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There is .10 denying the feet that
Ithc above convention of so-called
I Georgia fanners is nothing in the
vorld but a political machine for
[grinding out officers. While the
[originators of this society doubtless
|had a worthy object in view in its
[formation, it was not long before
[that hungry hoard of politicians
ind olficc-seekers who infest Geor
gia saw an opportunity todimb into
power upon the shoulders of the
tillers of the soil, and they invaded
and captured this convention. It is
true that the society ha* among it*
members some bona fide and intelli
gent planters who feel a pride and
interest in anything that can prove
[of benefit to their calling, and are
(convinced that only in unity is there
strength: but these gentlemen are
lade to take back seats, and you
rarely hear from them. The reins
of power are usurped by office-hun
rs. who are the loudest in their
irrangues and resolutions. The
presidency of this body is consider
ed almost equivalent to a nomina-
and election to some lucrative
and honorable position, and past
ipericncc has proved to the people
Ithat it has been a most disastrous
Stepping-stone for the welfare of the
This position is held in rota
tion. and the next in line of succcs-
in looks to it with all the confi-
nce and assurance of a crown
ince, when the head comes in
ssession of that heritage he so
lg has sought Men who are in
i manner whatever identified with
agriculture, and have no more busi-
* there than a bull in a China shop
hog in heaven,have themselves
elected delegates and are heard
leclaiming on farming with an au-
Incity only commensurate with their
fchi-ck. Besides these old hoary
rditicians who have fattened all
ife on public pap and should
bow be' tinned out to grass, the
truss-road towns furnish their quota
af voung lawyers, all with the same
abicct in view—to get an office.
M:mv of them cannot tell a cowpea
11 a cotton seed, but yet they
|u-k the people to accept them as
|he representatives of the sons of
id of our state. As a natural con-
ipiencc this society—which should
.•the most honored and influential
•dy in Georgia—is each year
windling into insignificance and
initeinpt. The people have been
Imposed upon by it long enough.
They honor and respect the men
l.o feed the world, but when a
ad\ of political tricksters and { ree-
t ollice-liuntcrs band together—
Spiked with only enough genuine
blunter* to sugar-coat the conven-
d di-guise their true mission
-couuiie. yes, we will say con-
Ipirc, to deceive the public and
1 ft themselves into power under
, f.ijse pretense, that body will nat-
rally perish ol its own unworthi-
ss. The genuine agriculturists ot
•orgia should hold their conven-
ns. and its demands should he
aril and heeded; but they will
\er accomplish any permanent
ml until they first rid their as-
emhlage of those parasites that in-
st their body. They should be
kicked out of the hall, as an obtru-
and uninvited guest would be
[Mil a private gathering. Then let
be farmers take all deliberations
nto their own hands, and elect as
heir officers intelligent and worthy
jriculturists. Do not chose for
President any man who is
Down to be a chronic office-seek -
but separate your body from
olitics, only so far as to demand
Bur rights and see that the men
rho make our bread are not ignor-
This body meets again next
August, when an election forPresi-
Bst take place, Lemuel F.
Livingston only being chosen to fill
be unexpired term of Col. Harde-
kan. Why he was ever elected to
bis position we can never see, un-
ess it be that he was next in line of
n. The genuine, simon
are agriculturists of Georgia have
their ranks many men who would
fill this position with honor and dis-
iction—and men, too, who are not
iognized politicians and pap
ekers. Take for instance Mr. P.
Jcrckman, the great horticultur-
of Augusta. He is a gentle
|iin of rare intelligence and worth,
his selection would reflect hon-
[upon any body over which he
is chosen to preside. It would be
s first move toward the needed
Iform, for it is a well known fact
pat Mr Berckman would not ac-
cpt any public position within the
ft of the people of Georgia. It
kotild be as much as saying to
[lesc political leaches that have fas'
ned themselves to this body, “We
[•day wash our hands of you, for
: farmers of Georgiy, and not thg
jliticians,shall rule this convention
future!” Let no man be admitted
(a member unless he isknqwn tq
1 a practical agriculturist, or some
Pcntific gentleman who has made
> his study and caa enlighten your
dy on subjects beyond the scope
|a practical man. Cut aloof from
: otlice-seekers, and the Georgia
ate Agricultural Convention will
Id its stock go far above par in the
limation of all ' thinking and fair-,
tided men. You can soon fill the
bees of these creatures with hon-
, sensible planters and find your
[liberations ft SflurCP pf profit nqfl
ktruction, and you will bp t}onoret)
J 1 'bvitecj gupsts Yfhercytr yoq
Pyefje- 'Any city in Georgia wilj
||dly open its bousps to thp farm*
I qf our state, but qny hospitality
psted by a band of adventurous
Bee-seekers will and should he
grudged.
NO XXXVIII.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MLAJRCH 25, 1884.
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VOL XXX
DOWN THE ROAD.
YE EDITOR STARTS .0 GREENE
SWITCHES OFF ON SEVERAL
SIDE TRACKS. ' J '
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^*S*Wpt>tn|Ma«»^»imd«r>»|Ui» Country—
Boyioad Darkeys In their Holiday Attlre-Hov
Hnyor Dorsey Throw Crawford Out of aw—
And All About the Boyt of that MetropoUe—
Medicated LHaora-HlgMand Sea Slctowii-
Tho stock Law and Cyclones—A Threatened
Famine to a T&ifty TIUer of tho Soll-A Eam-
hlln* Tattle Orer a Short Trip.
We have for a long time been
promising our friends, Messrs.
Powell Davenport, a visit, and
last Sunday availed ourself of the
opportunity of paying the pleasant
debt. We embarked on the terra
pin train of the Georgia road, and
were soon speeding on our way at
the rate of five miles an hour. Gen
tle reader, did you ever glance
trom a Southern car window on a
Sabbath morn and study the scene
ry and various objects along the
road? Even to one to the manor
born it is not an uninteresting
amusement. Yon will see the col
ored citi7.cn out in all his glorvi and
Solomon’s lily of the valley dwin
dles into regular dog-fennel be
side the dusky dames and damsels,
rigged out in their holiday toggery.
