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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, ilARCH 6, 1888.-TWELVE PAGES,
\ CLOSE CALL.
i train’s Narrow Escape
from Destruction.
flRECK ON THE B. V. & E. ROAD.
..ri.ico Q oration In UnldwIn-AITray nt
' t *‘.-w!"-OlUnraTlll<>'. Flrut Snow-
ITuit Damaged About Ty-Ty
—Other Georgia News.
^-poudencc Macon Telegraph.
EvKbktt Station, February 29.-Mr
.[ Watson, boss of section number four,
Ltral railroad, by his precaution last
JMt prevented what in all probablity
U U have been a serious loss of life and
*° trty. lie was ordered to raise the
flk loginning at Beaver creek trestle,
ifter raising the track from the large and
.; h abutment, he noticed that it slightly
;„way. Blocks the size of the space
Lie by the raising were put under. The
abutment below and above has been crack-
for some time. Mr. Watson, before
bating, ordered Mr. John Wilder and one
0 [ bis colored hands to remain all night
>n d watch the abutment. This morning
,t 5 o’clock, just as No. 41 was leaving
Ttornolds, due at the trestle in ten min
ute the whole abutment tumbled in,
wking down several benches which
mam support to the track and leaving
?,pace of forty or fifty feet with nothing
but stringers and iron. Mr. Milder ran
ill possible speed over the dangerous
and, with torpedoes and lantern, suc
ked in stopping the train before mach
ine the trestle. The trestle is six hundred
f«t long and from eighteen to twenty feet
high with water all under it from six to
eight feet deep. The danger being at one
end and the train coming from the other,
the whole train would have been on the
trestle when the engine went down. The
abutment was made of brick, and it seems
that nothing hut the weight of the track
kept it from falling over, so defective was
the foundation.
GAINESVILLE.
nr«t Snow amt Coldest Weather of the
Winter—Court Notes—Flued.
Cerreepondencc Macon Telegraph.
Gaixesville, Ga., February 28.—The
thermometer has been very much dis
turbed here for the last day or two. For
two or three weeks the weather has beer,
mild, but Sunday night the temperature
dropped to the freezing point and Monday
morning snow—the first of the winter—
was scattered over the land but not
’ to cover the ground. This ruorn-
S thermometer registered 14 at 6
the coldest of the season.
Court has been in session more than
week, but nothing of much importance
hu been before it.
A few weeks ago Mr. Asbury’s store at
Billton, was burglarized. The negro was
aught in Atlanta one day last week and
wit brought here Wednesday, tried and
ooricted Thursday, and sentenced on Fri
day to a term of ten years.
_ Friday is set for the case involving the
$1,200 in gold found near hero about one
year ago. A man at work in a field
down! up this money and now tlio fight is
owe who owns it.
(i. P. ltoone A Bro., dealers in furni
ture, are preparing to build a factory for
their lew grade goods. This is as it should
be, for we have timber in abundance suit
able for such work.
Or. Murray, selling cyclone liniment
and extracting teeth on the streets for two
wteks, was fined by the mayor $60 for do-
mpusineas without a license, lie has a
crippled man with him who says he is a
enabled Confederate soldier, nnder whose
n’me he sells his medicine. The mayor
“ iR.it I)r. Murray was the boss, nnd ac-
fndmgly imposed the above fine. Dr.
Hurray says lie will appeal to a higher
■yt. ba" 1 night he was arrested again,
, l " 0rn > n K paid the line.
The ladies of the Methodist Church gave
* musteal and literary entertainment last
•'gut in the college hail, to a crowded
The admission was twenty-five
rents, and the people got value received,
judging from the expressions of common-
ution heard on all sides. The money re-
reipt* were very satisfactory, tlio net pro-
amounting to $00.
treterday two colored “pussons," Bill
Bnmy anJ Hill Williams, were in court
narged witn burglarizing the Gainesville,
a n<l Southern depot. They ac-
™*ledged the corn without a trial, and
dig o«* Ve8 l ‘° 0n ‘° hcl, ‘ Mr ’ Joe ltrown
MILLKUOKVIIXB.
lilies Hons,, Reopened—Amateur Opera
-The Hriilge Question—Military.
"■“■Penitence Macon Telegraph.
