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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 21-TWELVE PAGES.
GEORGIA NEWS.
The Legislative Race in John
son County.
A DAY BESIDE THE LAKE.
■Worth County's FI rut Hale—A Turpentine
Farm Episode—Fined for Wlfe.Ilent-
Ing—Unmllln Levies Quarantine
—MursUallvlUe’s First Hale.
Regnant, August 14.—[Special.]— Poli
ties through here are somewhat compli
cated, and it puzzles one to inform you of
the nature of the intricate problem. The
primary election for Representative will
occur on the 18th and the nominating con
vention meets on the 20th. The primary
election for Senator takes place on the 18th
also, and the nomination at Wrightaville
on the 1st of September. From appear
ances the struggle for the Senatorial posi
tion will be exciting, but your correspond
ent surmises that if it be true that Captain
Stanley has withdrawn from the race Hon.
Charles L Holmes, who has many a warm
friends in Macon and throughout the State,
will have no opposition and be nominated
by acclamation. Laurens county, by rota
tion, is entitled to the next State Senator,
which, at the convention held in Dublin
not long ago. nominated Hon. Charles I*
Holmes. Some dissatisfaction was created
and now, on Saturday, 1st of Septem
her (after a meeting of the executive com
mittee) by unanimous consent it was de
cided to hold the convention at the above
named place to nominate a suitable per
son for senator to represent the Sixteenth
Senatorial district. It is thought a dark
horse will loom up at the eleventh hour,
and cause a furore. Some, however, think
that there will be a combination formed
’or the purpose of supporting the dark
horse, but Holmes’ friends will try to place
their favorite in nomination according to
Democratic customs and usages. A lively
time is anticipated.
As regards the cropof candidates for the
lower house, the outlook is promising, as
there are a half dozen out now for the po
sition. Among the conspicuous ones are
Mr. Walter Daley, a prominent attorney,
and Mr. Evan Jenkins, a highly respected
farmer. The race will be between these
two gentlemen. Both contestants are hold
ing out the lemonade and the free lunches,
but still the fight goes on. Some want
Daley and others Jenkins. Mr. Daley in
formed the Telegraph correspondent
that he would be elected, but
others think Jenkins is going
to follow in the lawyer’s wake. Next Sat
urday will tell which aspirant will be nom
inated, as the primary then takes place.
We trust these candidates for the Legisla-
tuic are for tariff reform, though they
have not expressed themselves. The peo
ple of Johnson county must bear in mind
that the session of the next Legislature will
be very important, and let them fully com
prehend who and what they are voting for
A DAY 11Y THE LAKE.
A Camilla Picnic Party Spend a Pleanaut
Day In tlie lYoodtf.
Camilla, August 14.—[Special],—On
last Thursday a party of some twenty per
sons went out to little Rock lake from thk
place and met a party living in the neigh
borhood of the lake. No company ever
assembled on a like occasion where tlieie
waa more real, solid enjoyment. The din
ners carried from the homes were every
thing that was good and tempting to the
hungry and most reuued taste.
In addition to the edibles and delicacies
carried from home, there waa abundance
of the finest trout, bream, etc., all of which
were most elegantly served. The occasion
so enjoyed was given more especially in
honor of bliss A. Underwood, one i f the
musical and amiable daughters of Bear
land.
After dinner the younger folks enjoyed
tlit iii-. lv. - by twoa hen and there, just
far enough apart so that a loved whhqier
could not be heard.
Perhaps the most conspicuous figure on
the ground was a widower. He exercised
and interested himself by diiving the span
of horses hitched to a phaeton bright and
new. The drive around the lake was fine,
and the doctor slighted none and seemed
to enjoy himself os widowers only can do.
The occasion will long be remembered
as a most splendid success.
CALHOUN’S KNTERI’RISK.
Rapidly Rebuilding the Iloueee Demol-
lulled by the Cyclone,
Caliioun, August 14.—[Special].—This
town ia fast recovering from the destruc
tive cyclone which so demolished houses
and terrified our people ou the night of
March 20. Every building that waa dam
aged has been repaired, and in many im
stances made better than before, except
the county court house and the Methodist
and Baptist churches.
The contract for the hnilding of a new
$10,000 court honse is to be let soon.
Contractors are now at work rebuilding
the Methodist and Baptist churches,
which, when completed, will lie two of the
handsomest churches in North Georgia,
outside the cities.
Many new and handsome residences, as
well as a few bnsiness houses, have also
been built during the spring and summer.
So, it may be said, that Calbonn ia fast
coming to the iruut to assume her old po
sition—the best town on the Western and
Atlantic railroad.
Marshallvllle*e First Hale.
