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fgfext Ufoeltlg 3Pel*g*8$iJ? *ti& 3a«cn»l & M^^sjengec*
rsc 01:0a a:a press.
Athens It agitating the peopricty of a
rinton railroad depot. If there is any
thing Athens needs in a muddy time, it is
*st such a convenience.
Hn. J. S. Bean, Jr., has retired from
the editorial chair ol the Sunday Mirror,
•of Augusta. lie is succeeded by Mr. Tra-
X I. Hickman, who makes hid bow in a
«t and graceful salutatory In last Suu-
4^'d Issue.
The people around Quitman have
planted nns hundred and fifty acres inwa-
'tennetons.
Rsv. U. A. IVehu, who tendered his
-resignation as pastor of the Fresbyteriau
•church in Albany, has been induced to
recall It, and a leave of absence has been
granted to him.
CoaiuBira Enquirer: 1 esterday, Mr.
T. J. Jackson, of this office, received in
oculation ofibe death of his mother, Mrs.
XllcabeUi Jackson, which occurred at
htiltedgeville on the 3d inst. Her mind
•was much impaired by domestic troubles
^evrs ago, and for the past seven years
she baa been an inmate of the asylum,
•where *J>e died. She was about seventy-
five years of age, and leaves a family of
■six children.
Perky Uome Journal: On last Mon
day V rener Schilling was called upon to
S i out to the plantation of Mr. H. M.
oMsc'aw to bold an inquest over the
dead iiody of a negro boy, who was killed
on Thursday. The body had been in-
(eirnl 00 Friday, and a disinterment was
of course necessary. A jury was empan
eled, and after examining several wit
nesses the following facts were elicited:
Soring-* quarrel on Thursday last Jake
Davis, colored, about thirteen years of
m, struck Simon Cooper, colored, about
wfti or iiiuo years old, on tbo head with
«net, from which blow lie died that
evening. The jury returned a verdict in
•soconianoe with the above facts, charging
Jake Davis with involuntary man-
•Langiitor. A warrant was issued for the
amii of Jake Davis, and lie is now in
nil awaiting a preliminaiy trial for the
pose of paying their debts, make ft great of favors on Democrats. There are dele- $5,000 bond, but did not find a bill against
mistake in not paying at all because they gations here from the Carolinas and Geor- —«■—* w«i««nWrr «n<« that, th*
can’t pay a large amount at once. A gia that are working up such evidence
hundred dollar debt can be discharged In against him and will try their best to oust
twenty payments at only five dollars each him. He has, however, many influential
payment. Iv Is much better to get rid of friends here. Alexander G. Murray is
the debt even by this slow process than getting in shape his application for the
not to pay it at all. The effect it will Griffin past-office, and Postmaster Logan
have iu easing your conscience, if you are will be very highly recommended for a
an honest roan, will be worth much to , reappointment. Ilobt. Clayton,ofGrecnes-
yo!I> | boro, who succeeded his deceased father
TnmusiCTnv — The next few ' M consul at Callao, Peru (a $4,000 posl-
days must and will decide whether or not l * on )> 13 accused of being ^^emoerat.
Awocsta Mirror: There Is a great
complaint made at present about the un
fair mauner in which fishermen are cap
turing all the shad .n our river above the
Locks, ko that no fish can proceed further
sip ike el ream. A complete net is now
*trccbed from shore to shore, so that the
flfcad cannot possibly reach their spatvn-
Tserts in the clear water above the Locks.
This monopoly not only deprives the in
habitants above Augusta from obtaining
any shad, but will shorten our fish crop
aect year. The proper authorities should
-look alter ibis matter.
Madison Madisonian: Two negro
child vu were recently burned to death in
tins comity near the Pntnam county line
hy being left, alone to keep house during
their parent’s absence. There should be
*oa>e law to force parents to leave some
crown persou lo take charge ot infants
fiuring i heir absence.
Tins is ilie way they do it, according to
the Eaumioii Messenger : There is a peti
tion .somewhere in Eatonton praying that
tbe osuuty commissioners reduce the whis
ky ta» lo $25 per annum—the amount re
quired by the Slate—thereby, as tbo peti
tion iias'it, yielding to the wishes of “a
via luiijii’ity ot the people of the county.”
Tl»c jrt-i ition has some twenty-five or thir
ty signers, among whom arc several com-
w mI tourists who sometimes visit Ea-
toulon.
In the Berrien County News, Mr. H
J. Parish says: I made on the twenty-
sine acres twenty-nine bales of cotton
wc;going upon an average• 4S0 pounds
<«acb Of course I used fertilizers, liav-
o.ily ordinary pine land, but foal oat-
f,„,„ , n y past experience, that a
:E r “ i 1 improvement lias been made by a
cw-vl.il selection ot seed. I have made
- thow •lection of seed a specialty for sev
eral yec-s—selecting the earliest and bestl
. sutured cotton from which to obtain
\ ***• Las.si-ason 1 had a bale picked
L oui. by the 2Ath of August, and might have
c' h*.d it out by the twentieth If I had com-
E TBcnced uJth the epaning ol the cotton.
. I coma dm the «electk>n of seed of vast
importance, and recomzaend it toailfarm-
m.
timcKssBono. Journal: Great damage
*• '»•*' ^.idc raising interests in the West-
sra riutiasaau Territories will inevitably
■e.'»e of the results of the long continued
- ■ . A prominent Montana ranch-
in >re is quote&ka baying that he fears the
3<na ot at bis cattle, aud that if his sheep
■lire through they will cost him $5 a beau.
The lame laiichman is feeding hay which
. cost hint $40 per ton. Such complaints
joauto from almost every section. Hun-
dmli of thousands of dollars will not re-
may tbe losses on sheep and cattle in
(Georgia daring the last few months.
'Thousands ot dollars have been lost by
the ciiiteiis of Greene. We trust the
^eepta will everywhere provide against
similar losses in tbe future.
* Ven.VHhva Enquirer: Ou Friday Mr.
T4i).t''«M) was burning off some ground.
..lace about eight miles from this city
The 1*11111 wta very nigh and blew sparks
into his narn. In a few minutes it was in
* tiiaze and despite the efforts of Mr.
vSd.t. y and the hands the building and
<o..t«n» were consumed. The bam con-
* • ’ over three hundred bushels of
.-2=V iar'e-quantlty of fodder and farm
’ . There w« no insurance. ,
V »a*»gert of y the Atlanta and Ctariotte
_ .j ,i usiritrate two choice.varieties ol
£&;£,."3i«t»to all Whodestredhon.
Sin-ng ’he line of the road.
Cleveland Adtirtisao Jtr . E . M .
Cs I'lfccvpy. tht* weft, "***> e d us five
-kesntUuV nuggeta-0* ptwagp which were
jrr*ntly taken front "* mine in Kabun
acmnty, Go., the sabs r jf which he repre-
From the- .izo of the nuggets and
tbo quality-of ■'' } '.ie gold, it is believed to
to atnongJk.j best mines in Northeast
v. <3«<ir&la.
VAl'io'STA Time*: We are informed
* Uad'ftif wild cats In tho South Ocean
v Head district have destroyed all tho Iambs
\ in the ririinky, aud havo commenced to
■dHtifil -grown sheep—something never
Smfiof belorc. Tbe cats are plentiful
.*nd very large.