WutDoeviLUj, February 29.—The
,in «* House, after having been closed
. l»o months, will be opened to-morrow
fa gentleman front Perry.
number of our musical young people
SliJ!, l ! U ^ ri . ou * 1 / laboring to render “La
bt * le famous opera, nbout April
u 9“ile a difficult piece, but if
don.k’.t cnl can perfect it, it will lie
Ti„f ,. ost who have it in charge here,
of-;,;, lna, 7 * la » called a mass meeting
tlarirfT'i* < ‘ 1HCU *" ways and means of re-
a a across the Oconee. It
in.1 " v 'l»l importance to the town
j^aaty and the interest of everyone is
tsm... ' proposition made by a’promi-
tt, meeting 1 ’”** * lrtU he considered by
°t This city, has re-
whU l',: 1 « '"“del ref his invention.
object the prevention of
iiuj.il'' eolltstonw. The contrivance is
apnlicl t 1 "'genious. Mr. Ellison has
it will ” r * patent. When that is obtained
tie JJagotlate with the railroad compa-
«wttri..??- f* 1 .*?* of greatest value of the
The Wl ^ the cities and curves,
rreentl? "PW, of our population has
B*hlwin considerably revives). The
Mona, t,** f™, laboring to get new
T. \Vhn I lie I.tght Infantry elected G,
Mi« u " ca l’ l » in » few nights ago.
fhitim, .LJ "f Rochester, N. Y., is
” 1110 family of Capt C. P. Crawford.
g T ajlor Superior Court.
Hw •i,*?’ * eGrtiary 29.—[Correspondence]
w»i*.-ii U l ,er,0 . rl ' oartt f , ecriminal dock-
the s," *‘>‘d»j. The first caae tried
hg. ti, *® **• bonis Sterna for hog steal
^“‘lati,,*** “’""d guilty witbont recoin
Worrill it prosecuting
in .k ,n ^ U oareaf war. lie was
His li,» ease by Judge J. 1). Bass.
Wtu . *° or , Judge Smith, paid Col. C. C
'• api " !niin
Dnainge by Late Heavy Italns to Farming
Interests—Dentil—Mnrrlnge.
Correspondence Macon Telegraph.
S7Camilla, February 29.—The operations
of farmers have been set back from one to
two weeks by the rains. Much of the corn
and melon grounds had been prepared, and
some of the farmers had planted before the
fall of so much water. It is thought that
considerable damage has been done to the
fertilizers put in the jjround, especially
where submerged, of which there are num
bers of acres here and there.
The Flint river is high enough for boat-
rs. C. C. Cochran, of the Evergreen
neighborhood, after an illness of nearly a
month, died on Thursday, the 23d inst., at
5 o’clock p. m. She was the daughter of
Jas. A. Collins, of our county. She leaves
a husband, an infant a little over a month
old, two other children, a little bov and
a girl, with many relatives and a (lost of
friends to mourn her death. The departed
was one possessed of many amiable and
lovely qualities. She was an affectionate
wife, a fond nnd devoted mother and true
friend. She was a professor of religion
and a member of the Baptist Church of
Camilla. Siie was buried on Saturday
morning nt the EveVgreen cemetery, Kev.
Jas. E. Powell, her pastor, officiating.
Dr. Emmons, of whom your corrcsimud-
ent wrote last week, departed this life on
Thursday, 23d, 7:30 o’clock p. m. The
funeral services were held at the residence
of the deceased on Saturday morning at
9:30 o’clock conducted by Kev. Mr. Ains
worth, pastor of the Methodist Epis
copal church, of this place, and
at the grave in the new cemetery by
Kev. E. B. Carroll, pastor of the Baptist
church. The doctor was only known here
for a ftw years. He was in business first,
mercliantile, with Mr. John Wilson, de
ceased, then Bennett & Emmons, and at
his death was in business with a Mr. Mc
Kee. He had many friends here who sor
row with tlie lonely and sad widow and
children left behind in the State of Mis
souri.
Mr. Alfred Ellis, a widower and for
many years a resident of Texas, and Mrs.
Mattie Sellars, of the Evergreen commu
nity, were married on last Wednesday
evening at 6 o’clock, the Kev. Jas. E.
Powell officiating. The waters were high
and even a little risky to creep, but that
did not set the widower back in the least.
He was tired of living without a wife and
she equally so without a husband.
Mr. F. E. Twitty, of Atlanta, is in our
town as headquarters, canvassing this and
surrounding counties in the interest of
the Appleton school books. Elmore is a
thorough-going young man. He is meet
ing with good success in this section.
On Sundav we had preaching in the
Methodist Episcopal and Baptist churches.
Both had good congregations. The writer
attended the latter church, where the pas
tor, Rev. E. B. Carroll, preached from the
text, “Work out your own salvation with
fear and trembling.” The preacher was
listened to with a good deni of interest.