Marsiiallvillk August 14.—[Special],
—The first hale ol cotton for this season
was received by Mr. Marshall Timberlake
on the 13th, ai the warehouse of Freder
ick, Slappey & Frederick, and waa sold to
Mr. C. 8. Cults for 10 cents.
Cotton is opening very fast, and in
few days will be rolling in quite lively.
The cotton crop is above an average, and
with the favorable seasons we are having,
an unusually good crop ia assured. I
fact crops of alt kiadB are good, and farm
era have _ nothing to complain of but the
advance in the prices of bagging and the
anuses of the bagging trust.
This is (lie doctrine upon which all North
Georgia will be represented in the next
Legislature.
Oxford and Covington Kaltroad. ,
Oxford, August 14.—[SpeciaU—On
yesterday work was begun on the Oxford
line of the Covington and Oxford street
railroad, and the line will doubtless be
completed by the first or middle of Octo
ber. The connection of the towns by a
street railway will meet a long-felt want,
materially benefit both places and insure
an increased pa'ronage of Emory College
in this place and the Georgia Methodist Fe
male College in Covington.
Marriuge nt Kufaola.
Eufaula, August 14.—[Special.]—This
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the St. James
Episcopal Church, one of Iiufaula’s pret
tiest young ladies, Miss Saliie Flourney,
was married to Mr. Thomas Irby, of An
niston. Three of his Anniston friends,
Messrs. Jas. R. Roberts, I’haris Coleman
and Sherod Smith were here to witness the
ceremony. Rev. Mr. Beard, of Birming
ham, officiated.
Worth’s First Hale.
Ty-ty, August 14.—[Special.]—Mr. Joe
B. Hanon, Jr., brought in the first bale of
cotton on Friday last. It weighed 550
pounds, and was bought by Mr. M. B. Pitt
at 10 516 cents per pound. Mr. Pitt ship
ped it immediately to Messrs. Woods &
Co., at Savannah, as the first bale from
Worth county.
Camilla Quarantines.
Camilla, Augnst 14.—The mayor of our
town has announced the place quaran
tined against Refugees from Jacksonville,
Florida. There ia one young gentleman
from Jacksonville stopping here, at the
home of liis mother, and there is some lit
tle uneasiness and dissatisfaction.
Death at Oxford.
Oxford, Augnst 14.—[Special ]—Little
Warren Chandler, the infant child of Dr.
ar,<l Mrs. W. A.Chandler, died hereyester
day of whooping-cough. The bereaved
parents have the sympathy of our entire
community in their sad afiliction.
Turpentine Farm Kptsode.
Ty-Ty, Augnst 14.—[Special.]—Two
negroes at the turpentine works of Barnes
& Heme, four miles south of town, had a
fight, when one cut the other in the throat,
almost severing the jugular vein.
THE STATE SOCIETY.
Semi-Annual Meeting
Newnan Yesterday.
A VERY LARCE ATTENDANCE,
Resolution to Talce the Election of Secre*
tary and Treasurer from the Erecu-
tire Committee Warmly De
bated and Theu Postponed.
Ten Dollars tor Wife Whipping.
Harrison, August 14.—[Special.]—In
the mayor’s court yesterday Tilman Lewis,
colored, was fined $10 and cost for wife
whipping.
OVKlt THE STATE.
Yesterday’s Look Through the Telegraph'
Correspondence and Kxchanges.
Trade is lively at Ty-Ty.
Regnant has a new saw mill.
Americua has decided not to quaran-
tine.
West Point suspects the presence of a
blind tiger.
Mrs. C. E. Perkins, of Harrison, is con-
valesciug.
Mis. Thomas Spurlock, of Ty-Ty, is re
ported as critically ill.
The legislative primary will come off in
Tronp on Tuesday, 14.h.
The Tenth Georgia will hold its reunion
at Fayetteville on August 25.
Mrs. Brantley, of BIack*hear, is visiting
Mrs. Lake in Mitchell county.
Tint Alliance will build a two-story
stone house (if slat'4 at Kockra&it.
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Politics In Gordon.
