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TI1E MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH; TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
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BATTLE OF KETTLE CREEK.
A BOTTLE OF WHISKY.
A Leaf fvom the lllatory of the llevolu-
tloimry War.
Washington (Ga.) Chronicle.
Many of the younger people of old Wilkes
do not know that an important battle of the
Revolutionary war was fought only a few
miles from Washington. The battle of Ket
tle Creek took place on the creek of that
name in the year 1779, and many^Wilkes
county people took part in it The battle
field is now owned by Mr. H. T. Slaton,
and is about ten miles from Washington and
about tw > miles Loin the Greensboro rood.
Col. Boyd was in command of a British
force at Ninety-Six, iu South Carolina, and
was ordered to inarch his comnmud to
Savannah. IIo decided to move across the
country until he could strike the old Ogee-
ckee road, near the river of that name in
Taliaferro county, and follow that road to
Savannah. His intention probably was to
march through Washington, which w as then
nothing hut a rude fort and a few log
houses, hut this design was frustrated at old
Petersburg.
Eight American soldiers dug rifle pi's at
the ferry, and when Boyds army of about
nine hundred men marched down the hill
on the Carolinn side of the Savannah river,
boldly opened lire on them. These pickets
kept up such a lively tire that the British
commander supposed there must be a con
siderable body of troops ready to oppo-c
his passage, and he decided to select an
other point for crossing. He turned away
from the river and marched up to Bow
man's ferry, only a few miles above.
At this point there was no resistance, and
his command crossed into Elbert county.
Colonel Elijah Clarke and Colonel Pickeus
of South Carolina, who commanded the
nearest American troops, then operating
near Augusta, bad been notified that Boyd
had started in this direction, and they took
up the line of march to meet him, the troops
under their command consisting of the
State forces of Georgia and South Carolinn
to the nnmber’of aboutGuO.
About the timo Boyd reached Ballard’s
ferry on Brood river, Pickens pud Clarke
were on Fishing creek, and had struck camp
not far from the old Heard's mill, now
owned by John L. Anderson.
Col. Boyd sent out a number of scouts
to bunt for the enemy, and these scouts
came upon six men of Clark's army in the
old mill house, very busy grinding, for the
command. The British at once opened fi
and killed three of the Americans, while
the other three escaped, one of them jump
ing out of the mill window, and bolding on
to a bag of bullets, which were then con
sidered almost as valuable as gold.
The army which was in camp about a
mile from the mill was alarmed by the fir
ing, but the British scouts escaped before
auy detachment of Clarke's army reached
them. The three Americans were buried
near tlie creek, and in 1840 their skeletons
were washed up by a freshet. All the coun
try for miles around met and reinterred
their bones on a hill neurby with grcAt cer
emony.
When Col. Boyd, the British commander,
learned from his scouts that the American
• army was lying on Fishing creek, lie left the
neighborhood of Bullard’s ferry and cross
ing Long’s creek near the mouth of Dry
Fork, p issed near w here Sardis church and
Centerville now stand, on towards Kettle
creek where tho battle took place.
The American forces were commanded
by Clarke, and the officers under him were
Dooly, Twiggs and Pickens. Colonel Ste
phen Heard of thiscnnntv had command of
a part of the American troops. When Boyd
broke caiup and took up his line of march
to reach tho Ogeechee road, Colonel Clarke
moved his array to strike tho enemy, and it
is quite likely passed over the ground upon
which Washington stxnda. as this route
would be a direct one from his camp ou the
Danhurgroud to the battle ground.
Col. Boyd camped on u hill near Kettle
creek, known as War hill, and was entirely
unsuspicious of any danger near, so much
/to, that his men w ere eugnged in sports of
various kinds, and many of them were
skinning beeves for the use of tho com
mand. None of his men were ready for
battle, and when C'ark's men made a sud
den and determined attack, Boyds Indians,
Tories and British regulars were routed at
once, and tho battle was a mere slaughter.
The defeat was complete, and of the force
men. not ©ore tbun DUO men found
their way, fn small squads, to the British
post in Augusta. The remaining 000 were
either killed or captured, hud but little
quarter was shown by the Americans, on
accouut of the brutalities which had been
practiced by the Indians and Tories.
Col Boyd fell mortally wounded, and
when tho battle was over requested an in
terview with Col. Clarke. He desired
Ciarke to give him decent burial, and for
warded his watch and papers, with an ac
count of his death, to tiis family in Eng
land. This request was complied with, aud
liis laat hours made comfortable. It is be
lieved by historians that this was the turn
i ng point of the revolution in the South.
Its Travels A mens the Ice Fields In Search
of Arctic Heroes.
On the 4th of February, 1882, Lieutenant
Bchuetz started to the Leua in search of De
Long and his comrades. Just before his
departure several of his friends jnet in the
paymaster’s office, 29 Broadway, New York,
to bid him godspeed on his journey. • One
of them, Henry 0. Ellis, of New York, pre
sented him with a bottle of brandy and a
bottle of whisky for his cold journey. Then
Ellis h indedSchnctze a bottle of fine whisky
and said:
T want you to take this to my old ship
mate and friend, George Melville.”
Melville was already iu Russia, on his way
to the Lena outhe same errand as Schuetze,
and it was very probable that they would
meet in the Arctic regions. In the presence
of half a dozen witnesses the bottle was
sealed and labeled to protect Scheutze from
temptation and to bear to Melville the names
of the friends who hud sent it.