Perhaps there were some new thoughU pre
sented to most of the congregation.
The sermon at the Methodist church was
highly spoken of. Mr. Ainsworth‘is
good and practical preacher. The Sunday-
school at tiic Baptist church was unusually
well attended on Sunday last.
of their countrymen. They have many
friends in Putnam, who are always glad
to see them.
A Sneer at the Country Press.
From the Campbell News.
Although more than four-fifths of the
newspapers in Georgia are committed to
the policy of tariff reform, the Atlanta
Constitution is inclined to belittle the im
portance of this significant circumstance,
and tries to extract comfort from the ob
servation that ‘‘it is not the first time a
majority of the newspapers of the State
have failed to represent the views of the
people.” The Constitution must he hard
run for argument when it can find spirit
for such ill-tempered expressions, and
comes with exceeding bad grace from a
newspaper that has been treated with such
uniform kindness and partiality by the
country press of the State.
The vain assumption that it enjoys bet
ter facilities for obtaining the views of the
people upon the tariff than the two hun
dred and thirty-six other papers publi&lieu
in the State is too absurd for belief. That
paper has to depend upon its correspond
ents for information ot this character, who
generally write under instructions, and are
expected to give shape to their communi
cations as will conform to the editorial
policy of the paper.
The Boss Beet*
From the Cummlng Clarion.
Capt. J. B. Wallis, than whom a better
farmer or more clever gentleman is not,
TY-TY.
M00NSHINING.
The Work of the Various
Courts Yesterday.
OF MOONSHINERS SENT UP.
Alt),,rtn, Cunnrd Gets Six Years—Sentences
Frenounced—Ofl to tlio Penitentiary
—A Very Funny Justice
Court Case, Etc.
I was a very thrilling experience for the la-
1 dies, and they were fortunate in being
hurt no worse.
MR. JONES GOES HOME.
Ho Is Yet Feeble but Will Tull Through nil
Hlght Yet.
Mr. Bennett Jones was removed from
the city hall to his home Thursday morning
quite sore from the terrible experience of
Tuesday night.
When asked about ltis raslt work, Mr.
called in our office Tuesday. Now, there
is nothifig very unusual about this of itself,
for nearly all intelligent gentlemen call on
us when in town; but the genial n *r*-Wj
brought with hint something that excited
our curiosity and filled us with amazement.
After the usual salutations, he commenced
drawing from a sack what we at first took
to be a country ham, then it took the
appearance of a “nigger kid,” but when at
last it was drawn out we found that it was
an immense beet, measuring two feet in
circumference, two feet in length and
weighing twelve pounds and a half. We
modestly claim that Forsyth county stands
head on the beet question.
A Natural Mistake.
From the Vienna Vindicator.
Two of Vienna's best looking young men
went calling, and upon their return de
cided to stop and serenade some of the cit
izens. The first house they stopped at they
gave first a grand salute, then one of their
liveliest airs. In a few seconds a gentle
man rushed ottS of his room shotgun in
hand, but when he saw the boys he apolo
gized very profusely for his uutimely ap-
pearance, but he thought that it was some
thing had caught one of his old hens. Tab
leau !
Didn't Keep Them in Stock.
From the Athens Chronicle.
We overheard the following conversa
tion Wednesday morning, which is pretty
hard on a firm engaged in the butcher bus
iness. Representative of the firm address
ing lady of the house: ‘“Will you have
any meat this morning, ma’am?” “Have
you any jtork brains?” “No, ma’am, there
is no brains in our house of any kind.”
An Ox With Three Homs.
From the Leary Courier.
An ox which was driven to town last
Monday ims a horn growing from one rid
of his neck. He also had horns in th
usual place on top of his head.
Yesterday, in the United States Court,
there were several criminal cases called.
The first was D. W. Pope, of Jasper coun
ty, who was implicated in the Thomasson
illicitdiau.itry case last year. He con
fessed to running off “one run,” of sor.
glmm skinnings at the Thomasson still,
and his frank and honest confession won
for him a suspension of sentence until the
court could look fully into the matter.
Doll Pitts, a coal black negro ; was next
brought up, charged with retailing with
out license. He appeared to be pretty full
of whisky, and when the court inquired if
lie had drank anything lie confessed to
have taken two drinks before breakfast.
After a little questioning, during which
Pitts appeared very stupid, the court
asked:
“What are you charged with?"
“Charged with whisky, sail,” answered
Pitts, and the deputy marshals had to do
their best to suppress the risibility of the
audience.
