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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH : TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1887.-TWELVE PAGES.
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UP AS PAN ATI- I ,f" T . at ® Hfteotive Agency," and had
nn31 SL:83 WAKING Uf a applied tor ch . rte , He made m
1 BD ciSM PAILS. impression here, as he seemed to be a trifle
green in the detective business, and acoom-
u ,nirg Property— “othlng. It transpired that during
l <" <h ® E * ■ water Delay bis stay here he had advertised over the
** njin'i w*" 1 u “*, . Dread- I b ! a,e <brc ugh the mails proposing to em-
D „ Pills* Boade-A Dread- ploy so many men in his "agency 15 .* de-
f«i Accident. tectives, and requested applicants for de-
sirable positions to inclose a V to cover ex-
-Atlantn wants a | penaes^and a commission would be at once
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THE TOWNS AROUND US.
NEWS FURNISHED BY OORUFSPOND-
EXTS AND THE PRESS.
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“abtie there has t . a well-defined U* 80 mo ®k budding detective talent in the his attorneys, Ashten, Senator Roberta,
nr® about the suna , om othing must State. Felder and Griner. It appeared by tho
sonnet' 00 ?y e ' the hladder. With this I 11 *• reported, upon investigation, that affidavits dednced upon the motion to
baiioie to h‘0» up a t Cbatta- Jordan was recently a dry goods clerk and admit, that on the Cth day of November of
tbeelhged * on ^*l^ a Anniston, Sheffield, Mothodist divine in Chattanooga, and that I l«»l yeah at Lothair. a beentifnl little
noop>. *“/n«iilur has piobably had much »M1* the alleged Salvation Army was in village sinmbering among the piueaof
9 f lms end Deoamr i . Bre aftcr Atlanta he delivered an eloquent discourse Montgomery county, there occurred a diffl-
todo. Tb8 .‘and i-ia not at all sur- under the anspices of tint able band. orlty in which Thomas A. Miller, one of
Atlanta's own neari, fcnii The loosl supply of dotectives in Atlanta that old county's best citizens, wss slain by
ori-isg tbat , B si.nniscd that since it be- !s good. The officers on the police I. J. Davis, and without auffloiently mitigat-
* It |, not to tie oi b . _ prohibition folly | for °o, who know the city and all classes of I ing circumstances in the case, to be, in
fsms app» te0 * tn« Bnd that tho *k« people thoroughly, oan generally be ro- the Bound discretion of the judge, to al-
bad * bout .irtnopr keep its clutches ''ed on to work up cases requiring detec-1 low him to give bail.
of Z dty“ prolrM. that «« work. _ Pending tho preparations by each side
Sf ‘hJe m sll classes-ot P b2L». has I „„, h ^T^bed o«T. for tide hearing, opinion. « to Judge Kib-
S^bctter and there^has b “° £ “- -This moroing, be- 8l n C “ the hearing his derision has Lon el-
1 |jd cucoursged local oa P l |^^ ) 5J^ f # “S® B^aMdOeorgU tMlroad, had both legs Lnd Solicitor-General Smith. Davis will be
Jjirt to raise s boota A number ot entar mashed almost entirely off >t taken to Macon jail in accordance with the
pints t»»' bcco , ‘Xre hu'been a quiet b4 V oWbr 'df«b . bom coim - g orde , t fot g , tB .keeping.
•,-teffiplated, and there has oeen a quiei Atlanta. Morris was employed on 1 « n n-,rior Conrt is nrocresiimz very slowly
!5 etruDg movemeitt made to oorner on a freight train. He had gotten off, and at- bnt t £ e Rrand j ary £ B ^d lD g down^hands-
ItlesUte. . . tempted to swing himself upon the oibu i n ii n iuiii
Quite a numbeTof 8 ^“. baTa J^ thatra , io P""* 1 * ba0 »» i« rked The hoteis and boarding bonsos are run-
^ettd, but the moat striking toot ia that under the ear, Uie wheeta pas.ing over nin 0 ver. Certainly Dublin ia most as-
nee or two quas' synmostes have, witnm both legs below the knee, mangling them Bnr edlv in need of a hotel building.
S;j«tw4k, taken options on a large hprriblj. He was brought to Atlanta at 3 8n S k \ngof the conrta IfludT^t an ef-
quantity <of real estate,inithe' city. What U clock this mormng, and earned to the fott P wiu tf mftda t, oon.titnte a new judi-
but the idTh “goSe I •!<»•> circuit, composed of the following
Si. the town that there is a boom of M ,.r f , a jg oni
•one kind flooting nroond loose, and a Frazier’s slit
oie«t many people are reaohlng out tor it I John Mon _
Tiguely aud blindly, butnevertheUas with liga msshed this morning at Stockbridge, I £££ fp^ume thST will nicewitoti tho
to’ behtdd. “T ^ I o( a i“ d « a '
nieu, rtireehing
vitb s number
of real estate men | “ «*“»■“• i TY-TY
»A U the? seem to have either oaughttho in- Atusts, January 30-A Southwest Geor- ,, ■
, er (iririnatfcd it. it is hard to say gi» gentleman of prominence, who was in a Very singular Accident-Two Now Saw-
£,“r They claim tbit Atlanta is on a I the city last night, speaking of the booms Milt. Started, Etc.
