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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER (5, 1885'
THE NEWS IN GEORGIA
GATHERED IlY CORRESPONDENTS
AND FROM EXCHANGES.
All Arm CuilKlit In a r.liwCmv.Iljln B r r( i
Earing Evergreens—Wliat Ellavllle
is Doing—Off For College—
Itnin« mill Other Itcnm.
Caught at a Gimire.
The Georgia State fair ut Macon, Oct. 2(1.
Coal in laid down in Jackson for $3.50 per
ton.
Downing's "Tally-Ho" company plays in
Americas.
The Albany baseball grounds are to be
sold at auction.
Americas votes on the waterworks ques
tion on Saturday.
A street railway is among the improve
ments of Athens.
The rains continue all over the middle
portion of the State.
Augusta is getting her big tent ready for
the religions revival.
Dry rot in the fodder is the last com
plaint from a few sections.
Americas sends quite u number of young
men to Mercer University at Macon.
Some sen birds drifted into Albany Mon
day. They come down with the rain.
Ellnville 1ms a paper. It is called the
Enterprise, and is published by A. J. Harp.
Atlanta liquor men are sending out circu
lars asking for money to bo used in the pro
hibition election.
A negro barber named George Plowman
deliberately committed suicide by drowning
at Rome on Monday.
CoL M. V. McKibben, of Jackson, hail
one of his hands badly torn up with a dyna
mite cartridge the other day.
Trains nro now running daily on the D.
and W. road to a point within four and one-
half miles from WrightsviUe.
A Methodist revival is in progress at Mon-
ticello.
iThe city tax of Marietta is 35 cents on
tTi hundred dollars.
J. 1!. Blackwell, the new postmaster of
Marietta, is 72 yean old.
The Home Insurance Company of Rome
is now ready for business.
Judge Simmon:; will hold court for Judge
Kibbce nt Irwin next week.
The contract has been let out for build
ing a 32-room hotel at Monroe.
Lightning rod and wrought iron range
men arc Hooding the country towns.
A serious throat affection is prevalent
among the children of Irwin county.
Twenty-sight Vermonters have arrived in
Marietta to work at the ninrlilo works.
Jug Tavern lias a baseball club tbnt went
through the season without being beaten.
Pink .lowers, of Webster county, will
make 120 bales of cotton on 130 acres this
souson.
It is said that Mrs. C. C. Kibbce, of
Hawkinsville, will soon fall heir to several
million dollars.
Forty-two bnshels of com have been
gathered from an acre pntch on Fred Wim
berly’s place in Twiggs county.
EDITORIAL DRIFT.
Opinions and Onnlnt sayings of the Georgia
Editors.
The drag-net of justice is gninq through
the under-current of our moral waters, and
a terrible flopping and stirring may lie ex
pected among the uiud-cata.—Cartersvillc
American.
Drnnom IS Hie liberal nd spend their
money freely. The amount they leave in
towns' free to them in tho course of n year is
very large. There is another thing that
can be said of them. They advertise well a
town that deserves to be advertised.
Tho Southern merchants have traded
largely in Cincinnati, hut this year very
few orders have left Marietta for that place,
mostly all going to Eastern markets. They
are g'ettiug tired of patronizing u people
whoso prominent men and leading juqiers
brand them as thieves, out throats and as
sassins thereby trying to bring onr soctiou
into disrepute and tnrn capital from invest
ment here.—Marietta Journal.
the mnrshnl taking him in charge. “Five
t A nr? ('tic tu unit! fit, * tiivt t’ni* Tbn
old man settled promptly, for he always
has money or friends ready to relievo him.
As he walked up the street he remarked,
“I’ll bet they get my wagon and mules
yet.—Hawkinsville. Dispatch."
Snuir Dipping v*. ToIhuto Chewing.
There it* a inun in Vienna who married
here Keven yearn ago, and he was ho op.
tKiKed to hi» wife’s lining snuff tliat he never
bought her a dimea worth till last night,
during the neven long yeum, Although nhe
was addicted to the habit of using it. He
has decided that she has the same right to
rub snuff that he has to drink whisky,
smoke and chew tobacco.—Vienna Vindi
cator.
DEATH VALLEY.
(icon;in Apple Crop.
Th? apple crop of Hancock, this year, is
nmwcauy large. We learn that Mr. Corne
lius Harper has recently sold a thousand
lmsb^ls of Romuliitc appl* n in Augusta, at
50 cents per bushel.—Sparta Islimaelite.
Hvll ItamlUof n Heavy Supper.
A Butts county hoy gorged himself with
beef steak ono night recently at supper, and
during the night dreamed that he was a cow
and was butting a clay root. In tho morn
ing when he awoko he found that ho bad
butted his brother, who was sleeping with
him, off the bed.
One of the Height Examples.
Mr. John Fincher m u rn I at Sandy Hidgc
in the year IH85 in his 20th year, and at
that time lie was not worth $2 in money
and could have carried all his “duds” in a
hand towel To-day he con claim more
tlmii $.>,000 in his own right and is out of
debt.—Jackson Argus.
Accident to a Minister.
Itev. C. D. Ad.hum, of Catania, happened
to an accident hist week that was painful
though not as serious as at tirst supposed.
He was assisting in making some needed
repairs in Clowers church when the scaf
folding on which lie was standing gave way
and he was precipitated to the floor. HU
arm, thougli not broken as reported, was
much injured, and the shock to his nervous
system forced him to hike his bed.—Ham
ilton Journal
New Specie* of Carp.
Mr. E. T. Peeks, ot Kenoia county,
caught a seven-pound carp out of his pond,
which is something of u curiosity. A bone
grew up in tho cam in place of tho top
tin m ar the tail. Thedtone is two inches
long and one-fourth inch wide at the hose
with a slight cone towards the tail, under
neath is a nicely formed groove, on each
hide of which is a fine set of saws or teeth,
with points slightly inclined to the bo.no—
also undcnieuth the flsh in a corresponding
position wits another one of like size and
tdinp. . New nail Herald.