The court was of the opinion that lie
was too heavily charged to be able to make
a defense, and passed him by for the time.
Manuel Lindsay was next called up, and
after some conversation with Mr. Walter
B. Hill, who was asked hy the court to act
as counsel for the accused, he made
AN OPEN COFESSION
of having engaged in illicit distilling, hut
alleged that D. W. Pope bad pursu ided
him to do it, os the latter understood the
process. He said they only made it for
ily use, as both their wives were sickly,
and that he did not think they would be
detected.
After his talk the court said in sub
stance : “The court eautiut see any exten
unting circumstances in this case.’ Yon
have confessed to having violated the 1 ,
and to having done so, hoping to escape
detection. As for your plea of domestic
uses alone, there is no reason to suppose
that those most excellent ladies coula con
HUM the product of a distillery. Not even
a man, of the most inebriated and de
bauched appetite, could consume such
quantities of spirit It grieves me lo have
to impose punishment on an intelligent
man like you. You arc a man of good
sense, and of excellant appearance physi
cally, and I have no doubt you are a good,
' t Georgia farmer. But you knew
Jones, who is of a sensative nature, said
he imagined that his friends had forsaken
him, and while in that mood every wrong
word was magnified. He is now convinced
that lie has friends and will endeavor to
appreciate them.
In mentioning yesterday the manner in
which his life was saved, and the faithful
work of Dr. J. C. Johnson, it was not in
tended that no credit should be given the
other physicians who were called
to attend him. All of tliem
had agreed upon a mode of
treatment, and they were satisfied that
under such treatment he would recover.
Dr. Johnson being first to arrive lie was as
signed the duty of remaining with the pa
tient, and the others then left. Thus it
will be seen that Mr. Jones owes bis recov
ery to the four physicians, Drs. Johnson,
McIIatton, Etheridge and Ferguson, who
agreed upon the plan of treatment and
which was carried out by Dr. Johnson.
This statement is made in simple justice to
the attending physicians and to correct an
impression unintentionally made that to
one only was due the credit.
DOLL FITTS CONVICTED.
Fruit Iliully I)iuiutj(«Hl—Iam'rI *liiipro$o-
nicut* In I*rowp«>ct.
Correspondence Mafcon Telegraph.
Ty-Ty, February 29.—The three last
days have been fearfully cold. Yesterday
morning the fruit trees had the appear
ance of having been scalded from the ef
fect* of the very cold wind that prevailed
from the ‘north all day Tuesday and
Tuesday night. Yesterday evening the
wind ceased and this morning there was n
heavy white frost. 8o, considering that at
least three-fourths of the fruit tress being
in bloom our prospects for fruit for the
present year may be regarded as greatly
cut off, if not entirely destroyed.
A great many of the oldest anil best Lc-
Conte pear trees were laden from bottom
to top with beautiful white blooms and
presented a beautiful appearance, but to
day they have a very sickly look.
Mr. Chappell Sneggs, of this county,
died very suddenly a few days since. He
had been working for Mr. Jonn Sumner,
and had been caught in a rain on Satur-
lay and was taken sick Sunday morning
anil died Monday morning; supposed to
have been caused by a congestive chill.
As stated some time since concerning
improvements in this town, I will state
that one of our contractors already has
about $500 worth of work under contract,
besides there are several others who have
smaller contracts under way, and further
more there are several contemplating build
ing who .have as yet not awarded their
contracts.
Jackson Notre.
Jackson, February 28.—[Correspond
ence.]—Mrs. Virginia Fechner, wife of Mr.
Chas. Feclmer, after having a very critical
oiieration performed, died last night at 11
o’clock. The case was under the manage
uicnt of our young surgeon, Dr. K. G. Bry
ans.
An altercation occurred lietwccn Mr. H.
J. Collins and R. T. Watkins, in which
boards, chop-axes, etc., were freely used,
resulting in severe injuries to Mr. Watkins.
Wreck on the it. V. .V K. Unllronil
Bckna Vista,Ga., February 29.-[8peeial]
—A slight accident occurred on the Buena
Vista and Kllaville railroad this morning,
wrecking three cars but hurting nobody,
The regular run to Americus was made with
the engine and one box-car. The track will
be cleared to night
Fire Damages nt Albany,
Albany, February 29.—[Correspond
ence.]—I have just examined the building
Penbmly nnd Corcoran.
From the New York Tribune.
The man who makes a practice of j
damage greater than I first thought. It
will take at least $500 to put it in shape.
