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A DAY’S EVENTS IN ATLANTA
the legislature does not want
TO ADJOURN.
Ilinnc-t*. or tin' Itallroud Hill—Pledger Per
plexed-Cutting Railroad ltate*—
Work oil t lie Cnplt ot lliilldlng—
Nolw About Hit* Courts.
Atlanta, October 0.—Although Moses
went out the lights remain; ami notwith-
standing the passage of the resolution by
the House to adjourn .Saturday, the busi
ness is still on the calendar to keep it
another week. The fact is, it would be
wrong to adjourn so soon. Three mouths
have been spent in perfecting numerous
bills now ready for a third reading and pas-
sage: to get through with all these will re
quire at least till Thursday of next week.
The Senate understands the status, anil
this afternoon when Senator Mitchell un
dertook to have the Senate concur in the
joint resolution to adjourn October 10, it
was voted down. At least pending its dis
cussion a resolution to adjourn till to-mor
row prevailed, which is equivalent to voting
against the passage of the resolution^
The House really deserves to be soundly
abused, for its delatorionsncsB. Not
withstanding its knowledge of
the condition of its calendnr, it refused
this morning to pass a resolution to hold a
night session, and it voted down a similar
resolution this afternoon. It is beyond de
nial that the House trifles away its time.
The Senate really has at times nothing to
do. The House will not pass hills enough
to keep the Senate busy more than half its
appointed hours. You mark it that very few
of the present members of the House will
bo returned to another assembly; and they
ought not.
Divorces by Wholesale.
Atlanta, October t!.—Within the past five
years more than 200 divorces have been
granted by the Superior Court of
this county and less than Sl(S) in
costs paid in all t igother. The people np
this way certuin'y have a mania f< r divorces,
%t not for paying to get them. In one
term thirty-six divorces were granted,
twenty-ono of which were brought by wo
men and fifteen by men. Not
long ago a negro womnn called
a young lnwyer here and told him she de
sired to get a divorce. He asked upon
what ground, when she coolly informed
him that she hod been living with her hus
band several years and had become tired of
him. “Does yer think,” said she, “dat I
wants ter live wid wun nigger all tuer life,
boss?"
The (icncral Assessment 11111.
Atlanta, October 6.—The House dis
cussed the general assessment bill this
afternoon. The debates were tome. The
case stands that members from cities nnd
towns are generally for the bill, and the ru-
rul members oppose it. Take Atlanta, prop
erty is assessed to the highest notch here by
a “returning board,” so to speak; well,
nearly all our citizens, in making returns
for too State, duplicate the assessments
made by the city. In tlm
county tho lowest estimates obtained.
This is a manifest injustice to the .State os
well ns a discrimination against city prop
erty-holders. The debate in the House, I
think, unerringly points to the defeat of
the measure. It wul probably bo displaced
to-morrew by the railroad bill, ana then
will l>e allowed to die without further fu
neral ceremonies.
A Young Woman** Huldde.
Atlanta, Ga., October 6.—Fanny Perry,
a white girl about twenty yean old, took a
big dose of opium, late this afternoon, in
her roam over the Fifth Wunl Har, on
Marietta street, with suicidal intent. Drs.
Dan Howell and Willis Westmoreland, Jr.,
were called on, but they stsm left, saying
that nothing could be done for her. Dr.
Quillinn was afterwards sent for, and is
now with her. There is no improvement
in her condition, and she is expected to die
before 1 morning. The enrnte assigned for
the act is that she loved not wisely bnt too
well.
Work on the Capitol lliilldlng.
Atlanta, October 0.—Nothing ia now
going on at the new capitol but stone cut
ting. The main boiler, while not “busted,”
litis been badly out of fix for several days,
which necessitated suspension of the work.
The repairs will be finished by Wednesday
next, when work will be resumed. There
are 200 hands employed at the capitol. The
first floor is up ami ready for the iron work
which will be pnt in soon.
Two Women Murdered.
Chicago, October 0.—A special to the
Daily News from Compton, 111., says:
Albert Cook, who for soma offense woa sent
to jail, was released yesterday. He went to
his home early this morning and shot nnd
instuntlv killed his mother-in-law and then
shot and killed his wife. Domestic trouble
occasioned the tragedy. Cook has not been
captured.
The Drowning Sian's Straw.
Atlanta, October 6.—John E. Bryant,
Bill Pledger, Buck, John C. Kimball and
others of that ilk are takings big interest
in the temperance morement here. Know
ing that the Republican party in this county
is a corpse, they naturally want to “catch
on” to somo live issue.
locked horns.
Tlio City and the Gale City Mr
Company Having Trouble.
Atlanta, Octolier 8.—The city of Atlanta
and the Gate City Street Cor Company
locked home good fashion to-day about 2
o’clock. At the last meeting of council the
other day it developed that the Gate City
Street Car Company had refused to pay for
the luying of the BsfeUa block now being
put down on North Prior street anil bad not
signed any agreement to do so. The mat
ter was referred to the street committee
with power to act. To-day that committee
acted by ordering Chief Connolly to force
the street car company to quit the wort of
relaying their rails along Pryor street from
Lino to Wheat, where they had been taken
UP by the contractors when laying Belgian
block. Chief Connolly sallied forth with
several of the force and told the workmen
if thay did not stop he would lock them up.