Calhoun, August (14.—[Special]—In
*^>ite of the excessive warm weather —"
ttca is lively in old Gordon. Hon.
liam R. Rankin is a candidate for repre
eenlative and will doubtless be elected by
an overwhelming majority. When elect
ed he will go to ihe Legislature ss the ex
ponent of the wishes of the people against
the sale of the Western and Atlantic rail
road, and agiinat giving Joe Brown any
betterments, except what he may entitled
*° under the contract strictly construed.
at
—gwwwwiMarw.
ladies’ underwear, “sweat-tailoring,” bar- ‘ made iie^woutd arrest every man concerned
her business, news stands, canvassing, cm-1 in making tbAn.
broidering, laundering, dressmaking and J Thus it has been demonstrated by a tcr-
housekeeping. Hardly one of these paid ‘ ribly cruel experiment that a Btrong com
Newnan, August 14.—jSpecial.]—New
nan to-day opened her doors to the semi
annual convention of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society. On yeste. day all of
the trainB entering Newnan were loaded
with delegates coming to attend the con
vention. The hospitable citizens of New
nan, through suitable committees, met
them at the trains and assigned tEein to
the private homes of the towir, which,
withou exception were thrown open lor
tbelr entrrteinni nt
Promptly at 9 u’cioek President Nor.) • n
called the convention to order Alter
prayer by Rev. Dr. Stacey, Preside:, t
Northen stating that there was a vacancy
caused by the death of Hon. E. C. Grier,
requested his son, Clark Grier, to act as
assistant secretary.
On behalf of the citizens of Newnan and
Coweta county, Maj. W. A. Turner made
an eloquent address of welcome to the con
vention. Maj. Turner ia a fine oratbr,
and his address elicited frequent applause
and excited much favorable comment.
After the address of Maj. Turner, Col.
Grigsby K. Thomas, of Muscogee county,
replied' on behalf of the convention. His
address was a good one, replete with good
practical points and valuable from a his
torical standpoint. Immediately nfterthe
address of Coi. Thomas,, Col. W. J. North
en, the worthy president of
the convention, delivered his
semi-annual address, which was
one of the finest delivered in this city for
many years, and Bhould have been heard
by every farmer in Georgia Georgia
should be proud of her farmers and her
farmers’ convention, and her honored
president. The distinctive feature of the
agricultural convention is the fine looking
members and delegates.
The convention was invited to attend the
laying of the corner stone of Newnan’s
cotton factory, which was accepted by the
convention.
After the address of President Northen,
the convention adjourned until 2 o’clock.
The convention reassembled at 2 p. m.
and immediately began to perfect the roll
of delegates, after which the reports of the
vice-presidents were read upon organiza
tion and the hearing of important new
matter.
J. E. Waddell, of Tolk county, chairman
of the memorial committee, reported upon
the death of David T. Lewis, who was first
secretary of the agricultural society of
Georgia, served several terms in the Legis
lature, and also in the Confederate Con-
more than enough to keep body and soul
together. Jn one case three actresses room
ing together in a single large apartment
supported themselves by making petticoats
and chemises. Working twelve hours a
day. the three combined made only $11 a
week. Their room rent was $5 per week
and the remainder, $6, had to supply food,
needles, thread, car fares and mediciue.
A number who support themselves by
“sweat-tailoring” during the summer made
a slightly better report, earning on an av
erage $5 a week. Waiter girls in both res
taurants and saloons do still better, receiv
ing from $3 to $5 as wages and at least as
much more in the form of tips.
Those who obtain employment in dra
matic work make a very bail showing. (B
those employed at Nero in New York and
The Fall of Babylon in Cincinnati, four-
fifths have had more or less experience
upon the boards. A few have held promi
nent places; these include women who have
been unsuccessful stars, leading ladies in
very hard luck, and young actresses who
have neglected or failed to save any money
during the season, ami who are too proud
to beg or borrow ami too moral to use
other means to obtain an income. The
great majority are chorus girls, members
of the ballet and women of one year’s dra
matic experience. The general salary paid
is $2 a week. The average, $3.75.
Of those who go out on what they term
“summer snap” but few do well enough
to pay for board and transportation, much
less nave a dear profit To this class
“walking railroad ties” is no figure of
speech, but a horrible reality. Of thirty
companies which left New York in July
twenty-eight, numbering over 400 souls,
were stranded on the road penniless, and
begged or borrowed their fare homeotwere
sent there by the generosity of kindly
strangers. The few concerns that succeed
(if success can be applied to their efforts)
are those which play “commonwealth” (i.
e., are co-operative in character) and make
some toyn their headquarters where coun
try board ia cheap and where no legitimate
companies ever come. By playing a night
in this village and that, by “assisting”
churches, lodges and other societies in
benefits, they manage to pay their board
and washing bills and get home in time
for the regular season.
