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THE TOWNS AROUND US.
THE MACON WEEKLY TBLBGRArn. TCES^a? MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
MB Ml KG OK (E\T«\L RAILROAD
STOCKUOLDKH8 YF.8TERDAY.
X«*m than Gall a Qunrnm of Stork Present
—Unit I'artlca rr-nfiil*tit of Sac-
<■0.., hi<.1 Voneltlel Oi>- ’lotej
Urt ou the llew'iit.
Savannah, December 22.—Tfiere was less
eh c* represented at tbe meeting of Central
rail 11 id stockholder* to-day than there haa
been in many years. Only 17,(HIM shares—
less thsn half enough to constitute a quo
rum- was represented, and tn consequence
no business was transacted. The meeting
vras looked upon with considerable interest,
as it was thought that some action might
be taken in regard to the pnblication of the
stock list.
In view of tbe impending contest for Ibe
presidency, neither side is disposed to show
its hand. The final outcome of tbe fight
is at present an unknown quantity. The
friends of both cabdidstes are claiming his
election, and a good deal of money has
lieen bet on the result. The meeting to-day
was no indication of tbe strength of either
The mandamus case is still in court, and
is likely to ooeupy several cays.
AUGUSTA.
Knocked Down and tubbed—Preston Val
entine'* Confession.
Avovkta, December 22.—To-night a man
named Jake Claee was knocked down by a
burly negro just across tbe river in Ham
burg and robbed of $56. He was ooming to
tbe city, walking on the railroad track,
when the negro slipped up behind,
iaccked him down and jumped
upon with a knife, cutting him
S uite severely on tbe atm. The negro
ten held him down and searched his pock
ets, taking everything therefrom. Close
came over to the city where he was met by
a policeman, who took him to the hospital
and had his wonnd dressed. The arm was
almost cut off. The best doctors think it
will not be necessary to amputate it.
Preston Valentine, the negro fiend whoso
foully murdered old man Vales, uigbt
watchman at the street car stables, some
time ago, and who has been sentenced to
hang on January 21, bus made a /nil con
fession of the enme, stating that he brained
the old man with a pick, poured oil ou his
body and sot fire to it, all for the purpose
ef rubbing the money drawer, from which
he secured only $38.
LEXINGTON.
Cattle Thltvos Put to Jail—A Musical
Fraud.
LkxtKOTON, December 20.—Our county
has been sortly afflicted for Home months
past by horse and cattle thieves, tramps and
dead-beats. Two of the thieves who stole
cattle from some of our citizens and a horse
from Mr. J, C. Bowling, of Arion, in this
county, have been pursued, arrested end
placed In the jail here by our vigilant
sheriff, Mr. E. Maxwell.
A blind fraud passing under the ntme of
J. W. Massey, was recently here giving
musical entertainments which were liberally
patronized by tbe people tbrongh sympathy,
and he suddenly departed and left his bills
unpaid and wore off some borrowed cloth
ing which he has never returned.
Home abled h died beggars have been
calling but have received snob cold comfort
that they have gono ou to other places.
The present outlook is that the Christmas
holidays will he passed very quietly here.
Prof. Thomas B. Mess has decided to
teach again at Meson Academy here next
year.
MIL, UEDGEVlU.fi
Sudden Death ef Mr. John Clark, the Well-
Known Druggist.
Miu.iiKikviLi.x, December 22. — Last
night at about 3 o’clock Mr. John M. Clark,
of this place, died after a sudden Illness of
six hours. Mr. Clark was a druggist of
high standing and character, and long iden
tified with the interests of phsrmsoy in
Georgia. He was so well known throughout
the State that this notice will occasion sur
prise and sorrow to many friends. Mr.
Clark was boro in Fhtlalelpbia on the 15th
of November, 1821), and at about five years
of age moved to New York, where be live,I
until twenty years old. He then came to
Savannah, and after living there about tlx
year* moved to this place and has followed
hit business in the same store sluoe 1850.
His loss it a tad one to hit f.imily and this
commnnity.
BULL >K1VS.
of til* T%
cultatftl
Muny cl the end enterprising
farmer* of Twiggi county Mumbled at
Twiggs lodge to day and organized the
Twiggs County Agricultural Club, with tbe
following officers, to-wit: J. C. Shannon,
president; Hon. S. E. Jones, first vise.
S resident; II. D. Everett, Second vice-pres
lent, J. 0. Solomon, secretary. After tbe
organization was effected CspL F. D. Wim
berly, one tf our best and most progressive
farmers, entertained tbe club with a short
bnt interesting agricultural talk. By uuau-
imous resolution, be was requested to ad
dress tbe club at its next regular meeting
on tbe fonrtb Saturday in January, 1887.
Tbe meeting adjourned to meet again ou
the fourth Saturday in January, 1887.
J. C. Solomon, Secretary.
A MURDER NKA.lt STOCKllltlI)UK.
W.8. Tomb* Shot and Killed by a Mao
Named Wilton.
Atlanta, Dwetilet 22.—Information
wta received here late tonight of tbs kill
ing of a man named W. H. Tombs last
night near Stoekbridge, on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia road. Tombs
came to Atlanta yesterday and bought u
bill of goods from John Silvey A Co H„
left hero at 11:20 laat night au<l arming *t
Stoekbridge found hla buggy waiting t,
take him to bis home a mile in the oout lry.