They stopped. And then the directors of
the Gate City 7 ent
Judge Hammond and filed an injunction
asking him to restrain the city from paying
across their track at the junction of Line
nnd Pryor. And then the city
out an injunction by * h |^‘
company ia restrained from laying its cross-
Ika and rails which bail Wen taken up.
These injunctions will lie argued twfore
Judge Hammond on Hatnnlay. Meantime,
all work, both of the oomiW «J
eitv has bean stopped on Pryor, between
Line end Wheat, and lb* com]«ny cannot
roniticar. iuriLr than !h. intersection of
"TheMW*Rsalaaj* ‘batwhere property
jfegSseWInM eertHSfig
lietweeu the
t on each side, it dots
fusel to do the same shall issue against
them. There is an amendment to this act
now pending in the Legislature empower
ing the city to levy exccntions against
street car companies, bat if passed it will
not, of course, apply to the present case.
The Gate City Company claim that they
have a right, under the present law, to re
fuse to pay for paving between their track,
and they propose to fight the matter out.
The city replies that the other street ear
company pays for paving between its tracks.
The Gate City Company rejoins
that. whereas they pay licenso
tax for doing business, the Richard
Peters concern gets its license free. And
so it goes. Rich developments may be an
ticipated.
A Contest Over Prohibition.
Atlanta, October 8.—The time is fast
approaching when the citizens of Atlanta
will lie brought face to face with a tremend
ous issue—the sale or no sale of liquor in
this place. As yet the great bulk of the
leople here do not seem to fully realize the
luuieiise damage which, if carried, prohibi
tion will work to the city. They cannot
awake too soon to the true situation and
rally in warding off au impending blow
which, if dealt, will wreck and ruin the ma
terial prosperity of the largest, most popu
lous, and most prosperous city of Georgia.
Do the men who nre now working to
sweep the liquor traffic from Atlanta know
what they are doing?
There ls in this city upwards of one mil
lion dollars invested in liquor. The men
.ho sell it pay into the city coffers $80,000
year for the privilege, more than $30,000
f which snm is pain as special taxes, the
remainder at the rate of 1 1-2 per cent, tax
on the stock on hand.
There are more than one thousand men
in this city engaged in this business whose
fumilies depend npon it for meat anil bread.
It is therefore not too much to say that five
thousand months in Atlantn arc fed nnd
live thousand foruiB nre clad and housed, all
from the sale of liquor.
If prohibition shall prevail, $80,000 of the
city's revenue will ot one blow bo swept
away, $12,000 of which goes to the public
schools, which will be left crippl'd if not
killed. More than 1,000 men will at one
blow be thrown out of employment, their
families deprived of the source of their sup-
)ort. Upward* of two hundred store
louses will be thrown vacant upon the
town. And all the money which the liquor
dealers make nnd spend right here for rents,
for groceries, for clothing, for pleasure, for
everything in the form of necessaries nnd
luxuries—an enormous sum—will be a dead
loss. There is not a business in this city
from the modest huckster on the corner of
suburban street to the retail
and wholesale palaces which
tower skyward which will not feel the ter
rific shock. Then will follow a long train
of disasters. The vast surplus of vacant
houses will hopelessly reduce rents. The
great decline in property will send the price
of real estate to bottom figures. The grand
army of people, hurled from their calling,
finding that all other avenues to business
are qver-crowded, must leave the town in
order to make a living or remain to inaugu
rate the fiercest competition in all
the branches of commerce—so fierce,
indeed, that it will be almost farnine-
liko in its consequences. There will ensue
terrible falling off in onr transient travel.
Hundreds, yea thousands, of men who
come here to do business, scattering capitul
in our midst will go elsewhere. Hundreds,
yea thousands, of producers who pour their
richness in Atlanta’s lap will seek other
markets. Hundreds, thousands, yen mill
ions, of capital which wontd flow into the
city will be diverted to other eligible fields
of investment. Thousands of mechanics
who would rear hundreds of dwellings nnd
stay will sigh for work and,
sighing, leavo the town; for, in the face of
hundreds of vacant houses of all kindn, the
demand for more will cense.
The grand blow will lower all values and
strike at nil pocket-books. And, more thnn
all, the tide of intemperance wilt gnther re
newed strength untl flow with broader, vol
ume. Tho eight Hues of railroads center
ing here will haul in long lines of
cars laden with jugs; the casual
glass sill be supplanted by the ever-present
demijohn nnd barrel. Every back alley
will be a drinking ground. Every dark
cellar will be a secret barroom. Almost
every home will have a private barroom at
tachment. Thousands who never drank
before will drink, for stolen waters are the
sweetest. Thousands of modemte drinkers
will become drunkards—for having more to
drink, they will drink more. Awl the un
wise remedy for the great evil will only
make the evil greater; for in the whole his
tory of prohibition one grand truth towers
above ntl else: Prohibition in large towns
does not prohibit!
It is time for the Puritans to call a halt.
It is time for the property holders to stop
and think.
The man who votes for prohibition in
Atlanta easts his ballot for higher taxes on
every species of property—puts n premium
on commercial ruin, aims n deadly blow at
manufacturing, crushes out every form of
material prosperity, fastens a clog to the
wheels of progress, and more than all, tnrus
the dagger into his own heart! AU are
agreed that intemperance is an evil, lint,
as you canuot kill the snake, the wisest
thing to do is to scotch it—you cannot
drive it out. Then use the best
to regulate it. Rigid
ly enforce the laws against
selling liquor to minors and drunken men.
