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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, .JANUARY JO, 188G.~fWELVE PAGES. thetexan vendetta. »n Amateur Detective Romance That May Drove to be Founded on Fact BT KEITVillD FHILF. >1— u,. foUowinn okotch the name* ot penone end wSltWhevebin stored tor obvlou. reeeone.] iCv*r<tU) 1885- THI FACT!. > n„ rhrletmae day, 1881. a UtOe over tads* I'JhlafiO 1 the body Of Mollie Brown, a colored inonthA *«0;.TT^ B m Texae. waa found "’•’.‘I'tiulsce. la the yard about a hundred feet Her bunlrr. which had been STmS***® a i.ri“ht moonlight night had been "ItaWM 1 ? lwS. b Ua°a”J r 1S»>>. annuthur col- „ "d domeatic. waa murdered under precUelyaim- U ni' l to , SetoUowlng month. Jane Credent. atUl another colored aervant. waa found hacked and nuitdaied and dead in her own room. IV On Auguet 30. little Mary Cullen'a bodv. i.'u.ted in the eatne way. vu found in a «table ? 1 i .Sue from her mothirt houae. whither ahe hadbeentlraggpdMeedlnBalltheway. The child in hereof age. Her mother, who lay in Sd with her on thS total night waa horilbly h™ .... head with an aae bnt recovered. ’ r r D l 'n^nUmb.TMcime the net t Mr,. Oracle JefTeraon. colored.lived aa man 1*3 Si ta’acabtn. Lucinda Wllaon ana Fancy “d wife in a_centn. boarfed with them. Sfl.n andwoman alept in one apartment the ^*Ihi other On the date mentioned. atnightF n* hammered into inaeneibility and morning; Oracio Lee waa taken from f* 1 *' “JmJdout of the window, dragged along bia .Ido. p™na . , >r da and had her brain, the road eerenty av^ » the tw0 girl, were beaten I^BMu out witb a to , n d when they recov- P^SJfoSSa SSld nothing about the af- in October Jennie Page, another colored ,'J.‘ .5, found dead in the naual way. and af- domestic, w». .miliar horrora. to vn*'on Chriatmae eve, l»e®. Juat one year from ' 4' ?.,,;,,,lertwo white married women were the 6 ?!.Md r4 aud dragged from their beda to the ™wide thelrhottaea. The body of one (.round, out, heavy log acroaa it Both had wlthan are. The huaband of one of !Cm w« found w'lWrtng to blood from tho ored. Perhapa thane tMordawUl lead ua to detrer- min® whn thaw arm ” mine who they i An hour or so passed in searching, end the coron- ner again came into tho little ■ ••Doctor” Iaaid, suspending the Inreatigatian of the recorda for a moment, “the newspaper declare that immediately after one of these murders a 0U8 . pected man waa traced (these are the very words) J*°® the «toble across the city to where he took a hack. The wheel marka led up to an alley back of the cabin in which the murder was committed. There back and man disappeared, la that so?" Then there must have been somebody to drive the hack. This was the fourth or fifth murder, and^of course was made public next dayr “Were the hackmen investigated, or did sny of them volunteer a statement that he, or any friend n w * — any other hackman, waa the person of hia, hired?” "The hackmen were investigated, All proved it ‘mpo.-lble that they could have been Implicated, Nobody came forward to say a word aa to hia being hundred peraonahave been ar- ” 'for these crimes, but none of them ? ,t> U!?iilield 1 Northern and Southern detectives. & toSTlSSi blcSdhoundaand all theparapher- th S!fsmlitv could devise have been used in tho SaSrSSS be murderer*. but to no pur- P"®' TUX THIOBT. • .... .aaon; -t midnlehi. leading the de> XoftblBlni'ot horror*. more frightful than Ii.mi or numw ever conjured up from ro- m'HnUcbrBln-.Ittlug there with nothing alas In my maoMc br.ln-.uu a tried to think tbl» mutter ( r ,r, T " “ .W *'“r ( aUghted ,t toentflwu .U- "i"„ the «ceno of thin remurkuhle aerie* of Tocrdd Bhanly, a New York new.peper man. had theory concerning them. So .trong bad the con- , ,,,,t (t waa the correct one grown upon mo that I felt it to be my bounden duty to teit It. “mv .tew were wme Aral bent tothoollloof tho principal new,paper in the town, whore I naked tc fee the editor. I found him acceaaible and ready crept an interview to a Northern confrere at a mX *. noth'e. A young tody, however mt at a bc.k iu another part of the room, and, glancing at her. I auggested that our interview moat be Private. The editor looked Inquiringly at me. bnt gracefully rid ol the young lady, nevertheleaa. "•I have come, Mr. ilank," Iaaidto the editor. 10 try and ,ulvo tho myitcry of there terrible “ plain at once that he took mo for a •'Well,” he au*wered, "everybody in B baa been, trying to do that for a year paaf ••I know It, hut don t ho diecouraged became thoy have failed." Well have yon any clue!" I think I have—lmtlet me aak you one qne.tion. If the- .newer ia negative my theory falla at the vory outect. and 1 tako tho next train tor Sew York" ’Do yon have mixed Juriee in yonr town?" ’Well, aome of them are very much mixed occa eionilly." he auewered, laughing. "But you mean Juries composed of both white and colored citi- ••Certainly we do.” ••For how long have you had them?” ••Why. ever since the principle of the civil rights bill waa imbedded iu the constitution of tho State." For more than five year*?” .Now, Mr. Blank,” I said 'Tam thoroughly In earnest in the belief that these dreadful mysteries can be solved. You can help me if yon will, by pre tending to employ me as an outside reporter on ysorpsiwr, so that lehsli have some apparent rea son for being here, and