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— _ . tv-- / — — (H&acgfa Bifcsfclu ^Dlegcaplj *n& Joucnsl $c l&*4us*tig*£,. “s \ GEORGIA PRESS. Tax fun of snowballing, so extensively in by our boys, as well as those streaki-e, has not ended well. Several TawvfT pleurisy and pneumonia are ro- 45 the result in this city. At Tal- : **ter, Mr. Louis Smith, in a snowball tiiic, Lid his leg broken, and is suffering serW.y. This kind ot fun never pans out t*t2L E>*. E. A. Fi.EWELX.KX has been ap- jouta4 manager of the Columbus and Water* road under the new administra -fS— He took charge on Saturday, and Is i»nr ct Opelika where his headquarters aril! he established.’ Try people of Columbus are still en- tyvar r.lie pleasures of skating aud sleigh- rs&np. '.vij- u-.n Evans cut Henry Felder with « 7<y£cet knite, in Albany on Friday. T5»y were discussing county politics, and hath were colored. The first sectional mortgage bonds of We A! Untie and Gulf railroad, which Ba ton! on the 1st instant, are now being jreid. ia Savannah. Jfe. Marcus O’Neal accidentally shot sod WFed Mr. George Fierce, who lives <Mtbe Alabama side of the Chattahoochee ifm eear Columbus. The young man is Joanne with grief. Mr. Pierce was about ■attar-five yean old, ayd the father of -Hr. T. It. Fierce, « merchant of Fort .Mis-sns. Bates & Yeuxo, of Colum- Msas, seat four wagons loaded with wood, «ea£b wagon containing os much as four jgwl males could draw, to the Southern office, to be distributed to the £wcrz.ifderlhe supervision of that prince aifgsoa fellows, Matt O’Brien, on New VnaPn Day. It was a godsend to the -yocr.lar many were without fuel of any -W* sincerely regret to learn that Dr. J. K. Evaus/tho "beloved pastor of the Melli -■tel church in Rome, was slightly strict- eflfls paralysis on Friday, and that he ext Kiev Tying at his residence seriously ill. An. AST a Post-Appeal: The General ^bseeatbly, ijust before adjournment, au- Atraed a committee to examine tbc new <f4e now being prepared by Gcorgo •3T. tester and -Walter B. Hill, Esq., of a, one of the most accomplished j lawyers in Georgia. The work is •brace the acts of tlio July session, -mwAdcli time the committee will make dsngmt •Colgxbus Enquirer: Tire supply of -ecxI has been exhausted, aud no moro ■oral be received inside of a week. There nm many who are entirely out, and arc Tweed to use wood. Our coal dealers i\.- r.r.frii nobly in this mailer. They ■ only sold coal at the same price as « the cold suap, and the demand be* i to be so great, but did all In tbeir r to supply every one, allowing each csiy a quarter of a ton. In bus’ness, -jxek acts are very rare, and cannot fail to 3>r. »» predated. Wood is also very scarce, »v.r.g :■< the extreme old weather. Tester-lay quite a number cf wagons with wood came to the city, and banters received almost any price .j wished, some getting as much as $5 ter * two horse load. Berrien. County -Neurit A negro at Stt’s mill, foil near the saw while in mo ’-tree and liad one ann almost severed Sfraat bis holy. His attending physician -wc ore informed, thinks amputation WriA be necessary. A Noble Deed.—Pike County Netss: Sfcnr, day night about one o’clock when He thermometer was at zero tho engineer •an tbe down freight train rang the door i*eU of George Summers, the foreman of "the Jeff Davis fire company, anil informed dtathat the water in his engine had given •Mt aud that the tanks were all frozen and aMtfd get none. He had three car loads cattle that would freeze unless he could ret to Macon as soon as possible, aud 1m ?esireO Mr. Summers to get his engine set and fill his engine from one of the cis terns of the city. Mr. Summers and Mr. ‘W. E. Varner and other members of the crapaay, went at that late hour, when it wraa extremely cold, aud carried the Jeff 12>am steamer to tho cistern and filled The .■ixciae of the Central road, and the engin- ntx and his train went to Macon rejoicing. noble deeds sliould he remembered ia seme way by the authorities of the -Died. ASsnnox Waxted.—Rome Tribune: 2)arii.’g these degenerate times sermons ats v.-anted that will not build ones hopes ;sj*aa faith alone. Wo need soul-stirring ncrmon3, not from hooks, but sermons i£mm the heart which will denounce men, tfis salter how fine their clothes,costly their uKsases, or fine their equipages, who give it e short yard or lacking weigiit—against jie*. who cheat their neighbors and walk . jacn-wdly to church aud think that lipser- xziea will wash away their sins through Christ ear Redeemer. Real practical ser- are what we need—real slcdge-hain- .xs«“r accusations against tho shortcomings «T man’s inhumanity. When these kind Sxn-Tmons are preached men will perhaps to think that they can deceive the .fdorifhty by their hypocritical preteu- s -:ac. -“The All seeing Eye” discerneth ■A things. aslantA Post-Appeal: From a card nab’ishad in tne New Orleans press, we San that one-ha! f of ticket No. 701 in the Cass. Louisville lottery drawing, was col- Zeard by-the Southern Express Company, <s a account of C. B. Conyers, of Carters- oriUe, Ga. The amount paid for the ticket S5. and the amount paid to the holder $5,000. This was a splendid wind* 3m: to come on Christmas time, and just cjjcta <>f the present cold snap. Aiukxs Chronicle: But a few years •-**% in the dty of A—, there lived a •wMewer who had passed tlie meridian of ft-. «•. ’.oliad been blessed with two love- ’ly wises, but providence had removed isoti. tu a fairer world, aud he felt alone, :’Vr i.-iving enjoyed a happy home for t*ra score years. Was a boarder in a kind Aai^, but occupied a room in tbe second -star, fa brick block, over stores where i ! dly lived. A widowed lady, who w, 1 -I some legal papers copied, called • r. 4 merchant occupying a large store, .to’.’-. j.hiI now, under the room of our -I : -<1 friend, and Requested him to rtr : he WSS in hit office. The merchant, i:< rc -.irteousand obliging, accompanied * widow to the li-alom of the stairway, -.s ’ ba proceeded to the room above. Juii tiuding tbe occupant, he re- T.vrre.1, ami the following conversation -s.-ls Viatic “Madam, I cannot see him.” •dc i.t a widower?” “Yes, madam.” -if is wife is dead, you s«.y ?” “Yes, mad- jb.’’ “And does he occupy that room afitue?” “Yes, madam.” “Aud does he Aeep :!>ere these long da:k nights alone?” . madam.” Bursting into tears, she rvak upon the stairs, exclaiming: “How . e > tympatiuze w'.th him! Oh, liovr I :■/ J- iia in liis loneliness!” While her -- iilnr.ing lieart throbbed with tender- iiid pity for lmman suffering, the -j r unt—a gentleman universally re- . , td—was much amused at this weep- i s; mbe, and occasionally regales his friends with a recital of tbe IF5 ■*- Oli! man, what a contrast between • -j fc.id this sympathizing widowl .. riiKN’.-i Chronicle: Dr. Martin P. V.-'Verts, of Iligh Shoals, died very sud- fj-aiy on Monday afternoon, about half ms four o’clock, lie bad been visiting a itady iu the villtge, and was returning _3*sae. when he was suddenly attacked ana . .