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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, .JANUARY 20, 18fi0.-TWELVE PAGES.
THE INSIDE OF ATLANTA.
Thornton Winn HU Suit—Clinrche* lluit.
Pay Street Aftse**meut»—John Tern*
pleton Coining—The Court*—
Personal Mention.
Young BtnnseU'a Hero very.
Atlanta, January 19.—Young Mr. Htanaell, who
vu abot by Thurmond, continue* to improve, do-
nplte the announcenu-nt by nix Atlanta doctor* in
chortle that “be would surely die before morning."
That waa one time a lien doctor* failed to disagree.
Some iieople are inclined to bUnie the newepa]>erri
for account* of Bunnell’* bopeleH* condition. Thu
reporters got their information from the doctor*,
who denerve all the censure for jxmitlvely Minting
that the bullet wa* in Iho young man'* abdomen
when it wa# ouly behind the back door. If they
could only have located the Huapender button, all
would have been well—but they didn’t mise it un
til tb<y found it
U i* really quite sad when one doctor nukea a
miatake—how Infinitely Holetun, then for *U to go
wrong—and that tea on the game cage.
llody. Feeling* and Frlile Hurt.
Atlanta, Januajy l'J.—Tho cage of Donald McD.
Fitten va. the Kant Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad for j>*ntou*l da.jageawaa to-day removed
from the H»v court of Atlanta to Urn United KUtc*
Circuit Court Mr. Fitten claim* that he wa* un
justly beaten by Conductor Gurley and aake f 20,000
personal hurt of “body and feeling*, and pride
mortified and outraged."
t! ill I it* Scout* tin Idea.
Atlanta, January 20.—Mr. Juliua Drown has just
returned from a bu*ine*H trip of ten daya to Wash*
Ington and New York. Ho acouta the idea that he
went ou to talk with Lord Itoscoe Conk ling about
standing for the Atlanta anti-prohibitionmt* in the
Supremo Court of the United State*.
Tho Marietta and North Georgia Railroad.
Atlanta, January 20.—The Marietta and North
Georgia Railroad filed a notification of it* having
completed one and one-half mile* of it* railroad,
although no Intimation of the fact wa* hinted from
the Governor’* office. The Governor raid the
tloe amounted to nothing of material intercut, but
those of oqual authority and knowledge of theae
thing* nay that it mean* a payment by the State of
A Still and Two Men Captured.
Atlanta, January 19.—A. W. Colquitt seized an
eighty gallon still last night and 1,200 gallons of
beer, and arrested the men running it. Norwood
Rtidaeill and Thomas Rhode*. Comm la* loner
Gaaton balled them on sufficient bond.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Atlanta, January 19.—No*. 11 and 12, Bruns
wick circuit. Argument concluded.
Noe. 13 and 14. Brun*wick. McCullough ts.
Norrlce k Johnson and vice versa. Argued.
Goodyear k Kay for plaintiff; Ira K. Smith, T. 11.
llarrie contra.
No, 9, Brunswick. East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad v*. Wright k Co. Argued.
Goodyear k -Kay for plaintiff; Ira E. Smith, T. 11.
Uarri* centra.
RAKTKHN CIRCUIT.
No. 1, Eastern. Keller v*. State. Argued. Garrard
fc kfcldrlm for plaintiff; F.G. DuDiguon, solicitor-
general, contra.
No. 2, Lantern. DiMiiissed.
No. 3, Eastern. Fraser et al. vs. Charleston and
Savannah Hallway Company. Argued. F. G. Du-
liiguou, N. C. Collier for plaintiff; Chisolm k Erwin
contra.
No. 4, abated by death of plaintiff In
No. ft, withdrawn.
No. 7, Stevens v*. State. Argued. W. A. Way for
plaiutlff in error; F. G. DuHiguon. solicitor-genera),
contra.
No. 9. Kuck vs. State. Dismissed.
The court adjourned.
Atlanta, Ul, January 21.—No. iH Eastern Clr-
:onrludcd.
A STRANGE CASE.
A Musket Hall In tho Drain for Twenty-
Three Years.
New York dun.
Among the privates in the Eighty-sixth
regiment of New York Volunteers who were
at the battle of Cbancellorsville. fought on
May 3, 1863, was George Washington
Monks, a young man, hardly 20 years old.
Chancellorsville waa bis eighteenth battle,
and it proved to be his lust. About 2
o'clock in tho afternoon a musket ball
struck him on the head, entering the right
parietal bone, and dropping into the skull
to the bngo of the brain, w here it lodged.
The result in every previous caso of that
kind was death within seven days, but
Monks is still alive, and the musket hull is
still in his brain. For nearly twenty-three
years ho has been a perpetual marvel to
physicians, who have named him the “Iron
Tho wound paralyzed Monks' right] side,
drawing it up and distorting it terribly. It
also completely broke down the nervous
system, and in the years since he received
cult—Argument
No. 19 Eastern Circuit—Dismissed. 1 . ,v , . . - «. » . —
No. 20 Extern Circuit-Giant vs. Alabama Gold to provide for hi in. bevdral years ago, how-
WHAT WASHI8 SECRET?
Why do Some Men Sncceed Where Others
Fall—Some Answers.
Philadelphia Press.