Auur.T News and Advertiser: We are
aaineil to iiavo to chronicle tlie death of
Air. Everett Drinkwater, which event took
winee, alter a short illness, ot ills residence,
««e mile south of the city, on Friday
niabt. He was one oi tho oldest citizens
■of'Albany, a hricktnason by trade, and an
iodnstrious, good citizen. His wife died
several veara ago, but he leaves three chil-
d^va brotbe? and a latge circle of
Aieuds Jo mourn his loss.
AuBEits Chronicle: Minnie Jacksonj
- fika .infoilunate girl who, last Saturday
mfteracan, was so badly crashed at Craw-
*»-.A on attempting to get off the train
wtfbile the care were in motion, died on
7«e«day night. The funeral exercises
mere conducted by the Rev. Mr. Farrias.
Atlanta Sunday Gazelle: At the
Cooper Institute meeting in New York on
Cbetlfst uU., Judgo Jerc Black, speaking
«f railroads, staled that on “shorMiauls,”
<«r abort lateral branches, they charged a
amflo of fifty times ns much. He himself
ted to pay as much freight for the twelve
axiilcs between Philadelphia and Media,
rerk.Te he lived, as was paid between Phil
adelphia end Chicago. He said: “This
jittoistealing, because it does not come
ii:i ill- legal diTmltmn of that crime;
dmttho difference between it and what
j..j semi the rogue to Sing SiDg for is
.. dy .technical.” The speaker told about
.. : ..oi in C ^ia who built a facton-
-.1 il up, and '.hen he went to
will~folIow. But if they will knuckle
right down to the work of making their
farms self-sustaining, planting just as
much cotton in addition as they can they
will come oat at tho big end of the born.
No farmer ought to depend on another
for something to cat. It is the sharpest
kind of irony. Be self-supporting.
Sumter Republican: On Friday last,
Mr. J. A. Blackshear brought the news to
the city that tho residence of Mr. M. L.
Lackey, four miles southwest oftown was
consumed by fire during tho morning. It
is supposed that everything in the way of
furniture and clothing was destroyed, as
there was a high Wind at the time of tho
burning.* Loss not ascertained.
Col. Geo. W. Adams, of Forsyth,
who had his arm broken sometime ago,
has so far recovered as to be out.
Tiieue was more of tho “beautiful
snow” in North Geotgia last week. It
has lost its charms for the average Roman
ite. The sunshine is more to be desired.
The Swiss immigration located along
the line of the Air Line Railroad are
pleased with their new homes and will
induce others to come out this spring.
A wiuter in the Augusta News sug-
g »ts that ail the friends of Rev. Jas. E.
vans, of ltome, send him a gold dollar
on the 23d Instant, the celebration of his
golden wedding.
Bob Mann, of Atlanta, says the popu
lation of that city is not quite so laige now
since the census has been taken.
A Washington county woman has
bonnet one hundred years old. Unless it
has been used as a football by tbe chil
dren, and sat down upon a number of
times, it is out of style now.
The Eutaw club of Augusta have char
tered the steamer St. John for an excur
sion to Florida. They sail from Savatt
nah, and a most delightful time is antici
pated.
TnE Dizzy Blondes are making trouble
wherever they go. * The latest broil is
from away down in Albauy, where Aider-
man Jones is explaining why he went to
see them.
Amf.kicus Recorder: Miss Etta Clis
by, a lovely and accomplished lady, the
daughter or Col. Cllsby of the Macon
Telegraph, after a sojourn of several
weeks a3 the guest of Colonel Davenport
and family, returned to Macon bn yester
day (Friday). She left many friends and
admirers aud some aching voids behind.
Savannah News: The steamer Con
tennial, under command of Captain W.
C. Ulino, arrived last eight from the
Satilla, witli a number of passengers and
a large freight. Captain Ulino reports
that while passing near tho mouth of One
Mile Cut, Altamaha sound, he was hailed
by some person in the water. It was
quite dark aud the distressed man could
not be seen. He had a boat promptly
lowered, liowever, and searched about for
aii hour, but failed to find any trace of
him, aud it is supposed that he became
exhausted and sank. The Captain also
reports that a raft loaded with 400 sticks,
belonging to the Georgia Timber and
Lumber Company, and witli a creiv of
three men, drifted to sea from Altamaha
sound on Friday night. He Ihinks that
the storm on Friday night did considerable
damage along the coast.
Buena Yista Argus: Some time ago
Dr. Anslcy felt a little inconvenience
from a sore heel. A little blister appear
ed which, on being picked, showed some
thing which proved to be a silk ibread,
which when pulled out was found to be
about a half foot long. No further trouble
was felt by the Doctor m.til recently,
when his foot became so painful as to un
fit him for business; finally, tbe half of a
needle came oat of his foot on the oppo
site side from which the thread was found. P° r -
Where is tbe balance of Lite needle is what
tbe Doctor would like to know.
Monroe Adter’iser: We altogether
forgot in our last issue to refer to the acci
dent of the week before which came very
near smashing the Advertiser office into
small pieces. The floor under our press
gave way under the pressure of about
fifty tons of guano. Our cylinder press,
just overhead, weighing 5,200 pounds,
caused the floor to follow the lower ono.
Had it not been for the cellar being full
of guano, which caught the timber of the
first.’floor, the whole office would have
goue into smithereens The fall was
about two feet. Mr. N. B. Wynn had just
received from Chicago two prizing jacks
witli which (be two floors were prized into
msition. Without these we would have
wen put to.great incon venience. As it was
Mr.-Wynn had the office in condition for
work in less than twelve hours.
Rktjerrino to Speaker Bacon
Clayton has many strong friends here and
will be hard to dislodge. Jesse Jackson,
of Atlanta, wants to be governor of Da
kola, but would bo satisfied with cither of
several other places. There is still talk of
the appointment of Dr. Felton to some
good place. Chas. K. Johnson, of Griffin,
one of tho most popular Republicans in
tho State, is hero watching his opportuni
ties.
Sylvania Telephone: We were talk
ing with a gentlemen at Ogeecliee last
Wednesday when an old and successful
planter passed near us, and the gentleman
to whom wo were talking remarked
‘■There goes a man who never bought s
bushel of com nor a pound of bacon in his
life prior to this year, and there are doz
ens of others who come here who are in
the samo fix.” “Why is this - . 1 ” wo asked.
For a reply lie simply pointed to the huge
piles of sacks of different kinds of fertili
zers lying near, and the whole cause of
trouble stood revealed to us.
An, ant a Post-Appeal: Tho condition
of Judge Warner this morning is stated
by his physician, Dr. Orrne, to bo much
better titan it was a week ago. His appe
tite is pretty good, and he sits up a little
occasionally. The Judge converses freely
with his friends. It would indeed bo
wonderful if tho old hero should alter all
survive the shocks of disease. The doc
tor, however, says that while he is better,
it is probablo the improvement is only
tcmporaiy, and there is hardly a possibility
that the Judge will finally recover.
Griffin Sun, of the 0th: Just before
going to press we learn that Col. N. G.
Phillips died about 12 o’clock to-day
(Saturday) at the residence of Mr. G. J.
Drake. Col. Phillips was a native of
Massachusetts, but canto to Macon, Ga.,
when quite a youth, about the year 183(1
or 1837. He resided in that city many
years and was well known there. He
lias also resided in New Orleans, and
during the past few years was a citizen of
Griffin. He was a brother-in-law of tho
late Hon. Edward Everett and was a kind
hearted, clever gentleman. The la-enes3
of tho hour prevents a more extended no
tice. Wc understand that the remains
will be iuterred at four o’clock, this Sun
day afternoon.
