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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1885.-TWELVE PAGES. TELEGRAPH BY PLAY. there were to pictures of the chase, A Few Thsnliflvlng Pictures Seen In a Hriglit Winter Fire. Thanksgiving day! I wonder who will observe it? Many will of course, while others will allow it to pass unheeded by. But why should not every one Join In the observance? The answer suggests a world of thought. Before me glows a winter Are. The wind outside nettle at last in a rich bed at the bottom of the grate, and as they nestle a soft, warm glow, which mantles even aha Auah upon the cheek of a laughing girls, lights the room and tinges it roddily. What care I for winter winds? 1 am thankful. Bo I draw my chair before the Are, in the full glare of the Atful light, and gazing into its heated, glowing heart, conjure therefrom a few Thanksgiving pic- tares. _ The coals are at their brightest So brilliant are they, that almost they seem living things. The grate can hardly contain them, so merrily do they dance. This fantastic motion increases, until their joy seems maddening. Tbev wove a picture of youth and its counterpart pleasure. In the out lines 1 recognizes person that I have occasionally met He is young, handsome, and above all talented. He is endowed with health and a fair i>ortion of the world’s goods. Naturally he is esteemed by his acquaintances. He deserves it for withal he is manly aud fashioned api>arently after nature's owu heart The contrast of shadow is unknown to him. His sunshine is bright enough without it Hu is successful in his business and social pursuit* and greets the world with a rcajiousive smile. As I pic ture him now ho holds by the hand a fair girl, about whose brow a now j made orange-wreath has been twined. The fair white blossoms catch the soft contagion from her cheeks and deepen beneath the tell-tale Aush. I percieve in both the embodiments of happiness, the incarnation of couteut. Will they Join In the observance ? The coals still barn cheerily, but they have dropped a bar or two in the grate, and upon tbe surface baa gtthered a Him of ashes. I touch them lightly with the poker through the oi ket-work below, and they sink even lower, but the ashes disappear. As they settle auother picture forms and stares me in the face. 1 see another couple—perhaps the same young man and theLHB fair girl. 1 fancy that they aro older, both in years and experience. They sit facing each other, with a hearthstone between them, which is in all resists a happy one. The still smooth face of the wife and the well-preserved form of the hus baud betoken that time has exerted on both only a sweet, mellow influence. About them rises the four walls of a room, which encloses a domestic world, full of tenderness and joy. Almost involun tarily I ask myself the question: Will they Join in the observance? I still gaae enraptured into the coals, whore gleams the same picture. I fancy 1 am in the room just mentioned, in company with tbe couple whose domestic life embrace* so much of the beautiful. They whisper to themselves of the post and its tmriod joys, and to keep from hearing their heart secrets, I pass to thu window of the room and gazo out. Across the street is an humble cottage. As I look at it now the door is open. and through it staggers a drunken husband. He goes in to greet a heart broken wife whose eyes aro red with grief, aud whose lips quiver as they kiss children that are hungry and csld. Ah! God only knows the saltiness of those tears, the anguish of those heart-throbs. I recognize the counterpart of the picture that sur rounds me. The question seem*: Will they join in the observance? I am still in the same room, gazing through the aarne window. As my eyes fall and Unger upon the grief-stricken wife, my thoughts are suddenly di verted by another sceno which interposes Itself. It is a funeral cortege. It moves slowly, bearing to tho city of the dead tbe remains oi a loving, yonng wife. The husltand whose heart is crushed follow* mournfully, while the sympathy of a thousand kindred hearts goes out to him. But he teols it not The chill, the terror and the gloom at death to on him. Hope lies cold and dead within his heart powerless to plant a single star in the sky that ha* been so darkened. As I see the coffin close about the form of hto loved one, and almost hear the heavy thud of the dirt as It falls upon the lid, I ssk myself again, almost wearily, join in the ol b observance? Will he joint The Are has now burned low, the ashes are thick in the grate, and through a crevice in the wall the wind creeps. The room grows cold, and I hug closer the grate. I stir the ashes and perceive a faint red gleam, which tells me that the hour has grown late. 1 look even harder to see if I can conjure from the loose red coals another picture. I am re warded. It takes the shape of a woman. But so cold, so still, so settled are the rigid outlines that the figure might almost be taken for a statue, chiseled out or a tartan block. BeauUful as the lily, yet as scentless. In the upturned eyes to a look of yearning that is Intense in its wistf ulucis. Tbs lips droop with a sadness that to majestic, im parting an expression of infinite tcnderucs. I fancy that I see in the pic ture a perfect conception of expectation or perhaps disappointment. which will you take? Is there much choice? Are they not intimately allied? Does not expectations end at but in disappointment and ’The hope that has paradise in it frequently be comes Only a milt in the air?" Perhaps she waits for winds that will never blow, or for gales that have blown only to drive away the shins that were freighted with precious burdens, la there mercy in either? As 1 watch the stillness, the coldness of the features deepen, aud tbe ca tion repeat* Itself. 