When a man who is exceptionally rich,
noted or successful in any way dies or is
brought before the public in any less un
comfortable fashion, the common question
with obscure men is, “What was his se
cret?” “Why did he invent the telephone,
or inoculate for hydrophobia, or make his
millions, and not I ?” The question is not
so easy to answer as it seems at first.
On one of our side streets, for example,
there is a superb dwelling tilled with ex
quisite bric-a-brac, nch draperies and pic
tures chosen with all the knowledge and
Uhte ot the best upholsterers and artists in
the country. It belongs to a man who ac
quired a fortune by, let us say, making
clothes wringers. Not a square away is a
wretched little shop where a gloomy old
fellow repairs clomes-wringers. The two
men worked side by side for the same wa
ges fifteen years ago. Talk tc
„ , „ them, and one is as auick-witted and Indus-
his wound he has had no fewer than 7,000 J trious as the other. You will readily discov-
convulsions. er why their paths separated so widely.
For the first few years Mrs. Monks, the Our fashionable streets aio lined with the
mother of the wounded man, had hard work
impenetrable sunken lands or swamps, and
that they arc lineal decendants of the ani
mals which Forrest lost.
The dangers of exploring these treacher
ous lands has thus far deterred any elab
orate search, but it ianow a settled fact
that all obstacles will be overcome, and the
mystery connected with the neighing steeds
and llying bovinea will soon bo solved. < A
large body of men, accustomed to hardships
and danger, have effected an organization
for the purpose of a search, and there ia no
doubt that a good fat “find” will reward
those enguged in it in the way of thorough*-
bred horse fiesh and fine beer.
TO BREAK DIRT.
Life Insurance Company. Argued.
or plaJ *
N. H. McLaw*. for plaiutlff; John L. Guerrard
Denmark k Adams contra.
Court then adjourned until 10 o’clock a. in. to
morrow.
OVER IN COLUMBUS.
o. n. West, ever, he received some arrearage of pension
1...... since then lio has been more comforta
ble. Ilis physician is I)r. Holmes.
“I saw him wounded,” says Dr. Holmes,
but I thought the wound fatal, and paid
no attention to him. He did not die, how
ever, and was brought to New York City
and placed in a hospital, where Dr. Valen
tine Mott took charge of him. Drs. Mott,
Barker and other great surgeons consulted
whether they should open his skull, but de-
8U« k » Fin Here.
Atlanta, aanuary 21.—'Ihere I* some pretty po
litical chess-playing going 011 here. For weeks 1
have refrained from speaking of it, but when I do
write it up I will give full ami reliable details.
The details of the position rest on this fact: That
the two United BUtea Senators have formally and
finally disagreed.
But them are sorno master move* being made in
spite of either of the great point,-*! che*ameu.
Must Fay the An*ea*inrnt.
Atlanta. January 21.—Judge Marshall Clarko
decided this morning that HL Luke's Cathedral and
the First Methodist church must pay the aw ess-
menu for street paving in front. rbe dissolving of
the injunctions brought by these churches to re
strain the city from collecting the said assessment,
creates a ripple in two AtlanU congregations. It U
thought that Messrs. Howard Palmer and Z. D. Har
rison, who represent the churches in this matter,
will enUr an appeal.
Run Over and Killed by a Train.
Atlanta, January 21.—This morning, about 11
o'clock, near the Bell street cottou compress, Mose
Chambly, an aged negro, was struck by a backing
freight train and killed.
Th* poor old cripple was hobbling along th*
track when the rear car struck him down, and the
wheels crushed In the top of hU head. Ho was in
stantly killed.
The backing train waa composed of Western and
Atlantic stock oars. The old man came hare from
Montgomery several days ago, and U almost a total
stranger. Us U about seventy-five years old.
It U aUted that the Western and AtlanU road will
bury him.
Thornton Gets a Verdict.
Atlanta, January 21.—lo the Hnpertor Court this
afternoon Col. Marccllus K. Thornton got a verdict
against Mr. John L. Conley for $7,090. Col. Thorn
ton sleeted to Uke the money Instead of the press
and material of the Post Appeal. Itwaf a ball-
trover suit and Col. A. Buck, clerk of the United
States Court, and Mike Maher. 1 iquor dealer, are on
GonUy'a bond for $10,000, the amount which
Thornton sued for. Judgement was entered up
against theae gentlemen as security. They are
both good for tbs amount of the verdict The
It U said, will be appealed to tho Supreme Court. $
AN ALABAMA ROBBERY,
Hut the Five Thieves Are Apprehended In
Atlanta.
Atlanta, January 20. -Saturday night between
the hours of H and 9 o'clock the dwelling of
Freely A Lloyd, in Birmingham, Ala., was broken
Into and robbed of a Saratoga trunk conUlnlng
$430 in money and about $l,QU0 worth of dry good*-
Jewelry and silverware. The dwelliug adjoined a
• mixed store kept by three ladies who are widows,
and the burglary was committed while both ladie a
wees busy In tbs front part of the store.
Detective B. F. Horner, of Birmingham, was no
tified, and in a few hours he had five negroes spot
ted as the thieves. They were John Dorsey. Brad
ford Dorsey, Morgan Thomas. Della Dorsey and
Mabel Minion. He shadowed the quintette, all of
whom left Birmingham on Bunday and came to
Atlanta.