Savannah News: Yesterday morn
ing, about half-past ono o’clock, Police
man Smith, while - walking bis beat, dis
covered a man lying on Jefferson street,
near Liberty. On approaching him he
found that the prostrate individual was a
white man and fearfully drunk. Some
heartless thief, taking advantage of his
helpless condition, had removed his hat,
shoes and sock3, leaving the unfortunate
man bareheaded and barefooted on tlie
cold, cold ground. He was too drunk to
;ive any information in regard to the mat
ter, and was carried to the barracks,
where he was locked up.
From all reports the chnrdies in Rome,
since she lias pat on city airs, are in need
of ushers. The city editors of tho three
dailies are said to be applicants-
Savannah is troubled with the cow
question, and the News wants to know
which shall it be, “a city, or a cow pas
ture?”
Milledgevxlle has a Presbyterian
evangelist, by the name of C. M. Howard,
of Virginia. He is holding a series of
meetings during the week. He is an earn
est worker and a good man.
The Swaiosboro Herald rises up to say
that the Macon Telegraph and Mes
senger lias recently been materially in-
proved. It is now a most excellent pa
as a
proper man for Governor,tho >',i, nta
men in
Gaxetle says: Thousands of
Georgia will echo tlie words,‘“mwc!-
“he is the man wc want,’* onel Ba .
S-jr-tyLi? apprenticeship to
service to Georgia In every re-
TST? .. is eminently proper that the peo-
.„ould recognize them. He will make
governor of whom Georgia will be proud,
and it is with no small degree of interest
wo notice a large number of the press are
urging his claims and fitness.
Sumter Republican: George Lamar,
being caught in tlie act of cutting wood
and carrying it away, on the lands of
Mis. Anna Stanford, was arraigned before
Judee rilsbury, who, on h!s pleaofguiity,
fined him $30 and costs. He being the
first offender, ho receives a punishment
which we think will deter othets.
Rosie Courier: We publish an article
from the New York Post, entitled “Tho
Plea of the National Banks.” Wo will
refer to it at a future time, as wc are
pressed for space jnst now, remarking
that the hanks are, by their course, arcus
ing an opposition among tho masses that
may reach the strength of that which sus
tained General Jackson in his war upon
the national hanks nearly a half century
ago.
Savannah News: Yesterday after
noon a colored boy by the name of Joint
Harper was fatally snot near Duggan's
wharf, on the oilier side of the river, op
posite West Broad street. Ftpmwhat
could be learned, after diligent Inquiry, it
appears that tlie mate of a vessel lying at
the wharf was out with some of the crew
hunting rabbits, which are said to be very
numerous on the island. Young Harper,
who lives with his parents on the island,
was witli the men, w hen llicgun, a breecli-
SAVANNAn News: The one hundred
ai»d thirty-first anniversary of the Union
Society will be celebrated at Bethesda on
tho 20th of April, instead of the 23d, the
by-laws providing that rt wben that day
shall come on Saturday, Sunday or Mon
day, it shall then take place on tho Tues
day following.” Rev. Mr. Robert P.
Kerr, the assistant pastor of the Indepen
dent Presbyterian Church, has accepted
an invitation to deliver the anniversary
address.
The following from tho Hinesville Ga
zette gives something of tho results of the
railroad commission rates on tho Savan
nah, Florida and Western railroad: Tbe
authorities of tho Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad have abandoned the ex
cursion tickets and now the uniform rate
three ccuts a inilo is required. Instead
or sixty cents to go and come from No. p
to Savaunab, it is now ninety cents to go
and the same, to return. This is rendered
necessary by the adoption of the rates of
the railroad commission.
Savannah News: We regret to state
that our popular and well known citizen,
Mr. Henry L. Davin, who sometime s lice
met with such an unfortunate and serious
accident, severely injuring tho knee-pan
of itis left leg by a fall in the market wbtlo
attending to his official dudes, and who
has been confined to his room ever since,
yesterday evening, about half-past seven
o’clock, was again afflicted with a painful
injury. He was about getting into bed,
when he fell to the floor, fractur.ng the
left thigh just below the ldp bone, causing
a paiulul and severe injury, which will
confine him to his bed for sometime to
come. His physician was summoned, and
rendered him as comfortable as possible.
Mr. Davis was just recovering, aud hoped
to be about shortly when this second and
very uufortunate accident befell him. He
lias tlie sympathy of many friends in his
disliess.
Rome Courier: ’Squire John Guilin, of
this county, who is 70 years of age, told
this reporter yesterday that he made and
gathered eight bales o! cotton last year, ail
by bis own labor. Wc hope this good old
farmer may live a thousand yeats, and
soon lav by enough money so that ho can
test (torn bis arduous labots.
Swainsroro Herald: Apian is being
set on foot to erect a telegraph line from
Swainsburo to Wad ley. It is estimated
that it will cost about $000. Parties buy
ing stock in this line will, in our estima
tion, be making good investments. Say,
to>- instance, that it will tako one-fourth
of tlie proceeds lo pay the operator in
Swaiusboro and one-fourth to pay the
operator in Wadley, then tboslockkolders
would have oue-haif the income as Inter
est on tlicir investments. Parties who
desire to buy stock in tho proposed line
would do well to call on Mr. Edenfield,
engineer Weisenberg, and that tlie charge
against Lockett is mai slaughter, he being
n charge of the train that collided, caus
ing the death of Mr. Wliesnant and two
engineers.
That up in Pickens county, S. C-, last
week, Mrs. Gordon, tho wife of Andrew
Gordon, who is the miller for Captain
Hunter, met witli a terriblo death. She
was at the mills, aud in an unguarded mo
ment her clothing was caught iu the trun
dle head. She was pulled t nder, aud both
legs crushed to pieces from the ankles to
the knees She lingeied a few days in ter
rible agony, and then died.
Albany News and Advertiser: From
a private letter received last night we
learn that the Leben House and Mr. A.
E. Hines’ bakery were destroyed by fire
on Sunday morning. Our informant did
not sav how tbe fire originated. Captain
Joe Bennett was keeping the Leben House,
and the loss falls heavily upon him, the
furniture destroyed all being his.
Milledgeville Recorder: Mr. Luke
Robinson, an aged citizen ol tills county,
living near Carr’s station, Hancock comi
ty, was killed on Thursday last by an ac
cident. The steers he was driving ran
away, aud tho old man was thrown out of
the wagon and killed.
Savannah Netcs: Our efficient and
courteous clerk of council, Mr. Frank E.
Rebarer, has lately suffered a double be
reavement in the sudden death of two of
his childen, his oldest girl and littio son,
a bright boy. His wife some weeks since
left Savannah with her children with
some relatives for Manitoba, British
North America, and somo ten days since
telegraphic information was received of
the death of his oldest girl by black mea
sles. Sunday evening Mr. Rebarer re
ceived a telegram announcing the deaih
of his little boy from the same disease
and the serious illness of his wife. He
left by tbe evening train for the purpose
bringing her home. In this double af
fliction and serious trouble he has the
warm sympathy of many friends
. Jackson Herald: Fodder and shucks are
iu demand at remunerative prices,
Our farmers should remember
that corn and fodder never
lack for buyers in this section,aud are cer
tainly profitable crops. Bo certain of
enough corn, and then spread out just as
far as yon please on cotton and potatoes,
and yon will rot regret it.
