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Newspaper Page Text£Jk M0& CLISBY, JONES & EEESE, Profetetoes. Thk Family Journal.—News—Politics—LrrzzATUBE—AenxcuLTUBz—Domestic Avvaibs. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING Established 1826. MACON, TUESDAY OCTOBER 29, 1878. Volume Lm—NO 42 BY TELEGRAPH. Washington, October 20.—The Secre tary of Stats bus received from the Amer ican Consul at Canton, China, eight hun dred dollars in gold, being the amount cf a yellow fever subscription raised at that city, and from Minister Noyes, at Paris, four thousand in gold, being tho third in stallment of the Paris subscriptions'. Huntington, L. I-, Ootober 20—Ad miral Paulding, senior flag officer on the retired list of the navy, the son of the oaptor of Major Andre, and last surviving officer of the battle of Lake Champlain, died to-day of embolism of the heart. Washington, October 20. ■— Colonel Hardee, of New Orleans, is appointed Sanitary Engineer on the Commission to inquire into the cause and spread of the yellow fever. General 8herman, in speaking of the army yesterday, said he never knew its condition more satisfactory than now. All branches of it are in accord. The best possible feeling exists among the officers, and the character of the men iB all that could be desired. Ghz3Tie, Pa., Ootober 20.—Tha new iron steamship Saratoga left Roach’s ship yard this morning for Now York, where it will enter the service of the New Yoik and Havana Steamship Company. St. Louis, Ootober 20.—The boiler of a saw mill at Dale’s mills, eight miles from McLeaisboro, Ills., exploded yesterday, killing R. Dale, proprietor, Warren, a la borer, and fatally wounding Zeke Arwcod, engineer, and two others—names nn* known. The bodies of Dale and Warren were torn almost to fragments. Nashville, Ootober 20.—Mnoh excite ment prevails here to-day over an attempt to open a grave io Mount Olive oemetery. The guard shot at and wounded the par ties, who got away, and-- are nnknown. Blood traokB were discovered. Joseph B. Tallet, Greenback candidate for Congress in tho second district of St. Louie, has withdrawn, and John Hogan been nominated in bis place. Hogan rep resented this sity in Congress as a Demo crat several years ago. New Yoke, October 20.—J. W. Green, a retired druggist, aged 81, committed suicide to-day by hanging himself while in a temporary aberration of mind. Patrick Butler, dealer in twines, when driving with his wife in Central Park to day, the horses ran away. Butler and bis wife were thrown eut and the former killed. The wife is thought to be fatally injured. London, Oit. 20.—The whole manage ment of the city of Glasgow bank, name ly: The Secretary, managing director and six directors were arrested on Satur day on the charge of fraud. They are confined separately and not allowed to communicate with cay person. They ail surrendered without trouble and declared they would have done so voluntarily if they had known they were wanted. A Reuter telegram from Constantino ple says the Saltan has farther delayed a formal reply respecting the British sebemo for reforma in Asia Miner, pend ing osrtain explanations which he has re quested from the ministry. The i Sal tin bss declared to Mr. Lsyard the British Ambassador, that he would neyer oon- clnde an allianoe with Rossis. Pesth, October 20—At the reassem bling of the Hungarian Diet, Saturday, there was great excitement, caused by the action of Deputy Iranijr—a radical. He protested against the hoisting of the yellow and blsck flag, which, he declared, symbolized unity with Austria, and which was not recognized by the Hungarian constitution. Ho also claimed that as the members of the Diet were compelled to hear the royal speech standing, the Emperor should read it standing, as the rights of the throne and the Diet were equal. The royal speech, which was read to day, is entirely colorless, as the minietry now acting is only provisional. Paeib, October 20.—Tho Temps says the prefect of police baa ordered the sus pension of the arrest of persons condemn ed in contumacion for offences daring the Commnne, until the government hss adopted measures to prevent abuses. Belgrade. October 20.—Preparations are making, in view of a possible hostile movement by tho Albanians, to concen trate 10,000 men at any point on the frontier, at eix hours notice. Rosie, October 20.—The King has ac cepted the resignations of ministers Corti, Bruzzo and Brochetti. London, October 20.—A disastrous railway collision occurred to-day at Pon- tupridds. Twelve persons are reported killed and over twenty seriously wound ed. Several have bad limbs amputated, and more deaths ore expected. St. Louis, October 20.—Advices from the West, received by the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, eay the sheriffs of Sa line, Rice and Hays counties, Kansas, with a strong pcs:e, attacked the rendes- vous of a gang of train robbers, west of Brockfield, cn the eastern border of tho Great American Desert, some hundred miles west of Kansas City, early yester day. Among the captured are Mike Rouke, leader of the gang, and a noto rious desperado, and among the wounded is Daniel Dement, who, however, escaped. Three others of the gang also got away, but the poesee started in pursuit at once, going south, towards Fort Dodge. Mike Ronko was the leader of the band that robbed the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fo trains at Kingsley, and the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Ccnncil Bluff train at Winthrop some months ago. It is believed his capture will break up one of the strongest and most desperate band of thieves and robbers ever organized. New York, October 21.—Tho new steamship Saratoga, built at Jno. Roach’s ship-yard, in Chester, Pa-, for James E. Ward & Co., of this city, to run between Mew Yerk end Havana, arrived here this morning. She had about a hundred guests onboard. Sho is very handsomely fin ished. and is probably the fastest sailer Roach has turned ont. Washington, Ootober 21.—The United States Minister at St. Petersburg reports to the Department of State that tho Em peror of Russia, on the 1st cf Augnst, ordered the disarmament of the Russian forts on the Black Sea and the removal of the submerged torpedoes. Cincinnati, October 21.—Two more deaths from yellow fever are reported at Galllpolis, Ohio, Joseph Skinner, a farm er, and Samuel Carry, a young lad. There remain six cases, but all of them are convalescent. A heavy frost has put in an appearance, and probably there will be no farther spread of the disease. London, October 21.—Lsoonr and Wat son, shipping agents, of Glasgow and Leitb, have failed. Their liabilities are believed to be large. Alex Bell & Sons, merchants in the Spanish trade, have failed. Liabilities not ascertained. James Norton & Co., one of the firms largely indebted to the City of Glasgow Bank, have plaoed their hooks In the hands of accountants. Their liabilities are estimated at from two to two and a half million ponnds. Glasgow, Ootober 21.