1 Will she Join In the obterntnee? love-lit only, or one that never experience dtbO *SL sweet radiance. They may represent a present full of tenderest memory, or sweetest thought. Which? The secret is mine, whatever It may be. 1 still live to a world that is beautiful, and that Is made wicked only bv some people that have no right to live in it I still have some friends left who are true, even for truth's auke, and for these and the world in which 1 live, 1 am thankful. It to the same with you. flbould yon not be thankful also? I think so. Therefore let us enjoy together the observance of this Tbankagivlhg Day. ^anoLi Spotless cloth covered the table, aud upon it the dinner was spread, not with a view of pleasing the artistic eye, bqt of giving the diners a good square meal. Here was an array of well-cooked, well- seasoned, healthful substantial food—not a brill iant display of china, glass aud cutlery, governed by society rules so rigid and so frigid that the an thracite Are in the grate could not thaw out. We bad Just a* big aud as brown a turkey as pours, and the gravy was just as rich and the cran berry sauce just as red. And then we had pork and turnip*—a plebeian dish,'tin true, but it to good aud honest grub. We had backbones aud spare- ribs. and plain corn bread, baked in pones shaped bypretty brown bands. We had a big blue-bordered dish of fried chicken. Out of place, you would say, but show mo the man who would leave untouched brown fried chicken, as it to fried in tbe good old-fashioned country way. But I need not tell you of the many things upon my table. I am not ashamed of them because they were plain and simple; but because I want you to slip out into the country as I did next Thanksgiving day and enjoy one good square meal. You will find no irksome formality there. The heme-worked motto of "Welcome" over the door means welcome, and when you thrust your legs under the dinner table there is no restraint to your movements or appetite. Yon can use your knife aa you please, regulate as you like the size of your mouthfuls, and if you should happen to spill a drop of gravy upon the cloth you need uot feel as if you had broken a commandment. Tbe cook aits at the head of the table, and though her gown is calico, she can pour out your coffee, or heap up your plate with as much grace as your hostess in silken dress. And when you arise from the table yon feel as though you had eaten something aud were at peace wite'the world,and uot as though you had dined off a glass of water and a tooth pick. — The good old-fashioned dinner for me! The ar tist may work his dreams in china and the city chef ile cut tint make viaud-poems to fill it; but give me the plain old crockery and a country girl as cook. Life Is too short to waste in nibbling at stiff, formal dinners in the city. FUN IN COURT. A Quiet Sunday Chat, in Which a Few Points About the Macon Girls Occur. Yesterday was Sunday, and a most disagreeable day. The air was cold and damp, and the wind at Intervals swept around tbe street corners almost pitilessly. It was not a day for church going. On the contrary, those who had homes, stayed then* and enjoyed.their comforts. Those who had none, sought the hotels and lounged idly about the atoms. I spout a part of the day with a friend. This friend was a lady, and ono who always welcomes me when 1 choose to call. 8ho has long since pass ed the romantic period of life, and has given up all ideas of wedded bliss. She is an old tnaid. This is a pretty harsh thing to say about a lady, especially one that vou claim as a friend, but she knows me well, and I am certain from my geueral knowledge of her nature, that alio will uot think harshly of me, but rather will she class the expression as a specimen of that freedom of speech she generally allows me. She is an intelligent lady, this friend of mine, is possessed of a keen knowledge of lminau nature; especially In its feminiue form, lias opinious of her own ou all subjects, and does not hesitate to express them. Considering these things, the time I si>ent with her, could uot have be?n otherwise than pleasantly i«ssed. "Light n cigarette." said my friend, after we had comfortably seated ourselves before a large coal Are, and had begun to enjoy its warmth. I accept ed the invitation willingly, because 1 knew she had no silly scruples on tbe subject of tobaceo, like meat women uvae, and could endure cheerfully the mild, fragrant fumes of a straight-cot As we talked, seemingly on an even hundred subjects, there was not the slightest intimation in tho room of tho weather in the street Had I not occasionally glanced out side and saw the branches laden with water. I would bavorforgotton that it was one of the most disagreeable days of the season. "Men aro great smokers,” my friend said, when I had finished rigarette No. 1 and started on No. 2. "I don t blame them much, either. Girls would smoke if It were fashionable. Many of them do so anyhow—I mean cigarettes." “In Macon?" * n Ma^n. it amounta almost to a craze with some of them, who will smoke every time a sly opportunity is presented. I know a girl who has become an expert She can distinguish readi ly between* the flavor of a Duke and a Straight-cut. .v — * and grate and can inhale tho smoke with tho of a veteran." "Do they "Oh yes, sometimes,at least those who have small brothers who smoke, and who are willing to under take the smuggling act for a division of the booty. Others, who have sweethearts that *mok*. manage now aud then to get them that way.” This was indeed a "pointer," but the By-Play mau said nothing, only smiled encouragingly. "Of course, you have been to the skating rink? I remembered that I had, and auknowlcdged the fact expecting to receive a round of mild abuse. * was disappointed, agreeably. "I attended a few nights ago," continued »nv frieud. "I sat nsxt to a newly married par. anil watched a girl struggle for the (fret time with a pair of skates snd the conflicting emotions of the nov- Ire. She was a pretty girt, and claims a number of admirers. Hbe is a brunette, and sings like a bird. But she can’t skate. BUe never will but as long as she thinks the opposite, the manager and the crowd both enjoy the fun.” ere.'* could be. Don't inter rupt me until I have concluded. That girl, who et home la as modest as a violet, and would scoru to do an ungraceful act fell dowu several times to the merriment of the crowd snd permitted herself to be assisted to her feet by any strauger who chanced along at the happy moment Talk a clutch! That's mild!" Another "pointer," said the By-Play man to him self, but "kept on saying nothing" and Miuiling eu eouiaglngly, Thanksgiving Dinners to Which You and ! Were Invited. The rounded snd carved mahogany legs of your table rested upon a Turkish crumb-cloth. The dlu- lag room was warm and cosy. Upon the walls were scenes of the chase, and between them were r aels upon which were (tainted with faitlifulm nature the sportsman'A trophies from field, for and stream. Against the wall stood sn elegant side board, and its ample mirror reflected the various decanters of sherry snd Madeira. Upon the marble- top, atuoug the slender atemmed-gfasses, fell the shadow of the out-reaching antlers of the big stag's head that overlooked the room. Your table was a study for the artist. The Bevres china and the monogram cutlery was arranged with mathematical nicety, and all the seasoning and rel- iahtng bric-a-brac were arranged with skill The damask was spotless, and frayed-edged napkin* foamed over in snowy whiteness from cut-glass goblets at each plate. On that cud of the table where sat the hostess, to silken gown, them loomed like a mountain the mammoth tureen, and from ‘•Yrtd Ibmk I am hard on my sex, now don't you? vb 3i*abu*e your mind of any such idea, let mo draw a picture more pleasant In outline. 