Perhaps the hardest lot of all is of thos;
who play during the summer in concert
halls and dime museums. Hardly a
watering place exists upon the continent
but what baa its “free and casies,” “open-
air theaters” and free variety shows. Here
the romance and picturesqueness of stage
life disappear and all the brutalizing fea
tures are multiplied and magnified. The
performer is an adjunct to the bar, his or
her art a spiritual free lunch to the drink-
«. In nearly every instance they are ex
pected to drink with patrons, to be intro
duced to any one who knows the proprie
tor or bartender, and to listen in silence to
the reeking vulgarity which alcohol pours
from human lips. The pay in these
places ranges from $5 to $12 per week, and
the performance runs from noon to mid
night. The place being “open-air,” the
tinuous current of electricity will torture
strong dog, and that a comparatively
eak alternating current will kill a weak
dog. Has enough knowledge been gained
to atone for the horrible cruelty?
Ty-Ty boys'ate playing ball for all they
are wurtb, regardless of the hot weather.
Mr. David Smith, of Kcgnant, has re
turned from a prospecting lour in Irwin.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Chapman, of Talia
ferro county, are visiting in Montgomery.
'Squire Joseph Smith, of Regnant, has
returned from u visit to his soil in Dooly
Dr. Cook withdraws from the legislative
race in Troup on account of ftt-hle health
Mr. Eli htnnley, of the Central offices,
Atlanta, is visiting home tolks at Stcphens-
ville.
Rev. E. J. Powell has returned to Ca
milla from his recent two weeks' trip to
Florida.
Work will soon be begun at Bay Spring
church, in Johnson county, the lumber
now being ready.
A Camilla correspondent reports that
cotton in Mitchell will yield about 75 per
cent ol an average.
Mr. W. C. Fulghutn will soon erect a
steam grist mill in connection with hia gin
business at llarrLon.
Col. John Morrow, of Ty-Ty, now oc
cupies his new dwelling. It is one of the
most comfortable in the town.
Mr. V. 8. Joyner, of Satidersville, issoon
to become a citizen of Harrison, where he
will enter the mercantile business.
On the first Sunday in September a pro
tracted meeting will be begun at Poplar
Spring church, in Johnson county.
Mrs. D. K. Butler and her daughter,
Miss Bye, have gone to Carmi, Ill., where
the latter will enter the Grayville High
8chool.
The La Grange Light Guard will be rep
resented at the Opelika squad drill, and
the Graphic proudly boasts that they will
carry oil first honors.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Freeman, of
Stepbensville, celebrated their marriage
anniversary by calling in friends to assist
in disposing of an excellent dinner.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Drew was
preached at ML Zion church, in Johnson
county, last Sun Jay by Rev. Mr. Bush. A
largr congregation waa present.
Bad boys at West Point amuse them-
selves in church by striking matches. Pub
lic opinion is that eome of them may soon
strike a spade and pick on the public
works.
On last Friday night the Library Club
met in the spacious parlor of Dr. W. W.
Twitty at Camilla. The attendance was
one of the largest. The programme was
good and well executed.
Mrs. Hendon, of Alabama, whe has been
spending eome weeks at the residence of Iter
brother, Rev. J. D. Underwood, at Camilla,
has returned home, stopping on the way at
Albany to visit Mrs. W. C. Harris.
Cant. J. P.Ileath, of Camilla, accompa
nied by his little «os, has gone to Jackson,
Ala., to visithis daughter, and will thence
go to points in the Carolina* to visit rela
tives.
“The Magnolia Bell” was launched at
West Point Monday afternoon. She ia
home-built boat out and out, even the
boilers and engines having been made at
West Point. She is ninety feet long,
thirty feet wide and of thirty tons bonden.
'I he HockmauState i*di»lrc*scd because
there is not as yet a solitary Can
dida-e for representative in Polk county.
It ia not thought, however, that the county
will be without representation in the Leg
islature.
personal notes.
Col. Felton, of Bibb, is shaking hands
with his numerous friends in the conven
tion.
Professor II. C. White. IV. J. Northen
J. T. Henderson, Primus Jones and J. M
Mobley, Presidential electors from the
Fourth Congressional district, are in at
tendance upon the convention.
Among the lawyers present are Hon. G.
F- Thomas, of Muscogee: Joe L. Gross, of
McDuffie; Colonel Jones, of Thomas coun
ty; McCall, of Eastman, and D. J. liar
rail, of Webster.
THEATRICAL SALARIES.
Actors and Actresses Working WooStem-
tion Wages.
Special Correspondence ot the Globe-Democrat
New \ork, August 9.—Under the su
pervision of Albert Ellery Berg, the dra
matte critic, a series of interesting investi
gations have been made this summer of
the condition of the members of the the
atrical profession. The results of the work
are extremely disappointing to all lovers
ol the stage. It appears that during at
least three months of each year three
fourths of the professionals are either idl
or gaining a bare subsistence in othet in
dustries, and that the other fourth find
employment in such huge spectacles as
Nero in Staten Island and The Fall of
Babylon in Cincinnati; in “summer snaps’
and in the numerous low concert hallr
dime mnscutns and mu-ic gardens of the
larger cities.
