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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, JANUARY 20. 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
OVER THE STATE. 1 '
ThomasviUe’s new council will be induct*
ed into office to-night.
The new passenger depot at Thomasville
will b# ready this week.
Brunswick is now connected with St.
Simon's Island by telephone.
The Savannah Tumvorien will give a
masquerade ball on the fifteenth of next
month.
The Dahlonega Signal learns that twenty-
five deer were killed in that section during
the cold spell.
Ty Ty's new conncil has been installed in
office, and have elected T. It. Terry clerk
and treasurer, and W. E. Greer marshal.
A timely discovery of a fire in the back
veranda of Dr. .1. W, Cook’s residence one
night last week saved Franklin a costly
fire.
The report that the Georgia Military
Academy at Savannah would close at tho
end of the present session turns out to be
unfounded.
J. E. Satterfield, living four miles fruin
Dahlonega, killed a wild turkey Tuesday
that weighed twenty-two pounds. The
heard of the turkey measured eleven inches
long.
The little daughter of Thomas Holder, in
Lumpkin, fell into an old well recently.
There was no water in the wt-U, hut the
child sank to her knees in mud. A rope
and basket soon brought her out.
The sale of the Mallottc lots Tuesday
showed that the people of Thoinasvillehuvo
faith in Thomasville dirt. Two years ago
Mr. Mallette bought the property for $200
per acre, and the price realized Tuesday
was about $(>00. Sixteen lots in gill were
sold.
At Conyers, Friday, J. H. and M. Almand
sold their stock of goods, etc., to Lnag-
ford, Tucker & Co., and will discontinue
business. They occupied the same block
of buildings. Langford, Tucker .t Co. will
connect their new purchase with the com
modious stores they now oocupy by cut
ting a door through the wall which now
separates them.
The late Judge Upson, of Oglethorpe
county, was systematic up to the last, lie
only permitted Dr. Faust, the attending
physician, to visit him at certain hours. It
is thought the judge's estate will be worth
$50,000 or $75,000. He has but one child,
the wife of ex-Lieut. Gov. Sims, of Missis
sippi, who was with her futher at the time
ot his death.
A Tougli Allgatnr Story.
We aro reliably informed that, on Tues
day of last week, about the coldest day in
this section for the last century, Mr. Ed.
Oliver, residing about twelve miles above
this place, went out to hunt some of bis
hogs, taking u negro boy with him. After
rambling about for some time, they came
to a pond and crossing it on the ice, they
discovered on the edgo n considerable pile
of leaves and straw, rather peculiarly heaped
together; proenringa pole they proceeded t >
poke it into the mass, to find out wind
could be its occupant, when, to their utter
astonishment, out jumped a huge alligator
which attacked them futiously, putting
them to fight. Mr. Oliver took to hisheels
across the pond on tho ice with the mon
ster in hot pursuit, but he did not go fnr
before a slip up on the ice brought him flat,
and the dreaded reptile was upon him. He
thought his time had certainly come, but in
hia desperation he seized his formidable
foe by the npper and lower jaws and held
its month open nntil tho negro came np
and put a stick in it, tints propping its jaws
anart, and rendering it helpless. They
Alien proceeded to exterminate his gator-
ship, which was soon accomplished. It
measured something over six feet in length.
—Sylviuiia Telephone.
Killed bys Follow Block.
Ikdiak Spring, Jannnry 20.—Yesterday
evening, whilo Mr. William Moore was en
gaged in pioklng cotton at the old Tanner
place, four miles from this plnco, the follow
block fell npon him, killing him almost in
stantly. Ho died before a physician could
bo procured. Mr. Moore was the son of
Jacinth Moore, Esq., wits twenty years old,
and was a most industrious young man.
A Fire In Msmlersvltle.
Sandersyii.t.r, January 19.—Oar cltl
xens are awe-stricken this morning at our
narrow escape from a sweeping conflagra
tion last night. Mr. Isadora Newman ha i a
bed-room over the confectionery store of
E. W. McCarty, and jnst before retiring
last night, about 9:30 o’clock while standing
on the pavement in frort ot the building
conversing with Mr. Maurice Coben, the
latter discovered through a small aperture
in the shutter, lhat there was a light in
McCarty's store, which aroused the suspi
cions of something wrong, ss all tho busi
ness houses ot the town were closed except
’Walker's bar. They at once started to Mr.
McCarty's bouse to apprise him of their dis
cowry, but just before reaching Walker >
bar they met Marshal Weddon, to whom
they told their suspicions.
While talking Mr. McCarty oame out of
the bar and started toward homo when Mr.
’ Cohen followed and overtook him, and
told him there was a light in bis store, to
-which McCarty replied that he gncaaed not
as be hod been the lost man in the stole,
that he had cooked some sausage there and
carefully extinguished the Arc. Mr. Cohen
surprised at hia indifference inaiated on hia
returning to ascertain the nnture of the
light, but he refused and finnlly gave Cohen
bis key. Whereupon Mr. Cohen, Mr. New
man and Capt. Weddon hastened to the
store, and found thut the light emanated
from a carefully prepared plan to hnrn the
building and the town. About middle way
the atora, a few inches from the
wall, stood a quart oyster can, in which a
candle had been fixed and tho can filled
with kerosene. A handful of lightwood
splinters stood with one end on tho can and
the other against the wall where the plas
tering had been knocked oft, and the l>are
laths offered a tempting monel to the
flame*. When reached the candle had
burned within a half inch of the surface of
the oil and the flames had drawn the pitch
from the lightwood. Ten minutes more
delay and the fire department of New York
could not have saved the town. Mr.
McCarty was fonnd at his residence, and.
after considerable resistance, was arrested
and lodged first in the calaboose, from
-whence the mayor, for prndential reasons,
had him removed to the county jail.
McCarty's store stands about midway of
a wooden range of fourteen stores, all occu
pied, and the range forma the east side of
the public square, and at either end is
separated from other ranges by narrow
streets, so that had the flames gotten under
way not a business bouse could have been
saved, and the Gilmore Honse, Kandt-rsviUe
Hotel, Mercury office, residences of M.
Happ, C. R. Pringle, E. A. Sullivan, W. A.
McCarty and many others, would have but
served to increase and spread the fearful
flames.
