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^nislDfi OF ATLANTA.
nRFKOTlVB BONDS OF NUMKR-
TH obscou.nty offiubrs.
Wlne -Boorol.t FInsd 81,000-The Oren-
A \L.CUsl>m»n Difficulty-Death *
* >'egr(> Grave-ltobber—X C»r-
Dobber Wounded, Etc.
JTHEMACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH; TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22,1887.—'TWELVE PAGES.
men to the commissioner and tosoo tho
nfen removed m that way, thus leading the
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1 rn.nv instance., In both these important
Tbtai« »B tft te of things of great
i n the counties affected, and will
probably lead to some immediate activity in
^The'law’Siuires that the official bonds
tut officers ehall bo filed with the Comp.
lu?,.General within forty days after the
Son. Since there has been great delin.
S in this respect in former years, the
Kiosara took occasion tnore than two
l^kiaM to call attention to the law on tho
-.hiMt and urge npon offioials the necessity
5 <L. their bonds within tho time pro-
The bonds came in very slowly,
i week ago the notice was repeated.
Notice was al*o given through other ohan-
but for some roason it was
wmrded or ignored by a very
KSer of these officials. An official
“mmunication to the Governor this morn-
ta hr the Comptroller-General on this sub
let conveys the following information:
‘ Ae local limit in whioh these bonds ex-
oiied on the 14th instant Since that date,
fiie following bonds were sent down from
theeieentive office:
Tu receivers of tho oonnties of Chatta-
knnehee. Upson, Newton, Telfair, Taylor,
Dawson! Lumpkin, 'Valton, Clayton, Jet-
iereoD and Jackson.
Tu collectors of Upsoa, Colquitt, Chat-
lAooebee, DeKalii, Claylou, Walton,
Lumpkin, Dawson and Tolfair, These
vttt not filed.
Do bonds have boon received in the comp
troller's office from the following officers:
Tu receivers in the counties of Berrien,
gnis, Charlton, Clay, Coffee, Col
umn, Decatur, Dodgo, Early, Echols,
flojd, Fulton, Glassoook, Irwin, Johnson,
Jhdiscn, Marion, Mitchell, Montgomery,
Matray, Ooonee, Polk, Pntnam, Screven,
Spalding, Tatnall, Towns, Union, Walker,
Webster, White and Wilcox.
Tu collectors in the counties of
Appling, Baker, Berrien, Bryen, Charlton,
Cw, Coffee, Decatur, Dougherty, Early,
Echols, Floyd, Glassoook, Irwin, Jefferson,
Muon, Marion, Mitchell, Montgomery,
Mousy, Newton, Ooonee, Folk, Pntnam,
guroseo, Spalding, Tatnall, Towns, Union,
Webster, White, Wilcox and Worth.
In a number of these oonnties the bonds
wen fotwarded but bad to be returned be
anie they did not have attached the official
•Ml of the ordinary ol the counties. In a
l.umber of the other counties, oleotion con-
jtests have delayed the forwarding of the
bonds. In Fulton county tho boud of
[Tu Receiver Harris was made iu good
time end properly approved. It was depos
ited in the safe in the office of the comm s-
iDers of roads and revenues, and owing to
«absence of Mayor Cooper, who had “tho
imbination, it could not bo takon out in
u, That is the explanation of the delay
this ease.
The question of the validity of theso
lit came up prominently in 1881, when
itt a number of tax officers were delin-
mt about filiog their bonds. The mat-
yas submitted to tho Attorney-General,
Much 19, 1881, he tenderedanopiuion
> whether the failure to file the bond
ithin the specified time worked a forfeiture
theolfice Ha held that It would not un
it the failure waa tho fault of the person
' i He cited a decision of the dupieme
reported in tho 44th Go. to sustain
r nion, and also cited 4i:h
and 44 th Mo. R,, where
ns similarly held. A special agreement
i the part of the officer and his sureties
wdre the legal requirements and irregu
'“as would serve to make It a good com'
law bond, Whether it would make a
ataiutory boud, the Attorney-General
ght was a more difficult question. Tho
ils'.urool 1881, by a apeOial enactment,
dated these bonds in cues where tbo
icipel and sureties entered into an agree-
it with the htate to waive the defect in
>g, or when the principal had entered
n the discharge of the duties of bis
c without objection being made by bis
tiles,
he stme view will doubtless control In
present cases if a proper showing is
The laches in these cues, so tar,
chargeablsto the ordinaries. The
that have oome in einoe the 14tb
t ahow that they were made and ep-
1 and filed with the onltnariea in
le time to be forwarded to the Comp-
Athens, Mark Johnston and others. •
, ttptruo that I caused Mr. Chapman
toinvesUgate tho conduct of those gentle-
25P- u 1 P™ amo report upon its face
will show the reasons for the investigation
and report concerning Mr. O'Farrell In
the matter of Deputy Johnston, Mr. Chap,
in' wJ?M iT ? d b '* instr uctions direct whilst
^ WajMa|t°n01ty, and it occurred in this
JS: J : Br ^e, a wholeaalo liquor
denier of Millodgeville, felt aggrieved at o
seizure and sale by Mr. Johnsum of a pack-
ege of gin, and on tho very day of the seta-
ure Mr. Brake wrote or telegraphed the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue at
Washington, D, C., directly of his griev-
ances, and asked for protection.