also can gain access to of ficials, documents, etc.” The editor thought the matter over. “Why do you not go to the chief of police?” he asked. “To the detectives?” For answer I asked him whether the police had not already announced their belief that these mur ders were the work of one man? “Yes, they have,” be replied; and upon the grounds of the similarity of recta in all the cases, aiid that every suspicious or suspected person iu about before this.” “Is that your theory, too?” •Tea.” shall have the honor of disproving it.” An hour later 1 had taken » neat room near the other, and had made the acquaintance of the re porters for tho paper, who were very Jolly and hospitable to their new coleague, aa they thought Uiuj. of course we could not talk long without getting upon the subject of the murder*. Vigilance com mittees had been formed, ward associations patroll ed the streets at night, no woman ventured out after suut'.own.and every man in B slept with a load ed revoher rca ly to hia hand. The negroes were iu an agony of terror, every one of them wearing a vouiiou charm. Thai Bight', paper said; "So there to bo theory wav but that one inhuman monater has aecriflced a life every time be wished to gratify a ghastly pas sion.' Thinking over this sentenee In my r quarters. that night, I said to myself: “Both! These murders are not committed for the sake of theft, for no property has ever been disturbed in the victims' homes. Lust, strong se It is ns a motive to crime, “ h ot pj>werful enough In thee# cases as an incen tive. There is hut one human passion develiah enough tofurulah the motive for this horrible series oferimea-reveuge. "Hut can it be poaalble that one man can enter- , iD *1®*1 feeling* of revenge against nine persons, ” n 'J apart, sonic white nnd earns colored? Ami t "till ii. 'ii* Incredible that two pontons (if ! y I Direct that more than one has en- 1 »*• ' - murders) should have precisely the »*ujc fi l ling of vetigance against precisely the earns persons, and should take precisely the earns means i»f wreaking them?” shall see. I put my revolver on the table by my side, turned down the lamp and went to sleep. The editor had promised to assist me in any l 0Uld * 1 waa not alow to aak his assistance the next morning. The first favor I asked of u me next morning. The first favor I asked of .waVf * not * introduction to the coroner. From J ,*t 1 f»*l learned of him from the reporters I had Lb'nulned to make him my only confidant ae to the real mission 1 had come on. After telling him, therefore ! asked whether I might be allowed to see he records of the office for aome few years back. *• wUlimdy complied, givingme a private room In t*> investigate them, when we were alone, did yon conduct the inquest in the case ■••l 1 lug ‘ ■8gB den,r — j.’^bt victims out of the nine were killed by the ..I IU - *•" they not?” r»«*i frontal bone crushed in. In eech case?" "Then the blow, no matter how sharp the axe, % , iir‘" rih “' ,ro " r docunr. pleare try and Ihlnk vbether tho Denton tua.te hj the axe waa deeper at one point A to any or In all caae.r' The d'K'tor reflected, II wa^ ha replied. 11 »°t deeper toward, the lower part of the ~ than toward, tha upper?” all caaaa, if f renumber aright. Bui *bat doea that pro,.?" he aakac. f th * t U >* theory of the police Uut \ /^, mar d p re are Ike work of one man la wrong. ,L«I llwbu * noticed that to aulkinga log of retei ^ tocteion la deapret at the to. axe etnkea flret. White th. beet of * W1 T really, the atrlker baa w^ other end of It two or threw .t..? l 'r" it la re tea red. Buppoainw a m,n to be -Xriir bt axe. |aa be moot necea- tk. rr^T. a bl °* ofmeh force re to cruah t“5 AojjtthjtonWon would bedewpret at iSiSrL' , I m ¥“■ « 0“ deapret in- the to!? '.r***?**** baa been at the lower nut of ^***" wh ® wteldedtheete "f hi. ,i5I? tn S5. whu * otondlng behind the head «.eT—•?*:. Thlwprorre that two nereouw at tenet toa —h-dto, th. . •'•A taame to be eo," wig the doctor, reflectlre* ■“A ^‘^^^jourpolic. u, reconrtte n!iPbBte# of blood and outrage, y b *M,«me was e white uau, ths other col- *‘Precise! v. Do you know why? Simply because this hack the auapected man took waa not a regular hack—but hia own. The hack of a white man dUw- en bv a negro; each having his revenge to wreak. Further, the newspap< m again aay. and the police corroborate it, that on another occasion a carriage waa used; that Its tracks were followed for some miles from the scene of the murder, and were found to lead back precisely to the acene of the crime. Is that sc?” “Yes.” “And that when bloodhounds were put on the track they followed the trail for some instance but suddenly were at fault?” 