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THE monument TRlUMPH IN AtLANTA. That the 1st* prohibition victory ( t the Capital of Georgia means an extermination of the liquor traffic from Georgia even the blind can »ee. At least two-thirds ot the ttate hat repudiated King Alcohol, end the next session of our legisla ted will complete the great work. '] he threatened contest will amount to i» thing, for there is a well- known prejudice with the courts against overturning the expressed will of the people at the ballot-box, even w fen the law is not complied with to the letter. There were at least t.ooo illegal ballots cast in Atlanta, mostly “For the Sale.” The courts will discard them, and they will overbalance the two '.ittle rural pre cincts that already have prohibition. E*en among theliquoamen we find strong opposition to a contest. They very sensibly argue that ir will only ,etvr to widen the breach now ex isting between the citizens, that they are anxious to heal as soon as possible. We yet trust and believe that conseivative counsel will pre vail, and the voice of the ballot-box be made the voice ol the people. That the abolition of the vast liquor interests in Atlanta will be felt it is f.-lly to deny. It will work great ind in some instances irreparable hardship on good and progressive citizens, and every tax-payer and business will feel the results to a certain extent. But we cannet measure morality by money, and no great revolution was ever ae The New York Herald says: Congress meets a week from to day. Its first duty after organiza tion will be to enact a law provid ing for the succession to the Presi dency. We print elsewhere in the Her ald this morning Senator Hoar’s bill, which was passed last session by the senate and reported with amendments in the house. In case of the death, disability, removal or resignation of both the President and the Vice-President it vests the succession in the members of the Cabinet in the following order: Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War, Attor ney General, Postmaster General. Secrstary of the Navy, Secretary of the Interior. As passed by the senate the bill provided that the Secretary of Stats or other Cabinet minister succeeding to the office sh d discharge the duties of President during the unexpired term. As amended in the house it provides that such successor shall complished without injury to some | hold until tire end of the unexpired class. Time will heal all wounds and repair all injuries to Atlanta. The triumphant prohibitionists can afford to he magnanimous to their vanquished opponents, and it should loir be their mission to repair, to the extent ol their power, the injury they have inflicted on the liquor dealers. Let them encourage them in any new business they may fol low, and tliua show that it was a traffic, and not individuals, they were fighting. THE GEORGIA MIDLAND. We see from the papers that Co lumbus, wearying of waiting on Athens, has again turned her atten tion toward Atlanta, and Col. Jor dan proposes if that city will sub scribe $50,000 to carry the Georgia Midland them. If Atlanta cannot raise this pitiful sum it will be a severe reflection on that city. But Athens cannot afiorn to miss this road, and it is time that our people were up and doing. Our city stands pledged to make good evert offer guaranteed the Colum bus delegation at the late meeting in that city, and hence there is no need of this sudden determination upon the part of Col. Jordan. In fact, we are in abetter condition to negotiate than at that time, as the injunction which restrained the city council from insuring a road to the Georgia has been lifted, and the pa pers that will build this link can be signed at a week’s notice. Athens has never for an instant considered the thought of violating any propo sition made by her delegates to Co lumbus, but was only waiting for that city t* complete its arrange ments, when she would be ready to meet them. The officers of the Richmond & Danville road have been telegraphed for, and arc daily expected here. There are several little local matters to arrange before the papers are signed up, and these can and will be settled in an hour when the parties get together. Hence, we say to Col. Jordan thatif he favors Atlanta as the terminus of the Georgia Midland through any fesr that Athens’ part of the agree ment will not be complied with, that he is too prematore in his doubts. Our city stands ready any day to fulfill her part of the con tract. PROHIBITION AND POLITICS. A JANITOR’S EXPERIENCE IX A DIS SECTING ROOM. THE woman in white. Was It a Ghost or a Practical Joke? term if such tenure does not ex ceed a year. But if more than twelve months of the unexpired term remains then provision is made for holding a special election, for electors to choose a Presiden and Vice President. The ne.v President to be chosen, not for lour years, but for the rest of the unex pired term, and until he assumes tha duties of the office the Cabinet Minister who has succeeded is to act as President. The plan of vesting the succes sion in the Cabinet seems to be the most acceptable solution yet ad vanced of the problem with which congress now has to deal. It rem edies two grave defects in the exist ing law—namely, those which ren der possible, first, a failure in the line ot succession, and, second, a po litical transfer of the administration. Both of these emergencies have been threatened within tour years. Both of these emergencies have been threatened within four years. When Vice tPresident Arthur be came Presiddnt there was no des ignated successor to the Presidency. There is now no such sutcessor, and when one shall be designated by the election of a President of the senate he will be a republican. With the succession vested in the cabinet there will always be a suc cessor in line and he will be of the same party having possession of the administration. There will be nei ther a failure of succession nor a transfer of political control. The first in line of succession after the Vice President would be the Secre tary of State, who is not only famil iar with the policy of the adminis- tion and in political accord with the piesident, but is usually a statesman well qualified bv ability and experi ence in public affairs to serve as President. Tefierson, Madison, Monroe and John Quincy Adams were Secretaries of State before they were Presidents. Mr. Lincoln