Detective Horner came on the same train with
them, but made no effort to bag the birds. His
phu» was to let them leave the train. locaU at tome
point to divide the spoils and then arrest all at the
aame time. He called into requisition Mounted
Officer Green and Special Officers Bedford and
Steennan, and then proceeded to shadow the burg.
Ian.
They were traced to various places in the city Mon
day night, but did not bunch until last night about
II o'clock, when the above known officers traced
three of tbs party to a lonely house beyond rtne
street bridge, near Ponce De Leon Springs. They
surrounded the house and entering at various win
dows and doors, captured and hand cuffed John
Dorsey, Morgan Thomas and Della Dorsey.
They then searched the house from top to bottom
and recovered two hundred and twenty-one dollars
la money and a handsome cloak and hat. The trio
were taken to the sUtton and locked up. Tbeoffi
cam continued the search for the other two robbers,
and at two o'clock this morning dropped into a col
ored hall at the boose of a negro woman named
■coil on Henry street, and apprehended Bradford
2kMMy and Mabel Minion. The fifth and last of
tho gang was caught about 4 o'clock this morning-
AU are now looted up at the station, and John Dor
sey. the ring-leader, who planned the burglary, has
made a confession. He states Jut he stood at the
hack of the store in Birmingham, with pistol in
hand, to guard hie brother. Bradford Dorw/y, who
entered at the window, located the Heratogo trunk.
K*ed open the door, pulled the trunk out. sad bow
R was taken and turned over to the woman, who
gntted it and placed the goods In a different trunk,
which waa secreted until the train left
for Atlanta. Tho men took the money and pat it
ia aeoudl valise which was remrersd et the house
osar Ponce Do Leon springs. The trunk
toeoverad but only a portion of the stolen goods.
Detective Horner will leave for Birmingham to
morrow morning with his quartette of prteooetu,
cfealadtopAtr.
For tho Whoolmeo.
Atlanta. January M.-A bicycle track win be
*lt arownd the baseball grounds, to the delight of
Columbus ami Western Railroad— 1 TwoCou*
in* Eauliange Shots—Other Item*.
Coi.umbuh, January 19. —At tho stock-1 c ided that tho operation would be too dun-
hoMurri meeting of theC/olutnbuH aud Wcrtt- gerouB, bo they Bent him home to bis mother
ern railway, held at Opelika to-night, the old | \ n WilliauiHburgh.
hoard of directors and officers wero re-1 “Except during his convulrionR, Monks’s
elected. The road waa operated at a loss mind ia perfectly clear. This afternoon I
during the past year. I asked him if he recollected the old army
Jainea and George Abher, two cousins, I ro i e ghout chickens,
exchanged shots in tho Northern Libcrtiea .«. obf ye8 . HIiid bo « Any r0 oater that
laat night, but neither waa hurt. 1 crowed within two inilea of the army was
Iho Columbus Guards have accepted the condemned tc loss its life.' And then he
invitation to attend the drill at Savannah. laughed heartily. Monka ia dying at last
A german will be given by the L’Allegro H e knows that he ia, but bo has faced
club tomorrow night, complimentary to I death ao often that he ia not in tho leust
Misa Daisy Huff, of Macon. alarmed.
Thomnsvllle’s Municipal Flection. “ ‘All the doctors in the world can’t aave
Tkomasvillk. January 19.—The munici- ,ne now,' he said to me. ‘I ve got my yum
pal election to-day resulted os follows: For m ? n8 from the grand commander, and I m
m&yoT, II. W. Hopkins; aldermen, 8. J. I 1° obey it.
Camels, W. T. Maclean, A. I 1 . Wright, W. f 0 " 1 - °- f ® ‘. w , as
W, Williams, A. F. Prevatt, H. Wine. notified by Holmes of Monks condrUon.
Three of these favor high license, balance £J*®y ^ey w °ul(l after him.
doubtful. E. M. Mellette sold today several Monks needs no money, but the post will
town lota at public outcry. They brought h ‘ m "“A “ ll ‘‘« r y ••onore when he
oonil nr :„,, s tiles, nnd will see that he is not forgotten
“ 1 ' immediately. His death will interest the
Explosion of a Holler. I nutgoong quite ns much na did his curious
Aujmtowk, January 19.—The boiler of | life with a ballet in its brain,
tho eight-horse power engine of James
Lamb, near hare, was fall of water daring
the frees*. The water froze, and to-day The I'nlntoxlcatlng llnferraented Fruit
the boiler bnr.it, scattering fragments every- 0 f tne Vine.
where. Now York Herald.
Died or Pneumonia. I The statement made concerning the wine
Eastman, January 19.—W. T. Betts, of I used at tho last sapper of the Saviour with
tho firm of J. S. & W. T. Betts, of Hemp- i His disciples, which is given below, has
sey, prominent sawmill men, died last nigut I been substantiated by one of the loading
oi pneumonia. | rabbis of this city. The advocates of tem
perance who aro church members can,
with this knowledge, help to nbolish
TRUE COMMUNION WINE.
Mad. an Assignment.
HAlis'F.sviM.r, Qa., Janeary 19.—Mr. J.
the temptations of the communion table.