—The directors of the City of Glasgow Bank, who were arrested on Saturday on the charge of fraud, were ta-day arraigned before a stipendiary magistrate of Glasgow, and remanded till to-morrow. London, October 21.— The Times' financial article says: “It looks extreme ly probable that a call of £500 per shat* on the shareholders of the City of Glas gow Bank will be enongb.” For the ma jority of the shareholders that means ab solute ruin. Some of them oannot pay anything, and the cocsequsnoe will te heavy drafts on the residue, who are riob, These drafts will paralyze business, weaken credit and prove a source of mis ery to Scotland for years. Banking credit has received a shock which is itself one of the greatest calami ties the country could undergo. Confi dence is shaken at a time when the con dition of trade required it to be peculiar- ly strong. The mischief thus done, is now only be ginning to bo revested. Ultimately, doubtless good will result from thi<,c--l- lapse; bnt meanwhile it hae^a u .?r the oountry like a nightmare, and nobody can be sure that it may act prove the Big nal for man; farther disasters. At the same time, nothing is to be more deprecated than unreasoning sus picion. We are glad to find that there Is in all tha banks of London a strong reel- ing of confidence and readiness to help those requiring it, whiob must go far to prevent any extreme danger. If the business pnblio is as sensible as most of the London bank managers the worst that could happen may probably be averted. Memphis, October 21.—The weather is growing warmer. From 6 o’clock last night until noon to-day fourteen orders for interments are reported by tbe un dertakers. Among tbe dead are Joseph Townsend, G. R. Bedford, Henry Brown, Fred Henneger, Miss Emma Crumples, -Daniel Lake, Liuis Yeppa. The Mem phis and Charleston railroad reopens to day for the transaction of business. Tbe steamer Belle, of Memphis, from St. Louis, passed down last night. New Oeleans, October 21—The weath er is clear and warm. Thirty-one new cases and forty-four deaths. New York, October 21.—Tho Southern Relief Committee of the Chamber of Commerce to-day remitted the following amounfe: To Algiers, {500; to St. Bern ard Parish, Howard Association, 8500; to A. Baldwin, Treasurer of the New Or leans Central Relief Committee, $3,000; to Jackson, Mississippi, {1,000, and to A. L. Herron, Howard Association, Baton Rouge, for Clinton end vicinity, $2307 London, October 21.—The Times’ cor respondent at Constantinople eays the hole story of an Afghan envoy to tbe Porte 13 untrne. Copenhagen, October 21.—It is semi officially announced that the betrothal of Princess Thyia of Denmark to the Dnke of Cumberland will be celebrated early in November. London. October 21.—The German b rk Ellen Rickmer, from Greenock, Septem ber 28tb, for Wilmington, N. C., has ar rived at Falmouth. She bad lost her bul warks, stanchions, sails, and had her deck houses smashed. Macon, Ga., October 21.—The Georgia State Fair will open here on the 28th instant, and continue for one week. The grounds and race track are among the finest in the Sooth, and era in the best condition. Race parses amounting to {4,000 will be offered, and about eighty horses will be entered for the races. Sena tor Thurman, of Ohio, will speak here daring the Fair, and Dr. Carver, the world renowned shot, will shoot every day. A large quantity of goods have ar rived from the North and West, and the entries are large. The indications are for an unprecedented attendance. There is not a single case of yellow fever in the State. Frost has extended all over the State, and all danger is removed along the lines of Western trav.L Mobile, Ootober 21.—From neon Sat urday up to Sunday noon there were three deaths and seven new cases here, and from Sunday noon nntil Monday noon there were one death and eleven new cases. Forty cases are now under treat ment. Washington, Ootober 21.—The State Department is informed that Russia has ordered the disarmament of her forts on the Black Sea and the removal of the euomtrgcd torpedoes. —,• Reports ehow that Spotted Tail and hiB followers have peaceably removed to their new Indian reservation, and therefore no fears of trouble are apprehended. Special depnties have been sent hither with reports from Yadkin and Davies counties, in North Carolina, that they have captured seven illicit stills and fix tures, with nearly eight thousand gallons of mash and a quantity of whisky. A case was arvu-sd before tbe Supreme Court to-day ri. —i tha Circuit Court of South Carolina involving tho question of tbe validity of tbo revenue bond scrip of that State, issued in 1872 m exchange for bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Com pany, guaranteed by the State. Ia the Supreme Court tc-day, Dupont Guerry of Americas, Ga., and Thomas McCartney of Mobile, were admitted to practice. Jeremiah Hooper, William Irwin,TboB. J. Summer, Robert McCray, John P. Soraggs, William F. Gary and Wade H. Henderson, were to-day each appointed revenue storekeeper and ganger for Sixth distriot of South Carolina, and John F. Adams storekeeper and gauger for the Sixth distriot of North Carolina. The Attorney General decides with ref- orenos to the status of the distriot of Co lumbia 365 bond?, that they are not Uni ted -, States bonds; also that they are bonds for the payment of whloh the Uni ted States is fully responsible, and the payment of whiob the United States can not avoid withost repudiation. London, Ootober 21—Of tbe directors of the City of Glasgow Bank now nnder arrest W. Taylor is an ex-town counsellor of Glasgow, a member of tbe school beard of that city and a partner in a large grain dealing firm In the west of Soot- land ; Mr. Inglia is a landed proprietor in tbe east of Scotland; Lonis Potter is a member ef a large shipping firm in Glas gow; Mr. Wright is a member of an In dian firm in London and Glasgow ; Rob ert Salmond was manager of tbe City of Glasgow Bank when it stopped in 1857; Mr. Btewart is an Edinburgh merohact. The arrests have created a great sensa tion, but meets with the general approval of the community. New Yobk, October 21.—Tho ■ Exec utive Committee of the American Public Health Aseeociation announce the fol lowing order of business at the 6 th an nual meeting of that body to be held at Richmond November 19th to the 22nd next: 1. Address by the Governor of Vir ginia. 2. Address by tbe Preeideut of the As sociation. 3. Reception of the report of the com mittee investigating the history of the epidemic of yellow fever. 4. Reception of the otherreports and records of this epidemic from all sources. 