On the way out a man by the name oi WiV
ton met and shot and killed him. This
newa came direct from Stoekbridge to three
ac-nrcrs in this city, but the came of the
killing aud tbe detella cannot be old him!
to-night.
UIKMIKUHaM.
tbe first twenty miles of tbe road, and the
work willbe completed in sixty days.
There is a man in Athens worth .fully
$50,000, who goes about the market when
tbe butchers are about leaving and bays re
fute pieces of meat, bones and beef beads,
for tbe use of his family. He purchases no
ttrBt-clsss article of food.
Catlett Gaines, negro, of Washington,
W6nt on a spree Saturday night, and waked
up Sunday morning with his throat cut and
his voice gone by reason of the wound, A
physician repaired damages as far aa posa
ble, and Catlett will probably recover. He
either doesn't know or won't tell who did
the cutting.
Gas Brady, one of the negroes implicated
in the shooting of Messrs. Ramsey and Lev-
erett near Danbury, has been put in jail.
When carried before s magistrate be pleaded
guilty of assault with intent to murder.
Two other negroee, Dan Sutton and Nick
Brewer, implicated in the same crime, have
been arrested.
Mr. John Eberhart, of Athens, was
thrown from a wagon last Friday, and at
first was thought not to be seriously injured,
f laminations by a physician, however,
showed that, in addition to having both
arms broken, he was badly hurt internally.
He suffered greatly till Sunday, when he
died. He was a merchant of Athens, and
was much esteemed.
W. W. Jackson, who swindled Mr. O. M.
Stone, of Augusta, out of a traction en
gine, and was arrested by the sheriff of
Hart, county, effected hie escape from a
train on the Elberton Air Line in a daring
manner. Separated from his guards for a
moment, lie sprang from a car window
while the train was moving r.t full speed.
The guards pursued him, finding ins shoes,
coat and handcuffs, with traces of blood on
them, but Jackson escaped.
C'Uvuuaiiiim in J'mctlc®,
St Lon in Ii 9 pnbllc*n.
It is generally thought that Socialism.is
an untried experiment in this country, and
this supposed mystery invests it with a fas
cination which exerts a strong influence
upon the minds of discontented persons.
But it is not sn untested theory of life.
There are several communes in the United
States—one at Mount Lebanon, in New
York, another at Shaker town, in Kentucky,
and others in other States. Thirty odd
years ago there was one at Cheltenham, near
St. Louis, established by M. Cabet, an in
telligent French Communist. But it was
short-lived. After a few years of trial it
proved unsatisfactory and the property was
sold out The establishments at Mount
Lebanon, N. V., and ShakertowD, Ky.,
have been maintained for fifty years or
more, and show no signs ol going to
pieces. They are thrifty communities, de
voted chiefly to aaricultnre, garden culture,
the growing of seeds, the canning of fruits
and tbe simpler kinds of manufacturing.
Both are in the hands of Shakers who were
practical Socialists before Henry George
was heard of. Th y hold all property in
common; there is no individual ownership;
no person !b a proprietor; no one owns the
land he cultivates, nor the crop he raises
on it, nor tbe product of bis own handi
craft. All things go into a common fund,
and all wants are supplied out of this fund.
The strong and weak, the old and feeble
and tbe yon og and vigorous are on the same
level Ali thing* belong to the association,
which is a real government; aud when a
number leaves he takes nothing with him.
H-ie, then, are examples of perfect com
munes, far mote perfect and well ordered
than oven the Socialist agitators dare to
hope for. Yet the Sceialists and Commun
ists do not even seek to multiply Hum in
the land as they have a right to do. A
thousand suoh communities may be estab-
bshed without lot or hindrance under our
laws. Bnt this is hot done. Why? Be
cause the commune isnotadapted to tnwses
of tneu. They are tame and peaceful pic-
of repose, w-li suited to the old.
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broken spirited and unambitious, who are
weary of the world and anxious to retire from
it; hut they have do attraction for the youth
ful, the enterprising and the ambitions
They ore abodes of contentment fur those
who are contented with little—and, per
haps, they are very good places to study
and practice philosophy in. But nine of
every ten men in this country have an am
bition to rise above the plane of mere con
tentment anil better their condition—and
not a few seek to lift up others and butter
their condition, too—and a lifeless and
stagnant commune offers no field tor aneh
(ff.uts. It nisv be egood enough place for
passive Asiatics, but not for resile** Ameri
can*.
Apache Huper.linen.
Chicago IlarsM.
“Tuey. tell me a funny story about Ge-
ronimo, ‘ said a man from Arizona at tbe
Palmer Home yesterday. ••While tli-
Apaches wer* raiding tbe ranches in the
foot hills of N*w Mexico they captured a
white man who bar) false teeth, a glass eye
and a cork leg. The unfortunate fallow
was dragged into the hills where the In-
•(inns were encamped and strapped to a
tree to die. Just Itefore dusk Geronitno
happened to pass the prisoner, who had
succeeded in releasing one of his arms from
the leather strap which bound him to the
tree.
“ ‘Ugh !’ granted the big Apache chief,
pnosbing the white man with the muzzle
of his Winchester.