Run in all drunkards, rich or poor, who
stagger in the streets, and either increase
the poUce force so that every bar-room,
large and small, within the city limits, shall
be subjected to a most vigilant patrol, or
shut up the low dives which breed crime
by a ueenso « high that the few places
which sell it m •» be in easy reach and under
the firm control of the officers of the law.
This, at least, is the best solution of a
most vexed problem, as demonstrated by
that best of Ml teachers—business expert-
tD will the peoplo of Atlanta wreck the
town, or profit by experience? It remains
to be seen.
A WOMAN’S HAIR,
v _ paved streets
the work of
track and three
Tho Bad Alligator of tho III no Spring.
Tom Williams’s bay mule, which ha*
been at work on the railroad at Blue Spring,
was allowed to graze on the green point
across the month of Uic Blue Spring creek,
and, after a while, lay down on thia point
to rest, with its back to the river. Only a
few minutee elapsed before an immense al
ligator was seen to d»ish oat of the river, its
jaws stretched to thicr utmost, and, aa ho
came within reach, the teeth of the alliga
tor were buried in the poor mule’s flesh
just in roar of tho shoulder blades. In the
tcrriblo scramble that ensued tho lower
jaw, it was supposed, s'sa broken, and the
shoulder blades of tbs mule were left bare.
An alligator was seen going into the water
with one jaw swinging, and Tom Williams
is unfortunate in the loss of a very fine
mule.—Tampa (Fla.) Tribune.
.Agents Wanted.
We want an agent for the Wkeklt Tele-
ora ru in every community in the Booth.
We will make such arrangements aa will
enable any one to ntako money eonvauinv
for us. Write for terms to agents. w-tl
Home one seriouslv seeks in the advertis
ing tolumus of a religious weekly for “aTiax-
lor maid who knew her place and feared the
not provide that elation lor failure or re-
A Starving Woman Sells Her Lock* ami So
Regain* Her Husband.
Philadelphia Time*.
Nearly *1,000,000 worth of human hair
was imported into this country last year by
twenty linns, one of which is located in
Boston, one in Philadelphia, anti eighteen
in New York; the Philadelphia house deals
only .in the finer grades, which are purchased
by agents of the firm at the great human
hair market in Paris. Nearly all of the hair
sold in this country comes from nbrond.
Twice a year agents of tho great Parisian
dealers visit the provincial fairs in France,
Germany nnd Switzerland and buy large
quantities from the peasant girls nnd wo
men. In Europe the peasant women do a
(rent deal of out door work nnd long hair
uterferes with their business. They are
willing to sacrifice their locks for a moneta
ry consideration, and the hair-cutters do a
thriving business all over Europe during the
fair season.
The most expensive hair ia pure white,
which is worth double its weight in gold.
The chewiest hair is worth about $5 per
ounce. The white switches are ohtninoil by
selecting hairs from a hundred different
heads that have turned gray. When n head
of hair becomes white, particularly among
tho peasantry, the sun usually turns the
ends yellow, and this impairs their money
value. The next most expensive hnir is
gray, nnd the different varieties of drab.
Itlncks, browns, ntiburns and goldens are
cheaper and usually coarser. White hair of
any length is usually fine and the drain) arc
like spun silk.
When the hair is purchased it is mode np
into bales and shipped to Paris. Here it
undergoes a cleansing nnd purifying pro
cess. The coarser grades are treated with
borax and potash, bnt the finer tints of
tlrab and the grays and whites are cleaned
ith bran. Very little hair is bonght from
the growers, so to speak, in America. Some
times combings of extraordinary length tire
sent to the hairdressers nnd made up into
switches, hut usually purchasers prefer the
imported goods. The trade depends much
upon the caprice of fashion. Now the style
is long hair behind and short, fluffy hair in
front.
A great many ladies with scanty hnir have
their own locks shorn close and wear wigs,
which nre fashioned so cleverly that even
the most minute inspection docs not dis
cover the deception. Men do not take to
wigs as readily ns women.
“I had a strange experience once in
human hair,” said a member of the firm of
John E. Laforo A Co., human hair im
porters, yesterday. “A French Indy nt
noble blood, who has been my friornl for
years, wrote me n few months ago, inclos
ing a lock of hnir, which wua n peculiar
shade of drab and of silky fineness. She
wanted me to match it, and I set about do
ing so. I dispatched my agents all over
Europe, bnt nowhere could they find a
thread of hair that would match the sample.
“I then inserted nn advertisement in the
principal Philadelphia, New York nnd Bos
ton papers, offering a liberal reward for n
switch of the desired quality and color.
One day a woman of about 20 years t f age,
shabbily dressed, but with a form and face
that Venus might hare envied, entered my
office.
I came in answer to your advertise
ment,’ she said, nnd removing her hat, un
bound a luxuriant coil of buir that called
from me an involuntary cry of admiration.
Will this do?’ she nsked.
“I examined her hair nnd compared it
with tho sample sent me by the Countess.
The two were so similar that when I mixed
them together I conld not distinguish one
from tho other.
This hair is exactly what I want,’ I
said, •untl I will give you $200 an ounce for
it.’