5. Reception of other reports and communications cn the epidemics and sanitary experience of the present year. G Announcement of tbs contribn-, ticn3 of information and the presentation of communications from members of the Association, State Boards of Health, Municipal Smilary Officers and others, not relating to the yellow fevsr. New Yoke, October 21.—The Demo cratic Congressional convention of tbe 4th district, of Brooklyn, nominated Archibald M. Bliss for Congress in the 5th Congressional distriot. The Tam many Democratic convention, to-night nominated Nicholas Muller for Congress. Nashville, Ootober 21.—The Demo crats of tbe Sixth distriot unanimously re nominated John H. House. Wheeler and "Wilson at Haris. Special to the Telegraph and Messenger.] Exposition Uniyxeskllk. Paris, Ooto ber 21.—Wheeler & Wilson,Union Square, New York, are awarded for their new sewing machines one of the special grand prizes of the exposition—the only grand prize awarded for sewing machines—over eighty competitors. THE! GEORGIA PRESS. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist says “General Gordon continues to be round ly abased by the Independents for daring to oppose the election of their candidates. However, ss be seems to be thriving on the abase, tbe Independents shonld con tinue tho hoarhoand.’’ The Broken Bridge.—Undor this head we find the following in the Augus ta Evening Sentinel: The soene around tha broken tines span of the Port Royal Railroad bridge, this morning, was that of an abandoned wreck. The entire span on the Carolina side is gone, and with tbe exception of a hanging wood-fiat, nothing remains aboye the considerably separated piers. The smoke staok and oab of the looomotive, No. 4, W. F. Herring, protrudes above the water, while a weod ear, piled npon another fi->t, rears slightly np. The river, fortunately, ia low, and tbe fireman and engineer, with Mr. G. D. Giliison, whose wood train was bring transported here, wero enabled, after the ebook of tbe fall had passed, to orawl through the oab win dow and get ont npon the rafters above. As it wee, the esoapo was most miracu- lona. The work of olearing away the debris has just begun under the superintend ence of Superintendent Kilims, although as yet it is impossible to say when re pairs will commence. The span is over 150 feet, and the expense of repair is reckoned at from $15,000 to {20,000. Passengers this morning wero tranferred by means of a skiff, and it h thought a day schedule of passenger trains will be run for the present. Mr. Giliison gave a graphic account of the catastrophe to tho Sentinel reporter. He said that the train had been slack ened up, with its heavy load of wood, and the engine had entered the bridge, exhausting steam and going at a slow pace. He waB standing on the left hand side of the cab, when all at once the bridge was felt to be giving way and be fore the sensation could bo appreciated they were at the bottom of the river, and, amid the crash of timber, the rushing of water and escape of steam, a terrible seemed impending. Once at the bottom, the sensation of being crashed was over, leaving Mr. GillisoD, with the engineer and fireman, to a dread realization of be ing drowned in the cab, with water above, be’.ow, and on every side. Raising himself, however, with his left hand to the top of the cab, he fonnd that he could keep his month above water, and at once grabbed the engineer, who had been stunned by a piece of timber, and raised him to a similar position. Seeing the light through the window and hearing raps upon the pane by the fireman who had scrambled cutover the tender, Mr. Giliison climbed through, still dragging tbe engineer after him. Once upon the top, the work of ascending tbo wreck by running up the inclined plane of the train was an easy one. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist re views the aitaation in the four Congres sional districts where there are indepen dent candidates against the Democratic nominee?, and concludes that Corker will oerfainly be defeated in tbe First distriot, and adds: “In tbe Fifth distriot, as the race now stands. Col. Hammond, tbo nominee, will be elected by an overwnelmlng ma jority over bis hermaphrodite opponent. In tho Ninth distriot, the triumph of Cel. Billlups and party organization ia assnred. In the Seventh district the race will bo close, bnt the infur mation we have re ceived leads ns to believe that Judge Lee- ter will be re-ilacted by a fair majority. Unlees some nnforseen disaster should occur daring the next two weeks, Georgia will retnrn a solid delegation of “organ ized” Democrats to CongreES on the fifth of November.” 0? the canvass in the Seventh district the Gasette says “the anti-Felton current appears to grow in volume as the election draws near. General Gordon is still in the district, speaking to enormous crowds ef voters. His speeches are models of good sense and patriotic eloquence.” The Thomasvilie Times sayB it is re ported that the Radicals of that district met at Albany last week and nominated E. C. Wade for Congress. Wade is ono of the meanest and most malignant of the whole gang in this,or any other State. Wz are pained to learn from the Ogle thorpe Echo that the late Greensboro fair “was almost a failure. It is stated there was nothing on exhibition the first day; on the second a ball and a 'pumpkin’ could be seen. At night the bull got out, eat np the pnmpkin and left—conse quently the third day was like the first.” Lumpkin, Stewart county, ought to be the happieBt town in the State. The In dependent says the finances of that town are “in such a healthy condition that it will not be necessary to levy any tax upon town property this year. The present Council have managed affairs so that the whisky tex and tha fines and forfeitures have been sufficient to pay the salaries of the Mayor and Marshal and the current expenses of the town.” Wz quote these additional items from the same paper: Fizz in the Country.—Oa Saturday night last, between eleven and twelve o’clook, tho dwelling house of Mr. Simu- el S. Everett, who lives two miles west of town, was totally destroyed by fire. The family had all retired for the night, and the fire was not discovered until it was nnder fall headway. Tbe fire origi nated in tbe pantry, opposite tbs stove room, where there had been no fire, and lSBupposed to have been tbe work of an inoendiary. The boildwg and furniture were insured for about {1,100. Mayor Her?, of Macon, intimates that, at the proper time, he will take Sen ator Gordon’s political scalp. With Huff and Christopher, of the Atlanta Phono graph, both after him. General Gordon is in great danger. Yes, In danger of strengthening bis hold npon tbe affec tions of the people of Georgia. The North Easts en Boas—a Splen did Showing.