«<! t> the earth. He spoke only once af. ■err fsHi**, and in less than an hour, tbe --Kian spark had fled, it is supposed that -w noleity was the cause of his death. Dr. >>>«rl» was ti e brother of Mrs. John H. •fj-r-tzy of this city, and well known in this — r.: enuuity. lie was a warm-hearted, i.aisfl geuUeoiau, aud leaves many warm J. P. Stevans’ plantation, seven miles northr. cst front Albany, lias this year practically demonstrated the fact that farming can be made to pay in Southwest Georgia. Mr. Sommcrford conducted a nine mule farm, made fifteen and a half bales of cotton to the plough aud enough corn, peas, potatoes and syrup to furnish the place another year. Tbe land planted In cotton averaged a bale to every one aud a half acres; and not one dollar’s worth of commercial fertilizers was bought. Dr. Stevens is a warm advocate of home made fertilizers, and positively states that under his system of manuring his land has been improved one hundred per cent. Mr.Sommerford, the superintendent of tbe place, is only about twenty-three years old, and has already gained the reputation of being one of the most suc cessful of our planters. Sumter llepubllcan: On Christmas day Mr. W. if. Tharp, overseer on the planta tion of Captain W. IL Morgan, m Dooly county, made his annual Christmas visit to Americus with the uegroes working on the place. A wagon load of cotton was brought along and sold, the proceeds being divided among tho hands. This is done every Christmas, and the consequence is Captain Morgan is never without plenty of labor. He has had most of bis present employes since TS65, and they will not leave him. Mr. Tharp made for 1SS0, with thirteen mules, 180 bales of cotton, 2,500 to 3,000 bushels of corn, twelve barrels of syrup, fourteen hundred bushels of potatoes, and plenty of peas, fodder and oats, aud nearly cnongb. meat to run them for ’81. This is the way to keep your hands, and the way to be happy at home. The fuel question is beginuiug to an noy our Savannah friends. The News says; There is a great scarcity of both wood and coal iu the city at present, and deal ers have considerable trouble iu filling or ders. There is a full supply of certain grades of coal, but of others there is a scarcity. Wood dealers inform us that they have plenty of oak and pine on the lines of railroad, but in consequence of the very unfavorable weather are unable to have it cut a d loaded, It being difficult in some cases to obtain transportation. There has, however, been an increase in prices, and it is ihoughl the fuel market will be booming in a short time. Mayok’s Office, Atlaxta, Jauuary 1, kssi — Editor* Constitution: l deem it proper that I shonld publicly acknowl edge the receipt of an order on Capt. R. A. Anderson, general freight agent of the Western and Atlantic railroad, from Hon. Joseph E. Brown for one hundred tons of Castle Rock lump coal for the benefit of the poor of Atlanta, with the request that it be properly distributed to tho most needy. This is a munificent donation from Gov. Brown, aud he is entitled to and will receive tho thanks ot all our peo ple for his generous gitt. Three car loads have already arrived and will be distribut ed at once. I also desire to return my thanks to Mr. L. J. Trotti, of the Georgia railroad, for a half car load of wood for the poor on the morning of tho 30th inst., when it was so much needed. Our citi zens have generally acted most nobly in contributing of tueir substance to the poor in this unprecedented cold weather, as evidenced by tbeir prompt action at the citizens’ meeting on the 30th instant, as shown through your paper. W. L. Caluoux, Mayor. Augusta Mirror; Gen. William Mao- Rne, the general manager of the Western and Atlantic railroad, is one ot the prom, incut magnates iu the railway profession who is never reported in the notes of the interviewer. Judged by his success he must be eousidered one of the first among .railroad managers, but he has a way of declining expressing what lie knows to representatives of tbe press, wliilo extend ing courtesies. If he ever has au axe to grind, no journalist has ever been shown by him the handle of the grind-stone. He accomplishes his work by the aid of his genius only. zIugusta News: The river is so low that one of the river steamers left the wharf and was compelled to put back and send her freight to Savannah by railroad, on account of tbe sand bars. This is an other argument for cleaning out the Sav annah river. Several Christmas casualties occurred in Brunswick. Among others the Adcer- tUter reports that Eugene Nelson met with a serious accident, damaging his left hand terribly. It seems he was holding several skyrockets in liis left hand, whilst with his right ho was holding off a lighted roman candle. The sparks from the roman cau dle ignited the skyrockets and caused them to hurst in bis hand, tearing off the flesh to the bone. Washington Gnzclle: The lamented Hiss Maria Randolph left $1,000 to the Presbyterian church in this place. Six relatives away from here were the other legatees. TnE Brunswick Adcerliser says: The' denizens of Tarlwo, Camden county, had a little inciee Christmas day. Result: Two dead and three wounded—all tur pentine bands.” „. We copy the following from the Savan nah News, as this most estimable lady has many friends in tlii3 section: “Mrs. Ann M. Davies, an estimable lady, well known in Savannah, died after a brief illness on Saturday evening about 0 o’clock, at her residence on South Broad street, near Whittaker, a: the advanced age of seven ty-seven years. Mra. Davies was a native of Savannah, had been twice married and was a widow at the time of her death. She was a zealous and consistent Chris tian w oman and a detoted member of the Methodist church fur many years, in the affairs of which she look the liveliest in terest. She was president of the Farson- age Aid Society, a directress in the Wid ows’ Society for many years, and presi dent of the Orphan’s Society cf the M. E. Church South. Mrs. Davies was a re markable woman, aud notwithstanding her venerable age, was active in the dis charge of the important duties in these various church societies. Her death will be mounted by the many who knew and appreciated her sterling worth. M. E. T. writes to the Augusta News : You may look out for some startling information materially affecting Georgia about next Thursday. Mr. Grady, in his letter to the Constitution from New York, intimates the same thing. Who will bo United States judge? Will it be Judge Hook, or Gov. Colquitt, or Judge Hill- yer, or Evan Howell? Wo simply guess. Atlaxta Post-Appeal: An editorial in the Columbus Enquirer, one of Ageut Fontaine’s orgaut on immigration, would iiulicaie that Swiss paupers are being brought to this State. Such, however, !s not the fact. The Swiss brought to Geor gia by the agents of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line railway are of the very best class, and nearly all have ample means with which to purchase lands and establish homes around Mt. Airy. Some of the single men, who are skilled me chanics, have secured employment in At lanta. Our KtaLe wauls just such bona fide and industrious immigrants as Major W. J. Houston’s agents have already re ceived. The Griffin Nicies, In speaking of the prospects of that city, says: Our people to-day have several hundred 'thousand dollars lying idle in the Griffin Banking Company, and in the City National bank, have like amounts drawing small interest in government and State bonds, and a like amount