‘Take it off,’ she said, with a nervous
trembling of her voice that at once attracted
my attention. ‘I am starving, I and my
baby, nnd whnt you nre willing to pay is a
fortune to ns.’ ■
“I became interested and questioned her.
After a little hesitation she told me her
story. Her husband had been a sea cap
tain and shortly after they were murried
had sailed for the west coast of Africa. His
vessel was never heard of after leaving port,
nnd it was presumed that she had founder
ed at sea and all hands had been lost. The
presumed widow had struggled to mnintain
herself and infant child, bnt with indifferent
success. Finally, when suffering from the
pangs of hunger, she had read my adver
tisement and hastened to my place of busi
ness, praying inwardly that her hair, which
had been her husband’s pride, might he of
the required shade.
“Well, to make n long story short, I
bought her hair, which weighed four ounces,
and paid her $800 for it. 1 sent the switch
to my customer, the Countess, and wrote
her the history of the hair. She is a woman
of grent wealth nnd goodness of heart. The
return mail bronght me a letter authorizing
mo to pay the poor little sailor’s widow
$1,000 extra; I did so, and wrote nn ac
count of the affair to our official journal,
which is published iu New York. The
story was so romantic that the daily papers
copied it, nnd I received several letters from
charitable people offering pecuniary assist
ance to the sailor’s widow. Hhe was proud
and refused to receive any help.
“One day, about three weeks after the
inkUcntion of the story, a man who waa
mmzed and bearded, cumo into mv office
very much excited, lie held in bis hand a
copy of » New York paper, and nnfolding it
pointed to my story.
•Can you give me the address of this
woman?” he asked eagerly. “She is my
[wife, I thought her dead.’'
While I wrote down the address, he told
me his story. His vessel had been ship
wrecked on the African coast, and he and
two others of the crew alone managed to
reach the shore. It was several m iiitns be
fore they managed to reach a civilized port.
He immediately sent word of the disaster
to the owners of the foundered vessel and
wrote to his yonng wife. From the former
he received a reply, bnt he beard no word
from his wife, and when he reached Phila
delphia he discovered that she had mysteri
ously disappeared. One day in looking
over a paper he enme across my story anil
had hurried to my office to leant the partic
ulars. I sent him to his wife in my car
riage, and you cun imagine whnt occurred
at the meeting, for each believed the other
dead. I wrote to the Countess, giving the
sequel to the story, and the reault waa that
shipwrecked captain now commands her
yacht, and tho wife who sacrificed her hair
to buy bread soils with him on every voy
age.”
p A few years ami the custom of weaving
in some form a look of hair from the head
of departed friends was quite fashionable.
The style changed, however, and the hair
jewelry makers became nearly bankrupt
Within the last year the fashion 1 has re
vived, and now rings, brooches, pins and
all sorts of jewelry ore made from human
hair. There are several “artists in hair” in
Philadelphia, bnt one man U the master.
His process of working the hair is s secret
and he not only make* jewelry, bnt Und-
ocapo and figure pieces fashioned to skill
fully that they are like etchings or paint
ings. Flower groups, composed of rose
bud*. lilies, panties an l daisies, are fash
ioned cleverly, nature being copied in form
and color almost perfectly, tho different
tints and colon produced by the nee of
different shades of hair.
JERSEYS AT THE FAIR.
LUt of Finn Animal* to bo Sold at Auction
(uni to Exchange.
It i* now certain that more than one hundred
Jeniey* will be offered for **ie at the State fair.
The Macon Jeniey Cattle Cattle Club will print a
catalogue of all Jemeya exhibited, together with
their age*. sires and daiua. Tbi« catalogue trill be
for the ub« of aellera and buyer*.
Col. E. C. Grier haa received the following list of
Jer*ey*, which Mr. J. U. Wade, of Atlanta, will offer
for *ale. They are among the beat he haa, and will
be Mold without reaervation:
Bull calf No. 5, entitled to rrgUtry, number not
aanigued. bom June 15. 1883, aolid color with black
point*, "ire Proapect Rioter No. 9189. aud he ha*
over 9(1 per cent, of the blood of Stoke Pogis Third,
of Mary Anne, of Ht. Loui*. Dam, Ilex Teuolla No.
31,833. daughter of Tenella Second No. 19,531, record
over eeren gallon* of milk and 3 ‘ 4 lb*.of butter a day.
ahe a daughter of Tenell* No. 0,713, who U a grand
daughter of Grand Duke Alexia No.1040, thue uniting
the blood of Btoke Pogia, aigual, and Oraud Duke
Alexia.
Bull calf No. 5, entitled to reaiatry, number not
aaalgued, born Augu*t 15, 1885, Mire Duuraven No.
7,950. Dam, Fnillc McOwen No. 15,135, and ahe 1* a
daughter of Leouidaa No. 3,010, aou of aigual No.
1,170, he being the grandaire of both aire aud dam.
Frolic McOwen trace* to liajah No. 840.
Bull No. 4, entitled to regiatry, number not as
signed. bom July 39, 1885, Holid color with black
point*, aire Duuraven 7950, only son of TeulUa 0712.
daughter of Hignal I17o, aud granddaughter of
TIIE COVINGTON AND MACON.
