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i 10 THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY MARCH 23. 1SSG.-TWELVE PAGES. T1IE INSIDE OF ATLANTA. WHAT HAPPENED IN AND ABOUT ATLANTA YESTERDAY. A Desperate Fight Between Brother*. Investigation of the Orphan Asylum—'The Georgia Midland Road—A New Pro hibition Point—Shot Thaough the Heart—Brother Fight. Atlakta. March 16.—'The board of trustee* of »he Methodist Orphans' Home, at Decatur after a full Investigation of the alleged cruel whipping of Ar thur Harrison an inmate, make the following state ment, exonerating the Rev. F. M. T. Brannon, the superintendent of the house. ••We find no grounds whatever for the supposi tion that there was any cruelty or unreasonable severity in the punishment administered in this or any other case at the Home. "After the closest and most impartial inquiry la to all the facts connected with the case in ques tion, we are thoroughly satisfied, and do unquali fiedly assure the public, ttiat there was no indiscre tion, even on the part of the superintendent, in the management of this case. It was simply a case of moderate flogging with a small switch, administered with deliberation and care, for the good of the child and the maintenance of proper discipline in the family. And we do hereby unanimously reaffirm our entire confidence in the sound discretion and Christian spirit of the superintendent. This judgment accords with the well sustained character he has borne for twenty- five years, and the universal estimate of those who know him and his excellent wife. We deem it advisable to make the following state ment of facts: "1. The two boys who ran away from the Home and went to Powder Springs, were kindly received when brought back, and as they yielded readily to the kind admonitions of the superintendent, were restored to their places in the family with slight punishment •*2. A short time thereafter Arthur Harrison, the little boy whose case has become so notorious, away, taking another little boy with him. They were found in Atlanta In the keeplog of a colored woman who had had charge of Arthur before he was admitted into the Home. As this offense was committed so soou after faithful harmony against it. both by the superintendent and the president of tho board, who visited tho Home for the purpose, it was insisted upon by the executive committee that the offenders should 1>e punished. This is the dnty of the superintendent, and he performed it in this case as any wise father would have done—with pain to himself, but consclentl ms fidelity to the the good of the boys and the Interests of tho iusti tntion. ••The two boys were punished by the common method of flogging with a small switch—a switch not larger in its largest part than a common cedar pencil. It was in clear evidence before us that nothing in the time or manner or degree of the punishment indicated any undue severity. • "As trustees of the Orphan's Home, we beg to assure the church and the public that wc have en deavored to conduct this investigation in the spirit wrhirh would have moved any one of ns in a caso of alleged maltreatment of one of our own children and, without dissent or hesitation, we exonerate the Superintendent and approve his management. "As to the reported incompetency of the teacher, Mrs. Cora Hampton, it is sufficient to say that have the certificate of the county school commis sioner and of Professor Slaton, superintendent of > public schools, Atlanta, by both of whom she was examined, of her entire coiuj«tency to teach school of the grade established at the home.” FnuMln would ran os. for thrauelra. hotKlrk- ning for plaintiff; Harmon .1 Peeples, W. Patrick) feeing that Franklin vliouM Dot b« arrested. R. Brown, C. H. A R„ B. Bn meg, Candler, -A nice scheme,” ejaculated Judge UcCy. | Thompson A Candler, L. J. Glenn A Son contra. No. 40 Atlanta (continued.) Jlnllct.nl., brothers, John and Marvin hSI-a", who live In settlement near the old Exposition Hotel, bad a | Spa i dingi Hillyer ABro:, Candler. loom- desperate light and tried to kill each other 8on j. Candler, Hopkina A Glenn, E. N. The fight grew out of a family quarrel. Broyles contra. After having hot words Herrin left his brother Pending argument of this case the court John and started to town. He overtook him in an 1 adjourned to 1) o’clock a. m., to-morrow, open field, where they had a regular rock batttle I The Eastern circuit will probably be They then closed in, clinched and fought like de- I reached Friday morning, raona. Marvin, who is a one armed man, knocked Atlanta, March 18.