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Wc well kno 4 nd efficient Mayor it as such, but his action ii in); our guano dealers for their goods at the Georgia d< has the appearance of persecution against that old reliable line. He was perfectly correct ia VhA Action against the road itself, 1 for this duty required that step; but the' patrols ol that lipe are no more responsible lor this violation of our city ordi nances than the passenger* oh board a steamboat when an acci dent occurs. They simply contract with the Georgia road to deliver their fertilizers in Athens and store i tn Its Path—TSa Has* Bosh Blovn Sows sad Two a*««s ProtaMy mm It is rather early for cyclones, but- from our experience with them it them until called for. There is not matters not what time of the year the shadowy of a case against these dealers, and the courts will so de cide. Their arraignment onlyjsub- jvets them to annoyance ar.d ex pense. and will do no.good what- The case against the rail road will settle all this trouble, and £jJ Of . think it much better to qnietly await the decision ol the court. Our city authorities should do all that lies in their power to foster and encourage the Georgia railway. This line has done a great deal for our city, and bringing the depot- brash heap on fire and that it was in over into the city proved that its managers are deeply interested in 1 the growth and progress of Ath ens. It would be very unwise for our city government to put itself in 1 the attitude of fighting this road, which inference this suit against its patrons is calculated to make. While rigidly enforcing our laws, at the Svante time let us extend to- watd both of our roads every cour tesy and concession that we can and if it becomes necessary to enforce an ordinance calculate^ to conflict : with their business, let our council talk the matter over with the offi cers of the lines and see if some plan cadnot be suggested,by which the trouble cannot be obviated without serious damage to these ar teries of our commerce. We must sacrifice our old fogy whims to the march of progress. Athens is no longer a town, but a growing little city, and wc must throw oft’our ru ral garh and enter into the spirt of the times. It would certainly l>e a disastrous blow to our business if Athens made, an enemy/>f either of her railroads. It would be like a man's stomach quarrelling with his throat. It lies within their power seriously cripple our trade, if driven to extremities. We must treat them not as enemies, but as ft iends interested in the common glory and growth of our city. Un der its present management the Georgia road has indeed proved it self a strong friend to Athens. It has added vastly to the value of property and placed our merchants on as firm a basis as any place in Georgia. It has spared neither money nor trouble to enhance the prosperity of this city. At a loss to the company they now give us three trains a day, equipped with the best accommodations, Major Green is F now considering the matter of build ing a fine passenger depot her*, and expresses a readiness to conj ncct with the North-Eastern as soon as practicable. The Georgia road also stands ready to help ns build other lines and We can always look upon it as a steadfast friend to Athens. We trust that our city authorities will artfully consider before taking any itepthat is antagonistic to this road Df course our citizens must be pro- ected against annoyances, but at the ante time there is always an ave- me open for a compromise of griev- inccs by which both sides can es- ;ape injury. If the Georgia read can mild a good guano warehouse in uch away as to prevent the odor lovering over the neighborhood, et it make the experiment. When It proves a nuisance then there is jr.te to complain. It would cer- inU look like an open declaration if war from Athens if it denied this iad the privilege of storing guano ywhere within the corporate lim- There is no place in Georgia it enforces such an ordinance, le freights on ccmmercial fertil- irs is one of the chief sources ,ot renttc to our stutbern railroads, d Athens cannot afford to make tew departure by wresting this siness from one of her lines. This encouraging outlook comes the way of a prediction from the liladclphia Ledger: In less than years after the close of the war ( serving men in the south noticed, it It satisfaction, that free labor better and cheaper in every ay than slave laltor. Now families at were temporarily rained by the nr and the emancipation of their sves, are gradually recovering cir old time wealth and prosperity. South Carolina, a state where e colored people are in the major- r, the income of the people from jriculture, manufactures and min- g has been increased from *5<V K>,ooo in 1S60 to $76,000,000 last tar. The value of cotton manufac- res, and, indeed, of all manufac- res, has been multiplied by eight. »uth Carolina is exceptional is respect; in fact, it is rather more ckward than Georgia and Virgin 1 The best of it is that in the or- nary course of events this growth likely to go on in something like ilhmetical progression. work onQieCaraesville railroad. rro<m ‘ 1 3U •XjZJ.VaA.V.1 The Methodist female college, of it is when they get ready they come, and generally blow about as hard in the winter as they do in the sum- <ner. Oi» Tuesday night the wi nd did a great deal of damage, on both sides of Athens. We learn that in Oconee county a great deal.of fenc- as blown down. Just this side itiuntviUe^ a hundred -panels w fencing having been blown down. In Jackson county, near Harmony Grove the wind did a great deal of damage. Our inform ant was in Harmony Grove at the time, and says that when he first sauf the cloud it looked like a large the shape of a funnel, that it would first rise and then come down to the ground. It struck with terrible fury at the house of Mrs. Nash, who lives about four miles from Harmony Grove. The Nash house has been a public stopping place for a long time before the railroad was built, and all the South Georgia people would stop there when they were going up to Clarksville to spend the summer. This house was blown down, seriously injuring Mrs. Charlie Nash, and also one of the old ladies who have been in charge of the Nash house for a long time. Dr. Hardeman, of Harmony Grove, was sent for, and had not retorned before our informant left. It next struck down in Madison county, at a post-office named Hix, and blew down several houses at The New York Times says in an tide