Augusta News: Yesterday inorniug
about 9 o’clock Hamilton Manor, known
os ore of the famous old-time residences
in McDuffie county, and now the home of
Mrs. P, McLean and family, was destroy
cd by fire. The loss amounts to about
$15,090, with $5,000 Insurance. The fam
ily residence and seven outhouses were
burned, the fire originating from a spark
which caught in somo leaves ou the roof.
There seems to be a universal war on
the cows. The Augusta Chronicle, says:
Tlie “cow question” will assume a some
what complicated shape ou thn 1st ot
April. The ordinance of council permit
ting cattle to run at large from tlie 1st of
April to the 1st of October remains un-
repealed, while the ordinance ol the
Board of Health requires that they shall
be kept up at all times. The city attorney
has given his opinion that the Hoard of
Health bad tbe authority to pass this
law, and we understand that the police
commission will give the police instruc
tions to enforce it, so that people who
turn their cows out on tho 1st of April
will probably fin i them in the pound at
night. The matter may be carried into
the courts.
A corresfonden in the Colutnbtts
Times says: The writer asked a very
prominent man, and a man who lias stood
at the head of affaiis in Georgia, what he
thought of the emigration law. - His an
swer was that he thougtit' nothing of it.
He said that if it payed people to come to
Georgia, they would come without laws
and agents to beg them to come. He
further stated that there were plenty of
people farming now; fully as many os got
paid for their labor. We all know that
there are but few men that havo made
motley by farming, but thousands have
lost money, have quit fanning and gone
to other avocations, aud yet there is more
cotton raised than we have markets for.
The question of emigration should be ex
plained and Its benefits shown. If its ob-
, ect is to benefit the property holder to the
njnry of tho laboring class we want it
known. It is a question of much impor
tance to all classes
The editor of the Times says: We differ
from our correspondent this morning. Wo
do not think there are too many farmers.
There are rnanv who do not know how to
farm, and unfortunately they do not know
how to do anything else. We agree with
him, however, that tho Legislature should
not employ emigrant agents.
“AT REST.”
| been there nearly two weeks and going by ^
A Fearful Plunge to Death-George H. tho name ot Jack Heard, claiming to be a
Increase Tnlno ot Macon Taxablo
Property In 1881 $157,423 more tbau
1880.
Through the efficiency and courtesy of
Mr. Willie Ross we are able to furnish onr
readers with tho below digest of the city
•tax returns -'for the years 1878,1879, 1880
and 1881. It is well worth a perusal, and
from it highly satisfactory information
will be derived. Among tho most interest
ing facts to bo learned it will be seen that
tho increase in value of all taxablo property
for the year 1881 is $157,425 more than in
1880,and $609,095more titan in 1879. Tho in
crease in viduo of real estate is $70,567 more
than in 1880, and $250,870 more titan in
1879. Here is tho digest:
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ifanKliv discharged, the contents lodging ATLANTA Constitution: On Hsiui-lay
last a meeting of tho creditors of Robert
son, Leslie & Co. was held at LaGrange
dentally discharged, the contents lodging
in the shoulder and breast of Harper,
shattering his shoulder and lacerating his
breast'terrlbiy, the wound inflicted pro
ducing death iu a few minutes.
F. H. R., in Atlanta Constitution: As
to the tuarsbalship, there is a great per
plexity. Of Marshal Fitzsimmons’ resig
nation there seems td be no doubt. Tlie
men most talked of for the succession arc
Mr. J. C. Freeman and Maj >r W. H.
Smyth. Mr. Kimball will not be a candi
date. Hon. T.em Anderson, it is said, has
decided not to apply. There is a tumor
that A. L. Harris, of Atlanta, is the “dark
horse.” It U founded ou the friendly re
lations which exist between Garfield and
himself. I don’t kno* whether Dr. Gat-
chell will apply for tlie office or not, l/uf, t
and it was ascertained that the liabilities
of the concern were $54,000, even. To
balance this there was found $25,000 of
cash assets, the factory, machinery, out
houses, and 1,100 acres of land on which
tlie factory Is located,-vbich a careful esti
mate placed at at least $29,000,- enabling
the concern to pay dollar for dollar of its
Indebtedness. The creditors were greatly
pleased, and a new stock company was
organized at once with $09,000 capital,
five thousand dollars of which was divided
between Messrs. Robertson and Leslie—a
free and untrammelled gift from the cred
itors. No it was net much of a failure,
and Troup Factory will go ou with per-
Peck, of Atlanta, Falla From the
Third story ot the Brown House and
la Milled.
No man knows what a day may bring
forth. Continually is our city thrown into
some startling excitement, and, whilo we
have recorded many deeds that have chilled
the blood, related accidents almost paralyz
ing tho senses, ono of dreadful sadness lias
yet been reserved for ns to herald to the
world. Oh I ’tis sad to think of
a young man in the full flush
of health and strength, a noble specimen of
physical manhood being hnrled into eter
nity without a moment’s warning, but such
was the fate of George S. Feck, of Atlanta,
of tbe firm of Feck & Allen, lumber mil
lers, at Eastman, a son of J. 0. Feck, Esq,
a citizen of Atlanta, a gentleman of some
means, and engaged in the planing busi
ness.
Mr. Feck was known to many in Macon,
where he frequently visited. He hud been
in tho city several days on this last trip,
and boarded at tho Brown House, occupy
ing room No. 14 on the third floor, facing
Flnm street.
Tuesday morning abont 3 o’clock a. m.
he entered the hotel, going np to his room’
and requested Mr. Frod Cnllcn, tlie night
clerk, to send hinr a pitchor of ice water.
Mr. Feck appeared in excellent humor, as
is attested by Mr. Cullen and others, who
parted with him a short whilo before re-
ti.rog. Mr. Feck on going to his room
iuirue>l : f »’y undressed and wont to bed
and bad dropped to sloop before the por
ter came vvith the ico water and had to bo
awnkeau.t • j receive it.
Bmldc. . n heavy fall is heard and
wild i.... agonizing screams crying,
“help!' aurdor!” “won’t yon como and
helii a u> ug man 1” filled the air and arons-
od a number of sleepers in tho Brown
House. Officers Murphy and Henderson
of the p j lice force, presently discovered a
man 1> tug on the Poplar street sidewalk
groaiung loudly as if in great pain and in
his drawers and undershirt only.
Mr. Warren Johns and Mr. Fred Callen
at the Brown House wore summoned to tho
spot and the poor unfortunate was recog
nized us Mr. Geo. S. Feck, who only a short
wli'le before, hod gone to his room- in
health and strength and was now a man.
gletl form and dying human, having fallen
to the brick sidewalk from the third story
window of the Brown House. Ho was picked
tip and carried to his room, living about
thi'ce-qnartors of an hoar after falling, tho
fatal plunge occurring about four o’clock,
a. m. He never spoke a word after being
reached, and lifted up by tho parties who
rushed to the rescue.
How did the accident happen, and was it
accidental or intentional, are tho questions
asked.
From all the circumstances of tho case
our supposition is that Mr. Feck was gov
erned by no suicidal intent, but being token
sick after going to bed got up hastily and
rushed to tho window |or air and relief and
losing his balance fell from the window-
down—down—down—a distance of souio
sixty-odd feet. The father of the deceased,
who arrived from Atlanta last night in re
sponse to a telegram from Mr. Geo. Brown,
in company with Dr. F. iL Peck and W. T.