Grand Duke Alexia 1040, Dam Edwins Second 21,833,
daughter of Edwiuad713. daughter of Hignal 1170,
and alater of Grand Duke Alexia 1040. Thia ia a
eombiuatlon. inbred Hignal 1170 and Grand Duke
Alexia 1040, that 4a now being used in the bent herd*
of the blue graiw region of Kentucky, and I have
aohl bulla of nearly exactly the mine breeding of
thia to go to that country.
Bull No. 1, entitled to regiatry, number not aa-
Nigned, bom July 24th, 1HM4; aolid color with black
switch, aire “Dunraven” 7,950, dam “Della TenelU”
30,003. Dunraven ia the only aon of Tenella 0,712,
•he the beat daughter of Hignal 1,170 and the beat
grauddaughter of Grand Duke Alexia 1040, and he
the aire of Azelda 3,873. and she ia find on the
list aa a daiu with tho moat danghtera with the beat
record*. Della Tenella. dam of thia bull, ia a daugh
ter of Tenella 2d 19,521; record as a three-year-old
over seven gallon* milk and three and one-fourth
pound* of butter a day, and ahe ia a daughter of Te-
uclla 0,712, and through her trace* both to Hignal
nnd Grand Duke Alexia, the grandnire of Tenella,
Hel* alao the grand-dri* of Tenella 2d, through her
aire Hharp*hooter of Atlanta 3,011.
No. 1. cow. Milliner 8,847, boro December 3, 1877;
aolid Freuch gray in color, all black poluta, good
ahape, in aize abovo medium, udder large and well-
ahaped; large, well-placed teata: milks eaay, large
atreaiu, and (a perfectly kind and gentle, give* from
four to live gallons; awarded first premium at exjH>-
aition. Atlanta. 1881; through her aire Cheaapeake
3,519 ahe in a granddaughter of the celebrated
Orange Pool 804 (Imported) and trace* ltoth through
her aire and dam Groce of Brook wood 5,070, twice
to Imported Pansy 8, and twice to imported Europe
121.
No. 2. cow. *‘Rcx Tenella, 21.833. Bora March 8
1882. Hire John ltox Hixth 4,579. Find premium,
and alao (though only 20 months old) the nweep-
stake* over several grown bulla, and also at the
head of the herd that took the flr*t premium at the
Atlanta Exposition, 188!. Total winuiti^; includ
ing herd premium, $325, cash. Afterward wok
awarded first premium at the Alabama State fair,
where an offer ot $*» wa* refused for hi*n. Dam
ot thia cow la Tenella Hecond. 19,521,
that aa a three-vear-old gave over aeveu gallon* of
milk a day, and made three and one-fourth pound*
of butter, and *he 1* a daughter of TenelU 0,712.
the beat daughter of Hignal 1,170, aud grand
daughter of Grand Duke Alexis, 1,040. Bex TenelU
made 10H pound* of butter at 18 month* old. lias
had three calve*. Rex, 1,330. grandsire of John
Rex Hixth, aold for $3,500. He la a ion of Couch’s-
Lilly, 3,237. and she a daughter of Albert, 44, the
graudalre of Hignal 1,170, making this cow su in
ured Signal.
No. 3. Cow "Della-Tenella.” 20,903, bora Februa
ry 4tb, 1883. Full sister of No. 2.
Bull No. 2. entitled to rcgi*try, number not as
signed, born January 29,1885, Hire Dunraven 7,950.
Dam Alice Templeton 19,523. Dunraven, only
aon of TevclU. 0712. beat daughter of Kegnal 117u.
Alice Templeton ia a daughter of Milliner 8X47, and
i* one of the lwat young cows. Hhe has a capacious
udder. Urge teata. give* a big stream, and milks
ea«y. aud girc* a large quantity. A full stater ot
thi* bull 1* one of the Urgent milkers in Mr. S. H.
PheUu’a herd of Jerseys, though ahe la not yet
grown. I alao own a full sister, one of the largest
and moat promising yearling* 1 have ever seen.
This bull, should he live, will give satisfaction to
whoever gets him.
Bull No. 3, entitled to registry, number not as
signed. bora February 21. 1885. solid color, block
point*, sire Dunraven 7950. only son of TenelU.
Dam Sweetmeat 9810. Sweetmeat cornea from the
beat butter stock on every side; her sire. Chief
Boron 2984. la a aon of Clielten Duke 934. head of
tho herd that won the first premium at Cent
ennial. Philadelphia; Chief Baron’s dam U
imported Black Bess 1788, said to have been
the best cow in the Centennial herd. Sweetmeat
gives four gallons milk a day, and her dam. Bees
wax 9,807, IMS a record of seventeen pounds and
five ounce*. She U the dam of Ethel, who also has
a good record, and the Utter U the dam of Ethel
Second, No. 32,291, that made an official record of
thirty pound* and fifteen ounces. Sweetmeat ia a
granddaughter of Top Sawyer, half brother of Big*
. .. . — inbred Bigual bull.
ual, thus making thU an 1
ENGINE 80
Runs Over nnd Kills Andrew Hubbard
Yesterday Morning.
m Another fatal accident on the Central railroad oe
curred in the city yesterday morning, by which
Andrew Hubbard, a negro track hand, lost bis life.
| At 9:31) o'clock Habitant, with other track bands
under the direction of Mr. W. B. Hall, was engaged
upon the tracks immediately in front of the old
Rock Mill. At that point there are several switches,
some connecting with the main line, and some
leading into the union passenger depot. Hubbard
wo* on the main line, taking out acroaa-tie. Mr.
