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HfefcJUgr & 3tiggg*tig*c.
GEORGIA PRESS.
: Albany Xeica says that auction
mksseU lively in that city, becauso
■-■fcere isidt com enough in Southwest
vSeorgia to save them.
Mirsnm.R. N. WESTBROOK, Of Al-
curried the murderer Dennis Ea*
•jaato Tallahassee, and delivered him up
On Sw. Dlosbam, of Florida.
&• fa stated that a man in Waycross,
Ca, aaaied-Curry, has started a fiddle-
factory, and Is buying cats by tho
'Studied. Is he related to “Old Rosin
CfeeBow?” Probably not, if tho proper
-SSpAfing Is “Beau.”
W. W. Joyce, a whisky seller in
«£<utcnau,is not only willing that tho city
veunril should put the whisky license to
tfiflO, as has been decided upon, but sug-
£pns ilat it be placed at $1,000. Qe is
Twilling to pay it.
ju Rogers, of Henry county, was ac-
rddentally killed while topping some trees
l&nt Wednesday. Ho was in tho top of a
Site when the limb broke, and let him
5*11 some twenty or thirty feet. Ho was
felled iustantly.
Isnugmas Democrat: A parly of
-oHeiaU, headed by United States marshal
T*rd aruied with carbine rifles, boarded the
■<«mT Jordan at Ocheeseo last Thurs-
Jtyot route for Jackson county, Florida,
wAoie they were going to make some ar-
acaia. Just above Port Jackson the
Suited .States marshal, while walking
.taleag the edgo of the lower deck,
Gripped, lost his balance aud fell over-
ticzjil. Tho steamer was stopped and a
SfaMt was lowered and sent out to save the
-efeawniog man. But the unfortunate
slial sank just before tho boat reached
M never to rise again in life. The cold
of the Chattahoochee closed over
—lifeless form, perhaps forever, for we
tint up to date all eflorts to recover
fais body h&vo proven fruitless. When
•Cfce marshal tripped and fell overboard he
,:a his overcoat, which, with his bat,
wras picked up floating down tho river.
The overcoat was buttoned up from top
bottom aud the man’s pockelbook con-
•bauEiig somo money was found in Us side
•arndkec. No one can imagine bow he could
mot out of the coat and let it remain but
toned. To say the least, it’s exceedingly
^Boxgc aud puzzles every one.
iujisv A’eica and Advertiser: We
vhs« iufoimed by a gentleman connected
mtJi the warehouse business yesterday
fttuA it was a positive fact that many
g&wateirs of this section have not been
mJcic up to this time to make arrangements
Btrcaifiplying themselves with provisions
da ran them during this year. They have
mark, tools and laud, but no corn or ba-
raid have not tho ability to secure
anarch an tf, that they may furnish them.
Xesionlay there were quite a number of
tfenuers from districts cast of the river
asking credit, but only a few succeeded,
oxAMntm is no telling how the poorer
arc to get through tho year. This is
sasad erudition of affairs; but it’s the cul-
sttnu) ioa of the credit system, aud now
4b*i. the crisis is reached the lesson will be
••ieryty instilled, and the year 1832 will
facing anew era of prosperity tooursec-
-tfen. Planters will certainly learn to be
•welhsustaining.^J They will pay more at-
'Scatioa to making their own bread, and
w*£U team tlie importance of making cot-
dno a surplus crop. ‘‘It’s an ill wind that
4fci*ws n.liudy good,” and the recent com-
wcrctei cuiMUity in our city did not come
sqpon us without a purpose.
Atlanta Phonograph: Wo arc glad
»feo learn that Jehu T. Bolfeuillet has be-
- vMOEae connected with tlie slaffof the Macon
■ Tki.vi;i:.trji ani> Messenger. With
.Edwards aud Boifcuillet the TELEGRAPH
• AVD Messenger has a pair than can
dwu a full hand any day. Success to
foo. Johnnie.
A Chattanooga Times correspondent,
■writing from Cole-City, bos the following
rto say of poor Ed. Cox: “Almost every
«4ey.‘ in passing around the headquarters
of ti**. coal company, I noticed a fine-look-
;£g,.good humored man, whom the stripes,
Oie mjier ia of tbe prison, do not become
A&aii. l -rs Cox, of the Cox-Alston trage-
v 4$. Alt the courtesy that can be, under
She circumstances, is tendered Mr. Cox.
to stems to look closely after the interest
the company.”
Ogle mugs Times',: Yesterday Frcd-
■mde Paulding was arrested, undera war-
’sssL obtained before Judge N. L. Reed by
Sfaaak.-Litile, bis stage director, charging
Nun with assault and battery. Ho waived
-x. preliminary examination, aud gave
'bend to appear at the May term of our
-Ufaperior Court. It seems that Mr. Pauld-
>j»g laid engaged Little for ten weeks as
sotge director. Friday night, after the
^aetfnrmance in this city, lie discharged
Otici, with one week of the engagement re-
.^auiniug to be fillod. Little demanded
TH^y for tbe full engagement, and Mr.
jEaxlding would agree to pay for only
•■■*"» weeks—tbe actual time served. Such
WEtsie of affairs, of course, caused ill-
'ABiin between'.lie two, ami when Mr.
. ’SbJdiHg demanded the manuscript oi his
. “The Love of his Life,” Little re-
.IcMd to deliver it, unless Paulding would
him for tho eutire ten weeks. This
. jffur.'ateJ Paulding, aud he struck Little
^4 Mow in tlie face with his fist.
" j>OXTEB Republican: Farming oper-
Wixan: are reported greatly retarded by
tEh&Siad weather for the last six wrecks.
^Rarnvsrsuire discouraged at the continued
Abts and cold, but the way they are pur-
--tkasiug guano shows that they don’t care
.» «ent for Mother Shipton’s propedes
-riboui the world being destroyed. We
agree with them there. If we are to get
dko uew quarters we should carry plenty of
■attiwund clothing along, for wo cant
■OeH how the times may bo over there.
•Athens Danner: The Oconee was
•gawbably never higher than it was yester-
•day znrmiug. It was within three or four
Cast of the bridge at the upper factory.
Jkt the lower lactory the waters were
-xsun'mg into the lower story of tho grist-
•Quitman Free Press: Tbe rains and
,oiU of tlie past two months has been very
aMfavorablo for tho sheep men in tbe
4twmac part - of Brooks and in Colquitt
^aoHty. Mr-Briggs Lawson informs us
^batanorc than half of his young lambs
Sore died from cold and exposure.
. minus Recorder: Ticket sales at
vsk. Americas- depot for tlie first ten days
. j* February, the time tho new tliree-cent
jaM went into effect, were $410.55 less
v ^haa for the first ten days in January. As
>emanated with the last ten days in Janu-
aary there was a falling off of 20 per cent.
-Jfcb result In Americas does not hold
eaitii Mr. Wrcnn’s statement a few days
atm.
At.ih w Fetes and Advertiser: The
^4aans of Blackshear on the Savannah,
Sftxida and Western railroad had an
wuninii Jut Tuesday for councilmen. By
zmm ovu'-slght the polls were not opened un-
405:30 p. m. and were closed at 0 p. m.
niiiuteeu votes were cast, aud when
cdbs count-was made it was found that two
mssroes were elected as aldermen. Black-
jCuar is indignant, as she is largely a
-ortnte Democratic town
Atlanta monograph: Yesterday a
Tffhite man named J. H. Maynard, from
Clarice county, was arrested at a store on
4M>i:otiall street, charged with foigcry.
