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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY , OCTOBER 20, 1885—TWELVE PAGES.
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J'lIE NEWS IN GEORGIA
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GATHERED BY CORRESPONDENTS
AND FROM EXCHANGES.
Why HU JIum! 1* In n Mllng.
Sorry to learn that Mr. E. J. Atkinson is
compelled to carry his right hand in a sling,
iust because he was foolish enough to be
lieve that he could beat a steam gin gqgring
nt its own gome.—Madisonian.
A Gourd Large lOnoiigli for u Cradle.
Mr. Rowan Ward has the champion gourd
of Stewart county. It measures four feet
and six inches one way and four feet and
nine inches the other. With rockers attach
ed it would make a comfortable cradle.
A Humored Kilting.
Forsyth, October 19.—A report reached
lu re to-day that yest i day, m ar Collodeu,
York Murpliey was killed by Si Parker in
an altercation about a woman. Si, wc un
derstand, is under arrest. Will give par
ticulars to morrow.
A Wagon Do Gig Service Forty Year*.
Mr. Olive r Wr/lls, one of Upson’s most
abhtautial fim'mers, was in town this week
wifaa twod/lrse wagon that lie has been
usingYajJIlarly on his farm forty years next
July. A good* lesson for young men just
sturtiug out in life.—Thomastou Tunes.
A Killed by an I'inhrelln.
Mr. Jolit Donaldson recently had n very
fine horse killed in this wise: lie was in
and near the rear of a long line of vehicles
going down a hill, when the horse in front
suddenly stopped. This caused a collision
between vehicles all along tin? line. The
buggy just in front of Mr Donaldson's
horse lmd a largo umbrella staff projecting
out behind, ami when the buggy stopped,
the horse was pushed on to it and it entered
his breast and pierced bis heart, and he
died almost instantly. — Excelsior Pioneer
Eagle.
Itciuarkulilu Occurrence.
About a week since Mr. tins Bowie who
has the management of Dr. W. C. Bowie’s
farm in this county, went to the gin bouse
iu the morning, and, upon opening the
door found that the pile of seed cotton, in
which were ten or fifteen hales, had been
burned over, during the night, t<» the depth
of two or three inches, aud the tire hud dis
appeared. The house had been locked the
evening before. How the lire originated
cannot be told, and it is a miracle how the
house and all escaped being consumed by
the names. We look upon this ns one of
the most remarkable occurrences on record.
—Sylvania Telephone.
An Arm Terribly .Mangled.
A horrible accident occurred at the Cen
tral railroad cotton compress yesterday
morning. Mr. Alex Bums, an employe at
the compress, was engngod in binding the
bagging on a bnle of cotton, and before he
got through the press was put in motion
and his right arm was caught in the ma
chinery and terribly mangled. It was
crushed almost to n jelly nearly up to the
elbow. The pain was almost unendurable,
hut Mr. Burns stood it much better than
could have been expected.
Drs. Grimes
aiul upon examination found it necessary to
amputate the aim just below the elbow.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Personal.
Milleiw.evii.le, October 19.—Mr. John
Hammond, the steward at the Lunatic Asy-
I luin, is critically ill and his family can
Lhardly hope for his recovery. His children
H^cre telegraphed for aud are nt his bedside.
F. C. Furman returned Saturday
3KB it from a six months' trip to Berkley,
Jfgga, where she had been on a visit to h« r
Her health is much improved by
Georgia's Cotton Crop.
Newxan, October 19.—Your correspond
ent had an interview with Major W. A.
Mansell, of Atlanta, who is traveling through
our section of the South, and consequently
is competent authority ou the general status
of the cotton crop. Ho says that if the
good weather continues for ten days, the
yield for 1885 will be a million aud a half
hales more than for tlio year 1884, or an ag
gregate of seven and half ‘million bales.
A Jail on Fire.
Georgetown, October 19.—Last night
about 8 o’clock the alarm of lire was heard
iu the direction of the jail. A crowd soon
collected and found that tho big heavy
wooilen door that opeus into the cell was
burning. It lmd not guined much headway
and a few buckets of water extinguished it.
dentally went to Savannah a few days ago,
and of course visited the office of his house.
He was shown a telegram dated Smithville,
(la., signed B. W. Bellamy, asking that a
New York check be forwurdc-d him at once
for $2,100. Bellamy having done business
with the firm for years, they at once re
sponded. Col. Creech immediately scented
fraud and went to work to investigate the
matter. He soon learned that Major Bella
my was at his home about lilteen miles be
low here, and that the telegram was not
genuine. Information to. this effect was
wired to Messrs. Walter Tison A Co., and
they in turn instructed the postmaster at
Smithville to return the letter to them which
was promptly done thus preventing one of
the boldest frauds that lias been attempted
in our section for a long time. Au attempt
will be made to overtake the scoundrel and
it is hoped that it will he successful,
THE CONSPIRATORS.
A Man who Is Made to Flee tin* Country.
Newnax, October 17. - The deputy United
States marshal brought over from Carroll
ton yesterday Mose Proctor aud Will
Brandy, charged with conspiring against
and intimidating United States witnesses.
They are before tho United States commis
sioner, McLendon. This is a sequent to
the arrests made some time ago, and re
ported in the Telegraph. I>. J. Mattox,
who has been and now is the complainant
and informer against the conspira
tors was, before he entered the
revenue business, a Baptist preacher.