in railroad stocks. We trust that during tbe present year some of this capital will be need to a better purpose in the establishment of enterprises Unit must be inaugurated sooner or later, which will pay our moneyed man better interest and will tend directly to bnild up oar dty. There 1st fine future ahead for Griffin if our people will only make it. The present generation of our citizens can e ve no better legacy to the next than to are them a city throbbing with life, growipg in population, wealth and lnfin- ance. During the year, the Jftm will continue as heretofore to urge tbe Import ance of these enterprises on the people of attached friends, li e tylieve he was , ori<Bn and in every possible waytoen- n #if saber of the Baptist church. The . ^ntsa* their inauguration, weaken relatives have our sincere symps- j j^on*** Nrios: As an evidence of Une* (• this sad bereavement. “ our business corporations to be found in our advertising columns, and to tbe large aud satisfactory dividends declared by each. Columbus Enquirer: Daring the present cold weather cattle have suffered greatly. A gentleman who has been through the country told us on yesterday that in one place he saw four cows hud dled together, frozen to death. He saw many others who died from the same eause. Should the cold weather continue tli3 damage would be great. It is now moderating, however, witti good prospects for rain. Mi lle l> a EVir.Li Recorder: The cour ageous huntsman might have bagged quantities of game last week. We saw doves and partridges under bushos with so much ice on their wings they could scarcely fly a few yards. Of course we took in a goodly number. Augusta News: Prof. S. G. Brinkley, well known in educational circles as one of the most brainy and successful teachers in tbe State, has gone to Vanderbilt Uni versity for higher preparation, and will leturn next fall with the highest honors of this institution, and take charge of a flourishing school in Quitman. Prof. Brinkley was one of the best men In the University class of 1870, acknowledged by the faculty and board of examiners as the finest class In old Franklin since the war. Gbiffix News: Judge PIttM. Brown after a very brief illness, expired yester day morning at 8:30 o’clock. He had been afllicted for some lime past with Bright’s disease of the kidneys. On Sun day morning lie was up early, but com plained of not feeling well. At dinner he still complained of being unwell. At 3 o’clock he was seized with great pain, and Drs. Darnali and Collier were summoned to his relief. When they arrived Judge Brown was unconscious. He had conges tion of the brain, atteuded with convul sions. After the first convulsion he re covered consciousness for about ten minutes, alter which he was unconscious until he died. The deceased, at the time ofhb death, was in his fortieth year, and for a long period of years prior thereto was one of our most prominent citizens, lie was from one of the best families in middle Georgia, and has many substantial relatives in this and neighboring counties. He w as educated in this city, and admitted to the bar here. For a number of years he practiced his profession, and was then appointed judge of the County Court of tills county, a position he filled with abil ity for a number of years. For several years he was the editor of the News, and was a brilliant and versatile writer. Since tliat time and up to his death, he was a frequent and valued contributor to this and other papers. For the past five or six mouths be had been connected witli the til ale agricultural department under Com missioner Henderson. w« A/JSAVY JfetM and AdvertUer: Mr. - toa^tekiWte" tttttqmtmmtBf Of our ImSommerfonl, suporiteadtut oa Ur. JuuaanMa tab safi feotete and oUmt Of the recent fire in Camilla, wo clip the following from the News ami Adcer- tiser: “Troubles seem to come by bat talions, sure enough. You have jpst had yourdis&ster, aud now we have had ours. Last night, on the 1st of January, about i) o’clock, fire broko out in the rear of J. 8. Jones <& Bro.’s store, and consumed ail the building*, six in number, from tbe post-office, inclusive, to Wauubacher’s corner. The wreck is complete, aud the loss is great. J. S. Jones <fc Bro.’s loss is heavy, iiaving a magnificent stock of goods, and no insurance; only $500 insu rance on the house. Bush <& Lyon’s of fice was in the post-ollice, and their Joss is heavy. Lyon had arranged the office so that it was one of ttie most convenient in the State. D. B. Heath & Co.’s stock was insured, aud their loss is light. But ler k Turner had no insurance on their two buildings, but considerable insurance on their goods. The other merchants moved their goods from their stores with considerable damage. Columbus Times: Yesterday a difficul ty occuired at the Uankiu House between two negro employes, Henry Johuson and Lindsay Hill, In which the former severe ly stabbed tlio latter iu tho back with a knife. Policemen Tice and Bowen were called in and both parties taken to the guard house and Henry Johnson locked in cell. Gbiffix Sun: Among our snow storm incidents was the visit of a poor, half frozen and hungry mocking bird to our residence. After belli" taken in and warmed ho became quite lively, flying around the room and- hopping upon the floor. At this writing, Thursday after noon, he is eatiug a piece of apple with apparent relish. When the weather per mits he will be given his former liberty aud probably regale us 'with many sweet song3 during the coming year. Augusta New*: Wo learn it is the in tention ortho Mutual Endowment Asso ciation, of Baltimore, to organize a branch of their business in this city,under the con trol of the leading!busiuess men here. This association is composed of the wealthiest business men of Baltimore, and Is a great improvement on the old-fashioned plan, costing very much less than any lllo Insur ance compaiiy. As an evidence of its work ing, no member can be assessed on an av erage of more than teu.deaths per annum. Milledgeville Recorder: On Sat urday night last a very bold robbery was perpetrated at the store of Mr. Pounds in this city. Mr. Pounds had four hundred dollars in a tin box, which he bad placed in his desk on Saturday. That night when he went to count over his cash he took out tbe tin box, which had been vio lently opened. On counting the contents he found one hundred and seventy dol lars had been abstracted. He quietly called up his porter and told him the acts. The porter seemed to take in the situation at once, and seized a loaded gun and went for a negro man who bad been hanging round the store for a week, whose name was Cicero Taylor, formerly oi Houston county. Mr. Pounds look the gun from the porter and charged Taylor with stealing his money. Taylor after walking around the sqnare with Mr. Pounds, as if hunting up the stolen money, returned to Mr. Pounds’ store and di rected him to look under the plat form a few ieet off. There the one hundred and seventy dollars were found. Sheriff Ennis was brought iu to arrest the negro Taylor, and carry him to jail; but before he could be secured he made a plunge for liberty, and successful ly escaped, notwithstanding a half dozen shots were fired at him. 1 aylor has been in the penitentiary, and officers