You will see them piled in wagons
or dilapidated buggies, three deep,
or mounted on spavined, sore-back
ed horses or mules, destined for
mectin’. Every now and then the
scenery is varied by the sight of a
stick-and-dirt mansion, setting back
some old field, and in the door
are the occupants engaged in that
highly refined and delightful pas
time of carding or looking each oth
er’s heads. A negro is in his glory-
in the sun. He wouldn’t give you
two cents per thousand for shade
trees around his domicile, for he is
a sun plant, and the hotter the day
the greater his enjoyment. In these
miserable shanties, surrounded by
a numerous projeny anil a gang of
half starved curs of low degree,
abide the wards of the nation and
Dr. Haygood’s brother in black. If
the Doctor anil the Radical party
can ever make fitting rulers of
these people they will succeed in
doing something that even the Cre
ator of mankind has,not accom
plished. If left to himself the ne
gro is not only contented but hap
py; but when you try to elevate
him above the sphere for which he
is designed by nature he is as a fish
out of water and ii.ust soon perish.
When the train reaches some sta
tions on Sunday morning you will
get a glimpse of another phase in
Southern life. The mala inhabi
tants all turn out to look at the cars
and exchange a word with any ac
quaintance that might be aboard.
“How’s cotton?” is a stereotyped
inquiry, for this is a subject that is
always new and in order. You see
strolling around, dressed in their
best and looking as consequential
as they feel disagreeable, the aver
age town boy, his hands rammed
into his new pants pockets, and his
neck, encased in a collar and gaudy-
cravat, feeling like the wearer had
been sentenced to a day in the
stocks. The boy is like the
nigger. If left at his ease, with
one suspender and pants that
threaten to drop at every step,
he is in his natural lelcment and
feels happy; but rig that urchin out
in clean raiment and fine linen and
you make him an object of our
deepest compassion. The church
bells are ringing and the devout
people going into their house of
worship as the train moves olT with
a jerk. As we roll by its door we
notice a darkey going up the steps
with a pitcher of water that some
thoughtful sister has donated to tile
minister when his throat becomes
parched from a too vivid descrip
tion of that burning lake.
A train of cars is one object that
never becomes old to tho country-
people. It may dash by their homes
a half do7.en times a day for years,
but the whole family will quit work
to go to the door anil watch the
iron horse out of sight. This is cer
tainly the most wonderful and in
teresting contrivance of man, and
we doubt, one hundred years hence,
when we are navigating the air, if
xrial ships will prove of half the
interest as the old-fashioned, fogy
system of terra firma navigation by
steam.
But there is one event of our little
trip last Sunday that we must not
neglect to mention, as it made a
very deep-seated impression upon
our mind. As usual, we iounil
aboard two pious gentlemen, who
were discussing the wickedness of
running railway trains on the holy
Sabbath, and decided that the same
should be suppressed by the strong
arm of the law. These parties had
the subject all to themselves until a
wicked Atlanta drummer, who was
a quiet looker-on in Vienna and had
not the fear of future punishment
before his eyes, being hard-hearted
and skeptical—put in his mouth and
g ently hinted that the best way to
reak up the practice was for peo
ple not to ride on the cars on Sun-
cay, as he was quite sure that the
railroads would not tun trains just
fqr the ftin of the thing. Those
two old Christian Siinday-train-pro-
hibitionlsts did not deign a word in
reply. Tfiey gazed for an instant
hearts. We remember one cold
night, when Conductor Lombard
was in charge of the train, upon its
arrival at Union Point he found thir
teen of the Crawford youths on tho
platform. “How did you get here,
boys?” was his query. The leader
of the gang replied that they had
found very comlortable accommo
dations aboard Ills'train. “Well,
I’ll watch you When I .start back to
Athens, • and that passage money
will have to comp.” The'boys con
sented, but about five minutes be
fore the train started not one of
them could be found. Lombard
felt convinced that they were stow
ed away somewhere on his train,
and searched every nook and cor
ner, inside and out, for them; but
not a hide or hoof could be found-
A pall of gloom 'settledj.on his face
at being thus euchred, and it was
not dispelled when he drew up. at
Crawford to find his passengers
walking up the steps of the plat
form. Lombard told us after
wards that he believed they hid in
the smoke-stack, for there was not
another part of the train he bad not
searched.
Maxeyls was our jumping-ofT
place. "The train we were aboard
halted nlongside a mud-hole for the
other to pass, and as the scenery
there was not very inviting anil our
sojourn promised to be long, we de
cided to swell the dividend of the
railroad by footing it to the depot.
As we came abreast the office of
Dr. J. H. Brightwell an irresistible
desire impelled us tp halt. The
Doctor was as genial and pleasant
as ever, and after chatting awhile in
the porch, we both, as if by ntui-
tion, got up and walked into his
office. The Doctor stepped behind
his counter and got out a bottle la
belled “Compound Tincture of Ip
ecac,” but stayed the nausea arising
in our stomach by explaining that
the contents were genuine Maxey’s
sweetmash, and as his ipecac bottle
was empty had poured the bever
age therein. “But. perhaps you
would prefer a drink of old home
made, anti-revenue peach brandy ?”
he remarked, setting out another
vessel labelled. “Arsenic—Poison.”
“Don’t be afraid of it,” our friend
replied, “for I rir.ccd out the bottle
before putting it in. Here is just
about a drink of the Gum Sprin
rye,” (setting out a jar bearing the
trade mark of “Nitric Acid.”) Wi
stuck our uprobosis to the con
tents to see that the Doctor was
not drenching us on dynamite, and
finally decided to try the ipecac bot
tie, as it was the least dangerous
looking decoction set before ys.
But we were soon convinced that
the poet told a premeditated and
malicious lie when he said that
rose by any other name would smell
as sweet.” That word ipecac
haunted us like a nightmare, and
before we hail ridden a mile
Toon Powell's landau we had a gen
uine case of sea sickness, that lasted
until the next day, Whether the
name had its effect upon our imag
ination or the Doctor had neglected,
to wash out his bottle very clean
will always be a revised edition of
the fifteen puzzle to us; but we are
rather inclined to. take the latter side,
of this question, and feel profound
ly gratelul that we did not sample
his old peach from the arsenic vial.
VVc can never be made to believe
that imagination would make a fel
low feel like the very soles of his
shoes had got hung in liis digestive
organs and it was necessary for re
lief that they be gotten through his
throat.