The ateaimhtp Hunlh Uubrt« Ujr at Se arport
Jtewi the other day. near the ipot where the ►!< «>j •
of-war Cumberland wae aunk by the iron-l*akcd
Merrimac in 1862. When onlem were given K t-t
tb« vessel under way one of the anchore re fared to
come op. and all the power available wae put Into
wae. Mur and pulling for toot time, tin*
* * what eeemed to be a beery spar appeared
It came In contact with the •teemer, wae dux-nun
glad from the anchor and floated away. The cap
tain of the etearner ia quite certain that the bow
pprlt wae ton from the sunken Cumberland.
A chicken with a braea pin in ita craw waa recen
ly killed in Oreeneborc.
There are two thousand bale* of cotton in Putnam
county not yet marketed.
lliahop Beckwith will deliver a aermonln Greene-
boro the flrat Sunday in February.
Lauren* Superior Court aeta to-morrow at Dublin.
Judge Charles C. Kibbee presiding.
A hog belonging to John W. Wright, at Greens
boro, went mad last Tuesday. He waa shot
A movement la on foot by the citizens of Stock-
bridge to build a two thousand dollar hotel there.
During a cold apell a couple climbed to the top of
a enow-covered mountain in Gilmer county and
there were married.
W. H. Wllhoite, a large grain dealer of 8helby-
ville, Tenn., ha* told out hie business and will
locate in Adainville.
P* B. Monk hae sold out hie mercant ile intercut
in Montezuma, and la now effecting a settlement
with hie creditors. Nominal assets about $1,000,
and liabilities $1,600.
A n**gro woman on Dr. Cogburn’s plantation in
Putuam county was attacked with convulsions while
getting water from a spring on Wednesday, and fell
in the branch and was drowned.
The Montezuma Male and Female Institute,
under the control of Professor K. C. Mercy, opened
it* spring term with very flattering prospects,
About seventy pupils are now eurolled.
W. H. Ledford and Ben Roger, of Eltjay, killed a
wild cat on Cobutto mountain during the liwt snow
that was as large as a common dog. Its feet were
three and a half inches wide across the bottom.
While John Jaclison was having his commltal
trial in Cartersville Thursday, for retailing liquor
without license, be grabbed a bystander's bat and
bolting through the door made good his escape.
Thomas ton Times: A. Boyt, the popular and
laughing bailiff, whose presence assisted lu giving
dignity to the court this week, is the happy father
of eighteen children, fifteen of whom are living.
A Macon party composed of Captain J. E. Mal
lory, Dr. Baxter, Mr. Tracey Baxter and Captain
Marsh Johnson, lias been in McVille for tho past
few days with their dogs and guns bird bunting,
with satisfactory results.
Uev. J. J. Ausley, of the Methodist church at
Eastman, and Miss Lula Barnes, of Harris county,
who were married this week, are now at the parson
age, which the ladies of Kastman put in line con*
dition for their reception.
The new steamer Montezuma has at last been
completed. The government inspector of ma
chinery is in Montezuma and will test the capacity
of the engine, on Monday morning she will be
loaded with freight and start on her first trip to
Drayton, Gum creek and Warwick.
A short-haml reporter and bookkeeper nrmed
itzgerald went to Elberton a few days ago and
wrote an insulting postal curd to Mr. L. O. II. Mar
tin, concerning his wife. Mr. Martin eaught Fitz
gerald and gave him an unmerciful basting with s
kory stick and told him to leave, which he did.
This is undoubtedly the toughest month in the
„ ur on country* newspaper men,—Covington Enter
prise. How ahont February and March, and April,
aud May. and June, and July, ami August, and Hep-
tern her, ami October,and November, and December?
All of 'em have been lough on us,—Henry County
Weekly.
In Havannah, Friday night Percy Sibley, an eigli-
teen-year-old boy, stabbed his father, Joseph B.
Bibley, a cotton shipper, who had corrected his
onng sister for some act of mischief. Young Rib-
i-y ran after he had made the thrust, but was flually
aptured and locked up. The wound la imt neces
sarily fatal.
A Carroll county calf saw the corner of a roll of
greenbacks sticking out of Its oumer's vest pocket
the other day. A short time afterward he saw tho
calf munching a ten-dollar bill, and feeling In his
pocket discovered thata ten and live dollar hill waa
UilHslng. The calf was killed and the five dollar
ill recovered, but the ten had been chowod into
doll rags.
Boveral years ago a certain clerk In Eaton ton. be
ing drunk, went Into the cellar of the store to sleep
during the day. At night the proprietor charged
him up to five dollars for sforago and lost time. An
other merchant, on a like occasion, made a similar
chargo against liis clerk. The next day tho clerk
was sober, and at night he went to tho ledger aud
credited his account with $5 for being sober one
The Eastman Times suggests tho appointment of
JUMBLE.
THX ItED-HAIRED OIRI..
Wk know that ber nature la fiery.
We know that her temper is quick.
But when abe'a in love she's in earne .t.
And lovea “like a thousand of brick."
Our Eastern quail refuses to acclimatize in Great
Britain, but the California quail is to be seen on
several English estates.
The loss of 600,000 bugs by fire is one of the most
curious of recent casualties. They belonged to
Buettner, the lows naturalist
Missouri's ex« client financial credit is attested
by the recent sale of a large block of 3y % per cent.
State bonds at about 2 per cent premium.
The Pittsburg central hoard of public schools has
Just decided that the.r will not adopt manual train
ing as a feature of common school education.
The most valuable postage stamp known to col
lectors is said to be one issued by the postmaster
at Brattlebore, Vt., in 1847, which waa suppressed
after a few weeks. A specimen ts now worth f Guo
or $800. •
Bx it non found s bootmaker in the days of adver
sity who was so inspired with belief in his genius
that he made boots tor the author fur six years on
credit, aud now claims credit fur having kept him
on his feet.
The perversity of human affairs is illustrated In
the caso of Major Greely. The man who, eighteen
months ago, was dining off his old boots with relish
is now surfeited at banquets of sixteen courses,
with a dozen kinds of wine.
California has been having a remarkable rainy
season, though It will not compare with that of
1849. In November over eleven inches of water
fell, half the total rainfall for tho wet season,
which in California lasts six months.