put at the head of his Cabinet Mr. Seward, who had been a leading competitor for the Presidential nom- nation, and Mr. Cleveland acted on the same principle in selecting Sec While in Atlanta last week we heard a prominent politician predict that the anti-prohibitionists, the rail roads and the defunct republican and independent parties in Georgia would next year inrm a coalition, and secure the political control of the state. While there are a few individuals, galling under defeat, who in the heat of passion may at tempt such a step, it can never be successfully carried out, for there are enough good and true men in Georgia to nip ir. the bud any such combination, born in spleen and w.iose p'.atlorm is selfishness. The only passible hope such a mongrel organization could have to achieve success would be for the prohibi tionists, blinded by their sweeping triumphs, to attempt to drag their movement into the whirlpool of politics. In that event, their ene mies would have good grounds and excuse to accept the gauntlet, and then the great moral question will be lost in the mmlstrom of excite ment. But thus far the prohibition ists have worn their laurels with con servative wisdom, and left not a breach through which they can he attacked. We heartily endorse the course of the Atlanta prohibition mteting.held upon the heels of their great triumph,when they declined to antagonize the Citizens’ Ticket in that city, which is mainly composed of liquor advocates. By this step Ihey prove to the public that it was a principle, and not office, that the) were battling for. While we advo cate prohibition, at the same time when that question is dragged into politics, and an attempt made to co erce us into supporting some aspi- >ant for office simply because he supported that side,‘then we are no langer enlisted in the fight. There are doubtless hundreds of old politi cal hacks now in Georgia who hope to be dragged into office by clinging to the coat-tails of the prohibition movement, but the voters of Geor gia can read them like a book and »uch Jonahs should and will be thrown overboard. Under no cir cumstances must the prohibitionists •heir great movement to be contaminated with politics. Never Permit fight liquor through any man, but attack it direct The only “anger to the future politics of Georgia from this question comes •romthe prohibitionists. If they * cl with wisdom and good judg- ment, the movement will strength - *»> rather than endanger the demo* WRtic party in Georgia. New York Herald. Some funny stories have been told about dissecting rooms. Ned Adams, janitor of Xo. 202 South street, was once employed at the 1 Bellevue Hospital College, and why he came to leave it he thus rells to a Hetald repoiter: '1 had charge of the directing room of Bellevue hospital collegr froin 1S64 to 1S70, and it was part of my duty to sleep in that instu- tion. To this, however, I uid not object from the very first, ioi, though I was alone in that building, which is one of the most weird aud mel- aucholy looking institutions in the entire city. 1 had become so ac customed to dead bodies ihat I be gan to like it quite well, .My room was situated directly next door to the dissecting room” and in this dis secting room lay upward ol one hundred and fifty cadivers in vari rious forms of mutilation. For one who has spent the gieater part 01 his liie among such associations— and we .are for the most part crea- tnres ot habit—you can readily per ceive that it required no very great degree ot moral courage to accom plish this. And then, again, I nev er believed in ghosts and laughed heartily whenever I heard mention of them. LIVE SUBJECTS. “At that time, as now, Dr. Flint was the professor of physiology, and he took great delight in experi menting or living animals for the benefit of his class. The quadruped that best suited his purpose in this respect was the dog, and he always kept an abundant supply of ihese animals 011 hand. I need hardly remark that they weie not of the very best specimens of the canine race and did not possess as much in telligence as others of their species. They were fed largely on meat, and seemed to be gelling along very well indeed. These dogs oc cupied a room next to mine, "which were separated by a narrow parti tion, and I could readily hear the least noise that was made. Myself and tile dogs w ere therefore the sole occupants of the immense building. The dogs never once broke the quicturie that prevailed at night, and if they only occasionally did so it would Jnot be such a bad thing after all. “As 1 had occasion to rise eai!y, generally about five o'clock in the morning, I was always in my bed at ten, and never found much dif ficulty in procuring sleep, and 1 was always as methodical as a clock in this respect. AROUSED AT MIDNIGHT. “It was on the 4th day of Octo ber, 1S70, and I had gone to bed at the usual time. It was a tine, clear night and exceptionally .warm for that time of the year. A large Eng lish clock hung in my room, and as there was always a light burning low, I could, from my bed, distinct ly see the face of the clock. I did not feel as sleepy on that night as was customary with me, and 1 at tributed it somewhat to the heat of the day. 1 rolled in my bed for quite a time, and when I again turn ed to the clock I saw it was close on midnight. I now began to pass into a kind of stupor, half asleep and hall awake, when all at once I fancied 1 heard a low, suppressed cry as if of some one in great agony of mind. This was followed by the yelp of the dogs and then a low, prolonged growl as such animals generally make when about to attack retary Bayard. Should the Presi- some one. This was maintained for quite a while and I kept my ear Prohibition to play an Important Part In Its Politics. Sparta, Ga., Nov. 19.