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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, JANUARY 26. 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
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OVER THE STATE.
Tmlae C. L. Battle has been elected
aver of Ellaviile.
Mrs Gideon Brown died in HawkinsTille
slerilav, of consumption.
\ 6 no"w-white squirrel wns caught in
lilies county, the other day.
The regular term of Laurens Superior
ourt will convene Monday next.
Dr J A. l’olhill, formerly of Waynes-
,ro’ will establish a drug store at Mtllen.
Babbits injured several LeConte pear or-
iards near Ellaviile, during the late cold
jell.
Griffin is to have a telephone exchange,
hirty-nine subscribers have been obtained
1 f**.
Tho Dawson market famishes a good
any mules -a ltandolph and Sumter
rmers.
j p Caraker, of Pike county, built a
ouso and packed it with ice during the
old spelL
Mr S T. Jordan, of the Dawson Jour
al. lias a pen and staff that he has used
r eighteen years.
Mr J. P. Duncan has left Perry and re
oved to Macon, where he will engage in
ie practice of law.
It is the general opinion that the oat crop
Houston county is soverely injured, if
it entnely destroyed.
Mr A. TV. Brannon has rented the Cen-
al Hotel at Fort Gaines, and will manage
during the present year.
The City Light Guards of Columbus con
futes ten dollars to the fair of the South-
n Bides, at Talbotton.
There are 119 children now attending
hool in Perry, 02 at the eoliege, 51 at the
aderny and B at a private sohool.
Ie. S. Baldwin has bought out W. D.Mur-
■ s interest in the warehouse at Ellaviile,
d Baldwin & McMichael will run the bus-
nala
con-
ndgt
iary.
trite
icing
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,nty.
store
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ulg*
rees,
coo-
rved
Sen-
3 colored Methodist conference is in
fesion at Hawklnsville. About onehun-
kd and fifty colored preachers are in at-
flilance.
Frof. Dozier, of the West Georgia Agri-
Itural and Military College, at Hamilton,
i established a weather signal service at
ht point.
1 few days ago, in Brunswiok, while Mr.
Is. Wright was walking through n store,
] „se fell from the shelf and out off one of
i toes.
Irhe Walton News alludes to the recent
hd spell as “hibernal, hyperboreal, brn-
bl, unthawed, gelidness and frost-bitten
(clemency."
The town conncil of Eastman has reduced
s mayor’s salary from $150 to $100 for the
[esent year, and the marshal’s from $50
r mouth to $30 per month.
1a general meeting of the citizens of Ban.
IrsviUe is called for this afternoon. The
tject of the meeting is to take some action
(ward providing protection from fire.
|ln Brunswick, Monday, a dog was seen
ading a blind man, the man lending an
Itoxicated woman, and a lot of hooting nr-
(ins bringing up tho rear of tho proces-
Jlt is now settled that the residence of
kneral Toombs in Wilkes county, will ro
bin in the family, and that it will be oe-
Ipicd in a short while by one of the grand-
lildren.
I In Colquitt county Wednesday, while
lines K. Frazier was entting down a tree,
■fell across a clay root, and bouncing
luck him, knocking him about nine feet
hay.
|Mr. J. J. Watkins, of Palaski county,
wsed sixty large pumpkins on two vines
lit year, thirty of which he put away for
hmnkinpirs in tho spring, out the cold
kathar destroyed them.
ISnnduy night in Paulding county, John
lean was arrested on a charge of connter-
liting. It in said Dean made the molds
(th which the counterfeit dollars recently
“isscd in Borne were made.
lLawrence Hanley, ono of Savannah's
|*orite actors, will enact tho juvenile part
I the now play, “Blackmail," at the
loples Theatre, New York. The ploy
111 be presented next Monday.
Captain P, T. Ennis, of Baldwin county,
i,7 Taylor, colored, who
filed Sol Smith some time since, and
■terwanl fled from justice. The Governor
1 Offered a reward of $100 for his arrest.
IMr. D. H. Houser, of Houston county,
■thered several tons of ice from his mill
•ml last week, and packed it away for use
»xt summer. His plan is original with
•iiseli, and he considers it os an experi-
•nt only. r
Dir. John G. Brown, of near HayneviUe,
puston county, killed hogs enough during
► past season to net him 18,000 pounds of
, sold three tierces of lard the
Auhs depot In Oartersville last Sunday,
■ niple on their bridal tonr were in tho
I 'M! toon waiting for the train. The
IW." 1 knowing of their presence,
I _ , a U P and thus kept them in
f wn for several hoars.
'■■•dnesday afternoon, while the funeral
f' c r* * c f (i being conducted over Hinds
1,7 1 “f Ihe colored cemetery, in 8a-
f aa ”’ “ hnllet fired from ontaido the
E ,t" Uisw 'hiough the crowd, just graz-
B the nose of one of the mourners.
CvL) Vm ’ Mott > residing on Dr. J. H.
I tHJ-u ’» ln Washington oonnty, died
ajr . ,ro . m effecta of a gun-shot
I '';’ 1 'Weired several days ago. He and
I. man by the name of Jordan were
rfi* » pin barrel and had the end of
I.' r * f° r ge, when the contents
1,1 . Jmrged and lodged In his body,
““ resulted in his death/
s °" b «ru»torlal Camtlilates.