1 know a girl that lives scarcely a block away. Hhe to pretty, even as the word goes. Her eyes are bine, her fig ure graceful and her disposition naturally sunny. Hbe could have a score of admirers If she wanted the in, but she to in love with a fellow who livee in a distant city. She to the unhapplest creature Uv lng. Hue writes to him every day, but that to more than he does. I sometimes think that it to his in difference that keeps her love at constant white best. When he visits the city If he should call on her. she is delighted; If be should nol ahe of course to miserable when she finds it out, but continues to love just the same. This steady devotion is some thing: out of variance with your ideas of feminine nature, to it not? Well they aay he lovee her. and that it will be a match soon." . A "pointer” again, thought the By-Play man. but hto lips were motionless, and the smile went ou encouragingly. A Witness and a Prisoner Cause Excite ment at the City Hull. It Is not every day In the week that the nroceed- ings of the recorder’s court are enlivened by any thing unusual. GeueraUy, the low ceiled court room is Ailed with spectators whose color suggest* Egyptian darkness, while inside tho bar a monoto; nous array of drunks, disorderlies, and unwashed tramps await trial. Sometimes a funny thing oc curs, tffit it passes sway so swiftly, that the specta tors do not laugh until after the adjournment of the court. . . . . Yesterday morning, two things occured which amused everybody but tho principal actors. Anna Smith, colored, wrs arraigned upon the charge of dis mlerly conduct. Among the witnesses in the case was C. H. Weatherby, Mr. J. L. Shea, the mer chant tailor’s, cutter. Weatherby was somewhat under the influence of spirits. Not the kind that silly enthusiasts imagine come from the other worlds with many rapping* to communawith mor tals. but the kind kept in barrooms at Afteeu cento a drink. "Take the book," said Mayor Price, who pres.ded in Recorder Patterson’s absence. Weatherby caught the Bible In his left hand. "Th' ev’dence you sh'U give the court in the case of an—'er—er—er—er—er—er s’e'p y* God," said the Mayor at lightning express speed. "Kiss the book." . Weatherby winked at tbe mayor, slapped the Bible with hto right hand; placed the sacred volume upon the desk, and then caught up the mayor's silk hat, raised it in the air, and gently replaced it where he found it. "Wbatdoyou know about this case?" inquired the Mayor. "Nothing, sir,” replied Weatherby, inatoueof voice heard in the second story of the building. A STATE or DISSOLUTION. "Yon know nothing about It?” ‘•No, sir; nothing. I have been in a state of disso lution for several days, and I know nothing. I’m hoveriug between earth aud the skies, and you never saw a man that knew less than I do." "Are you certain that you know nothing about it?" "Why, it. of course I don't." "Do vou know what you are doing now?" « if i do,” At this point the Mayor thought Wcatherby's pro fanity quite too prominent a feature of what he did uot know, aud fined him five dollars for contempt of court. Weatherby licgan to harangue tho crowd, but Chief Wiley ordered a police officer to take him out aud put him iu a eo!L When the officer caught hold of his arm, Weatherby said, with the polite ness of a French dancing-master: "Excuse me." The officer refused to excuse him and Weatherby began to resist. Two more officers caught hold of him and he was then quickly hustled out and locked tip in a cell. When quiet wo* restored the mayor proceeded with the testimony iu Auua Smith’s cose. He examined witness and was then informed by Smith that most important witnesses were absent Hhe asked for a continuance. The mayor conkidcred matter a moment and then granted a coutinu- u until this morning. Smith's c^or is a delicate shade of that beautiful ■■■■lib to a favorite for the coarse wrapping l*aper used in the retail grocery stores. Her high cheek bones indicated a higher temper, and it was evident that she was boiling with suppressed rage. Instead of taking her seat upon the prisoner’s bench she started to leave the coart-room. SHE SAT DOWN. •Sit down!" said a police officer, preventing her egress and pointing to the prisoners’ bench. Smith cast an envenomed glance at the officer, and then turned aruuud and walked with great stateliness towards the bench. She did not move as rapidly as the officer thought she should, aud he approached her and said again: ’Sit dowu!" •Well ain’t I goin* to sit down?" thundered Smith, madder than a monkey that has lost his tail. "Bit down and shut up!" shouted the officer, catching Smith by the arm. She was fairly red with rage. She turned upon the officer and screamed: goin* to sit down when I get ready. You needn't think 'cause you wear blue buttons and a brass coat that you can make me alt down 'fore I get ready.’* j"T*ke her ontl" ordered Chief Wiley. Three police officers caught the woman, hurried her out, and put her In a cool off. There was not much more court after this last lotion. •’hen the mayor said. '•Court’s adjourned," a Tklkoravh reporter, who was present went to Weatherly's cell and interviewed him. He de nounced hto Imprisonment as an outrage, and said, also, that summoning him as a witness was an out- v?hei» the reporter left Weatherby took from his poeket a copy of the New York Herald, and began to read the news about the war between Hervia and Bulgaria. , THE SUBSCRIPTIONS CLOSED. The Building of the Covington and Slaeon Railroad Assured. The committee from the Board of Trade, ap- Anted to raise $30,000 in subscription! to the cap ital stqck of tho Covington and Macon railroad, closed their labors yesterday, having secured the entire amount required. • last night the committee held a meeting at the wholesale grocery store of H. it. 4aques k Co., and consolidated the' reports of the *ub-cotnraitte< s. A report was then prepared, annonucing that the re- a aired $80,000 had been raised, aud congratulating le citizen* of Macon upon the pnv^etf 9 f th$ Wiy construction of the road, The report was signed by all the members of the committee. After the committee adjourned s Tr.LKun.irn re porter sought Mr. S. It. Jaques, tho chairman, and interviewed him, "It is understood that yon have ralaed the sub- acriptlons to the capital stock of tho Coviogton and Macnu railroad required of the cltlzcua of Macon, to true?" "Yea," replied Mf. Jaques, "the snliacriptlona ere completed to-day," "What