and a healthy one that will give the of Alabama towns, wondered if a boom Ty-Ty, January29.—'There waathe largest
c! n a creat lift upward. I would ever strike his section of tho State, crowd in town yesterday that has ever been
and seemed to yearn for something of the present here at one time to attend Do-
the EiowsH T ’ I kind to strike his county. I told him it I Haven’s show, which made a very poor tx-
0ns evidence that Atlanta capital is be-1 would probably come along in time. He hibit here, as elsewhere on the Brunswick
winnioi; to comeamt of Bhell is in the re- f 6ared j, would como after he had gone. and Western railroad.
rwrtid purohase of the Ltawab mining As s mewhai in this connection I waa in-1 I know that Ty-Ty is charged with being
property in Jlartow oouuly. Tho purchase I formed by a gentleman yesterday, who is 1 the moat disorderly town of its size in the
made day before yesterday by a party I interested in the scheme, that a syndicate I (he State, but the crowd on yesterday dis-
cf Ailsuta gentlemen headed by Dr. J. W. I ; K negotiating for the purchase of a tract of I proves all such bosh. I estimate there was
K'.cki' , oed the price paid is said to have 3o i 000 acres of Umber lands in Dooly and I nearly one thousand people here, and if
been tlM.OUO. This is a valuable property I und tvitcox oonnties, and that other invest-1 there was anything dona or said in enough
md bm until this sale been held at slot),-1 mon t 8 w iil probably bo made soon in that I disorder to cause even one arrest by the
(CO. The worts have not been operated sec tj on . I marshal or bis deputies I have failed so far
lioco tho war, when Sherman burnt and I to j, ear 0 f u g0 the Great and Good Tele-
dtstroy ni them. At one time there were The Trictrapn's Atienta ••Scoopi.” graph may tell tho world and the balance
emptied there 2.000 hands. Mr. Samuel | Ati.asta, January 30.—The Great and | 0 f mankind not to fear onr town; we are all
t got his hand severely
.... , . - - , . - . - . burned yesterday morning by quite a liu-
‘•Tre Etowub raanufaotnnug property is to buy the paper to find ont what happened ^piar accident. As is known by all who
situated on the Etowah river in Bartow and in the Gate City yesterday. know her, Mrs. Corbett has a long and lux-
Cherokee counties, Ueorgia, about tuieu .But, then, Atlanta has been getting her QI iant growth of hair on her head. While
miles fast of Cartersville and one and.a half local news via Macon so long that the pro- Luting near the fire combing it ahe, in
Biles from tho Western and Atlantic mil-1 verb now runs, “Ha who would know the I throwing her hair from one aide of her head
road. It coneista in the aggregate of about news from Atlanta mnst subscribe for the to the other, .track the llame of tbe fire,
17,000 acres of mineral and farming lands, I Uacon Teucorapb.” The people np here I w ),en it ig-ited almost the same as lint
upon which there is a water power of over are almost a unit on this proposition. If wcra ) d , gnd yi r . Corbett, in trying to extin-
1,100 horse, iron and manganeae ores, limo any bedy doubts it let him poll this town. | gpUh tho flames, burnt his hands severely.
asd Mndstonoin abundance and other min-1 The good l*dy lost about one half of her
erJs, aud a railroad bed graded four milts I THE LOTTERY COMPANY WINS. I hair by the accident,
from tbe Western and .“lantis railroad into Cm# , D< A i^nnoori Mrs. A. B. Mr, Henry Steward has raid a large quan
ta property; has a manufacturing centre suwart. tity of naval atorea here this week. An in-
,of great proportions for tho manufacture of Feamkpjbt, Jannary 27.—The Court of I spector has been here sampling and weigh-
wl, cotton and wood, lhe Etowah I to-day rendered an opinion in the ing two or three days,
r cannot be surpawed in the 8onth. of Q A L chrane, an attorney, of Well, there will be two more saw-milla in
iron, wool,
ctoperty ct a B _ _
hit within easy reach of the Western and OeoreiVra. Addie B. Stewart, eieontrix of I operation in less than another week’s time
AtULUerwilroadbywayofitaown rojd bed E _ K^t.w.rt, deceased, of the Arm of Mr. J. 8. Graves will start hla new mill, of
aud m direct coromnmcation with the East g t ewart, Simmons A Diokinson, proprietors thirty or thirty.five horse powor, next Mon-
Teatuuee, V irginia and Georgia ayatam by I 0 f Fraoktort Lottery. Locnrane and day, four mile* south of town. Ha will
wyot the East and West railroad at Car-1 jj,i oi . p yy. Saunders, of Louisville, wore I ship his lumber from Hillsdale, ono and
fenrille, Georgia. Iho supply of fuel 1 eni .aoed as attorneys for the firm at tho I one-half miles east of Ty-Ty. And then
is abundant. and cheap; the timber on the I ga j™ 0 ( $300 per month during Mr. Storberg Glover, formerly of Maoon
property will furnish wood and charcoal in th % liB tence or operation of said county, begins operation with a targe mill
iBffluus quantities. The lands aro mainly , ott steward died and the firm waa on the lands of Mr. Jack WiUls, two miles
eotered with a denssstoond growth of pine diaJolT ed i n September, 1882, and notioe southwest of town. Early next week he
d sad osk timber, hraeh of which will now M | to Lochrano that his services would contemplates laying a aids track on the rail-
uee more fnel than Uie original forest not b# needed Bny farther . MsjorSSann- roadjmt beyond Ty-Ty creek, about ono
and coke can be had from mines in dell gcqn i #goed j n t ho notice of the firm, mile west of town, to abtp lumber from. He
vsas reunty, Ga., by way of the Weatarn I Bo^mno contended tbe agreement was I ia reported os a aolld business man.