—No. 40. (Continued.) several of John's front teeth out and I Atlanta circuit. Argument concluded. received a fearful hlow under bi9 left eye with a I No. 24. Atlanta circuit. Trustees First rock. After beating each other terribly the men Methodist Church vs. City of Atlanta. Ar- parted for awhile. Marvin got an ax from bis wife I gued. H. E. N. Palmer, Harrison & Peo* and John went to his home and got a double- I for plaintiff; John 11. Goodwin, Jno. T. barreled shotgun. They advanced upon I Fendlcton contra. each other. When they came within *'• circuit. Wm. Ezzard vs. a few paces John levelled thegnn on his brother! „ Argue tL H.li. lompkins for about to kill him. when an old man rushed How tlie Share System Becomes Too Com plicated for Negroes. From the Detroit Free Press. In many of the Southern States the ne gro farm hands work on what is known os tho hliare system. The lund owner furn ishes land, mules and farm implements and advances the supplies. At the end of the crop season the laborer usually gets one- third of the product, corn, cotton, etc. A farm in Sunflower county, Miss., in recon trading the first of the present year with his laborers for the year 18SC found several of them who w ere unwilling to remain with him for one-third of what they produced, between them mud knocked the weapou up. About this time mounted officer Joe Green was summoned John Kweat went off up town with his gun. Mar- | drawn. He is plaintiff; Mynatt A Howell contra. STONE MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT. No. 1. Stone Mountain circuit. With- vln waa arretted and brought to the station. He is I No. 2. Stone Mountain circuit. Georgia able to give bond, but preferred to remain at tb e I Railroad and Banking Company vs. Cole station, "because," said he, "if I go b*ck home to- and wife. Argued. J. B. Camming, Cand- night Iknow my brother will come out there and Thomson & Candler, Hillyer & liro. for John will probably be caught to-night, plaintiff; Hoke & Burton Smith contra. Court then adjourned to 0 o’clock a. PmtniMter Kenfroe’s Boml. Atlanta, March 15.—Mr. Kenfroe was in to Postmaster Wilson this morning, whom ho informed that he would be ready to take charge of the post- office on the 1st of April. It is understood that Sir. Henry R. Jackson. United States Minister to Mexico, and who«e son Howell is married to Mr. Kenfroe' daughter, has aent Captain power of attorney to go the whole l>ond of Mr. Kenfroe. Three names required d rep to. morrow. A WILD RUMOR Takes Possession of a Town and Almost Adjourns a Court. Covington, March 17.—-A rumor that the Kimball House in Atlanta w as on fire had i,«rrv effect upon tho entire community here whft . to-day. The news soon reached the court room, where the court was in progress, and .. . , A . a . ,, , , , in a few minutes it was generally known, on the bond; the two besides Mr. Jackson ftn <| came near cftU sing a suspension of fur- present no value. As the bond is $80,000, ^er preccedings ($50,000 as postmaster and $:»,000 for money order No less than five hundred people called department the bondsman lias to be worth ft t the offices of the Southern and Western $loo,ouo "over and above all debtsand liabilities ex- Union Telegraph componies to learn some- lsting against him, and, also, over and above what- thing of the tire. A la.ge number of mes- ever projierty tho laws of the 8Ute exempt from sages were sent to parties in Atlanta, euquir- levy or sale.” iug if the Kimball was burning. Answers Tho bond which Mr. Kenfroe will have to give | were soon sent back that the rumor of the prescribes that he "shall pay tho balance of all burning was without fonudatiop. Everyone moneys that shall come to his hands, from postage seemed disgusted when they realized that collected, postage stampa and postage cn-1 they had been duped, elopes sold, or money orders issued by him I How the rumor originated is unknown, from any other source connected with the postal [ *1 ls supposed to have been tho work of ice, in the manner prescribed by the Postman- I " l 10 w anted to create an excite- tcr-Oeneral for the time being, and shall keep safely, without loaning, using, depositing in other hanks or exchanging for other funds than allowed by law.” It has been settled that Mr. Park Woodward will he appointed assistant postmaster. meat. It was cffectuaily accomplished. THE HANDY RAZOR. Two Houston County Negroes Lcnve Church With Murderous Intentions. Perry, March 1G.—On Captain Coffee’ plantation, in tho extremo southeastern portion of this county, a negro by the name being I of Adam Johnson was killed by Jerry Holt, A New Prohibition Point. Atlanta, March 16.—The question is n agitated as to whether or not under the prohibition I another negro, on Sunday. It appears that law case, tho Capital City Club can contlnuo after Holt had hired Johnson’s wife, who had July 1st to furnish its members liquors. Members I separated from her husdand, and during of the club say that under the decWdons of the service on Sunday both men left the church Malno and Iowa State Supreme Courts the club may I uud started to a spring. M hen near the supply liquors to ita members, it is, nevertheless, H P rin 8 Johnson, without any warning, ex true that tl.ee- .am. member, are very at.trn.tful “Pf M *“6 H°]t .‘.