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Atlanta,One. li—lrtptdAJ—Sixty
ono cases were booked at police head
quarter* on Saturday anil 5$and-»y. Ol
these fifty-three were for drunkeno'***
nnd disorderly conduct, twenty-five
w ite* sod twenty-eight colored.
Last Wednesday and Thursday a
number of whisky dealers made applies
lien for wholesale licenses, ami ihe «i y
cleik placed the petitions in the hands
of the in iy«»r, an 1 tha in iyor refuse 1 to
g ant them.
On Friday morning the Mayor receiv-
the following communication:
lion. John T. Cooper, Mayor:
l>ear Sir—l can conceive of no legal
objection to the city now issuing busi-
iu-ns license to wholesale dealers in liq
uors; that is to say, as to dealers selling
not less than a gallon. Respectfully,
John II. Goon win,
City Attorney.
I’pon the receipt of this the Mayor in
structod the city clerk !«* issue wholesale
licenses until Januaiy 1, 1888. The reg
ul ir license for twelve months was $25
before the prohibition era, and the clerk
charged each dealer $1.70 for license for
the remainder of this year. The follow
ing persons secured licenses:
Joe T. Thompson, -t Decatur arteeL
Peter Lynch, bo Whitehall
Kenny
A. Gershon, 1W W. Peters street.
J. Steinheim.T Jk Co, .'Pi Wall street.
G. It. Stewart, 167 W. Peters street.*
Alabama lire wing Company.
A. Dius 7 Alabama street,
I. C. Suttler, lots W, Petets
WII.D SCENES AT TIIE STATION II U>K.
Much whisky was sold hi theory Sa -
urday, and Saturday night the pdi.e be
gan t » make arrests, an I by lo oYlnck
the siatio i house presented a lively
scene. About twenty dim ken men
whoopel cursed and yelled, and wanted
to tight every thing and everybody. Near
ly all of the dnriken men showed • vi
deuce of having been engaged in n ligh*,
and many of them had blackened • yr,
bleeding noses, bruised heads and clothes
sunrated with hloo l.
The cells were filled, the hallway was
filled, and several had to he carried up
. atnrs and kept under gu.ird in the re-
“I have never seen the like of this Re
fute,’' sanl Mation House Keeper Foul©*
•‘•and I hop** 1 never will ajaio.”
Foity two c.ses « f drunkenness an I
. disorder weie hook, d up to Pd oVlo- k
. Satin day night, and eleven were added
.S;i»j
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY: DECEMBER 20, 1887.
WOOLFOLK TALKS.
THE TELEGRAPH PAYS HIM A VISIT AT
HIS CELL-
He Say* HU Trial Haa *-Tried” HI* Nerve*
ltut Maintain* HI* Innocence—How Ike
Jury Spent the Hay*
Yesterday was a day of much needed
rest for all who are interested in the
Woolfolk murder trial as well as many
others.
The jury spent the Sabbath variously
occupied according to their respective
taster at the Stubblefield house with the
exception of a couple of “airings” which
they took around the city in charge ol a
couple of bailiff*. They marched along
the streets in twos like an “awkward
squad of new recruits going from the le-
cruiting office to the barracks, only they
were almighty fine looking set of men
for military material.
At the Stubblefield house they whiled
away the hours reading such literature as
was allowed them, and in conversation
and Mnoking together they lounged about
in each others rooms.
Tom Woolfolk. of course, spent his
ni&ined quietiy'mtrift-vaSWWVKSHHF
ty’s prison at the foot of Mulberry street,
lie occupies a cell on the second floor
and on the north side of the jail.
The cell is large and airy as cells go,
I much more so than the one he occupied
while confined in the Atlanta jail. He
spent the day for the most part reading,
and in m«‘dilation, excepting a portion of
he afternoon, when he stretched himself
A FRIGHTFUL WRECK.
TRAIN MASHED INTO SPL.NTERS ON
THE GEORFIA PACIFIC*
An Accident In Wbleh an Engineer
L Killed, a Fireman Crushed, and
Some Tramp, are Done «'p—CJruph-
le Account. •( ihe Smash—A .Hit.
placed nnrllch.
Atlanta, Dec. 13.—[Special.]—I-ast
night at 10 o’clock at Choccolocco, on
the Georgia Pacific railroad, an accident
that almost equals in its terrible details
the Austell horror of two years ago.
Mr. Charles T. Logan, of Atlanta, who
came from Binnineham last night, gives
the following graphic description of the
wreck:
I left Birmingham last night at 11:43
on Ihe Atlanta bound Gsorgia Pacific
train.
The details ot the wreck are these:* A
freight train loaded with Weatern pro
duce Alt Birmingham early in the even’
ATHENS TO KNOXVILLE.
THOMAS’ MISSION TO NEW
YORK.
Said to be Hacked by John H. Inman—
judge Thomas Say* the Koad will be f 100 years, and had music in it htill.
Here, There. Everywhere,
A German brewery it to be established
in Japan.
N«*w York state ha* offered prize* for
six plans of school buildings of different
sizes.
A piano that had seen service for over
train, which, I understood, was a throng]
train. Somebody, either by accident or
malice aforethought, probably for the
purpose of injuring the Georgia Pacific
Railroad, had turned the switch and
locked it The main line thus ran into a
side trick—what is known as a “block
de track”—with one end terminating
on his cot and took a nap. During ' sb* iptly. On this side track were five
A number of
piohi's and a:.tr
h .uy S.4turtL> i
an*mated iK-cussi
hr* laid it i I lo i
1 .III t-O* v- >, v. 1.
that li e *' ha
tunny . I .-t.au>.;
h.th
the forenoon Col. Rutherfo-d called at
the jail and >pent nearly forty-five min
utes in conversation with his client, hav
ing been admitted to his cell by Jailor
Birdsong.
La-t evening shortly after dark, a Tel
egraph representative called at the jail
and was also admitted to see the pris
on©*, who had, ev»*n at that early hour,
retired to his cot for the night.
Woolf.dk was wary at first, and would
not t dk much or answer any questions,
nn*il he wa* assured*on my word as a
reporter,*’ and in other ways which he
seemed to take more stock in than in the
••word and honor” of a newspaper man,
that he should not be misquoted or mis-
eons’rued in the least, and that nothing
wo hi he attributed to him which he
was lint the author of.
I’pon being convinced of tho sincerity
of ilit? news man and the reliability of the
Telegraph, lie talked quite freely on c©r-
tnin questions, hut was careful how he
• Xfi« ssed himself in ev ry sentence,
w lulling ihe words a*id seemi.’K to study
fin ;r fu.I possible interrelation as he
first question asked was the com-
.,n-|l.
it y clerk
are you feeling to night, Tom?'*
i;n feeling as well as ever.”
h\s the trial wear on your nerves
nn\
il.i
A , It.,
ti\ $2«*> p.
dined to tin
s power W.
.uin on them
, tin ir merchandise
•se it has been a terrible trial
f«»r me and I bidiv© it has been worse for
no- lo l»ear >han if i was guilty, but being
as innocent as you ^re of the charge, I
am at times oppressed by the great
etl'or s ma le to fasten the crime upon
Pu»lied Through—Gooaip of the National
Capital—Congre**lonal, Etc.
[Atlanta Constitution ]
Washington, Dec. 11.—The three
days’ recess that Congress has given to
the country his not been the means of
adding much to the information of the
eople. A great many of the members
ave taken advantage of the occasion to
pay short trips to Boston and New York,
and there ia more or less gossip con
nected with some of these visits about
the hotels to-night.
Judge Bailey Thomas, of Athens, and
Mr. George D. Thomas, of the sime
place, wore a very pleasant smile whe n
they passed through Washington a few
days ago. Like most railroad men they
were very reticent, but aftir their depar-
[•I tend to control it. I e • that
, ami i.u*
.»f trou
*1 Mtppose you understand that a great
' many people think you are guilty ?”