T.lf Uaodo rk iL roa ^’ fro “ to hold good dnring tbe operation of tbe There has been a heavy rain falling hero
Iu .. i' e n T * r - the E “* Tennessee, Vngi- lottcry- Suit for »3,COO and *3,000 for ao- for the post two hours, now the wind baa
. 0eor * U . yfi*?' “ d J r ? m 016 onmnlated stipends was inatitnted In the shifted to the northwest and turning cooler.
Woken Arrow ooal field* in St Ciair ponn- L ontaviUe Law and Equity Court and judg- The farmer* are hauling onr veat quantities
0T ? r V 1 .*. and y** 4 I ment rendered against Loohrana, who ap-1 of guano in all directions from town; aaure
? am “J ol *btah points rates willbe as j a d gg l>ryor, in his opinion of the I sign of hard times tho coming fall and win-
SS!" Point in |y ppcl , Btl) C o5rt, conclnde* as follows: ter of 1887-f
0»rp«. Building material* of the flniwt 6rm 0 ( Bimmona, Btewart ft Co.
Sf;? ,n »>>undant aupply and at the mgd , thdr oentract by which they retained
lo .” B * e] l2 w t ' l “i loml i r tbe aerrioes for tbe firm of the two attor-
,or , 1 *“ w ,P0' thoosAnd, Tbeae attorney* wers under an ob-
stud 1 I m * alon * J5? I ligation to render to the firm anoh profea-
JjcH * cotton, wool, woexf and oxen, aro at I emDlotmenL 8 Tho^UUon^ot\omey and I tloD ^ or P^° debater* in the Demoatho- icarch. He fonnd’two pair* of boot*, twelve
A%»porUon ofS,. tand flrmraZSd ft***?$* «• pookrt kntam. aix .Jrt
Election of liemoatheninn Onitori—The
Oollcgn Ntwipiper.
Athens, Jannary 29.—The annual elec
ting off the cars nt Gainesville, fell and
was painfully hurt abont the faco and head.
J. M. Ooggin, a painter from Lifayette,
Ala., who claims to have a superior roofing
paint, has been swindling ’people at East
man.
Tbe Jackson News reports twe instances
of the clothing of children catching fire.
Both were quite severely banted but wilt
reoover.
An election will be held in Qreenesbcro
shortly to decide the question of issuiug
bonds to baild two school houses—one lot
white and the other for colored children.
The chair faotory located at Marietta, Ga.,
is doing a Hplondiil business. It is turning
ont from fifty to sixty dozen chairs per day,
gives employment to from fifty to one
hundred hands, and pats ont from $500 to
$1,000 per week in Mariettta.
Litigation will probably reenlt from a dis
agreement between the Home street rail
road company and the county commission
ers. Tbe company claims the right to lay
its tracks across the bridge across tho
Etowah, which tbe commissioners deny.
One day last week Mr. J. M. Griffin, of
Wilcox county, failed to get off tbo train at
Eastman, as he bsd intended, and discov
ering his mistake after the train was run
ning at fall speed, he jumped off. The re
sult was a badly frAotnred leg and other
aevere braises.
The washingof the tide on Oak Grove
Island, below Brunswick, has brought to
light the rains of a house of which the old
est inhabitant had no recollection. The
walls are of brick, set edgewise, and were
plastered. Tbe cools and ashes of a fire
still remain ia one fire place.
A targe land trado was perfeoted last week
in Screven oonnty, by which Mr. L. F.
Pfeiffer become* the owner of abont seven
or eight thousand seres of the Gibbons
lsnda near the Hags Slags landing. This ia
the biggest transaction of the kind that has
occurred in the county in many years. It
was a ciwu tiuue.
Perry has a new enterprise—the Perry
Variety Works. Nine of the leading citi
zens of the town are the proprietors. They
hope not only to make money for them
selves, bnt to add to the prosperity of the
whole community. Part of the maobinery
has already been bought, and work will be
gin soon. The manufsetnre of brooms if
one of the branches of industry proposed.
J. T. Toombs, living near Gnthbert, ex
pects to gather this year 500 bushels ot pears
and make 1,000 gallons of wine from hia
orchard and vineyard. This, at $2 per
bnshel for tho peara and $1 per gal bn for
the wine, will bring him a handsomer profit
Gun canid possibly be realized in any other
industry, amonnt of capital < mployea being
eqnal, that could be engaged in.
Daring the progress of the play at tbe
Augusta theatre Friday night, when the
house waa filled to its ntmoat capacity, one
ot the finest drop seenes carried by Robson
ft Crane separated, and in falling to tho
stage passed through the border bghta, tbo
ganzs catching fire. Some poison was
foolish enough to scream ’’Fire!” bnt, act
ing on the advice ot tho cooler-headed, the
people kept their neats and no panic re
sulted. The slight blazs was extinguished
quickly and with littlo or no damag.