Hall observed the passenger train from Eatouton
approaching, and warned llnbbard to get out of its
way. Hubbard stepped npon a aide track, near the
Rock Mill, by which engine* going to the freight
yard of the Savannah division pass to the main liue.
At the moment, engine 80, in charge of Eugincer Joe
Counally, came thundrriug along on its way to th«
freight yard. Hubbard did not see it, and before be
could be warned waa a truck by tbe pilot and
knocked down. He whirled over and managed to
draw hU body 'mm the track, but bU legs and feeti
remained, and the ponderous wbecU
■ IQMJB) OVKK THICK.
After the engine passed to the main line Mr. Hall
and tbe track hands ran to Hubbard’s assiaUnce,
and discovered that he bad been frightfully man
gled. Hia right leg below the knee was crushed to
pieces, and hia left foot wa* tuaabsd “ff. He bled
profusely and uttered agonising shriek* as he Uy
writhing on the around.
Aa quickly as possible Hubbard was taken np by
the track hands and carried to his house, at No. 82
Poplar struct. On the way he continued to groan
and shriek, attracting a large crowd of sympathizing
spectator*.
Dr. C. U. Hall waa summoned, and he went Im
mediately to Hubbard’* houoe to give him medical
aid. opiate* were administered to him, and the
flow of blood waa stopped. Dr. llaU aaid that both
legs would have to be amputated aa soon aa a reac
tion took place.
AC 1 o’clock, assisted by Dr. K. P. Mootw. Dr. Hall
amputated Hubbard’s legs below the knees, lioth
the physicians gave it as their opinion that he would
probably die, nearly aU the chances being agoiuet
hi* recovery.
After the amputation Dr. Hall remained with
Hubbard several hours, keeping him alive with
opiates. He finally saw that there was
go Kors roa tub mo*
to live, and left him in the hands of hia friends.
After Dr. Hall left Hubbard sank rapidly, and hia
groans gradually grew inaudible. At 5 o’clock he
Aa to tbe cause of the accident, parties who
present when it oedbrred declared that the engineer
of No. 80 failed to ring the bell os he ought to have
done. Tbe engineer claimed that be passed the
Hock mill with the usual warning, and that It waa
no fault of hia that the accident occurred. The
track honda aay that Hubbard would not have
heard the engine bell, because of the noise made by
the train from Katonton and feta abstraction in
watching the train as it passed.
Hubbard had no wife, but he left one daughter,
who ia out of the city.
Uls remains will be Interred at the expense of the
Central railroad.
Grand Lodge, F* and A. M
On the 13th instant, the Grand Lodge of Free
and Accepted Masons, of the Mate of Gwrete, will
assemble in annual session at Masonic Hall, in thia
city. The session will be an Important one. and
will bring together many of the most distinguished
citizens of the State.
The officers of tbe Grand Lodge are; John 8. Da
vidson, Most Worshipful Grand Master. James M.
Kdshm, Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master.
Reuben Jones, Right Worshipful Senior Grand
Warden; J. H. EstiU. Right Worshipful Junior
Grand Warden; Joseph K. Wells. Right Worshipful
Grand Treasurer; and J. Emmett, Blacksbeor,
Right Worshipful Grand Secretary.
Of tbe three hundred and Dins Bine Lodges In
Georgia, two hundred and forty-three were repre
sented at the meeting of the Grand Lodge la 10*4.
At the approaching mooting, it is expected that
much larger number of lodges will be represented
The Ma*oae of Macon are already preparing for
tbe reception of delegates, and will extend to them
the hospitalities m usual upon such occasions. In
quiry ysstntday developed the fact that all the
ludgss In Macon ate flourishing. Perhaps no other
dtp iu the state has wttuiu its limit* as many de
voted meat hers of the ancient aod order.
A well informed Masou told a i’uuuuun repor.-
er, yeeirrday morning, the *. da*** try am fiourt th
in* in all sections of the l-srl$ enema**'
meeting of the Grand Lodge gives the order a ns
impHas, and at the pwee.’.t rata of progmes, G*»>
cU bids fair lobetLs banner Masonic State.
Citizens’ Heetlnff Culled for Monday Night
—A Report and a Card.
Tho committee appointed by Mr. H. B. Jaques,
president of the Board of Trade, to ascertain now
much stock the citizens of Macon would take in the
CoringP*n and Macon railroad, held a meeting
Wednesday night and anotbor on yesterday.
As will be seen from the committee’* report,
which ia published below, the intentions of the
projectors of the road were carefully inquired into,
aud are fully endorsed. It wiU also be seen that
the committee decided to call a citizens’ meeting at
the court house Monday night, October 12th.
A representative of the Teleorafh had a talk
with Mr. Jaques lost night. Said he:
‘The committee from tbe Board of Trade has
carefully investigated the proposed Covington and
Macon railroad, and is satisfied that the projectors
ot the enterprise aro thoroughly iu earnest. If
Macon does her duty there is no doubt but that the
rood will be built It is earnestly to be hoped that
there will be a large meeting of the citizens at the
court house Mouday night Macon cannot afford to
let this enterprise foil.”
HE POUT OF TIIK COKKITTKK.