to th® character of the subscriptions? "They are all txnta JUte agreements to pay the amounts pledged by the subscribers, under tho conditions set forth in the certificate*. Those con ditions require that the road shall be built, equip ped, and in running order, and that the shops snail be permanently located and erected in Macon be fore a cent of the mbscriptions is paid.” •Did you have much trouble In ratoing the last get drinks. The invitation was accepted, and the trio started down tho alley with arms interlocked. Nelson was between him and Ryder. Aa they walked toward the barroom Minims said that he felt Nelson’s Angers In his vest pockets. He sus pected no evil, being Just intoxicated enough to be lieve that Nelson, or any other man, was his best friend. When the trio reached the barroom, they e»* a took a drink, for which Mlmms said Nelson p i Immediately after, Mimms missed bis lockel watch and money, and announced that he had been robbed. He intimated that Nelson was the robber. Nelson laughingly denied knowing anything about Milams’* missing articles, and pulled out a round brass button which he offered Mimms by way of consolation. Mimms accepted the button, but was not consoled. He left the barroom and went back to Fourth street, where he met Lieutenant Wood, of the police force, and a young man named Peacock, lie informed Lieutenaut Wood of his loss, charged Nelson with stealing hto property, and requested the lieutenant to go to the barroom and recover it Lieutenant Wood did not comply with the request, because Mimms bad no positive proof agalust Nel son. Peacock substantiated Minima's story as far as it related to what occurred between the latter and Lieutenant Wood. He also testified that Mimms was not drunk. Nelson offered no testimony, but made a state ment in which he emphatically denied having taken Mimms’s locket, watch and money. Justice Poe thought the evidence against Nelson sufficient to warrant binding him over to the Su perior Court, which he accordingly did, fixing the bond at $500. Nelson took Justice Poe's decision coolly. He ■aid that when his trial iu tbe Superior Court oc curred. he would establish his innocence. He gave the required bond. It is proper to add that the search made in Nel son's house did not result iu finding any of the money or any of the other missing articles. THEY BEAT AS ONE. •Do Macon girls read much?" I asked after •light paus® In the conversation. ••Oh, yes. but such stuff! ‘The Duchess' to the author by whom they *11 swear, aud how they can digest the nonsense she perpetrates, to something I can't comprehend. But. as a writer once observed, a woman to but ‘a bundle of nerve and nonsense,' and I suppose *The Duchess’ phases most of them." •cutely you do I’t Indorse all of that?" •Well, BUppo e we drop the subject. When you come a .-min 1 u a; resume it, when 1 trust 1 may be in a better huno *1 he By-Play m m felt for hi* bat and moved to ward the door. Wlieu bn reached It he looked book just in time to see hto frteud smiling archly, and au Invitation to call again trembling on her lips. It protruded the silver ladle. In the centre of tbe and sn injunction not to repeat what she had said, table arose au ambitious pyramid of tempting As usual, * “ ■L ■ pyramid of tempting fmlt. Golden-tinted oranges, crimson-cheeked applea and buff-bound bananas were grouped in pretty fashion, surrounded by clusters of Malaga aud Diana grapes. Under the shadow of this mountain of fruit were arranged crystal stands containing white aud tender celery with green- tiltedJop«. Close by laid, upturned, the king dish —th* Thanksgiving, well-seaaoaed. well-browned tarkey, flanked by boats of rich gravy and dishes of crimwin cranberry sauce. All these and more made yo«r table groan, as the reporters aay, and formed font Thanksgiving dinner. You lie, you dog. when yon say you enjoyed it . grant it was a feast—a vision for a gourmand—a poetu from the kitchen, but you did cot enjoy l. . How do I know it? Why. because it waa a city dinner—a dinner that demanded of you certain so ciety conventionalisms that robbed you lUe a thief of four appetite and murdered the cravings and the rights of your stomach. Did you not sit for an hoflr in tbe parlor exchang ing weather opinions and small gossip with insipid pessuns. while hunger gnawed and gnawed at your appetite. Were you not amyed in your uncom fortable Sunday beat, and when the hostess had completed her elaborate toilet and announced the dinner ready, aid you not feel aa though you were obeying n summons no appear on a c*>rot»rr'a jure taetemf of going to a good dinner? And down a* if you had wandered into tbe church during prayer-time, did you not have long and tedious waits between the Were you not on your beat behavior, and 4 nibhled until Tour appetite e.nkaway did yon not rail by force of the cooveu- ^ fi®toh*d before /ou Wt ns tbmch yon were at liberty to rise? Then, bow could yon have enjoyed the dinnse* An Inquiry Ana we red. Toomhboio, November 24.—Will you be so kind as to answer the following questions: First— Whether each and every county of the State of Georgia shall have, after tbe last acta paaeed by tbe Legislature, tbe chance ot an election for sales or no sales of whisky? 1 am under the impression that counties already dnr have no voice in the fu ture election. Second—Whether tbe election shall be held at any limited time sfter the adjournment of the Legislature? Please answer through your (iaper. Very respectfully, H. R. Goudov. ? ct the local option law reads as follows; Be it further enacted. That no elections shall held under tbe provisions of this act for any court ty. city, town, or any other place in this State, where by law the sola of spirituous liquors to already prohibited, either by bath license, local option or other legislation, so long as tiuae local laws remain of force; provided, that no election shall be held under the provision* of this act. where an election has been held under any local act, until two years shall have expired from the date of said election under said local act, where the result wr •For the Hale." • cu bar* coaxed yourself to think so not care to slander the boot and bo nm sorry for you. The Luantic Asylum Trustee*. The trustees of tbs Lunatic Asylum had a meet ing at the residence of CoL L. N. Whittle yesterday afternoon. Tbe meeting wo- held in this city be cause illness made it impossible for CoL Whittle go to MUtodgevtUe. The trustees present at tbe meeting were Dr.T. Powell, superintendent of tbe asylum, CoL L. Whittle. Captain T. H. Latimer. Captain T. F. New ell and Dr. W. H. Hall, of MiUedgavtn*. and Mr. George A. Cabsntoc. Heveial matters of importance received attention. *you do Really I Mine was aa old-fsahkmcd country dinner. 