Mr. Chapman being in WMhington
City at that time, the Commissioner
gave him the information received from Mr.
Brake, and directed him to proceed to Mil-
iodgeville and investigate tho matter. The
first knowiodgo that I had that Mr. Chap-
man had been directed to make an inveati*
gation was exhibited by him to me in my
office as he passed through Atlanta on route
to Milledgeville from Washington. After
reading what Mr. Brake had informed the
commissioner, I showed him (Mr. Chap,
man) a telegram from Mr. Brake directed
to me to the same effect, and as I recollect)
in the same language. I remarked that I
wired Mr. Brake in reply: “Rest
easy. I will permit nothing unlawful
to be done." Before Mr Chapman re-
turned from Washington Mr. Johnston, by
my direction, came immediately to Atlanta.
After hearing bis statement I refused to
sustain the seizure, and at once directed
Deputy Johnston to return to Mr. Brake
the money for whioh tho gin was Bold, to-
gether with snoh damages as Mr. Brake
may have sustained by reason of his (John-
ton's) mistake. To establish the fact that
I was in no manner instrumental in the in
vestigation of Ma. Johnston, I wired Ur.
Brake this morning as follows; “When
Mark Johnston seized your gin did you or
did you not report the Same by telegram to
tbo Commissioner of Internal Revenue?
and if yon did, did I suggest for yon to do
so, either direotly or indirectly? Answer
by wire.” To this Mr. Brake telegr phs
me:
“When Mark Johnston seized my gin, I
telographod to you, also wrote to you. and
the Commissioner at Washington, D. C.
without any suggestion from aDyono.
[Signed] "W J. Brake."
“I am sure the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue wiU not say that I suggested to
him to direct Mr. Chapman to make the in
vestigation of Deputy Johnston. I now
defy Mr. Chapman to show wherein the
statements bore made are incorrect. Very
respectfully,
[digued] “Thomas O. Crenshaw, Jr."
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[■'.rum, Febrnaty 16.—Tho custom
^“AMusallon of yesterday furnished a
rentta topic for talk and gossip to-day.
tarahav. been no developments of pub-
r tawirat given out, but It is evident that
' ‘i is quiet activity over the matter in
ends of the building. Youreorre-
deot visited tho offices of both Col-
tUeuebawond Colonel Chapman to-
hut waa given nothing for pub-
i beyond what baa already appeared
'papers, although them may b« some
'I communications given out later. The
lly between Colonel Chapman and the
"f “** taken such shape, being both
tel end official, that it cannot well rest
. » ta and will probably undergo a
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jrjjtaf revenue when the real merits of
" 5 “”V=rayand the troth of tbevanoua
tt»* “'d counter charge! will be reached.
, cuitom house has heretofore fnr-
' the nawipapera with big sensations,
I- I 4 compares favorably with them all
B777 tad fstam promise. The mattar in
T*“«»mbe pushed to a full del clop
» promise* to pan out rich items
[VUehungry reporters. The question ta
M being asked, wffithe eoUector have
• °* will Colonel Chapmen, or will
or both? Tbit the futuru most
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,■“*'ol'owing for publication:
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16 - 1887.—Editors
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5.^‘*A dl “* r *. D “ ,ot Itovcnne Agent
men. * n d would aay uotha
Cwl?* ? “J °»u defense, but since
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of Ml Mark
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'■ 7 frta£uti ,or , Ife * 1 “ “y duty which
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Ard. lliLh i “n^S n ®* r ? lng mT M** 0 ®*]
it.roe. ,i!!; 9 ^"rrll and Jobnaton.
, I eartaed him (to use his! reply
a u to report his (toy) own and
Deputy Collector Fite lias s 8sy,
Atlanta, February 16.—In the report ta
the Constitution this morning of tho Cren-
shaw-Chspman difficulty, in an interview
with tho latter there were some strictures
on the offioial conduct of Deputy Colleotor
Fite. Mr. Fite has furni-hed the press the
following in reply to Colonel Chapman’s
charges:
“Since Mr. Chapman, iotcrnal revenue
agent, has seen proper to tag my name into
the papers in connection with the difficult;
between himself and Collector Crenshaw,
desire to make this brief statement: I did
make the sutveys of W. I* Whaley and H
P. Strickland & Co., ta Clayton connty,
which ia out of my division.
“When I went to mako tho survey for
Mr. Whaley he had everything ready except
bis fermenters; I then gave him the proper
dimensions by-which to make thetff, telling
him tho aurvey oonld not be oompleted un
til they were made. In a day or two I re
ceived a letter from Mr. Whaley, saying the
fermenteie had been msde at directed, I
then completed the survey, relyieg ou Mr.