••Oh. yes. 1 have heard this, but 1 be
lieve thi> ft **ling has change somewhat
. >i ce my trial commenced, and I have
( heard that a i uiuher of people w ho were
j very hitter against me have said openly
ii'.v province, amt hemv give no opinion lhllt | wa * not getting a fair trial, that the
as ti» it. Of couiso, if ihe county hns the | judge has ruled out much of my evi-
right to contend for, the city license only | d( . ncc lhjU oll , hl lo have beea admitted
dwr inwnwiiimiiwaa 1 wawaw
joim B, Goodwin. , . irnT(l r ;»
ikon out wholesale
of course, do so at
with the county- u
nuicis wh«> claim, and liny hive
tty also to fix a t .x. T» is I h
t xuuiim d into fully ns that is
or six cars loaded with coal or brick, and
against these cars the freight train crash
ed.
The enginee-, Mr, Carson, had taken
out at Ann'Ston his former fireman, a
colored man, and these two were killed*
It is simply impossible to describe the
wreck. It was the most horrible thing
I ever witnessed, and every railroad man
aboard the train said openly that they
Had never seen anything comparable t»it
in point of horror. While we were mak
ing the transfer 1 stopped and g t a good
view of the wreck. 1 hope never again
lo see an thing like it. 1 h ve been in a
number of wrecks but forcomplet- ho ov
th s surpassed evi rythinp. The cars
leaving the main li..e, par of them en-
t red the side track, the engine but ing
against the coal and brick cars and part
of the other ca ft continuing on the main
line, and emptying themselves in a heap
I he engineer poor Carson, was foun-l «t
12 or 1 o’clock this morning, over two
hours aft**r the wreck occured. He was
literally cut in twain, crushed into a
jelly, disembowell -.1, am! his head liter
ally lore from his shoulders. 'Hie heat
of the boiler and the escaping -team had
literally cooked the body and it .re was
not a trace of blood visible anywhere
around him. One of his legs lay off to
nne side of his body. The other was
crushed into a heap and underneath him
His righ hand was raised al.-ft, his head
throw n back, entirely separated from his
shoulders, the nones of his chest dislinc-
ly visible, and his bowels surrounding
him as a b rder.
His f •ce was distorted and the eyes
had a! t»*look of a terrible horror. His
forim fir-man lay a few feet from him,
also cn shed into a jelly, with the wheels
of the trucks resting dire tly on his
chest. Around him was a pool of blood,
and tht debris around him was unde-
scnhahle. The other fireman, it seems,
fetched but $1 ntlui auction the other day
at Heading. Pa.
The Iowa supremo court. In the case of
Be n net vs. Hall, has decided that a barber
may refuse to shave any customer, and
that in so refusing he need not allego a
reason.
Portions of Iowa have been flooded
with counterfeit dollars made of cast iron
heavily plated with silver. Ordinary acids
fail to affect them and they can ouly be
detected by their ring.
A company lins been formed in Buenos
Ayres for working the petroleum deposit
recently discovered near the city of Men
doza. The Argentine Rejiublic lias hitherto
obtained the bulk of its petroleum from
the United States.
The Harney Peal Dead-
brid to doubt
ww&'i'mm
railroad enlerp!"
as I was told to night, ir will certainly
be built, for there is connected with it,
not one man who will throw anything
unfavorable around it. John IL Inman,
of New York, is talked of everywhere as
Judge Thomas’ backer in the matter, and
the well informed even go so far as to say
that much of Judge Thomas' trouble,
heretofore,would have been obviated had
his hacker been known.
The curious part of the matter is that
while the Richmond and Danville ostens
iblv sells to Thomas the upper end o f
Northeastern, they sell through him to
one of their most prominent and iidiuen
tial directors the same holding. It is
said that the connection Thomas propo-
poses to build lias long been the desire o!
Mr. Inuian, and would have long since
boen consummated had lie been in con
trol of the board. But the controlling
voice in the management h.is b«*en op
posed to tlie move until now, but now
iliat Inman seems to be in the position
to be in power, hacked by tin* Knoxville
interest, which was his old home, it is
very likedv that on Judge Thomas* re
turn he will be accompanied by enough
money to get through the enterprise.
And the hacking he had ail the while is
the backing he lias to day. and it tmn
spires that the young Alliens innnipuU
tor has been the master, more or l*ss, of
the situation ever since he lias been in
terested in it.
Talking with him last night. 1 asked
him what he proposed to do, ami the re
ply he gave me was: “1 intend to put
throu rh the road, notwithstanding eve
rything that has ueon said " and subse
quent events have shown that lie .. II.
iWc 12, 1R87. City Attorney.
Th© clerk referred the communication
to the max or, and the mayor instruct-
cm) the cleik to isnue no more wholesale
liuuor licenses for the present.
The police court this morning was
packed w ith people, many being unable
to get sitting room. Th© scene greatly
resembled one of the dry and wet rallies
during the prohibition campaign.
More than hour before the session of i £7bi’one of the leading papers in the
the court began, every seat in the house State, yet while my trial is progressing
had been taken, and it was a ditlicult J d announced *o the public that ! atn
ut.HiT for th. ju.lge. Ins cl.-rk aiul his „ lllUv . It directs the jury whit their
Otlicers to force their wsy through the j ver( j lct should be, ami makes an ar^u
crowd when the hour of ten arrived. | , llt . nl to proTe niy guilt. It bases its
During the session three or fouroffic* rs argument upon the ne wspaper
were kept constantly busy making the l rp . lort s e f the evidence, none
crowd move hack so .as to let witne - ***** - ....
pa»s in and out.
pro*© circumitancesin order to show my
guilt, he >houhl certainly allow me to
prove any circumstance that will tend to
show who did commit ihe crime ”
”1 see you have a Telegraph. 1 sup
pose you read it every day?”
“Yes; 1 read llie Telegraph. Kvery
bodv reads the T dcgrq|»b. But this pa
per 1 have in my hand is the Atlanta
Constitution, and 1 find in it a very re
markable editorial on iuy case. It claims
tiie
ore “H
Jackson’* tar
mous war horse, has been stuffed by a
Washington taxidefrmist, and will bo pro-
scrvi-d by the veterans of tho Robert E.
Leo camp, at Richmond, in memory of
tiie great commander.
There was recently incarcerated in tho
Santa Rosa jail a youthful desperado of
I t summers, whose fond motlier, to re
lieve the te&um of his prison life, sent
hiai a Bible, a bunch of cigarettes, a
piece of sausage and a copy of The Polico
G izette.
The Santa Cruz Surf tells of an im
mense sea turtle which was caught near
Capitolu the other day. It measured
eight feet from the tip of its noso to tho
lip of its tail and its weight is guessed by
a h eal guesser to lie about 1,000 pounds.
A Belmont county (O.) farmer re
joices in a heterogeneous collection of
freaks, consisting of a pig whose feet are
split m> tis to give it the appearance of
having toes, another with three cars, a
cat xvi. !i one ear growing wrong side out,
and a I oy with three thumbs.
A young owl came flying over tho
buili!in*;i on Grant avenue, in Garden
City. Kan., the other morning, and flow
straight as an arrow at a me-striding
on the comer. Yv hen tho bird reached
him the man threw up his hands sud
denly and caught it as lie would a ball.
TRAGIC ENDING.
COURT ROOM THE SCENE OF WILDEST
EXCITEMENT.