C. Porch, dealer in fancy groceries, meat, The Methodist Times, who witnessed the
tobacco. — * — ...
favor of w ... v .w»w „* .w —w
Porch is one ot our best young business b i, “May I ask with what kind of wino yon
men and his embarrassment is deeply de- have celebrated the Passover this evening!’’
phwed by everyone. Depression In trsde -phe answer promptly given was:
and p«>r collection* are given as the causes I ..with a non-intoxicating wine. Jews
1 bin failure. never use fermented wino in their ayna-
Columbus, January 20.—The annual Rogne services, and must not use it on the
meeting of the stockholders of the Georgia FMsover, either for synagogue or home
Home Insurance Company was held to- purposes. Fermented liquor of any kind
day. A semi annual dividend of 5 per cent, uotnes under the category of ‘leaven,
was declared. The old officers were re- w >iich is prescribed in so many well known
elected, with the exception of Amory Dex- P^fes in the Old Testament. The wine
r - . f - ' -*•!-«- i- 1 *— tho Jews during the
supplied to tho com
munity by those licensed by the chief
rabbi's board, end, by those only. Each
Imttle is sealed in the presence of a repre-
eiecutu, whu uitieutit'u ui auiun a/rx- i « , , . ' : , 7
ter and J. 8. Garret, who wore elected to which is used by tho Jews during
pieces of Peter Preer and the late T. H. | week of Pssaover U supplied to tho
Mitchell, in the diieetory.
Verdict Agnlnat a Railroad.
Columbus, Ga., January 20.—W. \V.
Kennedy got a verdict for $350 in the Hu-
aentative of tho ecoleaiaatical authorities.
The bottle abinding yonder on the side*
perior Court to-day ogainat tho Columbua board, from which tho wino used to-niuht
and Western railroad for damages to stock was taken, waa thna Healed. I may also
in tranaportation. mention that poor Jews who cannot afford
■ - — ■ ■ I to buy this wino make an unfermented
McCarthy Uue* to Jail. I w | Qe 0 f their own, which is nothing else
Bandkuhvillx, January 20.—McCarthy, but an infusion of Valencia or Muscatel rui-
wboHe HimpiciouH action in connection with aina. I have read the pamtage in Matthew
the attempt to flro Kandenville, was nr- in which the Paschal Supper ia described,
raigned to-day beforoa justice of the peace. Thero can be no doubt whatever that the
He waived examination and waa remanded wine used upon that occasion waa tmfur-
to jail to await convening of tho Suporior mentod. Jesus, na no observant
Court. 1 Jew, would not only not have drunk f« r-
Death of a Carleravllle Charset, r. m.nted wine on ths Passover, but would
Mintrrrt, Jannary 2.».-In»ormation was
received hero to-day of the death of Dr. W.
F. Memuiler, of this place, which occurred *”0“ 7"' 0T ii.'l'i'Z.; 111 * 11 , 1 !?, 11
at Carteravillethis morning. Dr. Meuimlerl ^ *. lno ( use in the sentce at the
whs quite a personage here and Carteraville, "•V' 8 ^’ 10 U 8n i " fnKio " of r8i “ on «- iou
htofinticrhomI“ Being a hunchback, h^ H**' 1 ’"’ *? “P 1 *? m - v *T
naturally attracted nttcution even’whore. He n r n ,0 ,«v^
waa a spiritualist, and this coupled with his ^ ,
peculiar looks, caused those with whom ho C< “ * ^ ^ ? h * Uk -
esme in contact, to regard him with a de- * ,i“l
gree of awo. A novel law anit in which he “ tbe 88Lr8ment ot tlu - 1
was intcresteii, will be mentioned to-rnor-1 * H r-
houses of successful dealers in sugar, can
dles, drygoods, books and whiskt; of law
yers, politicians nnd doctors who have
“made a hit;” of inventors of patent drugs,
soaps or machinery. Down iu the country
arc obscure little villages, from which these
lucky men came in their youth. Nobody ever
beard of the rest of their population, of tile
thousands of quiet menot straitened means
who were the schoolmates or kinsfolks of
these winners of the race. Why did they
win? What is their secret?
American life suggests the question at
every turn; we all of ns know with what
envy nnd bitterness of soulit is asked.
If the Press suggests an answer this
morning it will, whether it bits the truth or
not, touch on a matter which, unfortunate
ly, lies at tho basis of the life of every one
of its readers.
Tho successful tradesman, lawyer or gos
peller is usually successful because he gives
liimself wholly to trade, law or tho gospel.
St. Paul long ago told us tho key to the rid
dle: “This one thing I do.” John Petty
thirty years ago was porter in a soap fac
tory. He made soap his end nnd aim in
life. He studied thoroughly its manufac
ture, its sale, its best markets. He became
errand boy, salesman, partner and finally
owner of the house iu which he was em
ployed. He built up a huge business in
soap. He trampled down all small
dealers remorselessly; bis name is in all the
mnrketa of the world because synonymous
with soap of a certain kind. It yielded him
a large fortune. He died tho other day,
leaving the great business and its profits to
his sons in such a way that for generations
to come the name of Petty and tho soap
business will be one in the eye of the world.