I'l Ige Simmons sod Mr. Bacon will both
Rotor Oovstnor in Bibb county. We
r,,, °* *h° Bilib prefers. One coun-
r,'.“ P ri, bsbly not be allowed to chooae
t'corgia. Bacon haa the
►7”° '“Wing tliroughont the BUte. He
1. t0 ‘“.Governor on general princi-
Li , . ‘11‘^ially becanse no was gwin-
p ut of the nomination for Mr. Ste-
r*‘ onexpirod Urm.-Talbotton Era.
OVER THE SOUTH.
Sankey, tho evangelists,
j,^ 11 Mobile, Ala., on March 2nd, 3nl
Company have
EX. . ont . tbe city Electric LiglitCompany
f cost of $14,000.
[^“.forouoea will be removed from Pitta-
i to Rylacangs, Ala., where a site
1 "fa purchased.
| »tock company with a capital of $10,
nn » '’SP 1 organized at Oreenville,
“ o Ior the purpose of manufacturing
f’llT* *® r J* of iron land, near Oxmoor,
» , cannot be bought for lesa than WO,
G5 per acre wonld
Via., during the freeze, ice
in i «P nc h** thick fit atamling bar-
ll', colored water in the show
lunf *orug stole froze solid and bnrst
|x. Granges and tress an believed
■av» suffered severely.
The recent act of the Legislature forbid-
ing pool betting cn horse races has been
declared unconstitutional by the Supreme
Conrt of Tennessee. 1
T. M. Evans, of Anniston, shot and killed
Wilham Knighton, a constable, at alow
house near Oxford last Friday. Knighton
leaves a wife and nine children.
The Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan
ical College has now over 400 students and
it is believed the number wifi shortly reach
500, if accommodations can he bad.
The Wilmington (N. C.) Star says Florida
is misnamed when called “The Land ot
Flowers." It sayB there are more flowers
in Wilmington and five miles around than
in all Florida.
Frank Underwood, for twenty years book-
keeper for B. Lowenstein & Bro., Memphis
was found dead in his bed at his residence
Saturday morning. Heart disease was the
cau»e of his death.
The board of nnderwriters of Nashville
have voted to raise the rate of insurance on
all risks 10 per cent, on policies renewed
since January 1. Tho action was induced
by insufficient fire protection.
Tom Waters, who lives in Camden, Tenn.
is six feet eight inches high, and wears No.
14 Bhoes. Mrs. Simon Baker, of the Ninth
district, tilts tho beam at 300 pounds, and
gets around as lively as a cricket.
A committee from the Memphis Cotton
Exchange has been sent to Washington to
? o before tbo rivers and harbors committee
or the purpose of asking further aid for the
improvement of tho Tennessee and tribu-
Unes.
A full-grown manitce, or son cow, was
captnred a few days ago on the St Lneio
river, near Indian river, Florida. The spec
imen, which was captnred alive, and sent
to Key West, weighed 1,200 pounds. It
will be sent North.
At Fort Reed, Fla., during the lato freeze
oil the oranges aro frozen. Ice from one-
fourth to one and one-half incheB in thiok-
ness formed and hung to the length of six
to ten inches. Water in rooms was frozen
to one-Bourth of an inch.
EXTENSION SOUTH.
A cow at Maitland, Fla., whenever a fire
is built out of doors hunts it up and chews
her cud by the side of it at night when the
weather is cold. A veracious witness says
that one night the fire was covered with
sand bnt the cow uncovered it, blew up the
coals and was engaged in rolling barrels and
boxes toward it when stopped.
Mr. John Devoe, aged eighty-one, resid
ing near l’ishel, Md., wns token ill with
pneumonia. While caring for him, his
wife, ngedl seventy-seven, was parnlyzed.
Mr. Devoe tried to go to her relief and when
found both were prostrate on the floor,with
a partially burned pillow near them. They
died on the same day, within a few hoars
of each other, and were buried together.
Major B. G. Wriglit, of Oxford, Fla., has
discovered a novel, but simple, plan of hav
ing bis orange trees worked without paying
out anything for labor, and, in fact, with
out expending any labor on them nt all.
He throws a few handsful of meal or grits
about each tree, and bis chickens do the
work and do it ranch better than it can be
done with a hoe or rake. At tho same time
they scratch up and destroy all the insects
that may be lying in the ground near the
tree.
An Effort Made to Extend the Covington
and Macon Hallway, to Florida.
Mr. J. P. Dupont, owner of the town of
Dupont, in Clinch county, arrived in Macon
yesterday morning.
The object of Mr. Dupont’s visit is, if
possible, to induce the authorities of the
Covington and Macon railroad to extend
their line sonth to Dnpont, which is on the
main line of the Savannah, Florida and
WesUrnJrailroud, or to Tampa Bay in Flor
ida. H had a conference with President
Livingston, and will have ono with Mr.
Machen to-day. It is not yet known what
the probable result will be.
To a Telioraph reporter, Mr. Dupont
gave some interesting information.