Shooting at . Customer.
ToMtlay Iiit-bt. Ill Bone, a bartender
nani' A Klimt (iinblard had a
Cliarh s Franklin over it mmo
A few lick-. pn.HMl, and then Goddard draw
hi„ piatol and fin d two shut, at Franklin,
hot without effect.
Didn't Want to IMIier HI. Wife.
In Rome on Tm . lay, after n protracted
Kjiri e. ( harles Barker told his v ife he wonlil
not bother her mnch longer, and then |mr-
rhnwf from ailm^.torea trial of chloroform.
lie t.,!d die d: 11 : _ i-1 In wanted tin linin’ l-r
a bona, but he drank the contents him-. If,
aid wonld have died but for the fact that he
did not take qnita enough.
Changed Hi* Liquorin' WUft*.
Tho Hon. f iVab< rry Newberry, ofTaiggt
county, came down u> Cochran lust week,
A GEORGIA COURT SCENE.
How tlio Young Lawyers Toss the Retort
Courteous To and Fro.
We hml a funny juatico court at Adnirs-
ville last Friday. Two lnwycra from Cal
houn were reprvseutiiiK opposite aide, of a
little claim cane in which the title to an old,
razor backed blind horee wan involved. One
of the attorneys offered some evidence
about certain alleged frauds in the trans
action, to which opposing attorney object
ed. “It's a strange thing,” said attorney
for the claimant, “timt my yotuig friend,
who is a Sunday school superintendent,
should object to having the whole truth in
this matter." "May it please your
honor,” said the other, “I think
it very improper to have my Sun
day school record lugged into this case,
I'm not ashamed, hut prond of being a Sun
day-school man, but it's ridiculous to have
it referred to hero, where we are trying to
investigate the title to this horse. I’ll sim
ply say in reply that I'd rather be the super
intendent of u Sunday-school than to he in
sympathy with tho bar-room crowd.” {Ap
plause.] “Yes," said the other, “ami Ed
rather be a friend to the bar-room crowd
than to pretend to advocate temperance and
then slip around to my friends' rooms and
drink up their whisky on the sly without
paying for it.” [Renewed applause.J “If
yon mean to intimate that I do snch a thing,
you say something that you know to he nn-
tme,” retorted the other. At this point the
interest of the audience become somewhat
intense, and Justice had to suppress the
lawyers.—Cartersvillc American.
GEORGIA GOLD AND MARBLE.
A Ditch Thirty-Four Miles Long—Milling
hy Hydraulic Pressure.
Dnhlonega correspondence Marietta Jour
nal: A visit to Tate's famous inarblo qnar-
ries will convince one ot their importance.
Marble, marble, marble! Marble in endless
quantity and in great variety. Marble nn
iterlying the Long Swiuup Creek Valley for
ten miles. Marble filling the hills; marble
cropping ont all along the mountain sides.
To see the lurge hoisting derricks, to hear
the click of machinery, to sec tho busy feet
and hands, the cheerful faces and the evi
dences of business thrift around there, is an
inspiring nnd hopeful sight. Pages could
lie written upon it And over
here in gold-bearing old Lumpkin
county, I find many largo ditches
dug hy tho mining companies nt very great
expense. Ono ditch is thirty-five, one thirty-
four and one twenty-five miles long, passing
under hills nnd mountains in tunnels and
over these same obstructions hy hydraulic
pressure in large, strong iron pipes or in
iron-bound wooden boxes or in tubes of
wood and iron. Homo places you see a
Hume mounted from sixty to BID feet in the
air for the space of half n mile, nnd at the
mines you arc aninzed nt the terrific force of
tho water as it issues from the popping,
hissing nozzle two and a half inches in
diameter. Such n stream will kill like a
cannon ball, and will hark a tree at shme
distance from the mouth of the nozzle.
I visited tho Kin-Mori gold mines ill Dawson
county, and found Messrs. Anderson am}
Wnrdroper very kind and geuerous in im
parting information concerning their great
enterprises in Georgia gold mining. Mr.
Anderson himself hel|>ed a stout and will
ing colored man—uncle Jerry—to carry me
over some very dangerous places, so that I
could see the effects of the muddy wnter
upon the side of the hill. It was, indeed, a
grand sight. The rocky hill, with its ribs
of golden veins and with all its earth, grav
el, stunqis and large holders bowed und fell
before that two and half inch stream of
hissing, rushing, tenring wnter.
Tin* Primitive llaptlsts.
Gordon, October L—The Primitive Bap
tist Association, that convened at Pleasant
Plains Church on Saturday last, in
the southern part of this county,
was not largely attended on account
of the very disagreeable weather of Sunday
and Monthly lost
Death ofa PrtnnMllu Hoy.
Eastman, September 311.—Harr)-, the six-
year-old son of Dr. Harris Fisher, of East
man, died this morning at 8 o'clock of dlph
therin, after a lingering illness!
Where the Hints Drop Demi Millie Flying
Across.
Mechanical News.
The namo is fearfully suggestive, and
yet few places in the world deserve their
appellations so well os does the Death Val
ley of California, nor is it easy to find any
other locality in any country whatever
which gathers about 'itself so milch that
inspires horror and dread. A region where
a man can die of thirst while henas water
within his reach, more than he can drink,
may well bear the most terrible title that
can he given it; and this name—Death Val-
ley—given from the firat known event in
its history, thirty-five years ago, will doubt
less cling to the spot to the end of time.
It is in the southeastern part of Inyo
county, Cal., and nt the point nt which the
meridian of 11(1 degrees 45 minutes west
crosses 3M degrees It) minutes north is os
nearly ns possible in its centre of horrors.
