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The Daily Herald. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1873. TUk HKKALD PliBLIHHISU COnPADiV, AL.KX. ST. CLA.IR-AB11AM8, IIKV IIY W. OKAOY, a. A. ALSTON, Cditon and Aaiugfit. THU TERMS of the HKKALD ere u follows : D ULY. 1 Year $10 00 I WEEKLY, 1 Ysar...$2 00 icriptions and advertisement* ‘nvariably In advance. Address HKKALD P0BL18H1NG CO., Drawer 23 Atlanta, Georgia. Dare on Alabama Htrart. uear Broad. TO-DAY’S HERALD FIRST PAGE—Telegrams—Tbe Irish Catholic Union. Foreign News—Terrible Deith— The Eufaula Fair Over—New Adv* rt:seim uts. Mother—An Unfaithful FOURTH PAGE—Editorials—Oar Beloved Bullock— The Case of Mr. das. Dunning—To tbe Atlanta Pomological Society—Athens and Atlanta—The “Duclieses” That School Fund — Post-Office Embezzlement—Macon Department—Miscellany. FIFTH PAGE—The South—Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina Items — Financial and Commer cial—Adtisements. SIXTH PAFE—The Story of Nelrion—Advertisements SEVENTH PAGE—The “Osprey"—Advertisements. EIGHTH PAGE—City Record—Religions Services To- Day — Pencilettes—Court Record—Before the Footlights—War Declared—Advertisements. Those Northern papers keep taunting the ■Southern press with assertions that J. Wilke* Booth is dead. Well, ain’t Lincoln dead too ? It is curious, but it is a fact, that when a dry goods clerk is hid behind a pile of goods, and you can see nothing but his head, you can still see his “middle part.” TO THE ATLANTA POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. We would suggest that an early and full meeting of this society be held, and that it shall modify its constitution by inserting the word “Horticultural,” in the place of “Po mological,” and thus embrace a larger class of our people at all seasons of the year. The importance of a larger supply of cabbage, beets, carrots, potatoes, etc., is very appar ent, and demands equal attention. Fulton county certainly ought to supply our own people with cabbage and potatoes. ATHENS AND ATLANTA. TI1K CASE OF SIR. JAtfKS DUNNING. ^ We have never recorded a case of defalca tion, surrounded by sadder circumstances, or fuller of deep thoughtful suggestion, than the case of James Duuning, the money clerk in the Atlanta Post Office. If there ever was an honest man on earth, it is Jas. L. Dunning, the father of the unfor tunate young man. Some years ago Mr. Mc Laughlin, then his money clerk, absconded, leaving a deficit in his accounts of several thousands of dollars. Quietly and heroically the old man resolved himself to makegood what had been lost to the government by his employe. Being comparatively poor, the gov ernment allowed him to commence payment of the 6elf-imposed debt by instalments. Since then no man has seen Jos. L. Dunning at any public place of amusement; no one has seen him speDd a single dollar for any luxury. With astern resolve to wipe out the stain, he has taken from his salary every spare dollar (which otherwise would have gone to make comfortable his declining life, and smooth bis pathway down the hill), and devoted it to the redemption of his obligation. And now, after years of deprivation and struggle, when he had paid all but about six hundred dollars of the defalcation, and was almost free from the bondage of the debt, he finds himself, gray haired and enfeebled, brought face to face with another defalcation, and this time—by his own son. It is a hard lot; and while Mr. Dunning has always dif fered with us politically, and in most of his views been obnoxious to us, he has our heart iest and amplest sympathy. And yet wo cannot find it in our hearts to say much that is bard against “young Jim Dunning.” He was ruined by being a “a clever fellow.” There was no premedit ition in bis defalcation. If he bad determined to become a rascal, he would have acted more prudently and on a huger scale. His books shows the record. A littlo overdraft here, and a little overdraft there; fifty dollars too much here, and fifty dollars too much there; all drawn doubtless with the intention of settling up the whole score before long; then the sudden coming of an investigating officer, and flight and disgrace ! It is an old story, and a suggestive one 1 Trying his luck at the faro table; over drawing to-night to win wbat was lost last night; running witn unscrupulous women and overdrawing a little unler the influence of their wiles; back to the gaming table again, in a desperate effort to “get a turn of luck and strengthen up,” and then at last, the crash ! How many of our young America are fol lowing in his footsteps ? Don’t think you are safe, young gentlemen, because you have never beea caught. No man is safe who gambles at all, or affects the demi-monde to any great extent. “Cards and women” can’t bo supported In an interview with Mr. Hart, one of the engineers on the North Eastern railroad, imining from hens to the Air-Lino road, (intersecting it somewhere near Belton) we learn that the grading is now finished to within four miles of the Air-Line, and that the iron will be laid, and trains bo running to ! lon S b * 'te income of a prince, much less Vy That School Fund- Mr. WARE COMES AGAIN. HE INSITS ON KNOWING ALL ABOUT IT. Editors or the