'Doea not that prove to your mind that the old slave methods of coufusiug the scent had been adopted, and that in all probability a colored man drove the hack?" The doctor admitted that it looked like it Turning to the records I said: that about six yearaagothe body a well known hackman, John Hmith. was found in the suburbs of your town with a bullet iu his head. Do you remember that case?" “Oh. yes, perfectly; although I waa not coroner l that limn •• at that time. "Had he ever been engaged in litigation?” “No; but he waa an important wltnoss for the prosecution in a murder trial a year or •Mr. White Johnson, a well known member of the bar.” “Your records here show that this lawyer, after the hackman's murder, waa found on a suburban highway with his head crushed in by a stone—as in the esse of Oracle Lee last year. Is that ao?” •Ye*’ 'And that shortly afterwards his father was found murdered?” “Yes.” “And then thst his brother was found murdered?” “Yes.” “In this murder trial. In which the mnnlered hackman appeared as an important witness and in which the murdered lawyer was slso a figure, what was the verdict?” “Guilty.” Was the sentence carried out?" “Yes.” "Now, doctor, can you tell me by your Jury lists* so fsr back, what was the composition of that Jury?” “Not by the lists—they are not accessible easily. But I peifectly remember the case. It was a mixed Jury—some white, some black.” “What was the criminal?” •' There were two—* white man and a colored man, equally concerned in the crime—the double crime of outrage and murder.” I shut the book, and the caroner and I walked out together. “Now, doctor,” I said after a pause, “you have lived all your life iu this town. You know every body in it Will you, without saying a word to anybody, get the uames of the persona who com posed that Jury about six years ago?” “Uf what use, my dear sir?” “I want to see whether any person, white or black, who has been a victim or these fiends dar ing the lust year waa iu any way related to any of those Jurors. The aml ible doctor waa thoroughly startled. “I see now exactly what you are driving at,” he said. “If there should have been upon that jury relatives of both colored and white victims of the re cent murders, the motive Is established.” “Precisely.” Two days passed and I did not see the coroner. In the meantime I visited the scenes of the differ ent murders, but gained nothing new from my in quiries. On tho third day 1 again went to the coro ner’s office. I found him there, pale and almost trembling. He took me silently into tho inner room and we sat down. • “You were right,” he said almost breathlessly. “In five of the cases, at all events, the persons who were murdered were related in some degree to those who served on thst jury. I have not had time to invetlgate the others, but will do ao at once." “Among these five cases Is there one of a white man?”. - ••Yes." I confess that the revelation startled me, even though I half expected it. •The next nnestion Is," I said, “who are likely to feel interested enough In this vendetta to be the in stigators of it? Naturally the relatives or friends of the men who were hanged.” The doctor nodded PVie did not. The trial had occurred a long timn ago, and he could not aav as to that. “Thun wo must find out,” 1 said. “And, depend upon it when you have located them you are not far from the aaeasslns of tho past terrible year." I Two days were spent in Investigation which had to be conducted with the utmost ?*utton. not only to prevent auspicion on the part of those of whom i we were in search, but to bailie the police, who, I with their usual fatuity, choae to consider me a WIUl lueir usual maun/, lUVW iu louniuci uau re suspicious p.non, and dogged my footsteps peril- naciouspr until I chose to elude them, which was a comparatively easy matter. On the third day the doctor triumphed. This second discovery seemed nearly to paralyse him. “If whst yon suspected is true, my dear sir,” he said, breathlessly, “it is awful—terrible?” *“You bare found them?” »*rio only one." “Whits or black?” “White.” “Precisely! He is the man who wielded the axe. The white man dominated all through. The colore 1 man'* canning baffled the bloodboundi; the white man's Intelligence befogged the police. What is is hia name?” “John Doe." “Ia he in good circumstances?” “Yes, a sort of a gentleman farmer.” ••What relation waa ha to ths man that was hanged?” “Brother." “And where la bia place! ” The doctor told me It was at a distance of some three miles. I buttoned my cost and prepared to leave. "You will not whisper* word of this?" Isaked, •until all is reads*?” “Not a word—bat where are you going?” To the rest lence of John Doe.' •Man alive!” cried the good doctor; you must not?” You will be slaughtered! Just think a mo ment! You cannot be so rash!” “My good doctor.” I replied, “I am not going there to tell Mr. Doe that he la discovered. We are sure to be even now on the wrong scent unless two things are cleared up: First—Does Mr. Doe keep a private hack? Hecond—Has he In his employ a con fidential colored man? 1 am going to Just casually fllnd out those two things. I shall see you in the morning.” I was aware, however, that the mlaeton waa a dangerous one, for I had now been In B long enough to be spotted by any who took an interne iu the arrival of a stranger. But my old reporting In stincts came to my aid. and I aet out to interview the farming people within the radius of a mils on ths prospects of ths spring crops, etc. I went to three houses, made copious notes, was kindly treated and in all of them waaaaked eagerly, the first thing, whether there waa anything new in town about the murders. Armed with my notes, I unlatched the front gate of John Doe's and walked up the stoop. The bouse stood fully hall a mile from the next. In either direction, and some distance from the road. It was neither tidy nor dirty; evidently the home of* bachelor. The man who opened the door I knew for John Doe instantly. A