‘why he had moved hi. of vh.t will be the ruling of the Oeorgl. Sapn-me / ohD ‘ i ° n8 J Holt with a razor, Conrt> I the gash extending from his ear to his chin, « I-.,,.. Holt immediately struck Johnson with a I **><*. >“ tho melee which followed stabbed Johnson twice, once in the back Court However, be tliia as it may, bw members have been added to the club since Urn prohibition .lection, and tl..r. ar. application. „ nd onco in tho neck ,' irodtlciDg dcath in now before lire board for tho admlnion of icvoral 1 r,.,., s„„ i„.. SOUTHERN STRATEGY. ATTEMPTED MURDER. Hamilton I .owe Make, a Deeperate Attack Upon Mr. Lout. Greenwood. At 12.30 o'clock yesterday Hamilton Lowe. colored, attempted to murder Mr, Lonin Greenwood, by shooting at him with a pistol. Lowe has been employed by Fergnson & Co. as a laborer on the Covington and Macon railroad. Yesterday morning he came into tbe city in company with Tom Mathis, colored, and both imbibed freely ,, , d — of whiskey-. At 12 o'clock, being out of funds and desiring more whiskey, they cast | ft oUv that cannot be hid. BILL NYE. Hut Humorously Diicnised. The subject of what we shall j 0 . .. ourselves after death, writes Bill the Boston Globe, is one that should 6 1!? duly considered at an early date I. „ seriousness, the soul is not the onto ,i- to be looked after, either during life or? ter death. Wo are too prone to nteleci„ health daring life and then bequeath T* neon initiated microbes and other result, (J funds ana aesmng more wnisaey, tuey ease , a dt thst'eannot be hi<I. UU ** about to devise a method by which they T^ncvitvU a oaaA , . might replenish their exchequer. Ma^s know n public men to overdi 1. To dfe'S found .none of the proper moment and leave a g^"* n A Co. for *1. Lo> e , )rehS10U on R lg tory is one of the W »?' Fourth stoeeflo net R 1>0 flickcr ° ut of life »*«> Fourth street, to get it a g rea t people still ringing in the t-irs ; t SS .“rtike^ Mr 8 B ood ***1** ““ ““*“ Ci Ln.L „ woman-and tho majority of them ar. How much more do you want?” inquired the farmer. We wants a forf; dat’s what Misti r Mitchell's gwine to gib hes ban's dis yearh.” The farmer laughed, and calling to his wife, asked her to bring out a couple of ap ple pies she had just bnkfed, and when the pies were produced ho cut one of them into three equal purls and the other into four and invited the darkies to help themselves, each to a piece. It is needless to say that the pie that had been cat into three pieces was the one first attacked. Now,” said the farmer, pointing to the thirds, "that is whut I propose to give you, ami that.” pointing to the fourths, "is what you say Mr. Mitchell is going to give you; which had you rather have?” The darkies opened their eyes and stared at one another, when the spokesman ex claimed: "Weill dat pie business do prove dat a free is bigger’n a fo\ War dat contract, Marse Bob? ’ The contract was produced and tho last one of them signed it. cashed or to trade frequently bought up “J**™** ( woman—and tho majority of them aro : skies *iE tSEuS. ssa'ri^-S! properly countersigned. He returned it to tbeiFtoml»ton<». Lowe, and accused him of an attempt to But after death, wo,,, ena.t we do via swindle. Lo.e wa j 1 ,i us ^ drunk ourselves. In this brief treatise Idar. at°once ‘began anit^e S£? n Greenwood.^ Mr. Greenwood ordered him “S to leave tbe store. He refused to do so. i *iT Mr. Greenwood started to put him out, L £ hat we with our bodies ' * wtut^a^htuVlto^e^omrhe 1 W not H door, be drew his pistol and flred at Mr. I gif, _ t, 11 t > aii n w „,« to «.!, Greenwood hut without effect flippancy, but allow me to speak phunit ol Police Officers MoClesky and Ray were! ju^o^^hoalth" “ r ' J ' KUtj * Ct conceni - near, and, upon observing wbnt was in pro- dentil has some very peculiar characte gross made a rush for Lowe and at- istic9 For (natanoe. It wiU wake ,m £ fiercely, making r^ettied effort^ to ^une^^or^xVv^ 8 h’" ^ both h 8 .s pistol and his lat dJ draw TALKING TO NEW YORK. knife. In the mid: i several f c w minutes. The coroner’s jury rendered a verdict of justifiable homicide. Hhut anil Killed. Atlanta, March 18.—'This morn log, about 10 o’clock, a young mao named William Pinson was ■hoi and killed at the store of Dr. C. 1*. Johnson, 117 8mlth street, by Patrick Hickey, the boy clerk. The shooting was accidental. A short tiiue after the tragedy, Dr. Johnson, who was attending a pa tient on Ivey street, was telephoned for, aud re paired to the scene of the shooting. The case Is ■ad and peculiar one. William Pinson waa leaning on the ahowcase in the store picking a piece of paper to piece* and talking with the clerk, Pat Hickey, about a hunt which they proposed to take next week. Hickey •waa behind thl ehowcase, his ban * resting upon a platol which he snppo'ed was not loaded. Sud denly ba cocked the pistol and polled th* trigger, merely intending to snap it. A loud report fol lowed. and young Pinson staggered backward and waa caught in tho arms of Mr. Dave Louger, hi* imcle, who was standing a few pacee In the rear. In ten minutes he was dead. The ball