On Monday, March 20, Schuetze and Har
bor, whom he had joined in London, left
Irkutsk to proceed on their mission. They
met Melville between Irkutsk aud Yakutsk.
When their friends saw this statement in
the New York papers they discussed the
probable fate of the bottle of w hisky and
tho slim chance that Melville bad ever seen
It was unanimously agreed that long
before they hud met Melville, Schuetze and
Harher had in all probability broken the
seal and devoted the contents to—the cause
of science
On February 20, 1883, over a year after
their departure, Scuuetze and Harbor re
turned to America on the Trisia. A few
daya after their return Mr. Ellis, who was
then in Florida, received a letter from Mel-
•file, who had also returned, saving: “lam
a receipt of the bottle of whisky you sent
to Siberia for me. Schuetze, true to bis
trust, delivered the bottle containing the
iginal whisky to ine aboard of the Trisia
Immediately on his return home.
EUii was s^Ul skeptical on one pc ini It
was evident that Schuetzelmd delivered the
original bottle, filled with some sort of
whisky, but In- had no idea that it was the
llnid ho had sent to Melville. One month
later Melville, Shuetze aud Harbor met in
Ellis' office in New York. Tho bottle was
trodueed, and beyond doubt it hud never
>cen disturbed. The seal and label we
intact. Schuetze then loomed up and as a
tiero In fore his friends. He bad curri“'
that bottle G,0*M) mil°s by the sea, over 15,
000 miles by tail nn l sledge, luui he migt]
deliver it intact fo Melville.
What should bo the fate of this already
historic bottle of whisky? Melville sug
gested that it be sent to the Pennsylvania
Historical Society. Ellis a moment late
made a suggestion which was at once
adopted, it was that Melville should take
the i.ottlu with him on the Grcoly relief ex
pedition, and that if Greely wore found
Mclvilk* should draw the cork and giv«
Greely a dratu to warm up his frozen heart.
Again the bottle started on its travels.
At last Greclev was found, but tho poor fel
low was so near to death’s door that it was
many weeks before ho c jald hear anything
of home or friends. When, at last, Mel
ville could have an old time chut with him
the bottle of whisky was produced and its
history related, ft brought a smile an *
then a tear from the Arctic hero in the u)
preciation of the thoughtfulness of his f
away friends. Sobuttze proposed to lira
the cork. “Stop,” said Greely. “It the
bottle is mine, I want to keep it until my
youngest daughter is married. Then I will
open it and drink to the health aud memory
ot the friends who started it ou its remark
able career.”
A bottle was then and there enclosed in
second covering over the original wrapper.
On tho outside the main facts of its history’
were recorded. When Greely reached New
York he placed the bottle in a safe deposit
vault, anil there it is now.
As the youngest Miss Greely is yet a mere
child, the prospective bouquet of that bottle
of whisky when it is opened is enough to
torment the dreams of an epicure.—*Boston
Post.
“BLIND TIGERS.* 1
GOUGH'S TRIBUTE TO COLD WATER.
The Mysterious Way* of the Moonshiners
of Kentucky.
Correspondence Louisville Courier-Journal.
The country through which Marshal Gross
has recently traveled is full of interest to
those unacquainted with mountain life and
the ways of the moonshiner. It is charac
terized by steep and ragged mountains on
every side, running precipitously to the
streams, making it a fit home for illicit dis
tillers. The gorges and ravines are hedged
in by a dense grow th of cedar, pine and
laurel, impossible to all except those who
know the blind paths which penetrate these
hidden recesses. It is up among these
thickets that the stills are all hidden on the
headwaters of the little mountain creeks
that rush dow n their steep beds to the upper
waters of the Cumberland river. The homes
of the people are situated on the shelving
portions ot the mountains or at the entrance
of a creek into the river, where a little bot
tom of u few ncresgives space to till thefcorn
that goes largely to making the moonshine
whisky, which costs the government so
dearly in life and money to suppress. The
manner of disposing of their illicit products
shows decided iugeuuity in concealing the
identity of the seller to the buyer of the
whisky.
TUB BLIND TIGER.
I was no little surprised, as I rode along
by the side of a deputy marshal, when he
•ointed to the side of tho road and said:
‘There is a blind tiger.” I looked for the
animal, and asked “Where?” when he
pointed to a square hole in the end of a
small, tight log hut that stood near by. This
so-called “blind tiger” is constructed of an
oblong box without ends, which is fastened
into a hole through the side of the house.
Fitting closely into this is a drawer of the
same length. The buyer knocks on the box.
and the drawer is pushed outside. When
the money and bottle are placed in it it is
drawn back, the bottle tilled and returned
and tho money taken out, neither party
recognizing the other in the transaction.
These little hunts are generally situated at
a convenient point to command the road
both ways. 1 observed three of them from
Barbonrsville to Harlan Court House. Be
sides these I saw
GOOD AS A NOVEL.