—Under this head th- Ath ens Chronicle has the following: -The annoal meeting of tbe Stockholders of this splendid little xoad was held at the oompany’s office on Wednesday lest. The meeting was the best attended for years and nearly every stockholder brought his family. The repo ts of the President and Su perintendent were -extraordinarily satis factory to those interested in the road, as well as to the people of Northeast Geor gia generally. The gross earnings were upwards of {48,000, end ifee percentage of current expenses; on the gras* raoeipts was 53. This welearn is the best exhibit of any road in tbe State—tbe beet so far, being that of the Atlanta & West Point road, whose ratio was 58 per cent. The Company has paid all the interest on its bonds,' all of its ourzent expenses, and has a good surplus remaining. The rosd-bed is ia first-olass order, tbe rolling stock good, and a new engine has been pnrobased in the last few months. Upon the recommendation of tbe Pres ident, a resolution was unanimously adopted, instructing the Directorate take immediate aotion looking towards tbe completion of tbe road to Knoxville, if possible, but oertainly to Clarksville, and also authorizing them to exeonte a con tract to that effeot aa soon as it wag fonnd to be reasonably proper. Decisions of the (supreme Court ol Georgia, Delivered October 15,1878. . - , • Abridged from the Atlanta Constitution by IT. E. Harris, of the Macon Bar.' [As the deoiBions are short, and* mostly from thisoirouit, we give them entiie this week.] N. B.H. Chapman vs. Mayor of Maoon. Case from Bibb. Waeneb, 0. J.—This was an pfltion brongbt by the plaintiff against the', de fendant to reoover damages for injuries sustained by falling into a oellar, bn the defendants’ sidewalk in the city of Ma oon, tbe door over whloh - he alleges was negligently allowed to be kept open by the defenaant. On the trial of the ease, the jury, nnder the chargs of the court, found a verdiot in favor of the defendant. A motion was mado for a new trial, on the ground therein stated, which was over ruled, and the plaintiff exoepted.Two questions were made in lh9 court ibeiow oa the trial of the case. First, was the defendant negligent in allowing the-door to be kopt open in snob a manner as to damage the safety of those who travel thereon; and second, if the defendant wits negligent, did the plaintiff exeroise ordi nary care and diligence cn hia part to avoid the injury oomplained of. Tne jury found iu favor of tbe defendant, and un ss there was some error in submitting tnese questions to tho jury, under the evidence in the record, the verdiot shonld not be disturbed. Upon looking into tho oharge of the oonrt, as set forth in tha. re cord, in view of tho evidence contained therein, we find no substantial error in tbe charge of tho oonrt to the jury, or in refusing to charge as requested. Let the judgment in the oonrt below be affirmed. Baoon & Rutherford, for plaintiff in error.* R. W. Jomison & Son, for defendant, Windsor vs. Bell. Complaint from Webster. Blxcklky, J. X.—By will, made and probated in 1856, the testator gave di rectly to bis daughter, then a ohild, the residue of his estate, real and personal, "to her own proper nse and benefit, and to the heirs of her body, free from the disposition of any hnsband that she may ever have, not to be subject to oontraots debts or liabilities of any hnsband she may have.” This created is the daugh ter a separate estate. A person who was her husband, in 1863. (having married her in November, 1866) had no right, as husband, to settle with the exe cutor and receive and receipt for her leg acy. Aa he acted for himself, and not as her agent or trustee, he was not bonnd by his receipt, nor affected thereby. In the reoord there is no decisive evidence of ratification by her. Indeed, she could not ratify, so far as her separate estate was used to extinguish her husband's debt. 2. An exeentor who qualified XS56, having recognized the trnst'and acknowl edged assets as late as 1868, and the lega tee having been a minor nntil after tbe latter year, her action brought m 1876, for not paying over the legaoy, was not barred by the limitation act of 1869 nor by the code. 3. When it was an executor’s duty to pay and he neglected it, it is the duty of his exeoutor to pay in his stead, if suf ficient assets come to the latter, either from the original estate or from the estate of the first exeoutor. Tbe eeoond execu tor is answerable direotly to the person (in this case the legatee,) to whom the payment shonld have bsen made. 4. In a suit against tho executor of the deceased representative of an estate, the deceased repreentativo being misdescrib ed ia tbe declaration as administrator, it is competent to emend by obanglng the description to ex-tutor instead of admin istrator. 5. A declaration for the wife’s legaoy being in the name of hnsband and wife as joint plaintiffs, it may be amended by in serting words to the effect that they sne for the wife’s use. The wife iB the only essential plaintiff, and the case should be tried 03 if she were solo plaintiff, the joinder of the hnsband being matter of form. Judgment reversed. City of Macon vs. Whitehurst. Case from Bibb. Bleckley, J.—There was no abuse of disoietion in refnsing a new trial. Jadgment affirmed. R. W. Jemiaon & Son, for plaintiff in error. R. F. Lyon; C. J. Harrir; Washington Dessau, for defendant. Wilson vs. tbe State. Assanlt with in- ten to murder from Bibb. Blxcklky, J.—Upon an indiotment ohargingin one count an assanlt with in* tent to murder, and in another oonnt un lawful stabbing not done in self defense or under other ciroumstanoes of justifica tion, the verdict was, “We the jury fiDd the prisoner gnilty. of the offense ef stab bing.” The prisoner moved in arrest of jadgment, insisting that the verdict was special and not general; that it did not find all the issues involved, and that a verdiot of stabbing without negative self-defense or other justification, does not find any crimo or misdemeanor for whioh sentence osn be pronounced. That all the issues were disposed of see 58:h Ga. 200; and that the verdiot, eonstrued in oonneotion with the indiotment, was sufficient, see GlatGa., 144. Judgment affirmed. John L. Hardeman; Elias Herman; for plaintiff in error. O. L. Bartlett, Solioitor General for the State. Wo. H. Visage vs. J. R. Schofield. In equity from Bibb. Jackson, J.—Where the reoeiver had rented lands to the plaintiff in error after a decree claimed to be final, whloh did not discharge tbe receiver in terms, and had not been fnlly executed, and plaintiff in error was hold over hla term, he having been a party to the litigation whioh result ed in the decree, and tne reoeiver applied for an order to dispossess the said plain tiff m error and to retnrn the possession to tbs receiver in order to pnt in the new tenant. Held, that the order to return the pos- -esalon to the reoeiver was right. Jadgment affirmed. Loftoti& Bartlett for plaintiff in error. Lanier & Anderson, by brief, for defen dant. Matilda C. Visage vs. J. R. Sohofield. In equity from Bibb. Jackson, J.