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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