HOvkb 2.7UO notices have bean sent to New York
saloon keepers, directing them to use porcelain
lined iron faucets in drawing beer and ale instead
of the bputH or lead ones, which were condemned
by the health board some time ago.
The Toledo Blade says the natural gaa craze is
dying out in many places, after thousands uf dol
lars have been squandered in the vain search. It
Is intimated that not one well out of seven has
proved a success in northwestern Ohio.
PoutKit, the noted burglar, who haa Just been ar
retted at New York, seems to have been quite a
dude. In his trunks were found soveral very
fashionable suits of clothing, including a full-dress
suit, gloves of every color, silk underwear and fancy-
apparel.
Don* In New York have "governor*," who
said to be as necessary as a governess to a child.
The governor attends to diet, grooming and weigh
ing, and accompanies bis charge once a week to a
physician. Tho governor is generally a smart young
darky, and the cost of his services is more than
that for a governess who can teach French and
music.
Hkuhkut Bkecmkb, son of Henry Ward Beecher,
whom President Cleveland appointed collector st
Portland, Oregon, last year, has Just seized $4f» 000
worth of opium, contained in fourteen barrels la
beled furs, which were landed by tho steamer
Idaho at Knasati Bay. The fees for this vigilant
aud energetic piece of work will amount to about
TELEGRAPH BY-PLAY.
IIASHINSKY WANTS DAMAGES.
! Roosevelt prefers the cowboy of the
committee composed of Hons. Walter T. Me
Arthur, Johu MclUeand John A. Morris, of Mont
gomery county; Hons. Tom Smith, M. N. McRae
and Tom Eason, of Telfair county, and Hons.
Henry M. Burch, John M. Stubbs and Rev. W. H.
Ramsey, of Laurens couuty, aud iiona. Wm. Pitt
Eastman, A. N. Bexton, E. U. Bacon, James
llobamon and Nicholas Rawlins, of Dodgo county.
BAGGING A MURDERER.
1 Splendid Specimen of Manhood and r
Desperate Character.
At 0 o'clock last night Lieutenant Twiggs, tho
officer on duty for the night at police headquarters,
received a telegram from Conductor Armstrong, of
the Augusta aud Knoxville railroad, dated at Green
wood, and saying: "Meet Knoxville train at Kay's
Creek crossing at 9:30 o'clock. Bishop, murderer
of Turner, on board.”
The time was short and the gatno waa big.
Lieutenant Twlgga set out at once for the place of
n...it t 1 , .'..tzu-lr #tisi (*•■**■ 1 * * * * * *
meeting. At 11 o'clock the train had not yet arrived,
and after waiting m long as possible, Lieutenant
Twiggs retraced Ills steps to police headquarters,
where he had to call tne roll at 12 o'clock for the
change of men on the relief. He left Private Ban
ders, however, with full instructions to board tbc
train, effect the arrest, tie bis prisoner and conduct
him to headquarters, cautioning him to keep his
eyes skinned and not let Bishop get the drop on
Dim, as he was a desperate character.
HhortlX before midnight the headlight flashed In
sight and two minutes later Private Hauders boarded
the train. A hurried interview with the conductor
followed, and as the train passed the Hibley mills
IlUbop was suddenly confronted by the o*ficer of
the law, amply prepared to carry out ita nuudate.
In a abort time be was hound with the bell cord,
and was soon ou the way to pol'ct headquarters
where Lieut. Twigg waa impatiently waiting the re
sult of the expedltibn. Bishop was identified b;
certain scars on hia chin, shoulder aud hand, am
did not further deny his Identity.
Last November Bishop, who Is a well known and
desperate man In his couuty, was fiued by the
h. (*. * *—* *
$25,000.
Thk.oim
West to tho Indian. He says: "I don’t,
to think that the only good Indians are the dead In
dians, but I believe nino out of every ten are, aud I
shouldn’t liko to inquire too closely into the caso of
tho tenth.”
According to the New York Iron Ago, the South
has no coking coal equal to the Pennsylvania arti
cle, and huuce will always be at a disadvantage in
smelting Iron, but Btate Geologist Proctor, of Ken
tucky, reports plenty of coking coal fully equal to
the Connellsville article.
BA nF.MARKAiii.F. explosion which occurred in Ger
many shows the force possessed by dnat. A i*ack
of flour, falling down stairs, opened and scattered
the contents in a clovd through the lower room,
where a burning gas flame set fire to tho dust,
causing an explosion which lifted a part of the roof
of the mill and broke almost all the windows.
Many curious coins and other interesting objects
have been discovered in tearing down somo old
bulldiugs in Charter street, Boston. Home of the
coins dato back to tho thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries. A collection of silver plate hearing u
coat of arms was found buried under the baso of
one of the chimneys, it having probably been hid
den there by tbe owner during the occupation of
Boston by tho British, _ _
A Buffalo genius, George Mann by namo, has
invented a device for keeping tho bottom of steam
boats constantly oiled, whereby tbe speed will be
accelerated "by running on an oily track, making
her water displacement tnut much cosier, aa It l»
continuous, largely diminishing her friction. At
the same time in rough woathcr tho sea is being
calmed down by the oil application, which will
prove to be a great help of Itself to give her extra
Signor Martini, one of the largest ownerw of
house property in the city of Gonoa, bad a feeling
of gratitude to his tenants, who, by their regular
ity of payment, had euabled him to spend his de-
lining years in comfort When his will was opened
t was discovered that tbe old gontleman had in
structed his executors that all his teuants, rich aud
poor, tualo and female, wore to reside rent free In
tho houses then occupied by them, if they desired
», as long as thoy lived.
town conncil of Black's, S. 0„ for some local of]
Ifense, He was greatly enraged at tbe fine, aud in
dulged In seme severe language, cursing the coun
cil, the town marshal, and everybody else who Uadi
been instrumental in hi* arrest and trial. Marshal
Turner remonstrated with him, but to no purpo*e,[
and while walking up to Uishop was shot and killed.!
Before falling he drew his pistol aud fired several
shots, inflicting the wounds upon Bishop which
now settle his Identity. Bishop eluded arrest,!
however, and though ffiOO reward has been offered
for him, he had up to last night escaped detection
Yesterday he waa la Waterloo, 8. CJ
where he waa recotmixtod by a Mr!