The Introduction of a Bride to » Myterloua
Lady*
A tnmantic story cotitfs winging its way
from the frontier, says tho City of Mexico
Two Republics, which would give a substan
tial plot for a dime novel. A Cuban lady,
giving her name as Juana Guzman, passed
through Laredo about the 1st inst. She
came from the Mexican side, and she said
she was going to visit her brother, Jose
Guzman, who was connected with the
custom house in Mief, Tmnnnlipa*, Sho
appeared to be uneasy, and made many in-
. in r. I In I I in nntltltrv llllll till-
THE CILXBBATKD LIVE “BUND TIGER
in Bell county. We had just crossed a beau
tiful little stream at the foot of Laurens
mountain, and rounded a point on the Cum
berland river opposite the “Sovc-n Pillars”
—seven light-gray abutments that project
out of the side of Rfdoping mountain rising
severnl hundred feet perpendicularly from
the deep emerald waters of the Cumberland,
fringed at their top with evergreens. I was
drinking in tho beauty of the scene when
we entered a ravine hedged in on both sides
by a dense growth of laurel, full-leafed and
as verdant as in May. Well up in this
lonely part of tho rood we discovered him
crouching on a moss-covered log. As we
approached nearer his blank white eyes
turned fixedly upon us.
We stopped opposite him, a pitiful look
ing blind boy. In front of him, between
his knees, he held a little gallon mulct; be-
fcidc him on tho log were several tin meas
ures much used and a glass. He was much
agitated when ho found lie was talking to
the Marshal of Kentucky, but his dread and
heart-rending appearance were too much lor
tho big-hearted Gross, who spoke assuring!}-
to him and told him ho had not como after
him. Curiosity induced the party to pur
chase a pint of his moonshine whisky,
which was as clear as the translucent water
that dashed through tho rocks at the road
side. It was rank and new and a taste sat
isfied all of tlio party.
On our return we found him agninat the
same place, when the Marsel told him on
his next trip bo would demand tho names
of those who furnished him with the whisky,
and that its sale must bo stopped.
The boy said he knew it was wrong and
wished it could be stopped in a tone that
betrayed a force behind tho possibilities of
which arc sail to contemplate. With the
tops of the mountains covered with snow,
no fire to warm him, no sound to cheer him
save the rush of tho waters down the gorge,
a lonely, cheerless watch is that of the
“Blind Tiger.”
A Fugitive Gem from tlie Great Orator In
Wlifvli Ruin la Severely Denounced.
A Wooster, Ohio, correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette writes: Of
all of the powt rful execrations on rum de
livered by the late John B. Gough, the most
powerful has never been published. I came
acrois it to-day. It is in Gough’s own hand
writing, and was delivered by him twenty-
six years ago. After its delivery a young
law student in the audience, Air. T. S. Shep
herd. now a resident of this city, asked the
lecturer for his words in writing. Mr.
Gough consented, oil condition that
the manuscript should never bo pub
lished while lie was on the lecture plat
form. Tho conditions were assented to, and
Mr. Gough jotted down the following apos
trophe on water and execration on rum as
he had delivered them, while holding a glass
of water in his hand:
“There is no poison in that cup; no
fiendish spirit dwells beneath those crystal
drops to lure you and mo and oil of us to
ruin; no spectral shadows play upon its
waveless surface; no widow’s groans or or
phan’s tears rise to God from those placid
fountains; miser}’, crime, wretchedness,
woe, want and rags come not within tho
hallowed precincts where cold water reigns
supreme. Pure now us when it left its na
tive heaven, giving vigor to our youth*
strength to our manhood, and solace to our
old age. Cold water is beautiful aud bright,
and pure everywhere. Iu the moonlight
fountains and the sunny rills; in the war-
bliug brook ana the giant river; in the deep,
tangled wild wood and the cataract’s spray;
in the hand of beauty or on the lips of
manhood—cold water is beautiful every
where.”
Now follows the execration on rum:
“Rum! There is a poison in that cup.
There is a serpent in that etip whose sting
is madness and whose embrace is death.
There dwells beneath that smiling surface
a fiendish spirit which for centuries has
been wandering over the earth, carrying
on a war of desolation aud destruction
against man nuil blighting and mildewing
the noblest affections of tho heart and
corrupting with its foul breath the tide of
human life and chunging tho glad, green
earth into a lazar-house. Gaze on it! But
shudder as. you gaze! Those sparkling
drops are murder in disguise; so quiet now,
WORK OF THE FRESHET.
frank Humphries
ll>t> Hirer North of lie I. Hotter, MuTwtu Not
STRANGE STORY OF THE SEA.
A CO Wilt )Y AT THE MIKADO.
Unit. (M. T.) Miner.
The following is a description of the
Japanese opera by a Montana cowboy:
“Laat evening I went to see ‘The Mikado,’
a kind of singing theater aud n Chinese
walk-around. It is what I would call no
good. It is acted out by different people,
who claim they arc Chinamen, I reckon.
They teeter around ou tlie stage and sing
in the English language, but their clothes
arc peculiar. A homely man who played
that he was tho lord high executioner and
chairman of the vigilance committee, wore
a pair of wide, red bandAua pants which
came off during the first act. lie w .s cool
and collected, though, and so caught them
before it was everlastingly too late. He
held them on by one hand while lie snug
the rest of his piece, and when he left the
stage tlie audience lieartlesslv whooped for
him to come back. *The Mikado’ is not
fanny or instructive as a general thing, but
last night U was accidentally facetious, it
has too much singing and not enough vocal
mnaic about it. There is alio an overplus
of conversation through the thing that
seems like talking at a mark for $2 a week.
It may be owing to my simple ways, but
*The Mikado* is too rich for my blood.”