Probably only one other spot of which we
have any knowledge, tlio Gnevo Upas, or
Vale of Poison, in Java, exceeds the fatality
of Death Valley.
The valley itself it forty miles hy eight,
running nearly north and south, and every
portion of this is desert and barren in the
extreme, as is in fall the entire surrounding
country; but a narrow central space along
the eastern side, about fifteen miles in
length, embodies tho typical features in
their highest intensity. Into this, not
Porte <Ven/er, but Puil a'enfer, very few per
sons have ever gone, that is, who returned
to tell the tale, und wlint is Here related per
tains to the higher and comparatively mod
erate parts toward the borders of the val-
loy.
The dangers are the result of atmospheric
conditions solely. Lack of water inny be a
fatal evil, but this enn bo avoided; supplies
of water may bo carried, or better still, it is
now tolerably well useertuined that wnter is
nvailnble by sinking even shallow wells in
mnch the greater extent of the upper por
tions of the valley.
Bnt the water fails to afford its usual life-
giving value from two causes. The first of
these is the heat. Of course this is moder
ated during two or three of the winter
months, and for that space of time a resi
dence on the borders of Death Valley is
possible without any exceeding great
risk. But this soon passes away, and
the furnace is in blast. By abont April the
average (of (lay nnd night) is from DO to
05 degrtei; hy May it is 95 to 100 degrees;
and a little later it averages over 2<>0 de-
trees reaching otten 120 to 125 degrees in
the coolest place that can lie found. If
this was with a damp atmosphere it would
stitic any human life with rapidity, lint a
certain amount of dryness enables it to be
home with more safely. Here, however,
comes in the second of the two eviis, which
huve been indicated; the intense dry ness of
the utmnsphere. This is so excessive ns
to be in many instances fatal,
spile of evc-ry precaution. The writer
has never tested the full severity of this
feature in Death Valley itself, hut his expe
rience along its immediate border renders
him rendy to give full credence to the state
ment that many eases of death have oc
curred "when water was plenty, but could
not b e drunk fast enongh to supply the
drain caused by the desiccntive power of the
diy, hot airy.” In fact, in one instance he
himself nearly reached that condition, and
a few hours longer of the heat and dryness
would have placed his own name among
those of its victims.
It is said that liirda drop dead in attempt
ing to cross the valley. Mr. Hawkins, who
visited it in 1822, snys that he "picked up,
at different timea, two little birds, a mile or
so from wnter, whose bodies were still
warm, having evidently but just dropped
dead.” The bodies of men and their
horses sre liable to be encountered nt any
time; they havo been found within a mile
of water, nnd iu one cuse with water still
in their canteens, ami n supply of food ns
well, showing that the climate waa the
cause of death. With these facts
in view, it is not unreasonable to sny that
the name Death Valley is well bestowed.
And if this is the state of things on the ele
vated borders, ranging from 1,2110 to 2,000
feet nnd more above the sea, what must be
the beat and the dryness in tho very focus?
For one of the additional wonders of Death
Valley is that its control region lies away
below the level of the sea. There is
perhaps no other spot on the globe which
at so great a distance from tho ocean
reaches such a depression—159 feet. The
Dead Ken, with the gorges of the -Ionian
nnd the Arnlmli, of course greatly exceeds
this, hut it is not widely separated from the
cuatern parallel bonier of the Mediterra
nean.
The climntic violence of this deep trough
of Death Valley must be left to conjecture.
It la certain that no man could survive
there long enough to secure continuous ob
servations of any extent.
CtoARnTS smokers are herenftei to be
expelled from the public achoolaof Newark,
N. J.
In Kanana the fnmiennrc chopping down
walnut trees and selling the wood for fuel
at to a cord. In Ohio a single walnut tree
has just brought $400, and the purchaser in
to cut it down himself.
A Yankton mail who five years ago pnid
for twenty-seven acres of Missouri bottom
wood land under a survey of a quarter of
centuiy ago, finds hy measurement that the
twenty-seven acres have increased to 140
acres, and it's all his. Accretion did it
One of the curiosities of Berlin is amuse,
nm of tho uniforms w orn in the Prussian
army Bince 1817. Not a button or tassel
thnt was ever ordered for tho soldiery since
that time is unrepresented in that collection,
nnd enbh article is carefully lnlieledand fur
nished with the seal of the minister of war
or commanding general.
A surr has heen'instituted in the Frank'
lin, Tenn., Circnit court under the gambling
act for recovery of treble tho amount of a
bet made upon nn election. Under the Inu
tile person making the bet and losing may
sue for the recovery within six months, and
upon his failing to do so within that time,
any outsider having a knowledge of the fucta
nmy sne and recover treble the amount.
The editor of the Toronto News, who was
brought before a Montreal Court nnd fined
and mobbed for libeling a French Canadian
regiment becanse of its behavior during the
Riel enmpuign, has cancelled all the circuit
tion of his puper in the province of Quebec
und gone to work libeling the French volun
teers more vigorously than ever, secure in
the sweet consciousness that if the want to
sue him they must go to Toronto, where
public opinion and the mob are on bis side.
An Englishman w-ho was sitting at dinner
in a Swiss hotel heard a mountaineer relate
how he hod scaled the Gepultenhom in the
Bernese Oberhind, and planted on the auin.
mit a silk flag embroidered with his name.
Determined thnt tho British reputation for
mountaineering should not suffer, the Eng
lishman climbed the some mountain the
next day, and, taking the flag which hnd
been planted there, returned with it nnd
sent it to the bravo mountaineer, who lived
in ail adjoining village.
THE PRESIDENT TO MARRY.
Rains In Ilamlolpli.
Cpthbeut, September 30.—There have
been continual ruinx over the county for
several days, with but short intermissions.