passed through the front of the show case, cutting a large hole, and eutered tbe Iowa* part c f the breastbone, and la anppoeed to have lodged In the young man's heart. Concerning tbe accident Doctor Johnson says: "Day before yesterday a gentleman left the pistol at my store and asked ms to sell it for him. There jvm one loaded cartridge In It. In the pretence of Tat Hickey, toy clerk, I took the cartridge out and put the empty ptotol ■how case. Night before last, my own pistol, which I placed under my pillow, slipped down between the bedding during the night and next morning 1 could not find U. I usually sleep with a pistol un der my head, ao last night, without the knowledge of my clerk, I took tho empty platol from the £ow case, re charged U with the cartridge which ITuT extracted the day before and slept with the weapon under my pillow. This morning replaced he pistol in the • show case but did not take the cartridge out 8o you aee Pat Hickey, my clerk did not know that the weapon wm loaded. Of course. In putting in the cartridge 1 had set the cylinder ao that when cocked th* first time the loaded chamber would revolve under the hammer." The father of Pat Hickey and the uncle of Wll llam Pinson were the only witnesses to the shoot ing. Roth state that it was purely accidental. The dead man wm about 28 years of age. He was a butcher. Within the past two weeks h* baa bur- tod two children—all he had-and wife is now at the point of de^h. Bhe has been 111 for several weeks. Fat Hickey la sixteen year* of age. and has been clerking for Dr. Johnson for about a year. He now at the station house, wbers he will be detained In the office until after the coroner’s inquest, which will take place this afternoon. He bas a good face, and te deeply affected over the accidental killing of hia friend. Tho (icorgU Midland. . Atlanta, March 16.—AtlauU has a new propo-I Newton Superior Court, sitiou from the Georgia Midland. The conference I Covington, Ga. , March 15. Newton tiu- Awtwwnta. commute. u>4 th. director. di,l not petior Court convened hero to-day, with rc.nlt In .rijthlnit definite, and Pre.lil.nt Jordan, I !I? n - *• *? PWmdlng judge, of Poland,n., .ad Scion OnmtLml. of , irt „ ln . 1 b« probably hold two week., a. h.ve R oa. to N.w York. It 1. now ,,m,,o«d th.t if hc , ro ‘ H <=normon» amonn of bnameju Atlanta want, any of It. .h.ean make, hid for a I nectoumnly branch or extcnalon to Gridin. require an adjourned term. Among the . .members of foreign hats are Cols. A. C. ,^V7 ,’ 1 ov " f,cl McCalls, George W. Oloaton and A. 0. Uiat ah. has triumphed orw Atlanta. To-day th. h. erry; of Conyers; also Col. J. H. Nun- followtna bulletin, topped ofr with an tinmen., nelly, of Monroe. The criminal docket rooater. wa» ported on Bill atreel In that place. will bo reviewed Friday, which will con- “CoLi'MBt'a, March 1».—W. go direct to Sew York tinno until the expiration of the present on tho 11 o'clock train this morning. Griffin gets I week, the road—Atlanta gala left,—3. Grantlaod, G. Ounby Jordan, The Surceasul Test of a New Telephone In Washington. Washington Post. Gentlemen in a room at Willard’s Hotel yesterday conversed quite freely with Ren- tlomen in tho office of the United Tele graph Lines at 187 Broadway, New’ York citv. Washington has rarely before been able to exchaugo ideas with New York by telephone. It was done over the Postal Telegraph Company’s wires by tbe uao of new telephone in struments invented and patented by Mr. W. C. Turnbull, a wealth}' merchant of Bal timore, Maryland, and owned by Count Eugene do Mitkiewicz. There were a num ber of prominent gentlemen present, among them Representative Warner, who declared that ho had never been able to speak or hear ns distinctly between the capitol and any of the department buildings as he did between Washington and New York. Tho transmitter is a|simple but effective instrument. The speaker, instead of ad dressing himself to a metal diaphragm in front of a complication of delicate machi nery, talks to a little panel of any kind of wood at the back of which nre attached an even number—almost nuy even number— of littlo sticks of carbou suspended on a pivot of carbon, in appearance resembling the core of a lead pencil with the lower ends leaning against another littlo transverse rod of carbon. Tho wires arc attached to the ends of the little rod. Mr. Turnbull bus . atented a receiver,too; but the strength aud uerit of the invention lie in tho tans- witter, which can bo used with any re ceiver. Experiments have shown that tho further the speech is transmitted the more distinctly it is delivered, aud tho owners of tho invention look forward to a time when it will be possible to talk from Wash ington to London. The company, when rgauized, will make its headquarters in Washington. the stratnrie he bit 1 hohhr. Officer McClesky’s right hand between the u2f° wSft rTmemL^r ° tL thumb and forefinger Fluffing Umt force | u . nni „„ hlm ' Ut “ was necessafy, the officers clubbed him