—The con gressional campaign in this (the Sth Georgia) district promises to be one of the most notable in the South. This is the district which Alexander II. Stephens represented for years. On his election to the Governor- 'hip he was succeeded by the Hon. Seaborn Reese, who delights in being referred to as “Apollo.” He is now serving his third term, and aspires to a fourth. For this pur pose he is attending all the county courts, running foot races with tl:t rural voters, and otherwise making himself popular. Just here the temperance agita tion comes up and threatens to play havoc with Reese’s hopes. He is fullv committed to flee liquor. VV. II. Mattox, a strong prohibitionist, has announced his candidacy for congress. In the election on prohi bition in Hancock county the two men met, and Reese was unhorsed. So strong is the temperance feeling, so sharply has the line been drawn, that the democratic nominating convention will find it impossible to reconcile differences and the race will be on the liquor line. It is not unlikely that this feeling will spread to other districts. If it does, there will be very little heard ot democracy in the coming con gressional election, as it will have to give way to the new issue.—Special to N. Y. Times. A. U. S. OFFICIAL CREATES ASCENE AT THE llKl’OT. Last Slave. The last slave held in a state of bondage in the South was owned by a negro. It was not usual for negroes to hold slaves, bt t it was the case in some instances, and it is said by iho-e who had an opportunity to know, that the negro was a hard task master, and a more cruel and exacting owner than his brother-in white. There lived in Thomas county one Collin Alston, who for years before the war came on had been his own master. He was a thiifty fellow, and as soon as he became possessed of a sufficii" ’ sum of money he bought Mill) Reynolds, a negro wo man. He -lid not own land on which to work the woman, and so he hired her out. It seems that the woman was something of a physician, after the peculiar methods of her race, and thus her owner turned her skill is this respect to his own profit, and her pills and root teas came to tie well known among her colored neighbors, and it may have been among the whites as well, for the belief in quack remedies and quack ductors is one of the strongest in- slinct' of human nature. After awhile the war came on; the strife grew more bitter, and the A Handsome Woman WorTles Him--The Hound Strikes Her Wltb a Heavy Cane— The History of the Case. bT. Louts, Nov. 30.—A sensation al scene took place here at the Union depot in which Col. \V. \V. Hall, formerly of Chicago, and recently appointed chief ol the United States secret service in this city, was the principal. Hall states that his .wife recently died in Chicago, and alter he was transferred he was followed by a woman named Anna Howard, who kept a swell hoarding house. The pair saw a great deal of each other here. She wanted him to keep an alleged promise of marriage, which he refused to do, and this morning she bought a ticket back to Chicago. Just before she step ped on the train Ilall met her, and after a few angry words struck her twice with a heavy cane, breaking it into fragments. The woman screamed and fell bleeding on the platform. The police seized Haii and locked him up. lie states that he struck the woman to prevent her from drawing a pistol to shoot him. The woman is handsome and richly dressed. She states she was a friend oj the deceased Mrs. Hall and that she came to St. Louis with Mr. Hall upon promise of marriage. When he would not fulfill the promise she started back and was followed to the depot and assaulted. Hall was fined $20 in the police court. Uni ted States Attorney Drummond in terceded for him. The woman went back to her home in Chicago. the inside of atlaxta. Ordinary Calhoun Enjoined by Judjo Jic- Cay From Declaring the Result of the Election--The Grounds on Which the Ac tion Is Based. Atlanta, Nov: 30.—Judge Me- Cay, of fhe United States district court, to-night, at half past 9, grant ed an injunction against Ordinary Calhoun, of Fultsn county, not ti count the ballots or declare the re suit of the recent prohibition elec tion to-morrow or uniil the injunc tion shall be dissolved. The in junction was granted in answer t: Paul Jones, as an importer of wines and liquors, and Cincinnati stock holders in the Atlanta brewery. The Paul Jones ca-e seems to rest on a decision of United States Chief Justice Taney, which declares that the right to import wine carries with it the right to sell it, and no state could nullify the federal laws as to importation. The case of the Cin cinnati stockholders in tile brewe ry is that to declare Atlanta dry would be for one state to confiscate the property of citizens of another •access wavered between the i state. The news is whispered qui etly here to-night aud is creating in tense excitementi dency at any time devolve upon the Secretary of State the government would doubtless go on smoothly without any serious cange in policy. As to the wisdom of the House amendment, there is likely to be a greater difference of opinion. It is true that the existing law provides for a special election in the event of both the President and Vice Presi dent. But the reason for this course is far stronger when, as now, the designated successor is the Presi dent of the Senate or the Speaker of the House than it would be under a law which puts the Secretary of State first in the line of succession. Should that officer succeed to the Presidency the office would, as we have already said, remain in the hands of the same party, and the administration would in all proba bility goon without material change of policy under a capable and trust ed head. Moreover, it is a question whether the *vils of a special elec tion would not outweigh any disad vantages to he expected from it. That national elections are detri mental to the business interests and quiet of the country is well known. There is a widespread feeling that it would he better for the people il Presidential elections were held once in six instead of four years- The good results of a special election in the emergency under considera tion may prove largely theoretical; the mischieveus consequences would he likely to be practical and substantial. DIED. After a brief illness, at the home of his brother, in Oglethorpe coun ty, Major Isaac R. Hail, in the 90th year ot his life. For sixty-five years he was an honored and loved citizen of Greensboro. As a leading mer chant lor yeais, and later Clerk ol the Superior Court for many years. He was respected by all who knew him. For 70 years he had been a faithful follower of Christ and a consistent member of the Metho dist church, and death found him ready and waiting. ’Twas the gen tie close to a life of beautiful purity and piety. intently listening all the time. “I could not be mistaken in the sound of the human voice. I rubbed my eyes with rny hand and stood up in the bed to assure myself that I was not dreaming, and