Water courses generally lire higher tlmii
known for some time. There is a great
dent of cotton in the fields, wihicli 1ms suf
fered much. Winds seem to be changing,
though, now, anil the prospects are that we
will again enjoy fair weather.
Cows Dying from Eating Evergreens.
Albany, September 30.— Several cows
havo died recently from eating tho twigs
and evergreen cut from the hedges, etc.—at
least this is supposed to have been the
canse of their death. The majority of the
fan i ica of Albany keep cows that are al
lowed to ran at large, sjiending their nights
on aidewnlka uinl other convenient rearing
E laces, ao that it ia not astoniahuig that wc
ear of anch caanaltica us these.
Tlie Proper Word.
Fuck.
“,1’m afraid, Johnny,” said the employer,
"that I ahull have to discharge yon.
"What for?"|
"Inattention to business. Yon are alto
gether tod fond of baseball. There ,is noth
ing left for uie to do but diachaige yon.”
"Nuw, yer don't," said Johnny; "I don't
take no discharge; lmt if yer wants to let
me go I'm willin' to accept a release."
Vanity Tliut Wanted Fullering.
CMcsgo News.
“Yea, George, I will marry, bnt you will
have to elope with me.”
lispute with “Why, Clarissa? Do your parents object
t ten-pins, to me?”’
■' ■' -No, they think yon are jnst splendid-”
“Then, why mnst we elope?"
"Why, Oeorge, don't yon know thnt if I
elopo the papers will siieak of me as the
beautiful daughter of wealthy parenU?"
A I-rise in the I-ottery
of lt/S which is umislly UESplirecalled until It Is
lost, perfaspo never’
n turn. Is health. Wbst s
priceless boon It Is, and how we ought to cherish 1L
that Ilfs may not !»• s worthies* Mask to us. Many
of the dlaoseeii (list doll 1. heir to. and which
make Ufa burdeneome. euch ee cooeowpOon
{.cmfula of tho lung.), and other irrufolmia and
blood disease., are completely cured by Dr. K. V.
Pierce - . “Golden Medical DWeovKy" aft. rail other
iraedlra ll»i o fall.-d. Dr. Pierce'. Ir. alloc on con-
.umption mailed for 1C rent. In aUnipo. Addn -«
_ _ W. r: l - l'.-| • !.-.ir- M P...I A— . alua, *4 Main
nod boil bis usuul fun, whicL wound up by l Ifrvob tlufl*l'y X. x.
Humor Thnt He I In. Finally Surren-
llereil—Who the Lady Is.
Washington letter in San Francisco Post
"On Ilia recent trip to the woods,” slyly
remarked a well known New Yorker to-day,
"the l'n-Hident met nn acquaintance, a
yonng widow-, whom the goHsi|m have not
E et named, hut who is undoubtedly nearer
is heart than any of the yonng misses who
have been mentioned us his fiancees." The
meeting was arranged by Dr. Ward, who
holds himself responsible for the whole
business.
This widow is about thirty, is given to
embonpoint and will rip the scales ut .bout
1U5 pomp Is. She baa no children, and en
joys a comfortable income from n snug lit
tle property inherited from her mother. She
was in Washington last May and saw the
President twice without uttmeting any at
tention. There is no doubt that the l*resi-
dent nnd the widow nro mnch interested in
each other,(hut the President is a little shy
about telling sister Rose, don't yon seel
Tile widow- belongs to an excellent New
York family* lint Miss Rose may or may not
approve of having the acquaintance con
tinue. The President told on intimate
friend confidentially the other evening that
lie never felt the need of a wife so mnch as
since coming to Washington. The Presi
dent and Miss Rose are totally nnlike in
their thoughts and acriona, and the Utter is
wholly absorbed in her literary labors.
The ladies of Washington wonld rejoice
to see the President wedded to a good wife,
but prehaps two or three belles who have
set their caps for the President would be
sorely disapisiinted.
"\Vbat s grand wedding we will have,”
exclaimed one of the attaches of the White
Hsnse, “if this rumor proves true.”
The President, by two moves, has become
entirely separated from all his old bachelor
rom|HUiiona and has no chance for the de
lights of club life, as in the old Buffalo
days. All his chums of yore are hundreds
of miles sway, and is it any wonder that the
President keenly realizes the utter loneliness
of bis life? Since the fourth of March the
hurly-burly of official life has kept his mind
fairly occupied, bnt it is quieter now, and
homesickness can reach even older hearts
than the President's.
A Good hutyect For Thought*
Boston Journal (Rep.)
“On the whole,” said one Mugwump to
another, “what have we gained by voting
for Cleveland?” “By George!” was the re
ply, "I'U have to stop and think.”
M. Baudiik, a musician of Paris, has suc
ceeded, after thirty years of effort, in mak
ing a musical instrument of pebbh#. It is
made of twenty-Bix smidl stones, represent
ing the tones nnd semi-tonesof two octaves.
These are suspended on u sounding board,
and the music is produced by striking one
stone against another. The pebble
which emits the deepest tone w eighs four
pounds, the one next to it eight pounds,
thnt following ono pound, and so on quite 18® rallioart track. His cimfenlon was
i*•«*<•<mliirlv* Tlisiua notiltlou in nut tio ufrnnlr
irregularly. These pebbles must be struck
nt a certain place, and if they break the
fragments emit no tone nt nil.
An interesting experiment with electric
ity will take place at Quelieo this week.
Dnfferin Terrace is to be illuminated with
the light generated with the motive power
of the Montmorency Falls. Experts have
been delegated from various points to at
tend and watch the result, which possesses
special interest for electricians and electric
light companies, inasmuch as it will settle
the scientific ns well ns the economic ques
tion whether the cheaper motive power sup
plied by waterfalls can lie used successfully
and made profitably nvailnble for the elec
tric lighting of cities, towns and villages
situated beyond a certain limited distance
from the generating point.
Judge Meaiih, of the Wilmington (N. C.)