1 h., Imps cf the table were pine, aid they rented uomafioor ttel waa Imre of a Turkish crumb- • i but it waa spotlam. No mtrtls tonpeil. h mirrored sld«&*4 stood against the wS; ARTHUR RANDOLPH’S QUEST. A Japliet In Real Life in Search of Ills Father—Ills Interesting Story. Tim Tei.eoraph has discovered a Japhet in search of hto father in real life. The story, al though meagre In its details, is full of interest. A short time ago, the Tkleoraph received the following letter: • ‘Giyi’cester. Mass., November 17, 1885.— Editor Telegraph: Can yon please tell me (if you know) who Mr. Randolph was—that is. where did he live, aud also if ho was married? ••He to whom 1 refer was a member of the cabi net of the Southern Confederacy. "D«>ur8ir, I am a young man who has never known what it is to .have father or mother, but I have a sister somewhere. Ood only knows. We were separated during tho war. Myr • i ~ placed in an asylum In Columbus, and 1 was sent to an asylum in Orangeburg, 8. 0. Kind sir, now Mr. Trenhohu, who was also a member of the cab inet, was the person who put me there. : Now why should he take such an interest in unless I am. or was, a relative of hto brother mem ber. Mr. Randolph? "Dear sir, 1 tell you it ia not very pleasant to have people to ask, ‘Are your father and mother liv ing?’ What can I say? The Stern Parents Supposed to bo Coming With Blessings. A Telegraph reporter went to Brown's Hotel yes terday morning to attempt to unravel tho mystery surrounding the marriage of Mr. S. J. Davis aud Miss Ouida Aldred. He could gain no information from the clerks, they having ewom not to tell what they knew about the romantic affair. But the reporter, determined to learn tho truth about the young couple, kept up tho search for in formation, aud late in the afternoon obtained all the facto. and that of Mias Aldred at Brown a Hotel, as was stated in' yes terday’s issue of the Teleuuapu, they appeared upon the register thus: "8. J. Davis, Bartow, -Ga." "Miss Ouida Aldred, Davtoboro, Ga." The names were all right, but "Bartow. Ga.," and 'Davishoro, Ga.," were all wrong. The young peo ple aro resident* of Washington, Ga. It seems that Mr. Davis, who to a fine-looking, mar ’y young fellow, and Miss Aldred loved eacn a long time, and that he was not objectionable to her parerta. Nevertheless, they objected to the mar riage ot the youug people, upon the score of Miss Aldred's ill health. The young people accepted the situation as host they could, hoping that Miss Al dred's health would. In duo time, be restored. A short time ago Miss Aldred went to Atlanta to visit friends. She left Mr. Davis to wrestle with a violent attack of the blues. Iu the prohibition city Miss Aldred at once became a social favorite, and had many admirers among the young meu. red aud blue. Mr. Davis emerged from his contest with tbe blues only to learn of tRfi gty time Mton Aldred was having. He was glad that she was enjoying herself, but when he heard of the attentions aud intentions, perhaps, of her admirers, red and blue, he became greatly alarmed. He imagined all HDrtn of evil, fearing especially that Miss Aldred might withdrav her love from him and besCbw it upon ono of her Atlanta admirer*. This thought changed his alarm into consternation. He found Washing ton a dreary waste, and ono day jumped on a pass ing train and rolled away to Atlanta. He sought Miss Aldred and urged her to marry him. She re fused at first, but finally yielded to bis entreaties. Wednesday momiug they came to Macou intent upon a union that would cause their two hearts to beat as ono. Air. Davis explained hto intention to Mr. Frank Mitchell, who has an unusually tender heart, and he assisted the expectant groom to arrange the pre liminaries to the marriage. When everything w iu re-idluesa. Alias Aldred sent dismay to Mr. Da 1 by telling him that she had decided not to marry him. He reasoned with her, aud to good effect, be cause tbe marriage took place at 2 o'clock p. w., as detailed yesterday. Yesterday morning Mr. and Mrs. Davis held a consultation, which resulted in a letter to Airs. Da vis’s mother. The letter contained Information of the marriage, and urged Mrs. Davis’s mother to come to Macon at once. Later in the day a telegram was sent to Mrs. Da vis's parents, aud they are doubtless now in the city. It is to be hoped that they came with bless ings for the young people, and that the lives of the latter will be as free from trouble as is possible among human beings, the outcome of this with having murdered Harrison Brown, a negro hackman, on tho uightof tbo nth of Julv la«t. nrnl of afterwards having placed hto victim’s body ou the railroad track near St Paul’s Church, where it waa frightfully mangled by passing trains. Cicero Darby is charged with the murder of James Bittenbcrry, a young white man. It will bo remembered that Rittenberry died from the etfocu of a knife stab in tho abdomen, inflicted by Darbv a the lDth of tost September. Among the remaining cases are several of consid erable iuterost. Tho negro wife-beater aud reviv&i- ist, Joe Bell, to awaiting indictment by the grand jury, and a number are awaiting trial for thet to of various grades. It is understood that the criminal docket will b© disposed of this week. Dr. II. Cotter, permanently located in Macon, 12fljj Second street Diseases of the eye, ear,throat and n< Formerly assistant for four years to Dr. A. W. Calhoun, At SUDDEN DEATH. Air. J. F. Hailey Dies fi Ills Store on F< m Hemorrhage at rtli Street. Air. J. F. Bailey, who kept a grocery *tore two doom below Brunner's drug store on Fourth street died suddenly from hemorrhage at l o'clock Yester day. Mr. Bailey was not known to have consumption but the luannerof hto death suggests that consump tion must havo been the disease which ended his life so abruptly. u enucu ms Mr.IUU.ywM In the habit of catiiii; hi, dinner at hi. Htow. \ i-sterilay at tho usual hour it «■«« brought to hint from lii. i. »iiknc«. No. UOtk atreet. Hu improviaud * ttblo upon tho top of a barrel, aud lmd Jmt bogun to out wbrn tho hom- orrh.go mlddouly bogUi. Ho Moil liroftu.1? and rapidly, and »•«. unable to ohsck th. Sow. Ho wu Jlouo. aud finding that h. «a« about to dlo h.- foreed hlmttolf to hi. foot anil walhod to tin- dour of Brunner’, drug .tore. Ho .tupped, bring too b ranee. "Can yon give me the address of Air. Robert Toombs? Will you let me know if there are any Randolphs in Macon? Maybe they will know some thing of my family. hear from yon soon, I remain res- ARTHL'K IlAXlJOLl’il, "27, Church street." Tho Telegraph was interested in the case of the unfortunate youug man who never knew either hto father or his mother.