Healy, Esq., the brother and brother-in-
law of the dead man, stated that the deceased
was subject to attacks of vertigo and being
so troubled on tho fatal morning iu ques
tion, went to tho window while in a faint
ing condition and met hie fatal end as al
ready described. It could not havo been
suicide, for tho deceased conducted himself
too rationally, carefully placing his cuffs
and collar on the bureau, arranging his
clothes in nice order on a chair and patting
his watch, under the pillow.
Tho^ollowing is tho verdict of tho coro
ner’s jury:
Wo, the jury, find from tho evidence sub
mitted, that the deceased came to his death
by jumping or falling from a window in
tho third story of tho Brown House, be
tween three and four o’clock Taosday,
-w t. O 1Udl Jnnnnsnrl’a Jnlltnrv U’na tint.
poet and newspaper correspondent. He
endeavored to secure a position as bar
tender, but failing in this secured work
with a negro barber.
Ho wa3 captured by means of the photo
graphic circular sent out by Mnyor Corput.
Wilson claimed to be from Richmond, Ya.,
and had shipped on board a schooner for
Phildelphia which was about to leave in a
short time when ho was arrested. Not
knowing any one, he continually denied
being from Macon until met by Sheriff
We3tcott iu Columbus when he confessed
his identity. Sheriff Thebald arrived at
Columbus this morning with Wilson on
board the steamer Evcringliam and turnod
him over to Sheriff Westcntt and Chief of
Police, Hurley, who lodged him in tho
Muscogee jail.
The killing occurred on Mon
day evening, and Wilson states that
ho remained in the cemetery nntil Wednes
day morning when ho set out on foot at 4
o’clock, a. m., passing through Knoxville,
Ga., and gotting a drink from Dent. Ho
passed through Columbus, staying here all
night and part of a day, and then went into
Alabama and walked down to Fort
Gaines and took tho steamer “Evcr-
ingham” for Apalachicola, being so stiff
from much walking that he had to purchase
n liniment with which to rub himseU.
Doc does not look so well, either personally
or in dress, ns he did when last seen in Ma
con. The sheriff of Muscogee aud pol ce
of Columbus have rendered Macon officers
ovory assistance.
Roc tfitsoS*.
asibwto switten yc before, he will
> ,-oiue of the stock lie found that t a s’ron-r candidate If he docs.
..Hit'n-Uirers in Philadelphia, by their son, cotl oior of the port at Savannah, Is
’-!*•> e in shipping rates, ruled him out beie, Uying to set a grip on the new ad-
id. Tho man sadly closed i m traiioit. Ho will nave -iviral*
-of
if ny, aud put a si^n over the door, say
lorcil by order of the Georgia
■ l.’" Wc desire to say to Judge
if such a thing ever happened
on (beGo ngia railr ad it was before Col.
•\ was m charg , as that road
any in Georgia.
• a Somo people
•c-belie.-.-.' d.ivc an honest por-
v, t .hS.! Hinesville Gazette: From several
parties wo learn that the cattle in the
lower portion of tlie conuty are dying from
some distemper. One fanner told us
flat he expected that lie had lost one
hundred head. It is not unusual to see
six or seven dead in one place. In this
uents. Tiiis is one of the offices which tho
colored Republicans think tltev ought to
Macon is in the fall growth of a new
prosperity. The robes of lethargy have
been thrown aside, and the city rises in new
garments of beauty and life. A future foil
of promise extends ont before us. We' are'
in the dawn of a new day whose sun breaks
out in glorious brightness, illumining the
valleys with its rays and lighting hill-top
with its beams.
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free front any sickness.
Atlanta Phonograph says that the
.i d jury of Charlotte has found a true
> ,i , :te'.iiiist conductor Dave Lockett, of the
Ai-Ltno railroad, and pulhim under
The A. S. T. Co. Black Tip for chil
dren’s shoes should be called for by pa
rents, not only upon heavy shoes In pla- o
of the metal—as it wears as well—but
upon ail fine shoes, as it looks neat and
doubles their value. * mar8-lw
March 8,188l—deceased’s falling was pro
duced from causes unknown to tho jury.
J. F. BEASti,'Foreman,
Abe Babnett, Jjl,
M. J. Bisohof,
J. A. Foon,
W. J. Torron,
O. F. Heath,
/ E. Dauby,
W. L. Henbx.
Dr. E. G. Ferguson mode an. examina
tion of the body. We are indebted to him
for the following report which shows the
severity of the fall and tho injuries sus
tained :
“On examination of tho body after death,
tho right shoulder was found to bo disloca
ted; tho second joint of tho great too was
dislocated; the entire upper surface of the
left foot was bruised nnd lacerated; over
tho right hip bono nnd just above, was
another contused wound; the right elbow-
joint was broken; tho third and' fourth ribs
of the right breast were broken nnd deeply
indented, producing death, caused, as was
afterwards forc'd, by striking against tho
chimo of a lager beer keg etnnding on tho
end, on tho sidewalk, upon which tho forco
of the fall was received. Tho beer keg
forced tho bricks in tho sidowalk upon
which it was standing, down half an inch be
low their proper level, and the chimo was
distinctly indented on their surfaces.
The following is a list of tho personal
property found on tho person of George
Feck: Ono double case gold watch, No.
C,60l, pocket book, containing private pa
pers, ono baggage check, No. 80, Brown s
Hotel, bunch of smnll keys, pocket knife,
pair of cuff buttons, twenty cents in money,
pair of slcovo buttons, collar button, two
load pencils three or four sticks of liquorish,
half dozen balls of tissuo paper, one chock
book on the Merchant’s Bank of Atlnnta.
Mr. Georgo Brown, proprietor of the
Brown House, with his accustomed ldi d-
ncss tgtd good will, executed every detail
necessdry in tho promises. The body was
dressed and placed in nn elegant casket by-
Sexton J. J. Clay, who rendered with great
efficiency every duty that could be perform
ed. Tho casket boro a silver plate with the
inscription “At Rest.” Coroner Guertirddio
also did many kindnesses. Tho father of
deceased expressed himself highly satisfied
with all that had been done by Sexton Cloy,
Mr. Brown and others. Tho body was tak
en to Atlanta last night,
Mr. Georgo S. Peck, the deceasod, was
born in Connecticut, but moved to Atlanta
somo time sinco. Ho was unmarried, about
thirty years old, of a blonde typo, about
fivo foet ton inchos in height, weighing
somo 180 pounds, and possessing a physical
form of great symmotry nnd beauty.
Special From Columbus—Doc Wil
son's Escape and Capture—A l'oct
aud a Journalist—In tlie llands or
Sheriff Wert colt nnd Bound for At
lanta.
Monday evening, February 8th, just a
month ago, Mr. James Tinley was killed by
Doo Wilson, nnd until Friday last tho slayor
has been at largo. Mayor Corput of Ma
con and the Bibb county officials havo
been untiring in their efforts to catch
Wilson*, who has at last fallen into tho
linnds of tho law.