Herald : Gentlemen—I would not trouble you again, but that I w ish to call your attention to a slight misapprehension under which the Treasurer seems to labor. Iu answer to some inquiries made, I suppose, by some one connected with tho Herald, he says “that the real cause of the delay was tho scarcity of money. The tax collectors have been slow in making re mittances since the money panic.” That Commissioner Orr was under the im pression that the money to pay teachers for service rendered in 1871 was raised by a tax imposed aud partly collected in 1872, aod that $74,000 was in the treasury, and availa ble for the payment of the debt, on the 20th of September just passed, seems to be im plied in a circular addressed to the county teachers of DeKalb, post-marked September 20th, the first pargrnph of which reads as lollowe: “ I hereby notify you that I have just completed the apportionment cf an other installment of the fund derived from the tax levied under ‘An Act to provide for the payment of tho debt due teachers aud school officers who did service under the pub lic school law in the year 1871/ approved Au gust 19, 1872. The amount just apportioned is $74,000. This covers the entire sum real ized from the tax mentioned, from the time of the first apportionment in December last, np to the 10th inst. Tho pro rata of your county i3 $000.02.” While I have no donbt that the teachers recognize tho duty of the citizen to bear with out complaint any inconvenience or loss which the necessities of the State may in flict, endurance ceases to be a virtue when discrimination, to the injury of a class, inures to the benefit of individuals or corporations only. Very respectfully. D. D. Ware. M-OIcg EiUent. Rumored Defalcation of Jas. Dunning Confirmed. HIS WHEREABOUTS NOT KNOWN. tLo salary of a young man. The two spoiled tho material of a good m\n when they ruined Jim Dunning. We are anthoiized to say that tho Govern- Tho iron will bo laid ("n the ment will not lose a d >llar by tho deficiency. 1 Postmaster Dunning will replace every cent that is lacking upon a fair and square bal ance of the books. Athens by next July. This will be a very im portant road and will bring a deal of trade to Atlanta, besides Lringing cs about forty railc3 closer to our very pleasant little neigh tor, Athens. Air-Line end of the road first, and continued ! on to tho terminus cs fast as practicable. We wish this enterprise a speedy and fall caccess. St. Loui3, Missouri, October 1,1873. 1 Editor Lexington Caucasian: Please publish the following card: I proposa to bet five thousand dollars ($5,- 000) that President U. S. Grant, unless he dies from natural or other causes, will be as sassinated beforo tbe tenth day of April, 1874. If accepted, the money to be deposited on or before the tenth of November next. Parties desiring to wager larger or smaller amounts, can address me at St. Louis, Mis souri, or through your columns. Respectfully, H. Clay Harper. We wouldn’t be surprised if H. C. Harper should kick Grant to death, himself. He is evidently a jack-assassin. He ought to close his bet on the 1st of April instead of the 10th. A candidate that is not an office seeker- Tlie Hon. John Collier. THE “DUCIIESSES-’-NOTES OF THEIR ORIGIN. It is a source of gratification to know that since the publication ot our hastily prapared article on the recent sale of cattle, which took place near Utica, New York, in September last, of an interest unusual and commenda ble among our readers, many of whom are curious to know something more of the histo ry of the “Duchesses,” or by another name— tbe short horn breed of cattle. Brief historical notes of this famous stock are gathered from a recent number of the Mark Lane Express. “The first of the fami ly,” says the writer, “we hear anything of, was bonght by Charles Colling, from the Duke of Northumberland’s agent, at Stan- wick, in 1784, for the modest sum of £13, (about $05). She was a massive, short legged cow, of a yellowish red color, with the breast near the ground, with a wide back, and was a great grower. She was descended from the old stock of Sir Hugh Smithson, of Stanwick. Thomas Bates bought from Chas. OUR BELOVED BULLOCK. For some time past we have seriously feared that Rufus B. Bullock, our ex-Governor, was suffering the pangs of impeenniosity. In deed, we sometimes feared that this tender political sprig had been cut off in its bloom by the bleak winds of adversity. Hence we were rejoiced to see tbo anuexed extract from a New York paper, whi h shows that the self-exiled statesman is .living in tho enjoyment of at least a good share of this this world’s goods: Editors Union—Bufus Bullock, the well known ex-Governor of Georgia, is making Albion his home for tho present, and we think he is inclined towards his native village for his home in tbe future. The Governor is a very portly personage; a person whom one would at first sight note as a distinguished individual. He is very fine looking, has also a fine looking wife and two children. On any pleasant day he may be seen upon our streets driving a team of handsome black horses, at tached to an elegant carnage. His coachman, a negro, almost always accompanies him, sit ting on the same seat with his distinguished