATEUR MUSICAL PER
FORMERS
Comes off at 11 o’clock, on Thursday, on
the grand Chickering Concert Pianist Guil
ford, Wood & Co.’s quarters, i*, Floral
Lodge. * i*
PROGRAMME FOR THURSDAY.
Thoroughbred aweepstake horses, jacks,
jennets and mules exhibited.
The Regatta wi'l take place at four o’clock
p. M.
The Fair will be continued until Wednes
day of next week. .
BAINBRIDGE.
TheYelIow : Fever in that City
Death of
Ex-Senator
Bruton.
B, F.
The Condition of the Sick and
the Dead.
A Serious Blow to Business.
SPECIAL TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Bainbridge. October 29 r l:49 p. M.
I cannot report the situation more favor
able here to-day.
DEATH OF SENATOR BRUTON.
Ex-Senator Bruton died this morning and
was buried. Mrs. Pearce is dying.
NEW CASES.
Dr. Morgan reports two new cases, Horace
Brackett, white, and Oscar Bruton, colored,
both dangerously ill with the fever.
Dr. Harrell also reports two new cases, both
mild.
Dr. Hoyl has a new case.
Mr. T. J. Williams, a merchant here, is
very sick with the fever.
The other physicians report no new cases.
Mrs. Dickenson, a patient of Dr. Jones,
whose case was reported yesterday, is bet
ter.
Mr. Frank Green, who was reported better
yesterday, is considered hopeless to-day.
Mr. Lewis Ehrlick, a patient of Dr. Butts,
is also considered hopelessly ill with the
plague.
THE DANGEROUS CASES.
All the dangerous cases will most likely
prove fatal, but physicians think that the new
cases, occurring since the cold weather set in,
will be mild.
NO FROST.
There was no frost this morning,but the
weather was clear and cold.
sbnatos bruton’s death a public ca-
O-BORG-XA,
THE YELLOW FEVER IN BAINBRIDGE.
Savannah, October £9.—A special in tbe Morning
News from Bainbridge, says tbe situation cannot be
reported more faroratriy. Ail cases heretofore re
ported dangerous will prove fatal. There are five
new cases. Ex-Senator Bruton died to-day of tbe
fever. If the death rate lucre ises there will be some
difficulty in burying tbe dead.
ICS—ran IN ASIEJUCUB—AUGUSTA AH> Ton MEMPHIS.
Augusta, October 29.—'There waa ice last night in
this city.
The Are in Americas Monday night destroyed a
large portion of the business part of the town. Loss
$31,000.
The Masons of Augusta have sent $400 to Memphis
and Shreveport * .
The bale of cottoa which was sold for $500 xor ih
Memphis sufferers has teen re donate J, and shipped
to Baltimore, where it will again be soli for the same
purpose.
TAINTOR, THE DEFAULTING CASHIER.
New Tons, October £9.—Judge Benedict decides in
the Talntor cise evidence by the defense that Taintor
acted by the advice of the Presideat and directors of
the b»nk is inadmissible. Taintor is the defaulting
cashier of the Atlantic Bank.
A* to Jndga Baned ct’a decision the defense de
clined to pat in any evidence. Jndga Benedict then
directed the verdict on, thee vldence for the prosecu
tion. and the jury found Taintor gnUty-
Dodge, or the firm of Dodge & Co, Is afraid the firm
will be obliged to go into bankruptcy, although every
effort had betn made to avoid each a retult.
The new Brunswick Carpet Company have been
adjudged bankrupts by the United States District
Court at Trenton.
Albany, October 27.—Governor Dix offers three
thousand dollars reward for the conviction of the
murdeters of Charles G. Kelsey.
fever.
COTTON SOLD FOB MEMPHIS 8UFFEBEHS.
Boston. October £9 —A bale of cotton contributed
by an Arkanses planter for theMempnia sufferers was
sold for $400.
THE FEVER IS TEXAS—ICE AT
HABSHAii, October 29.—There wa* 8 heavy frost
last night, and iee a half Inch thick this Mminj,
No new cases or deaths are reported. The alck are
doing well..
Shbevepobt, October 29.—Only three internet.,
to-day from yellow fever.
STOKES SENTENCED.
New York, October 29.—The jury in the case of
Stokes, found a verdict of manslaughter in tho third
degree. The prisoner was sentenced, to four years in
the State Prison at bard labor.
SOUTH CAROLINA 8TATE FAIR.
Cor-uxEiA, October S9.—The State Fair of South
Carolina opens on the 11th and closes on the 14th of
November. Preparations are being made for a large
crowd. The exhibition promises to be the best ever
made In tne State, and the turf will be represented
by the States of Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina,
and 8omh Carolina, with some or the most celebrated
racers, .