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The (tones that we have been
printing for the past da> or two of
the visitation ot a mob to Dalton and
tbe outrages that they Committed in
that city are almost incredible.
it staggers belief that a party of
armed men should enter the streets
of a town of several thousand inhab
itants, in a state like Georgia, and
ride from house :o house, and from
tireci to street, continuing outrages
after outrages, and then depart tin-
challenged and unmolested; that
this mob should be permitted to drag
people from their houses, whip them,
maltreat them and in one case at
least take human life, and not bring
;he town to its feet for the defense
of it» reputation, is surely remarka
ble. It >s no argument to say that
the people who were assaulted were
worthless wretches whose daily lives
were an offense to the community
If this be the case, and we have lit-
le reason to doubt that it is, surely,
the off.-re of the city, or the leading
citizens, acting within the law, could
have found some means to abate the
nuisance or expel the offenders
without shocking tho sense of de
cency and justice and bringing re
proach upon the name of the state.
We had thought that the day had
parsed when such a thing as this
Invasion of Dalton by a mob was
possible in Georgia. We still be
lieve that the good people of Dalton
will still find some way to make em
phatic their protest against this out
rage and to bring at least some mem
bers of the mob to justice.—Consti
tution.
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THE MOR’UAGE CROP.
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ATJHKlSrS, GEORGIA., TCKSUAT, SEPTEMBER 1; 1885.
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Miss Ada Sweet, the Pension
Agent at Chicago, denies that there
are any “irregularit-.es" in that ot-
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thete aic 560 persons on
supposed to bo dr.iwin.
who are eitoer iie.id hmm
some 01 her i.a-o. .01 ,-i.
he there. M s- S-t-. i.xj
under tile L.v if 1 p.r-on
di-whisorhei pci -ic
tears the n.ni; is to e
When P'-n io .is «.< o-
ilisqu.difirJ in m.u.. ins-,
fact is not reported a’ the
••o ihc names conii ne o.,
until thice wars' ui.cla n
s ons have u. cumulated,
noi serin a aise 01 sate anange-
inent. It is not piudent to leave
560 pensions accumulating in the
hands ol pension agents for three
years. The aggregate amount
would be very laige. As M
Sweet say s she has a list ol 540 who
"arc to iie diopped,” it Would be
well to inquiic what sum of money
she has been carrying over in these
unpaid pensions and how it has
been invested.
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While the corn crop of Georgia
is about made and the, cotton crop
is rapidly opening, especially in the
southern half of the state, the thort-
gage crop is also fast approaching
maturity.
The cotton crop of 1SS5-6 may
not be the largest ever produced,
but there are indications that it will
be a very large one. The question
of gathering and marketing it in
good condition is now an impor
tant one, as is also that relating to
the price the staple will probably
command. prospect for a good
price is not now very flattering,
but it is to be hoped that the out
look will be better when the market
fairly opens.
It is believed that the area in
Georgia and Florida planted in
mortgages last spring, estimated in
dollars and cents, was smaller than
it has been at any time since the
war. There are thousands of mort
gaged crops in the state, however,
more than there ought to be, and
lhese mortgages have grown and
flourished, especially where they
were given for supplies bought on
credit, or for money borrowed at
fiom 1 to if per cent, per month.
There will probably be few far
mers, comparatively, who will not
be able to gather iheir mortgages
pretty early in the season, but it
may be s.iiely assumed that none ol
th >»e who have a large mortgage
crop will have much profit left after
squaring the year’s accounts.
Will the -outhern planters ever
be independent sgu n? This is a
momentous question. Thev never
can be so long a* they have to beg
for credit and mortgage their land
and stock and crops to get it.
A noted Georgia planter said a
few years ago that “a farmer in
debt was morally a slave, and if by
any misfortune he was unable to
pay his debts when due, he was re
garded as almost as degraded as a
convict.”
Let the southern larmers get out
of debt and resolve to stay out, and
they will be the most independent
and happiest people in the world.
—Savannah News.
TROUBLESOME SILVER.
A TBOT IN TWO MINUTES.
CHARLESTON DAMAGED TO TH E EX
TENT OF A MILLION .DOLLARS.
An Expert on Trotting Horses Thinks This
Ttms Will be Made.
New Haven’ News.
Houses Eemollshed in Every Part ot tbe
City—A Terrible Scene at Sullivan's Is
land—The Heroism of the Ladles—Ship
ping Wrecked all Along the Atlantic
Coast.
Charleston, s. C., Aug. 25.—
Charleston was struck by a cyclone
this morning, and one-fourth of the
houses in the city are unrooted.
Parts of the spires of St. Michaels
and St. Matthews churches were
blown down, and the spire of Cita
del Square Baptist church is demol
ished. The wharves and warehous
es are badly demolished.
At Sullivan^ Island two steamers
are aground and the new Ashley
river bridge now constructing is
swept away. Four vessels which
arrived yesterday are wrecked. The
telegraph wires are down, and there
are no cars running. The loss is
ESTIMATED AT ONE MILLION DOL-
lt is comforting to know that
.omething is being done to repress
the Apache butchers who manage
to seep the New Mexican frontier
in a state of perpetual terror. Lieut.
Day reports that on the 7th inst. he
attacked the camp of Geronimo.
He killed several buck* and wound
ed and captured the ferocious chief
himself. It seems that peace with
these enemies of civilization is prac
tically impossible. Therefore it
would be a humane performance to
promptly exterminate them.
The Knights of Labor met Satur
day night and organized an assem
blage in Athens. They will not al
low a bar-keeper, lawyer or politi-
, cianto join their organization. They
are opposed to striV.es and are in
favor of the eight hour system and
keeping little children out of the
factories and educating them. They
do not intend to create any strife
between capital and Loor: their ob*
icct is for all men to have their just
lights.
The capitol commissioners visited
th; new capitol and made a test of
the Georgia marble and Georgia
granite, and the Indiana oolitic
limestone. A block of each was
put into the engine furnace and
ieft there some minutes. When ta
ken out the limestone was broken
into two or three pieces, but was
firm and solid. The Georgia mar
ble crumbled up almost fine, while
the Georgia granite was but littl
better.