9F>ma xiliat wo can learn, Maynard, a
Vaort time ago, forged the name of P. P.
/Doekle, of Clarke county, to a note for
4SDD and upon tho note borrowed $01
Mr. Tom Fleming, an old gentleman
•of Athene. A few days after the note bad
bwa deposited with Mr. Flcmlug as secu-
uky Jar the $01, that gentleman, npen
An wing the note to Mr. Peekle, was told
’ . ;'■ < UK- ihai tlie note was a forgery,
atr. Fleming at once made inquiry for
gKagnerd, aud learned that lift was in
,‘Alianta. Yesterday lio reached this city,
. sntfl immediately upon his arrival
•• jecmv.d the services of Captain Arthur
^OonneWy to-help him search for May-
After tracking Maynard to several
--Stares which ho had visited under the
jpiiir iit of ljeing d-sirious of purchuing
-amine ccods, Mr. Fleming and Captain
i <Ooiwelly came upon him at a store on
'pftk'bi'- i ill street, where the arrest wu
Maynard was taken to the station
. it • l-- ant! locked up forsafe keeping. Up-
Oi. searching his pockets another note
payable to him and signed by J. B. An
derson. also a resident of Clarkq county,
for $250, was found. Mr. Fleming says
ho thinks this note is also a forgery.
Yesterday morning Mr. Fleming had lmn-
self sworn in as a special baliff by Justice
Tanner, so that be would have ^au
thority to carry Maynard back to Claike
county as a prisoner.
Athens Banner: Hugh Whittaker is
in Jail in Cumming, Forsyth county, on
the charge of beating his wife. Just be
fore being incarcerated he managed to
obtain some morphine, with which he
Intended to end his life, but before he
could carry his design into execution
the drug was discovered and taken from
him.
Elbebton News: Rock and rye is be
coming a very popular beverage In somo
sections of the country. This mixture
has one redeeming quality—but only one,
when used as a substitute for straight
whisky. By tbe time one bas drank a
sufficient quantity of it to become intoxi
cated, he is too sick to navigate, and can
do no harm to any one. Bear it in mind,
wo do not speak from experience—oh, no
—we are a teetotle abstiner, onrseif.
THE Athens Dlade, a paper published
by W. A. Pledger, a colored man, gives
his fellow-citizens some good advice. Ho
says it behooves us to call the attention of
the leading colored farmers and business
men of tho State to the fact that they
should do all they can to drive that host
of drones that pilver aronnd town and ex
pect to live on charity’s goods to the
country or to the chain-gang. Freedom
did not bring tho right to live without
work. This class is, while a host, not as
large as that number that will, rather
than rent lands and work from sun to sun,
stay about town and drive a wagon at
sixty-five cents a day, or deliver goods on
their back from a store at five dollars per
month. How can a man live upon such
wages while wood is$3 a load? Why will he
stay in town and starve when the forests
stand so inviting to his chilled limbs and
wistful eyes? Wby eathalf enough when
be can go to tbe valleys and plains and
have to spare ? It is injuring the race and
tbe country to countenance this course of
procedure on the part of some of our peo
ple. It is not confined to colored people,
but it Is to that class we now address our
article. Nor do we mean to say that the
majority of people are not annually mak
ing the State rich. We mean to say there
are too many loafers around town that
ought to go to work.
A Griffin correspondent of the Con
stitution aays: The mo3t deplorable acci
dent, and certainly the most unfortunate
that ever occured in this county, took
place at Prince’s creek, about two miles
from tlie city, at which point Mr. William
Scandrett lost bis life. He bad come to
town with his wife to visit bis son-in-law’s
family, Mr. C. H. Johnson, Jr. The lat
ter tried to dissuade him from returning,
however, but he heeded nothing and
started about 4 o’clock in the afternoon.
It is supposed that he reached and crossed
the creek In safety, but when just on tlie
other side the buggy ran into a sink, was
upset and the old man drowned. The
horse pulled the buggy on up to Colonel
Logan’s place, where some one recognized
it aud went to the creek in search of the
owner. He was not found, however, aud
Mr. Johnson was notified. A party went
out last night at 12 o’clock, and after
searching about two hours fouud the body
about two hundred yards from the road
down the creek where it had lodged
against a slump. The remains were
brought at once to the city. Mr. Scan
drett was about seventy years old and
highly respected.
Capt. Kendrick of Lumpkin who
so dangerously hurt by failing scaffold at
the new academy building, Is now able to
be out on crutches.
The Rome Courier says the young men
who go down to see Sara Bernhardt will
live to see the day when they will wish
they had invested tlieir money in a cotton
factory at Rome. And there are other
people throwing away their money to-day
in this enterprise that will need it to pnr-
cliase bread with before another twelve
month.
The Indian Springs Argus says’ that
cotton picking in that neighborhood would
be completed in about sixty days if the
weather continued fine.
August Charlson, a Swede, Is want
ed down the Brunswick road. He took
Ly mistake, or otherwise, $15 and some
wearing apparel belonging to a lady.
Dr. Blackburn, who often visits the
capital, says some inquisitive gentleman
in Atlanta is asking the question whether
a councilman who lives iu one ward can
represent another ward. Wby, certainly,
anAtlantese can do anything that he
wishes.
We see from the Waycross Reporter
that a new paper fa to be started in Quit-
man, and that subscriptions are now be
ing taken for the enterprise. The Report
er says “we would suggest to them to con
sult Col. H. H. Jones, late of tho Macon
Telegraph and Messenger, and if
possible secure his services, by a most lib
eral proposition.”
The Georgia Supreme Court fa moved
to say in a recent decision: “In taking
a wife a man does not put himself under
an overseer. A husband left free to gov
ern in his own family fa the most useful
to all concerned. A subjugated husband
fa a less pleasing and less energetic mem
ber of society than one who keeps his true
place, yet knows how to temper authority
with affection.”
The Atlanta Phonograph says: “Tlie
Georcia news man of the Macon Tele
graph copies one ot our best squibs
about Sarah B. and credits it to tbe Au
gusta News. If he comes to Atlanta on
tho 10th we will murder him by cram
ming him into one ot Sallie’s stockings.”
The Savannah Mews says when the
Phonograph's editor made that threat
did he begin to imagine what a terrible
punishment he was contemplating? He
will have to catch his victim, crush his
bones and flesh together to tho consisten
cy of Jelly a la boa constrictor, and roll
him out till tbe mass fa not larger in
diameter than a good sized lead pencil
before he can expect to carry out his
direful intentions.
As to the first paragraph: If wo gave
such credit, it was because we clipped it
from tho News, supposing it to be origi
nal. Bill Moore, and not the Macon man,
is responsible. As to the second clause,
Sara’s stockings might be as elastic as tbe
Imagination of tho young man, and 220
pounds coaid go through without break
ing bones. Again, we shall not be there;
we shall depend upon Christopher for a
verbatim report.
The Meriwether Vindicator fa filled
with railroad literature. Some of the
readers complain that there fa too much
of it. When they get the railroad there
the editor will have something else to talk
about.
Waycross Reporter: Within tho last
twelve months twenty-one bnildings, the
jail and livery stable included, have been
constructed In tbe town of Waycross. We
feel safe in saying that double that num
ber will go up before the expiration of the
present year.
Early County News: Tlie town coun
cil has given the marshal orders to have
the academy bell rung every night at
nine o’clock. We suppose It is done to
give loafers notice that it-if time for them
to go home.
