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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1891. TJik finance REPORT c-ndered bythe finance com- A5 m ,tteeofthe council. er k Treasurer’* Report of 3Ion- ' ,e U e<>te< l, Raid out and on Hand— •>.» "■« Commltte.nm- f , ))){ i,ly Interesting Reading. ^ was aunminced in Tin; Timks- , ‘ venterday tlie council, at its I * E1 *j, Monday afternoon received the 11 r<if the finance committee of that b!,Jv and ordered it published. l’elow the report is given. It is a doc- i'merit that needs no accompan chart and it will lie found of much stand, not one cent of interest can be collected on the considerable amount of outstanding and delinquent taxes. 2d. Water Works,—As will be seen in statement, the balance falls on the wrong side of the account. We desire to call your attention to two items of expense in ( this account, viz.; The cost of fuel and tlie rate of freights. These items appear quite large to us, ami we would respectfully suggest that your body call tlie attention of tlte water commission to these facts. od. Sinking fund for payment of inter est and principal of bonds.—Under the ordinance authorizing tlie issuo and sale f our bonds it is expressly stated “that d°' , the clerk and treasurer shall keep asepa- ymg , rate account of all the moneys collected terest to tl; tax payers of Americas le el i, to all who are interested iti Tlie report reads: mevs collected j under this ordinance, and no part of tlie same shall lie applied to any other pur pose than the payment of the interest and principal c.f the bonds." In other "To th« l!" 11- an ' 1 WO' Council | words, this fund sliall.be kept sepa.ate A mem (la.—Your finance com- I anil -i nviolat e. | ""e lind that this lin s.s ..«-nP4‘tfuilv submit the following » roitte lespecum^ * not open done. A separate accouut lias been kept by the treasuier on books, THE BOTTOM TOUCHED. THE TREASURY BOOKS SHOW A DE FICIT—WHERE’S THE SURPLUS? The Outlook for the Next FUcal Tear Is an Exceedingly Gloomy One—It May Get Worse—Postmaster Locke, of Macon, at the Capitol. report: Our lirst quarterly report-vas due un- April 1, 18111, der the law ef the city That vour honorable body may under hand the delay in this important mat- r WM nut tlie fault of your committee, e feel it but just to ourselves to state . l,nvc belli ourselves In readiness to do the work, but wero unable to get tbo books and accounts, tlio clerk having ro- ported them not readyjfor examination. U'e have gone over tlie books and ac counts and checked ofT the vouchers as prescribed, and find tlie statement as submitted by the treasurer correct, so far as we have been able to determine, and the balances reported by him tally with those of tbo banks in which the ac counts are kept. Tlie vouchers aro all in place, exception tlie April coupons, which have been duly paid, but not yet returned from the holders. IVe herewith submit the city treasur er's report, showing tbo receipts and disbursements from January 1, 1891, to May -‘0,1891: ns. To cash balance January Nt, 1891..$ 653 OD To B.jak of'Amerlcu* Jan. 1st, ISM. IS 797 15 To Water Kent* 2 1*90 15 To Interest anil Kxchamp* 687 97 To Beat 12-5 To City Hull 3 SI9 45 To Water Kxteualon 6*1 80 To Expense Account ' 25 25 To Ho To Pi etl.Ji To La i p Departti To Cemet To Street To City T. chool Tax 8 23 l 451 13 ;tl8 92 15 *JU r 781 ; r 791 78 To Water fax 3 853 11 To Sewerage Tax I 542 57 To Public Buildings Tax 1 5l« 65 To License Tax 2 426 73 To Street Ta. 186 00 f17 788 24 C R. By City AvteMMor* $ 100 00 By J. P.. Felder 400 00 By D. K. Brinson, Clk 250 U) By E. A. Hawkins At.ty 158 32 By Int and Exchange 5 40 By Coupon Act 2.700 CO By Scavenger 131 28 By Rent 12* (0 By City Clock 38 25 By Public School* 4,577 89 By Printing 19150 By Sanitary Act 179*0 By Board of Health 12 50 By Auditing Commission 440 00 By Medical Act 43 00 By Board ot Alderman 130 00 By W. K. Wneat ley 06 66 By Guard House .88 19 By Fire Department 363 46 By City Hall 8,025 0 By Geo. G. Earl 30*» 0 Byu. M. Kldrldge 250 00 By Dredging Muckalee Creek 205 9» .\ Water Extension 4.076 66 V By Well jfcv 27 ' (fy Expense Act 439 00 ( By Police Department 2,363 35 ; By House Connect lous 711 20 By Waterworks 3,036 43 U By Bound 37 50 »y Lights 2,241 58 By Cemetery Dep’t 223 69 By Street Dep’t 1,827 72 5*) 00 112 98 12,041 14 1,333 32 13.487 44 $17,788 24 behave the following comments to malie upon the statement and upon cer- toiu items of the disbursements: t tider the liead of “Auditing Commis- Is the sum of $440, the amount !' aid to ^ r * McKay, tlie accountant, who s Uow engaged upon tlie work ©f audtt- l * u ‘ kooks and accounts of the city, hs item, iu our opinion, is a justifiable ° Qe ’ ^ le status of the accounts of the c,t > making it a necessity. The same t nng can he said of the $200 in the water W0f ks account paid to Mr. Dunn. The item of $2,303.33 in police depart* me,| t ’.s rather large, hut will he less per •Jdarter for the balance of the year on * account of the reduction of the police but all the money has gone into th<*gen* oral fund. Prompt attention to this matter is imperative, and we urge upon your body to have the treasurer ascer tain the amount due this fund to date, and to transfer tlie same at once from the general fund, and to instruct him to keep the same separate and apart in ac cordance with the law. Such laxity on the part of the city government will sub ject us to criticism, and perhaps to something worse. 