“DnponV ho said, “is a town of about
three hundred inhabitants. It is in tho
line region of Georgia, one hundred and
hil ly miles south of Macon. It is per
fectly healthy, has fine free stone water, is
an excellent business 'point, and is quite n
winter resort for Northern people. There
are four hotels in the town, two of which
have twenty rooms each. All four aro full.
The late cold weather has demonstrated
that the orange can be safely cultivated at
Dupont, and I have no doubt hut that it
will be done very soon.”
“What inducements do you propose to
otter to the authorities of the Covington
and Macon railroad to extend their line
south?’’
“Some of thorn I am not yet prepared to
make pnbho. I can say, however, that if
the road is to be oxtonded south—and I
have reasons to believe that it will be—
Dupont is tho objective point it ought to
reach. From Macon to Dupont, on almost
a straight line, a road may be built upon the
ridge, which is the top of the water-shed
dividing the streams which flow into tbo
Atlantic ocean and the Gnlf of Mexico,
without requiring a bridge or trestle of any
importance. At Dnpont connection may
be made with the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad, which terminates at
Tampa with its own line of steamers to
Cuba."
“Do yon think that an extension, such
ns you propose, would benefit Macon?"
“It certainly would. * Savnnnnhnow con
trols the trade of Florida, bnt with a direct
line of her own, Macon could easily share
tho trade with that city. I regard such a
line ns the most important that Macon could
build. It would not oftly allow her to
share the trade of Florida with Savannah,
but it would give her direct communication
with Cuba and the West Indies, and also
with the Gulf coast. I believe, also, that
at no distant day a line of steamers will be
put in operation betweon Tampa and South
American ports."
Among other things said by Mr. Dnpcnt
were i ome clever complimenta to Macon.
He thinks Macon tho coming city of Geor-
gin, and, ns nn evidence of it, instanced tho
new railroads which Northern capital is
seeking to build to her.
Others besides Mr. Dupont regard Macon
ns the coming Georgia city. The fame of
the energy and solidity of her business
men is being spread abroad, and her geo
graphical anil health advantages are also be
coming widely known.
There is no sort of donbt bnt that the
future has in store for Macon a great des
tiny.
AN EDITOR’S ESCAPE.
A TERRIBLE STORM ON TnK SLOPE.
Suffering Thirty Minutes In a Frozen Carp
Pond.
It turns out that Editor Mumford, of the
Talbotton Era, was one of the largest suf
ferers by tho freeze that recently pneketed
the State in ice and stinng icicles from Val
dosta to Dalton.
Dnring one of tho days when the freeze
was at ita freeziest, Editor Mumford, who
weighs two hundred if he weighs a pound,
walked over to his carp ponds, just outside
of Talbotton, to see if he could
succor his carp. He found a small pond
frozen over hard and fast, and as it bore
hie two hundred pounds without wincing,
he Htarted sorrowfully across. On reaching
another and larger pond, he ventured
on its frozen surface without danger. In
the centre of the pond he noticed water
bubbling up, and supposing that it was
caused by bis pet carp blowing in air after
tbe manner of whales, he hastened to the
hole. In an instant the two hun
dred pounds of Editor Mumford
were in the hole; hut as he went down he
threw ont his arum and was thus prevent
ed from sinking entirely out of sight Tbe
wntcr as may bo imagined on an occasion
of this kind was cold enough for drinking
purposes on a Fourth of July, and the ice
bound editor was made to feci that it wns
growing colder every moment. He
tried to ’ raise himself ont by his el
bows, but a warning creak
of the ice deterred him. As there was no
other person within earshot anil he found
it impossible to extricate himself, he felt as
though the supreme moment was close at
band. Like n flash of blue fire on a Black
Crook spectacle, every event of his life
flashed across his mind. Every mean no
tion ever committed by him came out vivid
ly, and his brain fairly sung with the good
deeds he might have done.
In a second after he fell theftnindreds of
irp in the pond, hungry and desperate,
rushed to the spot anil nibbled at his legs.
It wns when he felt the fish tugging at his
rotund body that he bethought himself of
prayer. Loud, long and earnestly ho
prayed. Ho forgave John Gorman for
writing a book, he forgave all his delin
quent subscribers, ho forgnvo those who
recently voted the anti-prohibition
ticket in bis town, and in fact he forgave
everybody. In the meant mo his legs woro
freezing. After praying earnestly for a
long tiu.c, and sweeping tho frozon country
around with his oye in the hope of seeing
somebody to pull him out, ho summoned
all his strength and resolved to make one
more effort if the ice dul break. He was
successful. The ice remained in tact, and
after thirty minutes of freezing agony, ho
was out of the hole. Avhen he
reached tho bank and started home, tho
water in his clothes froze hard, and his
locomotion on a pair of legs whose knee
hinges wouldn’t benil, wns necessarily slow
and not at all graceful. Dut be reached
home ot last, nnd is still thawing. His
numerous friends throughout the State will
rejoice with us that so far no bod results
from his cold bath in a carp pond have
Bhown themselves.
REYNOLDS’ IRON WORKS.
At Kirk’s Grove, Ala., on Tuesday night
of last week a well-known citizen had a
basin of wnter brought to his room, and nt
night when he retired, the wnter was left
sitting by his bedside. Dnring the night
by some means his foot slipped ont of the
bed nnd fell into tho water. This did not dis
turb his slumbers, and when ho awoke tbe
nextmoming his foot wns completely im
bedded in a cake of ice. This story is
vouched for by a leading grocery mer
chant of Rome.