of Hous ton county had been hunting him account of soma crime u . recent, commission, and bad traced him as far as Gordon, but there lost the trail. It seems that Taylor want to the open desk, removed tbe box, took out the one hundred and seventy dollars, then watched his opportunity, and re placed the box, with the balauoe of tbe money, where he found it. Mr. Founds will pay a reasonable reward for the ar rest of Taylor.. Savannah News: At the annual election yesterday for the thirteen direc tors of the Central railroad, the following named were elected, there being about tweuty thousand votes cast: W. M. W ad- ley, of Savannah; Andrew Low, of Savan nah; W. B. Johnston, of Macon; Moses Taylor, of New York; J. J. Gresham, of Macon; George Cornwell, of Savannah; J. Hauers, of Savanuah; U. H. Epplng, of Columbus; C. I. Brown, of Atlanta; J. F. Gilmer, of Savannah; W. G. Raoul, of Sa vannah; G. S. Owens, of Savannah. The following named persons were elected directors of tbe Augusta and Sa- vaunah railroad for tbe ensuing year at tbe election held yesterday: John David son, F. l’hiuizy, A. R. Lawton, Georgs S. Owens, John L. Hardee, William Hun ter, Henry Hull. Columbus Enquirer says: Yoaterday the public schools were closed because of the severe weather aud tbe inability to sM coal. They will doubtl«as be closed several d^ys. Notice will ba given through these columns of the opening day. Thla recea Is taken on aiumes- lion of tbe trustees of tbe schools. When tbe exercises are resumed again, Prof. H. W. Battle will take charge of tbe girls’ school, and Prof. Hosier will have charge of the boys’ school. This was the origi nal intention of tba board but it was not carried into effect on tbe opening of tbe term. Mb. Chablu IL Medlock, tbe editor of tbe Sylvania Telephone, waa married on tbe 23d ultimo to Mlaa Bailie 0. Lew- toa, a daughter of Oaten! Joba Lawton, of Boath Oaiottaa, tha Baa. Jonffe Law- ton officiating. The occasion was cele brated with great eclat at the residence of the bride’s father. A Milledgeville man said he saw a man Saturday milking a cow witli a fire built near her hind feet. Whether his object wa* to warm his fingers, or melt the milk in the bag, we didu’t stop to in quire. Augusta News: One of the most con venient articles to be used in a sick-room is a sand bag. Get some clean, fine sand, dry it thoroughly in a kettle on the stove, make a bag about eight inches square of flannel, fill it with tbe dry sand, sew the opening carefully together, and cover the bag with cottou or linen cloth. This will prevent the sand from sifting out, and will also enable you to heat the bag quickly by placiug it in the oven, or even on the top of tbe stove. After once using this you will never again attempt to warm the feet or hands of a sick person with a bottle of hot water or a brick. The sand holds the heat a long time, and the bag can be tucked up to the back without hurting tbe individual. It is a good plan to make two or three oj the bags and keep them ready for use. Savannah Dividends.—Augusta Chronicle: The Savannah Bank and Trust Company announce a dividend of $3 per share. The Southern Bank oi the State of Georgia has declared a dividend. The first sectional mortgage bonds of the At lantic and Gulf railroad will be paid on and alter the 3d inst. A dividend of 3$ per cent, lias been declared by the Mer chants’ National Bank. Augusta Dividends.—Tho Augusta Chronicle: The directors of the Augusta Factory have declared a quarterly dividend of 2 percent. The National Exchange Bank has declared a semi-annual dividend of $3.50 per share. The Bank of Augusta has declared a dividend of $2 per share. The National Bank of Augusta has de clared a semi-annual dividend of 3} per cent. A dividend of 3 per cent, for the past six months has been declared by the Planters’ Loan aud Savings Bank. A EAILBOAB’I UBEUUTV. PERSONS AND TH1NUS. Gtoaalp That Conies to Us Through the Telephone. Its qptertaining to connect your tele phone with the Central office and just listen. Ben Dostcr, of the Sparta Times, is a talented waltzer. Bishop Pierce is going back to Culver- ton to live. A marriage takes place in Macon on the 20th instant, ?t which time, it is said, one of our solid business men will lead to tho altar a beautiful and accomplished lady. Mr. Flem D. Tinsley, a “Macon boy,” dropped into the city yesterday to shake hands with old acquaintances. Henry Richardson has gone to Wash ington City as coi respondent of the Con stitution. Ilia letters from uorth Georgia concerning the illicit distillers, and signed ‘F. H. R.,” attracted considerable atten tion. T. C. Lipscomb, of Shelbyvllle, Tenn.; J. S. Warren, Alabama; L. C. Ryan,* of Hawkinsville; J. Hogan, Columbus; Z. F. M irket, Americus; L. B. Davis, Sparta, and J. L. Dyer, of Perry, are at Brown’s National Hotel. While the “Banker’s Daughter” was being performed iu Memphis, a Mississip pi becamo so indignant with the “heavy villain,” 03 illustrated by Signor Majaroni, that four friends were obliged to sit on his coat tails to restrain him. , Hon. J. H. Blount, Captain John C. Rutherford, Judge E. T. Best and Judge R. F. Lyon, are in Atlanta. “Johnson the Bill Poster” has becomo one of the editors oi the Post-Appeal. No. 1, volume 1 of tho Atlanta Daily Phonograph, a spicy little daily, lias ar rived. Success to the uow-born. Concerning a couple of young ladies from Macon, the Washington correspon dent of the Atlanta Constitution, in a notice of the exercises at Waverly Semi nary, in Georgetown, says: The remaining role—a lady who came to enter her daughter at the school aud discovered tho frank, generous nature of Miss Nancy Jones, beneath her brusque manners and uncouth lauguage—was taken in a natural, diguified manner by Miss Daisy, daughter of ex-Mayor Huff, late of Macon, now of Atlanta. • • • • • The' gem of tho evening, made brighter by tho cluster of stars by which it was surrounded, was a rendition cf “A countryman's account of Ruben- stein’s playing,” by Miss Bessie, the eldest daughter of Colonel John C. Rutherford, of Macon, Georgia. Your correspondent had heard it read by Hon. H. D. D. Twiggs, one of the finest readers in Georgia, and by Prof. Willoughby Reade. He consequently knew how it should be rendered; and he does not hesitate to say that either of the above gentle men would have been delighted at Miss Rutherford’s conception and delivery of the piece. She Is an excellent mimic, and portrayed the countryman’s contompj at “Ruby’s” beginning, then his gradual winning over, his joy, gloom, happiness, wonder, and amusement, and fiual rap ture with a naturalness and vigor seldom seen in one so young. She had memor ized tbe long story perfectly, and her ren dition of it vii not the stiff', studied result of drilling by a professor, but tbe natural, easy portrayal of thj human feelings by native talent. Several times during tlio recitation sbe was interrupted by laughter and applause; and when In hushed, sad dened accents she told the melancholy portions of the story the audience seemed to hang breathless upon her words. Not more marked was tho effect of Ruben- stein’s plsying upon the honest old coun tryman than was that produced by Miss Rutherford's recital upon her intelligent and cultured audience. Mist Clara