We were met at Maxey’s by a ve
hicle manned by a Zulu, and but
for the Doctor’s highland, home
made case of seasickness would
have enjoyed our ride amazingly,
after tackling Dr. B’s medicated
sweetmash we were in a con
dition to enjoy iL We felt like w#
liad an army contract on hand to re
plenish ourself, and. use hole we
inttde in outside of the big fat gob
bler set'before'us would have caus
ed a stampede in the poultry yard
qnd made a Methodist circuit rider
die from sheer envy." When we
pushed ljack our plate and awaited
desert Toon casually remarked that
to make the 11 o’clock train next
day we would have to start before
dinner. We replied that we had
no desire to make a train next day,
so not to give himself the most mi
nute particle of worry on that ac
count He said “Certainly,” and
then turned the conversation by
saying that he wanted to leave
one gobbler to’ raise from, and talk
ing about the great failure crops
were last year, but hoped if they
had plenty of rain next summer that
we would visit them again some
time in the dim and distant future.
Not to disappoint him we at once
placed the time for the first week
in May. Toon appeared in a deep
study for a minute, and remarked
that it was too bad, but he expected
to be absent from home at that
time, and before we could fix an
other engagement -began to talk
about cholera among his poultry.
GOOSE BACON.
A Nsw EiUbls Rapidly a rowing in Popularity.
“As a feature of my business,”
said a Harrison street packer to a
reporter for the Tribune, “I am in
troducing smoked geese breasts.”
“And do you find it profitable?”
was asked.
“I do, very.”
“Will you tell me what you mean
by smoked geese breast?’’
“Smoked geese breast? Why, it
is a kind of delicacy, I suppose, but
there are places in the world where
they are as common as bacon. It is
not always easy to make the busi
ness profitable, owing to the high
price of fowls. We can only pre
serve the breast and legs. When
tlie legs are preserved,” said the
mar., smiling blandly, “they are
called hams.”
“How do you dispose of the other
portions of the fowl?”
“Well, some of it we are compel!
ed to throw away. Other portions
can be used in making goose-lard.
That, you know, sells at forty cents
per pound. We get from one to
two pounds from each fowl. This
is a small yield, you must under
stand, but we do not hunt for fat
geese in buying for the trade. We
want those that seem to have plenty
of meat, but as little fat as is consist
ent with tlieir health and flavor. The
breasts, when smoked and dried
weigh on an average about three-
pounds. Three and a half pounds
is about as heavy as we can get
them generally. They are cured al
most the same as pork hams except
that we add a little garlic to the su
gar and salt. When offered for
sale the meat is as dry as beef, and
is chipped and eaten raw. To tell
you the truth there is nothing better
in the way of dried meats. I ship
a -great deal of the dried meat or
“goose-bacon” to New York, and
some I sell here, where the other
material is always disposed of. The
only product sold in its green or
fresh condition is the livers. These
I sell under contract to one man,
who pays me fifteen cents apiece
for them. You know they are very
small. All healthy livers are,
though the most unnaturally enlarg
ed ones bring the most money.”
“You speak only of geese; do you
distinguish between them and the
ganders?”
[[Oh, no! there is only a trifling
notwithstanding the road was one difference, if any, in the flavor, and
continuous mud-hole nine miles j w , e P a y. no attention to sex in re
long. We had a fine landau all to 1 P'‘■'mshing our stock of fowls,
ourself, and we made the most of' " * 1 ° are vour natrons?”
it, too. But everywhere we looked
that word ipecac met our gaze. Our
experience was only equalled by
Toon Powell’s the next day, when
he ate an onion for dinner. Toon
explained to us about night that in
the last six hours he felt convinced,
from the small beginning, he had
eaten no less than a peck of this
odcrous vegetable, and he very se
riously contemplated cutting down
expenses by feeding his convicts on
onions; that a man with good, heal
thy digestive organs could eat a
spring onion for dinner and raise
from a quart to three pecks by
night, and fatten on them, too,
without any other food.
We found that the farmers along
the road were already tearing away
their fences, as the stock law goes
into effect on the ist of April in
Oglethorpe, while in Greene county
it was fired up in February. No
one knows how it helps the looks
cf the country to tear away these
unsightly worm fences. It is like
putting a new dress on old mother
earth. The people seem all con
tent with the revolutionizing ag
ricultural change, even its oppo
nents accepting 'the inevitable
as a man would a blup pill when he
is billious- 0,ur colored. Jehu said
the darkeys in the employ of
Messrs. Powell & Davenport all
voted |for “no-fence,” as “Mars
Toon said it was money in his pock
ct, and he has always been a mighty
are your patrons?'
“They are divided chiefly among
the Jews and the Germans, and by
both goose-bacon is considered a
rare delicacy. You would be sur
prised to see the kind of people who
buy of me. I have people who
come here in carriages to make pur
chases and leave orders. I often
have more orders than I can fill
During the last cold spell I was un
able to do much business on. ac
count of the high price of fowls.
The price always advances, by the
way, whenever it grows .cold-
enough to ship the dressed fowl
east.”
DIDN’T KNOW IT.
on the impertinent drummer, when j good fren’ to us.” lie said the
The house of representatives of
lie Massachusetts legislature.passed
[bill providing that wife-beaters
hould be publicly wtalppcd. Tbit
a good bill and antral, pgorv
rimes might have beeniddpd to
his which is nearly aa bad as wife
T^ e 1 SnSltafil un
ivc him thirty-nine good bard
cks with a paddle or Cowhiclthhd
will have a better effect an, the
owd than sending him to the pen-
eotiary to get away. 1
their eyes met in pious resignation
and with a look that plainly said,
1‘Ephriam is joined to his idol—let
him alone.” i
When we reached Crawford—
that centro of temperance and pie
ty—judge our surprise and horror
to find the citizens pursuing their
usual avocations of life. Investiga
tion established the fact that Mayor
Dorsey had been so regular in his
pilgrimage there on Saturday night
that the good end confiding people
of Crawford tore up their almanacs
and accepted in lieu the wepkty
vent ef AftfW’ foots Wnym: as
their regulation for Sunday. Ife
t*ad ne\’er failed, qn(l they had as
joon expect to s'ep’thc sun rise in the
we*t as for thp 3 o’clock Saturday’s
train to roll iff and Mayor D. not
disembark. Last Saturday some
thing detained Doe. at home, and
Crawford accepted it for granted
that either the railroads had tak-'
en the job of regulating Sunday
aa well as time,or there was a hitch
in the calendar somewhere, and so
decided to fall in . with the proces
sion. Dorsey stock is now way be
low par down there, and he has
been supplanted by one of Greer’s
Almanacs.