steely-grey-eyed man, of pow erful b lild, sallow complexion, six feet in height, slow s|>oken. with bushy standing-out black eye- •Is this Mr. Doe?” I asked. •It Is." . told him my alleged errand and ahowed him the notes I had taken at other houses. Homewhat ungraciously he pulled the door aside and bado me come in. I confess I felt* tremor as I passed the threshold. Mol another bouI waa about, and 1 vna halplaaa to tha preetnee of n man whom I belternd tha mur derer ot nine pe none to one jeer. Now and aaain. aa I waa taking mjr note#, t caught hUcoldgUttertogeyee flxed Ina rerr unsomtorD tog way cn me. But I got through all light. Be did not aak mate drink. Ha .aid nothing about anything but what I aehed him. and pneioua little about that. Amt not a *or4 about !K« MUnltn. I hade him good-lay. neither of na proitettog hia *..ng and got out aa nonchalantly aa I could, bnt '"SiDtetoMtolddono nothing to torthwiha to- Tr.tlF.tiim. Coma wbat might, I determined to ftndootwhat I wanted to know, oy wnyo» too other baton I left. Bo 1 aanaieiad down the aide SSTby toVbmua. lighted a cigar, nnd tept n watch- fnl eye orer lire tonae. I bad gone bnt thirty or forty pecan whan my heart atood atiU. aa It •eel-- 1 — — Bight before mewaea tha w hoe la of » prlrete torrt flnium to himself and to tha w - ■ — ——-—— .. to h!» own way ha waa aa rillatoona looktogaahia muter. sUentiy I tenxed—ao if thoroughly fright- with* ened at the confirmation of all my suspicions—to the high road, and was soon back in B ■ ■. No sleep that night. The next morning, all being in readiness, the coroner and I laid the whole matter before the chief of police. ‘‘But there Is co direct evidence,” said thst official. "No,” I said, “there is not But here Is a para graph concerning one of the murders, clipped horn your own local papers, which will give you direct evidence if you choose to seek it” I read as follows (which wss printed also in the New York World): “The criminals did not try to remove evidence against themselves, for Oracle Lee's lifeless fingers had a death-clutch ou a chain attached to a watch with a broken crystal, the frag ments of which were found near her body." The coroner, the editor and I, succeeded at last In convincing the chief of police that the proper thing to do waa to make a raid on the estate of itr. Johu Doe and to secure the persons of him and hia colored servant. It was done. Much to his surprise, Mr. Doe was arrested, at the same time that bis coachman was overpowered in the garden before he could utter a cry. A long and patient search resulted in the find ing of the mutilated watch in the barn where the negro had hidden it. Upon this he-the colored man. the brother of the man who waa hanged iu company with Doe's relative, confessed all; and the secret or the B murders which hsd paralyzed an entiro State waa out. A NEW YOitK BELLES BED-ROOM' IIow ( oinfortably and Composedly a Mil lionaire's Daughter Sleeps. Chicago Herald. Would you like to see how a New York belle of millionalriam sleeps? I can gratify you, so far as to describe with literal exactness the bed-room of a young woman whoso name Is printed as often as l anybody’s In the society reports. Into it I was con ducted. quite in the same matter-of-course way that the little lady of the house did everything that ahe willed, and there we found the knick-knack which we were seeking for me to criticise or admire. But I confess I bad eyes anly for the room. It was quite as interesting to me as if it had been the bower of a Princess; more so, in fact, for more per sons see behind the scenes in a Princess' life than in those of a yonng American millionaire's. The theatres endeavor to acquant the masses with th* I Interior of great mansions, palaces, and abodes of the wealthy, bnt they show us only the drawing- rooms cud dining-rooms. I suggest thst they speed ily vouchsafe to us all a view of the bedroom of a young lady of fashion. I don’t know how thoy can do it exactly, but that is for them to flud out. I never saw a more beautiful, cosy, in every way delightful place than the sleeping room of thla young princess of fashion—this eldest chihlof a fsiut slate color. The gilt bedstead was pushed against a square of plaited silk of pale gold, with slate-colored ailk bows at the corner. Just such another square of plaited silk rose to the celling above the washstand* On thst were only pitcher, I bowl, soap dish, and so on, because running water is presumed to Invite sewer gas. but all of the choicest ware. A great sheet of beveled looking- S telass, six feet high, swung on brass rods above the lour in ouo corner for the young woman to sue her whole attire in. Hhe had also a folding glass to reflect her ears, back hair and neck. There waa an open Hreplacegbeside* the hot|alr register, a dressing stand laden with pretty toilet i boxes and bottles, an ivory clock like a bird cage, I in which ivory canaries trilled sweetly as each hour began; easy chairs and a racking chair to matchi the wall paper and furniture, a pretty little prio-| dieu for the young woman to say her prayers upon as fashionably as possible, aud a wealth wf littlei elegancies, completing a general effect that was ex quisite and dainty and inviting beyond computaj tion. Opening out of this room the young million airess had another apartment, where she wrote and