into subjection and then placed him in a hack sifcsM I ssihU-dToZ^y ffia day when clothes and come to my f hair rise up oc end. He cannot gloat oi« me now, hut tho day may comewhen Iahal for'thesc'offends, warrants wVll'h'eBwom out | ^’‘iTe^ofc 1 now; anil he may outlive me and come to see nie properly buried. Then be will <&. docketed for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, shooting in the city, fighting, aud resisting officers. Besides having to answer against him for carrying a concealed w eapon uiul for assault with intent to commit murder. Lowe is said to be a bad negro. News ami Gossip Coin-*ruing Kullroad Men I an hour ago.” nml Measures. I could suffer a good deal through life i! A meeting of tho directors of the Mocol I knew 1 could at last head off the funer*! and Dublin railroad will be held at Allen- fiend—tho man who wouldn’t loan nei town on tho 27th instant. dollar when I was struggling for grub, la Tho Mississippi Valley has just connected I who cheerfully visits my funeral and sbon itself at Huntington, Miss., with the Ar- his approval in every possible way. kansas Valley route to Arkansas city by a | I must say in all candor that there an special cable across the Mississippi river I many attractive features about cremation between those points. 11 am suro that W’hen cremation is plad A railroad mocting is to be held at Anti-1 reftc ^ ^ rapidly be ocli, Stewart county, Saturday. The offi- come popular. cers of tbe Americas, Preston and Lump- . * n 1 l ., .J^ 1 ® space bctvw railroad have proposed to extend to I j 1 *® an d physical uniuhilation could be■ a enco and Antioch if the people along i U8t rts narrow as possible, it would l* Atlanta and the Midland. . . Atlanta, March 17.—It is now settled that the I wrecked about 5:J0 o’clock thia Jifternoon, Georgia Midland will ro from Columbus to Griffin. | at the 183 mile post, by a wheel of one ot is possible a more direct line than at from Griffin to Atlanta may be provided fro... .— . town to Atlanta, thus, after all,«briDRing tbe line J *jTf* c * * or f "Dy yards front Colnmtu. to Atlanta r-.«y .Ur.ct- h “ en S ine ,lud ‘?“ dcr , W| ; 8 Jjtoke loose. It L tltonshk b.r. to-day that AUanU ha. lo.t tin, | ^ n 8«; ™ Midland, aud it throws a damper ou the merchant* tbe city. Hotel Walters Kxchangtnt Shots. Tiiomahville, March 16.—Two negroes employed at the Piney Woods Hotel got candidate for tbe executive chair. He thl ika that I i Q ti> a row to-day and ei changed shots with that office should seek tbe man. and that it ls bis I l»i«tols in the rear of the hotel, near the opinion that h. 1. not tha man th. p.opl. ar. .o.k- billiar.i twin. Only ono of tho shots took Ingtbli time. ^ Mt . °!,“ 1 « nnulo a .Unht flesh woimtL • ■ — I The ball waa removed by Dr. McIntosh •300,000 State Itonds Going Out. I afternoon, and the parties will have a Atlanta, March 13.—Treasurer Hardeman is busy I preliminary hearing to-morrow. preparinR about $*iOU,i)UO worth of registered State "A Nice Scheme.” Atlanta, March IS.—Mark Morrison and John Spencer were arrested last December for selling licit whisky in Cartenvilie. Cartersville is a dry town, and places where liquor is sold In such towns are known as blind tigers. In the room where the liquor Ls had no one is seen. 1 he customer finds gill cup and a bottle. He helps himself and leaves hi* money uu the table. If be has insinuated that ha want* a pint or quart ha finds It put up in flask on the table. When Morrison and Bpencer were called in United BUte* Court to-day, thoy pleaded tot guilty and went to trial. The Jury found both guilty. Each waa sentenced to five months in Jail and fine of $1<». F. H. Franklin, who wm a witness for tbe tense, testified that B. L. Kirkpatrick, who swore out tbs warrants against tbs defendants, had told k*m that If ha would by his testimony convict Morrison and Bpencer, that ha Klrkpatisck. would give him fifty dollar*, and that Deputy Collector Fit*, who was a member of th* last Legtelature, would have hia (Kirkpatrick) appointed deputy marshal to tha place of Deputy Marshal Garrison. Then when he wm mads deputy marsb.il. Deputy Collector Fite would have hia detailed to work wflh him at Bartow. After that be weald dean nil the hltod tfm to CartetaviUe, and then he and A Wreck on tlie Kntontou Hoad, Milledgkville, March 10.—Th© Eaton- ton paHscuger train was almost completely Carlton on tho Governorship. Atlanta. March 17.—Hon. II. II. Carlton, pro*l- I cot of the last Senate. Is hersto-diy. In regard | the gubernatorial ca.nj sign, he says he is uot i aged. No on© was hurt beyond a few bruises. Tbtro were six pcischgera on board. per cent, bonds. They will be distributed to morrow m follows: To Henry Blun, Savannah. $130.0U0; Mr. Cohen, Augunta, $40,000; Mr. Solomon. Macon, $13,000; Mr. Cattleman, Atlanta, $6,u00. Two Steamship* Collide. Hayannah, March 10.