The undertaker who had charge
of General Grant’s funeral is uow
bard at work making out his bill.
It is a tough old job, and is a practi
cal illustration ol evolution applied
to figures. The poor msn started
out with a jumping charge of
lio,ooo. After studying over it he
taised it to $15,000. Then he slept
over the matter and went on jump-
ing at the rate of $5,000 a day until
be brought the bill up to $60,000.
Henry Clews announces that it is
* part of his life work to get paid
for his bogus Georgia bonds.
Henry will find out when it be
comes necessaty for him to shuffle
off this mortal coil, or more vulgarly
‘peaking, to hand in his chips, that
bis life has been a failure so far as
•kindling the people of Georgia is
concerned.
Sun: It is not in the U ited
States alone that silver money is
causing trouble. Belgium, just now,
is wrestling with the embarrass
ment produced by her attempt, in
conjunction with France ?nd the
other countries of the Latin Union,
to maintain the circulation of both
gold and silver at the ratio of 15.V
to I.
In 1S74 the Union was compelled
by the fall in market price of silver
bullion to restrict the coinage of un
limited legal tender silver to $24,-
000,000 a year, and in 1877 to stop
it altogether. Now, as a condition
of renewing the Union for another
term o.'years, France insists that
Belgium shall agree to redeem all
her own silver coins in gold.
Since, however, Belgium has
465,000,000 francs of silver circu
lating in France, while there is only
about 190,000,000 francs of French
silver circulating in Belgium, the
Belgian Ministry hesitate to comply
with this demand. France threatens,
in case Belgium finally re
fuses, to send home all the
Belgian silver now circulating in
France. This would swamp the
currency ol a little country like
Belgium, with her 6,000,000 ol pop
ulation, and, it is feared, would
bring on a financial crisis there.
To yield to the demands of France
would, however, only postpone the
evil day, and the Belgian Ministry
teem disposed to meet it at once.
It is probable that Belgium will
ultimately have to adopt the silver
standard; and cease to use gold as
money. The first effect of the tran
sition will undoubtedly be a disloca
tion and a derangement of trade,
but people will soon adjust them
selves to the new condition of
things, as we did to the suspension
of specie payments in 1862, and
thereafter business will proceed as
usual. The kind of currency that a
country employs is much less inr.*
portant than is commonly sup'
posed. We got on very well with
greenbacks, and Belgium can get
on equally well with silver.
A gentleman from London who
>> now visiting Georgia, states that
England tweet potatoes sell at
»x dollars a bushel, and chickens at
» dollar and a quarter apiece.
A tater pilch near London would
be equal to a gold mine—and a man
*ith a yard full of spring chicskcn
be considered a millionaire.
Do you know a pious politician in
America to-day ? Do you ? Rack
m e out one; I want to see him
powerful bad. I’ve been hunting
for one for years.—Ssm Jones.
Diere are several in Georgia that
cl »im to be very pious. Swneoi
’be® live up in Sams little town—
Ssm don’t think it possible for poli
ties and religion to occupy the same
Pew.
The president gets 5a,doolettera a
®*y. but he don’t read them all.
. Hthese 50^000letters were backed
1 effeminate hand writing, there
1 dollar. —-J- that Grover
I* dollars to apples
bteak. the seaL
Ati.nta is not mqch of a port of
after all, The railroads are
bonded, and therefore cannot
th * goods at the custom house.
The summer of 1885 will be re
membered gratefully at the; water
ing places. In nearly every quar
ter, by hillside and seaside, the
hotels and boarding houses have
had a profitable season, which is
still in the full tide of success. In
former years a cold storm setting
in by mid-August has often prema
turely scattered guests, and when
dbg days resumed their sway dis
heartened landlords have found
their season irreparably broken up.
But this summer the weather has
been steadily such as to drive peo
ple to the country, and keep them
there. Caravansaries and cottages
have‘alike been crowded. The pro
prietors are making hay while the
sun shines, and the sun still shines
abundantly. No doubt they feel all
the happier for the contrast of this
season with the last, when many of
them had meagre gaina or down
right losses. This Is a year of re-
compense.
LARS.
The work of restoration and rep
aration has already begun.
Sullivan’s Island, S. C., Aug.
25.—The hurricane last night and
this morning was terrific and de
structive. A number of houses on
Sullivan’s Island were blown away.
The New Brighton hotel had over
100 guests, and great fears were
entertained for their safety.
About nine o’clock this morning
the storm reached itsgreate.t veloci
ty. At that hour, while the hotel
people were at breakfast, tbe Casino
tell with a great crash. Fortunate
ly all the rooms in that building hud
been vacated, but there were grave
apprehensions that the dining room
and main building would soon suc
cumb to the violence of the storm.
Brave men weie blanched with
fear, and their hearts almost ceased
to pulsate, so fearful was the appre
hension that ladies and children
were doomed to instant death. The
iadies behaved with heroism that
was really grand and sublime. Not
a murmur escaped their lips. They
faced the danger with such fortitude
as to challenge the admiration of
the men. At 9 o’clock the wind
changed from the southeast, and the
storm increased from that direction.
When the Casino fell it was
thought that the maximum velocity
of the storm was from 65 to 70 miles
an hour. The main building of the
hotel is intact, having stood the
storm with very serious damage. It
is said that the present storm has
been the most violent in thirty years.
At 1 o’clock it was entirely over.
The loss tv. the New Brighton will
be $30,000.
A schooner-was blown
ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN RAIL
ROAD
track at the wharves in Charleston,
and now obstructs that road. The
South Carolina railroad depots and
warehouses were unroofed, and a
train left here to-night with tin for
repairs. It is reported that the bat
tcry in Charlestca .is demolished
The storm commenced at 1 o’clock
this morning. One fatality is re
ported on Sullivan*! island, where a
large number of Augusta people are
snmmering. It is impossible to
hear from the shipping or to get
further details trim Charleston.
The city is becoming tranquil.
The loss is still estimated at one
million dollars, including the
wharves and churches. The mer
chants are already rebuilding. The
phosphate works, near the city, are
but little injured, except the Atlan
tic, which lost its acid chamber.
The German bark, H. Peters, was
driven ashore. The German brig,
Freiheil, was sunk in a collision.