painted aud “worked,” ao to speak, but I did not It was while I was in her sleeping room that I no ticed that nowhere in the whole nouso during a whole day's stay had I seen a single hint of disorder —no shoes in sight, no article of clothing lying on a chair or bed, no litter of any sort—everything, in short, as neatly ordered as if I was a critic invited I to call and see the perfection of home discipline. I confess that a tiny pair of kid slippers peeping from under the edge of a bed, or a hat and pair of gloves thrown upon a cbslr, would have made tho room more interesting by connecting the maiden with it; but it was the rule of the house for such things not to be. Think of it Eight servants to wait upon four persons. The room in which the family assembled for con versation and the entertainment of company was across the hall from the parlor. It waa quite as elaborately furnished aa the parlor, but the car pets, chairs, and various apartments wore not quite so new; in tact, they were worn just enough to bo comfortable. The two front windows and one at the side commanded a general view of Fifth avenue, and I noticed while I was there that the ladiee watched what went on in the atreet with the same curiosity their poorer sisters possess; but they sat so far back from the space between the curtains that while they could see everybody, nobody conld eee them from the street. I noticed, also, that when a friend called at the honse, if either mother or daughter saw the visitor tn time she would go to the door herself before th* person hsd time to ring the bell. And I observed another thing. There must have been $10,OUO iu china, glass, bronze aud marble In this sitting room distributed over a couple of hundred little things ornamental. The members of the household would be glad to talk of any of these beautiful articles: would say whst they were, where they cam* from, snd all about them, except the price. Money and price and cost, subjects so commonly discussed by those of us who are obliged to think of such trifles, were never mentioned. The folding doors between the front room and the next room were uever drawn together while I was there. The next room waa the library walled in by bookcases of carved wood and bevelled plate glass. Th* man of the house invited me in there to smoke and read. He had daily papers, all of them, on the centre table, two or three easy chairs, a drop light and a grave fire. He went to his room when ho came in, exchanged his shoes for slippers, and his coat for a loose Jacket then flung himself In a chair, lighted a cigar, and tried to read, while eith er bis wife or bia daughter eat on an ottoman at hie feet or on the arm of the chair he oocuplod. Wealth snd happiness are said to be often strangers. These to be the happiest people Imaginable. MIDWINTER FASHIONS. Tasteful Costumes for tha Adornment of tho Fair. While the mild weather of early winter proved moet seductive to those who enjoy open air exercise, it certainly waa a drawback to in* lovers of skat- iug on Ice, and even the rinks have not beau so ex tensively patronized as in past seasons. However, this exercise has not been abandoned, fur some exceedingly handsome skating suits have Just been completed at one of our leading establishments for pleasure-loving young folks. The favorite costly materials used for thi tunic* arc seal plushes, velvets. Astrakhan and beaver cloths, which should be trimmod with ex pensive furs. But Just as stylish and becoming suits are made of fine twill Elberon velveteen, the twill-back corduroy in flne or broad stripe effects, the warm Afghan homespun or the lUchmond serge. These goods r;.p. be made up with or without deco ration. and wlil prove meat serviceable varment" for out-of door wear when the skating season ia over. A present fancy Is to have costumes In sate; that is, to have suits made for lads and lassies, of corre- hponding materials, finished with like trimmings. A Russian aet stows dibss of brown vslvsteen.wlth jacket boMered with band of seal, hst to match, while the boy's suit, also of velveteen, has coat with collar and cuffs, with cap of the fur. An exccntric tea gown Is made of red satin and a brown wool stuff. The skirt is edged with red and covered with red lace. The front Is of red satin. Another tea gown has its entire front worked in gold and brown. Tho back is of plain brown and with this is worn a brown and gold girdle. An exceedingly attractive salt is In dark gray corduroy. The skirt Is arranged in kilts, while the half-fitting Jacket has no trimming whatever ex cept the silver buttons fastening the front of the garment diagonally across. Te boy's suit is of their same kind or corduroy, with stripes a quarter of an inch wide. Among the more elegant suits U one of seal plush finished with bands of otter, the hat and cap being of real seal. These suite are worn by young folks of from twelvs to sixteen years of age. Those pleasant social events—afternoon teas— have created the demand for a distinct style of dress, which is charming for tie tndivldnvlity ; for, although presenting some of the feature* ot morn ing robes, the tea gowns are decidedly more dressy and some of them are certainly unique. The only claim these tea gowns now have to the title of undress ts because of a certain looseness of fit, for ths majority of them