Hawkinsvilie Dispatch; Mr. John Phil
lips, a son of Mr. Axam Phillips, was
sovereiy wonnded by the accidental dis
charge ot bis pistol on Monday afternoon
task He wss assisting Willie Willis, of
Hawkinsville, in alanghtsring some beeves,
and he decided to shoot one ot the steer*
with his pistol In taking the pistol from
hia pocket it firr-’., (ending a ball in the
lower portion of his abdomen and lodging
in the groin. Dr. Way and Hr, Jordan
dreesed the wound, bnt were nnable to ex
tract the ball. Tha wound, though aerioos,
is not considered fatal
Tbe Jackson Hersld prints the following
hit of long-delayed news: A gentleman on
onr street* a few days ainoe stated that a
while before Christmas a lady in Newtown
diatriot shot a negro with a pistol. The
negro was at her hog pen armed with a
targe batcher knife and making futile efforts
to ent the throat of her poker in a pen near
by. Wnen tbo hog made a noise the lady
ran to the door, pistol in hand, and fired at
the negro, the ball taking effect in the
negro’s arm. The negro ran, bnt the second
ahot from the pistol went through his body.
The negro’s wounds were dressed in Har
mony Grove.
Two yonng men, William and James Dent,
of Coffee county, who were charged with
taking goods from Seward Lott’s store, in
Irwin connty, were sent to Albany jail for
aaf* keeping. Mr. Lott bad these yonng
men in hta employ—working cn hia pl?ce—
and bad been mining articles from hia store
about firs weeks. Suspicion resting uj
these young men, *
tranks, and durini
adapted to the growth of ootton, grain,
taut* sad grasses.”
A lt'B Haul of Gamblers.
■ long 1
. rnJ1 ■ . II,» contract. M^therpfar i^the I Champion debaters—A Haiman, West
^•^.i^uWfptoib: caraiua - anjw - L
is. Suspicion resting anon
n, be procured keys to their
ing their absence made the
compliance with iU terms on the part of 0 -^wV Pom it.'
tv7^7*l {““"T aS’-About midnight the appellees. Judgment affirmed.” P
Oa«. u! h '““Wag atrangeri approached If g,Vdeclsion had been rendered againat ’ v.wA.n .ni iT P L pSJS 8 t?^?S'
OOeet Stroud, on Peaohtres attest, and u, g Bp peUe* it would havo ueceaaitated the I fla --’ N ® wn “’ and “• Pol ^ iU '
«««that they had been robbed of *107 rr - - * *--* •*--
of jewelry, amounting in ail to about $95,
Tbe entrance into the store waa made
through a window.
On Tuesday night soma one entered tbe
house of Mr. John T. Marshall who live*
about aeven miles below Watkineviile, end
breaking open hta trunk, stole ell of hie
money. There was no trace of the burglare,
Eto!?i. t W8 d rebbed of*lG7 I p, ym Vn tt o data ont ot th. proceed, of the LX^nM^nnL^fta. tat^? » od Mr. Marshall know, not who to.u.’-
8 J"K? I WtakSet LctUry.a .urn up.ard._ot_»70,-1 EHjF ^ P*?- ■«*»«$ storehoure, together
•eooopintoa the stranger* np two flight* | oqq and been made continual Rt $500 per I *JJe Pandora wm flrat Uiued last
*^0. 9 and found a handsomely fitted np monta during the ot»r*Uon^t the lottery. >' 6 “ I by . tha «“t«nities of the nmvenlty,
**®bhng room. Mr. Lee Smith was the 8 ^ } and is the second annual ever issued by a
ANOTHER SWEET SINUEU.
Southern college. Mr. O. F. Rice, of At
lanta. tbe editor-in-chief, is a talented
only occupant. The other bird* had flown
though a aide door. Mr. Smith and the. . _ ,
*** ■quealera were brought to the atation I Miss Kllen8eanlao 8»«» 10 Italy by Cardlaal yonng writer, who, with his able corps of
*W »ll three booked for gaming. The Gibbon.. assistants, will make the second volume of
•qwalera gav* their names as W. B Fink Mtia Ellen Bosnian, a yonng singer of the Pandora a greater success even than the
»4 John Fink. They claim to be brothers, great promise, is going from Baltimore to fink , ™ .
Hmith waa relea^ dou a$2UO bond aDdlluflj next week to pursue her muaical I The trial ot ^Ybitebead ia itill in pro-
N. B. Fink pnt np *200 otilateral and’ was studies. Cardinal Gibbon* will pay her ex- gwsa, and no verdict had been reached at
flowed to departT John Fink was held in I psnses, ss the young girt is poor, her fsther | the time of this writing,
default ■>» bond or csUstcrsl 1 being a laborer in tha employ of th* Balti- uV „ , ’
A few minutes after this haul Captain | more and Ohio rati road. The Caidiusl Is UAl. 3ILLE.