Criminal Court, has rendered u decision as
to the drummers' tax, that is of general
interest. A drummer was charged with
soliciting trade without license. The taw
requires n drummer from another State to
]my a State tax. A resident drummer is
nlso required to pay the same drummers'
tax, bnt the law of 1885 gives a rebate to the
resident drummer of the amount of his pur
chase tax for the same time. Tho court
held that the effect of this law is to discrim
inate against the non-resident drum
mer, and is an attempt by the State to reg
ulate commerce between the States, and is,
therefore, unconstitutional. Tho State de
rives $11X1,000 revenae from the drummers'
tax.
Some very remarknblo stories are told of
the tornado which wrecked the town of
Washington Courthouse, Ohio. It is snid
that in an npple orchard some of the fruit
on the trees was nctnally baked by the ele
ments of the tornado. Near the same spot
the oak, elm and hickory trees are stuck
full of straws from tho haystacks, some of
straws penetrating the hard bark of the
shell-bark hickory. This story is believed
by no one until they see specimens, ninny
of which are on exhibition. Quite ns tou{h
n statement is thnt u farmer eighteen miles
distant found a ear load of tin roofing cor
nices, etc., which had been torn from
buildings, scattered over his farm.
Monday morning, at the Now York Driv
ing Park, Mr. ltonner said to Murphy:
"Johnny, would you like to ride behind
Maud 8.?" "iVould I?" exetaimed Murphy,
flushing to the roots of his hair. "Just
give me the chance!” “Well, pay tho price
anil yon can have your wiah. The mare has
never earned ni« a cent since I bought her,
anil now I want her to bring something in.”
‘What is the price?” said Murphy, with
twinkling eyes. "Ten cents,” gravely said
Mr. llonner. Murphy quickly fished a
bright coin of the right denomination from
his pockets nnd handed it to the owner of
Mand K„ with the rernazk: "It's a bar
gain.” The Red Prince jogged the qneen
four times around the track, and ahe seemed
to like the touch of his hand. Murphy waa
gratified, Mand 8. was benefited by the ex
ercise, and Mr. Bonner—well, he mode ten
eenta.
No Time to Spare.
New York Bun.
Gentleman—"Uncle Rastus, I've got a
job of whitewashing for yon.”
Uncle Rastus—"Well, I kain't do hit ter-
day, Bah."
Gentleman—"What's the matter? I
thought you were anxiotu for work.”
Uncle Rastus—"So I is, sah. But yo,
see, boss, de Colored Workin'mcn Amalga
mated ’Soctaahttn fo' de pertecahunof de la
borin' man frmn de encroachments an’ in
roads of cap'rilists meets terdny, and tae
ben 'lected cbarman ob de oceaalinn. So,
yo' sees, bom, I hain't got no rime to spar’.”
They Hail Forgotten It,
Detroit Free Pimm.
•Sav," shouted n boy in front of the city
hall the other afternoon.
Something like fifty men came to a dead
halt.
•Hay! your wife aaid I waa to tell you not
to forget to bring home teal" continued the
boy, in a louder voice.
Forty-live men wheeled, slapped their
legs and grunted ont;
Hanged if I hadn't forgotten all about
it!"
AT MERCER UNIVERSITY.
A SnrceMhfuI opening Yestenlajr ami Ilrlght
Prospect for tlie Future.
Yesterday at Mercer University waa a busy day.
At an early hour, the students, old and new. be
gan to assemble for classification. The old student#
escaped one ordeal through which the new were
compelled to paita In not being subjected to exami
nation. and auer consulting the bulletin board,
lounged about the university buildings concocting
plana for hazing the “freah flab,” aa the new stu-
denta are call, or. worked vigorously to secure ac-
ceaalona to their literary and secret societies. The
new students appeared upon the scene somewhat
pale and decidedly uncertain as to the result of their
examination.
President Battle and other members of the facul
ty were In fine spirits, and vied with each other in
ving warm welcomes to the old students and in
trying to make the new ones feel comfortable. An
air of joyous life prevailed, aud everybody rejoiced
at tho university's bright prospect*.
Down at the meu hall Mr Madlcek and his assist-
ancta were busy preparing a glorious diuuer for the
students, while certain extra aids were in the yards
and on the street engaged in hiding atrsy bricks.
The day outside was wet and gloomy, but never-,
thelcMs the university's opening was probably the
best it ever had. The number of new students was
far in exoe#s of that upon opening days for at leasts
score of years, and many application* for class po
sition* were received by letter. All the available
rooms in the mesa hall and cottages were filled.
At dinner at the hall, sixty yoyng men set set at
the table and did justice to the ektellent fare.
In an interview which a Telloeaph reporter had
with Mr. D. L. Willingham yesterday afternoon, the
latter said:
“We expected a large increase in the number of
students at the university, but were unprepared for
very huge number that appeared up-
opening day. All the room* in
hall and cottages are filled, and the build
ing committee of the Imnuu of trustees has deter
mined to erect several new cottages at once. There
is no doubt about It, Mercer University is on the up
grade."
The reporter also had a talk with Rev. Dr. E. W.
Warren, the chairman of the prudential committee
of the board. The Doctor was iu high spirit* over
the University's propitious opening, snd expressed
glowing hopes for the future.
“We shall begin to erect a number of new cotta
ges to-morrow morning." he *aid. “Tbenumbur of
now students is much larger than In former years,
and as many of them will desire to board upon the
university grounds, the new cottages are an imme
diate necessity."
Professor T. E. Ilrals, the scholarly principal of
the Hub-Freshman Department, was met by a Tele
ga aph reporter on Mecond street, and asked to give
an account of the opening of hi* department
“It was very satisfactory," thrf Professor aaid,
"and the indications are that the department will
be unusually full."
The successful opening of the university was the
subject of general pleasant comment upon the
streets. Blacon is proud of Mercer, aud justly so.