A Crawford bt°Y rather ride
on fh e ears’'than gt» to church any
day,. From the t Imo they can tod
dle they are stealing rides on plat-
formsand bumpers, and His cer
tainly a merciful dispensation of
Providence that the male popuU-,
tion is not kept thinned out and the
hands had been given good pastures
fqr their stock and were entirely
satisfied. ' Mr. Davenport tells us
that he made a rough calculation of
the benefits of the stock law, and
finds that enough can he raised on
hedge rows to run any plantation
where fences are abolished. This
is a surprising statement, but John
figured it out to our entire satisfac
tion. ' ’ * A ” . * t
We passed aldng that sectior, (ip.
Agoairing Accident at a Brooklyn Social Gath
ering.
New York, March 17.—In
Brooklyn, to-day, Miss Celia Renny,
seventeen yearsofage, was visiting
the house of John Cassidy, on Sixth
avenue, Brooklyn. While Cassidy’s
ramily add guests were chatting in
t t “ e M .P a ll° r after dinner, Dennis
“eillj, thirty years old, one of the
party, drew a revolver ftflfl pointed
it at Mary Cassthfy, $t\yii^g that he
would mesmerize her, when she ex
hibited symptom? of fear. He
laughed and turning around Impl
ied the weapon at Afiss Kenny’s
-lead and pulled the trigger, A loud
report followed, and without utter
ing a word Miss Renny fell for
ward upon the floor dead, the bul
let having pierced her brain- The
screams of Mrs. Cassidy' and her
daughter aroused tho neighborhood
and Reilly, who made no effort to
escape, was handed over to the po
lice. He seemed utterly overcome
with horror and said that he thought
the revolver was empty. Upon ex :
animation it was found that all th8
chambers had been unloaded
BODY SNATCHING.
ts tta Otiauoc "Burkin*-. »«* in rm-s—
. ■' ^^tioq. at the
The Avondale “burking” horror
has been the main topic of discus
sion all over the state where I have
been recently. On every ear, in
every hotel and in every office yon
hear, “What a horrible murder that
was at Cincinnati.”
Yesterday a Cincinnati physician
who knows the ins and outs of the
Cincinnati medical, colleges, and es
pecially ot the Ohio medical, gave
me a long talk on the stiff raising
business.
He began by telling me that in
1878 it was customary for the pau-
per dead to be taken out from Ha-
big’s to the Potter’s Field at the in
firmary. It was common to put
them in a stable over night and
bury them, the next day. The stiflf
hunters found this out, and soon it
was a common thing to find the
EMPTY COFFINS
in the stable the next morning.
There was no doubt but that the
ghouls had taken the bodies and “si
lently stolen away” under cover of
night It was also suspected that
they had a confederate who was
connected with the infirmary.
A body was occasionally taken
for which friends would call the
next day to see decently buried. To
prevent trouble the infirmary au
thorities resolved to stop the steal
ing, and set a watch to catch the
robbers, This was when Robert
Bell, brother of John E. Bell, was
superintendent of the infirmary.
Well, the watch didn’t work. The
ghouls came out for their bodies
and took them. A fight tor posses
sion was had, but the ghouls were
mightiest and prevailed. For. the
next attack Bell strengthened his
forces. He had an ambuscade fixed
at a point in the road which the rob
bers would pass when returning
with the bodies. Several men
were armed with shot guns loaded
with buckshot, intended more to
wound than to kill the depredators.
It was about midnight when the
wagon came along with a well
known physician of Cincinnati rid
ing in front with the driver.
The _ party were smoking cigars
and enjoying themselves, when the
ambuscade arose with “Halt there.”
The driver showed no disposition to
halt, but tried to drive ahead. In
consequence
A VOLLEY WAS FIRED,
and the wagon was stopped. The
physician, wh'o was then and is to
day connected with the Ohio Medi
cal College, was found to be wound
ed. He had got a load of shot in
his shoulder and neck.
His wounds were painful, but
not dangerous. He was, however,
compelled to lay up for repairs sev
eral weeks at a’country house. Dur
ing the shooting one of the robbers
Lmped up and
HELD A DEAD BODY
before him as protection from bul
lets. The bodies were recovered,
the robbers released, and the matter
hushed up. The story was current
about town, among physicians and
others, that it was Dr. Cilly who
was shot, but this was not proven.
In fact, interest in the matter
soon died out. Not long after this,
I believe, a report was current that
a negro resurrectionist had been
caught robbing coffins at the infirm
ary and was shot in the leg so badly
that it was afterward amputated by
some of the physicians for whom he
was getting “material.”
“These body raisers,” said my
informant, “are always on the look
out for bodies. Go to the health of
fice every day and you will find
them looking over the death record
and finding out where and when
bodies are to be buried. They es
pecially watch for those who die of
peculiar diseases. They thus know
now, when and and where to go for
their prey.”
“Well, do these medical colleges
here need as many bodies as gotten
“No; but certain people here are
acting as
“body brokers,”
and are speculating in cadavers.
Why, L know a few years ago,
when there was a scare over grave
robbing, it was customary then to
trade bodies with other colleges,
east, west and south. By that way,
parties calling to identify dead rel
atives would always be “left” This
was discontinued when the period
ical scare was over and crave rob
bing ceased.”
“That was right after the Scott-
Harrison case, wasn’t it?”
“Yes; and that was another good
“ad.” fof the medical college. .The
papers at the the time gave Qhipf
of Police Tom Sholhaker a, good
deal of credit for sharp work in
finding Harrison’s body hanging in
the hatchway. Pshaw! It was a
laid up job that he should he found
just that w«y. ]f the professors
had wanted that hody they would
have ^akinned Ik* or hid It so it
pould not havo been found by any
body. Let me tell yon that the
professors like any big ‘ads’ of that
lrinrl ■fnr frVinir tncfiftitinne **
ied in th’e pauper grounds, a young
woman was buried at the same
time. She .had died of consump
tion at the hospital- Tfieghouls
found ont when the thsiealttere
buried. They had to be put under
ground for their friends went out
with the undertaker. The “stiff
raisers” wanted the girl’s body, as
she was lean and fitted for dissec
tion. They made' a mistake and
dug up tne negro. They got him
half way up, when to their disgust
they found out their mistake and
let him set straight up at the head
of his grave, his feet hanging down
in the hole. The girl’s body was
then taken. The next day the ne-
jroe’s relatives raised money to take
lis body out of the unconsecrated
ground and bury it elsewhere.