Everybody grumbled bceanse be did not
leavo a dollar to a friend, to a needy rela
tion or to any charity, public enterprise or
religious work of his native city. Why
should he? He was not a man with friends
nor a scholar nora Christian; he bad never
taken any interest in charity or art or
schools. He was a dealer in soap, nothing
more; nnd he succeeded because bo wus
nothing more. His quondam partner, who
is a poor man, having long ago been pushed
to tne wall by him, is a genial fellow,
who entertains his friends in his little boose
st Germantow'n;be lias a nice taste in mu
sic, is vestryman in a church and trustee in
some of oar noblest charities. Ue has scat
tered his shot. But he has failed in soap,
and bo has no right to grnmble because he
has failed.
The example salts our case, whoever we
are. The young fellow starting out in life
is not going to take first honors as a lawyer,
a cricketer and a man about town. Ue
mnst choose bis aim and stick to it. The
young married woman will not fulfill her
dnty ns n wife nnd mother, an artist and 11
“rose" alwnye in fall bloom in society. If
she attempts all alio will turn hack
chagrined at fifty to wonder why her life in
each role was so unnotlccable and common
place.
As to whether tho flnnl success of the
man with one aim pays for his narrow life,
that is not the question before ns.
Another secret of u successful man is—ho
is sincere; he does not pose, nor play any
part. He does not cure a whit what
so sue red a
Lord's Sup
row. His death was very sudden.
A BLAZE NEAR HAWK1NSVILLE.
I ROBBED OF HIS MONEY AND WATCH
A Visitor at Now Orleans Pin* ai.noo on
HU Waistcoat nnd Parades.
A New Orleans special says: Phil Cox, a
fine-looking man, who hails from Yazoo
Arrest of a Negro Who U Supposed to Have
Applied the Torch*
Htvnomu, Ga., Jannary SO.—Fire I cUyTMUa!? "pittided”th™»treeteof *Jtew
broke out this morning at 1 o clock burn- Orleans for a week with a big dog at bis
mg the two-story residtuce known as the h eeU and u *1,000 silrer certificate pinned
Fleming Place, a mile and a half from t0 his waistcoat. He has been a regular
town. Mr. James Hemipg sold the place attendant at tho Exposition races, some-
not long ago to E. C. Smith. The houso times betliug heavily, and was usually in
was completely destroyed. No furniture I t j, 0 conipe ny of sporting men. He drank
could be saved. An old white lady named a great deal and used to display the silver
\\ uldon inhabited the house at the time, certificate without any fear of the eonse-
but she escaped without injury. It is sup- ,.„onees
posed to have been set on lire; a negro who j^t Thursday night Cox was token to
worked on Mr. htmth s place is suspected I b j s rooms intoxicated by three men, named
and waa caught running as hard ns he Waddle, Costello and Faulkner, who put
eonld over the bridge this morning. Sir. tim to bed. When he awoke the next
Nonnan Mitchell, who waa standing on the morning his silver certificate, *500 in Ibills.
brnlge looking out for » negro who robbed two diamond cluster pins and a goM watch
bu house not long since, and who heard the and chain valned at ill*I wero missing. It
fire alarm suspected something wrong at „as found that the hinges had been remov-
once, caught binr Md handed him over to Ul from the door leading into the heck
the ihenB, who lodged him In Jail. The j„J, hut it is thought that the presence of
boose wax insured for tl,2<ll>. If- -*.-■*— —~ - r -
lookers-on think. He means to write a good
book, to convert sonls to Christ, to euro a
certain disease, to make one or ten millions;
not to persuade Tom, Diek and Hurry that
he ia n great author, or doctor, or preacher,
or even Slides himself. Now there are
many who live only to do this. Iu fact,
American society la divided into throe
classes: The great lnujority who have
special purpose or ambition,
who are content to earn the sum which the
year's outlay requires and to crowd into
that year as much comfort or fnn as possi
ble, secondly, the next largest class, who
wisli to be thonght successful or famous,
who advertise themselves in every word
and gesture, who are always on the stage
playing a part; the third class are tho few
who have but one aim, and hit it.
A third element of snecess is the utter
blindness of tiro worker to all outsido of
kia v ork. If yon set out to supply the
world with poetry or jam you must ueiieve
that it lives on poetry or jam. Yon mnst
trample down weaker men who oppose
yon without truth. Y'on must not even
know that there can he “another side."
What would have become of the reforma
tion if Luther bad atopped to talk the mat
ter over in a friendly way, or of tbe repub
lic if onr forefathers Lad seen tbe other
side? Half of your capital will tarn out
to be inordinate self-eeteem.
We give our readers these recipes for suc
cess as a New Y'eur'a gift, bat us to whether
such success belittles or ennobles a man we
give no opinioD.
WILD HOK8KS AT FORT PILLOW.
The Work of ■lullilinif the Covington and
Macon Railroad Uextns To-day.
Dirt will be broken on the Covington and
Macon railroad at 9 o’clock this morning,
in front of the park gates.
Yesterday morning the offices of the road
were formally opened in the rooms over W.
F. Price's warehouse, on Fourth street, they
having been removed from Covicgtnn to
Macon by resolution of the board of direc
tors. Col. L. F. Livingston, president of
the road, Mr. E. C. Machen, supervising
contractor, ond Col. B. W. Frobell, en
gineer in chief, together with their
secretaries and clerks, at once took
possession, and began the work of making
preparation for the iiumedinte construction
of the line. A force of hands was organ
ized, tools and snpplies were purchased
from Macon merchants, and by night every
thing was in readiness to break dirt li
consequence, 9 o'clock this morning was
fixed upon as the time, aud the open space
in front of the park gates as the place.