—The steamer K*> coocheo arrived from N©w York this after noon with her rail broken and other dam ages to her upper decks, resulting from a collision with the Both steamship Wil liam Crane. Baltimore ships were com ing in to Tybee at tho time. Tho Crane Ar-1 received no material injuries. for | — Columbus' Memorial Orator. Colcmm's, March 17.—At a tut";tins of Supreme Court of Georgia. Atlanta, March 15.—No. 8 Atlanta. Ar gnnient concltnlcil. No. -J Atlanta. MoPheo vb. Veal. gu*tl Rent, Kheinhur.U A O'N.il ilaiutiff; Candler, Thomson A Candler con- No. 10 Atlanta. Rnssell, executor, vs. I 'l 1 ® Memorial Association to-day, Hon 0. A. R. It. Barnes for iilaiu-1 B®*on, of Macon, was selected to deliver Hubbard. Argued. tiff ; Mynatt A Howell contra. No. 11 Atlanta. Dismissed. No. 12 Atlanta. Clark A Nnnulljr vs. Gumming A Co. Argued. Abbott A Gray for plaintiff ; A. E. Calhoun contra. Vi. VI iftta*itik IL.Lii.LW vu ItLw the annual oration here on the 20tli of April, aud n committee was appoint, .! to notify ] him uud ask his acceptance, No. 13 Atlanta. Kchini.lt vs. Block. Ar gued. E- A. Angier by King AKpulding tor plaintiff ; Mynatt A Unwell contra. No. 21 Atlanta. Continued. Court then adjourned to 9 o'clock to-morrow. Atlanta, March 18.- No. 13. Atlanta cir- cuit. Argument concluded. No. 14. Atlanta circuit. Pittman, nd A City Kuvetope.l In Fog. Savannah, March 18. —A deuse fog has lain over the city aud the river tor thirtp six hours, rendering navigation impossibl at night aud difficult in the day time. Near the river the electric tower lights are insist, hie to-night. V total lag the Liquor lawn Savannah, March 16.—Two female liquor ..... ..., . , , , •„ , dealers were fined twenty-five dollars euch minislratrix vs. Elder et al. Argued. Ilop-l morning by ihiyor Lester, for selling kins A Glenn for plaintiff; Spear* A Kim-1 lia el i* e . Cases ..gainst several oth- mons, Hillyer A Bro., llolsey A Bateman I er de(dtra were dismi-scil for want of evt contra. No.-15. Atlanta circuit Dismissed. No. 18. Tucker vs. Atlanta Kl reel Railroad Company. Argued. W. M. llray, llolsey A Bateman for plaintiff; Hopkins A Glenn contra. No. 17. Atlanta circuit Stewart rs. Swift deuco. Coy Foahtou Catches Another Color. Sew York Mill and Express. Every gill ami woman is now wearing red in some way or other.'' sod snuidtoM to a reporter. “A few necks ago it was Specific Company et al. _ Argued Hopkins | yellow, but now you don't see any yellow A Glenn, Reuben Arnold for plaintiff; lteed, at all. The red started with a bow in the Uheiuhart A O'Neal, May good A Martin hats or bonnets; then the hats became all contra. I red, trimmed with a block silk cord, and Pending the argument of this case, the I were made like the Lillian Rnssell bat. Then court adjourned to 9 o'clock a. to. to-rnor-1 the craze for red extended to the gowns, row. I Tbe street costume, or red sack trimmed .Atlanta, March 17.—No. 17. Atlanta, with black silk cord, a very military-look- Argument concluded. I ingco.it, is all the style, aud the more mili No. 18. Atlanta. Dismissed. tarv tbe better. For the opera red gowns No. 19. Atlanta. Dismissed. I arc quite proper. Everything is red; red No. 20. Atlanta. Howes vs. Patterson A | gowns, red sh| Co. Argued. Hoke A Barton, Smith for plaintiff: Hopkins A Glenn contra. .’owns, red bead to foot. * Most of the red dr-sscs ore cat very low and are trimmed with white Uppers, red feathers, red from Most of No. 22. Atlanta. Banner vs. Shiver,, lore. A costume that caused a great sensa- Argned. Thus. Findley for plaintiff; It. J. Jordon contra. tion was went hr s young lady at the opera recently. One-half of her waist was red No. 23. Atlanta. Crusselle rs. Chastain, silk and one-bslf white Lice, tbe lino of sep> Argued. F. A. Arnold for plaintiff; Broyles oration running from tho left shoulder A Johnson contra * obliquely across her waist to right side ot No. 32 (continued) Atlanta. Robin von belt. It looked o» tf a loose red waist had "" * Argued. A. A. Mon-1 slipjied for down over the right shoulder." to. Woeslrnsnser. ■ ■ , « .. * • • • , l •• i-ut-uw kuuciiti (aiats wISSSS GIIS I IVI3 I railroad is doing a fine business, and is a ( 0 )L ^. }Uld y morgue, and then repose ia source of great couvemenco to the citizens crowded cemetery till the city want, t Lumpkin. Quite a good trado in heavy I g roaQ d for a park, and then to pick up TWO STORIES. Little Discussion Between Uusbnml nml Wife, Giving ISoth Away. Hsu Francisco Chronicle. ‘I was really very sick," sho said to the guest. The husband at the other end of the tr.blo sneered. “Well, you may sneer, but yon know I was. 1 was real, down right sick, but I might dio aud you would not care. ’ --Wouldn’t I?" said the husband. It was cruelly ambiguous. It might mean anything. You could not tell whether lie meant he would be glad or sorry, or if he was merely chiding her for saying such a thing. “When yon wero sick didn't I watch over you and devote nil my life to makingy ou comfortable and worrying about you?" "Well, yes; you seemed to worry a good deal. I'll admit; but " ‘•But What? What aro yon going