are brighter in color. richer tn material and more elaborately trimmed than are many of t be walking costumes. Golden brown. Gobelin, cardinal, orange, emm d* AVJ, blue and bronze are the favorite colon In plush, aud gowns In velvet or plush are usually trimmed with some one of the fashionable fun or trimming. The specimens In faille and Marveillaux are tight fitting at th* back, with ibs gathers or the skirt sewn round the points In which they terminate at the waist; either ample rnchingn or finishings of lac* or ribbon ornament the fronts. An esthetic gown of amethyst plush has front of exqlsite lac* wonderfully draped, while edges of the plash portions are bordered with chinchilla. The tea Jacket tea convenient and comfortable novelty. This garment Is after the Louie XV style, with long basque and fiat pockets, displaying hugs buhousTbut its peculiarity ia the quantity of lao% which Is placed on squats at the neck aad fella In loose folds dtrvn the front and also la square patches at the back, coming in a point at tha sleeves, which end midway between tha elbow and wrist. Soft silk petticoat* trimmed profusely with tecs ere be worn with the skirt of any drees of appropriate A Parisian model of very fine Indian cashmere is in an odd color. It is cat priors** shape and te tuned hack eu paaler In th* Louis XIV style. The front ts finished with folds if crepe de chine, while in center of dress from neck down to lower edge are double rows of lace, embroidered in roses and divided by a carious trimming formed of loops ol satin. Tho demi-traln is edged with pleat ing of the satin; standing collar also of satin aud cuffs of lace. Perhaps one of the most elaborate of these toilettes is of French blue plush and satin. The skirt is of pale blue satin, thickly covered with a rich design in uncut velvet in one of the new yel low tones. The right front of the upper garment is cut short to show tne underskirt bnt the left front falls straight and long to the point The lower edge is cut in small vaadykeg, each being tipped with a gold ornament A scarf of gold lace, appear- pearing from beneath the long left front, drapes across the short right fron v , concealing the edge. There was Lively Times on Cherry Street the Past Week. —o- The brightest light ever shown in Ilnlston Hall wan visible on the morning of the 12th, but- for the next thirty days at 1)7 CIIERHY STREET, .ilk uce finishes neck and sleeves. A most stylish tea gown is of a haudsome grade of corduroy in a rich myrtle ehade, combined with a soft surah in deep red aud finished with bands of otter fur, creating an odd and pleasing effect By far the most dainty tea gown ia a princess robe of white velvet chenille, framed witn sable, and opens on a straight plastron of tulle and lace, richly wrought with gold. THE CONVICT CAMrS. An Inconsistency to Which tho People's At tention Is Called. Lexington Echo. On our first page thla week will be found a com munlcation to the Macon Tklxoraph from a prom inent farmer and uian of fcUoorgla, and one who- kuows what he is writing about touching the con dition of certain convict camps in the State. We remember well that * few months ago Hon. James M. Smith, owner of the camp in this county, waa arraigned before the Governor and put to consider able trouble and expense because he had been charged with a disregard (?) of the law In regard to the inmates of his camp, aald charges being pre ferred by the physician to the peuitcntlary at uuve. Facta showed that Mr. Smith's camp was in a far better condition at the time than was this one. and we are led to ask why the owners of the camps near Atlanta were not likewise are ratgned? There should be consistency in all things, and more especially in the govern moot of the State and the acts of its officials, but we fall to see the consistency in arraigning one man for Imaginary wrongs and ietting another go whon it is or should be plain that real wrong and disregard of the laws, both of the State and of humanity, exist This correspondent is confident that tho bad condition of Chattahoochee Kiver Brick Company camp and the Peter's park camp baa continued for more than twelve months, and yet there has never been a •r- sIUmJ by either the penitentiary physicians or the Gov ernor or any other official with power to act. Can it be that officers given office by the votes of the people esn be thus inconsistent and partial to favorites. Surely we do not elect these |men to office to have them bring the charges of breaking the laws agalust tho meu who are not their favorites, while in truth there are no real charges to arrign them for, and let other men go I free who are really deserving of being arraignod and impeached for a disregard of tho laws? Never will a State or national government bo accorded that respect duo it, while this state of affaire exists, nor will we feel in duty bound to dotend such a government. Upon whom to lay the blame of this one inconsistency L is bard to say; but somebody surely knows where it lies, aud they should feel bound by their love of pure government and untarnished officials to toll who is to be blamed, and then It U the duty of the other officials of the State to deal with them somewhat as they wanted Mr, Smith dealt with. We cannot tolerate officers who are so prejudiced as to bring to trial an enemy upon imagined charges, and yet let friends go on in a disregard of the law. In our opinion there is but one State official who should be made accountable for the above inconsistency in office, aud that mau is Dr. J. G, Westmoreland, peniten tiary physician, a man who blushes not to perse cute those who do not bow to his every whim, nor blushes to smooth over the evils of those who are ready to obey his every wink LEGENDS OF THE SEA. Stories Tofil by buperstltloue Sailors About Gho?t1jr Ships ami Crews, Beboboth Herald. There la nothing a genuine sailor more firmly be* llevoa in than haunted ships. Every sailor who has been long at sea has* atory tc toll of the ships that he has been in when ghostly and unnatural things took place. An English !