4th. Closing of the tax hooks and is suing fi-fas. We find that there are a number'taxes delinquent for 1800. The city is iu need of every dollar due us, and we therefore urge you to take immediate steps for tlie making of these collections. We recommend that you order the tax hooks closed and fi-fas issued as soon as prac ticable. Wo respectfully submit the above as a part of our report. We have other im portant matters to bring before your body. Tlie above statement shows only the receipts and disbursements for the stated time. We feel it our duty to go further, and shall not consider our work completed until we have placed before your body and the taxpayers of this city a full and complete showing of the financial condition. This is duo to the taxpayers, and we feel sure that they will he satisfied with nothing less. De lay in these matters has .already subject ed the city government to adverse criti cism, and everything should he done to hasten this complete report. The chairman of the auditing commis sion reports to us that Mr. McKay, the auditor, completed his work up to a cer tain date, when ho was compelled to suspend his labors, on account of the clerks not having the hooks and ac counts ready for him. Mr. McKay ar rived in tlie city to-day and lias repented himself ready for business. Your body should do all in your power to facilitate this work. Mr. Dunu, the accountant, employed upon the hooks and accounts of Mr. Hawkins, the late superintendent of th^ water works, reports he will he able to close his work this week, and hand in to us his statement. To cover these and other matters which we wish to bring before your honorable body, it will he necessary for us to make a supplement ary report, which we hope to do at the next regular meeting. Respectfully, J. K. Bivins, Clfn. J. J. Williford, P. H. Williams. ABOUT THAT RAILROAD. By License.. By Cash By Bunk of A By IV,pies Nat’l. force. W also desire to bring to your notice ,e 'lowing matters, and we urge upon . ° Ur honorable body the necessary action IQ * a ch case. 1st. Wo find that the ordinances fix , J y^dte time for the closing of the * *°°ks and issuing ti fas. The fixing * definite date and requiring the er ‘to issue fi fas. promptly is of . rno,st importance. The city should edV 8ame 8 y*tem as has been adopt- in J , the Htate ’ wIl *ch compels the clos- K° the hooks and issuance of fi-fas J°. Q a ccrtaia date. The benefit of this „* r em would he two-fold: It would '• to ln8ure the prompt payment of citvl an l a . 1 tlle 8ame timo ena We the int. ° realize au lucome in the way of wmiij 81 * wIllcIl » under the law. the fi-fas d draw from date. As matters’ Abbeville and Rochelle Interested in the Atlanta A Florida Extension. Where will the Atlanta & Florida ex tension run is a question that the people of Abbeville and Rochelle would like to have answered. It may he that the old time rivalry be tween these places will spring up over the matter. Just now it seems that Rochelle has the call on its competitor. For some time parties interested in the Atlauta and Florida railroad have been in that section, and roport says that they have bought up large tracts of timber lands there. Abbeville is very anxious to have the road run there, hut the last survey goes through Rochelle, which is about nine miles west of Abbeville, and consequently the citizens of Rochelle are counting very strong upon having the railroad, and claim that it is hut a ques tion of time when they will have the court house also. It is said that the road will go from this section through Blackshear direct to Brunswick. The Abbeville and Waycross railroad company have commenced work again. They have already thirteen miles of road and are now laying twelve more miles of rail, and expect soon to have in opera tion twenty-five miles of railroad. At the last meeting of the directors of this road, Mr. R. V. Bowen was elected pres ident There are those in Abbeville who be lieve that an arrangement will be per fected whereby this road will become a part of the Atlanta ami Florida. Others, and they aro men who profess to know whereof they speak, say that such will not he the case. Bo that as it may the location of the extension of the Atlanta and Florida is a matter that is causing much discus sion in Wilcox county. It is recalled that Mother Goose was a real personage. She left many goslings behind. Washington, D. C., June 20.