The dry dock schooner, William E.
Lee, was blown ashore and the
Norwegian bark Veritas, and the
Italian brig San Pricco, are ashore
at Castle Pinckney, with a three
masted schooner whose name is
unknown. No lives were lost.
DESTRUCTION IN SAVANNAH.
Savannah, Aug. 25.—The storm
which visited the city last evening
played sad havoc with the park,
demolishing several of the finest
pines, and enclosure fences, roofs
and trees blockaded the streets this
morning. The city had the aspect
of the storm of 18S1. A great many
residences are badly demolished
The wind reached its highest veloc
ity at 5 a. m., blowing 56 miles an
hour. The shipping was badly dam
aged, and ooats of all description
can he seen floating in the river bot
tom upwards. So far no lives have
been reported lost. At Tybee the
British bark U. Mesher was blown
ashore high up. She is from Bel
fast. The British bark Catharine
U. Chalmers was blown on Tybee
knoll. There is no apprehension of
the wreck of either ot the vessels.
The British steamship Marion was
blown high up or. tl.e quarantine
station. All the telegraph wires
are down.
THE STORM IN JACKSONVILLE.
Jacksomville, Fla., Aug. 25.—
Heavy'storms passed, over this city
yesterday. The wind, which was
accompanied by a drenching rain,
reached an average velocity of-forty
miles per hour and continued for
several hours, at times the gusts
lasting from two to three minutes,
and obtained a velocity of fifty
miles and upwards. The news has
just reached here from the mouth
of the St John’s river that the gale
was terrific. There the Atlantic
house was blown from its founda
tions. The porch was blown off
and fell on Mrs. Gilbert Hunter, a
guest, breaking her leg. News
from Fernandina shows great dam
age was done to buildings, boats
and shipping, and the guests at the
Strathmore house, on the beach,
were driven into town for refuge.
TRICK OF A MOONSHINER.
Ha Throws tie Revsaue Officer* Off on the
Wrong Track.
Prof. William H. Brewer, of Yale
College, has made tbe evolution of
the American trotting horse the
subject of much careful research
and study. Prof. Brewer owns the
most complete collection of ancient
and modern books relating to horse
flesh in all its forms to be found in
New England. Yesterday-the Pro
fessor gave an interesting review of
the progress of trotting in America.
“It is not known exactly;” he
said, “when horses began to trot
against time. Englishmen had al
ways run their horses, and had
trained them for that. So the Eng
lish horse is seldom If ever put to
the trot on trials of speed. It was
in the year 1S06 that the New York
Spectator made mention of a horse
which had trotted a mile in two
minutes and fifty seconds, which at
that time was without precedent.
Laws against horse races, that is to
say running horses, were in colo
nial times extremely stringent. In
the early part of the century they
got around the laws against horse
races by trotting their horses alone
and timing theirspeed by a watch.
This was an American discovery.
After a while the horse laws were
so modified as to allow ’trials of
peed,’ as they were termed, to be
given at captain periods of the year
with impunity. It was not until
1S1S that the first tret for money
was given, when Col. Boyd, of
Maty-land, bet Major Jones, of
Long Island, S 1,000 that ‘no horse
could be produced that could trot a
mile in less ti.an three minutes.’
Boston Blue was produced and cov
ered the mile in just three minutes.
This was held to be a wonderful
Teat in those times, and Boston
Blue was taken to England and
exhibited there. In 1S25 the New
York trotting club was organized
and built a course at Jamaica,
Long Island. which was
probably the fastest trotting track
in the world. From that time trot
ting became a general sport and
was adopted by the mass of the
people who owned horses, and
that very thing guaranteed its prog
ress. The record in 1S18 of Boston
Blue, of three minutes, was broken
in 1824 by Top Gallant in 2:40, in
the same year by the Treadwell
mare in 2:33, in 1830 by Burster in
2:32, and in 1S34 by Edwin For
rest in 2:31 and one-halt. It took
nine years to lower the last record,
which was done in 1S43 by Lady
Suffolk in 2:28, and in the next
year by the same horse in 2:26 and
one half. But it was left to Flora
Temple to astonish the country
when she made her celebrated
time, 2:19 and three-fourths, in 1S59.
Flora Temple from that time became
household word. Ladies wore
Flora Temple bonnets, boys
smoked Flora Temple cigars, poli
ticians drank Flora Temple whisky
It is not probable that any one trot
ter will ever again create such
enthusiasm. Her winnings were
very large indeed. , Then came
Dexter, lowering the record twice
before retiring from the turf. Then
Goldsmith Maid, whose speed and
fame are said to have brought her
owners a quarter of a million dol
lars. Then Rarus, St Julian and
Maud S., whose recent perlorm-
ance in 2:oSj stands before the
world without an equal.
“Thus, you perceive, the great
towering of records since trotting
was inaugurated, in 1S18. During
the past decade records have stead
ily been lowered, and Mr. Bonner
is authority for the statement that
he expects Maud S. will surpass her
time of a day or two ago before the
summer closes. It is my firm opin
ion, based on many' years of deep
study of the evolution of the trotting
horse, that before another genera
tion passes we shall hear of trotting
horses who can make a mile under
two minutes. Hcrses are bred
nowadays for the simple purpose of
bringing out their trotting qualities,
just as in England they are bred
solely with reference to running.
Now, if a lot of thoroughbred hor
ses are bred within themselves,
without admitting any mongrel
blood, and if they are trained solely
tor trotting, there is no question that
mail can bring the record down to
two minutes and under.
Mr. Robert Bonner who owns
Maud S., ridicules such an idea, and
lie may think this an impossible re
sult. I am aware, -he says, that
trotting is an acquired gait for a
horse and that running is his natural
gait. But still my theory holds, and
f the thoroughbred trotter is carried
through one generation after anoth
er, we shall one day see a horse
which can trot in two minutes.”
Capt. Pea Sanders is a character
living up in the mountains of North
Georgia, who has made ita business
since the war to sell blockade whis
ky, and evads the revenue officers.