Hpelght*. a cotton buyer, who had!
known him before the murder. lie overheard
Bishop purchase a ticket to Augusta, and he did the
same aud boarded tho train with him. He told
Conductor Armstrong whom he had for a passenger,
aud when Greenwood waa reached a telegram was
sent to the chief of police at Augusta. When Con
ductor Armstrong took up Bishop's ticket, he said.
| "Call out May ville station, please 1 wish to get out
aud not go into the city." This confirmed Conduce
tnr Armstrong in *h«t he w»s the fuwiti«»
murderer, and though he agreed to do as requested
I he at once determined npon a different courses
When Mayvlllo was reached he ran through at full
speed, making no announcement, and not uutil the
outskirts of tbe city were reached and policeman j
|Banders confronted him, did Bishop realize that ‘
[had been tricked.
I Mr. Bishop is a magnificent specimen of mau-L
hood, standing six feet three inches lu height, and
weighing 23ft pounds, lie has a fine face, a splen
did eye and Is as cool and collected as the genuine
desperado, lie says he will go to Carolina without I
a requisition and stand his trial, as he waa Justified
in shooting Turner.—Augusta Chronicle,
A BATCH OF ITEMS
From Americas—Court News—A Military
Company Disbands—Failures, Ac.
Iamekkts, Ga., January 23.—The civil docket^^
Rurnter Superior Court was completed before Judge
|Himmons this week. There were no esses of gen
eral Interest to the public tried. Judge Himroons |
| won tbe nralsesaud admiration of everyone
his "strictly business” method of clearing
docket and disposing of business generally. I I
was tendered a reception at the residence of CoL
W. A. Hawkins Thursday evening, which was at
tended by the local bar and quite a number of other
iuvite.l guests.
Next week the criminal docket will tie taken up
OVER THE SOUTH.
The Mlasea Mason, of Boston, have given $7,000
a school at Tuakegee, Ala.
Tho Charleston cotton seed oil milla have tided
over their embarrassment and have resumed opera
tions.
Opelika will soon have a National Bank, applies
tion having been made to Washington for the neces
sary papers.
ie-hundred ton Iron furnace is to be erected
at Sheffield, Ala., the necessary capital having been
subscribed.
Wallace Hrnith killed a hairy seal on Brant
Island. Beaufort county. N. C„ 3,>, feet long. The
**1 weighed fifty pounds, and yielded a gallon and
half of oil.
During the past two weeks over five hundred col-
oredfmen from the Carolina have passed through
Havannah to engage on tho turpentine farms of
Bouth Georgia.
The people of Charleston let more than 3,000,000
gallons of water run to waste during the freeze last
week. Repairs to bunted pipes will amount to
$12,000 or more.
The gold mines In Nash county. N. C., are being
very actively operated now, and we understand
pan out very well. The Pot Us mine la said to be
making $100 per day.
The Mutual Helf Endowment, which brought grief
to so many credulous gudgeons throughout Georgia,
was reorganized under the old charter at Greenville,
8. C„ on Saturday last.
George Chamber*, colored, shot Pat Riley, a pe.l-
dim, in tbe head last week st Riverton, fur refusing
to pay two days' board bill. Chambers escaped.
Riley will probably die.
Dieus far bigamy. 1 visited Dieus in hia cell
Thursday last He is bright and cheerful, and U
quite confidci.t of acquitul wheu his case is tried
again.
Baty Hayes, the Stews: t county higambt, con
fasted hi* guilt before uudUpuubkr evidence, aud
was sent back manacled to Lumpkin yesterday for
trial.
The Americas Light Infantry, our only local mili
tary cont)NU>y, disbanded this week. The com|>any
has been iu a weak condition for some time, lx-ing
held together by a gallant few, who tried to >»i*
life into it. but to no purpuse.
Th- citizens of this place were much surprised
I tater>!ay to team that the well-known grocery
o we of Wooten and Ford was eh.tarraMN-1. Th* ir
stock and amato are worth ah. .it r'J.uii, while th* ir
liabilities are only about $4.m*j They have asked
an extension ot their creditors, which. If granted,
will enable them to pull through ell right.
President Hawkins fiMtdmil a small party of
Northern rapitolUt* a free ride over ht« n>s<l yes
terday. Th»y expressed theta selves as much
pleased w ith this section of country, and especially
of that through which the Americas, Preston sod
Lumpkin runs.
car propulsion. It proposes to harm
niug to the new line up Capitol hill.
Bo large a portion of tbs popu’aUon of Texas la
made up of Anglo-Americans, Germans, Hpanit*h
and Bohemians that the Governor’s mexsaces si *
tU« Btate laws are printed In their four language*.
The Jacksonville Herald of Friday lart says: "C
enge groves are worth as much iu Florida to-day
as they were a mouth ago. We have heard a hun
dred owners say they would not tell for a dol'ar
less.
An aged man named Jeeae Evans, who livfla in tbe
upper |K>rtiou of Marion county. Tenn.. waa shot
through tbe face Thursday morning by hia sou-in
law, Richard YandegritT The shooting grew out of
Vandegriff abusing hit wife.
The editor of the LaFayette (Ala.) Bun exys he
can’t run a paper on •• rotten potatoes,” aud all of
tho r sub'cribcr* who have been bringing h‘m in
rotten potatoes In payment for anbicription may
as well consider their uamea dropped from tb
Hat
Opelika. Clanton, Troy, Andalusia and Greenville
AlaiMuua. have all gone "dry,” and the prohibition
lets o' the black belt are, as a consequence, greatly
enthused. It Is admitted on all sides that tbe pro
hibition movement Is making rapid headway In
Alabama.
A few daye ago a pack of dogs, belonging to
Paul Bcheusler, attacked a lid na-ned Lucioua
Montgomery on the streets of Binnl lgbarn. and
hurt him so he could hardly get home, and is st ll
lame. The bo> e father has sued bchueiterin the
City Court for $3,0uu damages.
The Texas Siftings is responsible for the
following: “One ot the judges of the Ha
praaie Court of Texas happened to be trav
eling in England. In Londop be made the
aqqmiintonre of one of tbc meat intelligent
lawyer* of that city. After the tnan 1 r in
Texas had answered several question* the
E iglishman asked: ‘Where do you reside?’