Atlanta Post-Appeal: Numerous dar
kies residing in shanties down about the
Compress and in various other portions of
the city, have been foraging freely for
fuel upon the sides anff.walls .Of the very
houses that shelter them, during the re
cent wintry wither. Some of the houses
have been strip, . J of hoards, shingles,
and even the stun stanchions that hold
th*m up li&vc not been omitted.
Watceoss Reporter: Wajxross can
boast of as clever a set of Northern peo
ple, taking them as a whole, as ever emi
grated to any Southern town. Moral, In
dustrious, enterprising and accommoda
ting, such people are a blessing to any
community. This fa not an opinion enter
tained by U3 only, but our entire commu
nity. May we be pardoned for saying
that we also Indulge tho blissful thought
that they feci at homo in our midst. Itin
erant defamers of the South have always
had, and ever will have, our contempt;
but those who come to remain with us,
identifying themselves with our Interest,
whether Democrats or Republicans, will
invariably receive a cordial greeting.
Savannah News: Yesterday morning
August Wilhelmj, the great violinist, ac
companied by tbe musical director of bis
company, Prof. Vogrich, favored tho con
gregation of the Cathedral with two se-
Jections during tbe mass—the first, a
Traumerer, by Jensen, and the second a
beautiful Romanza, by the artist himself.
The visit of these gentlemen was keenly
appreciated, and their kindness in con
tributing so materially to the grand music
of the choir will long bo remembered.
Certainly nothing could be grander or
more impressive than the lovely tones
produced by the great artist, resounding
through the beautiful Cathedral, a solemn
ofiering to Him who endows us with gifts
that we may praise and glorify His pre
cious name.
Rome Courier: We made a little re
mark yesterday to the eliect that Winter
was occupying the lap of Spring. It was
made in a thoughtless moment whilst we
were in an exuberance of moonlit spirit.
We made tbe remark subject to with
drawal, and now with tbe thermometer
several degrees below freezing, we believe
it to be the proper season for that purpose.
It is withdrawn. ^ ,
Lumpkin Independent: On Wednesday
night last Mr. Charles H. Stubbs, of this
place, was married to Miss Aurelia Abell,
of Macon. Mr. Stubbsandlilsbride came
down on the Southwestern train to Cuth-
bert yesterday, and are expected to arrive
in Lumpkin to-day. We wish them much
happiness and a long and prosperous life.
Greensboro Home Journal: Mr. Paul
Atkiuson who giaduatcd with considerable
eclat at the Mercer University, the Macon
Tkleo hath says is studying for the stage.
Poor infatuated man! He may when too
late, find himself floating upon a gilded
bubble.
Griffin News: The cotton receipts of
this market to-date are 32,337 bales,
being an increase over tho same date of
last year of 4,200 bales, the receipts up to
February 13, 1SS0, being 28,131 bales.
The bad weather for several months has
had the effect of cutting off the receipts in
various ways. With good weather we
doubt not tho receipts of tho season
would have reached 40,000. Even now
they will considerably exceed 35,000.
Buena Vista Argus: The Hon.
Henry K. Harris, of Greenville, not long
since* published iu the Columbns En
quirer a summary of the late census of
this Congressional district, which dis
closes the rather startling fact that there
are 210 more colored voters in the dis
trict than white voters. The estimate of
the ratio of polls is made upon the basis
of one voter for every six and one-fourth
persons. We notice from the table that
Carroll and Douglas have the smallest
colored vote of any of the counties of the
district, Carroll’s beingput down at 33'»
and Douglas at 235. Troup county has
1,181 more colored voters’than white.
Lumpkin Independent: On Saturday
night last the dwelling on the Holtzclaw
place, a few miles iu the country, now
owned by Mr. A. D. Chambliss, was en
tirely destroyed by fire. We have not
been able to ascertain the origin of the
fi/e nor the extent of the loss.
The Valdosta Times makes a complaint
that could bo made in Macon with equal
force. It says:
Tlie cows are skinning the bark off of
all the Chinaberry trees in town. We
have never known them to attack trees in
that way before. Something must be done.
Our people must feed their cattle better,
or the Council must prohibit their running
on tho streets. Our shade trees must be
protected.
Athens Chronicle: It is amusing to see
some of our citizens at a fire. Becoming
excited, many ridiculous and laughable
things are dono by tnera. At the recent
fire, ono of our gallant firemen, after tbe
building was completely destroyed, aud
nothing save the chimneys remained, was
observed pulling and tugging away at
these with all possible earnestness. Upon
being questioned as to wby he was doing
this, he replied: “You blame fool, don’t
•fon see them bricks wilt soon be burnt up
i f I don’t get them out of this placo ?”
Cincinnati Times-Stwr: Under the
new conditions that followed Appomat
tox, cotton mills have sprung into exis
tence in every ono of the Southern States
—excepting that of West Virginia, If that)
indeed, can be thus classified. In this en
terprise Georgia takes the lead, that gives,
her a claim to the title of the “Empire
State of the South.” Five years after the-
close of the war this State had 85,002 cot
ton spindles running and employed 2,84ft
persons. In 1880 she employed 0,078 per
sons in her factories, used up 67,874 bales-
of her own growth of cotton, ran 4,713
loom* and 200,974 spindles. There is no
reason in the world why the same ratio
of increase should not so go on for the
next decade. - -
Monroe Advertiser: There are about
five hundred bales of unsold cotton in our
warehouses aud fully one thousand on
tlie farms, ready to be brought to town
when the owners wish. There fa life in.
tlie old land yet, if some tew did fall short
last year.
The mules that wero let loose from the
broken car, In the sin ash-up, near Sm are’s
Station, on the 4th insL, have been caught
and turned over to the authorities of the
Central railroad.
Uenry County Weekly: Mr. S. H.
Griffin was standing near while one of
bis farm hands was engaged in felling a
treo last week, when a broken limb be
came dctatched and fall with crushing
force, striking Mr. Griffin on the head
and knocking him senseless. We are
pleased to kuow that his injuries are not
serious, and with the exception of a very
sore head, suffered but litllo from the
blow.
Munm Madisonian: Had not those
who are trying to name the next Gover
nor of tho State, better wait for the old.
Democratic wagon? When this venera
ble old vehicle rolls up, “wo’ll all jump
in and take a ride.”
Sparta IshmaetUe: There are indica
tions of a revival of fruit raising
cock. This business has come into Ue-
cideil prominence in some sections of tbe
State. Itis largely remunerative.
Sandeusville Mercury: In the San-
dersville district nearly 200
failed to pay their taxes and collector
has issued executions against them. 3 his
fa no doubt a fair sample of the condition
of other districts, and the question arisw
how many of these voted. Atl who did
111 6 III It WUl W ****** j 0 y- - —
Solicitor plenty to do, and convictions
would swell our chain gang to such an
extent that we could build all our bridges
and work our roads without calling the
people to assist.
A Remarkable Pig.—Montezuma
Weekly: A gentleman from the upper
portion of the county informs us that he
fa tbe owner of a truly wonderful pig.
His pigship fa nearly one year old, but
has not grown a particle iu length in over
eight mouths, his growth, like a man s,
extending upwards. The length of the
pic is only sixteen inches, while his
height exceeds thirty. What is more re
markable its legs and tail are the only
portions which have grown any at all
since the time referred to. Its four legs,
if placed together, would make a greater
circumference than his body, while its
tail drags the ground about four inches.
We want this pig at our nex k fair.
Augusta News: A very fine parade of
the colored military companies and socie
ties was witnessed ou the streets last af
ternoon. The celebration was a proces
sion delayed from January 1st, and in
honor of the emancipation proclamation
of President Lincoln.