A Tki.eoh.U’II reporter called ou Col. Liv
ingston aud Mr. Machen yesterday afte
noon, and interviewed them. In respouse
to inquiries, Col. Livingston said :
“We shall begin the work of building the
Covington aud Macon railroad to-morrow
morning. We have selected a ronte into
the city, nnd have located our freight depots
and simps. The only thing left undone is
the location of the passenger depot. The
road will cross the river where the bridge
of the Georgia railroad once spanned it. It
will follow the old track of that road to
point near Anderson's brick yard, where
will leave it to the left, and run around the
park fence through tho oity reserve to tho
track of the Eost Tennessee, Virginia nnd
Georgia railroad. There we Bhall
construct n Y, one track running
down in front of the park, and
another tapping the East Tenncssco, Vir
ginia and Georgia near the cotton compress.
On tho latter track the freight depots nnd
shops will be located. As to tbe passenger
depot, the location of that has not yet been
decided on. We would be giad to join tho
other roads in building a grand union depot
at the foot of Mulberry street. We do not
yet know how such a proposition wiil be
received. Ono thing is certain, our passen
ger depot will have an eligible loention."
Mr. Machen, who, by the way, is n Ken-
tnckiun, told the reporter that he had trans
ferred his citizenship to Macon.
“My fortunes are cast in with yonr peo-
f ile," he said, “and I hope for onr mutual
icnefit. As to tho building of the Coving
ton and Macon railroad, what Colonel Liv
ingston bns just told you is true. We shall
begin to-morrow morning. I have made
contracts for All necessary engines anil cars,
and within forty days steel rails for the line
will begin to arrive. When completed, the
road will be one of the best equipped
in the country. It will have
all modern ‘ Improvements, bo of
standard gauge, and will be managed in tbe
interest of Georgia. The road is entirely
independent cf all other lines. It seeks a
legitimate share of holiness, and will not
nso unfair or nnbnsiness-like means to ob
tain it. I expect to have the Georgia rail
rood at Covington by the 1st of July.''
Mr. Machen said other things tending to
show the sincerity of the intentions of his
company. He exhibited one of the bends
of the road, a beautiful specimen of the
arts of the engraver and the printer. He
was fall of business and life, and seemed
to lie very glad to get to work at lost.
By relereucc to the proceedings ot the
the city council, to bo found elsewhere n
this issue, it will be soon that a delay in
breaking dirt iuuy take place. The pro
ceedings of the council will fully explain
the cauae.
FLORIDA'S ORANOE CROP.
All Hanging Fruit Proves Almost a Tol
Li->s.
Jacksonville Letter in Savannah News,
The News correspondent has assiduous),1
endeavored, during the last few day B ,
sift the solid grain of truth—the true fact,
—from amid all the chafly rumors thn
have been indulged in so extensively re.
speoting the damage to tbe orange crop anj
trees by the recent disastrous freeze-out_
Expressing some surprise to an experienced,
orange grower, last evening, that there 1
should be such a diversity ot opinion
among growers from even the game
locality as to the extent of q,,
actual damage, the News correspondent
was slightly startled when tho old gentle,
man exclaimed: “Why, young man don't
you know there will bo more mia-Ktat*.
mc-nts—more lying about oranges, orana
groves, tho extent of the injury to this set
tion and that section, and ‘how my gr ov ,
wasn't hurt nnd John Smith's grove in aorae
other section or county was killed out-
right,’ than tho recording angel can ever jot
down in the judgment books.' There is a 1
good deal of truth in the old man's extra,,
no ant utterances, but the true condition ot
aliairs »ill gradually come to the surface,
und, though bad enough, there will yht U'
cause for congratulation that it is no worse.
The News correspondent, after the most
careful inquiry among those who anrelj
ought to know, has no ground to change hi,
assertions and opiuions furnished the Next
by wire during and just after the great
frec/o. I have talked to numbers of orange
growers from all Hiciions of the orange-pro.
ducing country, among whom wero ancli
prominent men as ex-Gov. Gleason of Ear
Caltie, Col. T. L. Lanior of Sumter county;
ltev. T. W. Mooro of Fruit Cove, author ot
“Orange Culture, in Florida;" Capt A. 1L
IvcH.magager of the Florida frnit'.Exchange;|
Major George U. Nollis, of Volusia, one
of the largest growers in the State,
and who estimates his loss from
hangingfruitaloneat$20,000; Mr. D. Green-
loaf, who has large groves on Lake George
B. M. Baer, of Leesburg; Col. D. lledmond,
editor of tho Florida Dispatch, who leu
carefully pursued investigations for bis
paper; W. II. Coates, of Dayton, dealer ia
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Indian river oranges, and Capt. L. II. Tot-
tie, author of nn ndmirable little treatise
entitled “Twelve Years in Florida,” who
owns a tine grove at Mandarin. The
opinion of all these gentlemen, while they
differ in some minor points, is substantially
that all hanging oranges wero Dozen and
aro almost a total loss; that nurseries and
other young trees, except where well pro
tected by tiros or by location or northwest
ern wind-breaks, wero killed, and that the
new growth, or what is called in orange
grower's parlance, angular wood, was
killed.