master, and sometimes taking the reins. Mr. John B. Goodwin, candidate for Al derman from the First Ward ; is a youDg gen tleman of fine abilities, of unswerving integ rity, a good Democrat, and deserves the support of the people. He will inako a capital Councilman, and we hope to see him elected by a rousing majority. He is running with no clique or ring, and will make the race unencumbered by any promises, and when elected will bo absolutely free to dis charge all duties as hi3 conscience dictates. Mr. G. Clifford Soiren, office No. 32 Cedar street, is the agent of the Herald in New r | ablo him to return to his post at the bank. Collftgwne of the descendant* of this cow in ; York, nn d lg authorized to receive subscrip- j He states that when the doors were unlocked 1804 for one hundred guineas, and another at Coding's sale in 1810 for which ho paid 183 guineas. This latter cow Mr. Bates styled her Duchess First, and from her all the present family have descended. Mr. Bates tells ns that he was induced to select this tribe from having found that they were great growers, and quick feeders, with fine quality of meat, consuming little food in proportion to their growth, and also from finding that they were great milkers.” The result* of the Hon. Mr. Campbel*, of New York, having selected the same family of cattle, have been given in the Herald, and the article hfts aroused a spirit of inquiry on Hie blooded-cattle question among our readers. There are other popular breeds of oattle to which we would be pleased to direct the attention of Georgia farmers at a proper time. It is high time that tho “ sernb ” stock of the Htate should give plac^ to im proved kinds, and that onr enterprising far mers should move in the matter without delay. A spirit and zeal, almost unprecedented, is manifested tfy intelligent men on horticultural subjects. Frnit culture is discussed with in creasing interest This is wise and truly in- couraging, in our judgment. The soil is the source of all wealth. Tho cows in Vermout yield an average of $6,000,000 n year. Let Georgia farmers ponder this fact, and adjust themselves accordingly. Arlington—National Cemetery. To the Editors of the Herald: Tho National Cemetery, at Arlington, tha former elegant residence of oar distinguished and deeply lamented General Lee, was estab lished by tho United States Government, May 13th, 18C4. The record of interments shows the fol lowing: Interments, 11,276; known, 7,199; unknown, 4,077. At number 5,235, are de posited the remains of S. F. Zeiler, of Com pany E, Fifth Tennessee Regiment, who died on February G, 1865. Up to the 29th of September, 1873. the record of visitors names shows that 57,855 had registered. The building and grounds are kept in peifect order by the officers in charge. * Narrow Escape from Death in a Bank Vault. Detroit Free Tress. A singular accident occurred at Griawohl- street baukiug house Saturday noon, by which one of the employes of tho establish ment came near losing his life through suffo cation. It appears that the gentleman who was the 6ufferer had occasion to enter the inner chamber of the vault about fifteen minutes before tho hour for closing tho bank had ar rived, when an assistant in the cish depart ment, without cvoi as much as looking into the vault (thereby neglecting to turn off the gas which is kept burning during business houis) carelessly slammed the inner door and looked it. Unconscious c*f tho fact that ho had im prisoned a human being, lie forced the mas sive outer dcor of tho vault into position, turned the key, and depositing it in his pocket took his customary position at tbe j desk. In the business routine of this estab- ; lishmeut the day books are regularly posted j before closing, in order that no interruption may occur on reopening for the afternoon's transactions, and the involuntary prisoner, who superintends this department, not being present to giro tho usual orders, au inquiry was raised as to wliat had become of him. After a few moments’ patient waiting it was decided to send for him, and with this view a messenger boy way dispatched to hunt him up. The boy soon returned sayiug that he bad made a diligent search but without re sult. As th« man’s hat and coat were hang ing on the rack it was apparent that he could cot have gone far, and it wa3 decided to wait for him until twelve o'clock before closing the books. The City Hall bell soon tolled that hour, and the gentlemen engaged in the bank prepared to go to dinner, leaving one of their number at the door in charge of the missing man’s clothing. In going out the teller remarked in a joking manner that their colleague had been impris oned in the vault. This caused the gentle man who closed it so much uneasiness that he at once decided, notwithstanding tbe burst of laughter which his undertaking might cre ate, to swing both doors of the vault and walk in. This was immediately done, when, to tho horror of those outside, he uttered a shriek and called for assistance. To rush into the vault and turn on the gas, which had become extinguished, was but the work of an instant, when the prostrate form of the jjoor fellow w’as discovered in a position which re vealed his sufferings, and showed bow hard he had