Tho Fayetteville (N. C.) News reports a ... -
case of hydrophobia in Sampson county, °‘ romtI
Joel Matthews, aged thirty-five years,
orossed Black river, the dividing line be
tween Cumberland and Sampson, with his
axe in hand, to do some work. After get
ting on tho Sampson side lie met a rabid
dog, which attacked him. He struck the .
pog with his axe bnt did not kill him; the lr *‘ “ n mites
dog seized him by the left hand and with
out releasing his hold held on till, with his
right hand, Matthews heat him senseless,
'"is hand was dreadfully mangled.
Two weckB ago Billy anil several of tho
Indians went to the house of Mr. William
J, Pent, near Miama, in Dade county, dur
ing hia absence, and finding no one at home
except Mrs. Pent and her four little chil
dren, ordered her peremptorily to cook
breakfast for them. She was very much
frightened, and set to work to cook for
them, bat not getting it soon enongh to
plcaso them, they commenced to throw
stones at the honse. This so frightened
Mrs. Pent, who was a delicate woman, that
she was seized with convulsions, which re
sulted in her desth in a few hours.— Key
West Democrat
FROZEN TO DEATH.
Frogress on the New lioiiil
Tbe office* of the Covington And Macon railroad
were filled, all tbrousb yesterday, and n buey
throne contractors from fer end nrer were ore.mil.
ell anxloue to obtain work on tbe new roed. Pros-
blent Livingston lied lite hand* foil, but be fonnd
time toan.wer the Inouirlca of a Ttl.rnaal-H re
porter, neverthelea*.
“What ta tbe condition of attain on the road to
day?" waaaaked.
The work begun yeeterday la thoroughly pro
graming. Five hundred haude have been employed
of which nuniberone hundred and fifty are actively
at work grading, ily the middle of next week,
flvo hundred more will have been employed,
making a total of one thousand on the lint section
of tbe road."
"Hare many miles of the road are under con
tract?"
"The first ten mllca, including tbe bridge across
the Ocmnigee, has been let. It la onr purpose to
complete the first section aa speedily as possible, In
order to expedite tho remaining sections. Our
steel rails will be arnt out from New York by
steamer, but It la probable that enough to lay the
first ten mllca will be sent by rail, as In that way
they will arrive In Macon earlier."
“Have yea experienced any trot
bids for tbe grading on the road?"
"Quite the contrary. We are fairly over ran with
hide. The offices have been full of contractors to
day, all anxious to obtain part of the work. One
firm In Atlanta, one ln Birmingham, Ala., and one
In Chicago, have representatives hare to-day, eact
applying for a contract to grads and build tbe en
tire line. I am of tbe opinion, however, that we
shall find all the contractors we nead right hero at
home."
In front of the park, when tbe grading was be
gun Wednesday, the scene was a busy one. Bur-
veyora wen at work properly locating the Hue,
workmen were engaged with pick, shovel, and
wheelbarrows, while a large crowd of idlers looked
on. It la Intended to put a force to work across the
river at once.
It was learasd from Fraaldent Livingston that
within tbe nest ten days the work on the line will
be thoroughly systematized, and will be pnahod
vigorously to completion.
The effect of beginning the work la already bel
felt In Macon. Hcvcral thousand dollars hava
ready bean expended for supplies, and on Saturday
The Neglect of .Neighbors Causes the Death
of a Mother anil Her Two In hints.
Anderson, 8. C., Intelligencer.
About three and a half miles from Bel
ton, in Broadway township, on the planta
tion of Mrs. Lucy A. Elwell, there resided
in a rude log bnt a colored woman named
Emaline Barmorc, and her little child, two
or three yean of age. About two weeks
ago the woman became the mother of an
other child, and since then the has
been confined to her bed. On the same
E lantation resided several other families of
er color. Thoy knew of her condition,
bnt, it uiems, were not thongbfnl enongh
to visit and miniatcr to her wanta of com
fort, and in that log cabin the poor woman,
with her two little children, lay with no
one to cook her a meal of victuals or to pro
vide a stick of fuel. Thns she wss when
the extreme cold weather set in on Thurs
day.
On Saturday afternoon Adam Bagwell,
who resides on nn adjoining plantation, was
asked to look after the unfortunate woman,
and on Sunday morning be and John Wad-
kina decided to go to her honse and cut her
some wood. When they reached the home
Wadkina knocked and called to the woman,
Lut they received no response. They then
unshed tbe door open. Across the fireplace
lay the poor woman, with her infant
clasped in her arms, both cold in
death, anil in one corner of the
fireplace lay the other little child drad.
How long they had been dead nc one conld
tell There waa no fire in the fireplace and
no fuel in the honee, and the cold wtndj
whistled through the large cracks of the
link
It wss evident that the woman had
crawled ont of her bed and made np a fire
to keep her and her little ones warm, hut
when it burnt out she was too weak to
secure more fuel.
Five women were burned to death in
New Orleans dnring last week from their
clothes i*sti»tilng fire from stoves or open
fireplaces.