‘In Texas.' ‘And what i, your occupation?'
‘I am one of tho Hapremo Court judges.
‘Oh, y. a; I've read a great deal about you.
Your name is Lynch. i« it not?’ ”
New Youk auctioneer* have Hold several
case* of okl sabres, rifle*, bayonet* and
other small arm*. They were picked up on
battlefield* in the South during the war
and sold to the manufacture™ who mode
them. Among the lot were many aword-
bajmneta and canteen*, liuflet hole* were
it- the lea b r belt* and dent* in theawordo.
Tney were sold to a Brooklyn junk dea'er
for two or three ccnta apiece.
Sunday night and not a star in the sky.
Dork, gloomy and cold, and the stillness of
a graveyard reigns over the city. The
churches put out no beacons, tbe business
marts are closed, and the people are circled
around firesides glad enough that it is Sun
day night and that business does not call
them away from home.
Up in the third Btory the printers are at
work marshalling the type into lines for
the people to read on the morrow. D->wn
stairs a bright fire glows and sings in the
sanctum. The night owl is perched at his
table, and through his spectacles looks upon
a scrap of pink-tinted paper on which are
the words:
“Ed Van is dead—write his obituary."
The pink tinted paper is effeminate, and
hence it came from a lady, and the writing
was the work of fair hands. The first four
words tell a bit of news, and the owl is
glad of the item even if poor Ed Van is
dead. But who is Ed Van? The other
three words form a request often made to
newspaper men; but what can he said of
Ed Van, when the bit of pink tinted paper
is silent os to bis age, date of death, cause
of death, or his many virtues. Of course
he had many virtues, for what dead man
has not.
Was Ed Van a rising young man with
brilliant future before him, and was he
cut down in the flower of his youth? Was
he an upright and intelligent citizen re
moved from a sphere of usefulness in the
prime of his manhood? Was he one of the
venerable landmarks who slowly passed
out of existence? or was he a prattling
babe, pitched from the earth to bloom
eternal on the golden shore? YVas he kind
and generous to a fault; did he practice
pence and good will toward meu; did he
lend a helping hand to the poor and could
always he fonnd at the bedside of tbe Bick
and dying? Did he take a lively interest
in the welfare of his native city; was he al
ways on the side of the oppressed, and did
he die iu the full hope of a blessed immor
tality?
if so, how did he? Did he climb the
golden stair with mutlled footsteps, pass
calmly away, or did ho die with a struggle?
Did insidious disease gnaw into his vitals
and sap the iron constitution, or did he de
part without n moment's warning? Was
ic run over by a train and his body fright
fully mangled almost beyond identification,
r did he get bis arm caught iu a gin? Did
leaiien messenger of death enter just be
low the heart and lodge iu the subclaviaD
artery, shattering the clavicle? D d he
monkey with a gun that he didn't know
was loaded, or did he blow out the gas?
Dili ho swallow cobalt or rough on rats, or
did he simply die?
If so, how old was he? Washeoldonough
to know better, was he bom since the war,
or did he come here when the town was a
howling wilderness and when railroads
and telegraph lines were unknown?
If so, did ho serve with gallantry in the
late war and was promoted to a colonelsy al
the first battle of Manassas? Did he li a l a
charge at Chancellorsville and with blood
oozing from a dozen sabre wounds rally his
desperate command and capture the ene-
m's works?
If so, was he married and leaves a widow
and several interesting children to mourn
his untimely loss? Or was he single and
wore shout his nook a locket which con
tained the portrait of his one fair lady?
If so, where was he buried, and who were
tho pail-bearers? Was he laid to rest in a
metallic caso or in a simple, unpretentious
coffin, and did tho sod fall npon it with a
dull thud?
It was necessary for the owl to know all
these things, else how could he write the
obituary. It made really very little differ
ence whether he was as wicked as Old Niek
or as good as Henry Ward Beecher, juat so
the dute* and age were correct. If the good
Lord read and believed all the obituaries,
instead of keeping a record ot man's doings
here below, would not Sutan ask for a re
ceivcr to-morrow?
And these were the questions that Bprung
np shout the owl as he fumbled over anc
over again the scrap of pink-tinted paper.
Ed Van was dead, that was certain, but
who the deuce was Ed Van? A look into
tho directory revealed no such citizen; pa
tient inquiry among the printers developed
no such man. Then Ed Van innst be n
stranger. “I know what I'll do,” thought
the owl, and up into the third story wont a
message through the speaking tube to the
foreman; “Lend me your cub for aminnte.”
A boy with a bright face and an ink
splotch on hi* noso opens tho sanctum
door. “Take this to Miss Blank,” said the
owl a* he put into tbe boy’* hand* a piece
of paper, on which was written, “Who i*
Ed Van?” The boy Cart* into tbe cold
ami darkness. The owl wheels around
in his chair and gaze* abstractedly into the
fire.
Presently the boy returns with another
hit of pink-tinted paper. It matche* the
jlece with Ed Van's death notice on it, and
ihe owl seizes it and reads: “Ed Van was
my bantam rooster.”
The pink tinted paper drops to tbe floor.
The owl throws on a shovelful of coal, aud
writes: “He was a good rooster; his faults
were few, his virtues many. He died
be had lived, at peace with the world."
YVbat more could be written about
little bit of a white rooster?
Suit Aralnut M. NuMb ium £ Co. to Recov
er Twenty Thoumiul Dollar*.
It will be remembered by tbe reader* of the
Telegraph that In November 1884, 1. Basblnaky, or
Cochran, failed in business. Out of £ia failure has
grown a suit against M. Nussbaum & Co., of thU
city, to recover twenty thousand dollars damages.
Tbe suit is brought by I. Bashinsky, who ia re
presented by Colonel Sam Jemison. The papers
were filed in tbe office of tbe clerk of Bibb Supe
rior Court yesterday. They are in the nature of a
bill in equity, in accordance with the prayer ot
which Judge T. J. Bimmons has granted a rule
nisi, requiring the defendants to appear on the 6th
day of February next and show cause wh7 an in
junction should not be granted.