Solicitor General Hardeman’. Vivid
Recital of Ihe Terrible Tragedy
Cause Straus Men to Tarn Pale
And Women to Tremble with Ter.
ror—Crlee of “Usnf Him, Hans
Rim!” Come Involuntarily from
Different Part, of the IIouscPo*
lice Force Doubled.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 14.— [SpeoUl.]—
Woolfolk trial nearly reached climax of
an ugly nature to-day that would have
added another awfully sensational chap*
ter to case. Col. Rutherford resumed his
closing argument for defense at 9 this
jgpljbdaganil tatilinnad —m i g. si ..Hir
II. Carlton wnul.l havo octv.ipio.l ine t
same position to-day that .1 nd-t- Thomas
does had it not been for his election lo 1
congress. It seems that he was trusted
with the same mission that Bailey Thom
as has carried on to a successful conclu
sion, and only gave it up when lie was j
called upon to accept congressional
honors.
The prominence I give the matter in
this dispatch is due to the general efiect
the result of Jud^e Thomas’ success
will have upon the northern section of
the State. It is certain tl at within a
A Pittsburg paper describes a new tele
phone on exhibition in that city that does
! away With the necessity of speaking. A
: sensitive plate "pnsses against the larynx
and glands of the neck, and as the jaws
; are moved in conversation the motion
i sends the words along the wire as dis
tinctly as the telephone now in use.’’
Two well diggers in Washington town-
ship. Ia., found at a depth of fourteen
feet hickory nuts well preserved, and as
they dug down collected about half »
bushel. Then they came upon a log
wood and :i )>air of deer’s horns, wlueh
argument was masterly in detail of facta
and eloquence of statement. He assailed
the points of evidence established by de.
fense, one after the other, witli tre
mendous force of logic and inge
nuity calculated to beget doubts
in minds of jury. His efforts in
manipulation of counter presumptions
and assumptions against prosecution,
theories was pronounced the grandest on
record of Macon criminal courts. He
spoke twelve hours in all, court ruom
jammed with people—interse interest
on part of audience, jury and prisoner
Judge Gustin pronounced it the
most able argument he ever heard.
At 3 o'clock Solicitor General Harde
man began clos tig argument fur the
State before a tremendous audience, and
ail intensely excited. O'd Mr. U'oolfork,
uncle of prisoner and brother of tiie
murdered man was in court, and as Col.
Hardeman warmed in his exordium the
old gentleman exclaimed loudly several
times, but being an interested party and
being aged, the court only instructed
Sheriff Westcott lo instruct him to keep
silent or he would have to go out. But
infection had spread, and during the
Solicitor General’s eloquent picturing of
the terrible tragedy and scenes on the
morning of the Oth o r August, at Wool-
fork home and denunciation of the in-
human monster who did it, Major Cicero
Sharpe, a prominent citizen of Macon,,
cried’ “Hang him, hang him,” from audi
ence, tnd was joined by Mr.
Rube Nas'i, of Twiggs county
others .in the audience with, “Hang him
“Hang him!” Agonizing terror seized
the ladies ptesent; strong men turned
ere soft, hut soon hardened. The well > deadly pale; sheriff and bailiffs sprang
was dug in a tiui'nered country, but there
is not a hickory tree in the county.
of which have been correct, but in \ one inch to six inches de- p for 3k) feet
many instances have gross y misinter- ; around it It was the most complete
' demolition of a train that any man ever
saw. There were old and experienced
railroadmen on the three trains that met
there later, and after examining the
wreck all of them said to me and to oth-
«rs that they had never seen anything
compared to it.
contribute a great ileal to the importance
conr.ection
object in view
ia to give Knoxville, the old stamping
ground of Mr. Inman,a fairer fighting
escaped more fortunately. It is pro
sunied that he jumped from the train as
soon as he fuond they were on the wrong n
track, and had two legs badly crushed. c f th e St«ti and that the
W HH only" seems to indicate that the obji
one of his legs broken, hut that was in a
shattered condition. In a closed car
loaded with corn from the West were
four tramps stealing a ride. Three of
them escaped without a scratch, and the
fourth received injuries from which he
will probably die.
1 was told by a colored man who was
at the station the moment of the occur-
rence, that be aw the train coming hnt
did not realize the extent of the accident
until he had heard a terrific explosion.
This explosion as he said and as I heard
corroborated by others afterwaads, was
caused by the burning of a carload ot
Western corn. Immediately on receiv
ing the concussion, the sill s of the car
came together and it exploded like a car
load of dynamite, scattering corn from
The Rest Sugar Business.
Claus Sprcckles, tho California sugar
king, recently addressed 000 farmers on
tho question of raising sugar beets. Ho
very few monlhs’there will he a Western ! . Tt l . b 7
connection by wly of Athens that will *“ a tl,at f Ul V- v * ul ? 1 “•*£"» *®
eee.eih.,.- . 1 . .1... t f<jr ll « W°uM I>Ut lit
put up
a factory to make bcufe^gugar that would
consume 330 Tons of beets each twgnty-
four hours, providing the farmers guar
anteed to cultivate a certain numlier of
gruunuu. wr.inn.an,. .m.rer ugnung acres in beets each year. If one factory
ground on the Georgia coast than it has * enough, he'd build another, or
heretofore had. At any rate, such is the * gj ve Stoo ,ooo toward one if tl.e farmers
talk and such are the prophesies that one wanted to build it themselves. lie said
can hear readily about the places of pub
lie interest to-night. II. 11. i\
METHODIST MINISTERS*
BRETHREN BOUNCED*
ae of
Btlnf
A White Preacher Bounce* Soi
III* Negro .member* For V
Wet.
Atlanta, Dec. 13.—[Special.]—'The
colored Congregat'onal church, at the
.... a* T,,K oPF.xiNii miot. ! preted what the witnesses iwore; I
The first case called was a^am-t a think both the papers and the people
young man who pot ploru udy drunk have doRS !Iie grtfal injustice; they as-
and broke open the door t . a lady’s gum e that I ant guiltv; they do not de-
.house. After he was arrested a pistol j K j r< . an y evidence, but they readily ac-
* l * !i C0J ^ pocket. j ct ,. )t an « circumstance as exidence of my
“ Huh is the opemnp shot of the order guiU am j seom foully blind to all facts
things, remark# d th* recorder, “and I ■ that when considered t»y cal in, sober
just want to s»y that it will be nmch ! H1 j n ds, will «how ! ain innocent. The
cheaper in Atlanta to keep sober. 1 will , p U hlic do not seetn desirous oi having
do all in my power to punish drunken- i Kr>v t1>intr in my favor; they have actually
ness, and if possible force men to save . threatened to moh a witness who would
their money for their suffering wives and [ ve lh> , a ne);ro said he intended to
children. Let the defendant pay a ?:!(> line kj „ fat h cr and a) | h is family, and
•ml give a bond of $100 for carrying a , h j s threat was made a few davs before
convened pistol.” I they were all killed, and I have been
1 he opening shot created quite a # t>n * tol«l when this negro was brought face ! corner oi lloust n street and Co'iftland
Ration, r nd struck the prisoner wuh more to f ace w i t h the witness he trembled ! arenue, Lresented a lively scene last
force than any one else, who stated t int f ro:n head to foot. I do not believe any j u i g hL
lie had not drank a drop before Saturday Jur , wou \ d convict me, although the pub- During the last prohibition campaign
in two years—since prohibition went into . |, c s0 niucn excited, if the judgo ! Doughtery Hutch ns, Mick Mitchell,
effect. ... would allow my evidence to come in.” j Charlie Harper and Jack Hug ins were
insulted a lady. While this interview was going on j anti p'ohibi ionist, while Rev. Kent and
A young man who hears a good repu- *p om stoo j j n hi* night clothes, on the in- j a majority of the mem‘<r weresenthusi
tali on, and belongs to a good atndv, was Rl( j e 0 j- ce |j drtor ^ and the news man, asfc espo users of the other side,
arraigned for riding down the street in a seeing that he was getting cold, and be- j It came to the ears of a number of he
carnage and insulting ladies by calling winning to shiver, said reluctantly, “Tom, members of the church that they were
out. Mump in, old girl, and take a ride. j sce y OU are sintering, and it won’t do not only anti-prohibitionists, hut had also
\V hen arrested he resisted the officers for you to catch cold now while your worked for the return of the liquor traf-
aad made the air blue with curses. He triai is going on, so 1 will leave yen. fie to Atlanta.