We print below a special telegram sen
us from Columbus, by tlie party consisting
of Sheriff Wesicoii, Cbier of Police Hurley,
nnd Solicitor HArdeman, who went to Co
lumbus to receive Wilson from the hands
of tho Florida officials. The telegram tolls
when nnd how. Wilson escaped from Ma
con, where he had been, and what doing:
Special diipatch to Telegraph anil Messcog.r j
Columbus, Ga., March 8.—We have Don
Wilson safe in jail at this place and will
leavo with him for Atlanta Wednesday
morning. Ho was arrested in Apalachicola,
Fla., Friday morning by John Thobald,
sheriff of Franklin county, Fla., having
v
An Admirable Lecture by Rev. A. J.
Battle, ;D. 9.
Tho fifth of tho series of Icctnres in tho
First Baptist Church of this city was de
livered lost Sabbath night, by Dr. Battle,
before a very largo and intelligent audience
composed of all denominations and classes
of onr people. Ail were charmed with tho
admirable production, which was pro
nounced by many os tho best effort over
mado by tbo learned president of Mercer
University. We regret that limited space
forbids giving only a synopsis of hisdis-
conrse on tho “Origin of Man,” for tho lec
ture was a bouquet of rhetorical beauty,
mine of golden thoughts, silvern, sentences
and religious instruction.
Tho lecturer began' by briefly recapitu
lating tho pointqpf his former lecture on
“the Constitution of Man.” “It was
shown,” ho remarked, “that man’s body
is the highest and most perfect type of ma
terial organization known upon tho earth
that although in its mechanical structure
and physiological constitution it is closely
allied to tho highest division ofthobruto
kingdom, thus revealing an archetypal uni
ty in tho plan of creation, yet the perfeo
don of tho organism and its adaptation to
thonoblo ends of intelligence and moral
agency prove that this is the well-devised
organ of the conscious, rational soul, nnd
therefore not only places man at tho head
of tbe animal kingdom, bat give him a spe
cial sphere in creation.”
“But,” continued the speaker, “that
which constitutes man’s ossential nature,
his pre-eminent distinction^ind establishes,
beyond question, his title to this specific
aud elevated rank in tho soalo of being, is
tho soul—the spiritual part of his constitu
tion. It is this-winch makes him capable
of reflection and reasoning, of the articu
late and intelligent expression of thought,,
of science, of philosophy, of government,
of duty, of worshiping and serving God.
The possession of these capacities- proves
that bo is neither from nor of the brnte.”
The lecturer thew stated the subject of
the present discourse, tho “Origin of Man;”
that its object was to show that man is not
tho product of chance, nor of material
evolution; but that he is the creature of
God and that ho is mode, os the Biblo do
dares, in tho image off God.
The speakor then went on to show, first,
(hat tho idea that man was tbe creature- of
chance wes preposterous. “Scatter,” said
ho, “promiscuously, a million of bricks
with n sufficiency of other materials, and
yon would never expect an edifice like your
court, house, or Mercer University, to
spring up.by chance—though you lived
millions of ages and repeated tbo experi
ment ovory day. Fling cut of your hand r.t
random ther letters of tho alphabet, and
would chance over develop, out of thoso
elementary forms of language, the Organ
on of Bacon, or tbe Principia of Nowtotv
or tho Paradise Lost of-. Milton, or the
Analogy of Butler? Yet tho expectation
of such results would bs-angelic wisdom,
in comparison with tho idea, that man, the
greatest, noblest and most skilfully con
trived, of off productions, should bo the
creature of accident” ✓
Tho speaker- then proceeded to review,
briefly soveral theories- of evolution. First,
he examined tho scheme of mechanical
ovolution, as expounded by Haeckel and
Huxley, and showed that it resolved itself
into a doctrine of chance, which conld not
account for- tho - existence of manor tho
nniverse. This theory denios tho Creator,
and pronounces tho divine agency in crea
tion “an impertinent intrusion.” It denies
tho responsibility and immortality of man,
and oven denies that he has a soul—or
spirit, distinct from material substance
Tho theories of thoistio evolution were
then glanced at, among them Professor Le
Conte’s hypothesis, which was character
ized, as nn ingenious, grand and startling
conception.
The speaker suggested that possibly somo
consistent schemo of evolution may bo de
vised which shall harmonize with the Mo
saic history of Creation. There is no.
doubt that tbo world has been built up
through a long period of progressive devel
opment, under tho divine power of a wise
Creator.
Tho lecturer believed that there wero at
least four primeval creations—matter,
force, life and 60ul. Ho had not been ablo
to admit the development of man and tho
animals from ono ancestor. The absence
of the necessary connecting links or trans
itional forms, both in tlie existing animal
kingdom and in tho chain of life in geologi
cal time, militated strongly against it.
Hero he criticised humorously Haeckel’s
plan of tho succession of animal lifo, be
ginning with the monera and ending in
man. The fatality of tho scheme was that
a number of the links are mythical—sup
plied by tho imagination. Dr. B. thc-n said:
“Henco I hold that man was originally a
direct creation of God, nnd not the devel
opment of nn ape, or any lower animal.”
The Bible account of tho creation of man
was then read, and the speaker proceeded
to demonstrate that man, in his spiritual
constitution, bears tho imago of his Maker,
We can give only a more outline of this
part of tho argument. Mon, by his pow
ers of original conception, invention and
artistic genius, is, in a sense, a creator, and
thus reflects tho imago of Him who created
and bui!t this majestic universe.
By hia intellectual attainments, his vast
accumulation of learning, man reveals a
dim adumbration of the omniscience of
God- This knowledge embraces not only
the past and present, but even glances into
tho future, and thus ho reveals :i faint ra
flection of that everlasting Being to whom
all duration is eternal. Now, lastly, tho
perfect goodness of God—His moral na
ture—fitids its feeble reflex in the con
science or moral nature ot man.
Thus the area tors! dp of God. his omnis
cienco and his holiness, have tlicir corres-
ponding images in tho artistic and inventive
powers, the acquisitions and the moral
sense of His rational creature—man.
This part of tho subject was expanded
and illustrated at considerable length, but
limited space forbids us to follow tlie train
of thought in detail. The leclui , occupied
forty-five or fifty minutes in tho delivery.
. . . „ -. T every day of that time. The merchants and
o[ ab °ut 22 or 23 years of age. Whim . business men generally should bo as much,
shaved and dressed up it woffid be hard to 1 or mor e, interested in having good thor-
rdkaiincmiRh him fmm n- mhita mnn TT,« oughfares leading into tlie- city ns the
farmers themselves, for I think tho farmers
would bo a lido better off if- they did not
visit Mncon-quKo so often. Now, ten men
in cltains are not sufficient to keep tho
numerous roads of Bibb county in. good
condition, working twelve months in the
year.
' The road commissioners ere authorized
by law to employ labor to work tho public
roads, but such a thing is impossible, for
negroes wilt not work in connection with
the chi in gang, os they are afmid of being
classed with the convicts, Now/ the only
plan left for the road commissioners to
pursuo is to offer the chain gang to-the city
to bo worked twelve months ou the streets
at their own expense, and employ a com
petent force to- work the county roads-the
entire year, and in the event of the city’s
refusing to take them, turn them over to
the regular county commissioners to make
the best possible disposition of them.
Road Comxissiokeb.
More Facte Coneeffttittg the Poet nnd
Near Fork Jonrnallst-IIe Think*
His Arrest a Huge Joke.