that the republicans ought to I. That is what the South thinks it the North generally thinks ITcrcntly, and that is the reason we n’t make them go. The limes tes up a great many of the frauds rpetrated by the republican*, me of which are very startling, says “that in a public address the ttorney-general declared that dur. »g two years more than $4,000,000 ad been stolen from the public rensury by these bands of plupder- rs, and two years have since claps- <1 without a dollar of the money that place. The track of the cy clone was very narrow, not over a mile wide, but did considerable dam age wherever it struck. The hail in Harmony Grove was immense. Our informant states that it was not round, but looked like several pieces were wedged together, and had the appearance of quartz. He saw one piece fall that was as large as a .tan's fist. , I.ATEIt FROM THE CYCLONE. The storm struck the house of Mrs, Jarrctt, near Jefferson, and un roofed it. A horse was killed and other damage done. One of the Mrs. Nashcs is dead ann the other not expected to live until night. Mrs. Charlie Nash was very badly mangled. At Hix it blew down all the houses on the place anJ injured Mr. Hix and his son very badly. At Harmony Grove the wind was terrific, but did no serious damage. From the Atlanta Constitution we clip the following: Between 1 and 2 o'clock the heav ens became overcast, and a perfect flood of rain fell upon the city. The clouds insreased in density, and sev eral times during the afternoon the darkness became so deep that it was impossible to read. It was ev ident to those who had watched the course of previous storms that great damage must have resulted if this storm was general throughout the State. What Cbl. Towers, assistant keep er of trie penitentiary said, who ar rived on the W. & A. R. R. “Yes,” said the colonel “I can give you an account of what I saw. You can form no idea of the extent of the destruction that the storm has wrought in the mountain counties. I have seen the tracks of most qf the south Georgia cyclones, but I have never seen one that swept ov er such a wide track and left such a pathway of ruin behind it as did this one. Just |think of a sweep of wind wiping out a strip of timber three miles across and making it look like an immense mowing ma chine had been run through it! It cut cleanly at the edges. This side of the cyclone’s track was as sharp and as well defined as a row of mil let; the other was a little jagged, but not very much so. Between these two sides ’nothing but devastation lay. Trees that had stood for near ly a hundred years, the largest oaks and hickory were snapped ofl like straws or pulled up by their roots. Everything that was high enough to catch the force of the wind was twisted off and immense trunks antf branches of trees were piled helter skelter over the face of the earth. I could at one time see two miles up the track of the storm, and such ruin 1 never saw before. Trees and houses were strewn nround like straws and wherever I looked I saw nothing but a scene of wild disorder and heartrending destruction.” “At Canton,” said Col. Towers, “we heard a most distressing story. As the train started a courier had just rode into town at a furious rate for « physician. He stated that sev en miles above Canton a school had been dismissed on account of the threatening aspect of the weather. Some of the children on their way home had stopped in an old house to escape the rain. While they were in there the storm struck the house, blowing it down and killing several children and wounding a number of others. That was a most distressing accident It may be that subsequent developments will reveal many ca lamities just as terrible.” The Georgia train ran through the storm below Madison but no damage was done to the train or in that section. Birmingaam, Ala., Feh. 19.—A terrible cyclone swept over Callaha valley to-day, and afLeod’s station on the Georgia Pacific fifteen miles from this city, every house was blown down, six person* were lull ed and fifteen others were seriously wounded! A special tiafn on the Georgia Pacific left here' at 5 o’clock with' physicians to attend the wounded. The extent of this cyclone it very extended. It visited a great many places in the state ana the loss of ifo is- terrible. In Rome, Ga., it raged furiously and in Cave Springs several persons were killed by fall ing timbersj Up to a late hour last night nothing could be heard from it further tnan Hix, in Madison county, but we suppose that it car ried death and destruction in its way into South Carolina, as it was going in that direction. The. death ' of Mrs. Nash, near Harmony Grove, is very tad as she was known by all the people of Southern -Georgia as keeping the best house'in North Georgia during the ante belhim days. *ing icing punished.” an do antf the republican party will ;o beyond the shadow of * jdMfefc Prescott, Arizona, Feb. 17. Daily Miner, attempted to save val Put it to them a* rough aa.yon uable papers and was burned to ilease. The South will be solid, death. ’W**w• * ** r ouiiu. ^ low let the North show what she A BUsp id^us bill to amend the in surance !av/s has appeared at Al bany. Bach ansa’s Idsas Atxmt t*s Fiaay Tins ■MmoCBH VatM Turf. Field and Farm. “How did you ever come to de vise this scheme?” “I have been working at it ever since I was large enough to bend a pin.” The above remark was addressed to Mr. Seth Green, the veteran fish culturist, who is known to the en tire world, and his reply indicates the extent of his labors. “When I was quite young,” he continued, “I would he on the limbs of trees that reached out over the water entire afternoons watch ing the movements of the fish and studying their habits. In thisway I discovered many characteristics which were before unknown. I saw, as every observer must see, the destructive elements that are war ring against fish, and I realized that unless something were done, the life in the streams of this country would become extinct To coun teract this disastrous end became my life v r ork, and I am happy to say that ,'t have seen its accomplish ment.” “Were you successful on the start?” “No, indeed. Up to that time all artificial attempts to hatch and raise fish from spawn had failed, and I was compelled to experiment in an entirely new manner. The work was a careful and tedious one, but I finally succeeded, and to-day I am able to hatch and raise fully 75 per cent, of all spawn.” • “Enormous! Why, that is a larger percentage than