was fined $ Jo io. j Good night.” “Goodnight” said Tom, J The conimittoe, after fully inquiring
the cost ot a plain si nday DRUNK. as he turned to go hack to his cot, drag- ‘ into the matter, notified the “wet oretli-
A colored citizen was up for g~ttiusj p ng his clanking chains after him, and < ren” to be ai the church Sunday night,
full and standing opposite the Kimball making a noise that could be hoard by ' December 5th, to meet a committee ap-
ilousc last night and talking in a mud . ihe reporter until he was nearly down point d to investigate their conduct,
manner. He contended that.he was only f |h e winding iron stairs leading to the
discussing the piohihition election, and ■ u oor t M .low
naturally Ulked loud | Col. Rutherford will close for the de-
“I 11 consivler the case as a p ain t f fnip nn ,j Solicdor General Hardeman
dr unV,” said the recorder, “anil will go , for |he Stal „ % an ,j j. , Jgin5 f r0 in the array
ha. k to the old order of tuings before j Q f the desperate nature and great
thv prohibition eja.and make plain Sun | importance of Ihe case, there will be •
d»y ilrunkl $10.75.” : display of eloquence rarely heard in the
I hreo more plain Sunday drunks were court . n f y acon
called and disposed of at the rate of : | t is understood that the prisoner will
$U,>.7 3 «» ch . . ... a make m sUteinenL There has beer, some
During the trial of the first two or | speculation as to whether he would do
three cases a young man who had been J 80 p r no ^ tmt R js now rumored on pret-
amsted Saturday night for being drunk | ty goo j authority that he will do so, and
^ no little interest will centre in that fea
ture of the trial.
in conclusion: “I am now in my GOtli
year, and it would kill me to fail in what
I undertake to do. It is not money tliat
is an object to me, hut I want the (icoplo
j of California to be able to show that Claus
Appointment* Made at the North Groixia Spreckles has doll© something for this
Conference. state when his bones are at rest. If my
I life is spared. I want to see all the i-oigar
Athens District—Presiding Elder S P that is used in the United States grown
Richardson; First church, W D Ander- ; here, and I want to see this country ex-
son; Oconee circuit, C S Owens; Athens port it.”—New York Sun.
circuit, E B Reese; VVatkinsville, C A I —
Conway; Winterville, W P Rivers; Lex- | An Au*trniinn Mining Queen,
ington, T II Gibson; Greensboro, G W j Tim sensation of the hour in the city b
Duvall; Greene circuit, R A Seal; \V bite the doings and savings of the I-ody <.f tho
Plains, II M (judlian; Norwood, W T Nugget, Miss Alice Cornwall. In a few
Caldwell; Factory mission, J V M Mor- weeks she has achieved wonders. She
ris; Washington, W II Lal’rade; liar- has softened the heart of the secretary of
sst on a front bench and made hi
quite conspicuous by his Iju.I and bois
terous laughter, anil his remarks about
the police, lie had been allovvej lo go
home yesterday, and he came back about
half drunk this morning.
The judge stood the disorder as long
as ho could, and finally ordered the
young man taken from the court and a
fine of $1.75 collected for contempt.
A Fight Among Italinna.
New Yuan. Dec. 12.—[Special.]— n
encounter with revolvers and sword*
canes took place last night between four
or five Italians, near Hamilton ferry, in
Brooklyn. Two of the contestants are
at Tong Island college hospital, with bul
lets in their bodies, but probably not
with fatal results in either case. One of
the wounded men is Peter Klagaspero.
The name of the other man, who was un
conscious, could not be learned, l’atro
Gatieno was arrested, and one or two
oiners escaped. Two revolvers and two
aword-canea. which had been used in
the encounter, weie found in the hall
way. The cause of the shooting is in
volved in much mystery.
Raalwar With on Indian.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Dec, 12.—[Spe-
cisl.]—Pauline Schwitxer, the pretty
leventeen-year-old daughter of a minis
ter, near Swarmsville, has sloped with
David Littlejohn, a full blooded Tusca*
rora Int'ian, who made the girl believe
be was a Spaniard. Littlejohn is a worth-
lata fallow. The girl’s relatives are bunt,
ing for him, and will make things un
pleasant for him if they catch him.
A COLLISION OF CARRIACES.
Dr Which Several Persons Were
Killed and others Hurl.
Wichita, Kan., Dec 13.—[Special.]—
At 9 o'clock lait evening, on a crossing
of the Central and Kroporia avenues, a
carriage, in which were Mr. Johnson and
two ladies, collided with a spring wagon,
in which were Mr. Cox. wife, child and
two friends. The pole of the wagon
struck Mr. Johnson in the forehead,
crushing his skull, Mrs. Cox was thrown
out snd fatally injured, and both the
ladies in the cirriage received what will
probably be fatal injuries,
Indiana Eakiax.
Indianapolis, Dec, 12—[8pepUL]—
A report WAS received here Saturday
r ight that the town of English, Crawford
county, was in possession of a mob. On
Thursday night an old citixen named
Krauss was taken from hit housa by
“while caps” and unmercifully whipped,
thrown into a stream and left to drown.
He succeeded, however io reaching
home. lie recognized several of the
gang who punished him. A lynching
party is now out, looking for them. The
region is greatly excited.
Mick Mitchell, charged with voting
the anti-prohibition tickcL and working
for the return of saloons to the c ty.
“Jack Huggins voting the anli-qrohiM-
lion ticket and working for t:.e return uf
saloons tn the city.
“Char ie Harper, voting the anti pro
hibition ticket and working for the return
of bar rooms to the city,”
Kach member who was on trial made
their own speeches, and it is said they
were sally ones, too, particularly in the
case of Hnlclnns, who expressed his con-
denination of ministers taking part in
politics in pretty plain words.
The church, by a very near unanimous
vole, decided to expel Harper, Mitchell
and Huggins, while, for lack of proof,
Hutchins was acquitted. These mem
bers are quite indignant at the action ol
the church, hut say they would no long
er belong to a church that infringes on a
man’s personal liberties any way.
mony Grove, W M D Bond; Jefferson, K # the Stock Exchange. She liasshowu her
K A.ken. latest finds to admiring archbishops nnd
K barton District—J H Baxter, Pie- btslij;«>ul the Mansion house. Sho has
s idng Elder; Elberton, J 11 Robbins; convinced Mr. Bryant that gold searvliiug
Bethlehem, Eli Smith; Bowman, M V. is more profitable than watchmaking.
Arnold; Hartwell mission, S W Dunbar Sho lias held her owfi"\ftHi speculators
and J W Owen; Royston and mission, H and financiers, and she lias successfully
M Strosier; Livonia, A D Echols; Carnes- floated a company which rejoices in tho
ville, A J Hughes; Toccoa, C A Jamison; familiar namo of Midas. Miss Cornwall
Clarksville sod mission, 0 E Patillo; is generally supposed in Victoria to have
Belton. M P I Watkins; Horn r, G I j a heaven bom genius for mining. Tho
King; Danielsville and mission, L P Win- miners of Ballarat lvave given her tho
ter and Kurd SlcCres; Little River, J A »ame of Lucky Foot and unanimously
Timmerman; Broad River, M J Cofer; named her their representative in Eng-
Lincolnton, J W G Watkins. , hmd- In Australia site has generally
— contrived to find ore where everybody
MnRRIED. else failed. In London the charming mid
! astute lady miner bids fair to attract a
Cards have just been received an- large share of interest hitherto bestowed
nouncing the marriage of Miss Frances on. lady doctors, lady astronomers and
Henrietta Tucker to Dr. Hunter Pope bonnetmakera—London World.