A|1 of these cla«-es wcie carefully ....
vesligated by Mr. lt.rg and his colleagnea.
Nearly every ewe ,.r»- „ te d the most pit
iable features. A .. .j .my of the profes
sion lived with „r ret her upon, parents,
relatives and friend*. lint few were con
tent with the eufoned idleness, and tried
to make a livelihood during the dull sea-
•on. Among the vocations temporarily
ptiisucd were waiting in restaurants and
saloons, bar-tending, horse-ca- driving and
eonductoring, “running privilege*” at ex-
cuntons, picnic grove-, bs-.-UII gr.mr.ds
gress. The resolut ion, which was finally strain upon the voice is far greater than in
prepared by Mr. Wj.iit. il, was adopted by closed buildings, and finally produces that
a la'rge vote. 1 “ -- •—
The even tenor of the convention was
considerably disturbed about the middli
of the evening by a resolution 'iutrodtrtcd
by CM. D. C. Barrow, a very old member
from the county of Clarke. lu luHltihce
it proposed to take- from the executive
committee the right to elect the secretary
and treasurer nnd place it in the hands ol
the convention. This resolution was, for
a time, a fire-brand in the convention, and
caused considerable excitement, being sup
ported vigorously by CoL Barrow, L. F.
Livingston^and Col. Beck.
The resolution was virtually an attack
upon the management ol the executive
committee, and some of the remarks of the
members favoring the resolution were not
commendatory ofthat body. The resolu
tion was ably and vigorously opposed by
D. J. Harrold of Webster, Joe L. Gross of
Warrenlon, Capt. R. J. Bowcll and Thos.
Lyon of Bartow, and several others.
After several hours of debate, when it
seemed that bad blood would be engen
dered and that the fight would be continued
until morning, Mr. Adams, of Griffin, ob
taining the floor, moved to indefinitely
postpone the motion and called for the pre
vious question, which, after a few remarks
by Livingston, was carried almost without
dissenting voice, thereby sustaining the
very able and efficient executive comm ittee.
Mr. Glearner, of the Central railroad
was then tendered the floor and addressed
the convention upon the importance of
sending Georgia exhibits through the
North and West in the interest of immi
gration to Georgia. Col. Glessner made a
strong showing and the convention will
doubtless act upon his suggestions.
The body then adjourned until 8 o’clock
p. m., when an experience meeting was
held.
huskiness or painful falsetto so familiar
patrons ot the circus. If the
dime museums are better than the open-
air concrii. .-o far as the behavior of the
audience *mt the work of the vocalorgan
are concerned, they are more destructive
to the health of the performer. The pt_
foriuarrcs t.r. ti.-i..<iiy given each hour
from 11 n. m., to 11 p. m. The halls are
.-lose, poorly ventilated, hot and dirty; the
dressing rooms vile, and the conveniences
foy the actors nil. The wages paid are the
a me as those in the open-air temples or
amusement.
Mr. Berg shows that the mutual helpful
ness and generosity which so characterize
the dramatic profession Is an organic ne
cessity, and that without it, nnder the cir-
umstunces above detailed, hundreds, if
not more, of actors and actresses would be
starved every summer or forced into the
almshouse. Even as it is, their condition
during n.-ver l.-s than ..in--.|u:irt<• r <.f tin
yyar verges upon pauperism. Mr. Berg'
investigations will destroy the lost vestige
of the once popular belief that an actors
life is a happy one.
Electrical Vivisection.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
he old question of the desirability for
any scientific purp-ise of vivi-ection will
not he settled by the verv interesting and
yet cruel experiment that took place the
other day before the board of electrical
control in New York. It was for the pur
pose of determining whether, as has beei
alleged, the alternating electrical currents
used in incandescent l’ghting are more
dangerous and deadly than continuous
currents of even greater power.
A large dog was placed on the demon
strator’s table, so that a current of elec
tricity could be sent through the animal
at a graduated pressure. The exhibition
began with a current of 300 volts, cut ofi
instantaneously, but the shock caused the
dog to leap into the air with a loud yelp.
The tension was then increased to 400
voits, and for ten seconds the dog howled
and struggled convulsively. The next
raise waa to 600 voits and the agony of
the animat was intense. In hia frantic ef
forts to escape he would
have broken the twisted wires
of the cage Itad he not been held by the
stout rope about hia neck. Then for ten
seconds a ’current of 700 voits was Bent
through him. So furious were bis bounds
and strains that the united rope and wire
seemed too weak to hold him, and another
wire was therefore wound about his neck
and he was strappe fast by leather bund*
to the cage. Tncn all was made ready for
another test, it being carefully noted that
“his natural power of resistance had fallen
to 3,500 ohms.”