Capt. Pea was raised in Banks
county, where he has principally
carried on his operations in the
whisky traffic. One peculiarity
about the Captain is that he has
been perfectly baldheaded from tbe
day of his birth. All the patent hair
restoratives have been tried on the
Captain’s head but to no purpose;
his cranium remains as bald as a
peeled onion. Capt. Pea’s many
ups and downs with the men who
try to protect Uncle Sam’s interest
in keeping the illicit distilleries on
the right track would fill a volume.
His midnight tramps with a five
gallon keg on his shoulder to sup
ply the thirsty prohibitionist of
Banks and adjoining counties would
serve for a fifty-page dime novel.
Capt. Pea delights in deceiving a
revenue officer, and has often been
known to walk ten miles to give
them information that would put
them on the wrong scent. Some
time ago the Deputy Marshall had a
warrant against Capt. Pea for illicit
distilling, and started out from At
lanta to arrest the Captain or bring
his bald-headed body a corpse into
the Gate City. The deputy collec
tor was notified of ihe Captain’s
tricks, but he concluded he was up
to snuff and if any one could arrest
this gfeet moonshiner it was him.
Getting off at Belton, on the Air-
Line road, he started at once in
search of tins terrible moonshiner,
who had been selling blockade
whisky from Banks county to Au
gusta. The Deputy Marshall had
not proceeded far on his road in
search of the Captain before he met
a man wandering listlessly along the
mountain path. He immediately
accosted him and asked if he was
acquainted in those parts. The man
inlornted him that he knew every
pig path in north Banks county.
The Deputy inquired if he was ac
quainted with one Capt. Pea San
ders and where he could be found.
The man informed the Deputy Mar
shall that he knew the Captain and
that he was just below cutting and
splitting rails and if he would just
go down the side ol the mountain
he could capture the Captain with
out any resistance. The man whom
the Deputy Marshall was talking to
was the veritable Captain, and
while the officer went to capture
the rail splitter at the foot of the
mountain, Captain Pea made tracks
for another part of the county. The
Deputy Marshall arrested the rail
splitter at d carried him to Bellton,
where the rail splitter had no troub
le in proving that he was not Capt.
Pea Sanders, the man wanted by the
Deputy Marshall.
The Marshall went back to At
lanta, firmly believing that Capt.
Pea was the sharpest moonshiner in
the mountains. Capt. Pea has
been carried to Atlanta several
times, but he has always managed,
to come clear and has never yet
reached Albany penitentiary for his
ctooked work.
AATHEIB OWN FUNERAL.
Tits Story of a Reprises which Came Al
most Too Late.
Some one recalls this scene at
Harper’s Ferry in 1S65 for the bene
fit of a Pittsburg Dispatch corres
pondent. Two Irishmen, John
Shea and Michael Doane, bad been
sentenced to be shot for desertion.
There was considerable feeling in
favor of the men. It was in the
time of big bounties, and the two
young men had enlisted tor some
thing like $1,000 apiece. In a few
days they were both missing and
were not caught for thres or four
weeks. They were drunk and
their money was about gone. The
truth of the matter was that it was
no case of wilful desertion. The
men had got on a drunk and had
never sobered up enough to realize
their position. They were badly
frightened, and were attended by
two priests. I can remembet the
place well. They were marched
up on a little hill on a level plateau,
and the soldiers thrown into three
sides of a hollow square. The two
men, accompanied by their priests
and preceded by the band playing
the dead march, were marched
around the inside of this square and
stopped nearly in the centre, by the
side of their open coffins. The
priests were in earnest conversa
tion with them, and the minutes
rolled by till they grew
into an Hour. Twelve o'clock
came, and Gen. Stevenson
gave orders for the priests to
leave the men. Very reluctantly
they did so, prolonging their leave
taking upon one pretext and an
other as long as they could. Every
thing was at last made ready, and
it was only a matter of seconds be
tween the men and eternity, when
the General’s orderly rode up,
swinging his hat and yelling at the
top of his voice. It was a reprieve
from Lincoln.
“It seems that the priests had tel
egraphed the President the night
before, asking for a reprieve and
stating that there were mitigating
circumstances. Lincoln, who was
always looking for an excuse to save
a mail’s life, reprieved them. Gen
eral Stevenson's headquarters were
nearly a mile from where we were,
and the telegraph office was at his
headquarters. Pie had left a. mount
ed orderly there with instructions
to rush through any dispatch that
came. Nothing came until a few
minutes before 12, and the ordetlj
dashed away. He had to go up a
steep hill, nearly half a mile long.
When he reached the top his hprse
was badly winded, and could hard
ly go. He met a citizen on a good
hoise, and without any ceremony,
pulled the gentleman down and
mounted the fresh animal. Half a
minute's delay would have been the
last of Mes-rs. Doane and Shea.
A strange pait of the story is yet
to come. Some three years after,
ward I met an old telegraph opera
tor in Oswego. He was in Wash
ington in the winter of ’64 and ’65.
We got to talkiug over war matters,
and I found that he remembered
was in charge of th
to Harper’s Ferry,
A RRlf ARKAHLK f.ABEER.
Ed atoms’ Rising Footsteps—How Jim
Fisk's Slayer Prospers.
A SINGULAR CASE.
Gotham has always been a won
derful place for ups and downs, but
I doubt if it has produced anything
more remarkable in this way than
is seen in the career of “Ed” Stokes,
or, as an increasing number of peo-
E le now call him, Mr.. Stokes.
[is electian the other day as presi-
dent of the United Lines Telegraph
Company marks an advance in a
few years that may well excite sur
prise. Previous to the Jim Fisk
episode the public in general knew
nothing about Mr. Stokes. What
it learned then wag that he belonged
to a respectable family, but had
been rather wild. Fisk crossed his
path for a woman hounded him a
good deal, and, it was said also
threatened his life. Then came the
shooting in the Grand Central Ho
tel, followed by Stokes long im
prisonment in the Tombs and the
still longer one at Sing Sing. That
was supposed to be the end of him.
Certainly no one imagined that
“Ed” Stokes would ever be a man
of note in the community, with so
very dark a cloud hanging over
him. He served his term at Sing
Sing and soon after his release he
went to California.