I came to the conclusion that it was perhaps some woman who remained in the building overnight. The voice cer tainly was of the sharp, shrill char acter of a woman. "All this time I was not one bit afraid, and I proceeded to dress myself to ascertain the cause ol the commotion. I put on my pants and waistcoat and walked out in my bare feet. When I reached the room where the dogs were I open ed the door gently and peeped in. in. Good heavens! Right in the middle ot the dogs stood a strange woman, all in white, and as I looked in upon her she threw a glance at me that almost froze the blood in my veins. Presently the door flew open, apparently of its own accord, and the strange lorin glided out and passed into the dissecting room. I tried to follow it, and as I did so she taised her hand in a menacing attituae and suddenly disappeared from sight. There was not a spot in that room I was not familiar with, and I knew there were no secret trapdoors through which she could descend. Right in sight of me the ground seemed to open up in front tine ot two sections, hut with every return ing wave the limits of the Confed eracy giew more circumscribed, and then came the end. During all these bloody years tne woman physician plied her calling for the benefit of her colored own er, and even after the end had come, and the rest of her race were realiz ing the mixed joys and sorrows of freedom, she continued the unwil ling slave of tier sable master. Of course she had heard of the close of the war, and of freedom, but such was the influence held over her by Collin, her owner, that she dared not assert her rights. Among the fastnesses and jungles that skirt lovely Micco- sukie her master held her in bond age, and now that the negroes had become their own masters, and had money of their own, her calling brought additional wealth to Collin Alston. Nearly a year thus passed, and though Milly Reynolds had often spoke of the boon withheld from her, she could not induce her- sell to break the chains that bound tier. At last, however, and with the aid and by the advice of a lady, who is now living in this city, and who gave us the history of this wonder-, tul episode connected with slavery, she ran away from her master, an'd as he had no authority to reclaim her, she became at last free. Both of the parties have long since died, and very few of those who knew of the incident still re main on earth. There many sidelights that went with the history of slavery in the South that would throw a different and more mellow light than the bare abstract fact that human be ings were held in bondage, and made merchandise ot. and the hand that can bring back these forgotten SALE OF A WIFE. ffm. Waring Babernbam in Dixie. Since the discovery of gold in Georgia in 1S2S, the state has labor ed under many disadvantages; hence her mineral resources have not been developed as they would have been had site possessed rail road and other facilities; and had not the discovery of gold in Cali fornia and Australia caused the w ith drawal of her miners from the scene of mining operations at Dahlouega and other parts of Lumpkin county. In iS$o the towns of Dahlonega and Auraria contained over five thousand miners, with their families, who were actively engaged in ac cumulating the gold in whicn the surrounding surface abounded, and in laying the foundation of future fortunes. The mines were super ficially worked with the rudest ap pliances, and but a small portion of the gold in the sand, gravel and mi caceous slate was obtained, but the amount was sufficient to prove that the mines, when fully developed, would yield a large amount of the precious metal, and that the future of Georgia, as a gold mining section, was assured. The failure of the placer claims of the Pacific coast to produce gold in paying quantities, has induced a number of these Georgia miners to return to their homes, Well knowing from what they have learned of the general character of the mines else where, that not only gold but silver and other metals abound in their native state and throughout the south. Old mines, which were partially worked in early days, but which were, abandoned on account of the want of proper machinery with which to control the water in them, have been reopened and prove very rich. The assertion made by the writer in 1S77, that the future of Georgia would develop silver as well as gold is now being verified, as proven by the discovery of silver mines in the Cohutta mountains, in Muiray county, and elsewhere in the state. The minds of Northern jtnd Wes tern capitalists have been aroused to the tact that the mineral as well as the agricultural resources of Geor gia, ami of the Soulh generally, are of tne very best character, and nu merous capitalists are contemplating the establishment of various branch es of industry, and are looking for ward to the time when the South w ill he self-supporting. Alrea ly Alabama and Tennessee are furnish ing Georgia with all the iron and coal slit needs; and these stales are supplying tile Northern states with a superior article of iron, which can be mined here cheaper than else where. Tnese facts speak for tbemseves louder than words; and it is not difficult to deduce pioper conclusions from them. At the present time there is a nerlect network of railroads extend- .ig through the mining sections Two Dollars and a Half lor Two Ilundred and Twenty-Five Pounds of Helpmeet. Trov, X. Y., Nov. 2d.—.For fif teen years past George Wolf, a good n:\tuved agriculturalist, lias worked a farm on shares in the town ot Schaghticoke, a short distance north of Lansingburg. lie was married, his wife tipping the scales at 225 pounds. The couple had no children. About a year ago Au gustus Ilam was eniploved by Wolf, and in a little while Ilam and Mrs. Wolf were observed to he on apparently very intimate terms. Woltdid not seek 10 check the growing intimacy, and being sa'is- fied that his wife cared more for Ham than for him, lie proposed to sell her io Ham for a nominal sum. Ham accepted the proposition. Twenty shillings was the price agreed upon, and papers being drawn up Wolf transferred his spouse to Ham, and the strange couple started on a brief wedding trip yesterday. Wolf has decided to abandon farming and to go West. Bxtraot r*au*» - written by H. W. J. Ham, In “Dixie.” I have kuown two, and only two, moonshiners whose characters partook in the least of the