- and a letter waa seut to him, requesting au account of his early life. The young replied as folio® s: '•Hoping to 1 pectfnlly, * elopement and marriage. Gloucester, Mash., November 23.—Editor Tele graph: Seeing that you take an interest iu me 1 will tell you all that 1 know of my early life to tbe be*t of my knowledge: "I was born in Columbus, Ga. My father 1 never saw, aud my mother I never knew. My sister was 'tit in an orphan home in Columbus. 1 have never icard of or from her since. "1 do not know exactly how old I am, but 1 think that I am in my 32ud or :13rd year. I remember living in a house near a railroad, the honse facing west, and a creek in front with a bridge opposite tho door. "Next a man died in that houae, I cannot aay who he was, but after the funeral I was taken away from there, and was taken care of by a mulatto man fora while. 1 was taken from him and was seut to the orphan asylum in Charleston, where I remained until 1H07 or 'fi*, when I was put to the cigarmaker's trade. 1 did not like the trade and ran away. I was next taken by Dr. Rodrique. 1 was led astray by the man servant and. not suiting the Doctor, 1 left Charleston, since which time 1 have been a wanderer on the face of the earth. "Mr. Editor, whatever expense you may go to in my behalf, please let me know aud I will cheerfully pay the same. "Will yon please tell me in your next if there are any Knights of Pythias In Macon, and also in Co lumbus, 1 being a member of that noble order. "Dear sir, you see that it to very little that I know of myself, and should you find who and what 1 am. f shall always feel umler the deepest obliga tions to yon. "Thanking yon very much for what you havq done for me, I aiu, respect full)*, ••Arthur Randolph.' flThe Randolph to whom the young man refers was secretary of war in the cabluet of tbe Confed eracy. He was a Virginian, and a counectiou of Uandolpb, of Roanoke. If ho was Arthur Ran dolph's father, the latter to also a connection of Randolph, of Roanoke. Secretary Ksiulolph was a dyspeidfc. Be wa$ reserved In manner* aa«l to- •liued lOfiacetleUh). Tbe TrenliolM to whom the young mao refers was secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of the Confederacy. He was the father of the Tronholiu whom President Cleveland lately appointed a mem ber of the Civil Service Commission. The facta In Arthur Randolph's history, as far as obtained, have been given. Perhaps moiuo on* who reads this article may bo able to tall him who he Is. If it develops that ho to Secretary Randolph’s son, the romance of hto life will be rendered all the more interesting. In any event. Arthur Randolph*! s to unusual and will attract tntarest. Wednesday night. Tbe Social Thalians gave a ger- mau at the hotel in honor of their young lady friends. It was rumored among the dancers that two prominent young society people of Macon had clandestinely married at 2 o'clock, and were then in tho hotel. Several well known young people were abvent from tho german, aud in thirty minutes after the rumor gained circulation the dancers had singled out two of them, married them, and had them locked in a room, awaiting with fear ami trembling the arrival of the traditional angry par ents. Not until yesterday morning were the danc ers undeceived. Well, Wednesday was a field day for marriages, three having taken place. Urdinan* McManus aud Dr. Blount wore smiles all day, and It is altogether probable that three preachers received fees of suffi cient size to warraut the purchase of a Thanksgiv ing turkey each; ' Tom IlMrris’a iUisfortune. At 11 o'clock yesterday morning Tom Harris, col- <ned. met with sn accident at Hendrix k Willing- haiu's Dixie Woodworks, by which he lost his left hand . Harris was at work with a panel raiser. This to a machine which Is used in the construction of doors. It has two knives, varying from two to fourlnchea in length, very sharp, and which re volve together at tee rata of 4.000 revolutions per minute. Harris had occasion to make an examina tion of tee machine. He stooped, and right hand nnder the machine, careles left upon the swiftly revolving knives, instant tee band waa cut off just at the wrist As quickly as possible Dr. C. II. Hall waa sum moned. Us secured the assistance of Dr. Howard Williams, and the two physicians went to the wood works to give Harris medical attention. They de cided that an amputation was necessary, w! ton thousand dollars?" "Yes. It waa slow work. The last ten thousand dollars were obtalued In sums of one hundred dol lars each. It took ten to wake a thousand, and those ten were not easily obtained. It waa desired, however, to have tho share* as widely distributed aa possible. The projectors of the road desire friends along the line, aud the more widely the shares are distributed, the more friends the road will have. It never waa the intention to secure stock subscriptions to aid in constructing the road, but purely for tbe purpose 1 have mentioned." ••What classes of citizens are aiuuug the sul ere in Macou?” "Almost all classes are represented. Daring this week, many who had refusut to subscribe wbeu first approached, changed their niiqds and came to the committee’s assistance. One noticeable thing about the subscriptions is the number of colored citizens teat took stock. Nearly every well-to-do colored citizen in the limits of the city took one or more share*. They felt that tiie road would open up a new field of labor lor their race, and that it would benefit their own iu- toresta., Hence, they subscribed willingly aud will the construction of the road be com men red. J "Immediately. That to, it will be commenced as soon as th* necessary preliminary arrangement* can be made. Col. Livingston has not arrived iu tbe city, but he and CoLFrobell and Mr. Machln. the contractor, will doubties arrive in Macon Mon d ^You are doubties® glad that your labor* are fD "Yes, Indeed. They were slow and decide ily tedious. But the money has been raised, and the road will be built, and Macon will have the shops. The citizens may The committee labor to the Board of this week. fiS « “'a?,' o' Mr llo.nl o' T»<le at. mooting to bo bold BOUND OVER. bull, Nrlvin Rei|ulroil to Give Itond to Ap prar »t the Superior Court At 11 o'clock ye.tor.loy morning duotice W. A. Poe'o ottee coo mined on u. uibUgo compoMdof- holf dozen men. Including M. ■paper repor prellmioiry ig him with at* upon two warrant*. <*'b chanting ■ ccnv from the nenwn. The warrant Brat token up wo* .worn • '.t'liy J. T. Byr-er ogolrwt boul* ScUou. en.l the aeeond *- *wuru out by H. H. Mlrnrn. “Nouiycraw^ra'i^wnt nnVM. one »“ bid In the coal Lin, but prosecutors and prisoner con- ^When^Ilydcr undertook