From a phrenological standpoint ue is well
adapted far his business. lie is to Carroll
county liquor traffickers what Carey was to
the Irish land league. After being dis
missed from the Carrollton Church he was
employed by the government agents ns an
informer, the result of which is that ho is
now on his way to Atlanta in order to escape
being killed. He says that the party who
mobbed he and his family some time ago
have sent him word that if he does not
leave the county they will kill him. He
further states that there are several
wildcat distilleries in that section,
the owners of wliiefi have sent him word
that lie must leave the country or they will
cremate him. If his story can be accred
ited, the affairs of Carroll are in a lamenta
ble condition, and the internal revenue
business is a perfect farce. It costs more
to collect it then it amounts to.
Bob Hines, Albert Harris, Will Bandey
and Alex Reed, of Carroll county, charged
with intimidating United States witnesses,
were committed by Commissioner Mc
Clendon, and the United States deputy
marshal took them to Fulton county jail to
day.
Mose Broiler's case was continued. Other
arrests and prosecutions will follow:
THE CHAMPION SWINDLER.
Tin* Scheme Sneeessfiilly Worked liy a Peil-
iller In Texas.
Eagle Pass, Tex., October 17.—About
eight mouth* ago there drifted into F.ugle
Puss a man who began peddling with a
pack on his shoulders. In a few weeks he
became proprietor of a small drygoods store
under the name of M. 1). Spiro. Then
came a report and legal documents from
Germany that Spiro had fallen heir to H'*2,-
000 marks by the death of a wealthy uncle,
unexpected. Immediately on the receipt of this news
and Jordan were summoned, Spiro branched out iu business ou an ex
tensive scale. M. S. Steiuhardt, of this
place, was taken in as partner,
‘el....
They established a big
Spiro’s fortune and bought perhaps $40,(HHl
worth of goods of various houses in Texas
and St. Louis. Among their creditors were
the Oppenlieinters, of Sun Antonio, and
several of the largest houses in that city.
While tho collection •>( Spiro’s German leg-
aey*was under way, that individual was de
voting his leisure to the planning and erec
tion of a gorgeous Masonic temple, lie
had even let contracts for the material. All
his plans were shattered yesterday by the
unexpected arrival of Anton Oppenheimer,
of Shu Antonio, who proceeded to
levy an attachment ou the well
tilled warehouses of Spiro A
Co. Their business had grown so rapidly
that two large store rooms ami court houses
were required to hold the goods. Opium-
keimer liatl become suspicions uml cabled
to Germany regarding the alleged legacy,
and received a cable reply telling him that
the whole story vas a cunning fabrication;
that Spiro lmd no wealthy relations. The
wily man had been sleeping across the
river in Piedras Nequas, Mexico, for several
nights, ami when he learned* of Qppen-
helmer’s arrival he did not come across.
It is thought he lmd no less than $15,0*10
ensh with him.
TRADE WITH MEXICO.
A Scheme of Free Trade That Is Exciting
A negro by tho name of Henry Bryant, who .. " i,le Comment,
wan triad at tho last term of court, and 4on- Cit\ of Mexico, October 17. The cabi
net nnd Congm>.onal discussions of tariff
reform measures gives rise to many rumors.
was tried at tho last term of court, and Aim
fenced to the penitentiary for four years for
cow stealing, acknowledged that he set the
door on fire in tho hopes of burning out.
He was terribly frightened and cried lustily
for help.
Prohibition In Lumpkin.
Lumpkin, October 19.—A petition signed
.• six hundred, or one-fouurth of the voters
this county, asking that au »lection be
*ld ou prohibition, having been filed in
,e ordinary’* office ou the 17th instant.,
e, the said ordinary, has ordcri 1 an elec-
ion to be held on the 18th of November j
ilext to decide the vital issm that is n >w j I nited States. A scheme f.
disturbing a large element of our popular | between the two repuhli*
ion. It is beliewd by many that the pro- States to p*— ' r - *
libitionists wilt be successful.
Dr. J. S. Key, the aide divine aud pre
siding elder o.f the Columbus district, de
livered an able sermon nt tho Methodist
Church here on prohibition yesterday with
telling effect.
KATES’ ATTACK ON THE REV. DR.
HAWTHORNE.
The Character of HU Paper—The Capitol'i
Ingratitude—New Lawn feigned by
the Governor—The L.girda-
tlre Work Itevleued.
vamp any bout that n
- ‘ — mtion not
W light. <1
ilii.s Union, and if <>uo is to
recent aristocratic notion
sarcastic title of ilo-ise of I^>rds.
Tin-1
oruia j
is eminently weak,
marked ability in it, and the
only of and below u\**ni:,v ability, bat tfiey have
the misfortune to l>e very ignorant. Vet, iu honor
ijinorant men, let it be put down to tlndr
early
Then-1
dominant ability and force of character to lead tin*
House. There were half a dozen of farubove the
ability and with no inconsiderable leariiimt.
leader even among thorn. For all,
at times there were not wanting 7-vldeiu e of a eon-
trolling power from without the house, whose infill-
but tlier
s clothed
A recent editorial article in the Boston
Ib-rald 1ms be* n translated nnd produced
here, creating much comment. The edito
rial in question hints that a loan to Mexico
.uiglR he raised in the United States, the
government of the latter country
guaranteeing the interest thereon, in
consideration of certain trade concessions.