Itnrpee-a Farm Annual
For ISM, advertised elaewhera. is a vary handaoma
and complete catalogue of Ganlsn, Farm and Flower
Seeds, bulbs. Plants. Tborongbbrad Uva Stock and
Fuer PoiKn. , _ .
plates, hundreds of lllnatmtioii*. sad ie beautifully
bound in an iUmnlaatal cover. It contains much
Information of value to every farmer and gardener,
and will be sent free oa application to W. AUe#
k Co., the wall-known acodaaien of Phils-
Harp** k
felphiO
when tbe hsnSa an paid off r it lam anm will find
Ita way Into tho money drawers of tho merchants.
Mr. E. C. Machen returned to tho city last night.
A CINCINNATI DRUMMER.
Ho Forsakes tho l’ul|ilt for tho Grip anil
Ucts Into Trouble.
A Lexington. Ky., ipecial snys: C. W.
Shell, a drummer representing the drag es
tablishment of Merrill A Co., of Cincinnati,
been stopping in this city for some time
past, working the principal towns in Cen
tral Kentucky and making his headquarters
here at the Alexander Honse. Last weak
a drummer fors Cincinnati bouse, named
G. W. Hamilton, came here and stopped st
tbe same hotel. It was not long before the
two men were warm friends, in fact they
became decidedly intimate, and for several
days the one was hardly seen on the a treat
without the other. A few days later Ham
ilton was taken sick with pneumonia
and forced to take to his bed. His
new friend did not forsake him in
his honr of need, bnt kindly administered
to bis many wants, treating him with so
much consideration that he relieved him of
his watch, valued st $175, and pawned it
for $7.50, not forgetting to have tbe ticket
made ont In his friends name. Hamilton
in a few days grew worse and his removal
to St. Joseph's hospital became necessary.
So soon sane arrived in that inatitution he
missed his property, bnt after locating it,
at the advice of friends, he concluded to re
deem it and let the matter drop. Sholl
graduated a few years ago at the Tkoologi-
col College,of the Kentncky University, and
afterward preached in varions portions of
the State, finally abandoning his priestly
robes for the garb of a commercial tourist
He has always, however, retained his mem
bership in the Main Street Christian church,
this city, bnt to-night it was decided by
that body that he be requested to step
down and out
FROM SAVANNAH TO MACON.
Surveying the Line of the Proposed Havsn-
mill and Dublin Hnllroad.
Tbe surveyor’s corps that started from
Savannah January 5th, to locate the line of
the proposed Savannah, Dublin and West
ern Short Line railroad, between this city
and Dublin, was at work yesterday in what
is known as the Devil's Woodyard, a dense
swamp near tho 8-mlle lock on the Ogee-
chee canal. •
Tho survey began at the Charleston and
Savannah and Savannah, Florida and West
ern railway junction, abont two miles from
the city. Tho line from there runs wost-
and strikes tho Ogeechee rood near tho 3-
mile post, following tho road for about a
mile, and then running irregularly in the
direction of station No. 1, on tho Central
railroad.
The corps consists of eleven men alto
gether, and is in charge of Mr. J. P. Clay-
jrooke, assistant engineer of tho company.
Mr. Claybrooke has been in the city a day
or two, and left yesterday morning for the
camp, which, up to yesterday, waa eight
miles up the Ogc-c'chce road. The extreme
cold weather of last week delayed the prog
ress of the survey. The water in the
swamps and small streams was frozen, and
it was with a great deal of difficulty that
the stakes were driven through the ice.
Tho lino, it is said, will cross tho Central
railroad twice between Savannah and Ma
con.
There is considerable talk about the
road, and the people in the counties
through which it is> expected to run ore
anxious to know whether it is a paper road
whether it is really to be bout. Those
whese lands through which the line has
boon surveyed thus far havo various opin
ions. Some believe that the road will be
bnilt at once, and others, without having
any particular reason for believing so, are
doubtful whether it will be bnilt at all
The poople who are at the head of the en
terpriae say that tbe road it going through
without full, and that it will h: completed
between Savannah and Macon before next
January. Mr. John W. Stubbs, attorney
for the road, waa in Atlanta recently, and
conferred with a number of leaseea ot con
victs in regard to seeming convict labor
with which to bnild tbe road. Abont 175
miles ere to bo graded and built, and it is
the purpose of the management to use con
vict labor if it can be obbdned. Mr. Stnbbs
was informed that he conld get the convicts
as soon aa the projector! of the line deter,
mined how many they wanted. President
Lioderman who waa in Savannah some days
ago, has since been in Americas, where it b
imposed to make the western terminus of
he Dublin and Americas branch.—Savannah
News.
AVALAffiCUUi IN THE WEST.
San Francisco Cut Off From Telegraphic
Communication.
San Erancisco, January 20. •• One of the
aoverest storms that bos over occurred on
this const Began on Sunday and reached ita
height shortly after noon to-day. It ex
tended from the northern boundary of
Washington Territory to the southern
boundary of Californio, nnd from the
Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.
Thero was nn almost continuous fnll of rain
and snow accompanied by wind, which from
five miles nn hour, gradually increase until
abont 1:30 this afternoon, when it blew
eighty-two miles nn honr. The storm was
iredicted by the signal service, nnd cau-
; ionary storm signals wore displayed by or
der of Lieutenant Glassford from the flag
staff of the Merchants' Exchange building.