Very little was heard of him for
some time. Only his personal
friends knew how he was em
ployed there. No one had any
thought that, having been down so
low, he would ever rise again. Bnt
the stuff that makes men rise was
in him. After a while New York
ers heerd that a magnificent bar,
the most elaborate and costly iu the
city had been opened in the Hoffman
House, with Ed Stokes as pro
prietor, and they went in thousands
to see it. It certainly was worth'
seeing, the pictures and statues
alone representing a small fortune.
The bar flourished and after another
while it became known that the
Hoffman House itself was largely
owned by Stokes. Its business
grew rapidly and Stokes made
money fast. He also made the ac
quaintance of a number of Wall
street men, tor his bar became their
favorite up-town resort. Gradual
ly his footing among the Wall
street men became firm and they,
on the other hand, gradually recog
nized in him an uncommonly able
business man. He went into Wall
street himself and made some pretty
good turns. And now he comes to
the front as president of a telegraph
organization that promises to give
the overgrown Western Union
Company a hard push. Some of
the strongest financial men in New
York are at his hack and evidently
have confidence in him. The rise
of Ed Stokes, since his dreary days
at Sing Sing, is very remarkable
indeed.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS. ’
WHY THEY STUCK TO GRANT-I
The Brunswick Herald wants a
little practical statesmanship intro
duced into Georgia politics. It
don't'want any railroad lawyers or
men who want to utilize the office
as a stepping atone to a United
States senatership in the guberna
torial chair. The need of the state
is declared to be men witlj large,
good heads on their shoulders, with
sound judgments and honest hearts,
and an eye single to tbe beat inter
ests of the people. .
McCullough’s Condition.
Philadelphia, Aug. 25.—Geo.
W. Arundel, who was the commis
sioner in lunacy to inquire into the
mental condition of John McCul
lough, has just returned from a visit
to the Blooroingdale asylum, where
McCullough has been placed under
treatment. In speaking of the un
fortunate actor’s condition, Mr.
Arundel said to-day: “McCullough’s
condition is that of a decrepit
old . man. I tried hard to
awakened his recollection of my
self. He labored in his endeavoi .to
place me, but gave no evidence of
recognition. As I was leaving, the
doctor and McCullough, accompa
nied me to the door. The latter
clasped the doctor’s hand and bade
him good-bye, as if he was going to
leave with me. The doctor tells
me that his condition is hopeless,
and that his death is only a question
of a few months.
There were 4,701 new cases of
cholera, and 1,433 deaths from-the
disease reportedin Spain yesterday.
A Corpse of Thirty Tears Well Preserved.
Cincinnati, August 22.—The
workmen engaged in removing the
earth from Proctor F. Gamble’s
property at Ivory dale, at the place
known as the Ludlow burying
ground, found at a depth of six leet
in the gravel bed underlying the
surface, a cast iron casket of the
style used some thirty years ago.
The small glass over the face was
removed, and tc the surprise of the
workmen the corpse was in an ex-
celent state of preservation as far as
the small glass would permit of view.
The remains were those of a young
man. The face was smooth, with
the exception of a stubby beard
upon the chin, like that of a two or
three days’ growth. The hair was
natural and reached only to the
ears. The mouth was slightly open,
showing the upper teeth. The
white collar and necktie appeared
perfectly preserved. Shortly, after
teing disinterred the face began to
assume a changed color. A num
ber of old residents of the vicinity
viewed the remains, but could not
identify them as being any of their
acquaintances The remains were
removed to Spring Groye and bu
ried.
NORTH CAROLINA’S EARTHQUAKE
Loud Reports Heard and tbe Earth Oscill
ates and Windows Rattle.
Rai.iegh, N. C., August 21.—
News from Watauga county is to the
effect that during a few days past, at
6 p. .n , a startling noise like the lou
dest thunder clap has been heard.
The sky was cloudless and people
were teribly frightened. In a mo
ment the earth began to shake and
windows rattled and crockery fell.
Noises were heard in the Blue
Ridge mountains as if a train was
rushing through them. On the top
of the mountain Ridge near Blowing
rock and Boon, 4, too feet above the
sea level, these phenomenons were
also observed. The mountains were
shaken to the very bottom. A par
ty of tourist on the summit of Grand
father mountain, 6,000 feet above the
sea level, were almost overcome with
fear. The noises lasted for quite a
time, and were succeeded by
grand wave or swell of the earth
which made the people giddy.
Earthquakes are uncommon in that
section, but these severe shocks are
attributed to that cause, though some
declare them to be of volcanic origin.
The place is nearly nine hundred
miles from Bald mountain, where
alleged volcanic quakings were
heard ten years ago.
BARBECUE IN MORGAN.
The barbecue in Morgan county
Tuesday was one of the grandest
events of the year. Mr. Will Haud-
rup, of our city, attended and says
there was a large crowd and twice
as much to eat as was necessary.
Rev. Mr. Myrick, former pastor of
Oconee street church, delivered a
temperance lecture in the morning,
which impressed the,, assembly for
cibly of the fact that’ temperance
was now the watch wdtdi;
of the two men to bo-executed
there through the operator. They
had discussed the matter over the
wires Consequently he remember
ed the case well. Upon the morn
ing of the execution at 10 o’clock,
the dispajeh reprieving the men
was handed him to send out. He
turned to his desk, and what was
his horror to find that he couldn’t
work the wire. A storm was in
progress, or something else was the
matter. At any rate the wire would
not work. There was no other way
of reaching Harper’s Ferry. The
dispatch he didn’t get off until just
before 12, but, as it happened, in
good time; but he told me it was
an experience he would never for
get. It was a pretty close shave
for the two Irishmen, and I don’t
believe they ever forgot the incident
either.”
PROHIBITION.
It was naked us yesterday: “Do
you thinks that prohibition prohib
its in Athens?” “You should think
so,” we replied. “Take for instance,
the police courts, where in the his
tory of our county, even from its
infancy, have you seen so few ar
rests, or so little meanness done as
has been in Athens since prohibition
went into effect? Then cast your
eye around and see the liquor tip
pers, who, heretofore, were seen on
the streets drunk every Saturday
afternoon, and you will see that they
are better clothed. There are some
classes ot our population that will
THINGS WOMEN WANT TO KNOW
have whiskey, but they cannot get
it in Athens, and hence have to send
off for it We refer to those that
have means to do this. There is a
great drawback to prohibition in
Athens by those little doggeries sit
uated just across the lines in other
counties. Negroes are kept busy
going" backward and forward to
these places for whiskey, and some
of our working men visit them fre
quently. It is earnestly hoped that
these counties will at an early day,
clothe themselves in the raiment of
total prohibition
A BRIGHT ONE.