—Where the reoeiver of the oonrt had been in possession of the lands in dispute between parties for two or three years, and had rented the same to husband of plaintiff in error, who was in possession withherhnsband, and claimed to retain possession on tha ground that the right of possession was in her, and also alleged that she bad no notioe of the role to dispossess her, and where it was necessary to act at ocos in order to ren; the land, and the oonrt ordered the sheriff to put tbe receiver in possession, unless in ten days she showed tbe oonrt some rea son in law or equity why she shonld not be dispossessed, and unless the oomt shonld therenpon oonntermand the order to dispossess her and to restore possession to the reoeiver, her counsel being present in court. Held, that the order was right. Judgment affirmed.* LsftonA Bartlett for plaintiff in error. Lanier & AndersoD, by brief, for defen dant. Edison’s Views Combated. Professor H. H. Edgerton does not seem to pat much faith in the report that Mr Edison has made a great di c -very in connection with the electric light.- At least he does not seem to believe that Edison has mads any discovery at alL In a letter to Mr. Theodore Forstall, superintendent of the |New Orleans Gas L ! gbt Company, nnder date of the 14th inat., Mr. Edgerton says:— Theodore Forstall, Esq:— Dear Sir—A grand farce is being en acted here in our business for the benefit of gullible Gothamites. I send yon all the newspaper clippings I can find bear ing on the subject. You will see tbai Mr. Edison, the vizard of Menlo Park, has, as the popular expression goefe. ‘in vented a means of dividing electricity.* This invention is supposed to have solved the problem of the practical application of the electric light to ordinary purposes of illumination. Such, however, is far from being the oase, and I will shortly give yon the reasons. The electrio light will not bear sub division except at enormous sacrifice of iliumiaating power. To give you aa idea of this Ios3 I made a test at Coney Island- on one of the Wallace machines. It was said to re' quire aix-horsa power to run it, and was supplying six lamps, each lamp stated at 200 gas jets illminaticg power. I meas ured the illuminating power and fonnd it to be twenty instead of 200. Very possibly |the current concentrated on one lamp may have equalled 1,200 gas jets by actual test, and from that it was taken for .granted that eaoh of the s'x lamps would equal 200 gas jets. This enormous loss knocks all the economy out of electric lighting, lor I found that right on tie spot the King3 County'Gas Light Company was tarnishing light to the consumer at less than the bare cost of the electrio light to the parties manufac turing it, stated at $1 per hour. Hence, in my opinion, tha electrio light will never bo economically possible, except in positions requiring or permitting con centrated lights, eay of notlees than 1,000 or 1,200 gas jets of ten candles eaoh. It ia a familiar faot to those who have experimented with galvanic batteries that with ten powerful ‘cupa’ no light will b3 given, neither with twenty nor forty. It ia only when we mount np into the hundreds of ‘cells* that any amount of light is obtained. In txiotly the same way th • concentrated light will be dissipated by subdivision, so that by dividing into ten the current afforded by 400 powerful cells ths aggregate of light would be far less than the concentrated effect. Mr. Farmer hss very well stated these fundamentalobjections in the Ameri can Gas Light Journal, and I only add some confirmatory experimental date and observations. Tbe lighthouse authorities in England have shown that 290 cubic feet ofjgas per boar, consumed inane burner, affor ded a light of nestiy 3,000 candles, whereas, divide! into 58 burners of 5 cubic feet .each, the light of only 580 candles would be given. Mr. Hyppolyta Fontaine, engineer of the Gramme Com pany, manufacturers of the electrio light machines, says: The electric light doss not interfere with gas light, nor with oil light nor with candle light. It will not revolutionize, as has often been averred, the question of lighting, destroying what is now In use, and mo- noplizing every industrial application, domestic and public. The electric light has its place marked out for it under many circumstances, but, far from di minishing the coneumptien of the other lights, it will lead to their further devel opment by demonstrating the advantage of a more powerfnl and complete illumi nation. Undoubtedly Mr. Edison will wind np with a round tarn at the insormonnUbla obstacle—the enormous loss due to sob- divisions of the current. One hardly knows what to believe of Edison. The repotters make him ont to be a regular meohaaical Munobansen of the John Keely order, bnt I am told he does not talk to sdentifio people is the same strain he doeB to newspaper report ers. No end cf announcements of what Edison is going to do are daily made, bnt tbswoild wags on and nothing is heard from them. This last piece of newspaper bnnoombs will last a few days longer, as every ono .halte gas bills heartily— they are even more disagreeable thin the nolsea on the Metropolitan Railway, be cause they oan’t be avoided by moving. You notice from the reported interview with General -Rooms that it is not electrio light that disturbs hia dreams. It is the “schemers" who have prevented him furnishing the mild, radiant light of Man* hattan gas to the poor man at $2.00 per thousand. That ia good 1 Wedded toy tbe Wires. Washington O. H; (Ohio) special to the SI. Lonis Globe-Doniocrat.l “What God has joined together let so man pnt asnader.” This, as it started over the telegraph wires this morning from this plaoe, to reach ita destination two honrs later at Georgetown, Colorado. 3,000 miles away, ended the most novel marriage on record, joining until death shall part Mr. Wheeler C. Jefilis, at Gaorgtown, to Miss Lina Sellers, at this town. The history of this strange pro ceeding, aa related to yonr correspondent by a friend of the parties, is as follows: Three years ago, Wheeler Ellis, a younsr, poor and hard working mechanic, left Washington for the far West to seek his tortnne, leaving behind a lovely and lonely maiden to await hia coming at some future time, when his finances would admit of marriage. The time had oome this week, bnt on aeoonnt.of busi ness engagements, tbe young man fonnd he oonld.not make tbe trip East. A friend arriving here yesierday from the West, was commissioned to taka tbe young wo man to Georgetown, where the ceremony would be performed. This arrangement, though entirely in accordance with the yonng lady’s wishes, did not suit her mother, who so strennonsly objected to this way ot tbe thing being done tbst some ether plan must be adopted or tbe affair postponed. The girl bad waited long already, and nothing but distance seemed to stand in the way. At the sug gestion of Rev. George Carpenter, the telegraph was oalled into servioa. This oalmed the old lady’s objections, and the preaober performed the oeremony. No oards. The only spectators were a friend or two. From the time of the first mes sage till the yonng man answered the solemn “Ido” was something over four hoars. The bride started to-day for home and a husband in the far West with the best wishes of many friends. A STRANanSiaHTiH Vinrville.