Cashing,’* Manual la Court.
Washington Critic.
A raw citizen in Idaho was elected a Jus
tice of the Peace, and the only law book he
had was a Cushing’s Manual. The first case
before him was that of a cowboy for steal
ing a steer. When the case was called the
only lawyer in the little town was there to
defend the prisoner.
“As there is no counsel for the other
side,” he said, **I make a motion that the
cane be dismissed.”
The Justice looked over bis Manual.
“A motion lies to he seconded,” he said.
“I second the motion,” promptly respond
ed the prisoner.
“The motion has been made and second
ed that the case be dismissed,” aai.l the
court. “All in favor will please say ‘aye.* **
The prisoner and his attorney voted aye.
“All opposed say ‘no.’**
Nobody voted.
“The motion is carried and the case is
dismissed," remarked the court “A motion
to adjonm is now in order.”
Tha prisoner made the motion and the
court adjourned.
quirks in regard to the country and the
people iu the nt ighborbooil of Mier.
On tho 2d instant she boarded the train
at Pern, Texas. Tho stage had uot pro
ceeded Car when they met the incoming
stage from Rio Grande city. Among tho
1 lussengors in the incoming st ige was Jose
i luzmiui, whom Donna Juana was quick to
recognize. She at once drew her pinto! and
comtuauded the drivers to halt, which they
did. Tho protended brother and sister
alighted from their carriages and a stirring
scene followed, iu which hot words and pis
tol shot* wore exchanged.
To complicate matters iu the same stage
with Guzman was also his newly-wedded
bride. Tho latter, seeing the ul Jen
change matter* hail taken, became alarmed
and suspicious. In tlie mean time the Cn
ban lmly’s wrath cooled down and a com
promise was eff* clod between the belliger
ents, she concluding to go with the wed
ding party and return to Fcru, being intro
duced to the bride us a sister-in-law, after
which all parties were apparently satisfied.
On the next day the trio departed for the
City of Mexico.
Guzuutn claims that the la’y, Donna
Jimna Guzman, is his sister; that they are
originally from Cuba, where they inherited
a large estate. They being the only sun iv-
ing heirs, agreed between themselves that
neither should wed while both lived, und
that after the death of one the other should
claim the entir»* property. Mr. Guzman
having grown tired of single life, and meet
ing with the object of his affection, married
and thus broke tho agreement, hence tlie
difficulty with his sister. The sister do«*
not corroborate the story, aud it is reported j*
(Maying l>y a DlanbUsl Vessel and Refus
ing All Help.
Baltimore, April 5.—A letter from Capt.
G. A. Todd, of tho British steamship Sarah,
from Baltimore to Galway, tills a strange
story of the sea. Ho reports that on March
“ he met tho French brigsntino Dix Frews,
from Martinique, wilh sugar for Boston.
Tlicv signaled for help and ho sent a boat
to their assistance. Four of the crow got
into the boat, but tho Captuin and
mate refused to come, -lying
they would stop and go down w’ith the ship.
The eapt-iin also stopped a small boy from
getting in tho boat, who was crying to come.
The boat by this timo had her gunwale
stove in by tho broken chain plates, which
were sticking out of the vessel’s side, aud
was filling fsst with water, but could not
sink on account of tho cork in her. Ho
after the others refused to come, and said
they did not want anything or help of any
sort, they pulled down tho French flag and
other signals which lmd been dying, and
ent below, taking no moro notice of the
bout. “The boat then ran down to lee
ward before' the sea,” the captain says,
‘so that we could pick them up.
We hail a groat ileal of trouble to take our
boat on board again, as she had so mile*
water iu her, but uftcr getting all safe on
board we proceeded ou our voyage, bring
ing the four men with us. How true them
nu n’s report is I cannot say, but they in
form me that they sailed from Martinique
December 3, 1885, and that they lost their
uuMis fifti i n days after, no they had been
drifting about iu this state for over two
months Th*-y also staled tint there was
one of the ciew lying dead on board whi
we took them off; also that the whole of th
cargo had dissolved and been puuiptd
overboard as the vessel made so
much water. In fact l could see she wj*h
swimming very* fight and was rolling
very heavily, and was evidently not in a
seaworthy condition. I think their only
chance ci nnfety is in their lieisg taken off
■thcr vessel, as 1 redly do not leu
yet widows’ groans and orphans tears and
maniacs’ yells are in that cun. The worm
that dictli not and tho fire that is not
quenched are in that cup.
“Feace and hope and love and truth dwell
not within that liery circle where dwells
that desolating monster which men call
rum. Corrupt now,ns when it left its native
hell, giving tiro to the eye, madness to the
brain und ruin to the soul. Rum is yile anil
deadly and accursed everywhere. The poet
would liken it iu its fiery glow to the tiames
that flicker around the abode of tho damned.
The theologinn would point you to the
drunkard’s doom, while the historian would
unfold the dark record of tlio past and point
you to the fato of empires and kingdoms
lured to ruin by the siren song of the temp
ter, anil sleeping now in cold obscurity, the
wrecks of whut once were great, grand and
glorious. Yes, rum is corrupt and vile and
deadly accursed everywhere. Fit type mul
semblance of all earthly corruption!