El National, commenting on the editorial, .
demands of the official journal of the gov- j ,n which ,
eminent an explanation of current rumors *^°l°n, that it is pretty ungracious for that
that Mexico is debating free trade with th. ; paper, after haring made $1,400 to $1,500
Atlanta, October 18. Mr. George W.
Kates iu the last issue of hi* Spiritualistic
paper published here un i entitled “Light
For Thinkers," pitches into Doctor Haw
thorne, pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Kates is the editor of the paper and pub
lishes an account of a recent meeting which
the Spiritualists of Atlanta held at Good
Templars hall in this city. The account goe
on to suy that after Miss Znida Brown, a
lady under Spiritual control,lmd entertained of the ohl southern
the*crowd with an impromptu goodnight
song, Mr. George W. Kates arose and stated
to the brethren that he would criticise a
“very crude and ill-timed remark,” of Doc
tor Hawthorne in Ids Opera House lecture
last Thursday night. Doctor Hawthorne
had said: “There is an increase of socialism,
communism, free-lovistn, Ingersollism and
Spiritualiisiu- all of which are diabolism."
Air. George W. Kates didn’t like that sen
tence a bit, and said that while the whole
family of isms referred to are associated to
gether he desired to defend Spiritualism
alone from the charge. He stated, however,
that Ingersollism is nearer to Spiritualism
than the other isms—but that free-loveisin
no longer stained the escutcheon ot Spirit-
lctlisin. lie went on to remark that if
Spiritualism is diabolism then so is Christ
ian religion, for in his view Christianity
was founded upon Spiritualism occurring
in the mediumHiiip of Jesus and the A|i
tics. In another place George W., s:
“it is a crying shame that preiiclit
with pulpit power should utter coarse epi-
thetb against Spiritualism. He thought it
was too late to try to sweep it away with
such foul attack*, etc.” Every member of
this paper “Light For Thinkers” abounds in
attacks upon the Christian religion aud the
people up this way are getting tired of the
stuff. The question naturally arises, “Who
is George W. Kat *s?” He came here several
years ago as a low comedian in a fourth
class traveling show. Ilis comedy got
extremely low that the troupe stranded
the Atlanta reefs and Kates was left dead-
broke upon the beach. After casting about
for a job lie at length anchored as book
keeper to Col. Ladd, the lime man. Hi?
Spiritualistic tendency soon begun to de
velop, and after awhile in connection with
Col. Ladd he began to publish “The Light
For Thinkers” in the hope of making a liv
ing. Meantime he was separated fre
wife -and according to her own statement
for reasons quite damaging to himself,
truth is that Kates simply runs his “Light
For Thinkers" to make money ami attacks
the Christian religiyn and its ministers < n
earth in the hope of swelling his subscrip
tion list among a certain class of people.
He himself is ns guiltless of religion as a
Mexican dog and attacks him simply
to a Ivertise his paper and catch a
little cheap notoriety, which he hopes
will lead to more money getting.
That is Kates little game. 1 do
hope that Doctor Hawthorne will not notice
him. The mercenary flings of a pigmy arc
beneath tho contempt of a giant.
The Death of Senator Fuller.
Atlanta, October 18. His colleagues in
the late Senate, many of whom were his
warm personal Crieuds, will hear with sur
prise aud regret the announcement of tin
death of Senator Fuller, of the Fourteenth.
Reference was made in the Telegraph this
morning of his Serious illness nnd the ap
prehension that it would terminate fatally,
lie died between ff and 4 o'clock ibis after
noon at Mrs. Parted's, on Forsyth street,
where he boarded during the session. His
wife is here aud was at his bedside at the
last.
The remains will be carried to his home
near Ilawkitisville for burial. The present
arrangement is to carry the body by the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, halv
ing here at :i o’clock to-morrow morning.
I saw Senator Falligant at the hotel to
night aud asked him if it was probable the
remains would he accompanied by a com
mittee from the Legislature. He said it had
been thought of, hut owing to the fact that
nearly all the members have gone home, it
wonlil be almost impossible t*» appoint a
committee aud get them here in time. So
there will be no committee, but the body
will be accompanied by Representative Ca
son, and probably one or two other mem
bers from that section of the State who are
still iu the city. _
UNGRATEFUL JOURNALISM.
••Sacking" the Legislators anil Then Abus
ing Them.
Atlanta, October 18.—The Evening Cap
itol, which has la fore been spoken of in
(lies • columns as u Joe Brown paper, fol
lows the Joe Brown Constitution iu an
all-around abuse of the Legislature. Its
editorial yesterday was pretty severe on the
Legislature.
One of the members this afternoon re
marked to your correspondent that inas
much as the Capitol had published tho por
traits and biographies of about 125 mem
bers and Senators, at from $10 to $15 each,
ill subject was declared a very
$ AN I) E RS VI LLK‘8 EARTHQUAKE.
Trembling of the Iltilldliig* anil Rattling of
the Windows.
Sandersville, October 19.—The earth-
i quake shook was no hoax, but wan felt by
the entire community, and to-day people
from the country report the same sound
and occurrence. Houses hero shook suffi
ciently to rattle the windows, and the trem
bling of some of tho houses on the east side
of the square was noticeable to persons on
the street. Your correspondent's head was
clear aud level, and his experience and ob
servation was shared by a thousand or more
equally temperate citizens. We hail n I tom
S e earthquake shock and don’t piopose to
laughed out? of it. If there be any glory
t n such occurrences we are entitled to it.