to say now? I never met anything so unfed iug and ungrateful n man.” “Now, look hero," he said to the guest, I want to explain. I don't want town anything harsh or nnkind about her. She' been a pretty good wife, as wives go, you know, but she is nothing if not artistic Khe has an eye for color. My boy, if you ever marry, don't nmrry a woman who lias taste and an eye for colar.” “Don't mind him," broke in the wife, ‘He's talking nonsense.” “I was sick once. I dislocated my shoulder, and I couldn't move. That wus where she had me. I could cat and drink snd do everything hut get np or move, No sooner did she get me fairly down on r lounge than she wheeled the lounge out into the lightest place in the house, and for a week sho kept trying all Boris of cover lets, snd tidies, and hangings, snd blankets on me, juHt to seo what colors suited my complexion nn,l tho room best. Khe wouldn't let any of my friends sec me unless I was covered up in pink silk blue satin, or eifihroidered lrizouk, some other unpronounceable, unintelligibly named stuff." “That is an awfnl, fearful,' wicked story “Now, my dear, you know it isn't. You rail groceries is now being done between the crum bling hones knd move away to a an wholesale merchants of Macon and retailors gravei u uot L . huet £ul to contemplate, that section. j j iavo 0 fthought that a cheerful boa There is some talk of extending the I of fifty or sixty pages might be writtsi Americas, Bros ton nml Lnumkin to Flor- I under tho titlo of "Recollections of ll* o other point on tlie Chnttohoo-1 rection; or, tho Diary of a Body.” It cc dice river. It is believed in some circles I be made to teach us n valuable lesson, ibat eventually this road will be n portion I litically I nm pledged to genuine naticuj of a through line running from Savannah to reform. Let tho nation try it, and if I Montgomery, Ala. works all right on tbe nation I will try j Rome Courier: Tbe Rome and Carroll- myself. Then 1 am committed to the d ton railroad has not been operation a limited coinage of a tauie dollar, one tid month yet, but the good to this town is yon can steal up behind and put salt on M already apparent. A wholesale merchant I 1**1» not the evasive and ignis fat a us J.’-d of this city says the incresso to his trade, of the present Next I am in favor of cr.xH and from te ritoiY he would not reach other-1 tion nt living prices. At present the pn.tij wise, has already amounted to more than high, snd the poor man is left to dea his subscription to tho stock of tho road. I u ml fill tho soil with the poisoning ^ The Supreme Court of Texas has decided "*“5 “?, ve11 “ tUo ricl1 ' m ‘!' at a railroad is liable for injury to n free “gj* „ . tall knew perfectly well I conld not resist, couldn’t move." I didn’t do anything of the kind. ” I won't tell him, my dear, about that sickness of yours.” What sickness?" Well, when you get those new—never mind. I won't give you away." “Your esn’t give me away. I'm not afraid." •Well, yon remember when yon bonght a dozen new and elegant—welli I may well say it—night-caps.” “Yon just hold your tongue, ashamed of yon." “Those night-cap*. Y'ou know quite well von were taken sick and received all your lady friends in bed for twelve days.” • Y'ou horrible slanderer!" “Each day in a new night-rap, uud you went oat on the thirteenth.” Then she thiew an orange at his head, and he stopped. Tne hoax about the "new" cotton plant of which Kaben, of Macon, Ga, is the recognized, papa, bus stilled on its sixth S pi! st of t The thought that the time will come« t this i RAILROAD RACKET. joy himself! Ah, what a blessed relief ii would bo could I hover over tho dootttjl when ho comes, and hear my footman cl nouuce to the old vulture that ho “is a lid tie late, as Mr. Nye was put in the kilnha!'! , .. , , ... cruel enough, but to add to it a hippodrom The Atneticus, Preston and Lumpkin | or „ public funeml arul turn our pudor;!! 1 ‘ h „ a ‘ •"Us*;‘ b JH* i u '\T I l»>uth should end our career, so tei pass passenger, holding that tho same dt.-1 ( , ftriulv nl|ldtK ^ bm wlUl the t . m | Mt J gree of care was incumbent upon the carri-1. • . - v „ j EiM, 1 * *S? .trie 0 of aZl' SLBb? Chancedof 1^" tod by thejS mg on a ireo pass ns in tuo case of a pas- _ A - , , * v.iJJ uannn* tcivinn fnll #n*s» „aua lo'sIa ItOr Of a lUCGlCal COltigO UnU our hkfckhrt dded vma^against th^Qi^fJ’^otorado m.d E**#*?