Spabta Ishmaelile: A great deal lias
been written and spoken about the labor
problem in the South; a great deal of ear
nest study has been giveu to it by tbe
most practical and thoughtful of our far
mers, and yet tbe problem does not seem
to have been solved. Indeed, it certainly
has not been solved. There may be dif
ferences of opinion throughout the South
as to the effectiveness of present available
labor. Undoubtedly the different sec
tions of tlie South are not on absolutely
tlie same footing as to the sources of labor
supply; and, even in tho same State, dif-
ftreut degress of effectiveness char
acterize tbe labor. In some
counties labor is scarcer thau
in others; and in diflerent localities
it is marked by different degrees of fixed
ness and general reliability. But there is
no section of the South, so fai as our in
formation goes, in which the great mass
of the labor, on which the farmer depends,
is not shifting, shiftless and in the highest
degree uncertain. Tbe points of difl’ei-
ence, which we have referred to as mark
ing tho character of labor in different por
tions even of the same State, necessarily
create diversities of opinion as to the ex
tent of the shortcomings of onr laborers
and as to the proper measures for relief.
On the whole, however, there fa a general
feeling of uncertainly aud uneasiness that,
in all parts of the South, hangs over this
important and unsettled question. The
difficulty of procuring suitable farm la
borers is not simply a threatened evil—it
s one that is already preseut. It is one
that, so far from showing a disposition to
be obviated, increases yearly.
Augusta News: The Indiana Legisla
ture is likely to pass an act reviving tho
whipping-post. The punishment fa limit
ed to twenty-five I&shes on tho bareback
with the cat-o’-nine-tails. Georgia should
have a similar law.
Albany News and Advertiser: All the
“washouts” on the Hue of the Brunswick
and Albany railroad caused by the heav
rains of last week, have been repaire ,
and trains have resumed their regular
schedules, the passenger train coming in
all right last night. There were somo very
heavy breaks in the road, and tho man
agement certainly deserve great credit for
ibe promptness with which they have been
repaired. They put all the force availa
ble to work, aud stopped neither for night
fall, ram nor cold.
Atlanta Phonograph Deputy Reve
nue Collector W. O. H. Shepherd, who is
one ol the most vigilant officers of tho
revenue department, a few days since,
while on a raid in Franklin county,
captured a still belonging to C. R. Davis,
which was destroyed; also two hundrei!
gallons of mash and beer and_ about
twenty gallons of whisky. Davis was
arrested by a Deputy United States Mar
sha! who was with tbe party and carried
before a commissioner, by whom he was
required to give a bond for illicit dis
tilling. During tbe past month or two
the weather in the moon tains has been
so bad that tbe raider* could do no ef
fective aeivice among tho distillers of
mountain dew
Rome Tribune: Yesterday oar sanctum
was greeted by either Mr. Wm. Lowry or
liis ghost, who was reported killed at
Rockmart. The spectre or the man,
whichever It was, said, in a strong voice.
“Say to youi^readers, I am still alive. I
have been killed six times, buried three
times, and if any ono else wishes to kill
mo again they are at liberty to commence
when they please, hut I have a charmed
life, and It can’t be did.” We told him
that we would certainly comply with his
request, and so we have. Can’t kill him
any more—lie won’t stay killed, and it’s
labor thrown away.
Americus Recorder: Friday about
noon, a yoke of young oxen, but old
enough to have a sense of the fitness of
things, passed the jail on Forsyth street at
a steady, comfortable gait. The cart
was loaded witb several sacks of guano,
half a dozen plows, hoes,and a feiv plough
lines: Tho driver was still in the city
makiug observations, taking notes or whis
ky -contrary to the laws of propriety and
diligent industry. He bad an interesting
and healthy walk before be overtook
thosfe steers. They meant business, End
were “on tholr journey home.” i ', ’
Washington correspondent Atlanta
Gazelle: Mr. S. Wise Barker, who ran
for Congress as tho Radical. candidate
against General Cook, lias secured a good
place, through the influence of Mr. Speer,
aim he lias several other Radicals on
hand to provide for.'
Griffin News: Tlie up passenger on
the Central when it left here yesterday,
was two hours behind lime. Tbe depot
battalion got weary uaitttig for its arrival
—but they waited all the samo.
Augusta News: The first rebel flag
overborne by an Augusta company fa now
hanging in the Clinch Rifles’ hall, and its
Columbus Times: Sunday night about
thirty feet of the City Mill’s dam was
washed away by the heavy waters. The
dam is a wood structure and tho break
occurred shout baif way tba river. This
will cause tbe mill to cease operations for
three or four months, as lb fa Impossible
to repair tbe damage until the river bas
fallen. This will throw out of employ
ment several persons, and will be a con
siderable loss to Mr. C.E. Phillips, tbe
proprietor, inasmuch as a handsome pro
fit will be cut off. It will also be a great
inconvenience to a large number of our
citizens who Lave for a long time been
buying their supply of meal from this
mill, which makes a grade unsurpassed:
by any other in this section.
Serious Accident.—Milledgeville Di
sorder: On Saturday, Miss Annie Han
cock, of this city, took a pistol from her
brother* trunk, and while tampering wUh
it, the hammer descended and a ball
passed into her left breast, going through
to her bock, where it lodged near tbe
spine. Dr. Harris was called in, and
gave tho lady prompt attention, extracting
the ball, and left her as comfortable as
tbe nature of tbe case would allow.
While the wound fa a serious and painful
one, the young lady will undoubtedly re
cover.
Rome Courier. We were handed yes
terday by Mr. Hal Wright,of Cavs Spring,
(Ja., an iron stone saucer, made from ma
terial taken from a hill right in that vil
lage. There fa a large deposit of this ka
olin in tho hill, enough to make all the
crockery Georgia would use in a century.
It fa said by experts to be as good as there
fa in the world, and the ware mado from
it goes to corroborate this statement, for it
is smooth aud strong. Mr. D. E. Hoff, a
practical miner, who has been prospecting
for minerals through this section of Geor
gia for three or four years,was the fortun
ate discovererot this vein of kaolin. He
informed us yesterday that tbe vein ho Is
now working fa eight feet wide, and that
one man can easily get out a ton of clay in
two hours. Mr. Hoffhas bcen.shippiug it
to Trenton, N- to » factory where
crockery Is made, and the sample saucer
handed us was from a large lot of manu
factured ware shipped out to Cavo Spring
by the factory. These beautiful hills all
around us are full of minerals, and if our
peoplo will only take hold and spend a
great deal of talk, it will .iot be long be
fore we will have new Industries opened
up and many useful articles manufac
tured right here in our midst.
Albany News and Advertiser: Tho
Atlanta Constitution rejoices to know
that the Railway Commission of Georgia
has all tbe roads now under Us wing. It
1s equally pleasing to think that tho Leg-
‘ jslaiure bas also a wing over the Com-,
mission.
JJH. BATTUE'S LECTURE.
The Imagination and tho Power.
Last evening before on aud ience thatcom-
fortably.filled the Chapel of Christchurch
Dr. Battle delivered his promised lecture
upon the imagination. It was the opinion
of all who had the pleasure of listening to
him, that snch a rare intellectual treat has
seldom been enjoyed by the people of Ma
con. The lecture was one hoar and five
minutes long, and deeply interesting from
end to end. The gifted lecturer declined
to have it published, and our synopsis
most necessarily be imperfect.