Hie editor of 'the Mercury was thoughtful
nougli to time the phenomenon, and re
mits the duration of sound at one minute
nd the vibratory motion at thirty seconds.'
’our correspondent’s report of ten seconds
rna made so as to steer clear of any possi-
^ exaggeration. Hence yon sec it was no
Plated citizen, but to the contrary, a wide*
wnke, enterprising town, which this time
even got ahead of Atlanta.
A SAVANNAH DRUMMER
Prevents a Fraud and Saves a Firm the
! ~ Sum of S'1,100,
IT Quitman, October 17.—Our fellow towns-
■uan. Colonel J. B. Creech, deserves consid-
■ rable credit for tho shrewd part he played.
■ eeeiitly in preventing a fraud on Messrs.
■Walter Tison & Co., of Savannah, which
J firm he represents. It seems that he acci-
trade
. United
Mexico $15,ood.im> annually,
is being talked of. European mercantile
interests are opposed to the project,
taking the ground that such a treaty
with the United States woultl
destroy all European importing business.
Among Americans the plan is thought to bo
a wise one, as it would lend to a great in
crease in trade, opening up the entire Mexi
can market to American manufacturers and
bringing tin two countries iuto very inti
mate uml friendly relations. The Mexican
editors who recently traveled iu the United
States believe in a closer commercial con
nection with that country.
Guarded at HU Own Itcqueat.
Atlaxta, October 18,—'The body of
Janies L. Jackson, which was buried yes
terday, nnd which is being guarded* at
, night by members of the Gate City Guard,
is under guard nt the deceased's request.
Ue died of a complication of diseases that
seemed to baffle medical treatment. Mr.
Jackson took a peculiar notion that phy
sicians might wnut to investigate his disease
after death, and so he requested his fellow-
members of the Gate City Guard to keep
watch over his grave for ten nights; amt
this dying request is being sacredly ful
filled.
A Conundrum
Atlanta, October 18.— Sunday is a prohi
bition day iu Atlanta as regards the selling
of liquor, and yet there were a umulier of
drunken men on the streets to-day. Where
did they get it? A man can get all tho
liquor he wants in Atlanta, prohibition or
not prohibition. He can always get more
than he wants.
out of the Legislators by puffs, pictures
ami biographies,to now attack them. How
ever, these be times of enterprising jour
nalism.
Au Awful Wreck Iu New llump<dtlrr.
Cuxcoim, N. II., (Mnla-r 1S.—A terrible an-iilctit
ocenrmd on the tiorthrrti division of the Bouton
and Lowell railroad, midway between Hast Andover
and Went Andover, at ft o'clock this morning, by
which three |M*r»oti!i lost tliolr liven and five wen*
injured. The Chicago express freight train
left here with a double-header engine,
Inuring John II. Kiuerwon and Daniel
Ncannel. and when they reached Went Andover to
wet off for the down |>aMM*ngcr train it was found
that they had broken ajMirt. Kinerwm started in
search of the missing cars, aud meanwhile the pas
senger train came along. The passenger train men
were informed that Emerson had gone after part
of his train before they left the station. That
recoil
motive _ _ _ r
hie trainmen were sent to the nwcue of the paasen-
THE LEGISLATURE REVIEWED.
It* Sins and feliurtcoiiilnifa—An I'mcni
I’ower lleliind the Tlirouc—Tate's Vote.
Atlanta, October 18.—Now that the Legislature
bus udjoiiruivt without day it may be well to r**» lew
it in a sort of a cursory way; to take a j.**n aud ink
photographic \ lew of it. Au Eastern artist has been
gnhuniziug the old art principle that objects should
be painted as they appear, and not ns they are.
By. ingenious illustration, feliciUoas language,
admirable audacity, the fellow
awnkened in tire artists and art-!»vers of the
Hast a HtupouUouM admiration for his genius in tire
" of this art principle, 1 do not wish to re*
t may urte.wards kirk me. It is
intention nor desire to allow up the Legisla-
lw*tti*r light, but just i
ke any bint from the
•f the United States
that it should
f tin* Uuiti d Ktaies Senate Iras
ars as to win for it the
* of lEcpre-eutatives of 1
t majority i
ry iustauce their votes were
single tuan who hail nuffleient p
tin .*
submission to
ew members, that
power behind the
tlie seeming dictates of n
pointed almost unerringly to
throne, a power that by tuosi exceueir tliscretlon
only invokes its control nt intervals. Tin number
so subject did not happen to lie a working majority,
and it Is doubtless due to that fact, that "ring rule"
may not he charged among the many sins of this
Legislature.
This brings me t<» a mibjt
tended to refer to again—Mr. Tate's vote. No man
knew tmt.er than did your correspondent that there
hail been an irregular and illegal easting, and by
token, recording of “ "
which was not cmibodlert iu the
report is that it was not th** practice for chairmen
of important roniniitteea u» so record their votes,
that this whs the firet instant r* of u chairman dodg
ing ou a bill that had near the importaocu of the
railroad hill. Mr. Tutu in his remarks when he
rose to a question of personal privilege iu reference
to the ThLi.ouArii s tlret notice of his vt t«*
made two detkuitu points of dellfesc; tirst.
that he was not in the House
when liis name was called; and second, that he
voted before the verification foil call. So many
witnesses were produced h* prove that Mr. Tate was
iu tin* House when his name was called, that he, in
his testimony, receded from any positive n-nit-m
brunet* on that i*oiut. The finding of tlie committee
ami begged the House
»bo report referring to the time of easting hi* vote,
because the clerk and not be was on trial. Mr.