Cooper, which took place at the home of !
the bride’s father. Dr. Henry 11. Tucker, ' Alphonse Dandet’s Wife,
in the presence of only a few friends, on 1 Alphonse Uatidct, tile popular French
Ihe 8th inst. llaiing lived here for novelist, whose books nre rial in this
some years Miss Tucker is well-known . country almost as much ns in Franco,
in Athens and where known beloved always roads his manuscripts to his wife
for her remarkable attractions of grace, before they are sent to lls, publisher, and
refinement and intellect. She wins all he declare* that slio is his best critic,
hearts. Being an only daughter. Dr. Mme. D.:udet is said to lie a women of
Tucker spared no pains in bis daughter’s rarc intellectual endowments, tuid her
education, so that she is one of tfie most *»afon is one of the most attractive in
highly cultured young ladies in Georgia. I Paris. There ono isnlwavs sure of meet-
Dr. Cooper is a son of Mrs. Msrv p. j ing interesting people, or liearieg some
Cooper, of Washington, grandson of the j f nul RO performance by musicians from
forward and succeeded in getting excited
parties from the densely crowded court
room. A panic was skilfully avoided, as
well as further infiamab ry exclama
tions. The Solicitor Gv neral then pro
ceeded, but in subdued language, once
interrupted again by old Mr. Woolfolk
exclaiming. Court ordered the sheriff
to lead the old gentleman to the bench,
and gave him a talk. Judge Gustin sent
out and ordered the mayor to surround
the court houso with police and after-
ward excitement abated a little. He
then quietly and abruptly adjourned
court till 9:30 to morrow morning. Pris
oner hustled out and was guarded injury
room, on top floor of the building, till the
crowd disappeared. He was then taken
to jail. Extra police were sworn in and
the jail will be guarded to-night.
TOM WOOLFOLK’S OWN STATEMENT
TO THE JURY.
late Hon. Mark A. Cooper, of Bartow.
He was a member of the class of ’78 of
the University of Georgia. Afterwards
he attended lectures in the academic and
medical schools of the University of
Virginia. Later he graduated in the
far off countries Harper’s Bazar.
A Successful Missionary.
One of tire most akljmttfi missionaries
in Oruomiali is a blind Armenian from
Ilarjxxil, Turkey. Ho knows the Bible
medical department of Columbia College, and riding on a miserable lit-
N. Y., serving years in the Presbyterian | *> e Amfccy, which is led by a one eyed
Hospital, New York, lie completed his d !?? f ,uaa - F oe8 . bo, l U y from vrliagu tc
Burglar Shot by a Touag Lady,
Pakkersbuho, West Va., Dec. 13.—
[Special.]—Sunday night Misa Mullen
shot and killed a burglar who was
crawling through a window.
REV. JUSTIN D- FULTON-
91a Book “Why Priests Khoald
Barry Pronounced Immoral and
Indecent.
Boston, Mass., Dec. 13.—[Special’]—
Rev Justin D. Fulton, of Brooklyn, re
cently awarded the firm of B*id, Avery
* Co., of this city, the -ontract for
printing his book, “Why Priests Should
Wed.” The manuscript was furnished,
and tha work of setting up the type com
menced. This work came to a sudden
halt, however, as the women employed
in the establishment waited on the firm
and refused tc work any longer on the
book, giving as their reason that it wss
grossly immoral and indecent The firm,
after carefully exsmiag the manuscript,
decided that the woman were justified in
their action, and dec'ined to go on with
the work, Mr. Fulton threatens suit.
course in l'-ris and Vienna. He has
since been practicing medicine in Allan-
ta, having been elected professoi of
chemistry in the Atlanta medical col-
lege some fifteen monthsag .. Dr. Cooper
is s man of unusually fine mind, snd by
close application at the very best schools
of medicine in the world, lie has made
himself a thorough master of his profes
sion. lie is rising rapidly, and will ere
long rank any of his profession in Geor
gia. Mr. ank Mrs. Tucker are on a trip
to Sew Orleans. They will make theii
home at the Kimball for the present
Senator Colquitt Charges Fraud.
New York, Dec. 12.—[Special.]— Sen
a lor Colquitt, of Georgia, in an address
before the Temperance Union here yes
terday, alleged that prohibition was de
feated in Atlanta by fraud.
village preaching the Gospel. His blind
ness protects him, and tho people crowi
to seo the wonder—a blind man reading.
—Chicago Herald.
A Happt Mariiiage. On yesterday
morning, in Harmony Grove, at the resi
dence of the bride’s parents, Mr. John
N. Booth, of this place, and Miss Rosa
Gordon were united in matrimony by
Rev. C. D. Campbell, of Atheni. Mr.
Booth is one of oar most enterprising,
young men, hiring come to Athens
sevend years ago a poor man, and by
nndauotod energy has be com one of
her most stolid citizens, having the re
spect and confidence of all. The bride
ia well known here, baring made this
city her home fo> some time past, and by
her genial disposition and rare charms
has drawn scores of friends around her
who unite heartily in extending their
congratulations.
Graud Blaster Workman Ponrderly
III.
Philadelphia. Pa., Dec. 13.—[Rpe-
ciaL]—John W. Hayes, secretary of the
executive board of the Knights of Labor,
received information yesterday to the ef
fect that Grand Master Workman Pow
derly ha* been stricken with severe hem-
orrhage of the longs, at his home in
Scranton, and wss very ill.
Bed Taplsm In Raul*.
In Russia there is autocratic red tapUm
in so small a thing as the color of a
hussar's jacket While in Dresden last
summer SEsh Agnes Huntington ordered
a uniform suitablo for the part of Lieut.
Vladimir in “Fatinitza.” The tailor had
the proper design, but informed Mia
Huntington that ho could not get tho
correct blue without sending to 8L Pe
tersburg. He was instructed to send;
ho complied, but was assured that the
minister of war must sanction the ship
ment of imperial blue cloth before it
could be forwarded. After many woks
of waiting and not s little pulling of
diplomatic wires, an American friend, a
charge d’affaires, or his United States
equivalent, obtained the requisite order
and the doth was sent to Dresden.—De
troit Freo Press. .
Pipe Mad* of VTooa Pulp.
ia on* ot the’ccnteri from
which wood pulp msnnWIntiirtng is cats
ried on. In talking about that process
for utilizing Wood, Mr. H. J. Med bury
said-. “It may sound strange to you, hut
they now make iron pipe out of wood
pulp. That ia to say, by procmaca in uae
they are making a tubing out ot wood
pulp that has many advantages over iron
for gaa and water pipes, etc. There is a
factory st Mechanicsville, but the adop
tion of the wood pulp pipe by the West-
ingbouse people at Pittsburg for natural
gas and other purposes lias made it necea-
aary to construct* large factory. It may
be put np at Canajoharie. The pipe ' 4
susceptible only to the destructive action
ot fluoric add.”—New York Tribune.
Macon, Ga., December 13th.—
Tom Woolfulk’s statement was brought
out by the defense. The prisoner took
his seat on the witness stand, and in
calm, low, but earnest voice, began his
statement. There was not a tremor in
his voice as he began. A death-like
stillness pervaded the court room as the
measured accents of the prisoner fell
upon the assembled multitude. The pris
oner bad a small sheet of paper in his
hands, to which he frequently turned
for reference as he challenged and com
mented on the several witnesses who
have testified against him.
Please your honor and gentlemen of
thejury—1 am charged with the killing
of my father, my brothers, my mother,
my sisters and Mrs. West. 1 say I am
an innocent man, anil I most humbly
hope you will, and I ask you to pay the
closest attention to what I have to say
about this terrible calamity.
We all sat up until about 9 o'clock,
and then we all retired about the same
time. 1 took a wash pan and bathed my
self and shaved myself, and then went to
bed and slept until about two hours be
fore day, when I was awakened by a
groan and a blow and a scream. I jump
ed up to go to my father’s assistance—
into the room where I heard the noise.