Ferhap3 no other incident has ever oc
curred in Macon causing more excitement
than tho killing of Mr. James Tinley by
Doc Wilson, and great curiosity is mani
fested ns to all the details connected with
his escape and capture,
The Columbus papers ofWednesday con
tain lengthy articles on Wilson, embracing
about, the substance of what has already
appeared in the Telegraph. The Enquirer-
San in speaking of tlie prisoner, says:
ms escape.
He states that after tho killing he deter
mined to make his way to Florida and from
thereto somo point across the gulf. He
' came to Columbus and meeting with a po
liceman, got him to show him the way to
the Enquirer-Sun office, where he bought a
copy of the morning paper. The copy
which ho obtained contained tho route
which it was thought the fugitive would
tako, and ho says ho followed it out to the
letter. He made through the country until
he reached Fort Gaines. He then took
passage on tho Rebecca Everingham for
Apalachicola.
TO ATLANTA.
The parties from Macon, in company
with Sheriff Theobald, will leave for Atlanta
with Doo Wilson on tlie 7o’clock train Wed
nesday morning, where ho will be kept nn
til the next session of tho Bibb Superior
Court. The sheriff of Bibb states that it is
thought best not to carry him to Macon, as
tho indignation attbecrimecommittedisso
great that they fear tho consequences. Not
only this, but the train would pass through
Rutland district, the home of the deceased,
and it was feared the people would hoard
tho train and administer summary punish
ment.
A bewabd
of $450 has been offered for his arrest. The
city council of Macon offered $100, the
family of James Tinley S200, and the Gov
ernor of Georgia $150.
DOO WILSON
does not appear at all depressed on account
of hi3 arrest, but on the contrary seems to
look at it as a big joke. On tho way up tho
river, and while in chains, we are told that
be was exceedingly gleeful and would play
tricks by whirling a pan on his toes and
cutting up circus motions generally. He is
very communicative, and told the gentle
men who nre here from Macon that he had
never denied his name. This, however, is
not true. He is an expert barber and bar
tender, and it was his line capacity in this
particular way which first led to the suspi
cion that ho was the murderer of Tinley.
SHERIFF T1IW.HIT.1X
who arrested Doc Wilson, and who is now
in the city, is tho gentleman who about
three years ago arrested tho Snapper Club
and ono of the Central Lino steamers and
detained them at Apalachicola for several
hours. A number of lawyers attending
court at that place wonted tho boat to wait
for them, and this tho boat refused to do,
when tho lawyers got out a warrant which
was executed by Mr. Theobald. They gave
bond, howover, and tho lawyers were de
feated nt last. The case is still on tho dock
et for a claim of $10,030 damages, but it
won’t amount to much.
The Columbus Times says: Doc does
not deny having killed Tinley, bnt says ho
did it bccaoso ho feared that Tinley would
kill him.
Wilson is a very good looking young man
That Essay
By Henry J. Peter, before the rx «
Club, was good. Glad am l tofe 0 ^
who will S|.enk the truth tunneasumf
need plenty of truth. We need men to tlu
tea what is wacko. Mr. Peter is liold ml i
to tell us that the use of liquw hffSgft
more than any other known calamity ta
give us a reputation for lawlessness * HA
says this is in addition to tho .-rimn.
causes, tho domestic affliction it -??( *-i t
and the ultimate visitation of heaven’s yi!?'
geauce. He sjKiaka out and savs • ‘‘v,. en '
fully understanding tho force of —°°* ?a
should over let a drop of liquor coS e
tbe model home.” Ho furtKj?. 0 “!^t
us no longer sly y resort to tho closet ami
drink twice, thnee, or even oftaner a day
a httle whisky for the stomach’s sake 3 ’*
“Visitors should not expect to drink-
shonld not be asked.” Allow ono more
quotation: ™
“Our children should know that wo are en
dowed with a sufficiency of that, the great-
eet of traits, moral courage, to frown
down tins insnhous, vulgar and dangerous
practice. Do away with it, and we need
not go into debt. Onr wives will teach ns
how to live ^very satisfactory within our in
comes. Our creditors, the money lenders
whose dupes we are, and from whom ema’
nato all tho schemes of combinations and
monopolies, which control and*cheam>n
onr few products would no longer torment
us, and onr independence of thought and
action would be our happiness."
I do hope Mr. Fetor will be allowed of
ten to speak in Bibb county especially on
this subject. We need, in order to temper
ance reform, a fow bold men to give m
facts. Wo need bold men and women, no
against sin, more titan we need definitions
by churches, and dry, theoretic deliver
ances, by temperanoo bodies, good as they
are. To-day in the Christian Heraldl read
of a v
QUEEN PORBIDDINO HUM.
Tho Queen has taken a strong position on
the temperance question. Under a former
treaty with France importations of rum
were allowed. She has now forbidden her
people to drink it, and faithfully warned
her people of the evil consequences; and in
their presence she caused the barrels of
rum assigned her as revenue to bo broken
nnd the contents to be ponred out on tho
ground. “I cannot,” she says, “take a rev
enue from anything that wilt debase and
degrado my peorle.” Wliat a lesson her
conduct furnishes to professedly Christian
governments, who derive millions of dol
lars annually l^t revenue from the' sale of
intoxicating liquor! This is tho Queen of
Madagascar. May she speak on. May sho
do on. May wb follow her in this. Let our
citizens, who know of the evils of whisky
drinking, speak ont. Give us facts. C.
Bad UochI» Again.
Messrs. Editors : In reply to the articlo
of “Frogress,” in yonrissueof tho 9th insL,-
in which ho asks, “Cannot our road com
missioner, or county commissioners do
Eomothing to better theso horrid, rough and
almost impnssabk) -roads ?’’ I will say that
ths road commissioners, as-well as the reg
ular county commissioners, are fully aware
of the terriblo condition of the Bibb county
roods, and intend etoingeomething speedily
to reraody the evil.
The matter stands,-at present, in this
way. Tho chain ganglia- dwiudh-d down
to about ten incompetent hands—one-third
of the usual number.
Under a very unwise- act pcssed by a
former Legislature, the city is entitled to
tho gang six months in tho twelve, and you
may rest assured that tha oily council claim
distinguish him from a- white man. His
hair is rather a light brown and almost
straight. His eyes ore light blue. Hois
about five feet seven or eight inches high,
and weighs about 140 or 150 pounds.
Doc claimed to be the political editor of
a New York journal.
ROVAt, ARCAXVX.
Sfaconltes In Attendance on tbo An-
nnal Sleeting of tbe GraaiT Csancil
or Georgia In Angnstfe’
Mr. R. H. Flanders, grand treasurer, Mr.
Robert Coleman grand trustee nnd Mr.J.
V. \ Blackshear, grand wardon, loft Mncon
fast night to attend the second annual ses
sion of tho Grand Council of Georgia,
of Royal Arcanum,, which assembles
to-day in Augusta. The Chronicle
and Constitutionalist sayp that this
evening Ford Council, No 34, will give a
banquet to tho Grand Council at Lerius
Henson’s, at 92)0 o’clock. The committee
of arrangements is composed of the follow
ing gentlemen; W. W, Starr, S. H. Shep
ard, S. P. Weisiger, M. J. Verdory, C. J. T-
Balk, Dr. DeS. Ford, Dr. Eugene Foster,.
W. L. Platt, A. R. Goodroar.
The- entertainment in Augusta, of tbe
members of the Grand Council- will: bo
most elaborate in every respect.