Dividing the powers of the intellect into
three great parte, Perception, Reason and
Imagination, he olassed the fatter as the
most charming of all. Recognizing the
power of illustration in the treatment of
abstract subjects, the lecturer dealt largely
in them. The beautiful story of Cinderilla
was revived beneath his touch in the mem
ory of his hearers and appUed in tin- fol
lowing apt manner; “If Perception may bo
termed the janitor of the palaoe of tho
mind, standing guard at its gates, and ad
mitting on'y such guests as it will; if Mem
ory is the treasure warden, ready with golden
key to unlock the well stored vaults of the
past; if Reason is the gaUant knight, ever
alert with lance in rest for the defense of
tho truth, tho sonl’s great birthright, Im
agination fa the skillful enchantress, or
fairy, the touch of whose wand transmutes
homely realities into beautiful visions,
transforms deserts into gardens, and the
rudest landscapes into a magnificent fairy
realm.” Imagination he named as the
“younger sister of Memory, bat a maiden
far more gay and festive than that staid
matter-of-fact spinster.” Both aro tho
daughters of Experience. Memory recalls
tho actual pnst,Im agination takes tho mate
rials and produces new creation. Tho dif
ference fa illustrated by recalling tho form
of Stone Mountain os ha had oncosecnit.
“lifting its huge back in solitary relief,
amidst tlie flat surrounding landscapo.”
That was memory. Bat imagination re
places tho actual picture of the mountain,
,‘its sides broken into yawning chasms, its
escarpments terrific in their slopo, its head
towering beyond sight, and hoary with tho
snows of ages and turbaned with groat
scarfs of cloud.” Tho imagination may
also become fantastic. The samo moun
tain rises to sight, not granite or porphyry,
but ono gigantic plum cake, with n hoary
bead of sugar iceing, etc.
Tho essential characteristics of Imagina
tion, is that it docs not simply reproduce
nature. It idealizes. Description is not
imagination. Tho descriptive • writer, it
matters not how graphio he be, fa inferior
to tho imaginator in that capacity which
mnrks tho original genius, and the copyist
in art, no matter how artistic ho be, is in
ferior to him who paints the splondid con
ceptions of his own mind. As tho mero
descriptive writer is not a poet, so is not he
who imitates in art, a true artist. Tlie im
agination is the creative power of the
inind. Not that it creates from nothing.
The six day of fashioning tho world from
chaos, is called God’s creation.
So the organizing in shapo of existing
materials into new forms, by the Imagina
tion is called a croaturer It works in
many forms. It can mnkc floas as large as
elephants, cherries os pumpkins, grass
hoppers as horses and musquitoes as eagles.
Tho imagination of Dean Swift worked in
this way, when Gulliver’s travels wero writ
ten, when tho Lilliputracers and Bobdig-
nagians were created. Cities are bnilt on
tho land and Venice under the sea; imagi
nation performs greater architectural
feats. It con put oranges at the north
Polo; it can span the Paoiflu with a bridge
of diamonds, erect a golden stoirwny to
tho clouds, add build a glass railroad
to Jupiter. Architecture itself is
the creation of imagination, wrought ont
from natures crude forms; houses from
huge rock*; columns from trees; porticoes
and temples from the groves; sculptures of
ideal personages from human beings. This
action is shown in nil the branches of art:
historical paintings are flattered ideal
representations. A Northern and a South
ern artist would paint tlie battle of Gettys
burg or Manassas, nnd tho products would
bo oppositos. Tho gray would be chasing
tho blue in ono, the bluotho gray, in tho
other. Tlie splendid picture of Napoleon
crossing tho Alps is on idealism in its do-
tails.
Another work of imagination is tho join
ing of narts of real objects totally; different.
The angel of human figure with birds wings
is an examplo. Raphael’s cherubs hnve
cliildrens’s faces mounted upon wings,
Poets also employ this _ unnatural jmniug
of parts in their imaginative creations—
the Mormaids, Centaur, Hydra,
Cerebeus, Gorgeous. Tho Egyptinns
have their Spnynx, and Tho Assy
rian thoir winged lions nnd Shnks-
peare puts on ass’ head cm a man and calls
him Puck, nnd the cartoonist carries tho
mixture through all tho species of animals.
Another work of tlie imagination is tho
clothing of innminate objects with the at
tributes of human beings. By her aid, tho
stars laugh in tho sky, tho moon dances in
tlie water, etc., and finally tho imagination
has tlie magical power of transmutation.
Tho forest becomes a silent sen. The gen
eral form in which imagination embodies
its creation is art, poetry, painting, sculp-
tnre, architecture nnd music, and yet in a
general sense poetry includes them nil.
Tho lecturer dwelt upon this thonght,
i and followed tho general idea through nil
the branches giveu. He then touched upon
the abuses of the imnginntion, comparing
evil imagination to a smoked gloss, a pure
one to a prism, and showing how whnt has
been given us as a well-spring of delight,
could do mado a curse.
We have not pretended to gi^n a perfect
....
TESTING A THEORY.
How m Karon Kan Frightened «a Dog.
It was a summer’s moonlight night, and
the city lay asleep. Only a few prowlers
were about the streets, and these for the
most part were wending their way home
ward. On a suburban street, however, be
fore a fine looking mansion which stood
back in a spacious yard, were a group in
earnest conversation. They were not bur
glars, nor were they police. They wore ser-
enaders, so-called. The central figure stood
resting his left hand upon a gigantic viol,
while with the right he clasped a bow, with
which he was gesticulating violently. His
remarks were addressed principally to a
tall youth whose coat collar was turned up,
nnd whose hat brim was turned down, and
upon whose shoulder there rested a guitar.
The baas violinist was impatient, the guitar
ist rjiim. A short fat boy holding a flute
stood to the left, and several other twang-
ers gathered round.
“I tell yon,” said the viol man, “there
never was a dog that could faoo a bass-viol
when you pulled on the big string. I
have run the best dog in the country with
this thing here.”
“Have you ever seon this dog?” asked
the tall boy slowly.
“Not this particular dog, but I havo seen
the worst dogs in Goorgia frightened ont
of their wits by this fiddle. You remem
ber that bull-pup on tho Hill, and how
he cleared out, Bill ?” The fat boy said he
“I have seon this dog,” said the tall
routh, slowly^ "and I know what Pm talk-
GEORGIA STATE FAIR.
■aeon Moving Ut Secure It.
Yesterday afternoon, in response to May
or Corput’s call, a large number of our
representative citizens assembled at the
city hall, to consider the best course for re
parse among the citizens and to report to
an adjourned meeting at 4 o’clock on Fri
day next.
Tho following gentlemen were appointed
to act upon the committee, and have con
sented to serve: Messrs. Emory Winship,
H. T. Johnson, 0. B. Ellis, SolWaxelbaum,
ondR. B. HalL They will meet at Win-
ship & Callaway’s this morning at ten
o’clock.
Now is the time for every man who loves
Macon to come to her assistance. Tho
Stale fair, whatever we may have or may
do for it, has and will do twenty times as
much for ns. In 1873, when a •terrible fi
nancial depression rested npon the entire
country, it was decided to hold a State fair
in Macon. Some of onr best men opposed
and used every effort to prevent its being
hold here. A failure was prophesied, be
cause, it was urged, tho people and conn-
try were too poor to support the enterprise,
youth, slowly, "ana i Know want x m mm.- The fair was held, nevertheless, 30,000 vis
ing about. You might drag an alligators itoraeame Macon, and over $100,000
with Scow’s 0 jawbones amT M no more was left here. The wheels of business well
minrt fa than ho woul l to be chunked by greased, rolled on through tho “bad year”
rose-buds. The last time I serenaded scarce a creak, and there aro houses
STS
enough for breakfast. I’ve done let out thoir existence to this organization.