struggled to regain feis liberty. The apparently lifeless body was carried ont of the vault, and placed on a sofa in tb9 direc tors’ parlor. Several physicians were imme diately summoned, who, aided by the bank employees, made every possible effort to resuscitate him. Alter a half- hour’s most assiduous labor, daring which time proper restoratives were applied, they were rewarded by perceiving unmistakable symptoms of the return of animation. Under advice of tbo attending physicians lie was placed in a carriage and conveyed to his home, whore he shortly afterward returned to consciousness. Although very weak from the effects of liis imprisonment, the care and treatment which he is receiving will soon en- ablo him to return to his post at the bank. In accordance with a promise made on yesterday morning, we give all the news attainable in reference to tbe deficit cf Mr. Jas. Dunning. We ignore street rumor, and only give what wo obtained from authen tic souroe*. A Reporter called on Mr. Js«. L. Don ning, postmaster, by whom he was courteously receiv ed, and the following interview was proceeded with: Reporter—I feel a delicacy in calling on a father to ask for intelligence which will probably injure a son, but wishing to give reliable information, I ca.led on you for it. Can you give me any information regard ing the affair? Judge Dunning—What I say will be as postmaster, not as a father, and no circumstances will I shield him. The matter is still nnder investigation. There is no doubt in mind but that James Dunning has defaulted; but for what amount lam unable to say, as we have not finished footing up the account# Reporter—Who were his bondsmen, cr did he have any ? Judge D—He did not have any bondmen. I am re. f$on&ible as postmaster for tho deficit, be it vhat it may. I will pay it some way, as I did Me. Lauglilin’s defaulting matters. The port-office depart ment was very lenient with me, and allowed me to vaj in installments. I have paid tho whole amount, excep^ about $703. To do it I have been forced to sell reaj estate. Neither myself nor wifo have been to any place of amusement since, and I have spent only such money as was requisite for the necessaries of life and to dress comfortably and decently. Reporter—At what time was the defalcation sus pected ? Judge D.—We only discovered a deficit about 12 o’clock to-day, and from tho review of his books I think that a 1 the discrepancies have occurred within the last thirty days. Reporter—Have you any idea of his where bouts ? Judge D.—I have not the slightest idea of where he is, did not when he left town, or In fact if he U out of town; only know that he has not been at the office for the past two days. Reporter—now was that—Yon employed a money Order Clerk without bond ? Judge D—After McLaughlin defaulted I was io a dilemma about fiiliDg tho appointment, I thought surely I could trust my own son, so I gave him the appointment. Reporter—Can you give us any additional informa tion ? Judge D.— Not to day; but so soon as the investiga tion is concluded, I will give all the facts In detail. Thanking him for what information he had fur nished,and expressing a solicitude that a development of facts would mend matters, we withdrew. The reporter then called on P. H. Woodward, and asked Mm If he could give ns any news of this un fortunate; affair. He stated that as the matter was still under investigation, be thought it bad policy to make any statement, but three things wero un questionably true. They were to-wit: That Dunning had defaulted and lLat he had absconded to avoid detection. Ho promised to give other facts on Mon day. As far as we can learn from reliable sources the amount of the deficit discovered is in the neigh borhood of four or five thousand dcliars. A private telegram was received on yesterday from Macon, stating that Dunning passed through Mcccn on Thursday. He went do vn tbo Mecca &i d Bruna- wich road. Suicide of Mieliaei Collins. MACON DEPARTMENT. «. C. STEVENSON CITY EDITOR. MACON, GA.. SATURDAY. OC1. 18, 1873 TJie Herald Office has been removed to Bawlston’s Block, Third s first door onthe right. THE FAIR. HOW THE OLD THING WORKING. The Chicken Display. IS A Nonpareil Circus. As the season for the Fair approaches, everything and everybody i« feverish with excitement. Huff, the indomitable and impressible, is serene through all the confusion, and with an executive ability that is rare and wonderful, is hand ling its vast end infinite affairs with skill and ease. THE POULTRY SHOW, will be, without exception, tho finest ever seen in the South. There wil* be over five hundred coops on ex hibition, some of them holding one hundred (fowls. Mr. R. H. Allen, of New York, will briDg cut several trains filled with chickens, cattle, horses, etc. There will be a good chicken auction after the exhibition. THE MILITABT DISPLAY Will be unique and superb. Fifty tents have been en gaged from New York for tbe bene fit of the visiting soldiers. The Cadets of your city will be entertained by tho Macon Volunteers. THE GREAT EASTERN CIRCUS. One of the hugest attractions of tin whole season No change will be the Oreat Eastern Circus, which shows for j thfffcdays inside the grounds. At drew Haight, the troupe played to * small