—Yee. terday the curious spectacle was pre sented in the most public thoroughfare of Vineville, of a flock of buzzards, more than a dozen in number, fighting over tbe carcass of a solitary chicken. A score more of the same carrion birds soared in short circles about the soene of combat. As we drew near, one filthy fellow snatch ed th> prize and flew away with it in triumph.^ -, } We have never seen anything of the kind before in the heart of a crowded town save in that buzzard’s paradise, Charles ton, South Carolina, where' they are pro tected and cherished as city scavengers, and tamer than tho common barnyard fowl. . The Gbronicle’8 Gdcton Figures The New York Commercial and Finan cial Chronicle ot tho 19th reports the cot ton receipts of tbe seven days ending on Friday night, 18th instant, at 160,233 bales, against 135.054 the corresponding week of last year. ^Total receipts from 1st September to Friday night last, 685,- 339, against 397,429 for the correspond ing period of last year—showing an in crease of 288,410 bales. The Cotton Exchange statement of same date was 83 follows: Receipts of the week 158 394, against 136,904. Total receipts 679,282, against 374,319—show ing an increase of 304,963 bale*. The interior poit business of the week, as reported by the Chronicle, was aa fol lows: Receipts 77,981, againBt 65,862 last year. Shipments 58,207, against 49,008. Stocks, 79,897, against 53,765 last year. The Chronicle's visible supply table showed, on Friday night iast, 1,262,136 bales of ootton insight, against 1,341,742 laet year, nl same date, 1,900,068 at same date in 1876, and 1,817,742 in 1875. Showing a decrease on the supply of last year of 79,606 bales; a decrease on the supply of 1876, at same date, of 637,950, and a deerease on the supply of 1JS75 of 555,606 bales. Middling uplands in the Liverpool mar ket last Friday wore quoted at 6 3-16— last year, at the same date, th6 quota tion waa 6)—in 1876, at same date, 5 15' 16, and in 1875 71-16. The Chronicle in its weather telegrams of last Friday reports the first killing frost in the Mississippi valley, and the expectation that the yellow fever scourge will soon come to an end. As to localities,' frost varying from light to heavy, accord ing to localities, is noted at Shreveport Friday morning. There was no telegram from’Vicksburg. Alight fr03t ia men tioned at Coiambus, Mississippi. A “good frost” at Little Rock, in Arkansas. Killing frost on two days of tbe week at Nashville. No telegram from Memphis. Mobile reports a light frost at Columbus and Shubuta, Mississippi. Stlma, Ala., reported a very light fro3t. These are all the points where frost is reported, and they note a killing frost only at Nash ville. At Memphis, on Saturday morn ing, according to the Avalanche, only a light frost. There were light rains all ever tbe cot ton region, but it was a fine week for picking, and great progress was made. The Chronicle, cyphering over tbe Ag ricultural Bureau’s report for October, thinks that it points to a cotton crop for 1878-9 amonnting to 5,245,250 bales, or an excess of 434,250 bales over the crop of laet year. Very likely. In this crop 656,650 bales are set down to the account of Georgia. The New York market fell fiTe-eix- teenths on middling upland during the week, and moro on lower qualities. City of Glasgow Bank. The officers of the City of Glasgow Bank wero arrested on Saturday and have been nnder confinement ever since. They were before a magistrate yesterday, and remanded for examination to-day. The London Times of Monday morning states that the shareholders are likely to be mulcted in five hundred ponnds sterling, ({2,500) per share, which will rain moat of them, except a few of the wealthiest, and as some cannot pay any thing, the loss will fall all the harder on those able to suffer. It seems from this remark that either nnder the terms of the charter or byforce of general statutes the indebtedness of the Bank has to b9 made’good by the stockholders, and if the weaker can’t all respond in the ratio of their stock, the stronger must make up the deficit. Bank stock nnder each conditions is dangerous propotty. The London papers of yesterday re port several additional aqd important failures. The remarks of the Times on the situation will be carefully noted. That paper evidently anticipates serious financial trouble. It aays “Bonking credit hu received a shock, whioh is itself one of the greatest calamities the country could undergo,” and the misohief done it now only beginning to be revealed,- It hangs over tha oountry like a nightmare, and nobody can be sure that it may not be the signal for many farther disasters. Apanio in London, however, though damaging American trade severely, would be powerless to breed a psnio in Ameri ca,' bnt for the pending kesnmpUan scheme. This in tbe faoe ot snob on event, would ba a piece ot mere suicidal imbecility—a fore-doomed failure, and the moral effeot of tho abortive attempt wonld iifliot a fell blow on tbo credit and character of the oircnlsting medium. However, if the oolltpse cornea nerosa the water, there will be time and opportunity to deoline resumption, before it ia under taken. Bally Georgians to tbe Support of Your Own Btato Fair. The North Georgia Fair Association opened yesterday with every prospect of success, though, as ita name indicates, and was meant to indicate, purely a sec tional organization. Bat with charac teristic energy and the desire to reap a rich pecuniary harvest, Atlanta, and the indefatigable Wrenn, have expended any amount of industry and printer’s ink to give prominence and* popularity to tbe undertaking, and, albeit it would have looked better had their fair not been plaoed just one week in advance df that of the State, which all Georgians should feel oalled upon to euppott, still, as it is the work of our own people, we bid them Godspeed. Bat now that it is certain the very considerable portion of the common wealth tributary to Atlanta will be unable to attend tbe State Exposition, it behooves all the residue of the people embraced within the broad limits of Middle, Esst- ern, Western arid Southern Georgia