Whaley’s integrity, whom I bolieved then
and now believe to bo an honest man; and
if there U a little variauoe of an ineh or
between the snrvey and the actual
measurement of the fermenteie, it U
doubtless the fault ol tbo carpenters.
Some timo afterward I went to make tbo
survey for 1L F. Strickland A Co., and,
finding them not ready, I returned, they
promising to be ready ta four or five days,
at which time I went back and fonnd than
scarcely ready then, tut I made the survey.
On measuring the fermenters I found them
abont one inch too long, three-quarters of
an inch too wide, and one and a half inebea
too high. I instructed Mr. Strickland to
change the fermenters so that they wonld
correspond with the snrvey, whioh he prom,
lxed to do. I don't know whether Mr.
Strickland made the change or not, but an
informal be did not. I am satisfied ba
meant no wrong to the government, for be
has the reputation of being an honest
and as the varianee waa to alight he proba
bly did not think it important to mako the
change, or perhaps he forgot or neglected it.
1 'A ehort while after I made Whaley's sur
vey he desired to increase bis capaoity,
which required a new survey, and Mr.
Crenshaw sent Deputy Collector Chisolm
to make it, and while running under this
snrvey it wss ascertained that Mr. Whaley's
fermenters were an inch or so too long and
too wide. As soon as 1 heard of it I in
formed Mr. Crenshaw and be said he would
•end somo deputy and have, them made
hgtat.
“Some time after Mr. Whaley increased
his oapacity. H. P. Strickland A Co. de
creased Units, and I made this survey
When I went there I fonnd all the fer
menters full, and of course could not stay
till they were emptied, and hence made the
necessity calculations and instructed Mr.
Blow, storekeeper and gauger, to out the
fermenters down six inches each aa fast as
they were emptied, which I am taformedhe
did.
Now I have given my whole connection
with the survey, which Chapman logs in aa
a pretext for his assault on Collector Cron-
shew. It ta true that being pre«sd for
time and the parties not being ready, I did
trust Ur. Whaley and Mr. Strickland as
above stated, wbo are as honorable sa Chap
man. It I did wrong ta trusting Strickland
and Whaley. Obtaolm did wrong ta not
measuring Whaley'a fermenters. But aa to
this Chapman 1a eonapleuoualy ****“•«
ia threatening to report Collector Oienihaw
charging him with official corruption in m-
moving Chisolm. It is clear to my mind
that had I been a Republican appointed by
Grant, Hayes, or any other Republican,
my name wonld not have been lugged Into
^“Chapman and I owe each other nothing
personally, politically or otherwue. and if
Le has any «W> to make agunst me. let
him get his erowd together and make them,
and I will meet them. Respectfully,
“A. W, r ite.
Cr*n»h»w and Ch*pn»**«
Atlanta. February 17.-The atmoiphero
W.ut Clair ul .1 It.. • 1 " ; - "’"'Jg
and little sign of furthe r _vur jmoDg
revenue officer*.
of tho specifio charges ho nude agninst
them. Ho wished, however, they hi 1 gi.ne
further and added to their earns sect’
which would have
T:,.- sa I,ell
referred to is as follows:
“Every officer or agont appointed and
acting under the authority of nny revenue
law of the Unitod Statos
“First. Who is guilty of any extortion or
wilful oppression under eolor of tho law,
or,
'Second. Who knowingly demands other
or greater sums than aro authorized by law,or
receives any fee, compensation or reward,
except ns by law prescribed, for tho per
formance of nny dnty; or
■Third. Who wilfully neglects to per
form any of the duties enjoined on him by
law; or
'Fourth. Who contpires or oolindes with
any other person to defraud the United
States;or
'Sixth. Who does or omits any net with
intent to enable any other person to defraud
tho United Statos; or
‘Seventh. Who negligently or designedly
permits any violation of the law by any
other person; or
‘Eighth. Who makes or signs any false
entry in any book, or makes or aignB nny
false certificate or return, in any oaio where
he is by law or regulation required to make
• I.try, r nili.Mtc, t r n tun.. or
“Ninth. Wbo having knowledge or infor
mation of tho violation of any revenue law
by a-y person, or fraud committed by any
person against the United Statos under any
revenne law, fails to report, in writiDg, snoh
knowledge or information to his next sn-
lerior officer and to the commissioner of
ntan al revenue; or
“Tenth. Wbo demands or accepts, or at
tempts to colleot direotly or indirectly, ss
payment or gift, or otherwise, any sum of
money or other thing of value for the com
promise, adjustment or settlement of any
ohargo or complaint for any violation or al
leged violation of law, except as expressly
authorized by law so to do. shall ho dis
missed from office, and shall be hold to be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined
not leas than (1,100 nor more than $5,000,
and be imprisoned not lees than
six months nor moro than three
; rears. The court shall also render
udgment against the said officer or
agent for the amount of damages sustained
in favor of tho party injnted to ba collected
by execution.”
CoL Chapman also called attention to seo-
tion 3264 of the revised statutes touching
tho snrvey of distilleries, which requires
that suoh survey shBll bo made by the 001-
lector or a deputy colleotor in person.