house last night. The per formance was clever throughout, but the audience was tco slim to realize for the chart !y to which the proceeds were to beapplL-d. Tbe expenses, not in cluding salaries, were $13.50 more than the receipts." The truth is, it failed to get the indorsement of the Herald, and therefore was a failure. The Telegraph manfully cimo to the reacu-, cahootDershiply and lo cally. but tbe thing wouldn’t go. The Howard Asso ciations of Memphis and Shreveport will please no tice the deficit of thirteen dollars and fifty cents, and take measures to balance tha account. The town wasn’t large enough for Lulu to perform iu, sud besides this slight circumstance, at least six Colonels of the Telegraph endorsed her. and that was enough to kill anything. They ought to pay that deficit—that thirteen fifty. But wo grieve to notice that thia Telegraph—this great “Roman Hippodrome and Balloon," has’otyet fallen in love with tho Herald. It still speaks cf ‘•our territory," and claims that it is the only witch entitled to come upon this heath. Th9 following comic sceno was witnessed thia morning: Time 5:20—Herald Train blows at VineviHe—Her ald newsboy, in livery, appears nad<.r an editor’s window: Newsboy Loq—Hero’s your morning Heu -alx>! Tno Colonel (from balcony aloft, and without hat, coat or pants}—.Have you got the Telegraph ? “No, salt!” Tbe press is broke. Twcni bo hero for two hours yet The Colonel, retiring, say* something which sounds very much like “hell!’’ The Grangers Meeting on the *8 ill. As announced in the Herald yesterday morning, tho Goorgia Sta’e Grangers will meet here on the 28th. We suggest to Mayor Huff and his board of Aldermen that a suitable hall be provided for them. As the number of delegates will no doubt be overwhelmingly large we have but one hall largT enough, and that is iu the Grand Lodge building. Produce Market. We quote c"e*r ribbid sides I0;^c; shoulders 9\c; white com e«»rce at $l»l 05; m>al $1 10; standard hams IG. ialTc; 2’ 4 bagging lG,' a c; India, 14c for 2>*\ That Railroad Sale. We think tho Brunswick Appeal very much mis- be.t circa, m.n.ger in the world. offered Huff S2.0CO j uk( , n m BU(ing ,. tt , Mtn „ Widle , hid . ,p r In the to mllow him to ehow just oulr.de the grounds, but Lamp” ,» tho «,| e of 1!ie Bruo.wick end Albany tail- Huff was too sharp to allow an oppo.ition fair to set | roa4 . He> with the chk , msgMtea of the Central, up just outside his gates, refused, letting Haight show i in Macon that day. One of them was questioned inside the grounds free. It will be one of tbe biggest j i„ regard to buying tho real, and bio reply was: ‘ The attractions of the whole week. First, there Is the free J Cnn i ra i has got enough broken down roads on its balloon ascension, which of itself would draw hun dreds upon hundreds into the grounds. Then there \ is tbe immense procession of animals and curiosities— j We don’t want any more.’’ Sprinkling Carts. It is suggested that our streets ought to he sprinkled. without any doubt the largest and moet brilliant lhat . TLat is wel! nigh impossible. They are from 125 to ever paraded in the South-which, as it daily files into al0 fee i wiJc , aii j it WO uM tb .. r „ fo . c uliB , 4 , l y the gates, will carry multitudes with it. Then Mr. lay of half the waler in tho Ocmulgee river to koep Haight has 1HHF.E MAGNIFICENT BRASS BANDS which will tend to enliven the inside scene with their j drums aud fifes and bugles. B2sides thia, the twelve | enormous centre pole tents, tho flags, and caparisons, 1 the two hundred horses aud the threo hundred pec- j down tho dust. Robbery of a Countryman. Yesterday, R. H. Harris, of Crawford county, came into Macon with two or three bales of his cotton, a* d several of his bands. After selling out, he stepped with them into Burdick Brothers for the purpeee < pie which occupy themselves with this show, will ( dividing out the money. Whilst doing so his pocket- do much to fill the grounds up with a lively, interest- j book, containing $148, was stolen. The whole party itself, is | seemed to be att •’ ; of pick pock tts tions and contract for advertisements. on him he cried at the top of Lis voice with but a fuint hope of being beard. He shook the inner door until it rattled on its hinges, but all in vain, and after Laving resorted to every means in his power to liberate himself from his tomb, exhausted by exertion and stifled by tho close air of tho vault, he fell helplessly to the stone floor to meet his seemingly in evitable doom. He soon after became insen sible, and but for the timely discovery of his whereabonts, the escape ot gas and the fetid atmosphere of his bermetrically scaled iron coffin would soon have consummated their deadly work. On Sunday, tho 5;li instant, a party person* made a friendly call at the farmhouse I ci Michael Collins, near Buncombe, in Du buque county, Iowa. The party consisted of Richard Ferrell and his wife, John Delabanty and a Mrs. Phelan. Collins and bis wife show ed their visitors over the stock yard, but after a time Mike said something to bis wifo which caused her to cry, and complain to the four visitors that she was “afraid to live with him any longer, he had threatened her life so of ten.” Mrs. Farrell