““ky.aaaiated by officers Reeves Bed- an intense lover of mado. One Snnday
A , ldrid ^ reided the poker thorn of about a month ago Mtas Scantan, who sang
1?**• u »dge. in thu Fuller ft Smith build- in a small chapel in the southern part of
^ AUbsma and Pryor street., the oity, was indneed by Father Graf, or-
®*Ptured nine men and brought them I ganiat at tho Cathedral to sing the O
i$ w “- James Sheehan, J. 1L Caldwell Salutarta Hostia while the Cardinal waa on
Stiff, p P. Smith aud Charles Mudge hi. throne at reaper*. Th* girl had never
’^^‘•riforgimbllng. The four other song in the great Cathedral before, and a.
®*n claim that taey wsra merely speeta- *h* h> very yonng and modeat, ahe eonjent-
“tfAbri will be held aa witnesses.^^ At lied only after mach rahcUation-At^ho
none of the men hud given bond | opening word* of the solo her voice was
hta.^11* u t J nt P* ei “ this hour that the *° low and flattytog .that it could
“™* army will apeud tha night in the dun-1 not be beard beyond the organ
*«"> v 8 I loft. When ah# reached the “Uni
I trinoguo Domino,” however, her voice
. v.aata Atcwi loobibs Aiur. I o*m6 forth ia all its tweet (reabncee, and
the tain** J *“ u "7 »•—For some time the members of the cathedral congregation,
widsiS . L Tt , Ta,led “‘a* Atlanta offer* a although accubtomed to. good singing,
Tha*u!V* TiUa « field for detective skill railed their ey.s from thefi prayer-books
eu,^ 1 prerriled not ao mneh hero aa in aurpriro, and hudlyaringls on* of them
■*??. dWew ettempta hats been could refrain from glancing up at the choir.
<aUb «<h a detectivi bureau here, Even Cardinal Gibbon., who hraaeldom
M ,ailed - 1° one or two in- been known to,lura hta eye. from’tho alar,
*nd honest purpoae faced the organ loft directlf, and did nol
1,01 ltr 7 P°° r jadRcient, I tarn hi* ejre* from the young slater wl* the
1 cl» ■ to ot a scheme I last note*. After the >• <&»* everybody
kbo^l aov .t-j,,. 6 . publle, I d o not recall I war inquiring the name of the yono^ Ringer
osie I from ».!?) work that renulfe 1 and prei«ing|ner. Cardinal Gibbana found
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The latest failure iu tbia I out the girl’a nam^ th© J^
WhShSb?; “i* 4 * by one vr. s. Jordan, family and the necessity which compelled
hv»ir^ b * raall J thought 111 was a detac- her to work in a cigiretts factory. TL-
tiva ana — I—u« was h uewee* | uti iu ww*w •— ~ —o , . . _ • .
“snita^l^ 10 1° le t8jr the com- gen«tons prelate then sent tor her, offered
tt* oti 40 engineer one of to pey her erpenate , . a at,I , i5 ‘ n J. K0 ’ h ' ,
^•ariveeMbof^I* bnre8n trands, Is not | Italy, and only required that she shoUJ
tota»» bu4 th* drenmaunce* are | •.ing in the cithtJral -’ometiaic-i on hrr re-
theory. Hsbronght I turn. Meconi. .t.-£• and eoor.
PWpo,. . * ‘"tier ot eniiornement ahe will b«
* he signed by Mayor Sharp. '
i Coneervatory.
Gaixestim.x, January 30.—Messrs. Mad
den ft iinrphy, one of Gaineaville’s largest
bouses, has decided to move to Maysvilie,
a station on the North Eastern railroad.
They are going there to better their condi
tion.
Tbe erection of a cotton mill in this place
ta exciting aom* interest now. Some of
our strongest men are proposing to invest
$50,000 in this enterprise.
The Bnllding and Loan Association has
secured 375 shares. They will organtaa
when GOO shares are subscribed.
Thomuvllls—Death ot Usjor Stegall.
Thohisville, Jannary 29.—Major Wil
liam Stegall, one of Toomasville a oldest
citizens, died at hta residence jut ont of
town to-day. H* cams to Tho mss vilie in
1860, from North Carolina, and was 71 yean
old. - ,
THE UKOKGIA PRESS.
Prohibition goes into effect In Hawkina-
viile on February 17.
The fint new engine of tho Rome and
Carrollton railroad has arrived and been
put to work.
The commifalocere of Houston connty
have awarded the contract for putting foar
ateel-lined cell* ia the county jail.
The receipt* of cotton at Washington this
■eaaon already amonnti to 16,00) bales—
more than for the whole ct Ual *eo*on.
Colonel Vi. a Pike, of J-fl-noa, tn get
with $200 worth of goods, waa burned by
leveled to ’
an incendiary and leveled to the gronnd.
He had not a dollar's worth of inanrance on
the property. The fire was undoubtedly
the work of an incendiary. Tbta is the
third fire that visited Mr. Marshall within
the past few months. Last November ha
loat his gin-hotue and fourteen bales of
ootton, shortly afterwards followed the par
tial homing of a tenant houso. Mr. Mar
shall ta a thorough-going, enargetio man,
and a clever gentleman. He has the sym
pathy of all the people of the connty in hta
Dawaonvilie News : On last Wednesday
evening Mr. T. A. Howard waa ahot near
th* house of Mr. Lewia Phillips, in Yellow
Creek District. About sundown Mr. Phil
lips heard a noise like that of the report of
a gun. Shortly after this aonnd waa fob
lowed by screaming and calling. He ran,
and when be reached the spot he tonnd
Mr. Howard holding to a tree and groaning
in great agony. Farther examination re
vealed the fact that h* had been shot, also
brutally beaten and choked. He was taken
home and lingered until Thursday evening,
when death earns and relieved him of hi*
sufferings. Up to this writing there ta no
snspidon aa to the perpetrators. He waa
ahot in the hip, and it u not yet kLown
whether it was a pistol or a gun that was
need. Dr. Hadlow, who visited him short
ly after, says it was not tbe ahot that did
the work, bnt that he waa otherwise bsdly
hurl It has been reported that Howard
was a revenue informer and was not highly
appreciated by some of his neighbor*.