My brother Richard was quicker than I
was, and he rushed in ahead and was
knocked down, 1 could not see what
happened. The light had been blown
out. 1 could not see him, but I heard
him fall. I knew that my life was in
danger. I was greatly excited. I turn
ed aronnd and jumped over my bed and
ont of the window on to the front porch
and ren down to Green Lockett’s house,
the nearest negro house on the planta
tion. When I was going out of thi front
yard I heard screams from the children.
I called Green and called him. He came
after calling him for several times, and
sat down on the steps as if he was very
much disturbed. I begged him and beg
ged him to return to the house with me,
to assist me, to help me protect the fami
ly. 11c said he was afraid to go up. I
then got gome boys to go for the neigh
bors as quickly ts l could. In the m’an
time Anderson James came up behind
his bouse and he was frightened nearly
to death. He agreed to go with me. Ve
got up by the house when he said:
“Boss I hear somebody up there.” 1
said: -‘Have you got a pistol?” He
broke over towards Green Lockett’s
house. I called- him “Anderson” and
told him to go tall Mr. Smith to come as
quickly as possible. He said he was
joing for Smith. I listened and then 1
leard voices distinctly of the parties
who killed my father and his family. In
e little while 1 heard them go out the
back vray. 1 knew from tho actions of
the yard dog, from the way he was run
ning backwards and forwards with his
hesvy block and chain. He made a tro-
ndous noise. He wss following them
to the back gate. I heard the back gate
heard them run down towards
Tom Banks’ bonse. After standing
awhile tha dog ceased to bark and all
was still. I then approached the bouse
very cautiously. I went into my father’s
room and called him—no answer came.
I don’t remember whether I picked Pearl
up or not; 1 know that I picked mother
up off the floor and pulled her back on
the bed. and I tried to fiad a light, or a
match to make a light in the room, but
could not; tried to find a match, but
could not; I then felt of them to see if
they were breathings I got blood on
my hands snd flung it off. I then went
into the room where my sister and Mrs.
West slept, and 1 felt both of them, after
calling; all were dead in the house. I
then was greatly distressed—was rery
much excited. I took a pan of water,
about half full of water and then
washed mj hands and feet as well as 1
could. I had been tronblod with my
bowels, and I ran # ut behind the house,
and that is the way I got bh o 1 on my
drawers and leg. 1 do not know wheth
er I put my hands this way or that wny
(showing the way.) I went back io
Green Lockett’s house ami
met Mr. Smith there, when we
turned back to the house. When we got
to the housa Mr. Smith says: “1 hear a
noise in the house.” 1 thought probably
a dog or something of that kind was in
there. 1 went in then and felt of them,
and came back to where he was, and we
then called Green Lockett, lie said he
was sick. Smith called him, and finally
he came. Tom Uanks came up from the
direction these parties had run. I laid
him to tell the negroes to get up the
horses and go for the neighbors, and get
them to come quick as possible. I told
Smith how everything occurred; told
how I had bloo 1 all over my hands and
feet, and that I would go into the houst
and wash it off. I went io the well and
drew a bucket of water, but I could not
get all the blood off without soap, and 1
remembered leaving the soap in my room
the night before. I took the pan and the
water and went in then to my room, and
then 1 washed my hands and feet, where
I had gone into my ruom to wash the
night before.
1 went hack to where Mr. Smith was,
and sat there until some of the neighbors
came up. 1 told them that I was very
sick. The day was then about to break.
1 went into.the room and took a quilt and
lay down on it on the porch, and 1 lay
there until my step-mother’s first cousin,
Mr. Chambliss’ daughter, and Sylvester
Chambliss’ wife came. When she came
up she saw me there: She says: “He
did it. He is a devil in this world.” 1
saw her husband get greatly excited,
turn toward me and gritted hit teeth.
Everybody that would coiue up would
say that he done it. They would not
ask how do you know he done it—they
seemed to just believe it. Then fourjmen
came up and told ine to consider myself
under arrest. I told them all right. They
saul stand up. They said: “lie has got
blood on his ear.” 1 said blood is every
where. 1 then sat down, and 1 heard
them mistake what I said. I said, how
could 1 help it, when blood is every
where; it is on my hands and my feet. 1
told them I was very sick, and 1 took my
quilt and went Into the parlor.
They asked me to make a statement
before the coroner’s jury then to pull off
my clothes and they searched me. They
seached my body anil looked for blood,
but they found none. 1 put on my
clothes, and they said, he is bloody, he
has blood all over bis shirt, i said 1 did
not see any blood. They asked m
where the shirt was 1 bad pulled off. I
told them it was over there on the box
They said produce it. 1 went over and
got it.
They said that shirt you have got on
is too large for you. Full it off. 1 pulled
off and gave it to them. They took
shirt and wrapped it up among tiie bloody
towels. 1 did state to them that 1 could
not remember about using these towels,
but Ido remember now, very distinctly,
that l did wipe my hands with them, but
1 did not remember it then. They told
me to drop my drawers. They said
there was blood I said, it is dirt, when
I looked atit. I remember how I got tl
blood on me, and 1 told them the best L
could under my bowel troubles, that
rested my hands on the naked flesh.
They told me to button them up. 1 did
so. They told me they were through,
and I went back to the parlor and laid
down.
“Gontlemen, I sat down and heard
good people here tell lies—good men,
simply because they were prejudiced
against me. People that had been usu
ally in the habit of telling the truth un
til they were prejudiced so that they
could not help telling lies. a\nd, gentle
men, Ann James s&id that 1 said,“all
my people were dead as hell.”
1 have been in the habit of saying bad
words, but under the gieat distress I
was in, I know 1 never could have made
any such remark. Shelled. And gen
tlemen, 1 do not remember riding with
Bone Davis. If l ever did ride with
him, 1 never made such a remark as he
stated, 1 love my father as well as any
man loves his parent.
1 don’t know anything about Bone
Davis’ character as to truthfulness, only
know him when 1 meet him. I won’t
say that I would not believe him on
oath. He may tell the truth but he cer
tainly lied when he saiu 1 made any
threats against my father or any of my
family. And if 1 did say it L was either
crazy or drunk.
Mr Brewer said when I was making
my statement that 1 said that 1 heard a
groan and one lick and that blood spurt
ed on my ear. He lied. I said, “how
could 1 help getting blood on my ear
when it was flung everywhere?” That
is the expression 1 used. 1 don't know
how I got it I,there unlesswhen 1 got
blood on my hands,)! might have tried to
throw it off under the distress and excite
ment 1 was under.
John Owens is a negro of bail charac
ter. My father put him in the chain-
gang for stealing corn in the swamp, and
he also cut a white mar.. He was a ne
gro of bad character. He swore that I
spoke to him, and said 1 expected to own
the property someday. 1 don’t remem
her telling him anything of the kind
Whilcu John was white-washing the
housene marked some cattle for u»y fa
ther, and they died from it, and in> fa
ther gave hitu a severe scolding. While
he was dressing the cattle, 1 heard him
make this remark. He said he was paint
ing father's walls, or Captain’s walls,
white now, but he would paint them red
before long; he hadn’t for. ot about the
chaingang business. 1 told father what
he said, and he said he knew he was a
bml nogro. About Mr. Dannenberg. 1
don’t remember having any conversation
with him two years ago. If I said any
thing, it was not a threat towards my
father, or parents or anything of the
kind. George Caldwell, 1 remember, hav
ing helped father arrest him after he was
carried to Macon, for father came to me
one momim* and told me he had stole an
mxc, and 1 he pel him to ariest him
have not st eu nun since. I don t remem
her saying anything to him any way
shape or form. Now. gentlemen, if you
think lam guilty, I hope this crowd will
take me and cut me all to pieces, and
won’t flinch from it.
Atcent of Klllmaqjaro.
The highest mountain in Africa' hae at
last been conquered. Dr. A. Meyer, of
Leip6ic, succeeded in reaching the sum
mit of the Kibo peak in August last.