Berner in defending the report went so far a t to de*
that tlie only precedent ui»on which
lnittec I
allowed Ids vote to remain mi the Jour*
similar case where His-nker Cla vard inn I
ruled that in it had not altered the result the vote
would lie allowed to remain.
When a momtior of the committee, who had been
absent when tlie report was read in the House,
heard that Mr. Tate had openly fought the adoption
of tin* report by the House, he exclaimed: "By
Heaven, he ought Jo have known what some of the
cotnmitte wanted to dot"
WAS Til KICK A TBAIIK?
Now. what is tho truth in regard to Mr. Tate's
vote? for its histqrv Is important iu any considera
tion of the House. Mr. Tate was here as a champion
of the claims of the* North Georgia nnd Marietta
nd'read against the State. Jt would not tn* ditlleiilt
to establish that that was one of the objects of the
mostintiucntial of bin supporters in th ; canvass
for nomination or clectiou. Then* w.w nt the first
evinced a decided opposition to his hill for the set
tlement of that claim. As chairman of the railroad
committee be, of oourse, hud a decided influence.
All the way through the summer session he tllrtod,
not tosa> traded, with tvery faction, to win votes
for Ids bill. 1 recall that lie at one time was quite
ramtiaut against the teAuology hill. When Ins
>f Mr. Tate's bill was threatened to indue
let ion, for the techuologv bill was. i f course, as dis-
•reditable to the threatouer as it is to Mr. Tate, if
li.d was the cause of Ids support of the technology
Nearly
Wilt TATr. DOtHlKn.
very one who voted forth)* railroad bill
Mr. Tate’s bill. Every witness before
committee
■chilly v
ii cnnfhlcii
that
investigating Mr. Tate’i
he had watched Mr. Tate
the fill was called, ttecaiisc In* lmd
n which way the hoiionihh* chair
man of tins railv. atl committee would vote. When
Mr. OonUit. i.i a witness who had vvluwt'Trv! tGat
on this call of
whether or not
ho bad not made that request of Mr.
Tate in tho hopo and belief that if
tlm railroad bill got h” votes Mr.
Tate Would give it the SHtli, Mr. Gordon decllniim
to answer tin question under oath to tell tin
badly
Agents Wanted.
We want an agent for tho Weekly Tele-
graph in every community in tho South.
We will make mob arrangements na will
enable any one to make money canvtuMing
or us. Write for terms to agents. w-tF
g«*rs and engineers. Both locomotives
damaged and their engineers missing. After a long
search they were found under the debris, dead, as
was also the hrakemau of the Height train, who
went baek with engineer Ktnenu
express messenger
imprisoned
f . .^..t them
Both were in tlie baggage ear. which took Ore, hut
the flames Were extinguished without damage. Tlu*
tender of the passenger locomotive tele*co|>cd the
baggage car aud the latter telescoped the mail car.
There were two men iu the latter, one «>f whom
injured. Aside from a severe shaking up, uoue
of the passenger* were injured.
A wrecking train and medical assistance went
front here ami the track was cleared before night.
General Kti|M*riiitcndont Seller, who came from
Uostoii by a special train, ami Division feu|s‘riutend-
etit Lood directed the work. The following is a list
of tlie killed: Lueius Oraves, engineer of the l»as*-
cnger train, ag«*d «'s) years: John H. Emerson, engin
eer of the freight train; Wm. Harvey, hrakemau ou
found during their six days 1 session twenty-nine in
dictments for unlawful cohabitation. Chief Justice
Hayes In discharging the Jury thanked tb)
very impressive manner, remarking that if the trial
j arise did their duty as well the law* of the country
would bo rigidly enforced.
gentleman from Pickens to dodge
Because I do not think tho |s*«iplc ought
maiu ignorant of these facts, is tl%*
reason for my setting them clown now,
TUB nOVEBSOn’s RAsTK.
It is generally nttd«rst«NNl that Governor McDaniel
favored tin* railroad lull. Ills haste to sign Mr.
Tate's Marietta ami North Georgia bill, in spite nf
Judge Harrell's request that the Governor hear him
on the uncoustitiitionality of tlie bill, may be *or-
thy of thought by the |M.lith*al fireside philosopher.
That the ]iassagn of the Marietta am! North Geor
gia Mil was a test, might bo seen iu the fact that
when Mr. Tate's conduct on the railroad hilllt<rame
generally known to the House, a three-fourths
vote was given in favor of introducing Judge Har
rell's bill, rc|M*alifig the very hill which had Iwcn
passed in favor of the Maricttaand North Georgia
railroad. It is true that Judge Harrell's hill did not
pass, hut the BUspetision of the rules by a three-
tenths vote to allow tin* introduction even of the
hill, coming just oil the heel of the excitement
an unfortunate showing.
auskktzkixm.
What was the dully attendance in other sessions
I do not know, hut it is not a slander to say that
the average attendance of the past House since July
—. disgraceful. Had then* been near so full an
free railroad passes are a had public jsdicy.