•The prisoner thrnst his fingers into his
month, r- moved his teeth ami shook them
in th- lac- of tb» Apache. This done, he
replaced the plates as qniokly os he bad re
moved them, and plucking out his glsss
eye, began polishing it upon his knee. Go-
rouimo hail seen a good many things in his
life, but the aight of a man removing Jim
teeth end eyes at will was enough to make
tbe savage's hair stand on end.
Without waiting to atrip tbe prisoner of
ht« clrohas. as wta their custom, the
Speches released the netvy fellow, and put
ling bitn on a hope, fairly begged him to
leave th. ••amp. 1 he settler muled no
second ii,vita;i ,n. mixing the animal by
the w .0 , he rod* a few yards out into the
opening, when, tn the horror of the savages
who huu leen watchil g his liight, be pulled
II hh* ci rk leg ainl w ived it above bis
head. It Is said "ng-cd authori y that this
is -L fir-t in*t*Mv on record where tbe su
perstition of sn Isdiui got the better of his
knife
The Policemen Who Killed Negro u.m
biers IloBorwhly Dlechsrged*
Bumixuham, Ala., Deoember 22.—The
trial ni nthr i* for thekUUng'of negro gam
blers last Week WA* concluded at a lata Lour
last night. All of the officers were honora
bly discharged.
Georgia Prrra.
Dr. S. Buis, of Washington, baa made an
assignment to Mr. William him* for the
benefit of creditor*.
Tbe fair of the colored people et Athena
has settled all claims sod tbe management
is free of debt Tbe white fair cleaned
about $1,000.
Young Sam Pulliam, formerly of Murray
county, this State, was recently shot ana
killed in Alebeme by e deputy sheriff who
waa trying to arrest him.
The directors of tbs Athens and Coving-
on railroad have leaned an order to iron
P%»»» IliitntoMt* EiplOllDA.
Laxcastcu, Ta., D-cemtier 23.—While
warming dynamite tartri-ge* it a railroad
cut es>t ot Elizabethtown this morning, a
- ark c in-cd i ver flfir i f them to explod*.
1 ith fteifol effect. Wm. Cahhl, of Colum
bia. was instantly killed, hla body being
t ri. to ou cue, and Georgs if-ruatlics, of
Elizabethtown, and Jno. McManus aud
Cbss. Dickers, of Decatur, srere tafaliy in
jured. McManus's injuries ere believed to
be fatal.
As a Salvation Army soldier to Montreal
walked out of a store with a down sgga hi*
foot shooed, sod he and tbe eggs' want
down with a smash. He nevar said a word
when the boys lasgbtd, though ba looked
mad, and in tba evening at the meeting he
told how tbe deni had got into tie eggs
jut to tty and gat him to swear. And then
there waa great rejoicing when ba told how
he got the beat of tbe devil by keeping bis
mouth shut
Tn* Interests uf *4ac*uua.wil! t* ntmaM s
Compsetoe Sanaa zest jaar by M-
w*rd Lv»ntt Baht ky Gee. Pleads A. Wane*, t y
B. A. Tain*, ky Jtaws l-aitoe. by ASmbsl David
PaMsr, aed ky the Cemmeedsal at Wist patar.
A DUEL WITH 8YV' _, RDS .
A flam Fight /-»* the K „ hMt H |n
Virgin
Alexandria (V».) Oonsr^^,, N „ , ortgaB .
,,, nee Dulaney, the rich-
, ln Virginia, has taken up her
‘ hls aristocratic old town for
”JJj**y**A. She is often seen on the street
witn ,,cr husband, the haudsome young
Ini’.dWan who won her at the point of the
sword, and the pair are much admired.
Their presence here has set people to talk
ing about the famous sword contest in
which Nevil showed himself to bo tbe finest
fcncerin thebonth,and by which he woo bis
bride and great wealth. It ocourred some
ten years ago. Mrs. Dulaney was then the
belle of this part of Yirgiuia. Her fath
er, Col. Hal Dulaney, was worth $5,000,000,
and tbe daughter was to inherit half of the
amonnt. As she was beautifnl as well as
wealthy, there were maDy suitors for her
hand. Among them, the t »o most favored
were a young Englishman natnei] Ran
dolph, who was sn officer in her Majesty's
Household Guards, and Henry Nevil, an
Irishman who had fought in i he French and
Austrian armies Both were handsome,
manly fellows, though not burdened with
riches, and for a time their chances seemed
about equal.
It soon became evident that they hated
eaoh other very cordially, and all tidewater
Virginia eagerly awaited the result of the
contest for Miss Dulaney's smiles. As both
were very high-tempered and familiar with
the use of weapoaa, the lady had * hard
time to keep them from venting their hatred
in a bloody war. thill, with a girl’s on.
quetry, she led them ou, showing no de
cided preference for either, and sometimes
appearing indifferent to both. One evening
the three were in the drawingroom together.
The rivals addressed each other only when
absolutely neoessary, and then with smoth
ered anger in their tones.
Finally Miss Dulaney go! tired of that
sort of thing, and said laughingly: “Why
don’t you go out and have a good fight,
instead of snarling at each other always?”
We will do it!” they exclaimed in one
breath. The lady continued the conversa
tion in a bantering tone, not dreaming that
tbe men were in earnest. Next day, how
ever, she discovered that the; had actually
adopted her laughing suggestion.