Kilimanjaro was discovered by the mis
sionary Rebmann in 1848, and in the
following year his colleague, Krapf, dis
covered its snow covered companion,
Kenia. In 1862 Van der Decken at
tempted to ascend Kilimanjaro, but suc
ceeded only in reaching a height of
14,000 feet. In 1871 the Rev. Charles
New ascended as far as tho snow line,
and in 1884 Mr. II. H. Johnston reached
a height of 16,000 feet. Dr. Meyer took
six days to reach tlio summit of the
crater of Kibo. On the first day he
reached the forest limit; on the second
Johnston’s camp; on tho third, passing
over extensive grass meadows, he at
tained the snow lines, and here, as usual,
his native comiianions deserted him.
On the fourth day, through broken up
blocks of lava, Dr. Meyer reached the
foot of the crater, and Hie edge of the
crater itself on the fifth day. This he
found to lie thickly glaciated, as also the
region which lies between Kibo and its
lower companion summit, KimuwezL
The sixth day Dr. Meyer spent in taking
photographs and making collections
around Kilx>, and he also spent several
days lower down at the snow limit for a
similar purjKise. He estimates the height
of the Kibo summit at close on 20,000
feet, considerably higher than the esti
mates of Mr. Johnston. Dr. Meyer’s de
tailed narrative of his journey will be
looked for with interest.—London Stand
ard.
Value* III* Autograph.
“I see that Ben: Perley Poore’s collec
tion of autographs is to bo sold,” said a
bright young lawyer who would shine in
community where lawyers are less
plentiful. “But I don’t believe,” he
continued, “that any autograph in the
collection will bring more than mine.”
“And what is the market value of
your autographs?” asked Mr. Rustler.
“To tho best of my knowledge only
one has ever l»een sold, and it brought
first $4M and then $500.”
“And who were the unfortunate pur
chasers?”
“Mr. Noteshaver bought it for $400,
which was 50 j>er cent, of its jar value,
and 1 myself secured it from him at a
slight advance of $100. I urn rather
choice of my autograjihs, and I shall j»ut
no more on the market unless hard
pressed.”—Kansas City Journal.
lHr* George C. I.acF$ off Sarannal^
Wed* Ono off Alheua’ Fair Daugh
ter*.
Yesterday afternoon, in spite'of chill
ing gales and pattering rains, a bright and
attractive scene wss witnessed In the
Baptist church. The audience was hurgn
end their faces were fall of interest* as
the many friends of lliss Bailie Me-
m AYhorter^Flemipg gathered to witness
vsrn&h. 1
At four o'clock the wedding party nr*
rived in carriages before the church door,
snd the organ pealed an inspiring wel
come. After a short delay, the ushers
marched up the aisle in the following or
der:
Thomas A. Burke, Leon D. Sledge,
Lem H. Charbonnier, Jr., John D. Mell.
Next caiue ?he groomsmen, in the fol
lowing order.
Geo. U. Warthcn, of Sandersville, and
W. J. Briggs, of Athens.
Frank Weldon, of Savannah, and Her
bert Fleming, of Athens.
T. W. Mitchell, of Macon, and Dr.
Wm. Rawlings, of Sandersville.
J. B. Floyd, of Savannah, and John S.
Persons, of Macon.
The bridesmaids were as follows.
Miss Maude Talinadge, ef Athena, and
Miss Claudia Lewis, ot Montgomery.
Miss Sallie Maude Jones, of Atlanta,
and Miss Mary McGhee, of Atlanta.
Miss Augusta Noble and Miss Upson,
of Athens.
Miss Fitzallcn Wright, of Macon, and
Miss Berta Latimer, of Athens.
Then came the bride and groom.
After a brief and impressive ceremony,
performed by Rev. C. I). Campbell, the
party, with a few invited guests, return
ed to the residence of Col. Thomas
Fleming, on Prince avenue, where deli
cious hospitality was dispensed. At six
o’clock last evening Mr. and Mrs. Lacy
left on the Northeastern Railroad train
lor Washington City. Mr. Lacy is a
prominent and wealthy wholesale sta
tionery merchant in Savannah, and has
hosts of friends all over the State. Miss
Fleming was one of the most pojiular and
lovable young ladies in Athens. Hers
:s a character of great sweetness, and sho
is gifted with rare graces and strong men
tal qualities. She will bo missed in Ath
ens by all, who congratulate her husband
on his charming bride.
An Agnostic** Deathbed.
Strauss hud a daughter, whom he had,
strangely, sent to a pietistic school, while
he was separated from her mother. She
was educated a pious girl, and subse
quently married a physician. She was
called home when her father was about
to die, nnd was deeply affected. When
he saw her weeping, he took her hand in
his and said: “My daughter, your fathor
has finished his course. You know his
jirinciples and view’s. He cannot com
fort you with the assurance of seeing
you again. What your father has done
will live forever, but his jiersonality will
forever cease to be. He must bow to the
unchangeable law of the universe, and to
that law he reverently says: *Thy will be
done.’ ”—Tiie Princeton Review.
Srnllng Wax Cauatng Trouble.
In a notice just i&sued the postoffice
recommends the disuse of sealing wax on
ordinary letters for countries over the
sea. It often happens that the wax is
melted by the heat under tho tropics or
by the fumigations to which the mail
bags are subjected. In La Plata, for in
stance, the letters are found to stick to
gether so that they cannot be sejxirated
without injury to the address, and aref in
this way often lost. Ordinary letters are
quite sufficiently sealed with gum or
wafers, and registered letters, for which
ax seals are required, are carefully
handled on the way.—Paris Cor. London
News.
Killing Off Their Uuaband*.
Young married farmers have been dy
ing off with dreadful suddenness in vil
lages of Syrmia in Eastern Croatia.
These young farmers were all brand new
husbands, and at last their deaths, all
coming so soon after their marriage, ex
cited suspicion and the matter was inves
tigated. It was found that an old woman
had conceived tho idea of getting pretty
young girls to marry farmers and poison
them and divide the spoils. The old
oman is now in jail, and so far seven
young widows to whom she had fur
nished poison with which to kill their
'Husbands.—Foreign Letter.
BIC FIRE IN MARIETTA.
Twenty TI»on**«i»il Dollum* Worth
Of Property Destroyed Ycaterdujr
.Vlorninu*
Makietta, Dec. 11.— [Special.]—This
morning, between 1 anil 6 o’clock, a lire
in Marietta destroyed about $,‘20000
worth of property on the corner of the
square next to the street which leads to
the depot
There has been no night watchman m
Marietta since last Sunday, and when tho
alarm was given this morning about four
o’clock, the lire had made considerable
progress in tw o of the stores.
Mr. Springer, a dry goods merchant,
Kurmup, a banker, Boneuian, a jeweler,
T. \V. Glover, beef market and grocery
store, and E. 1*. Dobbs & Co., hardware
store, were all burned out.
Dobbs & Co. bad $6,0(J0 insurance on
their stock of hardware, but this did net
cover the loss by several thousand dol
lars. A good deal of the hardware was
saved, but in a badly damaged condition.
Springer’s loss was $5,000, insurance
$3,0U0. Glover bad a small amount of
insurance on his stock.
Mr. Burnap's bank papers and cur
rency were jin his fire-proof safe,
which went through a tire before
and preserved its contents. At
seven o’clock a lot of burning tim
bers had fallen about the safe and form
ed a bed of coals around it. The firemen
were.afraid to put a stream on it, for
fear of bursting the safe.
Groves Brothers, an insurance firm,
had their papers in a safe, and they are
probably preserved, but their books were
burned.
There was $1,000 insurance on each of
thfc buildings.
CRAW’FOBIT.
Crawford, Ga., Dec. 13.—[Special.]—
Dock Dorsey and family spent Sunday
in our town.