to -e thelrredoub iexertioni to orown the ef forts of tbe noble President of the Bute Agricultural Association and ita Execu tive Gommittee, in behalf of tbat exhibi tion which alone represents all sections. Less than a week only remains for work, and every farm, hamlet, village and oity in our borders should be op and do ing. Hundreds of notable housewives might bring forward the prodnotsof their own fair hands, and tturdy farmers, hot- tionltarists, market gardeners, skilled mechanics, manufacturers, and stock, and poultry raisers, if they trill, can swell the* exhibition into mammoth pro portions. We appeal to them to do this for the honor of Georgia and the true ad vancement of her material interests. Come to the fair with yonr frails, flow ers, vegetables, farm product#, grapes, fancy work, paintings, cattle, sheep, horses, poultry, and ail the resources of Heaven-blessed-, Middle and Southern Georgia, and such a mass of contribn tiona will be presented that even the spa cious halls of onr beautiful Park and its ample etables w-11 be unable to contain them. Why, even Bibb county could make a display which to the stranger would be deemed creditable to the whole State. ■■ But the same personal and private in fluences that obtain in the fair of tbe North Georgia Association are laoking here, for nobody expeota to pooket a dol lar of the profits whioh may aocrae to the State Agricaltnral Society. This makeB a vast differenoe, and wo can only appeal to the 8iu.on.pnre patriotism of the peo ple to indnoe them to oome np to the full measure and standard of their duty. With proper efforts, even without the side shows and special inducements of fered to captivate the multitude at Atlan ta, a grand and dignified display o! Geor gia’s resouroes may be forthcoming, whioh will refisot lustre upon the Common wealth, and add to the already national reputation of our State fairs, whioh have done so muoh to promote Southern prog ress sinoe the war. Turn out then, people of Georgia, to your own exhibition, and make it what its friendsjbope and fondly believe will prove to be true, the grandest industrial display ever made by the Empire State of the South. A Full Vote. We cordially, agree with the Sumter Republican when it says “the fact that General Cook has no active opponent in the Congressional race is no reason why the full vote of the Democracy of tin Third district should not be polled on the 5th of November. The General is a true man, a genuine statesman, and has work ed in Congress for the . interests of his constituency. He was unanimously nom inated by a representative convention, and not only should be unanimously elect ed, but every voter in the district should put in his ballot to swell the aggregate and Bhow emphatically that General Cook is the man we want in Congress. Let every man turn out on the day of election and cast his vote for the Gen eral.” This counsel will also apply to our own district,where Mr. Blount is running with out oppcsitiOD. We o we it to him, to Gen. Cook, and ell ether candidates who have ehown themselves so eminently deserving of popular approval, ts give them just as emphatic endorsement as if they had ao- tive opposition. It ia their just due, and we insist they shall receive it. Pile up their majorities after the gtoi old style of former days. Slightly Disproportions!. Baltimore Gasette.] The handsomest man in the next House of Representatives will be Ben. LeFevre, of Ohio. He has a tremendous waist band, but he can wear an ordinary sized hat without the slightest discomfort. Explaining a “ffWdle.” SprirK Held Bermblican.l It seems that Blaokstoneis ths name of Tilden’s horse whioh he rides in Cen tral Park, and Marble’s parting and an gry tannt to “saddle Blaokstone" referred to the faot that the rider would- have plenty of time for recreation. Spiritualists and Grtenbaekers. New York Herald.] Commodore Vanderbilt ie reported to have obtained some financial wisdom from the spirit world. Now, let the ad visory spirits he materialized at once, and bring the Greenback leaders into their presence, for nothing abort of super natural interposition can snatch these fel lows from the error of their ways. Of Coarse Rot. Memphis Avalanche.] J. T. Lawler & Co., 436 Shelby Streep have been offering {1.00 a day cash, pay able on the spot, for six hours work, and were unable to obtain but two hands. They wanted to roll out 1200 barrels of salt across tbe street. Mr.' Lawler has made repeated efforts to obtain these men, applying to the blacks themselves, and to tha Howards, and to the Citizens’ Relief Committee. How Edison Has Stirred Them Vp Globe-DemccraU A perfect panic seems to prevail in gas stories sines the announcement that Edi son has discovered a way of utilizing elec trio light at one-third the present ccst of gae. A leading company in New York sas suffered aerionely, the stock falling since September 1st from 2001 to 143. Other companies in the East have also felt the pressure of Edison’s influence,and it has extended with great power to Lon don. In Montreal, on Tuesday, gas stock fell eff 22 per cent. A Natorol Preference- Bootes Transcript.) A story that Starr King told twenty years ago: When Chicago was a very young city, with many peculiarities that made it anything but an inviting abode, Frenchman, who had resided in New York, and hod been in the habit of dining daily with a party of friends at a well known restaurant, announced to them one evening that he had determined to go to Chicago to live. Many regrets were ex pressed, for the Frenchman was a pleas ant fellow and a boon companion as well, and more than one bottla was cracked tbat night to wish him bon voyage and prosperity. Some aix weeks passed. One evening the usual company aieembied for dinner. What waa their aarprise to see. the Frenchman sitting in hia accustomed place. After a hearty welcome and general hand-shaking, they plied him with questions aa to his experiences in the West, and tbe eanse of bis sudden return. “Gentlemen,” he said, “joost you hearken to me vat I shall say. Yen ■e day of jadgment oome, and ze Lord shall say to me, *Sare, you shall go to 8heeago or you shall go to hell,’ zen I shall soy, 'Sore, I mush oblige, but,I prefers to go to hell.’ ” Yaosx in Chsttanocok.