“Base art thou yet as when the wise man
warned us of thy power and bndo us tloe
tliy enchantment Vile art thou yet as when
tuou find went on thy unholy mission—
filling earth with desolation and madness,
woe and anguish. Deadly art thou yet as
when thy envenomed tooth first took fast
hold on human hearts, and thy serpent
tongue first drank up the warm life-blood
of immortal souls. Accursed art thou yet
as when the bones of thy fin»t victim rotted
in a damp grave, und its shriek echoed along
the gloomy caverns of hell. Yes, thou in
fernal spirit of rum, through ull past time
host thou been, us through all coming time
thou slialt be, accursed everywhere.
“In tho fiery fountains of the still; in the
seething bubbles of the caldron; in the
kingly palace atul the drunkard’s hovel; iu
tho rich man’s ctllur und tho poor man's
closet; in tho pestUentul vapor of foul dens,
and in the blaze of gilded saloons; in the
hand of beauty and ou the lips of manhood
—ruin is vile aud deadly, and accursed
everywhere.
“Rum, we yield not to thy unhallowed
influence, and together we have met to plan
thy destruction. And by wliut new name
shall we call thee, and to what shall we
liken thee when we speak of tby attributes.
Others ruuy call thee child of perdition, the
base born progeny of sin und Katun, the
murderer of mankind and the destroyer of
immortal souls; but I this night will give
thee a new nutno among ua-u aud crow-n
thee with a new horror, and that now nume
shall be tho sacramental cup of the rum
powers, nud I w ill say to all the sons and
daughters of earth! -Dash it dawn! And
thou, rum, shalt be my next in tuy pilgrim
age among men, anil not alone snail my
tongue utter it, but the groans of orphans
in their agony and the cries of widows in
their desolation shall proclaim it the enemy
of home, the traduccr of childhood, and the
destroyer of manhood, and whose only anti
dote is the sacrameutal cup of temperance,
cold water!”
The Damage Done
Macon*
The opening of the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Georgia railroad between Macon
and Atlanta, yesterday, permitted informa
tion to bo obtained ot the damage done by
the freshet north of tlie city.
The Ocmulgee river, at Smith’s Mills, is
just getting back into its baaks from one
of the greatest freshets ever known, even
by the oldest inhabitants of that section.
The high water murk of 1881 was exceeded
by four feet.
The damage to land, stock, and all kinds
of property on tho river was immense. The
ginnery belonging to Smith A Thompson
was washed away, c .using a loss of $1,500
or $2,000. The* gin-house was equipped
with an eighty-saw giu, condenser, and iron
press that were driven by water, and every
thing necessary to facilitate work for the
public, ull of which w as a complete loss,
except the roof of the house, which lodged
some distance down the river and remains
intact.
The ferryboat took its departure Tuesday
morning, and if still traveling At the rate it
left, is somewhere near the Gulf ot Mexico
by this time.
All the ferry boats between Smith's Mills
and Macon, so far as heard from, are gone.
The negro ferryman at Mr. Tom Goodman’s
ferry, live or six miles below Smith’s Mills,
had his house surrounded by water Wednes
day night, and attempted to make his es
cape with his wife aud four children in a
boat. It capsized with them and his wife
and nil the children were drowned. He
himself made a narrow escape by swimming
to land through the darkness, without
knowing where he was going. The bodies
of the woman aud children have uot been
recovered.
A largo flouring mill, ten miles above
Smith’s mill and known as tlie “Key mill,”
the property of Captain 8. F. Smith of
Butts county, was washed away and has not
been seen nor heard of since.
Bottom land on tho river near Smith’s
Mill s,uiid as far up the river ns can be heard
from, is completely ruined. Fields that
were plowed, manured, anil planted nicely
were swept ns dean as a yard, while others
were piled waist deep in sand, and still
others were washed out in holes, leaving
little lakes standing in them as large as an
ordinary millpond where the water was
never known to be before.
One man who had about thirty ncres of
river bottom in cultivation nnd parts of his
guano in, avows that on the thirty acres
not a hat full of soil is left nnd great rocks
are standing up out of the ground, where
no rocks were visible before. Everybody
has the blues nnd business generally is dis
organized.
At Ocmulgee Mills in Butts county, the
river rose five feet over former high water
marks. Great damage was done. The
wuten was over threo feet deep in the mills,
and ruined much of the corn nnd wheat
stored ou the floors.
. _ Longer. U " I
A Telegraph reporter Gulin!
yesterday to inquire about
phries, Jailor birdaon,. .£*** i
Sunday n.ght quietly, and
doubtedly liettir. The atr.r» • “ «*,
during the night he tad*j
acreamed that he was i„Y,,, l: -MiiiL
wanted to be let. alone bv .
was tormenting him wns\,t . “‘"fy ti
out foundation* H& bSt&^n}
pbnes, arrived in the city l ' N
and spent the night with him iS, ‘H
his home yesterday mornine ’ h "'"tl
conversed quietly with his birth 111 ™!
not make tho slightest allusion mv"*!
hie crime. Apparently he ie (1 Ll ''i
making a confession, e ither ,1 b , r fr J
directly, than he ever was 1,1tct lj orj
The reporter went np to Hum„i, ■
to interview him, but tound hiSfr' e
would not disturb him. He
the eating shelf in fh« corrider i, ! *N
y opposite his cell. U.s f J.
he h, d been very Sick and that M
frllE
D.VTCI
Tin* '
Utt*-
*r.t
let ptaf
Lb tbe
Xtfh but
During the day Humphries’ con,;i.;„
not materially changed. }{ e
and talked hut little.
walked at,out in the corridYr u^
times expressed the belief th'it u'H
die. Those of tho prisoners c.nsf
him thought that he would not
longer. They ascribed hif235J?fl
terrible mental strum under which
more thau to any other cause U Ue
Previous to the departure of HumsV
brother for his home he expressed is?
as being much concerned on aecSl
the unhappy mans condition. wHfl
dnl not say so, he mode the i.upres
be thought it would be better for io
pries if he should soon die.