“The undersigned were appointed by the meeting
of the Board of Trode, on Wednesday, a committee
to ascertain what amount of mouey could be raised
in Macon toward the construction of a railroad
from this city to C’ovingtou. In pursuance thereof
we have diligently inquired iuto the intentlous of
the projectors of this enterprise, and are convinced
they are in earnest, and that the completion of their
plaua will contribute greatly to tho wealth and im
portance of Macou. The good which will result
therefrom to our city cannot be over estimated. It
ls au enterprise which should command the enthu
siastic support of all of our citizens. Capitalists,
merchant**, mechanics and laborers alike will share
In the good results.
‘‘Iu view of the great Importance of this subject,
we deem it best to call a public meeting of our peo
ple at the court house on next Mouday .tight, so
that all may hear a full explanation of the w.*\ole en
terprise. The officers and members of tbe Macon
Board of Trade and the ofUcora of the proposed
railroad will be present, and we cordially Invite all
of our citizens to meet them. Let nothing keep
you away. Let us have a meeting worthy of Macon
aud the occasion.
•*R. R Jaquxs,
**8. T. CoLKMAV,
“H. J. JOHHSOH,
“J. H. Campubli*
“A. B. Small.
”B. M. Itoo rum,
"Committee from the Board of Trade.”
Colonel Livingston, president of the uetr road, re
quests the publication of tbe following
CAM* TO TUR CtTIZEHH OF KAPOK.
"The mayor and aldermen of your city have very
kindly tendered the right of way to the Covington
and Macon railroad Into the city and your Board of
Trade after careful examination into the claims of
the enterprise* has publicly declared the same to be
Of groat Importance to v».ur city. Of great impor
tance iu that the railroad vill traverse a productive
aud wealthy section of the State emptying into the
lap of Macon tho products of the soil as well aa con
centrating iu your city the trade ever dependent on
such transportation when connected with a growing,
healthy and enterprising people, such aa your place
contains. The road will largely increase the terri
tory to be occupied by your business men, will en
hance in value your real estate, will build up your
schools and churches, will increase competition in
•ry direction and in every avenue to wealth, and
1 inspire your people to new departures in a di
versified business, and increase your population
rapidly. In a word, no citizen ever so humble or so
poor, that will uot reap immediate and lasting ben
efits from thia enterprise. While those that build
and equip ths road may fail and become bank
rupted, yet yon will have the road
with its advantages, owned and controlled
bv whoever may succeed ua. And while New York
city way lose, and will evidently, to all practical
purposes, lose the cajdtal invested in thia road, the
conveniences and the profits, as well aa the invest
ment, must remain with you aud constitute a part
of the aggregated wealtl of your city and State.
There is no citizen of Macon that can afford to close
hia mouth and purse and see this euterarise
fall; and os tbe committee appointed' by tho Board
of Trade, acting by authority, nas called a citizens’
meeting for Mondav night the 12th lnat, at which
meeting there will be the Board of Trade and your
city authorities, with others, to explain satisfactorily
how yon are, individually and collectively, into r
eated in thia the building of tbe Covington and
Macon railroad, wiU you not come out determined
to vie the one with the other in nrumoting this
enterprise? L. 7. Livikostox,
‘PresidentCovington and Macon Railroad,”
THE BUSINESS OUtLoQK.
The {Merchants nil Happy Over the llrlgli'
Prospects.
The present week has been remarkable for
activity in trade. Business has been unusually
brisk, and, as a consequence the merchants are all
m. the activity mentioned has prrvsdedaU
departments, the dry goods trade has (tertian* c
Joyed the largest snare of the boom. The booi ..
for such indeed it la, may be said to have begun from
the first, and excepting tho few days of bad weather
when trade was Impossible, has continued uninter
ruptedly ever since. The stores have been crowded
from morning until night, and the salesmen kept In
perfect rush.
One important feature that may be mentioned in
this connection is that a large share of the trade haa
been derived from the sections of country contigu
ous to Macon. The local trade has been far above the
average, but the bulk has been contributed tnaluly
by the sections mentioned. This speaks unusually
well for tho city and for onr merchants. It ia no
ticeable that already the emallcr towns neighboring
to Macon have begun to complain that the trade is
gradually leaving them and coming here. This is
Indeed so at all points where a convenient rail
road schedule makes it practicable.
Where this Is the case tbe local merchants
at the smaller towns find it impossible to compete
with the Macon merchants either in price or the
quality of their goods. The result ia the drift of the
trade to this point. The Macon merchants believe
that the boom is dne to thlr fact and that It can be
kept up if the railroads will not discriminate
against them in their schedules.
As an instance of what this trad* amounts to,
ona retail dry good < merchant yesterday sold a $250
bid. of goods to one por.y from a dUUnoe. The
same merchant also sola a number of smaller bills,
ranging from $15 to #15o. The other stores did
equally as well and came in tor their share of the
business.
The fact cannot be denied, that Macau is en<
entering npon and one of the largest business booms
ana baa ever enjoyed. Tbe signs, all
indicate it. and the fntora will demonstrate it She
deserve* it, and will have IL Her business men
are all cool and reliable, and know of what she is
capable. They have strong faith in her future, and
SPLIT OPEN BY EARTHQUAKE.
The Ground In Ilcnufort County, N. C.,
Trembles nnd n Chaem Forms.
Raleigh (N. C.) Special.