When the rivals left the house they at
one® arranged the preliminaries for a duel.
A meeting place was selected just off the
Dulaney estate, the time fixed upon was
the following morning at snnrise, and
swords were chosen as weapons. At the
time agreed upon they met, with their sec
onds, and there ensued tbe most bloody
duel that has ever taken place on Virginia
soil. It was evident from the beginning
that Nevil was the more expert swordsman
on acconnt of his experience in the French
army. Randolph handled the sword well,
too, but lacked the grace and facility of
movement of his opponent. Moreover, the
Englishman wss very much excited. As
they faced each other /they ex
changed glances, which meant plainly
a fight to the death. Then they
set to, Randolph striking fiercely
and wildly at his enemy, while the
Irishman took the defence, parrying his
blows with ease, and awaiting bis chance
for a thrust. It, came at last, and he neatly
removed a Urge piece o f Randolph’s ear,
The pain seemed to madden the English
man, and he bore down on his enemy with
indiscreet desperation. Nevil quietly got
in another strike, which mutilated the En
glishman’s nose. The rest of the fight was
rough and tumble on K'.ndolph’s part, while
Nevil not for a moment lo*t his presence ol
mind. 11-finally disabled !ho Engli-huiao
by petti:,/ iu a thrust on his sword arm.
Redid tbi. la tely to pr vent uowniight
murder, for he kte < that he c nlluke
Raudolrh -part piece by piece without iu-
, ury to himself, rntd he knew, too, tint
land -!nb would rather die than yield as
long ae he could hold s sword.
Mis- Dulaney was sorry for Randolph's
misfortune, b it sbe smiled more than ever
ou Nevil whom, it turned out, she bad loved
all the time. Three month* afterward
Umdolpb rose from hi* sick bed disfigured
tor life, left tbe country, and has not bten
heard from since. About the same time
Nevil and Miss Dulaney were married.
A88AB31SATBD BY A PLANTER.
.1 Servant Hired for WOO Co Urlp Kilt T»c
Brolhare,
A Little Rock, Ark., special to tbe
World from Warren, Bradley county,
says news hat just been received of
a cold-blooded sssaseinalien that took place
yesterday, which brought forth loud threats
of vengeance from the inhabitant*. One ot
the ricbeet men in the neighborhood is Al
exander Hamilton, who cwn* a fine planta
tion and large tract* of timber laud, ard is
credited with being a most hospitable man.
He has a wife aud four children, with whom
be has lived moat happily. Between him
and the Barrie family,, whose plantation is
only a few miles off, however, a fend has
existed for years, which has broken ont in
open quarrelling time and time again. For
•ome time, however, nothing has occurred
to bring the families together and there has
been peace, but it is recalled by the neigh
bors that some ago Hamilton, wbiloenraged
at a remark in-ide by one ot tbe Harrises,
exclaimed; 'They have signed their death
warrant,”
John and Joseph Harri* had oocaaiou to
pass by the Hamilton plantation yesterday.
They inspected no harm and were gayiy
laughing aud talking. Suddenly from ont a
clump of tree* oame the sound of ride
shots, and Joseph Harris fell dead at bia
brother’s side with a bullet in hi* heart
BefortsJobn bail time to realize his *ltua-
tion two more reports rang out and trom
the woods came running Hamilton and an
other man, firing as they ran. John Har
ris. like his dead brother, was unarmed and
M the sight ot hit brother's murderers he
fled. But flight was of no avail, for a bul
let soon brought him dowo, and as be lay
on the ground another ballet put nu end to
bu life.
Hamilton and hit accomplice, who waa
Nathaniel Sudbury, one of hit servant*,
gave themselves up to the authorities, still
carrying the Winabeat-r rifl-s witn which
they had done the double murder, and are
now in jail at Warren. It I* *aiil by Hamil
ton a friend* that he is insane and that he
induced Sedbury to help bimkill the Harris
boy* by paying bim $50. Th* whole
countryside is angered by the crime aud
there ia much talk about lyncuing me mur-
HI* Wife.
I rADnot toscb hi* cheek.
Nor raffle with a lovli)/ breath hU hair:
I look Into his eyes, aud hear him speak—
He never knows that lam there1
Oh, if m; darling would but only know
That day and night, through all hie weary life,
I, whom he loved In the years long ago,
Am with him still -hie wife !
I watch him atht* task.
When the broad sunbeams liret light up bis
room; •
1 watch him till the eveuing lays her mask
Lpon tba face of Pay: and In the gloom
He lays hla pencil dowu and silent sits,
And leans bia chin upon hia haads and sighs;
How well I know what memory rouud him flits!
I lead i. In hla eyes.
Aud when hie pencil's skill
Haa sometimes wrought a touch ot happy art
I see hla face with sudden gladness fill;
1 see him turn with eager lips apart
To bid me come and welcome hi/ success:
And then he droops and throws hla brush aside;
Oh I tf my darling could only guess
That she la near who died.
Sometimes I fumy, too,
That be does dimly know It—that be feels
Soma Influence of lore pan thrilling through
Death's prison bars, the eplrtt'e bonds and seal*t
Some dear companionship around him still
“ ' blceili
Some wblepered
■lug, faintly breathed ca-
derej*.