to sustain lito charge agliu.tNVlVmb* discovered that u^ the nlgh of the alleged robbery lie had Leen so drunk that i ..i i n , t reuic-inbcr much that occurred. He U r*.n the warrant .worn out by Minion. Among them wu tho .Iwtioa of o Hnmkeonor. hod o ■ndoreot ruolt- MImm. wu w Mr. A. II. hie. urn with Hod*m. Adorn, k to., time h. loot w«ich, locirt uu ebuen to nil th. puoitioo. wu noldronh. H.oppoMwdlo»»o»«dn«n™Tl ■Ur. Pnw.U told ofnut.uurM reporter ihet tho on Ural nn.arTod.ood d^rerad^hte ynm.ymo raybue to In Ha condition. Tb/uwb.tiding, quirt bet po-mra noraof- H.ookl tbolS^ jMgU, nyhy^rt the ingjUj^ mrthim 5iM£:aaT'*' b "*• In th, alley in rtor o' thakenne-.w 1 graotlj to th. r*ctcncy of th. UratUotioa. **"» Tiratu by medio, the '«ciue* ot Ufc." Oo heel medical wo* eter peUiohed for yoong iu rxttiuiua- snd placing Tlessly laid ves. In an accordingly performed. Harris lias no family. He is said to be a steady, hard worklug man, and hto employers think highly of him. They greatly regret the accident which has befallen him. Last night Harris was doing aa well aa could be ex(»ected, considering tho nature of his injury. "Liberty." The following ia a copy of the lines printed upon tho tags which the negro anti prohibitionists of At lanta wore during the eloctiou on Wedneeday: j "The thirsty earth soakaup the rain. And driuks and gapes for drink again. The plants suck In the earth, and are With constant drinking, fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think should have but little need for drink. Drinks ten thousand river* up. Ho filled that they o’erfiow the cup. Tbe busy sun (and ono would guess By hto drunken, fliry face no less) Drinks up the sea, and when he has done The moon and stars drink up the aim. They drink and dance by their own light— They drink and revel all the night. Nothing In Nature’s sober found. Hut an eternal health goes round. Fill up the bowl, then, fill It high; rill up the glaaaee. then, for why Hhould every creature drink but I— Why, man of morals, tell me why?" weak to proceed, and feebly called: "Doctor, Doctor, come quick!" Mr. Brunner, who is not a physician, lmt to w druggist ran out to Mr. Bailey snd caught him around the waist just as he was about to full. Mr Brunuer assisted the djflng man into the store ami made him as comfortable aa possible. He then hurriedly applied the usual remedies for checkin./ hemorrhage, but to no effect. Too flow of blood continued perhaps two miuutcx, when Mr. Bailey died. From the beginuingof the hemnrbago until death eusued, about ten minutes elapsed. v" Mr. Bailey waa 4fi years old. He left a wife and two children, whose distress on account of his sad death ia intense, lie had been in business on Fourth street about four years. After his death Mr. Hailey'M remains were taken to his home. Ills funeral will occur to-day. All Respect I'uld to Veteran Warriors. The heroes of the lato unpleasantness an f.-.st^ passing away. Iu each section of thie fair land.™ now happily reunited forever, the warriors are cherished and made much of, and a fair example shown in the universal respect paid in all places for the high Integrity and strict uonesty shown by Gens. G. T. Beauregard, of Louisiana, and Jul>al A. Early, of Virginia, in the sole responsibility of the graud distributions of tbo Louisiana State Lottery. The 187th monthly and the semi-annual drawing will scatter over half a million on Tuesday, Decem ber r»th, at New Orleans, La,, and auy one desiring information can receivo U on application to M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La. Try tho experiment of proving your luck. Forolgn Labor Coming South. Reading. November 28.—Three hundred Italian laborers passed through bore this morning for Charleston, S. 0. I boy are believed to bo tho first- foreign laborer* j-mt South from Eastern Pennsyl vania. and hundreds are preparing to follow them to varirns Bout bom Stales. They aro prouiiH-d ' $1.25 to $2 per Slay, aud It is believed that tbo climate of the South will suit them better than that* of tbe North. The indications are tbst a great ex odus of Italians, Poles aud Hungarians will take place from Eastern Pensylvania this whiter, and that most of them will go South. Ralirond Accident In Alnbanm. . Birmixohan, November 28.—A train hauling rock from Blount Springs to-day ran into the rear end of a through freight train which was standing on the track. V. N. Spaulding, a brakeman, was caught between two cars he was coupling and killed in stantly. William Bently, engineer of the rock train, escaped by Jumping, although he was badly bruised. Four care were sadly damaged, • Killed While They Slept. Galveston. November 28.—A special to the Nswa from Slingtown says: "Yesterday morning six workmen entered a vacant house four miles north of here, used by section men aa a rain houae. Tho houae waa built of withes, with an earth roof. The men built a fire and weut to sloep. The post sup porting the structure caught fire and the building tumbled in. killing three of tee men outright and seriously but not fatally injuring the other throe." The Technological Commission. ■The Governor delays appointing the commission-' ere, who are to locate tee Technological school, I {doubtless fur good reasons. What rule should guide him in the selection? When the armies of the ten States, in alliance against old Sparta, had united.it appeared that there were teu generals of equal rank, iu the allied army, but n» head, to secure thi unity that succcmmI required. These generals met iu council, agreed that there must be a chief and proceeded to ballot for one. Each man voted for himself and there waa no election. Kpamlnondaa proponed that each voter should put two names on hto tteket. to-wit hto first and bis second choice. The result was that each general got one vote for first choice, whilst Epaminotidas got nine votes for second choice. The best possible selection was made, aud the coali tion triumphed. Analyze this method: Those gen- lerato had Jhe tiezt possible qualifications for wise I electors, with the single exception of personal bias.. This infirmity in each waa more than cancelled by | the antagonism of the other nine, retoilUug iu per- 1*1*1*. the wisest electoral college that ever sat. SI Sow if hi* Excellency should select from e*«b of the competing cities, Athens. Atlanta. Macon, etc., tho representative men of each, most minutely In-1 formed as to tbe respective advantages of their abodes, will it not bring before the joint commis sion the fullest exhibit of all the cons (derations that should Influence the choice? The choice of men away from these several points will guarantee their Ignorance of more or lea# of these mate rial couJ dttions, but will be no guaranty of impartiality! |Indeed, misinformed prejudice to worse than that which to Instructed. Fairness does not require] luutttness. _________ Bibb.m The Deadly Knife. I Mr. Sam Ward, of No. 173* Central railroad, camel to Macon yesterday morning in search of John Her rington. who to charged with having murdered Aus tin Ward, Mr. Sam Ward’* brother.