Humphries’ wife has not yet visited N
and it is not thought that she wiffi
It appears that J. P. Humphries is th. J
of kindred that will have anyth
to do with him. J a
An effort has been made to secure d
W A. Hawkins services in Humph,?
defense, hut with what result is notkao"
*0fU
iloltb
laird.
Bilk Bkanh! What a fanny name fora n
NevertUele.. It 1. ver, .Igot.b.o,
article. Bile, according to Webcter, nTrenJj
l!',‘.! 1, ' r - Vl " Li ..‘ ■‘•U'OOUi fluid, Hscreted by t LbJ
, act properly tt. 0
in tho blood and iioI.hoiim th*
ANOTHER FRIEND.
Frank Humphrlm* tVlfe Ylalta Him at tho
.lull—An Affrctluff Scene.
Yesterday morning Frank llumphriox, the
Baldwin county imirdetcr, fouad another
friend.
His wife arrived in the city from Milledgc
ville on the <>:45 a. m. train via tho Georgia
railroad and spent the day with him in his
cell.
The meeting between tho murderer and
his wife was affecting. He was completely
overcome w ith feeling, and her emotion was
so violent that it broke forth in sobs. What
tho nature of their conversation was during
tho day is not known, but it is known that
he made no confession. It lias been thought
by Homo of his follow’-prisoners for some
day* past that he was on the point of
making a clean breast of the details of his
terrible crime, but they have been ilisap
pointed, and are likely to continue so.
In the office at the j nil, beforo going up
to Humphries’ cell, Mrs. Humphries sain
that he had always been a faithful and at
tentive husband, and that he wns very kind
to all those that were dependent upon him.
She said also that she loved him, uotwith-
standi:;; di>terribl$ n*vMi«atiou that hrid
b*pr. bn ngUt against him, slid that she won
iiLxiou* t<> h iv«* a last talk with him.
2*1..'. U'Mi.pbiiis return-i to Miih*Jgt-
ville last night. The parting betwevu her
anil her husband waa oven more affecting
than their mo* ring Atterslm left the jail,
Humphries sppi ur« d to be mut-U depressed.
NotwiiLf.uuAdiuij tho excitement occu-
Wheu
l* retatued in the blood and piiimV'Xe VSK
tern, and ndlowneiM and misery ia th« »
Hmlth’H Dilo Ueaunift a aura cun tor biliot**
and liver complaint. Price, 25 cent* per bottiTI
A Ghastly Humor.
It waa rumored on the atreeta yeat^rday tha I
ghaatly spectacle bad been ween by the p*Lm "
““ the south bound train oa tho fcant 'ImumL
Juliette. ItJ
Virginia and Georgia Railroad
aaid that on tbe bank of tho river the dead t
f two white men lay tied together with
throats cut. It wae found impoeaihle
tiale the rumor. It ia probable that itori^h^3|
the discovery of Home of the bodies of thepemf
who were drowned at Goodman’s ferry UumTi
great flood. 8 ^
To DciitUls*
Tlie Georgia Stato Dental Soeietv with tlie
of Dental Ecumincra for the state of (ieornu
meet tn Aiaeou, Ga., M.iy 1 lib aud remain in
aioti three days.
Applicant* to practice dentistry wl’l be exam
in human physiology, anato y. pathol ?• tis
peuti m, cbeiuUtry, materia iue<tua, tueullai]
ojierative and prosthetic dentistry.
Tho law forbids anyone to begin itae pracGce J
dentistry in Georgia Hub*e<|ueut to tbn Vm of q
her, without a license from tbe Btalsboaidil
8. B. ffAjtriKi.b, D. D. 8., Macon. Ga.
Chairman Board of Dental Exaalaw.
rt. W. H. Whitaker. D. I). 8., HandersvUis, a
It. B. Adair, D. I>. H.. Gainesville, Oa.
N A. Williams. D.P. 8., Valdosta, Ga.
L. D. CARnWTKR, D 1>. H.. Atlanta Ga.
8ec’y Board cf Dental Eiainincil
THE INNOCENT CELESTIAL
8am Tries Itotlcr-Skutlng nud >pn
sloned by liis wife Y s visit, Humphries’ phy-
A WOMAN’S BRAVE ACT.
•al condition was much improved, lie
still appeared to bo very weak, and his thin
face wen still haggard. Hu had gained
strength, however, and ate his food with
apparent jclMi.
Humphries's case L a curious one. His
absmuto apathy concerning his horrible
crime and its dreadful consequence*, mark
him either as a man of wonderful in rve or
of an extremely callous nature. He will
not tulk about his crime except when forced
to do so, but when rot sick will c mv* rse
fluently and flippantly on any other subject
that may bo presented.
As Dr. Etheridge said last week, Humph
ries is a maii tj bo studied by the physi
cians.
