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YELLOW FEVER.
Reports From all Infected Quar
ters.
New Orleans, Sept. 2.— The lollow*
ing is the foyer report for the past 21
hours:
During the twenty-four to noon yes
terday there were 2GO new cases, and
80 deaths.
New Orleans, Sep. 2. —Total deaths
to date 1,091, including 4GI children,
eleven years of age.
Memphis, Sept. 1. —New cases yes
terdiy, 10'4 • death 7G,
Memphis, Sept. 2„- —The fever is in
creasing. Total number of cases for
the past twenty-four hours, 108—53
deaths.
Vicksburg Sept. 1.- —Ninety-eight
new cases twenty five interments to
day.
Murder and Suicide.
From tire Now Orleans Times.
At 2 o'clock Thursday evening a triv
ial quarrel between Ed. Berger and
Olias. Curtis, both about 18 years of
£fgh, culminated in the shooting and
mortally wounding of Berger by Curs
tis, and tlic suicide of the would-be
murderer.
* ; • . >.*
The origin of the quarrel dates back
to Sunday, when Curtis, who was sit
ting on a step on Dryades, near Calli
ope street, with a young lady, remark
ed, as Berger, in company with Cbas.
Stringer passed, “there goes those
rats."
Berger, knowing the remark was in
tended for him, met Curtis yesterday
at the corner of Tlpdia and Dryadcs
streets and demanded an apology, and
Curtis refused it. Borger thereupon
struck Curtis in the face. The boyg_
were theii seperated, Bergci returning
to his home, 3D Dryades, near Erato
Street, and seating hiniself near the
front door. Curtis also went home,
where he armed himself with an im
proved Smith & Wesson revolver and
returned to the scene of the fight.
Passing down Dryades street, he
bowed pleasantly to friends he chanced
to meet*, and when he Stopped in front
of Berger’s door-, his manner was so
cowl as to throw the many bystanders
off their guard as to Ids intention, —
Placing bis hand in his inside coat
pocket lie drew his pistol and aiming
directly at Berger,who Wfts still sitting
in the,chair, he fired, the ball taking
effect in Berger’s left hide, just above
the waist.
Berger jumped up and attempted
to l'Un, when Curtis fired again. This
time the bullet entered in the left side
of the back, and Berger fell upon the
floor apparently dead. Then, without
a word, and before any one could in
terfere, Curtis cocked the pistol and
placing the barrel over his own heart
fired and fell dead upon the pavement.
Berger was attended by a physician,
but up to a late hour Thursday night
but little hopes Were entertained of
his recovery.
Horace B. 'Clallin, the great dry
goods merchant, employs 00 persons,
and his‘confidential cleik has a salary
of $25,000 a year.
The Albany Advertiser learns from
a o-entleman just from Thomasville that
Jas. L. Seward has announced his in-*
ten lion to run for Congress in that dis
trict as an independent candidate. It
will be easy work, and righteous too,
for ' Tote” Smith to beat that fossil out
of his boots. Seward has been dead
and buried 20 years,
LETTER FROM DARIEN.
’
The Good Opinion of Oflr Town
and People, Entertained by
One wlio Spent Several
Weeks Here.
Darien, Ga., Aug. 27, 1879.
Mr. Editor —Home again ! What
a thrill of enthusiasm courses through
our veins when this beloved word oc.
curs to us—recalling to our memory
that our wanderings are temporarily
at an end, aiid that we are again al
lowed the extreme pleasure of associat
ing at our fireside. I must confess
during my short stay in your pleasant
little town, I was satisfactorily im
pressed with its importance as a busi
ness place, and that it will ultimately
-take the lead in prominence second to
no other town of ifs size in the State,
is niy candid opinion.
The people of Eastman and viciuity
are law-abiding, thrifty and energetic,
and comparatively less idleness man
ifested than in places three times the
size of your town. There abounds in
almost every community a certain
class of people who arc of no earthly
use to themselves or any one else—
who go around with their hands in
their pockets, speculating in the future,
while the precious present is wasted,
squandered and thrown to the winds ;
which, in return, wafts them naught
but tatters and hungry stomachs. “I
can get nothing tc do,“ is the cry of
this class of humanity.
I saw during m3 7 ' stay in Eastman
not a solitary one, every 7 one seemed to
bo employed, winch struck me as a
most prominent feature', as to the well
conditioned state of affairs.