At a further signal a current of 1,000
volts tension was applied, and the brute
gave a yell of agony that sounded almost
like a human shriek. Having thus dem
onstrated that 1,000 volts were insufficient
to destroy life except by torture, the lect
urer announced that he had worked up to
1,240 volts withont attaining a fatal re
sult from a continuous current, but would
not carry the experiment so far in the pres
ent instance unless his audience desired.
No sue deriving further evidence, he
changed, the current to the Stremens ma
chine, giving 288 alternations per second,
which is about that used in producing the
incandeHcent light by an alternating cur
rent in ordinary service.
This current at 330 volts tension, killed
the weakened animal in five seconds, hut
the scientific objection was raised that the
animal's power of resistance had been
grievously impaired by the continuous
cur i-nt. 8o the demonstrator waapro-
creding to case • freah dog when Hunt.
Hank it son, of the Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animal*, put an abrupt
•P.p to the exhibition by notifying the
A CASE OF 3IYSTKRI0CS:sM0R P
Something That O,, In'Jincon a’" *
her o( Years Ago. 0:v
The following is recalled to the mt ...
f opt. Simpson, of the street forex- hi d \ of
proposition to burn ihc J?
swamp: “ 111 the
When the old Macon and Western
road decided to run its track ' tern /WI
THE old HOMAN’S helpmeet. southwestern portion of the cltv .h lte
trains might enter tlm r- U ‘ M
Interesting Points In the Life of Mrs.
Thurman.
Nf;w York, July 28.—Mrs. Allen G.
Thurman was Mary Dun before marriage.
She came of a rich Ohio family and was a
Mrs. Thompkins previous to her last union.
When she married Judge Thurman she
had one daughter, who since died. She is
an old lady, dressing in the fashion of half
a century ago, wearing a quaint round
bonnet tied firmly under her chin, Iter face
shaded by an old-fashioned dotted veil, de
pending from the headgear. She does not
attend church, but is known as a woman of
broad charities. During the war, when on
a visit to Camp Chase, which was located
just out of Columbus, she waa anxious to
assist the soldiers, without regard to po
litical bias. With this idea before her, she
consulted the Roman Catholic Bishop Fitz
gerald ns to which of the poor fellows most
needed the luxuries of life. The Bishop
informed her that the Union soldiers had
everything, while the Confederates were
suffering for the necessities of life, where
upon she daily supplied the latter lav
ishly from her own table. In conversation
Mrs. Thurman is witty, full of comical
stories and is known throughout the family
as an inveterate talker. It is a usual joke
with them how the old lady berates her
spouse publicly on account of his indiffer
ence to his health.' A friend once dining
there tells how Mrs. Thurman once began
on this frruitful theme, elaborating that
the ex-Senator’s ill health was entirely due
to his persistent carlessness. It seems that
she waxed quite eloquent, after her fash
ion, keeping up a running comment for
some ten minutes. The old Roman sat im
passive during the harangue, apparently
receiving the rebuke humbly. When,
however, she ut last reached a period, lie
said in a gruff voice:
“Mary, will you have Fome meat?”
Judge and Mrs. Thurman have two
daughters, Lizzie, Mrs. Governor Richard
McCormick, of Montana, whose husband
is in bad health, and Mary, Mrs. Lieuten
ant Coles, of the navy.
Mrs. Coles is a handsome, gifted woman,
who in her early life had a decided dra
matic talent. Her natural fondness, for
animals developed after her childless mar
riage into a mania for poodles. Two in
particular were treated like children.
There were nurses for them and every pos
sible attention. One doggie died anti was
cremated; another, a special idol, was as
well gathered to its fathers. This pet was
almost cremated and for a long time was
carried about by Mrs. Coles, the ashes be
ing catefuily incased in a brass urn. Co
lumbus society was torn in twain when the
lady appeared there wearing deep mourn
ing for the poodle, the bombazine and long
crape veil producing one of the most de
cided sensations that capita! had ever on
dared. Later the nrn was placed in the
Coles villa at Newport, where it now occu
pies a conspicuous place.
GIL1IKKT AND SULLIVAN’S LATEST.
The New Comic Opera of the Tuneful Co
partnership
From an Exclmngc.
Gilbert and Sullivan's new comic opera
the name of which has not yet been made
public, will follow the “Oolah,” which Mr.