When they came they found him
sitting up big as life, and they
were
fatal shot was fiqpA coroner
‘nyestfgxtion,
'‘•SOMETHING?TO EAT, 1 *
wijh their upturned clay roots, look
like a vast national cemetery. But
the peopte at last realize that cy
clones «ro getting to be most regu
lar, unexpected and unwelcome vis
itors, ana are preparing for them.
We hear of men all over the coun
try digging pits, but with the single
exception of Will Davenport, at the
Glade, they all Claim that the 'exca
vations are for storing fiesh meats
in the summer. Will says his is a
genuine cyclone pit, and he don!t
care who knows it It is truly sur
prising the sudden mania people
nave taken for dry wells,> ana they
always select a place, too, right at
the nearest door of exit. We see a
big-bank oCred earth in the yard of
George. Hall, down at Crawford,
bnt we believe George is too iion-
«sta fellow to plead the dry .vyell
act- •[ •' , . •
About 2 ifdock we' reached our
destination, and found the finest
. . . .. . ■ J| dinner We ever.sat down to await-
girls forced to import their sweet- ing usy and .you may judge tin**
’■ '' r„, , r * •-
| 4H. .»» :.i.r. ■ ' Alt* /
Atlanta, March »8L—A dis
tressing occurrence has happened
m connection with M r - James ,P.
Harrison, one of our beat cjtiaens,
that has excited a profound
inai nas excited a profound sympa
thy in Jbe .whole community. On
Sunday his little son "Zeddie, • 13
years old, disappeared and was gone
until dusk last night, when he sedf
denly came home- and exclaiming
“something.to-eat,” fainted fri his
mother’s arms. He was at i church
in the morning and went 4tome be
fore dinner and got something to
eat out of the pantry, and was not
heard of until his retnrh thirty hours
afterwards. He was seen «• the
afternoon going down the, Georgia
railroad. His family were alarmed
and spentan tin easy ddy and night
tryitagto learn of him. His return,
rdieyed their anxiety as to bis safe
ty. He *
He is a-good boy and has had
no bad companions or habits.' His
leaving was a mystery and the phy
sicians allowed no interruption of
his rest to question him and the ex
planation had not been learned. ,
’ -1- ' . Richmond.
kind .for their institutions.’
“Well, do you think there are
many bodies buried in the potter’s
field?” *
“No. The skeletons of. bodies
taken there are scattered all over
the counfry. I don’t think, either,
Apt manylbodies*which leave the
undertaker’s to be .buried are ever
PlafflhFrfcWw&r ye»»
-that one of
1? city undertaker's • employees
which was
jht' back to the
— Jand sold for fie.
You can s6c tfiattho loss of a ^1.50
coffin don’t compare with the vkfue
of a stiff,”
WHAT ELLIOTT SAYS.
In connection with the same sub
ject I interviewed William J. Elli
ott. no w editor of the Sunday Cap
ital, Columbus. He was once sec
retary of the Cincinnati health
board, and was late stqte supervisor
of printing linden BBshopi
•Elliott branched out on the ' cus
tom of the city uadettaker in his
day in taking ont bodies to the pau
per burial grounds, leaving the
coffin, buying it, and taking fhe
body to the medical college. *3)nce
we set a watch on the. city under
taker, and found that several of
the. • ' . !
' COFFINS WERE BUSIED EMPTY.
“The claim .was made hy the un*
dertaker that ghonls .had robbec
the grave But the Coffin ‘
id naT
ISLAND SHOALS, GEt>R GIA.
SCARED HALF TO DEATH.
We investigated, found the
girl’s body gone and accused the
jhouls of it. They didn’t deny it
But said “we made a mistake and
got out the old nig fust—d—n him,’
and that was all we could do with
theca. You must remember that
then the law gave colleges the bod
ies of paupers not claimed by friends.
It was as much against the law to
take them as to take the stiff of a
rich banker buried in stately style.
I used to have lots of trouble with
the stiff raisers. Dr. Minor, who
was health officer then, agreed with
me that they should be kept out of
the health office. I know once a
body was missed which had been
buried, and I sent a sanitary officer
to see old Cunningham, the famous
old resurrectionist of the Ohio col-
eee, to see if he had gotten it. Old
“Cunny” swore and cussed, but we
finally searched his stable across
the Rhine, and
FOUND SIX BODIES,
stark naked and covered with straw.
Of course we had them buried and
old “Cunny” lost his fees. He was
mad and even threatened the officer,
saying: “I’ll Burke you, and hang
up your skeleton in a week.” This
makes me believe that the
CRIME OF BURKING
has been going on for years in Cin
cinnati. The remark of old Cunny
makes me think so. I know that
often at night the young district
shysicians used to gather in the
lealth office and tell stories of stiff
raising, and what sort of bodies
were dissected in the Ohio medical
college. I remember that Coroner
Muscroft and a red-haired doctor
were among our district men, and
they were both active in telling
yarns of ghastly sights. I remem
ber they often told how bodies
were brought in with their
SKULLS CRUSHED IN.
They told how women’s bodies were
brought in which, showed that they
had been purposely
• ALLOWED TO DIE
In order that their cases might be
considered' under ' the dissecting,
knife. It was common talk that
persons were ‘burked,’ and it shows
plainly that the-right kind of super
vision is not exercised.”
Apropos of the . ghastly tales of
j roung doctors^ EUiott told the fol-
- owing:
“A young, green country boy en
tered the Ohio medical college, and
as usual the older - students agreed
to initiate him-Vrith a joke in the
dissecting room. The body of a
young girl was laid on-« dissecting
table. A mustache was placed on
her lip. Then, fixing' the body, the
boys said to the new student: ‘Come
along, now, and ’ get acquainted
with the stifl.’ He came up, took
one look, rushed forward, jerked the
moustache from the lip, and shriek
ing
FELL FAINTING ON THE CORPSE.