If the journal was conned 1 am sure the numbei
Ixsly to almost dally
.— is scorn
r defeat of measures
ns is always tlie case-, did its work better than the
House; but considering the number of Senators
and the restriction as to their introducing bills, the
Senate has ls*tt**r reason to Is* proud of Its
record. I do not hesitate to men
tion Senators Uahauiss, Davidson, Colby,
> for their
Falligant and Mitchell a* worthy of p._. _ .
regular attcmlanco and prompt discharge of buai*
ness, and I might, uith as much truth, cite them as
the ablest men in he Menate. Withal tho Senate
was not a body that would lie calculated to make
one feet proud of Mug a Georgian, while those I
have named ami a very few others, an* really worthy
To go more into detail would occupy too much
space at once. loiter on I may give reminiscences
of the Legislature*.
Tlie G«>v «*r mi lent of llgypt.
Constantinople, Oetolx*r 19. sir Henry
Drummond Wolff, specinl British envoy,
und tlie Porte have signed it protocol re
specting the government of Egypt.
Tin* Weekly Telegraph Free,
We will send tlie Wkekly Teleobarb
one year to any one who will get up it club
of five new subscriber* to it ut one dollar pi
each. w-tf | fv
FROM A CHICAGO MAN. I tion was improved. The experiment is to
A Kindly Word nnd . I be ‘ n *"> iu , ' tU, ' r
Dun us to ituiiriMds. ) The question having been asked why it if
A citizen of Macon forwarded to Mr. T. B. Carter. I that changes in school text hooks nre iinidt
gem ral agent of the Equitable Life Insurance Com- h o often, n contemporary explains that ill no
p*»y. Chicago, M copy of the Tklkuhai-h contain- |. tI|4 : | ,„ ||H .. b, ’ m . r or
Ing the proceedings of the railroad meeting recently j 1 , ,l0MS 1 , 1 . 1 . , 1,1 ni
belli hen*. Mr. carter writes: ' , pulous competition than in the manufacture
"You arc on tin* right track in regard to the pr< •*- j aud sale of these books. Every publishing
rajkwft j house has agents whoso business it is to
make sales. He assails both teachers und
purity of your beautiful
you can get to renter there the better for you. The
railroads have made Chicago. We have now about
twenty-five trunk lines converging here*, aud more*
trying to get iu. The immediate surroundings of
Chicago are* so cut up or grid-iremed with railroad
tracks that it is uliuost impossible for new roads
n, or get in, unlew
e tnicks «.f !
chool directors in every known way to
persuade thou to chan*'**, and about once
m so often he succeeds. Experience teaches
that nine out of ten changes an* without
adequate benefit.
the ^cit^ 11 But There is a good deal of shallow, silly
ie tin*’‘better HonseiiM* about tin* ambitious embryo so-
lv . eiety snob of the present day, ns may bo
'■! illustrated by a remark made by <>ue of
rowdiiiK bard on to nVveu fmndml tlioiMnJ I »*’* ll,n « "Oil, ilenr me," ho
ami this great lucres*** in largely due to our rail- said, “I never H)it*» tin* 1 hentfe, 1m-
roads ami our manufacturing interests. By the ' cause th** I»**mI seats iu the house are only a
census of iM'Jwc ranked about the sixth or seventh ( L,n ar i ,. a n* if 11.,, ln-rfm-iniinee in
of nianufactiirli.g centre*-. In 1-0 w.* muk.-d the 'V i . , ,, 1 •*» »>limn« o is
third. In IsM I think we shall rank -.end. and in j 1 "' '*■ st 1,1 town. I omldll l think of going,
I'.HO the first. The city seems to Is* growing and because you see niiVI»< *1V call afford to
improving more* thane v»w. So it will he with Ma- spend a (loILtr, and l' should never know
Afford lncn*MHl Iqdllcmcut. furrallw.y wh„t kiu.l „f ,1 Jo KOU >v,ls ritling li. »i,lo
and manufacturing enteq.risi
right in hi- ♦
e which a
i progressing as rapidly a-
no rca-ou in tie*
should not improve
ml there is an apjs*
ire : n qttaled l»y that o
of pros]N*r
.. ... thrift
which is m*t surpassed even by Atlanla. Atlanta
has the advantage of lieing the capital of the
ami has had she advantage of large
railroad facili
ties longer than yon, I think; but with the right
kiud of energy and push among your business men.
i make Atlanta prick up its ears aud
LOSING AN Ol’FK'E.
rtaiuly was tin* quintesceitce
in th.* of idiotic snobbery. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Macon i In the last century they really turned
* .ri'! criminals to Mime practical account in Eng
land. In 17**7 John Beiihuui, under sen
tence of_ death tor burghoy, was pardoned
on condition «*f underuoinj; tin* amputation
of a lilllb, “to test the efficacy of Mr.
Pierce's stipti-s." The limb off, .lobu wan
to be considered free. There is also u pas-
; sage in tin* in. iie.iis of one «»f the great sur-
j geons «if the time to lend one to infer that
; he had been offered not only one but aev-
; eral criminals from Newgate, to lie experi
mented on for breaking of the knee-cap,
and that he lmd declined the offer becnntie
I he might bring about a hundred fracture*
| and yet not secure the precise one ho
llovr a Man Feels When His Head Fulls i Wanted.