I'UUUgUIUi b — -
the contract for feedin' him now."
“But,” exclaimed the viol-man excitedly,
“Colonel K. always sot them up for tho
boys, and where in tho thunder are you go.
ing to get a drink if you don’t get it here?”
The guitarist scratched tho sidewalk with
his too.
The fair is of benefit to every trade and
profession. The grocers find the bills
made with them donble the nsual amount;
ladies must be decked out; gentlemen toned
up; hotels, restaurants, bar-rooms and sa-
“Idon’t know about that. But if I’ve got loans patronizod; hackmen employed; la-
■ • ■ •—— — —- 1 —***• —■ 1 ***** borers engaged; railroads utilized, and, {in
short, every ono takes a hand in the event.
It is not tho amount of money in a com
munity that makos it prosperous, it^is the
amount that fa kept in circnlation.
Wo state those things because to-day the
committees will call upon tho peoplo for
subscriptions to establish hero this great
exposition, for a grander fair than has over
been known in the history of tho associa
tion is expected this year. Let every one
who feefa a pride and interest in the city
step forward.
Wo have not the slightest doubt that tho
amount desired will bo raised. Macon has
been called slow, but novor was there such
a misapplication of an adjective. We are
too fast, and too busy to make much chin
music, but there nevor was a time when
the interests of tbe city wero allowed to
suffer, when application for assistanco was
properly mode. We feel authorized in as
suring tho committee to go ahead. The
people are sotid yet.
to drink standing up, and with my pants
being dragged around the yard by a young
tiger, J’m out on tho drinks.”
Several voices put in suggestions at this
point, but the tall youth continued.
“If yon think that dog is afraid of that
old grunter of yours, yon nnd the balance
go in. I’ll hang on the fence and play yon
an echo accompaniment nnd fling a brick
if necessary.” . .
Several of tho band had weakened on
tho viol theqry by this timo, nnd the propo
sition failed to meet with favor. Tho theo
rist becamo indignant. “Just yon wait
here a minute ancl I’ll go in by myself.
Ho flung tho gate wide open and marched
in. Tlie tall boy closed it carefully and
strolled up the sidewalk a littie
ways. It was somo distance to the
house, and there was a fence running off
right and loft at right angles from it to sep
arate the back and front yards. There was
a gate in this fence and the gate was open.
About half way down the yard the viol
man ret his instrument on the ground,
and aawed on the big strings twice. A re
sponsive howl camo from round in the back
yard. Then lie sawed ugain. This timo
tho howl sounded nearer, then the crowd
outside saw something that locked tike a
State Fair hog in skates come through the
side gate, and a block hanging to a long
chain swing round and knock down thir
teen palings. This checked the animal a
moment nnd he turned three or four somer
saults. Then ho recovered and camo
on. Tire violin man _ lit up
nnd down liis big string until
it sounded like a menagorie was holding a
campmeeting and the elephant had got re
ligion and was leading in pa»an of tnumph.
Tnere never was a man that played like the
theorist. The violin lnuglwd, cried, shout
ed, whooped, groaned and shrieked until
the ground shook. But the dog! He was
charmed witb it. The block wns slanmng
up tho cedars, cutting down rose bushes
and rooting up geraninms, but it cool an t
hold that dog back. He was on a fourth «f
July excursion and traveling on a round
** The re is a time to work and a time to
play. The viol man had been playing and
went to work when playtime ended. He
worked toward* tlie fenco, nnd the instru
ment that had scared the worst
dogs in Georgia lay down on
its back to look at the moon. It
was c. close shave. Had tho block not
stopped to knock the breath ou) of tho viol,
no man could hnve answered for tho result.
The viol-man passed over the fence with
two feet to spare, struck the outer rim of
the- walk, caromed on his left dome, and
rolled under a foot-bridge. The next in
stant the dog and his block, and part of the
big viol, struck the fence like a chnin shot,
aue shook every post for two hundred yards
both ways. The fat boy came out of a sew
er and smiled feebly, but tho tall youth slid
down from out a scrub oak across the street
and hurried off up the road, muttering:
“I nover serenade a dog like that, for the
drinks, unless I’m in a balloon.
Columbus Times: Last night a report
reached this city that on yesterday a diffi
culty occurred !n Salem, in which Willie
Culp, a lad aud. grandson of Capt. Mur
phy, of that place, severely cut Eliiah
Mott, a negro blacksmith, with a knife.
Tw° wounds were inflicted—one on tlie
back of tlie neck and the other just below
tbe shoulder. Dr. Cooper was summoned
to attend tho wounded man, hut at tho
time our informant left had been unable
to check the bleeding. We could, not
learn the particulars of the difficulty.-
Atlanta Phonograph: Tho Central
railroad freight and passenger trains had-
a hard time of It yesterday. Tlie np-pas-
sengcr train, which was to havo reached
Atlanta at 12:50, did not reach here until
„„ after 5 o’clock in the afternoon, owing to
its the fact that the engineers of both passen
nanging in roc oiiiicn owes- nun, ",—-1- * - ■ -
ragged folds and bullet holes are cherished | ger and freight trains along the Hue ofthe
ns the brightest anil ^dearest ornament of road could not make steam, haying nolh-
tlifa proud old armory. J lng but wet wood to bom.
synopsis of this splendid effort, nor to re
peat the splendid illustrations nnd beauti
ful quotations with which it was embel
lished.
Dr. Battle’s lectnra should be_ in print,
and in the hands of every thinker. Wa
congratulate him upon his success, and
cannot find a more fitting and to this arti
cle than to congratulate old Mercer upon
its president.
Highhanded Robbery*
There exists inMacon a gang of negroes,
about twenty in number, who lay in wait
for country darkies nnd practice upon them
all manner of deceptions, robbery and
swindling.
Yesterday, out on Fourth street, a rob
bery was committed on a negro from Mr.
John A. Reid’s of Eatontan, under some
thing liko tho following circumstances:
The Eatonton negro be camo engaged in
conversation with two Macon negroes
who aro known to the poUce, nnd on being
asked some trivial question about -money,
drew from his pocket what money he had
to show the sum in his possession. No
sooner done, than tho money was jerked
from his hand and the two negroes
skipped.
Tlie Eaton ton negro returned homo, but
lias been written to and told to come back
to Macon, as tho negroes stealing tho mon
ey linvo notified tho policemen through oth
er parties that they were willing to give
back the money, under the idea, it fa sup
pored, of not being arrested.
It is hoped that the Eatonton darky wdl
return, nnd somo steps be taken to prose
cute the thieves. The amount stolen is
thonght to be abont $14. This gang of
rogues nUuded to aro frequently making
similar attacks npon country darkies, skip
the town for a while, and then return in
safety, there being no ono here to testi
against them, thoir victim having returnt-
to hi* homo in tho country, perhaps miles
away.
Crashed to Deatli Coupling fan,
We are called upon to chronicle another
distressing cose of death in our city, one
which makes the blood curdle and tho en-
tire human body to shiver in tho contempla
tion. 3ui! , ,.u i
Last night, about 8 o’clock, while a col-
■jored boy named Charlie Pope was coupling
cars at the Central road, lie was cnnglit in
some manner betwoou tho bumpers, nnd
crushed to death, his body being badly
mashed and bis bones broken.
A second report stated that in jumping
off a switch engine he stumped his toe and
in falling was caught under the engine and
mangled to death. Being considerably
crowded with business engagements, wo
had not lime to go out to the depot nnd
learn which of tho abovo reports was cor
rect. Thus another dreadful accident is
added to tlie long Hst of railroad casual
ties. liiflHB i ■ _
The Rate Commltlra of tho Southern
Railway and: Steamship Associa
tion.