The allegations ot' tbe plaintiff are of a nature
calculated to make the suit a notable one. They
are couched in vigorous language, and convey,
without reservation, charges which. If true, are of
the most damaging character. . ,
The allegations begin by the statement that
Isaac Bashinsky, the plaintiff, or complainant,
has been "injured and damaged by M. Nussbaum
A Co. to the extent of twenty thousand dollars.
Tho allegations then proceed to set forth that "on
the 24th day of November, 1884, the said M. Nuss-
baum K Co., through their senior partner, M. Nuss-
baurn, thereto authorized to proceed, without au
thority of law aud contrary to the common right of
an American citizen,
CLOSED ORATOR’S HOUSE,
and in pursuance of his illegal, unwarranted and
unauthorized procedure, he took aud seized by
some pretended force orator’s property.” It is
further alleged that M. Nussbaum claimed that 'he
had a paper which purported to be a mortgage, yet
such paper waa a paper which he weU knew to bo
void, because he had procured
orator's signature by false and fraud
ulent representations, and the name being
entered into on the Subbath day. He knew that he
had procured the complaiuaut to be particeps
criminic to a fraud which he had deliberately
planned, deliberately perpetrated and skillfully
executed, aud which he hoped would bo successful.
But us it is, lhat by tho developments which have
succeeded his fraudulent purpose, he has been
discovered in his deliberate attempt at robbery;
that he knows, and knew at the time, that the titles
which he held to the property of which he deprived
complainant of possession, were procured by fraud,
falsehood, and misrepresentatisns; yet ho still
pursued his purpose to possess himself of Ill-gotten
gains, sud to rob Ihe balance of tbe creditors of this
complainant. That to do this he was compelled,as he
did, to draw the assignee of the complainant, Mr.
' ‘ e Moss, Into his scheme, and that by secret, or,
... least, undisclosed representations to the com
plainant,he procured the assistance of Mr. Abo Moss,
who, by combination between the two, deceived the
other creditors and secured possession of
stock at Cochran. That ia order to do
THEY lU.INDKD THE CREDITORS
concealing certain books which were in com
plainant's safe at Cochran. That bv concealing
these books, which w.iuld have fully disclosed the
amount of stock received and concealed by said
Nussbaum, and shipped by complainant to Macon,
Ga., and first pitrchasid at Nussbanm’B suggestion
from merchants in Mac.m, which Nussbaum had
distinctly advised complaiuaut to buy to save him-
The Covington and Macon.
Tbe grading on the Covington and Macon ran.
road was vigorously pushed by a large force 0 f
hands all through yesterday. The work reached a
point above the hippodrome.
President Livingston told a Telxobaph reporter
that everything connected with the construction
of the road waa progressing steadily. Blda on grad.
ing, treatliag, and bridging were under considers.
tiou, and the contract* would be let aa speedily as
possible. Quite a number of aubacriptiona to the
atock were received during the day.
Mr. E. C. Machen returned from Marietta Thurs
day night While in Marietta be waa elected vice,
president of the Marietta aud North Georgia rail,
road.
self and to ship back to Nussbaum from Cochran to
A Literal Minded Negro.
A few days ago a gentleman who reside* on Geor.
gia avenue, discovered perhaps the most literal-
minded negro in tne United States.
The gentleman’s front yard is surrounded by*
low brick wall one hundred and ten feet long. jj e .
siring to enrich tbe soil juat on the inside of the
wall, he told the negro, who was employed for the
purpose, to spread some guano "along the wall.”
The gentleman then went to.his office.
When he returned in tbe afternoon he was pam.
yzed with amazement to And on top of the wall, fo r
the entire length, the guauo evenly spread and
nicely rounded off. The literal-minded negro had
spread it "along the wall” with a veugeance. When
told of his mistake, he waa much mortified and pro
fuse in his explanations. Among other things, he
Bald that ho thought the gentleman had ordered the
guano spread * along the wall” to keep the bricks
from freezing.
“A FRIEND OF THE CONDUCTOR”
EJitor Teleokapu: Tho good of society
demauils that every citizen shall be a zealous
gn irdian of tho laws aud daties regulating
citizen, hip. No man has the right to allow
flagrant wrongs to exist under his own eyes
without attempting to correct them, and an
officer of the law who is so derelict in the
discharge of his duty, or so grossly immoral
in his own oondnet as to bring reproach
upon tho law which he is sworn to obey
and enforce, deserves to be exposed to an
indignant public. Feeling the obligation of
a citizen thus resting npon him, the writer
begs leave to Btate a case, coming under
his own observation, to the readers of your
paper, aud ask their consideration of it.
On the night of January 4th the writer
took passage on an East Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia train in Atlanta and
bound for Jacksonville. Sometime before
daylight he was aroused by the loud talk
ing of two or three men who had entered
the car. One of the men, n large, hale-
looking fellow, very well dressed, was des
perately drunk, and was muttering pro
fanity while he was reeling about the car.
(rom
lervi
Itagl
Inti
Oi
blan
Kiem
Macon, saying to complainant: "Buy all you
aud whatever you cau ship to me is that much mode,
or, saved. You must try to ship at least flvo or six
thousand dollars worth of good* from your store,
and buy them from anybody you can.”
The allegations then go on to show that
plainant bought goods on credit and shipped be
tween fifty-three and fifty-five hundred dollars
worth of them to Nussbaum. "Theso goods Nuss-
baum kuew, as well as complainant, hod not been
paid for; he knew that they were bought on credit
and that they were bought iu pursuauce of the
suggestion and understanding between him nnd
complainant -that tho goods were to bo bought for
the traudnlent purpose of reshipping them back to
Nussbaum iu Macon from complainant’s store in
Cochran.”
The allegations further recite that complainant
'asks from the court assistance against Nussbaum,
who is Becking to savo himself and rob the balance
of complaiuaut’* creditors by tho false representa
tions to complainant which he has never even at
tempted to fulfill.”
OTHER MATTERS RECITED.