desper ado. One of these lived in Pick ens county, Georgia, and was said to have been concerned in the killing of Lieutenant McIntyre. Certain it is that brave officer lost his life, and Ayers Jones got the credit of having done the deed. Jones himself was captured aud is now, if I mistake not, serving a term in a national penitentiary. He comes nearer Mr. Blaine’s ideal moonshiner than any man I have ever known among them, hut he was a phenomenon rather than the type of a class. The other was named Bcrong, and he lives in Towns county. Ho was the au thor of one ot the greatest practi cal jokes ever played upon the revenue officers, and which was the occasion of the sensational dispatches to which I have alluded. Berong was an old offender, and many a plan to capture him had failed. At last a posse surround ed his house one morning before daybreak, made a dash for it, and had the handcuffs on him before he was hardly awake. His daugh ter, however, a buxom lass, es caped through a window and climbed up the mountain side. Presently the officers were startled by three shrill blasts blown upon a horn. They asked Berong what it meant. You’ll find out soon enough.” replied that worthy with a terrible oath. “I’ll soon have you where I want you.” “The officers made all speed to depart with their prisoner. Day was just breaking as they rode down the narrow and tortuous val ley. Suddenly Berong gave a whoop that would have made a Comanche Indian turn green with envy. It rang out 011 the still morning air, trembled in the fo to of the valley, vaulted up the sides of the everhanging precipices and multiplied itself iuto a doz.cn ech oes among the lofty crags. The officers were startled. “Do that again,” said the leader, with cocked earbine, “and I’ll blow your head oil".” “Blow and be damned 1” an swered the prisoner. “You may kill me, but you will never get out of here alive. I’ll soon have you where I want you !" and again his defiant whoop rang out like the bugle of Rhoderick Dhu, This time it was answered by shrill whoops, seemingly iu half a dozen different directions. I11 the » -'wh are being developed, and the | valley in their rear, in their front, •most recesses of our mountains to the right) to the left, and the T~ apjSCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI. Souie tilits About Lake Glazier, How Claim ed utbe Source of tbe Great Sizer. Philadelphia Times. The tewly found source *f the Mississippi is a sparkling little gem of t lake situated above and beyond Lake Itasca. It nestles among tke pines of an unfrequent ed and vild region of Minnesota, many miles from the nearest white settlement, and just on the divid ing line ridge which forms the reat watershed of North America. Within a few miles of it can be found lakes and streams whose waters are tributary to the Red river of the North and the Yellow stone, thus reaching the sea thous ands of miles away from tho mouth of the mighty Mississippi, which flows in a trickling brook from Lake Glazier. This lake, discov ered to be the true source of the greatest river of North America by Captain Willard Glazier, on the 22d of July, 1881, is abaut « mile and a half in greatest diameter, and would be nearly round in shape but for a singlo promontory, whose rooky shores give it in out line the shape of a heart. The waters of the lake are exceedingly clear and pure, coming from springs, some being at the bottom, but the three most prominent rise a few miles back in low, wet land and flow into the lake in little rills. On the very point of the promon tory is a spring whose waters are as cold as ice and at which Capt. Glazier's weary party slaked their thirst while oxploring the shores of tbe new lake. So lonely is the region around the lake that for fourteen days not even a redskin was seen, aud wearied by the hardships of this rough country, yet with a feeling of having added something to geographical knowl edge. Capt. Glazier and his par ty were glad to come into contact again with their fellow creatures. judge David Irwin, once "a very prominent man in Georgia, died at his home near Marietta. ** Jane Gibson, a negro W6man liv-' ing at Norwood, committed suicide Wednesday, by taking bhiettone. General Toombs is reported much better. His survival for the past two months has been almost a mir acle. W ■ Phil Dodd, an Atlanta merchant and a prohibitionist, won $6,oQQ! on the election in that city on Wed nesday. Prohibition went into effect in Fayette county Thursday, the last liquor license having expired the day previous. Atlanta, Nov. 58.—Mr. Henry Pope was released on bond to-day. Mr. Albert Howell is far better to night than he has yet been. He is well enough to sit up. In Rome Thursday, near the grounds occupied by the circus, Marion Simms, of Cherokee, Ala., approached his father and asked for money. This was refused and the old man was badly knifed. John, a younger brother, came up to sepa rate the men and was also badly cut Marion is in jail. At the High School in Tattnall county, few weeks ago, a boy nam ed Reddish made a remark reflect ing upon the parentage of another boy named Joe Smiley. Smiley at once plunged his knife in the breast of Reddish, the blade passing through the left lung. Reddish died a few days ago. Smiley has not been arrested. GENERAL NEWS. NOT DAUNTED BY RIEL. Tbe Larest in the World. The largest fruit farm in the world, of any one kind of fruit, has been established in the southern pan of Florida, comprising 2.50oacres, with over 200000 cocoanut trees. In order to establish this farm, Mr. Ezra A. Osborn, a wealthy farmer of Monmouth county, New Jersey, bought over sixty miles of the ocean front land from Lake North on the north to Cape Florida on the south. In order to commence nis enterprise he had to charter special vessels to carry the cocoanuts from South America and then land them through shades, that go with the peculiar in-|* hesu ' f in Sl,rf boats, purchased dividuality of a peculiar people, will " on ? T t,,e government, f, on. along do a great service to the future his- i ‘he New Jersey coast, bo Tar the v. ill, in the near future, be penetra- .cd by them. I’he geographical position of the state ol Georgia, extending as it does along the line of the seaboard, from northeast to southwest, makes it peculiaily adapted to the develop ment of her mineral interests; as the general trend of the veins of miner al ore is from northeast to south west, and the main trunk lines of the lailroads are in that direction, and invariably follow the course of the mineral veins, within a distance of a few miles. In no section of the country are the advantages greater than in Georgia for freighting di rectly to the mines. There are sev eral foundries in Atlanta, at which mining machinery ot a superior quality is manufactured, which will compare favorable with that made elsewhere. The result of recent mining oper ations has been such, at Dahlonega and in other sections of the state, as to give abundant assurance that our most sangine calculations upon the mineral wealth of Georgia have been below the fact, and that it requires oniy skilled and persevering indus try to make this mineral bearing section one of the most famous on the continent. torian, who will desire to know and write, not as a partisan, bu' as tile keen analogist who dives deep and can afford to tell what his search reveals.