Genrgtn Pluck,
From the Fatonton Messenger. I
Col. J. W. Lindsay and Judge F rank
Chambers, two of the most distinguished
citizens of Wilkinson county, were in the
city yesterday prosecuting some legal busi
ness before his honor, Judge Jenkins, in
chambers.
These gentlemen hsre demonstrated
what the pluck and energy of true Geor
gia boy* can accomplish. Before either
was sixteen years of age, they volunteered
in the late war, and for four year* w«
S llsnt ioldier of the old Jnistoric 3
,,rgia regiment. On returning home at
the close of the wsr, they eulered school
snd made them-< lvcs competent lo CM any
po-ition in the gift of the State. I' *‘-
have been liononsl bv their county; Ji
Chambers, as a member of the const
tlonal convention of 1-77, and S*-i.
from the sixth diotriet; and Col. Lin !
i the last Legi
ism
. hut i
hoi
After hi
'd that tlii-
away a great deal of money In p
channels does not get tin* same credit fr,
the world os the inan who
more, perhaps, but wlib concentrates hi
gifts upon some project with which li...
name is identified. Mr. Corcoran followed
the former method as a rule, Mr. I’cabody
his friend and rival in philanthropic work's,
followed mainly the latter, both from the
purest motives. Mr. Peabody's recorded
gifts amounted to about $ ,500,000 of
which $2,600,000 was for the Bond
houses for the poor, and nearly the same
sum was for education in the South
These two magnificent gifts gave
him a world-wide fame. Mr. Corco
ran’s largest single gift [was $1,250,000
for the Corcoran art gallery, but he scat
teresl his money with such a lavish hai
on all deserving objects that it was said
r.t the time he celebrated his eighty-ninth
birthday, his gifts of over $5000 amounted
to $0,009,000, or nearly the same sum the
giving of which by Mr. Peabody in large
docks attracted tue attention ot the civil
ized world, it is no disparagement to
Mr. Peabody to say this. Ho gave in the
way he did, not from ostentation, but be
cause lie had certain ideas to carry out,
nnd it was impossible, of course, to hide
his connection with them. But it is
tcresting to see how close together these
friendly rivals kept, each working his
own way,
Is Clev.lnntl Great?
From the Memphis Appeal.
A Georgia contemporary says that “the
South undoubtedly favors the renomination
of the President, not because he is an ex
ceptionally great man, but because be
is a safe man to be at the head of the
government." It is high time such stereo
typed twaddle had an eud. What is great-
tiesa? Who shall say that Cleveland
j* not a great manT Bv what criterion
is he to be judged? lleBas been as true
as steel to the trust reposed in him. He
hns not a single negative quality. No act
of Ids administration (one of the most
vigorous in the history of the country) can
lie truthfully said to haTe had any other
than a patriotic motive. He has not hesi
tated to put the seal of his disapproval
upon every measure designed lor the
advancement of politicians at the expense
of the people. When nearly every oilier
member ot his party lacked courage to
sjieak out, he had that to say on the
most vital question of the day and gen
eration which stirred the nation as it lias
never been stirred before, and which lie
had been warned would be his certain
damaged hy the recent fire and find the ruln ‘
THE HUl'EltlOlt COUKT.
Tlie Three Iloys Turned Loose- Drawing ot
Jurors—A Sentence, Etc.
Ill the Superior Court yesterday, Judge
Gustiii presiding, the following businesit
was disposed of:
In tlie case of tlie State vs. Squire Fred
erick, Frank Warner and Aaron Wilson,
tlie solicitor saw that the evidence against
them was not as strong as that before the
grand jury, and the jury was instructed to
bring in a verdict of not guilty, and the
hoys were accordingly discharged.
George Caldwell, or G. B. Gibson, plead
ed guilty to horse stealing, nnd was sen
tenced to five years.
Tlie jurors were drawn for the May-term
as follows:
GRAND JURORS.
W. R. Rogers, Jno. S. Baxter, D- D.
Craig, W. A. Julian, W. W. Brown, B. L.
Willingham, W. II. Burden, T. C. Burke,
W. E. Dunwody, A. R. Tinsley, M. M.
lWn«KPVj R r, C!linrnh1ia«* B. H. Barron, H.
T. Johnson, L. E. Culver, L. McManus.
Win. Hnzlehurst, D. II. Jones, A. E. Board-
man, W. R. Cox, W. II. Sparks, W. II.
Ross, W. N. Arnold, W. A. Huff, B. T.
Ray, C. T. King, W. II. Virgin, E. P.