After entering into tho details of tho alleged
agreement between tho complainant and Numb-
baum, the bill prays that the latter shall be enjoin-
1 and restrained from the collection of a debt of
. ,360.87, "claimed to be due by 8. Bashinsky,
which debt was made and contracted for and on ac
count of Isaac Bashinsky." It also prays that
"debtors shall be restrained and enjoined from the
payment of debts, except to the court or ita ropre-
nuulative, so lust Bitch iuOIteys tut imty arise from
any assets which belong to Isaac Bashinsky shall bo
hold subject to the order of tho court, and that tho
same may be appropriated to the payment of his
receive from said M. Nussbaum, or from M. Nuss
baum A Co., or any othor person in whose hands
such assets may be. In order tbat tho same may be
appropriated to the payment of complalnant’i
The following is the order granted by Judge
ttmmone:
"At Chamber*, January 23,188ft.—Tho within and
foregolug bill considered and approved. Let the
same be filed In the office of the clerk of tho Bupe-
rior Court, and let a copy thereof be senrod upon
each of the defendants at least five days before
the hearing, which is hereby fixed for the 6th day
of Fcbtuary, 1880. And let the defendants show
cause before me at the court house In Macon, Bibb
county, Georgia, at 10 o’clock, a. m., on said 6th
day of February, why an injunction should
cot be granted aa prayed for.
"T. J. Bimmons, J. 8. C."
ANOTHER CHAPTER.
“ JUMBO" OUTWITTED.
A Countryman Show* m Texarkana Fakir
Thing or Two,
A Texarkana snecial says: Gamblers, cappers,
fakirs and general bid characters, who have been a
living terror to the people here for some months
K t, were somewhat stunned last night to learn
t "Jumbo,"-their most prominent leader, had
been euehred by a party—a stranger—who
(luaintance, and took in the town, "Jumbo” doing
the agreeable, and paying fnr drinks, oysters,
cigars, etc. Finally they found themselves on the
I Union depot platform, and leemingly before he!
knew ic the countryman realized tnatbla roll of
money had in someway been transferred to the
icare of "Jnmbo.” The latter thereupon attempted
to excuse himself fora few moments, but waa
quickly foiled in hia purpose by the countryman I
who, drawing a 44-caliber revolver, forced "Jumbo”
jnotomy to return the stolen money, but also to
give up an additional roll of hia own, and, after
pocketing both, he quietly and coolly disappeared.
A Presidential Declaration.
Perhaps the most remarkable document ever con
structed in the interest of the temperance reform is
that prinled below. It waa made up by Hon. tL C!.
Delavan, of New York, now deceased, who in par
son presented it to each one of the signers. A man
whose noliuca er predilections for hero worship
cannot be suited by some name on the list ia hard
to please:
"Bring satisfied from observation and experience,
aa well as from medical testimony, tbat ardent
spirits os a drink U not only needUas, bat burtfnl.
and that the entire disuse of it would tend to pro
mote the health, the virtue and the happiness of
the community, we hereby express our conviction
that should tbe citizens of the United Btate*, and
especially the young men, discontinue entirely the
use of It. they would not only promote their own!
personal benefit, but the good our country and tho
J. S. Htewart & Son Make a Statement Im
plicating \V. A. Davis.
I It appears that all the facta concerning the affairs |
of J. H. Btcwart k Bon have not yet been made
public. I
| To a representative of the Telegraph, yoeterday
morning, Mr. J. B. Stewart made the following state
ment. a
■ Hu acknowledged that a wrong had been (lone, I
but he did not think that all the blame should at
tach to himself aud his son when another person
[deserved a share.
■Early in the fall when the acceptance tbe firm
had made for planters became due, they matured
more rapidly than collections could he made. In
consequence, tho firm found it necessary to raise
money in order to prevent being forced to the wallr
Mr. W. A. Davis waa the firm's general manager.
A large proportion of the Ann's correspondence was
[directed to bitu alone. It waa natural, therefore,
when the firm discovered that money must be raised
to prevent a failure, that Mr. Davis was consulted,
lu the course of the consultation It *pi>eared that
advances from the banka had been obtained upon
all the cotton in the warehouse. Mr. Htewart sug
gested that to obtain further advances the Ann
should make its notes to the !>anks, with the past
due acceptance in favor of planters, which the firm
had taken up aa they fell due, attached aa aecnrityl
Mr. Davis did not think that the banks would adJ-
vauce money ou notes with that kind of security, and
suggested that the better plan would be to hold the
acceptance and obtain money on the firm's notes]
with duplicate receipts attached aa security.
I auggestod, further, that the Arm could collect the |
■acceptance and take up the notes, when tbeyr"
came due, with the money thus obtained.
| Mr. Htewart objected to Mr. Davis’s plan, upon]
the ground that it was not right.
In reply, Mr. Day's stated that the plan was vir
tually the same, in effect, as that proposed by Mr.
ptewart.
■ After a prolonged discussion, Mr. Davis's plan
was adopted. The duplicate receipts were made by
world.
"James Madison,
"Andrew Jackson,
"John Quincy Adams
"M. Ysniluren.
"Franklin Fierce
"Abraham Lincoln,
John Tyler,
Z. ay lor.
Millard Fillmore,
Janie* K. Polk,
James l.uchanan.
Andrew Johnson.”
The Poor Man's Friend.
DuriuR the recent cold weather Hon. A
O. Huron gave the poor people ot Macon
twenty-five dollar* to relieve their nuffer-
toga. Such an act ia highly commendable
and is appreciated, not only ty the people
who were warmed and fed by aoch hospi
tality but by all lovent of kindness and gen
erosity.—Baxley Banner.
XIr. D,vU .ml Mr. F. XI. Htvw.rt, who »u
booXhceper under tbe direction or XIr.
J. 8. stew.rt then nesotUted tbe loan., ia baa been
deacribed in a previoua laaue of tbe Telkhrapii.
After tbe fore^oim; atatemeut waa made by )
Stewart, tbe attention of Mr. Davla waa called to
In reply, be made tbe following .tateuicnt:
lie bad never bad any pecuniary Intere.t in the
firm of J. 8. Htewalt A Son, and not feclins at all
reaponatble for any dlacretiou, be did not propoae
to enter tnto n diacnaainn of tbe matter with XIr.
btewart. under tbe latteFa prevent embunaaed
condition, lie not only bad no pecuniary intere.t
tn tbe Arm. but there waa no contingency under
which he conld have been benefited or damaged by
any counw which the Onn might have pureued In
attempting to rave themaelvea from failure, lie
waa an employe of the firm, and had elwaya acted
In Uitlr Interear. and had a cuneclouaneae of having
oi
- -- ^ m
time, but remained at a personal aacrlflce.