Hawkinsville Dispatch : Th* agent of tha
Standard Lite Insurance Company (or Asso
ciation) was arrested in Abbeville, U*., last
week by the sheriff of Wilcox county, and
was brought to UawkinsviUe. It seems
that the company is doing buinea* in Gaor-
►■-I will,out atltlioriU . : ;,w The .1/ nt
who vu arrested lad been insuring the
lives of a good nn.ny perrons in Pulaski
and Wilcox conntie* during lb* lost few
weeks, and forward-ng tbe names to the
company’s office in Nashville, Teno. Tbe
lives of the parties were iiunrod without
any examination of the applicant by n phy
sician, ns required by all lifo insurance
companies cf any standing Policies were
issued to Rev. Thomas J. Adams and wifo
in this county, and they pint assessments
amounting to $15 or $20. A short time ago
the agent insured one old lady who, it is re
ported, was nearly dead, and a few weeks
ago she died. Her people called npon the
ogentfor the amount of her policy, hut it
is not likely they will get enough to oorer
the bntivl ripens**. Iu fact, the Standard
Life Association appears to he a curious
affair, and its policies and obligations are
euoh that a person would have to dij five or
six times to beat it out of $1U0.
The Early Connty Newu prints the story
of a sensational robbery. Lest Friday a
Mr. Dukes, who ro-idi's on the Hutobins
plantation, on Colamokee oreek, went to
Fort Guinea to carry bis mother to board
tho train at that place While there he
purchased some five or six dollars’ worth of
merchandise and remained quite late beforo
starting home. Just after he pissed Dr.
West's store, three miles this side ot Fort
Gained, two negroes asked to rids with
him, one of them carrying an ax. II) told
them to ' jnmp in,” and they did ao, taklof;
a seat in the rear cud of tbe wagon. He hat,
not gone far before he felt a stinging blow
on the back of tho head,which rendered him
unconscious. How long be remained thus
he eould not tell, but when he regained
consciousness, one of the negroes was driv
ing nod had his feet on Dake9, whom they
supposed was dead, and they were talking
of throwing the body in tire river to hide
their crime, and were driving in tho direo-
aion of the river. At this junctaro the sup
posed dead man broke np the oclioquy by
pitohing tho negro, who waa driving, ont of
the wagon. The one in- tbe rear tumbled
ont also. Dukes also fled from tbe wagon
and hid himself in the datkneas. Tho ne
groes searched for him bnt the darkness
aided him in esosplog. The negroes then
lied taking the goods and 75 oents in money
which they had taken from the pockets ft
Dukes while he wm nnconsoiona. A neigh
bor whom he appealed io went and se
cured tbe mule and wagon.
Columbia Sentinel; On l»t Saturday eve
ning, shortly after dark, a white boy abont
fourteen year* of age called at tho gate of
Mr. S, T. Florence, who lives on the Thom
son road abont three miles from Grovet iwn,
and inquired the way to Thomson, staling
i that he lived at that plaoe. A short inter
view with the tad aroused to seme extant
tue suipi-don of Mr. F.. who finally per-
snsded him to get out of his buggy and
spend tha night It wss toon discovered
that the horse was well nigh worn ont from
hard driving, aud it is quite likely oould
have gone but very little lurther.
Early Sunday morning ths boy was
making preparations to resume his journey,
although thu horse was barely able to un
dertake it During the eonree of his prepa
rations a negro man appeared on the scene.
On arriving he addressed the boy by name,
bidding him good morning, and stating in
the next breath, “lam after yon,” where-
npon the little tellnw ltft tbe bnggy in
donlil--quick time. The negro gave him a
hot chase down the hill and across Uohee
creek anveral times, first on one side and
then the other, nntii finally the little fellow
lave up and was brought back to the
lonae. The negro stated that tbe boy on
Sstnrday evening stole the horss and buggy
from Dr. Steiner, which was hitched in
front of hta residence, on Greene street, in
Augusta, and that he had been employed
by tho boy’s grandfather to panne him. In
* short while the negro left, carrying with
him the boy, who seemed very penitent.
Augusta Chronicle: Rumors of a smash'
npon tbe AuguaiM, Gibson and Sacdenvllle
toad were Circulated on the streets early last
evening. After considerable questioning
and investigation, the report* were verified,
the regular outgoing passenger and a special
freight train having collided at & point a
few hundred yard* beyond Bath, in this
connty. Bath tretrs were going at fall
speed, and the meeting was a terrible one,
resulting in great damage to tbe rolling
clock and painful injuries to several ot the
employes. One ot the locomotive* Waa
hurled from the track and tamed com
pletely over, while thro* or foar oars were
derailed and badly smashed. Coming to
gether with such awful force considerable
damage to tbe rolling stock was tbe inevit
able result: and it is a miracle Indeed that
all escaped with their lives. The engine of
the freight woa^badly wrecked, her front,
oab and tender receiving the wont ot the
jam. tihe wss thrown from the track and
turned completely over. Tbs fiat err
following was knocked to pieces, while
the others were crowded together in a lump.