In conversation with a person the
other day, a remark was made that
“Sunset" Cox was the brightest
orator of our day and time. All of
a sudden our friend, in childish in
nocence, remarked: “Yes, and
that man ‘Tammany Hall’ is some
pumpkin on speaking himself.”
This reminds us of the “intellectual
young Georgian” who never knew
there was such a man as Alex
Stephens.
Watered silk poplins are worn.
Fine brocaded alpacas are both
pretty and inexpensive.
The wraps worn this summer are
short, dressy visites of lace.
Fring es are made with pendents
simulating various kinds of nuts.
Fine silk bolting cloth is one of
the latest freaks as a dress material.
Black is much worn this summer,
brightened by dashes of yellow, red
or violet.
Yelvet is a popular material for
facing hat brims and should be ot
some color becoming to the wearer.
The f ishionahle corsage bouquet
is of natural flowers with long stems,
tied with a ribbon to match the
dress.
CUssed under round pins are gold
knots showing three, four and
sometimes more rings studded with
gems.
A popular design for bracelets is
that ot a whip, the biaided lash of
which encircles the arm and knots
atound the jeweled handle, forming
the top or the ornament.
A lew of the newest tailor dress
es have a large fan-shaped plait in
serted in the front of the skirt. It
is narrowest at the waist and broad
ens in width as it goes toward the
end of the skirt
Little square pins, arranged to
fasten with a short pin and catch,
foi ladies’ use, have followed close
in the wake of neck buckles and are
designed to wear on a neck ribbon,
bonnet tie or elsewhere, as the
wearer may prefer.
Many of the white and cream
dresses worn at the fashionable wa
tering places are made of camel’s
hair and cashmere in tailor fashion.
Some have leather vests, others vests
of crinson, blue or black velvet, and
other vests of the material itself
crossed by many rows of narrow
gold or silver braid.
GOT FOUR YEARS.
The negro who forged an order
on Mr. Pink Price.was tried in Wal
ton Superior Court this week and
was sent to the chain gang for four
years. -
SAD DEATH.
Yesterday about three o’clock,
Mr. Richard Burruss breathed his
last at the Arnold'. House on Broad
street. Mr. Bnrruss came from
Walton county about two years ago
and has been clerking for Mnjulius
Cohen since he first came, lie bad
by his kindness made many triends
in our city. He was taken sick
about ten days ago with typhoid
Sever. His sister was the only rela
tion with him at the time of his
death.
An Interesting Reminiscence ot the Chic
ago Convention of 1880.
Boston, Aug. 16.—A letter from
Augusta about Mr. .Blaine’s post
election political influence and (lie
local Postniaster&hip contains also a
reminiscence that is new and inter,
esting. A gentleman not long ago
asked Don Cameron why it was
that in the Chicago Convention in
1SS0 the Grant men did not throw
their strength for some acceptable
man when they iound that there
was no hope for their favorite.
“Well, I’ll tell you why,” said the
Senator. He said that in the early
summer of 1SS0 he and Mrs. Cam
eron made a trip to the White
Mountains. Returning to the hotel
from a walk one day, the Senator
was shown by his wife a telegram
from Mrs. Blaine inviting them to
visit Augusta.
Ah, under the circumstances I
think that will have to be postpon
ed,” was his remark.
But I have replied that we will
come,” said Mrs. Cameron inno
cently, and to the Senator’s conster
nation.
There was no help for it; but
Cameron made a vow to himself
that not a word concerning politics
should escape his lips during the
visit. The visit was a pleasant one,
ot course. Mr. Cameron was taken
to drive with his host. The subject
of the approaching convention was
broached, and 'Mr. Blaine asked
Cameron who was his second
choice. The Senator replied that
he had none; that he should stand
by Giant to the end. Then Blaine
got in his work, and finally succeed
ed in obtaining the promise that if
by any chance Grant should be
dropped the Cameron influence
should be tor Blaine. Near the
close of the convention tbe Grant
leaders got together to consult in
regard to supporting another man.
Then, to the amazement of the oth
ers, Cameron was obliged to an
nounce that in case of a break he
must go for Blaine.
“Then let’s stick by Grant to the
last,” said Conkling.
“With all my heart,” responded
Cameron; and they did.
And that,” said the narrator, as
he finished, “it all a woman knows
about politics.” ,
C. B. Collins, of,Camilla, died from
an overdose of morphine.
Pawalag His Balqr tor a Drink.
Boston, Aug. ao.—A resident of
Lowell, on Monday evening, was
hard up for a drink. Taking his
baby in its carriage on a pretext of
giving it an airing, he visited the
nearest rum shop and pawned it
for a drink. Going to another place
he confidentially whispered to the
barkeeper that he wiuld sell him
the child for $5. The offer was
declined. Tbe toper then oflered
his offspring for $3. It was not
wanted. He would sell it tor $1.50.
The offer was not accepted. Final
ly, laying the child on the counter,
i ts father said: “ Well,' look here, my
friend, .take thebaby a'nd give me
otte good, squard drink.** The bar
keeper compelled the .unnatural fa-
therto pick up tne child and leave
the store. • - *■'
The Utes are ’starving In New
Mexico
Tbs' Press Dispatdiei ot Yesterday Reduc
ed Into a Nutshell.
An unknown man was drowned
it Tybee.
There is a marked decrease in
cholera mortality.'
Sam Randall is. at Long Branch
spending a tew days.
A new National .Bank has been
organized at Newnan, Ga.
Nbw York, Aug. 23,—The grand
total of the Grant monument fund is
$58,651.
Thirty oil cars were wrecked near
Cleveland, Ohio. The oil took fire
and the entire train of thirty cars
urned.
There is no foundation for the
announcement that President Cleve
land will visit Ohio during the cam
paign.
John Van Valkinburgh, aged 65
was carried over the Stuyvesant
falls Saturday. His body, has not
been recovered.