Strong, C. II. Rogers, J. A. Orme.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
First week—T. J. Hunt, E. D. Irvine, H.
C. Tindali, W. F. Carter, M. J. Hatcher,
R. J. Morgan, J. M. Whittle, II. J. Belir,
M. Elkan, A. D. Clarke, Champ v Bryant.
Wm. C. Ellis, J. P. Loll, W. IL Reese, H.
H. Moncrief, D. S. Bazemorc, S. M. Ilulard,
T. J. Carling, Thos. W. Araason, Frank
Turpin, W. J. Julian, C. E. Schofield, A.
F. Jones, Julian Price, E. L. Burdick, J.
IL Ingraham, Jos. T. Rogers, J.T. Knight,
He Gets Two Months unit One Hundred f " R* f " 1 \ :l ^ es J ■ T. McEl-
niurrny, B. I*. Howard Jr., J, T, Hancock.
How Iloscoe Conkllng Lives.
From the Washington Foet.
Foster Coates writes that ex-Senstor
Roscoe Conklins lives in great luxury at
the Hoffman House. He has a magnifi
cent suite of rooms fitted up in eorgsom
style. They consist of four large apart
ments—a ix'-li- >m, a parlor, a library and
a big room fitted up asagymnasium. Ad
joining the-e is a bath-room. Tlie ex-
Senator spends two hour* a day practicing
with dumb-bells and Indian clubs n '
IHiunding a bag suspended by a rope fro
the ceiling. Ho bikes his meals in a j»r
Tata dining-room. Ha ia of tan mm im
the hotel. Every afternoon be take-
spin through tlie park behind a wel
matched team of trotters. He entertafc
■nmet hot akk) goes oat in public. I
is a member ot two good clubs.
you were violating the laws of your coun
try, and now you must be punished. 1
shall impose the lowest penalty allowed—
two months in the common jail and a fine
of 8100.”
Pope was then called up again, and ac
knowledged to have been engaged in the
Imsiiu-- with I.ind-av, hut -aid that the
latter hail persuaded him to go into it.
nfession the court ascertain
was a transaction dill
from the first charge altogether, and I
I'ViV'.':—'--'4* to administer a ichuke to th
culprit that must liaTOgffected him deerd
Tin' fart of liis having to he confined i
ail. while all other farmers were he.
ning to put in their crops, with tlio prom
ise of a rich harvest before them, was set
forth, as well as the horror of ccnfinement
when tlie earth was just bursting into hud
nnd bloom. But the most telling point
was the fact that nothing is so demoraliz
ing to a community as a blockade dis
tillery, which made drunkards and vaga
bonds of the young men,
BRINGING DESTITUTION
on their innocent families, and plmtlng
them into all sorts of vice and misery. Tho
distilleries also debauch labor, and prevent
fanners from working ut their crops, thus
bringing wreck and ruin to eTery neigh
borhood in which they are started.
AM these facts were set forth, and the
court closed by stating that, as the two
men had gono into It together, they
should come out of it together,
and the penalty was fixed the
same ns in the first’ case, two months in
jsil and a fine of $100.
Other cases of minor importance were
postponed, and Doll Pitts was again called
up. The court was not satisfied that
Pitts was drunk enough to be sent to jail,
hut that he was too drunk to come to trial,
so his case was postponed until to-day,
and Mr. S. A. Reiu was asked to defend
him. He was then told to go, with the
admonition that if he became drunk to
day he would be put iu jail till he got so
ber, if it took a week.
Court then took a recess until to-day at
10 o'clock.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
In the Superior Court yesterday, Judge
Gust in presiding, the following business
was transacted.
Albcrtus Cunard, one of a gang of boys
who robbed Blouenstein’s store of s lot of
watches, was tried, found guilty and sen
tenced to six years.
Tom Latimer and Henry Lewis, who
broke into Hulin's window and stole some
pistols were sentenced to three years each.
Green Parker, attempted burglary, was
sentenced to six months on the chain-gang.
In the afternoon session the case ot the
State vs. Squire Frederick, Frank Waver
and Aaron Wilson, charged with murder,
was taken up. This is the case where, it
is alleged, the three bovs were pursuing
another bov ' named Peter Twine with
knives anil bricks, and while being so pur
sued he was .un over hy a street car and
so badly injured that he died a few day*
afterward. The case against Frederick
was first taken up, and the pending the
gising in of evidence the court adjourned.
When A1 >crtus had been sentenced, he
remarked as lie took his seat with the
prisoners that lie had half a mind lo get
up in court and curse out judge, jury and
ami all concerned in his conviction
Dollars.