Few institutions of learning are so signally blessed
with such a faculty and such surroundiugs as those
of Mercer, and the people of Mat-on congratulate
themselves that the noble old university is situated
in their city.
on the
M EX I CAN .JO HNS D EAT 11.
Full
Hi Oc-
•«l WY.ln
i up and carried to tho
ANOTHER CONFESSION.
Green Hfrkemon Confesses n Murder
Committed Two Years Ago,
If the stab-ments of the prisoners confined in the
Dibb county jail with (Irecu Dickerson, the mur
derer of Harrison Drown, be true, be is a murderer
of the blood lent type.
It will be remembered that Rickerson confessed,
not long ago, that he murdered HarrUon Drown,
the hark man. and afterwards placed his body on
the railroad track. His confession was made to
several negro prinrmers whom he hoped to induce
to Join him in an attempt to murder Jailer bird
song iu order thot they might escape. What he
told to the jailer, aud afterwards to sher
iff Westcott and Holiritor-Geueral Hardeman.
Rickerson 'denied the whole story, and vehe
mently protested that he had confessed nothing.
The fellow's reputation for lying, which was well
established by bis endless prevarications during
the coroner’s inquest upon Harrison Drown'a body,
caused the reporter to believe tlie- prisoners who
said that ho had confessed to them, other cir
cumstances tin Riekerson’s conduct since he has
been in jail, confirmed that belief.
Yesterday a new phase in Riekerson’s case wa*
developed. His long confinement, or his fears and
remorse, seem to have loosened his tongue, and an
other confeaaion was made by him:
. SOL naukuckh’k death.
Two yean ago, a negro named Bol Sannd*r» was
found In a culvert on tbo Atlanta division of the
Central railroad, at the end of JackAoa street He
had been run over by a train at a point near St.
Paul’s Church and dragged to the )>olut at which he
waa found. His body was terribly mutilated, and
life, of course, was extinct. It waa supposed that
Saunders had been killed by the tnin. and a cor
oner’s Jury rendered a verdict to that effect. Tho
negro's body was buried at the expense of the coun
ty and the matter waa soon forgotten.
In a moment of depression yesterday, Rickerson
told the prisoners confined In cells adjoining his
that be murdered Maunder* and placed his body
agedy
Iny Night,
A brief note in yesterday's issue of the Tn.r-
oeath announced that John Howard, commonly
l ii" ' 'I .1- M‘ M> .ill -lolm, !i•» I • !. .-'• I t<;. i tnt.ri
on the Atlanta division of tlie Central railroad,
Wednesday night.
The weue of the accident waa on the earn* below
tho residcnco of Major C. D. Findlay, and immedi
ately in thenar of tho hou-.- or ; . ii by Howard
..!••! lu- • ,*• Mr. « I . M. 1 il'( I -i’ : . .trdrit.-r,
and two others, discovered the b »dy about 9o’clock,
while thev were returning from the street car sta
bles on Elm street to their home*. The Indication*
suggested that Howard wa# on ttio
track returning i*» hi* home,
and that he heard the apnn>«t:iiing
train, stepped aside to get out of the way. staggert 1
a few feet aud then fell upon the rail on th* left *ido
of the road. His right hand wa*rninh> d off and hi*
right arm was frightfully xmitflatsd. Hi* for* wu*
also mutilated and his skull was crushed. It i* sup
posed that the pilot of the engine struck him <>u tho
load. His l*xly wa* knocked a di-tam o of thirty
’eet. and left lying with the fiu* mar the ero#*Ueti
and the feet in the ditch beside the track.
The body remained three hour* where it waa dis
covered. awaiting tlie appearance of the <
Wheu he arrived it was taken
house on Jackaon street
TIIK CAUXK or TUB ACCIDENT
was whisky. To a Tr.r.nmuiMi reporter, who visited
Howard’s house at half-past 1*J o elook Wednesday
night, Mrs. Howard nude Uie folio sing xut-meut:
“John came home at ft o’clock in the afternoon.
He had been drinking. After being in the bouso a
few minutes, he said that he was going out. I
begged him not to do ao. but Ut stay aud eat bin
supper. He replied that he •*■** only going up tho
raflrimtl a HlHt iltManru. and taat he would be back
in a few minutes. He went away, und I never aaw
him any more until be was brought into the houso
dead.”
Lieutenant Wood, of the police force, who accom
panied the reporter to HowanlV house, #a!d that ho
*aw Howard late Wednesday afternoon, and that bo
was drunk.
A street car driver told the reporter that he saw
Howard about ft o’clock Wednesday afternoon, go
ing up tho railroad to Aldeman T. J. Ware*.- store,
and that ho was so drunk that be staggered.
THE I'OBONEa’a SCUT,
which held an inquest at 0 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. did not seem to desire to establish tne fvt that
Howard was drunk att he time of the accident.
Two or three raeiubera of the Jury insisted tliat if
Howard was drunk the fact ought to be oHUbli.ihod,
but their suggestions were not n ganletl. Only two
witnesses were examined, and their testimony mere
ly established the fact that Howard was killed.
The testimony and verdict were as follows:
Mrs. Elizabeth Howard, a worn: “Mr. Howard left
home at ft o’clock p. m. In the morning he was a
little intoxicated. In the afternoon be took a nap
and got up all right He left home to m e about
some work, and I nevor saw him again until he won
brought home last night Wheu he left home, ho
left by hitnMdf."
C. T. McOdller, sworn: "Abont 0 o’clock q. in. I
found John Howard near the track near Doaaloy'a
crossing. My brother waa with me, a* v»t ouu
other man. I certify that the man now lying befoul
me dead 1* the same man I fouud last night I saw
him yesterday afternoon, but wa* not close enough
to tell whether he waa drinkiug or not Nobody
was with him when I found him. From the posi
tion he was lying in, I think it was tbo up passen
ger train that killed him."