—The bottom has been touched at last. The treasury hooks yesterday showed a deficit of nearly $8,000,000. It is a huiuiliatiug exhibit and is directly chargeabl ciering. During the eleven months of the •esent fiscal year, from July 1st, 161H), to June 1st, 1801, the net reduction of the public debt was only $27,845,802, and. the reduction occurred during the first seven months of the fiscal period. Since February the actual inciease of the public debt is $2,544,303. The outlook for the next fiscal year, beginning July 1st, is very had. The treasury is practically hare and the re ceipts under the McKinley hill are all that Mr. Foster will have to depend on, unless he confiscates the gold reserve. When Mr. Cleveland turned over tlie presidency to Mr. Harrison, lie left an available sum for curreut obligations equivalent to $100,000,000. The aver age surplus during 3Ir. Cleveland’s time amounted to $100,000,000, about one- half of which was applied annually to reducing the public debt. What Mr. Foster will do to put a bet ter face on the treasury affairs remains to be seen. Postmaster Locke of Macon is here to secure additional help for his ofiice. Yesterday the architect of the treas ury advised that lie would he authorized soon to advertise forbids to construct a sewer from the Macon postoftice to the river. The last congress passed an ap propriation of $8,000 for this work. Mr. Locke says that the sub-ways of the Macon postoffice hold water. The building is located on tlie site of an old pond. At one point the excavation for the proposed drain will he thirty feet deep. “What do you think of the third party as a factor in national politics?” was asked lion. Benton McMillin, of Tenues see, w ho was here to-day. “It looks like,” replied Mr. McMillin, “that in the northwest it will cut a con siderable figure, particularly Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas. I do not think it will develop much strength in tlie balance of the country. The princi ples of the democratic party, when prop erly administered, would give most of the practical relief that is sought by the people at this time. A number of the propositions of the third party are so impractical and chimerical that they cannot long maintain a strong hold on the masses of the people. I see very little disposition to go off with the third party in that portion of Tennessee over which I have traveled since the people’s party was launched. “The citizen is hard to please in gov ernment who wants more than the prin ciples advocated by Jefferson, Jackson and the other fathers of the democ racy.” “So far as you have heard what is the comment of politicians, democratic and republican, on the third party?” “Tlie general opinion that I have heard expressed is somewhat in accord with what I have stated, coupled with the further comment generally made by democrats of gladness rather than sad- noss that the^third party was organized at the recent meeting. I think there is more of pleasure than of pain caused by the forma tion of a party where discontent ed political souls can now find rest and congeniality when they get so good that they cannot he content with the democracy or so had that they even don’t want to he longer with the repub licans. It will tend to straighten rather than crook politics.” “Do you think the farmers' alliance with affiliate with the new party?” “I don’t believe they will in this part of the country. A good many of the leaders of the old greenback party are iu the third party, hut I do not think it will he made up wholly or mainly with them. I am not in a position to judge what the effect of the third party will ho among the labor organizations.” CHANGING DISTRICTS. DeKalb, Gwinnett, Fulton, Rockdale and Cobb. It will he seen that the new districts A PLAN THAT WILL GO BEFORE THE i cutout for Atlauta and contains only GENERAL ASSEMBLY j six counties. About four more counties j will have to he added in to give it its Aiuerlcu* to lie the Center of the Fourth ! P ro ral44 Population. * District—Atlanta the Hub of » New DU- j c ° l - Livingston is put in the northeast trlct-Livlugftton Left out by Thi» Flan— > a new district which extends Lively Time Ahead. • "ouch of Atlanta to the Alabama ' line. IL? is located out of his own stamping ground altogether, part of the present fifth, which lie represents, being EIGHT UGLY GASHES, VARYING IN LENGTH FROM FOUR- TEEN TO FOUR INCHES, Made on the Body of W. R. Jackson by R. H. Daniel—Only a Belt Saved the Wound ed Man'* Life—The Story of iba Affair. About the most interesting if not the most important question that will come j converted into the eleventh, and almost before the coming session of the legUia- j the whole of the pre-cut eighth being