D M Gaulding is confined to his room
with a hevere attack of Rheumatism.
Miss Nellie Doble is visiting relatives
in Bairdstown.
Miss Lizzie Hurt, of Maxeys, is visiting
Mrs R S Martin.
Walter Lowe has been on tho sick fist
for a day or two.
Mrs J P Armistead is visiting friends
and relatives io B drdstown.
J F Cheney will spend this week with
W H Morton and enjoy himself huntin
birds.
5 There was about 288 white and 284
negroes that signed the petition to > the
Ordinary calling for the election on the
whisky question, which about represents
the strength of the intis in our county.
CRAWFORD*
Cbawfobd, Dec. 14.—[Special.]—J F
Cheney come home yesterday from
visit to friends in Clarke county, quite
sick. We sre glad to know that he
better this morning.
Some one broke into Dave Gaulding'
potato bank and stole all of his potatoes.
J C Edwards, a book agent, who has
been making Crawford his home for the
past year, left yesterday for his home
Tennessee.
R D Stokely is the champion bird
hunter »f »ir t» r i. e brings them
every time he goes.
Why th© Duck* Dived.
A Norwich, Conn., man, who had
stocked his pond with a rare and hand
some breed of ducks, found that they
were slowly disappearing, but where they
went he could not determine. One day
visitor, sitting on the piazza, said:
You’ve got queer ducks. I’ve seen two
of them dive, but they haven’t come up
yet.” This was a suggestion to be acted
upon. Tho owner drew off the water
from tho jxind, and found seventeen
snapping turtles. He killed them, and
now the ducks do not disapjiear, or at
least when they dive they come up again.
—New York Sun.
Tobogganing Mod© Koay.
Among the features at Parlor Ro«k
this winter will be two huge toboggan
slides. Besides the exhilarating exercise
of sliding down hill, tobogganers can ex
perience the sensation of sliding up again.
A hydraulic belt, or chain, running con
tinually, will be used to attach to the as
cending toboggans and slowly draw
them and their occujants up to the top
of the slides. Tho water power of tho
lake will be used to run these elevators,
ell as to run the dynamo machines
for electric lightning.—New Haven Reg
ister.
SurreMful Whaling Voyage.
The days of successful whaling are net
over, though the business has become
very risky. The substitution of steamers
for sailing vessels has resulted in some
very good voyages Lately. One of tho
most fortunate skippers of the day is
Cajit. Bauldry, of the New Bedford
steam whaler Orea, who lias just re
turned with all the oil and bone his ship
can carry. He actually gave away .wo
whales that his crew had killed to a
rival, because his own storage room was
fulL—New York Commercial Advertiser.
Rattle* Which Spoil Wine.
M. Peligot. an eminent French chemist,
has made a discovery w hich will be very
comforting to wine merchants all over
the-world. When you buy choice wine
ut an alarming number of shillings per
dozen, and afterwards find that you have
got u sour highly branded concoction, it
does not at all follow, it seems, that the
wine merchant is dishonest. It is all the
fault of the bottles. Mo6t French bottles,
says M. Peligot, are well made and
worthy of receiving good wine; but
Franco is inundated with bottles of for
eign manufacture, whose namo is abomi
nation. In the good old days, when soda
and potash formed the basis of bottle
glass, wine improved by keeping; but
now that glass, like everything else, is#
adulterated, the best vintages are liable
to be spoiled. Materials that are largely
ferruginous are constantly employed in
tho manufacture of glass for bottles; and
upon these constituents the acids in the
wine act very powerfully, with the result
that the liquid becomes impregnated with
a solution of magnesia or what not.—
New York Sim.
Municipal Iheatre*.
Mr. Henry Irving is in favor of munici
pal theatres. He declares it to be his be
lief that a well conducted theatre is os
necessary as a free library; that if tho
question were put to vote the majority of
tho ratepayers in large towns would sup-
jx>rt such a theatre; and that whereas a
free library is a charge to the ratepayers,
because it is free, a theatre would not be
free, but, if properly managed, would be
a paying speculation.—Chicago Tribune.
IIA It MO.N Y UltOVK.
Harmony Grove, Dec. 12.—[Special.]
—Mr Eugene Ingland, of Apple Valley,
is in the Grove this morning.
Miss Cynthia Thomas, one of Bush-
ville's most popular young ladies, has
been spending a few days in the Grove,
the guest of Mr» 0 W Hood.
A large drove of mountain cattle and
turkey8 passed through the Grove this
morning en route for Athens.
M isses Ross Gordon and Decia Oliver,
two of Athens’ most fascinating belles
are in the city, the guests of Mr G VV
Gordon. We wish them a long and
pleasant stay in the Grove.
Rev. Dr. YV B J Hardeman preached
an excellent sermon at the Baptist^^
church, in this place, yesterday in** - ^
The Doctor is a worthy workr tn °Jj
cause of Christ. fffiry
The little tramp Hutchinson
ta, was sent home last Friday M
the citizens of this j>lace. T|
good riddance for the town.
Dr L G llardtnan emph&ucally denies
that he hany inteqfc .» of moving to the
Classic City, -ugage in the practice of
medicine. T?,e Doctor has a large and
lucrative practice here and is willing to
let good enough alone.
Col J. M. Merritt and Messrs Dave
Lyle and W B Wagnon were in the
Grove yesterday, visiting the fair sex.
The beauty and accomplishments of the
Harmony Grove girls are appreciated by
the boys of adjacent towns, as well as by
our home boys. Come again, gentlemen.
We are always glad to see you.
Justice’s court convened here this
morning, with W \V Jordan and W J
Gober on the bench. Several cases are
on docket, and a lively time is expected.
Besides our local bar, we noticed the fol
lowing visiting attorneys: Hon W I
Bike, of Jefferson, and Cols W B Bur
nett and E K Lumpkin, of Athens. Court
will not adjourn until to-morrow even
ing.
Harmony Grove, Dec. 13.—[Special.]
A large number of delegates to the State
Grange, whioh meets at Salem Lodge to
day, arrived in the city last night and
this morning, are en route for the place
of meeting.
Married, at the residence of the bride’s
father, Miss Rosa Gordon, of this place,
to Mr John Booth, of Athens. The mar
riage ceremony was performed by Rev G
D Campbell, in the presence of the rela
tives and a few select friends of the
bride and groom. The many friends of
Mr and Mrs Booth wish them a long and
happy life
JEFFERSON*
Jeffeuson, Dec. 12.—[Special.]—Dick
Hood, the Madison county reporter,
seems to be giving Collector Hunt, of our
town, a good deal of notoriety. Mr.
Hunt knows nothing about Hood’s for
mer acts; he has only been doing his
duty as a faithful officer of the U. S.
revenue service.*
The contract for the practice at the
pauper fartmwas awarded to Dr. J B Pen—
dergaa&s on Saturday.
Rev Mr Hoyt preached his last ser
mon here on yesterday. He has endear
ed himself to our people of all denomi
nations, and we all regret that that he
baa found it best to leave us.
The Sunday schools of tho tou n will
have a union Christmas tree. It will be
under the supervision of ihe Baptist
school this year.
Jkffkrton, Dec. 13.—(Special.)—
Much regret is expressed by our older
citizens at the loss the State. has sus
tained in the dea.h ot Hon G J Orr*
State School Commissioner. He was a
native of our county, and his family
stood well in this section. There is
scarcely a family in Jackson county but
has some member of it that was educat
ed bp the Orr family, and the old Orr
homestead, near Jefferson, is still occu
pied by the granddaughter of tho origi
nal settler, the father of the late G J
Orr. Nothing would tend so much to
add historic interest to our county as
the biography of our prominent natives*
We are proud to number among them
that grand Christian gentleman of your
towh, Judge Y L G Harris, who has dons
so much to aid in the educational inter
ests of our State.
Mrs Wilejr Howard is in Florida on *
visit lo her sister.
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