Tba Duke ot Sutherland arrived on Tneu-
day from Liverpool by tbe steamship Brit
annic and went to the Victoria Hotel. He
brought hia friends with bim. Tbe same
wortny nobleman visited thi* city last epnng
tnd made sn impreeai' n on New York soci-
ety. He attended a wedding reception at
the residence of an esteemed citizen,
wearieg a sack cost, the pattern of which
was not unlike a huge checker board of
glaring color*. A London journal, com
menting upon tbe noble peers apparel, re
marked that ha would not have presumed
to have gone dreesad in such a costly tnd
pictnreeqne costume to the hounoofany
lady of fashion in that city. Butts it waa
oolyNawYork! why, ot course, it was all
M. de Lesaeps ba* given £80,031) for gov-
ernment land along the line of the Suez ca
ns! used in the work of widening the water-
way.
Ah, bnt It esnnet be!
The dead are with the living—I am here;
Bat he, my living love, he cannot eee
Hie dead wife, though she cling to him so near.
I seek hie eyas; l preaa against hi* cheek;
I hear him breathe my name in wailing tone;
He culls me—celts hla wife—1 cannot apeak,
He thinks he ia alone.
This ia the bitterness of death!
To koow be loves me, pmea and yearns for me;
To see bite, still be near him, feel hla breath
Fan my tad cheek, and yet I am not tree
To bid him feet, by any faintest touch,
That she who never left his aide in life—
Sbe who so loved him, whom he loved so much—
la with him suit—hla wife.
—Joetin McCarthy,
PROBABLY THEY WERE LYNCHED.
The Disappearance ot the Fauiuue Bernier
Family a Matter of Comment.
Kansas City Timaa.
What has become of tbe Benders, the
Montgomery county family of murderers ?
The question has often been asked, and all
the attempts to answer it have so far been
unsuccessful. Long ago their capture was
given up, aud the belief that they were
caught, and similarly cealt with before they
had an opportunity to escape from the im
mediate vicinity of their crimes has gradu
ally come to be accepted. In view of this
fact, the following incident related by a
iromment attorney of this place may be of
ntereet:
The gentleman was engaged
in some important legal busi
ness in Montgomery county. Having
cause to visit Independence, and
finding that be could reach there and ac
complish his purpose to better advantage
by going across the country in a carriage,
he, accompanied by another gentleman,
started that way. It so happened that they
passed within a short distance of the Ben
der place, and bis companion was pointing
ont the location and explaining where the
house stood sud where the graveyard was
located in which the inhuman brutes bur
ied their victims. He had be n talkiug for
some time aud seemed familiar with all the
details, when tbe attorney abruptly asked,
breaking in on the other party while speak-
ing:
‘•What became of the Bender family ?
The speaker stopped and eyed him for
the space of ten seconds without saying a
word, tie then answered by asking an
other question:
"Who are you, and where ore you from?”
Tbe man's manner was rather suspicious,
but the attorney, having satisfied him as to
Li* identity and business, h6 very noon be-
atiue communicative again, and went on to
explain that when the murder of Col. York
took place he was living within two tulles
of the Bender farm, and bad been present
when tbe bloody cellar was discovered, and
aiterwarl when the private graveyard had
been found and the various victims of the
horrible butchery were dug up amid the
cm-*** and threats of the angry mob. He
etill become more confidential, and gave
the following account of their disappear
ance;
‘‘Not one of the Render family is alive
now. They weie all caught before they
had a chance to go but a little way from the
»cece of their misdeeds, and given qnich
and sure juatice. John and the old man
and woman were bung, begging like cow
ard* for their livos. Kate fought, and de
spite all the efforts of the parties who took
them, they could not hang her, and st last
one of thorn drew a revolver and shot her,
killing her dead on the spot She was game,
however, to the very last, biting, scratch
ing, and kioklng her assailant*
such o furious manner that it va>
impossible to do tnytkioft ' bnt
to kill hex lika a dog. 8be never
begged or teemed to exhibit any concern
for what she had done, or whst was going
to be done with hor. When she found whst
her captor* were going to do, she seized th»
first thing of which she could get hold, and
made su attack ou her nearest pursuer und
kept it up till she was killed. The others,
however, begged for life in the most abject
manner, especially the old man, whose pite
ous cries were ouly cut shott by the rop* as
it choked the wind out of bim. Their bodies
are in the Indian Territory and some day
people may know where they are, but not
for the present."
The granger then became silent and did
not seem inclined to give toy fttrtoer par-
tlenlars. From fuels afterward learned the
truth of tie *torj can be depended on, or
at least so thought toe attorney to whom it
was related. The fact too, that Colonel
Fork went down when hi* brother was kill
ed, and, after buving several conferences
with the people in tne neighborhood, hsa
never sines made sny endeavors to find the
murderer* of hi* brother, adds to the pre
sumption that be then learned tbe fate cl
the partis* in question, and con*eqnenlly
knows that there is no u*e t. oear.h f..r
them.
A Slight Correction.
Merchant Traveler.
"Mrs. Smith," arid s Chicago traveling
man to his wife, *-*0, I th* *«uior member
of the part airship which we formed ov*r a
year sgv. with the as-taUnce of a
preacher V” "Orsioly," said Mrs. Smith,
meekly. “Do I hold a controlling inter**!
in thie bunnies >" "U: course y ,n do.