The “Fool" on Its Lut Legs.
Atlanta, February 17.—Tho meeting of
tho rate committee of tho Southern Railway
and Steamship Association,which adjourned
this evening after a two days' session, was
the most important meeting of that com
mittee since tho organization of the
association for the reason that there is a
probability that it will ba the last that will
ever be held ander the present organiza
tion. The special object of the meeting
was to consider in all its bearing the inter
state commerce act, and to agree npon a
construction of tho act as U relates to the
pool" and to mako a report to tho associa
tion at a meeting to be held in Washington
City on the 2d of March next. It was im
possible to get any definite or exaet report
of the discussions or the resnlt, batyonr
correspondent learned enough to-night
to state that the impression was
practically s unit that ihsHH
will wipe out the association aa it now ex
ists. Whether there will be a reorganiza
tion or a disbaqdment, will be determined
at the meeting of the association in Wash
ington. The committee was unwilling to
pnt a construction on the act as it will af
fect rates, but will make a full report of tbo
figures snd estimates. Leading members
of the oammittee hold to tbe opinion that
the present rates of force ore just and rea
sonable, and do not discriminate against
localities. They do not appear to believe
that under a proper construction ot
the act the contrary can bo
maintained,' bnt assert that if it is, under
the operation of the act there will be a
rapid and marked advance ta rates. This
tbe representatives of the lines represented
claim they do not want to see. The meet
ing in Waahiog'on promises to be lively.
It is intimated that a rate hnreaa will
probably take the pltoe of the bool as
center for the convenient and rapid dissem
ination of rates to tbe offices of different
ltaea.
THE TOWNS AROUND US.
ffOVBL TFMPBttANCR SOCIETY AT
TALBOTTON.
A Lsrjfl Putt of Dowdon Darned—A Drl!«
littttt Wedding; at Cliauncey—Notes
from Washington, Carrollton,
JStc.—Tbe Georgia Prets.
Talbotton, February 16.—The young
men of our town have the best temperance
organization we have ev-ir known, and its
effect is felt very much already. Our young
men have always bi en noted for their honor
and integrity, and of course aro ever ready
to protect themBolves against any undue
assertions or insinuations, and as their con-
dilution points expressly in that direction
they aro often pnt to a very severo test.
They havo a judge appointed
by a quorum of the mem
bers, and any member can act the prose-
onting lawyer. Any evidence, whether cir
cumstantial or othorwise, known by ono of
the members to the effect that ono of their
number has taken a drink of intoxicating
liquors must be brought np by an appoint
ed sheriff and stand his trial. Witnesses
are summoned, and he goes through his
trial as a criminal would bo forced to do by
the laws of the State, and it ho is
found guilty he must buy a snit of clothes
for the proseoutor, the value of whioh to bo
tha judge’s sentence. Yesterday ono of our
boys was arrested on circumstantial evi
dence and placed before tho stand. After
a long and interesting trial the jury pro
nounced him not guilty. Ho was tho
proudest fellow yon ever saw when he heard
tbe verdict The proaeentor, whoso main
evidenee was that he looked like he had
had a drink, seemed somewhat disappointed
in not getting his suit of clothing. If there
is any drinking done among our boys hero-
nfter.it will be done secretly, or othorwise
it will coat them a snit of nlothM jngt to
take one drink.
is regretted by .Mr. Brower's friends both I
in North and 8outh Georgia (hat Mich a
network of circumstantial evidence should
have caused this chargo to be made against
n perfectly innocent man. The guilty
parties are still at largo, and there is no
clue to their identity.
A very qnoer vnlentino was expressed to
Mr. ,1. >• 1\a 'i >‘k, a q'l-mdum R,iiabridge
boy, bnt now tolcgrnph operator at Calla
han, Fla., by s young lady of this place.
It was nothing mcro than a briudle tailed,
cross-eyed tabby cat. Perhaps Mr. IVa-
oock will emigrate before February 14th
comes aronnd again.
Miss Jennie Smith, tho lady rovivalist,
will close her work here this eveniDg, with
the good wishes and prayers of all in tbe
eominnumv in r noMo w ork.
AUUUBTA
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
FOR Tin: COUNTY MAKING THE
LALtUkBI ASD BEST Dtiti'LAY.
Heetlair of the Stockholders of the Auguita
and GbatUnoosa Railroad.
Auousta, February 17.—At a meeting of
the stockholders of the Augusta and Obatta
nooga Railroad Company, Gen. 0. A. Evans
waa re-elected president. Tho directors
were nnthorized to issne bonds, not exceed
ing $20,000 per mile, and to make such other
arrangements as may be necessary to push
vigorously tho construction of tho rond. A
forco of men is at work grading, and it is
expected that stoel rails for forty miles,
from Augusta to Lineolntown, will soon be
purchased.
BYRON.
The cards of CoL
An C,nicer In n Dangerous Flies.
Atlanta, February 17.—After midnight
last night Officer Watkins went to a bouse
ta Lynch's alley to arrest s negro woman,
Hattie tiimmoDs, wbo waa drunk and raising
Cain. The door was looked and Richard
Lester, ooiored, refuted to open the door.