It is false about Mr. Tilden being
mentally incapacitated from giving
attention to his political affairs. He
is mentally as sound as a dollar.
The whole force in the Queen
and Crescent shop; of Meridian,
Miss., numbering 150 men, struck
and took possession of all the roll
ing stock of the thrie divisions cen
tering there. None but mail trains
have been allowed to leave there
and none others have been sent
there. The men’s grievance is that
they have not been paid the June
and July wages.
Caldwell, Ohio, August 24.'
The solders here are trying to raise
$15,000 to build a private soldiers’
monument in the form of a memorial
h 11. A letter has been recieved
from Colonel Robert McEldowney,
of Martinsville, W. Va., a member
of Stonewall Jackson’s brigade, en
closing a contribution for the monu
ment.
Chicago, August 25.—Vice Pres^
ident Hendricks and wife are in the
city, and will remain until to-mor-
row, when they will return to In
dianapolis.
The first comptroller of the treas
ury to-day made a ruling that is
likely to embarrass the court of
commissioners of Alabama claims
for some time to come.
The Macons asked Nashville to
join them in a request to President
Grady to resign the presidency of
the Southern .league. This Nash
ville promptly and emphatically de<
dined to do.
It transpires that the reported es
cape of one hundred and eight con
victs from the stockade near Ar
den, N. C., is a hoax—a good-sized
news article from some diseased
imagination.
A special from Beaver Falls, Pa.,
says: S. Y. Colvin, secretary of the
Beaver Falls building and loan as
sociation, and one of the most prom
inent citizens of this place, has been
arrested upon the charge of embez
zling $10,000 of the funds of the as
sociation.
Richmond, Va.. Aug. 25.—Dr.
H ; Gregg, a wealthy citizen of
King William county, was found
deafr ld hisbed a'. SL Cha&sTiSfeT
in this city this morning. The tor-
oner decided that he had died of
apoplexy. He was in the 84th
year of his age and was a native
of Boston and graduate of Harvard.
The-.pro^ritipa of
Carrollton railroad are<
sndflWWi^fM. ^
The pear crop is abouF gone in
"th^the^itrie^ro^iibtOon^ test*Ktt?
era! years fgo is still hurting the
town, : .V,/
There is' a splendid of chil
dren this year'in old Lincoln. This
calls for more and longer rows of
com and “titers.”
Mrs. Davidson', wife of T. J.
Davidson, a merchant in Macon, at
tempted suicide Friday night by
taking two bo.ttles of laudanum.
Major Dan Speer, president o
the Exposition Cotton Mills, has
just sold to exporters for the East
India trade, 1,000 bales of sheeting.
The Newnan National Bank, ot
Newnan, Ga., is authorized to com
mence business, with a capital of
$50,000.
Hon. M. Phil. Carroll, of Au
gusta, will be appointed to the Uni
ted States Attorneyship of this dis
trict when the President leturns
from his trip.
During a thunder shower last
we-k in Forsyth county lightning
struck a couple of trees, a walnut
and a persimmon, at the residence
of Mrs. Nancy Rogers, killing six
of her best hogs instantly.
Dawson farmers report that rust
is now ruining the cotton crop.
Two weeks ago they were elated,
but now they say- they will not
make enough cotton to keep them
picking until October.
A fox dog belonging to Mr. B.
W. Williams, near Stinson, ran up
a tree about thirty feet after a fox,
frightening the fox so that he jump
ed from the tree, pursued the fox
and caught him in a race of 250 or
300 yards.—Greenville Vindicator
John Kinard, who lives near Ma
rietta, has an apple tree in |his yard
that is over fifty years old and has
never failed of a full crop. He has
gathered enough apples from it this
year to make seventy gallons of
good cider. It is of the horse va
riety, and is a boss, you bet! >
Caterpillars arc hard at work in
Lowndes county.
Caterpillars are doing great dam
age in Screven county.
It is stated that the anti-prohibi
tionists will start a paper at Barnes-
ville.
Albany’s new cotton compress is
expected to be ready tor work in
th.ee weeks.
Wagers are being offered that
Americus gets over 30,000 bales
this season, with no takers.
A large number of rock fish have
been caught and killed near Bain-
bridge during the p-st few days.
Columbus has more pretty girls
to the square inch than any city in
the south, when they are all at home.
Only three Pullman sleepers are
said to have ever been seen in Col
umbus, Ga., two on Mardi Gras
excursion trains, and one occupied
by Janauschek.
Work has begun on the draw
bridge across the river at Thrasher’s
ferry for the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West railroad, to be. com
pleted by November I.
There are some inhuman crea
tures in Columbus who deserve to
be severely cealt with. It is quite
a frequent occurrence to see fine
cows on the streets with- great
gashes cut in the body.
DALTON KU-KLUX.
They issue a Proclamation.
AN AWFUL MISTAKE.
A Young Alabama Physician oices Mor
phine for Quinine.
Eufaula Times.
Dr. J. A. Balkutn, of Henry coun
ty, was called upon Tuesday to visit
a young lady patient. He pre
scribed quinine for her, and gave
her one dose and left instructions
for further treatment. When he
reached home he discovered by an
examination of hia case that he had
given the wrong medicine. Instead
of quinine, at he supposed, he had
given the young lady morphine. He
was appalled, but leaped on hia
horse and with the utmost dispatch
reached her home to undo the mis
chief he had wrought He was too
late. The deadly drag had taken
firm hold and in an hour the fair pa
tient was a cold corpse. Dr. Balkutn
is a young man, having graduated
and received his diploma less than
a year ago from a Baltimore college.
He was of course prostrated by roe
terrible accident and unable to at.
tend to his home duties. He carafe
up to Eufaula Wednesday night and
expressed himself- as intending to
take an early train yesterday morn
ing for a trip away. The accident
must be almost as much regretted
by the frienes of Dr. Balkuth, who
was a young man of much promise,
as it is by the friends and relatives
of the unfortunate young lady. The
name of the young lady we did not
learn.
The kuklux. that have lately cre
ated so much terror in Dalton, have
issued the following notice to the
citizens of that place:
Gentlemen: Our object is to pro
tect the good people of Dalton, es
pecially the widows and orphans of
the community, and what wt do,
will, in our judgment, afford them
the best protection, and we hope
the good people will appreciate it.