told Mike that Ihe was a “good fellow,’’ and asked him what Ellen—his wife—had done? Mike said: “Nothing!” and felt sorry for abusing her. Then Ellen cried again, and said 6hehad “always done the best she could for him, and it was hard to bear.” Then Mike appeared to excuse himself; he knew he treated his wife badly, and he was now go ing out, and they would never see him any more. “ThcD, Mrs. Farrell said, they didn’t come there to hear about Mike’s difficulties, and the party of four got into their wagon to go home again and Mrs. Col lins got into tho wagon with them. Just as they wero starting, Mike Collins, from the house, called to Delabanty to “come here,” and when Delahauty went there, Col lins had swallowed enough strychnine to kill off half of Dubnque county. “Mike,” said Delabanty, “sure, you wouldn’t do the like of that?” And poor Mike said, “Yes, it was done now, and the bottle was in the stove.” Delabanty evidently didn’t believe Michael Collins, for he was going to leave him. Mike then said, “the stomach was eating out of him,” it was “tearing him to pieces,” and then he said his legs were getting weak, and called to Richard Farrell to catch him, and then he fell back stone dead. While all this was going on, Mrs. Farrell Mrs. Phelan and Ellen Collins, tbe wife, were sitting in the wagon waiting for the two men to drive them away. The sudden death of poor Collins, however, slightly interfered with the programme. Mrs. Farrell got out and helped to lay out the corpse, bnt John Delahauty drove Ellen Collins, tho widow, and Mrs. Puelan, poor Mike's mother-in-law, to his house, two miles away, where things wero made more comfortable than if they had remained to grieve over the presence of the stark clay of what had once been Miko Col lins. Nobody seems to understand why Mike took it into bis bead to empty a bottle of strychnine into bis stomach, but the jury said: “Death from strychnine, while under great mental depression,” and that was very near the truth. ing, and picturesque grouping. Tbe one of the best ever eosn, aud the only one that gave a double ring performance at once. In this show '■ ^Lould be very careful about their while a company of acrobat* are tumbling in one ring, valuables, a party ot jugglers will Do showing in another just by. While one ring is filled with leapers, the other wlil be filled with equestrians, and there will be something to { please and be admired every moment cf ths fair hours spent under the great world of canvass. Toe Watson Brothers (the original Ilanlops,) Jerome Tuttle, the: Miaco Brothers, make the ring lively, while au unex ampled corps of rider.*, including fiv3 cqu display the magnificent stud of horses. Altcgothcr such a display cf artnic talent was i rata bly Lever before brought together in tho United States, and Mr. Haight, always foremost in his ino- ft Bsion, seems to have spent all l.is energies and all bis fortunes on this Ptupendorrcntcrprlfc. We have watched this show with great prido aud co the first day it siarted oat. It or- Atlanta on April let, 187J, and siarted on Thou a small, one. iccoss, Col. Haight, talent, and wintered in panned out" loss to know who got it. As a gang known to be in town, every ot o mey and olher f four i r™ 011 eventful and magical career. Thci tout show, it traveled with great succoc resolving to Lavo nothing but firet-ch sticking to his resolution. He Selma, and male a second tour which even better than before, and lefc Colonel H. an im mensely rich man. lie then went into winter quar ters at Solma, Alabama, for the winter, aud organized the piesent Great Eastern show. Ho absolutely spared or expense to make bis show the BEST THAT EVER TRAVELED, and Ui6 results were wonderful. The show left Solma in February, and started North. Since then its progress Lai been an abiolute ovation. Thousands upon thousands have flocked to its wonderful tents; other receipts of the season have doubtless been up into the nei {hborhood cf tho mil lions. He journeyed through the North, the East and the Canadas, and fought an the while a powerful com bination of Northern 6Urs, who banded together ,to kill ont the presumtuous young Southern show that had bearded Barnum, Robinson. Rice A Co. in the r dens. But Haight just rolled aloDg quietly TAKING IN THE YANKEE DOLLARS, The City. The dust amounts to the greatest nuUance. It is intolerable. It is in extent without a\arable iajho history Gf the c : ty. A great many people are hoars) from breathing it. Our housekeepers are in a state cf positive disgust. Nothing cau be kept clean. The city at twilight very much resembles London in a fog. You can’t see half way across the streets, cor is there enough dew falling at night to settle it. to that when we wake up in the morning there is about tho fame quantity as tha evening before on the air. Police Matters. Everything is very dull. Oae or two anests pti day is about the sum total. Macon CotlonStateiu nt. it-- ’.I!’