“***•’ “Am I the secretary and troamrer
and business manager of thie concern? am
I responsible for it* finunci J status V" ••To
be sure yon art; 1 never **id anythin;’ to
the contrary, ,i„l if responded.
* b »‘J w '«h to direct your attention
tot* this; Your house-lull figure* have
been running up to sn alarming fignrs, and
your demand* fur i in money may be prop-
erW described a* exorbitant. I have de
elded tbit I must take s'ep* to keep you iu
, e_ck “May I correct your era rue.ar *
httlobitr" «hc inquired sweetly. -(,v t
winly. “You mean‘checks,’ not cherir
plural number, you know,•• was the firmly
spoken rejoinder. And ht didn't Attemot
to argot the eeae.
HE WAS BUTTED OUT.
How n Colored Member of the Knlghta cf
Labor was Fired,
One ct tbe first cues tried by Recorder
Baxter, was one involving the colored
Knights of Labor. It seemB that Jolm
Felder, a one-legged shoemaker, b. longed
to tbe assembly of which Jeff Long is mas
ter workman. About the 9th of December
Felder received a note from Long to this
effect: “Bro. Felder—Our detective has
referred charges against yon, and you are
hereby ordered to attend the meeting to be
held to-morrow night that the charges may
be investigated. Signed, J. F. Long.”
When Felder reoeived this noie he begin
to wonder what he had done that Could be
constrntd into a violation of tbe tenets of
tbe order. The only thing be could think
of was that he had only a short timo be
fore said to parties, who he thought had
beeu seut to pump him, that ho was going
to vote for Price for mayor. Having ar
rived at this conclusion he did not attend
the meeting.
Things went on until last
Monday night when there
was a meeting of the Knights on
Cotton avenue. Felder attended the meet
ing, and was told that he had been expelled.
He wanted to know the whys and where
fores, and was told to retire from the hall.
He refused to go because he wanted to know
what be had done to have caused bis ex
pulsion. On his refusal the master work
man ordered him put out. Ftlder refused,
and iu a twinkling raised his crutch to
strike the first man who dared lay bands on
him,at least tbisisthetestimonr. A Knight
named Tom Wesby approached, and, jerk
ing the crutch out of hie hand, threw it
across the hall. Then Wesby tried to put
ont Felder, who would not go, and com
menced to belabor the Knights, who gath
ered around him thick and fast. Although
he stood on his one leg aud was being spun
around at a lively rate, he managed to get
iu some good licks, until Wesby lowered
hiB heod and went at him after the
manner of a battering ram. This
knocked the pin from under Felder and be
fell in a heap on the floor, using tbe one
leg and his two hands the best he could to
kiep the crowd from him. The Knights
piled in on him, and, to use his own lan
guage in describing the occurrence, “they
wore so thick on him that you couldn't see
him,” Finally a more peaceably inclined
Knight pulled off tbe crowd and F’-lder
was allowed to depart, with but little injury
to his person, though his feelings had re
ceived a violent shock.
Felder reported Wesby to the police and
had him docketed for disorderly condnot
The case was heard on its merits ami Re
corder Baxter dismissed it. Felder now
declares that the end is not yet He claims
that he was expelled for voting for Price,
while the Knights ssy he was expelled for
violating hi* obligation, which means
voting for any man other than the one
nominated by the knights.
Some of the other members of the Knights
say that there is no politic, in tbe order.
He says; _‘‘We is noutid to 'sport any
brother in 'stress and in any other why.
There tint uo politics, ’kose if theie waa
we who is 'publicans done voted squar' out
for Diwmycrats. matter* not whtiuer bits
Pri e or Hendrix.”
KILLED BY THE TRAIN.
r ° ,Je C °nnected~bj~^_ h
. Quite a JppTeZM: ‘“a
ash*
Mark Twain said to a friend the other
nay that he did not like to earns to New
York with hie wife. “She is vary anxious
to have every one think efc« drowse like e
New Yorker, be raid, “and yet whemvev
she buys anything in a store in tbl* c'tj ti»
clerk IS euro to ask, • What bote! shell I s.nd
this to, wa aiL?
An 0!|| Man 8tf»p* I'prm th* Tr*rk Within
Three Feet of the Locomotive.
Yesterday evening at 5:10 as the tr in
from Atlanta was pasxing over the street
car tunnel ou Fourth street, sn old man
was seen to step upon the track just in
front of tbe engine. When the train passed
the mangled form of the man wo* found ou
the side of the track. Uo was picked up
and carried to the store ot Mr. Wm. Cro
nin, near by, and a physician and Coroner
Hoduett notified. When Dr. J. C. Johnson
arrived he made an examination an i found
several ribs broken aud the inti-runt injuries
ot so serious a nature that death was almost
instantaneous. Although quite a large
orowd had assembled, none could reoocnizo
hi in.
The jury was empanelled and Engineer
1 reeny and the fireman and a young man
named Lowenthal wero examined. The
latter testified that he saw the niau step
upon the track wiu-n the engine wum within
about three feet of biai. The engineer did
not ate him and ' did not know anything
abc-nt it until he arriv-d at the depot.
The jury returned a verdict that the de-
craved emuo. to to- death by beit.g run over
by the CIO,. Mur the verdict w&* render d
the r«ip..ir.* Were recogn.z d as those of
Mr Jsi'k iiaui-ock, who lived beyond Me-
ebartic** iile. He w** about aevrutv year*
_y!d and leaves a witn.