If there is any old fool thinks dif
ferent, he had better keep his mouth
closed, or we will attend to him.
As to the balance of the thieves and
robbers, if there is anv one who at
tempts to encourage a sentiment in
opposition to our object, we shall
wipe him up, We are sore and
tired of the congregation of
both blacks and loaters, white and
black, who congregate in public
places, and it they do cot quit it,
will deal with them severely. They
must go on to work and not be long
about it, or we shall be back soon.
We furthermore say if any thief
is caught breaking in houses, steal
ing or molesting our friends, wid
ows, or unprotected homes, they
will be taken out and hung without
ceremony. Further, we do not want
anv town dudes to interfere, as they
have no discretion in this matter
We have taken it into our hands and
propose to run it.
We notify the following parties to
leave Dalton, and that at once: The
Indian doctor, William Jones (alias
six-fingered Bill) Tqm Glenn, Tom
Tarver and son John, Tom Baxter,
Frank Harland, Old Buster and fam
ily, all colored. Also Andrew
Wrenkle must go. 'The women of
the “Palmer House” and the wo
men at the spring. Old Brother
Graw must hunt him a white board
ing house, or we shall be forced to
deal with him according to our
stringent laws. Rcgalar meetings
at Owl Hollow, Saturday nights.
Call meetings when desired.
On motion of the Willtpus Walli
f us this body extends thanks to.
ack Broyles, colored, for the kind
attention as pilot, and that these
proceedinge be placed on the min
utes of the order, and a copy of it
be furnished to the Mayor and
Council of Dalton. We neglected
to state that Jack Broyles, colored,
had better take up his traps and
leave at once.
XWWED BY A HORSE.
John Tuck, the Superintendent
of the convict farm, was kiejeed, by
a' horse last Saturday and badlv
hurt.
«VM»fMl.t WltOMb. » ■» . t <
, GENERAL. NEWS,
General George B. McClellan is
lingering under the shadow of
Pike’s Peak. > . 1
Lawrence Barrett is to open his
regular season at St. Paul, Minn,
on the 31st inst.
There are reports of the illness
of President Cleveland in the re
tirement of his camp in the Adi-
rondacks.
Mrs. Sartoris expects to sail for
England about OcL 1st. The fami
ly will all join Mrs. Grant in the
fall, with the exception of Mrs. Sar
toris, who will remain in England.
President Arthur is said to have
saved 875,000 out of his salary while
in office, notwithstanding his hos
pitality and liberality as a host and
a citizen. J ' . 'f
A dove flew in at an open win
dow of a church at Danbury, Conn.,
Sunday morning, and perening up
on a gas jet just over the preachers
head, remained there till the doxoi-
gy was sung.
There are six hundred and fifty
butter and cheese iactories in Iowa,
497 in Illinois, 130 in Wisconsin,
100 in Kansas, 100 in Missouri, 50
in Indiana and 40 in Nebraska; a
total of 1,788 in eight states.
Wm. Hancock and his two sons
quarrelled about the tells of a
threshing machine at Lafayette,
Ala., one day last week, and com
menced shooting at one another.
The father was killed and both sons
wounded.
The National Gazette says that
China has contracted with a Man
chester, England firm tor materials
for the construction of a railway
from Takou, at the mouth of Hoen
Ho, on the Yellow sea, to Tong
Chow, on tee Pei Ho, an affluent of
the Heon Ho, i.t a point about 20
miles east of Pekin. 1
An evening paper publishes a
special from Columbus, O., in
which the statement is made that
President Cleveland contemplates a
visit to this state.before the October
Election. The President has rela
te er. in Cleveland, and the Toledo
dispatch does not say the Presi
dent’s visit is connected with the
Ohio campaign.
, The acting general manager of
the Beech Creek railway, S. R.
Peale, Says that the corporation has
notbeen-sold to the Pennsylvania
railroad company. A proposition
has been made, but it has not been
accepted'by any of the shareholders
except Vanderbilt, and he has no
other purpose to serve than the
building of the road.
Governor Hoadly, of Ohio, de
clares himself against prohibition.
The yeliow fever, case in New
Yosk city is said to be something
Regulators. else, uu- : - ■>,:A '
No idea can be formed of tbe ex
citement here.
A UodtraFabl*.
Dstrolt Free Press. ‘ '
A Young and guileless Turkey
was Walking in the Field one day
in search ot something to stay his
Stomach, when Luck brought him
a fine, large Grasshopper. He was
about to swallow the Insect, when
the Hopper exclaimed: “Hold on a
Moment, my Friend! What’s the
use of picking up a small Insect like
me when there are plenty of Hares
in the Weeds just’ahead?"- “That’s aw , v .
*°, “d how foolish I was!" apstoer” a*Long ‘island
sweredthe Turkey as b? let the " - ’ - *
ahd kicked himself fourteen sticces-
sive times and remarked: “lit die'
first place I couldn’t catch a Hare,
and ir the second I couldn’t have
eaten one If I had.” Moral: “The
Mechanic who runs after Politics
will go hungry half his'time.
_ The .French have more- suspen
sion bridges than any other, nation
on the globe. '
Railroad, men report agreat in
crease in travel and freight business
in the last few weeks.
Mr. Waldron, a cattle dealer, was
found in his room-at Wilkesbarre,
Pa., dead from inhaling gas.
An English- steamer foundered
,«® thelndjan ocean- Gajpfrfn and
seventy-two of. the - crew- lest.
FiVe^ hbrsesTn CamUlS were
killed hyi lightning ■ last night by
getting - their necks into a wire
Which was struck sixty rods
a/cd j-yiT -
that abrotherof the tote'‘Sir
.,;CS
At«■ ndMontefiotfe, the eminent Hebrew
At the end ef half an hourbelean- philanthropist, occupies a grave in
M ?P. a ? a W* a • hotbed wire fence, -he old burvine- oround it
ihe old burying ground at Sag Har-
Str Arthur Sullivan, who is hav
ing a pleasant time on the Pacific
coast, has bought two lots in the or
ange grove of William Lacy, i n
east Los Angeies, and to having
two cottages built upoutbsan.