Aronson will produce at the New York
Casino on September 17th. The music
will not he published until six weeks alter
the opera has been produced. Mr. Aron
son has sketched thn plot of the opera to a
New York Herald reporter. “The scene
of the first act,” he said, represents the
harbor of Hammersfest, on the northern
coast of Norway, with the glaciers of the
Dalecarhan Alps in the distance. The
picturesque features of the scene
will be greatly increased by the
costumes of the Norwegian peasantry
nnd sailors anti other bright coloring. The
quaint Scandinavian themes of the music
have given a new impetus to Hir Arthur
Sullivan’s musical gems, some of the folk
songs being of especial brant', while the
libretto of Mr. Gilbert is sparkling with
Northern wit.
“The second act ia laid in the aula of
the great Swedish university. The double
choruses of the students and the h'alun
miners, with their daughters, are full of
dash and ner»e, while Edda’s (the prima
donna) solos are superb.
'“It might he interesting to add that
Sir Arthur Sullivan was a fellow-student
with August Sotdernian. the great Swedish
composer, and with Ncilj W. Gade, the
Danish composer, at the Leipsic Observa
tory, under Moschelea and Dr. Hietz. The
period of the novel is the time of Gustavus
Waser and the revolts of the Dalecarhan
miner- nf Falun.”
For the presentation of the opera there
will be a cast composed of thirty male and
forty female voices. The production will
be_ given on November 13, simultaneous
with that in London. Mr. Aronson has
al*o received designs for some of the cos
tumes of the chorus, which are both ar
tistic and' unique. This is claimed to be
the fust time that a Gilbert nnd Sullivan
opera will have been given its first pro
duction in the United States with an
American cast, with the exception of “The
Pirates of Penzance.”
MAJOR KNAPP RESIGNS
From the Central to Go on the Georgia
®onthern aatf riyfltla.
Much surprise and gratification will be
occasioned this morning by the announce
ment of the resignation of Major A. C.
Knapp as agent of the Central railroad
and acting superintendent of the South
western railroad, to accept the position of
of general freight and passenger agent of
the Georgia _ Southern and Florida rail
road. He will assume the duties of his
new position on the first of September next.
' Major Knapp has been the agent of the
Central for many years, and during that
time was in constant association with the
business men of the community. Ilia uni
form courtesy and tireless efforts to please
won the admiration of the Georgia South
ern Company, who were determined to se
cure him, amt w»re successful, fu h
position he will retain his many old
friends, who congratulate the Georg'
Southern upon the splendid acquisition.
A Prise of Stoo.ooo
is a good thing to get, and the man who wins
It by superior skill, or by an unexpected
turn of Fortune’s wheel, is to be congratu
latetl. But he who e-capes from the clutehn
of that dread monuter, Consumption, and
Ulna l.aak l. ..1 i 1. .1 1 1 <* » ’
1 !»•» asov 5IVMT>, U.UM*[>AU grOuriUf I . VA...W1S.-M* WJ H'rtii;iii ( - tnr
and country fairs, button-covering, making lecturer that if any mure such teeta were
ins might enter the present Union a
pot,* deep pUee waa left 1 in the foiiS ^
the Y, one branch of it leading to thenfi
depo , which was then i U6t back of if
Paul’s church. To fill un . 0 ot.
the chips, bits of charcoal, 1 iron antU^j
shavings and all sorts ot trash fro® rtf
shop yards were oumped into it .
was in 1855. Upon this pile of tr’srt Vu*
dirt had been dumped, forming a W
crust over the trash pile about thirty W
wide and two hundred feet long ‘ Ieet
One day a lot of boys. Cant s; m ..
among the number, were down in' the 1 ’”,"
lev at the lower end of the pile and iJ:
a cold day they built up a fire ’ The
was communicated to the chips and trart
and gradually eat its wav under. “
F °i tV !n ? Ca . rB ‘^'underground
raged. All during that time, almost m
dny, the smoke would find its way throng
the earthen crust by means of some creviL
ami for a long time was regarded a* « S
markable phenomena. The people kne.
nothing of the origin of the fire or smoke
and the boys, fearing they bad played the
mischief, kept what they knew aboutitto
themselves. There were many who belie,,
ed Macon was resting upon a smouldering
volcano, anti on the hot Bummer days Deep
pie who saw the smoke ascending from
some little crack were of the opinion that
Hades was only a short distance off.
There is no telling how much excite-
ment the mysterious smoke would have
caused had not a September gale forced
Its way under the pile and finally widened
a crevice in the crust. This done, adult
was created and in a day or so the fire had
fed upon all the material and was eitin-
guished. During the burning, however
the people witnessed a beautiful sight, and’
it was probably the best representation of a
volcano in action ever presented outside of
the volcanic countries. There are manv
old citizens in Macon who will remember
the burning trash pile, but very few of
them know what caused it. •
A Significant Intimation.