In health, I must say the town of
Eastman is superior to any town in
the State, that I have lived in ; and
should I find it necessary in the future
to leave Darien for the summer, I shall
certainly give Eastman the preference.
The timber market is quite dull yet
—many of the buyers arc absent. But
we anticipate considerable life in the
timber trade about the first of Octo
ber. i
The weather continues very hot
with the thermometer away up in the
nineties. Mosquitoes and all such like
delicacies abound in most beautiful
profusion.
The steamer Ajax gave a free excur
sion to Savannah last night for the pur
pose of reinforcing Tompkins in the
race for Congress. Quite a number
took advantage of the opportunity to
visit Savannah.
The health of Darien is compara
tively Letter than any preceding year,
though many have vacated their homes
and removed to the ridge and other
places to remain during the heated
term.
Mr. and Mrs. Churchill an I Mrs.
Wilcox returned the other day after
having spent several weeks in Florida
Items cf very grave importance arc
quite a rarity in this community at
present. But sich is life.
Tours, Abigail.
STATE NEWS .
Thomasville is to have a cigar fac
tory soon.
Savannah has sent seventeen yellow
fever nurses to Memphis.
ITawkinsvillc has received ovcf two
hundred bales of new cotton this sea- 1
son.
• Up to Thursday last (the 29th
ult.) Albany had received 091 bales of
new cotton.
Grady Sothern, the infant child of
Kate Sothern, the celebrated mufdcN
ess, is dead.
Houston cdtinty is to have a Fair,
and it promises to be a <£ grand sue-*
cess” tool
it is reported that Mr- Howard
Williams will scon establish anew dai
ly in Atlanta.
Louisville Jefferson county, is now
in telegraphic communication with the
outside world.
Corn is sold freely from wagons in
the streets of Augusta for sixtv-iivo
cents per bushel.
v,
Gen. Joseph E. Johnson has been
nominated for Congress from the Rich
mond L)istrictj Virginia.
Mr. D. B. Woodruff of Macon, has
been elected Grand Chancellor of the
World of the order of the Knights of
Pythias.
Mr, J. Ben Wilson of Atlanta, is
going to run a sheep ranche in Wash
ington county. He has purchased 400
head of sheep to begin with.
The Macon Telegraph thinks that
the next State Fair, which commences
in that city on the 28t!i of October,
will be the fihtfst eVcr held in the State.
Judge George A. Brown of Ameri-
Cut*, is dead. He w%s a prominent
citizen of Southwest Georgia ~ 1
held many positions of trust aJj
The Merriwether Vindicator 1
that many farmers of that conmvT
“from 25 to 100 bushels of old
on hand when the new crop * a
vested. Few com buyers have [*'
found this year, while quite a m T
of farmers have had hams of t Heir ’
raising to sell/
We have seen nothing on the *...
back movement which wc more *
ily endorse than the followij ‘ ’
the Sparta Time’s & Planter : '
f; \Ve are a greenbacker. p r
we are in for more greenbacks," "
when it comes to organizing,;
party for the purpose of floods/
country with greenbacks, ilk/ '
gentlemen, all bosh. Whattl :fic ?
try wants now is a good Demon-;
administration. With this the
ces will regulate themselves.’
The following I*3 from' the }[ r
Telegraph :
Quite an enthusiasticcrowd-uat!
yesterday morning at the Brown 11
to witness the bids fur the var ;
apartments in the building for the nc
year, 'i he bidding was very spirite
and rooms to rent brought Sue pT
The bar and billiard room rente!
Mr. John R. Grifiin at $2,000 per
num.
The cigar and newspaper room v
taken by Mr. Daus at $950.
The barber shop and bathim* ,
in the basement were taken by JJi
Napier, colored, at $650.
Store No. 1 was reserved.
No. 2 was rented to Mr, Wells
$400,. and No. 3 to Mr. IV
$3lO-.
The stores would have broughthb
cr sums, but their
strictcd solely to mercantile busim
MISCELLANEOUS.
J. FUT TCI PS
BiACKSMITH SHO
at hi.s old stand near
HARRELL’S UVERY STABLE,
Eastman, Ga,
If you want your work well don : I
reasonable rates, carry it to old ia.u: id: J
July 11, 1875.-U'
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