I Mol»
III *
that the woman in the cane is his mistress
and not his sinter, and that when she heard
of his intended marriage she came to try to
break off the match.
8he Got Acquainted.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
“Hold on to the young man in front,”
said a young lady's eacort, as they seaU-d
themselves on the toboggan. “But I don’t
know him.'* “Well, take hold of him and
get acquainted.” “Sir!” said the Puritani
cal miss, with an offended look. Her escort
chuckled and dropiied the conversation.
The toboggan started. “Oh, my!” squealed
the nervous young lady, taking a very fight
hold of the blouse of tho young man in
front. The escort chuckled a little more
and the toboggan flew faster. As the fled
struck the level the young lady lioblied into
the air. Hhe threw her arms around the
neck of the young man iu front und clung
to him like a well-licked postage stamp to a
letter. When the toboggan came to a stand
still the young lady was still tightly clasp
ing the stranger. “Well, did you get ac
quainted?” inquired the escort, with a grin.
- “You horrid thing!” was her only
cun g«?t into p«»rt with the vessel
in tier t uudmoo. Tlie crew my there wcr<
plenty of rum oti boar ), and the master and
mate were always the worse for drink. My
chief officer, who weut iu the boat, says
they looked, talked and at ted us if they
wer« iu liquor w hen he was alongside of the
vessel. lVrhaps this will account for their
in t leaving the vessel with ihe others. Two
of the men have very bad feet, aud will
have to go to the hospital.”
Talleyrand and tha Thin Marquis.
Parte Morning New*.
Tortoni's, the historical ice house and
cafe of thia century, ia aa a piece of Dr*-mien
china atnotg the giogerbread establish
ments of to-day. For sixty yeaiVit has been
tho gathering place of real wits, atul 1 am
pleased to chroniele that it has not lost its
reputation. It whs atTortoni's that Talley-
rand said Lis liest things and they weir
nuu.y. One day a marquis of singular
thinner, with a court sword hanging from
his belt, entered. * My dear Marquis,”
said Talleyrand, looking ilowu at the apiu-
dlc legs of the old-faahioned aristocrat,
“•hen I look at you I ngver know whether
you have Lave three swords or three legs.”
Au Incident of the Strike—She Holds
at Hay.
8t. Loute Globe-Democrat.
Mrs. 8. J. Duffy of De Koto, the lady
who so gallantly held the mob ut hay and
saved the fife of Yurdmaster Tod, who was
pursued by the infuriated crowd to her
house, is receiving unstint d praise at the
hands of the people of Do Soto, who have
determined to reward her brave act in
substantial manner. A purse has been
started and a handsome sum already secured t
which will be largely augmented and pre
sented to the heroine with appropriate
thunks and commeudaiion for lot dating
and timely act of unselfish heroism. She
is described as a petite brunette, quiet nnd
Miring iu disposition, good-looking, and
the wife of a locomotive engineer on tlie
Iron Mountain. Her husband, S. J.
Daffy, had been guarding the company's
property at the roundhouse, and
short time before the excitement had
arrived at home and was asleep.
Before retiring he had placed his revolver
ou the dressing case, nnd as Mrs. Duffy
went t*> meet the mob she saw it and carried
it with her to the door. The pursued man
w on breathless with tear and exertion as he
rubbed past her into the house, lie bur
riedly aud briefly told the story, mul the
lady was quick to uuderataud aud prompt
iu her action. Her appcaruuce, revolver in
hand, hnd an electrical effect on the crowd.
“Stop where you are!” she cried, raising
her weapon. “I wifi kill the first one who
attempts to enter this house.”
The mob, astonished and aw*ril, was vir
tually conquered.
“We want that scab,” said a venturesome
leader.
“If yon mean Mr. Tod, yon cannot touch
him. lie belongs in tny house and 1 will
notpernnt you to enter it.”
Thera was no evidence of bravado in her
manner. With flashing eyes and uplifted
arm, her weapon pointed directly at the
mob, she stood her ground ami k*-ld it ut
bay until the mayor of the town arrived ami
urged the people to disperse. They did so,
and the little woman had triumphed.
—King Humbert of Italy disdains court
balls and royal fetes.
A New Factory.
Colonel M. J. ILtrher informal sTkleubai’H
porter yesterday afternoon that it waa hte purp
to eroct a factory iu Macon for tbe luanufactu re of
■ ^Prohibition Planter” ami hte “Pour Mnle’i
Friend” plow. Me n** already ordered a car load
of eteel for the manufacture **f tbe latter, lie itaid
that he was so firmly convinced of the superiority
cuIUvaUjlS
of hte plow over a 1 others u*ed in the cultivation
of cotton that he would not take ten thooaand doll
liars for the patent ritfht for Georgia. Colouel
| Hatcher’s factory will he aa important addition to
the industries of Macon.
An Ancient Italic.
Yesterday a party of boatmen went five miles
down the river to recover an organ that the flood
washed out of a house in East Macon. They found
it In Dead river, at tbe same time ptckiutf up a
clock that ha*! also been washed sway. Ou their
way back to the rity they discovered an ancient tel
ls ju*t below tbe site of the old Georgia railroad
bridge. It waa the hull of a steamlx.at. It Uy near
the bank, the bottom partly turned up. It was
abont sixty feet lone. It was supposed that It waa
all that remained of the Goddard, a steamboat sunk
than forty live years ago.