When he came too, he told that the
;irl was his half-sister, who had
ived in an Indiana village near
Cincinnati. He had been brought
up away from home, hut recognized
her body at once. Well, of course
apologies were profuse, the hody
was recoffined and taken back for
burial. The affair was hushed up
and never got in the papers.”
If, as Elliott thinks, “Burking”
has been practiced for years in Cin
cinnati, an explanation is furnished
for the hundreds ot persons myste
riously missed from time to time.
G.
Island SiIoals, March i.L—On
ail adjoining farni Mr. Samnel Mc
Daniel, a young farmer, waiin the
field plowing. His plow caught in
some obstruction. Urging the
mule he fonnd thrt the plow had
caught in the handle of.a five, gal*
Ion jug, which was slowly .pulled
out of the ground. The jpg nad a
cork stopper, sealed, with sealing
wav, and a piece of tin doubled over
it, with a wire fastened round it,
making it perfectly secure. Mc
Daniel was anxious to. know what
was in the jug, so taking his hscl-
screw off his plow and twisted off
the wire. This enabled him to take
out the cork. He then placed the
jug on a . stump, and applyihg his
lips tasted the best brandy he had
ever sampled. So captivated was
he that he drank several times, and
at last the liquor overcame him, he
slipped down asleep at the foot of
the stump. Failing to come to din
ner his mother went ont to the
field after him, when he was about
The bank of Americas has been 1
appointed a state depository.
A negro convict split another’i
hca^l open with a piece of iron . ir
Secretary of War Lincoln says he
had rather, resign than reappoint
Fitz John Porter..
The Supreme Court says that
Leonidas Johnson, the Henry county
murderer, must hang.
Mr. Watterson urged the passage
of the Newspaper Copyright bill
before the joint library committee.
Later advices tram the Soudan
confirm the reports of the enemy’i
bravery and persistency in battle.
The Nashville people believe that
the death of Marshall T, Polk, the
defaultihg tteasurer, is a bogus an
nouncement.
Col. Cash, the South Carolinian,
thinks his days are numbered; that
he has ruptured a blood vessel, and
that he is. fast failing.
waking up. Together they gave
the jug another examination, when
Mrs. McDaniel’s attention. was a tv*-.-... »»u 1VUIWTG UUU1
traded by Its great weight Aw USr only living statesman,
investigation showed the tfteseniefe'
of 1,900 five dollar gold pieces,
making a total of $9,500. ' '
The mystery was .cleared up in a
singular manner. McDanieVs
grandfather was a captain in the
Florida war. It was known 'that
he was wealthy before Ije left. On
news of his death in one of’the bat
tles with ihe Indians, his heirs
could find no trace of his money.
The fact that years after his only
grandson and heir should have been
the one to find his fortune is a sin
gular incident The finding of this
jug leads to the "hope that there
may be others and the plowing of
that field is watched with interest.
A COLLEGE KNOCK-OUT.
FIGHTING IN SOUDAN.
SlaUt
New Haven, Conn., March 12.
It is probable that Oliver Dyer, Jr.,
of the class of’86, of Yale college,
■will die from the effects of the blow
dealt by Robert B. Williams, of Au
gusta, Ga., an ’S5 man, and colored,
with whom he was contesting a
sparring-match at the Yale Athletic
meeting in the gymnasium on Satur
day. _ It is now freely said that he
was intoxicated when he entered
the ring, an(i was in no condition for
the fray. Before the first blow was
struck it was evident that Dyer was
fearful of his opponent. Williams'
blows were vigorous' and rapid.
Dyer parried many of them, but be
fore the first round was over, he re
ceived a heavy blow under the
chin, which was followed by anoth
er knocking him senseless. He fell
and his head struck a cleat 'indicat
ing the boundaries of the ring. It
was nearly half an hour before he
showed any signs of consciousness,
and three hoars before he was re
stored. Dr. Foster” says there is a
partial par-'ysis of the optic nerve.
Williams fe .Is very badly over the
results of the blows. There was no
malice, and Dyer may blame him
self tor his injuries, for he was ad
vised not to enter the ring by those
who knew tha! he.ww^inno-CjC)I “
tion to do so,- an4- had violated
the rules of training-on Friday. 1
affair has created much excitement
in the city and on the campus, and
it is fea’ ed will be a death blow to
Yale athletics this season.
THE GREAT EXPRESS ROBBERY,
Oram Dlgna DtfMUO,—Spurt and
Against Bepsatlng Blttos,
Suakim, March 13.—At 5 o’clock
the revile sounded the British
camp, eleven m»ps from here, and
alter hroafcfot the order to march
vv*|S given. The men were formed
into a square, Gen. Graham and
staff being in the centre, with all
the stores and camels. Before a
half mile had been covered hordes
of rebels, who were hidden in the
trenches and pits, opened fire on
the British troops, still the latter
kept pushing on closer and closer
to the rebel quarters never waver
ing for a second, but keeping their
formation steadily and accurately,'
as though on parade.
Finally, about 9 o’clock the Brit
ish troops were ordered to open
fire on the enemy, and the fighting
commenced. Probably there were
not more than 3^000 heads before
the British troupes in front, but
hundreds were seen on the rear of
tho squares. As the British ad
vanced men sprang up, sometimes
within aoo yards of them, armed
with spears and brandishing huge
shields. .
They would charge upon the
British ranks without hesitation at
breakneck speed; until the latter’s
bullets laid then} low. The British
stormed the works where the rebels
were in force. The gallant blacks,
with no thought of flight or surren
der, held out their shields and spears
against bullet or hxyoaef until: the .
trenches around looked tike one
grave. Then after three hours of
hard lighting the rebel position was
taken, and Osman Digna was de
feated. The fighting was more se
vere than in Ted. The British loss
is 70 killed and 100 wounded, while
the rebel .loss is reported at more
than 1,00a The battle commenced
at 9 o’clock this.morning and lasted
until noon.
St. Louis, March 17.—When
Prentiss Tiller was arrested in Mil.
waukee, by the police, he confessed
saying: “I am Prentiss Tiller; I
took the money, about $125,000 in
all. I went from St. Louis to Chi
cago and remained a week, and
thence to Milwaukee. I will go to
St. Louis without a requisition, and
think I will plead guilty. • No one
was with me when I committed the
robbery. Wh«t I did was sponta
neous and not premeditated.”