>arlr recently came into Pernaiubuco ana was immediately deserted by her entire crew. They declared that on the previous voyage, while a portion of the crow were on the upper foretopKail yard one night handling tho sail, the halyards were let go by the mate and cvegy man on the yard sbakeu off into the aea. They said that emy time they went on that yard at ntf ht to take imsail on tho voyage out to Pernambuco ghostly I sallois worked alongside of them. No threats npr promises of extra pay conld make the crew stay by i the ship, and the story spreading abroad, it was along time before the vessol got another crew. There is a story told by the sailors of a haunt ed ship which used to sail out of Liverpool. The last voyage she made aa an ordinary ship with no ghostly accompaniment. 8he had a supercargo who was a violinist. He used to take his violin aud go up into the main cross-trees, where he would sit and play, hia favorite tune being “The Girl I Left Behind Me.” On the vojage the supercargo became insane and Jumped ovi*rl»oard. Ever after that occurrence ou stormy nights, when wind and waves were high and the ship groaned and creaked as she struggled through the waves, the sailors, floundering about on the dark slippery decks, heard above the howling of the tempest the sound of a violin playing "The Girl I Lclt Behind Me" in th" main cross-trees. Not many years ago there died in a little Cape Cod town a retired sea captain. Once wben he followed the sea be came across a sinking bark off Cape Han llogiie. A gale was blowing at the time and a heavy sea waa running. Added to this night waa com ing on, and though the poor wretches begged fran tically to be taken off, the captin sailed away and left them to their fate. The memory of the doomed crew of the sinking bark, stretching their hands appeslingly and watching the ship sail away with despairing eyes and ghastly faces, lingered with the heartless captain all th* rest of hia life, and in his declining days bs frequently complained that the crew of the bark were haunting him, sod aald that some day the vessel Itself would sail into harbor and take him away. One atormy winter afternoon the old man lay on bis bed dying. Just as the ebb tide began to run be sprang up and shouted: “Don't! don't! I’ll stand by till morn ing. I’ll take yon all off!” and fell back dead. The watchers at hit beadside aald afterward that through the window which overlooked the bay they saw a bark come sailing into the, harbor at that mo ment and then vanished before the eyes. Alfonso's Black l'earl of Death. Voltaire. Amongst the presents which Don Alfonso gave to his first wife. Donna Mercedes, there was a magnif icent ring, ornamented with a large black pearl en circled with diamonds. The Queen wore it until the flay of her death. The young King, after the death of his nrst wits, presented the ring to his sister, the Infanta Pilar, who also wore It until she died. The superstitious may easily have suspected. in such a land as Hpein, that the ring itself was not wholly unconnected with the rapidly auc- Icessive deaths of the two beeutiful young ladiee who bad worn it The King would not give it to a third lady, but he wore It himself until he also died. Queen Christina, who drew the ring from the finger of the dead monarch, debated for a whllo whether ahe would herself wear it In memory of him. or would placs it among the historic family Jewels. Hh decided to take the Utter coarse. A satirical »rllow-countryman of Cervantes, in the Spanish Court is reported to have asked, “Why did not her Majesty send that rln^to lkm^Cartoar* To which another courtier repii *Tb* Pretender would have marched straight to the pawnbroker’s with It; and ao it would have failed to produce the result so desirable for Hpain.” An Enterprising, ltellabla House. Lamar, Rankin k Lamar can always be relied upon, not only to carry in stock the l**t ot every thing. but to secure the agency for such articles as have well-known merit, and are popuUr with the people, thereby sustaining the reputation of being always enterprising, aud ever reliable. Having cured the agency for the celebrated Dr. King's New Discovery tor Consumption, will sell it on a posi tive guarantee. It will sore y cure any and every affection of throat, lungs, and chest, and to show our confidence, w* Invite you to call and get a trial bottle free. Lost Faith in Physicians. Thttn we Inimomble lutance, where con, ban been effected bp BOSAUALM. toe Oml South- era remedy tor Ml diMMee of toe blood, when V*- tlcnta but been (Iren orer bjr pbjr.lclene. II le one of the beet lemediee