Tbe passenger train, though braised * good
deal fared better. The front end of the
locomotive and tender wet* demolished,
bnt otherwise esoiped uninjured. The
baggage car waa derailed and broken up,
while the other ear* followed in mad oon-
fusion, the passenger coach suffering to a
slight extent. Engineer Falghnm is pro
bably the worst injured of tbe party. He
‘ against a tree and hail hta hack
sprained and bis face badly braised, Fire
man Adams waa scratched and bruised, bnt
not aerionaly. Engineer Pagsnhorrt com
plains of several severe hnrts, and the
wrist of Master Machinist Francis was
sprained. Fireman Dunham and a colored
train hand are scratched and hart, bat are
thought to he all right The passengers
escaped almost unharmed, and only a few
slight cats could be discovered.
in love with the lixtecn y< ir old il mghter
of Andres’ Fload. Audi.-vrefiu-cdblsoon-
h"nt but tbo old wife was wiliii •• sud gave
enccuregement to the yonug tolka Jr-vis
beJtavir.g tint it would be imposiible for
him to live without Ins loved one -lit r-
niined to runaway witn h-r, wlich i e ac
cordingly did, tailing the old wo:-na along
too. The old man at once had a warrant
issued for Lewis, arrested on the eh .rgo of
kidnapping. V.'hen they appeared t. fire
Justicu Bostwick yesterday o.'d mati An
drew stepped np and * '-1 ti iri'ally:
ledge, I doan' seer nutbm' '1 •. dem
dnru fo d chitlnu's an'ef dat nigger Plea*
'll jest Rib up de ole ’oman I'll be s-ti fled.”
Tho old woman was “sib np." tbe warrant
diamitaed and the whcle family reuLU-.d.
• A Vu usUleMule,
Coweta adrcrtlfor.
Oapt. J. K. McCullom is the proud owner
cf ths “boas" mule of the county. It is u
'strictly bnainess” mnlo, and daring off
hours, when notengaged in pulliDg a wagon
or drawing a plow, instead if idling abont
like otlrer mates, be strolls over thu farm,
straightening np fences, keeping rock pi I- h
in shape, and attending to other odd job*
that require attention Daring Iho coming
spring aud suiuiu r it ia expected that ho
will complete his agrteultnr u education by
learning to ohop cotton and cut oats. Next
year his owner will rent him a 40 aerd farm
and start htm cut on his own hook. Henry
Arnnlt has promi.-c4 to furnish him each
supplies ns he may need, aud the mule will
have tho pecnliur advantage of carrying a
mortgage for bis own benefit and not for
tho benefit and nso of a middle man. As
he has never been known to apply for *
“permit," it is presumed that he is strictly
tomperale in alt his habits; and rh ho is
known to be economical aud industrious,
there seems good reason for supposing that
be will, in time, become au influential citi
zen. Hi* course will be olojely walohed by
an interested public.
The Uoad Co lllrmlaghsui,
TbuMoriwethr-r Vindicator contains this
concerning tbo Macon, LaGraogo and Bir
mingham railroad:
Last Friday the surveyors of a projected
railroad from Birmingham to Mnoon, via
LaGrarge, passed tho cross roads nt Dr.
Barnes's. Tho lino runs by Mr. Freeman
Clements’s residence, crosaiug the Green
ville and Colnmbns road noarthe plantation
b'riltilng* ot Colonel Hsnii, on by Barnes’*
store, Mr. A- J- tinclson’s and the school
house, near tbo residence of Mr. J. M. An
drews. Flint river is to bo orossod near
the dripping rook. Greenville, Woodbury
and Thomaaton are to bo panned by.
Later information states that tho Bir
mingham, LaGrange and Maoon railroad
survey runs from Dr. Barnet’s direct to thu
Woodbnry depot of the Georgia Midland.
While we would have been glad to havo
had the proposed road ran through Green
ville wo shall be glad to have it bnilt oven
where it is since it will develop a good s op
tion of onr oounty.
A Perilous ltUle.
Amutous Rreotder.
A gentltmsn of this city had a narrow es-
oape from what might have proved a terri
ble accident a night or two since. He was
driving down College Hill at a lata hour,
and as the weather was very oold and the
night dark, he allowed his horso to ro as he
E leased, while ho dozed seronoly beneath a
oavy laprobo.
' When tho buggy reached tho A P. and L.
railroad crossing tho hone turned into the
railroad ont instead of keeping in tbe street,
and continued on throngh cuts and over
embankments until the high trcstlo far tha
eastern extension was reached. Nor did he
stop hero, bnt boldly stepped forward on
tho planks, drawing tho buggy and driver
after him, and walked the entiro length ot
the otracturo without awaking tho ooqupanl
of 'h» bnggy.
Where the trestle is to cross the Control
track it break* off suddenly, not yot hav
ing been completed, and hero the home
eauio io a stop with hii head “over ths
preoiploa" as it were, ao; 1 . gizeJ at tho
gronnd aomo twenty feet below.