either the vegeta ble or animal kingdoms produce in a natural condition.” “I know it, but we exercise the greatest care in the start, and guard the little fellows until they become able to care for themselv.es.” The foregoing conversation oc curred at Caledonia,"where the rep resentative of this paper was pay ing a visit to the state fish hatcher ies. It has been his privilege to re port many interesting sights within the past 25 years, but the view pre sented here exceeds in interest any thing ever before attempted. “How many fish are there in those ponds, Mr. Green?” “As we have never attempted to count them it will be impossible to say. They extend way up into the millions though. We shipped mil lions out of the ponds this year, and there seemed to be as many after wards as before. We have nearly every variety of the trout family and many hybrids.” “You speak, of hybrids, Mr. Green. What do you mean by that?” “I have experimented for years oncrossing the breed of the various fish and am still working upon it. We cross the female salmon trout with the male brook trout, and thus produce a hybrid. Then we cross the hybrid with the brook trout, which gives us three-quarter brook trout and one-quarter salmon trout. This makes one of the finest fishes in the woild. He has all the habits of the brook trout, lives in both streams and lakes, develops Vermil lion spots on his sides, rises readily to a fly, is far more vigorous and fplly one-third larger than ordinary brook trout of the same age. The possibilities of development in the fish world are great and we are rapidly ascertaining what they are.” “One question more. How many ponds of fish have you here and new are they divided?” •‘Well, we have 43 ponds which are divided up as follows: 22 ponds of brook trout, 2 ponds of salmon trout, 4 of McCloud river or rainbow trout, 2 ponds of German trout, 3 of California mountain trout, 2 ponds of hybrids, 4 of one-quarter salmon and three-quarter brook trout, 2 ponds of gold fish and 1 pond of carp. Then we have what we call the centennial pond or ‘happy fam ily ’ consisting of crosses of differ ent fish, including Kenebec salmon, Land Locked salmon, brook trout, salmon trout and hybrids. These fish range in size from ' minnows to i8-pounders, and in age from one and one-half months to eleven years. I forgot to say, also, that we have a ‘hospital’ pond, which is entirely empty, which speaks pretty well for a community of many millions. Indeed, the whole secret of fish cul ture can be summed up in four things. Impregnation—using no water, plenty of food, plenty of pure water and cleanliness.” WAS SHE BURIED ’ALIVE? A Council of Physician Callwt t0 Detrain* tho A Youngstown, Ohio special ot Feb. 14, to the New York Times says: “Kitty Gilmour, daughter of the late Dr. Gilmour, of New Lis bon, died on Monday after six hours’ illness. Physicians pronounced the disease hemorrhage of the bowels. The body was placed in a vault here. At 2 o’clock this afternoon the un dertaker went to the vault to bury another body and discovered mois ture on the glass of Miss Gilmour’s coffin and noticed that her face was flushed. He summoned Dr. Nel son, the girl’s uncle, who ordered the body to be taken to his house. It was quickly removed from the coffin and placed on a cot. The doctor found on placing his hand underneath the body that it was warm. Bottles filled with hot wa ter were placed at the feet and along the sides, an electric battery was ap plied ineffectually, and every known restorative used, but at 8 o’clock at night none had been effective. The appearance of the corpse was very life-like, a natural color over-spread ing ttie entire face except the chin, on which there is a purple spot. The neck and arms have not stiffened. The folded hands clutch a bouquet of white roses. At the throat is a bunch of tube-roses. The lady was 34 years old and was to have been married In alfew months. She was the only child ot a widowed moth er, who ia almost erased with grief and suspense. Mncb excitement exists. A council of physicians has been summoned, who will experi ment with the body during the nignt” General Gordon has reached Khartoum, and by so doing rained some thousands of prophecies. He ha* alto startled England out of her propriety, if the report is true that he has recognised, by proclamation, the Mabdi himself, as Sultan of Kordofap. Osman Digna expects to capture Tokar before the garri son can lie re-enforced. Some Egyptian soldiers have got them selves out of active service and in durance vile by protesting agai the employment of English officers for native troops. New York, February 18.—Pro fessor John Goldberg, the magician, is now in the pavilion for the insane at Bellevue Hospital. He is a tal ented and educated man, with many friends in Berlin and in this country. He has money, and his friends say he will be removed to another asy lum. Dr. Wildman, the physician in charge, says that the Professor is afflicted with softening of the brain, and that the date of his death mere ly depends upon the rapidity with which the disease develops itself. After a spell of violence he said, laughing heartily: “They put me here under the pre text that 1 am insane, but, of course, you know I am not. I have the strength of a hundred men, and could easily force my way out, but I consider it my duty to remain here a short time and entertain the crazy people here. You see this pack of cards. Now [to one of the patients] draw out a card and hold it in your hand. You all see it is the ace of hearts. Hold it tight and watch me. I blow it, say ‘Presto, change,’ and it is the ace of clubs. This trick is very easy to do—for those who know how,” continued the Professor, after a pause. “Now, I shuffle the cards. Heigh, there is one missing.” Looking around at his auditors, he pointed at a man several feet distant, and said: “Sir, you have the card in your bosom. Bring it to me diiectly.” The frightened lunatic found the card where the professor had locat ed it, “You see,” the magician went on, hs he threw the pack on the table and turned to pet his birds, “1 can tell by the weight of a deck if a single card is missing. Keep away from the table or you will spoil the charm. I raise the pack again. •‘There is another one gone. 1 don’t believe any of you have it (slowly, and searching the faces of his listeners.) Ah! there itis. Who stuck that up there against the wall? Will you bring it to me sir? It is, as you perceive, the ten of clubs.” The man addressed went