Tbe officer at length succeeded ia effecting
an entrance, whan Hattie ruth ad upon him
aud dealt him a powerful blow on tbe left
cheek, when he promptly felled her to tho
door by a well-aimed blow from hiaelub on
the forehead. He was at once surrounded
by a gang of rough negro moo, bnt draw
ing his piatol be stood his ground, saying
that he would kill the first man who mode
a move toward him. He then went for the
patrol wagon and both Hattia and IUohard
were landed at the station, tbe former
bleeding from a levers contusion on tbe
head. Hattie was fined $10 76 this morn
ing and Richard will hare a hearing to
morrow.
A Yjuug Woman Onnght Stealing.
Atlanta, February 17.—Abont noon to
day a young white woman, Ida Wilkiueon,
went to the rceldenoe of Mr. L. S. Bitis, on
Collins street, and asked (or work. Mrs.
Biris, who invited her in, stepped ont of
tbo mom a moment to tee t-> dinner, when
the woman filched a pocketbook containing
$1 from a little bag ou tbe walL The theft
waa not dtaoovered until abe left The po
lio* wars notified. and this after,
noon Officer Bonus arrested tbe
woman on Marietta street, near
the cotton factory. She dealed all
knowledge of the mtatiug portmonnaie, but
Keeper Ryan subjected her person to a rigid
search, and found it couoeiiled under her
corset Sbe was locked np and the remain
ing money, $310, with the book, were
turned over to Mr. Biris. Bhe is a good
looking blonde of twenty, and came to At
lanta from the vicinity of Newnan.
Arrested for Forgery.
Atlanta, February 17.—This morning
between 11 and 12 o'clock a young man
named C. S. Reerea walked into tbe Atlanta
Nitional Bank acd presented a check for
$25, signed It. H. Moomough. Teller
Nutting saw at oneo that tbe name was
forged and said: “Wait a moment," and
•ti pping to the telephone communicated
with police headquarters. In a fevr mo
ments Captain Crun came ta and taking
charge of Mr. Reeves escorted him to the
station where he was booked for forgrry.
Reeves says that he is from Clinton
JoLea connty. and at first claimed that he
hikl bought the check for $20.
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WASHINGTON.
An Enjoyable Valentine Dali—The Town's
Prosperity.
Washington, February 16.—Tho most
enjoyable affair of tho season was the Val
entine hill, whioh was given by the young
men of tho town to the visiting young
ladies. Notwithstanding tha tademonoy o: [
the weather quite a crowd turned out.
Among tho ladies from a distance were Mrs.
Ed. Biechele. of Ohio; Miss Walter, of
Augusta, and Miss Sims, of Wilkes connty,
Among tbe yonng men wore Messrs. J. A.
Most, Abram Pharr, and Eben Wilkinson,
Judging from the number of cars bandied
on our branch road we think tho business
of Washington has increased tho present
over last year 25 por cent., and our hotels
never did a bettor transient business.
Mr. U. 0. Colley contemplates baildtag a
nloe residenoe on Main street, just oppo
site the residence of Judge Hardeman,
which which will bo quite on ornament to
unr little
Major Poindexter, of Virginia, was ta
town yesterday.
Mrs 0. Vickers and Mrs. C. E. Irvin re
turned home yesterday.
CARROLLTON.
A lilg Firs at Bawdun—Valuation of Town
I'rop, rly,
Oanbollton, February 15.—Five of tho
most important business houses of Bow-
don, Ga., were entirely destroyed by fire
on last Saturday night about 1 o'clock.
Several thousand dollars’ worth of property
was destroyed; no insurance.
The clerk ot tbe town oouncll has sbont
completed the town tax digest for tho year,
and the taxable property amounts to $29G,
840.
Our publlo schools opened with 200 stu
dents, with several more to hear from.
Judge EU Bensou is confined to his room
with sickness.
The city is overstocked with eggs. They
only command 7) cents per dozen.
PREPARATIONS FOR TUB GOVER
NOR’S VISIT TO SAVANNAH,
Savannah, February 17.—Colonel G. A.
Mercer to-day issued the general orders for
next Tuesday's parade. The commands
which will participate aro the First Volun
teer Regiment, Savannah Volunteers, the
Guards”bntallion, Chatham Artillery and
Georgia Hussars. Theparado and review
by the Governor will take plaoo ta the fore
noon.
Attempted Murder by a Demented Negro.
Byron, February 17.—About daylight
this morning Bonk Gann went ta tho house
of Alfred Glover, who livos just outside of
towD, and called him to tho door and fired
at him with a pistol several times. Gnnn
was arrested on a warrant for assault with
intent to mnrder this afternoon. On tbe
trial it was shown that he was demented,
no imagines that he bos been conjured by
Glover. Ho will be carried to Porry to
night for safe keening until be can be tried
on a writ of lnnaoy. 'Both parties aro ne
groes.