The sadden stopping of tbo bnggy arons-
od its oconpant who quickly real
ized his dangerous position, and with his
heart in his throat olimbed ont without oer-
emony. He saw at onoe that tho buggy
oould not be tamed round on tho narrow
structure, and aa there was no help on band
and he drew hta ulster cost about hi* held
and seated hiaself on a ciosstie to wait for
daylight, wbioh was abont five hour* ho-
btnd time according to hchcdute. Tbe
nigbt waa bitter cold and from Iris airy
perch he got tbe full benefit of
every passing zephyrns bo eat sadly singing,
“Iho Watch on tho Rhine," without ac
companiment. After a century or two,
seemingly,had pasted,the sttu tlntUy arose,
and pretty soon aulua tsilioud baud* cams
along and hoisted his team Luck to terra
firm*. The gentleman came to the city
little the worsu for his night's vigil, and as
he thawod out and got breakfast, immedi
ately made application for niowht rahip in
On the plantation of Mr. W. P. Rosaell,
in Talbot Valley, on Snnday afternoon last,
occurred an affray in which Mr. L W. Wal-
drap was feriously stabbed in the side by
Mr. John Flonrnoy. Waldrap is a tenant
on Mr. Hassell's place, and Flonrnoy a ten
ant on Mr. F. O. Ilolmee. The difficulty
occurred abont s yonng brother ot Wal
drop's. who had hired to Flonrnoy and left
his employ, owing to a misunderstanding.
The fight occurred at Waldrop's house.
Ha was stabbed once in the side, and was
thought to be seriously wonnded. Dr. F.
0. Ellison attended the woaoded man. The
whole affair will be legally investigated.
llroks Ills Back.
Warm too Clipper.
Ur. Thomas Peavy, who was sentenced
to the penitentiary for forgery at tha last
term of Warren Superior Court, received
injury from an accident some time since
wuich ta likely to give somebody trouble.
He waa sent from here to Bondumnt and
Joplin's brick yard near Augusta, end was
later on transferred to a new railroad in
course ot construction from Angaria to
Knoxville. While engaged io excavating
a cut, l’eavv wss directed by one of the
bosses to enter e tunnel which bail been
made under the hill He thought the ven
ture would be a dangerous one and at first
refused to subject himself to the risk, hut
L* forced to enter the I zciviition, and
while at work therein the earth from nbov<
tvlmcn tun, breaking bu back und
otheraise acriondy injuring him. lie i»
u .» -.i t to be in h very critical condition,
and rumors are afloat that he will mutilate
suit to recover heavy damages.
A Oass ot Hidmappln*.
Griffin Newt.
Yesterday Justice Charlie Boitwick, oi
Csbina diitri it, had a curious oai« of kid
napping infers b,m. A young negro bj
the name of Lewi* ideas, fall desperate!)
. . i- ” tha Young Mon'a Christian Association, an
ltd and hie tee* badly brataefl, Fire- ,. v . ;iWl ., ulU r „i,. at night > K *i
without a companion by his side and* loco
motive hi^dlignt on the dashboard.
WON BY A PERTINENT STORY.
How Ciitirnumtu Allan 8s*”red »■» Ap
pointment from Iho President.
Wuhtogton SpscUl to Now Yolk World.
A fow days ago Congreoamau Allen, ot
Mississippi who is nothing if not a humor
ist, called npon ths President and asked for
thu appointment of a friend to succeed a
Republican who had been in office many
years. The Congressman said to the Presi
dent that he bud told bis people, when
milking the canvass in 1881, that if a Dem
ocrat win elected President tho Republicans
would all be turned ont, and he now asked
that something be done to enable him to
carry ont his pledges. The President was
not inclined to be at all commanicstive.
He was anxious to cnange the subject and
talkaboutcivil service reform. After about
half an Lour'* conversation, 2dr. Alien
grew somewhat tired of the situation and,
turning to Mr. Cleveland, in u good natnred
way sold;
“Mr. President, this remind* me of e
story which once happened in mv State.
There was a wealthy planter who, s'ftei «o-
cutmlaUng a good-*lied fortune, died quite
suddenly. Uc had a numb r of children
who, of course, expected to come into poe-
reseion of the cetulo. They had locked tor-
war.t with some pl< uuUrc to when the court*
would set aside to e».’U Lki hi* respective
■hare. ItwnaiLoold story oi the'.ario-
ment of estates. The will was e mt «ted.
Several trips to town and t rocrthr. o trails
before tho Probata Court about exhausted
the patience of the heir*. The prosproU ot
receiving their share ef the u.tate within a
reusonuhle time wjh b.-i t.,ting into the
dim and misty distance.
One day one of the sons whs met on ths
highway when returning from court by a
neighboring pUnter. who h.id been the
friend of the dercieitd father lie avked the
•on how he was ruining on with his case.
“The ’tee was continued again to-day," he
replied. “This is the ninth lime I have
gone to the court with the hope of getting
tbe m.ilter settled, hut it snemi 1 can do
nothing. It hta cost ms a great deal of
trouble nod expense, and wheu I think of
it serionily, I often wish the old man had
not died." The President saw the point,
•od Alien'a man ws* appointed tn* next
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