Owing to thia timely notice, iuany vessel
remained in port nnj thus escaped the
fary of the storm, although the bay in
side the hnrbor was very rought, passen
gers on ferry boats being made sea sick.
Shipping did not suffer. Considerable
damage, however, was done throughout
the city by wind and rain. Houses were
unroofed, sheds, fences, trees, awnings,
signs, church steeples, and many small
BtockB blown down. Huge plate gloss win
dows were shatsered, basements flooded
and shuttera broken. Cars were lifted from
their trackf by tbe foroe of the wind, and a
covered wagon waa cangbt up and carried
some distance. No loss of life, however,
has been reported. Abont 1:30 p. in., when
the mind was at ita height, tbe west
wall of the Mechanics' Pavellion
was blown in and a few minutes after
about eighty feet of tbo roof of the build
ing was carried across tho street, damaging
buildings on the opposite side. The dam
age to tho pavilion amounts to several
thousand dollars. One of the most unfor
tunate disasters caused by the storm was
the collapse of a two-story building at Mis
sion slid Thirtieth Btrectn. At the time
of lhe collapse, Mrs. Annie Humbert
Miss Coyle and John Carroll wore in tho
building. Carroll escaped, but tho women-
wore buried under the falling walls and
severely, perhaps fatally, injured. The
most serious result of the storm was to
cut off San Francisco entirely for the
first time in ita history from tele
graphic communication with the out
side world. Wires begun going down
yesterday, ono aftor another, until finally
the break occurred about 12:30 this after
noon. For a short time the city wires wore
rendered useless. A large force ot men is
now repairing them, but up ta midnight of
January 20 no connection has been
male. This dispatch is sent
from hero by mail to Sac
ramento, whence it will bo forwarded to
its destination. Washouts have occurred
on the Southern Paclflo railroad at several
places between Mojaive nnd Yuma. They
are not considered • serious, and the road
will be ^paired in three nr four days nt the
fnrtbesl Exact information cannot be
obtained. Little or no delay has
occurred on tbe Central Pacific, although
there has been a snow fall between
Truckee, Cal., and ltono, Nov. No Infor
mation ns to tbo dnmnge sustained by ship
ping along the coast and by other portions
of tno country has been received, owing to
the lack of wire communication.
Iron anil Brass Foundries and
Machine Shops. •
Iron Ballings, Cane Mille, Hjmp Kittle*, 8team
Engines, Saw Mill*. Iron Fronts for buildings of all
kinds, mei'ilnery of all kindn, Grist Mills. Ite-
palring •»*•■>> engine* and machinery a specialty.
Iron and b* 'll castings of every description, ln
fact any an > jverytblng that la mads or kept in first
class Iron eorka.
Tbe proprietor haa had an expcrienca of over
forty year* ln the lion huidnae*.
arff-Wo grarantee to veil you Cane Mills cheaper
ban anybody, and that they will give perfect satis
taction.
A. I1EYNOLP8. Proprietor,
Cor. Fifth and Hawthorne streets, Macon, Ga.
ocm-w-tf
jEk
UmLf
vTOR W86. &
Win b* Malted FKEF. to all applicant*, and to ni«
last year wltbaat orderlaf it. ft coatalna about IK
•00 tuaitratloBi, price#, ar urate description# and i
direction# for planting all Tarlotlot of VEGETABLE
and FLOVVEK HKEUH, IIUI.IIS, etc. Inraluablo
to all. especially to Market Oardcncra. Bend ter It.
D, M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Michigan.
A Watch Free
We will mfttl ft pflcVel-SUvcr Witterbury Watch ot
the *tyle represented in tho cut below to ftnjr onw
who will tend ua ft club of ton mew anbanrlbAn to
Tuk Wkeklt Tblcouapb ftt one dolUrcach. Thin
will enftble e*ch uubsuriber to secure the pftper ftt
the loweftt clulTrftte, end ftt the Mine time compen-
Mte tho club agent for hl« trouble.
Okly mew hucscuibkbh—that In, thoee whoea
names are not now and have not been within tlx
months prevlone to the recoipt of the order on onr
books, will he counted.
These watches are not toya, bnt accurate and
■enriceable Ume-keepera. They are simple, dn ra
bid and neat. Tbo caeca always wear bright Teo>
of thoueund* of them are carried by pcoplo of all
claaaoe throughout the United State*.
“The Waterbary.”
MIs.Is.lppl Fleets liar Senators.
Nzw OnLKANs, January 19.—A Picayune
special from Jnckson, Miss., says: "An
informal veto wns token in both houses to
day at noon for two United States Senators,
for the remainder of the tern? expiring
March 4th, 1889, being tho nnexpircit term
of Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar. Hon. E. 0. Wal
thall received in tho Senate 35 votes, nnd
Hon. Joiff L. Alcom 1, four senators being
absent. In tho Honse Mr. Walthall re-
FOR $3.50
we will send Tan WxsxLT Tauoaani one year
and one of the above described watches to any ad
dress. Thu propoation U open to our subscribers
aa well aa those who an not.
oeived 104 votes, 1C members being absent. A zil- PnAim-il-lvr
Fortba tenn beginning March 4th, 1884, .1. I Uj •
Hon. J. B. George received in each honse
the same number of votes that were cast
for Mr. Walthall and Mr. Alcom received
1 vote in the Senate.”