Iu the afternoon the Georgia Hussars i
have a tournament at the Ten Broeck r
course, which will be witnessed by tho Gov.
eroer and his staff, and at night a grand
ball will be given ta honor of tbo Governor
at the Guards' arsenal One thousand invi
tations have been loaned.
It is expected that the military displny
will be as brilliant, although of oonrse it
will not b« as large, aa that at the Davis
Mottoniil
Da Uueralia division, anitormed Knights
ot l'ythtas, are having a grand boll to-night
ta celebration of their tonrth anniversary
and the twenty-fonrth anniversary of the
Pythian order.
ALBANY.
A Successful Dear Uunt—Contested Klee-
tlun—Tbe Ado.
Albany, February 10.—Wo had a nlco
rain yesterday, and it did not come before
it wav needed, aa the gardens and oat crop
had bognn to show tho alow signs of Bat
tering.
Another party went out deer driving on
yesterday, and Mr. N. J. Crnger killed a
deer over 200 yards with a rifle—a very fine
shot.
The contested election ease for tax ool
lector, between J. T. Heater and T. A.
Clayton, has commenced, and will, no
doubt, take several days to try it.
Steamer Ada Is still making regular and
profitable trips to and from Halnbrtdge,
and tbe captain and stockholders are san
guine of aucceta financially.
Tbe sale of guano and mnlea ao far this
season has not been behind former years,
and, from tho beet information received,
our farmers are in abetter condition finan
cially than for a number ot years.
LATER.
I mentioned in my letter this morning that
the contested election ease (or tax collector
had begun. When tho ballot box was brought
into ooart it had the appearance of having
been opened, and a count of ballots was or
dered by Justice Roberts and rt united in
finding tbo box bad been opened and 325
ballots taken therefrom. Tbe court then
atijoerned until 2 o’clock. Don't known
what direction the case will take.
The comt met at 2 o'clock, and In view
of the fact that 325 ballots had been taken
from the box, Copt. J. T. Hester withdrew
from the contest
BAlNBKIDGK.
The Georgia Press.
The Griffin ootton mills are throe months
behind their orders.
Whooping cough is epidemio among tho
ohildren of Athens.
On tho first day of March prohibition gocB
into effect ta Ooonee county.
J^Tho extension of the Americas, Preston
and Lamkin to Antioch will be completed
this week.
Among the COO oonviots employed on tho
Georgia Midland there ia not a Binglo caso
of sickness.
The Oconeo Enterprise is tho name of
now paper jnst started at Watkinsvillo by
Ur. Lea Shackelford.
Jackson connty ia now building a granite
jail, quarrying the stono only a mile and
half from the site ot the building.
Ur. Daniel O'Connor, ono of tbo most
prominent Irishmen of tiavannab, died
fhutsday night after an illness of several
weeks.
Conductor Jasper ketchem, of tho East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, was
bnried at Dalton Thursday. He roooived
fatal injuries ta the accident near Rom6
1 uesday.
Tho trial of Edward W. Glenn, for tho
mnrder of Jamos J. Conob, is in progress at
Griffin. The homicide occurred in Glenn'
•hooting gallery in Ecptomber lost, and
there wero no witneeses to tho shooting.
.Vuuri'us R< e-order: As imioimu track-
laying on tho Abbeville extension is began,
which will tin 1 o latte rp-nt of this we, k,Re
work will !>-• pu-h-l »t the r-t.-e-r a ini!"
per day. Little leveling is to be done and
tho large forco employed will go forward
with a rush.
Tbo East Tennosaee aro spending for
rock-ballasting track liotween Atlanta and
Chattanooga $1,200 per mile. They aro
paying fanners ‘2V1 oftnta per cnhlo vard for
rock delivered on side of track. Farmers
are taking advantage of this to clear their
fields of rock. They have also purchased
mountain of rock mar Koine, which they
are quarrying and pntting on tho track.
The track ia rapidly being ballasted, and
presents a pretty eight to tho eye of the
traveler.
Two of the little children of Jnatico Do
zier, who lives at Dncheas station, together
with a iotof llttlonegroes, went rabbitbmi
tag Monday afternoon, and as they had not
rotnrnod at nightfall, tholr parents became
rnnch alarmed! The neighborhood was
aronsod and spent tbe night, until 3n.ni
searching every nook and cranny for tho
lost children, who were fonnd at tho hoar
named asleep on a pile of leaves ta a ham
mock a mile from home.
Rome Courier: Rev. W. M. Hickoy last
Sunday joined in marriage Mr, Marion
Awtrey aud Miss Mattie Penn, the ccro-
mony being performed near Pinson's store.
While on his way to unite tho destinies of
tbeso two bo met another oonpie that
wanted fobs married. The accommodating
gentleman consented and there in tbe mid
dle of the road, the preacher on his horso
and the conple in a buggy, Mr. John Smith
(wo don't know whioh one) and Mias Sarah
Dodd wore married.