After bearing this testimony, the jury deliberated
a tew minutes, and then returned tlii* verdict:
‘We, the Jury, glYe as our verdict that Johu How
ard came to his death by being run over by a train
tlie railroad near Beasley’a crossing.
•H. It Mitnmona, foreman; W. Cornea, F.. H. Hin-
clalr, N. Muttwaln, A. P. Fireman. L. (J rein wood,
D. D. Tracey, R. G. Kent, F. H. Harris*, J. Y. tslo-
Eier, John Taylor, D. F. Carroll. W. H. Ubduett,
coroner.
WHO HOWARD WA*.
Howanl was a Mexican. He was born in the City
of Mexico, and when be wa* fifteen yearn old drift
ed to the ne* coast aud became a sailor. He spent
a number of yean upon tho sea, but Dually timl of
the hard life and nettled down on ahore. He did
not remain settled long, but commenced a series of
wander's:-e. which ended in bringing him
Matron. In this city be waa a
uian of all work, doing whatever came
to hand in order to make a living. He waa a hard
drinker, and was frequently a prisoner in tho city
prison on that account
Howard'* wife Is quite old. and she is entirely
destitute. Kbe was gnsitly distressed by the suddeu
and tcrrlblo death of her husband, and gave ex
pression to her grief lu shrieks and sc reams that
were harrowing to those who heard them.
Coroner Hodnett took cliaiyo of How*id's re
mains and had them buried at the expense of tho
county.
THE NEW* “TELEGRAPH.”
The Impression It Afndo Upon Representa
tive llusincss Men.
upon the track. Ho gave no particular*, but said
that he did hia work well and that he had concealed
well.
The oOcetW of the law have been Informed of thia
last confeaaion, and it la presumed that they will
nae It upon Riekerson’s trial, which will occur
during the October term of the Superior Court.
When a Teleueafu rrporter aaked Rickerson if
be killed Maunders, he sullenly refused to answer
the question. He was aaked if be killed Drown.
“1 never killed anybody," be replied, scowling
through the ban. “If deae niggers say I said 1
killed Harrison Drown or any b my else, dey don’t
tell de troth. I'm a man or good character, as
everybody in Macon knowa."
Those interested in tho case against Bkkenon.
claim that be will certainly be convicted. [/
YESTERDAY AT WESLEYAN.
Th© Fall Term Regius with llrlllla:
pccts.
ynl|«»-
A Rattle Kxpert.
Lon Globe.
It in an establishment where, m many peo
ple in London know, the domes tie tempest
frequently rage*. And ao, when the lady
remarked the other day to a friend whom
nhe met in Scotland, that she and her hus
band were being painted in a group for inn.t
year's academy, it waa qnita natural to In
quire : " By u painter of buttlo pieces?"
rnt at Wesleyan Female College yesterday morning
begin the work of the fall term. As they entered
b classrooms the scene was an animated one.
They were from all part* of Oeorgla, and many
were from other Htatee. They were of all atxrs and
ages -that ia, of all ages under eighteen, and went
glowing with bright hopes for the future.
Dr. Daas ,aml hia assistants were busier ttvui they
hod aver bora before. U teemed a* if there would
be no end to the examinations and classifications,
but order gradually mew ont of chaos, and by the
close of the day much of the tedious work usual at
the beginning of a term waa finished.
A TEUtoEATH reporter met Prof. J. T. Derry last
night and had a pleasant talk with him about the
owning.
“It was the best Wesleyan ever bad. Tver since
Mr. Heney presented the college with hi* magnifi
cent gift, the number of pupils baa been steadily
increasing. When the new building waa being
erected Dr. Bass said that it waa too large, and that
it could never be filled. Yesterday one hundred
boarders were present, and all the apace In every
room was spoken for. At least fifty boardifw are
yet to arrive. Tbo pupils from Florida have been
prevented from getting her* by reason of the dam
age done to the mil roads by the recent heavy rains.
When the roads are prepared a large number will
come from that State.”
“Have you finished classifying the pupils V
“Ob, no; two or three more days will be required
to do that The faculty were never ao busy. In
deed, none of u* have had a single idle momeut
since 8:90 o’clock this morning.”
“You regard the prospects of the college, then, aa
bril’Unir
“Yea, Indeed; that is the word that ex presses it."
From other sources it waa learned that more room
for boarding pupils will have to be secured at once.
Among the plans which are suggested to meet this
want, one ia to sell part of the land in the rear of
the college, and apply the proceeds to tho purpose.
The plsn meets with favor, and it ia probable that
it will be adopted.
In tlie meantime, old Wesleyan stand* at the head
of all the female colleges in the country.
Ilad Never Katen Any Haberdasher.
Yesterday afternoon, taro negro men were work
ing in the store under Dalston Hall recently vacated
by Johnson It Harris. In the show window a small
card hang, announcing that In a few daya Horne
k Phillip* would open a haberdasher's establish
ment iu the store.
One of the negroes spelled out the words on the
cord, and then turned to the other and aaid:
"What is dis bore haberdasher dey’s talkin' 'bout
on dot piece o’ paper?"
The other negro, evidently intending to exhibit
hia superor knowledge, replied-
"Look here, nigger, la you arch a nigmoramus dat
you ain’t never eat no haberdashers? Dey’s de beet
t’ttqpi dat grows."
Tho Covington and Macon.
Colonel L. F.
ton and Macon
day.
A conference was held in the afternoon at Messrs.
R. It. Jaquee k Co.’a store, at which Colonel Living
ston, Mayor Price and Mr. M. It. Jaqnee were pres
ent. The matter iff a citizens’ nut ting to discuss
the road and to raise subscriptions to the stock ex
pected from Dibb county, received careful atten
tion. It was decided that the Chamber of Commerce
should call a meeting of the citizens on Wednesday
next.