It has since been. ascertained that
Tiller’s accomplice took charge of
the plunder. The arrangement was
evidently that the accomplices
should divide the spoils and send
Tiller’s portion to him by express
to Milwaukee, addressing him, of
course, in an assumed name. Tiller
reached Milwaukee,'but forgot the
name he was to assume, inquiring
tor express package. He telegraph
ed McFStdderi, at Sherman, Texas,
asking what was the name the va
lise was to bear. The telegram was
intercepted and McFadden arrest
ed. Tiller is quite jovial and takes
matters easy. He says that he is
twenty-fou- years of age, and was
bom in Louisville. He has been in
Chicago and then came to Mil
waukee.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
John Jacob Astor is the third rich
estman. . .tj.-I
The condition of Mr. Gladstone is
reported as getting worse. His
death would remove from England
$2^900 coufFHouse. —
A new hotel at St. gimon t « , fii£tn<f
is nearly completed’.
Walker county ‘wni fikvtf ’iir
court .house insured. —-
Several Marietta' h6/s^Eav£*V?
turned from,Tex ? s Xr
, Bucket letters' have commenced
tb proptigite Ih‘Macon.' r 1 r nl -^
FVW i It, 1
content-
The Gaines
plate going to ]
Hign art pictures are still &e
rage in the Gate City.
A great many visitors are passing
through Savannah to Florida.
Placards have been posted about
Skibberecn county, Cork, announc-
ing the outbreak of a civil war ip
March. The police have removed
them.
The legislature of Virginia is cur
tailing the power of the sta.e exec
utive by decreasing the number of
appointed offices.
Forest fires are raging in Putnam
county, Florida, and co.isiderable
complaint is caused, although no se
rious damage had been reported at
last accounts.
Two prisoners in the jail at Sand
wich, Ont., while making their es
cape, killed the jailer and seriously
Injured another official. One of the
fugitives was recaptured.
A strong effort is being made l>y
the friends of Baker Pasha in Eng
land to induce the queen to restore
him to his former rank in the British
army. The belief prevails that the
queen will ignore the petitions.
Trichin® is doing an alarming
amount of damage in Germany, and
all can be traced to the German
bog. The natives may yet find
their only relief in America.! pork.
' New York, March 15.—Sched
ules in assignment of McGinnis
Bros. & Fearing, brokers, to James
C. Young, were filed in court to
day. , The liabilities are $423,898,
the nominal assets $676,084, and the
actual assets' $175,475.
Captain William Stamper, of the
steamer Dorset, which left Bristol
on February 11, and arrived here
yesterday, gives a thrilling account
of his experiences for twenty hours
among huge icebergs. A curious
fact is that he encountered a current
of warm water in their vicinity. '
A special from Greenville, says:
of New York, committed suicide
here last night by taking ten grains
of morphine. His last words were:
“It takes more courage to live than
to die.”
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY.
Washington, March 13.—E. F.
Hedburg, from New York, on his
way to Macon, Ga., was victimized
by a confidence operator on the Bal
timore and Ohio train which arriv
ed here at S.30 yesterday. He says
that shortly after leaving New
York, an elderly man, with gray
beard and well dressed, took a seat
beside hint and they engaged in
conversation. By the timo they en
tered tho suburbs oi Philadelphia he
had eveiry confidence in the
stranger. Then the stranger pre
tended to have no change, and
remarking that he. owed tne bag
gage-master some money, he asked
•Mr. Hedberg to change a $too bill.
Mr. Hedberg counted out $100 in
small bills, and looking at the note
offered and seeing a large “C” anti
“too” on the corners, placed it m
his pocket. After the departure of
the stranger, whom he never saw
again, he examined then $106 bill,
which turned out to be a patent
medicine advertising circular.
Morgan Commack having turned
state s evidence in the famous
Texas Prcificcolton swindling case,
has been, released on $1,500 bail.
He immediately handed the Dallas
national bank for the Pacific rail
road $20,000 of the money stolen on
the fraudulent bills of lading.
Lynchburg, March 18.—A tele
gram from-Pocahontas states there
are no new developments concern-
onc ing the mine disaster, except that
instead of frying to smother the
fire it .has been determined to flood
the mine. Harrowing reports of
destitution among the families of
the victims are denied by represen
tatives of the company here.
Miss Sarah Dorrett, of Dallas, has
instituted a suit for $10,000 against
Major B. B. Toy, of Galveston,
Texas. The young lady, who is
very pretty and accomplished, has
been engaged to Toy for three
years and the marriage day has been
appointed three several times, but
on each occasion the Major found
some excuse for deferring the sol
emnization of the nuptials.
Carrie Hanson, a young Danish
girl, employed as a domestic, and
who had only been in this country
four ironths, jumped from the sus
pension bridge into the Ohio river,
at Wheeling, and was fatally injur
ed. She was taken out by specta
tors and a physician summoned,
who found her face terribly cut and
bruised by the fall. *
The fast night train on the Ala
bama Great Southern road struck a
broken rail Sunday night near
Steeles station. The engine, ex
press and baggage cars passed over,
but all the passenger coaches and
sleeper were thrown from the track
and rolled down the embankment,
turning completely over. The pas
sengers were badly bruised and
frightened, but none killed.
Two negro boys were drowned
in the swamps below Augusta,
The Macon tournament promises
to he the biggest ever held in Geor
gia.
A dangerous negro is try ing*to
excite a race riot 111 Washington
county.
Fort Jackson, below Savannah,
has had its name changed to Fort
Oglethorpe.
In Blakely a buggy trace applied
to a negro for stealing caused him to
join the church.
The Central Baptist church, ol
Atlanta, wants a twenty thousand
dollar building.
»_The Walker county authorities
are going to have the court house in
sured for $S,ooo.
A colored man, in Henry county,
Ga., got fifty-seven possums out of
one hollow tree.
The Mormon elders are ’ duping
some of the weak-minded women
up in Paulding county.
The Comptroller General is ship
ping digests to the tax collectors of
the different counties.
Commissioner Henderson says
he does not think the spring oats
were hurt by the recent cold.
Alf Doyle, the Griffin murderer,
stands a good chance to get a new
trial on newly discovered evidence.