Marietta Journal: Just ns we go to press
we learn that (Mr. Bill Robinson had bis
only arm, (the other liming Inn-n cut oil m
a syrup null years ago), ao badly mangled
in a ootton gin that it will ta ail probability
have to be amputated. This occurred Wed
nesday morning at his home in Marietta
district Mr. Robinnon baa a family, and
this ia indeed a heavy miafortnne to befall
him. With one arm he indnstrionsly made
a living for himself and family, bnt to bo
made armloas places him In a sad and help
less condition.
Gwinnett Herald: Mr. Lee Thompson
brongbt to tha Herald office last Saturday, a
atone about the size of a goose-egg, which
waa found embedded at least four inches
deep in a pine tree. He runs a saw-mil),
and white sawing a iog suddenly noticed
the.fire roll from the saw. He immediately
stopped the engine and examined the log to
see wbat was the matter. He found the
stone securely embedded in tho timber, aud
the a&w had passed through one side of it.
The tree waa abont two feet through and
tho stock ho waa sawing had stood at least
thirty feet from tho ground. There was no
indication of how the stone got inside the
Umber as there was no hole or even a scar
on the lumber between where it waa
bedded and the surface. The atone has the
appearance of the ordinary rock to bo fonnd
in creek*.
S.vsnnah Times: Nellie, the blight yonng
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Mar-
ray, living on Anderson street, came near
dyiug last night froma doseof carbolic acid
taken by mistake. The acid waa in a bot
tle, laid on a shelf, on the back piazza of
the house, and was only used by the peo
ple for disinfecting parposes. It was placed
away aa carefully a-, possible, but the child'a
curiotily wo* attracted to it, and, by climb
ing up on a ebsir, she managed to obtain
possession of the ,drug, With that unex
plainable curiosity characteristic ot chil
dren she withdraw the stopper and put tho
bottle to her mouth. Scarcely had ahe
done so when a oolor.-d woman employed
the h-iuio witnee-s-,1 the act and a
Lnckily
» Premium Committee of tho Hmro Ag
ricultural Society Hard nt Work on
the Premium I.• < .
mlutns Largely Increases).
Tho premium committee of tho Agri
cultural .Society met at thu office of Score,
tary Greer yesterday for the purpose of re
vising tho premium list for the oorning
State fair. There wero present Secretary
Grocr; W. J. Nortlien, rf Sparta; R. /.
Powell, of Barncaville; T. J. Lyon, of C'ar-
tcrsTille; R. A. Niabet. of Macon; Jt. W
Anderson, of Hawkinavillc; Dr. Ham Hapc,
of Atlanta, and by invitation W. 0. Wad-
ley, of Boiingbroke.
Theso gentlemen went at onto to work.
They set out with the purphse of taking tho
ireminm list nud making it aa attract-
vo as possible. The Brut work wan
to tako up tbo field crops, and in
this they adopted very nearly tho
suggestion tnado by thf.TT.i.KonArn by offer
ing to tho club making thu largest and best
display of products $1,000, second best
$500, third best $230. The premium of $l(i<>
for tho host individual display was allowed
to rtmain. In tho otlior departments of
field crops an incroaso of prtmiuma won
made, nud the displays made simplor and
better. Then all through tha list the j n .
crease was mado.
It was impossible for the committee to
finish their iabors yesterday. Aftor snppor
tho work was resumed in tho parlors of ihn
Hotel Lanier nnd oontinned until a lain
hour, 1 he list will probably bo oomph ted
to-day and given to tho printer for imme
diate publication.
Tho citizens’ committee of fivo will meet
thorn this morning nt 10 o'clock at tha Ho
tel atauter auu iuuy will iisteu lo any sug
gestion that may ho mado,
Tho premium committe aro composed of
tho bnrdett workers of the nocitey. Having
located tho fair permanently at Macon they
seem to bo determined to go to work nnd
make tho coming ono superior to any yot
given by them. Tho people of Macon aro
taking a livelier interest in the fa.r than
over beforo, nnd tho utmost harmony pre
vails between them and tho society. Tho
fair is to bo mado a grand r.uocoss, audit
will.bo no fault of Macon or tho committeo
in session now that it does not so result.
Tha premium list, as revised, is a most
attractive ouo. It has boeh worked upon
with care, and every effort mulo to cove*
everything that can be displayed, though
the proilacts and manufactures of Guoroia
have rcoeived more attention than other de
partments. The premiums offered for
county or olub displays is now amply snffi-
oioetto induce every county to pour their
treasures'of tho soil into Macon's brood
lap, thus making |tho grand, st agricultural
display ever scon in tho South, aud ono
that will attract people from tho ontiro ont-
side country.
lhe premium list will bo mado oven
moro attractive than by the liberal spirit of
tho premium committee. Macon merchants
will offer a largo number of special premi
ums which win go into those department!)
which tho committeo havo pnrpoaely for
tho specials, such os art, noodlework, etc.
Tho merchants will seo to it thut theso de
partments will bo well cared for.
With such earnestness and competency
on tlio pnrt of tho premiumoommittop, and
such interest and Indorsement by tho pee.
pi,', tl.f coming fair will bo mad,> snoh a
success as will surprise even tho moat san-
guino. The city will sec to it that Iho
budding, are placed iu thorough good con
dition, and lu every other way do her part
in the great work that a graml and m,ioc<'h»-
fal fair will require.