De Grafivnreid, of Macon, with Mrs. Frank Lips combe, assist Miss Lipscomb*, a sister of Dr. A. A. Llps- combe, In tbe.conduct of this celebrated seminary. Colonel Wm. M. Wadley has been re elected president of the Central railroad, and Captain W. G. Raoul vice-president. The directors are W. M. Wadley, Andrew Lew, Wm. B. Johnston, Moses Taylor, E. C. Anderson, J. J. Gresham, Geo. Corn- well, J. Rsuers, H. H. Kppinz, C. 1. Brown, J. F. Gilmer, W. G.,Uaoul, G. S. Owens. Misses Lucy Key and Gertrude Snider are'in Columbus visiting the family of Rev. Howard Key. Jim Dense told a Columbus reporter that he left a grate fire burning in Macon. That was a pretty good pun; hut Jim never saw any coal in that grate. Wire In Thom a* ton. We are informed by a passenger who came in on the Atlanta train last evening, that a fire occurred in Thomaston night before last by which five fine houses were destroyed. The fire broke out in Fox’s store, burning up tbe owner and entire es tablishment. One of tbe stores burned waa the “New York Store.” Two men are said to have been faulty injured by the bursting of a keg of powder during tbe progress of the fire. The Vln la ■oaltrama. We are informed by a letter from Mr. mm Barnett, at Montezuma, that the re cent fire did not, as stated, originate - in his store, but In that at Mr. J. N. Rosser, »«t door. Tbe letter is endorsed by a Kterif We hasten tomake the oorreetkm dotted. The Nsesu sod Brauawfek Ballrasd Cheeks the Fuel Famine, and Ke- dneeetbe Price of Wood. In yesterday’s issue of tho Tklegbaph and Messenger appeared the correspon dence between the Macon and Brunswick railroad officials and tbe mayor, relative to a generous donation by tbe former to the poor of Macon. The gift was eight car-loads of wood for distribution.. This is but a small part of the generosity of these officials. Recognizing the fact that an era of real suffering bad arrived, the company have voluntarily discontinued their night freight and accommodation trains, and atUcbing their most powerful engines to them, have put them to haul ing wood to Macon. They are laying down In this city good wood by the wholesale. Their first effort was toward delivering one hundred cords which the city council had purchased down the road. Then an agent was sent out by the railroad to purchase all wood within sight along the lino of road and ship It to Macon at the company’s expense. This was done, aud plenty ot wood can now he had at tbe Brunswick depot, on application to Captain A. A. Sharpe, at cost. We ate assured by the officers that the offer of this road is no specula tion, but the result of a determina tion on their part to accommodate their friends and patrons. Any one can purchase the wood at cost. This action on the part of the railroad, at a time when the pressure of business makes it more profitable to haul freight, is deserving of the highest praise and com mendation. Superintendent Edwards said to a Tel egraph reporter yesterday: “We propose to run the railroad in the interest of the people, aud the people need fuel now more than anything else. When told that coal could be secured in Savannah wo offered to lend our cars to have it brought here, but the Savann ah dealer disappointed the Macon merchant and sent only two car loads.” It is such acts as these,, and by their prompt acquiescence in every move that could benefit the city, that this railroad company have become so endeared to the people. When the extension is complete and the coal regions tapped, Macon will never know what It is to suffer for want of coal. WITH A SHOTGUN. Sfr. A. S. Moughon Kill* Ui* Planta tion Foreman. Tho following account of a tragedy, taken from the Albany Netcs, will be read with peculiar interest by. the young men of Macon, the principal actor In it being Mr. A. S. Moughon, familiarly known as ‘Dolly”: We are called upon this morning to chronicle a tragedy which occurred on the plantation of Mr. A. S. Moughon,six miles above the city, in Lee county, yesterday, the circumstances surrounding which are truly sad. Every tragedy naturally has its horrors, and must, by tho very naturo of tilings, among civilized people, be more or less freighted with sadness for the hu man breast; but hero we have a case tliat is doubly sad. A human life has been taken by a fellow creature who has be como so encrazed and demeuted by habit ual intoxication as to bo unaccouutabie for his actions; a dread to his Iriends, and a source of continual trouble to his fami ly and connections. Yesterday morning Mr. A. S. Moughon, better known iu this city and county as “Dolly” Moughon, shot and instantly killed tho foreman of his plantation, Charles Raymond, colored. Mr. Moughon has been generally regarded by his friends a3 a little “off” for some time past, but lie was always inoffensive, aud no one ever had cause, so far as we know, to fear vio lence at his hands. He has been in the city on one of his habitual sprees for a week or ten days past, and on Monday af ternoon a friend undertook to carry him home, lie had considerable trouble with him, however, and finally left him at the Whatley-Jordan store, about two miles and a half trom his plantation, nere, it teems, Mr. Moughon spent the night, aud yesterday morning went home. Mr. Moughon has no family of his own, and has been leading a bachelor’s life on liis plantation during tho past year. Whenever he left home ho turned the keys to his barn aud larder over to liis trusty old colored foreman, Charles Raymond. Soon alter he returned home yesterday morning the old man started into the house to give him his keys, when, to his surprise and horror, his erstwise kind and friendly master met him with a shot gun, and fired on him. Tho whole charge of the gun took effect in the old man’s abdo- mon, making a fearful hole trom which tho blood came gushing out in a stream nearly as large as a man’s wrist; and lie died almost instantly. Not satisfied with this, Mr. Moughon then rushed out of the houso and tried to shoot one or two other colored men who were employed on his place. They ran off, however, and finally escaped. Soon alter the tragedy Mr. Moughon was brought to the city in a little wagon by a colored man. He was in a state of helpless intoxication when ho reached town. At this writing we learn that he is still la tho city at tho house of a friend. He has made no efiort to get away, and does not seom to have reason enough loft to realise what lie has dono. Tbe crime having been committed in Lee county, any action that may be taken iu the premises will, of course, issue from that county; aud, up to the hour of going to press last night, we have heard of none. We presume, however, that the coroner of Lee county has discharged his duty and held an Inquest before this, the particu lars of which wo will doubtless be able to give to-morrow. Dolly Moughou is, and has been for some lime, a tit subject for the Lunatic Asylum. His condition became such in the latter part of October or the first part of November that some of his friends had him carried to tho insane asylum at Mil- iedgeville. After being confined aud con trolled for a few weeks ho appeared to be all right again, and was permitted to re turn homo. He remained sober until the Christmas holidays, when lie