A Had t'a*e.
In East Macon there la a man named Dickson.
He farms in tbe bottom land* down the river. Un
til recently his children have been employed In
mill No. t of the B;bb Mannfacturing Company. A
few da>s ago his wife and hte children, nine in
number, were all taken sick with the measles. He
is a poor iu«u, and fouud it difflcnit to provide for
Iheir wants; but he made a mantui struggle to do
so, receiving aid. ate >, from sympathetic neighbors.
Saturday one of tbe chile r»n died, another died on
Hunday. and another yceterday. Last night it was
thought that several more would die. aud that hte
iwlfe would slM)h>«e her life. I hte is truly a sid case.
Frank Humphries's Wife.
The wife of Frank Humphries waa in the cityl
again yesterday. Kbe w* ut »•* Ihe jail and requs-tedl
Jailer Btntsoog to permit her to *)>eiid several days
in tbe cell with h*-r btuhand. Jader liir J-i-ng * e-
cliaed to grant (be r* <| i»-»t w ithout con erring with
Hhertlf Entile of Baldwin county. Uy Mrs ifum-
ries's re*|ue«t he iel.-grspbed Sbertrt Ennis, who
replied, dire* ting that her requeat be granted.
Jailer Kirdtotig then • onautted with HhrrilT West-
cot wUu sgrtcl that Sheriff Enntes directions
should he r artei out. Mrs Iliunphrtea will there
fore speud several daya with her hnaband. lie was
much better yesterday.
Shenandoah, I'a., Herald.
Things have been decidedly dull attht
♦i^uol skutiDg rink the past few weeks,!.
ri.-< lovers of tho exorcise who have little
do Have suffered a severe attack of ennui
< >a Wednesday tin idea struck one of th
an l after relating it to the other regi
Ue proceeded to put it into force.
Sam Lee, the moon-eyed Mongolian
keeps n button-hole innugling emporium
‘•*wn, was selected ns an instrument to!
'iish an afternoon’s umnsement. Tbtj
•greed that Sam would look well on si
Mini wore tiuanimotmly of the opinion
th* skates would look amusing on Sam.
•y weut around to his establiahn
ye.-.Lrdny afternoon and pttnunded Kuu
visit the link. He watched the skates gl
around the room, and the boys smiM
Sam’s eyes became dilated in admiration
tbe gracetul sport. When one of ti
asked him whether he wouldn't like to
on the skates he replied in his inm
manner:
Me cun sklatee allee same like Md-
hoy,” an*l when he saw one of the
turn a double somersault he smile!
the corners of his month ran into hu
and remarked:
“Me standee on top side like Mclieonboj'
Then the boys strapped the skat* *
Sam’s wooden slices uud stood him np/
instructions to strike out with the right
first. “Allee lightce. Me knowee,”
8am, and he struck out ns directed,
left foot hadn't evidently been notified
the time tho prnt*<>»ion was to move,
failed to fall into line. The result wai
Sura opened out like a pair of scUsow'
ing tor a job, und tu n Middeuty sat
ou his pig-tad.
Nothing daunted, lie tried to regno
feet, but win* uii itde to do so withoot
histauce. .The getter up of the eutci
went was rolling over ou the floor W
the partition convulsed with laughter,
tbe rest of the boys kept straight fact*,
as they stood him updbc seeoud tim«\
of them told him to spread himself thiatii
“Me Hplcadce mv*elf verve mucin*,
replied, os he hteruliod himself audsur*(
the floor, evidently looking for a w>ft
on which to sit down next time.
Taro of the boys then took hold c!
one ut each arm, und after giving him
of instructions which he did not d
stand, they started off around the rinl
Sam between them. After going *’
around they suddenly let go, aud *hoU
from him in opposite directions.
ehort distance he maintained his e*iP
riant, but his oral countenance wore
away, sail and tired expression.
both feet left him and shot op into th*
where liis head onght to be.
backbit the floor he grunted and
fully five feet into the air, clawed at
ing. and then sudd uly aut down on tM
of his bionic.
He lay tuere motionless for a few
and then motioned to one of the be J*/
move the skates. Ife was sodeligb 1 *-
the experiment that he could notnna
t> express his thanks to the bop**?
kindness, and without uttering */ j
►hot out of the door and np the * lT *\
bin clothes looking like a windy
When the boys culled on
porium la«.t evening 8am was mWJ 0 *
limited joint* with liniment, *® a
they asked him how he like rolltr
he replied: tlt
“Me spleudi* mvaelf; one moTt u ’'
it.... _l-1. u .ijt MM ^oImuiI.Y' niTS*" 11
Fatuful Accident.
T.»**.h»y tuorsiaz John Font of Worrier dtetrU-t.
ir.Ut the wood* t-* f«t out po«ta. White at
«*>rk be *• ft dentally ibiU hte right foot opra with
hi* ax*, ip to the snkl*. He waa tmobte to move,
and rttoaioed when be tnjaml bimatlf unto oighr,
who* pavttea that went oat to look for him fowad
IolIee-*klate«‘ and lue spleadec my^ u
now cootcmpLUiM •'
on a bicycle f >r Sam, after wuii'“
I>—! iiiiiMtinu biin into the m” ' I
the creat American game of b—
•Uy
Gan. Logan ia to main i** **'
addm* at Gen. Grant’* tomb.