Tlie rate committee of the Southern Rail
way and Steamship Association, the main
office of which is located in Mncon, met
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the
breakfast room of the Kimball House, At
lanta, Gn.
WocHp tho following concerning tho
committee from tlie Phonograph:
Tho committee is composed of tho fol
lowing prominent members of tho Asso
ciation: Virgil Powers, general commis
sioner of tho Southern Railway and Steam
ship Association, chairman; W. G. Raoul,
vico president of the Central railroad;
John B. Pock, superintendent of tho South
Carolina railroad; Sol. Haas, general
freight agent of the Richmond and Dan-
villo railroad; \V. H. Stanford, of the Old
Dominion steamship Company; J. W.
McCorrick, of theO., A. & C. lino; J. R.
Ogden, general freight Agent of the E. JN
V- & G. railroad; G. R. Knox, freight
ngont of the Nnshville and Chattanooga
railroad; E. E. R. Dorsey, general f reight
ngent of tho Georgia railroad; R. A. An
derson general freight agent of tho tV est-
omand and Atlantic railroad, and E. P.
Wilson, general freight agent of the
Cincinnati Southern.
Mr. C. A. Sindall, tho secretary of the
Southern Railway and Steamship Associa
tion, is tho secretary of tho rate committee.
Noarly aU the members of the committee
are already on the ground, and tho others
will bo in to-day. . A . .
Among other railroad men in the city in
attendance upon the meeting of the rate
committee, wo notico G. A. Whitehead,
general freight agent of tho Central Rail
road; T. M. Emmerson, assistant general
freight agent of tho W. and AV. and the w.
and C. and A. rnilronds, and D. Cardwell,
assistant general freight agent of tho C.,
O. nnd A. railroad. Tho cpmmittoe will
do nothing but regular rontino work, and
will probably have a short session.
The Monnment Will Soon *»o Fenced
in Beautifully.
Onr artielo in yesterday’s issue on the
necessity of prompt action being taken in
fencing the Confederate Monument, and
mentioning n suggestion proposed to ac
complish that end,.caused ono of the com
mittee of the Memorial Association to call
upon U3 yesterday and inform ns of what
efforts have been and aro being mado to
secure tho erection of the fenco at tbe
earliest possible day.
We learn that this committeeman in
particular, a gentleman well known in onr
city, has been for sometime in constant
communication with numerous parties
North and elsewhero us to tho best design
of a fenco for tho purpose. Numberless
patterns have been sent liim for examina
tion. One particular dosign said to bo very
beautiful and substantial lias about met
with approval, and tho requiremenls of the
case, and, at a near time in the future, the
monument will bo fenced in a most hand-
some and highly satisfactory manner.
The circlo aronnd tho monument to bo
occupied by tho fenco is liD feet nnd the
cost of tho material wiU be in tho neigh
borhood of ono thousand dollare.
- ■*■♦•»» -
—Tho new sleepers in process of con
struction in tho Central railroad workshops
are to bo heated with registers supplied by
steam from tlie engine, thus maintaining
i an even temperature.
Robert E. Bowman, Esq.
This gentleman,bom nnd reared in Bibb,
and for years a vory prominent, active and
popular member and officer of tho Ocmul-
gee Farmers’ Club in Howard district, is a
candidate for secretary of tho State Agri
cultural Society, and, if elected, will mako
a very efficient and enterprising officer. At
the last mooting of the Ocmulgco Club n
committee of nine was appointed to draft
resolutions expressive of the wish of the
club to havo Mr. B. chosen secretary, and
pleasure in pressing tho claims of oar
friend nnd fellow-member, Mr. Robt. Eu
gene Bowman, for the important place of
secretary of tho State Agricultural Society,
beUeving him to be every way worthy nnd
peculiarly well qualified for the discharge
of tho duties required. Mr. Bowman is an
educated gentleman, a most successful,
practical farmer, progressive, energetic and
i: l.x a-inJ s-iotr j nf tin: nfnpfAQf.
oughly capablo.
Resolved (2) j
Ills name to th» „— —
fullest indorsement, nnd request that these
resolutions bo —’ *“ **■“
of Macon and ...
A. M. Lockett, President,
J. M. Myhick, YicoJPrest.
W. D. H. Johnson, Sec’y.
O. W. Howard,
W. B. Davis,
D. S. Bazkmobe,
J. K. Johnson,
Lee Holt,
R. E. Pakk,
Committee.
THE CENTFAL RAILROAD.
A Stroll Among the Improvement*
Sow Being PerlecteftA-gernno of In.
formation.
Yesterday a Tei-eokaph reporter, through
city hall, to consider the best course for se- Iduiitteino aL Mnj °J Spellman, was
caring the Georgia State Fair next Octo* t *H?*_***._™*?* 0 <^ral
ber. The meeting-was called to order by , . ■ onotothoimprove-
Mr. R. B. Hall, and on motion, Mayor Cor- 80010months
put was made chairman. The Mayor made Ml account was given in those col
li statement concerning tho city’s Ldition “ £ *
_ .. • | >. t*hci jflru, tho immense Amount of bminMB
and after a brief discussion, a resolution on ^ ^ ^ waterwo “ m ^
was passed authorizing^the mayor to ap- oth(jr itom8 Qf ^
point a committee of five to mako up a attention, yosteniay, was turned moreesi-
cially to the new car works.
Finding Mr. J. A. Knight whofain charge
of this department we were soon upon our
tour. Since onr last visit tho elegant
building designed for the construction and
famishing of cars had been perfected, and
a force of workmen on yesterday occu-
pied a portion of it for the first time. The
building is a massive one, consisting of
two two story wings joined together at
the ends by a one story division con
structed somewhat on tho principle of tho
passenger depot, with three railroad tracks
running through. In front ofthe entire
building is a traverse track with a mova
ble platform npon it, for shifting cars to
any entrance. Tho connecting section is
designed for tho building and repairing of
freight cars. Tbe two wings are for the
building and fitting up passenger coaches,
and in all throe divisions are found the
busy workmen handling chisel, plane and
paint brash.
Onr gnido took ns into ono of tho ele
gant sleepers now in course of construc
tion. To ono not fomiUar with tho class
of work dono npon tho moving palaces
their cost—$8,000 to $12,000—must seem*
enormous.- Think of it 1 Tho sum would
purchase ground nnd build an elegant resi
dence in any portion of Macon; and yet it
only builds ono sleeping-car, which may be
dashed into a thousand pieces upon the
first trip. But it is not surprising to those
who can sco these cars. Every particle of
wood most bo wrought out nnd fitted with
laborious patience, and joined with the ut
most nicety. The painting fa elaborate
and equal to the finest painting done on
buggies and carriages. Within tho cars wo
entered yesterday wore exquisite paneling
in French walnut, while tho scats, ’arms,
cornices, windows nnd trimmings wore of
walnut and mahogany. Tho cars are equal
to tho Lucas, Pullman and Woodruff
sleepers.
In the construction of these cars, tbe
Central road has adopted a new principle;
formerly the lower framework of all car*
wero bnilt with tho heavy timbers miming
cross ways. Noticing that in all accidents
and in daily use, the strain was from
end to end, tho heavier timbers wero put
in end ways. The lower framework of
these new cars are based upon six immense
sills, running the entire length of the train,
and braced in every direction. In a collis*
ion the cars cannot be crashed in to any
great extent. Utilizing this samo princi
pal, the works aro building cars to
carry forty thousand pounds of freight
where now they carry but twenty thousand.