Into the llu**l«-t. A member of Parliament, who for more
A man who lost a government office de-! tha, ‘ .v-;ar;. ivpr.*s.*iited a large mixed
scrihes his sensations thus for the benefit I » <*»}«t« t uency. holds that the only iiieuns of
of the Washington Star: It feels when the I ►jnrisfitetonly checkmating Mr. in
iixe tirst tails as if some one lmd hit you «>n | tnm,s wou, ‘ l hi ‘ h >' ***•*«*»»« voting i“
tin* head with a baseball but, nnd knocked j J
you over into a tank of ice water. Then for j
awhile you don’t know anything. Then it |
if your desk was dancing ii
across the room. The ceiling looks
us if it were a long ways off; the windows
look long nnd narrow; tlu* ice pitcher
looks big, aiul everybody el-.c in the
room looks pale, aud wlu*n you start to go
out of the door you run into it. When von
get inti* the corridor it looks as if you had
never been there before. You don’t know
what 1ms happened, but you feel as if there
were* something swelling about you, and tin*
whole world looks strange. When you get
into the street there seems to be nil unus
ual noise, and everybody looks frightened,
as if something were about to happen, and
the streets look long and wide, and tlie
horses and people small. All the w hile you
feel that something about you is swelling.
You move mechanically toward your home.
Everything looks strange. Yon feel as if you
were* lifted oil the ground and the whole town
were spinning around like a top under you.
Meanwhile the swelling feeling gets worse.
You think it's your head, but you ain’t
quite certain. You think your head 1ms
turned into a balloon, for which your body
is too much ballast, audit is picking you
up and dropping you down again, Hurt of
bouncing you along. As you get near
home you begin to fed afraid. You go half
way around the square* and make for the
buck alley gate to avoid tlu* children you
think arc playing in front. Tlu* swelling
goes on until you get inside of tile house.
Then there is a sort of an explosion; some
thing collapses in you, aud you lind it is
your heart. Then you know all of a suddt n
what 1ms happened. You are out of
employment and have a family to sup
port. First you want to do something;
then you don’t know what to do. Every
thing looks awfully Mack and desperate.
You start out again to collect your thoughts
and look about you. Unconsciously you
wander down the street, looking for some
thing to turn up, mid before you know it L'
von are walking through tlu* corridors of 1 ^ Ivvit
iW lmihliiiK v..n have ju.l l.wn ki.k.-.l ont witlTtw'ii.'i.uii'l |,
of. \ .in fed as if you ought to be very j»o-
lite to the colored messengers yon nu *t in
the halls. As objects begiu to get familiar
again, you are seized with a desire* t>* know
how it happened. Then you get mod, us if
yon lmd been outraged. Then you want to
get back. But yon can't. Yon know that,
but you try all the same. It is bard to
bre ak off a habit of twenty years.
I’iirli-
Such a mode would lmvo
o additional advantages -men whose stock
in trade is mere* claptrap ami expediency,
or the rMing to death of particular hobbies,
would find few constituents sufficiently
simple re* support them, and moderate Lib
erals, who have been aptly described us peo
ple who support iu public measures which
they depre cate iu private, would no longer
be placed ill such an equivocal position."
His experience has been that the elected
rather than the electors require the protec
tion of the bnilnt.
AMONG THE FUNSTERS.
A Philadelphia man has invented a new
cough enre. It is peifectl.V safe, as it has
been tried on three eats mid only two of
them have died.— Chronicle-Herald.
A fashionable lady of New York paid $175
torn wing for her hut. Her friends are
wondering why she didn't put a little more
to it mul buy a dog,—Courier.
A Boston man whose wife has runaway
with a drummer, has sworn a solemn oath
to kill the scoundrel ou sight if In* brings
her back again. Fall River Advance.
Ten cents may insure speedy work by
postal clerks, but it will take a good deal
more than that to keep a messenger boy
from 11 ippiug to see a dog tight. - Boston
Globe.
A New York heiress quoted at $5,000,-
giig has just captured a brilliant aiulsph ti-
did prize in the slinpe of a distinguished
German baron, eqnipp. d with a fierce
moustache, a decayed ensile, a here ditary
debt, mul an outlawed ancestry. Life.
Postmaster So you want a place in the
fust d. livery department.** Appi : * ‘ r
Mv deliv
not oniv fast, bu
“We want an etfei
When* did von get
box?" “The box!"
I pitched two years
Plnlndelj b » Gull.
Lieutenant Greely says there is a belt in
I the Arctic
|ironoun<*ed
remarkably effective,
ve *1. livery of course,
nr delivery?" “In tho
ith dazed air). “Yes,
>r the Red Stockings."
Fiirtliqiiiikc SImh U III G« o 'gin.
[Special Tllkukam.]
AN 1)ERHVILLE, « m loner xi.—Atl (artll-
qunko shock was felt this evening at 5:20
o’clock. The duration was about ten sec
onds and the movement southwest to north-
east. Persons in buildings felt th • shock
very perceptibly. It was accouipuuied by j <
a low, rumbling sound.
A BATCH OF BREVITIES.
He (reqicetfull.v).
Excuse me. Of course von know wliat 1-
rl«ln.
But 1 meant no offense, I assure you. Good-nl^ht.
To think for a moment I meant what 1 said.
Massachusetts is about to take a very
complete census of textile manufactures.
There is a tendency on the part of New
England cotton manufacturers to move
their mills from the interior to the coast.