Then is great excitement in Longacro
township, Beaufort county, in regard to an
alarming natural phenomenon which in rap
idly developing itself. On the night of Sep
tember 18 shocks of grent violence were felt
in that city. Tho scene of tho disturbances
is in the vicinity of Hhiloh Church. A reli
able colored man who lives near
by and who was awake on
the night above mentioned says he
felt the trembling of the earth very peroep-
tiably, and ou the following morning it was
discovered that n mysterious chasm*had
made its appearance directly across the pub
lic road near the church, measuring a foot
in width and 100 yards in length. The sur
roundings seemed to be in an unsettled con
dition. In a short time it was observed
that the chasm was gradually widening and
extending its course, showing that somo
unusual convulsion of nature was in prog.
resH. As there was no iurther violent
agitation nt that time, the affair remained
little known.
Tho so-called rent or chssu ia now again
assuming very serious nroportions, and is
continually widening and lengthening, and
actually threatening the surrounding sec
tion, It has deviated from its former course,
which was an easterly to northerly direc
tion, crossing a small emlsinkment nnd run
ning in a zigzag line about fifty yards from
tho church. Several attempts have been
made to obtain an idea of its depth, but
they have been unsuccessful, owing to tbe
shape in which it runs. There are various
conjectures as to the origin of such an un
usual state of things. Home attribute it to
an upheaval of the earth caused by earth
quake shocks.
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skill and experience. Chronic and obstinate dis-
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building It np. ibis faith in shared
fully by the Txleoraml that wltue
with peculiar gratification the signs of promisee
is a part of Macon, and whatever pertains to tbs
city's welfare, affects it It too baa shored the
boom, and hand in hand with ths merchants and
busiuea* men rejoices in the bright prospects
ahead. Whatever is their future ia its future, and
nobody will bo prouder to a*tend congratulations to
them in the hour of triumph than Thk Macux Tel
egraph.
KtarvinK Himself to Death.
On the 28th of September a negro boy named
Dennis Gordon was lodged in the
charged with oaaaulting a negro girl.
Gordon entered his cell quietly, bnt soon after
egan to cut up all aorta of antics, evidently trying
.j create the impression that ha woa crazy. Jailer
Birdsong paid no attention tq Gordon, determined
not to be taken in by another Alex Etheridge
Two or three days after he *« imprisoned eoi
the occnpent* of cells adjoining Gordon’s informed
Jailer Birdsong that Oordon refused to eat any
thing. The Jailer watched him, and diecovered that
he really would not eat the food prepared for him.
Soon after Oordon complained of being sick. Dr.
P. U. Wright, the county physician, waa summoned,
but he aaid there woe no causa to suppose that
ppoeed that he
Yesterday morning Gordon had been ona week
without food, and appeared to be suffering a good
deal. He bod no fever, but looked emadeted and
weak.
A lirUonn Informed » TzLznura reporter tlut
Oordon mid Monday nliilit that he Intended to
If to death, nnA elnce Ibnt time he bad
eleep and could not bo nwahened.
An buy Wuy to Pay.
Any aolMcriber to tbe Whslt Tzliobapb
cun pay a year'* sobacription by getting up
n dab ot five now •ahtcriben to it at ona
dollar each. w-tf
A Marrow thepe.
A party ot ladim from Tennemer, who
■tartad to ruit reUlircn in Murray county,
bad a narrow eacape from drowning at the
Terror bridgo crunning Coabntta creek on
Suiubty lent. Tho recent rain* hare earned
tho etraain to orerfiow ita banka, and the
water hod aobmrtgod tbe road leading to
tbe bridge for a hundred yard.) or more, and
vrhenthedrirerof the vehicle droro hia
hofeea in tba animabt began nwimming and
the hack wan overturned nnd the occupant*
thrown out into deep water. They mincu-
lonely encaped drowning by being waahed
hr tbs turbid current to a nhallow place,
where they clnuj; to Home log* ami Jefcri* I
tout help nrri7cd. Had it not been for tho I
driv. r’.i aasislen" i cr.c * tout lady wouidhave I
pcro,U- L—italtou Citizen. (
KNOW THYSELF.*
GREAT MEDICAL WORK OX MANHOOD.
Medical Department!
ofttiie
University of Georg ia
AT AUGUSTA.
The fifty-fifth eenaion of the Medical Col
lege of Georgia will begin on tbe first Mon
day in November, and continue until tho
first of Mnrch. Full corp* of twelve pro-
femora. Every facility for *tndying all
bninche* of Medical Science. Hospital and
policlinic daily. For detailed vircular ap
ply to ED\V. OEDDINGS,
Dean of Faculty.
FINE GEORGIA
FARM FOR SALE !
One of tbe very beat (tip top) farm* in
Monroe county, one mile from Jobmton-
ville, one and a half milea from Gagffina-
ville, nix from Rarnenville and nine from
Forayth, tbe Central railroad pawing
through it. - Tbe land 1* nearly level, con
tain* 285 acrea more or lew.' About 1C>
acrea cleared and in a high state of cultiva
tion, balance in wooda, little pine growth
on the place. A four-room dwelling ami all
the neoal outbuilding* and good tenant
houae* on tbe liloce. Convenient to
cburcbee and acbooln. Parties wishing to
purchase are invited to examine the place,
M the crops of the pa*t fire yearn are all
the recommendation it need.. For further
particular* apply to
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