A Thief In Umbo.
Jacksonville, Fla., January 21.—Mich
ael Krutz, who waa connected with Billy
1‘orter, in the great jewelry robbery at
Troy, N. Y., waa brought before a magis
trate yesterday afternoon on tho charge of
being a fugitive from joatice. Krutz was
committed for ten days, or until extradi
tion papers are received from New York.
His attorney had writ ot habeas corpus is
sued retnmable this morning at 10 o'clock.
Tbe jndge refused to grant tho writ and re
manded Krutz back to jail for ton days to
await extradition papers.
The Wisconsin Hog Plague.
Beloit, Wis., January 19.—The hog
ilagne, which haa prevailed in thia locality
his last season and is still causing great
loHK.la probably the moat disastrous disease
which has ever afflicted stock in thia vicini
ty. Scorea ot hoga are dying every day,
and it is estimated that tally 10,000 have families
died within a radius of fifteen miles of thia
city. The beat authority upon the matter
does not name the disease to the general
satisfaction of stock men, bnt many are
satisfied that it is measles, and not cholera.
A NlhllUt Iteaort Etalded.
St. I’etebsscbo, January 19.—A Nihilist
resort haa been discovered apposite the An-
nitichkeff palace in thia city. The police
made a descent on the place and arrested
several persons found in tbe house. They
seized a number of bombs and other ex
plosives, a printing press and a quantity of
treasonable document*.
I'nn.umption Cored.
An •
. hi* head* by aa Eaat India miMtooa-
ry the formula of a atiapta vaeetabla remedy for
■peedy and permanent com or rooramption, bi
chiUs, catarrh, aathmaand all throat and Ian, at
Uooa; also a poeittva and radical cor* for aanrooa
debility and all nervon* complaints, after havtn*
tested Ha wonderful curative p»rr*r. In thousand, of
owes, haa felt it hla duty to make U known to'
fellow sufferem. Actuated by this motive and a
aim to rettova human suffering. I will send free __
chaise, to all who daalxw It thl* rrcetpt. in Oenaaa,
French and Engli.lL with fwU directions for prepar*
lag nnd ruing. Kent by marl try .dimming with
^^amm-gUI. paper, W. A. koyu. us Power.
Narrow Escape of n Shift of Miners—Cas
ualties.
Denvbb, Col., January 20— A special to
the News from Aspin, dated yesterday,
says: Snow has been falling continuously
for three days and covers the ground ton
depth of almost three feet. This afternoon
abont 4 o'clock, aa a shift was waiting to go
on duty at the Aspin mine, tho men hoard
a noise, and looking up, saw a snow-slide
coming down the mountain. They mule a
rush for the dump and got under it, thns
sating their lives. The slide struck
the shaft and English bonnes, completely
demolishing them and killing John Rose,
the mine carpenter. The engine and boiler
were badly damaged. Tbe engineer was
thrown under the boiler, which waa buried
under ton feet of snow? He was after
wards recovered alive. John Leonard, one
of the owners t f the Conemara mine, and
several other men wete near tile shaft-honse,
bnt escaped with only a few braises. At 6
o'clock the fire-bell announced tho oc
currence of another slide. This time
it was over the mountain. Investigation
showed that two drivers, with their mules
and wagons had been buried under fifteen
feet of snow near the Augusta mine. Seven
men, who started from here this morning
for Maroon Pass, to return at noon, have
not since been beard from. It is supposed
that they were bnried under a third slide
rtqwrteu to havb occurred in the Para nt
abont noon. There was another slid* near
Camp Lord mine, bnt no damage to re
ported. All the avalanche* followed in the
track of one three yean ago that killed five
men at Vaitjjo mine.
Trichlnoele In Chicago,
Chicago, January 10.—The discovery is
made that Adam Melqner, his wife and
aiater-in-law, living in the aubnrb of Grand
C roe a ing, are afflicted with trichinosis. The
victims have been ill for several daya, and
are in a dangerous condition. They had ail
eaten heartily of raw pork. Since Mrs.
Moigner haa been taken with the disease ahe
haa given birth to a child.
Th« Maryland Hcnalonhlp,
AifXAroLirt, Md., Jannary 10.—The vote
for United HUtew Senator in the Maryland
LcgiHtatnre resulted to-day, in the Senate,
for A. P. Gorman, Democrat, 21 votes; for
E. McComar, Republican, 4 votes. In the
Ilouae for A. P. Gorman, 70 votes; for Mc
Comar, 10 votes.
The above propoeltlone will be kept open tor a
limited time only end partiee who wleh to take ad
vantage of either ehould do eo at once.
*9"Unleee otherwise directed we will eend tbe
watchee by mail, packed ln a etout paeteboard box.
>ur reeponeibility for them will end when they
are depoeited in the poet-offle*. They can be regis
tered for ten cent* and parties who wish thie dona
ehould inclose tble emonnt, or we will eend them
by express, the chargee to be laid when they are
delivered. Address TUK TKLKGKAP1I,
Macon, Georgia.