They Bay although tho cold spell was far
more continnons nnd severe than that of
February, 1835, it was not so destructive to
the trees, for the reason that in February,
1835 the sap was up in the trees, which
were budding, nnd in some localities,
blooming, while during tbe freeze this win
ter the trees were comparatively sapless,
hard, and by reason of the previous roM
weather this season, made by nature better
prepared to withstand severe weather.
Captain Tuttle, who returned yesterday
from a careful investigation of his and
neighboring groves, with special view of
determining accurately, as near as it can
now he done, the nature of the damage,
said in reply to the News correspondent’!
question that the result would be very sim
ilar to that of the cold spell of December
30, viz; that all sonnd, healthy trees
that wore neither fertilized nor cultivated
too late last summer suffered only to the
extent of loss of foliage and
curtailment ot this coming season's fruit
buds. Badly diseased trees of every age are
either doad or will gradually die. He also
expressed the opiuicn that the perfect re
maining groves will be greatly enhancedin
valnc, that some people will learn that suc
cessful orange growing 1* not a mere slip
shod, haphazzard, theoretical business, thst
the supply of oranges will not keep pace
with the demand, aud that all “frost Une”
real estate men aro naw buried under an
avalanche of “frozen veracity."
GIRLS IN TRAINNIO.
AGAIN THE INCENDIARY.
Another Attempt to Lay the Town
Jackson lo Ashee.
Jacdkw, January 20.—Yesterday morn
ing between the boon of 2 and 3 o’clock.
the big dog wonhl have prevented a robber
from entering. The ]>ouce were informed
late Saturday night, nnd they arrested
Waddle, bnt the other two men who took
Cox home have not been fonnd.
A Railroad Accident,
_ St. Jokki-k, Mo., Jannary 21.—A disaa-
the quiet of onr town waa again disturbed trona wreck occurred last night on thnSt. Jo-
by tbe work of » fire fiend. Onr night seph and Drs Moines branch of the Chicago,
watchman, W. IL Malone, saw the door of Burlington and Quincy railway, about four
D. M. Fondas store house open abont this miles east of Albany. A passenger train
hour, and saw emerging therefrom some bound for 8t. Joseph, encountered a broken
one whom he hailed. The person failing rail, when the whole train except the engine
to halt he emptied the five chambers of his I was thrown from the track and down an
revolver at him, but a» yet known without | embankment fifteen feet. There were fil-
effect. He at the same time discovered the I teen pestengers on the train, and not one
flames on the inside of the store, nnd by escaped injury. An old man named Miller,
the timely use of n few buckets of water from Palmyra, Iowa, was instantly killed,
the same _wa« suppressed. Keroeone oil his neck being broken. Several were sc-
had been freely use-1, and the store had rionsly injured,
been fired in three places. 1 —
Onr municipal authorities have offered a
reward for the apprehension of the guilty
ones, and also called noon the Governor, .
aeUngHUU aid. | champagne I
lx New Yorli City wiuun u-e list twenty '***’ gW
but thirty-nine deatha | B*. n _Da„t drink it by the
No Record Kept,
Xew York ytmee.
Brown—Feel terribly this morning. Had
champagne laat night
did yon
from hydrophobia.
I drank it by th# bottle.
Singular Tradition Regarding .the SHialng
Homes of Gen. Forrest’s Command.
A Cairo, I1L, special says; Tbe tradition
which has so long existed among the deni
zens of the Mississippi River bottoms, of
the existence of a tine breed of wild horac-s
aud cattle in the neighborhood ot Fort Pil
low. seventy-five miles above Memphis, has
in a measure been confirmed by a gentle
man who passed through hero to-day en
ronte to the northern part of the 8tate, to
procure funds and such implements aa may
be Decenary in effecting a thorough explo
ration of tbe locality.
Fort Pillow, it will be remembered, was
the ground upon which the newly recruited
colored troops of the United States were al
most exterminated twenty years ago by
Forrest's command, that battle to-day bear
ing the uncanny title of “Tbe Forrest Mas
sacre." The commend of the famous rebel
E mend was splendidly mounted npoo
loo-led stock, thoronghbreds, gathered
from throughout tbe Honth, and at the time
bad a liberal supply of fine cattle in charge
of the commissary. Daring the bloody
carnage which ensued many of these fine
animals escaped into tbe swamps and wilds
which are located dark and forbidding in
the neighborhood.
Old residents of the locality have for
years contended that Urge droves of hones
and cattle, wild and untamed, roam through
the atrip of country which extends miUa
back and np and down the river, thought
to be flat and wail calcnlstad for grazing,
hot which b separated trom civilization by
How Society Relies Get Ready for tbe XVIn
tcr’s Round of Gnycty.
New York Morning Journal.
“Wo are most of ns in training for tbe
winter campaign,” said a well-known belle
the other-lay. “No one has any i-lcifof
strain upon)one's constisntion when so much
-lancing, late hours and afternoon recep
tions anil teas make up one's life for five or
six months," sho continued. ‘ Generally I
rise about 19 o'clock and breakfast while
my maid brushes my hair. Then at
o’clock 1'inoff to a luncheon and only leave
to attend three or four receptions. Home
again at bulf-past 5 to dress for a dinner
party and then to the opera and frequently
a bull after tbs opera. At 2 or 3 o'clock in
the morning I am ready to go to bed, and
this is the life I have led for the past two
seasons.