resumed his eld habits of dissipation. Ills mother and father arc dead, and we beliovo he has only one brother and sister living. The family wa3 ouo of tbe wealthiest of tills section before the war, and is highly con nected. I WADING TBE CUETEKT. A Tooaf Mm tefeta • Dust Clay. Yesterday Mr. Clay, our efficient sex ton, observed a young man issuing from the cemetery, accompanied by two bunt ing dogs and negroes carrying wood. The young man had been warned against en tering tbs cemetery with his dogs, and bad promised to keep them by him and off the yard* when,passing through. Much complaint has been bad from persons owning marble slabs in tbe place, because of muddy tracks of dogs found upon them, and determined to put an end to tbe matter Mr. Clay remonstra ted with the young man, and forbade his entrance with dogs into the place. This was done very quietly, hut it provoked a storm in the person addressed, and he ex pressed jiis determination to kill the sexton, at the same time level ing his cocked gun at the aforesaid official. Clay instantly pulled open his coat and told him to shoot—that he was unarmed. After keeping tbe gun leveled for some timo tbe young man left, with the threat to kill Clay the next time they met. The affair was witnessed by several. The young man is not regarded as entirely sound of mind, and every one expected to see him execute his threat. The name is withheld at Mr. Clay’s request. Carrier’s Report far December, 1SSO. Delivered—Registered letters, 603; mall letters, 27,047; mail postal cards, 13,944; local letters, 884; local postal cards, ],8S0; newspapers, etc., 21,107. Collected—Letters, 25,178; postal cards, 12,320; newspapers, etc., 5,379. A White Dove. Our notice of a brown dove killed at Haddocks aud brought to this office, has drawn forth a more singular siiecimen of tlio species. Yesterday Mr. W. A. Car ney brought in a white dove with black feathers in the wing, slain by him in tho Rutland district. The bird was a beauty, aud had beeu observed for several weeks before chance brought it within range of the hunter’s gun. The Cemetery Difficulty Axnln. In our first notice of the difficulty that occurred at the cemetery o:i Monday last, we mentioned that we had heard the young man alluded to was of unsound miud. We have since been creditably in formed by his friends tliat he is of a very excitable temperament and violent#as- slon when aroused; otherwise he is very far from being of unsound mind. We make ibis statement as au act of justice, as tbe mention first made might lead to l an erroneous impression. Meteorological. Tho following report has been handed us by J. M. Boardman, Esq.: Macon, Ga., Jan. 3,1880. The mean temperature the past month lias been . . . .45 degrees. The maximum was . . 78 degrees, The minimum was . .04 degrees. Rainfall, 7 26-100 inches. There were 4| inches of snow, which melted made 3-10 of an inch of water, aud of course included in the raiuful. The mean temperature for December, 1870, wo3 . : . .53 degrees. The maximum was . . 75 degrees. The minimum was . . 22 degrees Rainfall 4 53-100 inches. The warmest day of the year was 102 degrees, July 13th. The three preceding days were 100 degrees each. The coldest day was December 30th, 4 degrees—the coldest 1 have any knowledge of at the South, except that of February Otli, 1835, which, I have been told, was 6 degrees below zero. I was living at Darien, Ga., at that time, where the thermometer scored 12 degrees above zero. :beh»b tbe scenes. Wbiaperlan Received Fraai She Woe me Throask ska Tele- Craph’e Telephone -“Hello-Cm. ■ee» Naasber 8 With Ska Green Six’s Thermometer. Editors Telegraph find Messenger: The types are apt to damage the self-com placency of pno who gets into print. The writer once read a lecture before our ag ricultural convention, and was horrified at being reported as Prof. Millet. The name was very appropriate to tho pro ceedings of an agricultural assembly, but did not apply to the lecturer in any partic ular whatever. 1 write to relieve one of my thermome ters from a similar mystification of names, which appeared in my short article on “Cold Days,” in your paper of the 1st instant. Its true name is Six’s self-regis tering alcohol thermometer. Tho types made.it “six degree, self-registering, alco hol thermometer.” Six is is the name of the inventor. It is no wonder that any one made a mistake in so odd a name. It is fit only for a table of digits. And now, permit a word as to the “char acter” of my thermometers. Everybody and everything, from tho President dowD, needs an indorsement these days. My mercurial was purchased, a good many years ago, from James Green, New York. His Instruments had been adopted, as their standards, by the Smithsoniac In stitution. It was bought as one of a com plete set of meteorological instruments, for observations, which 1 ivjiorted to that institution. Its freezing point was recti fied recently. 1 can certify to the steady going, reliable character of tho mercurial. Tho Six’s thermometer was presented to the University recently by the present senior class. It has two movable indices, which mechanically fix or record the highest and lowest temperatures which occur in the interval between two read ings. I have found this instrument to agree with the mercurial for temperatures between 40 and 70 degrees. I cannot tell how It behaves down about zero. I should not expect it to be very erratic. Allow me to repeal the readings on Thursday morning. Tho mercurial allowed 4J degrees above zero at my resi dence; the Six's showed 5 degrees above zero, as the lowest temperature for tho previous twenty-four hours at Mercer University. Truly, J. E. Willkt. January 3d, 1881. A Munificent Donation. Tbe following letter from Superintend ent Edwards will explain itself, as well as the reply of Mayor Corput. The Brunswick road and its officers will long be remembered by the poor of Macon: Macon, January 4,1881. Mon. Felix Corput, Mayor City of Macon—Dann Sib: The Macon and Brunswick railroad will bring in this af ternoon about eight car-loads of wood, which wo tender as a donation, free from all expense, to you for distribution among tbe destitute of your city. The same wlil bo delivered to you to-night near the gas works. Truly yours, J. M. Edwauds, Superintendent Macon aud Brunswick railroad. Mayor’s Office, Macon, January 4,1881. Jas. M. Edieards, Esq., Superintend ent and General Manager of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, Macon, Ga.