IIow About tho Hum ?
BiOKur Commercial.
Tb6 catering nt tho recent LeginUtiTO re
ception At AagH9tn in said to have been
hardly in keeping with other arrangement*
for tho affair. A Bangor lady who attended
gave a frion^l the following graphio dene rip.
tion of tho bill of fare; ‘‘Very dry Hand-
wicheH, very bad cake, wet water, very poor
Icecream nnd coffoe of the name quality."
Thw ia a rather poor spread for auch an
occasion.
An Kml to Done Nnrapliif,
iburg. III.. -lUr-
from Eta trio iUlUnt,
r '« hufiiaiiUy know ,t.
ny 1*k for n«ht
wtvs. to tho Imnn
ad. iimt nmt. I
Edward Shepherd-n( h u
Inc receired eo much bem
I reel It mj duty to let mir
Have had a running aore c
my doctora told me I wottl
•craped or leg amputated
hottleeof Electric h «
AmicaHalve, and my
ilaevcn b _
g | |m new sound and
Electric lhtterM an* sold at fifty cent* a he
liiii'klcn
•11.
BABY’S SCALP.
Milk Cru*t 9 Dandnijf, Eczema amt
All Scali* Humors Citred
by Outlcuru.
LaatKov ember, my little boy, agM n, r ^» js*™
fell agalnatthe atove while he wm running. * n .i
cut b;a head. and. right after that he broke out all
«'"r hi! head, r* .1 !tid left .-nr. I h»d * doo-
tor tDr. —> to attend him. hut he wot wonu* and
the doctor could not care him. llu whole head
face and left ear were In a fearful sUU, and he auf’
f'-r.Ml ternMy. I raught the dleeeve fr-nu hint, and
k, and even got
R et
U ipread all over my face
Into my eyee. Nobody thought we would
I felt lore we were dbfigui
Iiemcdlee, and procured
better,
heard c
bottle of Cuticura Ke«olv«nt. a box of Cu
acakeof CaU. nra Moap.and c--d the- c comtantU
day and night. Alt*r ualcg two botth-® of Itesrlv.
ent. four boxee of Cuticura and four caktm of ho* p
we are perfectly cured, without a »v *r. My
■ ml® imw like Naim. /.ir.I.Il El'il.Nfi
Ml OrandHtrcet, Jervey City. N. J.
Hworu to before iue thli 27Ux day of March. 1 h, /.
B1LBKBT I*. KOUINHOSL J I .
a*»o vv oiOb OUI U new
ive be-n in the drug and medlciri'
itt fU* >-4r! Haw- m-ll.ug y..i
Hie/ l*vvti all
Bemedfee tinco they
other® lu their In.- W'« could riot wr;.. ........
yon print all we have heard aaid In faver of tho
Cuticura Kemedle*. One year ago the Cuticura
and Hoap cured a little girl In our houae of tha
wont aorehead we ever taw. and the Heaulvent and
Cuticura are now curing a young gentleman of a
re trying to havo u
f. and perhtp* hU
H. U SMITH k ilhO
Engineer Brewer Acquittsd c! si **er!oae
Charge-A Ouevv Valentine.
Bjlixbbidgb, February 17.—Mr. 8am a al
Braver, tin engineer on tho Savannah,
Florida and Western railroad, who wuh
chart” 1 with burning the section ahanti
r.:: ti..tr. id. hue ).*! * 1. -.tr-.i.” t# f< r* the the Lv.t’.' ainl f- center.t* away,
r - : - i il .* 1>. A. I: il, Kvj , ! ti*»-1- '*« r" k cooi ; * ami pmuti •*!
... Mr r. K.:ary, . t j/cn-nl in th* liou*.> who by t.*ie u^- tl pr
(Mil:. . it!.,l caiiij lctely vinciicalc-l him- i r- rundi**. taVCtl tk« Child in ail pr..Lal.
a- it, ncerai witu* r-.-.ta proving on alibi. It Iren death.
life. Too much c
Bemedn*!.
Covington. Ky,
Cut;, ura Iiomedl*) an
form of hkln and Blood
Hcrofula. Hold pverywhert*. l'ric*' Can -i_
Ho.!,. l.-~ . llM.il,.at $i. Prepared by the T.
Ueeolve
Drug and Chemical Co.. Hoetorf. Ma*#."
Hen4 for "Ifaw to Cure >kln IHnen
SKIN Blemlehr®, Pimple®. Blackhced
Baby llu
ACHE! ACHE!! ACHE!!!
Hharp Ache« and Pats* relieved lu
cne minute by the Cuticura Anti P*in
A i - rfed anttdbU to pein
ONK MITrlalON
WILLOW LAKE NUKH1JHY.
Mr® Cxul-gue and Price
1M frv« ..n application.
Ad dree# MAMCKLH. HUMPH,
ahAllvilla, fin. I*ii3bdhwlm