Make money ordors, check*, etc., payable to
11. C. U ANHON, Manager.
W \ KTI’h An active Man or Woman ln ev-
AluiiU cn county to sell our goods,
Balary $15 per Month and Expenses. Can
vassing outfit and particulars rux. Jr it 3
eanfiiLVEawAas Co., Boston, Mess.
notIX lUwAwflm
[(ttl A RoNTII AND HOARD for three live Young
'U#J Men or Ladles In each county. Addree P. W
PEOLKB k OO., Philadelphia. novIOweowfw
f nding us valuable mil
tion of school vacancies and needs. No trouble or
I expense, fiend stamp for circulars. CUICAOO
HCllooI, AGENCY, 1HA South Clark street. Chicago,
Ill. If. B. We want all kinds of teachers for schools
‘ ‘ " JyMly
Tones County SheriH' Solo.
next, ene acre c
situated at Hugar Hill, in aahl county, and being on
the north side of the public roed leading from
lllllsboro to Coanucopla, and branded by lends of
John Gordon, John Garland and said public road.
Levied on as the property of B. A. Gordon to sstisfy
a tax A. fa. against the said 1L A. Gordon fer hie
Htats and county taxes for the year IMS. Amount
of tax fi. fa.. with advertising fees and costs.
January 4. lMfi. H. J. PHILLIPS.
Hberiff and Tax Collector Jones County,
jsnfiwlf
zVdyicc to Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always be
used for children teething. U soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays au pstn, cures wind colic,
aud 1s the best remedy for diarrhoea. 35c. a bottle,
JyMwly
r being at Oor.
arlah Oardon.
Jones County Sheriff Sales.
OflCGROIA. Joses Cocrrv-—Will be sold on the
first Tuesday la February next, before tbe court
hooae door hi said county, during the legal hours of
sale, for eesb, the following property, to-wtt: One
paUrat Herring's iron safe, oae a
bouse, one twenty hone-power J
one teo-horee wagon. Held prop
doQvtUe, near tbs residenc
in said county. Also, one tour-bores wagon, one
ox wagon, one Paninbar (Separator No. 4, one forty
sew Pratt cotton gin with condemer and feeder, all
of which lest mentior eil property Is at huger Hill,
in said county, end being difficult end expensive to
transport. Also, at seme Urn end place, one four-
hone Parqttber engine, aow la front of the court
house. Held above described property levied on
ee the property of B.A. Gordon to satisfy a mort
gage ft. fe. Issued from the Kepertor Court of Jones
county, in favor of He bert Gordon vs. H. A Ootdoa.
“iht property pointed out to said mortgage i. fe.
January S. UStT 8. J. PHILLIPB.
JaaJvU* (Sheriff Jones county
Crawford county Sheriff Sales.
GKOBOIA, Ctuwvoan Commr.—Will be sold be
fore the court-house door in tbe town of KooxviUa,
Ga., within th« legal hours of Bale, on the Ant
Taeeday in February next, the following described
nroMrtv. to wit:
‘ one lot of land. No. 52, in Crawford county,
bounded on the north by land* of J. K. Asksn, east
by Stephen Hyrlck. on south by W. It. Davis, west
by Mrs. A. C. Asken. Levied on aa the property of
J X. Asksn to satisfy a mortgage fl. fa. issued from
the Superior Court of said county in favor of W. T.
Maynard. ag«loat the said J. T. Asken. Property
pointed out in said fl. fa.
Also, st tbe same time and place, tbe southwest
quarter uf lot of land No, M, ln the lint district of
said county, known ee the Beasley piece, bounded on
the north by lands of the Hancock estate, on south
by lands of H. P. Jordan. Levied on ee tbe prop
erty of Mrs. M. D. Htroud to urtlafy a tax fl. fa. re.
Mr*. M. 1) Htruud. Levy made by H. Bond, tax
collector, and handed to ms.
Also, at the eamo time and place, lot of land No.
63, in the seventh district of said county, levied oa
as the property of Edward Andrews to satisfy a fl.
fa. issued from the County Court of said county to
favor of B. V. Mcith vs. Btiward Andrews. Proper
ty pointed out by plaintiff.
January 1.1***,
janSwIw
M. P. BXVIKBK.
GKOBOIA, CKAwroan Cocstt.—To ell whom It
may concern. I have to doe form applied to Geo.
L. Sawyer, ordinary of said county, for leave to sell
tbs lands lying in Monroe county, Ua.. belonging to
my ward Jonathan T. Holmes, (laid application
will be beard by said ordinary oa tbe first Monday
to February next. This kOtb day of December, ltoi.
janfiwit
8UBAN B. HUOULEY,
T H K
LAMAR COTTON CHOPPER.
Hornething Entirely New. It has been
Thoroughly Tried and la Fully Guaranteed.
Chops M screes day with one male. Pay* for itself
in a few day*. ritICE ONLY Mo. Sand for
descriptive circular. Address
H LOU NT * HILL, Atlanta, Go.
declSwit
nr/kplT FOB ALL. 930 A WEEK AND
vY IVIV expenses paid. Outfit worth
pertimlare free. P. O. Vickery, Auguste, Matos.
jan U,w.!Tl