—The Times of Sunday annonnoea a alight froat on Saturday morning Let, with a mercury at 41. How is it that Macon was colder, than Chattanooga? We do not belive in medioine for ebil. dres, but we do believe in Dr. Bali's Baby Syrup and assert that no family should be without U. A MO CRT AIN STORM., I see the cloud- born squadrons of the gale, Tteir lines ctrain like glittering metre, de* prest (Whiles'll the affrighted land.grows darkly psle). In flashing charge on earth’s half shielded brasss. Sounds like the rush of trampling columns float, from that fieros conflict; voueyed thunders peal Blend with.the maddened winds wild bugle- riote; The lightnings flub, the solid woodlands reel! Hal many a foliage guardian ef the higbt, Majestic pine or chestnut, rirao soabsre, Falls m the rage of that serial fight. Lei by the Priuoe of ail the powers of sir! Vast boughs,'like shattered benuorr, hurtling fly Hawn the thick tumult; while like an emerald snow. Millions of orphaned leaves make wild the sky. Or dnit in shuddering belpleeeiieet below. Still, still the leveled lancet of tbe rain At earth’s half-shielded breast take glittering All sptce is rife with fury, racked with pain. Barth bathed in vapor and heaven rent in flame! At last the cloud battalions, thraurb long rifts Ol luminous mist retire—tbe (tnfe is done: And earth onoe more her wounded beauty lifts To meet the bridegroom! ki-ses at tbe tan. —Paul H. Hsyne In Yoalh’frPora psnion. . aajes’ XHW, ' : However varied may be the opinions oonoeming the validity of Hayes’ title to the Presidency, 'there is not a question in ihe minds of either Democrats or Sepnb« liosns npon the important point, viz: the unquestionable right of Dr. Pi erod'd Fam ily medicines to the title of tho Standard Remedies of the age. Listen to ths votes of the sovereign people. 1 New Orleans, June 10:h 1878. Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, New York: Lear Sir—Yonr Pleasant PargaUvo Pel lets seem to be particularly adapted to the wants of the people in this warm climate, where billions affections are particularly prevalent. I regard them bb the best eo- thartic I have ever tried. Yours truly, John C. Hzndbrson, Boston, Mass., May 14,1878. Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, New York. Lear Sir—Your Golden Hedioal Dis covery baa cured uy boy of a Fever Sore of two years’ standing. Please aooept onr gratitude. Yonrs trnly, ool223swwlt _ HenbyWsitinq. The prize for the best bale of ootton exhibited at Paris has been awarded io Memphis.. The same bale received a grand testimonial, as being the beBt ever raised in the world. Memphis, in her hour of deaolitioo, will take email esm- fort in the flattering tribute. Perry Mills and Frank Griffith met in Visalia, Cal., after a long separation. They were very glad indeed to see each other. “I’ve been looking for you mora’n two years,” said one. “Thu is what Pro been longin’ for,” said the other. Then each draw a r.volver and bs^an to fire. The wounds wero numerous, but net mortal. The question as to the kind of carriage way which should supersede macadam is receiving a practical answer ia London at the present time. Asphalt h fids its ground in the city, and granite is still employed. But the favorite material seems now to be wood, which is being pot down in various parts of London on half a score of different systsme. Senator McDonald, ot Indians, is sure the result in that State places Hendricks foremost among the Democntio candi» dates for the Presidency in 1880, because it shows Indiana to be the only reliable Democratic State in the Northwest. He thinks Hendricks is not so extreme on the financial question at present as the Eastern Democrats are, since his plat-* form is a National currency convertible into coin. • j Probably no men ever stood closer against a wall than did the four miners who, working in the shaft of a Nevada mine, heard the bolstering car break from its fastenings far above their heads. They knew that there would bs just a foot of spaoe between the foiling oar and r the wall, bnt they were not so sure about their own thickness, and there was no time for calculation. They made them selves as fist aa possible, and esoaped injury, although the shirt of one was torn r off. St. Louis has just had a night proces sion by the “Veiled Prophets,” after the manner of the Mordi Gras demonstra tions. It was a crowning incident of fair week, and was intended to attract multi tudes from the the country, which it did. The expenses was borne by hotel keepers and others likely to b'e pecuniarily bene- fited by the influx of visitors. Tbe pro cession was gorgeous and interesting. ] Seventeen allegorical tableaux were shown, each on a big platform wagon drawn by eix horses. Such subjects as the glacial period, the ana god, home of the demons, Flora’s power, and Hades were illustrated. The streets were cal cium-lighted, andmany buildings were illuminated. A public ball closed the night’s festivities. The Electrio Lzobt.—Professor Mor ton delivered a lecture on the electric light, last Thursday, before the Amerioan Gas Light Association, at Stevens’ Hall, in Hoboken. The leetnre woe vary elab orate. and accompanied by numerous and costly experiments and illustrations The conclusion of the learned lecturer was that, although tho electric light hod its proper-field and utes, there was no probe ability that it could be applied to boas* hold illumination, so oa to compete with the common illuminating gas—oertainly none is the present century. ‘ I The Democratic Cakfaiov- — JPfeS " Washington correspondent ol the Haiti- 1 more Sun says the Democratic Campaign Committee has now practically closed up its business. The committee has die tributed np to-this time about 1,500,000 documents. The members of the oom- mittee are very much encouraged at the ’ Democratic gains eo far, and they think 1 from all tbe intelligence received by them j that the ratio of gains will be greater in November than in Ootober. The com mittee has adviora indicating a gain of j two members in Michigan, and one, if f not two, in Illinois. The finances of the Committee are in a very healthy condi tion, for although the balance on hand is not- startling,. all their obligations have bsen liquidated, and tbe committee will terminate its labors free from debt. This will be something rather unusual in the I history ot political committees. SOUTHERN BUBGICAL INSTITUTE, 67 \ WHITEHALL ST.(ATLANTA, GA, Hr JWGtTRLIT, nrinaipal Sargeen of this Institute, and otte.whtee sdJUl is ucqoastkuud, will ilrit sur cityca Mtb inti, and remain one week, Or during Pair week. Ha win taka rooms at the Lanier House, whore the afflicted and de formed cob see aud consult him. He is eminently successful ia the treat ment of Diseases of the gye and Ear, Now Catarrh, Diseases of tha Throat, Bheomstina Paralysis. Piles, Fistula, and disrasecef Women Seehis circulars and read the testimony of a few of the hmylKds thet hois been twed by his treatment? His !ce» sre reswoohie. oetie_.wed thr euateth VTth awlt People will not be so very foolish tbo* they will allow tbemstivss be deceived with a new Cough Syrup when they have experienced tbe value of Dr. Bofi’t Cough Syrup for mauy jeare. PrioekSe,

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Georgia weekly telegraph and Georgia journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1869-1880, October 29, 1878, Image 1