— My Dear Sib: 1c ours of this morning, advising me of your very kind donation of wood, to be distributed among the desti tute of our city, to hand. A more timely donation could not have been made. This bitter cold weatlier coming upon us unex pectedly, our entire people being unpre pared tor it, has caused great suilering among ail, but especially has it affected our poor, who, being thinly clad and poor ly sheltered, have suffered more than any one, only those immediately interested iu their relief, can conceive of. In tbeir name then, sir, and in the name of hu manity, allow me to thank you tor Tour timely mid generous assistance. Respectfully and gratefully yours, Felix Cortot, Mayor. Moetlaff of Use Creditors of Welch A The Albany Nercs publishes the follow ing, which is of tho most complimentary character to Welch & Bacon: About one hundred of the creditors of Welch & Bacon met in person yesterday in this city for tlio purpose of looking into the condition of the estate. Alter hearing a general statement of the assets ami lia bilities of the firm, etc., a resolution was introduced and adopted, tbe sense of which was tliat Col. Tift be requested to resign as assignee, aud tiiat the estate be placed iu the bauds ot L. E. Welch alul R. J. Bacou, for the purpose of winding up the same; that the preferred creditors •hall join in this request with the balance of the creditors, and agree in writing that the deed of assignment should be annulled and that Welch & Bacou shall agree In writing to hold the same iu trust for the benefit of all tlio creditors. A committee of live, consisting of Cap- taiu John A. Davis, chairman, and Messrs. L. E. Welch, R. Hobbc, A. L* Reid, of New York, and B. A. Denmark, of Savannah, was appointed to carry into effect the resolution and get the unani mous-consent ot the creditors thereto. The assignee is continued in charge of the business until further notice by the creditors, and the meetiug a^ourned to meet on the 15th inst. We suppose some official announcement will be publisher by the creditors. Gus Williams has invested in a new play. Edwin Booth is coining back to Atner- lea. Edwins Hamlet was not watery- eyed to tbe extent required by British taste, but his Richelieu was a revelation to them. P. T. Banturu la getting well again. John W. Norton no loDger manages Mary Anderson; ho has severed. Are we to presume from this that sweet Mollie has become unmanageable ? Alico Dashwood has been divorced from her husband, W. 11. Rich. An ac tress forsaking her husband is a very ordi nary occurrence, but an actress forsaking a husband who is Rich, is most extraordi nary. Bernhardt’s receipts in Baltimore foot up to $15,000. Strange that Sadie keeps her intended visit to Atlanta such a pro found secret! It is about time she was coming down to “pay tribute to tbe fame of the city.” Robson and Crane are coming to Macon to pay tribute to the fame of the city. Annie Graham’s new pjay is called “From East to West.” We presume aii the actors in it are stars, and that they play a one night’s engagement in each town along the route. Emma Abbott tells a St. Louis reporter that the stage kiss is a “mild, dim, pale phantom—unsatisfactory, elusive and empty.” It is, is it?. Well, jtwt you let Mary Anderson grapple with you. You’ll find It the liveliest phantom iu creation. Fanny Davenport plsjod in New Or leans on Sunday. When you are in New Orleans, do as the Creoles do. Lotta’s voice, of ‘late years waning, is returning to her. There is much ado about Mrs. Scott- Siddons having won a prize at a rifle match. Wa see no reason why Mrs. Scott-Siddons should not win a prize at a rifle match unless she misses the target. Gen. Tecumseh Sherman became so en thused over Mary Anderson’s acting in New York, tliat he insisted upon rushing belli rid tbe scenes and congratulating her “officially.” We have ever been an admir er of the gentle Mary,but when the tramp of army brogans begins to echo in her green rooms, we will ring up the central telephone office, aud request that “Num her 5” be disconnected. lloppy New Tear! January 1,1881. Permit me to present my compliments, ami to wish you, many happy returns. May your shadow never grow less. May you live a thousand years, nere’stoyou and yours, and “here’s hoping.” Would like to call, but old Jake Wood- all, when standing in the chimney coruer, taking the rain, said to his wife when she called out to him, “Why in the name of common sense, Mr. Woodall, don’t you come into the house out of the rain ?” •-Confound it, Madam, 1 haven’t been in vited.” Mauy will be tho callers, and but few chosen. Itnngmo your humble 'servant at the gate about 6 o’clock, p. bl, in the old time-manner saying, “Hello, hello, hello, hello; don’t let your dogs bite 1” Now, that Is what I consider old-fash ioned, but “effectual calling.” It brings you to the front door. “Howdy, Mr. B. Como in, come in; the dogs won’t bite- They won’t bite white folks, no how.” But half way from the gate to the front door (aforesaid) two curs, a half hound ana a bench-irg fice, .come round the cor ner of the house, bristles, heads and tails up. You spring to a Dexter pace, aud just make the piazza witli a small piece of your coat-tail hanging on the corner tooth of the said bencb-leg. “I’ll declare, I never saw my dogs do that way before!” In tho olden times, in the ancient days, that was calling. Now, the old woman had witnessed such scenes often, hut her memory was bad, or she really thought her dogs wouldn’t bite white folks. As 1 was saying, the weather is bad, the tailor hasu’t sent my clothes home, my horse is lame, one wheel of my cabrio let is.dished, the harness broke all to pieces, my driver is drank, the old cow is m the mire, chickens all dying with the cholera, and you see I can’t call (to-day.) Yours till death, B. New Tear Renolation*. The following resolutions for tbe New Year were cordially adopted by a party ladies and gentlemen at Brown’s Nation al. Proposed by tho Rev. David Wills, D. D.: Resolved 1. That God in Christ shall be the first one spoken to In the morning and the last one at night. Resolved 2. Tliat nothing shall be read on any day during the week, prior to the Holy scriptures, and that a portion of them shall be read devoutly daily. Bn deed 3. That I wilt ask God each mom.ng to give me something to do for Him during the day, and that at night 1 will seriously ask myself whether I have done it. Resolved 4. That I will, as far as possi ble, abstain from all worldly thoughts and secular employments oil tbe holy Sabbath, works of necessity and mercy only ex cepted. Resolved 5. Tbit 1 will endeavor con tinually to cultivate a Cheerful tone of miud and temper and to see the hand ot a wise aud loving God aud Father in all the affairs of fife, whatever they be, small or great, prosperous or adverse. Resolved, 0. That I will try to live each day as if it were my last. Resolved, 7. Tliat should I be called to die this year, it is my fixed and solemn purp 040 t0 commit my body to its mother earth and my soul into the hands of Jesus Christ, my only Lord and Saviour, in tho full laitb aud hope of a glorious immor tality. Resolved, 8. That should my uncertain and fleeting life be prolonged another year, I wifi seek, by tba help of God, to bo a wiser, better and happier man at ita close than in itt beginning. Resolved, 9. That I deliberately adopt these resolutions with a duo sense of my dependence on Divine Grace to oxecute them. No More porlpatetle Cowo. The council have authorised the publi cation of an ordinance which appears in .As morning’s issue, by which it will be seen tliat cows may no longer search for pastures green within the city limits. This may or may not be a wise ordinance. We do not propose to discuss it. It will doubtless be the subject of pretty general ..scussiou among cow owners, and per haps, in view of the severity of the winter and the suffering among the poor, the subject of a petition. Vrt Prevent and Car* Coatrho anfi Cold* _ reliable remedy is necessary In every household. Parky’s