The theory of bi* death is that he was on
hi* way home, and when the crossing was
reached went np on the railrbud truck in-
stead of ptaBing throogb the tunneL Just
why he did to will probably never be
known He was not deaf, nor was there
any reason to believe that be bad been
drinking. If he had been deaf, he oonld
have seen the light from the headligut of
tne locomotive.
Karr* 1 AY.fi
np’ U tin- t)«Rii
Ibtf •• ti vboutiu
J t.> * leAf-l
Why th« Chil.trrn !/•«« Him.
DWtilDR when Mr W. v. Cmrtbl WmI
^bnr rirfrd *n<! fifty pR|i<(*
“ “> j«iruy mriii i.f
“1 **J», fdftti It: ttie
iU4 rrti *iri*
Ot ft ^ WAtKM I |;|* | eii)
t r\« > »ch(! %r *6.1 m. tj * , La’Ur-
*• «t h*.»M Iu the bcIuhiI
:* *“*■ Haa* it «m built, /xfter Mch fecbolar bad
hbM. provued for, Muitr Lotud* Ki.tdle m. m> *t..l
vmmUrn from tb* pnuclpal ifr*r*d
foiiofftjig rvtoiatfon vhlch wm pMMwd uuntil*
Bou»ly Md with thru* cheers and »tiger fur the
big hearted capteln.
°»** Ml Oilm Living prt-
Mnted oi with AboubUtal supply of orange* an 1
?H Pl#, K^. Ul . wblc|1 to ,Urt °arChrl»u»M. Jf„d that
tb jngb bU form is Urge sod tia bssrt big. there is
“SmSS"* 0 Jf 0 ? 1 hl ® bnt hu HtUs An**. [
I it* 01 "* 1 * ^ *• tender hi® our thicks, the
AT. IS nr nltr mean la . n a >k . .v ... . 1
The charter for thin .
the Legislature of w *f °hUin^
and gives «]; tbe right, A “ d “
Very little haa been ? Ia AitSf
for the reason •“* £
Birmingham and LaGranc« V ,e . c,c '> h
(jet everything in good ahme if S
mg the subscription book** x^ 01 ! W-H
are ready, the preliminaiv ttit % i
a corps of surveys out J .
(tent making the in^ttuu£ n ^} , ia
the route, they have address*?. * w, 1 of
c.tion to the business men 1 , < ? ltlItlIl »i-
throughCaptB. E. Park^t?! Kteoa«
subscription of one hundred thT 8 fo! ‘
W*bl» where tt'S^ ** 1
between Macon and a point in
“ft
IV. bioss.J. F. P. Jackann TV? *'
J. T Hefflin and rT L^“ a VS
gentlemen are largely intersatsd i?S. “*•
and Iron mines of AlataXrh? mi? 1
incorporators are Judge B n 1 ? W, P»
W. crYancy. It. 8. Mcfttrui *,¥■•
P. Pitman, ail of Troop co ant ^L I) |: t
names will at once be reconni/fa.
of wealthy men. They awSiff??.**
subscriptions and meeting with is W
encouraging fluects; £!,
county and beyond. No
Esssjji—a-teSais
refer
that the object
By reference to the map it «•» ,
ATI Hint tl... -vT., 11 .TOl Ot
seen uiai me object of ft."
jectors is to get' J an Hr lin! t p *‘
Birmingham to the sea vis LaGr!?,, ^
Macon, thns fnroiihiogs direct
line from the coal and iron miaes
ahip s hold. The western connectkoi a!
Birmingham, It is said, will give
benefit of marvelously low rates of iS
upon grain and meat from l
besides putting coal within lsMfiSatel
hundred miles of Macon.
Itis the desire ot the projectors to cm
menco the grading of the road from fc,
to LaGrange, and from LaOrange to K?
mingham simultaneously, and to tbl «!l
Judge Btgham has written to Ciot. toy
asking him to lay the matter bSorefto
merchants at once. Yesterday CtoL pS
interviewed afew business men oatttnL
ject, among them Messrs, a *
Jaqnes, J. U. Campbell, Jo*. Dinnenktiz
Lee Ellis, A. O. Bacon and Henry Homi
and each expressed himselt as being (nn.
able to the line. Mr. Jaqnes also rrvm)
a letter trom Mr. W. 0. Yancy ukieg i“
the names of a, few prominent bnrnas
men who felt an interest in the road ltd*
directory from Macon might b* chosen
It is also requested that the Beards!
Trade or the business men of ths city mike ’
known their willingness to take stock in tWi
road that one or more of the ineorpontorf
may come and address ttu-mnp-u Ucpai
and detail* of the projected line.
A PLUCKY UIKU
An Inntnnce 'IVhrr* » Young Woman Hu
«K«<1 » Largo IIuuIuvm Contain.
Pittnbnrg Chronlcl*.