.!!!!!! c.u 11 ... J previot! -y n o::—12,370 Stock on hied this evening 6,08) LATER. Cotton closed firm at 14c. R.'ceipts 503 biles; tales 700 la'.ea. Personal Mention. S. T. Jenkins and A. A. West, of Atlanta, are at the Brown House; C. D. Hill,* of Athens, 'and A. L. Hurst, of Baltimore, are also there. Meeting of Mexican War Veterans. Macod sends greeting to the surviving soldiers of the Mexican war, and will welcome them there during the Fair. It is proposed to hold a reunion here some where about the 30th. Glad to know that those oil soldisrs will be here. As many of them live in Ma con, it would be well for them to hold a meeting, aud we heartily second the motion. The Pay- Train. The Central pay train was in town yesterday, and remained until noon to-day. It disbursed the usnal and sending them South by tho bushel. They playid , amount of greenbacks among its employees, and at all around him, ahead of him, behiud him and on his ! twelve o’clock to-d»y went down the Southwestern for the purpose of making other sou’s happy. Ws hope that train will never get off the track. Later. Tha dwelling, kitchen, smoke and one other house belonging io S. C. Kub, in Hutlaud district, burned to-day. Th^ fire proved a total destruction to every thing except oae or two beds. It originated acciden tally in the kitchen. Loss $1,8)0. No insurance, Goods for the State Fair are arriving hourly. Tte buildings and the grounds are ready for their recep tion. flanks, but the old vet‘ran never “pulled up a stand, '' nor broke an engagement, but kept square along, aud brought back to Dixie about $70,000 in clear money, that had been taken out of it^io former seasons. When he struck the South, which was his home, his re ceipts were marvellous, tnd his shows perfect jams. We were shown by an agent, the t legrams received from the treasurer of tho show, giving the daily re ceipts a^various points, son:3 of which we append, as interesting reading: Culpepper, Va $4,400 Lynchburg 5,600 Portsmouth 4.500 r.t'eigh 0,500 Goldsboro 2,500 Kingstou 4,000 Rockingham, October 17 4*.roo j tery, acid, or thick and tenacious, mucous, Charlotte 4.180 Norfolk 6,0*0 Henderson, N. C G,C00 Fayetteville 8,006 Newbern 3,700 Magnolia 3,800 Lsmberton 8,400 This reads like a fairy t*ie, but we have every rea son to believe it is the truth. The highest ambition of a “wool hat boy”—- To scrape enough money together to buy a beaver. Georgia Farms and Fanners. There are eeventj-five planters in Putnam county worth each over *5,000, and thirty- five worth over $10,000 each. Putnam county cultivated thia year 24,064 acres in cotton and 18,180 in corn. Eighty-five planters in Putnam county cultivated each over 100 acres in cotton; thirty-four over 200 acres, »nd ten over 300 acres. W. T. Hearn, of Putnam, cultivated thia year COO acres in cotton and 400 in corn ; J. S. JBeid 325 in cotton and 200 in corn ; N. H. DeJarnett 300 in cotton and 200 in corn ; D. T. Singleton 400 in cotton and 200 in corn • Napier Skelton 450 in cotton and 200 iu corn; W. C. Garner 500 in cotton and 100 in corn ; and J. T. Dennis 500 in cotton and 250 iu corn. Pike county cultivates this year 28 000 acres in cotton, 21,000 in corn. Forty-four farmers of Pike county cultivate each over 100 acres in cotton. t J. 8. Lavender, of Pike cdtinty, cultivates j .Verr York Sun. this year 300 acres in cotton, 200 in wheat, 45 . „ iu oats, and 130 in com. 1 Anna Garrett, colored, of Plymouth, North n i r" ,, ' I'rother of our fellow-cllizon i Carolina, who, becoming angry at her gran Col. J. D. Waddell, is oae of the leading child fur stealing seventy-five cents, wfiipp, a The reckless slaughter of buffaloes on the plains continues, aud the borders of Kausas and Nebraska are dotted with carcases from which not a pound of meat has been taken. The sktoners, as they are called, go in parties of from two to ten in number, and destroy whole herds with their repeating rifles. Two men who were met recently on the line of the Kansas Pacific stated that they had killed and skinned four hundred bnff’.-ilo ou two small creeks not twenty miles long. Over a thou sand pounds of meat is left to rot upon the prairies for every animal slain, and the price for each raw hide is r dollar and a quarter only. It is evident that measures must be taken to stop this wicked waste of valuable J food, or the buffalo will soon be exterminated. ■■ . . — leading planters in North Georgia, and among the very first in Polk county. He cultivated this year 400 acres in cotton, and about 250 in oats, wheat aud com. ut3’-five cents, whipped the child to death, then greased it. and was caught iu the net of tossing it iuto a tire, y to be banged ia December. She is rigbis j airs of age. Feminines. A critic says that no English woman of cul tivation wears her garter below her knee, as it is ruinous to the calf. Laura Fair read a poem on self-culture in San Francisco the other evening. Laura cul tivates her crop with her little pistol. Dr. Eliza Walker has resigned the post of house surgeon to the Bristol (England) Hos pital for Women and Children. In conse quence of her appointment, all tho medical officers resigned. In her letter to tbe com mittee she says she is convinced that her res ignation alone can relieve the management of the hospital from serious embarrassment, and enable them to obtain the services of sufficient honorary medical officers. She regrets that she is compelled to take this step, not so much for herself as for the cause she rep resents. The following is^the