“What do I mean by training? Well,
yon wonld cull it training, I think, anil
every society girl has to go through the
same regimen if she wants to keep her com-
E lexion aud health. Now, all the girls I
now aro preparing for their first ball.
They go to bed early, say ut 9 or 10 o'clock,
and sleep until 7. Then they aro given a
bowl of beef tea before arising, and after
they are dressed they must take a walk, a
ride or drive in the open air. Coarse corn
meal forms their chief dish for breakfast,
and after that meal they can go to the dress
maker's, shopping or calling, bnt most
lunch at exactly tbe same hour erery -by
and wear a veil to protect their complexions
from contact with the cold air,
"A low-neck dress is worn for a while
every evening,” continued tho belle, with a
sigb, “to accustom the arms sudjieck to it,
because yon know a person wearing a do-
cotlcto body for the first time in a ball room
is ant to catch her death of cold and then
her arms generally get so pink ! * i ct
white.
"Onr greatest triab come -inner
ot bouillon, bread und butter ad rout
beet Onr maids spend two honra or so
polishing onr arms and necks with glycerine
and rose water and another hour brushing
our hair.
“And when wc really commence onr hrib
and parties all onr enjoyment U admiration.
“It's perfectly delightful, anyhow, with
all ib drawbacks,” she said. “The flowers,
the music, the dancing, the lovely dresses
and the compliments aro perfectly delight
ful. Bnt I never eonld understand how the
young men keep ap so well. Why, do yon
know, after a ball at 3 o'clock in the morn
ing moat of them go off to the clnb for an
hour or two and soma of them don't so to
bed at all.'’
A PAIR OF BIGAMISTS
Occupying Front Rooms In the Sumter
County Jail.
Sunday morning shortly alter tbe Amer!
ens, Preston and Lnmpkiu came in Sheriff
Dan Davis, of Webster county, came np tbe
street to tho conrt house with one T. H.
Hayes in custody, on the charge of bigamy.
Hayes wus brought to Americus for safe
keeping, ns tho railroad negroes had threat
ened to break iu tho jail if he was kept in
Webster county.
lie was arrested nn a special warrant,
sworn ont by Capt. J. T. Beatty, of Pres
ton, whose (laughter he married about two
or three weeks ago. Hayes was n railroad
nmu, nnd was engaged on tbe A, P. A L.
where he met Beatty, He represented him
self ns an nnmurried man, aud nothing was
heard to the cunt ary until the day after be
was married, whin Capt. Beatty received a
letter saying that lluyce had a wife and
family in North Carolina. The captain
wrote to that state for proof and got it, and
Saturday Hayes was arrested. He denied
all knowledge of the North Carolina wife,
and vehemently protested his innocence.
Hayes is a muu of low statute, passably
good looking, red faced and dark hair, eyes
and moustache. He knew that Capt Beatty
was looking lor evidence as to hb first mar
riage, bnt remained at Preston, and never
offered to make a break for liberty. As
aoon as he reached Americus he sent for
Col. E. G. Simmons, to engage him os conn-
eel. Tho man hnd no money, and Col.
Simmons could not afford to do hb work
for nothing, "
his case is set for Wednesday, when bis
ireliminary examination will come np be-
ore Judge Fort in ebamben. Capt
Beatty lett for North Caroline on the Sun
day afternoon train, and proposes to bring
11,.1-Ae' SlW# «S*t#A IiUaI* U-VM > J lllAVU ti
A urcraLT married conple et Niles,
Mich., sbrt cut with en ective cepitel of 25
children. The husband contributed U to
Ut* stock and the wife II.
Taxes may be nothing in e name, bat it
b e singular thing that the “Mascot" waa
the only veaeel ont of the lane Gloucester
Hayes' first wife back with him if there
snek n woman.
Meanwhile Hayes U confined in jail, anJ
Prof. Dienssays:
"Misery loves company, so it b written-
—Americus Recorder.
ARRKBTKD FOR FORGERY.
A Man who ha- Held Many High t’oeltloe*
on Trial.
Ixduxxpous, Jannary 21.—Judge Harry
While waa arrested tub morning on *
charge of forgery. Information waa male
by lua brother, Thos. White, who b con-
teating hb mother's will, of which Judge
White b executor and chief beneficiary-
information made before the magistral*
charge* tho Judge with altering, defacing
and fabifying certain documents in the
Orphan's Conrt of Indiana county-
Judge White appeared before
the magistrate with hb counsel, and asked
for a preliminary hearing which was al
lowed, and will be had on Saturday. Judge
White serve-1 the bat' verm in Congreee.
was member of the Pennsylvuria State con
stitutional convention ot 187-t, served
twelve yean aa member of the State Sen
ate, waa a brigadier-general ot the Fennsn-
vania National Guards, waa major of th*
Sixty-eeventh Pennsyluanb volunteer*-
and waa captured at Winchester in 1M*
imprisoned in Libby and Balbboiy. and*
coped in 1864. After tbe war he wa* bit*'
atari brigadier-general