and got the card. He was thoroughly scar ed, and reached the whole length of his arm as he handed it to the Professor. “This is the queen of diamonds, not the card I sent for,” said the magician, as he indignantly threw his pack on the table, and, walking away, gazed out of the window. The lunatics had by this time grown wild with excitement, and they withdrew from the Profes sor as far as the walls of the room would let them. THE MUTILATED COIN. Little Rock Age, Yesterday an old man entered Little Rock store, and taking from his pocket an old buckskin pouch, he emptied two coins on the coun ter, and then, after regarding the silver for a lew moments, said: “Mistey, I want to buy some goods to make a dress.” “That money is mutilated, old gentleman. This 25 cent piece has notches filled in it, and this fifty cents piece has been punched. You see they have been abused. I can’t take them.” “Abused,” said the old man. “Abused,” and he took up the fifty cent piece and looked at it tender ly. “And you won’t take it on ac count of the holes. Heaven grant that I did not have to offer it to you. Years ago, when my first child was a little girl, I punched a hole in this coin and strung it around her neck. It was her con stant plaything. At night when 4he went to bed we’d take it off, but early at morning she would call for her watch. When our John—you didn’t know John, did you? No? Well, he used to come to town a good deal.” “Where is he now?” asked the merchant, not knowing what to say,‘but desiring to show apprecia tion for the old man’s story. He was killed in the war. I say that when John was a little boy I strung this quarter around his neck. One day his watch got out out of fix, he said, and he filed these notches in it. He and his sister Mary—that was the girl’s name— used to play in the woods and com pare watches to see if they were light. Sometimes John wouldn’t like it because Mary’s watch was bigger than his, but she would ex plain that she was bigger than him and ought to have a bigger watch. The children grew up, but as they had Always lived in the woods they were not ashamed to wear their watches. When a young man came to see Mary once she forget fully looked at her fifty cents. What are you doing?’ dsked the young man, and when she told him she was looking at her watch he took it as a hint and went home. After this she did not wear her watch in company. Well, Mary and theyoung man married. John went off in the army and got killed. Mary’s husband died, and about two years ago Maty was taken sick. When her mother and I reached her house, she was dying. Calling me to her bed. she said: ‘Papa, lean over.’ I leaned over, and, tak ing something from under her pil low, she put it around my neck and said: ‘Papa, take care of my watch.’ The old man looked at the merchant and the eyes of both men were moist “Do you’ see that boy out there on the wagon?” he said. Well, that is Mary’s child. I wouldn’t part with this money, but my old wife, who always loved me, died this morning, and I have come to buy her a shroud.” When the old man went out he carried the bundle in one hand and the “watch es” in the other. HewSloi Mad During too war for Waarot a Eight of Horn*- A Washington letter to the Phil adelphia Record gives the follow ing interview: “Do you know that many soldiers died ot homesickness dusing the late war?” said an ex- Federate Colonel. “Yes, sir; they called it nostalgia—that’s the medi cal term for homesickness, Men died apparently withou ta cause— not frhm fright; homesickness wSs the cause in nine cases out of ten. I remembhrthat at one time I was in charge of a depot at Louisville^ Ky., where 16,000 convalescents were waiting for strength to go to the front. I noticed that many of them grew worse instead of better. It was not due to a relapse; it was not the old disease a|all. It did not seem to be a new disease. I looked into it a little and then I told the surgeon it was nothing butnostal- ? ia. I had a chance to prove that was right One of these sick well men came to me the next day. ‘Colonel,’ he said, *1 want leave of absence for a day or two. I want to go home and see my folks. I am pining away for a sight of my old home. I believe I shall die if I don’t go.’ On inquiring I found that his home was right across in Indiana and that he had an idea that he could see the smoke rising from its chimney. He had not been home for several years, and he was fretting away in sight of that smoke. I was not supposed to let any of my convalescents go any where except to the front, but I de termined to try an experiment with this sallow, peaked-face young man. ‘Well, sir,’ I said, ‘how long will you Vio crr»r»j*‘This ic Vriflou * V10 ra. begone?’ ‘This is Friday, he re plied; ‘I will be back on Monday.’ •No,’ I said; ‘you can stay until Fri day of next week.’ ‘All rights’ he said, looking better already. On the nexi Friday he returned a new man. ‘I’m all right again, Colonel,’ he half shouted when he saw me; ‘I'm ready to go to the front at once. 1 went home, saw my mother and father and my sisters and brothers, had some good home food and some good home sleep, and fought all my battles over again down at the vil lage store. That was all that 1 want ed.’ It was a fact. He had been cured of nostalgia.” HOW SANKEY SINGS AND LOOKS. Oliver Logan in Philadclhhia Tima, The third figure on the platform is Sankey, who sings while. Moody preaches, and is to the eye of one who has seen much and suffered much—yes, even myselfj if you will —the most interesting person of the trio. He is a tall, slim young man, still in his twenties I should say, dressed in clerical garb*, hope lessly plain, red haired, afflicted with a gigantic mouth, which has the effect of cleaving his face in twain when he opens his lean, lank jaws to sink. There is this jn this poor lad’s demeanor, in his dress, in his entire aspect, which proclaims him the curate, the creature, the theological slave of all work, of the comfortable celebrated preacher of whose exportations we are soon to have the surpassing benefit.. .Sad stareling of the church, one’s [Heart is moved ro pity by the mere sight of him! Thin to emaciation, plain almost to repulsiveness, his cheeks so hollow one wonders if they “in terfere” inside, his mouth a survi val of the Sourian epoch, he turns to heaven a pair of great, soft, soul ful gray eyes and joins in a hymn with a voice that thrills the listen er’s soul and shakes wis feeble body as though it were a reed. Father above us, what