There are now in Georgia sixteen Coun
cils of the Royal Arcanum, all' of. winch,
like tho one in this city, are upon sound
business-like basis, with.fnll membership.
Tho following are thn officers and standing
committees of tho Grand Council of Geor
gia:
Grand Rogont—Ftunk.G. Ford, Augusta.
Grand Vieo-Rogjut—John. D. Munner-
lyn, Waynesboro.
Past Grand Regent—B. H». Richardson,
n« until
Grand Secretary—D. Al Spring, Sevan-
nah-
Grand Treasurer—R. IL Flanders, Ma
con.
Grand Guida—W; W. Starr, Jn, Augusta.
Grand Chaplain—John Fale> K-iwkins-
Grand Warden—J. \Y. Itlnckshcar, Mn-
qon.
Grand S^ntryr-A^C. Harmon, Savannah,
State Medical Examiner—Henry F,
Campbell, M. D., Augusta.
Representative to- Supremo Council—B.
H. Richardson, Savannah; alternate, JL H.
Flanders, Macon.
Grand Trustees—Dr. Wm. King, Atlanta;
Robb. Coleman and S. M. Sobers, Macon.
Committee ou Laws and Supervision—
Dr. Win. King, Atlanta; J. W. Blackshear,
Macon; B. H. Richardson, Savannah.
Finance Committee—Bascom Myrick,
Forsyth: W. W. Starr, Jr., Augusta; A. C.
Hardman, Savannah.
ri'RSVER AX It CAPTURES.
Tho Little Game ot Forget y Flayed
by Willie Bails,
There now lioa in jail in this city TTillio
Butts, a colored individual and no stran
ger to police circles, who was arrested on
tho charge of forgery.
Last Thursday Butts wroto a noio to a
well known madaine living in the lower
part of the city, forging tho name of a par
ty in sporting circles, asking her to send
him $10. Butts, as has been proven, him
self carried the forged epistle and collected
the money. Saturday the experiment was
repeated, and resulted successfully, $10
more being obtained
Sunday Mr. Z nnd Miss L, ns we shall
designate them, met, and Miss L asked Mr.
Z if be received the $20 sho sent him. This
was a surprise to Mr. Z, os ho bad not
sent for tho aforesaid money, and conse
quently received none, nnd so informed
Miss L. Then it- became known that a for
gery had been committed, and steps were
taken to arrest Willie Bntts, to whom the
offen.se was undoubtedly traced.
Officer Martin, of the police force-, was
detailed to arrest Butts Monday night nnd
succeeded in doing so on Fourth street ,’and
as Martin was coming along with his pris
oner, Butts broke from his grasp and made
in tlie direction of the swamp, running like
a wild deer, but Martin was immediately
behind liim in hot pursuit, making one of
fastest raoes ever noted in Macon.
Martin finally ovortook Butte at tho old
fair ground in tho rear of the railroad
shops was recaptured nnd brought aafo’.y
to prison, officer Martin Ulll.T accoinviteh-
ing a good piece of work. BaM ii:.- been
AX BRIEF.
—An axle of. one of the enginosonthe
Southwestern.-: railroad broke yesterday,
damaging slightly two of the cars.
—All interested should remember tho
donee to-night at the- Macon Volunteers’ ar
mory, given, complimentary to visiting
young ladies..
—All remember the recent death:of Dar-
rah Horton, who.served for many years so
faithfully at. tho passenger shed- Hia
mother died yesterday. Aged 80 years.
—Tho band, of the Macon Volunteers will
play for the Land League on St. Fatrick’s
Day. The celebration of this patron saint
will be elaborately observed this year in
Macon.
—Should Father Ryan lecture in Macon
on MarchJ.7th.lor tho benefit of tho Land
League,.as is oxpected, it will bo one of the
most notable events in this city in long
years.
^—Mr. C. IY. Tift, of Albany, has invented
a cotton planter which is one of the finest
things of the kind in existence. Hia inven
tion.is becoming qnito popular, os it so
well .deserves.
—Tho sale of gallery seats to Mary
Anderson will commence this morning ah
Irvine’s at 10 o’clock. Tickets will be sold,
first to thoso holding numbers from the
sale of yesterday, beginning at No. 40.
•d tin
identified :<* 1
notes and collected ' v m- r.n 1
writing w his penmanship a- w.-.s ■d.-u.dy
distinguished by compari-o'.: • o.!;r.
writing known to be liis.
While Butts will doubt!’." c hi •
fall deserts fit the hands of the law.
Gxx Lyon’i Patent Hect srl...
plied to throe new boots or shoes L-c: j
yoa ran them over.
JCRGE HVXT AXR HAS Iffl’ES
Queer and Varied .11 oii tjnorilsJt Expe
rience* of the New Seeretary ot the
Navy.
Washington March 0.—Tim new Sec
retary of the Navy, M:. Hunt, has been a
much married man. His first wife (now
dead) was a Miss Andrews, of Mississippi;
his second wife (also dead) was a Balti
more lady, and tire daughter of a Com
modore of the United Slates Navy; hia
third wife was a widow, Mis. Harrison, a
daughter of tbe late Jacob Barker, and
was some years the senior of Mr. Hunt.
After three years ol union they mutually
agreed to separate and she was to go to
Europe. While she was there Hunt
undoubtedly procured the passage of
a divorce lav/ by the Legislature of Louis
iana, adding a clause which could embrace
liis case anil abridging the time required
for decrees. Another Legislature repealed
this, but whilo it was iti force he began a
divorce suit. Hunt instituted his suit
during the absence ot his wile, who was
represented, according to law practice, by
a curator ad hoc, whose duty it was to
inform her of the suit. This proceeding
is equivalent to the Now York piactice of
service cf summons by publication. The
curator appointed by the court was Sir. D.
C. Latent. A decree was rendered against
her (Hie curator filing an answer for her
and defending the suit as best he could)
of absolute divorce.
\ year slier tbte. Hunt married a fourth
wile, a widow, tho daughter ol'A. M. Ad
ana 1 . of New Orleans, who is his present
wife. Mrs. Harrison Hunt undoubtedly
knew r.f tho Louisiana proceeding, but
trs 1 advised that it would be a nullity,
an 1 that the probabilities were that, un
der tbo then RepubMean regime, she
would not obtain justice- Wheu Mr.
Hunt ami his new wife, the fourth Mrs.
Hunt, came on their wedding tour to New
Yink, the third Mrs. Hunt, by John im
porter, brought suit for divorce, alleging
the relations of Air. and Mrs. Hunt No-
4. Airs. Harrison Hunt was very rt*>
iute, as were Her friends, who thought, as
New Orleans society thought aud etlll
thinks, that Hunt had taken unfair
vantage. She took the case up to tlie
United States Supreme Court, hut ever)
court and judge hold that under tlie con
st!; alion they must give foil force to the
i.-mManadecree.—Ntwsand Courier.
Barnett's CutoalM for Loss of H»> r
Cmcag -, October 11, 1880.—Three yeare
arm mv hair .v is coining out very fast, ana
1 w . , . ... ly bald. I was also troubled w 1 ** 1
i .- . huff, 1 began using Burnett’s Coco-
ai« , and my hair immediately stoppej*
, -i t, and has constantly been g®'"
tin - i'ieker. My head is now entirely Dvo
fro i , Klruli, My wife has used the Lo-
c ja iilioqmilly os gratifying res 0 )"-
F. . r ; \tt, withF. MacVeigh A Co.
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