In tho last Wing of these new buildings
is located the paint shops; npon tho second
floor is the upholstering department,thees-
tabUshing of which will necessitate the
employment of many more operatives. In
the yard there are now already; employed
about three hundred and twenty-five work
men.
On tho west sido of tho yard ground was
broken yesterday for tho new machino
Resolved, That we take great pride and shops, which will occupy both tiie ground
1— — 1 nlftSma rtf rtnv Iln ,l nnnas etftiKT Tf l'a +hrtnr*lit ill3r. llV IlGlt
and upper story. It is thought that by next
fall this department will be completed and
occupied.
Within the shops for repair wero stock
cars which wero broken up by the recent
accident at Smarr’s Station.
It fa on error to suppose that the com-
practical farmer, pco£rc-sbi\ e, energeucanu *• u ,
enlightened in his views, of tho strictest pany’s works aro to bo discontinued at
integrity, faithful to every trast, polite in points and centered in Macon. The
manners, deservedly popular, and thor- ^ ter ntory covered by tho Central makes
Shfa), That wo respectfully offer it necessary that their shop# should be a
to the State Society with our wn j-B apart. But, by reason of its
taatlt, request.that these poiitiol , c ; t y must eventually become
Atlanta^ * J P tho mnin manufacturing and repairing sta-
•• T •— lll ~* tion. Here the road has room and a
healthy climate and plenty of lumber.
The constant improvements going on here
indicate that the natural advantages of the
position aro to be folly utilized.
The Georgia Central was never in a more
flourishing condition. Its stock is for
above premium; its 900 miles of road in
admirable condition, and its rolling stock
first-class. All this, together with its con
trol of the fine line of ocean steamers, six
in number, make it ono of the most perfect
corporations in the country. No estima
tion of the amount of freight hauled by
this road can be formod without acee»3 to
its records. Tho interests of Macon are
identical with those of this great corpora
tion, and we trust that harmony may al
ways mark their intercourse.
Waterworks.
Work upon our water supply system has
been in part suspended, owing to the ice
blockade in Philadelphia, which has pre
vented the forwarding of iron. It fa
thought that two woekswill elapse before
iron can be received. In tho meantime
the reservoir is being pushed to comple
tion as rapidly as possible.
We learn that it witi cost $33,000 to fur
nish and placo in position the iron pipes,
not including the extension to the park.
DOC WILSON.
$480 Offered for bis Arres*-
Tho following circular containing an ad
mirable photograph likeness of Doo Wil
son, the murderer of James Tinley, has
been sent to overy city nnd town in the
State, nnd to many other points:
$100 SEWARD.
Match's Office, Maook, Ga., 1
February 11th, 1881. )
Tho above reward will be paid by the
mayor and council of the city of Macon,
Georgia, for the apprehension of Doo uil-
son, sometimes goes by the name of Haral
son or Cason. Is a very bright mulatto—
at first notice would pass ns a white man.
Hns no b.-nrd, is fall faced, slightly freck-
jttn3noD--aro, is
led. Has ono very large yellow freckle write up Bernhardt.
PERSONS AND THINGS.
Gossip Heard Thrsagb tbe Tele
phones.
Miss Lillie White, of Griffin, fa visiting
Miss Kittie Jewett.
The Pnonograph says that “Felix Cor-
put, Macon’s handsome mayor, fa in the
city.”
The advent of Sara, among tho Atlanta
reporters was as startling as a brick in a
frog pond.
Sara Bernhardt is not a negress, tho Pho
nograph^ wood cat to the contrary not
withstanding. .
Tbe Telegraph and Msssbnoeb dis
patched a special reporter to Atlanta to
lvU« AMO VAAW ,V1 J 1,1 * » .1
something tike an inch below one of the
eyes. His eyas aro of a peculiar blnish
gray, nnd will at once attract notice. He
is well built and weighs about one hundred
and forty to fifty pounds. Is five seat six
to eight inches high, from twenty-ono to
twenty-two years of age, fa by occupation
a barber or bar-tender, being handy m
either capacity—the above photograph fa
an excellent likeness. He is wanted here
for the killing of James Tinley, Esq., on
the evening of February 7th, 1381,
Fet.it Cortot, Mayor.
Also the following:
$250 REWARD.
In addition to the reward previously of
fered by the mayor and council of the city
of Maoon, I will pay $230 for the apprehen
sion of Doc Wilson, and his delivery to tho
jailer of this county. J. J. Tnrucr.
Macon, Bibb county, Ga., Eeb. 11,1881.
As will be seen by reference to onr ad
vertising columns this morning, the gov
ernor offers an additional reward of $100,
making the entire stun $450.
The glass-blowers and the “flying-jen
nies” have struck Columbus all at once.
Tho next thing is the mnm'ps.
Tho Chroniclo says: “Half of Augusta
fa at thfa moment practicing the racquet.”
The balance are, we presume, listening to
it
AtBrown’8 National: PhilUp Gedclman
and wife, Chicago; N. Crogar, E. L. Burg-
bay and wife, Springfield, O.; A. H. Long-
ley, St. Louis; O. S. Coate, Cincinnati; W.
Kaiglee,Oaw8on; W.C. Harvard, Hawkius-
viUe; A. N. Johnson, Oglethorpe.
Among the distinguished guests at the
Brown House yesterday evening may be
mentioned the Hon. R. M. Bishop, ex-
Govemor of Ohio; Hon. W. H. Clement,
President. Cincinnati Southern railroad;
E. P. Wilson, general passenger ngent
Cincinnati Southern railroad; Hon. Henry
Mack and wife, Cincinnati.
The lecture of Dr. J. P. Stevens, of Ma
con, before the class o* the Southern
Medical College Friday afternoon was a
- ■ ■ - —’ ”■ *—■* The
Waived Examination. Medical Uollego rnuay aneruuuu
Wash HoUeman, tho negro held under j rar0 scientific nnd literary treat
bond to answer the charge of assault with <
intent to murder, was to have had his pro- t the conclusion of the lecture Dr. foils.
Hminary trial before Justice Freeman yes- j> 0 weU returned thanks in behalf of tb»
torday, but appeared by his attorney, Mr. I college. Mi. Cist, one of tho stoden ,
w. b. am, JFh. .
will give bond to-day for his appearance | acu j scientific discourse.—Atlanta 1 ost
before the Superior Court. Wash is the Appeal
darky who perforated William Shea a few
days since.
AF UBious Explosio*.—At Bradford, Pa.,
last Monday, F. A. McClain, who was iu th.s
employ of the Roberts Torpedo Company,
was driving along the highway,
fifteen miles southeast of Bradford, i.i a
sleigh, with 200 pounds of uitro-glycorin#.
The horses became frightened mil '-a:i
aguinat a boulder, causing an
McClain was torn to mince me
horses were killed, and no e vide -
sleigh could be found. McClain '** - * "
young man, and unmarried. His par-uie
are said to reside in Beaver Falls, Pa.
IN BRIEF.
—Tlie Augusta trains now come in reg°-
larly via the junction with the Central a
—Attention is calied to the, advertb®"
merit of Johnson & Harris, odu ring for. a
a'Urge lot of rustproof oata.
—A blind man, selling feather dusters o
his own make, may be seen dad' °n 1 ■
:s. He should be pah
- Four days have passed an > *
Vo-k mail has been received in Mae® •
" ! inconvenience of this delay 1 3 fc' ri ‘
much complaint is heard.