Col. I. W, Avery has purchased a
lot on Peachtree street, Atlanta, for
$3,200, and will build a residence on
Samuel D. Irwin, Jr., committed
suicide in Albany by shooting him
self. No cause for the deed is
given.
Rome is knocked out of a .hang
ing next Friday. The Governor
has commuted the sentence of Free
man to imprisonment ."or life.
The Recorder states that the peo
ple of Webster county want a rail
road to Americus. There is one
very sure way of getting it.
The Butler Herald of Tuesday
■says: “A remarkable incident took
place at the depo. in Butler last
week. Master Willie Russ, son of
Judge J. D. Russ, has two goats that
are in the habit of lying around the
depot at night. In the early part
of the week a boxcar had been un
loaded and left standing near the
platform. The two goats seeing
the open car on the following night
entered it and proceeded to lay
down in one corner. The next
morning the agent reported the car
empty, and the same was locked up
ana carried to Savannah.
. _ GENERAL NEWS.
Griffin wants a park,
Bartow county wants prohibition.
The wheat is looking well in
southern Georgia.
The largest city in Japan is Osa
ka, which contains 1,585,695 inhabi
tants.
It is stated that a railroad is now
completed from Mexico to the Rio
Grande.
Jumbo is said to have increased
five inches in height during his stay
in this country.
Canada is having trouble with
her provinces. Manitoba and On
tario both threaten to secede.
Oxford University, England, has
decided to grant women the same
examination as is given to men.
Gen. Grant finds “Old Point
Comfort” misnamed, so far as he is
concerned. His rheumatism still
continues.
Money has been offered in New
York within the past few days at
i£ per cent, for approved paper,
with no takers.
When the “Book of Mormon'
was published , in 1S30 there was.
published with it a certificate of
which
Subse-
founB, trailed ’down tight. How, nounced Mormonism and declared
ghouls drf not take off coffin lids, their testimony:false.
They breakin the top and take the t * T *.— v ’ . -1 'I : -'
body out.* .Y ".”A I Over five > hundred people were
-,.j A bad mistake. —converted under Rev. Bam Tones’
“I remember once,” said Elliott; preaching, daring tU late visit to
“when a big pussy negro was bur- Memphis.
THE THEATRE TRAGEDY.
Galveston, 'March 13.—A'n
Austin special, says:, “The remains
of Ben Thompson, the desperado
killed at San Antonia arrived at
Austin yesterday afternoon'. A
great crowd of curious'people as-
sembled at the depot A delegation
of the Knights of Pythias took
charge of thebody, which was car
ried to Thompson’s late reiidence.
4 large. mual*r of carrisghs, some
empty, followed |the hearse. The
Sherat and Chief of Police were ob
served'in the procession! Many
' etieve that Thompson Vras decoy-
d t6 San Antonip b[f Kinfe Fisher,
e other desperado slain in the 1
lee. 'Ah dye witness sayg-that nei*
son had recently been suffering
from insomnia; aad - wits daily be
coming more dissipated find: reck-
less.”2* i " £2 *'
A new trial has been granted Alf
Doyle, the Griffin murderer.
A NEW LICK AT LIQUOR.
Walton Newt.
To-day a very important trial
will take place in Jug Tavern.
Blakey & Smith* several months
ago, established a bar-room there,
and it is said that Ben Smith’s dis
trict and the upper edge of Walton
tried themselves the day the bar
was opened, in drinking whisky,
cur»ipg and swearing. The citizens
pf Jug Tavern haVe employed
Messrs. W. E. Simmons and C. H.
Brand to have the bar abated as a
nuisance. The bar-keepers have
employed Rav & Walker to repre
sent them. Deputy Sheriff NoweU
has summoned a jury, and the ques
tion of nuisance e» no nuisance will
be tried to-day by 13 freeholders. A
-great deal of excitement exists over
the matter, and quite a number of
citizenskave gone from this place
to witness the trial.
THE LONGEST^|ENCE IN THE
The longest-line of fence in the
world wiilbe the wire fence extend-
BigB^n theltidiaa Tbmtory weat
^handle and
thirty : five miles into New Mexico,
"iircowr.ii he in the line of the
If Lincoln should be nominated
for President New York will
spring the name of Fred Seward
for Vice-President.
A good republican platform: Re
solved, First, That wc keep up the
war. Resolved, Second, That we
keep up the war taxes.
The Comptroller of Chicago is
going to New York to sue the es
tate of the late A. T. Stewart for
back taxes due Chicago.
An explosion occurred at Poca
hontas, Va., in a coal mine, and it is
feared that all the miners, of whom
there p.re 120, were killed.
St. Louis, March 15.—Prentice
Teller, Pacific express company
robber, is still housed at the Lindcll
hotel, in charge of the express offi
cials. : j
Prince Bismarck explained to the
Reichstag his motives regarding
the Lasker resolutions and endeavor
ed to say a pleasant word about the
United States.
Miller and Mulkin, two of the
Pawling, N. Y., dynamiters, were
sentenced yesterday, at Poughkeep
sie, to imprisonment for life, having
been found guilty of murder in the
second degree.
V
h
i-JI 1
mat 1
sitl uo w<
^ .nyer.attdits purpose isto
stop the drift of the northern cattle.
• !?-* •«'? aac * splendid enterprise,
and will pay a large percentage on
the investment. The tence will be
.over two hundred miles long.
SIM f
Mr. Lincoln’s largest professional
fee was one of $5,000, paid him for
twice arguing the case of the county
of McLean against the Illinois Cen
tral railroad company.
Italy is about to strengthen her*
coast defences with ten steel guns,
each fifty-five feet long, weighing
i2i tons, and capable of sending a
projectile ot more .than 2,000
pounds’ weight.
The survivors of the Sinkai
butchery, who arrived at Suakim,
report that the rebels tore the body
of Teivfik Bey into pieces and de
voured his liverin accordance with
their superstition.
The first state election, in this
Presidential year wffi occur in
Oregon comes next, Jupe -2d. But
the first real test will he tHe ! Maine
state election in September, m
Hon. John Q. Adams, of Wash
ington, was tecently poisoned with
some foul beef which he boughi
from some negroes.’ The caw was
killed accidentally, and when the'
negroes skinned her they concluded'-
to seli some of the beef. The neg.oes
were prosecuted and convicted in*
the county court.