The Flood Rock explosion was the big
gest blast ever blown. Its farthest ob
served effect was forty-eight miles from the
place of explosion.
The King of Denmark has offered $1(1,00(0
to have a wart removed from his chin, lmt’
the surgeons are* afraid to pull it lest the
operation should result fatally.
Sknf.n Chinese prisoners had their cues ont
off in tin* prison at Victoria, on September
21*. The cues were labelled, and will be re
turned to their owners when their terms of
incarceration expire.
A Texas editor complains of n hook and
ladder company recently organized in his
neighborhood. The editor intimates tlmt
the ladder is used for getting into windows
after dark, after which the hooking is done.
A Newport woman wa nt to a pasture
and caught and harnessed a two-year-old colt
that bail never seen ii harness and hitched
it to a wagon and drove several miles. The
colt was surprised, but there isn’t anything
a Newport woman can’t do if she wants to.
St. Albans (Vt.) Messenger.
A LATELY deceased justice of the peace of
Derby, Conn., made the town a be illest of
$5,INK!, on condition that it should not
touch the money until it amounted to
$5,UOO,OUI). It was calculated that the bt-
piest would not become operative for two
•(•nturies, nnd the town bus decided to re
linquish all claim to the gift. The heirs at
law now get the money.
The old-faidiioned spinning wheel was
there are sheep
•f the ox and the
i Ui his next visit to that
iy discover horses with the
is of the ox aud the tail of
n« "lus possible to find almost
tire* Arctic regions save tho
C.irristown Herald.
(newly lnarrtaL—“How did
lie We lifn! .'. . ■>«•.(!. i >—«4«»^ •
in recollects lvis childhood)—
"It was rather good, but not ku«*1i u pie ns
my mother ;;*rd to bake, >Vby don't you
“I over nil‘I K"' 1»« recipe? Did ,„n Imito
it?" Mrs. .Tolies—“No." Mr. Jones “Ah!
Who did tlu n?” Mrs. Jones i triumphantly)
—“Your moth**r baked it and sent it over.
She thought you would like it." New York
phi.*.
tail of tlu*
countrv lu* un
bend aiul lu n:
the sheep. It
anything in
north pole. !
Mrs. Jones
you like that .
Mr. Jon**s f\\{
FREE LUNCH.
am nun*
introduced a short time ago iuto the insaue
asylum of the Isle of Man, with the idea of
amusing the patients. They seemed de
lighted nt their new diversion nnd became
absorbed in it. Ah the suin rintendent ex-
ressed it, the direction of their nervous
force was changed, aud thus their condi-
Somerville Journal: Tin* Indian's birch
was tin* original tippy cc.Uoi
Lowell, Mass., Citizen: Tin* New York
j Republican nominations an* all right. Tho
I Carr comes behind tin* dark horse.
Kew'Orleans Picayune; Candidate Wise,
in Virginia, made tin* mistake of liis life in
striking a linn by tlu* name of Smith.
Cincinnati Mere*h.iiit Traveler: “I carry
a razor," remarked a ferocious looking
woman, as slu* pulled a rubber bottle oil a
helpless baby in l.rr arms.
Lowell. Mass., Citiz**n: Ofconrse w* do
not wish to pleVellt liulie- eollitlg Upon UH,
but will mere ly lin utioii tin* fact that there*
are mice in our editorial rooms.
Barbers’Gazette: Girl “Ginniu* quarter
pound of tea, quirk." Clerk—“What kiud,
green or black?" Girl “Tin* blackest
you've got. It’s for a colored funeral."
Omnibus; Judge to jmeket thiefess—
cknowledge, then, tlmt you the porto-
c of the lady out of her pocket
taken have. Why did you it?" Culprit
(sobbing) “I w anted only to see if unulumo
enough money with herself had."
Harper's Bazar; Fishing under difficul
ties “Oh, Emelin*, come quick! Tho
Imbv's tniuM* *1 down into the cistern; wc’m
been a flshin’ tor him tor half an hour wid
nn umbre lla handle an' a chunk o' spoiigo
cake, an’ we can’t even get ii nibble."
Harper's Bazar. A gent!.* hint: He—“Did
it ever occur to you how difficult it must
have been tor Solomon to propose to a
thousand maidens?" She “Yen; lmt not
half so difficult as one of the men of tho
pre sent ilay find it to he to propose to olio
maiden."
Uncle Rastus—"I'm willin’ ter 'knowl
edge dat 1 stole tit* ham, sail, but dor am
extennnmtiu' sahcntustancen kernectcd will
th* case Hah. I was 'toxicated, snh, an*
didn't know nuffen wlmt I was ’bout.” Mr.
“I don't believe you wen* intoxicated.
Uncle Rastus.” Uncle Rastus “’Deed I
was: I kin prove hit. If I hadn't been
drank flat night, yo’ Honab, I a toted off
mo'ii one ham.’’—Life.
Our office boy is a genius. The other
ty we found him practicing at a little
target with n revolver. “You mustn’t do
that, Billy," sui*l we; “you will be tiring
through the partition nnd killing some of
the men on the other side.” “No fear of
that, sir. I can hit tlie target every time.'
“Yes, ’but you’ll be shooting through tho
target." “Oh, no, sir. I’m nil right there.
It is a slab of hoarding house steak.’’—Fall
River Advance.