* STfirf Santa Fo railway. rf uS^tip»dTint of Z^iv. M The seven railroad companies in Detroit, ftn rnrthqu ke, or the not of tho coxa* whose time cards tho Detroit papers refused council It is I ' J any longer to publish, procured tho services Rf e- ’ of a coul dealer to contract space for them. jf j thought that for centuries after I hut when the railroad "ad" appeared the decease my long but symmetrical sk*M papers refused to insert it. The railroads wonld be ascd ni(! ht after night in s M prayed for - an injunction restraining the condition to illustrate tho union in cm* i >apers from refusing to perform tbo con- compound cyclonic fracture of tho tikkl rnct, but the court declined to grant it. wouldn't be able to sleep nights. The press of Detroit is still spunky because | the railroads wanted their advertising tlono free, or tor passes. . One corps of engineers on tho the Sevan- Experience of “A Georgia Crocker' nah, Dublin and Western Short Line are Confidence Man. encamped three miles from Dublin. Two ilew York ner »ld. inary lines have been nm and the | “Dis a way, er dut a way?' meagre gentleman with the saffron o preliminary lines have work of locuting will shortly ho com-1 meagre gentleman with the saffron o monced. Tho work of grading is expected skin anc\ antiquated linen dust, r »a ' to commence in two or three months. I most laudable unfamiliarity with tar q Tho trial of the air telegraph the other cades of the'Tooml« l>olice<□ day, on tho 8b Paul railroad, ‘seems to have idvlMd, howew ter the «- I been no toss successful, says the New York l,u 'y u ' k1,i1 M l Sun, than its previous test on the Staten ‘ h * 1,06 .G* hteki . u 8 J u, “ ce *“ 1 Island road. Its object is that of sending I Irom a charttuM.; court. . ltr ,J messages between moving trains and fixed . bo de Lord I »»a never in '■ -1 statiniis without tho nso of any wire at- **«* ^ fo • “d-eye.1 and cart inched to the cars or the track. Thecapnc-1 eonutt nance the gentleman from l.ex»| hv of the induction coil for throwing.’lee-1 v '"‘' e to pHoons complaint_ (pin utinrL'g n fru\L nr turn liaa Inner l.rw.n I ‘ KOOUl trie sparks a foot or two has long been I , . known; hut Ediaon found that he conld » n,U,utkld ?•’ u>!lu * \ aa t Ji 3 throw a strong electric current fifty feet, I Jf 1 ** onIier ) hungry with de “,8 . , and at length Edison made the current leap f?° i ! < J ) * < ‘ r , w ** k oaGide a 8*° ,J 880 feet, so that it conld easily reach the UquiJnUzx my palate with a pko 1 ordinary wires estu'diahed on poles along c0 ® e * S P Y ® C *- * 60 the roadbeds of railways. The invention I ,? ?P* r V .>»_ is usually called the railway telegraph, but I, w, f. k ®' 1 5« wnttui? Edison styles it the air telegraph, since it is I J e ® }*£• ! nd k ? w 8 sending messages anywhere through atmosjihcje. ney and all tbe other childer?' . •In coarse I caflumsed and gin Gorman's Book In Ueorgia-WImt Lending mcn , U y hand. 1 knewed by hia tslxH lien Kay. from Georgcy way, but I'll eat per;.®* Dr. Iluntrr, sn eminent T " - ‘ * Columbas, says; "1 bi rs; it’s a good story. Hod. Forter Ingram, i cUrvs he would not be book, Gorman; I am glad 1 bought It” | “Wo paddled along t “ * -lothing atom m Dr. Bank* of the seme city, rsmerket: 'It’s u| _ good aa bishop Msnriu's, Hendrix's |or Mark Twain's I JP in * ro ,. , a ",7h#v'U I im perfect)« d lighted. ’ | from my old home, aez he. Hon. IsOuU t.^uartl *sys could wr‘ " * ‘ fortune.' jonrney around the world. This Stiirtling tiew Era. TlalbottDtu Oa: They ars reading your I * >U6 ume t riecnofinformnti.mtravels from Wet & 1 piece East, and docs not follow the march of dr- iliz.ition. It carries no baggsgv, pnya no f%re« f and ia tbe only traveler that never had tronble with exutom house official*.— Dry Goods Bulletin. A plucky fifteen ycat old girl grasped ilia bridle of a runaway horse in H.icrsuicnto, the other day, and quickly brought tbe ani- cal to a standstill. k**uard says: "I did not belters you | the price right up on yer if the? 1 J ortuue ” “ b a book * ,l onght * ajkke >ou * t4 -’ w 3’ c r up. I^nd me the m< T{l Colonel 1. C. Flant, prcrl4snt First National I °°U* r J’** outfit ^ Bank. Macon, who has real ufiv b.**.k- of trarsl. ther money and he went in tu*r» . doss not hcttiiaUi ui say: "T it* u fpf of tbe t*e*t i I darn nir eyes be aint come ovt ag*^vj d “*•“ k “ ,; “'» ODO ' i T ed *• Cx-Oorernor James M. fimtth, of Columbus: ih® gentleman from otoifc "It is a Rood book. Uortnan. 1 bare read u with I home aa soon an |>oialble. B —-. Thebe tiled in New York, |HHtmMter st Macon, ray*: “I have sot re..t n Miner rnretl ailtj-**"': It J.1. ra« wnrn.n .ad . bildrea ban got It sad ““ft , Jo8llU * u - ' Apvrt ^ won't lit to. h»>. if I well-known ss one of tbe most ex| lion. W. a LitUr. sp»sV.r of tbr Ilotix of B.p-1 l. rfeiters this country has ever rM.ut.Uvra; ••! trai. irwl }.. Br Look, it 1. .11 j jp. c#me 0 ( a f^nRy of COMlt*rto““ - - -- - I -- .t one time the leading *Pf“ .. .. _— ; _ ^ . -— . , connterfeitcn ever known In • DMly lauinirar. Colaiutau, <1.: When yon tweia I iuti v. .nnunnUv cat loose fW* SuSiinSRr" W “‘” : ' 4oW " 500 1 Lliii^SSttgedlneont^* Baeklcn'a Amir. ■ouihM ■ U»Uy Mseoa Totacrapfc: It U thorowgLly utsml, I gniikie la Uccrlptlow. sad U's sot a gold, book DcilLvr. IloDgbttoMtL^_ TksbMtsalvo in tk.world fo* 1 ■ora, (Tlcora Ml Bknss, l^v*v JraV' ra x FVW.i1Wl.tMW forn». ^ Mu Oat-NDT, of the Mail and Express, I Ck^qwd Hsads. ckindsisACcgw. claims that 91,500 clerks are among the I «*»fOo«a and F— most extravagant liven of th. nraent .l.v j *ATwW« ** *' " — His by uuur, hakim A LMtar.