Ginger Tonic is just the medicine needed. It radically cures Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat. Bronchitis and even Consumption if used in time, by its powerful specific action on the Stom- ach. Kidneys, Skin, Liver and mucous surfaces of the Throat and Lungs. It ac complishes tbe cure in n wonderfully short time, and removes all pain and sore ness of the lungs. It Is also a most valu able stomachic remedy, effectually remov- ing Dyspepsia, Headache, Liver Disor der*. Costiveness, Nervousness, Low Spirits, Wakefulness, Heartburn, Cramps, Palpitation of tbe Heart, tte., and gives a cheering comfort and freedom from pain that surprises every one. Buy a 60 or $1.00 bottle and tty it. Bold K first-class druggists. om pain 60 ate r THO Booker** Dooghtor. “The Banker’s Daughter,” to be pro. duced iu this city to-night, u one of the strongest dramatizations now upon the stage. It is a terse, sharply drawn scene, through which runs s vein of humor. In itself most entertaining. Tbe Memphis Avalanche, high authority, says: Collier’s Union Sqnare company rosde their first appearance in Memphis Ian night iu the “Banker’s Daughter,” and scored an unmistakable success. Indeed, it would hardly be possible for the most unsympathetic audience to sit through such a drama, presented as it was by an excellent company, without having their attention riveted from the opening scene to the denouement. The interest it ex cites is natural, aud sustained witbout a break or halt, resolving Into pathos, hu mor or enthusiasm, as each succeeding scene portrays the varying emotions aud impulses of human life with the truth of a photograph from nature. The “Bank er’s Daughter’’ is a kaleidoscope of life as we see it. The dramatis personal are types of those we meet every day, and embody to some ex tent the peculiarities of the American character. The only exception to tbe mie is the heavy villiau, and one or two of the minor character. In Lillian West brook, the banker’s daughter, we have a girl gay and pleasure loving, yet endowed with deep feeling and a high sense of honor. Harold Rutledge is the young man of lalent, somewhat vaiu and exact ing, but one whom we like. The Com* de Caroj&c fills the idea of a polished and unscrupulous man who sticks at nothing in order to ga:n his ends,yet commanding a certain degree of respect by his love for Lillian, and his undoubted courage. Pa terfamilias Westbrook is a compound of affection for his daugter, selfishness and good nature. His partner, Rabbage, re veals to us the crusty old bachelor ■with an aversion to all women (except Lil lian) and a tender heart in a casket of steel. Brown, the millionaire, is a man with shrewdness enough to accumulate money, and beyond that little better than an Idiot. He is a familiar acquaintance ; we meet his kind ou the street inorning t noon and iyght. John Sirebelow Is not so often seen—a typical American of tho best class, noble, refined and combining manly firmness with the tenderness of a woman. Florence St. Vincent Brown is tlio butterfly of fashion, sacrificing herself for money by marrying an old, silly man, yet not totally devoid of heart. Her special adorer, Phipps, is a delight fully humorous, though somewhat-highly colored specimen of the rushing commer cial man, uneducated yet shrewd, aud every inch a man,who loses his sweetheart because lie lias no time for courting. The play is skillfully constructed, fullofstrong situations that are not in any sense over drawn, an harmonius combination of the best elements of the society-sensational drama, with nothing in it that could offend a prude of the prudes. CUTTING AFFBAT IN CUTHBBRT: Mr. Daneaa Jordan Cat by W. B. Dixon.' During Christmas holidays the usually quiet city of Cutlibert was thrown into a considerable excitement by the announce ment of a serious difficulty between two of its highly respected citizens, Mr. W. B. Dixon and Postmaster Duncan Jordan. — We gather the following facts from a re liable source; It appears that Mr. Jordan was wending M* way homeward and met Mr. Dixon, who was somewhat under the influence of the intoxicating beverage,and Mr. Dixon requested Mr. Jordan to return to his saloon and take a drink with him. Mr. Jordan refused, hut Mr. Dixon insisted. Dixon became angry and gave ventfto his feelings by abusive language to Jordan, at the same time drawing his pistol and snapping it at Jor dan several times, but fortunately the weapon was ’unloaded. ? Mr. Jordan took Dixon’s pistol, but re turned it, aud finally yielded to Dixon’s wishes and walked over to his saloon and took a drink with him, and was about to depart, when Dixon drew his knife and stated he desired to settle their late diffi culty. Mr. Jordan walked off, Mr. Dixon fol lowing. Mr. Dixon then grasped Jor dan by one shoulder and his clerk the otiier, aad with a stroke of the blade made a ghastly wound upon Jordan’s neck, penetrating to the tissue covering the jugular vein. A hair’s breadth deeper and death would have ensued. The af- fair was much deplored by tho citizens of Cuthbert. Interesting Meeting: of library Direc tors. The year 1881 will, no doubt, be a pros perous one in the history of tbe Public Library, and when President Cbestney called to order Monday evening the regu lar monthly meeting of tho board of direc tors, an appearance of business noted each member’s actions. Librarian Herbst collected during the mouth of December, $146.50. He report ed also an addition of forty volumes to the library collection of books and that 030 volumes had beeu read iu December Miss Gertrude Benson aud Messrs. Charles II. McGrath, Morton B. Wharton, Jr., and John L. Worthington were elected member*. A resolution of thanks was voted tot the following contributions: Mrs. Julia P. Jones, thirteen volumes; Captain R. E. Park, six volumes; Hon. J. W. Blount, one volume; Captain A. G. Butts, Wes ley souvenir; T. C. Logan, Empire State, (uewspaper) Griffin; Mr. Thomas W. Troy, for “The Cruise of the Challenger,” two volumes; Mr. Matt R. Freeman, two maps of Macon, 1840 aud 18S4; L. W. Smith, one volume, “Cbatteau Dore.” We publish, by request, the names of the various committees recently appointed by President Cbestney: Library committee—R. E. Park, F. S. Johnson, L. W. Smith. Lecture committee—A. E. Boardman, J. W. Chester, T.S. Jones. Finance—J. W. Chester, A. E. Board- man, C. E. Armstrong. Entertainment committee—T. C. Buries, C. E. Armstrong, A. Mack. The directors very wisely and unanl- moasly re-elected Mr. Charles Herbet li brarian and master Willie Gumming as sistant librarian. Ia Brief. -Five cows have climbed the gilded steps from too much evergreen. —A violent discussion or two and a knock down was all the fire fon»d iu yes terday’s fuss. —We will cheerfully publish a poem on the “beautiful mud” if anyone reels in spired. . —Atlanta complains that unless the weather lets up pedestrians will carry all Um dty out of the limits.. Here, the greatest danger is that they will bring all the country Into town. —A runaway and smasb-np was the emit on Cotton avenue yesterday morn ing. —CothbertM orchestra ia compoeed of e ytoU» and TiaHooeollo. Tbe fosmer fc played by a negro man, the latter by t negro Nome*. Sbe ueeeonly one ttringi aadberbewharittewettruetoed.