a voice! With heart rending pathos it wells forth, swell ing through the spaces of the half empty church, ringing richly through the open windows, floating out upon the pavement, so that passers-by, bound perchance to the beer and bottle shop opposite* stop suddenly quite still to listen to the unseen clerical Orpheus within. “There is a gate ajar for me!” So pours he forth his melodious canti cle. A gate ajar? Ay, sweet sing er, whocan doubtit? You mustbea lost chord from the celestial harmo nies and in the eternal rehabilita tion full surely will the gate be open ed wide for you to enter, there to take your place in the silvery choir of the great Jehovah. NEW YORK THE BATTLE GROUND Under the new congressional ap portionment the various states will at the next election have four hun dred and one electoral votes, of which two hundred and one will be necessary to a choice. Four years ago the following named states gave their votes for Hancock and English: Nevada 3 New Jersey 9 North Carolina. 10 South Carolina. 7 Tennessee 12 Texas.. 8 Virginia...'. 11 West Virginia.. 5 Alabama. Arkansas 6 California 5 Delaware 3 Florida...... 4 Georgia 11 Kentucky 12 Louisiana.... 8 Maryland.. .. 8 Mississippi... 8 Missouri.... 15 Total —.155 RICH, YET IN PRISON. Ik* Mk SOnr Ida* la chfflnutou Sold for a Nashville, Tbnn,, February 18. Private information received (here from New York to-day states that the Polk silver mine in yhilhuahua, Mexico, have been sold to a syndi cate for $1,000,00a Two thirds of this property belong* to the default ing State Treasurer Polk, and was purchased with the State’s funds. The mines* have been examined by experts and found exceedingly rich and productive. The amount of the defalcation was $400,000, and Polk was sentenced to twenty years’ im prisonment, aad a fine of *tne amount due the state. He appealed to the Supreme Court anti his case will come up Wednesday. Archbishop Phealan oa his re turn from Rome received a splendid ovation at Chicago. By the new apportionment addi tional votes votes were given to the above mentioned states as follows: Arkansa 1 California.. 3 Georgia. Kentucky...1 Missouri 1 Mississippi... 1 N. Carolina. 1 South Carolina... .3 Texas 5 Virginia „8 West Virginia..„i Total •*7 Adding this increased vote to that cast in 1880 gives the strength Of of the democrats in the electoral college at 173, which, with the 36 votes of New York state, woiud make 308, a clear majority of 7. Hence the necessity for the dem ocrats to act wisely in dqing all they can to secure the great state of New York. According to the count there is no success’ without that state unless per chance. Indiana, Connecticut and Ohio would go democratic. Macon, Ga., February 19.—John and Tobias Burnett, brothers, went this morning to H. C. Turpin’s place of busines and demanded a retrac tion of epithets applied to him by John Burnett. Turpin refused, whereupon a fight ensued, Turpin receiving four stabs, one of 1 which severed an artery in the arm.^ Sur geons being unable to take up the artery, Turpin is dying from loss of. blood. Turpin and the Bnrpetts are rival sewing machine agents. The Burnetts are in jail The principal keeper df the pen- itentiary has turned lose another large batch who have served out their time. .. rt*a > Savanna* Hevt. White Plains, Ga., Feb. is.- Editor Morning News: I write to say a word in the interest of the Union Point and Sandersville Rail road by way of White Plains. We of this section urge the completion of this project mainly for two reas ons: First, because the citizens along the proposed route need it and would be greatly benefited by it; second, it would further enlarge the trade territory of Savannah. Through this section there is a large scope of the finest country in the State almost closed in from the out side world on account of not having proper railroad facilities. For in stance, here se have a most excel lent and business-like little town of about 500 inhabitants, but unless we can be successful in getting railway communication our town is about all it w01 ever be. The enterprising merchants of this place sell annually several hundred thousand dollars worth of goods which they are com pelled to haul from Undion Point, our nearest depot, a distance of 12 miles, on wagons. They ship every season between 4,000 and 5,000 bales of cotton from this point, which have to rely upon the same tardy mode of transportation. So also with every sack of commercial fer tilizers, several hundred tons, used in the production of this staple and of other produce. Had we a rail road through here this 'town would rapidly improve. Like the fabled bird, White Plains would soon rise and assume the proportions and pre rogatives of a handsome and lively city. Capital and capitalists would floW'io upon us; new industries be multiplied, creating a good home market for the thrifty husbandman. All other towns along the route would improve in proportion. Truck farming, stock raising andjthe dairy business might be made profitable, and the value of lands and property would he largely appreciated. Well, then, consider the second reason. How would it be beneficial to the city of Savannah? In this way: There would then be a con tinuous rail line . running from the farther bounds of Northeast Georgia to the “Forest City,” giving her not only the immense trade of thousands of families and retail mer chants on the road, but pouring into her arms 50,000 or 60,000 bales of cotton annually. The importance of the city of Augusta would be greatly diminished, of which fact she is greatly aware, and is trying to flank us in out scheme by proposing to build the A., G. & S. R. R., so as to hold on to the products and trade of Greene, Hancock, Glasscock and other counties, which, if the Union Point and Sandersville railroad is built, will be turned into the lap of Savannah. Will not the Central railroad aid us in this work? It seems that it might. Savannah will be one of the chief beneficiaries of this road if it is ever built, so rouse ye up, Savannah, from your lethar- “ ’, and exert all your energy for 7? U ?JW?