In the United States Circuit Court yes
terday Doll Pitts was tried for retailing
without license, lie came up sober, anil
was ably defended by Mr. S. A. Reid, but
the evidence was against him. Despite
his plea of not guilty, the jury, aftsr a
short absence, brought in a verdict of
guiity, and the court sentenced him to two
months’ imprisonment in the common jail
and to pay a fine of one hundred dollars.
Four witnesses testified that they had
purchased liquor at different times from
Pitts, and, according to their testimony, he
was a sort of peripatetic vender of the’ ar
dent. He usually carried a bottle around
“in his inside pocket, don’t you know?”
and when he met a citizen who looked
thirsty he proffered to sell him n drink.
He met witli few refusals.
In sentencing him, the court took occa
sion to remark that there had been a great
many such cases from Warren county, and
that most of them were old men, nnd that
the trntlic was particularly injurious to
communities like that, where tlie local op
tion law was in effect. The court ex
pressed a determination to break up all
such contraband dealing os that, ami but
for the fact of Pitts’s extreme ignorance
and illiteracy, it would have gone much
harder with him.
Pitts protested his innocence to the last,
and claims that it was a conspiracy on the
part of the witnesses to obtain witness’ fees
and mileage from the government.
A Horao That Wouldn't Hull Awny.
A few days ago Mr. Frank Burke, tlie
corner groccryman, was bragging to Otlicer
Wagnoa on tne good qualities ol' a horse
lie had recently purchased. Everything
in the wav of praise of tiie animal that
stood in front Ilf tlie door w:i. snjdi ,, n d the
officer went off wishing lie was able to own
such an anii-i.'.l Some time later the
officer returned and found evidence of a
runaway. There was a*buggy cushion iu
tlie road, and up the street was a horse anil
buggy, without any driver, taking loth
ides of the country. Tha boras was final
ly caught, and on recovering him Mr.
Burke said it sometimes happened that the
host of horses would run away, especially
in cold weather.
When Prof. Fred Wilhelm heard of it
he tendered Frank the loan of the horse
shoe made on the stage by Murphy in
Kerry Gow, and now a dynamite bomb
would not scare that horse.
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A 1‘aiiiful Ac
Ytsterdav afternoon
Walker and Annie Du
driving up Bond street ii
tin horse took fright :
as he turned the c,
iIrange the carriage wa
ll..' young ladies were till
K I*, and Paul Willingli
Bessie
John Amoson. J. B. Smith, Geo. S. Birch,
Second week—A. DeBeriill', 11. E. Wil
lingham, Geo. Schali, Asa E. Ernest, R.
J. Carr, Peter M. Perkins, Walter D. La
mar, Sol .Waxclbaum, Geo. W. Wright,
J. M. Minton, W. G. Adams, S. B. Harred,
C. J. Talbird, J. T. Gantt, Harry L. Davis,
Henry T. Rosa, M. 8. Ray, Jero B. Willis,
J. F. Heard, Jr., D. M. JNeiligan, Bdvraru
Lang, IJ. H. Clark, Geo. P. Gifford, N. M.
Solomon, Jas. Kilfovle, Peter Harris, F. A.
Guttenbergcr, Sam Set ley, Primus Jloore,
II. B. Callaway, J. L. Raley, Dempsey J.
Carr, B. H. Ray, J. R. Avant, A. Mack,
Kobt. Coleman.
Third week~E. M. Cooper, W. C.
Turpin, Frank Jeter, John C. Deitz,
C. P. Pearson, S. K. Youngblood, W. D.
Palmer, F. J. Parker, J. D. Hudgins, John
iKii.'in, I >. M. I i'ii i. n !. I . M. A l.'ims, 1.
L. Harris, C. 8. Wright, L. C. Hicks, G. B.
Allen, W. T.. Phillips, Jr., Burr Brown, A.
W. Gibson, J. W. Blount, J. W. Birch, J.
T. Duke, W. A. Orme, T. 8. ISrantly, W.
O. Ilall, II. B. Benson, Floyd Boss, It. W.
Ciibhedge, Jr., George P. liiirneit, J. W.
Hurton, H. H. Herrington, G. 8. DeBorde,
George P. Clarke, John T, McVcv, A. J.
On, T. A. Ballinger.
Fourth Week—S. A. Crump, F. M. Jen
kins, W. IL Smith, W. II. Burdick, W. II.
Schatzman, R. E. Steed, T. J. Andrew s, W.