—Thomasville Register. The Royal Baker and Pastry Cook. A loyal addition to the kitcheu library. It contains over seven hundred receipts pertaining to ev ery branch of the culinary depart ment, including baking, roasting, preserving, soups, cakes, jellies, of her and she disappeared from pastry and ali kinds of sweetmeats, Telegrams have been received from ' Calcutta announcing tho breaking out of a rebellion at Nepaul, The premier has been murdered and the maharajah of the province has been taken pris oner. The British resident is ab sent from Khatamund on a tonr of inspection. view. DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN. “I need not tell ) ou that I slept but little that night. I did not, in fact, go to bed at all, but sat on the side of it with my clothes on, and I longed eagerly tot the return ot the day. I tried in my mind to explain the cause of that extraordinary phe nomenon, but every time tbe diffi culty grew greater, and if I had been any way under the influence of liquor I might attribute it to some morbid condition of the nervous system induced by over-stimulation. But the tact remained and I could not dispute the evidence of my senses. “The next day I handed in my resignation to the faculty, but made no reference to the cause of my leaving. 1 have never visited a dis secting room since that night, and never will again if I live for a hun dred years.” Two Cents KUled Him. Patrick Condrick, of New York, fifteen months ago involvntarily made a safe deposit vault of his stomach by swallowing two one cent pieces. For more than a year this reserve fund gave no trouble, but of late he suffered from dyspep sia, gastritis, asthenia and a compli cation of other maladies. Friday the certificate of his death was filed at the bureau of vital statistics. General Fitzhugh Lee was fifty years old on Thanksgiving Day, and no doubt enjoyed his .turkey with unusual zest. j with receipts for the most deli cious candies, cordials, beverages, and all other necessary knowledge for the chief de cuisine of the most exacting epicure, as well* as for the more modest housewife, who desires to prepare for her • lord a a repast that shall bo both whole some and economical. With each receipt is given lull nud explicit directions for putting together, manipulating, shaping, baking and kind of utensil to be used, so that a novice can go through the ope ration with success ; while a spe cial and important feature is mad* of the mode of preparing all kinds of food and delicacies for the sick. The book has been prepared un der the direction of Prof. Rud- mani, late chief of the New York Cooking School, and is the most valuable of the recent editions upon the subject of eookery that has come to our notice. It is got ten up in the highest style ol tho printer’s art, on illuminated cov ers, etc. We are assured that every can of the “Royal Baking Powder” contaius an order for one of these valuable books. undertaking has cu.t over $100,000. The 200,000 cocoamit trees planted, of which one-half have attained two years’growth, and the oilier one years’ growth, will net, if the statis tics ot the product ot cocoanut trees are borne out, in the course ol from six to ten years, and then on for one hundred years, three dollars to live dollars per year for each tree. As the cocoanut will only thrive south of the frost line and near the coast, Mr. Osborne has succeeded in mo nopolizing about all the land there is in the United States available lor cocoanut growing. An Appealing Spectacle. London , Nou, 30.—A ghastly and appalling spectacle was wit nessed at Norwish to-d..v, Robert Goodale, market gardener who was convicted of murdering h s wife, whom he had killed at Wis- bea'ch on September 10th last, was brought out upon the scaffold in tbe prison yard to suffer the extreme penalty. The culprit, since his in carceration, had increased greatly in flesh, and weighed t66 pounds. Atter the death warrant had been read and everything made ready, the drop was sprung and the con demned man fell a distance of six feet. His heavy weight crtiscd the drop to rebound, violently jerking the head completely off the body. The headless truuk, together with the head, fell unon the platform of the scaffold, blood spurting and gushing in all tlireclions. The severed head lay at the feet of the victim, the muscles ot the face twitching in the most hideous style, while the eye-lids opened and clos ed several times. Altogether the sight was most sickening. A. C. Taylor, agent of tbe East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, in this city, ha3 tendered his resignation. His successor has not been appointed yet. w . * A Tissue of Lies. In the Macon Telegraph of yes terday, which came to hand just as vve go to press, we notice an ex tract from a letter purporting to have been written by Miss Libbie D. Kelsey, a Y'ankee school marm of Macon, Ga., to the Ohio State Journal. So Ear as the letter reters ] to the action ol the citizens of Quit- I man, on the night of tbe burning of the negro college, it is simply a tis sue of lies from beginning to end. Mr. Parr, whom she calls Prof. Ayres, and the four women were waited upon as soon as possible by a party of gentlemen, consisting of the Mayor, Aldermen Dukes and Round'rec, Dr. Snow and the edi tor of this paper. They were invit ed to at least two private houses and were finally escorted by the Mayor and aldermen to the Com mercial Hotel, where quarters were furnished them. Miss Kelsey’s let ter will receive further attention next week Irom the Mayor of Quit- man.