latest style for fashion able ladies who go on pilgrimages: The Car melite mantle is loosely cat, with sleeves so arranged that the hands may be crossed like those of the Sisters of Charity iu pictur< s. The front breadths of the skirt are embroid ered with flat ornaments, in the Gothic style, borrowed front tho binding of the missal. Tho bonnet is iu black straw, with quilled tulle between the edge and the face. The roses on the left side are toned down with black Chantilly, and the vail, which is short in front, is very loi g and full behind. En veloped iu this becoming la robe « /aprie-Diue as it is named, it would bo hard for suscepti • Lie bachelors to abstain from making confes sion to the saintly pilgrim. Symptoms cf tntanh. Obstructions of nasal passages, discharge Wilmington........’V.V.V.V.. 4’,ioo falling throat, sometimes profuse, wa- ~ ~ ' ’ * ’ * 1! tery, acid, or thick and tenacious, mucous, purulent bloody, putrid, offensive, etc. In others a dryness, weak or inflamed eyes, ring ing in cars, deafness, ulcerations, scabs from ulcers, voice altered, nasal twang, offensive breath, impaired smell and taste, etc. Few only of above symptoms likely to be present in any case at one time. tr - .... . , . , . , 1 To cure—take Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Uuff played a wlDfilng card when he got Height and D ; sc carnesl ly, to correct tile blood and h,a aoperh ,h°w ia.lde the Fair Ground.. It will j avstcm , which are always at fault, also to act draw better than a mustard plaster, and wdl .how tte j S o cciflcaU _ Vi ns it doc ,8, npon the diseased people 01 Georgia a magnificence In tent-rliowing they glands and liuinR membrane of the nose and have never aeen before. i jf s communicating chambers. The more I Deep Sop at the Telegraph and Jlee.en- ! see ot this odious disease, the more positive ger Ollier. i.’ SMOKED n \M FRIED 1 is my belief that if we would make treatment peifectly successful in curing it, we must use scpHOMORicGRKA&E. I constitutional treatment to act through the The attention of this hungry Bureau “has been j blood, ns well as a soothing and healing local called to the following’’ beautiful poetic lines in the I application. Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, Telegraph and Messenger newspaper: PROLOOCE. “Among the m >st pleasing of the recollections that will sometimos arisS like au incensa from the mould which covers the long a-gone daya of boyhood, to link together a brief but pleasant while, the past and present, are memories of tbe country-cared, home made, hickory-smoked hams, which naed to hang in substantial rows in the smoke-house, and the savory odor of which naed to be eo grateful an announce ment of tbe fact that supper was about to be ready. It was a rude iconoclastic fate which knocked the gablee out of the old smoke house, and allowed the hinges to rust off the doors—thero being no more hams to be preserved from the iutruder. and substituted there for 'canraMsed* aud ‘sugarcured’ apologies, which fail (o greet the nostril-i or the palate with the savor or the tasto of the haras of our youth." Part II.—U*ci Cooked aud Ready for Breakfast. “These memories will come up once in aahile, aud since they w:ll come, it is pleasant to have them called up by something as real and tangible as that country ham sent us the oilier day by Messrs. E. Price A Sou*. It seems almost like a fable, but it is never* thelcss a fact, that these ueutlemcu bought, on Tues day, a wagon loal of sound aud sweet country hams, raise 1 and cured by Mr. Win. M. Clark, a citizen of Monroe c far from the line of the county of Bibb. W » should be reluctant to rujk- such a statem >nt as this were we not ba 'kid up by itie beat k>ud ot proof—which proof is one of the ulce»i barns in the lot." AVIsy the Lulu t umblaafloa Fatllrrl. TaeTdeg tobat l Me isanger auaouucaa that “thi« when used warm and applied with Dr. Pierce’s Nasal Douche, effects cures npon “common sense,” rational and scientific prin ciples, by its mild, soothing and healing prop erties, to which the disease gradually yields, when the system has been put in perfect or der by the use of the Goldeu Medical Discov ery. This is the only perfectly safe, scientific and successful mode of acting npon and heal ing it. So successful has the above course of treat ment proven that the proprietor offers $509 reward for a case he can not core. All the means sold by Druggists. R. V. Pierce, M. B., Proprietor, Buffalo, N. Y. oct9 deodlw. The Boston Post’s Washington letter says. “There is most excellent authority for au nouucing the engagement of Lieutenan Fred. Grant and Miss Kitty Cooke, daughte of H. D. Cooke, now iu a state of suspense The authority is originally that of a youn lady iu Chicago, to whom Lieutcu.vnt Gran confided the secret, aud it has traveled to your correspondent through two or three sources. The confidant kept the secret until she found that several others had likewise been told the same in confidence, so she now. uu'y. iu tim state of Georgia, residing not , g 0 oms, considers herself released from her * promise. j Bismarck's wife, who lately died, w-s he: husband's secretary, clerk and messenger. All private dispatches were first read by Frau Bismarck.