F. Holmes, Wm. Abel, J. A. Dyer, J. M.
W. Christian, Kobt. E. Park, I tarry D.
Johnson, W. C. Howard, C. F. Doniols, W.
IL Collier, A. J. Smith, A. T. Holt, A. L.
I'latt, N. M. Block, S. II. Singleton. C. W.
Howard, W. B. Hill, H. L. How ard, I. J.
Travwick, .1. F. Ilaii-mi, Ilcnrv Woodruff,
1’. II. Dixon, A. F. .limes, M. <’. ltalkeom,
Chas. 11. Elliott, \V. J. Matthews, J. E.
Chambliss, J, I). Williams, T. C. Hendrix,
J. E. Battle.
Fifth w eek -Elbert Marshall, It. P.Mul-
hollund, J. S. Horne, K. T. Trammell, W.
1 if. \V Ison, G S. Virgin, llmirv N.
Mitchell. Claud fi. Hunt, C. S. Findlay,
1 Ben Jackson, A. T. Lvu.i, J. M. Brantley,
I Mike O’Hara, S. C. Bronson, W. C. Leak,
II l„ Ko, I,hill. Randolph Dill • rt, W. W.
Wrigley, Ii II. Coates, John W. Johnson,
C. C. Hayes, \V. G. Perkins, H. a ,\V«od-
ruff, Ken O. Burnett, Wiley J. Barnes,
Henry Jordan, T. Hatfield, C. N. Wood
ruff, Mika Daly, John A. Nelson,’fe II.
Uillon, Ben C. Holtzclaw, J. S. ltaley,Geo.
W. Yates, D. L. Walker, J. A. Dozier.
WoolTolk In Uli Old Cell.
Jailer Rirdsong has found it necessary to
replace Woolfolk in a cell to himself. This
is done because Woolfolk is continually
inciting the other prisoner* to trouble, and
as the jailer has no assistants, the dangers
of the position are greatly increased. He
does not know what morning ho may go
inside the cage to fiud himself at the
mercy of twenty or more strong prisoners.
The old cell formerly occupied by Wool-
folk is now being arranged for hit’ recep
tion. There will be no locks in the cell,
and the windows will be to fastened that
nothing short of a fine saw eud plenty of
time can open them. Every precaution
will be taken to make the prisoner secure
secure that with the jailer’s well
known vigilance escape is impossible.
An Old Laity’s Accident.
Thursday afternoon a very old lady,
Mrs. Jones, of Sonth Macon, while going
over tho trestle over the Macon and West
ern railroad at the Fourth street crossing,
missed her footing and fell. Officers Grace
and Mosely hap|iened to be passing on a
street car and saw the fall. They ran to her
assistance and found that she had fallen
through the trestle and was firmly wedged
in' between the embankment and the
wooden wall of the tunnel. No bones were
broken, but she was badly hurt, and it is
thought internally.
Kliut In the Check.
About 6 o’clock yesterday afternooon
a shot was heard in the vicinity of
O’Hara’s store, on Fourth street. An in
vestigation showed that a negro named
Charlie Griggcn had been shot in the left
cheek by another negro named Charlie
Morris and that Morris had decamped.
Griggers says he bad no words with Mor
ris and cannot imagine why he shot him.
Dr. Gcwinner was’summoned and the ball,
about the size of a pea, taken out. The
wound is only a. slight one. The police
went after Morris.
An Old Flier Dead.
The Milledgeville Recorder has this
concerning a negro well-known and liked
in Macon:
Warren Beecher, colored, the old fifer of
the Baldwin Blues (or so many years, died
in this city on Tuesday la-t. For years
before thv war he was lifer to the Baldwin
Blues, and for some time after the war.
He went to Macon from here, and became
(Vs In this city a abn-i KVti
le girl I left behind in
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Our oldest child, now ilx year* of age, when
MU Infant ii* unmtka old WM» attacked with a
virulent, malignant skin dUca*e. All ordinary
remedies failing, we called our family pliy*:. mi
who attempted to cure it; but luprcud with
almost Incredible rapidity, until the lower por
tion of the little fellow's perion, from the mid-
die of hla backdown to hi* knew, waa one solid
rath, ugly, painful, blotched, and malicious.
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leaving the little.fellow's person as white nnd
healthy as though he had never been attacked.
In my oplnlou/our valuable remedies saved
bis life, and to-day he is a strong, healthy child,
K rfeetly well, no repetition of the disease
vlng ever occurred.
GEO. B. SMITH,
THOUSANDS OF CIIILDKKN
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