ture will he the redistricting of tlie state \ thrown into the tent! into eleven instead of ten congressional republican finan-1 districts. Georgia's increase in population With the couutie» allotted to tlie- first hstrict, it will have its full proportion of population, and with Burke, JetTer- titles it tu another congressman, accord-1 sou Washington a great deal more, iug to the last census. The redistrict ing of the state will naturally he tin most fertile field for dickering among notwithstanding it would give away Appling, C'amdeu, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Glynn, Pierce, Ware and politicians and also for satisfying old Wayne to he the new Urnus- animosities, putting different represents, j wick ,Hstrict. In fact all of the coun- tives on the shelf hy placing them in i ties for tlie Brunswick district, except districts where there is little likelihood j Coffee, Berrien aud Lowndes, are taken of their being returned. There are many coutlictiu to he satisfied, as well as ti e aspirations i counties. They of politicians. Brunswick, for instance, ! however, and to 0 from the Savannah district, ,This would interests j give the Brunswick district twelve all thinly settled, ’e the district its wa*s a district all to Iterself, where she I proportionate population it would have Accidentally Shot Himself. Mr. \V. C. Bussell accidentally shot himself with a calibre pistol yester day. He was painfully wounded and will be contlned several days on account of it. He had been oiling the pistol, which is kept in Fleetwood & Russell's drug store. Tlie weapon was cocked and in someway it was fired, the ball entering midway -tr. Russell's left thigh. Physicians who were called immediately could not trace the ball. It la thought that it struck the bone and glanced ofT. As stated the wound is painful, but by no means serious. They’re After Him. a Adolphus Holmes, colored,' was con victed of larceny in the couty court the other day and sentenced to pay $40 or go to the gang. Mr. \V, T. Mound came from Alabama yesterday for Adolphus. He is wanted there for jumpiug a.con- tract and a bill of (70 which he had drawu. The fine will probably be paid here and Adolphus carried to Alabama. deficit! biz will no longer ho overshadowed by Savannah, and Atlanta wauts a little dis trict all her ow n, that sho will have no trouble in bossing, and one that will leave Col. Livingston on the outside to hustle for himself. All of the impor tant cities of the stato, Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Savannah, Columbus, Americas, Athens, Rome and Brunswick want u separate district each, in which they hope to exert a predominating inlluenoe in the selection of a representative. Slates will he made up to discomfort the recently victorious allianco representa tives, aud other slates to strengthen them f n their present positions. Besides tlie cities every important town will endeavor to be placed iu the district where its iulluence will be most felt. All these various interests will have to be considered and satisfied in part, and in addition every district must bo so con structed that it will he undoubtedly democratic. Georgia’s condition ip this respect is so felieftous a one at present that there is no necessity for construct ing shoe-string districts except to sat isfy some aspiring politicians. Sumter's representativeslinvo received a map of the state with the proposed boundaries of tlio new districts marked out in bright red. It was confided to thorn hy a brother member of the legis lature, and will, they say, he presented substantially as planned out. The gen tlemen from Sumter of course don't know whether they will support this plan or not. The plan appears to be a very favora ble one for tbe southern portion of the stato, though there will certainly be some tooth and toenail fighting over it in the northern portion. Some slight changes are made in Judge Crisp's district. If this plan car ries ho will hereaftor be elected frJIn tho Fourth, instead of the Third district, as at present. The district itself would be clanged only In that Stewart and Web ster counties would be loft out and Johnson county put in. Under this or der of things these counties would be In tbe Fifth district, with Columbus as the principal city. It is not known bow those counties would like this change. They are very well satisfied with J udgo Crisp to reprosent them. It proyideB a separate district for Brunswick, cutting off a number of coun ties from tbe Savannah district for that purpose. Showing an idea of the proba ble action of tbe legislature the plan of division Is au interesting one. It is as follows: First District (Savannah).—Chatham, Tattnall, McIntosh, Emanuel, Liberty, Scriven, llryan, Johnson, Effingham, Laurens, Bulloch, Montgomery, Bulloch, Montgomery, Telfair, and perhaps Burke and Jefferson. Second District (Brunswick).