The Thotnaon ttuerde.
When tbe lnte war between the State, began, the
Thotnaon 'Innrd. went to the valley of Virginia
with one bundled end twelve men. rank and Me.
When the warcloe.nl, perhaiw twenty .nrvlved.
Protlona to taat bunday, a-ven of the aurvlvora
reetded tn If aeon. On that tiny, one of them, Mr.
John Hurt waa laid to ro.t in the cemetery at Jonea
Chare!, leaving only ,ix aurvlvora In the city. They
are Xleaarv. Jaluea A. Hunt eon. George W. Sima, J.
J. Feavey, B. 8. floodycar, John It. Peyton, and W.
H. llarrell. Iha.e vrtemuaof tbe terrible civil con-
dirt . ted aa pallbeerent at Mr. llulfa funeral.
After tile funeral the aix aurvlvora held a meet
ing and talked over the tstliee they had fought.
At the eouclu.ion of tbe meeting a revolution wav
adopted pledging tile aurvlvora to perform the laat
aad rttea over the grave of ea.-h aa he la called
away from hi. earthly lahora. When the laat one
.hall etand upon the .here of time and look
toward the golden .onaet the hope waa expreea<
that m mv gentle band ehonhl amooth hia dying
pillow and utter a pnayer to the God of the uni-
verve to receive hia eonL
Tbe Tbom«ou Guard, were a gallant command,
and wo* many Unrein in Virginia. Soma rut
In unmarked grave* tmt elh whether dead nr alive,
deeerve and receive tbe reaped of brave
supported by the others, who were trying
to ke"p hint quiet. A number of ladies
were in the car, but the drunken fool was
utterly regardless of their presence. Ho
was bronght to the rear end of the car, bat
would not remain quiet, cither with tongue
or body. Staggering along the aisle, he
tumbled over time aiid again into the laps
or on to the backs of the passengers.
One time he fell sptawliug npon a
negro woman; at another time he
dropped his weight —not a small one. by
any means—with a sudden lurch, upon the
outstretched logs of a passenger. All this
while his billingsgate never ceased. Thus
hour after hour went on slowly enough for
the diagusted passengers. It was asked
why the conductor did not put the wretch
off the train, but it was answered that the
nuisance was a particular friend of the con
ductor. Further injuiry developed the
fact tbat this drunken reprobate was a
State solicitor (M) who lived in a little
town on tho Macon and Brunswick road.
Think of it, the man whose duty it was to
irosecuto criminals and ferret out crime, to
lelp to protect society, himBelf now one of
society's most disgusting enemies.
Is this the man appointed by the Gov
ernor of tbe State to represent tho com
monwealth, and protect the righta and
peace of society? Will an overindulgent
lulilio quietly allow one of its servants
bus to outrago common decency, nnd
bring the crimson to the checks of its
daughters? Will a great railroad corpora
tion tolerate n conductor who is utterly ob
livious to the righta of ita passengen?
Let tho public,already too long suffering,
demand the immediate dismissal of the rec
reant solicitor, and also the conductor, who-
could quietly permit such scenes upon his
train, Civis.
January 21, 1886.
EXTENSION UNDER CONDITIONS.
Au Agreement Reached to Extend the C.
ft AI. llallroad to Ouiniiit.
Yesterday morning Mr. J. P. Dupont, of
Dupont, had a second conference with
President L. F. Livingston nnd Mr. E. 0.
Machen, relative to extending the Coving
ton nnd Macon railroad southward.
Mr. Dnpont stated fully the reasons why
tho extension shonld be made nnd why it
should he made to Dupont, instead of to
Tampa.
After carefully considering the matter,
President Livingston and Mr. Machen, a*
representatives both of the Covington and
Macon railroad and the syndicate which is
building it, agreed to extend the road to
Dupont under the following conditional
Tho right of way is to be obtained free,
certain grants of lands are to bo made, and
the people of Macon nro to be induced to
encourage tbe extension.
In au interview, yesterday afternoon, Mr.
Dupont aaidjto a Teleoiiai u reporter:
“The road will be of the greatest impor
tance to Macon, lly examining the map, it
will be scan that Dupont (is on the main
line of the Savannah, Florida, and Western
railroad, which has a branch to Tampa.
This branch connects with the entire Plant
system, aud also with the Plant steamers to
Cabs. With a line of road one hundred
and thirty miles long, from Macon to
Dnpont, the link is supplied which places
Macon on an nir-iine connection with
South Florida. Savaunah ia the same dis
tance from Dupont thut Mnoon is. ThU
being true, Macon will be in position to
compete with Savannah for tbe Florid*
trade, besides giving her direct and speedy
commnnication with Cuba.”
“Under exUting circumstances, what
distance ia Macon from Dnpont by rail?”
“Two hundred nnd sixty miles. With
the Covington and Macon extended to Du
pont,(just one hundred and thirty miles
will be saved in going to and from Tampa
and South Florida."
'What other advantages would the ex
tension offer Macon?"
'They are so nnmerons that I am at a loss
to know where to begin to mention them.
In general, however, I may say that the
country throngh which the extension would
pass is rich in cotton and timber-producing
lands. It is an undeveloped country, to a
large extent, and there is no reason why
Macon should not reap the benefits of the
development which is sure to take place if
the extension he inode. From my stand
point, the road U the most important of ell
that have vet been contemplated aa feeder!
i- \t*»
to Macon.”
Mr. Dupont left for hu home hist night.
He will In-gin at once a horeehack journey
through the country between Dnpont and
Macon, during which he will endeavor to
secure the right of way. He was told by
Mr. Machen that the rood would be built
ss soon os this and the other conditions
were complied with.
"Her fare an fair, ax flesh tt act,
Bnt heavenly portrait cf angel’s hue,
C’l»tar m the sky, without a blame of blot.
Through goodly mixture of complexions due.
And In ber cheeks the vermeR red did show.”
This is the poet's description of a woman whose
n!i}ai.*al system was in a perfectly sound an l
healthy stole, with every function acting properly-
and U the enviable condition of ita fair pet*** 3 *
produced l»y Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Frescrfptiou.
Any druggist