Once in a while the sterner •% Hpcs
ally that part of it which ccaituu It
biisiuee* of a city, find* ont that tot
these things a woman may equal tksai
those qualities uliiub go to meksspi m I
cesstul administration of businesscoMcnt
Suoh instance* are rare, but rue only b
cause the feminine portion of tccud
attend more Htriotly to tLe econoaia* i
tbe household than to loo'.ing liter sji
dends by companies, or ho* to tun*
the same. Now end then mere is a root
who cornea to the front, in a public way. i
the manager of a business that csnoelj W]
successful through tbo wisest of foresight
and attention. It can be done, ud it hi
being done, iu one instance, ia this city, by I
a youug lady who is not yet ont of Mt i
teens, md without ever having had ipnt-;
tied training in the affairs over vkiek de
has charm*.
Some time ago the iccretaty and tnutiw
of o; e of the extensive street «r iittrif
the city, who 1. .id for years been th- tad
and front of the company's bti-ineu, to
came ill. The work of tne office sad us
many provisions for the conduct >•' »*
road told heavily upon hitn. He 1st for
years seen to even tbe minutes: duels H
the management, and in his illnets ke(««
that he would not be able to properly «*•
for the concerns of the company 1“
eldest daughter was s young lad; of «dk;
teen years or thereabouts, s btndsMM. »■
• omplisbed and intelligent girt. 6m •*
father’s aniiety st bia inability to “•f
tinn* at bis post, and shes»k»d La*
» her -to come to his rau
li»-r
n Iitlt.n*
■die'.'
help him in his work. After
suasion iil her pa-t lbs father c f -*
• d her leq-.est. anil f -r week* *-'' I
ti.beHfciU st the rtfivMf the '
steadily sod fiurd «t wor., and .1
oht ining the tuilcet knowledge <•• |
iness By and by the f.ther «i**“
No longer able to coo’s no Hie • 0 ’
daughter, anxious to asdst bn. ■
trouble and hopeful Hist he *”»U ■**£*
worked herd at ihe office; kept ’****”
good shape, saw to the oollreuon oftoto
the payment of employee, sod «**
Ipuzckaeeif feed and stock
.* VI" 1 - *• tender ntai <mr thanks, the pnicAase tl teeu ana sme-'^
Hnd U Ma?m^!kSte “ 4,l “ think, or our nrin- puny, with a baav* heart k T.
rtpH. May tils sh*«low ui* r grow late.** The fathers tieaitb did ne: !-?»»* ”•
"-There t» s bt* fat negro woman Urine . e. v
mile, from Macon In th7?onn.“r c a .tf„ torn"
to town retry now and thsn, th-t Uarnnm wonLl
,!h • ■“ » ■Ott.tach* and chin
izszszzsisr wnu u ^ ° f '
Higher Education in Gra«<«,
Fatt M*U 0u9tt(,
Ttu ui.-Vm Greek* are, in one re-1-. ct at
least, ntnm.g os h-gli as tbe ancient Greek*;
ii.'i are beginning to conquer the m.il.i—
the world at any rate of the Eoat—> « i-m-
tor.. \ Ci-rinpondeiit of the Jour,is! •>-
Debate ,-iitn some account in this con e,-.
r lv * Uoe vto.
ctimi in Greece b-la marie Ot recent vevr-.
I here ere .13‘-gymnaate" ,L the ktned
Jd) «. coudary seboel,. 1.7,7 -,„ m
ro-xools. In * e ,r. *fl *
tie prtYAte cnlncY
the young girl did the work lotlto
tiou of the company, and there"' 4
appointed to take his place- TW'
affairs werj- cn for nearly *
the fa'her died. The TouDs1edy«‘»!~
bravely kept up her father*.*** 0
bis illness, may have <1* »
would be discharged to make
new secretory, bnt she was Dotn^f.
The co t,pany has not ?-<»pr- a *f
ur.,i.ud she hsa beenaefingte
of auch an <ffl tel for
tliat when the boar! of Iuin * 8 !!L u ij*
elect annual oflierr. the o*k
ba. Ill* join., ladywbobel
fi !<- on (>. Aitioti for over
ri.ic i lost*; ue* uf rare
nod t-.e bretr-yemg prt*» j t
neatly and alteeaetnlljr l»kt i0t*
stern resllba cf I bns’h® 1 * *“ - -J
•ten *•: women, in tu nn*.> 1 to woman-
the higher
lteh-.T'^ ’4 IC “ »•.»*«• for girl* w,s' Veteb-J a P“>* *
, L . k ' a ataff of It -Acnltvll'e Ceeittr-loorssL ettmffi
ririrVielT 1 ; 47 ' ; Gtok. oeud a.*,..nbtttot.OfT
liyjK™ i"-re trom all part* uf the East.
^j° eMton J*. *«? liberally endeweat ia
Groce*, and the sum* which Greek* settled
m foreign countries «*nd home for thi* pnr-
poso a,* very large. On. re*ul. of
u Ua.1 tne Gresaa or* altno-t entirely to th*
u, nu or* aitoo-t entirely in tin-
aM" 7 ;. n : ’<». te rare In th* king-
Tr.ere caa hardly b-
Grant fir.ally came to M*» -
G.neral le-gao’s loysby, }*,
rone ao for *s to feel smsa***
grammar waa truatwortby
gnat BoceriaiPliev 11 '
Toe Meek far)
dom. In the" ’ •M’ASSlSrtS i dt.rm. .0
theei'ee“ Uttl *' «rt*olar. J («v, breast, Is apftec mU *
teg) remiing thur Blutereh's “Livaa " front of war to an ojwra W