—Glynn, Echols, Camdcu, Clinch, Wayne, Ware, Appling, Coffee, Fierce, Berrien, Charl ton and Lowudes. Third District (Albany). — Brooks, Dougherty, Thomas, Calhoun, Decatur, Early, Miller, Clay, Mitchell, Quitman, Colquitt, Randolph and Terrell. Fourth District (Americus).—Worth, Dodge, Lee, l’ulaskt, Sumter, Houston, Dooly, Macon, Irwin, Schley, Wilcox, and perhaps Telfair, Montgomery, Lau rens and Johnson. Fifth District (Columbus).—Stewart, Taylor, Webster, Talbot, Chaijaliooohee 1 Harris, Muscogee, Meriwether, Marion and Heard. Sixth District(Macon).—Twiggs, Fike, Wilkinson, Monroe, Ribb, Jones, Craw ford, Baldwin, Upson, Jasper and Butts. Seventh District.—Xowton, Campbell, Henry, Coweta, Spalding, Douglass, Clayton, Haralson, Forsyth and Carroll. Eighth District (Rome).-Paulding, Fannin, Polk, Murray, Flovd, Whitfield, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Walker, Gordon, Dade and Gilmer, Xlnth District (Gainesville).—Chero kee, Towns, Pickens, Rabun, Dawson, Habersham, Forsyth, Franklin, Lump kin, Banks, Hall, Jackson, Union, and possibly Madison, Elbert and Hart. Tenth District . (Augusta).—Clark, Glascock, Oconee, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, Lincoln, Greene, Columbia, Putnam, Richmond, Morgan, McDuffie, and possibly Burke, Jefferson and Washington. Eleventh d Is trick (Atlanta)—Milton, to come farther north and take a few more of the counties of the first district, and forcing the first farther north. The claims of Augusta and Athens do not appear to be considered in this plan, as they are both thrown into tlio tenth district. Iu fact almost all of the counties of the present eighth are added to the tenth, giving that district a popu lation of nearly 300,000, which Is entire ly out of proportion. This might cm barrass that lively young a’llanco demo crat, Hon. Thomas E. Watson, who was recently elected from the tenth district, with Augusta anil Athens both to fight and a groat deal more ground to covor. Mo far as can bo learned there is one thing that most of the representatives arc agreed on. Further than that they are agreed on nothing. That is that Brunswick and .Savannah should be in different districts. Brunswick's inter ost8 and Savannah’s are antagonistic to some extent, or a great many people would think so, anyway, and I think the Brunswick people would be bettor satis fied in a separate district. The total alteration of the map in tho upper portion of the state Is doubtless meant to favor dark horses. THE GEORGIA MELON. A Well* Posted Alert Talks Interestingly About Them. M. II. Connaly, of tlio Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louis railway, was in Americus on a Dying business trip yes terday. He and bis Jacksonville, Fla., force are temporarily located at Valdos ta, whore they are engaged In looking after melon shipments for the westorn linos. Later, Mr. Connally will make his headquarters in Macon, Ga, and there remain until the fruit season opens up In Florida next fall. Mr. Connally says melon shipments are late this season, as compared with the last, which is accounted for by the by the drouth in the early spring; uei tlier is the fruit as large and perfect In shape. Up to date car loads of melons have been shipped from Georgia.that would not average in weight twenty (pounds each. Many growers have been guilty of forcing green melons on the market, which has a marked effect upon the prices, especially In eastern cities,which are at present taking fully 73 per cent, of the fruit. Full ripe melons sell readily at from (123 to M30 per car, on the track, but as they become more plentiful of course prices will decline. Even at these prices there aro plenty of buyers from eastern and western cities present in the terri tory, who, anticipating that a majority of the growers would ship through the Macon Produce Exchange, came down to the melon section prepared to pur chase on the spot. Mr. Connally says the Macon Produce exchange does not buy melons; It simply solicits shipments. Its main object is to insure a propor distribution of the fruit in the large eastern aud western cities. The exchange claims that if it can handle scvuuty'five per cent of the entire crop, it can control the market and make even late melons pay growers a handsome profit. The exchange does not advise against the selling of melons at homo, but it does advise against the consigning of them to commission houses other than those who act as Its agents. Mr. Connally says in many sections of south Georgia growers have heartily en dorsed the methods adopted by the ex change aud will stand squarely by it, A Gray Mule I)es<l. Titr. Tiuks-Recordkk has the distinc tion of placing on record the first death of a gray tnulo—these animals are said to never die. This particular mule was the property of Reese Hodges, an'old negro man who lives several miles out