erer offered to tot public, end jo prepered with the xrnllet ewe, ee , epeoifle for. rerun, die.uce. TB< UOBABALI8 fortUdieordem | impure blood. II U Indoteed hff lead- well M bp eminent pbpel- cUne wid other*. Try it. end be cured. Lyons <fc Cline, The Leaders and Controllers, will continue to throw their red hot bargains to the trade with meh force that competi tion will continue in their bewildered condition and wonder how Lyons & (Pine can Sell Their Goods so Cheap Well, it’s juat as we said laat week—thUia our clearance uale before taking stock, and same will continue for the next thirty days. When we advertise goods at cost, we mean what they will coat the customer, end not what they coat Lyona ft Clino in New York. We are eelling Dress Flannels at 76c. that cost 90c. in New York, original price $1—64 inches wide. LYONS & CLINE are sellings line of Diagonal Drest Goods at 60c., coat in New York 67c., original price, 69c. LYONS & CLINE have made the same sweeping redaction in their whole Drees Goods Department. For instance, we will offer to-morrow morning a Blarny Cloth or Homespun Dress Goods, 61 inches wide, at 50c., former price 87), cost in Now York 75c. per yard. Our whole Btock of LADIES’ COVERINGS awsy below New York cost Our liLANKET STOCK at and below New York oosk THE ENORMOUS BUSINESS we are doing proves that the people realize that LYONS ft CLINE are lower than any competitor. The reason we sacrifice goods at this season of the year is because we don't care to cany over any from one season to another, and another very essential reason is that wo have more goods than money, and what we want just about now is exactly the opposite —more money than goods. So LYONS & CLINE have too many goods and must unload, as business is sorter np-hill this time of the year; people are not going to buy unless yon offer them big inducements. Well, on o'ir winter stock we don't expect to realize Now York cost; if wu get 90o. on the dollar, possibly not more than 75o.; bnt even at 75e. we aro satisfiiod to lot our winter goods slide, as we consider it more profitable to LYONS ft CLINE than to carry them over to another season. ISTEN TO WHAT WE WHISPER ! Oar line of Combination Suits at $6.60. cost in New York $9, original price, $10 Oar line of Combination Suits at $8.60, cost in New York $10, original price, $1..60. Our line of Combination Suits at $9.60, coflt in New York $14, original price, $16.60. Every Department Meets the Same Fate ! 160 pieces of Red and White Flannel at New Y’ork cost, not Including cost of freight. 75 piooes of Opera Flannels in plain and bosket, at New York cost. 96 pieces of Canton Flannels. Will sell you a heavy Canton Flannel at 5o. Something better at 6) nnd 8o., and very heavy at 10c. per yard. 57 pieces of heavy Cloakingat a reduction of 26 per cent, below New Y’ork cost. Our iine of Gents's fine Cessimeree wo will offer at a big reduction. Well, the cold weather has reached these ports and our atock of Lodiea', Gentlemens and Children's UNDER "W E A. 33. a in season, end our prices are reduced to meet the times. LYONS & CLINE carry the best stock of Towels, Napkins and Table Linena In Middle Georgia, and our prices are bottom. LYONS & CLINE will offer you carpets now at such prices that a little money will buy a good Carpet. Our 60c. Carpet reduced to 37)a. Our 40c. Carpet reduced to 30c. Our 30c. Carpet reduced to 20c. Our sole will continue for 30 days, and all goods will be offered at and away below New York cost, AT 97 CHERRY STREET, MACON, GA. Lyons <& Cline, The Leaders and Controllers 5 MACON, - - GEORGIA. GROCERIES' The undenigned have opened a large and complete stock of Grocriea at Third Street, and respectfully invite all in need of Supplies, to call on teem hofore purchasing elsewhere. The stock includes all the staples used by farmers, and has been selected with special reference to their wants. It has been marked at PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES, and planters will find it to their interest to consult them. WHIG HT & HILL. janl7dltftw6m 121 Third Street. Money for Farmers. A farmer who knows wbat farmers need, comes to the rescue. The great question is labor and fertilizers. TIIE MERCER CULTIVATOR settles the labor ques tion. It bars off and dirts up tho cotton at ono furrow to the row, doing four times aa much work sa the old way. Try it, and if not satisfied, your money will be refunded. Price, $1(1.00. STANDARD FERTILIZERS at from 10 to 20 per cent, less than you have ever bought them. Tho Soluble Pacific is eiqiecially recommended. Acid Phosphates and Kaimt in any quantity, llohlce th. above A. U. SMALL keepa on hand at all times, one of the best selected stocks ot GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS in this market, such aa Paeon and Rulk meats. Flour, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, Tobacco, Salt, Potatoes, Mackerel, White Fish, Cheese, etc., for cash oron time. A large lotofTexas Heed Oats; also a large lot of Georgia Cane Hyrnp, I mean business. Don't fail to send (your orders, or call in person on A. B. SMALL, decl8demftw4m 141 snd 143 Third street, Macon, Ga. GUANO! Plow Brand Guano, Reliance Guano, XX Acid Phosphate (imported). The old and popular brands. For sale by YVALTON & W HANN, Macon, Ga. FACTORY, WtLMINGTON, DEL. janl0in,tuftthnftw2m