* interests. Aid us in build- Ag tne Union Point and Sanders- ifle railroad. Crush other projects inimical to your success as a trade centre. If yon want our products and trade, invest your capital with us, put your shoulder to the wheel, use vour influence for us to get rail facilities, and you shall have it Now is the time to build the road if it is ever to be built. Augusta is alarmed at the project because she knows it will be detri mental to her best interests if we are successful in our project. Come now, Savannah, be up and doing! Lend us a helping hand. Let us move quickly into ranks, and make one long, strong fight together in endeavoring to perfect a scheme so pregnant with good to us all . . P. S. A. KILLING IN THE COUNTRY. AWIittollia Slot os too Wuhlagtoa Etna aad Dios oa Saturday. Aujxata Chronicle. Last week a shooting scrape oc-* curred about three miles from the city on the Washington road, which caused considerable excitement among the people of the neighbor hood. j; D. W. Burch is said to have entered the house of John S. White and frightened Mrs. White. He then went back home, procured a shot gun and returning aimed it at Mrs. White and snapped it, but the gun refused to fire. Mr. White at tais time ran in his house and got a shot gun. On his return Burch brandished his gun around and White shot him. Several shot en tered his body and one penetrated the brain which proved fatal, caus ing his death on last Saturday morning. Coroner Picquec was notified and an inquest was held. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death from a gun shot wound in the head at the hands of John S. White, and and that the same in their opinion was justifiable homicide. Dr. Lamb held an autopsy and it was found that one shot entered the brain, which was the cause of his death. On the evening preceding the kill ing, a child was born to the wife of Burch and but' a few hours after wards the father was carried in after being mortally wounded. A WALL STREET INCIDENT. N. Y. Timet. A little, black-bearded man was walking briskly op Broadway, the other afternoon, when a shivering tramp, who had been loitering in front of Trinity church, stepped in front of him and said something in a low tone. THe little man made no reply, but stepped to one side and continued his journey up town. The beggar slonched after him and said in a louder tone than before, “Please, Cap. gi’ me a few cents for a bowl of soup.. Even to this appeal the little man paid no attention, and would doubtless have succeeded ia escaping from the unfortunate tramp, bad be not been stopped by a friend who engaged him in conver sation. The beggar crowded up as closely as possible to the two men and began a pitiful tale of distress. He was heard to aay, “And every thing I possessed went in Wall street Jay Gould and those fellows got it" The little, black-bearded man’s hand went quickly down in his pocket and brought out a coin, which was placed on the dirtv palm of the mendicant with the words, “There, nog go away, please.” The fellow shuffled away, evidently without knowing that the little man who gave him the money was Jay Goula himself. The other geeiile- jtMm sftsPjmijL]W. Field. - ! Louisiana Capitolian. Washington’s birthday anniver- sary will be commemorated next week, in New Orleans, by the un veiling of the statue of the man who was his peer in nobility of charac ter and.holy patriotism. As Captain, Robert E, Lee S roves himself the ablest of the day. efore him, the gallant McClellan, the greatest strategist that ever led a not them army on the field—yield ed the palm of victory. After him Pope, Burnside, Hooker and Meade saw their fame wither at the touch of Lee’s unwavering bayonets. Then Grant came with his masses, striking at Lee’s decimated bataltal-' ions, with that main strength and awkwardness that the blinded world has misnamed and misjudged to have been genius, until he had Van quished the glorious phantom of the Army of Northern Virginia. Had the world taken into account Grant's defeat at the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, by mere handsful of of war-worn veterans, the taciturn warrior would not be wearing to day, the laurels that McClellan in fairer combat would more nobly have earned. Napoleon met defeat at Waterloo yet his fame remained undimmed by that disaster. He was still grand at Waterloo, though his ge nius failed to guide his still brilliant army to victory. Lee was not defeated at Appo- matox, the remnant of his army was overborne by the mere weight of numbers. Neither strategy nor his matchless skill could contend against odds of fifteen to One. So that when the name of Grant will only be mentioned because of its connection with the dramas en acted on the fields of the Old Do minion, that of Lee will live in song and story. The people of New Orleans may well be proud of the statue that in their midst will personify the beau ideal of American chivalry and true greatness. THE FAREWELL KISS. Aa Incident of too Lata City of Colambn* Wreck. BotUm Herald. Among the confused mass who were struggling and screaming were noticed a middle-aged man and his wife. Their conduct was in mark ed contrast with that of the other passengers. The panic which had seized the others was not shared by them, but their blanched faces told that they realized the peril which surounded them. The only move ment of muscles or nerves was that produced by the chilling atmos phere. They stood close together, their hands clasped in each other, as if about to contemplate suicide to gether, and thus fulfill the marital vow of standing by each other in the varying tide of fife’s fortunes and misfortunes. As the wreck careen ed with the gale from one side to the other, and while the spray and imprinted a kiss upon the compan ion of his, and while thus embraced a heavy sea broke over the wreck and both were washed away and were not seen afterward. Mr. Cook says the scene was one which will remain indelibly impressed upon his memory until his dying day. AN INTERESTING STORY. The “Man About Town” in the Atlanta Constitution has the fol lowing: “I have before me a letter from Mr. S. E. Keller, ot Balti more, in which there ps an interest ing story. Mr. Keller writes that he lived during the war near Funk- stown, Maryland. As Lee was re treating from Gettsburg a sharp skirmish occurred in front of his home. While the fight was raging a wounded Confederate officer was brought into the yard and laid on the pavement. He was horribly wounded in the stomach, and the entrails were protruding. His death was considered certain, and this fact was announced to him. He replied very deliberately: “Dulce est decorum patria mori—I am in the hands of my Maker, and a Southern soldier knows how to die.” Mr. Keller adds that the scene made a profound impression on him, and he had often wondered what became of the brave Confed erate, who was shortly 'afterward moved from his house. He says, his_ name was McDaniel, he was Major of a Georgia regiment and had an impediment in his speech. I have seen that a man named Mc Daniel is elected Governor of your state, and I thought he might know something of the matter of which I have written.’ ” Governor McDaniel was himself the Georgia Major alluded to, and Dr. Roach, of this city, was the Confederate surgeon whose prompt and skiliful treatment saved the Governor from death as by a mira cle. The Governor still suffers from the effects of the wound, and day and night wears a plate that fits over the spot at which the bullet entered. If this plate were dis placed by accident fatal, ceitainly serious results might follow. Delane & Hickqk, of Augusta, large dry good* merchants haveas- signed.,-,.., :noi The Alabama fiver is outofits banks ahd rising. The rains here are very heavy. There has been no interruption to nulTOad coinmnnica- tion, *' . ' The strike, of {he iron workers at the Birmingham, Alan rolling'mills has been declared at an end: add the mills have thds been opehed toiaay one who can get employment in them. wiT 1 ... Fall River, Mask, February ,8. An attSinpt th start the Union Mills to-day was a fiulhre. The strikers intimidated the help who wished to go in.' '■ • ' ■ J ; I ■ " • ; The Southern Railway aud Steamship Association convened at ,the Metropolitan hotel in Washing ton yesterday. There aeemed to be, some trouble iothe pooling business* Montgomery, Ala., Feb. -Mr. Judge Bibb, the oldest citizen of Montgomery, died to-day,, qged 87 vears. He was a prominent legis- 1 lator 50 years ago, and his brother was the first Governor of Alabama, The waters are receding in the flooded districts and the people. are returning to their homes or to the places where once their homes stood. The work of relief goes on actively. • Washington, February 17.— Henry Waterson, of the Louisville Couner-Journhl, has prepared a bill providing for the copywright of newspaper matter, which he will shortly present to Congress. He liberal patronage. CharleSf ' Adkins, of Dalton, has two feather-beds each of which is fl»»v«?°ye» r,old * At-MUledgeviUe a young negro has hoisted a -sign announcing him- 1 self its a physician. 1 ' Some of the Dougherty farmers have already begun to plant water* melon patches. ;■ Onoof the mines near Dahlone- ga cleared over eighty-five thous* and dollars last year. .-4 An Atlanta negress has just moth ered a - child whose lower jaw is nearly filled with teeth. Rome will adopt the electric fire alarm' system as soon as she has $2,500 in her treasury. If will probably be April or May before an effort will be made to re build the burnt district of Coving- ington. i . John Thomas, of Palmetto, mur derer of Lindsay Weaver, was sen tenced this week to be hung on the nth of April DavitJ Bawman’s dead body has beptt found lying on a road in Hous ton county. He was a negro and hafi been shot. The rest is a mys tery. Near Alpharetta a few days ago a negro woman gave birth to twin boys, one a very dark boy and the other a light sorreL Both died soon after birth. has also prepared an argument : . ,'"T^ -j- which he will submit with tiie bill ^ wious coal and iron mdustnes, London, Ont., Februaiy 18..— Three men were smoking in a room in which- gunpowder was stored. An explosion resulted, blowing off the top of the building and shatter ing several blocks adjoining. One of the men was taken out of the de bris dead and the other two badly injured. New York, Feb. 18.—The su pervisory committee of the New York Cotton Exchange, which has been for some time past investigat ing alleged frauds in■ the -transac tions of the firm of J. P. Billups & Co., cotton merchants, who failed some time ago, will present its re port to the board of managers of the exchange to-morrow. They re fused to give any information as to the result of their investigations. A BRAVE SEA CAPTAIN. Seam 01 a Nut Who DeSM a Pints lot Days. Henry King, one of the oldest sea Captains in the. United States, says the New York World, died on Thursday evening at the residence of his son-in-law, Dr. Middleton, in Camden, N. J., at the age of ninety- four years. He went to sea on a sailing vessel at the age of ten years, and when twenty years old was s - ” ».v huu made master of the He occu* waves were drenching them at eve- pi ed , that positioll forbore than a ry moment, the husband turned and turned and; ££„nta^d inrflthat^Wfat -Mr. John < C. Farris*^of Bartow but tmebvessel,!:the Mazy ‘Ann, df Philadelphia, That Was about twen ty years ago, and although the Cap tain was over seventy years of age he managed to save himself, while, several of his crew were drowned. In 182* when ■bn” a voyage from- Mobile to Philadelphia he was taken prisoner by‘ a pirate. who wanted $20,000 that the Captain had .on board, but the latte? took precaution to conceal his- treasure in barrels of pork, and although the crew of the pirate submitted him ‘ to the most agonizing tortures, he refused to re veal the hiding place and was at length permitted tojgo on. A re markable point in his life is that for four generations there was not a death of any of his relatives until within the. last two years, in which time his wife ahd three granchildren have died. A ROBBER OF 100 HOUSES. TbsOoolOo&laala&sof aYomigntetct Twisty HOW TEXANS TREAT GEORGIANS. A few months ago a robust young farmer left Hall county to settle in Texas. One night, near the place of his abode, a terrible murder was committed A little trivial circum stance pointed to him as perpetrator of the deed. He was seized by a mob, bound to a stake and subject ed to almost unparalleled tortures in a vain attempt to extort from him a confession ot a crime which he.did not commit After cutting him with knives, singeing him with fire, ap plying a coat of tar and feathera, and inflicting other punishments too horrible to be detailed, his captors departed, leaving him tied to the stake, doubtless believing that he would .starve to death. He remain ed tied to the stake a whole week, four days and nights of which time without even a crumb of bread or a drink of water. At the end of the week the real murderer was discov ered and the young man, emaciated in form and broken down in health, was released, and started immedi ately for his home, near Gainesville, in thi* state. The savage Texans made no offer to recompense him for his wrongs, and if ever he recov ers his health, to institute suit for damages will be almost useless, as