—Quitman Fiee Piess. Butts County's Terror. The Jackson News contains a lengthy account of a strange animal seen by many reputable gentlemen disporting on the banks of Towali- ga river, and in the water in the neighborhood of Flat Shoals. It i described as being about the size of an average mule, and with all the characteristics of a seal. It travels best in the water. iN umbers of cit izens have been frightened by it, and on Saturday a posse ot men went in search of it. Some seem to think that it is a seal that has escaped from some traveling menagerie. Blaine Working for Logan’z Election. A dispatch from Bangor, Me., says that James G. Blaine went to Diliswdrth Saturday night and had an interview with Senator Hall. A special train was sent to bring him here to catch the train west. Mr. Blaine was accompanied by ex- President Manley, of Augusta, and Colonel Oakley, U. S. marshal of Wisdonsin. It is said that Mr. Blaine’s movements are in the in terest of the election of General Logan as the president of the sen ate. echoiug and re-echoing cadences from valley and mountain, seemed to the terrified posse, to betoken the approach of numbers of arous ed enemies. They stopped and began a parley with the prisoner. They offered to take off his handcuffs if he would go along qui etly. He refused, and again that blood-curdling yell split the air and was answered as before. Then they became thoroughly frightened, and finally released him, told him to go home, and rode out of that valley like a dozen Ichabod cranes with as many Brotcm Bones at their heels. Ar rived at Gainesville, their head quarters, they sent a most sensa- lional dispatch to Washington giving an accouut of the rescue, after a most terrific encounter, of the noted desperado Berong. The truth was that Berong had no con federates, and the answering sounds, which had so terrified the officers, came from pastoral moun taineers out in the early morning looking after their stock, and such like employment. It is worth a ride to Towns county to hear .Be rong tell this story in all its details, which I have not attempted to give. He no longer brews by the moon’s pale light or cools his still under the twinkling stars, but is a prosperous farmer, and tells this story with great gusto These are the only.moonshiners within my knowledge who can by any possibility be tortured into desperate outlaws. The average specimen prefers flight to fight, and he is as fleet as a hare, and nearly as hard to capture. Good Reason to Fear Another Indian and Uprising in Canada. Montreal, Nov. 29.—The best judges ot the Indians appear to think that there will be another re bellion in the Northwest in the spring. Mr. Bedson, Warden of Stony Mountain penitentiary, Man itoba, and who was the chief trans port officer during the late cam paign, told your correspondent a few days ago that he believed there would be serious trouble in the Northwest as soon as the grass be gan to grow in 1SS5. The Crees and Blackfeet, the two most powerful tribes in the North west, are, after many years of mu tual rnistiust, now fraternizing, and it is expected that there is an un derstand' between them to begin hostilities as soon as tbe grass be gins to grow. The Blackfeet took no part in the late rebellion, and they are fairly well armed, while their proximity to the American border enables them to get ammuni tion in abundance. It is, too, now well know known that the Crees did not give up their best weapons when called on to do so by Gen. Middleton, the conquerer of the Riel insurrectionists, and they are as deijant as ever. There is, too, some fear that the half breeds who went to Montana atter the Riel rebellion may stir up sympathy theae among the Ameri can Indians and half breeds, and the fact that the Canadian Govern ment is not recalling the batteries of Canadian regulars that went to the Northwest in the spring lends odor to the rumor that the Cabinet is in possession of secret informa tion which leads to the belief that the danger is not yet over. There are now in the Canadian Northwest 1,000 mounted police, two batteries of artillery, and a new mounted infantry corps of regulars is being formed at Winnipeg. This is exclusive of the militia battalions which at Winnipeg alone now num ber 1,300 or 1,400 men. It is thought by Mr. Bedson, who knows the In dians well, that if they rise again theywill confine their operations to the south of the Canadian Pacific railway, as they will then be nearer the American border, and be in a country where there are plenty of cattle. agreed to contest the election on ground that votes at West End and East Point were illegally cast iu the election. Fifteen thousand dollars Itching for a Contest. Atlanta, Nov. 30.—Mr. Jerry Money for a Contest. Atlanta, Nov. 30.—The whis key men had a meeting to-night and Goldsmith, a leading prohibitionist, dained minister. _ * said this morning: “I wish the antis would contest this election. We can throw out enough illegal votes . .. , on their side to greatly increase the ■were raised to carry on the contest, prohibition majority” A Southern Negro Woman Preacher. A special to the Atlanta Consti tution, from Comptmy S hops, N. C., tells of a sensation cre»tedby Bishop H. M. Turner, of Atlanta, presiding over the cunfcience of the A. M. E church. After paying Bishop Turner a compliment as a presiding officer, the correspondent says: Yesterday several preachers were ordained to ministry, and among the number presented for deacon’s orders was one Sarah A. Hughes, of Raleigh. She is a bright mulat to woman, with finely developed features, very well educated and is said to be a good preacher. She hasbeen a member ol the confer ence for someyearsand had receiv ed several appointments as a pastor. When she came around the altar with several others, all eyes were fixed upon her, for it was indeed, a rather singular sight. The Bishop proceeded with the ordination until he came to her, when he halted for some minutos and looked up, ap parently in a deep study as to whether he should proceed or not. the entire congregation, both white and colored,looking an with intense interest. But he finally mustered courage, and placed his hands upon her head and said as he did over the others: “Take thou authority to execute the office of a deacon in the church ot God. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.” And then handing her the Bible he said: “Take thou authority to read the Holy Scriptures and to preach the same in the church of God.” And Sarah Hughes was declared an or The whole conference seemed to be rejoiced and shook her hand very heartily, but the bishop ap peered rather serious. Judge Hilton is to marry Mrs. A. T. Stewart. One death from yellow fever oc curred in New Orleans. The life of King Alfonzo ol Spain was insured for $600,000. A new system of drying lumber by surrounding it with common salt is just now attracting attention. The peculiar power of salt tor absorbing moisture is well known. The French courts having pro nounced a divorce between Mme. Nico’ini and M. Nicolini, the well- known tenor, the latter will be married to Adeline Patti next spring. The expression “galvanizing a corpse” has now ceased to be ex clusively metaphorical, for M. Ker- govaty, a Frenchman, has discover ed a method of preserving bodies by giving them a metal coating. The word Mugwump came from the name of an Indian chief of early New England times, and was origi nally “Mugnomp.” It was first used in a political sense by the New York Sun. Pike’s Peak railroad, when com pleted, as it is soon expected to be, will be the most notable track in the world. It will mount 2,000 feet higher than the Lima and Oroya road in Peru. The entire thirty miles of its length will be a succes-. sion of complicated curves and grades, with no piece of straight track longer than 300 feet. THE GEORGIA MIDLAND. Athens need have no fear about missing this road, for as soon as the municipal contest is aver some de finite action will be taken. We would like to have Col. Jordon, of Columbus, meet with us. He has been cordially invited. Handy Things to Know and Keep. Here are some figures and rule very handy to know and hare a hand, in the mind, or on paper: A rod is i6£ feet or 5^ yards. A mile is 320 rods. A mile is 1,760 yards. A mile is 5,280 feet! A square toot is 144 square inch es. .1 i. lUi -,i K A square yard contains 9 square feet. A square rod is 272J square feet. An acre contains 43,560 square feet. An'acre contains 4,840 square yards. An acre contains 160 square rods. A section, or square mile, con tains 640 actes. A quarter section contains 160 acres. An acre is 8 rods wide by 20 rods long. An acre is 10 rods wide by 16 rods long. An acre is about 2oS$ feet square. A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches. A pint (of water) weighs 1 pound. A solid foot of water weighs 62£ pounds. A gallon (of water) holds 231 solid inches. A gallon of milk weighs 8 pounds and 10 ounces. A pint (of water) holds 2Sf solid inches (2S.S75). A barrel (31J gallons) holds 4I solid feet (4,211). A solid foot contains nearly 7J) solid pints (7.48). A bushel (struck) contains 2,150 solid inches. A bushel (heaping) contains 1J struck bushels. A struck bushel contains about ij solid feet. PROHIBITION IN SAVANNAH. The Atlanta victory has nerved the arm of the Savaunah prohibi tionists, and they will at once order an election and begin a heated campaign. Augusta, Macon and Columdus will follow suit. It is only a question of time for Georgia to be a dry state. SAFE IN JAIL. Sheriff Overby, of Oconee, has placed Whitehead in the Augusta jail, where he is free from the dan ger of either lynch law or rescue. Earl Overby is a fearless officer, and his example would be well to follow in other portions of the state. Too much praise cannot be accord ed him. He defied 150 armed men, and preserved the integrity of the law. ATHENS'GOLD MINERS. We are glad to learn that Messrs. Childs & Nickerson are reaping a golden harvest from their Nacoo- chee gold mine, and that this prop erty paid handsomely from the day it started up. Their machinery is all working like a charm, and the deeper they go into the earth the richer the ore. Col. Childs and his son . Walter devote their entire time to its development. There is an inhaustible deposit of gold here, and it is easily extracted. This is pronounced by experts the richest mine east of the Rocky mountains. courteously done. The Tackson correspondent of a Nashville paper tells how a Chi cago book agent tackled the editor of the Forked Deer Blade, and how the editor aforementioned, after argi-ing with the c. b. a. in various ways, drew his pistol and invited the c. b. a. down and out He went. The correspondent says the whole town is gratified at the cour teous *'•**-- •" -- L3 - L “— was Saved bp Dogs. Little Elvin Yaun, the 8-year old son of Calvin Yaun, came near be ing cut to death by a negro last week at tbe Residence of Reuben Yaun, brother of the lad. The cir- cumstauces, as we have been in formed, are about as follow’s: Reu ben Yaun was at Allen Yaun’s cane mill making syrup, and the ne gro was trying to steal chickens Elvin heard the chickens cackling and armed himself with .a double- barrel shot gun and twu dogs, went to see what was disturbing them: He found the negro feeding them with corn in the yard, and was in a few yards ot him when the negro discovered his presence' Seing a gun so near the negro sprang at him with a knife and made several attempts to cut him with one hand while he held him. with the other, and no doubt would had slain him, but the noble dogs came to tbe res cue of their master and freed him from the strong arms of death, when the thief and would-be mur dered retreated to a branch near by and escaped, Elvin discharged his gun in the direction of the Branch to “scare him.”—Hawkinsville Dis patch. 'J- t What Cured Him or Drinking. About a month ago a Bullock county man, who never knew 'Wbat it was to go over a day without sev eral drinks, happened to take too much. Ae went out where ho on* could see him and bowed hi* head low to the awful sea sick act < ’An old ram, as mischievous as wicked, saw the poor fellow, and regarding it as an invitation to : play ■ butting, took a running start and then there was a crash similar to that'of two locomotives coming on the- same track. The man was picked up and for a week that man could i not bear even the thought of mutton. He swears that he will always- vote the prohibition ticket How. A BRANCH OFFICE, n L.-t The Banner Wntchihai an outfit over to W: do the. official prinflff county. We wiiralsd. publish- the s manner in which the affair .Advertisements in ot conducted. “ Our Oconee editia five cents a month- .il4