* □ The facta In the tragedy aa related by Mr. Ward, [aro *a follows: | j but i rt.Ujr. Anuta Ward, John Herrington! June. Mixon. J'*-l Wkib bnrat .ml l\ D. Brtkcnm cmni. to Miron to rail cotton. Tlirjr .pent the niglu is cotton. that *ome of the |»rtlea «ere .If taking, one of them being Herrington. He uut Anatin Mr.rd got into . dispute, end then into . light. In the conrae of the dlllcttltr. Herrington drew * lutfe xml .tabbed Ward In the abdomen. Tbe wound Indicted wn a terrible ene. completely dUctubowellng the unfor- | Innate victim. The difficulty occurred near Ward’s home. He was carried to hto home aa quickly as possible, and Dr*. Thoms* and Gibson were summoned. They did what vri* possible to save his life, hot only suc ceeded in prolonging it until Sunday morning. , Spivey'* Narrow Escape. People who travel take out insurance policies against accidents on the rail, but they seldom think that they may lose their lives through agencies other than collisions and misplaced switches. But throwing rocks and shooting Into railroad train* has become a practice much too common, and people may lose their live* in either of these ways as well as in It® others. . A . Yesterday morning, while the passenger train bound from Havanuah to Macon and Atlanta was passing Brewer’s station, or No. U^.Baggage-mastar 8. W. Spivey was in the second-class coach talking to a friend. He occupied a seat altont midway the car. on the left side, hto face being turned toward the window. Perhaps a mite f orth of Brewer's, “ Ivey noticed several men collected In front of a -house near tbe track. Immediately after, one of the men fired at the train a ItU a rifle. The bul let struck the glass of the window toward which Spivey’s face was turned, passed through and skipped over hto right shoulder narrowly missing hto head. It then struck the metal work on tbe othet side of the car, aud tplintered Into a hundred pieces. Spivey waa 1 sully frightened, and thought he wu hit. He examined hto shoulder, lmt found no trace of a wound. The train waa not stepped. HU-ps will be taken to discover the perpetrator of this murderous iloed. If he be caught be should be severely punished; The Superior Court. The Superior Court convened yesterday morning at W o'clock. The juries were called aud a number of criminal cases were taken up for disposition. Owing to the absence of witnesses but one of tbe cases was tried. Louis Tigncr, colored, was cou, vlctod of larceny from the house. The grand Jury waa in session, most of tbe time being devoted to an examination of tec tax books. Eighteen prisoners are in the county jail awaiting trial. The two most important criminal cases are those of tho State vs. Orccu Rlck-n>on, and the State vs. Cicero Darby. It will be remembered that Rickerson to charged to Macon to sen couon. i ucj iuo iurhi s city, and Saturday morning disposed of their n. In the afternoon they started beck to their «, which are near No. 17 S- U is understood Herrington mode hto t for hi* arrest, and a vigorous search for him once Instituted. HMMiilataii .boat fir. f„t brack hair, dark aki-i. prominent wlilakcra. H. u .boat thirty-#™ old. H. bra * family, and waa cnyafrd to j car. eld. farmtof. ■ Accidentally Killed, | From partes who came to from Wliklnaon conaty inin-day to pmcara a coflta front Wood fc Bond, w. kata of la* accidental kmiawof Fnaklta. tbe r*.rtran..ra**dd rara of Mr. J.w. Bnrhn of WUkta-1 oklm waa ont huntio* on *,nc of the Ei-aro hand* on ■tar waa loading hi* gwa. it drarhcircd. th* I ad entarmft the u.job. Haltararad twttl yco rday ■ I «hf!:et. 1 him ot hi- anfferfn,., Friday to company wit! tkapMc*. While lira l TUTPS USE. Th® Greatcit Medical Triumph, of tho Ago! SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. IdOsaoi npprtitpf HovvpIs costive, L'nin In the hend, with a dull Hensatlon In tlio buck part* i'nlit under the shoulder- blade* Fullness nftcr eating, with ndis inclination to exertion of body or mind. Irritability of temper, Low spirits, with n. feellngof having neglected some duty, Weariness, Dizziness, Fluttering at the Heart, Dote before the eyes, llendarb© over tlio right eye, Restlessness, with flltul drenms. Highly colored L'riue, and CONSTIPATION. TUTT’S I‘ILI.5 aro especially adapted to each coxes, ono iloso effects such a change offeellngaotonstonisli the sufferer. 'il.cy Increase the .1 m»ci lt«*,wd o.m i? ti-' body to Take <»n l-’lcsh. thu# the sy«tem lv nourished,and bythsirTonic Action on the Digest! veOrunn*,ltct(iiliir£touisatu prodotvd. iTtawtt.’ir. -t I MurrayHt..ft.T. TUI rS EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA Renovate* the body, makes healthy ftate, strengthen* Urn weak, repairs the waste® ot the system with pure blood and hard muscle; tones the nervous system, invigorates tho bntin, and imnart* tee vigor of manhood. $1, Sold by druggist*. OFFICE 44 MarraySt.i New York* Administrator’s Sale. OEOBOIA. JON UK conrtr—By virtue of an or der of the Court of Ordinary of Jooee county, 1 will Mil at Urn court homradiHir In Clinton on the Unt Tneaday In January, 1KWI. the following prop erty belonging to cute of John J. Olorer. dm wed. ettoalo on the eael bank of Ociunlge. river, and knownaaOlover-eMlUa; via.; One-half Inter*.! m onethuiuand 11.0001 acre.of land. Includingthere- In the half lot*reel in one lam three-.lory flrat- claea luerohant mill; one raw mill; gin and gin hone, for public ginning; one elore-boua. for general mrrcbandjH-, Including nil tbn Axturee pertaining to aahl mill, and .United thereon; nleo one grad ferry Mtabliahed acme, raid river, and nil in good -'l*r»Uon. Al*o one etore-hoae. in. lot It Juliette, on the K*»t Tenneraee, Virginia and Georgia railroad. All n|ila propertv la within w al- r power: goad isssrtt 3L® 1 E property la owned by Dr. W. p. Olover. who deelna a grad partner to pnrebara thlatntrreat. Term*, eaah. November 1» lens. NOW IS TIIE TIMK ! Don’t Waste Your Money on Third-Class Machinery. Thousands wasted every year by not coining to Head quarters to buy Machinery. OVER, FIFTY ENGINES SOLD Come and read what tho planters say about them Wo can show the strongest certificates of tho best planters in Georgia. Tho repairs on fifty Engines aro nominally noth- ing. Tho simplest, strongest and most durable Emmies in the United States. ° M. J. HATCHER & CO. General Agents.