his captors all wore masks and con sequently were unidentified. Manitoba’s claims have been ie- jected by the government, and in consequence the province threatens to secede from the confederation. Detective Price, of the Twenty- ninth precinct, New York, says the. limes of the 17th inst, on Saturday captured a young thief who, accord ing to his own statement, has with in the past six months robbed jqo less than 100 private residences and boarding houses in New York' city; The prisoner is James Stanley. ri He is but 20 years of age and has a re spectable appearance. Price saw him in the Bowery, carrying a bun dle, and, suspecting his tfue char acter, arrested him. In the bundle, which he had been endeavoring to dispose of, were a lot of silver ware and a number of napkins. His room at the Union Hotel,'at Bowery and Hester street, was searched, and in his valise were found a quantity of table linen, knives and forks, nap kins, etc. There were alsoiotjnd- 83 pawn tickets, representing dia monds, jeweliy, silver spoons and forks, opera glasses, umbrellas, arti cles of wearing apparel, blankets and miscellaneous assortment of household articles, * all of which Stanley admitted had been, stolen by him. He did not attempt to deny his guilt, and gave ' the detective information that’Will lead to the recovery of a vast quan tity of stolen goods. Stanley said that he preserved the pawn tickets representing the stolen gobds be cause he knew that he was stireto be arrested in the end, and when that event happened he. wanted to be able to make terms with those whom he had robbed by the resto ration of their property. Stanley fold the detective that he had visited three times the boarding house of Mrs. Peck, at Nos..33, 35 and ’37 West Eighteenth street, each time carrying off property. ‘ From her place he stole 36: aolid silver napkin rings, 7 dozen table knihe* 70 napkins, a sUver cake basketj an album' containing prized photoV graphs, and various other property. Some of (the photographs'' and a number of the knives »' and' napkins belonging to Mrs. Peck were found in the. valise. He had also robbedthe boarding hoi Mrs. Stubbs, of No. 48 Wes teenth street, taking, among' other 1 things, a photograph of President French, of the police derpartmen] who some years ago boarded tht Stanley, also admitted that West*Eigh teerith street^* 1 large assortment pf latt_ which, he said, gave him access almost any house- an .the 7city • ric. Otherwise secured, - His thefts were always committed in the day time, ana he confined his*operations chief- ly to the basement and first floor) of the house* visited, making his calls when but few. of!the inmates were about, and they only servants. •bof.il* n.KWMur; tde - A Baptist church was constituted at Ml Hebron school house on Sat urday last, with twenty-five mem bers, to be called “ML Hebron.” The Columbus cotton seed oil mill company sold four hundred tons' of cotton seed meal to one cus tomer Friday. . This is an $8,000 transaction. Joe Browa works 850 hands ia it is said. They would make a for midable regiment, armed with Joe Brown’s pikes. ” ■' ’ From all parts of the state we hear that a large acreage in oats has been sown and the prospects are very fair for a good crop. After so many mishaps this speaks well for the vim and pluck of our farm ers. Sunday McBride Wilson, of Sum ter county, was bitten on the finger by a ground rattlesnake. His finger ger was immediately corded and plenty of whisky administered. He is still tittering his finger, which has turned to a greenish color. Hartwell Sun. For sometime something appeared to be the mat ter with the organ at the Baptist church, and upon investigation last Saturday a dead toad frog was fotlnd inside of the instrumenL We can’t account for the milk in the cocoanut nor the toad in the organ. The Piedmont Press of Gaines ville says: “One million dollars would build a navigable canal be tween our city and Atlanta, and on its shores would he built hundreds of cotton factories. If we live twen ty years more we confidently ex pect to see this great scheme car ried ouL” County, made-last year 3,648 pound* of dry clover per acre om ten acres oP land. That would be a total of 26,480 pounds, at $1 per hun dred would be $264.80. Besides this, he threshed from the second crop about 17 bushels of clover the same farm 1 he made an average of about one-fourth bale of cotton pec acre, and it cost him twice as much to make the cotton as it did the clover. GENERAL NEWS. The belled buzzard has reached Alabama. A. woman has been shot for send ing a comic valentine. SL Louis will probably have an elevated road. soon. Patti’s diamonds are worth $200,- 090, Langtry’s. $100,000. Jay Gould/ - gave his son George 83,000^090 to begin life with. A coalition of readjusters and re- publican* was formed at Richmond, iicts that [the fore rttol) -j:. _ 14. DeLesseps Panama canal will 1888; 1 ‘ _ The North Carolina State Expo sition will be held during October * of this year. * A general strike of coal miners is anticipated in Western Pennsylvan ia, in resistance to a cut down in wages. New Jersey people are dispens- ing with the luxury of tax this year, and there is $200,000 in the state treasury. A Boston firm has' an order for $hoesfor a colored preacher at the South that will be numbered “twen ty-fours.” - 7 Six thousand Dakota sheep, be longing to the Marquis deMone, have died suddenly; poison suspect ed, and all on account of McDon nell. . The colored; people of Lafayette, Ale-, refuse to allow the body of the rapist, Jeff Rogers, who was hang ed last Sundiy morning, to be bur ied in their cemetery. Chattanooga is to have a new ed- ncational institution. _ It Will be the Central Methodist University in the South, and $80,0001 will be spent on the buildings during the present It ia recalled in Honeoye, N. Y» to be whipped by her fattier, an ac tive abolitionist; • to make' her kiss Douglass when to visited the fami- ttyoie ruadlA '!u ' 1/The DanviUe investigation so far has proven very unsatifactoiy te the ge bureau. . The sleuth hound man appears to have struck a cold 1 trail ' The Only ddlferout track that he has‘scented is a sniff of the rottenpehtiCal methodsofMahone and his foUoi$ffilH> > •>:-MJ- pf the day is ' ‘ thirteen iting ’caterh railroad unknown alo police ha vo safe-breakers. The wife of a wealthy tertner, livin*. near GntanriltoTann^'WtfaJU Gl . at home with .tor fitoflyv waa/prgener- and killed by soom perae* oxh zoodra-- who ilied through tto trunk