The details a* to the plan for the meeting have not
yet been fully arranged, but will be during this
week.
The Chamber of Commerce will move into its new
room* eithfir the latltr {tart of this week or the first
of ne^t.
Although muioni of the improvemements on the
TKLEOEArH won; circulated tor some daya wruvlous
to yesterday, must people were surprised when they
ojK-ncd the paper at their breakfast tobies aud be
held its lH*autfful appearance.
A Telkooai*h reporter, whose wanderings
carried him into all parts of the city, was every
where met with words of commendation and warm
appreciation of the improvement* that had been
made. It was evident the prosperity of thu Tnz-
okami is a matter of pride to tlie cltUeu* of Ma
con. Where one ia in trouble, it 1* common enough
to receive words of nympatby, but i>copIe sel
dom speak words of cheer wheu one ia prosper
ing aud is supposed, therefore, not to uue.l
them. This fact made the kind thing* Mid cf tho
Tixuirach all th# more pleasant
No ei>ecial effort waa made to discover how peoplo
viewed the TixBanu'it’* long step in advsuca. but
sentences were caught here and there aul treawired
Y up for reproduction. Among the many representa-
’ /] Uve business men who had kind words to aay wuru
* 1 the following:
Mayer H. II. Price—“The improvement* on the
Tklkohai'H pleased rue greatly. A good newspaper
is £ necessity in a city like Mst-on, ai d in the Tele-
oEArn w« have one of the best." rg
Mr. George D. Turpin—"The word 'splendid' de
scribes the uew TKiJunuru exactly. 1 am delight
ed with it, and rejoice in the paper’s prosperity! 1 ’
Alderman Alexander Proudflt—'The improve
ments in the TEUtoEATH are all good. The journal
is the neatest printed and the best arrAii'.iil in the
Htate. The paper used ts better than that o*ed by
any other Journal that I read. Altogether the new
Teleoeath la a beauty."
i'apt. Hardin Johnson—“Everything about tho
new japer looks well."
Mr. D. L. Willingham—*Tbe new Tklxosafh ia
just what the city needed. 1 am delighted with it."
Mr. C. D. Willingham—‘The now p*i*3r is a credit
to the city. 1 read it this morning with great pleas
ure."
Mr. P. J. Cline—"It Is a decided advancenunt.
The TEiJcoiunt’s Atlanta letter f» the best depart
ment of the kind in any paper published in Geor-
—Oscar Wilde ban a brother who is dk>
satis tied because he doceu't share in Oecar'd
notoriety.
gio."
Mr. Louis O. Stevens—‘The new paper ia simply
beautiful. I am glad of its prosperity.
Alderman Johneon-“1 read the TKUuilumi thia
morning with renewed pleasure. It is a good thing
for the city and a credit to tho iuanagcm« ut."
Mr.Georoe Pnce—“The new Tcuuaura toon
evidence of Maoon’s progreee.”
Mr. H. R. Jaqucs— “I am greatly pleased with tho
new paper. It is touch Improved, and Ulustnttea
Mscon's energy and progress."
Editor W. H. Mumford, of TalbotteH: “I like it;
yea. I like it."
Mr. T. D. Tinsley: “I did not recognize the Tsd-
EonAPii when I opened It this morning. The im
provement I* wonderful."
These expressions of good will and pleasure could
easily be multiplied almost indefinitely, bnt they
are unfflrlout to afford ■ fair indication of the fact
that the people are pleased with the Teuco asm in
its new form.
At the union passenger depot yesterday morning
passengers on the trains would call for the Tele-
unarii aid Meimexokb. and when copies of the
spefkling new Telkuoafe were offered them, ap
peared bewildered. The reporter heard at the de
pot many expressions of delight on account of the
papcFs handsome appuorancc and IU evident pron-
perity.
A remark made by Mr. George C. lb * i.. \\ n *
the TEUtoRArn’B intention. Said be: ‘Tic T»:nk-
liiuni ia bound to keep up with the pruoea.-ton."
Supposed Lo*i of Ittiml*.
Mrs. Anna Tucker, mother of Mrs. Dr. Fitzgerald,
has been in the habit of keeping a large number of
bonds in a trunk in her room, at Dr. FitwraM’*
residence on Georgia avenue. Yesterday morning,
she had occasion to epen th* trunk, and discovered
that bonds to the amount of se> • ral th< l d«l
lar- ware missing. 8ean h was lnstitut* d ter th
but tid y could not be found. It a a* thentboi
that they had been stolen.
Mrs. Tin ker suspected the cook. The latter pro
tested that she knew noth lng of th • b< ud# but it
was thought best to arrest her. Thl* done und
she vu lodged In jail.
Later in tne day, the missing bond* w•%$».- found,
and the cook waa released.
nor
Midnight Burglar foiled.
Early yesterday morning about 11 :'s* o’clock, lour-
entkali. the tailor, whose «*taUi-hui<-i!t . near Cot
ton avenue, wa* awakened from his sleep by the
ii • att. m'/t.ii- I-, dit. ' - mi II.
arose quickly and u.-Mintoan «<!;- n«>iut»
secure Lis pistol. Returning, he di-.tm n 1 a laiy*'.
burly negro lntheactof disappearing thr* ugh tin*
door of his room. lly tin*
time Mr. Lowcnthal reached hi* room,
the negro had succeeded Li making hi* iwcaj*- Ha
opened tho wind- w and fired one shot St tho re
treating form, but without effect.
The negro effected an entrou.'* tho yard
through an old dJUpldab d *vt*\ and f r .-.l ins en
trance through til*' door of Mr. L-'-.’stii.il » ph>ih.
Th«- aron-cl Mr. Lowcntbal. who Is tune
alvrmt-d th«* burglar when h«» *• id tor hm ptotol.
The negro did not sec are au> thing