From tho Baltimore Sun.
Senator Morgan suggested yesterday to
tho Senators who are trying to use the
fisheries treaty to elect a Republican Presi
dent that they were playing with sharp-
edged tools. The treaty under the circum
stances is a serious matter. “When the
negotiation fails,” said the Senator,
“the Democratic party and the
President mean that the re
taliation act, which would theu
be mandatory, shall he obeyed.’
These are significant words. What the
New England smack-owners desire, accord
ing ’to S'enatcr Chandler’s recent speech,
is “to exclude Canadian fish from our
markets.” They want just that much re
taliation and no more. But will the Presi
dent stop nt that? Must he not obey the
law as the whole? Senator Biair ventured
yesterday to pronounce the President “pig
headed. ’ This was such an amazing
thing from a man of the Senator’s wisdom,
that Mr. Morgan gave him a pieco of hi.s
mind. Mr. Blair’s abuse of the President
for intending, us he alleged, “to inflict on
the American people needless injury, mer-
oantiie distress ar.d destruction of busi
ness,” was certainly uncalled for, as if
was Congress and not the President
that passed the resolution instruct'
ing him to suspend our commerce
with Canada. Is tho President to
refuse to obey a law which reer
passed? It is not a mere question of ex
cluding fish. It ia a matter of national
concern. Congress can still, if it wishes,
retract its non-intercourse resolution. Un
less it docs so, the Republicans of the
Senate will be responsible for the con
sequence of non-intercourse, following
upon the rejection of a treaty that would
settle tho wtio.e matter.
Geurgln State Fair.
From the Boston, Q»„ World.
Ihorteorgia Stale fair will open this
year in the city of Macon on October 10th
and close on October 19th. We are in
formed the exhibits will ho far better this
year than ever before.
Usually there have been three connties
to enter for the display prizes. This year
there tire eighteen entries already. The
prizes are: $1,000 for th first, $750 for
the second, $500 for the tlii’d, and a regis
tered Jersey bull, worth $100, given by the
Macon Tkldirai’H, for the fourth.
For the county making the best and
1 ugc.it display of its live stock a prize of
$600 is offered.
To the county making the best and
largest display ol minerals, $150.
Display of Georgia woods, $100.
The individual displays in the agricul
tural department are: $100 for the first,
$50 for the secoud and $25 for the third.
Never were tuch handsome prizes offer
ed at an agricultural fair. Special indi
vidual prizes are offered on all articles,
such ai cotton, corn, peas, etc., and in all
departments as same as usual.
Our people should prepare for this grea)
fair at once, and send some article, iou
are almost sure to win a prize of some
kind if you prepare a number of articles.
The fair ia held under the management
of the Georgia State Agricultural Society,
whicli was organized nt 8tone Mountain,
Ga., in 1840, and reorganized in Macon,
Ga, in 1869. The Agricultural Society
has accomplished great good to the State,
and has held many successful lairs; most
of them at Macon, which city has r«>v en
the best place in the State for holding
fairs.
Fonnd llaslile tlie Track.
Atlanta. August 16.—A negro named
Doc Grady laid all of last night in a dying
condition on the side of the Georgia Pacific
railroad track at the Simpson Btreet cross
ing. Ife was tonnd there early this morn
ing in an insensible condition and taken to
his home.
Last night about 10 o’clock the negro
attempted to cross the track on Simpson
street and wns struck by a Georgia Pacific
train, which was coining into the city ff°®
Salt Spring*. Htz injuries arc quits
eusand there in little chance of hts re
covery.
Couldn't Work With a WhIU Man.
Atlanta, August 15.--Six negro men
employed as packers in the trunk' factory
of l.ieoerman A Kaufman, on 'Whitehall
street, struck about 9 o’clock this morning
because a white man was added to the
force. It seems that the work wa.S' extra
) pushing and the packers asked the firm *°
wins back health and hiprine.."!; f.r’nmre i EUT?,, ttie V*,
fortunate. The chances of winning $100,100 * n ® l * , * r * , **Py r - * 1 e ,0 '‘'
are small, but every eonatuantiv* I,* ■ahorei to help them (tvi,
„ . ming $100,100
are small, but every consumptive may be
•bealoteer sore of re overy if he takes Ilr. :
Ptofer t. l.iil.'fn Me-lira! Discovery In time.'
1 or all scrofulous d.icaar- (cbinumptiou i*
one of them ), ft ia an unfailing remeuy. All 1
laborer to help tin
up n put on their < <>:
W Idle men *. '.ltd'
as all of the strikers
the support of their
the factory.
bite
hereupon the
J left the factory.
th. ir i o e• nt once,
alien*!'
fellow workmen >n