from Americus, and it dropped dead in the field yester day while pulling a plow. The New Jell. Mr. A. Woodward, representing the Champion Iron Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, Is in Americus figuring with the county commissioner* on the iron work that will be needed about the new jail. Work on this structure will probably be begun soun, and the new jail will be one that Will do Sumter county prond. Mr. \V. R. Jackson was terribly cut by bis step-father, Mr. R. II Daniel, in-* East Americus Tuesday. Tlio difficulty grew out of family mat ters which have caused bad blood be tween the two men for sometime past. The result of it is that Mr. Jaokson has eight cuts on his body which vary in length from fourteen to four inches and which, if they could be straightened out, would measure more than his entire length, while Mr. Daniel has gone—no onu knows where. The two men have been living In the same house, but they had not spoken for years. Shortly before dinner Daniel, who was drinkiug, walked to Mr. Jack- sou's room door and saw that gentleman cleaning a pistol. Ho made some re mark about Mr. Jackson having the pis tol. Mr. Jackson told Daniel that he didn't have the pistol for him, and wanted nothing to do with him, at the same time laying the xyeapon on the table. A few words followed, but no trouble ensued, as Daniel withdrew to his own room across the hall. Mr. Jackson went to his dinner. As he was leaving the dining room Daniel came out Into the hall and addressing him raid; “You are a d—n s— of a b—." Tbe Insult offered by' Daniel to bis own wife was more than that wife's son , could stand, so Will Jackson lost no time in knocking tho man who had of fered It down. Daniel picked himself tip hut made no show of tight. Not wishing to have any further .difficulty and thinking Daniel had enough Mr. Jackson walked out Into the hall, pre paratory to going to tbe electric light station, where he wanted to do some, work, ho being engineer there. No sooner did he turn his back than Daniel made a lunge toward him, cut ting a gash twelve inches long beginning on Jackson's left shoulder and running down his back. Then he cut another, beginning to the left of the center of Jackson’s stomach running around his side and almost to the middle of his back. This gash is fourteen Inches long. Then six more gashes were out on the left arm and leg and on other potions of Jackson’s body. So keen was the knife that Will Jack- son did not realize what had happened until the last gash was made. When he realized what had been done he caught the hand In which Daniel held the knife in his (eft hand, while with his right ho dealt Daniel a blow that felled him to the floor and knocked the knife from his hand. Finding that he was i.n Mr. Jackson's power Daniel begged piteously for mer cy. Mr. Jackson promised not tohnrt him If he would leave the place In a minute's time. That Daniel did, and he has not been seen since, except by par ties who saw him walk rapidly by the county court house and down Lee street before the news of the difficulty reached tbe city. He is probably many miles from Americus now. The physiolans who attended Mr. Jackson had to stitch five of tbe original wounds qnd another wliioh was made on his band during the struggle for the knife. The man of mediolne said that the wound In tbe stomach and side would surely have been a deadly one bad it not been for a heavy belt whieh Hr. ' Jackson wore, which broke the force of tbe out. The other wounds sre ghastly looking ones, but are by no means dan gerous, Tbe knife which Daniel used had a blade about four Inches long and was very sharp, apparently having been put in trim especially for the bloody work which it did. As far as could be learned from those , who saw it—Mr. Jackson, his mother and neice—it was an unprovoked act on the part of Daniel. Hadljr Braised. While Mr. Mitt Edwards was riding on Forsyth street yesterday hie animal stumbled and timed a complete somer sault, landing on top of him. Hie left arm was badly hurt and he was other wise terribly braised. Begged the Bird. Jim Neal, colored, was indicted for gaming by the last grand jury. He evaded the officers. Deputy Sheriff Lamar caught him down the S., A. A M. road yesterday, brought him here and landed him in jail. Oone to Alecon. Accompanied by his mother, Mr. W. C. Russell has gone to Macon, where ho will remain until his wound haa healed. His friends hope him a speedy recovery from the effects of the accidental (hot. Unless more care U given to the hair, the coming man ie liable to be » hair less animal; hence, to prevent the hair from falling use Hall’s Hair Renewer. The Indians are having a bout with the grip. The aborigines doesn't seen: to fare any better than the pale face. A Georgia editor declares for free schools, free ballot, free silver and free whisky. HeavcnsI “This is too h i >t